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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

The return concerts have been arranged
by Manager Gorlitz- in response to many
requests.
The Loring Club concert OF next Tues
day evening, to be given as usual at
Native Sons Hall, will be OF unusual In
terest- Half Of the programme wiH be-
devoted to the performance of Wagner 3
Das Lebesmahl der Apostel." which
win then be heard for the first time local
~. Ihe work is one Of the most dif1cuH
among the male chorus genre and re-
qutres fine full chorus OF male voices and
large orchestra FOR It's rendering, The
club viii be assisted IN presenting the
work by many former members, and an
orchestra specially engaged for the oo-
casion.
The Pilgrims /. Chorus from 's,rann-
hauser, Goury's awakening OF SPRING
(for which Mrs B. Apple has been an
gaged as, soloist). and George e. Whiting'S
March OF the Monks OF Bangor will
be other numbers William c. Stadtfaid
directing and Frederick MAJ rsr at the
plano and J. c. Fyfre at the organ. as
usual
Next Friday evening the Minetti or
chestra will give its second concert OF
the season at Native Sons Hall, with
the following attractive programme:
Herold, Tampa overture; Kucxen, (a)
"Gebet." "Verlass uns Nicht"; Massenet.
.(b) "Aragonaise'' (from Ballet du Cid'):
Furstenau. Fantastic Brillante for two
flutes with orchestra accompaniment,
Miss May Ludlow and A Rossi: Schu-
mann. (a) "Traumerei"; Gillet. CD The
Mill; Wagner, "Albumblatt"; Strauss,
Artist Life. waltz
The following interesting programas
will be played at piano recital to be
given at the Kohler & Ch4se concert
Hall next Tuesday evening:
Sonata, Opus % "a movements).
(Schumann); '"Barcarole", F minor, YER
sion by William Piutti, (Rubinstein);
nocturne, T sharp major (Chopin); I'M
promptu, T sharp major (Chopin);
''Waldesrauschen" (Etude), (Liszt);
Love Dream (No. 81, (Liszt): Polo
naise, E major Liszt) Prelude Fuga
FantAstica &C sharp minor. ballad "a
fiat rninor), "Toccata" "a minor). mel
ody CA Homage to Anton Rubinsteip').
''Valse" (E major). fantaisie. "Impromp-
tn" &C sharp minor), American Rhap-
sody g movements). William Piuttt
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

ually becoming an art center-a more
beautiful studio than the new atelier of
Jules Mersfelder, who has found in the
.drawing-room of the old Ralston man
sion, 1922 Pine street, an ideal environ
ment for his art treasures.
The great pier mirrors in this wonderful
old House of Mirrors, with it's palatfal
proportions, give an imposing setting for
bronzes, drapes, pictures and rugs And
it is, with the possible exception of Anne
dee Joullin's studio, more nearly a Paris
ian workshop than any of the men paint
ers' hereabouts possess.
Here in his new quarters-and, by the
way, it was here in his new quarters that
his much-heralded st. Louis Fair medal
arrived-Mr. Mersfelder has set to- work
upon big collection. This is to be COM
pleted some time in the fall, when he will
take the town by storm-just as he did
with the great canvas of THE Oaks"
now in the H E. Huntington collection.
Mr. Mersfelders twenty years resi-
dence in New York-a far cry from the
West in matters of art-brought him back
something of stranger to the younger
art lovers. But his record with the So
ciety of American, Artists, where he ex-
hibited every year with distinction, Is suf-
ficient guarantee of the worth of the
Forthcoming collection. Both as a techni-
clan and as an Interpreter of soul and
spirit he has won his laurels.
Mr. Mersfelder, like most of the paint
ers, holds Saturday afternoon reception
day. when he serves a. cup of Ceylon of
special brew-for you and all good friends
of art who call.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
MUSICAL EDEVTJ
FOR PRESENT WEEK

