The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1906, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1906. The WhiteHouse Exclusive Novelties -IN.. Wash Goods | l B | Washable Poplins In solid colors, both light and dark.... Washable Pongee Smtmgs In colors adapted for street wear Embroidered Linens Allover effects for Shirt Waist Swits. From SRR 75c Corded Madras (36 in. w1de) " 15¢ figures in fast colors. . White ground; | miclan were Special Values New Percales (Punjab) Very best quality; large assortment of desigos. .... White Figured ‘Madras Immense variety of patterns. Regular prices 35c and 40c. ... Flowered Pomt dEspnt Regular price $1.00. [t c|| 25¢|| U1 S L) Laces and Embroideries Spring Importations Now Being Displayed Including Irish Point, Baby Irish, Batiste Applique, Oriental, Point Gaze, Etc. Special Purchase 2000 Yards Net Top Laces (all widths) I3 Less Than Regular Prices See Kearny Street Windows Tofadl Vel f Co S Cor.Post % KEARNY ST5.. ACCUSED OF THEFT.—Mrs. waitress the Star comcert 8183 Kearny street, was arrested early @on, 338 Golden Gate avenue, and booked at the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny. Johnson sccuses her of taking $15 from his pockets. n ball yesterfay morning on complaint of J. E. Jobn- A Stemway Piano Ad ertisement And Every Wordis:True Pndxfly h‘h'llnvwidbdn. s known Pubidy-dns&hpmmyfimgbdmmmhw about it, except that which we leam by expenience, and no person wmumbmq-uumwww Pity, ‘tis, then, that every advertisement isn't truthful. | Butmywadd&a&vawnm LA part of this advertisement n an an exact re- of the Vertegrand » We have aimed pianos 7 myandebony and is in the “dull so. very popular throughout the seen. It s made in both finish™ case, the style of finis country now. lhag\d\owildi:llybeufiedfl \;:hl;?mmby";::omd m:leedto practice economy in cost, not mto buying a th have at Jeast seen this new Steinway model. Price $525. e 4 Pay by the month if you wish. TAKE ELEVATOR TO THIRD FLOOR SHERMAN, CLAY & CO:-: STEINWAY PIANO DEALERS Located for thirty-fve years at Kearny and Setter Streets, San Francisco. Oaklsnd Store, Bund--y and Thirteenth Street | ture Maurice Barres. | nothing 'to you? & | tor it is going to become celebrated. | Rev! lew WRITER'S FAME BEGUN BY “AD" | Barres, Who Made Profitable Use of a Murder, Becomes Member of French Academy PASTORS’ SONS SUCCEED \List Shows That Children of Clergymen Have Been Far Above the Average Epecial Diepatch to The Call, LONDON, Feb. 17.—Maurice Barres, the French novelist of renown who has just been elected to membership in the acad- emy, is probably a firm believer in the necessity of judicious self-advertisement on the part of any author who wants to achieve a really big popular success. He | undoubtedly would be in hearty agree- ment with the eminent Emglish literary aulhbrll) who recently declared with re- luctance that the pmntlce of what he termed ‘charlatanism” was essentlal, | nowadays, to the winning of fame and | fortune in the profession of letters. It is true that M. Barres, who has | been elected to the academy to succeed | the late Jose de Heredia, is now eminent- l) and entirely dignified. In fact, Barres | no longer even delgns to provide his ro- mnnct! with plots, but fills them up with long-winded discussions and theorizings about the needs of contemporary France. The methods pursued by the new acade- vastly different, however, when, at the age of twenty-odd, he started to make a name for himself in the literary world. Having attracted some attention by means of & laudatory article on Auguste Vacquerie, the youthful Barres brought out & magazine of his own called Les | Taches ¢’Encre (Spots of Ink), which was | perhaps chiefly remarkable for the au- dacity with which it was advertised. For | instance, when a certain banker named | Morin had been assassinated under sen- sational circumstances and all Paris was talking of the crime, Barres sent out an army of sandwichmen bearing this legend on their boards: “\1orln no longer reads Les Taches d’'Encre.” However, there must have been some promise in the periodical, for Jules Claretle, the director of-the French Na- tlonal Theater, wrote to a friend: “I have just recelved a paper called Les Taches d’Encre’ bearing the signa- The name means Then bear it in mind It aid, for with full-blooded ro- mances like hig “Amateur of Souls/’ his “Free Man,” and his “Cult of