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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECEELS.......0c00s vesessssssccsscececsco-e. . Proprietoy ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO SOHN McNAUGHT.. ceeescencessrrersiassnsnnse. MADRRE? PUBLICATION OFFICE.... . THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO A RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT. pliment to Russian stmesmanshlp that in spite of all 1 and stress of what seemed to be a universal revolu- d destruction of all public authority the projected parlia- It was feared by the well-wishers of liberty violence of the populace would cause the withdrawal of the 1s of the Czar. Those plans were extremely limited r than the forming of a semi-popular assembly discussion only. The Czar retained the actual But this plan is quite lost in its expansion into vo houses, the Council of the Empire, conforming e of Lords, and the National Assembly, resemb- I Commons. es act as a check updn each other, like our Senate { Representatives. The Czar appoints one half of the and the other half is to be chosen from the nobility and approximates the British House of Lords, ual and temporal. The ministers of the - for election to the lower house. | The method of 1bers of the National Assembly exhibits restrictions these for a long tinie existed in the British dvocated by the Federalists in the formation of t It is safe to say that the Russian masses are ed for full investment of liberty, and that the Russian with all of its rcqrutmm, \nll be the mcans RIDAY as been formed. e meager also clos ly sords st ri on system, pan. In Japan the first steps were taken un- vhich they led. By them the spiritual rule of the iual system of government by the Shogun and the u\r'lhr‘ own, and all authority was concentrated in :)m-\\ of !hc I)anmm: and uf the feudal sys were it, with general S\xfimgc. Russia has moved since she moved at all, but has not yet gone as far. f liberty is giving to the people who are governed a ice in the laws by which they are governed. This, ted degree, has now become the nght of the Russian people, may expect a peaceful and orderly evolution into | Students of civics and statesmen everywhere wil! | ults with the keenest interest. Religious liberty is to civil liberty, and it is to be no longer a felony in Russia | from the orthodox church. all that has been accomplished is compared with Russian it was at the beginning of the Japanese war, that con- among the most important and the most nkind. Had Russia been victorious . over bonds of autocracy would have been strengthened, and the would have seen no change. But it was found would no longer endure the sacrifice and suffering war in which they had no interest, and from which they ve no benefit. Russia’s vital part was in her navy. Had e brunt demanded of it, Japan would have failed. . But first encounter before Port Arthur the Russian navy proved was inc apa ble of (mmg its part. Between decks the sedition, and in the final encounter in the sea of se crews undid their officers and made Togo’s victory com- J his is a lesson that may be taken to heart by every maritime Love peace as we may, the final foundation of every na- We but it is a necessity that will be edom. e people C try the like cost of a navy, cted at our peril. will record the evolution of Russian liberty, negle nist it began Ty Shogun was overthrown and the Mikado took sole author- \s { Japan, and it progressed as the old Samurai <p1r1t infused in- | = | tense patriotism into the whole peeple of the island empire. Finally, | a measure of freedom was shot into Russia from Japan in the sore | »f Port Arthur and the great battles of the peninsula. | tions find themselves charged with great duties by | their strife. Russia undergoes the agony and bloody | change in | her 1m1nical institutions. Japan, already Western nations in her liberal government and in | education, puts all of her strength into an industrial and vercial career, which will make the best economic use of her resources and her enterprise, and build upon the foundation of pa- tience and patriotism a better material condition for her people. A syvmpathetic worid should encourage both of these nations have learned more from a war than any that preceded theni. of the United States have uncommon interest in both, for both, in varying degrees, have imitated our example. “In their we may see a reflection of ours, and may well conclude that tions so eagerly imitated by other great peoples are more | than ever worthy of our care and preservation, and less than ever deserving of reversal to satisfy restless and impractical agitators, ege the 2 people peopl polity NEW ERA FOR INDIANS. {‘the fourth day of this month the thdependence of the North