The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1906, Page 8

|8 THE SAN "FRANGCISCO CALL JOHN McONAUGHT PBLICATION OFFICE TEIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO SATL }\U.\\, EBRL‘[TI:Y 10, 1906 PATTERSON. SENATOR wing independence in politics, which is indicative of a ge in the alignment of pamgies, is indicated by the attitude or Patterson of Colorado. When an independent spirit 1ong the official repgesentatives of a party, it.is at once by attempts to eheck it by the tightening of party disci- So in the appearance of the Celorado Senator as a come- i the responding swish of the party lash, we have the symp- atterson appears to hold an unimpeachable position in control of the vote gn treaties. Though his speech Bailey's reply did not bring out that fact, it is true that ttersan caucus of Democratic Senators is the first time in entary history that a caucus has interfered with the inde- f ator in votipg qn a treaty. In that respect, at ywed the motto of British parties that politics stops Senator has heretofore voted on treaties, cientious conviction of what was best for his ution intends he shall vote. Pantisanship has sle play for its discipline in legislation affecting and strictly domestic affairs. Sengtor Patterson declared his support of the San Do- it is evident he had no suspicion that he would be was simply asserting the intent of the constitution of a Senator, when acting as part of the treaty will be remembered that there was high feeling aty of Paris, settling the issues of the f the Republican Senators were in pposed it. I the Democratic Sena- 1cus as it 18 now ])TU‘N)SC( ca nstit n It It ity ¢ inority « vac been beaten dividu have 1 his i 1 convictions, and the Democratic bli yrity and the treaty was ratified. d the purchase of the Philippines and em- » of perplexities on a voyage of which no eye to be forgotten that the Democratic Sena- re from the South. Yet the South, having strength in the Senate now, seeks to set dence then in force, and disciplines and tor for doing just what Southern Senators rested in the question for many reasons. If s be accepted we will have only the element of y treat While partisanship is commendable domestic aft focus both internal and external interests. The of #he whole country in respect to international relations is v broader than the partisan horizon. Senator Patterson { in making this somewhat clear, by declaring that he in- npress the country with the size of the danger that ctation in such matters. ailey, who sustained the opposite view, did not succeed s position so as to carry conviction to the country. de on the line of merging the individual con- -sts, the abandonment of principle ffir expe- ators on that side of the chamber, Gorman, and Daniel, did not commit themselves in the de- - were committed to the caucus. The whole inci- nuch in the Colorado Senator’s past record the service he has rendered in bringing such a was m inter er Se tv side of the chamber may learn much from the | have been heretofore left free in regard to 1e Democratic caucus seeks to tie members to It is to be hoped that they will remain free. When es were pending it was suggested that caucus Id have happened may be plainly seen ifornia. It was the judgment of this State > of those treaties California suffered, by e up protection on the products of her soil in f the manufactures of other States. If a caucus of Senators had approved those treaties, our Senators would | d to bolt or bow to discipline and injure their own State. I ention now to the Patterson incident and its lesson. ew give point oi and ta rest « r att | intended to | Senator Patterson, will simply increase the | wump spirit in the country, Men fit for public life will not always be driven down a narrow lane. B ideals of improvement and adornment laid down by the Burn- ham plans is made the feature of the February number of the American Builders’ Rgview. It is the biggest subject that could engage the attentign of a “‘San Francisco architectural journal, and his one has worthily handled the theme. The issue gives D. S. Fehar's plans in full, and so illustrated with diagrams and skegches as to make clear what is this splendid ideal toward which the whole city is urged to co-operatively work and persist, through generations, if need be, to its accomplishment. So comprehensive is that plan, so overflowingly full of great fea- tures, that it is impossible to make.an adequate brief of even the items of very large importance. The only thing to do is to call attention to 1he‘twcmy—eight wide pages of the Review, of which cach one is full of explanations, of prominent importance: The civic centpr, which, because this city is so big, must be a chain of centers ng what is called “a perimeter of distribution”; the plans for he great natural center. of the city, where Van Ness, Market and Panhandle extension of the park come together, and where