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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
RELIEF FOR THE NEEDY.
FraternaI Societies Provide
Aid Headquarters,

Grand Secretary Laura ]. FTakes of
the Native Daughters has notified FL
len A Lynch at Red Bluff Emma Lille
at Lodi. Eva T. Busenius Of Los An
geles and Ida B. Herman at Sutter
Creek to send all relief to 3O14A Sac
ramento street
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights
of Pytnias has been requested by Sec
tion 1873 of the endowment rank Of
this city TO carry members for three
months. when the order here will be in
condition TO do business again.
By order Of the Supreme Master
Workman Of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, all members affected
by the disaster will be kept in good
standing until May %.
California Council of the Knights Of
Columbus has opened headquarters at
1896 Kentucky, with D. Sufie in
charge. The members of the order and
friends will be assisted there.
The Knights of Honor, Thomas
Johnstone Grand Reporter. have head
quarters for the present at 1857 Ellis
street
The Modern Woodmen of America
nave opened headquarters at 1f0l
Geary street. The local camps have
asked the Head Council to wire fu-
neral aid. The regular meeting will
be held there.
The Grand Lodge of the Masonic
fraternity is located in Oakland. A
branch office has been opened in Gold
en- Gate Park at the Preside, and also
at Fort Mason.
The Independent Order of Foresters
of California have opened a relief bu-
reau at the home of High Vice Ranger
P. ]. Murphy at 1919 Sutter street. Dr.
Oronhyatekha- Supreme Chief Ranger
has been asked for aid. The High
Court of Southern California has Of
fered to send funds for relief pur-
poses
The Volunteers of America report
that the Maud Booth Home at S12
Shotwell street is safe and the children
all well. The Southern Pacific Com
pany will take the officers and children
to Maud Booth Home No. 2.
The headquarters of the bureau of
relief Of the Knights of Pythias have
been opened at 2412 Sacramento street,
where Ernest Ulman will distribute
contributions for members Of the or
der.
Grand Master NJ. H. Flint has called
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
STEAMER TO TAKE PEOPLE.

w. E. Pearce, the manager of the
P ,ific Coast Steamship Company, sent
a communication to the Mayor yester-
day stating that the steamer Senator
would sail for Victoria and Seattle o.
day, and the State of California for
Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San
Diego. He says that a number O. peo-
pie now in Oakland desire to go on
these vessels, and suggests that ar
rangements be made to pass them into
San Francisco. The company will see
that they are provided with tickets or
letter before they come over.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22

mothers brother by adoption, out Of
$500
When the two young men stood fac
ing each other on the railroad tracks
at Melrose only one of them, Hawkins.
knew of their relationship. The next
morning, in the Tombs Police Court,
as young Fuller stood before the mag
istrate and accused Hawkins, he
learned for the first time that he was
an adopted child.
At the second examination a still
greater shock came to the wealthy
young man when he was told by Haw-
kins' lawyer that his adoption was not
legal and that he had no right to the
name he had signed to the complaint.
And now behind all this there is still
another surprise coming, and one, it is
asserted, that will be a greater shock
not alone to those directly concerned
but to many persons prominent in So
ciety. That revelation win be the
naming of the parents of the adopted
child who today is known as Louis r.
Fuller.
DR.. Frank Fuller, president of
No. 81 Fifth avenue, is a man of
wealth and well known in New York.
He has a splendid country place at
Madison, Nj, and is an intimate friend
of Mark Twain and many other dis
tinguished literary men and scientists.
During Lincolns administration he was
territorial secretary of Utah.
Child Is Adopted.
About thirty years ago, after the
death of his first wife, DR.. Fuller mar
ried Miss Anna Thompson of Ports
mouth, NH. sister of Jacob H.
Thompson. who was murdered in the
st. James Hotel last September. A
son was born to them, and during
their residence the child died when an
infant A child of about the same age
was adopted and reared as their own
child. That child was Louis R. Fuller.
He was educated at Harvard and is a
prospective heir to his fathers wealth.
DR.. Fuller had daughter by his first
wife, Allie Fuller. and she is Mrs. Fax
on, mother of Homer Hawkins, the
young man arrested on the charge of
blackmail. Young Hawkins, knowing
of his grandfather's wealth. for many
years has cherished an envious feel
ing toward Louis Fuller, and particu-
larly has Re resented the fact that his
own mother, the lawful child of his
grandfather should be obliged to work
as a seamstress while an adopted child
should enjoy the luxuries of wealth.
Many times has young Hawkins tried
to reach his grandfather to persuade
him that his course in ignoring his
mother and himself was unjust. but the
elder Fuller has paid no heed to his
appeals and Louis Fuller is said never
to have known the true relationship Of
young Hawkins and himself.
Hawkins father died when the son
was small. Mrs. Hawkins then mar
ried Faxon, and he is now an invalid
in California, where the family lived
until about year ago. Young Haw-
kins was employed on steamship line
plying between San Francisco and
Honolulu for many years, and has al
ways worked for the support of his
mother. Little more than a year ago
they came to New York. where Haw-
kins obtained employment as time
keeper in the Mott Haven yards of the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
Railroad. He brooded over his poverty
and the hard lift of his mother until
the plot developed in his mind to OBJ
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
DESTITUTE ITALIANS ARRIVE.

