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HER 'QUALITY
STREET' FINE
tUDE ADAMS BCORES AGAIN IN
OLD TIME PLAY
rRIE COMEDY A DELIGHT WITH
HER INTERPRETATION
Whimsical, Fantastic, with Transi.
tlons from Light to Shade, Humor
to Pathos, She SMnes
Through It All
"Quality Street" In James M. Barries
train was the forefather of "Peter Pan."
And tho child inherited all the tenden
cies toward whimsicalities and fantastic
cleverness that the parent shows in
cl Yet >0 '''Quallty Street" is Intrinsically
more of a play than is Its offspring— that
la It possesses more of tho technique of
This^s to its credit, but it would be
vastly to the discredit of "Peter Pan'
•were the slightest bit more of stagecraft,
a such, permitted to obtrude itself.
Maude Adams gave us "Quality Street
at the Mason last night. It afforded de
cided contrast with her previous offerings,
In that It permitted her to take a very
lightsome, winsome role in skirts instead
of a boy's part.
It introduced us to a new Maude Adams
—the woman-side of her, and we found her
very sweet and lovable and delightful.
* • •
As a play, this Barrle effort Is not flaw
less. It is based on the old device of mis
- taken identiy, but of so barefaced a the
atrical makeshift sort that it is improb
able—nay, Impossible. .
But it has atmosphere; it takes one im
mediately into the days of patchouli; and
'• harpsichords, and ' spinsters, and over
whelmingly ridiculous modesty, and pan
talettes, and lavender, and old lace.
It translates us into that early nine
teenth century world of primness and
sanctimony which hedged a woman about
' bo severely that it makes the free and
• easy folk of now wonder that a girl ever
dared love a man or that a lover ever
•;' found courage to batter down the walls of
| conventionality and besiege the maiden
citadel of a feminine heart.
.¦ It ¦ wafts us into the sentimental— when
. (sentiment was dealt but in huge gobs and
•was of a treacly, sticky consistency, as
Blow of motion and as sure of lasting as
I is cold molasses on a wintry day.
" So a very large audience found "Quality
Street" an unmistakable delight. It Is a
; kaleidoscopic melange of pathos and
I mirth, humor and tears, laughter and sad-
I ness, sentiment and bathos.
¦ ¦ ¦ . , •'.".," a .
It requires a rather strong imagination
. once or twice to admit the Barrle prem
ises; but then so much of his writing must
be taken on faith anyhow that this is to
be expected.
. | There are touches about the play that
• are wholly delightful— the school, for In
stance, that the Thrassel sisters establish,
and their difficulties with algebra when
¦ Phoebe says pathetically: "Oh, it's when
you say 'x' equals 'y' and 'y' equals -z,'
and you know in your heart all the time
that they're not equal"— children— the
sewing party of old maids, so remindful
of "Cranford" and our grandmothers—
military ball and Phoebe's implshness—
these atone for all else, amply and fully.
So that even a coldly critical eye after
I all is satisfied and a calmly Judicial mind
Bays that if "Quality Street" Is not quite
"quality" it very nearly so.
• . •
Miss Adams in skirts as Phoebe is—
" Maude Adams. The hoydenish features of
her boyhood days give way to a demure
' ness Just as fetching, but voice, facial ex
| pression, gesture, are all discernible, and
| the personality of the star is never lost.
Her fantastic, spritely comedy style Is
I 1I 1 at its best, and her quick transitions to
i "pathos are unerring.
; No one can appreciate how much she
| does to make the comedy ago because she
/ so thoroughly permeates the role, but one
would hate to see "Quality Street" with
out Maude Adams in it.
Ida Hammer's portrayal of Susan is
. charming, natural and consistent, and the
other women are generally in the picture.
Only one man really counts, the returning
: * officer, done by Ernest Lawford. He is as
i good in this part as he was bad In
i, "L'Aiglon" and almost up to his superb
j Standard as Mr. Darling and the Pirate.
. In the main the scenes are good, though
| glaring • anachronisms are noted now
I and — such as Japanese lanterns at an
i English fete early in the nineteenth cen
;• tury! „¦'¦ -^.. ;
* • ¦;¦¦' m ¦-:
The avowed purpose of "Quality Street"
' was to provide Maude Adams with a role
) which would reveal her gifts for winsome,
! sweet comedy. It does more; it shows
; what real genius can do to rejuvenate an
I inherestly conventional drama bordering
I 1I 1 perilously near at times to the mawkishly
| sentimental.
i I That she clothes it with the mantle of
¦ truth and makes It seem real is Miss
\- ogams' own personal triumph.
