The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDA JANUARY 1, 1906, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL "fl,.”__s!’w— e rae s oe st sana i s o s apIROE HAIL 1go6! HE past year has been a history maker. The Japanese-Russian T war has changed the political geography of Eastern Asia. The shadow of Russian primacy in Manchuria and Korea has | passed away. Half of the great island of Saghalien has returned to the Mikado. Korea has become a Japanese dependency with every promise and prospect of improvement in its administration and the tion of its people. Its destiny is to be assimilated entirely by aking that empire a continental power. China is faithfully g to go forward by the adoption of popular and representa- ons, without the intervention of violent revolution. These changes in Eastern Asia are of the keenest interest to the whole world. Since the subjugation of India and Burmah by a Western nation and the extension of Russian power into Asia it has been confidently expected that all Asia would come under Euro- control, by conquest, aggression and craft, and its different | i be h as subject peoples. The partition of China between several n ns, starting from their zones of influence, has | been treated as a near certainty, and France, Germany and Great Britain provided themselves a footing from which to advance the | cond prepar tive ins pear ations wot carving process. This policy is nipped by the rise of Japan. The | results will not only be large from the Asiatic standpoint, but bene- f to the wor It would not have advanced the happiness of | | kind for Russia to have subjugated Manchuria, nor for the ions to have partitioned China. The Asiatics have their ilization, genius, point of view and personality, and it is better for the world that they progress on their own lines than that | they be dominated by a different race and a civilization, also racial, | t they will not assimilate. 2 It is in line with natural conditions that Japan, the most pro- sive, shall take over Korea, the most backward of Asiatic nations. | it would have been out of line with natural conditions for this ! to have been done by Russia, the most backward of European nations. The year 1905 records these portentous changes for the benefit of the world’s peace and prosperity and the neighborly fellowship of | the nations. It witnessed also the close of the greatest war in history. | Stories are being told derogatory to Japan, intended to belittle her | victories. But in the world’s book of heroes will be written the | story of the besiegers of Port Arthur and the victors in the naval battle of the Sea of Japan. Japan has ahead of her a period of depression and of distress, resulting from the strain and waste of war. But a people that can defend themselves so consummately in war may be relied upon to work out a prosperous destiny in peace. z The past year in its closing weeks saw the begininng of a death grapple between Russian autocracy and the people, and the end is not yet. It has seemed an outbreak of madness, of bloody reaction | from the repression of ages, a blind and beastly struggle, appalling | to the world. If it do no more, it will force whatever government | is left at its close to consider internal conditions and the reform of domestic administration rather than expeditions far afield in search of land and glory. Our own land enters the new year with impetus unabated, going forward with resistless energy. Our known resources have only been scratched and are continually re-enforced by the transfer of capacities fi the latent to the potential. Planted upon the richest of the tinents we have nothing but our own wealth and poweg to fear. Croakers sece signs that indicate to them the decay of our institutions and the decline of patriotism. But this is a vision of the jaundiced | eve. We go on making money, eating and drinking, sowing, reaping and gathering into barns, apparently insensible to emotions other than those that attend upon material accumulation. But fhere n us something deeper than all this. It is the sentimental foundation of self-government and the spirit of sacrifice for its main- tenance. We pay no attention to the croakers who see what they want to see. But when occasion requires we drop money-getting and go where the country needs us and dié as gallantly for the insti- tutions of freedom as did our fathers who died to make them possible. Political pseudo-philosophers want to make radical changes in our Government, objecting to it that the people accumulate property by individual exertion. Such accumulation results from the enlighten- ment of our laws and the integrity of their administration. Where property has no legal protection it is taken and held lawlessly by | the strong hand that can defend it. Here the weak are equal with the strong and the