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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
MARDI CRAS
WILL Be GAY
Decorations of Olden Time
in Mary Searles Gallery
Are Dazzling and Unique
GOOD. FUN IS PROMISED
Joan of Arc to Be Called
From Out of the Shadows
of the Past, to Live Again
BY SALLY SHARP.

The Mardi Gras is but six days
away-the glad, gay spectacle to which
the Paris of America" treats itself
once every year ere it wraps it's soul
IN the purple of repentance.
OF course, there are those who say
that San Francisco doesn't thrill to
the Mardi Gras spirit-that the grim
gorgons Of self-consciousness and prig-
gishness stalk about. But don't you
believe it.
AT last years ball every man, maid
and matron who had a spark of ginger
In his composition-and a snatch of
imagination-had a merry good time.
Andsthis year promises betteri and be-
cause more people who belong are
going.
Already the decorations of the Mark
Hopkins Institute of Art are we'll un-
der way, the splender centralizing in
the Mary Searles gallery.
Here will Joan of Arc, bearing aloft
her cross and her distaff, receive
homage from the men of every nation.
is is said that at the head of the
pageantry, composed of all the person
ages of the French court, the Maid of
Orleans will ride triumphantly upon a
n1lk-wf1ite steed, led by picturesque
pages.
Now all this is very effective and
undoubtedly very artictic, but there
are many women of henna hair who
object to the white horse-for obvious
reasons. However, if sufficient inf1u-
encel be brought Co bear upon Perham
Nahl or Captain Fletcher, dapple-
gray might be substituted. The dec
orative scheme has been evolved from
the conceptions and the fine UNDER
standing ~ ha
who has delved deep into the study of
the tremulous, picturesque times of
the fair Maid of Orleans.
+ Thus has he emblazoned the yield
ing walls with the escutcheon, the
crown and the sword, the oriflamme of
war, and, surmounting all, the regnant
fieur-de-lis.
throne is reared aioft, its drapings
of blue velvet emblazoned with gold,
gorgeous enough to have hung Ger the
head of the abeatified Maid in her
glory.
Round about the galleries sides are
various devices-hundreds of them
coats of arms, banners and shields,
emblazoned upon carnival-colored pan
els of bunting, while overhead are
strung thousands of colored light
bulbs, all radiating from the throne in
wavelike fashion.
AS a result of former experience, the
calcium lights will this year be loosed
upon the pageant from little medieval
castle opposite the throne. BY the
innovation. the occupants of boxes at
either end of the gallery will not be
dazzled with light as formerly-like-
wise will the dramatic effect be height
ened.
The main hall, where the gay pro-
cession will form, will be ablaze with
red and yellow lanterns, with golden
balls swinging from the arched dome
in elfish fashion.
In all truth, San Francisco will
never have known so gay a Mardi
Gras-nor so smart.
And as for sensations-but of these
l must not tell-until next Wednesday,.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

there will be the first performance Of wag-
ner's dedicational festival play. "Parsifal."
Bergstaller this debut in San Francisco). Van
Rooy (his debut In San Francisco), Blass Co
ritz (his debut in San Francisco. Muhlmann.
Bayer. Greder, Mines Jacoby. Lemon, Bauer
mester. Poehlmann, Alien Ralph.
Ine conductor Oh the Parstfaf' perform,
one of the greatest Wagnerian conductors in
the world. The evening performances of par
Continue until ess oeloeS There viii acb be Wa an
intermssion until S:45 O'clock when the opera
will proceed to its conclusion.
For the first matinee Saturday, April 8,
the double bill will be given The cast In
cludes Mines. de Macchi cher debut in San
Francfsco). Jacoby and Bauermeister and NM.
Nuibo (his debut In San Francisco) and Begue.
The cast of "Paglacci'' will introduce Nine.
Alien Caruso. Goritz. Reiss. Parvis.
On Saturday evening. the Sth inst, the first
performance of The Huguenots" will be
given and the cast will be extraordinary
one. 1t will include Mines. Nordica. Homer.
Dippel, Muhlmann. Scctti. Journet. Giaconne.
Giordani Begue. Dufriche. Bars. The rer-
Torrance will be conducted by vigna.
On Monday evening the 10th. Lucia" will
be given with cast which will include Sem
brich, Bauermeister Caruso Parvis Journet,
Bars and Giordani.
On Tuesday afternoon at o'clock the sec
ond perfor1ance OF 'Parsifar' will be given.
In which fIme. Fremstad will make her debut
On Wednesday evening at o'clock the first
performance of Ponchellis great opera. La
Giaconda,' will be given with great cast.
including Nordica. Homer. Mulford. Caruso.
Scotti, Journet. Begue. Dufriche and Giordani
The only matinee performance of "Parsifal"
will be given on Thursday. April 13. The
performance will begin at II o'clock a. m.
On Thursday evening Johan Strauss comic
opera die Fledermaus,' will be given with
a cast that will include Sembrich. Homer AL
ten Dippel Reiss Goritz. Greder. Bayer and
Haensler The conductor OF this performance
will be Nathan Frankie
On Friday evening the 14th inst. the double
bill will be repeated with the cast as
announced for the first performances OF the
same operas, and Saturday matinee the only
performance of Wagner's opera, Die Meister-
singer" will be given with cast that will
include Mines Alien and Homer and NM
Dippel, Van Rooy. Goritz Blass. Muhnann
Reiss. Walter, Bayer Rudolf. FRANKIE Du-
friche Greder, Werner Loetch.
The season will close on Saturday evening
April 15 with a repetition of La Giaconda''
with the same great cast as annaunced above.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
PARCELS POST BETWEEN
BRITAIN AND AMERICA
Will Go Into Effect April First at the
Rate of Twelve Cents Per
POuud

