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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25
Gossip Of the Doings
of Railroad Men

Phil K. Gordon, general agent of the
Washington-Sunset Route, has returned
from trip throughout the Northwest
The building in Portland. he says, is
something phenomenal, and what is
strangest of all is the number of San
Francisco people who are rearing huge
structures in that city.
Did you ever get that pistol you
lost on the Michigan Central?" was
esked of prominent citizen yesterday
lid I ever get it?" Lne prominent
citizen counter queried angrily. No,
OF course not You see left that pis-
tol in the dressing room and when 1
returned it was nowhere to be found
/ wrote Carleton C. Crane about my
loss and told him I would settle for
s25 cash or new gun. That was be-
fore the fire. That knocked the nego-
tiations. but I reopened the corre-
spondence last June. The batch of
letters I received from Crane would
make a bigger exhibit than those in
the Thaw case.
"I finally decided to drop the matter.
Why. Crane made me believe that I
did not travel on the Michigan Central.
but was on the Erie, and If I kept up
the correspondence he would make me
believe that 1 had never gone East,
though he sold me the ticket Crane
ought to be a lawyer. He'C play the
alibi dodge to perfection"
Q. z. Foy, who has charge of the
theatrical business of the Southern Pa
cific, is back at work After an I'LL
ness of five weeks he has Just been
allowed to leave the hospital. where he
was treated for appendicitis.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

Will hold a directors meeting this aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock at the home of
the president, Mrs. Ernest A Leigh,
1888 Hayes street.
The Susan B. Anthony Club met Mon
day, February 49, at D. m. at the
rooms of the State Suffrage Associa-
ton, 2419 California street, and. 1t be-
ing the anniversary of Susan 3. An
thongs birthday. the programme was
arranged to celebrate that event. THE
Battle Hymn of the Republic" was sung
by Miss Vivian Bailey; Mrs. Hobe read
paper showing that Miss Anthony's
strongest traits were moral courage
and unseldshness; Mrs. North Whit
comb read paper on how Miss An
thony furthered the cause OF education; !;
Miss Fairchild spoke on Miss Anthony s
help to working women: Mrs. A A. Sar-
gent read brief synopsis of the life
of Susan B. Anthony, and Miss Croud-
ace told of her personal interview with
Miss Anthony. Twenty of the terse
sayings of the great suffrage leader
were quoted by as many members
A particularly pleasant meeting of
the Papyrus Club, of which Mrs. w. S.
Leake is the president, was held on
Thursday afternoon, February a.
and the following programme was
rendered, it having been arranged by
Mrs. Richmond Revalk: Short Sketch
of Oliver Wendell Holmes" Mrs. c.
Mason Kline: The Boys" co. W.
Holmes). Jenne Morrow Long; The
Girls" (originaD, Mrs. Charles Smith;
songs (selected). Mrs. Richmond Re-
Walk; distribution of valentines.
The st. Helena woman's Improve
ment Club has just ended its second
year of existence with membership
Of 1o5. Although having a member
ship fee of only 20 cents and no dues
whatever. this club has the sympathy
and confidence of the residents to such
an extent that during this period it
has handled nearly $500 and expended
over $1,000. Among methods of raising
funds were cake sales, dramatic enter
tainments. Feast of Lanterns" in
private grounds. masquerade ball
baseball games and a successful cook
book, which. selling at so cents, has so
far netted $3.50.
Fourteen park benches have been
placed in shaded hooks on avenues
leading out of town and are much ap-
preciated by those who enjoy the beau
tiful walks of the vicinity.
donation was made toward the
establishment OF a glove factory in St
Helena For two summers the club
has helped to pay for open air band
concerts on Saturday evenings
Last spring the ladies had date palms
and shade trees planted in the grounds
surrounding the handsome stone pub
lie school building. With the aid of
subscriptions from the Town Trustees,
Chamber of Commerce. cemetery asso-.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

