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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

~ THOUGH. as the physicist tells
us, the eyes are mere lenses
delicately connected with the
sensorium, 1t passes in general
parlance that they are the windows of
the soul. All people are alive to their
subtle magnetism, acknowledging them
as the power of the face which charms
or repels. History even abounds in
instances in which a flash of the eye
has been an imperative death sentence,
while an appealing glance, especially
from woman. has swayed monarchs
on their thrones.
woman can possess no more fas-
cinating trait than that OF concentrat-
sing her gaze upon the one with whom
she is speaking An unwaverinx
glance fiatters most keenly In It's as
surance that the attention is held and
that other matters outside the present
conversation have lost their pre-emi-
hence. 1t makes little difference wheth-
err woman's eyes are gray or brown
or blue when one enters her home, as
long ashley are fastened steadily on
her visitors countenance and express
her interest in all that concerns him
A coy feeling is cast by them; the
guest feels himself properly welcomed.
out the wavering eyes that accom-
pany the handshake of welcome, the
eyes that look beyond a guest and
glide at the same time over the details
of his dress. the polish of his boots.
cause an uncertain sensation far from
agreeable. The guest hesItates in re-
lating the happenings of his journey,
stops abruptly at length. since he
knows he has not possessed himself OF
his hostess attention
Although women do not perhaps
realize the fact, they are far more
often offenders than men in this habit
of allowing their eyes to wander. They
are especially remiss when in CONVEX
sation with those of their own sex.
1t is proverbial that a man can sell
dom tell what a woman wears. He says
he knows how she looks. A woman,
on the contrary, invariably knows what
another wears, even to the shades OF
silk that hold together imperceptible
seams. 1t is distressing to think that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
The Effective Direct Glance

In the eyes Of other women gowns
form so poignant a rival to the per
sonaiity. Often. indeed. a charming
woman plays but the part OF a bird
whose feathers are responsible for its
beauty.
Even though q woman may ind IL
advantageous to study the profound
devising OF some attractive gown. II
should be done with subtle tact, in
unooserved moments, and never at the
expense OF another's personality
Judging from the tellta1e eyes. IL
would seem unhappily that the
thoughts OF American women are sell
dom restful- They show, moreover
the national desire to hasten. to pass
quickly from one thing to another.
1t is the wise woman, however. the
one of reputed magnetism. who con-
trolls the range OF her eyes and keeps
them In readiness to express the sym
pathy OF which they are capable.
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"nighties." thrown hastily over their
outer garments, must visit all the
sorority and fraternity houses. see the
"profs" and frolic upon the lawn of
Roble Hall. the women's home.
Wow, We're off,"
Get in step there, freshie. This is
no funeral; this is a lockstep; SO get
busy"
Boom, boom. goes the bass drum. and
with all hands stringing out over 200
yards, the procession heads for the
girls dormitory first Singing and
whooping, the light-hearted collegians
prance about the greensward of Robbie
dornlitory in the familiar serpentine
step learned on the football field. Arm
in arm, four by four. they gallop till
forced to stop for mere lack of breath.
Applause comes from, the shaded bal
comics of the dorniitory. and now and
then giggle from some fair one who
cannot suppress her mirth. After a
parting "Rah, rah.'' the line of march
is taken up again and the serpentine
winds up the row where the frat men
and girls live. The professors and stu
dents who live In private boarding
houses are not neglected. Every house
is given an inning and it is good door
bell that can Withstand the onslaught
of the lively three hundred. Up one
street and down the next they gosnow
stopping to be entertained at some frat
now devoting particular attention to
some boarding house, till the wee sma'
hours appear and the collegiate sinks
from sheer exhaustion
Exhaustion? Perhaps that word will
be questioned When the Stanford
men are out for fun they know no
such word. And fun is at the bottom
of it all. Once these customs are voted
dull, they will disappear But as long
as there is any fun in any custom 1t
will endure. So 1t may be that the
"pajama" parade will be perpetuated.
It may exist when erudition and saws
are dead as doornails.
DAVID H WALKER JR.
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Found by Fragments.


