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FRITZI SCHEFF'S FIFI
PLEASES FIRST NIGHTERS
Sprightly' Songstress Makes
\u25a0 New Friends at Van
Ness Theater
GOWNS ARE "DREAMS"
Support Is Good and Songs
Are Repeated Many
Times
Walter Anthony
In the glare of the light that Fritzi
Scheff shod on comic opera last night
at th« Van Ne«*s theater it is pitiful to
Pug'Sfi't the shadow, her departure has
cast on {rrar.d opera. Before a house
full of old friends and now — everybody
was her friend as soon as she ap
prared — sJie made Victor Herbert's
music while you wait in "M'lle Modiste"
fcou'.wl like opora and turned a role that
in melodrama would have been called
•Bertha the Shop Girl" into something
nnimat^d. exuberent and real. It was
nothing Ipss than a triumph for the
pprijrhtlici't personality that ever ap
pearod in grand opera and tho best
singer — if you forjret t-ohumann-Hcink
— that ever trilled light opera.
Her gowns were dreams not to be
described by me. There was only one
that "I would attempt to picture, and
that one — In the second act — only bc
<-aus<» the description. necessarily,
would be brief. What the result will
be If her isjowns become a type can only
lie conjectured by the masculine mind.
Her w?ist is fo tiny and her figure so
l!th«? and graceful that few would fit
the pretty mold.
She was Firt. a "saleslady" in Mme.
Cecile's hat and she had a voice.;
in the plot fend out. This she used
with puch skill on customers in selling
\u25a0'creations" that the proprietress \u25a0want
ed, to keep her in the family. Hence,
Fifil should marry Oaston; the artist;
son of Mme. Cecile. Naturally Fifi ;
didn't want to — otherv.-ise' the.re wouldn't
have been a, plot and h^nce no comic
opera. Fin wanted to marry a soldier,
Captain Etlenne. with a barytone voice.
The captain was an only nephew of
Comte de St. Mar. the villain, had it
been melodrama. The nobleman would
Hive his nephew no more monthly
checks !f he married a shop girl. Along
comes an American with a bankroll —
the scene is laid in a foreign land,
where all Americans have bank rolls.
Hiram Bent is the millionaire ar^d
loans Fill — I forget how much — money
to go and be an opera queen. Fifi does,
and in the third act marries the soldier
boy with the uncle's consent, because
she has found out that she is a lady
«jf quality as well as a queen Of song.
While all that is g"oing on some^
sparkling dialogue is delivered. The
book, by Henry Blossom, is genuinely
funny. Here Is one joke:
"You know the old adage," says
Hirati! Bent to the comte, "pay as you
Co ; unless you're going for good." An
btber one by the same, condoling with
Hie comte because the latter has the
{rout and can't eat much. "My doctor
has- made me give up everything for
awhile and a thousand dollars for
Hiram Bent was played by Claude
GjUingwritt-r. wlio had that "easy way"
: v.-Jth him and could part with a couple
of thousand francs as nonchalantly as
fin epigram. William Pruette played
• '.tho rol« of the eomte and sang a uozen
times the song of the epicure, "I Want
V/hat I Want When I Want It-" . •-
Josephine Bartlett. In the rol<* of the
milliner, had little chance to sing, but
ma.de much of the role of the mercen
ary Paristenne. I>?o Mars is one of the
best musical corned;.- men soon here.
He was the artistic son of Mme. Cecile
and carried what might have been a
!-mall part into the center w^ierc the
s*pot shone. He is eloquent from head
to foot and sang a song about the
difficulties of the English language un
til ho ran out of encore verses and
ha.d to commence all over again.
The scenic effects were beautiful,
costuming elegant and electrical effects
brilliant. A ballet divertissement by
the Constantine sisters should not be
overlooked. They may be sisters, but
three such dancers in one family looks
to me more like a miracle.
There has been a misunderstanding
sbout Fritzi Scft^ffe "alternate." The
hitter does not alternate, but only
plays the principal role in place of the.
r»rjma donna at the Thanksgiving mati
nee. At all other performances, so
pays the management, Fritzi Scheff,
jay, animated vivandlere, appears.
