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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

of the friends she entertained at
luncheon Mrs. Charles Camm pre-
sided at a prettily arranged table.
where places were laid for eight guests,
as did also Walton Moore Mrs. VIII
liam Eide entertained nine friends. In
Mrs. Philip E. Bowles party there
were a half dozen friends. Mrs. Mar
tin ". Kales and Mrs. 5. B. Connor
claimed five guests each. At the tables
where covers were laid for four were
Mrs C c Clay, Miss Madeline Clay,
Mrs. Milton Pray. h. w. Phillips, MISS
Jennie Stone, James G. Allen, DIR. and
Mrs Charles Minor Cooper.
The ballroom, with its setting of
potted plants and festoons of flags,
presented a charming scene when the
smart set assembled for the midsum-
mer evening dance, which rounded out
the celebration of the holiday.
The golf players enjoyed the is hole
qualifying round for the captains cup,
which was played this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
Big FLAG RAISED
AT COUNTRY CLUB
New Giant Staff and National
COIOrs Dedicated by the
"P. w" Members

OAKLAND, July A noteworthy
patriotic ceremony took place this
afternoon at the Claremont country
club when the new fagpole and the 80
foot flag were dedicated by the P. WIS
in the presence OF a large number of
the club members. The pole. which
stands lI5 feet. is the tallest single
stick staff on the coast. and is placed
at the entrance to the clubhouse.
r. B. Braden Of the board of di-
rectors opened the program with an
address. 10 which sam Bell Mckee. pres
ideDt Of the club. responded. MY own
United States was sung by Whitney
Pslsche before the flag was raised by
the P. VS.. T. c. Coogan delivered
the oration Of the day and then the
crowd sang America" The P. W.'s
are composed of 30 or 40 of the club
men who are devoted to golf
According TO the usual custom Of
the club, the fourth OF July was cele-
brated on the board lawns, which were
dotted with immense japanese UNI
brellss- An informal reception was
held all the afternoon and the mill
tary bands provided an open air con-
cert. At : o'clock there was a display
Of unique daylight fireworks, which
continued until 6.
PARTIES At LUNCHEON
The luncheon hour brought together
more than 100 Of the smart set in the
dining hail. which was decorated with
the national colors and small silk flags
Informal luncheon parties were given
by Mrs. (. 3. Braden. A s. MacDon-
aid, Baron Alfred Won der Ropp. Mrs.
George McNear Mrs. James X Moffitt
Jr. Mrs william Greed and Mrs. T.
c Coogan. sam Bell Mckee entertained
one OF the largest groups, having a
dozen guests. Mrs. Frank Proctor pre-
sided over table where places were
laid for eight friends Mrs n A
Acker and Mrs. John Beckwith had 1--WE
guests each. IN the smaller parties
were Mrs. Martin W Kales, Mrs. Milton
Pray. Mr and Mrs. E. c. Prather. Mr.
and Mrs Harvey Lindsay. Dr. and Mrs
A. j.. Merriman. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Tashelra. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Camm,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamilton Nor
rison. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Miller.
DINNERS AND DANCING
The dinner preceding the ball was
brilliant affair and although most of
the parties were unusually small. they
were most congenially planned. In
honor Of Miss Harriet Stone and Miss
Marion Stone, who returned from the
Atlantic seaboard recently. Jack
Neville presided at the largest dinner.
score OF the younger set being his
guests. Mrs. J. Pym Neville enter
tained at smaller party, with
covers laid for FIVE. Mrs. Frank
Proctor's dinner party was made up
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SOCIETY GIRL TO
|. ENTER VAUDEVILLE
Prominent Musician of Berke=
ley to Take Part in One
Act Play

