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The Call,
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KEWSFAPER OFAUTgoßrrr' ''
FOUNDED DECEMBER 1, 185G ;: V
W. W. CHAP IN. /Publisher* ;
; FRIDAY; MAY 2S, 1913.
GOOD GOVERNMENT IS CHEAP
There is good advertising.' for San
Francisco in the 1913-14 budget as
passed to print by the" board of: super
visors. ; " -'V
furnishes the best proof that San
Francisco's affair* are in \ the hands ; of
a business administration.
As passed to print-by the majority
of the board, the" budget.carries 'an
increase of 1 cent on' the ,SIOO over the
budget reported by the finance com
mittee. " ~
Naturally enough, the increase was
opposed; by : the members- of the
finance committee. In support of
their original estimates they solemnly
warned the "majority-that it , would be
charged with extravagance by an out-,
raged public. . .
, An analysis of the budget fails to
disclose justification for that fear.
The total of the increase over the
finance committee's estimate ,is
$52,849.," ~",<-.,,
With the possible, exception of one
item Tor-. $5,400 r for six road >;■ guards
in the sheriff's department, there is
nothing in the added schedule that
will challenge public criticism.
It may be assumed that.the major
ity of the board was convinced that
the sheriff's demand was .based upon
necessity before it gave its approval to
that item.
The tax rate, less the exposition tax,
will be $2.20 on the $100 of assessed
valuation. Inclusive of the exposition
tax, it will be 52.24. That -rate is
estimated on the exceedingly modest
assessment total of $523,500,000. % *
The ..test : J .of 'the '■-.. administration's
work is to be found in a comparison
of the proposed with the last budget.
The 'increase in the total over 'the
total of the appropriations - for the
current year is approximately
SI. 390,000. ' ///• ;--.
That total is approximatelyTmeTtalf
the amount included in the budget Tor
redemption. and interest payments on
bonded obligations incurred by the
vote of the people. ':, «* v
That means that a saving of-nearly
$1,500,000 ".'the expense of govern
ment has been worked for the people
by. the Rolph administration. ; .
The tax rate is lower than that of
any city of like proportions in Amer
ica. It is the tax rate of a city rebuilt
in seven years. It is based on a real
estate assessment made on a theoret
ical 60' per cent basis'
It is only a theoretical 60 per cent.
The actual average of the-assessment
will rbe found some* here between ,35
per cent'and 50 per cent of the prop-'
Verity values./ ,
San Francisco is buying govern
ment cheaper, getting a' better run
for its money than any * big city in
America.
STATE BUILDING ASSURED
The vote of the California county
supervisors' convention on the propo
sition of the exposition company, pre
sented through/.Vice /President Hale,
settles the question - of- -California
state building at the ; exposition affirm
atively. , . '. "i
It may be assumed that the county
supervisors who voted in favor of the
plan did so advisedly, and are fully
aware of the public sentiment of their
home people, and it may reasonably
be further assumed that as the con
struction of a building is m ow assured,
practical!}' all of the counties of the
state that can-possibly do so will fall
•in line..- "t-.*- '"/""/ //■■.-. ■■ /;
The y erection >of a building with
100,000 feet of floor space suitable for
county, exhibition purposes : and for
free lecture and: reception rooms //for
each of The five sections "of' the state
makes certain a building of ''character j
and dignity worthy,* of it He state." * '
The solution of this important ques- ■
lion has been happily made.:■>TheTm- i
prcssion has gone abroad that the
state, of California was to have no
building of its own at its own expo- !
sition. Of course, this has never been -
true in fact: but how.that one is to be ■
provided for the-,//" bene fit of every
county in the state, and to be known
as such,'the idea to the contrary can
be shown to be false.,
How creditable the counties' exhi
bitions i shall be remains for them j to
show. Doubtless their natural and
just rivalry will result in making/ the
exhibition of the state's resources, as
shown by the counties 'themselves,
one of surpassing interest. '. * ;■' *
WHERE ARE THE POLICE?
The Knights of \ the Royal Arch
have instructed their incoming/state
officers to prosecute a crusade against
the "blind pig" * : "/
That means that the licensed liquor
business is. going to fight for the 5 sup
pression Tof the unlicensed"; liquor
traffic. Avowedly the fight is one for,
self-preservation. Nevertheless, it is
based on moral rather than competi
tive business grounds.- ';
- The reason' for the 'crusade' as 'ah-,
bounced in the resolution unanimously
adopted by the/ Royal Arch conven
tion . .was - that the "blind. pigs" were
responsible for the spread of/drunken
ness and were working/ to the injury
of the legitimatized liquor interests.
