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The morning times., 1896-07-26

from the Eillows TO see me. Her COM
plexion wasn't all she wanted it and she
had lost her nerve She couldn't ride
the bicycle because her nerve was gone.
Il looked nj her hard. You have house
nerves, said I.
=" But madamoiselle never stay in zee
house. said the French maid who came
along as chaperon.
q" No matter said /. and turning TO
the young woman 1 said: L must talk
with, you alone about your trouble
AT a sign the French woman was
gone.
Now said 1, Il am going to name
to you the four things You must do to
get We'll. Your complexion would be al
right if your nerves We're. You are sick
only in the nerves. To get well you must
dress as 1 tell you, keep in the attitudes
I prescribe, eat what 1 name. and-weIl,
III tell You about the love afterward,
Then I mapped out the dress Wear
anything said 1, that is 1ight-colored
You must not put on dark things. Choose
fabrics that you can see through, and If
you have not enough cOiorcd shoes to
keep you supplied with them all the time
clothe your feet in patent leather tips with
q shine to them.
NY dear young lady, said I. never
The morning times., 1896-07-26

troth tiie west To go to school, from the
South To study art. from the East 10 study
wagner, and from the North 10 gettheol-
ogy- great summer scheoI has been
started here, and where once you saw
very red-oheeked women with very blond
hair. and men with very large diamonds.
you now see rosy-faced girls with bright,
sun-;ouched tresses, and MEN with spec
tacles.
The pastimes are boating, cycling out to
the Lake House, sitting upon the mil
iionares' piazza, !" where Stewart, Wander
hilt and Jay Gould used to sit, and rising
early in the morning for spring water. 1t
isn't dull. tits different, that is all, and
the girls are more numerous and pTettier
than they were then.
C9TTAGERS MANY.
The cottage colony is very large one
People are taking to cottages more and
more each year. The hotels do not feel the
loss OF any one, for people hire cottages
who would not by anymeans livein a hotel,
and Saratoga is richer by the Gotta ge folk
III the houses. while their numerous friends
who come to visit them put up at a
hotel This, by the way, is a favorite way
TO entertain. Instead OF putting your
guests three in a ted, you make arrange
meDts FOR them at the hotel and see them
only at dinner, which is often enough and
long enough for any summer visit.
Outside OF its summer school OF Theology
and Arts there are interests absorbing to
visitors. The rowing regatta Of National
Amateur Oarsmen comes Off August IL
and 13. stxty-eight crews viii be pres
ent. and in the eight-ear contest there will
be eight crews. And for this oarsrnen are
gathering
Tne daughters of the Revolution held
their summer convention here. and the
Federation OF Clubs federated here with
much SUCCESS. many members remaining
for the summer, and very attractive are
these. Mrs. Ella Dietz CIymer, one of
the originators of SOross. is an interesting
figure with her dreamy eyes. her Penelope
work-bag and her taper;ng fingers. An
other interesting person is Mrs Russell
Sage; who talks affably to every one and
forgets she has those many millions-as
indeed she easily might seeing SO small q
of them.
Finance at Saratoga is abundantly rep-
'esented in Spencer Trask and Russell |
Sage. society in Mrs. Ward McAlIister and |
Mss McA lister; politics by the Mckee fam
iy-who have many political friends in |
ptte of the family divison-and by the |!
Roswell Flowers. who fit here for u month |
MANY CYCLISTS.
Bicycling has captured Saratoga even
Is it has taken possession of other summer
'laces. The roads are fine and broad and
and the air cool enough
or the exertion. Tile fav orite ride is
'ut to a remarkable park called Wood
avn Oval. This was built by Judge
iilton, who Inherited the Stewart mil
ions. The oval is a great park upon
which gentlemen's races of all kinds
axe place. There are pony races, lawn
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president OF nearly every one of the so
cieties TO which she belongs.
In religion the family are Presbyteri-
ans. going 10 church very regularly. Here
Mrs. Bryan is busy with many church So
cieties. the woman's Christian Associa-
toin, etc. And here Mr.. Bryan has been
known TO deliver religious addresses upon
Bible history.
In their own town this young couple
are very much liked. and no one can accuse
Mrs. Bryan. as the new woman. OF neglect
ing anything that pertains to the bearing
or rearing OF bright. healthy, handsome
children FOR future. citizens
HARVEY LINCOLN.
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THE EMPEROR,s PRESENT.

