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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
THE PICKLE GREEKS.

Inc sudden change OF the Greek Minis
try recalls some curious historical facts
showing the fickleness of the Aellenes in
their choice of leaders. They are verita-
bic weathercocks for shifting. and the re-
cent change might we'll be considered as
having no significance beyond proving
the force OF habit and the permanency OF
Greek political characteristics.
Recent history shows that they average
q change of Ministers about every ten
months. In the fifty-one years from the
foundation Of their constitutional govern
ment to 1895 they had tried ffty-eight
Cabinets. They reached the excess of
fickleness in 1865 when there were six ad-
ministrations, and in the following year
their energy for change was so little
abated by the performance OF 1865 that
four different Cabinets were called to ex-
pertinent with power.
Without passing any judgment upon
the wisdom of their latest change il
might safely be predicted that no country
could accomplish any great things SO long
as it lacked either statesmen capable of
outlining wise permanent policy, or sta
biiity and persistence among the people
cient TO give effect to com preh ensive
plan OF action.
Whether the lack has been chiefly with
the leaders or with the people may be
questionable. but it is certain that they
fail to get the com bination OF talent in
the statesmen and confidence in the peo-
pie. Historians say that in their heroic
struggle against the Turks in the early
part of the century the masses of the
people deserve far more praise than the
leaders, who had better material than
they were qualified to work with. But
even if the people had a master. mind to
direct them, it Is doubtful if they would
collectively obey him
From the days of old the Greeks have
been jealous of the power OF truly great
men, aid Tor any man to rise far above
his fellows in capacity was considered
ample reason for turning against him.
Probably if man really capable OF doing
much for Greek nationality were alive in
that country now the fickleness of the
people as to politics would prevent him
from achieving anything of Importance.
Even during their brave fight for freedom
in the twenties, when SO much was at
stake, they came very near losing all they
so long battIed for because of dissensions
among themselves They stand indebted
for their liberty to foreign Intervention,
though their own proves might have
won it but for their lack in those qualities
which enable men to work together and
prevent courage and perseverance from
being baffied.
What is called ''the great Greek idea
that is, the hope of some day having the
united Hellenic people rebound the East
ern empire, with the seat of power in the
holy city OF Constantinople-is a grand
am bition, and because of the boundless
debt we owe the race for our intellectual
possessions, perhaps the ma iority of civil
lied men would gladly see them there,
but till the Greeks put away from them
the fault OF fickleness it may be safely
said their dream will never be realized.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
PURE FOODS.

In connection with the arguments for
pure food put forth by the Pure Food
Congress there is one worth noticing
which comes in the form of sta
tistical table from England. 1t gives
the quantities of cheese i'm ported into
the United Kingdom in 1896 and the
countries whence it came. There was
a total of about two and quarter million
hundred weight, and of this Canada fur
nished So per cent, while the United
States supplied % per cent. The big lead
that little Canada gives US is worth inves-
tlgation, for our showing of one-quarter of
the whole of the British imports would
seem good did we not have to compare it
with the double as great output that our
small neigbbo sends.
The report states that British consumer
have become preiudiced against the
American products because unpri M ipied
manufacturers have shipped the adultera-
ton known to commerce as "tlled
cheese"
Ii this be the cause of the difference to
our disadvantage, then the loss resulting
from the attempts to palm off the COM
pounded article as genuine might easily
makers Of pure cheese.
| Something of the enormIty of the adul-
terated-food business is brought home to
us by the statement made in the Pure
Food Congress that the Government micro
scopist in the Agricultural Departm ent
in Washington had in his library lis
samples of counterfeit olive oil made in
the East which contained not a drop of
the pure article, and all of which was
labeled California olive oil.
This unchecked fraud makes it well
nigh i'm possibIe TO produce the pure oil
profitably. The injury to honest industry
is alone sufficient to arouse the people to
its condemnation, but when we add to
that the in jury to health, and the demon
alizaton it causes in the business and
manufacturing world, surely indignation
should reach such a pitch as will strongly
and sternly put down the evil.
The resolution adopted by the congress
that a society in this metropolis with
branches in all smaller towns should be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

