The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1907, Page 16

16 THE Jhot-breads, pastry. food more ABSOLUTE ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Makes the finest, light- est,best flavored biscuit, Renders the and wholesome. | | cake and digestible LY PURE CUPID WHIRLS N WHILE DIVORCE SUIT 15 O 'Graham Kindly Receives| Him and Directs Way | to License Bureau | | The little god of love, whose usual haunts are as far removed from the divores the pole from the equator, had the temerity yesterday to | show himself in unusual surroundings courts as and rueh headiong into those unhal- Jowed precincts where he is mhost reviled. He came at the beck of Judge Graham and his presence turned the tragedy of a divorce action into a ro- mence, the unfolding of which promises to result in the welding of two hearts Jennie Ligget, whose husband is a sailor, appeared in Judge Graham's court seeking a divorce because Shé was deserted seven years ago, and she was assisted in her quest by Martin - Fitzpatrick. a bricklayer, in the ca- pacity of principal witness. She de- clared that she had no knowledge of awer husband’'s whereabouts, or whether | he was alive or dead, but that she had learned that in pursuance of the sailor's prerogative of having a wife in every port, he had endowed a Phila- delphia woman with his name and for- tune {tzpatrick, appearing nervous | on the witness stand, substantiated| these statements, stating that he had known Mrs. Ligget for the last four years There was semething in the manner | of the witness that led Judge Graham | to turn to Mrs. Ligget and ask if she had thought of marrying again. The| fact that Fitzpatrick’s blushes were as ruddy as her own when she answered the question showed that the gquery ‘had struck home. | “Don’t you know that you are free| when you have not heard from your| husband for seven years and that you| may marry again without securing a | divorce?’ continued the Judge. ‘Then he turned to Fitzpatrick. | “You are ready, Martin, are you not? The license bureau is right over on| Filimore street, just a block from here | and I believe that's the place you are | looking for. You'd better hurry right over.” | “Oh, this is so sudden,” murmured | Mrs. Ligget “I guess I'd better get back to work,” stuttered Fitzpatrick. | And then Judge Graham ordered the | divorce granted and the plaintiff and ber witness left the court arm in arm. MARRIED WHILE DRUGGED Fifteen-Year-Old Bride’s Mother Sues for Annulment A petition for the annulment of the marriage of Chiarlo Peterson to Helen Steffanesco, a 15-year-old girl, whose | mother claims that she was married while drugged, will be heard in Judge | Grakam’'s court this morning. Mrs. Paraschive Steffanesco, the mother of | the girl, is the petitioner, and she de- | clares thiat on May 9 of last year, while she was living in the Golden Gate Park refugee camp, Peterson drugged the &irl, took her to San Jose and married her there. When the young bride returnsd to Ben Francisco she deserted her hus- band and returned to her mother. Pe- terson filed &, petition for a writ of habess corpus, claiming that the girl was being detained against her will, but she testified In court that she did not wish to return to him and the writ was refused. —— NEW BUILDINGS PLANNED Mahoney Brothers Will Erect $40,000 Structure in Market Street Applications for . bullding permits were filed yesterday by Mahoney Bros. for a bullding at the corner of Mar- ket and Taylor streets, to cost $40,000; Chin Gow, Jackson street, near Kearny, $80,000; J. L. Dubols, .California street, | near Kearny, $20,000; Willlam Hamers- ton, San Jose avenue, near Thirtieth | street, $12,500. The ‘building bureau reports an ac- cumuletion of permits already granted for new buildings, which contractors ere urged to secure as soon &s pos- sible. —_— - CONTRACTORS MULCTED United States District Judge de Haven. sitting in the United States Cir- tuit Court yesterday, rendered judg- iment against the defendant for $4720 in the case of the United States on the relation of Murray Gibson agalnst Davidson Bros. The defendants con- fracted to furnish certain marble. to Gibson for the new postoffice building, | M. Waldeck-Rousseau had sald that the | closing of its schools, colleges and conven | obligations of the conco: KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | DENOUNCE FRENCH LAWS Adopt Resolutions Against| Oppression of the Catholic Church The Catholic church in France was the subject of a lecturs delivered by Rev. Charles A. Ramm in St. Dominig’ Church Tuesday night, under the aus- pices of San Francisco Council No. 615, | Knights of Columbus. James R. Keith, grand knight of the council, Introduced the speaker. Father Ramm gave an out- | line of the