American Indians as tribal organizations passed’ away. We are no longer to make treaties and agreements with them as though they were sovereign foreign powers, but they are now sub- ject to all the privileges and penalties of the United States law. historical event of considerable importance, this final merg- of the most picturesque of all savage races into complete- Amer- i tizenship, and ethnologists will watch the results with much interest. ‘Wil this remarkable race die out in the open and unre- stricted compe#ition with the whites, or will the stimulus of living ireely under the same conditions of survival as the whites so de- velop their energies and capacities that they will become among the racial factors that go to make up our conglomerate civilization? It cannot be said that they’ start into this free for all struggle on disadvantageous terms, for the five civilized tribes of Indian Ter- ritory, who constitute the Indian population principally affected by this new order of things, are a very great deal richer in this world’s goods than are the average of white people. The Osage Indians are, estimating the amount of capital per head, the wealthiest people in the world. The five principal tribes of the territory, the Chick- asaws, Choctaws, Seminoles, Cherokees and Creeks, are all so_well oft in lands and money as might make ‘the average white man en- They are also thoroughly equipped by education. In the tter of physique—strength, endurance and quickness, the Car- lisle football team, and also the basket-ball players, have taught the white race that the Indians, both men and women, are a match for them. These five tribes have been successfully self-governing for s0 long that political art is familiar to them. They have every pros- pect of merging with the general citizenship of the country to the advantage of themselves. Out of this newly granted citizenship i may come (o be that the Indians ‘will forever own a share in this con- tinent. It is a mistake to speak of the Indians as a vanishing race; they are imcreasing in numbers. If as individuals they prove as \anab]e in the managing of their estates as they have been in tribal union, they will be financially among the most prosperous in the country. ious. The report that he has arranged a temporary peace between Witte and Durnove would indicate that the Czar is becoming a man of some influence in Russia.—Washington Star. e A man in Chicago had to pay $33 for the privilege of leaving that.m, We knew they would have to come to that to keep folks Herald. |ing and Kkind, so he endeavored to say there.—New flfi; : | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. MARCH THE PIPES OF PAN. —DETROIT JOURNAL. school of art?” “I have not observed it, | pose it is so.” “Yes, they find it necessary.” “How s0?" “Why, as sobn as the public consults its catalogue it can tell whether it is viewing a portrait or a lands now,” my friend continued. *“You know how terribly Lammer stammers. I replied that everybody knew that, too. “Well, the other day Brown met an ac- quaintance of ‘his from the country—call { him Gammer to identify him, for I don't know his name—and this man's stammer- ing was about a broken-backed stand-off for that of Lammer. Brown saw bis chance at once, and so he made an ar- rangement with Gammer to show him Then he hunted but I sup- “He has the reputation of being a re- markable orator.” “So 1 have understood, but I never around the next day. heard him. What gives him that repu- up Lammer and told him he meant to! tation?” 1 make him acquainted with a gentleman| “Why, he can talk beautifully for hours at a time and not say anything Ithal you can remember."” who was one of the rarest and most ex- cruciating of mimics, “The next day he took Gammer around to meet Lammer, after explaining to the gentleman from the counfry that the man whom he was about to meet was a rare mimic, who could convulse a crowd with laugbter at any timessy Several peo- ple were in Lamgmer's office when the pair arrived there, and, Brown winked at them on the side, so as to prepare them for J Then he ln!rudllced Gammer to Lammer. “Lammer took™a strenuojis grip ‘on him- self and acknowledged "the introduction quite successfully, merely remarkin “‘] am g-g-glad to m-m-m-meet you. *“Gammer was not so successful. He meant to say that he was pleased, but is'a society favorite, is she “Why, her husband is worth all of $10,000,000" THE FINAL MEASUREMENT. I judge that oler fhis earthly scéne, ‘Above the worst as o'er the best, Unheeding pomp of gait or mien, There standsghe One who makes the test; And not as shallow mortals weigh, * in doubt, one-half in trust, v scales of judgment sway, For e'er His measurement is just. Our standards are so small—so small! For how shall little