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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
WIDE DIFFERENCE IN METHODS OF ETWO NOTED FIGHTERS
LITTLE Change Is
GOOD FOR Big JEFF
Fighter R0mps, and Skips Like
Boy Athlete After Day Off
From Routine

BEN LOMOND, May 14.-The layoff
enjoyed by Jeffries yesterday afternoon
and this morning seemed to do the big
fellow world of good for this after
noon he went at his work with all the
ardor of the boy athlete, singing mer-
rily all the while. No boxing was in
dulged in. Both Jack Jeffries and
Choynski were stripped for the fray.
but big Jeff disappointed his brother
and plainly pleased Choynski by an
nouncing that he would do no boxing
until late in the afternoon and then
only to please the visitors to-the camp.
The afternoon waDjust warm enough
to make gymnasium work inviting,
but today Jeffries worked altogether
in the open, skipping rope. punching
the bag, shadow boxing and playing
handball He seemed faster than ever,
and plainly delighted the watchers
with the form displayed.
THAT little rest l had was just about
the proper thing" said Jeff just before
the handball play commenced. The
same old grind day in and day out be-
comes pretty tiresome. and change,
such as the walk ] took to Santa Cruz,
was almost as enjoyable as going to
some good show. A change like that
will do fellow good in any line Of
work. l know a newspaperman in Los
Angeles who changes from typewriter
to a fountain pen just for the change,
and l guess the same applies to train
ing. At any rate l feel more like work
this afternoon than l have for week
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
Three Big YACHT
RACES ON TODAY
San Francisco, AeOIian and Cor.
infhian Clubs Events VIII
Be Sport Features

There are three big events scheduled
among the leading yacht clubs today,
and the amateur tars are all praying
for plenty of wind
The San Francisco yacht club will
hold its first race of the season. The
race will start from an imaginary line
drawn from the clubhouse wharf to a
stake boat anchored about 200 yards
out from the wharf; thence to and
around Goat island shoal buoy, leav-
ing same on starboard hand; thence to
and around Presidio shoal buoy leav-
ing il on starboard hand, and thence
TO finishing line, passing stakeboat
on the starboard hand. This course is
officially reckoned at IL Is nautical
miles The boats will start in the order
of their handicaps, scratch boat start
ing last and limit boat first. At 1880
a. m. a preparatory gun will be fired
from the clubhouse wharf and the blue
peter hoisted; at 1885 the blue peter
will be lowered and the gun for the
limit boats fired. Successive guns Will
follow thereafter to indicate the start
ing times of the various boats that are
entered. The boats will start at the
following times and guns:
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
WORK ON OLD MASTERS
Barred IN COURT
Touching Up" Process Ex=
planned at Trial

The series of professional lectures
on painting delivered in Justice Pages
courtroom in the Evans suit by artists,
critics, connoisseurs and dealers may
be thought to have reached climax of
interest in the description of the art
of restoring" canvas given by ex-
perts in that line.
This is a branch of art about which
the public has long felt a keen curl
osity as the result of occasional devel
opments in the art world here and
abroad. says the New York World. 1t
is the function of the restorer. it ap-
pears, to correct the faults and to
heighten and embellish the merits of
the artist, with view both to the
masters reputation and the dealers
interest
He is called on to Tighten up"
painting regarded as too dark, to re
move discolorations from sky" to
paint new heads on Indian figures, har-
monize fairgrounds with backgrounds,
refine old paintings, or transfer old
paint to new canvases; to freshen up
murky compositions; to oblige custom
erS who want "a nice, harmonious
back to their paintings. and generally
to add touch here and paint in high
light there that will conduce to the
better appearance of the work and,
incidentally, to it's STABILITY. AS art
the restorer improves on the original.
Painters, it would seem, have reason to
feel gratified at this reverential treat
ment of their canvases.,
The testimony unfortunately failed
to show to what lengths a restorer
might so in reconstruction-whet
like Cuvier or Agassiz, he might from
a single bone reproduce the entire
skeleton. A rather undue modesty is
revealed in the statement that re-
storers of the first class refrain from
noting on the back of the painting the
fact that it has been restored or trans
ferred; "only cheap restorers adopt
that means of advertising" them
selves. 1t is, of course, not to be ex-
pected that art works, like canned or
bottled goods, should bear labels indi-
eating the blend. But are not art re-
storers unjust to themselves in allow
ing the original artist to enjoy all the
credit of their improving touches?
Should not some indication of the col
laboration be given, if not for the ben
eft of the customer, at least in justice
to the artist who refines the raw orig
inal?
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
PINEAPPLES GOOD
FOR INDIGESTION
Juice of Fruit Also in Favor i'm
Throat Troubles

