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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

their models for their homeIiness rather
than their beauty. One OF the fine fancy
sketches where beauty is apparent is
Nellie f. Binckley's Study Among
the landscapes Latimer has some notice
able work. His oil painting. "a Smoky
Morning." is good, but the water-color,
"a Gray Day." is even better.
The work of E. M. Pissis attracted favor
able comment last night. His Portrait
is an interesting study of girls head,
and No. IS is very effective bit of wood
land country.
John A. Stanton shows good study OF
grlsette sitting at the outdoor table OF a
cafe. His Evening Scene in Brittany" is
weird and peculiar. 1t represents Cali
fornia landscape with q Brittany sunset
the sunset of country with long twilight,
which leaves an afterglow. There is a
rudely sculptured cross in the foreground,
near which sits peasant woman OF excep-
tional ugliness, whose big sabots are ag-
| gressively in evidence.
blue Gums and Poppies" is rather
clever imitation of Monet, by S. ii. Nc
Crea. The purple mountains ana trees
and vivid green grass have touch OF
truthfulness to California scenery In early
spring time. 1.-THE Landscape, y No. 10, by
Mollie G.. Hutchinson, is another rather
clever work of the green and purple schooi.
Miss Helen Hyde's Happy Thoughts
is a candle-light study with some GOOD
color effects; her portrait OF Mrs. David
Bixler is a daring color design. but the re-
suit is tryingly crude background; the
drawing of the figure is not good, but the
artist has succeeded with her head, which
is good likeness.
Cadenasso shows pretty portrait OF
Mrs. Older. :,
Among the many other interesting oil
paintings, Mrs. M. i. Mentions "Mend1ng
Billy's Boat shows good quality.
Sidney Armer's 'tFog on the Luplns"
is a pretty study in green's and grays.
Some good work is to be found IN the
water colors. Mrs. L. X. Mathews has an
especially good study of sky and sand at
Santa Barbara; and Gamble exhibits
sketches around the bay which are deli
cate and artistic, as we'll as being a trans
cription of nature. Ugo Fischer's work is
in his usual style. little more conven-
tional perhaps Pauline Dworzek has
some pretty work. In the pastels Mrs.
Alice Ch1ttendon shows a portrait of Mrs.
Irving NJ. Scott, which is excellently done
and is striking likeness.
There are few works whose presence in
the exhibition can only be explained on
the grounds of a temporary mental aber-
tee. No. ia, for instance, has neither
sentiment nor technique to recommend'it
The canvas represents lady with features
askew gazing at an album in an impossi.
bly, green interior. On either side of hel
is wooden child. No. 146 seems like 8
hysterieal attempt 10 invest cabbage
garden with dramatic qualities-that is, i
the chunks Of green in the foreground are
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norses IN the picture are very poor, both
In color anc in drawing. There is prac-
tlcally no anatomy" to them and the
way in which thev are painted should be
some distance back in the picture instead
OF close to the foreground
a. w; Best selected his subject, "En-
trance Of the San Carlos into the Bay of
pan Francisco but the work can hardly
pe counted In the competition. There is
scarceiy anything about it to suggest the
suplect and the painting is so execrable as
W NE De unworthy OF consideration.
ne rest OF the exhibit consists of oil
palnAngs, water colors and pastels, in
eacn department of which there is some
gooo work. There are also a very few
etchlngs. Jules Pages "Un coin de cui-
SINE Montmartre' is one of the best oil
paintings shown, for the drawing is ex-
ceiient, and out of the apparently hum
qrum subject of an old-fashioned French
kltchen the painter has extracted some
exquisite color effects Robinson s" Fish
IN ins Boats at Twilight" isin his usual style,
Tue waves and sand are particularly good.
Ernest Y. Peixotto shows portrait OF a
glrl IN yellow dress against green back.
ground. The colors are cleverly handled
ana the girls head is strong, but the draw
ing OF the figure leaves something to be
aesireo. Peixotto's nursery scene, which
nangs IN the entrance hall, has some good
quailties, particularly in regard to color,
Dut IL Is banal in sentiment, and the
way In which the mother has her finger
laid against her nose hardly suggests a
wink.
There is nothing of the studio picture
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AN INDIFFERENT SERVICE,
Potrero Heights People Angry
With the Sixteenth.Street
Line.
A Road That Has No Beginning and
No End-Trarsfer Net Given
by the Company.

