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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
THE SMART SET
By Sally Sharp

ing Carroll will be married on May
in ST Mary's Church. Greenwich, Conn.
Archbishop Riordan of this city to ofh-
clate.
w;1lian Norman Guthrie. A. NJ, will
Give an address today in Trinity
Church. Rush and Cough streets, upon
..Sha kespeare and our Times The
,sctrre win be held at o'clock and is
under the patronage of the Bishop Of
California
Mrs. Burton Harrison. VINO IS In
Europe, will return to Bar Haroor In
May to remain the summer Her son.
Francis Burton Harrison, 10 IN New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Huse (Juanita
WelIs), ara in Paris and among otner
Californians recently registered in that
city are MI. and Mrs c. c. Cunningham
(nday Mott SMITH.
Mr.. and Mrs Norman Wright t1sa-
belle Lathrop) have taken apartments
at the Gables for the summer.
Miss Mary Carrick left last evening
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Carriek. for New York en- route for
Europe. where she will tour in concert
and spend two years in the study Of
music in Germany.
Miss Elsa Draper leaves today with
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Laighton. for
Narv work. where she will remain for
six months. Colonel and Mrs. Thomas
waln-Morgan Draper are planning 10
snend the early summer at their cOun-
try home in oregon, after wnlen tney
will probably make a BRIEF Visit 10
Europe, taking Miss Elsa and MISS
Dorothy with them
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SIMPLE COMPUTATION LIFE.

IXTHY do people live in the great.
wv bustling.s noisy. heartIess city
w when they can just as well
dwell across the bay and commute, you
know? There they can have little
home, with a little garden, and raise
their own little vegetables for their
neighbors little hens and-Ah, it is the
ideal existence, and when 1 am away
from it L never think Of it save with
filmy veil of longing dimming my
eyes.
AS for the daily trips in coming to
and going from the city, to which
some erring mortals object. they are
nothing after one has got used 20 them.
and anybody can get used te them If
he tries hard enough and lives long
enough. 1t is but~to hang to strap
on a street car fifteen minutes. If you
can get the strap; ride twenty minutes
on a boat, q half-hour on a train, then
get off and walk seventeen blocks,
more or less, to your home, and-there
you are! Nothing could be more sim
ple All, the recollection of those COM
mutation days, how it does haunt and
hold onel And how the pictures of the
dear old scenes are painted upon the
walls of memory!
You are about to start on your daily
trip from your simple. happy home, and
your loving wife is right on hand to
supervise the proceedings
We'll, good-by. dear" you say in
your thoughtless, insouciant manner.
Good-by, and-oh, yes!-you won't
forget that toilet soap, will you,
George%
And, George, don't for anything for
get the six yards of ribbon to match
the sample gave you"
"All right. Goo
And, George; you know what that
string is tied on your finger for, don't
your"
"Surei It's to-to-it's tots to
make me wonder what in thunder it
is for, anyway"
Now, George! That's just what I
thought. Well, will you remember now.
that 1t is to make you remember that
new kind of breakfast food?"
sure. Well, good b."
And, George, don't fail to call up
Mrs. Smith and tell her that / can't
possibly go with her tomorrow"
"Al right Now / really must"
"And, George, be sure that you"
But lust then your train whistles and
YOU are compelled to run for it, and the
last words that you hear from your
loving wife as you turn the corner, are
these: And, George"
All, how sthe haunting memory does
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bertram Lister
will give musical reading of Mrs.
Listers comic opera, The King OF
Spades" next Sunday afternoon, at
o'clock. before the Sequoia Club.
Mrs. Lister will be assisted IN receiv-
ing by Mrs. Thomas Morffew. Mrs.
Louis H. Long and Mrs. Ella Sexton
The dramatis personae will consist
of Alfred Cogswe1l. barytone; r. w
Jones, basso: A. Z. Mcmillan, tenor;
and Mrs Lister. soprano. with Leo
Bruck conducting the orchestra.
Mrs. Lee Sloss and Miss Amy Sloss
will be at home tomorrow at their
home on Franklin street
Mrs. Margaret j. Scooffy entertained
at a luncheon at her home on Taylor
street yesterday. her guests including
Mrs. Mary A. Hart, Mrs. NJ F. Gam
midge and Major Horace A. Bell.
The announcement of DR.. Washington
Dodge's engagement to a fair Gotham-
ite is causing bit of pIeasurable ex-
citement. Mrs. Ruth Brown, the nan
Gee. is the daughter of Rabbi Vidaver'
who was well known in this city
decade ago as the rabbi of the Taylor
street synagogue.
Since the demise of Mr.. Brown, Mrs.
Brown has made her home in London
with an occasional visit to San Fran
cisco, where she has been very popu-
lar among the musical and art set.
The wedding will take place in New
York, after which DIR. Dodge will re-
turn here with his bride and establish
a home on Preside Terrace
Mrs Hermann Oelrichs has arrived
in New York after the last two months
spent upon the Pacific Coast.
Miss Jane Green and Orville Brown
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HE WENT SINGING ON HIS WAY.

