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WEDNESDAY, APRIL. SOy 191:5. * .
A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION
There is more than a solution of the
Panama-Pacific exposition traffic prob
lem in the supervisors' ordinance
looking to the expenditure of nearly
$3,500,000 upon new streetcar lines.
That ordinance"-promises.more for ■
the ultimate accomplishment of San j
Francisco's avowed public utility Pol-j
icy than any single thing done for or"
by the city since the adoption of the |
charter.
The supervisors propose the author- ;
I ration of bonds aggregating $3,437,
--000. The proceeds of those bonds.are
to be expended upon the immediate
construction of nine streetcar lines.
Analysis of. the supervisors'! plans i
t shows they have been well thought
out. Their consummation will give'
the city a symmetrical municipal trac-;
tion system. The proposed lines are
designed to traverse territories not
properly served by existing utilities
and sufficiently populous to , insure
profitable operation from the start.
That the proposed lines', if author
ized, will dispose of the exposition
traffic problem is, hf course, a prime
consideration. It is by no means the
major consideration. '
Their construction can only serve
to hasten the day when San Fran
cisco shall own and accept respon
sibility for the management of its
public utilities.
Municipal ownership is long since
out of the realm of experiment. Its
success is not budded upon a long j
line of failures. It is and has "been
successful, both from the standpoint :
of service .and profits, wherever it has j
been fairly tried.
Fortunately it is not necessary for
San Francisco to go abroad to prove
that municipal ownership means both
service and financial success. ''*- The \
Geary street road furnishes ample:
proof.
The. plans proposed by the super
visors are designed to add both to the
comfort and the profit of San Fran
cisco's people.
The unanimity with which the plans
were agreed to by the members of the
board bespeaks like unanimity of ap- J
proval by the people at the polls. '
A CLEANLY COAST
If the Cassidy bills, putting out of
business the public towel and public j
drinking cup, wherever now found, "
and providing for sterilization of the ■
public shaving cup, brush and razor ■
are • passed by the assembly, , as*', it
should, then the entire Pacific coast i
from Canada to ,Mexico will .be the!
cleanest on earth, so far as these im- I
portant factors in public hygiene are j
concerned, as both Oregon and Wash
ington have similar laws, which have
been , and are successfully enforced. j
Acting evidently under a misappre
hension of the facts, some of the
barbers are opposing the passage of
the bill so far as their part of it is
concerned. Of course, no decent bar
ber wants to transmit to any customer,
by reason of the uncleanliness of his j
tools of trade, the barbers' itch so j
called, not to speak of worse diseases I
which have been known to have been j
contracted in that manner. Hot I
water is, or should be, in use in every i
barber shop. To have boiling water j
in which to plunge instruments will ;
cause no hardship here. It causes j
none in the other two coast states.
For the sake of saying that the en
tire Pacific coast is at one.in such
important matters of public hygiene
it will be worth while to „pass the
Cassidy bills, to say nothing of the
great improvement, in safety and
cleanliness in matters of health; which
they will bring about, in a short time.
CURRENCY REFORM
If the purported prevalent ideas,"
as the Associated Press report put it,
of majority members of the senate
banking and currency committee arc
correctly reported, then the demo
cratic project is little more than a
weakened copy of a part of the mone
tary commission project which failed
to pass last year.
The monetary commission project—
which did not succeed, not because
it was not meritorious, but because it
was labeled with the name of former
Senator Aldrich —was a comprehen
sive, systematic plan of banking re
form, which, if adopted, would, in
ertect, have applied to American -finan
cial v affairs the same scheme of gov
ernment and control under which the
republic exists! Just as-' the smallest■
states have equal representation in
the federal house and k senate, so
would the smallest banks' have had
fair and just representation under the
monetary commission plan.. „ ,
A central bank was the chief factor
in the former plan. Under the demo
cratic plan, instead of one great bank,'
there arc to be. fifteen "regional re
serve banks," thus weakening what
should .be strongest by as much as a
tree,split into fifteen parts is easier to
break than one solid tree.
Instead of a central board of direct
or-*, chosen by district boards/under
the commissions, just as senators are
chosen by a state, the new plan/pro
poses a supervising body to consist
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of the j secretary '/. of the. treasury, •- the.
secretary' of agriculture, the comp
troller .;of the currency. two presiden
tial appointees and four appointed .by
the banks. There is** a positive*'and
immediate objection to this plan in,
that it makes the body political; and*
the majority the appointees of thj
president. Such a body should be dis
tinctly nonpartisan, nonpolitical and
to be as Strictly a body of financial
men as any bank directorate. * How
much time could the V secretary of
agriculture, for example, nearly every
minute of whose day is taken up with
routine of his department, give to
financial problems of the nation?
