The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL OHN D. SPRECKELS.. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO McNAUGHT. .. POHN THIED AND MARKET STREETS, BAN FRANCISCO URSDAY MARCH 15, 1906 OSLERISM IN CONGRESS. House appropriation committee has agreed to report a bill its the salary of all clerks over 65 years of age to $1400 over 68 years to $1200 and over 70 to $840. this as just. How would members of Con- stment of salaries to age? Under it Senators Bacon, Gorman, Burrows, Clark, Gallin- erson ckburn, McCreary, Money and Foster $1200, t, Depew and Proctor would have to get along on 1 and free lunch, would get $840 and what fun he could out of In the House are too many veterans to mention. 3, in the $840 class, has brought in the railroad ng things hum all.over the country. Robert jis is in the $1200 class, Henry and Sperry of o ve is more juvenile than the Senate. re are clerks of 65, 68 and 70 years in the depart- bl uch work as men of half the age. le and do as m are far over the proposed age limit and in pay under the same rule ncy of these judicial veterans. It is in fact un- on salary. The only test is the capacity of he work required of him. ts of its grand old men, who keep up their service after they pass the limit of three . Disraeli-and Bismarck, Thiers, Pope Leo tria, Li Hung Chang, Togo of Japan, : e Senator Hoar, Joseph Choate, and y officers here and in Great Britain, are of that with them were no doubt men of equal age who o the work they did. But it would have been unjust able because there were some disabled at the same » craze just now to shove old men out of the way, to e room for the young, who, instead of winning their spurs as did 1 lesire to put them on by the calendar. posed classification of salaries by age instead of ability especial hardship upon war veterans who are in the public 1 deserve well of their country, if they can give to service horses that have borne their riders in great ely as much sentiment should be shown in be- who have offered their lives for their country. atures of the bill are more meritorious. The best of esigned to prevent the promotion of sycophants, or the es of outside political influence, over other more meri- 1 servants, who are equally or more competent. This is eradicating. There are numerous instances in the ce in Washington and the classified service else- ch a head of division or chief clerk advances his co- or those of the same alien birth, at the expense of those o such claim upon him. There is constant interference, ians and members of Congress, to influence the ad- favorites by jumping them over others longer in«the and more deserving. These are offenses of the grossest na- against the spirit of the civil service law. They tend to dis- irage good men, who find that zeal and fidelity in their positions o not count. As a rule, the beneficiary of an unfair promotion is t worthy in his class. Instead of working he spends his time ng improper influence, or in fawning upon his superiors. »se things should be treated in a separate bill, and the ad- f be defeated. t of salaries to age should THE THRIFT OF FRANCE. The French have long been noted for extraordinary ift—a thrift which astonished the world by the ease and the first eleven months of last year France surpassed In that period her exports made the big jump forward of Her Minister of Commerce and Industry, re- the wonderful growth of French. foreign trade, attributes rity to the wise peace policy of the third republic, which $66,000,000 in value. view ce the nation has enjoyed in the last 800 years. So France broken her record in two ways—in long sustained peace and superlative prosperity; it is wise to couple the two facts in mak- se report and to link them as cause and effect. The combina- a lesson to civilization, and greatly adds to the reputation of The total exports in the eleven months mentioned were $828,- The item of increase that will attract most attention in th country is that of cotton goods, they amounting to $11,000,000 in which is one-sixth of the whole improvement. As we produce not only the biggest supply but the best quality of cotton in the world, this feature of France’s rapidly growing prosperity cannot fail to greatly enhance our welfare. England now has a very potent rival in the purchase of our- raw cotton for manufacture and the competition will call for more of our supplies and also keep up the price to a profitable figure. There are two very important ways in which the stimulus to cotton produetion in this: country should be of interest to all patriotic Americans. “One-is the economic point of view, because cotton is among our chief wealth producers; the other comes within the political purview, because the profitableness of the cotton crop will be 2 main element in helping us to solve our race problem. The race problem, which is, of course, the negro problem, is deemed by some statesmen to be the most serious menace ‘to the republic. The surest way to prevent that menace from becoming an actual intolerable evil is to promote the industrial prosperity of the negroes, to keep them busy and make their labor profitable. The regions where the negroes naturally congregate in such: preponder- ating numbers that they are in danger of degeneration is in the belts where cotton is the chief product of industry. - If we can keep cot- ton up to such a profitable price that a high standard of education and comfortable living can be maintained in these black belts, then from those causes will come enlightenment and contentment that will safeguard the States politically and advance them economically. France’s peaceful thrift will aid us in making this possible. s 608,000 Both the latest French Presidents stepped into’ the 6fl’|ce from the presidency of the Senate. Mr. Roosevelt maintained the precedent and Mr. Fairbanks hopeful.