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PUBLICATION OFTICD -THIRD AND MARKET BTREETTS, BAN FRANCESCO
MONDAY JANUARY I, 1906
THE past year has been a history maker. The Japanese-Russian
war has changed the political geography of Eastern Asia. The
shadow of Russian primacy in Manchuria and Korea has
passed away. Half of the great island of Saghalien has "returned to
the Mikado. Korea has become a Japanese dependency with every
promise and prospect of improvement in its administration and the
condition of its people. Its destiny is to be assimilated entirely, by
Japan, making that empire a continental power. China is faithfully
preparing to go forward by the adoption of popular and representa
tive institutions, without the intervention of violent revolution. v
These changes in Eastern Asia are of the keenest interest to
the whole world. Since the subjugation of liyiia and Burmah by
a Western nation,and the extension of Russian power into Asia it
has been confidently expected that all Asia would come under Euro
pean control, by conquest, aggression and craft, and its different
nations would be held as subject peoples. The partition of , China
between several nations, starting from their zones of influence, has
been treated as a near certainty, and France, Germany and Great
Britain provided themselves a footing from which to advance the
carving process. This policy is nipped by the rise of Japan. , The
results will not only be large from the Asiatic standpoint, but bene
ficial to the world. It would not have advanced the- happiness of
mankind for Russia to have subjugated Manchuria, nor for the
Western nations to have partitioned China. The Asiatics have their
own civilization, genius, point of view and personality, and it is
better for the world that they progress on their own lines than that
they be dominated by a different race and a civilization, also racial,
that they will not assimilate.
It is in line with natural conditions that Japan, the most pro
•gressive, shall take over Korea, the most backward of Asiatic nations.
But it would have been out of line with natural conditions for this
to have been done by Russia, the most backward of -European nations.
The 3^ear 1905 records these portentous changes for the benefit
of the world's peace and prosperity and the neighborly fellowship of
the nations. It witnessed also the close of the greatest war in history.
Stories are being told derogatory to Japan, intended to belittle her
victories. But in the world's' book of heroes will be written the
story of the besiegers of Port Arthur and the' victors in the naval
battle of the Sea of Japan. . .
Japan has ahead of her a period of depression and of distress,
resulting from the strain and waste of war. But a people that can
defend themselves so consummately in war may be relied upon to
work out a prosperous destiny in peace.
The past year in its closing weeks saw the beginning of a death
grapple between Russian autocracy and the people, and the end is
not yet. It has seemed an outbreak of maHness, of .bloody reaction
from the repression of ages, a blind and beastly struggle, appalling
to the world. If it do no more, it will 'force whatever government
is left at its close to consider internal conditions and the reform of
domestic administration rather than expeditions far afield in search
of land and glory.
Our own land enters the new year with impetus unabated, going
forward with resistless energy. Our known resources have only been
scratched and are continually re-enforced by the transfer of capacities
from the latent the potential. Planted upon the richest of the
continents we have nothing but our own wealth and poweg-to fear.
Croakers see signs that indicate to them the decay of our institutions
and the decline of patriotism. But this is a, vision of the jaundiced
eye. We go on making money, eating and drinking, sowing, reaping
and gathering into barns, apparently insVnsible to emotions other
than those that attend upon material accumulation. But fhere is
within us something deeper than all this. It is* the sentimental,
foundation of self-government and the spirit of sacrifice for its main
tenance. We pay no attention to the croakers who see what they
want to see. But when occasion requires we drop money-getting
and go where the country needs us and die as gallantly for the insti
tutions of freedom as did our fathers who died to make them possible.
Political pseudo-philosophers want to make radical changes in our
Government, objecting'to it that the people accumulate property by
individual exertion. Such accumulation results from the enlighten
ment of our laws and the integrity of their administration. Where
property has no legal protection it is taken and held lawlessly by
the strong hand that can defend it. -Here the weak are equal with
the strong and the earnings of the humblest industry may be trans
mitted into real property that is as safe as the holdings of the mil
lionaire. The pseudo-philosophers want a commonwealth founded
on the social failures and diseases. Our Government is founded on
the social health and success.
The new year approaches radiant with promise. May it be happy
to all our countrymen and to all the world.
