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<WF YELL, SIR said Mr.. Dooley
though I'm an old man an an
NM old batch at that, nawthin
w makes me more sad thin tn
busting up iv fond romance.
F'r, as Hogan says, it's love that makes
tn wurruld go around "
What ar-re We talkin' about?' asked Mr..
Hennessy.
Il was thinkin' an weepin' over tn on
forchnit endn' " me young frind Count
Boney's love affair."" said Mr.. Dooley. II
had a greet Interest in 1t firm tn be-
gnnin'. 1 watched it firm tn day whin
Boney marched up tn aisle while tn organ
pealed off Mendelssohns .Weddin' March
to tn hour whin he stepped out Nv tn back
window while tn monograph played I
Don't Care If Ye Nivver Come Back An
/ say to We, Hinnissy, is there no more
romance in tn wurruld? Is love extinct? Is
marredge a failure? Must We all go back
to wurruk?
Count Boney. read be the pa-apers, is
tn sign iv wan iv tn most ancient an
haughtiest houses in fair Fr-rance. His
father was a prom nent polls officer iv that
country bein' marshal w Fr-rance at wan
time. His club is now in tn possession Nv
the family or tn family pawnbroker, an
so is his badge an his hemlet. TIL, ancient
an naughty house, like nanny others, was
not what 1t had been. 1t needed repairs.
Wan tenant afther another had sold tn
CHANDELIERS off TIL ceilin, tn carpet off tn
flure, tn paper off tn wall, tn lead pipe
out iv tn plumbin', ontil it looked as
though 1t had been leased to the dimmy-
cratic cinthral comfy or used fr socyal
party Nv Pittsburg millyonaires Whfn tn
sign Nv tn house come iv age, his father
called him to him an says he: Me darlin'
child he says, we have all tn iddycation
needed be a nobleman iv ye'er station. Ye
ARE expert in dooln', borrowin' an poma-
din tn hair; we play fine game v cards;
ye know be their first name all the ladies
iv tn chorus he says. 'Ye require no more
schoolin', an tits now yeer jooty to sthrike
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Press. I am In love- says tn Count. T
am devoured with divine passion he
says. Here in this land Nv ye'ers lives tn
woman 1 love- he says. I can't sleep or
eat ontil see her. says he, let alone buy
amy clothes or joolry,' he says. An what
is tn name iv tn enchantress?' says tn
Knights Nv tn Goose Quill. It's wan iv
these, says tn lovesck swain, projoocin'
a long list firm tn inside iv his hat
'P'raps some w We cud tell me about thin.
TIL lowest 1 cud hurl me mad passion rr
wud be tin millyon dollars. but he says,
me foolish heart tells me I wud allow
twinty per clint reduction, he says, 'fr a
blonde he says.
1T was a beautiful, simple coortship
TIL Count cud be discovered amy day
settin' at his frugal meal feverishly readin'
tn pages Nv Bradstreet on 'Coortship an
Marredge in tn United States His wooin'
was not all aisy. Nanny a fortune destined
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away firm him while he lives. But be-
tween takin' spouse, Hinnissy. that she
can on'y see whin she goes down to tn
Stock Exchange an hollers for him to cum
out, an foreign nobleman that she To-
Gates be writin' to lady she niver see.
it's a hard chance FIR tn poor girl. I'd
like to get mad on tn subject iv what tn
pa-apers call internaytional marriages.
but I can't. I have read tn reports from
Sioux City. But it's sthrange this ro-
nance I've been tellin' We about turned
out so wrong. They had everything that
ought to make marredge happy"
They had money" said Mr.. Hennessy.
That's what said." said Mr.. Dooley.
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things. Our girls ought to marry good
straight American young men,"
They do" said Mr.. Dooley. $50 long as
papa is poor. But whin tn old gintleman
has accumulated a bank account that
makes him tn subject Nv conversation in
a Grand Jury, tn lady has got to choose
between those that will have her. This
is tn on'y cou0try in the worruld where
a poor man can't marry a rich woman
If I were a marryin' man. which amt.
I'd prefer to marry a heiress, all other
charms bein' equal. But I know what
ye'd say about me II did An so 1t goes.
Tn American king ~ finance is a fine
la-ad. an nobody will liver get his money
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Misjudged.
From the Bohemian.