Italians, the first of the tenement
house refugees to reach Los Angeles,
arrived from San Francisco yesterday.
They were in a pitiable condition, des-
titute of money, with no clothes except
what they wore; hungry, bereaved and
disheartened. Nearly every member of
the party had lost one or more rela-
tives in the earthquake or the fires that
followed. The refugees were taken in
charge by the italian colony here.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
n1u1nEs WHEAT IS LEFr.

Mrs. Hugh Crum, wealthy property owner
Of San Francisco. reported to the relief COM
uaittee that all her incnme-bearing property
had been destroyed. but that she had hrtie
money in the banks, which she proposed to
divide equally with the relief committee she
therefore subscribed $4,000 to the relief fund
Many other persons OF comfortable elrcun-
stances are coming to the aid Of the commit
tee and food and supplies Of all kinds are
being furnished the needy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
SEND FRUIT AND PROVISIONS.

STOCKTON, April 21.-Stockton is
hurrying food to San Francisco. The
night before last a boatload of 400 tons
went down, and today two more-one
at 1 o'clock and the other at 5. Three
carloads of food ready to eat left on
the Santa Fe last night. Over $4,000
in cash has been raised here since yes
terday.
Every bakery in town will be baking
bread tonight from flour ground at the
local mills which have been started up
for the purpose.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22

a meeting Of the officers of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge for 10 o'clock this
morning in King Solomon Temple or
Fillmore street to make arrangements
for the distribution of relief.
The Native Sons of the Golden West
have opened the Grand Secretary's Of
fee at sos Van Ness avenue. The
subordinate parlors of Berkeley, Oak
land and Santa Rosa have contributed
the amount of their treasury for the
sufferers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
ONE MILLION RATIoNs.

Los ANGELES, April 21.-Captain
W. b. Simonds, U. S. A, chief commits
sary officer of General Funston's staff.
arrived in Los Angeles today from
Fresno and San Francisco to purchase
supplies ordered by the Secretary of
War for the relief of the sufferers at
San Francisco. Captain Simonds will
send north tonight 100000 pounds of
provisions, or rations for 100000 per-
sons for a day.
Unde eESders from General Funston
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
APPLAUD NATIONS GENEROSITY.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Cali
fornia delegation is in receipt of the
following telegram from Governor Par
dee:
OAKLAND, April 20-California
Delegation, care Hon. j. r. Knowland,
House of Representatives Thanks Of
people of California for nations gener-
osity. Give my personal thanks to each
member of delegation Please tell Kahn
that Mrs Kahn is safe and WE'LL
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
FAMILY SKELETON
WILL APPEAR IN COURT

NEW YORK, April 1S.--Never was
the old saw, Truth is stranger than
fiction more dramatically exemplified
than in the rapid unfolding of family
secrets since Homer Hawkins, a youth
of twenty-five, was arrested in the
Melrose station on the charge of at
tempting to blackmail Ras R. Fuller,
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
STOLE SILK PILLOWS.

Two men whose names are said TO
be Brooks and Mcdonald, are reported
to have stolen silk pillows. two pairs
of blankets and considerable silverwa-e
in Golden Gate Park Friday night.
They passed through the lines in a Red
Cross wagon and said they were going
to Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
Schools to Reopen.

The schools of Berkeley will reopen
next Monday. according to Superin-
tendent WaterTnan's announcement
The high school is TO reopen next
Wednesday. The State university will
not be reopened until further notice.
A maternity hospital has been estab-
lished in Harmon gymnasium on the
campus Three babes have already
been born there.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22
CARING FOR UNFoRTuNATEs.

