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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
EXPERTS STUDYING
KEY ROUTE PLANS
Eastern Engineers Are at Work
on the Plans of New
Terminal
OAKLAND, Sept. 10.—Engineers from
the east in the employ of the San
Francisco, Oakland and San Jose rail
way are at work on the plans for con
struction of the mole and new ter
minal equipment for the Key Route
system. These plans include the en
tire rebuilding of the pier and ferry
approaches, the making ot^ a BolM BM
and the development of fatilities for
shipping in the Key Route basin. All
of this is part of the general scheme
of development, which was launched
with the incorporation of the United
Properties company.
It is understood here that the actual
work on the improvements will '■?
started within 60 days.
It is the desire of the Key Route
management to develop a 10 minute
service between San Francisco. Oak
land. Berkeley, Claremont and Pied
mont. This aim was one of the pri
mary reasons for the consolidation of
the F. M. Smith and William 8. Tevis
holdings into the United Properties
merger.
Announcement has also been made
that the Key Route extensions to Pan
Jose and Sacramento will be carried
along in due course with the building
of the terminal improvements on the
pier. These extensions will be handled
through two subsidiary corporations,
the San Jose Short line and the Sacra
mento Short line, which were formed
shortly after the United Properties
company.
The survey for the San Jose route is
believed already determined. Several
surveys from. Oakland to the capital
have been made, but, according to the
information at hand, no definite
route north has been selected.
F. M. Smith has entirely separated
his Realty Syndicate interests from
the United Properites. Since he parted
financial company with Frank C.
Havens. William G. Henshaw and
others who held stofk in the syndicate.
Smith has secured control of the syndi
cate holdings.
CONGREGATIONALISTS
MEET IN ALAMEDA
Bay Association Will Hold Con-
ference Tuesday
ALAJIEDA, Sept. 10.—The sixty
fourth meeting of the bay association
of Congregational ministers will be
held in the First Congregational church
in this city Tuesday The meeting will
open at 2:30 o'clock with devotional
services, led by Rev. Benjamin L. Brit
tin. A brief business session and the
reading of reports from committees
will follow.
* "The Church and Social Conditions in
New Zealand'" will be dealt with in an
address by Rev. Edward Walker. There
will be a general discussion of the
question, "Are the graded lessons mak
ing good?" led by Rev. Miles B. Fisher.
Half an hour will be given to the
newly organized association of minis
ters' wives. Supper will be served by
the women of the First Congregational
church.
The evening session will be opened
with half an hour of music by the
quartet of the First Congregational
church. The meeting will be brought
to a close with an address on "The
Cardinal Qualities of a Disciple," by
Rev. William E. Cadmus of Illinois.
SOLOIST FURNISHES
HALF HOUR OF MUSIC
C. R. Robinson Sings Varied
Program at U. of C.
BERKELEY. Sept. 10.—The half hour
of music in the Greek theater this
afternoon was given by Charles R.
Robinson, bass, with Frederick Maurer
Jr., as accompanist. The program con
sisted of the following selections:
Recitative, "Thus Saith the Lord," and
aria, "But Who May Abide," from Han
del's "Messiah". "Thou'rt Like Unto a
Lovely Flower," Wilson G. Smith; "The
Garden of Allah," Charles Marshall;
"The Dying Warrior," Max Spicker;
"Vision Fair," Massenet, and "For You
Alone," Geehl.
NEW SITE FOR GAME
FARM BEING SOUGHT
HAYWARD, Sept. 10.—Having been
informed by. State Fish and Game
Commissioner Babcock that the game
farm would not be removed without the
Chamber of Commerce being notified
and that If a suitable site was secured
near the present location the farm
would remain in Hayward, a commit
tee has been appointed by the Cham
ber of Commerce to look over the avail
able sites and suggest a location to
the game commission. Those on the
committee are F. W. Browning, A. Lin
denberg and R. Reid.
SAN LEANDRO CITIZENS
INTERESTED IN HIGHWAY
SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 10.—Represent
ing the Alameda County Good Roads
association, R. H. Collins and D. U. Tof
felmier will -wait upon County Surveyor
Haviland to learn if the proposed bay
shore highway is to be within the limits
of greater Oakland. If it is not, a com
mittee consisting of Senator E. K. Tay
lor, M. G Morgenstein, Gene Stevenson,
Earl Farley Granger, R. H. Collins, C.