'.. 4 . »
DETAILED TO INSPECT
FOREIGNERS' COURTS
Sanitary Inspector Queirolo, Who
Speaks Three Languages, Will
Do Special Work for the
Housing Commission
Because Sunitary Inspector Nick Quel
r»\o speaks three languages ho was yes
terday detailed by the health board to
regularly inspect house courts whore for
eigners live.
Under the housing commission the old
disease-breeding courts with no wood
floors and no plumbing were ordered
torn down and more sanitary places pro
vided. It will be the inspector's duty
to see that sanitary and ventilating ar
rangements are good, sinks are kept
clean and every arrangement made for
the comfort of the inmates, especially the
children.
Queirolo will be expected to devote his
spare time to sanitary department work,
but as the city grows the board will or
der him to confine his work fitir.-ly to
the foreign settlements, which are the
¦ejxest approach to the tenements and
slums of the east.
WILL HOLD TEACHERS'
EXAMINATIONS SATURDAY
Teachers who aspire to a position in
[1 tne Los Angeles schools will have an
J' opportunity to demonstrate their abilities
¦j July 20 when the superintendent of
I schools will hold a written examination
. at the Grand avenue school building, at
Eighth street and Grand avenue.
The examination will begin at 9:30 a. m
' : The date originally set was the first
'¦¦ Saturday In August, but this has been
•¦ changed to July -0.
The oral examination of applicants
f\ from outside the city will be held the
game day at the office of the board of
education. This will occur at 3 p. m.
The date for the oral examination of
local applicants will be announced by
Superintendent Moore the day the written
'initiation is held.
MAUDE ADAMS IN "QUALITY STREET"
FORTY WEE ORPHANS ARE
TAKEN TO THE SEASHORE
PIERCE FINDS SECRET OF REAL
HAPPINESS
Big Hearted Balloon Route Man Glad
dens Lives of Two Score Little
Ones Who Have Heav.
enly Time
What is it worth to a man to make a
baby smile?
With the delighted gurgling of forty
little orphans ringing in his ears, C. M.
Pierce, the manager of the Balloon Route
excursion, is probably the happiest man
in Los Angeles.
Two score little ones whom fate had
deprived of one or both parents were
yesterday the guests of the blp, Jolly
"manager at his stronghold, Playa del
Rey.
Grownups would have passed resolu
tions thanking their host. The babies
did not know anything about whence
their good time came. They only ac
cepted It and laughed and cooed con
tentedly.
Mr. Pierce has declared that not an
orphan In Los Angeles under 16 shall
miss seeing old ocean this summer— no,
not if it takes all the Balloon Route
cars to carry them down.
Eight years was the age limit on the
children taken yesterday. There were
forty of them, thirty from the Los An
geles Orphans' home, Yale and Alpine
streets, and ten from the Truelove home.
It was no regular Del Rey car that
took the little folks down to the water.
Oh, no, a real parlor car, with a circle
of electric lights in front and a chair for
each child there.
The children ranged in age from 3 to
less than 6 years. Most of the little girls
were dressed In pink. The boys wore
blue, or dark clothing.
Wee Ones Are Delighted
No pen— or typewriter— could tell of the
delights of the water. Forty little tots
wading or bathing in the ocean; a solid
line of forty stowing away peanuts,
popcorn, lemonade, candy and other
goodies, the same omnipresent forty
boating on the lagoon, and then luncheon
on the beach.
It was a stirring sight and the de
lighted expressions of the little folk were
music that surpassed even the wonder
ful band in the danci'ig pavilion.
When the parlor car came back to Los
Angeles the little folks were tired, but
none of them was out of humor.
"Tibbie," clothed in a short pink
dress, was one of the more voluble. "I
waded In the water and a big, naughty
wave frowed me over, an' I'm all wet,"
and she coyly drew down her dress to
hide the fact.
"Jerome" sat beside her. Between
mouthfuls of peanuts he told how he,
too, had waded, and of the popcorn and
peanuts, part of' which still remained.
Boy Has Two Real Names
Wealth seems to beget selfishness.
Most of the children had but one name
and gave that freely. Beside "Gust"
sat a little fellow who refused to give
his name. "An' he's got two names,"
cried some of his companions. The little
fellow hung his head, but refused to
part with even one name. "Gust" was
not so rotlcrnt and told his seat mate's
name, Willie Leon.
