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"Nearer, Ny God, to Thee" and it was rem
dered in excellent manner by the chorus of
thousand voices. The pupils of the Nor
NAL School rendered 1.-THE Star-spangled
Banner" The singing of these two songs
brought forth tumults of applause.
Mrs. A. E. de Steffani read an original
poem, entitled " Welcome" T. Frank
Smith, commander of John 4. Dix Post,
read the G. A. r. ritual, after which J. III.
Garrett, commander Phil Sheridan Post,
recited ''Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg"
The children of the public schools then
sang America"
The exercises at the park were well rem
dered, and the beautiful grounds lent to
the impressiveness Of the services.
The Auditorium was crowded this even
ing and many were unable to secure seats.
The exercises consisted of a musical and
literary programme, and the tableaux
presented by the Normal students received
much praise. General r. r. Carpenter of
San Francisco delivered the grafton of the
evening. The tableau " America" in
which was drill by fifty public-school
girls and company of the Boys Brigade,
under the direction of H. G. Synier, was
well presented and elected storm of APP
plause.
The programme this evening was as
follows:
Selection, orchestra; song, elm Thee, o
Lord" Normal School; prayer, Rev. r. B. Can
tine; remarks, Professor c. w. Childs (cnair-
MANI; drin from Columbia fete by number
OF children under the management of Miss
NJ. Q. Mathews; quartet and chorus, "From
His Home on the Mountains" Normal School !;
recitation by Roy Burbank of the High School;
Grafton, General r. B. Carpenter of San Fran
cisco; selection, orchestra; recitation, High
School; song and tableau, "Tenting On the
Old Campground," Normal School; recitation,
"The Dying Soldier Bessie Bacon; quartet
aud chorus, "Cover Them Over With Beautiful
Flowers" Normal School; tableau, America
and drill by fifty public school girls and a
company of the boys brigade, under the direc-
ton Of II. g. Squier: selection, orchestra.
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co.ors. After the reading of orders by the
adjutant the impressive custom of calling
the roll of the dead was observed amid
deep silence. Then came salute to the
soldiers now in their graves. "The
Nations Heroes" was feefingly sung by a
quartet composed of J. w. Beall, C. W.
Beall, w. L. Scott and G. w. Haber. After
other exercises, including the recitation OF
Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, Post
Commander J. F. Noble delivered an
address fitting to the occasion.
Mr. Mobiles address was closely followed
and was one of the most stirring ever
delivered before the soldiers of this city
The exercises closed with the singing o.
America" in which the large audience
heartily Joined,
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Exercises at Santa Rosa.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, May 30.-Memorial
day was appropriately observed here to-
day: A procession was formed on Ex-
change avenue at $3.50 o'clock and marched
to the cemetery, where Grand Army SER
vices were held at the grave of Major
Ellsworth Burnett. After these services
the procession marched back to the City
Gardens, where the following exercises
were held: Music, band; prayer, Rev. B.
F. Sargent; rollcall, c.. M. Barnhardt !,
recitation, Bessie French; music, choirt
reading Lincoln's Gettysburg speech3
Judge R. F. Crawford; recitation, "Vision
of War;" D. E. McKinlay; music, choirs
grafton, Judge A. J. Buckles of Solano
County; music and the benediction. In
the parade were included the band Of
Company E, National Guard; Ellsworth
Post, G. A. R.; Ladies of the G. A. R.
school children and officers of the day. IA
was the longest procession ever seen here
on Memorial day
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BERKELEY, CAL. May 30.-Memorial
day was observed in Berkeley yesterday
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since she took up her residence on this
coast, came among the men whose brave
and womanly comrade and helper she was
in the troublous times of the war. and the \
appearance OF her stately figure and noble
face with its crown of white hair wac
greeted with applause and cheers by the
veterans of the war. Mrs. REYNOLDS took
Patriotism" for her topic, and her address
resolved itself into an earnest appeal for a
brave resistance to the disloyal tendencies
of the day and for parents to foster in
their children the principles for which the
heroes of the past had fought and bled,
There were few dry eyes at its conclusion.
An original poem by Miss Morgan, the
reading of portion of Lincoln's Gettvs-
burg address by DR.. c. s. Stoddard, the
singing of a solo by Miss ParmaIee and the
strewing of flowers on the graves of the
unknown dead by the Boys and Girls
| brigades were prominent features of the
programme.
After the G.. A. r. ritual had been rea5
and taps sounded the assemblage dis.
| persed.
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Profusion of FYo,cers at Loa antns

PROPULSION of FJ0tcers at Los Gatos.