Q. Rideout and D. IT. Toffelmier will ap
pear before the board of supervisors
and urge the building of the highway.
SAN LEANDRO WANTS
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 10.—In reply to
inquiries received relative to the estab
lishment of a postal savings bank in
connection with the local postofHce,
Postmaster C. Q. Rideout has forwarded
statistics to the postal authorities at
Washington in regard to the number of
foreign residents and the amount of
money passing through the local post
office" in the shape of postal money or
ders. The chamber of commerce is back
of the plan to have a postal savings
bank established here.
HAYWARD CHAMBER
TO HOLD BARBECUE
HAYWARD, Sept. 10.—Under the
auspices of the chamber of Commerce a
barbecue will be given at Laurel Grove
park, probably on the last Saturday of
this month. Commercial organizations
of the adjoining- towns will be invited
10 the feast. The proceeds of the bar
becue will be devoted to the work of
the chamber of commerce. A committee
consisting of S. H. McCabe, R. Reid, W.
T. Knightly. J. A. Geary, J. E. Knightly
and U V. Parsons has the affair in
charge
Miss Emma Black,
Pretty U. of C. Girl,
Aiding Dance Plans
JUNIOR CLASS TO
GIVE TWO DANCES
Informals Will Be Prominent
Factors in Student Social
Life Each Term
BERKELEY, Sept. 10.—Plans are be T
ins; made by the junior class of the
University of California for the first
of two informal dances which will be
held this term. R. G. Sproul, the class
president, has named a committee to
make arrangements for the ball, the
date to be announced later. On the
committee are:
E. H. Clausen. H. P. Hibbard, R. C.
Knight, F. S. Stack. F. B. de Lauo,
Charles Grunsky, Beryl Fountaine,
Gladys Cole, Marguerite Thomas. Maud
Watson and Emma Black. D. O. Brant
will be floor manager.
The Junior informals will be a large
factor in the university social life.
The class of 1913 has been organized
with the installation as officers of R. G.
Sproul, president; Miss Irma Foveaux,
vice president; F. D. Stephens, secre
tary, and J. A. Potter, sergeant at arms.
PICKPOCKETS STEAL
MAN'S WEDDING RING
Minor Thefts Are Reported to
Police by Victims
OAKLAND. Sept. 10.—Pickpockets
stole a purse containing $2.60 and a
wedding- ring: from G. W. Sylvestri,
1452 Clay street, while he was riding on
an Alcatraz avenue car last night.
Miss May Clark of 917 University
avenue, Berkeley, employed at E. Lehn
hardt's candy store, 1157 Broadway,
reported <o the police today that a
locker in the store containing $26 be
longing to her had been broken open
and the money taken.
Gotthriel Enblon, a boy living with
Mrs. Bessie Etner, 1780 Ninth avenue,
was thrown off a coaster upon which
he was playing yesterday at Eighth
avenue and East Twenty-fourth street
by two boys and robbed of a purse con
taining 95 cents.
SAILOR INJURED WHILE
WALKING ON TRACKS
Train Mangles Left Leg of J. T.
Gumbhersen
OAKLAND, Sept. 10. —J. T. Gumbher
son, a sailor, was struck by a Key
Route train shortly after 5 o'clock this
afternoon while wlaking on the track
at Fortieth and Hollis streets and re
ceived a compound fracture of the left
leg.
The train crew consisted of Can
ductor R. N. Gott and Motorman C. C.
Corey.
At the receiving hospital Gumbher
son refused to have trie limb ampu
tated, but because of the serious nature
of the break the hospital surgeons
think this will have to be done to save
the injured man's life. He is H pears
old and lives at First and Franklin
streets.
BODY OF DROWNED
PICNICKER FOUND
Corpse of John Francisco Drifts
to Shore
OAKLAND, Sept. 10.—The body of
John Francisco, who was lost in the
capsizing last Sunday of a sailboat in
which he and two friends were return
ing from a picnic at Point Richmond,
was found floating in the bay this
afternoon at the foot of Goss street.
West Oakland, by John Frisbee, a
sailor,- and removed to the morgue. The
identification was made by John Dutra
of 1431 Thirty-fourth street. Fran
cisco lived at 1558 Thirty-fourth street
and is survived by a widow and family
in Portugal.
