The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL| JOHN D. . .. . Proprietor SPRECKELS ADDE McNAUGHTY. ... JOHN BLICATION OFF _THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SA EDNESDAY ..JANUARY 3, 1906 | LEGISLATIVE HOUSE-CLEANING. politics and a square deal will occupy a large place | 'RAIGHT s the beginning of the new year. The Gov-| s after delinquent State officers with a big f public funds and official opportunities for private jolt that the Hoosiers will long remember. s final message to the Legislature, draws the act of public officers with the people and S 1 line with the public good. uth by laying at the ‘door of legis- for- what they call in Ohio “milking h bills.” These bills are promoted by jure instirance companies, corporations have no present way of protecting them- | ng a moneyed lobby to buy legislators who h the “milkmen.” This system lies at the | Those who ‘have to resort to bribery to defend to recoup themselves by resorting tc bribery | d injurious to the people. re not pressive asibility unjust a Taking advantage either of unjust suspi- | ts against corporations, the “milk- in getting the support of the press and | t appear on their face to offer a remcd_\'! he process involves heated accnsatinnsi greater the excitement, the bettér | Ve had an example of this in the last \ newspaper for months pre- | an attack on a strong financial concern. What | 1 similar concerns in.the State. By. the a situation had heen created that made the | nd he was there, with pail and stool. E share alike lobby, the financial appeared on the scene with a “sack.” 1id the “milking” statesmen were caught | those that have not forfeited bonds and | the penitentiary. We are persuaded that.| ilkmen’ this State has called publjc at- dairy istry and accounts’in large part ther States to exterminate The. wide appened here has had a tonic .effeet Jon gscape paying attention flock into every State capital when ‘the interests that can afford to give down; exterminate this evil, it is necessary to 1k and open policy of the President” in reat and powerful financial institutions of ‘the v are accused only of what is known in their- policy- to | proper business methods, they are assured of.Jegal | enjovment of the rights that belong to them, and vent the use of rights that dp not belong to | s mever been a time when the people so.fully eom- There has never been.a time when in the enjovment of every legitimate oyment of any illegitimate right, A tives and ind it. opl¢ cannot to as now. A The besom is swinging and e dust it raises sets the “milkmen”. sneezing’ and | 1 eves, so‘that they are easily located, like the hidden ed who cannot suppress the sneeze that dis- In some States the “milkers” are busy with h al affairs. like the election of Speaker in the New Assembly end of United States Senator in Kentucky. PBRut| them is the assurance that it is going to be a great! enemies, the people. { r California elects se-clea g 1s on. behind 3 State officers and a new The State will scan candidates as they.have not beén | a vear. The experience of last year will bear fruit. late for the Legislature will stand in the limelight, and | he blink or shuffle. The wish of the people is-to call slative life the men known to be qualified for it. As the last year have been found willing to serve as irors, to the.present sacrifice of their business, found willing to make the greater sacrifice of | to the end that the lawmaking body shall be | that its work shall be utterly free of taint and | REMEDIES FOR -INSURANCE ABUSES. | make us content with our own nation- rather than the men is given as the cause of in- s by Louis D, Brandeis in an address delivered be- | Commescial Club of Boston. He is counsel for the e committee of policy-holders in the Egquitable Life As- Soc Notwithstanding the large amount of blame which upon the managers who were in charge of the investigated ies, he holds that the poor selection of personali- > cont as the minor part of the error and that we cannot things to rights by-merely putting new men of approved honesty | t he head of affairs. He goes over the now quite 1ses and then states what he believes would be | cure for them. the remedy of State insurance as undesirable, He, remarks about that method