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COLD WATER WEDDINGS.

Marriage among the Hopi. q tribe
Of the Pueblo Indians, is an institu-
ton regarding which those most con-
cerned have least to say. When the
parents of a girl find II expedient for
her to get married, they look MP an
available man and negotiate with
his parents.
After the matter has been arranged
the principals are notified, the girl
goes to the lone Of the bridegroom's
parents and grinds corn for them for
goes to the home Of the bridegroom's
makes a kind of sash for the bride.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-09-10
Wanted One Mourner.

The lawyer was drawing up En-
peck's will Il hereby bequeath all my
property to my wife," dictated En-.
peck. Got that DOWN. Yes" an
swered the attorney. "On condition. :,
continued Enpeck. that she marries
within a year." But why that condI-
toni" asked the man Of law. BE
cause" answered the meek and low.
ly testator. Il want somebody to be
sorry that died."-The Argonaut.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-09-10
Very INSULTING.

Sir John Millais tells this story on
himself. He was down by the banks
OF the Tay. painting In the rushes of
his famous landscape. Chill Octo
ber." which has thrilled us all with
the ineffable sadness and mystery of
the dying summer. He worked on so
steadily that he failed to observe a
watcher, until voice said: Eth.
mon. did ye ever try photography"
NO" said the artist. Il never
have"
TITS deal quicker quoth his
friendly critic. eying the picture doubt
fully.
Millais was not hattered, SO he wait.
ed minute before replying, Il dare
say II is" His lack Of enthusiasm
displeased the Scot, who took another
look and then marched on with the
Parthian shot:
"Ay. and photographs a muckle
sight mair like the place. too."-
Everybody's Magazine.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-09-10

The Chilean government has appro
priated e,00o.oo0 pesos. or s2,1so. 900
gold, to be used In building homes for
the poor working class. A large portion
Of It II to be expended in the city OF
Valparaiso.
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Rates o. Application Aeeonnedaiss I2o Open s is 10 October I.
season Of 1908. June 20 to Sspt 4
SUMMIT HOUSE
chebeaous Island.

Chebea0u0 Island.
e = =: 81 e =: u :ls as:,
and the re6tful Inland ,eenSrS
O. held and wood. No 3d.
spot Tor complete rest ana -.
reauon. Table and service firn3.
ciass. Accommodates. with cot.
age. % guests- New cotfaSO
snnex this year. Rates rOSe
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-09-10

The Huichol Indians of northwest
Mexico, who have for years resisted
the efforts Of missionaries to work
among them, have a Noah's ark leg
end which they accept az gospel.
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Esperanto.

what do you call the Chinese man
who brings us tear" asked the man
With the goggles Of the girl with the
CYCLES.
'Tee-hee." was her reply.
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$eeeee~$ merchants
& employed In putting propositions the market
consequently
other and
neid becomes
sood
Try to get
o.ner oay
make good
80 oiten violated
TO sell
and am somewhat
ally 90 not give the cient after
.nat one morning as he working Of his
itoyn
one their ypewri had trial The
the ne called
all typewriter successfully
70 40 and learned the
hit have Ssen an easy matter reported the incident
soy would offer the old
MIS- So he decided
accordingly he
Tor over weeks.-New
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Hamilton villa
Cheboague leland

CO0o00guo uoI0n0
AI11KD e. HAaruaoH. Prop.
Al the popular East End. Only
. minutes walk from Eastern
landing. Fine grove and shaded
walks. Fresh farm and OCEAN
products. Best Of refersnces.
Rstss on application. Accom-
modatss with cottage - gussts.
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not Of
ginning
American gevousy
with sheer stupidity studied
upon theefo-n
Tor the Of the spirit enhance
even Tor the Of and within
H and so suspciously stlled-Norh American
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a
Western rich the applied art of Camden which
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.S"a--s"- -"-a'D1T
Uhy uon7en Talk
Little
Little
BY George Haroey.

AN 1t be that Nature reasserng authority! We
not deny that all females. except those politely
sdered as human she did does enjon submissive gil
ence the cock that the gander that honks the
masculine grasshopper strideny rasps his wings
today In conformity with barbarc custom Quietude is i'm
posed upon the harem Of Turk that Of chanti
ceer but how long without cause suppose
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Island View Cottage
Great chebsasue. Ne.
L. y. HAMILTON, Proprietor
ENE LOCATION and everything nrst-ol.ss.
- VerAndag and large airy rooms. Rates on
sppldQation. Cottage and annex accommodate
~ Nios shade ttees. Open June Is to Sept. Is.
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The -e--~-~-..
Man and His Job
By Herbert i AaP2ood.

