The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1906, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY' 16, 1906 ~ MAGIC LIVES 1Genius of Actress Shown in! Old Play From Pen. of Sardou. “L4 Tosca” Made to Seem Real When Artist Has the Role. BY GEORGE EBEY. SMING3 BANKS FIX THE DATE Arrive at Decision to | . { OAKLAND, May 15.—Through the! Resume Business o ar o v iims $ ang duc in this country. Davenport, of Sardou's * when that bit of Turkish bath a new thing under the nhardt was first titillating of the ans with its If memo serves, the ress preferred to be “La America before Davenport. le such fear as that legend- on implicd! There w 1 enport as “La and. There was also a the inheriting Daveuport parts Davenport and the Dav husband, AMicDow much is but when the mere circum- he existence of Davenport | the stage in America as | | “La Tosca” is admitted, all the oppo- | sit that Bernhardt troubled herself is all described. hardt in the old role, at Ye Lib- eater tonight, made one smile ion sphere Ber onMay28. achtoAdjustQues- ionof Withdrawal for Itsglf. DepositsEXpected to Soon Be Greater Than Drafts. the 3 S5 How fut obje E i i Walsh the jewels 'hat ord. | ana Walsh on bout, Ber { { ] modulation, the art s through fingertips, as the ch actress employs those a Tosca,” the latter as a heroine as Sardou ever shop, seem tolerably port, regal enough, | s of the| but not , and not “La Tosca,” { made nothing more than an excellent e was he home | melodrama of the material Sardou r, « Laguna | provided in this old play. Bernhardt | I In an- need not have been concerned about | e for sug- | the American actress’ starring tours in tions ex- | “La Tosca.” Her monopoly upon her was in no danger of disturb- rdt ever gives what mum- his country call “professional " performances where fellow s have the chance to see things the front, what mighty strain- there would be by despairing vet budding gediennes of the secret reproduction of her cf{efls.l That marvelo rich, speaking voice | ses over the tawdry dlalogue | ca” and for the moment convinces that poetry is { would to get| involved in| It one { eing spoker there no trick in it - . that a close watching actress might ape? Simple it is and miraculously < effective. Should the secret die with Bernhardt? The indications are that| S such cer v is to be the case. Bern- hardt is unigue and when there is no| longer a Bernhardt such imitators as| be of her methods will be His Brewing Interests. om with impatience by all sipped at the feast set by he Sarah who charms still, though very old as years are accounted on the and whose play is mossy old furniture. stage The feast that Sarah sets is a feast indeed of “wine on the lees, well re- once made “Sentimental Tom- e about the ennobling effect d—heard on the street— ad upon him. It is not effect. The strings of | of the common folk wait to by that sort of harmony. response is usually swift e much deeper player who has the gives and in whose of people who fancy like water. That uncon soul touched the be and enough. f that the | hands them {is Be It would be the day to say on “La now as very late many words of judg- as a play The labeled and put g ago. Ii is some- o Bernhardt, and no t that a lot of to watch the refurbished tarough its paces. could compei e performance in me AD\’ERTISEMENTWS.i WD WITH TOHHG HOMOR tion Broke Out in Spots All Body—Caused a Continual Tosca 1fie ati And m. fox when ves 1 is that on the admiy to poin fir y ciamorous wallowed expr ed in ighty appiause, then rnhardt’s Lriumph is g drawi measure Be of oy V 0 iseq arvelous Sara . The tricks of Sar greatly ltching for Two Years—Doctor’s |vary in “The Sore dora” in | “La There is Medicine Did no Good —Cured at | Expense of only $1.25 and Now the hectic in a in There heroine, e affair of the is always balke I ver a splen- | d THANKS CUTICURA : ‘, B .’}',,mr..,Al‘”;m,_'l“liifi‘u.-"i;‘».? molten Ve ava of 1 elee taat FOR COMPLETE CURE |y’ Incrigne, o shitting. of srmms i | rioneties, who serve as foil for the lithe | Sarah, and, finally, audacious murder, t d Pills. Theydid | that, and notning sandiches Yoot Gismonda,” or “The Sor- They cured me of my skin disease, in “La Tosca, for Bern- | » very thankful to you. My |Pardt to use in the pigments where- | s eruption of the skin, wh \““h .