The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKEILS.... AL‘DRES_; rL;_V\v MUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT s e e NESDAY ’ g "APRIL 4 1996 | CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT. | force aged men out of the civil service of the ng increasing age work decreasing pay House, where it originated throug While it was pending the ques-| e civil service was brought forward, and | for adjustment by a bill introduced by Senatdr Perkins, 1 ee on the civil service. This bill ussion of the subject with the civil the Government service was brought the Pendleton bill, the problem has been 1 provide for superannuation, without in- s would be done by a direct pen- 1SC ¢ service, Senator Perkins provides that after July 1, 1907, | ubstitute employes in the classified service en years and are permanently incapaci- shall be retired, and clerks seventy and civil service aggregates ten years 1 To effect these two means of re- s of th 0 class are put forward to the $1200 class. fi , and the other three-fourths will o take their places. All clerks to o the next grade above that in which ive one-fourth the pay of that ad- oy monthly from the pay of clerks of and from Class C $1; these , and to form a fund investel rk be discharged before the his own, he is to receive one- Out of this fund there shall \ $300 per annum, and to ey were getting at their t following result, taking ansferred to the $1200 class obligdtion to support others has 1y can by that time have mated, taking the average e annuity provided by the a degree of comfort becoming There is no increase in the its own retiring fund, t railway corporations econ( e nt. to provide f the g rked long enough for the civil efits, they can easily increase the ible the amount of the monthly T will make the annual $36 and Class C $24. Ii the their annual premiums will s that, and if they be retired at time for disability, with no benefit to pay the annual premium on | better to put the money irto a while they live. If this should g the annual contribution to tity up to $9oo per annum, which 1s 1s has reached a timely so- esented by the plight of the aged clerks. her brutal plan of the House committee. physical and mental capacity to en- wpation in private life, after their ity may be added to. It will be 2 at its aged servants are to be made budget for the civil service is not terest to nearly 1000 civil service employes “rancisco, and to all those in the classified wite their attention to the foregoing ex will be no infraction of the rules of the te to The Call or to Senator Perkins their yposed I plan. THE WEATHER REPORT. led attention to the publication in the East- the weather report from one point only on Los Angeles. Since then we learn that the rnishes a fuller report, but it is not published. ssary to do something with the newspapers: vs of doing this. One is for the weather service to I from such papers as do not publish it in full. r is to go directly to the papers with the influence of the 1 Press, to secure more news sense in the handling of the cal yw in the spring month of April. Eastern weather is breath of winter. At the end of this month we | In the East the fruit trees will not bloom | On the 2d inst. California showed these temperatures: | mum 62, minimum 46; Los Angeles, 62, 40; San | ramento, 60, 44; San Jose, 60, 38; Red Bluff, 62, It will be observed that the maximum | or summer heat, with San Francisco and Los Angeles | . and our minimum 6 degrees higher than Los Angeles. port covers the State from San Diego to Red Bluff, 3 les, and impresses one with the uniformity and equa- ty of our climate. On the same day the highest Eastern maxi- , and the average maximum was 46, which is a winter | The average Eastern minimum was 33, one degree California’s average maximum was 60.66. Our m was 44.66, or nearly as high as the Eastern maxi- cherries. 02 The excellent reports of the Federal Weather Service have | ie the people all over the country students and observers of | Jefore this service entered the field but little atten- | was paid to it. Now it is not too much to say that it has bc-l ne one of the leading objects of human interest. Our desire is| the people all over the country shall have copious data from | vhich to da study our continental climate, and we especially vant that full justice shall be done in giving data for California and Pacific Coast. rolog rology. the An Ohio woman bas sued for divorce because her husband talks in his Even somnolence is no excuse for a man’s trespassing on woman's ive rights—Philadelphia North American. R R R Among autograph hunters Mr. Rockefeller's signature®has increased in value, and it is noticed of late that he writes a running hand.