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The morning call., 1892-11-19
BARONESS r1ETA."
The New Comic Opera for
Sweet Charity.
A BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT.
Our Four Hundred at the Grand Opera.
House Applaud WelI-known
Actors and Actresses.

II was Patti who said that to make an
opera success you must get your audience
with you.
But San Francisco operate amateurs de-
clare that if you want to make an opera GO
you must get society with you.
Anyway, Baroness Meta" last night at
the Grand 0pera-house for the benefit of
the Woman's Exchange had both adyan-
tages-it had the audience with il and.
moreover. it was society audience from
foyer to gallery.
1t was consequently grand success, espe-
clally financially.
Such a pretty house has not been seen
since opera days, the haute monde being
present in force apd the ladies' DOMINIC spe.
cial toilets in honor of sweet charity.
One of the features of the performance
was the good ushering by an ample corps
of attendants, while the services of Inspec-
tor Martin and aids were appreciated fully
when the hour for securing carriages ar
rived.
The guests were fashionably late in ar
irving. but by $50 p. NJ. thegfoyer began to
fill up with faces and figures well known
in society circles.
The arrivals were greeted by blazing
inscription, Charity" in gasjets against a
veritable bank Of choice flowers, destIne
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On one side are the high cliffs rising
abruptly from the fume and on the other
the low sand dunes that extend to the
beach, on which the waves beat with melan-
chOly monotOny. and far beyond the water
of the Pacific that becomes a soft, silveTy
haze at the horizon.
1t seems as though person would die
from the depressing effect Of silence. 1t is
everywhere.
Occasionally some seabrd utters shrill
shrek that for moment is echoed over the
cliffs and then the silence is deeper than
ever.
For seventeen years Billy has lived in a
small house about 100 feet above the fume
and located ia most desoate spot
Nothing but sand on all sides. broken
here and there by clump of some hardy
green shrub.
His life Is really that of a hermit when
he is at home. No one ever comes to the
place, and 10 fact very few know OF its ex-
house OF two rooms. and everything is
scrnpuiously clean, willie his pantry is we'll
supplied with the best of every thing.
One of the most peculiar things about its
appearance Is the enormous chimney which
looks as II it were made for factory.
Tue house is built in very exposed
place. and the wind, which blows nearly all
the time. h0wls around it most dismaly,
producing sad and mournful symphony.
At times the house seems 10 be the center
hurled against the windows with such force
as TO produce the impression of q host of
tiny invaders seeking an entrance.
On sunny days IL is not so bad, but when
the fog spreads its cold damp mantle over
the face of nature the place seems TO be out
of the world.
A CALL reporter saw old Billy at work
yesterday and stopped minute to look at
him.
Billy at once looked up and said: "This is
a beautiful day. isn't it? P"
YES" said the reporter, but you have
a pretty hard job, and it must keep you
busy"
We'll l like to be busy. and 1 have
minded the fiume for twenty -one years. It's
nice work and / am sure of getting NV
money. l like TO be out here where am
by myself, but when they send the repair
gang arond then want TO quit"
why, what's the matter with the repair
gangP" asked the reporter.
"Oh, they are good-fOr-nothing mechanics
that don't know anything and think they
know it all. They come out here to work
and they want to get back to the city as
soon as possible and leave all this beautiful
world behind them. They don't know when
they are we'll off,"
But Isn't it little lonesome here by
YOURSELF"
We'll. that depends what you call lonely.
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HE TENDS FLUME.
Billy Hart Is Happy in
Solitude.
TWENTY YEARS ON THE JOB.
He Is as Contented as a Man Can Be
in This Busting
World.
happier man than Billy Hart cannot be

A happier man than Billy Hart cannot be
found in the country. and his happiness is
not temporary, for he has been in that con-
dition for over twenty years-in fact. ever
since he got the position to work on the
L0bos Greek fume for the Spring Valley
Water Company.
His work Is not the kind that requires
any great mental effort. nor is there much
honor or salary connected with it.
But Billy has the job and likes il. and
will continue to hold it as long as the CON-
pany is willing to employ him.
He is a pleasant-faced Irlshman about 60
years of age. and speaks with rich brogue.
He is wel-to-do aud in good health, so
there is no reason why he should not hold
his job for twenty years more.
But it is lonesome piece of work. and
weeks often pass without his seeing soul.
He has been there so long he has become
part of the landscape. and those who know
him look upon him as upon the moss
belongs there.
The fume runs along the face of the cliff
from the Italian Cemetery to Fort Point,
about % feet above tide water and from %
to 1000 feet back from the beach, according
TO the depth of the gulches through which it
winds. 1t is on the west side of the cliff and
overlooks the ocean.
As general thing no one ever goes there
except few adventurous pleasure-ssekers
on Sunday, and Billy is left to himself to do
his work, as he well knows how. There
are no signs of life except the ships, moving
phantom-llke into and out of the harbor.
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vantages develops the understanding with

