The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1906, Page 6

‘ | THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. Q@,li!@m ST e the news Harry Payne wi was derbilt > a big bilt epting Beveridge Paris nd win- ot Pippy, ugged face, ulptor r the s T hing r[ V)e s sure lines, b girl's hand in T every- ng of the artist's. this bust el Pippy is'a story hing to do with for human was away in club mem- ed a portrait rs subscribed and § 1 3 3 ¢ Lfe . 4 STANDISH /&L‘ RHoro in ofis of him, to be hung upon the club as 2 surprise to him and evi- appreciation on his return. er, whose father is a mem- t the Union League, herself pre- nted the bust she had made to the and both bust and portrait were epted and exhibited with the proper wonies, and not, of course, without ght emotions of pleasure and tion on the part of Colonel for even the most modest of men 1s e of Miss S ds it pleasant to discover that he is popular. Then a paragraph giving the news of ent, for club doings are always c interest, naively described the aits as having been presented by el Pippy himself. d now Colonel Pippy can't logk or painting in the face without and is suspected of stealthily ng the rooms they are in. this, it is true, has nothing to do ith art. Miss Stateler’s work has been Col ogress in her chosen icult and uphill and hievement is on that account all nore interesting has been severely handicapped health and her responsibility te mother, who is also an invalid. She and was for he is a delicate fragile girl, a time 5o frail as a child that she could not go to school like ordinary little girls. She was taught at home and her desire for artistic expression mani- fested itself so strongly that she en- tered Hopkins In spite of her slight strength. There she studled with Douglass Tilden and Aitken and worked with all her might. To what purpose can be seen by the the reason.” to do other- 1a y, on discovering the Con- he permitted her to re- reputation, Natural identity, essage sen to him by lutely secret. But no ried away by the tide of his own words and anxious to convince Del Pino, he dis- closed 1t ‘His threat .1 must explain was directed against me. It is well known that the brute hes but one ear. I mentioned the fact openly. He appears to resent this, and swore to be revenged on me by de- priving me of both of mine. “Horrible!” Del Pino caressed his own ears meditatively. “Horrible!” he mur- mured. “To be without one ear would be & sufficlent humiliation; but to lose both, and by the hand of an enemy, would be ortification scarcely to be survived.” “Fortunately none of us need fear any- g of the kind,” interrupted Don Hugo brusquely. “We have declded to make eway with this miserable hill thief. He bas been too long at large. I myself am going to lead an expedition into the sierra with that object.” “It is now hardly neoessary,” observed Del Pino, with an accentuation of his [ politeness. “What, do you propose to replace me, senor?’ asked Don Hugo, with heat, “Replace you? No, excellency, that would be impossible! But, by good luck, I may have forestalled you.” “I fafl to catch your meaning, senor,” sald Don Hugo, but half mollified “It is th Q I had the honor to kill Don yesterday."” ou killed Don Q. yesterday?”’ ernor almost shouted. “Yes, excelle end I shall be glad to have a receipt for the body,” went on the Del Pino immovably, “according regulations of my corps.” The tension of the last couple of weeks was lifted from the spirit of Don Hugo. In the enthusiasm of his relief he flung his arms round the stonily unresponsive Del Pino and saluted him effusively on to the our congratulations, senor. let us drink to the health of Gentlemen, this paladin, Captain del Pino!” Which was forthwith done with many “bravas” and a hubbub of excited talk. Del Pino’s glass was filled; no one observed that he left it untouched. But he professed himself overwhelmed by thelr approbation; his success, he begged them to believe, was a mere matter of luck. He explained that, wishing to see the reason of Don Q.’s exploits, he had left the train when approaching ‘the mountains and ridden the remainder of the way. Thus he came by chance upon the brigand and shot him down. “And now I would request his excel- lency to come with me to the cell in which the body has been pla,ced, for purpose of identifying it,” he wound up. “By all means. Let us go without de- Don Hugo could hardly yet credit his good fortune in thus being rid of his hunting fos. He longed to behold with his own eyes the dead face. *“I have never yet seen Don Q., but they tell me the vulture is unmistakable,” he added. “Absolutely unmistakable,” commented Del Pino. Don Hugo led the way from the room. “You say the body is in a cell, senor? ‘Why put a dead body in a cell?”” he asked , as