The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL JOHN _D. SPRECKELS. ADDRE! {IRD AND :\XA;U(ET STREBTS, SAN FRANCISCO ..MARCH 123, 1900 LOCATING INSANE ASYLUMS. HEN asylums for the insane are to be built, it has been the practice “to scramble for -their location. Usually the ‘fight begins in the Legislature, to secure the location in the act the money for the building. Cities raise purses tees, and the lobbying renders necessary the em- rt persuaders in that line. When the location is rission, communities bid against each other; ind when a rule the others combine to show it up and Ol improper means. % ays seemed strange to sober-minded people that there mpetition between cities to secure such an institution. seems as illogical as contesting for the location of a yose that wigen the insane asylum at Stockton »y on Mormon slough. That institution is , which has grown past it, and the people We su dox preacher in Chicago has recently con- n of the hymns which dwell dolefully upon 1 offenses of this life, and express a longing for cold grave. No doubt the preacher is right. t an improper influence upon the children of a t with such a somber and suggestive thing as an hooly for the feeble-minded? They are ex- al suggestion that must be harmful. understood that ah insane asylum is wholesome handicap on a business city. Peo- e near such a neighbor. So it has come to of the asylum were put to vote now in Stock- e rejected by a large majority. this is that a higher destiny has come to that be known merely as the seat of an insane asylum, It A which a large trade converges, from a very rich capital of a county that received 5000 new set- Once it may have had no higher ambition r to a thousand or more unfortunate insane s come when a section of land, cut into d by industrious people, gives and takes There are many things doing within ton would rather be known than as the hundreds of crazy folk. t city wants to get rid of the incubus. The Stockton In- s that, though landscape gardening tries-to hide it calls it a hospital, it is an insane asylum, and Fortunately there is an opportunity for Stock- is progress in the cure and treatment of the everything else. Medical science is not stand- sts know more than they did when an insane i to be suffering supernatural obsession. Among that the confinement of one or two thousand the same foar walls and under the same roof is cive to a cure. It makes administration more is apt to add serious physical troubles to those ost nat had an illustration of a better method, fur- Gheel, in Belgium, where the victims of all ier conditions of perfect liberty. Without of Gheel, it is coming to be recognized that a insane will be constructed on the separate way entirely with the immense building which v, official headquarters, kitchen and dining-room s country no attempt has been made to effect this hod of providing for the insane in public institu- the air long enough to come down to the n’s opportunity. The State owns land 1 the asylum should be dismantled and its 1 site. tes that Stockton would give half a mil- institution, and declares that the -Governor and r favor the plan. If the relocation is made, a new ven to it in order to completely separate the thriy- y of Stockton from the injurious fame that has been We know that the farther away one gets from more entirely is that city known as the seat of an in- s numerous and valuable manufactures fade in the Its princely situation as-the center of a vast and rich is lost. TIts fate is that of Sing Sing, New York, d emptied guns and bottles when it got the State f that it was a prisoner to the prison, and finally t a change of names in order to cast off the curse of ic on. is convinced that Stockton should be helped im this hat the State should improve the opportunity for im- methods of hou g and treating the insane. JUDGE MORROW’S DECISION. = CALL said the courts would compose the disputes between the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railways, i that there was no occasion for beating the long roll and a What we said would be, now is. The two corporations into court and Judge Morrow decides that the rights of the rn Pacific to the deep water frontage between the Oakland and the training wall are impregnable. s decision stands as the law of the case, unless reversed on , as it probably will not be. We see nothing in the decision subject of which it disposes to warrant the vicious at- ks that e been made upon the cdurt. The decision does not bottle up Oakland nor prevent one or a dozen more overland roads reaching the bay shore, nor do any of the ipjurious and 4nflammatory The newspapers which are molting so many er it may well take