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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
LYRIC SOPRANO TO
SING CLASSIC AIRS
Helen Colburn Heath to Render
Selections From Mozart,
Spohr and Schuman1

Helen Colburn Heath, we'll known
lyric soprano, will give a concert at
Century club hall, Tuesday evening
April %, when she will be heard In
program of unusual interest. her num-
bers ranging from Mozart, Beethoven,
Spohr and Schumann to the ultra mod
ern works of such impressionistic COM
posers as Harvey Worthin gton Loomis.
She will also sing a group of French
songs, including the polonaise from
''Mignon."
Assisting her will be Mrs. Louise
Humphrey Smith, reader; Claire Fer
rim, violinist. and Edna Wilcox. accom-
panist The services of the reader and
violinist will be required in the pre-
sentation of the Loomis number. which
is a delicate, poetic fantasy for singer,
violinist and reader. Seats are on sale
Cor the event at Kohler and Chase S
music store.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

The guests of the association IN
groups of from six to ten were taken
in charge by ushers, who escorted them
over the building. when they had an
opportunity to see the beautiful halls,
with high class furnishing, elegant car
pets, and the beautiful banners of the
several unions displayed in handsome
cases on the walls. The most beau
tiful Office in the building was shown
to all-that is the office of the f1nan-
cial secretary of the painters union
The fitting up of this, including a steel
vault, cost $4,000. The walls are COW
cred with fooled leather. and 1t is one
of II buildings in the country in. which
such expensive wall covering has been
put on. The ceiling is painted In
metallic effect and the desks are dark
mahogany. The following acted as
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
MACKENZIE GORDON WILL. &
CONCERT AT LYRIC HALL
Appearance of This Interpretive
Artist Is Regarded as
Musical Event

Mackenzie Gordon viii give a con-
cert at Lyric hall Friday evening, May
l. The appearances of this we'll known
tenor are so rare that they are events.
He is reputed one of the best vocal
lists on the coast, and his musical at
tainments are such as to give him
interpretive powers equal to the per-
formance OF all varieties of artistic
song.
The program which he is arrang-
ing to present will be of interest and
profit to the student Of vocal music.
and of entertainment to the layman
and to lovers of good music generally
G. Severi, violinist. will assist and
Frederick Maurer will be the ac-
companist The concert bids fair to
be- one of the most popular of the
season.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
sEyERED EAR sEwED ON

on, off. on again was the remarkable
experience Of Charles Mitchells ear
yesterday. After the ear had been
completely severed in an automobile ac-
cident, DR.. Reuben Hill, surgeon at the
emergency hospital, calmly took the
detached member, washed 1t. and sewed
1t on again, while Mitchell gasped
from astonishment. Hill says the
curious operation will probably be sue
cessful.
Mitchell was cranking his automo-
bile engine when the motor kicked"
and hurled him backward against an
other machine. He struck the sharp
radiator edge with such force that the
ear was cut off as neatly as though
1t had been done with knife. Mitch
ell picked 1t out of the dust and gave
1t to Hill. The surgeon did the rest.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

In the evening the dedicatory cere-
monies began at s O'clock In the large
assembly hall on the upper floor. The
opening address was by. Chairman Nc
Carthy, after which there were ad-
dresses by the following named:
Peter Burke, vice president international broth
erhood of teamsters: Edward MCGEE, vice presl-
dent International union of elevator constructors;
E. A. Clancy. vice president bridge and strllc-
oConnell. vice president of the united associa4
tion of plumbers. gas and steam filters of
America; William Bell, vice president wood
wire and metal lathers' international union: j.
workers International alliance; William Nolan.
vice president operative piasterers international
association; Henry U1lner, general secretary
treasurer American brotherhood OF cement work
ers; +. j. McNuIty. grand president International
brotherhood Of electrical workers: j. G. Skemp,
general secretary-treasurer brotherhood of paint
ers, decorators and paper hangers of America !:
William D. Huber, general president of the
united brotherhood Of carpenters and joiners OF
Of the national building trades council of
America.
The exercises closed with short ad-
dresses by Cleveland L. Dam, general
counsel for the state and local building
trades councils. and o. A. Tveitmoe,
secretary of the local council In addi-
tion TO the speaking there were musi-
cal numbers by an orchestra In the
main hall and concert by apother
orchestra on the lower floor. After the
announcement had been made that the
building had been dedicated to organ
lied labor dance was held under the
direction of w. Walsh sof the painters
union as floor director. assisted by the
IA 4
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
REALISTIC CLIMAX OF
PLAY COMMIT SUICIDE"
Bullet PIows Furrow in Scalp
of Boy Who Didn't Know
Pistol Was Loaded