".Catharine," brown-eyed and cheeks
rosy with the sun, was contentedly put
ting away a bag of peanuts. She, too,
had gone' wading in the water, and had
felt the little wavelets purling between
her toes.
Not all tho children who came into
the Los Angeles-Paciflo station at 5
o'clock last night were i|uite so clean
a when they started out six or seven
hours earlier. There were marks of
candy besmeared across many little
faces; there were dirt and grime and
peanut shells, and the car was littered
with debris of various kinds common to
a picnic.
Forty pairs of little eyes gleamed
more brightly and forty little hearts
forgot that then: was no mamma or
papa to bounce them on playful knee.
There was just one wee glimpso of a
wonderland of popcorn and wading, and
peanuts, and boating, and candy, and
long rides In a big car— the strange land
called heaven on earth.
ACCIDENTALLY CUTS ARTERY
AND BARELY ESCAPES DEATH
Prompt Action by Physician Saves
Man's Life
Edward Dlehl, an employe of the
Lagarmatino company, wholesale liquor
jealers on North Main street, while
cupping wine bottles in the basement
of the establishment yesterday after
noon cut an artery in his left wri.st
and bled nearly to death before he was
relieved.
Diehl was rutting a cork with <a
sharp bladed knife and it slipped and
punctured his arm, making a gash an
Inch long and laying open the main
artery in his wrist.
The blood gushed forth in great
spurts, and before he was given assist
COS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1907
ance he had lost such a quantity that
his life was despaired of. Dr. Ed
ward Palette, who happened to be in
the store at the time, was called and ho
applied a tourniquet, after which the
injured man was sent to the receiving
hospital.
Doctors Garrett nnd Goodrich tied
the artery and used normal saline solu
tion to replace thp blood lost nnd ad
ministered the usual heart stimulant
with hot applications until he was pro
nounced out of danger.
Later the patient was removed to his
home on Kohler street, where he was
resting easy at a late hour last night.
UNDERMINE CITY'S
FREE LABOR BUREAU
ANTAGONISTIC INFLUENCES AT
WORK IN COUNCIL
Charge Made That All Aqueduct
Workmen Are Supplied by Private
Agency, While Institution's
Days Are Numbered
The fate of tho city labor bureau,
maintained for years by the municipality,
is in the balance.
Manager A. L. Wilson, who maintains
this free work at 217 East Second street,
has held his office six years. Applicants
for work registered with him pay 26
cents If they can afford It; if not there
is no charge, it is stated.
Complaint has been made that a cer
tain employment agency in Los Angeles
sends all the labor used on the aqueduct
work. No laborers are given Jobs, it is
charged, unless sent by this firm. Sup
plying aqueduct labor Is clearly within
the province of the city labor bureau,
some councilmen point out, while the
favored private firm exacts a fee from
each man. Manager Wilson's service is
free.
Just now a special committee of the
council, consisting of Messrs. Yonkin
and Dromgold, is Investigating the ad
visability of abolishing the bureau, the
ostensible reason urged being that it
does not pay for itself.
"This was not the object of the bu
reau." said one of the councilmen yes
terday. "It Is a charitable department
of the city to keep poor men and wo
men out of the clutches of grafting em
ployment agencies and to keep them out
of the city institutions by helping them
get work. It in a way prevents crime,
for men who can find work seldom re
sort to crime.
"The fact is a certain councilman
wants to put his friend in the place as
man-i^er. The prograjn is to abolish the
bureau, then after a few weeks to re
port that the public demands the re
estubllshment of the bureau. Then the
new man will be installed.
"The civil service commission may
have something to say over this deal
before the end comes."
Manager Wilson's report shows that
thousands of men and women have found
Jobs through the bureau.
Concerning the charge of discrimina
tion against the city's bureau In the
aqueduct service a further inquiry will
probably be instituted to see if the same
antagonistic Influences are at work there.
JUDGE GRANTS THREE
DECREES OF DIVORCE
Duplan, Ziegler and Hart Families
Divide When Aggrieved Parties
Carry Troubles Into
Court
Three more unhappy marriages were
terminated by Judge Rives In department
two of the superior court yesterday.
Mary M. Duplan was allowed a decree
from Augustus M. Duplan on the ground
of desertion. No contest was made by the
defendant.
Helen Zlegler charged that August Zieg
ler had not supported her for more than
two years, but as August was not in court
the reason could not be determined so
Helen was freed of the irksome matri
monial bonds.
