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SCATTERING OF THE CAPTAINS
THE captain of industry finds no rest for the sole of his toot.
Anywhere from Manila to Cairo, from Toledo to Goldfield,
he is scattered over the face of the earth, but all his roads
\u25a0 lead to San Francisco, where is the captain's desk. Mr. Abram
K. Detwiler appears to hate the largest circulation. He has hit the
long trail from Afric's burning sands to the' green fields of Ohio.
He is in New ,York, he is in Kalamazoo, he is in Toledo, and he is
still running. Theodore Halsey, whose social gifts came into play^
.10 make a liberal education for local statesmen, is on his way, a
compulsory Asiatic immigrant — not excluded. It is likely to prove
here in San Francisco a most recherche reunion of telephone cap
tains, all busy now.
In these piping times no social function is 'complete without
its shadow. Not in the society columns of the newspapers are
their comings and their goings noted, but in the doomsday book
of the inexorable Bums. It never was good form in the best society
lo put the embarrassing question, "Where were you last night?"
but nowadays the inquiry may be met with the sufficing precept, :
*'Ask Burns." The all-seeing eye is upon every jrtan of them.
They are under watch and ward, and, like Lady Macbeth, have
discovered that "life's but a walking shadow."
The. public is invited to view the Schmitz closet after the
removal of the skeleton. It is lined with plush and three feet long.
That was presumably the Ma} r or"s estimate of the potentialities of
his opportunity. He expected to measure the long green by thej
cubic foot. It is not impossible that his estimate was inspired by
his appetite, but we shall never know what might have happened
had not Hene3 r and Burns intervened. The dimensions of the box
should now be an inspiration to the Mayor's lawyers. Tainted
money or ill-gotten gains never come amiss to the profession, and,
:n view of the size of the box they should insist on payment by
the foot.
AN EXPERIMENT IN CITY GOVERNMENT
fT^HE Galvcston experiment in municipal government appears to
I work -admirably by all accounts. In that city after the disaster
|_ tliat destroyed so much property and life they remodeled the
municipal form of government by putting control in the hands
of a commission composed of heads of departments. The
townspeople selected five good business men^ of known integrity
and put the whole city government in their hands. The salaries
paid were small, and the Commissioners were not expected to
give their whole time to the work.
The old plan of having a Mayor and Aldermen was superseded,
and government was reduced to its simplest and most economical
form. The result has been to rehabilitate the municipal finances,
notwithstanding the need of expensive repairs /md the vast work
made .necessary by the great flood.
San Francisco is in somewhat similar case with Galveston. Our
city government has stood still for a year in the hands of dishonest
incapables. There is the same need of economy and the careful
use of funds for rehabilitation of the streets and public buildings.
Yet we shall not follow Galveston's example in changing the. form
of government, because we could not if we would, owing to the
ironclad limitations of the charter. At the same time, the men who
have been the government remain such only in nsfrne. They
must do what they are told, and they will. ' ;
As for the Galveston experiment, there is nov magic in forms
jof government. It is in all cases a question of the personnel. Good
\u25a0J government is a matter of. course where the officials* are honest
; and intelligent. A. commission of five men like Schmitz would. have
J robbed Galveston naked.
A REMARKABLE POLITICAL EVOLUTION
A REMARKABLE extension of powers of the Interstate Com
l\ merce Commission is proposed by railroad presidents. MrJ
i jtl. Harriraan indicates it vaguely under the name of "co-opera
tion." President Yoakum of the Rock Island sj'Stem is more
i specific, and recommends that the traffic managers of the railroads
'act in conjunction 'with agents of- the Interstate Commission in an i
• advisory capacity to fix rates and, in a general way, supervise
; operations tn so far as they affect the shipping and traveling public,
j Recent dispatches indicate that the. commission is' considering the
; appointment of such agents, to be stationed in the great transports.- ;
A tion centers. , \u2666\u25a0:);:
The idea is not altogether new. For instance, Judge William
F. Gaynor, the distinguished Nev^ York jurist, Wrote not long ago:
My own view,? which' l express with diffidence, is that it is only neces
; sary for Government to appoint the general freight ajjent of every railroad,
; for he could stop all rate favoritism atNince. It would not b*e his office
ft to fix the&chedule of rates,', but' only. to ; see that every one paid the schedule
Irate, no. more and no less> The summary dismissal by him- of any ; local
agent who . gave a. false rate i and his criminal prosecution by Government
would soon destroy the evit -.