the new boulevard connecting the Mission is designed to unite with them ; the Outer Boulevard circling round the water’s edge of ocegn and bay, and below Telegraph Hill crossing over the roofs of tfie warehouses: the new streets on contour lines that will slope by casy and picturesque ascent the residential heights; the tunpels for rapid transit; the extended parks; the adornment of Telegraph Hill; the artistic bridge that will span California street and show as a picture from the ferry building; the waterfalls, as a “veritable Chateau d’Eau,” which we will have when we possess immense reservoirs of snow pure water from the high Sierras; the crowning glory of an Atheneum on Twin Peaks, and the festooning of those Is with loops of forest trees; all thése are but parts of the mag- nificent whole which one must read the Review to fully appreciate. THE FUTURE SAN FRANCISCO. UILDING of our fusure City Beautiful according to the great Representative Longworth’s address qn the Philippines reveals a quality in that young man which insures him against the doubtful fame derived from the circumstatice of being the son-in-law of his father-in-law apd the hus- band of his wife.—New York Pres R WP The President says he wants to shoot élephants and tigers. The insur- gengs make him feel that way—and they Qetter, watch out. First thing we know Congress will be handed a big bill by some damaged circus.—New York Commercial. ey S It is reported that President Roosevelt wants to go to Africa to shoot hippopotami. asmuch as that is impossible, he might wrestle with Sec- cretary Taft as a substitute.—Baltimore Herald. —_— Even the nine different ways im which Mark Twain asserts “chauffeur” can be promounced often prove ipadequate to express the feelings of luck- Jess pedestrians—Detroit Free Pfess. ¢ g 1 to bind them, | But each party left its members | irs of a republic, it is necessarily | | e Senate be free of partisan dictation in matters of external | SATURDA MERCY ! BUT ™ Gome Occidental ‘ Accidentals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. GRIT. F you feel the game is doubtful, and ] your cards are rather weak; It your courage slowly oozes, and you'd like to “make a sneak’; If your business doesn’t prosper, though you do the best you can, And you see it surely golng to a quite inferior man: If you're playing hard for dollars and are merely losing- dimes, Which is how old Fortune treats us on | this planet oftentimes: | I you've asked the Fates for blessing answered, and they've coyly “Nit!"” Try the virtue, if you've manhood, of a little dose of grit. Try the virtue of your grit. It will make your worries flit, And will warp your treuble double in an epileptic fit; And though Care may bark your shin, He will do it with a grin, While he says, “His grit's a corker, and it's surely bound to win.” If a man is craven-hearted and he mutters, “I give up,” He will always drink his potion from Misfortune’s bitter cup; 1f he lacks a spinal column. as some mortals ever will¥ Is a jelly-fish a climber of a high and rocky hill? But there’s hope for any fellow who is greater than his pain, ‘Who, although he stumble often, yet will evér rise again; From the raveled robe of fortune he will brighter garments knit, Win success from sheerest fallure by the wirtue of his grit. Oh, I tell you grit's the thing That will make your fallures wing, That will make your worry skurry while successes have their fling; Prom the pit of shame and rout It will dreg the stumbder out, For your grit is still a winner; 'tis a winner, never doubt. s Oh, I know the men in plenty, and a number I could name, Who are holding treys and deuces in old Fortune’s freakish game, But ‘'I'm never quite despondent, as I aciio il + LEPT-HANDED COMPLIMENT. Miss Dauber—¥ou won’t be of- fegded if T criticize your picture, will you? Vankyke Brown — No, certainly not. You upderstand something about art. You paint yourself so well, ¥ © THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL EY fiifllfll&' w THIA VN GETTING —— FERRUARY 10, 1906. L WHY HEREY» AN AUTOMOBUBBLE., WONDER. WHO LOwT Ir, TO. wTEAL MUST HAVE. | ONE ©OR - WHY, THE. IDEA, THERE W' NO HORN ©oN THIV AuTO, 'COPYRIGHT, 1906. BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD £OJ —WA- o [ it, but when he saw that the child paid the great composer, George Frederick to anything else he bécame angry gnd declared that he would hear no more music in his house. He had determined that his son should become a Although music was forbidden to him, the young Handel loved it-more than ever. He found comfort in the chimes of a nearby church until he was presented by a sympathetic relative with a small the aid of his nurse the boy hid the instrument in the gasret of the house and bound the wires with cloth m order that the sound might not penetrate below and be heard by his father. Not long after this he went with his father to the The nobleman found the child playing at the organ one night, and so in- gisted upon the talent of the boy that his father al- The first place that his music secured for him was one in an orchestra, which castle of a neighboring Duke. lowed him to have teachers. paid him the barest stipend. It was som he managed to work himself out of it. But, like Milton, Handel's greatest adversity came to him in his old age. He was 56 years became blind. Nothing daunted by his continued his work cheerfully and heroically till the end of his life. 2 .