The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1906, Page 8

n THE SAN FRANCISCO CA ™ «+ 2. Proprietor D. SPRECKELS...cccceeee *°° ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS 1O s eanebsaksensnanop L PRI ARY CELSEONG. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN ALAMEDA. have already referred to the investigation of public owner- of electric lighting in Alameda, made by Mr. L. A. His report is 2 most valuable contribution to the ire of the subject. The administration of that lighting plant strates mearly all of the infirmities of the system. - For the orig- i plant, sewer bonds were diverted. The people ng interest and principal upon them as sewer and m has not been charged up to the lighting plant. in the operation of the plant, amounting to $124,000, have 1 { up to it, but are paid by the taxpayers as deficits No consumer of city light can tell the cost his rate receipt nor his tax receipt. He pays mer, and that part is disclosed in his rate. But s concealed in his tax receipt is an unknown quanti . Call has contended that if the people insist on publi i i operation of public utilities, the first principle of | hat each plant shall carry its own cost of acqui- maintenance, betterment, repair and interest, and that its 1 pay it all as ratepayers, and none of it | c 1 ay only can the cost of the service be known | on there should be charged every year to such axes. As a private plant it would pay taxes, | When it becomes a public plant it yatribution to the public revenues has to be | ate taxpayers, and is part of what they pay for The investment of Alameda in The loss in, $2417 92. In ten years it amounts vers drag it after them in a continually er year. i | electric light plant of Alameda owes its wce at a loss to a personal feud between an that city and the manager of a private lighting | 1. If this is so, it reveals an abuse that may gitators- or politicians, for the purpose ge, make use of uninstructed and unwise enthu- j of public -ownership to inflict injury in a pri- The influential citizen of Alameda who has done this revenge at a cost of $124,000 to the taxpayers, who | ke up a deficit of that amount in running the plant. | end $ yet. The private consumers have petitioned | ction in the cost per kilowatt to the price charged by a pri- Oakland and Berkeley. The city Trustees re-| ners that their request was based on the as-| { n in Oakl rwhere rev subject the petiti at.the.plant was completely equipped; which is not the theretipon bids were asked for the installation of a new and generator at a cost of $20,000. But it seems that new led this year, for the president of | rustees in a letter last May said: “Building a plant ownership) is slow work, and to an outsider it plant is using up a great deal of money, but s installed, which will be very shortly, the | in @ position to meet the increased demand for current | e to come, and consequently the construction charges | ngine nachinery has been already instal 4 " Was the new machinery installed st have proved inefficient, for within | ed upon the new engine and generator. what neant in May by the “new machinery,” the v operation of public ownership. is exposed in a.new | f seven months in installing new machinery “very shortly” in May. attention to another feature in public owner- A private corporation is responsible for the 1 agents. If its neglected wires kill or injure respond in damages. If a railroad passenger i e private corporation must pay, and canno for the carelessness of its employes. In Ala- neglected and unrepaired, caused personal brought to compensate the heirs of the ch neglect. The case was nonsuited that as a public owner of a public utility it is | e-acts of its serva Followed to its ultimate | rresponsibility implies lack of discipline and blic operation of a public utility. The ves are endangered must carry their own insurance he ‘sacred city and its political employes are compensation. ot delay done ‘ ‘ s | = ler of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho is a t makes a peculiar and deep impression upon American ie.is. murdered for a double purpose. He kept his he law in Idaho and iskilled, not only in re- e officers of the law in this country that by its arfeit their lives. e befoere he became Governor of Idaho, Shoshone State, was ruled by outlaws. It is-believed that they ed by “Molly Maguires,” the organization of a red record in the coal regions of Pennsylyania suppressed by the efforts of Mr. Gowen. In Sho- ey murdered men by the score. They elected their local offices, and finally abandoned midnight assas- daylight ‘massacre. They seized trains on the railroad transport