The remainder of the plan is too'in
definite for comment; but it is evi
dent either that sufficient thought has
not been given to the subject by the
committee or that its statement heeds
revision and amplifying for the public*
benefit. • -
THE RIGHT WAY
Secretary Lane has taken hold of
the reclamation service disputes in
just the right manner to bring about
an adjustment, y
' Dickens* circumlocution office had
fiothing on the interior department in*
the matter of tying things up in a
bundle of red tape. If a water; user
began with a complaint with the rec
lamation service the chances were
that he would end by dying of old
age before his grievance reached;the
secretary.. He would get profuse
promises that the matter would be
taken up with the next higher officer,
and they would "take it up" and then
gently but firmly lay The poor water
user down in a corner until such-time
as he might take' a new start. "
Secretary Lane proposes, to cut all
the knots in the red tape by summon
ing representatives of the water users'
associations and the officers of the
reclamation service to appear before
him and thrash out their grievances,
and he has invited the congressional
delegations to be present at the hear
ings* next week. k ,
This is the right way to do public
business, whenever it can be done.- By
bringing all the parties before him the
secretary can speedily put an end one
way or the other to important matters,
which have been too long allowed to
drag their slow length along.
NEW YORK ACTS
The first appropriation of $250,000
out of a-proposed total of $700,000 to
be devoted by the state of New York
to purposes of representation and ex
hibition at the Panama exposition
here is now available. •
The Empire , state has been most
liberal in appropriations for national
expositions, even more so than might
be expected. There is good reason for
New York's liberality; that state has j
found that it is -beneficial to its in- i
terests at large to be the best repre
sented of all the states. By reason of
its lavish expenditure New York has
adopted the role/of acting as host or j
allowing its always adequate and. ad
mirable building" to be used as the
| center of entertainment, and as the
scene of the great receptions usually
held at expositions. In this way, by
indirection largely," New York has; re
ceived publicity valuable only second
to that received by the exposition! it
self. : /;//': ,yy' ,* : :.:
The action of New York ought to
act as an example for some :of the
slower states to follow. They will all
find that the larger the exhibit, they
make here the larger returns: they will i
receive for their expenditures.
The citizens who waste between live
and six million gallons of water daily,
probably wouldn't" waste a glass of beer
or wine, ye; the cost price/ of the,
wasted- water Would buy hogsheads, of
liquor.
The statement attributed to Secretary
Bryan that he intends to stay here un
til the. present, dispute ,is settled kis
welcome. In that case the whole ad
ministration may have to come. k.
There la only one public spectacle
that is more amusing to the onlooker
than a theatrical war and that is an
operatic war. There is more noise to
it. '. '*' k- ,"■"'. . - "AAA
Loyal Catiforaians will not forget that
this is the best day in the year, v though
any.other day/ is equally good, for eat
ing" some California raisins.
It is a pity that after their great
victory for civilisation, the Balkan
allies should. now act like dogs fight
ing ov*r a bone. / / " *
ABE MARTIN li
jl; \Vith"*"'rliubarb,ther,'s;no/*such*word
"A itli rhubarb there no such word-]
as fail. It begins t''look'like:Presl- ij
J^ent/Wilson intends /t\ reward th' I t
party workers, as Mrs. , Tilford|! '
Moots*: nephew, who has alius beenp .
{ a prominent Jackson day banquet J
: usher, is slated fer th' ; pustofflce at! "
j! Bed Bye, Oklahomy. ' '
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THE . SAN FKAXCISCO ..GALL.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913:.
FERRY TALES|
This is for Frank Leavltt and his
fellow conspirators to : read. To
take a census of the baseball fans
among the transbay commuters* would
Involve a count practically the en
tire commuter;brigade:/; The commuter
brigade, turns out in full force to the
Sunday; morning games. That i-= /the
reason why you have to .be/on hand
early if you ,would do any choosing
and picking in the matter'! of finding a
seat. The commuter brigade is as
proud of the new. ball park in Oakland
as if every member; were drawing div
idends/from it instead of contributing
revenue; '' */•-/■'"' * / ■ /' ..." '/.■'■•/ ■./'
But, there* is one objection to it, and
as it is a/matter that can be corrected
at comparatively small expense, the
fans who asked me to mention it be
lieve that something. will be done about
it at once.
Here is the kick. The fence around
the ball park is being covered with ad
vertisements. ; There .is no objection to
that. There are times.when the ads
are more interesting than the game.
