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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

When women's clubs first began to
assume an important part in the
world Of women's affairs, the pro-
grams bristled with papers" Rolls
of manuscript made their appearance,
sometimes tied with ribbons, or II
the contributor was particularly busi-
ness like, folded sheets secured with
pins. perhaps even typewriter.
Nervous women ratified the sheets
of paper with trembling hands; they
could occasionally be heard in the re-
moter corners of the room, but gener-
ally stage fright kept the head bent
low and the voice practically maud
ible.
Reams of matter largely culled
from the best encyclopedias were read
very badly to bored but determined
ly attentive audience.
Now we have changed all that.
At recent club meeting the presi-
dent, woman of wide experience and
high standing in the club world, said
II think we have all come to read
| papers When we go to a club meet
ing now and see roll of manuscript
brought out. particularly IL 1t Is a VOL
luminous one. we all begin with oui
eyes TO measure the distance to the
door and wonder If escape is possible
We want women to speak directly I.
US and not be too stilted and toe
lengthy about it."
And that is one of the most import
ant developments of the entire move
ment.
Personal poise has been gained to 1
marvellous degree.
Women have learned to rise t
| their feet-and that, by the way, wa
one of the most difficult things TO
| them to do, apparently. If a womal
could dodge behind another woman
hat, and from her seat obscurel
merged in the center of the house
voice an objection, a protest or a
opinion. she seemed able to liv
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II she begins to forget this, there
Is an unfeeling woman In the chair
generally. with gavel. to say
sTime."
The Council of Jewish Women held
Its alternate meeting yesterday aft
ernoon In Native Sons hall. when
dramatic reading was given by Leo
Cooper Of Joseph and His Breth-
ren," heard for the first time on this
coast and greatly appreciated by the
large audience present.
Miss Ida Blum gave two violin
solos, accompanied by Mrs. M. Blum,
and Mrs. Vincent Sanders Walsh sang,
with Miss Mabel Louise Sherwood at
the piano.
The Dorian club met yesterday aft
ernoon at the home Of Mrs. G. Childs-
Macdonald at 275s Broderick street.
when Mrs. Emil Pohli read her own
translation OF Professor Bernardo"
Miss Cecil Cowles, at the piano.
played q number of her own compo-
sitions. Mrs. j. s. A. Macdonald was
chairman OF the day.
y
This evening the members Of the
vittoria Colonna club Will give their
Thanksgiving program at o'clock at
the Hotel Richelieu, Mrs. Angelo Spa
dina being in charge of the program.
Refreshments and dancing will follow
the musical numbers. which will be as
follows: Piano solo. Miss Alice Dolan;
soprano solo, Mrs. Zelda CHASER. ac-
companist Miss Hannah Edwards;
contralto solo, Mrs. Joseph keenan,;
soprano solo, Miss Sophie Rottanzi;
musical recitation, Mrs. Celine Straus,
accompanist Mrs. Prosper Reiter: trio
Misses Caradona and Thompson and
Mrs. B. Brun; Prof. Sigismondo Mar
einez. pianist.
Claiming auxiliary has invited its
members to a Christmas entertain
ment and tea In place of its regular
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IF a circular showing a goddess
floating on cloud that is resting
on piano. and is supposed to rep
resent the Goddess of Music. fails to
sell piano to you, that is because
you have a soul too sordid to appre-
ciate art
You are as mundane and material
istic in your nature as Lysander John
Appleton, who looked at picture
his daughter. Daysey Mayme, painted
of her mother with a halo on her
head, and commented as follows:
Il don't see why your ma, being a
good cook, is any reason why you
should paint her with her head stick
show proper respect"
But every artist knows that such
criticism proves nothing but the sor-
didness Of the critic. and Daysey
the artistic temperament TO a dan
gerous degree, continued to paint such
miIkmaids that If they went into a
barn lot the cows would be too scared
TO give down their milk, and Raphael
like cherubs with as much symmetry
to their limbs as there is to an over
stuffed wienerwurst-
The fire of genius burned SO hot
within her that it put water blisters
on all the critics who ventured near
She knew the serenity of one whose
soul approves and feared not.
Passing through the stage when
girl loves, loves, loves, she hac
painted Cupids flying. Cupids walking
Cupids shooting, Cupids unarmed
and cupids everywhere. Then, hav-
ing reached the pessimistic stage
which makes women hate men, either
because they have one or haven't, she
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ografer that knows all about Plato
but can't spell any word oaver two
siliabels is moar of adornament than
anything else. sed Pa
But Reginald dident notis that Pa
was rubbing 1t in a littel. & after Pa
had went in the other room he beegan
to talk kind of sentimental to Alice &
cud heer every word & had to keep
using the dickshunary.
Fair maid. he sed to her. there is
mystic bond. airy as gossamer yet
strong as Deth or Life. between you
& me. In yure deer eyes I see the
lakes of Already. he sed to Alice. Yure
sweet mouth curves with the saim
smile the regal Cleopatra wore upon
the dethless day she met her Antony.
Each tress that caresses yure ala-bas-
ter brow seems like a tress that fiut-
tered on the head of Helen, pride OF
Troy.
was in Troy onst. sed Alice.
like Utica & Elmira better. tho. Thay
have nicer parties in Utica.
You do not comprehend sed Reg
inald. I speak of Troy of old. the
mistick, astrological Troy OF which
Homer sang. the city that for ten
long yeers held out aggenst the
Greeks & Mitey Akillees. a. to COM
pare you with Helen is an honor any
maid shud blush with JOY to have
conferred on her, sed Reginald.
Surely thare can be no in-sur-
| mountable barrier between us. he sed
1 to Alice. The love of possession is
| pred dominant in my beeing, he sed.
| 4 befoar vary many days / am go
! ing to pro-pound a inter-roga- tory
to you which will meen everything to
us both, & then in matrimonial felic-
ity we will float thru this existens. to
part only at deth & later to rejoin ac-
i cording to the theery of the trans
migrashun OF souls. Reginald sed to
i Alice.
After he had went Alice calm into
the library. She was looking for the
dickshunary, too.
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Illustrated by Harry Murphy

