The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1906, Page 8

fHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL . Proprietor JOHN D. SPRECKEILS..... ADDRESS ALL §OHN MCNAUGHT........ PUBLICATION OFFICE. ATURDAY.. COMMUNICATIONS TO cescn.asanssess. . Manager .THIRD AND MARKET STREETS. SAN FRANCISCO _.FEBRUARY 17, 1906 THE METRICAL SYSTEM. New York Herald is prosecuting an inquiry among the ess men of the country in the matter of introducing the | system of weights and measures. Our system of res is complicated, but exists and continues be- | vy 1cast le are accustomed to it. rods and miles; in superficial measure they et and their multiples, and so on. To a vast major- es, ares and grammes express nothing, and have no rds, he which he was doubtless familiar in is derived from metre, which is as- part of the quadrant of the meridian i Dunkirk. The system therefore is measure of the circumference of the with Barcelona an thematical of superficies, is a square whose side is ten it of capacity, is a vessel with a volume equal hose edge is one-tenth of a metre. The gramme, or unit 1t, is the weight of a cube of pure water, weighed ina vacuum, i dth of a metre. From each unit is one-hundr “deci” is the tenth part of the and m the thousandth part. Ris- unit “deca” is ten times its value, “hecto” * one thousand times, and “myria” ten thou- Thus matter familiar to many, but unfamiliar 1 to our present system we guess very poun But we are vacant of judgment as “Gitre.” That the system may be famil- nt from the readiness with which in Cali- ial measure in Spanish terms. i d. ial We, however, by In Louis- In are 100 varas. nto its equivalent inches. ystem prevails, inherited from French days. 1 land m res, league and labore are used. is coming into use in England, and if that United States combined in its use and d it as a common system, it would aid in a great convenience to commerce. great expense in reducing foreign system To this work a considerable por- ing revenue goes. By the time imported a considerable part of the import duty is ex- what they weigh and measure. The “rottol” urkey, “achtel” of Austria, “fuss” of Baden, “yiss” of Burmah, “seer” of Ceylon, “catty” of pan, “pud” of Russia, and the other diverse and measures of the seventy-five nations and local- abroad and receive it in return, are the e tax on commerce, because they lensom reduc exported. 1 ho read the invoice out of o s salary a corps of exnert ne system into another. because in ge « iCIcs 1s SO difficuit, K‘\’Cr_\' s 1t f , at intervals, the value of all for- eig S While we are reading our complicated es, Chinese customs officers are sweating of weights and measures. It all costs, and the ed and the revenues relieved of a great burden if th nations would lead off and adopt the c metric system. is now before Congress, and it will aid if the House Committee cn easures will send broadcast a report, explaining the g it with our familiar decimal coinage, and’ giviug s simplici Such a report might be so framed as to nmation 1 numbers. When one generation of school children uired the system, its use becomes general, automatically. UNIVERSITY DISCIPLINE. t Annapolis, resulting’ in the death of one cadet and 1anent injury of others, with the various brutalities r American institutions of learning, are attracting un- The incomparable cruelty of some of these “boyish icredible. In an Ohio college, hazers in an excess of oformed a fellow student and put him on a railroad here he was killed by a train. It was a most successful joke, i litter. Another excellent piece of humor is effected by a student’s room, taking him out of a warm bed and in an icy pond. Several have died of pneumonia after ent. But it is great sport and so necessary to college t its popularity seems on the increase. - branch of college education is the publication of a col- T , in which these charming sports are upheld and the fac- s guyed and often referred to in a blackguardly way that is rded as very humorous. College property is defaced or de- a sense of humor. In these actions misdemeanors and ies are committed, which the courts punish when com- others. But when homicide is committed by a dozen stu- 1 attention. 