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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
A Great Chorus Lifts Up Its
Voice for the Children's
Hospital.
SOCIETY AT THE PAVILION.
Miss Elizabeth Bell Makes Her First
Appearance = Local Solo.
lists.

1t was novel experience in San Fran
cisco to see a chorus of such huge dimen-
sions as stood in serried ranks at the west
end of the Mechanics Pavilion last night
and lifted up its voice in song for the bene,
tit OF the Children's Hospital festival.
This City and the neighboring towns
have been secured to find vocal talent to
fill the ranks of the chorus. Among the
organizations which composed its per.
personnel was the San Francisco Oratorio
Society, the Oakland Oratoro Society, the
Alameda Ladies' Choral Society and the
Harmony Choral Club.
San Jose, Sacramento. Stockton, Peta-
luna, Vallejo, Golden Gate and Lorin had
also supplied their quota OF vocalists, and
the consequence was that the biggest
chorus that has yet made the welkin OF
this City ring was present last night.
The singers rose in terraces, almost from
the floor to the gallery, and over them was
a big sounding-board that considerably
improved the acoustic properties of the
Mechanics Pavilion.
1t was the opening performance last
night of the festival which charitable men
and women have arranged to benefit sick
and suffering children. Everything posi-
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CIVIC FEDERATION OUT FOR TIE CHARTER

for creating better moral tone among people
generally.
The old board of directors and officers
were then reelected by the secretary cast
ing the vote as follows:
Board of directors and executive committee
]. j. Truman, 4. II. Ollie, Stewart Menzies, A.
G. Towne, ]. c. Smith, NJ. McGiynn, C. w.
Reed, Wallace Bradford d. Gilbert Dexter,
George 7. Gaden, Maurice S. Woodlands.
Ofhcers-I. j. Truman, president; James L.
Case, secretary; George 7. Geden, treasurer
NJ. S. Woodlands then reported progress
in the case of Superintendent of Streets
Ashworth. He said he believed there was
a strong case against the defendant.
Then came the subject of indecent pee
torial advertisements on billboards and
fences. 1t was brought up by c. B. Per-
kins of the committee on public morals.
He suggested that Mr.. Reed. as attorney
for the federation, be instructed to draft
an ordinance against the Objectionable
practice. He referred to Police Commits
sioner Gunst as being q sinner in this re-
gard, and a member then proposed that
Mr. Gunst as Police Commissioner be re-
quested to have the Police Department in
structed to enforce the law covering the
offense.
Mr.. Reed informed the federation that
there were laws on the books which COW
cred the offenses referred to, but it was
hard TO secure jury that would declare
the objectionable advertisement indecent,
and no definite action was taken. But the
matter will come up again Tor discussion
at the next meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
MILK IN RESTAURANTS
Several Samples Found Adulter.
ated and Arrests Will
Follow.
Dockery Complains That Drivers Of
Bakers Wagons Are Working
Against Him.

Inspector Dockery had busy time Mon.
day. In the afternoon he visited mum bel
of downtown hotels and restaurants and
took samples of the milk supplied to then
customers. These he placed in the hands
of DR.. ]. C. Spencer for analysis, and from
the results already obtained several arrests
will be made, as many of the samples have
turned out very bad.
Toward evening he stopped number of
wagons and made tests of the milk, which
he found up to the standard in each In
stance.
Shortly after midnight he started out on
raid and worked along Sixth street down
to Harrison and then out to North Beach,
examining the milk in the restaurants on
the way. He found it up to the standard
till he reached the Silver Moon Restaurant
at 1904 Dupont street. The milk there was
found to be far below the standard and was
condemned and dumped upon the street.
After leaving there he drove 20 Kearny
street and Montgomery avenue and waited
for the arrival OF milk wagons. He tested
the milk in about thirty wagons, and all
passed the test with the exception OF that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
[Sketched By a +" Call" artist.

