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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
- FLORINE'S AMULET y

! pose Florine should think that my IND
! ing the amulet influenced my declara'
! tion-that ii was an affair or honor. 81
| to speak? 1 laid the locket carerullS
under a small fir and went back 10 tnt
| summerDhouse. 1 was scarcely Sedlso
when Florine came flying down the
path, her flimsy gown floating IKE
| lovely white cloud around her.
"You can laugh, or you can scolo'
! don't carer' she asserted tearrully.
did wear an amulet, but now It's gomez
She sat down by me and daooed 81
her pretty eyes with square incn OF
lace-edged linen.
neither laughed nor scolded- De-
gan telling her story.
"Once upon time there lived DEAD
tiful princess, adored by every one. In
her court was a man, neither rich mol
overwise, but loving her. he thought
best of all. She accused him of having
no imagination, and maybe he mao
none; but he saw in the sunset goid OF
the princess hair, in every blue flower
hue of her eyes, in every purling
streamlet the music Of her laughter
Often he criticised the princess, al
though to him she was perfect
What did he do it for then?" cried
Florine.
HE had a mighty purpose"
Florine giggled. l looked at her sus-
piciously, but she made another dab al
her eyes, so I went on:
For all his harsh words he repented
in sackcloth and ashes. and when the
day of his repentance was over he knelt
on the ground at her feet
"Oh, mol" corrected Florine: He
might have taken rheumatism or some
thing"
Were ever eyes so blue or lips SO
sweet? 1 plunged ahead recklessly.
He took her little hand in his" suit
ing actioR~~to the word, "and put his
arm around her so and kissed her like
this
How dare you?" said Florine very
softly.
'I was only showing you what the man
did who belonged in the court Of the
princess"
well, go on" she commanded.
"I can't"
"Why?"
IT don't know what the princess did
after all-after that" sighed, although
looking at Florine hopefully.
She smiled.
"Oh, the princess said, I have lost
my amulet, and can never see happi-
ness without It: so, methinks, | vii
publish a decree that to him who find
eth it will 1 give his hearts desire.
Describe the amulet, 0 princess"
"The decree should state that the
amulet is inclosed within case of gold
shaped like my loving heart and set
around with rubies like drops Of my
own hearts blood; that the amulet is
Of fine linen, marked with purple; that
each separate line stands for love
trust, happiness; that all the lines to-
gether form the lineaments of-of-"
Florine's dark lashes rested upon very
pink cheeks. She hesitated.
"I go to search for the amulet" l an
nounced, rising.
She looked at me approvtng1y.
! peered under the step, made two short
detours in the direction of the lake
then discovered it under small FIJI
tree.
Florine clapped her little hands
How beautifully the story proceeds!
she cried, as sat down again to tel
her my hearts desire.
"I am wondering, though" she unused
a very long time afterward, "how the
man came to find the amulet under q
fir tree when the princess lost II in the
summer house" Copyright, 1904, by
Ina Wright Hanson)
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
They Do Not Smoke.

TITS a queer thing" said an old
timer, that although 1 meet hundreds
of letter carriers daily, yet 1 never
saw one smoking cigar or pipe, or
even a cigarette while they are either
delivering or collecting mail.
Now you would imagine that they
would take comfort in a smoke trav-
cling around as they do. 1 am sure
they get scores of cigars as tokens of
appreciation in the course of year,
vet you never see them smoke while
on duty I wonder why."-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
A COMMONPLACE LIFE.

"a commonplace life" we say and we
sigh.
But why should we sigh as we say?
The commonplace sun in the common
place sky
Makes up the commonplace day.
The moon and the stars are commonplace
things,
And the flower that blooms, and the bird
that sings.
But dark were the world, and sad our
lot.
If the flowers should fail and the sun
shine not
And God, who studies each separate
soul
Out of commonplace lives makes his
beautiful whole
Susan Coolidge, in Philadelphia Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29

