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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. • \u2666 "* • 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. '\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 '. • • * . 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." ;.-.-... .• . ; - ';••• ::• "\u25a0-' .* . • ,'--' 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' ....... . \u25a0.\u25a0--.:\u25a0 •; . \u25a0 •\u25a0 •; -~-^.'. '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 •:,'\u25a0* •V'COSTAI RICA—I. A. - G.. Alameda. . What is the name, of the consul at San Francix-o fur ;G. FiKueroa. Sin Battery; street.; \u25a0 ] \-'i '".'\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•.* . ' \u2666\u25a0". '-."/• '- ' 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." ;'••, # . # \u25a0 • 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.%" ;\u25a0».•... • . \u25a0/\u25a0_•:• 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." • \u2666 • 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. * .' • « 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. • • • 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. • - • • 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 •'.• \u25a0 • \u25a0 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. ••' * • . 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.