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The San Francisco call., 1913-12-05
GOSSIP OF THE DRAWING RO0f1|
Mrs. Lyman Entertair1s

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Mrs. Theodore Benedict Lyman en-
tertained at an elaborate bridge party
this afternoon at her Alameda resi-
dence. when she entertained more
than so guests. The rooms were rem
dered attractive by an artistic ar
rangement of cut flowers and greens.
Mrs. ]. r. Knowland assisted the
hostess in receiving. In addition to
bridge, Mrs. Lyman provided a musi-
cal program for the enjoyment of her
guests. Mrs. Lloyd Collar, soprano,
rendered two solos and was accom-
panied by Mrs. Ford Samuel; Mrs. A..
e. Phelan, mezzo soprano, gave three
solos to the piano accompaniment of
Walter Lambert Brown, one of them
being composition of Mr.. Brown.
that had never before been publicly
sung. Mr.. Brown completed the pro-
gram with two piano selections.
Among those who accepted Mrs Ly-
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MATTE 4, R ROONEY :, IS IS COMING I!
Viii Appear at the Orpheum Sunday in SkH
Feature Acts included. in Bill
Opening at Sunday Aft
ernoon Performance

Besides the big feature act that is
coming to the Orpheum Sunday, "The
system" thrilling playlet dealing
with underwood types. there will be
Clayton Kennedy and Matte Rooney
VINO have an eccentric little musical
shlt that has pleased all. along the
line of the circuit.
Miss Rooney is clever and versa
tile performer.
other newcomers on the bill will be
lyons and Yosco, '"The Harpist and
lne singer, and lie Toy Brothers in
an acropatic number. besides Marshall
montgomery, ventriloquist.
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Mrs. Curtis Tll

The sympathy of friends is being
extended to the family of Mrs. James
Marvin Curtis, who is seriously i'll at
her home in Union street. 1t was on
ton that Miss Helen Elizabeth Cowles
was obliged to cut short her sojourn
in Chicago, where she. was the guest
of her father, Paul Cowles.
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Arrives From Nevada

Grayson HinckIey. whose engage
ment to Miss Helen Stone was re-
Beowawe, the Grayson ranch in Me-
vada, and is the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Mary Grayson Hinckley, In this
city. Mrs. Hinckley and her family
eroa in Van Ness avenue. where they
will be domiciled during the winter.
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Camera Club Dance
Initiates New Spirit

Social features will be made a part
of the California Camera clubs ac-
tivities in the future, and the initial
dance of the organization will be
given tomorrow night under the di-
rection of some of the younger mem
bers.
The special committee for the dance
consists of Mrs. Edward H. Kemp.
Miss Ethel Mills Miss Marie Lee.
Harold f. O'Connor, Merwyn d. Sill
berstein, DIR. E. O. Jellinek, Charles
Sawyer, William Muir, Gustave Lech-
ten, w. HI. Phelps, Edward III. Kemp,
Charles r. Spahr, o. J. Heinemann
and DR.. Percy Neymann.
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Entertains at Dansant

Mrs. James King Steele was a host
ess at the "the dansant" at the Palace
hotel Wednesday afternoon when she
entertained Mrs. Hancock Banning of
Los Angeles. Mrs. Porter of Los An
geles. Mrs. Robert Chester Foute. Mrs.
Jack Neville, Mrs. Haldimand p.
Young, Miss Augusta Foute and Miss
Ethel Shorb.
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DANCE FOR THE DEBUTANTES
Viii Be Compliment To 7wo Charming Girls
Many Guests at VoIkmann-
Witter Party; Other So
cial Happenings

In compliment to Miss Ruth Zeile
and Miss Marie Louise Black, two of
the winters debutantes, Miss Beatrice
Nickel will give a dance at her home
at Laguna and Sacramento streets to-
night. Preceding the affair Miss Ger
trude o'Brien will entertain the
hostess and her honor guests. at
dinner at her Buchanan street resi-
dence.
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Visiting From North

