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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
NOT A MAN LOOKED ON.

With not a man on the stage and
not man in the audience, the stu
dents of the Baltimore Woman's Col
lege gave a performance Of Much
Ado About Nothing" in that city, the
other evening. Scene shifters, light
manipulators, musicians and ticket
takers all were women.
AS for the acting. every character
is said to have been portrayed with
grace and fine appreciation of the
poets lines" Miss Gull, a Baltimore
girl, was Beatrice; and Miss Arohn-
son. another Baltimore girl, Benedict.
Each was excellent. The only criti-
cism made of Miss Nugent, who is
from Jackson, Miss, was the compli-
mentary one that her beauty was al
most too regal to become the gentle
Hero
Satin and velvet naturally were the
predominant materials, consistent
with the period of the play. and two
costumes in particular won the ad
miration of the audience, which. be-
ing all feminine, was about as critical
as might be imagined These were a
white satin Ncreation worn by Hero
and one of pink satin that graced the
figure of the inimitable Beatrice. The
characters were not without jewels in
keeping with their era, either. for
beads of various hues were cleverly
arranged to initiate the stones that fit
ted the colors of each costume.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

During the general discussion of his
personal affairs Professor Crook pro-
tested and even denied the truth of the
story regarding his reported confess
sion.
Il cannot answer questions" he con-
slStently replied to his friends. but if
it is true that this is the source of so
much talk then indeed are we fallen
upon degenerate times.
Il never have spoken to a class the
words which have been attributed to
me. AS near as I can find out, the
genesis of the story is that 1 was talk
ing with young man who had repu-
tation for being wild. was deeply in
terested in him, as I am in every
young man or young woman who
comes before me as student 1 as
sured him of my deep solicitation for
his future if he persisted in the ways
he had adopted. He proceeded to
argue with me and even quoted
Luther:
w no loves not women, wine and song
VIII live fool his whole life long.
Il lost patience and told him he was
utterly wrong. He said that perhaps
If / were to look back and remember
some of my old school days might
have fellow feeling for him. This
called from me the remark that if he
were to follow me for a model he
never would drink, chew, lie, or f1irt
with women. Afterward, 1 suppose,
this latter qualification was twisted or
construed into kissing a woman"
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
GRIT OF KINGS DOCTOR.

A sturdy seventeenth-cent doc
tor who sometimes bluntly prophesied
the death of Lis patients. and correct
ly, too, was the famous DR.. John Rad
cliffe, of whom Edmund Gosse writes
in the January Harper's under the
title "A Doctor to Kings" DIR. Rad
cliffe was physician to William III,
dotted on him until one day the doc
tors grim candor was carried too far
and he informed the King, why, tru-
ly, would not have your two legs for
your three kingdoms" The King BAN
ished him from court, and as the
worthy doctor departed he predicted
the day of his angry sovereign's death
"a prediction promptly realized. He
also quarreled with Queen Anne, told
her that her ailment was nothing
else but the vapors," and because she
resented his independence declined to
attend her on her death bed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

