davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Miss Blanche Bates will be the
guest of honor at a dinner this even
ing given by Richard Hotaling at the
Bohemian Club. The air is to be re-
dolent with things and effects Japan
ese, decorations of cherry flowers,
chrysanthemums, lanterns. with the
Oriental punk to tinge the whole.
Guests from the walks of private life
will be costumed in accordance with
the surroundings, though Miss Bates
fellow players will be conventionally
garbei. Among the diners will be
Miss Bates, Mrs. Ella Hotaling, Miss
Preston of Canada, DR.. and Mrs. Cole,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benning, Mr.. Ormonde
and Laurence Harris.
Miss Beatrice Fife entertained Miss
Irene Sabin as guest of honor at u
luncheon yesterday. covers being laid
for twenty-four, and the decorations
all of a beautiful and unique charac-
ter. Chinese symbols, ideas and art
reigned supreme, giving the dining
room and tables, of which there were
two large round ones. an entirely -or-
C16 II dpPCdl dlCC. hlSo odOltl Wdc SAtS
recipient of much attention. The
guests who assembled to bid her bon
voyage were Mrs. Redmond Payne,
Miss Pearl Sabin, Miss Warren, Miss
Mary Mariner, Miss Alice Borel, Miss
Sophie Borel Miss Lottie Woods, Miss
Maud Woods, Miss Maye Colburn,
Miss Norma Castle, Miss Elsa Draper,
Miss Eugene Hawes, Miss Bessie
Wilson, Miss Belle Harness Miss Jape
Wiltshire, Miss Edna Middleton, Miss
George Spieker, Miss Jessie Fillmore,
Miss jeanette Deal, Miss Amy Gum,
Miss Be1knap, Miss Florence Cole and
Mrs. Laurence Foster.
When 1.-THE Liars is presented at the
Columbia on the 26th Of this month
there will be a crowded house to greet
it. Every day one hears of more par
ties being formed to witness the play,
surrounding which there is much inter-
est. The cleverness and pith of the
Henry Jones comedy will be well
brought out by the cast that Is to
handle 1t. All are experienced anna
teurs and few, including Lloyd
Lowndes, Miss Jolliffe and Frank
Matthew, have had professional advan-
tages. The dramatis personae are as
follows: Sir Christopher, DR.. ]. Wilson
Shiels; Falkner. Lloyd Lowndes: Gill
bert Nepean, Fl. Med. Spencer; George
Nepean, Thomas Eastland; Freddie
Tatton, William Smith: Archie Coke,
R. w. Hotaling; French waiter, Roy
den Williamson; Lady Jessica, Frances
Jolliffe; Lady Rosamund, Mrs. Mark
Gerstle; Dolly Coke, Mrs. Frank
Matthew; Beatrice Ebernoe, Mrs. J.
Wilson Shiels: Mrs. Creshin, Mrs. H.
Med. Spencer. Frank Matthew is di-
recting the play every day at the Oc-
cidental Hotel The Vallejo naval club
house will derive all the proceeds of the
production. concerning which these pa
tronesses are earnestly interested: Mrs.
McCalla. Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mrs
William g. Irwin, Mrs. William S.
Tevis. Mrs. George Oulton, Mrs. Her
bert Folger, Mrs. G. A. Coolidge, Mrs.
Arthur Macarthur, Mrs. j. F. Boyd,
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
VALUE OF A BLOCK

According to figures printed by the
Insurance Press there are blocks in
New York City in which $25,000.000
worth of property would be destroyed
If swept by fire. Chicago, Philadel-
phia and Newark come next with
blocks valued at sS,000,000 each. Bos-
ton and ST. Louis have blocks worth
$7,000,000, and nearly two score other
cities can show similar properties at
values ranging from one to six mil
lions.
In a table showing the rank Of
States as buyers Of fire insurance, New
York easily leads with more than
$4,000, 100000 a year, while Illinois,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts buy
protection for more than one billion
dollars worth Of property.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
UNLUCKy RABBITS FOOT

A man gave Frederick Staples of
Farmstead, Conn.,, the left hind foot
OF rabbit. solemnly vowing that the
rabbit was shot in a cemetery at mid
night.
This fortnight ago. Staples car
ried the rabbits mystic foot constant
ly. but his luck did not improve.
While Staples was dressing one
morning the rabbits foot dropped out
of his pocket without his knowledge.
His wife entered the room and stepped
on the mascot" Feeling 1t soft,
furry, yielding to her tread, she Jump
ed in fright, shrieking:
Mouse! Mouse! Help, Fred!
Mouse!"
Sad to say, Mrs. Staples fell and
broke her leg. She will be in bed for
six weeks at least. Staples threw the
rabbits foot into the stove.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
1.-THE SMART SET:
BY SALLY SHARP.