1S 1 by s, the victim being single-handed, it is regarded as merely a case ed __Jthfx:l exuberance. It is time to introduce discipline into our institutions of learning. The Government is doing it at Annapolis. After this murder will t be a joke in that institution, and brutal invasions of the rights person will not be considered excusable pranks. The officers of institutions of learning should know that they have the support of public opinion in enforcing discipline. Parents do not skimp and S. to send their sons to college to be made into rowdies or be the victims of rowdies. The rights of person are as sacred and as much under the protection of law in a college as anywhere else. It is a perversion of the whole scheme of higher education to permit the publication of college newspapers for the purpose of encouragin student mobs and defying the faculty. The country is disgustcfi with these things, and unless they cease higher education will not be sought, handicapped by these low acts and the fool motives which inspire them. Delaware offers prizes for the best methods of improving agriculture, She might try prizes to improve her Senatorial timber.—Chicago Record- Herald. —_— The Kaiser, who rules by divine right, has no fear of the Socialists or their plots, but he keeps a good-sized army constantly within call.—Chicago Tribt me. —_—— Now that it is all ower the policy-holding public ahoul:fl be glad that Colonel Mann did not direct his attention to life insurance.—Washington Bl g AT PRy ~ineer Stevens savs the canal can be completed in seven years, but it must be started first—Philadelphia Ledger. In linear measure they think | s 10 be regretted that when Mr. Jefferson devised our decimal | fid not also adopt the decimal system of | We all| street the lots are 50 varas and that| 1 to &xpression in the system of | wondering how any intelligent people can have a| "as a textbook in the schools, taking the place of our tables | AN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1906 E looms that whirred ) One moment may be still TH E’én frozen pulses thtill: | The nation stands in greeting, In which all lands concur, The while we lift our glasses And pledge a health to her: Our o o Our President’s fair daughter--- O’er life’s untroubled water, 8 ut ye: For at the magic touch of love B2 V1ay she all gladness know, r tears, if they distress ber, Be rain to make love grow. OM where the Westland charms and lures FR By graces half divine; V% From where the Pilgrim Fathers built #{#' To Liberty a shrine, /8 ! From Southland and from Northland, Where'er our peoples stray, /il / There sounds one voice of greeting, gisiea ¥‘ One health we pledge to-day: *m X » 0 © <@ \ May love ber shallop guide And peace with ber abide. 88 ite ou.fe bride, God bless er = THOWTOBE | | OPTIMISTIC OW may a person striving to de- { H velop optimism keep free from | the discouraging influence of | pessimistic associates? This question is asked by a young | woman who declares that, owing to the depressing mental attitude of her family, she finds it almost impossible to remain cheerful for any lensth of time. “] am so sensitive to the thought at- mospheres of people with whom T come in contact,” she says. “I imagine what it is, then, never to have the atmos- phere of the home entirely free from gloom.” I sympathize with the writer most | sincerely. There is surely nothing more | aisheartening to the would-be optimist than association with minds of con- trary trend. I am heartily sorry for | any one that finds such opposition in | the home. It is hard enough to be compelled to combat antagonistic forces outside the home without being forced to live in | the very midst of them, with escape | impossible. What this young woman says about thought atmospheres is of especial in- | terest at this time, when leading psy- chologists and scientists are showing us what potency there is in the influ- ence thrown out by the mind. Backed by the authority of the most able intellects of our day, we may safely assert that thoughts do form an atmosphere of their own, and that such | atmosphere is as tangible to our own finer sensibilities as the earth's aura Is | to our physical senses. People affect us favorably or un- favorably, according to the quality of the personal thought atmosphere sur- rounding them. We feel the stimulat- ing radiations from the cheerful per- son and are made glad. We are op- pressed by the fog of the gloomy per- son’s aura and often made despondent | thereby. How to render oneself impervious to the harmful influences and open only to the uplifting and cheering is a ques- tion that awaits solution, Personally, I believe the achlevement is possible. I belleve one may persist in the effort to ecultivate cheerfulness until he makes cheerfulness as much a habit as thinking, breathing, sleeping, or any other unconsclous actlon. I belleve he can create his own at- mosphere, magnetizing it with such positive elements of good that discour- aging externals or the pessimism of other minds will fail of effect. 