The San Francisco call. [volume], July 14, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

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AN ARTIST PLAN TO RELIEVE THE CONGESTION
AT THE
FERRY
Hanna Astrup Larsen
*, "I "" HE foot of Market street is
f not only the key but the key
| hole to 6an Francisco," sari
the California, artist. Arthur
M&thews, In speaking of the congested
condtlon of this part of the city. 'Who
ever has stood at the entrance to ; the
ferry building during one of the busy
\u25a0 hours of the day will be ready to. say
that It is easier for a camel. to pass
through a needle's eye than for tia
irafSc of the bay cities to pass through
one keyhole, howeverspacious.
"Watch tba hurrying, ,\ scurrying
crowda of commuters jostling one an
| other in tbe rush for the boat. Clang
• Ing cars , swing around the loop, paus
'lng to discharge their loads of passen
gers. The Mission and Sacramento
street cars from their different direc
tions bring their contingent to the
dense ; mass of humanity. From the
bay, the hoarse whistles of the ferry
steamers foretell the influx of another
stream of people, which meets the out
golns one and breaks and surges in the
h&Jls of the ferry building.
It Is a pretty sight when the sun
shines In the blue California sky and
over the answering blue of the bay,
\u25a0when the morning throngs of -daintily:
dressed shoppers brave :the terrors of
the brjekdust for. tbe 'sake of. reaching.
their particular sartorial shrines," cr
\u25a0when the merry picnickers 'return, from'
their outings trailing armfuls of flov*-
«rs. It is most wonderful -of , all "ia
the darkness of. the night, when- the
ferry is the throbbing pulse In 1 all that
vast quiet, reaching out through the
wastes of the "burned "district" -to .the
lights In San Francisco: homes. beyond
and across the black waters of the bay.
to the answering lights on' the Mother
side. '..'•-.,' -;';-'*
To the lover. of San Francisco tlic joy
of joys is to return after" an absence,.
to feel the tang of the Baity "air on;
the bay and see the. Ilghtsof the city
coming out of the -mist; to watch the
- tall blackness ,of the. ferry tower take :
form out of;the luminous darkness be
yond, to see at least tlic &recn and red
flames of the signal lamps gently dip-
plng in the hollow, of the waves, to feel ;
the ferry boat" settle' ln Its slip ' and ,to"
join the crowds rushing over .the.* gang
plank. It is an \u25a0 entrance worthy the
queen of the- Pacific and profoundly
characteristic of her. , It Is the epic
plunge Into the life.of "the city," crush
ing into one thrill all* that makes San
Francisco different- from : other cities..
Tf you elect to'glide'' In prosaically, on.
tha train between factories and-lodg
ing houses you might as well goto.
Chicago. .
But the epic plunge is not entirely
free from hampering details. The thrill
of an arrival through: the ferry at the
foot of Market street may be big'
enough to carry one over mud and cob
blestones and occasional orange' peel
ings, but when one has to ; go there
every day tho larger poetic aspects may
>iimMii'ii-i'iiiiiii|i|in.i.iii » t it, ii ti »\u25a0».!». urn
"What's in a ISfame?! #b^e^hanYouThlrik
Will Scarlet
IT was after the ball one nlgUt in
fair Verona, and everybody was sup
posed to be in bed. The fruit tree
tops were swaying An :• the slight
breeze and old Capulet's bulldog \u25a0 was
snoring on, duty. Milady, Juliet opened
her chamber ' window and gazed "pen
sively at the stars. -. -
Oh, Borneo, Borne*! wherefore^ art ttou Borneo?
Deo.T tby lather and refus* tby'atn-.f :
Or. If aioa wilt cot. be but ftora my lore.
And I'll no l<»ser b« a Capulct.
•••-• • • • • •
'Tls~ but thr name that !s my 'eoeraf:
Thoo art thyself, tlioogb not a Moutsru*.
Wnafs Montague? It is cor hand, ' nor - foot,
Nor ana, nor face, nor any other, part
Belonging to a.nutn. - Oh., be some other: name!
What's la a.nsme? That wfcJcli.we call'aroce
By any other name would smell as' «weet; • . r
So Eocneo would. : were be . not Romeo caJl'd, \u25a0
Retain that dear perfection' which ne owes
Without that title. r .