Miss Polly Young, daughter of Colo
mel and Mrs. George Young. has come
down from Vancouver barracks,
where her father is stationed. and is
the guest of Miss Harriet Pomeroy
at her home in Clay street Several
smart affairs have been planned in
compliment to the visitor by the
members of San Franciscos younger
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IRANSBAY SOCIAL.
HAPPENINGS

| Mrs. Harlow P. Bancroft of Oakland
and her daughter, Miss Evelyn B.
Bancroft, will spend Christmas in
Dresden. The winter and early spring
VIII be spent in the countries of
southern Europe. Mr.. Bancroft plans
to meet his wife in Europe in the
early summer and accompany her
home.
The engagement of Miss Portia COL
lom. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f.
COLON Of Ridge road, Berkeley, to
Oliver William Young is announced.
Both Miss Collom and Mr. Young are
graduates of the University of Cali
fornia with this years class. The
prospective bride is a member of the
Alpha Chi Omega sorority. and the
groom elect, who is a mining engineer,
Is member of the Theta Tau frater-
nifty and of the Dahlanega club. The
wedding Is planned for the early
spring.
Miss Carolyn r. Fulcher of Oakland
became the bride of William Porter
Sledge in Honolulu November IT, ac-
cording to announcements just re-
ceived The wedding was surprise,
as when Miss Fulcher sailed for the
Islands it was understood that she
was going to visit. Sledge is connect
ed with the navy yard engineers at
Pearl Harbor. They will live in Homo
lulu.
Miss Ella Orme has returned to her
home in Alameda from a six weeks
visit In Stockton and Sacramento.
X
The wedding of Miss Marian Ber-
narda Shannon. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Shannon of Berkeley. to
Paul Herbert Parrish will be held in
Newman chapel. Berkeley. next
Wednesday at noon, Rev. Father
Thomas O'Neill officiating. The only
attendants will be Miss Ethel Parrish
and Grove Shannon.
X
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw will be the
guest of honor at a reception to be
given tomorrow afternoon at the home
of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in
Berkeley. Several hundred guests
have been asked to meet the famous
singer.
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Dance for Younger Set

About 10 members of the younger
set will enjoy the hospitality of Miss
Inez Marion, who will be a dance
hostess tonight at the home of her
mother, Mrs. C. v. Meyerstein. in Oc-
tavia street. The rooms will be at
tractively decorated for the occasion.
great masses Of chrysanthemums and
foliage being employed to carry out
a color scheme of yellow and green.
Among those who will participate are:
Miss Helen Gould Richard St John
Miss Nadine 0jeda Harold Kent6eld
Miss Ethel Graham Albert Sissons
Miss Marie Cutten Marshall Mccormick
Miss Clara Hatteroth Charles Gibson
Miss Elizabeth Fee Daniel Padth
Miss Helen Murphy Charles Hickox .
Miss Madeline Sissons Carl Hermann
Miss Hazel 0rear Proster Reiter
Miss Veta Mendel Alfred Hatteroth
Miss Dorothy Jeffries James Jeffries
Miss Mildred Mallon Rulon Cutten
Miss Mary Judge Bruce MCGEE
Harold Maundrell Harold Strickland
WIN Grey
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Return. to Sam Jose

Return TO Sam jose
Miss Angela. Miss Fannie and Miss
Winifred Morrison departed yester-
day for Paradise. their home in San
Jose, after brief visi. to this city.
where they were guests at the Palace.
The Misses Morrison were among
those to entertain at "the dansant'
Wednesday afternoon. Several friends
are going down to San Jose tomor-
row to be their guests over the week
end
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p1ayIet, "The Sacrifice" which tells
the true story of an incident of the
revolution in Mexico. The present
bill numbers several entertaining fea-
lures and is playing to an excellent
attendance.
"Quo vadis." that marvellous photo
drama production that George Kleine
is presenting at the Tivoli Opera
house, also in New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia, Chicago and a half dozen
other cities with such marked sue
cess, is frequently described by the
press as a INSTALLATION of the con-
flict between the pagans and the
Christians in Nero's time.
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RETURN From Sam Rafael

Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Weaver have re-
turned to their home in Palm avenue
after a weekend in San Rafael, where
they were guests of Miss Beatrice
Howell
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Close RelVedere Home

Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Holcombe have
closed their home in Belvedere and
have come to this city, where they
have taken apartments in Taylor
street for the winter season.
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MANY Guests at PARTY