-HE most conspicuous objects on
the horizon just at present are
the many "gateways to matri-
mony" which are presented
TO our view by the oblig-
! Ing press. They are more numer-
GUS than real estate signs on the ave-
| nues, and more inviting. some of them.
than Dowie's ornamental city gate at
Zion. With all this wealth or oppor-
tunity before our eyes no unappro-
priated blessing need despair. All that
any one of us has to do is to choose
a suitable vocation, and let fate do the
rest.
Almost every sphere of woman's work
appears to have-if it is proper unoer
the circumstances to put 1T this way
the refusal of matrimony.
One newspaper declares in big olacH
headlines that the girl who takes up
stenography is coquettishly daring
Cupid to shoot.
Another article would persuade the
reading public that a wedding, ring Is
at the disposal of any school teacher
who will hold up her left hand.
We are assured that the factory girls
have not one chance in a hundred for
single blessedness. Domestic schools
are apparently working overtime 10
teach ingenious maidenhood how to
corcoct love philters.
Among men the grocers' clerks and
milkmen appear to have the matrimon-
ial advantage. And army officers foot
the waiting list, heavily handicapped
by Major General Corbin's practical
dictum that no one of them may marry
unless he can satisfy the Secretary of
War that he can buy his household
furnishings for cash, and not on the in
Stallment plan.
Just beyond the entrances to matri-
mony, crowding them, are other
edifices-the gateways out of mar
riage These structures all look much
alike; most of them are modern in
their architecture. with fine false
fronts of marble and plain backs OF
common brick.
This city of gateways, forced so per-
sistently upon our notice, is evidently
intended to educate the public, just as
a worlds fair is built to widen the
outlook Of a people. 1t is meant to be
something more than unique specta-
Gle; it's purpose is equally to please
and to improve.
Let us be quite honest-is the exhi-
bition a success? 1t is interesting, 1t
is instructive, but aren't we paying
high for it?
How times have changed since our
grandmothers said II will" How they
,o5 tba;r ~, ~ borc would have h1uShed
to see the marriage bond, the most
sacred obligation Of their lives. put on
the bargain counter as now it is.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
BRILLIANT CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

HE year just closed proved pleasant disappointment
country turned better than expected and better than
possible half June
the distinctly behind that 1903 both volume
and profits but already mentioned occurred that time
and the Improvement has continued with the result that
when the figures for probably be found that the
made better showing after all than which first
class The excellence of be at
tbud the remarkable abundance money and the bouneou
both of which the restored confidence
credits and assured large all OF merchandise tor
many months ahead
fortnight of the noteworthy usual
close of the u did make its appearance Instead wit
messed noteworthy vness the retail holiday trade low rates
for general feeling of buoancy throughout the
Such conditions the close the which usually
All commercial indicate bskness
in trade The earnings OF the railroads December as tar
ported larger than The bank cearngs
for the closing week showed OF 6 cent the
Cy New Orleans Omaha Milwaukee exhibiting gains Boston
that the wool unsod hand the smallest
fifteen years of
United States only pounds the
preceding year. which bulsh condition this important staple
But the mills have bought heavily during the few months
and millions of pounds but this
Wooen goods advancing owing the upward tendency of
The industry making good exhibit wool
The resulting tumble
and cotton selling below of production
with the exception of wheat all the great turned
production 67s1ooo bushels with value
December of $1o8 61ooo the wheat 5524ooooo
bushels with farm value of S51o4S9ooo; the oat $685.
54552 bushels and the I07 bales the values of the
last two being floating and not specific But their size
The immense production of the agricultural regions of the
country indicated by the above Governmental returns naturally inn
general almost
another of prosperity Wall has discounted this cond
ton by marked the value of railroad and industrial
all
interests connected with the Stock Exchange shouting Good
legitimate country the effects
thereof and expands sympathy while the remarkable abundance
of renders collections and failures comparatively few
unmportan The railroads traffic ahead
expenditures for beermens this business
and the manufacturers tmd months reopenng
their mills of further production Labor
feels the influence these conditions and fully employed bet
than thought possible half dozen ago. In
brief the country has fairly outdone itself prosperity and the
dons the Republican the first Mckinley campaign that
the establishment of the Republican policy would result good
times have been than realized The full dinner pail has
only been filed but has been running and several times since
that the American stomach has become stuffed the
American back richly clothed that they have been obliged
for rest and recuperation.
This the commercial condition of the TODAY
1t is brilliant We than We lollng
volupuou pofusion The danger that shall
hungry, but that be pamped by high living Even
prosperity within itself the elements of danger
lean a rule
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