an armed force from one town to an- ted"¢o murder many men, and moved on to the next place to repeat their crimes. The railroad company did ‘not dare protest, for fear that all its property in the district would. be destroyed. Emboldened by an immunity secured by control of the local offices, these men finally on #oz 1 the rer, | lion dojlars’ worth of property in that county in ont month. Idaho militia was in service in the Philippines. The authorities Shoshone County not only refused to punish the crimimals but Mined them in t crimes. By virtue of his lawful authority, Gov- ernor Steunenbérg called on President McKinley for Federal troops. They were “sent, .and the.incendiaries and assassins were rounded up, perined up and punished so soundly that the county was cleared i ne, and is now a safe place for law-abiding American citizens Not'in the slightest particular did he exceed his authority. The i of c LLY} | orous and deep and splendid. | daily getting out of doors, but | ture's influence. | takes to draw a deep breath. | selves free of all the hampering things | oftener recognize the mergency was greal and he met it greatly, all the time aware that he took his life inchis hand by doing his duty. But he was a brave and regarded his life as unimportant when weighed against his responsibility to his oath and the law. Since he retired from office he was constantly warned and" threatened, and at last the agents of organized murder have killed him. They are avenged upon him, and théy have served notice in"his blood upon all American officers who are under oath to enforce the law that death is the penalty for keeping that cath. 5 It is believed that the murderers are in custody. If so, the United States looks to the State of Idaho for their prompt punish- ment. If bloody reprisals follow this, the issue will be joined be- tween murder and the majesty of the law, and the country will fight it out to a finish. Questions that have in vain engaged the life-long study and effort of other men are settled by Mr. Roosevelt as he pauses between his breakfast food and his morning steak, or are decided in a postscript to a typewritten letter.—Baltimore Sun. g FIND SOLACE IN NATURE | BY ANGELA MORGHAN. o — \VERY duy I beve becams, smorejl—————d o T E thoroughly convinced that in or- b der to live a vigorous, healthy, roomy life, we need frequently, to get away from the furniture dnd the cramped conditions of our workaday existence and come out into the open, where we can make friends with na- ture. We need to break away from nar- rowness and monotony and artificiality; we need to shake ourselves free of whatever prevents our souls and minds from expanding and thriving. For this reason it is absolutelymeces- sary that we have periods of detach- ment from people and things—pe- riods of aloneness with nature and our vaster selves. It is unfortunate that during the winter mexnths so many of us suffer for lack of these large experiences. The life most of us live during the rigorous season is not life in any big or vital sense. We haven't space enough. We live too close to brick and stone and mor- tar. Our imagination is being con- tinually cut off by encroaching walls and roofs and ceilings. There isn't enough sky in our landscape. Yet many of us live this half life simply because we have not the cour- age, the determination or the under- anding to do otherwise. If we would insist upon it, we could appropriate ch day enough of the vastness and beauty outside to keep our lives vig- To suc- ceed in this necessitates not only the the opening of one's entire being to mna- It is not a matter of the distance we traverse or the length of time we spend outside, but of the mental and spiritual attitude we hold while we are in the wide, wonderful, clear-eyed presence of nature. We do not need to travel far to find cternity. We do not need to search for it. One upward look with the senses fully awake will lift us wholly out of our limited selves in less time than it (R e membrance of the city of God which had been shown? But every night come out these envoys of beauty and light the universe with their admon- ishing smile.” Oh, the neglected out-of-doors! Oh, the wonder and the glory, the peace and the power we miss when, we shut ourselves away from vastness! Let us give ourselves to nature. Let us go oftener into her presence. She will keep us sound and whole, beauti- ful and serene. WHEN THEIR AUTO BALKED. Robert Lee Morrell, chairman of the Automobile Association, started out for a spin in his automobile the other day, and everything worked finely until he reached Broadway and Seventy-second street. Then the machine balked, and