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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
MONO Rail WAY is
WORK OF GENIUS
Trains of Future on Single Rail
Will Attain Speed of 40
Miles an Hour

1t has remained for a San Franciscan
to create, develop and patent mono
railway that shows evidence of revelu-
uonizing steam and electric transporta-
tion-i central driving wheel. contain
ing the motive power, is placed upon
the track, the frame carrying two sup
Elementary wheels, which grasp the
compound rail at the side, making 1t
impossible for the cars to jump the
track al any speed. These wheels are
controlled by air pressure and are un-
der the control of the engineer.
Great genius has been displayed by
the inventor in the arrangement of a
compensating balance and a universal
JOINT to take up any tendency to sway
IN rounding sharp curves or taking
climbing high grades. thereby doing
away with the swaying motion so no
tlceable in our present mode of trans
portation around cnrves. Another ad-
vance over present construction is
claimed in the low center of gravity
The car of today has the center sof
gravity from 5H to feet above the
track In the mono rail construction it
VIII be within one foot of the rail The
tracks are to be elevated at an average
height of 16 feet, giving an opportunity
Tor great speed. 1t is claimed by those
having 1t in charge that a speed of
stHfee miles minute will be easily
maintained on level stretches of track
and that an average speed of 40 miles
per hour will be maintained
The inventor and patentee is Walter
d. Valentine, who has achieved con-
siderable success in the field of in
vent1on in the past. He looks upon this
as the masterpiece of his creative
genius.
The constructor is w. W. Hanscome.
who has had 20 years experience in the
Union iron works, during which time he
mas designed. constructed and installed
every part of the electrical equipments
OF al the warships turned out by that
institution The battleship Oregon made
her memorable trip around the Horn
and went into the battle of Santiago
without a moments delay in the adjust
ment of her equipment. and after the
hght returned tos her anchorage with
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
". Il. SEELY SUES
WIFE FOR DIVORCE
CIubnan Alleges DeSertiOnr and
Declares Action Is for Their
Mutual Benefit
Plaintiff Explains Marital Diff
cuIties as Simply Those of
Mismated Couple


Walter Hom seely, clubman. insur-
anceman. real estate dealer and erst-
while actor of Los Angeles and San
Francisco. is again basking in the
Iimelight. This time he is the plain
tiff i'm a divorce suit filed against his
wife, Mary Frye Seely. whom he
charges with desertion. The latter Is
at present either in New York state or
Massachusetts, whittier she went last
July. when for the third time during
the married career of the couple they
separated. Seely says he bears his
wife no malice whatever and explains
that she ''Ias heart of gold and
that their troubles are simply a case
of being mismated."
Il regret very much the necessity for
my taking this action, said Seely
when seen yesterday at the offices of
his attorney, William Humphrey. Mrs.
Seely is a mighty good girl; she has a
heart of gold, but we simply are un-
able to agree on anything. This is the
third separation since we were mar
ried 1t is really pitiful. but it is best
for both of us that we become divorced.
What have done is for her own good
COMPLAINS OF DEsERTIoN
According to Seely. who is at present
a guest at the st. Francis hotel. he
and Mary Frye were married in Octo-
ber. 1897. in the east. Following their
honeymoon the couple came to San
Francisco. where he became associated
with an insurance company. Shortly
before the ire the pair moved to Los
Angeles and it was while living in that
city last July that Mrs. Seely is said to
have deserted her husband.
See1v is a man of commanding ner-
sonal appearance. He has many friends
in both this city and Los Angeles. The
last time he was before the public was
about two months ago. when Dick
Ferris. lessee of the Auditorium thea
ter IN Los Angeles, filed suit against
him charging him withA Aembezzlement
Seely undertook at that time to obtain
q house for Ferris and put the deal
through, according to Ferris, at fig
ure $1,000 less than the amount OF
money put up by Ferris.
HOLDS MONEY IN BANK
Seely stated yesterday that he turned
over to Ferris $3.50 and kept the re-
naming $3.50, which he says is now
deposited in the Security bank in Los
Angeles pending the settlement of the
question as TO whom the money be-
longs.
In connection with this case the Los
Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco
police searched for more than a month
for Seely, but failed to find him. al
though on leaving Los Angeles Seely
ordered his mail forwarded to the St
Francis hotel in this city. Shortly
after his arrival here last February he
returned to Los Angeles and was held
to answer to the superior court
Seely will leave this morning for
New York city to be at the bedside OF
his mother, who was taken suddenly
i'll. and whose life has been despaired
of by her physicians.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
KINpERGARrEN FAIR

