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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

~ IMUEL, said BriZintine,
~ what do you regard as
about the most necessary
- quality in MANI"
The two old men were
sitting in the sum- the May SIDE of an
April day, discussing that ever pres
ent subject, The World.
We'll" Jucklin replied, there are
SO many qualities that thaw and run
into each other, like snow-banks
trickling down into the creek, that it
wouldn't be easy 10 determine which.
But the one that occurs to me at this
moment is one that has been preached
on time and again-one that mothers
try TO enforce on the minds CT their
sons. 1t is ooliteness."
Useful enough in its way" said
Brizintine-''that is at parties and
funerals. but do you think it's busi-
ness2 In these days, you know, a
man must be quick; but politeness is
slow
You've said just about what L
wanted you to say" Linn replied. "Po-
liteness is not necessarily slow. 1t is
the gesture of the mind and may be
just as quick as gruffness is. One Of
the reasons that men who have been
prosperous begin ito fail along in later
years is because they have forgotten
the necessary politeness of the earlier
day. Politeness, when once forgotten,
can rarely be remembered. IL ought
TO come when a fellow is young in or
der TO seem natural. The fact is, it
must be natural, for there's nothin
that is much more awkward than a
man in his maturer life tryin' for the
first time TO be polite. If young fell
Ter just startin' out in business would
sit down for ten minutes a dav and
give his mind TO the study OF polite
ness, not from book or any set form.
but from his own reflections. he would
find it the best investment of time he
ever made. Politeness is the actor of
kindness. 1t is intended to picture the
even and well-intended mind. 1t is a
pleasant thought set in visible mo-
ton
Linn. as the old niger preacher
said. you are now putin the fodder a
little too high for the calves.
Not at all. I'm simply speakn'
| common sense as l see it. and if see
it. anybody ought. We very often hear
| of polite old men. but there are more
| polite young fellers than old ones. ALL
ments and disappointments make the
old man gruff. unless he has kept COM
pany with books. He believes that he
has lived to see the uselessness of po-
liteness, while with the young chap il
is still a matter of advancin' expert
ment."
All. Brizintine spoke up. but if
the old man finds that politeness is q
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in it? The fact is that the old man
began to fail about the time he for
got his politeness. Think I've got you
there, Briz. II ] haven't. I'm willing
to change the subject"
Il don't know that you have. Any
how, I'd like to ask you this: What's
the use of a man tryin to be polite if
ne don't feel it? Why should he act
a hypercrit?"
shouldn't act a hypercrit. The
fact is, that if a man begins early to
practice politeness it will after d
while come natural 10 him. There
amt nothin' that tastes much worse
at first than a chaw of tobacco does,
but after a while it's sweeter and
more to be desired than pie. 1t be-
comes second nature and second ma
ture is twin brother with first nature
and is sometimes stronger than the
first born. Let a man make polite
ness, by which / mean acted dlindness,
lust as much of a second nature as
he makes tobacco. He can do it.
There never was a man that couldn
find some way to change his nature
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on waking that this old world still,
holds so many persons of this type.
We may not this day touch many OF
them, but just to know that they are
somewhere in the world radiating CON-
stantly truth and virtue ought to in-S
spirit us as we rub our eyes. struggle
into our clothes and face again the old
routine.
And our waking thoughts oughtl
surely to include some recognition of
the divine protection and guidance
that constantly surround our lives-I
Phillips Brooks once voiced his won-t
der as to how men could come back
from Inconsistencies to the world of
action without sending their thoughts
upward to the source of all life and
blessing Some. families still maintain
the beautiful custom either at break
fast table or elsewhere of joining in
some simple act of worship In view
of all the risks and exposures to which
every one is subject every day of his
life and in view of the limitations of
ones strength and wisdom it seems
only natural and right to claim the
care and leadership OF power un-
seen but real. that holds all humanity
in,its grasp There is . little prayer of
Robert Louis Stevenson's which suits
itself to the break of day. and which.
if said honestly by any one. is sure to
make the waking moments peaceful
and happy:
The day returns and brings us the
petty round of irritating concerns and
duties. Help us to play the man