they went down the cor- “From all that is said of Don Q., ex- cellency. I thought it well to turn the key even on his corpse.” The Governor stopped as they passed a stairway leading upward. “My wife is on the roof—I will tell cl Pino restrained him. Pardon, excelleney; make him first.” sure of phctographs of the two busts so widely different that are printed on this page— one showing the strong outlines of the Pippy bust, the other a Pharming, piguant child picture, the portrait of little Elizabeth Fee, the daughter of Passenger Traffic Manager Fee of -the Southern Pacific. Miss Stateler has a special aptitude EARS O THE GOVERNOR. They descended to the level of the or- cells, then lower to those more remote and secured dungeons reserved for the worst criminals, “No, no, excellency, allow me to show you the way. The cell is already lit,” De! Pino's voice was heard to say as the door shut behind them. A quarter of an hour passed, but the effervescence of excitement had not yet subsided in the assembly room when the door opened and a figure stood upon the threshold. It was not that of the Governor nor of Del Pino. A sombrero and a cloak concealed the actual fea- tures, but the attitude and the huddled folds of the cloak bore the uncouth out- lines of a vulture’s plumage; “Don Q.!" a shout of astonishment went up. “At your service, senores. Be silent, 1 pray you"—a small, commanding hand rose from the cloak. “Be silent and re- main seated. Remember, you have to deal with man who is equally ready to die tonight or ten years hence. Also, if I may remind you, of a man who has never been known to neglect a precau- tion.” Where is the Governor?’ demanded 2 voice, in which anger was beginning to conquer the first shock. “Safe, senores, in a cell of his own prison, and with him‘is the body of a vile footpad, nicknamed El Duques, whose methods have brought discredit upen my profession, and whom I have at length punished. I undertook the function properly appertaining to the helpless executive. Late yesterduy I killed El Duques.” “But Del Pino—have you Kkilled him also?” “He is no more, senores, I regret to inform you.” Don Q. laughed sibilant- ly. “But do not implore his loss, for, with the exception of his well-curled wig and his hat of the civil guard, he survives in me.” “You passed yourself off as Captain del Pino of the clvil guard? But how could you impose upon any one with the body? The corpse was the corpse, you tell us, of El Duques.” “I will explain, ‘senores. A razor passed over the skull, a little coloring on the eye- lids, the refinement bestowed by the purs- ing hand of death converted it into a poor caricature of—myself.” Don Q. raised his sombrero from the doublings of the cloak, shot up the lean, scraggy neck, the bald- browed malignant face, the aspect of a vulture paraphrased into human likeness. “One word more, senores. This Don Hugo committed a crime. It became necessary that I should come down from my slerra to deal with him. He made be- fore you this evening a s(aten}cnl‘ that he has made before the public/ He said that Don Q. was poorer than the meanest ass in Spain—I give you his exact words, senores—for he carried but one ear. Sit still!” His livid-lidded eyes flickered ominously upon them. *‘Behold, senores, one, two,” he touched his ears one after the other with the hand that was not en- gaged in holding a pistol. ou can now as honorable men bear witness that you have yourgelves counted the ears of Don Q, and that he possesses both. You will have the goodnéss to, count those of the governor of the prison of Castelleno—pres- ently.” The door was softly and suddenly shut and the lock clicked. Immedidtely an in- describable uproar broke out. : The Condesa from her chair on the housetop heard it and sprang to her feet, for in the moonlight before her stood a figure she had seen dimly half a month earlier across the smoke and flame of a fire. ;She recoiled with a cry. “Fear nothing, beautiful senora,” said the soft, hissing voice. “I come but to tell you that I have kept my word.” ““What have you done?” she cried, trem- bling. “I‘have had a little interview with Don Hugo." The lady shrieked, ‘“His ears?” “Will decorate my modest museum up in the mountains. But he will be, believe me, for a time at least; a better husband.” for portrait work, and the gift of making the spirit speak from the shapeless lump of clay even as she molds it into physical likeness. Her work, however, is not confined to portrait modeling. She has done some very clever things in the model- ing of animals and especially of dogs DOMESTIC and has that are In the produced some dogs heads singularly good. little Plne-street studio, over a stable, that she and M!:s McGlashin turned Into a delightful workshop, much good work was done, but