Some at once cry out that there is no law^for thi6, or that it is uncon
stitutional, at though . our > laws and constitutions were like those of the
Medes and Persians, never to be changed. Laws and constitutions must
. be changed to' conform to changed conditions. Lincoln said a political con
. stitution should not outlast a gexieration.in its I entirety. ; Macaulay says'of
the British constitution that, though it is constantly fchangihg," there never
was an instant of time when the chief part of it * was '\u25a0 not old.* "
Nevertheless the. appointment of Interstate Traffic Commis
sioners as proposed by Mr. Yoakum is a very striking' innovation.
.The practice hitherto has been to confine the scope of, the Interstate
I Commission to quasi-judicial functions. It is now proposed to give
i the body executive powers/ Hitherto the commission" had power ;
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to pass on acts already done and order changes of established
practice. It te proposed now to give the Commissioners or their
agents powers of initiative that would in a large degree put the
administration of railroad business in the hands of the Government.
Mr; Yoakum's proposition does not go as far as judge Gaynor
suggests. He would not give the commission's agents power to
make rates, but only to report and advise the central body; but if
a beginning is made it is evident that progress in the direction of
Judge Gaynor's proposition is inevitable. It would-be Government
operation without Government ownership, and it offers a remarkable
instance of political evolution. Two years ago the railroad people
regarded the Interstate Commission as an enemy; how they are
embracing this institution. with enthusiasm.
IF the Grand Jury can spare a little time it would be well expended
on the investigation of the pernicious, activities of Gray Bros.,
the quarrymen, who are pulling down homes, undermining street
grades and generally destroying Telegraph Hill. It will be worth
while to discover where this firm gets protection from the enforce
ment of city ordinances. Former Boards of Supervisors used all
tneir powers to hold these contractors in check, but their endeavors
in this regard never seemed to have much effect; "The blasting Tand
excavation went on just the same. -The r . only possible- explanation
is that the municipal executive interfered to protect the law breakers
and called off. the police: This condition makes it a proper subject
for investigation by the Grand Jury. '-'
The public opinion of San Francisco is agreed that Telegraph
Hill ought to be preserved as a picturesque landmark and con
verted into a public park. If Gray Bros, are permitted to go oh
blasting there will in time be nothing left of the hill but a hole
in the ground. ;\u25a0"•"-> .. : V
That soul-weighing machine will not be subjected to the su
preme test until it is tried on $11,250* Sam Davis. -^
J. J. Hill- has assured .the Minnesota; Senate that .freight rates
will go up. Possibly- the $7,000,000 that Louis Hill lost was hot Tall
.The facility Svith which Miss* Isabel Mcßeynplds breaks
into print as .an amateur is full of promise .forjaV successful pro
fessional career. ' - • \
The thirty-seventh California Legislature was a disappointment
to its few admirers. Two days after it. adjourned a bit v of gold was
discovered at Sacramento only ninety feet below the
Mr. Calhoun may be coming, but if so it is oi\ the same kind
of schedule employed in the running, of United Railroads -streetcars,
which start when they get ready jand arrive," if I ever, ; according, to
the pleasure of Providence. > y." : ';'l; :
It is a pretty story that the' Mayor tells about* keeping his
trusty- violin in the secret strong box under, the. carpet. The < fact
that no violin could ppssibly be crowded into the receptacle -only
proves the. fertility of the Mayor's imagination. - i * " *
In the Joke World
Johnsoh-iwas compiling the first list
of words with; meanings.
"But," we. inquired;,, "why don't you
get up a, dictionary of the things people
didn't, mean?"
Glimpsing the enormity, of the: task,
he Incontinently, fled.— New York Bun.
"Do you think that; your speech will
have any effect oh the ; options of Con-
I gres«?" "';;': • • i '<-w£.i'-2. •"..;."-.
