The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS.... e vieeiessasuesssssinsvons POPHEtOY ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO PONN MCcNAUGHT. ., ... PUBLICATION OFFICE... RKET STREETS., SAN FRANCISCO T T R MARCH 13, 1906 FORTY THOUSAND VISITORS. well kept statistics of the railroad companies reveal .the in California, since the beginning of the year, of nearly y visitors. These people are here for observation, to look into commercial deals, promote better t export, and to carry abroad the news of what cad taken by Southern California is due to the fact pr people always had something doing. Visit- laid out, new railroads being built, new or- e for us. The folks are all busy.” While this was going on, tl t of the State was quite too content to let things take on pec knew they had a good thing and were not selves in letting’ strangers know it also, The part and the activities non-contiguous, so that panorama of energy such as was presented d noticed things, emerged from her n irrigating in place of dry grazing, and, 1d have roused the envy of Jona gourd, Ct y0 in her haste, enterprise and bustl activ ¢t the sap go up under her bark and, nourished by 1 marrow, grew suddenly into metropolitan ed capital from outside to aid in making her Fresno and San Jose were wide apart and m one forgot about the other. Visitors did ¢ vast difference in size between Northern I'hey wanted to see, all over the State, the rise and progress. here can see it. From Los Angeles I'he holders of large landed estates are At Chico was the great Bidwell ranch, a beau- nain, so far beyond the possibility of a single ces that when its pioneer owner died it lion dollars. It was then partially sub- sales, mostly in small holdings to Eastern im- rillion debt, and Mrs. Bidwell has left y worth a half million more. was not high. It left ample margin for thc of their labor and improvements. Mrs. Bid- v of Chico for a public park land worth 1 wisdom deserve something more than park adds to the value of every acre she 1 other land tributary to Chico. of San Francisco to know what is alley the advance is so rapid that in t1 ness 1at now e halt et on the map. On the railroads are run rthing of, carrying land buyers to , Kings, Fresno, Merced and Ma We get news of results after they are accomplished, tiftics from San Joaquin County recently published in th ion is observed in every agricultural rampant as it ever was in ,and in some it is rgotten that in many centers of present energy he men and the capital to start all of this from Southern California. Their experience t them what can be done here, and they are doing it as to give full scope to their skill and genius. The 1 values may be estimated by what is doing on the san Joaquin. Those lands went begging until e. They have to be reclaimed and protected A\ Southern California syndicate that has of such land in San Joaquin County for 12,000 acres of overflowed land which The tr on gains importance from the wase is not for speculation, but is an investment in ac evees, ) the future of California is what inspires the 1 now. Many vears ago John T. Crisp, a cele- gress from Missouri, and a land man always, inspected the land, mountain and -all, around it the roof of the Palace Hotel, and swinging 10le horizon in view from that point, said: here will be worth $1000 in the first quar- It begins to look as though Crisp was a THE WIRELESS FOR SEA SIGNALS. D¢ Government, urged by the Valencia wreck, is all a wireless telegraph system for sea signals British Columbia. It is expected that the all a like service on our coast, eastward and tery to Semiahmoo. We assume that both ntain a wire system, so as to guard against s of shore communication. s on the danger points of the coast, and heads of Fuca Straits, and wireless apparatus on the » those w , navigation in the frequent fogs and regi I be safer. Whether a ship can locate by use of the wireless is perhaps not experimentally would seem that if there had been a wireless station ape Flattery and an apparatus on the Valencia, she could have i 1 ed the cape and was heading for ‘the rocks, insta wireless stat cless system and better lights and all 1 be kept before both Governments, but will not be nt “attention is called to it by the press. The classes 1. seeing it stated that something is proposed by the habit of taking for granted that it will be verience proves the need of constimt urging to eSte( past exy nominate Mr. Longworth for the Governor- Mr. Longworth may have his arms full in 1908 and be consider the Ohio Governorship.