It is the color scheme that is ; making
the fans': eyes ache, and which has in
spired this .roar. ' - . ■"■■..'.-'
1 Many /'of the/ads are painted on * a
white background. California sun
shine is the brightest product of, na
ture's laboratory. , The -fans; don't. have
to look at the sun,* but they "can't* see
the kfield without turning their / gaze
toward .the fence, and the aforesaid
white background reflects enough sun
shine into the fans' eyes" to cause seri
ous discomfort. ; "/ k / : S'iVy
I'm neither a, sign - painter nor an
] oculist,, but 1 know that;a|white] glare
1 is not good for. the eyes; that there'are
colors- the reflection from ' which/rests
rather than strains the optic /nerves,
and.-.,- that the y employment of, - these
milder tones. would not /majie; the ads
j either less- attractive or more "difficult
Ito read. "'/.-, -■'-']-'/. '.
; To quote a paragraph from ,'ust one
of a number of; communications that
1/ have .received: on the subject: s y.
"Won't you please ask Frank Leavitt
,to have the; sign painters use colors
that/won't hurt our eyes; either this
or / supply .us /with : smoked" glasses It
won't cost him* half as much;to/do this
as*. I\' will owe my oculist if If spend;; a'
few more Sunday mornings; trying 'to
watch ball games in the glare of the
white paint with-*which the fence is
rapidly being*coated." ./. . / , /; _£
The ability to make one*.elf comfort-"
able»is one of the signs of experience.
in camping-*, for 'instance, the tender-
Toot delights ;to lay himself down on
the hard ground That is. he does _it
and takes delight later on in; telling of
those dreamless sleeps ".(on" nature's .*.tin-"'
graded mattress." -They are dreamless,
usually,* only in theory. ": The experi
enced -camper can "sleep ;on* the ground
if 'necessary, but. it . is s distinctly ah
emergency resort, and'if he" has half ;": a
chance 7to get it he; will 'go. to no little
inconvenience to install in his tent .the
wire mattress sof civilization ;. or. the*
best substitute he* can devise with the
aid of : pine boughs or other available
material.- '/■/'// ".'■-■'.; "A //>-.
; In" traveling also..- does experience
make itself ** ; manifest ; in-/a/j- hundred
ways. On _an .' ocean > liner you ' can «pick
out the* old travelers/before ./the-ship
has' been*' ten minutes "on ; its .way, ''■; by
their.*; preparations for j settling /down.
They know exactly/; what/ is /a head/of
them and* drop naturally into new
life. /' :k . . ' A k- '.'// AAA''^
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, One of the oldest commuter* between
here arid the Marin shore/ has learned I
that the lack .7 of * * upholstery * on - the
seats of the- ferry steamers and trains
adds to the discomfort: of 'the;; daily
journeying,: particularly when nature
lias been somewhat; stingy/ in its sup-?
ply of /cushioning for the sharp cor-*
ners, lie t has commuted for- years and
ever since -they were , vented has > car-;
ried with; him. 1 as ' regularly as his
: gloves and newspaper," a\ pneumatic
cushion.- When he boards the boat that
.takes f bin* on the first stage of the j
journey, to San Rafael, he inflates this
miniature life preserver and rides'
i home on compressed air. it • adds -to j
I the comfort of the train trip and when
j be/leaves the train all he has to 'do/
is to unscrew the stopper, release . the
| air, roH >up the deflated rubber and
i put it in his pocket. / £ :, , t .
\ A It has been his habit, when within/a
j block or/so of home, to announce his
approach by whistling a-few staccato
notes. Every family that '■ lives in the
country has its own peculiar whistle.
This/, particular/.commuter// signals his
homecoming with the same whistle he
used £as! a. boy •■ to, notify members of
"Perfectly Harmless"
NEWS FROM THE HOTELS
I*. M. Warren of San Diego, is at the
Sutter. 1 *;".". - ~ -
M.Y." Snyder, a merchant'of New Or
leans,' is at the Dale.. ' V
.1. M. Kenny v from Alameda, is a
guest at the Baldwin. - I
• Mr. and Mrs. Sam S. Cohn of Stock- j
ton,'are at the Sutter. *. !
-"_. Charles -CremerTs registered, at the i
Sutter from Peoria. 111.
W. Q. ('Adman, a merchant of San
• Joee, is': at *th c/ Stewart. - , /. .
] W. EkTurley of Reno, is staying for a
J few days at' the .Sutter./ / / ,
] A. \S. Cleary, real estate dealers/or
(Fresno, is at the Manx.'"-". ,
P. G. Morgan; sis, registered at . the
| 'Baldwin* from Michigan./'yi
S. Henderson from New York City, is
| staying at the-Columbia. /!
('. A. Carter of 'Spokane, Wash., is
j staying at the/Columbia. *.
