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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
MONDAY NIGHT
Ut THE PLHY,

1.-THE Man From Mexico" came back
last night and performed the record
smashing feat of duplicating the success
1t had scored in San Francisco a season
ago. There are few farces that we have
seen here in the last season, in the last
decade, even. that could have stood this
test OF repetition. The big crowd in the
Columbia last night was not new to Will
lie Collier and his play. The timely nudge
and litter that were passed around in
anticipation OF various jokes and situa-
tons showed that the audience was ia
miliar with the show. But knowledge
seemed only to be bliss, and laughter to
the point of tears was the order of the
night
Nearly everybody tried last season to
diagnose the comic charms of this farce
and its principal comedian and finally
threw up the job as silly and futile In
the first place, who, in prasing the per-
Torrance. is going TO tell where the come
dian stops and where the author begins?
to what extent Mr.. Du Souchet is in
debted to the French and to what extent
Willie Collier is indebted TO Mr. du Sou
chet? And. anyway, what's the use of
trying? Nothing looks so sad and incom-
petent as a would-be scientific cXplana-
ton of a laugh You can dilate on the
pleasures of comedy, spread yourself on
the incandesccnt gilt of satire and throw
rich flowers ut the drama of manners
but you can't be important and authori-
tatiVe over the irresponsible fun of
farce like this.
1.-The Man From Mexico" is howingly
funny, and in spite of its French extrac-
ton ii is thoroughly American in its
mode Of fun, sometimes suggestive but
never really risky and always bubbling
with that easy humor of ours which is
above no one and below only the proud
and stupid. Not to laugh at this per-
Torrance. is a confession of mental un-
health; and not to see ii is to miss one
Of the important productions of the
century END, for with all its COLO
quialism and unpretention 1.-The Man
From Mexico" is a wonder in verbal plav
Goodwin has gone in for heavier things
Willie Collier is to be reckoned with only
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

cisco, Buena Ventura Of Ventura, For
est of Plymouth Marguerite of Placer
vile and Veritas Parlor of MERGED
each making donations which were
most encouraging. She spoke of dona-
lions of furniture from kind friends.
and said the indications are such that
there is every hope that the home
will prove the success that it's pro-
motors hope it will be. Mrs. Leake
then formally passed the keeping of
the home to the board of relief.
Past Grand President Carrie R.
Durham, on behalf of the board, ae-
cepted the trust and then paid high
compliment to the committee for it's
zeal anu energy anu sIiu that WnIIe
the board accepted the home it de-
sired that the committee should con-
tinue the care of it until the next
meeting of the Grand Parlor. She
then on behalf of the board thanked
Mrs. Leake for having chosen Mrs
Wilkin for the mother of the Native
Daughters who shall occupy the home
Past Grand President Mrs. L. H.
Morris, who was the first president of
the board of relief, before it was what
1t now is, before it was recognized by
the Grand Parlor, gave a history of
the board and said that seven years
ago when S. p. Rogers died he left d
sum of money to be divided between
three charities and through the efforts
of the Grand Secretary of the Native
Sons, Henry Lunstedt, the board Sc
cured 5000, since which the amount has
been augmented by small annual con-
tributions from all the parIors. In
conclusion she expressed the hope that
the home would bind more firmly to-
gether the members of the order.
After that followed eloquent ad-
dresses by Past Grand Presidents
Miss Marion Bertola, Miss Clara X.
Wittenmeyer and Miss Mae B. Will
kin, whose remarks were well timed
and full of enthusiasm. Miss Witten-
meyer on behalf of the committee
presented Mrs. Green and Mrs. Stein
bach each a beautiful bunch of red,
white and blue flowers in recognition
Of their efforts for the success of the
home, and at the close of her remarks
asked the audience to sing Praise
Cod Henry Lunstedt was called on
for an address and spoke in words of
commendation of what the ladies had
done and when he had finished Mrs
Steinbach on behalf of the committee
presented Mrs. Leake, the chair
woman, with a gold bangle bracelet,
saying that the committee could not
allow the occasion to pass without
manifesting in slight way the great
appreciation it felt for all that she had
done in the work of establishing the
home.
With that the exercises terminated
and there was an adjournment until
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
MorOscO's.