THE German Emperor has sent Queen
l Victoria a fountain which represents
an eagle Tapping Its wings, while
water issues'in a spra 5. from q Vent inthe
back, and SO conveys the idea. that the
bird is Tying through streams OF water
1t "a TO be set up In the little garden near
tue fountain which was presented to the
Queen by the late Emperor William l., nd
which Tor some time stoodtn the conserve
tory at Windsor Castle.
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An ARTISTIC Effect.

"Mrs. Passav makes a lovely picture on
her porch. Did you ever see a more beau
tifully tinted conplexion?''
That's WHY size has her awnings lined
with red. ."-Cieveland Plain Dealer
The morning times., 1896-07-26
Not a Question of Sentiment.

Myrtle Boggs says sheIl never marry IL
she can't have June wedding"
''Weil, that gives her eleven months to
hook a victim.--Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
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timers-and DR.. Wood registered 10 2-5 sec.,

timers-and DR.. Wood registered 10 2-5 sec.,
which times were nearest the mark.
Young Brunton has a very promising
fu ture before him and will certainly lower
many of the present sprinting records in
next seasons competitions provided he
does not grow careless and neglect to train
when the opportunity permits.
Had it not been for the strong cold wind
that blew into the faces of the contesting
pole-vaulters some extraordinary perform
ances would have been announced.
As it was the coast intercollegiate record
was lowered a few inches and the athlete
who accomplished the neat trick of clear
ing 10 feet 2 inches remarked after the
game that if the conditions had been
favorable he would have scaled 10 feet
inches, which performance, by the way,
is getting pretty well up into the sky.
The great Robert Edgren of Berkeley
did not do as well in the shot-putting and
hammer-throwing events as his many
friends had expected.
Robert did not smash any records, bat
he talked very strong language to Wilbur,
Stanford's crack heavyweight, who cap
tured the shot-put, and made matters very
interesting for his opponents in the ham,
mer-throwing event.
Wilbur informed Edgren that there were
others who could talk occasionally, and
who could box little bit when the oc-
casion called for a fistic matinee.
But ali this was child like and bland and
quickly disappeared with the south breeze.
The starting of the sprinting events by
Leonard Gill of the Olympic Club reflected
much credit on that official, and the
refereeing of John Elliott was first class
and gave general satisfaction.
Following are the events, giving the
names of the men in the order in which
they fnished-the figures for the winner
following his name:
One hundred and twenty-yard hurdle-race-
Fl. B. Torrey (California), 16 1-5 seconds; B.
Bakewell (California), c. s. Dole (Stanford).
H. B. Reynolds tStanford) fell at the eighth
hurdle while running strong and leading Tor
rey by yard. Torrey's time beat the coast
intercollegiate record of Is As seconds, made
by Hoffman and Dyer of California In 1894.
440-yard rum. Bruntm (Stanford), So Sec
onds; F. Magee California;, ]. Colllver (Stan-
ford), C. Morse tCalifornia). The first three
men were five yards apart at the finish.
Mile run-D. E. Brown (stanford) minutes
AZ seconds; E. w. Smith (Stanford), w. jack
son (California). Brown finished in a trot
twenty yards ahead of the others Stanford
man was ten yards ahead of Jackson.
Pole vault-R. Lloyd (California). 10 feet 21x
inches; F. Mumma (California), 10 feet; G. s..
Dole (stanford), failing on the 10-foot mark
IO0-yard dash, frat heat-Brunton (Stan-
ford), 1OZ seconds by two yards; Dickie Cali
fornia), Holbrook (Stanford); second heat
Bernhard (stanford), 10 1-5 seconds, with two
yards lead; Toombs (Stanford), Chick Cali
formal.
Final 1O0-yard dash--J. p. Bernhard (Stan-
ford), 10 2-5 seconds, two feet ahead; j. Brun-
ton fStanford), W. Dickie (California) foot
behind Brunton.
Mile walk. Merwin( California),by 10 yards
in minutes % As seconds; II. Il. Jack (Stan-
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]. P. Bernhard (Stanford), % 1-5 seconds.
]. Brunton (stanford) very close up. Dickie
(California) two yards behind. 1t was, with
one exception, the fastest race for the distance
ever run on the Olympic grounds and smashed
the intercollegiate record. Ed Mays Cali
formal once made the distance in % seconds
in favorable weather, but had to beat the great
Henderson to do it.
16-pound hammer throw-Robert Edgren
California;, 134 feet ~ inches, with ham,
mer OF. over weight, and 1856 feet 5 inches
with hammer o. under weight; G. Hazard
(Stanford) 126 feet 4 inches; X. j. Wilbur
(Stanford), 119 feet II inches, C. Fickert (Stan-
ford), 119 feet 8 inches, A. Dorm California;.
Up to the final event the score stood So to 81
in favor of Stanford, but it was expected that
Edgren and Dorm would together win the first
two places at least and secure the match, but
when Wilbur beat Dorn's best throw, there
was greet surprise, as the score was then tie
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

