The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1906, Page 30

30 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1906. WHY NOT RE SAVING? Why not embrace this golden opportunity? Only once in a lifetime will you have a chance like this to secure high grade new merchandise in the height of the season at one- third the price you will be compelled to pay elsewhere. It Wouldn’t be doing justice to yourself to miss, to overlook areat Retiring Sale Unprecedented values at miraculously low prices and charm- ing styles characterize this bargain feast. Were we to use the most exalted phrases we could not sufficiently impress upon you the importance of these cleaning out prices. The only way to form yourself an idea of the tremendous savings afforded is to come down and visit our store personally. You will amply be repaid. Prices lower than you ever dreamed of, styles which embody the blossoms of the spring, will de- light your heart. Come here expecting to find absolutely the best values ever heard of. You will not be disappointed. READ THESE MUTE, RUT CRASHING PRICES: Stik, Bromdeloth, Panama and | Elaborate $12.00 Lace Net Waists, Mannish Mixtures Suits. $3.95. 1 y t sizes, com- elaborate Spring model of st quality of lace, impressive 1 in_ style and in quality; a uine $12.00 value, at £3.95 FIRST FLOOR. Kaiser's Famous Silk Gloves. In all colors, including white and black, small sizes only. A stand- ard $1.00 value, at... 49c Imported Irish Table Damask. 72 inches wide; ingnobby flower designs. The quality imported to sell at $2.50. Our sale price....60¢ Ladles’ Shirt Waist Linens. In all colors, 36 inches wide. A well-known standard 75c value, at gen S8R5 Ladies’ Strictly Tailored Skirts, in Alpacas., Panamas, Homespuns Mixtures. and Mannish Ladies’ Sateen Petticoats. n k and whit bl Honeycomb Bath Towels, He. 1 is of the extra heavy annot be duplicated 5c elsewhere. Mon- hey last, at ..9¢c Linen Finish Sheets, 81x90. 42c. at you will have diffi- c in other stores 15 .. 42e All-Linen Handker- W Batiste and £4.48 st chiefs. onderful £5.00 Mull Waists, $1.6; A h d_different styles, em- g 1~ rent models, har broidered edges, Some _trimmed I with ., others with hand- w broidered initials; v from 1. one grand offering at..12¢ Silk and Dress Goods Depariment Remnants of Imported Silk Vel- vets, 25¢ yard. assortment of Street and ade ing such or blue, old green, , cream, etc > vel Vev: $1.50; £1.25 Tafieta Silks. 49¢ Imported Lion Siiks 8 5150 ¥rench e at goc. ‘ 25¢ S5c English Mohair Alpacas, 39¢ | Also Some Remnants English Bou- vard. levard Corduroys. nches wide, worth $1.00. % | Same price. k 10 | $2.00 Black Panama Etamines, 7Sc strous, silk yard. P 2 for this - e st black 39¢ 50¢c Homespun Shepherd Checks yard. seal and golden br % 1 and new blue, green, fast silk PERSUADED TO STEAL BY HIS ELDER BROTHER | BOY 1S de- persuaded to do the and that after the boxes had een thrown from the car. the elder ther picked them up and walked away them. R SO Augustus SBaint-Gaudens, the sculp- | tor, has completed his plans and is now working on the clay model of his statue e will | of Mark Hanna, which is to be erected f the Los An-!in Cleveland Evidence Shows That Lad Who Pleaded Gullty to Theft Was Not to Blame. NCKEL WAOE POPULAR COIN Minister of Finance Over- comes the Prejudices of the Citizens of France RESORTS TO " A TRICK Starts Rumor That Certain Pieces Bearing Name of Rothschild Draw - Prizes SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. PARIS, April 14.—M. Poincarre, the Minister of Finance in the new Cabinet, has already given striking proof of his resourcefulness. When he ass'med of- fice he found that the new 25-centime nickel coin, which corresponds exactly to the American “nickel,” was exceed- ingly unpopular. It was in fact so un- popular that there was serious talk of calling it in again, for the small trades- people refused to accept it, and there was a general feeling among the lower classes that it would become valueless some day and be as difficult to get rid of as foreign coppers. Various methods were discussed among the departmental officials for pushing the circulation of the coin which had aroused such unreasonable prejudice. It was gravely proposed that a