Antoine Figone, Is years old. and his
little sister. Rosa. were playing Wild
West" yesterday. with Antoine as the
Indian, when he drew revolver from
his pocket and put 1t to his temple
..Lookee. -looHee." he called excitedly to
the girl I'm going to play commit
suitcide.' The next second there was
an explosion and a binding fash and
the younester dropped to the walk In
front OF his fathers grocery at
273 Eighth street, with a deep furrow
in his scalp, where the bullet in the
old and supposedly unloaded gun tore
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

deep furroU along the skull Mrs.
Figone tainted when she heard the
news. Antoine later regained conscious
ness at the central emergency hospital.
where DIR. Hill attended him
II got. the gun from a kid named
George Fitzgerald he explained to De-
tective Leo Bunner. No, sir, / don't
want to play suicide again. 1t hurts
too much
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
ELKS HOLD BANQUET AT
THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
Miniature Emblems of Order in
Marble Are Placed at Each
Guests Plate

San Francisco lodge No. 8 Of the
Eiks held It's annual banquet at the
ST Francis hotel last night The din
ing room was deliberately decorated
with Mowers, potted plants, SILK flags
and coioreds sincandescent lights. in ad-
dition to stuffed elks and elk heads.
A feature Of the table decorations were
miniature elks carved from marble.
one of which was placed beside each
plate G. C. McGregor acted as toast
master. The post prandial exercises
included speeches. songs and stories.
Grand Exalted Ruler Henry A. Melvin
spoke on the great advancement the
order has made in the last few years.
Arnor- those 0reeenf wera
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
GRAHAM TO rEsr1FY

Judge Graham has been subpenae6
by the plaintiff as witness in the libel
suit of Thomas Reagan against the San
Francisco news company, now being
tried in Marin county He has been
commanded to "set aside all business
and appear in the Marin court at II
a. m. Monday
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
DEDICATE TEMPLE
TO UNION LABOR
Handsome Building Inspected by
Crowds Throughout
Afternoon
Evening Ceremonies Marked by
Music, Speeches and
Dancing

! The new temple of the building
trades council OF this city. at the cor
ner of Fourteenth and Guerrero streets.
was opened to the general public for
inspection yesterday afternoon from
o'clock until 5, and during that time
the place was crowded with men and
women, anxious to see the best ap-
pointed building devoted to organized
labor in the United States. according
to the statement of international Off :
GERS who have visited almost fevery
labor center in the country. ~
b The visitors were received by P. H.
Mccarthy tchairman) and W. II.
Beemis (seeretary). OF the temple asso-
citation, who Were assisted by the fol-
lowing members Of thesreception COM
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
NAV DAY FESTIVAL

The park commissioners have COM
pleted arrangements for the annual
May day festival for the school chill
dren at Golden Gate park on Friday
morning. commencing at 1920. 1t is
expected that several hundred of the
little ones will gather at the children's
playground and dance around the May
pole. This will be followed by. a grand
chorus of several hundred voices. After
the exercises sandwiches, milk and
lemonade VIII be served to the chill
dren at the expense Of the commits
sioners.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26


May 9. However, Sacramento may
have to play another game with Wood
land whieE may change the situation,
as the latter team claims 1t was beaten
on fiulke in the last match. Should
Sacramento win the final game this
year IT. will make the third consecutive
year that this, schools has held the base
ball championship of the Sacramento
valley league. q ~
Summers Of Fresno high school, al
though a new. man. is showing UP well
in the sprints. In the recent San
Joaquin valley meet he was a close
second IN the 100 and 720 yard. both
events being run in fast time.
Steinhart and Fatjo will represent
Santa Clara in the tennis doubles in
the Pacific Athletic league tourna-
ment this year.
Misses Edith Brown. Orpha Shell and
Pearl Ridely were the stars in re-
cent game won by the girls basket
ball, team of Santa Clara high from
Pacific university.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

