The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1907, Page 6

MONDAY The San Francisco Call JOHN D. SPRECKELS CHARLES W. HORNICK. General Manager ERNEST S. SIMPSON .. Managing Editor Address Communications to THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL .......Proprietor All ————————— K clephone, “Temporary S6 Ask for The Call. The Operator Will Conmect You With the Department You Wish. D rket and Third Streets,.San Francisco 1 O'clock Every Night in the Year. Market and Third Streets ...1651 Fillmore Street, Near Post «...Telephone Oakland 1083 Telephone Alameda 559 ....Telephone Berkeley 77 MAIN CITY BRANCH............ AKLANT C. George Krogness, Reprasentative _Stephen B. Smith, Representative WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Ira E. Bennett SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Month. Single elivered by Carrier, 20 Cents Per Week. 75 Cents Coples 5 Cents. | g Postage (Cash With Onder): | year { months. . $8.00 Per Year Extra 4.15 Per Year Extra | ceess ceennn 1.00 Per Year Extra nited States Postoffice as Second Class Matter. , ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS le Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. in ordering change of address should be particular to | give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt ce with their request THE FLUTTERED MAGNATES agitated. E. H. Harriman is ready erstate Commerce Commission with a stir- opoly as the only way of salvation. | red a national fame by asserting oly and the monopolists, has addressed | ture a manifesto filled with dire fore- ster that must follow any endeavor by the nce ac rig f monog There is the customary appeal widows and orphans,” and Mr. Baer does the railroads. They appear to have been selected @ £ TO,WHOM IT MAY - CONCERN- SPECIALY ik - THE PACIFIC + MR . I the management of railroads. Mr. Baer [he thought about the Japanese question; but he had not a word to| say. He was another and a very different man from him who came | home from Europe last summer bubbling with enthusiasm for Gov- of political platforms. ’rovidence. It is like this, says Mr. Baer: al governments seem to be competing | egislation to take the management of f th owners and the skilled men selected as it over to men selected in the ordinary methods | o men, too, without special training, without personal | i whose tenures are not dependent on their work | ate and m experimen onopoly. It is a danger to the re 1 is virtually the government of California. 1 was Governor of New York he called Harriman master, 1 magnate boasted of his power in this regard. Harri- nted Chauncey M. Depew to be Senator from New York He has appointed other Senators from other States; not one, s the ever-growing power Mr. Harri roa ma State appo . It may be wisely adminis- free people will always fight against it, evedl though the is a form of despotism N raniza f policy-holders in German fire insurance com- s ature to amend the Code of Civil Pro- he effect of foreign judgments here. They are preparing to bring suit against the German companies, and their lawyers tell them that the’terms of California law will prove a [ cap when they come to press their claims in the courts of Ger- Under the law of this State a foreign judgment “is pre- ience of a right as between the’ parties” which can “be evidence of want of jurisdiction, want of ‘notice to the ion, frayd or clear mistake of law or fact.” ding t € regar mptive ev repelled ur statute the words “or clear mistake of law or fact,” which, they = the German companies the right to reopen in their own nents given against them in California. The basis of this hat by the comity of nations German litigants of Cali- fornia claims are given the same rights in their courts that Cali- fi litigants of German claims are accorded under our laws. . they want to eliminate from the California statute that which allows a foreign judgment to be reopened on law nd facts here. It is often dangerous to make hasty changes in the law to meet special cases, but everything that can be done to help the fire suf- ferers is commendable within the limits of justice and sound public policy we can make it possible for them to get their money with t instead of two or three, that would seem a posi- laws ne tive benefit THE FLIRTATIONS OF DEMOCRACY ROTHER BRYAN appears to have first call on the affections of the Democracy at the present moment. He may be more than a little shopworn, but he is persuaded he can brush up so as to be presentable and, he hopes, enticing. In the mean- time he is doing very comfortably bringing his political pigs to market. He can