Old Capulet's bulldog yawned himself
out of a troubled dream, sniffed - sus
piciously and caught sight of a strange
young* man gazing : rapturously,; at 'a
second story window.- The
licked his ja^-s In anticipation and pre
pared for. business, but; quite casually
he, too. glanced :. up'at the -window; and
listened soberly to. Milady,; Juliet's ire-*
marks.? -Then -old: Capulet's •bulldog
yawned once - more. - .: He ; took i one last
look at " the ! enraptured >; youhgf-* ms.ri
near b y,.. gruflly "muttered,^ "Aw,* what's
tUo user* deliberately- 4 ; chased .his tall
for upward of 30 seconds aoVT then' duti
fully went to eleep : again." - Old - Capu
let's bulldog 'was; tired.: - -
This article, however,' has ? nothing i to
do wl th " old Capulet's \ x bulldog! ->'r : , e We
are interested rather in? the little speech
of Capulet's daughter* that-putsCapu
let's bulldog- to sleep. : , Juliet, \ to '; put J it
mildly, - liked .the "^enraptured -^youns
man down there- mV the garden;V'but
Khe 'didn'tVllke ;his:name?and -accord
ingly hinted, after themost impersonal
fashion imaginable, -she would like
to change ' % it. : .The \u25a0 substance *of ; her
remarks :la this:? :VA "-- name 2 'doesn't
make any difference. .But I don't 'llka
your name. -Therefore, 'please . change
your t name, and oblige." >
-Uraott sj Hosisny' is 'it not? - Juliet
-\u25a0- - \u25a0 • - ..
be lost : in • the ; anxiety, of holding : one's •
best furbelows out of the- mud" that
oozes between " the cobblestones 'froniT
the made ground underneath; and at the
same time trying -to; step > lightly^ on
the excrucla.tlng;, stones . that threaten
t0 ... cut .thin", soled \u0084 shoes ; Into Blivere. ,
The visionv of rheaven.' andy, earth. Is
"blotted i out -by the'^mbre 'Immediate
vision of a streetcar threatening to
crash : into you .= from - one i side > and '.a'
span of four elephantine horses "calmly ;
bearing, down' on you;fromttheCother,:
.w^hlle. you dodge -and -.run only 'to be
rnet,'. Just.when :• you think :. you >' have :
reached safety, by .another vislon'bf im-\
pending \u25a0 horses*.- hoofs. ;" . '\u25a0 r .* *
Inevitable 'Danger
.-• It is 7lnevitable'•.7 Inevitable '•. ttiat ; : the. < congestion"
• which: is 1 even nowJtroublesbme^must
'. be. doubled -"and 'trebled .wltULth'e '"la^j
I creasing: business of the' clty,J andithe ";
< growth 'of thoTcltics across the bay. ',It '
needs * no"; prophet '• to ; foresee the '• dense j
I tangled ;mass of -streetcars, I carriages-;
: and '. dray s 1 which \u25a0' will ,;fnake '< crossingr-
j East ; street i' a '-. dangerous I undertaking
\u25a0 for pedestrians 'and; probably*, increase
the', cost of "life •insurance \ to^/com- .
muters.: •'.; :\u25a0•\u25a0.-'.. \u25a0'..'. VvT^w v ivr'V''
; As-..tthc\' ferry. ; entrance, 'that ' most
splendid .entrance anyfeity ; ever; gloried t
"in.f mnst » always f remain ? the '"natural .
center of^'tbe^bay 'cities; and "the: key/t* \
: San v Francisco, : no > beautifying ', scheme ',
could be moro important* thanonetthat ;
j should preserve' its dignity 'and;' charac-f"
ttristlc beauty while elirtilnatinff . th«v
|. unpleasant . features. -~ : Such ; a % plan"; is 5
that"; prepared r by u Mr. r Mathcws f andr
published today .: in ; : The ; Sunday. 'Call. ;
Ma the ws is a' firm, believer In a' natural ;
civic center: and"; he":does' not -believe '
in any "up in \u25a0 the air",' plans that would „
attempt ito ishift: the center J of f gravity I
from the • foot \ of ; Market ; street^ where ;
the natural growth;' of traffic-has placed >
: 1 1 ' to some arbitrarily selected point. As •
> »i*»i »"»">\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 »M»mii>ii»ii»»»ii»">ii>ii»ii»n»i «"» « » »: «.0 .
