The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
gs That Figure in the Contemporary Life of Califc

California read, for example, in the San Ber-
nardino- Index:
Arnold pleaded guilty to desertion, which
made felony at the last legislature, instead Of
developed that the law was drawn up at the
suggestion of Judge Bledsoe being presented by
Senator Willis Judge Bledsoe took the time to
state that the idea Of the change of the crime from
mfsdemeafor to felony enable the Off
GERS to exradte who LETT their families, and
who went to other states; that it also
tendency of certain classes of men desert their
wives, thus making them public charges
DEAD LETTER LAW
If this ingenious judge knows anything he should
know that this law to which he points with pride
the offspring of his brain is impossible of
enforcement. The business of creating artificial
felonies is absurd. By Bedsoes own admission
this law is an attempt to do by indirection some
thing not expressed in its words and phrases.
That sort oflegisaton is vicious as well as foolish
1t will prove quite Intellectual to accomplish this
indirect purpose, for other states will not extradite
prisoners charge of artificial felony not recog-
nized by their statute books and not even
enforced in the state of its conception.
There are cases in which desertion of a wife by
a husband husband by a wife is a crime but
in the majority of instances it IS nothing of the
sort Usually it is simple, necessary act of self
Defense but the law must be general in its terms,
and were it enforced we should have to double the
accommodations of our state prisons
It seems that when 1t is question OF adding
dead letter to the statute book or aggravating
the already existing confusion of laws in California
the right of way is clear, but when it comes to
legislation designed to simplify legal process and
practice the legislature is deaf Possibly the chief
justice might administer discipline to the wild ass
of San Berdoo.
BY THE FIST OF WHITE HAT
don't know whether it IS old story or a new
one that l find in My Restless Life" written by
Harry de Windt, the famous English explorer, but
offer it here as an illustration OF one phase of
life in San Francisco:
There is probably no city in the world where
all classes meet on such free and easy terms
San Francisco, social state of affairs which has
this haphazard equality is seldom appreciated bv
the British tourist who passes through here his
and dried round the world
remember once sitting in the entrance hall of
the Palafe o with well kR s raclpg man and
when gorgeousy appareled young Engshman
just landed from Japan liner walked up the
office to register, while his private servant respect
fully looked on. When they had disappeared
inspect their apartments Mccarthy stroled up
the desk, glanced the register book and while
the clerks back was turned inscribed something on
I hots open page and waving me farewell lett the
Curiosity irnReled me to inspect the volume,
and this is what read The Honorable Archi-
bald James FitzAlan and valet while underneath
it. in my racing friends somewhat cramped and
Rff Wba at PPf5,sa and the iGqng entry
STOLE AN ALTERATION
Such wrath inlames celestial minds The Roman
poet wrote with prophetic eye liked on the ObStrep
erous astronomers of Mare island and Chicago
We know Professor See of the United States naval
observatory at the island by his famous theory that
California suffers from its proximity to leaky
ocean whose waters boil and sizzle "n our midst
and make earthquakes when they get hot enough
But now comes Prof Forest Moulton of the
Chicago university who accuses Doctor See of
having stolen from him substitute for the nebular
theory. AS Doctor Moulton declares that See stole
the wrong theory, it is not clear where his griev-
ance lies. He insists that the Mare island man
is guilty of scientific alterations but why feel
sore about the real supposed plagiarism of a
Chicago alteration? The University OF Chicago
has more than enough of such left in stock
THE PERILS OF LONG DESCENT
Since Uncle Eddy Livernash-to call him by
his American name-suffered Nevada meta
morphosis into French gentleman of noble lineage.
by name De Nvernas, he has incurred sad
variety of patronymical distortion So did the Sac
ramento Union in recent dispatch designate him
with the most distinguished consideration as
Monsieur Eduardo de Lvernay 1t is nice de-
rangement of epitaphs and makes him sound like
the tenor in an opera 1t is historical compound
in full accord with the best American spirit OF
compromise.
Extract from popular novel by fashionable
young lady:
She fixed him with a lurid glare and stung him
with her glorious lips while the band played on