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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Rose Petals
on Ball GOUnS

The young girls delight in the first
ball gown OF white or pink or tea-rose
color, which has voluminous skirts.
with a shower of rose petals over the
front panel
1t would be a great piece OF work If
the pretty flakes OF chiffon were dis
tributed over the entire gown.
A white net worn over champagne
colored taffeta has rose petals OF the
pale pink and also Of the yellow.sh
tea roses showered lightly over the
front breadth. The roses are selected
without foliage. which would be an
extra expense. and are then taken
apart. petal by petal. TO be later pinned
in position on the skirt panel and
sewed firmly down with two or three
well-chosen stitches.
No petals are strewn on the pretty
net bodice. but around the decolletage,
which is usually cut In a shallow V.
is arranged spray of crushed roses or
a monture. With a bow of white satin
ribbon used as a mount. Long trailing
stems are a feature Of the corsage
flower, and the question Of foliage is
settled according to individual taste.
A fine beaded gold necklace is worn
around the throat.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Special Correspondence.


LONDON. Aug. 21.-There was
graduated from Oxford University
about a month ago a young man re-
garding whose future English literary
folk are exceedingly curious They
are anxious to see if Edmund Curtis
that is his name-will fulfill the
promise given in his boyhood, when
he produceLpoetry which so good an
authority as Andrew Lang pronounced
better than the e-rly efforts of Sir
Walter Scott. Curtis career thus far
recalls in many ways that of Charles
Dickens, though the author of David
Copperfield" received no such en-
couragement in his youth as that
which has been the portion of Curtis.
Dickens planned stories while pasting
labels on boxes of blaeking. Curtis
composed poetry while making golf
balls in an India rubber factory. His
parents were poor folk. living in the
East End of London, near the Albert
docks district given up to chemical
factories. soap-boiling plants, India
rubber works and similar industries
not the sort of surroundings most
likely to foster the muse. When he
was 10 Edmund Curtis entered one of
these India rubber factories and there.
for nearly three years he worked
eleven hours a day. But, in such
leisure as he could get, he read the
classics-Homer, Cervantes, Byron,
Moore and Burns. and when he was
13 he began to write poetry, get
ting his inspiration. however, from
the misery he saw about him.
In 1896 a London magazine published
a poem Of his called The Factory
Bell" which at once called attention
to the young writer.
EARLY VERSES GOOD.
Andrew Lang saw quite a lot of
Curtis work. and his exact words
concerning it were these: THE early
verses of Scott are really not so good
as those of Edmund Curtis" Such
praise led to a local interest being
taken in Curtis, with the result that
four men of means dubbed together
to give him a thorough education.
They sent him first to a private
school in Devonshire. then to a high
school in Keswick, and eventually to
Keble College, oxford. From the first
Curtis has distinguished himself and
justified the confidence OF his pack
ers," and in the July examinations
at Oxford he gained a frst-class with
honors. Promptly upon leaving the
university he plunged into literary
work in London and is at present on
the staff of a daily newspaper, so it
should not be long before he shows
what there is in him.
Sir Gilbert Parker left London a
day or two ago for Marienbad, where
the King is staying and where Sir Gill
bert also means to take the cure.
The novelist has been detained in
London later than usual this summer
by the task of correcting the proofs
of his new novel. The Ladder of
Swords" which is to be published on
both sides of the water early in Sep
tember.
The young Duchess of Sutherland
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Captures Eagle
Ujifh PefticO0f

A glorious American eagle, as
jaunty as any that ever spread across
gold piece. got tangled ingloriously
in a woman's petticoat in Trenton. n.
J., the other day. Now 1t is smooth
ing out its ruffled feathers. no longer a
bird of freedom, in cage at Cad
wallader Park, Trenton.
Mrs. George T. Shaw of 749 Beatty
street, Trenton. fought this eagle and
vanquished it with her petticoat. 1t
measured just five feet eleven inches
from tip to tip, and it looks hungry.
Mrs. Shaw and her friend, Mrs.
Armot Penrose of 321 Monmouth
street. Trenton, were walking in Mrs.
Penrose's garden when down swooped
the eagle. The big bird sunk its talons
into Mrs. Shaw's shoulders and ac-
tually tried to carry her of.
The woman screamed for help. Mrs.
Shaw threw herself to the ground and
the bird huttered away for a second
Before she could arise it flew at her
again. and, gripping her skirt, tried
to rise with her. The terrifying spec
tacle of the ungainly bird smothering
her with its Tapping wings did not de-
pr i've Mrs. Shaw of her presence Of
mind. SEEKING the bottom Of her skirt
and petticoat she drew them up over
the struggling bird, enveloping ii. The
eagle fought with its head and beak.
talons and wings.
..Sit on it," cried Mrs. Shaw, and
Mrs. Penrose dropped on the bundle
of petticoat that held the American
eagle. The two women held on for
dear life until men arrived and helped
them out of their predicament- The
birds wings were bound with ropes
and the feet tied, and the two women,
much delighted, gave the bird of free
dom to the keeper of the park, to be
Gagged and gazed on by the younger
generation.
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No BIessings for Him.