! Charles H. Lombard has resumed MS
delightful Sunday afternoon "at homes
Last Sunday his, special guests were
/ Miss Marie Withrow and Miss Eva
/ Withrow, and among the guests VINO
were hidden to meet them were Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry A. Foster OF Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. John Sayre Crawley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Merschfelder, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf
phus Graupner, Miss Adeline Knapp
Miss Ednah Robinson, Mrs. Alice Ham
ilton, Eric JuIihn and Frederick Big
gerstaff. These gatherings. though Of
an informal nature. include chiefly the
able representatives Of arts several
branches-musicians, painters. expo
nents of the drama and writer's. These
ssemblies-usually Of one cult at
time-are exceptionally charming, for
reason feasts and souls flow unrestrain-
edly and with ease.
Mrs. Eleanor Brown and Miss Ade-
laide Brown Of Los Angeles are in San
Francisco for the winter. having apart
ments at the Hotel Cecil. Mrs. Brown
is a sister of Mrs. Hancock Banning
and of Mrs. LIE Moyne Wills (Susan
Patton). Miss Adelaide Brown will be
bridesmaid at the wedding OF Miss Ella
Clark and Henry G. Lee, which takes
place on December Z.
Among the speakers at dinner given
in New York recently to Mr.. and Mrs
Wallace Irwin were Ethel Watts Num-
ford, John Kendrick Bangs and Israel
ZangwiIl.
Ben Greet will address the faculty
and students of Mills College this after
noon in Lisser Hall at 2:SO o'clock.
There is much pleasurable anticipa-
ton concerning the event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leopold Michels enter
tained at dinner at the st. Francis last
Saturday evening. Covers were laid for
ten.
Nine. Gadslxi will appear in concert at
the ST Francis on December 20.
Invitations have been issued by the
Misses Theobald of 1923 Pierce street
for large card party to be given on
December 8.
Harvey by Mrs. Eleanor Martin on
Friday evening will be preceded by
a dinner at the st. Francis, given by
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Downey Harvey in
honor of Miss Charlotte Wilson.
Mrs. Eugene Freeman will give
luncheon to her daughter. Miss Maude
Payne, on December 8.
Mrs. William Prentice Morgan en-
tertained the Bridge Club yesterday
afternoon. The members enjoyed a
spirited game and expressed much
pleasure. Among them were Mrs.
]. X. Nuttall. Mrs. Rosenstock. Mrs.
Timothy Hopkins-lars. Warren Clark.
Mrs William Prentice Morgan. Mrs.
H. P. Gale, Mrs. Henry L. Dodge, Mrs.
I Carolan, Mrs. L. L. Baker. Mrs. Will
liam Thomas, Mrs. Southard Hoffman,
Mrs. Frank B. Anderson. Mrs. Ira
Pierce, Mrs. Charles Josselyn, Mrs.
NJ. p. Jones, Miss Laura McKinstry
and Mrs. William r. smedberg.
Miss Virginia Jolliffe has returned
from Burlingame, where she has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Henry Scott.
Miss Anita Harvey was the hon
ored guest at luncheon given yester-
day by Miss Linda Cadwallader at her
broadway home.
The color scheme in decoration
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
LATEST FROM RUSSIA.

The imperial telephone jingled mer-
rily.
"Who Is there?" demanded the Gar
wondering If it were possible for any
one to shoot over the wire.
"'Tis l." cried Kuropatkin.
what is the news?"
'I had to run all night"
"Bahl 'Tis nothingI I had to walk
all night"
"You?"
"Yes. had to walk the baby up and
down the hallway"
And Just then a tiny voice called
y!"-Baltimore Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
Guarding a Pagan Idol.

In Pegu may be seen an English
sentry keeping guard over Burmese
idol. The Burmese believe the idol
is asleep and that when he awakes
the end of the world will come. The
sentry is there to prevent any one
from entering the pagoda, which is
his place of repose, and awakening
him. His slumbers have lasted 5000
years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
THE SMART SET:
BY SALLY SHARP.