The intercollegiate field day contests
between the athletic teams of Stanford and
Berkeley at the Olympic grounds yester-
day afternoon resulted in a tie.
A cold and strong southwest wind was
blowing during the games, causing the
thinly-clad sprinters and jumpers to
shiver and look blue. Even the spectators
shuddered in the breeze and sought the
most sheltered portions of the grandstand,
from which points of vantage they
watched With keen interest the perform
snce of the weIl-trained athletes.
OF course, Berkeley expected to win the
day, but there are disappointments in
outdoor athletics as well as in any other
game, and the shrewdest of prognostica-
tors are occasionally mistaken when call
ing the turn OF an athletic contest.
1t was whispered around for some
weeks prior 20 meeting that Captain
Brown of the Stanford athletic team had
his men in splendid condition. and that
Berkeley would need to be careful when
making predictions of what the result
would be-
Excepting a few of the knowing ones
who had good line on the men who were
entered for the great annual field.day trial
all others interested in the game expected
to see the wearers of the blue and gold re-
tire crowned with victory.
But the Stanford boys made great bid
for first place, and would certainly have
defeated their opponents were it not for
an unfortunate accident which happened
to Frazier. When rounding sharp turn
at the east end of the track under full
speed he came to grief. His pedal struck
the ground and the rider was pitched
sprawling on The cinders. Gushing of
Berkeley, who was few yards behind
Frazier when the latter spilled, saw that
it would be matter of impossibility to
ride around the upset wheel. and putting
on an extra spurt, he shot his bike over
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
ST. PAUL s LANDESK|RCHE
German Lutheran Evangelical
Church to Be Dedicated
To-Day.
An Energetic Young Minister Succeeds
in Building Up a Good Con.
gregation.