Help us to perform them with laughter
and kind faces. Let cheerfulness
abound with industry. Give us to go
biithely on our business all this day.
Bring US to. our resting beds weary
and content and undishonored. And
grant US in the end the gift of sleep"
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sign stuck up, Keep off this piacev"
We'll, it would make the sign
stronger to say, Please keep off, 1t
would appeal more to a feller. A
thousand men may be influenced by
politeness where one is scared. ! knew
d man that spent half his life tryin' to
scare folks. He wanted to be known
as a bad man. Got started wrong
wuen he was a boy-read Up the
Gulch' stuff. ! saw him not long ago
and L asked him if he had scared any
body yet. He sorter hemmed and
hawed and wanted to talk about some
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thing else, but I pinned him down
Then he told me that he thought he
had one man scared about three years
before, and had just begun to believe
that his work for all that long half
lifetime was about to be rewarded by
q terrified countenance. But suddenly
the feller whipped out a knife and
came at him. Afterward he discov-
cred that what he took to be fright on
the fellers face was a scar left by a
scald Now if he had spent all that
time in practicin' politeness it might
have netted him something. 1t
wouldn't have Inundated him. Very
few men have ever been humbled by
practicin' politeness. You've heard the
old story of great man ridin' along
the road. They tell it on Washington
and jackson and Clay. but the moral
is the same no matter who it was. He
was a-ridin' along and met an old me-
gro. The negro took off his hat Then
the great man took off his hat. Some
one spoke to him about it. Why. said
he, I can't afford to let negro be
more of gentleman than / am
There's a lot of good sense in that
And take it in the matter of fight. a
moral or a physical fight. At the very
beginnin' the polite man generally has
the other feller more than half whip
ped If were givin' advice to young
ster goin' away from home to seek his
level, I'd say somethin' like this: AS
long as you are polite you have full
control of your temper, and master of
your temper, you are master of the
situation. If 1t becomes necessary 70
cuss man, do ii in the very best
terms at your command. And if YOU
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II u
r makes it a point to be at the
RI bedside of his little three year
y old boy as soon as he wakes
= every morning and in the faith
,er's absence the mother goes there.
The idea is that the touch of the pa
rents love and interest upon the child
as it comes back to consciousness after
)sleep is far better than that of a hired
)servant and is likely to prove of great
,and permanent worth in the child's de-
,velopment.
Back of this instance of fatherly
)fcrethought is the fundamental prin-
)ciple that it is important for any one to
lstart the day in the right mood. Who
,of us older people does not feel the
\need of some such sweetening and
steadying influence at the outset of
each new day? Tco often the cares OF
Yesterday come trooping back as we
{slovly esnerge from dreamland and If
Isome vexing problem must be dealt
with during the next "a hours how
quickly that comes before US also. II
we could only secure, before the plunge
Unto the whirlpool of activity, just a
view minutes Of happy, inspiring
Thoughts. what a difference it would
make in the entire day!
Our parents cannot long secure this
desirable mood for us, but our own
willis, If resclute enough, can do much
{ to induce it. Determine first Of all that
}your waking thoughts shall not relate
)to yesterdays troubles and failures but
{ to to-day's opportunities. The former
(have passed into history. They were
)hard enough to tear al the moment.
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from bad to better. He can be sur
geon to his own deformities. The
greatest man of all said that there
was nothin good nor bad but that
thinkin' made it So"
Was he a preacher" Brizintine
inquired.
Yes. preached inspiration at first
hand. He wrote Hamlet Did you
ever read it?''
Don't remember, but I've read
Tempest and Sunshine My daugh-
ter brought it from school with her,
where she was a-teachin', and / got
hold of it. / didn't know but it was
somethin' about the crops and 1 set
down, 1 did, ard began to read It.
And 1 don't know yet what it was
about. Seemed that folks in love was
a hayin' trouble. Caught myself
a-wipin' of my eyes. Didn't want my
daughter to see me in that weak fix.
so l goes out and called up the hogs
and fed 'em. Feedin' of the hogs is
an offset to all appearances, you
know. But speakin' about politeness.
how can farmer be polite with his
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09
The First
Thought
ON
Waking.
BY The Parson.

