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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
CHRISTENING PARTY
HAS FIERY SEQUEL
Tiny Girl Duly Supplied With
Name in Big Hall Which
Later Burns

Little Evelyn Jensen had more bril-
liant and pyrotechnical finish to her
christening yesterday morning than
comes to most little girls-a fact for
which the fire insurance companies are
duly thankful
Little Evelyn lives at 215 Raymond
avenue. Visitacion valley with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Jensen. The
little girl is years old, but had not
been chistened. SO it was decided by
her parents that there should be a
real celebration in honor of the event.
Fifty friends were summoned to a
party which was given in the hall at
113 Raymond avenue. The hall is To-
Gated above the drug store, branch
postoffice No. IS and branch public
library conducted by A. Schmidt. who
also owns the building which is put
TO those public spirited uses.
The christening of little Evelyn was
accomplished shortly before midnight
and the merry party went home, little
Evelyn taking along with her her
brand new name.
A few minutes later the neighbor-
hood of Visitacion valley was aroused
by the burning of the building in which
the hall and Schmidt's store were To-
Gated. The volunteer fire department
fought the flames and confined them
to the Schmidt building and TO the
upper part of the buildings at Ill Ray
mond avenue, owned by DR.. r. L. Dow
dali. chief of the fire department and
president of the Visitacion valley inn
provement club. The building was oc-
cupied by c. Pulsen as a grocery.
1t is generally believed that burn
ing lamp was left in the hall after the
christening party had departed. Jen-
sen, however. said yesterday that he
thought the fire was caused by lamp
left burning in the store on the lower
floor of the building, which later eX-
ploded.
FernIeaf circle, No. 659. Women of
Woodcraft. and the Visitacion parlor of
Druids occupied the hall in the Schmidt
building as lodgeroom. The two
lodges lost all their regalia and other
property
The insurance on the drug store
stock was $4,000 Dowdall carried S2,-
600 insurance on his building.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
SUMS UP WORK OF
HUMANE SOCIETY
Report of Secretary Shows
5,355 Dogs and 2,60l Cats
Killed in 1909

The smart woman of fashion who
feeds her pet Boston terrier this morn
ing in her steam heated apartments
would hardly suspect that the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails. conducting the city pound, cap
tured just exactly 6,436 CANNES during
the year 1909 and put 5,355 of them to
hardly be supposed to surmise, also.
as she feeds certified milk to her prize
winning Angora that just 2,6O1 cats
were deprived of each and all of their
nine lives by the same agency during
the same II months.
Yet the annual report of Matthew
McCurrie, secretary of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
shows that this is true.
OF the Towsers hauled within the
poundmasters net 1,055 were redeemed
by frantic owners, or released to peo-
pie who promised them a license and
a good home. Twenty-six are now
wagging their tails during the three
days of grace granted the animals be-
fore the chloroform is brought on.
OF the cats most of the number were
taken in at the request of house
presented them with large feline fam
lilies.
Then there were 81 horses destroyed
at the busy home in Sixteenth street;
also cows, 1 coyote and / fox These
two latter animals were pets of pri-
vate families. but their increasing
strength and capabilities for harm led
them poundward.
Occasionally some lonely old maid
calls for cat and takes her choice
from among the many mewing in the
kennels. and Secretary McCurrie's
figures show that 10 tabbies per
month, on an average, thus find homes.
The law requires that the animals be
held two days before being destroyed.
but McCurrie's tender heart holds
them three, in the hope that they will
find a kind master or mistress.
The numerous reports of cruelties
turned into the society find no place
in this report, but some of them have
been chronicled anyway One is that
of the dancing geese. A Barbary
Coast denizen last week arranged a
steel plate, through which a current
Of electricity was to run, and upon
which a half dozen trained" geese
were to be. When the geese We're
told to dance by the trainer cur
rent of electricity was shot through
the steel disk and the geese obeyed
with alacrity. This the society put a
stop to.
Having been so successful here, So
cieties in other cities have called upon
the local organization for light. and
next week, at the convention of the
state humane society at Los Angeles,
McCurrie is going to tell the southern
ers how to conduct a modern estab-
lishment to do the work of kindness
10 animals Lantern slides will illus
trate the talk.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
See the page entitled What
Women Are Doing" in The Sun
day Call. Sterling silver prizes are
awarded for recipes, as specified.

