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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
1.-THE SMART SET:
BY SALLY SHARP.

tive discourse upon the poets Of Italy.
Also a linguist, Nine. Zanzi will at dif-
ferent times lecture in French, Italian
and German
The seventh annual reception and ex-
hibition of the pupils Of L. P. Latimer
opened Yesterday afternoon in the ma
nIe room. Palace Hotel Many visitors
attended. and the evenings view was
diversified by music under the manage
mont of Henry Heyman, the following
soloists taking part: Henry Heyman,
Mrs Richard Rees. Miss Hazel Gilbert.
Miss Persis Goodman and Garner Stem
house
Percy Pettigrew and DR.. A. j. Hini-
ler who are both interested In mines at
Goldfeld. will be home for the holidays.
DR.. Thinker will return about the 2Oth
and Mr.. Pettigrew. with Mr.. and Mrs
Lehman CHelen Pettigrew), will spend
Christmas in the Canaghan home.
DR.. and Mrs. w. ]. Younger are liv-
ing in Paris at the Hotel Elysee Palace.
Lieutenant and Mrs. John Franklin
Babcock are at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Parmelee Eells.
Colonel Max Mayfield OF Boise, Idahos
is In town, the guest OF Mr. and Mrs.
L. NJ. Kaiser.
The Valentine Holt Society OF the
Children Of the American Revolution
will give a dance in Century Hall to-
morrow evening. These affairs. annual
ly, are usually given at Easter, but an
exception has been made for the COM
ing event. The patronesses are: Mrs
A. s. Hubbard, president; Mrs. Charles
A. Warren, State director; Mrs. VIII
liam T.. Baggett, Mrs. W. B. Carr
Mrs. G. f. Mayhem, Mrs. Thomas Bon
ner.
Bridge was the motive OF q party
given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. VIII
liam G.. Irwin. The players enthusi-
asticaIIy enjoyed the game. which
brought to the winning contestants
beautiful prizes. Mrs Irwin's guests
were: Mrs. William Hinckley Taylor,
Mrs. Gale. Mrs James Carolan. Mrs
William Prentice Morgan, Mrs. Henry
L Dodge. Mrs. Chauncey BOardman,
Mrs. George Moore, Mrs. James Pot
ter Langhorne. Miss Jennie Hooker,
Miss Minnie HOughtOn. Mrs. FreebOrn,
Mrs. McKinstry, Mrs. SOuthard Hoff-
man.
Tonight the piano recital Of Miss
Cecil Cowles takes place in .Steinway
Hall. This talented child has the en-
coura cement and patronage of many Of
our leading society people.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
LOVE Is BOTH AN ELEMENT
ANDC0MP0UND0 0FELEMENT0
BY Dorothy Fenimore

