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THE CREATION OF CITIES
*f I l^E axiom that history repeats itself was never better cxem
| plified than in the rehabilitation of San Francisco. It will
J_ be remembered that in the daj'S immediately after the fire
there were main- plans suggested for the beautifying of the
: city, which would have obliterated past lines and old quarters and
-'given us, in fact, an entirely new San Francisco., There were
many commendable features, which, probably, it might; have been
wise to adopt; but the rebuilding of the city on its old' lines was
.practically decided upon by the action of the first man when he
.commenced to clear his lot of bricks, iron and rubbish.
As in the first days of the world's history, building on an elab
orate scale was begun at the point of previous activity. Wherever
there was a small and an industrious, community was the begin
ning of a city. The builders of a big city might have been humble
: fishermen who gathered on the bank of some river and had tem 7
porary habitations, but it was the nucleus of a London or a New
York, and to follow the history of modern cities, of .which only the
United States and Australia'-pa'ti 'fjirnish examples, the same rule
is seen to have been observed*' - It was only a Napoleon. lll who in
recent years could evolve a new city from out of .an old and an
established one. His word was law, and the ne\v : Paris sprang from
an old Paris at his mere bidding. There were some who declared,
that what Paris had done San Francisco could do. This is !
undeniably true, but the cannot be compared. There
'-was an immediate. necessity for rebuilding here, and the rebuilding
practically from that point where. there. >yas activity. . ; ? C;
s?*s£ point of activity was in the^diitrict west ;oL Van "Ness
avenue. Here was the nucleus of;.business, and irom this line the
building began eastward to meet the future westward movement
Naturally attention was first directed to , Polk street!". This was
what aptly may be termed an "accommodation street," for even
.before the fire ; it began tp assume the importance ;of a great com
.mercial thorough Tare. It was* -lined by large and well equipped
stores; its markets could 'compare favorably with any in the whole
sale district. / It had flourishing bariks" and artistic flower stores.
Apartment houses were built on adjacent streets, and rents Were
correspondingly high because ofitlje, prqximity to 7 Polk street. The
fact that Polk street. was_. a business, street- and ;inust remain one,
while -the fate of Van Ness- avenue; was^'\-et -unsettled, justified the
owners of property in their belief -in its importance and impelled
them to take prompt action toward rebuilding. Their promptitude
. . settled the status of Polk street and also of the surrounding dis
trict, which from California : street-.to the -bay will; be. one/bf the
. most thickly settled residential quarters of San Francisco. There
is probably no section of the city which has so promising a future,
for San Francisco; in -its onward. movement, has to acquire better
water front facilities, such as wharves and? slips,': and these will
be' established -along North ,beach.
The late Senator Jariies G. Fair (and there was no. man who
\u25a0 had a keener appreciation of the city's future) bought largely ..of
North beach water lots. His death prevented the consummation
of his plans for -the' development of the beach as a manufacturing
district, and his ideas," formulated in a .general way over twenty
years, are now beginning to assume concrete shape through the
necessities of the city. A railroad 'man asserts that "there are bil
f lions* of feet of lumber in our northern . coast counties which have
to be here. This will necessitate the building of, termi
nals ajjd yards on the beach to handle the lumber from Tibiiron,
and iW their train will follow the establishment of manufactories'
These new industries, employing large numbers of men, will be
'housed in the district north of California street; east of Polk and
west of Stockton, and their: demands will bring into . existence
'\u25a0a new .business and larger residential quarter. Already the char
icter of California street, .east of Polk, is' changed. Those grand
mansions which \vere > once the city's pride, have gone In their
places will be hotels and apartment houses- for the^accommodation
of those who have employment in the great industrial hive which
-will be established on North beach. v
SIGNIFICANT ALLIANCE OF HERRIN AND THE
CHRONICLE
f\ is quite natural that we should find the Chronicle backing the
plan to stuff the coming republican convention in the interest of
\Y. F. Herrin. The 'shameless, plan of the "organization" to
