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are  here  concerns  us.  This 
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ENROLLMENT  LIMITED 

TO  FIFTEEN 

RESERVATIONS   NOW 


The  Sara  Scroggs 
School 

3945  Clay  Street 
Telephone — Skyline  7079 
Nursery   department   for   children 
over  two  years.  Kindergarten,  pri- 
mary and  grammar  grades. 
Morning  session   9-12    Luncheon 
and   afternoon    classes   by   special 
arrangement    Limited  number  of 
boarding  pupils  taken. 

Accredited  to  High  School 


THE 
POTTER  SCHOOL 

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A  Day  School  for  Boys 

Primary,  Grammar  and  High 
School  Departments  .  featuring 
small  classes  and  individual  in- 
struction. Prepares  for  all  Eastern 
and  Western  colleges. 

Seventeenth  year  opens 
January  2,  1929 

L  R    Damon,  A.  M.  (Harvard) 

Hciuimastcr 
1S99  Pacific  Ave.   Telephone  West  071  1 


SAN  FRANCISCO  is  well 
known  for  her  excellent 
schools,  including  over  fifty 
private  academies.  .  .  Your 
selection  of  one  that  meets 
your  particular  needs  pre- 
sents a  problem  that  we  are 
eager  to  help  you  solve.  .  . 

Miss  Betty  Scoble,  a  young 
woman  of  insight  and  back- 
ground, is  investigating  the 
schools  of  this  region  for  the 
benefit  of  SAN  FRANCISCAN 
readers.  .  .  She  will  be  in  a 
position  to  give  you  informa- 
tion and  advice  without  plac- 
ing you  under  any  obligation. 

This  month  we  recommend — 

Anita  Peters  Wright 
School  of  Dancing 

California  School  of  Fine  Arts 

Lucien  Labaudt 
School  of  Modern  Art 

A.  J.  Dove 
Private  Coaching 

The  Potter  School  for  Boys 

The  Sara  Scroggs  School 

The  Juvenile  Conservatory 

For     further     information     about 
these  or  other  schools  write 

MISS  BETTY  SCOBLE 
THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

221  Sharon  Bldg. 
San  Francisco 


The  Juvenile  Conservatory 

A   BGAROING   AND  DAY   SCHOOL 

Receives  children  over  two  years  ot  age.  whole 

or  part   time.   Expert   c^aching,  scientific  habit 

training,    supervised    play.    Every    sunny    h  >ur 

outdoors.  A  few  rooms  for  parents  in  residence. 

MRS.   S.   R.   H.   MARSHALL.   Director 

3329  Washington  Street,  San  Francisccj 

Phone  Walnut    '>Mr>  Ic.r  rates 


California  School 
o/Fine  Arts 

Affiliated  with  the 

Uyiivcrsity  of  California 

CHESTNUT    AND    JONES    STREETS 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Spring  Term  Opens  Thursday, 

January  3 

Day  and  Evening  Classes 

Courses  in  the 
Fine  and  Applied  Arts 

BEAUTIFUL  NEW  BUILDINGS 
MODERN  EQUIPMENT 

Lee  F.  Randolph,  Director 
Write  for  Catalogue 


The   art  of  r/ii/l/imic   nicwe- 
meiit   leads  lo  grace   in   all 
expression   and  to  the   har- 
monious development 
of  the  body 

Anita  Peters  Wright 
School  oj  Dancing 

Private  or  class  instruction 

in  all  ti/pes 
Studio-2695  Sacramento 
Telephone:  Walnut  1665 


To  PARENTS  oF 

PUPILS  REQUIRING  SPECIAL  HELP: 

MR.  A.  J.  DOVE,  M.  A. 


recently 

he.\d  of  the  cir.amm.^r  school 

Menlo  School  and  Belmont  School 

will  receive  a  few  pupils 
who  need  special  help  in  upper 

GRAMMAR  OR  .lUNIOR  HKiH  SCHOOL  WtJRK 

OR  WHO  FIND  THEIR 
HKill    SCHOOL    PREPARATION    DEFECTIVE 

AT  HIS  study: 


No.  12  Stanford  Apartments 
2401  Sacramento  Street 

.1  ppoirdmenis  imiij  be  arranged  hi/ 
telephoning  Walnut  32.55 

BETWEEN  hours  OF  10:30  AND  12  NOON 


JIo  those  who  admire  the  Early  Arnerican  type  of  furniture, 
our  extensive  displays  of  reproductions  will  be  of  great 
interest  ....  Illustrated  is  a  Highboy  of  Cherry  and  Maple  in 
an  old  pine  finish,  a  Sleepy  Hollow  Armchair  attractively 
upholstered,  an  oval'top  Occasional  Table  and  a  Lamp  of 
Pewter  and  Brass  ....  Prices  are  very  reasonable,  in  accord 
with  the  Sloane  principle  of  exceptional  value. 

Charge  accounts  welcnmed  .  .  .  Freight  paid  to  nnv 
shipping  point  in  the  United  States  and  to  Honolulu 


RUGS  ....  CARPETS  ....  FURNITURE  ....  DRAPERIES 
♦   ♦♦♦♦♦♦    INTERIOR  DECORATING    ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

\V.  6^J.   SLOANE 


Sutter  Street  near  Grant  Avenue 

LOS  ANGELES  NEW  YORK 


San  Francisco 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


GOINGS  ON   ABOUT  TOWN 


LEGITIMATE  THEATERS 

Alcazar:  Lomhardi  Lid.  Leo  Carrillo's  licclc 
monologue  co  he  followed  hy  Emma  Dunn 
in  Courage  which  Henry  Duffy  cerms  the 
best  show  he  has  ever  produced. 

Berkeley  Playhouse  :  AndrocUs  and  the  Lion 
will  reopen  che  winter  season. 

Capitol:  Darkness  has  been  booked  here  in- 
definitely. 

Columbia:  The  Trial  of  Mary  Dugan  will  be 
supplanted  by  an  adventure  film  Maus  and 
later  by  the  Carte  D'Oyly  Light  Opera 
Troupe. 

CuRRAN :  Qay  Paree  with  unclassic  vulgarity 
gives  way  to  The  Beggar's  Opera  and  Path 
which  offers  much  that  is  naughty  but  also 
clever. 

Fulton  (Oakland) :  Judy  Drops  In  and  several 
other  New  York  fair-toniiddlings. 

DuFFWiN  (Oakland)  :  The  Shannons  of  Broad- 
■way.  to  be  followed  by  May  Robson  in 
.Mother's  Millions. 

Geary:  The  Silver  Chord,  to  be  followed  by 
The  Cardboard  Lover  with  Hazel  Whitmorc. 

Player's  Guild  :  Re-opening  with  any  one  of  a 
dozen  plays  which  have  been  announced. 
And  yet,  the  first  bill  may  turn  out  to  be  a 
dark  horse. 

President  :  Tom  Moore  and  Kay  Hammond 
representing  Ireland  and  Love  on  McAllister 
Street  in  a  charming  and  innocuous  farce  en- 
titled TAis  Thing  Called  Love. 

La  Gaite  Francaise  :  La  Marchz  Indienne.  A 
clever  three  act  play  with  the  redoubtable 
Andre  Ferrier  much  in  evidence. 

VAUDEVILLE 
OrpheU-vi:  Now  we  can  all  smoke  in  peace. 
Pantages  :  Lots  and  lots  of  talking  pictures. 
Golden    Gate:    Pathe    talking    pictures    and 
vaudeville  silent  acts. 

PICTURES 

California:  The  Sins  of  the  Fathers.  Superb 
Jannings,  dynamic  R.uth  Chatterton  and 
poetic  Barry  Norton  all  in  one  fascinating 
picture. 


Embassy:  The  Hometoivners  to  be  followed  by 
On  Trial,  all  talking  picture,  with  Pauline 
Frederick. 

Granada:  Weekly  change  of  Paramount  at- 
tractions. 

St.  Francis:  Interference. 

Warfield  :  I{ed  Wine  and  In  Old  Arizona 
among  the  month's  best  bets. 

MUSIC 

anuary  7 :  Fairmont  Hotel — Pro  Musica  re- 
cital with  Ottorino  Resphigi,  Else  Resphigi, 
and  Mischel  Piastro. 

anuary  1 1  :  Curran  Theatre — San  Francisco 
Symphony — Resphigi,  conductor. 

.ANUARY  12-  Repeat  concert  at  Dreamland 
Auditorium. 

ANUARY  14  :  Anna  Case  recital  at  Fairmont. 

anuary  19:  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orches- 
tra in  Popular  Concert — Alfred  Hertz,  con- 
ductor. 

anuary  25  :  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orches- 
tra at  Curran  Theater — Hertz,  conductor. 

anuary    26 :    Repeat    concert  at   Dreamland. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 
St.  Francis:  Where  the  New  Year  began. 
Tait's  at  the  Beach  :  To  which  the  path  of 

true  love  may  now  run  smoothly,  thanks  to 

the  Highway  Commission. 
The  Palace:  Where  the  Palm  Court  amuses  its 

ladies-in-waiting. 
Fairmont:  Where  the  grill  is  especially  nice  on 

a  Sunday  night. 
Sir  Francis  Drake:  Where  one  no  longer  feels 

a  stranger  in  its  midst. 
Mark  Hopkins:  Where  one  sees  the  steam  of 

the  younger  generation. 
Solari's  :  354  Geary,  on  the  way  to  the  theatre. 
New  Frank's:  447  Pine.  Ah!  La  Carte! 
Deauville:  1516  Stockton,  where  the  memory 

of  the  good  old  days  lingers  on. 
California  Market  Restaurant:  Where  the 

oysters  are  more  precious  than  pearls. 


Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:  1  Tillman  Place,  in 
the  fascinating  alley. 

Russian  Tea  Room:  1001  Vallejo,  vA^here 
nothing  makes  you  see  Red, 

Court  Yard  Tea  Room:  450  Grant,  a  hunch 
for  lunch. 

The  Aldeane:  275  Post,  where  atniosphere 
and  good  food  rival  the  marvelous  view  of 
Union  Square. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:  Where  one  may  grab 
a  bite  and  enjoy  it. 

ART 

Courtesy  of  The  Argus 

Beau.k  Arts  G.^lerie:  January  7  to  26,  copies 
of  details  of  frescoes  from  the  Alanta  Caves, 
India,  in  pen-and-ink  and  water  color,  by 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Das  of  Calcutta.  Lecture,  "The 
Living  Tradition  of  Ajanti,"  by  Prof.  Ken- 
neth J.  Saunders,  January  1  5  at  8:30  p.  m. 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  HoNoa: 
January  1  co  31,  twenty-six  recent  paintings, 
by  Childe  Hassam;  porcelains  and  other 
works  by  Beniamino  Bufano.  Permanent 
collections. 

Courvoisier's  :  Etchings  by  American  and 
European  artists. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum  :  Permanent 
collections.  Free  art  lectures  on  Wednesday 
and  Sunday  afternoons. 

East  West  Gallery  of  Fine  Arts:  January  1 

to  22,  sculpture  by  Allan  Clark. 
Paul  Elder  Gallery:  January  7  to  2(^,  maps 

by  cartographers  of  the  XVIch,  XVIIth  and 

XVIIIth  centuries.   January  26  co   February 

i5,  etchings  by  Hugh  Fraser. 
Gump  Galleries:  Etchings  of  western  subieccs 

by    Edward    Borcin.    Etchings    of   dogs    by 

Bert  Cobb. 

VicKERY.  Afkins  &!  ToRREY :  January  i   co  1=?, 

paintings    by    members    of    the    "Glasgow 

school." 
Valdespimo   Gallery:  January   7    to    31,    oils 

and  water  colors  by  Joseph  Raphael. 
WoRDEN    Gallery  :    Paintings    by    California 

artists.  Etchings  and  mezzotints. 


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and  color —  the  hub  around 

%vhich  San  Francisco's 

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Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 
Joseph  Henderson 
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Contributing  Editors 
Raymond  Armsby 
MoLLiE  Merrick 
Carey  McWilliams 


Aline  Kistler,  Assistant  Editor 


Idwal  Jones 
George  Douglas 
Elva  Williams 


Vol.  Ill 


JANUARY,  1929 


No.  1 


Lincoln  StefFens,  by  Johan  Hagemcycr           -          -          -          -  8 

When  The  Big  Boys  Were  Small,  by  Carey  M.cWiUiams        -  g 

Now  h  Can  Be  Told        ,.-.--.  lo 

Goodnight  Ladies,  by  Elizabeth  Myatt         -          -          -          -  13 

The  Neo-Carniclites,  by  Katlierine  Parrott  Qorringe     -          '  14 

Relativity,  verse  by  Pjxlph  Westerman          -          -          -          "  14 

The  Crane,  drawing  by  Lozoiuick.        -           -           '           -           -  15 

Bay  Region  Miscellany,  by  Cmistayice  Ferris         -          -          -  16 

Nance  O'Ncil,  photograph          ...--.  ly 

Spotlight,  by  Charles  Caldxvell  Dobie            -           -           -           -  18 

The  Boxing  Match,  etching  by  Hermine  Daiid    -           -           '  19 

Horses  and  Men,  by  Aidan  Pnark^       -           -           -           -           -  20 

La  Argentina,  photograph           -          -          -          -          -          -  21 

Transients,  by  Jack.  Campbell     ------  22 

Ernest  Bloch,  drawing  by  A.  Sotomayor        -           -           -           -  22 

Back  Stage  with  the  Puppets,  by  William  Horace  Smith          -  23 

The  Reigning  Dynasty      -------  24 

Miss  Eve  Taylor,  photograph     -          -          -          -          -          -  25 

Manhattan  to  Date,  by  Pfiwena  Mason       -          -          -          -  26 

Cartoon,  by  TVed  Hilton               ------  27 

East  vs.  West,  by  Leland  S.  Ppss        -          -          -          -          -  28 

As  Seen  By  Her         --------  37 

As  To  Books  ---------  40 


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JCHA^  HAGEMEYER 


Lincoliv^  StcJJ'ens 

This  wiiielxi  known  champion  oj  the  radical  and  oj  his  own  theories  is  now  residing  tn  Canuel-hp-lhe-Sea, 

where  he  is  occupied  with  wri/int/  his  aulohioflraphi/  and,  incidental!}/,  appenrino  in 

public  debate  with  his  wife,  Ella  If'inter 


SAN  rRAN€ISGAN 


When  The  Big  Boys  Were  Small 

Containing  Some  Forgotten  Chapters  for  their  Biographies 


CONTEMPLATING  thc  gay  piccurc  of 
Mr.  Sinclair  Lewis  curtly  declin- 
ing the  Pulitzer  Prize  with  much 
the  same  hypothetical  disdain  that  char- 
acterized Calvin  Coolidge's  remarks  on 
the  presidency,  one  is  moved  to  enquire 
if  these  magnificent  gentlemen  were  al- 
ways so  immaculately  renunciatory. 
After  reading  the  "gargantuan  humor" 
of  Elmer  Qantry,  which  provoked  Mr. 
Mencken  to  such  ecstasies  of  affection 
that  he  could  declare  "I  find  no  flaws  in 
Elmej'  Qantry,"  it  seems  alinost  an  act 
o(^  lesc-mdjeste  to  suggest  that  the  author 
of  these  wonders  was  once  a  consum- 
mate ass.  Yet  stranger  miracles  have 
flourished  in  this  inonstrously  literary 
world  of  ours. 

1907  may  have  been  a  very  interesting 
year.  Certain  it  is,  however,  that  the 
year  was  one  of  great  moment  for 
America,  since  it  was  then  that  Yale 
conferred  upon  Sinclair  Lewis  the  degree 
of  "A.  B.,"  which  he  did  not  decline  for 
the  reason,  perhaps,  that  he  was  not  then 
a  successful  novelist.  However  this  may 
be,  it  was  in  July  of  1907  that  Lewis 
gave  birth  to  one  of  the  men  iest  effusions 
of  poetic  splendor  of  which  his  pen  was 
then  so  prolific.  There  was  nothing  of 
"gargantuan  humor"  about  the  first 
stanza  of  his  poein  "The  Passing  Pan- 
tomine,"  which  appeared  in  the  Nciv 
England  Magazine,  and  the  elfin  sweet- 
ness of  its  lines  being  ; 

"Springtide  is  Columbine, 
Footing  it  faerily; 
Sparkle  her  spangles  fine. 
Trip,  lassie,  merrily. 

Dance  for  me.  Columbine, 

Bubble  of  wanton  wine." 

And,  while  it  does  seem  like  conjuring 
up  the  ghost  of  an  old  sweetheart  to  flout 
the  soul  of  a  latter-day  libertine,  what 
would  the  author  of  Main  Street  say 
about  these  so  tender  lines : 


By  CAREY  McWlLLIAMS 

"Suminertime  is  the  Clown, 
Painted  audaciously, 
Green,  crimson,  azure,  brown. 
Singing  vivaciously. 
Glow  with  full  laughter.  Clown, 
Under  your  lotus-crown." 
What  a  difference  the  lapse  of  a  few 
years  does  make  in  the  soul  of  a  Sauk 
Center    Babbitt!    One    inoment    all    a- 
twitter    with    poetic    fervor;    the    next 
emitting  harsh,  black,  sarcasms.  Could 
it  be  that  Sauk  Center  persists  and  that 
there  is  something  of  the  charlatan  in 
the  man  who  knew  Coolidge?  Say  not 
such  cruel  things !  Let  us  on  with  the 
dance  in  the  springtide,  with  music  by 
Off^enbach  Lewis  ot  Sauk  Center; 
"Autumn  is  Harlequin, 
Magic  his  pleasuring, 
Making  thc  forest's  green 
Gold  for  our  treasuring. 
Can  you  gild,  Harlequin, 
Silvery  hair  and  thin?" 
No  one,  the  critics  intimate,  has  so 
effectively  satirized  the  "arty"  tendencies 
of  the  average  "Americano"  as  Lewis. 
Could  it  have  been  that  he  was  miming 
himself,  the  Lewis  of  1907?  Fie  on  such 
bitter  thoughts!  Let  us  have  more  of  the 
sweet  gentleness  of  puberty  : 
"Winter  is  Pantaloon, 
Stiffest  but  wariest. 
Bluff,  tragic  old  buffoon. 
Under  frowns,  merriest. 
Mime  for  me.  Pantaloon, 
Curtain  drops  all  too  soon." 
And,   then,   to  close  the  chapter,   to 
turn   forever  the   leaves   of  time  upon 
these  pages  of  forgotten  adolescence,  let 
us  have  "Quatrain,"  from  the  pen  of  the 
delicate  dandy  of  the  Savage  Club  with 
his  bell-bottom  trousers  and  monoclex. 
"A  sighing  thrush  is  Sonnet;  Triolet 
The  Lilting  lark's  reiterated  note. 
While  quatrain  is  a   humming  bird 
afloat 


Minute,  but  with  the  vesper  glory 
set." 

But  further  quotation  would  be  un- 
endurable :  even  th:  patience  of  the 
curious  cannot  be  openly  flouted  with 
quantities  of  such  stuff.  When  will  some 
scientist  of  the  erotic  unearth  all  these 
early  songs  of  Mr.  Lewis,  (there  are 
iTiany  others  in  The  Overland  Monthly), 
and  publish  them  in  a  manner  that  will 
assure  immortality  to  the  harsh  joke  they 
represent.  Along  with  this  collection  of 
verse,  one  might  suggest  the  inclusion  of 
such  rare  items  of  Lewisiana  as  "Polly," 
a  stoiy  which  appeared  in  Sunset  Maga- 
zine, 1910,  and  also  a  very  erudite  article 
by  the  same  author  on  "San  Francisco's 
Pleasure  Cures."  If  you  desire  to  learn  of 
the, — shall  I  say — pathological  implica- 
tions, behind  Mr.  Lewis'  delineation  of 
Babbitt  on  a  holiday,  read  this  article 
and  discover  what  rich  mines  of  auto- 
biography Babbitt  and  Main  Street 
really  are. 

T       ▼       T 

WRITING  in  The  Neiv  Republic 
of  recent  date,  Lawrence  S. 
Morris  was  moved  to  ex- 
claim of  the  poetry  of  Robinson  Jeffers 
that:  "Jeffers  seizes  words  by  the  throat 
and  shakes  them  until  they  tremble  with 
passion.  His  lines  are  long,  nervous,  and 
"restive,  like  the  stallion  he  likes  to  de- 
scribe." Such  tremendous  critical  writ- 
ing must  agitate  the  souls  of  post-grad- 
uate poetesses  at  Columbia  into  Holly- 
woods  of  bliss.  Gone  are  the  poetic  tra- 
ditions of  fair  raiment,  dangerous  moats, 
knights  with  plumes,  heroic  battlings  on 
precipitous  parapets,  and  odes  to  Laura, 
Helen  or  E.  S.  Let  us  establish  a  new 
system  of  poetic  cliches:  lustful  stallions, 
incestuous  maidens,  pregnant  women, 
and  sexless  men.  Bravo  !  But  'ere  passing 
too  quickly  into  the  realm  of  the  new 

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10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


A  GOLF  course  which  is  popular  with 
San  Franciscans  is  situated  next  to 
a  pasturage  into  which  mules  are  often 
turned  to  graze.  These  worthies  stand 
eyeing  the  succulent  green  of  the  links 
with  hungry  eyes. 

At  last  a  weak  spot  was  found  in  the 
fence  and  the  mules,  accompanied  by  an 
evil-tempered  donkey,  who  is  father  to 
half  of  them,  overflowed  the  links,  and 
were  soon  having  the  time  of  their  lives 

A  man  whose  name  is  omitted  by 
request  was  down  the  course  ahead  of 
his  wife,  and  being  absorbed  in  his  game, 
was  surrounded  by  mules  betore  he  knew 
it.  The  old  jack  disliked  the  man  on 
sight.  With  an  evil  light  in  his  eye  he 
nipped  at  the  gentleman's  plus-fours 
where  they  hung  fullest. 

Startled  out  of  his  senses  the  man 
gave  a  cry  for  help. 

His  large  and  obstreperous  wife  came 
on  the  scene  like  a  dreadnaught.  So  apt 
was  her  aim  with  her  golf  clubs  that 
Mr.  Jack  and  his  sons,  individually  and 
collectively,  suddenly  remembered  press- 
ing engagements  elsewhere 

A  cub  reporter  who  hurried  to  the  spot 
in  response  to  an  anonymous  telephone 
call  which  reported  that  all  hell  had 
broke  loose  at  the  links  saw  a  "big" 
story.  His  headline  fairly  pulsating  with 
the  fervor  he  had  put  into  its  composi- 
tion. A  busy  city  editor  dropped  his  pipe 
when  he  read:  "Wife  Beats  Ass  off 
Husband  With  Niblick!" 


IT  IS  apparent  to  the  most  casual  ob- 
server that  children  have  changed, 
along  with  parents,  washer-women, 
purveyors  of  spiritous  liquors  and  other 
members  of  this  restless  race  of  a  hectic 
era 

We  had  this  unlovely  fact  forcibly 
impressed  upon  us  the  other  day  when 
wc  were  calling  upon  friends  They  have 
a  little  boy,  six  or  seven  perhaps,  who 
came  in  while  we  were  waiting  for  his 
parents.  He  was  a  rosy-cheeked  young- 
ster with  a  shock  of  curly  hair  but  he  had 
the  oldest,  saddest  eyes  that  ever  a  child 
owned. 

"Whose  little  boy  are  you?"  We  asked 
with  our  usual  sparkling  originality,  and 
in  all  innocence,  little  dreaming  what 
we  were  starting. 


I  Qot  This  .Morning' s  Examiner  Yesterday 

Afternoon.  Haven't  You  Tonight's 

Bulletin  This  Morning? 

He  stood  still  while  he  fixed  those 
aged  eyes  upon  us  a  little  suspicion 
showing  in  them. 

"Sir,"  he  began,  "my  father  eloped 
with  my  mother's  maid  when  I  was 
three  days  old.  Since  that  time  1  have 
had  three  or  four  fathers  ~  I  disremember — 
one  forgets  such  things  when  they  pile 
up  so."  He  paused,  while  he  looked  us 
frankly  in  the  eye  to  assure  himself  that 
we  understood,  we  suppose.  Reassured 
he  went  on. 

"Then  my  mother  ran  off  with  an  oil 
king.  1  am  now  living  with  my  fourth 
father,  I  think  he  is,  and  my  third 
mother." 


WITH  Los  Angeles'  apparent  talent 
for  satisfying  every  curiosity 
shown  by  its  visitors,  it  is  interesting  to 
note  that  it  remained  for  Harry  Crocker, 
a  young  San  Franciscan  at  present  loaned 
to  the  Southland  to  serve  as  an  assistant 
to  Charlie  Chaplin,  to  found  a  Moving 
Picture  Museum.  There,  thousands  of 
visitors  who  regard  Los  Angeles  as  a 
side  door  to  the  wonders  of  Hollywood 
may  see  for  themselves  the  actual  clothes 
worn  by  their  favorite  actors,  wonder  at 
first-hand  models  of  sets  from  some  of 
the  greatest  spectacles,  and  otherwise 
gain  an  "inside  view  of  the  movies." 

Crocker  had  noticed  the  disappoint- 
ment of  those  who  could  not  get  per- 
mission to  visit  the  lots.  He  had  seen 
people  avidly  enthusiastic  over  anything 
authentically  handled  by  an  actor  or 
used  in  a  production.  He  saw  that  time 
was  ripe  for  a  museum  of  the  movies. 


So  he  went  to  his  friend  Charlie  Chaplin 
and  got  his  original  costume — shoes, 
pants,  coat,  cane — all  complete.  With 
this  prized  "exhibit"  as  a  nucleus, 
Crocker  visited  other  friends  among  the 
movie  folk  and  soon  had  costumes, 
properties  and  set  models  from  Douglas 
Fairbanks,  Lillian  Gish,  Jack  Gilbert, 
Fred  Thompson — even  the  original 
sheik's  costume  worn  by  Valentino  was 
exhumed  and  gathered  into  the  fold. 
From  everywhere  came  new  exhibits  for 
Crocker's  museum. 

A  complete  set,  with  lights,  camera, 
wax  dummies  and  the  like,  was  erected 
to  show  exactly  how  pictures  are  made. 
A  gallery  of  bathing  beauties  was  in- 
stalled, the  exhibits  were  arranged  and 
all  was  made  ready  for  the  grand  open- 
ing. That  first  night  everyone  was  there 
— from  Cousin  Euphronsibe  who  wept 
real  tears  over  Valentino's  cast-off 
burnouse  to  Mary  Pickford  who  came  to 
take  a  last  look  at  her  severed  curls.  All 
were  pleased  and  the  Museum's  success 
was  assured. 

All  were  happy,  that  is,  all  except  one 
actor,  a  dapper  gallant  whose  likeness 
had  been  appropriated  for  one  of  the 
wax  figures  in  the  demonstration  movie 
set  He  took  one  glance  at  the  ensemble 
and  bolted  through  the  crowd,  stum- 
bling this  way  and  that  in  a  blind  search 
for  Crocker.  At  last,  when  he  found 
Harry  surrounded  by  congratulating 
friends,  the  actor  struck  his  most  dra- 
matic pose  and  yelled;  "It's  a  lie!  I  shall 


never  look  as  old  as  you  have  made  me. 
The  figure  is  outrageous  How  dare  you 
display  a  caricature?  I  am  a  juvenile — 
and  with  the  help  of  all  the  creams  of 
Paris  I  shall  always  be  one." 


T 


wo  women  discussing  the  premier 

of  Mr  Bloch's  rhapsody  "America" 

m  the  Sir  Francis  Drake  lounge  Says  the 
first;  "Well,  if  you  ask  me,  the  most 
thrilling  incident  of  the  entire  evening 
was  the  flashlight  explosion!"  Replies 
the  other:  "Nonsense,  you  forget  that 
emotional  moment  when  Monsieur 
Bloch  imprinted  a  chaste  kiss  upon  the 
brow  of  Herr  Hertz'" 

Enters  a  third  woman  into  the  devas- 
tating circle.  "Is  Mr  Bloch  writing  a 
new  piece  called  "Switzerland"?  "Why 


JANUARY,  1929 

not?"  says  the  one  addressed,  in  a  thor- 
oughly March  Hare  manner.  "Wasn't 
he  born  in  Switzerland?  And  isn't  it  just 
full  of  provocative  themes.  Think  what 
a  gold  mine  for  themes  the  William  Tell 
overture  is  going  to  be!"  "And  the  trill- 
ing thing  he  can  do  with  a  Swiss  watch 
movement."  "And  so  easy — just  tick, 
tick,  tick!"  "The  orchestra  wont  have  to 
play  that  movement  at  all.  Mr.  Hertz 


can  perform  that  by  tapping  his  baton 
against  the  music  rack."  "And  the  stun- 
ning Bloch  finish  it  can  have — a  real 
Swiss  yodeling  chorus!"  The  late  arrival 
turns  gloomy.  "There's  only  one  draw- 
back. He'll  have  to  dig  up  an  original 
air."  "What  for?"  "The  Swiss  Cheese 
motif!"  A  man  who  has  been  listening 
butts  in.  "Oh,  that's  easy.  Just  send 
over  for  a  Swiss-cheese  hole-punching 
machine.  That's  a  musical  instrument 
that  hasn't  yet  been  added  to  a  modern 
symphony  orchestra!  " 


BERKELEY,  wc  are  told,  now  has  a 
focal  point  for  its  cultural  pursuits. 
This  is  the  new  Museum,  which  has 
blossomed  out  on  the  campus,  next  to 
the  Library.  Within  its  confines  may  be 
found,  with  surprising  regularity,  most 
of  the  esoteric  souls  of  that  erudite  com- 
munity. 

A  formidable  register  has  been  placed 
near  the  entrance  and  the  cultured  minor- 
ity sit  in  abeyance  nearby.  When  the  un- 
suspecting neophyte  has  signed  his  or  her 
name,  there  is  an  immediate  rush  to  dis- 
cover the  identity. 

'Tis  said,  further,  that  fraternities  arc 
doing  a  little  rushing  through  this  device. 
And  that  lovers  of  the  arts  are  discover- 
ing that,  when  gathered  together  in  a 
presentable  mass,  their  nucleus  is  most 
formidable. 

▼       T       T 

THE  yuletide  spirit  so  completely  filled 
San  Francisco  that  even  the  elec- 
trons responded  with  vigor.  For  it  was 
at  the  "Pop"  concert  three  days  before 
the  arrival  of  Santa,  that  a  rollicking 
fuse  blew  out.  Quite  indignant  at  being 
made  to  toil  so  near  to  holiday  time, 
this  little  fellow  threw  Dreamland  Audi- 
torium into  complete  darkness  in  the 
middle  of  the  "Oberon"  overture.  P,  *t 
The  orchestra  raced  on,  but  as  dark- 
ness persisted.  Doctor  Hertz  brought  the 
number  to  an  abrupt  close.  Four  more 
minutes  of  blackness  and  then  a  violin's 
sounds  lulled  the  audience  into  quiet. 
This  spirited  playing  continued  for  a  full 


ten  minutes — or  so  it  seemed.  Ghostlike 
— weird — and  yet  completely  enchant- 
ing. 

The  lights  came  on  suddenly  and  re- 
vealed Mischel  Piastro  in  the  middle  of 
the  Bach  "Chaconne."  A  cheer  swelled 
into  a  tumult  throughout  the  Auditorium 
for  the  popular  concert  maestro,  who 
had  given  the  thousand  auditors  a  con- 
cert within  a  concert. 

May  the  fuses  blow  out  with  increas- 
ing regularity ! 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

"...  On  the  death  of  Albert  Miller 
in  1900,  there  arose  the  question  of  who 
was  to  be  his  successor  as  president  of 
the  Pacific  Gas  Improvement  Company. 
Mr.  C.  O.  G.  Miller  was  thirty-four 
years  of  age  at  the  time.  He  suggested  to 
Mr.  Robert  Watt,  his  father-in-law, 
who  was  then  vice-president  of  the 
Company,  that  he,  C.  O.  G.  Miller, 
would  serve  under  him  as  well  as  he  had 
done  under  his  own  father,  but  Mr. 
Watt  declined. 

"  'That  leaves  only  one  man  avail- 
able,' said  Mr.  Miller. 

"  'Who  mav  that  be?'  asked  Mr. 
Watt. 

"  'It  is  I,'  replied  Mr.  Miller,  'because 
I  won't  let  anyone  else  have  it.' 

"Mr.  Watt  asked  the  young  treasurer 
whether  he  could  control  enough  votes 
among  the  directors 

"  'The  directors  won't  have  anything 
to  say  about  it,'  said  Mr.  Miller,  'be- 
cause I  have  the  stockholders.' 

"The  young  man  was  elected  presi- 
dent." 

Characteristic  of  the  temper  and  struc- 
ture of  the  book,  the  foregoing  is  from 
Chapter  V  of  'Tacific  Lighting  Corpor- 
ation, The  Development  of  a  Western 
Utility,"  the  latest  of  the  historical 
series  published  by  Leib,  Keyston  & 
Company.  "Bg^BSfr 


U 


In  important  degree  the  booklet  is  a 
running  story  of  the  evolution  of  the 
lighting  industry  in  California  since  a 
few  oil  lamps  were  erected  in  San  Fran- 
cisco in  October,  1S50. 

T      T      T 

ONLY  very  recently  did  we  learn  a 
new  phase  in  the  code  of  a  waiter; 
a  principle,  which,  because  of  its  hauteur 
alone,  raises  him  high  above  other 
menials. 

It  seems  that  a  little  theater,  flirting 
with  the  Bohemian,  had  planned  to 
stimulate  its  attendance  on  Monday  and 
Tuesday  evenings  So  the  producer  went 


to  the  manager  of  an  adjoining  restau- 
rant and  planned  that  on  these  two 
evenings,  one  ticket  might  be  sold.  And 
this  would  admit  the  purchaser  to  a  din- 
ner and  to  the  theater. 

The  plan  succeeded  immediately. 
Hundreds  of  persons  mobbed  the  restau- 
rant on  these  evenings  and  the  theater 
was  sold  out.  Both  managers  were  de- 
lighted. This  continued  for  about  three 
months. 

One  day  the  manager  of  the  restaurant 
stole  furtively  into  the  theater  and  told 
his  friend  that  the  arrangement  must 
terminate.  He  admitted  the  improved 
business  hut  said  that  he  was  unable  to 
retain  any  waiters.  They  all  complained 
of  over  work.  Said  that  they  never  toiled 
in  a  restaurant  which  was  more  than 
half  filled  And  that  their  job  was  an  art 
and  could  not  be  produced  in  mass 
fashion . 


Oh,  Tom,  Yourc  So  Brave  ! 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


■l/Vvv^'V 


"For  Heaven  s  Sake  Look.  Important.  This  is  the 
Social  Event  of  the  Season'' 


A  1929  flapper  returned  from  col- 
lege. She  was  a  carefree  irrepres- 
sible soul.  Buc  at  home  she  encountered 
an  aunt  not  quite  so  thoroughly  modern- 
ized. And  as  this  important  relation  held 
the  pen  to  the  Xmas  gifts,  our  young 
friend  acquiesced  to  all  her  demands. 

Thinking  that  the  flapper  needed  some 
mental  stimulus,  the  aunt  took  her  to 
see  the  Japanese  Players  "You  see,  my 
dear,  how  refined — how  old  world — 
how  like  our  Victorians — these  Orien- 
tals are  They  are  reserved — completely 
untouched  by  modern  habits." 

The  dowager  continued  to  comment 
on  the  fragility  of  the  leading  lady  and 
her  delicacy  The  flapper  wilted  under 
the  barrage  At  the  end  of  the  perform- 
ance, still  bent  upon  educating  the 
truant,  the  aunt  led  her  backstage 

Horror  spread  on  her  face  as  she 
glimpsed  four  excited  Nipponese  lustily 
cheering  a  poker  game  of  the  stage 
hands  And  doubt  per\-aded  her  spirit  as 
she  saw  the  fragile  leading  lady  passing  a 
pack  of  Chesterfields  nonchalently  to  the 
other  ladies  of  the  cast 


^ 


WE  HAVE  a  distinguished  friend 
who  has  a  habit  of  pinning  all 
the  Christmas  cards  he  receives  on  the 
walls  ot  his  library  and  letting  them 
remain  there  over  the  New  Year  We 
always  go  every  Yulctide  to  see  them 
This  year  we  were  struck  by  the  number 
of  original  cards  exhibited.  One  of  the 
best  comes  from  the  Sanborn  Youngs. 
Mrs.  Sanborn  Young  is  Ruth  Comfort 


Mitchell,  in  Lucy  Stone  parlance,  which 
accounts  for  the  originality  of  the  lines 
which  give  point  to  the  picture  of  the 
lord  and  lady  of  the  manse  on  horseback 
followed   by   an   innumerable   troop  of 
canine  friends.  It  reads  as  follows: 
Christmas  comes  but  once  a  year; 
Pups  more  frequently  appear, 
Hence  a  much  augmented  crezu 
Sends  respectful  hail  to  you — 
Heart  and  hoof  and  tongue  and  tail — 
Qrectings  from  the  skyline  trail. 
And  here  are  the  Joe  Thompsons  group 
about  a  Christmas  tree  declaring  in  cold 
type  that 

It's  enough  to  say  on  Christmas  Day 
There  are  lots  of  "calls"  we  should 

like  to  "pay," 
There  are  lots  of  friends  u>e  shoidd 

like  to  see 
Qathered  around  our  Christmas  tree. 
But  2vith  one  exception — or  possibly 

tivo — 
The  one  ive'd  like  the  most  is  you. 
From  "La  Casa  Alberta"  comes  the  fol- 
lowing: 

I{ed  berries  are  our  holly. 
Here  where  Christmas  skies  arc  smil- 
ing, 
And  Santa  Claus,  surprised  yet  jolly, 
Rssts  himself  on  our  Spanish  tiling; 
But  from  the  border  to  the  Isthmus. — 
Whether     ive    freeze,     whether     we 

smother, — 
U'cst  becomes  cast  at  Merry  Christ- 
mas 
And  hearts  unite  that  love  each  other. 
Junius  Cravens  shocks  the  con\cntional 
with  a  black  madonna  and  Child  receiv- 
ing the  homage  of  three  equally  black 
wise    men    in    the    guise   ol    saxaphone 
players    And  the  Partridges      Roi,  Imo- 
gen, Gryrtd,  Rondal  and  Padraic — wish 
you  a  Merry  Christmas  in   lemon  and 
silver,    "even    if    lather    is    by    nature 
gloomy."  This  is  a  departure  from  the 


etching  which  "gloomy  father"  usually 
scratches  off  for  the  family  friends  at 
Yuletide. 

The  Sam  Humes  have  a  classic  map 
of  Berkeley  with  greetings  and  other 
whatnot  in  appro\'ed  Latin — very  chaste 
and  academic,  while  Lucien  Lebaudt  is 
as  futuristic  as  one  can  be  with  such  old 
material  as  a  Christmas  Wish  involves 
using  Monsieur  and  Madame  Andre 
Fcrrier  add  a  Parisian  note  with  a  stun- 
ning odalisque  standing  erect  to  wish 
you  "Joyeux  Noel  and  Heureuse  An- 
nee." 

The  John  McNears  contribute  a  stun- 
ning etching  by  Blanding  Sloan  ot  a 
cathedral  window  in  their  Russian 
River  home;  Alfred  and  Nance  O'Neil 
Hickman  send  greetings,  as  does  Cissic 
Loftus  from  New  York  and  the  Cam- 
eron Prud'hommes  from  Hollywood. 
Altogether  it  is  a  stunning  array.  Some 
four  hundred  cards,  pinned  up  for  holi- 
day reference.   Try  the  plan  next   year 

yourself! 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

WE  HEARD  of  a  little  boy  the  other 
day  who  had  won  a  prize.  No, 
we  are  not  speaking  of  Malcolm  Al- 
mack,  the  boy  who  assisted  Mr.  Hoover 
in  putting  Palo  Alto  on  the  map,  by 
winning  that  prohibition  prize  essay 
contest.  This  was  a  very  much  littler 
boy  who  received  a  prize  for  regular  at- 
tendance at  Sunday  school.  Can  you 
imagine  what  it  was?  It  was  an  enlarged 
photograph  of  the  pastor!  .  .  .  We  can 


imagine  nothing  sweeter,  nothing  that  a 
typical  small  boy  would  be  so  thrilled  at 
owning  But  is  a  young  male  who 
attends  Sunday  School  regularly  a  typi- 
cal small  boy^  That's  the  disconcerting 
part  of  it.  Perhaps  he  isn't  typical — per- 
haps he  would  have  rather  had  a  foot- 
ball or  a  scooter.  Next  year  the  church 
in  question  will  probably  give  another 
prize  II  the  same  little  boy  wins  they 
will  be  put  to  it  to  think  up  anything  as 
overwhelming  as  this  \ear's  gift.  We 
have  a  suggestion  Present  the  faithful 
youth  with  a  hand-illumined  copy  of 
Malcolm  Almack's  plan  to  dry  up  these 
United  States,  a  gesture  from  one  typical 
American  boy  to  another  We  purposely 
retrain  from  mentioning  the  name  of 
the  religious  organization  responsible 
for  such  altruistic  gestures  toward  the 
young.  Wc  don't  v\'ant  to  embarrass  the 
congregation  with  the  near-riots  that 
would  occur  it  all  the  children  of  San 
Francisco  tried  to  crowd  into  the  sabbath 
school  rooms. 


JANUARY,  1929 


13 


Goodnight  Ladies 

In  Which  Life  is  Served  by  a  Forgotten  Faucet 


OF  THE  four  passengers  on  the  last 
train  to  the  Oakland  ferry,  three 
were  asleep,  huddled  down  into 
the  seats,  leaning  against  the  windows, 
their  heads  humping  on  the  glass.  The 
fourth  passenger,  a  pale  young  man  with 
hollow  eyes,  sat  forward  in  his  seat  lean- 
ing his  elbows  on  his  knees  His  eyes 
were  dull,  like  those  of  a  person  who  is 
enduring  acute  physical  agony.  His  lips 
were  pale  and  hung  loosely  apart.  His 
hands  flopped  to  and  fro  with  the 
motion  of  the  train  His  yellow  hair  was 
immaculately  combed  and  lay  in  flat 
waves  neatly,  as  if  he  had  dressed  with 
care  and  precision  only  a  tew  moments 
before.  His  whole  appearance  was  one  ot 
neatness. 

The  train  slowed  down,  started  up, 
slowed  down  and  stopped.  The  conduc- 
tor, walking  through  the  car  and  pulling 
on  his  overcoat,  stopped  to  poke  each  ot 
the  sleepers  as  he  passed  them.  The  hat- 
less  young  man  did  not  move.  The  con- 
ductor leaned  around  and  looked  at  him. 
"Ferry,"  he  said.  The  young  man  started 
drew  back  and  looked  blankly  at  the 
conductor. 

"Ferry,"  he  repeated  again,  buttoning 
his  overcoat  up  under  his  chin.  It  was  a 
wild  rainy  night. 

The  young  man  shrugged  his  shoul- 
ders and  stood  looking  with  some  agita- 
tion at  the  other  passengers,  who  were 
rising  slowly  from  their  seats.  They 
shambled  toward  the  doors  and  swung 
down  the  steps  sleepily.  Still  the  young 
man  stood  there.  The  conductor  looked 
at  him  curiously.  He  seemed  so  particu- 
larly to  be  asking  for  something.  "Miss 
your  boat,"  the  conductor  observed 
briefly,  winding  a  long  knitted  scart 
around  his  neck. 

"Eh?  Yes,  yes  .  .  ."  the  young  man 
said  and  hurried  toward  the  door.  At  the 
steps  he  paused  and  looked  hack  at  the 
conductor.  "Goodbye,"  and  swung  otf 
the  train.  When  the  conductor  looked 
out  the  window  he  saw  him  rushing 
feverishly  onto  the  boat,  zig-zagging 
hurriedly,  as  if  he  were  pushing  through 
a  huge  crowd,  although  there  was  no 
one  else  in  sight. 


THE  boat  was  dark  and  deserted,  and 
even  as  she  lay  in  the  slip  rolled 
heavily,  bumping  against  the  piles, 
creaking  and  moaning  The  rain  beat 
down  dismally.  The  open  lower  deck 
was  swimming  with  rain.  The  young 
man  stopped  for  a  moment  hesitating, 
looking  up  at  the  dark  wet  piles,  which 


By  ELIZABETH  MYATT 

seemed  to  be  lurching  and  swaying  high 
up  on  either  side. 

He  shrugged  his  shoulders  and  started 
up  the  stairs.  There  was  a  clanking,  a 
few  shouts,  some  laughter.  Deckhands 
moved  in  the  rainy  dark.  The  gang- 
planks were  raised,  the  deep  throaty 
whistle  blew  one  short  gasp.  The  sway- 
ing piles  seemed  to  be  slipping  away. 
The  young  man  went  on  up  the  stairs, 
and  at  the  top  he  stopped  again,  looking 
into  the  brightly  lighted  little  cabin 
tabled  with  a  blue  and  white  porcelain 
sign  ' '  Restaurant . ' '  Inside,  two  waitresses 
in  stiff  blue  dresses  and  white  aprons  sat 
with  their  arms  folded  in  front  ot  them 
on  the  table,  leaning  forward  and  talk- 
ing eagerly.  The  coffee  urn  steamed 
merrily.  They  put  their  heads  together 
and  began  laughing. 

The  young  man  remembered  that  he 
had  had  no  dinner.  No,  and  had  he  had 
any  lunch?  He  tried  to  remember,  but 
things  were  becoming  indistinct,   as  if 
he  had  already  been  dead  a  long  time. 
He  tried  to  remember  all  that  had  hap- 
pened that  day,  but  he  could  not.  For  a 
long  time  there  had  been  some  grave, 
some    deep    oppression    that    had    been 
gradually   killing  him.   Now  he  could 
not  even  remember  what  his  torture  had 
been.  That  day,  he  had  suddenly  found 
himself  filled  with  an  enormous  relief. 
Now  he  could  not  think  of  anything.  It 
was  all  past,  all  gone;  no  oppression,  no 
pain,  no  distress,  nothing.  He  tried  to 
remember,  but  all  he  could  think  of  was 
that  he  had  stood  a  long  time  before  the 
mirror  in  his  bathroom  and  had  combed 
his  hair,  combed  his  hair,  combed  his 
hair  for  a  long  time.  No,  he  had  not 
eaten  any  dinner.  He  did  not  believe  that 
he  had  eaten  any  lunch   He  half  thought 
that    he   had    been   wandering   up   and 
down   the  streets,    looking   at   people's 
faces  .  .  .  once  .  .  .  but  he  couldn't  make 
up  his  mind,  so  he  pushed  open  the  door 
and  went  into  the  lunch  room. 

▼       ▼       T 

THE  waitresses  looked  up  with  invi- 
tational smiles.  He  dropped  into  the 
nearest  chair  without  looking  at  them. 
After  a  long  time  he  saw  that  one  of 
them  was  standing  beside  him.  "What' 11 
you  have'"  she  kept  saying.  It  rolled 
around  and  around  in  his  brain  like  a 
bright-colored  top.  He  shrugged  his 
shoulders  again.  It  seemed  to  be  all  he 
could  think  of  by  way  of  reply.  "Some- 
thing hot — anything,"  he  tinally  said. 
The  boat  was  well  out  of  the  slip  by 
now  and  had  begun  to  lurch  from  side  to 
side.  The  rain  beat  across  the  deck  over- 
head. He  tried  to  look  through  the  win- 


dow.  He  could  see  the  red  and  green 
lights  of  the  slip  wavering  crazily  in  the 
distance.   He  seemed  to  wake  up  sud- 
denly, and  said  in  a  firm,  business-like 
tone,    "Something    hot,    quickly."    He 
took  out  his  watch  and  looked  at  it 
"Not    more    than    five    minutes."    He 
slipped  his  watch  back  into  his  pocket. 
He    sat    watching    the    waitress    dully. 
After  a  while  he  put  his  fingers  in  his 
pocket,  drew  out  his  watch  and  began  to 
wind  it  absently.  The  waitress  set  a  cup 
of  coffee  and  a  steaming  sandwich  in 
front  of  him.  He  stopped  winding  his 
watch  and  laid  it  on  the  table.  He  began 
to  drink  his  coffee,  but  holding  the  cup 
to  his  lips  he  laughed,  and  set  it  down 
again.  The  waitress  laid  his  check  beside 
his  plate.   He  gestured  elaborately  and 
looked  at  them  with  amusement.  They 
were  sitting  at  their  table  again,  talking 
eagerly.  They  did  not  even  look  in  his 
direction.   He  took   out  his  purse   and 
emptied  it  on  the  table.  A  quarter  and 
two  dimes  rolled  out.  Again  he  laughed, 
and  threw  the  purse  down.   The  boat 
dipped  wildly  starboard.   A  pitcher  slid 
along  a  shelf  and  dropped  onto  the  floor, 
where    it    rolled    back    and    forth.    He 
looked   at   his  watch     More   than   five 
minutes  had  passed,  nearly  ten.  Outside 
he  could  see  dimly,  very  dimly,  the  pale 
lights  of  the  island.   Reaching  out  his 
hands  to  keep  his  balance,  he  started  out 
the  door. 

The  two  waitresses  looked  up  and  sat 
watching  him.  "Hey,"  cried  one  sud- 
denly. She  started  after  him  with  some- 
thing in  her  hand.  "Hey!"  He  looked 
back  at  her  over  his  shoulder  as  he 
walked  out  into  the  rain  on  the  after 
deck.  The  wind  blew  heavily  around  his 
ears.  He  could  not  hear  what  she  was 
saying.  Now  there  was  nothing  for  it, 
he  had  reached  the  rail  and  stood  looking 
over  into  the  black  water  below  him. 
There  were  indistinct  gleams  as  the  roll- 
ing surface  caught  now  and  again  a  re- 
flection from  the  cabin  windows  The 
waitress  came  as  far  as  the  deck  was 
sheltered  and  stopped  just  at  the  edge. 
The  wind  blew  great  sweeps  of  rain 
over  her  and  drenched  her.  The  young 
man  looked  at  her.  His  face  gleamed  out 
strangely  white  in  the  dark. 

She  screamed  and  ran  back,  down  the 
companionway,  shouting  for  the  deck- 
hands. The  young  man  put  one  leg  over 
the  rail  and  sat  for  a  moment,  while  the 
boat  rolled  and  rolled,  and  the  wind 
v.'hipped  him  and  lashed  him  with  down- 
pourings  of  stinging  rain.  He  looked 
down  into  the  water.  He  lifted  one  hand 

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14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  NeO'Carmelites 

Has  Their  Young  Intelligentsia  Gone  from  Mysticism  to  Radicalism 

By  KATHERINE  PARROTT  GORRINGE 


A  CURVE  of  ■white  sand  beside  a 
blue  sea;  a  piney  hillside  above; 
.  a  valley  winding  far  between 
steep  hills  that  glow  at  sunset — Father 
Serra  deemed  it  a  suitable  spot  wherein 
to  impose  an  alien  culture  upon  the  re- 
luctant Indians.  But  could  the  good 
father,  wandering  and  pondering  through 
the  pine-lorest,  have  inadvertently  sown 
there  the  seeds  of  that  "superiority  com- 
plex" which,  like  the  proverbial  tares 
amid  the  wheat,  have  ever  since  choked 
the  fair  life  of  Carmel? 

Perhaps  I  see  them  through  rose-col- 
ored spectacles  of  distance,  but  certainly 
the  old  Carmelites  seem  to  have  suffered 
least  from  the  toxin  of  this  deadly  weed. 
Squatting  before  their  easels  on  the  sand, 
they  painted  the  sea  blue,  the  rocks  grey, 
the  pines  a  dark  green :  or  in  the  little 
shacks  they  called  their  studios,  they 
wrote  as  simply,  as  intelligibly,  about 
things  they  had  seen  or  done  or  imag- 
ined. And  when  the  day's  job  of  painting 
or  writing  was  over  they  threw  them- 
selves joyously  into  that  good  life  that 
Carmel,  the  place,  offered.  As  artists 
none  of  them  were  first-raters,  few  were 
second-raters;  but  they  did  their  job  as 
best  they  could ;  and  as  men  and  women 
they  were  genial,  kindly,  simple  and 
happy. 

The  Carmelite  of  today  paints  neither 
the  sea,  the  dunes  nor  the  rocks,  but  in 
the  seclusion  of  his  studio  he  combines 
geometric  designs,  describes  curves  and 
symbolic  lines  leading  no-whither,  or  on 
a  one-dimension  background  paints  in 
"pure"  color  unanatomical  studies  of 
man  and  beast.  Similarly  with  his  pen 
he  perpetuates  wild  cries,  formless  ejacu- 
lations, undigested  (and  undigestible) 
scraps  of  philosophy — the  lamentations 
of  a  tortured  soul,  the  meditations  of  a 
superman!  When  he  has  penned  his  half- 
dozen  lines  or  tinted  his  inch  or  two  of 
canvass  (for  he  will  not  force  the  utter- 
ance of  a  free  soul)  he  wanders  forth, 
indeed,  but  not  into  the  forest  or  beside 
the  sea.  No!  in  other  studios,  with  kin- 
dred souls,  he  communes  at  length,  in  an 
English  distorted,  particularized,  well- 
nigh  incomprehensible  to  the  uninitiate, 
on  the  "chemistry  of  sound,  '  the  "color- 
value  ol  music,  '  the  "Absolute  Dance," 
"Ultimate  Harmonies,"  but  chiclly,  of 
course,  on  MY  REACTIONS. 

T      ▼       ▼ 

THE  Neo-Carmelite  stands  insecurely 
upon  one  or  two  syllogisms  of  du- 
bious logic.  '.'We  live  in  a  beautiful  spot, 
therefore  wc  ourselves  are  beautiful, 
therefore  wc  think  only  beautiful 
thoughts,     live    only     beautiful     lives. 


Q  E.D."  Yet  one  is  surprised  by  a  slight 
acquaintance  and  an  almost  contemp- 
tuous superiority  toward  the  beauty  that 
is  Carmel's.  Not  on  the  forest  trails,  not 
on  the  beach  at  sunset  will  you  meet  the 
"Young  Intelligentsia"  of  Carmel — such 
obvious  enjoyment  of  the  beautiful  is 
left  to  the  vulgar  visitor.  And  with  those 

Relathiti/ 

By  Ralph  Ifeslerman 

JIi/  find  kiss  and  nu/  last  —they  are  the 

saniej. 
My  greeting  is  a  fareu'e/l  uniielayed 
For  ev-ery  u'hispereii  promise  l\'e  begun 

The  I'ow   uvj.r  broken   ere  the  i'f>u'   was 

niadcji; 
Oh,  chide  me  not  for  heing  thus:  Jly 

heart 
Cannot  distinguish  u'hat  t,f  latth  from 

JacL.'. 
Jly  eyes  mistake  completeness  for  the 

part, 
Jly  ears  con/use  the  dreaming  icith  the 

act^; 
Turn  not  away;  Tomorrow's  mood  may 

bej 
Jlore  valiant  and  more  lasting.  Let  us 

waiL^ 
At  least  your  lips  inspire  one  certainty  — 
.  Uy  loi'e  is  rooted  in  a  Jertile  hatej; 
But  then  ij  this  is  true ,  why  do  I  stay? 
I  nci'er  came  ..  .  I  cannot  go  away! 

remoter  spots,  unreachable  by  auto  but 
dear  to  the  Wanderlust  of  the  old  Car- 
melite— the  canyons  of  San  Jose  and 
Mai  Passo,  the  bare  hill-tops  above 
Point  Lobos — they  have  not  even  a 
passing  acquaintance.  Nor  has  their 
intense  preoccupation  with  the  findings 
of  science  stimulated  them  to  any  exact 
study  of  their  surroundings.  An  ability 
to  name  half-a-dozen  flowers,  to  dis- 
tinguish a  gull  from  a  pelican  probably 
completes  their  course  in  nature-lore 
For  the  importance  of  the  above-quoted 
syllogism  lies  in  its  conclusion.  And 
they  have  demonstrated  that  it  is  as  pos- 
sible to  think  beautifully  while  lying 
sunbathed  beneath  a  bush  in  one's  own 
backyard  as  when  tiring  unaccustomed 
muscles  in  a  fatiguing  hike.  The  real 
significance  of  nature  lies  in  one's  own 
rc-actions  Why  not  re-act  in  compara- 
tive comfort'  And  certainly  one  is  more 
completely  the  superman,  more  con\'inc- 
ingly  the  ruler  ol  the  \allc)s,  the  con- 


queror of  the  mountains  when  one  con- 
templates them  from  afar  than  when 
one  wrestles  physically  with  steep  grades 

and  brush-grown  trails! 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

I  AM,  therefore  I  am  remarkable,  is 
another  favorite  syllogism  of  the 
Neo-Carmelites.  Their  intense  preoccu- 
pation with  their  own  souls  has  produced 
in  them  a  sort  of  myopic  phantasm  in 
which  anything  that  issues  from  their 
brain  becomes  for  that  very  reason  sig- 
nificant. One  hears  "My  awareness  has 
been  so  wonderfully  acute  this  week." 
But  this  "awareness"  ignores  historical 
structure,  supersedes  accurate  study,  is 
scornful  of  painstaking  analysis.  It  con- 
stitutes a  sort  of  primitive  mysticism, 
wherein  one  sits  tossing  up  one's  soul 
like  a  brightly-tinted  ball  before  one's 
eyes,  childishly  delighted  with  the  flash 
of  color,  the  movement,  the  little  play 
of  skill.  And  if  one  wearies  of  the  pretty 
game,  there  is  always  a  renewing  stimu- 
lus to  be  found  in  those  studio-lectures, 
before  the  intimate  few,  that  like  an 
electric  fan  keep  constantly  stirring  to 
new  motion  the  stale  air  of  confined 
places. 

Word  goes  round  among  the  initiate 
that  THE  MASTER  is 'coming!  At 
first,  to  be  sure,  only  the  more  elect  may 
have  knowledge  of  those  precepts  which 
are  to  be  imparted.  But  a  few  discreet 
questions,  a  few  absolute  answers  and 
the  whole  inner  circle  breathes  the  aroma 
of  reverent  contemplation  of  the 
TRUTH  which  is  now  to  be  re\'ealed  to 
men.  I  admit  to  having  survived  a 
single  one  of  these  seances.  A  darkened 
studio,  filled  entirely  with  women — no ! 
there  were  two  of  the  more  negligible 
sex,  I  recollect — a  young  aesthete,  hea\'y- 
eyed,  hollow-chested,  lounging  against 
the  piano,  in  the  glow  of  a  softly-shaded 
lamp.  No  applause,  of  course;  but  at 
vital  moments  a  long-breathed  oh!  like 
the  passing  sigh  of  a  stirred  soul,  softly 
resounding  through  those  significant 
pauses  whose  value  the  speaker  so  well 
understood.  One  nice  old  lady  near  me, 
went  to  sleep  and  softly  snored — but 
awoke  in  the  very  nick  of  time  to  change 
her  snore  into  that  softly  sibilant  oh! 
.-^nd  1  do  hope  the  soulful  daughter  who 
brought  her  didn't  catch  her  out! 

"But  didn't  you  understand"  I  said 
indignantly  to  one  of  my  younger  friends 
"that  his  whole  talk  was  based  on  his- 
torical inaccuracy,  on  a  confusion  of 
periods  and  of  terms,  a  jumbling  to- 
gether of  e\'crything  he  could  twist  or 
pervert  into  an  apparent  confirmation  ol 

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JANUARY,   1929 


15 


EAST  WEST  GALLERY 


Tliej>  Cranej) 

A  striking  lithographic  drawing  by  Ike  Russian  artist  Lozowick  who  expresses  his  feeling  jor  modern 
mechanisms  in  forcejul  black  and  white  patterns  oj  i'l^'id  design 
and  impressive  contrasts 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Bay  Region  Miscellany 

Wherein  We  Continue  With  the  Episodes  in  the  Lives  of  the  Inconsequential 


ANDY  TINKELPAW 

I    was    the    Bav    Region's    "Whistling 

Rufus" 
No  gathering  was  quite  complete 
If  I  was  not  there  with  my  ukelele 
1  strummed  my  way  into  many  a  home 
And  gladdened  the  hearts  of  all  who 

knew  me. 
Beethoven  was  vital 
And  Nero  was  fiendish 
They  did  well  enough  in  the  ancient  days 
But  they  never  could  ha\-e  held  my  audi- 
ence. 
Vo  do  do  do  de  o  do 
I  sang  while  the  fire  house  burned. 
Why,  even  Peter  Shannon, 
Who  was  the  great  grandson  of  Franz 

Lizst, 
Had  no  greater  ambition 
Than  to  play  and  sing  as  I  did. 
Oh,  take  that  silly  monument 
With  the  figure  of  a  kneeling  saint 
From  off  my  grave  and  crown  me 
With  a  saxaphone  and  a  ukelele. 

ELLA  BARNES 

My  sisters  said  that  I  got  religion 

And  went  to  church 

For  the  reason  that  I  was  crosseyed 

And  had  no  other  place  to  go. 

I    went   to   church   to    look    at   Johnny 

Williams 
Who  sat  up  straight  and  proud  in  his 

mother's  pew. 
Oh,  1  was  safe,  tor  no  one  could  be  cer- 
tain 
That  I  did  not  worship  the  plaster  saint 
That  1  seemed  to  see; 
Or  the  stained  glass  window  that  some- 
times served 
My  uncertain  glance. 
It  is  said  there  are  compensations  for 

anything 
Had  my  eyes  been  straight  the  world 

would  have  known 
That  I  worshiped  Johnny,  and  laughed 

at  me. 
1  writhed  in  secret  with  my  passion — 
Indulged  in  weird,  fantastic  rites — 
Invoked  the  aid  of  conjurers 
My  prayers  were  answered — 
He  married  me  and  1  learned  to  hate  him 
And  that's  my  tale,  Bay  Region. 

JIM  WATSON 

An  honest  liquor  merchant  had  no  place 
After    the    passage    of    the    Eighteenth 

Amendment. 
1    failed   in   different   lines,   then    forced 

myself 
To  start  a  roadhouse  in  defiance  of  the 

law. 


By  CONSTANCE  FERRIS 

The  said  Amendment  seemed  a  viola- 
tion 
Of  the  Constitution's  preamble. 
For  the  most  uni\'ersal  "pursuit  of  hap- 
piness" ' 
1  believe  is  the  consumption  ot  liquor 
When  the  prohibition  agents  raided  my 

place 
They  found  my  aging  stock  and  confis- 
cated 
Full  many  thousand  dollars'   worth  of 

goods. 
Thereafter  I  kept  but  a  small  supply 
And  if  the  quality  was  poor  1  could  not 

help  it. 
When  Pete  Hanson  lost  his  sight  from 

drinking  moonshine 
Was  I  to  blame  or  was  it  the  agents 
Who  destroyed  my  aging  stock' 

LAURA  EDMONDS 

Have  you  ever  looked  upon  the  shining 
face  of  duty' 

It  is  an  inspiring  sight,  but  do  not  be  de- 
ceived. 

There  is  the  duty  to  one's  home,  one's 
house,  one's  children. 

You'll  all  concede  that  these  are  obvious. 

There  is  the  duty  to  one's  body  and  one's 
mind — 

1  kept  my  body  clean,  my  mind  alert. 

But  there  are  more  and  subtler  sides  to 
duty 

Which  sometimes  are  forgotten  in  the 
rush  of  life. 

There  is  a  duty  to  the  memory  ol  certain 
glamorous  ladies. 

Who  swayed  the  fates  of  empires  by  the 
strength  of  their  allure 

I  slink  about  these  vast  and  untried  re- 
gions 

Fearing  lest  1  be  discovered  by  the  shades 

Of  Cleopatra,  Lady  Hamilton  or  Helen, 

Who  would  chide  me  for  my  woolen 
underwear 


HILDRCTH  MICKC 


DR   McMORROW 
"The  evil  that  men  do  lives  after  them" 
How  true  it  is ! 

The  acid  of  time  and  ot  tongues 
Eats  on  relentlessly. 
As  if  the  forces  vied  to  see 
Which  first  should  be  destroyed  by  them 
My  monument  or  my  memory. 
I  harmed  no  one  but  myself 
Unless  it  be  the  sweet  companions 
Of  my  occasional  transgressions. 
But  even  here  I  cannot  rest. 
The  man  who  ministered  to  the  sick 
Often  refusing  any  pay 
From  those  who  could  not  well  afford  it. 
Was  just  as  much  I  as  the  other  man 
Who  found  release  from  ragged  nerves 
And  the  fretting  demands  of  civilization 
In  too  much  whiskey 
And  the  sympathy  and  stimulation 
Of  those  who  never  failed  me. 
But  mistakes  live  on 
And  the  good  is  forgotten. 
Can't  you  see.  Bay  Region 
It's  the  merest  chance' 
If  Lachesis  had  turned  her  head 
Or  if  Atropos  had  snipped  the  thread 
That  ran  too  bright  for  your  patterns, 
I  might  have  been  born  with  the  soul  of 

a  monk, 
Instead  of  a  man  with  too  much  ardor 
To  live  circumspectly  among  you. 

RANSOM  GARWIN 

At  thirty-odd  I  felt  it  time  to  settle  down 
And   found   a  home   to   procreate    my 

progeny. 
1  chose  a  wife — 

A  wholesome  wench  with  sturdy  under- 
pinning. 
Eugenically  fit  she  seemed,  yet  proved 
As  unproductive  as  a  poet's  dream. 
She  kept  my  home  and  uttered  no  com- 
plaints. 
But  in  the  course  of  time  she  grew  resent- 
ful- 
I  sometimes  fancied   that  she   thought 

the  fault  was  mine. 
Then  later  on  i  met  the  other  woman — 
A  somber,   brooding  type  who  looked 

on  me 
With  heavy-lidded,  passion-laden  eyes 
That  saw  in  me  the  things  i  longed  to  be 
To  gratify  my  ptide  I  broke  her  heart 
A  wanton  gesture,  uhat  did  it  a\  a;l  me 
Since  mine  must  be  a  silent  \indication? 
I   learned  too  lace  that  there  arc  other 

\alucs 
Than  pride  of  familv  and  economics 
I  drank  myself  to  death  and  here  I  am 
Shades  of  the  Brownings  preserve  me 
From  a  marriage  of  con\'enience  in  the 
life  to  come. 


JANUARY,   1929 


17 


NanceJ  O'Nell 

San  Francisco's  own  high  priestess  of  the  dramatic  art  who  is  piayinff  in  "Tlie  Silver  Cord"  at  the  Geary 

Theater.  This  is  her  first  appearance  here  on  the  strictly  legitimate  stage  in  several  years 

and  she  is  given  ample  opportunity  in  this  Sidney  Howard  play  to 

demonstrate  her  many  gijts. 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN    1 


Wh 


erein 


th( 


Spotlight 

Caliph  Reviews  Some  Dramatic  Offerings 


A  MONTH  ago  we  had  the  frame- 
/-A  work  huilt  and  the  stage  all  set 
Ji  V.  for  this  particular  spotlight 
reminiscence.  We  had  tully  determined 
to  compare  George  Arliss  and  his 
"Merchant  of  Venice"  company  with 
the  Stratford-upon-Avon  players.  It  was 
a  noble  resolve  that  frittered  itself  away 
on  a  typical  San  Francisco  failing — pro- 
crastination. Imagine  our  embarrass- 
ment when  we  were  told  gently  but 
firmly  by  the  George  Arliss  management 
on  the  last  Friday  night  of  what  seems 
to  have  had  all  the  earmarks  ot  a  mem- 
orable engagement,  that  there  was  not  a 
single  seat  for  that  or  any  remaining  per- 
formance. We  hung  around  the  box- 
office  with  a  score  of  other  improvident 
souls  hoping  fervently  that  disaster 
would  overtake  somebody  who  had 
reserved  tickets.  But  in  spite  of  its  being 
Friday,  nothing  untoward  occurred  to 
mar  the  complacency  of  those  revolting 
people  who  always  have  their  tickets 
bought  and  fully  paid  for.  And  we  knew 
what  it  was  to  feel  like  an  untrimmed 
lamp  —  if  not  precisely  a  foolish  virgin. 
We  decided  that  we  had  to  go  some- 
where so  we  elected  to  take  a  chance  on 
the  Orpheum.  But  our  humor  was  so 
savage  that  it  took  the  combined  efforts 
of  William  Demarest  and  the  California 
Collegians  to  restore  a  belief  in  Santa 
Claus. 

We  were  determined  not  to  be  shut 
out  of  the  Stratford-upon-Avon  per- 
formances, with  the  result  that  we  were 
promptly  on  hand  for  the  opening  bill  ot 
"The  Taming  ot  the  Shrew"  and  the 
second  night,  with  "Hamlet"  treading 
the  boards  Even  here  we  came  perilously 
near  to  failure,  for  the  first  part  of 
"Hamlet"  was  seen,  perforce,  from  the 
irritating  angle  ot  an  upper  box- -there 
being  not  another  available  seat  in  the 
entire  house,  and  we  realised  then  and 
there  that  neither  Tolstoy  nor  Upton 
Sinclair,  nor  even  George  Bernard  Shaw 
could  kill  of}  Shakespeare.  We  may  be 
wrong  about  Tolstoy  We  mean,  maybe 
he  never  tried  to  kill  off  Shakespeare 
But  we  remember  reading  one  of  his 
essays  in  which  he  tried  to  kill  olT  every 
artistic  effort  the  world  had  attempted 
so  we  feel  sure  that  if  he  didn't  accuse 
Shakespeare  of  writing  tripe  it  was  only 
because,  in  the  rush  ot  trying  to  save  his 
tiresome  old  soul,  he  overlooked  that 
gentleman.  Even  bad  playing  cannot 
kill  Shakespeare,  although  you  are  not 
to  infer  from  that  that  either  "The 
Taming  of  the  Shrew"  or  "Hamlet" 
were  badly  played.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
they  were  so  well  played  that  you  didn't 


By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

stop   to   care   or   wonder  whether  they 
could  be  played  better. 

▼      ▼      T 

OF  COURSE,  the  reason  for  this  state  of 
mind  is  not  far  to  seek;  the  Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon players  are  actors.  Ac- 
tors, let  us  repeat,  not  individuals  who 
have  risen  to  a  proud  position  of  star- 
dom by  virtue  of  nimble  foot-work  in  a 
college  extravaganza,  or  a  perfect  marcel 
wave  in  a  blonde  head  covering,  or  a  fas- 
cinating baby  stare  in  their  blue  eyes. 
Some  attention,  of  course,  has  to  be 
paid  to  type.  One  could  not  imagine  a 
thin,  nervous,  debilitated  FalstafF — nor 
a  fat  Hamlet.  But,  ruling  out  such 
extremes  as  these,  there  is  not  an  actor  or 
actress  in  the  Stratford-upon-Avon  group 
who  could  not  take  any  part  assigned 
him  and  play  it  well.  And,  what  is  more, 
chey  do  take  any  part  assigned  them,  as 
was  amply  demonstrated  by  no  less  a 
person  than  George  Hayes,  the  Hamlet 
of  the  second  production.  We  recog- 
nized him  as  the  man  who  on  the  pre- 
vious evening  had  done  a  nice  little 
character  bit  as  a  masquerading  servant 
gone  foppish,  because  we  had  been 
warned  then  and  there  that  this  was  the 
gentleman  who  was  to  do  Hamlet  the 
next  night.  We  say  warned,  advisedly, 
for  the  lady  who  told  us,  having  been 
brought  up  on  Shubert  productions, 
thought  it  the  most  preposterous  affront 
that  ever  had  been  offered  an  American 
play-going  public.  "What  do  they  think 
we  are,  anyway?"  she  demanded.  We 
hope  she  went  to  see  Hamlet,  for  then 
she  learned  what  they  thought  we  were  . 
They  thought  we  were  a  public  that 
liked  intelligent  acting.  And,  judging 
from  our  applause,  we  feel  that  they 
were  not  far  wrong. 

We  were  not  prepared  or  warned, 
howcx'er,  about  Mr.  Wilfred  Walter 
who  played  the  King  in  Hamlet  Per- 
haps because  nobody  ever  thinks  that 
the  King  in  Hamlet  is  worth  warning 
anybody  about.  We  remember  him,  in 
such  productions  as  has  been  our  good 
fortune,  or  misfortune,  to  see,  as  a  four- 
and-twenty-blackbird  sort  of  king,  in 
faded  scarlet  and  soiled  ermine  with  a 
very  gold  crown  on  his  head.  C^n  Tues- 
day night  we  saw  him  as  a  magnihccntU' 
barbaric  gentleman  who  whetted  our 
appetite  lor  an  adequate  "Macbeth." 
We  mentioned  his  performance  to  Mr. 
Adams,  the  stage  director,  during  the 
only  intermission  that  this  production 
of  "Hamlet  "  affords.  We  said  inno- 
cently, "Who  is  the  man  who  plays  the 
King'"  We  had  arrived  too  late  to  con- 
sult the  program.  "Why,  he  who  played 


Fetruchio  last  night,"  was  Mr.  Adams'  ] 
reply.   At  which  we  broke  down   and 

cried  for  very  joy,  for,  if  the  truth  were  ' 

known,  we  are  a  little  tired  of  this  age  I 

of  specialization   which   denies  a   man  j 

more   than   one   outlet   for   his  talents.  ] 
And,  if  the  varied  performances  of  both 

Mr.  Hayes  and  Mr.  Walter  are  not  refu-  i 

ration  enough  that  this  matter  of  narrow  ! 
specialization  has  been  pushed  too  far, 

we  have  only  to  fall  back  upon  Shakes-  j 

peare  himself  as  proof  of  our  point.  He  ' 

could  and  did,  to   quote   old   Polonious  I 

himself,   write   "tragedy,   comedy,    his-  1 

tory,  pastoral,  pastoral-comical,  hisrori-  ' 
cal-pastoral,    tragic-historical,    tragical- 
comical-historical-pastoral  I" 

T       ▼       T 

C.\N  you  fancy  the  very  modern 
Eugene  O'Neil  indulging  in  any 
such  orgy  of  versatile  playwriting?  You 
cannot.  One  reason  being,  perhaps,  that, 
having  started  his  career  as  a  writer  of 
solemn  dirges  he  would  feel  it  beneath 
his  dignity  to  descend  to  vulgar  slap- 
stick. And  another  reason  doubtless 
being  that  he  could  find  neither  a  man- 
agement nor  a  public  that  would  take 
him  Kuseriously,  so  to  speak.  We  note 
that  Mr.  O'Neill  is  at  this  moment  re- 
covering somewhere  in  China  from  an 
attack  of  nerves.  We  have  a  remedy  to 
offer  Let  him  toss  his  neurotic  heroines 
and  introspective  heroes  into  the  waste- 
basket,  for  a  moment,  and  turn  his  atten- 
tion to  a  rough-and-tumble  barrel-stave 
wielding  farce-comedy  That  ought  to 
restore  his  personal  and  artistic  balance. 
But,  to  return  to  the  Stratford  players. 
We  have  mentioned  only  two  names 
because  they  proved  a  particular  point. 
If  we  were  to  mention  all,  for  they  all 
deser\'e  mention,  we  should  have  to 
insist  on  a  special  Stratford-upon-Avon 
edition  of  the  San  Franciscan  to  provide  i| 
the  proper  space.  Like  the  players  in 
Hamlet,  "tor  the  law  of  writ  and  liberty 
these  are  the  only  men  "  that  we  have 
seen  these  many  years.  And  what  is 
more  they  have  a  stage  director.  Need 

more  be  said? 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

A  PRODUCTION  earlier  in  the  month, 
so  earlv  that  it  nov\'  seems  part  of 
a  prehistoric  past,  also  boasted  a  real 
stage  director,  Mr.  Robert  Milton.  We 
went  to  see  "The  Marriage  Bed"  at  the 
Columbia  with  the  firm  conviction  that 
it  was  to  be  just  another  one  ot  those  Los 
Angeles  theatrical  hodge-podgcs,  which 
afflict  the  Coast  from  time  to  time, 
made  up  of  indiflerent  direction,  bad 
stage  sets  and  worse  acting.   We  were 

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JANUARY,  1929 


19 


EAST  WEST  GALLERY 


The  Boxing  Match 

Hermine  Dai'id,  l/ie  Parisian  etcher  and  illustrator,  ffifes  a  personal  i'ersion  oj  a  boxing  match    Jllle.  David 

is  known  less  as  the  wife  oJ  the  distinguished  European  painter,  Jules  Pascin,  than  as 

an  interpreter  oj  the  affectations  oj  contemporary  French  lije. 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Horses  and  Men 

California's  Bid  for  the  American  Polo  Center 


WITHIN  the  next  tew  weeks  we 
shall  see  the  dawn  of  another 
polo  season  which  promises 
to  be  a  particularly  brilliant  one  for  Cali- 
fornia as  many  ot  the  best  known  play- 
ers in  the  world  will  be  present,  repre- 
senting England,  Canada,  Australia  and 
the  Hawaiian  Islands 

It  is  only  a  matter  of  time  until  Cali- 
fornia rivals  the  world's  greatest  polo 
centers — Meadow  Brook  and  Hurling- 
hame.  California  has  everything  to  offer, 
an  ideal  climate,  crystal  air,  beautiful 
green  fields,  smooth  as  the  proverbial 
billiard  table,  unlimited  facilities  for 
handling  scores  of  players  and  their 
ponies.  The  lure  of  perfect  fields,  blue 
skies  and  almost  continuous  sunshine 
will  eventually  triumph  and  Calitornia 
will  come  into  her  own. 

This  season  should,  indeed,  be  a  mem- 
orable one.  Del  Monte,  Midwick,  Santa 
Barbara  and  San  Mateo  clubs  have  all 
outlined  very  ambitious  programs.  There 
will  be  a  series  of  tournaments  and  spe- 
cial matches  with  the  possibility  of  an 
international  match  being  staged  at  one 
of  the  previously  named  clubs.  San 
Franciscans  are  beginning  to  realize  that 
a  fast  game  of  polo  is  a  thrill  from  start 
to  finish  and  they  are  coming  to  the 
game  with  ever  increasing  numbers. 
Perhaps  some  day  we  shall  have  crowds 
at  Polo  games  that  will  rival  in  size 
those  we  see  at  football  and  baseball 
games 

Lovers  of  polo  are  taking  an  increas- 
ing interest  in  the  ponies.  They,  perfectly 
fashioned  by  nature  and  developed  by 
the  art  of  man  for  a  higher  purpose,  play 
the  stellar  role.  In  fact  they  are  seventy- 
five  per  cent  of  the  game.  All  great 
players  must  be  mounted  on  great  ponies 
if  they  are  to  demonstrate  their  ability 
and  whatever  success  or  prominence  they 
have  won  has  been  mainly  due  to  the 
perfection  of  the  ponies  they  have  played. 
Some  of  you  reading  this  may  be  inclined 
to  discredit  the  idea,  but  if  you  think  1 
have  over-rated  the  importance  of  the 
part  the  ponies  play,  you  have  only  to 
ride  a  few  inferior  ponies  in  a  game  and 
I  have  no  doubt  that  you  will  be  readily 
convinced  that  without  the  aid  of  an 
expert  four-legged  friend,  you  are  utterly 
helpless,  perhaps  not  utterly,  but  almost 
that 

One  of  the  ponies  that  will  catch  the 
eye  of  the  spectators  this  season, 
will  be  Tommy  Hitchcock's  famous 
pinto  "Tobiana,"  one  of  the  fastest, 
cleverest  and  most  courageous  ponies 
that  ever  looked  thru  a  bridle.  Avcrill 
Harriman's    "Miss    Buck,"    is   another 


By  AIDAN  ROARK 

that  can  run  and  turn  with  all  the  grace 
and  wistful  wildness  of  a  suddenly 
startled  jack-rabbit.  "Miss  Buck"  played 
a  total  of  seven  periods  in  the  recent  in- 
ternational matches  at  Meadowbrook, 
playing  three  periods  in  one  of  the 
games.  Mr.  Santord's  "Shamrock"  is  an 
Irish  pony  and  a  veteran  of  many  stirring 
battles  Shamrock  has  a  long  record  ot 
successes  in  polo  pony  shows  both  in 
American  and  abroad.  Mr.  George 
Moore's  cream  colored  "Bayou"  is 
played  by  Louis  Lacey  in  the  Interna- 
tionals. Bayou  was  once  a  famous  quar- 
ter horse. 


FOREMOST  amongst  the  galaxy  of  visit- 
ing stars,  will  be  the  incomparable 
Tommy  Hitchcock  who  needs  no 
further  introduction;  Averill  Harriman, 
a  goal  shooter  of  no  mean  note;  Winston 
Guest  who  is  always  spectacular;  Stephen 
Sanford,  acknowledged  the  best  mounted 
man  on  any  continent;  Mike  Stevenson, 
one  ot  the  original  "Four  Horsemen"; 
Sheever  Cowden  and  Charles  Schwartz. 
England  will  be  represented  by  Captain 
Henry  Forester  and  Captain  Walford — 
the  former  played  sensational  polo  in  the 
England  via  America  game  at  San 
Mateo  last  March.  Canada  and  Australia 
will  be  represented  by  one  or  two  high 
goal  players. 

California  will  have  to  look  to  her 
laurels  when  her  visitors  get  down  to 
business,  but  with  such  sterling  players 
as  Eric  Pedley,  Eliner  Boseke,  Carlton 
Burks,  Arthur  Perkins,  Jim  Colt  and 
William  Tevis,  who  rides  'em  and 
ropes  'em,  the  West  will  more  than  hold 
its  own. 

It  seems  to  me  that  America  will  con- 
tinue to  shade  the  rest  ot  the  polo  world 
for  many  years  to  come  With  the  four 
men  that  took  part  in  the  last  game 
against  the  Argentines,   America  has  a 


combination  of  youth,  dash,  and  skill 
that  will  go  far  before  it  suffers  defeat. 
I  may  be  criticized  for  the  following 
statement,  but  I  think  it  contains  more 
than  a  measure  of  truth  and  I  am  certain 
there  are  many  keen  observers  of  the 
game  who  will  agree  with  me,  and  that 
is  that  England  has  little  more  than  the 
slenderest  of  hopes  for  recovering  the 
International  trophy,  until  they  adopt 
the  modern  polo-scat  which  will  enable 
them  to  hit  longer  balls  and  so  put  some 
punch  into  their  game,  which  up  to  the 
present  has  been  sadly  lacking.  They 
have  always  ridden  with  very  long  stir- 
rups, sitting  very  erect  and  far  back  in 
the  saddle.  It  is,  I  suppose,  an  English 
cavalry  seat  and,  as  practically  all  the 
high-goal  English  players  are  Army 
men,  then  we  must  regard  their  military 
training  as  having  been  the  real  reason 
for  the  lack  of  effectiveness  in  modern 
polo.  This  seat  may  look  very  well  on  a 
horse,  but  it  certainly  does  not  help  to 

win  polo  games. 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

ONE  noticed  in  the  last  England  vs. 
America  game  that  the  British 
players  hit  late  and  were  unable  to  get 
any  distance  on  their  shots,  their  team 
work  was  good  in  short  plays,  but  they 
got  very  few  opportunities  for  this  type 
of  play,  due  to  the  American  side  keep- 
ing them  stretched  out  most  ot  the  time 
by  the  greater  length  of  their  game. 

Under  these  conditions  the  British  side 
simply  could  not  make  connections,  by 
this  I  mean,  that  Number  Four's  shot 
tailed  to  reach  Number  Three,  and  so  on, 
from  three  to  two,  and  two  to  one. 
Therefore,  they  were  completely  disor- 
ganized, all  due  to  lack  of  distance  which 
is  again  due  to  the  faulty  seat  or  stance 
which  they  adopt  in  the  saddle. 

One  other  characteristic  that  was  par- 
ticularly noticeable  in  the  same  series 
was  the  difference  in  temperament 
between  the  two  sides  The  British 
Team  rode  on  the  field  all  smiles,  with 
an  expression  on  their  faces  that  I  have 
seen  many  times  reflected  in  the  faces  of 
children  gathered  about  a  large  and 
mysterious  package  that  father  brought 
home,  an  expression  of  hope,  yet  with  a 
\ague  uncertainness  that  after  all  the 
package  might  not  hold  what  they  had 
expected,  so  my  interpretation  of  the 
British  smile  was  this,  "Oh  this  is  polo 
today,  is  it?  How  topping,  isn't  it  tun." 

The  American  side  rode  out,  grim 
and  determined  looking,  knowing  what 
confronted  them  and  prepared  to  go  at  it 
with  a  certain  savageness  that  might  be 

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21 


7-  A  t    *  MURRAY 

La  Argentina 

Like  a  cyclone  jroin  the  Pampas,  this  magnetic  Spanish  danseuse  has  swept  Europe's  capitals    New  1  ork 

succumbed  to  her  spell  this  Jail  and  San  Francisco  contributed  lusty  cheers  on  the  afternoon 

of  her  single  perjormance    The  dancer  is  now  on  her  way  to  Tokio. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Transients 

An  Actor,  A  Composer  and  A  Novelist  Pass  Through 


DURING  his  recent  fortnight  in  San 
Francisco,  George  Arliss  faced 
two  major  problems  Both  of 
these  were  perpetuated  by  the  accumu- 
lated developments  of  two  decades;  one 
being  fired  by  curiosity  and  enthusiasm, 
the  other  by  determination. 

His  first  and  greatest  task  was  to  in- 
spire sixteen  audiences  to  give  yawnless 
performances  ot  "The  Merchant  of 
Venice."  Because  they  responded  with 
rapt  attention,  he  was  proud  of  them. 
And  because  he  offered  a  strong  yet 
simple  Shylock,  they  approved  of  him. 
The  performance  resembled  a  good  din- 
ner with  Shakespeare  as  the  principal 
topic  of  conversation. 

The  other  chore  which  confronted 
Arliss  was  the  revisitation  of  countless 
friends.  Here  the  actor  admitted  defeat. 
Despite  a  meticulous  arrangement  of  his 
spare  hours,  he  discovered  on  the  eve  of 
departure  that  numerous  engagements 
remained  unfulfilled.  He  had  maintained 
two  note  books,  one  at  his  hotel  and  one 
at  the  theater,  dividing  his  appoint- 
ments to  the  last  minute.  But  all  to  no 
avail. 

This  compelled  Arliss  to  realize,  and 
to  decide  with  finality,  that  two  weeks 
was  all  too  brief  a  sojourn  in  this  city. 
His  future  productions  must  tarry  longer 
as  both  the  box  office  and  the  social 
schedule  have  been  overtaxed. 

He  is  one  of  the  few  members  of  the 
theatrical  genre  who  has  conquered  both 
New  York  and  the  United  States  And 
because  of  his  success  he  gives  himself 
unsparingly  to  both.  An  Arliss  premiere 
in  New  York  is  an  event;  an  Arliss  pre- 
miere in  San  Francisco,  in  Chicago,  in 
Boston,  in  Philadelphia,  or  in  Los  Ange- 
les is  equally  an  evening  of  importance. 

Passing  the  summer  months  in  his 
native  England,  he  returns  to  this  coun- 
try indifferent  to  the  demands  of  either 
New  York  or  the  road  if  he  possesses  an 
enjoyable  role.  He  led  Galsworthy 
triumphantly  into  skeptical  regions  and 
returned  with  "The  Merchant  of  Venice" 
before  these  territories  had  time  to  realize 
that  the  author  was  the  Shakespeare  of 
the  text  book. 

For  his  Shylock  was  a  crafty  wile.  It 
was  a  tributary  through  which  the  audi- 
ence flowed  into  the  main  stream  of 
literary  drama.  His  was  a  classic  play 
given  the  speed  of  1928  and  all  of  the 
beauty  which  the  scenic  artists  of  this 
age  could  devise.  He  gave  a  perfect 
moving  picture,  with  living  people  sup- 
planting the  screen  and  the  camera. 

