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T X COMPLETE returns from the British elections demonstrate
| that the liberals will control the new house of corMmons by a
considerable although reduced majority. The result will be, of
course, the enactment of the Lloyd-George
budget, and it is not likely that the house of
lords will further obstruct fulfillment of the
popular mandate. The lords went to the
country expressly on the budget issue, and,
being defeated decisively, they will not dare
j^cr-ist in opposition lest Vvorsc things happen to them.
At the same time the right of the peers to demand a popular
referendum of the budget will scarcely be denied, and the threats
that the hereditary chamber would be shorn of its powers or wiped
«vi <>f existence are not in the least likely to be pressed, especially
in view of the diminished majority with which the liberals
hold power.
It has. been an angry and exciting campaign that might have
borrowed some of its most obtrusive features from an American
municipal contest. Great reliance seems to have been placed by
the tories on the billboard as a medium of publicity, and the results
t-eem to have been no more encouraging than they proved in a
recent campaign in San Francisco, where a public service corpora
lion used this dubious form of persuasion. Some of the posters with
which the deadwalls of London were plastered are thus described:
A schoolmaster, capped and gowned, and birch in hand, watches
Lloyd-rCJcorge, a ragged schoolboy, substitute a "g" for the ''v" in "Taxa
tion f<T Revenue" on a blackboard. Soliloquizes the master (John Bull):
'Thai's the. way you spell 'revenue," Lloyd-George. I thought so. Come
:o i;iy room." Over all is the admonition. "It ajl depends on U."
the British Lion" is the superfluous explanation of a? tawny
king of beasts being crushed in the coils of a "free trade'" python. A
buzzard waiis patiently ;it hand. '"Uncle Sam" appears in a poster which
represents a I'rcnchinan. an American; a German and a Pole carrying off
a heavy burden, entitled "nritish Capital" through the open gate of a
red wulied factory. John Bull is sleeping comfortably in a sentry box
outside, in front of which he has a grateful "free trade"' fire. "Watch
man, what of the ni.cht?"' is the query attached to this one.
As examples of putative humor these allegories and parables do
not seem lo have been cither convincing or persuasive. London
used to be a tory stronghold, but the liberals appear to have increased
their hold on the metropolis.
The tories sought to confuse the issue by introducing the free
trade and protection controversy, but in England protection means
a totally different thing from its operation in Amerida. Over there
protection, if it is to yield the revenue needed to keep up Great
Britain's powerful navy, would necessarily involve the taxation of
imported food products, .and as the country does not produce any
thing like enough of these for the support of its population, protec
tion would mean increased hardships for the poor.
The alternative was to place the chief burden of taxation on
the wealthy landed interests in accordance with Llovd-Georgc's
proposals. As the peers own most of the land their opposition was
easily understood and discounted.
Results of the
British
Elections
AS might have been expected, an authorized statement from
the White House puts a wholly different face on the reports
so industriously circulated by the reactionaries in congress
concerning " Mr. Taft's attitude in regard to
the insurgents. Those reports, as we pointed
out at the time, did Mr. Taft a grave injustice
and. in fact, represented him as holding an
impossible position. The}-, were based on an
'absurd assumption that the insurgents were
hostile to Mr. Taft's legislative program, whereas the truth was
exactly the reverse. If there is to be any open or disguised hostility
to Mr. Taft's proposals it will come from thc-other side. In fact,
Mondell, who is chairman of the public lands committee and one
of Joe Cannon's most useful lieutenants, has already stated that
he could not accept the president's plans for conservation. That
might have been expected, although it did not appear likely that
opposition from this source would come so soon or so openly. The
tactics of the reactionaries are usually worked out behind' closed
doors in committee.
A statement given out on behalf of Mr. Taft says:
The president's attitude, clearly stated, is this: He is the titular
head of the republican party. The voters who put him into office charged
him with certain responsibilities and the, enactment into law of certain
declarations of principles contained in the party platform. Those prin
ciples have been further enunciated by Mr.' Taft in special messages
which will be submitted to congress. Legislation is being drafted., or
has been drafted, which, if enacted, will give these party declarations a
place on the statute books. Mr. Taft's program is now outlined and
ready for submission to congress. The president seeks and desires the co
operation and assistance of alkthc republicans in congress to, make the
program effective.