The residents of Potrero Heights are in
dignant. They are angry. They talk of
mass-meetings, injunction proceedings and
other things not SO mild The object of
all these verbs is the abortive and almost
useless system of electric-cars that incon-
venience the residents of that district
daily and hourly. This is the Sixteenth
street electric line extension.
This line has, or is supposed to have, a
starting point on the bay, near Fillmore
street, thence to Church and Sixteenth
streets, and along the latter to Harrison.
Here the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany's steam line puts a stop to the .eec-
tric-car's continuation. because the road
bed of the steam line is several feet below
grade.
AT this point the passenger bound east
or west must alight and cross the railroad
tracks on Harrison street at the risk of his
life. Should he get across with whole
bones and if car should happen to be
! there he re-embarks ana continues his
journey. If there is no car in sight-well
one can walk or one can wait From here
the car runs to Bryant avenue, where it
stops short and a connection with another
car is made that continues on Sixteenth
street to Kansas. The track runs one
block on Kansas street to Seventeenth
and this thoroughfare is travelled for six
blocks TO Connecticut, and along the latter
to Eighteenth street formerly Solano),
and along this street to Kentucky street.
This is the route, but to travel over it on
one of the electric-cars as they are now
run will take over one hour, besides the
| Inconvenience of transferring at the points
| mentioned and running the risks of being
ground to pieces at the crossing of Harri-
son street.
Persons living between Bryant avenue
| and Kentucky street in order to reach
Third and Folsom stree is have got to walk
either to Kentucky sire ct or take the Six
teenth-street car going west and transfer
| to Bryant and then make the best of the
rest OF the way, as the company will not
give transfer from the Solano-str line
| to Kentucky going north, but only to
those going to South San Francisco. Again
az the junction of Sixteenth street and
Bryant avenue passengers, when trans
ferring, must wait for fiteen minutes, as
the Solano-street line runs at those inter
walls Only
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about Joullin studies of sand dunes.
They are replete with the tints and atmos-
phere of the open the color values being
particularly good. No. 100-"A Study
Is one OF the Ihost charming landscape
bits In the whole exhibition. Yelland' s
pictures are all in his usual style. One Of
the most noticeable is Evening in the
hay Fields" with the red glow of depart
ing day Illuminating the Landscape.
William Keith is well represented, and
his. pictures aroused the usual amour, of
interest. Summer Twilight in Sonoma
Valley" is work which one seems to see
into, so excellenrly are the distances
painted. 1.-THE Oaks" has nothing par
ticular to distinguish it from Keith s
other oaks, but April Showers is rather
more panoramic than most of Keith 8
work. Some especially good canvases
are shown by Arthur Mathews. "Pan-
dora" is work that contains onsider-
able dramatic expression, and both the
drawing and flesh tints of the figure in the
foreground are strong. "Hagar and Ish-
mael" is an interesting study of figures
and landscape.
Landscapes predominant in the exhibit.
and in the figure eanvases. apart from the
portraits, the artists seem to have chosen
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Many Good Pictures and a Few
That Are Bad and In.
different.
ART INSTITUTE RECEPTION.
Open House at the Hopkins Mansion
to Members and Their
Friends.

The spring exhibition of paintings at the
Art Institute was inaugurated last night
by a reception to members and their
friends. The rooms were charmingly
decorated for the occasion with palms,
ferns and quantities of natural flowers.
There was large attendance at the re-
ception, so large, in fact, that at times it
was difficult to obtain view of some OF
the most interesting pictures, in conse-
quence of the block in front of them.
During the course of the evening musi-
cal programme was performed and re-
freshments were served in the university
extension lecture hall.
The picture exhibit is interesting, al
though not very large Some OF the works
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
California-Made Goods.

