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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

of the station house there loomed be-
fore her, not 20 feet away, a ghostly
white object.
Midge's heart stopped its beating.
Then, as though in a dream, she heard
Toms voice; but the loud, angry threat
in its tone sounded anything but ghost
like
"Hlbert Blackwell, haven't you any
sense? If you frighten Midge with
those ghost fNings I'll break your face
house and be in hurry about iti''
The next moment Midge had tainted
in her brothers arms.
A very simple explanation clears the
whole mystery. Midge. in her sudden
excitement, had misinterpreted the
headlines in the evening paper. II
sine could have seen distinctly and
thought clearly, the fact would have
developed that Tom had, of course.
Killed the California lion instead of
its having killed him. When her friends
returned home and found Midge's dis
connected note and had perused the
story in the evening paper more sane
ly than had the excited Midge they i'm
mediately telephoned to the mountain
ranch.
Unfortunately, Albert Blackwell had
answered the phone call, and had kept
the message a secret in order that he
might plan and carry out his foolish
and dangerous joke, but his scheme
was partially frustrated by Tom. A
servant who had furnished Albert with
the ghost para phernalia and had aft
erward realized the seriousness of the
affair informed Tom of Albert's inten-
tions: but it, was only at the moment
the train whistled at the station that
Tom had learned the facts. and his
strenuous athletic training served him
nobly as he fairly leaped down the
path behind the thoughtless ghost.
That evening, as Aunt Martha soothed
and fused about the unnerved Midge.
Uncle Dick recounted the story of
Toms remarkable presence of mind
and unsurpassed bravery. Uncle Dick
had witnessed the battle for life in the
dull moonlight as he ran toward the
boy to offer assistance that was not
needed.
The boys had been stationed at va
rious advantageous points for the
rounding up of Mr.. Coon, and the dogs
had been turned loose. when Uncle
Dick was surprised to hear the sound
of firing from under the pine tree
where he had stationed Tom
Tom had been left alone but few
moments when he heard a slight sound
in the tree above him, and, looking
UP. he discovered the form of a huge
mountain lion springing toward him.
Tom jumped to one side barely in time
to save himself. then deliberately began
pumping lead into the animal with his
.22 caiiber rife. He soon saw that the
% was not phasing the great beast, SO
he pulled his hve shot revolver and
emptied that into the enraged lion,
which. in the meantime. had made an
other spring for his enemy, infiictins
several deep scratches in Toms shoul-
dar.
When Uncle Dick skinned the lion
he found that Tom had done his work
well, pot having missed a shot.
The following day, when Tom and
Midge were seated in tha location their
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
The Call Sat- 1s Call Section
When Kings and Emperors Dine

assumes ceremonial form the cuisine
is of the most elaborate character The
chefs staff numbers over / 200 per-
sons, and these include "a officers of
the mouth, so yoemen of the buffet
and 120 chefs of the first, second and
third rank
Feeding the German emperor is no
light task, and in spite of all that is
said about the kaiser's Spartan habits
there are few monarchs who keep more
than four chefs, German, an English
man. an Italian and a Frenchman.
Each of these chefs has his staff of
assistants, while in addition there is
an individual who may safely be de-
scribed as sausage maker to the kali
ser. His majesty is very fond of the
huge white frankfurter sausage and
has supply of them made fresh every
day in his own kitchen. When en-
ga ged in maneuyering his army on a
big field day, these frankfurters and
bread, washed down with lager beer,
invariably form the kaisers luncheon.
The dish dearest to the heart of the
kaiser is sauerkraut, served with
sausages and bacon fried together.
The kaiser's cooks are strictly limited
as regards table expenses, and are
never allowed more than a certain
sum for each person a meal, unless, of
course, there is state dinner, when
the allowance is mucn more liberal
The shah of Persia uses a dinner
service which is incrusted with precious
stones, and the kitchen appointments
at his palace in Teheran are valued at
$1,000. 900. The shahs kitchen is of
marble with pillars of onyx, which
give it the air rather of banquet hall
than the place where his elaborate
dinners are prepared. The stove is of
massive silver, as is nearly everything
else, down to the smallest kettle.
In the home of King George of
Greece there are two principal meals.
The luncheon is heavy meal. rather
after the German fashion. The king
has an extraordinary taste for mutton
broth, which greasy compound figures
at nearly every dinner given at the
palace. His majesty is big eater at
the two principal meals, and is not
pleased when any dish does not come
up to what it ought to be.
There are mo less than 80 cooks and
undercooks in the royal kitchen, the
majorityA French, though there always
some Germans, and of course a small
staff of Greeks to look after the curious
Oriental sweetmeats and desserts,
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Rats, Destruction, Plague and
Cats
Of San Francisco

