The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-17
BETRAYED BY The X RAY.
The Sad Predicament of a Young
Man at the Mechanics
Fair.
Mexican Independence Night at the
Exposition - The Children
Made. Happy.

The attendance at the Home Products
Exposition at the Mechanics Pavilion
was as large last evening as ever. The
special feature of the evening was the
commemoration of the anniversary of
Mexico's independence, and a special
musical programme was prepared for the
occasion, aside from the regular concert.
1t consisted of solos, etc.. by Kolander' s
Mandolin Club. The participants were:
Professor Kolander, Mrs. n. Kolander,
E. Piquet, Miss Viola Cash, Mr.. Walheim,
Miss Lord and Miss Bradley, banios ;
Miss NJ. Slagl, Miss L. Doherty, Mr.. Chan
ming and F. Kenny, mandolins; NJ iss
Lizzie Kutscher, Miss Schramm and l..
Isaacson, guitars.
During this afternoon the pupils of the
Douglass Primary, Everett Primary,
Hearst Grammar and Eme rson Primary
schools took possession of the Pavilion
and enjoyed themselves hugely. To-day
the pupils of the Catholic parcchial schools
will enjoy the hos pitality of the manage
ment of the exposition. Over 5000 invita-
tons have been sent out and accepted by
St. Joseph's School, st. Peters School, st.
Patrick School and st. Mary's College of
Oakland.
Tonight will be Irish night, held under
the auspices of the Celtic Union. An
by the committee of arrangements, of
which Jeremiah Deasy is chairman.
The thirty-six Irish organizations COM
posing the union will turn out in full force.
An address on the manufactures of Ire
land, past and present, will be delivered
by the Hon. Joseph Leggett, who has been
selected orator of the evening.
Following is total vote cast for popular
exhibits at the fair up to date:
Crown Flour Company, 1899; Johnson
Locke Company, 1115; Joshua Hendy Ma
chine Works, lila; Laumeister Milling Com
Iron Works, 272; Fan Bros, ESQ; Fulton
Engine Works and Rix Compressed Air Ma
chinery Company, 1868; American Biscuit
Company, 113; Fishbeck & Glootz, US.
The x ray exhibit in the gallery is at.
tracing much attention, but the X ray,
like the slumbering bulldog, is not thing
to be trited with. One young man found
this the fact to his sorrow last evening.
he was accompanied, evidently, by his in
tended and her mother. The young lady,
in spirit of fun, declared that her escort
did not possess such an organ as a heart
and he thoughtlessly offered to prove by
the x ray that he had such an organ. He
stood close to the screen upon which the
shadows are cast. While waiting devel-
opments he conversed with the young
lady, while the elderly lady watched Gu
rlously.
Suddenly the x ray got in its work and
cast upon the screen the shadows of three
or four ribs, a suspender-b buckle and a
metallic pocket whisky flask, but no heart.
The old lady snorted with rage and de-
clared that no daughter of hers should
ever have anything to do with young
man who lmbibed spirituous liquors
and carried the stuff about in pocket
TASKS. The young mans explanation
that it was cough medicine was of no
avail. The old lady withdrew Indignantly,
followed by the daughter sorrowfulIy,
while the young man hunted for dark
corner where he could kick himself for
being such fool as to trifie with an un-
known quantity, and last Of all the x raw.