standing room only" was the sign at
the box office at the Grand Opera-house
both Yesterday afternoon and last night.
Every bart of the house including the
boxes was packed. The Hi Henry Min
strels opened a two weeks engagement
and the reception they were accorded was
exceedingly fiattering. There is novelty
even in the jokes, although few had
been heard before. The stage represented
the deck of the warship Brooklyn and
the Ministries were dressed as tars, with
the exception Of j. Albert Gates, the in
terlocutor. who looked like Sergeant
Michael Joseph Conboy in uniform:
Among the soloists John II. Davis and
George NJ Decker sang with rare feel
ing and expression and were enthusiast
ticaliy applauded. Raymond Teal, Billy
Clark and Dan Altman, comedians sang
coon songs and had to repeat them. Hi
Henry's cornet solo, accompanied by his
military band of thirty pieces, was a fea-
ture of the performance, and when he and
four other cornetists initiated the Irish
bagpipes they brought down the house
and were recalled four times. The vaude-
vile part of the programme was clever.
1t included Teal and Baker as the tramp
and black Venus, Morton and Elliott in
musical oddities. Dan Altman in a little
of everything and the Couture brothers,
marvellous acrobats and contortionists.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

THE Native Daughters Home at
925 O'Farrell street is now one Of
the institutions of the State, one
that with the energy, heartfelt de-
sire to advance the cause of the Ma
tive Daughters in this State and the
love of wholesouled women to aid
those who need such, to back it, is
bound to be one of the grandest in
California. Yesterday afternoon the
beautiful home of ten rooms, fitted up
with all the comforts of home, was
with simple ceremony turned over by
the committee that prepared it to the
board of relief of the Native Daugh-
Preliminary to the ceremony the
home was opened to visitors, who
We're shown over the premises in
which everything is as neat as wom-
anly ingenuity and womanly good
taste can make it. The parlors were
decorated with smilaX and Christmas
berries and there was gracefully
draped in the back parlor a large
American flag. There were two rooms
in the house that attracted a great
deal of attention. One was the rear
room on the upper floor, over the
door of which was motto in floral
work, "Buena Vista Parlor Hospital
Room" 1t is the room that has been
fitted up by that parlor as hospital
In it there are two white enameled
iron bedsteads with snowy pillows
and covers. The other room was the
large front one, furnished with cher
~ furniture by the chairwoman of the
committee and designated as The
Mervyn Leake Room This is also a
most comfortable apartment.
AT o'clock Mrs. Julia A. Steinbach,
acting as mistress of ceremonies,
called on Mrs. w. S. Leake of Califor-
MIA Parlor of Sacramento, the chair
woman of the committee that estab-
lished the home, and that lady in a
short, well delivered address on be-
half of the committee turned the home
over to the board of relief. She de-
tailed the origin of the idea of the
home and what the Grand Parlor had
done in the matter. She stated that
a hospital where members of the order
could, If sick, find all the aid that they
needed was the basis for the home,
and that the committee also took into
consideration the needs of the local
parlors and decided to add a place
where members of the order could
visit and find a resting place, writing
table and materials and a bookcase,
which it was hoped would soon be
filled with choice literature. She spoke
of the labors of the committee in the
selection of suitable place and the
work of securing assistance and the
encouragement it received by dona-
tions from Alta, Buena Vista, Minerva
and ORC Elmo Parlors of San Fran
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

as our best farce actor, and brilliant
best he is. His gesticular powers OF sug-
th es' imperishable air of comic respectable
nv that hangs over everything he does
make him one of the most unique flgures
The value of repression. You never see
Willie Wi Golfer mug" or even laugh, for
that matter; he knows who should do the
laughing Another notable actor is Dan
Mason. whose Dutchman is really legitl-
mate work of art. Several new faces are
in the company this year and the per-
Torrance is as spontaneous as ever.
ASHTON STEVENS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
OPpheun.