turn an honest penny peddling statesmanship at the crossroads. Luck has been coming his way. figures among the leaders of his party. Hearst was put oh the shelf by Hughes and realizes that he is out of it for a while. ‘Governor ‘olk of Missouri does not seem to grow on the people. We heard re of him when he was District Attorney than since he has cen Governor. Douglas of Massachusetts has gone back to making three-dollar shoes. They say he is a good shoemaker and knows how to stick to his last. Is there anybody else to threaten the ascendency of Bryan? Well, there is Tom Johnson of Cleveland, the man who fought for three-cent fares until he got them for the people of his town. He is scarcely a figure of national size and suffers from lack of that intelligent advertising of which Brother Bryan'is the most accom- vlished exponent. We had almost forgotten Woodrow Wilson. He is a college professor and writes good prose, but will never set the world on fire with noble ambition to put him in the seats o the mighty. : y On the whole, the “peerless leader,” as they, love to call him, has the inside. He is being carefully trained for the race and some- body has given him a hint to confine himself to glittering generali- ties. When he was in California the other day he was asked what y-holders and their counsel desire to eliminate from| There is a lack of inspiring4 hasize his sense of the God-given fitness of the |ernment ownership of railroads. At present he thinks only in terms WASTE OF STATE FUNDS N I s, )| gt < <+ e U —NEW YORK PRESS. + Gossip of the Doings ! of Railroad Men | Phil K. Gordon, general agent of the Washington-Sunset Route, has returned from a trip throughout the Northwest. | i The building in Portland, he says, is T will cost the State of California $2,401,091 to take care of the| something phenomenal, and what is strangest of all Is the number of San lunatics and other defectives in public institutions during the |Francisco people who are rearing huge coming two years if the general appropriation bill passes in jis (PC ueEean k present shape. This condition is not exactly new, although the| le that the men in control are efficient. Mr. Harri- | taxpayers usually forget all about it between sessions ‘of the Legis- knows how to run a railroad, or, at least, knows lature. The late Controller Colgan, in estimating the necessary ex- ipetent subordinates. But what the people resent | penditures for these institutions to cover the years 1906 and 1907, ut the total at very nearly the same figures, so. that it may be re- garded as a continuing burden. priation of $950,000 is asked for $480,278. official habit, an State Board of Examiners should Secretary of State and Attorney % + HE California Club listened to a | very interesting lecture last Tues- day from Dr. David Starr Jordan on “The Human Harvest,” in which he gave them some interesting facts as to the results of the long con- tinued European wars as affecting the human race. Dr. Jordan said he could offer no solution of the matter, nor did he propose to discuss such remedies in the lecture, but the result of his ad- dress was a universal sentiment among the club members as voiced by their president, Mrs. J. W. Orr, in favor of the more strenuous observance of “Peace Day” and of the continuation of work for the permanent abolition of war. The club will hear more on the same subject this week, as tomorrow {afternoon Rev. C. Calvert Smoot of the Second Unitarfan Church will ad- dress the members on “The Past, Pres- ent and Future of War." The club meetings are not glven over entirely to these grim and gory con- siderations, however, as there are de- lightful sical bits Interspersed. Last week Miss Camille Frank sang several numbers most charmingly, and Mrs. John R. Gwin played the violin in a way that delighted her hearers and compelled her to give an encore at the close of her first number, Miss Mollle Pratt accompanying both most ably and sympathetically. Tomorrow Mrs. Thomas Nunan will sing, as will also Louis Albert Larsen, with Miss Grace Johnson as accompanist. B . . The Outdoor Art League Department of the California Club has been work- ing so buslly this week, under the di- rection of the chairman, Mrs. Lovell ‘White, to establish statlons for the feeding of the men on the “Cleaning- up day” planned for yesterday, that they have had little time for anything else. The arrangements for the stations were remarkably good” and the postpone- ment of the day until next Sunday will by no means diminish their enthusiasm, but has been instead taken as an extra time to provide even more bounteously. Contributions have