is .as delightfully Illogical, as; logical
people , ; usually - are. ".names .make \u25a0•', no*
difference in \u25a0. the '^world— ;buf she'doesn't
like - 'Romeo's v" riame^- presumably,; ; be
cause It makes! no : difference. ?* No won- \u25a0
dcr, old Capulet's<bulldbgi.wcnt in.pur-J,
suit^of ; his J tall!'.. He '; saw; that i vicious"
circles ,were : popular."', t • * . . ;
?. 'And* riow,".putting; her illogical^ logic'
out' of '.the -question,' >was; - Capulet'3
daughter- right? t\ Granted ,that
- . That .Vhich we' call ; a. \u25a0 rose, i,
Bj mj other name, would smell asj_nreet;
does.it 'follow » that 'a - nime'- makes no
difference afters all? In - other .words,
"What's In* a^ name?" 1 . ; ;;."-,
: \ Very /.little, : I k think, ; If-: you .j mean .a'
man's name. , Thus ~ fa'r.t. at i least/, Mi
lady^ Juliet f,wag ", right.-', ; But^.when \ lt
comes.'to :: names;; there '4 is? a'
difference. .iTake^ Milady j Juliet herself '
and [change ; herj name-^-to Susie, for ; i in- '\u25a0
stance : — and -' then> tell » me > if; you "'find:
no" difference. ; : ; \u25a0 ' . ' \u25a0 ' ,7 '?"\u25a0/ ' \ '';'.'-
This llne r of' thought ;liaV;been' r eharm^;«
Ingly "expressed * by/ Merideth^ Nicholson;
in. his : latest'book, ;;;The* Port"; of ; Miss-'"
ing 1 Men-'? 'He £ says:" ?. ;-::';; '.;_
\ ; "; "Undoubtedly 'there"; are .deities \ fully '
consecrated'; to th"e<lmpbrtant^buslness'
of naming.girls.Vso'happilyjis'that taskJ
accomplished.? Gladys is] a^child j*of \ the*
spirit ; of i xnlschlefAV Josephine V. wears i a
sweet gravity, .*, arid V Mary* J- too, \, dis- •
courses . of j- serious V matters." <? Nora,' ? in X
some i"_ incarnation^"; has- : seen?"! fairies •
scamperlniKjbvcr..m6qr|and!!hillVand;the?
remembrance -of; cases \ her^mera-;
bry. - " Ka therm c ; i s fn"ot7 so ; " fai th less Jar
h er^waya I- mi gh U.lead g y bu" * toi be 11 cv«. '
Lkuralwlthout(darkreyeslwbuld'.be^lm-^
possible,'* and » her.f predestined * Petrarch 7 "
would vnever deliver; his f sqahetii^ Helen i
may, beseen/orily.against'aibackgrbund?
of-; Troja- wa11. :.; Gertrude! Jnustlbel tall? 1
and _ fair .- and .: ready ."T withe] ballads fi in ?
tb« i twilight.*^;,; Juila'sKj reserve "%
and ; discretion^ commend $ h"er **j to \i you ; :
but; she; has 'a ; heartf of \ laughter. VAnne
is: toibe in* the rose "garden- with
clipping ji sheargfandsafbasketr'.'JHUda- 7
Is \u25a0a • capable I person ; ""there* is \ no* ignor-"i
ingt her/.mill^ntrcharacter; ithe battles "
of Saxon! klbgs'stilPrlngTin'i herl blood.^
Marjorie has: Bcribbledr verses in? secret,^
andt'Celia^is* ther quietestVauditdrS'at§
til c : sy ra phony. ;> Ah d\yo v \ may] have: ob -"
served .tha t T thcrc"is- no jbutton" on-Eliz-f
\u25a0:\u25a0. the medieval . towns \u25a0 ! grew i up Vn aturally
and..: therefore -* artistically C around \ the
: town square,'.so^SantFrancisco-hasVcx
jPanded^.frbTO'.the'jyWaterjfroht:' .' .:>: ~
. -The- artist'slplah 'calls' forjthe^widen
ing • and pushing; back ?bf % the p loop? to
, adrnit:of jteams'passing^between'lt-and
: the ;f err jv . for '-spanning "ithla".^ passage
by>-a ; bridgeUleading"from "thefupper
decks "' ; of ; : the*? f erry^"stea.mers \u25a0- to % va
covered • passageway in;h*brse
/shoeiform i following i, the^'carj. tracks ; of
. the jloop.itb.e^two 'points* of {the"<horse
ishoe'ending.iin; two imore abridges-con
j nectlng. the; passageway 4wi th. the \u25a0 north
; and :south*sidesrrcspectiycly"of ;the' foot
bf;Marketistreet^and?haying;stairways
leading* down v to*. the pavements.^ "The
abeth's-foilj.tyouido^well l not Ho /clash \u25a0
wits' ; with n her.'S Dos you [ say \u25a0 that these i
arei ,notff square xwith^ your*
? experience?!^ Then %verilyK there 'd must?