On the east side of Howard street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh, where for
years was the home of "Nobby" Clarke in
his palmiest days of Police Court activity,
has been lately erected a new Lutheran
Evangelical church, which is intended to
meet the necessity of the German residents
in that section of the City.
The denomination of this congregation
is Protestant, but differs in some par
ticulars from the Episcopal or other re-
formed sects in its government and form
of service.
1t is the religion of the established
church in Prussia and is known as the
"Landeskirche' in that country. The
present structure and its congregation is
the second of its kind established in this
City, st. Johns Lutheran Church on
Mason stree. being the first and only one
until the Rev. Paul f. Branke arrived in
this City from Los Angeles in 1894. I'm
mediately after his arrival he started a
congregation in Cambrian Hall on Mission
street on the 18th of January, 1895, with
nineteen families. From this nucleus the
little flock incre ased to about seventy-fiye
families, and from two little children
which attended on the first Sunday that
the congregation was started, the school
now has 1876 children who regularly attend.
In addition, a ladies' society was formed
with eleven members, which has grown to
membership of sixty-nine, who labor for
| the welfare of the church and the pros
| perity of the congregation.
From Cambrian Hall the little flock,
headed by its energetic minister. moved
| farther west and purchased the property
| lately owned by Mr.. Clarke for $4,000. Upon
| oD b,1f 1iff 1a oh,,r 3, y
| erected at an outlay of $2500. The house
| which stood upon the site where the church
| now stands has been moved to the rear
| and fitted up as pastorate for the minis.
ter and his pretty young German wife.
who assists her reverend husband in in
structtng the children in the language of
| their forefathers every Saturday afternoon.
A class for this purpose has been recently
| organized at the request of the German
| families residing in that portion of the
City.
The dedicatory service will commence at
l0:30 O'Clock this forenoon. The pastor
will officiate in this branch of the service,
more, Shasta County; Rev. J. Mangold of
st. Johns, in this City; Rev. J. Endter OF
Mount Eden, Alameda, and the Rev. A.
Janke of Petaluma. The sermon in the
morning will be preached by the Rev. ].
Hosto. At O'Clock in the afternoon
| twelve children will be baptized, and in
| the evening short sermons will be preached
| by the Revs. Mr.. Mangold, Mr.. Endter and
| Mr.. Janke.
Previous to the arrival of the Rev, Mr..
Branke in this City he did successful mis-
sionary work in the southern part of the
State. He organized two congregations in
Los Angeles. one in Pomona and one in
Ventura. He expects to be more success
| ful in San Francisco, and is sanguine that
he will have one of the largest German
congregations in California in the district
where he now has located his $500 church
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Frazier's wheel and narrowly escaped
striking the head of the cycIist, who was
brushing off the track cinders from his
nose.
The race was won by Cushing, who de-
feated another Berkeley rider by few
yards. This gave the U. G. team SIX
points, which number they badly needed
about that time.
The consensus of opinion was that
wheeling events should not be included In
an intercollegiate athletic competition.
The sprints were very exciting. owing TO
the close finishes and the excellent time
made by the runners.
The finish of the 220-yard hurdle race
was one of the grand features OF the oay )
sports. There were three contestants, Key
| nolds and Dole of Stanford, and Torrey,
the crack hurdler of Berkeley.
Almost everybody expected to see Tors
rey show his opponents clean pair OF
heels from start to finish, but such was not
the case. The three sprinters broke very
evenly off their marks at the crack OF the
gun and flew like startled deer down the
stretch which is nearest the grand stano.
at the west turn Dole, who had been
nursing a sore heel, struck hurdle ana
| came to grief, leaving Reynolds ana Ior-
rey to fight it out to finish. The cham
pion hurdlers of the two colleges were
travelling very fast. especially in the last
| 100 yards. The Berkeley boys yelled them
selves hoarse, shouting at Torrey to let out
a link, but he was going at his finest, with
Reynolds at his shoulder, and cutting
| down the cinders in rapid style.
| hn
shook the old rafters of the grand stand,
and REYNOLDS on hearing Captain Browns
voice, forged an inch or so ahead, but
Torrey had an extra squirt at the same
time, which landed him winner by about
| four inches.
| 1t was a grand race and considering
that the sprinters had to make a sharp
| turn, which must have materially inter-
| fered with their stride, the time was ex-
ceptionally fast. The three watches
registered 26 seconds, which lowers the
coast intercollegiate record by 3-5 seconds.
| Bremmer of Harvard holds the Ameri-
can intercollegiate record, "a 3-5 seconds,
which he made last year on fast straight
way track.
One of the surprises of the day was the
| grand performances OF Brunton, Stan
| ford freshman. He competed in the
sprinting and jumping events and cap
tured many points. In the first heat OF
the 100-yard dash he finished easily in
10A seconds and, under favorable condi.
tions, he could have done better than
| 10 2-5.
A strong south wind was blowing on the
runners back from start to finish, which
aided them very materially in making fast
time. In the final dash of the 100 Colonel
Edwards of Berkeley, who was one of the
official timers, caught the winner in 1C
seconds, but the watches held by Peter
McIntyre-the father of Pacific Coast
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ford), Holton tcalifornia). F. Wilkinson tstan.

