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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-20
1.-THE SMART SET:'
BY SALLY SHARP.

cast who will present THE Liars" Is
fast fixed upon the advantages to ac-
crue, and from the interest OF the So
ciety set there will not be a vacant
seat in the Columbia next Thursday
afternoon. Every box has been spoken
for twice over Those succeeding In re-
tanning the limited number Of boxes
are: Mrs. Eleanor Martin. Mrs. M. H.
de Young. Mrs William 8. Tevis, Mrs.
William Irwin. Mrs. Isaac Hecht, Mrs.
Henry T. Scott, Raphael Well. Mrs.
H. E. Huntington. Miss Mary Kohl and
Mrs. William Ashburner are among
those who have engaged loges.
DIR. and Mrs Russell Cool will en-
tertain next Sunday. giving a break
fast involving unusual and merry fea-
lures. The guests, who are TO assume
the garbs and mannerisms of Dickens
characters, will take delight In the af-
fair that promises so much OF unique
nature. The deiineators are to include
Miss Maren Froelich, Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar Peixctto, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Gerstle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deer1ng.
Mrs. Lucy May Hayes. John Hous-
man, Jerome Landfeld.
The members of the San Francisco
Nursery for Homeless Children, who
held their annual meeting on January
10, reported very prosperous condition
and are progressing with the new home
at Lake street and Fourteenth avenue.
Nearly a hundred little ones have been
protected and nourished during the last
year, all of whom are healthy and
happy. The public has been very So
licitous for and generous toward this
home. and the officers and managers
recognize the fact appreciatively.
A dance will be given at the Palace
Hotel on the evening OF February 10
by the Alpha Gamma Eta Kappa The
patronesses are Mrs. Bernard Faymon-
Vile. Mrs James Potter Langhorne.
Mrs. Hiram Warren Johnson, Mrs.
George Henry Luchsinger, Mrs. James
Sewell Manley, Mrs. Louis Ffndley
Monteagle, Mrs. Emmet Hawkins Rix-
ford. Mrs Edward Augustus Selfridge.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Woolnough were
given e. musical evening recently by
Mrs. Mcclellan and Mrs Macrette,
wife and daughter OF Colonel Mcclellan,
at their Union-street home. The deco
rations of cavalry and infantry colors
were freely mingled throughout the
house. and after the music a dance held
sway for the evening. stringed or
chestra lending its fascinating strains.
The guests, of whom there were many
from the army and town set. included
Colonel and Mrs. Johnson, Major and
Mrs. Davis, lieutenant and Mrs WOOL
lar NJ
Thompson.
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The Auxiliary of Pioneer Women VIII
entertain at tea on Saturday, February
4. in Pioneer Hall. The convening OF
these women means much, for the his
tory of the beautiful and interesting
State of California is due, in large part,
to their presence and efforts. Idle tea
Gun chatter Is not prevalent. for mat
ters of depth and reminiscence are
dealt with, and no present day eonoi-
ton Of prosperity or adversely can on-
literate the unity springing from once
common condition. Diversion by song
will be special attraction on this date,
for Mrs. Reginald Brooke Of London,
formerly a Californian, will lift up her
voice in harmony for the women OF TINS
State, and to express her own stable
affection for her OLD home. The re-
ceiving party will include: Mrs. John
Burnett, Mrs T. w. Holiday. Mrs.
Louis Aldrich, Mrs. s. 8. Wethered,
Mrs. ]. C. Tucker, Mrs Eleanor Martin.
Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Mrs. Brayton,
Mrs. George McNear, Miss O'Callaghan,
Mrs. Leonard Chenery, Mrs. Fernando
Pfngst, Mrs. C. Denarvaud. Mrs. E. B.
G1Olludy, JOl1A Ndi"Nys <.A-S'
Elisha Cook, Mrs. Henry L. Dodge.
Miss Mollie Phelan. Mrs. jerome Mad
den, Mrs. ]. T. Bucknall, Mrs. William
T. Wallace, Mrs. L. Van Orden, Mrs.
Lowrey, Mrs. Peer Tiffany, Mrs. J. M.
Gcewey. Mrs. Jane l.. Mantel. Mrs.
James L. Masten, Mrs. Henry g..
weatherby, Mrs. Herbert Folger. Mrs.
J. H. Jewett, Mrs. Christian Refs. Mrs.
J. ]. Brice.
Mrs Charles Josselyn gives a tea
to-day, which will be the last Of these
affairs for the season by this charming
hostess.
Mrs. willard Drown will entertain
to-day at a tea.
Mrs. C. Frederick Kohl will be 'at
home" this afternoon.
Mrs. Clarence Martin Mann will be
hostess\at large dinner on February
at her Washington street home. Cow
ers will be laid for thirty guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. William g. Irwin enter
ldluC0 dl al CAdOOidtC NltA4iCf idSi CNCA-
ing at which were present thirty guests.
The home on Washington street was
converted into a floral bower, so lavish
and exquisite were the decorations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Howell have ex-
tended their wedding trip to the City
of Mexico and thence will travel
widely before their return home.
The welfare of the Naval Club house
at Vallejo is being persistently kept In
mind. The attention of the talented
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THE VIOLIN LEG"

