The morning call., 1894-04-19

astronomical calculation. so she throws
herself free in the air. She may turn
cOmrlete somerssult or make half turn.
according to her calculation OF tn second
or fraction of the second. falling grace
fully into the hands of her husband.
Commercially the segment If the circle
described by Mrs. JOrdan's trapeze is twice
as la G. as that described by the one hold
ing her usband. OF course the swing of
the two bars is the same, calculating from
the fulcrum sustaining the ropes OF the
trapeZe. In the swing she so times her.
self thai she is above her husband and
the fall i the length Of her body.
A fraction of second difference in the
time, or two inches IN hand calculation, and
she would be precipitated into the net forty
feet below; but thus Tar during The en-
gagement this athletic span of life has
not been broken by fall. Little Rosy
swings from the upper perch ON the long
tTapeZe and throws a double somerSauit
into her fathers arms.
One Of the most important congresses to
be held in connection with the general
series of the Midwnter Fair congresses is
that of literature.
There has been considerable corresponds
ence with prominent literary men in the
East, with view of securing their attend.
ance, and while il is possible number f
litterateurs Will be in tendance, the mum
Der is not so large as was at first desred.
Notwith> landing this the PAPERS presenS
ed will be by men particularly skilled in
their ifferent lines of thought and work,
all tending to make the literary congress
an exceedingly interesting and instructive
one.
The initial session of this congress will
be on Saturday evening at Golden GAZE
Hall on Suffer street The exercises of
the religious congress on that evening VIII
partake more or less of the social feature,
ana 1t has been deemed advisable to hold
this particular meeting IN the First Uni
tartan Church.
The subcommittee that has the literary
congress in charge yesterday completed
the detailed programme as follows, with
the exception that sufficient time is re-
served at each Of he sessions &c provide
for Eastern speakers who may arrive and
otner prominent speakers:
Saturday evening, April 81, at 8-Address
OF welcome. Willard Harrington, chairman ;
opening address. Literature and Its 1nfu-
ence," Professor Charles Mills Gayley of the
University of California; 1.-The History OF Call
fornia Literature" Charles II. Shinn.
Monday afternoon. April %, $3.50 o'clock
1.-THE Characteristic and Tendency of Ameri-
can Literature" Profe> sor A. g. Newcomer of
Stanford University; "reminiscences OF Long
fellow" d. Gilbert Dexter; Journalism in the
United States" the chairman.
Monday evening, at S-"What Is Poetry ?'
General L. II. Foote; 1.-The English Ballad"
2 ofesSOr e. NJ. Richardson of the University
of California; "Prrhistouc Malayan Litera-
ture," Rounsevill Wildman. late United States
Commissioner TO Borneo.
Tuesday afternoon, April "a, at 2:30-"Litera-
ture and Science" Professor w. H. Hudson OF
the Stanford University; "The Science of
LiteraIur ;" Professor A. F. LANCE of the
University of California; "Chid Literature"
Lieutenant K II. Fletcher, .. S. A.
Tuesday evening, at S-'The Permanence OF
Poetry" Prot ssor Melville B. Aude, son of
Stanford University; The Saving Power of
Poetry" Charles Edwin Markham; 1.-THE
ence TO religloD), John Vance Cheney.
Wednesday evening, A ril 20. al S-"The Re
lation of the Novel 10 other Forms OF Art,'
Professor e. 3. Bradley OF the University of
California; 1.-The True Shakespeare" Joseph
d. Reddiug.