};c ]vx:u:n‘s :?“ h"!’g Carl o g fimod - | ures, should one, then, object? Cark- A 0 e m:-hi’:é fi'fif}fi ing objection would be futile. Rostand | v e wild 5t Chinte 1 T gt |0 Aiglon” did not At Bern- e of adoctor, but it did not eure not o “,h,f","r."';;:;'.‘f e en 1 saw in a paper your | was borrow e a Parisian ed., r the Cuticura book | ay. Only S th:his, eter- end 1 studie case in i 1 then proce: of passgionate, flushed v tie 1g store and bought one , glves Sarah the “fit” that tail- cale of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cu- | call perfect. There then, f ic and one vial of Cuti- { Bernhardt only Sardou, and Sarah un- « the first application | Questionably is his prophetess. 1 { relief. 1 used the If we may not ever have this actress, | &nd two extra cekes of Cuticura SBoap, | Who suggests Modjeska's powerful, | . ey cured. 1 had ; Polished art, in great. dlz‘nlfled“?nd. — in | worthy poetical or dramatic setting, - ok Oalisin f‘,,f(;::' cn:i Ixrag\-:{, | but must have our last memory of her b, vou may publish this. Your |linctured with Sardouese tinsel, then T | ¥ Johnson, Maple | ¥¢ 47¢ 10 that extent unfortun.te. But - > \\'nlnut.’ Kam |8 the scale to be weighed against that suggestion of ill luckh are all of the! | Parisian actress’ arts, and an electric, | velvet touch, whch turns even dra- | matic shoddy into cloth of gold. There is no lack of a public tha: is grateful | for so much. | ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! | Serarcsr] Scrarce! Scratca! This on of thousands of skin-tor- tured men, women, and children, w}‘m av be instantly relieved and speedily d by warm beths with Cuticura Soap i gentle applications of Cuticura Oint- ment, the great Skin Cure, and mild ioses of Cuticura Resolvent Piils, when ians and all else fail. ——— Killed by an Automobile. Gordon Rodgers, an eleven-year-old boy | who resided at 2977 Twenty-first street | was struck down and killed by an auto | mobile at the corner of Folsom and| Twenty-first streets on Monday evening. The driver of the machine. Donald C. | Whaley, says the lad stepped out from behind a cook house and he bad no time we.condi #ci tnroughout the world. Cutieurs Goap,Zie.. Olste | o stop the vehicle. Whaley was charged e e e Tt 1 i et s | with manslaughter at the Park Police f Fumec Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole | station and was released on $100 cash bail. | the least sign of fatigue after his long pand it was essential that the opportu- hords | wonder- | wondering atten- | BERNHARDT'S 'BURNHAM’S IDEAS |CORPORATION ARE INDORSED Committee Favors Architect’s Plan for the Rebuilding of San Francisco. CERTAIN STREETS TO BE WIDENED D. H. Burnham was the important.Burnham spoke ifi favor of his scheme figure among the group of prominent!for a boulevard over the warehouses men who gathered around tables and along the water front. Upon motion of udied, maps of the city yesterday.|Phelan it was decided to recommend The well-known architect showed not|the idea to the harbor committee of the committee on reconstruction. Frank J. Symmes, president of the i Merchants’ Association, suggested that |the arcade feature be considered in j connection with the matter of widening 1 Montgomery street. “You will get a |8reater offect with less expense,” he said, * and, furthermore, it would be of | &reat advantage to the shopping pub- lic.” Chairman Law thought the mat- ter should be referred to the Mont- gomery-street property owners, Phelan moved that a committee be appointed to confer with the property owners on that thoroughfare to deter- mine whether the project would meet with more favor than the widening of the sir®t as already decided upon. Symmes and W. S. Richardson werc named as such a committee. After some suggestions had been made by President Calhoun of the United Rallroads regarding changes of the grades in the Nob Hill region the committees adjourned to meet again next Thursday afternoon. trip across the continent,'dropping all | his business affairs to lend his aid to those who are planning the recon- truction of the city, Burnham was accompanied by Edward Bennett, who ted him in preparing the original plans for the beautification of the city, The noted architect made no formal address to the committeemen. He sat with