"No," . answered ~.ths^tatesman, "but
it will help to stretiAen the convic
tions of my constituents ..that '\u25a0 I -am a
profound and " discriminating, thinker.*'
— Washington Star.' ;" ; '\u25a0' \u25a0"\u25a0' »
* "\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0*"\u25a0"• ' "\V\;"*A V -V".: .;\u25a0 • t
The Dad — My son; I. want to. tell. you
that the i secret"= of success,- as it ; must
be of any man's. Is hard ; woTk.";'; 1-^- ,
, The \u25a0 Son-^Sh ! : : : Dad. ' I f don't'- care"; to
hear other secrets, 7 : and *I -; am
too much, of ; a gentleman to- take 4 ad-^
vantage of ; lnformationT, gained that
way.- Say; no more.-^-CJeveland Leader. !
.."., _•/««\u25a0••*•\u25a0, -•-..-,•-\u25a0
"Jimmy's got a great . scheme to get
ou\ ;o* school T when : : the days . are > flt !
for skating." .. • .
"How does he .work ItT".;:
**H« "goeß* out . an--' washes his "face,
an' the teacher thinks he's ill an* sends
him home."— Tit-Bits. \u25a0"'•»-'"\u25a0'/
• \u25a0\u25a0,- '\u25a0•-\u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0'•
Father— Young: Upperten; Is' going:" to
propose* for. your. : band: soon. • v; \u25a0\u25a0'-'*
. Daughter~How do ' you' know? :r
; Father^— 1 1 hear.; be. baa »been^ making
inquiries as to my financial standing.- —
.vwhat ; a> greatl disappointment ' that
was!" s exclaimed ,. Miss. Not rum per. • '
'"; -inKwhatrway?" ' -.^''S^'.'; \u25a0'*„>\u25a0".*". ',' i^-:^\
'' "He! wa« * spoken of as . a . bridgi ' ex
pert, and he proves to be nothing but a
famous: - engineer."— Washington -;' Star.
Abe Asks fot^ Help
MORE WORK FOR THE GRAND JURY
NOTE AND COMMENT
PersorialMentiori
\u25a0 Mr.' and Mr«. 'J. Lindsley of Utjca, N.
Y.^are at the Imperial.'' .',': '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' . ,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley l Plummer of
Dexter, Mfc, are at' the Savoy.
Charles S.: Lilly, ;a weaithy merchant
of Indianapolis, is. "at; the : Palace; v;
V Mr.- and' Mrs. W.V P. i Cunningham, of
Los Angeles. are at tho St. Francis. :
R. iK. Oultremont of .'Brussels sand". G.*
yivarlo of Llege'areat the = Haml!n. -
\u25a0 Ch'ester t T. Lowe, ;£fprominent "banker
of^Tacoma,; ls registered at ' the , Palace,
• L. ".G. Kellogg C of -proml^
nerit in the. Island Territory/ is at the
Jefferson. V
:C. M.; Lewis, \u25a0 a"^newsj)apfir man- of
Holllster, and Mrs.. Lewis areV at the
Jefferson.; - : -\u25a0.' •: ;\u25a0•\u25a0;- ~. :\u25a0' \u25a0 ;..\u25a0-,; ..\u25a0- , • : '\u25a0\u25a0 " ;
'" \u25a0 J- - C.%Van dft i Water, a large '\u25a0 woolen
goods \ manufacturer, of " New York, \ls
at', the. Palace./ ;_. • ;- :^'^'_ :"-:'*',/ \ ; v' ;.Vi{
I ;. E. M. ; Lyori and : E. S. Moultori ? of : Red-
I lands '.werefamohgi the"arrivals'yester
jday at the Hamlln., '?-*,'.; \u25a0
i •*. H.*; L.^ StantbnM prominent * in i business
! circles -i oti Chicago.^ registered rf at ? the
j Jefferson -yesterday.*". {\u25a0 v ; ; •
.; R.'. G. Laws, ;a^ mine ; operator , of - To
nopah.^accompanled^bV^ his 'wife,*; ar- ;
riyed\at .the^St^Piancl^eß^erday;.-"''-;^^
i 3.) M. Fenwlck, ". head -bookkeeper for i
Georgev-Wlrigneld.'^the^Goldfleld Vmihe"
owner.'is in : town.and'regißtered;at the ;
St.'.Francls;- /-.\ ;\u25a0 ;;v ;V;; ,\'-" ' r ":' : d-y /-*',\u25a0>:]
;. c Janies ? M.' , Carpenter \u25a0\u25a0 J r A . one r. of \u25a0, the
wealthy ; real "estate i operators -; of-; St.'
