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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
sneaI.s to Bank Clerks

Professor Carl Eisenschimmel, hand
writing expert, delivered a lecture on
chirography to a large assemblage of
the Bank Clerks Institute at Y. M. c.
A Hall last night. The speaker ex-
hibited a number of photographs of fa-
nous forgeries and specimens Of wills.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Buyers OF Christmas Presents

Should visit Andrews Diamond Palace.
221 Montgomery ST.. under Russ House
and see large stock of diamonds, watches
& ieWelry at lowest prices. Open eYgs
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

ATHENS Dec. 16.-Former Premier Theo-
tokis who has been entrusted with the task OF
forming a Cabinet. has asked respite
of twenty-four hours.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Frank T. Bittinger
president OF the Nicaragua Land Company. was
sentenced 10 year in Jail and dneed stGCO on
the charge Cf using the mails % defraud
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

Pretty papetries in beautiful boxes,
envelopes and paper tied with silk rib
bons. Useful for Christmas. Sanborn,
Vail & Co.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
ADVERTISEMENTS
YOUTHFUL vIGOR RESTORED
ADVERTISEMENTS.
After investigating all Known Methods Believe Nothing Equal
"CALTHOS vt Cures a

TO Fun
Needy Man. Send for Today. No Prescription Scheme
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

Indian and Mexican goods burnt novelties,
beads. Cal. souvenirs. The curio. 50 Eddy. .
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

This paper Is authorized to say that
as capable today as when he was In his
knows he ought to be, will write In conf
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17

Largest Importers of Standard
In the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
SUNNY SOUTH LETTER.

a Texas mother whose life is full Of cares is vet
model Of cheeriness and content. In speaking
of her home life to member she says ct have
seven children My older boys my helpers in
the housekeeping They cook. sew wash and
iron We little place. and the boys work
in the field and garden. We have been unfor-
tunate for some years past with our crops on &C
count of drouths insects and overfows when 1t
did rain We hoping for good results this year.
Two years ago lost all possessed by fire.
home If I could only have the odds and ends
that many throw away could make good use of
them in this out of the way place Necessity is
the mother of invention and I have learned the
lesson we'll since l have lived down here. With
needle and thread. paste and paper. hammer and
tachs for tools if I only get materials I can
make things look very well. The walls Of our
house are rough plank, and with newspapers and
paste / make the rooms in winter and
cleaner in summer. have rot had the funds 70
buy Wallpaper. We have two piazzas. and the
boys sleep out of doors in summer They made
me flower beds each side of the house and
train wires over the pOrches. Since my health
failed | miss my rambieS FOR Wildfowers. berries
and grapes. hut the children bring these things
to me, which is q pleasure TO them. | hope some
Gay 10 he ahie TO do more than I ". /
have found there many ways to scatter
shine. Singing songs to please the little ones.
doing something to cause the smiles to chase away
bies. II is not able 70 scatter sunshine far
from home. there many ways to make the
home all the brighter and perhaps some day the
rays will widen and extend further
After learning of the simple needs Of this
her and her ingenuity utilizing various articles,
box containing things for "the little home and
clothing for the children was sent to her, for
which letter of grateful appreciation and thanks
has bnen received.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
ELEPHANT MOVED THE WAGONS.
Circus Animal Got Them Out of ouagmires,
Showing with It's Head.

The services of big elephant were required TO
get the wagons OF circus company that gave
performance in Mount Vernon on Tuesday out OF
ND tn)vvhfcb they were embedded. After the
afternoon performance the rain poured in such tor
rents that the grounds were fast becoming quag-
nire and it was decided that 1t would be impoSsi-
BILE TO give a performance in the evening.
The company was to appear in Yonkers yester-
dav and when the evening performance was aban-
doned the wagons were loaded preparatory TO start
ing for the Harlem Railroad station. As soon as
an attempt was made to start the heavy wagons
containing the ANIMALS 1t was found that the
wheels were sunk so deep that they could not be
moved with the ordinary number of horses. In
some cases as many ten horses were attached to
a single wagon. but their combined strength failed
70 drag il out Of the mre Then the big elephant
was brought up. and while the horses pulled ne
showed with his head from behind under the direc-
ZION OF his trainer In this way one after another
the big wagons were started for the station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
FATHER AND DAUGHTERS MISSING.
Started for Newburg July % and Have Not
Been Heard From Since.

