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The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01
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The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01
Japanese Catholic
Mission IS Opened

Bishop Conaty Of Los Angeles
opened : Japanese Catholic mission in
this city yesterday. The new organi-
zation. wilI have its headquarters at
.215s Pine streetsand will be In charge
of rather lie Breton. who has had
charge 81 q similar mission In Los
Angeles. the firsr ever formed in this
state
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01

Fine lace curtains in Cluny, Renaissance, Colo
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price.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01
NC POON CHEW TO
ADDRESS TEACHERS

Teachers from all around the bay
VIII be invited to attend the Contra
Costa county teachers Institute.
which opens in the auditorium OF the
Lincoln school building in Richmond
Tuesday. September 16. Prof III.
Morse Stephens of the University of
California and Ng Poon Chew, the CHI
nese editor of San Francisco. are
among the speakers County Superin-
tendent w. H. Hanlon has on HIS list
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01
WARNS OF. DOOM BY
NATIONS HIGH LIFE


The Folly OF Repeating Sin. was
the topic OF "a sermon delivered yes
terday by Rev. George F. Burlingame
At the First Baptist church,. In part
he said.
History teaches. us certain lessons
which should save US from folly If
we would obey them. The prevalence
OF luxury and extravaganza and
Eensual living works the Inevitable
loom of nation The oppression Of
women in Industry. the cruel and
heaTtless exploitation of children in
factories and mines and shops. the
practical peonage Of labor working
long hours for scant wages; all these
are forms of human slavery con-
demned by the bitter and priceless
experience of the nation IN the past.
The degradation of women, the pro-
lection OF liberation Of traffic in vice
and In drink. are sins from which the
face history should divert US. lest we
kgain break the commandments of
God"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01

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A blanket that IL really
worth $500. Has a long,
fuzzy nap. Choice OF white
or gray. Full size, 72xs0. A
wonderful blanket at the
price.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-01

A California blanket, twilled
body and heavy nap. Fin
ished with 3 inch silk bind
ing to match the borders.
which are pink or blue.
Tuesday. 49, pair.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
Salmon P. Chase's Neighborly Plan
written Expressly for The washington HeraI,

hngton Herald
HE LATE JAMES H BRIGGS for
=
extraordinary
influential
editorial managemcn: of
all his literary
n
particular intellectual
know James H.
of Ohio" Charles F Briggs said
impaired to him confidential
in
had
Furthermore M Briggs told
President
Mr.
LincOln Cabinet
.
timeG had
hth
william President
the
3
had
warmly advocated member
him neghborly relations
while
minutes Walk OF the Whte House congress however would not listen to
proposition If Congress had listened Secretary said he would
Seward would have
ec0prsht pas
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
"Mystery Flag"
the Christian HerAId.

From the Christian Herald.
In the midst of that wonderful collec-
ton Of the souvenirs OF battle that has
lately been put on permanent exhibition
in Trophy Hall at the Naval Academy.
in Annapolis, are the NATIONS unknown
trophies. Flags that were captured IN
now forgotten engagements are hung in
the case side by side with those whose
glorious history is known.
Two of these souvenirs OF forgotten
battles are British flags. One Is a jack
marked avon and nothing more, the
other is the ensign of a warship, and Is
marked ''Beresford." From the condition
Of both Of these flags It is supposed that
they date back to the war Of ISL, but his
tory gives no record Of ships bearing
those names being sent to American
waters by Great Britain Another OF the
mystery flags is the sig fag. In great
white figures this number appears on a
field OF blue and the entire nag Is bor-
dered with red. From some engagement
in the war with the Moorish pirates the
flag that the officers at Annapolis came
to call the house flag seems to have
come. Yet no one knows where that
battle was fought or under what circum-
stances of heroic sacrifice the nag was
added to the long list Of the trophies
Of our naval victories.-The Christian
Herald.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

