The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1906, Page 8

JOHN D. SPRECKELS... McNAUGHT. TON OFFIC JOBN THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL AND MARKE' ;{ARCH 30, 1906 st of Mr. Perkins in $50,000 for the Republican Nati ietermination of st for its st s are liable to t campaigns in this reasom. to limit or de ich Government his was done, assessment It is idle to 1S. ical parties. ent of tk stater 1S NOwW try can tr kinds have had the s he cot yped We believe it is very doubtfu b, ) Life will be found to Wro! rk Life wWo ‘| nds of both partie issue calculat funds ) the party fe as no trust and the 1at npanies anc tions were entirely to lability for such d dis an orga »hon cash out of the ersons seem to make this n corporations by ‘inciting at wh It is _part of the wi c life and invaded the situation and mmittees should be ¢ d disposition of the money the a suffic prohibition upon ect its party to t le tt ty recipient of the use success at the polls to dc money, ferent attitude from any other. ways proper or questionable. It has been done by both. late Mr. McCall of the New York Life, portuned by both parties in 1904 for the before the courts. 3 corporations of being willing contributors. is not any easier parted from its money than an individual. se contributions are made in the fear of injury from CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. 1 New York on a charge that he New York Life Insurance Com- onal Committee in 1904 is to re- the right of a corporation to make It must be understood that an insurance cor- All funds of a ockholders, and if insurance-com- ally or civilly liable for such use of the capital he same extent. country has increased to amounts 3 As the ability of committees to raise ncreased the objects of its expenditure have multiplied. . i i of a national committee can report the torments to | The law has very ny the power of political commit- employes as are in the classified 1is protection to the civil service has been the off the former source of supply of eampaign funds. of Government clerks and office- I most of the campaign funds of the party in power. at committees preyed upon the ambitiong of rich men and claim that this was done by only The country Every president of a uthfully give the same testimony. ame experience. It is an evil and 1l whether the contribution of the be a technical offense. But there and improper that are not specifically for- aw. 1f the matter were gone into thoroughly, we have be found that corporations contributed to s in 1884, 1888 and 1892. In those ed to excite the fears of financial of their stockholders were con- alty of their officers, and the fund | \[r. Bryan's attitude consolidated the financial atry, and their contributions went to the Re-| Democratic treasuries.. Mr. Bryan had the bene- ng corporations, and his campaign ion was repeated in 1900. His at- 1 savings and other banks simply , and they conjured bankruptcy and panic as The habit of putting up money to one 1 those years, was carried over to 1904 when unnecessary. doubt the existence of any law that will hold past use of corporate funds, we hope ssion of the matter will result in such legal| It is necessary not only for the safety and proper dis- is but also for the morality of politics. A breed ization of piece clubs have appeared all over with the understanding that a party committee can be treasuries of corporations. The ecessary are not above hélping to tacks upon them, ih ordér to he ed and placated by the money that can be squeezed out of short, the system is a species of blackmail, and ought to despread policy of graft that has private busines The country is public opinion is roused, so that ipe for exterminating the whole system, once for all. pelled by law to publish the source y handle. Publicity itself is per- corporations, since no committee he suspicion of -being under their A cor- or from the party adverse which » them harm. The element of pa- triotism or of whole-hearted party loyalty is entirely lacking. The money s be under. such publicity ublished the people will not hope of personal advan reputatior is given either in hope of reward or fear of punishment, and saction is sordid to a disgusting degree. Let future contri- and limitation that contributors be impelled by patriotic motives only, so that when their names be able to trace the gift to such tage or fear of harm in fortune or VISITS OF INSPECTION. of the State. of the great valley and all parlor of the Native Sons, in the rsion to the San Joaquin t of the State which most time. will be returned. ged with mutual benefit, and an exc the first visit ralle eable is the planting of large ALIFORNIA is so large that not many of its people know The commercial drainage from the extremes that lies between Tehachapi and | Shasta being to San Francisco, the people south of Sacra- ve but little occasion to see what is north of the capital h have as little occasion to see the San Joaquin Valey. disposition to exchange visits and get acquainted: A Sacramento Valley, has organized to see what is doing industrially of the visitors will see and inspect This is highly commendable, and we hope the Much information can in that way be ex- the awakening of the Sacramento ey may be accelerated. The coming of the Western Pacific into by the Beckwith Pass is felt long in advance of the m Chico south there is great