The Postmaster General notified
Postmaster Fisk yesterday that a par
GELS post convention had been con-
cluded between the United States and
Great Britain and Ireland to be ef-
fective April 1 of this year. Parcels
must not exceed $50 in value nor four
pounds six ounces or two Kilograms
in weight. They must not measure
more than three feet six inches in
length. and six feet length and girth
combined. From the United States
the rate will be twelve cents per
pound or fraction thereof, and from
Great Britain or Ireland the rate will
be two shillings for all weights. The
delivery charge to be paid by the ad-
dressee in this country will be five
cents, and in the other countries two
pence and half. or "tuppence
ha'penny' in the vernacular.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
Hart. GreensfeIder's
Mind Gives Way
Under Strain.

Hart Greensfelder, % years Of age.
son of Naph B. Greensfelder, shot
himself in the mouth, the bullet
passing through his brain, at the resi-
dence of his parents, 2123 Pine street,
at o'clock Monday night.
The young man was discovered In
precarious condition in the basement
by his father, who had him removed to
his room and four doctors summoned.
In spite of every possible attention and
the best of medical skill, Hart passed
away yesterday morning.
Young Greensfelder was brilliant
scholar and graduated from the Uni
versity of California last year with
high honors. He was exceedingly ac-
tive, taking part in debates and enter
tainments, and was also one Of the
leaders in social and literary circles of
the university town. He was in the
Carnot debating team, was chairman
of the senior extravaganza afternoon
committee, was at one time editor OF
the Occident, chairman of the college
debating committee and member OF the
Golden Bear and Phi Beta Kappa.
His ambition led him to continue his
studies and for four months he attend
ed the Hastings Law School in the
mornings, but owing to the strain was
advised to forego some of the tasks
which he had voluntarily set for him.
self.
On February 1 he received his ap-
pointment as special agent of the Cen
sus Bureau for Manufacturers from
the Department of Commerce and La
bor Washington. Though he deeply
appreciated the honor, he began:to fear
that he might not be able to properly
perform his new duties.
Owing to the courtesy Of the Coroner
the remains were permitted to rest at
the home of the stricken parents. Mr..
and Mrs Greensfelder have two sur
viving children, Bernard and MISS
Helen Sutro Greensfelder.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
STARS
WILL BE HEARD
AT THE GRAND

