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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
THE LAW AND THE CITIZEN.

1t is an old saying that every COM
munity has as good government as it de-
serves. The law can never be much if any
superior to the intelligence and the virtue
of the people who live under it. This truth
was known even to the ancients, and old
Scion said he would have given the Athen-
ians better laws if they had been better
people. We have in San Francisco exactly
the government we deserve, and if we wish
it better we must make it better not by
clamoring for the enactment of new laws
but by enforcing those We already possess.
We have seen the laws of the City and
the State violated again and again by the
Market-street Railway Company. The
men who control that company are rich,
respectable, powerful. What they do be-
comes an inducement to others to do like
wise. Their influence is felt everywhere.
When they set the example OF corruption,
other men become corrupt. When they
violate the law, other men violate it also.
When they stand ready with money, law
yers, political bosses and gangs of merce-
nary voters, to uphold little frauds so long
as they are permitted to profit by big ones,
so long will the City be i'll governed in
every respect and in every department. To
enforce the law at all, we must enforce it
Justly, that is we must enforce it every
where, and the giant corporation that has
been the parent of so many civic evils must
be fought as earnestly as the evils it fos-
tiers.
We are exulting at this time with more
than ordinary qualification in the revival
of trade and industry under conditions
that promise a new era in California de-
velopment. Every material prospect is
good. Our agriculture fourishes, mining
has been undertaken with renewed vigor,
manufacturing feels the impulse of better
times, and our commerce looks to an early
com letion of the Nicaragua canal for an
opportunity to expand beyond even the
most sanguine dreams of our merchants.
So far, therefore, as that prosperity which
can be measured by money is concerned,
! we have bright outlook before US and a
reasonable expectation of realizing our
hopes. On this score there is little to COM
plain of and much to rejoice over; but how
is it with the prosperity that depends on
morality, law, politics and good govern
ment?
Last winter we had civic federations,
good government clubs, political reform
leagues and mass-meetings without num-
Der; all seeking, striving and demanding
honesty in the City government and the
enforcement of law. What has become OF
| all these associations? What has become
of the impulse that moved them? 1t is
time for revival of civic patriotism as
well as of civic industry. To have a good
government we must deserve a good gov
eminent, and the only way to deserve it is
to insist upon the enforcement of the law
against dishonest corporations and their
tools in Office, as well as against the thiev-
| ing hoodlums of the streets.
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cants for advice. "Miss Dauvray, want to be
an actress. Ny friends say have talent. How
would you advise me to begln?" Ny inVaria-
BILE answer was: "You want to act? Well, my
dear girl, get an engagement and go and act. "
"But l don't understand you. I mean how
would you advise me to learn? What school OF
acting do you recommend? What lessons
would you adviser And again 1 would an
swer: "There is only one school of acting
the stage" And in my opinion this is true.
Actors, like poets, are born not made.
am averse to all so-called schools of elocu-
ton" and an intense anti-elocutionist.
Above all advise against taking lessons from
a professional elocutionist unless there is an
opportunity for practical training upon stage
or one intends to be an elocutionist, for l hold
that there is not only distinction but differ
ence in the art. l have observed that lessons
in elocution and department without proper
stage training leave traces OF artifciality that
years OF practical experience cannot efface.
Even Mrs. Potter, in spite of her talent and the
progress she has made, is guilty of stilted and
unnatural methods of delivery that come from
what girls call "elocution lessons" By all this
do not mean to say that there are not great
many things that can be learned about the
stage that aid. For instance, one can be taught
that L. U. E. means left upper entrance; exit
". a. uSdlS CENTER SICu, IAld6 Oile mum tuIii
around with face toward the audience, and
many of the stage Details etc., but learn to act
MOI
Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman, Ellen
Terry all had practical training in school of
acting, but God was the gift-giver and nature
the teacher. The art of declaiming ISIS natural
gift, and practical experience polishes and
refnes 1t. have had the privilege of knowing
Monsieur Got, dean of the French stage, who
lately retired from the Coincide Franchise, and
during conversation a few years ago in
reference to our profession 1 asked him what
he considered the most difficult thing to do on
the stage. He replied: "The most difficult
thing to do? To do nothing. The next diff
cult thing? To walk on and off. And the third
To sit down and get up again naturally. Then,
again, 1t is often the case of mistaken con-
victions girl may shine in parlor ana yet
not have the special talent the stage requires"
The only way to prove all things is to try
them. So say to all girls who believe they
have talent: Endeavor to get in some position
where you can learn the technique of the
stage and into good stock company; begin
with one line If necessary, and If you have
ability the manager and the public will find it
out. Perhaps you have not all heard the old
story about the super who had one line to say
in Orchard III' where Edwin Forrest was
playing it. After repeated trials he failed to
say it as Forrest instructed him. Finally in q
rage Forrest Numbered out, "Good heavens,
mani Can't you say it as / do?" "No, sir" re-
piled the fellow. eff could 1 should be Edwin
Forrest HELEN DAUyRAY.
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PROBLEMS OF THE NATION.