of cure that it is the inevitable the evils now grown beyond endurance are cor- some other way. Neither does he approve of Federal su He holds that such could not be unless the Supreme reversed its decisions. He believes the preseht system of on by the various States is the best, “for it must be remem- ficient supervision by the department of any State protect all the policy-holders of the company vherever they may reside.” He shows how intrusted power has been abused ;| and I'alleyrand -that nguage was made to conceal thought,” tells us that George W. Perkins would teach us that Bookkeeping made to conceal facts.” So clever was: the | iraudulent method. of bookkeeping in the Equitable that months ‘of estigation have tricky e One normous v of at effective I le d isses oweve: alternative unless ected ery “ourt isio; regul bered in in effect 1 quoting d £ was ed to detect all the rascality concealed in the | re is to stop misrepresentation in soliciting. The | r of policies which lapse is accounted for by men | being made to take out policies by promises that cannot be real-| zed. This added 1o the extravagant conduct of the business meth- wds makes the cost so great the insured cannot continue to carry the ir ce. He would have the waste in soliciting stopped. In | one of the companies, the Prudential, this soliciting expense amounts to nearly 2o per cent. In others it runs fronr aboat 12 to 15. Itis a great economic waste. One way to stop this spendthrift soliciting | be by wide publicity. Brandeis pertinently. asks: “How many wage-earners would insure in these companies if they were told that for every dollar they pay 40 cents will go to the stock- holders, for officers” and agents’ salaries, or.for ather running ex- ises? How many wage-earners would assume the burden’ of pre- ums if they knew that there is but one chance in twe]ve that they! vill carry their policies to maturity ? jrandeis would have the laws forbid the system of déferred iends, which he calls the “blind pool”; the lavish promoting ices should be discontinued; the forfeiture of policies should be | torbidden—the something which is actuaily paid should in every case. be preserved for the insured: investments should e safe- guarded as in the case of savings banks; and the 'size of companies <hould be #imited so that they shall not exceed the point of greatest ~fficiency, and so that there shall not be the danger of an immense sum of “quick capital” in the hands of a few individuals would llusion with lobbyists, who represeént | | as been worked in every State in which the pick- | attitude of mipd hinders them when | even the multiple joys MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD ME THAT YOUROSE FROM OFFICE BOY T0 THE BOY,AND,SOME DAY, MAY BE T'D BE PRESIDENT T00, Y, YES, MY LITTL MAN. YOU MAY START) INATONCE. I NEED N OFFICE BOY. SAY,BOSS, T GUESS TVE *} SOURED-ON THIS JBB,IT'S T00 STRENLIOUS £0R ME . COPYRIGHT. 1505, BY THE - DOCTRINE OF CONTENT .- } i " *.BY DOROTHY ‘FENIMORE. 11 ix:r’rm: Indian, Sioux or Crow, | feelingly: “T ax':m ‘sive a sigh _of l Little frosty Eskimo, ' Little Turk or Japanee, 0O, don’t you wish that you were me? “You have curious things to eat, I am fed on proper meat; You must dwell beyond the foam, But I am safe and live at home.” It is hard to appreciate blessings which you do not possess yourself. The spirit of Stevenson’s little poem for children animates us all. No other life is quite so nice as ours, when we are in a normal mood of self-respect. The average man is fairly well sat- isfied with that corner of the human lot where destiny has willed it he shall dwell. 3 We do not need to live in the back- woods to feel, when we meet a delight- ful person from some distant place: How can you stand it to live so far away? The curious things that other races eat are themselves enough to ality. . One would delight, maybe, in the daily view of auroral fires against a midnight sky, which Eskimos behold, but I, for one, would not care to eat blubber in place of bonbons. To live in the midst of esthetic tri- umphs of the capital of France would be an epicurean pleasure; but what true American would exchange his birthright for snails, and tripe, and a mess of onion soup? Social reformers sigh because they find