cisco's gradual increase. In other words,
San Francisco's growth just about repre-
sents the average acquisition Of the West
from the East year by year. Twenty years
ago it represented much more than that,
Tor then people were locking to San Fran
CISCO Tor its individual attractiveness or in
answer to that magnetism which every
freshly growing city exerts and diffuses.
IL Is under these conditions that Portland
and+Los Angeles are attracting population
at an abnormal rate. Their increase rep
resents more than the average Western
acquisition from thu East as did the in
crease Of San Francisco during it's. alb
normal period of growth OF twenty years
ago and longer.
Oicoarse it is the same Western spirit,
the same free enterprise and untamed
energy which make Portland and Los
Angeles SO attractive to the quiet East
erner that made San Francisco likewise
attractive IN its early days OF growth. The
western spirit has by no means given out
yet. San Francisco has gradually as
sumed the metropolitanism and steadi-
ness OF the large Eastern cities, those at
tributes coming naturally with growth
and age and maturity. Her increase will
no longer be in bounds and leaps. but will
be steady and gradual, as man broadens
ana Envelopes even after maturity. But
Los Angeles, Portland, and the newer and
smaller cities are still of the West, West
ern,' and will still grow in the old Western
style. We are glad indeed TO witness the
perpetuatlon OF this spirit and the growth
OF 1t even.in these days, so many years
after the halcyon days OF 40. Portland
and Los Angeles will develop into great,
steady iaetropoises, and will be followed
by other cities with that breezy. enter
prlsing spirit TO attract to the. Pacific
Coast the. thousands and thousands of
that class OF immigrants who have been
hooking here during the past fifty years. 4
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
THE WOMAN'S CONGRESS.

The proceedings of the Woman's Con-
gress furnish an evidence of the wide
range OF problems in which the progress
i've women of our country now feel them
selves not merely intellectually interested
but morally concerned. Almost every
phase of social, political and individual
advancement has been reviewed by the
papers read and the discussions which fol-
lowed during the convention, and these in
almost every case evinced not merely ear
nestness OF disposition, but a genuine
thoughtfulness and serious study.
Such gatherings of earnest leaders can
hardly fail to be of great intellectual value
to the community. They serve to call the
attention OF people away from their own
personal fortunes for time and lead
them to give consideration TO those pro-
founder questions and wider issues which
affect the larger destinies of mankind. 1t
IS OF advantage to every earnest-minded
man and woman to hear or to read what
other earnest and thoughtful people have
TO say on such subjects, and even those
who do not agree with the conclusions of
the speakers st the congress will have at
least derived from it the benefit of having
their own thoughts awakened into greater
activity and their own conclusions put
into more definite shape
In all gatherings of this kind there are
OF course people of whom it may be said,
as was said of the ten virgins in the Bible,
Some are wise and some are foolish"
Not everything that was said merits un-
questioning acceptance by the commun-
ity, but u ost of it, ii not all of it, merits
this much of approval-that it was the ut
terance of a sincere mind and exhibited
genuine regard for the. welfare of indi-
viduals and the upbuildAng of the moral
strength of the Republic The discussions
turned in almost every case upon matters
In which women can play large part in
determining results, and the whole effect
of the congress, therefore, has been cal
culated to be beneficial and advantageous
both to the home and to the community.
AS our intellectual life unfolds and de-
velops itself it is becoming every year
more evident that every large city or con-
siderable town in America is to become
something like great popular university,
in which lecturers will appear at stated
inter walls to discuss every subject in which
the public feels any concern, thereby
ludteIlTIiy dIu4HS tue auNduCelHtHt Vi
popular studies on such subjects These
lectures come IN different forms, but they
all tend to the one end of increasing the
intellectual activity OF the people. To
that extent they are beneficial, even if the
causes to advance which many of them
are called are not directly benefited. We
may well be gratihed. therefore, by the
holding of woman's congress in this
City every year and give the delegates
warm welcome when they come and cor
dial thanks for their services before
they go.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
WITH YOUR COFFEE.

"How did they stop the elopement2" asked
Maud.
"By de testable piece of trickery," replied
Mamie. "Her father put his head out of the
window and shouted that her hat was on
crook ed, and when she grabbed for it she up
set the tandem" Star.
Mrs Commonstalk (soberly)-Are you sure
your fancee will make a good home body,
Eli? Do you think she knows anything about
mending, for ms lance?
Cholly Commonstalk - About mending,
m other? Why. that is her very strongest
point. saw her mend busted tire once in
just fourteen minutes by the watch.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Wife docking up from her bcok)-You know
great many things, John; now, what do you
think should be done in q case of drowning?
Husband-Have funeral, of course.-Bos-
ton Courier.
"All that a1ls you" said the plain-spoken
man, "is laziness. GO TO the ant. thou slug
gard. Consider her ways and be wise.'"
II guess I'll have to- sighed young Ardup.
"I've gone TO my uncle SO often there's moth
ing left that can get cent on."-chicago
Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

organized to protect the people against
the counterfeited foods shipped into the
State and prevent the injury to our repu-
tation by shipping such stuff out of it
ought to be vigorously carried out, as it no
doubt will be, since public attention has
been directed to the evil and popular sem
timent reused to suppress it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
The Swiftest Train in the West-3M
Days to Chicago or st. Louis-412
DAVIS to New York.

