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BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK FUXSTON came to
the relief of San Francisco in the hour of her greatest tribula
tion, and he did his work in a way that has commanded the
~ gratitude and respect of the city. We have
not forgotten the days of the great fire when
Funston marched in his soldiers to keep order
and help a people in sore distress. His work
was well done and quickly done.
it is not ior tnis reason alone that people in this neighborhood
regard with wonder and strong disapproval the discreditable fashion
in -which Funston has so repeatedly been denied, the promotion
which was his right by seniority. Indeed, the record in detail is
surprising. Xo other explanation is possible than an ignoble favor
itism. The men who have so frequently been jumped over Fun
ston's head were none of them superior and were mostly inferior
to him in point of actual service done for the United States.
Of thirty-four general officers in the army Flinston is the only
remaining brigadier general appointed by President McKinley.
General Leonard Wood was named to that rank two months before
Funston and as soon. as he reached the head of the list he was at
once promoted to be major general. He, like Funston, came up
from the volunteers and in his case the vested rights of seniority
were recognized at once. Wood was 43 when, he was promoted
and yet in Funston's case, being about the same age, the plea has
been repeatedly made that he was "young and could afford to wait."
It supplies an astonishing problem in arithmetic to work out how
Funston is younger at 45 than Wood was at 43.
Funston. then, was passed over in favor of McCaskey. Hall,
Duvall. Barry and Carter in succession, and -now the gossip of
Washington says that it is proposed to put Murray, over his head.
These men are what is known as "palace favorites" in Washington.
Xone of them has seen the hard service that Funston has gone
through and they were all his juniors in grade. If Funston is not
given his just right of promotion on this occasion he must wait
four years for Grant's retirement, and he might not it then
after having marked time for fourteen y»ears. .If this is a way, they
have in the army it is time that it were reformed altogether.
Grossly Unfair
Treatment of
Funston
IX the Xew York Evening Post of the day following election we
find the following piece of hypocritical humbug:
With magnificent independence and genuine devotion to the
f public weal, the republicans of this state have
rebuked demagoguery, given the lie to the false
• - pretenses of their part}' leaders and punished
the betrayal, at Albany of party and state by the
republican organization. The absurd allegation s
that the only issue was the menace of an alliance
between Wall street and Tammany hall is effectually disposed Of.
Possibly the Post is prepared to deny that "big business" and
Tammany were in alliance to beat Roosevelt. When a paper of the
Post ? s standing \u25a0find? itself in such company and working to the
same ends it might very well see reason to suspect its own motives.
The Post is usually found championing a very different cause, but
in this instance its course appears to have been inspired by a per
sonal spite because Roosevelt uttered some. hard words about the
paper. \
This resentment may have been natural enough, but it has had
some very queer effects. All through the campaign the Post has
been working like a horse to persuade itself that it was in the
best of fine company. For example, Dix, the Tammany candidate
for governor, was a good man. Of course he was and is a good
man. It is the customary trick of the boss to nominate some
respectable nonentity for the head of the ticket, but a man who was
nominated by Tammany and whose campaign was financed by
"big business" will, not readily escape from his .associations.
Finally this "magnificent independence 7 ' that sets the Post
dancing a jig found its. expression in a plurality of less than half
of one per cent of the vote. Evil communications corrupt good
A New York
Brand
Of Hypocrisy
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r I T TIE chief of the bureau of statistics in Washington estimates
I that the total export values of, manufactured articles for the
•*\u25a0 current year will amount to some $500,000,000. This output is
\u25a0 — | quite independent of the exports of agricul
tural produce. This country has 'long ljßeeri
first in that field -and the time is. not' far dis
tant when we shall claim the primacy in
exported manufactures.
These are our infant* industries; which the. tariff is supposed, to
protect. Their products can be sold" in free trade competition with
the manufactures of other nations, but Americans must pay a higher
price for them because of an inordinate, and quite unnecessary tariff.
The facts, in brief, indicate why the insurgents- in congress
demanded an honest downward revision of , the tariff. If that
demand had been complied with the country would not have
elected a democratic majority in the. next house of representatives.
