The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKEIS.. ves ssessssssscssssessseesses PrOprictor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO ««« JManager POHN McNAUGHT UBLICATION OFFICE. WEDRESDAY .......n0nssssosssisoniosssosiosossts MARGH a1 = 4ok RADICALISM AND RATES. HE Democratic attitude toward the rate bill is an interesting The conservative wing of the party is inclined to accept the radical wing girds at it as an insufficient remedy ed evil. In order to demonstrate that the bill is too o cover its object, the radicals give imaginary size to the evil. i , who has elected himself to the position in American s of Cleon, the leather seller, leads in this sort of opposition 11 and the views of President Roosevelt which it reflects. anger of defeat of the measure lies between those who at it goes too far and those who claim that it does not go far Beset by these two allied forces, the President must have ve, affirmative support of the press and the people. The rowers of California have set an example that should be fol- wed everywhere, and immediately. We say advisedly that a crisis is hand and the President should be backed by such ex- pression of public opinion as will end the attempt to make party pol- it of a question that he has kept free of partisanship. aking Judge Parker to represent what there is of conservatism left of the Democratic party, his expressions prove that terror of the ultimate effect of demagogy and radicalism. address to the Legislature of Mississippi, while he uch in riddles and generalities, he made evident his fears He said: “Above and beyond all things we must demagogue like the pestilence that walketh in darkness. 1e in our history, we see reflected upon the screen ture the shadow of this baleful, sinister figure. There are t on of attachment to one good thing may mean e of another wholly bad; that so-called independence may to cover the most selfish partisanship, and that humbug may » untried and dangerous paths. Conservatism has some the ten commandments, but it condemns anarchism, i unism, that trinity of evils and heresies almost > world It does not look upon the demagogue but he was the rejected of Greece and Rome, centuries we come back to the wholesomeness of most of study. profess itself. the men have found useful, to regard both for moral and for h is supposed to represent it, and we can see that all me gradually, and not by violence and revolution.” in this address, though cryptic and cautious, was an ex r the defeat of radicalism by taking away the griev- agogues wish to leave untouched for use as issues lism can influence the country and get into power. In its essence the situation calls Democrat and Republican alike to ! s high as that which brought them together in the mighty for the Union. There are men in both parties that turn and are willing that 411 that is at stake shall be 1e hope that in some way they may get gain out of the ge Parker calls “the trinity of evils and heresies” in a 1 election im New York, and his ambition is fired by the larger results and more interesting to him can be had in 2 ection. While we have no fear that the sane people of this try can be led into idle experiments with their form of govern- re is room for fear that conservative support of the system seem to be identified following the wise policy of the President. Everything that hinders such correction is an invitation tb the combined political heresies f the country to take the center of the stage. In 1008, if the President’s measures fail, every opponent of the n, anarchism and socialism described and condemned by arker will be put upon the defensive. Every newspaper ds for representative government as against socialism and have to meet the charge that it is the chattel of the that the President proposes to extirpate now. Every ypposes the use of his party by political cuckoos to narchist and communist eggs will be accused of 1 corporations and criminal finances, that should A man does not cease to be an American, with an American, by being a Republican or 2 Demo- »us idea that a citizen owes such allegiance to his ir his allegiance to his country. Every patriotic con- n men now to serve ithat higher allegiance. No ty by saying, “After us the deluge.” complete exhibit of the risk that is ahead, a plain leful and sinister figure,” seen upon the screen of e Parker, in the attitude of the organized fruit ern California, in their protest against the routing ion of the Supreme Court. They complain of unbearable evils, that they be corrected by the measures of the President, and then declare that if those measures fail in Congress they will seek a socialistic rem That gives Cleon the leather seller his cue. It lights the path of every