Under the auspices of the Buford
kindergarten society a sale of aprons
and rag rugs will be held in the
Douglas apartments the afternoons of
Thursday and Friday of this week. The
workers OF the society have spared
no pains to make this affair a financial
as well as social success. The kinder
gartens lost several hundred dollars
through the recent bank failure and
are trying now to regain the lost
ground. Some of the officers of the
society and the workers most inter
ested are: Mrs. A. X Durbrow, Mrs.
David Horsburgh, Mrs. "A. NJ. Woods,
Miss Stanyan. Mrs. Mclean, Miss
Elizabeth Jones, Mrs. Harry Durbrow
and Miss Reed
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Equal SUFFRAGE LEAGUE

One of the most important meetings
yet held by the Equal Suffrage league
will take place tomorrow in the Cali
fornia street rooms. The league, which
has been working hard to interest the
working women of the city in it's work.
has in turn become deeply interested
in the lives of the working women of
the city, and various matters of in
terest to them will be discussed. An
other subject that will be taken up
tomorrow is that of the question of the
leagues cooperation with the commit
tee of sanitation, in an effort to clean
the city. "A full attendance of mem
bers is expected tomorrow and great
many guests Will also be present.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
CRUSADE AGAINST DRUGGISTS

Three variants were issued yester-
day on complaint of Charles B. Will
den, secretary of the state board of
pharmacy, for the arrest of druggists
on charges OF having violated the
pharmacy laws by selling morphine
sulphate without a PHYSICIANS pre-
scription- They are F. w. Morrish
Eddy and Scott streets; George F. Att
wood Jr., 2O3 Thirtieth street, and w.
L. Bour1es, 10 Mission street. The
drug was sold in each instance to Al
len Edwards.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
SAYS FRIEND ROBBED HIM

C. NJ Bell. 35 Dehon street. COM
plained TO the police yesterday that he
had been robbed of a diamond ring
valued at s1O0, silver watch, scarf
pin and purse containing IS in a room
in the Congress hotel, Fillmore and
Ellis streets He said he met VIII
Daniels, a friend, Friday night and
they dineo together, later engaging a
room at the hotel When he awoke
yesterday morning Daniels had disap-
peared and so had his jewelry and
coin
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
mRs. cAMPBELL ENT,ERrArNs

Mrs Patrick Campbell was the hostess
at q luncheon given on Thursday at
the St Francis hotel Her guests in
cluded Mrs Francis Carolan, Mr.. and
Mrs Rudolph Spreckels. Miss Agnes
Tobin. Mrs. Howard Blanchard Chase,
william G. Irwin, Lansing Miner and
Allen Patrick Campbell.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Sam Frnncisco,s snrinr sonr

chirp on. ye bards OF commerce. let
Your music stir the old spring fret;
sing a bigger blossom time than you
have gurgled of;
From mighty roots of concrete deep
The giant flowers spring from sleep
Along the barren highways in the city
of my lovei
Field in April Sunset Mag
azine.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
poLIcEMEN.s VACATIONS

Chief Biggy issued an order to COM
pany commanders yesterday instruct
ing them to make arrangements for
the annual vacation of 10 days for the
men under their command to begin
tomorrow The order also stated that
the men who did strike duty last year
would each be allowed five days extra
vacation.
every electrical part in perfect shape.
This is a record that Mr.. Hanscome
should view with pride. In an inter-
view yesterday he stated that the
Valentine mono railway would do all
that was claimed for 1T and would be
the commercial road of the future.
Assortment Easter Postcards. Interna-
tional Stationery&Supply Co., S011 18TH
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Low Rate. nf Ear.

From or TO all points east and Europe
Through cars personally conducted to
Washington. D. c. Cut this out call
or send to p. X. Gordon, Washington
Sunset route, Flood building, s74 Mar
ket street. San Francisco, for par
uculara.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
PRESIDENT FALL1EREs, COOK

Hitherto the French presidents cook
has always been man, but NJ. Fallieres
has employed woman. Visitors say
her dishes surpass those of the best
chefs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
At the waIdron Milllnerx

At TIC WuIdr0n MfIffnery
1855 Van Ness av. near Bush St, Sacri-
fee sale of exclusive millinery for short
fine only.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Thi. VIII Interest You