The republicans who were refused reelection were almost exclu-
A Little
Lesson From
the Figures
SECRETARY B ALLIXGER'S powerful adhesive quality - is
illustrated by his suggestion that the Cunningham coal land
claims in Alaska be adjudicated by the courts of 'the- district
.of Columbia. This is equivalentHo a confes
sion • that the people of v America have, so
completely s lost : confidence in the} interior
department under' Ballingers control ;that: any
decision arrived .at by the administration
v^^.^^^i^j-^ of public-suspicion. '.*-;\u25a0 \u0084..,:. ...,'.; . .",\ .
V; U But Ballinger will not/resign. . Admitting himself to . be the
subject of public distrust, he still sticks to office like a limpet to ; a
rock. He is ready;- as a": concession to popular sentiment,; to; permit
Secretary
Ballinger's
Adhesive Quality
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
The Legislature Must Keep Entire
Faith With Albert G. Spalding
LUMINOUS exposition of the facts ; and the Jaw, relating^to the election of a
United States senator .is contained in the letter of A. G. Spajding of San
Diego, printed in these columns on Thursday. It puts the case so clearly and in
such convincing fashion that the republican majority in the legislature must jinder
stand that if' faith is 1 to be kept with' their constituents,^ with the pledges of the
platform and with the.mandate of^tlie direct primary -law v they 5 have no alternative
but to elect Mr. Spaldihg to succeed Senator 'Flint.
Respect, for. the. principles ,underlying : the direct primary system must be and is
a primeconsideration by which the republican repres'entativeS'in the. legislature will'
be guided and to this they are pledged. .A rHost important part of :the purposes that
inspired the enactment, of this law was to give the whole peopje of the state a direct,
voice in the election of United States senators. This was the purpose of the follow
ing provisions of the law: . * ..•'\u25a0- r- '
The vote for candidates for United States senators shall be an advisory : _^..
vote for the' purpose of ascertaining th.c sentiment of the voters in the respec- : - _"^* _
• • tive senatorial and assembly districts in the respective parties; provided further. " "' '
that members of the legislature, shall be at liberty to vote either for the _;•** "
choice of' their respective districts, expressed at said' primary election or for 'j_
the candidate, for. United States senator" .who shall have received the in'dprse
i ment of his party at' such primary election in' the greatest number of districts |
electing members of such party to the legislature.. /\u25a0
There is, as Mr. Spalding sa}*s, no ambiguity, about these words. They provide
that the advisory vote of the districts shall constitute a mandate to the representa
tives, v lf they desire to give effect to the law the only means to. do so is to accept
the advisory mandate of the majority of the districts. The single, clear result of the
primary and the general election was that Spalding has been given the mandate by
sixty-four republican districts, while Works was the "choice of thirty-two districts.
In fine, Spalding's advisory vote constitutes without any assistance from the Works
districts a clear majority of the legislature on joint ballot and a majority of two to
one over vWorks. There is no getting away, from these figures.
The Call assumes that no member of the legislature will break faith with his con
stituents. Such a course would be fatal to his political' future. The members instructed
for Works are not even numerous enough to create a deadlock. Thev \u25a0 may be said
to constitute a negligible minority as far as the determination of this matter is con
cerned.
There is another quite important consideration that republican members of the.
legislature should take to heart, whether they are instructed for Works or Spalding,
and this is that if they ignore the advisory mandate of their constituents in this elec
tion it will form ' a precedent that, may break downfall future endeavors by means,
of law to give the people at large a voice in the election of United States senators.
If they can make bold to disregard the law as it now stands in this regard no future
amendment will be strong enough to bind them. In a word, if the republican party
of California desires to keep faith with the principles of the direct primary system
there is no escape from the election of Spalding. ,
another agency to fulfilLthe duties of his office, but he will continue
to draw the salary.