To wnley. Chandler; of -Santa .Barbara,
! attorney and capitalist," is at the Union
, Square. . /: ; ' :, AAA. [y'AA-Ayl
y'W. 11. McKittrick, publisher of a
newspaper in Bakersfleld, *is* at the
I Fairmont. '/ /' '
- J. P. Atkin, a business man of Sac
i ramentoy/and Mrs. Atkin are staying
lat the Stewart. ./'.■ k~*'
/ 'George H. ■' Thatcher, y attorney / gen
eral of the state of Nevada,; is a guest
at the Palace > hotel. '
■;: A. C. Cook, / advertising man from
.Los Angeles, la at;the?Bellevue accom
panied by Mrs. Cook. ■ /
yJ.Py Callahan./ president, of a Mon
treal Trust '.. company, " : and Mrs. Calla
ban, are guests; at the i St. .Francis/. ;
Mr. F. P. Mickey, a;hardware dealer
of Santa Ana, is;a* recent arrival at*.the
-Argonaut* accompanied by Mrs. Mickey.
/ L. Y."CoVglns'of*lgernak brie/of/the
best /known lumbermen/of California,
arrived/yesterday at the Square.
Edgar /.V.-Greenbauriiy a/millionaire
merchant of Chicago, who Is here/on
a * honeymoon trip, \isi at the St. Fran
els' with Mrs.'Greeribaum./ - k.
W. All/ /Hopper, 'plantation . owner of
Honolulu, Hawaii, Jis -at/the / Bellevue.
accompanied by Mrs. Hopper and the
Misses Hopper. The Hoppers arrived
In; San Francisco :from/ the/ islands in
June of , last year arid 'are now return
ing home; after spending the .winter in
New York; y , '/■ ; . ,',y-y" ; ..//
ANTI-ALIENOGRAMS
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Once again,. Mr. Bryan, ;'Welcome to
our--city." ."',*:
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.'-. ; Governor Johnson • would rather, be
right than—vice president.- - ~/.'■
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Put the grape.iuice on ice, Mary, here
comes the _ secretary of : state. /
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And now Japan is/sending some one
over to help Unscramble the alien land
eggs. Everybody's; trying it. ;
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k, Like the British generals in the Boat
war. Colonel Bryan will say ■'" to; Com
mander in Chief Wilson, "1 regret, to'
report.",/ "* . ' ,<* ■* A[./ 1 /' y
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It was T. K. ' who /called us. names
several/years-- ago. ' Now .comes; Doctor
Jordan, who says we are "semi-barbar
ous."vy Et-*tu, 'Brute!". *. "'S'V^ft
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'•-. The secretary of/"state, has? his ear
"primed * for; that;' "toot, > toot,/ all aboard
for" Washington.'' . , k
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Soft pedal.'Mr. Phelankif you want to
pick that ambassadorial plum!
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If/ the ;J governor,// representing / the
greats, state of California,/breaks, into
song -it/would probably be with ''-They
AIL Pick on Me.""
■ Should Bryan decide to run-, over to
'Japan he would be as welcome- there as
the Bower* now bloom In the spring*
tra la. . '
tiiek*''gang" 'that it "was; time to go
swimming. ■'-*k;'y' 'yAyl/A AyyA-'./'c ;,:'-.
When his , whistle is heard the dinner
is rushed'on; to the table," 4 ; and he doesn't
have to. wait a minute for * his .even
ing] meal. , . r-. *..* , s-
_ A few weeks ago, however, a* fever
blister crocked one of his lips. He
couldn't whistle. He had t<> wait -near
ly three mi notes the first night for his
dinner.- It was--put on too soon the
next night. That fever blister threat
ened to disrupt the working of a sys
tem that he had regarded as perfect.
The third day he fixed it all again by
having a whistle screwed into the es
cape valve of his pneumatic cushion.
He postpones the deflation now until
he reaches the whistling place, when
he releases the J air, squeezes the bag
and the family knows. , Ite^""
LINDSAY CAMPBELL.
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L. li. Moses", a manufacturer, is stay
ing at the' Palace. "" ** ' "">- -
G. H. Baldwin,* ak capitalist from
Eureka is at.the Stanford./ - //
E. jc. Williamson of Portland, Ore
is staying at Baldwin. / ':
Major Bowhill, a vineyardist of Vine
berg, is/a guest at the ; Manx./ y /
A. G. Leonard, a business man of
New/York city, is at the Palace. /'■--'.,
* J. M. Ward*; and wife vfrom Portland,
Ore., are staying at the Baldwin, y .
S. Senegrini, a plumbing contractor
of Santa Cruz, is at ; the/Argonaut. ..
J. W. Johnson, an .automobile dealer
of Napa, is a. guest at; the 'Argonaut. •-. A
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Bailey of ' Seaside,
'Oregon,-]'are staying at the Stanford:. •
. E. N. Mcintosh, a merchant of Winne-
Daucca, Nev., is registered at the/Dale.//
W. V. Clayton Jr.. a business man of
Salt Lake City, is staying at the Sutter. 1
George K. Yule, a. lumberman of Se
attle, is registered at the 'St:""'Francis.*'
Harold H. Swift, ;a millionaire meat
packer of Chicago, is at.the St. "Francis.