p" HE California Club listened to a
very interesting lecture last Tues
day from DR.. David Starr Jordan
on The Human Harvest" in
which he gave them some interesting e
facts as to the results of the Ions con
tinued European wars as affecting the
human race. DR.. Jordan said he could
offer no solution of the matter. nor did
he propose to discuss such remedies in
the lecture. but the result of his ad-
dress was a universal sentiment among
the club members as voiced by their
president, Mrs. J. w. Orr, in favor of
the more strenuous observance of
Peace Day" and OF the continuation OF
work for the permanent abolition of
war. The club will hear more on the
same subject this week as tomorrow
afternoon Rev. C. Calvert Smoot of
the Second Unitarian Church will ad-
dress the members on The Past, Pres
ent and Future of War"
The club meetings are not given ove-
entirely to these grim and CORY con-
sideratIons, however, as there are de-
lightful musical bits interspersed Last
week Miss Camille Frank sang several
numbers most charmingly and Mrs.
John r. Gwin played the violin in a
way that delighted her hearers and
compelled her to give an encore at the
close of her first number, Miss Mollie
Pratt accompanying both most ably and
sympathetically. Tomorrow Mrs
Thomas Nunan Will sing, as Will also
Louis Albert Larsen, with Miss Grace
Johnson as accompanist.
The Outdoor Art League Department
OF the California Club has been work
ing so busily this week, under the di-
rection of the chairman, Mrs Lowell
White, to establish stations for the
feeding of the men on the Cleaning
up day" planned for yesterday, that they
have had little time for anything else
The arrangements for the stations were
remarkably good and the postpone
ment Of the day until next Sunday will
by no means diminish their enthusiasm
but has been instead taken as an extra
time to provide even more bounteously
Contributions have been made yery
generously, but there is still a plea
that more be sent to the house of the
treasurer of the league, Mrs Thomas
Palache. 800 Eddy street. Coffee. sugar
or money may be sent now, and also
pledges for sandwiches or other food
stuffs TO be delivered at the stations
when needed. Other women's clubs of
the city and vicinity have become in
terested in the question and have dem
onstrated their enthusiasm by Joining
with the league and with the other
women of the city In what may be re-
garded. by the men at least. as wom-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25
By Mary Asl1e Miller

ans first duty, providing mankind with
food.
The work in behalf of Telegraph Hill
is not neglected, either, and it is hoped
that this picturesque bit of the city
may be saved.
The San Francisco Musical Club held
its fortnightly meeting on Thursday
morning last in the parlors of the First
Unitarian Church. and the following
programme, which was enjoyed par
ticularly by the members present. was
given:
Soprano (a) sognai, shira; (b) Lass
With the Delicate Air (Arne). by Mrs.
Ingeborg Larsen; piano, Carnival
edward Schupp). by Mrs. Carter; con-
tralto, Five Canoes" (Liza Lehmann),
by Mrs. John Jacob Apple: violin, Airs
Russes" (WieniawskD, by Miss Belle
Rosenthal, who gave as an encore Am
Nicer" (Schubert5; soprano, (a) "Obsti-
nation" (Toutenailles), lb) "Oh, Prom
ise of Joy Divine" (Massanet), (c)
Tender Ties" (Delbruch), by Mrs. L.
L. James; piano, "rreischutz Etude," No
and No. 3 (Heller), by Mrs Charles
Barrett, whose encore was Shadow
Dance" Mcdowell.
Cap and Bells Club will entertain at
a SOiOIlldi udy HHdlT on InuISudy even
ing next at its clubrooms at 1853 Bush
street, the programme, which will con-
sist OF music, readings and other fea-
lures, TO be appropriate to the time
which the costumes of the guests will
represent. Each member Is allowed
three guest cards, and men are for the
once to be permitted to be present The
president, Mrs. Squire Varick Mooney,
and the other members OF the club are
busily preparing for this occasion and
II promises to be one of the most In
terest1ng events in a social way of the
club world for the month.
The meeting of the Corona Club will
take place this week on Thursday, and
an enjoyable afternoon is promised, as
the programme is to consist of re-
cital by Miss Agnes Marie Noonan. 1t
Will be as follows: Character sketch.
Jane Hopkins Visit; dialect readings
from James Whitcomb Riley; child I'M
personation, from Eugene Field; Irish
dialect and music.
The next meeting of the club will
be on March IA and the programme
viii consist, after a business meeting,
of lecture by Frederick j. Teggart,
librarian of the Mechanics Institute.
The Association of Pioneer Women
VIII hold it's next regular meeting on
friday afternoon next at p. m. in
the parlors of Calvary Presbyterian
Gnurch, Fillmore and Jackson streets
The Daughters of California Pionesrr
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25
;. :. Personal Mention :. :,

c. H. Woodin and wife OF Spokane
are at the Dorchester.
Charles T. Jones and wife OF New
York are at the Savoy.
E. L Heald. a Chicago merchant. is
a guest at the Majestic.
At the Imperial Hotel is registered
W. B. Coombs OF Mendocino.
c. S. Eaton of Olympia. Wash. ac-
ccompanied by Mrs. Eaton. Is at the Ma
jestie-
Shazzer Moorad. an East Indian. has
apartments at the Hotel Hamlin with
a party that is touring America for
pleasure.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

