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THOUSANDS COMING TO SEEK WORK AND HOMES IN
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA "iK iS
SOME idea can be gained of the consideration in which this
city and state are held in. the east from the circumstance that
sixteen hundred persons" passed through Ogden on their way to
California during the first three days of tltis month, when- the fall
colonist rate went into effect. Many of these immigrants informed
the officials of the Southern Pacific, that it was their intention, ; first
to visit San Francisco and look abdut them, and then: decide whe^
to settle. It may be safe to infer that the majority of those who came
here will stay in the city or near it. These people are not holiday
excursionists. They have been attracted to the west by the extraor
dinary tales Jhey have heard about our climate, the ease with which
work can be obtained and, above all, by the prospect of high wages.
According to the figures of the transcontinental lines, they car-]
ried, during the period of the colonist rate last spring, 50,000 people
to California, and it is asserted that the fall travel will be -larger.
Without reflection on the southern part of the state, we must' regard
it as an act of wisdom on the part of the immigrants that thejgreater
number settled in central California. 'V*-
We have every reason to congratulate ourselves upon this, for
the upbuilding of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys is our
gain. The denser the population in these valleys, the greater business
will it develop in San Francisco, for this is the natural . market of
these rich regions. A city adjacent to a wealthy agricultural com
munhy must itself be wealthy. There is no city in the country so
favorably situated as San FranciscOr' She has the control of the
oriental trade, which is increasing by leaps and bounds ; on the south
is the famous Santa Clara valley, and in the east are the Sacramento
and San Joaquin 'valleys, 'which also enjoy the advantages of* fine;
waterways. On the north is a rich agricultural and lumber district,
which will yield tenfold when the road is completed into. Eureka.
A city so favorably located, and attracting to her the very. best
clement of the middle west, cannot fail to become one of the greatest
cities in the United States and we can justly say that the future Sari
Francisco is not built upon sand, but upon' solid rock.
MARKET PRICE OF SPRING VALLEY
PRESIDENT PAYSON of the Spring Valley water company
ought to explain why he asks the city to pay $11, 000,000, more
for the plant than the public is willing to give. He asks
$31,000,000 for the property.- At the ruling market price of the
stock and bonds the whole system, including lands' in use and not in
use. can be bought for about $20,500,000.- In the report of the fed
erated water committee we find this passage: ;
The market value of the bonds (SB3) the stock at 20 amounts to
$5,600,000 for the stock and $14,822,970 for^the bonds, or a total of $20,422,970.
Why the committee should recommend or permit it to be in
ferred that the city ought to pay $31,000,000 for. property that can
be bought in open market for $10,000.00 bless has not been explained. ;
Of course, we understand the process rby which the estimates of i
experts were averaged, but this arithmetical device for easy reckoning
is a patent absurdity on its face. It ignores the fact that the- water
company hired half a dozen hydraulic-e ngineers to appear in court
to inflate the valuation. Every one ofthese estimates must be dis-j
regarded., They are dishonest and tainted with fraud;
The market price is a pretty good criterion of value. -.lf the city
of San Francisco had $6,000,000 available in the treasury it could
buy the whole stock issue of the corporation. at present rjrice unless a
corner were made in these securities toehold up^ the •.purchaser':- : 'The j
fact that such a corner would certainlyXHe" organized is> the: only
reason why this method of purchase slioujd not be resorted to. b»y the
city. The bonds could berallowed to stand and the city as the holder
of the stock would own the whole property,' subject to "the mortgage
given to secure the bonds. If Mr. Payson and his stock holders would
agree to take the current market price for.-thejr shares there could be
no suspicion of jocke^-ing about the transaction:
The position assumed by Mr." Payson and the other representa
tives of the water company is so unreasonable that it appears to be
based on the assumption that the tax payers of San- Francisco a>e
under some sort of vague "moral obligation! to make good the losses
of the corporation in the- disaster of; last year. The city is under no
moral obligation to the Spring Valley water" company and is not
organized as an insurance company. \u25a0
A QUESTION FOR CORTELYOU
HIGH finance has no terrors for Texas. The ; great staked plain
refuses to be frightened because Wall street is in a stew. No
trouble to move the Texas crops, thank you..
