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WEDNESDAY The W^jSMmW^/MMSMM JOHN D. SPRECKELS.. -Proprietor CHARLES W. H0RN1CX :....:...:....... • - .General Manager/ ERNEST S. SIMPSON /. ... .\u25a0.....':.. : . /Mana-ing Editor C. J. OWEN... ............ /I v... •• :.... Business Manager A<dw»» AH CommytrutjoM to THE SAX FRAXCISCO; CALIi- v ' TELEPHONE— A«k for The Call. H be Operator Will Coaacct You With tHe X Drpartnifnt You Wtsh. . , BUSINESS 0FF1CE . . . '. . . .' . . . Mar^Tlnd Third .' Streets.,^ '. Francisco Orcr. Until 11 O'clock fivery Msht In the ?***- £treeta EDITORIAL ROOMS./. .\. . . v•••. • • • •Market . and Third Street. MAIN CITY BRANCH /. .; .'. :. \u25a0 Flllmore , Street. .Near / Post OAKLAKD OFFICE— I0I« Erctd^rTT. ......... -Telephone / Oakland 1082 ALAMEDA OFFICE— KSS Park Street .YJ. . : . i . T. Telephone. ' Alameda - 55; BERKELEY OFFICE— 2I4S* Center Street. ...... .Telephone 'Berkeley 77 CHICAGO. OFFICE^MarQuett- Blds..C. George Krogness. Representative NEW YORK OFFICE— =O TrStourie Bids. .Stephen B. Smith, Representative WASHINGTON P/ *.vSm§ G "str«t N. W...M: E. ; Crane.' Correspondent SVBSCRXPTX'OJf RATES. ','. :':-• / ,- - . Delivered by Carrier. 23 Cents Per Week. 75 Cents Per ..n^le . - Copies 5 C-r.ts. \u25a0\u25a0 Terms by Mall. Including Postage (Cash With Order): -_ DAILY CALL Cnchid!^ Sunday). 1 year • ?•.•\u2666*'"\u25a0 DAILY CALL (incJu^!r.f: Sunday). 6 raon.ns .............. DAILY CALL— By slr-sle month . •••••••••••••••••• SUNDAY CALL. 1 year V"**** * • ' V ! * 100 WEEKLY CALL. 1 year •• •• • ; '* " ,{ na , lv ......$B.OO Per Year Extra FOREIGN J c.," day '" ..... ............ 4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE \ Week ,v ;;;;";; ;:::::... -KM: P« Year Extra E-tered ?t the '.Jnited States Postodce as. Second-Cltss Matter. : ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mall *üb*erib?r S !n or3-rlng change of address should be particular .to give ' both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct cempltar.ee with their. request. DISINTERESTED AND EFFICIENT SERVICE. IN the way of relief work nothing that has happened since ; the fire has been mere encouraging and inspiring 4 than sthe5 the example set by the Mission district, under the guidance and direction of Rev. D. O. Crowley and James Rolph Jr. .The /work has been done in a practical, efficient and economical fashion -that arouses admiration and calls for emulation. The leading spirits in this im portant undertaking, Father Crowley and Mr, Rolph, have always refused pay for their service's; and while we cannot expect all others to follow this example, yet these men should 'have the full credit that their disinterested and humane service merits. Under this direction the Mission neighborhood is the* first to complete a substantial shelter for a refugee family and others will follow. The occasion was properly made the motive of a pleasant little celebration in the way of congratulation. More power »to Father Crowley, Mr. Rolph and the other disinterested people of the Mission who were forward in this good work. A MELANCriOLY CAMPAIGN. CHAIRMAN GRIGGS is melancholy. Griggs is the man in charge of the Democratic campaign which was intended to upset the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Griggs was never-at any time very confident that his party could make it, and now that Bryan hus* broken 'loose. on "the ownership' of railroads by- the Government the Democratic campaign .chairman is in despair. Early in the fight he began sending out. to his .corre spondents in the several States a blank form with space for answers to questions that he hoped would enlighten him as to the districts