Henry Hertz of Newburg. n. Y. yesterday in
formed Police Headquarters that his brother. Nor
rs Hertz of No 3O012 East Fffty-second-st.. and
the latter's two children. Dora and Gertrude. ten
and eight years old respectively, had been missing
from their home since July %. Morris Hertz is
described as being FIVE feet seven inches tall with
dark complexion, hair, eyes and moustache. He
wore a gray suit straw hat and lace shoes.
Henry Hertz first learned OF his brothers disap-
pearance when he came TO the city on Tuesday
and called at the house in East Fifty-second-st-
Mrs Dora Hertz wife of Morris. asked him how
her husband and children Henry expressed
surprise and said that he knew nothing about
them and supposed he would frd them at home.
Mrs Hertz then told him that her husband and the
two children had left home 10 visit Newburg on
July IS and she supposed they were there. Henry
had not seen them. and Immediately started out 10
investigate the case.
band and children get a SecOnd-ave. trolley car
TO go 10 the pier of the Central Hudson Steamboat
COMPANY at Franklin-st.. July =. Morris had
been ill., and il thought the trip would do MN
good Since that time she had neither seen nor
heard from either of them. and they never reached
Newburg. II said at the house that fteIt1
might have been taken sick and taken 70 some
hospital but the children were old enough 20 hlo@
where they lived. and something should nave 49,
heard from them. The police sent out a sehei"A
alarm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
RACE WITH DEATH ACROSS CONTINENT
Denver Man Speeding to Bedside Of Daugh-
ter in Los Angeles.

Speeding across the continent in an effort to
make the forty-two hundred miles between this
city and Los Angeles, Henry p Lowe. OF the
Engineering Company of America, with offices
at No. a Broadway. is travelling to the bedside
OF his dying child
Mr. Lowe whose home is in Denver. has been
in this city for several days on business con-
nected with his firm, whose Western representa-
tive he is Tuesday ne received word from Los
Angeles where his family is stopping, Of the
serious illness of his little daughter. The mes
sage said the child was not expected to live.
Mr.. Lowe left New-Yorlx Tuesday on the Twen-
tieth Century Limited train. and reached Chi
cago at 9:4j a. m. yesterday. At 1917, thirty
two minutes later, he left Chicago on special
train consisting of an engine and two cars. the
train travelling the rate OF sixty miles an
hon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
AFRAID TO TELL HIS NAME.
Injured Elevated EmplOye Said He Would
Lose Job if He Did.

Policeman Raymond. OF the fremont station. was
standing at fremont and Third aves yesterday
when he heard a slight explosion on the elevated
structure Looking up he saw a sheet OF fame
shooting I'D from the third rail Raymond went up
on the station but when he arrived there the fire
was out He was told that a workman had dropped
chiseI on the third rail and IL had created short
circuit. causing blue fame twenty feet long and
about ten feet high 70 shoot up.
RAYMOND asked II any had been hurt He
saws ne was told there had been n" casualties lie
walked to the south end OF the platform and found
man in agony in the shanty- He was burned
about the face and hands
What is YOUR nance" asked the policeman
II can't tell YOU answered the workman; if
did ia lose my job and can't AFFORD 10 just now
There's a strict order against IT, Auu u nave 50 -
and see the superintendent - -. e.
RAYMOND wanted 10 call an arnoua n. ' -t,.-e
workman refused and went 10 a III % S'"4S' "-~-~
his injuries dressed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
SERVICE ABROAD.
DR.. ToIman's Eisit Results in
Founding Of Nezo Institutes.