Il spoke with several of the most
prominent sculptors in Rome about this
matter and few ef them believed
with me that the sncients must have
known other means and materials. but
no one could say what they were be-
cause no traces were left 1t happened
TO me one day TO find the fragment Of
the arm of statue q little larger than
life, and by the appearance OF the
pectoral and dorsai muscles and the
shape Of the deltoid il was plain that
the arm had been stretched out after it
had been nodded. IL was IN original
work from the best period OF Greek
art. and I Was struck by the fact that
there was no sign that it had been
stamped in mold. which always leaves
its traces. Now, the ides came forcibly
to me that there must be lost tech
nique, because the arm could not have
been stretched out without having a
support of iron or wood inside. which
led naturally TO a conclusion every one
can understand-tbat the arm could not
have been done in common clay. since
as we All know common clay cracks
on being dried over hard body and a
material that cracks cannot be fred.
and scientific men in Rome and eS-
planned. TO them these simple facts: but,
strange 10 relate. no one seemed to
take the slightest interest in the mat
ter. soon found that it was futile
to try to impress my views upon others.
and l therefore kept them to myself.
though I was perfectly convinced that
a different material and different
methods had been employed by the
SnCienfS I noesff.-o nj <ia. ;o
lost art was the principal reason for
the superiority OF the earlier Greek and
Roman sculptors, so much the more as
bad work from a bad hand of those
times always had something OF a
grandeur and style unapproachable by
the most skillfuI of the moderns.
This was in 1874. wnen / was work
ing on the third statue OF Meleager. ]
then searched for new material that
would receive light, as / believed that
clay would not. ! mixed plaster and
clay in various ways, and experimental
with wax and plasterine. Whenever
found A new plastic material exper-
imented with it on my statue, trying
the effect of light. but nothing would
give the effect sought"
Magelssen spent eight years in Rome
In 1877 he married a beautiful Italian
for he was then prosperous and. with
commissions from visiting Norwegians
Swedes and Danes, he had been able
to make a comfortable living. Now
however, hard times came upon him;
there was dearth of foreign visitors
TO Rome. and his commissions became
fewer and fewer. Finally, in 1879, he
went back TO Christiania with his wife
and two children.
Here his prospects did not improve
and the fact that his mind was always
set on finding the material in which
the ancient sculptors worked was not
calculated to further them. Continual
experimenting took all the money he
could earn, and he seldom finished a
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~ n ARGERY was a qufck-witted
girl of IL. In shopping with
her aunt one day she observed
that whenever her aunt bought
any stockings she always asked for
hose. This seemed very odd to Mar
gerry, but she did not forget the lesson.
A day or two later a lamp in the attic
of the house where Margery lived sud-
denly flared up and blackened the bur-
lap wall. Although frightened. Margery
did not lose her presence of mind, but,
jumping out of bed and Selling the first
article OF clothing she saw. pressed it
over the lamp chimney, thus extinguish-
ing the fame. When,>in response to Mar
gery's calls. her aunt came running
upstairs, she found her standing in the
dark in the center or the room, and,
striking light, saw her holding tight
ly to charred and blackened pair of
stockings and looking a little pale.
why, Margery." said her aunt when
she had heard the story. Why did you
take your stockings?"
well" said Margery quickly, though
still pale, they were all the hose 1
could find
Robert, aged 8, was one day watch
ing his mother as she gathered flow
ers in the garden, carefully separating
the fresh ones from those day or two
old and throwing the latter away.
Mamma, said Robert. why do you
throw those away?
Because they are faded. dear was
the answer
Robert considered a while. Then.
looking at his mother. he asked seri-
ously, Will you fade, too"
Surprised and moved by the ques-
ton, his mother answered gently, Yes,
Robert, some day l. too. shall fade
Turning to his aunt, who stood near
by. Robert remarked genially, Aunt
Julia's begun already
Walter had long been promised that
he should spend his third Christmas
with his grandmother and grandfather
in New York. The promise was kept
and Walter. together with his small
brothers and sisters, was taken to the
big city and given d glorious time all
during Christmas week. As the new
year approached, however. the remark
Happy New Year" began to be heard
on all sides. Being an observing little
fellow and not wishing to leave any
thing out of the game. he electrified
every one on New Years morning by
his salutation. which, being slightly
mixed In his mind, emerged therefrom
as Happy New York
Marion was having a geography les
son on California. After she had been
told whore the different mountains,
lakes and, rivers were, her teacher
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Ruth ran. and on reaching her mother.
sewing in an Inner room. said. Il
coined" mo, no, Ruth" said her mother.
SAY, I came" Ruth pondered over
the lesson, said "a1l right" and skipped
gayly away again. Next morning her
mother in the garden was greeted By a
neighbor. and observing that Ruth.
who lowered near, took no notice OF
the visitor. reprimanded her. saying.
Ruth. say good morning to Mrs. Cum
mings-" "Oh, no. exclaimed Ruth, as
the lesson OF yesterday flashed into her
mind. Good morning. Mrs. Cameings."
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Crime of a City.