The San Jose state normal basket
ball team defeated the Mountain View
high school tesP. IL TO Is. The young
schoolma ans are highly eisted, as
Mountain View had one OF the strong
est teams in that section
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
CounfySchools
i'm Athletics
Give More Attention to Physical
UpbuiIding Than Do City
Institutions

The poor showing OF the city schools
and the good showing OF the out OF
town high schools in the recent aca-
denaic field day was due TO lack OF
interest or the need of league for
the grammar schools of San Francisco
In sonoma and Mendocina counties ath-
ietics- are encouraged and class field days
are brought off by the individual schooi
At Colusa recently three schools-Wil-
iianas Maxwell and Colusa-had Held
DAY, which has been an annual event
for a number OF years. This Is true
Of the Alameda side OF the bay. the
high schools there finding their ma
terial in good condition when II reaches
them, not only for the track but for
football and baseball
OF course. the city schools are handi-
capped by lack OF space for tracks At
the present time it would be easy to
ind vacant lots near the schools. where
baseball and football could be prac-
tfced 1--WE days of the week and the
park stadium provides room for all on
Saturdays with the new dressing
rooms, lockers and showers there Is
no better place in the state than the
stadium. either for tryouts or field
days.
Lowell high school. in figuring in two
protests recently, showed = spirit of
lair play WHICH lew ObueI A48u SIAiVciS
Of the state emulate Lowells base
hall captain was severely censured for
having entered protest against the
umpire in the Cogsweil-Loweil game.
When Polytechnic protested a Lowell
victory in a recent baseball game the
matter was adjusted Immediately with
out any quibbling.
This spirit seems to be especially
strong in the men who captain the
school teams Marvin Read. when cap
tain of the track team. relinquished
victory in "a so yard dash final and
ran the race over again, when II was
explained TO him by the referee that
his most dangerous competitor. an Oak
land athlete. claimed to have been left
at the start
Gerold Kennedy, the crack little
quarter OF the 1907 Lick football team
comes Of a football family. Eugene
Kennedy, his eldest brother, was guar
ter at CsIifornia when Percy Hall was
playing half and Ransome full back
Another brother, Lee, was cack end or
the Jackson Athletic club team.
The San Jose state normal baskei
ball team defeated the Mountain View
high school tesR, IL TO Is. The young
schoolms ans are highly eisted, al
Mountain View had one OF the strong
est teams in that section
The students OF the Lick school viii
stage The Man From Mexico" in thu
Princess theater at some near date
Sacramento is scheduled to pIa,
Chico high for the baseball champion
~~1- ef the Sacramento valley at Chico
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

The students OF the Lick school will
stage The Man From Mexico" in the
Princess theater at some near date
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
GOLDEN GATE CONCERT

The following is the musical program
ranged FOR Golden Gate park this afternoon I'M
der the direction Of Charles II. Casassa
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

Sacramento is scheduled to play
Chico high for the. baseball champion
--A- ef the Sacramento valley at Chico
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

Pepper was very rare luxury in
the reign OF Henry VII
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

In Kashgar, Central Asia. divorce
may be obtained for the sum OF three
pence
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

JAPANESE SUE ron wAaEs-oatland.
April 25-The trial OF the suit Of J. Mitra.
against 7. Masuda and 8. Yoshida to recover
2.361 alleged to be due ns wages earned by ~
menced in Judge Harris court. Masuda and
Yoshida said they we're agents for smother man
and that though they employed the Japanese
they were not responsible for wages
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

gERKEIEY way. a02s-2 large. beautiful par
lo7s sun sll day: furnished for house keeping;
sos q mouth; also smaller apartment. south
front sla month; blocks from Berkeley
station.
EUCLID av. l43O-4 large furnished house
iaundry: fine neighborhood: reasonable.
PRINCE St. 15z7. Lorin-S rooms. suitable for
house keeping; $40 month.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
ogsERTER GOT SAFELY AWAY.
Story of an Ingenious Escape from
Governors island.