hold the great? “Behold,” we cry, “this man is tall"— He lieth low in funeral state, ‘“This magnate was to purple born,"” | what he really sald was: We shout, and bend the knee to him. “I dm p-p-p-pub-pub-K-k-Kuh-ss-gs- | Faith, mold of earth and dust forlorn pubpub——* Shall make e'en regal purple dim. “When Gammer evidently had run up against it Brown winked at Lammer, as much as to say, 'You see what an artist he is? “Somehow Lammer didn't appreciate the art, but he desired to be long-suffer- Eut somewhere o'er this vale chsecre There sitteth Justice on her throne; Her balances are fixed and sure, And high and low shall be hef own. So we can walt, as wait we must, Until her awful volee is heard, And, bodies dust to feed the dust, We heed her final, solemn ward. that it was a fine day, and did it in the following manner: “It is a f-f-f-fuh-kik-ss-p-p-p-puh- sskik-f-f-p-p-pub—r' “When -he had run up against it, too, Brown winked at Gammer, as much as to say, ‘What did T tell you?/ Isn't he a peach? . “Gammer thought it' was time to stop such foolishness and concluded to teil Lammer that if he dared to mimic him there would be trouble, remarking: “f you d-d-d-duh-duh-puli-puh-sk-k- K-k-ff-i— “And Lammer, who was becoming more enraged all the time, made practically the same threat. *Then Brown, who was becoming wor- ried lest the matter might go too far, ex- plained that it was only his little joke; but it appeared that both Lammer's and Gammer's sense of humor also stam- mered, and when the bystanders pulled the two off Brown he was about as dam- aged a humorist as ever you saw, and his ‘bump of humor appeared to have been removed to a shady spot over his DID YOU EVER NOTICE— that all men are liars never took it back after he had had time to thlnk ahout it? That the sinner whe repented the hardest was the man who was caught at it? : That the woman whom you admire 8o much is quite particular that you shall not see her before noon? That the man who lacks wealth is more likely to denounce it than the man whp has {t? That you can see excuses for your own sin when your brother’s sin is en- tirely Inexcusable? That many a man can tell you how to get to beaven, if you will promise not to follow in his foatsteps? “He doesn’'t claim to be any better than the rest of us.” “No?” P “And it is only just to him to say that nobody thinks he 1s.” SHALL IT BE “FRISCO”"? left eve. ; “About an hour later my friend ) concluded, “I ran across Lammer and To the Editor of The Call: + Some of our citizen's object to having the name of San Francisco degraded to the vulgar Friseo, and are doing what Gammer in a moist goods emporium. They appeared-to be having a friendly and convivial time, and every few min- utes one of them would hold up his| they can to discourage the use of the finger and W ./ abbreviation. The St. Louis and San *‘Gimme the !""‘D'F‘P“h pub-kik- Francisco Rallroad Company has made s8-8-5—" itself obnoxious by publishing to the world that it is the “Frisco System," and the company has been appealed to to abandon: the use of a term so offen- sive to the people of San Francisco. A _morning paper gave offense by using the objectionable term in speaking of the road, and when taken to task the editor defended himself by saying that when the Frisco system alters its name he will stick strictly to the new appel- lation, but that in the meantime he must accept the designation chgsen b those at the head of the concern. Th quibble about the name of the "um" is an unworthy one. The name of the “I couldn’t un&erltand them, but the —_— ONCLE BIFF’S OBSERVATIONS . roads is the St. Louls and San Fran- cisco Railroad, and the oftensive “Fris- co” is adopted as g short and popular- name to adorn the 3 {it. The merchants of San Franc! ‘will not glve their support to those. would degrade the name oOf thelr The objectionable nickname Is coming into common use in That the man who saild in his haste- I understand men; I sometimes say that I do; but invariably, just as I havé ac- counted—to my own - satisfaction at least for some peculiarity of the mas- culine temperament, a brand-new in- consistency confronts me, my carefully created estimate goes splintering into a thousand bits, and I am compelled to admit myself wholly nonplused as be- fore. Most of my women friends profess to see through men with the greatest ease, and are amazed at my obtuseness. “Why, my dear, men are as trans- parent ag the day! No woman should have any trouble understanding them. Any man is as easy to read as a book.” 1s that so? Then surely something must be wrong with my mental or spiritual optics, for the masculine tem- perament is still a profound mystery to me. There s one masculine trait which T never have been able to account for. I cannot be convinced that any