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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24

san Francisco broke its gayly
sneckled Easter esq last night and
there was good viii to men even
though the peace on earth was distin-
auisl,ed more by good nature and mer-
riment than by gentleness It was a
secular Easter night. A new spirit
arose in san Francisco; a new cult was
formed.
suppose that the entire Portoia eel
sbration was tending toward last even
ing. The program was 50 arranged
that there were alternate days of pa
raae and pageantry with more quiet
moments and periods. The sequence
was arranged so that the climax would
.one last evening with riot Of feryor-
The new cult to borrow an esoterie
,orm and apply it wantonly to thing
of the multitude new cult was born
last evening. It is to be cult which
hold night parades and marches in cos
,,me down the main street Of the city
us,rping that street from the lords OF
,,,einass who have decorated il witi
80. mercantile houses. and converting
a anto a pandemonium in which ~ tAe
so,-ile are merry ones II viii be the
cr1t of the merry devils. probapiy ~
tbere were no blue ones abroad
WAS THE ARTISTS TURN
It was expected thai the novelty. OF
last night would be IN the refinement
- fife nageantry We had had the
l,,etx martial show to stir our patriot
fer, II we We're Americans, or our com
,<s+,iotisn. IL we were British, German.
Dl,tcb Italian or japanese. We had
our fling Of marching men whose CAIN
for interest lay in the numef flca
strength ofthe fraternal order TO wllcn
thev belonged. or in the humor whlch
+bev could inject into a courtlN pro-
cession. Last night was to be an affair
- the artists George r. Lyons,
charles Rohrhand and daig Patigan
worked for last nights effect, gave the
best Of their artistic ana HecoIa i've
Sl-i1i 10 produce something which san
I,,.s,,eisco had never seen before.
The history Of San Francisco and Of
caiifornfa was ransacl1ed for striking
incidents which would exemplify the
sforItA and energy OF the state and
the beauty Of its women and charm OF
ffs natural advantages. Wnlle the
many flags Of Tuesdays parade Were
. lesson in international good feeling.
md the long line of Thursday was the
aDotheosis of the people, the Saturday
night affair was TO be an artistic glory
rrhe artistry which is Paris and the
noetrv which is everywhere were TO be
brought into the Portoia festival A
grand and scarlet cloak was secured for
Don Gaspar de Port0ia.
WANTED TO BE IN SHOW
The artists were not derelict in their
work. but the Portola festival was too
much for them. The POrtola spirit
,ras too merry The people We're not
content TO sit back in the friends Of
6ce windows and see the delica te col
ors OF The pageant pass under the in
caudescent arch nor 10 marvel at the
ddelfty 10 nature with which Bret
Harfe's characters we're personated.
rhev wanted TO be part OF the show.
And they were; more SO than the peo-
ale Of San Francisco ever were part
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Queen Elizabeth-Queen Xergilia was
a different part Of The procession. II
happened that size came last TO blow
final kiss to her dancing subjects,
but all girls on floats looked alike to
the Chinese boy and they all looked
like Portola queens.
There was many queen" in the
parade. at that; on the floats all the
girls were pretty and silk stockinged.
The brief skirts OF carnival permit OF
observations of arfstocratic appur-
tenances.
GATHERED IT'S GAYETY
In that fun blooded spirit of equal
ity the Portola festival ended fast
night. 1t started soberly as a military
coronation Of California's handsome
woman as the citys golden queen.
There was an aristoeratic fanfare about
the sport The thing was staged and
the audience had to stay where the
bestarred ushers under Chief Jesse
Cook put it. only men of steel could
march ia honor Of the queen. Only
the insignia Of mighty nations were
worthy to be Auttered in her honor
the insignia Of mighty nations and the
gaudy flag Of the new Kingdom the
court Of Portola.
Thursday there was an unbending
and the people could march with the
queen. just so they We're afihated with
some lodge or society, or colony There
had still to be some formaiity about
the homage paid the queen.
Last night. however, the wires were
down. The game was wide open, and
the limit was the zenith, to where the
noise must haze lifted. The carnival
was open and gay Anybody was good
enough to join hands and dance in the
wake of the queen.
Three years ago Market street was
filled with piles Of old bricks which
had no roof over their head. Two
years q agoE Market street was lined with
excavations. One year ago it was
crowded with building materials. Last
night it was sweet with the music Of
bands and the laughter Of girls, and
occupied with the feet Of dancers
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
INDIGESTION, GAS, HEARTBURN
OR STOMACH HEADACHE GOES