comings! o glorious new day. we hail
thee and rejoice that we are permitted
to make our record cleaner and fairer.
Let us think, too, of the goodness
and not of the meannesses of our fell
]owmen. If we have rubbed up against
cranky individuals, IL our lot is to be
cast with those who thwart and fret
us. let US put over against such human
annoyances those pure and noble lives
With which we also may come IN con-
tact from day to day. Be thankful
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Why should we let them continue to
dog us? Susan Coolidge has written
nothing sweeter than the poem COM
meneing
Every day is a beginning
Every is the world made new
Send the thoughts forward then to all
the chances of happiness and growth
which the new day is sure to bring.
o glorious new day, fresh from it's
Makers hand, al golden with possibili-
ties, as yet unscarred by our short
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

ttY IMUEL," said Brizintine,
~ what do you regard as
about the most necessary
- quality in man?n
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

nave TO ilft nlm, hit as hard as possible.
for in a fight hard hittin is a polite
ness-unto yourself There is differ
snce, Briz, between the polite man and
the fawner One is a man and the
other has missed it. His intention is
too plain. He shows that he wants to
do you. He stoops in his humbleness
in order to get an under hold. No. sir.
politeness is not humbfeness. 1t is
dignity made pleasant. It is counten-
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failure, why tell the young Keller to
practice it?'
VERY well put old man. Now let
me see if I'll have to shift my ground.
Let me look about and see if you've
got me cornered. You see, ] never
know whether a thing is true or not
until l have to defend it. What is
the use of a young feller bein' polite
il he sees that an old man has failed
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ance with a lamp behind it. DO you
think there would be so many divorces
If men and women practiced the po-
liteness tNey did before they were mar
ried? P6liteness sometimes carries the
torch for love-"
There is a good deal of truth in all
that you have said,' remarked Brizin-
tine. but l can't help rememberin'
that you want very polite to that fell
Ter Atcherson, over the creek. several
years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

: FATHER {. my acquaintance
makes it a. point to be at the
bedside of his little three-year-
| old boy as soon as he wakes
..or~;rrr ap1 IN tho fotb
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Deals In City Property

Althouse Bros. report sales Of city
property as follows:
West Ninth Street Heights company
to #. L. Blumer, an unlmproved lot on
the southwest corner of Fedora and
West Ninth street, lot 1O2x12S feet. Con-
slderation, S27O0. Mr.. Blumer will inn
prove with a handsome residence for
himself and family to cost $1,000.
Robert Fowler to George Rector, the
northwest corner of Washington and
Cherry, 1O5x125 feet. An investment.
Consideration. $1,000.
d. e. Weiss to George Rector, the
southeast corner of Washington and
Park Grove avenue, lot 65x159 feet.
Consideration, $4,000.
w. Crowell to Robert Fowler, the
southwest corner of washington and
Toberman, lot 142x145 feet. Consider
alton, $4O,500.
West Ninth Street Heights company
to e. r. Layman, an unimproved lot on
the east side of Hobson street, $50 feet
south of Ninth street, lot 5Ox12S feet.
An investment. Consideration, $1100.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

s17 Manhattan place, s4ees; Hudson 8
Munsen. architects; p. p. Hartmann
builder.
A. f. Morton, a 2-story frame at s2S
Manhattan place. 5000; Hudson &
Munsell, architects; r. q. Hartman
builder.
Mrs. Constance Pickerie, a 2-story
frame at 1872 Sunset boulevard, $4,000; j.
Burris Mitchell company. builder.
Miss Nancy X. Foster, a 2-story
frame at eSs West Twenty-second
street. $4,000; Hunt g. Eager, archi-
tects; f. B. watts. builder.
United Presbyterian church, 1-story
frame at 1906 Western avenue, $4,000;
Thornton Fltzhugh, architect; G. p
Kish, builder.
Hannah P. ogden, a 2-story frame
at 1745 Hobart boulevard, s3s5O; s. Og-
den, builder.
Mrs. Mary Donnell, 2-story frame
at 62s South Flower, s7726; A. Dudley,
architect; A. L. Gribling, builder.
r. B. Young, a 2-story frame at 1907
North Hoover street, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
SAYS PRAYERS
ARE ANSWERED
MRS. SNEDEKER THINKS GOD
HAS HEARD THEM
RISES FROM BED OF SICKNESS
Congregation Of Presbyterian Church
Has for Years Past Prayed
for Her Recovery Which
Seems Now Assured
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, July 2e--T only know
that II / continue my devotions sia-
cerely my prayer will be answered"
Mrs. Jennie snedeker, wife Of James
Snedeker, lawyer of Nassau county,
living at Hampstead, has prayrd
through twenty-three years Of illness
that her health might some day be re-
stored to her and that she might again
breath the air of outdoors.
Yesterday, for the first time in all
these years, she was able to leave her
home. She was driven during the af..
ternoon over the broad macadam
turnpikes that take the place of the
mud roads of a quarter Of century
ago. She saw the palaces Of million
aires, the growth of the summer colony
of a great city and the spread of her
own little town. She visited the hamlet
of Uniondale, where she was born fifty
five years ago. when the little stone
house, now hidden among the great
dwellings Of rich people, was the only
building so far from the main road.
She visited the Greenfield cemetery
where manyaof the friends Of her girl
hood have gone, one by one. The trolley
cars and automobiles were a source of
constant wonder to her.
Mrs. Snedeker has been known as d
wonderful woman among the towns
people for many years. When she was
first taken i'll, shortly after her mar
riage to the young lawyer, her doctors
told her she could not live long. She
had an abiding faith in prayer and she
prayed that she might live to enjoy
health again. The congregation Of the
historic old Presbyterian church of
Hampstead, of which she had been -
devout member since her youth, prayed
with her many Sundays. Her husband,
with untiring devotion sought every
means of medical skill to relieve her
but each new specialist called to the
sickbed said her case was hopeless.
During all the years she prayed and
her devotion so touched the congrega-
stion of the old church that 1t has been
their custom to offer prayers for her
every month. No one had such faith
that her prayers would one day be an
swered as the brave invalid herself.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
CHANCE FOR ALL SPINSTERS
AWAY DOWN IN OKLAHOMA