1 LIZA r. CROOK. "the man who
"A never had been KISSED" and,
incidentally. professor of min
eralogy and economic geology
at Northwestern University, is en-
gagged to be married. Three years ago
and more he was heralded far and
near as "the man who never has been
kissed" When the news of his en-
gagement became known his Evans
ton friends changed the tense of the
verb, sa9s the Chicago Tribune.
To several of his fellow professors
he admitted his engagement. but as to
additional facts, even the name of his
fiancee, he has preserved what he en-
titles discreet silence" All taken
into his confidence were warned not
to spread the news. Ever since the
professors experience three years ago
he has Stunned publicity, as at that
time he was the recipient of thousands
of letters questioning him as to the
veracity of his declaration that he
never had kissed woman or child. 1t
is said in Evanston, however, that the
future Mrs. Crook resides in Ohio,
where the professor spent his boyhood
and college days.
1t was declared among the students
at the time Professor Crook "sprang
into fame three years ago that he
was engaged to marry a young woman
from Ohio, but that the ceremony was
postponed to avoid publicity. 1t is
rUmored that the projected wedding
is the finale of that betrothal.
According to the story, Professor
Crook confided to his class of students
on April 26, 1901, information regard
ing his life:
II never have in my whole life
either drank, chewed, smoked, or
kissed a woman
The report of Professor Crooks con-
fession was at first confined to cam
pus gossip. There. however, it was ac-
cepted as sincere, as he never had been
known to shield his opinions nor quib-
sation. The professor was a bachelor
of 35. He never had been rated as
a woman-hater.
Professor Crook found in his mail
one day a clipping from a London
newspaper containing an editorial
which attempted to mitigate the gen.
eral wave of adverse comment on the
kissing" question. At another time
he received notices which had crept
into the newspapers in Picking and
Calcutta.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
alton concerning matters of the affec-

alton concerning matters of the affec-
tions?
The bunch of old love letters which
/ treasure in the secret drawer of my
ancestral desk, and which my great
grandmother wrote to my great-grand-
father out of the sweetness of her
maiden heart, are models Of propriety.
They might have been sent to any
man. But about their yellowing pages
there clings the tender romance of the
life she lived.
Only one matrimonial gateway was
open to her-that of love; and only the
gateway of death led out of the re-
lationship. The situation was to her
one which called-not for gossip. not
for publicity-but for a fine reserve
which made of life's deep experience a
shrine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES.

than once when and how to do a thing;
get your trial balance out promptly,
and make it balance to a cent; be
proud of your occupation-what' s
worth doing is worth doing well: de-
wise ways for improving your work:
do not be a machine, be thinker:
learn to control your temper-he who
cannot govern himself is unfit to gov
ern others; habits have a great deal
to do with ones prosperity, see to it
that yours are blameless; do not waste
your employers time by entertaining
your friends during business hours: do
not be afraid Of working a few min
utes overtime if 1t is necessary to finish
what you are doing; be honest; keep
good company; be self reliant; work
faithfully, remembering that to keep
steadily at business Brings success"
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

III n mother had no gold to share
WW Nor land nor herd nor mer-
II M N chandise.
my brother has her silken hair,
Ny sister has her azure eyesD
To me she left no comeliness
That to the face or form belong,
But, oh. one gift do possess
The blessed heritage of song!
Long. long ago, in cradle days.
Her sweet voice would my heart be-
guile.
When l could nothing do but gaze
Into the heaven Of her smile!
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
Clothing of Fish Skins

The Government Fish Commission
has been making Investigations about
the suitability of fish skins for
clothing. 1t has been found that
salmon skins make excellent leather
and have been used for boots by the
Eskimos for this purpose for years.
These northern people also use tanned
Goldfish skins for coats and waterproof
garments. Whaleskin makes beautiful
leather and takes color we'll.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

POKER-S. S., Oakland. Cal In
the game of poker Hoyle lays down
the rule that straight, sequence or
rotation, which is five cards following
in regular order of denomination, as
ace, deuce, tray, four and five, and
the cards may be of different suits,
beat triplets or three of a kind. In
a straight the ace counts both ways.
but it's value is different. When with
the king, queen, knave and ten it
makes the highest straight, but with
the two, three, four and five. the low
est. A later authority which sustains
this position says: 'Straights are not
always played, but should be allowed
when desired. This point must be set
tied prior to beginning of the game,
however"
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
Taking No Chances.