NE OF the difficulties experienced ty the salesman
aser arises from the he keeping his In
ner respective territories The problem becomes particu
iarv troublesome with line like typewriters trading
stamps cash registers article that Is sold to small
merchants direct people large sales force Is
employed IN putting such propositions the market and
the territories easily accessible to
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Americas
Bargain Counter =
By Frank ". O'Maiiey.

that Engiishman Of Lowels whose America was
that OF stretch Of strung along the
seaboard founded his conception Of the United
glimpse from schooner OF Atlantic City, neither you
any else would blame him. The Boardwalk is a
string Of shops side facing the they are
the thousands Of promenaders the
things there You may have hurried away the towny
back In Atlantic when that thew
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
THE GAS COMPANY HIDES THE FACTS

JATHEN the gas company said to the board OF supervisors
NNI Come and look books have secrets from
Wv just and liberal community; inch of make is
sold loss and ready prove poor and
struggling and taking the bread of the
mouths orphanswhen the company made this
eous and doeful plea appears that the whole thing
cold bluff Obviously the idea that inspired the proposition
supervisors sufficiently interested the
the offer Quite possibly that result might have enued
in due pointed that the duty
institute investigation of the of manuac
value of the In the board had been
accept the pare of officials
dispensed OF msinomation that seemed
nothing whatever of the facts they
constrained whatever they from the other side
when the board has employed its engineer and
the and the books they
fiat refusal independent examination The
experts themselves with whatever information
the corporation officials think good for them they
mus go pryng into the company's secrets
That just the point public service corporation has
right to whatever of the
whole theory regulation the public with
duty of fixing and other regulations entitled
fullest information the OF operation and the value
The officials occupy the position of judges between
public side and the corporation the other Without
complete information they do justice either side
The refusal of the allow inspection of the
books absolutely puts of all the testimony given that
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

IE Oakland Enquirer remarks that George D. Collins "ha
been making spectacle of justice in this for year
! more"
Our contemporary the Collins
making Of justice ridiculous and mpoent
The appellate have the trial judges with
the trivial technicats that dodge plea delay
dsregarded The verdict jury goes for little the appeal
The interest of the convict treated with the
tenderness and every point strained him from punish
That explains why Collins by jury February
H. 1906 than ago. has been the
pententar The have involved themselves
of their vaties that they appear be powes carry
the law
The of Collins offers useful example poll
involved personal feeling class sympathy cloud the
He is just commonplace criminal with sharp eye
the infinitely little things that California jurisprudence interpreted
by the higher courts Collins
successful lawyer He did cases. could always
delay In that role he could play piano
and get whatever he wanted.
This astonishing burlesque OF justice might have passed with
little notice because Collins petty hys personally worth
powder and shot, but the affair becomes important when
tactics employed cloud proceedings
graft prosecutions with the fullest appeal
will recognize these methods legitimate Enquirer
concludes:
higher of frame
apparently made them worshpers the fetch techncaes
of palpable natural right accused shall call aside
of
people and the accused along the
things done the letter and spirit of the laws California will
allbliy of the will not be restored
Collins has reduced the
made them the paything of horse lawyer 1t inspiring
that he of justice
hands Of her ministers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
A Leap Year Sacrifice

prince Helie de Sagan says Anna Gould did
the proposing.-News Item.)
flushed is the mirth of gay Paree;
In sadness droops the .1eur de lis.
And streamers broad of sable crepe
The boulevartis in mourning drape;
Out at the Bois the birds are still,
The flags are furled on Montmart' hill,
While gloom and sorrow hold their
reign
From Louvre to the Madeleine.
What grief, o what catastrophe
To nob1esse and to bourgeoisie
Has ruthless come, thus to dismay.
The smiling fields of Elysee?
Alas! Prince Helie de Sagan
(Par excellence the gentleman)
Has got into an awful stew
Because the lady asked him tol
How came the siren to enthrall
This timid. bashful son of Gaul
Whose chivalry forbade. I'm sure,
The slightest thought of overture?
Whose code would make him look
tbs plain
On Yankee millions with disdain.
Was ever knight so sorely tried?
In vain he fled the charmer's side
And madly strove to end the spell;
Twas no avail (to hear him telD.
He bade the world in pity gaze
To see him tangled in the maze;
And then, enmeshed. enslaved at last,
Ruthless pursued, in bondage cast,
He bowed to fate-what could he do?-
Because the lady asked him tol
Mourn on, 0 France! o Paris, vince
In tears for Helie. martyred princel
Condemned to take the. dreaded pill
OF Yankee wealth against his Wilt
Compelled, forsooth, to bend the knee,
A victim to his chivalry!
Oh, let the nation now Install
Tablet of bronze on Pantheon wall.
A lasting tribute to the price
OF noble Helie's sacrifice.
And children, reading at a glance,
Shall know of Helie's love for France.
And at its foot as wreaths you lay,
In grief choked tones hear you say:
Why did he do it?" Holy blue!
Because the lady asked him to!
%. H Fernbach
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