necessary for them to form a
Strap Hangers League to do it,
either.
Fierce" muttered d. Rogatory.
eshe's the worst in the world. I
stood for lot OF his stuff. but
when he told me his skylights
were so high up that by the time
the light got to the floor 1T would
be dark, / quit him"
what are those eagles doing
on the ground over there?"
asked, pointing to some Master
Pieces of the Sculptor's Art.
Those" replied d. Rogatory,
beating Machinery Hall to it.
were supposed to go up on the
top of some pillars"
What's holding them back7'
inquired
Machinery Hail." answered D.
Rogatory,. ''he had the nerve to
tell Ward that IL he put the
eagles up that high they would
get dizzy. Machinery Hall may
be a marvel. but FL say this for
him-he hasn't a fault in the
world to find with himself"
TELL me, Machinery Hall, do
you consider yourself perma-
nent structure?'
HERE'S A CHANCE
FOR YOUNG MEN
You're out" shouted ID. Roga-
tory, evidently very much amused.
you're out, Machinery Hall
swung at a wide one and with
the bases full
Il hope" said
Pay no attention to him." re-
torted Machinery Hall. he thinks
the fact that I am not supposed
to be permanent building
hurts-but 1T doesn't. As a
matter Of fact, do not know
whether I am to be permanent or
not-but of this much I am GER
tain-if they ever start to tear
me down, they had better hire
lot of young men to do 1t. The
engineers who figured a way to
put me up will not be on the Fair
Pay Roll after 1T is overland II
they only mislay the key to my
construction, TIL take my chance
with anything this side of sron-
tane0us combustion"
ITO get back to business-how
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mine." he said, addressing him
self to Machinery Hall. haven't
got that just right. I've tried to
correct them a dozen times. so
suppose you straighten it out for
me-" and with that he left US
face TO face with the only Mann
moth Cave I've ever seen above
ground.
This is the last time" said
Machinery Hall, TIL explain this
to any one, but the facts are that
j. Harry Blohme, Mr.. Wards
partner, is as much responsible
for me as Mr.. Ward is. l wouldn't
say this if I hadn't heard Ward
say 1t half a dozen times. They
seem to divide the work and re-
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favorable auspices.
WELL" continued Machinery
Hall, IT won't bore you with de-
tails, but the combined area of my
predecessors at Portland. Omaha,
Buffalo and Seattle totaled two
hundred and ninety thousand
square feet. which gives me
sixty five thousand square feet
the best OF it over the four Of
them-which margin. incidentally.
is bigger than any of them were.
except Buffalo. And here's one,
/ don't think / ever told you, D.
Rogatory-they could put all of
the exhibits of either the James
town. Seattle or Portland Expo
sitions in me and it wouldn't be
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TROUBLE WITH
THE WATCHsIEN