contentment the most persistent of the cobwebs which they endeavor to sweep from out the dark and narrow intellects of the ignorant poor. This they try to turn the stream of immigra- tion from our crowded seaport towns to the breathing spaces of the wider West. The philanthropists who manage va- cation outings for the children of the Jums discover with amazement that of field and wood do not fill the gap of lomeliness which distresses the little ones when they find themselves cut off from the neighborhood enjoyments of the swarming city street where stands ithe tenement that they call home. Imagine the surprise of a friend of mine who took the trouble one year to save hep se-cleaning until the summer sg tl a certain scrubwoman whom she wished to help would have 2 chance to leave the hot part of the town at this uncomfortable season and work in a cool place. One sultry afternoon her protege, in leaving, sald -+ relief when I can go home to my snug little place and sit out on the street with my busband.” , A There is-not so much gface in dis- content as some philosophers contend. When an individual fails to appreciate the good he has when reaching out .an avaricious hand toward fortune's finer favors, his castle of discontent is built, not out of high hopes and nobler fan cie#, but out of ordinary bricks and common mud. ' « Our ideal is what we want: ‘tis nothing more. And what we have usually is part of what we want. Only a simpleton would give up:all his own peculiar blessings beyond recall . for | sake of x parcel of new ones that ar likely to suit less well his moods and manners. : No, if we're wise we carry forward the best of what we have already. < , Answers to Queries. CRISPS—A. 8., Ammeda, Cal. Popcorn crisps are popped corn dipped in a solu- tion of melted sugar of sufficient con- sistency’ to hold the corn together, and pressed in special molds. ARMY TRANSPORTS—C. W. O., Hil- ton, Cal. For such information as you desire about army transports address a letter of inquiry to quartermaster’s de- partment, U, S, A, San Francisco, Cal. ORPHANS—Subscriber, City. All or- phan asylums in San Francisco will con- sider applications for the adoption of chil- dren in their care. Whether they will grant the application depends upon cir- cumstances. Address a communication to the asylum. The addresses are to be found in the San Francisco Directory. OYSTER LOAF—A. S., Alameda, Cal. To prepare an oyster loaf take a loaf. of milk bread, cut off one end, take out the soft portion, rub butter on the inside of the crust, not too much, fry the oys- ters in either bread crumbs or egg bat- ter and while they are frying put the loaf of bread in the oven and when the oysters are cooked put them inside of the loaf, covering the aperture with a thick slice of bren:d cut to fit. AUTOMOBILE-R. G. {O., Yuba City, Cal. An automobile is a vehicle that is moved by force generated within itself. There is no record of who first thought out such an idea, but it has been traced back to the old Pharaohs, for students of early Egyptian_architecture have discov- | York Press. Harduppe—IL feel that I need rest. I've been. working - for all I'm worth for six months, 3 g 3 Miss Cutting—You must find it monstrous working for nothing so long. Hamfatte — Barnes Torme has married the girl I lov. Cyrse him! “Kommedy—Cermnly if you NEW .YCAK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD CO.) ! son calle@ shrilly from the garden: | sters, called up: % UNG TREES 4 _AND CHILDREN Representative Chalk Beeson of Kansas is the head of a forestry sta- tion that gives trees to farmers. In an xddress to a women's congress Mr. Beeson sgid:, 2 “Trees are like chHdren. In the be- ginning they give us a great deal of trouble and. worfy, but®in the end we are very proud of them. “Young, trees are vexatious. Young | children are vexatious. I know a man who sat in . his study the other after- noon writing a speech when his little *'Papa, papa, look out of the win- dow.’ . “‘What a nuisance children are, srumbled the man, but nevertheless he vut down his pén, and with a half- smile he advanced to the . window promptly and stuck forth his head. “‘Well, what is it? said he. ‘The boy, from a group of young- “‘Jimmy Smith wouldn't believe you had no hair on the top of your head. That's all.’”