In the outskirts of CHRISTIANS was
stretch OF vacant and useless land be-
longing 20 the municipality, upon which
Magelssen asked permission to con-
struct his house, paying an annual
rental He was informed by the nu-
nicipal authorities that he might use
the land. providing he would sign an
agreement 10 vacate II and remove the
house within fourteen days in case the
land should ever be needed by the city
Being Informed by the Bishop of Chris
tiania and a city magistrate that this
was a mere fermality and that there
was not the slightest possibility that
the municipality would ever need the
land. Maeclssen signed this agreement
lie then built his house himself, with
the assistance of a single carpenter, and
borrowed money to finish it, obtain
ing further permission to erect a small
studio beside 1t.
KaEeissen declares that the brief Pc
Rod he lived in this house was the hap
piest OF his life. because In spite of ter
rihle poverty he could carry on his
work and experiments without inter
ruption and pass his brief moments OF
recreation with his family. However,
he had scarcely occupied the house six
months when the same magistrate who
had assured him that the agreement to
vacate and remove his house within
fourteen days was formaIity put the
agreement he had signed into execution
For the first time in Norway they
pulled down a mans house says Ma
gelssen. 81 don't blame anybody. 1t
was the will OF God"
However. although Magelsscn and his
family suffered many privations. he
managed to keep a roof over their
heads and to continue his work and
experiments. Then a piece of good for
tune came to him. for he made prac-
teal invention which brought him in
sufficient revenue to support his fam
lily.
After having devoted the best part of
twenty-seven years of his life to the
search for the lost art. Magelssen be-
gan to despair of ever rediscovering it.
and he would have discontinued his ex-
periments had he not been dissuaded
by his wife IT was just at this time,
Magelssen says, that he seemed to hear
voice crying in his car night and day,
What is clay7 What Is clay?" The
elements of common clay were approx
mately one-ffth aluminium, one-fifth
silicate and one-ffth water with lime,
magnesia and oxide OF iron often pres
ent as impurities.
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honor TO his people" writes
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, whose opinion
of men and things Norwegian carries
more weight than that of any other
writer in or out of Norway, OF a fellow
countryman who is at present in New
York
The fame Of Magelssen. a sculptor,
whose work is well known throughout
Scandinavia and who has received the
gold medal Of the Paris Salon. will not
long be confined to Norway. however.
His name is destined to live always in
the annals Of the fine arts; for, after
thirty years OF arduous toll. always
under the shadow OF poverty that was
embittered by the fidicule and even
the contempt OF his townspeople, he
has rediscovered an art that had been
lost for more than $500 years.
Magelssen's discovery is the process
for the composition of clay such as was
used by the ancient eek and Romap
scUiptors. that is cspa' lie OF being fred
at high temperature without cracking
or shrinking. and whereby a statue
may be constructed over an iron or
wooden skeleton from which the artist
may transfer it to marble or take mod
elings direct for bronze. the use Of
plaster being hereafter entirely un-
necessary.
This discovery is, Of great historical
and archaeological interest also. since
it proves definitely that at the high
est period Of ancient art the sculptor
used a manufactured material, instead
of the natural clay that has been en-
ployed for the last twenty-five centu-
ries. a circumstance that has hitherto
been merely conjectural.
The genuineness of Msgelssen's DIS
covery is attested by. among others,
such authorities as Cecil Smith. direct
or Of the Department of Greek and
Roman Antiquities in the British Mu-
scum; FREDERICK Hermsnini. director
OF the Royal National Museum in
Rome; G. Korte. FIRST secretary OF the
Imperial German Archaeological Insti-
tute in Rome; the Danish sculptors
Bison and Hasselbins. the Italian
sculptors Giuglielmi and Monteverdi,
and the American sculptor, Franklin
Simmons. now residing in Rome. These
authorities agree that the Norwegian's
discovery is destined to revolutionize
the present methods OF sculpture and
20 revive the process by which the an
clients made terra Gotta statues and
ststuettes, that has been forgotten
since six hundred years before Christ.
It was in Rome that Magflssen first
got the idea that the ancients must
have worked in different. material
and by different methods to obtain the
results they achieved.
i saw it was quite impossible for me
to reach up to Greek ART" he says. Il
believe that every sculptor who has
studied classic art must allow that
no one since the best period of Greek
art has ever accomplished anything like
the work Of that period. There must
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SHARP THINGS FROM YOUNG MINDS