seize control, by apportioning quadruple representation to the
burned assembly districts is the sort of politics that commends itself:
;,to the- Chronicle. So mucb' might have been expected^^ The' Chron
icle in an article defending theplan quotes Chairman- Davis of the re
publican county committee in these words :
, It must be borne- in mhid that the. republican county committee repre
sents the whole republican party, of' San .Francisco and not 1 any part ? 6r
•faction of it. While"; the (committee,-' of 4 course; is '-not ; -the oartv
it represents that orgamzation,and;its^ -acts are;binding."; - .- -
We . ai ]f. obli^ d : t 9;^^y i^-^ or^ ni sialdmissjo^ com
-mittee is "hot the whole ;repnblican party. »^ -Unfortunately tlie
', course which he threatens to fake- assumes; that he" and *\V. F. Her- 1
\u25a0:\u25a0 rin are the i whole. party!- If; he. insists on pursuing that, line of ac
; tion he will discover to his cost that.the acts of .his committee are not
.as "binding" on the party; aSijhe^ declares.; : Thc^ course {which lie
| threatens to follow is impudenrVnd ''.dishonest^politics and will as-
P" ' r mett defeat at/the^Hls^: .'\u25a0\u25a0'-?;;\u25a0 \ . /: v^ •
hen honest folk" see : ;Herrfn>-and^ to
they should know, what it m^aim. The' Calf has no cahdi
EDITORIAL PAGE
date offset of candi^at^s.^ut^^ shall ins^t on'anvh^nes^ly appor^
tioried and electe"d convention. ** ' '* ->^ ''^^ "~ *** ' >J ' : } ?* 1
"t^. MASSACHUSETTS likes to' experiment in legislation and 'is
IV/l at :t^ e moiTie . nt : considering ' a;bill ,tb; prohibit; camrjaign con- ;
IV L tribu'tions by .corporations. v The principle of -the bill is sound,'
although we that evasion of any such law would be an
easy matter. Besides the., provisions^ -relating- to : contnbutions ; by ,
corporations \u25a0\u25a0 the bill prohibits the publication, of : - political adver
tisements^ not authenticated with the names- of the authors. The
sections read: ' V^-i- '.::";-:" : : -/
Section 1. Xo person slnill publish or crmse to published- in a
newspaper; or other periodical, eitherin its advertising dr;rcading column's,
any : paid matter which is designed or" tends ,to. aid, . injure, or defeat, any
candidate for public offiqeunless"the -name of: the: chairman or secretary- or
the ;. names .*of two officers of the political orother organization 1 inserting the
same, or the name oLsome voter who-is responsible therefor; with his re'si
qence-and.the-streetrand.number.therqofi-if any,' appear therein in -the nature
ot a signature. Such matter; inserted, in ' reading columns ; shall be preceded
or followed >by the word "Advertisement" in _a separate.line, in type not smaller
than-that.of ; the, body ; type :of the newspaper 'or '•other periodical. ' - •
- ?e? c . c -" «--J f«o Personlshall pay the, owner, -editor, publisher or agent of
*' newspaper or \u25a0• otherr periodical to induce him editorially to advocate" or,
oppose any candidate for public 1 office or political principle;- and- no such
owner,-, cdit 9 r publisher or- agent shall accept siich payment. This provision
shall;£otapply. : to the' outright purchase of, rfttcli newspaper or periodical:^:
'\u25a0 ; : R^" table " newspapers ' ; wilf mot quarrel; with the'principlesihere
laid down: The trouble will come from the fact that -disreputable
newspapers .and periodicals -will find no' trouble'^ in "evading the
law. The. effect of ; its enactment would-be t/^ restrict those^ who
need no^ restriction, while' those; whose ""restraint^ is contemplated
by the framers are permitted; to, ; run X loose.: / ;The ;lawi would *4)e
aboiJt as effective -as those; which California some years ago enacted
forbidding newspaper cartoons 'and jequifihg all printed matter in
a newspaper to. be signed by the writer. •
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National Government Should Establish a Department of Fine Arts
EUGENE ''XEUHAUS. the.; young,
German artist : who. has made*
California his - home, is enthusl'-"
astic over; the- scheme; proposed,
by Senator' Newlands - for a
ment of the fine, arts as a ; part
of our national government.;. Neuhaus \u25a0
comes from, the^'country- \u25a0where / the«
government .is "every ; inanls ; father and :
his motherland' h!s;iiialdeh"- aunt,,: and ;
as a German he isshocked at s fhe*hard r ! ;
ly l cblonij.ll interest/ bur.
takes : ' in "matters'; that • governmehts'^n'
Europe'afe lh-the habit of cbnstaerrn^
a part.'bf: their^paternar duties. •.; As*
an; artist : he Uhinks" with other ;artjs.j« 1
that .the^ government >!iould ; ohcourage':
the: sprouting of .true -'art^wiiyir at lqast
as much: sqlicitudfv as it, encourages l ,th.4V
gprouting/bf^onlons.; / .--. I -^>,^
"In .- gpvernnient.inqw^
has pani? ; so \u25a0 f ar ,_ that :i tt i even^ gives vci\?
