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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

All the knockers in San Francisco
were not bred in art exhibits. but all
art exhibits do breed knockers" If
you don't believe it, just drop in at any
of the art exhibits now on-say Wores',
or Dixon's, or Hansen's-and prick up
your ears. If you happen to be on
good terms with the principles of art,
and in sympathy with its emotions.
you'll gather a valuable collection of
fool statements-uttered mostly by
men, not women, this time. thank
heaven, for women in matters of art
are given rather to indiscriminate
praise than to indiscriminate condem-
nation.
True, that is pretty bad, but 1t at
least carries no sting with it, and there
fore is beyond the realm of villainy.
But it's the man whose soul isn't big
enough to admit the sunlight of un-
derstanding that should, through the
law of good usage, be made to hold
his peace-because, forsooth. he pol
lutes the air and disrupts the pleasure
of others.
And, by the way just ask Xavier
Martinez what he thinks about it. He
can tell you a few interesting facts re-
Gently cleaned, and he tells them with
a few fetching embellishments. Just
ask him.
Speaking Of Wores' exhibit now be-
ing held at Claxton's. don't go there
In a hurry. 1t will only madden you.
A pity that cymbals and senoritas and
cigaritos are not part of the setting
1t takes no absinthe frappe to trans
port oneself to THE Garden of Love"
in old Granada, with the castinets
tinkling from the moon bathed ball
cony, and there to dream.
And that Moonlight in the Alham-
bra" takes one gently by the hand
through the terraced palace of kings,
where love-sprites splash in perfumed
fountains, in the soft blue of an Anda-
lusian night. See 1t, good friend, see
it, and its sixty-two brothers-sisters,
mayhap, because of their exquisite
beauty. Until November II we may
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

uron, shows a fine mingling Of gold
and purple. as the fading sun bestows
his last rays on tree and under
brush. A slim string of a cloud bears
a tinge Of pink that stands out against
the emblazoned sky. Below is pur-
pie gloom.
The Century Club is doing valiant
service in the promotion Of apprecia-
ton of art.
On Wednesday the club exhibited
some pictures OF the famous Rodan,
likewise some work Of local folk, not
ably Cadenasso. And speaking OF
Cadenasso. Paul Elder is showing some
of his latest work, some mystic twi-
light studies, with a grayish, misty at
mosphere. This mysticism bears the
same relation to art that suggestion
does to literature, and appeals only TO
him who hath been blessed with mag
cry. But why discuss him who lacks
imagination when arts the topic-he
who Is barren of that greatest gift OF
the gods must forever remain without
the realm of art, all of which is strong
and the lad, to wit:
The youth of artistic mind was Wis
iting with the famous Scot at sum-
mer home outside Of London whose
gardens were famous for their beauty.
Through the grounds coursed a CUR
CLING streamlet, widening into lake,
upon whose surface water lilies
blcomed. "Oh," exclaimed the youth,
in artistic ecstacy. what beautiful
lake! Look" said he. ''at those love-
ly lily-pads."
With disdain, Carlyle looked at the
lake, and then at the youth. and ex-
claimed bitterly: ''Dinna ye see the
dead dog in it?''
And thus 1t Is with pictures. There
are loads of Carlyles who are such
realists that idealism is submerged in
fact-which is in truth one OF the
tragedies of the soul.
Tha ovhfhifiop ~ Mo6ouna r de
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heavy with beer checks, with which
Mr. Aberley, who kept a saloon as well
as a theater, used partly to discharge
his obligations to his actors. After
ward the comedian did everything,
dancing turns, Irishmen, Dutchmen.
Frenchmen, all sorts Of characters,
ending up with the musical comedy
kind of thing In which he has found
so much distinction-for that is ex-
actly what James T. Powers has
found.
They wanted him here on the stage
and 1 went into the wings to watch
him. It is when Ii comes into the
Emperor's palace with Yen How's mes
sage. The messenger finds himself in
hot water and tries to escape. And
oh, the deftness of 1t all, the clean,
sure, workmanlike touch of it. Not
stroke too much in the picture. not
blur or a blot in the line. And the
shading, as delicate and subtle as
bit of Coquelin comedy.
IT think I've found out just what
makes you, you,' 1 said as the COM
edian came off.
They all seem to speak OF that" he
SdlQt WGllt
You take the funny thing serious
ly," l hazarded.
Perhaps that's it," said Mr.. Powers.
Thank you. do. I really work
awfully hard And as to taking it seri-
ously-well, take that last scene. Ii is
frightened. But / could get bigger
laughs by making him in a bigger funk.
exaggerating, with horseplay. But
that is not what 1 want. I try to act
the part as much as possible"
"Ah, it's the difference between bur-
lesque and comedy"
Precisely" he nodded. And as 1
said, I've really worked very hard with
the part-with everything. Would you
think 1t took me just one week to find
out how to fix this queue for the Irish
policeman do? Fact. You see"-illus-
trating-"this way it slipped, that way
it slipped, and this way doesn't look
like anything. But this"-and Mr..
Powers turned swiftly aside, then look
ed back at me the London bobby, Irish
last pore of him. Chinese queue, suit
to the last pore Of him, in spite of the
Chinese queue, suit and all.
1T isn't easy to be funny" he en-
larged. ANY one can make you cry
child stealing a loaf for the blind
mother, and the rest, but it's work to be
funny. And the difficulty is not to ex-
aggerate. Take The Circus Girl In
that, you remember, a small jockey is
called upon to fight huge, strong man.
Now, in one cast they had very small
jockey, on the principle that If small
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
BY | laura BRIDE POWERS