them while they con- dered and acted upon the important matters before them, and frequently made -suggestions that were quickly accepted by the committeemen, He advocated the most practical plan for the rebuilding of the city. The Burn- ham plan of streets, boulevards, etc., he said, was a guide that would stand for one hundred years Of course, e great fire would sult in some! modification of the sireets as laid out, nity should be taken advantage of. A practical view should be taken of the situation and it should be arranged to get from place to place as quickly and as easily as possible and every effort should be made to relieve traffic on all the streets heavily burdened. ADVOCATES A BOULEVARD. Burnham spoke at length only once and that was |[in advocacy of a boule- vard around the city, along the water front—a broad roadway built over the roofs of warehouses, the latter to be made sufficiently strong to support it. “Nothing is so attractive to m mind,” sald Burnham, “ as a drive along the water. People love the water and love to go near it. Give them a beautiful, broad place upon which to drive, such as a boulevard like this, and it will have a great effect upon the entire population, and, in addition, be of enormous value to the city.” Among the recommendations de- cided upon by the committee on the widening, extending and grading of the streets at its meeting yesterday forenoon with the Burnham plan com- mittee was one to increase the width of Montgomery avenue twenty feet from Pacific street to the bay and to continue -the wideninz of Sansome street to Market. The committee de- voted " much consideration to the widening of Market street from Fre- mont to the ferry. At present the width is 120 feet. Former Mayor Phe- lan suggested that 't be increased to 150 feet. ‘Ruef said that while he was in favor of the proposed change, it would be a very expensive proposition, costing over five militor. dollars. Later, when streets south of Market ana close to the water front were consid- ered it was decided that it would be best to reconsider the matter of widening Marke street, and, instead, draw a diagonal strcet from the ferry through to Fremont. This idea, how- ever, after discussion, was abandoned. WIDENING OF GEARY STREET. Considerable time was devoted to the proposed widening of Geary street. Burnham stated thal this would beo one of the very best things that could be done. He believed it would be a splendid business sireet all the way I ASKS FOR COIN [T THINKS DUE The Board of Education yesterday sent the following letter: “Department of Education, San Francisco, Cal. “President of the United States, California Delegate in Congress (care of Julius Kahn), also Hon. Joseph G. Cannon: The School ment of San Francisco has lost through our recent great fire nearly all its school buildings and equipments, and is in urgent need of the financial support which it could recelve through the passage of the bill allowing the claim of California for 5 per cent of the sale of public lands. It earnestly appeals to you in the name of the thousands of children to whose educa- tion this would be devoted to use your weighty influence in behalf of the passage of the blll through the House of Representatives. “BOARD OF EDUCATION. “By AARON ALTMANN, ’ President. “ALFRED RONCOVIERI “Superintendent o Schools.” At a general meeting of principals and teachers of the San School Department held this morning at the Emerson School the following resolution was unanimously adopted: “Resolved, That we, the public school teachers of tne city of San Franeisco, with full faith and confi- dence. in our Mayor, the Hon. Eugene E. Schmitz, the Bo6ara of Education— A .Altmann, Thomas F. Zoyle, L. F. Walsh, David Oliver Jr. and Superin- tendent Alfred Roncovieri—are willing to abide by any decision these gentle- men may reach In regard to our salar- out, and that it woull become eventu- | 18 for the coming year, and to do any ally a second Marke: strest if im- | 2Nd everything in ourg,power to assist proved acording to the plans in con- lin_ the prope: maintenance of our pub- templation. Several of the members | I¢_schools Superintendent Roneovieri is in re- ceipt of a draft for $2619.72. sent by Superintendent Kendall of Indianap- | of the committee intimated that there | { would be trouble with the owners of | big buildings on Geary street in con- § v P 2 lis, who states that 1t 1s the contribu- nection with the proposed widening. | °! . s i | These buildings include the Mutual | Lion of the children of Indianapolis to | Savings Bank buildinz. Spring Valley the children of San Francjsco.” This Fedrhatiste el Un St L B build- j a1d other contributions will be de- “ing_ all on the soutl; sid and the Sl.