H. S. Bridgewater, an insurance man
of Sacramento,, is staying at the Manx.
E. K. Wilde, superintendent of the
Australian Gas company., in Sydney,
and";a large / proper tyyowner in ''• that
city, who is a guest at the. Sutter with
Mrs. Wilde, says that the labor ques
tion is the greatest problem confront-;
Ing- the business men of the antipodes
at , the present time. Mr. Wilde said: '[
"Labor: is very scarce . Australia
now.y We ' need • laborers .; badly, es
pecially stevedores y. and , coalpassers.
Building artisans (are in, great demand
also. 1 // The ; wages there,/ while k not ;as
high-as paid in the United States, are
about'the same as here, when living
expenses are considered. Building
;workers : there receive /about/ $4.25 /a
day, and they can rent cottages . for
about $4 a week, and if ': they live in
restaurants '..; they can .buy; their two
heartiest meals!of the day for less than
2.*") ■* cents. As ■"". you ; know. Australia's
government has;been controlled by the
-unions/for about three? years. y/I ,-am
afraid that 'unless the unions change
their policies* there .will-, be a/revolu
tion there, before long. It is a wonder
to Vme that American workmen
do Hot , come to "Australia.'' / y
A. /L. Martin of. Kansas City, western
representative of a large rubber goods
riian factory, who ,is registered, at /the
St. Francis, says that/the- good ' roads
of California/ will bring* thousands of
automobile tourists %■ from the y east
yearly, and that ■ these/roads , will do
more to advertise California than any
thing else. - ■ .■.:•■ -
p Mr. Martin said:
"I /have -just finished/an* eight day
tour of California: Today I came from
Fresno to:San' ; Francisco t in about eight
haurs,'', a distance /of j- more- than ;»"200
miles..; This ' time speaks /well*; for the
roads. The automobile industry in this
state should be/the/best/in- the union,
considering population, when;, the pro
posed; state high way/ is completed. Al
ready/garages are in the course of con-'
i struction along/ the route of the pro
; posed road. There are not enough gar
ages now ; to/ accommodate*- the auto
1 owners, 1 honestly believe that ">o,''oo
j machines .will be; sold in California! the
: daythe state highway is finished."
Queries Answered
k ST.; PETEU'S--T.;.*S\;: s City. The exterior
diameter of »the. dome "of ,St.. Peter's church in
ll'imi' is MS i*,. feet,[while tlie interior is i:ro
feet. '. ; The glit from he: paVement line to the
ban of ". the : lantern is I o."> * feet ; ami _, to*, the j top
of,: the (Mi t34% " feet. - The 'dome; is .".0 ; feet
wider/: and* (14 feel '-higher J than"* that "of , St.
Paul's,; London," Eng. - , • ;.;• - \ '.-
'tE''ISTRATIoX - Subscri'oer. Oakland. The
registrar * of -, voters * says ;that - If r a * man » is fen*;
gaged, in -business* he " may.: register.*,; but; if -he
has not permanent., place 'of abode he 1 would * not
He permitted ". to 1 vote. a« no ; one is * entitled to
vole who lias nut resided 30"'days in the pre
cinct in which lie offers to : ■-•-».':'■ •"" •-
PIECES OP EUaiT -Header. Oakland.', The,
coins ; ratted 3 "pieces *.of"eight are the Spanish
•'peso dure'' ; : i hard ; dollar*), and , are Aso called
because , they represent' eight wales' ■~:
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LATIN ■ PROVBHB— r. X.. City. "Lupus
piluin ,mutat," mm mentem - " is a Lathi proverb
and means: '/The wolf changes his coat, but. not
his disposition."
PUECIXC'I-S-Subscriber, City. There .were
'.:.■*. .-lection i precincts in San Francisco .when the
last presidential eteetten was. held.*
>'y, »/rp Vy * -A" * : A: .y -.
AI.I.'S WE!.]. _-'. I. !,.. City. "All's «r«il
that ends "well vyLsJ from Shakesi>eare"s play, of
tbat name.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
POLICE;- SHOULD PROTECT TEME
terii:s
'-.'.;- Tn : a recent "Examiner * there was in
corporated in an article entitled "Cem
eteries * Aid Thieves'", a ■ copy, of, a com
munication = sent: by I>. :A. White, chief
of police; to the Jordan Parklmprove
ment club. "Criminals' find .an easy
escape in these cemeteries," he wrote.