Me," Barres gained the right to produce purely psychological studies of the kind he is now turning out. Aged 43, he has worked in many flelds as his books "Eight Days With Renan,” “The Tac- tics of Infantry Combat,” and “The As- | sassination of Federalism,” amply prove. Incidentally M. Barres is oneé of the chief contributors to Bruntlere's famous French review, “Les Deux Mondes.” PASTORS’ FAMOUS CHILDREN. It has long been a popular notion that clergymen's sons are less likely to achieve distinction in life than the children of laymen. This is probably due to the fact that when a clergy- man’s son goes to the dogs in a fash- jon that attracts public notice his father's calling is always lugged into the story, but when the son of a law- yer or of an engineer or of a member of any other profession disgraces him- self in a similar way no account is taken of the relationship. And thus the idea gains general acceptance that clergymen’s sons usually don't amount to much. However that may be, Bishop Well- don has proved the popular notion to be a fallacy. In an article which he has jusl published in the “Fortnightly he shows that against the 510 and 350 children of lawyers and doctors respectively who have won -eminence in English history 1250 sons of the parson- age have attained fame. The list includes among philosophers, Cudworth, Hartley, Hobbes, Reld, Du- | gala Stewart, Thomas Hill Green and Henry Sidgwick; in art, S8ir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Christopher Wren; among the poets, Beh Jonson, Fletch- er, Marvell, Otway, Thomson, Tickell, Cowper and Tennyson; among the his- torians, Alison, Fuller, Hallam, Rob- ertson and Froude; among the novelists, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and her sisters, Mrs. Gaskell and Charles Kings- ley. Everybody knows that the greatest of England’'s sea heroes, Lord Nelson, was born In a clerical home, and so also were Sir Hyde Parker and Vis- count Hood. As the Bishop figures it out, parsons’ sons stand a better chance of coming out on top in the battle of life than the sons of any other class. Though she will celebrate her 78th birthday in March, “Sarah Tytler,” who, in private life, is Miss Henrletta Ked- die, is still turning out novels. She may well claim to be the doyenne of British fiotlon writers. Her latest novel is entitled “The Bracebridges,” and is quite up to the level of her pre- vious works. For the last fourteen years she has lived in Oxford. STRICT LIBEL LAWS. Libel laws are usually much more stringently enforced here than In America. A verdict of $200 damages against a suburban newspaper is the most recent proof of it. The paper In question printed a report of a scene that occurred at a sale of passive re- sisters’ goods which had been distrain- ed for non-payment of the educational rates. The correctness of the report was admitted. But the head line artist had labeled it: “Disappointed Mar- tyrs. The Terrible Defection of Mr. Spearing.” Mr. Spearing, as he acknowledged in court, had no very clear idea of what defection meant until he consulted a Webster’s diotionary. There he found it defined as “A falling off from a state ot morality to one of apostasy.” There- fore, he concluded that he had been ac- cused of immorality and appealed to a Britieh jury to vindicate his character and compensate him for the Injury done to his reputation. It was the dictionary that won the case for him. In the Times or any of the old school journals which pride themselves on maintaining the best traditions of Eng- 1ish journalism, the report would have been headed something like this: “The Passive Registers. The Position of Mr. Spearing.” That would have conveyed to the reader no idea of the news of the story, but it would have looked dignified and respectable according to English no- tions. It would have saved the editor any mental exertion and no jury could by any posllblluy find "any libel in it. There are good reasoms why so many newspapers here use wooden head-lines, On such papers a journalist who at. tempts any other sort runs great risk of losing his job. “A Dangerous Word” is the heading which one of them puts over the report of the court proceed- ings in which Mr. Spearing triumphed. ———— Many a man is breaking his back un der a bag of shadowa. NOVEL QUESTION FOR PHYSICIANS | Should Doctors Mutilate the Human Body to Make Sure of Death Before Burial? DISCUSSED BY ENGLAND Fear Arises That in Some Instances Medicos Might Be Held for Manslaughter Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 17.