/ knew man who went his way
Cheerily. oh, SO cheerily.
Though the road was rough and the sky
loomed gray,
Drearily, oh, SO dresrily;
Yet ever he sang one low. sweet song
Like a note OF cheer for the busy throng
lsnd the world grew glad he jogged along
Cheerily, oh, cheeriiy.
Hope, hope-it liyeth still.
Though the play is ended;
1t shall greet us Ger the hill
Where our steps have trended."
Though the clouds the sun did hout.
Tearily oh, so tearily,
Yet his song of hope rang out
Cheerily, oh, SO ohecriy
Still his song rang clear and sweet,
Tenderly, Oh, so tenderiy,
Though the chasm missed his feet
Slenderly, oh, slenderly.
Yet his song was sweet and clear,
And men paused that song to hear. -
Ringing like note of cheer,
Tenderly, oh, SO tenderly.
Hope, hope-all else may fade,
But it fadeth never.
And its bright immortal shade
Greets US o'er the river
Thus he sang till shone life's glini
Slenderly, oh, so slenderly;
Then who doubts One lifted him
Tenderly, oh, tenderly?
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IN THE RAILROAD OFFICE.

subordinate-There has been terrible
accident on the line. Scores of people
were killed, other scores were sorely in
jured, and
Head official-Issue bulletin at once
announcing that all trains will be on
time, and, above all
yes, above all?'
See that the facts are concealed from
the public
"As usual in such cases?"
"Yes, as usual"
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AS WE THINK, so WE ARE.
By Angela Morgan.

erroneous beliefs inJure our lives and the
lives OF those about US
We would help ourselves and others
greatly If we would stop talking about
failure, weakness. limitation, and en-
phasize their opposites in thought and
speech. For certainly if we can hypno-
tize ourselves to believe we are III, or un-
happy, or unsuccessful. or that we are
the slaves of harmful habits, we can just
as easily ''hypnotize" ourselves into desir-
able conditions.
That is. if wrong suggestion has
wrought havoc in our lives. right sugges-
ton will work beauty. harmony. health
and success
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THE CASTRO RUMoR.

report that Venezuela is to
thrown probably gross fake 1t in to satisfy the
appetite and that aroused by the
reports trouble China and by the expectation that failure of the
conference Europe shedding mood
appointed China have all passed. and the
eating woshiping their
Ageciras thanks American diplomacy
has composed ali of the troubles started by the Kaiser his yacht
America mythical expedition is made thin air. armed
apide guns and sailing three ships chase the monkey
If such hibusterng adventure
put to sea- would be overhaued for piracy
well be that revolution will in Venezuela 1t is
Office by revolution and like his great
example Banco the dictator has accumulated the mil
regarded the necessary equipment of those robbers for
flight They seldom hold after they enough money sup
port the e put Paris Blanco
and spluged did Zadvar
FL Salvador We believe that Simon SAM the dusky trant of
Haiti, also there
sober American standpoint II would appear that the
had enoguh revolutions and dcaors
willing settle down and develop their country under
intelligent comprehension of and of the relations of
their prosperity The
South America, but its people fear
remarkable wealth. because the cpdity
robbers like Banco and Castro who by revolution
conhscate what others have accumulated.
What needs good and lawful thrashing by
outside power like France This would shake the people
they would further tolerate the of bgandag
called government which they suffered for
hlbuserng invasion will do them harm than good
help another like him
the tragedv of misgovernmen legal whipping will produce
the opposite effect for will be recognized just punishment
for the monkey shines Of the bandit President
Hon Curcev NJ Depew being
suspected of having any political sgnfcancechcago Tribune
will rule this
cet.inlv sunerAuous--New Herald
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written. I fear that some devoted com
muter may find treason in them and
read them with swelling Indignation;
so hasten to explain that when 1 have
my choice I always select the com
muter's simple life. 1t may have its
slight infelicities, but prefer to dwell
where there are more signs of God and
less of man; where my next door
neighbor knows whether was buried
yesterday or still live: where do not
have to consult an almanac to know
that there is a moon. and where men
do not blush If they unexpectedly are
caught at their best.
Believe me, this is why this little
communication panegyric has been writ
ten. Like many of the rest of you
who are not welded to noise and tur-
moil, / want to be a commuter and
with commuters stand, a string upon
my finger and twelve packages in hand
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= ~ OCCIDENTAL ACCIDEN TAILS
By A. J. Waterhouse