| much more good is accomplished than
would be from vigorous scrubbing.
A person whose nerves are strained
will find drinking hot milk one of the
most beneficial simple remedies that
can be taken The addition of a little
salt sometimes makes it more palatable
as drink. as well as soothing to the
nerves of the stomach. and it is easily
digested Milk hot agrees with many
persons who can not take it cold.
IT is better to eat simply and only a
little at time If the system is run
down. For If the stomach is not healthy
it may digest a small quantity when
the normal amount would be quite i'm
possible. A cup of hot milk every two
hours is wonderfully nourishing or a
cupful taken between meals and on go
ing to bed at night Especially after
hot tub the mild, hot drink greatly
aids the cure.
One who is troubled with sleepless-
ness should always have some kind of
Hight nourishment besides the bed to
take during wakefuI hours some
/ times even a small cracker, indeed
even swallow of water, will draw
the blood from the head into the stom-
ach and quiet the nerves For this
milk is better than water, and only a
small quantity need be taken at a
time.
closeness of atmosphere viii not in
frequently cause one to stay awake.
and the proper manner of ventilating
should be given careful attention. A
direct wind upon sleeper is not good
Dul cOHSldiiI iu5iSSS Oh IfeSn air Is
essential.
To Remove snarIs From the Hair
1t is possible to remove the most
serious tangle without pulling or tear
ing the tresses,- but this is an art that
consists in always keeping the comb
work it out, instead of drawing it out
lower edge of it, making the teeth
by force of wrist action When the
work is. constantly at the base of the
snarl the hairs become disentangIed
by degrees, falling into their own line.
If effort is made TO undo the knot by
pulling at it from above, the hair is
Inevitably broken.
For the regular evening treatment
there should be at least 20 good.
snarls have been removed. The strok-
ing should be even and firm as can he
without causing pain. Such brushing
as this keeps the hair glossy and pli-
able making it far easier to twist into
becoming coiffures.
For the final work loose braid
should be ~lade. 1t is not well to
twist the hair and pin it. however
lightly for the scalp should be relieved
of any weight through the night.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
PHYSICIAN DIES FROM
OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE
Death of DIR. Monnish Leaves
Child Alone Among Strangers

Dr. W. A. Monnish. $50 Pine street.
died at his apartments yesterday after
noon from the effects of an overdose
of morphine. leaving his little Is year
old daughter, jeanette, along among
strangers
Doctor Monnish came to San Fran
cisco from Georgia last August and
Immediately engaged apartments at
$50 Pine street. Shortly after he ar
rived in this city he became seriously
i'll. He took morphine TO alleviate his
sufferings and it is not known whether
he took the overdose accidentally or
Intentionally. Jeanette, who has been
attending her father, was out of the
house at the time and his death was
discovered by her when she returned
and tried to awaken him.
Monnish was a widower and was As
years old. The little girl was in such
a hysterical condition yesterday that il
was impossible to ascertain where she
might have any relatives. The body
was taken to the morgue-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
DE LARA ASKS SUPPORT
OF THE LABOR BODIES
Gives Address on Political Con,
ditiOnS in Mexico

How the proletariat class of Mex
leo originated, was the subject on
which l.. Guitterez de Lara, who is ac-
companying John Kenneth Turner.
author of 'Barbarous Mexico on q
lecture tour. addressed a large audi
ence in the auditorium of the building
trades temple. Fourteenth and Guer-
rero streets. at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The lecture was given for
the purpose of enlisting the support
of the laboring men of this city in a
fight to be waged in congress on be-
half of MeXicans imprisoned in Ari-
zona on a charge of violating the neu-
trality laws between the United States
and Mexico.
Mexico said the speaker, has
never revolted against government,
but 1t has often protested with arms
against the rule of privileged classes.
There are also 40 papers in Mexico
at the present time asking for politi-
cal emancipation and dicrediting Pres
ident Diaz and his kind of politics.
That the people are aroused to action
will be shown at the next presidential
election"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
The California Promotion Committee