~ AN MATEOS smart set, as We'll as
many of this city's prominent
people. are beginning to ba much
interested IN the proposed theat-
ricaIs for tho free kindergarten. This
event was originally planned for Feb
ruary, but was postponed because the
last weeks before Lent were so crowd
ed. Now. however. plans are again
under way and the performance will be
given In the first week of May. Among
the patronesses are Mrs. Charles n.
Green, Mrs. Philip NJ. Lansdale, Mrs.
Alfred B. Ford and Mrs. w. P. Fuller.
Among the performers, who are already
rehearsing, are Miss Nora Brewer, Miss
Marie Christine de Guigne, Miss Amy
Brewer, P. NJ. Lansdale. Walter Jack
son, Alan Green and Palmer Fuller.
The play will be one of Howells' farces.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins and
their daughter. Miss Lydia, have closed
their home IN Franklin street. and are
again living in San Mateo. The Hop
kins home is one of the most hospitable
In San Mateo and Miss Lydia, who is
very popular in the younger set, enter
tains her friends with house parties al
most every week end
Mrs Michael O'Connor and her
daughter, Miss Frances, are guests at
the Peninsula hotel, where they will
remain indefinitely. Mrs. OConnor.
who recently recovered from serious
illness, had a house in Pacific avenue
for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
de Gazette were Mrs. O'Connor's guests
over the week end at the Peninsula
hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry r. Judah, who
recently purchased a delightful home
site at Los Altos, will shortly erect a
handsome home in the southern town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judah plan spending the
greater part of the year at Los Altos,
coming up to town only for a month or
six weeks In the winter. Their daugh-
ter, Miss Christine, who recently re-
turned from the east, will divide her
time between friends in Menlo Park
and in this city and the Los Altos home.
Mr. and Mrs. w. r.. Sherwood have
secured a house in Belvedere for the
season and will close their town house
on May 1 and move across the bay.
Mrs. Thomas Magee Sr has returned
from a weeks visit to Mill Valley.
where she had as her guest Miss Sallie
Maynard Mrs. Magee has taken lit
tie cottage on the west slope of Tamal-
pals for the season, where Miss May
nard will frequently be her guest
MI and Mrs. Walter Hobart were re-
Gently luncheon hosts at the Burlin-
game club. Among their guests Were
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Murphy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Kohl and Raymond Armsby.
A welcome visitor here is Mrs. L.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
Answers to Queries

EASTER SUNDAY-T J. NJ, City.
On what date did Easter Sunday fall in
1850?
March 81.
INTRODUCTION-O. T. r., City. II
in walking with a friend he meets some
one he knows and Introduces me, what
Is the proper thing to do? Do not know
that / shall ever meet the party again.
slight inclination Of the head is
sufficient.
PENSION-F. S., Petaluma. Does the
pension of a civil war veteran continue
to his widow after his death, or does it
die with him?
1t continues to the widow as long as
she remains such. 1t ceases If she re-
marries.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE-H S., New
man. Cal. In what states have women
the right to vote?
Women have had the full suffrage In
Wyoming since 1869, Colorado since
1898, and Utah and Idaho since 1896.
In many states women have limited
suffrage.
GAAIMADION-Reade of The Call.
City. Please tell what a gammadion is.
Saw the word in an article recently. but
do not know what 1t is.
Gammadion is a cruciform ornament
embroidered on or woven into eccfe-
sfastical vestments, so named from be-
ing composed of four gammas placed
back to back, forming a voided Greek
cross. This is very ancient and has
been used by peoples of widely sepa-
rate origin and locality, and is of doubt
ful import. 1t is also called fylfot and
swastika-
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