vsntages develops the understanding with
out the aid of governesses.
"YOur questions are fippant." ran the
reply. but because you, like myself. are
Scotchwoman, / will answer them
Know then that California is endowed with
such magnificent public schools that even
the best families send their children. No
private individual can compete with these
institutions, which are endowed by the
State and are all free"
At that time l never expected to see the
Golden Gate nor hear the sealions roar; but
two years later / disregarded my compa-
tTiots' warning and resolved to discover. by
personal experience, whether a governess
really can live by daily teaching in San
Francisco.
It's easy to resolve 10 teach-any one can
do 1.-THE difficulty is to find pupils.
In Scotland a wou.d-be governess ad-
vertises or goes to a scholastic agency; in
San Francisco, Il she be wise, she does
none of these things. She asks friends to
use their influence in her behalf.
In most cases a governess without infu-
enee may resign herself TO blank and abso-
lutte despair.
At the outset however, the force of tradi-
ton was strong in me and | advertised.
Will OHe cAC6pllOU the replies were OF an
utterly Inappropriate description.
A phrenolJgist undertook to initiate me
iHto the lecturing business for the trif1ng
sum OF $780,
Another gentleman generously offered
dramatic instruction, sure theatrical en-
gsgement, for an amount that was really
ridiculous, considering the advantages he
guaranteed.
One reply, however, came from a WELL
known member of the local Four Hundred
Call about tomorrow az No. - Pacific
avenue, and see Mrs. -"
Pnnctual to the appointment, assembled
the marble steps Of the pretty house and
was admitted in to the daintiest of boudoIr..
miss EVelynw exclaimed pretty, dark
eyed woman, Il am glad to see you. Please
be seated. No, not that chair; the,rocker is
more comfortable"
How charming" was my involuntary
thought. Are all American women SO
gracious and unaffected?"
Nov tell me what you teach and whether
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lesson. and. just occasionally TO give other
he is right or /.
"How extraordinary" was my mental
comment, "to pay a master for the pupil to
instruct him."
On acquaintance Miss - proved 10 be a
charming and sympathetic girl, although
not much addicted to study. Rer fond par
ents. however, were charmed with her
progress. and at the end OF three months
pronounced her education 10 be complete.
She was then furnished With a number Of
elegant new frocks. and began that brilliant
career in society which she has since pur-
sued.
My next pupil. secured through the kind
Recommendation Of the -, was a society
belle. who had spent the early days of her
teens in wandering at her own sweet will
from one abode of learning to another.
Her first boarding-schoOl Miss Y left
at the end of a month because it was with
out an elevator, and the exertion Of walking
up and down stairs preyed on her delicate
nerves After six weeks at another fashion
able establishment she assured her mother
that she knew as much as the teachers, who.
she added, were entirely devoid OF meth cd
In their manner OF instruction.
AT the age OF II Miss 1 awoke TO the
fact that she had tried every private school
In San Francisco and its suburbs, and had
found one and all wanting
There 10 nothing for il but to make my
debut" she impressed upon her mother,
and that indulgent parent acquesced. Fol
year Miss pursued brilliant career.
| then her health broke down and her parents
! decided that she should seek repoSe and in
structi0n In retirement.
l was engaged to supply the instruction.
but the amount of that commodity which
Miss \ deigned to absorb was strictly
limited.
81 can't" she would observe sinking back
In her chair and folding her arms. IL can't.
Mamma Is mean 10 make me study"
Carefully and systematically she oppose
herself to gaining one idea or fact from her
lessons. Just now and then. indeed, she
became aroused to feeble interest, and on
these rare occasions displayed an intelli-
gence that only needed application to be
denominated brilliant The interest, alas
was never more than fugitive.
At the present moment, Miss 7 is one
OF the handsomest, best-dressed and lost
uneducated girls in the city.
Would you undertake the instruction of
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ONLY A COVERINGS
A British Girls Struggles
in This City.
rtARIE EVELYN'S ODD TALE.
Her Opinion of San Francisco as Place
for English Girls to Teach in
Families.
ftARIE EVELYN'S ODD TALE.
owe do not want teachers. we want girls

