The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL « ... Proprietor JOHN D. SPRECKELS.... eeesstanenenns ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO A..ij\I\'L'.-\RY 9, 190C INCREASE IN PLEASURE TRAVEL. ual iftrease m pleasure travel to California has at last ch volume that it covers the whole State. In its be- pleasure and leisure travel at all. The tour- 1 search of health, secking such parts of the State as by compass seemed to have a prophylactic climate, dii- hysically from the rest of California. This travel was ns suffering from pulmonary disease, who sought just as the same class had before re- e of Minnesota and Colorado. California instinctively avoided inducements to such by the experience of Minnesota and Colorado. eriologists let much light in upon pul- so influenced individuals and public opinion as the sufferers, and now they. seek favored w of the deserts of Arizona and 1 Diego County in this State, and the bulk was sanitariu monished ba , and i sands el is for pleasure. It has made the discovery e grea 1 fact that the climate of California in equability ency varies but little at the same altitudes from one end of S te Board of Trade believed that the time con I this travel in the bay regionsby installing Alameda County, and finally on What was then regarded ished by the building of a first pped pleasure travel hotel, on a site on the that will command the noblest outlook to rlook Oakland, Berkeley and Ala- le spreading beauti€s of the bay, Ipais, the Golden Gate and the the fine transportation system of the hour’s reach of all the cities that enjoyment of their several advant- , sights and recreations, while living their and the eternal rattle hotel will not draw from any hotels n with a smoke 1 act its own business, which will rising stream of travel which sets this hat such a hotel will not long be | | ill have re found necessary. in this project. We have hardly v in every such improvement, and of travel in Northern California. The | i M osa grove nf}' ore the ns of reach-| has not entered into our The stage ride of two | jout to be changed. The | nearly half of its track| d River, to terminate 1i rished, which will be in| visitors can leave San Francisco in the | ey the same night. It is believed that| this road other interests will, r the twenty-six miles of mountain { 1 Then travel will go in| ) mountain stage road be- | ar in its true light, as part of the exhilarating the ri e 1 to p: e other, and tk was built it has been characterized as | the world. But the long and dusty 1 the edge of its pleasures. When the road will be sprinkled and its en- oy. San Francisco will have all of this ighty impulse to the pleas- headquarter 1 I'he State Redwood Park nother scenic asset of this city. The Ocean m to give access to that finest public forest in harm are now known only to the hardy 1g to spend the time and endure the fatigue neces- and enjoy them. When better access is provided, it on the register and in the cash box of all the hotels around 1lec iit will give a nn ’re. and ¢ ace the vision of our people to a proper concep- ntages and pleasure possibilities that are i proper and legitimate enterprise will do the rest. | HE men who propose that the “present sessicn of Congress T~' | be strewn with the wreckage of Presidential bills would better think twice before they turn the capital into a Squantufh | or Barnegat a a storm at sea. While the details of the legisla- 1 »osed by the President are open to examination and dis- | prog his direction is right and has the sapport of public senti- country. tion makes it his duty to communicate to Congress ( That state means the condition of all of people 1 what affects them favorably or un- vealed conditions of life insuranc¢e and the known ransportation are matters of the deepest public con- gress make life policy holders more secure, and econ- insurance so that it is possible to more people? That issue home and family in the country. It is woven into It jects into public taxation, which must provide night have been averted by life insurance. e people do not complain of the cost of transportation. = Cir- cumstances, rention and enterprise have joined to give us the cheapest transportation in the world. But they do complain, and bitterly, of the instability and inequality of the rates of transporta- The eystem of rebates and private car lines nullify to the the benefits of low rates. The people have a grievance. President represents them. Members of Congress may dis- agree with about the remedy, but they are in peril when they deny that a remedy is needed. He is beyond their reach by ordinary political reprisals, for he is not a candidate for a second term. But whether in the Presidency or in private life he has taken a leader- ship that he cannot abdicate. He has brought into focus public questions that are permanent and not ephemeral, for they are issues of principle and not of expediency. To strew this session with the wreckage of his measures will be futile. The wreckage will be of Congress. His measures will outsail the storm and survive for ref- erence 1o the people in the coming election of the next Congress. nion. touches e every indu poverty A Kansas convict has been disciplined for loaning money to his fellow Nothing of the kind has occurred in the Ohio penitentiary, al- contains thirteen bankers.