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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
Mr.. JOHNSON

I see by the paper that one will
liam Johnson" not otherwise iden-
tilted. is preparing to dig up the hon.
ored bones Of Don Gaspar de Portola.
which he is convinced are buried
somewhere in the classic neighbor-
hood of Carmel mission. He asserts
himself qualified for this undertaking
by his researches among the Califor-
MIA Indians and by reason Of his lal-
leged) success in ''unearthing the
remains of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo-
One learns from the newspaper that
"he got on the track of what he be-
lieves to be the rrave Of Juan Rod
riguez Cabrillo whose bones he
claims to have Nhumed from San
Miguel island" lie now believes
himself to be ION the track" of Don
Gaspars grave and hopes to come up
with 1t If the trail does not peter out.
but he admits that he IS engaged in
a somewhat blind quest. There Is, in
fact, no record anywhere Of Portola' s
death and burial.
Mr.. Johnson's pursuit of the sup
posed place of interment is based on
vague Indian legends, and in case of
discovery we should be left in doubt
whether or not we were doing rev.
erence to the wrong bones.
But why In any case disturb the
ter far to observe the Injunction,
Let them rest.in peace" 1t seems a
strange fancy that puts a detective
on the track of a grave, supposing a
grave to leave such evidence.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
SARTOR
RESARTUS

In these days. as 1t happens, we are
greatly concerned. and even agitated,
over the philosophy of clothes. It is
not alone the court bailiff who is dis
turbed in mind. but Mr.. Bundle like
wise and the other paroohial authori-
ties are grievously exercised by the
lnsubordination OF the rebellious femi-
nine and her tempestuous petticoat.
which up andedown the coast. in Los
Angeles and in Portland. has been put
under the official ban with orders Is
sued to tho police to exercise what
might seem to be a somewhat en-
barrassing censorship based on the
principle that skirts are for purposes
Of concealment. not display. / have
not hoard Of any arrests and one
may understand that a modest po-
liceman confronted by a too obvious
slit might-what?-lo the other
way At any rate there is a tre-
mendous pother not OF any means
confined to the Pacific coast or even
to America.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
VISIBLE SPEECH
ON EXHIBITION
Mechanism Enables One to
See as Well as Hear
What Has Been Said

Visible Speech the subject of the
neF revolving exhibit beginning to-
dav at the University Museum of An
thropology at the Affiliated Colleges
marks the first attempt ever made to
depict to the eye the sounds Of human
COZ eersation and at the same time
tolexplain them intelIigibly in pop
uiar manner.
The principle Of the mechanism en-
ploysd is that Of a graphophone which
can not reproduce sounds directly
bur alters them into visible waves.
BY the time the tracings Of the
recording needle Of the apparatus
have been enlarged TO thousand
times the Size or the impressions on
an ordinary phonograph disk, the re-
suits are extraordinarily striking.
Curves rising and falling like noun
tain chain pro6les. and tremors sug-
gesting ripple marks, each with their
special significance, help 70 explain
vocal peculiaritles that can not be de-
terYnined in any other way, and 70 nx
dialect differences that are inaudible.
Curator A. L. Kroeber will lecture
IT ? g. ri. on writing Words BY
Machine"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
TRANS-PACIFIC MAILS