The medical value of pineappl ss has
recently been the subject of consider
able inquiry among physicians, and in
Hawaii experiments have been made to
determine something of these proper
ties. 1t has been found that the fruit
of the pineapple contains digestive
principle closely resembling pepsin in
its action. and to this is probably due
the beneficial results of the use of the
fruit in certain forms of dyspepsia. On
the casein of milk pineapple juice acts
as a digestive in almost the same man.
ner as rennet, and the action is also
well illustrated by placing a thin piece
of uncooked beef between two slices of
fresh pineapple, where in the course of
a few hours it's character is completely
changed. In diphtheritic sore throat
and Group, pineapple juice has come to
be very largely relied upon in countries
where the fruit is common The false
membranes which cause the closing of
the throat seem to be dissolved by the
fruit acids, and relief is almost imme-
diate.-Spatula.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
FALLING HAIR SIGN
OF DYSPEPTIC TROUBLE
Digestion a Creature of Habit,
Say Food Experts

Dyspepsia is not only one of the
most common diseases, but it is also
one of the most common causes for
the loss of hair. Nature is very careful
to guard and protect and supply the
vital organs with the proper amount
of nutriment but when she can not
command sufficient quantity of blood
supply for all the organs, she very
naturally cuts off the supply of parts
least vital, like the hair and nails,
so that the most important organs,
like the heart, lungs, etc, may be bet
ter nourished and perform their work
more satisfactorily.
A very common cause of indigestion
is irregularity of meal hours. The hu-
man system, says the Family Doctor,
seems to form habits, and it performs
its functions to a great measure in ac-
cordance with the habits formed. This
seems to be particularly so in regard
TO eating, and you might say drink
ing. too. The stomach gets into the
habit of accepting your meals at GER
tain hour every day. and at that hour
it is ready for it.
IT, however. meals be taken at irreg-
ular hours, the stomach is taken by
surprise, and it does not know when
10 expect a meal, and it is not in that
state of readiness for prompt and per-
feet performance of its work. Be more
careful about what you eat. when you
eat it, and there will be less dyspep-
sia and fewer bald heads.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
WINDOW DISPLAY NOW
BECOMES A SCIENCE
How Often to Change Exhibit is
Vital Question

Il should like it, said a store keeper
to a New York Sun correspondent, If
some psychologist could tell us how
often the display in a shop window
ought to be changed. You take, for
instance. the practice of changing a
window daily.
There are many persons who have
to null over thing in their minds be-
fore they decide. Now on a person
such as that a window changed daily
might have no pull at all. He is not
caught by the first sight but if the
thing that had attracted him was there
in the window the next time he went
by he would stop and look at it, and If
It still pleased him he would think it
over some more, and he would look it
over again and perhaps again. and so
it might grow on him until he would
decide to buy it.
Now, u possible purchaser such as
that would be lost by the window that
was changed daily, but to hold him how
many more customers would have been
lost by continuing the window for days
in one form by its lack of variety?
Il am told that there are many per-
sons who require time to decide, who
want TO look again; but: on the other
hand are there not as many or more
who can tell at sight whether they
want a thing, and who decide offhand
on what they see? Then there are
plenty of people who go looking for
new things. to see what they can see
who seek variety.
Take also window display of beau
tiful and elaborate GOWNS window
requiring great care and labor in the
preparation we'll as fine art in the
arran cement of the accessories and in
the harmonizing of the colors. To such
a window women flock. 1t builds up
and attracts. 1t creates atmosphere
and spreads profitable fame 1t secures
and holds customers.
Such a window may well stand un-
changed for days, but would this ap-
ply to little window, in which but a
single gown could be displayed?
don't know, but ] doubt it, and this
leads us to the general question: Should
the display in any small window of
any business be changed oftener than
that in big place? This, it seems to
me, should be answered in the affirma-
tive.
Here, however, is to be considered
something else. Eighty per cent, we
will say, of the people who pass these
windows are regular passers-people
living in town-but they don't all pass
on the same day. Such people might
miss many displays if the display were
changed daily. Within what period
of time does the greatest percentage
of the regular passers to whom the
window would appeal pass, and fgur-
ing on this system, how often would
we want to change the window? Isn't
that a question?
THE art of window dressing is one
thing, the science of window changes
quite another, and it seems to me that
this question might be determined by
the application of mathematical psy-
chology. l would like to see the mathe-
matically inclined psychologist who
could settle it come along
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
OBJECTING TO WATER TAX
WOMAN LOSES HOUSES
Owner Permits Dwellings to Be
Used as Fire Wood