—Philadelphia Record. ered among tHe curious carvings so plen- tiful in the land of the Pyramids, repro- | ductions of strange vehicles that seemed to have moved about without apparent | means of locomotion, consequently mugt have been self moving. The earliest rec- ord shows that in 1763 Captain Nicholas Cugnot qf the French army presented to | the government of King Louis XV a com- | plete working model of 'a steam actuated automobile. In the absence of any other record, to him belongs the honor of being the inventor of the steam automobile. sl e No Stomach to Spare. “Patients who come to hospifal clin- jes are in deadly fear of being oper- ated upon,” remarkéd a Roosevelt | Hospital interne. “They are under the ! impression that the doctors stand with the knife poised ready to plunge it into them at random, and on the slightest excuse. “A man, whose complaint was some | form of indigestion, had been shown | by one of the doctors how to relieve his trouble by massaging or knead- ing the afflicted region. This he prom- | ised to do night and morning. “Well, do you knead your stomach?” asked the physician, when the patiemt appeared at the clinic a week later. “Sure I need my stomach!" the man said quickly, as he placed both hands over the threatened organ, and backed ‘toward the door, “and I'm not geing | to let you cut it out either.”—New | .| But when some freckled urcl:l(n said, | I—well, I then from virtue lapsed—'tis 1 | ma’s washbgard in the kitchen may be | { "em ‘pears ter.me ‘'at womenkind orto i hath joined together. .|.___—-—__’__————+> i Occidental . | ' Accidentals | BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. - \/ \/ in the vale where morning sleeps *I am really grieved to mention that T often played “for keeps.” For it used to shock my mother, “My dear,” she'd say to me, “Don’t’ you know that gambling’s gam- bling, and is sinful as can be” And I noted What she told me, and I heeded it witk care, e And never played for keeps unless—my mother wasn't there. Oh,*I had the best Intentions—it has al- ways been that way— | | PLAYING FOR KEEPS. HEN T used to play with marbles | and, “Let's play for keeps to-day ’ painful, But it's true— Still, did you never do the thing you knew you shouldn’t do? Ah, let the chidings be forgot, and e'en * the whippings, too, For life has ever been 800d resolves I strew The pathway that «I journey o'er, but— hear me,to condemn— The more”l sow them on my way, the more I walk on them. And yet—and yet—as on I go one fact to . me is clear: > If playing “keeps” is, wickedness, this is a sinful sphere; | For one and all, both great and small, we | play at life’s great game, And°what we get Is what we keep, or so | we fain would claim. | All silent doth the earth swim on through ‘God’s uncharted deeps, While still we play ity frenzied game, gnd phy it e'er “for Keeps.” the same; with The thing we win is, what we keep; be | sure of it for aye— This is the law of changeless fate, the law we ne‘er defy. Do we win folly’s black reward? game is played “for keeps,” And he who wins a hetter prize a death- less guerdon reaps. In pleasure’s halls we count its coin, and | find it counterfeit; . ‘But it is ours, and will be ours wiille time abideth vet. And so it goes—Ah, thother dear, no doubt your rule was right, Bat alj the laws of alff our world defy it | . day and night. . We play life's mighfy game, the while one laughs, another weepd, And, play it well or play it ill, the game . is played “for keeps. The WHY THE AUTO WAS SAD. “Alas!" said the_ Automobile, with 4 | deep sigh, “T feel that I have come into | the_world in vain and that my existence here will prove a long, gloomy failure.” ‘Well, I should think you would feel so0,” the Phaeton remarked; “I should if | I were in your place.” “Well, you needn’t be so blamed prompt in agreeing with me,” the Automobile re- | torted, with evident asperity. ‘“What| makes you think, you little sawed-off and | hammered-down concern, that [ am a fail- | ure: “Why,” the Phaeton replied, with visi- | ble emotion, “everybody knows that you| dre a sort of holocaust on wheels, a high- géared catastrophe, a double-cylindered massacre. Wherever you go you paint earth red with gore, and the shrieks and | moans of your victims are all the or-| chestra you need. You—" “You make me rubber-tired, ghump!” the Automobile muttered. “Why?" the Phaeton inquired, with evi- deént surprise. “Is it not the fact that you | kill people that makgs you feel that your | existence is a failure?” “Naw!” “Whateis it, then?’ | “The fact that those I kill so frequently | are not th’e ones who ought to be killed.” | 3 you | SUNSHINE IN FAIRYLAND. Sunshine in Fairyland 1s just like this, I knowy; With all the world a-glimmer, ‘And with all the sky aglow: ‘With birds that whistle out their souls In songs so wondrous sweet I know Titania leads the choir And doth its rhythm beat; With blossoms nodding to the breeze, Half-conscious of their bliss— Sunshine in Fairyland Were just the same as this. | . ALFALFA PHILOSOPHY. T don’t like to differ frum the Pres’dent, but ef jest fillin’ the world up with creechers is a meritorious ackshun seems ter me I've got a old cat at home’ at's entitled tew a large an’ beautiful prize. Falint heart never yit won fair lady, an’ blamed ef I hain't knowed some faint hearts ’at orto feel middlin’ thankful 1I'd ruther jedge the performers after the cirkis is ended. Now ‘at the smartes” | boy in our school's growed up he hes to | ask his ma fer a nickel ev'ry time he wants some chewin' gum er somethin‘ else. All T ask fer my Jabez is 'at he'll skip | the mistakes I've made, an’ 1 guess he'll | git the chromo. i _The piany tune thet’s played by a young | lady in the parlor to the rhythm of her fascinatin’, but blamed ef I ever kin fig- ger out ‘at it's very sweet. I know some young fellers 'at would do well ter pause ter rickolleck ’at ‘fore they wus born their pas an’ mas knowed sev'ral mofe er less interestin’ things. Some one asks, “What's he worth?” an’. another fellfer says, “Ob, he's worth a great deal!” TI've heered that ans’er when It seeméd ter me he wusn't worth a dum. I've noticed "at I can tell w'ether a man's |’ a Christian by his livin’, but it dow/t help me any to make out what church he b’lopgs to. They say 'at the number of bach'lors | is increasin’, an’ when I look at some on | lift a halleluyer. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Manhater—I am glad to hear you say that you never intend to marry—but vou failed to mention his name Perplexed—You ask how it is that men dare put asunder those whom God That's easy; on ‘Linger Here Awhile and Have a Morning Smile Cashier—I can't honor that check. madam; your husband's account is ovendrawn. 3 Coin—I suspected - something was wrong when ~ he signed it without waiting for me to go into hysterics.: sent out the Invitations, but I can tell you now that I'm happily married. “Miss R. Kassum—Yes? And | being | day an oce: e e S o ' The Smart Set | * BY SALLY SHARP. | . 20 S hear of the engagement of thy Bruce Dustan, who to-day make {ormal announcement of trothal to Lieutenant Wuis G Peace, Artillery Corps, U. S. A The news got out abead of time, but this afterngon an informal gathering of siss Dustah's, intimates wili be appiis- ed of her pretty story pver a cup of tea at the Baker street home. » The interesting aifair is coming to & basty culmination, for the young peo- ple expected making their announce- ment at Haster, wita the wedding to follow in the fall, but a peremptory or- der from Uncle Sam will send Lieuten- ant Peace sailing to the Philippines on February he and Miss Dustan have set wedding day for the 24th of this month. With so much ‘o consider, plans are hardly definite and the matter of a home or a church wedding is still in abeyance. . Miss Ethel Shorb will be maid of honor, with four or five bridesmalds also in the® bridal train, though they are still unannounced. Miss Dustan is ohe of our fairest belles, and her departure is greatly to be regretted. She is tall, graceful and blonde in type, and is always seen at the prominent functions of soclety, while Lieutenant Peace is a favored bachelor of both army and town affairs. . . . The Smart set is greatly surprised to siiss Doro- will Two engagements for a year of two days’' age begin an animated record ford® Cupid and cause a mingling of glad fe- licitations with New Year's greetings. Miss Frances Pleasants Febiger has announced her engagement tosthe Rev. Cecil Mertimer Marrack of