Therefore while the financial world is making solemn
because Secretary Cortelyou has' once more "come to
: the support of the market/,' the Houston Post Hotly denies 'that
j Texas is to blame. Move the crops! Bless you, Texas can move
'. her own crop and no thanks to the tinhorn gamblers of Wall street
; who are short of money to play the game: Here, is some I "right
; Texas stuff :
So far as we of Texas. are. concerned we do not care a continental darn
:\u25a0 whether Cortelyou sends; any of the public money to Texa's" or -not The
< ( Texa6 banks are not only.- able Jo* move "the Texas, cotton crop,, but: they /can
• accommodate all other of the state without squawking like adunghill
! rooster with a .gaff mi his back; every/ time" some stock: : gambler loses' four
; dollars and a half. Morcover,*jthere a're # scores of millions" of .Texas credits
'. in the New York banks. at* thisTtime and if^we "irun- short we will' just call
'. ; in enough of it to suit our. purposes, even if it gives ' Wall ' street a con
gestive chill. .;
We hail the . lone star and rejoice to learn from the Post ; that'
j Texas bankers are not lending their good money "on watered secufi
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ties or other ;.. flimsy junk, and we. share the generous indignation of
the whole cotton belt when the stock gamblers seek to saw off tHeir
own sins on - the : farmers. We \u25a0 expect all the more credit for this
sympathetic attitude because California Has no such grievance ; as
makes a sore- spot on Texas. v -It -appears that Leslie M. Shaw, some'
time secretary of the treasury, while assigning reasons for the peri^
odical "doping" of the market .declared that moving the crops : in
the _:'\u25a0 west s caused, np financial contraction or strain oh the market
because western farmers had learned to take checks in payment.
No was -heeded, nothing but: an entry in a; ledger. The im-*
plication,; of; course, /was that the south kept its. money hidden in the
thatch and did its counting on a .notched stick; >?v;? v ; -j :
Therefore this business of money for moving* the. crops is a sore
subject in Texas and the ; Post scornfully iriquires'wny the secretary
deposits the irione^ in New^^York; and Boston banks, which are jipt
within 2,000 miles of any crops in need of financial movement. "We
must leave Mr. Cortelj'ou to answer that question:* ,
WHEN the Cliff : house is 'rebuilt it'may be permitted to hope
that it will not' rise from its ashes in the^ semblance" bf^a
gingerbread tart or a tutti frutti creation. If the seven-horned
'. abominations of the jigsaw man can be excluded, so much the
better. The burned edifice was an all day nightmare.-' ;
rV. : The Gliff ; house is, or was in a/sense, public property, a feature*;of
San Francisco known the world "over. One woiiia not venture to mid
dle with the bizarre designs^so'dear,' to the suburban heart whereit is
merely a question of pleasing the owner. ''-\u25a0\u25a0 These.often fantastic crea-;
tions are ah:ogether private property, where '"'a man dare be-^as igro
tesque as he; pleases. The:|ate . Cliff house was one of these, with 5
the important distinction that it was affected with 'a public interest;
It. might have been a French chateau or a castle on the Rhine with
all.the ; faults arid none of the beauties of medieval construction;- It
was -an offense /to the eye: which San Franciscans^haci the Right>tp;
resent, because "it seemed to. advertise ; to the; the degraded
status of architectural taste in this neighborhood.- * ' %
Theold house that, preceded'the^ late structure made^no preten
sion whatever to architectural effect, but. it was no sham and did not
proclaim the vulgarity of the designer as /did the- moclc^ chateau \pj
yesterday. This ;.was what the milliners would call "an [ciegantfconV
fection.", Peace to its ashes and may .the Phoenix bird give us a better":
• It - will be a^ shame if the ". telegra
phers':'i; strike: end \\ before
Thaw's second triaF begins. ' -.r, :
. A\Chicago girl : has) been
after a sleep of \u25a0 nearly- two; weeks!