Arliss  enjoys  San  Francisco  because  it 
is  a  fertile  field  for  his  giant  walking 


By  JACK  CAMPBELL 

strides.  And  further  he  appreciates  the 
manner  in  which  he  is  allowed  to  pursue 
his  way  unmolested  through  the  streets 
with  both  monocle  and  cane  prominently 
displayed.  The  fog  is  not  unlike  his  be- 


Ernest  Bloch 

loved   London   nor  is   Mill   Valley  the 
least  pleasant  place  he  knows  for  a  hike. 

And  at  the  present  time  there  is  but 
one  being  whom  he  is  terrified  to  en- 
counter upon  his  return  This  is  a  com- 
munity cat  across  the  bay  who  sniffed 
contemptuously  at  his  gallant  efforts  to 
provide  an  ample  dinner. 

Arliss  will  not  play  in  San  Francisco 
again  until  he  appears  in  his  first  all  talk- 
ing Vitaphone  picture.  What  this  will 
be,  he  is  uncertain,  although  "Disraeli" 
is  uppermost  in  consideration.  He  saw 
his  first  "talkie"  in  San  Francisco  and 
wonders  how  he  will  sound  on  a  disc 
He  also  made  his  debut  over  the  radio 
here  and  as  his  wife  says  he  amazed  her, 
she  adds  no  further  comment. 


IT  REQUIRED  fout  hundred  and  thirty- 
six  years  for  America  to  develop 
into  what  it  is  today.  And  it  took 
Frnest  Bloch  twelve  years  to  epitomize 
this  growth  into  the  symphonic  work 
which  he  calls  "America  " 

Bloch  came  to  this  country  from 
Switzerland,  possessed  of  an  indepen- 
dent nature  and  a  poetic  soul.  On  the 
way  to  San  Francisco  he  passed  a  few 
years  in  New  York,  in  New  England, 
and   in   Cleveland.    From  the  moment 


that  he  first  sighted  the  Statue  of  Liberty 
until  February  the  twenty-second  of 
1927  he  entertained  the  idea  of  a  work 
which  would  express  this  country  in 
music. 

His  initial  years  virtually  obliterated 
this  ambition.  In  the  course  of  becoming 
Americanized  he  was  almost  submerged 
in  materialism  And  then  he  found  Walt 
Whitman  In  his  mind  he  arranged  a 
rendezvous  for  the  great  American  poet 
and  Johann  Sebastian  Bach  His  brain 
waited  on  table  and  poured  the  wine 
which  subsequently  became  a  cicerone 
out  of  his  pragmatic  environment. 

His  exegetes  were  Whitman  and  Lin- 
coln. His  path  was  idealism.  His  goal 
was  "America."  Co-workers  included 
thousands  of  cigars,  the  city  librarian,  a 
handy  drug  store,  intimate  friends,  in- 
cluding Alfred  Hertz,  and  a  magnificent 
view  of  the  hay  from  his  apartment  on 
Russian  Hill. 

Eighteen  months  after  its  completion, 
"America"  was  played  for  the  first  time 
at  the  Civic  Auditorium.  The  first 
movement  started  with  a  few  dots  and 
progressed  until  the  soil  came  together 
with  the  Indians,  the  English,  the  May- 
flower, and  the  Landing  ot  the  Pilgrims. 
The  Second  movement  described  the 
Civil  War  with  its  hours  of  joy  and  its 
hours  of  sorrow  while  the  Last  Move- 
ment began  v^/ith  1927  and  progressed 
by  means  of  a  few  dots  into  the  tar  dis- 
tant future. 

A  melodious  anthem  was  the  climax. 
Everyone  sang  it.  Enthusiasm  was  ubiq- 
uitous. A  prize  winning  composition 
was  lauded.  A  national  anthem  was 
challenged;  a  successor  born. 

The  outcome  is  dubious. 

Mr.  Bloch  was  daring  in  his  composi- 
tion. For  in  writing  his  last  movement 
he  forgot  two  of  the  principal  factors : 
youth  and  the  West  If  these  are  deter- 
mining influences  in  the  progress  of  this 
country,  then  "America"  is  incomplete. 
If  these  are  insignificant  then  the  future 
deserves  many  more  dots  than  the  com- 
poser placed  on  his  script. 

San  Francisco  is  proud  of  Ernest 
Bloch.  It  is  hoped  that  he  will  no  longer 
be  a  transient.  That  he  will  remain  here 
always  to  stimulate  the  creative  life  of 
the  city  His  musical  works  are  loved 
and  his  lectures,  another  ot  which  is  to 
be  given  shortly,  are  thrilling  What  he 
says  is  always  stimulating  although 
many  yearned  for  an  open  forum  for 
some  of  his  words  at  the  last  lecture  on 
"America." 

Continued  on  page  J4 


JANUARY,  1929 


23 


WILLIAM   HORACE  SMITH 


Back  Stages  with  thej>  Puppets 

These  miniature  actors  are  through  jor  the  night  -having  plaged  their  parts  on  the  ting  stage  oj  Standing  Sloan's 

Puppet  Theatre  in  Montgomery  Street    On  the  bridge  aboi^e  the  stage  is  Ralph  Chesse,  who 

designed  these  puppets  and  who  has  earned  recognition  this  season   with  puppet 

productions  oj  "Hamlet!"  "Macbeth"  and  "Emperor  Jones" 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

SIMMONS-PAYNE.  In  Belvedere.  Mr  Bun  Orrin 
Simmons  of  Los  Angeles  and  Miss  Dolly  Payne. 

EYRE-WIGMORE  In  Los  Angeles.  Mr  Dean 
Atherton  Eyre  and  Miss  Katherine  \Vigmore.  on  De- 
cember 5. 

DA5BURG-KAUFFMANN  In  New  York.  Mr 
Andrew  Dasburg  and  Mrs   Nancy  Lane  Kaufifmann 

BAILEY-CHEYNEY.  In  Berkeley.  Mr  William 
Atterbury  Bailey  and  Miss  Sidney  Cheyney.  on  Decem- 
ber I 

MILLER- YOCUM.  In  San  Francisco.  Mr,  Albert 
Miller  and  Miss  Yvonne  Y'ocum,  On  December  15. 

del  PINO-HORST.  In  San  Francisco.  Mr  Moya  del 
Pino  and  Miss  Helen  Horst .  on  December  2b. 

THYS-HORST.  In  San  Francisco.  Mr  Edouard  Thys 
and  Miss  Beatrice  Horst.  on  December  2b 


ENGAGEMENTS 

ABBOTT-HOGAN.  M.ss  V.ola  Abbott,  daughter  of 
Mr  and  Mrs  Frank  Abbott  Jr.  to  Mr.  Harold  Edward 
Hogan.  son  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hogan. 

ADAMS-HUTCH  INS  Miss  Vere  de  Verc  Adams, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Adolph  LIhl.  to  Lieutenant  Robert 
Barrett  Hutchins.  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs,  Henry  Arthur 
Hutchins  of  New  York  and  Virginia 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Miss  Lillian  Van  Dyke  of  Los  Angeles  was  guest  of 
honor  at  a  tea  given  by  Miss  Edith  Slack  at  her  home  on 
Sacramento  street. 

Mayor  and  Mrs,  Archibald  Flower  of  Stratford-on- 
Avon.  were  complimented  guests  at  a  dinner  given  by 
Mr  and  Mrs  Frank  Deering  Mayor  and  Mrs  Flower's 
visit  was  concurrent  with  the  appearance  of  the  Strat- 
ford-on-Avon  players  in  San  Francisco, 

Mr,  Richard  Tobin.  American  Minister  to  The  Neth- 
erlands, was  widely  entertained  during  his  stay  in  San 
Mateo,  Mr,  and  Mrs,  William  H,  Crocker  were  among 
those  who  gave  dinner  parties  in  Mr   Tobin's  honor, 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Robinson  Riley,  who  now  make  their 
home  in  France,  spent  the  holidays  in  San  Francisco 
with  Mrs   Riley's  sister.  Mrs  Osgood  Hooker, 

Mrs,  Edward  F.  R.  Vail  of  Florence.  Italy,  was  a 
house  guest  for  a  time  of  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Georges  de 
Latour  at  their  country  home  at  Rutherford 

Mrs,  Oscar  Cooper  and  Miss  Jane  Cooper,  who  now 
live  in  New  York,  visited  Mrs  Cooper's  father  and 
mother.  Mr,  and  Mrs  J,  Downey  Harvey,  during  the 
holiday  season. 

Mrs  John  Haldeman  of  Kentucky  enjoyed  a  visit 
with  her  v)n-in-law  and  daughter.  Mr  and  Mrs.  George 
Lcib.  in  Burlingamc  during  December. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Gilbert  White  of  Paris  visited  with  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Stewart  Edward  White  in  Burlingame  recently. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilbert  While  are  on  a  "round  the  world 
honeymtKjn  trip  Their  marriage  took  place  in  Paris 
early  this  winter. 

Cfiunt  and  0:>untess  di  San  Martin  were  honor  guests 
at  a  dinner  given  at  the  Burlingamc  C>)untry  Club  by 
Mr  and  Mrs,  F-rancis  B  L(K)mis 

Mrs  Moseley  Taylor  of  l^>ston.  came  to  California 
for  the  Christmas  holidays  and  joined  her  parents.  Mr 
and  Mrs.  George  A,  Pope  at  their  home  on  Pacific 
Avenue. 

Mrs,  Clifford  Erskine-Bolst .  was  guest  of  honor  at  a 
luncheon  given  by  Mrs  Rennie  Pierre  Schwcrin  at  the 
Woman's  Athletic  Club,  Mrs  Erskine-B()lst  and  Cap- 
tain Erskine-Bolst  make  their  h<jme  in  F"rance 

Mr  Charles  Hickok  of  Cleveland  visited  with  his 
uncle  and  aunt.  Mr.  and  Mrs  Paul  Foster  of  San  Rafael, 
during  December. 

Mrs  C.;larcmont  Livingston  Best,  who  has  been  living 
in  Brussels  for  the  past  two  years,  visited  her  sister. 
Mrs  f-'redcrick  L  Mrnxdy.  during  the  Christmas  holi- 
days, and  later  visited  another  sister,  Mrs  Beverly 
McMonagIc  at  the  latier's  home  in  Menio  Park. 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  HKth  have  returned  to  San 
Mateo  after  a  visit  of  some  weeks  in  New  York. 

Mrs.  Horace  D  Pillsbury  gave  a  children's  party  at 
her  home  on  Pacific  Avenue  m  honor  of  her  little  arand- 
daughter.  Miss  Georgiana  dc  Ropp,  daughter  of  Mrs 
Arthur  Gibson. 


Miss  Patricia  Tobin.  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Joseph 
Oliver  Tobin.  gave  a  tea  in  honor  of  the  Misses  Joan  and 
Madeleine  Forbes  of  Biarritz 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Alfred  Tubbs  and  Miss  Elizabeth 
(^yster  have  returned  from  Europe  where  they  traveled 
during  the  summer  and  autumn 

Mrs  Horace  P,  Howard  has  taken  quarters  for  the 
winter  at  the  Woman's  City  Club 

The  Old  Guard"  a  coterie  of  golfers  who  have  played 
the  Del  Monte  links  for  many  years,  enjoyed  their 
annual  reunion  at  the  Monterey  resort  A  "Gay 
Nineties"  bail  was  the  concluding  feature  of  the  cele- 
bration- 
Mr,  and  Mrs,  Prentis  Cobb  Hale  gave  a  dinner  during 
the  visit  of  Mrs,  Hale's  son.  Lieutenant  Commander 
Hamilton  Vose  Bryan,  and  Mrs  Bryan 

M  .  William  Devereaux  gave  a  dinner  at  the  Burlin- 
game Country  Club  in  honor  of  his  birthday.  Eighteen 
guests  were  bidden. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ralston  Page  gave  a  Sundav  tea  at  their 
home  on  Pacific  Avenue,  entertaining  two  hundred 
friends^  Mr  and  Mrs,  Sherwood  Chapman  and  Mr  and 
Mrs,  Harry  Schlotzebauer  were  honor  guests, 

Mr  and  Mrs  George  T  Cameron  were  honored  on 
the  twentieth  anniversary  of  their  wedding  at  a  dinner 
given  by  Mrs  Cameron's  brother-in-law  and  sister  Mr 
and  Mrs  Joseph  Oliver  Tobin. 

Mr.  Osgood  Hooker  of  Burlingame  entertained  a 
number  of  guests  at  a  dinner  party  recently  entertain- 
ing twenty 

Mr  and  Mrs  George  Nichols  Lamb  of  Piedmont  gave 
a  dinner  party  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Harry  Hastings 
Jr  .  the  latterof  whom  was  Miss  Lillian  Huie'before  her 
recent  marriage. 

Mrs  Edmund  Morrissey  (Kathleen  Musto)  gave  a  tea 
at  her  new  home  in  Divisadero  street,  the  occasion  com- 
plimenting Mrs.  Leo  Henry  Garland  Mrs.  Shepard 
Tucker  and  Miss  Claire  Gianinni. 

Mrs.  Philip  Hum  and  her  brother.  Mr.  George  Rus- 
sell, entertained  a  number  of  their  friends  at  an  after- 
noon affair  given  at  the  home  of  their  mother  Mrs 
Atherton  Russell  of  Green  street. 

Miss  t3ominga  Russell  was  formally  presented  to 
society  last  month  at  a  large  tea  given  at  the  Atherton 
Russell  home. 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  Wallace  Mein  and  Miss 
Dorothy  Mein  have  returned  to  California  after  a  long 
stay  in  the  East  and  in  Europe. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lindsay  Howard  are  giving  a  danee  on 
January  4  in  their  new  stables  near  the  San  Mateo- 
Burlmgame  Polo  Club. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Edson  Adams  and  Miss  Julia  Adams 
are  at  the  Hotel  Mark  Hopkins  for  the  remainder  of  the 
winter. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Louis  Shattuck  Gates  and  Miss  Jane 
Cnnstenson  and  Mr.  Edwin  Christenson  have  opened 
their  San  Mateo  home  for  the  winter  season  They  divide 
their  time  between  the  peninsula  and  Salt  Lake  Citv 

Mrs  Gustav  2iel  and  Mrs.  2iel  Rathbun  of  San 
Kalael  have  returned  to  California  after  a  two  years' 
sojt)urn  in  Europe 

Mr  and  Mrs.  T.  T.  C.  Gregory  and  their  family  have 
taken  a  house  on  Jackson  street  for  the  remainder'of  the 
winter. 

Mrs  Robert  Oxnard  gave  a  large  luncheon  in  honor 
of  her  sister-in-law.  Mrs.  Harry  Stetson,  who  returned 
recently  from  Paris. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Arthur  W.  Foster  celebrated  the  fifty- 
second  anniversary  of  their  wedding  by  giving  a  large 
family  dinner  at  their  home  "Fair  Hills"  in  San  Rafael 

In  honor  of  the  Misses  Helen  and  Beatrice  Horst 
whose  double  wedding  was  an  interesting  event  of 
December  2t->.  Mrs  George  D.  Fuller  gave  a  dinner 
dance  at  her  home. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Albert  John  Evers  entertained  at  a  large 
supper  party  m  honor  of  Miss  Marion  Fitzhugh  who 
recently  returned  to  San  Francisco  after  an  extended 
stay  abroad. 

Miss  Lois  Thurston,  step-daughter  of  Mrs  E  G)ppee- 
I  hurston.  was  presented  to  society  at  a  dance  given  at 
the  Fairmont  hotel  shortly  after  C'.hristmas.  Miss  Thurs- 
ton IS  in  her  second  year  at  Bryn  Mawr  and  has  taken 
high  scholastic  honors. 

Previous  to  the  first  presentation  of  his  symphonic 
|x)em.  "America."  I-Irnest  Bloch  was  honored  at  a  large 
dinner  given  by  a  group  of  prominent  San  Franciscans 
at  ihe  Palace  Hotel 

A  '"Pirate  Ball"'  was  one  of  the  holiday  diversions  at 
the  Burlingiime  Country  Club  during  the  holiday  season 
Many  tlinner  parties  preceded  ihe  picturesque  alTair. 

oriiLcrs  of  the  French  Cruiser,  l^dgar  Quinet.  were 
entertained  at  a  dinner  danee  given  at  ■rait"s  at  the 
Beach  by  the  I'reneh  Consul  in  San  I'rancisco  M 
Maurice)  leilmann.  and  Mme   I  leilmann 

Miss  Barbara  C'arpenter.  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
Lewis  Carpenter,  was  presented  to  society  on  December 
2;'  at  a  large  bull  given  by  her  parents  at  the  Burlingame 
(^luntry  Club.  Many  dinner  parties  preceded  the  event. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Dean  Dillman  have  taken  possession  of 
iheir  new  home  in  Washington  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mrs  Ferdinand  Thieriot  has  returned  to  France  after 
a  month's  visit  in  New  York. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Jefferson  Coolidge  (Katharine  Kuhn) 
passed  their  Christmas  holidays  in  Egypt 

Mr  John  McGregor  Grant  is  traveling  on  the  Gjn- 
tinent  this  winter. 

Miss  Marion  Zeile  has  gone  from  Paris  to  Switzerland 
where  she  will  join  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Walter  Dillingham 
who  will  participate  in  the  winter  sports  at  St    Moritz, 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  J.  Rupert  Mason  are  on  their  way  to 
Spain  which  is  to  be  their  starting  point  on  a  long  tour 
of  the  Continent. 

Commander  and  Mrs  William  D.  Thomas  (Helen 
Marye)  have  taken  an  apartment  in  Pans.  Mrs  George 
M   Marye  will  join  them  there  this  month 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evan  Williams  will  enjoy  a  Mediter- 
rariean  cruise  for  the  remainder  of  the  winter  and  will  be 
in  Paris  by  spring- 
Mr  and  Mrs  G  R  Faulkner  Nuttail  spent  the 
Christmas  holidays  with  friends  in  England  and  are 
passing  the  remainder  of  the  winter  in  Paris. 

Miss  Anna  Logan  Sloan  and  her  mother.  Mrs.  Thomas 
Russell  Sloan,  and  the  letter's  daughter.  Mrs.  Cassel 
Saint  Aubyn.  are  in  London. 

Mrs  Spreckels  Eddy.  Mr.  Louis  Brugiere  and  Mr 
Vernon  Tenney  were  among  those  who  attended  a  din- 
ner party  given  recently  in  Paris  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tarn 
McGrew. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ernest  Stent  and  their  daughters  after 
passing  the  holidays  m  Egypt,  are  planning  to  go' on  to 
India. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Miss  Harriet  Brownell.  who  has  been  in  New  York 
for  several  months,  prolonged  her  visit  until  late  Jan- 
i'w''^  ,  ,  ,'^  "^^  '"=™  '■^^  S'J'JSt  of  her  sister.  Mrs.  Curtis 
Wood  Hutton. 

K  A^''i  Helen  Rutherford  was  with  her  parents.  Mr  and 
Mrs  Sidney  Smyth,  at  their  Long  Island  home,  during 
late  December  and  early  January. 

Mr  arid  Mrs.  Herbert  Fleishhacker.  who  went  to 
New  lork  to  attend  the  Stanford-.'\rmv  Game  gave  a 
dinner  in  the  Crystal  Room  of  the  Ritz  Carlton  in  honor 
of  the  Stanford  team,  of  which  their  son  Herbert  Fleish- 
hacker Jr.  is  a  member. 

Gertrude  Atherton  is  domiciled  in  her  New  Y'ork 
apartment  for  the  winter. 

Dr  Aurelia  Henry  Reinhardt  was  a  recent  guest  of 
Barnard  College,  and  Dean  Gildersleeve  gave  several 
affairs  in  Dr.  Reinhardt's  honor 

Mr    and  Mrs    Kirkwood   Donavin  went  East  last 

month  and  made  the  return  trip  on  the  new  coast  liner 

Virginia."" 

Mrs_  Frank  B.  Anderson,  who  has  been  visiting  in 
New  York,  was  honor  guest  at  a  luncheon  given  at 
Sherry  s  by  Mrs  James  Lee  Laidlaw  . 

m;'^','^''  Clinton  Walker  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Harriet 
Walker,  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Drake  for  the 
winter. 

Mrs  .Adolph  Spreckels  entertained  friends  at  a  musi- 
cale  recently  at  the  Plaza  Lucerzia  Bori  sang 

Mrs  Lewis  Hobart  is  visiting  with  Mrs  Charles  B. 
.Alexander  in  New  ""I'ork. 

Mrs  William  Sproule.  who  is  at  the  Madison  this 
winter,  gave  a  luncheon  there  recently  for  her  daughter 
Nlrs  F,ugene  Kcllv 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Miss  Jane  Blair  has  been  dividing  the  latter  part  of 
1  he  w  inler  season  between  Arrowhead  Springs  and  l^alm 
Springs, 

Bishop  F;dward  Lambe  Parsons  has  been  convalescing 
in  Southern  California. 

Miss  Lea  Calegaris  has  been  visiting  with  friends  in 
ansl  near  Los  Angeles, 

Mrs  George  Newhall  and  Mrs,  George  Pope  spent  a 

lew  weeks  at  Palm  Springs  where  they  have  a  cottage. 

Mr  and  Mrs  S  F  B.  Morse  entertained  at  a  dclight- 

lul   barbecue  recently  at    their  home   in   the  Carmcl 

Valley, 

Mr  and  Mrs  I"  G  Peabody  visited  in  Los  Angeles 
for  u  time  before  going  on  to  Chicago 

Mrs  15aniel  C  Jaekling  and  Mrs  Thomas  Eastland 
enjoNcd  a  sojourn  al  Palm  Springs  recently. 

Mrs  James  Otis  passed  the  holiday  season  in  Santa 
Barbara. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Coy  Filmcr  spent  their  holidays  in 
Santa  Barbara  with  Mrs  Filmcr"s  parents.  Mr.  and 
Mrs  Mark  Retjua.  who  now  make  their  home  in  the 
.southern  city. 


JANUARY,  1929 


25 


HABENICHT 


Aliss  Ei^ej  Tayiot^ 

The  debutante  daughter  of  Jlr  and  Jlrs   Augustus  Taylor  of  San  Francisco  and  Jlenlo  Park 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Manhattan  To  Date 

In  Which  a  San  Franciscan  Airs  the  Current  Foibles  of  New  York 


DARKNESS  brings  three  thousand 
rainhovvcd  Hghts  twinkling  on 
the  gargantuan  Christmas  tree 
in  Times  Square.  Three  thousand  wink- 
ing hghts!  Any  place  else  in  the  world 
they  would  he  the  cause  of  comment  but 
at  the  foot  of  the  "White  Way"  they're 
just  a  few  more  globes,  that's  all. 

And  on  an  eleventh  hour  dash  from 
shop  to  shop  with  a  lengthy  list  headed 
"Gifts"  in  hand,  where  are  my  thoughts? 
In  my  siren  San  Francisco!  Perhaps  she 
has  no  ermine  gown  of  snow  to  wear  .  .  . 
but  neither  has  she  any  stinging  veil  of 
sleet.  She  cannot  possibly  look  like  an 
animated  Christmas  card  .  .  .  hut  you 
can  buy  violets  on  her  streets! 

Caught  in  the  crowd  pouring  out  of 
Saks  great  doorway  a  man  was  thrown 
sharply  against  me.  Out  on  the  Avenue 
he  apologized  adding:  "I  nearly  strangle 
in  those  overheated  stores,  I  come  trom 
out  West  and  I'm  not  used  to  them." 
"Out  West?"  I  said.  He  straightened  his 
shoulders  and  his  answer  was  warm  with 
pride,  "Yes  .  .  .  Denver."  And  as  we 
walked  together  a  space  he  told  me  of 
its  western  way.  1  bit  my  tongue  to  keep 
from  purring  .  .  .  peacock-proud;  "Why 
I  come  from  ivay  out  West  .  .  .  from  San 
Franciscol"  It  wouldn't  have  been 
cricket  to  spoil  his  story  so  I  listened 
while  he  polished  adjectives  on  the  town 
he  loved.  But  how  could  I  help  having 
the  "suave  and  jewelled  street"  fade 
from  sight  for  a  swift  moment  .  .  .  and 
seeing  suddenly  .  .  .  Tamalpais  rising 
purple  against  a  clean,  blue  sky! 

I  know  it's  not  fair  to  talk  Tamalpais 
and  violets  to  you  when  you  want  news 
of  the  Ritz  and  Carrier.  Very  well  you 
shall  have  it. 

Lunching  at  the  Ritz  yesterday  I  over- 
heard a  child's  comment  that  I've  tucked 
away  for  future  use  A  rapier  with  which 
to  thrust  the  next  bumptious  Knicker- 
bocker Knight  who  tries  to  dazzle  "the 
little  girl  from  the  coast"  with  tall  tales 
of  his  deeds  of  daring  do.  I  shall  listen 
patiently  I  shall  even  manage  a  smile 
but  when  he  pauses  for  breath  I  will  say 
sweetly ;  Do  you  know  that  you  remind 
me  of  a  little  girl  who  dined  ne.xt  to  me 
at  the  Ricz  the  other  day.  "Mother,"  she 
said  to  her  table  companion,  "1  am  the 
brightest  and  prettiest  girl  in  school." 
"Mother"  laughed  indulgently  and  an- 
swered; "Why,  Margot,  who  told  you 
that?"  "Oh,"  said  the  wee  one,  "I  found 
it  out  for  myself!" 

Guaranteed  to  slay  the  very  next 
wordy  Willie  1  encounter. 


By  ROWENA  MASON 

And  in  Carrier's  window.  A  necklace 
of  carved  emeralds  before  which  a  con- 
stant semi-circle  of  enchanted  women 
stand  and  stare.  What  I  want  to  know 
is  who  is  guilty  of  the  heinous  crime  ot 
carving  the  first  emerald?  Lilies  were  not 
meant  to  be  gilded!  You  would  not  try 
to  carve  a  drop  of  jade  water  from 
Monterey's  bright  bay.  An  emerald, 
clear  of  color,  simple  of  cut,  is  breath- 
taking in  its  chaste  cool  beauty.  For 
jewellers  to  flute  them  with  ridges  and 
boast  of  them  as  the  "new  melon 
shaped"  emerald  is  pure  folly.  Who  on 
earth  wants  an  emerald  to  look  like  a 
melon  anyway? 


FROM  Carrier's  to  Grand  Central  is  a 
jarring  jump  but  I've  an  American 
tragedy  to  confide  in  you  that  bothers 
me.  Waiting  for  the  train  the  evening 
before  Thanksgiving  1  saw  the  merriest 
little  man  in  the  world.  His  cheeks  were 
the  reddest  imaginable  and  his  very  blue 
eyes  had  a  nice  twinkle  in  them.  His 
clothes  were  shabby  but  he  was  spic- 
and-span  as  one  ot  old  John  D's  new 
dimes  and  his  rosy  cheeks  were  scrubbed 
until  they  shone  like  apples.  He  clutched 
in  his  arms  a  fat,  bulky  package.  Ob- 
viously unused  to  the  flurry  and  furor 
that  is  Grand  Central  he  inquired  an- 
xiously of  three  train  officials  if  they 
were  sure  that  this  was  the  right  train. 
And  he  verified  their  answers  with  every 
Red  Cap  that  came  his  way  ,  .  .  but 
grant  them  the  privilege  of  carrying  his 
bundle?  Never!  He  hugged  it  to  himself 
much  as  a  mother  cradles  a  baby. 

When  the  gates  were  thrown  open  he 
was  the  first  man  aboard  the  train  and 
when  I  found  him  seated  close  to  the 
door  I  settled  myself  across  from  him  to 
have  the  further  pleasure  of  watching 
him.  He  placed  his  bulging  bundle  care- 
fully beside  himscit  and  once  when  he 
bent  and  tore  a  strip  of  the  paper  and 
gazed  inside,  with  the  air  of  a  miser 
peering  at  his  gold,  I  glimpsed  what  it 
was. 

A  turkey!  A  big,  fat,  gorgeous  turkey! 
It  solved  my  problem.  Here  was  some- 
one's timid  country  cousin  on  his  way  to 
spend  Thanksgiving  with  near-city  rela- 
tives and  bearing  as  his  gitt  (or  the  lam 
ily  feast  the  plump  turk  "Fattened  and 
groomed  by  Mr  Red  Cheeks  himscll,  " 
I  thought. 

His  wish  to  leave  the  train  at  Bronx- 
villc  he  repeated  to  the  conductor  before 
and  after  every  stop.  Now  holiday 
crowds  arc  never  conducive  to  good  dis 


positions  in  conductors.  This  one  proved 
no  exception  to  the  rule.  He  roared,  he 
glowered  and  he  hissed  his  answers  and 
when  Bronxville  did  loom  out  of  the 
darkness  he  bellowed  the  name  and  dart- 
ing an  accusing  finger  at  the  little  man 
he  added;  "You,  little  bozo,  it's  your 
station."  Like  a  startled  jack-in-the-box 
he  was  up  and  ofl^  the  train. 

As  we  pulled  away  I  relaxed,  relieved 
that  the  tragedy  of  mislaying  one  wan- 
dering country  cousin  had  been  nicely 
avoided  when  my  eyes  fell  on  the  seat  he 
had  just  occupied. 

There  lay  his  precious  package! 

That  was  bad  enough  but  when  the 
irritated  and  irritating  conductor  claimed 
and  carried  it  off-  with  a  triumphant 
gleam  in  his  eye  my  dismay  turned  to 
rage. 

I  couldn't  forget  the  incident  and  it 
came  close  to  spoiling  my  own  Thanks- 
giving for  the  very  sight  of  turkey  was 
haunted  with  the  thought ;  What  did  the 
darling  do! 


And  now,  here  arc  a  lot  ot  tunny 
ji\.  little  thoughts  and  facts  and  sights 
that  have  clung  to  the  corners  of  my 
memory.  I  pass  them  on.  There  might 
be  some  one  of  them  that  interests  you. 
Help  yourself ! 

The  Sherry-Netherlands,  one  ot  the 
newer  spires  spiking  the  sky,  built,  my 
dears,  at  an  extra  cost  of  $150,000  so 
that  it  may  be  easily  torn  down.  A  neat 
symbol  of  the  New  York  attitude ! 

Count  Folke  Bcrnadotte,  nephew  ot 
the  King  ot  Sweden,  with  his  brand  new 
bride,  the  former  Estcllc  Man\'illc,  en- 
tering the  Maytair  House.  He  it  was 
who  caused  dubious  city  editors  to  wield 
their  blue  pencils  when  reporters,  sent  to 
the  ship  to  meet  the  Count  upon  his 
arrival,  wrote  that  he  had  been  seen  to 
kiss  not  only  his  fiancee  but  both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Manville.  The  truth  of  the 
matter  is  the  Count  did  kiss  Mr.  Man- 
\'ille.  His  answer  to  inquiry  was;  "Just 
an  old  Swedish  custom." 

Who  was  the  man  who  printed  with 
the  tip  of  his  cane  the  word  "Hoover" 
in  the  drying  concrete  on  a  corner  of 
Park  Axenue!'  There  it  stands  fully  two 
feet  high,  carefully  lettered,  hard  and 
fast  in  the  completed  stretch  of  side- 
walk. Word  goes  the  rounds  that  he  now 
gleefully  defies  anyone  to  utter  the  odious 
campaign  cry  that  there  was  no  place  for 
Hoover  "on  the  sidewalks  of  New 
York." 

Conlinucd  ini  page  M 


"Damn  Thesej>  High  Pressure  Salesmen^' 


28 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


East  vs.  West 

Ne\v  York  or  San  Francisco  Listed  Securities? 


PEOPLE  were  once  accustomed  to  say 
that  every  man  had  two  countries 
— his  own  and  France.  That  was  an 
epigram,  and  it  is  not  the  function  of 
an  epigram  to  convey  an  exact  truth — 
merely  to  illustrate  a  principle.  With  the 
same  light  regard  for  exactitude,  it  may 
be  said  that  e\'ery  man  has  two  cities, 
his  own  and  San  Francisco,  if  he  has  ever 
visited  here.  To  again  use  the  analogy, 
it  may  be  said  that  every  man  who  oper- 
ates in  the  security  markets  is  an  author- 
ity upon  at  least  two  subjects;  his  own 
business  and  (if  his  word  be  taken  for  it) 
the  principles  of  successful  speculation 
and  investment. 

However,  many  doctors,  lawyers  and 
merchants  are  the  constant  victims  of 
their  own  misguidance.  Each  has  his 
own  pet  theories  about  how  the  market 
should  act  and  what  the  particular  secur- 
ities which  he  holds  should  do.  Many  of 
them  if  they  live  in  the  Bay  region  have 
only  one  city  as  far  as  speculation  or  in- 
vesting is  concerned  and  confine  their 
activities  almost  wholly  to  the  San 
Francisco  Stock  Exchange.   True,  they 


By  LELAND  S.  ROSS 

may  have  diversification  ot  their  secur- 
ities but  they  are  dependent  upon  their 
brethren  in  this  vicinity  to  support  the 
market  if  it  becomes  necessary  for  them 
to  sell  out.  Is  a  criticism  of  this  policy 
justified? 

In  the  first  place,  most  ot  the  securities 
listed  on  these  exchanges  have  a  purely 
local  market  and  are  therefore  held  in  a 
large  majority  only  by  interests  con- 
venient to  those  exchanges.  This  presents 
a  natural  hazard,  that  is,  a  local  calamity 
might  unavoidably  distress  the  market 
for  a  considerable  length  of  time.  There 
are  exceptions  to  this  rule  with  such 
stocks  as  Southern  California  Edison, 
Southern  Pacific,  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric, 
California  Packing,  Pacific  Lighting, 
Kolster,  and  a  few  others,  which  are  also 
listed  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
some  of  them  more  recently.  Many  in- 
vestment interests  in  the  sophisticated 
neighborhood  of  Wall  Street  are  not 
content  to  have  their  stocks  listed  only 
in  New  York  but  have  also  listed  them 
in  London  and  some  of  them  on  the 
other  large  exchanges  of  the  world.  This 


affords  stability  to  those  issues  and  pre- 
vents  pool   operations   and   corners   by 
avoiding  such  cliques  that  might  be  able   , 
to  get  together  in  one  locality.  It  is  well   I 
to  note  in  this  connection  that  where  I 
only   a    limited   number   of  stocks   are 
traded    in,    such   stocks   habitually   sell   | 
higher  in  relation  to  earnings  and  pros- 
pects compared  with  stocks  traded  on  a 
broad    market    where    there     is    more 
backing  and  filling.  Also  the  technical   j 
position  on  a  market  where  the  profes-   : 
sional   trading  is  absent  becomes  very   i 
insecure  for  the  reason  that  there  is  little 
if  any  short  position.  Over-exploitation 
of  stocks  on  these  exchanges  becomes 
particularly  acute  with  the  local  public 
temporarily  so  heavily  in  the  market. 


FOR  instance,  if  Gillette  were  a  purely 
local  security  dealt  in  only  on  the  San 
Francisco  Exchange,  the  concentration 
of  interest  in  buying  would  make  it  sell 
much  higher  than  its  current  price.  Fur- 
thermore, the  remoteness  of  Pacific 
Coast  clients  from  the  main  industrial 


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sections  ot  the  country  has  resulted  in 
the  neglect  of  eastern  stocks.  Members 
of  the  San  Francisco  Exchanges  realize 
this  handicap  ot  too  few  securities  to  go 
around  and  favor  taking  steps  to  secure 
more  New  York  listed  securities  for  their 
exchanges.  This  development  will  be 
highly  constructive  and  will  be  of  greater 
benefit  to  San  Francisco  probably  than  to 
New  York  by  centering  more  attention 
on- what  has  been  only  a  small  local  ex- 
change. With  the  interest  growing  in 
eastern  securities  it  will  naturally  pro- 
vide for  the  overflow  of  interest  in  a 
particular  security  on  days  when  New 
York  closes  too  early  to  supply  the  local 
demand,  especially  during  daylight  sav- 
ing time  schedules. 

There  is  some  apology  due  to  those 
investors  who  have  chosen  to  confine 
their  buying  to  the  local  exchanges. 
There  are  many  of  them  who,  no  doubt, 
are  following  some  of  the  axioms  of 
safe  investment  by  buying  only  those 
securities  about  which  they  have  com- 
plete information  or  at  least  sufficient 
facts  to  justify  in  their  minds  the  hopes 


INVESTMENT 
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Inquiries 
Invited 


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San    Francisco 


OAKLAND 
STOCKTON 


LOS  ANGELES 
SANTA  BARBARA 


LELAND  S.  ROSS 

San  Francisco 
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SHAW,  LOOM  IS 
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Investment  Counsel 

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BONDS 

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Miss  Helen  Wills  on  board  the  S.  S.  Malolo  . 


People  such  as  Miss  Wills  choose  the  Malolo  because  it  is  the  smart 
way  to  go  to  Hawaii.  Its  luxuries  and  delightful  newness  offer  comfort 
in  travel  equal  to  any  that  can  be  obtained  on  land.  .  .  .  And  just  as 
Miss  Wills  enjoyed  tennis  while  on  board,  so  Johnny  Weissmuller,  the 
well-known  swimmer  who  crossed  on  the  Malolo  the  same  trip,  de- 
lighted in  his  daily  plunge  in  the  steamer's  luxurious  tank.  You  too 
may  indulge  in  your  favorite  sport  en  route  to  the  playground  of  the 
Pacific.  .  .  .  Aboard  the  Malolo  you  find  congenial  people  of  tastes  simi- 
lar to  your  own  people  who  are  on  this  giant  yacht  because  they 
demand  the  same  standards  of  living  at  home  or  abroad.  .  .  .  One  or 
more  Matson  Liners  sail  from  San  Francisco  every  week  the  Malolo 
sails  on  alternate  Saturdays. 


Matson  Line 


Hawaii 


South  Seas 


Australia 


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aUo  PORTLAND  •  SEATTLE  •  LOS   ANGELES  •  DALLAS 
CHICAGO  •  NEW   YORK 


THE^SAN  FRANCISCAN 

for  higher  prices  than  those  securities  are 
seUing  for  at  the  time  they  purchase 
them  They  are  overlooking  one  of  the 
most  \'ital  factors  however.  That  is  the 
comparison  of  the  particular  security 
which  they  purchase  with  the  other 
securities  in  the  same  industry  and  listed 
elsewhere  to  determine  if  it  is  out  of  line 
or  not.  Many  of  these  investors  com- 
plain that  they  have  not  sufficient  time 
to  prowl  through  statistics  or  worry 
about  the  earnings  of  all  the  other  com- 
panies in  that  particular  field  They  have 
to  content  themselves  with  the  informa- 
tion which  they  receive  from  their 
broker  or  some  friend  who  made  a  lucky 
guess  once  and  therefore  has  inspired 
confidence  in  his  ability  to  "pick  them." 
We  subscribe  to  that  complaint  very 
heartily  No  one  man  has  the  time  or  the 
facilities  it  he  had  the  inclination  to  con- 
tinuously survey  the  whole  field  of  in- 
vestment and  choose  by  comparison  the 
outstanding  values. 


An  Extract  from  the  Report  of 
y\.  Committee  on  Investment  Trends, 
Investment  Bankers  Association  of 
America,  192S  Atlantic  City  Conven- 
tion has  to  say ; 

"A  very  important  recent  influence 
has  been  the  growth  of  investment 
trusts,  and  the  investinent  trust  type  of 
investing  This  may  take  the  form  of 
actual  collateral  arrangements  for  the 
benefit  of  security  holders  .  .  or,  of  co- 
operative investing,  where  an  invest- 
ment trust,  or  investment  counsellor 
acts  as  buying  headquarters  for  large 
numbers  of  clients,  purchasing  for  each 
client  what  seems  most  suitable  and  get- 
ting the  benefit  of  organized  facilities 
tor  in\'estigation. 

"Froni  the  customer's  point  of  view, 
however,  this  development  should  be  a 
good  thing.  It  he  wishes  to  confine  hini- 
self  to  the  investment  trust  or  invest- 
ment group,  he  will  probably  get  more 
breadth  of  investment  and  greater  return 
and  chance  for  appreciation       .  ." 

Organized  in\'cstment  counsel  groups 
go  one  step  farther  in  the  interests  of 
their  clients  than  the  mere  selection  of 
outstanding  values,  it  is  said  that  "Eter- 
nal vigilance  is  the  price  of  safety."  It  is 
also  the  function  of  Investment  Counsel 
to  continuously  supervise  the  securities 
recommended  for  purchase  in  order  that 
they  may  properlv  ad\ise  the  sale  or 
exchange  into  a  more  promising  invest- 
ment. 

We  are  confident  that  the  San  Fran- 
cisco brokers  are  striving  in  the  right 
direction  and  that  more  securities  should 
and  will  be  listed  on  the  San  Francisco 
Stock  E.xchanges  thus  pro\'iding  for  a 
professional  trading  element  and  there- 
fore greater  stability  to  our  own  inves- 
tors. 


JANUARY,  1929 

When  the  Big  Boys  Were 
Small 

Continued  from  page  9 

lust-poetry,  should  enquiry  not  be  made 
of  its  antecedents?  Is  it  possible  that  the 
Roan  Stallion  was  once  a  Shetland 
Pony? 

O  that  complete  and  adequate  quota- 
tion might  be  made  from  "Flagons  and 
Apples,"  that  naive  little  volume  ot 
verse,  published  by  the  Grafton  Press  in 
Los  Angeles  some  years  ago  for  one 
John  Robinson  Jeffers !  Slightly  stronger 
in  tone,  as  one  might  expect,  than  Mr. 
Lewis'  racy  lines  about  Harlequin,  these 
early  poems  must  cause  Jeffers  sleepless 
hours  at  Carmel,  where  he  works  deep 
into  the  night  brewing  super- freudian 
lusts  in  the  caldron  at  Tor  House  by  the 
sea. 

But  rarer  material  is  at  hand,  for  the 
poet  was  once  a  fictionccr,  his  magnus 
opus  being  a  story,  "Mirrors,"  which 
appeared  in  The  Smart  Set  for  August, 
1913,  This  story  in  which,  so  far  as  may 
be  discovered  from  a  literal  reading,  no 
lusts  are  committed,  (O  Bitter  Disap- 
pointment! wail  the  Lesbians  of  the 
Department  Store  and  Campus),  begins 
with  a  sentence  that  savors  suspiciously 
of  the  sample  "first  lines"  to  be  found  in 
such  texts  on  short  story  writing  as  the 
works  of  J.  Berg  Esenwein,  er  al.  "About 
Adair?  It's  a  curious  story — perhaps  I 
can  tell  you  more  of  it  than  anyone  else." 
Adair  was  no  cousin  of  Tamar:  he 
would  not  be  on  speaking  terms  with 
her  today.  Of  Adair  it  is  said:  "Insane? 
Not  at  all.  But  he  was  excitable,  you 
remember,  and  highly  sensitive."  The 
story  deals  with  the  nocturnal  visit  of 
the  excitable  Adair  to  the  abode  of  the 
narrator.  "Then,  'Shut  the  Door,'  Adair 
said;  and  began  to  pace  the  floor  with 
great  strides."  He  has  had  an  affair  with 
an  actress  it  seems,  one  Millie  Gaspard. 
Later  he  met  a  "Miss  Converse,"  and 
became  engaged.  (Note  the  clever  and 
subtle  symbolism  involved  in  the  use  of 
the  name  "Converse,"  suggesting,  you 
see,  the  converse  of  the  questionable 
Millie  Gaspard.)  Telepathy  enters  into 
the  love  affairs  of  the  restive  Adair  and 
he  finally  goes  to  Africa  to  hunt  lions. 
Curtain. 

▼       ▼       T 

IT  WOULD  really  be  unfair  to  Mr. 
Dreiser  to  trace  the  development  of 
his  genius  back  to  the  maudlin 
lournalism  of  which  he  was  once  so 
dreadfully  capable.  But  there  is  even 
-icher  material  about  others.  .  .  . 

When  did  H.  L.  Mencken  cease  to  be 
Henry  L.  Mencken?  When  did  the 
'Baltimore  Anti-Christ,"  (so  styled  by 


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A     ^      J\. 


A. 


Ikrou^k  the  Jam  J 
ofJon^A^o 

BROODING  jungles  where  mumbling  pirate  packs  snarled  over  gold  and 
silks  and  pearls  looted  from  luckless  galleons  .  .  .  Havens  of  haunting 
beauty  where  the  Conquistadors  drew  breath  and  planned  new  deeds  of  daring 
.  .  .  Fairy  cities  of  white  tucked  away  in  mantles  of  tropic  green  .  .  .  Then,  like 
a  gem  at  the  end  of  a  rainbow  road — Havana. 

Faithfully  the  splendid  ships  of  the  Panama  Mail  bridge  the  centuries  .  .  .  From 
the  thousand  comforts  of  a  luxurious  liner  you  step  into  the  mellow  charm  of 
old  Mexico,  the  soft  Spanish  cadences  of  Guatemala,  Salvador  and  Nicaragua 
and  after  two  days  in  the  Canal  zone,  sail  over  friendly  waters  to  Colombia  in 
South  America  .  . .  Northward  then,  under  the  flaming  Southern  Cross  the  lane 
of  leisure  leads  to  Havana. 

A  Panama  Mail  liner  is  sailing  soon  . . .  Every  two  weeks  one  of  the  commodious 
cruise  fleet  depaas  from  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  for  Havana  and  the  tour 
of  the  tropics  .  .  .  Every  modern  comfort  is  yours  . . .  All  outside  cabins  and  beds 
instead  of  berths  ...  yet  the  cost  this  way  is  no  more  .  . .  First-class  fare,  bed  and 
famous  meals  included,  as  low  as  $225  .. .  Write  today  for  folder. 

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32 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Scott  Fitzgerald),  abandon  the  simple  j 
rhetoric  of  his  short  stories  in  Leslie  s  \ 
Monthly,  I{cd  Book  and  Short  Stories  \ 
and  adopt  the  colorful  Menckenese  i 
which,  circa  19 iS,  began  to  flabbergast  ' 
and  bamboozle  the  muzhiks,  boobiens,  | 
morons,  etc.,  of  the  American  hintcr-  1 
land,  bible  belt  and  Bozart  Sahara.  It 
seems  incredible  that  the  writer  of  these  |  i 
present  day  ferocious  polemics  was  once  '  : 
a  literary  suckling,  writing  in  a  limpid  ;  ^ 
style  stories  that  were  positively  as  in- 
nocuous as  a  can  of  Horlick's  Malted 
Milk.  But  such  is  the  case. 

One  of  these  stories  was  "The  Flight  i 
of  the  Victor,"  by  Henry  L.  Mencken,  •  j 
"being  a  story  involving  the  broad  dif-  ; 
ferences  between  Englishmen  and  Amer- 
icans," which  appeared  in  Leslie's  Popu-  I  | 
lar  Monthly  for  September,  1901,  along  <  ; 
with  other  thiilling  romances  by  Samuel  ( 
Merwin,  E.  Hough,  and  articles  having  :  < 
to  do  with  the  capture  of  the  ubiquitous  •  1 
Sr.  Aguinaldo  and  the  Whipping  Post  >  ' 
System  in  Delaware.  Even  at  this  early ' ; 
period,  when  Mr.  Mencken  was  mid- !  1 
way  between  the  gentle  poetic  temper  of  , 
Ventures  Into  Verse  and  the  daring  1 
sforzando  manner  of  Qeorge  Bernard  i 
Shaw:  His  Plays,  (1905),  he  was  begin-  j 
ning  to  show  evidences  of  irreverent  ex-  ; 
pression.  A  full  and  complete  discussion  1  ! 
of  this  development  towards  cynicism  ' 
and  away  from  poesy  may  be  found,  of  I 
course,  in  Dr.  Goldberg's  well-known  : 
blurb.  I 

"The  Flight  ot  the  Victor"  contains  i 
such     nascent     witticisms     as,     "Nowi  .j 
Jamaica,  since  the  discovery  ot  the  tact  I 
that  the  banana  is  a  \'aluable  truit,  has  j 
been  divided,  as  to  politics  and  popula-i  I 
tion,  between  the  Original  English  and 
the  interloping  Americans,"  and,  "like;  ' 
a  lawyer  annihilating  his  rix'al's  case,  he  ( 
seated  himsclt  at  his  desk  and  penned  ai « 
vigorous  and  highly  sarcastic  expose  of  \ 
the  story's  untruth,"  etc.  It  is  a  swash^ : 
buckling   newspaper  story,    tull   of  ex-t 
clamatory  "Wie  Gchts?"   "Hello,  Olq 
Man!"  "D   -n  the  Herald!"  "Thank? 
Be!"    and    "It's   a    bloody    falsehood!' 
The  story  would,  indeed,  he  a  rich  tome 
tor  the  psycho-analytic  critic  who  woulc 
be  able  to  see  in  the  British  vs  Americari; 
theme  the  projection  of  Mencken's  teu 
tonic    interiorit)'   complex,    x'cnting   ic 
spleen  through  the  medium  ol  the  Amer 
ican  at  the  English.  In  the  triumph  o 
the  Yankee  might  be  seen  the  subcon 
scions  working  out  of  an  ancient  inhi 
bition    It  is  of  such  things  that  the  nev 
biographies  are  made 

For  they  were  all  beginners 


i 


JANUARY,  1929 


33 


The  Neo-Carmelices 

Continued  from  page  14 

his  theories?"  She  looked  at  me  in  pain 
as  I  proceeded  to  particularize  some  of 
these  mis-statements. 

"I  suppose  1  was  really  not  listening 
very  acutely  today.  You  see  his  opening 
words  started  a  train  of  thought  which 
seemed  to  me  valuable  in  itself  —and  1 
pursued  that." 


\V    RAPHAEL  WEILL  8  COMPANY/  fi, 

\No\VltCanB4 


FROM  Mysticism  to  Radicalism  may 
seem  a  long  leap  :  but  it  is  one  which 
the  Neo-Carmelite,  enamoured  of  the- 
ories rather  than  of  facts,  has  achieved 
at  a  single  try.  Under  such  leaders  as  Lin- 
coln Steffens  and  Rhys  Williams  the 
young  intelligentsia  are  passionately 
dreaming  of  The  World  Revolution. 
Each  and  every  one  ot  them  envisages 
himself  as  an  Andreas  Hofer,  a  Jeanne 
d'Arc — sublimely  ignoring  their  posses- 
sion of  those  tainted  stocks  and  bonds 
from  which  most  of  them  draw  an  un- 
earned (if  inconsiderable)  increment,  and 
by  virtue  of  which  they  are  necessarily, 
in  the  eyes  of  a  logical  proletariat,  en- 
rolled among  the  petit  bourgeois.  "Lib- 
eralism has  failed !  Liberalism  has  ceased 
to  exist!  One  must  be  either  a  Radical 
or  that  misbegotten  monster — a  Con- 
servative!" I  have  it  on  no  less  an  au- 
thority than  the  energizing  Mrs.  Steffens. 
And  between  the  two  alternatives  can  a 
young  and  somewhat  bored  intelligent- 
sia hesitate — even  though  advocating  at 
the  same  time  the  apparently  incom- 
patible ideal  of  World  Peace? 

T       T       ▼ 

ON  A  July  Sunday  evening  1  stood  on 
the  old  wharf  at  Monterey  and 
watched  the  sardine-fishers  start  out  for 
their  night's  work.  Oh  what  joy  to  get 
away  from  the  celestial  spheres  of  con- 
versation to  the  earthy  world  of  work ! 
With  their  sheep-skin  coats  hung  pic- 
turesquely on  one  shoulder,  with  their 
hip-boots  rolled  down  to  allow  the  freer 
movement  of  their  knees,  with  their 
round,  tasseled  caps  atilt  on  their  dark 
heads,  the  Italian  proletariat  of  Mon- 
terey were  going  gayly  about  their  work. 
They  splashed  hip-deep  into  the  waves, 
shoving  off  their  heavy  boats,  they  called 
and  joked  and  jeered  at  each  other  across 
the  water,  one  red-capped  young  fellow 
burst  into  a  canzone  before  remembering 
that  he  was  now  an  American  and 
hastily  changing  to  a  whistled  jazz.  Near 
me  a  smiling  ragazzo  explained  in 
broken  English  the  hazards  of  "de 
feesh."  Last  week  $150  had  been  his 
share  of  the  haul.  This  week  he  might 
make  nothing  at  all.  But  a  shrug  of 
cheerful  confidence  belied  his  words  He 
hoped  he  might  do  as  well,  he  hoped  he 
might  do  even  better.  For  life  is  based  on 
hope.  Hope  of  the  fisher  for  a  good  haul. 

Continued  on  page  42 


SPRING  is  here!  If  you  have  just  finished 
paying  the  last  of  the  holiday  bills 
and  are  still  reading  chilly  headlines  of 
Eastern  blizzards  it  may  be  hard  to 
believe.  But  no  matter  how  wintry- 
minded  you  may  be,  a  peep  into  the 
alert  fashion  shops  of  The  White  House 
will  drive  those  winter  blues  away. 


FASHION,  this  season,  has  elected  to 
take  its  stand  definitely  with  youth. 
For  many  moons  it  has  indicated  its 
preference  for  the  lithe,  Grecian-limbed 
youth  of  the  land  .  .  .  now,  stylists  have 
come  forth  boldly  and  declared  the 
cream-puff  silhouette  OUT !  The  declar- 
ation of  freedom  reads  in  part  .  .  . 
"Cavort  gaily,  all  ye  dowagers  and 
portly  matrons.  Reduce,  diet  and  exer- 
cise if  ye  would  follow  me.  Lissom,  sun- 
colored  bodies  I  must  have  to  do  justice 
to  my  sparkling  colors  and  natural  lines." 


No  WONDER  the  campi  ot  California 
colleges  are  swept  by  an  epidemic 
of  clothes-minded  co-eds.  Heady  rumors 
of  never-before-heard-of  colors  to  wear 
with  sunny  complexions  fill  the  air.  She 
who  has  religiously  kept  up  her  vacation 
tan  will  be  richly  rewarded,  for  the  cult 
of  sun  worship  is  now  firmly  established. 
Reports  that  come  trickling  in  from 
the  Antibes  and  other  advance  fashion 
sources  have  it  that  all  couturier  shades 
have  been  created  to  set  oft  complexions 
that  shade  from  orange  pekoe  to  rich 
coffee  color. 


OPAQUE  tones,  that  is,  distinct  colors 
modulated  with  white,  are  the 
pastels  of  this  season  .  .  .  pale  exotics 
with  more  character  than  the  limpid 
fiower  tints  of  yester  years.  Yellow,  indi- 
cated for  smart  wear  by  its  prevalence  on 
the  Riviera,  appears  in  a  florid  shade 
known  in  couturier  circles  as  Daytonna 
with  a  softer  version  called  Florida. 
Gulf  Stream  is  a  smart  lemon  yellow. 
Chalky  pinks  with  such  colorful  names 
as  Bermuda,  Delray  and  Palm  Beach  are 
bidding  tor  first  place  which  greens  now 
hold  with  Everglades  and  Avacado  as 
ranking  favorites. 


THESE  monotones  are  scheduled  for 
sports  wear  along  with  dead  white 
(so  striking  with  dusky  skins)  which  is 
important  alone  or  accented  with  Holly- 
wood red,  Nassau  orange  or  intense, 
bright  blue.  This  game  of  color  contrast 
is  played  with  more  skill  and  finesse  than 
ever.  Renewed  interest  in  tuck-in  blouses 
and  skirts  affords  one  particularly  engag- 
ing opportunity  for  harmonizing  con- 
trasts. Fashions  for  evening  are  blazon- 
ing forth  in  shades  of  almost  tropical 
splendour.  Parrot  green  .  acid  red  .  blues 
with  poetical  depths  of  color  are  quite 
evidently  preferred  to  judge  by  their 
prominence  in  the  new  collections. 

Now  that  we  have  you  all  enthused 
about  the  Spring  invasion  ot 
colors  and  fashions  it's  about  time  to 
say  that  these  are  not  mere  figments  of  a 
stylist's  imagination  but  actual  creations 
that  you  may  see  .  .  and  handle  .  .  and 
wear,  in  the  fashion  shops  of  The  White 
House.  As  an  e.xponent  of  all  things 
modern  The  White  House  has  long  since 
joined  forces  with  youth,  specializing  in 
the  preferred  raiment  of  San  Francisco's 
smart  young  things. 


ADVERTISEMENT 


34 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


PALM    COURT   PORTRAITS  NO. 


Geo.  (Poppy)  Hall 

(Trumpet) 

Poppy  Started  lite  as  an  infant,  but 
grew  up  to  be  a  practical  dreamer. 
The  jazz  symphonies  that  bubble 
in  his  soul  he  translates  into  tap- 
pings of  the  sole  of  his  right  foot 
.  .  .  and  into  tantalizing  melody  on 
his  trumpet.  You've  guessed  it. 
George  is  trumpetist  e.xtraordinary 
in  the  Palm  Court  Orchestra. 

T     T    T 

With  Gordon  Henderson  and  his  Palm 
Court  Orchestra  playing  the  best  dance 
music  .  .  .  with  the  new  lighting,  decora- 
tions and  dance  floor  .  .  .  the  Palm  Court 
is  San  Francisco's  Dance  Efindczvous. 
Without  Convert:  Table  d'hote  dinners 
($2.00  and  $2.50)  and  a  la  carte  dinners. 
Supper  9  o'clock,  (evenings  except  Sun- 
day) $1.50,  after-theatre  supper  1 1  p.m. 
to  1  a.m.  $1 . 

Couvcrt:  For  non-Jiners,  $1  on  Saturday 
evenings;  50  cents  other  evenings  after 
9  p.m.  Dancing  8  p.m.  to  1  a.m. 


P4LACE 

HOTEL 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Management,  Hai  .•sey  E.  Manwarino 


Transients 

(Icintinucd  from  page  22 

T'wicE  a  transient  within  the  past 
sixty  days,  it  now  appears  that 
Jim  Tully  has  succumbed  to  the 
lure  of  the  city.  Always  has  he  wandered 
and  tramped  but  of  late  he  has  averred 
that  San  Francisco  is  the  focal  point 
from  which,  and  to  which,  he  will  aim 
his  peregrinations 

Following  a  life,  counterpointing 
hardship  and  adventure,  Tully  wandered 
into  Hollywood.  Here  his  facile  pen 
became  more  facile  and  his  observant 
mind  set  on  paper  soine  high  points  of 
earlier  days.  This  accomplished,  he  in- 
vestigated his  environment  and  wrote  of 
what  he  saw  with  an  increasingly  facile 
pen. 

Hollywood  hates  Tully  now.  But  this 
is  a  hate  inspired  by  fear.  And  nursed  by 
ignorance.  Tully  never  chose  to  "go" 
Hollywood  while  lampooning  it,  as  did 
Van  Vechten.  Therefore  Hollywood 
looks  up  at  Tully  and  despises  but  looks 
down  at  the  Blonde  Carl  and  despises. 

Not  made  at  all  katatonic  by  his 
southern  venture,  Tully  sought  a  virile 
resting  place  for  his  new  home.  Some- 
where between  Telegraph  Hill  and  the 
Presidio  he  found  it.  For  he  says  that  he  is 
returning  to  live  here. 

It  has  been  a  vogue  to  laud  Tully. 
And  it  has  been  a  vogue  to  disparage 
him.  Those  who  enjoy  him  have  praised 
seriously  and  insidiously  constructed  an 
enviable  enthusiasm  for  him.  For  he 
possesses  the  common  denominator 
found  in  Dreiser,  Anderson,  Mencken, 
Melville,  Bierce,  Stallings,  O'Neill  and 
a  few  others,  of  the  American  field  of 
letters. 

Already  Tully  has  caused  a  flutter  in 
the  city.  One  day  he  adopted  the  cam- 
paign against  prize  fighting,  the  next 
day  he  abandoned  it.  This  tickled  Rus- 
sian and  Telegraph  Hills  but  frightened 
Nob  Hill.  Who  is  this  person     .  .  Tully? 

When  he  settles,  he  will  discover  a 
city  of  vital  men  and  wtimen  ready  to 
embrace  him.  It  he  amuses  hiinself  by  a 
pasquinade  at  the  expense  of  their  foibles 
they  will  probably  laugh  it  ofl  between 
the  fish  and  the  roast.  And  by  the  coffee, 
Tully  will  have  joined  the  laughter. 


Manhattan  to  Date 

C^onlinncd  on  page  2h 

Why  is  it  that  the  pampered  pets  1 
saw  playing  in  the  snow  in  Central  Park 
today  agonize  me?  Perhaps  it  was  the 
petulant  whine  in  their  shrill  voices 
And  yet  down  on  Orchard  Street  yester-. 
day,  I  saw  some  sparkly-eyed  little  boys 
I'd  like  to  know.  They  were  crouched 
about  a  microscopic  bonfire  sputtering 
bravely  in  the  gutter  and  they  were  play- 
ing the  thrilling  game  of  "Indian." 


The  Qdy  Season 

Has  Arrived  .  .  . 

with  Bright  Lights 
and  JvLusic  and  .  .  . 

Jy  Imported 

DRY 
GINGERALE 


It  cascades  into  your 
glass,  sparkling  likeaclari- 
net  cadenza.  It  smacks  of 
fresh  limes  and  fresh  gin- 
ger— get  that,  /rcs/i  limes 
and  jrtsh  ginger.  Truly 
an  ingratiating  ginger  ale, 
this  imported  Isuan. 
Smoothnessyou' ve  longed 
for,  in  tonic  water  from 
the  famous  volcanic  Isuan 
Springs  where  dwells,  'tis 
said,  the  Spirit  of  Joy  and 
Health. 

For  your  home  party- 
ing, order  the  Isuan  12,  a 
handy  carton. 


In  Manila  they  say 
"E-SWAN" 


ISUAN THE  SPIRIT  OF  JOY 


THK  ISUAN  CORPORATION 

ISl'.AN  lU.DC,  I4O  FRONT  ST. 
S.AN  FRANCISCO,  CAl.IF. 


JANUARY,  1929 


35 


To  ^^m 

New  York 


via  Manama  Canal  &  Havana 

Now  two  new  magnificent  liners  are  in 

the  Coast-to-Coast  service  of  the 

Panama  Pacific  Line. 

S.  S,  Virginia 
S,  S,  California 

The  largest  steamers  ever  built  under  the 
American  flag,  and  the  world's  largest 
electric  liners.Theyestablishentirely  new 
standards  of  speed,  beauty  and  luxury 
in  intercoastal  travel. 
In  just  fourteen  days  they  take  you  from 
California  to  New  York.  Eight  thrilling 
daylight  hours  thru  the  Panama  Canal 
and  a  stop  at  Havana  long  enough  for 
sightseeing  in  this  gay  city. 
Every  stateroom  on  the  Virginia  and  the 
California  is  an  outside  room— many  with 
private  baths. Two  open  air,  built-in  deck 
swimming  pools  afford  pleasant  hours 
of  bathing  when  traveling  thru  southern 
latitudes.  There  are  marvelously  broad 
decks  for  promenading  and  games. 
There's  a  well-equipped  gymnasium,  a 
children's  playroom  filled  with  toys  and 
apparatus  that  will  delight  the  young- 
sters (and  a  nurse  in  attendance  to  direct 
their  play)  — in  short  there  is  everything 
that  huge,  modern,  lavishly  fitted  liners 
should  have  and,  to  complete  the  delight 
of  your  voyage  .  .  .  Panama  Pacific  Line 
cuisine,  unsurpassed  on  the  seven  seas. 
The  Virginia  and  the  California  will 
operate  with  the  popular  Mongolia  in  a 
fortnightly  service  between  California 
and  New  York.  A  sailing  every  other 
Saturdayfrom  San  Francisco,  everyother 
Monday  from  Los  Angeles.  You  can 
make  the  trip  in  either  direction.  Com- 
bination Round-Trip-One  Way  Water, 
One  Way  Rail -tickets  sold. 

Panama  Pacific  Line 

International  Mercantile  Marine  Company 

460  Market  Street,  San  Francisco 

715  West  Seventh  Street,  Los  Angeles 

or  your  local  steamship  or  railroad  agent 


THERE  is  something  pathetically  sad, 
in  the  rows  of  stately  old  brown 
stone  mansions  that  have  gone  "the  way 
of  all  flesh"  and  house  beauty  shops  in 
their  basements,  artists  in  their  garrets 
and  gaudy  orange  and  black  tea  rooms 
in  between  It's  all  so  wrong  .  .  .  Queen 
Victoria  in  a  coon  skin  coat! 

The  number  of  "Smith  tor  President" 
stickers  still  stuck  to  windshields  and 
windows  about  town  is  almost  unbe- 
lievable ...  so  are  the  number  of  real 
fur  coats  in  Harlem  worn  with  the 
swank  of  Park  or  Fifth  Avenue. 

O.  O.  Mclntyre,  scribbling  notes  at  a 
dinner  for  Paul  Whiteman.  Capturing 
some  of  the  glitter  from  the  Broadway 
stars  who  twinkled  for  the  gathering. 
And  what  nice  things  he  said  of  San 
Francisco  to  me  later  in  the  evening. 

And  dear  old  Daniel  Frohman  who 
said:  "From  San  Francisco?  Consider 
yourself  blessed  by  the  Gods,  my  child, 
for  it  is  a  city  with  a  soul.  Come  to  my 
office  in  the  Lyceum  theater  building  at 
two  tomorrow  and  I'll  blow  the  cob- 
webs away  and  spin  some  really  ancient 
yarns  ot  your  city  for  you."  And  I  did 
.  .  .  and  he  did  .  .  .  and  I  intend  to  share 
them  with  you  soon. 

And  from  Paul  Whiteman  himself; 
"...  it's  'home'  to  me.  Say,  those  old 
days  at  Tait's  were  lean  and  tough  in 
their  way  but  I  loved  'em!" 

I  don't  dare  start  on  the  Stanford- 
Army  game.  I'd  grow  so  maudlin  the 
words  would  melt  and  run  down  the 
page.  But  I  do  want  to  say  thismuch  .the 
most  contented  smile  I  have  ever  seen  in 
my  life  wreathed  the  face  of  Father 
Fleishacker  at  the  close  of  that  memor- 
able game. 

In  the  jam  outside  the  Yankee  Stadium 
a  traffic  cop  urged  the  driver  of  our  taxi 
to  turn  down  a  side  street  by  shouting ; 
"Be  a  real  cowboy  ...  go  west  young 
man  ...  go  west!" 

▼       T       ▼ 

Spotlight 

Continued  from  page  18 

especially  pessimistic  concerning  the 
moving  picture  cast,  for  we  remembered 
Elsie  Ferguson  and  Nazimova  and 
others  of  like  magnitude  who  had  en- 
tered the  pictures  sincere  artists  and 
come  out  "hams."  But  we  were  wrong 
on  all  counts.  The  play  was  intelli- 
gently written,  intelligently  directed  and 
intelligently  acted.  To  be  sure,  there 
were  one  or  two  inconsistencies  of  plot 
developed  before  the  curtain  fell  but  no 
more  so  than  is,  perhaps,  necessary  to 
make  any  slice  of  life  fit  into  an  econom- 
ical theatrical  frame.  One  has  only  to 
remember  the  astounding  and  swift 
awakening  of  "Nora"  in  "The  Doll's 
House"  to  realize  that  even  the  best 
dramatists  must  force  the  issue  occasion- 
ally if  they  wish  to  have  the  curtain  fall 

Continued  to  page  38 


Winter  Sports 

Tahoe,  Truckee,  Yosemite 

Just  overnight  from  California 
cities,  via  Southern  Pacific,  there's 
plenty  of  snow, —  and  plenty  of  real 
winter  sport.  Days  of  skiing,  skat- 
ing, sleighing,  tobogganing  or  bob- 
sledding.  Sociable,  friendly  evenings 
before  a  roaring  fireplace  blaze. 

A  Winter  Classic 

Dog  teams  from  Alaska,  Canada 
and  various  points  of  the  United 
States  have  gathered  at  Truckee 
and  Tahoe  for  the  winter  sports 
celebration  at  Tahoe  and  Truckee, 
February  10,  11  and  12,  culminat- 
ing in  the  $10,000  Dog  Derby  to 
be  run  from  Truckee  to  Tahoe  and 
back,  Feb.  12.  Tod  Kent,  "Scotty 
Allen"  and  other  famous  racing 
drivers  have  entered  and  are  now 
busy  conditioning  their  dogs  in  the 
Sierra  snows.  Special  train  service 
has  been  arranged  for  the  event. 
Trains  equipped  with  "grand- 
stands," like  those  that  follow  the 
boat  races  on  the  Hudson,  will  fol- 
low the  teams  as  they  race  to  Ta- 
hoe and  back. 

Convenient  Train  Service 

Through  Pullman  service  to 
Yosemite  from  both  San  Francisco 
and  Los  Angeles  and  intermediate 
points  bringing  you  to  El  Portal 
in  the  morning. 

Through  Pullman  service  from 
San  Francisco  and  Sacramento 
Mondays,  Wednesdays,  Fridays  and 
Saturdays,  arriving  at  Tahoe  in 
time  for  breakfast.  Through  serv- 
ice to  Truckee  daily,  with  wide 
choice  of  trains. 

Southern 
PaclMc 


F.  S.  McGINNIS 

Pass.  Traffic  Mgr. 

San  Francisco 


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Spring  is  just 
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if  you  seek  it  in  the 
bright  atmosphere  of 
the  Post  Street  Cafe- 
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it  may  be  raining  grey 
drizzle  but  upstairs  hot, 
delicious  jood  is  served 
amid  flowers  and  stimu- 
lating color  reflecting 
modern  Spring. 


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Goodnight  Ladies 

Continued  triini  page  13 

and  rubbed  it  over  his  head.  Ahsench',  he 
put  his  fingers  in  his  vest  pocket  and 
drew  out  his  comb.  Still  staring  down 
with  the  rain  blowing  down  his  neck 
and  into  his  shoes,  he  sat  combing  his 
hair.  Suddenly,  he  remembered  some- 
thing. He  had  not  turned  off  the  water 
in  his  washbasin.  Well  .  .  .  what  had  he 
been  thinking  about  anyhow?  He  put 
his  comb  back  into  his  pocket,  and 
cautiously  drew  his  leg  back  over  the 
rail,  and  stood  firmly  on  the  deck.  He 
would  have  to  phone  his  landlady  at 
once,  just  as  soon  as  ever  he  could  get  to 
a  phone  in  the  Ferry  Building.  Whatever 
had  he  been  thinking  about? 

He  reached  for  his  watch.  It  was  not 
in  his  pocket.  Oh  yes,  he  had  left  it  in 
the  lunch  room.  Go  back  and  finish  his 
meal  now.  What  had  he  been  doing, 
anyway?  He  shivered.  Gad,  he  was  wet. 
Why  had  he  been  standing  out  in  the 
rain  like  that?  An  unusual  light  attracted 
him.  He  looked  up  and  saw  that  the 
ship's  searchlight  was  playing  across  her 
wake,  a  thin  finger  of  white  light, 
pointing  up  and  down,  across  and  back 
through  the  blackness  of  the  driving 
rain.  There  were  short  excited  shouts  on 
the  lower  deck.  The  engines  had  stopped 
throbbing.  Apparently  they  were  stand- 
ing by.  He  went  back  to  the  lunchroom 
and  tound  it  empty.  His  sandwich  and 
cup  of  coffee  were  still  on  the  table,  and 
his  quarter  and  two  dimes,  and  his 
check.  He  put  the  money  and  the  check 
into  his  wet  pocket.  The  warmth  and 
brightness  of  the  room  made  him  feel 
like  singing.  He  began  to  eat  eagerly.  He 
put  two  more  lumps  of  sugar  in  his 
kikewarm  coffee.  He  was  foolishly,  im- 
possibly happy.  He  looked  about  for  a 
waitress  and  hammered  on  the  table.  A 
hazy  figure  came  into  the  doorway, 
dripping  wet,  her  blue  dress  hanging 
close  to  her  figure.  She  cried  out  in  a  low, 
frightened  voice.  He  looked  at  her  with 
some  surprise.  She  might  just  have  been 
fished  out  of  the  water,  she  was  so  white 
and  wet.  He  looked  steadily  at  her  and 
said  nothing.  Suddenly,  she  disappeared, 
and  he  looked  out  the  window  after  her. 

The  boat  began  to  vibrate  again.  The 
searchlight  went  out,  and  they  were 
moving  again.  After  a  moment  the 
waitresses  returned,  and  went  silently 
about  their  work.  One  of  them  filled  his 
coffee  cup.  The  very  wet  one  laid  his 
watch  on  the  table.  A  young  officer 
sauntered  into  the  cabin,  brushing  spots 
of  rain  ofl  his  shoulders.  He  walked  un- 
concernedly across  the  cabin,  picked  up 
the  pitcher  which  was  still  rolling  back 
and  forth,  set  it  on  the  shelf,  and  walked 
out  the  door  on  the  other  side.  Two 
deckhands  passed  the  windows,  staring 

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progress 

Annual 
Sale 

of 

Gassner 
FURS 

This  the  one  sale  of  the 
year  at  Gassner's  .  .  and 
"the  one  event  in  its 
class"  in  San  Francisco 
....  Fur  Coats,  for  ex- 
ample, are  reduced  as 
much  as  $1,000.00 


J^OIL 


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112-114  GEARY  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


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WITH  legitimate  editorial  ex- 
pectancy, we  wish  you  a 
Happy  New  Year.  As  we  go 
to  press,  it  is  not  yet  1929,  but  unless 
something  happens  to  prevent,  it  should 
occur  no  later  than  January  first.  With 
few  comets  in  view,  we  continue  to  say 
that  the  evolution  of  a  resolution  has 
already  begun  —the  waning  vow  to  do 
no  shopping  in  that  strange  interlude 
between  winter  and  spring. 

People  who  look  in  glass  windows 
should  not  throw  stones.  Yes,  we  have 
said  that  it  is  ridiculous  to  buy  clothes  at 
this  time,  but  we  too  will  weaken,  if 
not  before  1.  Magnin's  window,  then 
peering  through  Ransohoff's  or  gazing 
sheepishly  at  a  dress  in  Maison  Mendes- 
sole. 

We  are  restless.  It  is  the  pre-spring 
feeling  that  suggests  travel.  The  City  of 
Paris  and  The  White  House  windows 
upset  us  completely.  First  a  display  of 
winter  togs  simply  insist  upon  our  going 
to  Tahoe,  where  the  Tavern  lies  warm 
and  comfortable  midst  the  snow  that 
is  so  refreshing,  the  morning  after 
New  Year's  eve.  Then  another  window 
will  beckon  South,  where  lite  has  become 
just  one  Biltmore  after  another. 

▼       T       ▼ 

SHREVE  luggage  convinces  us  that 
there  is  no  place  like  Rome.  The 
suitcase  leather  of  tan  and  brown  is  such 
a  nice  neutral  background  for  Biarritz 
and  Deauville  labels,  ,  .  .  With  all  the 
jumps  in  time  one  makes  while  travel- 
ing, a  sensible,  unemotional  watch  is 
really  necessary.  For  men  and  women 
(large  and  small,  respectively)  Shreve 
has  stylish  white  gold  ones  on  the  new 
leather  cords. 


A  trip  through  the  canal  would  be  a 
joy,  especially  on  the  S.S.  Virginia's 
debut  voyage.  It's  a  long  ride  and  e.xcel- 
lent  for  a  real  rest,  but  the  crowd  is  so 
good  aboard  that  it's  best  to  look  before 
we  sleep. 

Traveling  victrolas  are  absolutely  es- 
sential to  any  trip,  Sherman  Clay  have 
them  to  match  most  luggage,  and  will 
supply  you  with  a  library  of  Al  Jolson's 
and  Harry  Richman's  latest  seductions. 
These  .  .  .  and  a  flask  .  .  .  and  the  moon. 

If  you  are  going  abroad,  take  a  supply 
of  shoes  with  you,  for  all  the  world 
knows  that  women  should  beware  the 
French  vamp  San  Francisco's  newest 
shoe  shop  is  Streicher's  (formerly  Por- 
ter's). The  furniture  and  decorative 
scheme  outmodern  the  modern.  All  the 
others  seem  "just  shoe  stores"  now 

T      T      ▼ 

IF  WE  can't  get  away,  for  this  reason  or 
that,  San  Francisco  should  not  seem  a 
bit  of  a  punishment  Fortunately  New 
Yorkers  are  still  saying,  "Go  west 
young  man,  go  west,  "  and  we  are  hav- 
ing our  lull  quota  ot  attractive  and  in- 
teresting people. 

In  former  days,  out  of  town  people 
would  phone  and  say,  "I'm  at  the  hotel," 
but  now  the  St  Francis  is  no  more  taken 
tor  granted  than  the  Palace,  and  the 
Fairmont  has  been  forced  to  recognize 
the  newcomer,  Mark  Hopkins,  Now  we 
have  the  Sir  Francis  Drake  to  boast  of, 
so  visitors  must  be  very  specific  if  they 
expect  us  to  call  and  let  them  know  our 
best  bootleggers. 

On  Geary  Street,  there  are  dozens  ot 
specialty  shops.  Dresses  and  hats  are 
created  by  women  who  "wanted  to  do 
something,"  and  some  of  them  are  doing 


it  quite  well.  The  Maison  This  and  the 
That  Shoppe  have  their  own  following 
and  new  friends  are  lured  by  unbeliev- 
able prices  attached  to  hats  that  really 
aren't  bad  at  all.  Jersey  dresses  and  sport 
type  crepe  can  be  found  in  abundance. 

▼       ▼       T 

SUTTER  Street  is  prolific  with  antique 
shops.  Furniture,  porcelain,  andglass- 
ware  have  survived  every  period.  Old 
English,  Early  American,  Italian,  Hol- 
land, even  Irish  bric-a-brac  are  scattered 
from  Powell  to  Octavia.  Some  of  it  is 
junk,  but  much  of  it  is  good,  and  the 
shopper  who  knows  old  from  dirty  can 
find  things  difficult  to  obtain  elsewhere. 

Scattered  among  the  antiques  are  linen 
establishments,  most  ot  them  continu- 
ally "selling  out"  Their  existence  is  one 
"sale"  after  another,  and  prices  are  for- 
ever being  "slashed."  Nevertheless  there 
are  e.xcellent  buys  to  be  found,  especially 
in  linen  luncheon  sets.  Those  that  appear 
Italian  often  come  from  China,  but  who 
cares  about  that? 

We  San  Franciscans  are  so  accustomed 
to  Chinatown  that  we  often  underesti- 
mate its  novelty  and  charm.  Easterners 
in  particular  like  to  receive  Oriental 
objects,  and  would  be  delighted  with 
the  countless  bo.xes,  brocades,  and  vases 
that  seem  commonplace  and  uninterest- 
ing to  us.  Our  familiarty  breeds  con- 
tempt for  the  contents  of  Grant  Avenue 
above  Sutter,  but  down  in  the  basements 
of  the  various  "Bazaars  "  are  real 
treasures  and  rare  dynasty  pieces  that  the 
almond  eyed  proprietors  hide  away  from 
unappreciative  wanderers.  If  you  gain 
the  confidence  of  the  owners,  however, 
you  may  possibly  be  shown  old  China, 
and  not  merely  Chinatown. 


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Our  new  four  story  fireproof  building  is  now  com- 
pleted. This  added  to  our  former  Shops  gives  us 
the  most  modern  and  complete  studio  and 
workshops  on  the   Pacific  Coast   to 
better  serve  our  many  patrons. 

PENN  FURNITURE  SHOPS,  INC. 

SAN  MATEO 


A  Famous  Doorway 

in  Hollywood  that  means  home  to  travelers 

The  doorway  of  this  hotel  means  home — personal 
comfort — service — pleasant  surroundings.  It  also 
means  that  you  arc  conveniently  located  in  Holly- 
wood— film  capitol  of  thd  world — amusement  center 
of  Southern  Cahfomia. 

Good  Food  a  Feature 

A  French  chef  has  made  the  dining  room  famous. 
Club  breakfasts,  luncheons  or  dinners  at  popular 
prices.    Also  a  la  carte  service. 

Write  for  reservations  or  free  booklet  entitled, 
"Hollywood,'*— today! 

The  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

— MtMctt  (h«  doorway  means  \xom€  io  ttavcien 
Vine  St.,  at  Hollvwood  Blvd..  HuUvwood.  California 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 

Continued  from  page  35 

within  che  appointed  three  hours.  .  .  . 
Alice  Joyce  and  Owen  Moore  were  far 
from  "hammish."  They  acted  with  dis- 
cretion and  restraint,  and  it  was  a  relief 
to  have  the  curtain  tall  upon  a  reconcili- 
ation between  husband  and  wile  which 
did  not  include  fond  embraces  and  pas- 
sionate kisses  unconvincingly  conjured 
up  from  the  ashes  of  a  love  that  must 
have  been  deader  than  the  proverbial  door 
nail.  What  a  title  does  for  a  play  is  illus- 
trated by  an  incident  that  occurred  as  we 
wended  our  way  to  Ernest  Pascal's  opus. 
A  woman  friend  sitting  opposite  us  on 
the  humble  cable  car  bearing  us  thither 
said:  "Where  are  you  going?"  "To  see 
'The'Marriage  Bed'  "  quothwe.  "At  the 
Green  Street  Theatre?"  she  threw  back 
brightly.  Showing  that  there  is  some- 
thing in  a  name. 


To  ANYONE  who  has  seen  the  classical 
Japanese  drama,  the  Imperial  Dra- 
matic Troupe  ot  Tokio,  Japan,  that  has 
been  holding  forth  at  the  Community 
Playhouse,  proved  exciting  but  not  par- 
ticularly inspiring.  We  have  been  to 
many  Japanese  plays  in  the  more  tra- 
ditional manner  which,  while  they  may 
have  puzzled  and  even  bored  us  in  spots, 
had  high  lights  that  moved  us  extraor- 
dinarily. Mitsuru  Toyama,  is  a  capable 
actor,  using  more  realistic  methods  than 
any  Japanese  actor  we  ever  have  seen, 
although  this  might  not  be  apparent  to 
an  audience  getting  their  first  glimpse  of 
the  Japanese  stage  through  him.  Indeed, 
he  was  so  realistic  in  "Kcn-Geki,"  the 
first  drama  on  the  bill,  that  he  took  us 
the  entire  performance  to  determine 
whether  his  closed  eye  and  paralytic 
twitchings  were  natural  or  assumed.  On 
the  opening  night,  a  stringed  orchestra 
of  three  pieces  in  the  most  approved 
Teutonic  manner  did  its  best  between 
acts  to  destroy  the  atmosphere  of  the 
plays.  They  droned  out  Viennese  waltzes 
and  minuets  and  anything  else  they  could 
find  as  far  removed  from  the  spirit  of 
the  Orient  as  possible.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  they  were  one  of  the  contributing 
causes  to  our  rather  early  departure.  It 
may  be  necessary  to  hire  a  three-piece 
occidental  orchestra  as  a  matter  of  ex- 
pediency in  connection  with  the  Japanese 
drama  but  it  certainly  isn't  necessary  to 


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let  them  play. 


JANUARY,   1929 


39 


A.  F. 
MARTEN 

♦  CO  ♦ 


DECORATION 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


1501     SUTTER     STREET 
SAN    FRANCISCO 


Goodnight  Ladies 

Conlinued  from  pr-!Kc  3Ci 

in  through  the  glass,  their  wet  faces 
shining  white  in  the  reflection  of  the 
cabin  lights 

The  boat  proceeded  steadily  and 
silently,  lurching  and  rolling  They  were 
nearing  the  slip  He  laid  his  money  and 
his  check  side  by  side  on  the  table,  picked 
up  his  watch  and  went  out  onto  the 
deck  He  took  out  his  comb  and  combed 
his  hair  Suddenly  he  began  to  laugh, 
and  went  singing  through  the  deserted 
main  cabin  toward  the  forward  stair- 
way. 

What  the  hell  was  he  doing  on  the 
San  Francisco  side  anyhow  at  this  time 
of  night? 

Where  had  he  been,  anyway?  He  put 
his  fingers  into  his  vest  pocket  and  drew 
out  one  of  his  two  dimes  Get  to  a  tele- 
phone as  soon  as  possible  Too  bad  to  get 
his  landlady  out  of  bed  The  boat  bumped 
into  the  slip.  The  water  splashed  up  and 
down  with  a  sucking  and  swirling.  The 
two  waitresses  walked  by  him  with 
their  hats  and  coats  on 

"Goodnight,  ladies,"  he  called,  "1 
thank  you." 

"Fool,"  said  one  They  disappeared 
up  the  gangplank.  He  walked  along 
after  them,  whistling 


Society  Is  Sailing 

—  to  its  ■winter  rendezvous  on  the 
magic  isles  of  the  Tacific — 

Visit  Hawaii  at  this  season,  and  you 
will  find  it  teeming  with  cosmopolitan 
throngs!  The  lure  of  its  balmy,  spring, 
like  climate  —  the  magic 
of  tropical  beauty  and  ro- 
mance—  made  doubly  en- 
joyable by  hotel  and  trav- 
el facilities  of  the  finest 
kind  are  drawing  people 
in  greater  and  greater 
numbers  from  every- 
where. 

ALL-INCLUSIVE-COST 
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Los  Angeles  back  to  Los  An- 
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Same  Management  as  The  Plaza 


The 
SaVOV'  Pl  axa. 

Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  5Sth  to  59th  Streets 

at  Central  Park 

Henry  A.  Rost,  President 

Large  and  Small  Suites  Tsjow  Leasing 
for  Immediate  Occupancy 

THE  ADDITION 

offers 

2  to  ^  Efiom  Suites 
Furnished  or  Unfurnished  at  Attractive  Rentals 

All  of  the  emphatic  advantages  of  the  Savoy-Plaza 
available  in  the  Addition  in  identical  interpretation. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE  AUDITORIUM 

"IN  THE  CENTER  OF 

THINGS" 

Small,  but  not  too  small,  with  a 
delighttully  informal  atmosphere, 
is  now  available  to  individuals 
and  organizations  for  Concerts. 
Recitals,  Lectures,  Receptions, 
Card  Parties,  Dinners,  Dances 
and  other  entertainments. 

This  attractive  auditorium  has 
effective  lighting  facilities  and 
will  seat  one  hundred  to  six  hun- 
dred people  comfortably.  The 
acoustics  are  approved 
by  experts. 


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WOMEN'S  CITY  CLUB 
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H.VALDESPINO 

will  show  paintings  in 
oil   and  watercolor  by 

JOSEPH  RAPHAEL 

January  7th  to  3  1  st 
at  his  new  Gallery  at 

347  0'Farrell  Street 
San  Francisco 
Franklin    3533 


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beautiful  Union  Square 

The 

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RECENT  years, 
here  have  been 
several  interesting 
stories  of  post-war 
adolescence,  but 
"The  Wanderer" 
gives  a  picture  of 
pre-war  days,  when 
rural  French  boys  of 
sixteen  and  seven- 
teen were  children 
Francoise  Delisle 
has  translated  "Lc  Qrande  Meaulncs" 
by  Alain  Fourniere.  It  was  published  in 
France  fifteen  years  ago,  when  the 
author  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age 
The  book  was  enthusiastically  received 
by  eminent  critics,  and  the  author's 
future  greatness  was  predicted  Then 
Alain  Fournier  was  killed  in  the  war,  as 
were  Alan  Seeger  and  Rupert  Brooke, 
who  should  be  writing  today. 