stand why Dyspeptic trouble OF all
kinds must so, and why they usuarliy
relieve sour out-of-order stomachs or
Indigestion in five minutes. Diapepsin
is harmless and tastes like candy
though each dose contains power sufiic~
lent 10 digest and prepare for assimi-
lation into the blood all the food you
eat, besides it makes you so to the
ia bic with healthy appetite but.
what viii please you most is that you
will feel that Your st0naci il. and intest-
mes are clean Ind fresh. and you viii
not ne.sd TO resort to laNatives or liver
pills for Biliousness or Constipation
This city will have MANY Diapepsin
cFanks a. some people viii eau them.
ban YOU VIII, he cranky about this
splendid stomach preparation too. if
YOU ever try q little for Indigestion or
Gastritis or any other Stomach misery.
Get some now, this minute. and gf0r-
ever rid yourself Of stomach Trouble
md Ind ;gestioil.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
WAR SECRETARY'S
HERO MEDAL BOGUS
Dickinson's Alleged Rescue OF
Man From River Performed
by Ship Captain
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali

. tCi1SNtSt A|tolJ@tStt ~ 4 &c (dit
DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 23-The reason
why Secretary OF War Dickinson is so
retieent regarding his reeGing from the
Detroit river of ]. L. JOY, who fell from
gang plank of former Secretary OF
the Navy Newberry's yacht Truant in
1895, forswhich rescue Secretary Dick
inson recently received a medal, has
leaked out here.
He did not rescue joy at all Captain
Moses Redmond, who has been in COM
mand pf various yachts Of the New
berry family for 80 years. performed
that feat himself
Redmond remembered today some
thing about helping JOY out Of the
river, but he had one medal for life
saving already. and. what was more. a
letter written by Joy shortly after his
ducking, thanking him for the prompt
action. This is the letter:
September Il, 1895.
Dear Sir: VIII you allow me to make pres
.ent of the inclosed $50 lis. of course. no
compensation. is it intended as such. for the
very efficient and prompt aid YOU and your men
ON the 'fruant gave me the evening | took bath
could do would be compensation TO YOU for such
aid and you would nos take compensation for an
act of humanity on your part, make this little
present ana write yau this letter and give you
my cordial sihanks. all ia show YOU that | apprc-
ciate fully the prompt and careful means adopted
by You in rescuing myself and my friend Diekin-
son. who not knowing wis an expert swim
iner. had Immediately followed me into che water
to hold me up if necessary until we both could
be rescued.
When next | take bath of this kind if ever
self and men with yeu in management. Yours
truly, j. +. Joy
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
A little Diapepsin makes your
out=of=order Stomach feel
fine in five minutes.

II what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like lump of
lead. refusing to digest. or you belch
Gas and Eruetate sour, lIndigested
food or have a feeling OF Dizziness,
Heartburn. Fuilness, Nausea. Bad taste
is Indigestion.
only 80 cents and win thoroughly cure
your out-of-oFdeF stomach. and leave
sufficient about the house in case some
one else in the family may suffer from
stomach trouble or indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
5g-cent cases, then you viii under
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
GHOST OF LOMBROSO
LOOKED FOR IN ITALY

LONDON Oct ga dispatch from
Rome SAYS the appearance of the ghost
of the late Prof Cesaro Lombros0 is
being looked forward 10 with extraor-
binary interest by the Italian spfri-
tualists. Before his death the pro-
fessor announced that after his de-
mise he would place himself in COM
munication with the Milan society for
psychical research. He declared also
that for this purpose ne would make
use of Eusapia Paliadin0 with whose
aid he had conducted many expert
ments since 1Sg5.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
MEXICO .CITY'S CATHEDRAL
LARGEST IN AMERICA

The cathedral is the largest and most
sumptuous church in America. 1t faces
the north side of the plaza, on the side
OF the great pyramidal teocalli or
temple of Huitzilopochtli. pagan god 81
the Aztecs This edifice which was
founded in 1913 and finished in 1851
'at 4 cost of s2,o09.0o0 for the walls
alone. forms a Greek cross 426 feet long
and 2Ds wide with TWO great nayes and
three aisles. 20 side chapels and mag
.nificent high altar supported by marble
columns and surrounded by a tumbago
baiustrade, with 62 statues of marble,
xicll goldfish yer and copper alley sery-
Elg as caHdclabrtls
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
WILL BUILD RAILWAY
INTO CHILEAN ANDES
Stockton Man Leaves for Big
Construction Task