An army officer, who was talking
of the escape a few days ago Of a
of prisoners from Castle Will
liam, told several stories of other
frequently unsuccessful, to
get away from Governors Island.
"One Of the most ingenious that l
he said, took place few
years ago and succeeded beautifully
The man who escaped had been a
barber before he entered the army,
and his job at Castle William was to
shave and cut the hair Of the other
prisoners. He managed to save
enough of the clippings to make a
false mustache. Then in some way
it's hard to tell how those things are
contrived-he had a suit of plain
clothes smuggled in to him. Still, he
wasn't in any rash hurry to get away,
but waited till really good opportuni-
ty occurred. This came to him when
gang of plumbers were in the old
fort making repairs. One evening ne
rugged himself up in his clothes and
mustache and, picking up couple OF
pieces of lead pipe and a forgotten
solder pot, he walked leisurely out
with the plumbers when they quit
work. Right past the guard he went
without being recognized. and, 80 far
as ever heard, he was not recaptured.
always thought that was a really
clever escape-rather theatrical one.
too"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
SAYS BRAIN DOES NOT FEEL.
French Professor Declares Stomach Is
Emotional Center.

The solar plexus is the emotional
brain, says Prof Francois Guyot. An
emotion that attacks us is felt there
first Thus, if we feel anxiety it may
give us, if severe, positive stomach
ache. 1t may even be productive of
nausea.
While the brain does the thinking,
Prof. Guyot opines that it does not
feel The cerebrum, the major part
of the brain, is the intellectual, but
not the emotional center The brain
represents the intelligence. The spinal
cord and the cerebellum, the latter the
little brain, not yet well understood,
and attached to the brain proper,
govern equilibrium and the muscles of
the body. But the emotions are To-
Gated in the sympathetic nervous sys-
tenn ramifying through the body. Their
chief center is the great plexus OF
nerves which lies against the back
bone and embraces the stomach.
This does not think, but it feels.
What it does not feel is not felt at
all, apart from pure intellectual cog
milton, and it's purely passive and sub
jective sensations may often be re-
garded as warning of danger or pos
sible mischief
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Feelings ForcibIy Expressed.

Among the Special teachers in the
Chicago public schools is one who has
endeared herself to teachers and chill
dren alike because of her warm heart
and her wonderful skill with the lit
tie ones.
One bitter cold morning she was on
her way to a school among the Sub
merged tenth" when little fellow met
her with a smile on his face, but SO
little clothing on his pinched body that
she impulsively said: Here, Tony.
won't you please carry my muff for me
and hold 1t close so the wind can't
blow it away?"
He marched as a proud escort to
the great front doors, where he turned
his beautiful black eyes up to his be-
loved teacher and said with all the
fervor of his soul: Il love you, love
you like hi"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
BROOM A RELIC OF THE PAST.
Modern Housekeeping Declared to
Have No Longer Use for 1t.

The newest household invention,
found only in the buildings most re-
Gently erected. Is the vacuum cleaning
system, says the Delineator. The
broom is almost ready to be relegated
to the glass case of museum and
labeled a tool of ancient household
industry, for now we are sweeping by
electricity. All the dust and dirt is
actually pumped out from house and.
through pipes in the walls, carried to
the sewer. A rubber hose in the room,
adjusted to a connection In the wall,
communicates directly with the pump
in the basement The metal tool with
narrow groove in the underside. at
the other end of the hose, is easily
guided by the operator as it passes
over the surface of floors, walls, furni-
ture, clothing or bedding, sucking up
every foreign particle.
There have recently been invented
portable vacuum machines which may
be operated at an expense of two cents
an hour. The latest one is just on the
market at cost of only $125.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
HAPPINESS MEANS GOOD WORK.
Sorrow and Misfortune Elements That
Make Effort Painful

