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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

: Some wise man has said that society
than of their talents. Accepting his
statement as a truth, then have / dis
covered an agreeable definition for Bo-
hemianism-a phase of society wherein
both the spirit of men and their talents
compose 1t. How do you like that, we
who tread the trails of Bohemia? At
least, it's not a defamation Of one of
the blessedest spots we know-a world
of relaxation, joy and a communion of
spirits.
Likewise does Bohemianism suggest
humanism in pleasure. and an appre-
citation of cleverness. Not all, in Bohe
mia, is gold. Nor is it glitter. Rather is
1t cleverness, and a humane interest in
thee and me. And 1t is these qualities
that are creeping upon San Francisco
society-and here's to it, and to any
thing that brings spontaneity to its
members!
Undeniably many smart dinners are
dull-deadly dull; many swagger re-
ceptions are beastly bores, and loads of
teas are excavations of the spirit
and all because the spirit" of society
wasn't there. But it's a different tale
where the hostess-or the greater part
of the guests-have the spirit" Then
things go with a zip! The affairs
where talent ahides, as well as the
spirit, are the functions that know no
negative r. 8. v. P.'s. Talent and
spirit-these are the exponents of Bo-
hemianism, and are the mystic quail
ties that envelop successful entertain
ing. But whence come these hand
maidens Of social intercourse? Good
friend, from the studios round about
us, from the folk who write and play
and sing and paint and carve-it is
from these people of imagination and
resultant Joy that come the twin god
desses Of pleasure, spirit and talent.
And blessings on them!
A week would be as a desert drear
were it not resouding with wedding
bells. But tits ever thus 'twixt the hol-
idays and Lent-which, by the way, is
throwing its long, gaunt shadow be-
fore. The following is roster of the
leading events of the week:
MONDAY.
Mrs. Joseph Sadoc Tobin, hostess at
a small luncheon at the ST. Francis,
with Mrs. William Tevis the guest of
honor.
Mrs. Grayson Dutton and Mrs. Harry
Williar, "at home" at st. Dunstan's.
Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton, hostess at
a luncheon, in honor of Mrs Gertrude
Dutton.
Mrs. 8. p. Holden and the Misses
Holden. entertaining at a reception at
their home on Sacramento street, with
General and Mrs. O'Connell. Miss
OConnell, Miss Marie Withrow and
Mrs. Evelyn Withrow the guests of
honor.
Mrs. J. T. Harmes and Miss Belle
Harness, 'sat home" at the ST. Francis.
Mrs. Gerritt L. Lansing, hostess In
honor of Miss Kathryn Kidder, at the
ST. Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Blanchard
Chase, entertaining at dinner in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kohl.
TUESDAY.
Mrs. Edward j. Pringle and Miss
Moore "at home"
Mrs. John l. Sabin, Miss Pearl and
Miss Irene Sabin. "at home.''
Mrs Sterling Postley. hostess at the
st. Francis.
Miss Maud Payne. informally "at
home"
Mrs. Isidore Lowenberg, hostess at
luncheon in the Palm Garden, In honor
of Mrs. John f. Merrill.
Mrs. Horace Pillsbury, hostess at
luncheon at the st. Francis.
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sistance is being readily offered and
prise the auxiliary that is soliciting
aid: Mrs. Worthington Ames, Mrs.
Earl Brownell, Mrs. Samuel Boardman
Miss Carolan, Miss Cadwalader,. Mrs
Norris Davis, Miss Houghton, Miss
Josselyn, Miss Kittle, Mrs. George Nc
Near. Mrs. Eugene Murphy, Mrs. Wal
ter Martin, Mrs. Latham McMullin,
Mrs. Silas Palmer, Mrs. Harry Poett,
Mrs Lawrence Scott, Miss Smedberg.
Miss Bertha Sydney Smith. Mrs. Au-
gustus Taylor and Mrs. William H
Taylor Jr.
One more dance aboard the Ohio,
then away she sails with her gallant
crew for Honolulu waters A month is
the scheduled absence, however, and in
that time there will be other merry
makings to fill the time Now that the
Protet is abiding in our port once more
there will be festivities, mayhap. of a
like nature, so that naval hospitality
may still vie with thar of the army and
civilian.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Spieker and Miss
George Spieker leave to-day for New
York en- route for Europe They sail
about February and will traverse the
European continent thoroughly before
returning to the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

purpose? The ballroom will be
famous sight. So will the men who
serve the viands-bless them. They're
trumps when it comes to helping out.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

