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MONDAY The San Francisco Call JOHN D. SPRECKELS Proprietor CHARLES W. HORNICK General Manager ERNEST S. SIMPSON • > Managing Editor Addro»» All Comnm°loatl»°» to THE SAX Fn.VJfCISCO CALL Telephone— A«k for The Call. Tlic Operator WIU Connect You With "..- the Department Yon Wl*h BUSINESS OFFICE Market and Third Streets. San Francisco Open Until 11 O'clock Every Night In the Year. EDITORIAL ROOMS Market and Third Streets . .:\u25a0:.\u25a0 •'\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0/ . \u25a0 ' -• v- MAIN CITY BRANCH I€sl Flllmore Street, Near Post — — — OAKLAND OFFICE— IOI6 Broadway Telephone Oakland 108* ALAMEDA OFFICE — 1435 Park Street Telephone Alameda 659 BERKELEY OFFJCE— 2I69 Shattuck Avenue Telephone Berkeley -77 CHICAGO OFFlCE— Marquette Bldg. .C. George Krogness. Representative NEW YORK OFFICE — 30 Tribune Bldg. .Stephen B. Smith, Representative WASHINGTON BUREAU— I4O6 G Street N. W....M- E. Crane, Correspondent srnscßiPTiox bates Delivered by Carrier, 20 Cents Per Week. 75 Cent* Per. Month. Single Copies 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Order): DAILY CALL, (including Sunday). 1 year $8.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months 4.00 DAILY CALL — By single month 75c SUNDAY CALL. 1 year 2.50 WEEKLY CALL. 1 year .'..«. 1-00 ) Daily .. . \u0084 $8.00 Per Year Extra FOREIGN ( Punday 4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE ) Weekly 1.00 Per Year Extra Entered at the United States Postofflce as Second-Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mall subscribers^ in ordering change of address should be particular to irive both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt end correct compliance with their request. THE LOCAL COAL CONSPIRACY INTERSTATE Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane said recently that during his investigation of the car shortage and the resulting scarcity of fuel he found abundant evidence of the ex istence of a coal trust. There was no doubt that the railroads were the most important factor in this conspiracy in restraint of San Francisco is today suffering and shivering. in the grip of the trust. Some of our chief sources of supply in the past have been cut off altoegther, and the single important group of mines that re mains open is not being worked to anything like its capacity. The motive for this policy of the mine-owners is not obscure. Practically all the coal mines on United States territory within ship ping distance of San Francisco are owned by railroads, and these cor porations are not permitted under the rate law to sell coal. That ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission is bitterly resented by the railroad corporations, or, rather, that is one of their grievances against the recent legislation by Congress. It will be their endeavor to make that law as unpopular as possible. They will, wherever they can. make the people suffer for its enforcement. This policy of annoyance and injury is not at all confined to hampering the coal trade. It finds examples all over the country. The object is to get the rate law repealed. The law will not be repealed, but rather it will be strengthened, and the railroads are only heaping up trouble for themselves by their policy of annoyance, which in the present instance takes the form of inhumanity. , ' . HARRIMAN'S RECENT SPECULATIONS THE control of corporation surpluses has been the instrument with which E. H. Harriman has contrived to gather in 25,000 miles of railroad under his hand. With an available surplus of $100,000,000 in the Union Pacific treasury to be used as Harri man pleased, the process of buying other railroads and getting his hand on their surpluses might be continued indefinitely, or at least as long as there were any other railroads in the market. The investigation before the Interstate Commerce Commission in New York some ten days ago disclosed the fact that by Harri man's direction the Union Pacific had bought stocks of other rail- Pads amounting to $103»168,745 since June 30 last. These purchases eluded $28,000,000 of Illinois Central stock at the time when Har riman was making his campaign to oust Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency of that road. During that campaign Harriman more than once denied in a public way that the Union Pacific was in any way involved in the Illinois Central conspiracy. Yet the Union Pacific minutes produced before the Interstate Commerce Commission prove that the purchase of Illinois Central