been made very generously, but there is still a plea that more be sent to the house of the treasurer of the league, Mrs. Thomas Palache, 900 Eddy street. Coffee, sugar or money may be sent now, and also pledges for sandwiches or other food- stuffs to be delivered at the stations when needed. Other women’ the city and vicinity have terested In the question and have dem- onstrated their enthusiasm by joining Jvith the league and with the other wo of the city in may be re- garded, by the men at least, as wom- Another heavy load that the taxpayers must carry is that of taking care of the orphans and half-orphans, for which an appro- the two years. The sum is not greater than in past years. For instance, in 1903 the sum of $502,862 was disbursed by the State on this score and in 1904 the total was In the absence of definite information we are not prepared to say that these expenditures are excessive, but there is every reason to suppose that there is waste and extravagance, because that is the there is no efficient supervision of outgo. The be the most important and useful part of the official maclinery, but it is composed of the Governor, General, who are expected to do this laborious and difficult work in addition to all their other duties. That seems like saving at the spigot and wasting at the bung. \ By Mary Ashe Miller an’'s first duty, providing mankind with food. The work in behalf of Telegraph Hill is not neglected, either, and it is hoped that this picturesque bit of the city may be saved. . . . The San Francisco Musical Club held its fortnightly meeting on Thursday morning last in the parlors of the First Unitarian Church, and the following programme, which was enjoyed par- ticularly by the members present, was given: Soprano (a) Sognai, Shira; (b) “Lass With the Delicate Air” (Ar Ingeborg Larsen; piano; (Edward Schupp), by Mrs. Carter; con- tralto, “Five Cameos” (Liza Lehmann), by Mrs. John Jacob Apple; violin, “Airs Russes” (Wieniawski), by Miss Belle Rosenthal, who gave as an encore “Am Meer” (Schubert; soprano, (a) “Obsti- nation” (Toutenaill (b) “Oh, Prom- ise of a Joy Divine” (Massanet), (¢) “Tender Ties” (Delbruch), by Mrs, L. L. Janes; piano, “r'relschutz Etude,” No. 2 and No. 3 (Heller), by Mrs. Charles Barret, whose encore was “Shadow Dance,” McDowell. . .« . Cap and Bells Club will entertain at a Colonfal day affair on Thursday even- ing next at its clubrooms at 1759 Bush street, the programme, which will con- sist of music, readings and other fea- tures, to be appropriate to the time which the costumes of the guests will represent. Each member is allowed three guest cards, and men for the -once to be permitted to be present. The president, Mrs. Squire Varick Mooney, and the other members of the club are busily preparing for this occasion and it promises to be one of the most fn- teresting events in a soclal way of the club world for the month. . R g The meeting of the Corona Club will take place this week on Thursday, and an enjoyable afternoon is promised, as the programme is to consist of a re- cital by Miss Agnes Marie Noonan. It Wwill be as follows: Character sketch, “Jane Hopkins' Visit"; dlalect readings from James Whitcomb Riley; child im- personation, from Eugene ffield; Irish dialect and music. The next meeting of the club will be on March 14 nd the programme 'tm elon-m. after a business goeflns. of a lecture by Frederick J. Teggart, librarian of tl{. Mechanics’ Institute. socHga Rty The Association of Ploneer Women will hold its next regular meeting on Friday afternoon m. in the parlors of Chureh, Fillmore hat city. . . . “Did you ever get that pistol you lost on the Michigan Central?” osked of a prominent citizen yesterday. 1d I ever get it?” ine prominent citizen counter queried angrily. “No, of course not. You see I left that pis- tol in the dressing-room and when I returned it was nowhere to be found. I wrote Carleton C. Crane about my loss and told him I would settle for $25 cash or a new gun. That was be- fore the fire. That knocked the nego- tiations, but I reopenmed the corre- spondence last June. The batch of letters I received from Crane would make a bigger exhibit than those in the Thaw case. i “I finally decided to drop the matter. Why, Crane made me believe that I did not travel on the Michigan Central, but was on the Erfe, and if I kept up the correspondence he would make me believe that I had never gone East, though he sold me the ticket. Crane ought to be a lawyer. He'C play the alibi dodge to perfection.” o e . C. B. Foy, who has charge of the { theatrical business of the Southern Pa- cific, is back at work. After an {ll- |ness of flve weeks he has just been allowed to leave the hospital, where he ! was treated for appendicitis. Wwill hold a directors’ meeting this aft- ernoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Ernest A. Leigh, 1133 Hayes street. The Susan B. Anthony Club met Mon- day, February 18, at 2 p. m. at the rooms of the State Suffrage Associa- tion, 2419 California street, and, it be- ing the anniversary of Susan B. An- thony’'s birthday, the programme was arranged to celebrate that event. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was sung by Miss Vivian Bailey; Mrs. Hobe read a paper showing that Miss Anthony's strongest traits were moral courage and unselfishness; Mrs. North Whit- comb read a paper on how Miss An- thony furthered the cause of education; Miss Fairchild spoke on Miss Anthony's help to working women: Mrs. A. A. Sar- gent read a brief synopsis of the life of Susan B. Anthony, and Miss Croud- ace told of her personal interview with Miss Anthony. Twenty of the terse sayings of the great suffrage leader were quoted by as many members. . . . A particularly pleasant meeting of the Papyrus Club, of which Mrs. W. S. Leake is the president, was held on Thursday afternoon, February 14, and the following programme was rendered, it having been arranged by Mrs. Richmond Revalk: “Short Sketch of Oliver Wendell Holmes,” Mrs. C. Mason Kinne; “The Boys” (0. W. Holmes), Jenne Morrow Long; “The Girls” (original), Mrs. Charles Smith; songs (Selected), Mrs. Richmond Re- valk; distribution of valentines. . . . The St. Helena Woman's Improve- ment Club has just ended its second year of existence with a membership of 105. Although having a member- ship fee of only 25 cents and no dues whatever, this club has the sympathy ° and confidence of the residents to such an extent that during this period it has handled nearly $1800 and expended over $1200. Among methods of raising funds were cake sales, dramatic enter- tainments, a “Feast of Lanterns” in private grounds, a masquerade ball, baseball games and a successful cook book, .which, selling at 50 cents, Has so far netted $250. Fourteen park benches have been placed in shaded nooks on avenues leading out of town and are much ap- preciated by those who enjoy the beau- tiful walks of the vicinity. donation was made toward the establishment of a glove factory in St. ffimhdp.:" two to pay for open air band concerts on Saturday evenings. . Last spring the ladies had date palms trees planted in the grounds handsome stons pub- asso-, i | | | embroidered | with warmth and light, but with great 5 P AGE FEBRUARY 25, 1907 « ' Many Paintings of High Merit at Sketch Club Exhibition | By Hanna Astrup Larsen HE exhibition of paintings given under the auspices of the Sketch Club is representative and highly meritorious. It includes contribu- tions from California artists who have already won fame, as well as pictures from those who are struggling to at- tain a like prestige. Yet all the paint- ings are good and show thoroughly earnest efforts. There Is nothing which one would wish had not been admitted. The great mass of material offered en- abled the jurors to select ‘only that { which was really deserving. Much had to be rejected because of the limited wall space of the quarters of the | Sketeh Club and the adjoining rooms | of the Sequoia Club. Keith has contributed a characteris: tic canvas, a landscape steeped in & flaming light that transforms it with wonderful atmospheric effect into the land of gold and burnished copper of the old fairy tales. One of the charming things of the exhibition 1s Mary Curtis Richardson's “Portrait Study of Little Mary M." It shows a little girl sitting on the floor with a large picture book on her chubby knees, her fair hair clustering In tiny curls about her head. The dim- pled hands are resting on the book just ready to turn the leaves. The child's white flounced dress and dainty white socks are lifelike and the bunches of apple blossoms on the floor give a com- pleteness to the composition and help carry out the idea of freshness and purity. All the details were worked out carefully and lead up to the soul of the picture, the face of the child. A smailer picture by Mrs. Richardson takes its name, “The Calamity Vell,” from the pink filmv vell tied around the big hat of the jaunty little tot in the picture, but nothing seems farther from the gay little figure than the idea of calamity. “California,” by A. F. Mathews, has a dignity and finish which stamp it as the work of a great artist. It is an oll painting, but has something of the simplicity of effect of a mural decora- tion. The central