Loui s. ;is at I the I St. Francic fvrlth his
wife' and ' two sons.; .'* .: \u25a0\u25a0'-ir-{i'Uf %; Xili \u25a0-\u25a0':
•1, F.''iSJ ' Richafd*' of} Salt '<\u25a0 Lake,', brother
of the Governor,; of Utah Coftjthattname;
i a«d; himself one of .the foremost.attor
nays' of- tv« . Mormon ' capital, is •at • the
Gossip of the Doings of
Railroad Men
Henry Avila of the Union ' Pacific, as
Is well known to all people who; have
any knowledge, of. the history lof our
State. , belongs to a distinguished Span
ish family, and -it is believed in rail
road circles that the original Avila., who
was with "Cortez "when,.' conquering
Mexico, was that great warrior's; mas
ter of transportation and paid particu
lar attention to the r commissary depart
ment. . Henry .is also agent . f or ' the
Cunard line and expects to sell a great
number of tickets to patriotic sons of
Erin who are thinklng^of : making -*he
round trip " to the' Dublin Exposition
for $200. Henry, /with an idea of busi
ness/ is v now arrayed " in garments
which would win the heart of any
Irishman. His suit has a thread of
green running through it, his shirt, has
delicate sprays of : shamrock, his, socks
are green and his necktie vies in, .the
brilliancy of its emerald hue with those
worn by ! that - other eminent transpor
tation man — Thornwell Mullally.
i'A- meeting: of .the Transcontinental
Passenger Association has. been. called,
toCbe'. held at -Hotel? Glenwood.; River
slde.'ion May 8, and. it is: expected that
there. will. be^a large attendance of all
the | general passenger agents and their
assistants of all the Uneswest of Chi
cago | and I the \u25a0 Mississippi i River. : The
subject of convention', rates- for.- the
latter, part of the year will come up for
discussion.
;;E. H. Hdrrinian, who long has been
casting covetous • eyes on ' the . Yellow
stone Park business, is in a fair way to
capture this; profitable traffic-, from
James \u25a0\u25a0 J. Hill of the Nerthern.
The Oregon' Short "Line;, which is. one
of the" Harriman properties, 7 has issued
an." innocent "circular in which "It is an:
nounced that it willTcomplcte :its Yel
lowstone branch to Buffalo Creek about
June j 15. - The : : completion of > this line
will reduce the stage line from the end
of the track to -Old Faithful. ..Lower
Geyser. Basin, to: about forty-eight
miles, v or ' practically: the same \u25a0 amount
of 'staging, as is required- by ihe s route
through the - eastern;, entrance of ; the
Yellowstone. \u25a0< Big. Springs.' seven miles
farther; east.; will be reached by July 1,
thus raducing' the total; staging to "for
ty-one Smiles. When the ;}lne -is ; com;
pleted to its* terminus \u25a0; at Yfillowstone
the Oregon Short Line will then have
al stage, road \u25a0 /of '.;. nineteen -miles to
Fountain Head,- 'as against ; forty-one
miles via the. northern ' entrance, or
the Hill road.