The following sailing dates and
closing times of trans-Pacifio malls
are based on the latest information
furnished by steamship companies.
They are subject to change on notice.
Paper mail for the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands closes one hour
earlier than times given:
For AustraIia-Stsamer Niagara leaves
Seattle September B. Ordinary mail closes at
$50 a. m. September i. Registered mail
closes at 8 p. m. today Steamer sonoma
leaves San Francisco September %. Ordinary
mail closes at 1880 0. Registered mail
closes at 1920 a.
For New zeaiand-steamer Niagara leaves
$3.50 a. m. September !. Registered mail
closes at D. n today. Steamer Moana
leaves San Francisco September II. Ordinary
mail closes at $50 a M Registered mail
For China and Japan-Steamer Bellercpbon
leaves Seattle September 2. Ordinary mail
closes at . 80 a. IN, September J. Registered
mail closes at ?. M. today. Steamer China
leaves San Francisco September A. Ordinary
mail closes at 1920 a. m. Registered mail
closes at $3.50 a. m. Steamer Empress q
mail closes at e:80 a. IN. September s. Reg
istered mail closes at p. m. September I.
For Manila Steamer China leaves San Fran.
1880 d. n. Registered mali closes at 1880
a. n. United States army transport Thomas
leaves San Franc%co September s. Ordinary
mall closes at a. IN. Registered mai crosses
at S:15 a. M Steamer Empress Of Asia leaves
Seattle September 10. Ordinary mail closes AZ
$50 a. m. September 8. Registered mall
closes at D. m. September Z.
For Hawaii-Steamer Honolulan leaves San
Francisco September 2 Ordinary and regis.
tered mail closes at $3.50 p. m. Steamer
China leaves San Francisco September 4 Or
binary and registered mail closes at 1880
a. M United States army transport Thomas
leaves San Francisco September 8. Ordinary
and registered mail closes at a. m. Steamer
Sierra leaves San Francisco September g. Or.
binary aud registered mail closes at 1890
p. IN
For Tahiti-Steamer Moana leaves San Fran
cisco September II. Ordinary mall closes at
$50 a. m Registered mail closes at .. M,
September f6.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
SOME BITTER
COMFORT

Indeed the London Times in
earned editorial tells us:
What is patent TO the least OBJ
servant nowadays Is that women
wear almost nothing under their
gowns, even in the daytime. Pet
ticoats went long ago, and were
replaced by tfEhtS--or not re-
placed at all The stockings are
OF such diaphanous silk az to
EN- barrass the behOlder who sees,
even in the street, so much OF
them, and they are not covered by
any but court shoes. So much for
the foundation. Over this is worn
ent material, cut almost as low
by day as by night. and with
such slashings and fittings in the
skirt as may fully display the
leg half way TO the knee and
which show every movement Of
the limbs-almost Of this muscles.
A story has been gping the
round of Paris in which 1t is told
that an English woman was Of
fered a dress with the following
inducement to tempt her: Mad
anne Will be satisfied with this
robe, for by putting a pink ribbon
underneath, Madame Will appear
were the absolute ambition of
every woman for the momenti
Certainly there is an orgy of un-
dressing going on, and IL shows
no signs of abating. And what
IS to be the end? It is difficult
to see; but obviously when you
have gone on undressing for q
certain time you come to the end
OF what there is to take off. and
the only thing to do is to put
your clothes on again. But no
one can foresee when that hap
py hour of sanity will be with US.
There is no sign Of It at present.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
IN THE
DAYS OF ISAIAH

Now, on the other hand that pleas
ant and humane humorist, the Rev.
Robert J. Burdette of Pasadena. takes
a more hopeful view and calls for
neither thunderbolts nor the police.
and he observes that nearly 1000
years ago the prophet Isaiah put on
his dress reform warpaint and went
off the reservation in a whirlwind Of
denunciation OF about everything that
a woman could put on, naming each
article In such detail as could not
have been surpassed by any modiste OF
his time" He was better posted than
the preachers of our time. who are
cautiously prone to generalize in their
specifications of feminine fripperies.
But the thunder of the inspired
prophet no more availed In those days
than the contemporary futility of Mr..
Bumble shouting for the police.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
THE EDUCATION
OF A JUDGE

Doubtless, when Judge Dooling
comes to realize and appreciate the
atmosphere diffrsed by the blameless
and respectable bailiff of his court, he
will put away from him the freedom
OF tho soft boiled shirt out of regard
for the nice sensibilities of his official
servitor. Yet ii may be permitted to
cite case in point of the reply made
by an Eton schoolboy to his tutor,
who said to him: Your younger
brother knows more than you do" To
which the boy answered. pleasantly:
Probably he hasn't been at Eton so
long"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
HIS MAJESTY
THE BAILIFF