Mrs. Lucy Otis. Mrs. William Mckit-
trick. Mrs. william Ashburner, Mrs.
Maurice Casey, Mrs. J. M. Goewey, Mrs.
G.. III. Mendell, Mrs. F. Phngst and Mrs.
]. F. Merrill Special arrangement mas
been made with Charles Frohman Tor
the production of this comedy, the sale
of seats to begin on January "a at the
box office of the Columbia Theater.
The engagement Is announced OF Miss
Ethel wallace and Charles Fickert.
Miss Wallace gave tea yesterday at
her Cough street home and communi-
Gated the pleasant news. She Is the
daughter of ]. H. Wallace. and Mr..
Fickert Is assistant attorney In tne
United States Attorneys once.
The wedding of Miss Jessie Burn.
and Horatio F. Stoll took place last
evening at $3.50 in Calvary Presbyterian
Church. The bride, leaning on the
arm Of her father, Robert Burns, was
very lovely in her soft white robes OF
lace over chiffon and silk. The veil'
one her mother wore at her wedding,
gave the finishing touch to the beauty
of this bride, who Is very pretty maid
of the demi-blonde type. White char-
acterized the entire wedding. Tne
bridesmaids were In white messaline
silk, and the decorations were OF st.
Joseph lilies. Miss Florence Rocnat,
maid of honor, wore an exquisite white
panne chiffon velvet. The bridesmaids
were Miss Ellen Page, Miss Florence
Boyd, Miss Emily Rochat, Miss Marthe
Chevret, Miss Alice Bray. Miss Eliza
beth Dufficy. DR.. Robert Burns served
as best man, with DR.. Frederick
Fritsche, DR.. Paul Burns, Ernest
Rochat, James Firth. John Beatty
and Edgar Jones as ushers.
A very quiet reception for the rela-
tives and bridal party followed at the
California Hotel. After short we'd
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Stoll will re-
side in San Francisco.
Miss Louise Whitney of Santa Bar
bara was the guest OF honor at tea
given yesterday by Mrs Edward q.
Young. Miss Whitney is the fiancee OF
Harry Young.
Miss George Spieker was given a
farewell tea yesterday afternoon by
Miss Alice Dray, who was assisted in
receiving by Miss Spieker, Miss Amy
Porter, Miss Ruth Gedney, Miss Lalla
wenzelburger and Miss Mary Small.
Miss spieker leaves on Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Spieker. for
an extended European trip.
Among Del Monte visitors during the
past week were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
U. Rrandenstein, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
I
Chipchase.
The wedding of Miss Elise Avis
Thall, daughter Of the late Mark Thall,
to Mr. Risbrough of Philadelphia took
place very quietly on Thursday OF last
week at the Roanoke Hotel. Mrs. w. j.
Dyer was matron of honor and Lieu
tenant r. w. Briggs of Philadelphia
best man. Only relatives and intimate
friends were present at the GER
mony.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
WEAK SOUP

Sir Perry Sanderson. the British Con-
sui General in New York, was talking
on the Etruria about a weak soup.
LAS good description OF weak soup
as I know" he said, "came from the
lowly lips of poor woman in the East
End of London. She was destitute last
winter, and parish visitor advised her
to apply for soup at a neighboring soup
kitchen.
"She got some soup. but she did not
like it. This is what she said of it to
the visitor when he called next day:
"Do you call that stuff soup? Why,
all they do is to get a quart of water
and boil it down to pint to make 1t
strong baltimore Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
: FOUR DAYS $
BY LOWELL o. REESE.