—While America 1s discussing the question whether physi- clans should be empowered to inflict pain- less death on incurables in order to ter- ‘minate their sufferings, here the right of medical men to mutilate supposedly dead persons in order to ensure their being really dead before they are buried is en- gaging public attention. The subject has been brought forward through the public- ity given to the will of Miss Loulsa Stalnes of Ipswich, who left instructions that, if it were not found possible to cre- mate her body, the main artery of her throat was to be severed bef: her burial. Supposing, {t has been suggested,” that the performance of such an operation led to the discovery that the subject of it was not really dead at the time, but had been killed by the severing ot the artery, what would be the position in the eyes of the law of the medical man who per- formed the operation? An eminent legal authority to whom I submitted the ques- tion said: “It might be held and probably would be held that the doctor was gullty of manslaughter, assuming, of course, the proof to be conclusive that the person was not dead at the time the artery was severed. Under such circumstances I have little doubt that any magistrate be- fore whom the matter was brought would commit the doctor for trial. But even if a jury found that death had resulted from the severing of the artery I do not be- lleve a Judge would inflict more than a nominal sentence upon him. “Indeed, as the doctor could plead that he had not acted with criminal intention, or criminal disregard of life, or gross negligence,, it would not be difficult for the Judge to find good precedent for his acquittal. It would all depend on the extent to which the Judge took & com- mon sense view of the case. But if a doctor who had received such instruc- tions were to ask my advice, I should certainly advise him to leave the main artery alone—at least until he had ob- tained unmistakable evidence, say by de- composition setting in, that death had really occurred.” A prominent physician told me that it was a common thing In medical practice for patients to request their medical at- tendants to “make sure” of their death before permitting them to be buried, by some means that woula kill them if they were not already dead. “But,” he added, ‘“‘although to soothe their patients doctors often promise to do something of the sort, it 1s seldom that they carry out such promises. I do not know of a single case where it has been done. I have an elderly patient who now faces death with something like resigna- tion because she believes that before she is burifed I shall inject some powerful poison into her veins. I have no Inten- tion whatever of doing it But I allow her to think I will do it because it rids her of the fear that there is any possi- bility of her being buried alive. “Considering how remote are -the chances that such a thing will occur, at the most liberal estimate I should say it is not one in a hundred thousand, it is surprising what a number of people are | haunted by the dread of it. With such, statistics are of no avall, but if a little discreet lying will soothe their last hours | I do not hesitate to employ it. But I don’t intend to run any risk of being in- dicted for manslaughter.” Dr. Stenson Hooker, medical secre- tary of the Association for the Preven- tion of Premature Burial, is strongly opposed to mutilation as a means of preventing interment alive. “The idea,” he said, “is a most re- volting one, and I am sure that the great majority of medical men would strongly object to carrying out such instructions, even if conveyed by a will. “There are,” he added, “several tests of a simple and unobjectionable kind which can be applied, such as the elec- trical and the burning or ‘blister’ tests. But in some exceptional cases even these may fail to establish conclusive proof of death. “In the case especially of vigorous young people who apparently die sud- denly, I hold that the only indisputable proof that they are actually dead are the changes in the body which inevit- ably follow death. Therefore before burial full time should be allowed for such changes to manifest themselves. For this purpose we should have ‘walt- ing mortuaries,’ as they have in Frank- fort. There the bodies are kept under observation in warm and well-ventilat- ed rooms until convincing demonstra- tion of death takes place.” ———— State Funeral for Cab Horse. LONDON, Feb. 17.