history of the controversy between church and state in France and appealed to Christians of all sects to| lend their sympathy in the fight which | was being waged by the French church | for Christianity and liberty of con- sclence. He declared that the spirit of | the French revolution which dethroned | religlon was still rife in France and was at the bottom of the crusade against the Catholic church. To prove his contention Father Ramm quoted as he said, “Not the vague mouthings of ranters,” but the public utterances of responsible men. state must be supreme and the church | muset be driven out of the schools. M, Briand, now Minister of Education, had sald that “the time had come to get rid of the Christian idea, which was | corrupting the minds of the youth. | Jesus Christ had been hunted out of the | government, out of the army and the| navy, and he must be hunted out of| the country.” A member of the Senate | had sald: “The triumph of the Galilean | has lasted twenty centuries, and it is| now time for it to go.” The anti- Christian sentiment of the government, sald Father Ramm, showed . itself in | everything, from the most petty | tyranny exercised over the private life of the lowest government official to the limitations of the privileges of the President, who could not publicly men- tion the name of God and who must avoid entering a church. A large audience listened to Father Ramm's address. It was evident that the Interest was very keen. Father | Plus Murphy, head of the Dominican order; Father Sullivan, chaplain of the counell, and the officers of the Knights of Columbus, were seated near the altar railing. The front pews were oc- cupled by members of the lodge. The following resolutions were read by Past Grand Knight Neal Porter and adopted by a unanimous rising vote: Whereas, The republic of France, in the en- actment of the so-called ‘“law of separation of church and state,” has wilifully violated the fundamental principles of o&un.v. Justice and civic and m&w Ifberty that should govern and_control all u-'uon' in the tect] th perty and in safeguarding man's enable mhl tz worship his God according to his con- science; and Whereas, The wanton persecution of the Cath- olic hierarchy, clergy and faithful of France; the ruthless expulsion and exile of the religious orders and communities of the Catholic church; the suppression of its seminaries; the forceful confiscation and spoliation of its property; the sacrilegions desecration of its sacred relics and edifices, is a_perfidious repudiation of the sacred t and a despotic and arbitrary exercige of the functions of orgunized ernment; an 5 ponti, Plus X Whereas, The sovereign . in is inlquitous “law condemning and resisti oF spoliation " and confiscation,’ ‘aloe stands forth the gentle but fearless and determined chemplon, not only of his suffe children of the faithful, but of the Christian people of the world, against an infamous conspiracy to over- throw Christianity in France; therefore be it Resolved, That Ban Francisco Council No. 615, Knights of Columbus, does hereby solemnly jedge its most devoted loyalty and feslty to Bie “Holtness Pius X in his irrevocable ~and righteous determination to resist the. tyrannous oppression of the Catholic church and the us- just_suppression of Catholic worship through- out France: and be it further Resolved, That Sen Francisco Council does ! bereby demounce and protest against the per- secutory legisiation and acts of the republic of France as ‘s declaration of war not only against | the Christian faith, but against all epiritual ideas,” and a vialation of the Individusl rights and personal of man. The exercises closed with the bene- dictipn of the blessed sacrameht by Father O'Rourke of the Dominican order. PHYSICIAN WILL RETALIATE Resents Arrest by Health Board and Will Sue for Damages The controversy between the Board of Health and: Dr. C. F. Buckley over the arrest of the latter for.removing a diphtheria sign from the house of one of his patients without the board’s per- mission bids fair to develop into a legal fight. Dr. Buckley surrendered himself to the police yesterday and was released on depositing $50 bail. He sald that the placard was placed on the house as the result of the ignorance displayed in the diagnosis of his pa- tient’s case by the physicians of the but failed to keep the contract. ———— Rain or shi room for all, mask ball I A&ud:,.l’m & Fillmore, Mar. 2. 