The secretary of the Manufacturers' and Pro-
ducers' Association yesterday sent letter to
the Board OF Public Works of Oakland req uest-
IN that the board in purchasing supplies for
the Oakland Fire Department give the prefer
ence to California made goods. In conclusion
the writer sta ties:
"The Fire Department of this City is now
purchasing California made goods exclusively.
and by so doing is keeping in circulation in
TINS State large amount of money that would
your orders are placed with California manu-
facturers the assistance that you will thereby
render to the industries of the State will be
greatly appreciated"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

the fall OF the year, although most people
would feel that the distant mountains
lacked some of the delicate autumn haze
SO characteristic of this region. Taken
altogether the picture is good in color, but
lacks the feeling OF excitement that would
surely take possession of crowd of people
coming sudde~ly and Unexpectedly upon
sucn grand sight as the bay OF San Fran
cisco. Ike figures seem little 'posey."
But there is no disputing the fact that the
picture depicts what it is intended to.
Mr.. Kelth's picture is certainly one OF
his best efforts as a work of art. 1t is
full OF an intense dramatic interest and
magnificent in color. The sky is grand
ana every figure-the composition is filled
with llfe There is movement and excite
lnent everywhere. The distant waters of
the bay flash in the sun. But considered
historically there is little about it to tell
that II Is what it pretends to be-. The hg-
ures are only indicated" F" and OF no value
to show the character of the people or the
costumes OF the period. On the top OF
hill IN the picture there is large cross
that under the circumstances would be an
| lmpossiblllty. In fact it is so gigantic it
would weigh many thousands of pounds
ana could not be put into position without
the aid of derricks and steam engines. As
pictorial effect it is grand. but as fact
OF history it is an absurdity.
! Mr Plssls' picture is a credlta bic piece OF
work in many ways. He has selected his
subject to show time after the first fall
rains have come. This of course is all
right, but unless a person knew this he
would most surely take it for spring
scene, so fresh and green are the hills and
trees. The distant mountains are splen-
didly painted and produce a most pleas
ing effect. The figures are not 80 good.
They are poorly drawn and have little ex.
preston. The costumes are ali right ap-
parently, and as far as the picture goes il
represents the subject selected. The
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Libel Suit Decided

United States District Judge Morrow yester.
day handed down an opinion in the libel case
OF the Earnmoor Steamship Company against
the New Zealand Insurance Company. The
opinion says:
Libel in personarn to recover pro rata OF a gen
eral average adjustment. Two items allowed hv
adiusters as general average disallowed by the
court They were: (1) The allowances for dam
age TO the wrecking outfit Of Peter Wright a sons
incurred in rendering assstanceto the strand ed
ship Earnmoor. (2) The allowance of profit paid
TO the charter as condition Of reinqushin9 the
voyage. The remaining items were allowed and a
decree entered in favor of ibelant for the diner
ence
After deducting the items disallowed, the
judgment tands for about $780,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

woman in the present state of society
would be menace to the home and q
calamity to the Nation. Woman is mans
equal in birth and station; she is his
superior in virtue, but she cannot cope
with him in the arena of politics and
public life. Give me a century Of women
free from paint, powder and false modesty
and then we will have a race which will
consist of units in grander and nobler
civilization than earth has ever yet known.
These families or units, will not quarrel
about the ballot, but the family itself will
vote through one or other of its noble
heads, either the kingIy man or the
queenly woman.
81 contend that the men alone should
vote, for the present. The men, l say, and
not the loafers, not the corrupt. degraded
beasts who walk on two feet. The true
men should vote, and if they alone welded
the power of the ballot, women would need
it not"
Miss Anthony then summed up the
merits of the two addresses:
rabbi Voorsanger," she commenced.
"seems to think that the woman is to
grow up into an equality ith man, though
she yet remains in bondage. 1t seems like
not allowing boy to enter the water until
he has learned how to swim. How can the
boy learn TO swim or the woman learn to
be mans equal until both are free to take
the necessary steps for the requirement OF
the knowledge which they seek.
at Is said that woman suffragists are
scolding viragos; but l nave known the
loveliest women to be prominent in this
movement since its inception. Think OF
Lucretla Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lucy Stone and so many elegant, cult
waited and noble women who have graced
this grand concerted effort for woman's
emancipation. | could go over the rabbl' s
objections, but it is hard to buffet against
the air."
II am not sufficiently advanced yet to
contradict lady, interposed the rabbi
"Ah, how crpeI!' rejoined Miss An
thony; that one expression contains in it
all the tyranny OF past barbarous ages.
Men will not argue or dispute with a
woman because they consider her beneath
them in intellect. But the day is coming,
and not all the powers of evil can post
pone its dawning, when woman will force
the earth to recognize her as the equal
socially, intellectually and politically, OF
man. When that day dawns the ballot
will come with it; and, women Of Amer.
lea. we have not long to wait"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Throwing the Discus.