|“"ted to a reconstruction fund for the rebuilding of the burned s hool houses of this city. EARTHOUAKE CAUSES TRANSFORMATION OF SUB-POSTORFICE { Francis and Butler buildings on the; ! north side. It was finally agreed that | | there could be some tisfactory ad-! | Justment with the property owners. { A. Ruef moved to widen Geary i street its entire lengta te Central ave- nue, and the committes voted in favor | of the motion. Ex-Mcyor Phelan then | suggested that it be recommended to | change the name of Point Lobos ave- | nue. Burnbam heartily approved of this. | “Give it some name with reference to {the broad Pacific Occan,” he said. “Let it signify some connection with | | the open water. { The little commotion of April 18 Balboa avenue w bosed and | caused many transformations, but i:.1;.- ;d'm-”w avenu ‘rn;;m“lml;v:,m,,m perhaps, so marked as that nought the German should be | Fa Sstat] N followed and that it be 1-:-11!011‘““'“ has altered Station I of the | Geary-to-the Sea. Bur 's sugges: | 5¢ » Postoffice. tion that the new.name should not be | I is at the corner of Fill- istily cecided upon was aproved and and amenio streets. On 1igreed (o defer the matter for 17 it 3 ried in obscurity. | it is famous. A little frame FIRE BREAKS USECLESS. : fifteen by tweniy-five, the s 5 o' tsrme shock which has sent it askew Law informed Burnuam that the { on Its pins ade it the mail emporium 5 widened south of Market street | g o yoti v nged chiefly with a view o |~ o0 April 17 the £ A % making them fire breaks. The famous | (\o clerks and fuents. ive orimoy o architect thcreupon gave It a8 NS now counts nine clerks end forty car- opinfon - that " fire . breaks “ald- Dot:rfere,’ On April 17 3¢ handled. o count for much.” - Hs then told of his i faurth of'n majl pouch @ day. I Hons observation during the great Chicago fire of 1871, when the lames crossed dles now sixtesen pouches a day, and i t i ’ . : : ithere are ninety to £ sacond-ciass time ago T wrote you for a |the suicide of beauty made wretched,| wide thoroughfares and burred until| matier st piled. o g G‘P“:‘,';k']f";'; the C 2 Remedies and |and curtains on a gorgeous,: there was nothing left to burn. I pier waiting 1o te caught up, Refare . and went and bought | bIgody °t of a stage queen’s lov : & “A great conflagration sweeping with the wind cannot be ‘stupred by human | energies,” he said. “No matter how | wide the barriers "ace the wind willj drive the fire across them.” Metson nforthed the speakes that the con-! pril 18 the money order Lment averaged twenty-five moncy orders. counting a few hundred dollars., It now 2averages 150 orders that foot up at least $10,000 a day. The sales. of stamps alone amount D e o : s £ wiEde § fo 31000 a day. Mfi:lall;?:m}:crt;h"\_u “'l:ml‘egetbb s gl“eh: The rxnlgmzewl packase ed to aver- stopped. ‘Yes,” replie’ Burnham, “it i, 3 o dav. They I BA was that wind from the west that 0 Gf Stndivs i saved the remainder of.'the Glbymot | B eartet og i aen ottt i the width of Van Ness avenue.” | Superintent Cc. W, ©a TH Burnbam went ‘on to #ay that he | TORTIEnCEnt C. W, Seely. - He ed wide avenues, however, for the| car 1f SHat Roskegol AF o onvenience of traffic, and ihat the! pear Shi't and no wecktie for he has ity ehould have them whenever they ; heen PUmed out. He i rad-eyed and ity S T j unshaven and some of his hair is turn- Pairick Calhoun, president of tne ! & &7, for he worxs gil the time. United Rallroads, who put in an ap-i@au. °F docs noi get peebish over ft. pearance at tnis'time, was asked "3)': A ‘D - are two placgrds. - One Chairman Law if the 100p at the ferry, | . pv ~DON'S Werry.” The. other says, | \Try again.” He looks frem ‘he one to the other when a little fagred, and toils on. He has the San Francisco spirit. provided for in the Burnham pian, was ple enough for the needs of the ompdny. He replied that it was