It is q serious problem which these wide-open
gates to the land of the free has created, and
every year they are left open that problem is
made more difficult of solution. Ofenlightened,
honest people from other lands this country is
not in danger OF having too many, but for their
ignorant and criminal elements it cannot per-
manently be made dumping ground without
inviting certain destruction. A powerful
monarchy may exist with vast numbers of the
degraded and vicious under its iron rule, but
in free government the people must be en-
lightened and patriotic or the fountain-head is
poisoned and the whole government will
inevitably become OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Re-
publican.
If the people will vote for the welfare of the
city or Nation by voting for men who will
periodically stand up at all hazards-as did
the signers of the Declaration of Independence
for instance-for the honor and welfare of our
city or our Nation, our ships will sail the seas
and we need have no fear of dry rot of any
kind.-Taeoma CWash.) Union.
The continual influx of foreigners keeps the
labor market overcrowded and thereby causes
much distress. If a large head tax was i'm
posed the labor question would settle itself in
short order. Within year after its enact
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pride in the fact that it was free; that its
advantages and opportunities are open to
all without cost, and that no young man
or woman eager for the highest education
and ardent for intellectual training would
be turned away from its doors for lack of
money. To keep the tuition free is popu-
lar aspiration, and it is satisfactory to find
the regents in full sympathy with that
feeling.
An enforced economy is not pleasant for
institutions any more than for individuals,
and the people regret as much as the
regents the vexation it will entail upon
them and the faculty. In taking to them
selves the lesson in economy they will,
however, as Regent Foote said, teach the
Legislature lesson. Certainly the uni
versity will lose nothing by it in the long
run, and liberality in tuition will be repaid
by liDerality in appropriations.
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the Patti night, there is crowd before 10
O'Clock in the morning and the people sit
patiently all day on orange boxes, for the use
of which they pay II cents head. Very few
diamonds are worn on Patti nights, for with
scarcely an exception, the women know better
than to compete with the diva, so retire grdce-
fully from the contest. In "The Traviata''
Patti had diamonds on head, throat, wrist and
down the front of her dress. They were said
to be worth 1850, 900.
Those who are old enough to remember say
that Patti has improved marvelously as an
actress since her debut on the London boards,
thirty-four years ago, in ala Sonnambula,' y
and though her highest notes show few signs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

General Agent D. W. Hitchcock of the Union
Pacific Railway Company has made two i'm
portant changes in his passenger department
for the purpose of getting all the business pos
sible along the railways in California T. R.
Tilley, formerly ticket agent at the Union
Pacific office in this City, was yesterday APP
pointed travelling ticket agent for Northern
California from Bakersfield to the Oregon line.
G. F. Herr, who had occupied that position,
was transferred to Los Angeles as travelling
agent for the southern district.
The exchange editor of THE CALL yesterday
received by post the following card:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
ONLY ONE SCHOOL OF ACTING.