stock was made on Harriman's motion and by his advice. The control of other people's money is always dangerous. It was that which led to the life insurance scandals. Similar disclosures may arise in the pending investigation of the railroads. The specu lative force of $100,000,000 in ready cash is incalculable. With that money in hand as a revolving fund, Harriman began by buying control of the Southern Pacific. He tried to buy the Northern Pacific, and nearly succeeded. But the Northern Pacific stocks that he bought to the extent of $70,000,000 proved so enormously profit able that their sale put in his hands another vast sum with which to continue his operations. All these stocks held in the treasury of the Union Pacific are part of the surplus of that railroad and belong to the shareholders. So long as they continue under Harriman's control they can be used to extend his dominions. The Interstate Commerce Commission may, perhaps, order these holdings sold and the proceeds distributed to the shareholders, but although that seems to be the simple and obvious remedy, yet there are certain objections to throwing on the market at once so much property of uncertain value. Nor is it cer tain that this distribution would materially change the status. If you resolve Harriman and the Union Pacific into their original elements you would probably find that the Standard Oil group are the real owners. In a word, the distribution of the Union Pacific surplus might result in nothing more than a change of name. • SAN FRANCISCO NOT ON THE MAP I~^ LLEK TERRY, an English actress of mature years, is unkind L enough to say that San Francisco is not on the map of civiliza tion. That she includes Omaha in this geographical align ment of barbarism docs not mitigate our woe or salve the wound. Keokuk .and Walla Walla, Spokane and Yuma suffer under the same ban of excommunication. We are all in the same class and belong^ to the same breed of savages out here' and find ourselves making envious faces at Terre Haute and Podunk, which are in cluded in the fortunate territory that meets Miss Terry's approval. "This will not be my farewell tour," remarks Miss Terry, '*as I intend to revisit America frequently. We will not leave the civilized part of America on the present tour— that is, we will go no farther west than Chicago or 'farther south than Washington." " We were quite prepared for the announcement that this would not be' Miss Terry's farewell tour. When an actress of 59 begins coming to America she never leaves off until an infuriated and long suffering public takes to throwing carrots at her in self-defense. Possibly, by. the' time Miss Terry is 70 she will begin making farewell tours. But in the meantime San Francisco is a jay town. If memory EDITORIAL PAGE serves, it was Brother Crane who found one of these jays come home to roost. THE President's message concerning the Colorado River deals with the most extraordinary problem of mixed industrial, en gineering and international complications that has ever con-. fronted the Government. Mr. Roosevelt does not conceal his reluctance to involve the Government in the restoration of the status quo, ante, but his hand is forced by the undisputable need to preserve the immense agricultural and horticultural potentialities of a region that should, under development, greatly .exceed; the ; productiveness of all the land now in cultivation in Southern California. : j;l Not only is the Imperial Valley in imminent' cJanger of extinctionr but likewise the country about Yuma,' where the,' Government has in hand a great irrigation project. In a word, the repair*' of the; break is imperative. at whatever cost. The Southern Pacific; Company, as the President points out, is the most. effective agency, 'to -undertake the work, which it is estimated should cost; about §2,000,000. .The Government might do the work, but has neither the organization nor the equipment necessary for immediate work, and it is obvious that delay may enormously increase the difficulties of the "undertaking. The question of compensation for this work is a. matter to be dealt with by Congress. Further details of the patronage grab at Sacramento make us wonder whether the 120 Indians gathered in Red Men's Hall have not mistaken the Legislature for a grand potlatch, with the State Upon! searching the remains of a Cincinnati man to sec what he died of, the doctors found that he had never had .a stomach. Fancy going through life without being able to appreciate the subtlevhumor of the Welsh rarebit jokes! I * Women's