demagogue. He knows exactly what he has to do. He must defeat the President’s policy, and those who be- lieved in it and suffer for its defeat will walk into Cleon’s camp. H measure which consumers must hope will be enacted into law. In its last analysis the pure food law simply calls for fair play and honesty and truthfulness. It voices the demand of the people that labels shall tell the truth. There may. be questions open to al- most endless argument as to whether aduiterants used in certain brands of food or drugs are deleterious to health or not, but there can be no question that to lie about the adulterants, either boldly on the label or tacitly by letting the purchaser believe the goods bought are something different from the reality, is dishonesty. An incident related by Mr. McCumber in his speech in the United States Senate is well calculated to give the public an idea of how much a law safeguarding consumers against fraud is needed. In r ville, Ky., 2 woman with her little child went into a store to buy food for their table. The articles were lard, jelly, syrup and sausages. The price was $1.80. All she had was $1.57, which she gave the grocer, and went away 23 cents in debt. The secretary of the pure food commissioners observed the transaction. He bought some of each of the articles and had them. analyzed. The so-called syrup was 70 per cent glucose, the jelly was not made of fruit but was a mixture colored with coal tar dye, the sausage was fixed with antiseptics, the lard was cottonseed oil mixed with beef stearin. If the woman had bought these articles under their proper names and at their regular market price they would not have cost her over go cents. It can be seen from that incident that the need for effective legis- lation against fraud is sufficient to make the passage of the law a just demand of the people. The only objection in the Senate came from four Senators who thought the bill would encroach upon the right of States to control their own manufactures. That argument is dis- posed of by the evident fact that the much needed laws for pure food cannot be made effective unless they are interstate. In the incident related of the small grocer it can be seen that it would be unjust and impracticable to hold him responsible to the extent of requiring him to have every article he sells analyzed; but he should be forced to put that responsibility upon the manufacturer. We have view of that “ the future by Juc ers of Sout ask THE PURE FOOD LAW. EPBURN'’S bill against the adulteration of food and drugs, which under a different name “has passed the Senate, is a A Pennsylvania collector of internal revenue has destroyed 77,300 bad cigars. They were probably too bad to keep until the next campaign.— Washington Post. the leather seller has seen what can be done by massing | THERE GOES THAT CONI TO GEY Up AND GRAB THAT AND STOP IT. QH! c'rrs FELL AMD R UNDED ALARM CLOCK JUST WHEN I'M SLEEPING SQ SGUND, OH! 1'VE GOT T0 GET UP, | SUPPOSE, PAG GON IT! C FUNNY CIRCUMSTANEE WHAT AILS 1T 2 THE SPRING 4 LU HAVE | | WHATS THE MATTER WITH THAT CLOCK, IS IT GOING CRAZEY? KUl 115 GOING WILD! 11 HAVE I ) ; THIS 13 THE FRISKIEST YET, [VE SEEN OR Yook | S5 [PART IN FoR A | on “Social Etiquette,” “Polite Form of Public Society” and “The Ethics of Smart Soclety,” all conducing to the | nighly polished manners and conversa- tion of men and women when associat- ing together as “company.” | Yes, it's “company manners” and “company” talk that are made much of in printed volumes, large and small, cheap and expensive in price. | In comparison, the output concerning | “Home Manners,” “Domestic Polite- | pess” and “Family Courtesy” is start- | lingly small. Perhaps this scarcity of | elucidation of conjugal and parental |anda flial courtesy, in print, may be | heid accountable for a large share of the lack of good home manners—since this lack of kind and gentle treatment !ar others is so seriously apparent in | the large majority of homes. | Even when bad home manners are | not at all abusive they are tinged with a certain unkindness that blurs the moral perception of each member of thé family. This tends to a certain mental laxity that bodes evil for the citizen- ship. - How mucht more important, then, is domestic courtesy than the ethics of smart society to a standard of respon- sible municipal government! Bad home manners conduce to un- happiness and crime. Unhappiness and crime are conditions of all the people. Polite forms of smart sociéty con- duce to the polish and glitter of a part of the people, the comparatively small part known as the wealthy and aristocratic. But, even this small part that has use for and practices the ethics of smart society is more or less tinctured with the