slons; to : ; old < artists [who,' :fan; no -longer:'
work.''-. said Neuhau3.'v r "TJ>erejare;tUreeV.'
artists now -^whojare* 6n:;the payroll; of. »:
the government.'^.- Detlev.svqn^.ijSlleri^
caon.i to ; rrientibn (orily/qne; of : theni^re-:
:eives /s aya v. thousand V. niarks., 'weryj y'ftv'r-^
isj.lohg ms^hej-llves.^ln ith'isJ.viaV tTie"" 1 .
government ; recognizes ; th»j.sorv-ice ; that '*',
i ', good 5 artlstl fenders v c t6^ the cbuntrjvi..'
Por t - the; youngrartlstsHh/>re. are (riot sml"
)f C stipends, o^ered^'asjari" ifuceritiv«" to/;
jood'^.work- notrjonly.-; by .'. the'v govern- '''
ment-but by. private ihdivlduals.2,*Th"e.re' ;
iB ~' |; something^:-dohe ;^-\u25a0fn'v'ou'KT'easterri'-'*- ;
states i by 1 private;,:* lndlvrduals^iri? Jthe^
vay of :stipends\"and ir bri3es;
)ut:there;is'ribthlhg;iike:tlve effojt put
lorth -': ln "i Europe^ and% of ;'ctjiTrVe \u25a0,'.the '<
Jnited States § government rioth-*
ngat/aii;;;:;;-:,;;:^-;,;;-?-'^'^^;^;-^?,^^^;;'
r^ln there; ,are iVoyal'-iWcait-"*
smies of art in all' the cities Tot "any .siseH
md* they 'are /distributed . ':\u25a0 so 'evenly 'in
Mark Twain in England
EXPERIMENTAL LEGISLATION
Hanna Astrup Larsen
.-alb parts; otsthe^country that th«y aro
of acciess for. everybody. In S^rance.
I v ,believe,'-thet saraeftis" true,*and.irof
.co.ursQ v .th©re.-- is jin-Pa'ris * the '•' 'Acctdeinie
-des/JBeanxvArts:.;. France \u25a0 is teepdi'txj
:herJartlsts.'-.r.Ther«aK«; an attract ton;-*ln
- medals • and i. decorations', to -eyer^yi qne,
and there are A also 'ithe;substantla'tt(en«!r
: fits ;in ; tl>e sh^pe^pty afge^comijijssiofls
for - government : iVork.*Th&VL,u jem- ;
;^V r^ n ?oon61 r gimr^i ia'a 'great%tlni«-.
*hs'*WS*K v^Svev^^rtist"l feefs^ftJvthe
; greatest jhondr.rie> get s'hlslwockii^ !tK»
ijuxerobwurgevEngland hasindt iieeb^fr
itPr.tsti4ff^ri7h,§^lretehiptslt6;f^d:-Ba
tlqnalf ggSTef le'fCi-.^Tijrf?mVn; selected: :t<»
buy, ; pictares, did not know how,« sai'll
they; in vested yin.sorae ; very : pbqr. : stuff; 1
• T her e- ar e'_d_ epart m e^vt s '6f6 f t h e ; flne fans ';
4 n .^.tb.ej. "'governrnerits^. -of ' (J^rinaiiyf
prance, tltaly*t Italy*; .vAiJstria", ? the vgpandina-^
ii v jan >a countf 1^", ; supp"ose^*jij\ air
\u25a0 other, vßuro'p^a-nX'c'ou-ntries. . j-«w*>i
*iV^hesrnVg»wt^b"f*"theiUniVfs^ a{ Bi«««;
gpvern.nigntj? drives jAmericaiiV^ar ( tist« ;
qutj^f. Jhe<o,oph.trj.v:'and 'the"advant^gos-i
iACferedj. l'u^the.\capttajs ; of J Euf^pe '.jimld \
thcm;tjh^se.'^ltishould be?madejjvortht
their Awhile j to* ?tay« mV their ;Own' ,'cbtrtJ>l
itry."' t T t h'^idep i artnient{pf .flno~ acts Jslioulri}
bejtjurwgr" fedecaj^c^ntfol.'- 'otlie~r^Js e;3lt=
454 5n l^«^^y«.f?'' lt | Iloppjlii.csi1 loppjlii.csi ftiidi;
i*»ere > w oul'd"^ai T l i k )?lyi asfn ot * b"e:^D.u ti a**
?%^^* k «<fP?J^ti"4hPiheadTofji ;^a!her9>
\u25a0AyS^.Hioybe^^at4qnal*'scho'ot'Jo(.?aftS;
en<|.9wod, by^tbfin§qY"ernment: and Sup- ;
PPftedj'b'yilt.y^^^ 7 -'A."'?. : a^i"i.^.St'.