The Rev. John McNeiIl was conduct
ing a service when a man was seen
struggling to get seat in the already
overcrowded hall A Christian worker
directed him to an adjoining room.
where an overflow meeting was TO be
held.
If you will go there" he said kindly,
'1 feel sure you will get a blessing"
Il don't want a blessing" was the
testy reply; Il want to hear John Nc
NeilI preach:"-Scottish American
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
London UOmdn
Successful as
q House Agent

Her Intrusion tn the Field
RonSeS Ire of the Men m
The Business and They Baf
Her From Their Institute.
- HE house agents of London
are up in arms against the
intrusion of a woman upon
the domain they have here
tofore regarded as exclusively
their own. Their organization,
known as the Institute of House
and Estate Agents, has refused
to acknowledge Mrs. Arthur
Holland of "A Brompton road
as a house agent and refused to
allow her membership.
Mrs. Holland is the only lady
in London who personally man
ages the whole of her business
and. although she has been es-
tablished only two years, she
has already a very extensive eli
entele.
Il think the house agent busi-
ness an ideal one for women,
she told an interviewer.
Women manage their houses,
live within doors more than
men and in every way know
more about. the possible COM
forts and discomforts than a
man possibly can. For these
reasons alone women are well
suited to the occupation. provid-
ing they have sufficient business
ability and push. I have been
successful so far. partly because
l do what / believe no other
agent does-that is. personally
undertake the choice of a house
for an applicant"
Mrs Hollands work branches
out in many other directions be-
yond the mere letting and TAX
ing of houses. She undertakes
to pack furniture, 10 transfer
and rearrange it; also to furnish
houses completely and to dec
orate and renovate them.
Among her royal clients she
numbers Princess Louise of
Schleswig Holstein. whose
house she let last year. and sew
eral foreign notables.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
For the Table.

ICED TEA PUNCH-Squeeze six
lemons on two cups of granulated
sugar. Fill large pitcher two-thirds
full of cracked ice. Let it stand for
an hour. an add three tablespoonfuls
of chopped mint and a quart of hot
tea Stir thoroughly and put in a gill
OF jamaica rum. Pour into glasses
of cracked ice and place slice OF
lemon with a sprig OF mint pulled
through the center. in each glass.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Not for His Wife.

Towne-You never get tired Of telling
about that exploit Of yours the other
night, do you?
Browne-Oh, haven't told the half
Towne-Wen, 1 wouldn't advise you
to tell the better half.-Philadelphia
Press.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Ideas in Belts.

A buckle that extends an inch above
and below the belt is a slight inno-
walton in crush leather belts.
smooth feathers are almost exclu-
sively used for belts.
The dip front has entirely gone out
or fashion.
Leather covered gilt, Dutch gold.
silver and gun metal buckles are all
urorn
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

AN OLD CANOE b. GuernsviIIa.
cal This correspondent wants to
know what became OF a big canoe or
"dugout" made Of a single redwood
and shipped from this State to the Cen
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia In
1875 Can any OF the readers OF this
department furnish the desired infor-
nation?
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
CHILDRFN on THF ST

CHILDREN ON THE STAGE-sub-
scriber. City. The Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children says a
State law provides that children under
16 years OF age shall not appear on the
stage. and that II any do appear and
its attention Is drawn to the matter
it win act IN the premises.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
AnSuerS.

TRADE DOLLAR-J. A d. City. A
trade dollar OF 1877 does not command
premium from dealers in old coins.
One OF these announces that trade dol
lars are worth their weight in old sill
YER"
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Unhealthy.