activity. One thing very tracts with almonds and walnuts. retofore but little attention has been given to the walnut in Northern California, though all y: entures have proved successful. The location of the Federal experiment garden and plantation at Chico seems to have spurred planting enterprise all over the lley. From that garden a new nut tree is being added to our variety. It is the pistachio, and the Agricultural Department is sure that it succeed here. ries as we eat the almond. ctionery. The nut is eaten in Syria and the Mediterranean But ‘its most profitable use is’ in Our supply is now entirely imported, and the nuts cost 95 cents 2 pound, As the trees bear as high as-250 poumds each, the crop will pay at a.much less price. % While the excursionists from the Sacramento Valley are going away from home to see something, they have something at home to show their neighbors when the visit is returned, as we hope it will be. The State is benefited by such exchanges and there should be more of such visits between the people of its different sections. ————————— John D. Rockefeller was likened by a member of his son’s Bible class, Sunday, to Moses, Washington and Lincoln—and yet Moses led his people to the promised land, Washington co slavery.—Boston Globe. uldn’t tell a lie and Lincoln abolished It is announced that 2 man has been made President of Santo Domingo against-his will. A man was made Vice President once in this coumr)" under similar circumstances.—Washington Post. et B 5 e LU nu John D. Rockefeller has added a searchlight to the ‘equipment of his Lakewood place. He believes in the before men.”—Baltimore Sun admonition, “Let your light so shine | \GAVE Hm WELL, HE'S AND THERE HE TO JPEND THAT MONEY THE SAN FRANCISCO.CALIL, FRIDAY. MARCH 30, 1w B30Es FoR C BE SaT m"g THE. W@D! I'VE PAID mu_.bf ' DAUGHTER’S OBLIGATION BY DOROTHY FENIMORE placed by s 0 m e body who can achieve equal results by means of quite as effi- cacious, if not similar, endeavors. The excep- tions to this | rule are rare. They g0 rarely hap- pen that when they do a distinc- tive and even shocking de- privation al- ters the whole situa- tion in which one individ- uality was the centering force. No more vivid citation can be pre- sented of the harrowing consequence of the deprivation of individual force than a family’s Joss of a good, loving and capable mother—a mother who, perhaps, has sacrificed health and strength and pleasure in the promotion of her children's happiness and com- fort and advancement. Nothing-—no- body—can replace this mother in the domestic situation. A correspondent refers to this domes- tie privation and quotes the familiar regret: “Oh, how I wish I had my dear mother again} How good and kind I would be to her!” And then comes the correspondent's aftesmuth, ‘How did they treat the mother when she was with them?” S ¥ If the correspondent will dispassion- ately reflect, it will seem clear that }children who are born to the tender and self-sacrificing care of a mother accept such motherhood as a natural condition. In their earlier years it is not possible for them to understand that, although the children deserve “mother’s love and care” as a birth- right, many children are neglected and regarded as rasping responsibilities. Later observation and the comparison of mothers may incite the more fortu- nate children to appreciate the faithful anl loving mother —to a certain extent. Her self-sacrificing devotion is apt to — ARTISTIC ARTIE’S ANTICS. abbreviate that extent; - For this kind of maternal care cultivates the selfish- ness: of children. A mother who com- mits this kind of " beautiful folly— beautiful it is!—is pretty sure to suffer a reaetion through the unconscious, or heedless, or deliberate neglect of her children. She learns, too late, to correct her mistake: learns that maternal de- votion should be tempered by selfsre- spect and a due training of filial. reci- procity, in order to discipline children in an appreciative love of “mother.” as well as in the dispensation of the “golden rule.” Often it was the faithful mother's error when “How did they treat her?” is tinc- tured with neglect done’by her children. In reply to this .correspondent’s query regarding a daughter’s duty to remain at home and help “old and feeble mother !| and make the domestic provinee comfort- able for father ahd brothers,” there are | several sides to this proposition. Certainly, the daughter should help her old and feeble mother. How she should render this assistance is qualified by con- ditions. If the father is financially able to assure future material protection to the daughter, she should be the “daughter of the household.” She should conduce to the comfort of the family, relieving the mother of the obligation. But she should not 'play the role of serving maid to her brothers, no matter how affiuent, or moderately financed, or deprived, the family may be. Brothers should be permeated with a spirit of pro- tection for their sisters, and the “waiting upon” should be mutual./ “Father” and “brothers” should not ex- pect “‘daughter and “sister” to utterly sacrifice her chances of future independ- ence, unless they are able to give her a material assurance of future indepeng- ence. : The “father” and “brothers” who expect sister . to utterly sacrifice herself in pro- moting their comfort are seifish to an ex- treme. ‘Their spirit proves a