The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1906, Page 8

o THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, . P ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO HIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO o MARCH 28, 1906 JOHN McNAUGHT. CATION OFFICE WEDNESDAY THE PHILIPPINES. DISPOSING OF ant of external appearances at least for the at acquisition of the Philippines by Japan is probable. reful review of the history of cur occupancy of the islands he absence of final and irrevocable decision of any of the juestions put up to our Government since the treaty of Paris in re- th e of thoge possessions. issue arising out of the Spanish war has been set- leit Cuba to be free unddr her own government. We o as a permanent dependency. But every t has treated all Philippine issues tenta- evelt, in all of his references to the islands, uestion of their future. Whether they should novitiate to be admitted into the Union and rated in our Body politic has not been settled. eir permanent status as an extraconstitutional left in the air. been in the archipelago long enough to know what we things that we eannot do. The recent outbreaks 1 Samar and the Sulu group give disquieting disturb- he hope that the people were placated. In those affairs our preser the prestige of our arms, but at the sacrifice of the greatest value if we are 'to permanently govern resent our position there is exactly like that of where the Dutch have won every fight in a hout bringing the war any nearer a close than McKinley revealed statesmanlike foresight aid that he wished that Dewey had sailed away, after he € sh fleet to death in Manila Bay. But he did not | i his course left us no choice but the conquest which have been experimenting and have brought | rican ability. We have gone on, subject | an American characteristic that each gen- It is not a national trait to plant and water We want things settled in our time. But t of the Philippine question in sight. No ands are to be a permangnt colonial depend- re to be an American state, and so we are that nothing is crystallized is common to all par-{ made a comprehensive survey of the islands and ople, and then agreeably surprised his countrymen atize about their future. He gave the people good eable and industrious and friendly, and assured ricans were just, and there he left it. This state of ble in-a man noted for deciding everything off- | at Mr. Bryan’s mind is in the same condition as n mind. In the beginning there were some who | | that was needed to extend our climate and other | ns was to take the flag there, and that our barome- and the four seasons would follow. The flag has t years, but the other things have stayed at home. 1ed a great responsibility and have discharged it hon- T2 We have striven manfully, have sacrificed cheerfully and 1 results vainly. We are willing to go on waiting, ping. It may well be that wg¢ will also be| reach a satisfactory result, by selling to Japan, gement by which we will join that empire and Great stecting the islands against any further change of mas- ld retain a naval and coaling station, and enjoy every at we get now out of the islands without any of the ifice. Japan stretches now from Saghalien to For- e Bashee and Balintang channels separate her from e Philippines that empire would rim the coast of | would be able to guarantee the peace of the imor that negotiations are impending comes at a time people are calm and capable of a just decision. They are The war heat is out of their blood, and they are One after another they have seen their illusory solve into thin air. The expected new frontier to be American pioneers and home makers is not. The where our race was to plant itself in successive 2 not been found. The heavy trade that was to pass en the continent and the islands has dwindled to paltry pro- Ve have found the foot of the rainbow and the pot of There is no rainbow any more, and we are ready t it or to negotiate for an honorable disposition of a that we cannot handle with advantage. > it in his recent interview with the labor delegates great force in demonstrating the impossibility of blanket- zone with our temperate zone laws. In doing this he red great truths which apply to the Philippine situation and have men thinking. If we cannot apply our system and statutes p on the isthmus,only forty miles wide, making it homo- what hope is there that we can apply them to vast 1 the other side of the world, under a vertical sun and full In a certain sense the inhabitants of the islands »w citizens. We have some of them, intelligent, alert and ng gentlemen, in our universities, fine students and i we have some of them touring the country in tents, clad in gee strings and eating dogs. It