DAVID nUJUM AT ALCAZAR
The Alcazar started the week last
night with a production of' "Da\i-3
Ha rum" that will be much better to
nisrht when the rough edges are pol
ished off. By that lime the people in
*" it will have learned their lines and
v.-ill have ceased, to confuse the names
of the characters. Fred Butler essays
The part of the old horse trader credit
ably, although he falls a trifle short
of a thoroughly realistic impersonation
of him. He Is not a genuine hayseed.
The heroine, with whom the drama
tist takes liberties by making her a
country school teacher, Is effectively
impersonated by Thais Lawton, while
Bertram' Lytell does well as the hero.
The best character work in done by
John Manor "a* Chet Tlnison, the bank
clerk, and Howard Hlckman as Zeku
Rwlnney, the village usurer. Maher Is
the absolute counterpart of the village
"smart, aleck," the smirking, chlrrupv,
solf-sntlsfled know-it-all.
Hickman is hardly less satisfactory
as the typical down east villager, make
up, voice, dialect and manner .all car
rylnpr out the Impression. -The real
country air Is imparted; too, by Will
R. Walling a» Dick Larrabee and Adah
Sherman as Aunt Polly.
The play was mounted with great
care. The storm scene at the end of
the first act .was extremely realistic,
and the roal water thatpoured down on
the deacon as^he sat and struggled with
the balky horse that Uamm had sold
him Arcw the audience into spasms of
mirth.
VICTORY" THEATER OPK.VS
If a first .night audience indicates
theatrical prosperity to com* the Vic
tory-theater has' opened on; a season of
success. The pretty playhouse In Sut
*»<»r street. Just west of Fillmore, opened
its doors last night to . two packed
Jiousc'S. Tho.. first", performance com
menced at 1:Z0 and the second at 9:30
o'clock and the bill v. r a3 enjoyable
throughout^
There is r an electrical spectacle* that
doubtless will run'for an extended sea
son. It Is called "Camps Dooms Day"
and depicts n" great city -, in the year
2000 being destroyed by fire. It was 1
greatly enjoyed »»ven though, it was
reminiscent of, a" recent experience ,
which befell this city. ' Dell i Franci i
Domenlco, an Mtallan star, late of "the'
Milan oitera company, sings enjoyable ;
excerpts from operatic masterpieces;
the Burtons, are" high class bicyclists,
recently from Chicago; Fassett and El
liott in a- com/idy. sketch. "Minerva's
Maneuvcre," made a hit. The Svengali
musical act set in. electricity was: novel
to eye and ear and^therrest.of the'at
tractions, including moving; pictures,
were good. \
The now theater building Is provided
with many exits," downstairs arid up.
which make th/j playhouse safe. Its in
terior is pretty and cozy and the color
and light effects are rich and effective.
LIGHT OPEHA SUCCEEDS
Business — stage and box office — is'
getting good at the Trincess, where
light opera and musical comedy have
found a permanent home in San. Fran-'
Cisco. The second week of "Dolly Dol
lars" with Cecilia Rhoda in the name
part started off to a good house and
audiences have been growing since the
beginning of last week.
The experiment of putting light opera
Into a permanent place has proved a
success
To make the show more like San
Francisco musical comedy ~ used to
the services of Harry James have been
secured as director of the orchestra.
He was the leader of the musical
farces at Fisher's in other days, and
his presence at the director's stand
"looked easy and- pleasant" last night
to such San Franciscans in the audience
at the Princess as recalled the zip and
smash of mirthful Fisher \u25a0 nights In
O'Farrell street, downtown. The en
larged orchestra no less than the
chorus showed the results of James*
work. There wer.a life and animation
In the score, and the performance has
improved about 100 per cent. "Dolly
Dollars"' will run this week and possi
bly next.
MAY YOHE AT XATIOVAI,
They have featured her on the flam
ing- bills outside of the National theater,
where she opened yesterday afternoon,
for is she not May Yohe, the woman
who was once Lady Francis Hope? If
pathos could attach itself to her the
climax would have been reached .when
the usher handed up Into her waiting
hand the bunch^'of property flowers- — j
and the easily pleased people clapped
their hands.
