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THE FLUTTERED MAGNATES
THE magnates are deeply agitated. E. H. Harriman is ready
to go before the Interstate Commerce Commission with a stir
ring defense of railroad monopoly as the only way of salvation.
George F. Baer, who once achieved a national fame by asserting
the "divine right" of monopoly and the monopolists, has addressed
to the Pennsylvania Legislature a manifesto filled with dire fore
boding of industrial -disaster that must follow any endeavor by the
State to regulate or control the management of railroads. Mr. Baer
reiterates the familiar arguments. There is the customary appeal
to the interests of the "widows and orphans." and Mr. Baer does
not forget to emphasize his sense of the God-given fitness of the
men who control the railroads. They appear to have been selected
t special act of Providence. It is like this, says Mr. Baer:
The national, State and municipal governments seem to be competing
one another in experimental legislation to Jake the management of
»v.ads out of the hands of their owners and tKe skilled men selected as
their agents, and to turn it over to men selected in the ordinary methods
of partisan politics, and to men, too, without special training, without personal
interest in the results, and whose tenures are not dependent on their work
but on political conditions.
Let us concede that the men in control are efficient. Mr. Harri
man. for instance, knows how to run a railroad, or, at least, knows
enough to hire competent subordinates. But what the people resent
is the ever-growing power of monopoly. It is a danger to the re
public. Mt. .Harriman is virtually the government of California.
When Odell was Governor of New York he called Harriman master,
and the railroad magnate boasted of his power in this regard. Harri-
Tnan appointed Chauncey M. Depew to be Senator from Ne%y York
State. He has appointed other Senators from other States; not one,
hot many. ' ,
Monopoly is a form of; despotism. It may be wisely adminis
tered, but a free people will always fight against it, even though the
quarrel bring disaster.
JUDGMENTS ON FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE
AX organization of policy-holders in German fire insurance com
panies asks the Legislature to amend the Code of Civil Pro
cedure regarding the effect of foreign judgments here. They
are preparing to bring suit against the German companies, and
their lawyers tell them that the* terms of California law will prove a
handicap when they come to press their claims in the courts of Ger
many. Under ihe law of this State a foreign judgment "is pre
sumptive evidence of a right as between the parties" which can "be
repelled by evidence of want of jurisdiction, want of notice to the
party, collusion, fraud or clear mistake of law or fact."
The policy-holders and their counsel desire to eliminate from
our statute the words "or clear mistake of law or fact," which, they
declare, give the German companies the right to reopen in their own
courts judgments given against them in California. The basis of this
opinion is that by the comity of nations German litigants of Cali
fornia claims are given the same rights in their courts that Cali
fornia litigants of German claims are accorded under our laws.
Therefore, they want to eliminate from the California statute that
provision which allows a foreign judgment to be reopened on law
It is often dangerous to make hasty changes in the law to meet
special cases, but everything that can be done to help the fire suf
ferers is commendable within the limits of justice and sound public
policy. If we can make it possible for them to get their money with
one lawsuit instead of two or three, that would seem a posi
tive benefit.
THE FLIRTATIONS OF DEMOCRACY
BROTHER BRYAN appears to have first call on the affections
of the Democracy at the present moment. He may be more
than a little shopworn, but he is persuaded he can brush up
so as to be presentable and, he hopes, enticing. In the mean
lime he is doing very comfortably bringing his, political pigs to
market. He can turn an honest penny peddling statesmanship at
the crossroads.
Luck has been coming his way. There is a lack, of inspiring*
figures among the leaders of his party. Hearst was put oh the shelf
by Hughes and realizes that he is out of it for a while. .•Governor
Folk of Missouri does not seem to grow on the people. \Ve- heard
more of him when he-was District Attorney than since, he has
been Governor. Douglas of. Massachusetts has gone back to making
three-dollar shoes. They say he is a good shoemaker and knows
how to stick to his last.
Is there anybody the to threaten the ascendency of Bryan?