STOCKTON, April 21.-For the re-
lief of the 10000 or more refugees who
are expected to arrive in Stockton from
San Francisco by Sunday, the Chicago
Board of Trade yesterday sent $4,000
TO Stockton to be used here.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22

requisition was made for twenty-five
cars to be held in readiness for load
ing at River station, and the Govern
ment train will be sent north tonight
on special schedule.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23

was brief letter in the stiff and
painstaking hand of an elderly lady.
Two enclosures accompanied the let
ter. One was check for seventy-five
dollars. The other a prOmissory note
for the amount made out in due form
for value received.
81 am happy to accommodate you,
Niece Cynthia wrote the old lady.
81 shall expect you to sign this note,
return it to me, and refund the money
as pledged at the expiration of ninety
days. At first, as L dislike lending
money, L was inclined to refuse your
application. But / think i can trust
John Lanes daughter, so here it is,
and make a good use Of it, L beg.
Money does not grow on bushes,
child''
Cynthia paid the dressmaker's bill.
The dress was beautiful, a triumph of
taste and skill. But with a revulsiOn
of feeling Cynthia folded it in its box,
and covered it with soft tissue7paper.
She was glad that her room mate was
at reception when the parcel ar
rived
Into the fartherest corner of the top
shelf i'm the closet she thrust the box;
then she sat down and wrote in a fury
of hope and fear on the thesis that
meant so much more to her now than
ever thesis had meant before. She
must win at all odds.
But everything blocked the way.
An inOppOrtune attack of grippe laid
her aside for a fortnight, and when
she recovered it was to face an ac-
emulation Of work that has to be
made up. She lost instead of gaining
ground with the professors, who began
to complain that she was dreaming
and spent time in wOOl-gathering,
when she should have been alert.
The dean, in a frank conversation,
said that she was not doing herself
justice, because she had overworked,
and the Latin tutor detained her after
class one day to ask if she did not
require some special assistance. Gym
thia gasped. She, who had aspired to
coaching backward students, to be
placed with the backward ones her.
self.
However, she tOiled valiantly at her
thesis. Although her sentences were
leaden and her pen dragged, she kept
stubbOrnly on, and at the proper time
handed i'm her manuscript
Then followed a weary month of
waiting for the verdict. Not once in
all this time did Cynthia so much as
glance at the white gown, which had
assumed in her eyes the form Of a
hateful penitential robe One word
less prayer was in her heart by night
and by day, that she might receive the
prize and be able to repay her great
aunt.
She checked off the dates on her cal
endar. The days were most contra
dictory, slow in one aspect and swift
in another. Now and then her modest
little allowance came from home, from
the father who trusted her, and it
smOte her heart as she received it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23

SODhy IN Chicago. InlS was WIliI
broadened her horizon. When she
returned to Gilmore Hall after that
visit. the girls observed in the very
first week, that the old Cynthia had
disappeared and a new one had come
i'm her place. The new one puzzled
them. They liked her predecessor bet
ter.
Cynthia Lane, fresh from a little
town in Southern Ohio, had been per-
fectly satisfied to wear a red golf cape
and felt tOque with black feather.
Although many of her classmates had
a larger and finer wardrobe than hers.
she had not envied them or coveted
their magnificence With a light heart
she had packed her little trunk. after
Aunt SOphy's invitation came and
had gaily gone to the great city, feel
ing that she was prepared for every
conceivable occasion.
found in the postoffice on her way to
the train, said, Cynthia. dear, don't
wear your best things every day at
Aunt SOphia's. Remember that your
brown cashmere must last for Sun
day until spring. Your secondJbest
frock will do very well unless they
have company. Bear in mind. my
child, that you are a little country girl,
and a school girl at that, and that no
body will expect you to compete with
rich city COUSINS
Wise advice! But Cynthia hardly
took in its meaning. Her thoughts
went dancing ahead and she hummed
a tune under her breath as the miles
flew under the train.
Her first disillusiOn and dissatisfac-
ton came the day after her arrival.
when she overheard her cousin Ger
trrlde, in the next room, say in a low
voice, perfectly audible through the
thin partition wall:
''The child has not single thing fit
to wear. Mother, We'll have to lend
her Edith's clothes while she stays"
'Hush, Gertrude Aunt Sophy an
swered. 81 would not offer her such
a thing for the world. My sister
would never forgive me. Cynthia is
all right for her home and for college.
She's only to be here over New Years
day. What does it matter how she is
dressedY'
Cynthia had not meant to listen, and
flushing hOtly from head to foot. she
wished New Years day well past and
herself back at Gilmore. Her eyes
were opened. She perceived that she
was not in the least like the girls who
futtered into her aunt's house. and
poised on the wing to chat with Ger
trude and Edith. girls elaborate dres-
sed She did not dream that the
eyes of most people rested apprOvingly
on her bright face and never noted
anything wrong about her clothing.
Gertrude had made her uncomfortable.
She went with her relatives on shop
ping expeditions. The great depart
ment stores were revelation to her
of the glory of this world. Silks, laces,
Ill, Il infv lin
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23
John Lanes Daughter

