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The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

SNAILS-A correspondent from Alameda says
In regard to sneils In gardens:
In reference to the recent query in
your column concerning getting rid of
snails in a flower garden, permit me to
say that l have investigated this ques-
tion very fully. 1 find the snails in the
ground around the flowers like the or
dinary grub worm. After watering my
garden we'll about sunset I went among
the flowers about 9 o'clock and found
the snails busily engaged in devouring
my tender plants. l procured pulver-
lied lime, fine as the finest -four. L
perforated the top or large can and
placed the lime in the can. then went
among the flowers and sprinkled the
lime thereon. After four such appli-
cations no more snails were seen in
my garden. The lime should not be
put on until just about dark. II be-
fore dark the snails will not get near
the plants. The best way is to kill
the snails off as indicated. The lime
does not hurt the plants in any
way.
ALMACKS- Subscriber. Santa Clara. Saw
an article in paper in which was they were
renindful OF Almaeks in England? What was
Almacks?
That was the name of a suite OF
assembly rooms in King street st.
James, London, erected in 1866 by
Almack. tavern keeper. who. it is
said, was a poor Scottish highlander
named MacAll. who as a preparatory
step to rising into Importance in Lon
don, inverted the syllables of his name.
The name is chiefly associated with
the grand balls held there under the
mana cement of a committee of women
of high rank, and became synonymous
with aristoerstic exelusiveness.
THE LoFTIEST-A +. f.. Hayward. Which
is the loftiest inhabited spot in the world?
1t is said to be the penthouse OF
Acomaraca, on the Andes in Peru. The
elevation is $4,000 feet above the level
of the sea.
SHINGLES-How many shingles does it take
to cover square foot OF roof?
Nine if exposed inches. s if ex-
posed Az inches and 1-5 If exposed
5 inches TO the weather.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City What is
the meaning Of ''R. $. V. p" at the foot Of
letter?
1t is an abbreviation of the French
words. "repondez. sill vous plat" tan
swer if you please).
sHIP-City Subscriber. What is the origin
of brcaking bottle OF wine on 4 ship 10
christen it:
1t is said to be the survival of a
barbaric custom. In the DAYS of sac
rifice to the gods 1t was customary to
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Many Fads Cultivated
BY Society MaidenS ~


' - - fads, whic properly nourhed, often
BY Society Maidens ~ bear excellent Many
praeuced conenlou
dainty style reading less depth few have daOoea
somewhat have taken to literature
local MISS
Schroeder. suceumbd only unlike most OF the others S
Miss Schroeder made her formal DEBUT VII"
Harvey Schroeder
the side OF life and even IN % h
little attention to her literary
that promised future eeverne win
the Since then her writing has become OF her regular daily
Schroeder girls their beautiful
Luis Obspo that Miss janet
0 o her work
Latest that she taking regular course IN the
the prominent daiy
marked good bad indHeren
quantity anything doubtless she
will for each day she
something line and being fluent
At
who flights
working will be
only before the eldest OF the barons
daughters the front a California
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get some poor victim when boat was
to be launched. cut his throat over the
PROV. and in that way baptize the YES
sci with blood.
HoNORs OF wAR-Subscriber. Citq Are
honors Of war uniform?
No. They are privileges allowed TO
a garrison surrendering. either in con-
sideration of brave defense or other
cause. Many degrees of honor may be
paid to a vanquished enemy, according
to the generosity or alignment of the
victorious commander in chief In
some cases the garrison is allowed to
march out with all it's arms. drums
beating and colors flying. or the con-
duered force will be permitted only TO
advance silently TO the front of its
works, there to ground or pile arms.
and then, facing about. to return to its
line as prisoners OF war. Occasionally
the capitulation will provide that the
garrison shall deposit arms and war
like stores at some specified spot and
then march on its own territory on
parole of not serving during the exist
ing war against the victors or their
allies.
for the Southern Pacinc Central Pacific and
Santa Re railroads in California.
You will find a list in Moody's man
ual or other books devoted to financa
and securities, to be seen in the free
public library.
ADOPTION-A. c., South San Fran
cisco. The question you ask in regard
to adopting one who is more than 90
years Of age is one that calls for legal
advice. Consult lawyer.
GREAT ELaG-B. City What was the date
Of the storm in Boston. Mass. when A number
OF trees in the Common blown down
among the number the great elm?
February 10. 1876.
CHURCH-S, City. A correspond
ent writes that the sailors home in
purchase street, Boston, Mass, was
destroyed by FIRE July :. 1852.
0PIIM Subscribe. City. Is opium. seized
destroyed?
1t is destroyed
THE QUAKE. $. Nspa What was the
dgraSIon 1S Of the quake in San Francisco April
one minute i've seconds
GAMES. VI. l., City. Is it proper to per
IA 70 10 years OF sge?
The best advice would probably
be no
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PERSONS IN THE NEWS