(The State Central Organization organized in
19O2-An association for the commercial aad
industrial development OF California;
PROMOTION: The act OF promotion. advance
ment encouragement. Century Dictionary
TION OF California's interests. II has nothing
TO sell 10 fosters all things tending TO the ADJ
VANCEMENr Of California. 1t Is an authority
ON all matters relating to California. II EN-
COURAGES the establishment OF industries
and fosters those already established. II invites
desirable immigration. 1t presents the opDOr-
tunities and needs OF all fields OF business and
professional activity. 10 is supported by popular
subscriptions and makes no charge for any servfce
rendered. 1t has affiliated with Il $50 CONNER
ciaI organizat atiOns OF the state with a combined
membership OF more than 10000 Meetings OF
semiannuaIly in different parts OF the state,
where matters OF California's interest are dis
cussed Headquarters OF the COMMITTEES ara
maintained in Merchants Exchange building
San Francisco CORRESPONDENTS INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
CAMP PAIGN AGAINST
GROUND SQUIRRELS
Total of 47,490 Shipped to Lab
OratOry for Examination
for Signs OF Plague
Many Rodents Found to Be In-
fected and War Against
Them Will Continue

From dozen California counties A.
49O ground squirrels have been shot
and shipped to the laboratory of the
United States public health and marine
hospital service in Oakland and san
Francisco within the last eight months.
and the campaign against the rodents
is growing every day. Each of the
animals has been examined by Surgeon
RuclNer and his corps of assistants. and
500 of the animals have been found 10
carry plague germs.
Twenty parties of squirrel hunters
are now in the field for the govern
ment. scattered through Contra Costa.
San MateO, Santa Cruz, Monterey. San
Luis Obispo Santa Barbara. Ventura.
Kern, Tulare, Fresno Merced and San
Joaquin counties.
PLAN OUTLINED BY BLUE
The work being done by the gov
ernment agents is in accord with u
plan mapped out by DR.. Rupert Blue.
who evolved theory based on his OBJ
servatiOns that people were suffering
from the plague when, so far as he
was able TO discover, no communication
had been had with places where the
plague was rife. But Blue found that
there was a heavy death rate among
squirrels in the district where the
plague appeared, and, following the
discovery of two cases of plague among
humans in Oakland during 1908, Blue
set his men TO work bringing squirrels
into the laboratory. Four plague in
fected squirrels were discovered in the
first few days of hunting and the cam
paign against the rodents spread all
over the state.
Maps showing the extent of the area
inhabited by squirrels infected with
plague are being made, and farmers in
Alameda and Contra Costa counties
have been supplied with poisoned grain
and carbon bisulphide to aid in killing
off the pests.
ANIMALS BECOME IMMUNE
A peculiar fact discovered in the
squirrel war is that the little animals
acquire more or less immunity to the
disease when they have been living
with squirrels infected with the plague.
This has become so patent to the sur
geOns that if a live squirrel captured
in traps dies within six days after be-
ing inoculated with plague germs. it
is at once concluded that his COM
munity does not suffer from the plague.
If the animal fingers many days before
dying, however, or if the innOculatiou
fails 10 have any effect, the surgeons
then know that they have secured a
squirrel from an infected section of the
country, and one that nature has pro-
vided with some sort of immunity to
the disease
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
G. A. r. WILL INSTALL
NEW SET OF OFFICERS
Merry Jinks to Accompany
G. III. Thomas Post Event

A jinks of the .merriest nature will
be combined with the public installa-
tion of the officers of George II.
Thomas post No. 2, G. A. r.. at Golden
Gate Commandery hall Tuesday even
ing at o'clock.
After the installation there will be
dancing. a literary program and re-
freshments.
Following are the officers to be in
stalled.
Commander III. l.. Judell; senior vice com
mander John Wagner: Junior vice commander
John Bush; quartermaster. Charles II. Blinn
surgeon. r. \. Rabe; chaplain. Charles III. Os-
born: officer of the day. Joseph Hassenmuller,
officer of the guard, John Rainsbur1.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
ISADORE ELBERG TO
BECOME A BENEDICK
Engaged to Marry Miss Clara
Reichenberg