Well, there is Tom Johnson of Cleveland, the man who' fought for
three-cent fares until he. got them for the people^ of his town. He
is scarcely a figure of national size and suffers from lack of that
intelligent advertising of which Brother Bryan' is the most,accom
plished exponent. We had almost forgotten Woodrow Wilson. : He
is a college professor and writes good prose, but will" never -set the
world on fire with noble ambition to put him in the seats of
the mighty.
On the whole, -the. "peerless leader." as they love to call him,
has the inside. He is being carefully trained for the race and some
body has given him a hint to; confine himself to glittering Generali
ties. When he was in California the other- day he was asked what
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he thought about the Japanese question ; but he had not a word to
say. He was another and a very different man from him who came
home from Europe last summer bubbling with enthusiasm for Gov
ernment ownership of railroads. At present he thinks only in terms
of political platforms.
IT will cost the State of California $2,401,091 to take care of the
lunatics and other defectives in public institutions during the
coming two years if the general appropriation bill passes in its
present shape. This condition is not exactly new, although the
taxpayers usually forget all about it between sessions *bf the Legis
lature. The late Controller; Colgan, in estimating the necessary ex
penditures for these institutions to cover the years 1906 and 1907,
put the total at very nearly the same figures, so that it may be re
garded as a continuing burden.
Another heavy load that the .taxpayers must carry is that of
taking care of the orphans and half-orphans, for which an appro
priation of $950,000 is asked for [tHe*^ir^*^j^^-THe, : sum^is\-.iipt
greater than in past years. For instance, in 1903 the sum of $502,862
was disbursed by the State on this score and in 1904 the total was
$480,278. : : ." : -
In the absence of definite information we are not prepared to
say that these expenditures are excessive, but there is every reason
to suppose that there is waste and extravagance, that is the
official habit, and there is no efficient supervision of outgo. The
State Board of Examiners should be the most important and useful
part of. the official machinery, but it is composed of the Governor,
Secretary of State and Attorney General, w.ho are expected to do
this laborious and difficult work in addition to all their other, duties.
That seems like saving at the spigot and wasting at the bung.
Clubwomen to Hear Lecture by Clergyman on History of War
f '\u25a0 } HE California Club listened to a.
I very interesting lecture last Tues
| day from Dr. David Starr Jordan
on "The Human Harvest," In
which he gave them some Interesting
facts as toithe results of the long con
tinued European wars as affecting the
human race. Dr. Jordan said he could
offer no solution of the matter, nor did
he propose to dlscuss^such remedies in
the lecture; but the result of his ad
dress was a universal sentiment among
the club members as voiced by their
president, Mrs. J. "W. Orr, in favor of
the more strenuous observance of
"Peace Day" and of the continuation of
work for the permanent abolition of
war. The club will hear more on the
Bame subject this week, as tomorrow
afternoon Rev. C. Calvert Smoot of
the Second Unitarian Church will ad
dress the members on "The Past, Pres
ent and Future of War."
The club meetings are not given over
entirely; to these grim and gory con
siderations, however, as there are de
lightful musical bits Interspersed. Last
week Miss Camille Frank sang several
numbers most charmingly, and Mrs.
John R. Gwin played the violin in a
way that delighted her hearers and
compelled her to. give an encore at the
close of her first number, -Miss Mollle
Pratt accompanying both most ably and
sympathetically. Tomorrow Mrs
Thomas Nunan will sing, as will also
Louis Albert Larsen, . with Miss Grace
Johnson as accompanist.
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The Outdoor Art League Department
of the California Club has been work
ing so- busily .this week, under the di
rection of "the . chairman, Mrs. Loveil
White, to establish stations for the
feeding of the men on ; the "Cleaning
up day" planned for yesterday, that they
have ; had , little . time for, anything else.
The arrangements for the stations were
remarkably good.* and the postpone
ment of the day until next Sunday will
by no means diminish their! enthusiasm,
but has been instead taken . as an extra
time : to ; provide even j more bounteously.