Herbert F. Hart asked to be divorced
from Agnes Hart on the ground of deser
tion, and as the two could not forget old
animosities and forgive each other the
decree was granted.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
FINE HIGH OFFICIALS
Suspension for sixty days for Lieut.
George Williams and four months for
Desk Sergeant George Sparks with loss
of pay for each was the penalty as
sessed by the police board o these offi
cials for their acts in connection with
the charges brought by Attorney Brad
ner Lee and Kenneth Preuss.
These were the two officials on duty
at police headquarters the night Com
missioner Schenck ordered arrests of the
two well known men
GROWERS IN FAVOR
OF CASH BUY/NO
CITRUS AGENT TESTIFIES IN
HEARING
Declares System of Immediate Pur
chase Is Best for Producers.
May Conclude Invesga.
tion This Week
L. N. Mitchell occupied tho stand yes
terday In the Interstate commerce hear
ing before Commissioner Frank G. Fln
layson, testifying for the intervenor.
Mitchell Is the Ontario agent for the
Citrus union.
1. declared that the holdings system
of distributing cars in time of shortage
was not the best one for the buyers,
whom he represented. His firm had ex
perienced considerable difficulty in se
curing cars from the Santa Fe under
that system to such an extent that they
could not fill all of their orders.
The Citrus union paid cash for the
fruit on the trees, ho said, and the com
pany often had orderi for more fruit
than they were able to ship through their
inability to n«-t the cars in time.
In response to a question the witness
said In his opinion the cash buying sys
tem was the brst one froh the growers,
tor then the buyers took all the chances
Of delay In transit, decay of the fruit and
possible decline of the market price.
"Why Is It bettor for the buyers to take
all the chances?" asked Commissioner
Finlayson. "Why can't the growers take
the risk or part of it?"
The witness thought the growers would
rath) r be relieved of the responsibility
in the matter.
"How many cars a week were you pre
pared to ship? " asked Attorney Britt.
"We have often had as many as ten
cars a week ready, but the Sante Fe
told us that we were allowed only two
and one-half on the holdings estimate.
"Our fruit Is not always sent to the
eastern market." continued the witness.
"Sometimes we ship to the middle west
or to Montana."
Mr. Mitchell stated that the California
Fruit Growers' exchange was controlled
by growers who did not like to sell to
buyers, preferring to get all the profits
out of their fruit.
"In what way do you mean that the
growers control the exchange?"
"Well, they elect all the officers and or
der the picking of the fruit according to
turn, not being guided by the condition
of the fruit."
The hearing will continue today and It
is hoped to finish this week.
MOTORMAN IS CHARGED
WITH MANSLAUGHTER
Law Limiting Speed Broken Every
Day, Says Prosecuting Attorney,
and Violators Will Hence.
forth Be Punished
A complaint charging Motorman J. E.
Llewellyn with manslaughter was Issired
by Prosecuting Attorney E. J. Fleming
yesterday. Tho complaint alleges that
Llewellyn was responsible for tho death
of Amy Lang, the young domestic who
was killed by being struck by a Santa
Monica car on Sixteenth street Sunday.
It is the Intention of the prosecuting
attorney's office to secure the arrest of
all motormen found driving their cars
faster than the law allows.
The ordinance states that cars shall not
run more than eight miles an hour across
intersecting streets or in the downtown
district. Motormen say it Is Impossible
for them to keep within their schedule
unless they run their cars at a greater
speed.
"The law is broken every day -y
motormen on all the lines" said Mr.
Fleming, "but it will not be su in the
future. I have Instructed the motorcycle
policemen to watch the cars and arrest
every motorman found breaking the law.
"I will issue complaints In every case
where I know the men have evidence
against the motormen, and will handle
the cases myself when they come to
court."
LONG BEACH WOMAN AND
CHILD STILL MISSING
ntense Longing for the Old Home In
Colorado May Possibly Account
for Her Mysterious
Absence
Mrs. S. M. Blanchard of Salida, Colo.,
has disappeared from her home at Long
Beach, and the police have been asked to
find her. With her was her 8-year-old
boy. It is thought Mrs. Blanchard may
have returned to her former home In
Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard have lived in
Southern California three months. Since
coming here the woman has frequently
said she wished to return to her former
home.
June 29 she left her residence, after in
forming her husband she was going to
take the little boy for a walk. Since
that time he has not seen his wife or
child.