Gerardy, the famous icellist, will be
here on Sunday afternoon next to give
then the first of two recitals. NJ Ger
ardy will be more than welcome. Great
'cello-playing has lacked an exponent
since Pablo Casals played here. M Holl-
mann counting only lightly. In NJ Ger
ardy. however, Is one Of the most gifted
disciples of this royal instrument, per-
haps even the foremost among the cello
virtuosi His programmes could not be
bettered. the first including the Varia-
tions Symphonique lBoellmann), that
Pablo Casals so nobiy introduced here;
the first concerto of Saint-Saens, a mag
nificent work, apd said to be one Of Ger
ardyfs chef d'oeuvres, and the Pepper
"Papillons.''
The recitals will take place at the Co
lumbia Theater next and the following
Sunday afternoons.
Kubelik, unfortunately both. for. NJ.
Kubelik and Mr.. Gerardy, also gives the
first of two return concerts next Sunday
afternoon. Why not, good Mr.. Gorlitz
and Mr. Marx. combine the two affairs,
as Mr.. Greenbaum gave us Harold Bauer
and Hugo Hermann together2 Kubelik
and Gerardy together could duplicate that
most notable of concerts, and the graft
tude of the music lovers would be
double one-in the Joy OF hearing two
such artists together and in not being
forced to decide between them. Both
concerts are bound to suffer. The con-
cert-going clientele here is not large
enough adequately to support both af-
fairs, and there might. 1t would seem. just
as well be two half houses in one house
as in two. 1 am sure the managerial
csliphs could arrange 1t. and great would
be the joy thereat.
Of course there is chance to hear both
players again., kubelik giving a second
and last concert at the T1voli tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

Did you ever hear of an exhibition Of
rejected canvases2
Neither cid I. But my word for it, it
would be tremendously interesting-to the
public IL net to the bruised and bleeding
artists. And I'll stake my new Easter
Milan that a second jury would vindicate
the value of a good half Of the discarded
capvases and throw out a good half OF
those accepted
To be sure there are always pictures in
an exhibition. that are head and shoulders
over the mass. And II the canvases them
selves are not, the appended names are
Shakespeare Notwithstanding.
With this class Of work, the Jury feels
but small necessity for. scrutiny-Keiths
are Keiths, Matthews are Matthews,
Peters are Peters. and of course they
90 in without QUestion-and usually de-
servedly.
But il is with the great bulk of the
middIe-cIass pictures-and incidentally un-
familiar names-that the jury gets balled
up. And here's where the trouble be-
gins-the differentiation between the ac-
oeptable and the non-acceptable.
Now. since there is no absolutism in art.
no definite yardstick Of requirements, It
4 IS easy TO see that personality is going TO
be a big factor in deciding the fate OF
fhose middle-class pictures-personality
~and-well what's the use IN hesitaung TO
say the truth Friendship and often reel
procity
In the current spring exhibition four
artists out Of the five that composed the
jury were competitors-a customary but
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

ne gave here two years ago the manage
ment can congratulate itself. The play
| Is exceedingly pretty, in the best roman
tic vein, and Mr.. sClarke's Monsieur Beau
caire is one of the most attractive figures
on the contemporary stage. Monsieur
Beaucaire" can be heartily recommended
to all classes Of playgoers.
The popular isle of Spice" will be per-
formed for the last time at the Tivoli
tonight; being succeeded tomorrow even
ing by new musical play entitled Miss
Timidity." The management promises
fun and good music galore.
At the Majestic Bishops players viii
signalize their return to the house by an
elaborate revival of Shenandoah" in
which large company Of national
guards-nen will make their appearance
"Charley's Aunt will be revived at the
Alcazar this week-a sign OF crowded
houses. Sardou's "sSorcerers." recently
presented in New York by Bernhardt and
Mrs. Pat Campbell; will be given shortly
at the AlcaZar for the first time locally.
The Howard brothers, said to be the
only white people on earth ever admit
ted to the mysteries of the priests Of
Thibet,' will appear at the Orpheum to-
day. From advance notices their work
appears to be of the telepathic order,
one Howard, blindfold. on the stage.
writing anything the other Howard, go
ing about in the audience, sees, such as
bank note, numbers. coin dates: the feat
accomplished without any word or sign
from either performer. Bert Coote, who
has made such hit with "A Lamb on
Wall Street." continues. and the other
new people Of the bill promise well
-
The California has Miss New York
Jr'' company as the current entertain
ers.
The RiaIto Comedy Four. vocalists ana
furimakers, will lead the new Chutes peo-
pie this week Frank Tinkham, clever
wheelman, is also on the bill
Seats for the German performance to
be given by the Arthur Becker Lustspiel
Ensemble at the Columbia Theater on
Sunday night, April s. will go on sale
Tuesday morning. die Orientreise" will
be the bill.
The Alhambra wlll have. the famous
BARLEY Campbell drama, my Partner,
this week, the play having been secured
for production at large expense and trou-
BILE by Fred Belasco.
The Central announces THE Minister'S
Son. for the current entertainment
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
NOTES OF PLAYS
HND actor FOLK

