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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-29

OF San Francisco, State of California. Depart
meut No. l.
The people OF the State of California VS..
Theodore A. + igel.
Stale OF California. City and County Of San
Francisco, sS
Personally appears before me this 2Sth day
of June, A. d. 1897, Edward S. Roth child, who
on oath makes complaint and deposes ana
says that on the 18th day OF May, A. ID. 1897,
in the City and County OF san francisco, STATE
Of California, the crme OF felony, 10 Wi, en-
beZZ ement, was committed, to w.t. bv Theo-
dorc A. Figel, who then and there was Inc
clerk agent and servant of Hoffman, Rothchild
d Co., a copartnerShip hen and there eXlslng
and doing business under said firm name, and
which said partnership vas composed OF
Charles Hoffman, Isaac Hoffman and Edward
S. Rolhchld, partners, and then and there
by virtue OF his said employment as
such clerk, agent anC servant, then came
into the possession, care, custody and
Figel, certain instrument in writing, TO wit,
bank check for the payment of money in the
words and figures following, to wit: Decker,
Jewett & Co. Bank, $3.50, MarysYile, Cal, May
II, 1897, No. Sc, Ola, pay 10 tie order OF Hoff-
man, Rothchild & Co. $3.50 AZ 1.-TWO hun
dred and eighty and 42-lOO dol!arsl.
To the AngiO-California Bank Qimited),
San Francisco, Cal, A. c. Bingham, cashier.
of the value OF $3.50 ~ in lawful
money OF the United States OF America
and the personal property OF the said
Hoffman, ROthchild x Co, copar tnershIp as
aforesaid; ana he, the said Theodore A Figel,
after the said personal property had come in to
his possession, care, custody and control,
aforesaid, did then and there, to wit, at said
City and County OF San Francisco. on said u III
day OF May, a. d. 1897, willfully, uulawlUlly,
fraudulenuy and felOniously convert, embeZ-
zle and appropriate the same 20 his own use,
contrary 10 his trust as such clerk. agen and
servant; con trary 10 the form, force aad effect
OF the statute in such cases made and pro-
Ylded, and against the peace and dignity OF
the people of the State OF California. And
this complainant, upon oath, accuses the said
Theodore 4. Figel OF having committed the
said crime, and this complainant further al
leges and dePOses that the said accused was
then and there arrested therefor in the actual
comm isSlon OF the said offenSe, and prGys that
the said accused may be brought before mag
istrate aud dealt with according to law.
E. 5. RoTHCHuD.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me thls 2Sth
day OF June, A. D. 1897. J. 4. CAMPBELL,
Judge OF the Police Court of the City and
County OF san Francisco
insert Figel
Another of the charges was based on
draft received from hale Bros. G5 Co. of
Petaluma, dated May 13, 1897. on the Lon
don, Paris and American Bank for $277 60
The third charge was for $500 cash, al
legged TO have been misappropriated on
March %. The fourth charge was founded
on a draft from the Board OF Trade OF
Chico for $436 So, issued by the Bank of
Chico May Is and drawn on the Anglo
California Bank
4 separate warrant was issued on each
complaint, with bail fixed on each at
5000, all reading as follows:
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Mrs. Ella U/AeeAey
U/zZCor and Her
Summer Home.

season one OF the pretty girls surren-
ders. Then follows one of the most ro-
mantle phases of Bungalow life-a
honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox move
out and lend the place TO the happy
ones Just as il stands for a fortnight.
II is certainly a place for doves. for bill
ing and cooling. This very season the
Bungalow was opened by certain brid-
al pair who passed a unanimous vote
that no better place could be found il
which TO feel that the first moon OF
married life is all period of honey and
no gall.
The freedom allowed her guests leaves
the poet free to write her prescribed
number OF words each day, for IL Is
understood that she is never to be in
terrupted between breakfast and sup
per This unwritten law is observed
by neghbors as we'll as by guests. Her
nearest neighbors are those who rent
from her the four cottages which COM
prise Bungalow Court. Mrs. Wilcox
attends personally To renting these cot
tages. giving preference always, TO the
most congenial. Her remaining neigh
bors consist of the occupants of the cot
tages. so or more in number, which
stand in a semicircle around the Bunga-
low the whole comprising the village
OF Short Beach. Secluded during the
day, at nightfall Mrs. Wilcox becomes
the leading spirit. the Bungalow be-
comes Liberty hail. and it's piazza be-
comes the playground for all Short
Beach.
once a year the poet gives n Bunga-
low hop. the event of the Short Beach
social season. great number of invi-
1as.
and pretty women 20 from New York,
Hartford and New Haven and are
housed for the night in the surrounding
cottages.