s. W. GUNDAKER of National and Samuel
pIatt or Carson New, among the recent
arrivals at the ST. Francis.
CAPTAIN JESSE N. BAKER OF the auarteruas-
ter's department OF the transport sherman. is
a guest at the Palace.
D. NJ LIENARD, manager Of the Maryland
hotel, Pasadena, is at the st. Francis with
his son. Leroy.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES SCHUMACHER OF
New York are among the recent arrivals at
the Stewart.
ALPHoNso A. wIGMcRE. a manufacturer Of
machinery at Los Angeles. is at the Palace.
Mr.. AND MRS EDWARD HUTcH1Ns Of Lodi
are the Stewart.
J. NJ MCCLELLAN Of Seattle is registered at the
Manx.
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JOHN W. BURKE, an electrical engineer ~
New York is among the recent arrivals ar the
Fairmont.
n. d szoFEk and j. {. Snead. contractors Of
Santa Cruz. are guests at the ST Franct.
:. ;. GARDINER Is at the Max with Mrs.
Gardner registered from santa Cruz.
ALFREDO MARoNE. a wine usvcn.,. :, -.
rino, Italy. is a guest az the Palace.
a. ". SIMPSON, lumbermsn or stockton, is
at the Fai-mont with Mrs. Simpson.
T. w. THOMAS. an oil producer or ros tr-.,..
Is al the Palace with his family.
A. Z. HANSON. merchant Of salt Lake. n ar
the Fairmont with his family.
istered At the st. Francis.
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BOOKS THEY MIGHT HAVE
WRITTEN

Through One Administration.
President Taft.
Trial by Jury"-John d. Rockefel-
Ter Jr.
'The Conquest of England The
German kaiser
Gulliver''s vels."-Doctor Cook.
If | Were king. p. Morgan.
How Words Grow.''-Wflliam 7
Bryan.-Life
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Why lug in the Marposa big unless with purpose
deceive? The big 40 miles from Hetch ecy and
situated wholly different watershed They
5000 feet high and little endangered by the San
Francisco project might be the city OF Boston.
The Hetch Hetcy valley is OF Yosemite 1t drained
by the Tuoumne while the Yosemite the Merced
shed from Hech Hetchy by high range
Neither does San Francisco to destroy anything
that region the ingenious hetocan of the Republican would
persuade But he might have taken the trouble get facts
and he should be careful about accepting their face value the
misrepresentation manufactured who
been houndering in morass OF ridiculous blunders.
San Francisco does ask leave destroy Yosemite
the big trees Hetch Hechy The city does
certain swampy owand lake. this pur-
supplying the highest need of population of million people
residents OF the cities around the bay.
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New Use Found for
a Very Long Hafpin

Neu, friends we'll this
de-
very Long HaIPH
o fun Herself
lines: that the
Now. this particular physician while of sociabe
indorse diy My
Wes Hooray Hoora On the thor
before
those of
delighted What had he
habit
nothing back bed Horrors. There
the the wife had
anything like
wife that becoming aud
that hat 10 n
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UNCoMpLIMENTARY TIckErs

Your tickets were complimentary
were they not?"
Well, replied the man who had
seen painful amateur entertainment.
Il thought they were until l saw the
show"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13
MARk,s LITTLE DATE

