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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-17
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The theatre hat has been abolished in San Francisco, but it took munici- pal ordinance to do 1t. According to this ordinance, 1t is a misdemeanor for to permit any person in the audience to wear any hat or bonnet or other head covering during the rendition of any programme on the stage or platform of a theatre provided, however, that the inhibition shall not be held to in clude any small or closely fitting head dress or covering which does not inter- fere with or obstruct view of the stage or platform This ordinance was scoffed at and laughed at, and dire re- suits were predicted of it in the Pa- cific coast city, but in operation it has proved a signal success The San Francisco Argonaut says: In all the theatres of San Francisco the fashion of wearing hats has practically ceased to exist. When woman enters a the atre wearing a high hat, an usher is sent to her with a printed card on a salver, politely requesting her to remove her hat If the hat be not removed af- ter a decent interval, another usher brings her another card on another salver, requesting her to remove her hat If this be not effectual, still an- other usher, with another card and an- other salver appears, to be followed by more ushers, more salvers, and more cards. But this is rarely necessary. It has been found that respectable women fear nothing so much as conspicuity. Once the woman without headgear was conspicuous at a San Francisco the atre. Now the woman with a. high hat is more conspicuous. Therefore the | woman with high hat soon takes hers off, feeling that she is stared at. And 1 she is.
 l This is progress, but how much bet ter the thing has been managed in New Haven. As soon as the beautiful and | beloved women of this city found out that they were really troubling people with their big and high theatre-hats they didn't wait for a law to be set upon them Their natural courtesy did the business and the needed change was promptly and thoroughly made
 And how pretty their uncovered or lightly covered heads do look. Kip
 ling brutally talks about "a hank oi
 hair" He ought to see some of the hair that shines on the heads of New
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change about. This is a great advance in wisdom and good taste for the Am erican girl, who has either scorned to ever wear anything twice, or has suf- fered torture In trying to conceal her expedients.
 bluet linon dress is before you in the accompanying picture, made, as sketched, over bluet taffeta Its wide skirt was shirred at the hips, and its bodice was draped in front, having a pretty gold embroidered collar and pleated frills of the linon at the shoul- ders dotted with violet taffeta ribbon. The same ribbon gave the belt. The bodice closed at the left side.
 Ribbon trimming is abundant on summer dresses, and on some lawn dresses it is employed with the utmost freedom. What would you think of an entire skirt ornamented with ribbon straps? These extend from the waist down and from the hem up. They do not come together by about a hand s breadth, and this space begins below the knees in front and mounts to just below the belt at the back. That means that In front the down straps are long and the upward ones short, and that towards the sides and back the down straps grow shorter and the others correspondingly longer Each strap is finished by gay rosette, and tiny lace frilling Is set along the sides of the ribbon. The bodice is strapped to correspond, Machine stitching isn't correct for this, so get to work if you really want to wear such a rig, for you certainly would never have the heart to expect any but your own fingers make so great an effort for your own Identification FLORETTE.
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Pretty Polly!" said the lady. Car Polly talk?" Polly" replied the Bos- ton parrot, "can converse" ."-Indian. apolis Journal
 "Whut some folks call Ter hopeful dis position" said Uncle EhAn. "ain' muffin but laziness an trustin' ter luck."- Washington Star.
 I'm so grateful to MT Chumpleight for sending me his photograph" Why I thought you hated him?" "Yes, but just think, he might have brought it.''- Brooklyn Life.
 Merely a .-Bridget-"Sur ma'am, l wud call your attenshun tc the beautiful sunset out av the kitchen winder." Mistress-"That's nothing Bridget. You ought to see it rise some morning''-Life.
 Tailor-"Did that man buy one of oul 'uncalled-for Suits?'" Clerk-"No, we're out of them" Tailor well have some more made up at once. Don't let the stock run down again this way Chicago Record.
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E.iSHIoN NOTES.
Artistica,iy Planned in Summer Stu