no efforts on his part could induce it to go. He worked away until he was rapidly getting into a state that he felt could only be relieved by strong language, but the presence of a group of children made him refrain from expressing himself. In the group was a little girl with long golden hair and deep blue eyes. Bhe crowded close to the automobile owner as he worked. Finally he became so exasper- Why do we go about troubled and dissatisfied and restricted when in any moment or hour we may fling our- and be swept into tlie consciousness of immensity? when we can, by lift- ing our eyes, give to the skies our misery and be left free and at peace? Do you often let the sky absorb your troubles? It is a magical experience —one never to be forgotten. I have in mind a recent miserable day of my own, when I dropped the fretting, depressing things and went | out into. the open for relief. While my eyes were bent upon the ground, I re- mained oppressed and sick at heart. Suddenly I looked up and my gaze seemed to drown in the intense eternal | blue. Never before had I come so close to | i sity. it true that I had| o e b S s i 1ad | gted that it seemed as if he really must fors? Even s I gassd the magicat |58y somethlug, and, turning to the little thing happened. A wonderful exchange | Miss, he sald: took pla The blue vastness dradi |, -1 Wish you would run away, little girl. up 8l mb unboppinesh iR T Geknk Jta| SUSIEE & (e% (Mogh £a lkedo say, "0 boaaty. and. its sublimity; Go right ahead,” said the child. “Don’t What shame to us that wik-do-not{mind me My papa has an auto, too."— agencies of re- | Boston Post. 3 e e generation and_ uplifting pressing so " ¥ close above and about us! FACTS ABOUT MARRIAGE. What shame to us that we go om The historical facts concerning mar- slighting them every day, every night, | riage as an institution are probably only vaguely known to the ,majority of hugging our petty trials close ana waliling that life is so meager, so dis- | people, most of whom would doubtless appointing! It is meagerto..us be- |be surprised to learn that the institu- cause our consciousnes8 - of it istion, as we know it to-day, is less than meager. 500 years old. Histories of the mar- Think how we slight the stars! Says | rlage ceremony show that it was not solemnized in church as a religious rite until the time of Pope Innocent fI, A. D. 1198, and was not considered a sacra- ment until 1442 —Harper's Weekly. Emerson, “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the re- MIRROR OF DAME FASHION S SMART SCHOOL SUIT OF SERVICEABLE QUALITY. UALITY is a most im t consideration in the school girl's Q dress. In the very best families the daughters of a school age are dressed in simplest fashion, their. costuming entirely free from frills and furbelows. Good materials are used and in cut and fit and finish the garments are perfection, but they are marked by & singular absénce of trimmings. The new fabric “griffonette,” which has the quality of rain-proofing added to its soft, fine texture, is being made into smart coat and skirt sufts for school and for general wear, a blouse of some bright silk or worsted or of linen eting the outfit. The suit {llustrated is ofa specially smart cut, the circular skirt seamed in the fromt and with a small inverted box Nofi.gmut and back. Three tucks disposed about eight inches apart are its only trimming. The coat is of box shape, the back form having two in- verted pleats and being loosely belted at the waist line. Heavy ma- chine stitching finishes the whole. A dark green is the color of | little suit, and worn with it is a plaid walst of gre P ‘blue s gold. The hat is of blue felt, with a scarf of green : m& knotted at one side and thrust through with whfi: quills. = |'come, you must stay a long, long time."” T OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS BY A. J. WRATERHOUSE. T o T THE NEEDLE'S EYE. HE game was “‘Needle’s Eye,” and 1 too bashful was to Dlay it, And so I stood back, looking . and d1d not once essiy it, While round and round the circle to shrieks of childish laughter That pierced the old house tlirough and through and echoed to the rafter, ‘ shy, | flew Till one sweet maiden, mischief bent, de- clared that she would kiss me, And when I 'knew her dire intent, I ran, that she might miss me. » Bring on your fools in doltish rows, and ne’er a one shall match me, For, though her cheeks were like the rose, I would not let her eatch me. Deep in my heart 1 really wished to meet with sweet disaster, But, oh, an imbecile was T, and so I ran the faster. *Twas some years later, I recall, that she , and I one even Were standing by her father's gate, while