A party was enjoyed by the guests
of Daniel Volkmann and Dean Witter
Wednesday night when they enter
tanned at dance at the volkmann
residence in Broadway. The home
and wreaths- Assisting the hosts in
receiving were Mr.. and Mrs. William
voIkmann, Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert Stone
and Mrs A. p. Hotaling. All of the
modern dances were introduced and
the ballroom presented gay and at
tractive scene.
Among those who enjoyed the hos
pitality of Mr.. Witter and Mr.. volk-
mann were:
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Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
SOmers
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Fennimore
Mr.. aud Mrs. Otto
Grau
Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hough
Miss Metha McMahon
Miss AiIeen Finnegan
Miss Kathleen Einne-
gan
Miss Helen Jones
Miss Barbara McKen-
zie
Miss Harriet Pomeroy
Miss Elena Brewer
Miss Eiva de Pue
Miss Doris Wiltshire
Miss Marion Stone
Miss Helen Stone
Miss Marion Crocker
Miss Helen Hinckley
Miss Margaret Carri-
gan
Miss Yesta Read
Miss Ysabel McLaugh-
lin
Mrs. Carrie Mills
Fletcher
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/ Miss Elizabeth Bull
Miss 0tilla Laine
Miss Edith Rucker
Miss Florence Brayer
man
| George Bowles
Paul Jones
linton Jones
Allan Van Fleet
y iiiiam Cary Van
Fleet
Frank Owens
Al Humphreys
Tom Humphreys
George Leib
Billy Leib
Roy Ryone
.temi knight
Robert Weber
Carlton Curtis
Ralston Curtis
Ernest Geary
Jack Neville
Rudolph Bertheau
| Homer Curran
Herbert Schmidt
Orrin Wilson
Grayson Hinckley
Melville Bowman
! Walter Schilling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20

line. We will be prepared to prove this
before we are through. There are some
men mixed up in this who are headed
straight for jail"
Justice Cohalan was whitewashed by
legislative committee when the evi-
dence seemed convincing that he had
trailed his ermine in the mud of chi
canery, not to say dishonesty. State
Senator Stillwell was investigated"
by a committee and given medal of
merit, but when d court got hold of
him he was sent to the penitentiary for
bribery.
If Sulzer and his friends have evil
dence that the use of money has been
resorted to to bring about his i'm
peachment, it would be useless to
place it before the legislature. A resort
to the grand jury would seem the
proper procedure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
TIGER VS.. SNAKE

From the September Outing.
After we struck the main river we
passed many long sandbars, and on one
of these Felipes ever rowing eyes dis
covered a tiger asleep. The jaguar lay
stretched out on his belly, his nose on
his paws, the water almost lavlng the
cruel talons of his front feet. We were
about SO yards away when we first sight
ed him, and l raised the rifle to fire.
The canoa rocked a trifle and | lowered
the repeater, raising it again almost inn
mediately, but Felipe seized my hand.
saying
Don't shoot, senior, the tiger is dead
The remarkable intuition of Felipe
proved correct, as 1t has on many trip
into the jungle, but when l asked him
how he knew, he merely replied that the
tiger looked like he was dead. We landed
a yard from the jaguar and saw, crushed
in the powerful teeth, the body of a snake
something like the water moccasin of the
lower Mississippi river. The fangs of the
snake were imbedded in the tigers jaw
and the reptiles body was cut completely
in twain. 1t was as dead as the creature
it had killed. though neither had been
dead more than "a hours.
According to Felipe, the tiger had come
down to the stream to drink and as the
great round head lowered to the water the
snake had sent home the deadly poison
According to Felipe. also, jaguar never
runs when .4,e can fight, and the result
lay before us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
TIE HARIT OF ELEpHANrs

J. Alden Loring in the September outing.
An elephant uses several original and
effective methods of exterminating its
victims 1t may rush upon a man, seize
him in its trunk, beat him to death on the
ground, and before leaving tear up the
foliage for yards about
There are many Instances of elephants
literally tearing their victims to pieces.
The story is told of an English official
in Uganda who, on noticing a "safari''
passing, stepped to the door to inquire of
the head man the whereabouts of his
master. In response the black swung a
human arm before the official and replied
that few days previous his master had
been torn to pieces by an elephant and
that he had brought back the arm as
proof of his assertion.
Then again, after knocking man down,
an elephant will often continue on its
course without stopping to learn how
much damage it has done. hunter who
was within close proximity of herd of
elephants handed his rifle to the gun
about. At that moment an elephant
charged from the tall grass and made
for the gun bearer. As the man started
to run, he threw up his arms and in some
peculiar manner the elephant in reaching
for him snatched the rifle from his hand
and stopped to hammer it on the ground,
while the black made good his escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
RAsERAIL STORY