The  book  changes  in  vein  as  it  the 
author  himselt  matures  with  Mcaulnes, 
the  hero,  and  his  younger  friend  Seurel, 
who  narrates 

In  the  beginning  the  plot  is  negligible, 
yet  a  strange  realism  is  oddly  gained  by  a 
vagueness  and  confusion  employed  in 
establishing  the  story's  background 

There  is  undeniable  genius  in  the  tell- 
ing of  Meaulnes'  adx'cnture  at  a  costume 
fete,  where  the  beautiful  and  the  grotes- 
que, the  real  and  the  unreal  are  inter- 
mingled in  a  betogged,  fairy  tale  way 
The  entire  story  could  actually  have  hap- 
pened, yet  the  events  are  related  in  such  a 
blurred,  detached  manner,  that  an  in- 
describable consciousness  of  adolescence 
is  felt,  until  the  final  chapters 

The  romance  of  the  book  is  told  with 
a  seriousness,  almost  tragic  The  girl 
whom  Meaulncs  loves  is  an  untouchable 
unattainable  Princess,  until  he  grows 
older  Then  she  becomes  just  the  pretty 
girl  whom  he  marries  and  deserts  This 
final  change  of  style,  the  clearing  of  con- 
fusion, the  rapid  parade  of  events,  all 
come  with  the  maturity  of  Meaulnes  and 
Sourel 

The  dream-like  characters  become 
sharply  defined,  the  hero  Mcaulnes  be- 
comes a  disappointing  adult,  the  \'ague 
story  devclopes  into  a  chain  of  fast  mo\' 
ing  events  Marriage  and  child-birth 
and  death  loom  suddenly  The  Wanderer 
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by  Alain   Fournicr 
Publishers- 


SORREL  and  Son  were  too  good  to  be 
true,  and  "Old  Pybus"  is  just  as  bad 
— I  mean  good 

Warwick  Deeping  (to  rhyme  with 
Weeping)  once  again  tells  us  that  clothes 
do  not  make  the  man,  that  only  the  poor 
are  proud,  and  that  all  good  souls  are 
undernourished. 

Old  Pybus  was  a  hotel  porter,  of 
course.  Mr  Deeping  made  the  son  so 
very  good  in  his  first  success,  that  he 
thought  he  simply  had  to  have  bad  sons 
this  time  However,  he  was  perfectly 
miserable  without  a  fine,  noble  boy,  so 
he  made  a  Grandson  every  bit  as  won- 
derful as  Kit  Sorrel 

The  story  is  poor  and  unconvincing. 
Loose  ends  are  left  dangling  about, 
waiting  to  he  tied  together.  All  the 
stock  tricks  of  melodrama,  suspense,  and 
coincidence  are  employed  A  plea  to  the 
Ltnotions  is  made  with  the  same  tech- 
nique  adopted   by   Al   Jolson   in    "The 


Singing  Fool  "  Mr    Deeping  instead  of 
singing  "Mamniy,"  sings  "Pappy." 

"Old  Pybus"  is  sloppy  sentimentality. 
Its  root  sprang  from  the  same  garden  as 
did  "Abie's  Irish  Rose  "  Consequently 
it  is  a  best  seller 

Mr  Deeping  should  write  for  Aimee 
MacPherson's  Four  Square  Gospel  Mag- 
azine. 

It  is  true  that  filial  piety  is  an  excellent 
virtue,  but  the  relationship  between  Old 
Pybus  and  his  grandson  Lance  is  ridicu- 
lous and  fortunately  impossible. 

The  chapters  dealing  with  Old  Pybus 
being  "only  human,"  infer  that  he 
should  have  been  "divine  "  In  fact.  Dr. 
Deeping  emulates  a  form  of  human  per- 
fection that  is  entirely  absurd. 
"Old  Pybus,"  by  Warwick  Deeping 
Alfred  Knopf,  Publisher. 


A  PULSATING  young  man  has  kindled 
"Pagan  Fires  "  He  has  seemingly 
disdained  the  modern  "lighter,"  and 
gained  his  glow  by  the  painful  friction 
of  life  and  love.  He  is  both  a  beacon  of 


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youthful  idealism  and  a  waving  torch  of 
rebellion. 

Challiss  Silvay  has  youth's  excited 
descent  upon  life  and  youth's  detached 
speculation  upon  death.  He  is  intensely 
emotional  and  minutely  analytical. 

He  disdains  capital  letters  and  repeats 
his  punctuation  He  wears  a  mental 
monocle  and  assumes  a  culturine  man- 
ner, but  fundamentally  he  is  a  poet  of 
ideas  who  at  times  strikes  musical  notes 
of  real  beauty. 

"Noon's  crescendo  once  begun, 
she  becomes  all  unison, 
and  at  twilight,  velvet  still, 
She  is  heartbeat  of  a  hill" 

That  is  very  nice  Some  day,  perhaps, 
Challiss  Silvay  will  gain  an  even  stride 
with  such  loveliness  Meanwhile  he  is  a 
turbulent  boy,  physically  conscious,  and 
aware,  that  his  Pagan  Fires  are  blazing 

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AcoMPi-tTF  poem  is  one  where  an 
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and  the  thought  has  found  the  words  " 
Thus  simply  does  the  seasoned  Robert 
Frost  define  that  medium  of  expression 
and  with  equal  ease  does  he  execute. 

"West  Rjinning  Brook."  is  a  delightful 
\'olume  of  verse  It  reflects  its  creator,  a 
lover  of  nature,  and  human  nature, 
whose  bland  understanding  of  life 
simplifies  its  complexities  He  is  an 
optimist,  as  are  most  writers  primarily 
interested  in  the  basic  beauty  of  nature, 
but  his  hopefulness  and  appreciations  are 
intelligent  conclusions  ot  experience  He 
is  not  a  male  Pollyanna 

Frost's  poems  are  unaff-ected  and 
emotionally  normal  They  chuckle,  they 
sigh,  and  they  breathe  deep.  They  are  the 
wholesome  reflections  ol  a  great  poet, 
and  the  tender  revelations  ot  a  kindly 
man. 

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disconcerting  to  the  other  side  When 
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modern  way,  short  stirrups  and  a  for- 
ward crouch,  with  a  little  of  the  blood 
lust  in  their  hearts,  then,  and  only  then, 
will  they  be  a  serious  threat 

Is  there  a  more  colorful  or  stirring 
sight  than  a  level  green  field  perhaps 
with  a  background  of  mysterious,  som- 
ber mountains,  eight  perfectly  trained 
ponies  in  absolute  accord  with  their 
riders,  the  thud  of  flying  hooves,  lean 
graceful  bodies  cleaving  the  air  with  a 
swish  as  they  race  by  at  meteor-like 
speed?  The  clear,  whip-like  crack  as  ball 
meets  mallet  and  the  dull  thud  of  flesh 
against  flesh  as  man  and  beast  recklessly 
.strive  for  the  advantage'  Me-thinks  that 
the  gallant  Knights  of  old  were  no  more 
brave  than  these  modern  Princes  ot  the 

Pigskin. 

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T'here  ought  to  be  some  excellent, 
hard  fought  Polo  games  at  Del  Monte 
during  the  first  three  weeks  of  Feb- 
ruary, when  several  high  goal  teams  will 
compete  for  honors  in  a  20  goal  event 
and  the  Pacific  Coast  open  champion- 
ship. 

There  will  be  one  or  two  teams  com- 
posed of  Easterners  Midwick  will  be 
led  by  Carlton  Burk.  one  ot  the  most 
colorful  figures  in  the  history  of  Polo. 
San  Mateo  will  probably  put  two  strong 
teams  in  the  field  Walter  Dillingham  :s 
bringing  a  strong  line  from  Hono- 
lulu The  Rancho  San  Carlos  and  Santa 
Barbara  round  out  the  number. 

In  these  teams  we  have  all  the  ingre- 
dients for  a  gala  season  which  it  ought 
to  be  if  the  weather  favors  us  by  smiling 
in  her  kindliest  mood. 


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Hope  of  the  mentally  bored  for  some- 
thing that  will  shake  their  souls  free  of 
those  silent  places  into  which  they  ha\'e 
themselves  thrust  them.  The  sardine 
fisher  of  Monterey  coming  back  in  the 
dawn  to  the  kiss  of  his  sweetheart,  to 
the  welcome  clink  of  money  in  his 
pockets,  to  the  glass  of  Italian  home- 
made wine  The  Young  Intelligentsia  of 
Carmel  waking  at  dusk  from  a  dream  of 
world  re\'oliition,  fro-.n  the  running  of 
red  feet,  the  hoarse  screams  of  liberty,  to 
an  empty  world  of  tog  and  chill  and 
silence.  The  funny  world  in  which  we 
live!  The  funny  creatures  we  are,  our- 
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LEGITIMATE  THEATERS 

\lcazar  :  Courage.  Lack  of  birth  control  has 
supphcd  Emma  Dunn  with  an  effective 
vehicle  for  Henry  Duffy. 

Berkeley  Playhouse:  The  .Mask^nd  the  Face. 
A  priceless  comedy  by  Chiarelli  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  The  Cherry  Orchard  sans  Nazim- 
ova. 

Zapitol;  Darker  than  last  month  at  this  time. 

Zolumbia:  D'Oyly  Carte  Operatic  Company 
to  be  followed  by  Frank  Craven  in  The 
T^ineteenth  Hole,  a  comedy  of  tees  and 
niblicks. 

ZuRRAN  ;  Lupino  Lane's  Music  Box  lievue — 
with  Hollywood  hoopskirts  and  hoydens  to 
be  followed  by  the  Shubert-Oricntal  opus 
mysterium  The  Silent  House. 

3uFFWiN  :  Lomhardi  to  withdraw  for  Leo  Car- 
rillo  in  The  Bad  .Man. 

"ULTON :  Broadzvay  and  other  successes  with 
Earl  Lee,  Norman  Field,  and  Marion  Mears. 

Ijeary:  The  Quardsman — One  of  Molnar's 
second  acts  Vv'ith  a  pair  of  other  episodes  and 
Lowell  Sherman  and  Doris  Lloyd. 

jaite  Francaise:  Now  playing  every  week 
end.  Moliere's  plays  are  to  have  a  short  sea- 
son. 

jreen  Street:  Easy  for  3ee  3ee.  It  should  be 
easy  for  anyone  by  now. 

MOTION  PICTURES 

Embassy:  Fannie  Brice  in  .My  .Man.  A  singing 
and  talking  Vitaphone  production. 

Zalifornia:  The  Barl^er  and  then  The  Wolf  of 
Wall  Street.  Both  startling  because  of  dia- 
logue embellishments. 

jranada  :  The  Canary  .Murder  Case  and 
Night  Club.  Among  two  of  the  other  Para- 
mount pictures. 

Varfield  :  Now  entering  a  post  Jolson  era  of 
prosperity. 

>T.  Francis  :  Daum  and — it  is  rumoured — 
Potemk.in. 

VAUDEVILLE 

'antages:  More  talkers  and  then  some  vaude- 
ville. 

3rpheum  :  Strictly  vaudeville  on  the  good  old 
policy.  Smoking,  N'everything. 

jolden  Gate:  The  best  of  Pathe  Talking  pic- 
tures and  vaudeville. 


MUSIC 

February  7 :  Civic  Auditoriuin  Pop  Concert. 
Reinald  Werrenrath,  soloist.  Pacific  Saenger- 
bund. 

February  S  :  Symphony  Concert.  Margaret 
Matzcnauer,  solist.  Alfred  Hertz,  conductor. 

February  8:  Dreamland — Doris  Niles  Ballet. 

February  9  :  Dreamland — Repeat  Symphony 
Concert. 

February  10:  Curran  Theater — Geraldine  Far- 
rar  Recital. 

February  12:  FairiTiont — Arthur  Honegger 
Recital — Pro  Musica. 

February  13  :  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auditorium — Aida. 
Condensed. 

February  14:  Tito  Schipa  in  Oakland. 

February  15:  Junior  Symphony — Curran. 

February  15:  Scottish  Rite — Reinald  Werren- 
rath. 

February  16:  Dreamland — Popular  Concert. 
Alfred  Hertz,  conductor. 

February  17:  Berkeley  Symphony  Concert. 

February  19:  Tito  Schipa  in  Drcamlan.l. 

February  22  :  Symphony  Concert.  Hertz,  con- 
ductor. Curran. 

February  23:  Dreamland — Symphony  Con 
cert.  Hertz,  conductor. 

February  28 ;  Civic  Auditorium — Mischa 
Elman  with  Orchestra.  Hertz,  conductor. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 
St.  Francis:  Where  the  New  Year  began. 
Tait's  at  the  Beach  :  To  which  the  path  of 

true  love  may  now  run  smoothly,  rhanks  to 

the  Highway  Commission. 
The  Palace:  Where  the  Palm  Court  amuses  its 

ladies-in-waiting. 
Fairmont  :  Where  the  grill  is  especially  nice  on 

a  Sunday  night. 
Sir  Francis  Drake:  Where  one  no  longer  feels 

a  stranger  in  its  midst. 
Mark  Hopkins:  Where  one  sees  the  stream  of 

the  younger  generation. 
Solaris:  354  Geary,  on  the  way  to  the  theatre. 
New  Frank's:  447  Pine.  Ah'  La  Carte! 
Deauville:  1516  Stockton,  where  the  memory 

of  the  good  old  days  lingers  on. 
California  Market  Restaurant:  Where  the 

oysters  are  more  precious  than  pearls. 
Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:   1    Tillman  Place,   in 

the  fascinating  alley. 


Russian    Tea    Room:    1001    Vallejo,    where 

nothing  makes  you  see  Red. 
Court  Yard  Tea  Room:  450  Grant,  a  hunch 

for  lunch. 
The   Aldeane:    275    Post,    where    atmosphere 

and  good  food  rival  the  marvelous  view  of 

Union  Square. 
Post  Street  Cafeteria  :  Where  one  may  grab 

a  bite  and  enjoy  it. 
New  Frank's:  447  Pine,  a  French  restaurant 

with  true  Continental  flavor. 
California  Market  Restaurant:  Where  the 

Financial  Figures  get  their  need  of  golf. 
Solari's:    354    Geary,    where    food    is    taken 

seriously. 

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courtesy   of  the   ARGUS 

Beaux  Arts  Galerie  :  Through  February  12, 
water  colors  by  Haldane  Douglas;  water 
colors,  drawings  and  wood  carvings  by 
Robert  B.  Howard. 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 
Through  February  10,  paintings  by  Childe 
Hassam;  porcelains  and  other  works  by 
Beniamino  Bufano.  February  1 1  to  March 
1,  150  paintings  from  the  Grand  Centtal 
Galleries,  New  York. 

CouRVOisiERs:  February  1  to  15,  etchings  by 
Troy  Kinney. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum  :  Pernianent 
collections.  Free  art  lectures  on  Wednesday 
and  Sunday  afternoons. 

East  West  Gallery  of  Fine  Arts  :  Paintings 
by  Matthew  Barnes.  Drawings,  pastels,  oil 
paintings  and  monotypes  by  Edward  Hage- 
dorn. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  Through  February  16, 
etchings  by  A.  Hugh  Fisher. 

Gump  Galleries  :  Prints  by  Arthur  B.  Davies, 
etchings  by  Chiled  Hassam.  February  1 1  to 
23,  paintings  by  Allan  G.  Cram. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  Through  February  9, 
paintings,  water  colors  and  drawings  by 
Joseph  Raphael. 

VicKERY,  Atkins  &:  Torrey:  Brainard  Lemon 
collection  of  Georgian  silver  and  old  Shef- 
field plate. 

Women's  City  Club:  February  25  to  March 
10,  Second  Decorative  Arts  Exhibition, 
sponsored  by  San  Francisco  Society  of 
Women  Artists. 


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and  color  — the  hub  around 

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No. 


Eva  LaGalliennc,  photograph     -             -             -             ,             -             -             -             .  8 

From  a  Norch  African  Note  Book,  by  Kathryn  Hulme      -             -             -             -  -      9 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told       -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -10 

Embarassing  Moments  in  the  Lives  of  Prominent  San  Franciscans,  Mayor  Rolph, 

cartoon  by  Sotomayor  -             -             -             -             -             -             -             -  -    12 

Inspiration,  sculpture  by  Sanford              --,,,,-  1^ 

Unsweetened  Truth,  story  by  Jo.  Hartman               -             -             -             -             -  -    15 

Dreiser  Looks  Backward,  by  Carey  McWilliams            -             -             -             -             -  16 

Even  This  Time,  verse  by  Lori  Petri             -             -             -             -             -             -  -    16 

Noel  Sullivan,  camera  portrait  by  Hagemeyer  ------  17 

Bay  Region  Miscellany,  by  Constance  Ferris             -             -             -             -             -  -    18 

California  Street,  camera  study  by  Ansel  Adams            -----  ig 

Spotlight,  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie           -             -             -             -             -             -  -    20 

Inevitable,  verse  by  Morton  Thompson              -              -               -               -               -  -     20 

Myrna  Loy,  photograph                -             -             -             -             -             -             -             -  21 

The  Gay  Sixties,  by  Aline  Kistler     -             -             -             -             -             -             -  -    22 

Arrows,  verse  by  Elizabeth  Leslie  Roos               ......  22 

Stockton  Street  in  1865,  drawing  by  E.  Melbourne  Brindle             -             -             -  -    23 

Reigning  Dynasty             ..-----.-  24 

Mrs.  Arthur  Hill  Vincent,  photograph         -             -             -             -             -             -  -    25 

Hollywood  Talks,  by  Harry  Crocker      -------  26 

Mass  Investing,  by  Leland  S.  Ross  -             -             -             -             -             -             -  -27 

As  Seen  By  Her   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -31 

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The  Two-Bid  in  Contract  Bridge,  by  Paul  W.  Black    -----  35 


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E\}a  La  Galliennej 

A  new  study  oj  Fa'u  LaGallienne  who  mixed  Barrie  and  Ibsen  and  brewed  //lere/rom  an  im- 
men.relt/  successful  Cii'ic  Repeiiory  Theater.    Her  success  has  prmrd  the  insptralion  oJ 
orijanizations  throuijhout  the  country,  not  the  least  interestuuf  oJ  whuh  are 
^  tl\e  three  "better  play" groups  announced  for  San  Francisco 


SAN  rRANCISGAN 


From  A  North  African  Note-Book 

Some  Impressions  and  Memories  With  No  Geographical  Sequence 


K' 


AiROUAN — A  Religious  Cere- 
mony. We  were  told  it  was  not 
,  a  spectacle  for  delicate  tempera- 
ments. We  were  told  that  the  Assaivais 
— a  fanatical  sect  of  Mohammedanism — 
hammer  swords  into  their  flesh,  chew 
glass  and  swallow  scorpions;  so  quite 
naturally  we  went  one  Friday,  to  see  it 
such  things  could  he  true.  The  mosque 
was  not  very  large  and  we  had  front 
seats.  When  we  arrived,  there  was  a 
group  of  young  men  sitting  slipperless  on 
a  carpet  in  the  center  of  the  room,  beat- 
ing on  drums  and  chanting  over  and  over 
again  some  wierd  sort  of  prayer.  In  the 
small  confines  of  the  mosque,  the  drum- 
beats filled  the  air  with  a  maddening  vi- 
bration; the  chanting  Arabs  grew  husky 
with  their  perpetual  song.  Some  small 
children  in  a  corner  rose  hypnotically  to 
their  feet  and  swayed  to  the  queer  irregu- 
lar rhythm  of  the  drums.  The  crescendo 
of  excitement  rose  like  a  visible  curve 
through  the  noisy  air  In  a  wall-rack  be- 
hind the  squatting  Arabs  a  row  of  swords 
glittered  evilly.  Suddenly  with  a  clap  of 
hands  six  men  arose  from  the  drumming 
group,  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder  facing 
their  squatting  priest  and  commenced  a 
strange  hopping  dance,  bowing  and  sway- 
ing in  peculiar  trancelike  unanimity. 
Their  voices  were  already  hoarse  with 
chanting;  but  still  they  continued  their 
wild  barbaric  yelling  as  they  danced, 
while  their  bare  brown  feet  thumped  a 
vigorous  time  on  the  stone  floor.  The 
roaring  crescendo  reached  its  climax. 
One  of  the  men  broke  away  from  the 
dancing  group,  tore  his  gliondonrra  and 
jacket  from  his  shoulders,  fell  to  his 
knees  and  knelt  there  swaying  while  one 
of  his  fellows  brought  a  sword  from  the 
rack.  .  .  . 


By  KATHRYN  HULME 

To  the  person  unforewarned,  the  en- 
suing would  have  been  a  ttightful 
spectacle.  But  we  had  been  forewarned. 
Our  friends  had  told  us  that  the  Assawais 
cultivated  sword-holes  in  various  parts 
of  their  anatomies  and  that  the  driving 
into  the  flesh  of  these  wicked-looking 
weapons  was  only  a  dramatic  hypocrisy. 
Even  so,  as  a  spectacle  of  dramatic  make- 
believe,  it  was  overwhelming. 

The  kneeling  suppliant  cringed,  sway- 
ed and  begged  for  the  swords.  Twice 
these  were  brandished  and  clinked  over 
his  head,  then  he  was  allowed  to  grasp 
their  naked  blades  and  push  them  through 
opposite  cheeks  so  that  the  points  crossed 
somewhere  inside  his  mouth  With  these 
crossed  swords  sticking  out  of  his  face, 
the  seemingly  half-mad  creature  spun 
wildly  around  the  room,  falling  to  his 
knees,  rising  hysterically  and  groaning 
hoarsely  in  rhythm  with  the  incessant 
drums.  Now  another  frenzied  dancer 
broke  loose,  tore  ofl^  his  clothes,  bared 
his  chest  and  fell  jibbering  to  the  floor 
begging  for  his  sword.  This  time,  the 
sword  was  introduced  into  a  hole  in  the 
suppliant's  abdomen  and  while  the  offi- 
ciating Assawai  beat  on  the  sword-hilt 
with  a  block  of  wood,  the  flagellant 
crawled  about  on  his  knees  so  that  all 
might  see  his  pierced  abdomen.  The 
beater  rose  to  his  toes  each  time  he 
brought  the  wood  hammer  down  on  the 
sword  hilt.  The  recipient  groaned  as  the 
blade  drove  deeper  with  each  thwack  and 
and  the  ever-faithful  drums  zoomed  out 
their  accent  in  the  frenzy.  One  more  sup- 
pliant for  self-castigation  received  his 
sword  through  the  throat;  each  time  the 
beater  thwacked  it  a  respectable  dis- 
tance down  into  his  chest,  the  recipient 
grunted  in  maniacal  joy.  .  .  . 


These  flagellants  were  actors  of  the 
most  supreme  talents.  Their  well-acted 
hysterias  when  the  bloodless  swords  were 
withdrawn  from  the  carefully  nurtured 
holes  would  have  shocked  the  most  cyni- 
cal of  observers. 

T       ▼       T 

BUT  now  came  the  piece  de  resistance 
of  the  Assawai  ceremonial  .  .  .  the 
scorpion  eater.  He  was  a  dirty  black- 
faced  little  Arab  in  soot-colored  cape  and 
hood.  We  had  watched  him  shuffling 
with  his  fellow  dancers  and  the  look  in 
his  eye  as  he  covertly  watched  us  on- 
lookers seemed  to  say,  "But  wait  'till  my 
turn  comes!"  His  turn  had  come.  He 
flung  himself  out  into  the  open  space  on 
the  floor — whirling,  gibbering,  bowing 
and  begging  .  .  .  and  while  his  antics 
were  going  on,  the  officiating  Arab 
walked  over  to  the  spectators'  bench 
with  a  three-inch  scorpion  held  by  the 
tail  'twixt  his  brown  fingers.  The  bony 
body  of  the  loathesome  thing  curled  and 
twisted  and  its  crablike  claws  clinched 
the  air  a  few  inches  of  our  noses.  We 
didn't  budge.  We  were  paralyzed.  The 
suppliant  for  the  scorpion  danced  and 
crawled,  fawned  and  plead  and  finally — 
when  he  was  well-placed  directly  in  front 
of  us — he  stood  erect,  opened  wide  a 
dirty  black  orifice  of  mouth  and  received 
into  it  the  writhing  live  scorpion  three 
inches  long. 

Our  paralyzed,  pop-eyed  stare  was  vo- 
litionless.  We  sat  frozen  to  our  bench, 
powerless  to  faint,  scream  or  otherwise 
give  expression  to  our  abysmal  horror. 
The  little  black  monkey-faced  scorpion 
eater  enjoyed  our  trancelike  attention. 
He  chewed  and  crunched  on  his  mouth- 
ful of  scorpion  and  his  dirty  brown  feet 

Continued  on  page  40 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


A  gentleman  who  had  recently 
been  through  the  throes  of  birth- 
day gilt  selection  dropped  in  on 
us  the  other  day  ^  Remembering  his  queru- 
lousness  of  a  tew  weeks  previous  his 
desperation,  rather,  his  repeated  an- 
nouncement that  "she  had  every 
thing"  we  were  not  a  little  cur- 
ious about  his  ultimate  decision. 

"What  did  you  get  her?"  we 
queried  gently.  Our  guest  be- 
came a  trifle  ill  at  ease.  He  seem- 
ed loath  to  pursue  the  subject. 
But  our  curiosity  (we're  really 
awt'ly  curious)  was  not  to  be 
denied. 

"Well"  he  said  diffidently,  "1 
couldn't  think  wh.\t  to  get  her 
So  I  made  her  out  a  check  and 
went  home  early  in  the  after- 
noon to  surprise  her  with  it.  1 
tiptoed  into  the  kitchen  and 
there  she  was,  head  down,  lean- 
ing over  into  the  icebox.  So  I 
stepped  up  to  her  and  slapped 
her  on  the,  uh,  back.  And  she 
says  'Forty pounds, Joe!' — So  I 
got  her  a  Frigidaire!" 

T       T       T 

THE  topic  turned  on  the 
roughness  of  whoopee 
parties  these  days  The  Wreck  of 
the  Los  Angeles  "Biltmore"  was 
recited  to  slow  music.  You 
know,  the  wreck  that  occurred 
last  Fall  when  football  enthus- 
iasts ripped  open  the  bed  pillows 
to  make  a  noise  like  snow  fall- 
ing from  eight  story  windows, 
and  other  lively  whatnot. 

Someone  said ;  "The  thing  to 
do,  if  you're  giving  a  party,  is 
to  move  all  the  furniture  out  .  . 
It's  much  cheaper  in  the  long 
run." 

"Don't  be  a  fool!"  cried  out  a  mid- 
Victorian  gentleman. 

"Fool,  nothing.  It  can  be  done.  And 
it  lias  been  done.  Two  years  ago  Rube 
Goldberg,  that  erstwhile  San  Franciscan, 
gave  a  New  Year's  party  in  New  York. 
The  day  before  it  was  pulled  off  he  had  a 
storage  van  drive  up  to  his  house  and  re 
move  every  stick  of  furniture.  The  only 
things  he  had  to  replace  next  day  were 
some  chandeliers." 


TusT  before  a  cold  dawn,  the  telephone 
J  rang  with  shrill  insistence.  Barney 
Larrol  hopped  out  of  bed  with  the  sud- 
den vigor  of  one  quite  dazed 

"Hell-hello,"  he  gasped. 

"Are  you  the  Vice  President  of   the 
Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com 
pany,"  a  calm  voice  inquired. 

"Yes,"  Barney  replied,  as  soon  as  he 


was  able  to  remember  who  he  was. 
Then,  recalling  that  a  servant  of  the 
people  must  always  be  polite,  he  con- 
tinued, "Is  there  anything  I  can  do  for 
you'" 

"Just  tell   me  this,"   said  the  voice, 


To  Hell  With  Freud!" 


"How  do  you  like  getting  out  of  bed  to 
answer  the  wrong  number?" 

T       T       ▼ 

DtALiNci  in  the  idle  traffic  of  idleness 
as  we  do,  we  were  privileged  to 
hear  the  following  at  the  public  library  . 
To  the  desk  of  the  librarian  stepped  a 
blithely  buxom  lady  o(  say  35. 

"Have  you"  she  demanded,  'Feeling 
Better''" 

"Who  is  the  author'"  countered  the 
librarian. 

"1  can't  remember  but  a  friend  just 
read  and  returned  it.  She  told  me  to  be 
sure  and  get  it  No,  1  don't  know  what 
its  about,  and  I  simply  cannot  remem- 
ber the  author's  name  but  I  know  the 
title  is  'Feeling  Better'." 

And  so  the  B.  A.  in  spectacles  and  the 
B.  B.  L.  went  thru  volumes  on  "the 
care  of  the  young  fruit  tree"  Surgery, 
Gynecology,  and  Obstetrics  and  Health 


via  numerous  things.  An  hour  passed 
Both  ladies  seemed  at  the  snappinj 
point.  Almost  the  entire  library  had  beer 
ransacked. 

They  had  paused  opposite  a  shelf  o 
classics.  For  the  900th  time  the  woman 
announced  her  mnemonic  ini 
competency  on  the  author's  nam" 
and  her  positiveness  on  the  title 
Suddenly  her  eyes  lit  up 
"Why  there  it  is!"  she  e.xclaim 
ed.  "Victor  Hugo!  That's  tb 
author's  name !  And  its  not '  Feel' 
ing  Better'  at  all — its  'Les  Mis 
erables' !" 


o- 


^FTEN  has  it  been  said  tha 

residents  of  a  city  knov 

the  least  about  its  bizarre  cor 

ners.  When  a  visitor  comes  t^ 

town,  he  quite  naturally  desire] 

to  be  shown  some  place  whicl 

is  a  trifle  different.  And  thougt 

we  do  not  for  a  moment  prei 

tend  to  be  familiar  with  the  ma 

jority  of  esoteric  haunts,  we  d( 

offer  a  small  list  of  out  of  th 

way  places  which  have  afforde( 

us,  many  a  moment  of  interest 

The  Holy  Rollers  on  Pacifi 

Street,  The  Green  Street  Theater 

Blanding  Sloan's  Puppetry  01 

Montgomery  Street,  The  FisI 

piersonSunday  afternoon,  Andr 

^i«\*     Ferrier's    French   Theater,    Th 

'jyA'f*  Church  in  Chinatown,  and  th 

Cathedral   on    Washingtoi 

Square,  the  Great  China  The 

ater,  the  Telegraph  Hill  Tavern 

Macondry  Lane,  the  Ruins  a. 

the    Palace   of   Fine   Arts,   th 

temporary  Japanese  Theater  01 

Bush   Street,    the    old    Alcaza 

Theater  on  Sutter  Street  (now  . 

picture  house  but  priceless  for  j 

ten-minute  visit),  the  Markets  at  Dawn 

and  all  those  quaint  places  to  which  on 

gains  entrance  with  little  white  cards. 

T        T        T 

A  San  Francisco  woman  of  grea 
_^y  social  importance,  constantly  re 
fused  newspapers  the  privilege  of  pub 
fishing  her  photograph. 

"No,  1  will  positively  not  ha\'e  tha 
sort  of  publicity!  "  she  vehemently  re 
plied  to  the  requests  of  reporters.  "1  wil 
not,  I  will  not,  I  will  not!" 

One  day,  a  society  reporter  sensec 
victory,  by  saying  slowly, "If  you  haven' 
any  more  recent  photograph  to  give  us 
we'll  just  have  to  use  that  tin  type  w 
have,  taken  of  you  during  the  Mid 
winter  fair." 

The  next  morning  the  newspaper  wa 
supplied  with  one  of  Hagemeyer's  lates 
attempts  at  immortalizing  the  patriciai 
features  of  the  lady  in  question 


-EBRUARY,  1929 

MONTH  by  month,  contributors  to 
The  San  Franciscan  are  becoming 
cnown  nationally.  Readers  of  the  mag- 
izine  might  do  well  to  follow  their  fav- 
orites for  of  the  initial  group  of  writers 
;or  The  San  Franciscan,  several arenow 
:ontributing  regularly  to  national  publi- 
:ations. 

Carey  McWilliams,  whose  splendid 
irticle  on  "Dreiser"  is  a  feature  of  this 
issue,  wrote  a  brilliant  analysis  of'Am- 
Drose  Bierce"  for  the  current  American 
Mercury.  It  is  an  article  which  contains 
information  of  interest  to  every  San 
Franciscan. 

In  Vanity  Fair,  Rex  Smith  is  now  a 
leader  of  the  trenchent  school.  His  pierc- 
ing article  on  Emil  Jannings  has  pro- 
voked discussion  over  the  entire  country 
and  San  Franciscans  may  well  remember 
his  brilliant  article  on  Edgar  Saltus 

Sotomayor  had  a  cartoon  in  Life, 
Herald  Broun  has  a  graphic  study  ot 
Robert  Edeson  in  this  issue  of  Theater. 
MoUie  Merrick  is  syndicating  a  column 
of  movie  notes  from  Hollywood  which 
now  appears  in  more  than  three  score 
journals  while  Idwal  Jones,  who  has  just 
returned  from  abroad,  has  contracted 
with  The  American  Mercury  for  several 
new  articles,  and  Kathryn  Hulme  who 
is  now  in  Africa,  is  finishing  her  novel 
which  will  be  published  in  the  Fall. 


THE  poor  motion  picture  executive 
comes  in  for  a  great  deal  of  abuse. 
To  hear  some  actors  talk,  the  outsider 
would  picture  him  a  Simon  Legree,  whip 
in  hand,  driving  the  poor  actor  on  and 
on  through  days  and  nights  of  excessive, 
uncalled  for  labor,  working  him  over- 
time to  swell  his  already  bulging  coffers. 
Give  a  thought  to  the  other  side  of  the 
story.  In  one  of  the  big  studios  they  are 
very  pressed  for  room  on  their  newly 
constructed  sound  stages  and  every  day's 
delay  means  the  loss  of  a  fortune.  Con- 
sider the  dilemma   a  supervisor  found 
I  himself  in  when  a  star  who  had  been  re- 
!  cording  her  voice  for  several  days  sud- 
i  denly  developed  a  horseness  due  to  a  cold. 
It  was  impossible  to  continue.  She  could 
I  not  suddenly  shift  in  the  middle  of  a 
scene  from  a  clear  voice  to  a  husky  one. 
"We'll  send  the  doctor  over,"  the  super- 
visor sent  word  to  her,    "and  he  can 
spray  your  throat  so  that  you'll  be  able 
to  clear  up  your  voice," 

"Sorry,"  was  the  word  which  came 
back  to  him  from  the  star,  "I  am  a 
Christian  Scientist,  and  don't  use  doc- 
tors." 

"You're  costing  us  enough  already," 
the  harried  executive  returned  a  message. 
'Be  reasonable,  I'm  sending  the  doctor 
over.  Please  see  him." 

Back  came  the  answer,  "I  shall  be  only 
too  glad  to  see  in  a  social  way  any  num- 
ber of  doctors  you  may  care  to  send,  but 
I  cannot  have  them  call  professionally." 


A  PROMINENT  women's  club  on  the 
east  side  of  the  bay  was  scheduled 
for  a  talk  by  the  secretary  of  a  social 
service  organization.  The  rooms  were 
crowded  and  the  appetizing  smell  of 
coffee  floated  out  from  the  club  kitchen- 
ette. The  president  came  upon  the  plat- 
form leading  a  bespectacled  lady  of  un- 
certain social  service  years.  Said  Madam 
president:  "Ladies,  we  are  now  about  to 
listen  to  a  very  interesting  talk.  Let  me 
present  Miss  Fitzgibbon,  the  secretary  of 
the  Women's  Christian  Temperance 
Union." 

Madam  President  fell  back  and  the 
alleged  Secretary  of  the  Women's  Chris- 
tian Temperance  Union  stepped  for- 
ward. She  wore  a  coy,  not  to  say  kitten- 
ish smile. 

"My  dear  friends,"  she  began,"  your 
delightful  president  has  made  a  slight 
mistake.  I  am  not  the  secretary  of  the 
Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union 
— I  am  the  secretary  of  the  League  tor  the 
Suppression  of  Vice." 

Was  Madam  President  downhearted? 
Not  she.  With  a  gay  flourish  she  recap- 
tured the  center  of  the  platform  and  said 
sweetly : 

"Of  course.  Miss  Fitzgibbon,  of 
course !  ..  .  1  knew  there  was  something 
you  didn't  do!  " 

OUR  Santa  Barbara  correspondent  has 
written  us  an  amusing  tale  con- 
cerning a  Belgian  Viscount,  a  Philadel- 
phia man-about-town,  a  negro  janitor, 
and  none  other  than  America's  Sweet- 
heart, Colonel  Charles  A.  Lindbergh 

During  the  sojourn  last  summer  at  the 
Philadelphian's  bunglehigh,  the  Colonel 
became  acquainted  with  the  Viscount, 
liked  him  immensely,  and  as  a  gesture  of 


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esteem  gave  him  the  cap  that  he  wore  on 
his  historic  flight. 

The  Viscount  would  rather  have 
parted  with  his  title  than  with  the  cap, 
but  he  carelessly  left  it  in  Pasadena, 
where  he  had  been  visiting  other  friends, 
prior  to  his  departure  for  abroad. 

While  inspecting  the  guest  room,  the 
Viscount's  hostess  discovered  the  bat- 
tered cap,  gave  it  to  the  colored  cook, 
who  in  turn  presented  it  to  her  husband, 
a  janitor. 

Evenutally  the  Viscount  discovered 
his  loss  and  frantically  cabled  the  twenty 
or  thirty  people  he  had  visited  in 
America. 

The  Pasadena  hostess  promptly  re- 
covered the  treasure,  and  sent  it  to  Bel- 
gium, properly  packed,  sealed  and  in- 
sured. 

The  negro  cook,  who  was  a  very  good 
cook,  and  made  especially  swell  hollon- 
daise  sauce,  looked  a  trifle  annoyed.  Her 
mistress,  fearing  an  impending  departure 


'Lees,  I  ivish  to  become  a  Sportsman,    Buy  me  some  horses — take  care 
of  the  details — racing  and  things,  you  kjioiv." 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Embarassing  Aioments  in  the  '  IjU'cs  oI  ProminenL^  Sai-u  Franciscans 

Jlayoi-  Ralph  Forycts  io  etui  hur  radio  .fficecli  with; 
" I'rom  the  City  hy  the  Golden  Gate" 


FEBRUARY,  1929 


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gave  her  the  price  of  a  brand  new  pearl 
gray  Stetson. 

The  next  day,  as  the  janitor  bicycled 
to  work,  chuckling  over  his  excellent  ex- 
change of  top  pieces,  little  did  he  suspect 
that  his  wooley  head  had  mingled  with 
the  gods 

T       ▼       ▼ 

GOADED  by  the  transcontinental  fear 
of  the  demise  ot  the  speaking  stag?, 
our  cultural  incipiendi  have  had  their 
most  active  month.  This  brood,  in  case 
you  haven't  heard,  is  the  minority  which 
always  sponsors  new  movements.  After 
the  initial  sanctioning  of  the  use  of  their 
names,  members  of  this  group  invariably 
leave  town  or  have  their  phones  dis- 
connected. 

During  the  startled  month  of  January 
three    little    theaters — or   rather,    better 
play  cults  were  announced.  A  fourth,  the 
Players  Guild,  revived  from  its  lethargy 
and  floated  memberships  in  the  breize. 
Reginald  Travers  has  a  few  friends  re- 
hearsing "The  Wild  Duck."  The  pur- 
pose of  his  organization  is  to  solidify 
erstwhile  dramatic  talent  until  the  day 
they    can    no    longer    give    Ibsen.    The 
;   shadow  of  Irving  Pichel  adumbrates  over 
i   the   destinies   ot    another   group   which 
I   definitely  promises  to  construct  a  theater 
I   somewhere  between  the  Ferry  Building 
•   and  Twin  Peaks. 

The  fourth  organization  is  the  San 
Francisco  branch  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Repertory  Theater.  From  this  aesthetic 
center  will  emanate  Pacific  Coast  ver- 
sions of  the  New  York  Theater  Guild. 

Taking  the  situation  at  a  glance,  one 
might  say,  there  is  a  more  healthy  sign 
of  good  plays  for  San  Francisco  than 
there  ever  was  before.  That  is,  of  course, 
if  all  these  organizations  are  extant  by 
the  time  this  magazine  appears. 

T       ▼       ¥ 

MEET  Grover  Cleveland,  just  passing 
through  San  Francisco.  Why  I 
thought  he  was  dead !  Not  the  president, 
silly!  He  decorates  interiors  down  in 
Wall  street.  I  mean,  he  actually  does! 
He's  so  busy  installing  draperies  and 
kitchenettes  in  bond  brokers  offices  that 
he  hasn't  time  for  any  other  branch  of 
his  trade.  Kitchenettes  in  Wall  street? 
Why,  I  never  heard  anything  so  ridcu- 
lous!  Well,  it's  true.  It  takes  too  much 
time  to  get  out  to  lunch  in  these  hectic 
stock  market  days.  It  is  far  easier  to 
scramble  an  egg  over  the  electric  toaster, 
instead  ,  .  .  Most  corporations  serve 
lunch  now  in  their  director's  room  and 
begin  their  meetings  as  soon  as  the  coffee 
is  brought  on. 

▼       ▼       T 

WE  HAVE  a  new  remedy  for  fatness  1 
We  found  it  in  a  book  called 
The  Book  of  Decorum,"  published  by 
''Harper's"  in  1S70.  Fall  in  love!  "There 
is  nothing,"   says   Dr.   Cazenave,   who 
seems  to  have  been  an  expert  of  the  fe- 


male form,  in  the  seventies,  "so  likely  to 
produce  thinness  than  immoderate  love, 
and  especially  jealousy."  Now,  you  can 
preserve  your  figures  by  falling  immod- 
erately in  love.  You  may  still  reach  for 
that  "lucky"  but  you  won't  have  to 
avoid  the  sweet. 

"There  are,"  writes  the  charming  au- 
thor of  "The  Book  of  Decorum,"  "many 
women,  who  though  endowed  with 
every  other  personal  attraction,  are  desti- 
tute of  that  fullness  essential  to  the  per- 
fection of  the  female  form  Such,  instead 
of  grieving  over  this  organic  defect,  and 
resorting  to  useless  and  often  injurious 
means  to  remedy  it,  should  console 
themselves  with  their  natural  fineness  of 
structure,  lightness  of  movement,  and 
the  use  of  such  resources  as  are  furnished 
by  a  skillful  toilette.  A  regular  life,  great 
moderation  in  pleasure,  the  avoiding  of 
all  social  and  other  dissipation,  moderate 
exercise,  freedom  from  nervous  excite- 
ment, plenty  of  sleep  and  a  tranquil  and 
contented  mind  will  tend  to  give  flesh  to 
the  most  meagre.  To  these  must  be  added 
a  generous  diet  including  farinaceous 
food  ot  all  kinds."  Gentle  reader,  do  not 
pity  the  slender  lady  of  the  seventies  too 
much.  The  Emily  Post  of  hzr  days  adds 
that  a  generous  quantity  of  beer  or  wine 
would  not  be  amiss.  .  .  But  she  is  equally 
good  to  the  Big  Berthas  trying  to  re- 
duce. These  may  have  two  or  three 
glasses  of  good  claret,  sherry  or  Madeira. 
She  thinks  that  the  excessive  jealousy 
which  is  at  the  root  of  thin  ladies  starts 
often  in  the  cradle.  The  potential  debu- 
tants, beholding  their  sisters  and  brothers 
fondled   by    fond    mammas,    grow   de- 


pressed at  the  sight.  "Care,"  she  con- 
cludes," should  be  taken  to  avoid  this 
pernicious  passion  by  a  just  distribution 
of  caresses  among  brothers  and  sisters." 
"Must  this  be  limited  to  the  family 
circle?"  Hashimura  Togo,  asks  to  in- 
quire. T    T    T 

SAN  Franciscans  have  notorious  repu- 
tations forbeing  good  diners.  Half  of 
the  population  are  said  to  be  gourmands; 
the  other  half  are  said  to  be  gourmets. 
And  because  they  are  such  happy  diners, 
they  are  correspondingly  tardy  theater- 
goers. By  the  arrival  of  the  initialcurtain, 
they  are  either  in  the  midst  of  a  tish  course 
or  else  they  have  dined  too  well  to  think 
of  the  theater. 

Our  suggestion  to  managers  is  that 
they  adopt  the  current  plan  in  New  York 
of  commencing  all  dramatic  shows  at 
8  -.50,  thus  giving  bon  vivants  suitable 
time  to  allow  their  dinners  to  digest. 
Musical  shows  should  be  allowed  to 
open  at  the  regular  hour,  for  no  one  cares 
anyway  if  he  misses  the  opening  tra-Ia-la. 

T    T    T 

NEVER  again  will  we  laud  the  inscrut- 
able Chinese  for  their  honesty. 
There  is  a  place  where  honesty  ceases  to 
be  a  virtue  and  should  be  sacrificed  in  the 
interest  ot  common  decency. 

When  Wun  Lung  handed  us  our  laun- 
dry we  noticed  that  it  was  inscribed  with 
a  set  of  Chinese  hieroglyphics  that  looked 
like  niggers  getting  over  a  fence. 

"What's  that?"  we  asked,  pointing  to 
the  characters.  "My  name,  I  suppose!" 

"No,  no, 'scliption."  explained  Wun 
with  his  most  bland  manner.  "Lil  ol' 
man,  closs  eyed,  no  teet!" 


The  reformer  who  vowed  to  step  on  cigarette  butts 
forgets  herself  in  a  cafe 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Inspiration^ 

Thl.f  cln.t.mn/lt/  heauliJuUtatue  by  Edward  Field  Sanjord,  Jr  .  sland.f  in  the  Calljornia  Stale  T.ibrani  at  Sacramento 
unaffected  by  tite  "indecenci/"  cliarpe  made  hi/  tlie  New  York  Society /or  the  Suppression  of  1  tee. 
//  replica  will  be  shown  at  the  National  Exhibition  of  Sculpture  here  this  spring 


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Unsweetened  Truth 

A  Literary  Cocktail  of  Bitter  Love  and  Acrid  Reality 

By  JO.  HARTMAN 


THE  Aucumn  breeze  had  a  playfully 
caresstul  touch.  A  faintly  audible 
sound  oi  sighing,  too,  like  an  ex- 
quisitely modulated  violin  beneath  the 
bow  ot  some  half  thwarted  genius.  The 
day  was  dying  superbly.  Splashes  of 
color  on  color — bistre  red,  burnt  orange, 
violet  shading  to  purple — irradiated  the 
broken  line  of  San  Diego's  famous  Sun- 
set Cliffs,  backfired  into  the  sea,  and 
shimmered  on  to  the  dim  horizon.  How 
ironic,  Marjory  Lansdowne  mused,  a 
queer  little  tightening  in  her  breast,  that 
she  and  the  husband  of  her  girlhood 
should  choose  this  hour  and  place  to 
scatter  the  musty  white  ashes  of  their 
dreams  .... 

She  was  a  slender,  bronze-haired  crea- 
ture with  eyes  of  an  indeterminate  sea- 
green.  Unforgettable  eyes  that  alone 
betrayed  her  forty  years  of  a  none-too- 
happy  life.  Her  face  and  figure  could 
have  passed  for  twenty-eight  "summers" 
and  pleasant  ones  at  that.  Her  friends 
had  always  admired  her  tremendously, 
this  wife  of  Larry  Lansdowne.  They 
credited  her  with  never  funking  her  job 
in  the  slightest  to  preserve  her  girlish 
pulchritude.  And  for  a  fact  her  daily 
dozen  grace-shaping  exercises  and  her 
hot-to-cold  bath  never  infringed  on  the 
excellence  of  the  cuisine,  the  polish  ot 
the  kitchen  stove,  or  the  meticulous 
darning  of  the  family  socks.  Over  and 
over  she  had  been  seen  to  hang  the  tri- 
weekly wash — which  she  somehow  got 
incredibly  spotless — on  the  revolving 
clothes  line  in  the  Lansdowne  back  yard. 
And  occasionally,  before  Larry  had 
made  good  in  Point  Lima  real  estate  and 
while  the  boys  were  still  tiny,  she  had 
wielded  the  lawn  mowei  with  an  agile 
arm.  Lansdowne  himselt  wavered  be- 
tween pride  in  her  and  resentment  for 
her  superiority.  But  today,  propitiation 
being  the  keynote,  he  let  her  have  verbal 
right  of  way  alter  he  asked  her  for  a 
divorce. 

"I've  been  expecting — this,  Larry," 
she  posited.  "Your  infatuation  for  the 
Colonial  dancer  isn't  a  secret.  And  I  sup- 
pose the  conventional  wifely  ruse  would 
be  to  attempt  to  win  you  from  her,  to 
fan  the  dead  embers  of  your  husbandly 
ardor.  But,  frankly — you  don't  seem 
worth  it!" 

T       T       ▼ 

SHE  stopped  abruptly,  while  Lans- 
downe slumped  down  as  if  shell- 
shocked  For  a  minute  she  had  to  look 
away  for  tear  her  sympathy,  her  mater- 
nal complex  for  him,  would  rise  up  and 
block  the  course  she  had  mapped  out. 
He  was  such  a  baby !  Then  she  reminisced 


on,  courageously  keeping  the  wistfulness 
from  her  voice : 

"I  wonder  if  the  glamor  of  love  can 
ever  endure  the  pressure  ot  grim  Reality 
— of  striving  to  get  ahead,  of  bearing 
and  rearing  children?  Everyday  living 
seems  to  be  a  sort  of  sieve  which  our 
dreams  are  strained  thru,  one  by  one, 
doesn't  it?  Our  first  year  was  beautiful, 
remember  Larry?  The  outing  we  had  at 
the  Springs  .  .  .  the  ocean  trip  to  San 
Francisco,  when  we  danced  in  the  moon- 
light and  vowed  we  should  never  lose 
the  honeymoon  magic  of  it!  " 

His  vanity  pricked — "frankly — you 
don't  seem  worth  it!"  Lansdowne  was 
now  becoming  generally  discomfited. 
What  in  thunder  was  the  object  in  pre- 
senting all  the  by-plays  of  the  case?  He 
didn't  claim  to  have  been  maltreated! 
He  was  about  to  state  as  much,  but 
Marge's  quiet  resume  didn't  warrant  his 
breaking  in  and  he  virtually  had  to  listen. 
What  followed  failed  to  contribute  to 
his  equanimity. 

"1  knew  I  was  a  dragged  down,  de- 
magnetized specimen,  Larry,"  — she 
could  be  most  awtully  direct,  "having 
the  boys  within  eleven  months  of  each 
other  and  you  too  busy  to  help  me  with 
them.  So  I  forgave  your  initial  philan- 
dering .  .  .  and  your  second  Then  I  tol- 
erated the  affairs  that  came  after.  It  was 
your  slowly  growing  vulgar  that  hurt 
deepest.  O  you  men,  who  want  us  to 
'make  your  interests  ours'  —  how  can 
we  if  you  develop  into  merely  money- 
grubbing,  highball-craving  sensualists? 
At  times  1  felt  I  had  to  put  up  a  psychic 
barrier,  to  shut  you  away  from  my  real 
self,  to  save  any  ideals!" 

She  paused  long  enough  to  allow  him 
to  counter  if  he  wished.  But  he  was 
silent,  depressingly  silent,  and  she  con- 
tinued in  the  same  even  tone — as  if  she 
had  no  idea  of  what  a  fusilade  she  was 
showering  upon  him : 

"Yet  until  I  acquired  a  type  of — we'll 
call  it  'spiritual  virginity'  my  heart- 
hunger  equalled  your  desire  for  the  flesh- 
pots.  No  doubt  this  enabled  me  to  judge 
you  more  charitably,  for  it  taught  me  to 
reason  that  if  one  gets  caught  in  the 
whirlpool  of  the  senses  one  will  have  a 
tough  pull  to  shore  and  high  ground. 
You'll  never  guess  how  1  pulled !  Still  .  .  . 
why  shouldn't  I  give  you  an  inkling — 
we  may  as  well  jingle  all  the  skeletons 
in  our  closet^  A  mere  inkling,  Larry — 1 
had  to  fight  a  desperate  longing  to  have 
your  own  brother,  who  was  barely  nine- 
teen, make  love — poetic,  star-shiny, 
clean  young  love — to  me!" 

Lansdowne  blanched — this  shaft  had 


certainly  struck  home — stirred  uneasily 
in  his  seat,  and  said  throatily, 

"Go  on.  Marge — I  can  stand  the 
rest." 

"Isn't  this  sufficient  to  admit  me  to 
your  Brotherhood?"  she  queried,  "and  to 
prove  that  I'm  not  assuming  a  more 
righteous-than-thou  attitude  with  you, 
Larry?" 

His  shoulders  shrugged  almost  imper- 
ceptibly. 

"But  I'll  drop  personal  analyses,  it 
you  like — and  simply  arraign  the  whole 
Eternal  Masculine?  You  male  lords  who 
insist  we  of  the  so-called  weaker  sex 
must  retain  our  maiden  lissomeness 
when  your  heads  are  glossy  bare;  that  we 
possess  the  wit  and  sparkle  of  a  Mme.  de 
Stael  while  you  nod  over  the  stock  quo- 
tations in  the  easy  chair;  and  that  we 
combine  the  lure  ot  Cleopatra  and  the 
saintliness  of  the  Madonna  while  your 
morals  and  jowls  are  privileged  to  sag  in 
unison!" 

▼        T        ▼ 

HIS  pale  brown  eyes  lighted  with  a 
kind  of  swift  flare-up  of  his  youth- 
ful passion  for  her.  Then  he  recollected 
that  she  had,  by  inference,  called  him  a 
sensualist  He  tumbled  with  his  watch 
and  chain,  and  waited  Marjory  seemed 
vaguely  abstracted  of  a  sudden,  as  if  she 
were  also  waiting.  Then  he  began  to 
fidget  politely — they  weren't  getting 
anywhere.  She  read  his  thought  with  a 
rapidity  that  startled  him. 

"O  yes  we  are,  Larry!  We've  reached 
the  end  of  the  rope  and  you'll  be  a  free, 
loose  man  soon.  I  couldn't  quite  decide 
to  let  you  go,  with  the  boys  off  at  col- 
lege, until  1  had  made  sure  ot  my  new 
love.  I  rather  shyed  at  utter  loneliness!" 

He  gripped  her  ungloved  hand.  "Stop 
playing  with  me.  Marge!"  he  com- 
manded. "I  don't  believe  a  word  of  your 
new  love  stuff.  Say  what  you  will,  you've 
been  true  to  me — you're  not  the  other 
type!" 

"Dear,"  her  eyes  were  smiling  now, 
"your  faith — or  conceit? — is  magnifi- 
cent. And,  literally,  you  are  correct.  I 
was  employing  a  metaphor,  Larry.  But 
I'll  hurry  and  elucidate  in  order  to  speed 
up  our — our  understanding.  When  you 
read  Strata,  as  I  hope  you  will, 
you'll  note  that  the  author  is  a  certain 
M.  Enwodsnal,  which  is  I  reversed. 
Every  page  of  the  book — proclaimed  by 
critics  'an  iconoclastic  best-seller' — 
was  done  by  lamplight,  so  to  speak, 
while  I  sat  up  for  your  home-coming 
during  some  nine  hundred  and  nine 
nights    With  it  a  success,  you  see  I  am 

Continued  on  page  ^7 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Dreiser  Looks  Back^vard 

And  His  Cosmopolitan  Opus  Turns  Into  a  Pillar  of  Salt 

By  CAREY  McWlLLIAMS 


THE  avenue  was  a  distillation  ot 
mauve  splendor,  as  the  vivid  Mr 
Thomas  Beer  would  say,  Mr 
Beer,  you  know,  the  writer  of  vivid 
phrases  for  vivid  people.  It  really  was  a 
nice  day,  all  phrases  aside,  and  I  was 
pouring  over  a  stack  ot  magazines  in  a 
Hollywood  book  shop  Suddenly  out  of  a 
horde  of  magazines  loomed  the  sinister 
facade  of  Mr.  Hearst's  "Cosmopolitan." 
It  might  be  interesting,  I  mused,  after 
Andre  Gide  and  Aldous  Huxley  and  their 
facetious  variations  on  an  old  theme,  to 
read  about  the  honest  ardors  of  the  shop- 
girls or  perhaps  encounter  Judge  Ben 
Lindsay  gossiping  about  his  court  ot 
moderns.  But,  what  is  this?  No!  It  can- 
not be!  Dreiser?  But  the  words  did  not 
fade;  they  became  more  painfully  dis- 
tinct: "This  Madness" — (so  appropri- 
ately titled!) — by  Theodore  Dreiser, 
"The  first  Honest  novel  about  Love 
ever  written."  I  rushed  frantically  to  my 
study  with  this  great  opus  by  Theodore 
Dreiser,  the  uncrowned  Academician  of 
American  Letters,  the  protege  of  the  re- 
doubtable Mencken,  the  much-toted 
hero  of  Van  Dorcn,  the  grand-daddy  of 
the  modern  novel.  What  had  he  to  say 
of  love  in  the  first  person? 

It  began  with  Aglaia.  You  must  read 
about  Aglaia, — she  of  the  soft  brown 
eyes  and  heaving  breasts  and  immortal 
longing.  Dear  Aglaia,  and  with  what 
sharp  and  intelligent  divination  did  she 
detect  in  her  Theodore  the  marks  of  a 
genius  as  related  by  the  genius  himself, 
this  time  the  quotation  marks  being  re- 
moved from  "genius  "  Yes,  none  other 
than  Eugene  Witla  himself,  gone  native 
and  confessing.  It  is  rough  but  unavoid- 
able language  "Considering  life  from 
every  angle,  -is  it  not  romance  that  is  at 
the  bottom  of  all  the  life  of  which  we 
are  a  part?"  Thus  does  Dreiser  open  his 
yarn,  his  Hearst-syndicated,  boudoir- 
scented,  love-diary.  The  first  paragraphs 
are  bucolic,  not  to  say  angelic,  not  to  say 
too  lovely.  "Bird  songs  in  new  spring 
trees  Oh,  the  swooning,  sensuous  spring 
and  summer  nights."  Pandora,  the  ballet 
of  Nijinksy,  Offenbach's  music,  and 
verses  by  Sara  Teasdale!  "And  then,  and 
then,  and  then,"  as  Mr.  Dreiser  the  nov- 
elist begins  every  other  paragraph  of  this 
his  latest  masterpiece,  comes  Aglaia, 
"the  eyes  of  her — large,  brown  and 
dreamy"  Her  tiny,  teeny,  little  hands, 
and  sweet,  pretty  little  feet  Oh,  Oh,  Oh, 
isn't  she  lovely'  Really,  Mr.  Dreiser, 
wouldn't  it  be  much  more  to  the  point 
to  drop  such  pastoral  loveliness  and  to 
say,  along  with  the  newsies:  "Say,  boy, 
ain't  she   a   honey!"  That's   what   you 


meant,  isn't  it,  Mr.  Dreiser?  And  it  you 
must  write  verse,  don't  confuse  it  with 
prose  as  you  have  autobiography  with 
fiction.  Aristotle,  not  to  mention  Prot 
Irving  Babbitt,  would  have  harsh  things 
to  say  about  your  confusion  of  the  arts 
"And  then  her  soft  brown  eyes  twinkled 
beneath  her  fur  cap."  Is  it  possible  that 
our  leading  novelist  is  capable  of  that 
verb  "twinkled?"  It  savors  more  of  E.  P. 
Roe  than  of  the  American  Zola. 

Thid  Ei^e/T^  Tbnej> 

By  Lori  Petri 

This  ei'en  time  helonijs  lo  earth  alone 
The  swarminij  life  tliat  harrou\r  tier  hi/ 

day 
Has  turned  to  rest,  and  mellow  moods 

unknown^ 
ff'hen  suns  are  hiflh  hold  hushed  and 

hallowed  sway. 
?\ow  mi/stic  inner  essences,  too  rare) 
For  the  flross  fini/erinif  of  flesh,  distil 
Themselves  in  floating  fragrance  everi/- 

whercJ 
Elusive  shadows  softli/  flit  and  fill 
The  twilit  woods,  like  ghostly  gods  of  old 
Returned  to   weave   their  si/lvan    spells 

agaiiLy 
Against  a  ski/  of  ashen  rose  and  gold 
The  hills  loom,  black,  majestic,  vast  as 

when' 
They   ruled  the   primal  reaches  of   the 

world  ... 
lo   earth    alone    belongs   this   brooding 

lioui^, 
When  all  the  frenzied  flags  of  life  are 

furled. 
And    hidden     beauty    blo.y.roms    like    a 

flower. 

BUT  I  tremble  upon  the  grand  mo- 
ment, the  kohinoor  of  sweetness,  the 
apogee  of  blather  and  nonsense.  For  does 
not  Mr.  Dreiser  makes  this  amazing 
statement  about  himself :  "This  Russian 
editor,  now,  who  admires  my  book,  and 
Tolstoy  and  Dostoyevsky  and  the 
Greeks."  Well,  I  suppose  Dreiser  is  to  be 
forgiven,  because  Mr.  Mencken  and  the 
other  critics  have  said  tor  so  many  years 
that  he  is  like  the  Greeks  (a  safe  com- 
parison since  no  one  reads  the  Greeks 
nowadays  but  Clive  Bell  and  Gilbert 
Murray)  that  he  has  really  come  to  think 
of  himself  as  the  peer  ot  Euripidics 

The  great  and  haloed  novelist  then 
proceeds  to  tell,  doloroso,  about  his 
"starved  and  defeated  dreams"  Again 
the  writing  showsa  confusion  of  thought 
How  can  you  starve  or  defeat  a  dream' 
What  you  meant,  again,  Mr   Dreiser,  to 


get  away  from  your  Freudian  meta- 
physics, your  moon-calf  poetry,  your 
jew's-harp  sobbing,  was  something  like 
this:  "I'm  going  to  have  to  sleep  alone 
tonight  "  or  "Gone,  but  not  Forgotten." 
The  street  gamins  can  express  such 
thoughts  in  ditties  more  appropriate  to 
the  sentiment  than  your  maudlin  prose. 
Imagine  a  "leading  novelist"  writing 
verse  like  this : 
"Love  . 
That  wets  the  eye 
And  breaks  the  heart." 
The  great  scene  then  approaches  when 
Aglaia  yields;  one  trembles  with  expec- 
tancy and  the  effect  of  a  dozen  pages  of 
bad  prose.  The  scene  is,  as  one  might 
suspect,  a  bedroom.  The  "genius"  is 
pretending  to  write,  the  while  his  big 
brave  heart  throbs  with  thoughts  of 
Aglaia  who  makes  him  love  so  that  it 
wets  his  eyes  and  breaks  his  heart  .  .  . 
Suddenly  there  she  is,  before  him,  in  a 
soft,  glorious,  little  morning  dress,  to 
describe  as  Dreiser  describes,  with  bare 
arms  and  exposed  neck,  and  Oh !  but  she 
is  joyous  to  behold!  "Theodore!" 
"Aglaia,"  they  scream  at  each  other. 
Aglaia  has  what  Mr.  Dreiser  speaks  of 
as  "a  lovely  weak  look  in  her  eyes,"  as  , 
well  he  iTiight  from  what  follows,  for 
"a  great  wave  ot  triumph"  o\'crcomes 
hiiTi  as  he  iTianfuUy,  not  to  say  heroically, 
not  to  say  a  trifle  roughly,  folds  the  dear 
little  Russian  girl  in  his  arms  "How 
nice  it  was!"  he  adds.  It  made  him  love 
his  city,  his  life,  his  emotions,  his  books, 
himself,  and  his  other  girls.  Again  that  : 


fatal  muddling  ot  ideas 


W; 


ennobling  as  you  thought,  Mr.  Dreiser, 
in  the  light  of  your  subsequent  con- 
duct?  .    .   . 


POETRY  then  follows.  Can't  you  hear 
the  lyre  off-stage?  Sweet  be  still  and 
cease  your  sighing  still,  ah,  still — tor 
Mr.  Dreiser  is  becoming  poetical  and 
slightly  ridiculous  He  seems  to  have 
mis-read  his  friend  Mr.  Cabell.  Anyway 
he  and  Aglaia  are  in  the  garden,  at  mid- 
night, while  mother  and  father  sleep 
soundly  unaware  that  the  father  of  the 
American  novel  is  playing  Romeo  to 
their  daughter's  ingenuous  Juliet.  "And, 
writes  Mr  Dreiser,  "for  her  sake  there 
was  love,  of  course,  and  kisses."  Nice  of 
you,  Mr  Dreiser,  to  be  so  considerate  of 
the  lady,  although  one  might  xcnture  the 
theory  that  the  experience  was  not  un 
agreeable  to  yourself.  "And  then,"  he 
adds,  with  a  phrase  as  clumsy  as  his 
thought,  "because  of  the  errant  urge  of 

Cxmtinucd  on  page  3(> 


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17 


Noel  SuUwanj 

A  Hagemeyer  study  oj  San  Franct\rco's  most  discriminating  patron  of  tlie  Arts   Mr   Su/litum's  door  is 

ever  open  to  creatwe  and  interpretii'e  artists,  particularly  those  of  the  musical  world  to  u'hich  he 

himself  belongs  by  i'irtue  of  a  voice  of  singular  distinction  and  charm. 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Bay  Region  Miscellany 

Wherein  We  Continue  With  Episodes  in  the  Lives  of  the  Inconsequential 


IRIS  LANE 

Desired   of   all    men    while    I    lived — 

All  save  my  husband — 

I  brought  them  one  by  one  into  sub- 
jection 

After  1  left  him, 

Only  to  discard  tlicm  later  on. 

I  held  my  head  alott  the  while 

My  lonely  heart  in  pain  was  crying 

For  a  fount  of  cleansing  water 

In  a  dry  and  thirsty  land. 

1  went  my  tortured  way  alone 

Then  suddenly  I  saw  him  there  upon  the 
Avenue 

He  was  rescuing  a  dog 

That  was  small  and  impotent. 

He  was  the  Mecca  of  my  wild  heart's 
journeying. 

We  married  and  I  kept  his  little  home 

And  lived  the  life  of  any  other  house- 
wife, 

So  here  1  lie  at  peace  among  the  godly 

With  a  lily  arching  its  head  over  my 

grave. 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

PETE  HANSON 
Why  is  the  life  that's  given  us  to  live 
Beset  with  disappointments  so  that  we 
Must  lose  ourselves  to  find  ourselves? 
When  sober  1  was  just  a  "handy  man" 
Which  is  another  way  of  saying : 
"A   hewer  ol   stone   and   a   drawer  of 

water' ' 
But  no  one  ever  dignified  me  thus. 
1  knew  myself  for  a  potential  Viking 
And  with  two  drinks  in  the  back  room 

at  Watson's, 
The  shades  of  my  Nordic  ancestors  came 

forth 
And  communed  with  me  to  my  vast 

delectation. 
I  walked  with  kings  and  buccaneers 
And   longed   to  stand   a    "Skeleton    in 

Armor" 
Somewhere  on  the  road  to  Half  Moon 

Bay, 
1  may  have  lost  my  sight  from  drinking 

moonshine 
And  then  again,  it  may  have  been  my 

looking 
So  long  and  hard  for  what  lile  never 

held. 
"The  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  nut  be 

dim" 
"Another  round,  Jim,  we'll  all  cake  the 

same." 


NANCY  GARWIN 
There  were  certain  things  1  asked  of  life 
And  these  I  meant  to  have 
A    husband   whose    profession    did    me 
credit 


By  CONSTANCE  FERRIS 

And   children   to   rise   up   and  call  me 

blessed. 
1  found  the  man;  we  started  out 
With    Wassermans    and    much    fanfar- 
onade; 
And  had  my  husband  led  a  better  life, 
Mine  might  have  been  a  different  story. 
He    thought   me    barren,    then    became 

vindictive. 
He  took  to  drink;  then  carried  on 
His  amorous  affairs,  most  flagrantly 
Hoping  all  the  time  I  would  divorce 

him. 
1  later  learned  1  could  have  borne  him 

children. 
But  when  at  last  1  knew  it,  1  was  sure 
1  would  not  care  to  have  them  call  him 

father. 
He   never    knew    it,    and    1    kept    him 

chained 
To  respectability  and  to  me 
Until  his  early  death. 
Which  was  hastened  by  drink  and  ex- 
cesses. 
Then  1  married  a  pious  man 
And  became  an  excellent  mother. 


MABEL  MORONEY 

It  you  in  the  Bay  Region  thought  my 
appearance 

Precluded  romance,  you  made  a  mis- 
take. 

True  it  is  chat  my  figure  was  lumpy; 

My  neck  was  short  and  my  head  pro- 
jected; 

My  legs  were  thick  and  my  feet  turned 
out — 

That  I  wore  spectacles  and  curled  my 
own  hair. 

But  do  not  imagine  that  I  was  less  eager 

For  love  and  romance  than  was  Valerie 
Stewart 

With  her  smouldering  eyes  and  elegant 
phrases. 

Or  fragile  and  exquisite  Iris  Lane 

Under  the  guise  of  a  "faithful  employee" 

A  small-town  heart  pulsated  madly. 

My  day  was  short — for  the  man  I  loved 

Married  for  money  and  closed  his  office. 

Leaving  me  nothing  to  fill  my  life 

But  pathological  memories. 

I  walked  alone     a  cruel  immolation 

Of  a  comic  sacrifice! 


LELAND  HARDING 

I  could  not  live  the  life  of  those 

Who    were    poured    in    the    common 

mould; 
1  had  to  blaze  my  path  alone 
And  my  heart  was  high  and  cold. 
1  excelled  in  my  profession 


And  provided  for  my  family, 

Tho  to  do  so  it  was  often  necessary 

That  1  absent  myself  from  home 

For  periods  of  some  duration 

But  with  so  many  tame  ducks, 

Was  there  not  room  in  the  Bay  Region 

For  one  wild  eagle? 

▼       ▼       T 

ZOLA  MARVIN 
Was  it  my  fault  that  1  was  born 
With  a  face  like  Lady  Hamilton 
And  a  form  like  that  of  Venus, 
Instead  of  with  a  stringy  neck, 
Atrocious  legs  and  defective  vision. 
Which  is  the  popular  conception 
Of  a  pedagogue's  extciior? 
True,  the  men  admired  me 
And  sought  my  company. 
But  so  did  your  children. 
Mothers  of  the  Bay  Region. 
And  1  taught  them  v\'ell  and  faithfully 
You  were  very  wrong  to  look  askance 
When  1  rode  by  in  a  limousine. 
Look  to  your  Keats,  you  critical  ones 
If  "Beauty  is  truth," 
Then  1  v\'as  one  of  the  truest. 


OLGA  HANSON 
1  was  a  Swedish  servant  girl 
With  literary  yearnings 
But  all  the  farm  papers 
Returned  my  manuscripts  unread. 
1  knew  then  that  1  could  ne\er  be 
America's  great  novelist. 
So  I  wore  out  twenty  brooms 
And  killed  the  grass  between  the  i\a.g- 

stones 
Trying  in  vain  to  catch  a  glimpse 
Of  Stewart  Edward  White. 


CLARA  FREMONT 
I  was  only  a  child  of  thirteen  years 
When  I  swept  the  floor  and  left  the  dir 
Under  the  stove  that  stood  on  legs. 
And  1  did  not  know  what  my  father 

meant 
When  he  said  my  work  was  like  m; 

heart - 
Pure  to  the  world,  but  black  inside 
Si>  I  asked  my  mother  and  she  said  ; 
"Hush,  m\'  child,  your  father  is  harsh, 
But  two  of  his  sisters  were  indiscreet 
And  the  shame  and  fear  ha\x  ne\-er  lef 

him," 
This  told  me  nothing  and  I  went  on 
Still  mystified  and  married  young 
My   blood   seemed   cool,    and   the    firs 

su'cet  flush 
Of  my  youth  was  spent,  before  1  found 
The  man  who  gave  me  the  heritage 
Of  my  ungodly  aunts 


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California  Streets 

Looking  toward  Nob  Hilijroni  the  canyon  of  San  Francisco's  ]VaU  Street. 
From  the  camera  of  Ansel  Adams 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 


In  Which  The  Silver  Cord  Ties  The  Cardboard  Lover 


TnK  Silver  Cord"  is  a  play  built 
aroundanideaand.likemostplays 
of  its  kind,  it  stops  at  no  incon- 
sistency in  situation  or  character  devel- 
opment to  put  that  idea  over.  Mr. 
Howard's  "They  Knew  What  They 
Wanted"  was  another  such  play  and 
Eugene  O'Neil's  "Ail  God's  Chillun 
Got  Wings"  still  another.  All  three, 
leave  us  very  cold.  To  begin  with,  the 
character  of  Mrs.  Phelps  is  drawn  so 
obviously  that  only  two  driveling  mor- 
ons, for  sons,  would  have  been  held  by 
her.  Especially  would  this  have  been  true 
of  the  elder  son  who  had  escaped  the 
thralldom  of  male-eating  motherhood 
long  enough  to  fall  into  the  thralldom 
of  a  far  too  efficient  wife.  We  might 
allow  the  tethering  of  the  younger 
brother  to  the  maternal  apron  strings 
and,  had  the  play  dealt  with  the  attempt- 
ed rescue  of  Robert  by  his  elder  brother 
from  the  maternal  clutch,  wc  think  that 
Mr.  Howard  would  have  had  a  much 
finer  play  However,  he  would  have  had 
also  a  very  much  more  subtle  play  and 
by  this  same  token  a  play  that  might 
have  achieved  a  very  indifferent  success 
In  the  theatre,  one  must  lay  on  broadly 
or  take  the  chances  of  a  box  office  defeat 
In  spite  of  the  revolting  character  of 
Mrs  Phelps  we  found  our  sympathies 
veering  about  like  a  weather-cock.  We 
were  never  sure  for  a  moment  just  whom 
we  were  for  and  whom  we  were  against. 
We  liked  the  young  married  daughter- 
in-law  at  the  start  but  before  the  curtain 
fell  we  had  had  quite  enough  of  her. 
That  fifteen  minute  curtain  lecture  which 
she  delivered  to  her  mother-in-law  at  the 
close  of  the  play  decided  us  and,  had  wc 
been  her  husband,  we  should  have  taken 
our  chances  with  mother  any  day. 

The  younger  Mrs.  Phelps  was  far  too 
smug  and  level  headed  and  oratorical  for 
our  taste  But,  at  least  she  knew  her 
mind,  and  that  is  more  than  anybody 
else  in  the  play  did  Even  mother  failed 
in  this  particular  for  the  simple  reason 
that  she  has  no  mind  to  know.  She  had 
predatory  instincts  and  a  jumble  of  ele- 
mental grey  matter  that  passed  for  a 
brain — that  is  all.  This  lack  of  head 
equipment  she  must  have  handed  down 
to  both  her  sons  for  even  an  intelligent 
child  of  four  would  have  seen  through 
her  moves.  We  have  heard  about  people 
who  didn't  have  sense  enough  to  come 
in  out  of  the  rain  but  we  have  never  be- 
fore seen  anyone  who  didn't  know 
enough  to  lock  his  bed-room  door  when 
he  wanted  privacy.  As  a  farce  comedy  we 
think  "The  Silver  Cord"  might  qualify 
hut  as  a  serious  piece  of  craftsmanship  it 


Bv.CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

tails  to  impress  us.  Mr.  Howard,  as  is 
usual  with  him,  is  always  willing  to 
sacrifice  the  verities  to  dramatic  shocks 
In  the  first  act,  he  has  Mrs,  Phelps  cut 
the  telephone  wire  rather  than  risk  the 
scandal  of  having  the  young  house  guest 
leave  her  roof  at  an  unseemly  hour.  But 
at  the  end  of  the  second  act  she  is  so 

Inei'itablej) 

By  Morton  Thompson 

Bahhie  lips,  and  sai/  thai  u'dy 
Are  to  kwe  elernally . 
That  if  poor  n'c  are  or  cold 
Xaufflit  shall  rock  our  povertii — 
Loi'e  wtll  KK'arm  us  with  his  gold  .  .  . 
But  presentlt/.  my  dear,  your  haii  ^ 
Time  will  touch  and  ei'eri/wherc,') 
Lines  of  sorrow,  signs  of  tears, 
Safl.'?inii  breast  and  marks  of  care^y. 
Show  the  passing  of  the  gears! 
Bahhle  lips,  and  sag  that  wc 
Are  to  loi'e  eternallg 
Hut  not.  Dear  God,  each  othei  V 

little  concerned  with  the  scandal  of  this 
same  house  guest's  suicide  that  all  she 
can  think  of  is  her  sons  running  coatless 
into  the  night  Wc  think  that  Mrs. 
Phelps  would  have  been  the  first  person 
at  the  pond's  edge,  and  we  further  think 
that  in  making  this  mother  a  monster, 
Mr.  Howard  weakened  his  play  im- 
measurably. 

However,  it  is  a  timely  topic  and  a 
relief  from  all  the  mother's  day  hokum 
that  has  been  passed  these  many  years 
o\'er  the  footlights.  And  since  seeing  it 
we  have  heard  more  people  discuss  their 
mothers  sanely  and  with  a  full  apprecia- 
tion of  their  shortcomings  than  ever  be- 
fore. Which  is  as  it  should  be. 

Nance  O'Neil  brought  out  all  the  re- 
volting points  in  Mrs  Phelps  character 
with  decided  emphasis.  How  success- 
fully, one  could  easily  determine  by  the 
murmur  of  disappro\'al  which  swept  the 
audience  at  the  Geary  Theatre  every 
time  she  poked  her  head  into  son's  bed- 
room. As  a  man  in  back  of  us  said  quite 
audibly  to  his  companion: 

"There  won't  be  any  sleep  in  that 
house  until  David  gives  mother  a  good 
sock  in  the  eye!" 

We  agree  but  we  still  think  David 
might  have  tried  locking  the  door  before 
resorting  to  violence. 

▼       T       T 

HKR  Cardboard  Lover  "  is  sheer  en- 
tertainment and  therefore  above 
all  considerations  of  consistency.  You  ac- 


cept it  as  you  accept  a  fairy  tale.  You 
know  it  isn't  so  but  you  believe  it  never- 
the-less. 

In  the  hands  of  a  sophisticated  com- 
pany such  as  brought  "The  Command 
To  Love"  to  us  last  summer  it  would 
be  quite  too  ravishing.  As  it  is,  it  does 
very  well  with  the  more  ingenuous  en- 
semble which  O.  D  Woodward  pre- 
sents at  the  Geary  Theatre  for  our 
approval. 

We  must  confess  that  after  the  curtain 
fell  on  the  first  act  we  were  rather  on  the 
fence  about  it.  But  from  the  moment  the 
scene  shifted  to  Simone's  bedroom  wc 
put  in  an  affirmative  vote  Looking  back 
upon  that  first  act  wc  decided  that  it  fell 
flat  because  of  its  bad  direction  Everv- 
body  was  continually  in  motion  and  ver\- 
bad  motion.  Miss  Whitmore  minced  up 
and  down  the  stage,  shrugging  her 
shoulders  and  trying  to  be  Gallic  to  verv 
little  purpose.  In  her  bedroom  she  had  a 
chance  to  relax,  with  the  result  that 
everybody  else  did,  and  things  went  bet- 
ter ..  .  We  would  like  to  s:e  every  actor 
and  actress  in  America  take  a  course  in 
the  Japanese  drama  as  an  exercise  in  re- 
pose. Most  of  them  try  to  point  their 
lines  with  stage  business  instead  of  vocal 
emphasis.  The  result  is  confusion.  Par- 
ticularly in  scenes  where  it  is  apparent 
that  no  stage  business  except  the  intelli- 
gent delivery  of  lines  is  necessary. 

When  the  disrobing  scene,  or  perhaps 
we  should  say  the  disrobing  scenes,  be- 
gan to  take  place,  we  realized  the  im- 
mense changes  in  costu  n:  that  ha\c 
occurred  these  last  twcnty-fix'c  years.  An 
actress  twenty-five  years  ago,  once  sh: 
had  divested  herself  of  clothes  would 
have  been  behind  a  screen  for  fifteen 
minutes  getting  them  on  again.  But 
Simone  took  off  her  dress  and  put  it  on 
again  so  often  that  it  mid:  our  head 
spin  The  last  time  the  costume  came  off 
we  had  a  feeling  that  the  lady's  advances 
to  her  captor  were  much  toochastc  forthc 
intentions  ol  the  playwright  We  had  a 
vision  of  Jeanne  Eagles  being  very  Sadie 
Thompsonish  at  this  point  Miss  Whit- 
more did  it  all  very  charmingly  and 
coyly  hut  we  don't  think  the  young  man 
was  sufficiently  urged  There  wasn't 
enough  "conflict,"  as  they  say  in  Uni- 
versity short  story  classes.  But,  of  course, 
one  could  remark  that  all  the  conflict 
necessary  was  a  charming  lady  in  a  trifle 
over  twelve  inches  of  torso  covering. 
Which  would  have  been  quite  true  a 
generation  ago.  Youth  sees  so  much 
nakedness  these  days  that  we  think  a 

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21 


^■*'i:*?S''^'  ^•'^ 


Myrna  Loy 


This  bizarre  Hollywood  actress  rose  to  Jaine  under  the  aegis  oj  Jlrs.  Rudolph  ]'alentino   Her  next  appearance  in 
San  Francisco  will  be  at  the  Embassy  as  the  exotic  desert  dancer  in  "The  Desert  Song" 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Gay  Sixties 

When  Hoop-Skirts  and  Balmorals  Were  in  Vogue 


An  old  woman  hesitated  at  the 
j[\_  crossing  One  foot  half  oflF  the 
curb,  she  looked  up  to  find  the  stream  of 
traffic  against  her  She  took  refuge  in  the 
corner  flower  stand  and  bought  a  bunch 
of  violets.  She  started  again,  then  drew 
hack  at  the  threatening  rush  of  a  passing 
machine  She  bought  another  bunch  of 
violets  and  hesitated  tremulously,  cour- 
age ebbing  with  each  pulse  of  traffic. 

A  young  woman  stepped  to  her  side 
"Let  me  go  with  you,  please." 

"Thank  you,  dearie,  1  thought  1  could 
do  it  alone.  But  i  guess  I  can't.  Those 
awful  machines  are  in  such  a  hurry. 
Can't  wait  for  a  body  to  cross" 

"I  know.  It's  hard.  1  shouldn't  have 
let  you  start  out  alone.  You  won't  mind 
my  coming  with  you  now,  will  you?  " 

"No — you'd  better  come.  I  sort  of 
wanted  to  see  how  it  felt — after  forty 
years.  It  don't  seem  like  things  could 
change  so  in  only  forty  years." 

The  smile  on  the  young  woman's  face 
made  indulgent  allowances  foi  the  old 
woman's  wonder. 

"I  hax'cn't  been  here  since  your  father 
married  your  mother — and  that's  forty 
years  ago.  It  don't  seem  long.  And  I 
didn't  think  the  city  would  be  much 
changed,  it  seemed  pretty  big  in  those 
days,  it  had  grown  such  a  lot.  Why  I 
can  remember  when  this  was  little  more 
than  a  cow  path.  When  1  was  a  girl  ..." 

it  was  easy  to  keep  within  hearing 
distance  of  the  pair.  It  seemed  pardon- 
able to  eavesdrop  on  the  old  woman's 
reminiscences  of  her  girlhood  days  in 
San  Francisco  during  the  6o's. 

T       ▼       T 

IN  THOSE  days  Montgomery  street  was 
the  main  thoroughfare.  It  was  the 
shopping  center,  the  main  channel  of 
business  and  social  life.  Kearny  street 
still  boasted  its  gambling  saloons  where 
women  dealt  the  cards  and  the  sport  of 
early  days  ran  unchecked.  Grant  avenue 
was  then  the  wicked  Dupont  street  and 
Stockton  was  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
business  district. 

Stopping  before  a  City  of  Paris  win- 
dow, the  old  woman  drew  laughing 
comparison  between  the  trailing  wisps 
called  dresses  and  the  substantial  gowns 
of  her  youth  Then  she  told  of  the  time 
when  voluminous  skirts  had  served  her  a 
good  turn 

She  was  sixteen  years  old  at  the  time 
and  had  prevailed  upon  her  mother  to 
let  her  take  a  scroll  down  the  street  near 
her  home  with  only  her  pet  spaniel  for  a 
companion.  She  was  wearing  a  new 
crinoline  It  was  wider  than  any  she  had 
heretofore  owned  and  sh<-  felt  very  prouil 


By  ALINE  KISTLER 

of  the  way  her  hoop-skirt  floated  along 
seemingly  independent  of  her  feet  that 
moved  in  tiny,  concealed  steps  under- 
neath Becoming  more  daring  as  the  dis- 
tance between  her  and  her  home  in- 
creased, she  decided  to  join  the  fashion- 
able promenade  that  was  staged  each 

Bv  Elizabeth  Leslie  Roos 

/  thouqlil  lluit  I  had  done  wit/i  suf/erinfl. 

That  my  heart  was  deadened  to  more 

paiiL', 
Jf'hen  i/ou  let  fly  your  final  arrow; 
Swiftly  it  came,  striking  once  a<jaiit^. 

The  heart  I  thoughl  so  cold  and  hlood- 

ledj. 
Dead,  transfi.ved  until  the  end  of  time.'', 
Xow  lies  with  arrow  firmly  planted. 
Bleeding  like  a  foolish   1  alentineJ>. 

atternoon  on  Montgomery  street.  She 
entirely  forgot  that  there  was  a  drive  on 
to  make  all  dogs  wear  licenses. 

Suddenly  she  saw  the  city  dog  catcher 
descending  upon  her  armed  with  a  net 
and  sack  and  followed  by  a  crowd  ot 
shouting  boys.  He  made  a  dive  with  his 
net  for  her  pet  spaniel  whose  silky  neck 
was  innocent  of  collar  and  license  tag 
The  dog  dodged  and  scuttled  to  his  mis- 
tress tor  protection. 

She  lilted  the  hem  of  herskiit.  the  dog 
ducked  underneath  and  the  crinoline 
descended,  a  curtain  of  protection  against 
the  law.  The  small  boys  whooped  and 
the  dog-catcher  swore  under  his  breath 
but  the  spaniel  was  safe. 

Records  of  fashions  ot  those  days  bear 
out  the  old  woman's  story  One  account 
of  styles  in  iS6o  states  that  it  took  ten 
yards  of  material  to  make  the  average 
dress  and  the  skirts  were  so  wide  that  the 
under-structure  of  crinoline  hoop-skirt 
could  afford  an  ample  refuge  for  a  small 
dog. 

In  those  times  clothes  were  something 
to  he  taken  seriously.  A  woman  wore 
lace  flounced  under-drawcrs  under  a 
flannel  petticoat.  On  top  ol  that  came 
the  under-petticoat  of  about  three  and  a 
hall  yards  in  \vidth.  This  was  often  lined 
with  horsehair  or  corded  and  there  v\'as  a 
straw  plait  inserted  in  the  hem  to  give 
additional  stiffness.  Then  came  a  petti- 
coat of  Indian  calico  stiflcncd  with  cords, 
a  wheel  ol  thickly  plaited  horsehair  and, 
finally,  a  stiffly  starched  white  muslin 
petticoat  just  under  the  dress. 


The  amount  of  material  carried 
around  by  each  woman  was  a  thing  of 
moment  to  the  drygoods  merchant  And 
in  those  days  trimmings  were  taken 
seriously  too.  Imagine  the  yards  neces- 
sary to  trim  the  flounces  of  one  of  those 
voluminous  skirts.  In  1864  there  is 
record  of  one  dress  that  required  thirty- 
seven  yards  ot  material  and  between  six 
and  seven  hundred  yards  of  ruching.  No 
\vonder  the  sewing  machine  was  a 
warmly  welcomed  invention. 