figure, symbolizing California, is full of strength and re- pose. The color scheme is remarkably beautiful. The robe of a rich orange in real gold is glowing skill the artist has kept it free from garishness. It tones in with the woman’s hair and with the brown of the tree trunk against which she leans. The green hue of the grass is touched with brown and this blends with the color of the tree. The one note of con- trast is In the deep blue of the bay. Among the pictures contributed by members of the Sketch Club are a pumber of excellent heads of children, one of the most attractive belng Anne M. Bremer's “My Little Model.” Miss Bremer has also contributed the head of a voung girl, some pretty still-life studies and a view from Monterey. The white sands and blue bay have a perennial interest for artists, but Miss Bremer has been particularly happy in her interpretation of them. The some- what hard brilllance often seen in por- trayals of the white sands is softened away. A gray haze is hanging over- head, softening the blue of the bay, and the spreading surface of it Is broken by a group of tall trees in the foreground. Caroline Rixford Johnson has several portraits of children, one of which, “Thelma,” is the picture of a girl clasping a doll in her arms. The atti- tude of the child, the pose of the head and the infantile wistfulness of the face and large eyes were limned with much art. “Madeline,” by the same artist, represents a slip of a girl in a short dark-blue dress sitting at a piano and looking around her with the air of a Paderewski surveying his audience. There is a piquancy and delicate humor in the pleture which makes it rank as one of the artist’s best. Two more excsllent pictures of children testify to Mrs. Johnson's love for the little tots. She is not quite 80 happy in the larger and more am- bitious “Portrait of Miss D—" Though the head is painted with great dali- Clubwomen to Hear Lecture by Clergyman on History of War eacy, It Is too small for the large can vas, and the picture as a whole lacks the strength of her other works. Another woman artist who is highiy adept in her portrayals of children is Almira Austin Judsen. She has but one picture in the exhibition, a - ing little girl whom she calls “Felen.” Olga M. Ackerman has contributed a portrait of Oscar Wilde sald to be an excellent likeness; a portrait of a young lady, a study of a little girl, “Green Coat” and “Two Sisters.” The last named is the picture of two young girls, one reading a letter, the other leaning to look over her shoulder. Her work combines delicacy and reflnement with beauty of outline and harmony of color. “A Busy Morning™ is one of Bertha Stringer Lee's best, scenes from her fa- vorite sketching haunt, the water front. The artist depicts the atmospheric ef- fects often seen near the front, the rosy light filtering through a gray haze. Mrs. Lee is at her best in her shipping scenes. She also has a good plcture of “The Overhanging Fog” at Monterey. Another of the same locality shows rather too wide an expanse of white sand. Some strong work is exhibited by Alida Ghirardelll. A Dutch interior at- tracts a good deal of attention. It Is of a young Duteh girl— strong face and hair smoothed down to a little knob, a pilece of knitting In her The figure of the girl and the background of whitewashed wall en- livened by red and yvellow panels fs treated with a realism that is almost harsh. Strength rather than attract- iveness is the chief quality of her “Por- trait of Miss H- > and of a little scene from Venice. Among the things that instantly at- tract most visitors to the exhibition is an exquisite water color by Lucia K Mathews, showing the bay at Monterey with low gray sand dunes and a green sweep of bay broken only by a single tree in the foreground. There is a dell- cate beauty in the simplicity of the composition and in the soft transpar- ence of the coloring. Mrs. Mathews charms most of all by the spirituelle quality of her work. “The Last Snow,” by Eugene Neu- haus, a view of the high mountains with patches of snow lying in the hol- low under a real summer sky, has ail the cool crispness and vigor which dis- tinguish his works. “Lake Majella™ by the same artist, gives the cool, calm and shutin feeling of the mountain lake very well. Maurice del Mue is successful in his paintings of the oak tree. One of his best is now in the exhibition. The drawing of the tree, the massing of the follage and the atmospheric ef- fects were all well handled, and the picture for all its simplicity has a sym- pathetic feeling that stamps it as the work of an artist of much talent. Mary C. Brady has contributed