Handsome Higginson-Walkin's said
ter be good fur a feIIer, but me brud-
der Bill didn't find it so.
Empty Edwards-How's dat?
Handsome Higginson = Why. he
walked in front of an automobile an
now he's in de hospital--Chicago News.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
senator Hoar's Fidus Achates.

Doherty was Hoar's handy man.
among his duties being TO guard the
Senator's door He was mentioned in
one of the washington papers one day
as Senator Hoar's 'Fidus Achates-"
See here. Doherty. what these news
paper men are calling YOU" said Mr..
Hoar. pointing TO the paragraph
What does il mean2" asked
Doherty. scratching his head
'sOh, / wouldn't like 10 tell" replied
his employer. in a tone that seemed
10 show that the meaning was too
shocking TO be translated into English.
Forthwith the offended Doherty went
out to look for the bloody spaIpane-'
who called him a .'Fidus Achates. -
Pittsburg Dispatch
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
His Eyes Opened.

The bride was saying "good-oy TO
her weeping parents.
Don't cry" she said You never
can Miss me now."-Cincinnau Com
mercial- Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Gnarded Admission.

How delightful that will be! You're
going to take your wedding trip in an
automobile?"
"Why-ah-yes; were going 10 make
the start in one. e."-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

And you say the teacher whipped
you cruelty ?"
Yes. dad"
SHOW me the marks
Il can't. dad There amt no marks.
NO marks?"
mo. dad You see. was dressed for
it-"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
where Money TaIks.

Blinkers-Look at that shabby mill
uonaire. You can't judge a man by
his dress.
Winkers-No. but you can judge
him by his wife's.-New York Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Hum0r.
The Teller Told.

Ihe ItIItf IOIu.
"Henpeck tells his wife everything
that he does"
Yes. and he does everything that
she tells him. Town Topics.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

Special infNrm2tion supplied danv =,
business houses and puhltc men ~ "a.
Press Chpping Bcreau tAller'sl. 233 Cai-
0ornta street Telerec1s Main lea
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

TowrSerd'S California Glace fruits n
artistic fre-stched boxes us Market 81.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Fall Millinery.

The Landon promises to be the pop
ular fall hat 1t is a rolled sailor.
The roll begins at the side and is
highest in the back. The hat has A
binding and drape of crepe satin and
in front a feather pompon-
The Teddy" is an extreme hat.
but quite new. 1t has a large fat
brim and a high sloping crown. with
a crushed band. French milliners are
making an effort to introduce the ex-
treme high crown.
velvets and silks are to be found
in two-toned materials.
Foliage. flowers and ribbons are
good.
Large beads will be found in ali
colors. These will ornament the dres-
sser hats.
The Exposition turns up on one
side. with a stitched brim trimmed
with a velvet cravat bow. coque plume
and buttons
How TO Keep Potted Meat.
Potted meat will keep longer il COW
cred with mutton fat than II butter.
which has been melted. Is used
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

THE E-STLETOE-A- L s. Oak
land. Cal The custom OF kissing un-
der the mistletOe is said 70 owe its
origin TO an ancient scandinavian
myth Balder. the Apollo OF northern
mythology-sO runs the stOry-raS
pursued BY Loli. an evil spirit Friga.
Balder's mother. to save her son. laid
everything that springs from FIRE
earth or water under bonds not 10
harm her darling The mistletoe was
not in the category. so LOki made an
arrow OF IT, and with that Baldsr was
slain AL the gods and goddeSses
cried out 20 Odin 10 restore BaIder 10
life. and their prayer was granted
The mistletoe vas then given 10 the
goddess Of love 70 keen. and every
one paSsinS under il received a ~
TO show that Z was an emblem of
love and not % death.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08

SERGEANT MASON - Subscriber.
Pleasanton. Cal Sergeant Mason. one
OF the guard who was detailed TO guard
Guiteau, the murderer OF President
Garfield. who fred into the cell OF the
prisoner he was guarding with the IN
tent Of killing him September u. 1881.
was tried BY cOurt-martial. and the
sentence was that he be dismissed from
the army. with loss OF pay. and be i'm
prisOned in the penitentiary al Albany
for period Of eight years.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
Discovery Of clIn OweIIers.