Taken act by act, the New Years bill
at the Orpheum seems to excel it's Christ
mas programme. Perhaps Papinta and
her multicolored lights may be the attrac-
ton. Anna Teresa Berger Is q talented
cornetist and has great control over this
most difficult Of musical instruments. The
Deltorelli brothers are a hit, and, barring.
a rather tame opening. have a novelty in
the way of musical act. The Rappo
sisters have some new character dances
this week, while Riley and Hughes have
a lot of new Jokes that go well
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03


OF
eram of
of the Southern Pacific
became engaged but when the father
San
ably until the forgiveness -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

W. NJ. Parsons of Iowa has been elected
State Secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association of California Mr..
PARSONS is graduate of Iowa University
He is about 2S years old. At noon to-
day the State committee will meet at the
Association building and Mr.. Parsons will
be entertained at luncheon in the dining
nall of the building by the committee and
several city pastors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

the new year as the wife of George f.
Kinney. The young couple ar now in
San Francisco enjoying their honey
moon and waiting for the wrath of the
brides father to cool before returning
to the Sagebrush State, where they will
in all probability make their future
home. 1t was hardly an elopement,
but rather an improvement on the
usual course pursued by young
couples whose matrimonial wishes
run contrary to the expressed desires
of the parents of either. The wedding.
while secret, so far as the general
public was concerned, was solemniZed
before the flight began, so that there
was no loophole for scandal to creep
in and possibility for an unwelcome
interruption to the journey by an UNI
reasonable officer armed with a war
rant of arrest. 1t is the same old
story. Miss Phillips was the pride of
Reno. She was the daughter of Will
liam Phillips, the Southern Pacific
agent at that point, and her perfect
figure, clear, bright complexion, rich
auburn hair and regular features, to-
H. |, h
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
New Comedy.

The OFT brothers opened at the Comedy
Theater last night in "All Aboard,"~ a
furious farce comedy that put the patrons
of the house in happy holiday humor. The
piece will run all week, giving way Mon
day to Uncle Toms Cabin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
Morosco's at Sacramento.

A telegram from Sacramento SAYS that
the Morosco Company opened its road
season at the Clunie Opera house to the
popular prices. "Trilby'' was the piay
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
OLYMPIA

AT the Olympia Music Hall last night
Querita Vincent a New York vaudeville
faVorite, scored a hit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
The TiVOli.

The second week of that attractive holi-
day spectacle, 1.-The Yellow Dwarf, -
opened at the Tivoli last night to an over
flowing audience, which the rain could
not scare away. Several new and enjoy
able features have been introduced, and
these were received with applause and in
Vulnerable curtain calls.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

Ladies talor-made suits. Fur capes. cloaks.
credit. Nj. Rothschild. 2ll Suffer St. T: and I.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

Nine men constitute a jury in Mexico
and majority gives the verdict. If the
jury is unanimous there is no appeal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

Tor the first time in this city at the Met
ropohtan Temple tonight The house will
be packed and his programme will in
S Ginth 6Beethoven's One Hundred and
tour numbers by Chopin and T,fszt's
fantasie on Don JUAN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
The Chutes.

The new gallery at the Chutes Free
Iheater was thrown open for the first
tlme yesterday and both performances
were Wen attended, considering the
weather Montague's Australian bird hin
podrome and Mullen and Ward hrr-
lesque boxers, We're new and made hits
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
AlcaZaP.

'The Midnight Bell'' at the Alcazar
Theater started on its second week last
evening, and proved as much of a draw
ing card as when it first appeared. there
not being a single vacant seat in the
house. The piece promises good houses
during the remainder of the week
Next Monday evening 1.-THE Magistrate"
will be produced, with Miss Adelaide
Fitzallen and l.. R. Stockwell in the lead
ing nartS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
California.