woman does ever account for it to her entire satisfactton, though the question has surely been discussed often enough to enlighten womankind for all ages to come. The question is the same fa- miliar one we are used to seeing aired in all the advice columns and depart- ments for women, and yet which we read-—whether we admit it or not— with never failing interest, simply be- cause it is a question that has never been answered, and perhaps never will be, viz: Why is it that a man in love thinks the chase is over at the time when it has really just begun? ‘Women may boast that they know men; but they must always stand rub- bing their eyes before this question: Why is it that a man will dare heaven and earth in order to win a woman, but, once he has gained her, will calmly settle back as though the fight were finished for all time to come and no effort on his part were needed to keep-alive the love he had wakened? 1 imagine a plant warmed and nour- ished into life by a compelling influ- ence, but abandoned as soon as it wak- ened into beauty left without further nourishment, as though past attention could compensate for every day there- after! Yet this is the attitude too many men assume toward the women thex lové and are “sure” of. Do the women understand it? Show me one that really does. Talk about the inconsistency of wo- man! Could any inconsistency be more pronounced than that of the man who professes to love his wife as earnestly as in the courtship days, yet who won't take the trouble to keep step with her or to help her up the steps to the car? 1 know a'man who is guilty of just such inconsistency. Moreover, he will spring to open the door for the pretty girl just ahead and wonder why his wife grows suddenly hurt and silent. That very man will protest repeatedly, and in the very face of such actions, that he loves his wife as devotedly a he ever did. He will insist that she has no right nor reagon to feel slighted, “Once possessed, always possessed, seems to be a man's motto ig the mat- ter of love, as though indeedMove were a commodity to be purchased as one purchases groceries or real estate or an automabile. But why? I have never understood. company owning, the various lines of 1. terature put out by | parts of the country, and lir;m I re the 8 ~how long Wil it | | & > o <[ Bv A ] Waterhouse. | By Angela Morgan. i3 - i BROWN’S REACTIONARY JOKE. barkeeper seemed to do so.” T was Thackeray who remarkeéd: “Iq{I don’t believe any woman understands. ((\7OU know” my friend sald.| “They always do," I said, say that I know women. I mean |Isn't the masculine reason keen enough “what a jolly dog and peerless % : Frp—T L thgt I know that I don't know |to discern that love is something elu- joker Brown is, don't you?” e D““ you_ ever notics.” ,inquived| ghem.” sive, impossible to grasp all at once; “/Of course,” I said; ‘‘everybody knows ‘_::"1" o iatiat. they “,'w“;' ":."' This exactly expresses my feelings|something which must be wooed every | that.” “m’*""s“fi in 8‘*"”“:‘“;"“” "" "; about the opposite séx. I often try|day with equal tenderness and ardor? “Well, he isn't feeling so funny just | PI&YIng the gems of the impressionist|,, goseiye myself Into belleving that|Can’t a man see that when he believes he has won a woman he has merely gained her permission to win her if he can—to keep her if he can? The secret of many a broken engage- ment, many a divorce, lies in this “sure” attitude of a man toward the woman he claims to adore. Some men assume this attitude as soon as they are married. Others as s0on as they are engaged. An engaged girl confessed to me the other day that it had been so long since ‘her betrothed paid her a downright enthusiastic com- | pliment or pretty speech that the sound of sweet nothings from the lips of other men was beginning to sound dangerously delightful to her. Now, what Is the matter with that fiance’s common sense—or does he possess dny? I asked a man to explain it to mé. He is a perfectly truthful man, and T knew I.could rely on him. “Why, don’t you see!” he ejaculated. “Every man is so naturally comceited, he thinks the very fact that he pays a womaf any attention whatever ought to be a sufficlent guarantee to her that he loves her.” “Oh!" I sald. “Then a wife, instead of expecting her husband to Keep on paying her compliments, - should be grateful that he dgesn't desert her?” “Exactly.” He is a frank man. I'm glad he told me. Still, m not satisfied. All I know is that I don’t understand men in the least. If any woman does, let her please come forward. To the Editor of The Call: Many members of the various commer- cial organizations of this city will doubt- less be andused on reading the report that a combination of interests of these bodies has been discussed, if in fact a plan