BILE had been done beforehand to make the
affair brilliant artistic as well as a finan-
cial success. Everything within the
bounds of reason, that is, for it would
hardly have been practicable to fsend
for Damrosch and his orchestra, or to
engage Adelina Patti or Melba to ''star"
for the Children's Hospital. The big
chorus, the list of soloists and the number
of names in the orchestra, and among them
conductors that are gilded with local fame
was an outward and visible proof Of the
efforts put forth TO stamp the festival with
the word Success"
The men of Battery Il of the Second Ar
tillery, commanded by Captain John A.
Miller, acted as ushers, and CALAMITY the
soldiers performed their duty. Visitors
were shown to their seats with military
promptitude and precision, and when
bouquets, Tyres. wreaths and other floral
decorations that an admiring public be-
slows upon singers had to be handed to
the platform the flowers were always to
hand without moments delay.
The prices of admission were high last
night, little too high for big music fes-
tival. On that account probably the artil-
lerymen had not so many people to show
to their seats as they ought to have had.
Many of the boxes were occupied, princi-
pal1y by society, in semi-evening dress.
The glitter of fashion in some of the
boxes recalled the gIories of the last horse
show. The front part OF the parterre was
also filed with stylish crowd of music
lovers, but the rear portion of the hall was
practically deserted.
1t is expected that tonight society will
still be faithful to its fad, but there is
every anticipation that the rows of seats
that line the back of the Pavilion will also
be filled as it is intended to make the
second day of the festival a popular event,
and to that end the price has been lowered
to % cents for general admission.
There was evidently 10 superstition
about the compilers of last nights pro-
gramme, for it contained just thirteen
numbers. Counting encores, however
the number thirteen was exceeded
by C. NJ. Won Weber, played by
large orchestra, which contained such
well-known musicians as B. Mollenhauer,
Eugene E. SchmitZ and Nathan Lands
berger. Joseph Hirschbach was the chef
d'orchestre and under his baton the over
ture went smoothly and won applause.
The other orchestral numbers on the
programme were Moszkowski's suite, "All
Nations" and the Strauss waltz, vienna
Bonbons." In the latter Mr.. Hirschbach
showed an amount of verve for which his
conducting of the former piece scarcely
prepared one the good Strauss swing OF
the waltz almost set peoples feet dancing.
There were two "pieces of resistance"
as the French say on last nights pro-
gramme. They were the big chorus and
the new soprano, Miss Elizabeth Bell, who
had been imported from the East for the
festival. The chorus iirst made its voice
heard in Thanks Be to God,' from the
Elijah"
Every one knows that it is no light task
for body of singers, unused to working
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Mrs F. Frank, c. R.. Bishop, NJ. H. de Young,
Eugene Lent, Charles NJ. shortridge, Mrs.
Taylor, Gustav Brennan, Asa r. Wells. J. C.
Stubs, |. Steinhart, Governor Budd, c. p.
Huntington, ]. d. Spreckels.
Among those present were:
Charles Wilkersop, Mr.. and Mrs c. E. Aver,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bassty, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph s. Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. /. Steinhart
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Easton, Miss Easton
Captain Freese and daughter. julius Jacobs
Mr.. and Mrs. III. E. Huntington, Miss Helen
Wagner, Mr.; and n.. Mrs J. ]. sabinn, Mrs
Chapella, J. II. Alderman, Miss Edgerly
Donald de V. Graham, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. de
Young and Miss Dean and Miss Cohn, Alexan-
der Badlam, Mr.. and Mrs. George f. knight
Colonel and Mrs. Albert 4. Castle, George Fitz
gerald. Mrs. William Hardy, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar,
Mrs W. X. A. Johnson, Mrs. J. II. Dickinson
Mrs. E. Burke, Mrs. G. f. Grant Mrs. c. E. Green,
Mrs. w. J. Dutton, Mrs. II. Dutard, Mrs. +. II
Green, Mrs. Rola V. Watt, Mr.. and Mrs, NJ
Adler, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Adler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gus Brenner, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Braverman
Miss Braverman, Mr. and Mrs. George W: spen.
Ger, Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Boardman, Mr.. and
Mrs, A. Z. Black Mrs. s. Hart.
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and particular account OF the affair in
private letter to Mrs. Hester Dickinson,
setting forth the reason why that bowl
filled him with ire.
Mrs. Dickinson, who is member of Dr..
Bovard's flock, was present on the occa-
sion. When she saw her spiritual pastor
and masters account of the proceedings at
the reception and his breathings of wrath
against the punchbowl-all were published
in the Alameda Encinal-Mrs. Dickinson,
who is novelist and is skilled in the use
of the pen, took up that instrument and
with dignity, tempered with tirmness, re-
PEELED the learned doctors expressions in
an open letter, which was also published
in the Encinal
DR.. Bovard appears to have pondered
several days before responding to Mrs
Dickinson. Y yesterday, however, that
lady received q lengthy communication
from him, which filed two folio pages.
Mrs. Dickinson thinks that the less said
about that epistIe the better, and on that
account she declined last night to discuss
it. Colonel Dickinson, her husband, SAID:
1t would not be right to publish DR.. Bovard's
letter, as il is OF private nature. He does not
mend matters, he makes them worse. IL the
doctor would come out like man into the
open ana own he was mistaken, would over
look the aspersions he cast on the reception,
but he won't do that. My wife and / were
present as guests, and we know how rehned
and harmonious the proceedings were.
This much of DR.. Bovard's letter the
colonel was willing to disclose. The
divine opens his argument by stating that
no sooner did he peruse the newspaper
accounts OF the reception than he at once
saw a deep significance in the gilt of
punchbowl to the Press Club. Kate Field
has been the champion OF California
wines the newspaper women gave the
Press Club punchbowl as q souvenir of
her visit; ergo, the newspaper women
wished by that act to intimate that they,
too, were supporters and upholders of the
wine interest.
"And suppose" said the colonel, "that
if the ladies had presented our old friend
with china pig that would have been
delicate way of telling her that their inter-
ests were bound up in the pork trade
There is a postscript In the letter re-
ceived by Mrs. Dickinson from her pastor
which exhorts her not to pay any atten-
ton to the quotations he used in his En-
cinal letter, as they were intended for q
paper in Oregon. Just what this means
no one can make out. The rest of the
doctors communication will not be made
public Has he taken back his insinua-
lions with regard to the hilarity round the
punchbowl the flushed cheeks, the fluffy
hair and the cigarette smoke? Only
Colonel and Mrs. Dickinson know, and
they will not tell. AS for the newspaper
women, like PLATE "they care for none of
these things" They are too busy attend
ing to their work to lament over the mir
ages which DR.. Bovard saw in punch
bowl.
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vestigated several branch CANYONS in the
hope of finding means of egress. On the
Arizona side he followed a canyon for
eight miles to where it abruptly ended in /.
perpendicular wall 1000 feet high. He fol-
lowed a canyon on the Colorado side fiji
teen miles with similar result.
CAT last we determined to take desperate
chances. Taking all Our provisions and
outfit from the boat we prepared to at
tempt to follow faint bighorn trail for a
few miles. Lieutenant Potter and the rest
OF the party went on ahead while | stayed
with the boat. The plan was to turn the
boat loose and let it shoot the rapids empty
and unguided. Lieutenant Potter and his
party would attempt to catch it as it
went by.
II waited half day and in that time the
lieutenant had reached the river three
miles further on. Then l turned the boat
loose and in ten minutes it shot by them
like racehorse. That left us but one al
ternatlve-to follow the bighorn trail.
1.-THE lower portion of these cliffs are
natural granite. Above, about 1000 feet, it
is red sandstone. The latter, being softer,
has been worn away by the action OF water
so as to form sort of shelf. Along this
we hoped to be able to make our way.
Taking provisions. a blanket each and
our firearms, we started upon this periious
journey. Sometimes our path was 100
feet wide, sometimes for 100 feet we had
scarcely six inches to cling to. In the
latter situation our sensations were hor-
rible. Over 1000 feet below US yawned the
black chasm; beneath US the rock was
treacherous and slippery. 1t was always
level, always the same dizzy height from
the white, brawling stream below.
''For twenty-five miles we followed this
dangerous trail. Then with feelings of
JOY we emerged upon the Hualapais
Desert. We were three days in crossing
this. We had plenty of water and pro-
visions, but the mems shoes had given out
and they suffered greatly from the hot
sand and the cacti. On the third day we
reached the Union Pacific Railroad and
were taken up.
"We then proceeded to The Needles and
completed the trip as originally contem-
plated without incident. We found the
river could not be navigated advan-
tageously by any vessel drawing more than
two or three feet of water without the ex-
penditure of an immense sum of money"
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owned by Joseph Furrer of the six-miIe