HE foregoing head has many joints.
but so has the following article
from Popular Mechanics, which has
TO do with the destruction caused by
rats, the bubonic plague. which is
spread by rats, and the determination
OF rats by their natural enemy.
A deputation from the British In
oorporated society for the destruction
OF rats. headed by Sir James Crichton
Browne and the duke of Bedford. is
urging the British board OF agricul-
ture TO appoint commission to inquire
into the subject OF the destruction
caused to crops by rats. The deputa-
tion pointed out the enormous damage
done by rats. which amounts. on a
moderate computation, TO nearly $75,-
0O0 900 annually in Great Britain. This
figure was arrived at by allowing only
one rat TO every acre OF land. assum-
Ing that each rat does damage to the
extent Of half a cent per day. There
are 10000, 900 acres OF land in Great
Britain.
Sir James Crfchton Browne incident
ally stated that 100000 people died
of pla que in India. and that rats were
the chief cause of the spread OF the
infection. Also that in Great Britain
and it's colonies more than S1,000.000 Is
spent each year on rat poisons, which
is considered many times more than
would be required IL the campaign
were systematically conducted.
Since the Japanese government de-
cided that the keeping OF cats is the
best means for the prevention OF
plague, the officials of Japan have been
investigating to discover the number
OF cats maintained and their relative
value The result OF the fnvestig gation
made by the police department OF
Osaka. a city of more than a million
people, showed that it's cats mum nbered
54.3s9, belonging to 4s.222 families.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Habits of Trees

The United States foresters have dis
covered that trees in their habits are
fixed and almost infiexible. and that it
is practically impossible to acclimatize
them. For centuries each species has
kept to it's beaten ways. insisting on
the same average of temperature. and
refusing TO grow where this could not
be found: seeking and occupying GER
tain kinds of soil, and demanding a
stated amount Of moisture.
For a time the forester may surround
a transplanted tree, in q climate to
which il is not accustomed, with arti-
fetal conditions, by which, so 10 speak,
the tree is made 10 feel at home But
as soon as the care is withdrawn the
leaves fall and the branches dry up.
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LIQUOR. which is poured over ii. II
there be no pot liquor in the house,
a shcep's head will make 1t very well.
Any bones that may happen to be about
may be put into the mixture for the ex-
ercise Of the dogs teeth. I have my
dogs fed once a day, always at the
same bour."
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

@OM KELTON came home from
school an hour late, a circum-
stance not particularly unusual in
itself, since besides his school
work there were two indispensa
BILE adjuncts to his life. basket ball and
target practice. both of which required
time and attention. but the flush of ex-
citement on his round, pudgy face. and
the animation cleaning through the
habitually blank calm of his red-brown
eyes were indications significant Of
something extraordinary at the bottom
of the detention on this especial day
Father he exclaimed, II called at
the postoffice on my way to school this
morning and got this letter from Uncle
Dick. and I've been talking up Uncle
Dicks proposition with the boys"
Too impatient to allow time for his
father to read the letter Tom con-
tinued:
Uncle Dick has invited our junior
class rife club up to his mountain
ranch to hunt coons through the Christ
mas holidays and he says for each of
US to bring along a big five shot re-
voIver, too, for there's been a Califor-
MIA lion taking some of his stock and
he says we might run across him and
would need SOmelhiHS DSoiuSS a q AoF
self protection"
The remaining three members of the
household, who had listened TO Toms
breathIess statement, opened wide their
eyes in speechless surprise for brief
moment, then sister Midges derisive
laugh rang out eXasperatingly.
oh, dearl oh. dear she gasped be-
tween fits of merriment, wouldn't that
lust kill you? A pretty spectacle you
would present hunting big game armed
with a. 90 a five shot revolver and a
large sized attack of stage fright You
had better join the sprinting club and
get busy"
..Midge." cautioned the gentle voice
of their mother you have no. right
to doubt your brothers courage in that
way: he has never been brought to the
test
"oh, mother. if you had seen him at
Florence Crabtree's party, when Bee
Jarvis, through pure mischief, asked
him TO bring her cup of punch down
the whole length of that great drawing
room between two lines of girls you
would never hesitate to call him a
downright coward. He turned white at
first. but by the time he reached Bee
with the cup his face was as red as a
ripe tomato. and what little punch he
hadn't used in decorating Mrs. Crab
trees carpet, hea had deposited down
his coat sleeve. Just imagine any
one who is scared to death by bunch
of girls hunting mountain lions,' and
Midge broke into another peal of
laughter.
Toms characteristic sullen look re-
turned, and he grumbled:
TN not hunting drawing room ami
mails"
Mr.. KeIton, who had listened with
amusement to his spirited daughters
account Of poor Toms unfortunate So
ciety exploit now scowled and ordered
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with a becoming seriousness overshad-
owing the gleam OF mischief ip her
blue eyes. remarked earnestly: Tom.
I'm so glad you are the live hero IN
stead OF the dead animal-as crazy
Midge foolishly imagined" Tom felt
that he had indeed stepped into his
natural birthright. for he knew that his
friends had at last come to appreciate
his true worth The dull red brown In
his eyes deepened. and unconscfously
his chest expanded and the crown OF
his hsed went up And. most marvel
Gus thing of all. as a retaliation for
Bees slight taunt concerning the ami
NAL he reached out and twltched one
of her tantalizing curls in the mosf
unahashed manner imaginable.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
China or Wax?