Two men in the West were to be
hanged for horse-stealing. The place
selected was the middle of a trestle
bridge spanning a river. The rope was
not securely tied on the first man to be
dropped and the knot slipped. The man
fell into the river and Immediately
swan for the shore As they were ad-
justing the rope for the second man, an
Irishman, he remarked:
will yez be sure and. tie that rope
good and tight, cause 1 can't SWIM
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
THE GOLDEN LEGACY.

i learned the songs in later years.
And with her sang them DER and DER.
Oh. memory, thy Lutte and tears
Must meet and mingle evermore!
Twas Hush, My Babe"-as fades tha
light
l hear her softly, sweetly Groom
Then Alton Water" "Stilly Night
anctissima" and Silver Moon"
Sne sang them with such tender art
The art that only mothers know
And tied the tunes around my heart,
Else it had broken long agol
-Lippincott's.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
The Entrances to Matrim0ny
and Lanes Leading From 1t
BY DOROTHY FENIMORE.

In their time romance and sentiment
were cut off the piece for customers,
and not offered to the public in rem
nant lots.
Was there not something beautiful
about the reserve of the older gener-
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

CAPACITY-A. o. c., City. The
seating capacity of st. Peters at Rome
is $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Special information supplied daily 70
business houses and public men by tina
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 80 Cali.
fornia street. Telephone Main 1O42.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Mr.. Bronson-Those eggs you sent me
were the limit.
Grover-Strange! I thought they
would please you.
Mr.. Bronson-Not at all. While I am
a collector of antiques, that doesn't ap-
ply to eggs.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
SURE THING.

Barnes Tormer-I played the villain,
and in the fourth act had mob after
me.
Knight Stand-Did you make good?
Barnes Tormer-Sure. I played the
part so realistically that the audience
joined the mob
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Townsend's California Glace fruits Il,
artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market az a
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
THE LAUGH ON HIM

Ping-He's such funny fellow that
it's really dangerous to go hunting with
him in the forest.
Pong-Why SO?
Ping-All the hyenas come around
him to laugh.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
WISE.

Mr.. Henpeck-Whenever finish wear
ing a straw hat always manage to
lose it.
Mr.. Henderson--Why so?
Mr. Henpeck-Then my wife can't
make me wear it the next year.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

City. Widows, according to the eti-
quette of this country, should wear
mourning for two years, and sometimes
it is never thrown off. Crepe and bonn
bazine or Henrietta cloth are worn for
one year at least, longer if desired, but
that is the shortest period If assumed
at all. Then the widows cap and long
veil may be thrown aside. The dress
may be of silk. less heavily trimmed
with crepe. The latter may be left off
at the end of eighteen months and
plain black be worn until the period Of
two years is completed, when 1T may
be laid aside entirely or toned up with
the somber colors.
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS-Subscrib-
er, City. The following have been laid
down as rules for success in business:
BE always on time: be neat in per-
sonal appearance; be accurate, rapid
and energetic; build UP a character
that will win the respect of all; do not
tell your friends about your employers
business; do not wait to be told more
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
THE GROWTH OF OAKLAND.
II USINESS whose interests demand close obser,
r. the highest authorities upon the present condit
Of 0f c;na1itie La,