The manager of an office had advertised
for an office boy. In consequence he was
annoyed for an hour by a struggling line
of boys of all sizes, claiming various ac-
complishments
WELL" he said to late applicant, II
suppose you can read anything. and write
anything, and figure a little, and use the
Typewriter little, and"
"NawY' interrupted the boy. "If could
do all them things, I'd strike yer fer yer
own job. I ain't nothin' but an ofacs boy"
He rot the position.
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gates Of want and hunger. By personal ex-
perience he knows nothing of the desperate
struggle for existence which dooms mil
lions to hopeless poverty and which social
ism aims to mend. He is q product Of that
section of society with which socialism
wages war. He comes from the upper mid
die class, from which judges, doctors and
lawyers are chiefly drawn on the continent,
He was graduated from university,
passing his examinations brilliantly, and In
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you to pluck It," he said to the crowd as
sembled outside the Maison du Peuple, the
headquarters Of the international bureau in
Brussels.
But the pear was not ripe and the attempt
to pluck 1t cost many lives. A few hours
later dead bodies were strewn thick In the
streets of Brussels and Louvain. Defeated
in their strike, the Belgian socialists suf-
fered another rout at the polls. The lesson
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students, for the express purpose Of study
Ting continental socialism and of getting
clear insight into its methods Of working"
Are there many Of them?"
There are great numbers. New ones
come to see me every day. They are deadly
In earnest. They are graduates from the
university Of actual experience. They are
animated by the highest ambition-that of
lettering the condition of their fellow men.
The majority Of them are men who have
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May Be So.

Translated for Transatlantic Tales From Fliegende
Blatter.
Wife-'Yes. 1t was who brought all the
money into this household. What did you
have before / married your
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
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post vaults playin' on a guitar an sere-
nadn' tn securities. Fin'lly he cud stand
it no longer. He cud not repress tn throb-
bings Of that fond heart or soothe ayether
his own or his boardin' house keepers fury.
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SPREAD OF SOCIALISM
IN AMERICAN POLITICS

Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reservedD
BRUSSELS, November 80, 1906.
A its headquarters here the inter-
~ national socialist committee, which
"A aspires to establish worldwide
confederacy, is planning a huge
campaign in the United States.
The avowed object of this campaign is to
make socialism the dominant power in
American politics.
In Germany, France, Belgium SItaly and
other continental countries socialism al
ready wields tremendous influence which
every government has to reckon with. In
England it is rapidly gaining in strength.
1t controls the independent labor party.
which has a score of representatives in
parliament.
In the great republic of the west, how
ever 1t has been heretofore a COMPARE
lively negligible factor in politics. 1t has
no representatives. in Congress, and few II
any in the state legislatures But now,
when the popular feeling in America
against the power of the trusts and the
dominance of wealth has attained such
vast proportions, the shrewd, brany men
who constitute the international socialist
committee at Brussels and pull the strings
which bind the socialist organization of
every country to the central body have de-
ctded that the time Is ripe in America for
vigorous propaganda which shall en-
deavor to unite the forces of discomfort
under the red banner-not to fight, but to
vote. for socialism recognizes that the bal
lot Is Its most effective weapon.
The preliminary work was begun some
little time ago. The socialist conference
held at Newark, n. j., last March, which
resulted In the union of the socialist party
and the socialist labor party, was due to
the efforts of the Brussels bureau. Ca
mile Huysmans its ndefatigable polyglot
secretary, told me that the bureau is ar
ranging for conferences of similar charac-
ter In all the states of the Union. BY this
means. he believes. socialist organizations
or all kinds In America will be merged in a
homogeneous body and with the great in
crease In membership which the socialist
propaganda will bring. WILL in a few years
make socialism as great a power in Con-
gress and the state legislatures as 1t is
now In the parliaments of Europe.
Emile Vandervelde the parliamentary
leader of the Belgian socialists, and the
moving spirit of the International socialist
bureau. with whom have just had an in
terview. Is equally sanguine and confident.
THE socialist party in America at pres
ent," he said, lis not very powerful, so far
as its actual voting strength goes, but it is
far more powerful than many think. It is
spread all over the country. There is no
Mace in which ardent convinced socialists
are not to be found. The chief socialist or
Plantations are in close touch with the in
ternational bureau. and they work In full
harmony with 1t. I was particularly
touched BIZ the manner In which this was
made manifest when Travelled through
America last year. I went far and to
many places. where 1 thought my name
was unknown. but everywhere I went I
was welcomed enthusiastically an known
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With tn impetchuseness iv his race he
threw himself at tn feet iv tn simple
American fortune. BE mine he said. An
1t was. TIL fortune took tn Count.
II well raymimber tn weddin'. It was
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~WF TELL, SIR said Mr.. Dooley,
though I'm an old man an an
AA< old batch at that, nawthin
wv makes me more sad thin tn
h,1S In
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On the National Holiday