counsel of the attorneys of the.losing , the Western Pacific. Those gentlemen know that with 1 in the position of the Southern Pacific they would haye ly as it has. A Mr. Gould is building a very desirable railroad hitherward as i matter. He wants tonnage and will exact a price for g it. The newspapers which present him as a benevolent - Bourltiful, spending fifty millions to build an eleemosynary I to California, that comes like the prince on a white horse se of the imprisoned maiden, are only preparing trouble uld by raising expectations that he does not think of sat- h ged to it 1ess for Judge Morrow’s decision, this State has already a bad cnough name from the habit of appealing from the courts to a mob or a mass meeting. Reversal of a Federal Judge in a newspaper is not much better, and is-absolutely of no assistance to the losing side. The vicious notion that property should change hands by compul- sion of a petition or a resolution passed by a_maSs meeting should not be entertained. If it be, property titles will be put on a whirligig and the angle of repose will be obsoleted. : | half hour all to myself. An Ohio man sues for divorce on the ground.that his wife chloroforms him before going through his pockets. Is her consideration.in thus sparing m pain entitled to no consideration?>—Philadelphia Ledger. ———e If Grover Cleveland were to express his candid opinion it would be, ubtless, that Secretary Taft is 2 man of full Presidential weizht..—Chicago I'ribune. e v e ——— Scouting his Presidential boom, Secretary Taft, who weighs 300 pounds, says: “The idea of my running is preposterous.”—New York Herald. N PV IS S SRR Stuffing and Dressing + - + At a swell dinner the other night the old-fashioned host asked ong of the guests which part of the turkey He desired. “A bit of the thigh, if you please, and some dressing,” was the reply. Another guest sald he would take “white meat and some stuffing.” ~ A third wanted the ‘“‘second joint and some filling.” A fourth preferred the “breast, with a little paton.” A fifth requested ‘‘drumstick. and some farce.” Finally a much-at-home old friend, who likes his joke, said: ‘“Mine host, you may give me part of the skin of that turkey and a spoonful of the packing:!"—New York Press. BOOK DIGESTERS. Halfa dozen clever—giris==in New York are earning substantial incomes as “book digesters.” Each of them has for her clientele women 100 jbusy- with socizl engagements to find time. for reading, yet who wish to Keep abreast of current literature. The “@igester” carefully follows noteworthy ‘publica- tions in fiction, art, science, history or religion. Once or twice a week she calls at the house of a “client” to re- view tke contents of the books read. She is careful tv memorize any epi- gram or witty saying that her client might introduce effectively in conver- sation. “It is remarkable how little leisure some women have,” said a Vas- sar graduate who has adopted the new calling. “They can scldom give me a I am asked to call at the same hour as the hairdress- er, the manicure or the chiropodist, and in specially gay seasons all three of these attendants may be at work upon her while I sit at a little dist. end post her upon current book: Chicago Chronicle. = THAT WOULD DO. “I see that Edison indorses this new scheme of special foods to stimulate the brain to do certain lines of work.” “That £0?"” “Yes, but he'll have to make a. demon- stration of its efficacy before I invest.” “But what sort of a demonstration could he make that would be conclusive?” ““He might eat a hunk of angel food and invent a fiying machine.”—Houston Post. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH THE GAME OF DIVORCE, 1906. His Hand and Her Only Card. EARNING A NIGHT'S REST. By Dorothy Fenimore. 23, 1906. —CHICAGO INTEROCEAN. ‘tentment and the happiness con- | penditure of strength is- required to ONE of the quickest roads to con- tentment brings may be found in a youthful determination that one will neyer have any mone¥ he or she has not earned. It takes off a load of care and re- sponsibllity. It rids both brain and blood ‘of the get-rich-quick fever. It gives youth some chance of surviving into middle life and beyond. It does not sacrifice all the poetry of life for its prose. Similarly, a lot of vexation and trouble and worriment can be avoided by an early making up of one's mind that one will never have any sleep not earned. This city is filled with human beings who have confused laziness and in- somnia, folks who fly to sedatives and |ator from California, died in Los An- narcoties when all they need is exer- cise and discretion in diet. One of the surest ways in the world of driving sleep from the eyes is