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sight into the human mind, has, in
famous passagein CAS-. You Like 1t" inn
mortalized the schoolboy and his snail
like pace. Just SO modern singer-not
Shakespeare, but a singer wttnal-has
done his best to immortaltze the joys of
"readin' and 'riin and 'rithmetic.''
Between the sad picture of the Avon
poet and that too joyous one of the Amer
lean singer there is but middle course
for one to take who is looking for the
absolute truth and.nothing else.
X
Probably Mr.. Shakespeare was quite
noticeably nearer the real truth of the
matter than was the writer Of the popu-
lar ballad, for there isn't any doubt that
the schoolboy and his shining morning
face does go reluctantly to school-for the
first few mornings at least.
But then while the hallelujahs which
accompany the announcement of the lat
est lessons in ''readin'. 'ritin,'' etc, are
not so loud as to endanger the dome of
the Capitol with their conclusion, there
are circumstances which go with those
announcements that make school life
not too respondent and gloomy
AS certain lad who lives somewhere
in the northwest, but who was decorat-
ing the curb in front of the Force School
when approached by reporter. remarked
about this quite vexing problem:
School amt so bad. Schools all right.
The only thing what any feller can OBJ
ject to Is studyinr. Gee! if they'd only let
US play bout four hours and then. study
one thatd be fine.
But can't you imagine the boy whom
Mr.. Shakespeare depicted in a few words?
Probably you don't think of him in
dOublet and hose and jerkin. with a little
round cap. peaked like an Alpine summit.
with red feather in it. Probably you
call him to your minds eye clad in knick-
ers, with hard-leather high-top shoes on
his feet-a blue serge cap on his head.
But he's just the same boy, only a few
hundred years older. He jumps up from
the breakfast table. grabs enough books
to stock a Carnegie library-which Mr.
SIS boy couldn't have done-and bolts
out of the dining room when the clock
points to four minutes Of g.
You go,to -tha door In time to see him
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of this branch of warfare This means
that the human beings aboard must eat
and sleep and spend much of their time
below deck in region that is in effect
under water much of the time If a sea is
running. Furthermore. the decks OF the
torpedo craft are of steel, with no layer
of wood on top. and when the sun beats
down hour after hour on this metal sur
face the effect on the atmosphere below
can readily be imagined. No wonder ii is
life for young men. The officers in
command of the torpedo craft are all in
the morning of life, and the men who
make no the crews are chosen for their
physical hardwood.
The discomforts of life aboard torpedo
craft of which Westinghouse have
caught a glimpse these past few days
may be interpreted as merely the ordeal
of living in hot, crowded quarters. That
is but half the story. Torpedo boat HE
in port, trying as it is, is nothing COM
pared to existence on these tiny. craft
when they are rushing at express tram
speed through riotous seas that sweep
the water across their decks WITH every
wave The most serious phase or HE
aboard a cruising torpedo boat is the dlf-
ficulty of obtaining any Sleep Inc poat'
If she maintains any speed, qulFerS III d
most discomforting manner. ana III
hpaVy sea
like chip When the American torpedo
flotifla made its memorable voyage to the
Philippines an average speed of only nine
miles per hour was malntalned-not SO
much to husband the coal supply as to
give the men some opportunity for sleep.
The matter of dining on torpedo boat
presents almost as many difficulties as
sleeping. On a craft that is pitching
and rolling in a heavy seaway 1t is alike
useless and impossible for the men to sit
at fable and indeed cooking is sometimes
impra cticabl and the crew content them
selves with cold canned delicacies or the
remnants of the last previous meal pre-
pared in port. Latterly the Navy De-
partment has taken steps to lessen the
terrors of life aboard these "broncos or
the sea-" as the torpedo craft have been
aptly termed, and If the present expert
ments with gas engines in the navy point
the way to new propulsive power for
torpedo boats it is possible that the en-
CINE space thus saved may mean many
added comforts for the officers and men
of these speedy sea warriors.
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new BOYS and of course, the meeting OF
new little girls, there is the first encoun.
ter with the new teacher for the boy who
is just starting and for the boy who Is
progressing from one grade to another.
There will be but few innovations in the
Washington schools this year, outside OF
the usual changes in the teachers, accord
ing to Percy NJ. Hughes, assistant super
intendent of the local educational sys-
tenn Buildings have been renovated.
made more sanitary and more like homes
to the pupils who must spend their time
In study. The increase IN the number OF
pupils is expected to be small, and the
total number will be in the neighborhood
of "a 600, an increase of two or three hum
dred over last year. There are about
700 instructors in the entire school sys-
tenn of the District.
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DEOPLE of Washington
! Get Chance to See Wasps
of the United States Navy
Torpedo Boats Garry Only
Few Men, Yet Are Danger
Gus Craft to an Enemy
Little Warriors of the Sea
Hurl Their Explosives Un-
der Water to Strike Hull of
Large Boats Largest Tor
pedo Boat Appears as Pigmy
Besides Modern Six-Million-
Dollar Warship.
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The OVER CROWDED E17G1uERooT

