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The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

Katherine Klafsky, who died at Hamburg on
Tuesday, will be a great loss to Wagnerian
opera. There are few prima donnas who
could surpass her in certain Wagnerian roles
since Materna retired from the operate stage
klaisky owed more to her superb natural
voice and her fine stage presence than to her
vocal training, though she was a pupil of the
far-iamed Nine. Marchesl. Last winter when
she sang in New York with Walter Damrosch's s
opera company the critics were loud in their
lamentations that such gorgeous" voice
should be so indifferently used. Brunhilde
was one of Klafsky's favorite parts, but
though she was not large as Materna she
was gaining in weight and gave an impression
of bulk which Materna never conveyed as the
warrior goddess. She was still compare
lively young woman. being three days past
her forty-frst birthday at the. time of her
death She began her career st the age of 20,
but on her first marriage retired from the
stage, and subsequently began her career all
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
. IN POOR CONDITION.

PORTION OF FOLSOM STREET THAT NEEDS
ATTENTION.
To the Editor Of the San Francisco Cdu-SIR:
wish to respectfully cali the attention of the
authorities through the columns of your paper
to the condition of Folsom street between
Fourth and Sixth. Those who have the con-
tract to bituminize the two blocks have re-
moved all the basalt blocks on both sides, ex-
cept the entrance 10 stables, etc., which leaves
the street in very bad condition and detri-
mental TO any one living or doing business
within above named blocks
Winter is fast approaching and there is no
sign OF the contractor resuming the work, con-
sequently 1t seems quite possible that the
street Will be left in the same condition as it
was two years ago-simply impossible
r. II. MCDONALD.
San Francisco, Sept %.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
CAMPAIGN ECHOES.

Things are coming Mr.. Bryan's way, but they
are mostly things that hurt.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Tom Watson was right. Sewall is only knot
on log, and very small knot at that.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Mr.. Bryan is not maintaining the ratio. Six.
teen speeches and not one idea win never do.-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Up to this time three things have been dis.
covered about which Bryan will not talk. They
are Maine, Vermont and Tom watson.-st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Powderly hits the nail squarely on the head
when he tells the workingman that his motto
with regard to money should be, ..The best is
none too good for me.''-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
This plank is not in the Bryan platform:
"ResoE7ed, That wheat shall be ground free,
and every barrel of flour shall be stamped two
barrels"
1t is silver that is to be treated this way, not
wheat.-Wheeling Intelligencer.
Organism in the State OF New York to-day
has no honorable or respectable party leader
ship; aud the Buffalo Convention will have no
power to lift it from the mire where it belongs.
1t will only be made the more despicable by
the treachery to declared Democratic princi-
pies which its support involves.-New York
Sun.
"Why are you SO glum, Jack? Has Ethel re-
Jected your" said a Pittsburg young man to a
friend who was carrying chronic frown.
mo, not exactly"
"Then be cheerful and hopeful"
"She gives me no ground for hope and cheer.
She says she viii marry me when Bryan is
elected President. ."-Pittsburg Chronlcle-Tele-
graph.
Above the din of cheers for the noble victory
In Maine; above the swelling chorus for honest
money; above the shouts for protection to
American labor and revenue for the Govern
ment; above the walls of Bryan, even. for the
poor TO rise against the rich; above all the
noise and clashing of a campaign that is going
All one way at furious pace-above every
thing else Is heard the voice of Tom Watson
crying: "Scoot, Sewall, scootp-Pittsburg DIS
patch.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
OLD KNIGHTS AND NEW.

The knights Of old, with hearts of gold,
Fought battles for he fair,
And In the mists of crimson lists
Their good swords crowned her there.
Lance met with lance: the wild romance
OF love inspired the fight.
And for his ladye's love or glance
Died many gallant knight
But the new knights NO longer spill
Their blood for ladye's grace,
Love simply mounts bicycle
And wins dusty race.
FRANK L STANTo
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The country is cursed 'Oith pO OIitical as ,OeU
as financial heresy. certain phases of which
are entirely ne,c, foreign TO our soil and alto
gether un-AHlericon. They spring from and
are directly imported from the hot6eds of
European socialism. Let no one imagine
this statement an eraggeration. Examine
the socialist programmes, as they are called,
Of Europe; their advocacy Of repudiation of
debt, the naturalization Of industries, pro-
gressive income td8es, the fomertting of
alleged class anin1osities, the referendum,
their disregard Of the validity of contracts, of
legislative acts, Of Legal forms and prisl-
ciples. You aciu find their counterparts IN
POpulist utterances and IN the Chicago and
81. Louis POp~listic platforms. Bel
mont
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION
New York Sun