That is a valid reason. ,It is/ founded<
in truth. 'The public will welcome the
firht ordered by the licensed; liquor
dealers. It will welcome the suppres
sion of .:> widespread ' and vicious
nuisance, r « "'■'■■ •'* ~I ' * '
r. There is. however.-, the spice *of un- ■
pleasant humor.' in the .' fact -.that the
licensed liquor; trade has beenifosced)
to assume responsibility for the per
formance of one' of the 1 duties (! of -the
police departments: of this * state, r r
Several sections of San Francisco
are literally crowded with "blind, pig
establishments. Conducted "■ generally
in: the guise of grocery,shops "they are
a genuine? menace to the neighbor
hoods infested by,them.' " "
Under some administrations they
have been cordially encouraged. No
recent administration has made; any
thing ) like a serious attempt to abate
them. ~ / , ._- ' , • *" *■ -.' :
None -.save., the - police: department
seems to hare any difficulty finding,
the : illicit liquor shops. ' The neighbors
know where they are. Every licensed!
saloon man can point out the "pigs'
in ; his district. ;' . .5 '
The federal license record furnishes'
a ; fairly comprehensive list of them.*
That; list seems vtO; be available to
every one * but the : ; police officials.
With the co-operation ;of the Royal
Arch it' is not too much- to hope that
it may . made. available to .the> police
department; : ; .-';__. ';.-•';.'-.'.'-»■ ."■ ."::
Meanwhile the public may hope for
I some relief from the promise of , the
liquor trade-' to do what then police
! department has failed to do.
ANOTHER CLUB ROW
The news columns of the daily press
have been ..carrying the information
that Prof. :J. McKeen Cattell. -one
of the professors ,who has reflected
honor, on Columbia university, of New
York, has been informed that his
resignation ; will be welcome on .the
occasion of his i twenty-fifth anniver
sary this year, on account of his atti
tude toward the Century association
of Xew York. '- "./'">'-*
The Century association is', the
proper, title -of what is commonly
called the*;Century'club, which, about
twenty-five years ago, when men like
Edmund- Clarence.^Stedman, 1 Bayard
Taylor, and others ; their'class-were
active in it, was the. leading intel
lectual club. of the country. Professor
Catjcll, a 'long time member of the
club, proposed . for .membership Prof.
Jacques- Loeb, the' eminent biologist,
formerly of the University of Califor
nia, and was requested to take down
Professor Toeb's . name because he
was a Jew. ' '..";*
Professor Cattell's act, for -which he
is more 1 -or less politely asked to re
sign * his professorship, "consisted of a
letter, which got into, print, in .which
he roasted 'the admission committee
of his own club for its arrogance 'and
intolerance. ;/;! ;; V . s
The same question was brought up
against William Loeb, who' was Presi
dent Roosevelt's secretary, and also
collector of customs at New York, fat
the Union League club, where *• his
sponsor was asked if he was a. ; Jew,
as in- that * case" the -bars i; we're up
against him. This coming to the ears
of Collector Loeb, who is « Christian
and whose family is, he had his name
withdrawn, saying he did not want to
belong to any body which would raise
the race or religious question against
a man.
;. How President Taft scored a : Wash
ington club for turning down a worthy
man brought the whole question of
club rows before, the public. , . ~
In the-old days,."when clubs were
few and '■ their membership, as a rule,
very limited, * only men ; who were
"clubable"; in that ■particular-establish
ment; were admitted to- it. Today,
when clubs generally have become
great semipublic establishments, in
Which the domestic and family inti
macy of.the old time club is out ;of
the question, to make a point against
a man's membership.'To blackball him,
is in ,effect-;to put a public stigma on
his name, for it implies that in "char
acter he. is not fit for decent "people
to associate with. Under such circum
stances,, for a" club" like" the Century
club to attempt to" keep out so dis
tinguished ; "a' man for " the reason
given reflects on the • club, more; than
on Doctor Loeb.. . V*
. But how. about Columbia university; |
which practically kicks out one pro-|
lessor'because he ; resented * improper!
treatment of another? . ■ ~ . • .;',\
The; state; is indebted to Secretary
Lane for re-establishing the! Indian
storehouse here, for it is equivalent to
giving/our. merchants an order : for,
about $4,000,000 worthof goods peT
annum.'. -/■?,./; /;/■•/" "■ .-::."" "- /';;
ABE MARTIN
Look- out!" fer th* 'feller .who",'
never feels under " obligations"t\*
any buddy;gsltk means quite a re
duction in th' cost o' / livin' t* have ~t
a? good, athletic son t' bring th'
bacon home occasionally. " , ;, ..,
TJbLtt SAN -FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY; MAY- 23. 1913. !
