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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

Another amendment very important
to the whisky interests of the country
provides that articles shall not be re-
garded as misbranded If they are so
labeled as to Indicate they are COM
pounds or blends, provided that the
term blend as used herein shall be con-
strued to mean mixture of like sub
stances, not excluding harmless color
ing or f1avoring ingredients
With these and few other changes
the House committee on interstate COM
merce accepted the Hepburn bill as IT
came from the Senate In its most I'M
portant particulars. The amendments
were such as to make it even more &C
ceptable to the retailers and jobbers.
The manufacturer is held responsible
Tor adulterations IN the foods he per-
mits to be placed on the market The
State laws must look to the retailer who
adulterates food products after they
come into his keeping. 1t Is almost
certain that the House will pass the
measure as amended by committee
with probably a few unimportant
changes, and the prospects are bright
. that before many weeks America will
be freed from the disrepute Of being
the only civilized nation in the world
that has no national food law. The day
or the food adu1terators' domination In
this country will be ended and the peo-
pie will no longer be forced to eat
painted foods and chemical adultera-
tions.
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DOMESTIC DIFFICULT TIES. .

and glancing up he beheld the maid
standing helplessly over the fragments Of
cut-glass finger bowl
well. what next he began; but his
wife hastily interposed. Newer mind,
Mary. A little clean water won't hurt the
rug, and you can sweep up thu glass
after breakfast"
When the maid had withdrawn Mrx
Blair said to her husbands You must
be careful not TO speak SO sharply, or
weH lose her, and don't know where
we could get any one to take her
place"
"All right" returned Mr.. Blair. But
there's one thing I will inaist upon.
She must keep out OF my dan She
was in there again this morning"
Yes. She asked my permission 10
look at your dictionary"
The dictionary Now, what"
As if in answer to HIS unfinished
question: the maid entered. bIushin gly
handed her mistress a note and quiskIy
withdrew.
With a muttered exclaanation ef
amazement Mrs. Blair glanced through
the note and then read II aloud:
Dear Madam regret to inform you
that our pleasant connection as mistress
and maid will terminate on the 10th
inst, when my month is up. This does
not imply any lack OF kindness on your
part. but simply that I am engaged In
more remuneratfve and congenial am
plOyment.
Trusting you may soon fnd another
maid who viii prove available. I am.
very respectfully yours.
m. CONWAY FLANNERTY."
Great Scott. NJ Conway-our maidg
gasped Mr.. Blair.
They gazed blankly at each other a
moment and then roared with laughtsf..
Finally: You'd better give 1t up. my
dear said his wife, chokingly, as she
wiped her eyes.
L WILL" he returned. rendinx his
manuscript in twain When house,
maids take to story writing il is high
time for lawyers to stick TO their
BRIEFS"
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To whom is credit due for the final
victory in the ten years war for pure
foods? The publications which have fear
lessly exposed the frauds in the face
of such opposition, 1 should think. de-
serve most 81 the credit. These publi
cations first informed the people of the
poisonous nature of the ingredients
they were taking into their system for
sustenance. Then there are some food
officers who, despite every temptation
and threat. have fearlessly enforced the
State laws. arrested violators and as
sisted In attracting public attention to
the fact that many of our foods were
being made absolutely poisonous. DIR.
Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemis-
try of the United States Department Of
Agriculture. has been untiring in his
warfare on the fraudulent manufac-
turer. He has given to the press many
startling items of food poisoning. and
with his famous poison squad proved
exactly the nature of the harm that
may be caused by many common adul-
terations. State chemists and others
have made experiments with aniline
dyes and other colorings and chemicals
and showed that they would kill guinea
pigs and kittens outright.
While the agitation was at its height
and the Hepburn bill was pending in
the Senate. the National Dairy and
Food Show appeared at Chicago with a
wonderful exposition by the United
States Government and State food de-
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food adulterator himself. 1t was his in
satiable greed. Had he been content
with the fabulous profits he had been
permitted TO make for years; had not