Let it be understood at once that the
bailin is the visible embodiment and
outward sign of the majesty OF the
law. If you should stick pin in the
oallin's leg he would bleed starch In
his presence the placid ruminant
chumping the sweet or bitter quid of
gum willis and shrtvels away into out
er darkness. If IN the course Of human
events it should be your fortune to
visit the United States circuit court of
appeals you viii see the Judges of that
august tribunal habited IN flowing
gowns OF some soft clinging stuff,''
as the society column might describe
them What, then. is the purpose of
these extraordinary clothes? They do
not promote warmth and they are far
from being ornamental The explana-
ton lies in the fact that the judicial
gaberdine is a concession TO the bail
IFS sense Of dignity and propriety
The judges, being humane and po-
lite men. wear these clumsy gowns to
crafty and satisfy their exacting and
starchy servitor.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
IT ALMOST
FLEW

My ingenious friend, Carl Browne
Is in Washington. d. c.. trying out his
famous octoplane on which he hopes
eventually to fly home across the
mountains to Calistoga. The Wash.
ington Times printed this:
The octoplane is a monoplane
raised to the eighth power.
he expects TO give his model a
test In Washington next week. 1t
has eight radiating planes from
It's axlo shaft. and the inventor
explains that they are nonrfgid.
so that they adjust themselves
automatically and prevent the
aircraft capsizing. as rigid plane
machines are prone to do.
So confident is Browne In his
new machine that he has sold his
return trip ticket to San Fran
cisco and announces he will fly
back home in a full sized octo-
plane which he Will shortly be-
gin to build He has made one
test of his model. but the engine
failed TO work properly. and con-
sequently the model did not get
off the ground But the action OF
the machine when it apparently
all but flew raised the hopes of
the inventor to g new pitch
Representative Kent of the Cali.
fornia delegation helped Browne II
get his patent and gives him the use
or his lawn for experiments with this
model that almost few
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
SAUCE FOR THE
GANDEP

Besides. the Iadies-God bless them
are carrying the war into the enc
my's camp and I note these home
ouestfons: How about the way the
men dressed In revolutionary timesf
Look at the knee breeches OF George
Washington's time. Whoever has said
anything about the exposing Of mems
forns1" Just so. When Mr.. Thorn
well Mutually appeared in masquerade
as the great Napoleon. exposing the
outlines of his lovely and symmetrical
legs, nobody called for the police. In
deed. certain graceless Jokers laughed.
other defenders of the fair are not
lacking, and one young lady writes
from Santa Monica TO a Los Angeles
paper:
Since when did II become I'm
modest to wear short skirts and
low cut shoes? Low cut shoes
and slippers have been worn, at
times, since civilization began,
also short skirts. but not until the
present day were they branded as
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
BAND CONCERTS FOR
TODAY AND LABOR DAY
Golden Gate Park Programs Arranged
for Sabbath and Tom0rrow's
Holiday

The following program will be rem
dered this afternoon by the band in
Golden Gate park:
Anthem. Star spangled Banner,
Waltz Waltz Love ana Life in vienna. :Komzak
Overture. ssAraldo" .................G g. Verdi
Ballet suite, .La Refine de Saba" Gounod
ALLEGRO andante. 2-Moderato. B.
Andante. 4--Allegro. 5--Finale.
Mosaic, s'Lucretia Borgia" ...--... Donizetti
"Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 14'.-..--.-- .Liszt
m ia5 Sunshine on Roses" Egbert Van Alstyne
{b) Sailing the chesapeake Bay"..--
Herbert Medley.
Gems from Merry Widow tby reqnestl
March, Diplomat .sonsa
Labor day the following program
will be rendered:
anthem, ..Star spangied Banner
March, Queen OF Sheba'. Gounod
Overture aZanetta' ....-.....-.-. .Auber
Waltz. sIes Gouttes des Roses" waldteufeI
Remniscences OF p Tosti. introducing
principal gems of the renowned song
Mosaic. is.' Songs Of stephen Adams .Kappey
Patrol blue aud Gray" Dalhey
Fantasie, albion Introducing familiar
Gems 'n from schocoiate soldier Strauss
March. ssStars and Stripes ........ .Sousa
America"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
WASHER
COMES TO GRIEF
Accosts Policenlan's Wife, Is
Knocked Down, Then Jailed:
admitted to Probation