FERRY TALES
FOLLOWING the publication in this
column of the tale of the woman in
**■■■ the Mission who was nearly over-
... r X .- , B
whelmed by--guinea" pigs, I - re
ceived several } indignant protests from
readers, who declared that while part
of the \ story might be true, the sugges
tion that the woman and her family
ate the guinea pig was absurd, as
guinea pigs were pigs in name only
and the meat was unfit for human con
sumption."* .'-";"''. * " "";
"Never having eaten guinea pig. I did
not feel qualified' to take Issue with
these authorities, and ' maintained" a
discreet silence on the subject. -The
suspicion that perhaps they were right
was strengthened when there came to
hand several communications from
people engaged ,in scientific ) work, sug
gesting that the.woman would find
unlimited- market for her pigs In the
laboratories devoted to bacteriological
investigation. In these letters there
was never:a suggestion that guinea pig
meat' had any food value. ' -
;.?Now, .however,i comes vUnci ■ Sam to
the rescue with a complete vindication
for the questioned x - part of y the Z tale.
The department of > agriculture has just
issued a bulletin on the subject, pre
pared by David E. ; Lantz, assistant in
the bureau of biological survey, in'
which fiit*? is '."i pointed % out that; guinea
pigs are wholly vegetarian "in, their
diet ; and therefore eminently fit food
for the- table. ;.-: : .- '■ * *',
The Peruvians recognized this long
ago, says ■* the bulletin, and "roast
guinea pig is regarded as a great! deli
cacy the land of the Incas.
"Guinea pigs."' this federal cooking
guider continues, - "are -excellent :as
-_entrees in various stews with mush
rooms, with brown onions,- with green
peas, .a - la' soubise, and especially in
curry. A practical"cookvj will have no
difficulty- in varying J the* preparations.
"On "account jbfj the ~h whiteness of its
skin, ; the .smooth haired, white guinea
pig cis best adapted for the table. The
males become somewhat strong flavored
with age. but; are" said to be tine when
four or five months Told^WFemalesifare.
said to,l be^tender; arid;• finely flavored
for a much longer time—probably at
their best -when about a year old."
Now, will you believe the ferry tales?
Talking about -schemes for the , re
duction %of the: cost.Tof living reminds
STATESMEN REAL AND NEAR
WASHINGTON,-May '22.— : The agricul
tural department has prepared a lovely
little pamphlet containing; colored pic
tures of 50:. prominent; birds of The field
and orchard, in ; native costume. '-'■ Copies
of this little pamphlet are at the - dis
posal of congressmen to send out among
their with a view to in
creasing the knowledge of birds among
the home folk, so I that if a man steps
but into his back yard and sees a thrush,
or a linnet, or a flamingo flitting about
the;trees, he . will be able to;call. It by
name.'- l :-- : -:N : ;'*:;-'.::K. -'<■'■ : '":' '' v-/ c -
. Representative Ira -; C. Copley caused 1
to be' published •in ..newspapers of his
district; a general ;;proclamation to the
effect That, while the supply lasted, he
would send the pretty little bird books
to all who "would write for them, with
out, money and without] price.' .: •
■ One ; constituent read the notice hast
ily and thus became the victim of * a
slight misunderstanding. He pat down
and wrote to his # congressman as fol
lows:;."-.'.', i;' '■■■■--'/" „.;,''. vV :.\;.--»; > -?' : .' vi;'.'. ?, ;."■
. "1 have "seen your advertisement about
free birds and I think* I will -choose a
parrot: Or send a'rcrow.y.:_--'^-_'V*V- fc ;'-.
Representative* Carter Glass of Vir
ginia', chairman of the ; House committee
that will draft «the new'ciirrfiir? bill,
is a man who rarely goes' to bed before
l ; or 2 o'clock in the morning. This is
not because he has to sit up pondering
over our banking and currency system.";
nor yet because he ''is a professional
night prowler, but is; due, to; his pearly,
life around a newspaper office.--/' ,y
>; Glass \ was- f obliged?, to^quit/-.school* at
13; arid go to work as printer's■ deyiron
the newspaper down at Lynchburg that
he now owns. ■% It was a morning paper
and he worked at night. When he got
into ;t the j various \ other jobs [on -his way
up—typesetting, reporter, ?■ and '.what
not—he: still -.toiled .while others slept.
Even after *he became" owner, of the
paper he continued to*; be." around the
office*- fir into the' night. Thus the
habit became : permanent. For the life
of |him; Glass ican 1 ;riot: get 1 sleepy for lan
hour jk or ' two y after /midnight.*, •,% So p he
sits up 'and-meditates.^Wliateverl kind
of.? currency bill is drafted -by ,Glass
and his" committee, {one may know that
it was Incubated-from;the]still watches
of the night. "'; : .; ■'-."".' ~' ;^T''~,
.When Glass was running : for con
gress:: one "fall there was a certain
statement that lit was highly essential
to "get printed in time *f or A the early
mail edition one morning. It was/a'
longfstatement; and ; was not --received
until ) nearly press Time. To make mat
ters worse, they were running short
handed that night.
v"l'm afraid we; can't* make-it," said
the foreman to Glass, who had dropped
into the composing room. "If we just
had one more man on the job—" 't;
"I'll get yo"u a man," said Glass. And
THE STATE PRESS
STATE IIEA.LTY LICEXSELAAV
With/ the passage of? the state realty,
license// law. /; which yit /,- is f understood'
Governor /Johnson.will sign. California
will be ; the first /state- in the union to
go on record as definitely in favor of
giving some;sort-lofff protection to the
home seeker, colonist i and real estate
investor/: from the I unscrupulous/I busi
ness methods of a class of salesmen
whose operations ; have brought ruin to
their victims and opprobrium and un
fair reputation to the real estate men
as a /class.Stockton Independent.