turn back to these happy scenes! Some
people might think that such scenes
would be a drawback to the COM
muter's tranquil existence, but they are
nothing absolutely nothing-when
man has learned to forget all of his
wife's errands with a light heart and
smiling countenance.
Now that the foregoing words are
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Ennfer Greefinrs.

Appropriate to the joyous spirit OF
Easter day are the many charming and
clever Easter candy boxes at Haas
candy stores, Phelan building and
James Flood building.
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Special Information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 80 Cali
fornia street Telephone Main 1912.
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-Townsend's California glace fruits
and choicest candies in artistic fire.
etched boxes. New store. 767 Market.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

DISTANCE-Subscribe City The
distance from San Francisco TO callao
is 1912 miles.
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PROTECTING oUAIL-Hunter City.
The game laws of the United States
show that quail is protected in every
State and Territory except Alaska.
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A NEW SPRING REFER.
THE REFER loses none of its
popularity with the open
ing of the new season, for
the highest class lines are all
displaying it in variety OF
materials Scotch tweeds of
loose, open weave, light in
weight. but affording all neces-
sary warmth. seem to be the
favorites, and with a good pat
tern and the proper material,
the work of making one Of
these little REFERS is compara-
lively easy. The body is cut to
hang quite loose from the
shoulder to well over the hips,
from which point the jaunty
little pleated skirts spring out
so prettily. Deep pockets, with
square cornered flaps. are set
either side spf the double
breasted front. There is no
trimming, simply the heavy
machine stitching as finish
for all edges. A. saucy little
sailor with ribbon rosette and
quill completes the costume.
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DEER-Hunter. City Deer is pro-
tected by general law in every State
and Territory except Delaware, Kansas
and louisiana In the last two named
States, local laws govern.
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FERNs-Reader. City. No species OF
fern has a flower. The fern is repro
duced by means OF spores which are
borne usually on the under side OF the
leaflets, but sometimes make up the
whole stalk.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03

THE AFRICAN RAILROAD-A- s.,
Oakland. Cal To obtain such informa-
ton as you desire about the African rail-
road you win have to address a letter Of
inquiry to the company's office at Cape
town. Up to date the road is completed
about 1900 miles north from Cairo and
100 from capetown south. with 5000 miles
to finish.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03

HOURI-z. X Y. City Among the
Mohammsdans. houri is a nymph OF
paradise. These beautiful beings are
represented in the Koran as formed OF
musk dwelling In pavilions of pearl.
To each faithful Mohammedan seventy
two of these are assigned. besides the
wives who belong to him on earth.
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Hon Chauncy anywhere without his being
suspected having political signfcancChicago Tribune
women will rule this country That
is certainly superAuous-New York Herald
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THE UNSOPHISTlCATED MAN
Thought to Have for Himself q
Drawer in the Bureau, But
ALI in Vain.

Once wise man built large house.
He said
Il will place in this house many bu-
reaus. There shall be bureaus on all
sides, in all the rooms. They shall be
large, reaching from the floors to the
ceilings, and in these bureaus there
shall be hundreds and hundreds of
drawers. Then / shall say to my wife:
This one little bureau drawer down
here in the left-hand corner of the cell
lar under the stairway, is mine All the
rest of the bureau drawers, my dear,
are yours.
And the house of the wise man was
finished. and in it were one mile of bu-
reaus, and in the bureaus there were
$4,000 drawers, relates the Denver News.
And ii was late Saturday night when
the last load of furniture was moved
into the house and put in place.
Sunday morning this wise man arose
with a light heart He tiptoed to the lit
tie drawer down under the stairway in
the cellar to get himself clean shirt and
a change of underwear. He paused and
exclaimed:
AT last | have a private drawer!'
He stopped and pulled the drawer and
looked in.
There were wells, feathers, ruching
hairpins, red ribbons, blue ribbons, safe
ty pins. petticoats, silk stockings, pow
der puffs, corset covers, trading stamps
chewing gum, shoestrings and other ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
The wise man dug out his stiff shirt
his un.ierclothes and clean collar ant
carefully wrapped them in an old news
paper. He carried them to his room ant
showed them under his bed.
Then he went out doors and medltateo
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Scotsman siahed for Change.