BERKELEY, July 4.-Miss Emma :
belle Hudson Fucker, prominent in the
atricals and music in this city. is max
ing preparations to forsake the life of
a society girl for the vaudeville stage.
Miss Fucker, unknown to most of her
friends, has for a month past been
studying on a one act skit which has
already been accepted by an eastern
syndicate She will make her debut,
probably in September in a vaudeville
house on the Atlantic seaboard.
Miss Fucker is a good musician and
initiates various musical instruments
cleverly. She whistles well and is a
performer on the mandolin and guitar.
Miss Fuckers home, 1906 Benvenue
avenue, has long been the center of a
musical set.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

AEROPLANE FAILS
IN EFFORT TO FLY
Failure Also Attends Two At
tempts to Initiate Balloon
at EmeryvilIe

OAKLAND, July %-Several attempts
were made this afternoon by Samuel
Smith TO fly in a Curtiss biplane at
the Emeryville race track, but with
out success. The uneven ground. which
prevented speed at the start. was
given as the reason for the failures.
Two attempts were also made to IN
fate balloons for c. NJ. Vosmer. who
intended TO give exhibitions. but both
attempts failed. At first the men who
were holding down the gas bag became
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
HEROISM BRINGS
DEATH TO DRIVER
Aged Dairyman Succumbs to
Injury Received in Saving
Children From Harm

OAKLAND, July 4.-Michael Nc
Grath, dairyman, aged so years. whose
back was broken four days ago when
he guided his milk wagon into .tele-
graph pole to prevent injury to chill
dren playing at Twenty first and Chest
nut streets, died this morning at Prov
idence hospital.
The dairynlan leaves a widow. His
body has been taken to the morgue,
where an inquest will be held. Funeral
arrangements have not been COM
pleted.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

frightened at the approach of the aero
plane and ran from the scene. The.
balloon tilted against the FIRE that was.
making hot air and was burned in
spots, releasing the air.
Repairs were made. but when the Sec
ond attempt to fill the balloon was
made it burst Only a small crowd
was present.
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BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

"My little son, when about year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then I
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about
year and half of suffering he grew
so bad that l had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
my aunt advised me to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment /
sent to a drug store and got cake of
Cuticura Soap and box of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. At the
end of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores
Of any kind since. / can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. 1 used only one cake of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
Of Ointment.
II am nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and it is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don. Litchfeld. Conn, Oct. %, 1902"
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their stems and remain in the scoop, whence
they are transferred to the tray which each pick
er has close at hand. An expert picker with
machine will do the work of from half dozen
to dozen hand pickers.
The cranberries picked on the boys are
placed in huge wooden boxes and transferred
to nearby frame building where they are
passed through machine known as "separa-
tor" which takes out all the leaves, twigs and
other foreign matter Then they are sorted for
the elimination of any bad or worm-eaten ber-
ries and finally placed in barrels, which are
hauled away to railroad yards to be loaded into
cars to the tune of from 220 to 240 barrels
to the car, refrigerator cars being used exclu-
sively Up to the present time cranberries have
been sold in bulk, but this year sees an innova-
ton in the appearance of evaporated cranberries
for which are claimed all the advantages of evap-
GRATED peaches or apples, and in the introduction
of cranberries put up in pasteboard cartons
Bearing cranberry boys of the, most desir-
able kind cost from $500 to $1,000 per acre,
but in a bumper year grower may get his
money back the first year, and during the worst
year the industry has known in decade most Of
the growers made from 10 to Is per cent on
their investment, and that too, in spite of the
fact that cranberries were so plentiful that they
brought only 81 barrel, whereas SIS to 81 bar
rel is accounted an average price, and there have
been years when famine of cranberries sent
the price up to $40 per barrel.
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Decorative ~Conceits and FaUors
For the Thanksgiving Festivities