Unsightly spots made beautiful by
trees, shrubbery and vines.
l. Planting OF berry-bearinz trees and
shrubs as bird food-mountain ASH
mulberry, blackberry. cedar, etc.
D. preservation OF roadside shrubbery
and fringe trees on wood lots 70
EncouEags scientific numbering OF
s. Tree nurseries In school gardens.
dlstribution OF tree seeds to chill
dren for school and home gardens
O1strlouton of fruit and nut trees at
nominal cost. TO be planted IN home
grounds or In land loaned to the
J. ChiIdren's auxiliaries FOR protscttv.
work; Junior Audubon Society;
society for Protection OF Native
Study Of tree pests and methods or
introduction OF ArbOr day ceIebra-
lions In schools. with memorial
tree planting by children
shh FesdinxtToomsn 70 ssn9Sls D snq tgvs2ils os4ss
book. Nature Study and Lie:
also Audubon Society bird charts
for wall decorations
contribute 10 AlpheuS Hvatt nrarno-
rial fund. Boston which provides
children
5 Committees may collect forestry
Lterature, published by state and
National Agriculture and Forestry
departments. and present them to
Horarles as a club gift
Laws relating to trees should os
known 10 club members and posted
N puonc places Legislation for
hatlonal and State reservations
Mass ss-mee1ngs 10 benefit local needs
ana regular contributions 70 the
locai press are means OF arousinE
public sentiment
,. Ci1o membership IN American
eorestry Association. annual dues
" including monthly publication
or forestry and Irrigation. Wash
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

George s. North Is New York.
0snAer staying at the Dorchester Hotel
John p. Elkman and wife. society
as-csrS OF Los Angeles. are registered
at the Hotel Hamlin.
A, ! Sherwood and J. L. KroneerberE.
lumber men from the CoouilIs River
country. are at the Baltimore.
Sonn Mccormick. well known IN 90
San Joaquin Valley and through n
STATE as a steckman. is REGISTERED from.
stockton at the savoy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

he thought about the Japanese question: but he had word
say. He another and very different
home from Europe bubbling with enthusiasm
ownership Of railroads At present he thinks
of political platforms.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

WOmen's clubs throu~Aout IN. state
are Invited to Communicate new. OF
tnelr organizations 60 this department
OF The Call.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

Mayor Mcclellan OF New York has
sa snree rads-waiking. smoking and Ital>
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

The Association of Pioneer Women
VIII hold its next regular meeting on
friday afternoon next at p. m. in
the parlors of Calvary Presbyterian
Gnurch, Fillmore and Jackson streets
The Daughters Of California Pioneerr
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

F" HE exhibition of paintings given
under the auspices of the Sketch
Club is representative and highly
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
WARNINGS OF NO AVAIL.
Sinner Went on Evil Way Despite the
Manifestations.

III curious tale of old-time spirit
assa Is taken by Defoe from Bakers
tstl%iesu Historical Discourse on
Aaaaru0ns:" There Is now in Lon
don An understanding. sober. pious
Hs.a. off one Of my hearers. who has
~ elder brother, a gentleman of con.
siderable rank. who having formerly
seemed Rious, of late years does often
TALL into the sin of drunkenness. He
often lodges long together here in his
EnoSher's house, and whatsoever he is
drunk and has slept himself sober,
something KNOCKS at his bedhead, as
If one raped on the wainscot. When
they remove his bed it follows him.
Besides other loud notices on other
parts where he is, that all the house
hears, they have often watched him
and tied his hands lest he. should
do 1t himself. But his mother de-
clared that she had seer his shoes
under the bed taken up and moth
ing visible to touch them The
drunken sinner refused. in spite of
these solemn warnings, to abandon
his evil ways"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
WeaIa Extsr-6nai. an satk

