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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16
Master Frederick Williams,

Tie lad secured by the Rev. Mr.. Gray from
Westminster Abbey, aud who proposes TO give
MS taste OF his quality at the metropolitan
Temple on Monday next, April goth, is spoken
Of in extraordinary terms OF praise by The Cana
dian, New York and Boston press. The people
in Boston grew enthusiastic over him, as it was
natural for them 10 do, seeing how much they
Affect tie English. Master Williams straight
from the great Minister OF London town, neces-
SaTily became a fashionable rad 10 the cult OF the
Hub. some of the papers speak OF the pure and
simple vncalsG Of the boy IN words Of rapture;
il WIS like honey dropping from the honey-
comb; others feel disposed, from the tone OF
their remarks. to exclaim with Milton, in Comus,
Can any mortal mixture Of earths mold
Breathe such divine enchanting rayishment?
Williams, it would appear, differs from kay-
auagh Gn whose ''lute' there Is now rio, in
Thar his delivery Is delightfully."- spontaneous, aud
not SO exaggerated as was that OF The Chicag01n.
In tact he IS a most gifted example OF the highly
trained English Cathedral chOrister.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16

II is an open question to some people, and
closed one to The great majority, how The pres
ence. in the cast OF " Lend me Your Wife," OF
tile guinine-laced old man." Mr. Alexander
Sluup. Bessie Bunilug's father, adds to the mer-
rimput OF tile occasion. The piece is now
running ii The New California with Mr.. Roland
Reed in The lead. Some are IN doubt where lie
mlrth OF the hideOus Old man comes in; The
majority find no opening Tor 1t at all. In tact,
Stirtup seems placed there Tor the same purpose
tile skeleton was seated at al Egyptian banquet
to warn those present Of their later end. Inc
comedy has not 700 much fun in II, at he best.
and we would advise Mr.. Reed 10 exchange this
StIrlup Tor a spur II be wishes to make the piece
go" 1t would be better, ~ Tact, TO eliminate
this Turkey-rhubarb horror altogether, and sub
sllute a character relieving The Yankee hardness
and cyuiciSm OF Mr.. Reeds Abner TarbOX with
a little hearty toyialtly. All Yankees are not
TarbuXeS. Such u substitution would not clash
with the comedians business. Rather would II
thereby be put in i better light.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16

"Mr. MacarOni," the new aree-c0medy from
the pen OF George f. Marion, San Francisco
boy, is said to be one OF the best and most anus
ing pieces of its kind ever written.
Joseph Proctor, the veteran actor, was a time
houored friend Of Lawrence Barrett and they
had for long time kept up a mutual GORE
sp0ndence. In his last letter to Mr.. Proctor.
which was written just four or I'VE days before
his deaIh, Mr.. Barrett said that he had signed a
contract as sole manager OF a magnificent star
ring our of Mary Anderson next season. This
seems To assure Mrs. NavarrO's return TO the
ST &c. our Mary must be troubled with In
decision OF character
jerome X. Jerome" professional name OF the
English playwright. is, baptismally, j. w. Arrow
smith.
During two nights at Omaha week before last
Mr.. Stuart Robson scoOped In $1,000. Robson is
credited with being the most successful actor,
financially. en- tour this season.
Professor HERMANN has concluded to give
New York the 90 by for several seasons TO come
Mr.. William Ewart Gladstone, eX- Premier OF
Great Britain, lately sent e1o 10 the London
Actors Benevolent Fund This may serve as
lint 10 some Of our prominent public men to
look TO The actors and see them well bestowed
The Cosmopolitan Quartet Club tmale) sang at
the reception given TO Governor Markham in
this city on Tuesday evening. the 14th Inst
"a Woman Halter" viii probably be put on
The New California stage next week.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16
THE MIMIC WORLD.
Midweek Notes of Business at
the Different Theaters.
Accident on the Race-COurse-su suggestion to
Roland Reed-Byrons "Plunger '-"Ka-
jauka"-A Jubilee Night-Etc.

