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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
By KATHERINE oSBoURNE

detected figure that sat often in the
Bohemian club. then over the California.
market in Pine street. And yet thosA
rooms he must sometimes have recalled
with pleasure, for there he met two
men whom he ever afterward callee
friends, and friends TO him were the
greatest possession life offered. These
two were. first. the artist. virgil VIII
liams. founder of the San Francisco art
school. and of whom he wrote after
Williams death. ''virgifs handsome
face / see all over the shadowy San
Francisco of my memory" And to
Williams and his wife "Sflverado
Squatters~ is dedicated.
Next comes Charles Warren Stod-
dard. a traveller in and a writer of the
south seas. In The Wrecker" the
chapter called Faces on the City
Front is description of Stoddard's
rooms. And without doubt this meet
ing and knowing Stoddard led directly
to Stevenson's later cruises in the
south seas and his ultimate place of
residence in Samoa.
But If stevenson found San Fran
cisco a dreary place he loved the Pa
CHIC WHIPS al OtHCI OCChh0 VtN
of hand,r he said, and he was alive to
all the beauty and romance of our
state
The secret of Stevenson's poverty al
ways was his readiness to give to
beggars and unfortunate friends every
coin he had. He had the spirit that
was ready to carry the burdens and
SORROWS of every one he met
vale he was living on As cents "A
N E-rDr r-fz nj al iur
himself only one meal a day with
further disastrous results to his health
a man in England was owing him the
larger part of a substantial sum of
money that his father had given him
on his becoming of age. And his help
ing to nurse Mrs. Carson's child who
fell sick while Stevenson was living in
her house, and the intense sympathy
he felt for child and parents went still
farther to increase his own illness.
Stevenson's sojourn in San Francisco
was brought TO close by his mar
riage with Mrs. Sam Osoourne. the
woman for whom he had shown s0
much devotion. and their removal to
Silverado. deserted mining camp near
Calistoga. for benefit of better eli
mate and the open air.
A ranch and ranch life on the slopes
of Mount ST. Helena were contemplated.
but Stexenson's father and mother
could endure the separation from their
son no longer. An allowance was
settled upon him and he was induced
to return home.
Eight years later, on the deatH OF
his father. the bond that held-hinl 10.
Scotland was severed. for his mother
was ready to go with him anywhere.
Stevenson and his family returned TO
California. but only to embark in the
Casco on that first Pacific voyage.
On arriving in San Francisco he
climbed the hill 20 see the old house
in Bush street where he had had a
room. but it had been torn down and a
newer and better one had taken its
place.
The first monument to be erected TO
Stevenson's memory after his death
was the beautiful one standing ia
Portsmouth, square.
Saturday. November 1s. Stevenson's
birthday, his personal friends and
those he has made his friends through
his books will fttingIy lay their gifts
of wreaths and flowers on this monu-
ment. for Stevenson remains ever dear
in memory to San Francisco.
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+ {. CAUSES OF RAINFALL-R Reader, Mountain
View. Cal. What are the chief causes OF rain
fall
Rain is the moisture of the atmos-
phere which condenses into drops large
enough to fall with perceptible ve-
lccity to the earth. The formation of
rain is in general a continuation of
the processes Of the formation of
Clouds dew and fog. The disposition
of moisture depends upon the cooling
of the atmosphere. In general it may
be said that the temperature of a
given mass of warm moist air is low
cred in the ordinary course of atmos-
pheric phenomena by one or another of
the following four processes: ID BY
radiation to the cold sky; CD by
radiation to neighboring masses of
cold air or the cold ground; $50 by
mixture with cooler air; t4) by the abb
sorption of heat in the expansion of
ascending air. The fourth of the above
processes, it is generally believed, is by
far the most efficient of all in lower
ing the temperature and producing
rain.
FOUR MILE RACE-F.. Oakland Cal What
the date of the four mile race over the Bay
District track in san Francisco in which Star
Ruby, Gilead and Claudius participated, also the
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
THE :. SMART =. SET