The republican senators and representatives who aid and support
Mr. Taft in carrying out his plans will have no cause to complain v of his
attitude toward them. The republican representatives and -senators" who--'
oppose Mr. Taft. who seek to defeat his plans, who/on* the floor of either
chamber, or in their states and -districts assert that he is an enemy to
"progressive" legislation and has "gone, over- to the reactionaries," must
not expect any favors from the White House in any shape or form.
The president's attitude, of course, is one of compromise. He
can not carry out his legislative program without the help of -the
reactionaries, who control a majority of- the \u25a0 present congress
Neither can he do anything worth while without 'the backing and
support of the insurgents. The real force behind his program lies
in the moral support of public opinion, without which he could do
nothing at all with the reactionaries, who. although, they might
give a nominal acquiescence, would, nullify the ;purppse of the \u25a0\u25a0 legis
lation by filling the laws^.with "jokers." .-. -,
Mr. Taft
I And the
; Insurgent's
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
A BUSY TERM FOR MAYOR McCARTHY
FVEAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS brings out some
ry important facts as he sees them in Hampton's Magazine for
**\u25a0 February relative to the Panama canal, and, if his reasoning
is valid, his conclusions closely touch the
future of commerce on the Pacific coast. In
a word, Admiral / Evans is convinced that the
commercial consequences of the canal will be
negligible unless the charges for its use are
, : j made nominal. "He believes, for instance, that
cargoes of North American destined for Chile or Peru would
still go around the Horn in preference to using the canal if- the
charges for passage were heavy. He writes:
If the canal, charges were $16,000 that amount of money converted
into Welsh coal at Valparaiso means 1,000 tons, and if we allow half of
this, or 500 tons for the trip each way, we find that the ship can pass
through the Straits of Magellan, steam up the coast nearly to the canal,
and then retrace her course to her home port as she came, more cheaply
than by passing through the new waterwaj'.
The point at which the trade of the Pacific coast of South America
would divide between the: Panama canal route and the Straits of Magellan
route has been fixed as just south of Valdivia in Chile, but by reason of
canal rates the dividing point must be shifted north about 4,000 miles,
which will give the Magellan route all the commerce, at least as far
north as Callao in Peru. If we say that four-fifths of the trade of this
coast — which has heretofore gone to the credit of Panama— will remain
where it is. we shall not be far wrong. Nothing but a free canal can
change this condition. \u25a0"*'\u25a0:'\u25a0'.
Admiral Evans believes that the same conclusions, apply to
Pacific coast? commerce in products for export to the Atlantic slope.
It need not be disputed that there is much force in his reason
ing and "that his conclusions foreshadow a future conflict between
the railroad interests and the shippers and merchants of the coast
cities on both sides of the continent. The object of the railroads
will be. of course, to make charges for use of the canal so high as
to be prohibitive.
Canal Charges
lla/ Be
Prohibitive
A REMARKABLE letter 'by the late > Secretary Hitchcock to
President Roosevelt has been brought to light describing the
corrupt conditions that obtained in the United States land
~ ' office at : the time he took office and instituted
the now famous; prosecutions for land frauds.
'Ric corruption that characterized the admin
istration of the land office was pretty well
understood in a general way by the public,
. . - but Mr. Hitchcock gives an. inside view
of Ihe facts in these words :
I \u25a0 "entered f the service deeply imbued with the importance to 'the
people of our great public domain. It is the nation's priceless heritage
and I feel that every available rod of it: should be regarded as sacredly
dedicated to the purpose of homes for the homeless, j believe that this
would best promote the welfare of our. citizens and afford the best •'
security for the stability of our government. I was impressed that
every law enacted for its protection should be rigidly enforced, and this
has been a cardinal policy of my administration, but I-rregret to say all
my efforts to release it from the grip of its despoilers have .been met by
every embarrassment that human ingenuity - could devise; powerful in- i
fluences have been concerned, and tHey have not hesitated to aggressively
exert every' agency they could command to weaken the hand of the'
law; even local land officials have been subservient to their purposes; .
their machinations seemingly have at times not been without paralyzing
effect upon the machinery of justice; too frequently the officers of the
law appear, to have been under the bewitching .spell' ""of their power;
the punishment imposed by the courts has in many cases been so con
spicuously inadequate as to encourage rather than^ deter violations, \u0084
of the law. • / \
• That, quotation was, written years ago. Secretary Ballinger got
his first official training in the service of the United" States as com
missioner of the general land office. It was a bad ) school, as Mr.