Contributions have -.-'; been made ' very
generously, \but, -there Is still a. plea
that more be ssetn t t o ; the ; house of the
treasurer of; the league, Mrs. 1 Thomas
Palache. 900 Eddy street. & Coffee,' sugar
or .'\u25a0 money \u25a0 may ?be « sent \u25a0 how.v and > al so
pledges : for sandwiches or other; food
stuffs "to be^: delivered", at!; the -.stations
when needed.; : Other women's; clubs i of .
the^city iand .: vicinity^ -have -become In
terested In the* question' and ;nave dem
onstrated their jj enthusiasm"; by >' joining
the league Z and "with the ; other,
women of the city -In "what, mayj be } re-"*
garded, by ; the men at least, as wor
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The Bars Are Up
WASTE OF STATE FUNDS
Mary Ashe Miller
an's first duty, providing mankind with
food.
The work In behalf of Telegraph Hill
Js not neglected, either, and it is hoped
that this picturesque bit of the city
may be saved.
The San Francisco Musical Club held
its fortnightly meeting on ' Thursday
morning last in the parlors of the First
Unitarian Church, and the following
programme, which was enjoyed par
ticularly by the members present, waa
given: *
Soprano (a) Sognal, Shira; (b) "Lass
With the Delicate Air"; (Arne). by, Mrs.
Ingeborg Larsen; piano? "Carnival"
(Edward Schupp), by Mrs. Carter; con
tralto, ; "Five Cameos" (Liza Lehmann),
by Mrs. John Jacob fApple; violin, "Airs
Russes" (Wieniawski).rby Miss Belle
Rosenthal, who gave as an encore "Am
Meer" (Schubert) ; '\u25a0 soprano, (a) "Obstl
natlon" (Toutenailles), (b) • i Oh, Prom
ise of a Joy Divine"; (Massanet). (c)
"Tender Ties" (Delbruch),} by ,Mrs. Ij.
L. Janes; piano, ".t'relschutz Etude," No.
2 and No. 3 (Heller); by Mrs. \u25a0 Charles
Barret, whose encore was "Shadow
Dance," McDowell.
Cap, and Bells Club will entertain, at
a Colonial day affair on Thursday even
ing next at its clubrboms at 1759 Bush
street, the programme,: which. will _ con
sist of music, readings and other i fea
tures,: to be appropriate' to- the time
which the costumes \ of. the guests will
represent. Each member Is allowed
three guest cards,', and' men 'are : for the
once to be permittedito be present. 1 ; The
president. .Mrs. Squire ;/V*arlck Mooney,
and the other members 'of the. club are
busily; preparing for Athis occasion and
It- promises ,; to. be jorie'ofi; the most .In
teresting events In "a" social way o f the
club world for the month.
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: The 'meeting jof the^Corona ClutT will
take place this week on .Thursday, and
an enjoyable. afternoon is 'promised,' as
the programme- is itoYconsist ; of a re
cltaliby Miss: AgriesfMarie Noonan. It
will be as follows \y% Character ' sketch,
"Jane Hopkins' Visit" ; 'dialect ' ; readings
from James vvVhitcombjßlley; child Im
personation, from Eugene' Field;' IH-sh
dialect "and -music •:<3: < 3- v \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0.:,\u25a0'.:
V;The; next of ; the "club\wlU ;
be on ; March 1 4 and \ ,tha :\u25a0 programme
will \u25a0: consist, after,: at business I meeting,
of lecture . by "Frederick: J."i Teggart;
librarian of the Mechanics'^ Institute.-
The Association ot~ Pioneer "Women
will 4 hold. its J next. regular,, meeting £on.
Friday 'afternoon« v nextv at i2-p?'m. in
the parlors ; of :.; Calvary,; Presbyterian;
Church, Fillmoris- arid ?. Jackson .'streets.
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The : Daughters of, California Pioß«*rc
Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men
Phil K. Gordon, general agent of the
Washington-Sunset Route, has returned
from a trip throughout the Northwest.
The building in Portland, he says, is
something phenomenal, and what is
strangest of all is the number of San
Francisco people who are rearing huge
structures in that city.
