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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

ID AN1o, july 1O.-IH lHC pOClS
armament a new star has ap-
i peared Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
had scarce set foot again on the
beloved soil of her belle France after
her meteoric progress, with its memo
rable triumphs and hairbreadth es-
capes through America; she had
hardly had time to unpack her trunks
and receive a score or two of her in
innate friends, when a tall young
man with auburn hair, pale COM
plexlon and dark luminous eyes,
rang the bell of the luxurious apart
ment IN the Boulevard Pereire and
asked to see the great tragedienne.
Madame is engaged" was the inn
posing footman's reply.
Well, give her this card and letter,
and say | will wait until madame
can receive me-"
M. Rene Fraudet's heart had ample
time to resume its normal beat ere
divine Sarah appeared
You desire to read me your play"
she said. II have not the right to
refuse to listen to a poet who is per-
chance a genius. But l am over
whelmed with business details and
visitors. Come back this evening at
halfpast II. You shall then read your
play to me-"
Punctual TO the minute, NJ. Rene
Fraudet, with the manuscript which
bore his hopes, was ushered into the
presence OF the great artist, whose
verdict was shortly TO open to him
the gates of Fame or shatter the fond
dreams which for six long months
had been his constant companions. A
second Sardou, a second Rostand, he
had conceived and writteu his play for
Sarah Bernhard She, by whom the
greatest dramatic authors deem it an
honor TO be interpreted; she, the
worlds greatest actress, must create
the leading role of his play. Did the
heart OF young man of TWENTY-FIVE
ever dream a dream so rash? But
Madame Bcrnhardt and her friends
listened with ever-growing interest
as the young poet read page after
page of his manuscript When the
reading was done, murmur of ap-
plause passed from lip to lip and then
Sarah's golden voice was heard:
You have written very beautiful
play, monsieur. 1t shall be played at
my theater next season, and by me-
And that is how a young poet
leaped into fame Rostand, the
author of Cyrano de Bergerac, read
his now famous play to Sarah Bern
hardt in similar circumstances. 1t is
good omen
M. Rene Fraudet is a Partisan of
the Parisians, born and bred in the
City of Light. He has been a poet
as far back as his memory can carry
him. He has written something like
5000 verses, though as yet he may be
said to be practically unknown, as
only one or two of his poems have
been published In addition, he has
written two-act piece in verse which
Nine. Rosa Bruck will produce at the
Escholiers. It's title is 'Rose Flam-
berge."
Several men distinguished in lite
rature and the drama (I must not
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

ence or absence of foreign matter ice.
water, ETC.. determined The specific
weight of the milk is determined by
the milk scale or lactOdensimeter
II doubt arises as to quality or
specific weight a sample for chemical
analysis is taken. for which q receipt
must be given the owner OF the milk.
who is also entitled to a part OF the
sample In a properly sealed receptaela
and full payment for the sample taken.
At least one-haIf liter CLOS pints)
must be sent in for chemical exalnfna
tion, taken from milk which is first
thoroughly stirred with a wooden
spoon, and the sample placed in a par-
1ectly clean and dry glass bottle or n,
one which has been rinsed Thoroughly
with the milk from which the sample
is taken The bottle is TO be closed
with a new and unused cork. sealed
and labeled with full information. Tba
sample must be Immediately sent n,
the inspection bureau and, during hot
weather, packed in excelsior and ice
IL the chemical examination does nor
give proper data for safe decision az
10 the quality, then an examination
and test of the stable where the milk
was produced may be ordered wftnin
two or three days at regular milking
time, with police officer present. All
the cows In that stable must be MIXED
dry into dry empty cans or buckers
fhls milk is thoroughly mixed with a
wooden spoon, and a sample Of at least
one-half liter CLOS pints) taken. The
label on this sample must show tbe
number of cows in the stable. the Tina
When the sample was taken, the kind
or iced given the cows and the stata
OF health of the cows
Any person selling or Offering for
sale any milk which does not comnIv
with the requirements is liable 10
hne OF $3.50 or to Imprisonment. Tha
bringing In of milk from other points
Is considered as equal to the sale OF
milk within the city
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q News OF The Smart Sci po