way through which vessels either COM
ing to, or leaving San Francisco must
pass Marion, having but one idea of
gate, gained from the big one at the
entrance of the fair grounds at Sac
ramento, where she had been taken.
asked innocently at the end Of the
lesson, what time does the Golden
Gate open and shut?''
Ruth. playing on the porch OF her
home, was suddenly called by her
mother. who babe aer come quickly.
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have peen cause T0r taeir failure. I
sen, Canova and Michael Angelo could
not attain the results OF the ancients,
although they strove with all their
might. rhorwaldsen confessed this
himself. 1t is said of him that he once
turned over with his foot the head of
a recently disinterred antique statue in
Rome and sadly remarked that he had
never been able to do as good work
as that
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Human, Hair Ropes

HE egg gatherers Of st. Kilda
consider themselves rich IL their
prospective brides are able TO
furnish them with rope OF hu-
man hair. The ropes vary IN length.
a really good one OF forty or nifty feet
being especially priced. The usual kind
is stout hempen cord wrapped round
and round with Sleeps wool: over this
is lining of horsehair: finally braids
OF human hair To manufacture such
a rope Is the work OF years. but the
st. Kildan girl scrupnIo1sly saves her
hair-combings. A curiosity collector
wished to buy fine specimen OF hair
rope. but the $125 offered was re-
fused. The cord in question was We
neered with auburn hair-the thirty
years collection from heads OF parents.
aunts and cousins.
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commission because he became dissat-
ished wish his work and destroyed It.
Matters went from bad to worse. The
people lost faith in a sculptor who
broke up the statues he made, and
they laughed at him for crazy man
in persisting in his search for a lost
art. Magelssen says he cannot under
stand today how he kept life in his
family and himself during those trying
times.
Bad as things were at that period,
worse remained behind. and it is to the
oiscredit of the city of Christiania that
the officers of the municipal govern
ment were prime movers I'm the perse-
oution Of an industrious and worthy
citizen. whose only crime lay In his be-
ing an enthusiast in matter they
were unable TO understand. 1t came to
pass Ut last that Magelssen was UNI
able TO pay house rent, and a wealthy
banker. who had been one OF his
schoolmates, gave him the material to
build house. though the artist was
compelled TO provide the ground for 1t
himself.
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Ostend-Say. pa. what is chased s,1-
yer. anyway?
Pa-The silver dollar, my son. n %
chased more than any other silver ana
Is the hardest to catch up with.-cbi-
cago News.
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Then Came the Idea.