COMMENT was made on the fact that the
~ death of the late ex-Vice- President
Hannibal Hamlin occurred on Independence
Day But as Hamlin was never President,
and as public men pass away on the Fourth
of July just other days, there really
is no coincidence-nothing that calls for
remark.
But eighty years ago an ever-memorable
event occurred in connection with the national
holiday. On July 4, 1920, John Adams,
the second President of the United States.
died in the ninety-first year of his age. and
Thomas Jefferson, the third President. died
on the same day, at the age of eighty
three.
Jefferson, on July 3, asking those around
him the day of the month, had expressed the
wish to live TO see the dawn of the fiftieth
anniversary Of the great Declaration which he
had drawn and signed; while Adams. on being
asked. when the bells rang and the cannon
fired, if he knew what day it was. had replied
"Oh, yes; It is the glorious Fourth of July
God bless it
1t is remarkable also that James Monroe
the fifth President died five years later on
the Fourth of July, 1891, at the age of seventy
three The death of Madison the fourth
President, which occurred after another five
years. in 1890. at the age of eightv-hve took
place in the week preceding the nation birth
anniversary.
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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
BY GEORGE V. HOBART.

By GEORGE v. HOBART.
Me for that summer resort gag-Oh
finei
I fell for a Saratoga setba3 * this
summer, but never no more for mine
At night i used to sit up with the rest
of the social push and drink highballs
to make me sick, so | could drink Sara
toga water in the morning to make me
well.
That's what is called reciprocity, be-
cause it works both ways against the
middle
Isn't it the limit the way people from
all over the country will rush to these
fashionable summer resorts with wide
open pockeubooks and with their bank
accounts frothing at the mouth?
The most popular fad at every sum-
mer resort I've ever climbed into is to
watch the landlord reaching out for
coin.
Husbands make bets with their wives
whether the landlord of the hotel will
get all their money in an hour or an
hour al half.
Both t'-sband and wife lose; because
the landlord generally gets it in ten
min 1t IS.
A some of the hotel dining-rooms it
costs Sc to peep in, So to walk in and
SIS to get near enough to waiter to
talk soup.
You can see lots of swell guys in the
dining-rooms who are now using fork
in public for the first time.
This reminds me of an experience ]
had in a certain summer resort dining
room not long ago.
At a table near me sat Ike Goose
heimer.
Ike is self made man and he made
quick job of it.
Ike was eating with his knife and do
ing it so recklessly that felt like Yell
ing for the sticking plaster.
After / had watched him for about
five minutes trying to juggle the new
peas on a knife, it got on my nerves, so
/ spoke to him.
Ike" | said, thinking possibly /
might cure him with a bit of sarcasm,
aren't you afraid you will cut yourself
with the sword?"
.Ohi no, no." Ike answered, looking
at the knife with contempt there is
no danger at all. But at the Palmer
House in Chicago-Ah, there they have
sharp knives"
Ike is beyond the breakers for mine.
The races at Saratoga were extreme
ly exciting.
A friend of mine volunteered to pick
out the winners for me, but after lost
IS / decided that it would be cheaper
to pick out new friend.
But l do love to mingle with society
at the summer resorts.