T       T       ▼ 

IN  THE  6o's  the  hub  of  San  Francisco's 
social  life  was  Piatt's  Hall  on  the 
corner  of  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets, 
where  the  Mills  building  now  stands. 
Nearby  were  the  What  Cheer  House,  the 
First  Mechanics  Pavilion,  the  Russ  House 
and  all  the  shops  and  prominent  places 
of  business. 

Advertisements  in  the  newspapers  ot 
those  years  give  amusing  sidelights  on 
the  fashions  of  the  times.  So-called 
"readers"  were  much  in  vogue  and  ap- 
peared as  follows : 

The  Be.^utiful  Blonde 

With  the  golden  curls  whose  ex- 
quisite style  of  dress  has  created 
such  a  sensation  on  Montgomery 
Street  purchased  that  exquisite 
broche  shawl  at  Meyer,  Jonasson  & 
Co.'s,  No.  r4  Montgomery  Sr. 
If  You  See 

A  particularly  well  dressed  man 
on  MontgorTrery  Street,  you  may 
be  sure  that  he  wears  clothes  made 
to  order  at  Bullock  &  Jones,  No. 
421  Montgomery  Street  Their 
cut  is  unmistakable. 
My  Good  Christi.-vn  FRrEND 

Don't  imagine  because  you  at- 
tend church  and  are  charitable  that 
the  sum  of  virtue  is  attained.  It 
should  be  thoroughly  impressed 
upon  your  mind  that  the  great  vir- 
tue, second  only  to  godliness,  can 
nc\'cr  be  tullv  achie\'ed  without 
frequent  baths  and  the  use  ot  Simp 
son's  Bay  Rum. 
and  again : 

The  H.'\ndsome  Colonel 

Whom  all  the  lady  promenaders 
of  Montgomeiy  Street  arc  half 
crazy  about  owes  his  particular 
charm  to  his  made-to-order  clothes 
from  Bullock  &  Jones,  No.  42 r 
Montgomery  St. 

In  display  advertisements  The  Pacific 
Fur  Emporium  of  H.  Liebes  &  Co.,  No. 
i2g  Montgomery  street,  announces  "the 
most  recherche  and  fashionable"  of  gar- 
ments. The  Shav\'l  House  in\ites  one  to 

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23 


ci\\tV«HlRNt§ 


Before^  thej>  Days  of  thej>  Tunnel 

otockton  Street  brai>ely  climbed  the  lull  bejore  the  tunnel  ivas  built   Here  we  see  it  as  it  appeared  in  the  "gay 

sixties    bejore  it  figured  in  the  life  of  the  city  or  boasted  oj  smart  shops  and  great  stores 

such  as  the  City  oJ  Paris  and  O'Connor  Jlof/att's  new  howe 


24 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


WEDDINGS 

I'll  1  ASI-CLAL'SSEN  On  Dcccmhcr  29,  in  San  Fran- 
ciMTo  Mr  Luigi  Filiasi.  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Giacomo 
l-ilia.si  of  Naples.  Italy,  and  Mi----  Helen  ClaU5.sen, 
daughter  of  Mrs   Adolph  Thomas 

HL'SH-WRICHT  On  January.-*  Mr  Walter  Finley 
Hush  son  of  the  late  Mr  and  Mrs  \'alenune  Hush,  and 
Mrs  Gertrude  Wright,  daughter  of  Mrs  George  Crazier 
of  Honolulu 

McNUTT-BAILLY  On  January  20  Mr  Maxwell 
McNutl  J  r  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs,  Maxwell  McNutl  of 
Burlingamc,  and  Miss  Jean  Bailly,  daughter  of  Dr  and 
Mrs   1 .  Edward  Bailly 

FORD-FOSTER  On  January  l«,  in  Boston^  Mr^ 
Tirev  L  Ford  son  of  the  late  Mr  Ti rev  L  Ford  and 
Miss  Elizabeth  Foster,  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  New- 
ton Foster  of  Boston 

BURNS-JACKSON.  On  January  24  Mr  Henry 
Sluart  McKenzie  Burns,  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs_  John 
Stuart  Burns  of  ,^berdcen,  Scotland,  and  Miss  Dorcas 
Jackson  dughter  of  Mrs  Charles  Francis  Jackson 


ENGAGEMENTS 

AMES-SLATER  Miss  Frances  Ames,  daughter  of 
Mrs  Preston  Scott,  to  Mr  William  A  Slater,  son  ol 
Mrs.  William  A   Slater  ol  Mt    Kisco  and  New  York. 

C^SSERLY-BEAUMONT.  Miss  Cecily  Casserly, 
daughter  of  Mrs  John  B  Casserly  and  the  late  John  B 
Casserly,  to  Mr.  Andre  Alden  Beaumont  of  New  ^  ork 

WILLS-MCXIDY.  Miss  Helen  Wills,  daughter  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs  Clarence  A.  Wills  of  Berkeley,  to  Mr.  Fred- 
erick S.  Moody,  Jr  ,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  b 
Mixxly. 

DE  LAMBERTYE-DE  THIENE  Comtesse  de  Lam- 
hertye.  the  former  Mrs  Godey  Kohl,  to  Comic  Gaetan 
de  Thiene  of  Paris 

GREGORY-BLACK.  Miss  Gertrude  Gregory, 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  T,  T.  C.  Gregory  of  Lalo  Alto 
and  San  Francisco,  to  Mr  Howard  Walter  Black,  son  of 
Dr  and  Mrs  Howard  Black  of  Palo  .Mto. 

KIERL'LI-F-McDC^WELL.  Miss  Azalea  Adelaide 
Kierulff  daughter  of  Mrs.  Earle  Phineas  Huff,  to  Mr 
Eaton  McDiwcll  Lieutenant,  U,  S  N  ,  son  of  Captain 
Willis  McDiwell,  U,  S   N. 

CLARK-BRADLEY  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Clark, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baylies  Coleman  Clark,  to 
Mr  Philip  Read  Bradley,  Jr..  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
Philip  Read  Bradley  of  Berkley 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Captain  and  Mrs  Frederick  T.  Roberts  of  London 
visited  San  Francisco  during  the  month  of  .January  and 
were  extensively  entertained.  Miss  Maye  Colburn  gave 
a  luncheon  at  the  Francisca  Club  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Rob- 
erts who  was  the  former  Mrs.  Adelaide  Murphy  Breck- 
cnridge  of  this  city  Captain  Roberts  sailed  for  Hono- 
lulu shortly  after  arriving  in  San  Francisco  and  Mrs 
Roberts  remained  at  the  Fairmont  during  his  absence 

Oiuntcss  Mario  Panciera  di  Zoppola  of  Rome  was  a 
visitor  at  the  home  of  Mr  and  Mrs  William  H  Crocker 
in  San  Mateo  and  was  entertained  at  a  number  of  smart 
affairs  on  the  peninsula. 

Colonel  and  Mrs  George  Pillsbury,  the  latterof  whom 
was  Miss  Bertha  Sidney-Smith  of  San  Francisco,  are 
visiting  in  San  Francisco  after  an  absence  of  several 
years  Mrs.  Pillsbury's  sister,  Mrs  Philip  Van  Home 
Lansdalc  is  returning  to  her  home  here  w'itn  Colonel  and 
Mrs  Pillsbury 

Mr.  Eidward  Cebrian.  who  now  makes  his  home  in 
New  Orleans  has  been  visting  his  relatives.  Mr  and  Mrs 
Ralph  Cebrian 

Mrs  Clinton  Wtjrdcn  entertained  at  tea  during  Janu- 
ary in  honor  of  Mrs,  Charles  Harlow  of  Washington. 
D.  C  ,  who  is  visiting  San  Francisco  with  Captain 
Harlow 

Mrs  John  Haldemann  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  who 
passed  several  weeks  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Lcib  in  Burlingame.  was  guest  of  honor  at  a 
dinner  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs   Samuel  Monsarrat. 


HERE  AND  THERE 

The  San  ^•rancisco  National  Horse  Show  Association 
will  hold  an  exhibition  February  2  to  9  at  the  State 
Armory.  Mr  Edward  J.  Tobin  is  president  of  the 
Ass*Kiatif»n  The  executive  committee  includes  Mrs 
William  P  Roth,  Mr  W.  S  Tevis,  Jr  .  Mr  George  S 
Fordcrer.  Mr  George  M.  Bowles  and  Mr.  Alex  Young 
Jr 

Mr.  and  William  Randolph  Hearst  entertained  the 
Grand  l>jchc\s  Mane  of  Rus^ia  at  their  ranch  at  San 
Simeon  Other  Ruc>t\  oi  the  wcek-cnJ  pariv  included 
Mrs.  John  S.  Drum,  Mr>  Mount  ford  S  Wilson,  and 
Mr,  and  Mrs,  Arthur  I  lill  Vincent  of  Diarritz. 

Mrs  Tobtn  Clark  is  Kiving  a  musicalc  on  February  I 
at  her  San  Mateo  hi>mc  in  honor  of  her  brother,  the 
Hon.  Richard  M.  Tobin.  Minister  to  The  Netherlands 
Mme.  Anna  Cane  will  sing. 


Mrs.  Frederick  Bradley  gave  a  luncheon  laic  in  Jan- 
uary in  honor  of  Miss  Louise  Janin,  daughter  of  Mrs 
George  Harry  Mcndell.  Miss  Janin  returned  to  San 
Francisco  recently  from  Paris. 

The  January  meeting  of  the  San  Rafael  Musical  Cluh 
was  well  attended.  A  representative  gathering  of  Marin 
society  enjoyed  the  program  which  was  arranged  by 
Miss  Kathleen  and  Miss  Gertrude  Byrnes 

Miss  EDominga  Russell,  the  debutante  daughter  of 
Mrs  Aiherton  Russell,  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner 
dance  given  by  Senator  James  D.  Phelan  in  the  Italian 
Ballroom  of  the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 

Mrs  William  Sproule  who  returned  from  New  York 
recently  with  Mr  Sproule,  was  guest  of  honor  at  a 
luncheon  given  by  Mrs  Alfred  Hammersmith  at  her 
home  in  Octa\'ia  street 

Mrs  Prentiss  Selby.  recently  returned  from  a  tour  of 
the  world,  was  h(inor  guest  at  a  luncheon  given  in  Pied- 
mont by  Mrs   Harry  East  Miller 

Miss  June  Shaw  and  her  fiance.  Mr  Lawrence  Lanser. 
uere  honored  by  a  dinner  dance  given  by  Mr  and  Mrs. 
John  Franklin  Brooke  at  Tait's  at  the  Beach 

Celebrating  the  birthday  of  Mrs,  Rennie  Pierre 
Schwerin.  Mrs  Leigh  Sypher  gave  a  luncheon  at  her 
home  in  San  Mateo. 

Senator  James  D-  Phelan  was  host  at  a  dinner  at  his 
country  home  at  Saratoga,  the  honor  guests  being  the 
Grand  Duchess  Marie  of  Russia  and  Mrs.  William 
Randolph  Hears; 

The  Hon,  Richard  M.  Tobin,  Minister  to  The  Nether- 
lands entertained  the  members  of  the  Uni\ersity  of 
California  crew  who  took  part  in  the  Olympic  Games 
last  summer  The  luncheon  was  given  at  the  San  Mateti 
Polo  Club. 

Among  the  many  pre-nuptial  entertainments  given 
for  Miss  Dorcas  Jackson,  was  a  large  bridge  tea  given  by 
Mrs  August  Virden.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Conrad  gave 
a  large  buffet  supper  for  Miss  Jackson  and  her  fiance. 

Miss  Heath  Hamilton,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Fletcher  Hamilton,  has  returned  to  her  studies  at  Vassar 
College. 

Mrs.  Percy  Goode  of  Larkin  street  gave  a  musicalc 
and  tea  in  honor  of  Miss  Fernanda  Pratt. 


HOSTS  AND  HOSTESSES 

The  regional  con\ention  of  the  Junior  League  will  be 
held  in  Pasadena  on  February  5  and  Ci  The  delegates 
from  San  Francisco  will  be  Mrs  Blake  Darling.  Mrs 
Bradley  Wallace.  Mrs.  Howard  Fleming,  and  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward Bancroft  Towne 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Selah  Chamberlain  presented  their 
daughter,  Miss  Edith  Chamberlain  to  society  at  a  ball 
given  at  the  Hotel  Fairmont,  MtJre  than  a  thousand 
mvitations  were  sent  out  for  the  affair  A  number  of 
dinner  parties  preceded  the  ball 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Jerd  Sullivan  were  hosts  at  a  dinner 
party  given  in  honor  of  Miss  ClaudineSpreckles  and  her 
fiance.  Mr.  George  Montgomery,  Mrs  Nion  Tucker 
gave  a  luncheon  for  forty  in  honor  of  Miss  Spreekels 

Miss  Lois  Thurston,  daughter  of  Mrs  E.  Coppec 
Thurston,  made  her  debut  at  a  dinner  dance  given  in 
the  Red  Room  of  the  Fairmont.  Miss  Thurston  has 
returned  to  Bryn  Mawr  to  complete  her  course. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  D.  Pillsbury  were  hosts  ata 
dinner  dance  given  for  the  Misses  Polly  and  Peggy 
Dibblee.  the  debutante  daughters  of  Mr.  and  Mrs 
Albert  J.  Dibblee.  The  dance  was  given  at  the  San 
Francisco  Golf  and  Country  Club. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Rudolph  Spreekels  \\ere  much  enter- 
tained during  the  time  that  Mr.  Spreekels  was  in  San 
Francisco  from  New  ^'ork.  Among  those  uho  gave 
dinner  parties  for  them  were  Mrs,  Irwin  Crocker.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walter  Martin  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Cameron. 

Miss  Vere  de  Verc  Adams,  whose  engagement  to  Mr. 
Robert  Barrett  Hutching,  Lieutenant.  U.  S.  A,,  was 
announced  last  month,  whs  honor  guest  at  a  luncheon 
gi\fn  by  Mrs   Henry  C-arlislc 

Mr.  and  Mrs  I'enwick  Smith,  the  latter  of  whom  was 
VIiss  Betsy  Taft  of  Oakland,  were  complimented  at  a 
party  given  by  Mr  and  Mrs  George  McGosKan  Walker 

A  long  list  of  prominent  names  comprises  the  patron 
and  patroness  list  of  the  C^uart:'  Arts  iiall  to  be  given 
at  the  Hotel  Fairmt^nt  on  February  >*  Lee  Randolph  is 
chairmanof  the  committee  and  will  be  assisted  by  Mr. 
Albert  Bender.  Mr.  Edgar  Walter  and  M.  Lucien  La- 
baud  t. 

Miss  Alice  Helen  Eastland  gave  a  dinner  in  Burlin- 
game recently  complimenting  Miss  live  Tavlor,  debu- 
tante daughter  of  Mr   and  Mrs   Augustus  Taylor. 

Mr  and  Mrs  FrancisMcComashavereturncdtotheir 
home  at  Pebble  lieaeh  after  spending  several  months 
painting  in  Spain. 

The  Hon.  Richard  Washburn  Child,  former  United 
Stales  Ambassador  to  Italy,  was  guest  of  honor  at  a 
luncheon  given  at  the  Bohemian  Club  by  Senator  James 
D  Phelan 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Algernon  Crofton  of  Vallcjo  street  have 
returned  to  their  home  after  a  two  months  absence  in 
C-cniral  American  and  Havana 


Miss  Beulah  (jibbons  who  has  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  Mr  James  Allen,  w  as  honored  at  a  tea  gi\'en  by 
Miss  Louise  Nichols,  The  tea  was  gi\'en  at  the  Fair- 
mont 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Dr   h.  B    De  Golia  was  a  recent  visitor  in  Naples 

Mrs  William  J.  Younger  was  honor  guest  at  a  recep- 
tion given  by  Mrs.  Eiustace  Julian  Smyth  at  the  laiterS 
house  on  the  Rue  Lecont-de-Lisle  in  Paris 

Mrs  Paul  R,  G  Horst  who  formerly  made  her  home 
in  San  Francisco  entertained  a  number  of  visiting  Cali- 
fornians  m  Paris  at  a  luncheon  given  early  in  January 

Mrs,  Olga  Sutro-Manson.  who  now  maintains  an 
apartment  in  Berlin,  was  present  at  the  reception  given 
by  the  .American  Ambassador  to  Germans-.  Robert 
Schurman  and  Mrs   Schurman 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Sutro  and  their  daughter.  Mi^s. 
Barbara  Sutro  and  Miss  Ellen  O'Sullivan  sailed  from 
New  ^'ork  carK   in  January  en  route  to  England 

Mrs  Harry  McDonald  Spencer  and  her  daughter. 
Miss  Mary  Virginia  Spencer  have  returned  to  ltal> 
where  they  will  remain  indefinitely. 

Mrs  Selah  Chamberlain  and  her  daughter,  Miw 
Edith  Chamberlain  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Raymond,  arc 
now  in  Paris  where  Miss  Chamberlain  and  Mi^s  Ra\- 
mond  will  study  French  and  music. 

Miss  Marion  Zeile  was  in  Switzerland  at  last  account  v 
She  has  Joined  Mrs.  Walter  Dillingham  who  is  spending 
the  spring  months  on  the  Continent 

Mrs.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Stent  and  their  two  daughters, 
Miss  Frances  and  Miss  Katherine  Stent,  who  ha\e  been 
traveling  in  Europe  for  several  months  are  at  the  present 
writing  in  Egypt. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

A  group  of  San  Franciscans  including  \1r,  and  Mr- 
Bartley  Oliver.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mervyn  O'Neill.  Mr.  ani.1 
Mrs.  Fiorace  Hill.  Mr  and  Mrs,  John  Gallois  and  Ml'^-- 
Harriet  Jolliffe  recentlv  sailed  for  New  ^'ork  by  way  of 
the  Canal  aboard  the  S   S.  California. 

Xliss  Mary  Emma  Flood  has  joined  her  mother.  Mrs. 
James  Flood  at  their  New   ^'ork  apartment, 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Frank  Howard  Allen  who  have  been 
visiting  in  New  ^'ork  since  the  new  year,  have  been 
honored  at  a  number  of  entertainments, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Bromfield  have  been  passing  a 
few  weeks  in  New  ^'ork. 

Miss  Nancy  Davis  has  joined  her  sister.  MissMargary 
Davis  at  their  studio  apartment  in  New  York, 

Mrs,  David  Armstrong  Taylor  and  her  sister.  Mrs. 
James  Corrigan  of  Chicago  are  passing  several  weeks  at 
the  Ritz  Carlton, 

Mrs,  Stewart  EMiult  has  gone  East  for  a  visit  and  will 
spend  some  time  with  relatives  In  Baltimore. 

Mrs  O  A.  Smith  and  Mrs  Percy  Towne  of  the  Park 
Lane  Apartments  are  in  New  York  and  will  \'isit  New 
(Orleans  and  Detroit  before  returning  home 

Mr  Rudolph  Spreekels  left  for  New  "^'ork  last  month 
and  will  spend  the  remainder  of  the  winter  at  his  apart- 
ment in  the  Ritz  Carlton 

Mr  and  Mrs.  John  Flearst,  who  spent  the  holiday 
season  at  the  Hearst  ranch  at  San  Simeon,  have  gone 
East. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Miss  Margaret  Hanchett  is  visiting  in  Montecito  w  iih 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Knight  Elston  and  their  daughter 

Mrs.  Polk»ck  Graham  will  pass  the  remainder  of  th. 
winter  at  Palm  Springs. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Frederick  McNcar  who  spent  the  winict 
months  in  New  ^'ork  will  return  to  California  shortly 
and  after  visiting  Mrs  McNear's  son,  Mr  John  tireeden 
in  Hollywocxl.  will  return  to  iheir  San  [-"rancisco  apart- 
ment. 

Miss  Janet  Whitman  of  New  York  and  liurlingamc 
visited  ior  a  week  in  Santa  Barbara  with  Miss  Marcia 
limbscn. 

La  Quints,  the  new  resort  in  the  Mojavc  region  was 
visited  by  a  group  of  San  Franciscans  dunmi  late  J»r>- 
uary.  In  the  party  were  Mr  and  Mrs  Gouvern*.!' 
Morris,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Spencer  Grant,  Mr  and  Mr 
Robert' Duncan.  Mr  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hunter.  Mr.  ufk. 
Mrs.  Salisbury  Field. Captain  and  Mrs.  Edward  Mc 
Cauiey.  Mr.  Templeton  C-rocker  and  several  mt>re. 

Mrs  Marshall  Madison  and  her  children  enjoyed  .i 
few  weeks  late  in  January  in  the  Ojni  Valley 

Mrs.  Dent  Hays  Robert  has  reopened  her  Cx^)rona>.i' 
home  and  will  remain  there  for  the  remainder  of  thi 
winter. 

A  group  of  the  polo  players  on  the  peninsula  spent  a 
week-end  in  Los  Angeles  during  the  time  of  the  rH>l" 
season  at  Midwick.  Richard  Schwerin.  Lindsay  How - 
iird.  Kenneth  Walsh  and  George  Pope,  jr  .  were  ami.nc 
those  who  took  part  in  the  matches. 


FEBRUARY,  1929 


25 


Mrs.  Arthur  Hill  Vincent^. 

Who  with  her  husband  has  iemporarily  deserted  their  Biarritz  J  it/a  for  one  of  the 
bungalows  of  the  Burlingame  Country  Club 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Hollywood  Talks 

And  Voices  Its  Opinion  on  the  Movie  Dilemma 


THE  man  who  remarked  that  the 
introduction  into  motion  pic- 
tures of  mo\'ictone  and  vitaphone 
would  cause  a  lot  ot  talk  was  one  hun- 
dred per  cent  correct. 

Motion  pictures  are  now  talking! 

But  that  isn't  the  half  of  it  All  of 
Hollywood  is  talking  And  because  as 
yet  no  one  person  can  speak  with  author- 
ity upon  the  subject  of  talking  pictures, 
everyone  is  speaking  freely. 

The  result  is  something  like  the  con- 
dition which  must  have  prevailed  dur- 
ing the  building  of  the  tower  of  Babel 
Producers,  scenarists,  directors  and  actors 
all  have  their  own  ideas  on  the  subject 
and  in  consequence  there  is  the  widest 
possible  range  of  opinion.  Charlie  Chap- 
lin, for  instance,  is  extremely  averse  to 
the  use  of  dialogue  in  pictures;  but  he 
thinks  that  there  is  a  held  for  men  like 
Al  lolson  who  sing  a  few  songs  in  a 
lilm  Sound  effects,  too,  he  believes,  if 
used  judiciously,  will  heighten  certain 
dramatic  passages 

Mr.  Chaplin's  objection  to  talking 
pictures  as  such  is  based  upon  the  fact 
that  they  do  not  offer  any  new  medium 
in  which  an  artist  can  work.  The  motion 
picture  as  an  art  form  is  entirely  separate 
and  distinct  from  the  stage  play  The 
latter  deals  in  dialogue,  the  former  in 
movement;  each  has  its  own  peculiar 
technique;  each  has  its  own  place  in  the 
field  of  art  or  entertainment;  there  is  no 
conflict  But  the  talking  picture  is 
neither  flesh  nor  fowl;  it  is  neither  stage 
nor  cinema.  At  best  it  is  able  only  to  offer 
canned  stage  dialogue,  and  that  at  the 
price  of  the  loss  of  the  vital  fluidity  and 
movement  which  made  the  motion  pic- 
ture the  lively  medium  it  was.  The 
silent  picture,  he  admits,  is  forced  into  a 
compromise,  when  it  becomes  necessary 
for  a  character  to  say  something,  and 
must  make  use  of  screened  subtitles.  But 
these  screenings  have  the  virtue  of  pre- 
serving an  artistic  harmony  with  the 
rest  of  the  photoplay.  The  demand  on 
the  spectator  is  still  visual.  But  when  the 
photographic  figure,  obviously  a  mere 
two-dimensional  shadow,  is  made  ac 
tually  to  talk,  thus  demanding  of  the 
confused  spectator-auditor  the  exercise 
of  hearing  as  well  as  of  sight,  the  result 
is  incongruous  and  destructive  of  artistic 
unity 

Chaplin's  quarrel  with  talking  pic- 
tures is  reducible  to  the  fact  that  he  finds 
no  beauty  in  them.  And  he  contends 
that  the  public  will  not  long  patronize 
entertainment  which  lacks  that  quality. 

Al  Jolson,  the  box-office  success  of 
whose  two  films,   "The  Jazz  Singer"  and 


By  HARRY  CROCKER 

"The  Singing  Fool,"  precipitated  the 
mad  rush  of  producers  to  enter  the  talk- 
ing picture  field,  is  himself  averse  to  dia- 
logue in  a  film,  but  believes  that  singing 
and  sound  effects  are  permissible 

Mary  Pickford,  whose  talking  test 
proved  most  successful,  is  making  an 
all-talking  picture,  while  Douglas  Fair- 
banks has  contented  himself  with  a 
silent  picture  which  will  be  prefaced  by 
his  own  spoken  prologue.  The  reception 
accorded  by  the  public  to  the  voices  of 
two  of  the  greatest  figures  in  films,  two 
personalities  built  up  in  terms  of  the 
optical  rather  than  of  the  auditory,  will 
be  interesting. 

T      T      T 

THE  majority  of  producers  are  frankly 
bewildered  The  box-office  smashes 
of  the  Warner  Brothers  have  had  a  de- 
vastating effect  upon  the  industry.  At 
the  cost  of  many  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  dollars  studios  have  scrapped  their 
silent  picture  productions  and  have  hired 
the  best  talent  available  to  write  dia- 
logue for  all-talking  pictures.  Mr. 
Adolph  Zukor,  of  the  Paramount- 
Famous-Lasky  Studios,  while  giving 
out  newspaper  interviews  to  the  effect 
that  Paramount  will  continue  to  make 
silent  pictures  together  with  their  all- 
talking  productions,  has,  it  is  interesting 
to  note,  but  one  of  the  former  type  in 
production,  that  in  which  Emil  Jannings 
is  starring.  It  is  rumored  that  because  of 
the  fact  that  Jannings  will  be  unable  to 
speak  English  dialogue  in  pictures  his 
contract  will  not  be  renewed  Most  of 
the  foreign  actors  who  have  not  mas- 
tered English  are  in  a  similar  plight. 

English  and  American  actors  of  the 
speaking  stage  are  flocking  to  Holly- 
wood, and  voice  culture  is  in  vogue. 
Boudoirs  ring  with  the  dulcet  tones  of 
blonde  stars  seeking  to  cultivate  that 
certain  something  in  their  voices  which 
will  reproduce  with  a  minimum  of  S 
sounds;  the  gentlemen  of  the  screen  arc 
enunciating  with  the  greatest  possible 
clarity  into  their  mirrors  in  an  effort  to 
appear  photographically  handsome  and 
at  the  same  time  be  clearly  heard. 

The  directors  are  at  once  overjoyed 
and  downcast  by  the  new  device  With 
the  present  lack  of  understanding  of  the 
electrical  apparatus,  upon  the  part  of 
most  persons  in  the  industry,  every  delay 
and  every  defect  which  formerly  was 
laid  at  the  door  of  the  director  is  now 
blamed  upon  a  faulty  wire  or  upon  the 
manipulators  of  the  machines  The  elec- 
trician must  shoulder  the  blame. 

But  whether  they  like  the  talkies  or 
not,  the  majority  oi  people  in  the  indus- 


try feel  that  it  has  been  betrayed  into  the 
hands  of  the  great  electrical  trusts  Scien- 
tists now  tell  artists  what  they  can  or 
can  not  do !  It  now  transpires  that  one  of 
the  most  important  men  on  the  set  is 
the  erstwhile  humble  electrician  who 
now  sits  about  all  day  armed  with  a  pair 
of  wooden  chopsticks  When  a  scene  is 
to  be  recorded  and  the  cameras  are  in 
readiness,  this  young  man  steps  forward 
to  the  microphone  and  claps  his  two 
sticks  together  This  sound  is  relayed 
over  a  network  of  wires  to  an  unseen 
operator  of  the  voice  recording  ma- 
chines who  both  makes  ready  and  takes 
his  tone  from  this  signal.  Actors  and 
directors  must  await  this  ceremonial 
before  every  scene  Inspiration,  emotion 
and  artistry  bow  low  before  mechanics. 


SYNTHETIC  sounds  are  now  the  thing! 
For  instance,  real  crickets  can  not  be 
used  before  the  microphones  because 
they  produce  what  in  the  new  vocabulary 
of  Hollywood  is  known  as  "wow- 
wows  "  "Wow-wows"  are  imperfect 
sounds.  Therefore  imitations  of  the 
cricket  must  be  invented;  completely 
extraneous  noises  which  will  approxi- 
mate the  sound  of  a  chirp. 

These  "wow-wows"  creep  into  the 
film  at  the  slightest  provocation  Pro- 
ducers and  electricians  spend  hours  in 
most  serious  discussion  of  how  "wow- 
wows"  may  be  eliminated,  or  at  least 
reduced  to  a  minimum. 

The  sound  of  a  door  slamming  can 
not  be  recorded  because  it  does  not 
sound  like  a  door  slamming  Therefore, 
as  a  door  is  apparently  slammed,  the 
prop  boy  pounds  upon  a  pile  of  maga- 
zines with  a  hammer  This  in  turn  re- 
cords in  the  film  as  the  sound  of  the 
slamming  door  The  sound  of  a  ship 
collision  was  recently  found  to  record 
perfectly  only  when  a  man  pulled  a 
resined  cord  the  extremity  of  which  was 
run  through  a  hole  in  the  bottom  of  a  tin 
can.  Storms  can  be  perfectly  simulated 
by  an  individual  making  sibilant  whistles 
with  his  mouth  And  maddest  addition 
to  a  mad  industry  is  the  indi\'idual  whci 
advertises  in  the  Standard  Casting  Direc 
tory  that  he  can  "meow  for  a  cat,  crow 
for  the  rooster,  imitate  the  talking  dog 
and  give  imitations  of  any  known  animal 
from  a  little  mouse  to  an  Australian  ant 
eater,  or  can  give  the  director  the  sounds 
of  a  sawmill,  crying  babies,  telephone 
conversations  near  and  far,  radios,  siz 
zling  radiators,  etc"  This  in  all  serious 
ness! 

Continued  on  page  37 


FEBRUARY,  1929 


27 


Mass  Investing 

Exchanging  Hunches  for  Sound  Business  Methods 


w 


"e  have  heard  about  mass  pro- 
duction lowering  costs,  so 
that  we  receive  more  mer- 
chandise for  our  money,  now  we  hear 
about  mass  investing,  so  that  we  may 
earn  more  on  our  accumulated  dollars. 
Co-operative  effort  is  one  of  the  oldest 
principles  of  self  preservation  known  to 
civilization.  "In  unity  there  is  strength," 
and  "Hang  together  or  we  hang  sepa- 
rately," are  two  of  the  well  known  epi- 
grams commonly  used  to  illustrate  this 
principle. 

This  principle  of  combining  the  cap- 
ital of  a  group  or  many  groups  of  in- 
vestors, however,  is  comparatively  new 
only  in  this  country.  Scottish  investment 
trusts  or  groups  were  operating  on  this 
basis  more  than  loo  years  ago.  Their 
idea  being  that  in  effecting  the  concen- 
tration of  capital  for  a  group  of  investors 
they  would  minimize  and  neutralize  ;he 
risks  of  individual  investment.  It  was 
long  ago  conceded  that  any  and  every 
investment  incorporated  some  risk,  but 
a  possible  loss  in  one  investment  was 
more  than  offset  by  gains  in  others  This 
same  idea  was  put  into  practice  by  the 
first  insurance  underwriters. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

INSURANCE  was  Originally  little  more 
than  gambling.  Many  of  the  branches 
of  insurance,  other  than  life,  probably 
had  their  origin  as  businesses  in  the  old 
English  tavern  known  as  Lloyds  where 
wealthy  men  were  accustomed  to  gather 
to  get  news  about  the  arrival  and  de- 
parture of  ships.  One  day  a  ship  owner 
got  the  idea  that  he  might  safeguard 
himself  against  loss,  resulting  from  the 
sinking  of  his  ship,  by  persuading  some 
of  these  wealthy  men  to  bet  him  that  the 
ship  would  return  safely,  while  he  in 
effect  bet  them  that  it  would  not.  Of 
course,  he  would  have  to  put  up  his  por- 
tion of  the  bet,  but  then  being  sporting 
gentlemen,  they  would  probably  give 
Him  heavy  odds.  This  ship  owner  then 
got  a  sheet  of  paper  and  wrote  thereon 
that  the  men  who  signed  it  agreed  to  pay 
the  shipowner  a  certain  sum  of  money — 
a  sum  in  total  equal  to  the  value  of  the 
ship  and  cargo,  should  the  vessel  be  lost 
at  sea  This  paper  was  posted  about  and 
various  frequenters  of  Lloyd's  signed  it, 
stating  the  amount  he  was  willing  to  be 
responsible  for.  When  one  of  these  men 
signed  the  paper,  it  was  said  that  he  was 
underwriting  the  loss;  that  is,  writing 
his  name  under  the  contract  by  which  he 
agreed  to  make  good  any  financial  loss 
to  the  owner. 

In  the  early  days  of  insurance,  these 
frequenters  of  Lloyd's  had  no  elaborate 


By  LELAND  S.  ROSS 

tables  to  guide  them  such  as  the  modern 
insurance  company  has.  They  had  merely 
a  personal  knowledge  of  the  various 
ships  in  the  harbor.  Each  insurer  decided 
for  himself  whether  the  vessel  was  sea- 
worthy; then  each  man  made  a  guess  as 
to  what  the  weather  was  likely  to  be,  in- 
fluenced perhaps  by  twinges  of  reuma- 
tism,  or  whether  the  squirrels  were  gath- 
ering nuts  early  that  autumn. 

One  day  an  enterprising  insurance 
underwriter  conceived  the  idea  that  if  he 
knew  what  had  happened  in  the  past,  he 
could  estimate  the  risk  of  loss  on  similar 
events  in  the  future.  At  first  this  was 
only  theory,  but  when  applied  in  practice, 
it  worked.  Furthermore,  as  time  went 
on,  it  was  the  only  theory  that  worked 
consistently  in  practice  and  soon  it  was 
developed  to  a  point  where  it  was  not 
only  theory,  but  the  accepted  basic  prin- 
ciple of  insurance.  Personal  theories  or 
schemes  or  prejudices  were  abandoned 
when  their  sponsors  found  they  could  not 
compete  with  the  man  who  quoted  a  low 
rate  on  the  basis  of  past  experience.  If 
insurers,  swayed  by  personal  prejudice, 
quoted  a  high  rate,  they  got  no  business. 
If  they  quoted  a  low  rate,  they  go  allt  the 
business,  and  paid  out  all  of  their  capital 
making  good  the  losses 

The  insurance  business  has  not  always 
been  on  a  scientific  basis  It  has  reached 
its  present  prosperity  as  a  conservative 
business,  only  through  the  weeding  out 
of  theories  and  prejudices  and  personal 
viewpoints,  through  the  acquisition  and 


"Now  maybe  Vll  get  the  respect 
that's  due  me." 


utilization  of  a  knowledge  of  past  exper- 
ience, and  through  the  application  of  the 
law  of  averages. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

WHY,  then  has  not  investing  been 
placed  upon  a  basis  of  an  accu- 
rate knowledge  of  past  experience  if,  in 
fact,  investment  like  insurance  deals  in 
risks,  and  if  the  success  of  insurance  has 
been  built  upon  such  a  knowledge  in  the 
past?  The  answer  is  that  scientific  invest- 
ing today  is  still  in  its  swaddling  clothes. 
The  individual  investor  today  with  all 
his  wisdom  gained  from  forecasters, 
board  room  gossip,  and  balance  sheets  is 
little,  a  any,  better  equipped  for  the  ser- 
ious business  of  investment  than  those 
early  frequenters  of  Lloyd's  tavern  were 
equipped  for  the  insurance  business. 
Most  of  us  are  still  investing  on  the  basis 
of  personal  theories.  We  believe,  prob- 
ably because  our  banker  or  bond  sales- 
man or  father  told  us,  that  stocks  ate 
"speculative"  and  that  bonds  are  a  con- 
servative investment.  We  have  a  verit- 
able catechism  of  beliefs — and  little 
knowledge  of  facts.  In  the  field  of  invest- 
ment, as  in  the  early  days  of  insurance, 
dominating  personality  rather  than  a 
knowledge  of  fact  has  been  directing  the 
trend  of  investment  beliefs. 

Insurance  companies  are  in  the  busi- 
ness of  taking  risks,  yet  today  the  insur- 
ance business  is  probably  the  safest  in  the 
world,  because  they  properly  appraise 
the  risks  which  they  accept  and  provide 
that  eternal  vigilance  which  is  the  price 
of  safety,  by  constantly  supervising  the 
risks  which  they  do  assume. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  large  fire  in- 
surance companies  realize  a  very  small, 
if  any,  gain  on  their  premiums.  Their 
losses  and  expenses  of  the  most  success- 
ful taking  about  95  %  of  the  year's  prem- 
ium. But,  with  the  original  capital  with 
which  they  started,  plus  the  premiums, 
which  they  have  on  deposit  pending  ex- 
penditure, they  manage  to  show  con- 
siderable gain  in  their  surplus.  This  is 
accomplished  by  successfully  investing 
their  principal, 

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THE  chances  are  against  the  small  in- 
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through  the  purchase  of  individual  se- 
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or  diversification.  It  is  not  practical  to 
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not  afford  the  time  nor  has  he  the  facili- 
ties at  his  command  to  supervise  his 
many  investments. 

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an  increase  of  69.90%. 

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ing  the  proper  principles  of  scientific 
management  to  tunds  of  less  than  a  mil- 
lion dollars  is  too  excessive  to  be  eco- 
nomically practical  The  combination 
then  of  many  small  funds  into  one  large 
partnership  or  trust  provides  the  basis  tor 
the  application  of  sound  investment 
principles,  search  and  management  on 
what  might  be  described  as  a  wholesale 
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The  dilemna  and  needs  of  the  investor 
of  modest  means  have  been  anticipated 
The  organization  of  investment  trusts^ 
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come and  profits  to  the  subscribers  of 
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WHAT  has  become  oi  our  pale, 
proud  Nordics^  They  may  still 
be  proud  but  their  coppery  skins  belie 
that  pink-and-vvhitencss  upon  which 
their  superiority  was  once  based 


FASHIONS  for  1929  cannot  avoid  the 
change  in  smart  complexions  any- 
more than  the  haute  monde  can  afford  to 
overlook  it.  Colors,  because  of  their 
intimate  relation  to  complexions,  have 
been  brought  into  more  than  usual 
prominence.  The  law  of  cause  and  effect 
automaticallybrings  powder  tints  (color- 
educated  white),  green  and  yellow  into 
particular  favor.  Line,  though  appar- 
ently unrelated,  is  also  subtly  altered  by 
the  vogue  for  sunny  pigmentations. 
Freedom  of  movement  has  been  intro- 
duced with  godets  and  circular  cuts  .  .  . 
the  novel  four-inch  sleeve  worn  just  now 
on  tailored  blouses  and  destined,  we  be- 
lieve, to  wide  spread  usage  later,  are  just 
two  of  many  new  features  resulting  from 
the  movement  for  bigger  and  better 
coats  of  tan. 


SPORTS  costumes  naturally  are  in  sym- 
pathetic accord  with  every  phase  ot 
sun-burning  Low  cut  tennis  dresses  .  . 
sleeveless  frocks  .  .  backless  bathing 
suits  offer  every  encouragement  to  both 
neophyte  and  seasoned  sun  worshiper. 
You  who  hover  on  the  burning  brink 
will  find  the  balance  fall  in  favor  of  join- 
ing the  resorters  once  you  have  seen  the 
wardrobe  of  the  cult  Though  it  is  wise 
to  remember,  that  contrary  to  the  story 
told  too-inquisitive  children,  once  burn 
cd  you  will  return  to  the  fire  again  and 
again.  So  'ware  the  new  costumes  lest 
their  wiles  snare  you  in  spite  of  lily- 
white  resolves. 


A  BSURD  as  it  may  seem,  bathing  suits 
j[\_  exercise  an  important  influence  on 
evening  fashions.  Indeed,  your  very  suc- 
cess in  an  evening  costume  may  depend 
upon  the  wisdom  with  which  you  choose 
your  beach  ensemble.  Depending  always, 
ot  course,  on  whether  you  prefer  your 
shoulders  alabaster  or  toasted  brown 
Lace  with  a  silken  sheen  is  well  chosen 
by  the  sun-kissed  fashionable  in  the  new 
Basque  trio  of  lime  yellow,  tangerine 
and  orange.  White  satin  in  any  of  its 
taint  color  tints,  rumored  tor  stunning 
success  last  season,  is  now  in  its  clement 


==,M!  M'\a 


And  speaking  of  children  .  .  .  even 
j[~\_  the  merest  babe  keeps  step  with 
tashion.  Suits  of  enviable  briefness  for 
their  sun-ablutions  are  found  in  the  Baby 
Shop  Grown-up  suits  are  almost  as 
brief,  eliminating  every  unessential  inch 
and  making  use  of  loose-fibred  fabrics 
through  which  the  sun  may  seep  One 
suit,  which  needs  only  an  added  inch  or 
two  of  hem  to  make  the  smartest  of 
evening  gowns,  is  actually  in  citron 
green  trayisparcnt  velvet.  Which,  how- 
ever, is  not  as  alarming  as  it  may  sound. 
Long,  flappy  sailor  pants  ot  navy  jersey 
are  just  the  thing  to  slip  over  the  beach 
costume  when  promenading. 


THERt  may  be  nothing  new  under  the 
sun,  hut  The  White  House  collec- 
tion ot  new  sunburn  fashions  will  at 
least  be  among  the  smartest  ever  worn 
under  the  sun.  And  it  you  can  not  be 
entirely  original  you  can  certainly  be 
chic  with  very  little  effort  it  your  ward- 
robe is  selected  at  The  White  House. 


ADVIKTISBUBNT 


The  Gay  Sixties 

Continued  from  page  22 

a  sale  ot  Double  Broche  Shawls,  Laces 
and  Kid  Gloves,  the  last  at  $1.25  a  pair 
or  $13,00  a  dozen. 

Men's  fashions  were  closely  regulated 
in  the  year  1S68  for  in  the  fall  of  that 
year  the  hat  dealers  spent  much  money 
to  advertise  that  "On  September  5th 
Dress  Hats  for  Fall  and  Winter  Adopted 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  will  be  intro- 
duced." 

About  this  time  there  also  came  the 
announcement : 

The  Most  Popular  Things  in  the 

Mechanics'  Fair 

are  the 

Anti-Divorce  Ties  &  "Knots  tor  Joe" 

from  Wilkins'  Shirt  Store 
again  we  read : 

"A  Perfect  Fit" 

is  the  motto  of 

J.  Lancaster 

Lancaster's  Perfect  Fitting  Pants 

Made  to  Order  $10 

and  another  advertisement  gives  us  some 

shoe  prices  for  contrast ; 

HE  GOT  BOOTED 
very  cheap  at  the  Franklin  Boot  and 
Shoe  Store,  gents  French  calf  boots 
$2.50:  gents  extra  quality  call 
boots  $3  ;  gents  fine  French  boots 
hand-made  extra  finish  l?S  (regular 
price  $15):  gents  calf  shoes  $1; 
gents  calf  oxford  ties  $1.25:  fine  1, 
French  calf  Congress  boots  $2.  I 

The  very  listings  ot  commodities  tor 
sale  carry  something  of  old-time  ro- 
mance with  them.  For  instance,  Tobin- 
DLxon  &  Davisson,  Importers  of  Fancy 
Goods,  offered  Alpacas,  Hoop  Skirts, 
Nubias,  Sontags  and  Zephyr  Wool 
Others  sold  Balmorals,  Hair  Brushing 
Machines,  Elastic  Sponge  (a  substitute 
tor  curled  hair  in  upholstering)  Screwed 
Boots,  Shot  Taffetas,  Damask  Reps, 
Clouded  Merveilleux,  Pork  Pie  Hats, 
Croquet  Costumes  and  the  highly  popu- 
lar Zouave  Jackets. 

But  even   in   those  days  there  were 
"wise  cracks"  about  short  skirts.  Even 
when  one  might  think  that  the  inch  or 
two  difference  in  length  might  mean  ai 
yard  or  two  in  material  and  a  vetv  real 
saving    in    cleaning    bills,    squibs   were 
published    such    as    the    toUowing   one 
which  we  find  in  a  paper  of  1S6S. 
Fashionable  dresses  are  short — so 
are  the  tashionable  husbands  who 
pay  tor  them 

And  so  it  goes  The  little  old  woman 
on  the  street  may  go  on  her  reminiscing,, 
we  may  dig  up  old  records  and  recon- 
struct pictures  ot  the  ga\-  promenade  of 
high  stepping  ht>rses,  high  hatted  gentle- 
men and  hoop-skirted  women,  hut 
sooner  or  later  we  stumble  across  the 
link  ot  common  reaction  that  ties  all 
generations  together  and  makes  of  prog- 
ress merely  the  exchange  ot  galoshes  for 
Balmorals. 


FEBRUARY,  1929 


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MER. 


s  WRITERS  of  Style  articles  have  al- 
ways said  in  the  middle  of  winter, 
."Spring  is  here!" 

The  windows  of  The  City  of  Paris, 
O'Connor  Moffat  and  The  White  House 
are  simply  teeming  with  prints. 

Last  year  the  silks  were  most  con- 
cerned with  people  and  places,  but  they 
proved  to  be  very  impractical.  Dresses 
covered  with  Lindbergh  seem  a  little 
passe  since  the  excitement  of  his  flight 
has  calmed  down.  Tennis  frocks  with  a 
panorama  of  Palm  Beach  were  quite  all 
right  when  we  went  there  last  year,  but 
wno  wants  to  wear  them  at  Del  Monte? 
Those  who  wore  map  designs  felt  en- 
tirely at  home  while  touring  the  state, 
but  with  absolutely  no  plans forthe  sum- 
mer, what  earthly  good  is  a  map? 

This  summer  we  will  go  back  to  na- 
ture in  the  good  old  way.  Peeping  pan- 
sies,  gay  daisies,  demure  buttercups  have 
all  returned. 


NEW  SPRING  STYLES 

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san    francisco 


Once  again  filmy  ferns  will  be  with 
us,  and  birds  of  all  size  and  color  are  apt 
to  alight  on  any  dress. 


It  will  be  such  a  relief  to  understand 
what  we  are  wearing.  Last  year  the 
designs  were  so  complex  that  we  were 
forced  to  wear  our  psychological  prob- 
lems in  public.  Masses  of  complexes  and 
inhibitions  were  taken  to  luncheons,  and 
all  sorts  of  unexplainable  situations  ap- 
peared on  informal  evening  dresses. 

Thank  goodness  impressionism  has 
passed,  and  good  old  realism  has  re- 
turned. Welcome  indeed  are  the  forget- 
me-nots  and  jasmine  of  yesteryear. 

With  all  the  new  flower  prints  wait- 
ing to  be  taken  home,  there  is  not  a  day 
to  be  lost,  even  the  day  that  we  are  sup- 
posed to  take  care  of  the  children. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Rankin  at  O'Connor  & 
Moffatt  has  instituted  a  parking  space  for 
the  young,  while  mother  shops.  The 
little  ones  will  be  entertained  by  pro- 
grams for  their  amusement,  and  every 
parent  is  guaranteed  not  to  hear  "Oh 
Ma"  until  her  last  purchase  has  been 
made. 

Another  innovation  of  the  same  store, 
is  a  "Budget  Plan"  for  one's  complete 
outfit.  Mannikins  will  be  dressed  fetch- 
ingly  from  head  to  heels,  and  anyone 
who  wants  to  go  right  home  with  the 
entire  ensemble  may  make  arrangements 
to  pay  for  it  little  by  little  and  bit  by  bit. 
Lots  of  us  have  been  doing  that  for  years, 
but  it  will  be  so  nice  to  continue  with 
God's  sanction  and  a  clear  conscience. 


With  the  first  rays  of  sunshine,  we 
will  promptly  seek  secluded  cor- 
ners of  the  back-yard  and  start  early  to 
avoid  the  flush.  By  which  1  mean  that 
sunburn  is  to  be  more  popular  than  ever 
and  the  suggestions  of  Hawaiian  or  Jap- 
anese blood  will  no  longer  be  considered 
a  family  skeleton.  The  darker  the  better. 
In  fact,  all  sorts  of  tints  and  salves  and 
pastes  are  being  manufactured  to  give 
the  tanned  effect.  The  best  are  none  too 
good,  but  the  most  objectionable  are  the 
ones  that  pick  up  the  sand  from  the 
beach  and  take  it  home. 

Podesta  and  Baldocchi's  marvelous 
windows  are  primarily  responsible  for 
this  previous  spring  feeling.  It  really  isn't 
right  for  daflPodils  and  jonquils  and  tulips 
to  make  us  forget  that  rainy  days  and 
windy  nights  are  yet  to  come.  What  we 

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George  W.  Klelser,  Jr.,  and  John  E.  Kleiser 
ready  to  board  the  S.  S.  Malolo  for  their  re- 
turn trip  to  San  Francisco 

The  luxuries  of  the  gigantic  yacht  Malolo  led  these  young  San  Fran- 
ciscans to  choose  it  for  both  their  trip  to  Hawaii  and  the  voyage  back. 
While  on  board  they  had  at  their  disposal  all  the  comforts  and  distinc- 
tive conveniences  available  on  shore.  Swimming,  tennis,  dancing  and 
other  diversions  all  in  the  most  charming  company — made  their  voy- 
ages the  perfect  beginning  and  more  perfect  ending  of  a  delightful  va- 
cation. .  .  .  February  is  one  of  the  best  months  in  the  Islands.  Leave  the 
cold  winds  and  rains  of  our  winter  behind  and  enjoy  the  Paradise  of  the 
Pacific.  .  .  .  One  or  more  Matson  Liners  sail  from  San  Francisco  every 
week — the  Malolo  sails  on  alternate  Saturdays. 


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Matson  Line 

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By  BETH  WENDEL. 

THE  HELL  OF  HOMLINESS 

{with  alJohgies  to  John  RuldU) 

"hen  Stephan 
was  born,  her 
mother  said,  "Shall  we 
call  her  Daisy?"  The 
father  took  one  look  at 
her  and  sadly  replied, 
''She's  no  Daisy. ' ' 
"True,"  agreed  the  dis- 
appointed mother, 
"She's  the  image  of 
you." 

The  accepted  theory,  that  ugly  babies 
improve,  is  a  biological  tallacy.  The 
matter  is  entirely  psychological,  based 
upon  the  belief  that  (a)  we  can  get  used 
to  anything,  and  (b)  nothing  is  so  bad 
that  it  couldn't  be  worse.  Not  so  in  the 
case  of  Stephan,  however,  for  (a)  her 
mother  just  couldn't  get  used  to  her,  and 
(b)  she  couldn't  have  been  worse. 

Stephan  became  attached  to  a  house- 
maid, and  impulsively  offered  her 
twenty-five  minutes  of  her  all  day  sucker. 

"No  thanks,"  the  maid  answered 
briskly,  "I  can't  cat  candy.  I  have 
worms." 

That  night  Stephan  prayed  for  worms. 
"Dear  Lord,  "  she  murmured,  "1  want 
worms.  Let  me  have  worms,  too    " 

Just   then   a   cat  on   the   back    fence 

wailed,     "Meow "     and    Stephan 

cried  in  delight,  "Daddy  said  that  cats 
give  little  girls  worms!" 

Enthralled,  she  slid  down  a  drain  pipe, 
and  stealthily  approached  the  back  fence. 

"Meow "  said  Tom  cat. 

"Meow  .  .  .  ."  another  acquiesced. 

Stephan  turned  pale,  as  a  shoe  thrown 
by  her  father,  hit  her  on  the  ear. 

"Stephan,"  he  cried,  "Have  I  hurt 
you,  little  boy-girl-boy-girl-what  the 
hell." 

"Oh,  Daddy,"  she  cried,  "Isn't  lite 
just  the  cats!" 

Her  father  sighed  and  made  a  note  in 
his  Montgomery  Ward  catalog. 

The  next  day,  the  housemaid  was  dis- 
missed and  old  Muddle  came  to  be 
Stephan's  governess.  They  called  her 
Muddle  so  that  Stephan  would  think 
she  didn't  know  v\'hat  it  was  all  about. 

Upon  Muddle's  suggestion,  Stephan 
was  allowed  to  eat  dinner  in  the  dining 
room,  but  a  week  later,  her  father  died 
ol  indigestion 

"You're  spoiling  my  appetite,  too,  " 
her  mother  cried,  and  Stephan-.xnswered, 
"Very  well.  Mother,  Muddle  and  I  will 
go  to  Paris  and  improve  my  looks   " 

In  Paris,  thev  went  from  Beauty  Par- 
lor to  Beauty  Salon  and  even  to  Beauty 
Shoppes  hinally  Stephan  bought  a 
Beauty  Shoppe  of  her  own,  and  when 
she   announced   that  she  was  going  to 


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33 


The  Permanent  Wave  Cotillion,  Mud- 
dle murmured, 

"Ashes  to  ashes  and  dust  to  dust, 
If  the  Marcel  doesn't  get  you, 
The  Permanent  must." 

War.  War.  War.  Stephan  opened  a 
Beauty  Shoppe  in  the  front  line  trenches 
She  did  not  charge  for  haircuts  or  mani- 
cures, so  in  a  short  while  had  ten  thou- 
sand regular  customers 

A  few  months  later  she  was  decorated 
by  three  governments.  When  a  French 
general  kissed  her  on  both  cheeks, 
imagine  her  embarrassment  until  she 
noticed  that  he  kissed  some  other  boys,  too . 

Then  came  peace,  and  Stephen  re- 
turned to  his-her-his-her  Beauty  Shoppe, 
and  all  went  well  until  a  spiteful  neigh- 
bor of  childhood  days  entered  to  get  a 
facial. 

"You  running  a  Beauty  Parlor!"  the 
friend  shrieked  in  merriment.  "Well  I'll 
be  darned!" 

She  laughed  so  loud  and  so  pointedly, 
that  all  the  customers  came  out  of  their 
booths,  looked  at  Stephan  and  walked 
out  with  their  nail  polish  still  wet. 

Stephan  gazed  about  in  her  empty  es- 
tablishment ot  business.  She  fondly 
stroked  the  Permanent  Wave  machine, 
and  with  a  deep  sigh  touched  the  electric 
dryers.  She  gently  fingered  the  crepe 
paper  that  goes  around  customers'  necks, 
to  keep  the  cut  hair  from  tickling  later. 

"It's  the  Hell  of  Homeliness,"  she 
murmured.  "Let  this  be  a  message  to  all 
like  me.  We  are  not  meant  to  be  in  the 
Beauty  Parlor  business,  not  even  in  the 
Beauty  Shoppe  business.  What  we 
should  do  is  buy  a  dozen  neckties  and 
write  a  sensational  book." 
"The  Well  of  Loneliness,"   by  Rad- 

clyffe  Hall. 

T       ▼       T 

THE  Silver  Virgin,  by  Ida  A.  R. 
Wylie,  deals  with  the  psychological 
upheaval  of  two  people,  following  a 
physical  disaster  to  one  of  them. 

The  problem  is  much  the  same  as  pre- 
sented in  Hemingway's  "The  Sun  Also 
Rises."  The  characters  in  "The  Silver 
Virgin,"  however,  are  sober  ladies  and 
gentlemen . 

Justine,  a  high  bred  English  girl  and 
Gale,  an  exceptionally  nice  young  man, 
meet  in  a  romantic  Spanish  town.  At 
the  shrine  of  The  Silver  Virgin,  they  fall 
deeply  in  love  and,  just  before  Gale's  de- 
parture for  the  battle-fields,  are  married. 

Gale  is  cruelly  wounded,  and  a  mental 
wreckage  comes  also  to  Justine,  making 
it  impossible  for  them  to  live  happily  to- 
gether. 

They  part  and  seek  their  respective 
peace.  Gale  returns  to  the  little  Spanish 
town,  pathetically  awaiting  some  mir- 
acle of  The  Silver  Virgin.  He  manages 
to  merge  his  life  with  that  of  the  simple 
natives. 

Jxistine  lives  and  learns   ...  ' 

Continued  on  next  page 


A.   V    A. 


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I  kronen  tnejands 


ofjon^  4^ 


BROODING  jungles  where  mumbling  pirate  packs  snarled  over  gold  and 
silks  and  pearls  looted  from  luckless  galleons  .  .  .  Havens  of  haunting 
beauty  where  the  Conquistadors  drew  breath  and  planned  new  deeds  of  daring 
.  .  .  Fairy  cities  of  white  tucked  away  in  mantles  of  tropic  green  .  .  .  Then,  like 
a  gem  at  the  end  of  a  rainbow  road — Havana. 

Faithfully  the  splendid  ships  of  the  Panama  Mail  bridge  the  centuries  .  .  .  From 
the  thousand  comforts  of  a  luxurious  liner  you  step  into  the  mellow  charm  of 
old  Mexico,  the  soft  Spanish  cadences  of  Guatemala,  Salvador  and  Nicaragua 
and  after  two  days  in  the  Canal  zone,  sail  over  friendly  waters  to  Colombia  in 
South  America  .  .  .  Northward  then,  under  the  flaming  Southern  Cross  the  lane 
of  leisure  leads  to  Havana. 

A  Panama  Mail  liner  is  sailing  soon  . . .  Every  two  weeks  one  of  the  commodious 
cmise  fleet  departs  from  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  for  Havana  and  the  tour 
of  the  tropics  .  .  .  Every  modern  comfort  is  yours . . .  All  outside  cabins  and  beds 
instead  of  berths  . .  .  yet  the  cost  this  way  is  no  more  .  . .  First-class  fare,  bed  and 
famous  meals  included,  as  low  as  $225  . . .  Write  today  for  folder. 

PANAMA  MAIL 

Steamship  Company 

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34 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


PALM    COURT   PORTRAITS  —  NO.    3 


ray  Elliott 

(Saxophone) 

When  Professor  Adolphc  Sax 
invented  the  Saxophone  he 
had  Fay  Elliott  in  mind  .  .  . 
for  if  ever  ther;  was  a  saxo- 
phone virtuoso,  that's  Fay. 
When  in  contact  with  Fay's 
hot  lips,  the  Sax  does  some 
really  remarkable  things.  Fay 
has  two  hobbies  of  which  he 
is  inordinately  proud  ...  an 
automatic  cigar  lighter  and  a 
gold  tooth.  They  both  work ! 


With  Gordon  Henderson  and  his 
Palm  Court  Orchestra  playing 
the  hcst  dance  music  .  .  .  with  the 
new  lighting,  decorations  and 
dance  floor  .  .  .  the  Palm  Court  is 
San  Francisco's  Dance  I{endez- 
nous. 

Without  Couvcrt:  Tabic  d'hote 
dinners  ($2.00  and  .$2.50)  and  a 
la  carte  dinners.  Supper  9  o'clock, 
(evenings  except  Sunday)  .$1.50; 
after-theatre  supper  ii  p.  m.  to  1 
a.  m.  Si. 00. 

Couvcrt:  For  non-diners,  $1.00  on 
Saturday  evenings;  50  cents  other 
evenings  after  9  p.  m.  Dancing  8 
p.  m.  to  1  a.  m. 


,-5^ 


PALACE  ^^ 

HOTEL 

■AN  FRANCISCO 
■*• 

Managtmtnt,  Hai  sir  E.  Manwarino 


A  timid  Claire  and  a  courageous  Jane 
ha\'C  heart  and  mind  complexities,  no 
less  interesting  than  that  of  their  sister, 
Justine. 

The  book  mentions  the  unmention- 
able quite  inoffensively. 

The  problem  of  Justine  and  Gale  at 
first  seems  a  merely  isolated  case,  yet 
there  is  in  the  story  a  very  subtle  general- 
ization of  many  marriages. 

English  novels  of  quality  have  a  cer- 
tain "fitness."  The  homes  fit  the  land- 
scape; the  people  fit  the  homes;  and  the 
clothes  fit  the  people.  A  back-ground  is 
ever  present  and  all  hopes  for  the  future 
lie  in  re-establishing  something  past 
The  essence  of  the  plot  generally  is  the 
breaking  of  habits  The  hero  and  heroine 
create  fiction  by  doing  something  that  no 
one  in  their  family  has  ever  done  before. 

"Then  came  the  war"  is  fast  rivalling 
our  own  "then  came  the  dawn" 
"The  Silver  Virgin,  "by  Ida  A,  RWylic 
(Donhleday  Doran  Co  ,  Publishers). 

▼     T     T 

KNUT  F4amson  has  once  more  made  a 
great  story  out  of  the  lives  of  un- 
important people  in  insignificant  places. 
From  the  tragedy,  the  bitter  humor,  the 
duplicity  and  the  intrigue  of  small  town 
life,  he  has  created  a  bird's-eye  view  of  all 
social  intercourse. 

The  vulnerable  weaknesses  of  strut- 
ting citizens,  and  the  pathetic  striving  of 
grovelling  under-dogs,  are  magnificently 
portrayed. 

A  young  Norwegian  sailor  is  maimed 
at  sea.  His  betrothed  promptly  engages 
herself  to  another  man,  who  casts  her  off 
upon  learning  that  she  has  been  promis- 
cuous about  the  town 

In  desperation  the  girl  seeks  out  her 
old  suitor  and  succeeds  in  gaining  his 
much  needed  name. 

After  their  marriage,  the  wife  bears 
five  children  ot  variegated  paternity,  but 
as  a  grand  gesture  of  virility,  her  hus- 
band claims  them  as  his  own. 

The  women  at  the  pump,  an  unoffi- 
cial tribunal,  discuss  all  events  that 
transpire.  These  meetings  are  mentioned 
casually  throughout  the  story,  but  their 
human  significance  is  keenly  felt. 

The  competition  for  charity,  between 
the  broken  down  sailor  and  a  blustering 
village  drunkard,  is  a  mar\'clous  bit  ot 
drama. 

The  background  of  the  tale  and  the 
poignant  life  stream  running  through,  is 
the  awareness  of  the  sea.  That  struggle 
to  gain  a  livelihood  by  wrestling  with 
the  surging  depths  is  superlatively  pre- 
sented. 

"The  Women  at  The  Pump"  has  all 
the  gtim  reality  of  "Growtn  of  The 
Soil."  Hamson's  tremendous  power  ot 
expression  and  flexibility  of  style  is 
breath  taking. 
"The  Women  at  The  Pump,"  by  Knut 

Harrison.    (Alfred  A.    Knopf,    Pub- 
lisher). 


For  ''The 
spirit  of 


yj 


joy 

J '7  Imported 

DRY 
GINGERALE 

Merry  and  effervescenc  as 
chc  season's  gayest  debu- 
tante. Tingling  with 
\rcsh  limes  and  fresh 
ginger,  smoothly  blended 
in  the  volcanic  waters 
from  the  famous  Isuan 
Springs.  A  most  unusual 
ginger  ale.  Wonderfully 
mellow  and  mighty  help- 
ful in  keeping  the  next 
day  bright  and  cheerful. 


In  Manila  they  say 
"E-SWAN" 


ISUAN THE  SPIRIT  OF  JOV 


THE  ISUAN  CORPORATION 

ISUA^f  BLDC,  140  FRONT  ST. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 


FEBRUARY,  1929 


35 


The  Two-Bid  in  Contract  Bridge 


By  PAUL  W.  BLACK 


MANY  suggestions  have  been  made 
concerning  bidding  tactics  in  Con- 
tract. One  of  the  most  difficult  tasks  be- 
tween partners  is  to  develop  hands  that 
will  pay  for  slams  with  a  fair  degree  of 
skill  to  slam  bids. 

Hands  that  may  produce  slams  are  dis- 
covered in  two  ways,  first  by  the  original 
bidder  holding  unusual  strength  in  bal- 
anced or  unbalanced  distributions,  and 
second  by  bidding  deductions  from  the 
partner's  bid. 

The  first  type  will  be  discussed  here. 
When  the  original  bidder  finds  a  very 
powerful  holding  in  balanced  or  unbal- 
anced hands  with  strength  to  bid  game 
if  he  wished  it  is  better  to  open  the  bid- 
ding in  the  declaration  in  which  the  final 
declaration  should  be  made  by  a  two- 
bid.  When  this  occurs  the  partner  is  sup- 
posed to  show  on  the  first  round  any  suit 
with  an  ace  or  no  loser  suit,  lacking  this 
ability  he  gives  a  "courtesy-raise"  in  the 
original  declaration  which  will  show  his 
weakness  and  permit  his  partner  to  pro- 
ceed to  a  game  bid  if  he  chooses. 

In  subsequent  rounds  the  partner  of  the 
original  bidder  will  show  each  suit  with 
aces  or  no  losers  in  the  order  of  the  low- 
est to  the  highest  valued  and  when  these 
are  shown  revert  to  a  raise  in  the  part- 
ner's original  declaration  should  the  bid- 
ding not  then  be  at  a  slam  declaration 
in  it. 

Likewise  the  original  bidder  will  show 
on  subsequent  rounds,  except  in  cases 
when  it  seems  best  to  proceed  imme- 
diately to  the  slam  bid,  his  suits  in  which 
there  are  aces  and  no  losers.  It  is  obvious 
that  in  an  original  two  no  trump  bid 
neither  partner  would  show  blank  suits 
in  the  bidding. 

The  bidding  tactics  ot  one  of  the 
hands  from  actual  play  given  by  Farrelly 
and  Coleman  in  their  Contract  Bridge  is 
interesting  in  this  connection.  The  hand 
is  as  follows ; 


Z ,  dealer,  spades,  A-Q-J- 1  o ;  diamonds, 
A-K-x-x-x;  clubs,  A-K-x-x;  A,  sec- 
ond hand,  spades,  K-x-x-x;  hearts,  K-x- 
x-x;  diamonds,  x-.x;  clubs,  x-x-x;  Y, 
dealer's  partner,  spades,  9-7-x-x;  hearts, 
A-Q-J- 10-x;  diamonds,  x;  clubs,  J-x-x; 
B,  fourth  hand,  spades,  x;  hearts,  x-x-x- 
x;  diamonds,  Q-J-x-x-.x;  clubs,  Q-x-x. 

As  actually  bid,  Z  opened  with  one 
spade.  A  passed  and  Y  bid  three  spades.  B 
passed  and  Z  bid  four  diamonds.  After  A 
passed  Y  bid  four  hearts  and  then  Z  bid 
six  in  spades. 

Under  the  suggestions  above  for  dis- 
covering slam  hands  the  bidding  tactics 
would  be  as  follows  ;  Z  bids  two  spades. 
A  passes  and  Y  bids  three  hearts.  B  passes 
and  Z  bids  four  clubs.  A  again  passes 
and  Y  bids  four  spades.  B  passes  and  Z 
bids  five  diamonds  A  passes  and  Y  bids 
six  spades  which  ends  the  bidding. 

In  some  cases  the  bidding  may  become 
more  intricate  and  difficult  but  this  phase 
of  the  suggested  system  may  develop 
more  accuracy  in  the  bidding  than  some 
suggested  plans.  At  any  rate  in  this  par- 
ticular hand  either  tactical  procedure 
reached  the  same  goal  and  both  methods 
gave  Y  a  chance  to  show  spade  support 
of  more  than  usual  length  or  strength; 
in  the  method  actually  used  in  bidding 
three  spades  and  in  the  suggested  method 
by  bidding  the  slam  in  spades. 

The  hand  will  make  a  small  slam 
againstanydefenseifplayedperfectlybyZ. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  question  of  the 
slam  bid  in  this  hand  should  lie  with  Y, 
which  is  possible  with  the  alternate  sug- 
gested tactical  system.  Y  certainly  is  in  a 
better  position  to  make  the  decision  from 
his  diamond  holding  than  is  Z. 

Your  suggestions  and  criticisms  are  in- 
vited. Write  in  care  of  the  San  Franciscan 
any  comments  you  may  have. 


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the  lace  Valentines  of  old. 

Valentine  Baskets 
Valentine  Boxes 

and  other 

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Arrangements 

aptly  convey  modern  sentiment. 
Such  creations  at  once  reflect 
the  savoir  Jaire  of  the  giver  and 
compliment  the  good  taste  of 
the  recipient  when  sponsored 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Dog  Derby 

leads  the  Winter  Sports 

Tahoe  ■ —  Truckee 

Just  overnight  from  Califor- 
nia cities,  via  Soutliern  Pacific, 
there's  plenty  of  snow, — and  all 
those  sports  only  snow  can  bring. 

The  Dog  Derby 

Dog  teams  from  Alaska,  Can- 
ada and  various  points  of  the 
United  States  have  gathered  at 
Truckee  and  Tahoe  for  the  win- 
ter sports  celebration.  Feb.  10. 
11  and  12, and  the  Sierra  $6000 
Dog  Derby  of  yU  miles  to  be 
run  on  these  three  days.  Tud 
Kent,  "Scotty"  Allen  and  other 
famous  racing  drivers  are  now 
busy  conditioning  their  dogs  in 
the  Sierra  snows.  Trains  equip- 
ped with  "grandstands'  like 
those  that  follow  the  boat  races 
on  the  Hudson,  will  follow  the 
teams  as  they  race. 

Convenient  Train  Service 

Overnight  Pullman  service 
daily  from  San  Francisco  and 
Sacramento  to  Truckee  and 
Tahoe. 

Special  Imw  Fares 
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San  Francisco 


Dreiser  Looks  Backward 

Continued  from  page  lfc> 

poetry,"  he  requests  Aglaia  to  disrobe, — 
a  matter  of  a  single  gesture  one  may  in- 
fer— and  skip  for  him  on  the  terraced 
lawns.  One  pictures  Dreiser  reclining  on 
the  dew-drenched  lawn,  his  very  toes 
atingle  with  the  ecstasy  of  forty  sum- 
mers, and  speculating  with  the  thought 
of  his  audacity,  watching  "the  beauty  of 
her"  there  in  the  haze.  "I  might  describe 
many  wonderful  moments  with  her,"  he 
says,  and  then  selects  this  garden  episode 
as  the  most  wonderful,  if  it  represents 
Mr.  Dreiser's  conception  of  the  possibil- 
ities of  poetry  in  life,  may  God  have 
mercy  on  the  sailors  on  a  night  like  this! 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

HERETOFORE  thc  ptacticc  of  Writing 
love-diaries  has  been  confined  to 
the  true  confession  type  ot  authorship, 
but  now  the  field  has  been  invaded  by  the 
distinguished,  the  list  ot  which  is  legion. 
One  might  mention  Isadora  Duncan's 
life;  or  Frank  Harris'  autobiography  of  a 
braggart.  The  movie  magazines  have 
been  full  ot  similar  stuff;  Alice  White, 
the  jazz  baby,  has  confessed,  and  others 
are  on  the  way.  Miss  White  should  enter 
into  correspondence  with  Dreiser — and 
compare  notes.  Clement  Wood  has  re- 
cently written  about  "Clement  Wood  and 
His  Loves,"  and  surely  a  more  horrific, 
egotistic  blurb  has  seldom  been  printed. 
Claire  Sheridan  is  another.  It  was  quite 
all  right  for  Nietzsche  and  Ma.\  Stirner 
to  start  the  Ego  on  the  way  to  Auto- 
biography, but  who  will  stem  the  tide? 

Perhaps  the  whole  tendency  may  be 
attributed  to  Nan  Brittan,  whose  book 
about  the  stupid  amorous  proclivities  of 
Warren  G.  Harding  started  the  vogue. 
At  this  point  one  is  tempted  to  digress 
and  point  out  the  strange  similarity  be- 
tween the  love  making  of  President 
Harding  and  that  of  Theodore  Dreiser, 
but  this  thesis  will  be  left  to  other  and 
bolder  hands.  Nan  attempted  to  justify 
her  book  by  saying  that  it  was  a  plea  for 
the  illegitimate.  Perhaps  Mr  Dreiser  will 
defend  on  the  ground  that  he  is  purchas- 
ing, or  allowing  Mr.  Hearst  to  purchase 
tor  him,  a  farm  in  up-state  New  York. 

Whatever  one  may  think  ol  thc  cur- 
rent tendency  ot  our  writers  to  "go 
native,"  it  is  quite  obvious  that  the  best 
is  yet  to  come.  Think  of  the  possibilities 
of  such  books  as.  "H.  L.  Mencken  and 
the  Girls,"  or  "The  Love  Life  of  Scott 
Fitzgerald. "  Wc  can  await  the  publica- 
tion of  such  splendid  yarns  with  eager 
anticipation;  in  the  meantime  we  have 
"This  Madness"  to  remind  us  constantly 
that  being  a  great  novelist  does  not  cre- 
ate an  immunity  from  the  occasional 
lapses  of  sell-criticism  that  such  writing 
represents.  Perhaps  one  may  adopt  an 
analogy  from  biology  and  apologize  for 
Dreiser  by  suggesting  that  lie  is  under- 
going the  change  of  life. 


Spring  is  just 
upstairs  .... 

daffodils,  i'ioleig  and  a  riot  of 
tulips  deck  the  bright  green 
tables  of  the  Post  Street  Cafe- 
teria where  one  indulges  in  a 
leisurely  luncheon  oi delicious 
yoo^  selected  from  the  tempt- 
ingly laden  tables,  abundant 
with  the  best  that  the  season 
affords.  Come  today  and 
you'll  come  again  tomorrow 
to  thex,..-^ 


Post  street 
Cafeteria . . 

62  Post  Street 


A.  F. 
MARTEN 

♦  CO  ♦ 


iNTEiiiim 

DECOIIATIOX 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


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37 


H.LIEBESGbCO 

GRANT  AVE  AT  POST 


Inis  IS  the  motto  ol  ^ew 
1  ork  s  smart  beauty  salon, 
i  rimrose  xdoiise.  xl.JLieDes 
tX  L,o.  takes  great  pleasure 
in  announcing  that  we  no-w 
carry  a  complete  stock  ol  the 
lamoiis  i  rimrose  xloiise 
preparations. 

Peilume  Department  First  Floor 


Unsweetened  Truth 

Continued  from  page  I  ^ 

wilUng   to   release  you!   In  fact — your 
clothes  are  practically  packed!" 

▼       T       ▼ 

MARJORY  had  arrayed  her  battery ! 
Lansdowne  had  intended  to  jus- 
tify himself  properly,  but  the  knowledge 
that  he  had  been  eliminated  in  advance 
lett  him  dumb. 

There  was  an  awkward  silence  Marge 
ought  to  have  said  something  mollify- 
ing— she  could  cover  any  situation 
charmingly — but  she  didn't.  So  he 
observed  stiffly  that  it  was  growing  late 
and  they  should  drive  down  to  the  Grant 
for  dinner  .  .  .  should  they? 

She  acquiesced  by  a  gesture.  She  had 
no  wish  to  stay  until  the  infinitely  old 
white  moon  should  flood  the  sea  with 
witchery  and  the  stars,  delicately  mist- 
veiled,  were  jewelling  the  plush  ot 
heaven.  Better  the  hum  of  busy  diners 
and  the  ubiquitous  problem  of  food. 
For  the  moon  and  the  stars  might  cause 
her  to  betray  the  bitterest  and  untold  oi 
her  unsweetened  truth;  That  she  still 
loved,  would  love  forever  and  amen, 
that  taithless,  deserting,  middle-aged 
husband  at  her  side ! 

Hollywood  Talks 

Continued  from  page  2(;> 

WHAT  is  the  net  result  of  all  of  the 
investigation,  all  of  the  expense, 
all  of  the  talk?  Is  the  silent  picture  dead? 
Does  the  public  want  only  all  talking 
pictures? 

For  the  moment  the  public  is  a  child 
with  a  new  toy.  The  Warner  Brothers, 
pioneers  in  the  field,  have  reaped  a 
golden  reward  tor  being  first  with  the 
novelty.  But  will  the  other  producers 
also  reap  an  harvest? 

They  know  only  that  the  exhibitors 
are  clamoring  lor  talking  pictures  and 
that  they  will  not  buy  the  silent  ones. 
The  producers  have  no  choice.  As  they 
must  sell  their  wares,  they  will  make  the 
saleable  talking  pictures. 

Hence,  for  the  moment  the  silent 
filni  is  in  abeyance. 

And  the  ultimate  result  rests  with  the 
public. 


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FEBRUARY,  1929 

As  Seen  by  Her 

Continued  from  page  3 1 

;hould  be  doing,  is  buying  comfortable 
rhairs  to  pull  up  to  the  fireplace. 

McCann's  on  Post  and  Powell  have 
:he  nice  deep,  English  club  type,  also  a 
vaticty  of  occasional  chairs.  The  whole 
louse  palls  on  us  this  time  of  year,  but  a 
lew  chair  or  table  can  make  it  surpris- 
ingly interesting  again. 


IF  THE  furniture  is  quite  all  right,  per- 
haps it  is  the  ornaments  that  get  on 
3ur  nerves.  A  complete  cure  for  that  con- 
dition can  be  found  at  the  Antique  Shop 
3n  Sutter  above  Powell,  where  there  are 
ill  sorts  of  things  that  look  as  if  they've 
oeen  in  the  family  for  generations.  Ques- 
cioning  callers  can  quite  truthfully  be 
:old  that  they've  been  in  the  family,  for 
:hey  have  been  in  somebody's!  In  fact, 
you  might  even  add  that  Auntie  Ann  in 
Iowa  just  found  them  in  the  attic. 

For  a  really  elegant  background  to 
bring  forward,  nothing  is  better  than  old 
diver  and  gold.  A.  Schmidt  &  Son  on 
Sutter  above  Powell  have  a  beautiful  as- 
sortment. Large  platters,  fruit  bowls, 
:andlesticks,  and  other  interesting  pieces 
will  give  an  ancestral  feeling  even  to  an 
apartment. 


HOMES,  however,  aren't  a  bit  neces- 
sary, now  that  the  hotels  are  cook- 
ng  things  that  Mother  couldn't  possibly 
lave  made.  And  have  you  heard  of  the 
Sports  Terrace  that  the  Fairmont  is  plan- 
ling? 

A  huge  swimming  pool,  completely 
;nclosed  with  glass,  is  to  be  installed  as 
3art  of  the  Terrace.  It  is  to  be  supplied 
vvith  nice  clean  warm  water  that  flows 
'.n  and  out. 

By  a  trickey  arrangement,  a  portable 
3oor  covering  laid  over  the  pool  will 
ronvert  it  into  a  roller  skating  rink,  a 
Jance  floor,  or  what  have  you. 

Around  the  edge,  tables  will  be  ar- 
ranged to  feed  the  people  who  watch  the 
swimming,  skating,  dancing,  or  what- 
:ver  activity  is  scheduled. 

Tennis  courts  ot  professional  size,  bas- 
ket ball  courts,  and  even  squash  courts 
ire  scheduled  for  the  Fairmont's  back- 
ward. It  will  be  the  best  equipt  recreation 
:enter  in  this  town  or  any  other,  and  a 
oerfect  location  for  the  presentation  of 
imateur  tournaments. 

No  matter  whatjwe  feel  like  doing, 
we'll  be  able  to  do  at  the  Fairmont ! 


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Olds,  WoRTMAN  &  King.  B.  F.  Schlesingeihi  SoNS./nf.  Rhodes  Bros. 


Spring  Frocks  embody  three 

styles  predicted  by  the 

City  of  Paris 


'$m$ 


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Prints. 

So  gay,  so  colorful,  so  becom- 
ing to  all  women,  it's  no  won- 
der that  printed  frocks  are 
Spring's  especial  darlings. 
Their  designs  are  flattering 
and  concealing  and  give  that 
flowing  grace  about  which  the 
mode  is  exigent.  For  street  or 
afternoon  wear  the  prints  are 
small.  For  evening,  the  de- 
signs may  be  larger  and  some- 
what blurry. 


$ 


49 


50 


Many  lengths  of  coats — 
many  types  of  frock — many 
variations  of  color — but 
always  the  ensemble.  Devel- 
oped in  silk,  it  is  imperative 
for  formal  and  informal  after- 
noon affairs.  The  ensembles 
in  the  City  of  Paris  Spring 
collection  employ  many  inter- 
esting combinations. 


Color  Contrast. 

By  the  use  of  three  colors — 
strikingly  divergent — the 
fashion  conscious  will  recog- 
nize theunquestionableSpring 
929  frock.  One  of  the  darker 
shades  or  a  print  usually  forms 
the  basic  color  with  the  other 
two  appearing  in  the  trimming 
motifs,  buckles  and  pins. 


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From  a  North  African  Note 
Book 

Continued  from  page  9 

never  once  lost  the  time  of  the  booming 
drums.  Munching  .  .  .  munching  .  .  .we 
S3.VJ  the  brown  AJam's  apple  rise  and 
sink  as  he  swallowed  the  masticated  re- 
mains of  the  big  blonde  scorpion. 

Soberly  we  walked  out  of  the  mosque 
into  the  glory  of  an  African  sunset.  We 
had  our  hysterics  like  ladies  in  the  seclu- 
sion of  our  hotel  room. 

▼       T       T 

BisKR.A. — The  Garden  of  Allah. 
From  the  last  eminence  ot  the  El- 
Kantara  hills,  we  looked  down 
upon  Biskra  -just  a  smudge  ot  green  on 
the  \ast  frightening  flatness  of  an  owner- 
less land.  To  the  three  horizons  the  flat- 
ness spread  like  a  lavender  sea.  From 
these  parched  prairie  lands  a  thin  blue 
fume  of  mist  seemed  to  ascend,  as  though 
drawn  upward  by  the  power  of  the  fabu- 
lous Saharan  sun  Bcvond  the  white  hori- 
zon line  lay  the  tumbled  ochreous  waste 
of  the  real  desert — the  mountainous 
dunes  of  powdered  gold,  the  wide-rolling 
valleys  of  shifting  silt,  the  heart-break- 
ing stretches  ot  emptiness  patterned  fan- 
tastically by  the  winds  Fiere  finally  was 
the  masterless  land,  belonging  only  to 
Time  itself;  yet  even  the  milleniums 
have  left  no  mark  on  the  sands.  Onlv  the 
light  shitting  winds  ha\'e  written  their 
stories  there,  in  whirling  heiroglyphics 
no  man  can  read.  .  . 

Someone  told  us  that  Biskra  was  a 
dreadful  "sell,"  that  Robert  Flichens 
rode  about  the  town  in  an  oriental  palan- 
quin upheld  by  two  cream-colored  camels 
and  that  all  the  Biskra  /^rabs  had  been 
ruined  because  they  acted  in  the  mox'ing- 
picture  ot  "The  Garden  of  Allah,"  four 
years  ago.  We  were  halt  prepared  to  find 
there  some  sort  of  an  African  Fiollywood 
.  .  .  and  instead,  we  found  Biskra.  A 
somnolent  oasis  town  on  the  edge  of  the 
Sahara,  praying,  bargaining  and  dream- 
ing in  the  spiked  shade  of  its  palni  groves 
— Biskra  belongs  to  the  Arabs 

Robert  Hichens,  though  li\iiig  there, 
was  nowhere  to  be  seen  during  all  the 
days  we  remained  (Occasionally  a  guide, 
endeavoring  to  impress  us,  dug  a  ragged 
card  from  out  his  handsome  wallet, 
proving  that  he  had  guided  "Monsieur 
Heechcn"  on  a  trip  into  the  desert.  These 
proudly-possessed,  modest  little  testi- 
monials were  our  only  reminders  ol  him 
whom  our  scatterbrain  acquaintances 
had  called  The  Great  God  Fiichens  Of 
Biskra 

The  halt-dozen  first  class  hotels  raise 
their  unobstrusive  bulk  from  out  the 
white  dust  of  the  streets,  Moorish  in 
style,  white- washed  like  Arab  houses, 
troubling  no  i>ne's  fancies  by  their  sug 
ge.stion  ot  European  opulence  Lite  in  the 
dusty  thorofarcs  is  as  clamorously  Arab 
as  it  has  been  for  centuries  and  the  stray- 


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41 


ing  tourists  are  lost  in  a  white  sea  of 
billowing  burnouses.  Since  history  was 
written,  Biskra  has  been  a  halting  place 
for  caravans  powdered  with  the  ineffable 
Just  of  the  Sahara.  And  Biskra  is  still 
that,  just  that. 

The  market-place  is  always  a  frenry  ot 
excitement.  Each  day  we  make  our  way 
to  those  arcades  to  sec  what  new  goods 
have  come  out  of  the  hazy  illimitable 
lands  to  the  South.  There  are  always 
dates.  In  the  corner  ot  the  market  where 
dates  are  unloaded  is  all  the  excitement 
of  a  Wall  Street.  Camels  grunting  and 
snarling,  bending  unwilling  knees  that 
their  great  sacks  ot  dates  may  come  to 
rest  in  the  dust.  Striped  bags  filled  to 
bursting — the  rich  brown  sugary  mus- 
cattc,  the  transparent  dcglatour  and  the 
hard  dried  yellow  bouzcrrou — the  dates 
of  the  poor.  Sacks  are  emptied  in  the 
Just,  the  heaps  rise  to  four-foot  piles. 
Arabs  squat  all  around  the  edgesof  these 
miniature  mountains  ot  wealth,  nibbling 
chewing,  smacking,  bargaining.  Negros 
climb  upon  the  heaps,  their  black  feet 
sinking  deep  into  the  golden  dates, 
emptying  sacks  and  still  more  sacks  .  .  . 
like  torrents  ot  gold  in  the  sunshine. 

Further  along  are  the  little  booths 
where  goat-skins  filled  with  r'hars — a 
fermenting  date  troni  which  black  pasty 
honey  is  extracted.  The  goat-skins  look 
like  the  bloated  carcasses  of  some  hor- 
rible plague,  stuffed  legs  sticking  in  the 
air,  the  sweet  ooze  from  between  neat 
stitching  up  the  hide  drawing  swarms  ot 
flies 

Fly-blown  like  their  goat-skins,  old 
Arabs  sit  blinking  in  the  sun,  beside  the 
scales  that  will  weigh  out  to  the  last 
gramme  the  wealth  in  those  e\il-looking 
skins  ...  In  that  small  arcaded  square 
possibly  three  hundred  Arabs  are  jam- 
med together  in  an  excited  turmoil  of 
buying  and  selling.  A  pound  of  bread,  a 
hunch  of  turnips,  a  bamboo  flute,  a  Be- 
douin blanket  .  .  .  the  bargaining  is 
fierce  and  terrible  to  hear.  In  the  date 
cornel  of  the  market,  you  wonder  why 
no  one  is  killed  But  what  movement, 
what  color!  What  majestic  indifference 
to  the  twentieth  century!  .  .  .  No,  very 
decidedly  Biskra  was  not  a  "sell." 


Spotlight 

Continuevi  from  page  20 

little  more  urge  than  a  mere  display  of 
flesh  is  necessary  for  its  beguilement. 

During  the  first  half  of  this  second  act 
we  had  a  violent  disagreement  with  our 
companions  as  to  whether  Miss  Whit- 
more  was  wearing  stockings  or  not.  We 
I  contended  that  the  glow  about  her  calves 
I  was  much  to  pink  tor  nature.  We  regret 
I  to  say  we  lost  our  argument    And  the 
I  next  time  we  see  paintings  of  bathers 
I  with  the  flesh  tints  of  a  Columbia  sal- 


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Contributing  Editors 
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Vol.  Ill 


MARCH,  1929 


No.  3 


Mary  Garden,  plioto^rultfi  .  ,  -  - 

"The  Front  Page,"  /iv  CharUs  Culdwull  Dohic 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told    -  -  -  - 

Cartoon,  by  Sotomayor  ----- 

'Lida  Was  Beautiful,  hy  Ann  Morroiu 

Quartz  Arcs  Ball,  photugraph  by  William  Horace  Smith 

Robinson  and  Una  Jcffers,  fc>  Louis  Adamic    - 

Expectation,  by  Sydney  King  Hussell  -  ,  . 