THE third debutante party of the
week will be given this evening
at the Eugene de Saba home,
when the daughter of the family, Miss
Vera de Saba, will make her bow to
society at one of the elaborate balls
of the season. The ballroom. which is
really two large drawing rooms ad-
Joining. will be decorated entirely in
orchids. while the dining pavilion is
fnclosed with y trelhs of ferns and
roses. The grounds at El Cerrito'
will be illuminated with Japanese
lanterns and the tea garden win be
lighted with an iridescent rainbow
effect. There will be several hundred
guests. many of whom will stay at the
Peninsula hotel. but Miss de Saba will
have a score of house guests over the
weekend. Among those at the dancing
party this evening will be Hon. and
Mrs. Alexander Hope, who have just
arrived from England. and will be
guests at the De Saba home before
settling in their own house at Bur-
lingame. Mrs. Hope was formerly Miss
Bessie Dunsmuir and her friends. who
have been looking forward to her visit,
will be pleased TO learn that she has
come a month or more earlier than
she promised in order to be present at
the coming out party of Miss de Saba.
Mrs. Eugene de Saba will be as
sisted in receiving her guests this
evening by her daughter. Mrs. Clement
Tobin, and several other friends of the
family and of the pretty debutante.
Miss de Saba will be charming addi-
tion to the list of winter buds. she
is a blonde of exceptional beauty and
charm. She is accomplished and doubt
less will be feted extensively after her
debut this evening.
The wedding of Miss Edith Hoefier
and Albert Vance will take place De-
cember and the reception following
that important event viii be given in
the red room at the Fairmont. Miss
Hoefier is the attractive daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Hoeher fand her en-
gagement was announced last summer.
The news came as a surprise to her
friends. as the fair young bride elect
has never made her formal curtsey to
society and, in fact. had just been
graduated from Miss Hamnn's school
when her betrothal was told to her
friends The wedding will be one of
the pretriest affairs of the month, but
the details of the ceremony are not yet
complete.
The golf club at the Presidio is the
favorite haunt OF the society maids
and matrons who are devoted to the
outdoor pastime and the club member
ship has been increased in remark
able degree this season. The golf links
are a sort of happy meeting place
these days for several of the enthusf-
asts. and among those who are fire.
quently in the game are Miss Edit
Chesebrough. Miss Elizabeth NewhaIl.
Miss Marian Newhall. Miss Julia Lang
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a few days before Christmas, 1879.
Mrs. Mary Carson. then living at SOS
Bush street, answered her own door
bell There stood a tall, emaciated,
foreign looking man in an ulster, but
toned up tight to the throat.
He inquired for room to rent.
There being little in his appearance to
inspire confidence. Mrs. Carson was
doubtful about letting him have a
room: but at last terms were arranged
and the stranger took possession of the
front bedroom upstairs that had a
southern exposure and opened on the
upper veranda. These last two things
had attracted him to the place.
This man was Robert Louis Steven
son.
He had come from Monterey. where
he had been spending the previous few
months in an attempt TO rest and re-
gain his strength after the hardships
of journey across the Atlantic steer
age and the States emigrant.
In France he had met Mrs. Sam Os-
bourne, and when she and her son and
daughter returned to California he de-
termined to follow.
Never very strong in body, he had
counted too far on his endurance, and
the wild trip nearly cost him his life
He had gone first on arrival in Cali
fornia to an Angora goat ranch to try
his favorite open air cure. Two ranch-
ers found him later where he was
camping out nearer dead than alive
They took him to their house and
tended him until he was we'll enough
to go to Monterey.
He hired a room in Monterey and
took Ills meals with the French res
taurant keeper Jules Simineau, for
whom Stevenson conceived a great Iik-
ing, and their friendship continued un-
broken until the day of Stevenson
death.
From Monterey Stevenson came to
San Francisco.
The reason for his taking such a
journey as he had from his home was
twofold Primarily on account of its
cheapness and farther to gain material
for his books.
He was the only son and child OF
people in good circumstances. whose
idol he was; but knowing of their dis
approval of the journey he proposed
taking he would ask for no supplies
from home. but had resolved TO risf
his whole future on the venture, ano
to test his power OF supporting nlm-
self Ga thing he had not done beforel
and eventually others by his writings
He felt that in literature he was ca
pable of better things than he had done
before. and above everything Stevenson
was endowed with courage and hope
fulness,
As a result of this journey to Calf
fornia we have those splendid volume:
Amateur Emf grant" Across ths
Plains ''An Old Pacific Capital and
best of all. perhaps. ''Silverado Squat
ters," dedicated TO two of his Sar
Francisco friends. And The Wreeker'
has San Francisco scenes and charac
ters, and The Bottle Imp makes men
tfon of our city. And those few months
of his life among us Gin California. al
told, less than a year, make Steven
son in some degree peculiarly ours
and il is most fitting that California
honor his memory.
If he afterward, wrote that the
months spent in San Francisco were
the most unhappy of his life. for ther,
he was sick, poor and sad we beal
him no grudge-for we know our eli
mate. with the fog and damp sea airs
is unsuited to delicate lungs, and that
was Stevenson's complaint
There are those who recall the sad
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
Great Railway
Changes Are
|Foreshadowed