BARYTONE SOLO SUNG
AT NEWMAN HALL MASS
BERKELEY, Sept. 10.—A feature of
the musical program at the late mass
at Newman hall today was the offer
tory, "Face To Face," a barytone solo
by Herbert Johnson, sung by Forrest
A, Plant, president of the Newman club
and a member of the Glee club of the
University of California. The Newman
club male quartet also rendered
Gounod's "Mass in C for male voices.
The sermon was delivered by Rev.
George M. Searle, C. S. P., Rev. Thomas
Lantry O'Neill, was the celebrant. The
musical program for the evening serv
ice consisted of a duet by Ralph Mc-
Fayden and Walter C. Webb and two
selections by the Newman club male
quartet.
HAYWARD CHILDREN'S
EYES TO BE EXAMINED
HAYWARD. Sept. 10.—A committee
consisting of Mrs. H. J. Shute, Mrs. C.
B. Rogers and Mrs. J. A. Park has
been appointed by the Hill and Valley
club to look into the health of the
children attending the grammar and
high schools in union district 3. Spe
cial attention will be paid to the eye
sight of the children. The club will
attend a garden party to be given by
the Alta Mira club of San Leandro
September 30.
It is only the man with more money
than brains who has more friends than
enemies.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1911.
CIVIC AFFAIRS
INTEREST WOMEN
Former Governor Pardee and
Wife Will be Guests of
Honor at Ebell
OAKLAND, Sept. 10. —With business
affairs settled for the month during the
last week, the several women's clubs
about the bay will devote the later
September to luncheons, receptions and
programs of diverse interest. Ebell Is
claiming former Governor Pardee and
his wife as its guests of honor at the
initial luncheon of the year Tuesday
afternoon. The board of directors of
the Oakland club has sent a formal in
vitation to Mayor Frank K. Mott and
Mrs. Mott to occupy the seats of honor
at their September luncheon, which will
be an event of Wednesday of the fol
lowing week. The present indication
of the local club movement is that for
the immediate future it will find its
interest largely in civic affairs.
George C. Pardee, after the formal
luncheon of Tuesday, will address his
hostesses. Mrs. A. C. Posey will pre
side over the feast, assisted by the
board of directors and several of the
prominent clubwomen. Mrs. Joseph
Loran Pease has prepared an attrac
tive half hour of music, which will be
devoted entirely to the compositions of
California song .writers. The numbers
will be rendered by Mrs. A. T. Fletcher,
Mrs. Hugh McCurrie and Mrs. Gretchen
Burnett Ayres.
• * •
The first open meting of the Oakland
club will take the form of a musicale,
with Mrs. Arthur Pratt Musser,
soprano; Mrs. L. Larson, pianist, and
Miss Lucile Jeffs, reader, contributing
the program on Wednesday afternoon
at the club quarters in Unity hall. The
club has solved its problem of program
preparing by electing a member of the
board of directors as chairman for each
month. Mrs. E. J. Bartholomew is in
charge of the September afternoons.
Later in the season the clubwomen
are arranging to give a card tourna
ment. At their meeting on Wednesday
last they gave their formal approval to
the election of their president, Mrs. S.
y. Chamberlain, as honorary president
of the Childs Welfare league of Ala
meda county, which was organized
through the efforts of the Oakland club.
Town and Gown club has organized
among its membership a choral section
which promises some splendid work be
fore the close of the year. Miss Cor
delia Brillys has been named the mu
sical director.
The club season will be opened in
formally tomorrow afternoon, when
Town and Gown women gather in their
attractive clubhouse for the first pro
gram of the year.
• • *
Vacation experiences will be ex
changed tomorrow afternoon by the
members of the Alta Mira club, follow
ing a program of songs by Mrs. Guy
Smith. At the business session preced
ing the reception plans for the garden
fete which will be given on Saturday,
September 30, for the benefit of the
clubhouse building fund will be per
fected.
The choral section of the Twentieth
Century club, of which Mrs. Frederick
H. Clark is leader, will inaugurate its
years work on Monday. The parlia
mentary section will meet at the first
session of the year on Wednesday and
the dramatic section on Thursday. Mrs.