ones in papier mache or tissue paper
which are candy boxes. Fruits and
vegetables of all kinds seem to be
suggestive of the season Of feasting,
and many good limitations are found
among the candy box collections.
Goblinesque little men are made of
paper fruits and fixed up to have a
very grotesque appearance, and funny
little figures are made of peanuts, and
mounted on cards. Nuts are tied up
in ribbons and are found to be prize
packages for the receiver, for in them
are neatly packed little stick-pins.
whistles, etc., all carefully concealed
within the paper shells.
The place cards allow of a great
many new designs, and an especially
new feature among these is some
small mirrors. The chrysanthemum
is the leading flower among the paper
bowers, and those in yellow or orange
seem to be the most desired shades.
Other limitations which are especially
"life-like" are the painted piece of the
pumpkin pie, the tin of Boston baked
beans, the plum pudding and the ea
Of corn.
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Netherlands also appointed different
dates for public thanksgiving, from
time to time, and in some historical
works there is record of a dispute as
to which of these colonies deserved
the credit for having first inaugurated
the day. Most of the best founded
historians, however, give the credit to
the New England states.
The Dutch governors of New, Meth
erlands appointed occasional days of
thanksgiving in 1914, 1915. 1855 and
1864, and the English governors fol-
lowed their example in 1855 and 1850,
and the Protestant Episcopal church
in the United States in its prayer
book, ratified in 1889, recommends for
Thanksgiving day the first Thursday
in November, unless some other day
be appointed by the civil authorities.
There were also occasional recommen-
dations by other religious bodies, but
no regular annual recommendation by
the governor of New York before 1917.
The struggle of the colonies for in
dependence marks the beginning +
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general observances of days of thanks
giving in this country. The congress
Of TIT, the one which prepared the
articles of confederation for adoption
by the colonies, adopted resolution
setting apart the eighteenth day OF
December, 1777, to be observed as
day Of solemn thanksgiving and
praise throughout the United States.
Washington, during his administra-
ton, issued two thanksgiving procla-
nations, one in 1889 and the other In
1895, just after the suppression OF
the whisky rebellion which had
threatened the peace of the country,
and President Madison issued che
upon the declaration of peace In
1915. However, in the early years
of the nation the rule was for the CO.
lonial custom to be followed and the
proclamation made emanated from
the governors. The western states,
largely people from New England or
New York, early followed the lead of
these portions OF the country. AS we
have seen, the annual recommends
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DRINK WATER TO CURE
KIDNEYS AND RHEUMATISM
The People Do Not Drink Enough
Water to Keep Healthy,
Says WeIl-knoWn
Authority.

"The numerous cases of kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism are
mainly due to the fact that the drink
Ing of water, natures greatest medi-
cine, has been neglected.
Stop loading your system with med
icines and cure-alls; but get on the
water wagon. If you are really sick,
why, Of course, take the proper medi-
cines-plain, common vegetable treat
ment, which will not shatter the
nerves OF ruin the stomach"
To cure Rheumatism you must make
the kidneys do their work; they are
the filters Of the blood. They must
be made to strain out of the blood the
waste matter and acids that cause
rheumatism; the urine must be nett
tralized SO it will no longer be
source of irritation to the bladder, and,
most of all. you must keep these acids
from forming in the stomach. Tnls
is the cause Of stomach trouble anu
poor digestion. For these conditions
you can do no better than take the
following prescription: Fluid EXTRACT
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound
Kargon, one ounce; Compound syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. MIX Dy
shaking we'll in bottle and take IN
teaspoonfu1 doses after each meal and
at bedtime, but don't forget the
water. Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and SIM
pie prescription should be posted up
in each household and used at the
first sign of an attack of rheumatism,
backache or urinary trouble, no mat
ter how slight.
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missed from the name, most of these tracts are
located adjacent to rivers or lakes or ponds,
so that they be flooded in the late au-
tumn and kept under water until spring. The
berries grow on a vine which nestles close
to the ground in perfect tangle, and save for
keeping out the weeds and battling with the
insect pests which are numerous, the cranber-
ries do not require very much cultivation or
attention until harvest time approaches in the
autumn. Then the cranberry grower must look
forward to a period of anxiety, careful, SER
ious scrutiny of the weather He must
keep close watch on the weather, for if frost
comes ere the crop is harvested it will work
sad havoc unless the grower has been fore
warned and flooded his bog or built great bon
fires to keep up the temperature
In years gone by the harvesting of cranber-
ries was done solely by the hand picking meth
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years, however, has witnessed a revolution.
Now almost all cranberries are picked by the
aid of machines, and because it is tiresome
work manipulating these machines it has come
about that most of the women and children
have been forced out of the industry and the
task is largely in the hands of men, the more
skillful of whom receive from So to SIS per day.
The picking machine most extensively used
has the appearance of huge wooden scoop,
the bottom of which is made up of row of
metal bars, tipped with sharp prongs and set
close together. In operation this scoop is
showed with some considerable force into the
tangle of cranberry vines and then is drawn up
ward and backward with the result that the
vines which have been caught slip between the
metal bars but leave the berries, which are too
large to pass through the openings as do the
vines, and in consequence are stripped from
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LENT INSPIRATION.