No, not Philadelphia- 1 - Chicago. .;;
A college for 'the education': of ; rail
roadmen iis of. ; : . Apen't : : they
getting enough .education* from Theo
dore Roosevelt?; '
Nan . Patterson has left >: Pittsburg
and CarriejNation >has gone : there'- to
live. This -is what *\u25a0 is -in cant ; by/ the
law of; compensation.. ' . :
Oiie would think from the consid
eration * thatf Sheriff/ O'Neil shows \u25a0, to
his \ two' most distinguished - prisoners
that 7 they had several -. thousand v ; otes
each, sv.'* '•' '-' -\u25a0 ;•\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 .-•: ' -•\u25a0 \u25a0 . ; s
i It just : leaked •„ out that , the fire \u25a0 in
the f Louis vt Hey Courier-Journal^ office
was caused by ;; Marse f ; Henry \u25a0 Watter
. MEAT : POISON— R. .{F., v Los-;Gatos,
Cal; , ;*: "One ! man's i food iia fanotlier* man's
poison"; isj f romi thelbldt Scdtch*, proverb,
the author of 1 which lis tunknown^VAe
man's •* meat % is ..anither Vman's » poison.",
Beaumont! and' 'Fletcher^ In. "Love's
Cure" havelthe; following:;; 5 "v; ; ;
:' v ''What 4s; one} man'sj poison, slgrior, '-,
; .' o Is another's i meat* or .''drink." :
\u25a0. " .• ' v:' : •\u25a0> '; ; !*»-- : ; "»\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
'-\u25a0'\u25a0 IS ?A- > VOTER__Arixious, :! . CI ty. \u25a0•;» A ' man
Who iWaV borhllni thejUnitedi States^ is -a
native born'cltizehiand'ohattalning the
age- of 121 i is entitled ' to vote:; 'The* fact
that S his |fatheri; was a\ native! o"f': Den
mark rJ and. {was ! not; u'aturaliasd : ;i'uii'tjf
Bveiy kittle Hdlps
ADVICE TO THE PHOENIX BIRD
NOTE AND COMMENT
son'neglecting to write an anti-Bryan
editorial:'on rf asbest6s. ': \u25a0 ': il
VThe harvester; trust ;has been;' fined
$35,000 in Texas.. How. harrowing! I .
\u25a0-A-- Texas fman \u25a0 has : raised l v a lemon
as egg plant; Never, mind.'
Bigger ones'; Vi U r ;be ; handed to ; presi
dential'aspirants next year. '; \u25a0~. \u25a0
: : The ) Japanese, >vKo^ demand,: a ..war.
clause X in ;- their T leases .'evidently I.' be-;
lieye , that ;the4 coming I of : the fleet' to
the "'Pacific .usitnot'i to /be -merely, 'for,
the purpose^of a.naval parade. ' \u25a0\u25a0'• ' j^
Oakland- Tribune ; says .'that; a
wa f for '" "the f p oSse s s ion" of i_ Sa n i Fran-,
cisco -as .\:bging ' Avaged ; - between "gods
andjdempiis.. :The'-Tfibu,rielis;"fl6ckirig
industriously with \ the demons. - : 7 -•
i] A .Canadian- engineer | tried to gain
time ;• for' a j Joad'^of jexcursiomitsj by
going " at \u25a0 full % speed 'Jarourid *\u25a0 a V curve;
and ; the. ; lamentable; result \u25a0 .was} that \he
ended time ; for a "good : many, of them.
Aniswers to Queries
after the son attained.hls majority has
nothing, to do "with /the^ case.' ." f ; ; .