G. R. Kleeberger is curator of the for
mer and Mrs. William Lawrence Jones
of the latter. ' The Shakespeare section
has . hosen "Henry VIII" for its im
mediate study under the direction of
its leader, Mrs. Flora Roberts
Thomas. The members will meet on
Friday. •
• • •
The members of the California his
tory and landmark section of Ebell, of
which Mrs. A. C. Posey Is curator, are
proving their loyalty to their home
place by giving the first programs of
the new year over to a close study of
the settlement and development of the
city ot Oakland and the new charter in
all its phases. As a number of Ebell
members are pioneers of Oakland and
there still survive many of the first
settlers on this side the bay, the stu
dents will have large opportunities at
hand which a few years later they
would miss entirely.
The week in the Adelphian club will
be largely given over to the reorgan
ization of the study sections. Among
the classes which are meeting in the
coming few days are the civic, parlia
mentary, music history, new book,
choral and dramatic. The music his
tory section will elect its curator for
the ensuing year on Wednesday after
noon.
The Casa Guidi circle has an inter
esting program Friday afternoon, con
tinuing the study of the folklore of the
world in its relation to the principles
of life. Mrs. O. M. Bennett will read
the Maeterlinck story of Ardiane and
Barbe Bleue at the conclusion of the
hour. The following papers will be
given: "Little Red Riding Hood," Miss
Nellie Hollingsworth; "Snow White,"
Mrs. William Lawrence Jones; "William
Tell," Mrs. M. Wampfler; "Cinderella,"
Mrs. I. P. Diggs; "The Sleeping
Beauty," Mrs. H. B. Symes; "Blue
Beard," Mrs. Herbert Sanford Howard.
Miss Ethel Moore will appear before
the compaign committee of the Berke
ley Suffrage league Monday morning
to outline the plans for the pageant of
women which is beirfe arranged in
Piedmont park for the afternoon and
evening of Saturday, September 23, un
der the auspices of the College Suffrage
association. The Berkeley women prob
ably will take a prominent place in the
unique celebration, which is planned to
create a further interest in the pro
posed eighth amendment.
. ThP Piedmont Musical club is an
nouncing a calendar of unusual inter
est to the lovers of the classic for the
coming several months, the season
opening on Monday evening. The first
period of study will cover the develop
ment of the opera, to which six pro
grams will be devoted. Beginning with
January, representative composers will
be considered. Rossini and Donizetti
will be the composers whose works will
claim attention tomorrow evening,
when the members are entertained at
the residence of Mrs. Lena Carroll Nich
olson.
The officers of the club are: H. Mel
ville Tenney, president; Miss Nellie Bar
raclough, secretary; W. J. Robertson,
treasurer; J. B. Richardson, Mrs. Wil
liam E. Sharon, directors. The active
membership of the club is limited to 60.
The September luncheon of the Oak
land Century club will take place in
the clubhouse in Fifth and Peralta
streets on Friday afternoon, September
22, After an informal hour about the
tables matters of business will be dis
cussed.
The September meeting of the Child's
Welfare league will be held tomorrow
afternoon in Chabot hall.
Leslie Morosco, a
Comedy Player, on
Vaudeville Stage
OAKLAND FAVORITE
HEADS BELL BILL
Company Presenting "A Million
Dollar Wife" Draws
Large Audiences
OAKLAND, Sept. 10.—Leslie Morosco
heads an interesting bill at the Bell
theater this week in a comedy entitled
"A Million Dollar Wife." Morosco is an
oldtime favorite In Oakland and h.e and
his company are making one of the
biggest hits seen at the Bell in months.
Herbert Charles, a clever Imperson
ator, presents one of the best bits on
this weeks program. He gives a mirth
provoking expose of a woman's secrets
in making up and displays a wardrobe
elaborate enough to make any woman
envious.
Frank Hartley, although a mere boy.
is a finished juggler and he gives many
feats seen in Oakland for the first
time. The Bell boy trio furnish high
class melody, and Harms and Haines do
a blackface ragtime number that pleases
the large audiences.
Mary Ambrose gives Irish folk songs
and plays the violin. The Stanleys pre
sent an entertaining roller skating
number.