Desks and Office Furniture on the in
stallment plan. Phoenix Desk & Chair
Co., 80 Geary street.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

The prouder a woman is of her
husband the newer he is.
A pleasant thing about heaven will
be If there is no washday dinner.
Most all of the fun of having chill
dren seems to be Dragging how smart
they are.
People give more or less careful
consideration to all their plans ex-
cept getting married.
"A man has chance to win once
in while at speculation unless he
does it on Judgment.
There's nothing a man can admire
more than a pretty woman in pret-
ty dress he didn't have to pay for
N. Y. Press.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
THE LEADER OF
THE LOST CAUSE
Throughout the South Today the Tooth Anniversary Of
the Birth Of Jefferson Davis, Statesman and Presi-
dent Of the Confederacy, is Being Observed
Something Of His Life

He was later chosen for United
States Senator. In October, 1858.
Mr.. Davis, who had been spending
some months in Portland, Maine, set
out for Washington. He was receiv-
National politics. In Boston he was
made guest of the city, and was in
vited to deliver an address in Faneuil
Hall. Accepting this invitation he
was introduced by Caleb Cushing
and Robert C. Winthrop and Edward
Everett were conspicuous among his
auditors.
Ben Butler met him for the first
time and became his admirer and
later fought for his legions in Vir-
ginia and Louisiana Ben stuck to
him in his effort to make him the
Democratic candidate for President
at Charleston in 1860, voting for the
Mississippian So times.
In 1861 the war came. Senator
Davis served notice on the country in
January of that year that the South
was in no mood to put up with in
justice at the hands of the Repub-
Lean party and this bore fruit in the
secession of Mississippi, soon after
followed by several states. The in
auguration of Lincoln only embitter-
ed the controversy with the South
and six weeks after this began hos
tilities. The rest is too familiar to
need recounting, but the impartial
historian must give credit to Davis
for statesmanlike qualities. even
though opposed to the Northerly side
of the contention.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
AN IMMENSE BALLOON.
(SpeciaI TO Tho Sentinelo

I Danville, ILL.,, June 3.-The Chi
cage said to be the largest balloon
in the world. which is so feet high
when inflated. win make its first
ascent from st. Louis next week
where it will be taken from Spring
field. ILL.,, Monday. Colonel Coey
owner of the balloon, made this de-
cision when informed today that ii
was impracticable to send the bal
loon up here because a suitable place
for its initiation near a big gas main
could not be obtained. Coey, Captain
Bumbaugh, the pilot, and C. w. Can
non, of this place. will go up on the
initial trip.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
ARE YOU LOOKINK FOR A
CHANCE TO BUY "DIRT CHEAP?

90 acres 2 miles east of Fruita. 10
ssres full bearing apples. - acres
ysar old apples. balance alfalfa; full
water right, fine Improvements and
vory best of soil. This is certainly
'dirt" cheap at 5000 per acre with
snly one-half down.
10 acres on Third Fruit Ridge, 8
sores set to apples and grapes. small
house and barn. Price. $2650. $1,000
down.
90 acres miles northeast OF
Sruita all under cultivation, full wa
s,r right, four room house and barn.
Price 800 per acre. $500 down.
Pair fine residence lots between
Uixhth and Ninth on Gunnison for a
eew days only at $500.
Pair of lots between Sixth and
Seventh on Teller only 5000 or Will
trade equity for good driving horse
and buggy.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Bee me for tnat new nose.-J. y
NcKensie 64S Colorado avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

E. E. DRACH,
Mayor.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Secretary Garfield of the interior
department has issued an order pro-
viding that on all government irriga-
ton projects. where not otherwise
ordered, operation and maintenance
charges for prior seasons must be
paid on or before April 1. 1909, in
default of which no water will be
furnished thereafter.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

For the finest of bread, the fresh
est and sweetest of pies and cakes,
for fancy and staple groceries, cali
up the Progress. the old reliable gro
Gerry house and bakery. Prompt at
tention to all orders.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Here's a proclamation issued Mon
day by Mayor Drach: ~
Mayors Proclamation to the Citizens
of GlenwoOd Springs.
During the week of June 18th to
goth Glenwood Springs will be called
upon to entertain visitors coming
here by reason of the democratic
convention. the state Druggists's con-
vention. and Strawberry Day.
The various committees having in
charge the work of preparation for
these different events have urged the
propriety of general decoration of
the town in manner befltting the
occasion.
Believing it to be for the general
good of the community. That the
spirit of hospitality to the visiting
public be manifested by our people in
every manner possible, and that dec
Grafton particularly with flag and
bunting is appropriate, patriotic and
beautiful, as well as comparatively
inexpensive, | request and urge upon
all citizens to enter into the spirit of
the occasion to the extent as their
means may permit, to display at their
homes and places of business during
the above mentioned period, at least
some form of decoration however
slight in nature, which will convey
to the visitors. our appreciation of
their coming, so that in departing to
their homes they take with them
pleasant recollections of the hospital
ity of the people of Glenwood'
Springs.
II II DRACH
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03

