The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02

Confronting San FranciScanS-The
1Ifdwinter Crooks Beginning
Their Work-SomethinS About the
Train Robbery Near Los Angeles
The Evans and Sontag Gang.
San Francisco, Cal, Jan. In spite
Of the gentle and subduing influences
of the Christmas season a portion of
the people of Oakland and San Fran
cisco threatens to break out into open
and riotous revolt against a formerly
acknowledged ruler. The message of
Peace, good will toward men," which
has gladdened so many millions of
hearts, meets with no friendly re-
Spouse from this frenzied band, whose
preparations for war make us forget
all about the Midwinter fair.
The gifted reader probably thinks
the foregoing refers to an armed up
rising of the unemployed against the
capitalists, but, if so, the gifted
reader is mistaken. Unemployed most
of that insurrectionary body is, ex-
cepting in the industries of gossip and
the other forms of aristocratic dissi-
patton, but capital is not only its ally
but, to a large extent, the only APP
parent reason for it's existence. 1t
may be proper to add that in most
cases the capital is inherited
OF course there's "a woman in the
case There always is when trouble
comes. The woman is a Mrs. Charles
Webb Howard, of Oakland, who is the
recognized Ward McAllister-ess of
that Athens of the Pacific, and she
caused the tumult with her little
mouth by declaring that "nighther'' in
Oakland nor San Francisco is there
real first-class society that can safely
be warranted not to rip nor bag at
the knees.
In some manner to affiant unknown.
Mrs. Howard has learned that in GER
tain social functions" the indispensa-
BILE adjunct back east is the chaperone.
In each of these two cities there is a.
cotillion club, and therein is to be
found the creme de Ia creme of social
swelldorn 1t views itself with entire
complacency and ''faWncieS' that
that do settle it, The Oakland club
is under the fostering care of Mrs.
Howard, aforesaid, while in this city
la Mr.. Greenway nlanipulates the
social Unbelievable.
A very short time ago Mrs. Howard
decided. that, in compliance with the
eastern custom. chaperones should be
provided for the functions" of Oak
lands Cotillion club, and it was while
issuing this social edict that she made
the paralyzing statement that there is
not in either city that quality of So
tone and "culchaw' in all its dips,
spurs and angles Mrs. Howard says
it is all because the fathers and moth
ers who have made the many beautiful
homes in Oakland have no place in it's
so-called, society. and that they are
crowded out by the young people who
assume the leadership. She further for
titles her position by saying that east
ern people have expressed their amaze
nent that the mothers and middle
aged people had so small a part in
such proceedings. She adds that it is
lpreposterous that boys and girls should
dictate to men of fifty. who are the
real ones to establish the customs of
polite society That there will be no
society worthy of the name until the
elder people, who are now too timid,
! take the prominent places that should
be theirs in well regulated society.
| While Oakland society feels out
ragged as the result of receiving a cas-
| tigation in public print, the storm cen
ter is on this side of the bay. Emperor
| Greenway believes that Mrs. Howard s
shaft was aimed at him and that he is
thus openly charged with betraying a
sacred trust. For years the dudes and
dudines of this city have accepted his
| interpreted ton of the social law with
out thought of an appeal, as they rec
ognized no higher tribunal and now
to be charged with buncoing his callow
clients, why demme it's too bad
| But he processes to believe that it is a
woman's fight and that it is not proper
to express an opinion, though he is
sure there always have been plenty OF
| chaperones. After a girl is thirty he
| does not see why she wants chaper-
one, as she is surely old enough an6
| generally ugly enough to take care Of
| herself.
And the social talent comes to hi:
aid in the most loyal manner, treating
with naughty scorn the allegation tina
there are flies on the best society O.
| San Francisco. Some of the womer
came pretty near to saying that Mrs
| Howard finds herself somewhat paSst
and is jealous of the greater popularit,
of her Juniors. In reading their pepper,
lprotests one almost expects to hea,
one of them ask, .'Who in - is thi
Mrs. Howard, anyhow" But tina
would be very rude, because Mrs. How
ard comes from a very old family, ant
the old family is a. social institution
here.
!
spoke, especially to reporter, but in
lsists that she spoke only the solemn
truth, just the same. This thumb-bit
ling of the 400 produces lots of merri
lment in the ranks of the 10000. Thes
Halter are irreverent enough to believ
that if the would-be fashionables had ;
lhouseful of chaperones they wouldn'
know how to play on them.
An incipient storm is visible also il
the political sky due to the nationa
victory won by the Democracy a yea
Iago and the consequent change in fed
! eral officials here. There seems t
have been no bad blood over the an
pointnlents made by the president, bu
i Collector Wise. of the custom house
lis mourning the wrath of his part
/ associates by continuing in Office tn
former chief deputy, who is a Republi
lean. The Iroquois braves, the .'Tusca
4 roras" of this city, have demanded tina
this deputy be bounced, but he is still
drawing his salary. For some reason
1.-THE collector has the support of Ma,
Pepper. chairman of the Democrat
state committee, in his refusal to max
a change The club is preparing t
n give Colonel John P. Irish, the ne,
naval officer, a grand reception on hi
Ireturn from Washington.
To a great number of people the Sa
! walton Army was the center of attraC
ton on Christmas day and evenins
. poor at its life boat, while hundreds {
baskets of food were sent out to fam
lies. For weeks previously the cit
!; had been canvassed for the purpose {
finding families which were in war
/. and f3pcaruirU of aid Tboy, IT,,