Areales' and Madame j. de Junosza's
pictures at Philomath Hall on Mon
day and Tuesday was a success
The following Velazquez copies of
Madame Areales received much at
tention from the visiting connoisseurs:
'Infante Baltasar Carlos" Las
Meninas," Las Hilanderas'' (The Tap
estry Weavers).
Among Madame ]. de Junosza's best
work is a copy OF Leonaf 10 da Vinci's
Mona Lisa" or "Joconda" or La Clio
conda," the wife OF Francesca del Clio
condo. one OF the few undoubted pic
lures OF Leonardo da vinci, and one OF
the greatest portraits the world pos
sesses.
These charming foreigners have
their studio at 519 Van Ness avenue,
where they viii remain through the
winter
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a Premature Roast.

A storehouse near Boston. which con-
tanned all the scenery for Henry w.
Savage's forthcoming production Of
''Parsifal' in English. caught fire few
days ago, but. fortunately, the costly
scenery was saved. While Walter Bur-
bridge, general scenic artist for Mr..
Savage, was watching the firemen fight
the flames. a small urchin pulled Mr..
Burbridge's coat.
Say. mister" he said. 'ft's a little
early to roast your show, amt it?"-
Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
COMEDIAN NOW DE1IGHTING LOCAL AUDIENCES

ballet school," he informed me. Had
nothing to do for a while, 30 I
studied"
And that has been it all through.
The Powers is the genius for infinite
painstaking, and 1 thought as I
watched the automaton dance he went
eff to do then with Margaret Nc
Kinney-an epic bit of grotesquerie-
that it was good enough for most
of us.
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Music for Wounds.

Perhaps the strangest use TO which
music can be put is TO stop the flow
OF blood from wound. An army doc
tor noticed that when a wounded SOL
dier was taken to within easy hearing
distance Of music hemorrhage was
greatly reduced or stopped. Neither he
nor others. who confirmed his obser-
vations, could understand how this
phenomenon was brought about. but
it Is now believed that the vibration
of the air produced by the music causes
the patient to become faint. in which
case the action of the heart is so con-
siderably lessened that the overflow
of blood is reduced -IndianapoliN
News
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