OLD PEPYS' DIARY
AGES LIKE PORT
Gossipy Chronicle Set Down
f Three Centuries Ago Holds
:. '" the Palm
As a diarist, the palm goes, of course,
to "that old gossip Pepys," as he has
been called; and to any one who keeps,
or has endeavored to keep, a diary, his
magnum opus seems an achievement
indeed.
Born February 23, 1633, Pepys did not
begin the diary until he was 27 years of
age, but having, once begun, he stuck
faithfully to his task for 43 years,
when he Joined the great majority. But
for the diary his fame could hardly
have lasted for nearly three centuries,
for, although concerned in public af
fairs to a considerable extent, he can
not be said to have earned undying
fame, says the London Globe.
John Evelyn was perhaps better
known for his work of forestry than
for his diary, but the latter is very
valuable, as giving an extremely in
teresting account of the manners and
customs of his time. Unlike that of
Pepys, Evelyn's diary was written sub
sequently to the events recorded, and
only by a happy accident was the
manuscript saved from the wastepaper
basket. Evelyn has been spoken of as
"the perfect model of an English gent
leman of the seventeenth century." He
died in 1706, at the ripe age of 86.
That diaries have played an impor
tant part in the revelation of the more
intimate life of the great and in courts
of law goes without saying, and in this
latter connection there is but little
doubt that much trouble would have
been saved had not the attraction of
putting pen to paper prevailed over
prudence. The spoken word is dan
gerous, but the written word is fatal
in many cases. So often the evidence
of a dairy has gone far to decide the
issue, and reading the extracts quoted
one marvels at the inexplicable folly of
writing down the most important mat
ters in plain English so that he who
runs may read. A diary as a deposi
tory for state secrets Is dangerous in
deed, for inexorable fate decrees that
there shall come a day when the drawer
is left unlocked or the bwok lie for
gotten on the table, to be discovered
and read by the wrong person. It
must in fairness be admitted that few
men err In this direction, though there
are, of course, exceptions; but there
are, seemingly, women who can not
resist the impulse to confide to their
diaries secrets which they would never
breathe to a human soul.
There must be thousands of people
who keep diaries just for the sake of
noting the weather and passing events
of any Importance to themselves and
the people who surround them. After
a few years these old dairies make in
teresting reading for those who wrote
them, recalling past events with a
strange distinctness and casting a.
slightly romantic veil over things
which, at the time they occurred,
seemed quite prosaic. Age puts the
la&t, most perfect touch to a diary as
It does to wine, and be must be su
premely indifferent to what has gone
before who can not find in the chron
icles of the past some stray sentences
which strangely Btir the mind, or fail
to notice, half sadly perhaps, the
changes wrought of years, making the
reader think of Tennyson's lines:
Ever retiring thou dost gaze
On the prime labour of thine early
days;
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Thou dewy dawn of memory.
DIAMOND WEDDING
DAY CELEBRATED
Venerable Couple Receive Con«
gratulations and Enjoy
Festivities at Home
ALAMEDA, Sept. 10.—Mr. and Mrs.
iN. M. Jacobs of 1319 Pacific avenue
i observed the sixtieth anniversary of
their wedding this afternoon and even
ing by receiving a number of their
relatives and friends at the Jacobs
home. The aged couple made merry
with the guests and enjoyed the recep
tion as much as the youngest person
in attendance.
The Jacobs were married in New
York city September 14, 1851, the fa-ride
being Miss Rachael Nathan. Both had
arrived in the eastern metropolis from
London, their native city, a few years
prior to their marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs came to Cali
fornia by way of the Panama isthmus
in 1553. Arriving in San Francisco,
I Jacobs established himself in business,
but in a short time moved to Sacra
mento, where he conducted a clothing
store for i's years and then returned
to San Francisco. Fifteen years ago
.Jacobs retired from business and since
that time the family has lived here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have two daugh
ters, Mrs. Al Jacobs and Miss L. Marion
Jacobs. They also have two grand
sons, children of Mr. and Mrs. Al
Jacobs.
ACADEMY ALUMNAE
HOLD A REUNION
Dr, F. X. Morrison Addresses
Graduates of St. Joseph's
Presentation School
BERKELEY, Sept. 10. —The School
Alumnae association of the St. Joseph's
Presentation academy held its annual
meeting at the institution this after
noon. The president of the organiza
tion. Miss Lillian Roark. presided.