One Of the results Of the present visit 10 Europe
Of DR.. William H. Tolman, of the American Insti-
tute Of Social Service viii be the organization of
E British Institute of Social Service with Scottish
Welsh. Irish and English sections. and Of a chain
q similar organizations throughout the world.
italy ana Japan are already taking steps to form
sociological institutes, and the president of the
American institute. DR.. Joseph Strong. believes
that ii viii not be long before all civilized
tries VIII regard such organization a neces-
sitv.
These institutes will cooperate with one another
IN the study Of social problems and will be able
10 combine the stores Of Information and sugges-
ton relating TO social amelioration which now
scattered in many minds and many organizations
throughout the world
All the most prominent. social workers in the
British Isles interested in the British institute
among the feminine names mentioned being those
Of Miss Octavia Hill Of tenement house fame; Mrs
Rosa Barnett, Of Dublin; Mrs Percy Bunting. Miss
las Fas cordially welcomed nv the Christian So
cia unions Of Ehgland and Scotland ana me tTus6
the secretariaI work and the financial RESPONSE
The FIRST step toward the formation OF the in
stitute was taken at an Informal meeting held at
SGerc @S institute yq fO # vas 9eSded to ca meet e
week Of october at the Holborn Restaurant and
lnents was, appointed DR.. John B. Patton. of Not
unshaTa me Leading represehtatlye IN Eng5aH,d OF
social betterment for the last thirty years Budget
Nealln, Of the council of the Shaftesbury Lect-
Committee Of Organized Labor; the Rev. J. P.
Gladstone. Of the late Premier; F. II. Stead.
brother Of ". r. Stead and warden of the Robert
Browning Settlement; Canon Barnett. who has for
many years been associated with Toynbee Hall;
F. J. Bradford, secretary Of the Sociological So
ciety. Nj. MaSterrnan and Miss James q. +.
Warden. manager Of the Shaftesbury Lectures, will
act as secretary pro tempore for the proposed
institute
The cooperation OF persons of all religions and
Of 10 religion is asked in the new movement, and
invitations 10 attend the October meeting have.
been sent to representatives of labor unions set
Elements cooperative and friendly societies and
the social committees of the various religious de-
nominations; to the Mayors OF Sheffield Birming
ham, Manchester. Liverpool. Nottingham and
Southwark; 10 representative noblemen. such
Lord Halifax. Lord Meath and Lord Mounteaye,
and 10 other prominent individuals including Ben
Jamln Kidd. author Of Social Evolution" who has
promised his active cooperation With the institute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
WORT. WHILE TO CATER TO WOMEN.

;, he good news TO the self-supporting women
=, n,@rz-York that the Womans Hotel Company IN
80 20 erect some han dozen more buildings on
the same plan as the Martha WAshihston. =
,.,.s hotel has long been regarded as q uou0'-
...rtsa and when the Martha Washington
nus +ui nrst projected it sneered at as hen
,1e-y. and 'old maids home" Now some OF those
Who made the most fun of IL are on the "aItihs
~ arv.ous IN get into il II has been conclusive
i,S ,,roved that il worth while 10 carer 70 ne
,,yeeSe Of women in this particular ana tnat ne I
ts no economic necessity Tor allowing IiLSiIt -
= g,,isb amid the horrors Of hall bedrooms ana
boarding houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

tho same shaped receptacle. There is a percentage
Of failure of course in all winter gardening. ana
one has after all to reach success through eX-
perience Ii may sound fancifuL but there reaIIy
are people for whom plants simply will not grow
or at any rate will not bloom. These people 90
exactlv the same things with their floral posses
sions as do their successful neighbors but al 70
no nurpose There are others again who nave
hardly 10 look at a stalk to make it bud. But 1or
ali il is worth a trial. this window gardening IoT
The winter as 1t cheers the gray days and keeps
summer alive In the heart till mother nature
iS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
CHEEKY DEEDS.

A T. S. S member in Brooklyn. who has to her
credit more than sunshine deed every day in
the year. never seems to think anything she does
involves self sacrifice. Being working girl. she
has only two weeks vacat ton. and this year she
will spend it in her home looking after the family,
that her mother may take a needed rest and this
is done without a moment of regret. Every day
will find her with a bright CHEEKY smile uuaf-
fectedly glad that mother is having rest.
Another self-supporting member has given I'M
usually sunny day a working girl who is in poor
health by taking her to the beach for days rec
reatiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

All letters and packages intended for the
II. =. s. should he addressed to The Tribune
Sunshine Society. Tribune Building. New
York City. If the above address is carefully
observed communications intended for tn
II. =. &. Will he less likely to go astraY. The
Tribune Sunshine Society has no connection
with other organization publication
using the word Sunshine"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
LEAGUES SUMNER MEETING.

John u. Behrmann. alderman Of the XLIVth As
semby District. win address the Woman's Mu-
ricipal League at its regular monthly meeting to
of Mrs J.. ~. How. Brentwood Park. Williams
bridge. Miss Margaret Aston Chanler. the presi-
dent Of the league, will also give address on
Summer Work" This is the first year that the
league has held summer meetings. and IL is hoped
that the attendance and interest viii Justify the
innovation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
WAS CHEERED.