owe do not want teachers, we want girls
who can cook and scrub."
j found this paragraph in one of those
articles that occasionally issue from the
British press. depicting San Francisco as an
abode superior TO that of the gods-an Eden
surrounded by orange groves and mammoth
trees.
Read by the dim light OF a Scotch MIST or
OF a London fog. such accounts startle the
Britisher out Of his ordinary phlegmatic
calm, and arouse in bis bosom a wild desire
to escape to California's golden shores.
where welLpaid labor always awaits willing
hands.
The particular writer / was perusing de-
clared that above all, our surplus British
girls were required in California-whole
carloads of them.
ain return for the performance Of some
slight domestic duties. not considered
mental nor degrading in the enlightened
West, these ladies' would be W, II paid and
given all the privileges of honored guests in
thousands Of homes. But goyernesses,
women who cannot work with their hands,
We do not want"
This was emphatic and conclusive. but In
order TO discover why only manual labor
was required. | wrote to the suthoress Of the
article. inquiring whether in California
people are born accomplished. or whether
the fact of living from infancy in the midst
of SO much natural resources and ad-
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The Pond Club

The first meeting since the election was
held by the members of the Pond Club in
Kaufman's Hall last night. and there was
lollidoatiou over the result of the election.
John j. Meehan, the president, occupied
the chair.
A vote of thanks was rendered Frederick
Kaufman for the free use OF his hall to the
club for two years. and one was rendered
DR.. w. d. Mccarthy for financial assistance.
Secretary NJ. f. Donleavy, George A.
Dunn and e. A. Jones were appointed
committee to act with similar committees of
the State clubs, State Central Committee
and County Committees TO ioin in asking
Grover Cleveland to visit this State before
he enters upon his duties as President.
a number OF congratulatory speeches were
made, after which the club declared in favor
OF Fred Kaufman for Superintendent of the
Mint and +. b. Pond for Collector of the
Port -
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Trailed by Newsboys.

Old John Stevens. sole proprietor of a
saloon In San Pablo. came to town last
night and started in to diminish the visible
supply of Intoxicating beverages.
His spree was nearing the maudlin stage.
when he remembered that he had promised
his family that he would return TO them
early in the evening He was then at the
corner of SansOme and California streets.
and. upon consulting his watch, found to
his CONSERVATION that it was o'clock,
he was replacing the timepieee in his
pocket when a young hOodlum who was
passing grasped him by the throat, snatched
the watch from him and ran away.
Stevens made his way to the Central
police station and reported his loss. He
was locked up and charged with drunken
ness.
Meantime the thief made his way TO
Pacific-street saloon unconscious of the
TACT that be was being followed by two
newsboys who had witnessed his crime
The boys were accompanied by Policemen
Dugan and GilleD, 70 whom they identified
the fugitive as Stevens assailant.
The thief gave his name at the City Prison
as George Williams. Stevens watch was
found upon him and he was charged with
robbery,
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Has No Defense.

Patrick j. Sullivan, who stabbed his wife
to death Thursday morning, appeared be-
fore Judge Rix yesterday to answer charge
of murder.
Il don't want lawyer" he said when
instructed as to his rights, land / wont mt
Ia any defense. 1 killed the woman all
right and I'll let 1t 60 as it is"
bis preliminary examination was con-
tnued until the 26th inst. The wife-slayer
appears indifferent as to his fate and has
not the slightest twinge of remorse.
The remains Of Mrs. Sullivan will be in
tered in Odd Fellows Cemetery this morn
Ing at 1880 o'clock from Geary street.
{. Merkle, father Of the deceased. came
up from San Jose to take charge of the
burial.
Coroner Garwood will conclude the in
quest next Tuesday. DIR. Garwood waa
present at the w0man's birth on Telegram h
Hill 81 years ago.
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FESTIVE SCOTS.
Clan Fraser Holds Its Second Annual
Social and Dance.