Clubs Preparing for the Convention rw-«HERE Is great activity in all de 1 partments of the State Federation 1 of Women's Clubs just now in preparation for the sixth annual convention to be held in Bakersfleld on February 6, 7 and 8, at which the elec tion of State officers and much other business of importance will be trans acted. From Bakersfleld comes news of the arrangements which are being made there to provide .. comfortable 'quarters and suitable accommodations for every one who • attends, and plans arehelng made to Insure an interest ing and successful meeting. The reg ular sessions of the convention will be held in the Methodist church, which is a handsome and commodious building, well arranged for/ such a * gathering and easy of access from the' electric car lines.' Luncheons for each day are being arranged for by the aid societies of the several churches. A reception to the visiting delegates will be held on Wednesday evening in the Woman's Club Hall. By Both the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific railroad rates have been made whereby club delegates may go from --all points in the State *to Bakerftlield and return for a. fare and a third. Thafare is $8.90 golng'and $3 returning from San . Francisco. Pull man : rates on the •" evening train from here will be $2 and on : tourist sleepers %l. If enough business be offered a special* car on the Santa Fe line' will be run from here. 'All delegates, who intend ffolng by the Santa Fe from this city will please notify Mrs. ' E. L. Bald wfn.'TST'Duboce avenue.* San Francisco/ as soon as possible..:. Certificates for special' rates must *be,l procured at' the" starting point.' : Tickets -may.. be pur chased for the ., trip'- ten • days prior to the opening date: of I the con vention,; or during - the convention,' and for the return certificates 'will be 1 hon-' oredAt any time -during 'the convention, or. within forty-eijrht hours of the close thereof. \u25a0"'-'.' HHEBpVHM The State Federation executive board will. meet. at' 9:ls' a. >m.; on i Wednesday," February 6, and the council, composed Today Is the Day for Bills RESTRAINING THE COLORADO NOTE AND COMMENT of .the executive. board and the presi dents of - all clubs in the federation, will, meet at 10:30 a.-m. on the same day. The credentials committee, which consists of Mrs. .Mary .B. Green, Wat sonvllle, San Francisco Mrs.; C-iJ. Hass, Stockton, Alameda district; Mrs. J. S. Jones, Fresno, San:Joaquin district; Mrs. J/ :M-V King, Banning, Southern district, and Mrs. Andrew. T. Stewart, Los Angeles, Los Angeles dis trict will meet delegates and alternates at 9:15 a, m. andl:ls p. m- on Wednes day. The nominating :, committee,; : con sisting of Mrs. J.W. OrV, San Francisco, appointee executive* board; Mrs.. I*- H. Thompson, Corning,. Northern .district;, Mrs. W. C. Kennedy, San Jose,; San Francisco districts Mrs. A. J.: Foster, Berkeley, Alameda 'district; Mrs. C. G. Lamberson, \u25a0 Visallai San Joaquin i dis trict; ; Mrs. ' J. ;.W. . Bishop, Santa -Ana, Southern district, aner ' Mrs. 0., Shepard Barnum. Los -Angeles, Los Angeles dis trict, will meet in session on Thursday/ February 7, at 9:15 a-'m. Mrs. Dlxon ; L. ' • Phillips of : Ilanf ord • is the president ; of the' San; Joaquin •. disv trict, in which Bakersfield^is situated, and the "Woman's ,, Clu b' of . Bakersfleld. : which Ms- the {hostess" club, has v as .its president Mrs/" Frank '.W. , Mitchell and as corresponding- secretary '"Mrs. vE. :D.: D. Buss. . nP^BBSSB^ -The : following . are : the ?. chairmen » of the i. local .! committees ' which -have' ibeen' appointed .to ' maintain;: the i reputation Bakersfleld has > won ' for,.'-" hospitality : • Press, Mrs. H.^ L'itfackard; \u25a0; printing, Mrs. A. Harrell; hotels and hospitality,*: Mrs. J. Benson jWrehn ; 'trains, Mrs.' C. A.' Hare; informatiotiT Mrs. I'H.R.';Pea cock: -literature, Mrs."V\V L.;Dixon; 'ex- t . cursions, s Mra."< J.v E. 1 , Hughes; : introduce '\u25a0\u25a0 tlon. Mrs.-JF*. -W.* Mitchell ; ? music, \u25a0 Mrs. ; W;7 Hall ; '\u25a0\u25a0 decoration^ Miss } K.\WiUlams; - - "Applications ,; : for should; be;, made* to Mrs. J. Benson \u25a0 Wrenn/ Bakersfleld.Tat'once. r .-\u25a0\u25a0.,_ v • i". ;•>\u25a0_• ;^-r^« .•-..-: The Cofona^ciubfheld;aniinteresting meeting oh , Thursday,: last: ins the i small ! hall sof - the \u25a0 Mission "i Masonic vHall •; on' Mission '/streetrX between ::.Twent]r- second arid principal % feat-_* ureT "of i the ; afternoon's? programme"; was the;addreß»^by- Miss? LucileiEaves|on social \u25a0' training 'In the ' public ! . schools. .' Personal Mention J. H. Queal of Minneapolis is at the Palace. R. S. Kleckner of Chicago is at the Majestic. Malone Joyce of Los Angeles is at the Palace. , James F. O'Brien of Goldfield is at the Palace. : : :';~.