The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-01
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'NIARCHING. THROUGH GEORGIAN
j. G. c., City. Henry C. Work,
printer, was the author of Marching
Through Georgia. He was also the au.
and "Grandfather's Clock" His songs
were brought out by DR.. G. F. Root of
Chicago. He made great deal OF money
by song writing but lost all by the great
fire in Chicago, and passed the last years
of his life in Hartford, Conn, where he
died June s. 1884.
NO RIGHT WHATEvER-Mr H. J.
E., City. No man who is member Of q
fraterna1 organization has, by reason Of
being a member of the organization you
name or any other organization, right
to insult the wife of a fraternal brother.
A man who would do so is a coward, and
if it came to the knowledge of the body
of which he is member, it would not be
long before he would discover that he
would be in a position that the pass word
would no longer be of any use to him.
MOURNING-J. H., City. A writer on
social etiquette says: Mourning is US
ually worn for parents for one year. For
three months persons in mourning should
not make their appearance in any pub
lie place of amusement or at a private
entertainment. After that a concert may
be INDUCED in, but not an opera theater,
party or dinner. The reason for this is
very evident. In a place where all is
gayety, where people only go to be
amused, deep, dark garments log out of
place"
WIFE AND MOTHER-C. H. r, City.
The question, Surprising man takes his
wife and his mother out in a boet for a
ride on the bay for pleasure and. through
an accident, the boat is upset and all
three are thrown out, and the man finds
that he can save only one of the women,
now which one should he save, bearing m
mind that he loves both as he should %
is one that can be answered by the pro-
FOUNDER well as by any one else
similar question was asked of an Eastern
paper a number of years ago, and the
reply given was: "A man can have a
second Wlfe, but ne has but one mother"
SEQUENCE IN CRIB-A Subscriber.
Sierraville, Cal 1t is not necessary that
the cards forming a sequence in the game
of crib should be played in order. If A
plays four, B an eight, a six and B
a seven, B has a run of three-six, seven
and eight If after the seven is played
A plays a five, he comes in for run of
five; that is to say, four, five, six, seven
and eight. cannot claim a run on the
last card played by A. A player can only
claim a run when he lays down a card
that will make a sequence. The players
having played four, eight, six, seven, five,
the eight did not prevent the last player
from making run of five, as 1t was one
of the sequence cards and not an inter-
vening card.
GRAND DUCHESS OF HEssE-sub-
scriber, City. Her Royal Highness Alice
Maud Mary was married July /, 1862, to
his Royal Highness Louis ", Grand
Duke of Hesse (born September y, 1887,
died May 10, 1922, and died December IA,
1878. OF this union there were six children:
Victoria Albert, married to Prince Louis
of Battenberg, r. N, April, 1884; Eliza
beth, married to the Grand Duke Serge
f Rer cousn Pnce Henry Of to
brother of the Emperor. May, 1888: Ernest
Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. married
April, 1894, to her Royal Highness Princess
Melitia of SAKE Coburg; Frederick, born
1870 died 1873, and Alix Victoria, married
November, 1884, to his Imperial Majesty;
the married children enumerated were
alive.
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE-G. E.
W., Fresno, Cal. German was taught in
public schools in San Francisco ten years
ago. A school for teaching the French
and German languages was first insti-
tuted in October, 1865, in a small build
ing on which was subsequently built the
Tehama-street school. In 1872 and 1878
the instruction in the French and Ger
man languages was introduced in nearly
all OF the public schools. The children in
the primary grades and those in the
grammar classes were compelled to study
either French or German, while in the
grammar grades in the cosmopolitan
schools the pupils had to study both
the study of all languages except the
English was abolished by the Board of
Education in all the public schools, ex-
cept the Girls and Boys High School
In July of that year the study of French
and German was again introduced in the
North and South Cosmopolitan, Hayes
Valley and Valencia Grammar and in the
Stockton-street Taylor-street and Silver
street. primary schools. In 1885, ten years
ago, German was taught only in the
North Cosmopolitan Grammar, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar, South CoSmopol-
itan Primary and Greenwich Primary.
During the first six months of that year
145l pupils were studying German and
in the last six months 1443.