Tear down my houses" angrily cried
Miss Eleanor Healy the owner. The
water rate 1 have to pay is robbery.
Tear them down; I'm better off without
them.'
Obeying orders. an army of women,
children and men attacked two dwell
ings-one of two stories and one of
threat Webber street and Douglas
avenue, Roxbury, Mass. Armed with
battering rams and levers, the destroy
ing horde demolished the woodwork of
the houses. splintered floors, crushed
through partitions, tore off shutters
and doors
In few hours all that was left of
the dwellings was a huge pile of brick,
stone and powdered mortar. The army's
booty, every scrap of wood, was stored
in the neighboring cellars-enough fire
wood to last for months.
My water bill for all of last year
was s16." said Miss Healy. who
seemed much pleased when her build
ings were razed. Now the city has a
new water meter system. and the quar-
terly bill was s22.49. I wouldn't pay
No; 1 ordered the water turned off.
and gave my tenants As hours notice
to move. Let others pay such water
rate. / never will
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
ACADEMIC Tennis
MATCHES CLOSE
William Johnson of San Fran
cisco Polytechnic Wins Sim
giles in Snappy Fashion

BERKELEY, May 1.-THE tourna-
ment of the racket wielders of the
Academic athletic league held on the
courts of the Berkeley tennis club in
Hillegrass avenue today brought out
some good tennis. The singles were
narrowed down to a match between
William Johnson of Polytechnic and
William Hutchinson of PaIo Alto high
school, and although the latter put up a
good defense the San Francisco PLAYER
was too strong and won in straight sets
of 6-4, 6-3.
In the doubles the Hutchinson broth
ers, William and James, triumphed over
Smith and Wetmore of Lick school, the
scores being FL, 60 in a rather one
sided contest
In the girls matches Miss Hewitt and
Miss Roberts, both of San Rafael, quali-
fed for the finals.
In the doubles they paired against
Misses Brant and Arandt and won by a
score of 70, 6-1, SIS.
On the same courts the Berkeley ten
mis- club in a dual tournament with the
Alameda club took the latter into camp.
Bhe fastest match of the day was be-
tween w. H. Ratcliffe of Berkeley and
w. A. Foster of Alameda, the former
dIlSE TWO QeuCS sets OF %,
TO. In the doubles the Berkeley
players triumphed completely. The
matches resulted as follows:
j. C.. Rohlfs. Berkeley, defeated H.
Murdoch, Alameda, SO, 81.
w. Fl. Ratcliffe defeated w. A. Fos-
ter, Alameda, Sc, 7-5.
Ray Young, Berkeley. defeated c. w.
Teller, Alameda, 6-1, st
r. G. Hunt, Alameda, defeated Nor
man Ambrose, Berkeley, e., 0-6. 60.
Percy Murdock Alameda, defaulted to
II: w. McSwain after two sets had been
played. with scores of 81 and 13-11.
In the doubles the scores Were:
Ambrose and Rohlfs beat II. Murdock K
and Foster. 6-3, st
Oliver Youngs Jr. and Miller. Berke-
iey, defeated Fink and Otis, Alameda,
4E6. 6-3, g.
Allen and Ratcliffe, Berkeley, beat
Hunt and Teller. Alameda, 3-6, 6-4.
c. P. Murdock and Smith. Alameda.
defaulted to Young and McSWain
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
RUGBY team Will
MEET real STARS
All America Defenders to Tour
Australia Best Available
Material for Trip
By WILLIAM UNMACK