Los GATOS, CAL. May 30.-When the
committee of twenty from E. o. G. Ord
Post, under Commander Irwin, went to tba
Los Gatos cemetery to decorate the pravea
OF the eight comrades and three Sons ~
Veterans there the supply of fiowere
seemed sufnclent TO cover all the graves in
the old cemetery on Santa Cruz avenuo
1t had been found unnecessary by Com.
mander Irwin to send a committee -
either Saratoga or Campbell, as there ara
no comrades buried at the former place
and there are enough members of the G.
A. r. at the latter to decorate any graves
there may be there. This relieved the
committees here to a great extent, while
changing the original programme some.
what.
Promptly at 1 o'clock the Sons of Vet
Grams, ten strong, and the G. A. R., fortv
strong, met the w. r. G. at the A. o. u,
w. Hall, and, after short ceremonies.
formed in line on Santa Cruz avenue where
honors were done the w. r. C. and a pho-
tograph taken. Thence the column moved
to University avenue, and after another
photograph was taken the column moved
to the old cemetery, with an addition Of
some two hundred children from the pub.
lie schools, accom- panied by their teachers,
who brought up the rear of the line While
short, the ceremonies at the cemetery
were most touching and appropriate to the
day.
| From the cemetery the line moved to the
M. E. church, where exercises were held.
The church had been most profusely deco-
rated by the ladies of the Woman's Relief
Corps with flowers and flags, a particularly
fine piece being the United States shield
worked in flowers of appropriate colors.
The music was especially fine. The exer-
| cises opened with America" by the church
choir. E. o. C. Ord Post then exemplifed
its memorial ritualistio work This was
followed by a male quartet, which sang
''The Battle-fag of the Republic" Miss
10 Thompson delivered the recitation
Memorial Day." Senator w. G. Bailey OF
San Jose was the speaker of the afternoon.
He delivered very eloquent address, oc-
eupying a period of forty-five minutes.
The audience sang America" after which
the choir rendered ''The Same Old Flag
Chaplain Krall of the E. o. c. Ord Post
then dismissed the audience with a bene-
diction.
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Business Suspended in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ. CAL, May 3O.-Memorial
day was appropriately observed in this
city, places OF business all being closed.
At O'Clock in the morning a detail from
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uniform, was ridden over by National
Guard colonel as the procession was pass
ing the Palace Hotel. The captain was
thrown to the ground and the horse sprang
over him. With all his sixty years, how
ever, the captain jumped to his feet,
grabbed the bride of the offending horse
and threatened to arrest the colonel.
After some parley, however, he allowed
him to go upon making note OF the
colonels name.
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BERKELEY's OFFERING.

The Veterans Out in Great Force to
Honor the Dead-Speeches at
Night,
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impressive Spectacle at SANTA R,rnos.

impressive Spectacle at Santa Barbarn.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, May 1910
day In the beautiful burying ground which
lies between Santa Barbara and Montecito
on noble height overlooking the calm
Pacific and the dreamlike islands fIoatinp
on the horizons rim on the one hand and
ON the other the stately Santa Ynez range
ana the smiling valley between, was wit
messed one of the saddest and most impress
sive spectacles.
The blind commander of Starr King
fost, w. H. Sallada, presided over those
VINO had gathered to do honor to the Ma
TONS dead.
The address of the day was delivered by
Rev. b. Dinsmore, pastor of Unity Church,
an able and eloquent speaker.
Msiox Belle Reynolds, for the first time
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THE DAY IN OAKLAND.

The Veterans and Their Friends
Turn Out in Large Numbers.
Memorial day was observed in Oakland
yesterday with the usual form and cere-
mony. The business houses were all
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a hundred years ago.
Strange 20 say, she knows but little
about Abraham Lincoln. She knows that
he had something 20 do with freeing her.
but il IS doubtful IL she considers free
dom blessing. She has been widower
forty years. her husband having died OF
cholera al Nashville.
Aunt Harriet Is something OF physi-
clan. ~ least she SAYS she Is. and there
is not a pickaninny in the neighborhood
IN whose discovery OF America she did
not have something TO do. she can make
catnip tea that an infant would jump over
a ten-foot fence TO get AT. She abhors
store medicines and classes them ali un-
der the general head. "pizen." Roots
and herbs and cornmeal and faXseed are
her favorites: and she can conture mar
wells with goose grease. hot irons and
cloths soaked In vinegar.