Hitchcock, points out, and Mr. Ballinger .was fortunate if he escaped
contamination frqrir; his surroundings. 7 5 ;
Whehßallih
gcr Was in
Bad Company
Peer With Many Homes
Lord Strathcona, who has spent ;his
whole life in dashing feverishly all
over Canada and .the British isles. in
order . to con ( e with his, many British
interests,- has just r addedanothcr,Ub his j
many residences^-the ~ Priory. ,on the r
little island" of Oransay, ; in the Inner I
Hebrides. ,;He has now, says . "M.; A."i
p.,". probably., more; residences I than] any
other peer, of .theirealm. v; Current >book3
of, reference giye^ no fewer than nine,
and we have /now . to;? include ahe
Priory, in Tho others are], 28
Grosvenor^".square.: • and v 17. Victoria
street": in London; GlencoCN. yß."' Colon -
pay.'.' N. y" B- '. /. K nebwort h\u25a0\u25a0 , park, •-1 Iftrts; i
YK'lidon Miall,- Newport," l->s<?x:; Norway j
• house, .Picton>;>Novai, Scotia; Silver j
heights/ Winnipeg, and- 1157 Dorchester
street, Montreal, \u25a0'.•%'- *"'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• -I
,-. ,,-; .-\u25a0-.....:.-, ..,:\u25a0\u25a0. -.Vv:.,:.;/,y... Vv :., : . ;/ ,y..
Now the; Aeroplane Dance
There exists. In -Paris an academy" of
dancing masters,' 4 learned -» gentlemen*
who havr; the whole 'history, of >the
terpsichoream art-; at their < finger ends,"
and who, know 'everything there Is* to
be known about andfdancers/
according to theilJond6n;Globe. : : : i "\u25a0;\u25a0•
..They; devote themselves ; to- reviving
antique dances and; inventing new^ones.
ij.The latest effort; 1 due, to Professor L,e;
fort, >is * the >"aeronette," a'\u25a0 freak' dance
suggested ; by' that: : most •;= topical^ of
Jhirijars, tho aeroplane.
;:-}\ sIl0 _" ''I >>na ke ; for hi la rity wherever.
it^ jp danced this : . white r.\ involving as
itdoos, a v nuic.kftpp:in imitatlohTof jthe"
Martnar ofaiwvniotor.-firni wascinK and
ami nutt«»rinK- for the flight, and end
ins, with j.'tho V; descent, which ! the
.dancers > express by stamping their feet
aud lowering -the' head,.
Answers to Queries
VIBGIXIUS CASE— F. E. S., City. What was
the Vlrginius case in the early seventies?
October 31, 1373. a steamer called
the Vlrginius, bearing: the United States
flag, "was captured by the Spanish man
of war Tornado off Jamaica on sus
picion that she was bearing a filibus
tering party to aid the Cuban insur
gents. The captain: and four of the
party found ota the vessel were exe
cuted by the Spaniards and subse
quently 60 more were massacred. The
United States demanded the surrender
of the vessel and the survivors. Spain
replied that it would restore the ves
sels and the survivors of the crew on
'condition that a salute to the flag: be
not insisted upon, because the papers of
the vessel were irregular and she had
no right to carry the American flag.
To this President Grant and Secretary
Fish assented if Spain could prove its
contention. This was done and the ves
sel delivered to tha United States at
Bahia Honda December 16, 1573, but
being, unseawor^hy. -she went down in
a storm off Cape Fear on the voyage
home. In 1575 Spain paid $60,000 as an
indemnity and" the matter was dropped.
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RIPE OMVKS— M. P. X.. Gonzales. What is
the process for preparing ripe ollres?
Ellwood Cooper of Santa Barbara,
once president of- the state board of
horticulture, gives the following recipe:
F<>r ripe olive pickles* gather the fruit when of
a ripe purple color. Thoy must be picked an<]
handled with great care, helng dropped Into water
to «Toi«i bruising. In picking handle the fruit in
water and aim when changing the water to get
the olires which arc at thp bottom one day on
top the next. By this careful method none will
turn out. defectlTP. After changing the water
every day for 00 or 40 days, according to ripe
ness, make a mild brine of best Llyerpool salt,
about half as »tronK as would bear an egg, and
leave the fruit In the brine for three tw four
days. RemoTe from the brine and wash In cold
water, taking care as -before not to bmlM the
fruit. Then make a brine that will bear an
egg, boil.lt, and pour oxer the -fruit when cold.