earnings of the humblest industry may be trans- mitted into real property that is as safe as the holdings of the mil- lionaire. The pseudo-philosophers want a commonwealth founded on the social failurs and diseases. Our Government is founded on the social health and success. The new year approaches radiant with promise. May it be happy 12 gres is wit FILIPINO NEEDS, to ali our countrymen and to all the world. NDUSTRIAL and economic ills are the chief causes of distress in l the Philippine Islands, according to the report of Atherton | Brownell, who accompanied Secretary Taft through the archi- pelago last summer and made a careful survey of the situation. He went as the representative of Public Opinion, and is now writing a series of articles for that paper giving the results of his investigation. Attention is diverted from these economic ills because of the stirring up of political discontent and the imagination that political change would be a panacea for the lack of prosperity. The writer of the papers is not an anti-imperialist, but he says the people of the islands are hungry and in want. New legislation will be introduced at the present Congress in regard to the islands. The questions involved are said to be among the most difficult ever presented to our Government. It is not merely that opinions differ widely as to the best policy, but there is such a conflict as to the statement of facts upon which to base a judgment. It is one of the peculiarities of the complex situation there that ample data can be found for very varied contentions. One of the visiting Congressmen remarked that the only people who knew anything about the islands are those who have never been there. The conflicting opinions about the Filipinos may be divided into three principal classes. The first is that of officialdom, which re- gards the islands as pacified and everything going fairly well under a paternal government that is leading the people toward self-govern- ment. The second is that of the anti-imperialists, which holds that we are misgoverning a people who wish to be and ought to be free, but simply lack the power to throw off the foreign yoke in the way in which our own country made itself independent of England. The third is the non-partisan, outside view of students of colonization as it has been practiced heretofore by superior over inferior races. These think that our plan is utopian and cannot succeed with a people so based on Malay blood that they can never live up to our high standards, and therefore the only rule is one of mastery and exploitation. The question of methods of benefit that Brownell raises are as to whether the Government had not better change its policy of re- striction to American enterprise in making large developments and giving employment to the islanders. The soil and minergl re- sources there are said to be the richest in the world, but the re- striction of each individual to forty acres and of each corporation to 2500 acres prevents improved methods of cultivation and exploita- tion. Perhaps the Secretary of State is going to Brazil to see how the cele- brated Brazilian nuts take Root.—Philadelphia North American. SRS RO S i President McCall will not resign under fire. So cease firing, everybody. Milwaukee Sentinel | what the anxiety of | hear the events of the outer world dis- B — &) ¢ By by g A Pt | B ROGIRIFTSS X *BUN / ST 8% CAUT: |16us THATS ALL 'AND TAKE I EASY, iM IDONG_FINE, \Ju et mmi o [IVE SLipPED! OH! OH! OH! 1 MUST c&Ted MYSELF g I X{™»N . AM asked what I think of the unso- clable husband who won't talk to his wife and family when he comes home at night and who spolls the pleasure of the evening gathering by settling into a non-communicative calm too heavy to be broken by the kindest persuasion or the most eager questioning. Such a husband, I am told, no matter those at home to i cussed, stubbornly refuses to gratify that desire, nor does he give any reason for such refusal. He simply won't talk, and that end of the matter. This is not the first time I have been approached on the subject of the unso- ciable husband. Women have frequently confided to me their unhappiness over the fact “that their life partners had devel- oped this most deadening and discourag- ing habit and have told me what gloom had settled upon the home life because of it. Certainly it would seem that the man who has no interest in the intellectual enlightenment of his wife or his family and no appreciation of the natural inter- est they feel in‘the Important events of the world—events which he, because of his broader experience, could discuss so easily if he would only take the trouble —is a man deserving of censure. But there are two sides to this ques- tion, as there are to every question. What a pity it is that it should be so difficult for "the wife to get a clear vision