1 know & young woman who s proving this, in her own experience at least. Her problem is a hard one—similar to that of my correspondent. Bhe is employed downtown all day, and must keep sweet and smiling and serene In the face of the {nnumerable trials and exactions of her position. This she would find possible always to do, were it not for the terribly depressing influénces she finds at home. ‘When she returns from work, longing for a center of rest and cheer, where she may regain her spent forces, she finds herself instead in the midst of elements to combat which is a matter of persistent will and faith. Her father, her sister, her mother, her brothers, all are on the discouraging side. If she attempts to éxpress an optimistic thought she is promptly pounced upon and discouraged into silence. If she refers to an uplifting, helptul book on the higher philosophy of lite, she is ridiculed. Sighs, forebodings, faces set in resignation to the bitterness of life—these make homecoming a misery to her instead of the delight it should be. Whenever I see that girl in her home I 1 wish heartily it were in my power to! tell all tne mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, in this land how cruelly they hurt each other when they poison the home atmosphere with pessimism and gloom. Those who remain at home par- ticularly owe it to the ones who must Gally face the world to make that home a center of recuperation and blessedness. | But to return to the young woman. te all opposition, she is persistont- A BACHELORS ||| OCCIDENTAL REFLECTIONS||| ACCIDENTALS PRSI B L OME girls would never filrt with any ll BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. ! man they did not meet. At - TALE OF LOVE—AND TWO FOOLS. A loud noise is a sign that the man ONCE upon a time, Henry, a young making it thinks he is a good arguer. woman and young man fell deep- ly in love with each other. He fell in love with her because she was the Sweetest Thing. Her lips were like The woman that raises children to re- twin rubies, but softer; her cheeks were like blush roses and her hair was spect her does it without any theories. like Roman gold; that is, when it was It's awful clever the way a girl can look roamin’, but generally she kept it done up. Oh, she was a peach! and I should as if she didn’t understand what you had blame no man who possessed no sabe in done when it was to kiss her. It §s funny how a girl of 16 always wants to look like one of 2 and one of | particular for falling in love with her. The young woman fell in love with the young man because he was—he was—I'm blessed if I know why she did 26 like one of 16.—New York Press. —_—————— lNSlDE lNFORMAnON' fall in love with him, Henry, for he was about as knock-kneed, wobble-legged, “There is no doubt about it,” said the low-browed, sick-brained an apol- clubman on the ‘“‘owl” car; “a Russian ogy for nothing in particular as ever I disturbance is a terrible thing." What do you know Xbout 1677 de- |Fan across, and I have met several of the species. manded his friend. “You have never Anyway, they loved each other, and been in Russia.” “No, but I have eaten Russian caviare s0 they concluded to hitch up and trot double. Accordingly they went to a before retiring."—Chicago News. parson, who gave them a double-trot- ting license and expressed a hope that ] REBLKED- what God had joined together no man would put 1th “irththe oy’ Ghin. Just A LEtIa mi) e || L i P S Shmae; GiLITT e e g hotographer, wn suspleions. »! . Thus were this charming pair united, This is as high as I choose to raise|,;q e goon @iscovered that she could it,” was the austere responsd of MTs. |, iiher sew, cook, keep house nor do Kl‘;:;se;‘;“; “’: ']';:::‘;:‘:: ‘:;;‘;;fi,‘f anything useful, while she discovered Cbiago; Tritane. that he was not worth the powder to ) blow him. Oh, I tell you, it was pain- 4————————————————F| ful, Henry, and after this mutual dis- 1y developing her cheer nature. She i8|covery you should have seen the fur proving that good Is stronger than evil; | fly! If they had saved the fur Instead faith more potent than doubt; joy more | of throwing it around she might have powerful than gloom. She keeps her|been the envy of all the ladies in her cheer lamp steadily burning, and no |circle. It is sad to see good fur wasted breath of despondeney is strong enough |in such