Blanche Walsh will soon be here with
''The Woman In the Case
Flora Juliet Bowley of The Lion and
the Mouse company is a native daush-
ter. Miss Bowley has won considerable
favor on the stage.
The latest college play success is
Brown of Harvard" recently produced
by Henry Miller at the Princess The
ater, New York The play is by R1da
Johnson Young and the star thereof
Henry Woodruff. one time among Henry
MilIer's constellation at the Columbia.
A dramatizatfon OF Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress will be among the
unique productions OF the forthcoming
season. The allegory has been adapted
for the stage by James Macarthur, who
dramatized The Bonnie Brier Bush
Mr.. Macarthur has been at work for
two years upon the play, which IT. Is
said is a very adequate reduction OF
the story. The part OF Christian, kind
of Everyman character. will be essayed
by Henrietta Crosman-
Manager Will Greenbaunn is .arrang-
ing the details Of the magnificent COM
bined opera house, theater and audi
toriun which will be one OF the great
features OF the Fairmont. and to be-
ready about November provided no de-
lays In the securing of the necessary
building. materials interfere. The deco
rations and furnishings Of the place
will be In keeping with the magnificent
fittiDgs OF the new hotel and there will
be 1900 seats on the lower floor and
about 1000 in the one balcony.
The Lion and the Mouse" did such
an enormous business during the last
week Of its engagement in Chicago that
matinees were given every day with
the exception OF Monday and Sunday
The new Charles Klein play Is the talk
of New York and seats are selling there
up TO the first day of May.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01

Blanche Walsh will soon be here with
| 'The Woman In the Case
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Tells Conflicting Stories.

When the body of Albert McE.car
was found in Stockton il did not take
the police long to get on the tran OF
his wife The trunk was easily traced
10 California Hotel and there were
plenty TO tell that Mrs. McNicar mad
purchased - just before she left town
When the woman was arrested IN
Antioch she told Town Marshal Shine
a curious story. She asserted that her
husband had met man named Miller
ir Stockton the evening he died. tnal
together they had made q night OF u.
that she had left them 10 themselves
I'm The room az the hotel whir- she had
gone 20 another. She heard th-m quar-
reliug ~ late hour and shrrtly after
ward she went back % the room 20 see
that everything was all right
When she entered the room she saw
her husband lying across the foot Of
the bed. apparently Ufeless.
What's happened7'' she asked Mill
er.
Took a dose" that worthy Is re-
ported 10 have replied.
Then Miller vanished
But in san Francisco when she met
her quondam lover and fiance Healey
she 7ad told him stu another story.
Poor Al died of miners consump-
ton IN sonora" she said 20 Healey,
who though a husky young man does
not appear 20 have given evidence OF
any very great amount Of gray mat
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Public aroused.

IN his final plea for the prisoner.
Mr. FalraU made the best use ne
could OF the fact that she was wo-
man. and a pretty woman He de-
clared the evidence inadequate, that
there was no direct evidence 10 prove
THAI size had killed her husband. He
eudeavOred To explain away the fact
that she placed the body IN the trunk
by saying that she had been dazed.
terrified. by the sudden terrible oc-
currence-referring 10 a possible sui
eide or a murder by "A party unknown
that not knowing what she was do
ing she had endeavOred TO carry away
without creating any suspicion as 20
her having had a hand in the death
Of hey husband But IL was Of no
avail. Judge Nutter. who was sitting
on the case. had especially questioned
the Jury before the trial began as 10
whether or not they had any COM
functions about sentencing woman
10 death and each and every one had
replied no.
Rarely has the public, been -
aroused against a woman as II has
been against Mrs McNicar particu-
larIv in California. where no woman
has ever before been declared guilty
Of murder in the first degree with 10
recommendation to mercy BY jury
Of twelve men. When the foreman OF
the furv read the verdict before the
crowded court. there was a burst ot
apnlause that a woman must die Nv
HANGING such a thing had never
baeu heard before. Even then Mrs
NfcVicar maintained her composure-
II was little later that she finally
broke down. the terrible strain Of thu
fifteen days trial and its outcome be-
ing too much for her. All night she
went in her cell. but since then she
has been calm again and says she IS
prepared TO meet her fate.
The Washington times., 1906-07-15