on which to concentrate his forces. Here are some of the questions: Is the district normally Democratic or Republican? If Democratic, is there any disaffection?' Are we liable to lose the district? If_ Republican, is there a chance to' carry it? ' What is the proportion x>f labor v/ote in the district? f What is the prevailing religious sentiment in your district or section? What is the trend of the labor element? What is the trend of general sentiment? Is there disaffection among the Republicans? What hes caused it? ' The result of this process was the early elimination of extensive territory from the doubtful column. The unabated popularity of President Roosevelt, the good work of Congress .-and the general disposition to let well alone made hard sledding for. the opposition, but now that Ihyan has kicked over the political pail Griggs has made up his mind to restrict his labors to the narrowest limits. In one way his mind is greatly relieved. He is no longer embarrassed by the necessity of raising a campaign fund. Early in the fight he was heard to express his opinion to a friend in confidence that Sena tor £lark of Montana and some of the other Democratic millionaires were "tight wads," but now he can cease his importunities. Although politically a prey to melancholy, financially his mind is easy because he needs no money in his.business. - . BELSHAW ON THE DIRECT, PRIMARY. STATE SENATOR BELSHAW of Contra Costa makes a strong showing, in favo .of the direct nomination of candir dates at the party primaries.. He uses the recent convention at Santa Cruz as an object lesson furnishing conclusive demon stration of the fact that the machine is in absolute control. Senator Belshaw adds: ' - I do not believe that any. man can 'obtain the Republican nomination for Governor without the consent of Herrin or the railroad. The sight of honored Judges dickering with the \u25a0 machine and "trading votes and pleading for places on the slate \vas-sad to behold here jn Santa Cruz last week. : What- Senator Belshaw says of jthe Republican convention iis equally true of the Democratic body" at Sacramento. TheKVorgani zation" is in full -control and the rank and 'file of the party have nothing to say about the choice of candidates., \u25a0 It is a fact of common knowledge that both bodies are dominated. by the. same influences. Under the existing system no matter which side wins at the polls the political machine holds control. It is a vice inherent in tHe:con vention plan and its abuses are growing more and more scanda lous year by year. , \u25a0 . Senator Belshaw is making a study of the direct primary laws now in operation in other States and will digest their best features for presentation to the coming-Legislature*. - ; . lt-is recognized in the most enlightened commonwealths of the.Union that- the convention system has outlived its usefulness and California must not -lag b«liind. . ' STOP THIS GRAB, MAYOR SCHMITZ. IT is obvious. that no exclusive franchise to lay, and operate a so called "spur along; the northern water front ofalie city should be granted to the Southern* Pacific Company 'or any other corporation. An application of this sort is J pending \ be^ fore the Board of Supervisors, covering the Hne^of^ Beach street; west^ erly from Van Ness avenue to the Presidio.. No explanation, of, at least, no satisfactory explanation; of the purpose of this : liiiefhas been offered 'oa behalf of the ', corporation; and tHe,/ route is oh the natural line of . extension . for the belt, railroad: The^ first .purpose of that railroad is to* offer equal facilities to all transportation^ corh^, panics whose lines terminate in this city, and * any