The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, buffet
smokine-car and Pullman palace drawing room
sleeping-cars. Leaving San Fran cisco at p. N.
Mondays and Thursd avs, connection is m ade at
BGrstow with this handsome train Through cars
to Chicago, both Pull N an palace drawing.room
and modern upholstered tourist sleepers, run
daily. Tickets also sold via Portland, Ogden Los
Angeles, Deming FL Paso to all points in the
United States Canada, Mexico or Europe. See
time table in advertising column. San Francisco
ticket office ga Market street. Chronicle build
ing. Telephone Nam 1881. Oakland, Ills
prOa dvav
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

al do think dog has good deal of intelli-
gence" aid the man with the spaniel, 'but
am not so bad as Browne. He actually had
the gall to tell me that he was thinking of
studying German so he could talk to his wife
without the dog understanding every word he
aid."-Typograph ieal Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
TIE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
THE SUMMER MONTHS.

Are you going TO the country a vacation II
so it is no trouble for us TO forward THE CALL to
your address. Do not let it miss you for you will
miss it. Orders given TO the carrier or left at
business. Office Will receive prompt attention.
No EXTRA CHARGE.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
CALIFORNlANS In New YORK

NEW YORK, N Y, May 1.-At the Plaza
F. Batels, NJ. Hill; Holland-H. III. Scott. H.
Scott; Gilsey, J. ]. Humphrey: Belvidere, Miss
Johnson; Hoffman, ii. Martin; Broadway
Central, F. E. sharon; Union Square, +. C.
Towey; Netherland, L. Schoenberg.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

=. A New York policeman distinguished
himself recently By srresting eighteen
scorchers in one evening, and we may now
consider another bicycle record broken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The project for girdling the City with a
series of parks is worth consideration
II we-ever carry it out we can give Chi
:caeo the ma ha.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers.
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

stronger than it. :
QUEEN VICTORIA IN IRELANI7-T s., City.
Queen Victoria first visited Ireland in 1S49
and held her court there Augusta.
NEEnHAMDAwsoN N N, City. George
Dawson defeated Danny Needham in twenty
nine rounds before the California Athletic
Club
THE CHINESE RAILWAY. S. and a Dozen
Others, THE CALL does not know anything
more OF the syndicate for the Chinese railway
than what appeared ,ne rs 1be ai SPin
Inquiry should be addressed 10 Inc ehlnese
Minister, Washington, u Z.
CAs1No-C NJ. A.. City. In the game of
casino the dealer gives Jour cards, one at
time. to each player, and either regularly as
he deals. or by one, two. three, or TOUR at a
time lays four more lace inward upon
the bard and after the first cards are played
four others are dealt 10 each person until the.
pack be conc uced; but 1T IL only IN the.hrst
deal that any cards are turned up.
McK1s1Ey,s CABrNEr-v. NJ B.. Marshall.
CAL The members OF President Mckinley's
Cabinet are: Secretary of the Treasury, Ly-
man j. Gage; Secretary OF State john SHEER .
man: Acknowledgement Joseph ID. Mckenna;
Secretary of the Navy, John d. Long; fost,
master-General, james A. Gary' S Seole,1ry Ot
Agriculture, James Wilson; and Secretary OF
War, Russell A. Aiger.
FEALTY TO PARITY. +. l., Oakland, Cal.
This department knows nothing whatever OF
the merits of the case men toned in your COM
munication, but the rule is that when man
has been elected or appointed to good, fat
BERTH he usually assists those of the party
who place him in position, but there are some
who care only for ONCE ana nothing Tor party.
If you have any complaint against the party
named you might lay that complaint before
the appointing power.
MINORS ENLISTMENT. ]. N, City. liza
boy enlisted in the National Guard at the age
OF II in 1894 he is not legally q member OF
the guard at this time, though he served con-
tinuOusly since enlistment, if at the time he
enlisted he did so without the consent OF his
parents. To have made the enlistment iegt
he should at that age have had the written
consent OF his paren IS or guardian, ana TO nave
entered the guard at that age the party men.
tioned in the communication must have told
an untruth as to age at the time he was &C
copied. Laws are not retroactive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

William Philip Schreiner, the Attorney
General OF Cape Colony, is brother OF Olive
Schreiner, the novelist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The, change OF the Cabinet in Greece
doesn't signify that they are tired of the
war. 1t is only.a habit they have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The Turks are finding that Greece
doesn' melt under fire so easily as they
e1pected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

If it be true as reported that Russell
Sage has bought himself a spring suit for
So 70, he must be in the habit of dressing
according to his soul rather than to his
purse
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