en- tirely satisfactory *and could not be improved upon. 4 r’rhn committees adjourned shortly after noon and met 'again at 3 p. m., ; SR Burnham and Benneti also being pres- | Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate ent. Further recommendations, as fol-| It quiets the nerves, rclisves nausea lows, were decided upon: That a diag-;8nd sick headache and induces re- onal street be created from the center! freshing slcep. . of Market street and Van Ness ave-; —_———— Due to the Pacific Mail dock, That Po- Dentist M, . trero avenue be extended from Tenlh! Charles L. n:;l:]:e Anm::r?tl!'t"l:;l:: had and Brannan streets to Eighth andlan office in the Branswick Hotel. is sup- Harrison streets. That Harrison street, posed.to have been a victim of the earth- be widened from Dighth to Sixth!quake. McPike's wife. who did not live street. That Potrero avenue be con-lat that Place. has made a vain -search tinued to Army street. That Bay street!for him and ——————— — NERVOUS WOMEN | | gives; bim 'up ' as dead. to Montgomery avenue from the water | MePike fo % front be widened, and also that North T e Point street be widened to Van Ness | Weak, Weary, Watery Eyi avenue. % i @ s - & | Red. Tnflamed ang ' Ttehing Byelids MXANY RECOMMENDATIONS M, t was at the afternooa’ Nt and Quicklv Cured by Murine ‘lsxe Remecy, at Druggists. i0c. b2 Depart-* Francisco | X m_Scussen" Committee on Special Session Recommends It Be Doubled. { Judges to Have More Leeway : in the Granting of Time. The committee on special session ! legislation decided at its meeting yes- | terday upon three important recom- ' mendations. They are: That the State corporation tax be| raised from , $10 to $20 a year. ‘This 5 ‘a considerable reduction from the! $50 proposed by the Attorney General. That the section of the code which allows Judges to grant time for trial, up to thirty days shall be amended so as to allow ninety days. That the State borrow ' $300,000 at G per cent and erect buildings for its San Franeisco departments. Gavin Me- Nab, who proposed this, showed that it would be a great saving from the | rent now being- paid The reason for the placing of the corporation tax at $20 is a desire to increase the State revenues .at the same time, without scaring away capi- tal. The present $10 tax does not af- ford sufficient revenue, while the $50! tax proposed by the Attorney General! would. be, it was felt, discouraging to i capital. The cxtension of the time limit to be granted, by Judges is for the pur- pose of allowing for cases in which the ! catastrophe malkes it impossible for the | trial to be set within the usual period. | Mark L. Gerstle ihtroduced amend- ments to the corporation laws calcu- lated to encourage foreign capital to do business here. They comprise a sec- tion limiting the lability of stock- holders and the power to assess their stock. The measure will be discussed at today's session, which will be de- voted to “constitutlonal amendments. A constitutional amendment, intro- duced by Garre{ McEnerney, abolish- ing for a time the rule that mort- gagees must pay taxes, was also put off till today. Gavin McNab and Judge John F. Davis were appointed a committee of two ‘to draft an amendment to the statute of limitations. The time within which one must bring suit will pro- bably be extended. The inheritance tax was made a spe- cial order of business for Thursday. *- HEALTH BOARD WILL RESUME TS FORMER DUTIES AFTER TODAY The Board of Health will assume its regular duties after today. Since the day of the earthquake its members} have served as a hecalth commission I with a multitude of functions. Now] that conditions are better and the ex- | citement has abated the old system will be restored and the board will su- pervise only the matters that ordinar- | ily come under its control. ~The first meeting since the one preceding the earthquake will be held on Thursday afternoon. Since the board has acted as a health commission it ha: employed more than 100 men and hase expended more than $50,000 in correcting the disturbed sanitary conditions of the town. Now the surface conditions are good. Sewers are in fair drder, the wa!er, system has been repaired and the health of the city is generally good. | i | | i The board will continue to regulate ! these afliirs with its