The herald., 1897-01-20

government, and our merchandise i'm
ported amounts to s10.48 per capita.
1T is estimated that there are over
two hundred millions of dollars invested:
in the manufacture of Hquros, and Of
that S54, 900, 900 go to England annually
California paid $1.27 per capita to the
revenue department, and Kansas, where
1t is said prohibition does not prohibit,
pays cents per capita. In Los Ange-
les county the revenue from drug stores
and saloons amounts to $4,000 year.
Governor Budd, in his last message to
the legislature, states that California is
caring for 22,300 unfortunates, insane,
orphans, abandoned children, found
lings, feeble minded. criminals, ETC.. one
to every thirteen voters in the state, at
an expense of $1,SS3, 500, and the insane
asylums need enlarging, largely the re-
suit of liquor.
During the past year 1O,50O persons
were murdered, 1000 of these We're wives
OF men who had promised to protect
them, and $500 infants were smothered
by drunken parents. The lives of 46, 900
girls leading lives of shame go out in
despair every year"
The w. G. L. u. booth stands in the
ante room in the south end of the pavil-
ion. 1t is draped in white silk. lace anu
loops of satin ribbon. Branches CT
ivy and ropes of smilax with large bou-
quets of roses tastefully arranged re-
lieve the dead white of the BACKGROUND
In the rear of the booth the walls are
hung with w. c. T. u. banners, and the
loyal temperance legion motto: mo AL
cohol, No Tobacco, No Profane Ian
guage" The handsome hand-painted
banner on white silk in gilt frame,
and the portrait of Miss Frances Will
laro' occupied conspicuous places
The motto of the organizat tion For
God and Home and Every Land" in
white letters relieved with green ivy
leaves embellished the east wall, as did
the letters w. c. T. U across the top Of
the booth.
The ladies in charge of the booth are
MINES. Lucy Blanchard. Emma Cash,
Mary Fisher. Laura 7. Carter, Ada r.
Hand. j. E. Turpening, Victoria Bannes-
ter, DR.. Rachel Reid and Miss Gabrielle
Stickney
The pavilion in the evening was well
filled with a crowd as large as could get
around comfortably in the closely placed
booths. No exhibits were added yer-
terday, but some of those already in
Were completed, giving the finishing
touches to the entire collection.
The program of the evening aside from
the selections by the orchestra, opened
with few remarks by DR.. ]. c. Fletcher
on The Influence of Art Master Elmer
Booth recited the Chariot Race from
Ben Huf, clearly and we'll.
When the bicycle race on the Home
Trainer wheel, manufactured in Los An
geles. was announced, the crowd wedged
it's way toward the stage and watched
the arrangements with intense interest.
The one mile amateur race between
August Dee and Ralph Hamilton was
won by the latter in 2:30. The five mile
amateur between Geo. Stevenson and
w. r. Ruess was made in 1920 by Mr..
Ruess. The one mile professional be-
tween A. Bell and ]. Couan was won by
the latter in two minutes.
The home trainer races will be fea-
ture of the program every evening this
week. The animatoscope was exhibited
as on the previous evening, with some
change in the pictures and again was
the wonder of spectators.
The baritone horn solo by Mr.. E. Har-
rison. with orchestral accompaniment,
was enthusiastically applauded.
The snake charmer dance by Nine.
Vogue was Kaleidoscope view of color,
plumes and movement. The sinuous
movements of the dancer in yellow silk
and silver tinsel, holding the snakes
aloft, was accompanied by a weird
laughing chorus and the firing of a pis-
tol behind the scenes.
The orchestra played a number of Sc
lections, which were highly appreciated
by the listeners. During the program
the young ladies in Bishop & Co. g crack
er bcsth kept patiently filing the glass