ari':'A-j>ot|je/i i itliin'f i^yhichv,the natfonal
goj^rn^nen^roJgh^dojJsXtoJßtßJ-Uar'har,.?
lion al uaeunv.ajj d ritiake X the'ljJtandapdv
or , 1 1; soT high! tKat \li\ shou Id >b*a*an -hjonoVs
toihavelwqrk*accep.tediby;it. , V ;-i',?;i'v
iv;,''There^quld lixv feet be" several ' s«ci\
gaJterJeß,";;cphtinued!Neuhaus,"; catching^
fi"re | as pie',!Weht"i along.'^i :'an<^w^{y; Tjot •
on© s right ; here |in San j Fra"n"clsco?i O'he^
in New -York,': one in " St. ; l*ouis ior •\u25a0 New.
Personal Mention
L. S' Williams of Williams; Arizi. Is
at therDorche3ter. - '.
Maratn Fairbanks of Eureka Is at
the Majesti6: Annex.
G. W. DiurnneH'of Montague arrived
at the".Palace yesterday.
'. Mrs. JI., Seymour and daughter of
Oroville are at the Jefferson.
. W. BlThurman and E. P. C Thede
of. Madera are . at the Fairmont. "• "-'
W.B.- FarneH'of Cape Town was at
the Imperial yesterday on his way east.
L' Mrs. John C. ; Bentz, with her two
daughters, Helen and Marlon Behtz, are
at' the Majestic -• - - : \u25a0• *\u25a0.
J. S. Logan, representing the New
\u25a0York - Herald, registered yesterday at
the* St:: Francis! -- ; .: \u0084; \u25a0 \ '
F.; S. Torrey, manager 'of . the Western
Vnion at .Pasadena, arrived at' the
Savoy yesterday. V: '
• William* Jeffrey, \u25a0a ; mining . man from
Redding,' s registered with his wife yes
terday Imperial.- - *
\u0084 Lincoln ;Steffens returned .to th»:im
perjal yesterday after a -week's outing
at Santa Catallna 7 island.
. ./-William ' H.y Avery ; and -wife arrived
on": the "American iMaru^ from, the orient
yesterday and registered at ithe St
Francjs.; .". - ;z .- ','*\u25a0.' -.'.
\u25a0< J J. ; C. Fla nders • and wife of Portland
arrived at' the Fairmont yesterday, with
thelr'.niece. Miss ' Dorothy. Efflnger .of
Honolulu.'; -.\u25a0*.", V •\u25a0. \u25a0 .
!\u25a0 sC: B. r ~ Stubbs,- president of the -Uni
versity [of Nevada,' was at the St.'Fran
cis yesterday.; He is en route to south
ern California. • . "
John 11. Buckbee, representing the
United States steel "corporation, re
turnedifrom;the northwest to the Jef
ferson yesterday.;^*
«;Or|eans jand^ one; here ..would /make a
)\u25a0 goodldistribution \ and; .they, should)ex
-\u25a0change." Traveling ' gall efies 'that i would
\u25a0give, eye'rybpdy- a. chance \to become; ac-^
•.o.vratoted"i.-with'i good". art;; .would ; be^. a
.'splendid ihing.,; The ! government BhoulJ
C bus: * good.; jwqrks '?. by .American :\u25a0 artists
-. an tl^.4.hu3- .keepAthem ; in., the^ country.
;,i "The Cdepartment; ought >to- look into
ithe.matterlQf.the^highi duties; amount
iJQS'to 60 \u25a0 per.icent Cwhich are;ievied on
•.worksjofj art '.brought into- the "country
jahd - which;-.by ? ;,theiway,.'. are* not .even*
:ai)plted^to ( th"e .,caus« f *of. art. l i venture
jtot sayj'tHatinot "aj single 1 Amerlcen: art-":
; jhas^bee^^benefited :lby, this"- duty;
; yfhj(% serv'es;only.ta,withho*ld;fr6m-us
vthe.»e^uoatlve-influeqoe . -of - European'
i;^^;--w\.-. • :."/.;'"•\u25a0;\u25a0 \ "/-\u25a0*;
.•..*V~r i »ei6tateimlgh.t also create an-' in -
ot,;.art:: - It ; should ,- ; buy.' works
•s a .WI '<,ofter. .. n ; prizes if or , competUibn in \u25a0
;: Paintingr^aml jdeodratipii as T welK' ; Call
vforriia has'never.'glyen.a peh'riy"to ad- .