departure from this policy must do grave jnjury to the commercial and 'industrial interests of San Francisco. ' The Gall- favors a liberal, policy, in rela tion to the granting of permits for spur .tracks, p but:it-is quite clear thatvthe proposedJihc does not^fall. within that category. Tliis is an EDITORIAL PAGE attempt to'" shi^';out:'all; : c6mpetirigii^]road^frbm- access to j an "im portant part of the -city where a 'large: industrial" and .manufacturing 'development ;is assured. It A ought;tq:be' side-tracked, and it^wilUbe,' we.Uhink^-^fv -Mayor,,; Sclimitz ;^res for "the of; any section of ;the community liri'which he lives. \u25a0 . ' ' \u25a0• / TWO recent bhnk failures,, one in: Gm'cago and^ the otherinPhil :adelphia;t have;, drawn; attention Vto k certain _: failures \ of .; exarni-, aiatiohsiintended'tqassure 'In both . of : these cases ' thej bank; examiners '; permitted'-them-' selves tb^be '\u25a0-) grosslyydeceived,, with'tftei result that in the]: Chicago case hundreds" of poor peoplelost all their savings and many* suicides followed: -^The • Philadelphia failure involved :much larger amounts/ but Jt has . nor proved so- disastrous; as r the '\u25a0 affairs of tlie 'bank ; may, be rehabilitated; for the sake' of the vaiuable - good will of the'busi/ ness^:. In ;. that,'; case ': the bank examiner : was, imposed on b*y : - a ;list^qf spurious loans .which; he -took no pains to veri f y* ?? In the Chicago ; case' t\\e- examiner 'took it for granted 'that^the 1 forged^ lent-mortgagesfsubmitted\to him were : gen^ examiners neglected ; the '. work ' which -they" were paid \u25a0. by tlie '' peo-; pie to,"do*. "" •" • •'\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0' -'""*'- '\, ' 5 - It- is ; a . grave and : difficult : problem. Most: of \u25a0 the States" as- well as the Federal Government provide elaborate- official machinery for the supervision and . examination of* banks. Apparently; it works well for the most part, but that is - chiefly because ; banks are usually 'well managed. \u25a0In spots it does jiht work at-, all v/here it happens \ that examiners ' 'either negligent,, reckless- or dishonest.: -It ris a" well-known-; fact in .the banking history;;of Sail: Francisco that: the disastrous ' failure ;of 'the! Pacific, BankUn 1893^ could have -been: ma terially mitigated -and' made /nearly Charmless had the Bank vi Gom-; missiouers *.used"the information; that .^vas':- in; their possession, "six months before,tlie.]actual; failure! --. They knew the' bank; was- insolvent then-^butiiTe'glected' .to -close jtherdooVsruntil;.the!institution/:3was ; mucii rhoredeeply involved. . \ o ; -J _ ', y-[ \u25a0[\u25a0_ ' We believe that Uhe "present; State Bank Commissioners are .vigi^ lant; and honest. :; r {They.../did^. g6qd'Vseryice'/last--year in stopping the operations of one" dubious banking 'enterprise here : before Uliere'Was time for-; it- to.'do r any mischief;?. ; But in /thY; last resort -the/super vision of ; the examiners 'must; rest with- the bankers themselves.- -It is i the- interest of every /responsible/banker .to see- that thejex do their full dut}'!- -The bankers alone 'are'.in a position to.know;whe"n the work is -being properly done : and: they, owe it to themselves, and their : customers tq^insist on the /most^carefui examination, /not Jqrijy of the accounts, 'but likewise; of the securities on, which they rest' 1 -•' -\u25a0>. \u25a0 :-'v \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0r-:' :,.y- v . \u25a0,--,-....\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 :-:-• '•"" -a '.'•-. \u25a0- • \u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0 "•-. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0':th- a -:. . By their flexibility, /San* ; Francisco's; climatic -conditions 'continue to/astound the recent arrival and; delight/the old ; inhabitant. • - ' Decency "will hail with relief the final curtain **onV the ,'\u25a0 Hartje i drama. Let the dirty'book be closed with'ali; legitimate haste. : V Pittsburg Justice of the Peace /suspects 'wife of infidelity.-; arid fatally stabs Pittsburg legislator. /AVhich goes/ to" show ' that soir.cc thing else than opulence is at the bottom of ~Pittsburg's sociai-cahcer; ' EXPECTATIONS. "When I ?ay no; to a man I expect, him i to consider that the end of it./ ; :^ - "And .when you say no tea "woman?" . ~"i; expert her 'to /come back 'the next day'wlth a more, becoming- hat on."—-. Chicago Record-Herald. HIS :< .b'BSIJUV'ATION".'-.. j "What is your idea of -reform?" \u25a0 "My observation," answered { Senator Sorghum.- "has .-been that' ; ln" f a . ma jority of eases : reform Is. a mysterious combination of good politics and bad business."— Washington Star. * > . - HOPK. "Woman Is naturally more hopeful than man," 'began the moralist. "Yes," interrupted the plain man: "There's my wife, , for Instance; every time she has had"; occasion; to buy tish since; we" started housekeeping she has asked the dealer' if they : were fresh, hoping, I suppose, that some" day he'll say 'Kb."—P hiladelphia Ledger. -*•.: \u25a0\u25a0 - : *\u25a0 \u25a0• '" " - \u25a0'-"".- \u25a0-'- ... , \u25a0". \u25a0 HIS UXFORTUXATE HABIT. "How are your Bon r in-law's: habits?" ;'•'\u25a0 "Fairly good. He hes> one unfortun ate wea,kriess.",'.j "What is that?" /' "He never far from home with out-making it \u25a0-\u25a0 necessary: for ; somebody to go after, him and find hinvand bring him' back."/:'.' ', ;.'*; . •'. \u25a0' \u25a0 . ' :\" "Dear, dear. May I ask his business?" "He's an Arctic explorer." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Shakespeare axd sixci.aik. The English Bookman is in the 'habit of offering each month: a prize -for. tlie best quotation from Shakespeare appli cable to any review or the name of any author, or book appearing Ln .that month's issue, of ; the'/magazine.^L The prize ,for July was won .by,.- the follow ing: "i. ! •'The Jungle." By Upton Sinclair! Tltanla— Say, sweet love, .what- thou desir'st a to eat. . : . \u25a0 '. -.', Bottom— iTha'drather have. a, handful or two of 'dried 'peas.' \u0084 ',:.-' : — Midsummer-- Night's . Dream:..' SALVATION iANI) ItAIIJtOAI)h'O. , " "Dr. 'Heber Ilieeof Springfield, apropos of .the .recent \u25a0meeting of : railroad men and thelr-lawyera to'nnd'out ,what the new - rate'- law '-really - means, tells "of a young* Method i3t who went : forth from Wilbfaham Academy.- to > preach-; his, trial sefmoif.v' •'"':'\u25a0 " . ' ' ' '- J ', \u25a0\u25a0? \u25a0'What was; your text?" - : he" was asked when' he .came Iback. '•How shall yeescape'lf ye'n^glect.so great a salvation?'. 1 , , ."'A v ' good" : text-^how' didvyou -handle \u25a0 "First, :I- show r ed ; 'em how. this salva-, tiori ;18,-,then .1 .slfowcd'.'em how;to es cape if they: neglected" lt.V-f-Detroit Journal. , . * .' • \u25a0-.•.-': ;\u25a0'.: •\u25a0/. ' '\u0084.' FEARED .THE, :jioopoo;; V Mr. Gulplt— 7-Dld I- leave behind rrie on this table* asmall- parcel tied with pink'Btring? : C " ; >. Riifus; No,' sah;i you, most suttonly did! not. •: - ' ,' / Mr. u .Gulpit— l'm? sorry ; to '-:, hear that] ,The;packagel\vasjv'ery;^valuabie;to me. Rufus Rastus;*-^; Jewelry. lan* dia moii's?: '.:''.\u25a0 \u25a0 :.': .' : ;.- :\u25a0'['.. \-li' -\u25a0'"/\u25a0_ ': '-. '" -\u25a0'\u25a0 : .- r llr. Gulpit-rDiamonds? . ' NofVooffin 1 handles!