• '*-!•'
LEMON* JUICE — How Is lemon juice prepared
for -preserration in .bottles without danger ot
spoiling!
Squeeze the juice of the lemons in a
bowl, strain through muslin that there
may not be any pulp in the-liquld. Put
% in half or quarter ounce phials that
are perfectly dry; fill them with the
juices so near the top as to admit only
the placing* _of half a teaspoonful of
the best olive oil.". Cork tight and place
in a dark, cool place. When the juice
is wanted open a phial, wind a piece
of clean cotton on a skewer and dip in
so as to .absorb all the' oil and the
juice will 'be found as fresh as when
bottled.
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JUSTICES OF THE TEACE— Subscriber, City.
Where can I ohtaln a list , of ,the Justices of the
peace I who have served In San Francisco in the
last 12 years? Also how many hare died la of
fice and their names; altro the names of those
who hay* died since retiring from office?
at the -office of the board of
supervisors forsuch a list and for the
names of those who. have died In office.
Possibly from . memory some of the
justices now on the bench, or some who
have retired, might furnish you the
! names of those! who died. The records
of deaths' prior to 1906 "were destroyed
by the big fire.
'GRAFTING— r.tF., Oakland; J. L. D.. Boot-
Jack, Cnl. . Can frnlt slips : be grafted to any
other but fruit .trees and bear fruit? (2) Is the
man who claimed to hare grafted walnut on oak
trees making a. success of that?
No. 2. The officers of the state board
of horticulture have been .trying to get
a line on- this, but have not been able
to obtain any 'lnformation in. regard to
the reported suc«#ss of the experiment."
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,'--' GERMAN* EXPOSlTlON'— Subscriber. Oakland
When is the exhibition of American art crafts to
be ., held \u25a0 in . Germany ?\u25a0 Where ?' To whom can
one apply,' for; information concerning It?,. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-
: It.wlllbe held in Berlinin April; May
| and June, JL9I9. Communicate. with Max
Lviewegrer,"- American -secretary of the
American; exposition! 50 Church street,'
New York city,' N. Y.
.•\u25a0\u25a0*:. \u25a0\u2666 : \u25a0\u25a0('•'
' PARNASSUS— S.". City. Why* wa* "Parnasjius"
applied to the heights In this city south of Golden
Gate park? .. • -..;
.Because of ; a fancied resemblance to
thei highest \ part ; of, ai range : of,moun
tains north -of; Delphi, incentral Greece,
the" chief seat of Apollo and the muses'
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•V'COSTAI RICA—I. A. - G.. Alameda. . What is
the name, of the consul at San Francix-o fur
;G. FiKueroa. Sin Battery; street.;
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BAI'.DWIX HOTr.Lr^Hubscriber. TraTer Wha t
i ivas -. the = dato .. of • the hurnin;; of the . Ealdnln
hotel,; San Trancifco'* *" U |
November 23, r JSOfc }' •_ I
GRANE TELU Of FIR/T
NIGHT AT OLD BALDWIN
:. . — -
Adtorßbcalls Opening of Theater and Names Members
of the Company With Which He Was Associated
WALTER ANTHONY
WILLIAM H. CRANE was in the
company that opehed the Bald
win theater March IT. 1876. He
did not play on the opening night be
cause . "Richard
III" was the bill
and Barry Sulli
van was the star.
"That was a
great cast," Crane
told me, as he
added wrinkles in
his makeup at the
Columbia theater
the other after
noon. "There was
Barry Sullivan, a
wit and an actor;
James O'Neil,
Louise Haw
thorne, who was
a great actress
and no mistake.
Katie Mayhew
and Emily Me
stayerwere other
artists that Tom
Maguire intro
duced to San
Francisco when he
opened the ' doors
of . the dear old
Baldwin theater.
"We had been
here playing at
the Standard the
ater ; in Bush
street opposite the
old 'Bush street
theater. "We land
ed in May, 1875,
and opened there ,
on the 11th. "We left San Francisco
after about two months at the Baldwin
theater. Our engagement. I think,
closed on the 11th of May, 1876, and we
went to Chicago. ;:!vVW;
"Hotel accommodations in those days
were not what they are now, and we
were put up as best could be arranged
in a Chicago hotel. I was' to so on to
New York the next day and . Louise
Hawthorne begged me to make ar
rangements so that she could get the
apartment which I was leaving. Her's
was even smaller. I did so. It took, in
those days. 36 hoifrs to reach New York.