Accidents will happen in the best regu-
lated families, and also in the best managed
theaters. Thus. on Tuesday night thread
happened 10 catch on some Of the cog wheels
of the racing machinery in The County
Fair" at the Baldwin, ard this came very
near causing Cold Molasses to lose the
race. Two or three who were carried away
Nv the illusion Of the scene were willing to
bet that some turtle had got behind on the
stage and "doped' the spinster's horse; but
others. more alive to the situation, insisted
that a hammer-head had been thrown
among the cog-wheels, or silver Of iron
showed under one Of The bearings. How
ever, the race was n clean one last night,
and was enjoyed, as we'll as the preceding
scenes, by Il crammed auditorium. The Cout-
" Fair viii be here for two or three weeks
yet, aud the interest in the melodrama' which
now seems but really awakening. will be al
foided ample opportunity to be srailhed.
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union League Reception.


The reception rendered to Governor and
HRS. Markham by the members Of the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16
ME-. Fred Urban. .

Who has made himself useful as manager and
popular as an actor, VIII take benefit at the
Tvoh theater this evening in "The Gypsy
Baron" There has been quite a rush for tickets.
not only by men about town, but also by fami-
lies from the suburban districts. The auditorium
will be nicely filed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-16
OLYMPIC ASSEMBLY HALL

DANCING ACADEMY,
Corner Suffer and Powell SITS. PROF. FLYNN.
formerly OF Ross Hail, guarantees to teach begin
ners the waltz In ten minutes or no charge. CLASS
nights Tuesday and Thursday nights Social every
Saturday evening. apo cod I'm
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

1t has been my misfortune to find
out that a strict adherence to truth
does not abide in the soul Of the aver
age New York tradesman. Perhaps
tongue would be the better word for /
do not think the trouble is any deeper
seated. New York business folk have
the reputation of being "hustlers" and
the small dealers like to impress their
customers with the idea that they are
up to the pace, For that reason moth
ing is ever done or delivered at the
promised time. 1t matters not whether
it is coat to be cleaned, watch to
he repaired, a shoe to be nended or a
carpet to be busted, you are sure of
only one thing, and that is that you
will not get it at the time promised.
l have tried in vain to find a trades
man in these small affairs of domestic
economy who will keep his word l
find old residents have come to take
the word of tradesman at discount
as a regular thing. That is, if an ar
ticle is promised for a Wednesday. they
don't expect it until the following Mon
day To the uninitiated it is very
aggravating custom and waste of
prevaricating proclivities. New York
Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

"Some years ago." said Mr.. Bobby
Gaylor, western audiences were ex.
ceedingly fertile in the matter of inter
ruptions Fanny Louise Buckingham,
an old time favorite, came to Leadvill"
with 'Mazeppa. 1t was a one horse
show in all the word implies, but she
couldn't get her fiery steed up over the
narrow gauge railroad, and was obliged
to substitute horse that had formerly
been employed in drawing a milk
wagon. A miner happened to be loaf
ing at the stable where the trade was
made, and went to the theater that
night provided with a tin horn.
In the scene where Mazeppa is lashed
to the horse. long incline had been
built at the rear of the stage, and up
this the animal was to dash and dis
appear behind some pasteboard rocks,
1t made the start all right, but at the
quarter post, SO to speak, the wretched
miner blew his horn and the faithful
beast supposing there was milk to de-
liver, stopped stock still Miss Bucking-
ham was furious, and with n few well di-
rected kicks succeeded in getting him
of again, only to be stopped by another
blast, In that way they went up the
incline a step at time, like Mary Queen
of Scots going to execution in Inelo-
drama. The miner escaped. Atlanta
| Constitution.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