A short musical program was given,
Including piano solos by Miss Margaret
Cain and songs by Miss Nora Colburn,
Miss Helene Sheridan and Miss Marie
Grant. Dr. F. X. Morrison of St.
Joseph's cathedral spoke on "Educa
tion." The rest of the afternoon was
devoted to a social meeting.
There were about SO alumnae pres
ent and they closed the proceedings by
electing officers for the new term as
follows:
Mrs. D. Levy, president: Mrs. A. Ab
brott, first vice president; Mrs. ("".
Newell, second vice president; Miss N.
Barrett, third vice president; Misa
Laura Rowe, treasurer; Miss Margaret
Cain, secretary.
DWARF 18 INCHES
HIGH WHEN THIRTY
Is Served Up as Pie at a
Court Festival in
England
One of the most celebrated dwarfs of
past times was Jeffery Hudson, who
was born at Oakham, Rutlandshire, in
1619. At 8 years of age. when the Duke
of Buckingham took him under his pro
tection, he was only 18 inches high,
which he did not exceed until he
reached the age of 30. when he sprang
up to 3 feet 9 inches, which he never
exceeded. Soon after the marrjage of
Charles I he was presented to' the
queen, by whom he was kept for the
amusement of the court, once being
served up as a pie. Tn a duel that he
fought his antagonist at first took the
affair as a' joke and appeared on the
ground armed only with a squirt, which
so enraged the little man that a real
encounter with pistols was arranged,
resulting in the David killing the
Goliath. Hudson died at the age of 63,
while in prison for his alleged connec
tion -with the Popish plot.
Xo less celebrated was Richard Gib
son, a dwarf who came into the world
four years before Hudson. His ability
a? an artist was of a high order. Ho
married Ann Sheppard. court dwarf to
Queen Henrietta Mary, the king giv
ing away the bride and the queen pre
senting her with a diamond ring. The
marriage turned out a success. The lit
tle couple had nine children, five of
whom were of full ordinary stature.
Gibson lived to be 75 years of age, his
good lady surviving him for 15 years,
Bays the London Globe.
A most curious specimen of the
freaks of humanity was given to the
world in the seventeenth century, when
June 3, 1674, Matthew Buchinger ap
peared upon the scene without either
hands or legs; also he was only 29
inches high. All these disadvantages
notwithstanding, but probably on ac
count of them, he was eagerly sought
after in the matrimonial market, and
married no fewer than four times, en
riching the world with 11 children. He
was a musical genius of no mean order,
being proficient on a variety of instru
ments ranging from the flute to the
bagpipes, having by his own ingenuity
invented a means of overcoming his
physical drawbacks. He was also an
expert conjurer, a good draftsman
and a rapid writer.
A still smaller dwarf was Wybrand
Lolkes. the son of a poor fisherman,
who was born in West Freisland in
1730. He became a watchmaker at
Rotterdam, showing more than usual
ability in his craft. He married a
woman of ordinary size and they had
three children. When he reached his
sixtieth year his .business failed and
henceforth he got his living, and a
good one, too, by turning himself into
a show. After making a good collec
tion of gold coins in his new avocation
he eventually found his way to Lon
don. Here he obtained an engagement
at Astley's amphitheater, but soon re
turned to his native place, where he
spent the remainder of his life in ease
and comfort. At no period of his earth
ly career did Lolkes exceed 56 pounds
in weight or reach a higher stature
than two feet two inches.
The average man Is more polite to
people he never expects to meet again
than to 'those whose good will is really
worth cultivating.
When a widower marries a milliner
or a dress maker he probably is figur
ing on getting back part of what his
first wife spent.
Barbara Nachtrieb,
Winner of Leading
Role in Tragedy
COLLEGE STUDENTS
CAST FOR DRAMA
Stephen Phillips' "Paola and
Francesca" to Be Staged
in Greek Theater
BERKELEY, Sept. 10. —As artistic as
any performance ever given in the
Greek theater at the University of Cal
jfornia, 'according to the faculty com
mittee in charge, will be the English
club presentation, Qrtober 7, of Stephen
Phillips tragedy. "Paolo and Fran
cesca." The night Selected will be in
full moon, and as little artificial light
ing as possible will be used.