—Pittsburg Gazette. OB O T A Des Moines woman’s club is -advocating “fewer but better babies.” Our own babies could not be better. The improvement is desired on other children.—Washington Post. SRRSO e Senator Depew cannot understand why he has lost ont with the news- papers. They have doubtless grown tired of a steady diet of chestnuts.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. R Yon mgy feel more cheerful about paying your insurance premium if wou will reflect how many people are watching those imsurance men just mow.—Indianapolis News. prisoners. though perso —_— Mr. Gates is going into the steel business, Sundry insurance magnates gre going out of it.—Boston Globe. ults outgrowing its | | | miles. | who | out on the street said, Now, MISTER BiGMITT, WHAT THIS 1S QUITE INTERESTING, MISTER« BIGMITT.| (COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE EW YORK EVEAING TELCGAAS (REW YORK RERALD e He Gave Some years ago a man named Brooks kept the Hotel at Orange, Mass. One morning a man named Warrick came into | the hotel office and said he and one of his neighbors, Mr. Jones, had walked to the village, a distance ,of .about three Mr. Warrick had carried on his shoulder a bag of grain Mr. Jones was taking to the grist mill, and when in the village square he gave it to Mr. Jones, mply said, “I thank you.” Mr. Warrick in telling Mr. Brooks about it thought Mr. Jones should have paid him samething for his trouble. Mr. Brooks told him Mr. Jones had paid him well, ing: “If a man says ‘I thapk you,' it worth 4 quarter; if he says ‘I thank you very kindly, it is worth 37% cents.”" Breakfast was soon announced and Mr. | Warrick went into the dining-room and | Coming out he ate a hearty breakfast. took his hat and opening the door to go “Mr. Brooks, I thank you very kindly for my break- fast.” Mr. Brooks promptly said: ‘“‘Here, War- rick, is a ninepence. We only /charge a quarter a meal at this house.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. GERMAN JOKES. TAKEN AT HIS WORD. She—Dear, dear hubby, 1 need a new dress. He—Dresses, always dresses! /Can’t you conceive something higher than that? She—Oh, yes; I also need a new hat. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. “Is your flancee a pretty girl?" “Well, I don’t like to say—but she man- ages always to get a seat In a crowded car.” NOTHING UNUSUAL. “Well, how Gid you come out in your case in court with reference to your fine country house?” “Oh, the lawyer has the house.” THAT SUFFICED. Husband—1 saw the doctor to-day. advised me to take a cest trip. Wife—Did you show him your tongue? Husband—No; but I told him about yours.—Fliegende Blaetter. He HER INGENIOUS PLAN. “Please, sir, have you seen a gentleman without a little girl, because my Uncle John has logt me, and I thought if you had seen a gentleman without a little girl you could tell me where he was.” —Men and Women. ———————— Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candies in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * | e Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 80 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, _— STRATEGY. She—So Will read his poem to’ you, How did you endure 1t? He—Just fixed my gl e on him and went to -qu:’ w‘l{n the other. . the Change || | CONQUER YOURSELF | g | | BY ANGELA MORGAN | O any one who is struggling to overcome an undesirable character trait, an unfortunatetendency 6{1 an evil habit, these words are ad- dressed. Helieve, above all things, that ¥you really have within you the yowert | to conquer. Clear out of your mind forever the | | belief that you are weak and your ef- | forts unavailing. 1f you would win the desired victory | over your unworthy qualities, you | | must first change your entire habit of | thought about yourself. You must cease to condemn yourself and your nature. You must cease to think of the | evil traits as being firmly rooted with- in you. No matter if in the past the baser self in vou has dominated; no matter ir through your error you have achieved an uniovely geputation and must fight to live it down. Know, de- spite all this, you have within you the elements of a strong and beautiful character. Know it is your right to de- velop this good in yourself and that you have the strength to do it. There is no such thing as a perma- nently evil character. There is no such creation as a bad habit so firmly rooted it may not be destroyed. Character Is not statiopary. It is forever in process of becoming. It is eternally changing, eternally growing. Because in the past you have been weak or ignorant, or have made a com- panion of your baser self, does it fol- low that you are now prohibited from making the acquaintance of your higher self? Indéed, may you not turn with all the earnest impulse of your being to that nobler seif and win