\u25a0) THE I ;CALL BUILDING^f A. C. R. 7 Ala
meda, Cal. This departments has"; not
,thertlme"to;flgureVupsth6-heft'of : :the
dlff erent;' materials Ausedilh'-Uhe "con-*
structlon i of ; The^Call sbulldlngl InVordef
to . determine- its f approximate : weight; ; v"
;:UNIVERSITY^]^,^;K;,VAIameda,"
Ca] . ; . The R person f j you |wan 1 1. to j^write
to| in ; relationlto "admission* to) th'a iUnl-"
,vfersity7oflCalifornia;istthe 'recorder [of
tHat %He i. will* send £ you a
Sircular: of i information.^'"- -Jv"", -'.fV^ -rT-.i
: - —I^DIANAPOIiIS NBWa
Personal Mention
''Dr;-iW."C; Smith of Salinas is at the
Majestic. -: \u25a0 " ' . . :
2 : R, L ;.tV. 'Taylor, of Tacoma is staying: at
the Savoy.,- ;.. ; .
..E. p.. Curtis of .Orovllle -is registered
at the Savoy, i
' J. C. Barrett of Seattla Is a guest at
tha St. ; James*. ;. j ; •
,*'. J.rH.' Mackenzie of Santa Crux is a
guest^atithe^Jefferßpn.
-M.J.i- Freeman 'of Los " Angela's Is
registered .at ithe i Hahilin. - ; \u25a0_.'... \u25a0'. .: i
(I* J.t»Wagner, a. hotel 'rtan of Stock
ton, iea guest- at ! the ' Dale;'" " " ' -\ : •
. J.* H. L \u25a0Wilson and Mrs. Wilson of Reno
are ; guests \u25a0at the • Imperial. / I
- : G. A. : TrenwlthT of Santa \u25a0 Barbara Is
registered at the Fairmont. *
H. G. 7 ;McMahon of Rhyollte registered
atthe St.. Francis yesterday.
*VB. " t Franic Miller of ; Cambridge. Mass .',
is registered, at the^Majestlc.'
, ttJX F.-'JarwoocU ; registered at the St.
James vyesterday \ from : Spokane.":
»• : F.'iHendf|cks ; of !Red Bluff and Mrs.
ttendrlcks 'are'at the" Grand Central.
"VV. "-: G. Barnwell of Los Angeles is
.among, the. guests at the St. Francis. ' •
:J..F. Douglas,: a: mining investor of
Goldfleld, is a guest at the Fairmont.
S.-R. Street , Arizona and D.
Schwfertsf of are at the St." James.
. Frank I Freeman; *a [ prominent attor
ney of^Willowß,;is a guast at the Dale.
it;A.rW.,ArmstrongTof Pasadena regls
"tefedj'at the* Majestic annex yesterday.'
_ Marcu3 iG.^Lane of Moorefleld, Ind.,
regflstered at , . ttiij Grand Central yeater-"
..day.""; '^ ",./»;.".•\u25a0• ";-';.
X jQ^'W. Pehdleton and Mrs/pendleton^'of
Los'Ahgelea; are ; registered . at the Jef
; ferson.^' '£,- »£&-!\u25a0. :: r ~ •\u25a0 '-\u0084-'" .->"
?? JC. P. McCloskey ofTonopah and Mar- V
timtCafferata: 'ot-'.Tonopah-*- are at the
-Dorchester, i^-v'i ; r \u25a0":\u25a0• .;.•?> ';;.;..'.•..,•.
"Professor' David - Starr -'Jordan "of
Stanf6rdf University ' and / Mrs. Jordan
are at, the Hamlin. " ' \u25a0« '"' -\u25a0\u25a0•*""•'•
;'R..'^E., Ilenning/. a : : Gbldheld"; mining
operator, iai' at the; Dale. .He is'accom
panffte by Mrs.'Hehnlng;'-. .' .
: of.VNeV/*MeiW^and
rMrs. {Mitchell, t who, are on ;a pleasure
tripTjare at the:Fairmdnt..V ..: . r -{.•'...
..^C.-WahrHck," a* hardware merchant of
Salinas,>lsi:at'thejlmperlai;" He Is ac- 'i
companied by Mrs; Wahrlick, : \u25a0 •
. -Lee W5 bayis, a^mining man of Gold
field; fisf fegistered'; at ;the ;Hamlin: v He ,
is^accompanied^by Mrs/ Davis. '-'.'---"";
-\u0084i ArthiiivH^ Chamberlain; treasurer; of
the" Nationaireducational, association of
Pasadena,' is "a guest at^the Hamlin.-.