torpedo boats in order that they may
overhaul the latter. The primary func-
ton OF the destroyer is the same as that
OF the torpedo boat-namely. to carry de-
struction to battleships and other heavy
fighters by means of torpedoeS, but these
craft have a secondary purpose-from
which they derive their name-as a means
for the destruction of an enemyS torpedo
boats. The torpedo boats are usually un-
armed save for one or two machine guns
and the two or three torpedoes which they
carry, but the destroyers are somewhat
better equipped for close-range encoun-
tiers. having weapons ranging in size up
to and including the effective three-inch
rifles. These latter are mounted on tur-
rets which enable them to sweep the sea
In every direction.
Remarkable as are the torpedo boats
in themselves, It is the unusual life aboard
them that has impressed most Washing
ton visitors far more than the physical
attributes Of these racers. The average
Washingtonian stepping aboard one of
these narrow, overcrowded craft and be-
ing Informed that dozens or scores of
men, as the case may be. live and work
in the toy warship. has instinctively in
uuired In wopderment: But where do
they eat? How do they sleep? Do they have
any such things as personal possessions
aDOdTO. Is II pOSSiUlo 10 uO WI II
in such an environment This gives the
cue to the real marvel of the torpedo
craft. A more crowded structure than one
Of these wasps Of the waves it would be
impossible to imagine. Most Of them are
less than o75 feet in length and some are
little more than half that length. But
even that does not convey an adequate
idea Of the crowded conditions unless one
can appreciate that the powerful engines
that are requisite for high speed and the
coal supply that is essential for this swift
gait take up a wholly inordinate proper
ton of the limited space on board. Then.
too. provision must be made for all sorts
Of supplies. including torpedoes and am
munition for the guns, and withal there
is very little space left for the officers
and men. With the latter it comes pretty
near being case of sleeping anywhere
that six feet of vacant space can be
found AS may be surmised, it Is in the
summer that life aboard a torpedo boat
Is especially arduous. The vessels sit low
in the water. and all the space above deck
is given over to guns, torpedo tubes.
searchlights and the other paraphernalia
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The Soft Answer.

A T a dinner in Bar Harbor a Boston
- woman praised the wit Of the late
Edward Everett Hale.
walking on the outskirts OF Boston
one day" she said, ''he and / inadvert-
entity entered field that had No Tres
passing sign nailed to a tree.
Soon a farmer appeared.
'Trespassers in this field are prose-
cuted' he said in grim tone.
"Dr Hale smiled blandly.
'' But we are not trespassers, my good
man, he said.
What are you them asked the
amazed farmer.
Were Untarians,' said DIR. Hale"
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LoADlNG<A.IoRpEDo INTo. TUeE.