of the husband’s side, and for him to percelve the justice in hers! > & If woman’s love had more of the mas- culine in it, and. man’s love partook of the feminine element, the impartial view would be possible for both husband and wife, : If the wife could take the hushand's view; if she were qualified through the masculine element to appreciate his side, this is what she would discover about her husband’s unsociable tendencies: She would see that when he returns from a day’'s battle with the problems of the larger world he is thoroughly tired out, eager for relaxation, and not at all dis- posed to exert himself in conversation. She would understand that he has been talking business, finance, news—all the “big" subjects—until he is utterly weary of them and ready for a change; that the very topics she yearns to hear discussed are toplcs that belong to that jostling, turbulent world he is so anxious to forget. She would see that one of the dearest delights home offers him is the chance to drop all the affairs of the outer life and give himself to non-exertion and tranquillity; that he revels in not being called upon to think or to talk. On the other hand, if the man could take the woman's view, he would realize just this: That his wife has probably had no chance to come in touch with matters outside of the domestic or social sphere; that she craves a breath of the larger realm, and that her intellect feels keenly the need of expansion through contact with his. He would understand that the placid at- mosphere of domesticity in which she has lived and breathed all day needs to be is the i lonship—not only | Dot give her more of the sustenance her freshened and invigorated by a current of new, stimulating, helpful thought; that her mental life will stagnate unless such reviving forces do enter it. He would recollect that one of the | strongest reasons for their marriage was the need both of them felt for compan- the companionship of the affections, but of the mind and soul. He would realize that a successful mar- riage is impossible without interchange of thought, contact of ideas, the giving and taking of mental and spiritual nourish- ment. He would rouse himself to satisfy the higher longings of the woman to whom he has joined his interests for life. After all, what a pity so many husbands forget and neglect all this! How unfortu- nate that thousands of women must re- sign themselves to the dead-level exist- ence which is sure to follow a husband's failure to minister to the spiritual and intellectual needs of his wife, I cannot help believing that the reason marriage often degenerates into humdrum and monotony is that there is no all- round companionship, and this happens frequently because the husband does not exert himself to respond to his wife's in- tellectual demands. & If a man considered his wife's Interests instead of his own, I wonder if he could mental activities require? I believe if man's love had in it more of the maternal this would certainly be possible. Does a mother stop to think | how tired she is when her child begs for a story at night? Husbands, try to overcome your inertia and encourage your wives in their longing for a larger intellectual outlook. If you are too tired to do this, don't be surprised or hurt when you find the women flock- ing to their clubs for comfort. AS A TeST. The professor was examining a dark brown substance spread on paper when he was interrupted by a visit from a friend. “‘I say, would you kindly let me place a little bit of this on your tongue? sald the man of learning to the newcomer, “My taste has become vitiated by sampling all sorts of things.” “‘Certainly,” responded thrusting out his tongue. The professor took up a little of the substance under analysis and placed it on the other’s tongue. The latter worked it round for fully a minute, tasting it much as he would a sweet. “Note any effect?’ fessor. “No, none.” 2 “It doesn't paralyze or prick your tongue?” “Not that I can detect.” “I thought not. How does it taste?"” “Very bitter.” “Um-m; all right.” “What is it?"” inquired the friend. “I don’t know. That's what I'm trying to find out. Some one has been poisoning horses with it.”—Tit-Bits. e e “Learning Languages by Telephone,” is the title of an article in the Daily Mail. Telephone girls, we understand, have learned quite a lot of language that way.