"Did you ever get that pistol you
lost on. the Michigan Central?" was
i>«ked of a prominent citizen yesterday.
i/id.l.ever get it?" me prominent
citizen counter queried angrily. "No,
of course not. You see I left that pis
tol in .the dressing-room and when I
returned* it was nowhere to be found.
I wrote Carleton.C. - Crane' about my
loss and told him I would settle for
(25 cash or a new gun. That was be
fore-the fire..- That knocked- the nego
tiations, , I -» reopened ;the corre
spondence -'.last ;, June. * . The . batch of
letters "\ I received from Crane would
make a bigger exhibit than those in
the Thaw case. .. .
:': : : VI finally decided to drop the matter.
Why, Crane made me believe that I
did not travel on the Michigan Central,
but was on the Erie, and if I kept up
the correspondence he would make me
believe that I had never gone East,
though he sold me the ticket. Crane
ought -to be a lawyer. He'u play the
alibi dodge to perfection."
C. E. Foy, who has charge of the
theatrical business of the Southern Pa
cific, is back at work. After an ill
ness of five weeks he has Just been
allowed to leave the hospital, where he
was treated for appendicitis.
wlllhold a directors' meeting this aft
ernoon at. 3:30 o'clock at the home of
the president, Mrs. Ernest A. Leigh,
1133 Hayes street.
• The Susan B. Anthony Club met Mon
day,' February 18, at . 2 p. m. at the
rooms 'of the State Suffrage Associa
tion, 2419 California street, and. it be
ing the anniversary of Susan B. An
thony's birthday, the programme was
arranged to celebrate that event. "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic" was aung
by Miss Vivian Bailey; Mrs. Kobe read
a paper showing that: Miss" Anthony's
strongest traits were moral courage
and unselfishness; Mrs.. North Whit
comb read \u25a0a" paper " on' how Miss An
thony furthered the cause of education;
Miss Fairchlld spoke on Miss Anthony's
help to working women: Mrs. A. A. Sar
gent; read a brief synopsis of the life
of Susan B. Anthony,; and Miss Croud
ace told of ; her personal j interview •with
Miss Anthony. Twenty of the terse
sayings of the great suffrage leader
were quoted by as many members.
A particularly . pleasant meeting of
the Papyrus Club, of iwhich Mrs. W. S.
Leaked Is;-, the president, was held on
Thursday afternoon, February 14,
and the following ,' programme was
rendered, 1 it haying: been, arranged by
Mrs. Richmond? Revalk: "Short Sketch
of Oliver Wendell Holmes," Mrs. C.
Mason Kinne; . "The Boys" (O. W."
Holmes), Jenne Morrow .Long; "The
Girls" (original), Mrs. Charles Smith;
songs (selected), Mrs.' Richmond Re
valk ; distribution ; of valentines.
-The St. Helena Woman's Improve
ment Club has just ended its; second
year of existence with ; a membership'
of 105.f , Although having a member
ship; fee ; of only 25 cents and no . dues
whatever,*:! this * club x has {the sympathy
arid confidence" of -.the residents to such
an extent\ that during ; this period :it
has handled nearly JIBOO and expended
over; $1200. ;: Among; methods : of raising
funds; were cake sales,; dramatic enter
talriments^iia ' "Feast' of Lanterns" in
private /grounds, a'r, masquerade ball,
baseball ; games : and *- a • successful cook
book, .which, selling at 50' cents, , lias so
far netted ;J250.
;-•'-.% Fourteen ; park : : benches ' have , been
placed i in ;. shaded . nooks , on ; avenues
leading : out .of ; town \ and ' are much ap
preciated by those , who enjoy; the beau
tiful, walks of the; vicinity. v
'A'<' donation was {: made toward the
establishment of a glove . factory, in' St.
Helena, * "For:; two ' summers; the ; dub
has helped ;to:.pay J for \ open: air 'band'
concerts on Saturday(evenings.