MS lust for lucre been allowed to get
the best Of his judgment. had he not
continued TO try to cheaper the cost
OF production more and more by PALM
ING on on the people worse and worse
materials, dyed and favored to repre-
sent food products. of which they con-
tanned not a particle. had he not over
worked his chemical laboratory over
time in the effort to deceive the pub
lie. the aduiterator might still occupy
his elysium and We might still continue
to eat fraudulent foods, though not
nearly as bad as they are at present
The manufacturer OF bogus drugs was
Just as greedy. and so many people were
killed and permanently injured by MS
nefarious connections made from products
that cost virtually nothing. that a wave
OF indignation went up from all parts OF
the country
Next to the public. the manufacturer or
pure foods will rejoice more than any
other In the passage OF the national law.
He has been weak power because or the
dispacity in numbers and profits realized.
but he has steadily contended for a IA"
to remove the unjust competition Many
otherwise honest manufacturers have
been compelled to join the ranks or the
adulterators in order to meet the competi-
ton. OF else be forced out OF business
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Even the lawyers" said his wife, with
a glimmer of fun in her eyes.
WELL even a lawyer doesn't disdain
an occasional twenty or thirty dollars for
a few hours spare work.
Twenty or thirty dollarsl You are
coming down rapidly in your prices. Last
year it was forty or fifty. and the year
before 1t was hundred or So
''The law of supply and demand. my
dear II I had made hit like the author
of Mr.. Jiggs of the Oyster Bed. my
prices would be advancing at a CORE
spending rate. But what 1 was going to
say is this: How do all these writer's get
in. and why in the mischief can't get IN.
too? Jerusalem
The expletive was addressed to the
maid. who. in setting cup OF coffee be-
side his plate. had splashed some of the
hot contents over his hand and upon the
tabIecloth. He glared at her savagely
while she awkwardly apologized and
mopped up the fluid with a napkin.
Mrs Blair frowned at him. as If to say.
Don't scold herr and then observed,
kindly. to the maid: Never mind; Mary.
The cloth would go in the wash tomor-
row. anyway. Now. will you please set
a finger bowl on the table?'
Mr.. Blair returned to the magazine.
Here is another story by that new
writer. NJ. Conway. andsit seems to start
off well. 1 wish 1 could meet him-or,
more likely, her. for most Of the new
writer's seem to be women. I'd say TO him
OR her. 'Sir-or madam-how in the
world did you do it? How did you get in ?
Was it by influence. or cheek. or a per-
sonal acquaintance with the editor
Won't you kindly inform me how it was
accomplished? Tell me how to get in.
and I'll promise to whack up half Of my
first years profits
a loud crash interrupted his remarks,
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They descended to the level of the or
binary cells, then lower to those more
remote and secured dungeons reserved
for the worst criminals.
mo, no, excellency, allow me to show
you the way The cell is already lit,''
Del Pino's voice was heard to say as
the door shut behind them.
A quarter of an hour passed, but the
effervescence of excitement had not yet
subsided in the assembly room when
the door opened and figure stood upon
the threshold. 1t was not that of the
Governor nor Of Del Pine. A sombrero
and cloak concealed the actual fea-
lures, but the attitude and the huddled
folds of the cloak bore the uncouth out
lines of a vulture's plumage.
Don o. a shout of astonishment
went up.
AT your service, senores Be silent,
! pray you'--a small, commanding hand
rose from the cloak BE silent and re-
main seated. Remember, you have to
deal with man who is equally ready
to die tonight or ten years hence. Also,
If l may remind you, of man who has
never been known to neglect precau-
tion."
Where is the Governor" demanded
voice, in which anger was beginning
to conquer the first shock.
Safe, senores, in cell of his own
prison. and with him is the body of a
vile footpad, nicknamed FL Duques,
whose methods have brought discredit
upon my profession. and whom L have
at length punished. 1 undertook the
function properly appertaining to the
helpless executive. Late yesterday 1
killed FL Duques"
But Del Pino-have you killed him
also?
"He is no more, senores, 1 regret to
inform you, Don @. laughed sibilant-
ly. but do not implore his loss, for,
with the exception of his well-curled
wig and his hat of the civil guard, he
survives in me-"
you passed yourself off as Captain
del Pine of the civil guard? But how
could you impose upon any one with the
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
EARS OF THE GOVERNOR.

