The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

Behold the Lady and the Tykes of San
Francisco-anOther beautiful upset of
WattersOnian theories.
Behold the hundred and one smart set
women who lie awake nights. devising
ways and means Of lending a hand TO the
Grant little tykes that are gathered in
weekly by the police in the byways and
highways.
AS is well known, the city-that in
sensate thing composed Of you and me
and every other numskull-is not finan-
clally able" TO give an intelligent care
10 this little citizen. II is too poor-this
lnsensate city that breeds them-to take
intelligent and human care Of the chill
oren that get away from the control Of
incapable or Indifferent parents.
Until such time as parents can be
educated as parents-which Of course will
take a few generations. even under Judge
Murasky's wise tutelage-the offspring of
incompetents, incapables and drunkards
must be looked after. And if the Govern
ment is too dense or too greedy TO see
the necessity Of Intervention. Lnen il be-
comes the business Of the people as in
diVi0uals or clubs 10 do so.
And the duty arises. not only from the
viewpoint OF humanitarianism but from
seif-protecuon-fOr il is Nom the ranks
Of the city's truants and Maynard chill
dren that criminals are recruited. And
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pensive sppurtensnces
To be sure, the city has done something
along the lines OF saving the little de-
hnQuents.
1t has established the Juvenile Court.
s Parental School, and is maintaining a
Detention Home, where the little tykes
await trial SO far. so good.
But there the work practically ends.
No funds are provided for the necessary
officers TO carry on the probation work
the getting hold" of the boys and girls.
Most of .Hls money is recruited from the
wonens clubs OF the city, from CONNER
cisl bodies. business houses and human
citizens.
And It Is for just this thine-to augment
this fund-that the society women of the
city have arranged a Juvenile Fair" TO
take place next Saturday at the St
Francis. And il promises TO be great
fUn-ss well as great philanthropy.
The following excellent women will
serve as Datronesses:
Mrs. Horace Davis. Mrs. Aylett Cotton
Mrs Philip King Brown, Mrs. ]. Downey
Harvey, Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mrs Alex
ander Hamilton. Mrs. George c. Board
man. Mrs. Harry Babcock. Mrs. Walter
Dean. Mrs Edward Eyre, Mrs. William
II. GWin. Mrs. Horace Hill, Mrs. Charles
Joselyn, Mrs. William Prentice Morgan
Mrs John F. Merrill, Mrs. Thuriow Nc
7. Murphy, Mrs. Henry 7. Scott, Mrs
Max Sloss. Mrs. Harry Sherman. Mrs
Oscar Sutro. Mrs. Francis ]. Sullivan
Mrs. Sigmund Stern. Mrs William
Thomas. Mrs. NJ NJ Tompkins, Mrs.
Joseph Sadoc Tobin. Nine Emilia To-
5etti, Mrs. Lowell. White and Mrs.
.Ynez Shorb White.
OF course, you're going,
Speaking Of beneht-giving, quite the
msdGest fad in New York now is The
''Tsbleaux Vivants" from famous paint
ers and poets.
Last week. an affair at the Waldorf
Astoria. for the benefit of one OF the
many lying-iD hospitals in town, was a
triumph in art as in philanthropy For
instance, there was Miss Edith Deacon,
who posed for Sargents Spanish
Dancer: Miss Josephine Flagg as the
"Infanta Maria Teresa: Mrs. William
Warner Hoppin in Van Dyck's Marie
Luigia de Iassis"; Miss Atterbury and
Miss Rosslind Fish, both said to be dis
tinguished looking girls, in Rossetti's
.''Marianna"-and so on. And the town
went mad over the artistry of the thing.
for which il paid I'VE dollars per to wit
ness.
Wouldn't that be nice sort of thing
for us Pacific coasters 10 try?-of course.
not the i've but the tableaux
two-spOt is about the limit of our
smart sets philanthropic tax-that or
less.
On May ? under the patronage Of
AIRS. NJ. H. de Young, Mrs. Walter Dean,
Mrs Hooper. Miss Alice Hager. Mrs.
Maurice Casey. Mrs. Emery winship