She never had toothache until about
two years ago, when every tooth insher
head began 10 decay simultaneously.
causing her great pain. She walked down
to a dentist and had them all pulled at
one sitting without murmur. She re-
lates this wonderful feat of nerve with
pride. She cannot read with or without
glasses, but she can thread a needle in
the dark She uses spectacies only on
state occasions, and can hear a whisper
across the room. During the past few
years her rheumatic" has forced cane
upon her, that malady being strangely ag-
gresSive before a rain, and serving her as
a barometer not half as faIlible as those
scientific tangies OF wheels In the weather
bureau office
DAVID d. LEAHY.
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,,a design 81 made II another char
ssieh % - sgiss Morse For instance, in
eets.- 80 cover for "OB Sswfouad
GaN - Thomas Nelson Page. she in
Bss da5phins into her designs
troes s-han'' by the same author. Is
As-ss,tsd with Virginia creepsrT "Aeh
sshsI-s.s ,~sfh yellow jasmine "Our Home
lsss ~ Olive Tshorre Miller. with con-
re- rarrots, "Phantouls OF the Foot
re-, :. hr Craadock. with pines and guns
t'-.s.x elaborate and decorative design
lAs s..~~ yorze was done for recent edi-
- Charles Rsade's novels in octave
80 when az Cooper Union Miss Morse
rrtze In designing. In an inter
xt.A Miss Morse sac sad: The
s..s'-rr.v IN book-cover designing II the
sa..ssrv OF carrying out a theme in ali
xssails in a very limited space. 4
- - shoqald contain something symbolic
- subject matter. and no artist can
- thoroughly good correct design
- erst reading the book which IL Ia
q Ornament .xs.A -. -......
ssons-eoysr designing alone Is not suf-
-, N make = comfortable living. not
s1.s-s.sndiug TIE fact that the best paid
.~xsrs receive from si5 10 - for a single
- because, though there are many new
s..ss issued in a year, comparatively few
= 80 have new designs. Mrs. Whitman
!. --ooably the only designer who makes
tlysrg wholly by designing book COW
= xsarIy all book designers supplement
- income by side Issues. which, though
- "A hlgfl IN the artistic scale, are per
taps more lucrative
ysss Margaret Nelson Armstrong, the
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THE OLDEST WOMAN.
Mrs. Harriet McMurray, of
Wichita, Kan., Aged lis.
voTEoATTHs RECENT ELECTION
Her "reminiscences Of Gen. jackson,
Whom She saw Often BEGINNING
TO show signs OF Age.

Wichita. Kan. April @-Previous 20 the
recent municipal election at Wichita,
Kan. Mrs. Harriet McMurray, arraved in
white apron and gorgeous scoop sun
bonnet OF lavish dimensions. appeared
before the city clerk TO BE registered
What Is your age, Auntie@' asked the
head OF The registration department
Law me, Cap'n, AK me surnp'm
easy" calculated the old lady, using the
psrlance OF the day. "Ali I kin tell you.
sab. IS Gat wuz in the Revolutionary wah
My ole massa's Bible was dun burned by
De nah befo' he sold nanny and me anu
Sophy 90 Dat kunnei Roef son.''
The city clerk listened with curiosity
and viewed the old lady skepsicaily
81 want ter vote for Massa Cox" con-
tinued Aunt Harriet. for he dun esh
Dick, my 6aughtah Cha'ity's man, work
In de streets when &c poo niggah needed
IT."
The mathematician and the historians
OF the registration bureau piled the old
lady with questions. and finally gathered
enough data TO put her down at - years
OF age.
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tall an straight. an asray, an would
fight the black esvtl hssseif He would
fight duel AZ the drip 81 &c hat an he
wGrE'e a bit 2fesrea % witches. he was
comm home from lection one night. an
a Big ghost tackled htTn IN de middle 81
&c road He drew his pistols an when
de ghoss dcna saw dat. ne turned hisself
into pigeon an few away as fast as
dose wings would carry him"
Did you ever smoke. Auutie.'
Yes. sab. I used tereacSsr for nixh
onto forty years. bus done quit IL cas-
Ter than hegsns'hout ten yeahs ago"
How long have you belonged 10 the
church 90
II 'fessed Christianity 'foh I les' Mary
Ian bout = hundred yeahs or mo. bat
was not baptized tlll after / kem heah 10
Wichita"
Have you been sick much during your
NfeT'
when I had my first chile had long
SPELL but have been purity healthy ever
since. tsll l got the grip, I don't think l
Will live more than ten yeahs longah.'