Roy S. Ames, a prominent real es-
tate man of Bay City. Mich, accosted
the wrong woman in Market street
when he attempted to fiirt, and as a
result he was promptly knocked down
by the irate husband, Corporal Of
Police William HeaIy of the southern
station. who passed at the opportune
moment
Mrs. Healy Wednesday night was
waiting for her policeman husband to
report off when Ames addressed her
at Fourth and Market streets.
Ames has been in the city prison
since his arrest and Police Judge Sui
Ivan, after adjudging him guilty OF
''mashing" yesterday placed him on
probation.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
LABOR COUNCIL
SITS AS A JURY
Case Against Electrical
Workers Local Tried Be-
fore Executive Session
Charged With Misconduct
and Members Are Cited
to Appear III Defense

/ ~rwrwrn The San Francisco
C3Es:siS53EssD Labor council in *
EIc ecutive session, last
Friday night, after the close
OF tho regular business, sat as
jury to try local No. 6. OF
the international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, None OF the
delegates from the accused union.
charged with conduct unbecom-
Ing union affiliated with the
san Francisco Labor council" were
present. After the matter had been
discussed for several hours 1t was de-
clded TO communicate with the ac-
cused union and ask 1t to appear at
the next meeting to present a defense
to the charges.
| The 70 members Of the Musicians
union, local No. 8, who are to furnish
the music during the Labor day cele-
pration at the stadium tomorrow aft
ernoon, had full rehearsal in the
nall OF the San Francisco Labor
council yesterday morning under the
direction and instruction Of John A.
keogh, leader OF the municipal con-
cert band. There were In attendance
large number OF members OF various
unions and they enjoyed rare musi-
cal treat.
n e
The following deaths In labor cir
| cles were reported during the last
week: Michael ]. Fox, United La
borers' association No. l; Charles f.
Sloan. Bricklayers; James Welch, Hod
! Carriers: 8. q. Brown, Letter Carriers:
James Davis. Electrical Workers No.
9: Joseph Kosick. Bricklayers; Ernest
| Y. Nelson, Carpenters No. 482; Henry
G. Rice. Painters No. 10; Thomas Land
wehr, Varnishers and Polishers;
Charles Prefer. Machinists and Chris
Sophus Jortall Sailors union.
X y
The Labor Clarion, official organ
of the San Francisco Labor council,
James w. Mullen, editor. has issued
a Labor day edition of 102 pages, in
which there are many interesting
articles on labor by Eugene ". Debs,
william Cardinal OConnell. Eva Gold
smith, Richard Caverly. Rev. Charles
Stelzle, w. j. Ghent VIII ]. French.
Theodore Johnson and Joseph Z.
Cohen. and special articles by Prof.
David Starr Jordan. Frederick Cruel
and Kent Hoppe.
| 6 of the Musicians union at its last
meeting reinstated ]. L. Callaghan
and F. D. Picidillo to membership; ac-
cepted the transfers of Harry Carney
of Portland and Lena Fl. and Trevlyn
Sharp of Los Angeles and permitted
z. r. Howard to withdraw his trans
| fer.
| Charles Noonan. former president of
| local No. of the Bricklayers' union.
has been selected as secretary of that
organization to fill the vacancy caused
by the recent death Of Charles Il.
Sloan.
The San Francisco Typographical
union will hold its regular meeting
| today for tho discussion OF a number
or matters that are to be presented.
The ball given by the Mattresses
union. local No As. In Majestic hall
| last night was we'll attended and was
successful affair in every way.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
GAMBLERS HIT HARD
BY COURT DECISION
Judge Dunno Sustains Right to issue
Search Warrants Under
Ordinance