a ride in a touring car Later Healey
put her on a train en- route for Stock
ton, whittier she was going apparently
to look up her lost trunk.
Mrs. McVicar got on the train at
Antioch. intending 10 stay over night
She went so the Arlington Hotel
There she was arrested later by Town
Marshal Shine for the murder OF her
husband
This is the story Of events which
happened about the time Albert Nc
Vicar met his death which was brought
out in the evidence at the trial As
the ugly tale was gradually unfolded,
the fair young prisoner sat Tor the
most part unmoved. She had nerve
of iron. Once her aged mother VINO
was with her constantly in the court
room. tainted. The daughter was the
first 10 see the signs of collaI-e and
10 assist her mother Il seemed impos-
sible to break through her calm'
though the chain Of evidence against
her was terribly strong.
Mrs McVicsr Is undoubtedly Of pie
bciau birth Of the people common,
but she is nevertheless a thing apart.
a dainty little woman. refined In aD-
pearance. always well dressed and
wearing her clothes with the air Of
woman Of the world; her manners are
unimpeachable and her command Of
language much greater than is that Of
several danes who have broken their
wav with a pick Of gold into the ranks
OF society. A born coquette she is and
has PLAYED the game OF hearts as
heartlessly as any fair lady Of the
court Of Louis Quartorze. Two men
she married aud vas enga ged 10 a
third All these affairs had part at
the same time. yet by sNillfuuy hand
ling the rcins Mrs. McVicaT managed
TO keep her affairs 10 herself until the
recent den0ument Not only did she
pull the wool over the eyes Of her low
ers but she has also been able 20 re-
tain their love.
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
A Series of Unusual Interest and Great

see stacks and stacks Of the very
best food that can he bought. The
kitchen is kept as clean as new
tin pan. The miners don't sleep in
dirty hunks but they have COM
Portable beds. In the boarding
houses there are plenty of bath
rooms and when the men come ont
of the mines, Walsh has other men
take their old wet clothes and hand
them their dry ones. / once heard
him say, Why, when my men come
from their work and 60 to dinner, |
want them to go feeling like gen
tIemen.' "
THAT sounds all very nice" half
sneered the maker of shoddy cloth,
''but l don't believe il viii WORK. |
don't see how one can afford 10
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Story His Of Cole

result Of no trial It was one OF the
quickest hanginEs on record.
A young man. a newcomer, walked
into a gambling establishment and the
gambler shot him dead in his tracks.
II was quick work, and. as il turned
out, the result of a mistake. The
gambler had never seen the young
fellow before IL was the gambler 5
impression, though. that the new
conner was a man with whom he had
quarreled ,the night before. and he
didn't wait 10 learn whether he was
right or not The murdered mans
brother went for the gambler with
bowie knife, but others present held
him back They thought it a pity for
the gambler 10 be killed so respect
ably as with a knife, so they got a
rope and hanged him inside OF ten
minutes The place was called Hang
town after that"
Il have seen IT stated. Senator. that
you took with you on your trip 10 the
coast a select library Of three vol
umes."
Yes replied the Senator, THE
Bible, Shakespeare and Burns poems.
I read the Bible from cover to cover.
I read the side notes. ! read the cap
tions OF the chapters. ! learned great
parts of it by heart, and / haven't for
got them yet. 1 learned many of
Burns poems by heart and much OF
Shakespeare In the same way, too. l
still have the Bible / took with me al
home in Selma II is a little book. not
longer than that" measuring about
three inches on his index finger, and
thin. with very fine type. but 1t was
the whole Bible"
The Senator said that though he
worked hard at placer mining he
didn't make fortune at IL. The
largest surplus he had at any one
time was about 81 600 as he now re
members H. He took about $500 in gold
with him, and when he reached home
again in 1851. having been gone two
years and a month. he had about The
same amount of money in his pocket.
Copyright. 1906. by Dexter MarshaIl
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
CONTINUED from Fifth Page)