\u25a0\u25a0'^bi'> : S.'«"jienny-;bf -the^United States
reclamation rßeryice^and Morlce | Bein of
the 'reclanfatioii' service: law department
are^ at tthe ', St."- Francis.' v -^hey, are ;re
turning? from ; the . irrigation : "congress
at Sacramento. \u25a0 . -">?
jHearsts, Labor Day Speech
\u25a0 Insincere
EDITOR \u25a0 Call^-I-' Vas amused yes
* .tßifday^m^
: the Examiner Va i; whole v page
, v .which \u25a0- purported \u25a0; to contain : a
speech 'byV^W.-- R."; Hearst, delivered at
the ' Jamestown exposition on Labor day,'
whereln;he proceeds to tell how'much
he_> loves ; the \ laboring man ; and i the
cause" of ,labor and'how, he rejoices in
thel highTwages"; and the : high . price of
•bulldlngjmaterials'in' San Francisco. ';
r- r -Yet^ ;?.. while -yi Messrs.. v Spreckels,'" be
.Young. iPhelanl? and ''others i right
here ;on.theTground- spending, their. good
moheylf or, the ! upbullding^of , San :- Fra.h-"
Cisco,"' can f any.-one 7 show^us Iwhere,7out
side%» of i his '\u25a0. newspaper, '£ Mr/j Hearst : is
spending f one fdollar i. for.* wages,? brick 7
mortar '- or; lumber?," He , still : : houses i his
empldyesj ; inl^the "'worst 1 ; kind lof sold
"•hacks," J and ," the J; Examiner " : "- lot at
Third ;and s Market ;; street f continues 2 to
be aiiT eyesore 1 to^the^ passers, by. c ,
,'£ Talk "^ is fcheap,:? arid f a^lorig r distance
oration- on tbehalf :ot j labor] is ', onelthlng,'
but 'dollars and^cents .pay. more" rent and
buylmofeJbreadXatidt potatoes? for/ the
working "man "every "time. * - \ ' :
; \u0084"\u25a0\u25a0; 7 ..'.?£- ; ;.-; ; "'-.w.'"' Al^s.^ Nicholson. '
I'rß&n Francisco.' TSeDtember,,{4.- -„- .
SEPTEMBER 9, 1907
Sure ofihe West, Mayhard Dixon Goes
East to Broaden Hisideas-on Art
Hanna Astrup Larsen
MAYNARD DIXON and Mrs. Dixon
-will leave, probabiy in the. lat
"ter part of this month, for. New
York, where they will spend
the winter." - The trip is a realization
of a plan which Dixon has entertained
for-many years. He has wish«d to get
hearer to" the great art centers Ur the
east and in^Europe. At the same time
as he thinks his own art will be bene
fited by the stimulus :of getting in
touch with the work of . others, ne
feels: that he has ". something to. bring
from the west to the; east. Maynard
Dixon is the most western of all-tne
California painters. He has studied
nature and people he portrays
closely.that not the smallest detail has
escaped! him.
-; *In \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 striving , after the atmosphere of
the west he has shirked nothing as too
troublesome and despises nothing as
too small for conscientious ; study. A
painter who" should v make- a man get
off ,- his horse on ; the '.wrong side or
mount a cowboy on a saddle that' was
not of "the^ right sort would Irritate
him almost- as much as .one who^had
the wrong color values. - 1 He has stud
ied 'atmospheric- conditions , with, the
same careful '\u25a0 observation that he-; has
given' ".to the -"accouterments of . his
horsemen. >6ome of hls'most stunning
effects are sunsets behind* purple hued
mountains, while in : other; paintings •he
reproduces, the . heat shimmer ,. xA :'\u25a0 the
desert. , He has waited before .going
east until he had : thoroughly .mastered
the subject of . the .west,", as he,.wants
to depict it to the east, which has seen
too much of socalled western scenes
that are not true to nature. . Unques
tionably- his own view of . the west
will , gain in breadth and vividness ]by
being detached from it for a. while and
seeing it. later ; with the keen vision
b*brn of absence! - v \u25a0\u25a0"''\u25a0 \u25a0*
- **\u25a0_, ~ * \u25a0• \u25a0 \u25a0 • '.- \u25a0-\u25a0' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -
The first big event" in the art world
this season will be the exhibition by
Ernest Peixotto. It is always a par
ticular satisfaction to Californians to
welcome- some \u25a0 one who "has '\u25a0 "made
good" in the larger world of arV espe
cially when thelr : eyes have -been
opened. to the excellence of his work,
and tho recognition won abroad is only
a. confirmation of that already, accorded
at home. Among the praise that. has
been lavished on- Peixotto by eastern
papers, 'that of the Critic and the Na
tion stands out prominently. The "Na
tion says: "Ernest Peixotto is a thor
ough artist from eyes to finger tips,"
and the Critic adds this comment: "Air.