is variety, and it is also a problem. Let it be treated temperately and wisely. T well for numerous erotic gentlemen, jealous husbands and re- jected suitors to have vowed to abstain from the murder of women during Lent. By a singular fatality this peculiar sort of crime has been rampant in this solemn and penitential season. The statistics show an average of four women 4 week murdered by that class of assassins, and there are several other murders in which women have figured as the exciting cause. In the whole gory panorama there is at least one murder to the credit of a lady. She rose the gther night in her mountain home, kindled the fire and put the kettle on. When it sang an echo to the cricket chirping on the domestic hearth, she took it and poured the boiling water carefully upon her sleeping husband. She evi- dently gave him what is called in the country “a good scald,” for he carried out her wishes by proceeding to die. Her side of the case has not been stated, nor his either, for that matter. Her conduct indicates, however, that she regarded -putting him in hot water as a luxury, but it pught not to have been indulged in during Lent. If she sought to balance the slaughter record, she failed. The record of the killing of women by men is &till far ahead of the homicidal credits of women. It will take more than one kettle 'of hot water to wipe it out. While these stirring events happen out of time at this season, there is no knowing how many feel the restraint of the time. Tf newspaper readers watch the telegrams after Easter they will prob- ably see an access of such murders, and lovely woman would better keep inside the stockade. Readers of the newspapers will also be able to note how few such murderers are hanged. Juries seem to regard the sport as legitimate, or at least not to be too drastically discouraged, and of course courts are powerless against the idiosyn- crasies of the twelve good mepn and true in the jury box. ges 1 business. > tribe learne NON-OBSERVANCE OF LENT. HE daily record of carnage suggests that it would have been There are ten families with 160 children in one Chicago tenement, It will be noticed that, while the President’s advice is heeded, the ratio proves that they haven’t forgotten Bryan—New York Herald. —NEW YORK WORLD. . = 5 9 ke i NO EXCUSE FOR BEING “BORED”. ||| How He Worked It. By Angela Mor, g chishas Mha bhon of a HAVE never been able to understand l why some persons—and persons who ought to know better—make the statement that life “bores” them, as though they were proud of ffe fact. It is plain to see that these unfortu- nates labor under the delusion that be- Ing “bored” argues the possession of a superior mind; a mind that is too high to concern itself with ordinary things and people; a mind that requires in- terests and entertainment out of the usual for its satisfaction. 3 There never was a more mistaken ides than this. Not to be able to find pleasure and instruction and joy {n the common life we live; not to be able to discover beauties and charm in peo- ple and things, indlcates not superior but inferior faculties; an unworthy at- titude of heart; a warped condition of soul; a spirit out of touch with reali- tles. No matter how much . education a man has acquired, how much culture he has attained; If these advantages fail to make life increasingly lovely and worth while to him, of what value are they and wherein is he superior? The aim of all education should be to enlarge and intensify one’s inter- est in life; to open one's perceptions on eyery side; to bring one into closer relationship with humanity and human- ity's problems. When one's advantages narrow his interests, cut him off from keen en- joyment in living,'rob him of the ca- pacity to appreclate his fellow beings or to sympathize with them, he is in- deed to be pitied. Culturé that renders one Incapable of living heartily and radiantly is not culture. It is a process of limitation, not of enlargement. The really cultured person should be able, through his superior advantages, to discover finer, keener Jjoys in life than one not so favored. The greater one’s education, the greater should be his powers of perception and the deeper should be hig sympathies. Yet many assume the attitude of being “bored” as though it were indeed one of the first evidences of culture. 