. v *n.ce,*fthe icauflo;,of '.art.v/WeJbaveian'
(fcii^*JP tyrlUc |i" jfsj xo b'p ect ed :(w i t h " th e "
•.^m^.'JuiJY^s^y^bu^the'jstate-doesTnot^
] sfJ.pjM>rt i^i \u25a0 p?heT,scJibql ; has' : to' make its :
;^ n^ a^* an <?^t^traoes'iiot'thereVis-an^
>fi 9^^ f ;|t.^T^o;only; prizes; o«T«!red c 'f6r
• wprfc^,! pf : - art- Havo beentoffered'by;pH
t\Mfi.JiWlYldualivrTbe: bjggegt'is - ': the '
Jl\i?flft. P>jzo off.erea,hy .' J.a^nes D? Plielan \u25a0
i lPxp\$ J^^s.t: piciure*qf;the_ discovery of '
,^a^ 3 l^^anclsco baVrand won'byiArthur '
IMa the WB.-£; Tli c , picture was" saved : f roni 1
\u25a0the jfira Vandals » now , in ; the' "gallery 7of *
.the j Pgn" Fr.a.ncisco', Institute of art."^ - :
,flU»?r*'» \u25a0\u25a0^'^•j.V-'.-*v .•"*\u25a0;•\u25a0;?. '\u25a0'-\u25a0. ': . \u25a0'. ' :': ' ; •\u25a0 \u25a0
" i3*?ilsaUer>iJ in -nti*, ball h he'
J?PiY^ojijte s Jipj.elt has-been; augmented'
'^3R2aijnurabjeiyXf!»pleV)ireyswHlchtmake;!;
Itftevenr.mord^represehtativo'-tin icliar
£c£«f£ 1 tJiSn 3 lGf§as^at? firat. ;">\u25a0 Mathews '
- 1 ??- 3 V?^?tithe .iprbjnisedf canvas.:.' it *is
a 'Monterey^cypress treated ,in • his char
actefifftic''de<:bratlye:. Btyle; and was ; ex-
WtH^ed"- ; at -Mark •; two v. years '--
a sp-: . A , BnTaller * by .; Mrs. n
Mme. Schumann-Heink Regards Proposed
"American Baireuth" as a Folly
James Crawford
-\u25a0 ' <\u25a0• ME. SCHUMANN-HEINK. most
J\ .71 sensible as-well^as greatest, v oJt
II VllV 111 1 al -' tn ® S r ? at singers,- -poobr;
1 "r *. •*• poohs' Mme^Nordlca's Idea of
establishing an "American "?Baireutb"J
I nearJS'ew York. • -r,--- ' .I^^
! "There is but one v Jerusalem, one
Rome, one Mecca— thera is but one
Biireuth," said- the popular contralto.
"You" may raze f the^ Baireuth" opera
house to the grourid'and ship It, piece
by piece,; to New York ; send over^the .
scenery, the artists and musicians; dig*
up the very ear.th..itself,-but you can
not bring to New York the atmosphere,
the 'environment and the. traditions that
surround Baireuth. These are and will,
remain ] forever sacred." ' . \<""?
1 Good logic/ that. In the^ old-world
there are things, Intangible as wellas
material, which American enterprise
backed by dollars \u25a0 cannot f . transplant.
One of them is the sentiment that an
nually turns the faces of musla liking
pilgrims toward Baireuth. It is this
sentiment, most largely harbored by
Americans and Engtish folk, that keeps*
Baireuth going. «: We don't understand
the sentiment,' but .blindly permit It ,tO:
lead us to Baireuth to make our offer
ings in. cash. If this- sentimental rea
son or temperamental : ; habit were ex-
tinct there would 'be no Baireuth. Re
move the traditions of Wagnerville and
its magnetism would cease.
. To reproduce in America an Institu
tion such as the. Balretuh theater,
would be nothing: but a facsimile and
the reproducer a facsimillst. \u25a0 Mme.
Nprdica undoubtedly .means well. v but
her ideas are unquestionably, mis
directed. :•';' If .• her American Baireuth "
were a reality, publlo : curioslty would
soon be satisfied, and then the institu
tion's dullness .would be morguelike.