The smoke has cleared away. The
opposing armies have met and with
B varying results. 1t was not COM
plete victory nor an overwhelming de-
feat on either side.
There never was an election out of
which so much comfort could be had
by everybody. The interviews printed
since election day demonstrate that
everybody is happy-that is, everybody
except Tammany. There is no con-
ISOLATION anywhere for New York's
great Democratic. organization, moth
ing but sackcloth and ashes and four
long years of repentance. This result
was fully anticipated. Two weeks ago,
in discussing the 'Sulzer episode, and
a week ago, in telling the story of
Tammany, the handwriting on the wall
was seen and interpreted by The
Washington Herald to mean defeat
There would be no other outcome after
the Sulzer revelations and the Hen
messy charges. Sulzer'S record was as
full of holes as fish net, but he man.
aged to show that Tammany was
worse. More than this, if he was not
a saint, Tammany was largely respon-
sible and had to bear the burden of
his shortcomings, as we'll as its own
sins.
Against the combination which for
so many years had held New York in
its plundering grasp, the anti-Tam-
many elements. were united. This was
the secret of the victory. Tammany
cast nearly its full strength, but Tam
many has never controlled an actual
majority of the greater New York
vote. 1t has only won in the past be-
cause the opposition was divided. This
being the case, there is not the slight
est reason to believe that Tammany
has been eliminated as a political fac
tor in New York. 1t was overthrown
when Strong and Low were elected
Mayors, but it came back into
power again after a brief retirement.
1t is dollars to doughnuts that Tam
many will elect the next Mayor. Some
how or other, the factions which ANAL
ganate under tremendous pressure,
as happened last Tuesday, do not know
how to remain together. Government
by fusion breeds jealousies and trou-
bles. The result is that before long
disintegration follows, the admins
tration becomes unsatisfactory to the
people, and then Tammany once more
comes into its own.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
NcUBATED ROMANCE.
BY DOROTHY BLAcKMoRE

George Cooke looked over the morn
ing mall as II lay on the breakfast table
beside his hngerbowl There were sew
erai letters for him, one for his sister
and one for his mother AT his mothers
request he was attending to her cor
respondenee while she was away on a
visit, and he promptly opened the envel-
1 ope addressed 10 her.
1 The communication was from the d.
rectors of a large hospital and its con-
tents were particularly interesting to the
lyoung man reading them. 1t put into
This possession bit Of information re-
garding his very early life and he won-
dered why HIS mother had never told
him Of It. He finished the letter and
then reread IL.
"The directors OF the hospital II ran
in part. ere planning a celebration in
honor of the fiftieth anniversary OF the
laying of Its cornerstone Among the
interesting things arranged for the week
will be a reunion OF the incubator chill
dren Il has taken care OF and sent out
! into the world. We have record Of
the birth of a son to you. Georgie Cooke,
on November IS. 1881. II he is now liv-
ing and can find II convenient to be
be glad to pay his expenses to and from
this CITY,"
'T'n co." said the young man to him
self when he had finished the letter.
Funny mother never told me / was An
incubator baby"
That day he wrote to his mother and
inclosed the letter from the hospital.
He told her Of his intention. and asked
her to join him and attend the reunion
with him. He had Intended to take his
vacation at about that season OF the
year. and as he had planned no trip In
particular this one would be novel and
interesting.
wen show them that I'm very much
alive. won't we. mother?' he asked,
when some weeks later he Joined her
on the way to the Eastern city where
he was born.
And none the worse for your early
days in the smau glass house, my son."
returned Mrs. Cooke proudly, looking up
at the tall young man at her side.
Il wonder II there will be many
graduates thereP he laughed.
Graduates? What a name for them.
George! Well. / remember several lit
tie ones who were there while you
were growing strong in the care of
the good nurses. ] might even remem-
ber the names IL / heard them again"
"And no doubt I'll meet one or two
fond parents who will remember little
George Cooke eh. mother"
Mrs. Cooke nodded.
On the day OF the reception to for
IneT incubator babies George and his
mother sought the hospital with pleas
urable anticipation. The young man
had attended q lass reunions. fraternity
reunions. and even family reunions.
but this was a novelty. 1t dated too
far back for him to remember any OF
his colleagues.
TIE guests ranged from young men
and young women of his own age to
children of one, two. and three years
But George was particularly interested
in looking up and meeting the grad
yates" who had been In the incubators
when he was there.
Thfough an old surgeon, a friend
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
The Five-Cent Egg.