1t would be ridiculous were it not de- plorable to find so many young people to- day falling into this unfortunate habit. “QOh, dear, people bore me so!” cried a very young girl recently in my presence, and she sald it as though she thought the assertion a credit to her. Poor, foolish child! ¥t she eould only have realized what a lack In her own self this siMy utterance disclosed she would have blushed with shame. I wonder so many times why grownups cannot see the real significance of such attitude and why they do not grow ashamed, as this little girl should have been. In a world teeming with such myriad in- terests as this the confession that one is indifferent and unawakened is not merely foolish—it is terrible. It is an acknowl- edgment of atrophied joy cells, dried up sympathies, shriveled capacity for under- standing. It shows a lack In one's nature of the essential qualities that go to make life worthy, vigorous and open to better- ment. Every phase of Jife is interesting; every object, every person—even the meanest— to one whose perceptions are open, whose heart is attuned to appreciation. If we cannot see beauty in the world we confess to a dearth of beauty in our- selves. If we cannot be interested in peo- ple, it is safe to assert that the fault is in ourselves. To say that one is ‘bored” by everything and everybody is equivalent to pronouncing oneself mentally and spiritu- ally a pauper. Parents, teach your children the beauty of the appreciativg life, Show them how unworthy is that false assumption of su- periority which finds little interest in the world. “No life is successful until it is ra- diant,”” one writer declares. Certainly the “‘bored” life is not a success. To be perfectly frank, the person who is always *‘bored” is the greatest bore of all. TERRIBLE MALADY. “Isn't It ridiculous of these scientists to say kissing is dangerous?” scorn- fully remarked the pretty young man. “Why, of course it's dangerous,” re- plied the crabbed old bachelor. “What disease could it possibly lead to if we—" A “Matrimony.”-—Philadelphia Press. ENVIABLE ROLE. Micky—Say, I'd like to go dut wid a show an’ be de hero. Jimmy—Aw, I'd ruther he de villain, De villain always has to smoke plenty of cigarettes.—Chicago News. il Oncle Biff’s Observations. HEM grocery store loafers ought to go home an’ visit their widders once in a While, Mrs. Jimpson sez she only sees Andy at eatin’ time!—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. shivered and trembled piteously. “A loaf, please, mum,” he said, de- positing the money on the counter™The woman lifted one from a shelf and, having wrapped it in paper, handed it to him. As he took it he sald, with shaking volice: “Would you please, mum, where the nearest 'orspital is?” “The nearest hospital?” she ejacu- lated. “Yes, mum, please. I'm feeling very bad. I believe I'm sickening for some- thing—the scarlet fever, I think.” “What!” she shrieked. “Get out of my shop, you wretch!" Hg. turned submissively to obey. “Here,” take your vile money!”, she cried. He did so; then, proffering the bread, asked humbly: “You'll take yer loaf, won’t yer, mum?” “Get out of my shop!” He crawled out and with bowed head went around the corner. Presently a twin monument of wretchedness came toward him. “Well, Bil1?" “It's all right. style.”—Tit Bits. MORTON'S NERVE. At a dinner In New York the other evening President Paul Morton of the Equitable heard this story related and aid not contradict-it, so it may perhaps be regarded ‘as at least measurably true. He had been working his way up in a rallroad office here when the presi- dent of the road dropped in one day with information that the general man- ager had resigned. “Do you know of a good man for the place?’ the president inquired of young Morton. “What is the salary?’ “Well, it will depend somewhat on the man.,” was the reply. “H-m-m. If you will pay enough I do know of a man, just the one you need. He knows the railroad business from the bottom up and is a mighty hard worker in the bargain.” “Name him, and if he answers the description we will make him a generous offer.” “His name, sir, is Paul Morton.” He got the place.—Chicago Chronicle. WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. - Mrs. Buggins—The Mugginses are talking about going to Burope. I wish ‘we could. Mr. Buggins—Well, we can. Mrs. Buggins—How you talk; you know we can't afford to go abroad. Mr. Buggins—But you sald the Mu ginses were talking about it; there's nothing cheaper than talk.—Philadel- phia Record. S Genuine eyeglasses, 200 to 50c this week; open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 81 4th st.; front barber.* —_———— Townsend’s California glace fruits and “choicest candies in artistic fire. etcned boxes. New store, 767 Market. * ——————— tell me he said. I worked it in foine Special information supplied daily tb business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Calj- fornia streel. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ ARTISTIC ARTIE'S ANTIGS. () — % 4 THE SMART SET % < ByS-flySlan‘ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Calhoun enter- tained at a dinnmer-last evening in their apartments at the Palace Hotel, covers being laid for ten. The table was richly decorated in luxuriant red and pink peo- nies and groups.of carnations. Those en- joying the very pleasant affair were Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. James Potter Langhorne, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Palmer, Thornwell Mullally and Mr. Davis of New York. . s e Ord Barracks, Presidio of Monterey, was the scene of a very delightful dance last Friday evening, when the hoproom was filled with guests, not only from the post, but from this city, Del Monte and Pacific Grove. Spring flowers were mingled with flags 1} decoration. Colonel and Mrs. Jo- seph Garrard were assisted by Miss Gar- rard in receiving the guests. Following the dance a supper was served in the quarters of Captain Patrick H. Mullay of the Fourteenth Infantry, and an informal musical programme also entertained the guests, among the singers being Mrs. R. L. Bush of this city, whose voice Is very attractive. o jeniy Miss Hteanor Connell will present a beautiful version of Tennyson's “Lady of Shalott” before the Oakland Club today. The following well-known San’Francisco people will give the incidental solos: Mrs. ames Alva Watt, Miss Elizabeth Tyler, Mrs. Oliver M. Gale, Mrs. G.. Warde Mc- | Kim, Mrs. E. Carlson Ridley, Mrs. Ed- ward Gedge, Mrs. Frank R. Roller, Miss May Shannon, Mrs. Henry J. Barron and Miss Ella Lawrie at the piano. The story will be read by John W. Gwilt. v s e Miss Elizabeth Downing will entertain at a tea on Friday afternoon of this week, having sent a score of invitations for her _ guests to convene in the Downing home on Green street. e e Joseph Rafael, the artist, whose picture, “The New Town Crier.” has created so much attention, Is on his way from Paris to this city. Aside from his desire to visit our Western shore, it 1s said he has even a more tender reason for coming, of which we may tell more later. TR BN Waldo W. Story will leave in about tem days for Rome after spending a month in this elty. - -8 Mrs. Abraham Gump leaves the early part of next month for San Rafael, where she will spend the summer. Tl agl Mrs. A. W. Scott will receive Fridays in April in her Home on Buchanan street. & & 8 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Wiltsee (Emily Stuart Taylor), who arrived in town a day or two ago, have taken apartments at the St. Francis. .- Mrs. Henry Steere, with her four chil- dren, safled on the Thomas last Monday for Manila to join her husband, Captain Steere, who Is the Internal Revenue Col- lector for the Philippine archipelago. Mrs. Steere leaves many friends in this city and In Berkeley, where her home has been for three years. e e Miss Sara Drum is contemplating an outing in Southern California, where she will tour in her automobile, probably leav- ing here in June, to be away several - . - . Mrs. George Lyman Colburn and Misa Maye Colburn will, as usual, spend a part of the summer at Mill Valley, with brief trips through the summer to other resorts. OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS By A. ]. Watethouse o | ALFALFA PHILOSOPHY. | 'M willin’ nuff to admit that ‘woman's ] modesty is a superyer article, but T don’t rickolleck ever to hev knowed one that ordered her dress cut so's to conceal her good pints—less it was jest one, an’ she hedn't any good pints to con- ceal. 4 Love matches is made in heaven, but after that they hev to pull erlong on earth, an’ that 'counts fer some things you'd never expect frum a c’lestial job. Gen'ly speakin’, a hero is a good deal {uke pertatoes—his value ain’t recognized | till he’s ben under the ground a while. ! I'm allers reel delighted to meet some | men in church, ‘cause I feel it's safest | that way. When a releeglous fanatic an’ a unre- leegious fanatic meet a good deal's goin’ to be said, but you won't lese nothin’ ef you're in your office at the time. It's better to look so ornery that folks say, “I don’t see how he does it,” than to look so bright that ev'rybody says, “What a disappintin’ cuss he is!"” The woman that's attractive to fools allers has a good many odds in her favor over the woman that's attractive to-the other. Kind. If you want to be fashionable you'll have to read a handbook of etiket, but if you want to do good you'Hl have to con- sult some other authority. “The rector preached a soul-exhilarating sermon last Sunday.” “What was it about?"” “It was about—er—ah—well, it was about a text to be found in the Bible, you know." “What was the text?” “It was—er—it was—well, it was what he preached the sermon about, you know."”" SOMEWHERE 'TWIXT THE TWO. You think you know me very well; you tell the things I do 5 Which are repellant to your soul and shocking unto