By Margaret E. Sangster.

ETY. was there wanting? Desire awak-
ened i'm her soul, but she stif1ed it and
held up her head proudly. She was de-
termined not to let her cousins suspect
that she had an ungratified wish, and
with an instructive pride she repressed
any show of surprise at the city's mar
vels Cynthia refused to be impressed
by the crowds and the wonders.
Edith Harper was to 'cOme OUT in
January, and her mother was much oc-
cupied i'm preparing her for the func-
tions i'm which debutante takes part.
A white evening dress especially en-
chanted Cynthia. who gazed at the
folds of mOusseline-de-soi, the delicate
embroidery, the graceful demitrain.
Oh, to have something like thisl
Cynthia" said Edith, suddenly,
"YOu are coming again for Easter.
aren't you? Why don't you let ma
dame make you a pretty gown for my
birthday party? 1t would be real
economy. for you will want a dress
later on to wear at commencement"
Il shall not be graduated this sum-
mer. Edith. I'm only a freshman. I've
three years more before I'll need splen-
dOrs. And then I'll be rugged out in
cap and gown to receive my diploma.
We don't dress at POnkaloo as you do
here"
''What mademOiselle needs,' said
the French woman, looking kindly at
the dark eyed girl with the country
roses abloom i'm her cheeks, sis not
such Il frOck as this, Miss Edith, but
something different a high dress with
tucked yoke, and sleeve bOuffant, and
a deep fiOunce under clusters Of tiny
puffs; not train, but long to the
ground all around. l could make her
such a gown at a small price-nOt
more than seventy-five dollars"
ITS the chance of your lifetime,
CYNTHIA said Edith, sOlemnly. Bet
ter give madame the order. She's aw-
SoOu " SuCI an
her busy season, too. l assure you it
would be bargain; a French gown,
Cynthia
Il would have to write to Mother,''
,, said Cynthia.
'Well, I'll tell you what to do. You
let madame take your measure. Then
yOn may have a lining fitted. | am
just your height, and the skirt can be
tried on me. The dress can be made
as well as not while you are at col
lege, without you having more than
the first fitting. As soon as you hear
from your mother you can write to
madame, and she'll do all the rest.
You haven't an idea how pretty yOu'll
look, Cynthia. in proper gown"
Cynthia drew herself up. At the
| back of her mind there was a strong
protest of dissent, but desire had her
by the throat, and she could not shake
off the tightening grip.
I'll give the order nOw,'' she said,
decidedly. Mother will want me to
be pleased, and there is no need to
wait"
Her resolve taken, a sense of elation
possessed her. She felt as if she were
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-23