The idea came to him to powder stone
for the silicate and combine it with the
other elements to make an artificial
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n ARGERY was a qufck-witted
girl of Il. In shopping with
her aunt one day she observed
that whenever her aunt bought
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

KRISTEN DAAE MAGELsSEN
is one of those whom we
call benefactors. lie is an
hnnnr u Lis ,,nnr,Ie >, nn.r.ftas
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Marion was having a geography les
son on California. After she had been
told where the different mountains,
lakes and rivers were. her teacher
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
GERMAN POLICY HOLDERS MEET
Man who visited New York Says
There is No Danger in
Policies.

BERLIN, Aug. &.-A meeting of the
policy holders of the. Mutual Life Insurance
company of, New York and, of the New
the auspices of the German branch Of the
International Policy Holders :: :come1ittse,
was held here today and attended by about
200 persons. II was decided not to, recon-
mend a German candidate for. membership
on each board as the International commit
tee recommended. owing Ito the incon-
yenience IN attending meetings, but the
meeting advised the German holders to
content themselves with voting for the two
German candidates, resident IN New York.
Herr Wiegand, director of the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company, chairman
of the committee, assured the policy holders
that there was absolutely no ground for
uneasiness. l.~...-.t. d.,
Director Dernburg, OF the Darmstaedter
bank, who recently visited New York, said
the American life insurance companies were
on a solid basis and that the German
policy holders were not incurring any risks
In continuing their policies. t>v..
A representative of the Imperial Insur-
ance ONCE who was present. said that the
New York and the Mutual had made salts
factory deposits in Germany to safeguard
their German interests. 49, ..-
During the course Of the meeting it was
announced that the New York Life Int
surance company had 12.200 policy holders
In Germany and that the Mutual had from
5000 to 1000. -r
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26

principle OF protection, which has brought
such a large measure of prosperity to our
people, but we favor change of schedule
to meet changed conditions, yielding moth
ing of the principle, but rearranging the
rates.
We favor the nomination of candidates
for congress by direct vote OF the people.
We congratulate the country that all
classes are being taught the lesson of obe-
dience to law. No man should be too
high to be above Its provisions, and no man
too low to be beneath its protection.
We heartily approve the record made by
our present representative in congress, Hon.
John l.. Kennedy, and cordially commend
him to the voters OF the Second congress
sional district for re-election; we endorse
his postal savings bank bill, now pending.
and congratulate him on his success In
passing through the house OF representa-
tives aresolutlon calling upon our repre-
sentatives abroad for postal savings bank
statistics from the several countries to
which they are accredited, Believing as
we do that the establishment of postal saw
ings banks would encourage thrift, diminish
the losses of the small .depositors in in
solvent banks and prevent suicides result
Ing therefrom, we. urge upon congress the
early adoption of the system.
With full confidence we appeal to the
people to endorse and sustain the president
by, electing to the next house of repre-
sentatives a majority committed to his
support. - - -"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
Nebra.kan Family Injured.

CHEYENNE. wyo., Aug. S.--(special)-
c. r.. Williams. a young man q years OF
age. fell from train in the west end OF
the Cheyenne yards at O'Clock. the wheels
passing over his left leg at the thigh. from
the effects of which he died about an hour
later. He had been working for the past
month as a painter In the Union Pacific
shops here. With two companions he was
attempting to steal q ride TO Laramie, when
the accident which resulted fatally oc-
Cured. After being picked up. he wrote a
letter to his mother who lives in Norfolk,
Neb.. and then begged the bystanders to
kill him. Before the ambulance arrived. he
died from loss of blood g..
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
BATTLESHiPS IN BAD LUCK
seven Vessels of Great Britain Put
Ont of Action By Acct

CHATHAM England. Aug. 25.-The
tfials Of the new first class battleship
Africa Of t3,5oo tons, which have been
going on previous to the vessel being
placed on the active list Of the navy. have
been postponed owing to some minor de-
fects having developed.
This Is the latest Inisadventure in q
run of extraordinary Ill luck which has
been attending the British navy during
the last few months. Besides the Africa,
no less than seven battleships have been
placed out of action within a few months.
1t is pointed out by the Navy league that
this record of misadventures emphasizes
the necessity for the maintenance OF an
ample margin II Great Britain is to con-
tinue to command the seas.