its friendship so completely that the old companion w'n: be forever forgotten? I am sure of it. The mistake we make in our strug- gle to overcome our faults and weak- nesses is in conceiving ourselves to be essentially sinful. Because we are “human” beings we believe ourselves to be by nature evil. It js this belief that makes our battle so difficult. Poor “human nature!” How we per- sist in making it the scapegoat for our gins—the excuse for our failure to overcome! It is “human nature” to be selfish. It is “human nature” to be sensual. It is “human nature” to live the indul- gent life. Hence, we cannot be wholly strong and pure and beautiful of soul. This is the argument behind which we have shielded ourselves whenever we have realized our deficiencies. But it is just here we have argued wide of the truth. The truth is that this self-same “human nature” which we have slandered so persistently con- tains the very elements of good we are striving with such difficulty to acquire. In our own human nature lie the no- biiity, purity of strength and beauty we seek, for human nature is potentially divine. — 1f we would really overcome our evil tralts, we must heartily and radiantly belicve this. While we are holding the other conception of ourselves we pre- vent the development of the d In us. The nobility in us will gladly push to tie surface when we believe in it. This does not mean that the necessity for combat is removed from us. Fight we must, all of us, if we would evolve | from evil to good. S 1 | But when we fight with the under- stand.ng of our inherent strength, when we know that at the core we are God-made and must conquer, the bat- tle loses its terror. Victory Is boun to be ours. RCY You who are struggling to conquer your lower propensities, believe first of tall that you have it in you to prevail. { No matter how difficult the process i seems, do not be discouraged. Persist in your efforts f! Self-discipline. Per- sist with faith, knowing you cannot i fail. \ 4 1gnore the ions of those who do not ; those who are judging e, the standard of your former Eanmu -your energies -upon 00 - People in .~ Public Eye X RN O A tremendous rainstorm passed over Delaware Water Gap one Sunday recent- ly, and when Rev. W. E. Coffman of the Methodist church appeared in the pulpit he found just one worshiper in front of him—the sexton. “We are here to con- duct divine service,” said Mr. Coffman, “‘and should not desist because others are absent.”” Whereupon he preached a ser- mon of the usual length. The will of the late Francis Skinner, a Boston millionaire, puts the entire estate, excepting $20,000, in trust for his only son, Francis Skinner Jr., who a few years ago married Sadie Carr, a saleswoman in a department store. The testator left $20,000 to the Arnold arboretum of Harvard Col- lege. The young man's wife is the daugh- ter of Patrick Carr, a tailor. She is a strikingly handsome woman. Lieutenant Bierer, In charge of a naval recruiting station in Kansas City, does nct countenance the idea that the navy may be used as a reformatory for bad boys. A father brought his 18-year-old son to the station and showed unusual anxiety that the lad might pass. The lieutenant asked some questions and learred that the boy had bad companions and was disobedient at home. Therefore the father wanted him to have the strict discipline of the navy. “It is not the pur- pose of the navy,” sald Lieutenant Bierer, “to enlist boys who are incorrigi- ble at home for the purpose of reforming them. I don't want your boy or any other whose parents are unable to man- age them.” Congressman Wadsworth of New York and Congressman Rixey of Virginia drew adjoining seats for the carrent session. This reminded their colleagues of an oc- casion when the latter upset the New York man with a tart remark. The agri- cultural appropriation bill was under dis- cussion and Mr. Rixey complained bit- terly because the proposed measure did nothing for Virginia, although promises had been made for several years bagk. Mr, Wadsworth, being chairman of the com- mittee which reported the bill, tried to smooth matters over by remarking: “The gentleman from Virginia should remem- ber that Rome was not built in a day.” “That is true,” retorted Mr. Rixey, “and if Romulus and Remus were on the Agricultural Committee Rome would not be built vet.” —_— your own broblem and care not what others say. Believe that, as you have descended, 50 may you rise. Know that.all the real forces in the univérse are on your side. That when you strive to attain and a higher growth, human nature God nature are helping you. At the core you are God created. Be- lieve it until the evil falls away, leav- ing the pure gold revealed. FUTEDNEE S SCe ) SAFE. Among to-day's hostesses is Miss Maud Payne, who will entertain at a tea in hon- ‘or of her house guest, Miss Bessie Duns- muir of Victoria. This visiting maid Is very piquant in .type; an:l in great favpr. Miss Gertrude Palmer is entertaining to- day at bridge at her home on Jackson street. . e Raphael Weill will entertain at a dinner at the Bohemian Club this