4 waA pink throughout, roses, name
/ cards and candelabra being Of uni
form tint.
The guests we're Miss Anita Har-
vey, Miss Charlotte Wilson. Miss Ger
trude Josselyn, Miss Marjorie Josselyn,
Miss Dorothy EeIls, Miss Isabel
Brewer. Miss Elizabeth Livermore,
Miss Marie Louise Parrott, Miss Helen
Cheesebrough.
Miss Marie Voorhies' marriage to
Captain Haldinand Putnam Young will
take place on December 81 and will be
an afternoon affair.
The ceremony is to be performed in
the MUSHROOM of the VOOrhies home.
this having been used on the occasion
of the weddings Of the other VOORHEES,
girls The wedding gown Is an ex-
ouisite affair OF white lace, richly
trimmed.
The many engagement gifts which
have fallen to the lot Of Miss VoorhieS
have included articles other than those
Of the conventional cups, although
these are in abundance and very beau
tifuI. Jewel boxes and candelabra in
exquisite designs are among the re-
membranes offered by the many
friends.
Immediately after the ceremony Cap
tain and Mrs Young will leave for
Philadelphia, where a lovely home
awaits and in which Mrs. VOORHEES,
visited during her recent trip East
The National Society Of Colonial
Danes OF America IN the State OF Cal
ifOrnfa gave its annual breakfast last
Saturday.
The white and gold room Of the St.
Francis was used for this occasion and
the table was deliberately decorated.
The addresses and toasts, auspiciOus.
were given with zest and inspired en-
thusiasm.
An invocation by DR.. Clampett and
a welcome by the president, Mrs. Ed
win w. Newhall, preceded the toasts.
over which Mrs. c. ElwoOd Brown
presided. They were given by Mrs
Walter Damon Mansfield, Mrs. Hervey
Darneal and Rev. William A Brewer.
The guests present at the breakfast
were Mrs. John G. Adams. Mrs Louis
AIdrich, Mrs. william Ashburner, Mrs
William T. Bagget, Mrs. Hancock Ban
ming. Mrs. Theodore 2. Brakeman, Miss
AdeIene W. Brewer, Mrs William A
Brewer, Mrs. G. ElwOod Brown, Mrs.
George F. CambrOn, Mrs. william X.
Castle. Mrs. ]. Goddard Clark, Mrs
Arthur ID. Cross, Mrs. George A Crux,
Mrs. Hervey Darneal, Mrs Coolidge,
Mrs. Byron c. Dick, Miss Jessie Dorr,
Mrs. Charles Fernald. Mrs. Thomas
Flint. Mrs. Henry Glass. Mrs. James
l.. Giggogly. Mrs. Charles Hathaway.
Miss LauriTa Hathaway, Mrs. Charles
H. Hedges, Mrs. William HeSer, Mrs
George H. Hellman. Mrs Samuel w
Holiday, Mrs. E. Burke Holiday,
Mrs. s. c. HUE, Miss Alice Humphreys,
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Jones. Mrs. George
Kirkhan. Mrs. Mansfield Lowell. Mrs
Walter ID. Mansfield. Miss Lulu l..
Maddux, Mrs. Henry n. Mayhem. Mrs
John NJ. McClure, Mrs. John McGaw,
Mrs. Percy P Moore, Mrs. Edwin G.
Morrison. Mrs. Edwin w. Newhall,
Mrs. Frank Payson, Mrs. William c.
Peyton, Mrs. James III. Pierce. Miss
Emily Raymond, Mrs. Augustus T.
Rodgers, Miss Mamie L. Rodgers. Mrs
Leigh r. Smith, Mrs. Vanderlyn STOW.
Mrs. John d. Tallant, Mrs. David G.
Thayer, Mrs. Sage, Mrs. William r.
Thompson, Miss Roberta A Thompson,
Mrs. Ruth z. Van BrunJ. Mrs Henry
l. Van Wrinkle, Miss Marie R Voor-
hies, Miss Anna A. B. Wright, Mrs.
Selden S. Wright. Mrs. Stuart S.
Wright and Mrs WetherbeS
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
RED LIGHT INFLUENCE

AS a result of experiments made in
some of the hospitals in Paris 1t is
stated that vaccination performed un-
der a red light leaves no scar and
causes less pain. The patient Is vac
cinated in a room where the only light
is an incandescent lamp with a red
globe
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
BY INA WRIGHT HANSON.

Tt was an amulet" contradicted
Florine. "Unimaginary folks get their
definitions out of the dictionary. Other
people"
How about a walk?" I interrupted.
couldn't even pretend to be disagree
able any longer; neither could I muster
up determination enough to leave her
lovely. laughing sprite that she was.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
Songs for Motor Cyclists.

A Book of Songs for Motor Cyclists
is being compiled by the German Mo
tor-Cycie Club. Prizes are offered for
the six best songs submitted.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
Coal Mine at University.

A model coal mine-the first Of its
kind in England-is to be included in
the scientific equipment Of Birmingham
University.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and PUBLIC men by the
Press Clipping Bureau fAllens). 80 Cali-
foruia street. Telephone Main 1Q42.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29

Townsend's California Glace fruits In
artistic nre-etehed boxes 715 Market ST.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29

Modish Party Matinee Frock for Young Girl 1t Is Made
of Cream Voie Over Cream Six and Trimmed With Lace
FloceS and Bands Of Insertion in SelCoor The Yoke
Is of Tucked Cream SILK and the Sash Is of Deeb Purple
VehUet Ribbon.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
A GENTLE HINT.

Customer Tin chair)-How's business?
The barber-Dun.
Customer-Ah! see. Just like your
razor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
A FTNANCuER.

Tommy-say. mister. kin yer change
me father dollar7
Butcher-Sure.
Tommy (taking money)-Tanks- He
says he'll send de dollar ter yer in der
mornin'.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29
HE KNEW.