Having read several articles since my arrival
In San Francisco OF the number of young girls
who desire to embrace the stage as profess
sion, and being always deeply interested in the
doings OF my own sex, thought perhaps a few
words from one who has been on the stage
since childhood and had the advantage OF
studying and pursuing her profession in for
eign countries as well as in her own might be
OF some interest or use to the ambitious young
girls who may imagine that the road to success
is short one or strewn with roses.
During my three seasons management OF the
Lyceum Theater, New York, had many appll-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
LATEST IN ELECTRIC ENGINEERING

Passenger and freight trains on the new Belt
Tunnel line of the Baltimore and Ohio in the
city of Baltimore are to be operated by cleo
tricity. plant has been installed and 96-ton
electric locomotives have been constructed.
The most interesting portion of the installa-
ton is, of course, the locomotives. Electric
locomotives of such weight and power had
never before been conceived, but it has always
been rule in American electric railway prca-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Sometimes the sacrifice which the country
demands is greater than at others. At present
all that we think is needed is the honest
exercise of his franchise by every honest man.
Let this be forthcoming and we will soon hear
the last OF the murmurs about lost liberty, and
there will not be man within the confines OF
the United States to whom the flag will not be
an emblem of security and freedom.-Seattle
lWash.) Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Adelina Patti is repeating her trlumphs OF
"a years ago at the Royal Italian Opera-house
in London. If a lucky opera-goer can get
back seat for $40 he boasts of it as if he had
secured the bargain OF the season. Even for
the matinee of al Barbiere," stalls were sell
ing early in the week for $15, and for some OF
the evening performances as much as $50 has
been paid for a seat. At the gallery doors. on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.

The best citizen is the man who always does
what he considers his part promptly and per-
mits others to do the same without criticism.
And the worst bore is the self-constituted
critic who always has little sarcasm in re-
serve for every act of every man except him
self.-Selma Irrigator.
All large commercial houses have drummers
on the road every day in the year. Why? Be-
cause it pays. Would it not, then prove profit
able to the fruit-growers to copy business
method that has been adopted by all the most
successful business men in the country9-San
Jose Mercury.
1t is noticeable that while Democratic news
papers are busy nominating Republican can
didates for President, they have put up very
few Democratic candidates. This does credit
to their Judgment. They know which OF the
two things is the more mportant.-Astorian
(Oregon.)
Why should the quality of pessimism prevail
at all in this world? Every man has it within
himself, no matter how desperate his condition
may be or seem at the moment, to extract more
pleasure and happiness from life than misery.
Albuquerque IN. M Citizen.
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tice from the beginning to push ahead where
improvements were possible and make the re-
suits realize the expectations, and there has
been no departure from the rule in this case.
The 96-ton electric locomotive is a success.
The General Electric Company undertook
the task of building these machines, and the
tests made on the one completed, before it left
the Schenectady shops, showed that it is fully
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

"Mister," said the stranger, who had wan
dered across the Long Bridge, ''where are the
Potomac Flats that read so much aboutP'
81 don't know, exactly" replied the detected
man, who was walking back from the race
course; ''but guess must be one of them."-
Washington Star
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SAID BY THE PUNsTERS.

"The Fourth of July is pretty generally OBJ
served as holiday, believe" remarked the
visiting foreigner.
"It isl replied the native; only fireworks. -
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Little Boy-How soon are you and sis gein'
to be married?
Accepted Sultor-She has not named the dav
yet. I hope she does not believe in long en-.
gagements.
Little Boy-she doesn't know, cause all her
engagements have been short.-Tit-Bits.
ado understand that you give me the Hep
yes"
'Thank you"
With sweet smile the lone fisherman went
his way. He had been wondering where he
was going to get real good lie, and the gift
was certainly opportune.-Detroit Tribune.
att must be delightful" said the ordinary
married woman, ITO be earning your own liy.
ing and more, too''
at has its drawbacks" said the business
woman. every time 1 go to a bargain sale
and save rs or 80 cents on purchases, 1 lose
So or So worth of time."-Indianapolis Jour
nal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

If the United States co-operates with
French and German bimetallists, England
will have to join the procession or get left.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The increase of wealth in this country
proportional to population was greatest be-
tween 1850 and 1860.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

HEALTH for the year is to be had by taking
Gods Sarsaparilla. 1t sustains the strength and
prevents illness by toning and invigorating all the
organs of the body. Take only Hoods.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Doodle Supervisors are not worrying
themselves about bimetallism, as the gold
standard suits them perfectly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

There is no finer road which ambition
can travel than that which tempts men of
brains, spirit and enterprise to become
leaders in the development of California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

It is as sure as shooting that on any com
munity where justice is not done the
heavens will fall with vengeance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Now that we are assured of one competing
road, there seems good reason to believ,
the Santa Fe will give US another.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The Solid Eight would do we'll to initiate
their historic progenitors by running down
a steep place into the sea.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The new plan Of the Manufacturers and
Producers Association for enlarging the
scope of its work will test the right of a
good many Californians to call themselves
worthy citizens.
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Ocean Excursions.

Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, P. NJ, due back Mon
days, 5 A. NJ. Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery
street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

A question has been raised as to whether
Supervisor Hirsch increased his value by
holding off for a few days.
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FINEST eyeglasses, specs, gold, diamond rings,
15c to soc, S115 Fourth ST., mr.. barber. sun
days, 73S Market ST., Kasts shoestore, note Noss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Stretching point for monopoly against
the law is now called extension"
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The State University will continue to
give tuition free and at the same time give
the Legislature lesson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

San Francisco need not be ashamed Of
turning out dishonest Supervisors if she
turns them out in the right way.
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If the Solid Eight are correct the Legis-
lature instead of making a law against
monopoly made a law for the benefit of
monopoly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Either the law has cinch on the rascal,
or the rascal has a cinch on the law.
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LONDON, ENGLAND, June, 1895.
GENTLEMEN: The count OF Monte
Cristo" will shortly tour the United States,
and will no doubt stop over in your City.
He bears letter of Unlimited Credit
through us on the house OF French & Rossi
at Rome. Any favours extended this no
table will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
VIM. F. COMMON & CO.,
Bankers
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The laugh of the boodler has clear
metallic ring.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

DIR. SIEGERT's Angostura Bitters, the celebrated
appetizer and fnvigorator of the digestive organs,
is now used all over the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The Empress Frederick has a special scrap
book in which she collects all the current an.
ecdotes relating to the members of the Prus-
sian and English royal families.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Every disgraceful surrender of official
honor brings the consolation of making
the election of rascals more difficult in the
future.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Wrongdoers begin by putting their hands
to iniquity and end by putting their feet
in it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Civic prosperity depends on good gov
eminent as well as good business.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Folsom-street property-owners are carry
ing chip on their shoulder and looking
for some silurian to knock it off.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The Alaska gold mines promise another
coat of gliding for the coast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

5000 patrons attest that DR.. Eddy's method
OF extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no
danger, no after effect. S22 Geary street. =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The Market street Railway Company
evidently intends to gridiron the City ane
broil the people on it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The law is a buzzsaw for iniquity, but
the people must put it in motion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Since the Governor has the Board of
Health off his hands he probably feels
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

No people can ever have better laws than
those which they are able to put into prac-
tice.
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Cleveland deserves sympathy in hi
efforts to drown his disappointment il
fishing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

Shall we not have revival of law as well
as Of business I?
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California must bear all blame Of being a
partial desert until it wipes all its deserts
from the map.
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FINEST sauternes, haut-sauternes and dessert
wines Mohns & Kaltenbach, % Market street.t
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As it has been decided to appeal the
Governments suit against Mrs. Stanford,
there is every urgent reason for advancing
it on the calendar and securing decision
as soon as possible
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

We need an era of greater things with
larger water mains and bigger Drained
Supervisors.
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The Solid Eight may think there is much
virtue in extension, " but the people see
vice in it.
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Now is the time for the Civic Federation
to show its fist.
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In view of the fact that the cause of bimetal-
ism appears to be in the ascendant, THE
CALLS exchange editor has announced that he
expects to be able to honor all drafts made
upon him by the Count, and will endeavor to
give him proper reception to the City of San
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

It will avail the people little to make
good laws if they do not compel obedience
to them.
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I. H Tucker, the conductor who ran the
first train between Boston and Worcester,
Mass, on July 4, 1885, is still living at his
home, Melrose, Mass.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

We trust that the Native Sons of the
Golden West have not lost sight of their
opportunity for achieving a unique dis
tinction in the great work of making Cali
fornia what nature intended it to be.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

When officials defy the law they insult
the people.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11

The urgent demand OF the Examiner that
the Democratic party should nominate
Pacific Coast man for Vice President next
year naturally excites an inquiry as to
what enemy in the party the paper wishes
to slaughter.