—London Punch. the friend, inquired the pro- bl | fo o UNSOCIABLE HUSBANDS ||| THE BOSS AND l * BY ANGELA MORGAN | L* THE SPINSTER | l quiet street, and has the third floor apartment in a neatly kept flat building, desirable at the time she rented it, several years ago, because it had light and air all about it. though situated in the middle of the block. Then the lots mext to the one she was on came to be improved. A double flat building, very like the one she was living in, was to occupy the space where site had had her little bed of mignonette in the summer, her two pet trees were to be destroyed, and all the | pretty patch of green turf given over to toiling horses and large, hard-work- ing men. It is the way of the city, and Miss Primrose did not repine. She found a great deal of interest in the way that the men worked. They so skillful, so deft and so quick in their movements, the bricklayers and stonemasons, the carpenters and the rest, that she felt a little thrill of pride in the thought that these were Ameri- can workmen, There -was no swearing and no coarseness of speech. Instead there was a great deal of quiet fun, and the colored men who mixed the mortar and | carried the hod were singing or danc- ing whenever they could find & moment for relaxation. When the new building reached the | level of her own floor, a change came over the proceedings. A large, stout, red-faced man whom the colored folk called “boss” appeared. It was his function to make the men under him | work harder, and the only way he knew how to accomplish this was by the use of much language, loud, vul- gar, and profane, The singing and the fun stopped, every glance away from the task in hand called for a curse, and Miss Primrose was greatly distressed. The second day she determined to stop it. She reached her back porch, opposite the point where the boss had been do- ing his loudest swearing, in time to hear a taller and more dignified man, perhaps the owner or the architect, say to him: “I wouldn’t drive these men so hard. Some day they’ll get mad and call you down.” “Not on your life' “They ain’t nothin’ livin’ can call me down when I get to goin’. Why, them " His flow of profanity was in- terrupted from the neighboring porch. “Mr. Man,’ said little Miss Primrose, “I don’t know you, and I don’t want to, But I am moved to say to you that if you take the name of God in vain again in my hearing I shall have you arrested and fined as a publi¢ nuisance, and I have proof of your having sworn more than a hundred times yesterday at these poor, hard-working men."” There has been no profanity on that job since. —_——— NATURE. “You should be very proud of having won the love of such a man.” “Then you advise me to marry him?*' “By all means. He is one of nature's noblemen.” ““No doubt. But consider. fad will inevitably pass.” This nature were so sure, | said the boss. 1905 THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE RING! gray. A royal mi ful biers. And yet this king of all the kings hand We journeyed where Dame the land; And long we laughed and loud we with scalding tears, To bathe the wound where pierced king of years; He heeded not, this transient king, For well he knew how brief the our ways. Nature That Sexton Tim And cheers for hi HE king is dead, and, truth to Who promised more than he mellow. He vowed to us (we heard the w treasure, Perhaps he failed the truth to tell, Temptation wields his scepter well But call him knave, if so you dare, So peace to him wi HE king is dead—long live the Who registers in Time's great duly. i And if we half suspect them lies, For so it is, and so has been, since “The Old Year was a sorry wight, In Death’s sepul | But cheers for him, | The royal one w! "OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS BY A. J. WATERHOUSE HE king is dead, our comrade king, who walked with us a little Who saw pale winter blush to spring and summer fade in autumn onarch he in truth, descendant oi the countless years That smiled upon him in his youth, or taunted him from shame- But now he lieth in the tomb So rest to him, whate'er his doom, But in performance ne’er he stirred—such was his royal pleasure— And on our part we promised him some things we would do better— Heigho! but Habit’s chains are grim, and we are'in their fetter. At thought of him who lieth there, with yesteryears enshrouded. Our fault his error swallows. God rest him in his narrow room— And cheers for him that follows! His vows are many unto us, and on their grace we're dwelling, And, oh, his crown befits him well, on his fair forehead pressing! % And, oh, we love his grace to tell and say, “He’ll bring us blessing! 