Teacher-Now, Willie. tell us one of
the principal events in Roman history.
and mention the date.
Willie-Marc Anthony went to Egypt
COS he had date with Cleopatra
Harper's Bazaar.
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NOT THE SAME

What do you call your mule,
uncle?'
You mean whut's his name, boss, or
whut All calls him ?'-Houston Post.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13
THE FEMININE INSTINCT

What on earth made your mother
bring home that bundle of feathers?''
I'm sure don't know, dad. un-
less 1T was because she saw it marked
down. baltimore American
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Get Action on
the Stockton
Street Tunnel

OF the matter by taking initial
possible that all doubts and difficulties
definite purpose start work is shown.
The Call hears OF opposition the project the
fullest agreement that not only special neghborhood will benefit
but that the whole city less degree will
advantages following the opening easy grade connecting
quarters north and south OF the backbone
not know what do until try make that
trial the better is found that the district authority
OF law would be IN order TO consider other because
OF this the pressing citv
Los Angeles began making tunnels with similar purpose years
ago. and the results have been highly successful profitable
(which was done Los Angeles should be possible Of accomplish
en here only make minds go ahead and hold
1t might be worth while the details of the Los Angeles expe-
nce in this relation 1t be- of course circumstances are
radically different there but should be able
from the southern city that would help point the way.
1here IS an opportunity for useful craftsmanship here
out the problem involved the
needed improvement If Mr. Long will supervisors
they should be able to block plan that will bring
matter has been discussed sufficiently and is time get
action
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13
Scribes UndervaIHe
ChanfecIer Novelty


festival and that
SHaHteCieT OVeV
automobiles auShngy
eboratc designed Mrs Bert Bowers OF the we'll known
mobile Rosa Vancouver, B. c. determined TO have her
of novelty and what could be date than
"Chn For days she worked the design and had half the children
neghorhood sticking feathers dainty
himself the
He had machine which locust
filled children they
Rostands Imagine Mrs
feelings when the complimentary
her husbands blossoms the that automobile
chicken and should rightly be credited Peauma
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D1AGINATroN avn r.eu

"oh, Mother. I've found place
where there's just millions an hum
dreds o strawberries. Look, l brought
you two.'-Brooklyn Life
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Telephone COM
pany an Example
to Its NeighbOrs

resulted behalf the
the service which proposed discontinue The company with
drew from position which admitted taken for the
of balancing reduction upon other
changes had proposed undoubtedly competitive
There Is difference of expert opinion reduction of
the company will suffer under the ordinance
if the volume OF business unchanged estimates
net loss from $4,000 year something than S1O0OO0
That does that the company prend operate
property loss unreasonaby upon
the investment.
The public is interested primarily public
service corporations earnings The company contend
that has made unconditional to condition that
make what desgnates experiment obecors the
oga ordinance declare that the ordinance is emnen
satisfactory.
The public will far find motive for telephone COM
action The fact remains that the attitude telephone
the last has been wholly unlike that of the
other big public service corporations notably Spring Valley
company and the United Railroads. The of the tele-
phone underwent radical change The
charged with the direction of its affairs exhibited
thing like appreciation OF the obligations public service
poraion the public Prohtng bv bitter
lesson they eschewed politics and the gentle pase couptng
public While the United Railroads Spring Valley
have bowbeaen bued and deed the people, striving the while
elect and control the in the pubs livery telephone
has attended the the business
The qualify Of service rendered the public has improved With
Improvement of service the company has experienced steady
growth of business 1t attention legitimate and its
exhibition Of disposition deal fairly public that have
made the telephone company popular Spring Valley
unpopular.
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A suGGEsrIaN