Peixotto has long since passed the
stage when praise of 'his work was
necessary." The Chicago .'museum of
art,: while .inviting 'leading artists all
over", the country to exhibit and limit
ing them to one picture each, has given
Peixotto a- whole room, for his
exhibition. . - -
He has lived in Paris for years and
has been recognized there as well a3
in:New.York as one of the world's best
painters of gardens and chateaus. The
exhibition to be, given in this city will
consist mainly of the picture,? of
French gardens. ' It will include also
the original drawings of his book "3y
Italian. Seas," which has won an inter
Many Women's Clubs Have Started Winter's
Work. While All Will Begin Sessions in Month
VARIOUS women's clubs through
out the state are now fairly
launched on their winter's work.
The week Just closed has wit
nessed the opening of many clubs, and
the remainder of the month will see
many more.. The women interested in
club work have returned from their
vacations rested, enthusiastic j>ver
work and prepared to carry it
on with renewed energy.
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-Laurel Hall club : held its first meet
ing: of the fall season last- Wednesday
atrthe California clubhouse. 1750' Clay
street, which 'wlll.be the home of the
club, for the coming 1 year. ~ The subject
for discussion was "Our Summer Read-
Ing." and after greetings by the presi
dent, r Mrs.' Blanchard, Madam Tojetti,
Miss Stadtmuller; and Mrs. B. M. Bro
slus save short V.and Interesting sum
maries of their reading, which covered
a' -wide . range of subjects. Including
"Art" by, Cellini, "Essays", by More and
"Fine, and Practical Cooking" by the
late Joe Tilden. An interesting talk
on "Current Topics" by Mrs. Davllle
Libby,. recitations by .Mrs. Malcolm
Johnson and two piano solos, delight
fully rendered -by Miss Augusta Gll
lespie,..closed a very enjoyable after
noon.
-The next meeting of the club will be
Wednesday. September '18, at .2:30
o'clock, when the 'business \u25a0 affairs of
the club" will be discussed., At 3 o'clock
an 1 interesting program will • be ; pre
sented. The art section; of the, club is
In charge of Mrs. Sophia .E. Peart, the
California pioneer history section- is
under, the direction of Mrs. H. C. Bunk
er;-Mrs. Ashley Faull? will conduct'the
music -section, while the' Shakespeare
and writers'. sections are in the hands'
of Mrs.. Calvin Smoot, and Mrs. Ella
Sexton, respectively.
A * most Interesting meeting of the
Cap : and Bells 1 was held Thursday in
the. rooms; of the Sequoia club: - The
featureof- the, afternoon wasjthe read
ing of * a paper '.by>Mrs.'.How'ard"Harc
VShopplng ," Round the World." .*; » The
rest of thei program 1 consisted of a vio
lin "solo 'by. Mrs. Chris Bauer, a whist
ling "solo by? Mrs.' L. Rr Crittenden .and.
a'islcetch by-Mrs. S.: S. Samuels -and'
Mrs; R. T. .Heald. The next meeting
of the *Cap and Bells will take place
Thursday,. September; 19.vclt will -be
social day \ and the : f ol lowing .- program
has ;' been prepared: -. (a) Aeolian- harp
sounds. (Pomeroy),; (b) Tuyo : Slempre
(Viano), Cap ; and- Bells mandolin or
chestra, Richard i J.; Carpenter .director:
paper, *: "Travels \u0084 .Through . - : Europe.*!.