•;. The Southern «Paciflc yards, in this
city and in : Oakland are in pretty good
shape,! but how longl they will remain
s6~ls-. a matter of^cynjecturp.!. Accord-
ing to the advlcesj received; in : the gen
eral offices there. were 3277; cars headed
for,; the \u25a0.: coast -between ; Ogden : '" and
Sparks Llaet Wednesday,- and .lo2, cars
left Truckee* westbound on" the same
day. It is estimated -that /there are
fully : 2000 cars i coming to* the i State .via
El. Paso, and, most; of "the cars are for
this city. 'There- are at present ;ISSB
cars : In ! the . yards \u25a0in - San Francisco,*" 90
in Oakland. 195/on"thei western' divi
sion - and 7 450 *<on .* the*: coast, > making a
total ot '2103. > Some, hard f.work will
havel to\be ' done -when '{the ; other^cars,
which have \b"een ', tied ; up ; all along i the
line, begin • to'< pour, into \u25a0 San '\u25a0' Francisco,
or else congestion I will ; be vworse
than at any. time, sine© the'fire.. \u25a0
\u25a0r. vThe small» vegetable growers in , the
vicinity/. 6*f ; ; Hay ward -• have . been badly
hit : by" the-? succession/ 5 of 1 stormy .days,*
say the railroad^men. 'According to the
freight i r getters Tof ,/the .* Eastern ; lines
there should ' have \ been ? shipped - out -of
that? part >, : of * the ;\ country some J forty
cars ; of : rhubarb by >the middle pf \ T€i>
ruary,' but*; only \ seven ; r havev been ;sent
'out,"; and! as "the "Southern i Illinois : crop
is j coming ; in :; Lt j will {not : : pay ; jto J send
from ; here." ;, The [asparagus • crop is I also
25 • per^cent lighter^ than i it twas la,st
year, "when the Z growers "had a" com- 1
paratiyely,light'crop. "
V- The name\of :Port" Harford, which •is
well c> known g to'S every .=? person ? In% the
State? who'jhaCßK traveled /up Jand^ down
the (coast,*;" is itd^bejchangedhaccordlng
to the v dictum'v.of^thej 'Pacific/' Coast
Steamship v * Company,*" and : in '"\u25a0 future it
Is to be called Port San Luis. "'-:" '-:. "\ , V . •.
1W,. ; 1L f - Grelner, ; travelings freight .and
passenger ; agent ';. of I the . Colorado 'i and
Southern ;.; Railway^: Company, ;>> which.'
much; to i the ; disgust i of *. that ? esteemed
railroad -, man, : ' H. t Davenpbrt,v calls
Itself i "The ,' Colorado'ißbad," m \u :\n the
cttyion!businesc]andj,willf be \"- here ' ; till
tomorrows nightjar Grelner' ft ' headquar
ters are Tat Salt Lake' Clty.V "
;, Judge ..Vv". , E. ; Culleu ; of; Spokane, * who
is * well ; known <in i the "- Northwest ': and
who « makes a hie 5 home sat '\u25a0' Spokane, ? is
y isltihjrl M-lp.s W4lsbn,^general *« : f relgh t
agent* ot\ th«\Uhlph^ Pacific: Ihtthls'' city?
TheTJudge' has; been*Bpending* the'win
ter-in} Lcc»Angplee. •*..' :•;.\u25a0; : :\u25a0\u25a0: ; ; ; ; : .•
:S S. = -F. cßarr. superintendent th«',re
lief f department ? of '.the / Baltimore ' and
Ohio^ M-rtyed \ in; the^ci t jr ; yesterday! \u25a0 V :
:'* -\u25a0 '"4- & '\u25a0: \u25a0 '"•\u25a0 - - '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0" - - \u25a0 ""\u25a0 •
The Insider
Relates how Maharajah of India took accu
mulated graft fronv Vizier, who kept awake
wbjle the public slept, and improved city
• rj^. HERE was' a Maharajah in India who
Orien tal Grafter Is 1 was regarded as the most enlightened
Despoiled Of Loot X p rince in a ll Hindustan. During his
reign splendid libraries were endowed, public parks were laid out, colleges
were built, a wwerßystem, strange to India in the early '80s. was inaugurated.
and a major of the Indian army. Jacob, superintended all the improvements.
. Jaipur became known as the Paris of Hindustan, andeven tha subjects
blessed the name of the Maharajah. -
Before all this, however, there was a shadow over the land. Wherever .one .
went the name .of the Vizier was .cursed. He was abused by the humble ryot
who tilled the soil, by the merchant In the bazaars, by the horse traders who
came i from" Afghanistan with their famous Kabuli horses, and by the white
men who wished to trade there. -"'
From each and all he exacted a rigorous tribute, and though complaints
were raade to the Maharajah,-' as the author of all justice, he turned a deaf ear
to all prayers and < heaped more and greater honors on his exacting Prime
Minister. _ .
The Vizier had friends among the white men, who said to him:
"Take care, Rain Chander; you will one day go too far. Jaipur will awake
and you will be imprisoned, and perhaps lose your life."
