The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28

4NS Ides OF March, remember" II
IVY will take all OF US long time to
| forget the 'Ides of March," 1897.
General Horace Porter will remember
| it, because his political and diplomatic
aspirations have been realized in being
appointed ambassador to France.
Colonel John Hay will appreciate the
| honor that has been conferred on him by
his appointment to the Court OF st.
james, and probably no wiser cho ice
could have been made by President Nc
KinIey than that OF Colonel John Hay.
Though within the past eight years
Colonel Hay has not taken an active
part in political affairs his record has been
an interesting and brilliant one.
During President Lincoln's administra-
tion he was secretary and beloved friend
to that immortal President. He has
served as First Secretary Of the Paris le-
CATION. He had charge of affairs at Vi
emma and served as secretary of the lega-
ton at Madrid under General Daniel E.
Sickies.
For years he was editorial writer. on the
New York Tribune, and served as editor
in -chief during Whitelaw Reid's absence
in Europe.
Under the administration of President
Hayes he was the Assistant Secretary OF
State. His poems and ballads hold an
honored place in our American literature.
Perhaps the best known of his ballads are
Little Breeches," 'Jim Bludso' and
"Banty Tim
1t is believed that Colonel Hay was the
author of the anony nous novel, "The
read-winners," which was published
along in 1883 or 1884, and which created
such sen nsation at the time.
Comparatively few people know that
our old-time Californian, DIR. r. S. Law,
Is not only poet, orator, philosopher and
mining expert. but that he has been a
successful song-writer as well. Many
years ago he wrote that lovely song
gathering Shells" which gained great
popularity at the time and is sung even
now. You will probably remember it
when the first two lines are recalled; they
are:
One summers eve, in pensive thought
Wandered on the sea- beat shore.
DR.. Law is inclined TO be very modest in
reference to his poetic effusions and de-
cidedly prefeIe to talk over some big
mining scheme or discuss with his old
friends the progressive Henry George and
Hon. James G. Mcguire, the simple laws
and virtues of single tax and its ineyita BILE
adoption.
DR.. Law will probably leave for Califor-
MIA on April 4, where he will remain for
some time.
R. A. Rose of San francisco has been a
oct or Irr ha
week.
j. H. Borland is recent arrival in
Gotham, ald will probably remain a
couple of weeks. The Manhattan will be
be his home while here.
On Friday G. Goldstein came into town
and put up at the handsome Holland
House. -
There is real live Prince and Princess
in town; they arrived from abroad on
Thursday; their name is Prince and
Princess Kherenhuller of Austria. The
Princess was once the handsome Countess
Lechnowsky. They intend to travel across
the continent and visit the Pacific Coast
within couple of months.
William FL. Earle, the proprietor of the
Park-avenue Hotel, is due here from Cali
fornia on Wednesday or Thursday. He
thinks so much OF our sun-kissed State
that he has left both of his lovely daugh-
ters at Pasadena to spend the summer.
G. M. Bowman, a prominent San Josean.
is here for few weeks.
III. A. Flickinger, cal" Flickinger. as
all his old friends in San Jose and San
Francisco call him, has been having de-
lightful time on this trip He arrived in
New York just before the inauguration
and hurried down to Washington to wit
ness the scene. He combined business
with pleasure, however, and therefore the
fruit-packing interests of Santa Clara Val.
ley will not suffer. On Thursday he
foated into the busy Imperial Hotel.
scrawled his name hurriedly, and within
few hours was hustling up to Boston or
somewhere in that vicinity. "Hes lust
plain case OF Will o. the wisp," said a
merry Californian who had hoped to see
him and ask the same old question, ''Say
how are all our folks?.
w. Beck of San Francisco is here on
business important.
AT tho Windsor are Mr.. and Mrs. r
Denegan and their daughter, Miss Dene-
gan.
=. c. Daily is guest at the Imperial.
1t will be sad news to her California
friends to learn of the death of the veteran
schoolteacher and cultured lady, Mrs.