He applauded the; intention-, of , the . su
pervisors ?to bring J about ' the abandon
merit* of, -the cemeteries. * .** y
•JiVlf.*' as the*; chief of [ police seems v. to
think,/these/old I burial grounds 'are the
haunts /. of fugitives from/justice,' jhe
has: been strangely: derelict in his duty
in J neglecting properly-to police /these
inclosures. * His letter would seem to
be an answer to/the Jordan/Park Im
provement -club's*request .for/adequate
police i-protection. .'An/;; officer :in his
portion should /have* realized without
any / suggestion;; from * an /improvement
club; that the "city of the dead" called
fori policing because of its very; loneli
ness.: It/ should be ;so protected / that
it/could/ be at all- times safe thor
oughfare for the people who wish to
pass through it. /.■-./ V .'
/The /argument of Chief White could
be/applied to all .cemeteries and. in
deed, to all parks ""■it*' the latter were
like .'The/; cemeteries deprived .of the
police/supervision * which; large "tracts
of land; within *al city'should receive if
they harbor criminals/, dangerous to
the peace and safety of the community.
//The .cemeteries exist under/the law.
Chief of : Pol ice-White/is a member of
a* church which /advocates burial for
the dead. The discipline-of that church
forbidding | cremation is very rigorous
"-■more-so today,than ever, before. Cre
mation A, has been, looked uj>on by that
church as a pagan custom which under
mines the noble sentiment underlying
loyalty to* the deada -sentiment -up
lifting to ? human*, nature./- Moreover, it
is' claimed/ that the proofs of murder,
which/ are often brought-to light by
the exhumation/of, a 'body/when, some
days after death, there has arisen a
suspicion of murder, are; destroyed by
cremation.
Chief of Police, .White; henceforth
should .see to*./ it that the cemeteries,
which naturally come under his juris
diction, /should be : aboslutely safe, both
within and without their walls. What
ever private - views he may hold with
reference to cemeteries, bis public duty
is I plainly; this, that | the police j shall ;be
adequately employed to protect /.the
citizens of San Francisco in all parts
of {he city. •
E. S. M. GROSJEAN,
Secretary Cemetery Protective Organ
/ ,; .•'.-• ization. A ■/ A-'l/.A-.A
BOOST, BUT TRUTHFULLY
,-'---• Editor Call: The reply of a Citizen
to 'What's the matter with San Fran-
The Call's Daily Short Story
Tired, dirty in his mechanic's clothes,;
Jim Foster swung out of the shops just;
in time to meet the chattering stream j
of downtown closing time. ,He would
not. have minded that—but be almost
ran Into Ellie,"who was listening so in
tently to a dapper, young fellow bending
over her that she did not see Jim at all.
It was bitter not :to be ' seen ;by this
pretty/thing with her: big, tired eyes
and delicate air. Ay j
,fim Turned to look after them. He
knew contemptuously that he made in
a day nearly as much as such fellows
did in a week. /Why didn't they hunt a
man size/job? And what could a girl
see in. say. the specimen Elite now.
walked with. It "was -, a : cheap | theater,
a cheaper dance,; a lunch now* and then
as a i treat but /what' society !// And," at
the end,*-. ..'what'-' did 'the' girl get? -She
only cheapened herself,' wasted her time.
This fellow. Perry Benson,: could never I
make a home—probably it hadn't i
enteredl his head that she/needed one,
nor that any able bodied man should
support at least one other than himself.
- This latter \ idea I; was part ■of Jim's
gospel/of life. "'/Now, as he swung along
toward the little house in ' the suburbs,
a house:that would be his own with a
few more installments, he/took off bis
: cap and let the j May wind/blow; through
his heavy black hair. /The /wind ; felt
good Lis face, and he diked the chil
dren "running In the streets as he got
farther out from the center of the city,
and boys playing baseball and old ladies,
tottering /-back from belated calls. He
liked the edge of town.; That, was why
he had bought there—it was a bit*dis
orderly and r run down In places, but on
vacant/lots trim/ little buildings /were
going up. /His own cottage was a made
over one. - '"•/
§ As he unlocked and entered his. own
little back door and washed prepara
tory to lighting the little gasoline
stove arid getting his own supper it
seemed/ for * the once rather dreary.
Heretofore it had/been a -bit like
camping. He hadn't minded getting
breakfast and supper 1 when he bought
a good noonday meal downtown. The
home- cooking had -been/a temporary
sort of '■ thing—a makeshift. AA He bad
planned to | have a wife to have things
cheery ; and ready for him some day.
'"; He heated a can of beans, and made
some/coffee and cut the baker's bread
and/tried not to see.Ellle's face in the
purely' imaginary chair/opposite him.
He had ' never '-* Intended/choosing her
anyhow.; Her * face "- just V* sort" of put
itself there from the ; time a few
months' ago when he- had A gone/ Into
Bascom's linen //■ department:yto , buy
some towels/ She/ had sold /them to
him. and her; fragility and .sweetness
and a certain reserve arid gravity made
him /remember kher./ He had found
himself buying other things from her,
a' few days later./ He- must -have been
in a" dozen./times— -always for some
trifle/which ;he put away and called
himself/a- fool ,for getting.