5 | Health- Board, and declared that as soon as the case-against him had been disposed of he would begin a suit for damages. % | was fulfilling his usual engagement | | with the coeds’ gymnastic class at Hearst Hall. FINDS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS | rule. | | vice of athletic instruction, came trip- | all | right who sald that “beauty is only aiiaes SAN FRANCISCO CALL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. ' evidence and the statements of Dr. Chicago is not “the most beautiful woman in America.” f physical perfection set by the master show that the Callfornia girl surpasses her eastern sister upon every point of physical proportion. ‘able to prove that Miss Carson of artists, Raphael, Genthe, The Call feels that it will be California éirl Surpasses Eastern Maid 'HE Sunday Call’s faith in its beauty contest grows with experience. Walter E. Magee, physical director t the University of Californa, says that the young women of this State approach nearest the standard Da Vinci and Durer, Actual measurements ‘With this Call Is Upheld in Beauty Contest by the Views of Physical Director Magee Dr. Arnold Genthe's views upon the beauty question, as published yesterday, have brought| He read between the lines of the| interview a bias upon the art-photographer’s part in favor of the Vere de Vere type of feminine perfection. The California girl was given credit for possessing a type of beauty which no country | But the real beauty, according to the Genthe judgment, is doubt- 5 % perturbation to the mind of the in the world was able to surpass. less the one of long lineage, “the prides of birth” and the aristocratic under- | standing of the value of “carriage and | dress” as appurtenances to loveliness. | So the Beauty Editor, In his quest for a California woman who can rout the pretensions of a Chicago girl pro- claimed as the greatest beauty in America, decided to seek advice from a source equally as prominent. as though less critical than Dr. Genthe. The beauty editor sent a representa- tive across the jay to Interview Wal- ter Magee, physical instructor at the University of California. The beauty editor's agent is both glad and sorry that he went. He had a delightful | walk through the university grounds | and paused at the men's gym to in- quire iIf Magee were within. He was | informed that the athletic instructor A further walk brought the beauty | editor's authorized agent to a building of novel architecture; a structure with | wide porticos, and the porticos held wide seats and the seats were occupied | by dozens of girls, any one of whom | has the right to turn up her pretty nose | at the pretensions of the Chicago prize- winning beauty. It wasn’t difficult to find a gulde on | the porch to direct the way to Profes- sor Magee—only the pretty volunteer led the beauty editor's agent into un- | expected trouble. Upstairs, at the en- trance to the girls' gym, is the office of Hearst Hall. The agent in the | beauty quest was left here. He lifted | his hat and rapped upon the door. He | saw a vision of girls in gymnasium | attire and he asked his question, “Can you tell me where I may find Professor Magee?” The c..orus answered, “Oh!" The spokeswoman declared “Oh, yes. He is on the floor. But, you know, gentlemen are not admitted at this hour.” The hint was sufficlent, even though there was no tinge of sarcasm or unfriendliness in the voice that is- sued tne mandate. It is a Hearst Hall | The intruder cooled his heels for only & moment at the bottom of the stairs when Professor Magee, smiling, ath- letic and with halr silvered in the ser- ping down the steps. Of course he was busy; of course the demands of the class hour would prevent him from glving time for an Interview, even though the subject were of such im- portance as feminine beauty. READS EXPERT'S WRITINGS The intruder could not wait and Professor Magee saw a way out of the difficulty. He directed the beauty edi- tor's agent to the lecture room in Hearst Hall. There the agent was provided with a scrapbook containing of Magee's utterances upon the question of girl gymnastics and Cali- fornia physical beauty. Next to an in- terview, the scrap book was a delight- ful privilege. At this point in the story the beauty editor's victim wants to express his personal opinfon that the poet was skin deep” (or something to that ef- fect). The agent saw numberless beauties on his way to the hall, in front of the hall and in the hall itself. Then he was left with a scrapbook at a desk in the lecture room, with a grinning skeleton’ and a papier mache model of anatomy. Neither was beautiful. Even the charts on the walls of the room only expressed beauty in so far as a white line on a black curface can set forth the beauty of form. Between the lecture-room and the gymnasium there is a wood partition, The perusal of the scrapbook was in- terrupted by the rhythmic clash of dumbells, the tinkling of a plano play- ing a popular waltz, and the mo- notonous “one, two, three,” by which Professor Magee directed the move- ments of his class. When a pause came for rest