3 have ibeen*a^'sad|mlxing| of <infant r can-'J
didatesj f brl' the s f bnt gin^ 1 your|? parish/?
;*.Shlrley, 1 In': such' case^will'meah! nothings
-toiyou^ltViSfa^wasteTofltime^to^tcll^
* you \u25a0 that i the] name may? become aud ib^a |
\u25a0-.withoutlbelnglutter'edifyoufcanfnotviw
;jthatsthepr'fandiT^
* slip 5 in to other j< as Cripples Sglide~|
t over ? pebbles & lnf a^ brook^>'And $ 1 rom^
•. borhe'sg pretty r s head/p her,i brown^J hair 1:'1 :'
|and;dream7hauhtedfeyes^lf|youfdolriotl
j first ..-murmur*' 7 , the rname'^wlth^ honest S
: ; llking.V- -;-,.,,
? The . . la.tter . ; portion ,; of £ this :]: ] neatly^
; ' 'worded . passage] is!*, to » be| sure,'* l at pieced
Jof special 'pleading.^ Butf ho f» matter^
4There2l«Uruth^much|truth,?iriWit7alls !
,X"We jhave I the |: nucleus* of
V; of f girlsVi names i,whlch-lassuredly|,willS
S Bome r jdayj be Jwritten. v S|F6rJthe Jtru'th^ ias
£ girls'^ names V are? as/ distinct! ve^-and 5
> sometimes f> even | morefsc-^-than3g : irls' t ft
faces.>«:'A;\ little, -reflection : % makes^: this v
*{ f act iclear. to Jexeh • theTdullest ".bachelor ?
; that" lives.' • * ' • \u25a0;•
«^CallXup4itlie^word^ Evelyn: and ", see .
ttWhat^mental|imagelltVconnbtes.'giYou'?
> have -ibeforeSyouMa^ar irlgwith^well^
f rP^ded'arms^andtaibroadrruhfurrowed!*
M b^"y»* w^hlswimming.'fexpre9BlyeTeyes;3
T; ro uiided ; features [and ja* mouth] fich^ and 2
H full?, that j Hkef asjriot? hasla ? tendency *
!* to J quly otJ ever/so | sligh ti y ; atf ; the Jcor£^
/varieties of. the; Evelyn/type. \\ There a"re\
I tall | Evelyn? and fshort | Evelyn'i Evelyns
£ blondes) and J Evelyn^* brunettes. l^ but ynf f.
h stinctively^ ybu;E recognize^ the | appro-V
I serious (matters.'^ * She fdoes.i;
I indeed; \ though] nn t ibyi any] means \ lack^S
[lingahlthereyer.: blessed [«c n seTof^hurnbr.'|'
S3^ry;lsjjneyer;friyolous^stillil«is?islshe|
, a % tomboy. iKtWhenever^ klief: has ij af teii-^
f dencyi Inj-; the Uatterl direction (we i begln*^
I her} MayTgj Ma'hjie? throwsjaway '|
of 2 Mark's a r gravity>andKdefi'
i]lghtsjto7 t be4kittenlshi > oh^b"ccasion;^fl\ r i
iPerceptlblelswaggerlisltheldlstlrictive 1 !
•*characteristic-of;Mame:and^saucy|tiltl
l o^^ I®*1 ®* hat| Vrfan i-audaciouai^ twist pQf^;
Malzieiifavprsl? light ,"!
iclinKingn? garments.^." with patches r*6t |
icanjspend'hours f eastingfon v af jeweler's f
; show-window. r -./-,. j. \u0084. - '
Nicholson;: is Chappy /indeed 5 wheiig
Jhej; refers ftp KtheiGreclanli backgrourid!s
\agalhstiwhlch* r Helen^ moves. "•";' '7-^-V:::. :".>:\u25a0 •
i'*ls;thl3;the if ace "Jthat 'launched jaUhoii-M
\u25a0Ahd;burnt the: topless towers of Illuni?''.v
f minds Awhen|Helen.^stately^a:rid|beau-%
itiful^withitheibeauty bf^Phidlatfmar,-*!