Vests Minstrels moved to the Califor-
MIA yesterday and entertained big audi
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
STOLE THE AGENTS
PRETTY DAUGHTER

Of
the first romance of the new year in the Nevada metropolis romance in
opposition Miss Phillips
of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
Lurline Salt Water Ra+bs
New State officer for the Y M G a

Bush and Larkin SITS Swimming, Russian hot
ana cold tub -cths. Saltwater direct from ocean
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03
Rosenthal To- Niqh t

Rosenthal. the great pianist, will play
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-03

formances. The week promises to be an
other big one. "Pudd'nhead Wilson" fol-
lows.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Home of the Edam Cheese.

While the Edam cheese is a familiar
visitor on the table not every one
knows whence it comes nor how its
cannon ball proportions and gay col
oring have been achieved. The north
ern part of Holland is the seat of the
Edam cheese industry. and the conse-
Quent cleanliness of the relish is there
fore doubly assured.
In making it the fresh cows milk is
carefully strained and the rennet add
ed. AS soon as the milk curdles the
whey is drawn off. and the curd. thor
oughly kneaded. is pressed into mOlds.
This process is repeated until the whey
has all been extracted and the curd is
comparatively dry. 1t is then wrapped
in linen cloth and kept for 10 or l.
days until quite solid. Then the cloth
Is removed and the cheese put into
salt lye. Afterward n little more dry
salt is sprinkled on the cheese until
the maker thinks it is salt enough TO
insure its keeping.
1t is next put into 4 vessel and wa sh-
ell with whey and scraped to remove
the white crust. 1t is next carried in
to 4 cool room and laid on shelves.
where it is frequently turned. The
ripening process lasts from two 10
three months the round balls grow
Ing the fine yellow or reddish color
peculiar To Edam cheese. The cheeses
intended to be exported TO this coun-
try are rendered still more brilliant 10y
dyeins the rind with n vegetable dye
New York Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Saved the Vase.

The little son Of an English gentle
man. IN mischievously playing with a
vase. managed. after several attempts
to get his hand through the narrow
neck. and WAS then unable to eXtricate
H. For half an hour or more tie whole
family and one or two friends did
their best to withdraw the fist of the
young offender. but in vain. IL was
q very valuable vase, and the father
was loath To break it, but the existing
state OF affairs could not continue for
ever. At length, after Il final attempt
to draw forth the hand of the victim,
the father gave up his efforts in de-
spair but tried Il last suggestion.
open your handr' he commanded
the fearful Young captive, ''and then
draw it forth
Il can't open it. father" declared the
boy.
"Can't?" demanded his father.
why"
I've got my penny in my hand, -
came the astounding reply
why. you young rascal" thundered
his father. drop it at orce"
The penny ratified in the bottom of
the vase and out came the hand
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
ANerr I-eIe.. :n,nct.

A writer in the Philadelphia Times
who has been looking up the record OF
the mosquito in natural history has
come to the conclusion that it is a very
useless insect. Here is the result OF
his investigation:
Just why the mosquito bites people
Is not yet known. 1t is not 10 furnish
il food, for il is an established fact
that a mosquito, after gorging him
self with human blood, dies within a
few hours, whereas mosquitoes that
have never tasted blood have been
known to live very comfortably, even
through the entire winter and into the
next season. The adult mosquito does
not need food. During its larvae stage
II has stored up enough nourishment to
last all its life. and it is a normal state
for it to go without food for the rest
OF its existence. All that it needs is
moist air. adult mosquitoes being
known to pass the winter in damp cell
lars, living ON nothing but the mois-
ture.
The fact that 1t is estimated that
only one out of 10000 ever tastes hui
man blood also proves that il is not
necessary. Why it persists in tortur-
ing mankind. therefore. has not vet
been found out. and scientists can on
ly swear softly with the rest OF man
kind and make the general statement
that the mosquito is born with a vitiat-
ed appetite for human gore. an appetite
that causes the death of the indulger."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
wen-Treated American Veterans.