Men claim that women are very de-
ceptive, but the latter scarcely ever
have so much to conceal as their lords
and masters
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
IBIS. Chs. i. Mrlz

accessory to scenic effect nor costum-
ing will be overlooked, and the detailed
observances will genuinely reproduce a
medieval "Minnesinger court" The
University of California library will be
awarded the proceeds from this presen-
tation.
Mrs. Thomas w. NJ Draper chap
eroned several young people to Fort
Miley last Thursday evening, where the
party was delightfully."- entertained by
DR.. Edmund Shortlidge, u. S. A. The
merry assembly included a number of
the seasons debutantes and several
army officers from the Presidio.
Miss Sidney. the younger daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Davis, is doing
some entertaining on her own account,
for the little maid. though not yet
out is old enough to enjoy and ap-
preciate the pleasures of dancing. With
a few of like age small affair will be
given by Miss Sidney very soon, and
these oncoming debutantes will have
as merry time as any of the grown
up sisters.
There certainly is nothing toscompare
to the exhilaration of dancing when
mention is made of genuine fun for
young folk. Despite the Gayety Club,
Assembly and all the balls of the sea-
son, there are rumors afloat of new
cotillon club TO be formed. This looks
as though the winter had taken a new
start and there certainly has been no
dearth Of jollity this season. Lent is
coming, too, SO the most is to be made
of the weeks in between.
Mrs. Ynez Shorb White will lend
willing hand toward the furtherance of
a new dancing club and with the en-
thusiasm at her elbow there will soon
be more terpsichorean functions of
which to relate.
A very clever entertainment is ex-
pected when the amateur vaudeville
bill rs given for the Children's Hospital
This charity is always appealing and
begets speedy monetary returns Just
at present the endowment fund needs
repienishing and in its cause the pro-
gramme named is in preparation. AS
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Tomorrow night the Cafe Chantant,
Everybody's going, of course. And
everybody who has any pretense to be-
ing anybody has hired a table, where
they viii buy beer and skittles-for
sweet charity, of course-for who in the
smart set would buy beer for any other
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sincerely missed, although their abb

sincerely missed, although their alb
sence is not to be long.
Miss Irene is bud of this season and
of the temperament to enjoy everything
intensely. What an enviable disposi-
tion. for 1t is really rare at this day to
see young girl genuinely enjoy life
with it's pleasure contemporaneous
with her youthfulness. Many of the
younger set assume an air of boredom
and others are really victims of ennui
The latter deserve some comiseration,
for If youth is not fruitful of buoy
ancy, the charm of life is more than
half gone. The assumption of indiffer-
ence to youthful pleasure is a mockery
and should be ridiculed out of exist
ence. The bubbling, ingenious spirit
of the maid just entering realm of
merriment is the most natural thing in
the world and why stif1e it? She gives
infinite pleasure to others who expect
and like to see her unrestrained enjoy
ment which oftentimes imparts itself,
infusing enthusiasm into those older
and more said.
So good wishes to the maid who en-
joys life, enjoys others. enjoys herself
may she have many days.
Burlingame is unusually alive with
enthusiasm born of polo and its fas-
cinations. Arrivals from England are
many at the Suburban Club where
there is to be an exciting meet of ia
nous players. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Carolan are among the entertainers,
though the Burlingame Club claims
ho 1or af
those who have recently come from
England are Sir George Prescott, Bart;
Captain de Crespignac, of the British
Army; F. c. G. Menzies, of London;
F.. ]. Mackey.
One of the cleverest women in the
clubs devoted to social activities is Mrs.
c. HI. Ward. the president of the Con-
temporary Club, whose charming per-
sonality has won her hosts of friends.
And busy little woman has she been
this winter, with it's endless luncheons
and ''at homes and receptions.
Quite the prettiest studio in all the
Latin Quarter is the workshop of Mr..
and Mrs. Jules r. Mersfelder, reached
by three flights of academic stairs.
Illuminated when the twilight falls, by
quaint lanterns and sconces. On the
studio doors hang iron knockers (the
only type of knocker permitted on the
premises), and within is a charming ar
rangement of draperies, couches. rugs
and stained windows-a pretty ensem-
BILE. And quite the most charming fea-
ture of the studio is its mistress. known
to art lovers as Lou Mersfelder, who
presides over her tea table on Satur-
days in true Bohemian fashion. Last
Saturday night a merry coterie gath
cred about the round table and passed
the witching hours with song and story.
All! it's these artist folk who drink
from life its sweetest draughts.
Mrs. Richard Bayne, who this week
resumed her days at home, is one of
the few women in the smart set who
possesses fine singing voice. This.
together with her beauty and tact.
have made her famously popular. al
though this winter she has gone about
rather less than formerly.
Tomorrow night the Cafe Chantant,
Everybody's going, of course. And
everybody who has any pretense to be-
ing anybody has hired a table. where
they will buy beer and skittles-for
sweet charity, of course-for who II, the
smart set would buy beer for any other
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