Mrs. .S.; J.- Sill;{ piano ;solo,-Mlss Clara
Rauhut;.. reading. "Mrs. : Newton Tharp;
mandolin and guitar . selectioift,'- Miss
Jean' Levy, Miss Helen -Breuner, .Miss
Amelia ; Tracy; - song, Mrs.-LT L. Janes;
viollri T solo/Miss Cecil Rauhut. . - .
- The \ Spinners • are ; looking forward ' to
an ; unusually , interesting meeting Tues
day.l.when they will " assemble » at the
residence ;of > Mark - Gerstle in San
Rafael, ""who ; after,.: the affairs, of the
club" haye^been;; discussed ."/will enter
tain the members at luncheon. . It will
be •' literary day, with Miss ' Rickoff in
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The next i regular' meeting of the Cal
ifornia state; floral, society will be held
atri.the- home . of'Mme.' Ellen "Coursen
Roeckel,"* 1060 .Fulton" street, Friday
September^ 13, "at^/o'clock.. Following
the regular * meetings a complimentary
muslcale -by Mme. , Roeckel and her
pupllsfiWlll.r be given. ; The directors
will* meet at 1:30. :
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"The^Woman's club of. San Mateo will
give' an open, air fete on .Saturday
afternoonrl September:2l. In ithe- private
groundsrof jEugene de Sabla. 'Thlawlll
be I folio wed Un ; the -evening .by a "dance
in Athletic bAUL ; .There wUI L noSS!
national reputation. He is painting at
present in Carmel-by-the-Sea. It wa«
one of the objects of his return to
California to paint the characteristic
scenes -of the we3t in the light of th»
knowledge .acquired by a wider expe
rience. After the great success he ha 3
made witn the gardens of the old world
art lovers will look forward with in
terest to seeing, with hl3 eyes, th*
familiar scenes of the coast- The sub
jects around Carmel and Monterey have
appealed strongly to PeL\ottosartt3t!<3
taste, and he has been engaged la
transferring them to his canvas. It is
not likely, however, that he will in.
elude any of them.' ln the. present ex
hibition. He has a habit of keeping
his pictures with him for months, liv
ing in dose communion with. them, un
til ho- has ; tested them thoroughly in,
his own mind. and Is sure that he is
willing to let them go out into th»
world. Thai exhibition will be held at
Vickery's and "will begin September 19.
The Sketch club will hold its first
meeting after the vacation next Wed
nesday- The. Club has weathered th«*
storm of last " year .and is now com- f
fortably established at :iß2s -California
street. ; The- meeting Wednesday will
be to - organize • work f or. ; the winter.
Classes will, be held, regularly and a.
course of lectures will be given similar
to that of ' last year. * The' president of
the club 'is Mrs\ Lucia Afathews. : :
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Helen Hyde, whose Japanese colop
prints are familiar, to. San Franciscans,
haa had 1 two *of v her pictures accepted,
by the Paris salon.' One Is the "Cherry
Blossom Rain," showing two Japanese
women, one carrying a child on her
back, all three huddling under an urn.
brella. in a, warm summer shower that
does not eventear the. cherry blossom j
from their, boughs. The two leading
colors are pink and green, keeping the
general quite a simple one, but
there ..are touches of red, brown and
yellow, ..which., with the black lines,
bring-the number.of colors up to six or
seven.. As each color represents a sep
arate block, the. mere labor of cuttir.gr
out the blocks and the exquisite caru
required to make them perfect from a
mechanical point of view means much
patience and skill. . "Day Dreams" has
a similar color scheme. The tints ar»
delicate as those "of the spring blos
soms, and^ the drawing »haa a quaint,
individual charm. A*general exhibi
tion of Helen Hyde's work has beea
held in Paris, where th» Japao«B»
prints have lately been taken up with
much interest. .
