The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

same thing, the conclusion is jumped
to by some observers that the young
men belonged TO a suicide club. TO
asperSe the dead is neither fair nor
profitable. Nobody but a fool ever be-
longed to such an organization, and
these young men seem to have been
sensible up to the time they grew tired
or living. l am not prepared to say
they were not sensible even then. But
for man to agree that on a certain
date he will kill himself is for him to
confess to pernieious brand of idiocy.
Not that l would discourage him or in
any manner interfere with his plans,
save perhaps to urge him to make the /
date less remote
Unhappily I am not critic of the
drama. When / have essayed to be
candid friends have advised me to try
something else. But l can appreciate
any writer VINO is capable of being one
and therefore my hat is off to the star
of the Bulletin. The most an ordinary
journalist can do in this connection is
to quote. Far be it from me to as
sumo to comment adversely, and I am
conscious that words of praise must be
all too faint. In setting forth the sue
cess of AN Enemy to the King this
star says: The sun dial scene, with
the faint half dreary song of the fall
sity of woman's love lulling it into
poetry, is indescpibably pretty" 1 GER
tainly should think so; more than
pretty, unique. A sun dial scene lulled
into poetry is nothing less than a daisy.
The half dreary song of the falsity of
woman's love would naturally be eff
fective, and if a sun dial scene hap
pened to be in the way it could not
hope to escape. OF course the Bulletin
star noted the effect, but few could
have so fortuitously expressed it. There
is nothing left to be desired except
some more of the same kind. A little
farther down in the criticism it may be
noted that Blanche Bates has been
Capitalized" The amount is not stat
ed, nor the size and frequency of the
dividends, but these are mere details.
refrain from reproducing other of the
gems This is an unappreciative world.
If l knew how 1 would write a faint,
half dreary song on the subject.
A Texas minister has just been SEN
fenced to death for having poisoned
his wife. He was not only tired of her
course he is disturbed somewhat at the
prospect of being hanged but he ought
to be able to find a text in the circum-
stance.
A news item sets forth that the six
children of Eugene Paris, a man of
wealth. have been sent away to rela-
tives. because he refused to support
them and that no would NOT auop oOy7
tribute to the expense of their going. !
Paris strikes me as an unnatural beast.
It seems strange if the law is unable
to get hold of such a man and wiring
from him the sum due his offspring and
to society. If there were whipping
posts he should be lashed In the: alb
sence of such corrective, he belongs in
Jail, where he deserves to perform
hard labor, While his property becomes
confiscate.
Somebody writing in the Californian
accuses me Of scratching the back of
contemporary writer. Perhaps the ac-
cusation is just although the figure is
not artistic - has been my joy to
scratch other backs so deeply that the
scars remain.
There is magazine published at
Portland and known, slightly, as 1.-THE
Worlds Advance Thought" It is
puzzle magazine, the problem being: as
to what the thing is for, and no prize
for solution. A. marked copy has been
sent to me. am not prepared to thank
the sender, but will thank him or her
not to do it again.
The papers state that Rev j. O. A.
Henry has gone Summing in Chica go
with intent to ferret out the evil there
and crush it under his holy heel. have
no doubt he will ferret, but as to the
crushing, lack faith. Henry was once
in our midst and slum- quilting was his
favorite pastime Beyond such per-
sonal enjoyment as he may have ac-
quired, l never heard that the process
did any good. In fact it is my humble
opinion that the people who go nosing
about in the slums are hypocrites when
they pretend to be inspired by a lofty
purpose There is no doubt as to what
the slums are, and there is no excuse
for a minister of the gospel prowling
among them.
An Industrious gentleman named
Lambert is under arrest on the charge
of counterfeiting. He pleads that pow
erty drove him to 1t. When a man gets
so hungry that he cannot buy bread
it is much simpler to purchase an ex-
pensive lot of dies and the necessary
metal, and his plea goes at once to the
heart. trust the courts will be lenient
and not prescribe a longer term for
Lambert than the statutes provide.
While doctor is in hospital in Chi
cago suffering from hydrophobia there
is an excellent opportunity for other
doctors to come forward with the the
DRY that there is no such malady. Then
will it be joke on the patient to die
of it.
At this writing the seductive Mrs AL
lison is in Jail, which seems to be an
excellent place for her. She is the per-
son who, by advertising her own
charms, which included sum of $685.
900, never yet seen of man, induced
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