a day of physical inertia and inaction. workingman knows no such sleepless- ness as falls to the lot of those more easily eircumstanced. Remain in the house all day. Busy the mind, it may be, a little, but /the body not at all. Persist in this for a few days—and you will toss and fumble all night long. While it is true that a hearty meal often produces drowsiness, this same inaction will bring on indigestion—and indigestion is fatal to the best sleep. No one suffering from intestinal dys- pepsia need expect more than four or five hours of continuous slumber at any time. Given laziness enough and greedi- ness enough, and sleep may not come nor stay. Add to those a superheated sleeping room and too heavy bed clothing, it is a wonder that some people ever sleep! The need for honestly earning one's night's rest docs not grow less as the years come on; The young do not know and cannot credit the experience of their seniors, that no night passes unbrokenly at best. As age takes hold the sleep is neither 80 heavy nor so refreshing. It is true L2 AS A HUMAN BEING. Booking Clerk-—No, madam, you may travel as an ordinary Dpassenger. - — require a dog. ticket? The | Sulllvan and Kilrain at Richburg, Va., | Is but a seasoner and broth maker; rather the contrary. that less suffices and that a smaller ex- induce healthful repose; but the need for some exercise and some care in the diet becomes even more imperative. If you aren’t sleeping well, don’t grumble and don’t take medicine. Eat less, work the body harder, seek fresh air ‘both night and day. Earn yeur sleep; nothing is better worth it ANSWERS T0 QUERIES. MEXICAN-BORN—F. M., aniejo. Cal. A man who was born fn Mexico has the right to become a citizen of the United States, WHITE'S DEATH—N., City. Stephen M. White, who was United States Sen- geles, February 21, 1901 SULLIVAN-KILRAIN | Fort McDowell, Cal. Subseriber, The fight between July 8, 1389, lasted seventy-five rounds. IRISH KINGS—A. C. R., City. Be- tween the years 1488 and 1132 in the king- dom of Ireland there were five rulers, with fierce contests for supremacy. Any history of Ireland will furnish you all the details, COOKING—W. G., City. The Hne “To boil up sauces and to blow the fire” is from Athenaeus’ quotation Diony- sius, a comic poet. The stanza In which it occurs {s: X To roast some beef, to carve a joint with neatness, To boll up sauces and to blow the fire, Is anybody’s task; he who does this, A cook is quite another thing. His mind Must comprehend all facts and circum- stances: Where is the place, and what the time of supper; ‘Who are the guests, and who the enter- tainer; What fish he ought to buy, and where to buy it WOMAN SUFFRAGE — Subécriber, Santa Rosa, Cal In the United States women possess suffrage upon equal terms with men at all elections in four States— in Wyoming, established in 1889; in Colo- rado, 1893; In Ufah, “in 1895, and in Idaho, in 1896. In Kansas women possess school suf- frage, established in 1861; and muni- cipal suffrage, establshed in 1887. In eighteen additional States women possess school suffrage—in Michigan and Minnesota, established in 1875; in New Hampshire and Oregon in 1878; in Massachusetts in 1879; in New York and Vermont {n 1880; in Nebraska in 1883; in Wisconsin in 188; in Washington in 1886; in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, | North Dakota and South Dakota in 1887; ‘in Illinois in 1851 in Connecticut in 1803; in Ohio in 1804, ~ Two States permit women to vote upon the issuance of municipal bonds— ‘Montana, established in 1887; Iowa, in 1894, 2 4 Louisiana gave all women taxpayers the suffrage upon all questions of pub- ‘lic expenditures in 1898. In 1%1 the New ¥York Legislature passed a léw providing that “a woman ‘who possesses the qualifications to vote for village or town officers, ex- cept the qualification of sex, who is the owner of property in the village as- sessed upon the last preceding assess- ment roll thereof, is entitled to vote upon a proposition to raise money by tax or assessment.” t In Great Britaln women vote for some 10¢dl officérs, but not for members of Parliament. ' In Australia women on terms with men, except mma."fl for members of the &tate parliament, although voting for the federal parlfa- vhg.m' & letter. be e ug-‘-t,' hl lha“liulua States are greater or ~ 8he might also 8 e g e R e | TOCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS By A. J. Waterhouse. NEWS AHEAD OF DATE. (Writer's note—It requires rio phenomenal ef- fort to secure the news of today, a capacity to “dig” being one of the chief desiderata unto that emd. But to secure the news of tomorrow or four months or @ year frem to- morrow—that is a different matter—a matter 80 very different that an effort in that direc- tion is likely to warp and strain the human intellect all out of shape. Nevertheless un- heeding this warp and strain I have cast my foreseeing eye Into the future of about four months from now and have culled the fol~ lowing blossoms of information from the wealth of news posles that will be with us at that time. The absolute accuracy of this news of the future is not guaranteed in every inetance, but I should be willing to speculate about two to one that it will not strike from the mark.) ST. PETERSBURG, July 2.