The first paper that was thrust into- my
hands told the story of ho"w Louise
Hawthorne had fallen from the window
of the room to be crushed on the flags
five floors below. The sill was low, the
window was open, and though nobody
will ever know how the accident hap
pened, it is presumed that she leaned
against the sill, lost her balance and
plunged into space.
"She was a great leading woman, a
statuesque beauty, and a charming, de
lightful personality."
Mr. Crane does not think th2t there is
a chance for the revival of "The Sen
ator" or of "The Henrietta."
"Both of those plays," said he, "are
wonderful stories. Nothing could be
nobler or better, but the construction is
old fashioned, antiquated. I need only
tell you of a speech like this in 'The
Senator' to prove my point- You re
member the scene where there is a bit
of love, making? Says the villain to the
wife of another man: 'You looK more
beautiful than ever tonight, my dear
est.' They are speaking in a room
crowded with guests. His line is tossed
out so clearly that the man up in the
farthest gallery seat can not miss it.
Nobody on the stage, of course, hears
it. That's funny isn't it? But this is
funnier. 'Hush,' replies the fair one
in a stage whisper ' that the said
gentleman in the last seat in the
gallery can hear distinctly, 'Hush/
Clubwomen and Their- Work
MARY ASHE MILLER
>—»fcLUBWOMEN will be Interested
| in the news that a new club has
V j been formed in this city which
is composed of the daughters of
well known Italian families, and which
held its first meeting Saturday last. The
club, which is called the- Vittoria
Colonna, will -be literary In nature and
has been formed with the avowed pur
pose of joining the State Federation of
Women's Clubs as soon as it is old
enough to federate.
At the meeting Saturday, Mrs. F. M.
Vanzi gaye '; an interesting and In
structive address on Vittoria Colonna.
The president is Dr. Mariana Ber
tola, and the secretary Miss Emilia
Zavaldano. Mme. Emilia Tojettl is
chairman of the press committee. A
hearty welcome will await the new
club, it Is safe to predict, and it will
be interesting to watch its develop
ment.
. - • • •
The reading center of the Associa
tion of Collegiate Alumnae will meet
this afternoon at the; home of : Miss
Roberta Seaman to read Zangwill's
"Melting Pot."
"The reading center will meet Friday
afternoon at Mrs. F. C. Turner's and
the subject of the afternoon's study
will be "The Wild buck."
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The Susan B/ Anthony club will
hold its regular meeting this afternoon
at 2 o'clock at its clubrooms. 2419
California street, and each member Is
requested to bring some item of inter
est to women.
•• • •
The regular meeting of the Califor-1
nia club will be held Tuesday after
noon and. the department of education,
of which Mrs. A. P. Black is chairman,
will have charge of tho program: > — '\u25a0
i slt Is. to be a reception of Mrs. J. B.
Hume,' the state president, and cards
have been sent out to many." friends : bf
the 'club \u25a0members-" inviting them to at
tend.' Mrs. Hume will give a lecture,
"Living as a. Fine Art," and' Frank
Carroll Giffen will sing several num
bers. \u25a0•'<
It is expected that it will be one of
the events of the .winter.%"
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The Mills club will meet Tuesday aft
ernoon. The proscram will Include. a
vocal solo by Mrs. C. ?. Middl^ton; a
sketch.. "Stasr** Stfurk"; dramatic read
ings .by- Mrs. Lisbeth Sweetzer and a
German .village street - performance
, Miss Ida : Julllerat and Miss " Doujrlas
JANUARY 17, 1910 .
my love, some . one may hear us.
And that reminded Crane of Ade>
skill in building: love scenes. Said thp
comedian, finishing his makeup as the
boy outside the
door shouted "15
minutes, 13 min
utes" — meaning. I
dare say, that a
quarter of an hour
would elapse be
fore the curtain
rose to interrupt
the orchestra. Said
Crane. "Ade has
done a remarkable
piece of work
which as yet no
critic has noticed.
How many lo\>
episodes are there
In "Father and the
Boys?"
\ "Three." said I.
promptly.
-Right you are."
said Crane. Now
tell me how many
love speeches
there, are in the
play.
' "I didn't notice."
said I.