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 5 S el i Senator Depew says he wishes the public would forget him. It will quickly forget him just as soon as he gives it the proper opportunity.— Houston Post. e The Kaiser told his troops yesterday to put their trust in Providence, “could gue: | time he’s 30. but he has not stopped ordering heavy artillery.—New York Herald. _ Will “the richest baby in the world” be able to buy immunity from colic, croup and measles?——Chicago Post IF THAT STOCK DOWN, HE'LL DO 50 AND SO! HUH! | UP, AT ONCE WHAT WAS THAT 1 STUMBLED ON? OH! 1 | }|CANT CATCH MY:SELF, ] | J4CANT GEY MY FEETY 'M_GOING. 10 — TSI TSI TSI THIS IS SO A EAT_SCOT (COPYRIGHT. 1906, BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD O HAVE ATE THAT CHEESE AFFAIR By A. J. Waterhouse CORRESPONDENT asks me: “What punishment is there for a man who ' OCCIDENTAL i 1 COMMONNESS AND ILL HEALTH I ACE_I.]ENTALS ! By Dorothy Fenimore e TR HOW IT CAME TO PA "EN the Lord made man,” said WEt s diction, h is the college name for speech diction, an’ ’bout the firs’ Waal, man took this thing he did with it wug to learn to say all manner of cuss words an’ swear words an' things like that. It used ter shock the women dretful, same es it does now, but w'at could they do about it more'n they kin now? But the women didn't know w'at they orto call this new language, an’ there they wus, jest puzzlin’ an’ puzzlin’ "bout it. “At last they wus a meetin’ of Eve an’ the other leadin’ ladies of that time, an’ Eve says to them, she says, ‘This here new cussin’ diction, w'at do you s'pose it orto be called?’ “Waal, none of the other leadin’ ladies . an’ so Eve she went right on an’ continued: ‘They’s a nacheral name fer it that I've thought of,’ says she, ‘an’ I'll surgest it to you. It's men ‘at uses this cussin’ diction 'most exclusively, says she, ‘an’ 5o it orto be called male-dic- I leave the question with you, la- (43 “So the women they took a vote an’ de- cided that wus the right word, an’ cussin’s ben known es malediction ever sence that time. I guess I'll hafto look after my ap- ples or they’ll stew over.”” While Aunt Podger was gone the wom- en present said it looked as if she was right. ALFALFA PHILOSOPHY. Ef you've made a hero of some man be mighty keerful not to see him. They's nothin’ that’ll drag a hero down frum the pillar on which you've sot him so quick es discov'rin’ that he's jest a human be- in’ like the rest of us. The youth that at 20 calc'lates to turn the world over gen’ly changes his mind by the He reflec’s 'at it's useless, seein’ es the world turns itself over. They’s consid’ble good in this world that had better keep right on a-prayin’ that its special kind o’ temptation won't come along. W’en I meet a man that says he is a all-round woman hater I don’t feel so cer- tain that-they is sech bein’s es I do that they is dum disgruntled liars. It don’t foller that evil communications ‘Il corrupt good manners. They can't when they ain’t any to corrupt. Sometimes men is hung fer crimes w'en — does not appreciate the fine things of life if he lives and dies without any knowledge that such things exist?” The question is a rather puzzling one. and die without showing any sign of anything but belief We know that men and women live in the common things of everyday affairs, that to them art and literature have no place in the world, that they are seemingly as happy as those who enjoy every refinement— in some cases apparently they are happier; and that if they are punished for their ignorance and lack of appreciation, there is nothing whatever to indicate it. That wise things up for those who belleve in it. and shrewd oriental doctrine of the transmigration of souls evens ‘When a poor man is seen enjoying him- self, it is because he has earned enjoyment in a previous incarnation, and this would apply to those who seemingly obtain great happiness in life with no indi- cation of having earned or deserved it. If one could believe in metempsychosis, it certainly would be