Back east the papers said that she
was "bloated." The reporters could not
have come near enough to see the wast
ed arms nor the claw like hands with
their blue veins. No, May Yohe is not
"bloated." Even the old contralto voice
has gone with her other charms.
As for the rest of the show at the
National, It is — good for the ' money.
There are some good moving pictures,
a couple of musical .acts that are fair
and one that is far above the average.
KILTIES lIAXD POPULAR
To hear the old songs played as their
dead and forgotten composers intended
they should be played is, perhaps, one
of the greatest ayid simplest pleasures
that the average; person can desire.
That this is attained by listening to
the Kilties band was evidenced by the
repeated encores at the auditorium last
night.
Not that the band kept exclusively
to folk songs by any means. In the
overture frjom "Tcnnhauser" it showed
musicianly skill _of high order, and
though to lack of' strings was due fail
ure to bring about that piercing Wag
nerian effect, the whofe was well worth
hearing.. The. band was at Its best in
Ponchnelli's "Giaconda," from which the
most pleasing selections were given;
CENTRAL'S WINTER SEASON*
The Central theater opened; Its reg
ular winter season last night to a large
and' enthusiastic audience. "A Chorus
Girl's Luck In New York" was the at
traction and the heroine's varying for
tunes ranging from poverty to wealth,
and her changing vicissitudes, include
ing almost everything that could hap
pen to a girl, were vividly- set forth
and loudly applauded. ; Kernan Cripps
was the hero; True, Boardman took the
light comedy part and did It: Well. The
women of the cast .were also suited- in
their roles and the play is well staged
and will run a : week:
TAYLOR SPEAKS AT ftA.VCU'ET
MayoV" Taylor, WllliamA. Pinkerton,
the noted detective, and Inspector Mc-
Laughlin of the New York police de
partment were the guests of honor; at
the ' New .York club's banquet \ln the
Fairmont last night. The mayor "was
the principal speaker of the evening,
delivering a speech on the triumph of
civic decency iij San Francisco. "
CALIFORXIAA'S .IX - >'BAY YORK
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.— From San
Francisco — G. C. Chadwlck, Park Ave
nue; Mrs. H. M/ Clement,; C; A. -Davis,
Breslln; Y. Kenny,; Marlborough; ,W.
Koenlg, Miss M.Koenlg, Mrs.- H.'. Mul
ler, St. Denis;. T; S.Mlnot, Albert; C.
S. Mortimer; "J."^ S. Rothback, Broadway
Ceatral; E. M. Sullivan and wife, Gre
goran; - Mrs.: St. A. . Gebhardt, .A. E.
Hamilton and wife, ; Algonquin;- G. •. H.
Tlciin. W. J. I^andcrs and * wife, ; Miss
lenders, - St. Andrew;- N.J.-Hurstcd,
York; I^,B. Mandel,, Empire. >
.-Lbs Angeles-^-C.. D. ,Pike, Herald
; S«xuare; O. Sweet and wife. Cumber*
, land; ; Miss C- Jones, K. S. Jones, An
sonia. •:\u25a0'.
." Tledlands— Mrs. S. Lilian, L. Wil
lJams^Westminster. ' .-, \u0084 ,> : :
- Pasadena— G. Lavagnino, Navarre.
ACCUSES ? SECRETARY OF; FORGERY
LOS ANGELES, Nov. J 25.— -Samuel P.
Blanci "secretary, of the Dixie .biscuit
company, was ; arrested .""; today;? on^ a
charge }of ' forging.; .it lie ;• name , of .: R. T.
Brackney,' president tof the concern, ito
two notes aggregating; s33o.' Blanc; who
is: connected with, a good family,- took
a ! prominent part in Hie last local horse
sbowr^^HMHiiMiHßH
» THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL. .TUESDAY; NOVEMBER 26, 1907.
Madame
Scheff
Wno
Decided
Last Night
Modiste"
Daughters of the South
Score Success With
Skating Party
Nearly 300 society people attended
the skating party given by the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy last night, and
the affair provedto.be one of the social
and financial successes of the season.'