Continued from Firth IaSe)
have 10 wash them ourselves for the
first time in a long while. They were
good washerwomen
I'VE remained at Salt Lake ten DAYS
or more. strengthening our pack teams
and laying In supplies. We were treat
ed very handsomely by the Mormons,
though / must admit that they Charg-
ed good prices.
yes. ] met Brigham Young. He was
a big man. tall and broad, just little
fat, maybe, but one Of the best built
and handsOmcst men / ever saw. The
Mormon people impressed me favor
ably as a whole. They were Of the
best backwoodsman type. the best tyne
Of men anywhere. hard as fints. brave.
and patient We were in Salt Lake
City late in July.
THE first California town We saw
was Sacramento City.
There was only one house in the
place when we reached it." said the
Senator. though the population num-
bered thousands That was a log
house. All the people lived in tents.
There were big stores there, stores
wanted. if YOU had money enough. but
the prices were tremendous
I'VE bought our mining tools at Sac
ramento City and then went TO the
fOOthills OF the Sierra Nevada noun
tains on the Carson River road. We
spent all the next winter within three
or four miles Of PlaCerville
We found the biggest prices at
DownievilIe, on the American fork Of
the Sacramento river, in the noun
tains. Seventy-fve dollars for a bar
rel Of -four is a sample. 1 paid si00
for a pair of boots, rough heavy
things-the toughest and heaviest
made-but the best for miners use.
Most Of the men in the party went
out 10 dig gold. / went out 10 prac-
tice law. But the courts weren't or
sanized and there was no chance for
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Value Everyone Business of Any Kind

There happened TO be at that
very time an old gentleman from
Chicago down here in New York.
Nv father said To him-they had
been dealing with each other for
twenty-five years then-'Now, look
here. I wonder if YOU can't help me
in some way TO prevent this strike.
II would cost me a very great loss
and l wouldn't be able to supply
you with the goods You want
Yes. friend said the old man 10
my father. You can prevent this
strike They had talked over what
the hatters demanded. At that time
they were not making much more
than $40 a week. Yes, sir, you can
prevent this trouble. Give the men
what they want. Now, Fred, how
much would You like 10 have your
wife and your daughter and your
boy here, live on so "a week?
There. You are getting right up
against the thing yourself. Ask
your own self this question All
that these men are asking for is to
be put on IL piece work scale. Let
them have it. You'll have TO charge
me, l know. about % cents a dozen
more for my hats, but l am willing
to pay the advance because if YOU
pay your men SO they can live bet
ter, they vii! make better hats.
After a while all these other fel-
lows will have to do the same thing
that YOU do, and everybody will be
better Of
To-day the men in my factory
my father YOU know, is no longer
in the business-are making twice
the wages they did then and they
are making better goods
"Yes, but YOU can give the men
too much rope" insisted the shoddy
cloth man. They viii run things
for you"
THE opposite Of that is exactly
true" answered the shoe merchant.
The very shoe factory from which
I buy most of my goods, and which
does the largest business Of its
kind in the world. let's it's men have
a voice in the management of the
factory. Instead of trying TO ward
off difficult questions, the manager
invites them. He has established
a board of arbitration. He wants
to hear the complaints, and he
profits by hearing the kicks IN
this way.
IF any workman or number Of
workmen have any complaint about
wages or anything else, it is SO
The Washington times., 1906-07-15
The Profit in Liberality

in Washington now in the finest
residence in the city and entertain
ing all the cream of aristOcracy
that drifts over this way. Why that
fellow is one Of the biggest heart
ed men in the world and one Of the
broadest gauged.
why, do you know, one day the
police arrested an old man IN Den
yer who was drunk and half de-
lirious. When they put him in the
jug, he kept saying to the jailer,
Just tell Tom Walsh that Dime in
here and TomW get me out all
right The jailer thought his pris-
oner was only pipe-dreaming, but
as the old man insisted on it so
strongly, he took his name and sent
a telegram down 10 Mr. Walsh in
Washington. Rack came a reply at
once and one of Walsh's friends in
Denver went down to the Gala
boose and got the old man out.
And the funny thing about this,
too, was that the old man had a
trunk away down in Texas some
where that contained a lot of ore
samples. He had worked for Walsh
twenty years before. The ore was
rich. and if ! mistake not Walsh
Is developing one of those mines
right now and viii make the old
man rich again before he dies.
But that's not what I was GO
ing 10 say. Walsh treats his miners
better than any man in the world.
When all of tins strike trouble was
going on in Colorado a year or two
ago, you didn't hear of the men at
the Camp Bird going out, did you?
Camp Bird, you know, is the Walsh
property
Il happened TO be up at the Camp
Bird one day and the foreman told
me how the men acted when the
question was up as TO whether or
not they should go out on a suSze.
Every mothers son of them went
down six miles to Ouray where the
meeting was TO be held. One or
two agitators had it up their sleeve
to get the men out, but they them
selves took hold of the meeting and
decided that they would not go out
on Tom.
You just ought TO go into the
store room of that boarding house
up at the mine. There you would