Del Pine immovably, according to the
regulations Of my corps"
The tension of the last couple of weeks
was lifted from the spirit of Don Hugo.
In the enthusiasm of his relief he flung
his arms round the stonily unresponsive
Del Pine and saluted him effusively on
both cheeks.
Accept our congratulations, senior.
Gentlemen. let US drink to the health of
this paladin. Captain del Pinop'
Which was forthwith done with many
"bravas" and a hubbub OF excited talk.
Del Pino's glass was filed; no one
observed that he left 1t untouched. But
he professed himself overwhelmed by
their approbation his success, he begged
them to believe, was a mere matter of
luck. He explained that, wishing to see
the reason of Don Q.s exploits, he had
left the train when approaching the
mountains and ridden the remainder of
the way Thus he came by chance upon
the brigand and shot him down.
And now 1 would request his excel
lency to come with me to the cell in
which the body has been placed, for tie
purpose Of Identifying It," he wound up.
BY all means. Let us go without de-
lay" Don Hugo could hardly yet credit
his good fortune in thus being rid Of his
hunting foe. He longed to behold with
his own eyes the dead face. "I have
never yet seen Don O.. but they tell me
the vulture is unmistakable,' he added.
Absolutely unmistakable," commented
Del Pine.
Don Hugo led the way from the room
You say the body is in a cell, senor?
Why put a dead body in cell?" he asked
laughingly, as they went down the cor
ridor.
From all that is said Of Don c., ex-
cellency. 1 thought it well to turn the
key even on his corpse"
The Governor stopped as they passed
a stairway leading upward
My wife is on the roof will tell
her"
Del Pino restrained him
Pardon, excelleney; make sure of
him first"
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in oils Of him, to be hung upon the club
walls as a surprise to him and evi.
dence of appreciation on his return.
Miss Stateler. whose father is a mem
Der OF the Union League, herself pre-
sented the bust she had made to the
club, and both bust and portrait were
accepted and exhibited with the proper
ceremonies. and not. OF course, without
some slight emotions Of pleasure and
qualification on the part OF Colonel
Pippy. for even the most modest Of men
finds it pleasant to discover that he Is
popular.
Then a paragraph giving the news OF
the event, for club doings are always
of public interest. naively described the
portraits as having been presented by
Colonel Pippy himself.
And now Colonel Pippy can't look
bust or painting in the face without
blushing and is suspected of stealthily
avoiding the rooms they are in.
But this. 1t is true, has nothing to do
with art
Miss Stateler's progress in her chosen
work has been difficult and uphill and
her achievement is on that account all
the more interesting.
She has been severely handicapped
by i'll health and her responsibility to
her mother. who is also an invalid. She
is e delicate fragile girl, and was for
a time so frail as child that she could
not go to school like ordinary little
girls. She was taught at home and her
desire for artistic expression mani
tested itself so strongly that she en-
tered Hopkins in spite of her slight
strength. There she studied with
Douglass Tilden and Aitken and worked
with all her might
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CONTINUED From Page Five.)

lency. I cannot imagine the reason. "
The rufian was afraid to do other
wise! Naturally, on discovering the Con-
desa's identity. he permitted her to re-
turn home. He knows my reputation.
Senor Capitani But'-with a frown-'I
cannot forgive his treatment Of my wife;
he terrified her with shocking threats"
"Of personal I'll treatment7 Surely noti'
Up to this moment Don Hugo had kept
the message sent down to him by the
brigsnd absolutely secret But now, car
ried away by the tide Of his own words
and anxious to convince Del Pine, he dis
closed Il.
His threat w1a directed against me-
must explain. II is well known that the
brute has but one ear. 1 mentioned the
fact openly. He appears to resent this.
and ewore TO be revenged on me by de-
prtvinE me Of both OF mine
"Horrible!'' Del Pine caressee his own
ears nneditatively. -'Horriblei" he muir
INJURED. ITO be without one ear would be
q suncient humiliation; but to lose both,
and by the hand Of an enemy, would be
a modification scarcely to be survived"
Fortunately none OF US need fear any
thing Of the kind" interrupted Don Hugo
brusouely. 1--WE have decided to make
away with this miserable hill thief. He
has been too long at largo I myself am
going 20 lead an expedition into the sierra
with that object"
-'It iE now hardly necessary" observed
Del Pino. with an Gccentuation Of his
Tentle politeness.
What, do you propose to replace me,
senorT' asked Don Hugo, with heat.
Replace your No. excellency. that
would be impossible! But, by good luck,
I may have forestalled you
81 fail TO catch your meaning senor," /"
said Don Hugo. but half Modified.
'It is that I had the honor TO kill Don
@. yesterday"
You killed Don @. yesterday" the
Governor almost shouted.
Yes, excellency, and I shall be glad
60 have a receipt for the body" went on
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