there was a ring of laughter and a scampering that shook the building in a way remindful of the April quake. BEAUTIES UNDER COVER On the other side of the partition was beauty in the process of its making, under the direction of a master of the art, and The Call's man was denied the privilege of seeing it. Back to the scrapbook. It showed that Magee, for years beyond the memory of this gen- eration of school children, has been a physical instructor of beautiful girls, He was in the schools of Miss Head, Miss Lake, the Van Ness Seminary and the university. Bafo% that he taught in the East. As far back as 1886 he was being quoted on the matter of physical training in the schools, In 1897 Magee issued his famous anthropometric table, which proved in every measurement that the Cali- fornla girl surpassed her sisters in the East in every point of physical devel- opment. Larger of chest, smaller of walst; larger of hip and smaller of feet—proportions that tended nearest to the standard of beauty fixed by the masters, Raphael, Da Vinci and Al- brecht Durer. Their model was one of § feet 5 inches In helght, a 24-inch walst and a 34-inch chest. The Call* fornia girl in 1807 was short on the required height, but she had a 24.2 waist and & 33.1 chest and 37.6 hip. CALIFORNIA GIRLS LEAD Magee, in his discussion of the sub- ject, found that the California girl was Sunday Call’s Beauty Editor. “ i f‘%} QA LETTERS AND PARCELS CONTAINING PURTRATTS OF csAleoR.\‘rA REAUTIES ARE POURING IN UPON THE BEAUTY EDITOR. HE HA COMPENSATING DELIGHT WILL COME IN VIEWING HIS TROUBLES NOW, BUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS. REPHAING OF SUTTER GTHEET T0 BE HASTENED Bonds to Amount of $75,000 Are Sold for Work of Improvement The Board of Works instructed City Engineer Woodward yesterday to pre- pare plans and specifications for the repairing of Sutter street from Market to Van Ness, with a view to hastening ‘he improvement. The Union Trust Company filled with the Supervisors a bid for $75,000 worth of street bonds on behalf of the Sutter Street Improve- ment Association, and the money will be nsed to improve the street named. Specifications will also be drawn for tne paving of Fillmore and Mission streets, for which bonds to the amount of $80,000 were sold. The board ordered a notice sent to the United Railroads to lay its tracks in Fulton street from Twentleth street to Thirty-fifth avenue, as its dilatory work in that connection was delayirg the macadamiz'ng of the thorough- fare and necessitated the granting of an extenslion of timea to the contractor. The board heard evidence on, the con- flict of the surveys of streeta north of California and east of Montgomery and A A A A A A A A A A A AR AN AN AN AN a nearer approach to the standard of perfection than her Eastern sisters. And he gives the bulk of credlt to the climate, the all-year-round of growth and the native girl's love for outdoor life—mountaln climbing and camping trips. ¥ The Sunday Call 1s going to see Magee again, when he is less busy. It is assured that he has decided opinions upon what constitutes a beauty, and that his opinfon will support the con- tention of The Call that Miss Carson of Chicago is not the most beautiful girl in America. Letters and plctures are pouring in to the Beauty BEditer. Tt is certain that the contest will not only be suc- cessful, but sensational. The really difficult work will be the work of the jury. When the most beautiful woman is found she will be awarded $150; the next beautiful will be given $50; the third $25 and the next twenty-five $10 each. Send pictures of your beautiful friends to the Beauty Editor. And do not send stamp pletures, or others too mall for reproduction. 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H.| { Osthoff, an aunt of the plaintiff, said| | that both young people were under 18| | years of age when they married in| 1902 and added a dissertation on the | evils of “puppy love.” Mrs. Parent| testified that her husband told her he| was sorry he ever married her and! dldn’t propose to waste his young life| with her. He also attended dances,| but refused to take her with him, and| she asserted that he became engaged | |to two girls after he had married her.| Judge Seawell granted a divorce yes- | terday to Annie Price from F. P. Price | on the ground of cruelty, and Cassan- | dra Duffey secured a divorce from John | Duffey in Judge Hebbard's court on | the same ground. | Divorces were flled by Yette Bauer | against Samuel Bauer for neglect, Anna Wiese against Theodore Wiese for cruelty, Grace R. Murphy against Pat- rick J. Murphy for cruelty, Millle L. Dwyer aginst Timothy J. Dwyer for | failure to provide and intemperance, Maud C. 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