STOCKTON. oct. .23. II. Newell,
the railroad engineer who was with the
sierra railway in Tuolumnc county for
a number of years, leaves tomorrow to
build a railroad in Chile for the Braden
copper company The road viii be Is
miles long and will run from the coast
in the state of O'diggins, to the mines
at an elevation of 5000 feet III the
Andes it Will be narrow gauge. The
work will be difficult in consequence OF
the grades TO be met. Newell has been
promoting a railroad from stockton to
Jenny Lind. in Ca1averas county and
says he will return TO that work.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
PAcIFiCATION POLICY
FOR SPANISH CABINET

MADRID, Oct. 2S.-following the
session of the cabinet last night an
official communication was issued an
nouncing that the cabinet proposed TO
follow a policy Of pacifieation and lib
erty. 1t is understood that among the
specific decisions arrived at was one
TO subject the religious orders en-
gagged in industries % the operations of
the common law.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24

Caffeine-in cOffee-is a
direct poison to the nerve
centres of many highly
organized persons.
1t produces all sorts of
disorder, IRON stomach
troubles, paIpitatiOn OF the
heart, kidney affection,
ETC., up to more intricate
nervous troubles, such as
paralysis.
The way to keep well
is to leave off coffee and
use Postum, which is a
direct rebniIder of the
nerve centres.
There's a Reason"
Sure and we'll defined
Improvement in health will
follow this course, as can
easily be proven by any
person whO values health
enough to make q trial.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
GOOD FEEL ING ENGENDERED
BY GAYETY OF LAST NIGHT
Full Blooded Spirit Equality Controls Great Multitude That Plays
to Enhancing Music in Streets
By ARTHUR L. PRICE.

of show before-exceptng New
Years eve. when they are the whole
show.
In that lies the richness OF the Por-
tola celebration and that is the best
argury OF its perpetuatlon as san
Francisco holiday season. The people
took hold of the Portola festival. The
executive committee had some 100000
honorary members to do the work for
them. Their great talent was dis
played in providing a program which
would appeal to the spirit OF the
100000
thing like manufacturing the hoary
headed tradition to order. it is like
going into an almanac shop and sug-
gesting to the astrologer in charge
that he have the transit Of Venus oc-
cur on Thursday of next week. Usu-
ally the ignition does not work.
MADE HOLIDAY To ORDER
The Portola festival committee did
that however They had something
to celebrate, it is trHe. They had the
rebuilding Of san Francisco TO cele-
brate: they hadN the victory Of the city
over its hardships to celebrate, and,
incidentally they found. on consult
ing histories, that they had the dis
coyery of san Francisco bay by Gas
par De Portola 10 celebrate. So they
called out holiday
Eastern critics have censured the
Portola festival as TOO frank play on
san Francisco's part TO advertise itself.
The franker the better The most sue
cessful combination Of a scientific and
sporting event ever decentralization
week at Rheims-was arranged un-
blushingly TO advertise a brand of
champagne. We may 80 outside of the
ranks Of the ". c. T. T. and even into
the camps. Of the California grape
growers association and be told that
10 advertise the victory of a city over
its one time desoIation is more meri-
torious than to advertise champa gne.
CITY's HEART BIGGER
With typewriter as speckled with
the confetti of concord as our before
mentioned eastern egg. It is difficult to
strike the keys of consecutive ideas
but there has been a consecutive idea
brewing during the Portola week. ard
it ripened last night and fell from the
tree of knowledge.
That idea has something to do with
the thought that, while the head of San
Francisco VIII be bigger today than
normally, in spite Of cold apolications-
80 - a.. 49, Tis7D ~ - i5eSi- " men Il
coterie of friends have party there is
always afterward a Jolly feeling of
friendliness. The same should apDIv
to a city. San Francisco had its big
party last night. There can not but
be awakened a keener feeling of friend
liness among the confetti throwers.
MORE-
ALL GIRLS WERE QUUENs
The sentiment was obvious last night.
AS the Chinese division Of The parade
was passing the San Francisco fioat
at stockton and Market streets one Of
the smallest of the Chinese boys lifted
his pert voice with an 'Oh, you Portola
queen" to the pretty maiden on the
float She WASN'T a queen. Queen YER
gilia-Queen Vergie is the only name
that was heard last night. just as
Queen Bess is the living appellation
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
GERMAN CRUISER CREW
ATTEND CHURCH TO-DAY