pamphlet should be published for gra- tuitous distribution calling attention to its advantages, citing its demonstrated utility in the United States and appeal- ing to the patriotism of the French public to support it. “Just leave the matter in my hands,” said M. Poincarre, after these sugges- tions had been laid before him, “and I'll guarantee that within a few weeks the nickel coin will be the most popu- lar coin in Paris.” Had M. Poincarre laid his scheme be- fore his colleagues they would probably have rejected it as undignified, unpre- cedented and contrary to all the red tape rules and regulations so dear to the official mind. He said nothing to them, however, about the plan he had in view. Nobody knew who started the rumor, or the means that were adopted to spread it, but one day all Paris was whispering that In the issue of these coins were five on which thc magic word “Rothschild” had been engraved in tiny letters. And everywhere the story was told that the first per- son who took one of these coins to Rothschild’s bank in the Rue Lafitte would recelve $5000 for it, that for the second nickel similarly inscribed $2000 would be paid: for the | third and fourth $1000 and $400.for the last of the five. It was said that Roths- child had a large stook of nickel on hand which he wanted to get rid of to the Government, and had devised this sort of gratuitous lottery scheme in or- der to create such a demand for the nickel coins as would force the Gov- ernment to buy the metal of him. The credulous French folk, who dear- Iy love anything that appeals to thelr gambling instincts, readily swallowed the story. Small tradesmen who haa previously fought shy of the new coin were eager to obtain it. The lower clas: es insisted on getting nickels with the change. In a few days the nickel 2! centime was the most popular coin in | followed the route LONG TRAVELS - COME T0 END George Griffeth, the Writer, Decides to Settle Down After World Wanderings HOME ON ISLE OF' MAN Author of a “Honeymoon in Space” to Be a Neighbor of " Novelist Hall Caine SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LONDON, April 14.—George Griffeth says he is going to settle down. Appa- rently he means it, too, for he has just ‘bought a charming little property near Port Erin, on the Isle of Man—where he will have Hall Caine as a neighbor— and has already arranged to build a house upon it, in whicn he Intends to do most of his future novel-writing. Griffeth says he means to travel no more. It will be rather surprising, however, if he keeps his word, for be- sides being the author of “A Honey- moon in Space” and about a dozen other exciting novels of adventure, it is prob- able that he has covered as many miles as any other man living, and sooner or later the traveling bacillus is sure to get into his system again. Even Cuteliffe * Hyne, who wrote “Captain Kettle” and who is generally supposed to have wandered farther in quest of “material” than any other novelist, is a veritable stay-at-home compared with Griffeth, who nas com- pletely girdled the globe no less than seven times. Upon one of these trips, moreover, he was trying for a record and secured it by making the 24,960-mile cireuit in sixty-four days, eleven hours and twenty minutes, an achievement which has yet to be beaten. He has been once across the Rockies and three times across the Andes, and still cherishes a pipe which he will tell you has been smoked at 18,300 feet above the sea level. He has been three times round the Horn, once in the Ant- | arctic ice, and a few years ago, just by way of variety, he went up in a balloon from the ground of the Crystal Palace, near London, and came down on the historic Field of Agincourt, in France. As a boy, Griffeth shipped before the mast and had his first adventures dur- ing a three years’ spell among the South Sea Islands. He has been lost in the Australian bush, too, but his most in- teresting wanderings have been in South America, where he claims to have found the true source of the Amazon— a little, hot lake under Monte Rosa in the Peruvian Cordilleras. In another of his journeys Griffeth managed to get mixed up in a lively South American revolution, and had rather an exciting time of it. The “jaunt” which he