An FL Paso.. Tex. dispatch says that
Or. Bush. the well-known archaeolo'
gist. is back from a trip OF 700 miles
into the interior OF northern Mexico, in
the Sierra Madre mountains. and says
he discovered race Of people that
prove the perpetuation Of the race OF
Cnn Dwellers who once Inhabited this
section. The language OF these people
Is unknown and different from any
other he ever heard. and the hero.
glyphic= on stones correspond to ths
hieroglyphics found in the remains Of
Gin Dwellers' homes.
He also found mummies exactly like
these unearthed in the Clifr settle
ments and people Of about the same
size Their huts are practically under
ground on mountain sides and every
thing indicates a connection with the
Cliff Dwellers., The doctor got photo
graphs of his discoveries and will re
turn to investigate fully.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
WAR NOTES.

Russia has been officially informed of
lowering of the flags over the battleship
Cesarevitch and the two destfoyers at
Tsingtau and acGuiesces with Ger
many's position that the ships must re-
main there until the end of the war.
While ordinary ship repairs may be al
lowed by Germany within the harbor.
no renewal or repair of their armament
or guns will be permitted.
1t transpires that the men wounded
on board the Russian cruiser Askoid
were almost absolutely starving when
they were brought from the ship to the
municipal hospital here. They con-
sumed food ravenously and now they
are doing we'll
The Chinese railways have been
asked II they have sufficient rolling
stock and how quickly they can trans
port 10000 troops to Shanhaikwan,
which is on the gulf Of Wiau Tang OPP
posite Port Arthur.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
Voice From Arkansas.

Cleveland. Ark. August Is tSpe-
cial) Nearly every newspaper tells
oil some wonderful cure of some form
OF Kidney Disease by the Great
American Remedy. Dodd's Kidney
Pills. ard this part of Arkansas is
not without its share Of evidence that
no case is too deeply rooted for
Iodd's Kidney Pills 10 cure.
Mr. A e. carlile, we'll known and
highly respected here. tells Of his
cure after nearly n quarter of CEN
tury's suffering. Mr.. Carllle says:
Il want to let the public know
what think OF Dodd's Kidney Pills.
| think they are the best remedy for
sick kidneys ever made.
Il had Kidney Trouble for % years
and never found anything that did me
so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills.
recommend them TO all sufferers.
There is no uncertain sound about
Mr. Carlile's statement. He knows
that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him
from a life OF suffering and he wants
the public to know it. Dodd's Kidney
pills cure all Kidney Ills from Back
ache to Bright's Disease.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
COUNTY TREASURY LOOTED.
Court Committee Biames officers Of
Adams County With Ex-
cessive Charges.

Denver, Aug. 1.-THE report of the
committee Of experts chosen by Judge
Armour to examine the books of the
Treasurer of Adams county was filed
last night. 1t states that some OF the
iofiicers of that county have recklessly
and causelessly wasted great share
Of the money received from taxes and
other sources. The report explicitly
states where the waste has occurred.
charging directly that officers have
,taen fees to which they had no right.
The committee finds further that the
county has no funds with which to
conduct business during the last SIX
months of the current year.
As to the result already obtained by
the committee the report says:
THE treasurer has charged back to
himself in three items the sum OF
$SS2 10 of fees, and in all hundreds
and thousands of dollars have been
secured to the county and various
school districts. Most of the officers
of the county have failed to make re-
ports OF fees. Notwithstanding the
continued and emphatic solicitation OF
the committee for the same
The committee finds that in excess
of the amount authorized by law over
$25. goo has been paid to various officers
of the county. The county clerk has
made no report as required by law and
from November l. 1902. to December
81. 1903. drew $3.440.50 as fees, and in
the meantime drew out OF the treasury
the sum of s3.67l.22. making total
for the thirteen months of G,11ll2.
The board of commissioners has been
a law unto itself. so says the commits
tee. Warrant No. 49i for $500 to
Charles H. Pearce. county attorney.
was clearly an erroneous payment. he
having once before received his
money from another source. The
county Judge and clerk of the district
court are the only ones exonerated by
the report.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
TRAVELLING MCNARCHS.
Rulers Broaden Their Views by Visits
Abroad.