owned by Joseph Furrer OF the Six-mlle
Dairy.
He made two Babcock tests of his milk
and both showed below the standard.
Every can was tested with the same result,
and the whole, amounting to lis gallons,
was turned into the sewers. An immense
crowd had by this time gathered, and the
energetic inspector was loudly cheered.
The only one disposed to be cranky was
a driver for the Mount Hamilton dairy.
This led the inspector to suspect that his
milk was bad, so he tested several cans,
but found it up to the standard.
One of the milkmen had two cans filled
with water in his wagon. His milk was
good, but the inspector feels satisfied that
after being passed by him the milkman
would water the milk before delivering 1t
to his customers.
One thing the inspector complains about
is that the drivers of bakers delivery
wagons are warning milkmen OF the in
spector's movements. One OF the milk
men yesterday morning gave him the
laugh" and told him he would not have
driven that way if his milk had been adul-
terated, as the driver of bakers wagon
had told him where the inspector was on
the lookout. Dockery thinks the bakers
should help HIM instead of thwarting him
in his fight for pure milk
The inspector will be busy in the differ
ent police courts for the remainder of the
week looking after cases against mllkmen.
The Fire Queen Scorched.
An amusing incident happened at the
supper table at the Bellevue Hotel re-
Gently. Miss Fay Delmere is member of
the company that was performing at the
Buckingham, and on this especial evening
she was in hurry to get to the theater
and did not take time to let her coffee
cool. AT the first mouthful of the
steaming beverage she gasped for breath
and had several walters running for ice
water to ease the pain in her scalded
throat. Now, the funny part of this is that
Miss Delmere is doing an act in which she
holds lighted candles in her mouth, bites
off pieces of redhot iron and drinks boiling
oil.-Louisville Commercial.
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together. to tackle one of those mighty
choruses from the Elijah" after only o
few ensemble rehearsals. The work of
guiding them through the technical and
esthetic difficulties might appall even a
Hans Richter, but to the glory of the
that the performance was an excellent
one. The sopranos were stronger than the
altos and the tenors might have had
more self-assertion, but Thanks Be to
God" was sung smoothly and crisply
The attack was good, and the body of
voices produced splendid volume of
sound.
from the "Elijah,'' the San Francisco and
Oakland Oratorio societies sang alone, but
all the chorists Joined together in render
ing the march from "Tannhauser."
Members of the Loring Club and the
Orphers Society of Oakland gave an artistic
rendering of Thanksgiving" by Grieg,
and two female choruses were prettily rem
Club. The "Hallelujah" chorus was also
given bv the combined choruses.
Miss Elizabeth Bell proved to be young
lady with pleasant sympathetic voice,
though her choice of "knowest Thou the
Land" from "Mignon," was not the wisest
that could have been made for such a vast
building. Miss Bell is n soprano, and the
aria consists largely OI notes IN the
lower registers which require full mezzo
soprano voice to give effect to in great
space. However, Miss Bell sang charm
ingly, and her rendering of her encore,
wind in the Trees" by Goring Thomas,
was most effective.
Little Miss Daisy Cohn, local sin ger,
proved to be quite revelation. She is
evidently very young girl, but her
voice is penetrating, extended in
compass and of exquisite quality.
She sang a duet from ''RigoIetto."
with E. J.. Stark, who has a fine round
voice, if little hard. Robert Lloyd sang
''The Sailors Grave" and Ugo Talbo, the
tenor, sang Thou Shalt Dash Them, +"
from the messiah"
The prices of reserved seats have been
lowered tonight to the popular prices of
rs cents and 81. The mere entrance fee OF
% cents, however, will entitle one to a
commodious seat
Among those present last night we're:
The subscribers to the boxes were:
James D. Phelan, H. S. Croker Colonel
Charles Croker, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Harrington,
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The fellow vino gets the best of you is
endowed with brute strength.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
A Tale for tho Bows.