|in such cadés in most of our American A Little Lesson in Adversity. l T was parental opposition to his music that was the first obstacle in the path of Handel. While the boy was still very young his parents noticed his fondness for music.. His father first laughed at no attention lawyer. spinet. With e time before old when he afiliction, he GEORGE F. HANDEL. | * e see them in their place, If they say, “I'll keep on playing till at last I catch an ace”: For the most secure of winners in the game we mortals play, Looking backward, can remember many a most unlucky day. As they've won by grace of courage that they carrled in thelr kit, So success for us is waiting if we earn it by our grit. Grit's. the thing we mortals need, Grit that never runs to seed. Grit that makes the weary cheery by the virtue of its creed. *Tis the grease that olls the cart, Steam that makes the engine start; “Tis the only certain winner In this busy, earthly mart. — “The wedding ceremony would hawe been very effective if it had not been for one striking omission.” “What was that?” “For "some Inexplicable reason the bride’s mother neglected to weep.” ——— “What is a vicarfous sacrifice?” “A sort of a scapegoat proposition.” “I da not yet understand you.” “Well, I can best make the case clear by an illustration, For example, when a chauffeur is fined for fast driving, the chances are one out of two that he is made a yicarious sacrifice.” “How: 502" “Why, the law does not desire to touch ‘his influential master and so it maintains its dignity by sacrificing the | chauffeur.” ALFALFA PHILOSOPHY. I reckon ’at 'bout the best chance some fellers has of réacg‘n' heaven is found in the fac’' 'at their mothers won't ever know real c'lestial joy till they dew git there. I s'pose ef a man could strike a happy mejum ’‘tween what he thinks he is an’ what his neighbors think he is, he'd come middlin’ close tew the reel thing. - A Course I admire George Washin'ton, but I wish %t hatchet story was left out. Ef I had a hoy .'i( told me he couldn’t tell a le I sh’d look fer his wings, an' ef 1 didn’t find any I'd lay fer him with a strap nex’ time he went in swimmin’' an' didn’'t want to men- tion it. * 2 i Honesty's gooa policy; I'll admit that, ‘but I hain't ever yit see it offset dum foolishness, Bf they wus as many ways to heaven €8 they s ‘signboards, blowed ef I b'lieve us mortals orto be blamed much fer gettin’' kinder mixed on the road. ‘W’en I find a feller 'at allers agrees with me 'bout ev'rything I don't want no better proof ’at he's a dern fool. Guess'I know myself. T've noticed 'at the man ’at knows the le\a!t gen’ly says the most ‘bout it. Some critics allers make me think of a carpenter with just one tool; an’ that’s a hammer. Sunday plety would be a beautiful an’ improvin’ thing—ef they wan't any other days In the week. “How does that South Dakota woman like her husband?" “Not at all. She says he Is the poor- est sample she ever tried.” e You meant to stack the cards a little, But Some chap surmised your notion and he Cut, And some player, mild and bland, Got your own selected hand, And that's the way life’s chances on us Shut. “My seamstress says that her life moves along very much like those of most other people.” “How is that?” “Oh, just sew sew.” BUILD IT HERE. If you're dreaming of a heaven, Build it here. We the days of gloom can leaven ‘With our cheer; ‘We can bury woe so deep « That he neer will upward creep; ‘We can grain of gladness reap, Never fear. If you be tp heaven winging, ‘Wipe your eye. ? You'd look well h singing With a sigh! Yould look well a harp to play, Moaning, groaning all the day! Heaven was never gained that way— Mark it down. ‘We may scatter joy and laughter As we go, And the thing tnat cometh after 3 ‘We don't know; = But the truth our spirits tell: Here we bulld a heav'n or hell; Lay its stones or ill or well, Here below. ¢ A “I have already attended three balls this season.” X ,“Yes? What rate of interest did you have to pay on the loan?” ok BT 5 T Desertion - Too Easy BY DOROTHY FENTMORE. | CHICAGO man, Jacob Musbarum A by name, has deserted his family for the. fifth time, leaving his wife and eight children in direst poverty. Pro- bably if the recreant Jacob retdrns, reit- erating his promise to take care of them on condition that he Is not prosecuted, he will be forgiven and given the sixth chance. Until then the family is a charge