» bl e/^omeslacrossSo*ur^path7i^Helena|
fthrowsroffCallittle^bflthefclassic'syni-fi
j metry^ and f replaces $ It • wlth^a'S touch*
5 of jMvacity.^s: Ellen $ Is^lesslstatelyl thah|
Helen and \ more| sedate"! thahlHelena, 11 !
ibut^wllliprovelaTconstant3frlend^|Be-|
KSS^thoughT^f or I Ellen! is | noUiing|l||
§: not suspicious and.will never. fall? to hold
jyou in durancefvilisruntil you can prove to
*her *atlsf actlohjyour, plea of not guilty?:i^
1 i.^Harrlet "ils^aherula'r^bf ten\charmingly':
' so.J- She i is ,^'almost jthe J: antithesis^ of"
: -; Evelyn?;: He r (e yes j with %m 1 r th *o r,l
j an geria.nd|her4lips,!ndtj noticeably.* full
i : and"| dewy *<riaturally| close sin>an v elo- '\u25a0-'\u25a0
| quent(* straightjline, VT There ; isV nbthlngl
? languidjf eitheri^ in ftthe :J of Vh"er ;
2her^ heart.? 4 She >
| is^ not |wbntt: to Staked long* inTdecidlng?
j; and^usuallyjdecidesfrlghi.^ DohH.^ if you^
v. value! her,!f riendship,\attempti dissimu-"
|latlon g.withSher.i';i.Those^clear.Fdirect;
| eyes £will£blazef quite jthrough> you ; end -
f are^boundltbldlscover^ theUruth: :*'• :; V; !
?i:Jane^as|ke^!|eyes?Stoo;?wtiich are?
|busied iWlth;the oddiUesJof rpefsohs \u25a0 who :
* cbme?wlthinitKfelr|raJQge;f :!Shells '. quick'
*^o; perceive ii the slnc6ngrulty.;iof
2 and | facile f In \telli ng | you | about I them."
|Her,| f acelg may^be g gravel br.l childlike,^'
*jbutSfbe^ nbt^deceived.^ Beneath : that "
Iprettymaskshels classlfylng;yqu In her 1
ifn^ntaliwteboo^'f^r^uturt'Veference^^;': 1 ;
W3 Did 'yo^u^xer/expef lenceitheTpeculiar '
ccharm ffbf | onej* of % those! laterldays :? in i
lMay;|whengsprin &3 is^ bidding "
6adleu'and]^umniQr,*rpseclad and smiling, y
§ hurries?! on ? y ftilf f. not, 3*3 * yoii f cannot t see i
•.Franc^es.tibx^Francesti^the^ihcarriation^
?of|oi|e3qf|thosejbuoyanCjinsplrihg,'lal-*
|luring*days:fJFanny,*though?.isXeasler,tos
appreclate^for, Fanny is frankly summer. l^
P% Charlotte , cah*' hide|nqthin g [ from I y ou.t'
I Her; frank i face andlcandidTey es 'let; you - J
ikhbnr.lbetter^evenlthan ;V, heri direct S
TtwhatTßhe}think3[about^you'*T t whatTBhe}think3[about^you'*
you ' approach '
" same 're^ult;might>b'e3£ccomplished by
an i underground; iriwsage, bu t ; the made
ground at Uhe* water front Isiunfavoc
~able^to':such -a ' plan? and moreover ; the
cellarllke * \aul ts i,wi tji i their; stuffy air
and di3mal;suggestiveness;Of;rat3!bur
- rowing^ in> the 'ground. ,which-5 many
-Americans ; have"; had ; their, first • taste of
Jn?LK>ridon,ido f n6t appeal.to'the nature
of : Calif ornlans. -They ? prefer to keep
in', touch 7 with - the -'sun iand > the- winds
- from 7 all? corners f of ; the^earthu*- ; ItUs
claimed ' alsolby those: who hayelmade a
studyj of < the development of Tel ties that
; underground j traffic *has a S tendency "to
- increase? congestionXlnsteadfof reliev
inglit' at I- the ; terminals.*, and Una t\the
" much , NewJ,Yorkl subway : for
this reason is a r dlsmalf failure. ;.../
'.M/Mathew's ; plan -'is . . perfectly, simple,
cbuts. entirely^ adequate, lilt;'"-; regulates
'teaming, facilitates streetcar v traffic and
" does? away ."> with" . the danger ' a'ndl dls
' comfort s tO;pedestr!ans of crossing/East
"f street.;". The loop at the ferry" is a great
v improvement"",*: over "X the t old? straight
tracks," ; but ! it:has not yet stood the test
of; a normal- traffic, even '• reckoning j"a'
"normal j traffic'.- by : what It ; was-before
the fire," and ,when the United Railroads
has ' air its ; cars '• In,; operation ; it ".will ; ba
,inadequate^;?lt;i», inadequate^; ?lt;i» a,: simple '= problem o in
-arithmetic;; that' lS car lines ruri.onJa
. seven •: minute : schedulelwill . not be able
to" load /and -unload ; their, passengers.