Mrs. Richard Bayne. who this week
resumed her days at home, is one of
the few women in the smart set who
possesses fine singing voice. This.
together with her beauty and tact.
have made her famously popular. al
though this winter she has gone about
rather less than formerly.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

To-day also marks the departure of
the Sabin girls, Miss Pearl and Miss
Irene, both well liked and both will be
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

One of the cleverest women in the
clubs devoted to social activities is Mrs.
c. H. Ward, the president of the Con-
temporary Club, whose charming per-
sonality has won her hosts of friends.
And busy little woman has she been
this winter, with its endless luncheons
and ''at homes and receptions.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
HUGE WYOMING DAM.
A Report of the Latest Government lr-
rigation Enterprise.

Messrs. Editors: A quarter of
century ago the home of the buffalo,
and later a cattle and sheep pasture,
with an occasional ranch house, the
Big Horn Basin in Wyoming is now
the scene of a great activity Incl
dent to the building of one of the
largest of the Government irrigation
works. Some years ago Colonel
Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill.
made a survery of the Shoshone
canyon and in connection with Gen
eral Miles projected company to
construct a dam and irrigate some
$4,000 acres. The necessary capital,
however. was not forthcoming, and
when the National irrigation law was
passed, the Government took up the
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05

ages it has flowed, ceaselessly and
likewise uselessly, on it's way to Join
the food of the Missouri: now it is
to be harnessed and made to produce
for man. A thousand farmers will
make prosperous homes for them
selves and families and raise an an
nual product of a couple or three
million dollars.
In the canyon proper the great
forces of nature have wrought won
derfully. Enormous granite boulders
have detached themselves from the
mountains and rolled down thousands
of feet, crashing their hundreds and
thousands of tons into the rocky
gorge. Here the river continually
plays upon them, searching out the
seams and splitting them up up or
wearing them away and polishing
them smooth.
The Rock Pile of the World.
In the canyons middle, below the
dam site, the jungle of rocks in the
narrow river-bed appears as though
a thousand blasts of giant powder
had rent the mountain sides and
tumbled every rugged projection in
to the depths below. There is no
dirt or sand in this river-bed; every
thing is rock. The imperishable
granite, gray, pink and vari-colored,
oldest of the geological formations,
made by the welding of various sub
stances when the globe was a molten
mass; the latter limestones and black
volcanic rocks, conglomerates also
melted by the great heat, the hard
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05

succession of foaming, rushing rap
ids, first coursing along in deep
green flood and then boiling over
great rocks and boulders in white
surge. Only for a few hours each
day can the sun find its way to the
bottom of this deeply cut gorge, the
mountain sides towering into the
clouds two and three thousand feet.
From above the dam site as one looks
down at the engineers working on
the foundations, directly underneath,
they appear like mimic men.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
Great Forces of Nature.