High cost of living quits being funny
when il. is exemplihed in the prise oi
eggs at 70 cents the dozen. as quoted
in the markets for strictly fresh" thi:
week. Only the hen can find any
:ning to cackle at in an egg tina. costs
S cents.
Christmas prices on eggs have al
ways been proverbially high. Supply
is generally regarded as being a; tha.
time least commensurate with demand
Excusable holiday excesses have in
Guided the payment of whatever prices
for eggs the inaorivity of the hen or
the vagary of The poulterer should
set. But it has been seldom that even
Christmas prices of eggs, when tine in
evitable 'aog. commanded the pres
ence of its very necessary ingredient,
ever attained the dignity Of 20 cents a
dozen. To see such a price so long
before Christmas is positively har-
rowing.
AT the same time, neither current
market reports nor the "guestimates'
of produce exchanges, nor the reason
able expectations of Department OF
Agriculture experts afford any hope.
The hen is entering upon her period
of Information, which, despite all the
fine breeding of three-hundred-eggs-a-
year fowls, is a period of inactivity
from which American, consumers are
sure to suffer. The expected benefits of a
new tariff law and an old cold-storage
system have little chance to- prevail
economically when the hen is taking
a rest.
1t is hard to think of breakfast
without an egg, but the thought is in
sistent now. In the tremendous
changes in comparative values that the
last few years have brought there
seems to be none in proportion to the
increases in the market values of eggs.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

real Republican in Ohio and Cincinnati
shudder. hence the Longworth adverbia!
use Of the term has given shocks and
aroused suspicion This paragraph in the
Longworth letter is noted by the faith
ful: Your victory is the victory also OF
the Republican party. progressively led
as it must continue to be IL another vic
tory is to be achieved next year"
That sentence has caused pOndering,
but the one following adds to the con-
Germ, and stimulates the questioning as
to the Longworth allegiance to the old
order of things: ''Standpatism will ne
longer be tolerated" writes Nicholas
nor will any party which Is not alive
to the necessity of pronounced and enec-
tive progress be for any length of time
intrusted with responsibility in the na-
tion, State, or CITY,"
That word Progress again causes agi-
tation. and the Hon. Nicholas may have
to explain before he reaches out for the
regular Republican nomination next year,
that he Is not inclined to the Progress
sive policies of his Pa-in-law.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
Why Republicans Are Grai6ed.

The Republicans pat themselves or
the back because Democrats have beer
turned out of a lot of minor Offices
throughout the country.
The election of Republican Legisla.
lures in New York and Massachusetts
and the ousting of Democratic Mayors
in many towns and cities, are cited
as illustrations of the activity of Re
publicans. II is argued that if the
rank and file of the party can thus be
relied upon in matters of purely local
concern, the day is not far distant
when it will be together again on ma
tional issues. This point of view is
certainly entitled to consideration.
There has long been feeling in the
minds of the political leaders that the
reunion of the Republican party must
come from the bottom and not from
the top. As long as there is division,
not only the national. but the city and
county Offices will be filed by Demo
Gratis. The former are remote and
comparatively unobtainabie; the latter
are close at hand and are important to
each community. There is more con-
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
Jabbing the Pony in Washington.