Once upon q time two boys played mar
bles upon the Sabbath day.
Their names were John and William.
When they returned to their homes
John was whaled with a trunkstrap, while
William was merely chided and suffered to
go his way in peace.
The boys grew to be men.
John became the implacable foe oil
wealth IN all forms and talked necessarily
about 1T, while William was millionaire
And yet there can be no doubt that Will
liam would have been just as good man
as John had he been subjected to restraint
in his youth.
Dear reader, when you have played mar
bles upon the Sabbath, insist upon the
trunkstrap, and take nothing else. 1t is
your right. Do not be bluffed out Of it,
Detroit Tribune.
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VALUABLE RANCH SOLD.
It Was Converted Into Cash to Satisfy
C1amoring Heirs.

Las Aguilas Rancho, of 23,650 acres, a
stock ranch fifteen miles east of HOLSTER,
San Benito County, was sold by auction at
the Courthouse yesterday for $4,000. 1t
belonged to the estate of the late million
aire, j. d. de Laveaga, and about forty
heirs were interested in the result. 1t con-
tains about $500 acres of valley and 500 of
swamp land and for fifteen years has been
leased to cattle firm at a yearly rental of
$6675. There were requests amounting to
$4,000 dependent upon the sale of this
property. with the provision that if it did
not realize that amount the requests
should be proportionately cut down.
The executors of the will are III. A. de
Laveaga, Daniel Rogers and Thomas Ma
gee, who were pressed to make the sale by
the heirs, who were poor. They will re-
ceiye about 40 cents for every dollar they
expected. Andrew McCreary was the pur-
chaser
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DR.. A. BOVARD'S LETTER,
The Divine Says He Saw a Deep
Significance in the Punch
bowl.
It Symbolized Miss Fields Champion.
ship of Our California
Wines.