But the Schumann-Helnk -common
sense does not decry. the Nordica Idea
without proposing a ° practical substi
tute.
v"A national conservatory iof music
would be a feasible undertaking," said
America's first favorite vocalist. v"I
don't . mean one great ' conservatory for
the whole country, but several branches
for different "sections of ' the ; country
under | one- management and • supported
in whole or in part by the' national or
state government. It. will all come in
time. As soon ' as the Idea assumes
tangible ' shape the -American people,
who are the most liberal and -generous
in the world, will cheerfully consent
to pay a greater musical tax" than at
present."- • \. • "
Asked if she had no pet ambition
of .her, own to promote the cause of
music in her adopted country, Alme.
Schumann-Helnk * said:
"I hope to establish a home for super
annuated singers and': musicians, their
widows and their orphans. I would
hot have this institution regarded as a
charity, but more in "the nature of a
pension and I would. haye 1 all foreign
artists \u25a0who come to thi3' country con
tribute 2%-per cent of their American
dollars to this Institution; -This is my
ideal, and to this 'end I shall direct
my best effort*."
Apropos of Baireuth It is reported
that'Frau Wagner is soon to abdicate
in favor of her . relative, Mme. Reuss-
Belce, who was here as a member of the
; Maurice Grau opera company during its
first season. At that time Reuss-Belce
was overshadowed in the "Wagnerian
productions ' by. Gadski, Nordica .' and
Schumann-Heink. ; ""But the relative of"
the Wagners' may makeup in execu
tive ability for what she lacks in vocal
•And speaking of Gadski, It Is ah-"
nounced- that she is to be the princi
Outdoor Art Club of Mill Valley Holds
Installation of Newly Elected Officers
Mary Ashe Miller
f-Tr^HE Out j Door Art club of Mill
I Valley held '\u25a0\u25a0 the closing: meeting
1 for the season Thursday,' June 27,
and the Installation of the newly
| elected officers took place. Mrs. Henry
S. Bridge, the retiring president, was
:In the chair, and first the annual re
ports of the officers . and the chairmen
of the various departments and com
mittees were listened to, showing great
progress. in : all lines. of club work.
Among other- achievements the club,
having the hearty supporfof the school
and ; town trustees, has" improved the
schoolhouse grounds, built a stone cop
ing.- and planted .vines and shrubs In
various sections of Mill Valley.
; The' following officers were Installed*
President, Mrs. -Walter /. K. Freeman
first vice president,- Mrs. Clinton B
Folger; second vice president, : Mrs"
George Collins; recording secretary
Mrs.lThomasS. Matters ; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. F. A. Burden: business
secretary. Miss Florence Rea; treas
urer. Mrs. John Burt; . directors, Mr*
Oscar Herold. -Mrs. Joseph Cox. Mrs!
Abraham. Mrs. E. B. Smith; Mrs. a: A.
Jfathewa from the same locality has
also ; been. received. Elmer Wachtel has
sent one large! picture, called "Golden
P Hour, .,, and s two smaller pictures from
the. southern part', of the 'state
v J.J .° i hn Gamb 'ehas contributed a moon".'
light ; view, of ,; the. cypresses on the 17
LL e if^ ?\?* n ?ar. Monterey and one ,of~
:ti; h[ \ lslde - covered ; .with blue -lupines.
The/ lupine: covered hill ; i 3 1 the subject
also of a picture by Miss de Xeale
Morgan Sidney Yard has sent: in one
of .his charming water; colors. Among
other - new, pictures are a \ moonlight ,
scene v by ; :Peters; : a - view of the Mon
•terey^sand: dunes -by Captain Judaon
four, water:.coror3, from'- the southern*
•Kt°o/^ nn t? l b3r^^.Kavahaugb!:'
a of California i garden by" : WHllam r
.f^Ki Vlew3 of the Monterey beach '
and .Chinatown : by ; Eugen Xeuhaus. ' a "
Monterey streetby Evelyn McCormlck
• a sylvan scene by Ahnie Frances Brig-j
and ;an evening , scene in ra>Monterey
Indlanipici
,jure^ has been^added! to. the Apartment '>
oy photography, r Amongr: atherA ; riew
photographsj are -.some ; by^.Mr^.- iAnriie ; -
Brlggman.^ Mrs.: F, . Woodworth, Oscar "\u25a0\u25a0
Maur^randiD'Hassonvllle. < ..