ford). Holton California;. F. Wilkinson (stan-
ford), close up.
SsO-yard run-R. Carroll California; Q min
utes 1.5 seconds; E. j. Brown California;,
E. w. Smith (Stanford), ]. Gist California;
The place men were all about five yards apart
at the finish.
Running high iump-C. s. Dole (stanford),
feet 615 inches; L. Miller California;, F.
w. Koch (California). B. Bakewell California;,
George Toombs (Stanfordl
Running broad jump. Brunton (Stanford),
20 feet inches; George Toombs (Stanford),
A. Dorm California;. f. w. Koch California;.
Two-mile bicycle race: First heat-Craft( (Cal-
ifornia), min. a 1-5 Sec, by wheel; Rober
(Stanford) Aufenger (Stanford). Aufenger
second heat-Cushing tCalifornia). min.
Is sec. Frazier tStanford), Seybolt
(Stanford) Final heat-R. Cushing (Cali-
fornia), 5 min. 43 sec.: G.. Craft Cali
fornia), N. Roper (stanford). Frazier. on
skirting the north turn on the ninth lap,
struck pedal against the ground and was
thrown violently, the winner managing to
avoid the wreck and speed on.
16-pound shot-put-R. T. Wilbur (Stanford)
80 feet 91S inches, Robert Edgren California;
80 feet 3 inches, R. Lloyd California; c..
Fiekert (Stanford).
22O-yard hurdle: First heat-Torrey (Cali-
formal, 27 3-5 seconds: Dole (Stanford) second
heat-Reynolds (Stanford), 80 Is seconds on
trot; Chestnut (California); final heath. B.
Torrey California;, 26 seconds by half
yard, II. B. Reynolds (Stanford), C. S. Dole
(stanford). 1t was the prettiest race of the
day and broke both the coast and the inter-
collegiate records. Dole hurt himself on the
third hurdle and limped painfully to the fin
ish for the point.
220-yard dash: First heat-Brunton (Stan.
ford) won by two yards in % seconds, Dickie
(Caiifornia); second heat-Bernhard (Stan-
tord) won also in "a seconds, Chick
(California), Colliver {stanford) final heat
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the score. l had confidently expected that
Stanford would ecore at last SO out of the 10
points.
The most phenomenal work of the dav was
that done by Brunton and Bernhard, our two
sprinters. 1t was equal to exhibitions of
sprinting that have seldom been seen in the
East.
Harry Reynolds in the 22oyard hurdle was
also fine, and ii he had not fallen in the 100
yard hurdle the chances are that he would
have made Torrey work hard for his honors
for he was yard ahead when he fell
Dole, owing to his injured heel, did not do
what he is capable of in the pole vault BY at
least foot, but he retrieved himself by win.
ming the high jump.
Jack, our new man, in the mile walk did
well, and think that Wilkinson should have
been given third place in that event, for
Holton clearly broke throughout the finish.
Smith, freshman, showed in the distance
run that there Is in him the making of an
athlete.
The track events generally were excellent
performances, while the field events were not
up to what had been expected. But taking it
all In all it was certainly the best field day
ever held on this coast.
The weather threatened to be bad, but turned
out better than was expected, although the
afternoon was unusually chilly, and affected
the men accordingly. 1t blew somes too, the
wind favoring the finishes in the runs and the
sprints, but greatly interfering with the field
events.
II Edgren had not contested Stanford would
have had a victory. And this leads all STAN
ford people to feel as though it were our victory,
for Edgren, according to the specific agreements
entered into by Berkeley and Stanford con-
cerning the scholastic requirements of partici-
pants in the intercollegiate events, was GER
tainly not eligible to compete. BY q technical
ity we could have kept him out of the contest,
but we did not feel that it would have been in
accordance with the true athletic spirit always
displayed by Stanford. GEORGE TooMBs,
Captain Stanford Track Athletic Team.
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ANOTHER ELECTRIC ROAD,
The Steam Read Running South
of Golden Gate Park to
Be Converted.
Four Weeks Will See the Folsom.
Street Electric Line in Full
Operation.

By the time the summer traffic to the
ocean beach and the Cliff House is at its
height it is probable that the Park and
Ocean Beach Railroad, which now runs
south of the park, from the western termi-
nus of the Haight-street line to the beach,
will be converted from steam line to an
electric road. The matter has been under
consideration for some time, as the steam
road, when operated, is claimed by the
street railway people to have entailed a
loss of $500 year, and an electric road
can be operated much cheaper.
The traffic on the road is paying one,
it is alleged, only on two days each week
during the period of pleasant weather.
Except on Saturdays and Sundays the
road is little patronized.
Just now great trouble is being expe-
rienced by the shifting sands from the
dunes through which the road runs for
almost its entire length. In no previous
year has this annoyance been so great. 1t
requires force of men to be constantly at
work to keep the track in condition to
allow trains to pass over it.
Since the operation of the Sutro electric
line to the ocean the traffic on the Park
and Ocean Beach line has been made still
less remunerative. and for this reason it is
expected that the work OF converting it to
an electric line will soon be undertaken, as
this would be not only more economical in
operation, but would give an improved
service.
It is not unlikely that the improvement
will be begun as soon as the work of build
ing the Folsom-str electric line from the
ferry to Precita avenue, near Twenty
ninth street. is completed.
Material for this is now being hauled to
the scene of operations. 1t was expected
that the actual work would be commenced
last Thursday, but the stormy weather
that prevailed during the latter days of
last week prevented the carrying out of the
plan. With the shape things are now in
the Folsom m-street road will be IN operation
at the end OF four weeks, and with favora-
BILE conditions this time may even be
shortened.
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CAPTAIN TooMBs VIEWS,

More Than He Expected, and Virtually a
Stanford Victory.
After four years of hard and patient work in
developing track athletics, Stanford has at last
succeeded in proving to Berkeley that the
cardinal can put in the field team of track
athletes second not even t6 the invincible
football and baseball teams that have been
fostered at Palo Alto.
Although we have known for some time
that this field day would be a close contest, ]
had hardly thought that our team could tie
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
Pearl Ladd Recital.

A piano recital is to be given by Pearl Iadd.
the child pianiste. at the Y. M. C. A. Audito-
rum next Wednesday evening. Though but
II years of age her playing is said to be very
brilliant and fluent. Among the numbers that
she will play are compositions by Mozart, Men
delssohn, Schubert, Chopin, Weber and Liszt.