q ocIETY is aautter with an
> other surprise. Miss Daisy
~ Van Ness is to be married to
John Taylor of Boston, a
brother of Mrs. Horace Pillsbury of
this city.
The wedding will take place in
London. Miss Van Ness has been
in the East and abroad for the last
year with Mrs. Van Ness, who also
is in London Mr. Van Ness, who
went abroad in the spring with his
wife and daughter, was compelled to
return here after the fire for business
affairs, and was unable to go across
for the wedding.
Mr.. Taylor and his bride will leave
London almost Immediately for a
trip around the world, visiting San
Francisco on their way home Mrs.
Van Ness will come directly TO Cali
fornia and is expected to arrive here
in about fortnight.
Miss Van Ness is handsome girl,
of an unusual, quaint type and has
always been exceedingly popular
since her debut a few years Since.
No news of her engagement had
been given save for few of her
most intimate friends here and her
marriage announcement comes as a
complete but very pleasant surprise,
although there is. much regret that
her home is to be in the East.
Mr.. Taylor comes of a distin-
guished Boston family and is said
to be very charming man.
General Arthur Macarthur, u. S. A.. !;
Mrs Mnc Arthur and Lieutenant
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
Canadians Have a Great
Year for PiIgrimages.

A E oNTREAL. Quebec. July OO-1t
NH looks as though the present year
H OF grace will go down 10 nos
terity as the great pilgrimage
year. The number Of pilgrimages which
nave already passed through this citv
1or Ste. Anne de Beaupre and oths-
shrines Tar eclipse any year on racora
Oh several occasions this year vvbs~a
one special train was ordered 49,
were eventually used
IL is not that the people are baco5,,
more pious and devout nor that thats
laith IN the healing virtues ~ +h>
shrines is becoming stronger
drAeo prominent railway ofacier
out simply that they have more ,,.,.o.. r,s..a..
.hsn tney have ever had before
since the season began during Ii.
over $4,000 pilgrims have beer e.srs S1ns
70 Ste- Anne de Beaupre ana otha.
shrlnes. These devout Christians co-oe
from all parts OF America ana Tar,No soslo
a rev days ago a special train ar-t,s.1s ,--esI,
from the Canadian Northwest 49,
recently party of over 1000 ar~t,..',
rom w western Massachusetts, and No.
erh vermont Railway offfcfars s.s.
tney already have bookings for o.-e'
sixty. more pilgrimages which VIII YVer or
made during July and August irt, 90
ing large one from Manitoba
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

Douglas Macarthur, u. S. A., will ar
rive on the Manchuria on Thursday
from the Orient, where they have been
for more than a year. While General
Macarthur was with the Japanese
army in Korea Mrs Macarthur lived
IN japan, but on the completion of
his stay there they travelled in China
and India for several months. They
have recently been in China for sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. Grant Selfridge, who has been
IN. town most of the time since the
ilre, IS slowly recovering from pain
fu operation on her heel, as the re-
suit OF stepping on a needle. and in
tends leaving the city in few days
Tor stay of two months. Mrs. Sell
fridge has been in bed for several
weeks and has received the greatest
sympathy from her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Parrott, who
have been living in the o. P Evans
house in Berkeley since the fire, have
recently moved TO another house IN
Berkeley and will probably spend the
winter there.
General A. w. Greely, U. S. A;
Mrs Greely and Captain Frank l..
Winn, U. S. A., have returned from a
ten days trip to Vancouver Barracks.
General and Mrs Greely, to the re-
greet OF the many friends they have
here, leave in week or two for the
East, to remain permanently.
Mrs. Mary Prentice Huntington,
Miss Marian Huntington and Mr.. and
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

Mrs. Gilbert Brooke Perkins left on
Saturday for New York and Mrs
Huntington and her two daughters in
tend to sail from there in less than
a fortnight for Europe They will
travel on t he Continent for three
months, returning here in the late fall
to spend the winter.
News comes from Southern Cali
fornia that Mr. and Mrs E. Avery
Mccarthy (formerly Miss Susie How
ard of Los Angeles) are receiving the
heartiest congratulations upon the
birth of little son-E. Avery Nc
Carthy Jr.-on Thursday last at their
home at Redondo.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bennett. who
were burned out on Van Ness avenue
have purchased a home in Berkeley
near the CARRIER residence, and will
live there permanently
Much sympathy is felt for Mrs
Juliet Mezes, who is lying seriously
i'll at her home on Vallejo street. al
though she is little better than She
was last week Mrs. Mezes and her
daughter, Mrs. Wynne. had intended
going abroad in June for the benefit
of Mrs. Mezes' health, but were com
pelled to change their plans, as they
lost a great deal of valuable property
in the FIRE, and will not go this year.
DIR. and Mrs William Hopkins are
still in the city, but are house hunt
ing" in Berkeley and expect to go
across the bay to make their home for
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
New Law Gives COnSuIS
in China Less Power.