On the tibia of grasshoppers' and
crickets' forelegs may be seen a bright
shiny spot, oval in form. which hai
been found to be true ear Old
naturalists supposed these strange struc
lures helped in some way to intensity
the penetrating, chirping sounds OF
crickets. No one for moment thought
they might be ears.
Sir John Lubbock and other modern
naturalists have decided that crickets,
bees, ants and other little animals shall
not keep their sense organs a secret
from us any longer; and although
these are often in the least suspected
places, still, by careful experiments,
they are sure TO be discovered, as was
the cricket's ear, Some grasshoppers
have no ears in their legs, and as rule
these cannot sing, st. Nicholas
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

Although in later life Napoleon was
a votary of the snuff box, he was never
known to attempt smoking but once.
The Persian ambassador having pre-
sented him with magnificent oriental
pipe, he wished to give it a trial. After
being instructed how to proceed, he
desired his attendant, Constant, to light
it. 1t was accordingly properly charged
and lighted. We will let Constant tell
the rest of the tale: 81 obeyed, and
returned it to him. But scarcely had
he drawn mouthful, when the smoke,
which he did not know how to expel
from his mouth, turned back by his
palate, penetrated into his throat and
came out by his nose, nearly binding
him. AS soon as he recovered breath
he exclaimed: Take that awav-what
an abominationl The brutes Ny
stomach is quite upsetr In fact, he
was so annoyed for more than an hour
that he renounced forever all desire to
try the experiment again. National
Review.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

A curious study might be made of
the causes of epidemics of crime. In
mediaeval times, and even now in super
stitious countries, all evils were and
are attributed to the influence of ad-
verse stars. Probably this is an ap-
proach to great scientific truth, or its
advance shadow, TO say the least. That
meteorological conditions seriously af-
feet the health and spirits is a fact of
such everyday experience that it is no
longer regarded as phenomenal. The
causes of meteorological changes must
be the causes lying back of the pervad-
ing disposition to commit peculiar kinds
of crime. A suicidal or a murderous
atmosphere must, therefore, have its
origin in some of the secret springs of
nature. There are causes for all things
in life and nature, and no study of such
causes is in vain, St Louis Republic
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
The Press and Public Men.

Is the press immaculate9 By no
means. Do all connected with it ap-
preciate the grave responsibilities which
their linitless facilities for reaching the
public should impose upon them
Again the answer must be an emphatic
no. Have public men no reasonable
grounds of complaintl Undoubtedly
they have. But the sweeping judg-
ment which too many of them pass
upon the representatives of the press as
a body has in it the same elements of
unfairness and injustice as exist in the
wide opinion that public men as a class
are corrupt. With the latter the exact
opposite is true. As a class they are
honest. So with journalists: as u class
they are careful and conscientious.
The erroneous judgments OF public
men and of members of the press spring
from the same cause-name!y. visiting
the shortcomings of the few upon the
many. In the one case the fact that
party men, as a rule, unite to shield
chose detected in wrong creates gen
eral opinion that the class is corrupt.
In the other, the fact that there
is too much liberation by the press
of it's libelers and sensation mon
gers gives excuse to public men for
their sweeping charges. In word, the
most effective foes of the press are those
of its own household. 1t is fully able
to deal successfully with all others; it
should be abundantly able to crush
these. General Boynton in Century.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
Wales Visit TO Yorkshire.

The Prince of Wales and a friend,
going for stroll one morning, at the
turning of a lane came across a miner
who had with him brace of bull ter
rier pups. Wishing to appear sociable,
the princes companion asked the man
how much he had paid for the pups.
Two quid, " replied the miner, with
true Yorkshire brevity. The Prince OF
Wales examined the dogs critically for
a few moments, and then, moved per-
haps by a sense of duty toward a fu-
ture subject, remarked in mildly
apologetic tone Don't you think two
pigs would have been better invest.
ment, my friendr Maybe" replied
the collier; but, mister, what bloom
ing fool a chap would look a-going
a-ratting with to pigs" The argu-
ment was irresistible, and the prince.
with his friend, retired nonplused. -
New York Recorder.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