The enga cement of Isadore Elberg
and Miss Clara Reichenberg was an
nounced yesterday by the brides
mother, Mrs. f. Reichenberg
The bride to be is a native of San
Francisco, and the bridegroom has re-
sided here for the last % years Both
have hosts of friends in the city. Ell
berg was associated with the telegraph
and newspaper world until the time of
the fire, and since then has been en-
gagged in business for himself.
Miss Reichenberg will be at home to
her friends on January IA, at her res
idence, 1927 Clay street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
Health Notes

one of the simplest and best panaceas
for an attack of nerves is a hot bath.
If woman who is fatigued by the
DAVIS work finds herself unable TO sleep
after going TO bed she would much bet
ter take a hot tub than to indulge in a
drug even of the mildest description.
There is something remarkably relax
ing in immersion in hot water, and un-
less the plunge lasts too long there is
not the slightest danger of being weak
ened by it.
TO put a time limit upon the bath is
impossible because ii depends upon the
original vitality of the Individual One
whose strength was much lessened
could not stay in the water for more
than. 10 minutes, while for another 20
minutes is none too long. The way
one feels on getting out is the best cri-
terion. for there should be a gentle
sensation or laSsltude, but not that or
exhaustion.
If to gain sleep is the object for
which the bath is taken. everything
should be prepared before getting into
the water. The bed must be open and
there should be hot water bag in it
to warm the sheets, that there shall be
no shock of cold linen. Fresh air from
an open window is a necessity, but
draft is not desirable
These details attended to, the water
in the tub should be of a temperature
just comfortable to the skin. After the
whole body has gone beneath the sur
face the hot faucet must be turned ON +,
slowly letting the temperature of the
endured comforta bly,. Occasionally
more hot water can be. added in this
way, for as the skin becomes accus
toned to warmth it can endure more. :
AS this tub is not taken for cleansing
purposes it only remains for the per-
son to lie quite still. closing the eyes
and trying to relax the muscles. BY
giving oneself up to it in this way
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
PATROLMAN CAPTURES
A MAN POLICE WANT
Former Convict Found Entering
Premises in Market Street

David NJ Miller. who has been rec
ognized by the police as a former con-
Wet for whom they have been search
ing, was captured shortly after 4
o'clock yesterday morning by PATROL
man Hilbert, a member of the Pinker-
ton protective patrol, as the fellow was
entering store adjacent to the prem
ises of Henry Carsriel, 412 Market
street Hilbert turned Miller over to
the harbor police. and Captain Wall
recognized him as a former convict of
many aliases.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
GOOD ROADS WORK
IS GREATEST NEED
Concerted Movement by Owners
of Cars Will Accomplish
Desired Results
Better Highways Will Increase
the Length of the Years
Touring Season
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The New Years celebration is the
the automobilist From now until the
roads dry up he viii be planning ex-
tended tours out into the country. and
with the first signs of spring will be
away to the green fields of the warm
valleys.
To those of a sporting turn of mind
their thoughts go to the contests that
will be a feature of next season. There
is a tendency among the enthusiasts
at the present time to try and hold
more club events. Last season was a
failure in this respect, although a year
ago the outlook was promising. The
schemes, however, did not materialize.
But from the personnel of those at the
wheel this year it looks as if there will
be something doing.
There is, however, one point that is
being overlooked, and that is the good
roads proposition The officers of the
clubs and other automobile organiza
tions are trying for good roads, but
they will accomplish little if they
have not the fullest kind of support of
every automobile owner and those in
terested in the trade.
The number of motor cars that are
being bought by the farmers will be a
great help in this direction, for hereto
fore they have been the ones who have
placed the stumbling block in the way
of every movement started for the i'm
provements of the highways. There is
no question but that if the right kind of
an enthusiastic movement is started
better conditions of the roads will ex
ist II months from today. With better
roads will come better sport. more en-
joyable touring, a longer season and
an improved financial condition of the
state.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
SOLDIER THROWN FROM
MOTORCYCLE AND HURT
Member of Signal Corps Hits
StreetCar

Alva Maloney, a member of the sig
nal corps, lies in the hospital at the
Presidio suffering from severe bruises.
Maloney was riding a motorcycle Sun
day morning and at Haight and La
guna streets the machine struck rock.
throwing Maloney head first against
a street car. He was taken to the CEN
trail emergency hospital and later re-
moved to the Presidio.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
A business for snIe

Are you looking for a chance to go
in business for yourself? Look over
the offers in today's Classified Ad Sec
ton. under the Business Chance head
ing Something there to interest you.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
FIRE LOSS ONLY $50
IN MONTH AND A HALF
ISpeciol Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial DiSPdtch 10 he Call
STOCKTON, Jan. 2.-The total loss in
this city by fire for the last month and
a half has amounted to just SIS. Four
still alarms and only one general alarm
were turned in during the six weeks
The only fire that caused any dam
age was in a small shed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
WILLIAM j. BRYAN IS
TRAVELLING IN PANAMA