was drawing to a close. I had made
no progress. Miss Winston met me on
the ground of easy comradeship,
which obtained at the. springs, where
everybody was dependent upon every
body else for companionship and en-
tertainment, but the sweet familiarity
which had come so naturally those
first three days upon the rock seemed.
viewed in the light of the present sit
uation, as a thing / must have
dreamed about-but which never
could have been.
And still the Englishman persisted.
had come down from the rock and
was wandering aimlessly among the
live oaks on the opposite side Of the
canyon, when, happening to glance
across, I saw the f1utter of a skirt on
the trail leading up to the rock. drew
out my field glasses and trained them
on the figure ascending the familiar
trail. 1t was shei I watched her
climbing with furtive downward
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
A COLLEGE FARM.

his biennial the Legislature Governor Pardee adj
appropriation for specific educational interests which
affects directly the whole agricultural interests of the State His
recommendation that there be added the equipment the ag
cultural college of the State University experiment farm of
dimensions insure the broadest practice situated
typical of the largest agricultural Until this adjunct
the agricultural Berkeley provided says the Governor
the full efficiency of the school cannot be attained
At first sight the layman things agricultural
that the possession of farm, distance from the university site
devoted the practical instruction of university
necessity. brief of the conditions obtaining
State agricultural school however demonstrate the worth
idea At present the
Berkeley learns all he knows about irrigation drainage of orchards
planting and OF from textbooks
hung the wall of his recitation The who
himself the science of stock raising supplement
his book knowledge by limited study of small herd
stock barn back of the college Theory monopozs
whole curriculum; practice with rude shock after
dents graduation.
Among agricultural colleges of the East those achieving
highest results have supplemented their teaching of
coordination of practice supplied by university farms The farm
made the laboratory of the agricultural
nca science have each their department of
CALIFORNIA; wealth that from the soil demands
nothing facilitating the development her should there
be any tagging behind Eastern competitors Governor Pardee
in behalf of the agricultural college should
itself the Legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

DENTAL SURGEONS-A Subscriber.
City. For Information relative to. the
examinations for dental surgeons for
the navy address letter of inquiry to
the Navy Department, Washington.
d. c.
SHOCKS-A. c. W.. City. Some of
the shocks that have been felt in San
Francisco recently have been occa-
stoned by trembiings Of the earth and
others by heavy blasts in the new tun-
mel Of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
AsSYRIANS-G. H. B.. city. In the
ethnology Of Assyria 1t Is stated that
the Assyrians have been assigned by
some ethnologists to the Aryan race,
but It is now generally acknowledged
that they were branch Of the Semitic
family Of nations and therefore MEM
bers Of the same grand division as the
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Teacher Teaching arithmetic If two
men eat thirty quails in fifteen days
how many days will 1t take to eat six
ty-eight quail?
The Tough Little Boy-I got . nickel
wot says dey can't do 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by tn.
Press Clipping Bureau (Al1en's). % Cali
xornia street. Telephone Main 1oli
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Store Wanted.
We must move Feb. 1. Townsena..
California Glace Fruits. 715 Market At
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13


Mrs apparently
the ecourt.-C Chicago
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Townsend's California Glace fruits In
artistic fire-etched boxes. It's Market A..
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Syrians, the Phoenicians. with their
colonies, the Jews and the modern Ara
bians. The original races, variously
called scythic, Turanian. or Tartar, ap-
pear to have once been spread over
the whole space from the Caucasus to
the Indian Ocean and from the MeditS
erranean to the mouth Of the Ganges-
For further information relative 10
these people visit the Free Public IL
brary and consult works on ethnologv
or some Of the cyclopedias.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13

Among Del Monte visitors during the
past week were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
U. Rrandenstein. Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clampett and Mr.. and Mrs. Chester G.
Chipchase.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
AS TO NEWSPAPERS