; Last spring. the ladies had date palms
and shade trees >lanted'inithe;groundf
surrounding ] the 'handsome -stone 1 pub- r
lic^ school^bullding.'; ;;,Wlth ;> the i aid ?t? t of \u25a0'
subscriptions from '. the'.Town f Trtfste'es,'
Chamber : of ; Commerce,* r cemetery asso- c
FEBRUARY 25, 1907 ,
Many Paintings of High Merit
at Sketch Club Exhibition
Hanna Astrup Larsen
THE exhibition of paintings given
under the auspices of the Sketch
Club is representative and highly
meritorious. It includes contribu
tions from California artists who have
already won fame, as well as pictures
from those who are struggling to at
tain a like prestige. Yet all the paint
ings are good and show- thoroughly
earnest efforts. There Is nothing which
one would wish had not been admitted.
The great mass of material offered en
abled the jurors to select 'only that
which was really deserving. Much had
to be rejected because of the limited
wall space of the quarters of the
Sketch Club and the adjoining rooms
of the Sequoia . Club.
Keith has contributed a characteris
tic canvas, a landscape steened in a
flaming light that transforms It with
wonderful atmospheric effect into the
land of gold and burnished copper of
the old fairy-tales.
One of the charming things of the
exhibition is Mary Curtis Richardson's
"Portrait Study of Little Mary M." It
shows a little girl sitting on the floor
with a large picture book on . her
chubby knees, her fair hair clustering
in tiny curls about her head. The dim
pled hands are resting on the book just
ready to turn the leaves. The child's
white flounced dress and dainty white
socks are lifelike and the bunches of
apple blossoms on the floor give a com
pleteness to the composition and help
carry out the Idea of freshness and
purity. All the details were worked out
carefully and- lead up to the soul of the
picture, the face of the child. A smaller
picture by Mrs. RJchardson takes its
name, "The Calamity Veil," from the
pink filmy veil tied around the big hat
of the Jaunty little tot in the picture,
but nothing seems farther from the gay
little figure than the idea of calamity.
\u25a0•California," by A. J*. Mathews, has
a dignity and finish which stamp it as
the work of a great artist It is an
oil painting, but has something of the
simplicity of effect of a mural decora
tion. \u25a0 The central figure, symbolizing
California, is full of strength and re
pose. The color scheme is remarkably
beautiful. The robe of a rich orange
embroidered jln real gold is • glowing
with warmth and light, but with great
skill the artist has kept it free from
garishness. ' It tones in with the
woman's hair and with the brown of
the tree trunk against which she leans.
The green hue of the grass is touched
with brown and this blends with the
color of the tree. The one note of con
trast is in the deep blue of the bay.
Among the pictures contributed by
members of the Sketch Club are a
number of excellent heads of children,
one of the most attractive being Anne
M. Bremer's "My Little Model." Miss
Bremer has also contributed the" head
of a young girl, some pretty still-life
Btudies and a view from Monterey.
The white sands and blue bay have a
perennial interest for artists, but Miss
Bremer has been particularly happy in
her interpretation of them. The some
what hard brilliance often seen In por
trayals of the white sands is softened
away. A gray haze is hanging over
head, softening the blue of the bay.
and the^ spreading surface of It is
broken by a group of tall trees in the
foreground.
, Caroline Rlxford Johnson has several
portraits of children, one .of which.
"Thelma," is the picture of ' a girl
clasping a doll in her arms. The atti
tude of the child, the pose of the head
and the infantile wistfulness of the
face and large eye* were limned with
much art. "Madeline," by the same
artist, represents a slip of a girl In a
short dark-blue dress sitting at a
piano and looking around her with the
air of a Paderewski surveying his
audience. There is a piquancy and
delicate humor In the picture which
makes It rank as one of the artist's
best. Two more excellent pictures of
children testify to Mrs. Johnson's love
for the little tots. She Is not quite
so happy in the larger and more am
bitious "Portrait of Miss D—/*D — /* Though
the head is painted with great dell
ciations and local lodges a four-foot
cement sidewalk has been laid, con
necting, the residence section with the
cemeteries and the White Sulphur
Springs road, and upon the completion
of the cement curb now being con
structed the entire length of 2000 feet
will be planted to black walnut trees,
fifty feet apart.
The prospect. of a Carnegie library
and the certainty of an electric rail
road this summer from Vallejo to St.