- , '_*\u25a0; \u25a0 , Rufus ; Ra stus V ( t remblln g) '— Wa-wa dat-'you^sayjday: was? . - Mi-.'^Oulpit-^Cofflni handles \u25a0'. ; ', / Rufus Rastusr (sinking 'iiiiitp'chair'a'hd' pointing) to*; his Ic6atspbcket)^-Dar *dey" Is, > boss. Tek ;em : out;fah;Lawd's sake/ q;oick, ; ;fbre i de"rho6do"o,begins', I tblwo'k^ i Express Gazette.' "^^^BSH^^ 1 ' ' " " " ! - ; ' ; CARELESS BANK NOTE AND /COMMENT. In the Joke World. Humor in London; >' Customer: So you sell, these watches at" apound each? It; must cost t!iat much, to; make : them. , - \u0084:',! -\u25a0;-: Jeweler : .• It) does. : _/~^/ :..'\u25a0 ;\u25a0\u25a0 ••\u25a0; ; , -J\ Customer: :;! Then how"-"do ; you';make any; money?- '\u25a0 ".V . :.;\u25a0,'\u25a0 \..'.'.""." \u25a0 'T'T ~ : ". *\u25a0':''; ' Jeweler: Repairing them.— Tit-i>its. The Parson : ".- \ .That's": an /exceedinsiy thin liorse \u25a0of .yours! coachman. ;•. You surely cannot feed him enough.;': ; i Coachman: Ho, yus.isir, I, : do. ;'E 'as 'is . good time. r.Yer see.'l torss "im ev ery, morning whether 'e'asa v few. oats or, I 'aye. a 'alf pint, and .'e's' \u25a0 lost the last. four mornings.— Ally Sloper. " A sarcastic lawyer during the trial of *a case", made use of the .expres sion, "Cast not' yftilr pearls before swine." .Subsequently, as he arose to make \u25a0 <he argument, 'the Judge fa cetiously remarked: -"Be .careful,; Mr. S- — — , not to cast 'your pearls -'before swine." . .^ •\u25a0.\u25a0,•-,.; .'\u25a0\u25a0;:',..•/;. / "Don't be alarmed, m'lyd; I am about to address the Jury, not the court," was the reply of' the barrister.-r-Tit-Bits. • Merriment as a rule is not sought In 1 a. graveyard, and'yet' graveyards have supplied much unconscious, humor. OneV remembers, for example, '. the, irt; s.criptioh " put upon ' thVy tombstone ;of the sporting gentleman < kilied by a gunshot wound. \-'\~-~-'fi -":''• •'*.\u25a0/\u25a0. '\u25a0/\u25a0 Sacred to the Memory "of Captain Anthony Wedeewobd,^'' Accidentally shot "by hi» gamekeeper "-.•\u25a0/'• \u25a0\u25a0 =. : -while out ; shooting.', . ' . " w . pll done, .thou, good-arid 1 faithful servant."— -London Tribune/. ' J >OT • OFTEN ' FOUJfD. The Maid— What's .your opinion of the type of girl who never wants to get "married? . . \u25a0'.£ ' ' ;\u25a0 • r .The Bachelor— l'm not' qu&jifledi'to express an opinion on" the^ subject. ; \. , The Maid — Why,--; are. you; prejudiced? ' -The Bachelor— No/b ut i've' ! never seen such a > type.— Cleveland Leader*.- j MR. . AND MRS. WILLIAM GWIX •-. left ;on Sunday- evening "for the /East, -where "'they,., were"; called 'by, the- news' of C the {serious "ill nefis of their ..< son, VGwin, who ' . was: taken •'suddenly -- with " aa- r pendici'tiS'*- ahd'vVw'ill '"'\u25a0 be ' compelled to undergo -an "operation '": If it ; has » not already ' become) ay necessity: il lie > has been^ at coilege -in ;;th"e-Sast;ifor. ; > : th"e pastry ear at Morristown,;and;did riot return here for his vacation. j >T ' 4 Mrs.. C. Frederick : ; Kohl spent several days . iast week in -; town, returning on Friday, to -her .summer home at Lake Tahoe,;; where she 'lias- been ' for -the entife' v seatb'n.'JJ : - . *' :."'-: ."'-; '"'.-. ? \u0084A '-_ _•:..'\u25a0 ---. : -; : \u25a0 \u25a0.' '• • i\. • •v:.: 1 *;:.^;. \u25a0-:\u25a0: - ._..;\u25a0 <j" f V. Mrs. "John : B: , Casserly.; and - her i small family, who went- to' Sari^S^^olatjfj.M time of the fire and 1 a * erl lefjnfforfthT East,-;; are at pfese J^jp^'l^^atJ['ttt^ summer home of Mrs. Casserly's father, Michael' Cudahy, at Lake: 'Mackinac; Mich. \u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0'"-". '• *, • • *\u25a0 ~ , : 'Mr. -and -Mrs. v Philips Lansdale,'-. who have been , for several \ weeks past guests \u25a0\u25a0 ; of Mrs. - Lansdale's -parents," Bishop : a '->tl Mrl^^^^^^npfi^^^? "a re* at Pacl^^^^el^^^^^^^^ Mrs. A. . s. \ LilleyThas \ returned |to| her, THE AMERICAN GIRL WITH WHOM EUROPEAN NOBILITY IS IN LOVE. Is There a Cprrif oriole Age ? JOHN HAMILTON GILMOUR. IS;THERE;a, comfortable age? . .