: Now that the wheeImen are giving help
to the Balboa avenue fund we may expect
to see the end attained with scorching
finish.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Victoria s. chariot in the royal process
sion, for which England is preparing, is
to be, drawn by eight horses, but all the
same the Queen is taking no chances of a
runaway. The Goa Gilman is to be one of
the best drivers in the kingdom. a groom
IN. royal livery is to march beside each
horse and lead him, and finally the horses
themselves have been in training for
months to walk at a steady pace amid the
waving of flags and the beating of drums,
30 that nothing which happens is likely
to disturb their serenity. 1t is going to
be royal circus, but tame one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Mark HOPKINS Institute OF Art.
The spring exhibition is now open daily
from 8 A. NJ. to 5 P. NJ. and gra concert every
Thursday evening
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Park extension is becoming popular,
and new plans are coming out fast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
1t was a glad Mayday.

. To- day we can help the farmers pray for
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

: 1t is asserted that a syndicate OF Eng
4lish capitalists has. arranged with the
King of Belgium for the establishment
in that country of a gambling place in
tended to outshine Monte Carlo. 1t is
against the Belgian law TO maintain gam
bling places. but the King has pull with
the police, and mas lost so much money
in his Congo enterprises he can hardly be
blamed fo-' entering upon a sure-thing
game TO recoup his losses.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

1t would hardly be proper to say that
: the colors Of the dress goods in fashion
this spring are loud, but all the same
their harmonies are strikingly suggestive
of a Wagnerian opera.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio
Grande Western and Denver and

At lowest possible rates, with through Pullman
buffet and tourist sleeping service every day
Personally conducted excursions leaving TUESDAY
Wednesday and Thursday Only line permittin
stopover at Salt Lake City all classes of ticks.s
Detailed information and tickets furnished - -
Montgomery street. or 3l4 California stres>-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Now, as for frolickers, the woods are full
of them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
E. H. BLACK, painter, 12O Eddy street.
CAL. glace fruit soc per lb.. at Townsends.

NoRMAN's cafe (under the Baldwin, is the
place for your Sunday dinner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

NEEpHAM- DAWSON - n. N, City. George
Dawson defeated Danny Needham in twenty
nine rounds before the California Athletic
Club
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

SPRING Chickens not always tender; but
Ayers Pills enable the stomach to digest the
toughest meat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ALUMINUM-C. E., City. There is no known
metal that is as light as aluminium that is
stronger than it,
QUEEN VICTORIA IN IRELAND-T. s., City.
Queen Victoria first visited Ireland in 1S49
and held her court there Augusta.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The fears OF damage to crops of various
kinds, which were so prevalent at tie be-
ginning Of April, have now nearly all
vanished. The farmers feel like picnick-
ing and have good reason for it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

THE CHINESE RAILWAY. S. and a Dozen
Others. THE CALL does not know anything
more of the syndicate for the Chinese railway
than what nppea red in the publls ned dispatch.
Inuuir ~ should be addressed TO the Chinese
Minister, Washington, d. Z.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

. Crop prospects are frightening beauti-
.f1liIr
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

One of the war correspondents at Ath-
ems asserts that the Greek women are not
SO beautiful as the poetry about them;
but: perhaps he hasn't read any of the
poetry that has been written since Byron.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

IF afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye Water Druggists sell it at % cents
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

"Calinaux is become n father"
ga boy?" asks a friend.
"No.''
"a daughter, Them
s'You have guessed It'll Illus tire d. Poche.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The Massachusetts Bar Association
made Richard Olney Its guest of honor at
its recent banquet, and it appears that
while these Cleveland Cabinet fellows are
out OF pie for the present they are getting
enough cake and wine to make up Tor il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Inreplying to an address of welcome on
his return to Cape Town Cecil Rhodes re-
ferred to his contest with President
Kruger as a game Of cards, which had
been fairly played. As Kruger took all
the tricks and has the stakes, this may be
considered an honest confession.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

1T is announced that the women of Bos-
ton have in large mum bers been attending
lectures on the virtues of the onion, and
the saying is now current in the city. Eat
onions in May, and alIth year after the
doctors: may play" The next thing we
may look for, therefore, is an onion fad,
ana those who have tears to shed may
shed. them then.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

The German officers in the Turkish
army are getting great deal of credit for
the skill with which that army is doing its
work, but the British officers in the Greek
army are having q hard time, and if they
do not look outthey may get the reputa-
ton of hoodoos
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The Democratic delegation in the House
of Representatives is now divided not only
into gold men and silver men, but into
Baileyites and ti-Baileyites, and it is
no longer accurate to speak of the various
fections as 'wings of the party" for there
are SO many of them that each counts for
hardly more than good-sized tail feather.