To this Ram Chander would reply:
"Ram Chander never sleeps. Jaipur always dozes. There is no man lives
who can catch Ram. Chander. He, has put his money in the safe keeping pt
the British, who are lovers of Justice."
cr ' One .day the soul of Ram Chander took
Thief. Never Slept, alarm. The Maharajah looked at him strange-.
btlt the City' Did i y and in a harsh voice said:
"How is it that a. man wh6m I love to honor and in whose keeping I hajre
given my dominions does not trust me? How comes it that his gold and his
silver is kept in the city of the Belait and all he keeps in Jaipur is his humble
person?"
Then Ranv Chander made haste to explain that his father and his brethren
lived in Agra and that his heart was often there.
' "That should not be,** answered the Maharajah, "for our city is a fair one,
and by God's help, and thine too, it shall be even more beautiful.**
- Shortly afterward Ram Chander went to the Maharajah and asked for per
mission to resign bis great office and, seek retirement in his gardens in Agra.
"Wilt thou leave me!" cried the Maharajah, "when I have so much for
thee to do? You are to me as a brother," and he cast a golden chain about
his neck. "Stay with me a while longer, I beseech thee."
And Ram Chander stayed, but his heart was, heavy, for he remembered
the words of his English friend in Agra. He sent his wife and children away,
ostensibly on a visit, and applied himself with renewed vigor to extorting
money from his master's subjects.
The Maharajah smiled his approval on all his acts and loaded him with
more favors, but Ram Chander felt that the end was drawing nigh, and so he
again asked him to be allowed to retire.
\u25a0 .The permission was granted. On the day of his departure a royal guard,
appeared '; before the , doors of his lodging and escorted him to the railroad
station with the honors of a King.
-The Maharajah himself appeared and embraced him.
There was delay in the train starting, and suddenly the door of Ram
Chander's compartment was flung open. The guard of honor dragged him to
the platform, threw him into a vile carriage, and cast him Into a dungeon.
Af f» ni hTatenc For months Ram Chander" lay in prison.
manarajan 1 atces .and then one day a man came to- him from the
All VlZter S Pelf Maharajah and said:
" "His Highness is grieved at thy plight, but he tells me to say that if you
give up all your ill-gotten plunder he will pardon you."
- "Tell the Maharajah," replied the Vizier haughtily, "that I am an honest
man, and of gold and silver have I none."
Sickness attacked Ram Chander and he lost the sight of an eye.
Again 'an emissary came, and Ram Chander promised to yield up his
wealth. '
V/hen the Maharajah was satisfied that Ram Chander had beeri* stripped
of all, his belongings he loosed him from bondage and let him depart.
"Ram Chander was the wisest pf all the Viziers that governed Jaipur,"
explained the Maharajah when. complimented upon the magnificent buildings
that-adorned his capital. "There was no man his equal in extorting money
from the people. He could make a stone yield gold. I kept him for many
years, and when he had drained my subjects of. all they had I threw him into
prison' and got' back all he had stolen. With the money taken from my sub
jects by Ram Chander were these improvements made.
"I have prayers offered daily in all the temples for a successor to Ram
, Chander, and also for Ram Chander himself. My friends, he was a thief, but
he Jaipur.. All thieves should be made to benefit the places they
have fobbed."
/.The Smart Set/.
\u25a0 I .HE opening event of the Easter
I eeason will be the skating car-
I nival on Monday evening, the
'masquerade given by the Monday
Night Skating Club, of which Mrs. Ynes
Shofb\White is. th« organizer and di
rector. There will be a large" number
of guests, present. .-.as. almost every
member has fasked for one or more
guest : ; cards and a number . of parties
are >, to "be" given. -The; hours will, be
'those f'.of . the. usual meetings, .from -8 .
to<ll" o'clock, and the unmasking will
take place about a quarter- to 10 o'clock.
