The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18

time through the Stockton Mail, pro-
claimed the discovery and lassoing OF
the microbe Of badness. It presents
picture OF him in his act of gorging
himself on hair, and enlarged 1900
times, lmpressing with an aspect of ter
ror. am always glad to note the
progress OF investigation. But will the
Mail please explain why the microbe
naturally drifts toward the tempera-
ment which gravitates to the front
row? What is the subtitle connection
between the reaper of the hirsute har-
vest and the ballet? When the scien-
fist gets down to business he ought to
cover the entire field.
Another victim of the sprightlv
widow who advertises herself as on the
matrimonial market, beautiful, affec-
| tionate and worth $1,000, has modest
ly come to the front and declared him.
self sucker. 1 admire his boldness.
He must have some sense of pride, and
exposure naturally gives this a severe
wrench. But for protection of suck
ers still uncaught the lady should be
sent to Jail.
Lillian Russell's latest husband in
seeking to sever the tie that binds al
legeS that Lillian plays poker. The
allegation is not sufficient. 1t fails to
state whether or not she plays it we'll.
1t is easy to imagine that a poker
playing wife, with faculty for bluff
ing and the wisdom TO call opportune-
ly, might be solace and joy. Be-
sides, Lillian probably bought her own
chips.
1t is not with intent to advertise the
Examiner side show reference is made
to the puzzle pictures now appearing
in that sheet. The scheme as por-
trayed by the artist might have ema-
mated from the brain Of a prattling
child, for the puzzles fail to puzzle 1
note one exception. In series sup
posed to represent American generals
there is one picture showing a rural
field, stretch of meadow. Some in
terpret 1t to mean Lee, some Meade. 1t
has been suggested to me that it
stands for Long Green. OF course he
is not widely recognized as a general,
but he is, and his accustomed modesty
would only permit him to be projected
into the situation in this obscure way.
There is too much space given to ex-
ploitation of the titled Englishmen who
sold themselves to Hooley. The as
sumption that there is in the sale rea-
son for surprise is not borne out by
common knowledge. There is no
ground for believing that a man is i'm
proved morally by the receipt of a title,
and L regret to say that the average
citizen of England or the United States,
If offered the glittering price held out
by Hooley, would have taken it, He
might have taken it with a toIerab bly,
clear conscience, too, for Hooley made
speciality of purity and gloried in be-
ing lofty type of reformer Bribery
with him was a means to an end His
difficulty arose from the fact that the
end was bankruptcy, and he thought
he had been aiming at something else.
A woman named Fuhrig is under ar
rest for having caused the death by a
criminal operation of a wife who had
sought her services. This form of
crime is so common and yet so mon
strous that a habit has grown UP of
CLOSING it over "Respectability" in
dulges in it for the purpose of avoid
ing the inconvenience of motherhood.
Nevertheless it is murder. 1 have abb
solutely no sympathy for the wife who
attempts to evade the responsibilities of
her position, and if unwilling to have
children she has no business to be a
wife If she goes so far as to hire a
nv II 1t
young she herself becomes an assas-
sin. She could, with as clear a soul,
wait little longer and strangle the
babe in it's cradle. But arrests for
this crime are farcicaL No punish
ment follows save in the cases where
the unnatural female dies as a result
of the process. 1t is time for change
This Fuhrig woman should, if guilty,
be sent to prison for life, and there are
a lot of practitioners known to the po-
lice who should be in the same insti-
tuition with her. But Mrs. Fuhrig will
not be punished and l doubt not will
continue to prosper, the continuity of
her proceedings broken perhaps by an
occasional annoying and useless arrest
The project for replacing with
beautiful park the unsightly and I'M
hallowed rookeries at Dupont and Cal
ifornia streets is good one. That the
openness of the crime which makes
that quarter a habitat is disgusting
there can be no denial. That it should
be permitted to flourish there Is an in
suit to a respectable community. How
ever, the citizens who are trying to
Gust the undesirable women and the
wanton and useless type of men from
that neighborhood must not be misled
by the idea that they are exterminat-
ing an evil. They are merely causing
it to change location. With the arrival
of the millennium, an event but vaguely
anticipated save by a happy few. there
will doubtless be a change in this re-
spect as in others. In the meantime
the evil will continue to flourish, and
If not permitted to colonize will dis
tribute itself miscellaneously, perhaps
to the relief of the senses, but hardly
to the betterment of morals
An anonymous individual sends