The Conried Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company will open at the Grand
Opera house on April 6. "Parsifal'
will be part of the repertoire and the
-much-talked-of Caruso will appear
here for the first time. along with
Mines Nordica and Sembrich and
other famous singers.
Orders for season tickets and for
boxes for the season will be received
by the management through the mails
for the entire season of twelve per-
formances. They should be addressed
to Charles W. Strine, manager Of the
San Francisco season of the Metro
politan Opera Company, in care of the
Grand Opera-house. These orders will
be strictly filed in the order of their
receipt and the seats allotted as near
the location desired as is possible.
On Monday next the sale will open
for every performance excepting the
repetitions which are included in the
season performances. This sale in
cludes one performance of "Rigoletto,' -
La Gioconda," Die Fledermaus." !"
"Cavalleria Rusticana," "PPagliaccf'
and Die Meistersinger."
On Thursday, March 8. the sale Of
single performances for the season will
begin.
The management has issued the fol-
lowing announcement regarding this
noteworthy musical season.:
Thursday evening, April 6-"Rigoletto,
with Mines Sembrich Homer Bauermeister
Mapelson and Elliott and NM. Caruso (his
debut in San Francisco, scotti. Journet.
Begue, Muhlmann. Giordani, Greder Fanelli
Arturo Vigna. who will likewise make his de-
but in San Francisco, will be the conductor,
and there will be an incidental dance by the
corps de ballet
On Friday afternoon. April 4. at o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
SPEAKS ON EXPEDITION
TO THE. MAGNETIC POLE
Consul Henry Lund Delivers Instruc-
tive Lecture Before Geograph-
icaI Society of the Pacific

bdl society OF the Pacific.
An interesting and instructive lee
ture was delivered last night by Henry
Lund, local Consul for Sweden and
Norway, before the Geographical So
ciety Of the Pacific in the Academy of
Sciences hall. The subject was ITO
the Magnetic North Pole-the Gjoa
Expedition"
Consul Lund told how Captain
Roald Amundsen and seven others
left Norway in 1903 in the little sloop
Gjoa for Greenland, whence the party
was to sail into the Arctic Ocena north
of the American continent for the
purpose of ascertaining the exact To-
cation of the magnetic North Pole
Amundsen was then to find his way
through the northwest passage and
return by way of Bering Sea to the
port of San Francisco.
Consul Lund said the expedition
may arrive here the latter part of the
year, but more probably it will not
put into this port until the autumn
of 1905, and possibly not until 1907
The last heard from the captain
was when news from him reached
Europe November 20, last year. The
message was then over one year DID,
At the time it was written. August
"a, 1903, the expedition had reached
Erebus Bay. Beechey Island. All
We're well and were about to leave on
that same day for the supposed loca-
ton of the magnetic North Pole on
BoOtchia Island.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
PREPARING A GREAT
CHILDREN'S CHORUS
St. Joseph's Parish Is to Celebrate st.
Patrick's Day In Elaborate
SttIe

Style.
st. Joseph's Parish is planning to
hold an entertainment in honor OF the
feast day of ST. Patrick. and the af-
fair will take place on the evening
of March 16, at st. Joseph's Hall,
corner OF Tenth and Howard streets.
A large and enthusiastic promotion
meeting was held last night in the
parish assembly room, and after
spirited addresses by the pastor. Rev.
Father Mulligan, Rev. Father Keane
and the chairman OF the meeting.
John p. Dowling. committees were
appointed to attend to various pre-
liminary matters. Father Mulligan
announced that the sisters OF ST.
Joseph's Academy were engaged in
training a chorus of one hundred girls
in the singing OF favorite Irish mel
odies, and that another chorus of boys
from the Christian Brothers School
was being drilled to render songs ap-
propriate to the occasion. These
choruses will be strong features Of the
programme, which will embrace an
grafton, vocal and instrumental sSlos.
duets and quartets, Gaelic Jigs and
reels by clever artists and numerous
vaudeville specialties by professionals
and amateurs. The gathering ad-
journed to meet again next Monday
evening to hear reports from the fol-
lowing committees:
Literary-G. W. Bayreuther ]. B. Carney.
P. NJ Hare. R j. Cardiff. e McCosker, r. 8.
McCann, d. Delury-
Music-John T. Kane. j. Murphy, j. A. Me-
Cam. L. Berger. ". d. TAFT. H. Rowan. NJ.
]. Fox.
Vaudeville including Irish dancing-T Z.
Lally. T. b Bready. j. Bresnahan. J. Sullivan.
A Mancgue, J. Tamony. ]. Moss.
Publicity-Charles ID. South NJ Hallinan. j.
F. Renault j. VI. OConren. T. L. Cadogan,
Ed Curtis. J.. P. Mcguire
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
NEW SCHOOL GRADING
MEETS WITH PROTEST
Residents of Noe Valley Meet With
Superintendent Langdon to Tell
Him of Grievances