most likes to tell of, however, was that in which Griffeth of Pizarro and his companions and explored the ruined Inca cities and fortifications. The re- sult of this journey was his historical Paris and the demand for it exceeded | the supply. Needless to say, no one has yet got hold of a coin on which, even by the aid of a microscope, the name “Rothschild” can be discovered. But there are still thousands of people in.Paris who are convinced that with good luck they may obtain $5000 for 5 cents. It must not be inferred from this that M. Poincarre belongs to the mountebank type of politician. He is one of the ablest lawyers in France. His practice chiefly lies in financlal af- fairs of the first magnitude and brings him an enormous income. He is one of the hardest and most, K conscientious workers at the bar. days he was a journalist. In that capacity he learned how easy it is to fool the people. And he believes that in a good cause, fooling the people is Jjustifiable. His colleagues are of the same opinion now—at least as far as regards the new French mickel. AR Recent pictures of the Czar and the Czarina indicate that both have aged within the last year. This, however, is more true of the Czarina than of, the Czar. But in his younger | Latest Photo of Fi #ge Four Yezrs, S FOR SALE AND GUARANTEED BY RANCES MAR KNOWLTON, 889 Garfield Boulevard, Ohicago. Stamps to pay postage. anderine AND WE CAN PROVE IT. Little Frances Marie Knowlton is the daugh- ter of Dr. E. W. Knowlton, the discoverer of this great halr-growing remedy, and her beauti- ful halr was grown wholly by the use of this great tonic. This little girl had no more hair than the average child befors using Danderine, while now she has the longest and most beautiful head of goiden hair ever possessed by & child of her age in the world. Danderine makes the scalp healthy and fertile and keeps it so. It Is the xmfiu?’mlp fertill- zer and therefore the greatest hair-producing remedy ever discovered. It is a natural food and a wholesome medicine for both the halr ::z:mlmlp.hl:le‘n lrau. b::::" of It will put genuine life in your than a gallon of any other halr tonic ever made. " NOW at all druggists, in three sizes, and $1,00 per bottle, To show how quickly Danderine we will === Who sends this advertisement to the Knowlton Danderine Co., Chicago, with name and address and 1o cents in silver or 25 cents, 50 cents . REDINGTON & CO., Wholesale Agel;ts | in life—and novel-writing, about which novel, “The Virgin of the Sun,” but apropos it may be id that this au- thor's own adventures have furnished him with grist for his romancing mill to a much slighter extent than might have been supposed. His best known books are, perhaps, “The Angel of the Revolution” and “In an Unknown Prison Land." In the course ‘of ‘His varied career, Griffeth has been a sailor, a stock-rider, a butcher, a newspaper man and a schoolmaster, but now he says he i= g0ing to take life easy in his new Manx home and divide his time between yacht sailing—which is his greatest pleasure he isless enthusiastic. He is, however, rather hopeful for the success of a-new novel, on which he has been at work for some time, and which is to bear the title of “The Great Weather Syndicate.” How infinitely more interesting fiction is than fact was demonstrated afresh the other day, when the announcement was made that the ancient crypt of the Church of St. George the Martyr, in the Southwark district of London, was “to let” for storage purposes. A crypt to let!—the statement seems surprising enough, in itself, but it may be ex- plained that the regions in quite a num- ber of these old London churches where once people were buried have been cleared out in recent years and em- ployed for intensely utilitarian pur- poses; in cne case for a baker's shop and in another for a combined soup- kitchen and billiard-room! 8o it is really not so very startling to hear that the crypt of St. George the Martyr— which once was crammed witn coffins to the extent of 1400—is now to be had for “storage purposes” of another Kind. Now, this particular London church has quite a number of historical assoct- ations of an interesting nature. It was, for instance, the marriage place, in 1652, of General Monk, whg