Special to The Herald.
LAWTON, Okla, July 29.-In man
itou, Okla, seventy-five young men
have formed a club for matrimonial
purposes. Their names all appear at
tached to want adj in recent Is
sue of their local paper, which reads
as follows:
WANTED-ABOUT 500 KITCHEN ME-
chanics and artists can find situations
in Comanche and Kiowa counties. Fee
males only. Young ladies from 16 to 81
and widows under 65 preferred, but older
or younger applicants will not be re-
iected by reason of age. Applicants
must pay their own railroad fare to this
point, but amount will be refunded
after contract is signed. Those accept
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
GROWTH Of CITY
IS UNCHECKED.
JULY RECORD 100000 ABOVE
SAME MONTH IN 1904
LOS ANGELES is BOOMING
Steady Advancement In Developments
In Business Districts and the
Residence seetIons--Fleures
for the Month

The official sheets in the office Of
Building Superintendent Backus con-
tinus to show that Los Angeles Is pro-
gressive in the several lines of i'm
provements and now with the question
Of ample water supply settled 1t is prob
able that values will rapidly increase
and that Los Angeles and vicinity will
still further develop on permanent lines
with wonderful rapidity.
The total building permits issued for
last week were 1853 for Improvements
aggregating 1921, 1,41S in value; for the
month SAB, for $1,242,598 in value. The
total permits for July 1904 was 56S, call
ling for $1,094,4 404 In Improvements, a
gain Of $14S, ,1s9 in value for the present
month, with the result Of two days to
be added.
Classified improvements
The summary of building improve
ments for the month Of July, ending
Saturday at noon is az follows.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Ru..sII. arehIteota. can pullman.

Russell. architects; Carl pullman.
builder
Sarah Jane johnson, one-story
frame at 1853 Roselawn place, $3.50; r.
s. williamson g. Co, builders.
Lillian p Tate and DR.. Thos ]. Nc
Coy, two-story frame at 2122 West
washington street, $1,000; L. P. Tate.
architect; w. r. Tate, builder.
Richard e. Shaw, alterations to a
dwelling at 757 Ruth avenue, 1920;
Richard Shaw, builder.
Ann M. TORY, a one-story frame at
Flower street near Malcolm street,
$4,000; Eugene zeff, builder.
Mrs. Llzzie M Frey, two-story
frame at 51S Miami avenue, sS5OO; Mar
tin & Barker, architects w. q. Hood,
builder.
P. Allen, a one-story frame at 1872
East Thlrty-seventh street, $1,000;
George NJ Hellwig, builder.
Walter Seymour, a one and one-half
story frame at 1923 Arlington street,
$4,000; o. w. Seymour, architect;
Wheeler & Gates, builders.
Sarah Ryan, a one-story brick at
1893 South Hill street, s24OO; Child, Hat
ton & Field, builders.
Lawrence OFT, two-story frame at
1888 Brighton avenue, s2SOO; q. ].
Long, builder.
@. H. Ashby, a two-story frame at
1850 West Twenty-second street, s27OO;
G.. H. Ashby, builder.
@. H. Ashby, a two-story frame at
1S42 West Twenty-second street, s2700;
G. H. Ashby, builder.
G.. II. Ashby, a two-story frame at
1851 West Twenty-second street, $2700;
@. H. Ashby, builder.
G.. H. Ashby, two-story frame at
1S43 West Twenty-second street, $2700;
G.. Fl. Ashby, builder.
Bowles Bros, three-story concrete
and brick wholesale building at 1853 to
300 Also street, SLIT; Train & Will
Jams, architects; f. o. Engstrum COM
pany, builders.
DIR. w. w. Stewart, a two-story
frame at 465 Grand View avenue; $4,000;
c. f. Shilling, architect; D. w. Stew
art, builder.
G. G. Howe, a one and half story
frame at 1929 Hermosa street, $4,000;
R. E. Strong, builder.
Edward c. Magauren, a one and
half story frame at 1907 West Eleventh
street, $4,000; w. ]. Scholl, builder.
M. ]. Spillane, a one-story frame at
2S17 La Sale avenue, $4,000; Morris COM
pany, architects D. e. Lytle, builder.
Nichols & Clark, a two-story frame
at 27O6 Brighton avenue, $4,000; Nichols
& Clark, builders.
Arthur Hartman, two-story frame
at 1920 South San Pedro street, $4,000:
Il. N. Lamberth & Co. architects and
builders.
Alice H. F. Lewis, a two-story frame
at 2766 West Ninth street. $500; c. w.
Hansen, architect; Kern Development
syndicate, builders.
James Sentous, a two-story frame at
1898 Magnolia avenue, $4,000; Garrett &
Bixby, architects.
Nettie A. Pettinger, a two-story
frame at 1926 West Temple street,
$4,000; w. r. Pettinger. builder.
Grace F. Anderson, a two-story
frame at 1902 West Twentieth street,
$4,000; S. U. Anderson builder.
Bessie B. Gates, a 2-story frame at
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Commerce.
Not Sand Lots