Discus-throwing was a later and more
refined form of hurting the stone. In
Homeric times, and even at Olympia.
stone or maos of iron was first used for the
purpose This was held by a leathern
thong, swung in circle and hurled as far
as possible. A circular or lenticular disk
of bronze was used at least as early as the
beginning of the fifth century. A stand
ard weight must, of course, be assumed
for the great Games. A discus now in the
British Museum, which seems to have
been used weighs eleven pounds nine
ounces, but whether this was the standard
weight or not is not definitely known. The
thrower took his stand upon slight ele-
vation of limited circumference, where he
could have a secure foothold and was pre-
vented from running; then, with swing
of the arm and a corresponding movement
of the whole body, he hurled the discus as
far as possible. The value OF the body
movement was recognized by the sculptor
Myron in his famous statue 1.-The Disco
boIus,' and is understood by the modern
athlete when he swings the hammer, or
even when he makes a drive at golf AS
for records at discus-throwing, Phayllus,
again, is said to have thrown the discus
ninety-five feet. 1.-THE Old Olympic
Games" in the Century for April.
A lobster's skin when shedding split:
down the back and comes off in two equa
parts The tail slips out OF the shell Ike
a finger out of glove.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Your Face

shows the state of your feelings
and the state of your health as
well. Impure blood makes itself
apparent in pale, sallow com:
plexion, pimples and skin erup-
tions. If you are feeling weak
and worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance, you will
derive great benefit from taking
that invigorating stimulant
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Arrested at Los Angeles.

Detective Ross Whitaker left for Los Angeles
yesterday afternoon to bring back two men ar
rested there on Wednesday. One is G. w. Per.
sons, who is wanted on the charge of obtain.
Ing $25 by false pretenses from John Bennett
home is in Cincinnati and the police saw III n +
he belongs to highly respectable family. Tne
other is j. A. McLure, VINO passed a forged
Gheek for $40, purporting to be signed by A.
Z. Brooks Ridley, 10 Front street, on the Kelly
4. DOnOhOe Rank = " ;
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Duffy's Pure
Malt WhiSkey

which will purify your blood,
quicken your circulation, build
up your system and give you
new life. 1t promotes digestion,
cures constipation and arouses
the glow of health in every part
of the body. Try it !
Sold by all grocers and drug
gists.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

cabbages. A weird tree of variety un-
known TO naturalists rises in the middle
distance and the background is left en-
tirely TO the beholder's Imagination. 1t is
hard, too. to tell why No. 145 was hung,
for the drawing is bad and the colors are
impossible.
There is much, however, to console the
beholder for few bad pictures Some of
the work done by the students is especially
excellent. ]. Martinez s AN Indian Sculp-
tor is an especially clever study. Miss
NJ. Froeiich has also good study.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Prison-Made Goods.

The Manufacturers and Producers Asso-
citation in its search for information relatins
to the amount of convict-made goods shtpped
from the East TO this State has sent letters IN
its members in which the following questions
are asked:
WHO handles prison-made goods in your
line in this City or Slater" "the extent to
which they are handled?" "the prisons from
which they are imported?" sand such other in
formation as you may have"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD

(Via Sausalito Ferry.
From San Francisco, Comm. n ning March %, 1895.
WEEKDAYS.
For Mil! valley and San Rafael - 7:OO $500
*9:15 10:l5, 1l:45 A.. NJ: 41:45, $40 Ais
BIB, 5000 j:35 P. NJ
Extra trips for San Rafael on Mondays, Wednes,
days and Saturdays at IL 80 p M.
SUNDAYS.
FOR MIL Valley and San Rafael-*S 100, $500
~lo;OO lI:33 A. NJ; s*12 81, u 80, s2:lb *4:O(j
S;30, 6;4o, $3.50 P. NJ Extra trip to Sausalito st
Trans marked run to San Quentin. ssl2:3O
r NJ does not run to Mill Valley
THROUGH TRAINS
$50 p. NJ weekdays-Cazadero and way statfona
o o:UV A. M. Sundays-Cazadero aud way stations
e'oo a. ~ 9nnoays-Po'nt Reyes ana way stations.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

