The San Francisco call., 1906-06-30
IFE EXE1 EeaasNKIEp.

Professor H. Morse stephens OF the
department of history at the University
4 of California is the head and front or
/ the university extension carried on By
/ that institution. Not long ago he lee
l tured to the ladies' of the Browning
I Circle of the Century Club on the SUB
4 ject of their patron poet. All went wei
\ until perhaps impelleG by the secret
spring of his humor. perhaps for the
/ moment off his guard through the seri-
Z Gus interest of his subject. he an
\ nounced with his usual clarity and en-
phasis: browning is essentially me
poet OF the middle-aged. Immediately
/ curions phenomenon was Observed
/ stage snowstorm-the air was nIlec
/ with fyfng designations from ladies'
/ who saw Immediately that they were
! in the wrong class. 1t is said that only
one member was steadfast. for the hg-
ure of her age was not above Suspicion,
but below it. The lecturer was startied
\ at the effect of his words, put
/ he fatty refused to take advan-
/ tage of the lady presidents hur-
riedly whispered suggestion that ne
meant middle ages" The historian,
! declared Mr.. stephens resOlutely, is al
ways chivalrous where chivalry does
} not clash with accuracy or where MS
i tory is being written for the young
person In the present instance 1 must
stick to my statement, however pam
/ fuI."
Professor Stephens is the custodian
of a fund sent him by fellow historian
\ of Boston This money will be dis
tributed in small prizes to the school
/ children OF San Francisco who write
/ the best accounts of their personal eX-
i periences during and subsequent to the
great disaster. This should give a hne
/ onnortunitv for that brand OF
history at the making OF which
/ children are consideyed peculiarly
\ apt Earl Barnes. at one time
\ professor of pedagogics at stan
/ ford University and an expert in child
/ study once brought a storm about MS
/ head by a published statement that All
children are liars. Indignant parents
/ of little fathers OF their country as
sailed him with protesting correspond
ence and denounced him in the press.
remember a fine old lady VINO laugneu
I indulgently over these protests silly
! mothers" she chuckIed, like brooding
hens, every feather on end at word
against their chickens, Love IS not
/ only blind. but deaf as we'll, IL ap-
pears Yet there is one thing certain
4 and that is that my boy never toid me
/ an untruth in his life. but 1 suppose ne
was an exception
/ Toxic seems to be a rich source OF
! information to San Francisco Pro-
fessor Omori has explained our earth
quake and now Professor Nakamuras
beginning where his colleague leaves
OF, tells the reason for such success
/ as the earthquake enjoyed in its er-
/ forts 10 demOlish the works of our 1g-
/ norant pride. Dishonest mortar lies
at the bottom and in between, accord
/ ing to the professor, and our ruins,
had there been no fire. must have been
/ laid. figuratively. at the door OF the
craft Cor should we spell il with a
hard "g'O that put the bricks together
| in a sad inSincerity, building no bet
1 ter than they knew, If as we'll For
4 this reason il may easily be embarras-
sing in many quarters to answer the
question. that has been staring at US
from the deadwalls lately: Are you
mason?"
1t was bnt the other day that we
were shocked to learn that Mile FOu-
gere, the French dancer, who was
to the temples of her special art what
Samson was to the banquet hall where
he last appeared, had become. after
years OF triumph. tired of the accus-
toned pleasure of bringing down the
/ house and had sought excitement in
! the less public and even more risky
pastime of shoplifting in London Now
comes a blow nearer home, for Nine.
Rosenthal, our Russian tObacconist. is
accused OF giving an added flavor OF
the metropolis to the recently awak-
{
/ not that we consider forgiveness one
Of the most noble attributes of the
masculine soul we might be tempted
7 to gloat. particularly those of US who
are of the Burlingame Club to whom
she dedicated the song, over these rev.
elati0ns of the untrustwOrthiness OF
the author and composer of Are Men
70 Be Trusted? Nix which so long
acted as a notice OF no credit to
the patrons OF the Montgomery street
establishment.
On many occasions double weddings
have been performed amid much fes-
tivity. There was little OF this in
court day before yesterday on the oc-
casdon Of the divorce of Both from
Both, which we take to be the sad
sequel to some double wedding.
The. records show that babies came
In crowds that April morning
That brought US seismographic fame
or which we had. no warning,
But what has sadly mystifed
Religious census-takers
Is. should these babes be classified
AS Shakers or as Quakers?
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