The play will be cast in garden
scenes, and the great Greek stage will
be spread with foliage, the encircling
eucalypti being a natural enhancement
of the setting. The wonderful effect of
such a stage display has been exempli
fied in such productions as Maude
Adams' rendition of "L'Aiglon" two
years ago in the Greek theater.
"#rln a competition of students the lead
ing woman's role was won by Miss Bar
bara Nachtrieb, a junior. ;; ; She had im
portant parts in other English club
plkys, taking -• the role of Cleopatra in
"Caesar and :Cleopatra,";: among others.
She ;is an Alpha Phi sorority member. £ '
V sE. G. Clewe, a senior, will have the
role of Paolo.' f lie is ■ president Vof the
English club and a member of the Zeta
Psi fraternity. He played in last year's
junior farce, and ;in several of the f pre
tentious university productions.: *
Other students in the cast are: , .'
Mar'Christal ;"'-.-, \W. G. Wilson '.' '
I.urita St-.ne v, . ' E.ir>..-McXear '
Marjrljr Krusi - .[. W. Rankin ; :'
Enld?*Watkins. : . jE. R. Zumwalt.
Carolyn , Waite ' .'' !Rot Silent-- -
Mabel I.und T. J. Grlbner "
E. O. Clewe .."■ ' .. ' - '.
The play is laid in Italy, in the me
dieval period.
OLYMPIC'S SKIPPER
SPINS FISHY YARN
Tells "Landlubber" Tale When
Asked for Interview
Captain Smith of the Olympic was
questioned in New York about the coal
consumption of the world's biggest
Mner on her first voyage. But Captain
Smith shook his head and said:
"That is a coal story I am not privi
leged to speak about. I'll tell you an
other coal story, though, if you'd care
to hear it?"
"Id be delighted," said the reporter.
"Well," said Captain Smith, "it's a
story about a poor sailor. He was
taken down with fever on a brigan
tine, and, though the mate and captain
dosed him well, he died. They buried
him at sea.
"They buried him with the usual im
pressive sea rites. He was sewed in a
sail round which a flag was draped,
and, to make him sink, the sail was
weighted with a number of big lumps
of coal.
"A landlubber of a passenger par
ticipated in the services. He watched
the well woighted corpse slip into the
water. It disappeared at once, and the
landlubber shook his head and said:
" 'Well, I've seen many a man go
below, but this is the first one I've
sfen taking his own coal down with
him." "
JAPANESE NURSERY MEN
ADOPT YANKEE METHODS
Grow "Ancient" Forest Tree in
Pulp of Orange
The "Mundus," a weekly published in
Rome in five languages, states that one
of the methods adopted by the Japanese
to produce those curious dwarf trees
which have become so much the rage
in Europe lately, is as follows: The
pulp of an oj-ange is removed through
a small hole and the skin filled with
a mixture of wool, charcoal and rich
earth, with one seed toward the open
ing in the skin. The orange is put in
a glass and watered by the hole and
every now and then a little wood ash
is added. The plant shoots through
the opening and the roots pierce the
skin; as soon as they do so they are
cut off. After two or three years of
this treatment the plant will be only
a few" inches high, but will have the
aspect of an old forest tree.
GOLD PIECES STRUCK
AT CANADIAN MINT
Product of Dominion Mines Is
Coined at Home
A beginning has been made with the
issue of the Canadian gold coinage at
the branch of the royal mint in Ottawa,
and the first 10,000 $5 pieces struck
have been made from $55,000 worth of
gold produced at the Hollinger mine in
the Porcupine gold field, Ontario, the
newest gold mining center in Canada.
Ijont Her Pane
While riding down town yesterday
she suddenly missed her pocketbook,
containing money to buy her new spring
suit. She got It, however, on the "Cal
ifornia" $1 a week credit plan. 59
Stockton street, upstairs. •
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
FRUITVALE CLUBS
ARE AMALGAMATED
Consolidation Effected to Carry
Forward Projects of Improve
ment on a Large Scale
OAKLAND, Sept. 10.-At a joint meet
ing of the Taxpayers and Redwood im
provement clubs held last night at
Adams Assembly hall, corner of Davis
street and Peralta avenue, it was decid*
ed to consolidate the two organizations,
as the purposes of both clubs were sim«
ilar. The consolidation was effected at
a banquet and "smoker." John F. Hcod
acted as chairman of the evening and
A. Zeb secretary.
Among those present were the follows
ing: If. M. Ogden, R. E. Brandon, C.