FILIPINO NEEDS.
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INDUSTRIAL and economic ills are the chief causes of -distress in
the Philippine Islands, according to the report of AthertOn
Brownell, who accompanied Secretary Taft through the archi
pelago last summer and made a careful survey: of the situation.; He
went as the representative of Public Opinion, and is. now writing a
series of articles for that paper giving the results of his investigation.
Attention is diverted from these economic ills because of the stirring
up of political discontent and the imagination that political change
would be a panacea for the lack of prosperity. The writer of the
papers is not an anti-imperialist, but he says the people of the islands
are hungry and in want.
New legislation will be introduced at the present Congress in
regard to the islands. The questions, 'involved are said to be among*
the most difficult ever presented to our Government. It is not
merely that opinions differ widely as to the, best policy, but there
is such a conflict-as to the statement of facts upon which to base a
judgment. It is one of the peculiarities of the complex situation
there that ample data can be found for very varied contentions. One
of the visiting Congressmen remarked that the only, people' who
knew anything about the islands are those who have never 'been
there. 6
The conflicting opinions about the Filipinos may be divided into
three, principal classes. The first Is that of officialdom, which re
gards the. islands as pacified and everything going fairly well under
a paternal government that is leading the people \u25a0 .toward self-govern
ment. The second is- that of the anti-imperialists, which holds that
we are misgoverning a people who wish to be and ought to be free, ;
but simply lack the power to throw off the foreign yoke in the way.
in which our own country made itself independent of England. The
third is the non-partisan, outside view of students of colonization
as it has been practiced heretofore by superior over inferior races.
These think that our plan is Utopian ?and cannot succeed' with a
people so based on Malay blood that they can never live up to our
high standards, and therefore the' only rule is one of mastery arid
exploitation.
The question of methods of benefit that Brownell raises are as
lo whether the Government had not better change its policy of;re
striction" to American enterprise in making large: developments- a^fd
giving employment to the islanders. The soil and mineral re
sources there are said to be the richest , in the world, but I the re
striction of each individual to forty acres and of each corporation to
2soo acres prevents improved methods of cultivation and exploita
tion. * ,
Perhaps the Secretary of State is going to Brazil to: sce;how the cele
brated Brazilian. nuts take Root. — Philadelphia North American.
President McCall will not resign under fire: So cease-firing, everybody.
Milwaukee SentineL, :
HAIL 1906 1
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UNSOCIABLE HUSBANDS
ANGELA MORGAN
1, AM asked what I think of the u'nso- ;
clable husband who v.-on't talk to his
•wife and family when he comes home
at night and who spoils the pleasure
of the evening gathering by settling into
a non-communicative calm . too \u25a0 heavy to<
be broken by the kindest persuasion or the
most eager questioning. , ,
Such a husband, I am told, no matter
what the anxiety of.; those at home to
hear * the events of -the .outer world dis
cussed, stubbornly; refuses to gratify that
desire, nor does he give any .\u25a0 reason for
: Euch refusal. ' \u25a0' .''
I- He simply won't talk, and that, is the
end of the matter. t . . *
This is * not the first time I have been
approached /on the. subject of the unso
ciable husband. Women .have ] frequently
confided to me. their. unhappiness over the,
fact "that their, lifo partners : had devel- ,
oped this most deadening 'and discourag
ing habit; and have told me. what; gloom
had settled upon the home life because !
of it. ;. I
Certainly it would seem .that the man !
who has no interest in the intellectual
enlightenment of his wife or. his family
and no appreciation of ' the natural inter
est they, feel in 'the Important- events of
' the world — events which he, because : of
his broader experience, . could : discuss so
easily-, if he would only .take ; the trouble
— is a man deserving. of censure.
But there are' two' sides to -this ques
tion, as there are to every question. .What
a pity it is that it should be ' so difficult
for, 'the' wife to get a; clear vision of -the
husband's ; side, and for him to perceive
the justice in' hers! •
7 If -woman's ! love had . more : of ; the ..mas-"
culine In.it, and. man's love partook of the
feminine element, ;- the impartial .view
1 .would be possible for both husband and
wife;: . , •', \/' >'>'.; \; _' '\u25a0';'\u25a0\u25a0.] - '.'_ .