Helena fills the ladies with enthusiasm
for the future of their pretty little
town. !
. The president of the St. Helena club
Is Mrs. 11. E. Weinberger and the secre
tary is Mrs.; Walter Sink. The club has
a membership in the State Federation,
its delegate to Bakersfleld being Mrs,
Fr.ank" Pellet. Another member. Mrs. J.
H. Hawkins, is auditor of the San Fran
cisco district.
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At this time, when there i« a general
movement among the olubs of this State
to become Increasingly Interesting In
the matter of forestry, which is par
ticularly of moment to all Calif ornlans
who should aid in the preservation of
our trees, the following outline of work
prepared by the Massachusetts State
Federation and published in the Fed
eration Bulletin, may be useful:
Practical "Work tor Club*
1. Tree planting on roadsides, in school
yards or reforesting waste land
Memorial tree planting.
A visit to a wood lot, with practical
talk by the State Forester.
v A demonstration of correct tr««
V planting.
Labeling trees to distinguish varie
ties, or as memorials.
2. Protection from mutilation fwira
guards). . . \
-" Protection from being felled (State
• laws). .
„ Protection from tree pests (native
" birds), i '
3. Vacant lots reforested as nurseries
for local use or as tree' nurseries
for schools.
I Personal Mention
C. H. Woodin and wife of Spokane
are at the Dorchester. '*
. Charles ,T. .'Jones and wife of New
York are at the Savoy.
E. L. Heald/ a Chicago merchant, is
a guest at : the Majestic
At the Imperial l Hotel is registered
W.B. Coombs ; of -Mendocino.
C.S. Eaton of Olympla. Wash^ ac
.companied by.Mrs. Eaton, Is at the Ma
jestic.
Shazzer. Moorad, an East Indian, has
apartments at i the Hotel , Hamlin with
-.«\u25a0 party r that; Is touring -Am Jvica for
pleasure. . •
cacy. it Is too small for the large can
vas, and the picture as a whole lacks
the strength of her other works.
Another woman artist who is highly
adept in her portrayals of children Is
Almira Austin Judson. She has but
one picture in the exhibition, a charm
ing little girl whom she calls "Helen."
Olga M. Ackerman has contributed a
portrait of Oscar Wilde said to be an
excellent likeness; a portrait of a young
lady, a study of a little girl. "Green
Coat** and "Two Si3ters." The last
named is the picture of two young
girls, one reading a letter, the other
leaning to look over her shoulder. Her
work combines delicacy and refinement
with beauty of outline and harmony ot
color.
"A Busy Morning" is one of Berth*
Stringer Lee's bes^ scenes from her fa-^
vorita sketching haunt, the water front.
The artist depicts the atmospheric ef
fects often seen near the front, the rosy
light filtering through a gray haze.
Mrs. Lee is at her best in her shipping
scenes. She also has a good picture of
•The Overhanging Fog" at Monterey.
Another of the same locality show*
rather too wide an expanse of white
sand.
Some strong •work is exhibited by
Alida GhlrardellL A Dutch interior at
tracts a good deal of attention. It ia
the picture of a young Dutch girl —
very "Dutchy" indeed — with a homely,
strong face and hair smoothed down to
a little knob, a piece of knitting tnjier
hands. The figure of the girl and the
background of whitewashed wall en
livened by red and .yellow panels is
treated with a realism that is almost
harsh. Strength rather than attract
iveness is the chief quality of her "Por
trait of Miss H '* and of a llttls
scene from Venice.
Among the things that instantly at
tract most visitors to the exhibition Is
an exquisite water color by Lucia K.
Mathews. showing the bay at Monterey
with low gray sand dunes and a green
sweep of bay broken only by a single
tree in the foreground. There is a deli
cate beauty in the simplicity of tho
composition and in the eoft transpar
ence of the coloring. Mrs. Mathews
charms most of all by the aplrituelle
quality of her work.