the Potomac. from time to time. particu-
larly on the occasions OF presidential in
augurations. However, the torpedo craft.
picked examples of which were selected
to make the detour from Hampton roads
to this city, have, a significance out Of
all proportion to their unobtruave ap-
pearance.
Torpedo warfare may be classed as the
most modern branch of sea fighting, and
incidentally 1t may be remarked that its
deadliness has been materially enhanced
by the wonderful new torpedo that the
United States Navy has introduced dur
ing the past few years. Until the Lesson
Of the Russo-Japanese war forced home
certain truths several of the naval pow
er9 were Wavering somewhat in their al
legdance to torpedo craft effective
members Of the sea patrol. and, indeed,
the United States suspended the building
Of torpedo craft for several years; but
now the Navy Department has returned
to its earlier ideals, and the expansion Of
the torpedo f1otilla is going steadily for
ward. In Uncle Sans fleet at present are
thirty-five steel torpedo boats. whereas
upon the completion Of the vessels now
building there will be total Of thirty
one torpedo boat destroyers. This does
not take into account, OF course. the
twenty-seven submarine torpedo boats,
the function Of which Is the same as that
of their more conventional sisters, save
that they travel under water instead Of
on the surface.
X \
Even now the United States has not
as many torpedo craft as Great Britain
or France, but she is rapidly overhaul
ing these nations in this branch Of the
international bodybuilding race, and in
point Of efficiency many Of the best
boats under the Stars and Stripes, such
as those which were in Washington, are
the peer if not the superior of any
similar craft under a foreign flag. That
Miss Columbia is, moreover. pursuing
a decidedly progressive policy in build
ing torpedo craft is evidenced by the
fact that the L. S. S. Flusser, the latest
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addition to the flotilla, and which was
completed only a few weeks ago, has
proven our swiftest sea dart. having at
tanned on trial speed in excess Of
thlrty-one Knots per hOur-a full knot
faster than the best previous record for
speed in the navy.
While the largest of the torpedo
craft appear truly pigmy beside a
floating population of 900 officers
and men. it nevertheless costs in
the aggregate pretty penny to
keep in commission the swarm of
torpedo hurlers. The government Off
Gals have figured that on an average
it costs about $4,000 a year to keep a
torpedo boat destroyer ready for action,
or which sum several thousand dollars
is devoted to the making of necessary
repairs. The annual expense account Of
the average torpedo boat foots up some
thing like $4,000. and a submarine
needs for her upkeep. including the paw
OF her officers and sailors, just about
half that sum every twelvemonth. Ex-
pressed somewhat differently, it may be
stated that a dozen torpedo boats may
be kept in commission for the sum that,
on an average. is paid each year to
maintain each one of our battleships in
service.
OF course, the small size of the tor
pedo craft makes it impracticabIe to
have many officers or men aboard any
one boat. but by reason of the number
Of these little vessels the personnel Of
the torpedo division of our navy con-
stitutes a very important branch of the
whole enrolment. All told, there are
hundreds Of officers and thousands of
enlisted men in this arm Of the serv-
ice. and, as will be explained later, they
are for the most part picked men. The
smallest of the torpedo boats carry
only two officers and thirteen men
apiece, while the Stringham. the larg-
est vessel of this class and one of those
ordered to Washington carries only
three officers and sixty-tive men. Each
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boat. and no sooner strikes the water than
1t adjusts itself to depth of several feet
below the surface and makes a bee line
for the vessel at which it has been aimed
If the mysterious little weapon is true to
aim the whole bottom of the hostile war
vessel is likely to be torn out by the re-
sulting explosion when the torpedo laden
with guncottOn strikes the hull, and hun
dreds of the battleship's crew may be sent
to the bottom without moments warn
ing. To aim a torpedo with any accuracy
the torpedo boat must approach within
eight hundred yards Of the enemy, and
then, when the thrust is delivered. must
turn and scud away with all possible
haste, for discovery means shower of
leaden hail from rapid-fire guns that will
end the career Of the little craft and her
daredevil crew almost in an instant. 1t
is at this critical moment that the posses
sion of enormous speed may mean saliva
ton.
Despite the terrific speed at which tor
pedo boats are sent through the water,
they are, as rule, nothing more than
frail steel shells. sometimes not more
than a quarter of an inch in thickness
The torpedo boat destroyers, which are
longer and larger in every way. are some
what more stanchly built, and 1t is the
aim to give them greater speed than the
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SCHOOL BELLS CALL AND VACATION IS OVER