There has yet to come q morning too
cold for Ella Wheeler Wilcox to step
out of bed into the sound. and she is
the best swimmer thereabout, men in
cluded.
Fifteen minutes later she comes forth
rosy and ready for breakfast. If her
face were full OF poetry only, il would
be beautiful but it bears the signs of
character, shows will power and capa-
bilities of emotion. Therefore ii is a
face more interesting than beautiful.
Her personality is almost tangible. You
can feel that she is in the room. I'm
consciously you turn toward her. That
is magnetism. At home she always
wears the art gowns for which she is
noted-gowns that make ease and grace
possible, such as the Greek women wore
before corsets were thought of.
While waiting she plays with one OF
her Angora cats. Cats are to Mrs. Will
cox what horses or dogs are TO many
men. To her cats she is, in fact, some-
what of a slave. When they are sick,
she waits upon them night and day
When they are well, she devotes herself
to keeping them from sickness. Next
to turkeys. Angora cats are the most
fragile of pets.
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guests, and the guests room is always
occupied. Your invitation to the Bum
galow specifies the length of your visit.
You are therefore at ease, providing you
have been able to decipher the poets
handwriting. for Mrs. Wilcox out
Greeley's Horace Greeley in the gentle
art OF illegible penmanship.
Nevertheless she gives you hearty
welcome and Is most hospitable. even If
you have TO ask her TO read her own
invitation TO you in order that you may
know how long you are expected to re-
main. And the day YOU leave another
guest arrives. Thus Mrs. Wilcox books"
her company weeks ahead. like the man
ager of a theater The walls of the
guestroom and of the dining cottage are
covered with the photographs of visit
ors. n very interesting collection. as IL
includes a great number of celebrities
in art and literature.
Mrs. Wilcox has learned what most
hostesses i'm small country houses never
learn-namely. the art OF entertaining a
guest by allowing the guest TO entertain
himself. A good piano. the newest
books and magazines a rowboat. a
naphtha launch. an icebox and fishing
tackle are at your disposal. Use them
and go and come as you choose.
Being a romantic place the Bunga-
low is choice spot Tor lovers. Nor are
they denied such choice. As Mrs. Will
cox likes TO surround herself with pret-
" girls. men come I'm their wake. Cupid
is kept busy. and once or twice in a
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not when I am cold and still and un-
hearing.
But l can't complain. The newspaper
man has been good TO me. and / make
him my best courtesy and thank him
from all my heart as he is all this wide
world over, from Texas to Maine. from
San Francisco TO New York. whether
he is editor or reporter. printers devil
or proofreader. He has been good to
me. and l like him. But who doesn't
like the people who like them?
The dog that comes up and licks your
hand gets pat OF approval from you.
The blossom OF a baby that puts up
it's cherry red lips TO be kissed gets a
blessing from you.
The girl who loves you and SYM
pathizes with you and tells you Of your
virtues gets your love and your appre-
citation and your sympathy.
The comrade who is always ready to
go with you, the friend who sends you
the book that you will enjoy or the
neighbor who remembers the dainty
that you like to eat-these are the peo-
pie we enjoy.
What an ungrateful lot OF donkeys
we would be II we didn't care for the
people who care for usl And that's the
reason why i want the newspaper man
TO like me, because there's nobody who
likes him more than does
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Home, Sweet Home.

II tin vessels and saucepans are oc-
casionally rubbed over with parafiin oil,
they will retain their brightness longer.
a little cream rubbed into black kid
gloves will prevent the dye from COM
ing off. 1t also gives them a nice gloss.
Let all young housekeepers bear in
mind that rule. order and system in all
things are indispensable in the mans
agement of well regulated household.
A cooking teacher says that the whites
of eggs can be beaten most quickly If a
pinch of cream OF tartar in the proper
tion Of an eighth of teaspoonful TO
each egg be first added
Carpets and rugs can be as thor
oughly beaten spread on the grass as
hung over a line and with much less
danger of injury. In either case they
should he beaten on the wrong side first.