an oil painting of Telegraph Hill in the ev ing browns and grays, a picture of poetry. She also has a number sketches, picturing old San Francisco with the fresh, spontaneous charm of the pencil sketch. Theo. T. Keane is represented by several pencil sketches “and some strong heads of animals done In pas- tels. The collection of miniatures small, one of the noticeable portraits being that of Miss Laura Van Wyck by Frances Souls Campbell. Rosa Hooper Plottner and Margaret O'Cal- laghan also have some good minia- tures. Other Interesting pictures in the ex- hibition are “Adobe, Monterey.,” by Evelyn McCormick; “Breaking Waves,” by Percy Gray: an evening landscape, by G. A. Sturdevant: “A Gray Morn- ing.” by Nellie Stearns Goodloe; “Pas- sageway to Church,” by Eleanor Mitch- ell; “Portrait of a Japanesa Girl” dy hands. 4 Jane R. McElroy; “Portrait of a g Man,” by Ella K. Wormser: a nd- scape, by Mary Menton; “Eucalyptus,” by Thomas McGlynn; “Sketch of the A Fog on the Bay,” by Haidee Tobriner, and a water-color sketch, by Amy Bronson Dewing. clations and local lodges a four-foot cement sidewalk has been laid, con- necting the residence section with the cemeteries and the White Sulphur Springs road, and upon the completion of the cement curb now being con- structed the entire length of 2000 feet will be planted to black walnut trees, fifty feet apart. The prospect of a Carnegie llbrary and the certainty of an eolectric rafl- road this summer from Vallejo to St. Helena fills the ladies with enthusiasm for the future of their pretty little town. The president of the St. Helena olub is Mrs. H. E. Weinberger and the secre- tary is Mrs. Walter Sink. The club has a membership in the State Federation, its delegate to Bakersfleld being Mres. Frank Pellet. Another member, Mrs. J. H. Hawkins, is auditor of the San Fran- cisco district. . . e . At this time, when thers i= a general movement among the clubs of this State to become increasingly interesting In the matter of forestry, which is par- ticularly of moment to all Californians who should ald in the preservation of our trees, the following outline of work prepared by the Massachusetts State Federation and published In the Fea- eration Bulletin, may be useful: Practical Work for Clubs 1. Tree planting on roadsides, In school yards or reforesting waste land. oA S visit to 0 Ay talk by the Stale "omtep:“uw A demonstration of correct tree t‘phflunt. beling trees to distingulsh varle- ties or as memorials. - % Protection from mutilation (wire guards). * Protection from being felled (Stats Protection from trees pests (native birds). 3. Vacant lots reforested as nurserfes for local use or as tree rsert: for schools. o r T Unsightly spots made beautitul by trees, shrubbery and vines. 4. Planting of berry-bearing trees and shrubs as bird food—mountain ash, mulberry, hackberry, cedar, eto. eservation of roadside shrubbery and fringe trees on wood lots to be lumbered. Encourage sclentific lumbering of ‘Wwoodlan €. Tree nurseries in school gardens, distribution of tree seeds to chl dren for school and home gardens. Distribution of fruit and nut trees at nominal cost, to be plantad in homs grounds or in land loaned to the club. 7. Children’s auxillaries for protective work: Junior Audubon Soclety: ety for Protection of Native Plants. and methods of! Study of tree extermination. Introduction of Arbor day celebra- tions in schools, with memortal tree planting by children. Rt to schools amd juvenils reading-rooms Dr. C. F. Hodge's book, “Nature Study and Life” also Audubon Society bird charts comtnat ST ute to heus Hyatt memo- rial fund, Boston, which provides nature study excursions for school children. 8. Committees mg{ collect forestry literature, published by State and, National Agriculture and Forestry Departments, and present them to librarias as a club p:lft Laws relating to trees should bda ‘onal and State reservations. Mass-; to beneflt local needs regular comtributions to the local press are means of arousing public sentiment. s u;: mem] 1P In Amertcan restry Assoctal annual dues $2. including monthiy posi mo; ly publication of Forestry and Irri Wash- ingten, D. C. i '-’.*hmmm. are Invited to communicate news of their organizations - to this department *—K\_* | ? C. H. Woodin and wife of Spokan are at the Dorchester. k 5 Charles T. Jones and wife of New York are at the Savoy. . E. L. Heald, a Chicago merchan a guest at the Majestic. p e At the Imperial Hotel is registerea W. B. Coombs of Mendocino. C. S. Faton of Olympla, Wash. ac- companied by Mrs. Eaton, is at the Ma- Jestic. 3 ln-l..:-lml.lln apartments at th wi mmumm: Mention .