1t isn't generally known, but one of
my great grandfathers was present
when the original 400 landed at Ply
mouth Rock.
My great-grandfather owned the
rock.
A couple of nights after the original
400 landed on Plymouth Rock the
leader of the smart set, Mrs. Won Twee-
dledum, gave full dress ball.
My great grandfather looked in at the
full dress ball and was SO shocked that
he went and opened a clothing store
next day.
Society never forgave him for this
insinuation.
But say, isn't it immense the way the
doings of these society dubs are chron-
icled in the society papers?
In case you haven't noticed them 7
would like to put you wise to a few.
Among the smart settlers now present
at Saratoga is John J. Sousebuilder. the
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
0LD DPRnE7-1TUD
on 0ILL-PLATEl

piles driven into the lower solid
ground, binding together the filed
ground, and bound by rods and struts
to each other at their tops, the shock
which destroyed this building would
have had little effect on it,
Following this subject to a logical
conclusion, it develops that If hereafter
any building of more than one story
is to be erected, and for all story
buildings to be used for manufacturing
purposes. If such are to be reasonably
safe from the effect of earth shocks, a
foundation reaching into solid original
soil is absolutely necessary.
With applications for permits to
build. oss-seetioned drawing of the
lot of land upon which it is proposed
to build should be attached, and the
drawing should in every case clearly
detail tho proposed foundations. This
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

the filled ground with the buildings
erected thereon. and with no founda
'tions resting on the solid foundation
soil under the Filings, was affected
more or less, ranging from shaking
down Of chimney tops to complete
collapse of the entire building.
An illustration and explanation of
this severest effect is found in the ILL
fated Valencia Hotel, of which Fig
ure / is a cross section of the build
ing, filling and subsoil 1t stood near
the old Mission Creek, which had been
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houses or cottage Easements should be
not only corner-braced and heavily
shielded by sheathing at angles. inside
and out, as shown in Figure 5. but also
crosstfed as shown, as against the con-
struction at present permissible. shown
in Figure 6.
Foundations in general must be of
concrete and reinforced by steel. of
which sample is shown as in Figures
and S.
1 have examined the concrete foun-
dations of three of the best preserved
large modern buildings in my charge.
and in every case these foundations are
intact. without crack or flaw. and the
superstructures, although severely af-
fected by fire, communicated to them
by other buildings. are in perfect condi-
tion as regards to steel structural
frames. walls and partitions. The force
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

from south to north, although defiec-
tions of the force due to varying re-
sIstance are known on every hand,
destructive upward detection Bfol-
lowed by collapse of structures is, how
ever. only possible when conditions are
as noted in the case of the Valencia
Hotel, for when the force waves
traverse a friable fill and then rebound
against a solid patural surface, the re-
action equals the force of impact minus
the force passing through the more
solid natural material. or as shown in
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