you; You sometimes say, “It might have been,™ and then select a stone, A pointed pebble which you feel wers Better at me thrown; And I admit unto myself that often I have erred, Yet plead, ke you, “Ne'er judge me as of quite the common herd.” Thus run our notions, quite diverss, and both are false, and true, For I opine the man I am is somewhers "twixt the two, I view you with a critic’s eys, and say, “He is a knave Whom all the host of righteousness could never, never save'’; Then a convenient stone I lift, and shy the rock at you, And say, “1 trust it teaches him a needed thing or two'; And all the time you tell yourself, *Though I am somewhat wrong, Yet there's excuse, for I'm not like the shock- ing, motley throng." Thus our opinions counter rum, in flattery or rue, And T opine the man you are is somewhers "twixt the two. BEFORE THE PRICE WENT UP. “There are times,” sald Mr. Rocke- feller, raising his eyes to heaven, “when it is the high duty and privilege of everybody to contribute something in a good cause.” “That is true,” his secretary assented. “Quite true,” Mr. Rockefeller con- tinued, still keeping his eyes piously turned upward. “Now, I have just lost $3,000,000 in Chicago street railways, and—but you see?” “Yes,” the secretary replied, “I am confident that T see.” “Of course you see, help 1t?" “‘About how much would you advise 2 —_— usms_!q_omm& A GIFT—A Reader, Woodland, Cal. It a person makes a gift of anything to another the giver has no clalm on the gift nor the right to demand its return. TICKS—L D, City. If your mare is troubled with ticks that cause her hair to fall out, consult a veterinary. Be- How could you fore any one can tell you what ought to be done, the party advising should have an opportunity to see the animal. that the price of it be raised per gal- lon?" the secretary asked. “Well, & half a cent will more than meke me even, but I can take care of the excess—yes, thanks to & kind heaven, I can take care of it.” As the good Mr. Rockefeller still had his eyes uplifted, the secretary felt that it would not be best to interrupt him in his plous meditation, so he merely stepped to the telephone and ordered the price of oil raised. “No, she does not object to her hus- band belonging to a club. On the con- trary, she is glad of it.” “Why so?" “It gives her a chance to guess where he is during the evening." MORE THAN VANITY. If dollars were all that a man couid win, AR, and ah me! for the paltry race, The cheers of the crowd and its roar and din, And shallow distinctions of time and place’ For what were the prize, if the prize were won, As the winner sweeps by the judges’ stand?® And what were it all when it all were done, As the dollare slip from a cold, whits hand? Oh, preacher who chanted long vears ago The “All is Vanity"" sad refrain, Thy volce must yet sqund with a quenchiess woe, It dollars were all our gain. It glory were all that the years could bring, Ab, and ah me! for the worthless prize The laurel that shrinks to a faded thing, The plaudit that into a requiem dies! For what is the honor the world can give? A xilded bauble that fades always, A shadow returning where shadows live, And a mossy stone o’er moldering clay. Ob, sad, gray preacher of years long dead, Draw phantom mantel o'er spectral eyes: For we'd cry “Amen?” to the word you sald, 1f zlory were all our prize. But somewhers, hid In the soul of man— Praise to the God that it still {s sof— Is blessed assurance that he Who ran Gained mors in the race than the world may know. The dollars must fall, and the lzurel fade, The ghost of ambition glimmers and goes— These are the baubles for which we played, But the Prize that we win the ome knows. i Oh. dreary preacher of aeons past, Perchance where you are you clearly see That the prize of the race, when it's o'er last, Is other than vanity. “Why do so many bright men marry women of inferior intellects?” “They feel that it is better to do that than to take chances on being found out.” “Young Lyricus really is beginning to win distinction as a poet.” “How do you know?" ordered the barber not to cut 13 ‘widths of tucks above a deep hem form the lower part the full-gathered skirt of pretty party frock of a pale green silk poplin. The full blouse has’ three-inch tucks Tunning aro the body, back and front, about the round Dutch neck is set a yoke or collar emplecement of white | Irish crochet lace, edged with a _8reen Richelieu pleating in the | same shade as the poplin. The sieeve is a full puft of the pop- lin, with lace and fin- ished with a Richelleu edged in frill. The touch of black a . feature of the new season's frocks; is here found In the soft crushed belt. Sep- & arate yoke and undersleeves may be worn for less formal ‘wear. this I ol