Bryan was nominated on the 10th of July
two months ago. During that long time there
has not been single Democrat of real conse-
quence and distinction in the whole State of
New York who has declared himself in favor
on The candidate and the platform on which he
was nominated. Nearly all the Democrats of
the State most honored by the party and infiu-
ential III IT have openly and formally repudi-
ated Doth platform and ticket as un-Demo-
cratic and unworthy of the countenance OF
any patriot.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

You have heard the scild, strange promises
that are made TO you upon the one side, and
on this side sOe promise yow nothing ercept
that certainty which human experience has
given to us. NosO, soiH you be led o'cay into
strange pathways, or sOiU you fotlO,c the old
path that you knspf In other aOords, which
aoossid you prefer on unlimited check on the
roiaboO bank of promise, or certificate for
tchot is cractly due yott on the bank Of er-
perience ?-Tou1 Reed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

We ,Odnt dollar that wiH lose none of its
eat'te in our hands, dollar that Oiu be Just
as good schen tce come to pay IL out as when
aoe receive 1t. We rant dollar that can be
exchanged for any other dollar at any time
or place that lce may rant to sse It, Those
Of us aoho are unfortunate enough to be pay
ing interest knot0 that just as certainly as the
Vatale Of the dollar decreases so certainly the
rate of interest i0iH increGse.-N. B. Critch-
field of Ohio.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

lining being set on the bottom to give the
proper flare. Wash-dresses are simply hemmed
at the foot and worn over very full petticoats
A dress of cadet blue had full vest of blue
and green shot silk. The revers and collar
were likewise of the silk with green spangles
set on. The round yoke at top OF the front had
rows of green braid. dress of dark-blue
barred with stripes of many bright colors. The
sailor collar was OF the same fabric the revers
being of the mohair.
ALI wooden goods make up beautifully after
this model. One of blue and white broken
check had vest of blue and white silk
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
A JACKET COSTUME FOR GIRLS.

Jacket effects are always extremely becom-
ing 10 little girls and the one shown here is an
unusually graceful cut The full under front
is becoming alike 70 stout or very slender f g.
ures. stylish addition is the narrow belt.
which may be of leather, gilt braid or ribbon.
The skirt is simply gathered into the band. a
fve-inch band of hair cloth or some stiff inter
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Examiner, Sept. 8,
1596-But if the Unit
ed States by throwing
open its mints to free
coinage raises the bull
lion ratio to 16 to 1, all
coins struck at this
ratio will then become
full and Independent
parts of the worlds
currency
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. N. Y, Sept. 23.-At the Plaza
T. B. Fitzpatrick; Hoffman,. w. Hart; Park
avenue-K. Howard; Holland-Mrs. II. E.
Huntington, Miss C. Huntington, Mrs. I.
Pierce, Mrs. C. Walker; Grand-J. D. Grippe;
Continental-w P. Hammott; Imperial-D. A.
Halse, L. w. Stockwell.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

blacksmith's apprentice, named Charles Klein
leehner- He is to be placed in the musical and
dramatic school of Bsyreuth, Which has
already produced so many remarkable artists.
The Swedish composer, Ivar Hallstroem,
whose "Duke and Mermaid" was the first
Swedish national opera, recently celebrated
the SEVENTEEN anniversary of his birth. Among
those who sent congratulauon was Carmen
Sylvia.
Andre Wormster, whose musical pantomine
"L'Enfant Prodigue," was such a success in
Europe and the East, has just written new
work of the same kind en- titled "The Ideal"
society has been formed at Rotterdam to
build g theater which is 10 be devoted exclu-
sively to German opera. The construction is
already commenced and viii be finished for
Inauguration during the course of 1899.
The King of Wurtemburg has sent to Mme
Cosima Wagner the medal for carts and
Sciences"
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24


Examiner, May %,
1895-It is easy to un-
derstand how Mr.. Car
Isle, who thought it
safe to venture upon
free coinage when the
bullion in a silver dol
lar was worth 80 cents,
should be unwilling to
take the chances when
the rate has come down
to SO cents.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The death of NJ. Thome, formerly a stone
mason and later a millionaire, is announced
from Paris.
Nansen's first words to his ''discoverers"
were: "How Is my wife, and how is Norwe-
gian politics.
The wife OF the Bishop of Winchester may
often be seen bicycling on the great highways
of the New Forest.
1t is said that the Khedive of Egypt has now
accepted government invitation TO visit
England next year.
The new Shah of Persia is anxious to omen
the country to International commerce, and
favors the introduction OF electricity and
steam.
Captain William Long, r. N, now in COM
mand of the guardship Devastation, at Devon
port, has been asked to take again the chief
command of the Chinese navy, which he held
from 1886 to 1890, and will probably accept
de is mandarin OF the peacock feather, and
wears the star OF the third grade OF the second
order of the Double Dragon.
In the days OF his boyhood Edwin Winter.
who recently purchased the entire line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, its bonds,
stocks, leased and branch lines, for .$I3, ,OOO.-
600, and has been elected its president under
the reorganization, lived in Campton Village
n H., his father being native of that town.
When Edwin was in his teens the family
moved West, and there he worked as q clerk
IN Chicago grain house.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

We must send to Congress men who will
not only represent cur industries but vote
10 protect them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

We have the best country and the best
people and must maintain the best wages
and the best money.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The Popocrats have had to give up the
attempt to make fun OF Mark Hanna. He
has shown himself too big a man to be
hurt by their little ridlcule.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Mckinley holds his place in the center
of the country, while Bryan swings around
the circumference like wandering sateI-
lite and shines by reflected radiance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
arc You GONG East?