Here is n sentence, taken from the
local columns of the Southbridge Jour.
nal, which is we'll worth reading: "A
man from Wales, on his way to South
bridge after meat with pair of horses
drove into the village Friday about II a.
M, when bolt, holding the neap drop
ped out, causing fright to the horses,
which jumped to the right and left to
get clear of the wagon, pulling the driver
with considerable force, but he still held
on to the team, until obliged, to save his
head, TO let them go and they cleared
themselves from the wagon and ran
from the upper end of the village to Ben
nett's corner, where they were stopped
by men at work ON the street." The
facts in the case seem to be all there
The Writer.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

There was sign on the barber shop
window reading, Boots Blacked In
side" A pedestrian halted and read the
sign, and then opened the door and said:
THAT ought to be shoes. Not one
man in fifty wears boots nowadays"
The barber didn't say anything, but
after due reflection concluded the man
was right, and so changed the sign to
read "Shoes Blacked Inside" He had
scarcely put it up when the same man
came along again, and opened the door
10 say:
"No one wants the inside of his shoes
blaclsed. We pay to have the shine on
the outside. Better fix it,"
The barber puzzled over it for awhile
and realized that the man was right,
and next day the sign was replaced by
one reading;
"The outside of shoes blacked inside" :"
"That's perfectly correct" said the
fault finder, as he came along in The aft
ernoon. ''Never give yourself away
IN the English language. Always say
what you mean. Better put up u sign
in the other window of Shave You
While You Wait Everybody will then
understand that they must wait while
you shave. New York World.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
spottsng "A Smell.

He was walking along Sackett street,
near Court, in Brooklyn, the other after
noon, when he suddenly stopped and
shifted the air in all directions. His
nose had found a familiar odor, and
pretty soon he traced it to a certain
chimney and assembled the steps of a
house and rang the bell.
Excuse me, ma'am," he said to the
woman who came to the door, "but do
you keep a cookT'
"Yes, sir" she replied as she looked at
him in a puzzled way.
sis she in at the present timer"
"Yes, sir, but she doesn't want to see
no agents"
"Oh, I'm no agent, ma'am. You just
call to the cook through the speaking
tube that the water has all boiled out of
her potatoes, and that the said potatoes
are burning. Smell 'em very plainly in
the street. Happens every day at my
own house. Cook is probably reading a
novel or got cold in the head. That's
all, ma'am-no trouble at all-good
evening. New York World.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

"How are you, Brother Tom" said a
Detroit young man one evening to the
brother of the Cleveland girl he has
been counting for year past.
"Ah, old fellow, how are your was
the cordial response. 80 Edith has
accepted you, has she, and you are
coming into the famllyl"
"Well - n--er-no-not exactly,
hesitated the young Detroitcr; but
she has agreed to be a sister TO me, and
that makes me your brother, doesntitf'
The question was Of such an embar-
RAISING nature that the Cleveland youth
had 60 blush awkwardly half dozen
times before he could answer it.-De-
troit Free Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09

How Jay Gould Came 70 BE Photographed.
Jay Gould IL bard man 20 get into
n Photographic studio. II probably is
because he hasn't time. But how
came to get a good portrait of him was
through a friend. Mr. Gould had
promised to give this friend a photo
graph of himself, and had, time and
again, excused himself for his neglect
by saying that he had none. This
friend came to me- arranged for sit
/ ting, and the next morning appeared In
my studio with Mr.. Gould. The latter
did not know that he was TO be photo
graphed-at any rate, until within
moment or two before he reached my
place of business. He has a splendid
head. good strong face. and makes
an excellent picture; but the day he
came to me he was arrayed In very
very light and very thin summer cloth.
ing.
This was at a time when photography
had not advanced to such point that
it could not take a persons picture if
the clothing worn was white or of
light color | explained to Mr. Gould
that if he wished good picture he
should wear black coat, and one of a
little heavier material He looked
about the room in a nervous sort of
way, glancing at his friend, and then
in low voice said to me II am afraid
haven't time to change my coat. If
you wish to make a picture of me you
had better do it now. and take me as
am. "A. Bogardus in Ladies' Home
Journal
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
INDIAN CHILDREN.
False Notions About the oFsprins of the
Noble Red Man Corrected.