a reckless manner. to extinguish fit. It grieves me, Henry, to be compelled We can all do this, if we will cease|to record that this pair now have se- ascribing power to the negative =ide and | cured a divorce and each one of them at will realize how magical is the positive. |the present time is engaged in the de- Here is the secret. You that are easily | lightful enterprise of trying to find an- jnfluenced by the pessimism of others, | other fool who will be willing to take pause and realize that you have the will | chances on trotting with him, or her— to create your own atmosphere of cheer [ and may the Lord be merciful to such and faith and courage. an individual, if found! Every day glve yourself powerful auto- 1 realize, Henry, that this is not the suggestions of cheer. Every night before | sort of love story that generally gets going to sleep impress your mind ane® | into books, but, on the contrary, it is with them. Insist that you yourself are | the variety that gets into life all too a center of happiness. Persist in this | frequently. So I guess we may as well until it becomes truc. Then you will no | have the moral of the pawustic tale. longer be open to the depressing thoughts | Moral—When fools hitch, anything of others, but will instead penetrate their | may be expected—sometimes they even gloom with the sunshine of your own optimism. —_— ONCLE BIFF’S OBSERVATIONS manage to get along together very nicely. WHERE OUR WRONGS WE RIGHT. Somewhere In the far-off spaces at never a mortal knows, In hidden and distant places Beyond where the last star glows; In a planet serener and sweeter Than seen in our dreams of delight, A world of e Klory completer, Is the place where our wrongs we right. And it isn’t the wrong that was done us We grievingly strive to repair, But the wrong that we did [o a brother amid Earth's valleys of worry and care. Oh, out from this life and its shadows, The epirits of mortals, made free, Go seeking through star-lighted meadows, That marvelous country to see, The black gulf of chaos they border, Touch hands with the goblins of night, ‘But they find, when Ome giveth the order, The place where our wrongs are made right. And it len't the wrong that was done us In that far-away world we shall heed, But only to know that a brother knew woe, And found us no friend In his need. Perchance through an aeon we'll wander, Perchance but a dublous day, But the One who is heeding us yonder Will guide us, wherever we stray; And so, through untrodden abysses, Through spaces of gloom and affright, We shall find what the weary soul misses, The place Where our wrongs are made right. And the wrong that another has done us, ‘It will fade into naught In our sight; It is but our guilt in a brother's tears spilt only God's love can make right, “Balvation’s free, you know.” “Yes, 1 realize that it must be when old Squeezem joined the church.” “I see,” sald Mr. Rockefeller. “that the tmplous oil producers of California OC TWEEZER writ down to his pap thet Americky b'lieves in th' open door fer.Americans, but th' iggits thet leaves it ~ open ‘em when they go out th' front end o’ @ mstreet car, b'gosh!—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ——— 1 - 4 { ¥ |REST A REAL | STIMULANT C BT WALLACE RICE- L RANTED freedom from organic dis- ease, there is mo fll nor atlment : which can not be cured by rest. Of all the tonics and stimulants Kknown, rest easily stands chief. One reason, ap- parently, why it is thought so little of Is because it 1s always there, to be had at will. Rest is both cheap and abupdant Zor the means of obtainivg it are—and this is enough to make anything despised. One goes to a physician, obtains a pre- has it filled at the nearest scription, apothecary shop, takes it once in 8O often, as ordered, and feels better. It is called a tonic. Or he moes to the ats- pensary of wet goods, obtains & glass of something stimulating from the gen- tlemanly purveyor of liquid refreshments, and takes it while he waits. This 1s called a stimulant. Or he has a cup of tea, or of coffee, or of something else. All are taken with a view toward ob- viating that tired feeling. Al cost money. Instead of morning coffee to fit you for the day's work, suppose you form the habit of lying down, with every muscle relaxed, for a quarter of an hour after you have finished dressing and eating & coffeeless breakfast. It may require that you shall go to bed fifteen minutes earlier at night; but it will pay, no matter what | it takes to obtain it. Instead of more coffee, or