of the OF the Pennsylvania Central may be gathered from
the following statement In the Providence Bulletin:
Where all the FOR
the Pennsylvania railroad be the wonder who
considerable
their observation the efforts the New
bankers have aid occasionally
holders
selves o O0Oo0 by stock allotment and thus raise enough
S600000 of and of bonds
mature next year IS feat in home financing that astonishing It
all o
including the
all the
IF
howc when
there 10 NOR
The the concluding question of this exposition
be the that the preparing
double track road all the Chicago That
LOO miles of track which call for
the Santa Fe could raise without powerful assistance
Another symptom eloquent of change railroad situation
this is found the fact that the preparing
real competitor with the Pacific ts
business California Hitherto the Santa
play fiddle Southern Pacific ANYTHING
that might be given in the way of favor.
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1907 the local committee decided little guide book
of distribution The
of
proprietor editor
IoAn o the
the schools
OF was
backlst and lis sight.
From that day the Los Angeles Times waged unceasng
the school department
malicious that people understand the inspiration
papers perpetual crouch received either with derso
indignation The latter feeling prevailed when the Times tried
block of bonds for needed school In that
effort Otis enlisted the help of City Auditor Nushe and by
OF reward made him Times candidate for mayor
At the primary polls Wednesday Mushet showed under
board educaion which Otis has vlihed perset1y
of support given overwhelming
confidence by the people 1t fitting rebuke of the
spirited persecution OF Jealous and competent official by
malignant old
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horne. Mrs Andrew welch and Mrs.
Athole Mclean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prentiss Cobb Hale are
in New York and write enthusiastic
letters of their sojourn in the east. but
to the regret of their friends here say
nothing of their homeward trip, nor
the date of their arrival in this civ
1t was expected when they left a few
weeks ago that their stay would be
extended over the early weeks Of win
ter. but from present indications il is
thought they will remain for a longer
visit than they had at first announced
They will be home doubtless for the
holidays if not eaplier in the month OF
mistletoe~ and holly.
DIR. and Mrs. Haldiman Somers Con-
ley of Honolulu have been entertained
in this city. for several days. past and
their friends have taken this oppor-
tunity of greeting them at series OF
informal parties and receptions.
Mrs. Alexander Frazer Douglas will
entertain at one of the informal bridge
parties of the week to be given this
afternoon at her home in Pacific ave
nue.. Over score of guests are ex-
pected for the hour at cards and tea
afterward.
Charles Mason Remey. son of Rear
Admiral Remey of Washington. D. e.,
who is passing through the city on his
way 10 Japan. has consented. at the
invitation of Mrs. John E. Merrill and
severaf others. to give an informal talk
on Persia and it's awakening. Those In
terested in the subject are cordially in
vited 10 attend the lecture that will he
given this evening at the California
club house in Clay street.
Mrs. Andrew Griffin is entertaining at
a series OF delightful uncheons and
bridge parties at her home in Paeffe
avenue. and while these afternoons are
Informal they are thoroughly enjoy
able for the friends of the hostess.
One of the recent affairs was enjoyed
by score OF guests. and bridge during
the afternoon was followed by tea for
several additional guests
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeder.
who have been travelling In the east for
several months. viii return this winter
TO their home in Broadway much to the
qualification of their friends who have
deplored their extended absence in the
east.
Mrs George H. Powers. who has
been visiting friends in the east Tor
several weeks, is expected home soon
and will pass the winter at her home in
Clay street. after a pleasant trip to
Detroit and New York.
Mrs Henry Davis is visiting cantatr
and Mrs Louis RAY Burgess in New
York and will be entertained s,1ri,~
her stay in the east by many army
friends.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
Bearings Of a
Celebrated
Case