But" I interrupted. suppose
two of the Irishmen metz"
''In that case" answered Ma
cffnery Hall. I'VE would have to
send couple of Italians in for
the bodies"
do you and Ward get on pretty
we11?v I ventured, beginning to
get my notes together
Fine" said Machinery Hall,
creaking to the limit of his break
ing strain, "bully-and if I am
proud Of anything 1T Is that have
to take orders from him. There
was an Architect out here the
other day. though. who was a
wonder, and he was one of your
local celebrities. 1 gathered from
his conversation he had recently
been to Rome, and he was molt-
ing lot of Feathery Facts for the
benefit of some young ladies who
were trying to do the right thing
by me with kodak. It's a lucky
thing he remarked. and am an
architect myself-it's a lucky
thing for Italy that there are no
anti-shack ordinances in Rome
And why?' inquired the chaperon.
Because he answered, if there
were ST. Peters would have to
come down. Then he tried to tell
them about some of his own build
ings, but apparently they all heard
some one calling them, and that is
about as far as he got with it
st. Peters would have to come
down. Do you know. there are a
lot of those fellows"
There are?"
There are. And they must be
wonders, because all they seem
to have to do is come out here and
criticise. Do you get my point?'
I admitted I did. Murphy sec
onded the motion. and. as D. Rog-
atory was busy with a still
lighted but neglected cigar. we
made it unanimous-shook hands
and said "Goodby" to-
Machinery Hall
The Dreadnought of The Battle
Line of Buildings.
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at 1t yet. You know" he added.
switching to me. I'D. Rogatory Is
one Of those beautiful natures
whose intelIects will not permit
him to distinguish between a
Booth and q Building"
Has he told you,' said d. Roz-
atory, how much bigger he Is
than the Machinery Hall of pre-
vious Fairs? That Is his pet
topic"
No, I admitted, he hasn't"
''But I WILL" said Machinery
Hall. Some day, ID. Rogatory,
@you'u get tired OF trying to talk
me out Of that"
Let's have It," fnter5ected Mur-
ply. who wanted . chance to
make q sketch under the most
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are they going to get all this
Machinery into your"
II am glad you asked that ques-
tion, because / really want to
answer 1t. They will bring it in
by the train load, unload it by the
car load and put it in place with
the aid of a 80 ton crane, which
will travel my entire length. All
of which they can do at any time
up to the opening of the Fair
without violating any of the reg
ular RULES of Traffic or the Cubic
Air Ordinance"
II suppose it takes a great
many watchmen to look after
you," I stated.
I'VE had rather a peculiar ex-
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sponsibility-sort of indoor and
outdoor shifts, as 1t were. Come
on" he continued, ASK me some
questions. I'm growing so fast 1t
hurts to stand STILL"
Where did we leave off?"
asked.
"Cornices," whispered Murphy.
LAS you will contain very con-
siderable tonnage, / suppose your
foundation was put In with the
idea of standing a very heavy
load7" That looked a little TECH
nical to me, and I hoped to get
away with it.
DOWN TO II
MILE HOUSE
Not at ALL" retorted Machin-
cry Hall, "ridiculousl Naturally,
I will be able to stand a fair load
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on my floors. but IL anything is
extraordinarily heavy, we will
have to make preparations ac-
cordingly.'
Would you mind telling me
how, now that you are up and
your floors laid?'
Nothing simpler. Erect a
couple of Pile Drivers, tear up
little of the floor and drive the
necessary piles. Why, say,
they've done that twice already.
and l didn't even feel I had owe
eaten"
your foundation is of piling
then, is it?"
1T is"
Would you give me some idea
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
A BOON INDEED