^ If there is an age In which a man may enjoy h|s years, that time of , ; .life, is- deserving; pf-.inqyiry. r Nat urally, some will . say", man/s most com fGrtableage is when he.lsin the hey- j day'f of . youth, and all the world is open i to him. \ That is: the trouble. It is too optn; 5 too full . of oaticements.^entan gl^ments and . .worries "for youth to. be | a^cm'ortable^ age. . . .'.i..':\ young : man' in his. twenties.' Ist.ho^ever.'.out. of ' trouble? Is it .not a case of out 'of ~ the frying pan- into the. fire?, ; Re ,is • heedless, and he is haus-hty; . If he is poor and' good look ing, his plight . is' air.'the more pitiable." lf.he ; is poor'ahd clever, that kind of cleverness -which presages success, he is tolerated by^ the older generation and looked 'upon with, suspicion by his compeersy ''- v , 'If he happens to; be rich, good look ing'and* young,' then, indeed, he is in a" ' r worse, position ' than 'either" of ithe other- two. --Youth is . inexperienced. No -young .man will believe that to be true. ;He will \u25a0 not accept - that time-, worn adage which has caused. tq t tingle the ears of .many a youngster: "Young men think .old men -are foolfr;> old men -know; young- men to be fools." . ' "-Now, the young man, whether, he^is discreet i or .:• indiscreet, is - : never realiy. happy/. »Youth- as v.-ell as old 'age -has' ilts -ttrials ' and . its . t»»niptations.' r !If «'a' ydungi man is 'as ; a young ; man should be, \u25a0 he .is more : or. less . a v victim ' of " the tender passion.; ''lie .is never free from its- alluring orbits \u25a0 baneful influences.' If he Is \u25a0,'a* normal \ young man 1 he, pos sibly, .will fall, in ..love with a. woman manyx-years his 'senior, ; and', he/.; will keep; his ; mother and -father "on tenter hooks. Then, when he is emancipated from, that 'slavery, .some \u25a0 tender," young thing.. will . attract ; his vagrant ' fancy. And thejvorry of;it. J and the fret of it, arid ; the jealousy, of it— and for what? • >*:How 'changed is this when) the . self same man emerges from this age, and arrives'atithe comfortable age. . Forr>' flve can-be said to; be an; age". when the fullimeasure of -comfort can be gained. This is, of course, only for the bachelor.' He .is, welcomed, perhaps, '.now. for him- THE SMART SET. home' iiif San "Rafael, after- a. .visit .to her sister, Mrs. .Walter Ilobart. at San Mateo*.;- .p: •" " ," 'I/--'-'- ' ' . , ;\u25a0: \u25a0 \u25a0 - ';,\ Mrs.' de Noon-Lewis "and Miss Mabelde Noon/ : whoare : spending a c few" weeks in Sausalito, ; ._ have' changed their.; plans, and ;instead_jof 'coming .^here_[ for the win ter, ; as -they, had- con templatrd,: have decided f to^ go : , abroad : c next"; mon t h -. : for indeflnite'stai^^.-MrsK Lewis : and Miss de : ; Noon%. are-}, both ! .extremely • popular here, "have a' host of friends, . al though^ they .'have? made; their (home in San Francisco but little for a number, of years,- past^-'and'there * is- much regret ! that? they si'are v v again s.". leaving; for *i a lengthy/stay. V. - ",' - "•" • - ' -. . -r- ._-.*. 4%- s «».-.. -.^--' -.--\u25a0:.. -\u25a0-.'-'--;\u25a0'.'.*\u25a0 \u25a0 ". -. .-- v- ..; -Mr. \ .and : Mrs. V William v Peyton , have ,taJ£egfa|>artments at the Lafayette, on 'Sacr&mento, and {will "spend* the I winter • ri- :\ • - :\u25a0: \u25a0 .- • ; Mrsr<M.