The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20

! the bast actors nlav learn all the routine and
! if you have any ability you may Wy ,I1 sHlall nj
parts. II there is any merit IN soh ~ ~ W. WI. "a "a
| recog nized Do not Try TO start at the Top ana
| then DROP but start at the bottom anu rise.
| Elocution and defamation is ali very Wen Wen IN
its way, but it is not that alone wnl;h ina ~ an
| actor an actress. There Is scAooA VI oio
| matte art in this City.
| DAY OF REsT-w. N. g.. Oakland, Cal. The
| following is the law of the State OF Calllornla
| on the subject of day of rest
Every person employed In any occupation OF
labor snail be entitled TO one days rest tnereiron
| i'll seven: and it shall be unlawful for any EN-.
| ployer of labor to his employees or any OF
| them to WORK more than SIX days in seven pro-
vded however, that the provisions CT this secto
| shall MT apply 10 any case of emergency
| For the purpose of this act the term days rest
shall apply 10 all cases. whether the empioye is
engaged by the da . week, month year. or
whether the work performed Is done in the day or
| night time.
| This act was approved February 27. 1893,
and went into effect thirty days after its pas
| sage. The journeymen bakers attempted TO
| enforce it, but it was not sustained.
| THE Lotus EATERs-B. B., Oakland, Cal.
Homer the blind old man of Scios rocky isle,
describes the lotus eaters ss a people on the
northern coast OF Africa who ware visited by
Ulysses in his wanderings, and who en-
deavored TO detain his companions BY giving
them the lotus to eat. 1t was asserted that
whoever ate OF the fruit of the lotus wished,
never again, that is if he was e stranger, to de-
part TO see his native country. This poetical
idea was known to the Arabs OF cid, who
called it the fruit of destiny which is TO be
eaten ii Paradise, and it was this idea that
Tennyson wrought in his poem THE Lotus
Eaters" The lotus produces fruit in great
abundance 1t is drupe of the size OF q wild
plum, will san almost globose kernel The
fruit is somewhat farinaceous and has
pleasant, sweetish, mucilsginous taste. 1t has
from earliest times served as food TO the in
habi;ants OF the northern part OF Africa,
where it is still the principal food of the poor.
AL1MoNY-H. c., City. In the State of Cali
fornia, Superior Court has the right in di-
vorce case to grant a wife aimony for life
The law on the subject is as follows:
Where a divorce is granted TO. the offense OF
for the maintenance of the children OF n mar
ria. and to make such suitable allowance to the
shorter period, the court may deem just, having
reg rd 10 the circumstances of he parties respec
lively and the court NAV from time 10 time
modify its order in these respects.
Generally in the United States, afimony is
the money which court requires husband
in a divorce case to pay periodically TO the
divorce the court viii include in the decree
directions for the payment of alimony 10 her
during the rest OF ner NE. AS the man, wnen
he married the woman, agreed TO support her
he cannot, through deliberate wrong on his
part, get rid OF the obligation
THE CONFEDERACY-N. b., HayWGrdS, Cal.
The Southern Confederacy was officially reco
nized by Great Britain. James g. Blaine, in
Twenty Years in Congress-" says:
| Until then the breaking out OF hostilisies) the
United states was the only organized government mt
on our soil known England, and with it she had
maintainei commercial aud political relations that
| had grown closer and more frien ly every year.
/ The vital element of that government was union.
1 But the separation of the States more than
the dissolution OF The Union. For. treating with
| all due respect the conviction of the Southern
! states as the violation of their constitutional
rights. fair minded man can deny That the CEN
/ tral idea of the secession movement was the
tablshment of great Slavs-holding empire around
the Gulfof Mexico. y When English Z. ates-
men were called upon to aeal with such a crisis
| the Unit tates had rignr to expect, il not
| tive sympathy, at least that neu rality which
would confine Itself within the strict limit of
| stitutioual obligation. and would not withhold
! Charles Francis Adams was sent by President
! Lincoln as Minister to Great Britain with in
| structions 10 explain to the British Govern
| ment the condition OF affairs in the United
| States, more especially tnat foreign powers
national aid to the States iu rebellion. The
! British Government was aware of Mr. Adams
mission before his departure for England. On
| the day of his arrival in England belligerent
! rights were accorded 10 the Confederacy by
| proclamation issued by the Queen of Great
| Britain recognizing the existence OF war be-
| tween the United States and the Confederate
States and the right of each to exercise bellig-
| erent powers on the ocean, but not recogn IL
/ ing the national independence of the latter
| and enjoining the neutrality of her own SUBJ