Is, take it all round, the best made,
best acted, best dressed musical COM
edy that has been seen here. II you
cannot enjoy San Toy" as James T.
Powers, George Fortescue. Margaret
Mckinney and their confreres give it.
you might as we'll die. Earth is not
your home. And there is a perform
ance tonight. next Sunday night and
Wednesday matinee as extra oppor-
tunities
"Glittering Gloria" follows.
Tomorrow evening the Majestic Of
fers the flower Of it's people and the
cream of the oliver Morosco stock com
pany in Esmond's When We Were
Twenty-one." Every one will be glad
to renew acquaintance with Miss
Amelia Gardner's charming Phyllis
and Harry Mestayer's clever Imp, not
to speak Of the rest.
Henry " Esmond also holds the AL
cazar boards this week with his charm
ing and clever comedy, THE Wilder
ness"
anu LlcidH6C VI
merry musical nonsense, will be In
troduced to the California tonight by
Mason and Mason, the popular German
comedians.
The fine production Of Der Rastel-
binder" at the Tivoli is meeting with
the heartiest appreciation.
The Grand Opera-house continues the
production of Arizona" which is seen
here for the first time at popular prices.
Fischer's knocks Off a week or two
for repairs and will afterward reopen
with a new series OF musical farces to
be announced later.
paul Kauvar" knocks out Jeffries
tomorrow evening at the Central. The
piece is always a favorite.
The Dumond Partisan Minstrels. great
favorites here, will reappear at the
Orpheum this week.
The current Chutes bill contains five
new acts, with Frank Stafford and
Marie Stone in their sketch, THE Hun
ter's Came" as leaders.
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LOCAL PLAYHOUSES
OFFER ATTRACTIONS
OF GREAT VARIETY

"San Toy begins only its second
(and last) week at the Columbia to-
morrow evening, but there are those
who have seen it already matter of
three or four times. l have myself. 1t
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
WENZEII KOPTA'S
VIOLIN RECITAL is A
NOTEWORTHY AFFAIR

Let it not be forgotten that Wen
eel Kopta's viclin recital, of which 1
gave the programme last Sunday, Will
take place at Lyric Hall this after
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

Canenasso has a new "note." in
.one color. THE Lone Oak" near Tib-
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

In the same building are many other
interpreters of nature, notably Sydney
J. Yard, the clever water colorist Until
recently Mr.. Yard held council with the
fragrant fields and moss-hung oaks
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

wander at will through the gardens of
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-23
Half Million Dollars and Nearly
Two Months Work to Make
Alterations.
SOME OF The BUILDINGS WILL
Be CLOSED UP PERMANENTLY.
In the Face of New Conditions II
Theater Tickets VIII Re Materi-
ally Advanced, to Cover Gallery
LOSSES.

Chicago, Jan. 21-Nearly two months
of work and 100000 expenditure for
repairs will be required, under the new
theater building ordinance, for the
opening of the Chicago playhouses.
This is the estimate of theater manag-
ers, and it does not include the amount
which will be expended for the entire
rebuilding of at least one theater.
Three theaters are closed certainly,
and five others have almost admitted
that they would be forced to suspend.
The number which will be able to open
has been estimated at from one-half to
six-sevenths. There are few theaters
which will be able to use more than
two floors for many months, and many,
even of the best, may abandon the gal
lery permanently
The price Of theater tickets is almost
certain to be increased 1t is said that
81 and $3.50 as a standard price for
seats is likely to be advocated by the
managers, and that the low-priced
houses will make corresponding in
creases.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-23
A DEMENTED WOMAN'S DEED
Pet Dog and Goes To He'd
with Her Baby.

Paterson, N j., Jan. 2l.--Mrs. Ar
thur Oswald was arrested, Wednesday,
on the charge Of numbering her eight
year-old son at her home in oakland
She is believed to be insane The trag-
edy was discovered by the woman's
husband when he returned home late
Tuesday night AS he entered the dim
ing room he was Mortified to see the
headless body of his eight-year-old son
lying on the floor The head lay near
the boys feet, Near by lay the body
Of his pet dog, which also had been be-
headed. Oswald found his wife lying
in bed with her young baby In her
arms She was singing softly to the
infant Near the bed her two other
children lay sleeping in crib The
woman did not recognize her husband
nor seem TO understand what was said
to her.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-23

a Denver man comes TO thefront with
a solution OF the garbage question. lilo
has made a proposition TO the city OF
81, Louis to take all the garbage OF the
city free Of cost. His scheme Is to cook
this waste material and feed It to cattle
and hogs, lie claims that the plan
works all right In Denver and will be
practicable In st. Louis This will save
g. Louis $4,000 per year and the on
clals will be glad to make such con-
tract The process will BE- watched with
much Interest, and II a success. viii
probably be adopted In other citlcS
Garbage In its usual decomp0sIng state
Is undoubtedly not tho best feed In ihe
world for stock, but II may DO that MIR.
Worthngbam, who makes the ofrcr. haa
a way OF preparing Il and mixing II with
grain that Will mako II n satisfactory
feed,
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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