Artisticaliy Planned In Summer Stuffs.
 Delicately pretty gowns are made of dotted linen, the dots being bright green or cerise. The effect on the linen color is very dainty, especially if the gown can be made up over silk to match the color of the dot, Very dainty and silky satine is offered that washes, and is, all but the rustic, just as pretty as silk for the summer gown. The really eco- homie girl has one or two silken slip dresses and has her linens, muslins and organdies made to go over these slips. She Is entirely frank about the expedient and thinks it good form" to
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subsequently found for many of them on farms in the state. The farm, as also each department of the home, is managed by a man who obtained his position through the employment agency of the home itself. They are given salary, and their assistants are paid in board and clothing, the object being to keep these men out of tempta- ton until they are strong enough to morally stand alone.
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ADVERTISING RAVES.

|
 Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for u full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements, per inch, one Tn; sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent insertion; ~ one year. $40. x
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse;, 10 cents per line Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals. 50 cents eacn. Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tnelr own immediate business Gall matter to pc unobjectionablel. and their contracts do not include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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The Boston Advertiser predicts an annual revenue of s30O00.000 for Mas sachusetts from its summer boarders, within a few years, if the present tide of vacation travel continues. Summer boarders in Massachusetts will learn something.
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The new gold fields of Alaska are said to comprise thirteen square miles of placer diggings, which will produce at least sixty-four million dollars each or $S32,0O0OOO for the district. Look out for Alaska mining stocks
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Haven women when they sit in the Hyperion with their crowns of glory in plain sight. Hank" isn't the word for that kind of hair.
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John Fraser, who is a Britisher liv- ing in Pittsburg, is determined to find out whether Pennsylvania can levy three cents a day on his wages under its new alien tax law. He claims that the tax is contrary to the constitution, contrary to treaty rights, and contrary to the civil rights act.
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MT. Hudson Maxim believes that he has made a big discovery in the art of war. He described his plan recently before the Royal United Service Insti- tuition of Great Britain as a system of aerial torpedoes. His projectile, he declared, could be fired from ordnance at service velocities with perfect safe ty. His guns would be of much greater calibre and far less thickness of metal than the present guns, and his projec- tile, being of much thinner steel, would carry a much larger charge of explo- sive. For instance, a 12-inch gun would fire an s50-pound shell, but his gun would hurl an aerial torpedo weighing 2,70o pounds, of which 1,420 pounds would be picric acid. Mir Maxim went on to show that, taking the cost of the battleship at a1,0OO, 900 and that of the cruiser at e1oo,0oo, fleet of torpedo cruisers capable of destroying 1000 frst-class battleships could be produc- ed for the cost of one battleship.
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Those who have climbed over the spelling of Popocatepetl will perhaps be interested in knowing that General Sancho Ochoa, the owner of Popocate- petl, a famous mountain 49 miles south east of the City of Mexico, is construct ing a cable road up that great slope, even to the crater-which in January Is in the midst of snow; and by the beginning of winter the visitors can go up by rail- The trip, which now takes nearly half day and no end of toil- some climbing, can then be made in twenty minutes. The summit of Popo- catepetl, formerly called the highest peak in Mexico, is found to be not quite 1S,000 feet above the sea, and 3S0 feet lower than Orizaba.
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J. c. Merryweather, a maker of fire apparatus in London, suggests that church towers should be provided with tanks, kept full of water by means of a pump and hose or pipe; that a pipe be carried into the church, with hy- drants and hose in convenient posi- tions. Powerful jets could then be brought to bear immediately when an outbreak of fire was discovered. The cost would be small and valuable lives and property might be saved. Canter- bury Cathedral has been saved three times by its own fire apparatus.
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DEIIvEREp BY CARRIERS IN THE CrrY, 1b CENTS WEEK, bnCENTs A MONTH, 8 FOR s1xMoNrHs, S6 A YEAR. IHE SAME TERMs EMAIL.
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Chicago has 8 workingmen's home which seems to be real one It has the features common to such institu- .ttions, such as the ten-cent lodging and the-lunch counter where palatable food can be purchased at one cent dish, but, iii, addition, it is represented to be particularly successful in it's methods of encouraging industry and of provid- ing places of permanent employment. A distinctive feature is in the posses sion of farm of 160 acres, presented to it by an enthusiast in the work. This farm not only supplies the home with much of the material for the lunch counter, but is used also as an agricul- tural school Seekers for work who can be induced to try field-work are sent to the farm and taught how to till the soil and to cultivate fruits and vegetables. They are given little money in addition to their maintenance while thus employed, and places are
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Lee Toy, the Mayor of Chinatown" In Philadelphia, and several other in- fuential Chinamen of that city are about to purchase a piece of land in the suburbs, to be used as a Chinese national cemetery. Speaking of the matter, the Philadelphia Ledger says: '"The proposed national cemetery will be the only one in existence outside of the State of California. While intend ed largely as a resting-place for the Celestial residents of this city and State, it is said that the privilege of the cemetery will be extended to Chinese residents of New Jersey, Delaware, New York and Maryland.
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IHE WEEKLY JOURNAL, yssued Thursdays, One Dollar Yeav.
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IHECARRlNGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Shirt Waists,
 39c, 48c, 69c, 75c