unhappiness and crime that accrues from bad manners in its homes. Dean Hole said, in a magazine, that he once rebuked a woman because her children were ill-behaved when he vis- ited the home. “Lor’ bless you, sir;” replied this woman, “boys and young ‘uns must have some place where they can enjoy themselves.” Clearly, this woman felt that polite language and gentleness toward others were species of cruel restraint that had no free-to-all place in the happiest home. Apparently she believed that good manners should be shed, like tight col- lars and irritating shoes, when the THERE are many books published Same 0Old Story. AL Leo—Dang this house clean- ing business anyway! || «® @ MANNERS IN THE HOME & # | ‘ BY DOROTHY FENIMORE. s _ family was sheltered beneath its roof. There are scores of folks like the children of this woman. They don't en- joy good manners. They delight in freedom from a sense of being made to behave by the other fellow who de- mands the half-way right of way out In the open. They take that frepdom in the home. Since each member of the family is apt to take this fréedom at the same time, trouble may be pre- dicted. The larger part of{matrimonial dis- sension, including divorce, is due to the bad manners of husbands and wives in homes. A dlscourtesy, a challenging criticism, an ironical retort—and the row begins! Then there are rows and rows that develop into mutual bitter- ness of spirit and estrangement. Max O'Rell tells of a man saying to bim: “Brown is a most pecullar and finicky chap. He takes his hat off to his" wife when he meets her in the street. He turns over the pages of Cautious. Patient—Shall I u now? 3 Pl T'll pull your teeth “in my bill, : : - S HAT TIME IS (T2 PSHAW! ['VE ONLY BEEN ASLELP FIFTEEN MINUTES. THAT RAREBIT [ ATE 1S FIXING ME GOOD, OHA! & e ! BREAKING IT GENTLY - ————— N his return from an extended O trip abroad an English squire was met at the steamship wharf by his old and trusted butler. Thinking it strange that the old man should have come to meet him the squire asked if there was bad news. “Yes, sir,” replied the butler, “very bad news. The old magpie is dead, sir.” “What did the bird die of?” “Too much horseflesh, sir.” “Too much horseflesh. John? Where did it get it?” “The carriage horses, sir.” “What, are they dead, too?” “Yes, sir. Died from overexertion drawing water the night of the fire.” “What fire?"” “The mansion, sir.” “You don't mean to say the man- sion is burned, John?” “Yes, sir. It burned the night of the funeral, sir.” “Whose funeral?” “Your poor mother's, sir.” “What, mother dead, too?” “Yes, sir; she never held her head up after your poor father died.” “Great heaven! Father dead as well? I never heard a word of any of these misfortunes. What was the cause of my father's death?” “Well, sir, it was this way. He re- ceived a telegram telling him that the ship had gone down that had the whole of his fortune on board, and the shock of it killed him.” “John, I am entirely ruined!" “That you are, sir.'—Manchester, Eng., Tim Went Him One Betier. “Did you see the account of that flash of lightning that burned the hair from a boy's head without otherwise hurting him?” “I did,” answeéred the cheerful liar. “and I was pained to note the incompletenéss of the story. Now I happen to know of a case that is really remarkable. The lightning en- tered a barber shop and not only un- dertook the task of singeing the man's halr, but it rung up the proper amount on the cash register.”—Modern Women, music when she plays on the piano for him, just as it she were a stranger.” There's not a bit of doubt that Brown showered this kind of-“peculiar” treat- mient upon the girl while courting her. Indeed, “the man” would have dubbed Brewn an ordinary fool had he not lav- ished pleasant attentions upon the girl. Provided Brown wanted to win the girl es his wife, and the wedding was proof that he did. But, when married, “the min” scémed to count Brown as a d dezl o a jay for belng as courtedus to hig wifc as to the girl he courted. Frederick Leighton relates that a man entered a hotel parlor hastily and rather rudely brushed against a woman, 50 that his cuff button eaught in her hair. He scowled, and in doing so glanced into the woman's face. Quickly he took on a gracious attitude and said: “I beg your pardon, madam; I thought you were my wife, and I was in a burry.” Alas for the domestic atmosphere of that ‘man and his nuptial mate, since his policy is that any kind of manners ‘will do for a wife! However;, by the same token, there are wives a-plenty who consider a cour- tesy misplaced wheén bestowed upon a husband when there's no favor to be gained through “such a bother. ‘When there’s a millennium of good evil w% dim Into the ‘minority. Occidental