disappoint- ment in a future dependefice upon them. The mother should not forget that she left her home to seek happiness ag, the wife of a man. She should be willing to concede a similar chance for happiness to her daughter, a privilege of bettering her- self and a chance of future independence, if these opportunities are not estalished in the home. ; If “‘mother” is old and feeble and n “‘daughter's” assistance, out of the sym- pathy between them should be eyolved the best way for ‘‘daughter’” to help “mother” while helping herself. ¥ this sympathy is not a bond between e ey I S, | DOG TRAVELS ON WHEELS | Al . LDER Zach Mayhew has decided E finally not to part with his dog Ginger, for which many flattering offers have been thade by museum man- agers, but will ‘keep the faithful old animal in comfoFt until- We dies, says the Mount Misery, N. J. correspondent of the New York World. G@Ginger is a cross betWeen a Great Dane and a dachshund, and his ances- try is believed by experts to be re- sponsible for several peculiarities. Ginger is unable tv wag his tal sideways. ‘When he desires to express pleasure or appreciation he wags it.up and down —that is, with a perpendicular instead of a lateral twinkle, and ghe unnatural motion appeats to give him physical pain, for every time the taill wags he howls in the most dismal manner. He has the massive head of the Dane and the squat elongated body of the dachshund and is built so close to the ground that the elder, who is quite an inventor, devised a Set of wheels, which, fastened under Ginger's middle, enable him to skate over the ground with far greater rapidity than he could ® @ THE SMART SET = =2 BY SALEY SHARP > 5 Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Irving Seott will entertain at a luncheon today in their home at Burlingamé, honoring Mr. dnd Mrs. Patrick Calhoun. i ee Miss Elizabeth Downing will be host- ess at a tea today in her Green-street home, entertaining a score of the younger set. Several of the younger stt will go from this side tonight to attend the skating party given by Miss Carolyn and Miss Anita Oliver in their home in Oakland. - 0. Professor and Mrs. Charles Mills Gay- ley attended the symphony concert at the Greek Theater yesterday, entertain- ing as honored guests Mr. and Mrs. Pat- e rick Calhoun. F s s . Miss Ethel Hager entertained at a luncheon yesterday at her home on Gough street. s % w Miss Elsa Draper, who leaves next week for New York, is recelving much farewell attention from her multitude of friends. Tomorrow Miss Draper will be the honored ' guest at a luncheon given at i aremont Country Club by Miss Gertrude Russell, and tomorrow even- ing the Misses Ertz will enteriain at a dinner in honor of the same fair guest. CEA R The fair to be given by the Juvenile Court Ald Society will take place April 14—Easter Saturday—in the California Club rooms on Clay street. Such a wide interest is being taken in the new organization, as well as in the coming event, that nothing but the best of financial success can be the outcome. Mapy purchasable articles will be of- fered, the proximity of Easter giving The patronesses of the affair include Mrs. Aylett Cotton, Mrs. Philip King “Brewn, Mre. J. Downey Harvey, Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mrs. Alexander Ham- ilton, Mrs. George C. Boardman, Mrs. Harry Babeock, Mrs. Walter Dean, Mra. Edward Eyre, Mrs. William M. Gwia, Mrs. Horace Hill, Mrs. Charles Jos- selyn, Mrs, Willlam Preatice Morgan, Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs. Thurlow Me- Mufiin, Mrs. H. M. A. Miller, Mrs. D.” T. Murphy, Mrs. Henry T. Scott, M Max Sloss, Mrs. Harry Shefman, Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan, Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Mrs. Willlam Thomas. Mrs, M. M. Tompkins, Mrs Joseph Sadoc Tcbin, Mme. Emilla To- jetti, Mrs. Lovell White and Mrs Ynez Shorb White. Over half a hundred of our leading society people, men and women, are to act as patrons for the brilliant concert to be given by Frank Pollock at the Palace Hotel on the evening of Friday, April 6. L Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs bas been spending the week at Coronado. TR Miss Marie Christine de Guigne will leave today for New York, en route to Paris. \She goes in company with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donahoe, all of whom are to be guests of the Viscomte and Viscomtess de Tristan (Josephine de Guigne). .. Edward M. Greenway is in Sou!h?m California, where he is visiting at fhe several large resorts. 3 * e Mr. and Mrs, James L. Floed, who left town several months ago for a two years’ absence abroad. have elim- inated India from their itinerary, and opportunity for the sale of Easter eggs | will arrive home the middle of next in their infinite variety. month. | OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS BY A. J. WATERHOUSE ol — O ISN'T IT SURPRISING? NCE upon a ‘time a Dear Little Babe was born to its Fond Parents, and the Babe was Very Bright and the Sweetest Ever. At least, the Fond Parents said so, and, of course, they should have known, for they had a bet- ter chance than anybody else to get ac- quainted with it. ‘Wel], the Dear Little Babe grew, as they often do, and when it would lie on the bed and stare vacuously into va- cancy, the Mamma would say to the Papa, “What a bright look he has! 1 am sure he is just like you, my