PASADENA OX ALASKA
Secretary of 'the Interior Lane is a
man with a visionwith an Imagina
tion that is tempered by sound judg
ment. This is apparent in - his ad
vocacy of ; the building of a; govern-/
ment railroad in Alaska. In making
up;, his /mind ; in:; favor; of ; an //unusual
project like this he has swept/;the
world's horizon for data and for ex
amples s> to bolster his conclusions.
holds that '/there is but one way to
make any country a real part of i* the
active/* pulsing world—that is. by the
construction.; of % railroads into it. —
Pasadena Star.
PINOLE PRETTY CLEAN
When we read in our. county papers
daily occurrences of scandal,^ murders,
divorces, robberies fand other heinous:
crimes happening all around ; us. we
.thoroughly realize that our own little
Pinole is a pretty clean burg after all.
Pinole Weekly Times.
LOOKING INTO THE JETTTRE :
*« Perhaps we are wiser ' than they of
olden ■ times and can do better by
adopting the socialist idea of railway
ownership which Bryan teaches and
Lane now ; preaches. If so the future
generations will have to take care of
the burdens imposed upon them by
present day 'idealists.Alameda Times.
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SANTA CRUITANDfcHITAL^R^^
/ Womanliness is as womanliness does.
•In J California and Colorado other
states*where women have,the ; suffrage
and use tt with discretion and woman
liness, there is no "falling, off of cfeivaL
rous . regard- for womanhood.—-Santa
Cruz Sentinel.
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sesssßs* --.; • - > - - ' ' * " • ; -'""Til??? 8
me of a conversation overheard the
other Say« v on the afterdeck j...0f the
steamer San Francisco, where the Rud
der club holds. Its morning meetings.
One well known member of the club,
to mention whose | name might inter
fere with the consummation of his
plan, has recently bought an automo
bile. Somebody gave him a cigar,
which he had some difficulty . in- light
ing. The giver apologized for the ci
gar's behavior.
"That's fall- right." said the man who
was trying to light it. "I'll make it !
go somehow. If the worst comes to
the worst- I'll wrap paper * around it
and;smoke It in the office. As a matter ,|
of fact," he continued, "I've .; quit buy- !
ing cigars ; since l bought my automo
bile."
'"Why?" inquired one of the club
members, who had been watching the
struggle to compel combustion.
"Well, I- find that ' smoking; "cigars
makes me dizzy and interferes with
the faculties Involved in the opera
tion of a ; machine." - 1 'v-'•''»-iw ; - : ;
"Why did you take that' cigar then?"
This was a chorus.- "Don't gift cigars
make your head swim?"
' ."Perhaps they.'do.'.'. replied. the motor
ist, "but I'm always willing to take
a chance on a cigar that *xloesn't cost
•
me anything." -
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"Billy." the-; canine mate of the
launch Monk, whose t incessant barking
at seagulls made ml and ■« the* Monk
J familiar objects of interest to com
muters on the Alameda ferries, has
quit his job. He disappeared between
two days and, until the other day. it
was feared 'that- he "had; been drowned.
"Billy," however, is 'having.' the time
of his life at Bristol bay. According
to j a letter received here the other day |
the *dog stowed away on an Alaska
salmon ship, -remained ■: i hidden until
| the vessel had cleared the heads and j
until," all hands were manning the
braces, preliminary to squaring away I
lonian offshore tack. The mate's job
was. tilled, but "Billy" was adppted as i
a mascot 1 and if one of the big salmon I
does not get him he will be brought|
home ; in due, course at the end of * the j
; season. If a salmon gets him he will !
■come; home, but his friends won't know |
it. as •- there will be nothing on the J
label to indicate which can , contains
"Billys salmon. • .
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FRED C. KELLY
he took off -his: coat. In that way they
caught the first Sedition.