Love. he says, is composed of three
parts. First, there is what we call the
physical element, that unreasoned,, in
comprehensive attraction for another
which often draws us in spite of our
better Judgment and our finer instinct.
The second constituent is spiritual: it
partakes of the nature of worship and
reverence. 1t leads to those beautiful,
enduring acts of devotion which are so
commonly associated with the idea of
love. But pride is the third constituent
of the passion of love. This is the men
tai manifestation of it. mo love- says
the essayist, lis complete without
pride. In the relations of men and
women, pride is the SAVIOR of love-"
There is an illustration in the pretty
story Of Charlemagnes answer to a
courtier, who asked him whether he
held King Meliadus or his son Tristan
to be the better man, Thus replied the
emperor, wisely: King Meliadus was
the better man, and l will tell you
why. As far as 1 can see, everything
that Tristan did was done for love- and
his great feats would never have been
done save under the constraint of love,
which was his spur and goad. Now,
this same thing can never be said of
King Meliadus For what deeds he did
he did them not by dint of love, but by
dint of his strong right arm. Purely
out of his own goodness he did good,
and not by constraint of love"
All this discussion is profitable in it's
own way. 1t makes us entertainment
over the teacups; it is a good subject
for speculation in a lonely idle hour.
But when we come down to the truth
of the matter, does it mean much more
to you and to me than mere words and
a pleasant story? What really con-
Germs US is not love as we reason it out,
not love as the romance depicts it for
us. but love as we feel 1.-THE dream,
the ecstacy, the strong. exultant thrill.
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The luncheon given to Miss CnarlOt'e
Wilson Yesterday by Mrs. Alexahuei
d. Keyes was an affair thoroughly en-
ioyable throughout. The color device
red. was continued through all detals'
American Beauty roses, name earus
and cahdelabra giving out TINS rlcn
hue. Ten guests were hidden ana
their pleasure was fully apparent our
ing the entire affair. The following
were present: Mrs. Danforth Board
man. Miss Charlotte Wilson, Miss
Margaret Hyde-Smith. Miss Ursula
Stone, Miss Maud Payne, Miss Azalea
Keyes, Miss Emily Wilson Miss
Maisee Langhorne, Miss Carol Moore
The Sequoia Club members were
never more delightfully."- entertained
than on this last Tuesday evening
when a harmonious contingent was
present. The hostesses, Mrs. II. E
Huntington, Mrs. Linda Bryan and
Miss Spieker gave charming hospitality
and succored the interests Of the;
friends and guests most successfully.
Mrs. Theodore ]. Hay was the guest
of honor at a luncheon given yester-
day by Mrs. William Alfred Rogers.
Mrs. Hay is visiting San Francisco
from the East and will be the recipient
of many teas and luncheons during her
stay. Poinsettias graced the table. at
which were seated the following
guests: Mrs. Theodore Hay, Mrs.
Spencer Buckbee, Mrs. Grant Self
ridge Mrs Worthington Ames. Mrs.
Stanley Stillman, Mrs. SiIcox, Mrs. Earl
Brownell. Mrs. Edward Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Downey Harvey and
Miss Anita Harvey will entertain to-
day at an elaborate tea. Many invi-
tations have been issued and an enjoy
bic affair will be the result.
Miss Marjorie Josselyn was the guest
of honor at a dinner given last even
ing by Mr. and Mrs. William BourA
Miss Carol Moore will gather her
friends about her on New Years eve
for a jolly dance and informal enter
tanning. Though many have been
asked, all formality will be dispensed
with, and the young people are looking
forward anxiously for the date.
Mrs. James c. Sims will entertain to-
day at her home, 914 Union street. This
is the first reception given by Mrs. Sims
since returning from her wedding trip.
An afternoon of enlightenment and
pleasure was given yesterday at the
home of Mrs. Breeze, Sutter and Frank
streets. Nine. Zanzi Mussini, FlOren-
tine woman of letters, gave an instruc-
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certing to the dispenser, until he final
ly cornered her in the japanese alcove
and forcibly finished up the remaining
sandwiches himself.
And he never even said a word
about the duet" Philippa answered
later. when she sat, like a HindOo idol
in a pink kimona on the bed and
thoughtfully reviewed the evening.
He's a gentleman and a scholar. And
Bobbie saps he's all right Solid, old
Maryland family and all that sort of
thing. First names Marbury, Mar
bury Eliot. He has only been in New
York a couple of months and he
doesn't like it very well. He thinks
it's lonesome. He says we're conser-
vative and clanish."
!. There's a good remedy. Tell him
to be a clam unto himself"
Philippa SHE'D pillow at the scof-
fer.
Goose" she said. Cant you see?
He wants to belong to my clan. I'm
tomorrow"
Elizabeth. zone Philippa Yates.
FOUNDER OF the society Tor the Pre-
vention of Lonesomeness to Strangers
in New York, providing said strangers
are gentlemen and scholars, from solid
old families and can sing duets and
eat club sandwiches for arts safe. I
see the end"
But Philippa only smiled and was
silent. 1t had been a most entertain
ing and interesting twenty minutes
spent in the Japanese corner. Ones
point of view on life in general may
alter considerably even in twenty min
utes.
1t was two weeks after the Czarga
concert Philippa came out Of the
Metropolitan Opera-house as Eliot
swung up Broadway. 1t had begun to
snow at sundown and there was the
lull in traffic that comes on the great
White Way between dinner time and
the hour when the curtain rises. She
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
Preservation of Flowers.

Professor Constantine Gregory of
process for the preservation of flowers
and leaves which has won a silver
medal from the Neapolitan Institute
for the Advancement of Science.
Plant leaves as difficult of preser-
walton as those of the orchid and the
begonia have been kept wonderfully
well by this method, and Professor
Gregory is hopeful of preserving even
fungi in a remarkably natural condi-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
THE MODERN FIREMAN