' Now his subper" was without flavor,
as he recalled that' a month ago he
had met her on/the* street one/ even
ing and had asked leave ;to walk back
with her. ; She shrank and started .and
he had some ado to prove to her that;
he /meant: no barm. /Of course, he
should found some oneL to ; Intro-,
duce him —he had known that. His
speaking; to her was' not effrontery but
friendliness. /; Finally, recognizing him.
she let him come Zand 4 was very frank
arid pleasant, she/was disinclined
to" let/ him come again. liked her
for/that./ Working, girls were not al
ways *so careful how they ■ made ac
quaintances.. .-"./--* > .. ■■•■.,
% But this is not what took the flavor,
! from his picked "up meal. After "that
i meeting with her he had.rouriu a. friend
| who did know herit was a : chance,
I too. of a sort which he hated. He never
went to the Dream On "Dances, but
Bob Merrill fairly' bullied him into
entering one night. And almost the
first / giil.s ace ' he" saw ; pass/ him was
that/of- Ellie. y;lie. had gone hot and
cold." and angry. Then he remembered
that her goings and comings were" not
his to regulate.
Bob had a dance with her and' Jim
watched them, .wondering: that she had
come /here. Didn't / she ; know::better?
She would ' meet- men that should not
even * know of her existence! He; waited
fori the waltz to end. and/ presented;
! himself for introduction. After that
lie had :da need /with/ her a few rounds'"
and then asked' .to/ take - her; off the
"floor. *" ~-■ , :■-'-'■ .' y
f He proceeded/to talk/to** her like a'
brother. It was a frank talk. He went
too: far. he '. knew —he lectured her. And
since she bad avoided- him. He had
been twice to see her and she. refused ;
to appear— at?least, he thought she did.
The. woman said she was not in, but
he was sure that he caught a glimpse 1
of her on one of the times.' * Now lie
Cisco and ; '"Beautiful coast • neglected
stamps/him. to quote Artemus .Ward,
as *an.amusln' cuss." * '-"**• - •
All we have.to to make thousands
of tourists demand tickets to the dif
ferent beaches, along the line of the
ocean y) shore is to educate' ■ them
-through/- our /bar keepers."'--hot elclerks
and railroad conductors—postgradu
ates in * the art of boosting../In?.other
words.; we> must; tell the strangers who
come here that, along our coast line,,
which _ one of the' finesty* ll the
country, ;we htfve hotels./ casino""*, bath
houses and places of amusement that
make those near: Los Angeles look like
a shoestring; "
That is all we have to do /to; keep
the Visitors from - "finding-their way
down Market street and leaving us in
a day or two." as Citizen puts it.
Citizen is a knocker., certainly, to
admit:/ that /strangers can /content
themselves only a day of Urn here, and
hurry from us to places where there
is sufficient entertainment.; to k«>ep
them interested for /weeks, and even
months. /'- • --■-■-£ .
The art /of boost ins he would have/
ius believe,-is misrepresentation. Tim'
[ is the "worst, imaginable sort of boom-,
j erang;'to/a city.. * / , ' * '
There were -not, "according to Citi
zen's figuring.- 12...000 people at Venice
on'Jiify;/4; 1912. because Los Angeles
polled only. 150.000 votes out:;of j __«<>.
! at/the last presidential election. /What
'a WoriderfuT mathematician!/ Imagine
1 Atlantic/City or any other: resort esti
■ mating: the people present on/ any par
ticular day by the voting, list.
We boosted our coast suburbs three
or four,years ago/with;brilliant prom
ises "the/ little exaggerations" that
Citizen advises—'arid induced thousands
to buy property; along the ocean shore.
Among these purchases /"' were large
' numbers from the Sacramento valley
who were only too glad to/ have bet
ter/beaches / close; at hand; where they
could escape* their own heat and that
of the* beaches of: the';"south,/.-'which :
Citizen says "is unbearable."■■;'-, i
Were the promises made then kept?
Buy -a/ticket- at try"? imposing depot at
Twelfth and Mission streets," take a
trip along the coast and view.the poor,
struggling settlements—some of them
desolate and / weed grown'; . you
have your "answer. We well .remember
the interesting literature that deceived
investors; the/, pltcures that/Corot
might; envy. The marvelous pictures
were really /a credit to the imagina
tion of the artist and a joy to the
booster./ ■ ''/•-'' ■:'. '-"?
But do such "little exaggerations*' as
those used in the sale jof that land
pay? Such things fly. east and west;
north and south, and return with their
deserved reproach on the people; who
fathered them. FAIR PLAY.
San Francisco, April '21.