Rental List.
Broom modern cottage; White;
s25.
Broom furnished house; modern; !;
$40. rt
S-room furnished house; modern:
$40
Two housekeeping rooms; ouray;
5-room plain house; Ouray;
s1S.75.
4-room; Nilldale; water paid;
S-room; modern; barn. etc.: $25.
Watch this list.
WOODS-KING REALTY CO.,
SAG Main.
Phone Junction 227.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-03
GLENWOOD is MAKING
GREAT PREPARATIONS.
Planning to Show the Democratic
Convention Delegates and the ---
Strawberry Day Visitors
Great Time.

There Is every evidence that
GIenwood Springs will royalty
i. entertain the delegates TO the
state democratic convention
which meets there on June 18th
and the thousands of visitors
who will take in the annual
Strawberry Day festival the
same week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

pie, but only in the sense OF healthy
mindedness. There is no real taste
among us for the erotic or the dec
iadent. 1t is foreign to us because,
as people, we have not yet felt the
corroding touch of decadence. Nor
life here all drab. Hence | expect
lights as we'll as shadows in every
play I accept. Naturally l am also
Influenced by the fitness of chief
parts for my chief stars. But
often purchase manuscript simply
after earning its central idea.
commissioned Clyde Fitch and Cos
mo Gordon Lennox to go to work on
Her Sister after 3 half hours &C
count Of the main idea. Her work
in that play, by the way, is the best
instance l could give you OF the
growth of Ethel Barrymore.
as it true that Miss Barrymore
will undertake Shakespeare next
September"
Eyes, AMI what has not yet been
announced, she will not only play
Rosalind in AS You Like It, but l
intend to present her in the old COM
cdies-especially in She Stops to
Conquer and The School for Scan
dali These will follow a season Of
twenty weeks in AS You Like It.
"The particular skill that Ethel
Barrymore has obtained-and this
is test of an actress worth remem-
bering-is the art of acting scenes
that are essentially melodramatic in
an unmelodramatic manner.
after all, what is melodrama?
Life itself is melodrama. And life,
put upon the stage, only seems I'M
true when it is acted melodramat-
ically, that is, unnaturally.
II would venture to submit to
Miss Barrymore's delivery any scene
SUPPOSEDLY IIClOul dOldLlC, IL ~
is not absolutely theatric in thought
and in dialogue, I am sure she
would carry conviction for its every
moment by the naturalness and SIM
plicity of style which she has acquir-
ed. look for series of Shakes
pearen revivals as a result of her
forthcoming Rosalind"
1t was recently said, Mr.. Froh-
man, that until very lately you had
stopped buying farces. Why was
that?
shakespeare invented farce COM
edy, and whenever T consider the
purchase Of a farce comedy, l COM
pare it's scenes with the greatest of
all farces The Tanning of the Shrew.
And whenever I produce farce, it
goes without saying that its spiri1
is akin to The Tanning Of the
Shrew.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
An Interview With Charles Frohman

lament in session. my greeting now,
as then. was more By kindly twin
kle Of the cy than by n tamely con
ventional salute.
II am glad you have Gomez was
the beginning, because, before sal p
ing for Europe. ! wish to state my
gratitude to the press for exactly
rejecting the motives. the siGniii-
canoe, all the feelings that impelied
me to the most important production
Of my managerial career. mean,
The Testers
"The feeling that grippcd II
most and perhaps determined me {,
secure that play for Maud Adam
was precisely the sensation that
made me instantly fond Of j. vi.
Barrie's Peter Pan There can be
only ono Peter Pan, we all know, 81
there is only one Midsummer Night
Dream, to which the spirit Of Pee:
was frequently likened. But TIL
TESTERS like the story OF Bacrle's
boy Pan, is the Qualification of
youth. 1t is the embodiment OF I'll
that is optimistic. vigorous and
healthful in life"
"Then why don't you produc :
more plays like The testers and
Peter Pan Mr.. Frohman."
For two reasons. Because plays
like The TESTERS only come alons
in decades, and in the next place,
when they are written they do no
leap into popularity of themselves,
but through the Interpretation given
them by a popular star. That is.
stay to lova the play.
Will the success of The Jester
abroad
The significance in the Srea'
success Oi me testers Is not s.
much 4 returning public taste for
the poetic drama as it is the com
plete development of Maud adams.
And III show YOU the steps in her
progress from Il superb actress to q
finished artist
When Miss Maud ADAMS play "
Il Aislon, and crowded the large
Knickerbocker theatre. at the same
time Sarah Bernhardt was filling the
small Garden theatre, the press
and the public had their first dam
Onstration OF what Maud Ada z g
could express in works o. pit,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