evening in honor of Madame Gros. . e Mrs. Arthur Barry Watson and Miss Sara Cunningham will be guests of honor at a large bridge party to -be given by Miss Edna Middleton next Monday. v el N Miss Dorothy Dustan is in demand for continual entertainment, which is being pressed upon her with double eagerness in view of the fact that her marriage on the 2ith will take her far from home. On January 18 Miss Dustan will be hon- ored by Miss Susan and Miss Mary Ertz, who will give a small dance at their Franklin street home. i B The news of Miss Lurline Spreckels’ en- gagement creates interest in the smart sets of many large cities where the charming fiancee is an important member of society. The United States may con- tinue to claim Miss Spreckels as a citizen, as she has plighted her troth to an Amer- ican and one of whom the nation may be proud by reason of his position and achievements, Spencer F. Bddy, secretary of the American legation at St. Peters- burg. Miss Spreckels is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Spreckels, and went with her mother to Paris some months ago, where she has been among the favored of the elite. oy Mrs. Thomas Edward Bailly entertained at a very informal tea yesterday after- noon in her apartments at the St. Francis. ¢ ¥ Miss Frances Stewart received a large number of callers yesterday In her apart- ments at the Hotel Cecll, and Mrs. Jo- seph Coryell, who has recently come from Menlo Park to the Colonial for the winter, held her first at home for the season. s s Mrs. Harry Nathaniel Gray entertained at an informal dinner in her apartments at St. Dunstan’s last evening, and to-day | Mrs. Gray has bidden a number 6f guests | to enjoy a few hours at bridge. R Mrs. J. A. Brown and her daughter, Miss Fannie Brown, of Portland, Ore., are at the Palace, to remain several weeks. The Skating Club renewed its gyra- tions last evening with vastly Im- proved conditions, the floor having been redressed in the interim ‘of the holidays. This, together with added enthusiasm & @ THE SMART SET # +# BY SALLY SHARP. after the recess of a fortnight, will prolong the club's assemblage into Februzry.~ ARl casualties have passed into oblividn and none are considered for the future. Misé Helen Bailey entertained at a tea on Sunday afterncon at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John F. Swift. on Valencia street, mearly thirty guests passing sev- eral delightful hours. . T Mr. and Mrs. C. Prederick Kohl. who are spending the winter in Washington and New York, are being extensivgly entertained. ' Among the large evehts given last week in Mrs. Kohl's honor was a dinner, at which Miss Marte and Miss Hildegarde McKenna were host- esses. . A visitor of some distinction s ex- pected to arrive. within our. gates to- day—Miss Christine Roosevelt, who will be the guest of her cousin, Miss Chris- tine Pomeroy. g Miss Roosevelt comes from New York and is a cousin of the President, alse a niece of Senator Kean of New Jersey. e s Mrs. Leonard McNear and Miss Alice Barber are leaving to-day for the East, Miss Barber's objective point being Boston, where she will remain several months. . Miss Mabel Bacon left’Sunday for her-home in-Santa Barbara, after sev- eral weeks’ visit in this city and Sau- salito, where she was the guest of Mrs. W. G. Morrow. YR R Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong Dean (Constance Lawrence) are resid- ing on Hyde street, at @reenwich, hav- ing taken a house for the winter. . . . Mrs. Ynez Shorb White Is visiting | briefly in Sacramento, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Steele. . * Mr. and Mrs. Dixwell Hewitt were among the New Year's guests at Del Monte, where they passed the week. . . - Mrs. Florence Land May “has tiken apartments at St. Dunstan’s, where she will remain till after the dinmer dance to be hostessed by herself and Mre. J. W. Wright on the 26th. The early part of February will see Mrs. Land leaving for a trip to New Or- leans. Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Hirschfelder re- turned Saturday evening from Balti- more, where they have been guests of their son, Dr, A. D. Hirschfelder. . . . . The Deutscher Club is preparing to hold an elaborate reception to-moOrrow { evening in the clubrooms. <+ ¥ @ Qccidental BY A. J. WATERHOUSE Accidentals ¥ ® 1 THE UNALPHABETED LETTER. | thelr descondants rowed over the piles J'VE learned, my dear, the alpha- | they left and insect lawyers got a con- i, ‘I;E iz oA PH8" | siderable part of dirt. Ob, it was et { great fun, I tell you! and it showed Y And know it very well. There's not a letter you forgot, Nor one you cannot tell. I've heard you say them o'er and From “a’ clear- through to “z,” And, oh, your stock of baby lor Brought happiness to me. But stifl one letter doth remain That alphabets let slip— The best of all, I dare maintain— And it is, Let "er rip! o'er You'll find, my dear, as stumbling feet Grow firmer and more strong, That many a trial you must meet, And that our worries throng. Gray Care will look you in the face And make you dread the day, And Trouble by your