For over quarter OF a century
the veteran mas been a popular hero.
Hundreds OF millions are annually
paid to him in his old age, and the
widows have not been allowed to
suffer. Statues have teen enacted
in every section OF the North and
West providing that, all things be
ing equal, place shall be given to
the man who wore the blue In
spite of all this there are some crab
bed individuals who are forever in
sisting that the veteran has been
shamefuly treated This, of
course, is nothing but rubbish,
and will be so taken by sensible
veterans and>the younger genera
ton which has followed them. No
other country on earth In ancient
or modern times has treated its war
heroes as the United States has
treated her own. Spokane Spokes-
man Review.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
4 NIoIe Cntcher.

\ farm manager at Fodderty, Ding
wall. Scotland. watching a mole catch
er at work. saw sea gulls lowering
over and occasionally alighting upon a
turnip field in which the observer and
others were at work. \ particularly
large and handsome bird attracted his
attention by the graceful way it float
ed slowly over the drills. intently
scanning the surface Of the ground.
Suddenly, steadying itself a moment.
it dropped, dug its bill into the heav-
ing ground and rose with a mole for
its prey. Resting a few minutes. it
gracefully began again a further
search for prey. In a few minutes a
second mole was unearthed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

\ man occupies about the same
place to a woman that love occupies
to a man.
Big women are never as mean
and low in their treatment of other
women as the thin ones are.
The only people who really laugh
at love are the ones who have never
known what it was not to have it.
When a girl thinks that maybe a
man isn't going to propose to her
after all, she begins to insinuate
that he must know how people
have talked about their being to-
gether so much, and most girls
would have been sensitive
A woman can hide a secret Just
about as well as a sandwich-sign
man can conceal his business.
Woman's real greatness consists
in being able to cry over the little
disappointments of life and laugh
at big ones.
There probably never was a wO-
man that weighed over hundred
and forty that didn't just love to
sit on er husbands lap.
If woman could have all the
new clothes she wanted and wasn't
allowed to keep any old ones she
wonld be perfectly miserable every
rainy day she stayed home. New
York Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08

buldea thus imposed very near
The minister coolly calculates that
it may be possible, provided the
nation ; finance is wisely and
economically managed, and 30
necessity arises for extraordinary
budgets. that the present progress
sive scale Of the sinking fund will
by the middle of the coming cen
tury reduce the debt to % 900, 600,
000, francs, which by 1850 can be
further reduced, because ID that
wear the French railroads will re
vert 10 the nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Sold Human Bones.

The keeper of the public cemetery
OF a small bohemian town near Prague
excavated the older parts Of the grave
yard, and sold all the old bones he
could find for industrial purposes. as
he found that certain manufacturers
paid more for human bones than for
those OF animals.
He had been earning money in this
way for several years before he was
detected and suspended from his post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Her Cordial Reception.

\ strong-minded woman, albeit
she looked it not, moved into rath-
er lonely suburb and the house was
topsy-turvy from the moving.
On the second night the strong
mined woman was awakened by
the light of a dark lantern shining
into her face from the hand of a
burglar. 1t was the last straw,
and she sat up in bed aud exclaimed
with vexation: We'll if you can
find anything in this house you're
welcome to it; it's more than | can
do. " The burglar snapped down
the side of his lantern. Good
night, he said, and left the house
without touching a thing. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
An up to date dress shirt you
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Case of CrueIfN.

A little girl whose acquaintance with
the geological wonders of creation was
limited was looking at one of the
elephants in Lincoln park, Chicago,
while on her first visit to that popular
resort.
Observing that the animal stood mo-
tionless near Il watering trough, she
said:
Poor thing! Why don't they lift I'D
his trunk and fasten it back so he can
drink
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-08
Night Fees l5c; Day Fees 81
As the result of three different

As the result of three different
raids made by the police on the
gambling houses on as many
nights during the past week, there
are now thirty-six gambling eases
ready to be heard by the police
judge on his return. 1t is thought
that without an exception all will
enter a plea OF guilty.