The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

| CduVdSeS were turned anu the stage pldCeu
in readiness for the other half of the pro-
gramme. Applause followed the child
as he retreated behind the scenes. The
music yielded pleasure and then the lec-
ture was resumed. Three fresh prohles
were soon being discussed.
mo. 19-Humb boldt County is the strong
! hold of the original of these features, !"
said the Prodigy. "All along the Klamath,
too, he is known as a terror to evil-doers,
and 1t is related that every brainy rogue
who fees northward gets description of
| him in order to risk no chances when
man with this stout profile calls Haiti
NO 20-This judicial head you can no
more forget than you can forget the cele-
brated criminal cases in which his strong
intellect has figured.
mo. 21-The processes of the court of
| No. 20 have been aided materially by the
individual whose facial shadow you see
| here. You may not be able to detect any
of his anaIy tical shrewdness in the shadow,
! but he has more than little of it, and his
hair has grown hoary in many decades of
i service" Regarding the next three the
Prodigy said:
''No. % is the man who recently opined
that the Athens of the Pacific seemed
tired of the administration of an honest
Mayor'-you have glimpse of him here.
When he was an everyday citizen, strug-
CLING for slice of the bay shore, people
hocked to his Standard but his elevation
put an end to these relations.
"No % is a placid countenance that
graces the United States District Court
and has been seen in the halls of Con-
gress. The smile of No. % is charming.
The smile is there when the decision
means fortune for you. 1t is there when
you are undone by the decree
mo. % can't help it. He was made
that way.
mo. A-Who doesn't know him? His
vlrile eloquence, his legal fighting quail
ties, his purse that cheerfully yields to
courts the tax of ungovernable impetp-
osity, his pungeut wit at the festive board
his potent voice in a political cause that
he vainlv strives to bolster, his fearless
ness everywhere-what you haven't heard
of these things you have probably read
about, and yet he has a brother who is
just as serene as summer day, who
speaks in beautiful metaphors and who
writes poetry while you wait.
"No. 25''-The Prodigy chuckled as he
daubed the black mixture. THE breezes
OF the bay" said he, ''loye no better fr0lic
than to play among the wealth of tangled,
grizzly strings that depend from the chm
appertaining to the face in front of which
the unfortunate victims of overlnduIgence
in one of the unnecessaries of life daily
shiyer and shake. But those whiskers are
not registered in Berkeley" The trio
plan was taken up again.
"No. 26-This legal cut puts you in
mind of the legal adviser of our common
wealth.
"No. 27-Down in Los Angeles every
body knows the Solon of the police courts
whose profile is seen here.
'tNo. 28-Here you must certainly find a
resemblance to the man who built himself
a name by his brilliant and successful con-
tention for justice in the case OF The
Crime of Century.
mo. 90 can mean none other than
San Francisco dreamer who finds beautiful
images imprisoned in clay.
mo. 80 wears the highest honors in the
gift of his State, and although he started
in active life as sailor lad and has always
been interested in ships and shipping, he
boasts that even in his retirement from
seafaring he has never been called captain:
But his name will forever be associated
with the naval station that will be planted
on Goat Island.
mo. 81 owns military title tt at puts
him up in the front rank, and further
more, he owns a name and personality
popular and influential in the u L
c., and in the politics of California.
Now for the last trio:
mo. 80 has only recently bean welded
to fame. 1 may as well add that he is the
diseoverer of the physical basis of life.
mo. 80 represents favored appointee
of the Stocktonian chief executive. He is
one of the few men in public life who
doesn't have to remove his hat to get
haircut. The bristles on the top there are
not the sproutings of new crop; they are
merely the dry remains of old stubble.
mo. "a is a fnancier who dwells in
M-rc-d and who had the nerve to say
that Californians are an expensive people
and waste too much money on their liv-
ing. Well, our way of living suits us and
what's the odds?" The hour was late and
the audience was assured that only one
more canvas remained. The profile was
soon painted and no sooner was it done
than a hearty voiced man near the door
burst into healthy laugh and cried, "Gol-
darned, if there amt Ole BilIl' And so
it was.
mo. 35," concluded the Prodigy, us one
of the old warehouses. He has carried the
Jacksonian banner through thick and thin
and no cffice was ever too high or too fat
salaried to dumfound him in the hour
when proffer waited on acceptance. What
would the cohorts of Democracy in the
West be without Ole Bill? 1t is quite
fitting that we should close with Ole Bill
The curtain will soon ring down on Ole
Bills party and then O.e Bill will be a
has-been-just like our show, which, l
trust, you have all enjoyed"
The manager advanced to the footlights
ana gracefully thanked the audience, ac-
cording to the time-honored system, for
''its kind attention and worthy interest"
during the evening; for it's generous ap-
probation" and for its strong encourage
ment of budding genius"