The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03

eAiSy o1C 0OWA piclly iOWs w lCtACi ILLS
is the result of natural cause IN anticipa-
ton of the new issue, or artful manipula-
ton by spectators, are questions difficult
to answer. Since John A. Stewart became
active in the bond business, ]. Pierpont
Morgan has lapsed into innocuous
desuetude, and the gossips say the great
banker is sulking. He has little deal on
in Reading securities that will net him
about $1,000,000.
Further and further in the grasping
sands of Jersey the steamship st. Paul is
being buried, and as each succeeding tide
rises and recedes her condition becomes
more precarious. The freeing of the ves-
sci seemed at first matter of hours, ac-
cording to wreckers and American line
people; then days were talked of, and now
the men even speak of weeks.
The opinion of experts is that the ship
is doomed. A large sum of money must
be expended if she is moved to deep water
again.
For the first time in good many years
there was suspicion of Frenchiness
about the French ball held at the Madison
square Garden last night. There was more
OF the element that ten years ago made
the ball an event. not alone a display of
tawdry costumes and vulgarity. The gar
den was decorated tastefully. The last
year it looked like barn. This year there
were long rows of payilion-like boxes
draped in red and white, and other decora-
tions on roof and wall.
The grand march brought out a CAV
array of women in brilliant costumes, and
there was parade and ballet dancing by
special corps. Two bands kept the air
full of music. There was no boisterous
revelry, and the crowd seemed to be MAX
ing its own acquaintance the men some
what surprised at finding their partners
representing higher plane than in for
mer years; the women, who seemed to be
In the majority, at little loss perhaps at
hnding the tough element rather scarcer
than they had expected.
at midnight there was a good sized
crowd and the influx from the theaters
was increasing it rapidly with every sue
ceeding minute. Word had gone abroad
that it was to be quiet ball; that there
would be dancing on the floor, not rioting,
and that the football rushes which swept
the floor clean in the final hours OF last
year would be checked by the police. All
III 0lty thC PiOopCCLo WcIG lOT pTSIlCn DaIl
which should redeem the fallen reputation
of the fraternity.
Since the announcement of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ballington Booths recall people who
look upon the Salvation Army as a rabble
of the low and ignorant, whose chief OBJ
ject in life is to make noise in the streets,
have been wondering why such strenuous
efforts should be made to keep them in
this country. Mrs. Bo 9th has N ade man
friends since she has been here, and her
popularity has not been confined to the
ranks of the army. She is a graceful
speaker and a cultured woman, who has
gifts that might have won fame for her
had she gone on the stage.
New York, socially, tried to make fad
of her several years ago, and she was in
vited to speak in drawing rooms that
never before had been invaded by the SAL
yation Army. She talked to the audiences
in these drawing about the work of
the army, and she got their money to sup
port it.
Then Mrs. Booth went up to Vassar and
told the young women there about her
work, and they organized an auxiliary
league to assist her. She spoke before
several clubs, always appearing in her
army uniform. She is to-day the most
popular officer in the army IS ranks in the
country, and she has done much to lend
dignity to the work in which she is inter-
ested.
"Pedlar" Palmer has evinced willing
ness to fight Jimmy Barry under the aus
pices of the National Sporting Club in May
next, and Richard K. Fox has agreed to
offer gold and diamond belt to represent
the bantam weight championship of the
world. Palmer and his manager, Alf
Smelling, called on Mr.. Fox yesterday to
leave challenge to fight Dixon at 118
pounds for the belt now in the latter's
possession, but were informed that the
trophy was Dixon's individual
property, he having won it according to
the conditions. Paimer's disappointment
vanished when Mr.. Fox expressed his
willingness to offer a new belt. Parsen
Davies. who represents Barry, was the
first, however, 10 propose the Inaugural
ton of a new trophy for bantam-weight
honors and pledged himself on Barry's
be half to contend for its possession.