If the^ wife " could." take the husband's
view; if she were." qualified ' through !the
masculine .' element to appreciate ' his side,
;this is what; she ';, would ;\u25a0: discover about
her husband's unsociable* tendencies: She
would see 'that-.when he returns ! from a
, day's .battled. with ? the problems .. of th«
larger world « he * is ; thoroughly tired out/
eager - for relaxation, and , not .at ; all ; dis
posed to \u25a0. exert himself .in conversation.-
She 'would, understand -c that . he has \u25a0;\u25a0 been
I talking business, ; finance, ' news— all ' the
"big" ; subjects— until he ; is utterly .weary
•of them and ready, for. a change ; . that ; the
very, topics she yearns to hear i discussed
Tare topics \u25a0:- that ? belong t» \ that . Jostling,
turbulent world he is so anxious to forget:
Y-. She would, see that? one of the- dearest
delights home ". off efs I him is. the' chance
to drop all /the affalrSi of rthei outer life
1 and give himself ., to non-exertion and
tranquillity; ;', that '. he 5 revels". ln not being
called upon' to think or^ to, talk.
On "I the-!, other;- hand, \u25a0 lf>.the -man : -could
take the woman's lyiew.-rhe ( would realize
Just this: That his wife has probably had
no chance to come; in touch with" matters
outside oft the '{ domestic" or ; social * sphere";
that , she . craves i- a 'breath ; of ; ; the) larger
realm,- and * that her f intellect feels ; keenly
theVneed " of, expansion . through j' ; contact
with his: :
"He would understand that the placid, at
xnosphere'of domesticity in' which "she has
lived - and breathed [ all day needs ' to =be
MISTER BUNION
COWifllT. tWtciv Mi REwl^t^RNWii JaUWIiIRCw'VW MHUT6*i
freshened and Invigorated by a current
of new, stimulating, helpful' thought ; that
her. mental life will stagnate unless such
reviving forces do enter it.
He would recollect ' that one of " *ie
strongest reasons for their marriage was
the need bothiof 'them felt -for; compan
ionship—not only the companionship of
the affections, but 'of the: mind and soul.
He would realize that a successful^mar
riage is impossible without interchange of
thought, contact of ideas, the giving and
taking, of mental and spiritual; nourish
ment. He would rouse. himself to satisfy
the higher- longings "- of the > woman to
whom he has joined his interests' for life."
r After all,. what a pity so many husbands
forget and neglect all this r How.unfortu
nate that thousands', of women must re
sign themselves to the . ."dead-level exist
ence whichis sure to follow ."a* husband's
failure to minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of .his wife.
,\-I cannot help believing. that the reason
marriage often degenerates Into humdrum
and monotony Is. thatVthere is no all
round companionship, and this happens
frequently -.because the hub-band does not
exert himself to respond to his -wife's In
tellectual demands. , >'
If a man considered 'his wife's interests
instead of his own. I wonder if he • could
not ' give 1 her ' more of the sustenance her
mental activities require?- ' £$&&§£i
.J. I believe if man's love had ' in it more
of \u25a0 the maternal this .would certainly be
possible.'. Does a mother stop- to think
how tired -she is when 1 her "child begs, for
a story at night?
Husbands,' try. to overcome your inertia
and encourage your. wives in! their longing
for a * larger intellectual i outlook::; If .-, you
are too tired; to "do this, don't be surprised
or hurt when you find , the women flock
ing to their clubs for comfort.: . •
AS A TtST.
The __ professor was \u25a0 examining ; a . dark
brown substance spread on paper, when he
was interrupted by a visit from a friend. >
."I say,;would you kindly let me place a
little bit of this on your. tongue?". said, the
man 'of learning \u25a0. to 1 the « newcomer. ' "My
taste has become vitiated by sampling all
sorts of things."
'; ; "Certainly," responded . \ the "friend,
thrusting out: his tongue. ,
:-The f professor' took :up '"a little 'of \ the
substance under analysis and placed it on
the | other's I tongue." The latter -worked \u25a0it
round for'* fully, a minutej tasting it: much
as he would a sweet -\u25a0:\u25a0 - - \u25a0- - : ;
.J'fNote any effect?" inquired; the pro
fessor.;
"No,, none."; ''\u25a0 '\u25a0-..... .,...'.' §
"It doesn't -paralyze or prick your
tongue?" : ; '.