said the Wax Doll to the China Doll:
Il don't think much of you,
Your cheeks they are so very hard.
Your eyes SO pale a blue;
And then you are so very stiff
But what else can you be.
Just made in China? Don't you wish
That you were wax like meT'
Said the China to the Wax Doll:
mo doubt It's very true,
That my cheeks are little hard.
My eyes too pale blue;
At least I'm warranted to wear.
And this you must have felt.
That when I'm placed before the fre,
At least / shall not melt."
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Drnme Roor- ar WiNDaon GSsFEE oN : srarg oceasI0M

imperial chamber. and often the kel
ardjihi is requested to taste some par
ticuIar dish before the sultan partakes
of it.
For breakfast the mikado is per-
fectly satisfied with a bowl of bean
soup and a few other dishes, but his
dinner usually appears in splendid
style in some 20 courses, although he
always denounces it as a useless eX-
travagance. When any official feast is
held-the cherry blossom viewing
party at the Kioshikawa botanical gar
den or the chrysanthemum party at the
Akasaka palace, for instance, he will
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

kelardjihi one of the weighty function
aries in the Yildiz palace at Constan-
tinople; for the health, the very life
even, of the ruler is at his mercy.
When cooked each dish is fastened
with red wax bearing the official seal
of the kelardjihi. and remains hermet-
ically closed until the seals are broken
in the sultan's own presence.
The sultan is not great eater, for
he kills his appetite with the number
of cigarettes he smokes, and he takes
his meals wherever he happens to be.
Scores Of people from the kitchen fol-
low the meal in procession into the
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Me an Ma-Pie Makers

often like to join the boys
An play out in the street;
To make mud pies an things like thAa,
It really is a treat.
But once a week I stay at home
An pass all playing by,
Cause me an Ma Just get to work
An MI the house with pie.
love to help Ma make those pis9
She says I help her lots.
Cause I arrange the fruit an pans
An fix the stewing pots.
Then sometimes when 1 take q psaek
An eat il on the sly
It's Just like / was getting paid
For helping Ma make pie.
Ny Ma just makes the grandest pies.
From cocoanut to plum;
An Pa just smacks his lips ana says
That's good; that's fine; yum yum =
An then. you bet, tell my Pa
(Im not the least bit shy)
That he can thank me also. cause
1 helped to make that pie.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

which only the Turks and Greeks
can make and of which the king is
devout admirer. At half past o'clock
there is the dinner, function exactly
similar to the luncheon. When there
are no guests of distinction the after
dinner hours are passed in the most
bourgeois fashion.
The private kitchen of the sultan of
Turkey is a veritable fortress, con-
sisting of a small chamber situated to
the right of the great entrance, and
is guarded by barred windows and ain
armor plated door. The cook officiates
under the ever watchful eye of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Recipe for Feeding a Big Dog