^v A. H. Mayne of Goldfield is at the St Francis. Robert Pause Jr. of Milwaukee is at the Majestic/. ' J. R." Mason is at the St. Francis from Los Angeles." * H. C. Rice of Cleveland Is registered at the St. Francis. H. I. Wise of St. Louis is registered at the St. Francis. ] Frank C. Robertson of Spokane is at the St. Francis. P. "V. N. Myers of Cincinnati is reg istered at the Palace, v Mr. and Mrs. B. Broadhurst of Lon don are at the Majestic. /' J. J. Karius is registered at the Majestic from Philadelphia. \u0084 , Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wills of Gold field are at the j St. Francis. ; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bolle of Fairbanks, Alaska, are at the Jefferson. Ellis Kaufman of Idaho Springs. Colo., is at the St Francis. H. J. Diets and T. J. Rorke of New York are at the St. Francis. E. Schaefer of Wellington. New Zea land, Is at: the Majestic ' Annex. Charles I. Goodman of ."Sydney is registered at the Majestic Annex. \u25a0 Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Whlttemore '\u25a0 of Denver are at the Majestic Annex. E. Sarmer of the Custom-house serv ice of Honolulu Is at the Jefferson. Ti ! J. Moncks Sydney, New South Wales, is registered at the Jefferson. Mary Ashe Miller Miss Eaves Is especially qualified to \u25a0 speak on this subject, having recently taken a course at Columbia College, New York,' in sociology and havfng for several years devoted herself to J the : bettermentt-or social conditions in the large cities. Hince the fire Miss Eaves '\u25a0f has \u25a0".\u25a0 been* especially,:: active : in. aiding : in rehabilitation work of all types in San ; Francisco. , Her address , before the Corona Club is considered by the .club members to have been "one of the best and most enjoyable that they have heard. Mrs. Fred Blrlem . and .Mrs. Joseph Artigue both sang .very delight fully- during,' the afternoon." ; The next , meeting ; of .the club, \u25a0.- which > will ?be • held on . the \ fourth Monday of the , month, will be an open meeting and; a I number of guests will ; be welcomed. It is^to; be a musical afternoon, the "pro gramme to, be" in "charge -, of Mrs. .In mann.. t." - • - • \u25a0 • • N The Association of Pioneer Women met on the; first I,Frlday> in ; : the .month - and the interest tof : the 'members ' in r organization was demonstrated 'by 1 the : large ;. attendance .in , spite of * the . inclement - weather. 7. The ; president, ' Mrs. North. Whltcomb, entertained the * society/ wl th \u25a0,'-. rero Iniscences ,; of * , early .days, v . which'? called forth' similar; recolV lections 'among? others 'present. 1 and; the i afternoon'; passed,' very : pleasantly." * Re . freshmen ts ; : .were ," served «, at ; the '>\u25a0 close { of ?,. the -afternoon.": The ;\u25a0 next,, meeting • will ; : be ; held ,; on ) 1 the r first Friday i in February, and it; Is ' probable I that other. .quarters ' will"; have >, been . engage'd * by that; time;* although 1 nothing ' has \u25a0 as yet been" decided ; .'I . - /- - vi*" • \u25a0-"*• .\u25a0\u25a0"'*. .'. r- - Tho .Woman's Club of San Mateo held an -1- interesting' Imeetingi: recently,*'; at .which^thefollowingjOfßcers^were elect ed -, f or^;the I ensuing 1} year : |Mrs" J. « H. ; Doane.i president ;'Mr3.iC.'>E. J ; Green," vice •president;' Mrs.? C.%' M. X MorseVv recording .secretary: Mrs.* John ''Johfis.'correspoiidr ing Z secretary; j Mrs.™ C. \u25a0•? J. ,; Robinson," - ; treasurer.'*'^ Mrs. ;.: F. ,• LTi Olmstead > unanimously^" elected j the •; flf th '; member « of,- theTexecutiveicommittee-f/jAj number of;new;members have been admitted to The Country, Club of Al varado '\u25a0 held a THE INSIDER Affirms That Cynics Say Conditions on Front Might Be Improved, if Crocker's Associates on Harbor Board Emulated His Example ' \u25a0 - \u25a0 ' t T^iRBOR Commissioner Henry J. Henry Crocker H Crocker is in Washington, DC, tO Visit London 11 and te i cgrarn s of a business character represent that he will extend his journey to London Last mcr .^ Crocker visited the Orient and put through an oil dcal^of magnitude. His proposed trip to Europe rclate V v\ ™W business fornia. industry. The advocates of the plan under wineh t on men shall be appointed to manage the water front affairs of San *™™ is ?