The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

wealthy New York capitalists. are at the Palace, accompanied by their families. on tour of pleasure through California. 1 Dr. M. D. smith of Middlebury. Vt., is a guest at the Grand.
 J. F. Donohoe Is registered at the Pal ace from Albany, N. Y. | John N. Hoffman of New York Is regis i tered at the Occidental J. W. H. James of London, England. l Is registered at the Lick. 1 c. L. Adams, a well-known fruit grower of Visalia, is at the Lick. Thomas Derby, a mining man from New Almaden, is at the Palace. | w. F. Bresk, a mining man of Grass Valley. Is at the Occidental. J. Frank Brown is registered at the California from Sacramento. Charles L. Adams of Chicago Is stay ing at the California with his wife.
 A. B. Beckwith. a mining man of Mis- soula, Mont, is guest at the Palace. Among yesterdays arrivals at the Cal ifornia are E. s. Mckinney and wife of Chicago.
 O o o % Pinkus, the press agent of o SlOOD O the Baldwin, Is 0 IN WITH THE 0 smooth worker
 
 MACHINE. getting good ci- gars and liquid o o o delights for noth- ing. The other night he and a number of theatrical men, among whom was Man ager Kennedy of the '1492' company, were standing in the lobby of the Bald win Hotel. when the conversation turned to the matter of weight, and discussion arose as to what figure the perfectly con- structed man should tip the scales at. l. was not long before the whole party were joShing one another on their re- spectfve figures. and Kennedy, turning toward Pinkus, laughingly said: Pink, if l had your figure I would go on the boards as a contortionist. You are a pretty good sized man, but so fiabby that don't imagine you could possibly hold down over 130 pounds" "No?" replied Pinkus. Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. You see that weighing machine over there? I'll bet you the drinks and cigars that I weigh more on it than you do." Its go,'' said Kennedy, and the whole party moved over to the machine. Just then Kennedy. who is a finely propor- toned and large man, paused and said: "1.'s late, and I have had nothing to eat. Let's make the bet to include a lit- tie supper for all hands, Just as you say" answered the suave Pink, and Ken nedy. stepping on the platform, dropped his nickel and was rewarded by a snatch of a popular song and a card that regis tered 1S7 pounds. If you can beat that I want to see you do it," he remarked as he stepped down to make room for his opponent. Pinkus then got on and dropped his nickel. The wheels of the machine at once started to revolve at a furious rate and would not stop, the tickets coming out in such rapid pro- fusion that 1t took two or three of the party to catch them. When the instru- ment finally stopped, the different num- bers on the cards were added together and made total of 59,762 pounds. The machine was out of order, but Kennedy paid for the supper just the same.
 Frank J. Brandon, secretary of the State Senate, is registered at the Grand rom San Jose
 E. L. Jenks of Pawtucket, R. T., Is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. They are on their wedding tour.
 R. H. Countiss, secretary of the Trans continental Freight Bureau, is at the Palace, en route to Del Monte from Chi cagO.
 R. c. Scott and E. H. Scott have re- turned from the. East, and are at the Occidental on their way to their home in Honolulu.