The chief disconcerting feature of the
problem is to procure man who will
be sufficiently muscled to withstand the
heavy manual labor at present imposed
upon the fireman of the modern mas
todonlc locomotive, and who at the
same time possesses the mental caliber
for locomotive engineer duty when his
time comes for promotion. This ideal
specimen of modern fireman must be
a man to whom nature has been un-
usually kind in her endowment of both
physical and mental strength. This
particular combination is distressingly
rare; hence, this troublesome feature of
the problem.-Railway and Locomotive
Engineering
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was tucking couple OF III Trovatore,s
tickets into her handbag when ba
greeted her.
They're for Beth and me-" she told
nlm' happily we live on strawberry
Jam and crackers when the opera is in
1ul blast. Do you know. never go
there but l wonder when my turn will
come, don't your"
He did not answer her directly Thev
had crossed to the sixth avenue ela-
waited and were walking along beside
Bryant Park to the station before he
spoke to her.
L am going home this week to snend
Christmas with my mother in Mar,,-
land. and before L go"
A vagrant wind swept down uDop
them, and Philippa bent her head side
ways TO avoid its sting As she did 50
her eyes met his in one swift glance
one was not smiling now. Her face was
agioW with a curious, half-frightened
expectancy.
Let's hurry" she said. IT'S so cold -
He stopped short where only an audi-
ence OF sleepy cab horses could listen.
Before 1 go want to know If NAV
tell her that next year you win 90 hor0s
with me-"
Cab horses are very discreet. They
d1d not even hear the answer.
but won't happen until next
Christmas, Of course" Philippa ex-
planned over cup Of Ceylon in the
studio that evening.
Until 'Manrico' has won fame and
fortune singing to his lady love AT the
metropolitan? asked Elizabeth.
Philippa stirred in another lump Of
sugar demurely.
ON. Marbury doesn't sing at all.
De.n' sne said That was his room
mate Grahame Moore. who sang the
duet with me. Marbury is an artist
And Elizabeth, after one long look OF
enlightenment, smiled in fashion wise
For arts sake" she said severely.
FUDGE Copyright, 1904, hv Lola
Merriheld.)
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TOO MUCH PROGRESS

The City Council of Venice has voted
to buy several electric launches to be
used on the canals. The City Council of
Venice ought to be dumped into the
canals. The gondola should reign un-
challenged in Venice, where, as in Flor
ence, every modern Improvement is
an anachronism and an impertinence.
Florence has been much spoiled and
despoiled. Venice has lost the Cam
panile and gained the electric launch
With the Procession, Everybody's
Magazine for December.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

rs LOVE an entity? Or is it COM
posed of the various elements Of
mind and spirit?
This query which has been put
to me by a reader of The Call, l
am going to answer in Yankee
fashion. by a question of my own. Do
not both of the descriptions given
fit love we'll?
AS the chief of human passions, love
is a single. a separate, thing. One may
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
NATURE

Walking out one day we met fine
woman.
Il am Nature" said she, pleasantly.
We expressed our qualification, and
complimented her on the looks of the
woods and fields.
"Oh, yes" said Nature. THE arti-
fetal digestion of food let's me out of a
lot of confining, thankless work, and
enables me to- get out doors more"
We remarked that it seemed to agree
with her, whereat she thanked us, and
passed on-Puck
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| KNOW NOT WHY

z Eft mine eyes against the sky
The clouds are weeping, am I;
I lift mine eyes again hi9h,
The is smiling, SO am J..
Why do smile? Why do weep?
do not know; 1t lies too deep.
| hear the winds of autumn sigh.
They break my heart, they make me cry;
! hear the birds of lovely spring,
My hopes revive, help them sing
Why. do | sing Why do | cry?
1t lies Deep know not why.
-Philadelphia Record
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
Justice for Dandies.

The man who nowadays desires to
beautify his clothes either in color or
cut-knee breeches and silk stockings,
for instances generally suspected of
effeminacy The suspicion may be well
founded, but at the same time, says
the Westminster Gazette, we are
bound to admit that the teaching of
history does not confirm the idea that
any lack of manly qualities is the
necessary accompaniment of silks.
satins, velvets and lace.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
FOR ARTS
SAKE.
BY lzoIo MerrifieId.

1T WAS nobody's fault but her own.
Whenever trouble came a-knock-
friends raised hands of innocence
to the skies and declared thank
fully that it was nobodys fault
but her own.
He had no earthly right to raise
his hat and smile when 1 met him in
the elevator
He had every right in the world, -
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
GETTING UNPOPULAR