the studio life has had t> be abandoned and Miss Stateler now does only such work as she can do at home while she BY CHARLES LEE SLEIGHT. HAT'S that?” exclaimed Mrs. Blair, as a loud “thud” in the hall smote upon her ears, “It's only the mall carrler throwing in one of wy rejected stories, of course,” replied her husband, resign- edly, springing up from the breakfast table and disappearing into the hall. Presently he returned with a fat en- velope, which he tossed beside his plate, and a magazine, which he proceeded to open and glance through. “Which one is it this time?” asked his wife, sympathetically. “The mining story I sent off Thursday.” “Only five days ago! they even looked at it!" ‘“‘Oh, yes, they did. They probably saw at a glance that they didn’t want it, and were Kkind enough to ship it back prompt- ly. Perhaps it was too long, or too short, or—stay, yet me see what the editor does say,” tearing open the envelope and glancing over a printed slip. “‘We have read the inclosed manu- script with interest and regret that it dees not seem precisely adapted to our present needs, and therefore return it'-— Hm! Hm!—This does not imply any lack of merit—' No, of course not. In fact, my dear, it's the same old story in the same old way!” He slammed the contemned manu- script upon the table, and resumed his study of the magazine. “Yet plenty of writers do get In,” he continued. “Here are eight short sto- ries in this number of Ramper's, and thousands of others are published every month. It seems as Jf everybody wrote for the press nowadays. X3 last I don't belleve “Even the lawyers,” sald his wife, with a glimmer of fun in her eyes. “Well, even a lawyer doesn't disdain an occasional twenty or thirty dollars for a few hours’ spare work.” “Twenty or thirty dollars! You are coming down rapidly in your prices. Last year it was forty or fifty, and the year before it was a hundred or so.” “The law of supply and demand, my dear. If ¥ had made a hit like the author of ‘Mr. Jiggs of the Oyster Bed,’ my prices would be advancing at a corre- sponding rate. But what I was going to say is this: How do all these writers get in, and why in the mischief can't I get in, too? Jerusalem!" The expletive was addressed to the maid, who, in'setting a cup of coffes be- side his plate, had splashed some of the hot contents over his hand and upon the tablecloth. He glared at her savagely while she awkwardly apologized and mopped up the fluid with a napkin. Mry. Blair frowned at him, as if to say, “Don’t scold her and then observed, kindly, to the maid: “Never mind; Mary. The cloth would go in the wash tomor- row, anyway. Now, will you please set a finger bowl on the table?” Mr. Biair returned to the magazine. “Here is another story by that new writer, M. Conway, and’it seems to start off well. I wish I could meet him—or, more likely, her, for most of the new writers seem to be women. I'd say to him —or her, ‘Sir—or madam—how in the world did you do it? How did you get in? Was it.by influence, or cheek, or a per- sonal acquaintance with the editor? ‘Won't you kindly inform me how it was accomplished? Tell me how to get in, and I'll promise to whack up half of my first year’s profits.” 4 loud crash interrupted his remarks, is giving the great the part of her time devoted care of her Invalid has done s h good work in spite of handicap and Interruption surely evidences the ession of a that may 1 ‘another dist with litornta girl." gulshed Ca DIFFICULTIES. and glancing up he beheld the maid standing helplessly over the fragments of s finger bowl what next—" he began; but his bastily interposed. ‘“Never mind, A little clean water won't hurt the rug, and you can sweep up the glass after breakfast.” When the mald had withdrawn Mrs. Blair said te her husband: “You must be careful not to speak so sharply, or we'll lose her, and I don't know where we could get any ome to take her place.” “All right,” returned Mr. Blair. “But there's one thing I will insist upom. She must keep out of my den. 8he was in there again this morning.” “Yes. She asked my permission %o look at your dictionary.” “The dictionary! Now, what—" As if in answer to his unfinished question,’ the mald entered, blushingly handed her mistress a note and quietly withdrew. exclatnation of wife Mary. With a muttered amazement Mrs. Blair glanced through the note and then read it aloud: “Dear Madam—TI regret to inform you that our pleasant connection as mistress and maid will terminate on the 10th inst., when my month is up. This does not imply any lack of kindness on your part, but simply that I am engaged in more remunerative and congenial em- ployment. “Trusting you may soon find another mald who will prove available, I am, very respectfuily yours, “M. CONWAY FLANNERTY.” “Great