'T am gratified," said the first prom-
inent citizen, ito observe the under-
current of joy in the Thanksgiving
proclamation of the governor. Hith-
erto the proclamations have been along
the old cut and dried, stilted forms,
but in this instance there is a certain
tone of joyousness,of thankfulness, of
pure gratefulness that is really in
SPRING"
YES" agrees the second prominent
citizen, ''but it's no wonder the govern
or felt good when he wrote that proc
lamation."
mo. He has started on what seems
destined to be a good administration,
already there is talk of promoting
him to some higher Office in the gift
of the peo-"
And BESIDES" interrupts the second
man, 1.-The governor owns one of the
largest turkey farms in the state.
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Somewhat INDIGNANT.

The two extra specialists had pound
ed and sounded him, and felt of his
pulse and tapped his frame till he
could only lie in cold Precipitation of
fear.
Undoubtedly it's a case of appen-
dicitis!" said specialist No /. grave
ly.
Undoubtedly" assented specialist
No. 2.
But would he be able to stand an
operation?" pondered No. /.
"Ah, would hep" echoed No. 2.
They dug him in the ribs again. and
he squealed.
'Ah," remarked No. /, II think we
ought to let him get bit stronger be-
fore we cut into him."
"Confound your palaver!" gasped
the patient, starting up. What do
you take me fora cheese?"
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The pious, hard-driven, WORKOUT, but
thankful Puritans who sat down at
their tables one November, few cen
turtles ago, and made the first Thanks
giving Day, never knew to what
lengths they were to drive the In
genuity Of their poor descendants
But it wasn't their fault after all, that
the preparer Of the Thanksgiving feast
today has to attend just as much to
the turkeys surroundings as to the
turkey itself. 1t was good enough Tor
them to have a well-stocked larder
from which could come the turkey, the
celery, the pumpkin pie, the cranber-
ries and all the other goodies which
history puts down to their credit.
Even the comparatively recent New
Englanders were content with all
these as long as they looked tempting
and tasted good. But today, even the
important fowl itself is hardly more
important than the ribbons, the can
dies, the favors, the adornments Of
all kinds, which must appear on the
Thanksgiving table.
DOu - UOCQSr dUOuI AC@fh6 WV
much to eat" an up-to-date daughter
was heard to say to her New England
mother the other day. Il want plenty
of room for the ribbons and the candy
boxes"
It's the same way with other daugh-
tiers of an esthetic turn of mind, rath-
er than a practical one, and it looks
as if their ambitions to make things
look pretty" may be realized this year,
for there is a goodly array of Thanks
giving favors and table decorations of
all kinds.
OF course the turkey reigns SUI
preme, even If it is in paper, and is
seen in all sizes, all kinds, roasted to
a beautiful dark brown as the cook
book says, or standing important and
majestic with its big fan-shaped feath-
er tail high in the air. In most cases
the favor turkey is meant for candy,
but certain new china turkeys are
mustard cups.
The pumpkin is next in Importance
and is seen in many Of the novelties.
There are large paper pumpkins for
centerpieces and all sorts OF small
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itude to the Great Disposer of all
events, for the seasonable control
which has been given in spirit of
disorder in the suppression of the late
Instruction What the president
had in mind in this allusion was the
great whisky insurrection" In Penn.
sylrania in 1894, caused by the pas
sage by congress of acts imposing du-
ties upon spirits distilled and upon
stills. 1t was finally suppressed by
Governor Lee of Maryland. with $4,000
troops, acting under orders as thu
president.
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reported and cranberry growers nave peen 50
increasing their productive areas that despite
the increase in demand due to the country
incrooeo IN nonuIation and other influences,
fhere continues to be year by year pretty
lavish supply of the crimson berries and most
seasons find them available at very reason
able prices.
Cranberries, like so many Of the other good
things of life, are distinctively American dell
cacies. To be sure, cranberries grow Wlld III
some other quarters of the gloDe-for INSTANCES
in Europe. but it is only in the United States
that thew have been cultivated as an article OF
food. Even here the growing of cranberrles IS
confined largely to three states Massachu-
sets, New Jersey and Wisconsin. How lmpor-
tant an industry it is may be surmised, however,
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attention on this solemn occasion, our
exemption from fore'9n war" and
next proposes, as IAN oil sect of graft
tude'' the increasing prospect of the
continuance of our exemptions from
foreign war" Which propositions evil
IDENTIFY relate to the settlement,
through special envoy, John Jay, of
our serious troubles with Great Brit
ain, growing out of the continued oc-
cupation by the British of the western
forts on Lake Erie, contrary to the
treaty of .I7S3; and the seizure of
american vessels bound fer French
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Sunreme Test.