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Best's art school, which has be^L
carrying on work since the fire in quar
ters in Noe street, will soon come down
town again. The building in' Bush
street above Van Ness avenue, . which
was occupied by E. B. Courvoisier. has
been secured.. The front room will be
utilized as a gallery and the inner
room for classes.
Mrs. ; Carolyne Rixford Johnson is
traveling in the east with her mother.
Her trip is for rest and recreation and
she expects to ba gone three months.
our articles, appropriate for both young:
and old, on sale, and the feature of
the afternoon will be a parade of deco
rated baby carriages, also a baby show,
for which prizes will be awarded.. Th«
proceeds will go toward the furnishing
of the Carnegie library. '
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/The Berkeley Political Equality club
' at its last regular meeting at the home
of Mrs». William Keith on Atherton ave
nue elected Its delegates' to county and
state conventions. The meeting wa»
largely attended and many of the lead-
Ing society and club women of the col
lege town took active parts. The dele
gates choaen were: Mrs. William KeUbj
president of_the Berkeley society; Mni?.
Max Maretzek. secretary; Mrs. Jk-JJ;
Barry, treasurer (who are ex-ofOclo>
delegates): Mrs. A. J. Jarmuth, Mrs GJ
A -Weed. Mrs. John Fryer. Mrs. H.* G.
Walker.-Miss K. Jolly and Mrs. Eleanor
Carlisle. The county convention will b«
held at the home of Mra. C. C. Hall In"
Hillside' avenue on pr about September.
15." The state. convention will meet in
Ebell clubhouse. Oakland. October -t
and 5. The same committee will serve
at both conventions.
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Through the courtesy of the superior"
and sisters of Notre Dame the members
and friends of the San Jose Woman's
club were Invited to-. meet yesterday
in Notre Dame college hall. After a
short musical program < the guests
visited the. .college. The officers of th«
alumnae are: Mrs. Mary A. Williams'
president; Mrs. P. J/"Dunne, vice presU
dent;-Mrs. Clem Portal, recording secre
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The . Association of Pioneer Women
wasragreeably surprised at its meet
ing In the- parlors of: Calvary churcli
.Friday.afternooa.bythe unexpected ap
pearance of Mrs/- Noble Marthv th«
founder -of- the , ; society £-'\u25a0 Mrs. Martin
fortunately saved many! records from'
destruction in the fire.. These she pre
sented to the , society^ . Mrs. North
Whltcomb.- president of the associa
tion, gave an Interesting .talk, remlnis-'
cent'of the ship' Arkansas, from which
the first gavel presert'ted: to the society
was made. Considerable business also
•was transacted. . ;'"-. \u25a0•'."
. The : regular monthly- meeting of 'La
Puerta del Oro : chapter -of the Daugftt
ters. of .the American.- Rsvolutlon will
o* held* at*.the ihdma.'o'f .Miss ' Joseph/;
3810. Sacramento street Tuesday, • Sep
tember 10., at S ;o'clock. ;sThl»- meeting
will ..be preceded^ by * meeting- of tha
bdard of directors. at!:Jfl o'clock.
Nominations wm.be made and import
ant: matters will be. brought before the
; chapter. v
In the Joke World
yj^^^pm^mfty . . . . *
•<Don*t you think." asked Mrs. O!»
qastle. ''that MUjs Wltherspoon ha« a
patrician face?" '• ". v " "
K-"°l?iA « rr t plled her hostess, hanking
ner^s6o.ooo necklace over the . back of
a. chair. "I don't think she haa. She
claims, at least, that her- folks were all
English and, that there Isn't a drop of
Irish blood in veins." — Chicago
- "JoW; said a wife to her selfish hua
band, "I have. Just come from the doc
tor's,, and he says I need & change of
climate — somewhero more bracing."
"All aright, dear." .wa» the unfeeling
rejoinder, "the weather, forecast states
it will be much colder tomorrow."— Tlt«
Bits." .
Her. Husband (during the spat)— «
Don't you think: for a minute that -ton
can impose on me. There are no fotjla
in our family. ; ;* •
His Wlfe-^— Why. . John, you forest
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