Prof J u Smith 81 Cleveland
waAts 70 rsd The Iaite6 States Of rats
aasce c~ocsEcscAsS Eat uelnia HE
says BE caA DO ii By the use a neftaia
chemicals iH handbag tAese c&eua.
Gals be has al EaTiozs times 1sAas
himself very sick
Some day they all kin ne he
SAYS, but ! am not afraid II An
able To carry out uy plans / shall Ss
satisfied
As he talks he drags packages Of
chemicals from his poekets-blue Wit.
riol and acids Of various kinds. His
hands are burned through the hand,
ling OF them, bat he foadles them az.
fectionately aud does not mlnd.
II the city Of Cleveland would give
the professor $4,000 a year, he SAYS
be would make a yermin and rodent
free community. Smith not only
Stays these pests; he anuihilAtes
them. By playing on their appetites
he lures them 10 an awful doom To
the professor, a dead rat is as dan.
gerons as a live one. Each, he de.
clares, spreads typhoid and like dis.
eases.
Therefore he has prepared a chem.
tcal mixture which will slowly in.
cinerate the rat As soon as the rat
partakes of the chemical an mex.
tiuguishable fire is lit in his interior.
The fire burns as relentlessly as a
theater villain purstes. There is No
escape for the rat, He cannot leave
enough of himself behind to make a
decent funeral.
Phosphorus is the base of the mix.
ture which the professor uses. After
he has gathered remnants OF food
into a pail he adds a purple and
white powder. Then some lemon. AS
soon as the rat partakes OF this, he is
on his way to q private fireworks
display.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Animals as Mechanics

1t is only within recent years that
men have learned how to make houses
and other structures OF cement, The
art Is probably yet in q crude stage.
and by and By mankind may learn to
use the material in vastly more skill.
full and efficient ways.
But many OF the lower animals have
for ages been making their houses
of mud or OF similar plastic and hard.
ening substances. The cliff swallows
skillfully built home IS indeed a won.
derlui structure, especially when we
take into consideration the simple
way In which the bird does the work.
Imagine a boy or a girl trying to make
such q structure of mud and handling
the material only by the aid of point.
ed pliers. Yet the bird does II and
does II well with her pointed bill. In
some cement structures, especially In
railroad embanknients, you have prob
ably noticed that the workmen first
put in several iron rods to increase
the strength Of the wall, This Is,
practically, what the phoebe. the rob.
in and other birds do when they mix
a liberal supply of grasses and other
pant fibers, and even strings. through
their corrections OF mud.-St. Nicho.
las.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
3s osAEs OBJECTS 70 SOUP.
tss9rs ~ q -a- Nas. ssarr~f@a Ar,
tssSs q G4ca

l9r N3laA=a 0s3er, r. gAaza Is ~
eAte5 The "a r7gStaa x7a& or Be-
niaa ASSERTION saa7 peagae sAsaA ss
etlorssa7Haa 4ftes 3atazAa1e So wears
otd IS sa1sf1}E nPposfea ta The dras,
Slg 81 ssua nccogaus % las s.ase-
aaents 81 a NssN Yaff merchant
MY wlta was a wreck frpa Aezr.
GUS dyspepsia sad The merchant
SeFera prominent physicians In Nsw
Aark hHd treated Aes with5a; saecess
ana fzusIsz ] was 2ETisad to take her
to Baltimore 10 sssa Dr.. Oslez. He
Inquired csrg5aay about her habits
Ahd particularly her diet. We de-
scrfhea 1t without going into details.
but lAas Go uof satisfy the great ply
sic5aa.
Tel tae what you had for dinner.
Describing the nature OF the courses,
their number, and SO on, he in,
sisted.
Well We Usually start with some
good, nourlshing soup, | began.
Stop right there interrupted DR..
osEer, Soup msst GO There Is a pop
alr fsllacy that soup IS nourishing.
Thai is q mistake. il is one of the
most harmful things one can eat.
II is worse than lo.ster. OF course
there are times when a simple beef
or mutton broth is not to be con
denned. but as a rule soup is positive
~ dangerous. 1t dilutes the gastric
Juices and ii ferments too rapidly to
permit i, to be easily digested. 1t
is the greatest cause of dyspepsia and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
The Dialect TYnsmrlter.

Il have an idea for an invention
cried a member OF the literary club.
1T is the dialect typewriter
Explain yourself said a minor
poet, tossing back his long hair Ian.
guidly.
Well" said the other, you know
how 1t is with dialect writer's. II they
write Irish stories Il must be OF
you must be 'yez.' II must be ut,
and 80 on. A writer of farm stories
uses 'hez' for has, and 'hain't' for
amt and our Nelson Pages, dealing
with the south, use NAH for my
de for the and so forth,
Now 1t IS my idea to produce a dia.
lect typewriter, one with extra keys
for de and or and 'ye' and nah
and the OF, u dialect words in con
slant use. Gee the time and labor
this would save. Instead Of fumbhng
about among the keys. typing your
dialect word painfully, a letter at a
time, with my machine you would
thump 1t out with a single thump."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
WHERE rs DICKENS SLAP,
Famous Piece Of Mahogany Has Dis.
appeared From ST, Louis,