Sound the retreat" roared the Rus
sian officer.
The bugler could do naught but obey
'Geeskil But I'm sorry for the poor
devils, he muttered. They've heard
this tune so often that I'd be willing to
bet ten yen against an emergency \ra-
ton that they'd encore 'Bedelia' if 1
dared blatt it."-Town Topics
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES. c..
Visalia, Cal As matrimonial agen-
cies are not public institutions this
department cannot advertise them.
CALIFORNIA; POPULATION-A.
o. s., City There has not been a cen
sus of the population of the State of
California since the official one Of 1900,
when the population was given as
1.4S5. .05S. Since then estimates place
the population at 100000.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES-R.. Davis
vile, Cal. If any one sustains dam
ages through the acts or neglect of a
county official the party affected or
parties in law empowered so to do
have a right to sue the county for the
recovery of compensation for damages
sustained. AS to the particular mat
ters contained in the letter of inquiry
such would have to be submitted to
an attorney for his advice.
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS-A. d.
NICK. Paris, Cal. There are no ma
tional holidays in the United States.
There are legal holidays which are OBJ
served in all States and Territories,
such as Sunday, New Years day,
washington's birthday, Memorial day.
Fourth of July, Labor day. Christmas,
Thanksgiving day and day Of general
election, but all such days are so de-
clared by the Legislature of each
State and not by Congress. That body
passes laws of that kind only for the
District of Columbia
NAVAL ORDNANCE - Constant
Reader, Yountville. Cal. The United
States naval ordnance table says that
the charge for three-inch gun is five
pounds of smokeless powder and a
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

Special information supplied daily -
business houses and public men by th~
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 90 CaIt-
fornia street Telephone Main 104a
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Townsend's California Glacs fruftz In
artistic f1re-etched boxes. us Marker ~
and Wakelee's Drug Store.
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Little Sister (studying her grammar
lesson)-How can you compare the
words beautiful grip
Big Brother (absent- -mindedly)-Posi-
tive you call, comparative you propose,
superlative she accepts.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES

14-pound projectile; eight-inch gun,
from 1O5 to 115 pounds of brown
powder or 115 pounds of smokeless
powder for a 25O-pound projectile;
twelve-inch gun, 425 pounds Of brown
powder for an S5O-pound prOjectile.
and from $50 to $50 pounds of smoke
less powder for a prOjectile weighing
$50 to 100 pounds. The figures quot
ed in the letter of inquiry show the
aggregate of powder and projectile
used to fire one round of all the guns
on the vessel
WORDS IN USE-Subscriber, City,
The vocabulary of those who speak
and write the English language is
small compared with the number OF
words in a dictionary. Dr. Bloom
laugh, in ''Gleanings for the Curious" f"
says: Dictionary English Is some
thing very different. not only from col
lCquial English, but even from that OF
ordinary written composition. There
is probably no author in the Language
from whose works. however voIunin-
Gus, so many as 10000 words could bs
collected. We would be surprised To
find. If we counted them, with how
small number Of words we manage
to express all that we have to saw.
either with our lips or with our pen
Our common literary English probably
hardly amounts to 10000 words. orr
common spoken English hardly to
500O."
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

Pat-That spellbinder last noight said
ne knew no North, South. East or
West.
Mike-And what did you tell him?
Pat-I told him he ought to study his
geography a bit.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES. c..
Visalia, Cal As matrimonial agen-
cies are not public institutions this
department cannot advertise them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