The All America Rugby football
team to leave for Australia Tuesday,
though not by any means a thor
oughly representative team, is a really
good one, and the selectors are deserv-
ing of great credit for the men they
have selected. This applies with only
one or two exceptions, as certain of
the men had to be selected to make UP
the quota when the original men
failed to accept the invitation. Sew
eral of the really best Rugby players
in this country could not for various
reasons make such an extended trip,
and the selectors had then to do the
next best thing and fill their places
with the next best remaining players
The forwards are a fine lot and will
take a lot of beating.
The backs, on paper, look rather
weak
In the matter of speed and attack
Holman will be greatly missed.
The backs will be greatly handi-
capped against the fast and tricky
backs of the different Australian
teams. Another weakness of the backs
is the lack of experience of several
After the first few games, however,
and a thorough drilling in the rudi-
ments of the game these inexperienced
men ought to improve greatly.
in the forwards as is apparent in the
backs, and as far as the pack is con-
cerned the great success of the trip
will to a large degree depend on these
men,
If the forwards can best their op-
ponents for the ball in the serum and
get it out to their halfback, then they
will have done good work and it will
be up to the backs to continue with the
advantage that their forwards have
given them. Just whether the backs
are capable of fully continuing with
the advantages gained remains to be
seen.
The whole team is very enthusiastic
over the trip, and well they might be-
None.of them fully realize what such
trip means 1t is not merely a series of
football games between two teams but
the football honor of two great coun-
tries is at stake. The. team is deeply
grateful to l.. A. Wolff of Spaldings
who, in great measure, has made the
tour a possibility in more ways than
one Wolff generously came forward
and donated the whole "a men with
complete outfits from head to foot
This is the first combined interna-
tional All America Rugby football team
that has ever been selected to actually
play and tour in a foreign country
Harvard and Yale frequently compete
with Oxford and Cambridge universe
ties, both in this country and England
but there has never before been a foot
ball team selected to represent this
country in international games, except
the All California team that played the
Wallabies in February, 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
MANY TOWNS CLAIM TO
BE GUIDO'S BIRTHPLACE
Famous Musician of Early Days
Was Benedictine Monk

Seven cities contend for the honor
of being the birthplace of Homer, and
several towns in Italy claim the right
from his association with them of CON-
memorating Guido Monico, or Guido
d 'Arrezo, as he is more commonly
known.
The little town of Talla. near Caren-
tino, has set up a monument to mark
his birthplace, but ii is doubtful if the
claim can be substantiated against the
claim of Arezzo. IT is generally con-
ceded that Guido was a Benedictine
monk, and that he was a great writer
of music of the eleventh century. The
claim is set up that he was born near
Paris, and migrated to Arezzo.
He wrote the "Micrologus.' but
Grove discards many of the preten-
sions which have been formulated con-
cerning Guidos achievements. 1t ap-
pears, says Grove, that Guido invented
the principle upon which the construc-
ton of the stave is based. and the f
and c clefs, but that he did not invent
the complete four line stanza itself.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
ANIMALS ARE ABLE TO
PREDICT EARTHQUAKES
Roosters i'm Java Crowed and
Flew From Doomed City

Domestic animals seem TO be espe-
cfafly susceptible to the approach of
the earthquake. In 1925 in Chile every
dog fed from the city before the in
habitants perceived the faintest hint
of the impending catastrophe, says the
Chicago Tribune. In 1857 in Java i'm
mediately before the earthquake every
rooster crowed shrilly and left the
doomed town.
In 1868 in the city of Iquique the ter
rife disaster was announced many
hours beforehand by great swarms of
screaming gulls and other sea birds
which flew inland. On the Orinoco
crocodiles invariably leave the river on
the imminence of earthquake.
Five days before, the earthquake that
destroyed Elike in 373 B. c. is said
to have driven to the surface of the
earth mice, moles, weasels and serpents
that nest under ground Before the ST.
Gillian earthquake of 1888 animals came
to the surface as well as various crea-
lures of the sea, especially fish. in stu
pendous numbers, among them also
such as are found only in the greatest
depths of the water. The unrest of the
animals also heralded the coming of
the recent Sicily and Calabria seismic
disasters.
The basis of this remarkable instinct
of animals, reptiles, birds and fish is
iieiu ny many opSerNeIS 10 De feSpOn-
sible for their early perception. 9th
ers attribute these creatures an un-
known sixth sense. in its way as enig-
matte as the sense of locality in many
animals. Others say it is the sense of
hearing or their sensibility to agita-
tion that enables animals to notice the
effect of the occurrences in the inte-
rior of the earth long before mankind
with coarser senses can perceive it,
/ But in this case has arisen the OBJ
lection that the delicacy of the animal
senses exceeds that of the finest seis7
mographic apparatus. The animals
can foretel1 earthquakes with prob
ability that approaches certainty, and
we by no means have satisfactorily ex-
planned their superiority to mankind
in this regard
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
MANIAC CARESSES
HYENA IN IT'S CAGE
Beast Offers No Objection to
Youths Presence