Herbert Taylor, wife OF Lieutenant
Taylor of the California, who Is just
now a guest at the Fairmont- Mrs.
Taylor was Miss Iva Bunker. the third
who was for many years a prominent
resident here.
Another visiting woman Is Mrs. Sam
uel Richard Weed who has been much
entertained. Mrs. Reed is a guest at
the Fairmont. She has many friends
here and has been guest Of honor at
the sorosis and the California clubs.
Mrs. T. walnmorgan Draper and her
daughters. Miss Elsa and Miss Dorothy.
have gone to Paso Robles, where they
Will spend fortnight. Colonel Draper
Is in England.
Mrs. z. Walton Hedges, who recently
returned to her summer home in Santa
Barbara, has as her house guest there
Mrs K. E Shirley. also OF San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Hedges will entertain about
dozen Of the city's prominent society
at house party over the Easter hOI-
iday.
Mrs Edward Barron will give up her
city house tomorrow and, with heE
daughters. Marguerite and Evelyn, az
beautiful Barron estate ar Mayfield
The Barrons have had the Huntington
house in Jackson street for the winter,
Mrs Huntington and Miss Marion
Huntington having occupied one OF the
pretty group of houses on the Presidio
wall
Much sympathy is being extended to
Mrs. William Adams. whose handsome
home at Fair Oaks was totally de-
stroyed by fire last Week. The Adams
home was one OF the prettiest of the
southern homes and many of the city's
society folks have experienced its hos
pitality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aylett Cotton Jr. took
possession OF their new home in San
Mateo on Saturday last. after some
weeks as the guests of Mrs. Cotton'S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Borel.
The new home adjoins the Borel estate
and will shortly be the scene Of much
entertaining.
The Studio building, at Preside ave-
nue. and Washington streets, will be a
pretty scene on Monday afternoon next.
when the girls OF. the smart set will be.
hostesses at charity card party. No
efforts are being spared to make the
event an enjoyable one and a large
number of sOciety's maids and matronsN
have pledged themselves to attend.
Senator and Mrs. A. P. Williams
are guests at the Peninsula hotel and
will make quite a stay there. Mrs.
Simpkins, whose daughter. Mrs. Will
liam Coleman, is prominent In Burlin-
games set. is also at the hotel.
Miss Anna Scott will return to town
today after visit with her cousins,
Miss Anna and Miss Mary Foster. in
San Rafael. Miss Scott's marriage to
Joseph Coffin Is to be one OF June's
events.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
CALKINS

Is it not strange that this broad
and generous state contains with
in her borders a whining, egotis-
tical and self-seeking knocker,
publisher of libels. and an asso-
ciate of soreheads-who is cretin
enough (his own word, meaning
IDIOT to oppose patriotic senti-
ments in one breath and in the
next so blinded by his own prig-
gishness as to ask to be made
United States senator. 1t is to
laugh. We refer to little chester
rowell = unspeakably lilliputian
except in bombast-who is trad
ing on the good name of his
uncle, kind, old gentleman, who
has the effrontery, after making
a failure as a publisher and an
editor, to lift his head above the
atmosphere Of the mediocres.
The fact that even a starving
and homeless dog in a pound
should not be subjected to a mas
ter suffering from rabies precludes
the suggestion that one Fresno
Office might be safe in his keeping.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
THE CONCERT OF DARG1E AND cALK1Ns

OHESTER H. ROWELL of the Fresno Republican conducts
entertaining symposium with the help of his contemporaries
Oakland Tribune and the Fresno Herald and himself
subject of the uhpaiamentarya mild word-remarks
often the good fortune of however deserving to
simultaneously the desteem OF newspapers OF the kind
and the Cans syndicate publications
conspicuous examples Mr. Rowe with pardonabe pride
full his editorial columns the excited remarks
wier that burst his
the 1t coincidence OF attack that suggests
inspiration
The Call has space present in full the symposium
subject of Mr. Roels but few in parallel
Dag and the Cakns syndicate will suffice to ndi
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