. each* car. maki ng^ room ', for the . next • one
keep up.the'schedule.
: The ; heavy i teaming: -.with ; slow/moving-.
trucks i across n the :car '^tracks and the
\\ necessit y. for" goingi ng i slowly } in : a *i thor^"
with" pedestrians still
* further? retard •;.; the \qt £ the
rears.??' Math ews' -plan; includes one
looped : track V passing Sunder,"the;.cov-
\u25a0 ered;- passageway /and \u25a0 two" loop 3 within
;thefcircle,?thus£dlviding:tbe burden of
tliet traffic 'Jon >tUree'-l|n«s". vln^addition
-there * will : be , room * ? f 6? , the * San Ma teo
i car; to "\u25a0. pass/ into! th'e'center," of the loop
on'a straight track running in? between
: the;curved . roads.v: He 'claims itbat Ithe
; "Width': of "the loop" gives
/"ample-room forsuchlan arransera«nt.?/
..: j The" teaming jb'n slower, Market 'street'
- .' ' - * \u25a0
and on: East- street is, as a matter of
course, - very "? heavy \u25a0 and . must , grow
\u25a0"heavler^withtfto expansion of business.*
Hitherto .the^conveyances of the vast
\u25a0 aggregation-, of - coniing - into
;and"t!ie equally,; vast amount
going-; oujt t-ltas been left -to "chance. an«i
the -.will , of -2 the, : teamstarsC;
loopfarrangement'has : only 'augmented
the : difficulty- by^conflnlng > the ! teaming
; to ": the i- narrow -passage:; on ':,- the ~Z upper
*lde of East- street/vwhere^the .Wagons :
almost; hu g i the^walls : of the building*.
In 1 ; the new plan the'.»loop is pushed
ibackjfrom the. front of , the •ferry build
ing; sufficiently. to ; allow.; teams ia pass
I one .; another i between'; the"" paveihent-and'
, the'earjtrackiunder. the elevated' brldga*
fqr^pedestrians.f \Thef teaming shouM \u25a0
be regulated- Irisuch a way: that' wagons
\u25a0 passlng^down'X' Market'- street ' should
keep to : the ; south \ side and those' going
'up "to - the • north \ side, fso that crossing
\u25a0'^vith .'. reverence. I 1 . .-"for* "you "are on holy
y ground. %: The of. \u25a0'-, thls^ king's
2. daughter. \: is : within; , eyer^radiatlng \
~j throu gh f _ her r k ind ly : eyes*,', throbbing j in ',
4her(ever? r iword' ; and'lendingian I'Clusly91 'Clusly9
v glamorUo \u25a0 h"?ri f very - motlour.. r
' Alfria ; is ; spirituelle. ?;"V\'hile ; yoii *.*are
, In the same room" with her'you are per
» forced at believ-erj in ''existence^ of ; at -
least l^o iie^ lmmortal soulr .: Physical mas-"
f Jh slyeness.'icharmingj in ? Hilda.V would i be^
.^disappointing' tn'Alma.^'^ lt would 111 suit
£: Rebecca,*-?; too.V, though «; she Vt assuredly.^:
£ hasl no thin sr of the butterfly; about her.' , ;
-/ : You j may -esteem ;\u25a0 Cora ;- greatly,*^ but .
you could -not v conceive ~1 her/ subsisting
• : on fa V diet ; of crushed brosei leaves.* -< She ;
; may.smile ever, sb'sweetly,"up'into~ybur3
Vface," but*simultanebusly:?sne?wlll ;ra
.«move's that -[particle /of % fluff .. from the
;i breast^of , "your, coat. I ;*, Youlwilli never for-
tan: shoes, with"
evening clothes if. you ' ll ve ": inUhe' same ':
"5 house] with T Cora; "'•.\u25a0*. ~ ™. . '? r\u25a0 '
r Serene ("andjstately— a 'soft toned vis- T.
xion^of -grace^comes : smiling; ?
I ' Constance^ V Smiling she Is 7 for she knows \
\u25a0what a\bleßsed*thing]it is to>sinile::but':'
*, nbne^the'yess 'can •she'tbeTgrave. ' and,'i if .:
arise,".' even Jstern. ' • She fiends :an
ear; whenTduty- whispers.