Social and Dance.
Clan Fraser No. rs, Order OF Scottish
Clans. gave its second annual social and
dance last night In Scottish Hall.
There was large and enthusiastic gath.
ering Of Scots present, and they were
royalty entertained by the clan. Oakland
was well represented at the entertainment
by large delegation from Clan Mcdonald
No. 20.
The programme was well rendered and
was as follows
Overture, Fair Maid OF Perth" Grepo,s
Dand; Introductory remarks, Chief NJ. J.. Grove
song, Answer" Miss Fannie T. RYAN: bagpine
selections, Master Adam Ross; song selected
Mrs. George Monck; remarks William nj
Barnes; accordion solo, Mr.. Train; song
Andrew Bogart; Reel o. Tulioch-Eiane TeIfoP'
Lizzie Falrgraye, Sybil Campbell Adam Ross
cong, II Think OF Thee" Miss Fannie E. RYAN
humorous reading, George Monck; song. Sc,
Ieeted. MIS-. George Monck; hoop drill by Twelve
young ladies IN costumes.
The clan is beneficiary and social organi-
Zation OF the ScOtcbmen Of this city and is
ofiicered by M. l.. Grove, chief; John
Elder, past chief; William Donald, chap
lain; William Cormack, secretary: +. T..
Gilchrst. financial secretary James Dreyer.
treasurer; Alexander Morrison, standard
bearer.
The entertainment committee and com.
mittee Of arrangements is composed OF the
foilowing-named gentlemen: r. A. DIM
can, NJ. l.. Grove, William Cormack. James
Drever. DR.. a. A. Gilmore and Alexander
Campbell
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delicate girl of IL would be too trouble
some for you"
told her.
"Ob. Alice could never study oil that"
exclaimed she. In horror, on hearing list
of the subjects that thought all too few for
agoverness' repertory.
1t was with difficulty that / refrained
from replying. in the memorable words of
the Snowman, you pay your money and
you take your choice"
The experience Of being accused of too
much knowledge was a new one In the
Land of Cakes. IL a governes learning
real or pretended. embraces every branch
Of useful and ornamental Information, from
fancy work to the dead languages, people
unblushingly regret that she cannot teach
dancing or is ignorant of pastel painting.
Indeed. the span of human life is all too
short to acquire even smattering of what
the luckless creature is required to know.
1--WE do not wish to make blue-stocking of
Alice" remarked Mrs. -. 81 should like
her to continue her music-and-well study
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was pleasant, and it was better to be lonely
than have a crowd Of fussing w0rkmen
around. The monotony was not unpleasant
and the melancholy winds and waves were
soothing to the mind.
But" said the reporter as a last resort,
wouldn't you rather live in the city where
you could see lots Of people and live IN a
nice house with all sorts of amusements
near your h0usep"
mo. sir" said Billy, mo city for me. I
have tried it, and would rather live In my
own little hut than the. finest house on Mob
Hill. l go to the city when / want my pay,
and / always get it. l am sure of it, and
while have that am sure to live. have
everything here l want, and know am
better off than thousands of Others"
Old Billy Hart is in certain sense the
kind of man Bryant had in his mind when
he wrote ''Thanatopsis." Billy asks nothing
better than to end his days near the flume.
and when that hour comes and he is alone
in the silence and solitude he is the kind of
man that will gladly draw the draperies of
his couch around him and lie down to pleas
ant Dreams"
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g; Gould, MT; Charles Checker, Mr.. P. l..
man, Mr.. Charles Lelong, Mr.. ]. w. Mad.
den. Mrs. May Liddle, Miss Henrie lta
Madison. Mrs. J: W. Madden, Miss
Mis-. PsaG Noble ai Miss H issDs. M NsIs
Miss Eta c. Otto. Miss Frances Otto.
Mrs. c. L. Parent. Miss Mamie Shea. Miss
Mamie SIGNALLING. Miss Clara SIGNALLING.
Miss Emma Smith, Mrs. &. II. Van Orden,
M MTs, u M a: MT a,t Miss Blanche
White. Miss Mary Zihn, Mr.. Il. A. Nor.
rissey. Mr.. A. I. Medley, MIR. A. E. j. Nye.
Mr.. Is. Noble, Mr.. III. B. Paddock. Mir. ri
Pearlman, Mr.. Z. l.. Parent, Mr.. Charles i.
quasi, Mr.. Bert Somers, Mr.. Howard
S4meIs' Mr.; ~ M; 1 Stitch. Mr. A: F. Schleicher.
Orden. Mr.. VIII NJ. Wood, Mr.. A. Y. Wood.
MT. ID. w. Wise. Mr.. c. A. Wainwright.
as 70 the music 1t was considered very
pretty by the coenoscenti. There were
many critielsms: OF course, TO be summed up
seemed to be able to place his finger upon
The original musical simon pure whose echo
or ghost was seemingly detected,
Ihat reminds me of Won Suppe," said
Il heard that chorus at Vienna ouo,ed
another sapientiy. but hemmed In and cor
nered he was unable to give chapter and
verse for his belief
Practically the consensus was that I'm
opera there Is nothing new under the snn
to those case-hardened yirtuosi " bo bsya
been the media OF music for the term Of
their natural lives. and who na,nrallv
think they "know 1t ALL" ""'S
:, Professor j. II. Rosewald has written n
Ilght pretty operetta. sufficient for its pur-
pose and containing many passages of
rather more than average merit Tbis is
particularly true Of some of his soIos.
while the chOruses were well balanced
The work showed evidences Of careful re-
nearsai. and altogether the composer NAV
last evening.
Not small portion OF that success how
ever. was due to his skill in SELECTING an
sole cast and chorus. The opera was not
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rhetoric and literature. especially one or
two of Shakespeare's plays"
This was not very arduous curriculum
and l signifed my ability to carry 1t out. at
the same time presenting letter Of recon-
mendation from an intimate friend of the
family, which caused Mrs. to say. with q
little sigh OF relief, II was right after all In
answering that advertisement"
At this stage in the proceedings Miss
Alice, a very pretty girl. was summoned
and, after a few amiable, self-possesse ed
questions. signifed her Willingness to accept
me as goyerness.
Would you care to hear Alice sins? ?"
asked Mrs.; 1--WE have spent quite small
fortune on her lessons"
"Of course ] assented."
Alice, seating herself at the piano. In
quired sweetly. "Shall / sing centralto or
soprano?"
Seeing my surprise at the Idea oil one in
diydual possessing two voices. she explained
that her master condemned her low notes
and called her voice soprano.
HE is mistaken" she added. 81 always
sing the notes my own way. except Mt the
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l have everything | want here and plenty