Say" said a prominent New Mont
gomery-street tailor yesterday to a Call
reporter, do you know that OF all the
modern sacrifices made by the human
body to art. sports, customs and habits
of different sorts, there is one that ap-
pears SO far to have escaped the news
papers. You have discovered the 'bi-
cycle back the automobile gait etc.
but have you ever her of the violin
leg?' 1t sounds funny, but 1t is a
fact that every violinist OF experience
sacrifices to his art a measure of his
manly beauty in an abnormal develop
ment of the left leg. I say manly
beauty because. of ccurse, I have no
way of judging Of the effect of violin
playing on the ladies. but have no
doubt my theory<will be substantiated
there also when the rush is on for the
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KIT CARSON KS x
MESSENGER.

There was needed messenger TO
! the Government at Washington. Who
better could serve at this than this
ircn-framed little rider. Kit Carson !?
He started on september 15. 1s46. and
had won across the Rocky Mountains
when he met General Kearnys s
] column and was ordered to return to
California. In this return the Kear-
ny column was assailed by the Cali
fornia Mexicans. stern fighters them
selves, who pushed Kearny's forces
into a desperate situation. The be-
leaguered troops needed a messenger
out to San Diego. Kit Carson and
Lieutenant Beale Of the navy under
took the task. The hardships of the
march wrecked the mind and body Of
Beale, who was an invalid for two
years thereafter. 1t was nothing to
Kit Carson. In March. 1S47, he was
started once more as a dispatch-bearer
to Washington. This time he met the
7 Indians on the Gila, fought them. got
through, crossed New Mexico. descend
ed the Arkansas River and in the
,month of June arrived at Washington,
after having made 1000 miles In three
months time. The journey requires
little more than three days now; but
We do not make it horseback.
AT Washington, as some sort Of re-
ward for his services, Carson was ap-
pointed lieutenant of the Rifle Corps
OF the United States army. His COM
mission. however, was never ratified,
though this he did not learn until
some months later. He was sent back
to California with dispatches. He
crossed the Missouri River. fought the
Comanches at the Point of Rocks, got
thr ough them, passed the Rockies. and
had won as far through as the Virgin
River before he met his next Indian
fight. He and fifteen companions here
stood off 800 Indians. In time he
reached Monterey, and later. simply to
keep himself in practice, took service
against the Mexicans on the border for
time.
! There was no man of all those
known to the army officers who had
the resources or was so well qualified
as a dispatch rider as Kit Carson. He
was sent back once more to Washing
+ ton in the spring of 184S. The physi-
cal frame of any other man except
himself had been by these journeyings
too far racked to enable him to make
this long and hazardous trip. The
/ souls of most men would have failed
them long ere this. Yet this hardy,
tough little man, just big enough for
steady riding. cheerfully undertook
this third journey across continent
as dispatch-bearer.- Hough,
/ In January Outing.
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her heart did somersaults with undue
energy. And when Norton was an
nounced she could scarcely keep her
joy within bounds. Never before to-
day had she realized what a large part
he played in her life; how much she
had learned to believe him hers In
spite of the indifferent manner in which
she always treated him.
Florence was not ready to go down.
stairs and her hostess, glad Of the op-
portunity to see Norton for minute
alone, preceded her.
Helena" began the man. holding
out his hand just as he had that morn
ing in the depot, Il had to come to-
night He searched her eyes, half
looking for the scorn which he saw IN
them in the station. He was visibly
relieved, if puzzled, when he discovered
her old sauciness playing in them
again.
''Why?" she asked hypocritically.
TT is for me to ask why-after this
morning" he said softly, and stepping
closer to her.
Florence arrived this morning"
Helena began irrelevantly.
The man frowned-not at the news
she had impaired, but at her persist
ency in changing the subject.
And my grandmother, too, arrived,
he said.
Helena nodded. Yes. saw you"
st wouldn't have known 1t from your
glance
Perhaps you are imaginative or-or
over-sensitive, the girl persisted, try
ing to make the outcome easier for her.
self She felt-oh, so wickedly deceit
full; she almost hated herself. Both
cheeks burned and she avoided his di-
rect gaze.
Look here, Helena" said Norton,
laying one hand on her-shoulder. why
were you $3.50 different this morning? ?
Was it because my dear old grand
mother is $3.50 different from the
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tape measures as the result Of this
story.
81 made the discovery some time ago
while measuring a young man for a
pair Of trousers. / noticed an enlarge
ment of the left calf, OF which he was
entirely unconscious. I knew he was
an inveterate violinist and asked him
to pose as IL playing. He did 30 and
it was seen at once that almost the en-
tire weight of the body was sustained
on the left leg-that being the correct
violin pose as he expressed it-and
that years OF constant practice had
made the change.
Tn many cases since where have
found the same development have
surprised the customer by asking IL he
were not violinist and the answer in
yariably has been yes. He has per-
haps thought I had the power to read
his mind while as a matter OF fact 1t
was only the power to read his leg"
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SENATOR STONE FOR REFORM.