So much might have . been expected from" Ballingcr. It is
nothing surprising, but it serves to exhibit in a fresh light the
character of the man. Moreover, he is becoming talkative since
election, and the other day propounded these views :
To my mind, a continuation of the present situation is the direct
antithesis of rational conservation. Consider that for each five tons' of
Atlantic seaboard coal transported to the Pacific coast one ton is used. up
in transportation, or a total waste of 20 per cent, and you will see that
existing methods do not conserve, but destroy. From an economicpoint
\u25a0 of: view it is' intolerable that this waste should continue, and that a large
region should be handicapped in its legitimate development and the proper,,
use of its resources by the failure of the government properly to settleithe '
problems of how to use these resources. It is most sincerelj' to be hoped
that congress will determine early in the coming session the manner in
which Alaska coal may be taken 'out and placed in the markets of the
Pacific coast before those markets are absorbed by foreign: importations..
. This is simply an argument in favor of giving away the coal
measures of Alaska., The laws in this' relation are now wide open
and the country insists that before anything is done some reasonable
compensation be exacted in the public interest as a condition prece
dent to the alienation of these enormously valuable properties. Until
provision: of that sortfis made by law Mr. Ballinger and his friends
must wait.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
ATMOSPHERE— G. P.. City. What Js the
reason that high mountain resort? ha-re a more,
beneficial effect on persons suffering from pul
monary troubles than the lowlands?
Douglass Archibald, M. A., in the
"Story of the Earth's Atmosphere"
says: "In large cities such as Edfn
burg:. London and Paris, where the
product of animal and fuel combustion
enters the atmosphere in largre quan
tities, the lower atmosphere is so pol
luted that'in some cases as many as
ir.0,000 dust particles in a single cubic
centimeter "(about 15 centimeters equal
one cubic inch)^have been counted. As
we rise above the surface the number
of dust particles is. found to diminish
pretty regularly with the ascent. The
general rule for the diminution of dust
particles is that for every rise of 3.000
feet the amount is four-fifths of what
it .was at the lower level. The bear
ing of this on the question of the
beneficial influence of high mountain
resorts is obvious. At 6,700 feet above
sea level the number of dust particles
is 950 per' cubic centimeter, while at
13,(500 feet it is but 157."
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GARAGE— A. R. City. Wkat Js the origin of
the word "garage." that Is used as a place for
the storing of sntomohiles? . J \
The word is French, but its root is
traced all ; the way Aback to Sanskrit,
where it conveyed the idea of "protect
ing, covering and sheltering." The
word as now used is from the French
verb "garer.'V in connection with' such
phrasea as "garer un bateau" or "garer
un radeau," to place a boat or raft of
lumber in safety along the bank of a
river. Thence the name "gare" came
to designate a spot suitable for such a
purpose, and its derivative "garage**
was applied to a place of safety. In
time,* the roundhouse of French rail
roads was called a "garage," and-, be
cause the name ..has a euphonous
sound it was adopted by Americans as
the name for the place where automo
biles are safely kept.
.RUNCIBLE— O. O. T. A.. City. Is there such
a yrord as '.'runcible?** . • .
It is a variant form of rounceval, an
obsolete word, meaning "huge, glgan
,tio," derived from large bones said 1 to
have ' been dug up at 'Roncesvalles, one
of the valleys of ; Navarre on .the 'east
side of the Pyrennes, about 20 miles
north of Pamplona, famous. in song and
story as^ the scene /of . a defeat of
Charlemagne's army -by J a combined
force of Arabs, Navaresse and French
Gascons, in 775. . •' *
METALS— C. H..- S.. Maxwell. Is there .a
place In California to which one. may send rare
ore or metals to have the same classified: and
where one may learn the value of metals?
. The'state mining bureau in the' ferry
.building, t San- Francisco,, will classify
"ore' and' metals and -tell what the ore
'contains, - but not- trie .assay value." It
will also state the value of metals per
ounce. .
.. GOODBYE— Subscriber. City. This
department is, -informed by M/ E.
Snively >.bf- Monterey that the .verses
you desire,.! "Gpodbyer: My | Lover, Good
bye," afeiby: James .Whltcomb j Riley.* ;
INDlANS— Subscriber. Clt.r. Why are "the ab
origines of America called Indians?".
In iVTheatrum' Orbis JTerrarurn," 1583,
Abraham' Or telinua. geographer to . the
king, designates what is now known as
America as "India Nova," and in con
sequence the inhabitants were desig
nated as Indians.