RI, ~,tto,s About the OFSpring ~ tho
noble Red Man Corrected.
For many years have nurtured a
flne and varied assortment of notions
IN regard 70 family life among Indians.
I was not in the least responsible Tor
these views. bat absorbed item by con.
tact with people wIo s.loald have
know hettes than to retail such fool
khness. Now. after very brief expe-
rience with real life among these peo-
pie. am Obliged to remodel some OF
my opinions. For instance, | have
heard it said that Indian parents pcver
punish their children. That is non
sense have witnessed some very
vigorous and well deserved spankings,
and am prepared to assert that family
di..ipline among Indians is fairly well
maintained.
have also heard it said that Indian
children ere such little stoics that they
never cry when hurt or laugh when
pleased. This, too, is the sheerest non
sense. / cannot detect a particle OF
difference between the behavior OF
white and red children. The little In
dians cry when hurt or disappointed
or frightened, or laugh when pleased
precisely as any Hartford child would
laugh or cry Moreover, like Hartford
children, they delight in playing pranks
on one another, and, regret to say, on
their elders as well. For example, /
was one day quietly talking with an
Indian mother mot an Omaha, by the
way), and failed to notice that the ten
year-old son and heir of the house of
Warseta was taking pencil notes of my
personal appearance on his school slate.
Accidentally discovering his misde-
meanor, | took the slate from him
and nearly went into fits of laughter
when | saw his very funny caricature of
my venerable self. 1t was true to the
life; every one of my Hartford friends
would have recognized the likeness, but
every feature was so comically exagger-
ated that it was one of the funniest
things have ever seen.
felt that the prank called for rep
rimand, but it was difficult to admins
ter it, for, truly, | was SO pleased with
the child's clever sketch that my i'm
pulse was to hug rather than scold
him. However, duty clearly pointed
out the necessity for admonition. So,
pulling myself together l made my lit
tie Speech and really did my best to
impress him with a sense of his impro-
priety.
Did succeed9 Bless you, mol On
the contrary, after looking me squarely
in the eye while | was talking, and
probably discovering a gross discrep-
ancy between my words and the ex-
preston of my face, he said: "White
lady say she sorry Tom so bad boy
herlnad. White lady lie She no heap
sorry, no mad. Tom know" And
then with chuckle the clever little
imp turned a double somersault and
disappeared in the brush, adding insult
to injury by fleeing so expeditiously
that had no time to snap my kodak
at him. Omaha Cor. Hartford Cour-
ant.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
He showed Her.

They had been sitting in silence for
some time; the clock was slowly drag
ging it's hands Co the points that would
mark II. She had yawned, fdgeted
and so forth, several times, but he did
not seem TO catch on, as the seminary
girls have it. At length she said;
"Do you know any slang phrases,
George?"
"Well, yes, believe so, he said,
rather surprised at the question.
"What is meant by getting a move
ON your"
George looked at her fixedly for a mo-
ment, Then he said he would give her
an imitation of the slang, and she was
alone.-New York Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
A FInancIer mImself Sow.

Life is grotesque, Seven years ago a
young merchant wore knickerbockers
and opened the door of store for Gus
toners during the week from Christ
mas TO New Years. Last week he re
fused TO accept in payment of bill OF
$500 note signed by the proprietor OF
the store where he was buttons.
"Ile is worth 100000, Your refus,
ing to accept his paper may iniure his
ereditm exclaimed involuntarily the
modest, obedient bookkeepor of the
young merchant
"And what do you suppose | do II
forf' the young merchant asked with a
grand alr.-New York Times.