restored the throne of England to the Stuarts, and it was the burial place of the famous Bishop Bonner, who died in the nearby Marshalsea Prison in 1557, as well as of Cocker, the arjthmetician, to whom we owe the phrase “according to Cocker.” But was it because of these that all London was interested in the announce- ment regarding the “crypt” of the fa- mous old church? No, but because this Church of St. George the Martyr was the place where Dickens’ “Little Dorrit” rested after the night of the famous party when she was too late to return to the Marshalsea Prison, and where she was actually married! In other words, it is famous for what never happened, and not for what really did happen—a tribute to the genius of Dickens. From the eastern end of the church can be seen the whole of the original south front of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison; and at the eastern end of the long roof the very window of “Little Dorrit's garret.” In her time the crypt still held Its population of dead, but Dickens was probably not aware of the charnel-house beneath the church floor, or it is more likely that St. George’s would have been treated by the novelist as was that burlal ground off Russell Court where poor Nemo lay, and at ‘the iron gate of which Lady Deadlock died. This plague spot also has been swept away, and l’ll site is like the crypt of St. George's, “spacious and dry.” gT. P.” “M. A. P.,” “P. T. O." This is not a new form of cryptogram; it is only the progress, to date, of one of the cleverest and most successful Irish- men of his time—of course, in other words, T. P. O'Connor, M. P. Somehow you cannot get away from initials in Teferring to Mr. O'Connor, and it is all his fault, for not content with getting to be known as “T. P.” he insistcd, when starting the weekly paper which is now 50 well known In England. in calling it “M. A. P.” which' means “Mainly About People”” And now Mr. O'Connor is go- ing to sever his connection with this journal and start a new one, and thi; DAVIS & CO. 8¢ for cambric and naf to 15c. in. wide; value 20c to 30c. insertions to match, 5 to 30c to 40c. value 45c to 65c. One Thousand New $250 Lingerie Waists This is undoubtedly the premier waist event of the season. some white waists are offered you fine Underwear Women who are thoroughly con- versant with the facts tell us that we are headquarters for best values in women’s underwear. They tell us that the Vests with band crochet- ed yokes we sell at soc are marked 75¢ condition things brought about by our mod- elsewhere —a of est-price policy. _ 25c Vests, 50c Women’s Real Lisle Vests with hand crocheted yokes, in many pretty patterns, 5oc instead of 73c. Union Suits, 50c Women's low - neck, sleeveless lace-trimmed Union Suits, in pure white; also women’s Union Suits, soft finish lisle, in high-neck and short-sleeve or high-neck and long- sleeve styles; all splendid values, s0c. 2 Sole Agents for, Perrin’s Gloves <7 A Grea insertions, 2% to 4% In. wide; values are 10¢c 12%e¢ for nalnsook and swiss edgings and insertions, scalloped and hemstitched, 3 to 8 19¢ for nainsook snd cambric flouncings, 25¢ far corset cover embroideries, flounc- ings, Anglais buttonhole and blind 85c for corset cover embroideries, 18-inch flouncings and cambrie, nainsook and swiss; great varifety; value 55¢ to 65c. Batiste. clusters of pin tucks, lace insertion and, lions, etc. We advise early choosing, for we fear the lot is not sufficiently large to last the day. (=) nsook edgings and signs. Allovers are very popular right now for waists and entire 12 in. wide; value | dresses. In view of this, these three effect; $1.00 to $1.50 $1.50 to $2.00 $2.00 to $3.00 ) =\ £ W $1.60 Hand- to .at a price which barely covers cost of making. The materials are French Lawns, Mulls and They are trimmed with edging, embroideries, medal- Coats for profusion. this store. Coats of Chiffon, Cloth, of serge, of silk, of lace. $12.50 Tan $12.50 value, $7.50. room they occupy, silk and satin lined. D). Davis & Co. Ave. and Geary Embroidery Great because of a three-fold reason—Quality, Patterns and Price. The quantity is enormous—thousands of yards. patterns the prettiest ever sent from across the seas. lower than any that have ever been