The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16

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not been given. Probably the Journal
has no expectation of being believed, at
least in testing the matter it has not
gone to the length Of Disgusting its
fabrications.
When a scoundrel invades that
snhere of life known as society there
is great ado, and properly, if he chance
to be discovered. But there are expos
ures every day almost of villainy in
official life and nobody seems to care.
The difference between a swell func-
tion and politics is considerable, and
vet society at large. not the little
CLIQUE which takes in washing for one
generation and uses a crest on its sta
tionerv the next but the whole people,
dining business, rearing families, spec
ulatfng building churches, schools,
railroads and sewers, is much more vi
ta1lv concerned about politics than pink
teas Nevertheless, men known to be
corrupt are given office. Supervisors
steal the city blind, Boards of Educa-
ton go into the industry of larceny,
millions of dollars are worse than vast
ed for street improvements which never
materialize. the Harbor Commissioners
hermit the State to be robbed. Some
times the case is so Migrant that ad-
verse comments are heard, but they are
absolutely without effect. A Mayor Sc
lects the men who shall constitute the
various governing bodies in the de-
partments: these prove to be deep-dyed
rascaIs as to an overwhelming MAJOR
ity. the honest among them pelng
smothered. Yet the Mayor coming Tor
ward for reelection points Win
pride" to his recordi People have SIM
Div become accustomed to being victim
lied. They accept as a duty or cltlzen-
ship the experience of having uncIean
political hands thrust into their peck
cts. I do not understand why one
should cherish resentment toward d
burglar. why the highwayman should
get twenty years, when an othclal VINO
is as dishonest as either and has great
err opportunity goes unmolested, but 1t
is even so. Please consider these re-
marks as general. 1t would not De talr
to point out any single administration
since about the same grade OF rottenneSs
seems to permeate the lot. Surely the
time has come for change There
should be an effortSto create the I'M
preston that a political sandbagger is
as bad as any other, and that one who
attacks society as a whole should be
corrected and driven out, just as the
polished blackguard who invades the
home of wealth with intent to despoil.
A st. Louis paper maintains q de-
partment which is termed Aunt
Mary's Advice" It is adorned with the
picture of Auntie, who resembles much
| in facial charm the venerable Susan b.
Anthony. The resemblance does not
extend to the intellectually, for Mary
seems to be several sorts of gibberlng
freak rolled in one. Young women ap-
ply to her for advice as to love affairs.
| They wish to understand the proprlety
| of permitting the bestowal of chaste
kiss, the relative merit of the long and
| short engagement, if they should accept
presents before having promised to
wed In fact, there is no fool question
| in the query box of the love-lorn which
is not dragged forth and fired at faith
/ full old Mary All of them are an
swered. There is never one worth an
! swering. When a girl wants to know
| if she can properly declare her affection
| for a man, explaining that she has
reached the age of Is, and knows she
will never love another. Aunt Mary
| tells her patiently that the declaration
| ought to come from tho IAN, to wait
and not give up hope. i suspect Aunt
Mary of not being genuine She prob
! ably wears pantaloons, smokes COB
nine. takes a drink at the corner gro
Gerry, is known as Tom or Jim, and pos
sibly is a good fellow. She ought to be
| ashamed of himself.