In the old-time county fair (and
most likely in the present one, though
we don't know about that, one tent
showed panorama of village or coun-
try life, with the railroad train whirl-
ing around its winding track, the man
saving wood, the storekeeper running
in and out of his place of business, &c.
All these people got their breath oi
life from patient pony on tread
mill outside the tent. When some
small boy obeyed the irresistible i'm
pulse and gave the pony a jab with his
red and white cane the whole COM
munity took on a sudden frenzy of ac-
tivity. In the change from summer
inertia to autumn vigor Washington is
not unlike these automata. Within
two months the city is changed from
a summery, dreamy, heat-radiating ex-
panse of asphalt, trees and houses to
a habitation of human life and energy.
Like the woodchopper and the store
keeper, all of US, though doing about
the same things, do them with con-
siderably accelerated speed-and pos
sibly with greater results.
In one respect Washington differs
from other cities at this period of the
year. In other places the influx of fall
energy pours itself into channels
largely industrial or commercial. Here,
on the contrary, the activities of the
citizens are multitudinous. Topping
everything, of course, is the political
life of khe Capital, with all the varied
directions which domestic and foreign
policies take. Then there is the vast
volume of work of the different de-
partments that never stops, and espe-
cially the scientific and other research
work, driving away at wide range
of problems. The philosophical, ar
tistic, literary and educational life of
the city is more prominent than in
most places of its size. In fact, most
of the natural interests of men, out
side of those having merely the max
ing of money as their object, have
very full representation in Washing
ton, and although, curiously enough,
the Capital of a nation noted every
where for its absorption in the pursuit
of wealth, this city has come to be
largely a center for those human ac-
tivities which men cultivate purely for
their own sake.
All these feel the impulse of renewed
life with the arrival of the beautiful
Indian summer. The results will be
impossible to measure, but whatever
their extent they viii be something be-
sides more business, more dividends de-
clared. They include political meas
ures that make history, scientific dis
coveries that will lessen disease, pic
lures and books that will take promi-
nent place in cultural American life
When the small boy jabs the pony that
starts Washington's inhabitants into
greater activity he produces results far
ther reaching in space and time than
ian even be guessed at.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
DAILY SHORT STORY

I OF mis- mother. he was presented TO
Virginia Lawson. tall, slender girl.
You, tooT shs asked, showing two
dimpIes in two pink cheeks
s''Yes; don't you remember meF', the
yorng man asked.
The ole surgeon left them together
and, at least one Of them decided that
he did not care whether or not he met
other members Of his "gradus ting
class" This pretty young woman
would keep him busy during the re-
union days.
Mother thought IL was very silly of
me to come Virginia told him when
they had s.roIledNout together to view
the grounds about the great stone
buildings.
And my mother had never even told
me of my fragile beginning" young
Cooke explained. 1T was only through
my having opened the letter from tire
ldirectors that learned Of it. Some
thing promptly told me to GOMEZ he
| added. not without intent of purpose.
Love OF fundamentally of Sill
uation brought me-" said Virginia.
Where Is your home now?" Cooke
asked.
In virginia-rm the namesake of N,
State" she laughed. II happened to b,
born up here. but Virginia is my mo:h
! er's native State and she called me Vir
ginia- She will have 1t that Pm SoSth-
ern girl"
And well she nay-you embody al
the charms Of the girl of the Soutt," the
young man said, looking down at heI
| radiant beauty.
Virginia swept him an old-fashioned
curtsey and dimpled again.
And the grace" he added.
Anything more?" she asked. merrily
n
Virginia It's only natural That class
mates-are we that?-should grow chum.
my and be asked to visit each other
isn't itT'
IT suppose II is" she admitted with
downcast eyes. Though we really only
met today. did we not7"
Cooke did not reply at once Suddenly
he looked up. Come and meet my
mother. I'm sure she would remember
you-or your mother or somebody. I'm
sure we are old friends and need not act
like strangers, Miss Lawson"
Virginia turned with him to re-enteI
the great halls where Mrs- Cooke was
undoubtedly renewing old acquaintance.
They found her with the doctor who
had introduced them, and as they came
toward the elder pair there was the
same thought in the minds Of both moth
er and surgeon: How romantic If"
Mother. don't you remember little Vir-
ginia LawsonZ She lived in glass house
near mine. didn't she. doctor?"
The old doctor laughed. 'Yes-but she
was too little to throw stones, young
man"
II remember her mother" Mrs. Cooke
FASTENED to say: she was here every
time / came to see my tiny son. I am
sorry she Is not here"
"She thought I was so silly to come
laughed Virginia
Sometimes it's Fate that leads US into
adventure that seems strange to any one
hut ourselves" remarked the surgeon
soberly.
And Virginia and George Cooke looked
at each other for a second.
As they turned away together, having
promised to join their elders for tea later
in the afternoon, the young man looked
down At the girl at his side. Was It
kindly Fate. wonder?
Fate is always kind" Virginia answer
ed lis II not?'
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

cern m the average Republican heari
throughout the country over Demo
cratic occupation of the city hall OF
county courthouse than there is over
the fact that a Democratic President
is in the White House.
So the Republicans argue that II
the elections show that the Democrats
are gradually being ousted. from the
local Offices throughout the country, the
party is getting together again. And
perhaps they are not altogether wrong.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
The Old Organization Triumphs.