to accomplish it has not been seriously con- templated. The report as published in your columns clearly analyzes the situa- tion and sets forth the scope and pur- pose of the different organizations. The mere statement would seem to answer the question, is it practical to combine these organizations and place them under one .management? And if this could be done would the resuits thereafter be as effi- cient, practical and comprehensive as at present with each organization working in its particular and special fleld? The fact that there are in ael exist- ence in San Francisco eight organizations all apparently in flourishing condition is presumptive evidence of need for them. If they occupled no field of usefulnéss .they would maintain a feeble existence for a time and finally languish and die. Most if not all the cight organizations mentioned in the artiele referred to have apparently healthy and vigorous life and usefulness. Some of them are making continued growth. It would not seem probable that the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' Exchange, State Board of Trade, Merchants' Assoclation and the San Franciséo Board of Trade would consider a proposition of combining under a single name and management. Their special functions are so radically differ- ent that it would be tmpossible. to unite and continue efficient work. If there any organizations of wan- t and influence that have no entertain a combination wlthmdm. stronger hodles. To anticipate any further step in &. direction of combination would seem im- practical if not ridiculous. Hi BiEie Bs it H1 5 § OPPOSES -COMBINATION | | SMART SET By Sally Sharp An important event among the smart set will take place today. Mrs. J. Par- ker Currier will hostess a large lunch- eon. The affair is given in honor of Miss Ethel Shorb, Miss Brent Watkins and Mrs. Philip Bancroft. The Dutch room of St. Dunstan’s has been chosen for the luncheon and cov- ers will be laid for twenty-five guests. Py R The informal tea held by Miss Maye Colburn yesterday resolved itself into a very jolly affair, despite the fact that the occasion was one of farewell to Miss Marguerite Gros. Many callers dropped in to bid adieu, wishing Miss Gros a retudn to San Franciseco next winter. R One engagement rumeor has blos- somed {nto fact and the announcement of Miss Ruth Allen's betrothal to Lu- cius Allen is being received with pleas- ure by many who have been watchful for the news. Miss Allen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Munroe Allen and a sister of Miss Elizabeth Allen, the flancee of J. Otis Burrage. The wedding will early fall event. . e Mr. and Mrs. John Brockway Metealt (Elizabeth Huntington) sailed ster- day for Hongkong on the Manchuria. This will surprise many of our smart set, who were under the Iimpression that a tour of this State was to be made by, the young couple, who, meverth less, have been very reticent regard ing their plans. . probably be an . Mrs. Marshall Wotkyns was the hon- ored guest at a tea yesterday after- noon given by Miss Elise Clark and Miss Catherine Clark at their home on Sacramento street. . . The Mills Club will entertain guests at an afternoon of reading and song next Tuesday in its clubrooms, 162v California street. . . Dr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming were passengers on the Manchuria yesterday for Yokohama. Dr. Cumming was for four years in charge of the quarantine station at this port and will now be located at Yoko- hama. Among yesterday's passengers on the Manchuria were Mrs. Philip Lansdale, Migs Bertha Smith and Miss Helen Smith, who will tour the Orient for a few months. . Py * Mrs. Frederick Pickering and Miss Rhoda Pickering are expected home from Paso Robles next week. Miss Marie Pickering is preparing to visit Chicago this summer. Miss Elizabeth Cole will arrive h in April from Manila, where she has spent the winter months as the guest of Captain and Mrs. Martin Crimmins. PR Mrs, Frederick Wickersham has re- turned to her home in Petaluma, after spending the winter in town. . e . George K. Claxton will leave soon for a six months’ tour of the Orient. UNINTENTIONAL. “Yourig man,” snapped the vinegarg- faced person on the opposite side of the street car. “I'll thank you not to stare at me, if you piease!” “Pardon me, madam,” he sald. “No of- fense was Intended. I am so near-sighted 1 cannot distinguish objects two feet away from me.” “Your apology comes too late, sir.” “Pardon me again, madam.” he rejoinec screwing a monocle into his eye and in- specting her features; “It is not so much an apology as—er—an explanation.” Later,’ when she had studied this ex- planation in all its bearings, it was too late to show proper resentment. 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