The anniversary Of the reformation
will be celebrated this morning at 10
o'clock at st. Mark church in O'FarrelI
street near Franklin The officers and
crew of the German cruiser Arcona
viii attend the services in body Rev.
j Fuendeling will preach the sermon
At the present rate the excavations
al Pompeii will not be completed until
tile year 1870
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
SOCIALISTS WIN SEAT
FROM GERMAN LIBERALS s

C0BURG. Germany. Oct. 2s.-The So
cialists won another seat in the reich
stag at yesterdays elections in this
city, which had been Regarded as a
stronghold of the national liberals. The
turnover is attributed TO dissatisfac-
tion over the new taxes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
GERMAN MINISTER OF
JUSTICE QUITS OFFICE

BERLIN. Oct 23.-Rudolf A. Nieber-.
ding. minister of Justice resigned his
office today because of his advancing
years He was born in 1883.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT
RESUMES IT'S SITTINGS

ST. PETERSBURG, oct 2s.-Both
branches Of parliament. the council Of
the empire and the duma opened today.
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pacity for traffic than afforded by the mar
row waterway proposed by the board. >.
Greater safety for ships and less danger
of interruption to traffic by reason of the
wider and deeper channels which the lock
canal makes possible at smaller cost. =.
Quicker passage across the isthmuS fo,
large ships or large traffic. 4. Materially
less time required for construction. D.
Materially less cost.
1t is TO be hoped that the question Of
plan will ne finally laid to rest by Con-
Sress il lis extra session. ard tia. the
work will BE pushed TO completion ". .liod.
any serious setbacks. But the mere build
ing of canal at Panama is not the OBJ
iect In view That is but a means to an
end. What are We going to do with the
canal when It is finished? If it We're to
be opened tomorrow. it would be almost
useless 10 us. At least, it would be of
less service to America than 10 any other
commercial nation. We have no mer-
chant marine, TO begin with. and unless
we remedy. that defect before 1915 "
shall open a canal for the benefit Of Eu-
10 ourselves. Then. we have no foothold
n the markets of the orient, and unless
we set about getting one at once we shall
find ourselves shut out. Great Britain and
Germany have been making extra efforts
to extend and strengthen their spheres of
commercial influence in the east since we
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fully along the edges OF the carriage
drive. They bear the puZZling legend.
Don't keep off the grass" This man
date mixes most of the visitors up from
the start. and large numbers go back to
the lodgekeeper TO ask whether the grass
may be walked upon or not. Sir Frank
used to have sign reading The grass
may be walked upon. but he substituted
the present one in order to study psyche
logical effects" The confusion of the
visitors affords him fund of amuse-
nent. This. however. Is only the be-
ginning of the surprises. The house, the
grounds the walks are arranged pur-
posely TO delude. and when You have
spent an afternoon at F'riar Park, with
it's many illusions. decisions and en-
tar clements you come out into the world
again shorn of much of your confidence
in the impressions which your ordinary
five senses convey.
For instance, on the lefthand side of
the winding carriage way which leads up
series of three or four ponds. One of
your first "astonishers' is to see several
well dressed ladies, accompanied perhaps
by a couple of children or gentleman
apparently walking complacently through
one of the ponds. waist deep in the
water. You are at first inclined to think
the people either water-tight or else lay
figures worked by some kind of mechan-
ism, but this latter idea is soon dispelled
by seeing them emerge from the pond on
the other side perfectly dry. with no
evidence Of their partial immersion. The
head gardener explains to you that the
people are only walking over a ledge of
rocks placed behind one Of the ponds in
such Il manner that 1t gives the appear
ance of people walking through the water
as they cross over.
Even the rocks themselves, which form
the steppng-stones for this curious stage
effect. present unique features. They show
the footprints of some antedluvian mon
ster. together with those of a man,
woman and some children. The various
footprints suggest prehistoric tragedy,
showing that the man stayed behind to
fight the supposed monster. while the
woman and children fled to safety. Some
of the stones are without footprints. these
indicating perhaps the most exciting
parts of the chase. That's where they
jumped. SIR Frank explains. with laugh
ter. The mystery of how these special
stones came to he in their particular
place and how the markings of the feet
are so perfectly plain is explained when
Sir Frank calmly informs you that he
had the stones faxed out of stuff
called "pulhamite'' and placed there pur-
posely. The prehistoric tragedy is also
al invention of the same fertile brain.
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connection with the former there must be
other works liable to damage by earth
quake
The main feature of the lock-leyel plan
is large lake ITO square miles in extent.
which will be formed by shutting in the
Chagres valley by the Gatun dam and
impounding the waters of the streams
that flow into it, This lake will form the
summit level of the canal. At the
Atlantic end OF L Il broad channel
about three miles in length viii lead into
the ocean The lake will afford open
navigation for distance OF twenty-three
miles. or more than half the total length
of the waterway. The Culebra cut will be
trayersed by a channel 200 feet in width
and the remaining distance will be main
" occupied by lake five miles across
filing depression between the divide an l
the Pacific ocean. The total length of the
channel which extends several miles into
the ocean at either end. is nearly 10 miles
OF this only one-seyenth is less than 200
feet In width. while more than two
thirds of 1t is 800 feet wide or over
Briefly stated. the reasons advanced by
the minority of the board of consulting
engineers for their belief that lock ca
mai Is the better one for the United States
to construct are as follows: l. Greater ca
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The Georgia P0ssum King.