Charles Dickens was passionately
fond of dogs and in a letter dated No
amber. 1865. sent Mr.. Lehmann's
fsther the following recipe for a big
dogs dinner.
Two Dints oatmeal. one pint barley
meal. one pound mangel-wurzel. boiled
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

way to the city. Midge hugged gently
the arm that hung from Toms wound
ed shoulder and with unrestrained hui
mility whispered: "Tom. I'll never call
you coward again as long as I live.
and I think you have 10 times more
the spirit OF a true gentleman than
Albert Blackwell ever had or ever Will
have, with all his society manners. Do
you know / believe I would actually
have died of fright il you hadn't come
just when you did to dispel that awful
ghost; and that dolt will never realize
how nearly he came to being a MUIR
derer."
THE mokey exploded Tom.
When the two stepped from the train
and ware greeted by Bes Iarviz. who
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

Sister-"what are you making those
grimaces in the glass for. Jimg'
Jim Captain OF football team)-'Tm
trying to practice a look OF astonish-
ment. The members OF my football
club are going 70 make me a present
tonight. and I am supposed to know
nothing about it,
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

not spare any expense In preparing an
elegant European banquet.
King Leopold OF Belgium is most
frugal man and the most particular as
to his diet of all the monarchs. He
rises at and works until o'clock.
when his early breakfast consists Of
a little bread and sweets. jam, Jelly
or marmalade. sometimes a little fruit
and cup Of tea. His luncheon is still
more simple, and quite often he eats
no luncheon. His dinner In the even-
ing consists OF two courses. never more.
and he eats absolutely nothing after
dinner.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
CORNER CHAT
WITH THE GIRLS

OR a luncheon on st. Patrick's day
decorate your home with stream
ers and bows of green. Have no
flowers, but use ferns and palms as
freely as possible. Replace your ordI-
nary hangings so far as you easily
can by others of some cheap, light
green silkoline or cheese cloth.
OF coarse so far as you are able you
viii use green dishes and, tied to each
name card with green baby ribbon,
have three or four long, white, waxy
potato sprouts.
Have the middle of the table orna-
mented with an Irish harp, made of a
frame of heavy pasteboard, with
strings of twine, and all completely
covered with some green foliage, smi-
lax, sprengerii fern, asparagus fern or
even evergreen. Set the harp in small
blocks of wood to hold it firm.
Of course, if you are in the city, you
can get little pot of shamrock to
place near each end OF the table, or a
pot of clover, which will do very nicely.
Serve fried oysters on bed of green
lettuce, potato salad with d garnishing
of green parsley, and scaloped pota-
toes also in parsley
Have olives and small cucumber
pickles in the largest potatoes you can
find. scooped out to form a dish, and
set in small plate by cutting a tiny
slice off the potato to make fat sur
face.
Have tiny, hot biscuits cut out with
a clover leaf cooky cutter and finish
of with Bavarian cream and nut cake
colored a very delicate green with
confectioner's vegetable dye.
Write a choice quotation from Moore
or Goldsmith or Emmett as your taste
may dictate. Write it in gold or sill
yer ink, on green paper, fold and in
close it in tiny silk bag. two inches
square, made of thin green ribbon, two
inches wide, and drawn up with Ro-
man twist embroidery silk, so as to
look like a miniature work bag or
reticule. Present one to each depart
ing guest.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

4 GIRL should be every bit as pdrtic-
"A ular about her closet shelves as she
is with her bureau drawers, and no
closet can look attractive when piled up
with row upon row of miscellaneous
boxes of indiscriminate colors, shapes
and sizes. The shapes and the sizes of
the boxes can not, perhaps, be regu-
lated, for every pair of slippers, every
hair ornament, well as every hat
which has its own place on one of the
shelves demands a box fitted especially
to its own peculiar proportions; but
there is no reason, certainly. why all
these boxes should not be of a corre-
spending color, so as to be pleasure to
look upon rather than a veritable eye
sore every time the closet door is
opened Nothing is simpler than to
cover a cardboard box with wallpaper.
Certainly the result gives no idea of
how easy of accomplishment is the task.
and in the large electric lighted hang
ing closets which are a part of every
girls suite of rooms today the bright
covered boxes are real ornaments.
If possible the boxes should be of the
same paper as adorns the walls, but il
it is not possible to match the paper
exactly any pretty flower design will
be effective If there is any definite
figure or pattern in the design of the
paper there will perhaps be slight
difficulty with the large box IN fitting
this design to the allotted space, but in
the case of small boxes it is not worth
while to attempt to fit the pattern to
the sides or top. Any good white paste
will do for this sort of work, but dex-
trine, If properly mixed, is probably
the best for the purpose. Five cents
worth Of dextrine placed in pan and
not quite covered over with water
makes the correct quantity.
For sashes. wells. gloves, stockings.
as well as for shirt waists, furs and a
number Of the larger articles in the
outfit, these attractively covered boxes
are now used.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
NR. ROOSEVELTp.S ESCORT.
Thousand to Represent County Com
mittee at Indugur0tion.