-Of course you
didn't, because
there are none.
There's not a 'soil'
speech in the play.
Ade hates to write
love scenes and he
told me that he
proposed to present three loving
couplea on the stage In this play ami
still not have a single romantic line
spoken. He has succeeded, and the
love l , affairs of the three couples ar<*
well understood by the audience,
though not one declaration of affection
Is spoken of in the whole comedy. Once
one of the lovera is about to say the
tender thing. His arm is about to en
circle a waist, and his words are about
to tell of love. Just then the 'old man'
— that's me — breaks in on the scene and
breaks up the love feast.
When Robson and Crane dissolved
partnership Roftson suggested that ho
would either buy or sell the rights to
play Bronaon Howard's* "The Henri
etta." Howard owned the play, but the
firm of Robson & \ Crane owned the
rights to play It. "I sold instead of
bought and Robson gave me $-5,00'>
for th<* exclusive rights to produce the
comedy." said Crane. "After 14 years
I played in 'The Henrietta* again ami
realized how much the drama had ad
vanced in America. The old writers re
fused to leave anything to the Imagi
nation of an audience. Every linn was
underlined and every joke was punct
uated. But 'Father and the Boys' takes
one into & sort of family confidence.
The hearers* Imaginations are stirred.
One of the greatest lines that Ade ever
wrote. I think, for Instance. In that
wherein he describes a 'promoter.*
"The line is given to me. I say of
the major, who Is evidently a promoter.
'He capitalizes his conversation.' In an
old time play there would Wan explan
ation following that ingenious speech,
put in by the playwright for fear that
his wit would be missed."
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Crane expects to have a new play
next season. "I am in the hand* of
Charles Frohman," said he. "and he is
arranging for" a new comedy. As for
myself. I would be glad to play 'Fathei*
arid the Boys' for*the rest of my life, Ie
is so human, so true and no wholesome.*
Whitehead. Members are Invited t<|
bring their children.
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Laurel Hall club will meet Wednes*
day afternoron. The program will con
sist of cello solos by 3lme. Kath«
Pleczonka. who has recently arrived
from London, and songs by Mrs. Flora
llowell Janes, soprano, and Miss Har
riette Sfmon. An informal reception
will be given to the artists. Mrs. W, 11.
Barrows will be club hostess.
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The Papyrus club will meet Thursday
afternoon. Miss Delia Gri* wold b«in«r
chairman of the day. The program will
consist of songs by Miss Fltzgibbon.
Mrs. Stanton, Miss Griswold. Mrs.
Frank J. Stanton and Miss M*rie Jones.
A Shakespearean lecture will be given
Monday afternoon. January 2K at the
Papyrus club at 3 o'clock, Mr. Scott or
the- Louis^ James company being th*
lecturer.-. The club will also besin a.
series of whist evenings shortly, for
which handsome prizes will be provided
by the club members.
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The San Francisco musical club will
meet Thursday morning- at 10:30
o'clock. The program will be given by
Mrs. Charles L. Barrett, Hother Wls
mer, Adolf Laria. Nathan Firestone,
Miss Elizabeth Warden and Mrs. Ma
thilde "Wismer. v
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The Association of Pioneer Women
of California will hold its social day
Friday afternoon, . Mrs. J. B. Hume,
state president of the Federation oC
Women's Clubs, will b« the guest ot
honor. An interesting program is
promised.
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. The meeting of the Corona club
Thursday afternoon last was devoted
to book reviews, the openinlg number
being a talk on "Fiction." by Mrs. W.
W. Erskine; a paper on "John Marvel,
Assistant.*' by Mrs. John A- Miller; Mrs.
F. H. Coiburn gave some interesting
comments on "Modern Writers''; Mrs.
Byron Mac Donald sang "My Mother
Bids Me Bind^My Hair." ana to con
clude the program Miss Bolton and
Miss Norman pjiayed a mandolin duet,
accompanied by Mrs. Griffith.
Mrs. Charles C. Boynton lectured be
fore the Women's republican club ©C
New York city 'January ' 11. -oC which,
Mrs. William Cumfaings Slorev is the
president. Mrs. Boynton. who has
be#>n tho s:u*«t of Isadora Dusran since
?oins/ea*t.^poke on thertrainin? and
development of. children, both m«ntaUjr
and phystcaUy, and , also th« topic ot
feminine dress for women an<t •children.