J; "jMargaret l istherXyounger?si3ter.\Her
)i smile * is ?brighter,"i,but i her.- voice, = ever
j i soothing,*} a •li ttle less ? like - balm." Mar- 1
fgaret's^eyesiare^lit-with^ mystery;-in
y: her/^raverj moods, 'and happy' is he .who
•swalks?wlth;her]hand-ln"»hand. ' "" -/ •-/\u25a0
'?^"v7hoever|hasr r watched 1> the autumn
"i leaves Jdispbrtlhgs themselves" ;. in - the '
itossing. leaping. asttheV
> ntful -{blasts^ command,"! knows infinitely
5 better! than* Itcould'tell- himi^what -Mag
4gie^lsJlike"ssOften|tolaT form ; and ; face ?
;positlyely;bewitchlngj.liss Maggie joins -^
l an; imperlousnessjoff temper; that Iwould* 1
sbe"dlsmal^to i contemplate,*bnly^we know'
from} Maggie ',isTa\happy,jbmen; another;:
S turn ]ptl the , w heel ; and you are ; hers ' un^-.
H til-^-nextl tlpf^HEfflHfeiiV^ - * % '
Fafjptherwise: is \u25a0Blanche." ; She Is v :
IcohstantlasfthejnbrtherriTstarito'a'per-^"
,- Itself i tellaiyoufthis.'^v^-'. - - • \u25a0\u25a0-^?v i 5i 5
•7- Cross jydur I heart* and' tell me i f -you I
turned ?upi
tnose?^ Neither.^have / you \u25a0? ever: seen- a ?
;\u25a0; \u25a0 Katharine^; that ; co<Sd •* not '", be j uncora- 7
The Sa£ Jiianciica /JSanda^ -Pall)
the tracks would be unnecessary .'.Thoso
"who have "seen what . can? be .accom
/plished'fh the narrow, congested'streets
of old London by the ironclad rula
"of ; keeping to- the left will, appreciate
this -part of the "plan. ; The streets aro
far too narrow to ': accommodate tho
modern traffic bin by . a rigid dlsciplino
' they; do manage; it somehow. -The two
"endlessly 1 moving* streams 'of vehicles
]: keep 'each" its ' own side- of the street
and do' not. interfere with each* other.
' So : slow.; and regular is ?thelr ; progress
that - pedestrians, 1 and cyclist* * are ' abl*
; to slip . in ";• through ' fhflni teslmal
•gaps in* the^ solid mass with 'leiwidangor
"than would* at first appear. * For con
trast,* take "a carriage up Market street
• and , count how.~ many \u25a0times you {bars
• to shift : from: one side .of the street :to
theother in order to-avoid being run
• over. .' Or ; take •a' car for , the ferry and,
count " by , how; many 1 minutes ;you mls3
j? the boat yon ought to;have made, while
' a dray>as s big as Xqah's 4 arlt, .but not
. so -swift, moves : as > slowly. Vaa a • fly on
*' a" : : tarbrush ' exactly.* In ' the^ middle of
"the car track In front of ybu.;while the
;motorman; ".'.'cusses'*- the'^ driver; and .the
"driver in .choice "back , talk" asserts his
" rights to occupy : any .part of the road
"that pleases him < for, as 'long ,a time
l as-itimay.be convenle'ntT This is not +
peculiarity; of the , strained :tempers in
cident to the car strike, but is a'slmpla
, result "of the. lack .of San
Franciscans 'have vastly more .roopi
, than Londoners and so they abuse their
.advantages and are in the end more un
comfortable > than . those wfio. have not
half 'space. ,
Those "who iwill appreciate Mathews*
plans .mqre^than. anybody ;; else, how
ever, '."are\the* passengers, particularly
women and^children.^who wish to pass
from . the 'f erry> sjeamer ; directly to the
• pavement :6n^Market street. -.They, -win
xbe able to J_f rpin \u25a0 the upper deck
oC-the,boat;through the upper hall of
the ~ ferry :biiilding| over the covered
.bridge 'leading: ?intb the covered pas
sageway that! rests on arches spanning
'the car track and connected .by another
bridge with the end of Market street.