has learned to dance and to smoke and
perhaps to play foot ball, he's always
anxious to get back there when the long
summer Is over, because 1t is back there
that he will meet the best friends he has
ever knoWn-the friends of the days when
his blood runs hot and high, and when
the heart is open and free and respon-
sive~ to all that is best In him.
k'%
But the boy and the girl who go to the
same school are as a rule both from the
same community. They are together,
even in big city, almost as much in the
summer as in the winter, although mai
urally enough there is a constant chang
ing Of the attendance, neVer-endlns
change in the membership of school.
constant shifting of the population, which
means that there must be change OF
ones school acquaintance.
And vet while the boy and the girl are
too young, too self-centeTed, too content
with their own very narrow circle to
bother about getting back to the time
when they shall meet the friends MADE III
the schoolroom, they are surely not
averse to meeting new chuIns, even al
though, they probably wouldn't acknowi-
edge the fact.
If you watch Tommy Smith, who ives
in your block. the next time you see MN
on his way to school the chances are that
YOU will see him with one arm around
red-headed boy who hasn't any particular
claims to beauty and probably none at
all to brilliancy. II you see Tom Smith
five months from now his arm Will be
around Red again and there will not be
any one else who can butt in on this
friendship a mite Possibly-nay. prob
ably-Tommy and Red have their circle
of awed acQuaintances, whom they toler-
ate, but that Is all.
So why should they care whether or
rot school takes up again. They can
have a better time If they don't have to
spend six hours inside school room each
day Certainly they can, they think.
while the weather Is good But it isn't
likely that Tommy or Red cares much
about goinE, back even If they don't.
Worry greatly about that one bright fea-
ture of new school year-the making of
new friends.
I, Butstben I'm. addition toethe, meeting: OF
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many Washiugtonians their first glimpse
OF these wasps of the, sea, for never be-
fore has 60 formidable a fleet anchored
at the water gateway of the capital. In
their somber dress and with their LOVELY
ing, rakish huls seeming to merge into
the water on cloudy day. the torpedo
craft are far from being as spectacular
IN appearance as the cruisers and gun
boats and monitors which have.come up
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H E people. OF
Washington fihavH
had during the
past few days the
best opportunity
ever granted them
to inspect at close
range representa-
tive torpedo boats
and torpedo boat
destroyers Of our
modern navy. In
deed, It has given
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A Resemblance,

CANON HENSLEY HENSON at a dim
~ ner in New Haven during his Yale
lectures, condemned the uyliness Of the
English archbishops attire.
"One of our archbshops." he said,
preached in a Kansas church in his pam
oply of knee breeches. CATERS and apron.
and the leading paper of the town con-
cluded an admirable report Of his sermon
with the words:
The archbishop wore Highland
dress"
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O. THE average
boy-there is no Joy
in chedoleful'sound
of the school bell
at the opening Of.
the fall term. The
clapper Is a night
mare Of the worst
variety. 1t means
more than merely
a return to books
1t is the close OF
the summer fes-
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red apple that Shakespeare's boys must
have brought withH them when they
walked down through the dusty lanes of
Old Avon or through the narrow ill-smell-
ing streets of London you will find the
schooiboys Of Washington bring with
them tomorrow.
Now, on the other hand. school days
are not like college days. When a young
mana .aesn or on .untyersivs<wh he
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24


Members OF the S. f. Real Estate Board
GREAT AUCTION SALE. OF THE HAGGIN
BY ORDER OF Mr.. ]. B. HAGGIN; SUB
DIVIDED IN IS SUPERB MARINE VIEW
LOTS. AVERAGING 80 FEET EACH; CAR
PROPOSED PACIFIC UNION CLUE AND
NEW UNIVERSITY CLUB. THIS ELEGANT
MH BE sotp AT
pay, APRIL p; SEND FOR CATALOGUE
$50. .o00-Rents S6is0 year; where can you
equal this for income? Right down town
at Jones and Jackson streets where rents
solid and based on earning powers:
new substantial apartment house OF is
apartments. so arranged that each apart.
ment receives sun; on north side of
have have on 0-e our : books. very Des' p's't e57l
sec, ,000-Sutter st. business corner large lot
always make money; fats large and
lIgb. and always rented; income 81 500 ".
s1s,50o- Redcced from s22, 500; 6 very fine and
we'll constructed flats OF rooms and
Of can rerss sman pn
chaser requires; close to Cherry and
California. (3542l
s175oo-Large corner not far from Bush and
building Nof store aud flats and sep
arate dwellings; present tenants have
annum; your money earns good interest
here and your capital is surely and
steadily enhancing In value. (4i1D
slI, ,500--To CLOSE AN ESTATE! Magnificent
NE. corner; TSx100; faces park: one of
the finest locations in the city for high
class apartments arrange a bank
mortgage IL desired. t46o3)
$l6,000-BARGAIN! Owners are FORCED TO
SELL, otherwise this nne old home
would not be sacrificed; lot 45x13T:6 on
Lyon. Washington; extremely well
built house Of 10 large light rooms and
bath; all woodwork used in finish is fine
old Spanish cedar; mantels OF hand
carved oak; massive foundation: high
basement and attic with finished rooms
In both; commands enviable view of
bay and city. Our sign is premises,
see same today and submit offer
s13. .ooo~BEsT BUY IN crTYi swell new
nats OF rooms and bath each; sunny
and very attraetive; ta lot worth 5000;
Of the market and buy these; you'll
regret it and In years you'll
be able to sell for $4,000; rents $140
per month; right down town at Lesv
$40, ,ooo-Income $1,000 year: 8 hats in ine
renting district of Mission: $4,000
mortgage can remain IL desired; large
lot fronts 2 streets. {45S3)
$9,000-0ne OF the protest homes In the
city; delightfully."- located and artistic
ally built; rooms and bath; extra
large lot; on best carline
s7,ooo-Ciay street home; can arrange terms
IL desired; rooms and bath; lot Is feet
s4.25o-Dandy little cottage and good lot
near Webster and California; rooms
and bath. {3940)
ss.5oo-Sacramento street lot. near Cherry; 25
feet by full depth. (4602)
$4,000 foot lots on Sutter street carline
ready for building.
p.rputN T. 11owrTr oIe coA urApNv CIR
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24
AsHBURY PARK TRACT.