We suggest that the next cabinet be
investigated beforehand.-St Louis Re
public.
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years to the term Tor Which he was originally
elected
Hoyle has made good beyond the most
sanguine expectations of his friends and tc
the anazement OF those humanitarians who
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The Making
Good" of
Warden Hoyle

honestly enough decried his unWise Frankly his
appointment both experiment and the satisfaction
obligation 1t fortunate experiment people
OF California
Hoye has done great things for humanity Quentin
That work has been accomplished spite dscouragng
handcap Three the young mountain politician
assumed command San Quentin He without experience
that gained during brief cerkslp which he assigned
the purpose OF gaining slight elementary knowledge response
bie conceded to be without parallel the American field
penal and corrective work.
He took OF the largest prison populations
nearly 1000 convctn plant originally designed for
OF 500 His freely admitted be the
nunty the United States and his equipment
ousy the OF the comparatively few penal styles
disgraces to American civilization
Only close students of crminoogy and penalog and the
OF the nation knew how bad San Quentin really
place of ndeScbabe horrors Wherever
San Quentin spoken of with hudde of
considered penal corrective institution
nations most loathsome hole for the breeding of
Hoye made San Quentin clean. He substituted for
management He impressed upon 1000 desperate hopeless
convs that there such thing Square DEAL
of San Quentin He wiped abuses
personal conduct the glad paw
He went the legislature and asked for that would put Cali
orna abreast OF her sister states the
vcted of He fought for classification criminals
amendment of the parole system for laws would enable him
assist discharged convc In few months changed the
very atmosphere OF San Quentin In year had attracted the
nations experts and within years to San
Quentin the young politician recognized great
prison OF the country.
Not the least of Governor Get services California has been
his selection of John E. Hoye to be warden San Quentin
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The lnsider

Tells how of the local heresses devote their time 10
athletic exercises sewing and reading and how deou-
tante managed to cultivate short story writing.
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Commissioner
NOrth's
| Weak Defense

Mr. North understands well anybody the inspiring causes
opposition the influx of Hindu labor He oppo
principle and that while are waiting for the
rigid and eectua law we insist ON
the enforcement of such already on the books
charged that Mr. North has been delinquent this duty and we
the labor market flooded with hord undesirable people
As know Mr. North has the charges made b
Inspector Answorth this relation should have more
dence his position did he defense that the
criticism OF his methods inspired by Chinese
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HE Pacific telephone and telegraph companys cheerful accept
Of the ordinance another gratifying evidence
of that corporations adherence to modern policy in its deal
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ings with the public
The company proposed certain change
in schedules to the supervisors and the elm
ination OF certain cheap services. The inco
poration of these propositions in the rate fxin
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The Propaganda
Against Hetch
Hetchy

Of this Of probably by the Spring Vale,
water companye may quote passage from editorial in the
Springfield lass) Republican usually well informed and fail
minded paper. We quote:
The
inviting but become
member
branch Boston
later the Hechy valley
omlte; and well the Maripoa OF big
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= GOD work done by the last legislature when ena
the prison directors give Warden John E. Hoyle of
Ouentin of salary and add at
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13

national park should be to set at rest vast
stock of misinformation now industriouslv dis
seminated IN the east by agencies interested in
depriving San francisco and the bay cities OF
this source of water supply As an example
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there legal affecting
the proposed tunnel under Stockton they should be
apnarentlv doubts
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Mr. Nort1s resort to an obviously untenable
excuse indicates the weakness of his case
When man has no defense he takes refuge in
the attribution of evil or discredited motives
to the men who accuse him.
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NE useful result that may be expected follow from til
Jabors OF the army board OF engineers appointed to examn
the bearings of the Hech etcy project in its relation to III
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13

as to the legal way to go ahead, and we may
not pretend to criticise or appraise his reason
ing. But obviously the way to clear away
such uncertainties is to proceed at once to
make a test case and it rests with the board
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13

IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER NORTH is talking nonsens
when he that the criticism of his methods relation to TIL
Hindu inspired the Chinese Tndee
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18

No me can accomplish much in
ito who must have everything lust
so' In order to do his best work.
yor. with most men and women, the
greater part of their life has to be
,pent under circumstances which are
not just as they would like to have
hem. If they do not even attempt
10 do their best work except under
he most favorable circumstances.
his means that the greater part OF
:heir life win slip by unimproved.
those workers whose output of large
volume and high quality surprises
everyone are persons who have rigor-
ously schooled themselves to do their
work under any and every condition
So it becomes true that the measure
Of ones efficiency is largely his abil-
lily to do good work under disadvan-
tageous circumstances. The man who
cannot work well under such diff
culties Is putting an enormous limita-
ton upon his output His life 10 not
going to count for nearly as much as
the mans who can marshal his best
at anS time and under any
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18
lNelU Motto to TIE Fore.