It's only the mail carrier
throwing in one of my rejected stories
of course" replied her husband, resign
edly, springing up from the breakfast
table and disappearing into the hail.
Presently he returned with a fat en-
velope, which he tossed beside his plate
open and glance through.
Which one is it this timer" asked his
wife, sympathetically
THE mining story 1 sent of last
Thursday
'only five days ago! I don't believe
they even looked at itt'
''Oh. yes. they did. They probably saw
at a glance that they didn't want it, and
were kind enough to ship it back prompt
ly. Perhaps it was too long, or too short,
or-stay. yet me see what the editor does
say" tearing open the envelope and
glancing over printed slip.
1--WE have read the inclosed manu-
script with interest and regret that it
present needs. and therefore return it,
HIM. Hm.-'This does not imply any
lack of merit No, of course not. In
fact, my dear, it's the same old story
in the same old way
He slammed the contemned manu-
script upon the table. and resumed his
study of the magazine.
yet plenty of writer's do get in," he
continued. Here are eight short sto-
ries in this number of Ramper's, and
thousands of others are published every
month. 1t seems as il everybody wrote
for the press nowadays"
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
BIZ PAUL PIERCE.


Ow is the springtime of the food
n adulterator's discomfort. Uncere-
VI moniously he is to be banished
' from the Eden where he has so
- long tempted and forced the peo-
pie to eat his forbidden and poisoned
fruits and meats and other kinds Of
chemically treated products that brought
him an income of s2,S5o,OOO a year. He is
making sDasmodic final efforts to finger
longer in his loved Elysium, but the Hey
burn bill, recently passed by the Senate.
heralds the ordinance of his eternal ex-
pulsion-
The Hepburn bill is TO become a law.
This ie true unless all signs are wrong.
And when IL becomes a law It viii be
even more exacting and far-reaching than
In its present form. The House is going
to pass the Hepburn bill and not the Hep
burn bill, as was formerly planned, as 1t
was wisely concluded that by passing the
Hepburn bill complications would arise
over the choice between the two measures
which might lead to ultimate defeat OF
the whole project Of national food legis-
lation. II the House should pass the Hep
buru bin now since the Senate has passed
the Hepburn bill. the result would be that
the Senate would have to consider
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

design important interior. decorations
for one Of the new luxurious New York
hotels.
We have our own Kuhne Beveridge
startling the artistic world OF Paris
with her daring conceptions. and win
ming fame from Africa to Oakland with
her marvelously imaginative work-as
well as with her beauty.
We have Gertrude Boyle here at home
with us doing work of much beauty
and earnestness, and with a certainty
OF touch that speaks her right to her
chosen medium
And following on their heels. here is
another Californian, a young girl, mold
ing and patting and pinching and par
ing the moist clay into striking lifelike
portraiture.
She is winifred Stateler, the daughter
CT General Passenger Agent Stateler Of
the Northern Pacific, and she has done
really remarkable work for young a
girl
Her portrait bust of Colonel George
A. Pippy, which was presented to the
Union League Club at about the time
Of his recent reelection as its presi
dent, is her latest and one Of her most
ambitious pieces of work. 1t has a
place Of honor in the club library, and
has won the admiration of every one
who has seen il. for ii is the Union
League president to the life, in char
acter as well as feature. Colonel Pippy,
with his heavily bearded, rugged face,
is not an easy subject for the sculptor,
especially when the sculptor is young
girl presumably experienced in repro
ducing the small insipid prettinesses of
life that are supposed to appeal to the
young girl mind. But Miss Stateler's
work shows none of the weakness or
inadequacy Of that sort of experience,
and the Pippy bust she has modelled is
a hne expression Of sincerity, strength
and simplicity. There is nothing of the
girls hand in its sure lines, but every
thing OF the artists.
Incidentally, connected with this bust
and another portrait OF Colonel Pippy
that the club possesses there is story
which, while it has nothing to DO with
Miss Stateler, is too good for human
nature TO keep.
While Colonel Pippy was away in
Mexico some months ago the club mem
bers subscribed and secured a portrait
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