—Bobby, & popular cab horse, who for eighteen years has been an example to every other cab Bradford, was recently acoord- ate” funeral by his friends. Be- hind an empty hearse and led by a cab- man dressed in black and wearing a tall hat, Bobby was taken from the city to a stable three miles away, where he was shot, as he was useless through old age. The “corpse” was followed by six cabs, containing cabmen in full mourning dress, and fifty other cabmen walked behind the vehicles. The fune- ral had been duly announced in a local newspaper, and large numbers of peo- ple joined in the procession which fol- lowed the hearse. Funeral cards were presented-to the mourners bearing this epitaph: A hero was he to the last, Away a better never passed. Tolling and slaving for many a day, ‘When asked to work would ne’er say nay. A tiny, chocolate coated tonic laxa- tive tablet, that gives VIGOR and health to the STOMACH, LIVER and BOWELS, thereby curing— Sick Headaches Biljousness Sallow Complexion id Liver Dyspepsia Jaundice Indigestion Heartburn Loss of Appetite Pimples Sour Stomach Dizziness Nausea Foul Breath Take only one “VIGORET” at bed- time and they will move the bowels Tgently, yet thoroughly each day and permanently cure— CHRONIC CONSTIPATION They cool, clcanse and purif; the, blood and are sold by all druggists in 25¢ packages (50 tablets) and 10c trial e (15 tablets). aa13 im alle R. D. DAVIS & CO. P \ Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries and Insertions—Large assortment of patterns, in- cluding new floral designs, convent worked effects, blind, scroll and the popular eyelet work. (214 to 4 inches, regular values, 15c—20e: Special FIVE 3% to 6 inches, regular values 20oc—35¢. 4% to 9 inches, regular values 30c—45¢. Flouncing and Corset Covering, 35c—50¢c. Special.... Beautiful 13 and 18 inch Flouncing, s0c—85c. 22-inch Allover Embroidery on Nainsook and Swiss—Variety of good pattems F in demand for making of waists and summer dresses. fes: Speciak.. .o i e 45rinch Wash Nets—In white, cream and ecru, dot, ring, block and double thread ef- fects. Regular values g5c to $1.75. Special . LOTS Misses’ New Suits Good. luck has again attend- ed our Eastern buyer. We bave just received by express a big drawing card in the shape of some very nobby and styl- ish Misses Klew Spring Sults with Pony jackets and circu- lar skirts. Jackets are excep- tionally well tailored, with fine braid trimmings and silk lin- ings. Sizes run 14, 16 and 18. Suitable for a large miss or a slender matron. Varied styles and materials. Colors are light gray, red, navy and light blue. You will be agree- ably surprised when you see that the price of these suits is only $16 50 7-inch ...7..... ....75¢c yard | and regular shopping bag; 2 5%-inch . « «.50¢ yard leather lined; fitted with g-inch ..... 2sweves s N YOI coin purse; spe- Ladies’ 3%-inch...ce.ceveenaeeo.ca5c yard | cial at ....... 95 2-inch, for tab collars. .. 15¢ yard Cc Neckwear Tailored Embroidered Linen stocks, regular 35c value.. Each.. PRI c Lingerie and Linen Stocks, the newest novelties. 65 Cc Special, each.. Infants’ Department Crib Sheets .............45¢ Rompers .......... e e Infants’ French Flannel Long Shirts fo, nl i e ....65¢c Wear the Perfect Fitting Perrin Glove BIG EXPOSITION HELD FOR AFRICAN NATIVES Sewing Produced by Girls in Mission an Interesting Feature of Show, ONITSHA, River Niger, Feb. 17.— Twenty thousand natives, including all the important chiefs of Southern Nige- ria, attended the exhibition recently held here by Copland Crawford, divi- sional commissioner. In addition to the exhibits prepared by the industrial mission (and made by |. the native boys), the British Cotton Growing Association, and trading firms and the Government, there were a great number of exhibits of all kinds by na- tive chiefs and their people, for which prizes were given. An interesting feature in the exhibits was the sewing produced by the native girls being educated in the Church Mis- slonary and Roman Catholic missions. The government machinery—saw- mills, brickmaking plant, cotton gin- ning, etc.