Glass got it into his head a few years
ago | that he desired to raise fine dairy
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cattle. So he went and bought : himself
a farm ;and dotted the landscape with
lowing of the Jersey variety. . He
kept books on 'i them ? a rid \ every cow had
to make good; that is. if the cost of the
food she Jat c was greater than i the but
ter fat she delivered, a cow found her
; self in a bad w ay.** Glass,would! go j over,
the expert testimony, giving the cow a
fair and'*impartial' hearing, " and if she
couldn't prove an i alibi, she was sen
tenced to v the butcher. ~ By that: system
Glass; developed* a wonderfully con
scientious and painstaking "herd .of
milch cows. ".Things were just going
nicely when the Southern railroad came
along and needed a large .strip of land
right through the Glass farm. Rather
; than be an obstacle to, progress. Glass
sold the farm to the railroad and fc auc
tioned off his cattle. And that was the
end :of his"! farming f operations. But
there is more to,our story. '' - '
In his primary campaign, for congress
last year Glass' ; opponent i posed 4as a
great:,friend "of the farmer.'and' mad«j
capital of the .fact ''f that he -himself
owned a .farm.,. Glass, no - longer/had a
farm, but he not to be' outdone at
pulling the farmer vote. So he issued a
challenge to his opponent: /T,-^"
.'."We'll; go to any dairy farm you
select," said Glass, "and If v I/don't /milk
more cows than you do '/in i the/course /of
an '-j, hour / I'll / withdraw from * the \ race.
It I win then you withdraw."
; But his 'opponent refused to - accept
the challenge.
"How many cows can you milk per
hour?" Inquired' a' friend of Glass.
«.'; "(Tow do I know till I try?" replied
Glass./ /-"I % never milked a cow In'" my
life." . .-•*'", ../;-,;/' , "-: : J ;.-., : ;, - *. " *
Glass has a son, Carter Glass Jr.; who
is a fleet runner. On the same day ft hat
Glass senior was defeated / f or; the sen
ate two ears ago, young/Glass' won a
gold medal in fa/ 400 / yard dash at a
college/ track; meet?/ J - "■'';■; '-.. /;■ -///""./-/" T
Young Glass mailed : the medal to his ,
dad with a note that/said: "
;• "You'd better wear this for a = watch
charm to show people! that somebody
in the ,family can Tun/if you can't."
(<i Glass does not drink, smoke, of/chew*.
tobacco. 4 ;// He doesn't swear, either.
When completely exasperated, however,
he loses all "[control* of his tongue and
resorts invariably to the expression:
"Dad bum it." // ".';•, /; \ ' ','■'. /I/C"'.'/-'/-/"^^
//. Secretary 'Houston'reads Mark Twain
nearly*? every night. Next to Mark
Twain he likes to read biographies of
men /who have,/ achieved distinction in
the arts,/sciences or politics In other
countries. ;. c -
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(Copyright,'•:l9l3,. by/Fred C. Kfllr. All rights
t : v'-;. ; - ■';'.,-:■ -.:'■ . "■■ [••erred. -... X . ..
I THEY'RE SAYING I
/ ,ANEWSTATE
\ In ,Johns Hopkins university it has
been discovered that there is a state
which is neither life nor death, but
somewhere between. A'little attention
( to the Populist party would have dem
onstrated that to them long ago.St
Louis Republic. . •
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-'-■;■ REALLY ■ COLD BLOODED
.An examination of ToflO criminals
shows that the body temperature of
murderers is below the normal, so that
the world, which has been speaking of
"cold i :blooded murder for centuries
under/the /impression that the expres
„i, on^ was - figurative, was merely ex
pressing a physiological truth*—St. 1
Louis Republic. • ' "
. EVEN HER HATS ■
"A boy's shat rarely costs more than
$3. but a girls may cost $50," observes
a New papa. In other words, the
female of the species is more deadly
than the male?— Louisville Courier-
Journal.': ', . .:'?"...
, IBSEN'S DUST /
!i"<A- ; biographer of , Ibsen quotes the
great dramatist as saying, "Beware of
ice -water and hot bread" if you visit
America." Yet the author of "Hedda
Gabler" and "Ghosts" must have writ
ten upon a diet of welsh rarebits, hot
mince pies and lobster. —Louisville :
Courier-Journal. - ' "^KSg
/ SYLVIA'S FAME
Sylvia Pankhurst will be known in
history as the person who wouldn't
open her mouth while in jail and
wouldn't shut it while at large.—
Cleveland Plain' Dealer. -./ '
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F0& THE WILD WOMEN ■ ."
In no English district is thero full
woman rsuffrage,, but in this country,
where the movement is orderly, "the ;
ballot in Its entirety has-been? granted
to women, it is strange that the; mil
itants,miss the point.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.'•;-'''" ••■:~--,'i " ■■ .-■•••- ' -■
r ' w%» *,*ij> >"v. > f - . „ * 4 „,- s « : *
> , , ; CUBIST DEFINED
A- Cubist is an artist -who uses his
own head -as ?sr model for a bk»ck»
ftSSr. V- -:..7r■•'■". ': 5 V..:\.