—Houston Post. RSPV a S o 4 Id ever become a Senator it seems reasonably ould be a sort of muscularized version of H. C. nd Times-Dispatch. el et With the aries of insurance presidents reduced to the amount paid President the United States, what is to becomp of their families?— Louis Post-Dispatch. dge.—Rick the St — e Mr. Bryan gets so much more credit for public influence than he used to get that he may be tempted to stay away and not interfere with His pres- tige.—Washington Star. PG ———— v John D. Rockefeller has been taking a vacation. This counting up of profits gets to be very difficult and monotonous werk in the course of time. Washington Star. ————eiilih Broadly speaking, the Democratic party now consists of -Bryan Demo- crats, Cleveland Democrats, Colonel Watterson and Tom Patterson.—Chi- cago Tribune 5 —_— “Wealth is full of perils,” says Dr. Josiah Strong. Ready to face 'em?— New York Herald. w houses being built, and they said, “This | Yet the | s there are banks in ®operation in towns so | | ALL wmaT 1S GLANCE OF W3 FACE AND LAND TE JOB YURE. — | { [ RN | | | | | | } 4 } { OW FAR are we letting supersti- | H tion rule us? To what extent do | our fears, our ignorant bellets, onr vain imaginings about lucky or unlucky Signs, inherited sinis, " foreordained evils and the like Influence us in the decisions and acts of life? Are we permitting ourselves: to be | bound and gagwed, robbed and killed by fears and bellefs which have no reason for being; and which, did we but recog- | nize a hundredth part of our real author- | ity, we could put to rout with a single | imperative command? | It would be well for all of us to serl- | ously ask ourselves these questions. | The euicide in Chicago recently of woman who had been |told by an astrologer that she would meet death by her own | hand points a striking lesson for us | all. That this woman's end came, not as | the fulfiliment of the prediction contained | in her horoscope, but as the direct result | of the powerful suggestion for self-de- | struction given her, none who realize the potency in mental impression can doubt. I have in this column frequently called attention to the wonderful law of auto- suggestion, a force which all of us are | employing continually for our goed or 11, | our health or sickness, our success or | taflure, whether we are conscious of the fact or not. I wish now, in citing the case of this suicide, to emphasizé anew how neces- |sary it is that should understand this | taw and definttely apply it to the better- ing and upbullding of our lives. For the same power that impelled this woman to take her own life is a force which, had it been directed In optimistic channels, would undoubtedly have brought happi- | ness and success to her instead of ad- struction. When auto-suggestion is clearly under- stood and definitely applied to the prob- | lems of life one need no longer be the | slave of superstition and fear. He is ab- } solutely free. No terrifying prediction of | prophet or seer, palmist or psychic reader need influence him in the least; for he knows that by the dynamic power of his own._thought, intelligently employed, he can carve his own destiny, shape his own future, master his fate. This article is not Intended as d&n ar- ralgnment of seers and seeresses who practice the art of forecasting the future. 1 do not doubt there are persons who do possess this gift. It seems reasonable to belteve. > Whatever happens in the visible world must first take place in the in- visible. Before an event precipitates itself In the world of effect it must first have existed in the world of cause. It is my opinion that certain human be- ings who are highly developed on subjective plane can sense the approach of events. g ‘Whether this is so or not, however, the fact remains that no-man need be |a despondent the slave of luck or destiny. It may {Be true that while he fs pursuing a certain unfavorable course, connecting with unfortunate ourrents of thought, disaster lies ahead of him. But it should be clearly shown