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. o R i Nearly all of the Jife insurance looters are reported as being sick abed. There are also a large number of policy holders who do not feel quite as well as they might—Los Angeles Times. —_— John A. McCall died with the word “mother” on his lips. It will be hard to make the mother-loving world believe he was a bad man.—Washing- is ton Post. O S —— The New York World says the Longworth smile has become famous. The World does not intimate what the ingredients are.—Houston Post. ; Pt i Senator Tillman is to act as Mr. Roosevelt's “next friend” in the Senate. Railway-rate regulation makes strange bedmlqwa.—Be!dmon Sun. ns a bare bodkin through the department clerical service. | stt would be reduced from $5000 per | nd Teller, Morgan, Pettus, Cullom, Allison, | e $840 members, and there are many others, though | ion should not be lost sight of. Half the mem- | Yet no one denies | EVER in her previous history has France been so prosperous | h which they paid off the enormous war tribute to Ger- | t France out of wars for thirty-five years—the longest period | Histoery is full of the stories of the care taken | ustice that civil service laws and regulations have not | | t MAVE AN I1IDEA., PLL FIND HIM |F THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906. AT A MILE MINVTE. %KansasPhiIosophy Recipe for Keeping a Servant. O e . Never tell a funny story you can't finish | in a minute. If a baby is good all night that is smart enough for any baby to be. # the average man Ainisifds auything on time it is to enable him to get out and gad. Sometimes a social gathering is a fafl- ure because the one the others wanted to talk about is there. When father nceds attention the daugh- ters let mother wait on him, for isn't she the one who married him and got him into the family? It is almost as long between pay days for a man as It s for a woman between the monthly installments of & continued story. If it were not so tiresome the funniest thing in the world would be the conversa- tion of a woman whose ambition is to be “literary.” It is very unfortunate, but when a man | has quail or terrapin at his home the neighbors don’t know it as they know it if he has fried onions. Time flles so fast that about fifteen min_tes after the world discovers a man is a comer the discovery is made that he is @ has been.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. e Identical Thoughts. Perkins—And so you claim that the thoughts of a husband and wife become | 1aentical? Peck—Certainly. Now, my wife is sit- ting up walting for me and she knows just what she I8 going to say to me—and so do I.—Columbus Dispateh. Which Half. Bjones—Psmith sald I was a liar and a horse thief. Kbrown—Oh, .don’t mind that. Every+ body knows that Psmith never gets any- thing more than half right—Cleveland Leader. R T ] In the Alps. : “My wife was terribly put out by that echo yesterday.” ‘“How s0?" “She couldn't have the Fliegende Blatter. last word.""— HIS VIEW, - Jessle—What did papa say? = - Bert—He showed me the door. 5 ¢ Joss—And what did you say? Bert—Oh! I sald it was cer- tainly a very fine door, but not what I had come to talk about. That made him laugh and a minute later you were mine. §¢ [ WANT to tell you, old man, this be a serious proposition,” sald Jenks with a sigh. “We've had no less than four in as many weeks.” “I don’t want to butt in,” remarked Bil- kins, “but to be plain I don’t think you are wise to the gcheme of keeping a girl. ‘We've had the same girl for over a year and she says she wollldn’t leave our place for anything. I'll" tel you,' there’s’ a knack in keeping servants.” “What plan do you follow?’ asked Jenks, with a hopeful gleam in his eye. “Simple enough,” sald Bilkins. “In the first place we always allow her the use of the parlor and piano. We let her have company whepever she llkes, and we let them play a#d sing to their hearts’ con- tent. In the summer I invariably rise at an early hour, go out in the garden, pluck some of our choice flowers and place them in a cut glass vase on her table in the kitchen, where they will greet her when she comes down. You have no idea how she appreciates those little things. Twice a week we let her have the use of the dining room, providing she de- 2 Oncle Biff’s Observations. EN Peck’s up in Cleveland applyin’ fer a patent. Hen hes invented handles fer matresses an’' sez they's bed goin’ to revolootionize house cleanin’. Hen's workin' on a collar button, too, thet won't roll under th' dresser, b'gosh!