May wheat touched the 90-eent
mark at Chicago. Tuesday breaking
all records since the Armour corner
Many exhibits are arriving at the 81.
Louis Worlds fair grounds and are be-
ing installed In the exhibit palaces.
Post office inspectors are busy coll
lecting evidence in the alleged fraudu-
lent site transactions In Missouri.
Washington university, St Louis.
will ask the Worlds fair management
TO set aside day In June az Washing
ton University day.
The Machen trial Is proceedings at
Washington, evidence showing the gov
eminent bought the Croft fastener at
four times its value,
A passenger train was dltched at
Boonyille, Mo. by some miscreant. who
threw the switch. The engineer and
fireman were seriously injured
Cotton made a new high record at
New York, Tuesday, the July option
changing hands on basis OF 1i1a cents,
the highest mark reached since 1875,
The decision of the French court Of
cessation, It is learned, will be favor
able to Dreyfus. though it may not be
formally announced for several weeks.
Senators McLaurin and Money were
elected by both houses OF the Mlsslssip-
p legislature 10 succeed themselves In
the United States senate
Joseph Chamberlain was yociferously
cheered In London, where he made an
address on his fiscal scheme at meet
ing which packed tho guildhall
The German reichstag took prompt
and favorable action toward providing
funds for suppressing the uprising OF
tho Hereros tribesmen in German
Southwes! Africa.
The st. Louis court of appeals holds
that a member of an insurance society
can not be affected by an amendment
to tho constitution OF the society 10
which he did not agree.
The widow OF the late Henry y.
Plant, the millionaire railroad and
steamship man, has married Robert
Graves, OF New York, himself an
enormously wealthy man.
Archduke Ferdinand Charles, nephew
OF the Austrian emperor has deter
mined to marry the daughter Of a pro-
fessor in the Vienna university. and
may sacrifice his rank In order 20 carry
out his purpose.
An American naval commander at
Puerto Plata San Domingo, managed
the recent battle there, In which the
Jimlncz rebels were defeated, delimlt-
ing the field hostlites and arranging
tho surrender.
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TRAIN SERVICE PARALYzED.
The Diversion OF the Electric Cur
rent Creates n Dangerous Com
dition in CHICAGO.

Chicago, Jan. 2l.-As the result Of a
rain storm, train service on the South
side elevated railroad was paralyzed
for nearly two hours, Wednesday, en-
dangering life and discommoding thou
sands Of passengers, Rain soaking the
wood superstructure Of the road caused
the moisture TO communicate to de-
fective third-rail support near net
work of switches. The electric current
deserted the car motors, and flowed
through the iron work of the structure
to the ground, The entire structure for
a considerable distance was electrified,
and menaced the safety of horses and
men below, until the current was shut
Of at the power house. Trains en- the
road were crowded. Passengers on
the stalled trains, after waiting for
some time for signs Of life in the mo-
tors, took surface lines and reached
their work downtown after long delay.
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WERE WITNESSES COACHED.
A Slight Hitch In the Machen Trial
at Washington.
Counsel kumicr VIII Present An
dayits 10 show That Witnesses
Were Coached.

Washington, Jan. 2l.-When tho pos
tai trial was resumed, Wednesday. Mr.
Kumler, referring to his charge made
Tuesday that Post Office Inspector
Maher had coached witnesses. said he
did not want to call the attention Of
the court again to the matter, but as
the district attorney had pressed him
for proof of his assertion, he was pre-
pared to present an affidavit. The dis
trict attorney protested that the mat
ter could not be brought before the
court in the way that oral testimony
should be heard
Il beg to differ with you as to that"
remarked Justice Pritchard
Mr.. Kumler then said as two affida-
Wits would be necessary, he would OBJ
tain one more, whereupon Justice
Pritchard remarked thai if he found
sufficient cause for issuing a rule for
contempt against Mayer he would do
ii.
Mr. Douglas interjected the state
ment that the affidavit would apply
equally and perhaps more so to Post
ONCE Inspector Gregory.
Justice Pritchard informed counsel
on both sides that he would demand
that no extraneous matter be intro
duced to influence the jury, but that II
it was, he would take occasion TO men
ton ii when he delivered his charge to
The jury
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-23
GERMAN EMPRESS AILMENT.
Empress Augusta victoria Said 10
lie Afflicted win >nricosc
Veins In one Leg,