Molinari,  portrait  ----- 

The  Countess  Descends,  by  Laric  Boas 

Portrait  of  a  Strange  Woman,  hy  Hildcgardc  Flanncr 

Comparisons  and  Indiscretions,  by  Louise  Janin    - 

Rouen,  by  Elizabeth  Leslie  Hpos 

The  New  Stock  Exchange,  by  Hussey 

Those  Were  The  Days,  by  Zoe  A.  Battu 

San  Francisco  Docks  in  the  6o's,  by  Warren  Chase   ^lerritt 

Reigning  Dynasty  .  -  .  .  - 

Mrs.  George  Gordon  Moore,  portrait 

Fashions  and  Physiques,  by  Virginia  Johnson 

Are  Stocks  Going  Down'  by  Leland  S.  Ii<iss 

As  To  Books,  by  Beth   Wendel 


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LEGITIMATE  THEATRES 
Ai-CAZAR  :  "Skidding."  Emerson  Trcacy  returns 

in  a  slippery  comedy. 
Columbia:  "The  igth  Hole"  liy  and  with  Frank 

Craven — to    be    followed,    March    18,    by 

Walker  Whiteside  in  "The  Hpyal  Box." 
CuRRAN  :  "The  Silent  House"  will  give  way  to 

"The  Wishing  Well"  March  17. 
Geary;  "Escape"  by  John  Galsworthy,  plays 

until  March  iS,  when  it  is  replaced  by  "The 

Front  Pdge"  reviewed  in  this  issue. 
Green  Street:  " Easy  for  Zee  Zee"  continues 

with  another  naughty  play  by  Pierre  Dijon 

in  the  offing. 

MOTION  PICTURES 

California:  Richard  Barthelmes  in  "Weary 
l^iver"  singing  and  talking. 

Embassy:  Dolores  Costello  and  Conrad  Nagel 
in  the  talkie  "The  I{edeeming  Sin." 

Granada  :  Brooke  Johns  adds  joy  to  the  suc- 
cessive features. 

St.  Francis  :  More  singing,  talking  and  danc- 
ing on  the  screen. 

Warfield  :  Still  prospering  with  new  features 
each  week. 

VAUDEVILLE 

Pantages  :  More  talkers  and  then  some  vaude- 
ville. 

Orpheum  :  Strictly  vaudeville  on  the  good  old 
policy.  Smoking,  N'evcrything. 

Golden  Gate:  The  best  of  Pathe  Talking  pic- 
tures and  vaudeville. 

PUPPETS 
Blanding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre:  Charles 
Erskine  Scott  Wood's  "Heavenly  Discourse" 
every  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday  nights. 

MUSIC 
March  7 :  Rudolph  Ganz  guest  conductor  with 

Symphony  at  New  Dreamland. 
March  S  :  Repeat  of  Rudolph  Ganz  Symphony 

at  Curran,  3  00  p.  m. 
March  9:  Kedroft  Russian  Vocal  Quartet  in 

Scottish  Rite. 
March    14:   Chicago   Civic   Opera,   Oakland 

Auditorium,  present  "Lohengrin." 
March  15:  Mary  Garden  in  "Thais"  at  the 

Oakland  Auditorium. 


March  16:  "Norma"  final  performance  of 
Chicago  Civic  Opera  in  Oakland. 

March  i5  :  Roland  Hayes  at  the  New  Dream- 
land. 

March  17:  Tito  Schipa  in  "Pop"  program  at 
Dreamland,  Sunday  afternoon. 

March  22  :  Mishel  Piastro  and  Charles  Hart  in 
a  violin  and  piano  sonata  recital,  at  the 
Community  Playhouse. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis:  Where  the  New  Year  began. 
Tait's  at  the  Beach  :  To  which  the  path  o( 

true  love  may  now  run  smoothly,  thanks  to 

the  Highway  Coinmission, 
The  Palace  :  Where  the  Palm  Court  amuses  its 

ladies-in-waiting. 
Fairmont:  Where  the  grill  is  especially  nice  on 

a  Sunday  night. 
Sir  Francis  Drake  :  Where  one  no  longer  feels 

a  stranger  in  its  midst. 
Mark  Hopkins:  Where  one  sees  the  stream  of 

the  younger  generation. 
Solaris:  3'54  Geary,  on  the  way  to  the  theatre. 
Deauville:  1516  Stockton,  where  the  memory 

of  the  good  old  days  lingers  on. 
California  Market  Restaurant:  Where  the 

oysters  are  more  precious  than  pearls. 
Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:   1   Tillman  Place,  in 

the  fascinating  alley. 
Russian  Tea  Room  :  326  Sutter,  colorful  new 

quarters  in  the  heart  of  the  shopping  district. 
Court  Yard  Tea  Room:  450  Grant,  a  hunch 

for  lunch. 
The   Aldeane:   275   Post,   where   atmosphere 

and  good  food  rival  the  marvelous  view  of 

Union  Square. 
Post  Street  Cafeteria  :  Where  one  may  grab 

a  bite  and  enjoy  it. 
New  Frank's:  447  Pine,  a  French  restaurant 

with  true  Continental  flavor. 

ART 

courtesy  of  the   ARGUS 

Beaux  Arts  Galerie:  March  1  to  16,  oils, 
drawings  and  water  colors  bySmithO'Brien ; 
group  show  by  artist  members  of  Club  Beau.v 
Arts,  March  16  to  31,  decorative  oils  by 
Dorothy  Simmons;  water  colors  by  Helen  K. 
Forbes. 


Bohemian  Club:  Through  March  15,  annual 
exhibition  by  artist  menibers. 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  : 
Through  March  3,  150  paintings  from  the 
Grand  Central  Galleries.  Permanent  collec- 
tions. The  Palace  will  be  closed  during  the 
reiTiaindcr  of  March  in  preparation  for  the 
National  Sculpture  Society  exhibition  open- 
ing April  1 . 

Courvoisier's:  To  March  10,  prints  by  Bland- 
ing Sloan. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum:  Through 
March  17,  Annual  Book  Fair,  sponsored  by 
the  San  Francisco  Branch  of  the  League  of 
American  Pen  Women.  Permanent  collec- 
tions. Free  art  lectures  on  Wednesday  and 
Sunday  afternoons. 

East  West  Gallery  of  Fine  Arts  :  Through 
March  7,  drawings,  water  colors  and  prints, 
by  known  artists,  of  subjects  pertaining  to 
the  dance.  March  S  to  21,  paintings  and 
drawings  by  Frances  Brooks,  March  22  to 
April  4,  paintings  by  Francesc  Cugat. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  Through  March  16, 
landscape  and  figure  paintings  by  Jose  Ramis. 
Lecture,  "Spain"  by  Mr.  Ramis,  March  9 
at  2:30.  March  iS  to  April  5,  wood  blocks 
and  etchings  by  Howard  Cook  and  Leo 
Meissner  of  New  York. 

Gump  Galleries:  To  March  11,  paintings  by 
William  P.  Silva;  wood  blocks  by  Bertha 
Lum.  March  4  to  18,  oils,  pastels  and  minia- 
tures by  Lillie  V.  O'Ryan.  March  1 1  to  23, 
water  colors  by  Gunnar  Widforss. 

Valdespino  Gallery  :  Color  etchings  and  fine 
prints. 

Vickery,  Atkins  &^  Torrey  :  General  exhibi- 
tion of  prints. 

Women's  City  Club:  To  March  lo.  Second 
Decorative  Arts  E.xhibition,  sponsored  by 
San  Francisco  Society  of  Women  Artists. 

Worden  Gallery  :  Paintings  by  California 
artists.  Etchings  and  mezzotints. 

Mills  College  Art  Gallery:  Pernianent  col- 
lection of  paintings  by  western  artists. 

Oakland  Art  Gallery:  March  6  to  April  6, 
annual  e.xhibition  ol  paintings  by  western 
artists,  in  co-operation  with  the  Oakland 
Art  League. 


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SAN  rRAN€ISGAN 


'The  Front  Page'' 

Analysing  Its  Indictment  of  the  Great  American  Public 


HAVING  wandered  down  the  San 
Joaquin  Valley  as  far  as  Fresno 
last  week,  we  decided  to  con- 
tinue our  flight  south,  in  order  to  give 
"our  public"  the  thrill  of  an  advance 
dramatic  criticism.  Our  destination  was 
Los  Angeles  and  the  play  "The  Front 
Page." 

We  have  the  authors,  Messrs.  Hecht 
and  MacArthur  to  thank  for  the  "belly- 
laughs"  they  provide  for  the  audience, 
otherwise  the  play  would  have  been 
stopped  long  before  the  first  act  was 
over.  For  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  the 
American  public  will  forgive  any  offense 
against  it  which  is  smothered  in  loud 
guffaws.  It  is  only  when  the  treatment 
as  well  as  the  theme  is  serious  that  the 
loyal  citizens  of  the  most  pious  country 
in  the  world  send  for  the  police.  Even 
"The  Captive"  might  have  gotten  by 
had  a  few  bawdy  jokes  been  sprinkled 
through  it 

The  theme  of  "The  Front  Page"  is 
serious  enough  in  all  conscience,  quite 
too  serious  if  one  cares  to  scratch  the  sur- 
face. Reduced  to  simple  terms  it  is  one 
of  the  most  terrific  indictments  of  the 
American  people  that  has  ever  been 
penned.  But  the  American  people,  if  Los 
Angeles  audiences  are  any  sample,  (and 
we  think  they  are  an  excellent  sample) 
seemed  entirely  oblivious  of  the  charges 
brought  against  them  They  were 
shocked,  amazed  and  thrilled  in  turn  but 
not  by  the  expose  of  their  delinquencies, 
which  the  play  so  sardonically  mirrored. 
With  diabolical  cleverness  the  authors 
put  up  a  smoke-screen  of  melodrama, 
profanity  and  stable-groom  stories  which 
left  the  main  theme  shrouded  in  a  com- 
fortable obscurity.  Those  with  discern- 
ing eyes  may  pierce  the  haze  but  the  rank 
and  file  remain  entirely  oblivious  to  the 
thumb  noses  trained  upon  them.  But  a 
thumb  nose  is  really  a  pallid  gesture  in 


By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

comparison  with  what  Messrs  Hecht 
and  MacArthur  really  do  in  this  most 
extraordinary  play.  They  calmly  spit  in 
the  faces  of  audiences  whose  cheeks  are 
too  wrinkled  with  unclean  glee  to 
receive  the  full  force  of  contemptuous 
saliva. 

▼      T       T 

THAT  the  authors  strike  at  the  weak- 
ness of  the  American  people  through 
a  very  specialized  group  of  individuals 
in  no  way  weakens  the  case.  For  the 
group  is  composed  of  men  who  have 
been  pandering,  either  from  necessity  or 
choice,  to  the  unhealthy  appetites  of  the 
citizens  of  these  United  States,  for  years. 
It  is  vain  to  attempt  to  lay  the  charge  of 
newspaper  delinquencies  at  the  door  of 
the  men  who  run  them.  These  men  give 
the  public  what  it  wants.  And,  if  you 
have  ever  been  in  doubt  what  the  public 
wants  from  its  yellow  servants,  go  to 
see  "The  Front  Page."  In  "The  Front 
Page"  what  the  public  wants  is  not  only 
made  clear,  but  also,  something  of 
which,  perhaps,  the  public  at  large  has 
until  now  been  ignorant — the  callousness 
and  cruelty  necessary  for  meeting  the 
public's  demand. 

It  has  been  argued  that  the  types  and 
situations  in  "The  Front  Page"  are  all 
exaggerated.  Granted.  That  is  not  only 
a  license  but  a  necessity  of  drama.  One 
cannot  compress  an  arresting  or  convinc- 
ing situation  from  life  into  two  hours 
without  over-emphasis  Doubtless  there 
are  few  journalistic  situations  in  life  that 
would  find  compressed  into  them  quite 
so  many  hardboiled  and  utterly  indecent 
dramatic  persons  as  "The  Front  Page" 
assigns  to  the  task  of  working  out  its 
situation.  But,  reduce  the  high  powered 
heartlessness  of  the  cast  ninety  per  cent 
and  you  still  have  a  horrifying  reality. 

The  authors  do  something  more  dia- 
bolical than  confuse  the  people  in  the 


audience  with  regard  to  the  indictment 
brought  against  them.  They  serve  up  a 
brand  of  radical  propaganda  that  would 
strike  terror  in  the  heart  of  every  rotary 
club  niember  who  sits  out  in  front  and 
laughs  at  the  tap  room  jokes,  if  he  but 
recognized  it.  The  play  strikes  at  capital 
punishment,  it  throws  bawdy  jibes  at 
religion,  it  makes  a  mock  of  civic  virtue, 
it  laughs  at  friendship  and  chivalry,  it 
wallops  the  most  sacred  of  all  American 
fetishes — mother  love.  "Why,"  says  the 
leading  editorial  character,  "if  my 
mother  was  dying  I'd  carry  on  for  the 
newspaper!"  And  the  audi:nce  roars  its 
approval.  Another  of  the  star  reporters, 
on  being  pressed  to  run  out  and  investi- 
gate the  latest  scandal,  retorts;  "I 
wouldn't  go  out  tonight  and  cover  the 
Last  Supper!"  And  the  audience  again 
rocks  with  laughter.  It  is  hard  to  deter- 
mine in  the  final  analysis  which  is  the 
greater  indictment  of  our  civilization — 
the  play  itself  or  the  audience's  reception 
of  it. 

▼      T      T 

THE  first  act,  which  does  not  go  dra- 
matic until  the  last  five  minutes,  is 
unquestionably  the  best  For  three  quar- 
ters of  an  hour  the  gathering  of  news- 
paper men,  sitting  around  waiting  tor  a 
hanging  to  take  place,  adroitly  build  up 
a  case  against  the  people  who  have  as- 
sembled out  in  front  to  laugh  at  callous 
wisecracks  about  the  wretch  whose  neck 
is  to  be  stretched  in  the  next  twelve 
hours.  The  chief  concern  of  these  droll 
creatures  is  the  hour  of  the  hanging 
which  is  scheduled  for  seven  o'clock. 
There  is  a  hope  that  the  sheriff  may  be 
persuaded  to  set  the  big  event  ahead  to 
five  o'clock  and  give  them  a  chance  to 
get  home  two  hours  earlier.  This  scene, 
it  may  be  said  to  its  credit,  is  full  of 
legitimate   laughs   but  there  are  many 

Continued  on  page  30 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


At  a  large   gathering  of  the  New 

/-A\'ork  intelligentsia,  a  movie 
Ji  V.  magnate  had  been  invited  as  a 
spectator.  He  noted  the  marked  adula- 
tion bestowed  upon  Miss  Dorothy 
Parker  and  in  answer  to  his  questions 
concerning  her,  learned  of  her  literary 
fame. 

Without  waiting  for  the  formality  of 
an  introduction,  the  Hollywood  King 
approached  Miss  Parker  and  offered  her 
a  contract  as  dialogue  writer. 

"But  1  usually  write  verse,"  Miss 
Parker  protested. 

"That  don't  make  any  difference,"  he 
assured  her,  "Wit  your  reputation  1  give 
you  $500  a  week  anyhow.  You  couldn't 
be  as  verse  as  some  of  the  schlemicls  I 
already  got  writing  for  me." 

And  so,  dear  reader,  having  been 
given  more  than  Enough  Rope,  what 
could  the  poor  Sunset  Gun  do,  but  go 
off  tor  Hollywood! 

T        T        T 

BY  CALLING  a  certain  number  in  the 
Franklin  exchange  we  can  have  de- 
livered to  our  door  any  brand  we  name 
of  ginger  ale,  charged  water,  orange, 
lemon  or  pineapple  juice,  cigarettes  or 
cigars.  Ice  cubes  are  free  with  all  orders 
There  are  no  service  charges  and  calls  are 
answered  with  speed  and  dispatch. 

This  information  is  set 
down  on  a  check  book  blotter, 
left  at  our  office.  It  is  perfectly 
innocent  information  and  ap- 
parently of  great  value.  We 
treasure  the  blotter,  however, 
not  tor  what  is  printed  upon 
it,  but  for  what  is  not  printed 
upon  it.  For  verily,  the  Amer- 
ican nation,  through  the  enter- 
prise of  its  bootleggers,  has 
acquired  an  expertness  in  read- 
ing between  lines,  a  sight  for 
things  unseen  that  its  school 
teachers  and  critics  have  long 
despaired  of  giving  it. 


"Miiidful  of  the  inherent 
responsibility  of  royalty  in 
shaping  the  ideals  oj  the 
bourgeoisie,  I  am  careful  never 
to  he  seen  in  public  without  a 
Borzoi  Book,." — Princess 
Maryanna  Mayovskaya . 

Princess  Maryanna  Mayov- 
skaya is  a  "well  known  Rus- 
sian noblewoman"  according 
to  the  information  as  con- 
tained in  an  advertisement, 
appearing  in  a  current  issue  of 
one  of  the  swanky  New  York 
publications  The  advertise- 
ment also  pictures  none  other 
than  the  lady  herself  on  Park 
Avenue,  and  as  anyone  can 
see  who  looks  at  the  adver- 


tisement she  has  a  book  right  under  her 
arm. 

The  Princess  Maryanna  Mayovskaya 
may  be  a  Russian  noblewoman  just  as 
stated,  but  we  hereby  say  to  the  devil 
with  her  damned  books  and  the  whole 
silly  business  Her  opinion  and  knowl- 
edge ot  books  we  rate  at  considerably 
less  than  nothing.  Very  obviously  any- 
one who  has  read  any  fair  number  of 
books  with  any  genuine  appreciation 
and  understanding  scorns  to  lend  himself 
to  such  trashy  nonsense  as  this.  There  is 
foolishness  by  which  even  the  poor 
bourgeoisie  will  not  be  swayed,  since  it 
is  obviously  the  province  of  prcsump- 
tious  half  wits.  This  advertisement  and 
the  Princess  Maryanna,  we  should  say, 
arc  cases  in  point. 


WE 


E  SAW  Mr,  Jean  Michel  Frank  of 
Paris  raptly  attentive  before  a 
tank-full  of  canary  colored  fish  at  the 
Sceinhard  Aquarium  one  day  last  week. 
Doubtless  he  was  studying  chromatic 
combination  with  reference  to  the  color 
scheme  for  Templeton  Crocker's  new 
apartment.  Or,  so  we  thought,  until  we 
were  informed  that  Mr.  Frank's  scheme 
ot  decoration  reduces  violent  color 
schemes  to  a  minimum.  ...  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  we  got  this  information  out  of 


the  columns  of  our  contemporary,  "Thi 
New  Yorker"  If  we  can  trust  to  what] 
"The  New  Yorker"  says,  Mr,  Frank 
quite  the  most  distinguished  man 
modern  decoration  that  come  to  thesi 
shores.  He  depended  on  the  utmost  sim^ 
plicity  of  line  tor  his  effects,  and  his  color 
backgrounds  don't  get  beyond  whites 
and  straw  yellows  and  parchment  shades. 
,  ,  .  And  speaking  of  the  Aquarium  ;  it  is 
the  one  outstanding  artistic  treat  that 
San  Francisco  has  tor  sophisticated  visi- 
tors. We  heard  a  muchly  traveled 
woman  say  the  other  day  that  nowhere 
in  the  world  were  the  fish  so  artistically 
arranged,  »    »    t 

THE  good  ship  Ruth  Alexander  was 
crowded  the  other  week-end  on  the 
trip  to  Los  Angeles.  A  Major  Watkins 
was  registered  on  the  passenger  list.  The 
purser  assigned  a  husky  prune  grower  to 
the  same  stateroom  in  which  the  Major 
had  already  been  quartered, 

A  little  later  the  passenger,  ignoring 
the  purser,  stalked  up  to  the  skipper. 

"Look  here,  cap,"  he  wanted  to 
know.  "What  kind  of  a  packet  is  this 
damned  scow,  anyhow?  1  can't  tra\'el  in 
the  same  cubby  hole  with  this  here  Major 
Watkins,  and  1  won't.  As  far  as  that  is 
concerned,"  "neither  ot  us  like  the  idea." 
"Why  should  you  com 
plain?"  asked  the  Captain 
"Do  you  think  you  are  too 
good  to  be  quartered  with  an 
army  officer?" 

"Naw,"  declared  the  prune 
grower,  "only  this  happens  to 
be  the  Salvation  Army  Officer. 
Her  name  is  Dina  Mae! 


T: 


}\ear-.fiiilited  Old  Ladt/:  "J'u.f/i,  liufh!  H'/uil'.c  ijoinfl  on  here!" 


'here  are  few  of  us,  who,  I 
at   some    time    or    other ' 
wnilc  walking  along  Market 
Street,  have  not  been  slightly, 
startled  by  the  sight  ot  a  bare-  , 
foorcd  man  hurriedly  pushing, 
his  way  through  the  crowds. 
He  is  clad   in   faded  blue  or 
brown   overalls   and   a   much 
washed    shirt     His    hair    and 
beard  are  long  and  unkempt.  , 
He  walks  rapidly  with  power-  \ 
ful,  lengthy  strides.  He  is  ut- 
terly obluious  to  heat,  cold, 
wind  or  rain,  and  looks  neither 
to    the    right    nor    left,     but 
directly    before    him     in    the 
manner    of    a    man    with    a 
\ision 

This  is  Brother  John,  self 
elected  prophet  of  The  Second 
Coming  of  Israel,  His  real 
name  is  John  B  Nash,  He 
was  born  in  Wcsr  X'irginia, 
but  barefooted  and  bareheaded 
has  carried  his  message  over 


MARCH,   1929 


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the  highways  of  the  world  His  chosen 
held  for  missionary  work  in  this  city  has 
always  been  those  dingy,  cluttered,  for- 
lorn streets  and  alleys,  which  make 
South  of  Market  Street  such  a  depressing 
region  To  the  forsaken  wretches  dwell- 
ing in  this  region  Brother  John  has 
preached  a  gospel  as  amazing  and  fantas- 
tical as  himself.  The  police  have  not 
bothered  him.  He  has  been  accepted  as  a 
"character";  a  little  touched,  perhaps, 
but  harmless 

Rcccndv,  however.  Brother  John,  in 
common  with  all  ex-angelists,  had  it  re- 
vealed to  him  that.  New  York  had  need 
of  his  message  to  sa\'e  it  from  speedy 
doom.  Arrived  in  that  city,  he  lound  it 
to  be  in  a  fearful  condition.  Brother 
John  decided  that  his  own  chosen  people 
of  the  back  alleys  might  temporarily  be 
neglected  while  he  stormed  the  enemy  in 
his  stronghold  of  sin,  affluence  and 
plenty. 

He  set  up  his  soap  box  on  Fifth 
Avenue.  But  alas,  the  crowds  were  not 
interested  in  what  he  had  to  say.  They 
blocked  traffic  over  the  fact  that  the 
prophet  was  without  shoes  or  a  hat  in 
decidedly  chilly  weather  Brother  John 
shortly  found  himself  telling  his  strange 
story  to  a  wearv,  bored  and  cynical 
judge,  who  turned  him  over  to  "mental 
experts  '  These  gentlemen  declared  the 
prisoner  insane,  but  agreed  to  heed  his 
pleadings  to  communicate  with  the  San 
Francisco  police. 

Our  last  report  was  that  Brother 
John  i,\'ould  probably  be  released  and 
will  return  speedily  to  San  Francisco, 
from  whence  we  hope  he  will  not  again 
stray  into  communities  whose  police  and 
judges  lack  imagination  and  a  proper 
sense  of  the  picturesque 


We:  h.we  noticed  that  mnovations 
generally  bring  in  their  wake  un- 
foreseen situations  that  often  require 
extreme  presence  of  mind  Recently,  a 
widely  known  and  greatly  revered  priest 
modernized  a  portion  of  the  service  of  a 
San  Francisco  church  by  including  a 
"question  box.  '  This  innovation  in  the 
hands  of  a  fractious  parish  brought  its 
"moments  "  One  peaceful  Sunday  morn- 
ing the  reverend  father  mounted  the 
altar  with  great  pomp  and  ceremony, 
attended  by  an  imposing  array  of  altar 
boys  With  utmost  dignity,  he  reached 
into  the  "question  box"  and  drew  out  a 
slip  which  he  read  in  deep,  impressive 
tones 

"Why  docs  a  Roman  Catholic  priest 
wear  his  collar  backwards  like  a  horse?" 

A  gasp  swept  the  parishioners.  There 
was  a  moment  of  portentous  silence — 
then  the  same,  grave  tones  continued 
without  a  tremor — "To  distinguish  him 
from  the  jackass  who  wrote  this  ques- 
tion." 


THE  vagaries  of  the  spectacular  Vic- 
toria WoodhuU  who  during  the  '70s 
was  picturesquely  known  as  "The  Queen 
of  the  Prostitutes,"  are  aired  by  Emanie 
Sachs  in  her  book  "The  Terrible  Siren" 
which  has  recently  come  to  our  atten- 
tion It  comes  as  a  bit  of  a  shock  that,  in 
spite  of  her  regal  aptitude  for  irregular- 
ities, Victoria  became  the  dominant  per- 
sonality ol  the  Woman's  Suffrage  move- 
ment of  that  time  and  was  the  first  one 
to  memorialize  Congress  on  that  sub- 
ject. 

She  was  proud  of  and  quite  frank  re- 
garding her  unconventional  relations 
with  the  chlorinated  stuffed  shirts  of  the 
Cuspidor  Period  such  as  F4enry  Ward 
Beccher,  Theodore  Tilton,  Commodore 
Vandcrbilt  and  many  other  minor  Lo- 
tharios Yet  the  Woman's  Party  enthusi- 
astically nominated  her  as  their  candi- 
date for  president  of  the  United  States. 
She  was  so  illiterate  she  was  unable  to 
answer  the  ardent  love  letters  written 
her  by  eminent  men  and  she  had  the 
audacity  to  edit  (?)  and  publish  a  success- 
ful periodical  called  "Woodhull  and 
Claflin's  Weekly."  She  became  the  fore- 
most woman  orator  of  her  time  and 
compelled  the  allegiance  of  such  old 
war  horses  as  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton 
and  Susan  B  Anthony,  who  said  that 
after  all  Victoria's  morals  and  antece- 
dents were  just  as  good  as  mosr  Con- 
gressmen's Which  was  considered  some 
remark  in  those  days 

To  those  careless  people  who  believe 
the  Cuspidor  Period  to  have  been  one  of 
mauve  conformation,  Victoria's  casual 
habit  of  inviting  strange  men  to  share 
her  bed  while  the  accommodating  hus- 


Suflfle.'lion   for  relieving  traffic  conges- 
lion  :    Gel  llic  traffic  cops  out  oj  the  wa\i. 

band  took  his  humble  couch  into  the 
bathroom,  will  offer  an  enchanting 
shock.  And  the  next  day,  as  likely  as  not, 
she  would  tell  the  world  abour  it  from 
some  platform  upon  which  might  be 
sitting  some  of  the  famed  reformers  of 
that  day.  Victoria  made  them  like  it. 
Her  sister,  Tennessee,  was  a  lovely  du- 
plicate in  everything  except  that  her  ar- 
dencies tended  still  more  towards  sex 
than  preaching. 

These  two  beautiful  daughters  ol  a 
one-eyed  thief,  who  blackmailed  his 
family  constantly  to  prevent  his  tech- 
nique from  going  stale,  lived  to  a  good 
old  age  and  both  died  well  honored  and 
disgustingly  rich  Which,  of  course, 
doesn't  check  up  with  the  old  copy  book 
maxims,  proverbs  and  pointed  morals. 

But  life  is  like  that,  as  they  say  in  the 
studios  Those  two  quick-witted  girls 
worked  a  sentimental  world  cockeyed 
for   what   they   wanted,    the   way   they 


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wanted  it,  and  when  they  wanted  it.  All 
of  which  proves  we  don't  know  what, 
except  that  the  Claflin  family  furnished 
Emanic  Sachs  with  a  diaholically  fas- 
cinating history  that  needed  only  what 
she  gave  it,  an  adequate  and  coherent 
arrangement 

T       ▼       T 

WITH  the  visit  of  the  renowned  Dr. 
Adler  of  Vienna  our  store  of 
knowledge  and  culture  was  increased 
overnight  beyond  all  belief.  We  learned 
that  wc  were  born  and  will  die  with  a 
feeling  of  inferiority  We  cannot  possibly 
escape  the  thing.  It  is  a  sort  of  skeleton 
in  the  mental  closet,  a  mental  poor  rela- 
tion, who  will  live  with  us  always  All 
that  can  be  done  about  it  is  to  keep  the 
fellow  down  and  make  the  neighbors 
forget  his  existence  by  shouting  so  loud, 
by  performing  so  brilliantly,  by  dis- 
counting so  ardently  the  achievements 
of  others  that  we  gain  a  reputation  for 
being  wise,  witty  and  superior. 

All  this,  of  course,  explains  why  we 
go  on  publishing  this  magazine,  when 
we  could  get  on  in  the  world  much 
better  by  getting  a  job  with  a  bank,  a 
railroad  or  stock  and  bond  house.  We 
are  simply  the  hopeless  victims  of  a  silly 
delusion  that,  by  editing  this  magazine, 
we  demonstrate  superiority  oyer  those 
engaged  in  more  material  but  financially 
profitable  pursuits. 

This  discovery  was  extremely  up- 
setting. We  wanted  to  rush  out  and  fling 
■  ourselves  from  the  first  high  cliff.  But  we 
were  held  fast  in  our  seats.  We  would 
have  felt  so  inferior  walking  up  the  aisle 
in  the  midst  of  the  lecture  Out  peace  of 
mind,  however,  was  presently  restored. 
in  the  light  of  his  theories,  Dr.  Adler 
explained  the  crime  wave,  the  absurdities 
and  excesses  of  the  younger  set,  stock 
market  speculations,  the  tendency  toward 
taller  and  bigger  office  buildings  and 
kindred  phenomena  of  this  topsy-turvy 
age.  These  subjects,  it  is  plain  to  see,  arc 
very  profound.  To  be  able  to  explain 
them  in  terms  of  inferiority  and  superior- 
ity theories  is  no  minor  accomplish- 
ment. 

▼    »    ▼ 

THE  reformers  we  will  always  have 
with  us.  This  is  one  of  the  facts  of 
life  upon  this  imperfect  plane  to  which 
we  are  reconciled.  But  we  arc  moved  to 
protest  that  nowadays  even  campaigns 
to  rout  out  sin,  the  raiding  of  gambling 
houses  and  speak-easies  are  not  what 
they  used  to  be  These  high  enterprises 
lack  the  flavor,  the  highlights  of  raillery 
and  comedy  that  furnished  amusement 
and  diversion  to  the  citizens  in  San 
Francisco's  Good  Old  Days. 

Nov.  .u  the  time  when  Carrie  Nation 
and  her  hatchet  were  in  the  heydey  of 
their  f.ii^ie  such  matters  were  conducted 
much  diticrcntly.  San  Funcisco,  at  the 
opening  of  the  present  century,  was  the 
only  large  city  in  the  country  that  had 


not  been  blessed  by  the  presence  of  the 
redoubtable  Carrie.  It  was,  as  everybody 
knows,  a  happy  paradise  of  good  liquors, 
good  living  and  a  kindly  spirit  of  live 
and  let  live  To  Carrie  it  was  a  taunt 
and  challenge.  She  packed  up  her  hatchet 
and  came  out  to  see  what  could  be  done 
about  such  scandalous  conditions. 

Her  first  call  was  the  Pier  Saloon  at 
Stevenson  and  Fourth  Streets.  Carrie 
entered  and  called  for  the  proprietor.  He 
presented  himself  and  forthwith  she 
flung  a  flood  of  abuse  and  condemnation 
at  his  head.  Before  the  astonished  man 
could  collect  his  wits.  Carried  whipped, 
from  concealment  beneath  her  coat,  the 
inevitable  hatchet;  darted  behind  the  bar 
and  swept  to  the  floor  every  bottle  and 
glass  in  sight;  drove  her  hatchet  deep 
into  the  bar  itself  and  vanished  from  the 
place. 

The  proprietor  of  the  Pier  was  torn  by 
rage,  by  sorrow  and  desolation  His  ma- 
hogany bar,  famous  in  a  city  of  fine  bars, 
was  ruined.  His  equally  prized  glass- 
ware was  a  complete  loss 

But  he  quickly  recovered.  He  sent  post 
haste  for  a  nearby  cabinet  maker,  who 
hastily  constructed  a  glass  case  around 
the  hatchet  sticking  in  the  bar.  Sympa- 
thetic reporters  wrote  up  the  incident  in 
delightfully  humorous  detail.  The 
hatchet  and  case  were  photographed  by 
every  paper  in  town.  The  entire  city 
hailed  the  affair  as  a  capital  and  almost 
incredible  joke.  Curious  throngs  packed 
the  Pier  for  several  days  and  business 
boomed  tremendously  There  was  shortly 
money  for  a  new  bar,  for  new  glassware 
and  something  left  over  For  once 
Carrie's  blufl- had  been  neatly  called  Her 
stay  in  the  city  was  short  and  inglorious. 


A  MAN  OF  PARTS 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

WE  HEARD  one  on  Charles  Caldwell 
Dobie  the  other  day.  The  secre- 
tary of  a  social  welfare  organization  for 
girls  wrote  the  erstwhile  Caliph  of  the 
"Bulletin"  a  letter.  She  said  in  substance: 
"My  dear  Mr.  Dobie:  Every  Friday 
night  we  have  a  speaker  talk  to  the  girls 
about  the  atmosphere  of  San  Francisco. 
So  far,  these  events  have  been  very  de- 
lightful, but  all  of  the  speakers  have 
stressed  San  Francisco  of  the  present  era. 
Wont  you  come  to  us  some  Friday  eve- 
ning and  tell  the  girls  about  the  early 
days?'' 

So  far,  Mr.  Dobie  is  undecided  about 
accepting.  He  can't  make  up  his  mind 
whether  to  appear  at  the  club-rooms  on 
crutches  or  a  wheel  chair. 


A  PROPOS  of  that  frigidaire  story    in 
_/~\_  the  February  number  of  the  "San 
Franciscan,"  we  heard  a  good  one  on  a 
most  respectable  lady  living  in  the  Pre- 
sidio Heights  district.  Indeed  she  is  so 
respectable  that  she  tells  the  tale  herself 
with  an  "I-wonder-what-it-is-all-about" 
stare  in  her  erstwhile  baby  eyes.  It  ap- 
pears that  she  had  an  train  to  catch  early 
in  the  morning  and,  in  spite  of  setting 
her  jade  alarm  clock,   spent  a   restless 
night  with  the  idea  of  prompt  and  early 
rising  in  the  back  of  her  brain.  Suddenly 
she  woke,  with  a  start,  to  realize  that 
her  alarm  clock  was  no  longer  ticking. 
She  flashed  on  the  light  and  found  that 
it  had  stopped    Dawn  was  just  coming 
over  the  east-bay  hills.  There  was  not 
another  clock  running  in  the  house.  How 
should  she  find  out  the  time  and  set  her 
recalcitrant  clock  going  again?  Just  at 
that  moment  the  noise  of  the  milkman 
sounded  through  the  silent  canyons  of 
the  town.  She  flew  to  the  window.  The 
milkman  was  swinging  off  his  seat  to 
leave  a  pint  of  table  cream  in  the  next 
apartment.  Our  lady  thrust  her  head  out 
of  the  window.   "Oh  milkman,  milk- 
man!"  she  chirruped,    "Have  you  the 
time?"  He  turned  a  smiling  face  toward 
her.  Then  an  expression  of  regret  crept 
into  his  eyes.  He  scratched  his  head  rue- 
fully, "Yes,"  he  replied,  slowly.   "But 
who'll  hold  my  horse." 


A  DUSKY  lady  of  our  acquaintance, 
who  comes  in  to  sweep  up  signs 
of  whoopee  from  our  bachelor  quarters 
brought  two  of  her  progeny  with  her 
the  other  day  and  parked  them  in  the 
hack  yard  while  she  collected  the  Lucky 
Strike  butts.  .  .  .  We  wanted  to  show 
the  proper  interest  so  we  said:  "Chloe, 
why  don't  you  send  the  children  to 
school?"  "Dey  aint  quite  ole  enough, 
yet  suh,"  she  replied.  "No?"  we  coun- 
tered "How  old  are  they?"  "One's  five 
and  the  other  is  four  and  a  half,"  Chloe 
threw  back  blandly 


MARCH.   1929 


On  Hearing  "Pagliacci"  for  the  First  Time 

Movie  Producer:  "My  God,  They've  Stolen  My  'Laugh  Clown  Laugh'!' 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAl 


'Lida  Was  Beautiful 

In  Which  a  Much  Envied  Girl  Writes  of  Envy 

By  ANN  MORROW 


Editor's  Note:  World  wide  interest  was  aroused 
by  the  announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Ann  Morrow,  daughter  of  the  American  Ambassa- 
dor to  Mexico,  to  marry  Colonel  Charles  A.  Lind- 
bergh. The  following  s;ory  is  representative  of  the 
work  that  brought  Miss  Morrow  undergraduate 
literary  honors  while  attending  Smith  College.  It 
is  reprinted  by  special  permission  of  the  New  '^'ork 
Times. 

THE  (Joor  sbmmcd  and  the  sound 
of  footsteps  clicked  down  the  stone 
steps.  'Lida  had  left.  The  rose 
hushes  on  either  side  ot  the  path  still 
trcmhled  a  little  from  having  heen 
brushed  against  as  she  went  by.  Inside 
Grandmother  Carol  sat  knitting  bv  the 
cold  tea  things  where  'Lida  had  left  her. 
There  was  'Lida's  teacup,  the  tea  leaves, 
the  lemon  and  half  crumbled  biscuit  on 
the  table.  Here  was  the  pillow  slipped 
down  from  the  sofa  that  'Lida  had  been 
clutching  as  she  laughed.  The  room  was 
still,  quiet  with  a  dim  tingling  remem- 
brance (as  when  a  bell  has  just  stopped 
ringing)  of  tinkling  spoons  and  the 
brittle  knock  of  cups  and  saucers;  of 
'Lida's  laughtei,  which  tippled  through 
her  conversation  and  went  along  with  it, 
circling  the  islands  of  her  words. 

"  'Lida  is  so  beautiful,"  said  Eliza- 
beth, still  standing  by  the  door  watching 
the  trembling  rose  bushes  Grandmother 
Carol  sat  knitting  and  smiling.  "Beauti- 
ful girl,"  she  mused  slowly.  "Beautiful, 
beautiful,"  she  echoed  drowsily,  letting 
the  words  drop  slowly  into  that  pool  of 
silence.  "Beautiful,  beautiful,  beautiful.  " 
Jane  had  just  come  down  the  stairs  She 
could  feel  the  widening  ripples  of  admir- 
ation that  'Lida  had  left  behind  her  Out 
on  the  porch  they  were  talking  about 
her,  " — lovely — 'Lida — 'Lida — beauti- 
ful." The  rockers  creaked.  "Beautiful, 
beautiful,  beautiful,  beautiful,"  Jane 
sang  in  a  descending  scale  climbing  up 
the  stairs  and  then  ending  irrelevantly. 
'Life  is  but  a  dream.'  " 

▼       T       T 

Yus,  'Lida  was  beautiful,  she  thought, 
but  it  did  seem  to  her  that  it  was 
rather  unfortunate  to  have  such  a  cousin. 
Always,  as  far  back  as  Jane  could  re- 
member, she  had  had  the  incomparable 
'Lida  held  up  ro  her  as  a  model  of  good- 
ness and  beauty.  And  she  wondered 
wearily,  was  'Lida  so  beautiful?  It  did 
seem  to  her  sometimes  that  'Lida  was 
just  a  little — well — dowdy.  Or  was  she 
getting  old?  Twenty-nine,  (jane  reflected 
seriously.)  When  does  the  "young  mar- 
ried sec"  cease  to  be  young?  That  de- 
licious lavender  blue  skirt- -wasn't  it 
just  a  little  too  long'  As  for  her  figure 
(Jane  surveyed  her  slim  one  in  the  mir- 
ror). Well  -  she  was  almost  tempted  to 
take  'Lida  aside  and  tell  her  she  should 
count  her  calorics!  She  att  so  many  of 


those  little  crumbly  biscuits  at  tea. 
What  fun  it  would  be  to  give  the  in- 
comparable 'Lida  a  tip.  'Lida,  who  had 
always  given  her  tips-— showed  her  how 
to  tie  her  dancing  school  bow  so  that  it 
stuck  out  stiffly — who  had  put  her  hair 
up  the  first  time — who  had  sent  some  of 
her  bcau.x  to  dance  with  her  at  parties  so 
that  her  young  cousin  would  not  be  a 
wall-flower.  No,  Jane  reflected  rather 
bitterly,  she  couldn't  even  have  a  beau 
without  'Lida's  having  had  him  first. 
That  was  it,  of  course.  Tom  had  once 
liked  'Lida.  That  explained  Jane's  vague 
resentment.  Nasty  envy,  that  was  all  it 
was,  and  silly,  now  that  'Lida  had  married 
some  one  else  and  now  that  Tom — 

There  was  a  letter  from  him,  today's 
mail  on  her  bureau.  "Anyway,  'Lida," 
she  said  out  loud  a  little  triumphantly 
and  slit  open  the  letter  with  bored  assur- 
ance of  its  contents.  She  would  have  a 
moment  to  read  it  before  she  must  help 
Elizabeth  with  the  tea  things.  (Already 
she  could  hear  the  rattle  of  silver  in  the 
tray  dov\'nstairs,  the  squeak  of  the  card- 
table  legs  as  Elizabeth  shut  them  up.) 
"Anyway,  'Lida — "  she  repeated.  A 
little  too  bored  she  was,  a  little  too  sure 
of  the  contents.  She  knew  he  would  ask 
when  he  could  see  her  again  and  why  she 
hadn't  written,  how  hot  it  was  in  Bos- 
ton, small  gossip,  hov/  he  would  be  the 
best  young  lawyer  in  the  country  in  a 
year  or  two  if  he  worked  hard  and  if  she 
would  only  say — (downstairs  she  could 
hear  the  heavy  scrape  and  thump  ot 
chairs  being  pur  back  into  place  and  the 
soft  sound  of  footsteps  back  and  forth, 
back  and  forth,  living  room  to  pantty, 
pantry  to  living  room.  Elizabeth  was 
taking  the  dishes  into  the  pantry  )  She 
knew  so  well  what  the  letter  would  say. 
If  only,  she  thought,  they  could  once 
really  touch — could  really  understand 
each  other.  If  they  could  just  once  ex- 
claim over  the  samz  thing.  If  Tom 
would  just  show  a  little  appreciation  for 
the  things  that  really  count. 

She  flipped  open  the  page  and  read  it 
through  hurriedly.  " — you're  not  a  very 
good  letter  writer — law  office  dull  — 
wish  1  could  see  you — O'Ntill's  new 
play  saw  'Lida —become  disgustingly 
fat --next  year  a  salary  large  enough  - 
Oh!  Jane,  Jane,  1  saw  a  maple  wood 
desk,  a  gem  that  we — "  (downstairs  a 
door  slammed  a  little  too  precipitantly 
Dishes  clattered  in  the  sink  and  there 
was  the  fierc;  hiss  of  hoc  water  Eliza- 
beth was  impatient.)  "Damn,"  said 
Jane,  leaving  the  maple  wood  desk  for 
the  t:a  dishes.  She  ran  downstairs, 
humming  a  silly  tune. 


UpsT.AiRS,  dressing  for  ■linner,  Jane 
was  happy  She  could  not  remem- 
ber why  It  was  not  just  that  the  fog  was 
coming  in,  shutting  out  all  the  woild 
except  the  black  boughs  at  her  window 
and  shutting  her  in — in  this  warm, 
humming  atmosphere.  Ir  was  not  just 
the  room  where  her  lamp  was  smoking 
comfortably  on  her  dresser,  making  a 
halo  on  the  ceiling.  It  was  not  just  the 
pleasurable  and  customary  sounds  of 
that  hour  before  dinner:  the  crackle  of 
paper  as  some  one  started  a  fire  in  the 
living  room;  the  dull  knock  ot  plates 
being  placed  on  the  table;  the  click  of 
the  latch  on  a  cupboard  door  and  upstairs 
the  sound  of  water  running  for  a  bath. 
Sometimes,  this  afternoon,  for  instance, 
she  had  minded  hearing  all  the  inside 
workings  of  a  house  as  clearly  as  one 
might  see  the  inside  workings  of  a 
watch,  the  back  lifted  off,  but  now  they 
shut  her  in  and  enveloped  her  in  their 
comforting  familiarity,  like  an  old 
wrapper. 

But  this  was  not  all  She  was  haprv 
for  another  reason.  She  could  not  re 
member.  It  was  something  more  specific. 
She  had  that  vague  sense  ot  a  lovely  hid- 
den object  that  she  was  cherishing  in  the 
bottom  of  her  mind,  some  secret  jewel 
she  might  uncover.  What  was  it'  That 
letter,  she  thought,  perhaps  it  had  to  do 
with  that  letter'  She  remembered  now, 
it  was  something  about  that  letter  from 
Tom  It  had  made  her  particularly 
happy  Why  was  it?  Had  they  finally 
touched  somewhere?  Had  he  shown  his 
appreciation  of  something  she  loved? 
Something  they  had  together  -that 
must  be  it,  she  concluded.  She  turned 
these  things  over,  one  by  one,  slowly 
trying  them  out  with  that  vague  tceling 
of  happiness  It  was  like  trying  to  catch 
a  tune  that  halt  runs  through  one's  mind 
by  repeating  the  first  three  notes  over 
and  over,  hoping  that  the  rest  of  the 
tune  will  reconstruct  itself  in  a  flash 
from  that  beginning  Painstakinglv  she 
tried  to  recall  phrases  of  the  letter.  Pains- 
takingly she  went  over  her  recurring 
thoughts;  something  together'  some- 
thing understood?- -something  loveh' 
What  could  it  be? 

Jane  turned  to  blow  the  powder  e)lTtlic 
bureau  co\'er  and  look  in  the  mirror, 
"  'Merrily,  Merrilv,  Meirily,  Merrily'  " 
the  tune  echoed  insanelv  through  iier  mind. 
She  was  thin,  she  thought  It  was  good 
to  be  slim  and  young  "  'Merrily,  Mer- 
rily, Merrily  '  "  Suddenly,  with  a  shock 
of  unpleasantness  as  definitely  physical 
as  a  bowl  smashing  at  her  feet  she 
remembered-  '"Lida — disgustingly  fat.  " 


MARCH,   1929 


15 


The  Quatr'z  Arts  Ball 

Lucien  Labaudt's  Modernistic  Decorations  as  Visualized  by  William  Horace  Smith 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Robinson  and  Una  JefFers 

A  Portrait  of  a  Great  American  Poet  and  His  Wife 


SWINBURNE  remarked  about  William 
Blake's  wife  thac  she  "deserves 
remembrance  as  abouc  che  most 
perfect  wife  on  record",  and  it  seems  to 
me  that  something  to  the  same  effect 
could  be  said  of  Una,  the  wife  of  Robin- 
son Jeffers,  though,  of  course,  Catherine 
Blake,  who  was  an  uneducated  peasant 
woman,  and  the  lady  of  the  Tor  House 
at  Carmel-by-the-Sea  can — in  relation 
to  their  men  as  poets  and  artists — hardly 
be  compared  on  any  particular  point. 

Robin,  as  Una  Jeffers  calls  him,  says 
himself:  "  'She  gave  me  eyes,  she  gave 
me  ears'  " — quoting  a  line  from  Words- 
worth's poem  about  his  sister  Dorothv 
— "and  arranged  my  life." 

To  write  of  Robinson  Jeffers  the  man 
and  the  artist  with  any  pretension  to 
thoroughness  without  writing  also  ot 
Una  Jeffers  is  impossible,  1  have  no 
doubt  that  some  day  she  will  be  an  im- 
portant factor  in  all  serious  considera- 
tions ot  her  poet-husband's  life  and 
work.  At  this  time,  one  must  content 
oneself  to  deal  with  her  very  briefly. 

▼      ▼       T 

JEFFERS  has  in  his  make-up  certain  traits 
which,  lacking  Una,  might  have  kzpt 
him  from  attaining  to  the  place  in 
American  poetry  that  he  now  occupies. 
For  one  thing,  he  is  given  to  the  laissez 
fairc  policy  He  is  disinclined  to  try  to 
change  things,  indeed,  people  who  have 
known  him  best  in  this  student  years 
and  later  tell  me  that  he  used  to  be  en- 
tirely of  that  mood.  A  fatalist  and  an 
introvert. 

Occupied  with  his  thoughts,  and 
being,  besides,  economically  independent, 
he  felt  little  inclined  to  bother  about 
publishing  for  other  people's  reading 
Una  Jeffers,  on  the  other  hand,  possesses 
great  driving  force  and  energy  of  con- 
centrated effort. 

Before  his  marriage,  Jeffeis  had,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  clays'  longshoring 
in  Redondo,  never  done  any  labor  with 
his  hands  Subsequently,  under  Una's 
subtle  urging,  his  most  satisfying  hours 
were  spent  at  stone  work  or  digging  on 
his  five  acres,  planting  trees  and  tending 
them. 

The  famous  Hawk  Tower  was  largely 
Una's  idea;  and  for  five  years  he  spent 
hours  every  day  rolling  or  carrying 
granite  boulders  up  Irom  the  beach  two 
or  three  hundred  yards  away,  mixing 
mortar,  erecting  one  of  the  strangest 
buildings  in  America.  It  is  built  to  last 
The  walls  at  the  base  are  nearly  six  leet 
in  width,  thick  enough  to  hide,  on  one 
side,  a  narrow  stairway  that  winds  up  to 
the  upper  stories. 


By  LOUIS  ADAMIC 

IN  Carmel,  Jeffers  is  famous  chiefly  for 
the  five  years  he  has  wasted  building 
a  tower  that  a  contractor  could  have  put 
up  in  two  weeks  People  used  to  stop 
along  the  sea  road  that  winds  past  the 
place,  to  watch  the  seemingly  harmless 
lunatic  manipulate  huge  rocks  with  his 
primitive  pulley,  such  as  the  old  Egyp- 
tians are  said  to  have  used. 


Expectation^ 

Bi/  Sydney  King  Russell 

Hon'  can  I  hear  the  heauli/  of  these  girl.f 
Whose  wonder  heals  and  blows  across 

my  eyej 
Long  ajter  they  hai.'e  passed  in  sudden 

swirls 
Of  lace  and  duff  on!  must  I  then  disguise 
This  fiery  longing  Ihatlcannol  smother — 
Hearing  a  woman's  i'oice  across  the  dark, 
Guessing  how  she  will  render  to  another 
The  tribute  oj  her  passion,  swift  and 

stark? 
What  ij  she  come  whose  heart  is  tost  to 

pity, 

With   beauty  glowing  in   her  eyes  and 

hair 
xind  take  my  heart  as  one  would  take  a 

city 
With  glorious  im-asion,   shall  despair 
No  longer  hurl  me  down  the  long  abyss 
And  death  and  life  salute  me,  with  her 

kiss? 

Someone  made  up  a  story  of  the  feel- 
ing of  timelessness  around  Jeffers'  tower- 
building.  It  seems  that  one  day  at  sunset 
a  trav.:ler  came  along  and  paused  to 
watch  Robin  at  his  work.  The  next  day 
he  went  to  China  and  lived  there  for 
three  years  Returning  to  Carmel  late  in 
the  fourth  year,  the  man  again  went 
walking  on  the  shore  road  about  suns:t- 
time  and,  coming  to  Jeffers'  place,  he 
saw  Robin  in  precisely  the  same  attitude 
rolling  up  stones  trom  the  beach'  .  .  . 

The  building  ol  the  tower,  although 
originally  Una's  idea,  is  characteristic  o( 
Jeffers.  He  is  one  of  the  serenesr,  most 
deliberate  and  self-sufficient  persons 
alive.  He  is  bored  only  if  molested  too 
much  by  people. 

As  a  poet  and  artist,  he  has  unques 
tionably  grown  greatly  since  settling 
down  in  Carmjl  in  1014.  C^ne  can 
scarcely  believe  that  the  John  Robinson 
Jeffers  who  in  I9r3  published  a  third- 
rate  story  in  the  Smart  Set  has  become 
crystalized   into    Robinson   Jeffers   who 


wrote  "Tamar,"  "Roan  Stallion,"  "The 
Women  ot  Point  Sur,"  and  "Cawdor." 
The  coast  and  hills  ot  Monterey  county 
no  doubt  have  contributed  generously  to 
his  development.  He  has  become  a  part 
of  the  place,  and  the  place  of  him,  so 
that  now  it  would  be  ditScult  to  imagine 
him  anywhere  else.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
weirdly  beautiful  regions  in  America, 
and  Jeffers  and  his  tower  fit  into  it  per- 
fectly. 

T       T       T 

HIS  days  are  arranged  for  him  so  that 
he  spends  until  one  in  the  atter- 
noon  in  his  study  or  in  the  turret  ot  the 
tower  at  his  writing.  He  likes  best  to 
have  a  routine  of  carefully  planned  tasks  I 
so  that  the  little  things  need  not  be 
thought  over.  Of  late  years,  he  devotes 
most  of  his  afternoons  to  the  two  thou- 
sand young  trees  he  has  planted.  Watch- 
ing him  work  in  the  grove,  one  thinks  ot 
Giles  Winterborne  in  Thomas  Hardy's 
"The  Woodlanders" — 

"...  He  had  a  marvellous  power  of 
making  trees  grow  ...  a  sort  of  sym- 
pathy between  him  and  them  ...  so  thac 
the  roots  took  hold  ot  the  soil  in  a  few- 
days.  Winterborne's  lingers  were  en- 
dowed with  a  gentle  conjuror's  touch  in 
spreading  the  roots  of  each  little  tree, 
resulting  in  a  sort  of  caress  under  which 
the  delicate  fibres  all  laid  themselves  out 
in  their  proper  directions  tor  growth.  He 
put  most  of  these  roots  toward  the 
southv\'est:  for  he  said  in  forty  years' 
time,  when  some  great  gale  is  blowing 
from  that  quarter,  the  trees  v\'ill  require 
the  strongest  holdtast  on  that  side  to 
stand  against  it  and  not  fall.  ..." 

Once  in  a  fortnight  or  so  he  takes  his 
family  for  a  long  tramp  back  in  the 
Monterey  hills  and  redwood  canyons 
He  is  fond  of  examing  scones  and  geo- 
logical formations  closely;  also  trees  and 
plants,  water  courses,  animals  and  their 
tracks,  and  old  abandoned  human  habi- 
cacions  and  enterprises  which,  in  that 
peculiar  region,  one  is  apt  to  encounter 
at  every  turn.  He  is  saturating  himself 
with  the  Indian  and  old  Spanish  lore  of 
the  country.  He  goes  practically  never 
beyond  the  limits  of  Monterey  county. 
If  he  appears  in  che  business  section  of 
Carmel,  it  is  an  e\ent  He  dislikes  to 
have  people  eye  and  tollow  him  Occa- 
sionally he  goes  to  the  Lick  Observatory 
where  his  brother  is  engaged  in  astro- 
nomical work,  in  which  he  is  much  in- 
terested In  fifteen  years  he  went  to  San 
Francisco  once,  in  igi",  to  be  examined 
for  military  service. 

Coiitiiuii'd  till  luigf  2^> 


17 


Bernardino  Molinari 

The  Italian  Maestro  Will  Conduct  at  the  Hollywood  Bowl  and  San  Mateo  Next  Summer 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Countess  Descends 

Concerning  the  Earnestness  of  Being  Important 

By  LARIE  BOAS 


SHE  was  a  countess,  and  an  Italian 
When  you  know  more,  and  all, 
this  should  prove  significant. 

When  1  got  her  letter,  it  was  destined 
to  remain  unopened  for  the  waste  basket 
where  so  many  unpaid  hills,  worthy 
charity  appeals,  and  substantial  endow- 
ment drives  had  found  a  permanent 
resting  place.  But  a  providence  that  did 
more  than  shape  our  ends,  caused  me  to 
break  the  seal  and  read  on  and  on,  to  the 
very  insidious  signature,  "Respectfully 
yours,  Contessa  Theresia  Cenci." 

Being  a  real  democrat  and  100% 
American  at  heart,  I  was  thrilled  as  only 
one  ot  that  traternity  can  be.  1  tell  for  it 
The  distinguished  patrician  was  sched- 
uled to  address  one  ol  our  bigger  and 
better  civic  organisations.  Her  subject 
matter  would  be  the  New  Italy.  She  had 
heard  ot  me  from  our  mutual  and  deal 
friend  Mrs.  Swish  She  longed  to  hold 
my  hand,  gaze  into  my  eyes  on  her  briet 
sojourn  in  our  Metropolis.  I  fell  for  it  I 
fell  hard. 

On  my  best  stationery,  in  my  best 
style,  I  wrote  that  to  entertain  and  place 
myself  completely  at  her  disposal,  would 
be  a  pleasure,  uniquely  mine,  all  mine. 

Then  like  her  famous  countryman 
and  Roman,  she  came,  saw  and  con- 
quered. On  the  appointed  day,  before  a 
large  group  of  ardent  clubwomen  and 
vigilantes,  she  delivered  an  address  that 
outrivalled  Rienzi's  harangue  When  she 
finished  talking,  we  knew  all  there  was 
to  know  about  Facism,  the  Duce,  the 
agrarian  reforms  and  the  immigration 
and  conjugal  laws.  We  knew  ot  their 
effect  in  the  home  town  of  St  Francis  the 
ascetic,  and  in  the  halls  ot  the  Doge,  in 
Savonarollas'  own  back  yard,  and  the 
Main  Street  of  the  Medicis,  even  in 
Giotto's  tower  and  within  Ghibertti's 
tomb.  So  great  was  Mussolini's  power, 
so  determined  an  Italian  at  his  best  to 
regenerate  and  rule.  As  she  modestly, 
and  midst  thunderous  applause,  once 
more  seated  h:rsell,  my  heart  again 
thrilled.  I,  of  all  the  enthusiastic  gather- 
ing might  step  forward,  and  hold  the 
hand,  that  held  the  hand  of  Mussolini, 
Victor  Emanuel,  and  Alfr:d  E.  Smith 

▼       T       ▼ 

I  WAS  going  to  entertain  tor  nobility 
the  next  day.  I  was  a  great,  big,  won- 
derful girl.  I  presented  myself  and  was 
embraced  before  the  envious  eyes  of  five 
score  good  women  and  housewives.  1 
promised  to  phone  on  the  morrow.  I  did, 
and  was  requested  to  serve  my  repast 
exactly  at  noon  and  call  at  11 -.15  to 
escort  her  to  my  simple  dwelling. 


"Ah  my  deear,"  trilled  the  Italian 
coloratura,  "you  are  so  good  si,  si,  si. 
Would  you  mind  to  come  and  take  me 
on  just  one  leecle  errand  first.  I  must  fix 

Editor's  Note :  This  lyric  was  written  in  1924  and 
represents  an  earlier  phase  of  Hildegarde  Planner's 
work.  A  new  volume  of  her  verse,  "Time's  Profile," 
will  soon  join  the  ranks  of  "A  Tree  in  Bloom," 
"Young  Girl"  and  other  of  her  books. 

Portraits  of  a  Strangej> 

WotnaiTj 

By  Hildegarde  Planner 

Far  after  her  wif/iout  a  leaf  of  souni), 
tier  dress  falls  like  a   hush   upon   the 
pro  una. 

She  iCrtiVAr  like  a  cherrt/sprai/ 
And  ftrangelif  hesitates  an'ai/. 

rind  she  is  pone  again  .  .  .  who  goe.' 
Where  I  know  not,  and  no  one  knows. 

Where  has  she  fled  upon  her  unseen  feel 
With  steps  imwsihle  and  indiscreet^''' 

Where  does  she  pause  to  rest,  and  where 
Shake  out  the  pennant  oj  her  liaii^? 

Where  sliflhtli/  lift  her  aown> 
And  oddly  dance  and  let  it  down -7 

Who  faints  before  her  as  she  singj, 
CarolUnp  terrible,  fair  thiny.i.' 

Against  whose  heart  does  her  long  throat 
Sob  out  toward  morning  a  remotej) 

Dim  lauqh?  Upon  whose  soul  does  she  at 

ksL. 
Coldly  break  her  body's  fast^'. 

And  then  come  quietly  home,  with   het'' 
Face  insanely  Uweliei^? 

He  nei'er  follow  her  nor  look 
To  see  the  pathway  thai  she  look. 

When  she  comes  floating  on  the  gra.rs 
I  turn  away  and  let  her  pass.  .  . 

I  would  go  wholly  wild  were  I  to  sec 
Calypso  in  her  eyes  look  down   at  ntc 


it  what  you  call  my  railroad  passage." 
"Dcclighted,"  gurgled  the  great  Ameri- 
can sap.  I  went  and  I  called  and  I  waited. 
"Ah,  you  drive  your  own  car,"  she 
greeted  me,  with  a  glance  that  sought  in 
vain  for  chauffeur  and  footman.  "How 
quaint  it  is,  how  very  democratiquc. 
Shall  I  scet  in  tront'"  This  in  that  honied 
tone  that  lett  me  no  doubt  as  to  the 
special  bodied  limousines  with  special 


bodied  drivers  our  Italian  patriot  was 
accustomed  to  ride  in.  On  we  sped, 
through  the  heart  ot  our  seething  busi- 
ness section.  "Stop  here — Will  you  be  so 
kind'  Si,  Si,  Si."  This,  as  we  drove  up 
before  a  water  hydrant  and  red  danger 
zone.  But  there  was  something  about 
out  little  Italian  that  made  me  fear  not 
our  police  and  tralTic  regulations  the  less, 
but  hei  modest  person  the  more.  1  obeyed 
the  vanguard  of  the  new  Italy.  Off  we 
went,  to  the  "whatyoucallit  "  railroad 
office.  Then  came  the  dawn,  and  with  it 
the  works  broke.  The  good  Italian 
morale  dropped  below  par. 

"Where  are  my  tickets,  where  is  ze 
President?  "  She  carolled — "He  has  gone, 
Ah,  yes,  of  course  it  is  Saturday.  Natu- 
rally, everything  is  closed  at  twelve  on 
Saturday.  Ot  course,  ot  course  I  am  late. 
It  is  not  my  tault — Too  bad,  too  bad,  it 
is  not  my  fault.  Si,  si,  si." 

T       ▼       ▼ 

WITH  this,  she  fixed  me  with  a 
glance  that  placed  all  the  blame, 
responsibility  and  ensuing  rage  on  my 
shoulders  that  were  already  well  rounded 
and  rapidly  crumbling.  Finally,  amidst 
turther  si,  si  si's  and  a  tew  do,  re,  mi's, 
the  matter  of  her  tickets  was  adjusted. 
Quite  true,  when  it  came  to  paying 
she  was  shy  only  12  bucks.  However,  I 
came  to  the  rescue  and  once  more  she 
smiled,  once  more  I  aalked  side  by  side 
with  a  leader  and  a  noble  woman. 

I  glanced  at  my  watch  which  told  me 
the  bad  news.  It  was  past  noon.  Some 
optimist  has  said  "Time  waits  tor  no 
man,"  but  neither  time  nor  traffic  both- 
ered Mussolini's  co-patriot.  On  we  sped, 
through  arterials  and  stops,  grazing  a 
citizen  here,  running  down  a  native  son 
there.  But  mine  not  to  reason  why. 
Presently  alter  escaping  and  scarcely 
avoiding  two  collisions,  we  drew  up 
before  an  Oriental  Steamship  Co.  Here, 
again  my  worthy  guest  staged  a  big 
scene,  repeating  the  chorus  of  "si,  si,  si's, 
it  is  not  my  fault  "  Curiously  enough, 
no  one  wished  an  encore.  Again  1 
glanced  at  the  good  old  Waltham  It 
was  i2;3o,  my  guests  had  already  been 
assembling  tor  more  than  thirty  minutes. 
I  phoned  iiiy  home,  v\hile  the  countess 
screamed  tor  her  steamer  tickets,  berat- 
ing all  American  officials  and  citizens 
I  was  told  that  tv\'elve  irate  guests,  twelve 
sizzling  chops  awaited  our  arrival. 

"You  must  come  now,  my  friend. 
Surely  you  arc  through  with  your  one 
little  errand,"  I  ventured 

"Oh,  I  have  only  now  some  pictures 
of  Japan  to  select,  and  I  niust  call  on 

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MARCH,  1929 


19 


Comparisons  and  Indiscretions 

In  Which  a  Recognized  Artist  Justifies  Her  Viewpoint 

By  LOUISE  JANIN 


IT  WAS  a  spring  morning  of  che  pea- 
green  Nineties  and  a  pale  young 
man  wended  his  way  down  Picca- 
dilly bearing  in  his  mediaeval  hand,  not 
a  bouquet  bur  a  single  flower, ~a  lily,  tht 
legend  says, — and  started  all  the  trouble. 
.  For  since  then  brother  esthetes  have 
made  a  virtue  of  critical  clemency 
towards  half-baked 
art  parading  as  Sim- 
plicity This  respect 
for  singleness  of  pur- 
pose would  be  ad- 
mirable did  it  not 
signify  an  undue  in- 
dulgence for  consis- 
tent singleness  ot 
achievement.  I  am 
inclined,  howe\';r, 
CO  doubt  whether 
the  leaders  ot  the  re- 
action against  che 
terrible  plastic  inco- 
herence of  the  anec- 
dotal painting  so 
popular  at  on:  time, 
were  aware  that 
their  crusade  was 
ushering  in  che  cult 
of  the  goddess 
Anemia. 

"Pure  art!"  cry /cs 
jcuncs:  pure  indeed 
— as  a  custard  pud- 
ding But  purity,  or 
quality,  having  been 
accounted  lor,  is  it 
not  due  time  to  put 
in  a  timid  plea  tor 
quantity?  1  do  not 
wane  to  make  a 
meal  ot  lettucesalad. 
1  am  rather  fright- 
tened  at  the  prospect 
of  reading,  in  exhi- 
bition catalogues  of  the  future  (provided, 
of  course,  that  rhe  "puritiers"  have  their 
way)  such  titles  as  Portrait  of  an  Eyc- 
broiv  and  an  Ear.  And  I  believe  that 
Simple  Simon  has  held  the  center  of  the 
stage  quite  long  enough. 

The  most  distressing  aspect  of  the 
situation  is  the  storming  of  the  citadel 
by  a  veritable  Army  of  the  Pure.  Before 
the  War  there  were  4,000  registered 
artists  in  Paris.  Today,  the  royal  road  to 
art  having  been  found,  thete  are  about 
80,000.  Form  your  own  conclusions. 
Four  centuries  ago,  in  the  great  art  cen- 
ters, painters  could  scarcely  be  reckoned 
in  hundreds.  But  I  imagine  that  these 
vigorous  old  boys  could  dash  otf  the 
sketch  for  a  "Triumph  of  Alexander" 
before  breakfast  and  then  forget  about 
it.  I  can  see,  in  retrospective  vision,  the 


bustling  workshop  of  a  Florentine  mas- 
ter, where  a  dozen  sweating  apprentices, 
between  the  ages  of  ten  and  fifteen,  are 
made  aware  that  painting  is  no  sinecute. 
.  .  .  "Here  you,  Guido,  you've  made 
Saint  Jerome's  third  finger  a  centimeter 
coo  shotc!  Do  you  imagine  the  Cardinal 
will  accept  that?  Correct  it  at  once,  or 


Thi 


fcmi-ah,rlracl 
eleinenl  t 


painlinq  bi/  Louise  Janin   i.y  beini]  used 
n  art"  in  a  new  edition  of  the  Enci/clopedi 

out  you  go!"  Then  I  hear  the  voice  of 
Johnny's  mother,  a  voice  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  :  "This  drawing  of  a  dog, 
isn't  it  wonderful?  1  think  we'll  have  ro 
order  an  angel  cake  to  celebrate  it  .  .  . 
Well,  to  be  sure,  it  has  only  two  legs, 
but  remember  that  the  boy  isn't  thirteen 
yet."  Mothers  may  be  forgiven,  yet  I 
wish  the  majority  of  artists  had  less  ma- 
ternal tenderness  for  their  rickety  brain 
children. 

T       T       ▼ 

IT  IS  a  habit  of  modern  criticism  to  be 
satisfied  with  a  single  point  of  excel- 
lence in  a  painting.  A  lucky  juxtaposi- 
tion of  colors, — say  the  charming  pastel 
shadesofLaurencin,— theamusingGothic 
elongation  of  Mogdiliani's  people,  the 
assemblage,  such  as  a  clever  interior  dec- 
orator might  effect,  of  flowered  stuffs  in 


a  painting  by  Matisse.  These  things  do 
not  tire  the  eye  or  the  brain.  But  I,  per- 
sonally, am  not  satisfied  until  I  have  had 
it  out  with  a  rebellious  motif  or  "subject" 
that  doesn't  want  to  be  subjected  to  my 
personal  conception  of  style,  rhythin, 
color,  design,  drawing  and  proportion 
Not  until  all  these  qualities  have  been 
dealt  with  both  to- 
gether and  separately 
and  brought  to  the 
highest  e-\cellence  1 
can  give  them,  will 
1  exhibic  the  paint- 
ing 

You  will  remem- 
ber   the     miniature 
tempest     that     was 
aroused  when  Bran- 
cusi's  Bird  in  Space 
was  refused  entrance 
into  this  country  on 
the  customs  inspec- 
tor's   assumption 
that  it  was  a  piece 
of   hardware.    This 
Freudian    dream- 
image,     a    sort    ot 
elongated  banana  of 
marvellously    pol- 
ished brass  poised  on 
one  end,  may  stand 
as  the  Platonic  Idea 
of  the  single-quality 
work   of  art.    It    is 
beautiful.  It  is  per- 
fect  I  should  like  to 
sec  it  as  the  pivot  of 
an   organized   com- 
position. But  for  me 
there  is  at  the  most, 
sixty  seconds'  worth 
of    esthetic    enjoy- 
ment in  it.  There  is 
five  minutes'  worth  in  the  best  piece  of 
Negro  sculpture  I  know.  Of  course  the 
negroid  intelligences  this  jazz  age  is  pro- 
ducing  don't    ask    for   more   than   five 
minutes'  worth  from  any  work  of  art; 
they    haven't    the    time,    patience,    or 
power  of  concentration  to  give  it  more 
attention 

This  is  the  age  of  the  poster,  that  he 
who  motors  may  read.  Now,  we  want 
good  posters, — all  the  decorative  acces- 
sories of  life  ought  to  be  beautiful.  But 
once  in  a  while,  for  my  soul's  good  and 
my  mind's  delight,  1  need  to  sit  apart  an 
hour  or  two  in  the  morning  quiet  of  an 
art  sanctuary  and  lose  myself  in  contem- 
plation of  a  masterpiece.  I  remember  an 
ecstatic  three  hours  passed  before  Botti- 
celli's Spring.  In  a  great  work  of  art  one 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Rouen 


Wherein  Much  Is  Said  Between  the  Lines 

By  ELIZABETH  LESLIE  ROOS 


SHE  IS  a  f>rcUy,  slender  ivoman,  about 
thiity-fivc,  looking  not  a  day  oi'cr 
thirty  (in  any  light).  Propped  up  in 
bed  by  several  large  and  several  small 
pillows,  she  is  ivearing  a  pink,  lace 
trimmed  night  goion.  A  hreakjast  tray  is 
set  across  her  lap.  At  the  foot  of  the  bed, 
a  little  dog  is  napping,  his  damp  nose 
making  small  wet  sp>ots  on  the  silk  com- 
forter. There  is  a  faint  odor  of  T^uit  de 
J^oel  in  the  room. 

He  is  an  athletic,  sunburned  young 
man,  about  thirty,  looking  every  day  of 
thirty-five  (in  any  light.) 

He  is  attractive  and  well  dressed.  He 
is  wearing  a  tiieed  suit,  a  tan  overcoat,  a 
muffler  and  a  soft  hat.  His  sleek  black 
hair  groivs  to  a  nun's  point,  deep  on  his 
forehead.  He  stands  in  a  telephone  booth, 
at  the  point  of  exhaustion  between  nerves 
and  heat. 

Her  telephone  rings,  just  as  she  is 
hanging  up  the  receiver. 
She:  Hello. 

He:  I've  cried  your  number  at  one  min- 
ute intervals,  for  three  quartets  of  an 

hour,  until  1  had  to  start  for  the  ferry. 

Now  I've  exactly  two  minutes  left 

before  the  boat  goes. 
She:  What  do  you  mean,  two  minutes 

left?  Are  you  going  au'ay? 
He:  I'm  leaving  for  New  York  in  less 

than   two   minutes,    and    maybe   foi 

Europe. 
She  ;  Ar;  you  mad ! 
He:  No,  it's  true.   It  was  decided  last 

night   N4r.  Delafield  is  sending  me  to 

represent  him  in  an  important  case. 

I'd  not  a  chance  to  tell  you  before  this 

morning. 
She  (tearfully) :  Then   1  can't  even  see 

you  again  to  say  good-bye. 
He:  Had  1  been  able  to  get  the  line,  I'd 

have  asked  it  1  might  run  out  to  kiss 

you  good-byz   Now  it's  too  late. 
She:  It's  all  my  fault.  What  can  1  do' 

Write  me  every  day.  Send  me  a  wire 
He:  1  will,  darling  Send  mc  an  air  mail 

letter,  so  I'll  have  it  when  1  reach  New 

York 
She:  I  shall,  and  I'll  wire,  too 
He:  Promise  me  not  to  forget. 
She:    I    promise,    but    you    will.    Men 

always  do. 
He:  This  man  won't.  I  love  you. 
She:  You  mustn't  say  chat  to  me,  espe- 
cially over  a  telephone    Promise  mc 

something. 
He:  Absolutely  anything    What  is  it' 
She:  If  you  go  to  France,  go  to  Rouen, 

CO  the  square  where  wc  mec,  and  think 

of  mc. 
He:  I  promise    Do  you  hear  that  noise? 
She  :  Yes. 


Hk:  That's  the  iron  door  being  raised. 

The  passengers  are  all  moving.  I  must 

go.  Good-bye,  darling. 
She:  (sobbing)  I  love  you.  Good-bye. 

T       T       ▼ 

One  year  later. 

She,  the  same  pretty,  slender  tvoman, 

is    reclining   on   a   chaise    lounge. 

A  book  ivhich  she  is  not  reading,  lies 

open  across  her  kjiees.   She  is  picking 

absently  at  a  lace  coverlet,  loosening  a 

ruffle  here,  a  silkrose  there.  Her  eyes  arc 

fixed  anxiously  on  the  telephone.  There 

is  the  same  odor  of  Nuit  de  Noel  in  the 

room. 

He,  the  same  young  man,  ivearing  a 

grey  suit,  a  blue  shirt  and  tie.  This  time 

he  is  sitting  comfortably  in  a  leather  arm 

chair,    balancing    a    telephone    on    his 

knee.  .  . 

The  telephone  rings    She  snatches  at 

it  hurriedly,   before  anyone  else  in  the 

house  has  time  to  ansiver. 

She:  Hello. 

He:  Hello,  dear. 

She:  How  clever  of  you  to  remember 
my  voice.  You  might  have  siid  hello 
dear  to  almost  anybody. 

He:  Madame,  you  do  me  an  injustice 
Could  I  have  forgotten  your  voice, 
when  its  silvery  tones  have  been  ring- 
ing in  my  cars  this  last  year? 

She:  Silly!  But  it's  nice  to  hear  your 
nonsense  again.  I've  missed  it  Tell 
me,  was  the  train  on  rime?  Did  you 
get  in  at  four-thirty?  1  was  wondering 
how  long  it  would  be  before  you 
could  telephone  me. 

He:  (slightly  embarrassed)  Well,  dear, 
to  cell  the  truth,  I  flew  the  last  part  of 
the  journey,  arriving  before  noon. 

She:  (sharply)  How  long  beloie  noon? 

He  :  At  about  ten,  but  1  had  to  see  some 
people  at  the  St.  Francis,  and  then 
attend  a  conference  at  eleven  o'clock. 
1  knew  it  was  no  use  trying  to  reach 
you  so  late.  You  are  always  out  by 
then. 

She  :  As  it  happened,  1  was  at  home.  I've 
a  slight  cold. 

He:  (a  bit  sharply)  Sorry,  but  1  couldn't 
guess  that,  could  I? 

(Silence.  She  has  ripped  off  a  yard  of 
lace,  and  is  now  attacking  the  silk 
roses.) 

He  :  (continuing)  I  brought  you  a  trifle  1 
choughc  you'd  like. 

She  :  (brightening  at  the  thought  of  a 
present)  Really?  How  charming  of 
you.  Whac  is  ic? 

He  :  An  etching  to  remind  you  of  Avig- 
non   An  old  one. 

She:  (coldly)  I  was  never  in  Avignon  in 
all  my  life. 


He  (hurriedly)  1  meant  Rouen. 

She  :  Did  you  buy  an  etching  of  Rouer 
also? 

He:  Yes,  1  bought  two. 

She  :  To  be  on  the  safe  side.  What  a  gooi 
idea.  Could  you  not  remember  whic 
place  we  had  \'isited,  or  were  yoi 
planning  to  give  the  other  to  someon 
else? 

He:  Certainly  not  I  shall  send  both  t( 
you. 

She:  Don't  bother,  thanks  In  fact, 
have  an  etching. 

He:  Don't  be  facetious 

She:  Considering  we've  not  spoken  in 
year,  we  don't  seem  to  be  getting  o 
very  well.  Is  it  because  you  hax'c  bee 
getting  on  so  well  with  someone  else 
The  lady  who  \isited  Avignon  wit 
you? 

He:  (sharph<)  Certainly  not.  Tell  m 
what  have  you  been  doing? 

She  :  Waiting  for  your  return,  principal !■ 

He:  I  can  imagine. 

She:  (bitterly)  I  wonder.  Can  yoi 
(Silence)  Will  you  dine  with  rr 
tonight' 

He:  Awfully  sorry,  my  dear,  but  1  mu 
see  the  men  with  whom  1  was  in  co 
ference  this  morning.  They  are  he 
only  for  a  few  days,  before  returnir 
to  New  York.  In  tact,  I  asked  them  i 
dine  here.  Thanks  to  you,  the  tl 
looks  as  if  1  had  never  left  it  Han 
could  ne\'er  ha\'e  done  things  halt 
well  alone.  I  am  dccplv  in  your  del- 
Forgive  my  not  having  thanked  vc 
sooner. 

She:  (pleased)  I  loved  doing  it  Tell  m 
has  one  of  these  men  a  wife  with  hit 

He:  One  has  a  sister. 

She:  1  thought  one  would. 

He:  By  the  way,  she  wants  some  ja 
and  rose  quarts.  Where  is  the  bt 
place  to  go?  I've  foi gotten  the  nar 
ot  the  Chinaman  where  we  boug 
your  necklace  last  Chriscmas.  Can  \- 
tell  ;ne? 

She  :  (eagerly)  No,  but  1  know  the  sh 
when  I  sec  it  I'll  shov\'  you  and  th 
you  can  take  her 

He:  Thanks,  but  1  shouldn't  trouble  y 
to  di>  that  I  know  I  can  And  it  C 
Jackson  street  1  think  it  was.  (A  lo 
silence.  The  floor  is  streivn  ivith  L 
and  roses.  He  continues  nervous 
Awfully  good  to  hear  your  vo 
again 

She  :  (in  a  forced  "society"  tone)  Did  v 
enjoy  your  visit? 

He:  It  vvas  very  interesting.  I  acco 
plishcd  what  1  went  for.  See  y 
soon,  1  hope.  1  say,  what's  the  matt 

C'onttninMl  on  ptigr  M 


RCH,  1929 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Those  Were  the  Days 

Being  an  Account  of  San  Francisco's  Early  Waterfront 


FRANK  NoRRis,  IP  onc  of  his  shore 
stories,  made  the  observation  that, 
there  are  only  three  cities  in  the 
United  States  whose  people,  history, 
location,  color  and  general  atmosphere 
compound  themselves  to  produce  that 
illusive  stuff  of  which  good  stories  are 
made.  The  three  cities  are  New  York, 
New  Orleans  and  San  Francisco.  All 
three  are  seaport  towns — a  fact  ol 
tremendous  significance  to  rhe  subject  at 
hand. 

Of  the  three  waterfronts  that  of  San 
Francisco  with  its  Embaicadero,  its 
Fishei  man's  Wharf,  its  now  vanished 
Barbary  Coast  is,  perchance,  the  most 
favored  by  the  writers  of  sea  stories. 
Though  waterfronts  the  world  over  are 
notorious  for  their  dives,  resorts,  saloons, 
their  sometimes  tragic  pleasures,  their 
sinister  cruelties  and  intrigues,  their 
characters  and  personalities,  there  would 
seem  to  be  something  that  sets  this  one 
a  trifle  apart. 

Why  this  is  so  must  lie  in  the  begin- 
ning of  the  city's  maritime  history.  San 
Francisco's  waterfront,  like  the  city 
itself,  came  into  being  by  processes  ro- 
mantically contrary  to  the  usual  order  of 
things.  One  day  there  was  only  a  stretch 
of  open  shore  with  here  and  there  the 
fishing  boat  of  some  Spaniard  or  Indian. 
The  occasional  arrival  of  some  full  sized 
merchant  vessel  was  an  event  The  next 
day,  as  it  were,  ships  poured  into  the 
Bay  from  every  point  in  the  compass, 
laden  with  adventurous  gold  seekers. 
Presently,  there  were  wharves  and  docks, 
and  a  need  for  yet  more  wharves  and 
docks.  Between  the  years  i85o-'54,  such 
was  the  activity  of  the  port  that  it  at- 
tained major  importance  among  world 
ports.  It  was  notable  as  the  first  major 
American    port,   facing  Pacific    waters. 

▼       T       T 

BEFORE  the  indolent  Spaniards  and 
Indians  had  grasped  what  was  going 
on,  there  stood  a  waterfront  the  like  of 
which  did  not  quite  exist  in  any  other 
port  of  the  world.  It  had  become  the 
chosen  home  port  of  captains  and  sea- 
men, who  were  kings  among  their  kind 
for  their  sheer  daring,  ruthlessness  and 
resourcefulness  ashore  and  afloat.  For  in 
this  city  a  man  lived  by  sharp  wits  and 
quick  strong  fists  Lacking  one  or  both 
of  these,  he  did  not  live;  he  was  trampled 
underfoot.  Such  men  are  not  bred  in 
these  days  of  steel  and  engine  driven 
ships.  They  belong  alone  to  the  time  of 
sailing  craft  and  fast  clipper  ships. 

The  haunts  and  waterfront  world 
speedily  set  up  were  in  keeping  with  the 
men  they  existed  to  serve,  to  amuse  or 


By  ZOE  A.  BATTU 

prey  upon,  as  the  case  might  be.  It  was  a 
world  of  prodigious  glamor  It  lived  by 
laws  of  its  own  making,  different  from, 
and  in  many  cases  more  stark  and  ele- 
mental than  the  laws  of  the  hurly-burly 
city  of  which  it  was  a  part.  Its  language 
was  profanity  and  magnificently  spoken 
by  all  it  claimed  as  citizens.  Its  sins  were 
excessive  and  astounding.  Its  pathos 
tragically  touching.  It  was,  in  short,  the 
San  Francisco  waterfront  whose  hard 
fact  and  realism  have  been  transmuted 
into  fiction — good,  bad  and  indifferent 
— by  several  generations  of  American 
authors. 

Among  its  captains  was  a  certain 
Robert  "Bully"  Waterman,  who  flour- 
ished in  the  6o's  and  70's  and  who  may 
be  taken  as  typical  of  his  breed,  its  deeds 
and  philosophy.  As  a  very  young  man 
his  aggressiveness  and  daring  won  him 
command  of  The  Sea  Witch,  sailing  out 
of  New  York.  While  still  a  young  man, 
he  came  to  San  Francisco  and  was  given 
command  of  The  Challenge  of  this  city. 
Caution  was  no  patt  of  Waterman's 
makeup.  It  was  his  custom  to  give  his 
vessel  full  sail;  padlock  the  sheets  and 
put  rackings  in  the  halyards  to  prevent 
the  crew  from  shortening  sail.  Any  man, 
attempting  to  tamper  with  the  sails, 
once  Waterman  had  set  them,  was  lashed 
to  the  mast  and  soundly  thrashed  At 
one  time,  while  in  a  South  American 
port.  Waterman  took  on  an  Italian 
sailor,  who  subsequently  developed  gan- 
grene in  his  feet  and  was  unable  to  work. 
The  captain,  however,  insisted  that  he 
work  in  spite  of  his  condition.  When  the 
Italian's  efforts  to  do  so  did  not  meet 
with  Waterman's  approval,  he  deliber- 
ately flogged  him  to  death. 

This  was  too  much  tor  even  his  hard- 
ened Western  crew,  and  when  The  Chal- 
lenge got  into  San  Francisco  her  captain 
was  arrested  for  murder.  In  the  face  o( 
popular  indignation  over  the  case.  Wat- 
erman's counsel  boldly  bribed  the  judge 
and  jury  and  secured  an  acquittal.  But 
the  episode  marked  the  end  of  Water- 
man's career  as  a  captain.  So  great  was 
the  fear  of  his  cruelty  and  brutality  that 
no  crew  could  be  signed  up  to  sail  under 
him. 


Failing  in  the  business  of  being  a  hard 
task  master,  and,  upon  occasion,  a  mur- 
derer. Waterman  decided  upon  evangel- 
ism as  a  likely  and  profitable  field.  His 
preaching  of  the  gospel,  it  is  said,  was 
picturesque  and  not  unsuccessful.  One 
day,  though,  he  was  holding  services  on 
the  deck  of  a  docked  ship,  when  several 
men  who  had  sailed  with  hini  when  he 
killed  the  Italian,  happened  into  the 
audience.  They  promptly  seized  the 
captain-evangelist,  heaved  him  over- 
board and  held  him  beneath  the  water 
with  a  boat  hook.  It  was  with  difficulty 
that  the  police  rescued  him,  and  just  as 
he  was  upon  the  point  of  death.  After 
this  Waterman  conducted  his  evangelical 
meetings  well  away  from  the  water- 
front. 

T        T        T 

COINCIDENTAL  with  the  gold  rush, 
there  sprang  up  the  business  ot 
carrying  Chinese  coolies  between  the 
Orient  and  San  Francisco — an  activity 
which  quickly  becanie  one  of  the  major 
ones  of  the  port.  During  the  middle  Go's 
when  the  transcontinental  railroad  was 
being  built  and  there  was  always  a  readv 
demand  for  cheap  labor,  this  business 
grew  tremendously.  In  the  late  So's  and 
go's  anti-Oriental  immigration  laws 
put  it  under  the  ban  of  the  law,  but 
under  cover  it  continued  to  thrive 
amazingly.  The  coolies  were  taken  to 
Mexico  and  smuggled  over  the  border 
or  landed  from  small,  speedy  boats  in 
obscure  coves  along  the  coast.  To  some 
extent  the  traffic  still  exists.  During  its 
wide  open  days,  the  coolie  trade  escaped 
being  a  slave  trade  only  by  a  slight 
technicality. 