DR.. Bovard has not modified his opinion
with regard to the newspaper women and
the china bowl which they presented to
the Press Club as a souvenir OF the recep-
ton held there last Tuesday in honor Of
Miss Kate Field.
What he has done is to write full, true
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
The. Members Greatly Exercised
Over the Special Tax
Levy Decision.
WANT POWER FOR THE MAYOR
Police Commissioner GunSt Touched
Up on His Pictorial Adver.
tiSementS.

BY far the most important meeting held
by the Civic Federation OF this City was
that which took place last night in the As
sembly Hall of the Mills building. 1t was
the first regular meeting since the incor-
poration of the organization. Its proceed
ings included a strong and uneQuivocal in
dorsement OF the proposed new charter for
San Francisco; the inauguration of an
agitation against what were designated as
indecent pictorial advertisements on bill
boards and fences; the appointment of
various committees and the definition OF
their respective scopes of work.
When the meeting was called TO order
the secretary read the following commune
cation, which had been received through
The mail.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-05-10
EMocRATIC PRIMARIES.

Tho Democratic voters OF Anne Arundel
County are rcqucstedt to hold their Primary
Meeting on Saturday, May i, 1850. 20 sen1
Utr dolefatos from each district of aid county
AZ 4 County Convention 20 be held Ia the city
I'D Annapolis. 0nTuESDAl, May -, lse. az
~ G'tiuik ~. at the Court House. 90 send i've
i~irratrs to tho state Convention. which as
..fuhts lu the city ~ hatlmore. on WE'D
afsnAN. July -. iso. az .. o'clock NJ. 70
nnfuluHff 4 candidate for Governor, tomptroi-
IA uf fhe state Treasury, Attorney GENERAL.
AID ~ dominate q county ticket. VIA. cnndi-
latr inf clerk 90 the ,lrepit sonr,' : sa si,,
fnf fhe renate. ! candidate for County Com
ulsslanpE candidate for sherini candidate
iuf states Attorney; 3 candidates Tor Judges
81 che Orphans Court; candidate for County
SURVEYOR
Tho Polls viii be held al the following
places, viz ist District-at hirusNlile; Al TN, the
cinet az Enstport; 2nd Precinct AZ Chesterheld,
New Polling housc.l Bird nistrict-lst Pre-
einci, Waterford. 2nd Precinct. Grange Hall
house near Odenton. 9TH Dlstrict-lst Pre-
cinct al brooklyn Lookup; End Precinct az
District fAnnnpoliGl-nt the Assembly Rooms
ath District-New Polling house.
The Polls will be open at 3 O'Clock p. m. ex-
cent In the LIST Precinct of the 9Th District and
Annapolis In those districts where the Pri-
mnry-mceting shall decide 60 elect delegates
b., ballot. the polls shall be kept open. In Isl
Precinct 9th District, the polls Will bc open az
O'Clock y. IN. and close at O'Clock p. m. In
Annapolis the polls viii open at = O'Clock y. m.
The Primary meetings will he called 60 or
der by the members OF the state Central Com
mittce la the Districts or Precincts, whete
they reside, aud 10y the members of the Coun-
~ Executive Committee in the Districts or
Precincts where they reside. anu where there
and Ia the LIST Precinct of 2nd District, by j.
U. nrnntzcll, aud Ia the LIST Precinct OF the 30
District 10y Dr Elijah Williams. and in the
gnd Precinct OF the 18th District by Dr. Chas.
Il, WintersOn. by Order OF the
state Central and Co. Executive Committees
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-05-10

Tux new Lorseless carriage in Spring
field. Mass, has been so perfected that
II is now in operation. Its inventor
claims that IL costs only cent an hour
10 run il. A vehicle for two constructed
like the ordinary buggy weighs GOO
pounds. The speed can he gagged at
from 8 to 10 miles an hour, it is claim
cd, and after it has been running IS
miles m hour there is no horse to rest,
water, feed and rub down. The nag
that draws itneyer gets SPAWN, CHAMBERS
or bots, The nag is gasoline, so man
aged that AN electric spark touches one
drop of 1t at a time, producing slight
explosion and rapid expasion of air. HI
nally the nag is carried inside the wagon
and weighs only 40 pounds. If this
vehicle comes to be the vogue, then
poor people cau afford carriages.