Mrs. Blanchard was 27 years of age
and weighed about 135 pounds. She had
brown eyes and light hair. On her fore
head was a scar about an Inch long. She
wore a plain gold band ring with the in
itials "S. M. B." engraved on the inside.
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
FOR THE ENSUING TERM
Lnst evening the Comrades' club of
Trinity Methodist church, south, held Its
regular monthly business meeting, and
the regular semi-annunl election of offi
cers, at which the following officers were
elected: Walter C. Marston was re
elected president; Lewis C. Johnson,
vice president; Don C. Burt. secretary;
Theron L. Vlvrett, treasurer; Clinton H.
Burt, class editor; Joseph W. Jones, ser
geant-at-arms.
The above officers will be installed .at
the next regular meeting In August, when
the following officers will retire: Gideon
L. Vivrett, vice president; Lewis C. John
son, secretary; Clinton H. Burt. treas
urer; Dallas McGreggor, class editor; E.
E. Price, sergeant-at-arms.
General satisfaction was expressed by
all present at the result of the election.
A departure from the old custom of the
society was taken when Walter C. Mars
ton was re-elected president.
GIRL WITH DISLOCATED
NECK IS STILL ALIVE
Miss Dawn McPherson, the young
woman who was caught in a folding
bed and sustained a dislocation of the
spinal column near the base of the
brain, is lying at the Oood Samaritan
hospital in an unchanged condition.
According to the surgeons in charge
of her case it may He a month before
sho recovers from the effect of the In
jury which sho received.
At tlio present tlmo her condition is
critical.
WORTH MONEY TO HAVE
STAND NEAR CHAMPION
Cigar Dealer Sues Jim Jeffries Be
cause Latter Changed Location
of Saloon and Refuses
New Lease
In a suit filed yesterday in the superior
court James J. Jeffries, champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, is made a
defendant with Jack Kipper by Morris
Berkowlti, who asks J-M.OOO damages for
alleged breach of contract.
Berkowltz is a cigar dealer and claims
to have had a ten year lease on the cigar
stand in front of the defendant's saloon,
304 South Spring street, and the plaintiff
claims that they refuse to renew his
contract.
Figuring that the lease was worth J3o()
a month, or $200 In excess of the rent paid,
he asks that the defendants be mulcted
for the aggregate sum for the term of
the lease.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
ADVISED WARD'S DISCHARGE
On the motion of Prosecuting Attorney
E*. J. Fleming, the case against t red
Ward, charged with violating tho djior
ordinance, was dismissed in the police
court yesterday.
Ward was arrested January 26 nnd was
tried April S. At the trial the Jury dis
agreed and a new complaint was filed.
Fleming said the first trial had been
conducted before ho took office, and that
was the reason he requested it be dis
missed.
MINING HEADQUARTERS
TO OPEN IN LOS ANGELES
C. D. Wlllard, chairman. Fred A. Hines
of the chamber of mines, O. B. I-iirisn
of the realty board, F. J. Zeohftnclolaar
of the Merchants and Manufacturers' us
sociation and Gilbert S. Wright, compris
ing the committee recently appointed by
Gen. John R. Mathews. president of the
Los Angeles chamber of mines, will hold
a meeting today to decide upon the form
of organization and place for the pro
posed headquarters for the miners and
merchants of Nevada, Arlzonn and out
side points in California. The proposi
tion has been under discussion for sev
eral weeks. The general idea seems to
be to arrange for a miners' club room,
with reading, lounging and other elevat
ing and pleasing features, a club room
fitted up In attractive manner that will
BIG AUCTION
and Spanish Barbecue
Horses, Mules and Cows, Work Wagons,
Express Wagons and Harness
at Greenwood's Stable, 547 Central Aye., Los Angeles
THURSDAY, July 18, at 10 a. m.
Sale of fine lot of heavy work horses, truck horses, carriage horses, Missouri work mules, Jersey.
Holstein and Guernsey milch cows, wagons and harness, will take place Thursday, July 18, at
10 o'clock, at Greenwood's Stable, 547 Central avenue. Come and look them over, as they will
be sold to the highest bidder. Positively no resserve. All must go on this date. Come one,
come all. This will be the biggest horse and cow auction of the season. Free Spanish barbecue.
Come in early and take a fine team home with you at your own price. Or buy one of those fine
I milch cows and be sure of good milk for the baby.
By Order of W. C. Mathieson
RHOADES ® RHOADES, Auctioneers
! Office 730 South Spring Street. , .Phones F1259, Main 1259.