."Not; that" I 'can detect."
i"I thought, riot. How, does it taste?";, *
/"Um-m;, all r right.''
': .'.fWhat^s It?'' inquired the^frierid.
"I don't know.: -That's .what 'l'm ;trying
to find out: Some one • has ; been' poisoning
horses -nith it."— Tit-Bits. \-: • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '.
"Learning I- Languages s by j Telephorie,"
Is. the ".titlevofj; an; article iin'.;thei ; Daily
Mail. .Telephone "j girls, : we (understand,"
have learned! quite -'a', lot of language
that way.-^— London Punch::." ; .. . :
SAMJ^MJ JNEW. £*<7JUHLIJN^ JViVW.
THE BOSS AND
THE SPINSTER
LITTLE Miss Primrose lives in a
quiet street, and has the third floor
'apartment |n a neatly kept flat
building-, desirable at the time she
, rented It., several years ago. because it
had light and air. all about] it.. though
situated. in the middle" of the block.. ...
Then the lots next to the one she
was on came. to be improved. A double
: fiat building, very like the one she was
living in, .was to occupy the ' space
where site had had her little bed of
mignonette In, the summer, her two pet
trees were to be destroyed, and all the
pretty^ patch of green turf given over
to toiling horses and large, hard-work
ing, men. :. , -
;,; It ; is the way of the city, and Miss
Primrose did not repine. She found
a great deal of interest'ln the way that
the men .worked. They were so sure,
so skillful, so deft and so quick. in
their movements, ' the bricklayers and
stonemasons, the /carpenters and the
rest, that she felt a little thrill of pride
in the thought that these were Ameri
can workmen.
There -was no swearing and no
coarseness of speech. Instead there
was a great' deal of quiet fun, and the
colored men who mixed the mortar and
carried J the hod were singing or danc
ing .whenever, they could find a moment
for relaxation. ; ' \u25a0
;.When ; the new building reached the
level of her' own; lloor, a* change: came
over .the ; proceedings. A large, stout,
red T f aced man whom . the ' colored folk
called . "boss" appeared. It , was his
function, to make the men under him
work harder, and the only way he
know "how to accomplish this was by
the' use' of "much; language, loud,, vul
gar, and profane.- .'
The singing and the fun stopped,
every, glance away.'' from the ' task in
hand . called ; for .a curse, and- Mtes
Primrose ; was '; greatly distressed. The
second \- day she i determined to " atop : it.
\u25a0 She reached her .; back : porch, opposite
the point where the ; boss had ; been' do
ing \ his : loudest -swearing, in . time to
hear/a ' taller,: and .more dignified '\u25a0 man,
perhaps the owner, or ,the architect, say
to him: "I* wouldn't drive these men
so hard. . Some day they'll get mad and
call; you' down."','
."Notion your * life," said .the. boss.
"They - ain't , nothln'i; livin* . can call me
down when I \u25a0 get . to goin\ Why, them
"","."', '.''."- His flow" of profanity, was In
terrupted j f rqim the ' neighboring \u25a0" porch.
;;.'-; ;.'-• ."Mr. I( Man,'-: said : little MSss Primrose,
"I don't know; you/ and I don't want to*
But \u25a0I ; amVmoved ;to: say> to '.you ;that If
you • take the L name .-'of God . in - ; vain
again" In ; my/ hearing jI . shall have • you
arrested and. fined jas a public nuisance,
and I have '• proof of • your; having sworn
more'! than a j hundred ;, times * yesterday
at? these poof,': hard-working: men.". ,
V,lThere'.has beenino profanity Ton that
jobisince^j^^^^^^jwßHß
NATITRE.
.•?Tou^should -be' very . proud of having
won 'the : love of < such ' a man.", ,
;; I'Then ; you ; advise me" to marry .: him V'.
Vi"By| all ; ; means. .... He is one of ' nature's
noblemen.". •; -c
-'. i"No doubt.'-'"But -consider. -', This . nature
fad .will inevitably., pass."
OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS
A. J. WATERHOUSE
THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!
~p HE king is dead, our comrade king, who walked with us a little
i xv" a v .
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Who saw pale winter blush. to spring and summer fade in autumn
A royal monarch he in. truth, descendant of the countless years
That smiled upon him in his youth, or taunted him from shame-
And yet thinking of all the kings did walk *ith us. and hand in
hand . ,
We journeyed where Dame Nature flings her eiu'rald mantle ocr
the land; SSfwiaSS^Bv
Andlong we laughed and loud we laughed, and sometimes paused,
with scalding tears,
To bathe the wound where pierced the shaft— he heeded not, this
king of years; -
He heeded. not, this transient king, descendant of eternal days,
For well he knew, how brief the sting, how small and petty are
our ways.
But now he lieth in the tomb
That Sexton Time e'er hollows;
So rest to him, whate'er his doom,
And cheers for him that follows! . ;.
'm HE king is dead, and, truth to tell, he was a canting fellow.;
1 Who promised more than he did well when" life and he were
mellow. V. "
He vowed to us (we heard the word) that we should gain rich
treasure,
But in performance ne'er, he stirred— such was his royal pleasure —
And on our part we promised him some things we would do better—
Heigho! but Habit's chains are grim, and we arc- in their fetter.
Perhaps he failed the truth to tell, but, faith! we also missed it-
Temptation wields his scepter well, and few of us resist it —
But call him knave, if so you dare, no less my brow is clouded
At thought of him who lieth, there, with yesteryears enshrouded.
So peace to him within his tomb;
Our fault his error swallows.
God rest him in his narrow room —
And cheers for him that follows!
THE king is dead— long* live the king! A royal princeling truly,
Who registers in Time's great book and make* his salaam*
duly.
His vows are many unto us, and on their grace we're dwelling.
And if we half suspect them lies, they sound right -well in telling.
And, oh, his crown befits him well, on. his fair forehead pressing!
And, oh, we love his grace to tell and say, "He'll bring us blessmgl"
For so -it is, and so has been, since from creation's spaces
The year* of time fellinto line and found their destined places— » .
"The Old Year was a sorry wight," we say, with faces weary,
"But, oh, the New Year's step is light and all his way* are cheery."
So rest to him who sought his rest
In Death's sepulchral hollows;
But cheers for him, our latest, best.
The royal one who follows!
POST HOLIDAY BEATITUDES.
la the man who expected
Blessed
little, for he probably got it.
Blessed is he whose pocketbook is bot
tomless, for frequently he needed it.
Blessed is the man with a wrought iron
stomach, for he bad no occasion to rise
the next ; morning -and say. "What a
chump 1 was!"
Blessed is he who had something to
"swear off." for he who has not should
look upon himself .with suspicion. '
Blessed is the" husband and father who
received thirteen neckties, for they work
up beautifully in a crazy-quilt.
Blessed is the three-legged freak in the
museum,."for he can use more slippers
than the rest of us.
Blessed is she whose husband heedeth
a multiplicity of hints, for doubtless she
was not disappointed when Christmas
came.
Blessed is Edyth if she was as well
pleased with what was In h-r stocking
as her Augustus presumably is.
. Blessed are the fond parents who have
six children, for they are less likely to
rout the family out at three o'clock on
Christmas morning than seven would be.
"I should think that Bloggs would iu
si?t upon wearing his father's coat."
VWhy?"^Hß s
"Well, he wrote for his father's party
and belongs to his father's church, re
gardless of changes in platform or creed,
and I should think that the same sort
of respect for the old gentleman would
cause him to wear his coat regardless or
chances in fashion."
CUT IT OUT.
Cut it out;;.
If you have a vice, that's' dear.
Cut jt out.
*If you're apt to doubt and fear.
. Cut it out.
Stand, as other men have stood;
Do the.thing you know is rood—
I do not. but, then, you should
Cut it .out.
If on naughty ways you dote.
Cut it; out;
If the" nights with red.you coat.
Cut it out;
If you note ~. that, you're inclined
Joy in primrose paths to find.
Do not my example mind—
If, you'd like !to have your fllnsr.
Cut;lt out:
Reformation is' the thing-
Cut-it out.