is sight that interest the gods and
Senator Gum-shoe Stone of Missouri decang public
and proposing investigate the of campaign funds
back 1906 His righteous soul and travail lest
of old and fails with vgor The elections of
largely and that of Overwhelmingly
way that it of claim that money could
have influenced such results.
The who will charge this distorted Senator
majority 100000 his fellow corrupy affected
last election should be stood the with
deceased and things He nraged because Missouri
suit him. He belongs the antFok wing of the Demoracy
in his State He elected the Senate by the baking powder
Legislature when Folk took that investigation ba
ing powder led Stones quarters Now, Folk elected
Roosevelt carried Missouri ereat Stones gorge
rises and the results spatter the Senate
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women we meet here?" Helena raised
a protesting hand. but he hurried on.
My father, as you know, was self
made man-and his mother-but don
think l am ashamed of her!"
Helena's lips quivered and her eyes
burned. "Oh, believe me, 1t wasn't
your grandmother. think she's lovely.
II thought you had come to meet
Florence" she cried, throwing up her
head and looking him squareiy in the
eyes at last.
Helena" the man said, and his
breath came quickly. And you
cared?
The girl nodded her head slowly.
A few moments later rhe raised her
eyes shyly to his.
Don't you think we might have a
matron of honor instead of maid?"
"She shall be my best man If you say
o."-(Copyright, 1905, by T. c. Nc
Clure.)
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THE COMING
or GRHNDnH
BY BERTHA BLAKE.

cally. mot meet you when / haven't
seen you for months?'
But all afternoon, above the chat and
gossip incident to her guests arrival,
Helena's mind reverted to her conduct
at the station. Would Norton ever
come to see her again? And If he did
not, could she AFFORD to write him a
note of apology?
That evening whenever the bell rang
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ANSWERS.

PRIVATE SECRETARY-A. S., CAL
istoga, Cal. The private secretary to
Senator Perkins is r. H. Sawyer, for
merly of San Francisco.
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1042.
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Townsend's California Glace fruits in
artistic fire-etched boxes. It's Market st. =
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THE PRESS OF THE NATION.

boasts that he spanked President Roosevelt
white sofyPhadepha
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE-w. Y. u,
lone. Cal. The electors of each State
meet at the capital of each State on the
second Monday in January following
the election for Presidential Electors.
when they vote for President and Vice
President, and certified copies of the
result are sent to the President OF the
Senate at Washington. d. c.. where the
two houses Of Congress In joint session
canvass the vote and declare the result.
That is called the Electoral College.
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REFUND-T., City. If you have
paid more taxes than you should have
paid make application to the Tax Col
lector, who will advise you as to what
steps you should take in regard to
having returned TO you that which you
overpaid.
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ALL EXPLAINED.