Ed A. Goewey, in Leslies.
Here is a little story told recently
by Christy Mathewson, and it NAV cast
a sidelight on some inside baseball that
will be interesting to the fans. One Of
the most serious things that can happen
in a game of ball. said the mighty
twirler, is for pitcher to double cross
his catcher. 1t was not so very long ago
that I. did this to Chief" Meyers. In fact.
have been guilty of that breach of base
ball etiquette on several occasions but
always unwittingly. Now here's the rea-
son for my lapses: Meyers is naturally
dark, and when he becomes tanned his
skin is unusually SO. When he puts
his hand against his glove to give the
signal for the kind of a pitch he wants. it
is hard to tell whether he has one or two
fingers extended. One finger might be
the signal for a curve and two for a
fast ball After giving signal the catch
er, naturally, is looking for what he
called, and if the twirler throws some-
thing else. the backstop may easily be
injured. This is the first time in my
long career that the color of catchers
hand played such an important part in
baseball games. Every fan knows that
the face of a backstops glove becomes
a dark brown, and wncn, in additicn The
catchers hand is tanned to an unusua,
degree, it is some job for the ritcter to
tell the difference between one aud two
finpars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20

Richard Lloyd-Jones in the Playbook'
TT is long road from the colossal
Flavian circus that was the eapitai
j of gayety when Rome was great TO
the seven-ring show that allures us To-
aav The difference clearly measures
the march of civilization through the
centuries that lie between. In the oldeh
times the people used to like the win
excitement that grew out OF athiesie
contests where the risk of lite was
great while now we enjoy the game
host that shows. the maximum of dex-
tor,tv with the minimum of risk
The American circus manager no
longer attempts to shoot woman from
the cannon's mouth or exhibit an Ara
HAN knife thrower who can successful
lv outline the feminine form with sharp
blades stuck into stopboard' Inc
somersaulting motor car and the loop
the- loon bicycle rider had to go, not be-
cause the manager wished it, but be-
cause the people demanded it.
No spangled, bedecked performer now
sticks his head in the lions mouth.
Folks prefer to see him do something
worth while rather than something
foolish. sometimes that shows skiil
rather than foolhardiness. The saner
the circus the better it pays. Skill and
beauty are appreciated more than dar-
ING nonsense. Pantomime and the ele-
ments of drama are now employed to
make the pretentions circus perfect.
Historic episodes are staged with ex-
travagant outlays in form, setting and
color.
And all this is made to fit into such
a rounded scheme that the tanned AMI
mails that are brought into the under,
thee canvas parade are made a part OIL
the story which the pantomime is de-
signed to tell.
Kindness has superseded brutality
The appeal is for a smile rather than
for the frown of fear. Nowhere is this
shown better than in the big side tent
which shades the menagerie with US
as with the old Romans, until compara-
lively recent years, wild beasts did not
live long in captivity. We tanned the
lion with the red hot iron. Gentleness
and the cultivation of friendship We're
not part of the game.
The exhibition of animals was not
therefore, always pleasing to the sensl-
tive soul The poor beasts looked hag-
gard worn and even their anger at
confinement was broken through the
harsh school of pure neglect. All this
now is changed.
The great circus masters of the world
now put their kindness to- animals cam
paign upon an economic basis. They
tell their employees that they cannot
swear at an animal without offending
1T; they cannot strike one without
hurting it; and their giranes and
cariels, lions and leopards, hippos and
rhinos, zehras and zumas are too val
liable to be hurt.
This rule was made to apply not only
to the horses with which they worked
but to the men with whom they worked,
20 the troupe, to the patrons, u ~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
A RIPENING ACaUAINTANcE

From Womans World for September.
When Arnold Bennett visited Chicago
last summer, he was entertained by the
Cliff Dwellers During the reception Karl
Harriman-his pockets buldging isuspici-
ously-was introduced to the English
man. Hartman promptly produced a
copy of Clayhangar and asked it's author
TO sign it, which was graciously done
Hartman went away clutching his auto
graphed copy, but meeting friend of his,
gave the book to him. The friend want
ed the Englishman's autograph, but
lacked che nerve to ask for it. Where
upon Hartman cheerfully handed him
his copy, produced another book from an
other pocket and, returning, asked Ben
nett to sign this one.
This was all right the first time, but
Harriman's supply of friends and books
appeared to be limtless. Five separate
times he gave away his autographed book
and each time asked Bennett to sign an
other one. The sixth time this was re-
peated, the noted author write: ITO Karl
Hartman, who rapidly is becoming one
of my best friends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
What a Negro Has Done