"The Last Snow," by Eugene 2Ceu
haua, a view of the high mountains
with patches of snow lying in the hoi
low under a real summer sky, has all
the cool crispness and vigor which dis
tinguish his works. "Lake MaJellV*
by the same artist, gives the cool, calm
and shutla feeling of the mountain lako '
very welL
Maurice del Mue is successful in his
paintings of the oak tree. One of his
best is now in the exhibition. The
drawing of the tree, the massing of
the foliage and the atmospheric ef
fects were all well handled, and the
picture for all its simplicity has a sym
pathetic feeling that stamps it as the
work of an artist of much talent.
Mary C. Brady has contributed an oil
painting of Telegraph Hill In the even
ing browns and grays, a picture full
of poetry. She also has a number of
sketches, picturing old San Francisco
with the fresh, spontaneous charm of
the pencil sketch.
Theo. T. Keane Is represented by
several pencil sketches 'and soma
strong heads of animals done in pas
tels. The collection of miniatures is
small, one of the noticeable portraits
being "that of Miss Laura Van Wyck
by Frances Soule Campbell. Rosa
Hooper Plottner and Margaret O'Cal
laghan also have some good minia
tures.
Other Interesting pictures in the ex
hibition are "Adobe, Monterey." by
Evelyn McCormick; "Breaking "Vfaves."'
by Percy Gray: an evening landscape.
by G. A. Sturdevant; "A Gray, Mor
ning,** by Nellie Steams Goodloe; "Pas
sageway to Church." by Eleanor Mitch
ell; "Portrait of a Japanese Girl." by
Jane R. McElroy; "Portrait of a Young
Man." by Ella K. Y7onnser: a land
scape, by Mary Menton; "Eucalyptus."
by Thomas McGlynn; "Sketch of the
Fog on the Bay." by Haldee Tobrlner. il
and a water-color sketch, by ArayJfl
Bronson Dewing. "^
Unsightly spots made beautiful hy
trees, shrubbery and vines.
4. Planting of berry-bearing trees and
shrubs as bird food — mountain ash.,
_ mulberry, hackberry. cedar, eta
B. Preservation of roadside shrubbery
and fringe trees on wood lots to
be lumbered.
Encourage scientific luraberis j of
woodlands.
«. Tree nurseries la school gardens.
distribution of tree- seeds to chil
dren for school and home gardens.
Distribution of fruit and nut trees at
nominal cost, to be planted in home
grounds or in land loaned to the
club.
T. Children's auxiliaries far protective
work; Junior Audubon Society:
Society for Protection ot Native
Plants. i
Study of tree pests and methods ofl
extermination.
Introduction of Arbor day celebra
tions In schools, with memorial
tree planting by children.
to schools ana Juvenile
reading-rooms Dr. C. F. Hodge's
bpok. -Nature Study and Life":!
also Audubon Society bird charts
ror wall decorations.
Contribute to Alpheus Hyatt memo
rial fund. Boston, which provides
na ,, re sto< *y excursions for school
children.
8. Committees may collect forestry
literature, published by State and.
National Agriculture and Forestry
departments, and present them to
libraries as a club gift.
Laws relating: to trees should be
Known to club members and postal
in public places. Legislation for
national and State reservations.
Mass-meetings to benefit local needs
and regular contributions to the
1 ?}, I» resa a ™ means of arouslny
• «, publlc sentiment.
&« m «noershtp In American
Forestry Association, annual dues
# _J ncl udlng monthly publication
" U*SL"g r <£* d IrTi * atlon - ash -
Womtn'i flnhi throucbont the State
are invited to commit aicn t« a«wt ef
George B. North is a New Torte
banker staying at the Dorchester Hotel,
l-f ? hn D " Elkraa a »nd wife, society
1^ le"l c "« Of are registered
»t the Hotel Hamlin.
i,,^Tv J * Sherwood and J - Kroneerberg.
lumber men from the Coquille River
country, are at the BalUmore. '- mf
- John McCormick. well known in tf »
San Joaqutn Valley and through tl,
l!« t» as * stocknuui - is resrtatered fronv
Stockton at the Savoy.
_ Mayor Mcaellao of New York haa
«an history. .