Aunt Harriet Is quite favorite in
Wichita among the white women as well
as the negro women A 'skerriGge ride
IS one OF her designations. All the white
women know OF her vanity and desire 10
be with the quality" as she calls IL and
on nae days some one is always ready 20
drive her Out for a spin. She Is quite
fond OF talking. but scarcely ever eyiaces
a desire 20 talk about anything suisse
oueut TO the Jacksonian period The
world. according 10 her knowledge and
declaration. has produced but TWO great
men-Wa shington and jackson, the
greater or whom is Jackson. OF course,
Blunt Robinson and Col Ridley were
great en- their respective spheres. because
they held ownership In her, and she APP
pears 10 venerate them for Ii. especially
Blunt Robinson. who gave her stick OF
candy once, which kindness she viii never
forget, although il was nearly II not fully
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why His Letter Wasn't Answered.

AutOcrat.
a number OF years ago the board Of
directors OF certain hank were in the
habit of dining at each others houses
monthly In rotation. one OF them was "a
merchant, whose success I'm business was
not In the least assisted by any early adj
vantages in the line Of education. DIM
ing at the house OF MIR. b.. he noticed a
very handsome clock.
Say. r.. where did yon get that clock 20
I'm Paris" said Mr.. n.
Nothing more was said on the subject
until in course OF time Mr.. II. gave his
next dinner 20 his fellow directors. when
the merchant. seeing the clock again, ex-
claimed:
'B.. though. you said you bought that
clock in Paris"
so I did"
We'll. it's very strange. I wrote 10 the
fellow who made II. ordering a duplicate
and he paid no attention to me-"
II don't see how you could write TO him,
when had not told you his name"
"IIis namei Can't I read? There II IL on
the face Of the clock. wrote 10 'Tempus
Fugit,' Paris. France"
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pretty designs. notably one for The
Raiders" ~ = r. Crockett. and one for
aew edition Of "A Young Girls Woo
Tx " by f. r. Roe
some notable artists OF the other sex
AAve occasionally made cover designs,
al % these the publishers seem 20 he
Wiling $50 pay fabulous prices. such men
3 Stanford White WIN Low. r. IT,.
hashael3 A. r Frost and Reginald
ss7eh have made designs. but have re-
eelted for them many times the price
fale 10 4 regular designer. T.. \. Abbey
maslly makes che designs fer the cover
book whioh he illustrates.
81 IN the legitimate designing field
aefaea are AZ the head. The covers for
ne latest books have bean designed ~
yemen 'Trilby" was done hy Miss Arm
stfeng. "Desfrera lion" ny Mrs, Franklin,
designer Ga she employ % Appleton 81
- and woman HAD hand IN the r.
~ Tor Reside The Bonnie RrieT Bush.
ian MacCiaren. ore ~ Tlodd. Mead *
Nos most successful books
ALICE AMoRY.
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EASTER DAWN.

Enter sun. This silent world.
Let thy colors shake. unfuried,
Down these pale green miles or sky.
on this pale green sea 20 lie.
Not a murmur breaks the still
OF the forest Oh yon hill.
Scarce ripple round my Prov
As the sea I softly plow.
Here the ieiiyIish has spread
His umbrella DER his head,
And the olive kelp things pass
Soiseleasiy. on liquid glass.
IN the distance, sweet and dim,
All the enchanted islands swim.
And the large, white morning star
Watches Ger the western bar.
Lean aside. 70 domes OF snow
Let the proud sun enter slow.
As belts n royal king
Now. behold. how everything
OF sudden springs 20 life
With keen passion swiftly rife
How the Tippl@s laugh and speak.
Sliding ienxthwise. cheek TO cheek:
How the radiant colors run
Up before the mounting sun;
How II tipped with crimson IRE
Every slender forest syire:
How the gray rocks. creased ani worn
By tha tides % centuries torn,
I.lft their barren breasts and turn
Dumbly 70 the light. and burn:
How the islands name like brass
on floor OF tinted glass.
And the frozen mountains speak
With NlaZlng signals, peak 20 peak
New the small waves shine ard sing
Tsy faint scent VANDERBILT
Swester than a voTnans breath.
And a flush burns ia the South
Warner than a woFnGr's rDSutn.
Every bird on yonder hill
EEftb hts fl2l notes nrea - The Still
Gods Inspired chorus Harki
Robin, thrush, sonE-sparrcw. lark
10. q Is the Easter dAwni
10. II is the holy dawn!
Not ia church ~ith incense sweet
May I hope my Lord 70 meet
rs here the finest cnosrs are sought.
Where the finest pews are bought.
Where the longing ones are dumb,
Where the ragged must not come.
Where the sinful and the worn.