regular staff of ! employes. It also wiil continue its work of inspection of food and will | be stringent in this matter. All ven-| ders of soft drinks will be required to ’comp)y with strict regulations. Those that sell lemonade and similar drinks will be requiréd to prove to the inspec- tors that they boil the water they use {and analyses will be made of prepared | drinks. Yesterday the board confis- | cated seventy-iwo barreis of cider and twenty-one gallon bott'es of the same material. The military authorities will super- lintend the constructicn of camps and will regulate their sanitary conditions. Their medical corps wih look after the health of the peon.c and it will not be until the army retires from the situation that the loeal board will as- { sume charge of the temporary resi- dence v WORK PROGRESSES WITH RAPIDITY ON THE FREE MARKET Work is going ahead with &, rush on the free market at Valencia and | Wifteenth streets and it is expected |its gates will bo thrown open to the public on June 1. : | Of the 200 sialls more than half | have been taken and It is expected | the majority will be occupied on open- {ing day. Lach stall is 10x14 feet' and i opens out on a fine avenue twenty feet !in width. There is also a promenade ! 22x280 feet on Valencia street. There will be music each Saturday night. In the stalls already secured there will be a great market, a candy factory, { produce stands, fruit and grocery l!mcvths and an oyster ~stall. The { grounds will be lighted by electricity tand will have gas for cooking purposes. } The prices in the free markets i throughout the country are invariably {lower than those quoted by peddlers or in the shops. The new market is expecied to attract shoppers from a long distance. ‘In the majority of in- stances the goods will pass from the producer to the consumer without be- ing handled by middlemen. It is pre- dicted customers will be surprised at the quantity of supplies their money will buy when compared with its pur- |chaslng power under old conditions. i P. S. Merle, the superintendent and i manager, is on the ground each day supervising the work of construction and allotting space to dealers. The market was projected before the fire. Although conditions have been revolu- tionized since that time the Dromoter!l are sanguine it will be a success. It wilt .be accessible from all points of (the ecity by electric roads and the cheapness of the articles to’'be pur- chased there is expected to compen- | sate for the time consumed in reach- ing’ the market. | | plates and all metallic parts will be purchased by We Will Buy Your Burned Piano WE WANT YOUR OLD PIANO. No matter what the injury by fire or exposure, it is of value to us. “,Pi‘:é allowed for according to their condition. Plates e by warping are NOT SCRAP IRON, but are valuable in proportion to their design and pattern.. For plates when |in good condition an allowance of from $25 upward can be made. For pianos damaged by heat or exposure allowance will be made according to their value. B The demand for plates and metallic parts is limited and will be quickly supplied. Early callers at our OAKLAND HEADQUARTERS, 951 BROADWAY, or our TEMPORARY OFFICES, 937 BUCHANAN ST, this city, will benefit. Repair, storage and moving departments fully restored. THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO. KNABE PIANO DEALERS The White House Temporary Offices 1806 Pacific Avenue v Raphael Weill & Co. Inc. McNAB @ SMITH ~.DRAYING... Structural Iron and Machinery a Specialty MAIN OFFICE: Bulkhead, Jackison St. Wharf Cor. 7th and King Streets Cor. Battery and Greenwich Stables, Brannan, bet. 7th and 8th All drayinen employed by us on relief work present statement at once. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. ‘Wil Occupy Thelr BRANCH OFFICES 4 TEMPORARY BUILDING, Howard Street, Between First and 8econd Streets, San Francisco About Tay 28th, 1906 A New 'Building Is to Be Erected for Us at Once on the Site of Our Old Store At 168 First Street - NEW SAN FRANCISCO Salvage and Construction Co. - East Street, Opposite Mission TamingandAllKindsof"RatesRasombk and All Contract Work. : : : : : : || Work Promptly Done. : : H. L. SCHMITZ, Manager OIL COMPANY 0f California UNION Oakland Office Removed to San Francisco, _16th and Illinois Streets