dear” and the Papa would respond, “Hem! hah! Yes, indeed. But I think he is more like you, my dear.” But one who was not initiated might have considered the baby's stare meore like that of hopeless imbecility—which shows how the uninitiated may be mis- taken. Sometimes the Dear Little Babe would have a little pain in his lttle inside,-and then his Mamma would say: “Diddum howwidum painums hurtum babbums?” And his Papa would try to say some- thing of the same sort, but he was a man, and, consequently, Wwas more or less ‘handicapped. And when the Dear Little Babe broke out with a tooth the Mamma said, “Did- dum gittum toofums? Soum didums! Bes- sums!” And again the Papa was handicapped, although he did his best. And when the Dear Little Babe took his first step the Mamma eloquently remark- ed, “Yessums toodums walkums annum sallum walkuoms. Bessums!l And the Papa was distanced at the quarter post, though he did what he could. So the Dear Little Babe grew up to the accompaniment of that sort of conversa- attain by the sole use of his abbreviated legs. Prejudiced. “Are ¥ou In favor of Government ownership?” asked Meandering Mike. “No,” answered Plodding Pete. “De only Gover'ment institutions dat I've had any experience wit is jails. An’ de way dey're run don’'t make no hit'wit me.” P —— His Custom. s “My house was robbed for the fifth time last night.” “Have’you notified the police?” “Oh, yes. 1 always send them a marked copy of the daily paper.,”—Min- neipolis Tribune. An Inqu_l_ry. “Emerson advises every young man to hitch his wagon to a star.” “But most stars are rather exclusive. As a second choice, does he say any- thing about a loubrezt.c?’—ulnnqayolu Tribune. — “mother” and *daughter,” through all the years after their relationship begins, there ‘will be the sting of disappointment in the heart of each. S — Captain Stubbs, secretary of the Liverpool Orphan Institution, is one of the few living persons who served on Nelson’s flagship Victory. tion, and today he talks plainly enough; and what I want to know is— How in thunder did the child ever learn to talk English under such circumstances? And the more I think of this question, the more hopelessly befogged and lost do 1 appear to become. P. S.—But it does logk as if the child's Fond Parents must have been right when they decided that the Dear Little Babe ‘was Very Bright. DID YOU EVER NOTICE— That a Sunday-morning headache al- most always disappears after church has begun? That, anyway, the Sunday-merning headache seems to be merely a belated survival of the headache that afflicted boys in the morning of schooldays? That next morning’s vows of reforma- tion pretty generally diminish in force in quite direct proportion to the diminution of your head? That it is mightily hard to contradict the advertisement” you carry om your face? . That thé man who marries solely for the beauty, that fades is sure to play a iosing game? That the saying, “My country, right or wrong;”” need amendment by dropping the last two words? “She says that her soul is touched by the music of the grand opera.” “Probably lt/ls. but I would be will- —— v e o i ‘-!‘*. N\ ing to bet a dollar that her hulband's pocketbook is touched first.” SINGING OF THE KETTLE. Oh, the singing of the kettle on the old kitchen stove, As the nhantoms of the firelight with the ghosts of twilight strove! First the phantoms ran together, and then the ghosts advanced, And in and out, in merry rout, leglons danced, Tl the kettle caught the spirit of the alry host awing, And remarked “‘I've hailf haps I'd better sing.” the spectral a notion that per- “Chir-r-rr! Chir-r-rr! Now. will it pay? Ziz-z-32z! Gr-r-rr! I'm hoarse, I vow. Chir-r-rr! Chir-r-re! Hooray! Hoeray! Ziz-z-72! Ziz-z-22! I'm singing new!” And then you should have seen the ghosts that scurrfed to and fro, The phantom dance retreat, the firelight glow! g On, on and. on the dancers surged im merry, madd'ning drove, To the singing of the kettle on the old kitchen stove. advance, withis It was ‘a cheery, cheery song that. aneient kettle sung, And loud and louder still it grew, and to the rafters rung; And madder yet the dancers leaped to its in- sistent note, Or at the puff and gurgled snort with which it cleared its throat. Hey, how the phantoms chased the ghosts to every darkenmed place! And how the kettle sang and sang to cheer them M the race! “Chir-rerr! Chir-r-rr! Here's fun to spase! Zizz-a-3z! How's this, my boy? Chir-r-r! Get active there! ! Zizzz-za! I'm mad with joy!" Ang so it sang and sang alway, until the eve was fled And my wee sister and myself went straggling off to bed, Went straggling off. rehictant that we at last must rove the singing of the kettle on the oid kitchen stove. “He is a talented young man, but he never will be a successful physician.” “Why not?” “He can’t raise whiskers.” e — Cenuine eveglasses, 20c to 50c this week; open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 81 4th st.; front barber.® ————— Townsend's California glace fruits and choicedt candies in_artistic - etcned boxes. New store, 787 xuk.!?rg ————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Call~ - fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. * B Mirror of Dame Fashion. three of narrow soutache braid, while a euff is simulated on the leg o mutton sleeve by curved stitched bands. A narrow belt of the cloth blouse to the fines ‘the pointed ends overl 5 -