Miss Adams could have gone on
acting Mr.. Barrie's plays for many
seasons to come and doubtless will
one day return to them. But III
those plays it is her personality
that charm, in The testers it
is her artistery that compels. II
was her own wish that she essay the
poetic drama And the success OF
it all proves to me that the way to
make the poetic drama succeed is
to lift it into popularity upon the
shoulders of great popular star. >
'It is said you are to bring Miss
Adams to London. Why haven't
you done SO soOner?'
For the wisdom there is in pa
thence. I chose to wait for the full
maturity of Americas most popular
actress, and exhibit her to London
audiences at her best. But more
than that I have always wished that
Mis- Adams visit London with rep
ertoire.
"Now my idea OF obtaining a rep
ertoire Is not the simple act Of say
ing, 4 shall play this and that an;:
the other A repertoire is made
not chosen. The only way to get 3
repertoire is to have had series OF
successes year after year. HARD
work and popular success bring rep.
ertoires--not a vaguely for certain
parts, selected of hand"
But why bring your stars at all
ito London, when here in America
they can play to greater audiences
and greater returns?"
In the first place, because it's
the finest kind of development for
the actress or the actor, and the lib
eralizing of the public. An Amer
lean actress before an English audi
ence finds herself confronted with
new tastes, new appreciation, new
demands. She must meet Diem OF
fail. What does this result in?
Versatility, reliability and, in the
end, a tirmer grip on her heart
Just as, long ago, I predicted that
the work of our home playwrights
would be taken abroad, so, too, /
feel that the American actress viii
firmly establish herself in the older
countries. 1t is a fine result for us
as nation
How do you go about procuring
plays abroad for America, Mr.. Froh-
man? Do you limit your negotia-
ttons to establish successes In Eu.
rope?"
NO. I start out by asking GER
tain requirements of every play
II it's drama it must have health
fulness and comedy as we'll as Sc
robustness. We are ayoung PEG.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

Un the following interview, Charles
Frohman speaks upon the growth OF
his stars, the tastes of the American
theater goer. and his plans for the
future.)
The placed breathed the energy
OF some tremendous personality. II
was the crowded day before his de-
parture for Europe.
All appointments were kept to The
minute.
William Seymour, General Stage
Director, hurried out with his hands
1illed with notes and memoranda. q
I passed along the corridor, lined on
either side by great oaken cabinets,
leading to the private office OF
Charles Frohman.
AS ! entered. he stood eating his
lunch from the tray that rested upon
his desk. And I,having had mine
declined participation in it, and
threw myself in a great leathern
chair to be confronted by scores OF
photographs Of stars, female and
male. To look at them was to think
Of Mr.. Frohman as the big brother
Of them all. Those who know him
best say that only the companion
Charles Frohman has are his stars
the only conversation that interests
him is new ideas, the only scenes he
cares for are the views from his Win
dow at the streets of New York and
of London.
The man whom all these stars al
fectionately refer to as &C. F. has
the manner of the man sureharged
with energy.
He is in office every morning be-
tore nine,, however, far INTO the
night reheasals or new production
may keep him awake. His CONVEX"
sation is never theoretical or hypo-
thetical. 1t is series of statements
never uttered until thought into the
most economic form. A man who
at his days work, is lavish with his
means beyond the widest dreams OF
extravaganza, he never wastes sin
gle word in conversation. Mr.. Froh,
man never argues; he states conclu-
SiOns.
Renewing an acquaintance. be
gun in his apartments at the Sayol
hotel in London, when. one night, |
sat with him upon the balcony ovar-
looking the Thames. and gazed Mp
the river at Westminster, with Par