St. Steph- en’s church, and this is news of pleas- Ing nature on account of the promi- nence of both. Miss Febiger is the daughter of Ma- Jor Lea Febiger, inspector” general om General Sumner’s staff. » . . Five hundred guests traced® tHeir steps toward Hotel Plymouth yesterday afternoon to attend a large tea given by Mrs. Milton Pray, her entertainment most elaborate and attractive. he entire first floor, placed at the dis- posai of the guests, was richly deco- | rated in berries and strings of greens, an orchesgra being hidden in the large hall. The Red room was further em- phasized in its rich beauty by a great bow!l of poinsettias, which stood upen the refreshment table. A pretty nook, constructed in the hall, was used for the serving of punch, and the handsome hostess made an exqafSite picture im her gown of white satin and rose peint yoke. . Many elaborate gowns were worn upon this occasion. Mrs. Ynez Shord White looking exceedingly well in a black and white silg robe. Mrs. William Cluness Jr. was gowned in white silk and peint lace, while Mrs. Reginald Knight Smith’s frock was of rich black and whitg lace. . . Ames, who left yes- st, made New Year's® { greeting and fage- ts enjoying during the afternoon an eggnog party. Mr. and -Mrs. James Wilder of Honolulu were honofed guests of the affairy at which were alse present Miss Ruth McNutt. the Misses Josselyn, Miss Edith . Miss Elizabeth terday for the E sior o well, several gue Berry, "Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Baker Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Anies, Jerome Landfield and Willard Drowr. The Gaiety Club members will hold forth this evening in Century Hall, this being. their second dance and te..be | hostessed by Miss Emilie Parrott. Two recent brides will be henered guests to-day at a luncheen given by Mrs, John Chase, who has bidden sev- eral to greet Mrs. Aloysius Sexton (Alice May) and. Mrs. Thomas Edward Bailly (Stella Fortmann). O . Mrs. Lester Herrick is noted among to-day’s hostesses, having biddeh a few guests for an informal luncheon, after which the afternoon will be devoted to bridge playing. The keynote of the year promises to be bridge, for the first days are marked by “several small parties indulging in the game. Yesterday Mrs. Jules Brett entertained formally, two tables of players enjoying the afternoon in the apartments of Mrs. Brett at the Marle Antoinette. Of the New Year's entertainers those on the Sausalito shore received a large number of guests from this side, besides those of the little town, and a very merry conclave was held at the home of Mrs. Gaston Ashe, who was assisted in recetv- ing her callers by Mrs. William Ashe, Mrs. Lester Herrick, Mrs. Winslow Beedy, Mrs. Gordan Ross, Miss Josephine Beedy, AfiflulConutance Borrowe and Miss Mary mall. The California Club held an interesting debate yesterday in the clubrooms, Miss Elinor Croudace being in charge. The gub- Jeet, “Hesolved, that we learn more from past history than present events,” brought into light the club’s argumentative talent, of which there was ample. many members taking part from the floor. /To-merrow an interesting reading from Maxim Gor- ky's play, “Summer Folk,” will be given by Herbert Lawlor of the Majestic The- ater, and Dr. Minora Kibbe will talke upon the famous author’s late book, “For- na Dordyees.” —_—— This week—Genuine eyeglasses, 20¢ to 30e. Note—No, 81 Fourth st. (front of barber's). * —_—— Townsend’'s California glace fruits and choicest candies in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market * ——— e Specialsinformation supplied daily to business hcuses and public men b{ the . Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 3 fornia strest. Telephone Main 1042, considering the circumstances they are convinced that he never joined them together. Bride—You write that you are con- vinced that he loves you. but would like some irrefutable proof. Iry ask- ing him to get up and build the fire in the morning. Doubting Parents—Of course you can christen her Mabel, but why not make it Mabyl and so have the agony over? Anxious WI;O—IS. as you say, he loves you, and is merel hll?lln!hod of showing l’l.’;::":rfi: him to whittle down the club he small w uses until it is a few sizes er. - gt ol