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad-sauta re
route--is the coolest and most comfortable sum
m er line, owing TO its elevation ana absence from
alkali dust. Particularly adapted for the trans
portation of families because of its palace draw
ing-room and modern upholstered tourist sleeping
cars, which daily through from Oakland 10
Chicago, leaving at a seasonable hour and in
charge of attentive conductors ana porters San
Francisco Ticket Office, 644 Market street, Chron-
icle building Tel ephone, Main 1881 Oakland
Ills broadway
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

BY protection we flourish, but by free
trade we fall, and free silver wouldn't
save us.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Senator Hill drew it mild in saying
there is too much PopuIism in the Chicago
platform. As matter of fact, there is too
much Altgeldism in it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Bryan talks more and more about
nothing every day. His Philadelphia
speech was devoted largely to talk about
his dignity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

HE who tampers with the currency
robs labor of its Bread" said Daniel Web
ster, and unde- Democratic conditions the
labor of America has no bread TO lose.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Bryan Is not directly responsible for the
support given him by fake journals, but it
must be said there is something about
him which is attractive to them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

That the New York Democratic State
Convention has left amuddle behind it is
the beet evidence possible that it was
truly representative of the party.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Sound money, sound business and
sound men are what the Republican party
offers 10 the country.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Anything for new fake is the motto of
the Examiner, and Organism is about as
good as lottery scheme.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Even Bryan himself has lost hope in his
election and has begun to hedge by talk
Ing of keeping up the fight in case of
defeat
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

1t is still matter of doubt whether the
Democratic fusion bosses are playing Gator
for Senator or only for sucker.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Senator Thurston reports that in his
stumping tour he has found that the silver
sentiment among the farmers is like
the milk sickness-aIways in some other
county
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

son to Canton" is still the cry of the
people. They know where the true
leader is.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

tions about the tariff the people will have
to ask themselves what his silence means.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
Bnsr peanut tatty in the world. TOwnsends.

SPECIAL inform alton daily to manufacturer,
Clipping bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The Tammany braves thought Hill was
crawling into hole and didn't know he
was digging pit for them until they fell
into If
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Examiner, May IT,
1995-They (the Illi-
nois Democra ts) do not
want either to reduce
silver to the rank oi
token money or to
drive gold out of the
country. They are not
superstitiously welded
to the ratio of I6
to 1.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The people of Europe who favor inter-
national bimetallism will find an ally in
America, but those who hope to dupe
this country into going it alone will be
disappointed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

IF your complaint is want Of appetite try half a
wine glass Of DR.. siegert's Angostura Bitters be.
fore meals
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

THE hair cannot flourish unless the scalp Is
kept in good condition Ayers Hair vigor gives
universal satisfaction as a dressing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

To the Examiner even Presidential pol
itics is a freak.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

with reference to the party that Cleveland
occupied four years ago-and Cleveland
WOn
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards 3.
Send ~ cents in stamps to John Sebastian, gen.
eral passenger agent C. r. l. and p. Railway,
Chicago, for the slickest pack of playing cards
you ever handled, and on receipt Of such remit
tance for one or more packs they win be sent you
postpaid.
Orders containing 90 cents in stamps or postal
note for same amount win secure packs by ex-
press, charges paid
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
aoneq him. We don our hat to the boy. Pun
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

THE DEER SEASON., Mnlbrae, Cal. In 1880
the deer season was open from January 1 to
July 1 and in 1901 was open from the 1st of
January to June 1.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24


Examiner, Sept. Is,
1S96-When we have
free coinage of both
gold and silver at the
ratio OF 16 to. L there
will be a breaking up
Tof the hard financial
win ter that has frozen
the industrial energies
of this new and
wealthy country.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

A humming- bird little larger than a
house.fy is common in the East Indies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Senator Hill is quoted as saying "The
common people do not understand the
currency question:" but then the Senator
has always trained with the Democratic
machine and doesn't understand the
people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
Nav Cornoration.