-HE new law passed at the regent
session of Congress creating a
United States Court in China
greatly diminfshes the judicial
powers of American Consuls in that
country. Under the new law the Con-
suls will only have jurisdiction over
small cases of relatively little signifi-
canoe, and even in these the right of
appeal to the court whose establish
ment is thus contemplated is guaran-
teed. Heretofore the Consuls have had
full jurisdiction over American cases
arising in China; that is. in all cases of
judicial proceedings. The court is to
hold sessions at Canton, Tientsin and
Hankow at stated periods, at least once
annually. The law gives the Consuls
the same Jurisdiction as they have now
in civil cases where the value of prop
erty involved does not exceed $500 in
gold, and in criminal cases where the
punishment for the offense charged can
not exceed by law 500 fine or sixty
days Imprisonment or both; but ap-
peals go to the District Court estab-
lished by the act, and may go from
there to the< Supreme Court of the
United States. The law gives this new
court in China supervisory control over
the discharge by Consuls and Vice
Consuls of the duties prescribed by the
laws of the United States relating to
the estates OF decedents in China
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

that which protect
other ders the country.
settlement of
That declaration appears put fire the
horse trade of the kind that usually bluff
1t recall David Hauns celebrated golden "Do
unto others what they want to do to and do fus
The companies ready business
their lawyers hehl with parade and ready
march them down again
Fourteen automobiles are necessary get of the
Relief and Red Cross Corporation together The refugee
with rqusition be fed-not yet
ing otherwise.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
HOWdG German CityReguIOteS
The MCtrc Traffic.

"HE following is a translation
of the regulations recently
adopted by the Municipal Coun-
Gil for the milk traffic in Fret
burg, in Germany:
Milk may be sold or offered for sale
only when it has a specific weight of
1929 to 1884 at 10 deg. Cent. CSC deg.
Fahr.); SKINNED milk must at the
same temperature have a specific
weight of 1892 to 1887.
The milk must have a minimum Of
three parts in one hundred, in weight.
of fat. Less than this is considered
impure unless the accused can prove
that this was not caused by any
changes made by him after he got the
milk.
Milk for invalids and infants may
be sold only when the owner of the in
stitution. the seller or the producer
follow the special regulations pertain
were passed May /. 1898, and when he
has submitted to special police and
sanitary control of the Police Depart
ment. The names of the owners of
such institutions must be made public.
Milk when shipped from the city with
cut being accompanied on the railroad
by a representative of the shipper
must De placed In cans, which must be
locked or sealed.
All milk sold is under the control OF
the Police Health Department, which
provides for thorough inspection, and
in doubtful cases the examination OF
the stable where the milk was pro-
duced.
For determining its specific weight
the milk examined is shaken. stirred
with a wooden spoon and poured from
can to can until it is thoroughly mixed
so that there is an even distribution OF
the cream. It's odor, color, taste and
consistence is then tested and COM
pared with normal milk and the pres
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

land, Cal. If party rents furnished
or unfurnished rooms on a herbal lease
from month to month the landlord can
terminate the lease at any time, pro-
viding he gives notice not less than
fifteen days before the termination of
the lease.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

,Cahrornta giace fruits and eho,c.
a oles- Fun stock Townsend's resi- ress5san can
Emporium. Post st' ana dcIS w. ST. and the
C'"er ef Fr1. S3~c'1l ~~S ss ava
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

THE FIRE-H D., City. The Claus
Spreckels building, commonly known
as The Call building, caught fire on the
forenoon of April IS, 1906, at about
half-past 10 o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

HOMESTEADING-A Subscriber Oak
land, Cal. In order to file a homestead
go to the United States Land Oface of
the district in which the land is located
and there you will be fully advised as
to what you Will have to do In the
matter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