The Republican County Committee. from present
indications, will have fully one thousand men in
line at the Taft Inauguration March l. and this
entire delegation will escort President Roosevelt
from the line of march the railway station fcI-
lowing the inauguration OF his successor. To do
this the New York delegation will detach itse.f
from the main column long enough to pay the pro-
posed honor 10 President Roosevelt. and then re-
join It.
Representative Herbert Parsons. president Of the
county committee viii head the deIega tiou. which
viii include the Manhattan Republican Congress
men President Roosevelt will not return to the
White House after the ceremonies on March & out
viii come direct 10 this city arriving here IN the
evening
The county committee delegation WILL leave here
at 1880 o'clock on March g. already announced
III two trains over the Pennsylvania arriving At
Washington at IN the evening There viii be ten
companies of 100 each wearing silk hats dark ,ver-
coats. dark trousers and gray gloves. Every mem
Der of the county, committee Will carry an Aneri-
faG
The Republican Club is nsnning 10 send large
delegation. and the sound money organization also
viii send delegation. IL is expected that State
Chairman Woodruff will head large delegation,
from Brooklyn and that Governor Hughes will rake
part in the grand parade the head OF the mill
tary division from New York
New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
EyyRApJTIoS AND DISSEMINATION.

The refusal of the American government TO
permit the extradition OF the Russian refugee
RUdowitz is doubtless disappointing and dis
pleasing 10 the Russian government though
It affords 10 ground for offence. if the same
disnosition should he made of the case OF
Pouren, the other refugee whom the Kusslah
government is making extraordinary efforts to
recapture the same feelings at st. Petersburg
would he much intensified. IT is understood that
Russia is desirous of securing some modncation
of the existing extradition treaty. or, aC any
rate of American practice under it. so that this
country will be less secure refuge for her
political offenders. The likelihood Of her effect
ing that end is not great. and. indeed there
seems more proba bility of a pursuance Of the
opposite course unless Russia shall herself
make TO this country the concession which has
long been demanded. for the impartial treat
ment of American citizens without regard 10
their creed race
It certainly is not unreasonable for this coun-
try 10 ask that naturalzed American citi-
Znns shall receive the same treatment in Rus
sia that they get in other European countries
We can understand that now and then 1t may
he annoying. a matter of sentiment, 10 have
a Russian who when he lived in Russia. was
persona non 0rdfd TO the government, and who
on that account went into exile, return TO Rus
sa under the protection of American citizen
ship But such cases are very few. and If other
countries can endure them Russia surely
should The United States has suffered I'M
measurab bly, more from the influx of undesirable
visitors and immigrants from Russia than Rus
sia ever has suffered or Will suffer from un-
welcome visitors from the United States
There is the perhaps still! more important Ques-
ton Of RusSia's discrimination against certain
American citizens because Of their creed or
race II matters not whether the Russian OBJ
lection 10 them is ethnic or theological, it is
offensive TO America. This country can permit
no such discrimination between Jew and Gen
tile but must regard it as odious whenever
and wherever it Is made Earnest representa-
tions this subject have been addressed to the
Russian government repea tedly. without effect.
But we must hope that the desired result will
soon he attained If is not satisfactory to have
il explained that Russia rejects passports borne
by Jews from other countries well as from
the United States. We are not concerned with
the treatment accorded 10 citizens or subjects
: Of other lands. What this country demands is
that there shall be no discrimination among
its own citizens but that American citizen
shall be respected American citizen the
world over. ma tier what his religion or his
ancestry. It is impossible that our government
should recede from that just demand. and 1t
is not easy TO imagine tue granting of cOnces-
sions in diplomatic affairs TO any government
wi refuses ro ra1noDjzo its