and these are reduced prices. Fancy Plaid Silk Waists, were $6.oo, reduced to Chiidren's Lawn Suits, blouse waists lace trinl White Duck Skirts, 75c. 79c, 9Sc W Linen Crash Skirts,
The herald., 1897-11-14
NEEDED STREET SIGNS
What the Report of the Nine Special
Inspectors Will Show

All of the special employees of the
street superintendent department who
were appointed for the purpose of eX
amining the street intersections of the
city and reporting at what points street
signs We're needed have completed their
work. The result of their examina-
tions will be made the subject of a spe-
cial report which Street Superintend-
ent Drain will make to the council to-
morrow. There We're nine of these spe
cial men, one for each ward in the city.
Their names and the time consumed by
each in doing the work is as follows:
First ward, W. W. Taylor, Z days; Sec
ond ward, C. L. Wilde, 212 days; Third
ward, H. S. West. Az days; Fourth ward
A. NJ Norton, days; Fifth ward, C. W.
Ferguson, days; Sixth ward, W. B.
Luebers, ~ days; Seventh ward. r. w.
Ready. 5 days; Eighth ward, D. w. Kill
mer, days; Ninth ward, William
Moore. 8 days. The total number of
days was Az. There is some question
as to how much these men will be paid
per day, and also as to what fund their
pay will come from. That matter will
be settled by the council tomorrow.
The report has been made upon a
basis of four signs at each street inter-
section. Following is the number of
signs that are needed, the number of
posts that will have to be placed in po-
sition and the number of buildings that
may be used in lieu of posts for the
purpose of placing signs upon them.
The report is by wards:
The herald., 1897-11-14
Different

The Republican newspapers of Cali
fornia are now all in favor of postal
savings banks. but spposing national
convention of the party should be oppos-
ed to such institutions. what then:
Why, then you could find them all de"
nouncing such proposed institution as
''class legislation" "paternalism," i'm
practicable" etc, etc. Two or three
years ago the Republican press Of this
state was almost a unit in favor Of free
silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to l. but
what a change came after the st. Louis
convention had been held! Let the party
bosses declare their opposition to postal
savings banks Gas they wilD then watch
how the party papers will change their
attitude. The money power and bank
ing interests control the present admin
istration, and they are undoubtedly op-
posed to postal savings banks. and
therefore we need look for no such legis-
lation until after 1900. But let the Re-
publican papers agitate the subject-it
will educate the people on this question
and hasten it's solution.-Escondido
Times
The herald., 1897-11-14
ELYSIAN PARK APPROACH
Stormy Session of the Board of Public
Works