The  coolies  were  packed  into  the  hold 
like  sardines.  Filth,  vermin  and  disease 
ran  riot  The  unfortunate  wretches  were 
often  shown  less  consideration  than 
would  be  shown  animals  by  officers  and 
crews  Hardly  a  day  or  night  passed 
without  one  or  more  of  them  dying.  The 
bodies  were  fished  out;  sewed  up  in 
sacks;  weighted  down  with  ashes  and 
thrown  to  the  waves — and  the  sharks. 
Canvas  and  metal  weights  were  deemed 
too  valuable  to  waste  on  the  burial  of  a 
coolie.  A  Chinaman  was  not  then  a  per- 
son   He  was  merely  a  Chinaman. 

But  for  all  of  these  bare  fisted,  high 
handed  tactics,  these  old  sea  captains 
were  universally  men  of  uncommon 
ability.  They  lived  in  a  day  when  their 
given  right  was  the  power  of  life  and 
death  over  those  they  commanded.  The 
navigation  of  sailing  ships  was  much 
more  complicated  than  that  of  present 

ContiniKHl  mi  jmRo  29 


MARCH,  1929 


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San  Francisco  Dock  in  the  60' s 

When  Clipper  Ships  Nosed  Each  Other  Along  the  Vallejo  Street  Waterfront 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

SLATliK-AMIiS  On  Kchruary  C».  in  San  I-"ranci;.a>. 
Ml^^  Frances  Ames,  dauRhter  of  Mrs  Preston  Scot  t ,  and 
Mr  William  A  Slater,  son  of  Mrs  William  A  Slateroi 
Mt    Kisct).  Neu   York 

SW  ITZI:R-C;R[ZG0R  V  On  February  9.  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Miss  Jane  GrcRory,  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
McC'lurc  CreRory  of  Piedmont,  and  Mr  F-'rank  Bdwards 
Swiizcr,  Nt>n  ol  Mr  and  Mrii.  William  A  Swiizcr  of  New 
York  and  Pasadena 


ENGAGEMENTS 

MOFI"ITT-P(^ND  Miss  Alice  Moffitt.  daughter  of 
Dr  and  Mrs  Hcrl>ert  Moffiit.  to  Mr  Edward  B.  Pond, 
son  of  the  late  Mr  and  Mrs.  Edward  B   Pond 

BARRETT-BLACKMAN  Miss  Gertrude  Barrett, 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  John  J  Barrett,  to  Mr  Rus- 
>cll  Go>rge  Blackman,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  George 
Blaekman  of  Beverley  Hills,  California. 

ROEDING-SUrrON  Mi^s  Eleanor  Louise  Roeding. 
daughter  of  Mrs  George  C.  Roeding  of  Piedmont,  to 
Mr  John  G-  Sutton  Jr..  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  John  G 
Suiton  of  San  I'rancisco  and  Menlo  Park. 

HEDGER-CLARK.  Miss  Adrienne  Hedger.  daughter 
of  Mrs.  Sumner  Hardy,  to  Mr  Baylies  Voorhies  Clark, 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Baylies  Coleman  Clark. 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Mr  and  Mrs  Richard  \'on  Warton,  the  latter  of 
whom  was  Miss  Rosano  Moran,  visited  San  Francisco 
last  month  and  were  domiciled  at  the  F-"airmont.  Mr.  and 
Mrs  von  Warton  make  their  home  in  Vienna- 
Mrs  Norman  McLaren  of  Paris,  who  spent  some  time 
in  San  Francisco  early  in  the  year,  was  entertained  by 
Mrs  James  Potter  Langhorne,  among  others,  during  her 
\isit  here- 

Mrs  Richard  Morrisson  Ireland,  the  former  Miss 
Erna  Herrman,  is  revisiting  her  home  in  San  Francisco 
from  Edinburgh.  Scotland,  where  she  now  makes  her 
home  Mrs  Ireland  is  with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs 
William  Herrmann,  and  is  being  much  entertained 

Mr  and  Mrs  1-rederick  P.  Craig  of  Short  Hills.  New 
Jersey  were  the  guests  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Samuel  Austin 
W'cKxJ  at  their  home  on  Presidio  Avenue  recently 

The  Duchess  of  Sermonetta  was  the  guest  of  Mrs, 
Robert  Hays  Smith  in  Burlingame  during  late  February. 
I  he  Duchess  also  visited  with  Mr  and  Mrs  Mountford 
S  Wilson  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  Joseph  Oliver  Tobin  during 
her  stay  in  Northern  California. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Powers  Hutchins  enjoyed  a  stay  with 
Mrs  Hutchins' sister.  Mrs.  Philip  Bowles  Mr  and  Mrs 
1  lutchins  arc  returning  shortly  to  their  home  in  London. 
Mr  and  Mrs.  John  A.  McNear  were  among  those  who 
entertained  for  the  London  visitors. 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  W  Crocker  entertained  a  house 
partv  at  their  Pebble  Beach  home  during  the  polo  season. 

Miss  D>minga  Russell  entertained  a  number  of  the 
debutante  set  at  a  dinner  given  at  the  home  of  her 
mother.  Mrs   Athcrton  Russell,  in  Green  street 

Mr  and  Mrs  Robert  B.  Henderson  celebrated  the 
third  anniversary  of  their  marriage  bv  giving  a  dinner 
party  at  the  Hotel  St  Francis  The  marriage  of  Mrs 
Jennie  Crocker  Whitrrian  and  Mr.  Henderson  tocik  place 
at  the  I  cmplcton  Crocker  home  in  I^urlingame  on 
January  30.  |Q2b. 

Miss  Eve  Taylor,  a  debutante  of  the  winter,  was  guest 
nt  honor  at  a  dinner  given  at  the  home  of  Miss  Grace 
I  lamilton  at  her  home  on  Washington  street 

The  winter  debutantes  were  again  entertained  at  a 
luncheon  at  the  (""rancisca  Club  given  by  Mrs  Charles 
A  Ciovc 

Miss  Ailecn  Tobin  and  Miss  Mariana  Casscrly  have 
returned  to  San  Mateo  from  New  York  where  they 
pavsed  the  winter 

Senator  Tallant  Tubbcs  entertained  a  dozen  friends  at 
dinner  at  his  Gough  street  apartment  recently. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Barnaby  C>>nrad  were  hosts  at  a  cos- 
tume party  at  their  San  Mateo  home  The  occasion  was 
in  httnor  of  their  niece.  Miss  F.lizabeth  Thompson  of 
Virginia  C»ypsy  costumes  were  worn 

Mrs  Whitelaw  Rcid  of  New  York  and  L^mdon  is  at 
Millbrac.  her  peninsula  home,  for  a  sojourn  of  a  few 
weeks  Mrs  Rcid  is  in  mourning  for  her  brother,  the  late 
Ogden  Mills 

Senator  J8mc^  D.  Phclan  gave  a  luncheon  party  at 
his  c<.untry  home.  Villa  Montalvo,  recently. 

Mr  Templcton  Crocker  was  host  at  a  musicalc  at  his 
opartmcntsin  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  The  artists  includwj 
Mr.  Harry  Peterson  and  Mr    Lev  Shorr 

Mr  arxj  Mrs  William  A  Magee  celebrated  the  fourth 
anniversary  of  their  marriage  last  month.  Mrs.  Magcc 
was  the  former  Miss  I-UJith  Grant 

On  the  cvt  of  her  wedding.  Miss  F'rances  Ames  was 
guest  of  honf>r  at  a  luncheon  given  by  Mrs  Gerald  Herr- 
man of  Sucramcnto  street. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Mofifitt  plan  to  leave  on  the 
I2th  inst.for  New  York  and  Europe,  planning  to  be 
away  seven  months.  In  April  they  will  join  the  yachting 
party  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Daniel  C,  Jackling.  The  party 
will  tour  the  Mediterranean 

Miss  Martha  Ransomc  and  her  fiance,  Mr  Decker 
McAllister  were  honor  guests  at  a  supper  party  given  by 
Miss  I'"rances  Baldwin  at  her  home  in  Stanford  C^)urt 

Mrs  Louis  Parrott  entertained  thirty  of  her  friends  at 
a  luncheon  given  in  the  Palm  Court  of  the  Palace  Hotel 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byington  f-ord  entertained  at  their 
Pebble  Beach  villa  recently  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Tirey  T.  Ford,  the  latter  of  whom  was  Miss  Elizabeth 
Foster  of  Boston.  Mass. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  and  Miss  Vere  dc  Vere 
Adams  were  among  the  many  who  entertained  at  din- 
ners during  Horse  Show  week,  later  taking  their  guests 
to  the  Show. 


Loneli/  Shorej> 

By  Edith  Summeny  Kelley 
OJ  a  winter  ei'enif\o  in  the  little  seaside 

toU'fty 

The  barracks  of  the  summer  Jolk  are 
desolate  and  stark! 
No  sunshade  blossoms  on  the  beach,  no 
limbs  of  burnished  browa^, 
No  band  in  the  bleak  little  park. 

Only  the  wind  whips  into  the  street  and 
whirlj 
Waste  paper  and  dust,   and  empty 
windows  stares! 
And  oifer  the  rocks  the  Joani  of  the  high 
tide  water  curU, 
And  the  sea  is  long  and  gray  and  a 
wet  sea  chill  in  the  aii^. 

But  underneath  the  hill  the  little  fisher 
huts  are  snug 
In  palings  and  in  hedges,  with  i'ines 
about  the  ea^'ed, 
ffith  woodsmoke  on  the  air  and  at  the 
door  a  braided  rug. 
And  little  lanes  are  soft  to  tread  be' 
neath  the  Jailing  leai'e,) 


Miss  Claudine  Spreckels  and  her  (lance.  Mr,  George 
Montgomery,  are  being  extensively  entertained  to  ttieir 
marriage  which  will  take  place  after  Easter  Miss  Flor- 
ence L(K>mis  of  Burlingame.  Mr.  and  Mrs  Albert  Simp- 
s<)n,  C'aptain  and  Mrs,  Powers  Symington.  Mr.  and  Mrs 
l^'rank  Drum  and  Miss  Jean  Ferris  are  among  those  who 
have  entertained  for  the  engaged  couple 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Walsh  have  taken  possession 
of  their  new  San  Mateo  home,  on  the  site  of  the  old 
Barneson  property. 

I  he  Honorable  Richard  Tobin.  Minister  to  The 
Netherlands,  who  passed  the  winter  at  the  home  of  his 
sister,  Mrs  Tobin  Clark,  in  San  Mateo,  has  returned  to 
hispost  at   The  Hague 

The  Count  and  Omntess  von  Wurmbrand  and  the 
Cxjuntess'  father.  Mr  Walter  S,  hiler.  are  in  Puns  where 
they  have  rejfiined  Mrs  Waller  l-"iler  The  family  will 
spend  the  summer  on  the  Cxmtinent 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Clemens  L  Horst.  who  are  abroad  on 
their  Wedding  trip,  are  visiting  Mrs  Horst's  parents. 
Mr  and  Mrs  Paul  R   G   Horst  at  their  home  in  Pans. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Paul  Pennoyer  and  Mrs  Pennover's 
father,  Mr  J  Pierpont  Morgan,  sailed  recently  from 
New  York  for  Europe 

Mr  and  Mrs  J.D  (irani  are  at  Cannes  for  the  winter 
season. 

Mrs  Pohli-McLe<xi  is  in  Berlin  and  will  remain  in  the 
German  capital  until  early  spring,  studying  art. 

Mrs  William  J,  Younger  nas  returned  to  her  apart- 
ments on  the  Rue  IV»isscrie.  in  Paris,  after  wintering  in 
Son  Franciscc) 

Hugh  McKcnzic  was  a  recent  visitor  in  Naples 


"San  Francisco  Follies  (jf  1*^2*-)"  is  the  title  chosen  for 
the  charily  performance  to  be  given  at  Dreamland  on 
April  2  and  i  by  members  of  the  Mardi  Gras  Cfjmmittee 
of  the  C-hildren's  Hospital.  This  performance  takes  the 
place  of  the  usual  Mardi  Gras  ball 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Stewart  Djwcry  gave  a  dinner  dance  ar 
Tail 's-at-t he-Beach  recently  in  honor  of  their  dcbuianiu 
niece.  Miss  Eve  Taylor 

Mr  and  Mrs  James  K,  .Armsby  and  Mrs  Ralph 
Palmer  ha\e  relumed  to  California  from  the  East.  They 
made  the  home  trip  by  way  of  Panama 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Henry  Potter  Russell  (Helen  Crt>ckcr,) 
are  arriving  in  Burlingame  shortly  from  London 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mr.  and  Mr--  F-elt<)n  Elkins  are  in  the  South  of  Franev 
where  the\  will  remain  for  some  months. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Michel  Weill  will  spend  the  spring  and 
summer  months  in  Paris 

Dr.  Milliecnt  C^osgrave.  after  passing  the  winter  in 
New  York  with  her  brother  and  sister-in-law.  Mr  and 
Mrs.  John  O'Hara  Cosgrave.  has  returned  to  her  home 
in  Versailles- 

Mrs.  Martin  Regensburger  is  en  route  to  Europe 
where  she  plans  to  cruise  on  the  Mediterranean  and  later 
tour  the  Continent. 

Mr.  Harold  McElroy  Richardson  and  Mr,  Sewell 
Barilctt  Howard  sailed  from  San  Francisco  for  Italy,  via 
the  Canal  recently.  They  will  not  return  to  California 
until  September 

Mrs.  Clara  Huntington  and  her  family  are  sailing  U-t 
Europe  next  month  and  will  travel  abroad  all  summer. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mr  and  Mrs  E  M  Mills  and  their  two  daughters, 
the  Misses  Dorothy  and  Gwladys  Mills  are  in  New  York 
and  Washington  for  a  visit  of  several  weeks. 

Mrs,  Ernest  Hcebner  is  in  New  York  for  an  indefiniiL 
period. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ernest  Folger  are  in  New  York  uhert 
they  will  visit  with  their  daughter,  Mrs  Cyril  McNear, 
before  sailing  for  a  Mediterranean  cruise. 

Miss  Cornelia  Armsby  entertained  a  group  of  friend> 
at  luncheon  at  the  Savoy-Plaza 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  Randolph  Hearst  entertained 
at  their  Riverside  Drive  apartment  recently  in  honor  nj 
the  Grand  Duchess  Marie  of  Russia 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  Crocker  were  guests  of  EIwixkI 
Rice  in  New  York  recently. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  B,  P.  Anderson  were  recently  guests  at 
the  BiUm<->rc. 

Mrs  Washington  has  been  passing  the  winter  at  the 
Plaza  1  loicl  and  will  go  on  to  Palm  Beach  shortly. 

Mrs  Charles  Hobbs  and  her  mother.  Mrs.  F.  S  Loop, 
are  in  New  ^'ork  and  are  !ea\ing  soon  for  a  trip  to 
I  lavana. 

Mrs.  Paul  Amory.  the  former  Mrs.  Raymond  T. 
Baker,  was  one  of  the  guests  at  the  mustcale  given  by 
Mr  .Addison  Mizner 

\1r  and  Mrs  Oscar  C(K)per  were  among  those  *ho 
attended  the  dinner  dance  given  by  Dr  and  Mrs  George 
Draper  in  their  new  apartments  on  I-ifth  Avenue.  The 
new  apartment  house  has  been  built  on  the  site  of  the 
former  C^lark  mansion 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mrs  Richard  Derby  recently  enjoyed  a  stay  at  Palm 
Springs 

Mrs  Reginald  Cxiurtenay  Jenkins  spent  some  time  at 
Duarte  during  late  February. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Eli  Weil  recently  spent  a  fortnight  in 
Arizona 

Mrs  Adolphus  Maltby  spent  several  days  m  Santa 
Barbara  where  she  was  a  guest  at  El  Mirasol  Miss 
Phoebe  Maltb\'  is  attending  a  schcxil  in  Santa  Barbara- 
Mrs  Robert  Oxnard  has  taken  a  house  in  Montecito 
for  the  winter 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Sidney  Van  Wyck  have  been  visiting  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  stale  and  passed  a  few  days  at 
the  Hotel  Ahwahnee  in  the  ^'osemite  Valley. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Georges  dc  Latour  spent  a  fortnight  al 
Palm  Springs 

Mrs.  Richard  Schlesingcr  and  Miss  Helen  Slater 
visited  with  friends  m  Santa  Barbara  during  February. 

Miss  F-rancesca  Deerina  has  been  the  gue«t  of  Mrs. 
RE  Rogers  at  licvcrley  Hills  and  has  also  been  visiting 
Mr  and  Mrs  I  ienry  Stevenson  at  their  Los  Angeles 
home. 

Mr  William  Byrnes  and  his  daughters  spent  three 
weeks  at  Palm  Springs  \  lis  daughters.  Mrs  Fabian 
Mc(^arthy  and  tne  Misses  Gertrude  and  Kathleen 
I^yrncs,  occompRnicI  their  father. 


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Mrs.  George  Gordon  Moore 

From  a  Portrait  by  the  Noted  Venetian  Painter,  Lulo  de  Blaas 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


CLOTHES  arc  no  longer  chc  sole 
arbiter  and  expression  of  the 
mode  Physical  fitness,  mental 
attitude  and  cultural  poise  ha\'e  as 
much  to  do  with  1929  fashions  as  the 
outward  gesture  of  apparel. 

Uneasy  Victorians,  reluctant  to 
admit  they  were  ever  composed  of 
more  than  head,  hands  and  feet  mys- 
teriously attached  to  the  costume  of 
the  moment,  display  a  somewhat 
hysterical  tendency  to  hlame  this 
ruthless  betrayal  ot  the  Age  of  Inno- 
cence on  the  very  convenient  younger 
generation  But  the  fact  of  the  matter 
is  that  the  much  limelighted  younger 
generation  has  had  as  little  to  do  with 
the  novel  admission  of  a  corporeal 
body  as  that  pagan  truth  has  had 
much  to  with  them 

Their  slim,  bronzed  bodies,  upon 
which  the  abbreviated  fashions  of  the 
times  are  built,  are  the  instruments  of 
an  idea  which  was  seeded  in  Greece  so 
many  centuries  ago  that  we  shall  not 
even  bother  to  get  out  our  dusty 
Bricannica  to  look  it  up  Buried  in  the 
cnrichcning  ruins  of  Olympic  Greece 
.  .  nourished  by  neglect  .  .  .  fertilized 
bv  the  forced,  inward  growing  of  the 
play  instinct,  the  deeply  rooted  seeds 
nave  blossomed  forth  in  a  startling  reve- 
lation of  forgotten  beauty 

It  has  been  a  long  time,  even  when 
reckoned  in  centuries,   since  youth  has 


Fashions 

in 
Physiques 

Recognizing  the 

Current  Return 

to 

Grecian  Simplicity 

♦ 

By  VIRGINIA  JOHNSON 


had  its  fling  \Vc  don't  claim  to  be  a 
student  of  history  ...  we  would  have  to 
stand  by  helplessly  and  see  our  innocent, 
unprotected  arguments  wiped  out  if  anv 
authority  should  take  exception  to  such 


^^ 


ru 


ru^ 


assertations  .  it  is  mcrclv  a  fri\-olouN 
instinct  trained  in  the  pursuit  ot  fads 
and  fancies  which  tells  us  youth  is 
about  to  catch  up  with  the  centuries 
of  lost  play 

In  three  years  time  the  modern  re 
\ival  of  sun  worship  has  spread  from 
the  bleached  sands  ot  the  Lido  to 
c\'cr\-  fashionable  corner  ot  the  earth 
(and  goodness  kno\.\'s  c\'en  Goshen 
J  unction  is  fashionable  today  ).Thirstv, 
clothes-strangled  bodies  have  taken  in 
long,  greedy,  revitalizing  draughts  ot 
sun-cleansed  air.  An  infectious  joy  in 
the  mere  act  of  living  has  been  the 
tonic  result  All  up  and  down  the 
sunnv  side  of  the  world  the  cult  has 
lournicd  v\ith  religious  ttr\or,  aban- 
doning, as  it  ad\-anced,  every  artifici- 
ality that  impeded  its  joyous  progress 
toward  physical  freedom. 

True,  the  seeds  were  germinating 
a  few  seasons  before  the  sun  was 
discovered.  Youth  was  beginning  to 
rebel  against  the  inevitability  of 
growing  up  even  at  that  date  The 
initial  act  of  emancipation,  which  has 
passed  into  history  now,  was  the  dis- 
carding of  corsets  And  what  influence 

ever  cast   a    more   dire   shadow   across 

the  play  instinct  than  the    imprisoning 

whalebone' 

What  an  outcrv  went  up  from  the  late 

X'ictorians  when  that  bulwark  ol  \irtue 


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was  removed.  Surely,  no  further  dis- 
grace could  be  added  to  tine  long  list  ot 
sins  and  omissions  with  which  the  now 
famous  younger  generation  was  damn- 
ing itself.  But  the  wayward  infants  con- 
tinued to  flourish  and  were  healthier  than 
their  God  fearing  forefathers  .  .  .  even 
when  skirts  soared  upward  as  dizzily  as 
the  market  with  the  hulls  in  control. 


T 


iiF  first  generation  to  taste  the  heady 
___  wine  of  freedom  quite  naturally 
drank  so  deeply  that  their  playfulness 
invoked  the  wrathy  judgment  of  their 
thoroughly  grown  up  elders.  But  in  due 
course  of  time,  when  the  into.xication 
had  worn  off.  the  play  instinct,  released 
from  the  too-weighty  dignity  of  an  en- 
cumbering clothes  consciousness,  re- 
turned to  the  first  normalcy  it  had  known 
since  the  days  of  Greece  And  the  games 
Greece  had  played,  augmented  by  mod- 
ern contributions  from  more  recent  civ- 
ilizations, have  become  the  ritual  of  the 
new  religion 

Just  as  the  Athenians  developed  a 
worship  of  physical  perfection  (our 
faulty  memory  of  Ancient  History  per- 
mits us  to  mention  the  Olympic  games 
.  .  .  the  famous  gymnasiums  entirely 
Grecian  in  origin  .  .  .  the  first  prize 
fights  as  proof  of  our  statement),  so 
moderns  are  encouraging  a  healthy  in- 
terest in  physical  aesthetics.  So  much  so 
that  we  have  heard  college  professors 
view  the  situation  with  alarm.  We  are 
developing  the  body  instead  of  the  mind, 
they  say,  and  cite  the  colossal  stadiums 
around  which  college  life  revolves. 

Which  suggests  another  interesting 
evolution,  since  the  building  of  these 
huge  stages  for  our  games  argues  a  con- 
sent on  the  part  of  taxpayers  to  the 
athletic  conduct  of  their  children.  Not 
only  do  they  sanction  the  gaming  spirit 
of  their  offspring  .  .  .  they  are  actually 
imitating.  More  than  that,  they  are 
learning  to  play  with  an  artistic  abandon 
that  was  lacking  even  in  their  compara- 
tively carefree  childhood.  The  children 
of  the  past  few  civilizations  were  never 
allowed  to  forget  that  serious  tasks  lay 
only  a  few  years  ahead  ot  them  It  was  a 
duty  to  play  while  they  could.  Just  con- 
sider the  amazing  increase  in  fairway 
mileage  within  the  past  two  or  three 
years  if  you  would  realize  the  change  in 
habit  of  the  supposedly  more  settled 
generations 

This  discourse  on  modern  mannerisms 
and  health  conditions  may  seem  a  long 
and  winding  approach  to  the  subject  of 
fashionable  apparel  but  we  contend  that 
any  style  report  today  is  of  negligible 
value  if  it  speaks  only  in  terms  of 
clothes.  Outer  garments  are  rapidly  be- 
coming a  means  of  expressing  body 
Heaucy  and  a  mind  set  to  modern  tempo. 

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EEiNG  California  first 
^  has  become  a  major 
sport.  Native  sons 
and  daughters  are  dis- 
covcrinj^  and  re-dis- 
covering their  colorful 
state  along  with  fash- 
ionable tourists  from 
all  over  the  world.  Glamorous  accounts 
of  far- Western  resorts  are  heard  from 
Naples  to  Cairo.  The  lure  of  variety  .  .  . 
the  contrast  of  Alpine  snows  and  blister- 
ing deserts  .  .  .  the  restfulncss  of  balmy 
valleys  and  green  mountains  all  within  a 
few  hours  of  each  other  stirs  the  most 
tired  imagination. 


VARIETY  of  climatecalls 
for  variety  of  ward- 
robe, too.  Perhaps 
that  is  one  of  Cali- 
fornia's chief  appeals 
to  the  world's  best 
dressed  fashionables. 
Certainly  it  is  one  of 
the  reasons  for  the  cosmopolitan  diver- 
sity of  The  White  House  fashions.  Not- 
ables from  every  corner  of  the  globe  are 
assembling  their  California  wardrobes 
at  The  White  House  deeming  it  foolish 
to  burden  themselves  before  arriving 
when  their  smart  needs  are  perfectly  an- 
ticipated here.  The  White  House  label  is 
an  international  assurance  of  chic. 


ALM  Springs,  the 
mountain  sheltered 
desert  oasis,  offers 
nearly  two  more 
months  cif  ideal  sun- 
tanning  conditions 
before  the  season 
closes  the  last  of  April . 
Under  its  invigorating  suns  the  most  en- 
gaging of  sun-costumes  and  coppery 
complexions  blossom  forth  with  tropi 
cal  spontaneity  A  Migrator  Wardrobe 
Hat  Box  will  hold  all  you  need  for  a 
week  end  or  month  Naturally  you  u'ill 
include  the  new  overall  sun-bathing 
suits,  entirely  backless,  except  for  two 


crossed  straps 


o^ m   -^ [-TUNIC    of    matching 

T/l  ^^Inb  yellow  jersey  striped 
^  ^^^»  n  in  persimmon  is  worn 
over  the  youthfully 
brief  jumpers  if  one 
is  at  all  bashful.  On 
the  tennis  courts  you 
will  naturally  make 
the  most  of  the  smart  opportunity  to 
wear  backless  tennis  frocks.  A  soft  ribbed 
silk  of  cactus  green  worn  with  a  red  silk 
belt  is  well  chosen.  On  the  bridle  path 
(oh,  yes,  this  is  a  civilized  desert !)  natural 
or  white  linen  breeches  and  coat  are  both 
comfortable  and  correct.  Sportswear  is 
the  modern  Bedouin's  regalia. 


i  iJ 


:=^^^^^r^  EL  Monte  has  a 
^^1  S^^  slightly  more  formal 
^^^M  ^^k  costume  repertoire 
^^^1  ^1  (though  Palm  Spring 
nights  are  formal, 
too  )  Golf  being  the 
piece  de  resistance  for 
both  tired  business 
man  and  traveling  prince  at  this  famous 
coast  resort,  the  feminine  golfer  sees  that 
her  fairway  costumes  are  in  the  best  of 
form.  Sweaters,  variously  patterned  in 
geometries  with  skirts  of  matching  hue 
make  an  irreproachable  ensemble  when 
worn  with  The  White  House'  exclusive 
Knapp-felt  hats  and  specially  constructed 
oxfords    .  .  costumes  for  style  experts 


AUNTY  checked  ging- 
ham suits  will  per- 
suade you  to  plan 
your  "resorting"  ac- 
cording to  costume 
The  RcdwoodEmpire 
along  the  smooth 
Redwood  Highway 
leading  northward  to  Canada,  with  its 
luxuriously  equipped  resort-hotels  offers 
a  fitting  background  for  these  piquant 
ginghams  and  every  fashion  that  may 
take  your  fancy,  as  well  as  classic  sports- 
wear The  White  House,  of  course,  is 
the  hrst  stop  in  the  California  itinerar\- 
whether  the  road  leads  to  the  desert  or 
snow-peaked  Sierras. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

PICK  up  any  fashion  magazine  and  re- 
view the  doings  of  the  set  considered 
smart  .  .  .  those  people  whose  monied 
leisure  switches  the  spotlight  of  public 
curiosity  upon  their  manner  of  living. 
What  they  think,  do  and  approve  one 
season  is  automatically  taken  up  the  fol- 
lowing year  by  the  observing  millions. 
For  three  summers  and  winters  they  have 
followed  the  sun  around  the  globe  .  .  . 
alternating  the  Riviera  with  the  lately 
popularized  California  resorts  .  .  .  wher- 
ever the  sun  was  warmest.  A  recent 
issue  of  a  well  known  style-source  period- 
ical shows  fascinating  photographic 
glimpses  of  certain  ultra  smart  "inter- 
nationals" at  play.  A  gymnasium  in- 
structor is  with  them,  putting  the  lithe, 
graceful  women  and  their  agile  mascu- 
line partners  through  breathtaking  acro- 
batics. Their  rythmic  bodies  .  .  .  the 
rippling  ease  of  each  movement  .  .  the 
radiant  youngness  of  these  women,  some 
of  whom  have  been  in  the  social  eye  for 
twenty,  thirty  and  yes,  forty  years  is  a 
testimonial  that  is  going  to  make  Mrs. 
Main  Street,  who  is  watching  the  grey 
hairs  creep  up  in  paralyzed  horror,  leap 
to  action.  "If  they  can  do  it  I  guess  1  can, 
too,"  is  her  reactionary  thought.  And, 
of  course,  last  year,  and  this  year  more 
than  ever,  every  shop  girl  and  milliner's 
apprentice  looks  as  though  her  nearest  ol 
kin  might  be  a  full  blooded  native  of 
Madagascar.  They  are  as  instinctive  as 
kittens  in  their  style  reactions. 

Which  makes  us  wonder  why  the  first 
sunburn-ites,  whose  financial  status  al- 
lows them  to  take  pride  in  their  cxclu- 
sivcness,  have  not  begun  to  bleach  out 
long  before  this.  So  far,  however,  the 
fashion-sensitive  market  yields  but  one 
bleaching  cosinetic  to  half-a-hundred 
suntan  preparations,  with  no  faintest 
hint  of  approaching  lily-whiteness. 

The  smartest,  highest  priced  apparel 
as  well  as  the  innumerable  shops  of 
"moderately  priced  garments,"  to  quote 
the  advertisements,  arc  dedicated  whole 
heartedly  to  the  furtherance  of  suntan- 
ning.  This  startling  exception  to  the 
almost  unvaried  rule  of  the  fashion  game 
.  .  .  that  what  is  right  for  the  exclusive 
few  one  season,  is  right  for  the  modish 
multitude  the  following  season,  and 
therefore  wrong  for  the  original  spon- 
sors .  .  .  gives  the  seasoned  style  scout 
something  to  think  about,  and  further 
supports  that  instinctive  hunch  men- 
tioned earlier,  that  youth  is  going  to 
play  a  while  in  spite  of  real  or  imagined 
opposition.  And,  for  the  most  part,  all 
apparent  opposition  has  been  converted, 
or  at  least,  betraved_b\'  the  perfectU'  nat- 
ural desire  to  enjoy  lite,  to  such  an  extent 
that  it  has  become  smart  to  play 

It  is  an  unusual  merchant  or  stylist 
who  does  not  know  the  pulse  of  the 
times.  And  they  are  all  laying  their  best 
bets  on  youth,  as  their  advertisements 
spare  no  pains  to  let  you  know.  Theirs 


MARCH,  1929 

not  to  question  .  ,  ,  theirs  but  to  buy  and 
buy  what  the  public  wants.  And  the  pub- 
Uc  most  emphatically  wants  costumes 
in  which  it  may  goU  with  the  least  num- 
ber of  whiffs  to  the  stroke,  play  tennis 
blithely  and  brilliantly,  swim  like  a 
water  baby,  ride  with  pure  pleasure, 
dance  and  cocktail  and  dine  with  ease 
and  the  elegance  befitting  a  beautifully 
god-like  race 

Morals  and  modes  both  seem  to  be 
reduced  to  the  final  essentials,  which  per- 
haps explains  why  a  body  ot  Grecian 
proportions  and  a  handful  ot  bathing 
suit  is  more  to  be  desired  by  this  season's 
debutante  than  a  trunktul  ot  Paris  origi- 
nals. ^    "    " 

Robinson  and  Una  Jefters 

Coiitiluu-il  from  pagf  lb 

Since  his  marriage,  he  has  developed  a 
profound  interest  in  natural  objects  and 
scenery,  in  which  Una  Jeflers  revels  No 
doubt,  she  has  influenced  him  in  that 
direction  Also,  she  has  an  acute  instinct 
for  seizing  dramatic  moments  ot  hunian 
clashes  and  reactions  from  which  he  as  a 
writer  profits  considerably  She  is  to  him 
simultaneously  vvite,  mother,  and  man- 
ager of  his  talents.  She  not  only  gave 
him  eyes  and  ears  and  arranged  his  lite 
for  him,  but,  to  go  much  deeper  into  the 
problem  of  his  personality,  she  has — 
consciously  or  unconsciously — counter- 
acted his  intense  introversion  and  saved 
him  from  its  consequences. 


29 


Nowadays  It's  Yachting 

YACHTING  is  undoubtedly  the  com- 
ing sport.  With  the  hundreds  of 
miles  ot  cruising  shore  San  Francisco 
bay  offers  an  outlet  doubly  appre- 
ciated in  these  days  ot  crowded  high- 
ways. Though  it  is  still  much  in  its 
infancy,  pleasure  boating  has  increased 
by  leaps  and  bounds  in  this  region  the 
last  tew  years.  The  development  of 
the  outboard  motor  has  helped  greatly 
for  it  gives  the  amateur  a  chance  to 
try  his  wings  in  a  sport  that  has  no 
limits  to  its  possibilities.  Sooner  or 
later  he  turns  to  larger  craft  in  which 
the  lure  ot  the  cruise  to  new  and  dis- 
tant places  beckons.  Or,  if  in  his 
blood  there  is  a  desire  for  romance 
and  thrill,  he  finds  it  in  that  oldest 
and  finest  sport  of  sailing. 

The  enlargement  ot  the  San  Fran- 
cisco yacht  harbor  and  the  establish- 
ment of  the  St  Francis  Yacht  Club  at 
the  city's  edge  have  given  added  in- 


centive to  water  sports  on  this  Bay, 
which  affords  four  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  of  inland  waters  and  seven 
active  yacht  clubs  at  strategic  points. 
Beginning  with  the  April  issue, 
The  San  Franciscan  will  conduct  a 
Yachting  Department  dedicated  to 
the  development  of  boating  on  San 
Francisco  Bay  By  means  of  articles 
and  illustrations,  we  hope  to  help 
San  Franciscans  avail  themselves  of 
the  pleasure  resources  at  their  com- 
mand. 


Those  Were  the  Days 

C'untinucd  from  ]mK<^  22 

day  vessels,  where  everything  is  reduced 
to  an  almost  infallible,  mechanized  for- 
mula and  all  risks  minimized  to  a  low 
poinr.  The  seas  were  not  traveled  to 
the  present  e.xtent  There  was  no  radio 
or  wireless  by  which  to  summon  help  in 
emergencies.  In  a  crisis  a  captain  had  to 
rely  upon  himself,  alone,  which  required 
a  thorough  mastery  of  navigation  Old 
time  sea  captains,  in  spite  of  their  mis- 
deeds and  small  inconsistencies,  were  liis- 
tinctly  persons  ot  importance  They 
were  entitled  to  wear  with  all  possible 
dignity  the  tall  silk  or  beaver  hats  and 
fine  uniforms,  by  which  they  were  iden- 
tified, as  rhey  strode  along  the  waterfront 
in  the  fifties,  the  sixties, seventies, eighties 
and  even  into  the  memorable  nineties 


William  D.  McCann 


INTERIOR  DECORATION 


Reproductions  and  Antique  Furniturej> 

Antique  Spanish  Doord 

Metal  Grill  J 


SUTTER  4444 
SAN  FRANCISCO 
404  POST  STREET 


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THEiSAN  FRANCISCAN 


FINE  ANTIQUES 

.  .  .  for  the  collector  .  .  .  a/ir/ 
to  beautify  the  modern  home 


From  the  outlying  shires  of  England,  and  from  the  con- 
tinent we  have  gathered  together  a  collection  of  antique 
pieces  .  .  .  the  most  complete  of  its  kind,  we  believe,  ever 
assembled  in  San  Francisco.  These  pieces  will  prove  an 
unending  source  of  inspiration  to  the  lover  of  fine 
antiques,  who  appreciates  their  intrinsic  beauty,  their 
old  world  artistry,  the  fine  matching  of  selected  woods> 
the  minute  detailings  ...  as  well  as  their 
historical  significance. 


lie  cordially  hivite  your 
i>ispection  of  the  many 
interesting  specimens  of 
period  Antiques  and 
Reproductions  in  our 
oilarged  department  of 
Antiques  and  Repro- 
ductions 0)1  the  Fourth 
Floor. 


Sketched: 

One  ot  a  set  cit  match  llepple- 

white  shield  back  dining  ch.iirs, 

consistinL'  ot  ten  side  chairs  and 

twfi  arm  chairs. 


CITY  Ol-  PARIS 

l)eparlme)it  <ij  Anliques 
and  Reproduction 
FOlirril  FLOOR 


J^aris 


"The  Front  Page" 

C'ontimird  from  i)af;c  !> 

lines  which  bring  laughs  that  can  only 
be  characterized  as  horrifying.  It  may  be, 
of  course,  that  the  authors  did  nor  intend 
that  these  were  to  be  laughed  at,  it  also 
may  be  that  the  audience  by  this  time 
has  grown  too  confused  to  differentiate 
between  what  is  amusing  and  what  is 
appalling.  But  the  fact  remains  that  the 
entire  first  act  is  drowned  in  shouts  of 
unqualified  merriment.  The  comedy  of 
the  play  is  built  around  the  lavatory,  its 
humor  around  the  shadow  of  the  scaf- 
fold. This  first  act  ends  in  a  real  theatri- 
cal thrill,  keyed,  however,  to  a  high 
point  that  the  rest  of  the  play  is  never 
quite  able  to  top.  The  second  act  has 
another  dramatic  surprise  which  it 
would  be  unfair  to  divulge  but  it  grows 
in  hysteria  and  almost  incoherence  until 
it  verges  upon  the  farcial.  Even  so,  this 
^econd  act,  packed  too  full  of  action  as 
it  is,  would  have  been  effective  if  the  1 1 
third  act  had  been  set  to  a  note  of  ' 
quiet  tenseness.  The  wretch,  hidden  in 
the  reporters'  room,  while  the  characters 
in  the  play  mill  in  and  out,  is  material 
enough  for  breath-taking  suspense  But  i 
the  whirlwind  of  incident  and  fast 
tempo  continues  until  the  audience  for- 
gets to  be  concerned  for  the  safety  of  the 
man  who  has  escaped  from  the  death 
house  This  tempo  is  only  slackened  in 
time  for  an  ending  which  convinces  one 
that  this  bitterest  of  all  plays  is  to  end  on 
a  note  of  sheer  sentimentality  Can  it  be 
that  the  authors  are  suddenly  resolved  to 
let  their  opus  go  hokum?  By  no  means. 
With  the  stage  cleared  of  everybody  I  i 
except  the  "head  man"  of  yellow  jour-  ' 
nalism  a  tag  line  is  wafted  over  the  toot- 
lights  into  which  is  compressed  all  the 
play's  withering  cynicism  But  it  is  a  11 
relatively  uniniportant  short  and  uglv 
word  that  makes  the  audienc  first  gasp 
and  then  break  into  a  final  shout  ol 
laughter,  not  the  diabolic  essence  of  the 
line  u'hich  proves  that  in  our  civilization 
there  is  not  even  honor  among  thieves. 

The  cast  was  of  such  unified  excellence  1 1 
that  it  is  useless  to  speak  of  them  singly 
Everyone  contributed  his  bit  so  ctTcc- 
tively  that  even  the  smallest  characteri- 
zations stood  out,  or  rather,  stayed  per- 
fectly in  the  picture.  We  would  ha\c 
liked  to  have  seen  the  scrubwoman's 
mop  a  little  more  suggestive  ot  having 
been  dipped  in  the  bucket  and  occasion- 
ally run  o\er  the  floor.  And,  if  the  hero 
language  had  been  moie  forthright  when 
he  referred  to  himself  as  a  horse's  bustle 
ue  should  not  have  puzzled  so  long  on 
this  inscrutable  concession  to  the  pro- 
prieties in  a  play  that  u'enc  the  limit  in 
every  other  particular.  Bui  these  arc 
captious  criticisms  There  is  still  enough 
profanity  and  vulgarity  to  shock  the 
most  exacting  and  dirty  stories  in  num- 
bers to  delight  any  old  maid. 


MARCH,   1929 

THE  night  we  left  the  theatre  an  epi- 
logue was  being  spoken  on  the 
street.  A  score  of  newsboys  were  crying 
out:  "Extra!  Extra!  All  about  Asa 
Keyes  doing  the  iockstep!"  and  "Judge 
Hardy  to  be  impeached  by  the  Legisla- 
ture!" It  was  a  perfect  ending  to  a  per- 
fect play. 


The  Countess  Descends 

Contilulpd  from  page  IS 

ze  president  of  ze  Bank  of  Italy,"  quoth 
the  raven  evtr  more.  To  the  bank  we 
went.  I  waited  without,  while  the  great 
conferred  within.  I  waited  and  fumed 
and  communed  with  an  angry  and  a  no 
longer  servile  soul.  The  great  American 
worm  had  turned.  It  was  i  .iS,  twelve 
American  patriots  and  Mayflower 
descendants  had  been  kept  waiting  one 
hour  and  fifteen  minutes  in  "my  little 
gray  home  in  the  west.  "I  saw  red,  white, 
blue,  and  stars!  I  hailed  a  street  urchin,  com 
manded  him  to  descend  upon  the  bank 
and  loot  it  of  its  nobility.  He  submitted 
but  came  out  of  the  conflict  looking 
deathly  pale.  "She  says  Ma'm  she'll 
come  in  a  coupla  seconds  when  she's 
ready." 


SHE  came — glance  met  glance,  but 
alas  nobody  turned  to  stone.  "That 
is  really  too  bad  of  you.  Just  when  I 
come  to  ze  important  part,  you  inter- 
rupt. This  interview,  it  interests  me, 
this  mean  something,  the  rest  it  mean 
nothing.  Christopher  Colomh,  it  is  too 
bad  ot  you." 

I  batted  not  a  lash,  but  sped  at  fifty- 
five  miles  an  hour,  past  cable  cars, 
trucks,  up  hill  and  down.  The  great  little 
generalissimo  seemed  to  realize  that  her 
lite  was  in  my  hands.  She  began  to  bill 
and  coo,  to  compliment  me  on  my  so 
audacious  driving,  to  refer  to  the  great 
generosity  of  our  mutual  friend,  my  so 
great  kindness.  Nothing  mattered,  it  was 
too  late  for  lunch  or  cajolery.  I  slowed 
up  only  at  my  threshold.  I  push  out  in 
front  of  her.  I  rush  up  my  steps  to  greet 
those  "who  only  stand  and  wait."  I 
groan,  I  feel  like  a  maddened  impres- 
sario,  with  an  unruly  Jetitza.  I  rush  to 
the  laden  board  and  let  the  wop  shift  for 
herself.  Bring  on  the  soup,  down  with 
dynasties,  cabbages  and  kings. 

Long  live  the  "Star  Spangled  Man- 
ner," 

Remembrancej) 

iieas  oj  renieinbrancc.  1.1,'lierc  preal  u'rti'tv 
JFasli  clean  the  sands  of  ugli/  u'fc</j. 
And  sweeten  the  bitterest  oJ  days! 
I Jeel  i/our  hands  reach  out  to  nieJ, 
Across  the  vastness  of  the  sea. 

E.  L.  R. 


SAN  FRflNrf 


31 


CKUIS 


TOU  Pv 

to  Olew  dfork 

SPARKLING,  absorbing  shore  visits  in  ten  vividly  beautiful  Latin- 
American  Lands  distinguish  the  cruise-tour  of  the  Panama 
Alail  to  New  York.  .  .  .  There  is  no  boredom  ...  no  monotony  .  .  . 
only  restful  days  at  sea  amid  the  thousand  comforts  of  lu.xurious 
liners,  interspersed  with  never-to-be-forgotten  sojourns  in  Mexico, 
Guatemala,  Salvador,  Nicaragua,  Panama,  Colombia  and  Havana. 

Your  trip  on  the  Panama  Mail  becomes  a  complete  vacation.  .  .  .  For 
twenty-eight  days  your  ship  is  your  home  ...  on  tropic  seas  under 
the  gleaming  Southern  Cross  ...  in  quaint  ports  In  history's  hallowed 
lands.  .  .  .  And  yet  the  cruise-tour  costs  no  more  than  other  routes 
whereon  speed  overshadows  all  else  .  .  .  which  do  not  Include  The 
Lands  of  Long  Ago.  .  .  .  The  first  class  fare  to  New  York — outside 
cabin,  bed,  not  berth,  and  meals  Included  is  as  low  as  $275. 

Frequent  sailings — every  two  weeks  from  San  Francisco  and  Los 
Angeles — make  it  possible  to  go  any  time.  Reservations  should  be 
made  early,  however.  Write  today  for  folder. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


WALTER   P.   CHRYSLER,   head   of 
Chrysler  Motors  Corporation. 


NEWTON  I).  BAKER,  secretary  of 
War  during  President  Wilson's  ad- 
ministration. 


WALTER  HEAD,  president  of  the 
Boy  Scouts  of  America,  former  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Bankers'  As- 
sociation. 


I)R.  WILLIAM  E.  WEISS,  head  of 
Drug  Incorporated,  owners  of  2000 
chain  drug  stores  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada. 


WILLIAM  M.  MclLRAVY.  chair- 
man of  the  hoard  of  the  Barrett 
Ccimpany,  New  York. 


WILLIAM  B.  LEEDS.  JR.,  million- 
aire son  of  the  "tin  plate"  king. 


C.    D.    STIMSON.    Seattle    lumber 
magnate. 


ARTHUR  SMITH  of  Smith  Bros. 


PAUL  SHOUP 
President  of  the  Southern  Pacific 


These  are  a  few  of  the  prominent  national  figures  who  have 
gone  to  the  "business  man's  paradise"  on  board  the  S.S. 
Malolo,  that  giant  yacht  which  has  brought  the  Hawaiian 
Islands  within  four  days  of  San  Francisco  and  within  seven  or 
eight  days  of  Chicago  or  New  York.  Easterners  who  heretofore 
spent  the  winter  in  Bermuda  and  Florida  now  find  magical 
Hawaii  within  their  reach. 

Prominent  San  Franciscans  find  themselves  in  the  most  con- 
genial of  company  on  board  the  Malolo  for  its  speed  and  ex- 
cellent service  appeal  alike  to  financial  leaders  stealing  a  few- 
days  from  business  routine  and  the  socially  prominent  who 
deiTiand  the  niceties  of  luxury  whether  at  home  or  traveling. 

There  are  one  or  more  Matson  sailings  from  San  Francisco  to 
Hawaii  each  week  —  the    Malolo  sails  every  other  Saturday. 


Matson  Line 


Hawaii 


South  Seas 


Australia 


GENERAL  OFFICES:     2IS   MARKET  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
aUo  PORTLAND  •  SEATTLE  ■  LOS  ANGELES  •  DALLAS 
CHICAGO  •  NEW   YORK 


Comparisons  and  Indiscretions 

C'tmtinued  frum  ii:ig(?  10 

is  constantly  discovering  points  of 
esthetic  thinking,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
subtler  mystic  organism  that  transcends 
the  form  and  color,  sets  one  to  dreaming, 
and  through  its  associations  opens  end- 
less vistas 

T        T        T 

MANY  people  are  asking  today: 
"Why  has  this  modern  art  gained 
such  a  hold,  when  there's  so  little  in  it?" 
The  answers  are  not  so  simple  as  one 
may  imagine  First,  the  best  modern  art 
came  as  a  salutary  reaction  against  a  lot 
ot  piffle  Even  cubism,  which  has  out- 
lived its  usefulness,  was  a  lesson  in  clean- 
cut  line,  the  concern  ot  the  best  con- 
temporary art. 

Secondly,  one  must  remember  that 
Paris  is  the  hub  of  the  art  world,  and  its 
fiats  are  everywhere  taken  seriously. 
Also  that  the  vitality  of  the  French  has 
in  our  day  been  diminished  by  two  disas- 
trous wars  The  fact — tragic  and  un- 
deniable— ot  their  intellectual  decadence 
is  a  common  subject  ot  con\'ersation 
even  in  the  "advanced"  literary  salons. 
People  have  lacked  the  energy  to  contest 
hoaxes  upon  them  by  the  unscrupulous 
picture  dealers  who,  through  a  clever 
system,  backed  by  unstinted  capital, 
have  created  the  big  reputations  of  mod- 
ern art 

A  post-war  class  ot  the  uncultured, 
]iewly  rich  has  made  possible  a  situation 
described  thus  by  Andre  Lhote,  one  o! 
the  pioneers  of  Cubism,  who  are  now 
reacting  against  the  fads  they  them- 
seK'es  created;  "Snobism  and  specula- 
tion are  the  two  crutches  ot  modern 
painting  "  The  inimitable  Picasso  con- 
fided recently  to  the  critic  Adolphe 
Basler,  before  se\'eral  examples  ot  his 
most  unblushingly  commercial  period 
on  view  in  a  shop  window:  "Ah,  if  I 
might  only  redeem  these  cochonncrics^'''  ' 
1  bclie\'e  it  was  the  same  artist  who  de- 
clared that  the  time  was  come  to  return 
to  the  historical  painting.  Not  all  the 
I'cJcUcs  who  have  established  a  new 
idiom  are  content  to  remain  in  the 
primer  stage  of  it  The  armv  of  imita- 
tors, however,  continues  to  maintain 
that  .'^llah  is  Cezanne  and  Van  Gogh  is 
his  prophet  It  is  an  article  of  faith,  in 
the  Cult  of  Anemia,  that  a  slight  work 
ot  art  is  preferable  to  a  great  one  ot  equal 
esthetic  excellence 

.Ability  in  art  is  siimething  like  jug- 
gling One  begins  by  keeping  tv\o  balls 
in  the  air  at  a  time,  and  with  practise 
may  end  in  managing  ten.  The  BaUi:t 
reproduced  here  represents  several  weeks 
of  thought,  grappling  with  new  prob- 
lems ot  pictorial  dynamics.  Yet  it  is  a 
slight  thing  beside  Alu  Wang  and  the 
Ejoyal  ^lothcr  oj  the  West,  a  good  dozen 
times  as  large,  which  is  quite  as  unifi:d 
in  spite  ot  its  lavish  detail  and  sixty  odd 

ContiniKHl  on  page  40 


MARCH,  1929 


33 


BY 

HER. 


'HE  'spring  cleaning"  of  our 
grandmother's    day    has    become 

the  modern  woman's  time  to  re- 
decorate her  home.  With  the  swelling  of 
the  pussywillow  buds  on  the  corner 
flower  stands  there  comes  an  urge  in  each 
woman's  soul  to  dabble  in  paint,  visit 
auctions,  revel  in  hours  of  furniture 
shopping  and,  if  possible,  readjust  her 
domestic  horizon.  There  is  a  new  seduc- 
tion to  fresh,  gay  colors.  There  is  a  mel- 
low charm  to  satiny  wood  and  time- 
sanctioned  "finds." 

At  one  and  the  same  time,  fickle 
woman-kind  finds  herself  enticed  by 
modern  inclinations  and  inveigled  by 
ancestral  habits.  The  modern  yen  is  stim- 
ulated this  spring  by  the  exceptional  ex- 
hibition of  decorative  arts  held  by  the 
San  Francisco  Society  of  Women  Artists 
and  the  Women's  City  Club  at  the 
Women's  Citv  Club  auditorium. 


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Once  inside  the  portals  of  this  strong- 
hold of  modernism,  the  modern-minded 
woman  is  caught  in  the  web  of  color, 
dynamic  design  and  stimulating  new- 
ness. Low  lolling  chairs,  straight  squat 
tables,  austere  furniture  in  the  sharp 
crystalline  manner  of  our  machine  age ! 
Brilliant  color  notes,  suave  sculpture, 
conscious  arrangements!  From  these 
elements  is  fashioned  an  ensemble  of 
sheer  beauty  that  resolves  itself  into  sig- 
nificant units  yet  merges  into  a  united 
plea  for  the  art  of  today. 

And  all  this  is  the  result  of  work  by 
California  artists.  In  fact  most  of  the 
exhibits  are  from  San  Francisco  work- 
shops. The  incidental  placards,  giving 
credit  to  the  designers  and  workmen, 
inform  us  of  a  large  body  of  local  de- 
signers and  craftsmen  producing  ex- 
quisite things  in  the  modern  mood 
Foremost  among  the  executors  of  designs 
v/e  notice  A.  F.  Marten  whose  delightful 
decorations  have  already  thrilled  us  in 
the  homes  of  some  of  our  most  dis- 
criminating friends, 

T      ▼       ▼ 

BUT  delightful  as  all  this  contempo- 
rary art  is,  there  is  another  side  to 
spring  yearnings.  Particularly  here  in 
new  California  where  we  have  no  visible 
ancestral  halls,  there  is  a  yearning  toward 
the  past  and  a  background.  So  often, 
though  thrilled  by  the  modernist's  angles 
and  color,  we  find  ourselves  turning  to 
the  age  sanctioned  beauty  of  period 
design. 

Dignity,  the  heritage  of  the  past,  love- 
liness tinctured  by  memories  of  past 
elegancies  prove  a  delightful  antidote  for 


the  mad  scramble  ot  our  hectic  age. 
Slipping  into  the  show  rooms  of  a  shop 
such  as  McCann's  a  woman  finds  herself 
confronted  with  visions  of  loveliness — 
a  home  decorated  in  harmonies  that 
echo  the  culture  of  other  lands  and 
periods.  Old  Spanish  and  Italian  pottery 
of  exquisite  coloring.  Rich  fabrics — 
velvets — hand  wrought  furniture  by 
revered  craftsmen!  In  both  the  original 
and  reproduction  there  is  a  satisfying 
feeling  of  permanency. 

Often  we  find  delightful  compromises 
between  the  antique  or  period  furniture 
and  modern  usefulness — as  in  the  lovely 
reproduction  radio  cabinets  shown  by 
E.  A.  Portal.  The  public  at  first  accepted 
the  radio  for  the  mere  wonder  of  its  in- 
vention. But  now  there  is  an  increasing 
demand  for  sightliness  and  the  ugly 
radio  boxes  that  were  once  tolerated  are 


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The  fastest  time  over  the 
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Offering  every  refinement  of 
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if  desired;  club  car;  barber, 
valet,  shower;  ladies'  lounge 
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The  "Gold  Coast  "  and  the 
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Through  Pullmans  to  St.  Louis, 
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fast  being  discarded  for  cabinets  of  good 
design.  From  the  miracle  of  the  age 
radios  have  become  an  acceptable  piece 
of  furniture  for  the  library  or  sitting 
room. 

T       T       T 

And  all  the  while  that  Spring  is  urg- 
,/V_  ing  rc-decoration  of  the  home,  it 
is  stimulating  the  even  more  elemental 
desire  for  new  clothes  This  year  the 
rejuvenated  idea  of  the  ensemble  is  mak- 
ing demands  never  before  felt.  A  dress  is 
no  longer  a  mere  dress — it  is  the  founda- 
tion of  an  ensemble.  Our  friends,  the 
smart  shops,  help  in  the  matter  of  har- 
monious selection  much  to  our  relief. 
The  other  day  we  gasped  in  exultation 
at  the  five-piece  sports  ensemble  in 
tweed  shown  in  the  window  of  the  Knox 
Shop,  There  were  the  top  coat,  skirt, 
blouse,  cardigan  and  hat  all  to  match — 
and  best  of  all,  in  the  same  window, 
were  matching  accessories  in  complete 
array.  There,  in  one  window,  was  an 
outfit  that  would  take  days  of  searching 
and  shopping  and  matching  and  recon- 
sideration to  duplicate  by  individual 
purchases. 

Truly  no  woman  ot  another  times 
ever  had  such  cooperation  from  shops ! 

And  not  only  do  we  have  perfect  co- 
operation from  our  favorite  shops,  but 
they  delight  us  with  the  perfect  back- 
grounds they  pro\'ide  for  us  while  shop- 
ping. What  joy  it  is  to  step  into  the 
newly  decorated  rooms  of  La  Dubarry 
and  relax  in  that  dignified,  unostenta- 
tious atmosphere  of  perfect  taste  to 
select  our  Spring  hats!  It  would  not  he 
more  satisfying  to  have  the  millinery 
brought  into  our  own  homes 

Time  was  when  each  woman  had  to 
create  her  own  background.  Now,  with 
the  help  ot  modern  artists,  discriminat- 
ing decorators,  thoughtful  stylists  and 
ingenious  shops,  the  call  of  Spring  can 
be  answered  in  a  thousand  different  ways 
with  the  minimum  of  effort 


T3^ 

To  a  Lady 

If  the  world  should  clionce  lo  he 
Plunfled  into  elernilt/, 
Jlen  would  liiirri/  lo  i/our  .fide. 
Guide  i/oii  in  l/ie  if/rul  lin'ide, 
ir'orri/  Hull  i/oii  .'lumhlc  there. 
Cro.r.t  their  hand-f  lo  make  n  cluiir. 
And  bless  a  purqalori/  fate 
Thai  lets  them  lilt  i/,iu  lo  the  oiile. 

-  n.  ir. 


Th< 


►aying  is 


•  •  • 


Anyone  can  be  a  good 

cook  it  he  uses  enough 

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butter  lavishly  .  .  so  we  choose 
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vise them  closely  so  that  they 
make  the  l)est  use  of  the  large 
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same  butter  that  is  served  to 
you  in  rich,  yetlow  pats  for 
the  hot  biscuits,  nut  buns, 
corn  pone  and  other  tasty 
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Rouen 

Continued  from  page  20 

She:  Nothing.  I've  a  slight  cold. 

He;  (relieved)  Oh,   yes.   You  told  me. 

Hope    it   will    be    quite    gone   soon. 

There    goes    the    door-bell.     Hello. 

Hello.  Operator,  you've  disconnected 

me. 
The  Operator  ;  No   sir,    you   are   still 

connected. 
He:   What's   that    funny   noise   on   the 

line?  Hello — hello,  operator.  Oh  hell. 

Yes,  Harris,  I'm  coming.  {Hangs  it/> 

the  leceiver). 

▼       ▼       T 

Oiic'  year  later. 

She,  dressed  jor  the  street  in  a  smart 
black  frock.,  a  small  black  hat  with  a 

huge  bunch  of  aigrettes  over  one  ear. 
The  perfume,   noiv,  is  Chanel  No.  5. 

She:  Hello,  (a  little  pale)  Who  is  it? 

He:  Don't  you  know? 

She:  Your  voice  is  familiar. 

He:  I  see  you've  forgotten.  Perhaps 
when  I  say  Jack  to  vou,  you'll  remem- 
ber. 

She:  Ah,  Jack.  How  are  you?  And  your 
wife? 

He:  Both  fine,  thank  you. 

She  :  When  did  you  arrive? 

He:  About  five  minutes  ago.  Th;  place 
is  lull  ot  people,  so  I  got  off  by  myself 
to  telephone  you. 

She:  You  didn't  come  by  airplane  this 
time? 

He:  No,  not  this  time.  (Silence) 

She  :  I  was  just  about  to  go  out  So  glad 
you  caught  me. 

He:  Will  I  see  you  soon?  My  \vife  is  so 
anxious  to  meet  you 

She  :  I'll  call  as  soon  as  I  have  a  moment. 

He:  I've  something  to  tell  you.  We 
ciidn't  go  to  Rouen. 

She  :  Rouen?  Rouen?  Why  not?  As  the 
Black  Crou's  say,  "Why  bring  that 
up?  Who  cares  about  that?" 

He:  1  thought  you  might. 

She:  You  are  mistaken.  I  have  always 
preferred  Avignon. 

He  :  You  said  you  had  never  been  there ' 

She:  I  never  have.  Perhaps  that  is  why  I 
prefer  it.  (Silence)  I'm  expecting  to  go 
to  Europe  very  soon.  I  trust  I  shall  see 
you  before  I  leave. 

He  :  When  may  I  come? 

She  :  I'm  not  quite  sure.  I'll  let  you  know 
in  time  to  say  good-bye.  I'm  not  for- 
getting I  owe  you  a  wedding  present. 
I've  selected  an  etching.  It's  very 
modern.  I  hope  you'll  like  it.  I'll  have 
it  delivered  tomorrow.  Now  forgive 
me  if  I  run  along.  I'm  having  tea 
with  such  a  nice  man,  and  I  don't 
want  to  be  late  Good-bye.  (She 
hangs  up  the  receiver  hurriedly, 
gathers  up  her  fur,  bag,  and  gloves, 
and  goes  cjuickjy  from  the  room,  ivith- 
out  her  habitual  last  glance  in  the 
mirror.) 

The  End 


SOCIETY 

By  CHOLLY  FRANCISCO 

CHDECAUSE  ChoUy  Francisco 
'^  knows  society  and  its  foibles 
better  than  any  other  San  Francisco 
commentator,  the  Society  Pages  of 
The  Examiner  reflect  the  doings  of 
the  socially  elect  with  mirror-like 
fidelity  and  with  the  sure  touch  of 
personal  knowledge.  To  really  ^iioit; 
society  you  must  read  Cholly 
Francisco  in  the  .  .  . 


36 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Are  Stocks  Going  Down? 

And  the  Influence  of  the  Federal  Reserve  on  the  Exchange 


After  an  uninterrupted  bull  market 
/-\  of  so  many  years'  duration,  where 
JL  jLso  many  stocks,  good,  bad 
and  indifferent  have  staged  such  spec- 
tacular gains  it  is  not  unusual  for  this 
question  to  be  the  general  topic  of  con- 
versation. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  business  situa- 
tion as  a  whole  to  warrant  such  a  gloomy 
attitude;  we  are  on  the  eve  of  a  change 
in  government  administration  which 
the  majority  of  people  think  will  be  for 
the  best  interests  ot  business,  and  in  spite 
of  the  much  mooted  "stock  speculation" 
we  have  never  had  such  accumulations 
in  the  savings  banks  of  this  country 

We  have  been  told  that  the  Federal 
Reserve  is  a  stabilizing  influence  to  busi- 
ness and  credit.  Now  it  is  also  appar- 
ently going  to  be  used  as  a  stabilizer  of 
the  stock  market  How  can  that  apply 
to  the  present  situation? 

Stocks,  bonds  or  any  form  of  corpor- 
ate investment  paper  which  return  to 
the  owners  of  the  particular  security  a 
portion  of  the  earnings  of  the  company, 
fluctuate  individually  in  accordance  with 


By  LELAND  S.  ROSS 

the  earnings  of  the  company  and  as  a 
whole,  with  the  trend  of  the  cost  ot 
money  for  rental  purposes.  In  1919  call 
money  reached  the  high  level  of  30%.  It 
has  in  recent  years  been  as  low  as  2%.  In 
1920  high  grade  first  mortgage  bonds 
could  be  purchased  to  yield  as  much  as 
S%,  not  because  they  were  unsafe  but 
because  money  rates  were  high.  Last 
year  many  bond  issues  were  floated  at 
5%  which  in  many  respects  were  not  as 
secure  as  the  ones  formerly  available  at 
8%.  This  was  possible  because  money 
was  in  supply  or  cheap. 

T       T       ▼ 

INVESTMENT  stocks  which  supposcdly 
entailed  more  risk  to  the  investor 
than  bonds  were  selling  on  a  10,  12  and 
15%  basis  in  1920  or  from  five  to  ten 
times  their  expected  earnings  for  the 
year.  Today  these  stocks  are  selling  on  a 
basis  which  yields  only  2  to  5%  and 
from  ten  to  forty  times  last  years'  earn- 
ings A  company  does  not  as  a  rule  pay 
out  all  ot  its  earnings  for  a  year.  A  stock 
might  be  selling  at  So  that  had  earned 
only  $2.00  per  share  last  year,  or  forty 
times  its  annual  earnings,  so  that  even  if 


the  company  paid  out  to  its  stockholders 
all  of  its  years'  earnings,  the  stockholder 
would  only  receive  2^%  on  his  invest- 
ment. 

The  Federal  Reserve  has  not  addressed 
that  great  body  of  investors,  corpora- 
tions and  investment  trusts  who  have 
purchased  stocks  on  the  proposition  of 
realizing  an  equitable  return  on  their  in- 
vestment from  the  dividend  policy  and 
known  earning  pov/cr  of  the  company;  it 
has  addressed  that  mass  of  commission 
house  parasites  who  buy  today  in  expec- 
tation of  selling  tomorrow  a  few  points 
higher;  who  give  no  thought  or  consid- 
eration to  yield,  earnings  or  manage- 
ment ot  a  company;  who  organize  pools 
to  push  these  stocks  to  their  inflated 
prices  and  then  unload  them  on  the  un- 
suspecting who  always  have  their  ear  to 
the  ground  for  a  hot  tip.  So  successful 
have  these  operations  been  that  certain 
securities  are  today  selling  for  higher 
prices  than  will  be  justified  even  years 
from  now  Of  course  the  yield  is  quite 
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The  Federal  Rescr\e  has  the  power  to 
deflate  the  amount  ot  money  in  circula- 
tion just  as  it  has  the  power  in  time  ot 
need  to  inflate  and  increase  the  money  in 
circulation.  If  they  deflate  now,  it  will 
have  the  eflect  of  lessening  the  supply  of 
money  and  interest  rates  will  have  to 
seek  higher  levels  This  might  have  a 
temporary  eflect  on  both  the  bond  and 
stock  market  as  a  whole  by  reason  t)l 
security  holders  in  sufficient  body  to 
depress  the  market  selling  their  low 
yielding  securities  and  placing  their 
money  on  call  or  in  short  term  loans 
where  they  could  secure  lo  or  15%. 
This  action  by  the  Federal  Reserve 
might  have  a  dual  eflfect;  money  would 
become  too  costly  for  pool  operators  to 
borrow  to  carry  their  low  yielding  stocks 
as  well  as  forcing  enough  holders  to  sell 
to  the  highest  bidder  those  securities 
which  he  owns  and  about  whose  future 
he  might  be  somewhat  dubious 

This  is  not  to  say  that  some  stocks  arc 
not  justified  in  selling  15  or  20  times 
what  they  earned  last  year.  Some  indus- 
tries may  have  even  brighter  prospects 
this  year  than  last;  they  may  do  100  or 
200  per  cent  more  business  this  year  than 
last. 


THE  stock  market  may  move  as  a 
body,  down,  for  a  short  period  but 
never  for  long.  Stocks  ot  poor  industries 
can  move  down  until  they  reach  the  bot- 
tom. Figuratively  there  is  no  top,  there 
always  has  been  and  there  always  will  be 
industries  in  a  highly  prosperous  condi- 
tion. Even  with  war,  the  munitions, 
steel  and  certain  automobile  and  truck 
stocks  moved  forward.  During  the 
1919-1920  bear  market  when  the  aver- 
ages were  moving  down  there  were 
stocks  which  were  not  aff^ected  by  the 
continuous  break  only  in  that  they  did 
not  move  up  as  last  as  they  might  other- 
wise have  done. 

Conclusively,  although  the  action  of 
the  Federal   Reserve  might  usher  in   a 
tbcar    market    those    holders    of   stocks 
should  not  be  worried  it  they  are  in  in- 
(dustries  whose  earnings  are  sufficient  to 
ipay  a  consistent  dividend  to  their  stock- 
holders and  whose  prospects  for  business 
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Iness  depression,  they  would  not  be  ma- 
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I  Public  Utility  industries  seem  to  offer 
'  rhc  brightest  prospects  at  this  time  in 
contrast  to  the  Oil,  Paper  and  Sugar  in- 
dustries   which    are    at    present    in    the 
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wi ' 

«,„iinJalilHU!J«iKIB  y-Y  of  The  New 
Yorker  Album,  1 
hesitated  to  even 
open  the  cover,  tor 
the  supercilious  per- 
son pictured  there- 
on, is  none  other 
than  that  arrogant 
individual  who  ap- 
pears on  The  A'c'tc 
Yorker's  rejection 
slips.  After  the  literary  shock  subsided, 
however,  I  gathered  some  hauteur  ot  my 
own,  tore  off  the  jacket  and  pulled  hack 
the  cover. 

Once  inside,  the  hilarious  contents 
melted  my  wrath,  and  I  realized  that  the 
ominous  figure's  bark  is  worse  than  his 
slight.  With  this  new  philosophy  ot  life 
in  hand,  1  shall  laugh  gaily  at  all  rejec- 
tion slips  from  The  Nexv  Yorker,  now 
tully  aware  that  the  jolly  editors  are 
merely  seeking  to  amuse  me. 

Arno's  Whoops  Sisters  are,  ot  course, 
incomparable.  Not  even  my  own  aunts 
have  their  insidious  humor,  their  diabol- 
ical quips,  or  their  fiendish  line  of  con- 
versation. The  old  girls  must  actually  be 
persons  near  and  dear  to  the  artist,  for 
only  blood  relatives  could  inspire  two 
such  figures   Whoops' 

John  Held,  Jr.,  the  world's  most  ten- 
der young  penman,  presents  one  of  his 
enlightening  maps  and  one  of  his  fine 
sentimental  engravings. 

Freuh's  "Little  Known  Events  in 
The  Advertising  World"  are  marvelous 
A  pouting,  discontented  cow  cannot  be 
appeased  by  jewels,  Persian  rugs,  or  even 
a  mincing  male  milk-maid  trom  Holly- 
wood Finally  the  distracted  dairy  mag- 
nate makes  her  contented  again,  by  giv- 
ing her  a  Chesterfield 

O  Soglow  presents  a  worried  young 
husband  who  apologetically  murmurs, 
"Louise,  dear — 1  have  a  confession  to 
make.  1  am  not  the  father  of  vour 
child," 

The  twenty  minutes  that  the  manage- 
ment allows  me  to  remain  on  the  stage, 
will  not  permit  proper  enthusiasm  tor 
Leonard  Dove,  Dearing  Ward,  Helen 
Hokinson,  or  others  of  7/ie  Album. 
"Till;  New  Yt)RKER  Album  "  Double- 
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TiiERF.  is  always  drama  in  the  contrast 
between  attractive  and  unattractive 
members  of  the  same  family 

Francis  Brett  Yining  in  A/v  Brother 
lonuthan  presents  this  situation  in  an 
intensely  interesting  story. 

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beauty,  married  to  a  shiftless  third  rate 
poet,  has  two  children. 

The  elder,  Jonathan,  inherits  none  ot 
his  mother's  physical  attributes,  but  all 
of  her  willingness  for  self-sacrifice,  hard 
work,  and  an  enduring  devotion  to  any- 
one beloved 

The,  younger  Harold,  is  blessed  witha 
handsome  face,  a  theatrical  charm,  and  a 
superficial  brilliancy.  He  is  adaptable 
and  adroit. 

As  they  grow  older,  life  strengthens 
Jonathan  and  polishes  Harold. 

A  tremendous  brotherly  love  causes 
Jonathan  to  make  continual  sacrifices 
throughout  his  career.  His  ultimate 
sacrifice  even  of  the  girl  he  loves,  is  in- 
evitable. .  .  . 

Mr.  Brett  Young  was  born  into  a 
family  ot  medical  men,  and  himselt  en- 
tered the  profession.  Alter  writing 
several  highly  successhil  novels,  he 
relinquished  his  practise. 

The  Jonathan  ot  this  latest  book  be- 
comes a  surgeon,  and  during  the  entire 
story,  a  definite  knowledge  and  love  ot 
science  is  clearly  discernible. 

The  intimate  medical  details,  thus 
woven  in  a  novel,  seem  at  times  an 
almost  unprofessional  disclosure. 

Jonathan's  personal  reactions  to  vari- 
ous circumstances  are  clearly  the  psycho- 
logical experiences  ot  a  physician. 
"My  Brother  Jonathan,"  by  Francis 
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tigures,  human  and  animal,  and  cost  mc 
many  months  of  esthetic  rhinking  When 
I  can  maintain  equal  unity  with  a  hun- 
dfcd  figures  on  the  same  painted  suttacc 
1  shall  claim,  like  Hokusai  at  the  age  ot 
nmety,  the  right  to  call  myselt  an  artist. 

The  fourth  dimension,  much  prated 
of  by  people  who  couldn't  follow  a  page 
of  Einstein,  is  said  to  affect  plastic  art. 
Even  if  my  unmathematical  brain  can- 
not grasp  it,  and  it  only  a  god  could  per- 
ceive the  design  of  a  symphony,  from 
beginning  to  end  in  one  timeless  instant, 
we  can  understand  that  time  affecting 
through  movement  the  total  aspect  of  a 
three-dimensional  object  would  create  a 
fourth  dimension  in  the  totality  ot 
changing  form — think,  tor  instance,  of  a 
wave  rising  and  tailing. 

Some  modern  painters  are  making 
most  interesting  experiments  in  the  sug- 
gestion of  rhythmic  sequence.  The  now 
classic  device  of  intersecting  planes,  used 
to  some  extent  in  the  Ballet,  hints  that 


things  are  not  what  they  seem.  .  .  .  Inci- 
dentally, none  ot  these  curves  could  have 
been  achieved  with  a  compass.  The  dif- 
ference between  the  work  of  some 
"abstractionists,"  with  their  trusty  com- 
pass and  ruler,  and  lines  whose  direction 
varies  subtly  at  every  point  is  the  differ- 
ence between  life  and  death. 

in  the  Bolshevist  vocabulary  of  insult, 
"sentimental"  is  a  damning  epithet.  It 
might  not  occur  to  some  that  an  inverted 
sentimentality  can  make  dupes  If  fairy 
tales  about  unhappy  princesses  are  re- 
ligiously banished  from  Soviet  firesides, 
radical  painters,  on  the  whole  exhibit  a 
strange  tenderness  towards  the  sans- 
cfojii!ci7e,'— the  non-respectables,  clowns, 
sailors,  cocottes,  vagabonds,  etc. 

fiowever,  it  seems  that  the  most 
ultramontane  of  the  Soviets,  the  purists, 
hold  in  horror  anything  savoring  of  in- 
dividuality In  an  article  Moderne  et 
Malcntcndus,  which  caused  a  measure 
of  comment  in  the  Paris  press,  I  pre- 
dicted that  some  future  day  (if  the  radi- 
cals ever  came  to  the  logical  conclusion 

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Alcazar:  Still  "Sk'ddmg"  wich  Emerson 
Treacy. 

Columbia:  ''Straight  Thru  The  Du<tr"  vvicli 
and  by  its  director,  William  Hodge. 

CuRRAN  :  "The  Wishing  Well,"  pleasing  every- 
one with  Reginald  Dandy  and  Harriet 
Bennet. 

Geary:  "The  Front  Page,"  a  lesson  in  pro- 
fanity by  Ben  Hccht  and  Charles  Mac- 
Arthur. 

Green  Street:  " Easy  for  2jee  3ee,"  still  un- 
suppressed. 

President:  "Spite  Corner,"  by  Frank  Craven, 
with  Viola  Dana  in  the  flesh. 


VAUDEVILLE 

Golden  Gate:  AI  B.  White  and  his  Nice  Club 
Stars,  headlining. 

Orpheum  :  Will  Fytle  intoxicating  everybody 
with  his  pre-war  Scotch. 

Pantages:  a  good  old  Vaudeville  road  show 
and  Talkie  entitled  "The  Younger  Qene- 
ration." 


MOTION  PICTURES 

California:  "The  Iron  Alasl^,"  Douglas  Fair- 
banks' latest. 

Embassy:  " Stark,  .^i ad,"  with  H.  B.  Warner, 
Louise  Fazenda  and  Jacquelin  Logan. 

Granada:  "Saturday's  Children,"  a  Pulitzer 
Prize  play  done  in  Talkie  by  Corinne  Griflich. 

LoEw's  Warfield:  "Speakeasy,"  an  all  Talkie 
that  contains  a  marvelous  prize-fight. 

Marion  Da  vies:  A  new  theatre  opening  with 
"Sonny  Boy,"  starring  the  child  who  played 
with  Al  Jolson  in  "The  Singing  Fool." 

St,  Francis:  "Zimha,"  another  wild  animal 
picture  by  and  with  the  Martin  Johnsons. 


MUSIC 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  :  Alfred 
Hertz  conducting,  every  Thursday  evening 
at   Dreamland  Auditorium. 

April  9:  Flonzaley  Quartet,  Dreamland  Audi- 
torium. 

April  14:  Hcifctz  Concert,  Curran  Theatre. 

Pacific  Coast  Opera  Company:  New  Capitol 
Theatre. 

April  16:  "Norma," 

April  ig:  "La  Traviata." 

April  20:  "Cavallcria  liusticanna"  and  "/ 
Pagliacci," 

April  22:  "Carmen," 

April  24:  'Rjgoletto," 

April  26:  "Cavaleria  liiisticanna"  and  "/ 
Pagliacci," 

April  27:  (Matinee;  "Carmen." 

April  28:  "Rjgoletto." 


DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis  :  Refugees  from  The  Garden  Room 
being  fed  in  the  Mural  Room  until  the  dcco 
rators  are  through. 

Taits  at  the  Beach:  Where  Sam  knows  your 
name  and  your  favorite  dish. 

The  Palace:  Quite  the  nicest  place  for  Tea. 

The  Fairmont:  Just  waiting  for  the  new  Ter- 
race to  open. 

Mark    Hopkins:    Marveltius   entertainers    re- 
lieve you  of  the  responsibility. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  The  Coffee  Shop  is  last 
becoming  the  vogue. 

Solaris:    Right    across    the    street    Irom    the 
Geary  and  Curran  Theatres. 

Jack's  :  For  the  world's  biggest  and  best  frogs' 
legs. 

New  Franks:  For  filet  of  sole  Marguery  and 
mussels  bordelaise. 

Camille's:  For  anything  on  the  menu. 


Temple  Bar  Tea  Room  :  For  salad,  cinnamon 
toast  and  pie. 

The  Aldeane:  Everything  a  nice  Tea  Room 
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Bakos  and  Howard  Patterson,  exhibiting 
oils,  drawings  and  water  colors.  Water 
colors  by  Helen  Forbes  in  Gallery  1.  April 
17  to  May  1,  carvings,  drawings  and  furni- 
ture ensemble  by  Jacques  Schnier. 

Nathan  Bentz  &  Co. :  Works  of  arc  from 
China,  Japan  and  Korea. 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 
April  15  to  Sept,  30,  exhibition  of  American 
sculpture,  under  auspices  of  the  National 
Sculpture  Society. 

California  School  of  Fine  Arts:  April  14  to 
29,  fifty-first  annual  of  the  San  Francisco 
Art    Association. 

Courvoisier's:  To  April  15,  drawings  and 
lithographs  by  Henrietta  Shore. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum  :  Through 
April  6,  artist  meiTibers  of  the  League  of 
American  Pen  Women,  San  Francisco  and 
Berkeley  chapters.    Permanent  collections. 

East  West  Gallery  of  Fine  Arts:  To  April 
7,  paintings  by  Franccsc  Cugat.  April  7  to 
14,  Chinese  picture  rugs  from  Srazar  &  Co. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  Through  April  6,  wood 
blocks  by  Paul  Howard  Cook  and  Leo 
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Gump  Galleries:  Through  April  6,  paintings 
and  prints  by  Bertha  Lum.  April  8  to  13, 
silhouettes  by  Florence  Sampson.  April  8  to 
20,  prinrs  Irom  the  St.  George  Gallery, 
London. 

ViCKERY,  Atkins  &  Torrey  :  Portfolio  showing 
of  Kunihoshi  prints. 

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CONTENTS 

Alfred  Lunc  and  Lynn  Fontaine       ----- 

What   Shall  We  Do  to  he  Saved,  hy  James  D.  Phelan 
Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Cartoon,  by  Henri         .  -  . 

Caprice,  by  Elva  Williams     ----- 

Lament,  verse  hy  Constance  Ferris  - 

Muriel  Stewart,  by  William  Horace  Smith 
Back  to  the  Water,  hy  Peter  B.  Kyne         -  -  - 

Varnishing  the  Masts  of  the  Yankee,  by  Warren  Chase  Mcrritt 
La  Chef,  hy  Morton  Thompson       ----- 

San  Francisco  Silhouettes,    hy  W.  E.  Dassonville 
Footnotes  on  Headliners,  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 
Mosaic,  verse  by  Kathryn  Peck        ----- 

Blessing  Before  the  Feast,  by  Charles  Stafford  Duncan 
Fantasy,  by  Dorothy  Simmons  -  -  - 

The  Reigning  Dynasty  ------ 

The  Duchess  of  Sermonita 

Lola  Monte:,  hy  S.  B.  Dickson       ----- 

Richard  Hughes,  hy  Sotomayor       ----- 

From  the  Mountains  to  the  Sea,  by  Herbert  Hale  Horton 

As  to  Books,  by  Beth  Wendel 

Money  is  King,  by  Covington  Janin 

Rediscovering  San  Francisco,  by  Ned  Hilton 

Apassionata,  verse  hy  Hassoldt  Davis       -  - 


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Alfred  Lunt  and  Lvnn  Fonlanne 

I.ord  and  Laily  of  the  New  York  Theade  (uiiUI's  Acting  Company,  w  liose  energies  liave  lor  the  past  lewvears  been 

(Ictlicalecl  to  that  organization.  Tlie  brilliant  results  of  their  eoniliined  talents  have  made  the  (luilil's  current 

proiluction  of  Sil-Vara's  mediocre  comedy  "Caprice"  one  of  the  outstanding  hits  ol  tiie  New  York  season 


SAN  rRANGISGAN 


What  Shall  We  Do  to  Be  Saved? 

A  Statesman's  Patriotic  Disquisition  on  the  Juice  of  the  Grape 


K  RECENTLY  crosscd  the  Mexican  line, 
and  sojourned  for  several  days  at 
Agua  Caliente,  in  old  Mexico,  where 
„  .eritable  Monte  Carlo  has  been  estab- 
lished, in  an  environment  of  beauty. 
There  was  no  restriction  upon  the  con- 
sumption of  alcoholic  beverages,  but, 
strange  to  say,  no  one  was  inebriated.  So 
I  drew  the  conclusion  that  where  access 
to  spirituous,  vinous  and  malt  refresh- 
ment is  free,  there  is  no  overweening 
desire  to  possess  them.  In  the  language 
of  the  Bible  "Sweet  are  stolen  waters" 
(when  miraculously  converted  into  wine 
or  otherwise)  and  "bread  eaten  in  secret 
is  pleasant," 

Or,  1  might  draw  another  inference — 
that   the    liquor   they   served   at   Agua 
Caliente  is  unadulterated.   There  is  no 
need  if  people   are   willing   to   pay.    It 
j  might  not  unreasonably  appear  that  if 
1  the  United  States  Federal  Government 
'  supervised  the  manufacture  of  beverages 
I  limiting  quantities,  and  insuring  quality, 
[  there  would  be  no  rash  and  unnatural 
desire,   as  there  is  now  in  the  United 
States,  among  all  classes,  young  and  old, 
to  drink  indiscriminately,  and  often  to 
excess.    "The  doctors,"   represented   by 
the  United  States  Congress,  in  dealing 
with   the   public,    as    a    patient,    have, 
clearly,   been  guilty  of  malpractice.   In 
other  words,  the  treatment  is  a  failure.  A 
doctor   was   once    interrogated   on   the 
stand  by  an  Irish  judge.  When  the  pro- 
fessional  gentleman    admitted   that   he 
had  prescribed  large  doses  of  a  dangerous 
medicine  for  his   unhappy   patient,  the 
judge  said  "Would  not  that  dose  have 
killed  the  devil  himself?"  The  medical 
answered.  "But,  your  honor,  I  have  not 


By  JAMES  D.  PHELAN 

prescribed  for  the  devil  "  "Well,"  said 
the  judge,  "the  more's  the  pity,  because 
he  is  still  alive."  Drunkenness  lives. 

If  the  object  ot  Congress  was  to  pre- 
vent intoxication,  it  must  be  surprised 
to  find  inebriety  not  only  thriving,  but 
rampant  and  defiant. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

MR.  Hearst  has  offered  a  great  prize 
tor  a  solution  of  a  problem  so 
grave  that  it  threatens  to  undermine 
public  law  and  private  morality.  The 
"long-haired"  doctors  have  plainly  made 
a  mess  of  it.  People  left  to  themselves, 
except  on  occasions,  are  naturally  tem- 
perate. The  common  run  of  people  seek 
stimulation  when  they  are  poorly  nour- 
ished. Irregular  hours  and  bad  cooking 
might  be  at  the  foundation  of  the  drink 
habit.  If  our  young  women  studied  cook- 
ing in  school,  rather  than  pursuing 
frivolous  courses,  they  would  make 
capable  mates  and  promote  normal 
physical  life  ainong  their  husbands  and 
their  children.  People  of  other  lands, 
where  private  rights  are  respected,  tnake 
wine  and  beer  articles  of  diet,  and,  per- 
haps, on  the  theory  of  inoculation  to 
prevent  disease,  there  is,  ainong  such 
people,  no  craving  for  hard  spirits, 
which,  after  all,  do  the  serious  damage. 
In  the  Senate,  when  the  prohibition 
laws  were  enacted,  I  moved  that  an  ex- 
ception be  made  in  favor  of  wine  and 
beer.  1  was  able  to  show  that  the  whiskey 
manufacturers,  through  their  chief  coun- 
sel, had  attempted  to  force  a  combina- 
tion between  the  whiskey  interests  and 
the  wine  interests,  by  threatening  the 
delegation  trom  the  California  State 
Viticultural  Commission  with  powerful 


opposition,  provided  Bacchus  and  Gam- 
brinus  did  not  admit  John  Barleycorn 
into  their  society.  John  Barleycorn  was  a 
disorderly  fellow,  and  was  not  wanted. 
The  Democratic  Caucus  one  evening 
agreed  with  me,  and  the  next  day,  when 
the  matter  came  up  on  the  floor  of  the 
Senate,  my  friends  of  the  night  before 
reneged.  A  majority  of  these  good  Sena- 
tors were  logically  convinced,  and  would 
have  spared  wine  and  beer,  but  the  lash 
of  the  anti-Saloon  League  whipped  the 
manhood  out  of  them,  and  caused  them 
(through  fear  of  losing  their  next  elec- 
tion) to  abandon  their  judgment  and  de- 
sert their  principles.  It  was  a  sad  spectacle. 
If  wine  and  beer  were  permitted  the 
tree  people  of  America,  perhaps  civic 
debauchery,  bootlegging,  drunkenness 
and  crime  would  have  been  averted. 

▼      T      T 

WHEN  free,  the  several  States  in  the 
Union,  by  the  exercise  of  local 
option  here  and  there,  regulated  the 
liquor  traffic.  Down  South,  while  the 
gentleman  drank,  the  negroes  were  pro- 
hibited for  perhaps,  adequate  reasons, 
peculiar  to  that  section.  The  great  rail- 
roads and  other  corporations  made  ab- 
stention from  liquor  a  condition  of 
employment,  which  was  working  well, 
and  the  moral  appeal  everywhere  for 
temperance  was  taking  hold  of  the  youth 
of  the  land,  and  good  people,  in  each 
sphere,  the  home  and  the  neighborhood, 
were  accomplishing,  in  the  only  practi- 
cable way,  the  very  objects  for  which  the 
drastic  prohibition  law  is  aimed;  but  the 
rigid  provisions  of  this  law  have  made 
it  unworkable. 

Continued  on  page  45 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


TiiFRE  having  filtered  to 
our  ears,  lurid  accounts 
ot  the  continuous  and 
high  powered  profanity  that  is 
the  principal  ingredient  of  The 
Front  Page,  and  having  heard 
rumors  that  the  show  might 
be  closed  down,  we  hastened 
to  buy  front  row  tickets  for 
the  thing.  We  have  survived 
Tlic  .'Married  Virgin  and  Easy 
for  Zee  Zee,  so  we  figured  we 
could  sit  real  close  to  the  stage 
without  further  damage  to  our 
morals  or  religion.  You  see, 
we  place  a  high  estimate  upon 
our  own  talents  in  swearing. 