Voice of the People
CAMERA EXCLUSION*, BAD" RULE;
Editor Call; Mr. Branagan; in today's
Call has ; made; a very excellent state
ment of ; the - camera situation -, at the
exposition. It Is the experience fof all
expos)tloris' in the past that while they
secured some revenue from concessions
which the camera exclusion : rule was
intended to protect, still If they had if
.to; do over again they ; would f not v : re
strict cameras. If, the camera-exclu
sion rule protected It" would be differ
> ent, but'it* does <■; not. " v ? _
j Experienced and .'professional / pho
tographers JeanJ"/;-; take;. small cameras
into the ' grounds ' concealed and ;;no
guard system can prevent It, and thus
take photographs. It is the experience
at all past expositions that those who
want the pictures of the buildings and
the;grounds for. view' book,, postal
photograph// or.", i photograph purposes
I can J/ always secure them. A Concession-/
aires can be /protected'in | the! privileges
I granted j, them of the exclusive rights
|on the grounds without putting the
| hardship on the public • that this cam
j era exclusion "creates.
The -people who are -really affected
!; are the innocent visitors who have a
| real and genuine pleasure in amateur
I photography and who have no commer
cial interests to serve in the pictures,
/they take. v They ; take their cameras
arid are happy 'in the anticipation of
The; valuable ~J_ souvenirs^they^wrill/l se
| cure, but are met at.the gate by the in
formation that their I camera can not
be taken in 5 the; grounds. They must
! hunt up a depository for their - cameras
| and it? Is not easy to* find a place where
I they want tto fe leave a valuable { camera,,
or else not go into the grounds.
| |!K The professional, on the other hand, r
who wants to get the/pictures/ for com
mercial uses, takes the small vest
pocket camera. In,'„concealed. with fine
I; lenses, arid takes '■ pictures/a t'/ his pleas
ure, enlarges them, and where is the
protection then? This ; is not Idle/talk;
It is the statement of one who knows
jof the experiences of all past exposi
tions. . . '
'/'So, after; all the/only; thing the/expo-'
sition concessions » division can do is
to protect the rights of the concession
aire within the grounds, and that is all
the concessionaire , ought" to : expect, or
that he needs, and the exposition reve
nue is thus conserved. There is no rule
established at an exposition that
causes more genuine unpleasantness to
f
visitors than this obnoxious one of re
,fusing; the right to patrons of taking
pictures in the grounds. . /'.
'fs|fNoT revenue ; gained, through this
source by past expositions would jus
tify the enforcement of such a rule
here. It is a violation of the very es
sence of the hospitality." courtesy arid
good will which should be the chief
feature of any exposition. r < There are
commodities which are too valuable to
sell, and one is the restriction or cur
tailment in any way of the pleasures of
those whb come to our exposition. This
is / more especially true when expe
rience absolutely proves that the reve
nue of the exposition Is not affected by
abrogating such a rule.
FAIR PLAY.
San Francisco, May 20. - , : ; ;".
| SHEAR NONSENSE |
DISCREET DELAY
"What ;is your objectionitof my ap
pointment?' ':..:;.';•;. .".•,- .. y,
"Nothing personal," replied the emi
nent official. "I want to postpone as
long as | possible the bitter disappoint
ment that hundreds will feel when I
fill the position."—Washington Star.
MISTAKEN KINDNESS
"I walked the floor -for three hours
with a sick child last night," said the
faithful father. • " ~■ / f }«»
"Did it finally go to : sleep?" vjggg*
"Yes. but not till my wife's mother
took charge. She told me to quit walk
ing the floor with the child. That was
what irritated it."—Washington Star.
THE NEW METHOD :
"Then you no longer insist upon ths
enforcement of the laws punishing
reckless automobile drivers?"
"Oh, no. We get at it In a different
: way now. Were running schools f that
will teach children. how to dodge 'em."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer. v . ■
ECONOMY
Hub—Have you done what I asked
and saved some money s this « month?
Wife—Yes, dear, I spoke to ths gro
cer and he's promised : not ;to \ send *In
his bill till 'next;" month.—Boston
I Transcript .. -.. _. -~ .^•sSSkksct
SKe7V»IWS*- a% f r rx •Yes
"What's Your Hurry?'
! PRESIDENT ; WILSON'S - HOURS i
He has been used to/ beginning /at ;
j 9 o'clock for many years :arid -9- o'clock
It is now that he has become presi- ;
dent. It seems to I matter little to him
I f that Washington officials .; are not up
j and about much before 10 o'clock. The
town ,■" keeps late hours at night, goes
ito'.-'j bed late and gets up late ?in .."the
morning. But ';* if /the v president finds
i he wants to continue )rgetting*;tOr his
office at 9 o'clock and is ready to re
i ceive visitors by 10 o'clock, the visit
i brs will be there by. that time. -
In years business has not been
humming j at?. the White House offices'
much before 11 o'clock in the morn-
; ing. It t requires ./about an ? hour for
the president stoi look around, attend
to pressing correspondence, and make
: ready for the conversational duties of
the ' morning. ../But President Wilson
has ■ moved .the day - ahead quite an
hour f or.l hose/who j have business with
him. He takes it off the other end: of
the day because he retires at 10 o'clock
'at ;| night, where /.Presidents Taft and
; Roosevelt ;= tended their labor s / often
till midnight or 1 o'clock in the morn
ng.—Springfield Republican.