DEFEAT
LOUISE OLNEY
ate 3nd mentally went over what he
had told her. ' ' /
His warning had been to the effect
that she was too good for this sort
of thing; that she was in danger
being .misjudged; making bad ac
quaintances; that she was too delicate
and should be outdoors in the air.
Finally her silence irritated him and -
he insisted in taking her home forth
with. She had come with a group of
others and got off on the plea of a
headache. . But-she had not promised
not to go again. And —here she was
with that worthless Perry Benson—and _
business did he,/ Jim, have j with -
her, after all? He asked himself that,
and answered that he must be crazy.-
He would put her out of his mind..
After he had tidied up and ; , mended
a place in the fence, he thoughtfully-,
put on his good clothes and went down
the street for a walk. All/roads led
Ellie, and he found himself going '
in the direction of her boarding -house.";
He rang the bell, j asked the hardfaced
woman who answered for Miss Cald
well, and waited. Would she see him?
Why did she avoid him? ;, He only
wanted /to. walk with her—she had
walked with /him a few times. He
seemed to see her childlike face beside/
him. her fair head not up to his shoul
der, -and to hear her gentle, precise
little speeches. -Once he had called
forth a rippling laugh out of her seri
ousness/;,. _ - . v ' ,V-*'V
"She's out,"was the woman's an
swer. k v ".''., ' ; . ■ 'y
Jim simply turned and "went down
the steps ;**tnd;into the .twilight. He
hated the [ gas lamp at- the corner,;
and /the children and the boys play
ing hide and ,seek. ; He was: sick of
everything. And now he knew what
ailed him—he.was in love, like-any
goose of a youth; he, 26 years old and
in his setises on.other subjects! And.
probably, she; was off -to a dance with
that fellow Benson!_.;Probably, she was
like all the rest—probably she was not
the 'girl for him: but he couldn't/think
so! His thoughts clung to her, all that
was protective, arid affectionate in him
went out to shelter; her. *"..* . '/'
He turned a corner sharp and with
out warning ran squarely into some
one—a woman— no, a girl, by '■: the'_'soft.
alarmed "Oh of fright. arid pain. He
caught at and saved her from; falling,
trying to y excuse his ' unpardonable
blindness. Then he saw who it was. /
"Oh, Ellie"' he said, v using her first
name.;. "Oh, Ellie!" :'He was ready, now
to be quiet and good. He had mentally
accepted his /defeat. She had*:plainly,
showed she didn't care; for him, so he
would simply *; be ; friendly. Looking
down at her. now, wondering \ that she
did/ not speak, he perceived /to ' his
amazement and \ dismay that she -was
crying. Tears ran . down her ; cheeks.
He put a hand under; her arm and pro
tected her down 'the; street lest pass
ers should .note: her "distress.
. "Oh—did. I hurt you,/ Ellie? I'm; a
great., stupid brute, as well as a fool!
I/chase-after you when I ought to see
that you just can't— love / me! /_ *I'
couldn't help loving .you—l wanted -to
take care of you. I lectured and in
terfered - because/ I—wanted to take
cafe; of 'you. * I—" , > :/■;'' .
She drew; her arm ; from bis and
stopped, short/to/look up at him, her
face fairly shining through ._ the \tears.
Her/voice .was.a revelation. .
r "Oh!" she breathed. ; "Oh! you-—
--real And— oh, couldn't you
understand— that I cared too from—-"
the very— first?" / /ly . -
■// He : had no * words' for/ a moment. She
—"-cared! The thought made him silent
and - dizzy ; and dumb arid "■" ineffably
happy.,/He drew her* very.close a-*! they
walked along the way. Then he whis
pered what made her hold jhe breath
for : joy. She was to be— -a. wife. She
was. to have—a real home.
(Copyright, 1313, /by; the Mf-Chire Newspaper
" . ./'..-." v . Syndicate, i . yy- *
Hit AD ON THE .WATERS
; Orvllle Wright as all the' world
; knows, ;is ) an/expert on air, currents.*;
Mr. Wright, from .his Dayton 'stud v.
produces articles on air currents mat
are //eagerly, /seized /upon by.-.- aviators
and/ aeronauts/rand aerial builders all
6 very the wot Id. ■; ''A/a A ,y • ::
He heard recently that, a profoundly
learned >nd : . ant horitati\ »• anonymous
article on,air. currents,had appeared in
a Swedish ; review. Therefore lie di
rected a Swedish journalist 'to!get. ; t*k
review." and translate,; the articley for
him. This accordingly was* done, and
the other day Mr. Wright received the
paper .which had so excited Europe.
The, article, to: his amazement, proved
to be an early one 01" his owi, which
bad i,been I translated '■ into? Swedish, and
-now came buck to him again in Eng
lish {dress.