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PRISONERS— V., T. S. F., City. What is
meant by "sweating." "torture" and "third de
gree" as applied to persons accused of crime?
Officers in police department some
times take persons suspected of crime,
put. them in solitary confinement, then
.take them out and put them through
a long examination in order to learn
what they know about a crime. Dur
ing the solitary confinement ttfe person
is very uncomfortable and when under
examination passes a very unpleasant
period of time. This is designated by
different persons by the names in your
letter of inquiry.
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DAY AFTER THE FAIR— J. 8., Oakland.
What is the origin of the Raying, "A day after
the fair?" .
This was quoted by John Hey wood," a
writer In 1562, and it appears in Tarl
ton's "Collection .of Jests," issued in
1611.
"A ballad, be It ever so good, it goes
a-begging after the faire," is to be
found in Breton's "Wit Trenchmour.'i
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' LEATHER — Subscriber. City. When did
leather first come into use?.
There is no record- of when leather
first came into use, but It was known
very early in Egypt arid Greece, where
it was used for harness, ropes and the
like. The Gordian knot was made of
leather, 330 B. C.
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THE BANNER— A, O. V., City. I believe that
Los Angeles was for a long time the banner re
publican county, but lost the banner to Alameda
county. When was that?
Los Angeles held It' for, six consecu
tive years. It went to Alameda county
at the November election In 1896.
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s CHINATOWN— G. A.. East Oakland. Are
there any joss houses and a Chinese theater In
the new Chinatown In San Francisco? Where are
they?
Yes.- Any policeman will direct you
to them. , ;
STATION— S. L. F., City. Which is the larger
railroad station, the one in Washington, D. C,
or th« one in St. Lonis?
It is said that the one in "Washington
is 26 feet longer and 90 fee,t wider than
the one in St. Louis.
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V - SOPRANO — 0. ; {?.,' City. Who is considered
the greatest soprano singer * of, the present time?
\ The consensus. of opinion of those in
this city who are qualified to judge is
that it is Mme. Melba. <
AUSTRALIA— City Reader. To whom' should
*\u25a0 wr lte for information -as to opportunities for a
wide awake man in Australia?
.."Write to : the secretary of the cham
ber of commerce,; Sydney. \u25a0
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CfESS— E. A. S..- Stockton. Is there any
publication deroted especially to chess?
_-LaskeVs Chess Magazine, New , York
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. -AGRICULTURIST— P. A: F.V Sutter Creek/
ll«hedV the Wlsconsln , Agriculturalist , pub-
At Racine, Wis. " '
CARSON CITY -PAPERS— Sut>;. ; City, i What
are the prominent papers of. Carson City, Xev.?
'The -Appeal . 'and^tho, News; \u25a0 ".
Celsius Shows What San Francisco
Has Done in the Last Three Years
IX May, 1906. shortly after the great fire. Major General A. AV^ Gree y, comman J
( ing the United. States army in this district and at the time practically m a> ntrxn
\u25a0 of the city government; estimated the population of San Francisco ' *
His.figures were not far'from the mark. The stricken, city had lost some
residents in the six weeks following the fire. Most of them did not go far, t>u 3j
simply could not find house room here and. indeed, many of those who stayed by tne
\town were compelled to put up with tents or extemporized shacks. Most o
who left the city under compulsion did so with intent to return. They have coma
back. . . "v"rrP-v «'
V The federal census was taken almost exactly four years after the great c^°^.
What the population of San Francisco may have been in the early months of IVUS
there is ho, exact means of ascertaining, but it is quite clear that in the four years of
•• rehabilitation we have almost recovered our former population siaiu..
Si 'This by \ itself would be a marvelous, accomplishment. The two years imme
diately following the fire may properly be regarded as a period of arrested^ develop-
due to an unavoidable convulsion of natural forces. The city can not fairly be
said to have begun recovering its lost population until a year after the fire ? so that
on the figures of the census now given out by the bureau the city has considerabh
more than doubled its population in three years.* To be more exact, the population
has multiplied by about two and a half times in that period, an increase of some
250 per cent.