HE world does not Ike the spectacle Of Judge acting
this feeling
what may be her reputation not look
like fair play and announced that this sense
the French government proposes introduce English and
American method
Marguerite Senheil trial for the of husband
and her epmothe who found tranged bed The
enveoped mystery distinguished
trials because OF the relations believed
the accused and the late President Faue of French republic
HenrI Rocefo the journalist openly
that Nine Senhel responsible for the Faure
who died suddenly at the Eyee palace the was
beng asked tor order to the Dyfu Faures
friends declare that he died apopexy but Rocefor
OF his political faction insist that the president poisoned
Nine Senel the instance of the military opposed
Dryfus 1t that specter continue indefinitely
10 haunt and perplex French politics.
The the described and beautiful
She often with NJ Faure definite
known OF their relations The real the death
remains unknown because autopsy performed
Nine Senhel has told contradictory and vet
the of the prosecuting Judge to corner her
has not been conspicuous and there the patent difficulty finding
adequate motive for the
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orcihs the
resident s
Hand
his oDDOrtunitv.


There form OF compromise for conciation that who think
straight call cowardy surrender Mr. Taft plainly and the
sight challenged make surrender the forces
represented by such Cannon Adrch and Banger There
distinct and unmakabe purpose among those forces drive
Clifford Pinchot Pnchot He
represents Taft got along without
being able recognize the of ideas among democracy
The faction that seeks drive Pnclot of power likewise
deathe idea OF private greed and selfeekng
ar. Taft then IS called upon make choice between two
ideas policies However much he may desire peace and
harmony and what he calls party solidarity he reconcile
the irrecOnciable 1t Is choice between God and
between patriotism greed that he is called upon make
1t appears that the reaconaries than commonly
the present il may believe reports
Washington That their habit or they usually work
ndrecon and under The situation bodies i'll for Mr. Taft
the reactonae believe themselves be strongly
lntrenched that they have force the presidents hand
The situation is full OF interest 1t looks like the turning point
OF Mr. Ta future The whole country knows which side
his sympatfes lie In he gave his
address delivered his expressing his attachment the
policy OF conservation but words good only when backed by
deeds and Mr. TAFT makes surrender the forces greed BY
putting them absolute and undputed control of his admnsra-
tion the people will wonder what is the value of his words
The Call persuaded that Mr. Taft will strong enough TO
withstand this onslaught the injury
his reputation reconcer because this conflict
be reconciliation. Mr. Taft other
and when the of choice
that he will be on the right side
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
STEVENSON'S LIFE
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Famous Authors First Visit Here Marked by
Long Illness and Poverty

The birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson Saturday, November -
n be conuenorad By friends this They mill lay Dredths
fopers Portsmouth The foHoDng
account of authors life BY The we OF ms
stepsonl Lioud Osbourne =
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Letters From the People
NATIVE DAUGHTER pROTEsTs