On Huxley's marriage, Darwin wrote
to him: Il hope your marriage will
not make you idle; happiness, fear.
is not good for work" But one must
disagree with this eminent man. Hap
piness "comforteth the hands to
work." makes the brain lively, and
gives courage to confront difficulties.
1t is sorrow and misfortune that lower
the spiritual temperature. and make
effort painful. Moreover, no mortal
enjoys such a perfect degree of bliss
as to be Tapped in an Elysian dream.
The happiest marriage Huxley's
was happy-brings many cares. bur
dens and responsibilities. Perhaps
without that domestic accord he could
never have accomplished the work he
did! for he said, 81 have a woman-ele-
ment in me-" and for women the most
whitening and destructive thing in the
world Is to be unhappy.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Imnronptu Speeches,

Why be ashamed of getting your
speeches made for you by another?
Your clothes are made by another
why not your speeches? Both, after
all, are necessary to successful par
liamentary career. Impromptu speech
es (for any occasion)-as these require
more time in their preparation 1t is
necessary to make a charge of seven
guineas per thousand, which is, how
ever, inclusive of humor and quota
lions. Our series of "ImprOmptu
Speeches for One Hundred and One
Occasions" can be had for $500, or
on the Times" system of payment
for $50 down and Is monthly pay
ments of $50 each.-London Punch.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Reward for Kind Act.

Seven thousand dollars left to him
by man whom he had lost all track
of for nearly 40 years has come to
Rev. Richard B. Dilworth of Oxford,
Pa, as result of kind acts done long
ago. At that time Mr.. Dilworth was a
missionary to the Indians and the tes-
tator was a struggling ranchman. He
was DESTROYS of an education, and
Mr. Dilworth helped him with his
studies The two men drifted apart.
and Mr. Dilworth heard nothing what
ever of him until he was notified that
he had been left beneficiary in his
will
The testator did not know his where
about, and the bequest was made SIM
ply to r. B. Dilworth, SO detectives
have been searching for him for sew
eral months.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Railroad Stocks IS Per Cent. Water.

Mr., Ryan seems to have turned
States evidence. In his attempt to de-
fend his management of the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway he throws some
light upon the methods which have
been employed to build up swollen for
tunes. He says that 95 per cent of the
railroad stock is water-the roads be-
ing built with bonds. The public buy
the bonds and the managers grow rich
on the stock while they so manipulate
the roads as to make even larger for
tunes on the side And yet when the
patrons get tried of being exploited and
insist on railroads being built and run
honestly, they are denounced as dis
turbers of business. A few more dis
closures like those made during the last
two years and it ought to be easy to
carry out the Democratic plan of ascer-
tanning the value of railroads and pre-
venting further issues of watered stock.
The Commoner.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Scene and Circumstance.

When noble act is done-per-
chance in scene of great natural
beauty; when Leonidas and his 800
martyrs consume one day in dying,
and the sun and moon come each and
look at them once in the steep defile
of Thermopylae; when Arnold Win
kelried, in the high Alps, under the
shadow of the avalanche, gathers In
his side a sheaf of Austrian spears to
break the line for his comrades; are
not these heroes entitled to add the
beauty of the scene to the beauty of
the deed?-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
"Hearing" of deaf Mutes."

Contrary to the general belief, near
ly all deaf people, according to a for
eign scientific magazine. can hear
some sound, but, unlike the normal
ear, the deaf ear hears only very deep
sounds.
1t happens that some of the lower
animals hear only deep sounds; this
is to be concluded from the fact that
they do not seem to notice any other.
The spider is of this class; since it
does not possess hearing organs, 1t
must get the sound by process akin
to touch. If this be the fact, could
not deaf-mutes develop the power to
hear" more than they have heard up
to the present time, asks the writer
In the above magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
Goosepits in Russia.

In Russia pits for cock fighting are
unknown. but "goosepits" some go
years ago were common throughout
that mighty kingdom. The effect of
this can be seen to-day in the geese
which are Indigenous to the country
the Arsamas and the Tula varieties
particularly showing to a marked de-
gree the fighting characteristics of
their ancestors. The Arsamas gander
has bill which is entirely different
in form from that of the geese known
in any other part of the world This
special structure enables the bird to
take firm hold on the neck or back
of its antagonist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-05
HELP full
ADvI(

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es.
tablish beyond a doubt the power OF