.^The cpmmUtee.'hopesi'soon. to enlarge :
; th«,scope of the "exhibition: ;tp- .Include':
.the plastic^arts. ~ r .*... .y : .-^- -,s., s .
-The. plans for anartrgalery *t Cartriei*
by the 7 Sea under the*direction-df Uhe -
arts andxerafts are*. expected
•\u25a0 oo in-»i n -» t 1 P \u25a0materialize.' ;Kequests i-for ?con
tributions have been sent to tlie i artists '\u25a0*
*'"--'V--^^-Z'^-;^^^J>. *;:*\u25a0•\u25a0* * ''
\u0084-.C harlie* Dickma'n \u25a0 £ is' ? paTnting- : a por
trait -of Judge , Meh^in of •""
' • ". • ,".".*"\u25a0 — • :\u25a0\u25a0•-•-""•: \u25a0\u25a0•-•-""• ».» v ." *•''",,.*
\u25a0' Latlmer Is working. wltVhls^sketch^ \u25a0'"
ing class near Pacific j.Grove;j
mm s, 1907
tfpal Wagnerian soprano next season at
j^tbe New York - Metropolitan opera
house. Her engagremen^ there must be
"-Mtmited.:*as~ltMs to^be preceded By a
C« Concert toar incladlnj, San Franclscx
'".Here she will be^pr??®*- I**1 ** In at lea^t
: three l>y,> Manager Greenbaum.
"and ' tlxus .w.e shall hare .the advantage
1 of hearins the-.sinseti'TWJa her volca
» is freah after an- extended rest and
m before It 13. fatigued ;by. the exigencies
of heavy ojpre'ratlck work. •'•-*•
1 -~ "•'\u25a0- .-':.•::,«.•- . '•\u25a0
» of-It'ls likely that.ia'lieuf>£ a more ap
,/:pfopriate strecturft \u25a0'••' the*' Dreamland
;' skating ring fn.Stelner street near S^t
'jtter^wiU be : the. place of >n«xt *ea3on'«
- .big'; musical events ; under . the Green
• baum direction. Sc hu'rnann- Helnk sane
'there one very wet'Swxlay. last winta-,
rink' -\u25a0was" completely filled.
r i many. auditors being compelled to stand
1 during:, the -recital.-- The acoustlo quail-,
1 r' ties' were surprisingly good. Spuaa and
>• his, band may bo the first musical at
• traction to awaken, the echoes W\
• Dreamland. BMSHBI
» "When, we are. revisited ntfxt winter
'. by : "Madam Butterfly** \-tber« , wtll be
• many * new person* in the" company. In
I- addition to Itexia •.? Viytenne and Dora
| : d9 Fllllppe. both" ©f* whom were her*
: last i spring. Manager. Savage has en
• gaged Febea StrakbscJi^who has been
"singing in Lisbon "and -'Madrid, and
Katherine Woolf. from th» Stadt \u25a0 the
1 ater. Mainz. Most of the minor princi
pals will also be new.
• • • • -."
•- Of all the foreign music artists who
1 are booked for a United States tour
.' next season none Is being more ful
; somely or absurdly boomed than Vladi
mir de Pachmann, the Polish pianist.
"From the Xew York headquarters o?
his manager are" Issued r "»emlwe«kly
."stories" which sano ;n»wspapers ar«
expected to publish, ultKough most of
them are either inane bosh or extrava
. gant fabrications. .
Great stress is la!d upon Jh© state
ment that this 13 to be De Pachmann's
farewell visit to America becauaa of
his dread of th» perils and discomforts
Incidental to traveling across the con
tinent and raking in dollars, to say
nothing of his fear of old, Mother At
lantic Indeed we are gently Riven to
understand that by coming to us at all
De , Pachmann Is conferring 'a. "favor
for which we cannot be too grateful.
This 13 remindful of the "press work"
of the long,.ago, when few really* great
musicians were willing to endure th >
hardships of . Journeying over a. con
tinent comparatively unfinished both in
material comforts and the manners of
Its people. \u25a0 In those days .our 'chances
of hearing good music were mad*.pre
cious by their lnfrequency, aadf'^D;
would have hailed D© Pachmann aJycf/r
forbears hailed Jenny Llnd. But'con
. ditlons have been bettered since then.
Great musicians coma to na' In'greater
number than we have time to stop and
hear appreciatively. Even in San Fran
cisco last winter, when the popular
mind was largely distracted from
things artistic, singers, pianists, violin
ists and # celli3ts swarmed upon us from
abroad.