Custards, creams or any dishes that
are 10 be frozen or hardened require to
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Bah DzSc0zlyses OH
Female Schools
OF Journalism.

death. who was sentenced 10 stay
where he is for 20 years. who will be an
old man when he comes out. for prison
life doesn't keep men young, but this
one woman, writing her merry stories,
is working and saving that she may
have money enough when her brother
comes out into the world for them to
go TO a new place and among new peo-
pie where his past can never be thrown
up To him and where together their last
days may be spent in peace and con-
tentment.
my hardest hour?" said a small
woman whose work on newspaper and
magazine is known far and wide. "Ill
tell you about IL. My husband was dy-
ing. He was rs years old, and l was 10,
and we We're strangers in a strange
land. Because we We're so poor | had
been doing some odd sketches here and
there for the newspapers. for gentle
folk don't beg: they work. There, be-
side the bedside of my husband. ex-
pecting every hour would be his last. "A
messenger came from an office down
town with a request that I would write
them a funny article OF about thou
sand words at once! I looked at my
husband. and then. God help me.
looked at my purse, and i concluded
had to write that article. So while the
boy waited l held my dying loves hand
with my left one and wrote with my
right and wrote a funny article l was
about an hour and a half doing it. and
when | think of il now ! see those two
dark brown eyes looking at me in an
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lar. American boys and girls possess
the advantage OF being able To master
the same before the fair duchess learns
the dance herself. She has been greatly
occupied with the festivities attending
the queens jubilee. ana as "the Con-
suelo" started on this side il Is already
being danced at the various resorts. 1t
Is full OF spirit and grace and can be
readily acquired by those who perfectly
understand the waltz. A lady and
gentleman take up their position just
as for waltzing and waltz slowly once
and half around and pose gracefully
as IL ready for the galop. Together
they take two steps to the right. start
ing off with the right foot. Stopping on
the beat OF the music, they pose for
about two seconds. Then the dreamy
waltz movement begins again, this time
reversing in the waltz. After posing the
galop steps are taken to the left. and so
on. This is one of the simplest and yet
one of the prettiest dances introduced
in years. A number of young girls are
practicing ii 70 give at a flower fete.
They will wear white frocks with gar
lands of roses. and after each posing.
when the merry mazes of the waltz be-
gin. they will scatter a few marguerites
each time
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ICopyright. 1871

In the Very Heart OF Nature.
am out in the woods where there is
no end of bright people. l am enjoying
myself by looking on and listening. 1t
does people like you and me. who are
only average. a lot of good once in
awhile 10 get among people who are
decidedly above the average and who
permit you 10 enjoy their wit and wis
dom without appearing to condescend.
When women, or men either. for that
matter, condescend TO make you appre-
ciate them. you can make up your mind
that whatever wit or wisdom they have
is decidedly on the surface. But the
real people, the people who have hearts
and brains. are worth getting in touch
with. Being with them is like getting
for all of us.
couple of nights ago / sat watch
ing the sun set and listening 10 four
women. They were all writer's. and
what they said may convince the lady
who is a failure in dressmaking and
housek aeping that all is not gold that
glitters an the way of journalism. They
were going over experiences. Each of
them was telling about the hardest
work she had ever had to do. one Of
them, bright western woman, said:
1.-TWO years ago my husband lost his
position. He is as you know. a very
delicate man, and the railroad COM
pany that invited him To send in his
resignation knew when they did this
that his chance for getting another sit
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of cooking. Mrs. Larned is president
Of this successful club. which will not
be year old until November.
American LADIES' have only the faint
est idea Of the number OF presenta-
tions and handsome souvenirs which
have been prepared at this time in Eng
land. Numerous ladies and gentlemen
have been subscribing for a handsome
mayoress chain which has just been
presented to Mrs. Marillier. the may
Dress OF Scarborough. i'm commemora-
ton of Queen Victoria's long reign. The
central ornament bears the borough
arms encirced by brilliants. bordered
by oak and laurel leaves I'm gold. The
chain is rs carat gold and ~ inches long.
Each link has a rose of York. enriched
by enamel There arc medallions on
each shoulder, where the chain fastens
by little pins set with Jewels. the me-
dallions bearing the dates 1887 and 1897
and the monogram " II. T.