—was on view dally, and af. forded much interest to the natives. Athletic sports were held dally, in which the natives participated, and for = N T dnofber &nbm:de;:y Specia (€3]S NN A2 25 Wl BT O begin the week we have opened up a new stock of em- broideries and nets, that, to use a much hackneyed phrase, form a veritable fairyland of beautiful and damtv effect Everything is here to suit even the most fastidious chooser. do not wish to say too much about these beautiful goods. We > want you to come and investigate for yourselves. F goods, ap# our claim that R. D. Davis & Co. is a store of R Pleasant Surprises” will be amply verified. Special . Ladies’ Underwear A snap purchase of ladies’ Swiss ribbed, underwear in lisle thread vests and all-silk tights. The vests are imported Swiss ribbed lisle thread, hand crocheted yokes. Al- ways sold at 75c each. 50 Now c Swiss-ribbed Silk Tights— Cream and white only. Al- ways sold at $2.50 to $3.00 $1o50 pair. Now.... RIBBONS. Spring Novelties in Dresden and Persian effects. Ladies’ and Men’s Handkerchiefs Ladies’ Pure Linen and Swiss Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, and embroidered and scal- loped edges. Also men’s hemstitched initial hand- kerchiefs. Always sold at 25¢ each. These lines are broken, and we will closs them out at 3r 50¢ fiW Geary and Grant AGENTS STANDAI\D PATTERNS. which they received prizes, the native wrestling competitions proving exceed- ingly popular. The exhibition, which lasted for four. days, proved a complete success In every way, and it is intended to make it an annual event. —————— FORMER PREMIER BALFOUR PRAISES JEWS OF ENGLAND Statesman Declares They Have Shown ‘Themselves Worthy of All Po- litieal Grants. LONDON, Feb. 17.—Many of the most famous among the Jews of England and many Christians of note assembled at the Hotel Great Central the other night to celebrate by a banquet the Whitehall conference of 20 years ago, at which Oli- ver Cromwell decided thers was no law which forbade ‘Jews to return to Eng- land. Balfour was to have been Drel:-nfi but was prevented. The chairman a letter from him, in which, among other things, the ex-Prime Minister wrote that if continental Europe were to follow the example set by England for the last 350 years its history would not be stained :‘ the many crimes and injustices whi Special.... Special . .50, $1.75, $2.00, $2. Do val- The Modest Price Store D o= We Look at the much 98. Yard .. Yard Muslin Skirts Some ' pretty muslin skirts, 4 with several rows of lace in- sertion and edging, some em- broidered trimmed, an excep- tionally good value. They were $2.25. Special $1.48 Ladies’ Purses and Bags Vanity In envelope, 65c and 75¢c Ladies’ Belts, and an enormous stock to select from, with latest gold belts, leather belts and. silk belts, all styles. 50 el ... c 25¢ and s0c Ladies’ Back and Side Combs, barettes and clasps. In order to make a clear- 19 ance. Each...... c Music Rolls—Special —Imita- tion seal and wal- 95 Cc rus. Regular value $1.50; to close.. Royal Worcester Corsets In the Newest Shapes. Ave. now stand on record as a perpetual re- proach to Christian civilization. Balfour said in his letter that in Eng- land there Is no Jewish question, and th: the race prejudice and religious preju- dices wlhlch elsewhere play so disastrous & part in sqclal organization eard of in Great Britain. g “This is dque,” wrots the ex-Prime Min- ister, “In no small measure to the that the Jews have proved th entirely Thy of the rights and - leges whicH they enjoy as citizens this country and because those rights and privileges have been granted to them In full measure. Long may those conditions prevail, and long may they bear all the good fruit which they have so abundantly produced in the past.” —_—— WAN'!‘ CITY TO SETTLE—Wiliam ‘ mnt, fohn Bannm. I.l Testitttlon for the death: ot mup non, a brother of John, who was injured in sewer excavation whils in the smploy city as a civil service laborer. The says that suit has been instituted agal the gl fit’(omflu"mfl’r!h.wuf D, but a John _have ing been - brother who s now dead. CASH OR LITTLE-AT-A- 1—India Stool; heavy oak frame; loose cushion........84.50 2—Solid Oak Rocker; one of the latest Eastern patterns $8.75 3—Mission Rocker; Spanish leather seat and back ....$12.00 4—Solid Oak Chair; beautifully carved back.........812.78 5—Morris Chair in oak or mahogany....ce..........$12.98 6—Mission Rocker with loos= cushion back and seat $15.50 THE OIDE&' AND MOST RELIABLE FURNITURE HOUSE IN THE CITY (7 owzaflfa/uu‘&fl?(é’