ALL EXPLAINED.
Farmer-What do you call thet air
hossless kerase?
Automobiles call 1t automobile
English. oughto and Latin moveo
(move)-oughto move, but don't
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thinks nothing of it-Denver Republican
Washington
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that Rojestvenys flagship didn't
that invented the will satisfaction
miserable old couldn't strike anythingchcago
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-12

lines projected by Coils P. Hunting
ton. He took an active part in Wing
and Republican politics, was long
chairman Of the Republican State
Committee and several times refused
the nomination for Governor when the
election was certain, preferring to keep
out of Office. He was president for
years Of the Oakland Savings Bank
and was helpful in every way to those
less fortunately situated than himself.
He was a millionaire. He used his
money to open up new avenues Of In
famous men mentioned, D. o. Mills,
Claus spreckels and Mark Hopkins
were his intimates. The conditions
which these men faced were hard and
the fruits which came to them were
only produced by years of self-sacrifice
and perseverance. They lived decent.
ly, but simply until final triumph over
adverse circumstances enabled them to
enjoy life's sweets.
When Colonel Requa settled in Oak.
land he selected Piedmont Heights
with a splendid view of San Francis,
co and the Golden Gate, as an ideal
spot. He built a mansion and called
it and the estate of twenty acres which
surrounded 1t Highlands. For twenty
seven years 1t was seat of hospital
ity and rare domestic enjoyment. Pa
rents, children and servants lived in
tranquil happiness and visitors came
from afar to experience its delights
He was an ideal host-tall, of fine
presence, well-proportioned, with 6
face denoting firmness, generosity anc
frankness. All philanthropic work Of
his section found In him a supporter
and he contributed to the endeavors Of
the Red Gross Society.
In religion Colonel Requa was al
Bpiscopallan. He was a firm sup
porter of Masonry and had been {
Knight Templar many years. He wal
member Of the prominent clubs O.
the Pacific coast. He married Mis-
Sarah J. Mowry In San Francisco il
1868 and she survives, with two chill
dren-Mark L. Requa and Mrs. Osca
Long, wife Of General Long, of tn
United States army.
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on his back and shouted at the top of
my voice. 1t was the groom who had
slipped upstairs and locked me IN, and,
though he may not have recognized my
voice as I shouted, the sudden alarm
caused a greater panic than l could
have hoped for.
All three men started to run. The
groom threw down his sack, but the
robbers clung to theirs. They all knew
about the ditch, but in the darkness
and confusion they made right for it
and tumbled In one after another. AS
they went in fred two shots in the
direction Of the stables.
Both cut the two men there 80 close
that they took to their heels, and thus
with three shots and four or five yells
i had scared OF whole gang. had
even done better. In falling into the
ditch the three fellows were badly
knocked about, and when it came to
climbing out they couldn't do it, es-
pecially as / was there with my pistol
in hand and threatened to shoot the
AL6L lldu WAO B14OWSu AID ACdOs
The row had awakened the woman,
and when they came to know what
had happened they took the horse and
cart and went for the police, while l
continued to stand guard. In an hour
we had the men out and handcuffed,
and next day the other two were ar
rested twenty miles away.
The two strangers were profession
ais and desperate men, and but for the
fact that one had an arm broken and
the other leg by the fall into the
ditch they could not have been held
there 30 easily.
They got fifteen years apiece in pris-
on, while the other were let of with
seven, and, though / am not going to
give exact figures, 1 will say that Mr..
Markham rewarded me so literally
that it was made a red letter night in
my life. The police growled at my
way Of doing things, as matter of
course; but, on the other hand, hun
dred different newspapers said "the
boy at Beechenbrook" deserved un.
stinted praise for his conduct, and SO
on, while the others were let off with
er proud Of the affair.-Philadelph
| prosa
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The Best Husband.