Still be noble,- still he strong:
Never >mind' if • I \u25a0 do ;. r wronjj.
For lalways^-ln a song-
Cut it out.
A LITTLE PARABLE.
*; In the : beginning the Voice spake, and
said • -agpßtigtfßßHMHDQfedßpsH
"The litle men, whom I have made
shall have? Jhe capacity to know great
happiness."
. i'But.they would 'not grow strong under
. happiness alone," suggested one who
listened."/ ;
,"; "Even so.'* was ; the answer, "and so I
have - provided ; that certain spirits shall
work 'ever to ' bring them unhapplness:
but two of these spirits are greater and
more potent . than all "others."
"Arid these two?" queried the listening
I [on&BsBDB&BS
1905-1906
"These two are Abject Poverty and—ln
ordinate Wealth."
And as it was in th» beginning; so it is
now and ever will be while tho earth
rolls in its appointed cycle.
THE DYSPEPTKTS QtERT.
Oh, often in the fleeting days that van
ished in the mist
He saw the mountains verdure-dad, the
meadows sunlit-kissed.
And Nature sang her wondrous sons to
sooth his ajching breast;
And yet his question was the sazn*, "Why
won't that meal digest?"
"It is considered bad form to mak* N>w
Tear's call* now. Is it not?"
"I don't know, but. by Jupitsrl It ought
to be."
"What makes you so emphatla?"
"I.made a New Year's call this year,
and it cost me over thirty dollars."
"How was that?"
"Why, I did it on an ac« full, and th«
other fellow had four tens."
If you really wish yonr fehowmaa a
happy, happy year,
With peace and cheer to bless him, a* I
' heard you mention, dear.
Of course you will not idly sit and watch
him hoe his row,
But will sometimes take tfea lmplsmant
and helo him make It so.
"Xo. it never was absolutely proved,"
said Bludklns, . "that he stolo the money,
but there was at least one mightily sus
picious circumstance."
"What was that?" Fludkins inquired.
"Why, shortly after the coin .disap
peared he paid several bills without being
dunned to do so."
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
CANNOT VOTE-G. J.. City. A native
of China, born of Chinese parents, can
not become a citizen of th« United States;
consequently cannot vote in th» United
States.
MARRIAGE— W. B. G. . tiodl. Cal. A
man and woman desirlnr to a«cox« a
marri-igs license must appear beforo tho
person issuing such to answer such ques
tions as may be ~ asked.
When the contracting. parties to a mar
riaga are about to marry they agree as to
the officiating clergyman, and the groom
pays the marriage fee. wnic& is what he.
In his generosity, is willing- to jlre.
. A SWlSS— lnquirer. Cayuccs, "A
Swiss always a Swiss" is .trua to a cer
tain extant. A native of Switzerland may
go to a foreign land and be naturalised as
a citizen thereof, but Switzerland will not
recognize such naturalization until it has
given permission to change citizenship.
Until such permission is given the indi
vidual is always looked upon 'as a Swss
citizen. In Switzerland v«ang U not
compulsory,, MTTr
TWAIN'S SENTIMENT— F. L» 8... City.
A reader of this department furnishes the
lines that were written by" Mark Twain to
be Dlaced over the grays of his wife.
They are as follows:
Warm summer sun.
Shine kindly here;
Warm ' southern wind,
. Blow^ softly here:
Green sod above.
Lie light, lie light:
• -Good nlsht, dear heart;
Good night, good night. .
- CORDWOOI^-A. S., Petaluma, Cal. Ac
cording to the American cord wood meas
ure," a cord of wood must contain 123
cubic feet of wood, no matter whether
the wood 'is piled on . the • level or on a
slope. A cord consists of a pile 8 lineal
feet, loner and 4 feet* high.* .The wood Is
reckoned to be four; feet in .length. A
stick of cordwood ., should measure '\u25a0 4 feet
4 inches from end to enJ to compensate
for. the slope or, bevel of the cut and pro*
vide " for an equivalent •of - four v feet of
wood.":
Townsend's California glace fruits
and choicest candles In artistic . fire
etched boxes. New store. .767 Market. •
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'business house* and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 20 Cali
fornia street Telephone ilain 1041. • .