No doubt these additions were our own people for .the most part, but if we !oo£
over the bay district we can see that there, has been a striking, gain of population*
Oakland has climbed above the 150.000 mark, scoring an increase of 83214 for thei
decade. Berkeley has 40.434. or a gain of 27,220, and Alameda records" 23,383 people*
an increase of 6,919. All these cities and their suburbs constitute with San Francisco}
and its suburbs a single community with common aspirations and causes of growth,'
They may be all regarded as a single city in the sense that they are one market, and
San Francisco confidently expects to do much better in the coming decade. TnQi
Panama-Pacific exposition will bring- this city, and its neighbors a great access o5
business* and this will only be the beginning, because the opening of the isthmian
canal is certain to doublcthe trade of the port. San Francisco on this side of the*
bay is preparing to spend $10,000,000 in developing the harbor facilities to take caret
of the canal trade and Oakland on the other side is getting ready to assume its share**
of this business by means of an extensive program of water front improvements amply)
Things are moving. Shortly San Francisco will begin to dig tunnels to open upj,
quarters now difficult of access. The amendment to' the charter adopted
last Tuesday in this relation clears away the legal obstacles that have hampered prog-*
ress in this direction. On the shores of this magnificent bay we shall build the Neus
\u25a0 York of .western America. The future opens bright with promise.
Persons in the News
HERBERT SHEARER of Willows. Mr. and
,- Mrs. Charles Parker of New Tork and Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Jones of Salt Lake are among
the 'recent arrivals at the Manx.
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WILLIAM H. COEBETT. president and general
manager of the Willamette Iron and steel
works, is at the St. Francis registered from
Portland.
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HOMER LEA of LOJS Angeles is staying at the
Palace. He was formerly a general of the
Chinese army and now devotes his* time to
writing.
C. B. LAMONT, assistant to the*' president of
the Moran company of Seattle, ship builders,
, is at the St. Francis. , " .
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C. J. BURNETT, > who Is interested in hemp
growing in Solano, county, is staying at- the
' Union Square.
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RUFTTS CHOATE, secretary of the San Diego
chamber of. commerce. Is at the Palace with
Mrs. Choate. • .
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D. B. CAMPBELL and D. A. Kenyon, apple
growers of Klamath Falls, are staying at' the
St. Francis.
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H. B. J. SCHEEL, a mining man of Silver City,.
Nev., Is among the recent J arrivals at the
Argonaut.
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DONALD MACDONALD, a lumlvrm an "of Albion,
"is among the recent arrivals at the ' St.
Francis.
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GEORGE GATES of San Jose. Inventor of con
crete railroad . ties, > Is staying at the St.
t Francis.
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D; 'C. COLLIER, director general of. the San
Diego exposition. Is at. the Palace with Mrs.
Collier. .
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E. T. COSPERr a fruit grower of Hanford, i«
at the Argonaut with Mrs. Cosper.
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CARL POLLOCK, a mine operator of Goldfield,
is registered at the Union Square.
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"W. T. "PTJRNELL, a stationer of Sacramento, is
at the Palace with Mrs. Purnell. , .
H. O, MILLER of Marysville 1» among • the re
cent arrivals at the Stewart.
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8,. M. ROBEHTSON, 'Tiwner of Napa soda
springs, is at the Stanford. >
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GROVE L. JOHNSON of Sacramento is at the
Palace with Mrs. Johnson. .
GEORGE T. ; COVELL, businessman from Mo
desto, is at the Turpm. \
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REV. and MRS. R. W. ANDREWS of Japan are
• guests at the "Stewart. . ' ' , .
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GOVERNOR ELECT T. L. ODDIE of Nevada is
1 staying at the Palace.
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A. P. COLLINS, banker, from. Chicago, Is regis
tered at the Turpln.
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J." J. MILLER, merchant from -South Dakota. Is
at the Colonial. .• \u0084 ' '• ; . ."-';' -;v> ;
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J. L.^BRYSON of Stockton is at the Stanford.