or car cud wish their most lille subjick. TIL Jap
don't know what it S all about In Japan he
a horse. There rale horses in Japan. IF
they were tn people wud have more to eat. So tn
citizens iv tn country harness thimsilves up an
haul tn wagons. All We have to say to Jap is
Get ap,' an he moves. So tn mikado says Git
APP an tn little fellow laves his Preside an his
wives an fam lies an niver comes home no more
TIL best he gets whin he is kilt is remark in tn
news firm Toxic that Gin 'ral Odzoos plans is
wurrukin' fav'rbly. That ought to make him feel
good. $>:~., ~. '.>~-
ny W, if I had me way, Hinnessy, wud-
~ ~ dent let tn common people fight at all:
That's tn way it used to be. Whin
wan iv tn OIL kings in Brian Boru's day had spat
with a eighbor, both iv thin ordhered hats at tn
hardware store an whit out an pounded thin till
their head ached. That's tn way it ought to be.
Supposin' tn iv Rooshya an tn mikado iv
Japan fell out What wud be dacinter FIR thin
thin to have gintlemanly mix-up? Nick Roman
off, tn Rushyan champeen an Mike Adoo, tn
cillybrated Jap 'nese Jiu Jitsu bantam, come to-
gether las night befure a crowd iv representative
Sports in barn on tn outskirts iv tn city TIL
lightweight, an Bill Honezonern, tn Prooshyan
whirlwind. In tn Japs corner AL Guelph,
who bate tn Lama iv Tibet las week, an Rosen-
felt, tn American champeen, who has issued def
to tn wurruld Befure til gong sounded tn Jap
rushed over an sthruck TIL Rooshyan a heavy
blow beneath tn belt A claim W. foul was en-
thered, but not allowed. AT tn tap " tn gong,
both boys whit at it hasamer an tongs, but it was
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iv Rooshya an here's tn imp 'ror iv Japan. They
have difference iv opinyon. All right, says l, lave
thin fight it out. It's good healthful exercise
I'll arrange tn preliminaries, fix tn polls an be
hivens, I I'll riff rec tn fight make tn offer now
Amy time amy two high-spirted monarchs feel
that their rifle blood threatens to blow up, I'll az
range ivrything down to tn Photographs. Whin-
liver tn boys are ready I'll find tn barn. An tn
offer also goes FIR sicreties iv state
''But what happensq A couple iv stout, mid
dle-aged gintlemen get into CONTROVERSY. In
stead Of layn' their stove-pipe hats on tn table
an mixin' it up, they hurry home an invite iv'ry
body in tn house to go out an do their warmakin'
FIR thin. They set up on tn roof an encourage
tn scrap. Go in there, Olaf!' 'Banzai, Hip Lung,
we're dom we'll FIR me!'. There goes iv
brave fellows. I'd almost send something to his
widow if I cud larn her name' And it goes
Bill Ivanovitch is settn at home with his wife an
forty small childher. He has just done good
days wurruk an his salary iv nine cents is jnglin
in his pocket He sets at tn head iv tn table,
carvin' tn candle, an JUS as he has distributed
tn portions among tn family, an kept tn wick
FIR himsilf there's knock at tn dure an man
in fur cap calls him away to thravel eight thous-
v describn' mile on Rooshyan railroad-an'
fight FIR Gawd an his car. It's tn OIL firm.
Whiniver I'm called to fight FIR Gawd an me
country I'd like to be sure that tn senyor part
ner had been consulted. But Bill Ivanovitch puts
on his coat, kisses tn family goodby, an tn mex
his wife iv him is pitcher iv tn OIL man an
a Jap he niver met befure locked in an endurin'
embrace, an both iv thin dead amy mikado
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soon apparent that tn Rooshyan, tho heavier, was
not in as good condition his opponent. 1t was
Walcott an Choynski all over, on y tn Rooshyan
hung with gr-reat courage. At tn end w tn
twintieth round whin both boys tn ropes,
tn riff rec, tn well-known fight promoter, Misther
Rothschild, declared tn bout dhraw. Consider
able bad blood was aroused be claim be tn fight
ers that durin tn battle they were robbed iv their
prise tn fight was FROST TIL box office receipts
did not akel tn rent iv tn barn an thrainin' ex-
pinses, an tn ref-ree decided that tn fight
dhraw he was entitled to tn stakes.
IVY UDDEN'T it be fine? Who wudden't
~ w walk to Bloomington, Illinye, to see
- that sturdy, but prudent warryor, tn ,
king iv England, mixin' it up with tn Lama iv
Tibet, or invincible champeen takin' on
tn imp ror iv Germany? If they didn't like tn
weepins, they'd have me permission to use axes
I'd go further I wudden't bar anybody Fl m
fghtin' who wanted to fight. If anybody felt tn
martial spirit in time, he wud have chance to
it up. I'd have armies composed on'y " officers
enough to each other to hurt9 They ID complain
that tn throuble with tn long distance guns was
that they cudden't be made distant enough. Sup
posin Gin raj Kurypotzin had to do all tn fghtin'
FIR himsilf. It wud be betther FIR him, because
thin he cud ordher an advance without bein' so
crowded comm back. Supposin,' to crafty his
heeroyic spirit, he had to ordher himsilf to carry
thrunk cook-stove, shovel, pick-axe, ikon,
an wurrud iv good cheer fir tn two hun
dhred miles over clay road, an if he did it sue
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BILLS OF THE WEEK.

make as first-rate play Of any other
kind, and is just as worthy an achieve
ment when it is made.
"Who s Brownie is a play of a
recognized, legitimate type, with it's
own special characteristics of theme
and treatment and it's own standards,
and is true to types and up to stand
ard. Its purpose is to stimulate laugh
ter by means Of legitimate methods Of
farce, it fully accomplishes it's purpose
by the artistic employment of those
work of art after it's kind, and IT'S
kind being agreeable and generally APP
preciated, it's success is assured.
William Morris, the star Of the Or
ganization,. has been seen here before,
but never in such a part. His appear
ance will prove a delightful event.
It's success means much for the comedy
craze in Am erica, and for the future
of Mr.. Morris, who easily heads, the