that it is in his power to avert that disaster by changing mode of thought. of the individual to mold his own is out of harmony with the intelligent thought of the times. ; that— AVAUNT, SUPERSTITION! - BY ANGELA MORGAN. et More and more we.are coming to see Nowhere have T seer thli truth point- ed out with more practical meaning thah in Dr. Herbert A. Parkyn’'s work ‘on “Auto-Suggestion.” After clearly ‘showing ' that abto-suggestion is the root of all our foolish fears and super- stitions, Dr. Parkyn says: “Let us arige, then, and see what we can do by new auto-suggestions to stamp out these old absurd notions, first in ourselves, and then, by precept and practice, endeavor to assist our fel- low men to free themselves from self- imposed burdens. “Let us examine ourselves to discover the part played by superstitious, ab- surd chfldish ‘impressions, and habits formed in childhood, in making us mis- erable or ‘unhealthy, or In retarding our progress.in this world. Then let us make ourselves over again by con- stantly repeated auto-suggestions in the form of affirmations that we are masters of our own destiny. “Let the next generation of men be so freed from the petty.past that their faces wil not blanch at the howl of & dog outside the deor, and that they may, if they wish, be married or start on a journey, all unterrified, on Friday or on the thirteenth day of the month.” HETTY GREEN “STOOD TREAT.” A voung matron nelghbor. of “the rich- est woman in the world,” as Mrs. Hetty Green of Hoboken and Wall street is pop- ularly termed, Iz telling her woman friends, In confidence, or a recent experi- ence with the petticoated fihancier. Hetty Invited her sister Hobokenite to visit her. The guest was received at the door and told that the hostess was too busy to entertain, but that the guest was welcome to call at Hetty's business den on Broadway. s Prompted . by curlosity, the youns woman accepted, but again she only got as far as the doorway, further progress being barred. A few dayy prior to this social freege- out, Mrs. bought some peanuts and bananas from a Manhattan pushcart ped- dler and divided them with the woman that she shubbed. A G ———— The largest picture ever painted has teen completed by a Fremch artist, after eight years’ labor. The subject s the funeral of M. Carnof, and the canvas measures 150 scuare yards. |+——— _— | STRATEGY. | S HE was a jaded London lady cyelist, weary and wan with the stress and strain of a week in a London shop. ~The country was green and peaceful.-even though it was winter, but the night soon fe]l, and she had to seek sheltér for the “Remember,” she said to the landiady. before she retired, “if there is anything I like it is new-laid eggs. I must have new-laid eggs for breakfast tomorrow.” “And so you shall, miss,” sald the dear, | honest old lady. *“Our hens lays all weathers, and you shall have your wish.” But the partitions In country es are thin, and the lady from London was awakened next morning by a conversa- tion in the adjoining room between her landlady and her spouse. ‘““Get up, ye lazy loon!"” she said. “The lady is mighty struck on new-laid eggs: 80 ye'll have to get half a dozen from the grocer while I go and'cackle in the yard!"—Answers. 2 CURED. A fond mother, in despair of breaking her little boy of swearing, at last threat- ened that the next time he used a bad word she would banish him from home. ‘The very next day he exploded a big D. “I am very sorry, Thomas,” said the mother, “but I have never broken my word to you, SO NOW you must leave home.” The nurse was instructed to pack Thomas' little toy suit-case, and he, with- out & whimper, kissed his mother good- by and departed. Quite a way oft THomas set his burden on the ground, and, perched solemnly on the curb, chin in hands, fell into deep thought. The spectacle was too much for the fond mother, who was watching him from a distance. Very quietly she started down the street and tiptoed up behind Master Thomas. As she was hovering on the point of sur- prising him with a kiss, a pompous old gentieman . *“Child,”” he said, “will you—hum—teil where Mr. Franklin lives?” Thomas raised his solemn brown eyes, and regarding the old gentleman coldly, repMed: “‘You to —. I have trou- bles of my ewp."'