ASK Mr.. Havens of Con. Virginia what Mitch.
ellis Magic Lotion does for sprains
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

CREEK ROUTE FERRY.
From SAN FRkS0ISC0-FOot Of Market Street tSlp 81
*715 900 11:00A.M. ti:oo 900 1900
400 t5oo te:ooP.M.
From 0aKLAED-Foot Of BroadWly.- 800 500
1oooAM. 1890 100 ts:oo $500 tt:ce
s5:ooPM.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

SANTA CRUZ DIVISION Marrow GaugeJ.
t7:45A Santa Cruz Excursion, Santa Cruz
and Principal Way Stations ...,.. tS:OSP
S:I5A Newark, ,CenterVille San lose, Felton,
Boulder Creek Santa Cruz and Way
Stations. ons....................-s....s OsOOR
s2:l5P Newark, Centerville, San Jose, New
Almaden, FELTON,, Boulder Creek,
Santa Cruz and Principal Way
Stations ................... sII:2Ok
4:I5r Newark San Jose and Los Gatos.... 9:3OA
COAST DIVISION CThird 4 Townsend Sts.)
6:45A San Jose and Way Statious New
Amaden Wednesdays only)...... 1:45P
s:I5A San Jose, Tres Pinos Santa Cruz
Pacific Grove, Paso Robes San
Luis OhispO Guadalupe aud Prn-
cpal Way Stations .......,...... 7sO5P
IO:4OA San Jose and Way Stations. ........ 5:OOP
II:45A Palo Alto and Way Stations.....-. 3:3OP
'2:3OP San jose Gilroy, Tres Pinos Ia
Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacific
Grove ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. flO:4OA
s3;30P San Jose and Principal Way Stations 0;A7A
y +l:30P San Jose and Way Stations ~S:O6A
5:30p San Jose and Way Stations....... ss:4SA
0:3Or San Jose and Way Stations. 6:3JA
tII:45P San Jose and WAY Stations......... t7:45P
SAN LEANDKO AND HAYWARDS LUCAL.
iE6:UoA Z 7:I5A
S:OOA t9:45A
O:0OA u, NJ I0ss5A
IO.OOA meirose, SeminaiJ HaIA, II:i5A
ha:00A a:00A Fitchburg, San LeandrS t1:SSP
3:OOp and 4:45P
4:0OP 5:55P
5:O9P uax-s-d. 6:I5P
5:3OP 7:45P
7:O0P S:45P
S:00p Runs through to Niles. I0.50e
t+II:I5p From Niles. ttI2:OcP
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-29

contrary 10 the whole spirit OF our eloc.
ton law. which attempts always 10 throw
It's shield around the ballot and nor
around tho wrong doing. negligence or
cdreiessness Of election officials
TINS respondent while corceding IN bfs
hor ofable colleagues the purest motive,
IN Their action yet respectfully insist,
iLat they erred IN their Judgment In no,
counting the amended returns from ina
county OF Buckingham and in dceI,rir-,
tnat ~. ID. Flood AMI not J. Yost VS.
Gully elected representative I'm Congress
from the Tenth Congressional Ii.tric, "a,
NHsfla AT the election held On tho "a
cog or November. 1896 and that ina.
Huch Is me Commissioners II Elactio,
OF Buckingham county have already do,a
what me court would require them IN 40
u 1T defanlt and the Beard OF State c,o-
NhsSers nave before them amended re.
Turns from said county giving The vote -,
actually cast. the cOurf Will diroct 80
caro- 10 count said vote and ward a..
cer'incates Of election T. J. Yost as the
.uy elected representative in Congress
from the Tenth Congressional dlstrict III,
Virginia. '''e' oi
Ana now this respondent having ,,,,,,,
answered. he prays etc. etc ''
cHAS. r. O'FERRATI.
Governor OF Virginia ana ex-ofrcf,
Hemoer OF the Board OF Seato c,n,,ass'
ers. ~"nNdss-