Scott! M. Conway—our mald!” gasped Mr. Blair. They gazed blankly at each other moment and then roared with laughtat Finally: “You'd better give it up, my dear,” said his wife, chokingly, as she wiped her eyes. “T will’ he returned. rending his in twain. “When house- to story writing it is high lawyers to stick to their maids take time for briefs.” THE SPRINGTIME OF THE FOOD,/\DULTER/\TOR’S DISCONTENT BY PAUL PIERCE. oW epringtime of the food edult r's discontent. Uncere- moniously he is to be banished from Eden where he has so long tempted and forced the peo- ple to eat his forbidden and poisoned fruits and meats and other kinds of chemically treated products that brought him an tncome of 32,350,000 a year. He is making spasmodic final efforts to linger longer in his loved fum, but the Hey- burn bill, recently passed by the Senate, heralds the ordinance of his eternal ex- pulston. The Heyburn bill is to become a law. This s true unless all signs are wrong. And when it becomes a law it will be even more exacting and far-reaching than in its present form. The House is golng to pass the Heyburn bill and not the Hep- burn bill, as was formerly planned, as it was wisely concluded that by passing the Hepburn bill complications would arise over the choice between the two measures which might lead to ultimate defeat of the whole project of national food legis- lation. If the House should pass the Hep- burn bill now since the Senate has passed the Heyburn bill, the result would be that the Senate would have to consider .a ple House bill, while the House would have a Senate bill to consider. This would lead to just such a confusing perplexity as the food adulterator would like. In the long struggle that would ensue in trying to formulate a law from the-resuitant chaos the food adulterators would be permitted to run riot in our midst, poisoning and robbing at will, and the final outcome un- doubtedly would be the surrendering of many of the most {raportant points in the proposed legislation in order to get any kind of a measure enacted. The House committee on interstate com- merce has demeaned itself admirably in the formation of a food bill to be pre- sented to Congress. The committee: se- lected the best provisions of the Hepburn bill and incorporated them in the measure it will present to Congress under the name of the Heyburn bill. It will bear the name and number of the measure passed by the Senate. As in the fight for pure food legislation before the Senate, so in the committee’s conference it was the Southern representatives who were the principal opponents to the measure. Adamson and Bartlett of Georgla and Russell of Texas were the only members of the committee who failed to concur'in the decision relative to ‘®he form of the measure. These Representativeq prepared a wminority report in which theéy declare that the Heyburn bill 15 an assumption of the police powers of the State by the Na- tional Government. Again it is the old Question of State’s rights which the South assumes to guard with such assidu- ity. The majority report was prepared by Representative Mann of Illinois ana proposes a bill that ought to be accept- able to every section of the country. One of the most vital amendments to the bill is a provision that in fixing standards of food products for the guldance of officials charged with ad- ministering food laws the Secretary of Agriculture shall also consult the com- mittee on food standards of the Asso- ciation of State Dairy and Food De- partments. In the amended bill it is proved that when any person or man- ufacturer desires to have the whole- someness of any preservative or other substance added to foods passed upon ihe Secretary of Agriculture shall name a commission of scientists, consisting of qne toxicologist, one physiological chemist, one bacteriologist, one pathol- ogist and a fifth scien whom the Secretary of Agriculture may regard as “qualified to assist him In reaching a decision.” The committes believes th.s means of fixing standards and determining wholesomeness will remove many ob- Jections offered by manufacturers to having the power too greatly centered in Dr. Wiley, the chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agri- culture. Another amendment very important to the whisky interests of the country provides that articles shall not be re- garded ‘as misbranded if they are so labeled as to indicate they are com- pounds or blends, “provided that the term blend as used herein shall be con- strued to mean a mixture of like sub- stances, not excluding harmless color- ing or favoring ingredients.” | With these and a few other changes the House committeé on interstate com- merce accepted the Heyburn bill as it came from the Senate in its most im- portant particulars. The amendments ‘were such as to make it even more ac- ceptable to the retailers and jobbers. The thanufacturer {s held “responsible for adulterations ip the foods he per- mits to be placed on the market. The State laws must look to the retailer who adulterates food products after they come into his keeping. It is almost certaln that the House will pass the measure as amended by a committee with probably a few unimportant changes, and the prospects are bright . that before many weeks America will be freed from the disrepute of being the only civilized nation in the world that has no national food law. The day of the food adulterators’ domination in this country will be ended and the peo- Ple will no longer be forced to eat pl-.ln:ed foods and chemical adultera- tiona. To Swhom is credit due for the final victory in the ten years' war for pure foods? THe publications which have fear- lessly exposed the frauds in the face of such opposition, I should think, de- serve most 57 the credit. These publi- cations first informed the people of the poisonous nature of the ingredlents they were taking into their system for sustenance. Then there are some food officers who, despite every temptation and threat, have fearlessly enforced the State laws, arrested violators and as- sisted in attracting public attention to the fact that many of our foods were being made absolutely polsonous. Dr. ‘Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemis- try of the United States Department of Agriculture, has been untiring in his warfare on the ‘fraudulent manufac- turer. He has given to the press many startling items of food poisoning, and with his famous poison squad proved exactly the nature of the harm that may be caused by many common adul- terations. ' State chemists and other have made experiments with aniline dyes and other colorings and chemicals and showed that they would kill guinea pigs and kittens outright. ‘While the agitation was at its height and the Heyburn bill was pending in the Senate, th® - National Dairy and Food Show appeared at Chicago with a wonderful ‘exposition by the United States Government and State 'food de-' partments, showing many of the most common and dangerous food adulter- ants which the people might see and examine for themselves. Speeches were made at this show by many of the foremost pure food advocates of Amer- ica. The Federation of Women's Clubs and the Consumers’ League participat- ed in the speaking programme and all handled the food adulterator without gloves. The newspapers gave liberal reports of the many sensational condi- tions revealed at the show and the result was that the eyes pf Chicago and the West were opened to a state of af- fairs which man§y did not know to exist. Now the opponents of the pure food bill had always contended that there was no sentiment for a food law in the West, but when Washington and the different State commissions hur- ried to .show the numberless\ ocular evidences of amazing food frauds it did not take long to create a sentiment in Chicago and the West. The result was that national gatherings of men and women adopted resolutions urging the ssage of the Heyburn bill and a loud voice went up from out of the West, Joining with the East in demands for national protection from the outrages perpetrated by the food adulterator. But the one cause that contributed more’ toward the passage of the bill than anything else was produced by the food adulterator himself. It was his in- satiable greed. Had he been content with the fabulous profits he had been permitted to make for years; had not his lust for lucre been allowed to g the best of his judgment; had he not continued to try to cheapen the of production more and more by palm ing off on the people worse and worss materfals, dyed and flavered to repr. sent food products, of which they con- tained not a particle; had he not ove worked his chemical laboratory over- time in the effort to deceive the pub- le, the adulterator might still occupy his elysium and we might still continue to eat fraudulent foods, though not nearly as bad as they are at present The manufacturer of bogus drugs was just as greedy, and so many people were killed and permanently injured by his nefarious concoctions made from products that cost virtually nothing. that a wave of indignation went up from alk parts of the country. Next to the public, the manutacturer of pure foods will rejoice more than any other in the passage of the national law. He has been a weak power because of the dispacity in numbers and proilts realized. but he has steadily contended for a law to remove the unjust competition. Many otherwise honest manufacturers have | been compeiled to join the ranks of adulterators in order to meet the competi- tiom, or else be forced out of business.