The hours were from ;$ o'clock to 11,
but it was nearly 9 before the mem
bers and their friends began to arrive
at the big rink. . They all , came at
once, however, and the fact that almost
all were old friends made the evening
a merry one. The patronesses of last
night's affair .were." Mrs.. Eleanor
Martin, Mrs. Ynez Shorb White, Mrs;
"William Gwin, Miss Gwin, Mrs. Phebe
Hearst, Mrs. George Maynard, ;Mrs.*Sel
don "Wright and Airs. William Prichard.":
The last is a daughter of Albert Sidney
Johnston, for whom this chapter of the
Daughters of the; Confederacy is named.
Among the people -who skated -or
watched last night were Mrs. William
Aldrich. Mrs.' R. C. Foute, Mrs. Beede,
Miss Cricher, Mrs. Theobald; Mrs.. Shea,
Miss Malsie Coyle, Miss Angela Coyle,
Mrs. William Prichard, Mrs. Ynez Shorb
White, Miss Elsie Prichard, Miss Xell
Rose Baggctt. Mrs. Stephen < Loring
Harris/ Miss Sallie Maynard, Miss Jean
ette Wright, Miss" Louise Mordecal. Miss
Evallne Theobald, Miss' Alice Theobald,
Mrs.' J. 1 Campbell Shorb/. Miss" Mary
Foulkes, Dr. and Mrs. George Converse,
Mrs.. S. V. Mooney, Mr. and Mrs. An
drew M. Davis, Miss Aune,, Miss' Mar
c.la Fee, Miss Helen Sullivan, Mr. Press
ley, Edward Torney, George . Hule,
Thomas MU'er, Herbert Smith,. Xorbert"
Shorb, Robert Mitchell, ' Mr, Nourse,
Percy Good,' Frank' Lucas,'' Philip. Pas
chel/ Wallace Borough and Everett Bee.
Fillmore St. Storey Entered by. Women
Stoltz's Cutlery. H0u5e,. 1835 Fillmore
street, above • Sutter, is entered by
women every, day, who find just what
they want in carving sets,, tableland
household cutlery. , " *
MANY INQUIRIES MADE
ABOUT GREATER CITY
California Promotion Com
mittee Deluged With
Letters
That public interest has been greatly
aroused in the matter of consolidating
the bay cities Into Greater' San' Fran
cisco -is made evident by. ': the queries
with' ;whlch \u25a0 the 'California. Promotion
committee has been flooded. So numer
ous are thequestlons that the commit
tee has decided to issue] a pamphlet? on
the subject of "consolidation. v
Sf^A number of, Berkele y.people are anx
ious ;to know, whether, locqh option will
prevail in Berkeley, If that; town .is
amalgamated with San Francisco.* Oth
ers want to knowif Oakland will retain
its individuality, and still others, have
sent in questions In regard, to the;mat
ter 'of taxations. All these; are an
swered by the fact'that.; the plan ;6f
consolidation proposes the borough sys
tem, by.^which" the separnte!\boroughs
will retain their individuality and their
own expression of , will and yet ; be ; a
part. of :the.Greater San" Francisco. 1 ;;
The Promotion committee;is securing
data i froni:Nc%v_r York, London,.Cincinn
ati and Chicago, all iof which have
taken in the cities adjacent to them.
Noi. more definite^ action; .will ; be . taken
until thefcomrnlttee -appointed? at : the
last' big; meeting, ;nhd which represents
every, business organization "on . both
sides of the^bay^isfcalled;,: Thisacom
mlttce wU><jß It to be^ distinctly,!under
stood that - v c does not ; actively advocate
the plan- of combination, but alms : ;to
assist In the investigation of \ the sub
ject, and :.would s llko " to \u25a0 hear., the 'opin
ions of:not^only;those who'are pushing
the- proposition, ,but also those \u25a0 who 'are
opposlnglt.',> /;;?.,:,.. ..