all the field of heaven Was strewn with little stars that winked and whispered ore anther: *“He'd like to kiss her if he dared, but he’s a. chump—Oh, bother!” I took my courage in my throat, Cupld’s weapon gumning: But, oh, the years a diff'rence make—the | maiden did the running! She ran so fast I thought her gone, but then it so befell it Seemed right to her to pause, and I-I promised not to tell it. But there's the line 'twixt boys and girls that Cupid never misse: i The latter run, but alw: stop—if they would like the kiss with | Heigho! Heigho! The swift years go, and often they distress us By bringing sweets we used to when all too late to bless us. And so it chanced that yesternight I met that one-time maiden, And she, though stil] I thought her sweet, with dignity was laden. I thought about those kisses two that did or didn't hold me, But what she thought I never knew, for, faith! she never told me. She did not run, I did not run, but Cupid sought his cubby, For much I feared, and wisely feared, that she would tell her hubby! Heigho! Heigho! The swift years go in an eternal tourney, While many a bliss we used to know is lost upon the journey. STRANGE ABOUT THE CHILDREN. (A horrid little fable for the benefit of you and me and the rest of us.) “I am sorry,” saild the fond mamma to her Tommy, who had been detected in the act—“l am Sorry, ves, very Sorry, to know that my little boy sometimes tells wrong stories, and I so much hope that he never will do it again. None but very wicked people tell such stories, and they are not res—Oh, there is that hor- rid Mrs. Brown, and I do believe that she is coming here! Yes, she is! Why can't the old harridan stay away, or at any rate come at some other time? I am sure that nobody wants to see her!” The doorbell rings. Enter Mrs. Brown. “Why, Mrs. Brown! Is it really vou? I am so delighted to see you! It seems an age since you have been here! You | ought to be ashamed to stay away so| long when you know how I miss your | charming visits; but, now that you have know Chatter—chatter—chatter. “Oh, must you really go? I am sure that you have not been here a minute, and when you come so rarely it is a shame for’ you to be in such a hurry! Well, if you surely must! But you must’ come again soon! I know that you would if you could form any idea of how much I miss you when you do not come. Well, good by—Oh, did you hear that—yes, good by—No, there isn't a doubt of it— Well, good—Oh, they say that he—good—"" But life is short, and women's good- byes are—well, they are not short, and so the record of them may as well be chopped off in one place as another. And this sort of thing may take )la in almost any family on almost any day; and in the meantime little Tommy stands around and takes it all in. Moral—It is very strange that dear little children so frequently insist upon telling those shocking wrong stories. “If you cannot on the ocean sail among the swiftest fleet, Dancing on the highest billows, laughing at the storms you meet,” You may, dwell within a cottage in the coufftry or the town, And you'll know the chance is better that you'll keep your dinner down. “T've thought of a conundwum, boy. Want to heah it, y° know?" “Yaas, 1 don’t mind.” “What's the diffewerence between the head that weahs a cwown and the man that weahs it?" “Haw! Bah Jove!” “Give it up, deah boy?” “Yaas.” “Why, the head that weahs a cwown, doncher know, lies uneasy, but the. man that wedhs it genewelly lies easy enough. Good, doncher think?” “Yaas, bah Jovel “Did the attending clergyman hold out much hope to Graefterre before he passed away?"”’ “He did the best he could, but he couldn’t do very much in that lne.”, “Why not?"” “Why, Graefterre had been in politics for years.” deah “Why do they call Bloviatus, the orator, Samson?"” “I should think you would understand without asking. It is because he accom- plishes so many wonders with the jaw- bone of an ass.”" THE LADY AXD THE GROCER. “I found those eggs that I bought here yesterday very unsatisfactory,” said Mrs. Younglove. “I'm sorry,” replied the grocer, “but I was afraild you wouldn't like them.” “Well, didn't you tell me they were fresh?” “Yes. Please remember, though, that we didn't tell you they were ‘strictly fresh.’ 2 “I should think when one bowught and paid for fresh eggs that would be enough. What do you mean by saying you didn't tell me they were ‘strictly fresh?" ™ “You see ‘strictly fresh’ are four cents a dozen more than just ‘fresh.’ ™ “Oh, dear me! How queer. Well, T think T'll take & dozen of the “strictly fresh’ ones. Are you sure they will all be good?” “No, I can’t promise that. Yowll find them better than the just ‘fresh, though.” “And are the ‘strictly fresh' ones the | % i with ready best you have?” “Oh, no. We have the ‘a number ones,” which I can guarantee. but they're four cents a dozen highe the ‘strictly “Very well. Give me a dozen of the ‘a 'number omes.'” As she was leaving a thought struck ‘“‘Are these the best you have? There iswt a ‘ne plus ulua’ grade, is there?” B “No.” replied the grocer, but he made | W foude down on a piece i Paer-Chicugs RecorHer % g PR i BY SALLY SHARF. Mrs. Eleanor Martin and Mrs. Peter Martin will recelve to-day at the formers home on Broadway. / This is the first reception day for the vear, though a second will be held on January 1% Several nundred cards bave been issued for the two cecasions, which will meet response, especially as the departure of Mrs. Peter Martin for New York is a nearby event. Just before Lent she will leave for the metropolis, indulg- ing in a short whirl there before the sea- son of quietude begins. a5 . The third of the Friday Cotillon Club dances takes place to-night in the Palace Hotel baliroom, Mrs. ¥Ynez Shorb White presiding. v s Ve e x The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Pickering on Broadway was the scene of a delightful dance last evening, given in honor of their two young daughters, Miss Rhoda and Miss Marie Plekering. Nearly a hundred guests were bidden to enjoy the occasion, which marked' the formal debut of the two maids, who have here- tofore been identified with the younger set in all of their pleasant affairs. The house, artistically decorated in a variety of flowers, presented a most at- tractive appearance, the halls and recep- tlon rooms being lavish in their display | of violets, whose demure Shade was & iieved here and there by the presence of Na and daffodils 3 The spatious rooms provided a delight- ful dancing hall, the yOung guests, among | whom were mingled some of the older set, thoroughly enjoying the evening until & late hour. PR Among the attemdants at_ Miss Doro- thy Dustan's wedding will bé Miss Grace Mellus of Los Angeles and Miss Josephine Smith of Philadelphia. Miss Mellus has but recently gone to her home in the south, but will return especially for the marriage of Miss Dustan to Lieutenant Peace. 3 . Mrs. W. W. Stow will hold a large re- ception to-morrow afterncon at her home on Pine street in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaetzel of Santa Barbara. Guests are bidden from 4 to §, and many will be delighted to once more greet Mrs. ss Gertrude Jacks was jsitor to town- of Mrs. Stow. . Miss Georgie Spleker entertained :r?! Informal luncheon yesterday in honm.u. Miss Lysbeth Painter, half & dozen oo bestowing felicitations upon the ¥ e guest, whose marriage to Cfigfgs-::da“‘y. hardt will take place nest Wedne has been formed Kaetzel, who as Mi always a welcome V pretty bride is 2 nk.ce A small bridge club b among some of the maids of the smart noon a meet- t. and on Wednesday afternoon & ::g was beld at the home of Miss Re- becca Deal. 2 8 Among the players are Mrs. W 11”“{‘]‘- (:: Deal. Miss Marcia Warren, Miss .“\‘; Marriner, Miss Mary Sweiger and Miss Jane Sweiger. . The Skating Club W . | resume its mMerry whirl next Monday dvening after h“x‘: lapse of a fortmight owing to the hol b davs. There is genmeral enthusiasm con- g it and society seems to be nearly f:?xlee}x" :bsurm»d in the fascinations of the rink as it is with incomparable bridge. Only the remaining Mondays in January will be consumed by the pastime, Lent following very shortiy. ma Shafter Howard will re- Mrs. Er ceive on F n January at 1760 Pacific | | avenue. k .. Mrs, Mansiteld Loveil and Miss Lovelf | are reeelving to-day af their home on Webster streét and will be at heme Fri- days through this :non:n. 2 - | St. Dunstan’s will be the scene of & dinner next Monday night given by Mrs. Harry Nathaniel Gray. - . { ; The San Francisco Nursery for Home- | less Children will give a large card party | at the Palace Hotel on the afternoon and | evening of February 17, the proceeds_ to ‘xo toward the building fund of the insti- tution, which is. net yet quite clear of debt. <l . | Mrs. Arthur Franklin Bridge is at home | from a four menths tour of China and | Japan, and is residing at 2220 Webster street. — | ANSWERS TO QUEKIES. ' XS SAFETY—R. G. C, Yuba City, Cal | In 1879 H. T. Lawson of England ob- tained a patent for a rear drawing safety on a bicycle, and it is said that that was the origin of the “safety.” WILD BIRDS—Subscriber, City. In Cal- ifornia it is always unlawful to take or kill meadowlarks or any other wild birds except bluejays, English sparrows, sharp- shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, great { horned owl or California linnet. GRAVE OF MACAURE—Subscriber, City. This correspondent wants to know in what publication there is to be found a Scotch poem entitled, “The Grave of Macaure.”” Can any of the readers of this department give the information desired? ACTRESS—A., City. There are a number of stores in San Francisco dealing in pictures of actresses, but this department cannot advertise such. Questions of this character should be accompanied by a stamped and self- addressed envelope for reply by mail THE AUTHOR—H. R., writing to this department, conveys the information that the lines— “How soon we are forgotten, When we rest beneath the sod; ‘When our feet no longer wander O'er the paths we oft have trod,” Are by James V. Coffey. MAUDE GONNE — Subscriber, City. Maude Gonne, called the Irish Joan of Arc, became known in 1889 as a champion of Irish independence. - She spoke in many places in favor of such independence, and while in France published a paper called I'Irlande’ Libre. She came to the United States in 1898 and spoke in several places for the cause she advocated. In 1908 she married Major McBride. CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERS-L. J. T., San Leandro, Cal. This department has not the space to publish the names and locality of publication of all the pa- pers printed in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Marin and Sonoma cdunties. You can ob- tain this info mation in the Rowell, Lord & Thomas or Pettingill newspaper- direc- tories, to be seen in the Oakland Free Library or the one in San Francisco, or in the business office of any of the Oakland newspapers. TRAVELING—M. H. G, City. A gen- tleman may with propriety place a lady under the charge of a gentleman friend when she i travelng. To accept such a trust is to make the gentleman re- 1 sponsible for the lady’s comfort during the journey. In accepting the charge of a lady for a journey, the gentleman should accompany her from her home. or be at the depot in fime to see that ~ her ticket is purchased, her -Baggage checked, and she is properly seated before the departure of the train. She shoudd be given the choice of the window or ° inner seat. THE YEAR 190—D. H. H, Veterans’ Home, Cal. The old Roman year con- tained but 355 days, divided into twelver | lunar months, with an’ intercalary month . thrown in at certaln intervals, necessdry to atone for the fact that it requires more than twelve precise lunar months to make a year. This arrangement led to great confusion. Julius Caesar, in B. C. & remedied the trouble in a large degree by. the introduction of the Julian calendar, which regarded the year as composed of 3657 days. This was an improvement, Qut as a matter of fact the natural year contains 11 minutes 10 seconds less than 365% days. which difference amounts in a hundred years fo 18 hours 3 minutes and 40 seconds, or a little more than three; fourths of a @ay. As aconsequence between the year A. D. 25—when the Council of Nice established the rule for the deter- mination of Easter Sunday—and the year 1852 there was found to be an accumulated error of ten days. Pope Gregory XIII re- solved on ending the confusion attendant- upon this imperfection of the generally accepted calendar and ordained that what, according to this mode of reckoning. would have been October 5, 1352, be reck- oned as October 15; and to prevent 3 repetition of the error he further ordained that every hundredth year should not be a leap year, excepting that of the year 2000 and every four hundredth year thereafter, The Gregorian Calendar, which took 1700, 1500 and 1900 out of the list of leap years and left 2000 in that list, leaves but @ small difference of 36 minutes and 40 sec- onds in a hundred years between the civil and the natural year, which amounts to only 22 seconds a year, or about six hougs- in a thousand years. It was to .qlullg the matter that 1300 did not have 366 days and was not a leap year. | Tnis week—Genuine e 20c_to B0c. Note—No, 81 Fourth st. (front of barber's). * —_————————— Townsend's California glace fru.ts and cholcest candies in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market, * — Special information supplied daily to Pr umclulphpm‘ iu'r';‘in"i‘i'fi%n' ) lgyc:)h- @ 8 - fornia street. Telephone Main 10432. o THE LI hid DESCENT OF MAN. “©h, pop, I saw a man-eating tiger.” “A man will eat anything nowadays. He has degenerated since he was a monkey.” ‘he living thing that has grown as many feet as I have in less than twenty years? ‘The Dwarf—Sure; the centi- . pede. GHTER SIDE OF LIFE- Mrs. Noolywed — Oh, Jack! there is the tramp I gave my biscuits to last week.