The recent grading by the Board
of Education of schools in Noe Vail
ley, by which the James Lick School
was set apart for grammar grades
and the Noe Valley for primary, has
stirred up trouble for the directors,
for last night a mass meeting of the
parents was held in Plants Hall at
Twenty-fourth and Douglas streets to
voice Indignation and protest. Super
intendent w. H. Langdon had agreed
to meet the parents and was on hand
to listen to their grievances.
The hall was filled by the parents
of the school children and Mr.. Lang
don explained the situation. After the
exchange of views it was agreed that
the residents should petition the
Board of Education to restore the
status of both schools as they were
before the change was made.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

Try the United States Laundry. 1904
Market street. Telephone South 420.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
SPLENDID BENEFIT GIVEN
TO ALL SAINTS CHURCH
Noted Musical and Literary Folk
Take Part i'm an Enjoyable
Programme


A musical and literary entertain
ment of the highest order was given
last evening at Steinway Hall for the
benefit of All Saints Church. Masonic
avenue and Haight street. The bene-
fit was under the auspices of the
members of the church. The enter
tainments given last week for 4 e
same object were in charge Of 81.
most satisfactory.
The programme, which was most
enjoyable, was as follows:
Part I-(a) 'Liebes Garten'' (schumann)
tb) 1.-The Fleecy Cloud (Mendelssohn). Fuh-
rsr string trio; i ca -. Still l, as the Night,
Tu'; from :Balo in Maschera'' Cverdi). Anon
Cain; ''Oh, Dry Those Tears (Del. Riego),
Miss Alice Busch; monologue, Miss charlotte
White; Rose of My Life Fabian Rose).
Herbert Williams.
Part II-violin solo. 'Jegende" (Bohm),
Paca" from William Tell (Rossin). Mrs. L.
nider-Johnson; lutte solo, (a) Ave Maria"
iyn'' CGodard). Samuel Adeistein: "A Fair En-
counter Charles Morshaw Rae). Miss Alice
Meredith Cray and aS. Miss Marion Allen from
Voice by the Cedar Tree CD 1T Shall Have
Had Ny Day, tc) Birds in the High Hall
That 'rwere Possible Mrs Marion E. B.
Robinson; (a) For the Sake Of the Past
tMatteD. OBJ 10, the Factotum" from Bar
biere'' lRossini), Anon Cain.
Miss Ethelwyn Marrack, Mrs. Anon
Cain and Miss Edna White presided
at the piano, their splendid work as
accompanies adding no little to the
success. At the close Of the enter
tainment the large audience was in
vited to partake of refreshments, and
a dance followed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

The old Mint" restaurant sos Com
mercial ST.. reopens Wednesday. Mar 1. .
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
Guest at Women's BANQUET.

Mrs. NJ. Lewis, who has been a
buyer for Newman & Levinson for fif-
teen years and will leave tomorrow
for Goldfelds to go into business, was
the guest of honor last evening at a
banquet given by eighteen young la
dies with whom she has been en-
ployed. The firm presented her with
a gold watch and her fellow employees
surprised her with a handosem silver
set.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01

ONE GUILTY, OTHER ACQUITTED.-John
Brady, alias James Dillen, an ex-convict
pleaded guilty in Judge Lawlor's court yes
terday to charge of burglary and will be
sentenced on March 9. Thomas Sbarboro was
tried before jury for the same offense and
acquitted. They were charged with breaking
into the shop Of Antonio Geantit. butcher,
935 Montgomery avenue. on December 49,
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
SCHTHTZE

DENTIST SCHULTZE SUICIDES.-Ths
body of E H. Schultze. a dentist re-
covered from the bay half a mile from Meiggs
wharf yesterday. It had been IN the water
about two weeks 1t is thought that Schultze
was the man who jumped overheard from an
Oakland ferry-boat about that time. Financial
troubles caused the suicide.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-17
HEARING ON SMOKE ORDINANCE


 Another Session in City Hall Last Night Andrew P. Kelley Addresses the Meeting. ', An adjourned public hearing on the al, legged smoke nuisance was held before the committee on ordinances in City hall last evening. When the meeting was called to order there were sixteen citizens present, not including three members of the committee and Clerk Moran. Several of those present spoke against the so-cailed smoke nuisance, but used only the same arguments were used at the last meeting, and which have already been published. ', A One of the speakers said that the fire, men seemed to delight in shoveling on coal and causing great deal of noise and smoke.
 Andrew P. Kelley who is one of the national officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was present, and at this point arose. He said that he first wanted 1t distinctly understood that he was not appearing in the inter, est of the railroad company, and that when he had come to the meeting he had simply come as a citizen with nc intention of speaking, but that he thought it his duty to refute some of the statements which had been made by some of the speakers. The speaker
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-17