One of the most remarkable results
of the election is the triumph of two
old-time leaders, Barnes in New York
and Penrose IN Pennsylvania.
b The political complexion of the New
York Assembly, which has been over
whelmingly Democratic, has been COM
pletely overturned. Its Republican ma
jority is assured. This is a great vic
tory for William Barnes, jr. Theodore
Roosevelt, landing at BuenoS Ayres,
expressed delight over the defeat of
Tammany. His personal opinion of
the Barnes outcome was probably I'M
fit for publication. There is no love
in Roosevelt's heart for Barnes, and
last year, when Barnes held the New
York delegation at Chicago almost
solidly for Taft, and later, when he
denounced Roosevelt as traitor and
a demagogue, Roosevelt retorted with
all manner of angry phrases. Barnes
victory in New York, demonstrating
that the old Republican organization is
still to be reckoned with, is a bitter
pill for Roosevelt to swallow. He is
too far away to illuminate now, but
there will be an explosion when he re-
turns.
Equally remarkable is the outcome
in Pennsylvania. This was also fore
casted m The Washington Herald
some weeks ago, when the registration
figures were analysed. Of all the
States in the Union, Pennsylvania pre-
sentS the most conspicuous example of
complete revulsion of public senti-
meht. A year ago last spring Penrose
was apparently the most discredited
leader anywhere. Roosevelt and Flynn
had him upon his back, then stamped
on him and finally left him for dead
by the wayside. To-day the old Re-
publican organization with Penrose at
its head, is once again in control and
the third party, which gave Roosevelt
$4,000 votes, seems to have melted
away into thin air If there are two
men whom Roosevelt hates with a Bit
Ter hatred. they are Barnes and Pen
rose. Both of them can now laugh
him to scorn.
President Wilson Satisfied.
+ -.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
Disappearance Of the Progressive Vote

Another lesson of the elections is
the disappearance of the Progressive,
or third party, vote.
In New Jersey, where. Roosevelt last
year received I4s,ooo votes, Colby the
Progressive candidate for Governor,
this year polled only 10000 ballots,
notwithstanding the fact that he is
popular and by no means niggardly as
to campaign expenses. In Maryland
the Progressive vote was so small as
hardly to be worth recording. In New
York, while the Progressives elected
some fifteen or seventeen Assembly
men, the party, as a whole, did not
cast enough votes to prevent a Repub-
lican victory. Only in Massachusetts,
did the Progressives hold their own,
and in that State the Republican candi-
date for Governor committed political
hara-kiri by repudiating his party plat
form and denouncing his party organ
ization. In the local contests in the
various States the Progressives did not
materially figure.
And yet there was enough detection
from the Republican ranks all along the
line to insure Democratic pluralities.
This is an important fact in connec-
ton with the elections for Senators
and Representatives next year. If the
Progressives name a candidate in each
Congressional district, as they threaten
to do, and if there be no commercial
or financial cataclysm to drive the
country into universal reputation of
Democratic policies, the Republicans
will have difficulty in carrying the next
House 1t would seem, in fact, hope
less task, because they are literally
scores of districts where the loss of
two or three thousand, or even several
hundred, Republican votes will enable
the Democratic candidate to have a
walkover. There must be a Repub-
lican landslide to overturn the tremen-
dous Democratic majority now in the
House and this cannot come unless the
administration becomes widely unpop-
ular. This is certainly not the situa-
ton at the present time
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

We have a suspicion that hereafter the
German government win Insist that
American Ambassadors shall not have
marriaseable daughters
The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

. A correspondent wants to know what
is the plural of Kansas City. Forget IT.
A gentleman viii never mention more
than one Of them at tina