The San Francisco call., 1901-10-16
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HIGH sCHOOL-A. B. c.. City. There
is not an evening high school for ladies'
in San Francisco
CHINEsE-J. s., City. The article en-
titled 'Can you speak Chinese?" relative
to the Chinese language appeared in the
Call of October 10 1900
To THE PRESIDIO-Sub. City. The
distance from the western end of Union
street to Point Lobos. in an air line. 1s
three miles and a half
TEACHERS-A. NJ, Ukiah, Cal. To Sc
cure a. position as teacher IN the Philip
pines address a communication to the
CONGRESSMAN of your district or to the
University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
CHEMIST-A B. c.. City. If a young
lady wants to secure position as a
chemist she should first take a fuH course
in chemistry. Having become proficient
she could then file an application for q
position.
PArENTs-o. s., City. Originally
United States patents were signed by the
President; then by the Secretary OF state
and the Commissioner Of Patents and
the Commissioner
MEANDER-w. Y City. Meander does
not mean to go around. 1t means wind
ing, as Of a stream The word comes
from Meander, a stream in Phrygia, Asia
Minor, noted for its serpenttne course. 1t
has three syllables-me-an-der.
PRESIDENTS wIDOw-J- D., City.
The widow of a President Of the United
| 4a opfffIn6 n a npnSiO0 nv the
law of pensions, but such widows have
been pensioned The amount is fixed by
Congress if such an act is passed
EXPOSITION STAMPS-s., City. The
Pan-Ameriean stamps are of the denom-
inations of 1. ?. 8, f. and 10 cents. They
portray the following means of travel in
modern times in the United States: BY
| lake, rail, Niagara bridge, automobile and
| steamer.
| GLASS - Subscriber. City. The first
mention of the manufacture Of glass in
| what is now the United States is to be
found in John Smiths history OF Virginia
! in which there is an allusion to glass
factory having been founded at James,
town in 1915. The ~work was chiefly con-
1 fined to bottles.
| HOMESTEAD-Su Subscriber, City. The
/ law in regard to filing homestead, II by
your question you mean public lands. is
not governed by State law, but by the
! Federal law married woman cannot
/ make an entry on public land, unless she
| he deserted by her husband, for an aban-
! doned wife is regarded as the head OF
| the family.
| UNIVERSITY COURSEw. F. R, City.
/ A young man who has not graduated
/ from high school or an accredited school,
desiring to take course In agriculture at
| the University of California, should ad-
/ dress a communication TO the Recorder Of
the University. Berkeley. stating facts and
I desire. He will then be advised what
| course to pursue
! DECORATING AND DRAPING-Sub-
/ scriber, City. A person who desires to be
correct would not say in placing emblems
| Of mourning on his premises 'I am dec
| Grating my house in respect to the mem
ory of our late President, but he would
say 'I am draping my house" Decorat-
ing carries with it the idea Of pleasure.
while draping gives more fully the idea OF
| sorrow.
MARINE SKETCHES-N c., Santa
Cruz, Cal. A young man who ''can make
4 good sketches. particularly marine
! sketches, and who would be delighted to
see some Of them in the newspaper press"
| should submit them to the newspaper
| press and if available they will no doubt
| appear A young man might think his
| sketches were 'just the thing for a
newspaper, while the manager of a paper
and the head of the art department might
think otherwise.
NO PREMIUM-ConstantR Reader. Occi-
dental, Cal No premium is offered by
dealers for nickels of 1883 without the
word cents on them, for a Columbian
| haIf-doIIar of 1898, for a twenty-cent piece
of 1875, nor for a half-dime of 1872. A
premium of from II to 80 cents is offered
for silver three-cent piece of 1869.
| This department does not, advertise any
business firm. If you desire the address
of firm dealing in coins you should send
a self-addressed and stamped envelope.
| RENT-Old Subscriber, City. In the alb
| sence of any agreement a party who rents
a house or a fiat by the month, payable
| in advance, is bound for a full months
rent even though he remains in the prem
| ises but day. In a case Of that kind the
| tenant could lock up the place and hold
| the key until the end of the month. A
tenant who rents a place for month is
not required to give notice of a desire to
| vacate at any time during the month, un-
less there is an understanding requiring
! such notice.
1 YES. SIR''-H s. c.. City II young
\ lady employed in a business house re-
] sponded to the call Of junior member of
| the house and in answer to a question or
| direction to perform a certain task she
| replied ''yes, sir or no sir that should
| not be considered as evidence Of subser-
! viency or servility. 1t is an evidence of
| good breeding. An employe cannot afford
| to be rude to an employer be 1t the senior
| or any member of the firm. Whether
| yes or yes. sir should be used often
| times depends upon circumstances and
conditions and these must govern.
/ CRAVING DOCK-W- Y, City. There
! is no difference between a craving dock