The Congressman-The people say
you paid $4,000 to be elected.
The Senator-It's a liei
The Congressman-A He3
The Senator-Yes; I paid SIS, 90
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22

pens to be the man of the house, to
give it the spark that some hours la
ter springs into the roaring fire that
threatens the whole family.
Then think of the gross negligence
displayed around the average furnace.
The ceiling and beams over the heat
ing apparatus are protected not by
asbestos, as they should be. but by thin
and Tusted sheets of tin, and l have
seen heavy cardboard used instead.
The glowing ashes are placed not in
metal receptacles, but in wooden box
es and barrels, which are not infre-
quently set up against wooden par
tition or supporting post, when they
should be kept free of contact with
any wooden thing whatsoever Is the
householder showing the good sense
which he flatters himself he possesses
when he let's such state of affairs eX-
list in his house day after day, year in
and year out, the while he nurses to
himself the delusion that disaster Will
always strike the fellow in the next
block? Away with rubbish! Isolate
the furnace! Danish swinging gas Jets!
Discharge the servant who you find
has left the marks of striking matches
on the walls close to inflammable
stuffs, such as curtains.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22

These are the principal and simple
rules that should be observed by any
one caught in a burning building. OF
course, conditions may make this or
that additional procedure necessary,
but whatever is the best thing to
be done will be done, through the
instinct of self-preservation, if this
one great, overshadowing, dominat-
ing fact will constantly borne in
mind--keep cool, and for Gods sake,
grow cooler as the fire gets hotter
Without a cool head, you are pow
erless. You will run shouting up and
down the halls, thereby giving the
heat and smoke the best possible
chance to get into your lungs. You
will fling open doors and windows and
feed your enemy by increased draught.
You will be possessed of a wild idea
to save some trinket-as If 1t We're
more precious than life ITSELF You
win plunge hither and yon in the heat
and smoke, communicating your panic
to others, screaming information that
should be given in a quiet, even, and
| fear-allaying tone. In short, you will
make your home your funeral pyre
for the man who let's common sense
desert him in a time of supreme need
virtually takes his own life; and if
by chance he does escape with a
singed skin, it is only through the
mercy of Providence. Therefore,
keep cool, and the odds are heavy in
your favor that you will escape, just
as surely as hundreds of other persons
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
4 FULL QUARTS S-YEAR OLD CORN WHISKEY $24O{

and thereby fan the flames. Don't
scream and thus get the heat inside
you and insure death to yourself In
stead, either tear off your skirts with
your hands-women are the greatest
sufferers in this respect-or, better still,
If a rug or anything of the sort is
handy, lose no time in wrapping your
self in it, and thus smothering the
flames. Dropping where you stand and
rolling over and over on the floor is
also efficacious, as. of course, is water,
If that is near. But wha tever you do,
do quickly, but with cool head and
with your mouth shut and your nos
trils taking in air as scantly as pos
sible.
Boiled down. the gist of all I have
said is this: Would you appear to
bear charmed life in the midst of
"the burning fiery furnace?" Then be
forehanded, take the proper precau-
tions-and keep cool.
Copyright, 1904, by Guy T. Visk-
niskki)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22

ere now. for it has given him the few
moments of respite necessary for the
arrival of the firemen-and every mo-
ment counts when heat is pursuing
you in waves and waiting for a chance
to suffocate you-to burn you up inter-
nallY..
But this shielding of the mouth and
nostrils with the hand will be of little
avail if you are fearful of going the
limit, so to speak in reaching out for
fresh air. Above all things, do not
hesitate to step out on the ledge when
such a course becomes necessary.
You'll know when it does.
Of course, as have said, the instinct
of self-preservation will enable you to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
Combating smoke and Heat.


But there are several things you can
do to throw protection around YOU,
1t is the great American habit to
nave pitcher of water in the bedroom
at night. When you find that escape
Is cut off soak d sponge in water--each
room should have as many sponges as
there are occupaEts-and take it with
you to the window where you must al .
ways go when escape is impossible
when the smoke begins to surge around
you'll 1t has that opportunity before a
ladder is put up to you-place the
sponge over mouth and nostrils. Then
the smoke will not be able to choke
you. and you can breathe with more Or
less freedom. In going to arouse men,
bers of the household, and to bring
them to or to take rope TO them, if
such thing is necessary and it is wise
to do so under the circumstances, al
ways go armed with a sponge. You
may need it in order to reach your des-
tination.
Heat, which is responsible for the
majority of deaths in fires, is far more
difficult to cope with. Happily, heat
lags some moments behind smoke, and
in that time, in all probability, the
firemen will have reached you. But il
you feel the hot air beating about you,
lean further out of the window. and as
a last resort climb out on to the ledge.
You will be able to hang on-the in
stinct of self-preservation that is
strong in us all will enable you to
cling with one hand, while you bury
your mouth and nostrils in the palm of
the other. This latter device will afford
you some protection from the heat, es-
pecially if you are careful to keep your
mouth shut and to breathe as little as
possible through the noStrils. This bit
of knowledge put into practice has
saved the life of more than one person
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
Chief of