FILING GLAZING. X, City. AS the
insurance companies are continually
changing their ideas it is impossible
to say what the company named in the
letter Of inquiry did one day and undid
the next. AS you are directly interest
ed, call on the company and ascertain
If you have complied with its rules.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
Answers to
Queries

HEKTOGRAPH-F J. A, Berkeley.
The manner of making a hektograph
was published in this department July
of this year
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

There are $4,000 miles of new railroad
lines under contract OF construction at
the present tire IN the Unit c.S.~-
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

PATENT-R. NJ P, City. There is
nothing to prevent you from applying
to the United States Patent Office for a
patent on something you have invented
or discovered, but the chances are that
II you, an individual not acquainted
with the ways of the Patent Office,
endeavor to work on your own account
you will be outwitted by some of the
sharpers who are constantly watching
for individuals who are trying to get
patent without the aid of an honor
able attorney. If the invention or dis
covery is worth a patent employ a
reputable attorney
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

CHICAGO FIRES-H. D., City. The
great fire in Chicago occurred October
8, 1871. and continued the next day
fifty buildings were destroyed. 100. 900
persons rendered homeless. property
valued at s192,000,0 900 destroyed and
about 500 lives lost. Amount OF terri
tory laid waste by the flames, 2124
square acres. Amount of relief more
than S7,000,000. The year before that
fire the population of Chicago was
29S,977 In July, 1874 a fire occurred
in Chicago which destroyed property
on about fifty acres of territory includ-
ing many of the new buildings erected
after the fire OF 1871. Loss, $5.612.000
MILITARY LAW-C. r., Salinas, Cal.
Military and martial law are not one
and the same. The former is for the
government of the army equally in
peace and war and is administered by
courts martial. Martial law is an ar
bitrary law that proceeds directly from
the military power and has no imme-
diate constitutional or legislative
sanction. 1t is founded on paramount
necessity, excludes all matters of civil
or criminal Jurisdiction and is never
used except in time of war, rebellion
or similar great and serious emergen-
cy. Whenever it is imposed on any
old and young, and both sexes alike,
and all their actions, however trivial.
are brought within its dominion.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
TUESDAY EDITORIAL PAGE 1vYsl 1906
How Sarah Bernhdrdt MOde
French Poet Famous.

N ARIS, July I6-In the poets
r. armament a new star has ap-
/ peared Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

Mrs. Mary Prentice Huntington,
Miss Marian Huntington and Mr.. and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
A Gentle Reminder.

81 tell YOU" said Captain Waters
"a man needs kind of a reminder,
now and then, to keep him from get
ting careless. and | notice the ways Of
Providence are such that he most al
ways gets it"
"WhoVe you got in mind nOw"'
asked Captain Saunders, who, having
no particular or pressing business on
hand, was helping his old friend watch
the craft in the bay.
81 was thinking of Isaac, my cou-
sin, over to Har'ich," said Captain
Waters. His wife has been telling
him from morning all night for the
last month that he'd ought 10 fix a
loose board on the shed floor, and he's
KEEP a-putting off and a-putting off, and
now, yesterday, he got his reminder"
Fall over the board?' inquired Cap
tain Saunders.
"NO not exactly that" said Captain
Waters, "but what happened was that
Isaac was coming down from the shed
chamber with an old cane-seat chair,
and he tripped on it sOmeway fell
down the last three steps, broke his
wrist and sprained his ankle, and
smashed the chair to pieces. Then,
when he lighted. he fetched UP on
that loose board, and it sprung up and
took him, kerwallop, right in the face.
good and lively.
This morning was over there, and
Betty low in his mind mt lie end
me he saw the justice O. the who'll
thing-while Jane was out O. the
room. YOUTHS Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
INcIPIENT CONSUMPTION!
How Food Headed on the In"idiouH
Disease.