Lots, s1400 and up: one-6fth cash. balance
in years; price includes sewer, water and gas
mains laid. macsdam street; magnificent view
of the city and bay; $1,000 building restric-
ton; all lots have two frontages the CLOS
EST IN subdivision in San Francisco; in the
actual center of the city and on the edge of
the built up part Of town; the 18th ST. cars run
along the front of Ashbury Park; there are s
city blocks in the tract; we getting them
ready one block at time; the first block is al
most ready, which we now offering. Ashbury
18th sts. and is bounded by Ashbury ST., Clar-
endon av., Lincoln av. and Corbett av. The
city bought 46 acres to the west Of and ad-
joining this tract for park and 100000 has
been appropriated for Improvement. Title per-
feet under the McEnerney Get. Salesman ON the
tract every day, including Sunday. Take 18th
ST. cars: get of at Clarendon av.
LYON HoAG. INC, $50 Market ST., S. F..
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24
PROPOSALS AND BIDS


SEALED bids will be received at the office of
the secretary of the Regents, University Of
Z California. Berkeley, on or before 4:30 D. M
Friday, May IA. 1909. for work on Boalt Hall
on the University campus at Berkeley. as per
plans aud specifca tions on file at said office
Separate bids invited for each Of the
following IL pieces of work: "a Excavation
and concrete; (2) structural steel; t3l steel
erection; (4) granite work: f5) roofing and
sheet metal: t8) furring, latbng and plaster
ing; ca marble and terrazzo work: (S) plumb
ing: t9) ornamental cast and wrought metal:
(l0) metal windows. doors and finish: IN
ltesting and tilating: ff2) book lft
No bids will be received unless accompanied
by certified check bond in favor of tbe
undersigned equal TO 10 per cent of the bid. to
assure execution of contract by successful bid
der. The right to reject any or all bids is re-
served.
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. OF
CALIFORNIA.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24
LIPMAN & HIRSCHLER, 255 Montgomery St
LIPMAN s. HIRSCHLER, 255 Montgomery St

HEADQUARTERS FOR LOTS NORTH AND
SOUTH OF GOLDEN GATE PARK.
sfoo cash $40 per month Choice lots on
high ground on west line 2Sth av. from to 3
streets
s100 cash $40 per month Beautiful lots.
graded. streets macadamized; on 35th av. and A
street.
Entire westerly frontage of 4oth av. between
and sts. lots on OFFICIAL LINE AND
GRADE; streets macadamized. Building re-
strictions. Make your choice Ia this block En-
tire avenue will be open from Point Loboe to
Fulton st. You will never buy them as cheap
as you do now Easy terms.
LOTS or most every street and avenue in
Richmond District
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SUNSET
So, ,250-Choce northwest corner of X ST and
Sth av. marine view; streets bitumin-
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an exceptional bargain. Easy terms
81, I00-Lot on 18th av.. mr.. ST.; 37:6x12O:
reduced from $4,000 to effect quick sale
81 1,650--16th Y. II ST.; only a few left:
entire frontage being built up with new
homes; very easy terms.
WE SELL ON EASY TERMS. THE IN
STALLMENT PRICE JUST AS CHEAP AS
IF YOU PAID ALL CASH.
McEnerney decree all our lots.
Call at branch office, corner of II st.
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around Automobile and buggy at your dis
possl.
LIPMAN & HIRSCHLER, 255 Montgomery St
Phone Douglas 3644