You Want to Find Out Who Is Boss
Here, Start Something"
THE sentiment--if you can call II
that's slightly timeworn," went OF
the dealer, hut for several months
1t has maintained strange popularity
with tho business men and really
seems to have usurped the place O,
DO it now"
From that / suppose this deduc,
ton may be drawn" said the Gus
toner wisely, the fighting spirit OF
the American business man has sc
developed within the past two years
that he is no longer satisfied with the
simple, fatherlike warning above his
desk"
The novelty merchant not only
reads the trade journals, but comes
into daily contact with divers cap
tains Of industry and therefore knows
whereof he speaks.
Hardly that" he replied; the
American business man has never
lacked aggressiyeness. He and his
father came into the commercial
world with the fighting spirit, as you
call it, fully developed. This was
partly the result of certain peculiar
conditions that have always obtained
in America. For years the business
man has been adding suitable We
neer to his inherent commercial in
stinct, and during the process, has
seen At to provide himself with print
ed notices, warnings, suggestions
etc, some Of which have aided him
no doubt, while others have been in
ane and useless Finally, after the
polishing period was well along ant
he acquired that much needed com
mercial nose he became disguised
with the pnsernal solicitude embodied
in the motto, Do it now In fact, ht
feels today that he does not need sucf
an admonition staring him constantly
in the face. In looking for another
card to cover the faded spot on the
office wall he hit upon this as bes
suited to man whose primal in
stincts. so to speak, were those of {
fighter, TT You Want to Know Who
Is Boss Here, Start Something -
Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18
DEPENDS ON OTHERS.

work deyo1ved on the more staid and
rugged girls who never reaped much
credit no matter how much they
drudged and plodded. The handsome
girl always had the soft spot. Talk
about your chance Of success there.
left the second month and never was
sorry for It,"
Another one Of our company had
tried hard to harmonic with certain
i am, opinionated, stuck-on-his author
,ity sort whom every one felt like
hitting back to a common sense view
sof things.
He was so slow to boost or encour-
age that most c. his employees sank
into that fatal Indifference which only
looks forward to pay day. He liked
to show you the whip hand He
would make you toe the mark with a
lot of superfiuous criticism and fat
advice just to impress it on you that
he was commander in chief.
Who hasn't seen or heard of the
manager who has such a variety Of
outside interests that he keeps hop
scotching around town most of the
time, and when things are at skies and
sevens, will fling aspersions right and
left? Innocent ones are criticised and
the good buffers always draw the long
end.
This type of boss is usually too busy
and distracted really to keep tab on
what you are doing. When he has a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18
HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN

II am a man seventy years old. My
hands we're very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed, itch, burn and ache
SO that / could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were SO bad
that / could not dress myself in the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. l called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good / could get nothing to do any
good till got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year
ago my daughter got cake of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box Of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time l began to use them my hands
we're all healed up and they have not
been a mite sore since. l would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
"They also cured bad sore on the
hand of one ofmy neighbor's children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. John W. Hasty, So. Et-
fingham. N H., Mar. s, and Apr. IL, '09.T
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History Of Red Gross Seal.


Charity stamps" first used In
Boston in 1862 for the soldiers relief
funds during the Civil war, were the
original forerunners of the Red Cross
Christmas seal, which will be used
this year to bring happiness and cheer
to millions The Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis society in 1907 for the fst
time in America made use of a amp
for the purpose of getting revenue to
fight consumption. In hastily or
ganized campaign of only three weeks
they realized $4,000. The next year,
1908, the American Red Cross con-
Quoted the first national tuberculosis
stamp campaign. From this sale $685..
600 was realized for the anti-tubercu-
losis movement. In 1909, under many
adverse conditions, $250,OOo was rea-
hzed from these stamps This year
the slogan Of the tuberculosis fighters
and the Red Cross is "A Million for
tuberculosis From Red Cross Seals
in 1870"