? A-jSYMPATHETIC j HEART
A little Philadelphia boy saw a thin
and jaded horse standing in a stable.
He I thought •of " the > deep, fresh :' grass ; a
few miles away in the .country and he
longed to see the :horse.fout! there get
ting a good, square meal. The longing
resolved Itself into action. Without
asking permission of its owner, the boy
led the horse away and gave it the time
of l its; life. /?*iThe *animiaF>had ;no -heavy
loads to pull for one day /at 'least,*; and
it filled up on grass, dewy and sweet.
At nightfall? the'|bbyf drove %It back to
■ the stable. This experience'he,repeated
many times J until ■he had f given * a"; num
ber of horses each one i day of : rest; arid
plenty to eat. But the men who owned
them caused a the boy's arrest / and
charged;/; him - with .• stealing. Some
times* boys and men. too. suffer for the
good they do. Sometimes they do
wrong when they intend Vto ? | do good.
That little hoy's punishment for his
"thefts" should be nothing more severe
than a pat on the shoulder and a "well
meant." if not a "well done," and pos
: sibly a little talk that would show him
that the grownup world Is not f always
In -accord ? with •a- boy's . sympathetic
heart.—Kansas City Journal. ■". : •; - ■■■'-■
HAREM \ PHOTOS
This occurred.in' the city of Algiers,
writes ;a photographer, in that (. wonder
land of North Africa. ..Not in the beau*
tiful new French quarter, with its wide :
streets and fine buildings, but in the old
Arab town, with I narrow alleys ! a d an
cient, crowded houses, foul } with the Tin -*
removed filth of years. The : ladles of
the/English mission had long searched
for house in the native quarter which
they could - hire for the -,purpose of
holding^ meetings with native women
and -classes for girls. They finally se
cured one where a blind woman acted
as caretaker. ! T; ! -r'.-V.'.;- r .'-"'
'.Vl was asked to visit it and take some'
photographs. This was, a most extra
ordinary thingfor a man to be al
lowed .; to visit ;. the apartments of the
women and take their photographs. The
privilege* was secured by each of the
married women asking the consent of
her husband, assuring him that there
would be no cause T .for jealousy, since
I had gray hair, and so must be an old
man, says London ,Tit-Bits., , .
The street was' reached after pass
ing through; a .maze": of bazaars, alleys
and little squares. It was a steep flight
of rstbnejsteps, between? high walls, hav
,ing here and there a', heavy. • nail
-1 studded door j and an occasional window
high above the walk. • . .
fp'Af knock on 1 the door was answered
after a short. wait by a timid s hail from
within of: "Who is it?" Then another
; wait while j hurrying feet went to carry
the message. A second call from within
to make certain that all was right on
our side and the door opened cautiously
for me to enter, but not for my guide.
Though he was a Christian Kabyle.
he was i* L l man '*l a young man! In no
circumstances could he be admitted to
the women's apartments of -I a'- native
house.
WANTED "VALUE RECEIVED"
"Ben," said the customer In the Court
Square-Tonsorlal parlor, : "what are you
doing? I fail to hear your scissors at
work on my hair." ''
"But, sir," the barber apologetically
replied, "you see, sir. you have— ahem
—you have very little hair on your
j head, V sir."
'Well, what of it? I pay you my
money, don't I?" ' ' - ''~1&th
if* sir."
"Well, then, rattle the scissors ''over
the bald I spot. Its the only comfort
I've *et left"—Brooklyn Times.
\- i HOTEL NEWS
■Li -Miss Bear ~i of. Denver Is a guest at
(the./:-Baldwin. '*•
: George.- G. Floyd; of Chicago is at
' the St. Francis. ,/,;•*,--/-". .. .'
' A. D. Cochran of Chicago is staying
[at' the Baldwin. \ /. . .#-'"•.'.
Owen Kenny, a hotel man of Calis
tosra, is at the Dale. '- . '~\
F. W. Blanchard of Roseville is* stay
ing at the Columbia/- ■'?',-_ '■'■ y ■-*■■'"'.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fairbanks of Wil-
lits arc at the ; Sutter. -■"..-. ... :v
A. L. % Bell ;of Del Monte registered
.yesterday at 'the Fairmont. .-. •' ».C. • ;'*
Mr. and Mrs. F. iO. Russell ;of S*<*
;i"amento'are at the Sutter. : **"* -A.
y,' R. :E. ; Melton and wife of RoseWlle.
j are stopping }it!the.Columbia.;' . ~-
[R>Mr.; and Mrs. W. E. Woods of Berke
ley guests at the, Baldwin. .'„*.*.'- *
Dr. H. C Murphy of i*Salinas, is;". at
: the Stewart with Mrs. Murphy. './-': ;'.'.T
John L. Brooks, a y mining - mar. from
Denver, is a guest at the Manx. " ~; . -.,«
; * S. G."Andfews,*"." a Sfmchant< of Sac
ramento,- is .'stopping at the Manx.