a eocktall, or a glass of beer, for your noonday lunch- eon, lle down again for fifteen minutes, letting every muscle go slack, without a particle of tension anywhere, and send- ing the mind off about nothing. Supposing you do the same thing in- stead of the afternoon tea that so many are affecting. Supposing you do it again when you reach home after you are ready for dinner, instead of that one cocktail or little glass of something good that keeps you a temperate man and the ad- miration of all your friends. But, you will object, that takes up an hour of my day. If I am to take another fifteen minutes’ rest and relaxation be- fore going out in the evening, It uses up a good seventy-five minutes of my time, when I might be earning money. Try it— all anybody can do is to note whether it uses up time or not. It will, on the contrary, stimulate you to extra effort in a manner which you would not believe possible. It will in- creash your capacity for digestion, for harda work, for amusement; it will help your temper, your manners, your morals; and it will add to your life five minutes for every one that you honestly rest. Rest is not only the best stimulant—it is the only real stimulant that stimulates without reaction. heaven that the earth and the fullness thereof shall be the Standard Oil Com- pany's. 1 suppose you realize the first things to be done?” “Certainly,” his him. “Please to recapitulate, that I may know that no mistake will be made,” Mr. Rockefeller cautiously rematked. “Why, first we must see that the im- pious oll producers are squeezed out, and, this werthy object aecomplished, we must donate liberally to some elee- mosynary institution and then raise the price of oil.” “Right,” said Mr. Rockefeller; “and you must excuse me, for it is time for church.” secretary assured “You love me no longer,” the falr young creature moaned. “Believe me, Mabel,” the young man responded, “I love you more and more dearly with each passing day. My pas- sion knows no diminution; the flame of my devotion—" “But you seem So cold, so distant,” the fair young creature sobbed, “you do not draw me to your manly bosom, as you once did; you—" “Mabel,” the young man interrupted, “I would not for worlds seem frigid toward one whom I love so dearly, but—but—" “But what? Speak, Adolphus.” “Do me the justice to remember that you ate onions for dinner.” PREPARED. The Millionaire—TIs everything ready? The Secretary—Yes, sir. The Millionalre—~Are the stenographers concealed behind the heavy draperies? The Secretary—Three of them, sir. The Millionaire—And are both the argus eyed detectives at the loopholes in the Florentine screen? The Becretary—Yes, sir. The Millionaire—And have the most sen- sitive blank records been placed in the phonographs? The BSecretary—The most sensitive we could secure, sir. The Millionaire—And how about the moving picture machine? The Secretary — The operator awaits THE SMART SET BY SALLY SHARF. o ——————— The card tournament at the Palace Ho- tel to-day and this evening is soclety’s chief attractlon. Bridge and flve hun- dred will provide pleasure and make dol- lars for the San Franédisco Nursery for ‘Homeless Children. Prizes will be of- fered, and admtission tickets at $1 may be obtained from the patronesses or at the door. . Among to-day’s luncheon hostesses are Mrs. Willlam R. Cluness Jr., who will entertain several guests at her home on Stelner street, and Mrs. George Crux, who also has bidden a large number. G g Mrs. George Allen Moore has asked several guests to play bridge’ in her Broadway home this aftermoon. £ SR Mrs. Francis Sullivan will entertain at a large luncheon to-day in her Van Ness avenue home in honoer of Mrs. Dunne of Boston. ¥ ey Miss Sara Drum entertained at several tables of bridge yesterday at her home on Broadway. * Mrs. William Prentice Morgan and Miss Ella Morgan were among yesterday's bridge hostesses, entertaining a large number of players at the Morgan home on Clay street. C o A An elaborate tea was given yesterday afterncon by Mrs. Walter Gibbons, Mrs. Morton Raymond Gibbons and the Misses Gibbons at thelr home on Polk street, the affair bringing several hundred callers. T Miss Morse, the young Eastern visitor who is the guest of Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeden, was .ne of the handsomely gowned malds at the Charity Ball Thurs- day evening. a [y Mrs. Dorothy Camm has returned to San Francisco after spending several months in New York Mr. and Mrs Camm will scon take possession of their new home, 702 Broderick