So if Mr. de Pachmann fails. to re
turn after his coming tour it is quit*
conceivable that we will not undergo
a music famine. Other foreigners
equally great will come, ax\d if they
should , fail us there, is some horn*
grown talent that would prevent our
being left completely destitute of good
' music. .."..
:..',':However, the'fannounceinent of Mr.
de Pachmanh's "coming,! whether/for the
last time or .not; la _\u25a0* highly "welcome and
we will greet him with characteristics
open". handed liberality:, But his. 'press
agent should be reminded that this
country Is not a howTrng wilderness In
the world of music art.
"Wells. Mrs. Charles D. Bunker. Mrs..C.
M. Runyon and Mrs. Henry S. BridgV
"Departments — Civics, Mrs. Oscar cT
Cappelman; forestry, Mrs. James Nel
son; chairmen of standing committees.
Mrs. H. K. Lockwood, Mrs. Herald, Mr*.
C. B. Folger. Mrs. Charles . Brockoff.
Mrs. - Walcott Durbrow and Mrs. F.
Losh.
•• • ' \u25a0. •. • \u25a0 •>'
Progress on the California club" \u25a0 new
home on Clay street is progressing sat
isfactorily,, and the picturesque build-
Ing will be ready for occupancy.by th«
time that the club holds Its first meet*
ing for the fall on the firsts Tuesday
in September. The Interior will b* at
tractive, and the furnishings, which
will be purchased by a committees to b«
appointed for that purpose.- will b« in
keeping with the general type of the
finishing.
• -•-.\u25a0•\u25a0.
President Roosevelt, in his address
the other day at the , State agricul
tural/college .of Michigan, -said, that
some light reading Is quite -as bene
ficial as heavy reading and added: **I
cordially recqmmend the first. chapter
of 'Aunt Jane of Kentucky*, for^. use
as a tract In all . families where the
men folks tend to selfish or though ties*
or overbearing disregard of the rights
of womankind." •-; ....
The book referred to waa -written
by Mrs. Lida. Calvert Obenchain (Elisa
CalveTt Hall), who Is chairman of thm
press department of the Kentucky equal
rights association. Mrs. Obenchain
writes aa follows to national .suffrage
headquarters concerning the" op
tion elections, now being fcekHn many
parts of ,the \u25a0 south: . . >"
.; ."The^ wave, of temp«rance"*serftlment
that Is. sweeping la nowhtr»
stronger thaaUn'.the south arid.Bouti-"*
em. women are being drawn into poli
tics to, an extent that Jwould hare been
impossible a . f ew . years ' ago.* ; '
. -.'.ln every Kentucky townwnere a
local option contest/has taken- place,
a. feature; of the^ campaign has been
long, processions of '.women" marching
•through _tbeTstreetsJ bearing banners
Inscribed .with. ' temperance sentiments.
As. the. l^e:of:womeii" passes, the' wets
laugh; more. Qr.' ! ".le3s T "gbod' : naturedly.
But there would be no laughter If. In
stead of banners, those women carried
ballots and, if their. march was to the
polls. Instead; of an. almlesa ramb'ie end-
In g, at " their *fewri~ front \u25a0 gates, -v~
.'_. "Processions •- and " banners \u25a0 are * inter
esting because they 'show 'the state o*
publlqsentimentrt.but, tne public, senti
*nfftt,that\canri<>t express itaelf^at the
polls ,'Js.*;not;;a.:; thing to be greatly
fparea."- V-.r".' '*"'•'"", -\u25a0*"" v -- * ™ w *
b,ylaid3you ' leavV'the room"' so hur
.rled.ly.lf"\u25a0.*\u25a0 \u25a0. "_ ; ; . * --"c--.. . .-. .
'. .^Bfrcause,'*^',' 4 answered "young" Mrs
Torkln*.- •.-giiarl^y, 1^ beginning to talk
about ; the.weJith^rf ; I approve ot wha t
f? l s .;R?. l ?ar«to-say^ though I dont'think
*t prp.?sr, for- me'to , hear it."— washin st
ton Star. " • . • ' " * • ; • - .• , v
.Queen Ena— Ob. papa, what do you
think? ? ; tittle Alf M st> Pte ChriaUno
Eduardo- , Eranclaca^GulUermQ Carl^
Enrique Euglno: Fernando Antonio vi
aancler. spoke; hia first .word today
, King Alfonso-~Great: "And what dlit
papa's; boy, say? " \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0-". •**
SQueen Ena— Manana Puci.