HARRY FISCHER, the Georgia possun
Il king. described during the possum
course Of an Alabama banquet the best
way to kill. clean and cook a possum.
This rich meat" Mr.. Fischer con-
Guided. would be as popular as crab.
but for something repulsive about il.
What the repuisive quality is I can't tel.
but it exists, and it makes the possum in
many persons minds horrible
This vague horror in something de-
licious recalls 10 me the remark made
BY one cab driver to another al funeral:
Here. Tom, said the man. git down
from yer box. The corpse's brother wants
US to come inside and have a drink with
him. "
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the Conservatives They represent ths
personal hobby o. one Of the busiest men
IL F.nc.an for Sir Frank Crisp has ofe
Of tie largest legal practices in the world
His speciality is commercial Law. and - i
familiar figure a. most Of the great
company meetings III the city. lie Ms
knigh.ed Year ago. and il is safe
statement that no honor conferred ~ 49,
king was ever more popular among tie
business men or London than this.
Sir Frank is head OF the great law firm
of Ashursf. Morris, Crisp & Co His con-
nection with il began when he was six
teen years Old. and his first appearance
there j the subject of a we'll known
story 10y the late John Morris. who waa
Tor many Years mead OF the firm.
When Crisp was sixteen Morris said.
his grandfather died and his uncle came
10 me and asked me il we would take him
as an articled clerk. | asked what so:t
of Young fellow he was, and his uncls
replied that he was such q many-sided
boy that it was difficult 10 describe him.
But. he said. al home we call him the
ca; because he always falls on his feet
THAT was quite enough for me. He
proved most assiduous to his duties. ami
one day he came to me and asked for
two or three days leave of absence. saH-
ing that he was going up for his examind
ton at the London University. Knowin,
that he must have had little time FOR
study. ! laughed at him. and told him thet
he could not hope to get degree from
London without great proficiency and haHl
ever, and We were all astonished when 10
took a first-class degree in all subjects
Another of his associates declares that
the old legal maxim ina the first step
in a law suit was to get something On
account of costs has now been changed
to Get Frank Crisp
Sir Frank is one of tho most popular
residents Of Henley. and his popula,ity IS
explained by incidents like the following:
He received a great many kilograms -
his country house and when he Was
knighted he declared that he owed much
of his success to the efficiency OF the
telegraph service at the local post Office
He invited all the members OF the star
to dinner to celebrate his knighthood, and
during the dinner he learnt that ii is tie
rule that when woman telegraphist
leaves the service to be married she
ceves an allowance of one months pa"
for every year she has served in the post
office.
Sir Frank promptly announced that IN
future he would double the allowance
every Henley woman telegraphist who
married. and since then he has carried
out his promise TO the extent Of $50 in
one case and 800 in another.
Copyright, 1909, by Curtis BTownD