The happy wife of a good old-fash-
toned Mich. farmer says:
an the spring of 1902, l was taken
slck-a general breaking down, as 1t
were / was excessively nervous. could
not sleep well at night, my food seemed
to do me no good, and I was so weak
could scarcely walk across the room.
",rhe doctor said my condition was
due to overworS and close confinement
and that he very much feared that con-
sumption would set in. For several
months / took one kind of medicine
after another, but with no good erect
I'm fact. l seemed TO grow worse.
"Then determined to quit all medi-
cines. give up coffee and see what
Grape Nuts food would do for me.
began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread and butter three
times day.
"The effect was surprising! I began
TO gain flesh and strength forthwith,
my nerves quieted down and grew nor
mally steady and sound, sweet sleep
came back to me. In six weeks time
l discharged the hired girl and COM
menced to do my own homework for
n family of six. This was two years
ago. and | am doing 1t still, and enjoy
It." Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
A RoYal Jest.

King Alfonso can relish a joke, even
when he himself is its object. This is
illustrated by his attitude toward the
none-too-pleasant speeulations in
which newspapers of a certain class
are continually indulging as to his
marriage. His majesty has a pleasure
yacht, named the Nenuphar which, in
a musical mood and with an obvious
reference to his own position among
the rumor mongers, he has just had re.
christened. The yachts new name is
Queen X 60. Unfortunately, the
four dots have let the gossips loose on
a fresh tack. They are now busy with
every princess in Europe whose name
contains five letters II ondOn Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
Heln Fnr Show TalNers.

At no time more than when thought
Is struggling toward expression should
a friend bear with a friends infirmi-
ties. A deep sympathy should be
poured out with lavish affection about
the one who is seriously striving to
say some real thing. In this atmos-
phere of patient, sympathetic intelli-
gence the inept word, the crude phrase,
the wholly inadequate expression will
be enabled to do their work and the
thought -transference will be effected;
the thought will be safely lodged in
the mind of the other. slightly bruised
in transit, but intact and ineligible.
With an II know what you mean,"
exactly" or go on, l understand"
much help may be rendered, and Mt
last, when the thinker Of the thought
has placed his friend in possession,
and by reason of this effort has en-
tered into fuller possession Of it him
| self. the conversation is in way
to begin. Then lavish upon the elab'
Grafton of the thought all the beauties
| that can he woven ont of the words
precision. balance, music-but let us,
dear lovers of language, remember to
be discreetly gentle and listen with
averted glance while the thought is
i still i'm negligee. Atlantic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
White Mice.

1t has been difficult to regard white
mice seriously. One hears of their
performing tricks, but that is not a
sufficient excuse for their being.
Some sing sweetly, but they are rare,
and almost any one would prefer a
bird.
But with modern inventions comes
a profession for mice so important
that it commands government pay
in the English navy. Every submar-
inc vessel carries a cage of white
mice. At the least knowledge OF
gasoline the little creatures feel I'M
comfortable, and begin to squeal.
This serves as a warning, which is
quickly needed
The mice are regularly enrolled on
the books, as the seamen are, and the
government allows them one shilling
a week for food.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
A Welcome Illness.

Little folks have tragedies as well
os "grown.ups,' and these are no less
real and heart-brealSlng. A CORE
spondent OF the Washington Post tells
Of some of her experiences with the
eriefs Of childhood She says that
she will never forget the day when, at
the are Of twelve, she came home
from long year at school,
had cOmforted myself in my lone
lIness and Inconsistencies by thinking
of the happiness Of getting back to
my dolls | came home TO find that
my mother had given them all away,
was too old, she said, to care for
dolls. | suppose she never dreamed
could care, any more than | dreamed
of the ache in the heart of n little
niece Of mine till she showed il to me
not long ago.
She is the elder Of two daughters
The younger is rarely beautiful
child, who has always been delicate,
so that attentions have been shower
ed on her. The elder child, Julia, is
a plain, sturdy little thing, who has
always given way without a word to
Margaret, the younger.
When I went to visit the family last
fall Margaret was the centre of at
traction. If she ha' a sore throat the
house was turned topsyturvy.
One day | came upon Julia sitting
by the kitchen stove, her teeth chat.
tering. She had never been III before.
or course we put her to he'd and hung
over her and made a lot of her. The
child was really i'll.
Poor little thing" | said to her,
I'm so sorry you're sick"
She looked up at me with the oldest
look | ever saw on a childs face.
I'm glad she replied. They'll
all treat me now just the way they
do Margaret"
You may be sure we did. But think
how long her heart must have acned
to make her think of saying that! We
can never make up to her for that.