The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

succeed. And she has. AS Maryland"
Southern girl dear to my heart, she does
wonderful work-such wonderful work that
the theater is packed night after night,
and, mercenary as that may sound, the
crowding of the theater does prove good
best wishes for success, and it vas good to
have the tears first, for now she can laugh,
and laughing last is best.
I get a dignifed and polite bow, which
| return with all the respect that can be
expressed by small woman, from Mr..
Benjamin Harrison. 1t is strange face,
that face of his. To me it tells of much
suffering, but of much strength stored up
for special occasions. l am rebel still,
but am Republican, so far as Mr.. Har-
rison is concerned. 1 should like TO see
him in the White House again, for if we
start this .thlrd-term business we might
as we'll have a King at once, and if we do
that we had better take him young and
be sure of his breeding. Then we can
train him, and it won't be too much trou-
BILE for him to be polite to the Nation. 1t
is a curious thing but the real royalties,
the veritable Kings and Queens do trouble
themselves q great deal more than the
imitation ones, and even the women feel
that they owe something to the people.
and they pay it. Fancy the
Duchess OF York refusing to have
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dear one. The baby is in her arms, and
the young Duke is leaning over her and
looking at it. These are the things that
make people loyal. But when our paste
board King has acute development of the
head, and forgets that, belonging to the
masses, he must not object to the masses
looking at his women and children, he
NAV make up his mind that the masses
are not going to care very much for him
or them when their loving admiration is
counted of no worth. No, If we want q
King we must do as those men who train
the race winners. We must catch him
young and be sure that he has good blood
in his veins.
Speaking of men who own racehorses,
that slender, small, dark little man who
| lust went by owns some | would like 10
| have-it is Dave Gideon. A good COM
bination of adjectives may be applied to
him-he is kind and lucky. Poor George
| Drew Barrymore used to call this we'll
dressed, fashionable looking man 1.-THE
star boarder of the family" You know
| who it is-John Drew. And this great,
big, handsome man, wearing fur
trimmed overcoat and walking with a
woman whose figure is fine, but whose face
| is so muffled up you can't see it, is Mel
bourne Mcdowell, and with him is Fanny
| Davenport his wife. There is one beautl.
full thing about Miss Davenport: she is
the kindest and most considerate OF act
resses to the stage folk; she is willing to
spend her money for them, and she is will
| ing to help them. The people in her COM
pany who wish to succeed are encouraged
and assisted by her, and she has never
been envious of another actress, or acted
! meanly to one. She does her work and
does it well, loves and is loyal to her own
people, and deserves to be happy.
All the rest of the people who pass along
are wonderfully alike. The society girl Is
out in full force, for just now she has a
new pose. The knowing girl is quite out
of style. The girl of to-day, with her hair
| turned off her face very softly, must look
| innocent; must try as far as possible to
| get on her face the look of baby. She
longs to appear absolutely ignorant, but
alasl she finds it difficult. | cross over
| into the square, and passing, give look
at the BABIES in their perambulators. And
l am glad am not baby.
How would you like to ride in peram-
bulator when the afternoon was very
warm, with fancy, heavy rug over you,
never to have drink of water given to
you, and to be expected, when you are
thirsty or hungry, to be satisfied with
sour milk taken through long black tube
like a gaspipe? Any sensible being would
kick and rage and do anything that would
call up his satanic majesty. The learned
doctors say that babies draw in with the
milk that they drink the sort OF tempera-
ment they are going to have. II that is
so the coming man is to be dreaded. he
will be sour, nasty, dyspeptic creature.
may be a bit old-fashioned, but don't