Ac_cidentals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE —_— # THREE GHOSTS. HE ghosts of Alexander the Great. King Midas and Robin Hood met in the dim shades of Erebus. Thereupon they shook phantom hands and said it was a nice day, having aequired the habit while 6ccupled with the business of living. “Let us journey to the earth,” said Alex- ander, “and behold how it fares with the children of men in our absence.” “Done!” remarked the ghost of Midas. “Did!" said the ghost of Robin Hood. So they jolned fleshless arms and jour- neyed together, at the same time agreeing that they would separate when they reached the earth, to the end that they might afer their return compare notes. About six weeks later the three ghosts again met and each one of them was looking as If he had received a summons in an action brought by a creditor. They shook hands, but there was no enthu- slasm in the action. Then, in accordance with the agreement, Alexander began his report. . “I traveled In many places,” he said, ‘“and what most impressed me wherever I went was the Standard Oil Company and fts—"" “That's queer,” remarked Midas and Robin Hood as with one voice. “Shut up! Don’t interrupt me! Who's telling this story?” Alexander urged. ‘“Yes, wherever 1 went I saw the convolu- tions of the Standara Qil Company. Woe is me! Ah, woe is me!” “What makes you think that it is?” Midas inquires. “Chump that I was in my earthy days,” Alexander continued. “I thought that I had conquered the world; but now—now the Standard Oil Company has put me wise to the fact that I hadn't conquered even one-tenth of it, and that even that small fraction was rnot artistically com- quered and owned. Alas! Alas!” King Midas and Robin Hood shed a few spectral tears with the discouraged Alexander, and then the former told his story. “Being a judge of wealth,” he said, “I also was attracted to the operations of the Standard Oil Company. Ah, me! How I aid foozle my opportunities while re- siding on earth!” “I don’t see how,” Alexander remarked. “Everything you touched turned to gold, did it not?” “Yes. Oh, yes; I admit that, but I was such a fool that—that—" “That what?" both of his hearers in- quired. “That I never got a rebate on a single shipment!"” Midas broke down and wept, and the others mourned with him. Then Robin Hood began his tale. “You may think it remarkable,” he said, “that 1 also observed the actions of the Standard Oil Company, but when you recollect the line of business that I was in on earth you will consider it less strange. Alas and alack! I lived too soon!” “Why s0?"” his auditors asked. “Why, when I divorced a citizen from his exchequer I took chances on having my neck stretched. And now—and now— ah, how the world has improved since our days!” “Oh, hasn't it, though!" his hearers both sobbed. In the Ereblan shades the three yet are weeping, for ‘there is ng grief more hard to endure than the knowledge that one arrived too soon. HO. FOR THE MOUND! Sunshine alike for the rich and the poor, Patter of rain for the high and the low, And the ome little mound at the bound of the moar, Where we rest at the end of the dublous show. And we make little castles of cardboard or ““This structure is And we, build little systems, and label them, “Law'"'— Then, ho, for the mound at the end of the linet Air that we breathe, with never & tax; Land we divide, by the God made for all; Swish of the halter and swing of the ax, = And many a deed to cheer or appall, “'And this,” we declare, “is the giory of man; Water 1or serf, for his master the wine, And it flls us with pride that we thought of this plan’'— Then, ho, for the mound at the end of the line! ‘When the mound has been galned, as it early must be, ‘What matter the riches, the poverty dread? Wil It be less to you, or more unto me, The gilt on the slab that they raise at our head? What Is the prize when the prize has been won, The plaudits of mortals, their visage be- nign? For all that will count is the good you have done, ‘When it's, ho, for the mound at the end of the line! HOW TRUE IT IS— As a philosopher has remarked—That the common songs of the common peo- ple are the.surest index to their char- acter and emotions. For instance, “Down Where the Wurtzburger Flows,” “Mah Angeline” or “Dooley.” That birds (and men) in their little nests agree, unless they think they can get the best of one another in a scrap. That a tortoise theoretically ean win the race at almost any time, if you are not the tortoise. That a kind answer turneth away wrath, but a well directed blow in the solar plexus sometimes Jds more cer- tain. That, as the statesmen contend, the will of the majority should be consid- ered sacred; yet, as the statesmen rare- 1y mention, the