a great comfort. But we do not hold to any such doctrine, and an explanation must be sought elsewhere. merely relative. It seems to me that a fair analogy may be found in bodily health. We all know some sickly and deformed persons who contrive to selves In a manner that would be impossible prived of health. We realize that they are happy—but They never really feel well, as a healthy man feels well, but enjoy them- to a strong man suddenly de- that their happiness is. they feel betier on some days than on others—just as a toothache makes a man so happy, when it stops. The perscn who does not enjoy great poetry, great music, great paintings and statues, and all the myriad things which go to make up art, is an esthetic invalid. He rever extracts from life its roundness and completeness, because he does not even know what it is that is needed to make life round and com- plete; he is in the position of the person born sickly who never knows what glowing health is. The man without refinement, merely common (and often unclean) things, merely happy. the man who obtains his satisfaction from seems to be completely And this is still mere true of the man who looks not at all for spiritual satisfactions. He is in tbe position, literally, of the cheerful idiot. —_—_ reel justice would s'lect their pas an’ mas to occupy their place. Ef you have property to give away you kin go into a law sult ’'bout it; but why not make a will pervidin' a Home for En- ergetic Lawyers an’' git out of it easier? T've noticed 'at it's a dern sight easler to trust Providence to carry another fel- ler's worries than it is your own. T'd sooner take a chance on askin’ the Lord to fergive a well-meant lie than a malicious truth. “Does Skinner's tranquil countenance indicate a soul at peace with itself?” “I guess so. He has got the best of most of the fellows he has made deals with recently.” 3 “I understood that he was wedded to his “He was.” ‘But he doesn’t seem to be so nOw. “‘No, his art got a divorce from him.” “Mrs. Bings says that she considers Lent providential.” ' 4 “Why 502" “It gives women an opportunity to pre- pare their costumes and hats for Easter.” WE ARE BUILDING. Long ago a coral insect at the bottom of the sea Said, “TIl build a little castle just adapted unto me;’ And so he built that castle—'twas a tiny one at best— Until grim Death came saunt'ring by and sum- moned him to rest. Then another bullt a castle on the ruins of the first, And yet others built yet others, and so the structure nursed, Till an island broke the surface of the ocean's mighty span, And today it bears the cities that are handi- work of man. Now, no doubt, that coral insect was but tiny and unwise, Yet above his little castle man's triumphal arches rise; Anl I think that pygmy builder in his castle wrote a screed That the soul of man might gladde: soul of man would heed. ‘We are bullding, we are buflding, whether faflure or success, But each effort forms the another’s feet shall vress, Still the race s mounting skyward through the tolls that never cease, And we all may be creators of the Isl Man's Peace. s it the structure that v ARTISTIC ARTIE'S — | grandchildren. | great deal of water. EN with large insurance former- M ly scattered it among many companies, says the April World’s Work. John Wanamaker, for example, has $1,500,000 insurance In eighty-five policies. For a long time | he carried the largest insurance in the United States. During the past tem years, however, very rich men have taken out large single policies. The first $1,000,000 policy ever issued was taken out in 1897 by George W. Vanderbilt, at the age of 35, in the Mu- tual. It is a twenty-payment life, twenty-year distribution policy: that is, he is to pay a yearly premium of | $35,000 for twenty years. At the end| of this time he will receive a pald-up policy of $1,000.000 and a cash divi- dend. If the policy had been taken out twenty years ago, at the same age, he | | would have paid by this time the sum | of §$700,000 in premiums, which at 4 per cent compound interest would amount to nearly $1,085,000. The most heavily insured man in the | world, however, is probably L. Redman ' Wanamaker of Philadelphia, who car- ries $2,000,000 in the Mutual, in addition | to insurance in other companies. Mr.