upon the county agent, a charitable or- ganization, and the chance kindness of their neighbors. ~ I Mrs. Musbarum should decide to give Jacob over to the full penalty of the law he will be cared for by the State in the | penitentiary, with the certainty of three | meals a day, and no worry about to-mor- row. For the time being he will be well provided for. The eight children will be classed among the dependents to be sent by order of the | court to various institutions maintained at public expense. There, according to‘ the present system of commitment, they | will be placed in contagt with delinquent ehildren, who will prove clever teachers in erime. This is the usual method of procedure communities. It is, in the first place, unfalr to the ghildren. The brand of criminal Intent is the stigma placed upon the diploma of schools of this character. The sinsof the | father are being visited on the first gener- | ————— g The Smart Set 1 BY SALLY SHARP. — Lieutenant and Mrs. Willis Peace will sail to-day for the Philippines, ‘having spent the week since the acci- |dent to the Meade at the home of Mrs. Péace’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ropert Jaffray Pustan. Yesterday, as a farewell to several | friends, Mrs. Dustan and Mrs. Feace entertained informally at tea. P AR Mrs. Sarah S. Platt-Decker, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, will be given a large reception to-day in California Club Hall. The at- fair is from 4 to 6, and on the receiv- ing commtittee will be many women prominent in the State in society and club work. . . A large number of guests will go this evening from town and the Pre- sidio to Fort Daker, where a large re- ception will be held to greet the new commanding officer of that post, Colonel R. H. Patterson and Mrs. Patterson. > ¥ Mrs. Francis ] Sullivan and Miss Alyce Sullivan held their second at home yestorday, recelving a large | number of callers between ¢ and 6. In the receiving party the hostesses were assisted by Mrs. Dunne, Mrs. Wil- llam Penn Humphreys, Miss Moille Phelan and Miss Helen Bowle. ’ Mrs. Sullivan will entertain at & luncheon next Saturday in honor of her house guest, Mrs. Dunne. Wiy D Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Peixotto enter- ation with a vengeance. Theén, too, this course is manifestly un- | fair to the State. Why should the tax- | payers be forced to pay for the susten- | ance of a man who deliberately deserts | the children dependent on him? Why | should they be forced to take care of these deserted children, take care of them | in a way that will in all likelthood prove in later years a menace to the com- munity? “What are you going to dp about it?” | is the question that naturally arises. And | it is a question that was answered well | several thousand years ago. Among the laws of ancient Babylen | discovered by the archaeologists is ome | relating to this very condition. Its text | is to the effect that any man who will not | or cannot support his family shall be held | as a hostage by the state. He was either | compelled to labor upon public works or | rented out to some contractor who could | utilize his labor. The wages earned by | the erring ome were then used by the | state for the support of the family whom | he had deserted. Is there any reason why thig law would prove less effective in America than it proved in Babylon? it would not only relieve the state of a great burden of unnecessary debt, but would also deter many men from deser- tion of their familles, for it is sheer lazi- ness, in most cases, that causes this shinking of responsibility. If they have to keep on working for their families, whether they leave them or not, they will not be so anxious to leave. b admiteeoh s Lo - BURGLAR BOOMS BUSINESS, The gunsmith laid down “his newspaper, which contained an exciting articie about a burglar's capture by an heiress. “Business will be good to-day,” he said to a Philadelphia Bulletin man. “This burglar’s capture by an armed young woman will have a bulling effect on the revolver trade. “All householders feel that for protee- tion they should have revolvers at hand; but they put oft visiting the gunsmith, as one puts off getting his teeth filled. It takés an episode like this to recall them to their duty. They perceive that the heiress, because she had a revolver, saved herself some thousands of dollars in sil- ver and jewels. Accordingly taoey hurry to the right shqp and invest in a weapon. “A good newSpaper account of a bur- glar's repulse by an armed householder has often, to miy knowledge, quadrupled that day's gun and revolver sales.” The man smiled. “In fact, I might say,” he ended, “that burglars are our best revolver salesmen.” WANTED T0 SELL THE BABY. > Johnnie, a bright boy of 6, while being dressed for school, observing his little overcoat much the worse for wear, and having more mended places than he ad- mired, turned to his mother and asked: “Mother, is father rich?” v “Yes, very rich, Johnnte. He's worth two million and a half.” “How, mother?” *“Oh, he values you at one million, me at a million and the baby at half a mil- lion." Jehnnije, after thinking a moment, said: “Mother, hadn’'t you better tell father to sell the baby and buy us some clothes.” —New York World. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. ' RECEIPT—Subscriber, City. Any writ- ten document setting forth and acknowl- edging the receipt of money is a legal one, providing it sets forth the place of payment, the amount pald and what it ‘was paid for. SOCIALISM—A. C. R, Cify. The earliest record that can be found of Rob- ert Dale Owens advocating sociallsm in public in England, Is London, January 24, 1834, He came to the United States from Glasgow in 182 and three years later establiched in New York a weekly journal called the Free Inquirer, in which he set forth his soclalistic ideas. Bl..AD—SUBSCRIBER, City. On the subject of the conversion of ground flayp ino bread, ‘Universal History” says: “Ching-Noung, the successor of Fohi, is reputed to have been the first who taught men (Chinese) the art of husbandry, and making bread from wheat, B. C. 198" The baking of bread was known in the patriarchal ages: See Exodus xil:15. Breadmaking became a profession in Rome B. C. 170 general way the question: “Why do so many persons perish by shipyreck. every vessel is provided with lto':: servers?”’ for the reason that conditions are not the same In each cade of ship- wreck. The very best life preservers will sustain a person in the water for a limited time; even those of the best cork will be- mng«mmmm No man who ever made a life preserver expected that it would hold up a person for dava b | in costume and mask. The enforcement of | e T e e tained a dozen guests at dinner last evening at their home on Sutter street. g e Mrs. Austin Tubbs presided last even- ing at a delightful dance for the younger set, who were bidden to come The aftair took place in Century Hall, which presented a very gay appearance with its bright decorations and youthful animation. e o The Saturday Night Cotillion Club gave a dance last evening, making the affair & bal masque. S R A dinner to which wére bidden ten guests was given Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. William G. Henshaw at their home on Pacific avenue. Those who enjoyed the hospitality were Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Knight Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus Browne, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Miss Browne, Miss Alice Grimes, Miss Alla Henshaw and Miss Florence Hen- shaw. S o= me Mrs. Emory Winship was hostess at the second of her bridge parties yesterday at her home on California street. This affair | included the young matrons and membe: | of the older set numbering nearly #ixty guests who enjoyed an enthusiastic game, lher.e being several adept players. R Mrs. Willard Wayman entertained sev- eral bridge guests yesterday in her apart- ments at the Empire, this affair closing the serfes Mrs. Wayman has given through the season. > o @ A very large number of callers attended the second at home heid by Mrs. Frank J. Kerrigan at her new home on Clay street yesterday, the pretty rooms being | made radiant with the mingling of many flowers. A large receiving party aided Mrs. Kerrigan in the reception of her | guests, among them being Mrs. John | Breuner, ‘Mrs. Frederick Henshaw, Mrs. | Willam Mau, Mrs. Frank Long, Miss Ruth Morton, Miss Lavinia Hoffacker, Miss Emily Stone, Miss Kate Kerrigan, Miss Susie McNab and Miss Christine McNab. Sie=e The news of Lloyd Robbins' marriage to Miss Mary Cowl in London Is one of the pleasant surprises to society. Mrs. Rcbbins is a New Yorker, but has spent somg time in San Francisco, where she first met Mr. Robbins. Their wedding was quietly solemnized last Tuesday, and they will soon arrive in this city, where their home Is to be. Mr. Robbins is graduate of the University of Cll|for|_‘} and well known over the Pacific Coast. 8.9 Miss Josephine Lindley entertained near- 1y fifty guests at bridge yesterday at her home on Broadway. Spring Dblossoms made the rooms very attractfve, the play- ers remaining until a late hour over a very interesting game. ABE THOMPSON'S YERSATILITY. Abe Thompson was in town yester- day from Freeland Park, Ind Mr. Thompson is a savant. He is not only a practical farmer and a good grain buyer, but a philosopher as well, and the best judge of an egg sandwich be- tween here and Kokomo.—Piper City (11L.) Journal. Special lnrorm&‘lon supplied daily to business houses and public Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30’ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, ———— i Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candies In artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * Oncle Biff’s Observations