1t evident that both sympoasts very angry and sarcastic
clumsy and where they to be crushing
only being ridiculous The Call ventures to repeat
the suggestion ago these columns that the
higher getting poor value Tor their The men
under subsidy the stuff have quoted
Judge Every they their mouths they
capital the But perhaps the higher ups
better No decent OF brains afford to
let himself The higher ups
paying price OF champagne and getting dshwater for their
money The commonwealth under obligations
entertaining furnished free of Charge the people
bv Calhoun ct unconsciousy funny performers In
public gayey The Call hopes that the perform
ance will be continued.
be pretty rotten that commands sort
indicated the furnished herewith
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
Fleet Committee
Champion Pruncr

4 in automobiles
SHdMPIOH FruncT keepers in the city thent
subscribe
Wednesday brings difficulties the
AS deficit
the circumstances able
credtab1e fund for entertaining the ackes at all
Originally the the weeks celebration
fixed 100000 expenditure
for the feet Indications
suddenly began look that the plague scare
Between subscribing contributing
looked
didn't think twice The feet the sufferer
Then the 100000 But the any
feeling still ghn had essened In
when OF
have frightened until subscribed effort
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

side during the called investigation
admits that the claims made its behalf will the
of examination The testimony be rejected whole be-
the company will any part
and originally proposed by officials of the corporation
The weak point doubtless lay in the figures alleged for
ang The of making the holder and the
of distribution monousy overstated the books will
show if they opened.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
Stage Hero Bars
Real Life RcScueS

Co.. IL. There a especially IN
aA' theatrical circles who will again
N0ai A-HC NCsCucS maidens from
clutches of robbers ageland He tried heroic
real life the other body and his
is wheeze
The Carvie
When his nights bathing and
bathrobe march the and dip before
While returning from his brny pilgrimage he heard
feminine shieks little homes
Throwing off his bathrobe he
Bounding through the doorand my
good old fashioned
backed paterfamia
daughter and aimed His good Then began
hide chilly
clad bathing had
When
cold,
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
Near L0ndOncrS'Arc
Treat for Lawson

i1cde luz LdnSoH player pleased entertain the White
law Rds that they almost Londone Lawson English the
backbone the Of his His
ambitions the of about
He will home become member of parliament
share with him. He The fault with his
defective while
off all right he usually forgs what he
a line So
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
NOTE AND COMMENT

What Hines has in his store is
nothing to what some of his creditors
have in store for Hines.
A local paper announces that
Taft Fails to Get Bay State" An
atomically speaking, he got it long
ago and has failed to get rid of it.
Senator Perkins did not have the
machine at dinner with him in Wash
ington Saturday night, but he enter
tanned quite lot of the machinery.
The man who was sentenced to two
years for stealing postoffice lamp
must have been greatly disappointed
at not getting light sentence
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
DARGIE

DARGIE
Speaking OF saffron ones" this
same catlike editor has more than
once shown that he has yellow"
streaks up and down his thought
vertebrae. In fact, his backbone
has only two uses-One end to sit
his hat on and the other end TO
sit on himself. If ever there was
a swashbuckler and political pi-
rate in California this grape vine
editor is one. Howling like der
wish one minute at fancied wrongs,
he whirls into a changed front on
the other extreme, and each time
he whirls he sticks a knife III
somebody's back And for what
purpose? Calmly and consider
ately there seems to be but one
that is the Rowell end. Knifing
friends, lulling an unsuspicious
victim into fancied security and
then throttling him from behind
are piratical methods. They are
therefore Rowell methods.
His reasoning ike bubonic feas
is bred and nourished in rats and
rat methods and Matched in the
scavenger dumps. The California
body polite is infested with heas,
the worrying and jumping kind
like ROwell.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

Milton (Wash) has imposed tax
of SIS per annum on bachelors. The
confirmed celibates of Milton will
now view the town as a Paradise
Lost.
Another big robbery and no clew
to the perpetrators. The police. may
find comfort in the proverb, NO ar
rest for the wicked"
Now that his Italian majesty seems
reconciled to the engagement of
Kitty Elkins to the Abruzzi, Papa
Steve asks the papers to stop talking
about it. This looks as if Victor
Emmanuel had come through chiefly
to muzzle the American presA
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
COLLINS CASE AN EXAMPLE

THE Oakland Enquirer remarks that George D. Collins has
been making spectacle of justice in this state for or
more"
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Aylett Cotton Jr. took
possession OF their new home in San
Mateo on Saturday last, after some
weeks as the guests of Mrs. Cotton'S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Borel.
The new home adjoins the Borel estate
and will shortly be the scene Of much
entertaining