—It I8 re- ported that revolts are Immirent in sev- eral provinces of the Russian empire. The other provinces have not been heard frem. It is rumored on the streets that a dynamite exploslon has just taken place in the Czar’s palace. ST. PETERSBURG, July 24—The re- wolts are spreading. That is, they would be spreading if there were any unrevolted territory left on which they could spread; but there isn't. ‘The rumor of a dyna- mite explosion is contradicted and ex- plained. It appears that ‘the Czarina merely was telling her lord and master what she thought of his conduct. NEW YORK, July 24—Suspicious ejfr- cumstances indicate that John D. Rocke- feller is in retreat at City-of-Refuge-on- the-Hudson. At any rate, official reports assert that subpena-servers are sitting on both the front and back fences of the yard about his residence in this popular resort, ST. LOUIS, July 2%.—A Standard Of official answered a question put to him In a court of justice here today. Unfor- tunately the case will have to be retried, as the presiding Judge fell dead. Later.—Representatives of the Standard Oil Company explain that the offictal an- swered the question because he desired to do so. This does away with the sus- picion ‘that the company had designs on the Judge. WASHINGTON; July 2. — President Roosevelt will be a candidate for re- election. WASHINGTON, July 27.—He won't. ‘WASHINGTON, July 28.—Perhaps he will and pérhaps he won't. It is sug- gested that, under these circumstances, the voters may take thefr choice, as they did in’ November, 1904. WASHINGTON, July 2. — President Roosevelt says he will not be a candidate for re-election. ‘WASHINGTON, July 30.—What in thun- der does he know about it? PHILADELPHJA, July 3L—Andrew Carnegie gave away thirteem libraries to- day. Upon corsideration he realized that it was an unlucky number. NEW YORK, Aug. 1.~The month be- gins with excellent business conditions prevailing on Wall street. Those pre- vailing in the East Side are not so good— but that is Jdifferent. NEW YORK, Aug. 2—A cloud of gloom hangs over Wall street today. Thomas W. Lawson threatens to‘write another book, which May neyer end at all. ST. PETERSB! Aug. 3—A jubfla- tory banquet is in the palace of the Czar this ev One of the im- perial potentates discoversd a province that was not threatening to revoit. The spy has been appoifited head of the police system. BERLIN, Aug. 4—It is whispered that the Kaiser has a chip on his shoulder. Later.—Close inspection by a prominent Frenchman reveals the fact that the chip is an epaulet. “He was recognized as a great critic, and then his fate overtook him.” “How so?" “Some fellow sent him a quotation from Shakespeare without the quotation marks and he mistook it for-the fellow's own.” ““What of it?" “Why, it is supposed that Shakespeare's ghost has not yet recovered from .s mortification.” TO PTHE LAND OF THE SUMMER. Now here’s to the land of the summer, where- ever that land may be! And here’s to the land of the sunlight that shimmers o'er mountain and lea! And here’s to the land where the orange is robed in its green and its gold, Where the lily gleams white as an angel of light and roses their blossams unfold! The land where the breezes woo ever with . dainty and lingering wiles, ‘Where brooklets laugh back to the sunlight In every wee ripple that smiles; Where glory leads on unto glory through all of the dream-haunted year— I sing of that land for our happiness planned, for, 1o, it ls Dere—it is here! I know where the breath of the winter is drear with the frost and the cold: But winter is here, and crowning the year with graces no mortal hath tald. The fields don a mantie of velvet, the hills wear a kirtle of green, And the songsters awing in jubilance sing like elves in a fairyland scene. Then ho, for the verdure upspringing, and, - toruelhh-ammbm?