street, whers they will receive after March 1 ;e Dr. and Mrs. Robert Burns Jr. are re- siding at 3827 Clay street, near Maple, where Mrs. Burns will be at home on second Thursdays. o g8 Mr. and Mrs. Emory Winship are leav- ing to-day for a fortnight's trip through Southern Califernia. * . Many music folk will go from town to- night to the musicale at the Claremont Country Club. o e d The marriage of Miss Jane Gifford and Judge Arthur Wilder took place in Honolulu on Wednesday. The bride, who is the daughter of W. M. Gifford of Honolulu, is one of the most promi- nent members of society in the islands, and is well known In San Francisco, where she often visits. Judge Wilder, who occuples the Supreme bench, is also prominent soctally and politically. e The officers and ladies of the Twen- ty-second Infantry, U. S. A, are pre- paring for a delightful dance to be given next Tuesday evening, February 20, at Dllchlr': Camp, Angel Island. R The California Club will hold an open meeting to-day at 3 o'clock In its clubrooms on Clay street, when Mrs. Jane Brownlee, the noted educator, will lecture on “A Plan for the Moral Train- ing of Children in the Home and School.” . %3 The Schumann Club announces an “at home” for next Tuesday evening In Wheeler's Auditorium at 8:30. 9 Mrs. Charles E. Ladd, Miss Etta Honeyman, Miss Henrletta Falllng and Miss May Falling, all members of Port- land’s gmart set, are making a visit in town and are stopping at the St Francis. ! Genuine eyeglasses, open 10 a.m, to 4 p.m. 20c to S0 this week: 4th et.; front barber.® Special information supplied daily to Pnub Clipping m’?fi’f " l‘:’&n-th. en’ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * *, } Townsend's California glace fruits and cholcest candles in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market * your signal, sir. The Millionaire—And is the room prop- erly darkened? ‘The Secretary—It is, sir. The Millionaire — And has everybody been cautioned not to sneeze? 'h'l'h- Secretary—Emphatically cautioned, The Millionaire—Then you may admit the society journalist!—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ——————— According to the Bible Methuselah begat Lamech and lived 752 years there- after. Lamech lived 132 and begat Noah. Noah was 600 years old when the flood occurred. Was Methuselah drowned?—Topeka Herald. B ———————— PUBLIC CRITICISM BRINGS FORTH A STATEMENT FROM SYMMES. President of thé Merchants’ Associatian Discusses Action of the Board of Directors in Connection With the Overhead Trolley Report. ¥ ———— . To the Editor of The Call: I note with much interest, as you may imagine, the recent press comments up- on the action of the directors of the Merchants' Assoclation upon the street railway question. ‘We expected severe criticism on ae- count of our conclusions, but I think it has been more severe than the occasion Jjustifies, and it seems to me that The Call has misunderstood the report and taken it as a general “pronunciamento” to the public. The fact is, that that ad- dress was a report from the directors to the members of the association, and was an honest statement of the conclusions arrived at by the board after a careful study of this important question. If the conclusions reached were (as shown) different from the expressed opinion of fifteen per cent of the mem- bers, or even had they been at variance | with the opinion of ninety-nine per cent of the members, the board would not have been justified In suppressing its report. Surely it was not to be ex- have combined to frustrate the will of | pected that the board would have no \ op!nlon' of its own, and it seems to me that we are entitled to credit for an honest opinion just as much now as up- on any previous subject, when a de- cision met the approval of the press. It should be understood that the board has taken no efficial action or in any way endeavored to bind the mem- bers or to “snub” them, but has simply made a statement to them of its own opinion, which was a unanimous one, and has given a full statement regard- ing its conclusions and the methods of arriving at them, all of which was due to the members. If at any time it becomes necessary for us to speak for the associatiom, it will be done in the future as in the past, with absolute homesty, giving full weight to the varying opinions of the members In just such proportion as we are able fo discover it, and ample ac- knowledgment will be made of any aif- ferences of judgment between them and the board itself. FRANK J. STYMMES. San Franeisco, Feb. 16, P