1t Is not always the cleverest man
who makes the best husband yerv
often what the world calls q stunid
man will be far the easiest to live
with. When water pipes burst Or
when children have the Group an ordi.
nary man will be SO patient and helm.
full that you do not realize what q nar,
feet comfort this may be until Won
have had experience of a different sort
OF being at the head of a house.
1t Is very nice to have the world
talking of your husbands greatness
and cleVerness, and you are very prord
OF him, but this is not every dav in
the week, and you have your husba nd
about all the time. If you are thin1l,
ing of a husband, don't look for ont
ward shine, for glitter and 1,orv
homespun wears much better +bcr
spangied net, so don't be afraid to oo
cept the homely man who loves vor
and will take care of you, instesd ~
waiting for an ideal that can on1v on
lst In your own mind.
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in his battles against vicissitudes and
in developing the railroad she had been
his cOnfidant and aid. For four years
she has been continuously reelected.
The road is called the crOokedeSt rail-
road in California, running through
picturesque scenery, and through Il
territory rich in mineral deposits. The
road is only "a miles long and eight
trains pass over it daily. In the win
ter, after heavy storm, the miners
are organized into shovel brjgades to
release the trains.
When Mrs. Kidder took hold not q
dividend had been declared in eighteen
years. The road was in debt and Its
physical condition was run down. Mrs
Kidder improved 1t, so that 1t was soon
In condition to handle business for the
first time in years. She actually boom.
ed the road, with the result that in
1908 a dividend of 10 per cent was paid
on capital stock Of $25OOOO. Mrs
Kidder owns II per cent Of the entire
issue.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-12

There are few right thinking per
sons who could deny that business men
ought to confide in their wives. 81.
First of all, a woman cannot feel
that her husband has given her bis
whole heart when he keeps from her
the whole course Of his business life,
No doubt 1t is generally done from a
good motive. The husband thinks he
is saving his wife worry and trouble,
but in most cases he is doing the ex'
act opposite, for every wife with right
feeling would gladly lessen her hus'
bands burdens by sharing them.
Nor does a sensible woman care for
the left-handed compliment that her
pretty head was not meant to bother
with figures. True marriage Is a true
union in everything where all Is open
and the griefs and the sorrows OF each
are shared by both and comfort drawn
from the mutual sympathy. A man
| who does not confide in his wife deliD
erately shuts himself out from hh
chief consolation.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-12
The Re- Enslave.nent of Women.

RefOrmer, educator and economist
have been occupied for the past ouar-
ter of century in the emancipation of
women. Just when it seems that the
work is nearly finished, and that Wom-
an Is free to go where she pleas4s
study what she pleaSes, and do what
ever she pleases, behold, the air vi
brates with a new threat of an old
tyranny! The Psychologists and the
economists may have been vanouished
but the edict Of Paris still triumnhs
and If that ordalns the reinstatement
Of women-the revival of the hoop.
skirt-rebelliOn Is useless.
An awful whisper Is in the air that
this calamity impends. Nobody knows
whether the crinOline is coming at tbe
behest of the dressmaker, whose occu
patton demands a change In sleeve q,
bodice or skirt every year, or whetha,
the plot is one by which the steel truv,
seeks TO double its profits. Rut Eno
land is aghast at the prospect
Some energetic agitators are orpapi
ing a postcard campaign against thf
danger. A well-known feminine No.
elist appeals fer a hundred and tvon+-
thousand women to write pest-card. ~
Lendea paper, pledging themselva.
to defy the criReline. One active wom
an Is reported eager to write a thon
sand postcards with her own hand +,
help on the cause, 1t is not clear why
she thinks a thousand repetuons o,
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To Match Gown,

The fashion of wearing necklaces OF
large beads has been revived ana
quaint old stones and Venetian glass
beads are In demand. g.
Sets of gems to match the color OF
the gown worn with them are no"
the rage, and in the jewelers. snopS
many strange stones are to be founa.
The spinel, pretty stone WINCH
comes from Siam, can be procured ~
almost any color, and is specially az
tractiYe in red and blue. Greensboro
the lucky" New Zealand stone wnlsn
Is kind Of Jade, is also often mau0 @
into necklets and the aquamaflne'
which was in vogue In the Georgian
days, is once more a fayorite.
Other necklets are composed OF am'
ber, coral, topaz, lapis-lazuli, JET ooa'
nemara marble, carneuans and gariie.' I"
so that a great variety Of color can ~
chosen.