King Edwards visit to this country
during the presidency of Buchanan.
nearly a half century ago. contributed
in no small measure to develop that
sympathy and friendship for the Unit
ed States which has been the keynote
of his policy. both prior and subsequent
TO his succession to the throne. besides
which he has Travelled extensively both
In India and in Canada. as well as in
northern Africa and Asia Minor. His
son. the Prince OF Wales. having spent
all the earlier portion OF his life at sea.
has naturally visited every country un-
der the sum- and Immediately after the
death OF Queen Victoria placed him in
the position of heir apparent, made
with his consort, a tour of all British
dependencies. excepting India. where
he is to spend several months next win
ter.
Neither the Kaiser. nor yet the King
of Italy have been able to extend their
extra European travels beyond the
Holy Land. But they are constantly
visiting foreign courts and foreign
countries in Europe and have thus
made themselves far better acquainted
with men and conditions abroad than
any of their predecessors on the throne.
Indeed IL would be difficult to find any
foreign statesman or parsonage eminent
in the scientific. artistic, Industrial, or
economic world with whom Emperor
William has not found means to get in
TO personal contact. In the North his
journeys have extended to the Arctic
Circle, while in the South they have
reached to the northern shores of Afri-
ca-Washington Post
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
THE COST OF LIVING
ESTIMATE BY CENSUS BUREAU.

Increase Of Wages More Than Balances
Rise Of Prices.-Statistics Of Over
Two Thousand Five Hundred Fami.
lies.
Carol d. Wright. commissioner Of
the labor bureau. in the eighteenth an
nual report of the bureau, just made
public, gives the results of a compre-
hensive inquiry into the cost Of living
since 1896 and into the average wage
rate during those periods.
The showing SO far as concerns
wages has been made public hereto
fore, an investigation OF 619 occupa-
tions representing sixty-seven Indus
tries in 3.429 separate establishments
having shown an average increase in
wages during this period OF 16.S per
cent.
The inquiry into the cost of living
shows that living for working mems
families having under $1,000 income
per year has increased during the
period l55 per cent.
In order to ascertain this average
increase. the labor bureau secured
the income and expenditure in detail
of 1867 families in thirty-thres states,
retail prices being taken.
The statement shows that the 1867
families consisted of an average Of
5.31 persons and that the average in
come for the year 1901 was ss27. the
average annual expenditure for all pur-
poses s76s, and the average expendi-
lures for food 1926 per family.
The principal items Of expenditure
were:
Food. 42.54 per cent. of the total ex-
penditure; rent. 12.95 per cent; clio
thing. l4.04 per cent. and taxes, insur-
ance. organization dues. religion,
charity. books and newspapers. amuse-
ments, sickness and death, and intoxi-
eating liquors, 14.5f per cent.
Each family consumed $40 pounds OF
fresh beef during the year at a cost
of $50.
The lowest average price OF food
from 1890 to 1903 was In 1896, when 1t
was 95.5 per cent. of the average
price from 1890 TO 1899.
The highest price was in 1902. when
II was 1903 per cent OF the average
price for the period.
The average cost of food per family
In 1890 was s3lS; in 1896. $296, in
1902. s344. and In 1903. s342.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
Reunion Of Incubator Babies.

Graduates OF the infant incubator
recently held reunion at the infant
incubator institute at Coney Island
There were about forty present, rang
ing in age from three months. the
usual period allowed them in the In
cuhators, To three years.
In the case of the latter there were
three from Brooklyn, triplets whose
lives had been saved at the incubator
exhibit during the Pan-American Ex-
position In Buffalo In 1901. and who
are as big and healthy as any young
sters of their age.
In the list of incubator babes now al
Coney Island are three sets of twins
and one OF triplets. and a girl that ae
birth, sixteen days ago, weighed one
pound. eight ounces. and measured
twelve inches.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-08-20
VETERANS IN LINE.
twenty-five Thousand Grand Army
Men at Boston.

Boston, Aug. t7.-If anything were
needed to prove that the Grand Army
Of the Republic is still in fact a
mighty host. IL was to be found yes
terday when. with half million civil
ians looking on. 25.0o0 survivors OF
the Union forces of the Civil War as
sembled here from all sections of the
United States. marched through the
streets of Boston. Five and one-half
hours we're required for the parade TO
pass a given point. II was severe
strain on the old soldiers. though gen
orally they bore the hardship well.
More than three score of them dropped
from the ranks from exhaustion and
heat prostration, and were cared for
at the hospitals.
The Colorado and Wyoming depart
ments marched together, led by De
partment Commander Thomas j.
Donovan and the George w. Cook
Drum corps OF Denver.