On  our  immediate  right  sat 
two  elderly  ladies,  who  plainly 
belonged  ro  the  school  of 
modes,  manners,  lainting spells 
and  morals,  which  flourished 
in  the  picturesque  nineties. 
They  were  prim,  precise,  well 
mannered  and  well  groomed 
— mentally  and  in  the  small 
niceties  ol  dress  Sitting  there, 
waiting  for  the  curtain  to  rise 
we  had  a  guilty,  sneaky  feeling 
—like  a  small  boy  caught  read- 
ing the  chapter  on  obstetrics  in 
the  old  family  doctor  book. 

At  the  first  act  the  ladies 
gasped  and  wavered  —gripped 
themselves  and  set  their  teeth 
doggedly  If  this  was  modern  drama,  or 
art,  if  you  will,  they  would  take  it  as 
they  found  it  This  smart,  upstart  young 
generation  would  not  find  them  wanting 
in  fortitude  With  the  second  act  they 
relaxed  slightly. 

At  the  end  of  the  performance,  one 
turned  to  the  other  and  said  in  subdued 
but  distinct  tones,  "Let's  get  the  hell 
outta  here."  "Alright,"  came  the  reply, 
"but  waita  minute,  until  I  find  my 
godam  glasses." 

T       ▼       ▼ 

Or  TiiK  strange  contrasts  that  lite  in 
early  San  Francisco  offered  none 
was  stranger  than  English  'Arry  and  his 
English  victoria,  with  which  he  fur- 
nished taxi  service  to  all  who  might 
have  a  desire  to  celebrate  newly  acquired 
riches  His  turn  out  was  imported  from 
Australia  and  was  resplendent  in  purple 
upholstering  and  nickel  fittings.  The 
horses  were  a  striking  pair  of  bays,  sleek 
and  well  fed  and  with  tails  cut  square. 
Their  harness  was  silver  mounted. 

In  the  driver's  seat  English  'Arry  him- 
self sat.  He  was  gotten  out  in  the  ap- 
proved London  manner  for  coachmen. 
His  breeches  were  white  corduroy,  his 


'     the  train  from  the  church.  All 
went  well  until  the  newlyweds 


THE  FIRST  APPLESAUCE 

coat  dark  green  with  silver  buttons.  He 
wore  a  tall  silk  hat  and  driving  gloves. 
He  carried  a  long  whip  at  a  precise  and 
accepted  angle.  His  passengers  were 
usually  tattered,  unkempt,  uncouth,  red 
shirted  miners  just  in  from  the  diggings 
and  bent  on  having  all  the  elegance  the 
town  afforded  no  matter  what  it  cost. 

To  ride  in  'Arry's  victoria  through 
the  mud,  ruts,  stench  and  incredible  con- 
fusion of  the  streets  cost  them  ifao.oo  an 
hour  and  they  paid  in  advance.  They 
paid  also  for  any  scratches  made  on  the 
varnish  or  other  damage  to  the  vehicle. 
Evidently,  though,  the  service  was 
worth  the  price  to  all  concerned.  English 
'Arry  accum.ulated  a  neat  fortune  and 
passed  his  old  age  in  ease  and  plenty. 


A 


vouNf.  San  Francisco  man  of  our 
acquaintance,  who  is  exceedingly 
sensitive,  goes  to  no  end  of  trouble  to 
head  off  occasions  for  his  being  made  an 
object  of  derision. 

He  was  married  a  short  time  ago  and, 
thinking  to  avoid  the  good  natured  bul 
foonery    that    is    usuall>-    the    lot    of    a 
groom,    made    arrangements    to    have 
himself  and  wife  carried  immediately  to 


were  safely  ensconced  in  their 
drawing  room  when,  to  the 
groom's  great  disgust,  he  dis- 
covered the  porter  grinning  at 
a  just  married  sign  that  some- 
one had  pinned  on  the  back  of 
his  topcoat. 

He  told  the  porter  that  a 
nice  lip  was  in  store  for  him  if 
he  would  not  tell  any  one  that 
they  were  just  married.  The 
attention  they  attracted,  how- 
ever, excited  the  groom's  sus- 
picion that  the  porter  had  not 
been  true  to  hinv 

He  said  ;  "George,  I  thought 
I  told  you  not  to  tell  any  one 
that  we  were  married!" 

"I  didn't  boss,"  returned 
the  porter  with  a  great  show 
of  innocence.  "I'se  told  evah 
body  on  dis  heah  car  dat  you 
all  am  not  married" 


H 


AviNC.  nt)thing  better  to 
do,  we  chanced,  one  day 
while  going  to  the  top  floor  of 
the  De  Young  Bldg,  Kearney 
and  Market  streets,  to  indulge 
in  the  juvenile  pastime  of 
counting  the  floors.  Our  count 
tallied  with  the  elevator's  up- 
ward progress  until  we  reached 
the  12th  floor.  We  were  just  on  the  point 
of  ticking  oft  the  13th  floor,  when  to  our 
astonishment  we  perceived  that  there  is 
no  13th  floor.  We  went  from  the  12th 
story  to  the  14th — the  top  floor,  so 
called. 

Our  senses  were  jolted  to  close  obser- 
vation. Going  down  we  carefully 
counted  the  actual  number  of  stories  in 
the  structure  There  are  15  and  not  14, 
as  the  numbers  on  the  walls  of  the  eleva- 
tor shaft  and  the  floor  indicator  in  the 
lobby  would  have  us  believe.  The  dis- 
crepancy is  explainable  in  a  concession 
to  superstition.  By  some  unknown 
process  of  reasoning,  it  was  thought  that 
the  manifest  and  irrefutable  principles 
of  physics  could  be  overcome  and  the 
13th  floor  eliminated  b\'  the  simple  ex- 
pedient of  not  numbering  it  as  such,  and 
as  it  should  be  numbered 

We  inquired  further  into  the  phe- 
nomenon and  discovered  that  the  late 
and  renowned  Michael  "Mike"  De 
Young  was  the  lather  ol,  and  flatly 
insisted  upon  this  piece  of  logic.  He  was 
iiitenselv  superstitious  in  such  matters 
and  would  hear  of  no  other  luimbering 
arrangement  in  any  building  ol  his 


APRIL,  1929 

Efficiency"  recently  invaded  a  San 
Francisco  roundhouse,    a    young 
efficiency  expert  being  put  in  charge. 

"Oil  is  money,  don't  waste  a  drop  of 
it,"  was  the  gist  of  a  two-hour  harangue 
he  dinned  into  the  ears  of  Swede  and 
Irishman  alike 

"Be  economical  in  your  use  of  waste. 
It  costs  money.  It's  the  little  leaks  that 
sink  big  ships."  Was  his  long-winded 
topic  on  another  day. 

Chris  Jensen  is  a  big,  serious,  sober, 
matter-of-fact  son  of  Scandinavia.  For 
20  years  he  has  diiven  engines  in  and  out 
of  the  roundhouse.  He,  at  least,  among 
the  crew,  rook  the  E.  Expert  at  his  word. 

A  few  days  ago,  Chris  was  sent  out 
with  an  engine  on  a  hurry  up  call. 

A  loose  rail  on  a  trestle  couldn't  stand 
the  strain  of  the  speed  he  was  making, 
and  Chris'  engine  took  a  header  into  the 
murky  waters  below. 

By  moving  with  unbelievable  speed 
for  a  man  of  his  size  and  stolid  mentality, 
Chris  managed  to  clear  the  engine  in 
time  to  save  his  life. 

His    explanation    to    the    efficiency 

expert  was  brief  and  exceedingly  to  the 

point:  "I  grab  the  damned  oil  can — I 

grab  the  damned  waste — and  I  yump!" 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

WE  LEARN  with  regret  that  Miss 
Mildred  Taylor,  the  creator  and 
director  ot  the  East  West  Gallery,  has 
resigned  from  her  position  and  left  the 
destinies  of  the  gallery  in  the  hands  of 
the  Western  Women's  Club.  Her  leaving 
calls  to  mind  the  fact  that  eighteen 
months  ago  there  was  no  East  West 
Gallery.  It  reminds  us  of  the  estimable 
efficiency  with  which  Miss  Taylor  or- 
ganized this  art  center  and  brought  it  to 
recognition  not  only  in  San  Francisco  but 
in  all  parts  ot  the  United  States  where 
the  news  of  its  forward  policies  spread. 
Certainly  in  the  past  year  and  a  half  Miss 
Taylor  has  made  a  very  definite  contri- 
bution to  the  art  life  ot  the  city. 

T      ▼      T 

FOR  a  city  of  its  size  San  Francisco  can 
boast  of.  a  number  of  excellent  or- 
;  ganizations  which  are  struggling  to 
'  exist.  It  offers  the  theatergoer  much  that 
jis  novel  and  off  the  beaten  path.  But 
I  these  productions  are  so  sporadic  that  the 
I  organizations  are  virtually  forgotten 
bteween  productions. 

One  of  the  principal  reasons  for  the 
lack  of  interest  in  the  theater  in  San 
I  Francisco  is  the  scant  producing  which 
is  now  attempted  here.  Little  money  is 
being  utilized  for  the  creation  of  drama. 
A  basic  stimulus  has  vanished.  Except 
in  rare  instances,  the  incentive  to  create 
for  the  theater  here  has  disappeared. 

Where  are  our  playwrights?  When  do 
our  local  producers  give  anything  to  the 
country  at  large?  How  long  is  it  since  a 
new  play  by  a  local  author  has  been 
given  a  worthy  production? 

For  wherever  the  productions  are  en- 


gendered, that  is  where  the  drama 
flourished.  That  is  where  the  scenic 
designers,  the  stage  directors,  and  the 
playwrights  block. 

This  past  season  has  shown  two  of 
our  most  energetic  theatrical  figures 
gradually  disappearing  from  this  rialto 
and  concentrating  on  activities  else- 
where. Henry  Duffy  usually  gives  San 
Francisco  his  attractions  first  but  recently 
the  circuit  is  consuming  more  of  his 
time  and  interest.  He  is  building  in  the 
north  and  the  south. 

Homer  Curran,  in  branching  out  as  a 
producer,  joined  the  southern  firm  ot 
Belasco  and  Butler  and  now  passes  more 
than  halt  his  time  away  from  his  Geary 
Street  Houses. 

Fly  by  night  organizations  have  exas- 
perated the  local  business  men.  They 
have  been  solicited  for  abortive  enter- 
prises until  they  can  tolerate  no  more. 
Their  growing  lack  of  interest  is  under- 
standable. For,  the  drama  is  not  princi- 
pally tor  them.  Thousands  of  business 
men  journey  semi-annually  to  New 
York  and  see  all  the  plays  there.  So  it  is 
the  people  who  suffer. 

The  city  alone  can  aid  the  drama.  If 
San  Francisco  could  place  aside  a 
certain  sum  of  money  and  inaugurate  a 
theater  movement  it  would  be  doing  an 
inestimable  service  to  the  community. 
Although  if  it  takes  as  long  to  make  up 
its  mind  as  it  has  with  the  opera  house, 
then  this  generation  may  well  forget  the 
entire  idea. 

A  modest  and  unpretentious  theater 
is  all  that  is  required.  The  city  need  not 
venture  so  far  as  to  erect  a  house.  It 
could  well  lease  a  theater  from  some  of 
our  managers  whose  indetermination 
has  cost  the  city  many  an  attraction 


11 

There  are  directors  here  who  are  more 
than  competent  to  supervise  produc- 
tions. But  they  have  never  had  stability 
enough  behind  them  to  guarantee  as 
much  as  a  livelihood.  There  are  compe- 
tent artists  here,  who  if  paid  for  their 
efforts,  could  give  the  city  at  least  a 
representation  in  the  Theater  Arts  mag- 
azine once  a  year.  And  there  are  thou- 
sands of  native  actors,  who  have  wan- 
dered to  points  over  the  entire  country 
who  would  gladly  return  here  to  work  if 
they  could  earn  a  living. 

San  Francisco  has  raised  many  of  the 
foremost  figures  of  the  American 
Theater  today.  But  it  has  lost  them  all. 
If  it  had  paid  one  half  as  much  attention 
to  the  drama  as  it  has  to  music,  this 
would  be  one  of  the  theatrical  centers  of 
the  country. 

Even  in  conversation  is  the  theater  a 
minor  subject.  Few  of  our  prominent 
people  take  the  drama  even  half  seri- 
ously. It  has  degenerated  into  a  bastard 
heir  of  the  arts.  It  has  lost  its  home  and 
is  now  in  an  orphanage  whose  board  of 
trustees  is  either  in  Los  Angeles  or  in 


^/Hnf'- 


'  It's  raining  down  below,  Jonathan,  put  tliese  goloslies  on  before  i/ou  land" 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


New  York.  If  the  city  doesn't  wake  up 
soon  and  adopt  this  wandering  child, 
Hollywood  will  send  its  latest  bogey 
man  along  and  till  the  few  remaining 
legitimate  theaters  with  talking  pic- 
tures. 

San  Francisco  audiences  have  not  been 
very  kind  to  American  drama.  They 
spurned  "The  Racket,"  "Burlesque," 
"Broadway,"  "In  Abraham's  Bosom" 
and  "The  Royal  Family."  Even  Henry 
Duffy  with  his  strict  policy  of  clean  plays 
hasdiscovered  thattofurthertheirchances 
of  success  he  must  head  the  cast  by  some 
well  known  player. 

The  audiences  are  reputedly  discern- 
ing. They  possess  a  cultured  background, 
pass  sound  criticism,  and  are  hard  to 
please.  Yet  the  Shuberts  need  only  pre- 
sent a  set  of  soiled  scenery  and  a  few 
nude  navels  and  hysteria  is  general. 

That  the  people  bear  all  ot  the  arts 
this  grudge  is  not  demonstrated  by  the 
musical  life  of  the  city.  Here,  indeed  is 
enthusiam.  On  all  sides  are  notices  of 
concerts  sponsored  by  the  city.  Evenings 
of  music  which  offer  the  best  talent  tor 
the  smallest  admission  and  which  are 
attended  by  thousands. 

Yehudi  Menuhin,  Ernest  Bloch,  and 
the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra 
are  giving  the  city  a  magnificent  musical 
reputation.  Or  rather  are  enhancing  an 
already  magnificent  repute.  This  is 
highly  commendable.  But  now  that  the 
musical  fame  of  the  city  is  assured  and 
the  needs  of  the  people  are  filled,  why 
can't  the  treasury  be  opened  to  assist  the 
drama. 

A  theater  for  the  people  is  no  more  a 
commercial  project  than  is  a  concert  for 
the  people,  if  the  city  provides  music  for 
its  residents  then  the  city  should  sponsor 
an  equal  amount  of  drama.  One  reads  a 
great  deal  about  the  amount  of  money 
which  German  municipalities  expend 
for  music.  But  it  shouldn't  be  forgotten 
that  the  majority  ot  these  cities  also  sup- 
port a  theater,  where  prices  are  low,  and 
the  standards  are  high. 

It  has  been  many  a  month  since 
Eugene  O'Neill  has  been  given  a  suit- 
able production  here.  And  he  is  America's 
foremost  dramatist.  There  are  thousands 
who  stand  by  him  There  arc  others  who 
dislike  his  work.  But  there  are  tens  of 
thousands  who  don't  know  him.  And 
who  have  never  been  given  the  oppor- 
tunity to  familiarize  themselves  with 
his  work 


CONCERNING  the  rivalry  between  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Francisco,  we  have 
heard  a  legion  of  tales — some  of  them 
clever,  some  of  them  pointless,  some  of 
them  downright  crude,  but  without  ex- 
ception these  sallies  and  witticisms  have 
cast  dispersion  upon  the  Southern  me- 


tropolis and  the  ci\'ic  pride  of  her 
citizens. 

We  came  upon  a  new  one  ot  these 
stories  the  other  day.  It  seems  well  nigh 
incredible,  but  we  repeat  it  for  what  it 
is  \vorth. 

At  the  recent  funeral  ot  a  San  Fran- 
cisco man,  the  minister  paused  in  the 
burial  service  to  inquire  if  anyone  had 
anything  to  say  concerning  the  deceased. 

There  was  a  few  moments  of  silence. 
Then  a  Los  Angeles  man  stepped  up, 
cleared  his  throat  and  said,  "If  nobody 
has  anything  to  say  about  our  departed 
brother,  1  would  like  to  say  a  few  words 
about  Los  Angeles." 


WE  MUST  nov^'  turn  to  the  higher 
affairs  ot  State.  And  here  we  are 
glad  to  note  several  encouraging  signs 
that  with  the  new  Hoover  regime  the 
country  will  witness  the  Dawning  of  a 
New  Spirit.  Our  hopes  are  based  upon  a 
conversation  which  Mr.  Hoover,  Mr. 
Kellogg,  and  one  of  our  friends  recently 
held  together  with  reference  to  certain 
diplomatic  appointments. 

It  was  one  of  those  quiet,  informal 
talks  which,  though  they  may  not  have 
the  authority  ot  a  cabinet  meeting,  have 
otten  equally  tangible  results.  And,  cer- 
tainly, this  particular  talk  had  results. 
For,  after  a  short  time,  Mr.  Hoover 
turned  to  Mr.  Kellogg,  and  mentioned 
the  name  of  a  man  we  all  know  as  a 
possibility  for  the  Court  of  St   James's. 


Silence  Gives^Consent. 

Mean  aiivancagc  cakcn  of  a  talkie  star 

by  an  assistant  electrician. 


Mr.  Kellogg  observed  Mr  Hoover 
from  under  his  eyelids.  He  then  delivered 
himselt  ot  the  following  shattering  ob- 
servation : 

"It  is  desirable,  Mr.  Hoover,  that  the 
Ambassador  to  France  should  speak 
French  It  is  equally  desirable  that  the 
Ambassador  to  Italy  should  speak  Ital- 
ian, But  it  is  absolutely  essential  that  the 
Ambassador  to  England  should  speak 
English.  In  these  circumstances  ..." 

He  paused.  There  was  silence.  And 
Mr.  Hoover  agreed. 


OL'R  column  this  month  appears  to 
be  getting  top  heavy  with  Los 
Angeles  stories.  But  we  didn't  plan  it 
that  way;  it  just  happened  And  besides 
it  is  a  pity  to  waste  good  material  and 
especially  so  when  everybody  has  such  a 
fine  relish  for  all  small,  gossipy  tid-bits 
about  the  movie  stars  and  their  exotic 
ways.  I 

One  evening  of  late  the  overcrowded  ' 
Cocoanut  Grove  of  the  Ambassador  i 
turned  with  one  accord  ar  the  entrance  of 
a  tair,  seductive,  widely  and  notoriously 
known  cinema  star  The  special  excite- 
ment was  occasioned  by  a  pearl  neck- 
lace which  the  lady  wore.  The  pearls 
were  perfectly  matched;  they  were  of 
exquisite  lustre;  the  largest  ot^  them  were 
of  conspicuous  size.  There  were  several 
strands  of  the  gems  It  was  easily  seen 
that  the  bauble  had  cost  a  fabulous  sum. 

The  Grove  buzzed  with  talk.  There 
were  sotto  voce  exclamations  and  expla- 
nations that  the  pearls  were  a  gift  of  the 
star's  current  and  very  wealthy  gentle- 
man friend. 

As  the  lady  was  about  to  slip  into  a 
chair  held  for  her  by  a  fawning  head 
waiter,  she  somehow  caught  her  neck- 
lace on  the  table  edge  and  broke  a  strand 
Quickly  she  clutched  the  dangling  ends 
and  exclaimed  in  an  annoyed  tone — 
"God,  mv  beads. 


Tti  i<.-.R.-\pn  Hill,  that  gaunt  and  ter- 
rible cavern  ot  Bohemia,  witnesses 
at  last  the  beginning  of  the  end  No 
more  the  eager  feet  of  a  strident  and 
an.xious  colonv  travel  its  beaten  paths. 
No  longer  do  the  guitars  tinkle  with  the 
kiss  ot  glass  or  the  brazen  expressions  o( 
a  fiercely  independent  gathering  echo 
over  its  withered  roofs  Today  it  shelters 
a  scattering  lew  ot  the  Hobohemia,  the 
has-beens  and  the  failures,  the  ancient 
tew  who  remember  and  the  modern 
many  v\'ho  linger  only  for  a  two-gallon 
period  And  it's  strange  chat  a  section  of 
the  city  so  blessed  with  color  and  twisted 
lanes  and  alleys  should  be  deserted  The 
blatant  parties  Sterling  and  Hopper, 
Masters  and  Sandburg,  Wolf  and  An- 

Contlnucd  on  puRC  28 


IVPRIL,  1929 


13 


"—  sure  Rembrandt  was  good — but  did  he  have  a  message  like  we've  got?- 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Caprice 


Being  a  Study  in  the  Technique  of  a  Disillusioned  Lady 


HI  R  laughter  was  an  ache;  it  vi- 
brated into  a  heavy  empty  dis- 
cord that  pained  one.  Her  pres- 
ence was  a  pain,  a  heavy  pain.  Her  eyes 
glittered,  her  eyes  did  not  scintillate,  they 
glittered  coldly  as  they  watched  the  mass 
of  mingling  dancers  in  theirstupid,  grace- 
less movements.  A  fox  trot  was  stupid, 
ridiculous.  But  it  was  movement  and 
the  very  stupidity  of  it  was  an  opiate  and 
soothed  the  malady  of  thought  just  as 
the  loud,  raucous  rhythmic  beat  of  the 
music  annihilated  all  possibilities  of 
thought,  leaving  noise — glorified,  trium- 
phant noise.  And  steadily,  through  it  all 
was  the  thin,  incessant,  insistent  voice  of 
her  companion.  She  scarcely  caught  his 
cajoling  words,  his  praise  to  the  black- 
ness of  her  hair,  the  classic  symmetry  of 
her  nose,  the  diabolic,  artificial,  redness 
of  her  lips.  He  was  a  well-born,  impecu- 
nious Englishman,  intelligent  enough, 
highly  educated  and  he  prostituted  his 
best  phrases  to  her  beauty  in  order  to  be 
seen  each  night  with  her,  to  have  his 
name  linked  w  ith  hers,  for  she  was  beau- 
tiful and  powerful.  He  drank  in  greedily 
the  curious  gazes  of  the  others  who 
wondered  what  she  saw  in  him,  a  thin 
prematurely  wrinkled  debauchee.  In  fact 
she  saw  nothing  in  him  It  was  not  nec- 
essary to  treat  him  as  a  human  being,  she 
was  obli\'ious  of  him.  He  required  no 
attention  therefore  he  was,  for  her,  an 
admirable  companion.  So  every  night 
they  sat  this  way  in  one  place  or  another. 
Lately,  it  had  become  a  habit  to  visit  but 
this  one  cafe,  which  the  Englishman  did 
not  consider  smart  at  all,  for  she  had  be- 
gun to  know  a  face  that  was  there  every 
night,  a  face  that  interested  her  And  of 
late,  she  had  forgotten  the  dancers  and 
riveted  her  attention  upon  the  passing 
expressions  of  the  one  Each  night  she 
would  say  to  her  companion,  "You  do 
not  know  him'  Who  could  he  be?" 

And  each  night  the  Englishman  would 
answer,  "Surely  he  is  nothing,  my  dear." 
Then  with  a  sigh,  "Of  course,  I  can  find 
out,  if  you  are  anxious  " 

Not  once  did  he  look  at  her  Nor  did 
he  seem  to  look  at  anyone  but  the  yellow 
haired  girl  who  danced  at  nine  and 
eleven  o'clock.  In  the  interim,  his  face 
was  a  mask  of  indifference.  And  Aurelie 
could  sec  that  he  desired  the  blonde 
dancer  who  was  tasteless  enough  to 
dance  a  tango  in  a  very  decorative  blue 
and  yellow  shawl  Aurelie  examined  the 
girl  and  her  self-enamored  partner.  They 
were  exceedingly  banal.  His  hair  was 
black  and  polished  He  was  well  formed 
but  vulgar  and  the  girl  was  well  formed 
but   inane.    Aurelie   wondered  why  the 


By  ELVA  WILLIAMS 

stranger  was  so  fascinated.  Sh':  watched 
him  steadily  and  saw  that  he  desired  the 
girl. 

"Perhaps  he  is  her  brother,"  she  sug- 
gested. "They  are  both  very  fair." 

"Ridiculous.  Can't  you  sre  he  is  after 
her?"  her  companion  rejoined. 


Laments 

By  Constance  Ferris 

z///  mi/  ivat/s  are  wean/  wai/.c 
Ail  mt/  palh.f  are  grief! 
Can  it  be  tliat  ani/iK'iierejy 
Buds  the  lotus  leaj? 

Hand  in  hand  I  walked  with  you 
Through  the  shining  dax/s! 
J\'(?u'  that  you  are  gone,  I  tread 
Grim,  decorous  ways 

Why  is  intrigue  ever  thus! 
Why  must  hrave  hearts  roam 
Half  their  lives  in  loneliness 
Why  must  wives  come  homej>? 

"Then  he  must  be  very  dull,"  she 
recapitulated  and  looked  away  but,  in- 
voluntarily, her  eyes  would  seek  him 
again.  He  was  young,  very  pale.  The 
color  of  his  eyes  was  problematical.  It 
was  his  mouth,  or  the  expression  about 
his  mouth  that  bewitched  Aurelie.  The 
upper  lip  was  thin  and  betrayed  a  great 
frailty  while  his  lower  lip  was  broad  and 
firm.  His  mouth  was  sensitive  and  deli- 
cate and,  it  occurred  to  Aurelie,  anxious 
to  be  hurt. 

"Ah!  well  he  is  probably  very  dull," 
she  sighed. 

"And  poor."  The  Englishman  smiled 

T       T       T 

IT  HAPPENED  that  onc  night  the  pale 
stranger  appeared  with  two  other 
men,  one  of  whom  Aurelie  vaguely 
remembered  and  acknowledging  his 
greeting  she  nodded  for  him  to  come  to 
her  tabic.  The  three  of  them  approached 
and  Aurelie  found  the  pale  stranger's 
name  to  be  Dawson.  The  name  did  not 
suit  him  The  Englishman  was  not  over- 
pleased  but  being  well  born  covered  up 
his  displeasure,  lisping  in  his  peculiar, 
little  \'oice  epigrams  of  a  satanic  nature 
while  Aureiie's  eyes  glittered  most 
intently 

"i  have  seen  you  here  many  times,  " 
she  said  to  Dav\son 

He  seemed  faintiv  astonished 
"Really." 


"Your  presence  here,  every  night,  is 
incongruous." 

"Where  should  I  be?"  He  smiled 
politely. 

"With  the  Holy  Family  in  the  Porti- 
co." She  laughed.  "Albert  Outer's  fa- 
mous picture,  you  know." 

"Yes.  I  know."  She  felt  she  had  made 
a  mistake,  "I  seem  quite  holy  then'"  he 
asked. 

"No.  Not  holy.  But  mystical,  a  bit 
unreal,    and    dreaming    dreams."    She 
scanned  his  face  boldly  and  after  a  long| 
silence  continued    "I've  put  you  in  the 
wrong  picture.  Pardon." 

It  was  Dawson's  turn  to  look  at  her, 
curiously.  He  seemed  to  see  her  for  the 
first  time.  He  saw  that  she  was  beautiful, 
definitely  so  He  was  fascinated  with  the 
tight  necklace  of  diamonds  which  she 
wore  about  her  throat,  which  seemed  to 
be  cruelly  cutting  into  her  \vhite  flesh. 

"Diamonds  have  no  heart,"  W.  said. 

"Nor  have  rubies,  or  emeralds.  Lapis 
and  coral  have  hearts.  They  are  like  old 
halt-forgotten  memories  laid  away. 
They  are  sentimental" 

"But  diamonds  arc  cruel  and  cold  - 
and  proud,  "  he  said. 

She  laughed.  "Do  they  frighten  you?" 

He  looked  at  her  quickly,  narrowing 
his  eyes  and  about  his  mouth  v^'as  a 
strange,  expression.  She  watched  his 
mouth,  she  did  not  raise  her  eves  from 
his  mouth  and  suddenly  it  became  to  her 
the  most  desirable  thing  in  the  world. 
She  flicked  the  ashes  from  her  cigarette 
and  to  her  satisfaction  the  lights  were 
turned  low  for  the  tango  dancers  and  he 
could  not  see  her  face. 

Dawson's  eyes  followed  the  dancers 
intently,  as  though  seeing  them  for  the 
first  time. 

"What  is  her  name?"  Aurelie  mur- 
mured. 

"Dolores   " 

"Dolores — with  yellow  hair?"  Aurelie 
grimaced.  She  seemed  to  see  the  girl 
through  different  eyes.  She  was  pretty, 
mo\cd  delightfully,  sh;  was  full  of  grace 
but  she  was  gowned  so  badiv  Dawson  s 
profile  was  eager  and  thoughtful  in  the 
Rembrandt  darkness-. 

"She  brings  you  here  c\'ery  night  and 
— you  bring  me  Strange  "  Aurelie  spoke 
coldly,  "She  is  not  worth  it  She  has  no 
soul." 

Dawson  did  not  take  his  eyes  from 
the  dancers  "Souls  are  plentiful.  I  have 
enough  for  two    " 

"^.'ou  lo\'e  her  exquisitely.  She  could 
not  understand  it.  She  has  no  under- 
standing." 

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APRIL,  1929 


15 


Muriel  Stewart 

This  Young  San  Franciscan  Protege  of  Pavlowa  Now  Directs  the  Chicago  Opera  Ballet 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Back  to  the  Water 

Being  a  Discussion  of  the  Yachting  Possibilities  of  San  Francisco  Bay 


Editor's  Note:  We  are  indeed  proud  to  present  this 
article  by  Peter  B.  Kyne.  who.  besides  being  one  of  the 
best  known  American  writers,  participates  in  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  activities  with  his  yacht.  The  Sheldrake.  This 
is  the  first  of  a  series  of  articles  by  distinguished  San 
Francisco  yachtsmen. 

YACHTING  has  always  been  regarded 
as  a  rich  man's  sport,  or  at  least 
the  sport  of  men  with  a  compe- 
tence and  the  time  to  enjoy  their  yachts. 
The  advent  of  the  automobile  tor  a  time 
almost  obliterated  yachting;  none  hut  the 
very  salty  clung  to  it,  and  on  San  Fran- 
cisco bay  the  sport  languished.  Within 
the  past  two  years — the  past  year,  par- 
ticularly, there  has  been  a  tremendous 
revival  in  yachting  interest  all  over  the 
country.  And  San  Franciscans  have 
evinced  more  than  their  share  of  this 
national  interest. 

Motoring  has  lost  its  "kick."  With 
the  advent  of  good  roads,  the  highways 
became  clogged  with  traffic  and  the  de- 
light of  a  Sunday  jaunt  with  the  family 
vanished.  The  case  with  which  hitherto 
distant  hunting,  fishing  and  picnic 
grounds  can  now  be  reached  by  auto  has 
caused  them  to  be  over-run,  to  lose  their 
charm  And  suddenly  the  public  dis- 
covered that  one  didn't  have  to  be  a 
wealthy  man  to  enjoy  the  sport  of  yacht- 
ing. The  day  of  the  motor  cruiser  had 
arrived  There  were  uncounted  miles  of 
navigable  waterways  to  explore — and 
the  small  motor  cruiser  presented  the 
means  of  exploration.  Waterways  may 
be  a  bit  choppy  but  they  are  never  dusty 
and  never  over-crowded  With  a  staunch 
little  motor  cruiser  that  could  be  navi- 
gated and  operated  by  the  head  of  the 
family,  even  though  he  had  had  no 
previous  maritime  experience,  the  entire 
family  could  spend  the  week-end  com- 
fortably afloat,  or  a  much  longer  period, 
for  that  matter.  New  bathing  places, 
new  fishing  and  hunting  and  camping 
grounds,  closed  to  the  automobile,  were 
open  to  the  motor-boat  enthusiast — and 
all  at  a  price  no  greater  than  that  of  a 
high-class  automobile  Nor  was  the  cost 
of  operation  any  greater  Nor  the  cost  of 
upkeep  and  depreciation 


THE  building  of  standardized  motor 
cruisers,  which  has  gained  tremen- 
dous impetus  the  past  two  years,  renders 
available  a  choice  of  boat  to  fit  almost 
any  purse  The  marine  motor  has  at- 
tained perfection;  even  the  old  sailing 
yachtsmen  who  were  wont  to  regard 
motor  boat  yachtsmen  as  farmers,  have 
auxiliary  power  installed  in  their  sailing 
yachts  No  longer  it  is  necessary  for  the 
man  who  would  rather  sail  than  eat,  to 


By  PETER  B.  KYNE 

knock  around  in  a  calm  until  his  reason 
threatens  to  totter  on  its  throne;  the 
which,  in  the  old  days,  was  a  situation 
always  in  prospect  for  the  sailing  man 
and  caused  his  week-end  guests  to  shy 
away  from  hiin. 

The  building  of  standardized  cruisers 
has  not,  however,  dampened  the  demand 
for  sailing  craft,  for  your  true  yachts- 
man will  have  no  false  gods  before  him. 


Fragments  of 
The  Bay  Region  Miscellany 

By  Constance  Ferris 

I  was  not  elected  the  second  time 
To  serve  the  Bay  Region  as  District  At- 
torney, 
Which  might  have  been  due  to  a  number 

of  causes; 
First,  my  lower  plate  troubled  me 
And  I  consulted  Ramson  Garwin, 
As  skillful  a  dentist  as  one  could  find 
(Reticent  too,  I  always  imagined) 
But   somehow   or   other   the   cry   went 

'round 
That  my  teeth  were  false;  then  after  that 
The  cynical  jade  who  was  my  stenogra- 
pher 
Told  of  a  lady  client  who  came 
On  business  so  private  she  mustn't  be 

seen 
Either  to  enter  or  leave  my  office. 
It  was  true  but  no  concern  of  the  public, 
Nor,    for  that   matter,   was   my   lower 

plate. 
But  the  people  began  to  laugh  and  say : 
"Fancy  romance  and  a  lower  plate!" 
And  well — I  lost  the  election. 
My  fall  was  rapid;  1  came  at  length 
T(T  filling  a  place  in  the  dim  night  court 
Where  drunken  wretches  shambled  in 
To  tell  the  tale  of  their  misspent  lives 
And  men  who  were  caught  with  other 

men's  wives 
Implored  my  mercy  and  sought  release. 
But  Fate  was  kind;  1  was  called  to  judge 
The  very  pair  who  had  ruined  me. 
Who  said  that  justice  is  blind? 
Why,  she  has  bifocal  vision  ! 


He  worships  at  the  shrine  of  Boreas.  The 
long  distance  ocean  races,  first  developed 
years  ago  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  have  now 
extended  to  the  Atlantic  Coast  Years 
after  the  San  Francisco  to  Honolulu 
race  had  become  a  classic  here,  the  New 
York  to  Bermuda  race  became  an  annual 
feature  of  Atlantic  Coast  yachting.  Then 
Pacific  Coast  yachtsmen  sailed  a  race  of 
^,6oo  miles  to  Tahiti,  and  last  year  we 
had  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  the  race  from 
New  York  to  Santander,  Spain    All  this 


interest  and  competition  has  had  a  most 
healthy  effect  upon  the  growth  of  the 
sport  —an  effect  most  paiticularly  notice- 
able in  San  Francisco  Bay. 

T      T      T      ' 

UNTIL  the  past  year,  San  Francisco, 
albeit  the  home  of  perhaps  seventy- 
five  per  cent  of  the  yachting  enthusiasts 
who  sailed  its  waters  and  those  of  its 
tributaries,  had  no  yacht  club  Sausalito 
and  Tiburon  were  the  homes  of  the  San 
Francisco  Yacht  Club  and  the  Corinthian 
Yacht  Club.  New  membership  in  the  old 
San  Francisco  Yacht  Club  made  a  strange 
demand  on  the  patriarchs  who  had  kept 
alive  the  oldest  yacht  club  in  our  local 
waters.  They  campaigned  for  a  new 
club-house,  a  modern  club-house — on 
the  San  Francisco  side.  There  was  wide 
diversity  of  opinion,  in  consequence  of 
which  the  membership  split  and  the 
radicals,  under  the  leadership  of  Hiram 
W.  Johnson,  Jr.,  organized  the  St 
Francis  Yacht  Club.  Starting  with  noth- 
ing save  an  idea,  the  proposition  was 
carried  to  completion  in  about  a  year  and 
a  half.  On  land  leased  from  the  Park 
Commission  at  the  Marina  Yacht  Basin, 
there  has  been  erected  a  club-house  not 
equaled  in  beauty  of  design  or  quality  of 
service  by  any  yacht  club  in  the  world. 
Indeed,  the  St.  Francis  Yacht  Club  is 
more  than  a  yacht  club.  It  is  a  social 
center;  it's  growth  has  been  phenomenal 
and  it  is  still  growing,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  a  membership  in  it  now 
costs  one  thousand  dollars  and  is  not  too 
easy  to  obtain. 

The  old  San  Francisco  Yacht  Club,  I 
bclie\'e,  is  going  ahead  with  the  mem- 
bership that  stuck  when  the  division 
came.  It,  too,  has  made  arrangements  for 
a  new,  beautiful,  up-to-the-minute  club 
house  at  Tiburon  and  will,  no  doubt, 
provide  healthy  and  sporty  competition 
for  the  other  clubs,  a  condition  that  is 
extremely  dcsiiable  in  racing. 

Within  a  year  the  St.  Francis  \'acht 
Club  has  outgrown  the  quarters  for  the 
yachts  tinat  fly  its  flag.  New  berths  for 
anv  kind  of  boat  are  no  longer  available 
and  there  is  an  insistent  demand  that  the 
yacht  harbor  at  the  Marina  be  enlarged, 
either  by  dredging  out  the  center  of  the 
Marina  park  or  by  building  a  sea  wall 
j-'arallel  with  the  seaward  side  of  the 
Marina  Park,  to  form  a  sheltered  harbor. 
Inasmuch  as  the  Park  Commission  is 
making  a  good  re\'enue  from  the  yacht- 
ing activities  of  the  club,  it  is  conceiv- 
able that  steps  will  soon  be  taken  to 
enlarge  the  yachting  facilities  of  the  port. 
Visiting   yachtsmen    now   constitute   a 

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*l"c>i-,  (    t"'.i   Ml  »"j 


Varnishing  the  Masts  of  the  Yankee 

Spring  Activities  in  San  Francisco  Yacht  Harbor  Sketched  by  Warren  Chase  Merritt 


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18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


La  Clef 


A  Romance  That  Might  Have  Been  Included  in  the  Decameron 

By  MORTON  THOMPSON 


k 


The  Prologue 
o\v  you  must  know  chat  in  the 
interims    of    foreign    warfare, 


JL  ^  the  France  of  the  end  of  the 
thirteenth  century  was  incessantly  torn 
by  petty  skirmishings  within,  or  just 
beyond,  her  own  borders.  These  maraud- 
ings involved  a  great  deal  of  castle  pil- 
laging with  its  concommitants  of  mur- 
der, theft — and  ravishment. 

The  marauders  of  that  time  were  not 
as  the  marauders  of  today,  but  gentle- 
men and  knights  of  high  degree;  who,  in 
the  pursuit  of  the  above  mentioned 
relaxations,  sought  relief  from  the  ennui 
imposed  by  a  period  of  peace. 

To  combat  these  overly  enthusiastic 
displays  of  the  overly  neighbourly,  there 
was  invented  by  an  Italian  nobleman  a 
device  of  leather  and  steel,  intended  to  bo 
worn  in  such  a  fashion  that  it  protected 
the  chastity  ot  the  wearer  from  all  con- 
tingencies. 

These  armaments,  termed  Ceintures 
dc  Chastete,  were  fastened  by  locks  of  so 
intricate  a  design,  that  the  glee  of  the 
assailing  inamorate  was  apt  to  become  a 
trifle  jaded  as  he  tried  (in  vain,  mostly) 
to  match  his  sometimes  quite  practised 
skill  against  the  cunning  of  a  wilier  lock- 
smith. 1  will  refrain  from  pointing  out 
any  reference  to  the  saying  that;  "Love 
laughs  at  locksmiths." 

The  Cast  of  Characters 
Alianne — A  pretty,   typically   French 
girl,  of  eighteen 

Rolf — Like  D'Artagnan  in  armour 
Lady     Montcours— Lean,     unlovely, 
and  forty-odd. 

Lord  Monccours— Beefy,  bottle  and 
battle  scarred 

y\CT  OME.  SCENE  ONE 
The  storming  of  the  castle  Montcoiirs 
A  tent  in  the  camp  of  Rolf,  the  besieger. 
Rolf:  Take   you   this   missive   to   my 
Lady  Alianne — and  see  to't  the  vixen 
gives  you  answer. 

The  messenger  departs  and  hy  dint  oj 
much  cunning  finds  his  ivay  ivithiti  the 
castle  walls  and  later,  under  cover  of 
darkness  to  the  chamber  of  Alianne,  to 
xvhom  he  delivers  the  message. 

She  scans  the  gloiving  missive  with  an 

air  of  thunderstruck  horror,   and  then 

with  a  contemptuous  glance  at  her  wary 

messenger,  she  strips  the  billet  into  bits 

Alianne;  Tell  your  despicable  pig  of  a 

master  that  it  is  minds  diseased  and 

corrupted  as  his  which  have  wrought 

dishonour  and  shame  to  the  maidens 

and    wives    of   a    once    fair    nation ! 

Faugh!    For    shame!    That    a    noble 

knight   should   have   the   discourtesy 


and  the  unspeakable  filth  ot  mind  to 
demand  of  a  maiden  that  which  she 
holds  most  high  and  dear  as  the  price 
for  a  castle's  redemption ! 

The  Messenger;  (as  Alianne  pauses 
for  breath)  My  Lady,  1  was  bidden  to 
return  with  an  answer. 

Alianne;  (suddenly  bursting  into  sobs 
of  rage)  Oh,  the  unspeakably  v-ver- 
minous  c-c-carrion;  fly,  and  as  quickly 
as  possible  that  the  air  ot  this  room  be 
not  the  more  defikd  by  any  yeoman  of 
his  bidding! 
The    Lady   Alianne   turns    her   back 

inth  a  look  of  uncontrollable  loathing  as 

the  curtain  falls  on  the  messenger's  .silent 

departure. 

SCENE  TWO 

The   evening  of  the   same   day.    The 

banquet  room  of  the  castle   Montcours 

where    are   gathered  for   their   evening 

meal     My    Lady    Alianne,     Lord    and 

Lady  Montcours. 

Montcours;  That  licentious  \'arlet  had 
the  dastardly  temerity  to  parley  his 
withdrawal  with  me  today  ! 
Both  ivomeyi  looked  up  xvith  an  air  of 

startled  surprise.    Montcours  continues 

heavily. 

Montcours  ;  And  as  a  price  tor  his  with- 
drawal he  demanded  Alianne ! 

Lady  Mont  ;  Can  there  yet  be  knaves  of 
such  magnitudinous  vulgarity  unken- 
nelled in  Hell ! 

All^nne;  And  how  did  you  ansv^'er  him, 
father? 

Montcours;  Bah!  How  did  1  answer 
him!  1  laughed  as  we  laughed  at  the 
Fnglish  dogs  at  Verblainecourt  and 
showed  him  our  plans  for  siege,  our 
list  of  men,  our  fortifications,  our — 

Lady  Mont  ;  Which  have  been  standing 
long  before  Our  Lady  was  in  labour 

Montcours;  (uneasily)  Well,  he  may 
o'erwhelm  what  you  choose  to  regard 
as  our  poor  forces,  but  that  lock  was 
fashioned  by  a  man  who  employed 
seven  years  and  twenty  assistants  in 
its  fabrications;  and  dead  men,  as  1 
believe  has  been  remarked  upon 
before,  are  singularly  reticent  in  the 
disclosure  of  any  information  that 
they  may  have  guarded  previous  to 
their  demise!  .  .  .  No,  he  must  first 
find  this  bit  of  iron,  ere  he  accomplish 
his  base,  unknightly  purpose. 
.Mother  and  daughter  listen  to  the 
long  speech  musingly;  catch  each  others 
eye,  then  look  hastily  aivay  and  resume 

their  meal  as  the  curtain  lowers. 
SCENE  THREE 
Two  zueeks  later.  The  castle  has  beeti 

taken  and  Lord  and  Lady  Montctmrs  are 


seated  in  the  banLjuet  room,  prisoners  at 
large  in  their  oivn  home.  The  entire  castle 
has  been  rummaged,  pictures  are  askew, 
silverivare  and  odds  and  ends  have  dis- 
appeared, all  armaments  have  been  re- 
moved  from  the  walls,  and  a  general 
air   of  chaos    has   communicated    itself 
even    to    this     habitually    quiet    room. 
Montcours   is  the   picture  of  dejection, 
while    Lady   Montcours   sits   with    dis- 
approvingly pursed  lips 
Montcours;  Well,  and  it  gets  abroad 
that   we    were    vanquished — and   by 
such  an  upstart!!  .  .  .  And  I,  the  one 
leader  of  the  finest  horse  and  foot  in 
Southern  France  ....  Oh,  for  the  good 
old  days  of  men  and  leaders  and  I 
should  not  long  be  in  such  straits'  .  .  . 
The  brave  old  France  has  died  and  in 
its  place  is  come  a  lewd  pack  ot  travel- 
ing cutthroats  with  the  manners  of 
vermin,  and  the  tastes  of  Sultans.  Ah 
me.  .  .  . 
Lady  Mont;  Never  was  there  such  a 
runagate  parcel  of  knaves  to  turn  a 
castle,  a  whole  castle,  into  an  uproar 
of  such  dimensions  — 
Montcours  ;  Pah  '  As  if  the  overturning 
of  a  few  chairs  and  tables  were  all 
that    worried    me,    what    v\'ith    mv 
honour  and  my  daughter's  hanging  bv 
the  veriest  threads.  ...  To  say  noth- 
ing of  yours ! 
I  ADY  Mont  ;  "As  if  the  overturning  ot  a 
few  chairs"  indeed!  And  who  did  you 
suppose  will  clean  the  mess  when  that 
vile  crew  ha\'e  gone!  And  it  you  hint 
that  your  daughter's  honour  is  more 
worthy  of  protection  than  your  wile's 
perhaps  you  can  remember  under  just 
what  circumstances  she  was  begotten 
and — 
Montcours;  And  that  it  you  keep  on 
with  your  fool  clacking  1  shall  know 
of  a  way  wherewith  to  silence  you; 
and  the  silencing  shall  be  not  at  all 
pleasant ! 

A  silence  falls  for  a  time,  broken  at 
length  by  the  fall  of  a  thimble  from  Lad\ 
.Montcours'  hand. 

Montcours  ;  And  where  has  she  gotten 
that  new  seal  ring  she  wears'  T'is 
much  like  your  own  if  I  mistake  me 
not  T'is  much  too  large  tor  her  tiny 
hand.  Three  times  at  dinner  tonight 
she  was  at  pains  to  recover  it  from 
beneath  the  table. 
Lady  Mont;  It  is  mine  own;  and  1 
deemed  it  prudent  to  fill  it  with  a 
potion  simulating  poison  but  causing 
deep  sleep,  which  might  of  course,  be 
of  service  to  her  if  your  own  \aliant 
services  failed 

C;nlilinut'<l  on  i>»K<'  -i'-i 


\PRIL,  1929 


19 


San  Francisco  Silhouettes 

In  Which  Dassonville's  Camera  Has  Recorded  One  of  the  City's  Paradoxes 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Footnotes  on  Headliners 

Wherein  The  Caliph  Calls  Attention  to  the  Lesser  Dramatic  Arts 


FOR  the  pas:  monch,  in  order  to 
divert  a  friend  from  Paris,  we  have 
been  indulging  in  an  orgy  of 
theatre  going.  Particularly  have  we 
visited  vaudeville  and  motion  picture 
shows.  The  result  has  been  that  wc  ha\'e 
almost  been  won  hack  to  one  of  our 
first  loves — what  an  Englishman  calls 
the  "music  halls."  We  say  "almost"  for 
we  think  wistfully  of  the  days  when 
vaudeville  was  vaudeville  and  the 
Orpheum  circuit  a  perpetual  round  of 
headliners.  One  can  still  attain  the  bliss- 
ful state  of  seeing  perfect  vaudeville  at 
Keith's  Palace  in  New  York,  but,  since 
the  airplane  ser\'ice  between  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Manhatcan  is  in  its  primitive 
stages  it  is  impossible  for  us  to  week-end 
in  the  vicinity  of  Forty-seventh  and 
Broadway . 

Our  Parisian  friend,  with  no  vaude- 
ville past  to  look  back  on — that  is  no 
American  vaudeville  past — was  in  a 
state  of  perpetual  delight;  at  Marion 
Harris,  at  Sophie  Tucker,  at  Ted  Lewis, 
at  the  Watson  Sisters.  He  said  to  us; 
"Why  do  you  waste  time,  reviewing 
impossible  plays  from  Los  Angeles, 
when  you  have  all  this  talent  to  exploit? 
.  .  .  Why  do  your  newspapers  never 
review  vaudeville  seriously?  .  .  .  Why 
does  everybody  pretend  to  be  so  superior 
to  it?"  Why  indeed?  We  waste  columns 
of  patter  on  ham  actors,  trying  to  be 
highbrow,  and  we  take  Sophie  Tucker 
for  granted. 

Time  was,  if  you  didn't  have  your 
seats  reserved  for  the  current  Orpheum 
show  days  in  advance,  that  you  cither 
sat  in  the  gallery  or  missed  the  perform- 
ance. You  usually  sat  in  the  gallery  To 
miss  an  Orpheum  bill  was  a  calamity. 
Now,  you  don't  have  to  worry  very 
much  in  advance,  unless  Sophie  Tucker 
is  there.  But  just  this  last  fact  proves  that 
when  even  one  real  headliner  is  presented 
in  the  name  of  vaudeville  the  public 
crowd  the  theatre.  .  .  .  We  hear  all  sorts 
of  rumors  about  the  (!)rpheum  quitting 
the  game  And  it  makes  us  sad  For  we 
reflect  that  the  Orpheum  circuit  was 
started  in  this  city.  But  wc  refuse  to 
believe  that  there  is  to  be  no  Orpheum 
in  the  days  to  come,  or  that  what  re- 
mains of  the  Orpheum  is  to  degenerate 
into  one  of  those  huge  hippodromes  of 
gilt  and  glitter,  known  as  a  motion  pic- 
ture palace,  where  vaudeville  is  merely 
an  adjunct  to  wake  up  the  audience 
between  films. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

DO  WE  hear  you  ask  if  we  are  not 
growing  sarcastic?  Not  at  all.  We 
know  that  most  of  the  audiences  must  be 


By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

either  asleep  or  in  a  state  of  coma  at 
motion  picture  shows  while  the  "pitcher' ' 
is  being  reeled  off  because  there  is  no 
other  excuse  for  their  apathy.  We  have 
scores  of  friends  who  take  in  three  or 

/Mosaic 

By  Kathryn  Peck 

Yours  ts  a  gracious  jusioiij 
Where  every  curve  and  linej 

Draws  to  its  clear  conctusioiu 
An  intricate  desi(jn  >. 

Si/nibol  oj  consecraiioiL', 
The  minute  Jorms  conjead 

The  dignified  elatioixj 
Oj  classic  lovelinedd. 

Before  lije  lit  my  dreaming 
To  such  mad,  radiant  tearj, 

I  might  have  made  a  seeming 
Mosaic  oj  my  year^i. 

But  all  my  forms  in  fioiving 
Pattern  no  old  desig/t', 

Never  was  to  my  knowing 
Limit  or  boundary  lineJ>. 

Yours  is  the  rich  profusion^ 

That  Time  has  willed  the  race^'>. 

Mine  is  the  white  illusioitj, 
The  loneliness  oj  spacej>. 

four  "pitchers"  a  week  and  that  they 
show  no  signs  of  mental  decay  is  suffi- 
cient proof  to  us  that  the  flashing  of  the 
silver  screen  drugs  them  into  insensibil- 
ity. And,  moreover,  all  the  protests  that 
u'e  have  heard  leveled  at  the  talkies  have 
been  to  the  efl'ect  that  the  spectators  go 
into  a  motion  picture  house  for  rest.  In 
short,  the  motion  picture  palace  has 
taken  the  place  of  the  dim  and  cloistered 
church  of  bygone  days  where  one  went 
to  meditate  and  sleep  through  the  ser- 
mon. E\'en  as  we  write  this  the  analogy 
is  better  than  we  thought.  For  the  aver- 
age screen  story  is  like  the  average 
sermon — an  impossible  mess  of  enio- 
tionalism  and  banality. 

We  sat  through  a  sluni  story  the  other 
night  with  an  American  Chinatown  for 
its  background.  To  date  it  is  the  most 
ridiculous  film  we  have  ever  seen,  with 
the  possible  exception  of  Tolstoy's 
"Kreutzer  Sonata"  mangled  many  years 
ago  as  a  vehicle  for  Nance  O'Neill  and 
Theda  Bara.  It  should  have  been  a  par- 
ticularly ridiculous  story  tor  any  San 
Franciscan.  And  yet  the  audience  sat 
through  the  entire  thing  without  a  ribald 


laugh,  a  sarcastic  comment,  or  even  a 
cat-call.  It  e\'en  sat  unmoved  while  the 
villian-hero  delivered  the  most  resound- 
ing slap  in  the  face  to  his  lady  love  that 
we  have  ever  witnessed.  We,  ourselves, 
have  sat  through  too  many  Apache[ 
dances  during  the  past  ten  years  to  be| 
unduly  fussed  by  seeing  a  woman  man-l 
handled.  We  have  grou'n  callous  in  our 
rounds  of  cabarets  and  night  clubs  to  thei 
spectacle  of  seeing  a  woman  kicked  in 
the  side  as  she  lies  groveling  on  the  floor 
or  choked  to  proper  submission.  But, 
after  all,  a  good  kick  or  a  good  choke, 
has  certain  qualities  of  virile  masculinity 
behind  it.  Not  so  a  slap  in  the  face.  There 
is  something  petty  about  a  slap  in  thcj 
face.  Petty  and  humiliating  and  vindic-! 
tive.  And  much  too  feminine  We  rcsentj 
seeing  our  screen  gangstfrs  go  ladylike: 
in  this  fashion.  True,  before  the  picture 
was  over,  the  gentleman  in  question  re- 
deemed himself  by  knocking  the  lady  of 
his  heart  down  and  kicking  her  into  the 
passage  way.  But  all  this  eleventh-hour 
\'irilicy  could  not  wipe  out  the  memory 
of  that  first  insolence.  .  .  .  We  had 
fancied  until  we  saw  rhis  picture  that 
there  was  a  censorship  of  movies.  We 
had  heard,  for  instance,  that  in  many 
states  of  this  Union  that  the  revolting 
spectacle  of  an  expectant  mother  sewing 
on  baby  clothes  is  tabu  even  though  bell 
and  book  have  made  an  honest  woman 
of  her.  Naturally  we  presumed  that  some 
restraining  hand  might  be  laid  on  the 
degrading  sight  of  a  gangster  reduced  to 
the  puerilities  of  slapping  faces.  Really 
there  arc  limits  to  indecency.  We  suggest 
that  you  wire  your  congressman  and  ask 
him  to  see  that  the  kicking  and  choking 
of  heroines  by  their  gangster  lo\ers  be 
restored  to  its  proper  glory.  Fancy  the 
efl^ect  of  mere  face  slapping  upon  the 
youth  of  the  country  What  v\'ill  a  great 
citv  like  Chicago  do  in  the  years  to  come 
if  the  new  masculine  generation  get  such 
a  mistaken  idea  of  how  to  treat  their 
sweethearts?  Do  you  fancy  that  any 
criminals  worth  lining  up  against  a  wall 
and  shooting  will  ever  be  dc\'eloped  it 
the  face-slapping  of  neurotic  heroines 
goes  on  in  our  moving  picture  palaces 
unchecked? 

▼       T      T 

BUT  we  wander  from  our  point  Wc 
had  no  intention  of  indulging  in 
inMnotal  indignation.  We  merely  wished 
CO  comment  on  the  passivity  of  motion 
picture  audiences.  We  had  never  noticed 
this  phase  of  movie  devotees  before.  But 
our  friend  from  Paris  said  it  was  the 
one  thing  he  had  noticed,  particularly. 

ContimU'd  on  pnRO  36 


PRIL,  1929 


21 


a  decorative 
screen  by 
Charles 
Stafford 
Duncan 


"Fantasy" 

a  painting  by 

Dorothy 

Simmons 

shown  at 

the  Qalerie 

Beaux  Arts 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

POND-MOFFITT.  On  February  27.  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Mr  Edward  B.  Pond,  .son  of  iticlaic  Mr,  and  Mrs 
tidward  B  Pond,  to  Miss  Alice  Moffitt.  daughter  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs,  Herbert  Moffut. 

FAGAN-CRCX:KER  On  March  15.  in  New  York. 
Mr  Paul  F'agan  and  Mrs,  Helcne  Irwin  Crocker 


ENGAGEMENTS 

ERDMAN-HENDERSON.  Mi^s  Louise  Erdman, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  John  P.  Erdman  of  Honolulu. 
to  Mr  Charles  J  Henderson,  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
Charles  B.  Henderson  of  San  Francisct). 

LA  MOTTE-BREWER.  Miss  Augusta  La  Motte. 
daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs  E  N  La  Motto  of 
Wilmington.  Delaware,  to  the  Reverend  William  Augus- 
tus Brewer.  s<jn  ot  the  late  Dr.  and  Mrs  .Alfred  Lee 
Brewer  of  San  Mateo 

BREUNER-TILDEN.  Miss  California  Breuner. 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  John  Breuner  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, to  Mr  Cabin  Tiidcn.  son  of  Mrs  George  Forderer 
and  the  late  Mr   Heber  Tilden  of  San  f-rancisco. 

KELLAM-LLOYD  Miss  Frances  Kellam,  daughter 
of  Mr  and  Mrs.  Frederick  B  Kellam  of  San  Francisco 
and  New  York,  to  Mr  Francis  Ellsworth  Lloyd  Jr..  son 
of  Mr  and  Mrs,  Francis  Ellsworth  Lloyd  of  Nampa, 
Idaho  and  Long  Beach. 

IRELAND-YOUNGER.  Miss  Lute  Ireland,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs,  Sara  Ireland  of  San  Francisco,  to  Mr 
William  John  Younger,  son  of  Mrs,  Frances  M.  Younger 
and  the  late  Dr.  Herbert  Lane  Younger, 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

The  Misses  Catherine  and  Elizabeth  Kingsbury  of 
New  York  are  visitors  in  San  Francisco,  guests  of  Miss 
Ruth  Langdon.  The  Misses  Kingsbury  ha\e  come  to 
San  Francisco  to  attend  the  wedding  of  Miss  Vere  de 
Vere  Adams  and  Lieutenant  Robert  Barrett  Hutchins. 
U  S.  A  .  which  takes  place  this  month 

Prince  l-ugger  of  Austria  was  a  week-end  guest  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ross  Ambler  Curran  of  Burhngame  over  a 
recent  week-end.  and  participated  in  a  number  of  the 
smart  affairs  in  Burlingame  and  San  Mateo 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Philip  Patchin  gave  a  dinner  party  at 
their  home  in  Burlingame  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Ira  Patchin 
of  Washington.  D  C 

Mrs.  William  Hillman.  who  now  makes  her  home  in 
Los  Angeles,  was  the  guest  of  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  K  Mcintosh  at  their  home  in  Gough  street  for  a 
fortnight  during  March. 

Mr,  Jean  dc  St.  Cyr  was  host  to  a  group  of  the  visiting 
English  polo  players  at  his  home  in  San  Mateo 

Mr  and  Mrs.  VVilliamLa  Boyteauxof  New  Vork  were 
visitors  in  San  Francisco  recently  and  were  ctjnstantly 
entertained  by  their  host  of  friends 

Major  General  and  Mrs.  John  Hines  entertained  at 
their  quarters  at  l-on  Mason  in  honor  of  C^jlonel  and 
Mrs  Albert  E,  Saxton  of  Washington.  D  C:;  .  who  are 
visiting  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Lincoln  at  ihe 
F^rcsidio. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  von  Warton  of  Vienna  were 
extensively  entertained  during  their  recent  visit  in  San 
F'rancisa)  Mrs  vun  Warttm  was  the  former  Miss 
Rosario  Moran  of  this  city  They  are  now  en  route  to 
New  York,  taking  the  Panama  trip. 

Among  the  disimguishcd  visitors  entertained  recently 
hy  Mr  and  Mrs  Robert  Hays  Smith  of  Burhngame. 
were  the  Duchess  di  Sermonetta  of  Rome,  and  Mrs 
Joshua  S  Cosdcn  c)f  New  York. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Stanley  Kennedy  of  Honolulu  have 
been  entertained  at  manv  affairs  since  their  arrival  from 
the  Islands,  Mrs,  Dunn  Dutton.  Mrs  Alan  Lowrcy.  Mr 
and  Mrs.  Archibald  Johnson  and  Mrs.  Warren  Spieker 
have  been  among  their  hosts 

Mrs  David  Honeyman  of  Portland.  Oregon  was  guest 
of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  by  Mr,  and  Mrs  Walker 
Kamm  of  Burhngame 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  W  Dabncy  Jr  of  Santa  Bar- 
bara enjoyed  a  fortnight  in  San  Francisco  and  1^1 
Monte  Mrs.  Dabney  was  the  former  Miss  Gcraldine 
Graham 

Prince  Cyril  of  Bulgaria  and  heir-apparent  to  the 
throne,  was  entertained  in  Burlingame  during  March 
Among  those  who, arranged  affairs  in  his  hon<ir  uere  Mr 
and  Mr''  Nion  Tucker  and  Mr   Raymond  Armsby 

Miss  Elizabeth  Thompson  of  Washington.  D  C.  ha^ 
been  visiting  her  aunt,  Mrs  Barnehy  Conrad  at  the  lal- 
icr's  home  in  San  Mateo  Mrs  I^jcke  T  Harper  gave  a 
luncheon  for  Miss  Thompson 

Miss  Eleanora  Sears  of  Eioston  has  been  visiting  Mrs 
Whiiclaw  Rcid  at  the  lalicr's  home  in  Millbrae 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Mr  and  Mrs  George  TCameron  arc  leaving  shortly 
for  the  Atlantic  0)ast  and  will  sail  for  France  where  they 
will  vi^it  Mrs  Cameron's  si.ster.  Mrs  Ferdinand 
Thieriot,  in  Pan*. 


Mr  Raymond  .'\rmsby  entertained  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  St  Francis  ^'acht  (",lub  in  honor  of  his  hou^c  guests. 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Harry  Alexandre,  of  New  York  His  guests 
included  Mr  and  Mrs.  Peter  Cooper  and  Mr  and  Mrs. 
Nion  Tucker 

Mr  Noel  Sullivan  entertained  an  interesting  group  at 
his  home  lately,  the  guests  including,  among  others.  Mr 
l>iuglas  F-"airbanks  Jr    and  Miss  Joan  Crawford 

Mrs.  Da\id  Arnistrong-Ta>lor  has  returned  to  her 
apartments  at  the  Park  Lane  after  a  two  months' 
absence  in  New  'I'ork  and  Bermuda. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  John  A  Magee  of  New'  York,  who  have 
been  spending  a  portion  of  each  year  at  Pebble  Beach, 
recently  purchased  the  home  of  the  late  Mrs.  Arthur 
Rose  Vincent. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Martha  Ransomc  and  Mr. 
Breck  McAllister  will  take  place  on  April  20  at  the  home 
of  ihe  bride's  parents.  Mr  and  Mrs  Bernard  Ransome. 
at  Diablo. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Arthur  Hill  Vincentof  Biarritz,  and  Mr, 
and  Mrs  Redmond  Payne  of  New  York  and  Santa  Bar- 
bara, are  on  a  cruise  of  the  South  Seas 

Honoring  Miss  Claudine  Spreckels  and  her  fiance,  Mr 
George  G  Montgomery,  Miss  Janet  Whitman  ga\'e  a 
dinner  party  in  Burlingame  Miss  Spreckels's  marriage 
will  take  place  on  April  17. 

Many  farewell  afTairs  were  given  for  Mrs,  Tobin  Clark 
and  her  daughters,  the  Misses  Agnes  and  Mary  Clark, 
prior  to  their  departure  for  the  East  and  Europe.  They 
sailed  for  England  on  March  20. 

Plans  are  being  made  for  the  debut  of  Miss  Eleanor 
Christcnson  and  Miss  Barbara  Cates,  step-sisters.  The 
debut  will  take  place  at  the  Cates  home  in  Burlingame 
The  two  young  women  are  at  present  studying  in  Flor- 
ence, Italy. 

Every  box  has  been  sold  for  the  two  performances  of 
"The  San  Francisco  Follies  of  1929"  at  Dreamland 
Auditorium  on  April  2  and  3.  The  performance,  in  which 
the  leading  young  matrons  of  society  and  the  debutantes 
will  take  part,  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  Children's  Hospi- 
tal and  to  replace  the  traditional  Mardi  Gras  Ball. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bliss  Rucker  ga\e  a  dinner  in  honor  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  B.  Pond  shortly  after  the  latter 
couple  returned  from  their  honeymoon  trip  Mrs.  Pond 
was  the  former  Miss  Alice  Moffitt. 

Mrs  Charles  Gilman  Norris  (Kathleen  Norris)  has 
returned  to  California  and  is  now  occupying  her  new- 
home  at  Palo  Alto  Mr,  Norris  remained  in  the  East  for  a 
lew  weeks  longer  to  convalesce  from  an  operation 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lindsay  How  ard  v^ere  hosts  at  a  Sunday 
luncheon  at  the  San  Mateo  Polo  Club. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Bernard  Ford  entertained  with  a  large 
buMet  luncheon  at  "The  Mountain,"  their  lodge  near 
La  Honda. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Cornelius  Winkler  have  taken  Mile  le 
Brun's  house  in  Burlingame  for  two  years. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Charles  Watson,  the  latterof  whom  was 
the  former  Miss  Mary  Edie,  have  come  to  San  Francisco 
to  make  their  home  and  have  taken  a  house  at  Forest 
Httl 

A  Spring  Fashion  Show  was  given  b>'  members  of  the 
San  F'rancisco  Branch  of  the  Junior  League  at  the  Hotel 
Mark  HopKinson  the  afternoon  of  March  28  Among  the 
young  girls  who  modeled  were  Miss  Claire  Gianinni. 
Miss  Vere  de  Vere  Adams.  Miss  California  Breuner, 
Miss  June  Shaw  and  Miss  Edith  Bentley 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Wilberforce  Williams  have  returned  to 
their  home  in  Divisadero  street  after  a  stay  of  some 
weeks  in  New  ^  ork 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lewis  Hanchett  arc  established  at  the 
C'lift  Hotel  after  a  sojourn  in  the  East  and  in  Florida. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Louis  Bcnoist  have  taken  possession  of 
their  new  home  at  Broadway  near  Fillmore,  the  former 
Vincent  K   Butler  Jr.,  home 

Mr  and  Mrs  Horace  D  Pillsbury  were  hosts  at  a 
dinner  at  the  St  Lrancis  Yacht  Club  where  they  enter- 
tained a  large  group  of  friends  in  honor  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
William  La  Boyteaux 

Mrs.  George  Baker  Robbins  and  her  daughter.  Mrs 
G  I-"osicr  Thierbach,  gave  an  elaborate  musicale  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  during  March  Gcraldine 
Farrar  was  the  guest  artist.  About  loo  guests  attended 

Mr  and  Mrs  Alfred  Hcndrickson  entertained  at  din- 
ner in  Burlingame  recently  in  honor  of  Mrs  Hendrick- 
son's  mother.  Mrs  George  N  .-Xrmsby  of  Burlingame 
The  occasion  alst?  celebrated  the  I  Icndrickson's  second 
wedding  annivcrsary. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Betty  Downey  and  Mr  Richard 
Westphal  will  take  place  on  April  b  at  the  I*"airmont  It 
w  ill  be  an  evening  ceremonv 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Joseph  D.  Grant  have  returnedtoCalif- 
i>rnia  after  an  extended  visit  in  England. 

The  little  daughter  of  Mr  and  Nirv  Grant  Black  was 
christened  at  San  Mateo  last  month  and  the  occasion 
was  marked  by  a  large  tea.  Miss  Mary  ('lark  was  the 
godmother,  Mr.  Richard  Raoul-Duval  was  god-father 

Mrs  Wyatt  .'Mien  recently  eniertaincl  at  a  large 
luncheon  at  the  San  l-rancisco  Gulf  and  CA>unir>  Club 

On  March  II,  I  50  young  society  women,  members  of 
the  Junior  League  <n.ted  as  hostesses,  saleswemien  and 
style  advisers  at  a  fashionable  Grant  Avenue  Sht>p.  A 

Cirtion  of  the  day's  receipts  was  turned  over  to  the 
caguc   for   the   maintenance  of  its   foster  home   for 
children. 

Miss  Eleanor  Rocding.  whose  marriage  to  Mr.  John 
G  Sutton  Jr  takes  place  this  month,  was  honorecT at  a 
luncheon  given  by  Mrs    Arthur  Sharp 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Cecily  Casserly  and  Mr  Andre 
AkIen  Beaumont  will  take  place  in  Santa  Barbara  on 
June  2*> 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B,  Henderson,  who  sailed  ! 
Europe  in  February,  were  in  Berlin  visiting  their  s 
Mr    Wellington  Henderst>n,  when  last  heard  from 

Among  the  Californians  visiting  at  St.  Moritz.  dj 
ing  the  season  of  the  winter  sports,  were  Mr.  Ja 
McMullin. 

Miss  l-lorence  Faxon  is  traveling  on  the  Contin 
and  will  return  to  California  in  June. 

Miss  Frances  Baldwm  has  accompanied  Mrs,  F-'rai 
lin  Zanc  on  the  latter's  trip  to  Europe    They  will  j^ 
Miss  Mary  and  Miss  Margaret  Zanc  who  have  been 
Europe  for  some  months,  traveling. 

Mrs  Lawrence  McCreery  and  her  two  young  children^ 
plans  to  spend  the  summer  with  the  Hon  Mrs  Henry  | 
Coventry.  Mrs.  McCreery's  mother-in-law 

Mrs  William  D  Thomas  {Helen  Marvel  is  in  Paris 
where  she  joined  Commander  Thomas  at  their  apart-  | 
ment  on  the  Boulevard  Delessert.  Mr.  and  Mrs  George 
T.  Marye  are  also  planning  to  visit  Paris  this  spring 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Richard  Heimann  are  in  Europe  when, 
they  will  spend  four  months, 

Mr    and   Mrs    Walter  Filer,   their  son-in-law  and  I 
daughter,    the    Count    and    Countess    Degenard    von  I 
Wurmhrand.    sailed   on    the   Olympic    for   Europe   in 
March 

Mrs   James  Cooper  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Ethel 
Cooper,  were  guests  of  honor  at  a  large  luncheon  given  l 
in  Paris  last  month  by  Mrs    William  ^'ounger.   Miss  i 
Cooper  plans  to  remain  in  Pans  for  some  time:  she  will  ' 
be  the  guest  of  Commander  and  Mrs.  Randolph  Hunt- 
ington Miner. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evan  Williams  were  planning  to  take  a  i 
trip  to  the  second  cataract  of  the  Nile,  when  last  heard 
from .  ' 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mrs  James  Potter  Langhorne  and  her  son.  \1r  James 
Langhorne.  are  on  a  trip  East,  making  an  extended  tour 
by  way  of  New  Orleans  and  Charleston. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  went  East  a  few  ; 
weeks  ago  on  their  private  car,  Utah,  They  have  made  i 
up  a  large  party  to  tour  the  Mediterranean  with  them  I 
in  their  >acht  later  in  the  spring. 

Mrs  Washington  Dodge  w  as  a  visitor  at  Palm  E^ach 
recently  and  guest  at  a  tea  there  for  Prince  Cyril  of  Bul- 
garia 

Mr   and  Mrs.  Hugo  P'enwick  have  returned  to  their 
home  in  New  York  after  a  trip  to  Washington  where  Mr. 
I-enwick  was  an  usher  at  the  wedding  of  Miss  Elizabeth  ( 
Robinson  to  Jules  Blaise  de  Sibour  j 

Mr   and  Mrs   Theodore  Weicker  J  r   entertained  at  a  . 
dinner  recently  in  honor  of  their  brother  and  sister-in-  I 
law.  Mr    and  Mrs    Lowell  Putnam  Weicker.  who  re- 
cently   returned    from    their   Paris   honeymoon     Mr- 
TheoJorc    Weicker  Jr    was   the    former  Miss   Schatrt 
Adams  of  San  Francisco 

Mrs  I  lenncn  Jennings,  who  formerly  made  her  home 
in  San  Lrancisco.  was  one  of  the  guests  at  a  dinner  party 
gi\en  recently  b\  Secretary  .Andrew  Mellon  at  his  hi'ni. 

Just  before  Mrs    Marye's  departure  lor  I-'urn(-'c.  \^ 
and  Mrs    Marye  gave  a  brilliant  luncheon  in  honor 
Grand  Duke  Alexander  of  Russia. 

Dr  and  Mrs  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur  have  been  gucst^  ., 
the  I  lotel  PennsyKania  in  Ne^^'  ^'ork, 

Mr  William  H  Oockcr  has  been  confined  to  his  Ncv* 
"^lork  home  on  Park  .\venue  where  his  family  has  been 
in  attendance. 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  W.  Crocker  and  Mr.  and  Nlr^ 
Henry  Potter  Russell  were  at  the  St.  Regis  in  New  \i*t^ 
for  a  time. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Arthur  F.  Schermerhorn  returned  ;> 
New  York  recently  from  Bermuda  and  plan  a  trip  to 
California  soon. 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  Sproulc  arc  domiciled  at  the 
Westbury  Mrs  Eugene  Kelley.  their  daughter,  is  with 
them 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mr  and  Mrs  Russell  Wiks<in  have  been  sojourmnfi 
in  Santa  Barbara.  Palm  Springs  and  Agua  Calicntc 

\tiss  1  lelen  I  lolman  was  in  Santa  Barbara  for  a  week 
or  two  recently  \'isiting  Miss  I>>rothy  Eduar-.ls  Mr 
Alfred  1  lolman  uas  also  a  visitor  in  Santa  Barbara  re- 
cently, a  guest  of  Dr  and  Mrs  Henry  S   Pntchcn 

El  Mirador  at  Palm  Springs  has  beenattractingmany 
San  Franciscans  Among  those  at  the  resort  recently 
were  Mrs.  Charles  Dunphy  of  Mcnio  Park. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Cxjy  I-"ilmer  and  Miss  Jessie  Knowlcs 
visited  Mr  and  Mrs.  Mark  Reua  recently  at  their  nc* 
home  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  William  A  Slater  were  guests  recently 
at  the  charming  descrl  resort.  La  (^Jinta 


lPRIL,  1929 


23 


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The  Duchess  of  Sermoneta 

VittorlaColonna,  Lady  in  Waiting  to  Her  Majesty    the  Q"^^"  "^talv.  during  her  visit  to  Burlingaine 

and  San  Francisco,  complimented  the  charm    and    hospitahty  of  the    American   peop  e    and    expressed 

a  deep  admiration  for>lussolini  and  his  acts  of  achievement  for  the  nation  he  so  gloriously  serxes 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Lola  Montez 


Containing  an  Account  of  San  Francisco's  First  Courtesan 

By  S.  B.  DICKSON 


AD\'FNTi!Rn.s    and    vagabonds,   cuc- 

AA  throats  and  long  whiskered 
jL  JL  preachers,  red-blooded  hull-dogs 
and  white-blooded  rats  milling  at  the 
docks.  Here  a  painted  harpie,  squatting 
on  a  soap  box,  there  a  pink-skinned  fat 
man  fussing  with  the  diamond  in  his 
shirt.  Babel  of  voices,  yelping  of  dogs, 
raucous  laughter,  the  whine  of  a  fiddle. 
Hot  breath  of  cheap  perfume,  stink  of 
human  sweat,  smoke  of  burning  rags 
San  Francisco,  1S53. 

Sails  furled,  the  skipper  ship  comes 
long  side.  The  muttering  din  of  the  mob 
swells  to  cheers  Hats  fly,  guns  fire,  the 
dogs  slink  away  between  shuffling  feet 
in  panic.  The  newcomers  swarm  down 
the  side  and  are  swallowed  in  the 
crowd.  One  remains,  smiling  whimsi- 
cally. She  is  tall  and  white  faced  and  red 
lipped.  Great  black  eyes  shelter  behind 
drapes  ot  black  lashes.  She  smiles,  and 
pressing  her  palms  to  her  mouth,  reaches 
out  her  arms,  kiss-laden.  And  the  mob, 
storming  her,  lifts  her  to  loUing  shoul- 
ders and  passes  her  across  the  heads  of 
the  throng  to  a  waiting  carriage.  Mad 
hands  loose  the  horses  and  lead  them 
away,  eager  hands  grasp  the  traces  and 
heave,  and  through  the  city  streets  rolls 
the  carriage  beneath  a  rain  of  flowers. 
Cheers  go  with  her,  and  the  rushing, 
pounding  multitude.  She  is  Lola  Montez, 
Mistress  of  Kings. 

She  dances  for  the  miners  at  the  old 
Bella  Union,  down  in  Portsmouth 
Square.  She  cannot  dance.  She  sings  and 
her  voice  is  thin  and  u'ithout  music.  But 
she  is  Lola  Montez,  the  toast  of  Europe, 
the  queen  of  broken  hearts.  Gold  dust 
and  nuggets  of  gold  shower  upon  the 
boards  of  the  Bella  Union.  She  wades  in 
gold  What  that  Europe  has  exiled  her; 
she  is  beautiful,  she  is  gorgeous,  she  is 
irresistible,  and  this  is  San  Francisco, 
185-5.  She  danc:s  her  Spanish  dances  and 
the  blood  of  pioneers  is  fired;  she  sings 
sentimental  ballads,  and  sentimental 
hearts  of  hard-whiskered  Californians 
bleed  tears. 

Triumph  pyramids  triumph.  Her 
name  is  on  every  tongue.  She  barn- 
storms the  hill  towns,  dancing  in  the 
Southern  Mines,  dancing  in  golden 
showers,  sings  in  Hangtown  and  China- 
camp  and  Downievillc,  gambles  with 
bandits  and  drinks  with  the  crowd,  and 
loves  freely  and  with  handsome  gesture. 
And  then  she  tires.  Lola  Montez,  world- 
weary,  plants  a  flower  garden  in  the 
mining  camn  of  Grass  Valley,  and  raises 
chickens  and  pigs  and  breeds  horses.  To 
her  come  a  little  court  of  literateurs  and 
actors  and  world-rovers  to  keep  alive 


memories;  she  has  created  the  salon  of 
the  mining  camp. 


THE  memories  are  rich.  There  had 
been  the  night  at  Her  Majesty's 
Theatre  in  London.  A  gala  night  A 
great  surprise  had  been  promised  the 
fashionable  audience  by  Mr.  Lumley, 
manager  of  the  Opera  House.  A  mys- 
terious dancer  had  come,  whispered  gos- 
sip, to  stagger  the  hearts  of  London.  She 
had  come  from  the  Court  of  Spain.  She 
was  exquisite,  marvelous,  a  gem  of 
dreamy  Andalusia. 

Her  Majesty's  Theatre  was  crowded. 
Royalty  was  there  in  regal  array  The  pit 
was  jammed.  The  first  act  of  the  opera 
had  been  concluded  and  the  audience  had 
been  inattentive.  And  now  the  throng  is 
hushed.  Royalty  leans  forward  and  the 
gentlemen-in-waiting  gape.  Lord  Ranc- 
lagh,  in  his  bo.x,  polishes  his  monocle. 
Lord  Ranelagh  is  the  social  arbiter  ot 
.Mayf air's  smart  set.  He  sets  the  fashions 
and  decrees  the  styles. 

The  curtain  is  raised.  Great  black 
draperies  of  silk  frame  a  gorgeous  crea- 
ture. She  flicks  her  lace  fan,  twirls  her 
white  satin  skirt,  and  boldly  winks.  The 
audience  is  breathless.  She  is  exquisite, 
this  Lola — Lola  Montez  from  Seville 
The  sensuous  lament  of  a  Spanish  dance 
throbs  from  the  orchestra.  And  Lola 
dances.  Mayfair  has  forgotten  Lord 
Ranelagh.  All  eyes  burn  before  the  beauty 
of  the  girl.  She  is  tall  and  dark  and  fire. 
She  cannot  dance.  But  that  docs  not 
matter.  She  is  clumsy;  amateurish.  But 
she  is  irresistible. 

The  music  ends.  The  audience  turns 
to  the  box  of  Lord  Ranelagh.  They  wait 
the  signal  to  applaud.  And  his  Lordship 
stands  up,  dusts  his  monocL  and  laughs 
a  dooming  laugh. 

"Lola  Montez,  eh?"  he  sneers.  "Span- 
ish Dancer,  eh?  Gad!  That  is  no  Spanish 
Dancer.  That  is  Betty  James,  the  Irish 
wench" 

And  highly  peeved  Ranelagh  stalks 
from  his  box  He  has  spoken  and  the 
audience  knows  its  cue.  Some  one  hisses. 
Some  one  hoots.  Cat-calls,  yelps  and 
insults  arc  flung  across  the  footlights. 
The  curtain  is  rushed  down.  The  house 
empties.  And  Lola  Montez,  Spanish 
Dancer,  becomes  again  for  a  moment 
Betty  James,  the  fiery  little  Irish  lass, 
weeping  tears  of  rage,  shrieking  in 
hysteria  at  the  stage- hands.  Beauty 
scorned!  The  one  and  only  British  \en- 
ture  of  Lola  was  ended. 


IN  THE  clubs  that  night  the  bloods  of 
English  society  laughed  when  they 
told  of  the  beautiful  child  who  had 
scorned  the  love  of  the  great  Lord  Rane- 
lagh and  caused  his  wrath  to  be  visited 
upon  her  head.  Thev  learned  that  she  had 
com:  from  India.  She  had  been  educated 
in  Ireland.  Rather  than  wed  the  Indian 
potentate  selected  for  her  by  her  am- 
bitious mother,  she  had  eloped  with 
young  Lieutenant  James.  James  adored 
her,  she  endured  him  .  .  .  for  a  time.  He 
took  her  to  visit  her  parents  in  India.  She 
broke  Indian  hearts  with  consummate 
art,  grew  bored,  and  once  more  eloped, 
leaving  the  Lieutenant  nursing  a  frac- 
tured heart.  Adventure  called;  she  was 
the  child  of  adventure.  Gossip  said  she 
was  the  bastard  child  of  Lord  Byron. 

She  came  to  London  in  the  guise  ot 
a  Spanish  Dancer.  London  laughed, 
laughed  at  Lord  Ranelagh  who  had 
fallen  in  love  with  her  and  laughed  at 
Lola.  She  went  to  Paris 

Paris  received  her  with  open  arms. 
Franz  Liszt  played  for  her,  wrote  dreams 
of  love  for  her,  and  adored  her.  The 
songs  he  wrote  live  on;  the  love  was  of 
flimsy  weave.  From  his  philandering 
arms  Lola  floated  to  the  attic  studio  of 
Dumas,  Pere.  In  the  filth  and  soot  of 
Paris  roofs  they  loved  and  fought.  But 
Dumas  was  old;  young  love  called. 
Young  love  came  in  the  guise  of  a  youth- 
ful Paris  editor,  Dujarier.  Adoration, 
worship,  passion,  ecstacy  .  .  and  then  a 
duel.  Dujaiier  was  killed.  Lola  was 
heartbroken.  Love  was  dead.  A  new 
Lola  v\'as  born,  a  fiery,  impetuous  ad- 
venturess, dedicating  her  life  to  the 
damnation  of  male-kind.  But  no  more 
poets,  no  more  sweet  singers,  no  more 
small  fry.  Lola  looked  to  the  stars. 

She  tweaked  the  moustache  of  Fred- 
erick William,  King  of  Prussia,  thumbed 
her  nose  at  Nicholas,  Czar  of  Russia, 
and  danced  into  the  heart  ot  Ludwig,  the 
1st,  King  of  Bavaria.  Ludwig  was  age 
and  folly,  Lola  was  youth  and  cham- 
pagne. Ludwig  heaped  je^vels  and  titles 
upon  her;  Lola  heaped  art  and  culture 
upon  Ba\'aria.  And  the  populace  adored 
her  .  .  and  then  grumbled.  Too  many 
student  corps  were  drinking  her  health; 
too  many  citizens  were  hungry  for 
bread.  The  grumblings  grew  An  in- 
furiated mob  stormed  the  palace  where 
dwelled  Lola  Montez,  Countess  of 
Landsfcldt.  She  couldn't  sleep.  Clutch- 
ing an  exquisite  night-gown  to  her  love- 
liness, she  dashed  out  into  the  crowd 
brandishing     a     revolver.     The     mob 

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Richard  Hughes 


After  London  successes  and  sincere  Shavian  praise  this  young  EngHsh  phiywright  comes  to  America  to 

celebrate  the  pubHcation  of  his  first  novel,  "The  Innocent  Voyage,"  which  follows  in 

the  wake  of  his  latest  play,  "A  Comedy  of  Good  and  Evil" 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN      i 


From  the  Mountains  to  the  Sea 


Ha\';nc.  spent  a  difficult  day  at  the 
office,  I  was,  I  confess,  some- 
what fatigued  as  I  picked  up  the 
Evening  Blast  and  dropped  into  m\' 
easy-chair. 

Casually  I  opened  the  paper  and  im- 
mediately became  electrified  into  atten- 
tion. Good  Lord!  Could  it  he  April  the 
2-th'  Frantically  I  scanned  the  date  line 
The  27th  it  was!  Tonight  was  the  night 
of  the  gala  event,  and  it  had  entirely 
slipped  my  mind!  Numbed  with  e.xcite- 
ment,  I  drank  in  the  inexorable  words. 

Finally  I  gathered  myself  together  and 
leaped  out  of  my  clothes  and  into  the 
shower,  singing  at  the  top  of  my  voice 

It  was  only  the  matter  of  a  moment 
before  1  had  donned  my  tuxedo,  patted 
my  derby  in  place  and  was  driving  at  a 
hreak-ncck  speed  toward  town  Traffic 
was  tied  up  for  blocks,  so  1  abandoned 
my  car  and  breathlessly  ripped  and  tore 
through  the  seething  multitudes  The 
crowd  had  gone  crazy!  Elderly  women 
were  knocked  about  and  children  were 
trampled  to  the  pavement  Screams  of 
agony.  Cheers  Blares  of  music.  Shouts 
of^joy.  Life!  Life!  Life! 

By  great  luck,  I  arrived  at  the  entrance 
without  accident,  and  by  indulging  in  a 
mighty  effort  I  forced  my  wav  through 
to  the  interior     Three  minutes  to  spare 

Myriad  orchids  had  been  banked  on 
tables,  flags  fluttered  from  the  balcony 
and  tapestries  adorned  the  walls  A 
twenty-piece  orchestra  moaned  out  the 
latest  dance  hits;  sensuous,  intoxicating 
music ! 

At  length,  the  music  stopped  and  the 
Mayor  began   a  speech.   The    Mayor's 


By  HERBERT  HALE  HORTON 

speech  was  chock  full  of  emotional 
appeal  Strong  men  unashamedly  dabbed 
handkerchiefs  to  their  eves. 