‘» » In ‘the land where a god has sprinkled the 604 With every fair fower that grows! The country of summer unending In valleys \ of glory and cheer, Let us sing it a song as we journey along, for, 1o, it is here—it is herel THINGS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED. ‘Womeén are charged with being financially extravagant, but I know more than one man who never got a cent ahead until he let his wife man- age the family exchequer. Again, referring to the same sub- Ject, it is quite conceivable that the woman who perforce makes 3350 a week do for household expenses may be a better manager than the man who needs about that amount nightly te “have a little fun with the boys.” If you believe one creed and live an- other, it will do you no harm to pause to inquire what broke. . ‘When a man says he is quite unselfish in his motives, he is either mistaken, or else he should go to join the angels, Where he belongs. 1If the best man always wins tne race, how do you account for the position in which you stand? £ thing, but you cannot get much of a name—] - SET THE SMART By Sally Sharp. el Jan Kubelik was the honored guest at a large and brilllant reception given yes- terday by Baroness Anna von Meyerincik at her home on Fulton street. The vir- tuoso was most cordially greeted by 300 callers, and an afterncon of delightful entertainment was offered all. A short musical programme and other features added to the pleasure of the guests. Masses of jonquils, China asters, spring blossoms and Amarfean Beauty roses oe- decked the entire house, while a cormer of the garden was transformed inte a Japanese tea house, with the little Orien- tal maids serying the beverage. Kubelik, the central figure, shared hon- ors with Hugo Gorlitz, Ludwig Schwab and Miss Agnes Gardmer Eyre. Among those who greeted the celebrity were Mrs. J. Downey Harvey, Miss Anita Harvey, Miss Genevieve Harvey, Mrs. Hager, Miss Hager, Mrs. Walter Hobart, Mrs. Emma Shafter Howard, Professor Willlam Dll.- larc Armes, Mrs, Clinton Day, Mrs. Wi- liam Landers, Mrs. May, Mrs. Willlam Aloysius Sexton, Mrs. Willlam Woift, Mrs. Willlam Penn Humphreys, the Misses Fay and Mrs. George C. Carr. . . Mrs. V. Carus Driffield will be a lunch- eon hostess today, emtertaining elght guests in one of the fashionable cafes. The table is to be prettily dressed in a scheme of yellow, daffodils and jonquils, to be arranged in graceful device. Mrs. Driffield has bidden Mrs. W. C. Morrow, Mrs. A. D. Tourtillotte, Mrs. Squire Varrick Mooney, Mrs. Bdward Calmd, Mrs. Clement H. Hart, Mrs. G. A. Edgell, Mrs. L. Kreiss, Mrs. M. A. Nagle and Mrs. Loulse L. Gage. R B Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Grifin Duncan have moved to St. Dunstan's, where they have taken apartments for an indefinite period. g S Miss Clara Maus will leave tomorrow for her home in Erie, Pa., after spending several weeks in town as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarence Breedem. Mrs. Breeden is also preparing for an Eastern trip and expects to leave some time next month. A 08 Mrs. Isadore Lowenberg will entertain today in her apartments at the Palace Hotel. The affalr, in homor of Mrs. Lowenberg’'s daughter, Mrs. Abraham Lincoin Brown, will be a large musicale, several well-known musiclans to take part. t o B Rumor has it that the wedding of Miss Febiger and Rev. Cecil Marrack is to be a June event. Miss Febiger is the daugh- ter of Major Febiger, U. 8. A, and Rev. Mr. Marrack is the rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Chureh, on Fulton street. THOUGHT IT WAS A SECRET. Judge O. M. Spencer, a St. Joseph, Mo., lawyer, tells this one on himself: A local dealer in horseflesh sold a good-looking steed to a customer, who on the second day after the sale brought him back and angrily demanded the restoration of his money on the ground that the animal was blind. “¥You had the meanness,” said the irate man-to the dealer, “to sell me a horse as blind as a bat and never sald a word about it.” “What you say Is true, and I can’t deny' it,” responded the other, “but I bought him from Spencer only last week, and as he failed to say anything about the horse being biind I supposed it was a secret.” — ‘Washington Post. . 1 PEMININE FINANCIER. “F want a check this morning, George.” “What amount?” “Two hundred.” “Very well. That will make four hun- dred.” “Four hundred what?" “Four hundred dollars that I have over- drawn my aecount.” “And will the bank refuse to pay it?"" “That's the way they do busimess.” “Give me the check, George. I can get the money. The bank cashier is an old admirer of mine.” " “Then you don't get it.”" , “Brute!” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. e Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest camdies in_ artistic fire- etcined boxes. New store, 767 Market. * Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 Cali- fornia streev. Telephone Main 1942. * A double eagle is a mighty pretty | .;Eg s ¥ 3 4 i it