— Cleveland Plain Dealer. servant girl problem is getting to | herself. { sires to give a small dinner to her friends. Then very often my wife will assist her with her duties about the house, say, llke washing the dishes, dusting, emptying the ashes, or scouring the kettles. You know they appreciate these small favors, Fri- days we allow her the use of the auto. My wife loans her a suitable veil, gloves and other little things., so that she can go looking right. She has gotten so that she is quite an expert driver. Saturdays and Wednesdays she invariably has to Upon these days she sometimes entertains at the house, giving a pink tea, lawn party if the weather is suitable, or something like that. In additionto these insignificant favors, I frequently give her theater tickets, flowers, bombons, or some other trifle merely to let her know that we appreciate her remalning with us. Saturday and Tuesday mornings we allow her to sleep till 10 o’clock. By grant- ing these few favors we get along nicely, and there is no friction whatever between us.” Jenks - gasped. “But how in the world do you manage to get your work done?’ he asked. “Oh, we do that,” replied Bilkins. “We've got her trained so that she con- siders it a favor to work a little about the house now and then. But we do most of it. If you will just do as we do. you'll get along splendidly; old man.” —Milwau- kee Sentinel. — e Answers to Queries. McGOVERN—Subscriber, City. Terry McGovern, the pugilist, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 9, 1879. His first fight was with Frank Barnes in 1807, in ‘which he won. YELLOW STAINS—L. L. M., Berkeley, Cal. The yellow stains that sometimes appear on the leaves of books may be re- moved by experts by the use of a solution of hydrochloride of soda. If the same is used by one not an expert the page will be ruined. If the/baoks are valuable sub- mit them to a bookbinder. N_AT!ONAUTY—L. N., City. A child's nationality is that of the countrs in which it is born, so that a child born to German parents in the United States is an American by birth. A child born at ‘sea is a native of the country the flag of which the ship files. A child born in the United Stateg of foreign parents is at Iberty on attaining majority to adopt the citizenship of the father or remain — . lan American citizen. A WOODEN WEDDING. 1 attended a peculiar wolderl wedding yesterdet-. She—How was that? He—The marriag Poles. ' of two ‘I?DN'T BE GRAVE, BE GAY AND DRIVE DULL CARE AWAY. 'WORK BASKET GOSSIP. Mr. Thimble—I heard you and Miss Pin were on the outs. Mr. Bodkin—TYes, the scissors cut me out. — T Occidental - Accidentals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. ‘ ‘ — YOUNG MAN AND HIS CONTRACT. !' CERTAIN young man had under- | taken a large contract, for, appar- | ently, he had agreed with himself to win a trophy in the great game of life and at the same time punish much of the | red liquor he might find on the big play- ground. » But the young man was quite cute, for he remarked to himself, “Lo, it is quite difficult to make my business and the red liquor jibe well together, so I will attend to the former in the daytime and to the latter after the golden sun has sunk to rest.” And he started in to do it, which shows how extremely cunning the youns man was; and his days were corroded by labor, but his nights were festivals of Joy. But after a gladsome time the young man noticed that it was quite difficult to attend to business and capture the bright trophy of success when his head was about seven sizes too large for his hat. He did not mention this fact to the boss, but he noticed it just the same, and he sald to himself: “Go to! I will abjure the rosy.” This was well meant on the part of the young man, but it so happened that the rosy had several friends in that neighbor- hood who met him and said unto him, “What'll you take in yours?’ and it came to pass that he took some In his. So it gradually befell that the nights of pleasure became longer and the days of labor shorter, till the young man said. “Who carsh shucchesh? T'ell wiz shuc- chesh!” and he didn’t mind when he lost his job, for the red liquor had not run dry. And it is so with the young man even unto this day, and his motto still s, | “Trell wiz shuccesh!” which is the where- fore of the— Moral—It is mighty hard to beat it, and if some do, the chances are large that they are not built like you and me; and, even when they do, they do so notwith- standing. “I dreamed last night that Miss Oldun said she would be mine.” “Call that a dream?" “Of course. What would you call 1t?” “A nightmare.” I TAKE THEM ON TRUST. | I have written frequent lyrics to the beauties of the morning, When the night is creeping backward and the gold sun is dawning; I have warbled in my ecstacy of mature’s hush that thrills When- the pink is on the summits and the silver on the rills; To the world that wakes from sleeping I have l Hited lMttle lays, | Used up my stock of adjectives in caroling its praise, But I think I ought to mention, while the | subject is discussed, That my bed at mern fs pleasant—and I take the rest on trust. In my pleasant liits to women I hava come | out rather strong, And have worshiped at their altar very often in a song; With an air quite reverential, I have praised their ‘“‘angel grace,” | And have even termed them seraphs—once, at | least, this was the case; I bave been their stanch adorer, which no *"" mortal should condemu, And, indeed, my panegyrics must have been a { shock to them, But, to make & full confession, which I deem | both falr and just, I've not met thls angel woman—and I'm taking | her on trust. I have sung the childish ‘“cherub,” with his | winsome airs and grace, When I yearned to catch the cherub and to wash his little face: | I have warbled to some “‘artist,” woven laurel | for his head, | When I felt if Art should meet him she would probably fall dead: I have kowtowed, like the others, to some mertal glided o'er. ‘When quite sure his braln was little and a soul he never bore. So I wail my mea