Mrs. L. A Fletcher, invalid for many
years. writes: Il thank you from the depths of
my heart for the dainty and beautiful book sent
to me. 1t could not have come at better time.
had been suffering intensely both physically and
mentally, and the sweet token seemed to bring
happy light into my heart. Trial has succeeded
trial until strength and heart welnigh failed.
Bless the Tribune Sunshine Society for its benef-
rlnrlr1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

ITO LIVE IS CHRIST; TO DIE is GAIN"
So long and dark. so drear my path
0 blessed Saviour ere I knew
Thy loving heart Thy precious love.
But dear Lord, l live for you.
And though thro' life my path be dark.
And joys be few that | may claim,
With dying breath. I'll whisper low
For to die. Christ. is gain
-(Charles Ross Keen.
Contributed to the T s. s column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

two days One set of pillars IS still aboard the
lighters at One-hundred- and thirtyfOurth-st- and
the Hudson River. The contractors who are going
TO move pillars expect to bring specially ouG
truck from One-hundret-and- twenty-slXth-st and
Broadway to the pier some time tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
Oadies' Field.

EVERY once in while somebody quotes the
threadbare statement that at is worth while
to put a 50 900 education on a 80 cent boy" But
says President David Starr Jordan. of Stanford
University what shall we say Of putting a 30
cent education on $4,000 or 100000 boy. thereby
narrowing and crampng him throughout his whole
life? This is what thousands of nearsighted pa
rents are doing weighing in the balance few
paItry disks of white or yellow metal against the
incalculable power that comes from mental train
ing For a man to have died who might have been
wise and was not says Carlyle. this l call 4
tragedy Many a parent VINO would not grudge
his boy the last mouthful of bread counts with
close fingers the earnings that toward his men
tai outlook And this I say not of the poverty
driven not Of the slave of daily wage but of the
sO-caIled better class. The material is too near
our eyes; we need a better perspective, a wider
horizon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

Parasols were never shown in greater variety,
both to materials and handles than during this
season. There are parasos for morning wear
fluffy. howery affairs for the carriage and dainty
creations like full blown flowers for garden parties
For driving one sees more plain. taffeta covered
parasols in solid colors of red. pink green and
peacock blue than those with the elaborate cover
Poneee parasols with bamboo handles are the most
unpretentous and the most seryiceable for ordi-
nary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

A feature Of life in the Adirondacks this summer
is said to be the increasing numbers of women
campers who are ambitious TO trough it" as well
as the men Even the at the hotels are
Joining the ranks of anglers. sportsmen and forest
Toyers They dress sensibly. show endurance and
bardfhood. and enjoy themselves as heartily as
their brothers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

In = recent issue of a hygienic periodical atten-
ticn is called to the unconscious humor frequently
attendant upon the Saying of grace" at meals.
"A long suffering Creator" is asked to bless our
needs connections that the old boy himself could
not digest" the article urges, and to make US
duly thankful for frank poisons that no organism
on earth could BEAUTIFULLY assimilate." Then the
paper in question goes on to enumerate in detail:
soda biscuit streaked with pork fat and saeratus;
beef that is little more than Charred, Chplle liea
Inents; nerve harassing coffee and suicidal PIE.
TO bless all these things Ito an organism which
He made Of earth and air and water. and 10 be
renewed by the assimilation of whatsoever things
are lovely milk and honey and the bounty OF
the blOssoming. fruit filed earth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

At little town in Kansas, where the mail trains
do not stop but just off the huge leather post
bags in passing, a big Newfoundland dog acts as
carrier and takes the sack from the platform 20
the postoffce which is some distance away. At
first his master, who not strong, taught him
to carry one end as help to himself. Afterward.
when the master grew too i'll to go out at all in
bad weather, the dog would bring the bag alone,
and now as he hears the mail trains
whistle land he mistakes an express or a
freight call for this he hurries down to the station
and waits wagging his tail in the most reassuring
fashion until the mail clerk throws the precious
parcel Off Often it is very heavy, but he takes it
carefully by the middle, so that neither end will
drag on the ground, and lands it safely in the
postoffice door. Once some one tried to get the
bag from him. just to what he would do As
he could not run fast with so heavy a burden, he
mt If on the ground and sat on IT. swapping and
snarling at any who came near him, and bark
ing loudly between times, apparently calling for
helm Post as they call this clever animal In the
town where he does such good service, Is now fve
wears old and about two and a half feet nigh Every
one knows him and speaks to him as he trotS
through the streets and Post returns their saluta-
lions with q cordial wag of the tail strangers,
however Post greets with lift Of his shaggy eye
hrows and a sniff of suspicion He keeps his
weather eye their movements. and seems to
feel that the welfare of the town is in some man
ner his personal responsibility
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