have everything 1 want here and plenty
TO see and all the air in the world"
My work is easy and am glad to have
1t to do. Once in . while there Is a little
excitement; somebody falls off the fiume or
little girl falls into 1t, and at other times
the bottom falls out and lets the water run
to waste"
Doesn't anybody ever disturb your
work?" A'
"Oh. not often. Sometimes the children
who live near the fort knock the boards off
at that end, but can put them back. Let
the children be happy"
While he was talking he was digging a
sort OF gutter under the fiume. whicn he
said was to let the water from the hillside
run through in rainy weather and not put
the fiume In danger of washout.
When he had finished he took up his cup.
and. pushing board TO one side, reached
into the fiume and filled it with pune fresh
water.
'See." he said. after he had finished
drinking, here is another advantage-alI
the water you can drink without having to
run for It,"
He seemed to be in that ideal state of
mind which poets and philosophers call
contentment. No objection the reporter
could think Of produced the least dissatis-
faction in his mind. The silence, he said.
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a delicate boy OF 1872" asked one of my
friends. "The father is former professor
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hein University,
and devotes his days to commerce and his
vigils to study"
Another delicate child" / exclaimed
ungratefully. at seems that only the
physically afflicted want governesses"
That's just so. replied my friend. $50
you had better accept this letter of intro
duction. Call tomorrow about 7PM"
On being admitted TO the presence of the
learned professor. he surveyed me critically
through his large reading spectacIes, and L
felt that the result Of his scrutiny was un-
favorable.
'What do you teach ?" he asked at length,
In sepulchral voice.
English subjects, history" I began.
rattling off the usual curriculum.
Scotch history ?" he inquired In wither-
ing tones.
"0h. no. general history" l faltered, be.
iieylng that his next words might be re-
quest to repeat with dates a list of the
Babylonian kings, or to name the victories
of the PhaToahs
General history" he repeated, folding
his hands and looking trifie more benign,
as II to say. You amaze one."
Drawing. painting"
II do not require trivialities." he inter-
rupted. Can You teach biology?"
Biology. Horrors!
A cold perspiration bespangled nv brow
as realized the awful fact that far from
teaching biology the word conveyed abso-
iuteiy no meaning to my mind. "Biology?'
Where had | heard the name? On, YES. in
an examination schedule.
Biology. physiology, natural science" I
peated mechanically, staring abstractedly
at the professor.
Exactly" be replied, nodding his head.
while smile like CLEAN of sunshine on a
wIntry landscape illuminated his face.
Not willing to f0reg0 this visible adyapt-
age and yet dreadIng the consequences of
admitting too much l replied with polite
smile:
Il know so little that man OF your learn
Ing would think it amounted to nothing"
This bare-faced compliment was quite
thrown away. he only gazed at me
severely and observed: so! Continue"
This was easy u think or. but difficult
TO perform. All my self-confidence had
been DESTROYED, and the professor was
finally led to the conclusion that the aspir-