—Harper's Weekly. P W big dog you gave us actually does uty at our house.” “That police *So?" - “Yes. He spends most of his time in the kitchen with the cook.”—Detroit Free Press. OCCODENTAL ACCDENTALS BY A J. WATERHOUSE | | e T N THE AUTOMOBILE TURNS POET. ¢ ¢ 7'M GETTING to be quite a poet,” l remarked the Haughty Autemo- “You don't look bile. Has-Been Phaeton. “Why not?” “You don't wear your hair long énough.” < t “That proves nothing.. Once I knew a man who wrote quite passable poetry and yet wore his hair somewhat short.” “Oh, well, if you wish to insist on the exceptions—" A “I do not have to insist on anything, for my poetry speaks for itself. Listen to this that I wrote yesterday, for in- stance. It is entitled ‘The Lay of the Automobile, and I laid it myself, you understand: 4 “With chortling churts and churtling chorts, With toots and heots and puffs and snorts, I scére the divers kinds and sorts Of critters; And while the mob both runs and hides, Sweet Ethyl, who within me rides, Just fairly holds her aching #ides, ' And titters. “How's that for poetry?” “I understand now why you feel that you do not need to wear your halr, long.” “Sir, I do not understand your allu- sfon; but just listen to the second verse and see if you do not consider it a looloo: . “I chort and churt my chumpling way ‘Mid flelds ashine with jocund day, Or where the brook that loves to stray E'er glitters. Sweet nature lure: by her best, But still my lever's backward pressed, While Ethyl shrieks, by mirth pos- sessed, And titters. “How’s that?” “I shouldy’t be surprised if you wore your head shaved.” . “You are disgustingly discouraging, but theére is only one more verse, and I will try that on you. Here it is: “Ho, for the world of shifting shape! Ho, for the louts who run and gape! Or thank the.Lord if they escape— The critters! And if we hit one on the line Sweet Ethyl says, ‘This sport's divine!” And, while the chauffeur pays the fine, She titters. “Isn’t that immense?” “G-reat! I'll furnish the choloroform whenever you want to prepare it for burial. Naturally, the HauglQty Automebile was too disgusted to say another word. it,” suggested the A CHAT WITH HORATIO. You remarked. my dear Horatlo, that | that which first attracted you to your | own dear Lillian was her soft, white | hands. It is curious about that. Some | way, that was precisely the thing which dia not attraet me, or, at le‘st,{ 12 ‘it attracted me, ft'did not lure ana fascinate me, as it evidently did in your case. i You see, Horatlo;, the sight of your own Lillian’s soft, white hands set me to Investigating in my sérubby, hum- drum way. and I discovered that her | mother’'s hands were not soft and white. Quite to the contrary, they were red, callous, knobby and homely. Set the two pairs of hands side by side, | and it was impossible to avold a sus- picion that one pair was accustomed to play the piano, and the other the | washboard. Of course, this was nice for Lillian, but den't you think it was | a little hard on her doting mamma? | I wish you joy with your Lillian when you get her, my dear Horatlo— | I truly do—but, as our Scoteh friends say, I hae my doots. I have Dbeen knocking about the world quite a INit- | tle time now, my boy, and I have mot | seen many bad daughters who made | good wives — and the remark is equally applicable to the case of sons and husbands. There are exceptions to this rule, as to many others, but, on the whole, T should about seven million times sooner take, my husbandly chances with a good daughter than with & poor one. However, I started this merely to wish you joy, and if I dragged in a lit- tle " unnecessary philosophy, o the deuce with it! Here’s wishing you joy, anyway. KEEPING IN TUNE. To the editor of The Call: . The suicidal mania that has seemed of late to reign with more than usual fervor may possibly find its answer in the dis- couragement given by the idea of man's uselessness after a certain period of years. Man's usefulness should never | cease nor grow into hopelessness as long as he has a mind to ke<p in touch and In tune with the present. One of our most famous writers says, “The mind of man is young as long as he uses it.” Activity of mind generates life do not count. The physical may die, but the soul, the thoughts will live. i | i & !i i i} i fi i i i 5 £ ¥ : a | 'E 3k i g ¢ i i if § i g g ¢ £ ¢ i g i i ¥ — « SWART SET .cf BY SALLY SHARP. | — Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Lowenberg en- tertained at an elaborate dinmey last evening at the Palace Hotel. the affair being in honor of Mrs. Abraham Lin- coln Brown, whe has recently returmed from Europe. The table was most attrhctive in its decoration of tullps with pink and white blossoms. The guests included Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Morton Davis, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Isa- dore Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Clay- burgh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jultus Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Goldstein, Mr. and s Albert J. Lowenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Bis- singer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles acker- man, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sahlein and Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Brown. R Gl Society will be out en mafse at the Tivoli today for the benefit concert to Mrs. Bessie Paxton and her sen and daughter. The best of local artists are to give of their talents, the programme having been most carefully arranged under the direction of Mrs. Ermest Wil lard Crellin (Camille d'Arville), whe ‘will herself take part. The patronesses include Mrs. Downey Harvey, Mrs. Jo- seph Tobim, Mrs. M. H. de Youug, Mrs. Walter Dean, Mrs. Fred Henshaw, Mra. W. A. Foster, Mrs. Huntington, Mrs. J. D. Spreckels Jr., Mrs. J. K. Wilson, the Misses Alice and Ethel Hager and Mr& Mark Gerstle. (o SR Miss Susan Ertz and Mlss Mary Erts will entertain at a luncheon today In honor of Miss Dorothy Draper. ® 26 @ The name of Allen i3 one to conjure with—at least in Cupid's realm—=or he has shown marked partiality in that home within the week. The news of Miss Harriette de Witte Allen’s engage- ment to Rev. Dr. E. A Dodd of Beston {s the latest to bring forth much com- gratulation-among the smart set. The bride-to-be is a daughter of Mrs. Harry Allen and a niece of Mrs. John Kittle, these families being among the oldest- and most exclusive of the fashionable world. Dr. Dodd is curate of Boston's Caurch of the Emanuel. Lucius Allen, whose engagement to Miss Ruth Allen, is stfll fresh upon society’s tongue, is a brother of Miss Harriette Allen. San Francisco hopes to greet D Dodd within a short time. . o+ = The Spinners’ Club will hold a meet- ing today at the home of Mrs. W. H. Mills on Pacific avenue. . -9 Mrs. W. H. Morrow was a bridge hostess yesterday, entertaining a dozen players in her apartments dt the Knick- erbocker. . . Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, who has been spending the past few months In Eu- ropean travel, will return to Reér Ha- clenda in June, and will Soon after that open her summer home, “Wynteon,” on the MeCloud River. R Mr. and Mrs. John Dickenson Sher- wood are making a trip to El Paso and through the Grand Canyon, expecting to be away two weeks. Mrs. Milton Pray left on Sunday for Mare Island, where she will spend a month, part of the time to be & guest of Captain and Mrs. Willlam Winder aboard the Lawton. ° Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walton Tully (Eleanor Gates), who stayed in Los Angeles after leaving this ofty a few | weeks ago, are en route for their home in New York. Mr. Tully produced two plays in Los Angeles, meeting with ex- cellent success. . Among the recently elegted suburb- anites are Mr. and Mrs N. P. Cole Jz. who have taken a pretity hothe On Claremont avenue, Berkeley, and later will build a place of their own. | Miss Virginia Dines of Denver is the Suest of Mrs. Frederick Jacobs. Mrs. Gaston Ashe will be one of the summer travelers for Europe, where sne expects to make an extended tour. ¢« - Mr. and Mrs. Gregor Grant Fraser will’ scon go to Alamedz, where they are about to begin the construction of a mew home. Postmaster Arthur G. Fisk, Joha B Humphrey and Willlam F. Humphrey went to Byron Friday with Fred Myer- stein in his automobile. The hotel is erowded. Among the sojourners at this popular resort are B. C. Knox of Johns- town, N. Y., the capitalist who Is inter- ested in the airship soom to be tried sz Los Angeles. Mrs. Roosevelt Johnsan of San Francisco and Mrs. Rupert whitehead of Oakland are also