Some Of the buttons now used are as ornamental
as jewelry and in fact many OF the costlier ones
ar einset with precious stones and made OF precious
metals Buttons are seen on straps cuffs bands
panels, reVers. seams, and all places on coat. waist
ana skirt where they can he ornamentany ad-
lusted. Both large and small buttons prefera bl,,
OF pearl are used on shirtwaist gowns. For coats
II is choice between the lovely buttons of carSad
coral or cleaning pearl, both come from The
water, ana are beauuful on almost any material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06
CATHEDRAL PILLARS NOT MOVED.

The pillars for the Cathedral Of ST John the
Divine win not be ready for moving for at least
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

Some Partisan women have taken up new pas
time II consists in organizing what may be de-
cribed as balloon luncheons. that is TO say you give
a luncheon and then you take all your guests up
into the clouds in balloons. woman gave one OF
these luncheons week or two ago, in which the
ascension was made late in the evening and the
bal1oonists remained in the clouds all night The
occasion represented an effort 10 win the challenge
,,,,, onared nv the Aero Club. organization of
fashionable Frenchmen who dabble in aeronautics
for fun. At present the cup is held by Mime.
Madeline Savall who has covered more than 2iS
re I'm TO the present few women nave
inflated the example of Nine SaVaH, athoush they
a. not fail 10 come 10 the lHncheon, wearing raw
isbing toilettes Among the gowns whlch nave
adnrTed these balloon luncheons are an ecru ilnon
5s strained with REQ and white spotted inon
Gnisbed with gold buttons and cream Hhon ue
coie trimmed with eCru guipure
,...,,,c socisl event connected with Presi-
ar+ Touhet's visit to LONDON was the presentation
- cot IN the head Of the French Republic. The cat
,toea name is White Heather. Is splendld plaek
arir,al owned by Miss Janotha. pianist. II was
- NJ Ioubet visited the new house OF the AS
s.ton oe French Goyernesses in England, az
Iao.+er Cate that Miss Janotha. VINO had Just
dd,cated nv her playing beaullIuI new pl5 d9
e. I.an nresont Cd the house, approached
NJ T5raej5ent with her pet in her arms m
sie No. eing cat who by the way Is wen hiloMt
anu IE7nTeror of Germany ana was Cecui4ltu
70 cold necklace by Queen victoria
VIII " faced his paw in the hand OF freslueHL
IOuOet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-06

pretty fancy for a simple frock OF muslin &c
a ribbon stock with lace turnover tboue, tho
transparent collar Of lace remains a leadinq ra,-or
tte. as il is At once elegant and comfortable When
the throat is fair and well rounded the colIarIess
bodice may be worn with deep lace collar falip,
over the shoulders. II will be all the more nict-
uresque if fastened with an old fashioned brooch
and band OF narrow black velvet ribbon worn
around the neck Many Of the best dressed Women
are auectng these quaint old styles. which the large
lace collars and deep lace capes have re,i,le7S
They are pretty and feminine TO a fascinatinp
degree. iid'hs
Among the gauzy fabrics OF silken U-eaves for
evening or dinner gowns the most attractive are
those Of both large and small floral designs and
in natural coIors white or black grounds
''slvery' ground. with a MORE enec, h.,;,-
orchids IN their natural shadings IS eronisita7
Others show garlands Of rosebuds and green iaa-es
a white ground. while yellow blooms ara 60
geous gauzy black backgrounds. e0i
II is prophesied that jewelled collars will he =,
before long. Beautiful and elaborate and COSTLY,
these things are. they can be acquired only nv
the few Provided the style does come in (and the
fact that at all functiols in England mis-
year jewels have been used in pTofusion for Trim
ming purposes points THAI way, jeWeied lace Utll
have 10 be cunninely initiated for the benefit az
those who cannot afford the real thing.