u would like to know" said an old
saloon man of st. Louis, what has
become of the famous mahogany slab
that once formed the bar counter OF
the old Planters house. People called
1t the Dickens slab. because when the
novelist was in this city he s,aid at
the Planters house, ana they do say
that he spent a good deal Of his time
resting his elbow on that slab, which
~thenceforth wen by his name. When
the Planters house was taken down
the big mahogany slab nearly 20 feet
long. three feet wide and two Or
three inches thick, was bought by a
saloon man, but his house, too, a few
years later, came under the hands OF
The w%recsers. and the Dickens slab
disappeared A Iiece Of mahogany
Ike that could hardly be bought now
Tor any figure, for mahogany Is among
the costiiest Of woods and now used
only for veneering. The slab would
be worth several hundred dollars to a
furniture maker. but o than this
to somebody who cherished old asso.
Citations, for while that slab was in the
Planters every old citisen OF st, Louis
who drank at all, and every celebrity
who came TO town. help to shine the
elbows Of his coat by friction on that
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

which Ia the recess for the refrfger.
ator at the rear entrance to the
Kitchen, whore the ice may be put in
from the back door without tracking
dirt and wet sawdust Ia on the clean
Kitchen iloor. Many a sour expires.
sion has been caused hy the ice man
making too free with a clean floor.
Nothing eyer comes into the house
that 10 capable of carrying In so much
dirt as the Ice mans boots. They are
extra large and they are loaded with
wet sawdust and mud from the wagon
aud from the yard, and IL Is a singular
fact that no dirt ever drops of from
the Ice mans boots until he gets In
on the clean kitchen floor, then they
unload automatically II you don't
believe it just ask any housekeeper
who has had experience.
Another convenience is the china
closet built In the wall between the
dining'room and the pantry. Every
woman has an assortment OF china
and glassware that requires Just
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

such a cupboard 1t Ia too pref,
V to have 1t taken out in the
Kitchen or pantry with the heav.
Ter dishes. She wants to keep It un.
der her eye, where she can look after
II herself, and she is not d~ispleased
when its display catches the eve OF
her best lady friend.
The stairway in THO plan is worth
mor than passing notice. II Ia a
combination front and back stair and
II reaches from cellar TO the garnet
1t would be difficult to invent a more
convenient stairway. and It would
probably be impossible to build An.
other kind Of stair of such utility to
occupy so little space,
You have heard Of coy little back
parlors, Well. did you eve see any.
thing neater or more suggestive of
solid comfort on a cold winter night
than the library here shown with its
bright corner fire? The room will
OF course be furnished with a book.
case stocked with interesting books
and q center table with a good strong
light. A library suggests reading.
but reading Ia too often rendered i'm.
possible In the evening because Of 4
poor light Two essentials in a II.
orery are comfort and light. The open
nfe brtghtens the room, easy chairs
AuKxG1t comfort. and n rnnd livh, 49,.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

afrs


Statements have been received by
State Auditor T. M. Henry from each
OF the $50 State banks OF ne State, UNI
der the cali of June 20, 1907. On May
10, 1906, there were 269 State banks
with an aggregate In Of s57,-
ll0,I2I-s5. The statement Of June %,
1907, showed an aggregate of $685.
1915 being an increase of s2,542,-
T2I.9S. Loans and discounts for 1906
amounted to s3S, eS6, s6l. IS; same for
1907, sil $50, e1I.o3. Sight exchange
and cash on hand for 1906 was IS, T54,-
s6s,7s f1s 1907, 1852, s95. so. Capital
paid in for 1905, sl1 ,393, o19. IL; for 1907,
81, 22,64s. Surplus and undivided
profits for 1906, 81 1888, $685. So; for 1907,
S,963, 1885. Individual deposits for
1906, So, 22s, 059. %; for 1907, s33,26l,-
$50. ID. Time certificates of deposit,
due other banks, and bills payable for
1906, 8 $3.50, 3i4.o1; FOR 1907, $9,072,-
OLE. 81.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

Hue that changes they air in The wAo}e
house In short order When uYlas Ia
a house that is light and airs yoa
have very litile excuse ia run nn doc,
tor bills 1t is a well known fac,
that fresh air is cheaper Than med.
iGlne
There ia an aTchway under the front
stab Which makes q passage through
from the front door 70 the Kitchen. II
is easy 10 get up an argument shout
the advantage Of connecting the front
and back OF a dwelling with a han
passage. but | have usually noticed
That after a person has lived in a
house that communicates through Ia
way that they prefer TO have II
afterwards. OF courss this preference