Abe Martin
. V-Toii; never i see any safety razors at a
dance, v. Mrs. ,Tllf ord 4 Moots ; -bought '.'a.
beautiful twelve ! payment "". rug «- thla
morninV. .— . "
V_y 11 Vlv T T Cll V
The Po c t Phi loso.pher
My neighbor, keeps a- frantic steed that always
tries to run away. "You are/a foolish man, indeed/*
I siid;;: : >"he'il: kill you off some
day/ l^* r An«f" then, into my .car
I stepped, and £*ram into a
vagrant: cow; an d> when I from
the ruins crept my neighbor said :
; "Who:sUoony now?" My wife
has bought a new fall, hat, and I remarked, with
great disdain: "The dame;, who'll blow good scads
for that should have; a cobbler 'fix her brain." And
then I took my old stiff tile and jammed it down
upon my brow; the frau surveyed it with a smile,
and murmured low: "Who's loony now?" All day
I'm toiling in my den;. l grind out essays doubly dense ; I'm always,
roasting other men, and saying that they Have no sense. And'whjen;
I'm all swelled up with pride — c'en as the reader finds me now—*,
I make some break; and folks deride, and cry aloud: "Who's^
loony now?" . '\u25a0 r^gg*'^ ?pL
WHO'S
LOONY
'NOW?'
The Morning Chit-Chat
££^"T"^HE right use of money is to accomplish -what
1 you wish with it." — Mary Lyons, founder of
/ H~V Mount Holyoke.
Do you know I wish I were clever ehjough to.edita
woman's dictionary containing some of the -words that
the. feminine sex seems to need to have defiaediv'-*- .'\u25a0-*
"Extravagance" and "economy," for instance.
On a little 50 mile train trip that I took yesterday
I counted four women on the train wearing white gloves.
They were not dressed expensively—you could have
bought every stitch any one of them had on, from aigrette
to_pump and from skin to coat, for, a hundred dollars, and
yet, were I a man witha moderate income looking for a
reasonably economical wife, these are the sort of women
I would at once place as impossible.
Why?
Because, using the word in its right meaning, I consider that, those white
gloves represented more extravagance than far larger- expenditures, a $20
willow plume or $8 shoes, for instance. *
' For my idea of sartorial extravagance is not, as so many women consider"
it, just spending a lot of money on your clothes." Nor do I think, economy
conversely is spending very likle money. '
I think extravagance is spending your money without getting good value"
for it, and economy is the converse.
To sum it up. in .Mary Lyons'' words: -
"The right use of 'money is to accomplish what you wish with it."
White gloves cost more than dark, gloves in. initial outlay, in greater
fragility and in cleansing expense, whether of time or money.
Used for every day wear, on a train-or shopping excursion, they are botft.
bad taste and unattractive,' because even if they are perfectly fresh when they
are put on they, will be badly soiled by Sl the time they are taken off.
.Presumably those women spent more money to clothe themselves in
white gloves" in order to look exfcrawell.
I'm not writing allthis to .inveigh against the habit of wearing white
gloves on all occasions. I have no especial- grudge against white gloves* I
simply take -them. as typical of the hundred arid one little ways in which the
American' woman, especially that class of her who- can least afford* it, is*
extravagant. ,
She buys fragile' and delicately colored materials for every day wear; she
buys ultra styles in cheap grade when she ought to buy a two season style In v
a better grade; she purchases elaborate and unsuitable accessories, such as
white, gloves' and fragile furs. :, > . ':" . it» ;
. As .a she looks well, dressed for a brief time and. very poorly"
dressed for a very, long .time.- She is spending her money to be well dressed*
and because : pf f her- lackjof judgment she fails of her. object.
And that's what I. call extravagance— money spent without judgment:
Don't you? . _ '\u0084/_] - '. ;\u25a0'•\u25a0' ' :"'"• .. v-. * *
1 A n^, don't /you; think; itvwquld be a grand idea, if ..this kind of women
could have Mary Lyons' definition pastedover their dressers, or, better still
printed on their pay envelopes? *
"The right^use ofmoneyis to ac- *\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 -^ " . i
complish what you wish with it." .. 0./>.^«.» -_ /
NOVEMBER IS, 1910
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