The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
endent Review of Men and Things That Figure il
By Edward r. Cahill

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official acquaintance Like Senator Flint he keeps
bad company. A man who could permit and indeed
invite photograph of himself with his hand resting
lovingly on the shoulder of Abe Ruef must have
been suffering from an impeachment in his
science At the time of the Santa Cruz convention,
when this photograph trumphantly taken,
Mr.. Gllett must have known Abe Ruef and the
nature of his business. But politics is mixed
AFFAIR During the campaign that ended in Gletts
election | met George Knight in the street one day
and he said TO me:
Give Jim a chance He will make good
Looking back the last two years l am ready
to say that Governor Gillett has made good apart
from some rotten appointments. 1t happens only
IN politics that once in blue moon we gather
grapes from thistes
NAPOLEON GILLETT
observe with delight and satisfaction that
Governor Giett is cutivating the Napoeonc pose
Statesmen with heads like the great Napoleon are
all the fashion. When the governor shaved off his
mustache began to suspect something. Now I
see that in his latest portraits he cultivates an
intellectual corrugation of the brow and the peeping
tendrils of modest curl struggle and meander
over broad expanse of forehead
There was little girl
And she had little curl
That hung right down her forehead
And when she good
She very, very good,
But when she was bad she horrid.
COLONEL PIPPY'S ENDURANCE
Colonel George Pippy is mentioned for Amer-
can ambassador to Mexico, says morning paper
hope he will get it. He deserves his long delayed
reward for living has endured so many
ribuations with equal fortitude He tells the story
himself.
i had partner once some years ago and he
came to after had been together about six
months and he said: Colonel, how long have you
been in the milk business?' and told him twelve
fifteen years. Well he said i can't stand it
any longer. They give me that joke about the
milkman and the pump every day in the week
three times day. | can't stand it any longer
Buy me out at your own price.
Any man who can stand off that perpetual joke
for Is years and smile and smile as Colonel Puppy
smiles is born diplomat and would make good
bargain for Uncle Sam
Colonel Puppy touched the highest point of his
fame on the night when he presided as chairman
and postmaster for the famous banquet given BY
the citizens and officials of San Francisco to Luther
Burbank. | quite understood the rationale
of his selection for that function, but perhaps the
committee OF arrangements discovered some hidden
relation between the milk of commerce and the
hairless cactus.
TALL TALK FROM A PLATFORM
get this exquisite little story from the Pasa-
dena News and it seems to point to interesting
process of social evolution:
On car the other day man handed the con-
ductor transfer, which the conductor handed back
again, saying it old and good The
replied that it good enough for him, and
the passengers began take interest in the pro-
ceedings.
lou will have to pay your fare said the con-
ductor
No. won't returned the man, I'll ride on
that transfer"
The transfer is good" said the conductor
again. "You pay your fare, get off the car.
Just you say said the obstinate but
if | get off, you will have me-
AT this the conductor brought the car stand
still, and the interest high 1t looked as though
something would happen presently Sure enough,
it did The conductor drew himself UP with dignity,
put 1ook-he appeared to be quite out
of sorts-and in a monotonous tone, he rected,
parrot might only with less expression, little
piece after this fashion:
AS Pacific Electric conductor, charge of this
car, No 42f, devolves upon to inform you that
you obsructng the public service; that you
preventing this from going on; that you in
conveniencing the company and its passengers
this line / obliged by duty ask you pay
the of FIVE cents, otherwise you will have to get
off the Should you refuse, will be obliged
by bodily force to remove YOU (Ending with
rising inhecton)