Berlin, Jan 2l-Empress Augusta
Victoria has yarcose veins in one Of
her legs and Is Obliged to keep 1t ex-
tended on cushion The exclusion Of
ladies from Wednesday nights draw
Ing room because of the empress indis-
position has caused Intense dlsappoInt'
mont on the part of the many women
of distinction who have come from the
provinces or other countries for pre-
sentaton, Usually one drawing room
Is held each season at this court, and
Il " uncertain now whether there viii
be any this winter to which ladies Will
DO invited,
Tho empress physicians think she
probably viii be able 20 attend the
court balls, four Of which Will be given
In February,
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War CLOUD DISAPPEARING
Little Likelihood of War Between
Colombia and Panama.
Colombian Soldiers Can Not stand
the Rigors of IA Campaign Across
the Intervening Barrier.

New York, Jan 21.-Strong indica-
lions that there will be no war be-
tween Panama and Colombia have been
observed by Bishop Junguito, who has
just returned from Cartagena and Bar
ranQuilla, cables the Panama corre-
spondent of the Herald. The bishop
journeyed to Colombia 10 see the papal
nuncio, who is en- route to Rome. He
declares that many of the soldiers who
went to the front along the Panama
border have returned in i'll health. The
soldiers from the interior, he says, can
not stand the heat of the climate and
conditions in the Colombian camps.
There are no facilities for getting
supplies, and there is great suffering
among the soldiers. The hospitals are
reported crowded, and discomfort was
expressed everywhere. The troops are
not anxious to start on hard land
journey to the isthmus, and the senti-
ment along the coast favOrs the aban-
donment of the idea of a campaign,
rather than risk serious troubles.
The people in the cities are anxious
to be rid Of the burden imposed upon
them of paying the army and all the
officials on a gold basis, as they have
received no gold from Bogota, and the
drain is greater than they are willing
to stand
The government junta here has let
ters from Bocas Del Toro and other
points showing that there has been no
further advance Of the Colombia army
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Charles Schwab Finally Admits That United Shbudng
Company Is nsclvent
AN EFFICIENT FIRE DRILL.
Prompt work by Chicago Post once
Employees Following Fire Alarm,

Chicago, Jan, 2l-Folowing an
alarm of FIRE in the temporary main
post Office on the lake front nearly
100 tons OF mail matter and % stamp
cancclling machines Weighing half n
ton each, were carried out OF the build
ing In four minutes, Then the army
Of clerks learned the alarm was a false
one, sent In to test the efficiency Of the
Are drill Two hundred persons were
buying stamps or posting letters when
Custodian Nagi sent In the fire alarm
In less than three minutes after the
sounding of the gong seven lines of
hose had been attached and streams OF
water were being directed along tho
floor, much TO the discontinue OF the
spectators
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-01-23
RUSSIAN PRESS
LESS BUMPTI0US
Attacks on Japan Ceasing With the
Admission That the Acute
Phase is Passing.
A CONFUSION OF NAMES CAUSES
An ATTACK ON UNITED STATES.
Russian Editors Contounded Dion
gnmpho, on subig Bay, Philip
pine Islands. with lougnmpho,
On the Naiu River, in Chinese
Territory.

St. Petersburg, Jan 2l.-The attacks
on Japan in the Russian press are
ceasing The newspapers prominently
report to the effect that the acute
phase is passing, and they continue to
assert that mediation Is unnecessary.
A confusion of Olongampho, on Subig
bay, near Manila, with Yongampho, on
the Yalu riva. has led the Russian
press into a curious attack on the
United States The statement that
Rear-Admiral Evans squadron was to
proceed to Olongampo was either gar
bled In transmission or misunderstood,
for it was reported here that the des-
tination Of the American ships was
"Yongampho" This error was made
the basis of an attack on the motives
of the United States by the Novoe
Vremya and Listokuj, both papers pre-
tending to see in this move the en-
trance Of the United States into the
quarrel The Noyoe Vremya remarks:
AT least America will be an open
enemy, which is preferable to a secret
one"