This Shoshone canyon and its sur
rounding mountains are one OF ma
lures great handiworks. All has been
cut out by the silver stream, rushing
in it's bed below. For countless ages
it has eaten its way through ganite
and limestone, wearing, wearing,
wearing away. For centuries and
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05

proposition and a large party of en-
gineers has since been employed on
the preliminaries of a great work OF
desert reclamation.
The Shoshone River dashes down
a narrow canyon, with Jagged and
perpendicular walls, and at it's mar
rowest point the Government has be-
gun the construction of the highest
dam ever built. 1t will cement to-
gether the two canyon walls for 24O
feet above the stream bed and its
foundation will go below water line
eighty-eight feet additional, down to
the solid bedrock. The stream,
where it passes between these granite
canyon walls, is but sixty-fve feet
wide, and the dam will form a great
lake of 5000 acres, with a water
shed of 1850 square miles, and stor-
ing enough water to irrigate 100000
acres through seven miles of four
teen foot tunnels bored in the solid
rock.
No Chance for Land Grabbing.
This will cost about $25 an acre, to
be paid back to the Government by
the settlers under the business-like
provisions of the irrigation law. The
land itself is free under the home
stead act, and mas been reserved by
Secretary Hitchcock from entry un-
der the desert and other land laws
not requiring actual residence and
home-building.
Few such picturesque and wildly
beautiful scenes can be found as this
Shoshone canyon. The river is
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
Warning to Sheep Feeders.

The following warning against too
much enthusiasm in the matter of sheep
feelings is given out by Colorado cat
tleman:
The big money made in sheep feed
ing and wool during the last year or
two viii cause Il good many meXperl-
enced men to jump in this fall and buy
feeding sheep at big price. So far as
| am concerned. | intend to stick at
the old business of handling cattle and
few mules which | have been handling
for many years. There are some stock
men who change around so often that
they never make q success at anything,
and il seems TO me that this is good
time TO let the old sheep feeding alone
and keep out of the sheep business. But
there is one class of sheepmen who are
sure to make big money out of this
change of some of the cattle feeders over
to sheep feeding and they are the sheep
growers. They will no doubt hold up the
prices on the buyers this fall when they
show up and want feeding lambs and
sheep and get the highest prices going.
Many of the new buyers will go in and
make purchases regardless of the cost
of the sheep. and no matter what the
price of corn will be through the feed
ing season. If corn is high and if they
are compelled to pay a high price for
the feeding sheep. then some one is going
to lose money. as all the new feeders
who go in will have to pay a little for
their experience.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
Roots for Poultry.

The health of poultry and ability to
produce eggs in the winter season is de-
pendent largely on variety of food pos
sessed of more or less succulence. For
this purpose the raw mangold, with its
thin skin and crisp flesh, is best suited.
We have watched with interest from day
to day, says Robert s. Shaw of Michi-
gan, the practice of very successful
poutryman who supplied mangolds to
laying hens in the winter season, in the
following manner: A nail was driven
into the wall of each pen about eighteen
inches above the floor There were from
twelve to eighteen hens per PEN. On
this nail large mangold was impaled
each morning with the outer surface
scratched or broken, to furnish Il start
ing place for the hens to pick at. There
was seldom any time during the day
when one or more hens could not be
found eating at the mangold.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
FOR THE FARMER.
The INLAND Meadow.

with canter, gallop and head-toss we
plunge through the sun-bathed air
The scent Of grass in our nostrils, the wind
AT play in our hair
The clouds are dancing before US, the shad-
ows chase Ger the plain,
Then On ana up to the corner, and back
to the fence again
With eanter. gallop. and head-toss, in proof
that the day is ours,
We kick ~ the dust behind us, we stop and
pluck at the flowers
We lock far down to the valley and sigh
for folk who must work
Then on-a race TO the corner, and back
with the stop jerk.
Or limbs grown tired in the gallon, we
browse where the clover grows;
We steep ourselves in its sweetness, in
beauty take orr repose
Tho crack of whip and the sharp command
bride. check, and rein
Are far away. We are masters now. All,
what is life to gain!
They can't know life who just labor, ne'er
shaking the traces free
Nor reaching upland meadows with broader
vision 10 see
How cramped the shadowy valley where
the roads are narrow. while here
There's all the pasture to run in where sun
and the stars are near
Then on, and up to the corner, and back to
the Fence again,
The clouds are dancing before us, the shad-
ows are in the plain
With canter, gallop. and head-toss we
plunge through the sun-bathed air,
The scent of grass in the nostrilS, behind us
kick for care!
Charles Milford Robinson in The Outlook.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
Willie's Mistake.