side will race In Trouble's dismal way; And then you'll need one letter more, Life's happiness to grip, And it will be, as said before, The cheery Let ’er rip! Each letter does its duty well To carry Wisdom's packs, And all man knows is in their spell, As in the lore he lacks; But not a one of them hath power To balm a grieving heart; In sorrow’s dread and dark'ning hour Must come diviner art; And such exists and e'er is found, Though still our feet we trip. In both the impulse and the sound Of dauntless Let ’er rip! Yes, let ’er rip! A fig for care! He’s more than half a shade, A gibing phantom, souls to scare And leave them sore dismayed. Then learn, my dear, one letter more Than alphabets contain, And add 1t to your wisdom’ And yours will be the gain. Then, though you're beaten in the race And feel life's worries mip, You'll turn to them a smiling face And say your Let ‘er rip! His Honor—The prisoner appears to be very young to be in such a place as this. Officer—He is, your Honor, and his respectable family conhections make the case particularly harrowing. “Who is he?” “Name's Spatts. His mother's the eminent lécturess on ‘How to Upbulld and Purify the Home.' “I understand that the cause of his death was appendicitis.” “Well, not exactly that” “What was it, then?” “An operation for it." —_— FABLE OF THE INSECTS. Once upon a time, my children, there was a generation of very small insects that dwelt upon a little hillock in a little valley in the st world; and these little insects were the busiest creatures that ever anybody saw, so busy at the ants used to go and look at them and feel mortified at thought of their own, slothfulness. They bullded cities, and hustled for food, and fought at the drop of an in- sectivorous hat, and killed one another, and oh, had a perfectly lovely time, just as human beings do. But the main business in which these remarkable Insects occupied themselves consisted in the storing of a certam variety of dirt. This le had no par- ticular value in itself, but the insects had ordained that it should be comsid- ered the most valuable thing in the world; and if a philosophical insect oc- casionally remarked that it had no special value except as it could be ex- changed for something which could be all the rest immediately a crank! Throw him out!” 8o it was no fun to be a phil- .osopher on that little hill in the little valley. 3 Of ¢ourse, in 5o far as this dirt could be exchanged for really useful articles, it did possess a value, but the surpris- ing feature of the case was that these absurd insects did not.gather it pri- marily to secure the thi they needed in living, but just for sake of add- ing to it and hearing their neighbors say, “Gee! What a pile he has!" Which the neighbors never failed to do. So store, the wisdom of the insects in an aston- | ishing degree! You may consider that these insects | were very foolish, my children, but, then, you should remember that they were only insects, and consider the— Meral: Which it would be quite use- less to mention to anybody who has not already discovered it LITTLE SUSIE'S WOES. Firs’ ma she took her yeller dress An’ fixed: it up feraMay, An’ May she.wore that yeller dress Fer six months, anyway. Then ma she took that dress agalin An’ cut it down fer Lou; She said the front was kind o' wore, But that she guessed 'twould do. An' when that dress had shrunk an' shrunk Until it reached Low's knees, Ma cut an’ sewed some more on it An’ said 'twas now Marie's; An’ when Marie had worn it thin Ma cut it down again, An” kind o' sighed an’ shook her head, An’ said, “'Twill do fer Pen.” An’ then when it was jus’ a rag Ma fixed it up fer me. The lot of little girls is hard, As any one kin see, Fer when 1 tore that dress plum off, As course I must, you know, Ma says, “Them childern try my soul— They wear out clothin’ so!” FAIR BRIDE'S DETERMINATION. (The Tale of a Fixed Resolve.) “No,” said the falr young bride—and in her eye was the light of a fixed res- olution—"“T shall go to my mother.” “But, my dear,” the young husband pleaded, “we have been happy togsther, have we not?” “I do not deny it,” was the response, “but my determination is unchange- able—I shall go to my mother.” “Think how lonely my home will be without you! It will be no home, and the long hours of the night and day will drag themselves by in unutterable loneliness!” “Nevertheless, I mother. “My house will be left unto me deso- late, ana—" “I just must go to my mother. I ;‘uly P;v;ls ::c to decide what my new ress s! and what de about that?” Ay ‘What could he say? For thers are problems that knock any man silly. So he bared his head to the blow which fate had prepared for him, and she went to her mother. Mabel's fat, and May is lean— Goodness’ sake! let no one telly Merely say that Mabel's plump, { And May's spirituelle. “How’s Tuffun getting along?" “He has a permanent place under the Government.” “I gee. San Quentin or Folsom?" - must go to my | i | “You can't go for a sail to- day, Willle, there's a big swell on the ocean.” “8:)‘11:-.-“‘ he must be a greal & swell to have ocean to himself.” e