obtained anywhere in the world The
building with this material will be
cheaper than, or as cheap as with, any
material or combination OF materials
known TO us.
Its reinforcement. more or less. by
expanded metal steel rods and beams
makes an absolutely fire and shock
proof structure. and IL we add thereto
iron or copper ornamentation, we have
all that the most exacting demands
may require.
The figures from to II exhibit con-
crete steel constructions and wood re-
inforced by steel. and ii will not
require the knowledge of a scienced
architect or engineer to see that these.
if put up. would be immeasurably Sc
curer than the models of old style con-
struction shown alongside of each ex-
hibit.
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one TO twenty feet in the lower places
to bring the streets up to certain
grades and above highwater mark, or
even higher, in all originally marshy
localities Gas for example the Mission
District'D, lay as SO many loose surface
scales within or bordering on the solid
natural depression of the hills. and
whereas the earth shock had little or
no effect upon the latter or the struc-
lures erected upon their solid slopes,
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

covered by substantial culvert or
sewer and then filed up to required
street grade. Figure l shows a fair
sample of unsafe foundation Figure 2
shows how the same building could
have been built safe and secure by the
use of piling.
Seismic shocks travel in waves and
practically at right angles to the verti-
cal walls of buildings. The direction
of travel on April Is was generally
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
fGE hFoRceD WALL fRAf1EWiTH
WlnROW CASElNo or 5heeT METAL

or rock and the formation of crevasses
or fissures, the phenomenon of sub
terranean noises, the appearance of
fire, etc.
The only effect of the shaking of the
earth on April Is was the rupture,
shaking UP, sliding and partial dis
placement of unstable artificial areas
which in every case consisted of ''filIed
ground" This ground taken from the
higher places and spread to depths of
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

C. G. HightOwer is a local superin-
teudFng engineer of wide rePute. who
has had practical experience in the
constructisn work ON seme of the most
formidable steel structures eff san
FraacfscO, notably the 81. Francis He
tel and the Shreve building, both of
which xIthkt0Od the recent quake and
passed through the attending fire in
remarkable state of preservation. In
the accompanying article he deals in
somewhat technical, although eOmRre-
henstre manner, with the safe AID I'M
safe buIldInEs of this city from strue-
turaI view point, deducting many valu-
able conclusions from the iuformatiOH
he has CLEANED from careful inSPec-
tfon of the foundations and structural
portions of tke buildings that were de-
stroycd and those that remained stand
ina after the calamity. Among those
he examined was the old Valencia
Hotel, of which so muck has been writ
ten, and from whick msRy ratker vague
and indeAntte theories have eManated.
Between these ruins and the founda-
tfona of some of the stronger Struc-
1ures that soon TO be restored TO
their former conditions, Engineer High
tower has drawn some Interesting COM
parfsons, aRd 10 these he has added
somc timely suggestions ts how the
buildings of San Francisco should be
constructed in the future in anticipa-
~fion OF any possibility of further visi-
tafions of temblors or devastating con-
haEraffOns.
The fact that the Pacific Ceasr is
subject to earth motion. "temblers" and
shock. has again been shown by the
event OF April Is.
careful examination of the area
covered by the city of San Francisco.
however, shows that this last shock,
although severe in its effect at some
points, in No locality assumed the pro-
portions of earthquake, in the ac-
cepted and popular definition of that
term, viz; forcible tearing apart
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
IRon Anp Leep

Figure 8. the force is detected upward
forming couples or a radient force
curve, first lifting the filled ground
and any structure resting on it, then
dropping it.
At the point occupied by the Valen-
cia Hotel the force undoubtedly formed
couple as shown in Figure 4, the cen
ter of gravity or fulcrum of which was
near the original solid surface of the
bed of Mission Creek. With proper
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

cross-section of foundation and ground
down to solid soil or bedrock should
be verified by comparison with street
profiles in the city engineering depart
ment; and further, when the founda-
tion is built. the City Inspector should
see that the plans are strictly followed
out.
All foundations to be hereafter built
should be designed with an eye to more
homogeneity than heretofore. Dwelling
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

OF shock had practIcally no eject upon
them.
is erected on similar lines. no visitation
such as that through which we have
just passed will be experienced by pos
terity.
Concrete. or the material composing
il. viz; sand. crushed rock and cement,
are and will be available in any guam
tity required. and as cheaply as can be