COLON, Jan. William J. Bryan ar
rived today on the steamer MagdaIena.
He Immediately took a train for Pan
anna
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
The Dinner Menu

Clam Broth
Celery. olives Salted Butternuts
Turbans of Halibut, Fish Bechamel
Sauce
Salad Rolls
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes. sweet potatoes,
Southern Style.
Caulinower, Mousseline Sauce
Romaine, French Dressing
Fig Ice Cream
Raisins Nuts Fruit
Coffee
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
STEP IN
EXPOSITION WORK
Ways and Means Committee TO
Meet Thursday TO Select
Organization Directors
Publicity Managers and Helpers
in Other Departments to
Begin Active Campaign

The meeting of the Panama Pacific
international exposition committee on
ways and means, set for Thursday aft
ernoon of this week, viii mark the sec
ond step toward the perfection Of expo
sition organization.
The special committee appointed at
the initial meeting TO nominate di-
recting committee OF 80 to take charge
of organization details has held sew
eraI meetings, canvassed the member
ship Of the ways and means committee
and viii be ready to report to the
larger body.
With the selection of the directing
committee. the details of organization
Of the various departments and the
outlining of a general campaign Will
be taken up. The work of this com
mittee will be of the utmost impor-
tance to the ultimate success of the
exposition, and its scope is so great
that the committee probably will con-
tinue in existence for many months, II
not until the opening of the fair itself
PLANS FOR PUBLICITY
In the meantime, several important
branches of preliminary work will be
put in the hands of other committees
so that no time may be lost in waiting
for the perfecting of the permanent
organization of the governing body and
its various subdivisions.
Exploitation is a matter of pressing
Importance, and this subject viii be
given to a special committee on pub
licity, while other committees will be
named to take preliminary steps look
ing to county, state, federal and for
eign participation and legislation.
Committees on these various mat
ters may be authorized at the meeting
Thursday in order to give them oppor-
tunity to hold meetings within the
next few days and outline the general
campaigns and matters of policy.
These special committees will have
large membership at the beginning, but
a s the plan of organization takes form
will be gradually broken up into
smaller subdivisions and committees on
particular phases of the exposition
work.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
A FEW WORDS WITH tie
LADY OF AelHOUSE
MATHIS

These things 1 do engage to do:
Hourly to keep my doing true
To what my conscience knows.
To send my soul upon its round
= of this days duty with no sound
Of planning of my woes;
To live more worthy Of their love
Whom [ do love all else above,
And fight my rightful foes.
John Finley
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
Canoe" Body Succeeds TORPEDO" Type as
Very Latest in Motor Car Construction

an lng aorGbeb bd for rsupy
is Q car ddenby R iswhhh uses in on the Bpk
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
Trust Gets Con-
mental Tires

manufactured. The price paid for the
stock is said to have been 5000 per
share, at which rate the consideration
for the whole issue would have amount
ed to $4,000, 900. 1t is expected that the
Revere rubber company will be merged
with the Rubber goods company, and
that it will operate one of the at pres
ent idle factories of the United States
rubber company, to enable il to increase
its output of tires and mechanical rub
Der goods. The Revere company has
outgrown its present plant, but fur
ther enlargements are impossible
owing to it's location.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03

To England must be given the honor
of bringing out the torpedo body. At
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03

To England must be given the honor
of bringing out the torpedo body At
So the last show in
Freok Rodx for London it was con-
EnDII.h Car sidered the feature
-. of the 1910 models.
The body has many
good points for touring. the most prom
inent being that with its closed effect it
keeps the dust out of the car. Some OF
these bodies are so constructed that the
afterpart is so cut away that it re-
sembleS the yacht, giving a clean sweep
to the wind and doing away with the
drag of the air currents, which is the
cause of the dust sweeping over the
back of the tonneau.
AS climax to the torpedo body r.
Lisle of Wolverhampton has brought
out his fast racing car with a canoe
body. 1t is an Improvement on the
body that Fred Marriott used on his
steamer which he drove in the races
on the Ormond beach.
The only point of resistance is the
radiator. The rest of the body is de-
signed like a sharp pointed bullet.