The Marion Record this week pub
fishes the following:
"The Topeka State Journal pokes
fun at the Record as a newspaper, and
yet every day the Journal runs a page
or so of stuff without a date line
items that are of the past which are
printed as yet to happen; things whose
obsequies have already been held
tells them as of the future when they
are numbered with the memories of
those gone before. The Record makes
no boast of being other than a local
newspaper, and you never have to
have one of it's statements verified be-
fore you can swear by it. The people
of Marion and vicinity are a live, wide
awake class, and take their home pa
per for local news
This is evidently pretty tough on the
State Journal, but the Record really
ought to have sent along the diagram
so we might understand the first part
of it. The latter part can be under
stood. The same statements exactly
would apply to a blank sheet of paper.
You would not have to verify any of
the statements on a blank sheet of
paper before you could swear to them.
But if, as the Record says, the peo-
pie of Marion take "their home pa
per-" meaning the Record, for local
news, it looks as though they some
| times get buncoed. For instance,
when a Marion county official was
caught defrauding the people of his
county, whose servant he was, a few
weeks ago, did the Marion Record give
its readers the local news about it
Not for a minute. The people had to
read the news-perfectly legitimate
news in which they had a personal in
terest-in the State Journal and other
outside newspapers.
The State Journal wishes TO lay
down this proposition: No newspaper
has a moral right to suppress legiti-
mate news in any such manner. If ii
does it is defrauding the people who
pay it to give them the news. There
are perhaps a thousand people in Mar
| ion county, possibly more, who sub
scribe for the Marion Record at $1.5G
| per year. If the Record fails to give
| them legitimate news which 1t has. II
cheats those people Just that much
/ In the instance cited a trusted servant
of the people of Marion county was
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

(From the Chicago News.)
It takes a lot of salve to turn a hui
man crank.
Some men are as hard to get along
with as balky horses.
One strong point of many a woman
is at the end of a hatpin.
BY doing the hard things first you
will be sure to find the rest easy.
A pretty girl doesn't mind reflections
on herself when they come from a
mirror.
A young man may induce the girls
father to toe the mark by posing as
the mark.
Some contrary people would rather
have a pint of trouble than q bushel
of happiness.
A man seldom realizes what a cold
world this is until his creditors begin
to make it hot for him.
Some women would rather tell a
doctor of their aches and pains than
gossip with their neighbors.
Don't open your mouth and swallow
everything you hear-unless you are
foolish and don't care who knows it.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
John HAY.

John Hay, statesman, soldier, au-
thor, diplomat, journalist, lawyer, is
dead. The end came to him suddenly
and unexpectedly at an early hour this
morning. While he has been more or
less i'll for some time. it was conf
IDENTIFY expected that he would recover
and again take his place as the head
member of President Roosevelt's cabi-
net. Only a few weeks ago he re-
turned from a European trip sufi-
cientiy recovered to go to Washington
and confer with the president.
The world has sustained a great loss
in the death of John Hay. He was one
Of the greatest of the worlds diplo-
mats. He had served with the lega-
tions at Paris, Vienna and Madrid in
early life, and as assistant secretary
of state under President Hayes. Dur
ing his later years, as ambassador to
Great Britain and secretary of state
under Mckinley and Roosevelt, he be-
came a master of the art of diplo-
macy. When he assumed charge of
the diplomatic affairs of the United
States, he introduced an innovation in
the worlds diplomacy by telling the
direct truth regarding international
questions instead of pursuing the de-
vious and indirect methods followed
by Europeans, with the result that
the world placed great confidence in
him. His handling of international
questions succeeding the Spanish
American war had much to do with
making the United States a power in
diplomacy among the nations of the
world.
Mr. Hay first began his public service
as private secretary to President Lin
coin. He also served in the army for
time during the civil war, rising to
the rank of colonel. After the war he
was sent abroad for several years in
the diplomatic service, finally coming
home to enter journalism on the New
York Tribune. 1t was at this time that
he wrote Little Breeches," and other
poems. Later he was associated with
John Nicolay in preparing the Life of
Lincoln. He served as assistant secre-
tary Of state during the latter part of
the Hayes administration, and under
President Mckinley he was made am
bassador to England until he was call
ed home to enter the cabinet. His death
leaves a great vacancy in international
statecraft.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
THE PAvEMENT pRoBI,EDf.