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be made with an extra amount OF sugar
and seasoning. for the process of freez-
ing takes out part of the sweetness and
flavor.
1t is said that loaf of stale bread
may be made to taste like newly baked
bread IL il is dipped i'm cold water for a
minute or two and then put into a pan
and rebaked for three quarters of an
hour.
\ loaf of cake that has got stale and
dry may be freshened so as TO seem
newly baked cake by putting IL in n tin,
covering the tin with another pan and
about 20 minutes.
All things considered. solution of OK
gall and warm soft water i'm the pro-
portion Of "A pint OF the former to gal
Ions OF the latter is the best cleansing
and freshening agent for carpets. III
spots are obstinate, use white soap also.
Wooden moldlng boards are no longer
used in the up TO date kitchen. Marble
or plate glass with a rolling pin of the
same hard substance. has taken tho
place of wood The new boards require
less care 20 keep them clean and in
proper condition.
When YOU suspect what you are cook
ing has been scorched because you have
neglected ii for just one moment too
Ions. lift the vessel holding the food
from the fire and stand IL I'm a pan OF
water FOR few minutes. In almost ev-
cry case the scorched taste Will entire
ly disappear.
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hounce of delicate black lace and tiny
punches of fresh violets attached here
and there. This may be worn with
gown of any color.
The cyclist is dividing the honors
with the summer girl in point of dress.
In fact, the modiste has much more
difficult task i'm conceiving something
new for the cyclist than for the fluffy
creation who charms by the seashore
and elsewhere. A pretty bicycle cos
tune is Of black and white shepherds
plain cloth, very light and fine, the
skirt trimmed with five broad bands of
black braid, which commences just be-
low the hips and finishes at the rear
at the knees. The braid plays an i'm
portant part, too, in the adornment Of
the bolero bodice, being arranged i'm
military fashion i'm front with barrel
buttons, while ii does duty in narrower
form as a bordering. The costume Is
completed by full Killed vest OF white
crinkled silk softly rufiled at the neck
and held in at the waist by a band and
bow Of black satin, while the sleeves are
distinguished by quantity shaped cuffs
trimmed with braid and softened by a
frilling OF silk.
The new skirt waist OF transparent
material will be quite as much worn as
ever. despite the craze for red. violet
and blue Although not so good a ma
terial for washing as lawn is. organdie
retains its stiffening and when rumpled
can be pressed to look like new.
Although efforts have been made on
the part of those interested in the sale
of fabrics for skirts in silk and in dress
goods departments, separate skirts con-
tinue to find favor with buyers.
The collar has run up so high that
there is no longer a possibility and can
scarcely be a pretense OF a fastening at
the back. The bow so long worn be-
hind has disappeared. and little by lit
tie the front begins to be marked
A black yelling has the blouse and
Jackets all i'm cords running up and
down an inch apart. The sleeves are
left plain. The accordion plated skirt
has a selvage of striped yellow and
white. other black gowns have the
blouse open down the front over a
color. as red or mauve. with jabot
revers down each side faced with the
same color and a standing collar faced
with the color.
Pink Is very popular for the summer
party gown, and a new effect Is gained
by combining IT with shades of violet.
or course great care must be taken in
selecting the tints, but they can I
made TO harmonize very prettily.
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/, nquiring way, | see that messenger
waiting with an expression that was
half curiosity. half sympathy. ON his
face. and [ see myself, with tears roll
Ing down my cheeks, working out the
funny article Weeks after that when
was all draped I'm mourning and the
man | loved slept that quiet sleep which
knows no present Weakening. ! met the
editor of that paper. and he said 10 me.
That article OF yours was funny
enough to Kill And said: Was IT.?