^H. Vde" Young 'andgthel Misses :^.j-«i»il^tß»j*yl»,fc I.X1 .K- J F:-- p«aw •--\u25a0 * -.-,. - - de^l^ung,. who have, recently/ returned from ; ajjjtajr£at jDeijMonTeTfaref^lTlipjn "co^Stryt: pla^e;;in |Saa) Rafael,;: but will returji: to'to-wn. within a fewl week's. ' ' Pratt^U^^^.., ; r e.- Cai I f 6 rh iafduf I nglt h Vfs vu m mc V an d ' : ha v e * iM | 'i«^HF?««wr^ <M SP"^~- -->><«**{'"~^*''i' l ";»^& | *<iipr rf ia». — «v been 'in Ross Valley; for "the past few .weeks, fcame |to|San^Francisco^yester- ;SEETEMBEM2 9 1906 self... He fs a nice, comfortable.- old soul."-' He ; 'knows how to wear evening clothes,, and he can tie his necktie fairly .'well. He can be placed next. to a dowager at' dinner; and If he is of an amiable disposition and kindly dis posed to immature things, he can be delightfully, situated between two buds^ . • \u25a0 \u25a0 : . He- can,' if -he. Is" a well-preserved forty-year-old "bachelor, -traveled, and has been * gay : - in -"his time, : make" the young ".people; happy. . He ' can ""flatter better ;,than'. his - young friend who is now "'.in his remarks." He .can raise thoughts in their brains . which ; may cause pain ,of pleasure In the after years. He can flirt with them; he can teven patHheir . little hands, address them as "My dear'- and escape the "- watchful eyes of mamma. The young ladies'may load him down With? compliments^ and in return be told by their youthful enamored swains "what can- you see in that ; old fool?" But the old jfool has pleasures aiid they are , genuine. \u25a0He - may recall, in an odd corner of his withered heart, &: romance" of \ his own. perhaps now long forgotten by the other person. . The man at the comfortable age can get into a conversation with any, sensi ble young lady,, even on : the railroad car. \u25a0 -She feels " ho~ hesitancy ' because "he is a deaV old -thing," and the dear old 'thing; can derive profit" from - her company "and -her remarks. - • 'Much Is not*' expected! from the man who reaches the comfortable age. "He is so busy. Of course he had no time" to^come." y And then he gets the repu tation of belng < "~wise, wise in the world's ways. • .-•'.• It Is not. expected of him to give his opinion lon all He Is rsaved from r the * difficult . task of displaying learning. ;•'•* ••'.'; './. Is tn*fer";a comfortable age for - a \u25a0 ; **"\u25a0 ,\u25a0. • z^J^/r- : \u25a0. . \u25a0 Suppose a woman of- forty "was as affable 'in her demeanor to young men. as the man of forty is to the young woman. •- Suppose^she : called the young man iday ; and : have .taken apartments at ; >El' Drlsco,^ on Pacific; avenue and- Broderlck street, for , the winter. . With them is daughter; Mrs. Donnelfan (for iimerly' Miss Martha* Pratt) . ; who • will . bY jjoinred' here by. her .husband, who. ls^at present in Goldfleld, Nev..' \u25a0'.'\u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0*\u25a0'\u0084*'\u25a0 .' . : " Mrs: M." P. Hun^ingtori ; and Mrs. Gil bert-Brooke -Perkins/ who -have been • abroad : -since- July, -were, when last heard from, at 'Fransenbad. \u25a0'"\u25a0•''\u25a0' \u25a0 * -j^*BHf*MH^B Mr. and % Mrs v ;Tirey.L. Ford and, their family, are at -El Drisco for, several months' staj- 'until , the completion of their new 'home .on Jackson 'street, which will : .be'. one "of "• the -attractive" hbuses'of "the -Western Addition. \u25a0---; '..-. ..V ••' '-•' ' .