marvelous Nazarene was crucified in accordance with that will. “She says that if it were not for one thing she would néver think of such a thing as divorce.” “What is the one thing' “Her husband.” " “You cannot deny that men are twice as patient and long suffering as ‘women."” “Why can I not deny it?” 2 “Because statistics demonstrate the contrary. s “How so?” % “They show that two applicants for divorce out of three are women.” ————— Townsend's Calif and choicest candies in_artis fire- etcned boxes. New store, 71 Xq‘;‘;u. - praiirasivine o AL enaeh The Smart Set - BY SALLY SHARP Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sloss announce the engagement of their daughter Amy to Isadore Irving Brown. This is news to interest a wide community on account of the prominence of both families. Miss Sloss is not only an acknowledged belle, but holds a vast pumber of friends by reason of her fine traits of mind and character. With her parents Miss Sloss came to this city from Louisville, Ky.,/ four years ago, and has taken her place among the city’'s elect. She is also close- 1y related to Judge Sloss. Mr. Brown is an attorney of note, hav- ing been of the firm of Vogélsang & Brown ever since 1391. He is a graduate ot the University of California and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra- ternity, besides being affiliated with the Argonaut Club. A large reception will be held within & fortnight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sloss on Franklin street, whenm an oppor- tunity will be offered the many friends of both families to extend their congratula- tions. While no definite date has been set for the wedding, the ceremony will probably take place in May. » il Mt-careme will receive its full quota of attention this evening, when two affairs are to be held in celebration of the respite from penitence. Le Circle de I'Union has issued cards for a large and merry affair to be held in their club rooms om Sutter street. Alding in the reception of guests and adding to the brilllance of the occasion will be the next door neighbor, the Se~ quoia, and the affiliation will produce an evening of unalloyed pleasure. #2: A second mi-careme will be held at the Bohemian Club tonight, with Frederfck Greenwood as host, a programme of vari- ation to entertain a large number of guests, who will convene at 10:30. Henry Blossom's comedietta, “Three’s a Crowd,” will be presented, the participants to in- clude Miss Ethel Hager, Allan Dunn and Alfred McKinnon. A second diversion will be given in the operetta, ‘“The Broker and the Blonde,” these well-known people to take part: Miss Elsie Arden, Edward (Teddy) Webb, George Baldwin and George Kunkel, Additionally, MacKenzie Gordan will sitg several songs. . . Lent will have no restricting influence upon the Kubelik concert today, for a great number of box and theater parties are to convene at the recital of the great artist. Miss Eleanor Conneil will present “The Lady of Shalott” at the Sequolda Club within the near future, a competent octet of musicians to taks part. The composi- tion Is one of rare beauty and will be greatly appreciated by music lovers and artists. & e Today is “Current Topic” day at the Forum Club, and an interesting talk will be made by Mrs. H. Isaac Jomes upon “Club Women in London.” e e Mrs. Drury Melone, Miss Ethél Melone and Harry Melone leave this week for their beautiful country place, Oak Knoll, in Napa County, They will stay all sum- mer, returning fn the early fall to the Hotel Cecll, where they spent the winter. e » Mrs. Harr Wagner will leave this week for Los Angeles and an extended tour of Southern California. ———r—— Answers to Queries. CURLY HAIR—Subscriber, Salinas, Cal, There is no method by which curly or kinky hair can be made to lie smooth on the head. FROGS—A. R. R, City. If you will go to the Free Public Library you will thers find books that will advise you on the subject of frog raising. MET HIS 3—J. B. C, City. “Met his 23" is slang, and intended to convey the meaning that the party has met the de- feat of his ambition or was told to go. PARKS-F. J. B, City. . The acreage of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is 1013.9; that of Central Park, New York, is 802, and that of Fairmount Park, Phile adelphia, is 2968. LOS ' ANGELES—Daily Reader, City. The mean temperature of Los Angeles, Cal., in June, July and August is$6.1 de- greés and in December, January and February 30 degrees. The city is called a healthy one. ornfa glace fruits | N VOGUE OF THE EMPIRE. empire has ever been favorite mode of velopment for of as hearty a welcome In this line of dress ad in the many others which it has invaded. . Here a very fine piecé of cream ‘challls, with a ring dot of baby A