The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
Attempt to Array Negroes Against
Taft Is Not Successful
New York Society in Listof Money Lender
Patrons During the Recent Panic
BY 9. G. Carton

the heart-the very center-of New
York. Now it has moved up<to Times
square" at Forty second street and
Broadway and the "Rialto," rather
vague and indefinite term once used
to distinguish the theatrical district,
now called the Great White way"
which stretches from Fourteenth street
to Lincoln square at the intersection
Of Broadway, Columbus avenue, Ans
terdam and Sixty fifth streets. dis
lance of two miles and half.
There was woe at Deepdale, Long
island. the country place of w. K.
Vanderbilt Jr, last week when SO farm
hands were dismissed. None of them
knew the reason why but attributed
1t to Vanderbilt's desire to economize
superintendent John 7. Wooley also
got his walking papers, which fact
filled Great Neck with amazement, for
Wooley has been Vanderbilt's confiden-
tial man for years.
The wholesale "1etout' was first an
nounced to the men late Wednesday
afternoon, just after Mrs. Vanderbilt
had arrived at Deepda1e in her auto
mobile from New York The men are
not certain that it was Mrs. Vanderbilt
who caused them to be discharged but
they point to her motor trip as signi-
ficant.
to be Vanderbilt's determination to re-
duce expenses. They recall that for the
first time in many years the million
aire made strenuous protest against
the tax assessments on Deepdale and
that he failed to repeat his usual gem
erous gift to the volunteer fire depart
ment this year. 'stipulating specifically
nothing more than a loan
large and fashionable audience en-
Joyed song recital given on Wednes-
day afternoon at the Colony club by
Mrs. Benjamin Lathrop, a well known
member of San Franciscos smart set
The recital included German, French
and American music. Mrs. Lathrop was
in excellent voice and sang with taste
and expression. Her clear enunciation
OF words was commented upon as being
as rare as 1t was excellent The Colony
is q very exclusive club. In her audi
ence Wednesday were many people dis
tinguished in society including Mrs
| William II. Croker of San Francisco,
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, Mrs Archer
Huntington. Mrs Archibald Alexander.
Miss Beatrice Mills, Mrs. Philip NJ. Ly-
dig, Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings, the
Marquis de Marigny, Mrs Richard Ste
vens, Mrs. Henry Spies Kip, Madame
SeQuard, Miss Vera Gilbert, Miss Kath-
crime Hall, Barton Willing, Charles Car
roll Mrs. Charles b. Alexander, Miss
Madeline Knowlton, Mrs. A. ID. Juilli-
ard, Mrs. EtheHBert Nevin, Miss Fan
ny Cottonet, Mrs. Benjamin Guinness
Charles A. MUM, Miss Rosamond
Street Cecil Barrett. Frederick Juilli-
ard, Mrs. Coils p. Huntington and Mrs
f. Moore Robinson.
Mrs. Lathrop lost most of her prop
erty in the San Francisco fire. She is
related to the stevens family socially
prominent in New York and who live at
Castle Point, n. ].
Among the Californians registered at
the eastern bureau of the California
Promotion committee during the past
week were the following: n. R. Helge-
! sen, Mrs. c. W. Smith, James S. Fen
nell, Mrs. James 5. Fennell, Mrs d. r.
Avery, Milton d. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs
Philip Rosenberg. Louis Levy, Charles
/ l. Dillon, w. X. Wheeler, San Francisco
/ c. II. Cheney, Berkeley; Herman Mey-
/ ling, Petalnma; E. Fl. Sanford, Clare
mont; Walter j. Fosterin, O'Neals; J.
r. smith, Los Angeles.