For more than two hours yesterday
afternoon the members of the board of
public works and several other men,
bers of the city council talked, argued
and wrangled over the matter of widen
ing Buena Vista street and the opening
of a direct connection between that
thorouGhfare and the plaza. The mat
ter was before the board Friday, but as
the members reached no conclusion in
regard to it it was made the subject for
a special meeting to which the inter-
ested councilmen were invited. Nearly
all of them came and as a result of their
expressions of opinion none of them
agreeing, the matter was in badly
muddled condition for time. Each
man seemed to think that his special
scheme or plan was the right one and
could see no virtue in the suggestions of
any of the others. The debate was not
at all acrimonious but was none the less
earnest because of the absence of per-
sonalities.
The petition for the widening of the
street asked that it be made 125 feet
This was objected to on the ground that
if it were made more than 100 feet the
project would meet with so many pro-
work done at all. 1t was pointed out
that if 100 feet was to be the width there
would be few protests.
The matter of the opening of a connec-
ton of equal width caused even more
debate than the other subject. Maps of
the district were displayed and several
routes for the short distance of street
to be opened were explained. 1t is the
desire to make this opening so as to
avoid taking any important buildings if
possible because to cut through IA build
ing would greatly increase the cost. This
subject was not definitely settled. 1t
will be necessary to include in the ord-
nance of intention the boundaries of
the assessment district for the improve
ment and before this district can be de-
fined a survey of that part of the city
will have to be made. The proposition
was made that the city appropriate $275
to pay for this survey. This suggestion
The herald., 1897-11-14
City Clerks Report

The weekly report of the city clerk to
the council in the matter of street work
has been completed. The report shows
that all necessary prelminares re-
duired by law have been complied with
with respect to the following work: The
sidewall1ing of Fremont avenue between
Third and Fourth streets; the sidewalk
ing and curbing of Turner street between
Alameda and Vignes streets and the
sidewalking of Flower street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets. The final
ordinances ordering the work will ac-
company the report and will doubtless
be adopted by the city council.
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While Richard Wagner has not yet
one monument in Germany, Brahms Will
soon have two-at Hamburg and Mein-
ingen.
Saturday. Nov. 9th. was the fourth an
niversary of Tchaikovsky's death. y
monument to him was unveiled in the st,
Petersburg cemetery.
London has 40 piano factories, in
which 90, 900 instruments are made every
year. 10. 900 elephant tusks being required
for the ivory.
Mile. Bouley, a blind girl. has cap
tured the first prize for fugue and coun-
terpoint at the Paris conservatory this
year, and two other ladies shared the
harp prize at the Brussels conservatory.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is not, as has been
stated. setting THE Vicar of Wakefield
to music. He is composing comic op-
era. the libretto of which is in the hands
of A. w. Pinero and Comyns Carr.
DR.. Hans Richter. when he made up his
mind to become a conductor, burned all
the pieces he had composed up to that
time, and declared that they cooked the
most delicious cup of coffee he had ever
tasted.
Music lovers in the pretty little city of
Monaco, which overlooks the Mediter-
ranean sea, have had chance of hear
ing lately at their leading theater Wag-
ner's "Rienzi" and Flying Dutchman,'
and the Brahms Tragic Symphony"
Richard Strauss, at Brussels concert
on November 21st, will direct his SYM
phonic poems Don Juan" "Zarathus-
ira and Till Eulenspiegel," besides
several of his songs to be sung by Nine
Strauss-de Alma.
| Having been credited with the inten-
tion of composing a new lyric work,
Saint -Saens writes to Figaro that the
report is false "Dispel all fear of such
calamity" he says. kindly inform
your numerous readers that no such dis
aster is impending"
Pietro Mascagni, the popular young
composer, has been made grand officer
of the crown of Italy. This, 1t is claimed,
is the response of the Italian government
to "the lively storm of defamation to
which Mascagni has been of late sub
| jected."
| Verdi frequently visits the Home for
All Aged Musicians who were connected
in any way with the stage, which is now
building in Milan. To this home Verdi
proposes to devote the greater part of his
fortune. The building will cost over
100000. There will be room for about
100 persons. BY his will, yearly income
of about s14, 900 will be left to the asylum.
Among works bearing upon music that
will shortly appear is one that will have
the title of Stories of the Great Operas. "
1t will consist of no fewer than ten quar-
to volumes, luxuriously bound and print
ed, and the contents will be an introduce
tion by Verdi, succinct history of opera
sketches of the lives of the best COM
posers who have dealt with this form OF
art and the libretti of fifty operas. The
author is Mr.. j. w. Buell.
John Philip Sousa's opera THE Bride
Elect" will be produced in Boston ir
January. Both the libretto and the
music of this new work are Sousa's own
emanation. Few know that nearly al
the lyrics of Eel Captain were writer
by it's composer, including the famous
The herald., 1897-11-14