« where a stairway leads" to the pave-
The comfort of passing . high
and dry -above the dirt and confusion
of East street Is so - great , that every
woman will _ feel as if she -were on the
highr oad "to. the new ' Jerusalem, \u25a0
Plan Is Elastic
.- When, questioned .In regard to the
details; of his plan the artist declared
that -it; must, of course;;be carried out
in^the new renaissance style, because
that was the only style possible. We
v could *.jnbt build in. the gothic -style if
weiwanted: to.fot^.-the simple ".reason
'there were,no'. workmen now who
could s carry it /out."' Further than this
hehad no definite views. -There was no
-reason why ; the neW^ building: : should
conform T to ;the* : style ;of the ferry
i building." In fact, he would prefer .that*
' If/should ; not;:as he considered "It rex
..tremely^ ugly ."and the 'greenLsh\ gray
. sandstone the most, lmpracticable stone
. for 'the purpose. He believed that the
lipst" material* for I San Francl3co .was
brick, which could r be glazed : in 'any
•color that was. wanted. He wlshed'the
.bridges and passageway to lead in an
artistic sense ; up "to the ferry building,
.mitigating the* severity . of its ugliness,
but he considered that It would accom
plish this purpose even better if It were
differentiated; ln color and style.
Uniformity was no ' criterion of
beauty." and where the : attempt had
• been*, made^ to * make a- city conform ,to
some well x defined«plari the result had
been a fiasco. Shining examples of this
werft -the Boulevard of Paris and uhe
Unter "den" lJnden'of '.Berlin. \where an
attempt had -been made! to. regulate the
height and style of the buildings toa'n
enforced uniformity.' The ; result was
far les3 artistic, tharj in the. old'media
eval towns,: where. the city had been ft|»
lowed; to grow up"-in. accordance »wltk
the 'necessities ,of its communal lif©.
and in London, where the varying
height- of the" buildings' lent interest
to. the sky. line.. - >:
. ,When the briek t dust, which is ••dvV >
smoke of battle. ; shall, have cleared
away, revealing smoothly paved'atreets
lined :on either '• side " with Y substantial
buildings, then." if the plans' Outlined
by < Mr.v Mat hew s are followed, i the 'ap
proaches- to the city.. will be worthy of
the^queen of s the Pacific.
monly.thoughtful or «- Kate that could
not be;uneomraonly-thoughtless.r. One
,of mv \most charming acquaintances'
.-sometimes* says: -."My name Is Kath
crlne.tbut with friends I'm ' Kate." »Evli
: dently 1 Kate— r: mean Katherine^-un
derstands the philosophy of names.
V By this ; time ; the', average feadeV Is
convinced ;of two things: 'First that
; there : seems .to be some connection be
*- tween , a'girrs ; name and a -girl's looks
5 and 'second.' and conse
quently,? Milady Juliet, when: she ] cried
out,,i'What > s4ln,a.namers 4 ln,a.namer formulated a
problem .vaster/by far^than she thought
Tit iwas.'t- Names ; are not matters of ac
cidental- know^-all we unmarried men
, know— that babies are all alike and
• that 5 seemingly when you give them
names.you'do so at haphazard. But In
reality > you do no su«h ~ thing. There's
| a divinity that shapes their ends, rough
-hew/ theni'howtwe will. You *call your
\u25a0baby>; girl^ "Louise ?ahd straightway the
in ' charge take your ' baby glr!
in hand and make "of ,'her a bright eyed"
ired v lipped,; opUmistlc ;rnalden.% Super
stition?! Not ;a bit of it! Show me "a
stupid Elizabeth.'an unsuspicious Ellen
a ; pug : nosed : Mabel; : a Harria t"> fat-— oh
unchivalrous word I— -and - scant of
breath,7and then talk ' of ; stisperstition
If; you will.
: And .so, : perchance, had. Milady!" Juliet
.thought over .the 'matter a* Uttla mor«
she would; have said something lika"
. this: .'.'Change , your, name if you want
;-to and 'calliyourself, John lSmlth.l Smlth. John
Smith is short and clean cut and rather
k than i Romeo ', for .-.everyday use.
-Bot\l Intend "to. leave my name alone.
t Ju . lf et/- means - Just- Juliet," " and 'Juliet
-; rnean3 -rae, \u25a0 and no * other \u25a0 name possibly
•could „ mean me.? So change Romeo if
you llke."but*asifor Juliet, not 'on your
; oil-painting!** 7
.A nd th eg; poss i bly.' old Capu let's b ull -
dosr might not have gone to' sleep'again. 1
' an , d A that young. man • gazing enraptured
.at a ; second story- window might have
said ' things? that .nbtTeven : Shakespeare
' could j make poetry; of , "and : old' Cap u let
} might t have .come ? out^in * his Tnlghtcap
and said of ; the I same -kind." and
the " inconstant X moon "-* ; might have
grinned ,with"cynlcil delight,- and—— '
; "Well, :th9' possibilities liflniti.