-' • - '-\u25a0*', ' > Mrs. :: Bowdltch Morton, 'who will be well . remembered 'here Jas .Miss Belle* Smith, and : who has - been r abroad ' for several ; years / past, has .recently fe .turned:-,to' California.: and •'\u25a0 is^ here on : business:- affairs /at t present.: :\u25a0'/'\u25a0'. JSrfaJor Gaston, U.; S/ A., and'Mrs.!Gas top; , who have been in 'California for some -weeks past,; expect "^to* leave about [OctOj^r3|T| ff o f Fort Clark. Tex.", where fl^jor^a|ito'njgo^af to jo in his regiment, in^tng|^eißlgned from- hla position Jn ! connection^^^ with i the relief commTttee —INDIANAPOLIS STAR. The Origin of the New Spelling Reform. . Reins Part of Genesis XI. And the whole nation was of one lan guage, and of one speech. . -And it came to pass, as they, were do ing well: enough, that Andrew Carnegie arose and asked, .Wherefore do we not spell ' our words as they ar> pro nounced?. And they said one to another, Let v* be deaf to "his urn-rise counsel, .lest ha confuseT our tongue. But he was ; too rich-,' and they 'heard him.' , Asd the reformers. ' having nothing else i on Tat the time. ficcKed to hici and held up his hands, saying. • This «maa has all kinds of iloush.~. let--V3 follow And, there tcgan to appear very curi ously spelled words, which amused th« people -for a time and. then disappeare4 utterly. Whereupon • the nation had great , rellaf and exclaimed. Thank heaven, we're still one people, one tan .-.-.\u25a0 . - \u25a0•\u25a0-'. guage and one dictionary! And It came to pass thatthe sum mer cane,, and Mr. Roosevelt took his big stick and stole away to the sea shore. And he chased whales out of the; bay and set his heel upon 'the 'head, of the sea serpent until -hVtiredLoi such commonplace diversion.' -- -.. - And he said.* Behold, the people iara one. and they all speak one language; and , now it Is very dull and my name isn't In the papers. Let us' go down, Loeb. and. confound their language. And they went down, and he did confound their language, even as; Mr. Carnegie had urgecl^ And those of the people who knew'how- to spell cried out with wrath, and. thosa who .didn't were glad, saying. Goodie*. Novr nobody can spell! . " Therefore is the "name of It called" Babel,* because the President did there confoiTnd the language of' the nation.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. of ; twenty "My _ dear," . and patted his hand.. ever so gently. "What if she delicately praised his looks; and sighed that -she waa not younger so that she might feel the grand . pass ion for i that > handsome youth. > Alast.where would her. reputation be? :: v r - -.- V No./only to man comes the comfort" able "age. And if one feels in*clinVa v to doubt the truth of this assertion, let the man look over his past; and thtj' young girl' ask herself whether Mr. Forty was really after all more de lightfully companionable than Mr. Twenty. " For; did not lUr. Forty find' her partners at the dance, and. see .that she had some one to take her into sup per'while Mr.". Twenty only. was aliva w» his -own; pleasure? Answers to Queries" " BETS— S. H..^ Citj. and B. S. r Goat Island. Bets are. d # eclded by the terms of the 'same." X Thi3 - department does" not decide bets. HMHER* " A HIKE— CaII Reader. City. Th« walking distance from the . ferry at: thV foot of Market street, along that street 'to* Fifth/ along; Ftf th 1 to.Mlsslon and out Mission, to^Twenty-ninia; l*;four miles eight hundred and eighty feet. THE COCOPAS-^-b;, City. * The Co copa Indians; are : an -agricultural .- trlbW sbppbsed, to be of Tuman" stock, for- 1 merly holdjngr^the country, about the mouth of the;C/>!oradb and .the head of the Gulf of California, in Mexico,' and, some time ranging northward Into Ari zona. They still number about 'soo,'ar.d their present habitat, with : the pi'maV is on a reservation 'twenty-flve miles long and four J miles . wide-l-a vaVlev '«« the , :\u25a0=;. Colorado, f rom '.the "Gtla to - I*^ mouth/ The tribe la rapfdly. WaauW away.-' . (i ™* ,""•' iMmmmm^