then made 8 most, spirited speech, in which he said that the position which some of the ,citizens were taking con- eerning the matter would force the fireme,l not only to fight the road but to fight the city for their rigGt5. lie explained this by saying that if the remarks by some of the speakers were published it would simply cause the of ticiaIs of the road to frame some more rules for the firemen, and they had all they, could attend to at the present time. He. said that he wished to in. form one of the speakers, who said that the engines stopped in the cut, and just delighted to throw out smoke and make a noise, that when an engine was throw ing out smoke it could make no noise. The speaker next said, "This agitation will make the life of a fireman unbear- able" He then said that the rules which had been put in force concerning the burning of hard coal going through Mount Vernon and other places along 1 the main line made the work of the 1 firemen great deal harder than it had been, and goodness knows it is always ! nara enough.
 One of the speakers said that the cut was often blocked for. two hours at 8 time, and then when it was so the vi- cinity was, smoothing but noise and smoke.
 Ill reply to this Mr. Kelley said, "Why
 my good man, if this happened just once, the road would be in a worse con- dition than if a strike was in progress"
 He Said that he differed from the doc
 tors when they say that the smoke
 causes loss of life, and said that the firernen as a rule died either from na-
 tural causes or sudden accidents, and not from death caused by inhaling the
 smoke.
 | The other speakers were A. J. Car
 michael, A. Clark, Dr. Townsend, MT. ! Clarke, the real estate agent, Charles * Gay and John B. Foley. "
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-17
RAISING EGRETs FOR PLUMAGE.
Plan to Supply Aigrettes Vithout Killing Bird That roduces Them.

Plan to Supply Aigrettsss Without
 Killing Bird That Produces Them.
 The beautiful aigrettes known to milliners as osprey plunles, doi5not come off the bird properly known as the osprey. This is 2 large, brown and. white fishing hawk, persecuted, indeed to the death by the collector of Brit ish specimens, but not i'll the cause of fashion, since3sit has no remarkable plumage to excite eupidity.
 The plumes sold under this name are the trousseau of several species of white herons---a wedding garment worn by both bride and bridegroom, and they were originally called by the French name esprit" Misrepresenta- ton and the Knowledge that there is a bird called osprey have given us the present title. Of course, the objection to their use is the fact that the birds are killed in the breeding season, the young birds being left to starve; but by keeping the birds. in captivity all this could be avoided, as they could be caught and shorn much easier than sheep. ., ,9s .s% ss ..
 There are several species. of egrets, as these white plume bearing herons are called, but one seems more suit able than any of the others for artifi- cial culture. This is the biggest of all-- the large egret (Herodias a1ba), a bird found practically all over the. world, for although some ornithologists di- vide it into two or, three species, the IiffaranoaS of Y,.oo ofionI importance. It is. about as tall as our common heron, but even more long and slender in shape, and it's, breeding plumage is in the form of one thick bunch of very long plumes growing from it's back. Et<13 a@ % %
 This species, being able to live in both hot and temperate climates, would thrive either here or in our coll
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-17

{ ,. ! t ss sA54S sonies, and being of a size to protct it. obvious advantages as asdomestic bird. 1t is, moreover, very long lived. X Young birds should be prociired to start with, as old ones would bear captivity with q very bad grace like the common heron. which is apt to re- fuse food when captured adult. Four may be found in nest, and they might be expected to bear mark ketable pfl1mes in the year after capture.
 The best way to keep them would be to clip the long quills of one wiIlgs and turn them out in an irclosure sur- rounded by six-feot fence of the coarsest netting, until they get tame, when they could be allowed to wander about any available fields, care being taken at first that they did not. stray. They would do no harm to any sort of crop, as they are purely animal feed- CTS; in fact, they would be of use in distroying yermin, as like our own heron, they do not confine themselves to fish The vicinity of a stream would. of course, be desirable, but in the ab- sence of such accommodation a large, shallow, tub kept full of clean water would be sufficient for them to bath in.
 Once they were got to breed, some selection. could be. attempted in order to produce birds with the most abun- dant plumes, the most accommoda ating appetites and the best ternpers and constitutions; in fact, the species could be thoroughly domesticated, and, of course, there would be a profit in sell-s ing birds for stock. From The London Express.