''I thought you said this bathing
suit was in fast colors," said Binks,
Indignantly, to the bathing master of
whom he had bought his dollar suit
that morning.
eyes, that's what I said," returned
the bathing master
"Well, every blessed stripe on the
blooming thing has come off on my
back" retorted Binks.
"Ah, but wait until you try to get
EN- off your back" smiled the bath
Ing master, suavely. Then you'll
see.'-Harper's Weekly.
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ed Feb. 10 as "a day of public thanks
giving and prayer" The Father of
His Country" was then So years of
age and was serving his sixth year as
president. 1t was a long document
and covered quite number of points.
OF these, will advert very briefly to
only three or four which are peculiar
ly significant.
In the preamble he mentions, as the
first subject. demanding the public
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ton by the governors of New York
began in 1917. From that time the
observance gradually crept southwark
and westward, and in 1885 Governor
Johnson of Virginia adoptedS it, and
though in 1857 Governor Wise of Vir-
ginia declined to make the proclama-
ton on the ground that he was unau-
thorized to interfere in religious mat
tiers, in 1858 a Thanksgiving day was
proclaimed in eight Of the southern
states.
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Little Mvra EXPLAINS.

Little Myra Lee had been in school
but few days when her mother had
occasion to write a note to the teach
err, and signed herself Mrs. Kent.
Thinking she might have misunder-
stood the child's name, the teacher
asked an explanation.
"Oh," said Myra, with charming
ly confidential air, you see, my mann
ma got married again but didn't. -
Lippincott's.
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The day had thus naturally grown
to be national institution Of almost
universal observance, when the Civil
war brought to sudden ripeness this
along with many other tendencies, and
President Lincoln put upon 1t the seal
of his official proclamation. Presi-
dent Lincoln's first proclamation was
in 1862, on account of the first impor-
tant victory of the national arms. He
issued y similar recommendation in
1863.
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Thanksgiving in Year 1895

Nowadays the Thanksgiving procla :
nation of the state and national ex-
Acutives are brief compared to what
sney were in the early days of our
5epublic. In the case of the latter he
aoesn't foreshadow his forthcoming
annual message as was somewhat the
vogue in President Washington's time.
This is seen in the Thanksgiving
proclamations issued by our great and
good tarst president in the early part
Of the year 1895. in which he appoint.