caused small storm and several men,
bers objected. They wanted the whole
matter to take the usual course and
could see no necessity for haste. Wheth-
er the appropriation will be made when
the council meets tomorrow is not
known, but it will be sure to be brought
up by some of the members favoring
il.
The only thing definitely settled as a
result of the meeting was that the width
of Buena Vista street when the improve
ment is made shall be 100 feet instead of
125 as asked for in the petition.
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FAILED TO AGREE
Request for Expense Money for Elk.
perts to Be Fought Out

All was not as serene as usual at the
regular session of the finance committee
of the city council yesterday morning.
There was quite wrangle and what the
outcome of the matter will be will only
be known when the subject comes up
at the next meeting of the council. 1t
will be remembered that the council re-
Gently employed several expert en-
gineers to prepare evidence for use in
the case of the city against the Crystal
Springs Water company when that case
is tried in February. The pay of these
experts was fixed at $3.50. with the ad-
ditional fee of S25 per day while they
were in actual attendance at court.
Yesterday City Engineer Dockweiler
appeared and stated that there would
be certain necessary expenses in the
preparation of the citys case and asked
that the committee recommend the
transfer of about $4,000 to cover these
expenses.
Two of the members of the committee
were in favor of allowing the experts
something for expenses but there was
no desire at this time to let them have
all of the amount mentioned by the en-
gineer. They wanted to know just what
the result of the expenditure was as the
money was spent. These two members
were Messrs. Toll and Mathuss. Mr.
Grider the third member of the COM
mittee. opposed the matter and held
that as the experts had been paid re-
tanning fees, that was enough for them
One remark by the city engineer that
portion of the expense would be for
<A cob In n
where it was desired to examine the
ground was objected to by Mr.. Grider,
who claimed that the experts would have
free use of all the money appropriated
and could waste it as they desired.
The other two members of the COM
mittee took the ground that the eX-
pense was necessary to the preparation
of the city'S case and they were willing
to use at least $1,000 for the purpose.
They agreed upon recommendation to
that effect but it is probable that MIR.
Grider will oppose the matter on the
floor of the council. The report of the
committee on the subject to the city
council tomorrow will be as follows:
1t appearing to your committee that
it will be necessary to incur immediate
expense in compilation of evidence to be
used in the prospective suit with the
Los Angeles City Water company and
the Crystal Springs Land and Water
company, and there being no funds ap-
propriated for this purpose as yet. we
recommend that the sum of $1,000 be
transferred from the tax fund of 1868
to the city attorneys office to be used
for such expenses as are deemed neces-
sary by the city attorney and city en-
gineer in securing evidence as herein
mentioned. and we further recommend
that the city attorney be instructed to
enter this transfer of $1,000 upon the de-
mand register in the city clerks office,
against which all demands of this ma
ture will be entered by the attorney.