Wen. ii nearly did. But TO this day he
doesn't know under what crcum-
stances it was written or that the $25
that ! got for IL went TO help Ia pay
FOR a resting place for the one that
loved"
Then we all sat quiet in the dim twi-
light and thought how. though the dark
hours come there arc always morning
after night and sunshine after rain. The
woman who thinks in an idle. frivolous
way that she can write when she can't
do anything else is not the woman, my
friend who is going TO make a success
with her pen. The woman who wants
TO succeed with her pen must enter the
working school of Journalism and learn
much. She must learn that what suits
hlit fulluI uOfSH suit dDOlAtls SHt
must learn that TO succeed she must feel
the pulse OF her audience, and she must
also learn that, though IL Is the woman
liness OF her work that makes IL valu-
able, womanliness and weakness are not
Synonymous. When an editor wants an
article from a woman, he prefers Il
should bear the stamp of her sex, be-
cause then he's sure that both men and
RsfI tfp In
the woman writer likes 10 tell some
thing of her personal experience. and
here's n bit OF my weakness coming in
The school of journalism is one where
women. the right kind OF women. get
20 know how good men are. In all
work there are bad men and bad wom-
en-, but from personal experience
would like 10 say that ! think there are
more kind men, more sympathetic men
more generous men and more good men
among the newspaper fraternity than i'm
any other profession. They see so much
of real life that they can sympathize
With q real sorrow and are not fooled
by a sham. They see so much of weak
ness that they can think of the tempta-
tion as well as the sin and be ready TO
forgive, and with 10 all they see so
much OF joy that they have a ready
laugh for the Jest and sincere good
wishes for whoever is starting out TO
enjoy himself. Prejudiced? I amin
favor OF the newspaper man. Personal
~ | ask only one favor of him, and
that's a sort OF twin favOr--Grst. that
while / am alive he won't find much
fault with me- because / like him so
thoroughly. and second. that when I
am dead he viii refrain from writing an
obituary about me. IL he will only say
the good things about me while I am
alive. | shall be satisfied. want the
sweetness from the alabaster box while
l am here and can appreciate 10 and
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Bathing Shoes.

Bathing shoes are quite out of date.
excepting where there are rocky beach
es, and even then the stockings that
have insoles are preferred Go the shoes.
There never was anything uglier THAI
the bathing shoe. and IL is quite as well
that fashion has proclaimed IL out OF
date. Big hats and bonnets have been
sent TO keep company with the shoes.
and now IL is n fad to go I'm swimming
with the head uncovered and the hair
elaborately arranged. IL must be al.
mitted that woman looks much pret.
tier with her uncovered hair. but as the
chances are that she will wet hcr head.
and salt water occasionally yiues iuturc'
the hair many women still prefer &c
wear the cl silk caps covered with a
bright silk Handkerchief tied on ia tur-
ban fashion. There II on record moro
than one case OF false bangs being sew
ed into Ihe front OF these turbans. so
that the wearer thereof might look well
even when her front hair was wet, but
this fashion has too many risks.
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Six miles east OF Yale university. on
great rock on the Connecticut shore
where the Long Island sound washes
almost UP to the doorstep, Is the most
unique house imaginable Ii is called
the Bungalow and Is the summer home
OF the passion poet, Ella Wheeler Will
cox.
Outside 1t looks like an ordinary sea-
shore cottage. Inside II might be a
furnished barn, no wall paper. no lath
or plaster. no calcimine no ceiling. Just
the rafters. beams and weatherboards.
naked and emitting the fragrance OF
pine-one big living room and two bed
rooms; that is all.
Those who know Mrs. Wilcox only
through her poems cannot, of course,
know her as the sweet and modest do
nestle woman she really is. She is de-
voted to her home, is especially proud
of the bungalow and TO her her hus-
band is the only man in the world. He
Is her idol, and, what is more practical.
he is at once the inspirer and severest
critic of every line she writes. III Mrs.
Wilcox had been blessed with children,
she would have been an ideal mother.
but her only child died in infancy.
Though her husband is a successful
business man. he is also a scholar and
a man who knows how to enjoy his
hours of leisure He has travelled In
many countries. especially in the east.
'fIe has lived in India; hence the Bum
galow. Hence, also, the Bungalow is
sort OF museum He has stocked it with
trophies and treasures of his travels,
with flags and bunting from many coun-
tries with screens and wonderful lam
terms from Japan and China, with mat
tings from Korea, with curtains and
drapery from Turkey and Arabia, with
rugs from Persia, with curious weapons
from Siberia, with mugs from England
and Holland with bric-a-brac made by
half the worlds nations, and the piazza
he has filed with eolian harps from
Germany, hammocks from Mexico and
wicker chairs from India.
OF the Bungalows two bedrooms one
is for host and hostess and the other for