n USNESS men whose demand close observation are
highest upon present conditions and
business have been taking the inventory
they find good Over their published bank presidents
ded of the cys remarkable growth
ing the pa-statements which bring conviction and
interest in affairs the bay the State oyer
Probably the tangible of all evidences of Oakands pros
pety displays itself from the books of the Since
the last national registering of citizens the roll of Oaands
dents has increased by forty
the population years back This sudden influx of
seekers reflected directly by the record of realty
and the the builders The president of the Oakland Real
years
witnessed briske building
turing properties than like period the cy history In the
erection of homes estimated that has been
during the year past.
The mercantile and manufacturing interests which
thriving growth the register the
through loan
manager banking house authority for
the increase IN commercial deposits and the volume OF exchanges
has established hghater mark Oakands banking business
cashier of another places the
twenty-five per that of 1903 From the manufactures
shpbudng plants the and the traction
like reports of good times forthcoming.
fortunate for Oakland that the city
ougrowing itself With all of suburbs
veopmen of the Older portions of the machinery of the
has kept The Board of Public Works reports
expenditure of $4,000 improvements for the year past This
the seweng of outlying districts the building of
repairing the old notably Telegraph
erection of schools 100000 has been appropriated New
In short very Oakland undergoing
panson and rapidly making good the aspiration of being the
second city in the State
Rev
take medwashngon
Notice the sale of lot of rare Confederate money Due notice will
Chadwick collection
Many experts
dead eveL'-Atana
Let the southern people toward
the Gull ports
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Cincinnati
of
take
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

MoURNING-A Constant Reader,
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Notice of lot of Confederate Due
of the Chadwick collection
recurities-New Telegram.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Many experts the Panama canal built the
built President
dead leyel"-Atlanta
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

Z LIZA r. CROOK. "the man who
"A never had been kissed and,
! incidentally. professor of min
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02

let the Southern
the ulf ports will
The commonwealth., 1905-11-09
A BOX OF "KEEN EDGE
Read This Carefully.

Mr. j. B Jones, of Scotland Neck, says
the following Of a box OF "Keen Edge p
"The Keen Edge" which I got from
you acts like charm on my razor. /
could not get along without it. advise
every man who shaves himself to get a
box of it,
Now, word about "Keen Edge ::
1t is excellent for sharpening your
razor; but some of oul readers have a
wrong idea about how we give it away.
Some seem to think that every reader
Is entitled to box of "Keen Edge
simply for the asking. This is mis-
take. We propose to give box to
every person who pays us a dollar on
subscription. We do not give away
"Keen Edge" for what one has already
paid us. 1t you have paid US tor this
year then pay us dollar for next year
and you get box OF "Keen Edge"
If you have not paid for this year, pay
the dollar and get box of "Keen Edge !"
If you send the money by mall send a
2 cent stamp for mailing "Keen Edge"
to you. Remember every one who
pays dollar on subscription, new or
old, is entitled to box of"Keen Edge, !"
and years subscription to THE Com
MONWEALTH.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-09
Married in Norfolk.

Mr.. George w. Dunn. eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Dunn, OF this place,
was married in Norfolk November 1st.
The following account OF the marriage
appeared In the Norfolk Landmark OF
November End:
':Miss Essle Gorsucb, daughter OF
Mr.. J. g. Gorsuch, we'll known drug
glst of this city, yesterday afternoon
became the bride of Mr.. George White
Dunn, the ceremony being performed
at the brides home, No. 25 Boissevain
avenue, at 5 o'clock, by the Rev. T. J.
Koontz, of Baltimore.
"The brides sister, Miss Myra Cor
such, was maid of honor and the only
other attendant was the best man, Mr..
II. Clay Kennedy, Of Harrisburg, Pa.
"The bride, who was given away by
her uncle, MIR. Charles w. Gorsuch, OF
Philadelphia, wore charming gown
OF white lace over taffeta and carried a
prayer book and shower bouquet OF
lilies of the valley. The maid OF
honor was attired in dainty creation
of white chiffon and carried chrysan-
themums.
"The apartments in which the ce.e'
mony was performed was beautifully
decorated with palms, ferns and cut
flowers. Among the out OF town guests
we're: Mlss Bertha Kennedy, Mr.. w
H. Kennedy, Mr.. H. Clay Kennedy
Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Robert W. Beirst
Mr.. Charles w. Gorsuch, Of PhiladeI
phfa the Rev. T. G. koontz, OF Baitl
tlmore, and Mr.. John R. Kennedy, o.
Yale.
"a reception was rendered the in
yited guests at the home OF the bride
after the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs
Dunn left on Northern tour"