Speaking of the turtles that were re-
Gently found i'll Jersey. bearing dates
of fifty and sixty years ago. recalls an
incident that once occurred on the farm of
the late Henry |. Deacon. well-to-do
and influential resident of the land be-
yond the Delaware.
A youngster. who was fond of roam
ing over the fine. well-kept farm. found
a turtle one day and it occurred to him
to make it one of the ancient date.
Nothing short of the George Washing
ton era would do. So. taking out his
penknife. the boy inscribed C. W..
1I76," on the reptiles shell. The cut
ting, of course, looked very modern. but
this was easily remeded by rubbing it
in mud and polishing it on the grass.
This done to the satisfaction of the
boy, he rushed to the jolly-faced farmer,
exclaiming:
Look, Mr.. Deacon. | just found a
turtle more than 100 years old with
George Washington's initials on the
shell!'
"Thee has?'' said Mr.. Deacon holding
out his hand for the turtle.
Yes, sir, returned the youngster with
Il very straight face.
The good old farmer glanced at the
reptile just one second, and then burst
ont into a merry laugh.
Willie, thee darned fool said he,
that turtle isn't half grown. "-Philadel-
phia Telegraph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
BObby's Discovery.

Bishop Henry G. Potter of New York
recently told the following story illus
trating how the barbaric instincts per.
severe in holding their place in the hu.
man heart. even though unencouraged.
"A professor in an eminent American
university thought it wise to bring up his
children without giving them any reli.
gious instruction and acquaintance with
the Bible until they should reach the age
of understanding. One of these hi
dren, boy, of course. went up to the
family garnet to amuse himself one rainy
day. Out of the rookery there he dug
up an extremely dusty and dilapidatel
volume and devoured a portion of ;ts
contents with the greatest possible in
terest and relish.
After a time he came running to his
mother bubbling over with delight and
exclaimed oh, mummy, found a great
book up in the attic. It's chock full of
fighting. read all about fellow called
Moses that punched the heads of the
Malakites. and there's lots more scrap
ping in it
What's the name of the book. Bob,
by: his mother inquired.
: think it's called the Holly Bibbel.
answered Bobby. New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
OF Wide Interest

Breed, Wis, June 26.-(SpeciaI,-
Chas. 7. Peterson, Justice of the Peace
for Oconto Co., has delivered a iudg.
ment that is Of interest to the whofa
United States. Put briefly, that md
ment is, "Dodd's kidney Pulls are he
best Kidney medicine on the markat
to-day"
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment. He saws; "Ias
winter I had an aching pain in nv
back which troubled me very much. In
the morning I could hardly straighten
my back. did not know what 1t was
but an advertisement led me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking one
box can only say they have done
more for me than expected, as feel $
we'll now as ever did before"
Pain in the back Is one Of the first
symptoms Of Kidney Disease. If not
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills It NAV
develop into Bright's Disease, Diabetes
Rheumatism or some Of the other dead
ly forms of Kidney Disease.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
THE CAVALRY.

Now look away, you douebhoy men. an
stick to them trenches tight,
Peek If you wantef, over yer dirt and
see 4 purity fight,
Look To yer cinches, one an all, here goes
tn fghtin' crew,
Hook! Hang onter yer hath cavalry s
comm through!
It's rat-tity tat on til dusty road.
Here's where tn devil II Kit load
Hooki! an til air Is blue
When IN cayalry's comm through.
There's some wot like tn doughboy line,
some likes tn battery,
Some is stuck on tn engineers-for mina
tn cavalry.
With yer legs a-straddle a good ole horse
a horse wot's kind and true
Then it's h0o-ki! Hang onter yer hat
III cavalry's comm through.
Clackety- clack. spit out til dust,
FoIler yer leader If you bust
Wre-ow- WOW, There's a hulla-baloo
When tn cayalry's comm through.
'rhis '.dght on feet amt just my style,
feel safer on a horse,
When feet him culver beneath my knees
an tn captain shows tn course.
Sing. gun in hand, an yell in my teeth
then | knows what ter do.
Hoo-yl. Hang Onter yer hath cavalry 5
comm through!
Ta-ta-ra tn bugle sings
Feels $ f You was on wings
Yee-ow-ow, An then wa-hOo.
when tn cavalrys comm through
Alfred Damon Runyon in Leslies Month
ly Magazine.