TJKIAH,,, Nov. 25.— -James . Burke, /-a
boy 1 5 ], years old,; has killed two "large
beers ion Big! river recently. \u25a0\u25a0' '\u25a0""\u25a0
" -^QUARANWMMD--
UNDER THE
PURE FOQP LAW
, 9ni>Guarantf^!^s?Fi'.%*"si*h9 ni>Guarant f^ !^5?Fi'.%*"5i* h * he s ?°'y of \u25a0A'griculttire, : -.Washington,' D.C. -
Rompord ; Chemical. WoHKS,' ;Pjr'ovi4encei' : -R.T. \u25a0" '
LOS ANGELES PRISONER
REVEALS EASTERN RECORD
Man \A^anted -in Coast Cities i
for Embezzlement Is
Indianan
ESGAPES FROM JAIL
Confesses to Having Con-
ducted Several Stock
' Swindles
SPECIAL, DISPATCH TO THE CALL *
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.— Wanted in
five or six cities oncharges^of embez
zlement. C. C. Weekly, alias T. L.
Stevenson, who was captured in Los
Angeles Saturday after a hard. s'trug : '
gle,' yesterday, confessed to having es
caped :from..the state reformatory -in
.Indiana.; Weekly- also confesped. to
haying' conducted several clever stock
swindles/"'; J ' -, ! :' . . . ,
Weekly, known on.the coast
as -. Stevenson; .is wanted in ,slx ; cities
on charges of' mlsdemeahor, embezzle- :
ment; obtaining; money under false pre
.'tensea; and. felony embezzlement. ;-.•.
He - worked : so cleverly;, in .Seattle,
Portlancl,-San Francisco, -Fresno, Gold
field and Riverside that his actions
\vere • notvquestionfd, until i his .sudden
disappearance^ from each' city caused
.those iWith whom he had dealt to exam
ine Ithelr,^ books. ... : " , ,
The -Fresno : authorities wired Los
Angeles? today that if they could hot
use -.Weekly in the local jail to send
hlminorth at once and Fresno' would
take care of-him.; All over the coast he
represented himself as "an agent ; for
well known magazines, secured ad
vertising' and' subscriptions, made col
lections and also passed several, bogus
checks. . » ' y^ r
.-When he, escaped from th& '..lndiana
prison- he. was serving- a sentence of
from ,1; to*.^4 : years for having passed
bogus checks.
.rHe.will.probably.be returned to Jef
fersonville,.lnd.. . - : - 'y,%y':l';^.
ELEANOR GATES OFFERS
REWARD FOR LOST HORSE
Steed Famed in Story Sought
by Wife of Los Angeles
Playwright '
SPECIAL DISPATCH . TO THE CALIX
L.OS ANGELES, -Nov. 25. — A"ny person
who will supply information leading to
the 'recovery of p. -horse for which
Eleanor Gates, the writer, wife of Rich
ard.Walton Tully, playwright, has been
searching for just a year .will be paid
$100 and no questions will be asked.
The horse Is famous in literature, for It
has been made the hero of several
stories.- Its name Is Hector.
Assisted by the police, the secret serv
ice of the Southern Pacific
and several Jprivate detectives, Mrs.
Tully has searched through this enfl of
tho state to .-find.' her,: pet. "Many, a mile
she, lias. walked witht lumps of sugar in
her. "pocket, but no trace! of the animal,
a magnificent bay gelding, has she
found. What she fears is that It may
be doing nienlal work In a Chinese veg
etable wagon* ; '
".-Just . a yeir ago Mrs. .Tully, before
departing for Europe, shipped the horse
with a. string* of ; runners .to this city,
Intending; to retumherc-and' claim it.
The ; animal . arrived; here, but from that
time no: one knows \what became of it.
Despairing, of i the" success of . her own
efforts, Mrs. Tully has adopted the plan
of offering. a reward..
"My 'pet will never do another day's
work as long as he lives," said Mrs.
Tully =today. "I want' to send him to
my father's . ranch at Vacaville, | and
there he will receive better treatment
than is accorded to most children if
we can find him." .
He will live for , many years in the
stories, that have been written about
him. \u25a0 ;v \u25a0\u25a0:; \u25a0\u25a0'. . .. ;
DEPARTMENT STORE BURNS
AND EMPLOYE IS KILLED
Many Saleswomen -Jump From Win-
, dows to Injury and One to
-Her; Death
CINCINNATI, O.v Nov. , 25:-— At - least
one person was killed; niany were In
jured and a heavy property loss was
caused by 'a fire in the six story\re
tail dry goods house -at .Twelfth! and
Main streets of the William Windhorst
company. The ',„ knowledge Hhat , more
than 106 *employes" r :and an -indefinite
dumber ofcuatomerswere.in the^build-"
Ing quickly spread -throughout the city.