giving a little over, an hour for skating
without masks. It Is said that there
are Hof.be*. all mariner of .mystifying
costumes,' some grotesque and eorae at
tractive, ;but every one is entering into
the "spirit with any . amount .of en-^
thusiasm. There are to be some few
figures";; during the -evening, a grand
martrch/ and possibly. a i grand right and
left'to begin, with. Among. the patron
eases ;of the -club: are Mrs. .Eleanor :
MarthviMrs.- George H." Mendell Jr.<-
Mrs.; J. 1 de: Barth Shorb. Mrs. VVakefleld :
Baker,*; Miss. Gwin and Mrs. "William
B. Collier. . '.'\u25a0 \u25a0 A t> -:"
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- '-'\u25a0 Mrs. ; Paul Bancroft - has sent out - in- .
vitations f or ; a ? bridge \u25a0 party '^oniThurs- '
day... afternoon next Oat ;her* home' in
Pacific -avenue at- which she^will en-;
tertalnx several; tables- of I guests. ; Mrs.
Bancroft is one : of the enthusiastic' and .
clever ; players and is : always \u25a0a ' delight- ;
ful. guest.'. as well. as a charming host
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JMrs. Bruce Bonny hasVsent : out; in- :.
vitations for ; a bridge ' party, which "she f;
will C give i on Wednesday- next at-, her
handsome home in \u25a0 Sausalito, at .which
Bhe? will, entertain /a. number of ' guests
frornUhis ! side,, as, well as^' from Sausa
lito. \u25a0"'\u25a0\u25a0- .
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; : v Mrs.^. Duncan .who visited San
Francisco a year/or , two since .and- who '-,
,waa-sc;;extenaively : (entertained here,
ha'slbeen't in V Santa" Barbara "duringHhe \u25a0
winter,'; .but" expects^ -to ; leave very :
shortly^ forJheVj home, in; Lexington, Ky. ,
Sh«»l has « been I prominently \ identified in
the - aocial f: life i.of" the, southern -city^
during? the; last; season and' has -enter-*
tainec .' considerably. ;**',
;: Miss blg&. Atherton - and Miss Jose
phine I Hannigan* expect i to ; leave s about ;
April\l»sf or; Los Angeles, where ' they v
wlllfspend several '^weeli* .„ It is possible
that: Mrs.|Hahnigani will also go south :
with them for a stay.
. Miss Stella McCalla; has gone down
from ? her f. horn« in ; Santa} Barbara to
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Los Angelea and is spendinsr a fort
night there and in Pasadena.
Mrs. William B. Hooper expects to
go down shortly to her conntry place
at Mountain View for a stay of a week
or two. .
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Mrs. R. Jaffray Dustan, who has been
in the Philippines for some months
past as the guest of her son-in-law
and daughter. Lieutenant Willis G.
Peace and Mrs. Peace {formerly Mis-*
Dorothy. Dustan). has sailed for San
Francisco and is expected to reach here
next month.,
Mrs. Philip Bancroft returned on
Wednesday from Coronado, where she
has been spending a few weeks as the
guest of- her aunt. Mrs. Sims, prior to
the latter's departure for. the East.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stubbs. who bay»
returned from their trip to Portland,
expect; to leave in about a fortnight
,for their home In Chicago.
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Dr. Kellar. U. & A., who has been
stationed here and Is • such a favorite '
is to return-here. next month to the de
light of .his many- friends., although
his stay will probably be a brief one
He is now stationed at' Fort Doug
lass, but is ordered to appear at the
Army General Hospital. Presidio of San
Francisco,, on April 23 for examination
for promotion. '- f flffwfauj
_Mr. ahd Mrs. J. O. Hayes of Santa
Clara : and their family expect" to leave
shortly for Europe to spend some
months." . —.--- ~
Answers to Queries
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; INVESTMENT T -J. S.. ' City. . This de
partment^ does not undertake to give
Information %as to whether *a certain
private "\ association is "wildcat" or
legitimate, and "whether it Is a safe
investment."'
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>SH WEDNESDAT— A. O. * S.; Ala
;meda,,CaL Darlngth* nineteenth cen
tury Ash Wednesday fell on Washing
ton's birthday; In 1860. 1871 and 1882.
During th«i current century It will fall
on his birthday in 1928, 1933 and 1950
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PRONIJNCXATION— H. A. T.. " CI ty.
Acclimated is pronounced a-kli-mat-ed.
with the sound of i as in pine and the
sound of a" as in falL -Nordica Is pro
nounced Nor-di-ka»< with 'the sound of
o as ip song and a as in far.