The story of Kelly Sparks, as pub
lished in Mondays Age-Herald, should
be lesson to the farmers, white and
colored, of Alabama. By diligent
methods he has shown that, it is en-
tirely possible to make the small farm
pay and pay well. He started in debt,
but a few years of intelligent labor
have put him upon the high road of
prosperity.
This negro's advice is to plow deep
and plow often. He has abandoned the
old plan of Laying by" at the earliest
possible moment. He continues to cul-
tivate his crops until they are assured.
Diversity and rotation also have been
called to the aid of the soil. On one
patch of an acre and half this year
he has grown three crops. Irish pota-
toes, cotton and peanuts have been
produced in turn, and the aggregate
value will be little less than 500.
1t is no longer "all cotton" with Kel-
ly Sparks. He raises cotton, corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, sorghum,
oats, watermelons, peas, hogs, calves
and chickens. He elves at home" and
sells his surplus. He is not compelled
to depend on Kansas or Iowa for the
corn with which to feed his stock and
hogs.
The story of Kelly Sparks is not an
exceptional one. Hundreds of other
farmers, by the employment of mod
ern methods and hard work, are max
ing money in Alabama. There is plen-
ty of land for all who want to emu
late them, and there will always be a
market for their products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
COMPETITION

From Answers, London.
Hot and stuffy was the auction room,
and packed, too-yea, even packed to its
utmost capacity.
Suddenly through the crowd pressed a
large, important looking person and held
converse with the auctioneer-converse
low, deep and awe inspiring.
Then up spake the auctioneer to the
multitude assembled:
"Gentlemen," he said, II am informed
that a pocketbook has been lost in this
hall containing e20o in banknotes.'
A great hush fell upon the assembly.
YES" continued the custodian of the
hammer, ''and, owing to other valuable
documents it contains, the gentleman will
offer ESQ pounds to any one who returns
It, whilst no questions will be asked .
Again silence, deep and unbroken.
Then fellow at the rear of the hall
spoke up
Il bid E51 s4u.
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washington bureau. aO7 HiDbs build
TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting aaa
Main 1900.
There must be needs of like proportion
OF Iineaments, of manners, and of spirit.
Merchant of Venice.
The Uncharted Rock

The telegraph wires tell of another
frightful tragedy at sea. A Pacific
coast steamer speeding along in Cam
bier bay strikes an uncharted rock and
in three minutes sinks into the waters.
Scenes often chronicled are re-
peated. The crash of grinding timbers,
the mutable conquered by the immu-
table, puny man face to face with
death and wholly helpless. The jest is
frozen upon pallid lips; the sob treads
upon the smile; last glimpse at life;
light, then darkness. Joy, alarm, ter
ror, oblivion.
1t was an uncharted rock. For ages
man has sailed the seas and all those
ages he has been busily spying out
these spears of Neptune ever pointed
at the heart of passing ships. AS one
is discovered it is carefully marked
upon maps, in order that mariners aft
erwards coming that way may have
cognizance of the danger.
Still the immovable rock, the fnov-
ing iceberg take their toll
Yet few days, and thee
The all beholding sun shall see no more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold
ground,
Where thy pale form was laid, with
many tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20

quartet would not draw in Birmingham
because their programmes were too elas-
steal. Last year the F1onzaleys came and
gave Sunday concert at the Jefferson
theatre. This Incompatible quartet at
tracted a very large audience-the largest
Sunday audience. with possibly one or
two exceptions, ever seen here-and those
who heard the Flonzaleys were so de-
lighted and talked so enthusiastically
about them that when these great artists
come again the theatre will be filled to
capacity. They are booked for Birming-
ham in the early spring
Most of the great artists who have ap-
peared in Birmingham within the past two
or three years have played to large and
appreciative audiences. Ten years ago
the same class of artists came and played
mostly to empty seats.
Another evidence of the increasing in
terest in fine music is seen in Capitol
park. While children and some grown
ups look upon the band concert as merely
something enivening hundreds who go
every night and on Sunday afternoon en-
joy the fine programmes to the fullest
extent. Memon's band has decidedly been
educational The few kickers who said
lighter music should be played are evil
IDENTIFY not aware of what is going on in
Nashville. Memphis and other cities Only
standard music is being played.
In New York the thousands who gath
er in the parks to hear the bands play
standard compositions are as quiet and
as eager as the most cultured audiences
IN the big theatres and opera houses. The
music in all the great cities now is of a
nigh class and the people of Birming
ham should feel glad that band is play
ing in the park every night that COM
pares well with many of the open
air concert bands in the large northern
cities. Memoli has certainly made great
hit"