One saleswoman. Alberta : Dus9ler, ;
was hurt ; by leaping from a window
and died within a v short; time. * Julia
Hag'edorn ' suffered' a fracture of -'the
skull. -The; property loss is estimated
at J250.000: ''. •"
AUAMS'JBAIIi $20,000
SPOKANE, : Wash., Nov. 25. — Steve
Adams was' admitted to bail in the
district court at T Rathdriim this raovh : ;
ing in .the ; sum of -$20,000.; .Attorney
Darrow. for; the defendant announced
that the "bond ..would be provided^with^
in' a few; days. 'It is expected thatas
Boon : as' Adams is released on! this' bond
lie'; will, be'.'rearrested on a^warrant
charging;-, him withy, the -\u25a0_• murderVsof
Arthur ? Collins \u25a0 at ' Tellurlde,£Colo.,V in
1902. Attorneys, Darrow ana; Hawley
will leave -at Xonce. for Boise to appear
in the Pettibone- case.
TALK TO YOUXGCHniSTIANS
WASHINGTON., Nov. -25.— William J.
Bryan and -Robert. E..Speer of , New
York were "'A the ",' principal; speakers' in
Convention) hall , tonight; at the^cbnclud
ihg-F.esslon:.ofCthe;lnternational- con
vention" of the -Young ' Men's *: Christian
association of 4 North "^America.- ; Bryan
spoke; on-* "Christ/; in -the. Llfe^of : Man',l,
and ; Speer;6n : ,'. I Thft -Association: A : Bond
of ; International Fellowship.". <?i
NIPPED BY JACK FROST
ON THE DELTA RIVER
Party of Seventeen Suffer
on the Tanana^F aldez
Trail |
COLD IS EXTREME
Blood Poisoning May Fol-
low as Result of Ter
rible Experience
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
TACOMA. Nov. , 25.— Fifty-two hours
on Delta river, the curse of the Tananlt-
V aides trail, is no Mayday affair at any
tirrie of the year. Fifty-two hours on
the Delta, with the thermometer sta
tionary at 35 degrees below zero, with
a constant knifing blizzard blowing,
with no food and nothing to quench
thirst except fever producing snow,
with no wood for flre and with no pro
tection against the frozen north save
three fur robes and such limbs as could
be broken from three stunted AJaskan
spruces, came near being. a tragedy for
eight .members of a party of ' 17 who
recently passed through this very ex
perience. ..
H was a tragedy. ln fact, for every
one of .the eight suffered seriously
from frost , bites and none will know
the extent of his injuries, until a week
of thawing Jias ; developed whether or
not deadly blood. poisoningis to set in.
•Of the eight some had a hand or foot
frozen, some both hands and others
both. feet. Others had noses and ears
bitten deep\ by. the deadly frost and
several of those were so badly hurt
that they are still laid up at different
roadhouses along .the Fairbanks trail.
The party of 17 gave up stage, for the
snowdrifts . because ; the blizzard made
progress Impossible. -Mrs. McDevltt,
the only woman in the party,. although
given the t>est of everything/was fr«st
bitten and suffered intensely.
YELLOW POETRY PAINTED
IN RED ON LANDMARK
Big Rock on Mount Wilson
i: Is Daubed by Vandals,
Who Escape
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.— An act of
vandalism was committed, yesterday at,
the summit of . Mount Wilson by a
party .of young men from this - city
which.: has , resulted . , In the announce
ment of a reward for their. arrest and
conviction. . }.' \u25a0
Just at the, summit of the mountain
and. a short distance away from the
pleasure^ resort on the ridge stands
Echo ; rock, one of, the best known
natural wpnders of this part of the
state. '; While guests at. the near by
hotel; were' watching the. war. '-vessels
30 miles away through glasses yes
terday Ja? party of young, men smeared
! red paint i. all over the rock,' painting
thelr;!;initlals." and -verses of : alleged
poetry at every point they could reach.