a young man named Henout escaped
a few days ago from the asylum at
Villejuif, France, and some days later
ne wandered into the Jardin des Plantes
in Paris.
1t was raining pitf1essly and soon
the unfortunate being was wet to the
skin. To improve his situation, as he
thought, he divested himself of his
clothes, but he could not stand the
downpour. He then sought for shelter.
and this he found by climbing the rail-
ings of the hyena's cage. Thus shell
tered he set himself to caress the
hyena, which strange to say, offered
no resistance. The most astonishing
part of the adventure is, according to
a Paris contemporary. that the unfor-
tunate man refused to leave his strange
companion.
The keepers however. managed to
entice the animal into another COM
partment, and then they had to drag
Henout away He was afterward sent
to the infrmary by the police
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15

Next Sunday the Gantner & Matterns
will play at Santa Cruz with Jim Nea-
lon as umpire. Monterey will play at
Watsonville, Jimmy Doyle officiating.
and the Traffics at Salinas with Harry
Walters as umpire.
These games should prove of great
interest to the fans The Santa Cruz
lineup. Billy Jacobs of Rowardennan.
Tod Boyer, Tramutola of Santa Clara
college and Hardison of Stockton
State league team have been signed by
Manager Moody. Manager Willis Of
San Jose will also furnish pitcher.
Joe Choynski will assist Nealon in UNI
piring.
Solari has strengthened his team ma
teria1ly. Charles German has signed
to catch for him and two unknown
stars will also appear against Santa
Cruz Sunday. Monterey has also
strengthened it's team by signing Al
Earle to catch. Watsonville also has
signed new men. Salinas now has the
entire ST. Mary's Phoenix team in its
lineup, with Hart and Wilcox in the
box
A great crowd is expected to witness
the Traffic Salinas game. The rail-
roaJers defeated the fast Burbanks re-
Gently and they anticipate hard
game. They will have out their root
ers in force to assist them in holding
first position for the pennant.
The San Rafael team of the General
California league crosses bats with
Point Richmond today on the new dia-
mond at Richmond.
Napa will be invaded by the San
Leandro team. Napa will put Yeazell
on the SLAP, while Arlett will oppose
him.
Santa Rosa will meet Peta1uma on
the Santa Rosa grounds. Fruitvale
meets Vallejo at Vallejo.
On Sunday at L o'clock sharp the City
of Paris and the White House baseball
teams will play on the, Coast league
diamond, Freeman's park, Thirtfeth
street, Oakland, after which the Hale
Brothers team will cross bats with the
Levi Strauss team.
The crack aggregation of ball play
ers gathered together by Carroll & Til
ton will play al Grass Valley today
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
MULTIMILLIONAIRE
LIVED ON 81 A WEEK
Richest Man in Minneapolis
Was Eccentric and Frugal

In the little cottage which he bought
a half century ago, whose ever increas-
ing value added to his millions. Levi
NJ. Stewart lies dead. He was So years
old and was better known as Elder
Stewart. popularity held to be the rich
est man in Minneapolis.
His real estate holdings are worth
S5,000,000 at least, yet it was common
talk that he lived more frugally than a
laborer, spending not more than 81 a
week on his food and clothing. Ec-
centric as he was. Elder Stewart was
charitable.
He was born in Corrina, Me. His pa
rents determined that he should become
a minister. but the young man got a
position in saw mill and made his
own living. BY working on fishing
boats he earned enough money to pay
for his tuition at Dartmouth and later
obtained a position as a teacher in an
eastern academy. He came to Mime
apolis in 1856, studied law and bought
real estate.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
MEN CONVICTS WORK
IN MOTHER HUBBARDS
Prisoners in Skirts Labor on
Streets in Georgia

All the male cOnvicts of Floyd county
recently were garbed in mother hub-
bards by order of the county commits
sioners. This action was taken he
cause of the numerous escapes and to
promote cleanliness among the prfs-
oners, says the Philadelphia North
American.
The authorities say that a convict
wearing mother hubbard will find ii
very difficult to escape and that the
health of the prisoners will be pro-
NOTED by the garb during hot weather.
The convicts bitterly opposed the
change, but the authorities found
means to make them don the mother
hubbards. and so clothed they were
put to work on the street The spec
tacle of so able. bodied men working in
mother hubbards caused much COM
ment during the day.