| Wanamaker first took out his insurance | in the Mutual, amounting t® $200,000, | at the age of 34. At 36 he increased it by two additional policies of $100,000 and $500,000. Five years later, at 41, he took two additional policies, one of | $1,000,000 and the other of $200,000. This makes his total insurance in the company $2,000,000, on which he pays a yearly premium of $63.226. The Wanamaker family in Philadel- phia carries a total of $3,855,000 in life insurance, probably more than any other in the world. The large policies, of course, cost ne more proportionately than smaller ones. Straight life insurance of $1000 at the | age of 30 costs $20 a year. For the | same man a $300,000 policy of the same | kind would cost just 500 times as much. The largest single premium ever paid | was $66,023.28 by a man in Los Ange- | les. It was for an income policy or an- nuity in the Mutual. It provided a life income for himself and at his death life incomes for his children and his six But all rich men do not carry life in- surance. Andrew Carnegie, for ex- ample, does not believe in it, and does not carry a single policy. The same Is true of John D. Rockefeller. What's a Good Potato? | Most people, I suppose, take it granted that the best potatoes are ones that contain the most starch, says | a writer in the April Garden Magazine. On the contrary, it is the ones that contain the most gluten, because glu- | ten is an albuminous food, and starch | | i | for | e is much cheaper than albumen. ow cut a potato.open and we shall learn something worth knowing about | this gluten. First, comes the skin of the potato. In a new potato it is thin and clear, while a corky skin indicates a mature potato, and one more likely to be mealy. Second. is a thin layer varying from an eighth of an inch to half an inch in thickness. This is the gluten. Third, comes the largest part of the potato—the starch. If this Is very dense the potato will be mealy, but if non-uniform the potato will be of poor quality. Fourth, is the very center of the tu- | ber, which contains little starch and a | If this area | branches out into the starch the potato will not be a good cooker. Taking No Chances. A Glasgow steamer was laboring in a heavy sea, the waves sometimes | sweeping her decks, but the officers had | assured the passengers that there was no danger, and all seemed reasonably | calm withf the exception of one meek | appearing little man, who, every few | minutes, would approach an officer, and anxiously inquire if he thought the | ship would founder. “No, I tell you!" one of them finally exclaimed with impatience. “What is the matter with you? Leook at those other people—they are not scared to death.” “Oh, I'm not scared.” the man replied, “but if the ship was going to founder I wanted to know a little ahead of time." “Oh, wanted to tell your friends good-by, and all that?” “Well, not exactly,” the man said hesitatingly; “the fact is. my mother- in-law is along with me, and if the ship was cuite sure to sink I wanted to say a few things to her."—Harper’s Weekly. Answers to Queries. MAN AND HORSE—Subscriber, City. At ayerage gait a man walks three miles an hour and a horse trots seven miles an hour. RUSSO-JAPANESE R—S., During the la* Russo- the casualties were: Russian army, 180,134, and Japanese army, 153,652, These figures are as tb land operations. City. panese war STATISTICS—A. S, City. For such statistics as you desire you had Dbet- ter write to the secretary of the Amer- ican Statistical Association, Davis R. Dewey, 491 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. Such as you ask for are not ob- tainable in this city. CHARACTER BY FINGER NAILS— Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. The follow- ing are the rules laid down for judg- ing of the character of persons by the finger nails: A white mark on the nail bespeaks misfortune; pale or lead colored nafls indicate melancholy peo- ple; round nails indicate love of knowl- edge and liberal sentiments; people with narrow nails are ambitious and querulous; small nails are indicative of a small mind, obstinacy and conceit; choleric, martial ' men and those who delight in war have red and spotted nails; those whose ails grow iuto the flesh at the sides or points are given to luxurious tastes; people with very pale nails are subject to much bedily infirmity and persecution. —————— Townsend's Caiifornia glace fruits and choicest candies