. M. R. Carpenter and wife :of Sacra
mento are stopping at the Baldwin.
>'George". C. Beckley and. wife of Hon
olulu; are 4 guests at the .St. Francis. / ";
W. L. Blair, a real estate s man from
! Sacramento, is a guest at the Manx.
/ George .T. Dlnwiddie *of Indianapolis
is- at;the Palace with Mrs. .Dinwiddle.
4lfF/? S.T.McNamara, 'i ;a railroad /.supply,
man from * Denver, -Is; a / 1 2 St. Fran
cis.
; '.C.'A.-Barlow and .wife.are registered m
at the Stewart.*. Mr. -Barlow is an oUr" *
iraan.'T'- 1 ...-': ..' /-■ ' ""..;:/,:..'■/"
;; J. S. Moulton. president of the r bank
at Ripon. Calais a guest at the Argo
naut. - »
Arthur ;V. Hall, a i retired -banker/of-
Pittsburg, is/registered; at •■> the Bel
levue. v ',-".."1- .;■" .;"■ /■'■'./ s '-•':/ vT. ■-'•
/; George "*A.; Alexander, a real estate
man from Los Angeles, is at the Bel
levue. • •""•..'-., /;.',', TV •'.->•'•"-•'■*.' '-•/ *' -'. ■'-';
Paul Morris, , a well known mining
i man from Tuolumne, is staying at /the
Sutter. >■-■.; ..'.-/' -- ;.- ':.„.;/;..;»! •
J. X. Popham. ; a mining engineer
! from ■-. Porto Rico, is a guest -at the
i Palace. "';-■"// Si;';;.'.'-;-;; /'•/ V'■•;, ._-■
i-T.-F. ; /:S.; Ewer, vineyard 'owner, arid «
| family of St.- Helena are' a: the Union ~ :
| Square.//- - -■ - ." . -.-. ;
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith, with their
| children. are- at the Colonial from
I Omaha. Neb. -y -';.-/;-• ~ -' /"•;-'.
j/'TS. 'Mitchell.'; president' l of the First
I Xational bank of lls at the St.
! Francis with ; Mrs. Mitchell./
W. I* Yale and wife of Portland are
at the Union, Square. Mr. Tale is Ton-'
i nected with a large foundry. .: ;■% V *L
!!vf Joe Craig, a banker of / Woodl?,fT?F
and 'iowner7 of the Highland • Springs
prcperty.^is stopping rat the 'Stewartf.
H. H. Dunning, a lumberman of. Se
bastopol. and H. P. Andrews, an at
torney of Red Bluff, are at I the: Argo- ;<
naut. ■'-.-;»■;: ■■_:-.;. •;-,/*.;;''- * 'r- •-.;■;-, v ._- ' :> _
j;/ Eldredge;M.; Lyon of -Redlands, one
of the leading orange* growers end
packers of the south, is ! ;registered at
the Palace. -/ ";,-.- •/; ;*;/? -..■■'. ; ; ; r;,.. / **^«» *'"• ;
" S. T. Tognazzini, proprietor of a
i goods store at San Luis Obispo, is a.
recent arrival at the 'Argonaut. He is
| accompanied by his wife. ■ n
; W. D. Wilson and-ißobert -Watchbrn
of . Los Angeles v. and H. Hall of
Bakersfield make up a "group of oil men
registered at the Palace. ;- : -"":- / : " '••--■' ■- /
. C. E. : Osborn, -proprietor of "a de
partment store at Turlock, / and ' George
H. Whltworth.'iaf; rancher of « Newman'
are! stopping at the Argonaut. ' «v v "
T G. W. Esterlng, "a; real;-estate dealer
of Santa f. Rosa, ; and ' William H Nichol- '
son.- a:; dealer In :general/ merchandise
at Ben Lomond, are reg ! at the '
Argonaut. . ' . •
"...George" T. Marston iof Portland
prominent in club and business circles
in that city, gives the opinion that.San'
Francisco; ft making -good in: its plans', .
for the Portola festival, and that it
will be one of the biggest celebrations'
on record. > " > - - • -," ,
. Tariff talk and lots of it Is In order' :
in Honolulu, according to George P,' -
Johnston of Vancouver, who has regis
tered at the St. Francis on his way
home from the islands. "The hotel
lobbies are full of it," he said yester
day, "and everyone; seems pretty much'
worried. Competition with beet sugar
does . not strike them as /a r pleasant
prospect." -
W. M. Parker, president of the - ' si. n*
Bernardino Chamber of 'Commerce anil*
a machinery manufacturer of that r-,,,
is registered at the Argonaut 1 k:, 'ek
Parker made a trip out to the eyso«i ;*
Uon grounds yesterday and was V,,..
--prised at the progress made. in gettl
construction of the fair, under b» v '
He announced that the oransre belt'
.m 5 Wouia ." >■>«'»"« 'it \$
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