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Coronado Beach is the one perfectly |
agreeable and reasonably priced resort
near Los Angeles. This applies to the
Tent City and the Great Hotel as well.
\
Every diversion— every comfort— every pleasure, \
'¦1..'.^.-'-' ;i .^,' and a management that not only \^
y^m S^X wishes to, but is able to please. J^ft
V I \\ $ 400 for the round tri P- Jj CgjiflL
jn3jffßp?||\ Ask about it at our office » 334 South „ ; M W^i
CjjUlUlJjy/ Spring Street, or telephone Sunset It\^^r&
Jl Main 758, Home A-9224. V
Immediately become headquarter* for all
visitors from the mining towns and
mlnlnK camps. Possibly a central
ground-floor room will be leased, where
mining papers will be on file and a book
kept open for the signatures of visitors.
The committee after tha conference to
day may be nble to submit a plan of
orgnnlzatlon that will meet with general
approval.
IS TOLD TO SEEK REDRESS
IN THE CIVIL COURTS
Police Board Declines to Push Charges
Against Central Park Policeman
Who Dispersed Brittain and
His Friends
The police board yesterday advised Ed
ward H. Brittaln and his attorney,
James T. Rogers, to seek redress In the
courts if they wished to push the charges
against Patrolman E. R. Cottle. The
board then dismissed the charges.
Urlttaln and his friends, it is said,
have annoyed women and children who
wish to sit or stroll In Central park with
loud arguments, tendency to make
speeches nnd to obstruct the sidewalks
and monopolize benches. They use the
park as an open forum for debate to the
exclusion of other persons who go to
the park to rest and read, it is said.
Cottlo, It is claimed, used force and
violent language in ordering Brittain,
who Is an old man, to leave.
Cottle claims .that he and all tho pa
trolmen who hays preceded him on park
duty have had trouble with Brittain and
others who persist In acting as if the
park was their private property.
Attorney Rogers contends that the pa
trolman's conduct was in violation of the
law of free speech and peaceable assem
bly, and tho case may be carried higher.
The police refer to tho crowd at the
park as "the agitators," and have many
complaints on file in support of their
action In ordering speechmakers to
move on.
CITY CORPORATIONS ASK
ASSESSMENT REDUCTION
The principal new cases before the city
equalization board are those of the Los
Angeles Gas and Electric company,
whloh asks thnt its franchise now as
sessed at $401,350 be assessed at a nom
inal sum.
The Los Angeles Brewing company also
wants its figures reduced.
Tho bonrd will hold a session thla
morning In the council chamber.
SENDS ULTIMATUM
l r O DEPARTMENTS
CITY AUDITOR WILL ADHERE TO
LAW STRICTLY
Clashes with Board of Works and. Fire
Fighters, but Council Finally
Approves Irregular De.
mands to Clear Books
City Auditor W. C. Mushet, the fire
department and tho board of public
works have clashed over irregular de
mands.
Unwilling to O X certain demands the
auditor transferred the responsibility to
the city council with the warning that
he would approve no further demands
unless the ordinance was strictly com
piled with therein.
Tho council at its special session yes
terday approved the demands over the
auditor's head.
The Items presented by the fire de
partment for which no requisitions had
been obtained In advance were:
Edison Electric company, $15; Home
Telephone company, $10; Edison Electric
company, $14.20; Los Angeles Gas and
Electric company, $58.95 and $22.15; C.
Ducpmmun, $15.13; Diamond Coal com
pany, $120.50; Globe Grain and Milling
company, $217.fi0.
Street sweeping fund— Lee Kirk, $140 60-
Hugh Currnn, $100.10; Philip Gles, $112.50;
M. Knudson, $100.
Street department— J. F. Malone, $84.35;
M. J. Sullivan, $99; L. Kennedy, $65.60.
Accompanying them this comment was
Indorced by the auditor:
In these cases the street department
is employing help which is not pro
vided for In the city ordinance gov
erning positions in this department.
If you will reapprove these demands
and the board of public works will
certify that the labor has actually
been performed and that tho price Is
reasonable, I will number and register
them and pass them out for payment.
I have notified the board of public
works, however, that from now on
I shall absolutely refuse to approve
any demand for salary that does not
strictly conform to the ordinance.
Mies Blondlock— -How dare you tell
people my hair is bleached? You know
it is false.
Miss Ravenwing— Yes, dear, I know
It Is. I told them it was bleached be
fore you got it. — Brooklyn Eagle.