Over one million dollars
worth of property sold
at San Pedro last week.
cAmerican -Haw allan
passenger and fir eig ht
steamers will conn ect
with San Pedro.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

Oroville, procured saws and files and,
with the assistance Of another woman,
slipped them beneath window of the
Butte county Jail, where a prisoner
called "Snowbalp' was awaiting trial
for robbery. .
This occurred several days ago, and
since then 1t is believed she has been
awaiting 'Snowball's'' arrival here.
Yesterday the jailer at Oroville found
that the bars of the jail window had
been cut and that by night every
prisoner confined there could have es-
capped, as all were allowed their liberty
in the corridors on account Of the heat.
A woman named Nettie Flowers has
been arrested In Oroville for completely
in the affair. "
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Bav City Bath House

P. A. Stanton reports that more than
twenty lots were sold at Bay City last
week under the new schedule of prices
adopted July is. The new still water
bath house at Anaheim landing, Bay
City, will be open for the first time
today. Free launch service is now
maintained between Alamitos Bay and
Bay City. Work on improvements is
constantly in progress.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

During the last month she has been
showing such improvement that she
has been able to sit in the garden.
During the twenty-thfee years she had
been bedridden.
Her 10y was unbounded on returning
from her drive yesterday. 1t was to
her the answer of her prayer.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
AMERICAN YACHTSMEN
ARE INVITED TO COWES
|, Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, July 29.-.The British ad-
miralty is especially inviting all the
American yachtsmen who will be pres
ent at the Cowes regatta August Sth TO
attend the big military ball at Ports
mouth, and mas also invited the MEM
bers of the American embassy to the
many functions to be held in connec-
ton with the visit to spithead of the
French fleet.
Everything you want you will find In
the classified page. One cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Leading Building Permits

Leading Building Permits
Below is given number of the more
important building permits granted
during the past week.
Pacific Terminal Investment compa-
ny, one-story concrete warehouse at
153-159 Railroad avenue, $4,000; Reid
Bros, architects; F. o. Engstrum COM
pany, builders.
Carl Pullman, two-story frame at
1873 Roosevelt avenue, $25OO; Marsh &
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

union. All applicants must be good but
ter makers, cleanly in habits, tidy in
person and sufficiently comely to sit for
a picture without danger to camera.
There are over $50 bachelors and wild
overs within a radius Of ten miles of
Manitou, all holding homestead claims.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Classified improvements
Improvements by Wards

During the past week permits by
Yards were issued as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
SLIPS FILES AND SAWS
INTO THE COUNTY JAIL
Negro Girl Arrested at Marysville on
Charge of Assisting Prisoners
to Make Escape

BY Associated Press.
MARYSvILLE, July 29.-Mamie
Shores, a negro girl, has been arrested
by Sheriff voss on request Of Sheriff
Chubbuck of Butte county. 1t is al
legged that she came here recently from
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

Everything you want you will find In.
the classified page. One cent a word.