New Corporation.
The Henry welch Mining Company was yes.
terdaY Incorporated
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

A HYMNS J., City. The hymn ''There is a
Happy Land ;" which has been translated into
nineteen languages, was written by Andrew
Young, native OF Edinburgh, Scotland, in
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

"The best of candidates for Supervisors
offered to the Democratic convention, ;"
said the Examiner yesterday, sis enough 10
discourage the voters of the party If
this is the best that can be looked for it is
time that there was a new DEAL" There
VIII be one, of course, but the Examiner
will be disappointed. Il won't be a freak
deal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
AN INTERESTING PARALLEL.

Examiner, May 4,
1S95-To maintain the
parity alone it might
be necessary to make
the proportion % to 1.
Our experience has not
encouraged us to be-
lieve we could do this
alone at 16 TO 1.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

FRENCH HIsToRY-T. P, City. After the exc.
cution of Louis XVI and then the execution
of Marie Antoinette in France, the National
Convention was in power; after that the
Directory, the Consulate and then Napoleon 7
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

While the Democrats have been hunt
ing Populists in the woods, the RepubIi-
cans have taken complete possession of
the field of battle. and there isn't a single
point of vantage,left for the fusionists to
occupy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
sUBscRIpTIoN RATEs-POstage Free,

Daily and Sunday CALI, one week, by carrier $O'1o
Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall. o.OO
Daily and Sunday CALI, six months, by mail. 800
Daily and Sunday CALI, three months by mall 4.oV
Daily and Sunday CALI, one MONTH by mali. 90
Sunday CALL, one year. by mall. 1.oO
WEEKLY CALI, one year, by mail. 4'eO
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The wife of the Bishop of Winchester may
often be seen bicycling on the great highways
of the New Forest
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

1t is said that the Khedive of Egypt has now
accepted government invitation TO visit
England next year.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Examiner, Sept. ID,
1s96-Under free COIN
age the silver dollar
Will be worth exactly
the same as the gold
dollar, and the parity
between silver and
gold coined or un-
coined will be 16 to I
throughout the world.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION
and PROSPERITY.
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio
FOR vICF-PRBsIDENT-
GARRETT A. HOBART, Of NeE Jersey
ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The popular vote In November will con-
firm the statement of McKinley-"Th
people have no patience with those who
would violate the plighted faith of the
Nation and stamp its obligations with
dishonor.''
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Nansen's first words to his "discoverers"
were: "How Is my wife, and how is Norwe-
gian politics"
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The Examiner declares the change in its
policy on the silver question has not been
due to any regard for Hearst's mining
property, and it would seem therefore
that it surrendered to Altgeld only be-
cause it saw in his platform and his can
didate the crankiest freak and gayest fake
of the season.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The death of NJ. Thome, formerly a stone
mason and later millionaire, is announced
from Paris
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

over again. Klafsky was married three times,
her last husband being Herr Zohse, the assist
ant conductor of the Hamburg Staat Theater.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The new Shah of Persia is anxious to open
the country to International commerce, and
favors the introduction OF electricity and
steam
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

HARD DRINKERs-K., Alameda, Cal While
it is true that many professional men are hard
drinkers it IS not true that the best profes
sional men are such. Many OF the best profes
sional men are not addicted to the drinking
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The indefatigable Nine. Cosima Wagner has
discovered new tenor in the person of
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

The SEVEN WoNDERs-T p, City. The seven
wonders of the world. the ancient world, were:
The Pyramids, first, which in Egypt were laid
Next Baoylons Gardens, for Amytis made;
Ihen Mausolo's Tomb OF affection and guilt;
Iourth, the Temple of Diana. in Ephesus built;
Ihe Colossos of Rhodes, cast in brass to the sun;
sixth, Jupi er's Statue, by Phidias done;
Inc Pharos OF Egypt, last wonder of old,
VI Falaee or Cyprus, cemented with gold.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

sIPHoN THE LAKE-R. P. NJ, Colfax, Iowa
This correspondent suggests that it would be
more practical to siphon Eagle Lake, described
in an article in THE CALL OF the Goth OF August,
than to tap it for the purpose OF drawing the
water from the lake.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

Are you going 10 the country on vacation II
Sc It is no trouble for 10 forward THE CALL to
vour address, Do not let 1t miss you for you VIII
miss it. Orders given 10 the carrier or left at
Business Office will receive prompt attention.
30 EXTRA CHARGE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS P. City. The ancient
Egyptians had distinctive family names and
distinctive names to distinguish one member
use "Mr., Mrs. or MISS for the reason
that the English tongue was unknown
to them. They had a number of holidays
which they observed and they used engage
ment rings. Osiris, Isis and Horus were
Egyptian gods.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

ELFCTIoN NOVEMBER 3. 1885.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24

NINE ALBANI-M. W., Oakland, Cal Nine.
Albani, prime donna, was born in Chambly,
Canada, in 1851. Her family name was La
Jeunesse, and she descended from one of the
early French families OF the country. She
the age OF I2 and met with IS such success that
she adopted the professional name OF Albani.
She married Ernest GIVE.
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