During the past four or five years
Topeka has been pushing its pave
ments until it has about forty miles of
paved streets. There are probably few
cities of the size of Topeka in the en-
tire country that possess as much
pavement as the capital of Kansas.
This fact, however, is lost on hum
dreds of the people who. come to To-
peka for only a brief visit. Why? Be
cause their visit is confined largely to
the downtown portion of the city,
where there are pavements which are
worn out.
OF the forty miles of pavement In
Topeka, all but about four miles is in
first-class shape. This four miles is
along the trunk lines of travel in the
city, and that is where the inadequate
impression is made on visitors. Not
only that, but it is the pavement that
is most used. and therefore its condi-
ton causes inconvenience to the large
number of people who use it.
This poor pavement is along Kansas
and Sixth avenues. and portions of
Eighth and Tenth avenues. 1t is con-
ceded by practically everyone that it
must be replaced. Kansas avenue has
been in a wretched condition for
months. Broken stone is thrown in
the holes to the detriment of rubber
tires. and 1t lasts only a few days at
most.
The question is, who shall pay for
repaving, the city or the property own
ers? One or the other must do it
why delay the matter? 1t must be
done in the not distant future and
every week that it is postponed simply
injuries the foundation that much more
and adds to the ultimate expense.
Why, then, does the city council not
take hold of the matter, decide who
must pay for it, and order it done
What's the use of further delay?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

(From the Philadelphia Record.)
The early worm catches the fish.
It's never too late to make friends.
When some fellows tell the truth
they have to label it.
Don't cross your bridge till you
come to it--and maybe it won't be
there.
The fellow who draws a flush in a
poker game isn't always flushed with
victory.
When a woman begins to lose her
memory, the first thing she forgets is
her age
It's all right to be carried away by
enthusiasm, provided you don't have
to walk back.
The man VINO wants to be delivered
from his friends feels that he can
take care of his enemies.
When a man gets the better of US in
an argument, we always claim that he
won't listen to reason.
There Is more love in one play that
lasts three hours than the average per-
son crowds into a lifetime
Wigg-"BIowhard says he is bound
to come out on top" Wagg-"So is
the froth on a glass of beer"
A Kensington cleaning and securing
establishment displays the sign: Eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow We
dye"
ssDo you take pains with your eat
ing asked the doctor. mo- sadly
replied the dyspeptic, "tf1e pains don't
come till afterward."
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01
Our Problem in Panama.

Panama has for years back heard
enough of canal construction. Even be-
fore it was seriously purposed, Spain,
England, Colombia and the United
States dreamed of cutting the Tsthmus.
The French, after their success at Suez,
boldly attacked the problem, and their
skill has left US task partly finished.
No blame need attach to their engineers;
we find that they knew their business
and would have completed the work had
they not ben submerged by the de-
bauchery of what we today call graft. !"
The first sight to which attention is
called is not scenery, but machinery
miles of it, tons of it, abandoned before
it was used by the contractors. THIS be-
longs to us, and we may reclaim about
half of it. But we must avoid the evil
of which it is the silent witness. We
must be honest in our contracts. AT
present there is no reason to doubt our
honesty, for we haven't begun to spend
much money on supplies and the men at
the head of the business are beyond sus-
picion; but Panama herself is an apt
pupil, even if she had not inherited from
| Spain the tricks of the politician. They
| have commenced to expend their bonus
on such trivialities as a new coinage
| that was not needed. To De sure, it is
wise to abolish the Colombian silver
| (monkey or tin money!, but the prac-
| tical substitute is American dollars,
which find eager acceptance; yet a ma
| tional currency meant dip into the
treasury, and so it was adopted.
| And then the toy Republic is gaily
establishing an army of officeholders.
EverT hamlet has its alcalde and post
master, although it is a mystery what
ehey can find to do. There could hardly
be any crime there; I saw one police
man arrested for sleeping on duty, and
/ he had another policeman to watch him
| and they were exchanging village gos-
sip together. The army has been dis
charged and most OF the men are al
work upon the canal, but the police
corps. patterned after our marines, does
good service when needed.-Dr. Albert
| B. Hale, in The Reader Magazine fol
July.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01

robbing them. They were interested
in knowing about it. They were pay
ing the Record for telling them the
news. But if they had had to depend
upon the Record to tell them that they
were being robbed they would have
been in ignorance of it yet, had it not
been for street gossip and for the State
Journal and other real newspapers,
papers that believe they owe it to their
readers to give them the legitimate
news they pay for.
These are things that the editor of
the Record has probably never thought
among the thoughts he has been think
ing. He probably suppressed the facts
about the dishonest official because he
did not wish to hurt anybody's feelings.
Personally the editor of the Record is
one. OF the best of men. The writer of
these lines does not believe he would
knowingly do dishonest thing but it
is evident that he has not been honest
with the people who pay him to tell
them the local news of Marion county
even.