quoted. These items: Allover Embroideries Immense assortments Allover Embroideries in dainty baby patterns, blind effects and eyelet de- specials are very interesting: Allover Embroidery. Allover Embrofdery......ceveseeees Allover Embroidery A wonderfully broad assortment, char- acteristic of the Davis store in its com- pleteness, awaits your bidding. and America have contributed their best. Coats of every description and at every price, superbly made, are here in unstinted The equal of the collection cannot be found in the city outside of Broadcloth gray, white, cream and light blue. at $25 and up as high as one cares to go. Covert Coats Two hundred tan covert coats, all marked The reason? cause of our cramped quarters. proved styles, 20 and 22 inch lengths, The The prices of 24-inch 85¢ $12.50 and $15 Silk Waists $ 8.50 Nothing amiss with these waists— only we have too many at this price and want to reduce the stock. Made of splendid quality all-silk cream white messaline. Elaborately trimmed with lace edgings and in- sertions; $12.50 and $15 ss so values at..... csvs o Very Special $6°90 “Charming” is the one word which describes these silken petti- coats to a nicety. Made of a splen- did quality of silk. The flounce in Vandyke accordion pleated effect, trimmed with ruching. Colors and black. A magnificent value. Silk Petticoals the Opera Europe and Ladies’ In black, tan, Prices begin 2.50 tomorrow at We need the you benefiting be- In ap- Street a book-stall will sound like the Uni- versity degrees of the most illustrious personage of all those enumerated in that other English classic—‘Who's Who.” . —_— e SALARIES AND PASSES FOR REICHSTAG MEMBERS Von Bulow Prevails Upon the Kaiser to Agree to His Proposed Reforms. BERLIN, April 14—Prince Bulow has at last persuaded the iaiser to consent to pay a sort of salary to the members of the Reichstag. For years the Reichstag has voted itself “‘dlaten” (allowance), but the resolutions have ‘always met with the opposition of the court and Kaiser. The Government saw nothing against the pay- ing of members, but the Kaiser said wat the ‘Reichstag fellows” should work for nothing, for the honor and glory of serv- ing the empire without emoluments. There were rejoinders, - uttered under one’s breath, of course, that there were other people who- also’ ought to serve the em- pire for nothing, instead of drawing $12,- 00,000 a year from it. The state of attendance in the Reichs- tag has been a scandal for years. The correspondent has sat in the press gal- lery during most important debates when enly half a dozen members were present. The rest were attending to their personal affairs. Prince Bulow’s plan is to pay a mem- ber $ a day when he attends. It will not be sufficlent. to pr* in an appearance and sign a name. The member must re- main somewhere about the house for the whole of the sitting. 1t is also propesed to give the Deputies free railway passes. The best attendants are the Soclalists: notaing escapes them. i e o B John Randolph Cooke and Mary Elisa- beth Cooke of Scranton, Pa., are belleved to be the oldest twins in Amerfea. They ‘Wwere born near Buffalo eighty years ago. =7 5} ) - T e CASH OR LITTLE-AT-A . et {/IME PAYMENTS =T i e I / D == ) 27 —a &y N ~ EA OAK COBBLER ROCKERS—Turned spindles, B 1 1 [ 4 toprodsand knobs . ... N GOLDEN ) value. ... plate mirror, beautiful jatter, he says, will be called “P. T.'0.," which, it should be explained. is the Fnglish abbreviation for “Please Turn dzaag o'Fn- is all very well. but it may be observed that this initial business is liable to be overdone. Already another penny collection of snippets has made its appearance as “T. A. T.” (Tales and Falk), and the'thing is likely to go on until a request for a few periodicals at Y . 1017-1023 n»‘-\‘!f‘ SN Sl MELY ENAMELED BED— Different colors, brass OAK FINISHED STAND TABLE—A $3.00 W SOLID OAK CHIFFONIER—Five polish Ty STER SPECIALS CANE SEAT CHAIRS—Brace arms, golden oak finish .. gt | C 2 $4.50 $1.95 $8.75 large toomy drawers, French The above are strictly cash prices for this week only. We are the only furniture house in this city that bas no rent to pay—hence our low prices. THE OLOEST AND MOST RELIABLE FURNITURE IIOU-S"E /N THE CITY { THESNOD BOVESIXTH