Tie average man knows precious
little about fighting fire in his own
home. His ignorance of the subject
is about described by the one word,
total"
He does not even know where the
fire alarm box nearest his home is
located. Ask the next man you meet
if he knows where his box is, and it's
dollars to doughnuts that he will give
you the answer that many man has
given me- Il cont know" Keep on
asking men, and the answer will ever
be the same. | know a man who put
this question to the dozen or more oc-
cupants of his Office, and the sole re-
ply he got was, Il don't know"
OF course, then. the average man
also knows nothing, or next to it,
about how to turn in an alarm. He
is in dense darkness as to Where such
information can be obtained. Yet
every fire alarm box-his own among
then-has the instructions on it in
plain letters and unmistakable words;
and all he has to do to become pro-
ficient in the first lesson of fire fight
ings is to spend few minutes walking
around his neighborhood until he runs
across his box and then carefully to
read the instructions thereon. After
that, if the occasion ever arises. he
will not waste precious moments fran
ticaly inquiring of passersby where
the nearest fire alarm box is, and.
when ne has at last reached it, waste
other valuable time trying to learn
how to operate the box.
1t is not enough that the head of
every family possesses this informal
ton; he should vigorously see to it
that each and every member of his
household who can read and walk is
equally we'll posted. He should insist
especially in the servants being thus
equipped for emergencies for if they
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
simpIe Precnutions Against FIre.

simple precautions aBaiHsN FiEes
Right here comes in another highly
important point-the taking of proper
precautions against fire. 1t is the twin
of the rule, keep cool.
Just as there are hundreds of people
who lose their heads i'm the emergency
of fire, so there are hundreds who neg
lect to protect themselves even ever
so slightly against fire. They let chill
dren handle matches, when no child
should ever be allowed to strike a
light. They insist on, or are tolerant Of,
swinging gas brackets before windows.
where the curtains are blown against
them whenever the windows are open.
which is constantly in summer They
never think to caution their servants
about lighting the gas in their rooms,
and, as a result, more than one fire
has been caused by a servant striking
a match near a curtain, which a
spark ignited.
Above all things, they actually neg
lect, criminaly, the source of the ma
1ority of fires-the cellar. Here they
are in the role of first-class fire pro-
motors, even though they are uncon-
scious of II.
Where shall l put these boxes and
the packing that the new china came
in?" asks the servant.
"In the cellar" replies the mistress.
"I wonder what L can do with all
these worn-out clothes?" says the
mother.
Chuck 'em in the cellar" advises
the father.
Many a well-ordered householder
lives over a rubbish heap that needs
only a glowing match-head, thought
lessly tossed aside by the furnace
caretaker, who not infrequently hap
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22

trick. The percentage of people who
jump in an effort to save their lives
and attain their object is very small.
Even if the fall does not kill instantly.
it usually mangles more or less fear
fully.
If the fire presses and your judg-
ment-your cool, better self-tells
you that you must act for the saliva
ton of your own and yourself, call a
rope into service.
A good, strong rope, capable of
bearing a strain of 300 pounds, is
the simplest and the best of all fire
escapes, and so inexpensive that any
one can own it. Moreover, it is a
duty of every householder to have
such a rope at hand. 1t would not
he a bad idea to have one for each
floor of the house, and, still better, one
for every sleeping room.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
A STRONG ROPE is
THE BEST OFALL
FIRE ESCAPES

cling in safety on a narrow ledge; but
If you, as the head of the family, have
insisted on a home fire drill at regu-
lar intervals, the bare possibility of
accident Detailing any member of the
family will be reduced to impossibility
in the average case. do not argue that
in the home fire drill you should leap
out on the lodges, but confidence, for
use in just such an emergency, can be
awakened in various members of the
household by sending them down the
fire escapes and even lowering them to
the ground on ropes. Children are
taught how to get out Of a burning
school building in the quietest and
safest way Why should they not
have the same instruction in the home,
where they spend many more hours?
They will certainly enter enthusiastic
ca1ly into the spirit Of the drill and
along with the grown-ups become ac-
quatnted with unaccustomed sensa-
lions, 50 that when fire really breaks