in_artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * —— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the AT g SO | leave on Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Stebbins will be at home today In their apartments at the Balmoral, 1135 Masonic avenue | Each Wednesday of this month will be a receiving day for Mr. and Mrs. Steb- bins. The Army Ladies’ Card Club was er tertained yesterda afternoon at home of Mrs. Meriwether Walker at Fort Mason. S el Mrs. Erwin G. Rodolph was st home on Monday in her apartments | Westgate. Mrs. Rodolph w Mondays until summer. e Mrs. Charles Sedgwick Ailken, Mrs. Louls H. Long, Mrs. Charles A. E | have been made a committee to kins, Allan Dunn and A Gr for the ¥ nate Sequoia Club office to begin May 1 e e Mme. Corolla will musical at home this evening iz honor of Miss Pollock. The affair will be held at the residence of Mme. Corolla, 1317 Leavenworth street SR e Miss Valerie C. Tuska entertain at a entertained a few days ago at a very pretty after- noon affair at her home on Washington street. Hearts was the game of the day, the decorations and prizes all being in accordance with the motive. Miss Tuska, assisted by Miss Faith Gambitz, offered hospitality to thirty guests. « e+ . The arrival of the Oregon to this port has brodght many smiles to the faces of several of our smart set maids. The gajlant young officers of the battleship are likewise preparing to royally enter- tain these maids aboard ship ere long & ey Mrs. Harry Goodwin is preparing for a visit to Southern California, w she -will spend several weeks of | summer. Mrs. Goodwin is the presi- dent of the new Juvenile Court Aid So- ciety, which has recently organized and which will give a very attractive en tertainment in the way of a vaudeville bazaar on Satur ernoon, April 14. ¥ e g Frances J. Carolan will next week for the spend several Mr. and Mrs. of Europe te months on the continent. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bergevine have apartments at the Palace Hotel, a making a brief out-of-town visit. East and wh F g Mr. ard Mrs. Spencer home from a trip through part of the State. Foster Dutton ckbee are at Mrs. Henry will arriv home this week from Paso Robles, where she has spent several weeks . ety Mrs. John Dickenson Sherwood has r turned from Mexico and is the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. 8. Cone, at San Ra? fael. Mr. Sherwood will remain in the City of Mexico a week longer to look after mining interests, and upon return- ing to town will leave immediately with Mrs. Sherwood for their home Spo- in | kane. CEET e Miss Effie Volkman, who has been Dresden for the past two years study music, arrived in town Saturday ev and 1s at the home of her father, C. M Voikman, on Jones street « . o Among those who have secured pass- age for Europe this mon is George Aylmer Newhall, who will tour the Con- tinent in his automobile. Edgar Mills sails next Tuesday will be away all summer. in and Mrs. Schmiedell will accompany Mr. and Mrs. George H. Howard, who are booked for the Campania for the last week in April. T A Gt The reception to Dr. Fred Wolle, which was to have been held this evening at the Sequoia Club, has been Indefinitely postponed on account of the death of his mother. This evening will be devoted to musie under the supervision of Mrs. Marriner- Campbell. T o Mrs. Arthur B. Cornwall will le April 14 for Japan, where she will stay for several mont.hs. 34 Mrs. Alfred C. Girard, wife of General Girard, retired, has returned from a year's tour of the world and is at the Occidental. B VOGUE OF TAILOnED SHIRT WAIST. ETROPOLITAN shops ca- terimg to the trade are showing a v: rlety of “shirts,” as | they call them, but those which Seem to be meeting with the most favor are similar to the one here pictured. The back in some instances is plain, while in others pleats run rrom the shoulders to the center of the waistline. this giving. per- haps, better lines to the figure. A double box pleat in the cen- ter fromt is machine stitched in _true tailor fashion, and either side of this is a deep pleat stitched from shoulder to ‘waistline, two similar pleats in the shoulder seam stitched only to yoke depth, this giving the necessary fullness over the hust. The regulation shirt sleeve pattern is used, the stiffened shirt cuff, fastening with links, the collar of the same material as the waist, but made seplr- ate. —_— S