doors.
i She was for the moment not little
i Cynthia Lane, only daughter of John
Lane, farmer, of Ponkaloo, and also
the best writer of composition in her
class at Gilmore Hail, but a fairy prin-
cess, girl who had dared and ven
| tured Although how in the wide
world she was going to pay seventy
five dollars for a gown she did not
| i'm the least know.
Cynthia had been brought up in an
atmosphere of rectitude and economy.
1t had been a great strain on the home
resources to send her to college. There
had been planning and saving and
scrimping to do it. Her father and
mother would not touch the sum laid
aside for a rainy day. They had man.
aged to meet the expenses for the first
year, and hoped that their bright little
girl would win a scholarship to make
easier the second. Cynthia knew this.
Nevertheless, she trod on air after she
had ordered the gown, and when Edith
hugged her and Gertrude congratu-
lated, she blushed and laughed light
heartedly. Her aunt was a trife
doubtful about the whole transaction.
| shouldn't you have consulted your
mother, dear? Madame has to be paid
C. o. d. And city prices are high
compared with those at PonkalOo."
"Oh. that will be all right!'' replied
| Cynthia. ''DOn't say a word about it,
Aunty, when you write. 1 want to
| surprise Mamma"
The holidays over. Cynthia went
| back to college. Then the girls
thought her changed. She had plenty
to do, fortunately.
Among other affairs, there was the
annual contest for the Llewellyn prize
| This was a prize of the hundred dol
lars in gold, awarded 10 the student
whose all-rOund scholarship was the
| best in her year, and who i'm addition
| wrote the most satisfactory thesis on
colonial history.
Il intend to carry off that price,
said Cynthia to herself. "Then 1 can
pay madame and have twenty-five dol
lars over. How silly 1 would have
been not to order that gown.''
How silly you are to spend all that
money on a gown you can so seldom
wearr' retOrted common sense. "And
you haven't won the prize yet!' Gym
thia's roommate found her silent and
absorbed.
Plump into the middle Of her cogi-
tations came note from Madame's
establishment, announcing that the
gown was nearly finished, and would
be shipped to her in two days.
Cynthia's little purse contained pre-
cisely three dollars and forty-four
cents, and there was no more money
coming to her for a month.
| What to do she did not know, but
necessity is the spur Of action. She
sat down and sent a special delivery
letter to Great-Aunt Millicent, the only
person in the family connection who
was possessed of great wealth. Gym
thia set forth in eloquent terms her
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-02-01

Ladies, write for these columns.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-02-01
To Make Pigeon Pie.

On many a farm in the northwest
there are pigeons that people call
more of a nuisance than any good.
If they are in good healthy condition
they can be used as an article OF food
in a variety of ways. To make pigeon
pie truss half a dozen large birds, as
for stewing; season with pepper and
salt, and fill them with a stuffing of
minced veal mixed with grated bread
crumbs, little grated onion, salt,
pepper, a little melted butter and just
water enough to moisten and fill the
cavities we'll. Put them in a deep
dish with a little water; stand in a
moderate oven until about half done
Meanwhile, line a baking dish with
good paste; boil three eggs hard and
cut them in thin slices. Blend little
butter and flour to thicken the gravy
when the pie is finished Remove the
birds from the oven when half done,
pour off the liquid and add to the pie
a few very thin slices of cold boiled
potatoes and the slices of egg. Thick
en- the gravy with the flour and but
ter, and add salt and pepper if need
ed. Pour this over the birds, cover
with a good paste, and return to the
oven until done.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-02-01
HOUSEHOLD
How Women Waste Their Time.


There have often come to our ears
laments from women over the lack of
time that they had for reading This
is a plain case of there being some
thing wrong with the arrangement of
things in the home A woman who
has plenty of time for reading is
liable to do herself more harm than
good. and at the same time neglect
more important duties. One writer
has said that reading is dissipation,
and that few of the books that women
read do them any real good" rms
is too true, but the worst feature OF
the whole matter is the neglect OF
many other things more important.
The children's clothes may need mend
ing or the stockings need darnlng.
Reading at the time when this work
should be done takes much valuable
time from the household work. 1t sell
dom happens that the woman who
reads at such times can give her whole
thought to the subject about which
she may be reading, thus both the
time spent in reading and that ought
to have been spent in mending or
darning are wasted There are times
for reading, and these periods should
be adhered to, rather than to waste
time with haphazard reading.
There is a prevailing idea that the
woman of the house should do a great
deal of fancy work. This is wrong
notion and should be abolished. 1t is
all right to do some such work, but
the family duties should never be neg
lected for the sake of doing fancy
work. There is much more important
work that can be done, such as the
old-fashioned needlework, etc. Fancy
work should have a time of it's own, ii
it is to be done at all, and not allowed
to steal time that belongs to other
work. The same may be said OF num-
erous other lines of the modern day,
in which the women imagine they can
better themselves, not realizing how
badly they are neglecting other and
more important duties-duties that are
also more pleasant to the true home
lover.
The right woman will find her
sphere and cling to it, doing good to
all with whom she comes in contact
but by no means neglecting her house
hold duties. She will not run after
strange gods and things that were not
intended for the women. At best,
these strange gods are but artificial
and they demand so much of the wo-
man who takes them up that she can
not do justice to her home and her
family.