Bishop Doane of Albany, whose
work toward the abolition of the di-
vorce evil is so well known, paused
for a moment in earnest discussion of
divorce to narrate a pat anecdote.
"The motive of these people" he
said his eye twinkling. lis like the
motive of Scot who was found weep
ing one day by his comfortable
hearth.
"'Eh. Saunders, mon said neigh
boz, pceping in at the open door, at
tracted by the sounds of woe, what S
ailin' ye.
"Oh, dear, oh, dear sobbed Saun-
ders Donald Macintosh wife is
dead
"'Aweel,' said the neighbor what
O that? She's no relation yours, We
KEN
81 know she's not walled Saun
ders. 4 know she's not. But it just
seems as if everybody's gettin a
change but me-"
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PeWS THAT CARRY A VOTE
oueer custom of a Parish Church in
England Dates Away
Back.

The parish church of Chertsey pos
sesses a curious anomaly, says the
sunday Strand. 1t has several pews IL
ITS gallery which are bought and solo
NV auction, Just like table or chair
and these pews give their owners fol
the lime being a legal right to vote al
parliamentary elections in the division
,1oreoyer, the owners of the pews have
to nav the poor rate of 81 year
into the bargain-a privilege they are
not so eager to use as the former one
Many years ago the church wardehs
Of Chertsey were at their wits END
in order to raise money for the restor'
ation and repair of the sacred ediiice
and they could finu no solution to the
question until some parishioners sus'
sested that they should sell the gal
Ierv news to the highest bidder, They
.ccanted the idea and obtained spe'
.iaI act of parliament allowing then
10 do this. and also giving the priv
Iege of parliamentary vote A pc"
was recently sold at Tokenhouse YarC
fnr ESQ
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HOBBIES AND PASTlMEs.
National Occupations of People with
Time to Spare in Various
Places.

Parrots and minas afford never
lalllhg source of occupation to those
gifted with sufficient patience to I'M
dertake the task of teaching these
olrds to speak. favorite method
with bird trainers is to lower the cage
down a well, and, seated on the edge
OF the coping, to pour forth for cou-
pie of hours nightly monotonous
repetition of Pretty Polly" etc.
Others seek the seclusion of dark
room Tor the same purpose.
various places lend themselves to
particular hobbies In the Andaman
Islands mother of pearl is plentiful.
and everybody goes in either for pol
ishing shells or making rings and
bracelets from them.
Gibraltar has its staple hobby in
rock ornaments made from a beauti-
fully veined stone which abounds, is
easily worked and takes high polish
| This is very profitable hobby, as
brooches, crosses, paper weights, Bible
and prayer-book markers and other
knickknacks find ready sale among
tourists.
In Burma. the land of teak. the carv-
ing of deliberately decorated photo
frames enables many man to while
away hours that would otherwise be
dreary. And at Bhamo pleasure may
be combined with profit in fashionlne
ornaments of serpentine.
In India soldiers recovering from
serious illness are usually sent to hill
stations to complete their cure, ant
can find plenty of wood to white into
walking sticks. For one of these
sticks which the writer has an offer o.
92 los. was made. Its actual value a!
a stick might be about one shilling
but it Is covered with most elaborat,
carvings of birds and flowers, anC
represents four months work
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I'm the past three years total or
100 flights have been made with our
motor-driven flyers. and a total dis
lance of almost exactly 100 miles COW
cred, an average of mile to each
flight, but until the machine had re.
ceived its final improvements the
flights were mostly short, as Is evil
denced by the fact that the flight OF
Oct was longer than the 1O5 flights
of the year 1904 together.
"The lengths of the flights were
measured by Richard anemometer,
which was attached to the machine.
The records were found to agree close
" with the distances measured over
the ground when the flights were
course; but when the flights were
made In circles close comparison
was impossible because 1t was not
practicable to accurately trace the
course over the ground. In the fight
of October 5th a total OF 29,7 circuits
of the field was made. The times were
taken with stop-watches.
"In operating the machine II has
| been our custom for many years to
alternate in making flights, and such
cars has been observed that neither
of us has suffered any serious injury
thought at the earlier flights oul
ignorance and the inadequacy of the
means of control made the work ex
ceedingly dangerous"
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NEAT SAVE IN ONE RESPECT.
Answer of Witness That discomfort
ed the Great Webster