Editor Call: I join with y. 81 in
every word she says regarding Miss
Bogue as queen of our festivity. AS a
native daughter of this city too pro-
test. too think our own girls are the
ones to choose from for an occasion
like Portola- Let us hear from the rest
Respectfully yours.
NATIVE DAUGHTER.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

powerful railway system IN America. It IS
believed that the big block OF Santa Fe stock
held by the Hartman interests has passed
into the hands of the Pennsylvania company,
which has begun to feel the need OF a COM
plete transcontnental connection Some idea
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

English speaking countries has sharply criti
cised the manner and practice of the French
judge who is prosecuting-th word is usec
advisedly-Mme. Steinhei and this criticism
is offered without prejudice to the merits 0
the case
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

election IS, in fact. the sober verdict of tht
people OF Los Angeles on the malignant war
fare waged for two years by Harrison Ora,
Otis on E. c. Moore, the superintendent
Of schools
The petty origin OF this campaign agains
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

would be remarkable thing should trial OF woman
dubious reputation be the of radical change Frenc
nethods the administration Justice Public opinion
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
Los Angeles
Rebukes a
Mean Old Nan

Professor Moore illustrate the character and his
uncupulous methods OF promotnga revenge start
OF the campaign waged BY Otis Angeles Times
fhus described by A. E. Winsip of the Journal of
Education
association visited Los Angeles in
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

HE result OF the Los Angeles primary is stinging
rebuke Harrison Grey Otis. hangs tale Of
to orrn nd
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

ECENT activity OF the Santa Fe road in the way of mpoar
extensions and improvements has been attributed
alliance with the Pennsylvania Central the and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

traI1 and dog hls footsteps. Uneasy lies the
head on which rests tile responsibility of
keeping the peace among jangling politicians
pulling six different ways for Sunday
If Mr.. Taft is to sustain his we'll earned
reputation as 'the great reconciler" now is
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

his Washington President Taft finds ready for
his consumption miscellaneous OF assorted troubles.
The sevenseven jarrng of politics camp upon his
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

Mrs. George II. Powers. who has
been visiting friends in the east fo,.
several weeks, is expected home soon
and will pass the winter at her home in
Clay street, after a pleasant trip to
Detroit and New York
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

Mrs. Henry Davis is visiting Captain
and Mrs Louis RAY Burgess in New
York and will be entertained during
ner stay IN the east by many army
friends
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12

MIR. and Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeden.
who have been travelling In the east for
several months. viii return this winter
TO their home In Broadway much to the
qualification of their friends. who have
deplored their extended absence in the
east.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-05-27
Ne Tars~ Himself Upsu tire Eagle.

ground The child rrzs saved sr5 ran
s1rieEing for assistance fo- his "a
1h=r- The u2a and The bird were
locked n q death grip. TIE eagle ~
Ing his claws. while Johnson struck
out with his free hand as lie hela tbe
bird with the other.
Neigh5ors we're soon on tho see-e
Prom The start chey were determined.
II possible. 10 capture the eagle alive.
Sticks and stones feu on his monster
body. While both wings we're imme-
distely crippled
The breaking OF the wings made es-
cape Of the eagle impossible. but for
two hours he hutrered along the
ground. hereely repeIling every attack
until, completely exhausted. b.. was
piniOnea to t-e earth BY two pitch
forks
me eagle when measured proved 10
De i feet from tip 10 iip OF his wings
and perfect specimen OF its Kind n
Is believed he viii speedily recover
nom the injuries in its struggle with
the men. and johnson plans TO present
Il TO some geological garden.
Although Johnson is suffering in.
tense pain as result OF ;he scratches
received in the fight. none of his hurts
Is REGARDED as dangerous. the worst
wound being an immense cash torn in
his left shoulder. He was greatly weak.
ened from loss Of blood.
The boy is none the worse for his
experience and takes greas delight in
watching the imprisoned bird.