"At last" exclaimed the long haired
inventor. II have evolved the greatest
practical blessing OF the age
.Oh, tell me. Theophilus. tell me
what it IS" begged his wife.
"a collar button with little pho
nograph inside that will call out when
ii rolls into dark corner under the
dresser: Here / ami Here I amgs
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
D. Rogatory

tons. Watch Fobs and Silver Sus-
pender Buckles. put them away.
promised them a complete rest
until after the fair and dared the
Moths to do their worst.
over and above all of this Clar-
ence r. Ward is very much of a
Regular Fellow. He is a great
Dreamer of Dreams, which some-
how or other never seems TO have
interfered with his getting the
Foundations in on time, the Walls
UP as per schedule and the Roof
on while the weather lasted.
He dreamed the Alaska Build
ing into being at a time when the
only way one could tell where
California street crossed Sansome
was to climb ones way to where
it crossed Battery, get ones bear
ings and work West
He did it with a cheerfulness
that was very hard to associate
with .'T'' square and a Blue
Print. He went to work with an
optimism that made more than
one Of his Brother Architects un-
pack a trunk and cancel a reser-
walton on the Owl.
/ would say without being posi-
tive of my ground, that Clarence
had made up his mind that If he is
going to be famous there is no
particular reason why he should
be grouchy about it,
And he isn't-I mean he isn't
grouchy.
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Lost in Machinery Hall

one man in every day and give
him a certain route to cover. So
far none of them have ever met"
How do you know
We'll. because we alternate
them between Germans and Irish
men and we have 1t figured out
this way: If two of the Germans
met they would come out together
If German and an Irishman
met. only one of them would come
out"
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Personally, I am very glad that
what has just been mentioned is
what Clarence Is and not what he
Has Imagine how a thing would
taste that one had to take to
cure ones self of an ailment OF
that kind.
Clarence has a few other prior
convictions, but when they pinned
the foregoing title on his breadth
of chest, Clarence took his other
Degrees, Letters. Badges. But
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sent word back that he would
come as soon as Machinery Hall
was ffnished--and added, "it can't
be done under eight months, so
please tell the Directors not to sit
up for me-"
We asked Clarence IL he would
introduce us to Machinery Hall
Certainly" said Clarence; how
would you like to have 1t? In
bulk or section by section? You
know" he added, Machinery Hall
is He Building, and I'm a little
bit afraid you are ging to miss
the girlish enthusiasm of the
Service Building with her Grape
and Canister of Feminine Facts"
As he walked over took a look
at the Building. Ward was quite
right-Machinery Hall is so much
a fact all by himself just as he is,
that 1t seemed almost an fmper-
tinence to ask any questions of
him.
The introduction had all the ap-
pearance of three nickels trying
to make q National Bank pay
attention
Speak up" roared Machinery
Hall. Il am just q little bit out of
sorts-rll give you all the Facts
and Figures you want, but you
must print them as give them to
you--do you hear? And say, you."
he called, addressing Murphy.
don't try to get me on that little
pad, or I'll drop a thousand feet
of Cornice on you. Now, what can
do for your"
ONLY ONE MILE
OF CORNICE
Speaking of Cornice." I said.
that's rather interesting-dro
ping thousand feet of Cornice
here or there-as a rough guess.
now how many feet of Cornice
have you, taking ii all in all?''
"One mile exactly" he replied,
and then added quickly, "a few
more questions like that and I'll
begin to doubt some of the things
I've heard about you fellows"
Naturally, we felt encouraged
Ward had left us for moment
and had gone across the road.
There goes your Architect,"I vol
unteered.
Ward turned on his heel and
came back. These friends Of
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
FLAGSHIP of
THE EXPOSITION