for portrait work. and the gift of
making the spirit speak from the
shapeless lump of clay even as she
molds 1t into physical likeness.
Her work, however, is not confined
to portrait modelling. She has done
some very clever things in the model
ing of animals and especially Of dogs
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

and has produced some dogs heads
that are singularly good.
In the little Pine-street studio. over
stable. that she and Miss McGlashin
turned into q delightful workshop.
much good work was done. but the
studio life has had t. be abandoned
and Miss Stateler now does only such
work as she can do at home while she
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

is giving the greater part OF her time
TO the devoted care OF her invalid
mother.
That she has done such good work in
spite OF handicap and interruption
surely evidences the possession OF a
real and definite talent that may lead
to crediting us with another distin-
guished California girl"
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

photographs or the Two pusts so widely
different that are printed on this page
one showing the strong outlines of the
Pippy bust the other a Charming,
piquant child picture, the portrait OF
little Elizabeth Fee, the daughter of
Passenger Traffic Manager Fee of the
Southern Pacific.
Miss stateler has a special aptitude
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
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CULPTURE seems to
appeal more and
more to women seek
ing some form OF art
expression.
We have the news
Of Mrs. Harry Payne
whitney, who was
Gertrude Vanderbilt
and heiress to a big
slice of Vanderbilt
millions, accepting
the commission to
4 2
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
BY CHARLES LEE sLEIGHT.

M HATS that?' exclaimed
Mrs. Blair. as loud ''thud"
M in the hall smote upon her
w ears.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-27

Channon and Miss Jane Wilcox. The
ladies who are engaged in the work
are teachers in the various city schools.
Two Weeks Work.
The work will be completed in about
two weeks, the law requiring the regis
tering of the report by July Is. The
information collected includes the name
OF the householder. the number of per
sons residing in each under 81, male
female and total, and the number be-
tween 6 and u years of age, similarly
classified. Undoubtedly the census of
this month will show a considerable in
crease over that of two years ago, due
to the increase in population of the
city. The increase is indicated in the
steady increase in the school enroll
ment in the last few years.
The board of education has at last
received the silver medal awarded the
Rock Island schools for the excellence
of the work as indicated in the exhibits
ma awarded at the same time as the
medal award was announced. was re-
ceived last year, but as the medals
We're struck at the United Sattes mint
at Philadelphia considerable time was
required to complete them. The medal
is of very attractive design, a special
silver alloy being used. The two fig
ures on the medal are symbols of the
Louisiana purchase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-27
DECATUR PROMISES MUCH
TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
r. M Sweeney, Official Instructor of
Order, Believes Rock Island
Stood Best Chance.

r. NJ. Sweeney. superintendent of
the insurance department of the
knights of Pythias. and official in
structor in the secret work of the or
der, was in the city last evening and
today. calling on the local knights. Mr.
Sweeney. today. in commenting on the
selection of Decatur as the site for the
Illinois home for aged Pythians and or
phans, said. Il think that had Rock Is
land made any sort of proposition. even
though not nearly as large as that of
Decatur. the home would have been To-
Gated here, owing to the advantages
this city offers from its geographical
location and municipal improvements"
This matter was brought up here, but
no action taken. Decatur's proposition
included $4,000 in cash, a tract of 40
acres of land. guarantees to extend the
street car lines and pavement, to erect
n school and TO organize a church in
the neighborhood. AS a result $3.50. 600
will be spent in the erection OF the
buildings there. and between $4,000 an /
10000 visitors attracted there anpual-
ly by the institution
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-27
CABBAGEPATCH CHARACTERS

Association Helpers Present Sketch al
the Y. NJ. c. A. Rooms.
The following cast of characters has
been set for the entertainment to be
given by the Association helpers at the
Y NJ. c. a. tomorrow evening. when
sketches of Mrs. Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch" and ''Lovey Mary" will be
presented:
Lovey Mary-Miss Laura Davis.
Miss Hazy-Mrs. j. +. Assay.
Mr.. Stubbins-C. II. Richardson
Little Tommy Leland Assay
Miss Olcott-Miss Blanche Simpson
Mrs. Wiggs-AIrs. Frank Corcoran.
Jim-FoTrest Wood.
Billy-Stanley Eye
Asia Minor-AIiss Alma Shaw.
Australia-Miss Gertrude Wagner.
Europena-Doris Berger.