Some of the versus were anything
but what • women should.' read. The
plaint soaked into the stone and cannot
be washed off. \u25a0
SAI.MOXFOR FERTILIZER
. REDDING, Nov. 25.— At the United
States fishery on Battle Creek 23,000,000
salmon eggs have been taken/ At the
MilP. creek fishery, near Tehama, the
total take is ; 16,000,000. After the sal
mon have been stripped of their spawn
the fish are given ; to those who will
take them. They are not of much ac
count for food, but the farmers haul
them away by the wagon load and use
! them as fertilizer for fruit tre.es. v -
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This Table Linen and Chinaware
Is exclusive in pattern and most reasonable in price. At this sale exceptional reductions are made to meet
Table Cloths, hand : drawn, of finest material. Napkins, hand drawn, fr0m;. ....;.-.:.. ....50c up
-from .$1.25 up' "Doilies, size 6 inch diameter, from ..45c up
•Centerpieces, just arrived; something very new, Handkerchiefs— Pure Linen, hand drawn and env
• and the prettiest yet. Made of the best linen, with broidered with Blue -Linen; designs of the Rose,
hand -drawn work; and embroidered .with Blue' Linen; Daisy, Chrysanthemum and Wistaria. The prettiest
especially for our trade in Chrysanthemum, present, we" ever offered at the price asked. Put up
RoscUnd Daisy patterns. Sizes •" 22/24" and ' in handsome boxes, easy to mail. Six Handkerchiefs
;2; 27 Much: diameter. From . . ........... .$2.00 up . and box only. .....'..... -....':...:.. .. ;..\^. $I^s
In the Chihawar^ Department
We are showing the most complete line of TEA SETS, CHOCOLATE SETS, SALAD BOWLS *
DECORATED-PLATES, etc., at .sale prices. . >
HOTEL STHW A RT
Ci^RY STREET ABOVE UNION SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO
WIL,L/ ppEIS IVIpISOAV,^ DEC. J2d
.'-..- 250irooro's." 150-p>lTatebitbii.'j.: European pl»q,; $1.50 a «laj np-
vard.'*;ATnerJ(»Bn plan/ $3.50 a day;npward.'.sCaf« a : la : car J#. Serf- '"\u25a0
'"'.lees: secured of Chef' Greenfield, for 10 y»ar» at the. Van Nujs. Los - - .
\u25a0 _ Angeles." Building: \u25a0 Just * completed.^ ETery ., modern -\u25a0 conTen!en<*. : :
I.nxnrlouMy furnishod." Stewart automobile and omnibus meet all " ',
trains ami steamers. ; - . .' ./^BBBCSSHBBB
HOTEL JEFFERSON.VTURK AND COUGH STREETS. SAN F R ANCISCO.
" > SUNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT . '
DEATH OF WOMAN WHO
WAS BAPTIZED IN 1790
Aged Indian of San Juan
Capistrano Passes to
the Beyond .;
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HER AGE UNKNOWN
Ancient Mission Records
V Show She Was Living
117 Years Ago
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. Nov. 25.—
In the shadow Of the old mission for
which this little town is famous a
woman died yesterday who. according
to the: records of the mission.* was bap
tized in Its chapel In 1790. or 117 years
ago, and only 14 years'after the mis
sion was completed. To American resi
dents of this section she was known
only as Agulda, and if she ever had an
other name no one. knows what it was.
It is. conceded that she was the oldest
of the mission Indians In this district,
and she had spent all her life within
the confines of this township, now a
portion of Orange county. How much
older than 117 years she was will never
be known.
Despite her years the woman's mem
ory was surprisingly clear. She" often
talked of the palmy times of her early
life, a period when this county was
Mexico and when the alcaldes were ab
solute rulers. --She knew of the coming
of the mission fathers and cf the build-
Ing of the . mission. She could tell of
the destruction of tho historic pile by
earthquake in 1812. She was long past
middle age when the Americans came,
and she never became completely recon
ciled to\the changed conditions and
held herself aloof from those not mem
bers of her race. /\u25a0
She was held In reverence by nearly
all mission Indians hereabouts and was
'< supported by voluntary contributions
made by them. Death was due to old
age, but up to three weeks ago she
was able to make her daily-pilgrimage
to the mission chapel for her devotions.