L. Adams. H. E. Gregory, Dr. C. «uc"-i
olz. S. A, Neppach, B. A. Gamble, \V . G«
Hawes, fc. A. Williamson, N J. Melsen,
A. P. Hill, H. D. Willey, A. A. Leonard,
C. S. King, T. Joyce, A. Bergh. R«
Davis and Frank Voshall.
The combined organization will worW
to improve the roads in the upper Fruit-*
vale district and other parts of thaft
section outside the limits of gaj^tetf
Oakland. An active campaign foffij£-ul
betterment will be inaugurated at once<
This and much other development worl4
is planned by the new organization.
The combined clubs will have a memj
bership of 175. The purpose of th<4.
amalgamation was to carry on witVg -
better effect larger projects of improve*
ment.
OFFICE HOLDING IN
HUNGARY NO SINECURE*
Absentee Member of Parliament
Fined Quarter's Pay
Payment of members of parliamerf
has its pains as well as privileges i\
Hungary. In order to have the quorunt
of 101. deputies take turns in beinsf
present. Recently It was found tha3
Count Michael Karolyi had absent? I
himself, and that his only excuse wa*
that his secretary had forgotten trt
make an entry In his engagement book*
Count Kaso!yi has' been sentenced tts
a loss of $34«. three months' state ali
lowance and this sum will be returned
to the parliamentary funds.
It is the duty of every : expectant
mother to prepare her system for thq
coming of : her \ little one £to avoid aa l
far as \ possible the ; suffering rof sucl^
occasions, - and endeavor to ■'„ pass s
through the crisis • with her vhealiji
and strength unimpaired. ; This s'Jdi
may do through the use of Mother'»
Friend, a remedy that has been so
long in use, : and accomplished sat
much good, that it is in ■no ; sense an;
experiment, but a preparation whicl*
always produces the best results. It
is for exernal application and so pen-*
etrating in its nature as to thoroughly
lubricate every muscle, nerve and ten
don involved during the period before
baby comes. It aids nature by ex
panding the skin and tissues, relieves
tenderness and soreness, and perfectly
prepares the system for natural and
safe motherhood. ■ -: ■.: Mother's Friend
has been used < and endorsed by thou
sands of mothers, and its use will
prove a comfort and a benefit to any
| woman ; in :. need sof I such i a remedy.
!Mother's Friend "P ,
is sold at drug fITHFTTC
stores. Write for rl*'* *A
free book for *f*flll7lntr
expectant moth- jfj fjflMlg
: ers, which con- v. ■ , '. ■ •■■■",
tains much valuable information.
BRADFIELD re m ; MnT^ r.
BORADENT
TOOTH PASTE
Neutralizes all Mouth Acids, de
stroys all Germs, arrests and prevents
Decay in Teeth. 25 cents at all Drug
gists". Made in California, sold every- '
where.
MACDON(WGHSX&XS£
;,V THREE ■ NIGHTS—-Commpncine - Tonight
v, ■ v, - MATINEE WEDNESDAY *--
C RICHARD (Himself) - -^
arlE
In the Big -Musical Steeplechase,
JUMPING
JUPITER
o Edna Wallace ' Hopper (Specially Engaged).
Prices-Evening, 50c to $2; Matinee, 25c to $1.54.
THREE NlGHTS—Commencing Thim.. Sept. 14
1 • ~ MATINEE . SATURDAY * " -'■
-- J: r- A. H. WOODS Offers ,' '-- -'"' ■ '' ■:
The Lauglii Laughing Show ■ on/Earth. •
THE GIRL,
THE 1 /\^V.I
COST OF SINGLE FARES -,
:;■■.■' Matinee, 25c to $I.oo— Evening. 25c ■ to *1 VI
H^ ■ " SEATS NOW OX SALE/ "
Commt'nrtna: Sunday Evening Sent 17 •
" MATINEE WEDNESDAY? I
BABY MINE
SEAT SALE WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 13.
BELL THEATER
This* Week We Offer *
THE BIQ SHOW
9—ACTS—O
700 I SKATS ) 800
■< FOR A V . \jf
Matinee* 1 dime \ Sl&ht,
>ever a Dull Mume««