culps, as I really feel T mast, But it it is truth I'm wailing—that 1s what you take on trust, | “I captured a piece of my landlady's butter last night,” said the man in gray, “and later I took it down and showed it to Flannery's champion goat.” “Yes?” said the man in blue. “What did the goat do?” “Took one sniff and fell dead—heart | failure, due to discouragement, you know.” “I don’t see why.” “Why, he recognized that he had found a stronger butter, you under- stand.” “No, Fatima,” sald the Sultan, “I can- not accede to your request, much as I should like to do so, my darling.” Fatima wept with an exceeding weep- ness. “Why—why not?” she at last broken- 1y inquired. “If 1 get a new spring hat for you,” the Sultan responded, “I shall have to purchase them for the entire harem, and I really cannot afford to buy 3934 new hats in the present financial crists.” Fatima perceived the justice of his remark, and yet she was not comforted. So you will recognize, my children, that even a Sultan is not without troubles that oppress him heavily, The Teacher—Supposing America to be as a fruit ripening onh the tree, who discovered {t? The Class—Christopher Columbus. “Right! Now you may tell me who picked it.” “The Standard Oil Company.” “She was so wealthy that she did not need wedding presents.” “What makes you think so? “Because she got so many.” “I see that a reverend gentleman of New York thinks that heaven will yet be discovered by the astronomers.” “Yes, I noticed it. What do you in- fer from his theory?” “Merely that he is not acquainted with the astronomers.” . A Sweet Singer. singer in Elk County, Kans., this wise: | have been Mrs. Wakefleld 1 The Sm_arl Sef. : BY SALLY SHARP. The engagement is announced of Miss Edith Rutland Henning of Colorado Springs and Frederick A. Healy of San Franciseo. - The bride is of a prominent Colorado family and Mr. Healy, formerly one of the most popular and capable newspaper men of this eity, is now a member of the firm of McWilllams & Healy. commission merchants. Their marriage will take place April 11 and is to be quietly celebrated at the home of the bride’s parents at Colorado Springs by a local Catholic priest. Mr. Healy, who is in town, will leave shortly for Colorado. .’ e Mrs. Hughes, wife of Captain Hughes. who is in San Francisco em route to Washington, D. C., will be the guest of honor on Saturday at a luncheon. Mrs. E. Walton will be the hostess, having bidden several guests to meet Mrs. Hughes In the Palm Garden of the Palace. e v Mrs. J. Parker Currier will be at home informally today in her apartments at St. Dunstan’s. Captain and Mrs. Frederick P. Reynolds (Hortense Childs) were the guests of honor at a tea yesterday afterneon given by the Misses Stephenson at the Presidio. P g v Mrs. Isadore Lowenberg will be hostess at a musical at the Palace on March 2. DT Oakland affairs keep our maids occupied when festivities sag on this side of the bay. Tonight a number will eross to the home of Miss Gertrude Russell, who will entertain at a musicale at her home on Ninth street. . . An exhibition of the paintings of Wil- llam Keith opened yesterday at Vickery's art rooms on Post street and despite the weather a large number of visitors were present, among whom were several weil known society people, one of the buyers being John Zelk.. . Pitlip Paschel and Edward A. Davis will be hosts at a dinner and theater party this evening. - v @ Miss Mattie Milton is expected to ar- rive today on the transport from Manila, ‘where she has been visiting for a year. o e - ® Captain and Mrs. Wade L. Jolly of Mare Island are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. George Carr. P Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Henley Jr. are at home in their new residence on Larkin street, near Chestnut. e Miss Constance Borrowe has gone to New Orleans for a visit of several weeks. . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin are leaving tomorrow for an automobile tour and will spend some time at Paso Robles. Qe ~ g Miss Mary Barnes, who arrived on the Alameda from Honolulu, is a guest at the St. Francis. . . Mr. and Mrs. Percival Willlams (Alice Sprague) are at the Hotel Plymouth, where they have just arrived from their wedding journey, and will remain for several weeks. T Miss Marcia Warren will soon leave for an Eastern trip, going first to Chicagd for some time. Among recent sojourners at Del Monte Baker, Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Mrs. Frederick W. Me- Near and E. W. Hopkins. L. W. W. Shannon, State Printer,-and his wife are at Byron for a few days. Mrs. Park Henshaw of Chico is also a guest and Saturday night a party from Oak- land, including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Manuel, Dr. Henry Fine and Dr. Dodge. went up in the Manuel automobile, re- turning Sunday. Other guests include Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hitchcock, Dr. L. P. McDonald, Thomas H. Rooney, Dr. L. R. Webster and Pay Inspector Z. W. Rey- nolds, U. 8. N. —_——— Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candies In artistic fire= etched boxes. New store, 767 Market, * —————— Special information supplied daily ta business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 Calte fornia street. Telephone Main 1043. ¢ —— T - e g Mirror of Dame Fashion. SAILOR SUIT FOR THE GROWING GIRL. -HOSE sallor suits, with their serge used here. The yoke of the pleated skirt up in true sailor fashion at back. The deep blouse LY