In the somewhat famous case of
Mrs. Bodgen's will, which was tried in
the supreme court some years ago,
Daniel Webster appeared as counsel
Tor for the appellant. Mrs. Greenough,
wife of the Rev. William Greenough
of West Newton, Mass, was a very
self-possessed witness Notwithstand-
ing Mr.. Websters repeated efforts
to disconcert her, she pursued the
even tenor of her way, until Webster,
becoming quite fearful of the result,
arose, apparently in great agitation,
and, drawing out his large snuffbox.
thrust his thumb and finger to the
very bottom, and, carrying deep
pinch to both nostrils. drew 1t up with
gusto, and then extracting from his
pocket very large handkerchief he
blew his nose with report that rang
distinct and loud through the crowded
hall.
He then asked: Mrs. Greenough,
was Mrs. Bodgen neat woman"
81 cannot give you full information
as to that, sir she had one very dirty
trick" replied the witness.
What was that. ma'am?"
"She took snuff"
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dam. The rough steps ale made OF
great blocks of stone from two TO nVe
tons in weight, and they are joined
with the finest precision. When the
floods of early spring bring great
volume of water over the dam, II Will
be full of ice, giant blocks many tons
in weight, which must be crushed as
they drop from step to step below. 10
meet their shock and TO reduce them
to powder the big stone blocks were
put in the face of the spillway'
The layman is perhaps better able
tn appreciate in some small degree the
skill required, the care necessary, IN
construction or such work as the
Croton dam, by glancing at great
works built elsewhere that have
proved in some vital point weak, IN
adequate.
In looking over the subject of dam
building and the great dams OF the
world the writer comes upon the
chronicle of what is spoken OF as
dam failures; learns that the com
mon causes of failure are, sliding on
the base or on some horizontal JOINT;
overturning; fracture due to tension
crushing. in the case or masonry
dams. and, rarely, the breaking W
and washing away from the top GOWN
ward. The most disastrous reservoir
failnre of recent days, was that gen
orally alluded to as the Johnstown
oood whom 1000 people lost theiI
lives and between $3,O0O,OOO and VA
OOO 600 worth of property was destroy
ed. The South Fork dam, an earll
dam built about three miles aOoy'
Iobnstown. was carried away, and th'
reservoir emptied itself in about q
[ minutes. The failure here was an III
, crRcient wasteway. The origlha
specifications for the dam called Tor
waterway 100 feet wide at the tlihe .
y the disaster the way was but lou lee
4 in width. +,
' In 1890 the Walnut Grove dam Il
4 Arizona. one of the highest roeK-hl
. dams ever built, failed, ana man
$ lives were lost thereby An liiaue
o nrote subway is thought to nav
n daMsod This disaster. The Walhu
n 60 dam was 10 feet in helgh
q ahout ten feet thick at the TOP IL
e Feet at the base, Granite blocks CON
) nosed both faces, the dry-faee W. wan
It % feet thick at the base ana nVe
:, Tho ION A very heavy ralniali al
v tbe inadequate spillway workeu ~
-e ruin Defective foundation anu We,
Ie heavy rainfall lasting seyeraI on a1 :,
l. cansed the failure of the dam Oh - -
% C,',orsdo river at Austin IsAS
re which occurred in April. lsoV'
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chanolno ones Occupation.

1T is not everyone who wishes
to change his occupation, but one fire.
ouently hears of people who have
forsaken one profession or trade for
another, and in their new calling have
reached the highest rung in the ladder
of fame" says Ideas. THE spirit OF
genuine selfhelp is the root of all
growth in the individual, and consti-
tutes the true source of national
vigor and strength, Before a man de-
fnitely decides upon making change
from one calling to another he should
question himself as to his energies,
capabilities, and chances of success
in the new calling he proposes to en-
ter The early ase at which youths
in this country take to a profession
or trade accounts, in great measure,
for the number who do not find their
calling to their liking, and desire. per-
haps not unnaturally, to make a
change. Having decided that their
work is uncongenial. too many let
their minds drift on the dark sea OF
no hope instead of trying to find out
the surest way to succeed"