STOCKTON TO COMBAT
AN INVASION OF THUGS
Large Force of Special Police
Will Be Recruited for
Night Duty
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
STOCKTON, Nov. 25. — Fearing that
Stockton Is about to experience a reign
of criny*. the police and fire commission
adopted a resolution tonight recom
mending that the city council provide a
fund sufficient to maintain for an in
definite period a squad of special police
for night duty. A large force of spe
cial police will be sworn in during the
week. The; commission recommended
(furth.er that on the regular force. all
leaves of absence be discontinued until
conditions become normal.
.'- This action came as a sequel to a
number of early evening holdups and a J
steady "and. increased inpour" of thugs
and" vagrants from the north and east.
Each- freight train reaching Stockton
carries its contingent of unemployed.
They swarm the levees and outskirts
of 'tlv» city. ••': '.::\u25a0•'. \u25a0 '
Tracy, on the Southern Pacific main
line, is filled to overflowing with,
tramps. At night canp fire groups of
three and four men each can be seen
for a mile out each track leading from
the town.
SEEKS PLAYS AND PLAYERS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. — John Black
wood, manager of the Belasco theater.
Los Angeles, is In the city looking for
players. While, here Blackwood also
will " lay in a supply of the' modern
plays for the Los Angeles stock com
pany.
PROTEST AGAINST THE
ELIMINATION OF "CHRIST"
Ministers of New York Ob
ject to Word Being
Barred in Schools
PRESIDENT IS-BLAMED
Dropping Motto From Coins
Attributed as Cause
cf Trouble
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK. Nov. 25. — Associations
of Christian ministers at a mass meet
ing of Methodl3ts and several other re
ligious bodies today adopted resolu
tions protesting against the action oC
the board of education in eliminating
qhrlstian songs and exercises from tha ;
programs of the public schools.
From the Methodist clergxmen. cam*
an overture to all other Christian de
nominations to join In a protest which
will practically" result In a mass meet- |
ing. while other organizations gave dl--'
rectlona that suitable resolutions
should be, prepared expressing their
sentiment.
The Hebrew press cornmente«l upon
the situation from the standpoint of
logic, and expressed the hope that
nothing should arise which would raako
a demarcation between Hebrews and
Christians on the question of religion.
By far the most radical action today
was taken at the Methodist . ministers*
meeting. Nearly 100 of the. members
were present. They went away pledged
to preach on the subject of v Chrlst la
the schools this Thanksgiving or on
the following: Sunday. i
Rev. L»r. Fields llermance asid that
the action by th*» Hebrew rabbla
against the schools would never hay*
taken place had not President Roose,
velt assumed authority to remove trom
our- national coins the motto "In God
We Trust." He also . said -that th©
course of the president would hstve a
tendency to cause more trouble of a.
similar nature.
ADMITS THAT TRUST
ENJOYS A MONOPOLY
American Tobacco Company
Official Says It Controls
American Crop
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.— Many details of
the operation of the tobacco trust were
brought out today in the testimony ot
T. B. Yuille. head of the buying depart
ment of the corporation. In the suit
of the government asalnst the Ameri
can tobacco company before United
States Commissioner Shields, the spe
cial examiner.
Yuille admitted that the American
company virtually monopolized the to
bacco crop of the- United States, but
declared that tho trust In no wise
caused restraint of trade. He told of
the methods employed by the company
buyers. - and admitted that . the com
pany was alway3 kept informed of the
quantities of tobacco purchased by In
dependents.
Yuille's testimony related .chiefly to
the market In the Carolinas &x\<\ Vir
ginia. (jjlßfcy]
Under cross questioning by Mcß«y
nolds. representing 1 the attorney gen
eral. Yuille admitted that some of.tha
subsidiary companies had continued to
advertise as Independent concerns after
they had been taken into the trust.
INDICTED BANKER RELEASED
NEW YORK. Nov. 25. — Former Pres
ident Maxwell of the Borough bank:
of Brooklyn, under indictnivnt Tfor
giand larceny and forgery, who had
been locked up for several d-iya la
default of ball, was released tjniarht.
,bonda of $30,000 having been furnished.
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Thanksgiving I
Foley's Bakei^
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