The gambling element was yester-
day hit the hardest blow since the
police declared war on incorporated
clubs. when Superior Judge Frank
Dunno upheld the validity of ordi-
nance No. s27 and denied a writ OF
prohibition asked by counsel for the
Phoenix club. 107 Third street. di-
rected against the police judges who
Issue search warrants.
Judge Dunno decided that viola
ton of a municipal ordinance con-
stituted a public offense and held the
police judges had the right to issue
search warrants against known gam
bling houses
August 20 Attorney A. S. Newburg
petitioned Judge Dunno for writ of
prohibition to restrain Police Judge
Crist from Issuing search warrants
against Bender and Ityan's incor-
porated club known as the Phoenix
II is said the case will be taken
to the supreme court.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
GIRL ASKS WILSON
PANTS PERMIT
Young Woman Says She Can
Make Living in Male Attire;
appeals to President

NEW YORK, Aug. So.-From a cell
In the Raymond street Jail Elizabeth
Trendel. Brooklyn girl, appealed to-
day, by letter to President Wilson to
issue her permit TO dress as {. man.
If 1 can appear as man and do
a mans work, I shall be more re-
spected and better paid" reads the
letter to the president It's no crime
for a woman to wear male attire. yet
1 am locked in jail because / did so.
I want a permit from you or sorle one
else to wear the costume I have
adopted"
Miss Trendel, arrested for mas
uuerading as a man, had been working
in male attire as a book binder.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
CHILD BEATER MUST
REMAIN SOBER ! YEAR
Brutal Father Promises 10
BE Good

John Shea, employed In the depart
ment Of electricity, was adjudged
guilty by Judge Crist yesterday on a
charge Of cruelty to a minor child
and sentence was suspended when
Shea promised to abstain from liquor
for a period of one year.
The testimony showed that when
Shea was intoxicated he became a
brute toward his year old daughter
and administered severe beatings
Friends of the defendant told the
court that Shea was a skillful work
man and was a god citizen when he
man and was a good citizen when he
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

'immodest." When women wore
long skirts on the streets they
were lectured~ for their folly in
sweeping up microbes and endan-
gering their movements. and were
advised to wear the sanitary com
mon sense" short skirt, sensible
for rainy days. clean and allowing
freedom or movement. AS soon as
they adopt short skirts a wall
goes up that they are indecent"
Furthermore. short skirts are not
fashionable at present. Perhaps
the Pasadena correspondent
would like to see the wide skirts
of the early sixties come In style.
They would surely conceal the
fact that we are bipeds, but then
women at that day wore decol-
lete dresses on the streets and In
prayer meeting.
As matter Of historical fact TIL
slit skirt was worn universally by th
women of Athens 5000 years ago
without causing a convulsion o
nature
OH,
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
The apnended game viii be found

The appended game win be found
worthy of study. 1t is from the N. c.
vs.. S G. Correspondence Match. Hall
wegen has the enviable, though
somewhat equivocal reputation of
being the best player in the world
for one who knows nothing OF book
play" Such Is the statement OF Grit
fiths OF Los Angeles. Whipple's pos
session of the German Handbuch evil
IDENTIFY cut no Ice. Haliwegen has
way all his own in playing the open
ings. He favors the so called Grass
Valley (King's Fianchetto) defense
because 1t at once throws his oppo
nent on his own resources In the
present game 1t is surprising how
quickly blacks game crumbles. Those
who think correspondence chess is
apt to be long drawn out affair have
another guess coming.
GAME NO. los
RUY LOPEZ
HallweEen. San Francisco (whfte) vs.. Whip
ple. Los Angeles fblack1
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
GAME NO los
Buck (white) vs.. Ryder (black). /.
The appended game was played iu