1906 did walk with us, and hand in flings her em’'rald mantle o'er laughed, and sometimes paused, the shait—he hceded not, this . descendant of eternal days, sting, how small and petty are e ¢’er hollows; m that follows! tell, he was a canting fellow, did well when life and he were ord) that we should gain rich but, faith! we also missed i , and few of us resist it— no less my brow is clouded thin his tomb; king! A royal princeling truly, t book and makes his salaams they sound right well in telling. from creation’s spaces The yearh of time fell into line and found their destined places— " we say, with faces weary, “But, oh, the New Year’s step is light and all his ways are cheery.” So rest to him who sought his rest chral hollows; , our latest, best, ho follows! i i POST HOLIDAY BEATITUDES. | Blessed Is the man who expected | littte, for he probably got it. Blessed is he whose pocketbook is bot- | tomiess, for frequently he needed it. Blessed is the man with a wrought iron | stomach, for he had no occasion to rise | the next morning -and say, “What a chump 1 was!” i Plessed is he who had something to | | “swear off.”” for he who has not should | !lock upon himself with suspicion. | " Blessea is the husband and father who | received thirteen neckties, for they work up beautifully In a crazy-quilt. Blessed is the three-legged freak in the museum, for he can use more slippers than the rest of us. Blessed is she whose husband heedeth | | a multiplicity of hints, for doubtless she | was not disappointed when Christmas | came. | Bi | ssed is Edyth if she was as well | pleased with what was in her stocking | as her Augustus presumably is. I Blessed are the fond parents who have | six children, for they are less iikely to | | rout the family out at three o'clock onm | | Christmas morning than seven would be. | | “T should thiuk that Bloggs would fu- | sist upon wearing his father’s coat.” Why > ‘'Well, he wrote for his father's party and belongs to his father's church, re- gardless of changes in platform or creed, and T should think that the same sort of respect for the old gentleman would cause him to wear his coat regardless or | changes in fashion.” CUT IT OUT. Cut it out; have a vice that's dear, Cut it out. "It you're apt to doubt and fear, i Cut 1t out. | Stand, as other men have stood; ! Do the thing you know is good— | I do not, but, them, you should Cut it out. | ! | 1t you | I on naughty ways you dote, l Cut it out; | I the nights with red you coat, t Cut it out; | It you note that you're inclined | Joy in primrose paths to find. Do not my example mind— Cut it out. | It youw'd like to h: your fling, Cut it out: | Reformation is the thing— Cut it out. Still be noble, still be stron; Never mind if I do wrong, For I always—in a song— Cut it out. A LITTLE PARABLE. . In the beginning the Volce spake, and ‘he litle men whom I have made { shall have the capacity to Kknow great happiness.” “But they would not grow strong under | happiness alone,” suggested one who listened. “Even s0,” was the answer, “and so I have provided that certain spirits shall work ever to bring them unhappiness: but two of these spirits are greater and more potent than all others.” “And these two?’ queried the listening one. | With peace and cheer to bless him, ag I — “These two are Abject Poverty and—In- ordinate Wealth.” And as it was in the beginning, so It is now and ever will be while the earth rolls In its appointed cycle. THE DYSPEPTIC'S QUERY. Oh, often In the fleeting days that van- ished in the mist He saw the mountains verdure-clad, the meadows sunlit-kissed, And Nature sang her wondrous song to sooth his aehing breast; And yet his question was the same, “Why won't that meal digest?” “It is considered bad form to make New Year's callg now, is it not?” “I don’t know, but, by Jupiter! it ought to be.” “What makes you so emphatie?” “I made a New Year's call this year, and It cost me over thirty dollars.” “How was that?” “Why, I did it on an ace full, and the other feilow had four tens." If you really wish your feliowman a happy, happy year, heard you mention, dear, Of course you will not idly sit and watch him hoe his row, But will sometimes take the implement and help him make it so. “No, it never was absolutely proved,” said Bludkins, “that he stole the mon: but there was at least one mightily sus- picious circumstance.” “What was that?" Fludkine inquired. ‘Why, shortly after the coin disap- peared he paid several bills without being dunned to do so.” ANSWERS TO QUERIES CANNOT VOTE—G. J., City. A native of China, born of Chinese parents, can- not become a citizen of the United States; consequently cannot vote in the United States. MARRIAGE-W. B. G, Lodi, Cal. A man and woman desiring to securs a marriage license must appear before person issulng such to answer such tions as may be asked. When the contracting parties to « riage are about to marry they the officiating ciergyman, and pays the marriage fee, which is In his generosity, is willing to give. A SWisS—Inquirer, Cayucos, Cal TWAIN'S SENTIMENT-F. L 8, City. A reader of this department furnishes the lines that were written by Mark Twain to /be placed over the grave of his wife. They are as follows: ‘Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here; Warm southern wind, Blow softly here; Green sod above. Lie light, le light: Good night, dear heart; Good night, good night. CORDWOQOD-A. 8., Petaluma, Cal. Ac- cording to the American cordwood meas- ure, a cord of wood must contain 128