1t appears that when the Direc-
tors of the Exposition got to a
point where Plans and Specifica-
tions came under the head of
new business" they decided that
Machinery Hall was to be the
Flag Ship of the Fair.
They got out their plug hats
and frock coats, arranged them
selves to look like Statesmen and
sent for Ward. Ward kept them
waiting just long enough to add a
little dignity to the occasion, an
swered yes" to everything they
asked him-doubled it-promised
10 give the plans out in the morn
ing-trade them two smiles for
every frown-beguiled the Direc-
tors into asking him to lunch, re-
fused the invitation, and, as he
expresses it himself. 'beat it"
The next thing the Directors
knew there was something going
on at the Fair Grounds, which
looked like a graceful Monster of
the Sea coming up for air.
Then they sent for Ward, who
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l. A r e N c E r.
WARD is a Mem
ber of the Execu-
tive Architectural
Counc oil of the
Architectural Com
mission of the Pan
ANA : Pacific Inter
national ExuositiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

perience with them," he replied.
I'VE started out by having quite
a number. Naturally they used
to get lonely. which finally led
to their agreeing upon a meet
ing place. This worked satisfae-
torily going to the meeting. but
after they all got together they
began to realize how little they
amounted to, with the result that
when they had to go back to their
stations alone, each one of them
felt like an Individual Donner
party. so they resigned as soon as
they. could get to the Service
Building"
How did you get around the
situation?"
we have individual watchmen
that is one at time-we send
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-07
TAX COMMISSION
An Administration Bill Which
Is Being Contested
at Pierre

Pierre, Feb. 7-Committee room
nine was a center of attraction for all
who could crowd into the room up to
about midnight, the attraction being
a discussion of the tax commission
bill before the ways and means COM
mittee of the house, with r. o. Rich.
ards appearing to oppose its enact
ment. Richards talked over an hour
on his objections to the measure, and
advocated in its stead a tax plan which
be has drawn, and which he claims
would be automatic in it's workings,
eliminating the work of assessors, and
allowing the county auditor to do all
that work. He went into mis- plan at
length, and was decidedly against the
proposed commission plan proposed in
the bill which has passed the sentte
and is before the house.
After his talk, Speaker Tscbarnep
took up the Richards talk in detail,
and explained what is expected TO be
secured for the state through the com
mission act, which only proposes to
form a board fol the study of and ad-
justing Of existing statutes to allow
taxation on all classes of property in
stead of forcing the man with the small
amount of property to bear a share of
I iXation entirely out or proportion to
the man with a larger amount of
property. MIR. Tscherner was followed
by Representative Urdahl who thought
that any change would have TO be an
improvement over the present system
of taxation and assessment. and Repre-
sentative Bielski presented his argu.
ments practically along the same lines.
Governor Byrne then asked for a
few minutes, and took a decided stand
for the measure. He declared that he
had made his campaign largely on that
very Issue, and that the bill had been
declared to be backed by the governor.
which was exactly what it is. That
the people approved that as one of the
that he will do all he can to carry
ii through.
This bill is developing more antago-
nism than any other bill which has
yet come to the surface, and the efforts
Of the opponents of the bill are being
bent toward preventing its enactment
by the house, as an emergency meas
ure, in which case it would be re
ferred, aud whatever the people might
think OF it, the operation of its pro-
visions would be delayed another two
years. While the bill may not cover
every point. it is a long step toward
tax reform, and the people appear to
want something in that line, or at
least a majority of the legislative
members think they do. and they will
attempt to give ii a trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-07
MARRIAGE LAWS
Applicants for Marriage License
Should Furnish Bill
of Health

Aberdeen, Feb. 7.-Dr. r. L. Murdy
is advocating state legislation provid
Ing for all applicants for a marriage
license to furnish a certificate of health
from a reputable physician before such
license is granted; and also that Grim
inals, insane and moral degenerates
and perverts be sterilized to prevent
the transmission of their defects to pos
terity.
In an address before the local Science
club here DIR. Murdy presented the
argument that from 80 to so per cent
of the insane have Il hereditary history;
that so per cent of the idiots owe
their col lition to their parentage;
and that from 20 tc so per ZEN OF
criminals and delinquents trace their
crimes to heredity.
He further stated: ssWhere both of
the parents are defective. all of the
children are defective. The inherit
ance Of the mother is twice that Of
the father. That is u defective mother
and st father run chances of two out
of three of their children being defec-
tive. this being reversed in the case
OF q ct mother and defective father.