The San Francisco call., 1904-08-24

at a seaside bathing resort. His
neither limbs We're bare below the
knees, his arms and a wide expanse
Of chest were also nude, and his head
covering consisted of a thick tangle OF
tawny hair that fiicked his brawny
shoulders and mingled with the stray
threads Of a luxuriant. snuff-colored
beard. A shirt and bifurcated gar
ment, both of light material. comprised
his attire.
AS material evidence against the de-
fendant there was produced in court
a small printed card captioned with
vignette Of himself and containing ten
phonetically spelled health hints, one Oh
which was Of a character said to be
unfit for distribution in a respectable
community. It was charged that The
Nature Man" sold the cards on the
streets for FIVE cents apiece, thereby
violating section 81, Penal Code OF
California.
Chief Whitman said that he would
like to have Mr.. Darling retired from
circulation during the forthcoming visit
Of the knights Templar, as the city's
dignity could not possibly be enhanced
by having strangers from afar see
semi-naked man parading its nigh
ways. Such a sight might tend to
make them believe that California Is
as wild and wOolly as imaginative
Eastern writers sometimes make 1t out
to be. After gazing upon The Nature
Man" the Chief thought, the visiting
Knights would be looking for his
/ Jungle on Market street and arming
/ themselves in anticipation Of an attack
1 by Indians on hearny street or buff
/ faIo stampede on Van Ness avenue.
Mr.. Darling pleaded his own defense
and his language was quite
4 temperate, and in other respects
at variance with his personal
appearance. He was a graduate
/ of Stanford University, he said,
who had discovered by actual expert
nlent that human health and spirits
could be best preserved by renouncing
the sartorial and dietary conventions
/ Of modern society and living as primi-
tive man nved-close to nature. Rule
No. of his health hints showed the
way TO do this:
"Gradualy tufen ur body & mind by
wotr & sun bath til u kan safely sleep
outdorz in ordinary wether. Liv alwaz
in pure, outdoor air"
As for breaking the law by peddling
his cards, Mr.. Darling disclaimed in
( tent to do that His literature was dis
/ tributed for the benefit of folk who de-
4 sired TO live long and. die deeply re-
gretted. The rule Of which complaint
was made he considered the most i'm
portant Of the series, and If he were
not allowed to promulgate it he would
( have no desire to remain in San Fran
cisco. as its suppression would be the
I citv's Ioes. not his. ne rule enjoined
a somewhat continent life and opposed
a life Of lust, following the lines OF
/ modern theological writer's.
The case was continued till Septem-
I her 6. the defendant being allowed to
go on his own recognizance. If he fails
tc reappear on the aforementioned date
and il has been ascertained that he left
the city, no effort will be made to have
him brought back.
Judge Conlan heard all the testi-
mony for the prosecution of Benjamin
F. Germain, accused Of bigamy, and set
next Friday as the date for hearing
the defense.
Two women testified that they had
been led to the altar by the defendant
and before and after testifying they
sat side by side and chatted amiably
and in undertone. German did not ex'
hibit much concern as his alleged
bigamous conduct was being recounted
Mrs. Z. H. German, middle-aged
tastefully gowned in blue. told of hel
marriage to the defendant on January
,, 1903, at Oregon City, Or, by the
Rev. P. K. Hammond, who also ap
peared in court and identified German
as the groom of that occasion. H
could not be mistaken because Oregon
CITY is a small place and marriage
there is not an everyday occurrence
Documentary evidence in the SHAPE
of a small book bound in white anC
gold was introduced. The book, il
addition TO containing a duly certified
record of the wedding, was filed will
neatly printed marital axioms, one o
which was to the effect that true con
tentment means pure happiness. Th
= book was identified by Mr.. Hammonr
= as the one he had presented to tn
bride
: Mrs. Virginia II. Harper then tol,
, of her marriage to German last Sep
tember in this city. She had a res
! taurant in Santa Barbara and the de
/ fendant was her cook when he wol
: her affections, which he never woul
: have won if she had known he had
legal wife then living.
Germain's defense will probably b
that he thought the Oregon City lad
i had obtained a divorce from hin
. when he married the Santa Barbar
= lady.
Jake Emige's feelings toward Mis-
!, Eta Raymond of 44S Linden avenu
have evidently undergone radical mu
tation since he was arrested last Sat
: urday night for visiting her home an
disturbing the peace. Then he wa
in pleading mood, but yesterday h
wrote to Judge Conlan a letter tha
!. reflected pitiless animosity toward tn
! author of his incarceration. Here
:. the missive as it was scribbled wit