° are not dated over Crocker's travels abroad.; The cynics, however are saying that the harbor management would be maternity improved if the other two commissioners should emulate the example of Henry J- ana travel in foreign lands for an indefinite 'period. .. I am informed that Harbor Commissioner Crocker's London address will be 165 Fencrmrch street. This may be useful to wharfingers and collectors who desire to communicate with him. %* v t n/t d The plausible story comes from Sacramentrj McKinley May Be J^ olph j. Trig's appointment to tho Made a Regent Boafd of Unlvers ity Regents which former Governor Pardee made recently may be. withdrawn by Governor^ Gillett and the name of J.W. McKihley of Los Angeles sent to the Senate. Ut course, the introduction of politics in university affairs would proiotmdiy agitate John A. Britton, A. W. Foster and others, bnt snch things ara likely to happen in a free country. Judge McKinley is close— very do *e- to the chief engineer of the machine. As a programmer by day and by night he has few equals and no superior. He was appointed .to the board of regents by Governor Gage for the same reason that he was chosen by W. F. Herrin for chairman of the California delegation to the Republican National Convention, and this reason Was that the machine had confidence in his verve and judgment. He was selected as chairman of the Republican State Convention at Santa Cruz because the "organization" knew he could be trusted. Somehow Governor Pardee failed to appreciate these accom plishments and McKinley's name was dropped from the regency roll. Taussig. who was named to succeed the Judge, had served as regent ex officio for several years by virtue of his position as president of tho Mechanics' Institute. Taussig is chairman of the Wilmerding School com mittee and the committee on equipment and supplies. The tact that na is a member of the finance and grounds and buildings committees signmea that his fellow-regents have resolved to make him work for thrcause of higher education. The regents are wondering what Governor Gillett will do when the time comes to consider university affairs. Hatton Vouchsafed . G *°:*Z ™* tx T Z%™<^ £*^ t^ „. r . . dorsed by Senator Perkins that be was ap- Him Permission pointed to . the management of Henry T. Oxnafd's senatorial campaign, 13 said to be fairly close up to the State, administration. He is rated as "next" to the Governor by many of the applicants for executive favor, but this rating is discounted 1 by several of the Republican leaders who were conspicuously active in Gillett's behalf during the recent campaign. The other day a well-known State officer was "visited by an applicant for a berth. The seeker for a place began: "I understand that one of the deputies in your office is about to resign, and I asked Mr. Hatton if I could speak to you about appointment to the place, and he told me I could." The State officer, without losing his temper or making a fuss, calmly replied to the applicant in this form: "It is true that one of my deputies has gone to the Legislature for thi3 session and I hear that he intends to resign, so, as you are informed, there may be a vacancy for me to fill. I am glad that Mr. Hatton said that you could speakto me on the subject. It would have been if he had told you that you couldn't speak to me." Dingee to Forsake Before a '8? ca * ™ hi i e the feet of Park ' v* yilLi.^H^. Commissioner W. J. Dingee will Ibe- free of HIS Oakland Home Oakland du3t . Henceforth he wiU reside in San Francisco and New York. At present Dingee is at peace with all the world. He entertains the idea that Tom Magee . is a gentleman above reproach and that Mayor Schmitz is a capital good fellow and Billy Metson an ideal president of the Park Commission. Hand in hand Dingee, Metson and Kirkpatrick will work to enhance the beauty of Golden Gate Park and extol the glory of the Schmitz administration. Applicants for the office of president of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners will breathe easier when they read that Manager John C. Kirkpatrick is now a full fledged parks commissioner. There, was a suspicion that "Kirk I ' -was slated for Spear's place. In political camps the talk is that Governor Gage appointed the colonel harbor commissioner to "please W: F. Herrin. Moreover, it is said that Herrin will be pleased to hear that "Kirk" has been appointed park commissioner. r Firt -tn Cr>/v/» Girls are P erTnitte d to strive for the prizes W-EOS zo ainvc this year for the Sophomore burlesque at for a High Honor the University of California. It was hard for the boys to agree to let the co-eds work their muses in conjunction with their own, but it had to be. Last year the boys had so many risque jokes in their prize play that the audience was shocked, and the* junior farces, I heat*; grow worse and worse. Therefore this year gentle feminine talent, with" its refining influence, is to have a show. The competition is for twenty dollars and unlimited fame, and is for the best burlesque on a popular play. meeting at the home of . Miss 'Jaek aon.ncar Decoto. on Tuesday afternoon. Insplte of bad weather there waa a good att'jntlancp. Some excellent papers v.