Ard the wosaan rasEtor-t0rn.--
FFoIlow-eyed and Tipped with gray
See the Tica skirts drawn away
~ a hand immaculate--
Tsswr one touch c0nfAminafH.
Rather, let ne steal acarr,
W!th = full and trembling heart.
Where dumb thiags Ba3ts IA praise
Of this holy day Of oayE.
ard 81 places pure as tn4s
Kaees. ffsa tortuFed feet 20 kiss
Nj ore broken dyiaR flower
To 7 offeT IN tbs nD1r.
Bat nay lifted. shaking hands
Pear oTgTsnxs he G1aerEsaDsla:
.AFsd feel His palm N mine.
And drink His breath Ike wins
q. rsy roal. mount high ara stnxl
q. Tay ~ossi. mount hiSa and sing
-F'sia Fssrgtusoa ta Prank Leslie !
bA&N&fg.
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BY such irreverence his eyes were
opened. and he saw; indeed, he began
TO invent, saying. Yes. or at the head
OF dinner table. dressed like Mime. ",
she would be gracious; and her new
arms would be bare. beautifully bare.
more beautiful than Nine. ks"
And, afterward, he wanted 10 go with
me to the Louvre every morning.
That was the way the charm OF 10
armless goddess found It's way into his
mind. Now, from the known. let US
reason a bit about the unknown.
About a half century ago boy OF the
fine3t imaginable nature was receiving
the strongest enduring Impression
Impressions that the art OF his maturity
has transformed into express images, 20
delight all people. everywhere. who read
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third OF the trio mentioned at the begin
ming. Is a young woman whose natural
ability has been greatly aided by the art
atmosphere IN which she has lived. Her
father, air. d. Maitland Armstrong. was
FOR many years. with his family. a resi-
deut OF Italy, and Miss Armstrong; early
life was pased In an artistic atmosphere.
Her frss work was done while she was
connected with the Tiffany otass Com
pany; after that she made some successful
covers for Harper Bros, and later for A.
e. Acclgrg & Co. OF Chicago: but proba
iy her most successful work has been
Gone for Charles Scribner's Sens.
Her designs are characterized by YER
saiillty. adaptability and reasona oieness
both tn ornament and the color scheme
suggested. The publishers are always able
- use her designs exactly as drawn. as
TIE design H. complete In Itself. showing
Che kind OF material. the color OF ink, the
distribution Of gold. and In made the exact
sire Of the cover OF the book on which It
Il TO be used.
Miss Armstrong; sister Miss Helen
Maitland Armstrong. who is noted for her
ftAiRed glass window drawings, has ma lie
some very successful book covers; notably
she design for Eugene Fiela's Love Songs
Of Childhood" and Stock;on's "Fancifui
Tales"
Miss MAfEhIet <ariuSIpflh , QrsiNbs arc
% numerous that Il would Zoe difficult 10
make selection Of those most worthy OF
mention. The design for ''Trfiby'' Is hers.
and also the design for McClurg's Sweet
william" For the Scribners she made a
cover for Miss Aidrich's Songs About
Life. Love and Death Parkhurst's
Birds Calendar" Dana's How TO Know
the Wild Flowers" and Bourgeois ''Outre
Ner"
residing IN New York, has made some sue
eesSful cover designs, and has shown much
genius IN this direction.
Miss Amy Richards has made some very
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thought that the imagination, IL put 10
IL. will create unattainahle projections
in the unseen. the unheard. things lost
beyond hope OF recovery. AS Keats has
said:
Heard melodies are sweet. but those
unheard are sweeter."
Finally. please turn TO page 10i.
where you may read:
'Ir cur climate were such that We
could go without any clothes on, we
probably should. in which case-perhaps
our bodies and limbs would be as those OF
the Theseus and Venus OF Milo who was
no Venus. except in good looks"
Instead OF disrobing humanity, TO
make il godlike. has Mr.. Du Maurier
perhaps clothed a goddess TO make her
human-to make Trllby?
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later> az the whole delightful world of
art. that one can never fully apprehend
unless one has begun himself 20 advance
along one OF the avenues OF art Then.
<tgll a uftle later. an impression Ct The
NE 81 arr students IN the Quarter Latin
A. pariS-fhis all the mere enduring be-
cause The experience Included almost the
hast scores he behcla with toch eyes Then,
and until today renewed day hy day
BY constant and loving observation ~ the
statue. an impression Of ideal woman
hood drawn from the same figure that
Howard finally Jared for"
OF course. YOU Wlli know that & was
NJ George Du MauFters father who