the Prize Winners Tourney at the
Mechanics Institute. II Herr Fink
had won he would at least have tied
for first place. But I needed the point
so as to keep in the running. Any
way. our Problem Editor wouldn't
have room for. any more medals. Fink
has recently received a medal from
Alain c. White as a special prize for
his task problem in the Western
Daily Mercury (England) tourney A
feature of this game is the tremen-
dous influence exerted by the black
Kt at o.:
GAME NO. 1oA
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
LIKE A SODA
FOUNTAIN

Probably you have never visited this
particular court OF appeals. 1t is a
fortune that happens to few. Never
theless, the chamber is worth a visit
as matter of curiosity. II only to in
spect the extraordinary piebald bar or
counter Of patchwork marbles behind
which the high justiciars sit. Now,
Judge Morrow on occasion INDUCES a
sense of humor, which his bailif re-
CARDS as scarcely respectable, and so
his honor In a light minded way OBJ
served that 'the first time I sat in
that court I thought I was presiding
at a soda fountain" It is obvious
that Judge Morrow would not dare
make such an unfortunate remark in
the presence OF his bailiff
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
TOO OBVIOUS
SHORES

Possibly the most fragrant outrage
Of the well assorted feelings of the
blameless bailif occurred last winter
in this same court OF appeal. The
weather was cold under the shrewd
and biting blast of the north wind,
and a homeless tramp casually drifted
into the august chamber. where he
found in the carefully adjusted
warmth provided by d paternal gov
ernment a means of inexpensive COM
fort The benches were not too hard,
and he naturally fell asleep, which,
perhaps, might have been forgiven
had he not been betrayed by his too
obvious snores He was. Of course,
promptly and ignominiously elected
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

excursion to Santa Cruz tomorrow.
The company will be under command
of Lieutenant G. Il. voorhies and
Lieutenant Wallace NJ Hussey. The
committee of arrangements includes
Lester J. Calender, III. VOORHEES, and
Milton T. Clark.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
OVER SEA MAILS CLOSE

The mails for Great Britain and
ireland will close during the month
OF september at the main postoince'
Seventh and Mission streets, at the
following times.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

Pillsbury realizes it is a drawn posi-
ton.
The moment OF decision is nigh
Not an eye is taken Off Pillsbury,
who opens a cigar case. selects a
cigar. cuts Off its end and then
lights it carefully. drawing heavy
pun of smoke therefrom. He had
gained time for the decisive. Inn
portant step. With perfect elegance,
with the fullest recognition Of the
most chivalrous form, with the most
amIable smile. just brushing his hair
from his forehead and casting a
glance on his beautiful hand. says.
half audibly, yet with winning mel
lowness:
Remis7'
Doctor Tarrasch consents.
'PiIlsbury rises. Thus dies q great
man"
Can any one imagine that beau
ideal of American chess. Paul Morphy.
resigning a game via waiterI
Mr.. Sharp kindly hand me that
mefclIul veil.
We have received a splendid letter
from w. A. Strohmeier of this city
concerning the beautiful McCraoken
end game printed in this column two
weeks ago. "Stroh" meintains that
end games and problems are a dis
tinct advance on the game, having
evolved from IL. Readers of this
column would be delighted TO see how
charmingly he proves to his own
satisfaction at least, that followers Of
these two branches OF the game are
on distinctly higher plane than
those whose joy is found In the lust
of battle over the chess board
"Strohs" essay is a classic and I only
regret that space forbids its puhlica-
tion in its entirety If the column Is
continued. I promise to run 1t In two
installments, otherwise it must see
light in the American Chess Bulletin.
1t Is altogether too neat piece of
writing to blush and bloom unseen. Z