-ere, read and Miss Ruth Houston sang sweetJy- Tlse club elected Mrs. C. C." Crane. delegate ; and Misa Inex Whipple al torn at c to the State Federation meet ins to bo held next month in Bakera field. ' ' : The .next 'meeting of the Laurel liall Club will be held on Wednesday. Busi ness will occupy thcu first half hour, after., which Mrs. J.:W. Orr, president of the California Club, will; read the inter esting paper on Jane Addams and Hull House which she read at the District Federation convention at Santa Clara, and Mrs. Annie Little Barry, president of the Twentieth Century,, Club of Berkeley, will give a talk on the new year. .. At', the meeting of the California Club on Monday.last the resolution pre sented by the California Equal Suffrage Association, indorsing the resolution in favor, of submitting to the- qualified electors: of : the State a constitutional amendment providing .for the ; exten sion.; of the suffrage to women * was, after discussion. Indorsed by more than a' two- third : majority of the members. The next meeting of .the club on Tues day; will be \u25a0 in- charge of the ; social science. department, \u25a0 Mrs. "Sidney Smith Palmer chairman, .and-" Miss- Lucille Eaves will ; speak^on tenement/h ouses in \u25a0; New I York and this city,' illustrating her lecture . with stereopticon views. < : The-' Out: Door/ Art League '• met': on Monday; last \ and '- decided to ' have ' the coursejjf 5 lectures ;,which \ had been un der i disciisBion, ; relative * to ' matters '-. af fecting the appearance of . the city. The first lofUhese," which vwill,* be : given: on the^ second , Tuesday : In ' February, prob ably^wlli; be on the subject of the wa-" ter, front,' which iWill ; be dealt with: from twojviewpbints-r-that of commercialism and that;of the building of , piers.' .There willibe'twp speakers on the subject, but theyj^ have l hot^ yet beeji i selected. '-y The establishment of a.Staie school : ' of for^ JANUARY 14, 1907 estry was discussed and lett«ra war* read from a number of State Senators and legislators promising their support of tho measure when it comes up. Mrs Lovell White announced that she had in hand about $400, which had been given for the rehabilitation of the approaches of the Mission Dolores, but this she would not expend until «he had re ceived positive assurance from the Board of Supervisors or the Park Com missioners that the trees and grass planted Would be cared for. The following programme wjll be given by th« music sectlon\ot the Cali fornia Club on Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at Calvary Church annex, un der the direction of Mrs. Marrlner- Campbell. leader of that section: Songs "Vlttorla'VCCarrisslma, seventeenth cen tury), "Caro mlo ben-.(Giordlni), Henry L. Perry; -piano, "Fantasle Impromptu" (Chopin). Uda Waldrop; songs, (a) "Love Is a Sickness" (H. Parker), (b) -Fairy's Lullabjr" (Needham), Cc) "SI Jetais Jardlnler" (Chaminade). (d) "Hai-lu-11" (Coquard), .. . Mrs. 2kL E. Blanchard; piano solo,' selected, Uda Waldrop; songs. "Droop Not. Young Lover" (Handel), old English, Polly Oliver. i. A pleasant meeting of the Ladies of Round 1 Table, the first after the holiday season, was held at the home of Mrs. Julius "Joseph, on Eighth avenue. In East Oakland. Well prepared papers were read by Mrs. Wlllard Gutches and Mrs. Stuart Merrill, bringing forth lively disoussions of the subjects. This club is. not entirely a student • body, but a quiet charity club, and the social hour was taken with subjects of interesting Christmas work along this line. The ladies will ".* be entertained by Mrs. Gutches next week. , Women's clab« In all . part* of ,tn« State are ' Invited to communicate ieir( \u25a0- > of their orfcnntiatlona to this depart- f ment of The Call. '" " t Townsend's CaU glace fruits, and can-, dies at Emporium. Post and Van Nesa. ! 1250-Sutter st. and 1203 and 1220 V*2 i lenciast. > \u25a0 *T- • .• * \u25a0 ..*\u25a0\u25a0_ - *\u25a0