▼  T       T 

After  the  Mayor  had  sung  the 
_l\^  praises  of  the  City  for  an  adequate 
length  of  time,  he  touched  upon  the 
character  of  Mr.  Hipippolopolous.  the 
guiding  hand  of  this  magnificent  cix'ic 
enterprise  The  Mayor  praised  Mr.  Hip- 
ippolopolous to  the  skies,  and  from  the 
skies  Mr  Hipippolopolous  modestly 
answered  Th;  oratory  of  Mr.  Hipip- 
polopolous struck  deep  into  the  hearts 
and  souls  of  the  assembled  citizens 

When  Mr  Hipippolopolous  had 
talked  for  three  golden  hours,  he  con- 
cluded with,  "I  have  struggled  and 
stri\'ed,  dear  friends,  for  this  moment — 
this  moment  of  happiness — and  it  has, 
dear  friends,  been  worth  the  hardships  of 
countless  years — yea,  even  more! — for 
nov\'  I  am  able  to  dedicate  this  beautiful 
temple,  dear  friends,  to  serve  the  citizens 
of  the  world's  greatest  metropolis. 

▼  T       T 

BEDLAM  broke  loose.  With  a  flourish, 
the  orchestra  swung  into  "Hail  the 
Conquering  Hero  ' ;  and  presently  a  voice 
from  the  balcony  roared  out,  "Hip-Hip- 
I Itpippoldpolous!"  V\'hereupon,  jiLst  as 
though  it  were  a  prearranged  signal,  fif- 
teen little  girls  in  white  swept  gracefulU' 
around  the  room,  each  carrying  a  placard 
with  a  scarlet  letter,  the  sum  total  of 
which  spelled  out  Hipippolopolous 

Men  and  women  lost  control  of  their 
emotions  and  smothered  Mr  Hipip- 
polopolous \\'ith  congratulations.  They 
shouted  congratulations  to  each  other. 


In  fact,  some  c\'en  congratulated  them- 
seh'es;  and  rightly,  too,  for  they  lived  in 
an  outstanding  city,  a  city  of  people  who 
do  t  kings - 

I,  myself,  being  choked  with  pride  and 
unutterable  joy,  staggered  out  of  the 
building  and  down  Si.xfh  street  to  mx 
car  And  although  my  eyes  were  mistv 
with  tears,  I  promptly  recognized  the 
gentleman  with  whom  I  had  collided  as 
being  my  friend,  Thomas  G  Dickey,  the 
realtor 

Now,  as  I  said,  m\'  licart  was  filled 
v\'ith  a  joyous  exaltation,  but  cx-en  so,  I 
smiled  at  Thomas  rather  sadly;  a  smile 
of  sadness  mingled  with  commiseration 
as  befits  a  man  \\'ho  had  just  had  a  great 
moment. 

"I  have  been  there,  Thomas,  "  I 
quietly  told  him.  "I  have  seen" 

Thomas  looked  at  me  blanklv  lor  a 
moment 

"Been  there'"  he  repeated 

Then,  his  eyes  gradually  lir  with  un- 
derstanding; and  with  lips  quixcring  but 
mute,  he  raced  to  the  corner  and  tore  the 
Evening  Blast  from  the  hands  of  a  news- 
boy And  I  confess  that  during  the  pro- 
cess he  knocked  the  newsboy  into  the 
gutter 

As  Thomas  slowly  retraced  his  steps, 
he  opened  the  paper  with  palsied  hngcrs. 
In  a  moment,  he  was  softly  weeping  on 
my  shoulder  And  I,  knowing  only  too 
well  the  f;llow's  grief,  pitied  him  with 
all  my  heart 

"Good  God!"  h:  cried,  as  a  great  sob 
shook  his  frame,  "That's  the  fourth 
cajctcria  opening  I've  missed  in  Los 
Angeles  during  the  last  three  ivecks! 


APRIL,  1929 


17 


Have  You  Heard  ? 

A  Precious  Little  Thing  Called 
Love — It's  a  precious  little  tune,  too.  It 
rambles  up  and  down  the  keys  in  a  most 
delightful  way.  From  the  movie,  "Shop- 
worn Angel,"  whose  merits  seem  a  mat- 
ter of  opinion.  Some  liked  it;  others 
didn't;  we  did  However,  it  seems  to  us 
that  what  with  the  sweetness  of  the  song 
and  the  beautiful  arrangement,  the 
music  walks  away  with  all  the  honors 

Weary  River- -A  well-named  song. 
The  melody  is  slow  and  dreamy  and 
even  a  trifle  weary  From  Richard 
Barthelmess'  new  talkie,  "Weary  River." 

Where  the  Shy  Little  Violets 
Grow — Proving  that  even  if  a  song  is 
reminiscent  of  a  dozen  other  popular 
pieces,  it  can  be  a  lot  better  than  any  one 
of  them.  Earl  Burtnett's  trio  records  this 
beautifully  for  Brunswick. 

My  Tonia — From  the  squawkie,  "In 
Old  Arizona."  Very  mediocre  tango- 
fox-trot  that  gets  by  with  the  help  of 
castcnets,  tamborines,  drumsticks,  sec- 
ond-joints and  a  grain  of  salt. 

Wedding  of  the  Painted  Doll — 
Natio  Herb  Brown  turns  out  another 
Doll  Dance;  tricky  and  attractive  but 
not  at  all  up  to  the  original. 

Lover  Come  Back  to  Me — With  all 
due  respect  to  its  dignity,  this  song  has 
"it"  in  the  worst  way.  There  is  a  lan- 
guid swing  to  it,  lovely  harmony  and  a 
gorgeous  melody.  If  we  haven't  got  a 
lover  to  sing  it  to,  it  certainly  makes  us 
want  to  go  out  and  hunt  one  up.  From 
"The  New  Moon,"  a  musical  play. 


Button  Up  Your  Overcoat — An 
old-time  simple  melody  with  a  nice 
swing  to  it,  and  a  lyric  that  is  most  in- 
formal, cute  and  intimate.  We  are 
thinking  it  will  be  a  great  blow  to  the 
singers  who  still  persist  in  using  a  broad 
and  dignified  manner.  We  can  just  hear 
one  singing,  "Weah  youh  flahnnel 
undahweah  when  you  climb  a  tr-r-reee!" 
From  the  musical  comedy,  "Follow 
Thru." 

I'll  Never  Ask  For  More — Good 
the  first  time  one  hears  it  but  an  awful 
bore  the  next  fifty  times.  The  lyric  is  the 
most  forced  thing  we  have  ever  heard — 
what  a  time  was  had  getting  the  words 
to  rhyme ! 

You  Wouldn't  Fool  Me,  Would 
You?— Also  from  "Follow  Thru"  A 
clever  title  puts  a  dull  song  over. 

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O       X 


^  OR  WOMEN... 5^^ 

such  as  are  nowhere  else  in  San  Francisco, 

and  these  presenting  the  new  charms 

of  that  smarter  simplicity  definitely 

the  finer  thing  the  Knox  Label 

identifies.  Hats,  coats  and 

frocks. .  .for  semi-dress 

and  sport  ivear. 


For  the  above 
illustration  the 
artist  has  drawn 
a  new  Knox 
ensemble  and 
one  of  the  latest 
Knox  hats. 


51  GRANT  AVENUE 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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THE  importance  of  being  enscmbled  is 
brought  out  most  noticeably  in 
modern  accessories  .  .  .  the  definite  agree- 
ment, outspoken  or  impHed,  between 
each  costume  detail  is  schemed  to  form 
a  complete  theme. 


THE  family  tree  ot  the  ensemble  has 
been  crossed  and  re-crossed  so  many 
times  since  its  first  budding  in  Paris  sev- 
eral seasons  past  that  the  types  are  as 
widely  varied  as  any  ancestral  group 
Like  true  patricians,  however,  each 
branch  has  a  clearly  defined  personality 
surrounded  by  its  own  little  family  circle 
and  associated  accessories.  There  is  the 
quiet,  rather  English  morning  ensemble 
in  casual  tweed  with  finger  tip  jackets 
banded  in  short  clipped  or  tightly  curled 
furs  and  its  country  cousin  demurely 
smart  in  printed  cotton  or  plain  cotton 
color-accented  Afternoon  shopping  is 
attended  to  by  the  same,  or  at  least,  a 
close  relative  of  the  morning  ensemble 
family.  The  union  of  dressmaker  coats 
and  silk  prints,  for  afternoons  in  town, 
of  course,  is  one  ot  the  fashion  events  ol 
the  season . 


CLOSELY  attached  to  the  tweed  morn- 
ing ensemble  group  is  the  throat 
shaped  choker  of  flat  silver  or  sun  dark- 
ened gold  Gloves  display  the  sametamily 
trait  of  quietness  in  unadorned  slipons  of 
staunch  Kislav,  washable  suedes  or  kids 
that  have  recently  taken  on  a  little  width 
in  the  cuff  through  an  inverted  gusset 
Hosiery  and  gloves  exactly  resemble 
each  other  in  complexion,  the  only  dis- 
tinguishing mark  in  morning  hosiery  be- 
ing an  occasional  shadow  clock.  The 
head-shaped  turban,  frequently  knitted, 
has  become  almost  the  official  crest  of 
this  matudinal  ensemble. 


LATE  afternoon  with  a  country  club, 
J  hotel  or  home  setting  of  bridge  and 
tea  is  the  atmosphere  best  liked  by  the 
very  new  but  not  unsophisticated  silk 
jacket  ensemble.  This  youthful  modern 
is  perhaps  the  most  versatile  and  accom- 
plished of  the  entire  clan  for  it  frequently 
merges  a  late  tea  appointment  into  an 
informal  dinner  date  with  an  easy  grace 
that  has  been  influential  in  spreading  the 
vogue  of  informality  among  fashion- 
ables. A  sleek  straw,  brimmed  or  brim- 
less,  smooth  suede  slipons,  reptile 
matched  shoes  and  hag  complete  the 
effect. 


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After-dark  ensembles,  while  less 
jC\_  obviously  extravagant  than  in  past 
seasons,  are  anything  but  a  fireside  group. 
Their  instinct  for  the  brightest  side  of 
life  is  expressed  in  richness  of  fabric  and 
a  classic  graciousness  of  line  rather  than 
in  adornment,  Lelong's  floating  silhou- 
ette in  exotic  printed  chiffons,  or  elabo- 
rately simple  satins,  almost  invariably  in 
off  whites,  are  worn  with  exactly  match- 
ing slippers  (dyed  in  any  of  199  shades 
at  The  White  House).  Short,  wrapped 
talTeta  coats  give  a  flower  like  calyx  to 
petal  skirts  Jewelry,  on  the  other  hand, 
makes  a  lavish  display  of  couturier  sets 
in  costume-matching  stones  or  luxurious 
use  of  pearls  in  white,  faint  pastels  or 
honey  tones,  soinetimes  combined  with 
crystal.  Whole  armfuls  of  bracelets  are 
U'orn  and  earrings  arc  long  and  wicked 


THE  White  House,  needless  to  say, 
acts  the  critical  rather  than  indul- 
gent parent  to  the  ensemble  family  gath- 
ered under  its  roof-tree.  The  straight  and 
narrow  path  of  good  taste  is  insisted 
upon  for  each  costume  and  its  com- 
panion accessories. 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Continued  from  page  12 

derson  gathered  together  night  after  night, 
are  already  a  dim  memory  Possibly  it's 
the  Volstead  nightmare,  perhaps  the 
desperate  restlessness  of  modern  temper- 
ament. 


At  a  recent  art  exhibit  which  was 
ji\_  attended  by  members  of  the  San 
Francisco  smart  set,  a  young,  embryo 
artist  was  lounging  about  the  room,  list- 
ening to  the  various  criticisms. 

Standing  in  front  of  one  of  his  own 
pictures  were  several  young  women  One 
of  them,  who  was  gazing  intently  at  the 
picture,  suddenly  exclaimed: 

"Oh'  If  1  only  knew  the  artist  who 
didthis?" 

"Pardon  me,"  said  the  artist,  stepping 
forward,  with  great  delight  at  the  evi- 
dent prospect  of  being  taken  up  bv  the 
social  set    "1  am  the  artist    ' 

"Ah,"  she  cried,  with  a  particularly 
winning  smile,  "then,  in  that  case, 
won't  you  please  tell  me  the  name  of 
your  fellow  artist  who  made  that  per- 
fectly stunning  gown  your  model  wore?" 


THE  Chinese  have  minds  that,  while 
slow  in  their  workings,  like  the 
mills  of  the  Gods,  are  likely  to  grind 
exceedingly  fine.  They  seem  to  have  the 
patience  necessary  to  work  a  problem 
out  by  cold  blooded  logic  until  it  stands 
naked,  revealed  for  what  it  is  This  trait 
even  makes  itself  evident  in  the  young. 

Two  Chinese  lads  were  recently 
induced  to  attend  Sunday  School  by  a 
Mission  worker.  The  teacher,  as  was 
customary,  passed  the  collection  box. 

For  several  Sundays  the  Chinese  boys 
contributed  their  nickels  like  men  Last 
Sunday,  however,  one  of  them  finally 
rebelled  When  the  box  again  came  his 
way  he  looked  up  and  asked:  "What-a- 
matter'  God  bloke  allcc  time'" 


A  NY  day  you  happen  to  stroll  along 
J\  the  Marina  near  the  yacht  harbor 
you  mav  find  vour  meditations  broken 
by  a  high  pitched  Cockney  voice  calling: 
"This  wye,  folks — step  this  wye — sec 
me  paddlin'  in  the  bye  in  me  rubber 
suit'  "  Following  the  quickly  gathering 
crowd  you  see  a  little,  vvcatherbeatcn 
man  climbing  into  a  rubber  contraption 
that  gi\'es  him  the  appearance  ot  an  in 
flatcd,  hunch-back  beetle.  He  explains 
that  "it's  just  one  of  the  byes  from  Aus 
trylia"  fearful,  perhaps,  lest  you  take 
him  lor  some  sea-monster,  waded 
ashore  "Me  chum,"  a  black-haired 
English  lad  wanders  meanwhile,  with 
extended  cap,  around  the  circle  of  on 


APRIL,  1929 


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lookers,  collecting  the  "byrthdye  gift" 
that  is  to  reward  the  exhibition.  Appar- 
ently the  result  tails  below  expectations 
for  it  is  submitted,  jingling  faintly  in  the 
English  cap,  and  noted  with  a  tuU-size 
grunt  and  the  advice  to  round  agyne — 
try  the  cars  over  there  ! 

And  turning  his  tace  toward  far  Aus- 
trylia  and  edging  down  over  the  brown 
rocks,  this  human  amphibian  slips  into 
the  water  and  emits  a  roar  of  choice 
cockney : 

"On  'Frisco  Bye,  I'll  syle  awye, 
Paddlin'  o'er  the  water. 
Like  a  boat,  I'll  be  afloat, 
Seekin'  Neptune's  Darter!" 

he  continues  to  float,  tace  upward,  on 
the  surtace  ot  the  water,  his  movements 
guided  lightly  by  strokes  of  a  short  green 
paddle  held  across  his  chest,  and  intones 
a  succession  of  music-hall  ditties.  A 
blue  and  green  fishing  boat  streams  by. 
A  rubbered  hand  is  waved  to  the  as- 
tonished ragazzo,  remarking  with  a 
wink  ot  one  pale  blue  eye,  "See  him  give 
the  Fascisti  sign?  All  these  fishin'  lads  of 
the  bye  know  mc!"  A  choppy  wave 
helps  him  into  shallow  water  and  with 
vigorous  stabbings  of  the  paddle  he  is 
on  his  feet  scrambling  up  the  rocks, 
eager  to  pocket  what  further  offerings 
the  meagre  crowd  may  grant. 

Ah,  well !  when  park  benches  are 
filled  with  native  unemployed,  an  Aus- 
trylian  lad  must  do  what  he  can  to  get 
the  price  ot  his  cup  o'  tea! 


ELINOR  Wylie  has  drawn  her  last 
"Trivial  Breath"  and  passed  to  the 
land  of  her  beloved  Shelley. 

Newspapers,  as  usual,  have  appraised 
the  brittle  shell  of  genius  not  for  its  luster 
alone.  They  have  dug  beneath  the  poems 
and  unearthed  dark  discoveries. 

Creators  of  beauty  are  often  spiritually 
less  beautiful  than  their  creations,  and 
the  dreamers  ot  lovely  dreams  frequently 
are  unlovely  during  waking  hours.  The 
appreciation  of  their  art,  however, 
should  be  judged  as  a  thing  apart 

"Trivial  Breath"  is  meter-conscious. 
The  workmanship  of  scanning  has 
robbed thelinesofanatural  rhythm  found 
in  Miss  Wy lie's  prose.  Her  "Venetian 
Glass  Nephew,"  published  some  years 
ago,  has  a  tragile  beauty  and  ephemeral 
delicacy,  not  captured  by  Miss  Wylie  in 
her  conventional  verse.  It  is  as  a  writer 
of  poetic  prose  that  she  will  survive  her 
death. 


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Sheraton  T)esign 

rHOMAS  Sheraton,  to  whom  the  credit  goes  for  the 
classic  revival  which  swept  England  in  the  latter 
years  of  the  i8th  century,  was  one  of  the  greatest  de- 
signers of  this  age.  His  furniture  which  is  always 
structurally  sound,  yet  light  and  graceful,  is  character- 
ized by  its  purity  and  beauty  of  line,  its  restraint  and 
classic  dignity.  He  worked  in  many  beautiful  woods, 
and  his  pieces  are  distinguished  by  their  delicate  orna- 
mentation and  beautiful  marquetry  inlays. 

The  satinwood  Bureau  Desk  pictured  is  a  fine 
example  ot  the  school  ot  Sheraton,  with  its  in- 
laid work  of  Hollywood,  ebony  and  rosewood. 
Note  the  clearly  defined  classic  paterae 
motifs  on  the  top. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


"X  TTiiAT  woman  can  resist  the 
V  \  /  enticements  of  spring  shop- 
V  ^r  pins'  '^^  -i"  ^^^y  well  and 
good  to  sit  at  home  during  the  winter 
and  plan  out  a  budget  and  form  good 
intentions  about  the  restraint  that  you 
will  use  in  buying  cloches  this  season 
But  get  a  good  whiff  of  a  freshly  grow- 
ing golt  green  or  a  stift  breath  of  a  salt 
breeze — then  try  to  walk  demurely  down 
Grant  avenue  clasping  tightly  to  your 
winter  resolutions — just  try  to  hold  on 
to  them  in  the  face  of  shop  windows 
that  pipe  a  lay  of  Spring  and  new 
clothes. 

It  can't  be  done  And,  after  all,  who 
really  wants  to  abide  by  rules  and  regu- 
lations— even  self-imposed  ones'  1  cer- 
tainly don't  There's  too  much  fun  in  the 
world.  And  every  day  1  see  something 
designed  to  make  life  just  a  bit  more  fun 
The  other  day  as  I  was  coming  our  of 
the  Knox  Shop,  the  swankiest  little  town 
car  you  ever  saw  drove  up  In  a  twinkle 
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smallest  imaginable  parking  space.  The 
door  opened  and  out  stepped  the  smart 
Mrs  Arthur  Hill  Vincent  of  Biarritz 
and  Burling.ime.  One  might  have  known 
chat  it  v\'ould  be  a  discriminating  person, 
such  as  she,  who  would  first  discover  in 
the  new  Ford  town  car  an  ideal  personal 
motor  tor  shopping. 

▼       T       ▼ 

THIS  Spring,  more  than  e\'er  before,  I 
find  that  a  new  dress  is  merely  the 
starting  point  of  shopping  adventure — 
adventure  that  ends  only  with  the  suc- 
cessful selection  ot  the  last  accessory 
whose  relation  to  the  costume  as  a  whole 
puts  the  final  stamp  of  satisfaction  on  the 
ensemble. 

Hats — gloves — shoes — costume  jew- 
elry —  everything  counts!  Everything 
must  express  a  subtle  relationship. 

And  what  infinite  possibilities  these 
accessories  present '  What  jolly  fun  it  is 
to  make  "discoveries"!  The  chic  little 
French  room  of  Margo  Modes  where 
one  succumbs  to  the  charm  of  a  flatter- 
ing hat  The  new  Costume  Jewelry  Shop 
where  the  modern  flair  is  given  its  due 
Der-Ling  where  one  adds  an  Oriental 
accent  to  one's  costume 

There  is  indeed  the  temptation  to  let 
one's  fancy  run  riot — but  even  a  mom- 
entary glimpse  of  the  smart  Mrs  Nion 
Tucker  and  a  fleeting  inventory  of  the 
restraint  and  exquisite  taste  which  she 
has  exercised  in  the  selection  of  access- 
ories con\'inces  one  that  relationship 
means  everything  The  time,  the  place 
and  the  occasion  all  enter  into  the  choice 
of  Spring  cloches  And  for  each  combi- 
nation of  circumstance  there  is  an  allur- 
ing variety  from  which  to  choose 

Sports  things  alone  offer  a  multitude 
of  possibilities    Entrancing  possibilities 


— especially  now  that  the  city  dweller 
will  not  have  to  wait  for  vacation  days 
and  outlying  places  to  indulge  in  swim- 
ming, tennis  and  kindred  accivicies  The 
new  Fairmonc  Spores  Terrace  chac  will 
be  opened  nexc  month  gives  added  justi- 
fication for  acquiring  things  for  out-of- 
doors. 

Then  v\'ith  May  and  June  in  the  offing 
unth  their  social  round  of  teas  and  pre- 
wedding  affairs,  there  is  every  reason  in 
the  world  to  indulge  oneself  in  complete 

ensembles  of  every  kind. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

COSTUME  jcv\'elry  is  playing  an  in- 
creasingly cle\'er  part  in  each  outfit. 
Shre\'e's  is  showing  striking  setsof  match- 
ing ring  and  pin  of  vari-colored  enamel 
set  on  silver — to  be  worn  with  the  new- 
est sports  costume  For  afternoon  wear 
they  feature  a  more  elaborate  set  of  pin 
and  bracelet  of  oblong  topazes,  edged 
with  black  onyx — especially  chic  with 
brown  or  black  In  Houston  Gilmore's 
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choker  of  bright  blue  crystal  balls  be- 
tween silver  rondels  There  were  ear- 
rings and  a  bracelet  to  match — the  very 
thing  to  use  as  an  accent  v\'ith  the  new 
Commander  blue  I  Magnin's  upholds 
pearls — in  single  or  double  strands 
clasped  with  intriguing  jewels — often  an 
emerald,  sapphire  or  ruby  surrounded 
with  seed  pearls. 

And  when  it  comes  to  shoes !     1  hnd 

them  more  irresistible  than  ever  before 

in  their  beautiful   adaptability  to  each 

I  and   every   outfit.    Have    you   seen   the 

I  evening  bag  and  shoe  ensembles  at  Frank 

r  Mote's  French  Shop?  Those  irresistible 

•  hags  in  pearl  and  metal  brocade,  or  bead 

embroidery  with  jewelled  mountings — 

each  keyed  delightfully  to  the  tone  of 

j  dyed  moire  or  satin  slippers,  or  with  the 

j  silver  and  gold  brocaded  pumps  for  more 

general  wear! 


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RULY  there  arc  so  many  novelties, 

ach  for  a  specific  occasion,  that  it  is 

with  relief  that  you  find  the  best  shops 
acting  in  the  role  of  subtle  advisor.  I 
stepped  into  the  shoe  department  in  new 
O'Connor  Moffat's  the  other  day  (on 
learning  that  they  now  carry  Laird 
Schober  models),  and  was  perfectly  de- 
lighted to  see  the  tasteful  array  of  sun- 
tan  models.  Sun-tans  and  deep  blue — the 
two  really  wise  choices  of  the  style-wise 
■  woman  for  the  day-time  city  ensemble, 
Mr.  Bacon  assured  me  that  they  had 
light  colored  kids  and  prints  for  after- 
noon or  sports  wear  hut  I  was  thankful 
that  these  distracting  novelties  were  all 
safely  behind  the  scenes. 

For  anyone  who  likes  to  make  a  sweep- 
ing gesture  there  are  the  bag-shoes-hat- 
and-scarf  matching  sets  at  the  White 
House,  In  handwoven  zephyr,  they  are, 
and  decidedly  effective  with  the  proper 
'costume.  The  White  House  also  shows 
a  hag-scart-and-belt  set  that  keys  in  ad- 
mirably with  the  new  brimmed  linen- 
weave  hat  and  a  backless  tennis  frock 

Here  I  am  back  with  sports  clothes 
again.  But  then  you  really  can't  escape 
their  allure  this  season — they  suggest 
such  marvelous  possibilities  for  fun. 
Spring  windows  are  like  seed  catalogues 
— making  you  forget  the  intervening 
months  between  now  and  summer.  But 
there  aren't  so  many  months  at  that — 
just  today  my  mail  brought  me  a  folder 
announcing  a  special  "vacation  trip"  of 
the  aristocratic  Malolo  for  May  iS  to 
June  3 — and  that  is  only  a  month  and  a 
half  away.  Yes,  vacation  is  almost  here 
— we'll  have  to  hurry  with  our  shopping. 

But  there  is  just  one  word  more  that  I 
must  add!  And  that  is — if  you  haven't 
yet  become  convinced  that  it  is  really 
Spring,  step  for  a  moment  inside  the 
Podcsta  Baldocchi  flower  shop  in  Grant 
avenue.  Spring  in  all  her  glory  is  there, 
sentinelled  by  huge  masses  of  brilliant 
blossoms  that  form  an  a\-enuc  of  loveli- 
ness. 


•  The  Netr  Scarf 
of  Flat  Fur 


Tho  pnsoinblo  lhi$i  Ni^ason  is  nol 
(•omplole  without  Urn  scarf  of 
fur.  an«i  oulslanding  is  liic  srarf 
of  fiat  fur.  Tlif  modt'I  slict«*li<'d. 
as  fonfoive«l  b.v  Seliiaparelii.  is 
of  nioiro  itiacli  bab.v  caracul . .  . 
Other  furs  used  bv  4passner*s  in 
tlic  fasiiioning  of  tiiis  and  luauy 
additioual  models  are  ermine, 
broadtail,  brown  liab.v  caracul, 
squirrel  and  beaver. 

Louis  Gassner 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


America's  Greatest  Polo  Player  and  His  Bride 


Tommy  Hitchcock,  a  ten-goal  handicap  man  and  former  captain 
of  the  American  polo  team,  and  his  bride — a  grand-niece  of 


Secretary    of   Treasury    Andrew    Mellon — were    one    of    the 


first   couples   to   spend    their   honeymoon    in    Hawaii   this 


year.   They  were  photographed  on  board  the  liner  Malolo 


which  took  them  to  Honolulu  and  brought  them  back 


from  that  Paradise  playground. 


The  speed  and 


luxury  of  this  giant  yacht  attract  the  most  fastid- 


ious of  travelers. 


One   or   more   Matson 


liners    leave    San    Francisco    each    week. 


•    •    •    Matson  Line    •    •     • 

Hawaii     .     .     South  Seas     .     .     Australia 

CiENERAL  OFFICES:  215  MARKET  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

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Have  You  Heard  ? 

Contimird  from  page  27 

Love  Me  or  Leave  Me — Slightly 
mean  and  low-down,  but  in  just  the 
right  way — due  to  two  things;  i  melody 
with  a  magnificent  rhythm — and  Anson 
Weeks.  When  Anson  and  his  orchestra 
play  this,  we're  hearing  something 
more  than  a  mere  song. 

Sweet  Sut^anne — An  agreeable  waltz 
that  wouldn't  stand  a  chance  if  there 
were  any  real  ones  around,  but  we're 
hard  up  for  waltzes,  somehow.  We're 
afraid  they're  not  popular  in  Hollywood, 
and  Tin-Pan  Alley  seems  to  have  made  a 
rush  to  the  gold-mines  of  the  Talkies 
and  left  all  the  waltzes  behind. 

If  I  HAD  You — H.R.H.  the  Prince  of 
Wales  is  not  the  only  one  who  has  chosen 
this  as  his  favorite.  It's  one  of  those  rare 
songs  that  is  as  well  suited  to  the  blare  of 
brass  as  the  softness  of  strings,  and  is 
equally  good  for  singing.  The  words  are 
absurd,  but  when  a  song  like  this  comes 
along,  we  just  make  up  our  own  words. 

The  Sun  is  at  My  Window — 
Throwing  kisses  at  me  .  .  .  somebody  is 
awfully  lucky,  but  it's  a  cinch  he  doesn't 
live  in  San  Francisco.  Not  a  jazzy  song,' 
nor  an  unusual  one,  but  far  from  offen- 
sive. 

Sweetheart  of  All  My  Dreams — 
Resembling  a  cross  between  a  caterwaul 
and  an  Hawaiian  misery;  offering  ai 
wonderful  opportunity  for  the  complain- 
ing steel  guitars  and  requiring  very  little 
concentration  .  .  .  the  lyric  is  a  series  of  1 
love  yous,  and  the  melody,  after  hearing 
one  bar  of  it,  we  can  complete  by  follow- 
ing the  least  lines  of  resistance. 

^    "    "         B>  FRANCES  I 

Lola  Montez 

Continued  from  page  16 

shrieked,  and  a  few  appreciative  mouths 
watered.  But  lace  draped  loveliness 
meant  little  on  a  cold,  dismal  morning. 
The  mob  pressed  forward.  Lola  emptied 
her  revolver  in  their  faces,  and  in  high 
indignation  was  carried  kicking,  back 
into  the  palace  by  soldiers  And  then  the 
soldiers  revolted.  They  demanded  her 
eviction.  Between  the  dexil  and  the  deep 
sea,  Ludwig  chose  the  sea  an.l  exiled  his 
Countess.  And  then,  he  abdicated. 


Ei'Koi'K  liad  had  enough  of  feminine 
bomb-shells  Lola  went  to  Nev\' 
York  Peter  Barnum  discovered  her.  He 
i.lisco\ered  America  for  her.  L'p  and 
down  the  land  toured  the  o\erthrov\'cr 
ol  thrones,  presenting  to  th:  democracy  a 
pla>  based  on  her  "tragic"  life  with  Lud- 
wig. "Lola  of  Bavaria,"  she  called  it.  It 
A'as  a  stupid  play;  real  life  is  always 
moie  interesting. 


APRIL,  1929 

Lola  went  north,  went  south,  excited 
the  Orient,  stormed  AustraUa,  and 
finally  in  1S53  she  stood  at  the  rail  of 
the  skipper  ship  and  saw  the  hills  of  San 
Francisco  untold^ 

And  then,  in  her  petite  salon,  in  the 
rou£;h  hills  of  Calitornia,  she  dreamed 
dreams  of  dead  glories.  Lola  was  passing 
middle  age.  The  veins  were  cooling,  the 
figure  growing  plump.  And,  as  happens, 
time  without  number,  when  great  lovers 
fade,  Lola  got  religion.  Up  and  down 
the  land  she  traveled,  dedicating  her  for- 
tune and  her  heart  to  the  saving  of  souls. 
She  particularly  delighted  in  saving  the 
souls  of  bad  young  girls.  Almost  as 
though  she  would  say ;  I  am  the  last  ot 
the  great  lovers.  There  shall  be  none  to 
dim  my  glory.  The  day  of  romance  is 
dead.  "    "   " 

La  Clef 

Continued  from  page  18 

As  Montcours  stirs  restlessly  under 
the  gibe,  Lady  Aiontcoitrs  continues  vin- 
dictively. 

Lady  Mont  ;  I  make  ir  a  point  to  have 
some  with  me  always,  .  .  .  What  has 
happened  to  the  key? 
Montcours  ;    {gives    a    cautious    look, 
around)     Well     you     know    they've 
searched  me  three  and  twenty  thou- 
sand times  and  cannot  find  it — I  have 
it  still  on  my  person. 
At  this  point   Alianne   enters   room. 
Montcours  gives  a  violent  start  and  sink^s 
back,  relievedly. 

Alianne  ;  And  well  I  know  how  safe  my 
virtue  or  any  woman's  would  be  in 
those  brave  hands,  father  dearest ! 
Lady  Montcours  sniffs  audibly  and  as 
insultingly  as  only  Lady  Montcours  can. 
The  father's  face  flushes  angrily,  half 
•■ising  from  the  chair,  he  is  arrested  by 
'.he  pose  and  voice  of  Alianne. 
Alianne  :  Only,  I  pray  the  dear  Father, 
that  these  Wretches  leave,  {she  raises 
her  head  to  heaven).  Ah,  why  {twist- 
ing and   untivisting   her   hands   ner- 
vously) must  a  maiden's  virtue  be  the 
means  of  her  destruction?  Oh,  I  am 
afraid,  afraid — 

She  runs  to  Montcour' s  protecting 
irms,  as  the  curtaiyi  loivers. 
SCENE  FOUR. 
The  same  night.  Outside  the  castle, 
under  Alia^ine's  unndoiu,  a  restless 
figure  paces,  crossing  and  recrossing  the 
fough  square  of  light  throivn  in  his  path 
from  Alianne's  shuttered  ivindoiu,  di- 
<'ectly  over  head.  The  figure  ivalks  in 
deep  dejection,  deep  despondence,  and 
with  a  slight  limp,  perhaps  from  some 
old  battle  ivound.  .  .  . 

Clankety  clank  clank,  clank^ty  clank, 
sounds  his  steel,  while  within  the 
armour  of  the  wearer  is  a  steadily  grow- 
ing discomfort  .  .  .  possibly  of  the  heart.  . 
SCENE  EWE 
Much  later  that  same  night.  Again 
"he  banquet   hall.    Lady   Montcours   is 

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asleep  in  one  corner  on  a  rude  bed. 
Montcours  is  seated  at  the  table,  head  in 
hands.  Enter  Alianne,  clad  in  her  shirt. 
Montcours  starts  from  his  revery. 

MoNTCouR.s :  Fooh'sh  girl !  Do  you 
crave  well  then  the  arms  of  the  enemy? 

At  the  instant  look,  of  horror  and  dis- 
may that  appears  on  Alianne's  face,  he 
becomes  contrite. 

Montcours:  It  is  not  meet,  my  daugh- 
ter, that  any  of  that  vile  pack  see  thee 
thus  accoutred,  at  such  an  hour.  What 
hath  possessed  thee  to  visit  me  at  such 
an  hour? 

Alianne;  Twas  thought  of  you  in  your 
solitude  and  anxiety  drove  me  here  to 
see  that  you  stayed  not  up  again  the 

I  whole  night  through  as  you  did  last 
night.  Come,  now  be  wise.  Let  me 
pour  thee  an  evening  draft,  and  get 
thee  to  thy  well  earned  rest. 

Montcours:  (gruffly)  T'is  little  enough 
sleep  I'll  get  tonight,  child. 

He  is  deeply  touched.  Alianne  twist- 
ing and  untivisting  her  hands  nervously, 
turns  her  back  on  Alontcours  and  pours 
him  a  beaker  of  crisply  sparkling  iviyic 
from  a  nearby  decanter.  She  presents  it 
to  him  timidly;  watches  him  drain  it,  ivith 
satisfaction;  and  pauses  from  the  door- 
u'dy  to  remark  sweetly — 

Alianne:  'Twill  make  you  sleep  the 
easier,  my  dearest. 

Exit  Alianne. 

Montcours  perceives  that  the  hour  is 
indeed  late.  .  .  .  The  candles  have  almost 
all  guttered.  .  .  He  drains  the  ivine  at  a 
single  gulp — replaces  the  glass  on  the 
table.  .  .  .  In  the  rapidly  dimming  light 
he  appears  to  muse  .  .  .  slowly,  slovjly, 
his  head  sinks  forward  on  his  chest,  his 
body  inclines  till  it  rests  against  the 
table;  then,  as  if  numb  for  lack  of  sleep 
and  ivorn  out  by  constant  worry  and  in- 
cessant strain  his  head  pitches  sloivly  to 
his  outstretched  arms  and  he  sleeps.  .  .  . 

Tiventy  minutes  later.  A  muffled 
figure  enters  the  room,  pauses  uncer- 
tainly a  few  feet  from  the  door,  then  ivith 
quick  steps  approaches  the  sleeping 
figure — rummages  it  swiftly,- — expertly 
ay-id  leaves  hurriedly;  beariyig  with  it  a 
wineglass;  the  lees  of  which  might  quite 
possibly  have  contained  a  sleeping  po- 
tion. .  .  . 

SCENE  SIX 

Outside  the  castle  the  restless  figure 
si  ill  painfully  paces— -crossing  and  re- 
crossing  always,  the  rough  square  of 
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35 


Concerning  Bridge 


SOME  further  discussion  may  be  pro- 
fitable in  gaining  a  clear  and 
thorough  understanding  of  the 
two-bid  in  contract  bridge. 

Not  only  must  one  employ  the  use  ot 
the  ace  response  to  a  two  bid  but  body 
strength  ot  the  hand  must  be  shown  by 
the  partner  it  holding  more  than  the 
number  of  probable  playing  tricks  ex- 
pected by  the  two-bidder.  More  than 
expected  probable  playing  tricks  may  be 
shown  by  a  jump  assist  equal  to  the 
number  of  probable  tricks  in  excess  of 
expectancy.  If  holding  an  ace  suit  this 
may  be  shown  by  a  jump  bid  in  the  ace 
suit  and  holding  no  ace  suit  it  may  be 
shown  by  a  jump — assist  in  the  original 
two-bid  declaration. 

If  body  strength  showing  by  the  part- 
ner is  overlooked  for  an  instant  the 
showing  of  aces  will  not  make  this  sys- 
tem very  flexible  for  the  reason  that  the 
original  two-bidder  has  a  very  unbal- 
anced and  powerful  hand  or  a  very  bal- 
anced and  powerful  hand  from  which 
holding  he  may  often  very  accurately 
deduce  the  partner's  high  cards  from  the 
type  ot  his  response. 

Hands  that  may  be  opened  with  a 
two-bid  should  contain  no  less  than 
seven  probable  playing  tricks  which  in  a 
suit  declaration  should  be  supported  by 
four  quick  tricks  it  the  hand  is  not  very 
unbalanced,  but  if  unbalanced  three  to 
three  and  one-half  quick  tricks,  and  in 
no  trumps  with  four  quick  tricks. 

Expectancy  from  the  partner  is  there- 
fore only  one  playing  ttick  because  if  the 
two-bidder  holds  seven  probable  tricks 
the  one  probable  trick  in  the  partner's 
hand  would  make  eight  or  the  contract. 
To  show  body  strength  one  may  then 
jump  the  bid  to  show  exactly  the  num- 


ber of  probable  playing  tricks  in  excess 
of  the  one  expected. 

Hands  that  may  be  developed  into 
slam  bid  do  not  come  up  often,  it  is 
better  to  choose  wisely  the  type  of  hands 
in  which  you  wish  to  use  the  two-bid 
and  go  forward  cautiously  in  the  bid- 
ding. If  this  is  done  many  of  the  sour 
contracts  will  be  avoided. 

Another  phase  of  the  two-bid  is  the 
defensive,  take-out,  or  original  bid  of 
one  more  than  game,  which  is  made 
with  stronger  holdings  than  the  mini- 
mums  given  above  in  which  your  part- 
ner cannot  he  expected  to  hold  a  raise 
in  playing  tricks  for  the  two  bid  but  if 
holding  one  playing  trick  should  respond 
with  the  slam  bid,  failing  to  hold  one 
playing  trick,  would  pass. 

It  will  be  much  wiser  to  stop  with 
game  bid  with  hands  that  do  not  look 
like  they  will  make  a  slam  because  the 
risks  are  too  great  to  take  in  promiscuous 
slam  bidding  and  the  rewards  for  game 
too  enticing  to  forego  game  for  the  pos- 
sible bonus  in  marginal  hands. 

The  writer  will  give  a  free  copy  of  his 
Auction  Bridge  Outline  to  the  best  dis- 
cussion covering  the  bidding  and  re- 
sponses of  the  partner  on  the  following 
hand  in  contract : 

Dealer:  Spades,  A-io;  Hearts,  A; 
Diamonds,  A-Q-J- 10-9-5-2;  Clubs,  A- 

9-3- 

Partner:  Spades,  Q- 10-4-3;  Hearts, 
J-io-6-4;  Diamonds,  K-7-3;  Clubs,  K-S. 

All  answers  must  be  plainly  written, 
addressed  to  Paul  W.  Black  in  care  of 
The  San  Franciscan,  and  mailed  no  later 
than  April  iS.  The  writer  will  be  the 
sole  judge  of  the  answers  and  the  winner 
will  be  mentioned  in  the  May  issue  of 
The  San  Franciscan. 

By  PAUL  W.  BLACK 


Burned 

If  all  the  loi'es  oj  history 
Went  strutting  past  my  gatej> 
Ho^^'  gallantly  I'd  thumb  my  nos&j 
And  sit  down  with  my  halej>. 

— C.  F. 


^^San  Francisco 

Overland 

Limited" 

Over  the  direct 
route  to  the  Easi-^ 

The  fastest  time  over  the 
most  direct  line  East,  only 
61 1/4  hours  San  Francisco  to 
Chicago. 

Offering  every  refinement  of 
travel  comfort:  rooms  en  suite, 
if  desired;  club  car;  barber, 
valet,  shower;  ladies'  lounge 
with  maid  and  shower;  unsur- 
passed dining-car  service. 

The  "Gold  Coast  "  and  the 
"Pacific  Limited,"  two  other 
fine  trains  over  this  route. 
Through  Pullmans  to  St.  Louis, 
Kansas  City,  Omaha,  Chicago 
and  points  enroute. 

Only  Southern  Pacific  offers 
choice  of  loi/r  routes  to  and 
from  California.  Stopover  any- 
where. Go  one  way,  return 
another. 

Southern 
Pacific 

F.  S.  McGINNIS 

Passenger  Traffic  Manager 

San  Francisco 


36 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Caprice 

Continued  from  page  14 

"Many  people  have  understanding. 
But  the  hne  of  her  hreast  is  rare  and  her 
own,  her  very  own  " 

"It  is,  yes,  it  is  ra\'ishing." 

"Her  forehead,  her  chin,  her  arms,  one 
wants  to  touch  them,  lightly,  they  are 
adorable,"  he  said  softly.  "Her  hands 
flutter,  flutter  like — " 

"Like  little  white  doves."  Aurelie 
interrupted  "Oscar  Wilde  has  said  it 
for  you."  She  found  the  blue  and  yellow 
shawl  revolting.  It  flashed  about  the 
floor,  it  was  everywhere.  Its  flagrant 
cheapness  nauseated  her.  "There  is  no 
thought  in  her,"  she  said  sa\'agely,  bend- 
ing very  close  to  him. 

"That  is  the  secret  of  her  charm.  She 
makes  one  forget  to  think.  The  line  of  a 
beautiful  body  has  more  actual  value 
than  all  of  the  philosophies.  She  has  a 
beautiful  body." 

Aurelie  sighed  heavily.  "You  are  mad. 
Have  you  met  her?" 

"No." 


"1  shall  arrange  an  introduction." 
Dawson  looked  at  her  quizzically.  "We 
v^'ill  ask  the  captain  to  bring  her  to  our 
table." 

"No,"  firmly. 

"Afraid?"  she  taunted. 

"Not  a  bit — " 

"Some  other  night,  then,"  she  sug- 
gested. 

"Yes,  some  other  night." 

T       T      T 

Aurelie  touched  his  arm.  "Come, 
j[\^  let  us  go.  Come  home  with  me 
We  shall  sup  and  talk  and  you  will  ex- 
plain to  me  why  you  love  her  and  why 
her  hands — "  she  hesitated,  "flutter  so 
adorably."  She  turned  to  the  English- 
man. "I  am  dropping  Mr.  Dawson  at 
his  home.  You  can  take  a  cab." 

Half  an  hour  later  Aurelie  led  him 
into  an  intimate  little  sitting  room.  They 
talked  stiffly  about  superficial  things, 
nibbled  a  bit  of  pate  and  spoke  of  the 
vintage  of  her  >vine.  He  went  to  the 
piano,  touched  the  keys  lackadaisically, 
then  moved  away.  She  watched  him 
patiently.  He  was  very  restless.  He  stood 


before  a  small  print  of  Turner  and  con- 
templated its  pale  sterile  beauty.  At  last 
she  went  to  him.  ' 

"What  shall  1  do  with  you?"  She 
pressed  against  him.  She  seemed  heavy 
anci  full  of  a  painful  ennui.  He  took  her 
in  his  arms,  scarcely  seeing  her  as  hel 
kissed  her,  cautiously,  experimentally  at] 
first,  and  then  his  lips  moved  over  her 
face  with  a  tender  fury.  His  eyes  were 
closed  tightly  They  did  not  speak  and 
each  strained  to  the  other  in  a  febrile 
hysteria.  She  knew  he  was  thinking  she 
was  Dolores  but  she  did  not  draw  away. 
On  his  face  was  an  expression  of  pro- 
found ecstatic  suffering  and  between  his 
kisses  he  uttered  short,  soft,  unknown 
words.  Her  eyes  ceased  to  glitter  and 
grew  soft  and  doleful.  She  felt  quite 
happy  and  extravagantly  sad.  Her  dia- 
monds gripped  her  throat  with  their  con- 
ceited cocksureness.  Slowly  she  raised 
her  eyes  to  drink  in  his  features.  He 
seemed  so  solemn,  so  tragically  trans- 
ported, so  sensuously  bent,  so  seriously 
bent  over  her  lips,  so,  so,  serious.  A 
piercing  thought  shot  through  her.  What 
if  sh:  laughed  If  she  laughed,  he  would 
be  shamefaced,  awkward.  She  could  not 
endure  a  man  to  be  shamefaced.  Men 
must  be  cruel  and  conquerors  She  closed 
her  eyes  again  and  he  was  trembling  and 
so  seriously  bent  over  her  mouth.  If  she 
laughed  he  would  be  shamefaced  and 
she  would  hate  it.  She  laughed  and  he 
was  most  intolerably  shamefaced. 

▼       T      T 

Footnotes  on  Headliners 

Confinueti  frum  page  20 

They  sit  in  a  sort  of  dazed  contempla- 
tion until  the  jazz  orchestra  comes  on' 
and  the  master  of  ceremonies  begins  to 
"pep"  up  the  proceedings  That  is,  he 
attempts  to  "pep"  them  up.  To  our 
notion  the  average  master  of  ceremonies  i 
in  a  \'audeville  interlude  is  the  saddest 
thing  on  record.  And  that  goes  for  M.i 
BaliefTof  the  Chauvc  Souris,  who  started 
the  melancholy  practice.  We  have  a  feel- 
ing thar  a  good  act  like  a  good  book 
needs  no  preface.  We  like  the  old-time 
custom  u'hcn  the  entertainer  came  right 
on  and  did  his  tricks  v\athout  prelimi- 
naries. It  would  be  futile  for  anyone  to 
lead  Fanny  Bricc,  for  instance,  out  by 
the  hand  and  explain  her  gifts  to  the 
multitude,  .^nd  any  comment  that  an 
introducer  could  make  regarding  the 
worthy  Fanny's  gift  would  be  stale,  flat 
and  unprofitable,  when  ranged  up  side  of 
her  performance 

But,  our  pet  abomination  is  the  jazz 
leader  who  directs  the  orchestra  with 
everything  bur  his  baton  Always  ex- 
cepting, of  course,  Ted  Lewis  But,  then, 
the  great  arc  always  exceptions  to  every 
rule  Some  day  we  shall  see  a  great 
master  of  ceremonies  But,  until  then, 
we  prefer  our  clog  dancers,  and  Swiss 
bell  ringers,  and  harmony  lours,  un- 
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By  Beth  Wendel 
'he    softness 
of    sin     and 
hardness  of  virtue 
are  set  against  each 
other  in  EUzabeth's 
Expiation.  Yes,  the 
innocence  of  trans- 
gression   and    the 
slyness     of    right- 
eousness arc  definitely  established  in  this 
story  of  Milly  Bott. 

Milly's  husband,  Ernest,  suspects  his 
plump  wife  of  infidelity,  but  diabolically 
waits  until  after  his  death  to  hurl  the 
accusation. 

Alter  the  astounding  will  is  read, 
Milly  flees  from  the  gasping  Botts,  and 
wearing  guilty  niourning  she  seeks  her 
sister,  Agatha.  A  life  of  noble  self- 
sacrifice  has  made  Agatha  cold  and  hard, 
however,  so  virtue  is  once  more  cruel 
and  driving. 

Having  broken  a  Commandment 
which  cannot  possibly  be  broken  with- 
out somebody  else's  assistance,  Milly 
next  seeks  her  partner  in  sin,  but  finds 
that  his  fondness  has  very  definitely  re- 
laxed. 

So  she  returns  to  the  Botts,  and  her 
expiation  is  to  live  in  their  lap  of  lu.xury. 
The  family  is  thoroughly  convinced 
of  her  guilt,  but  after  many  years  spent 
with  their  virtuous  wives,  the  male  Botts 
begin  to  wonder  if  human  trailty  is  really 
very  wicked,  when  the  sinner  is  as  soft 
and  mild  as  Milly. 

Poor  Milly  had  wanted  only  one  man 
in  her  entire  life,  and  she  had  not  wanted 
him  very  badly,  therefor  the  attentive 
sympathy  of  the  Bott  brothers,  and  the 
jealousy  of  their  wives,  make  her  utterly 
miserable. 

Finally,  convinced  that  her  punish- 
ment has  been  sufficient,  and  her  retribu- 
tion properly  endured,  she  desperately 
turns  to  the  mother  of  her  betrayed  hus- 
band, and  finds  in  her  casual  philosophy, 
a  longed-for  tolerance  and  understand- 
ing. 

"Adultery  is  a  thing  that  people  com- 
mit," the  old  lady  murmurs,  "but  for- 
tunately it  passes." 

Elizabeth  has  a  flair  for  simple  phrases 
that  clima.x  dramatic  situations  With  a 
tew  words,  she  gains  a  directness  and 
poignancy  that  is  almost  thrilling.  Her 
humor  and  her  observations  have  a  cer- 
tain flavor  that  can  be  concocted  only  by 
Elizabeth. 

"Expiation,"  by  Elizabeth.  Douhlcday, 
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the  neurotic  punctuation,  Jesse  Thomp- 
son has  written  good  poetry. 

The  meat,  rather  the  steel,  of  the 
verses  has  definite  quaUty.  There  is 
strength  and  force  in  these  songs  of  rivet 
hammers  and  smoke  stacks.  Structural 
progress  and  the  power  of  civilization 
are  both  glorified  and  damned.  Human 
beings  are  portrayed  as  slaves,  patheti- 
cally struggling  to  maintain  their  souls 
amid  the  triumph  of  machinery. 

The  poems  arc  vivid,  noisy,  sharply 
drawn  sketches  of  urban  activity.  With  a 
surprisingly  artistic  effect,  Mr.  Thomp- 
son has  made  casual  reference  to  local 
stores,  buildings  and  hotels. 

"san  francisco  arias  and  vistas"  is  the 
title  of  this  red  and  black  book,  which 
was  privately  printed  on  the  personal 
press  of  an  unnamed  friend. 


IN  Sixty  Seconds,  a  man  condemned  to 
die,  relives  his  life  in  a  retrospective 
Hash. 

One  minute  before  leaving  the  death 
cell,  he  is  again  a  baffled  boy,  making  an 
ineffectual  gesture  toward  the  good. 

He  is  a  handsome  youth,  and  sensual, 
yet  his  physical  triumphs  wavtr  and  col 
lanse  before  the  mental  onslaughts  of  a| 
great  enigma.  He  is  forever  unable  to 
find  the  body  and  the  soul  intermingled, 
or  sc.\  more  chan  partially  cmersed  in 
love. 

A  desire  for  one  great  and  decent  love 
becomes  rooted  in  his  brooding  mind, 
but  "xperiencc  constantly  shatters  his 
ideal. 

He  is  selfish  and  fathomless.  The 
agony  of  introspection  is  intensified  by 
his  ignorance.  He  gropes  for  understand- 
ing and  always,  always  finds  a  blazing 
sense  of  injustice.  This  outragzd  feeling 
increases  with  each  love  disappointment, 
until  the  culmination  of  his  last,  makes 
of  him  a  maniac  and  murderer. 

N4axwell  Bodcnheim  writes  power- 
fully and  courageously,  but  with  a  vul- 
garity and  coarseness  that  give  the  reader 
a  strange  mental  smirch. 

There  is  in  Sixty  Seconds  an  under- 
current of  sordid  beauty,  however,  that 
is  a  sort  of  profane  poetry. 

The  reading  of  such  a  book  is  a  definite 
experience,    after   which,    one   longs  to 
rush   out   of   doors,   and  breathe  deeply 
beneath  a  clear  blue  sky. 
"Sixty  Seconds,"  by  Ma.xv\'ell  Bodcn 
heim.  Horace  Liveright,  Publisher. 


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THK  Hermit  Thrush,  Kathleen  Mil- 
lay's  new  hook  on  verse,  lives  up  to 
the  family  tradition  and  to  her  own 
promise 

Miss  Millay  has  subdued  the  bitter- 
ness and  irony  of  her  early  work,  and 
tempered  her  epigrams  with  a  new  deli- 
cacy. 

She  still  sings  of  a  poetic  madness: 

"My  songs  are  the  madness  ot  life, 
1  can  not  make  them; 
They   are  the  grieving  born   ot   a 

wild  disgrace; 
They  are  the  dreaming  of  death, 
1  can  not  wake  them — 
Only  my  weeping  knows  ot  their 

hiding  place." 

But  still  a  creature  of  moods,  these 
doubts  are  followed  by  lines  of  assur- 
ance, and  verses  of  yearning  are  followed 
by  songs  of  fulfillment.  A  fleet  depres- 
sion is  close  to  a  brief  exaltation  or  a 
rapt  appreciation 

Miss  Millay's  poems  ot  the  changing 
seasons  arc  particularly  lovely.  Their 
fragile  beauty  equals  the  early  work  ot 
Edna  St.  Vincent. 

The  sisters  Millay  now  stand  hand  in 
hand. 

"The  Hermit  Thrush,"  by  Kathleen 
Millay.  Jinracc  Livcright,  Publisher. 

T       ▼      ▼ 

"Arty"  modern  poets  who  snift  at 
2\.  the  Hall  of  Fame  and  call  it 
musty,  are  incapable  of  appreciating  the 
pure  marble  floor,  the  mellow  walls,  and 
the  chaste  ceiling.  These  exponents  of 
black  parrots  and  green  cats  say,  "booh" 
to  the  ghosts  of  great  writers,  thinking 
they  are  driving  away  senile  old  men. 
But  the  ghosts  are  eternal  shades  of  ever 
living  artists. 

There  has  been  published  a  new  edi- 
tion ot  "The  Qolden  Treasury."  The 
original  selections  of  Francis  Palgrave 
contained  the  works  of  only  dead 
writers,  but  the  revised  form  includes 
many  living  poets  whose  work  promises 
iiTimortality. 

The  poets  ot  "The  Qolden  Treasury" 
are  unassailable.  They  are  the  solid 
foundation  of  English  verse,  from  which 
the  scraps  and  dust  ot  lesser  scribblers 
fly  out,  only  to  be  brushed  away.  The 
book  is  compact  and  clearly  printed.  It 
should  be  the  pleasant  companion  ot 
every  reader  whose  odd  moments  with 
the  poets,  often  grow  into  fleet  hours. 
"The  Golden  Treasury  of  Songs  and 

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BACK  in  the  days  when,  in  the  Pit  of 
the  old  Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
Building,  wheat  sold  at  $1.00  for 
the  first  time  within  the  memory  of  man 
the  newspapers  picked  up  the  popular 
cry  that  "Wheat  was  King."  After  four 
years  of  the  easiest  kind  of  money,  dur- 
ing a  time  when  the  whole  reservoir  of 
the  world's  gold  was  apparently  pouring 
into  the  money  market  of  the  United 
States,  when  there  was  apparently  no 
limit  of  the  amount  of  industrial  or 
banking  expansion  that  could  be  financed 
out  of  cash  on  hand,  money  and  its 
present  scarcity  has  become  the  one 
dominating  factor  in  the  stock  market, 
and  it  can  now  be  truly  said  that  neither 
rumors,  nor  mergers,  nor  Mr.  Cutten 
nor  Mr.  Durant  rule  the  market.  Money 
is  now,  in  fact,  King. 

In  its  honest  effort  to  inject  some  sort 
of  sanity  into  the  speculative  turmoil 
the  Federal  Reserve  Board  has  been 
obliged  to  step  somewhat  out  of  its 
academic  role  and  has  been  led  to  make 
a  series  of  ineffectual,  but  withal  in- 
tensely sincere  statements  regarding  its 
perturbation  over  the  matter.   As  any 


Money  is  King 

By  COVINGTON  JANIN 

schoolboy  knows,  the  function  for 
which  the  Federal  Reserve  Board  was 
created  was,  among  other  things,  to 
determine  and  put  into  effect  a  redis- 
count  rate   which  at  all  times  would 


preserve  within  certain  safe  limits  the 
total  financial  reserves  of  the  System. 
The  comparative  amount  of  available 
reserve  funds  is  most  easily  determined 
by  the  Federal  Reserve  Ratio,  which  is 
simply  a  figure  representing  total  reserves 
divided  by  total  Member  Bank  deposits 
and  the  total  number  of  Federal  Reserve 
notes  in  circulation.  If  the  ratio  drops 
the  Board  puts  up  the  rediscount  rate, 
which  keeps  Member  Banks  from  bor- 
rowing too  much  of  the  reserve  fund, 
and  vice-versa.  The  Board  is  concerned 
with  speculation  in  commodities  or 
stocks  only  when  the  Reserve  ratio  is 


MiningCent^rojtm  West 

The  famoui  San  Francisco  Mining  Exchange,  which 
ha«  recorded  the  changing  value*  of  Western  mining 
stocks  since  pony  express  days,  has  moved  across  the 
street  to  its  new  home. 

For  67  years  this  pioneer  exchange  has  reflected  the 
first  newt  of  every  boom  «.nd  rich  strike  for  the  benefit 
of  investors.  It  has  grown  in  importance  as  the  mining 
West  has  developed,  until  yearly  transactions  run  into 
the  millions.  And  today  it  is  the  focal  point  of  mining 
west  of  the  Rockies. 

Increased  facilities  in  the  new  quarters  will  prove  of 
comfort  and  advantage  to  customers. 

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adversely  affected,  and  in  the  larger 
present  problem  of  curbing  speculation 
on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  it 
finds  the  only  weapons  it  possesses  quite 
impotent.  The  raising  of  the  rediscount 
rate  at  the  present  time,  for  instance, 
would  have  a  more  detrimental  effect 
upon  agriculturists,  who  must  borrow 
during  March  and  April  for  their  Spring 
planting,  than  the  salutary  effect  it 
would  have  upon  the  stock  market. 

T      ▼      T 

THE  call  money  market,  which  is  the 
actual  dominant  factor  in  the  finan 
cing  of  stock  speculation,  represents 
something  entirely  different  and  almost 
unrelated  to  the  Federal  Reserve  System 
and  its  regulatory  Board,  and  like  every- 
thing else  having  to  do  with  the  stock 
market  reflects  simply  the  age-old  equa- 
tion of  supply  and  demand.  Important 
men  have  recently  been  guilty  of  manyt 
exceedingly  silly  statements  in  regard  tci 
what  they  think  about  the  policy  of  the 
Federal  Reserve  Board  and  bankers  irj 
general  at  the  present  time.  One  indeed 
suspects  that  one  or  two  of  them  may 
have   been  caught  holding  stocks  anc 


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would  like  to  see  the  stock  market  run 
higher  tor  a  little  time,  at  least  until 
they  can  clear  their  position  and  assume 
once  more  their  historic  prerogative  ol 
conservatism  The  Sage  ot  San  Simeon 
insists  daily  that  the  bankers  u'ho  are 
charging  the  little  lambs,  and  presum- 
ably also  Mr.  Brisbane,  usurious  rates  to 
finance  stock  speculation,  demands  how 
long  the  public  will  thus  be  thv\'arted 
from  sharing  in  America's  prosperity,  at 
the  same  time  shaking  a  fatherly  finger 
at  all  those  who  should  neither  specu- 
late, nor  sell  Anierica  short  The  same 
proposition,  but  stated  differently,  might 
picture  the  bankers,  unwilling  to  en- 
courage further  speculation,  led  into 
lending  funds  only  by  the  extremely  high 
rates  of  interest  in\'itingly  held  out  by 
the  eager  public 

However  this  may  be,  the  great  ma- 
jority ot  stock  market  traders  found 
themselves  rather  bewildered  last  Tues- 
day in  contemplating  call  money  rapidly 
advancing  from  a  monthly  low  of  6% 
and  an  opening  of  12%  on  that  day,  to 
the  unheard  of  figure  of  20%,  with  over- 
thc  counter  rates  considerably  more,  the 
highest  figure  within  the  memory  of 
most  individuals  now  trading  in  the 
stock  market,  and  the  highest  in  fact 
since  1920. 

▼        ▼        T 

BECAUSE  of  the  very  close  relationship 
between  tight  money  and  stock 
prices  a  very  large  number  of  individuals 
are  nervously  beginning  to  wonder  how 
high  money  can  reasonably  be  expected 
to  go  and  what  would  be  its  immediate 
effect  upon  stock  prices  How  much 
people  will  pay  tor  the  use  of  money 
without  rebelling  depends  largely  upon 
the  pyschology  ot  the  moment,  and 
where  people  were  gasping  at  7}^% 
call  money  two  months  ago  one  reads 
today  on  the  news-tickers  without  the 
batting  ot  an  eye  that  "money  is  easy  at 


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One  of  the  Oldest  Bjnks  in  Qjlitornui,  the  Assets  ot  which  have 
never  been  increased  by  mergers  or  consohdations  with  other  banks. 

Assets  over  $123,000,000.00         Deposits  over  $118,000,000.00 
Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds,  $5,150,000.00 

The  foUoii'ittg  aiLounts  stand  on  the  Botiks  at  SI. 00  each,  viz.: 
Bank  Buildinss  and  Lots    -   (Value  over  Sl,"i5,000.00) 
Other  Real  Estate    -     -     -       (Value  over  S.iOO.OOO.OO) 
Pension  Fund      -      -      -      -      (Value  over  $().1.S.(K)0.(X)) 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  ^}/\yQ  Per  annum 
Computed  .l/on//i/v  and  Compounded  (^«ar/cr/y 


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A  comparison  of  this  tabic  v\'ich  a 
chart  of  stock  prices  during  a  parallel 
brings  out  a  very  striking  fact  During 
these  years  there  occurred  four  distinct 
bear  markets — in  1910,  1912-13,  1916- 
17,  and  1919-21.  In  every  case  the  peak 
reached  by  call  money  exactly  coincided 
with  the  commencement  of  what  later 
proved  to  be  a  prolonged  hear  market 
These  peaks  ranged  from  14%  in  Jan- 
uary 1910,  20%  in  November  1912, 
15%  in  December  1916  to  a  high  of 
30%  in  November  1919  During  seven- 
teen of  the  twenty- four  months  in  1919 
and  in  1920  the  high  for  call  money  was 
nc\'cr  less  than  10%,  and  for  three 
months  ranged  between  2^%  and  5% 
monthly. 

The  relationship  between  call  money 
and  stock  prices  in  the  past  has  tended  to 
confirm  the  economic  theory  of  "The 
Business  Cycle,"  which  contends  that 
the  final  stage  of  a  bull  market  is  always 
attended  by,  and  is  usually  ended  by 
violently  advancing  money  rates.  Al- 
though the  concrete  factors  affecting 
money  at  any  particular  time  vary  so 
much  that  no  dogmatic  rules  can  be  laid 
down,  experiences  of  the  past  ccrtainlv 
dictate  caution  at  this  time. 


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Rediscovering  San  Francisco 


IN  THAT  old  part  ot  the  city  between 
the  Custom  House  and  Telegraph 
Hill  is  situated  all  that  remains  ol  the 
Barbary  Coast.  1  use  the  term  geographi- 
cally; there  are  no  spangles  and,  I 
assume,  no  stahbings  in  the  back.  But, 
in  this  Last  Resort,  there  is  still  a 
warmth  that  is  not  trothy  and  a  jox'ialitv 
that  is  mellow. 

To  reach  it,  you  go  through  streets 
obstructed  by  many  odorous  wine- 
barrels,  so  that  you  are  prepared  for  po- 
tation by  these  aromatic  hors-d'ocvres. 
The  place  is  not  dingy,  but  it  is  decrepit 
The  swinging  doors,  on  my  last  visit, 
had  been  replaced  by  full  length  doors — 
a  gesture  thermal  rather  than  secretive. 

On  your  Ictt,  as  you  enter,  is  an 
ancient  bar.  and  tov\'ard  the  rear  are  two 
booths  with  tables  We  will  suppose  that 
you  sit  at  one  of  these  tables — if  there  is 
any  room — because  at  these  tables  is 
served  the  finest  broiled  steak  in  the  city. 

The  proprietor  comes  to  the  booth 
and  talks  His  bulk  completely  closes 
the  entrance  He  is  vast,  but  he  looks 
solid  There  is  no  sloppiness  about  him; 
he  is  neat  and  he  looks  polished  His 
hands  are  round  but  somehow  dainty. 


By  NED  HILTON 

He  handles  things  with  the  grace  of  a 
croupier. 

He  pours  you  a  drink  of  the  house's 
specialty,  brandy  made  from  grape 
stems  and  raisins.  It  is  harmless  and 
potent,  but  it  tastes  a  bit  harsh.  You  add 
ginger  ale — unless  you  know  better — or 
grenadine  or  Manhattan  cocktail  essence. 
After  experiments,  you  may  decide  to 
drink  it  straight  ne.\t  time. 

The  proprietor  philosophizes.  He  is 
convinced  that  nowhere  else  but  in  San 
Francisco  docs  a  person  "really  live."  He 
is  a  native  of  the  Azores,  but  he  has 
been  a  San  Franciscan  for  fifteen  years. 
He  looks  something  like  Warner  Oland, 
the  actor,  dark,  suave,  with  a  little 
moustache.  I  have  never  seen  him  with- 
out his  hat. 

The  Chinese  cook  brings  soup  and 
salad,  and  asks  you  how  you  want  your 
steak,  unless  he  knows  you — in  which 


case  he  remembers.  And  you  relax  into 
the  easy  and  comfortable  air  of  the  place. 
Because  you  are  allowed  to  be  there, 
quite  definitely  an  individual.  The  het- 
erogeneity of  the  customers  is  such  as 
you  read  about  but  rarely  find.  Lined 
along  the  bar  are  stevedores,  seamen 
from  the  Alaska  salmon  fleet,  Negroes, 
Chinese,  firemen  from  the  neighboring 
engine  house,  gobs,  financiers  from 
Montgomery  street,  Italians,  bums,  and 
the  inevitable  newspaper  men. 

Outside  in  the  city  they  click  into  their 
respective  parts  and  spheres,  but  before 
that  bar  they  are  equals — individuals  in 
their  own  right.  The  proprietor  circu- 
lates among  them,  calling  all  by  their 
first  names,  affable,  philosophical.  It  is 
said  that  he  sometimes  suggests  a  fitting 
course  of  action  to  the  City  Fathers,  the 
police  sergeants  and  the  judges.  It  is 
also  said  that  they  listen  to  him. 

The  barkecp,  too,  is  never  without 
his  hat.  His  race  and  age  are  unguess- 
able.  His  face  is  like  a  death-mask.  His 
skin  is  almost  ghastly.  He  is  a  cadaver 
bound  in  morocco. 

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A  Famous  Doorway 

in  Hollywood  that  means  home  to  travelers 

The  doorway  of  ihis  hotel  means  home — personal 
comfort — service  —  pleasant  surroundings.     It  also 
means  that  you  are  convtniintlj  located  in  Holly- 
wood—film capitol  of  th<  world — amusement  center 
of  Southern  California. 

Good  Food  a  Feature 

A  French  chef  has  made  the  dining  room  famous. 
Club   breakfasts,  luncheons  or  dinners  at  popular 
prices.     Also  a  la  carte  ser\'icc. 

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Appassionatta 

By  Hassoldi  Davi.s 

//  /,r  ,iv  .i7///,  l/ii\f  place,  ,ro  />ar<L\' 

I  he   moon    ha.r  .ru-epl  il   Willi   a  .nlfcr 

hrooni , 
/Ind  .fo  il.danil.f,  an  einplxi,  .tilenl  room. 

Far  from  the  lainl  ol  hall  rememhered 

lii.'U 
Onli/   i/OLir  I'ook.r,   i/our  clolhe.r  upon  a 

chair. 
To  change  this  perfect  .foldude  to  dujrls 
Of  withered  thmg.r,  imprisoned  thereby 


1 1  is  so  still,  and  get  it  is  .to  lii'e^y 
With  throbbing  notes  oj  jogoiis  nighls 

and  dags 
If'e  two  hai'e  spent  For  there  has  been  no' 

To   passion,    and   no    word   nor   bitter 

phrase 
To  mock  us  ajlei^ . 
Loi'e,  and  gouth,  and  laughtei'' 
Halo  round  gour  little  candle  blaz<L'> 

And  if  the  biting  stridor  of  the  hells 
Of  mg  old  miserg  should  call,  I  will  not 

hear, 
Xor  ij  the  moaning  monotones  oJ  fear 
Go  mad,  for  in  the  cells 
Of  .rorrow  I  hai'e  earned  mg  .rears.' 
And  I  hare  made  a  coi'enanl  with  Cheei " 
To  be  mg  bedfellow  beneath  this  rooj, 

the.ee  stard. 

Your  heart  upon  mg  heart,  gour  candles 

glow 
Jiurned  low  within  the  goblet  of  the  dark. 
And  none  shall  -ree.  and  none  shall  ever 

fcnow 
flow  deep  our  dreams,  how  magicallg  the 

spark 
Of  passion{or  of  candle-light)  mag  grow. 

/Ige.  we  shall  hai'c  this  hour  of  ours,  this 

noon  - 
And  this  still  midnight  with  its  pulsing 

blood 
Of  madne.fs   Ife  shall  hafe  the  stars  that 

stud 
Our  window  in  a  gold gallooti' 
ir'e'll  make  wrg  faces  at  a  peeping  mootir.  | 

.//11/  suddenlg.  along  the  i/uiet  street^-, 
f.ike   restless,   cliallering   thoughts  that 

break  from  cot'ei''. 
The  t/uick.  .ftaccato  stabs  of  slippered jeel 
Slit  the  .'till  night  to  .<hreds  of  startled 

laughter''. 
Jlockinij  our  foi/   liiil  who  should  follow 

after.'  .'.   '  I 

Adi'enlureseeksthe  midnight  tor  a  loi'ei^. 


APRIL,  1929 

'  What  Shall  Wc  Do  to  be  Saved  ? 

Continued  from  pUKP  9 

I  Our  country  has  been  awakened  to  a 
'  realization  of  these  facts,  by  the  excesses 
of  prohibition  cntorcement.  No  decent 
,  American  desires  to  accept  service  in  the 
i  army  of  spies  and  blackguards,  corrupt 
and  violent,  now  enlisted  under  "the 
glorious  banner  of  the  brave  aniir&ec!" 
The  State  of  Rhode  Island,  one  of  the 
very  last  to  enter  the  Union,  as  I  recol- 
lect, for  fear  of  surrendering  its  liberties 
to  a  Federal  monster,  and  whose  tears 
have  just  come  true,  has  instructed  its 
Attorney  General  to  attack  the  methods 
by  which  the  Eighteenth  Amendment 
purports  to  have  been  adopted.  It  is  the 
bastard  child  of  the  anti-Saloon  League, 
the  third  house  of  Congress,  unknown  to 
law.  It  corrupted,  by  bribery  and  intimi- 
dation —  principally  intimidation — the 


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f  the 


two  other  houses,  a 


nd  it 

carried  the  same  methods  into  every 
State  capitol,  and  at  a  time  when  the 
country  was  engaged  in  war,  and  its 
bravest  sons  were  in  foreign  lands. 

It  is  said  that  there  are  three  sexes — 
men,  women  and  clergymen;  and  I 
would  add  that,  at  that  period  in  our 
history,  there  was  a  fourth,  undefinable 
sex,  known  as  "slackers."  The  country 
was  left  in  charge  of  people  who  were 
essentially  impractical  and  wholly  senti- 
mental; also,  very  often,  in  a  broad 
sense,  in  view  of  the  noble  structure  of 
the  constitution,  which  should  preserve 
our  liberties  against  trespass,  they  were 
unpatriotic  and  treasonable.  As  the  judge 
said,  "The  more's  the  pity." 

A  prohibition  government  is,  indeed, 
"a  fool's  paradise," 


Rediscovering  San  Francisco 

Continued  from  page  45 

A  very  black  Negro  woman  sits  at  a 
table  across  the  room  and  argues  with  a 
slightly-built  brown  boy  Her  belly  over- 
hangs her  knees.  Her  lavender  dress  is 
dirty.  She  drinks  from  a  square  gin 
bottle.  An  Italian  boy  comes  in  with  a 
bootblacking  outfit.  While  he  works, 
chattering,  his  younger  brother  plays  a 
harmonica.  A  couple  of  walrus-mous- 
cached  A.B's  start  a  heavyfooted  jig.  An 
impromptu  quartet  is  formed.  Motes 
dance  in  the  sunlight  trom  the,  fiust 
stirred  up.  <..-^^'^ 

You  think  of  all  the 'fnen  w'tio'wbiild 
have  liked  this  place — Bierce,  certainly, 
and  George  Sterling,  and  Morley  and 
Don  Marquis.  Villon,  even,  and  Ben 
jonson  and  Rabelais  and  maybe  Horace. 
You  sigh  a  little  at  the  thought  of  return- 
ing, as  you  must,  to  the  outside  world  of 
commerce  and  talking  rnoyies  and 
traffic  cops.  'l*^!*^^^;. 


n^     and     Around 

The  Fairmont 


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HERE  is  a'S^hispeVmg  expectancy  in  the  air 


.  Even  the 
nippant  gusts  that  chase  the  cable  cars  down  Powell  have 
something  to  say  about  The 
Fairmont  Sports  Terrace  that 
opens  early  next  month.  .  .  . 
And  everyone  is  excited.  The 
prospect  of  having  a  sports 
center  on  the  crest  of  Nob  Hill — in  the  very  heart  of  San  Francisco — is  one 
of  the  tlirilLr  oj  1929 !  .  .  .  The  advent  of  Badminton  with  its  wid,9-;^,C*pd'^ng 
contagion  among  those  who  take  their  sports  lightly!  .  .  .  Tennis  co-ui'ts  where 
the  pint!  of  the  ball  against  taut  strings  calls  for  "just  one  set  more"  before 
teal  ...  A  pool  of  sparkling  water  laughing  alike  at  sun  and  moon — lapping 
an    ever-eager    invi-                                        s"  tation  to  swimmers! 

...  The  perfect  floor             ^9^«-"  «/~9^^*  of  enlarged  Rainbow 

Lane  gleaming  a  m^'^  ^  ,^-^^f^i^  '^**''^^^C\  welcome  to  carefree 
dancers  who  glide  in  'O^'^^^^V  ""''^^V  and  out  through  the 
archways  leading  to  -* ■  the  terrace  that  en- 
circles the  swimming  pool  where  slim  bodies  flash  in  lighted  waters!  .  .  . 
\\'hat  a  symphtmy  of  enjoyment  it  makes!  .  .  .  And  at  the  same  time.  The 
Fairmont  places  at  your  disposal   the   new   Vanderbilt  Room    for    receptions 

and  private  parties.  This  artistic  room 
is  an  exact  reproduction  of  the  famous 
room  in  the  Vanderbilt  home  in  New 
Y'ork  City.  The  panels,  fireplace,  paint- 
ings, gold  mouldings,  crystal  chandeliers 
and  decorations  were  brought  direct  from  the  original  Fifth  Avenue  mansion. 
The  Fairmont  Vanderbilt  Room  will  provide  a  perfect  background  of  ele- 
gance for  the   discriminating  hostess  .  .  .  All  to  be  opened  next  month. 


Houston,  Gilmore  S  Co. 


FINE   JEWELRY 


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San  Francisco 


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Back  to  the  Water 


Continued  from  page  16 

problem  and  the  old  anchorages  at  Saus- 
alito  have  not  been  abandoned  by  the 
members  of  the  St.  Francis  yacht  club. 
The  perfection  of  a  Diesel  motor  cap- 
able of  installation  in  small  family 
cruisers  will  go  far  toward  developing 
the  sport,  for  the  elimination  of  the  fire 
hazard  in  this  type  of  motor,  plus  its 
simplicity,  efficiency  and  low  cost  of 
operation  make  it  singularly  attractive. 
Many  well  known  San  Franciscans  are 
figuring  on  luxurious  crusers  and  sailing 
yachts  with  Diesel  motor  installation. 


THE  lure  of  the  South  Seas  still  holds 
Recently  Mr  S.  F  B  Morse  pur- 
chased the  loo  ft.  auxiliary  schooner 
Temptress  from  John  Gilbert,  the  mo- 
tion picture  actor,  and  with  Mrs  Morse 
and  three  men  friends,  sailed  for  the 
Marquesas,     to    be     gone    about    six 


Bridge  Lessons 

PAUL  W.  BLACK 

author  of 
"Auction  Bridge  Outline" 

HOTEL  MARK  HOPKINS 

Studio  lessons  Wednesday  and 

Friday  by  appointment 

TEMPLE  BAR  TEA  ROOM 

Auction  class — 3:15  p.  m.  Thursday 

Contract  class — 4:00  p.  m.  Thursday 

SUtter  8773 

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months.  Mr.  Templeton  Crocker  has 
just  finished  his  first  cruise  in  his  6i-ft 
Deisel -powered  schooner  Zaca  With  a 
party  of  friends  he  has  been  fishing  off 
the  Mexican  coast  Hiram  W  ("Jack") 
Johnson's  90-ft  gasoline  yacht  Kemah 
is  to  be  seen  on  the  bay  and  its  tributa- 
ries every  week-end;  Hart  Weaver's  trim 
little  55-ft.  ketch,  Noname,  and  Dr 
Gooddale's  schooner  Tamilmar  are  re- 
cent additions  to  the  bay  fleet  1  predict 
that  the  advent  of  the  small  Deisel 
motor  will  add  great  impetus  to  the 
building  of  sailing  yachts,  which,  even 
at  the  present  time,  show  a  tendency  to 
keep  pace  with  the  non-sailers. 

Men  who  have  accumulated  gray  hair 
and  wrinkles  without  having  stepped 
aboard  a  yacht,  are  now  getting  the 
fever.  The  airplane  is  making  rapid 
strides  in  competition,  but  that  is  a 
young  man's  game  Yachting  will  ever 
hold  its  appeal  to  those  for  whom  rhe 
rush  of  life  is  over  or  who  have  dis- 
covered the  fallacy  of  all  work  and  no 
play  They  have  discovered  that,  with  a 
small  yacht  they  can  cruise  in  comfort 
about  three  thousand  miles  of  water- 
ways tributary  to  San  Francisco  bay;  the 
wonderland  of  the  Pacific  Northwest  is 
open  to  them;  there  are  the  winter  fish- 


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LEGITIMATE  THEATRES 

Alcazar:   "The  Big  Pond,"  scarring  Robert 

McWade. 
Columbia:  Scarring  May  20:  "Strange  Inter- 
lude" before  and  atcer  dinner. 
CuRRAN  :  David  Bclasco's  produccion  of  "The 

Bachelor  Father,"  co  be  followed  by  Helen 

Hayes  in  "Coquette." 
Geary:  The  New  York  Thcacre  Guild:   Pre- 

sencing  its  Company  Players. 

Week  of  May  13,  "The  Doctor's  Dilemma," 
by  Bernard  Shaw. 

Week  of  May  20,  "The  Second  M.an,"  by 
S.  N.  Herman. 

Week  of  May  27,  ".Ned  .McCobb's  Daugh- 
ter," by  Sidney  Howard. 

Week  of  June   3,    "John   Ferguson,"   by  Sc. 
John  Ervinc. 
Green  Street:  " Easy  for  Zee  Zee,"  and  easy 

for  che  management. 
Ferrier's  French  Theatre:  "La  Poudre  Aux 

Yeus." 
Blanding    Sloan's    Puppet    Theatre    Club: 

"Anna     Christie,"      by     Eugene     O'Neill, 

Thursdays    Fridays    and    Saturdays    through 

May.     Subscription  showing  of  Vorkapich's 

film  "Hollywood   Extra  9413"  May  14,  ac 

8  :oo  and  9  :},o  o'clock. 
President:     "The     Maniac,"     with    Edmund 

Breese. 

VAUDEVILLE 
Golden  Gate:  Vaudeville  and  a  Talkie.  Alice 

White  topping  the  bill. 
Orpheum  :   Headlining  Ruth   Roland  and  Ben 

Bard.  They  arc  married,  but  not  in  the  same 

act. 
Pantages  :  A  real  road  show  with  its  good  and 

bad. 

TALKIES  AND  SILENT 
California:  Maurice  Chevalier  in  "Innocents 

oj Paris."  Singing,  dancing,  n'everything. 
Embassy:    "A'o    Defense."    with    Monce    Blue 

and  May  McAvoy. 
Granada:  Mary  Pickford  in  "Coquette." 
LoEw's  Warfield:  Willard  Mack's  '"L'oice  of 

the  City." 
i  Marion  Davies:  "Hearts  in  Dixie,"  with  an 

all  negro  cast. 
St.  Francis:  Jeanne  Eagels  in   "The  Letter." 

A  great  picture. 


MUSIC 

San  Francisco  Symphony  :  Summer  Program 
with  Guest  Conduccors.  Program  to  be  an- 
nounced later. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis  :  Refugees  from  The  Garden  Room 
being  fed  in  the  Mural  Room  until  che  deco- 
racors  are  through. 

Taits  at  the  Beach  :  Where  Sam  knows  your 
name  and  your  favorite  dish. 

The  Palace:  Quite  the  nicest  place  for  Tea. 

The  Fairmont  :  Now  under  the  direction  of 
The  Mark  Hopkins.  Watch  for  further  an- 
nouncement and  be  surprised. 

Mark  Hopkins:  Marvelous  cncercainers  re- 
lieve you  of  che  responsibilicy. 

Sir  Francis  Drake  :  The  smartest  place  in 
town  for  luncheon. 

Jack's:  For  the  world's  biggest  and  best  frogs' 
legs. 

New  Frank's  :  For  filet  of  sole  Marguery  and 
mussels  bordelaise. 

Camille's:  For  anything  on  the  menu. 

Temple  Bar  Tea  Room  :  For  salad,  cinnamon 
toast  and  pie. 

The  Courtyard:  Everything  a  nice  Tea  Room 
should  be. 

Russian  Tea  Room:  Vallcjo,  where  nothing 
makes  you  see  Red. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria  :  Where  one  may  grab 
a  bite  and  enjoy  it. 

California  Market  Restaurant:  Where  che 
Financial  Figures  gee  cheir  need  of  golf. 

SoLARi's:  Geary,  where  food  is  taken  seriously. 

Deauville  :  1  516  Stockton,  where  the  memory 
of  the  good  old  days  lingers  on. 

ART 
courtesy  of  the  argus 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  : 
The  National  Sculpture  Sociery  Exhibition 
of  1 300  pieces  of  contemporary  American 
sculpture. 

Western  Women's  Club  Gallery  ;  609  Sutter. 
Through  May  6,  retrospective  showing  of 
work  by  John  Emmctt  Garrity.  Sculpture 
by  Jucca  Salamunich.  Portrait  sketches  by 
Lillie  V.  O'Ryan. 


California  Guild  of  Bookbinders  :  545  Sutter, 
May  7  to  1 1  .exhibition  of  work  by  local  mem- 
bers and  books  from  New  York  Guild  of 
Bookworkers. 

Galerie  Beaux  Arts:  116  Maiden  Lane' 
Through  May  4,  wood  carvings,  drawings 
and  turnicure  ensembles  by  Jacques  Schnier. 
Paincings,  drawings  and  princs  by  H.  Nelson 
Poole  through  May  18. 

De  Young  Me.morial  Museum  :  Golden  Gate 
Park.  Permanent  collections.  Lectures  Sun- 
day and  Wednesday  afternoons. 

Gump's:  246  Post  street.  Watercolors,  oils  and 
drawings  by  Sotomayor,  through  May   11. 

Courvoisier's:  474  Post  street.  Dog  portraits 
and  sketches  by  Edith  Dcrry  Willson. 

Paul  Elder's:  239  Pose  screet.  Heraldic  art  by 
Leonard  Wilson,  through  June  i. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street. 
Etchings,  lithographs  and  concemporary 
German  princs. 

ViCKERY,  Atkins  and  Torrey  :  550  Succer 
screet.  Portfolio  showing  of  contemporary 
English  graphic  arts. 

Oakland  Art  Gallery  :  Oakland  Auditor- 
ium. Through  May  10,  oils,  watercolors 
and  lithographs  by  Kandinsky;  thirty-five 
selected  paintings  from  Santa  Cruz  annual; 
pascels  and  drawings  by  Amy  Dewing 
Fleming.  May  15  co  June  15,  oils  and  draw- 
ings by  Frances  Brooks. 

OUT  OF  TOWN  RESORTS 

Del  Monte:  All  dressed  up  and  somewhere  co 

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The  Tavern,  Lake  Tahoe  :  Where  Nature  is 

grand  but  noc  uncomfortable. 
Santa  Barbara  Biltmore:  The  mosc  beauci- 

ful  of  a  large  and  imporcant  family. 
Awahnee,  Yosemite  :  Making  one  of  the  Seven 

Wonders  more  wonderful. 
Feather  River  Inn  :  Even  a  golf  links. 
Stags'    Leap,    Napa  :   For  children    as   nice   as 

yours. 
Los  Gatos  Lodge:  Where  you  eat  coo  much, 

chen  fall  asleep  in  che  sun. 
Alta  MiRA,SAUSALiTo:When  you  wane  co  run 

away,  buc  noc  coo  far. 


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No.  5 


CONTENTS 

Isoult,  photograph  hy  William  Horace  Smith    --------  8 

American  Sculpture,  hy  Aline  Kistler        .-.------  9 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told 10 

Cartoons,  hy  Hilton  and  Henri        ----------  11 

Neighhors,  hy  Hugo     ------------14 

Helen  Hayes,  photograph  hy  Pinchot         -            -            -            -            -            -            -            -            -  15 

Hollywood's  Tower  of  Bahel,  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dohie   ------  16 

Sonnet,  by  Robert  Hunt  -----------16 

Jean  Michel  Frank,  hy  Irwin  St.  John        ---------17 

Encounter,  hy  Antonia  Pia     -----------  i9> 

Sonnet  by  Dorothe  Bendon    -----------  iS 

Jack  Brecdcn,  photograph  hy  De  Forest    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -  19 

Bay  Region  Miscellany,  hy  Constance  Ferris       --------  zo 

Modernism  in  the  Movies,  sketches  by  Vorkapich       -           -           -           -           -           -           -  21 

Miss  Harrie  Hill,  from  the  painting  by  Segall    --------  2.2. 

The  Reigning  Dynasty,  by  Francesca         ---------  zj, 

Another  Year  in  Music,  hy  Jack  Campbell          --------  z^ 

The  City  at  Night,  drawing  hy  Carlton  Moore             -------  z'j 

America  Invades  European  Courts,  by  Constance  Ramachiotti        -----  26 

Frankie  and  Johnnie  (Retouched  in  the  Manner  of  Swinburne)        -----  26 

As  to  Books,  hy  Beth  Wendel -           -  29 

As  Seen  By  Her,  by  Francelia           ----------  t,^ 

Hollywood,  verse  by  Beth  Sherwood        ---------  t,o 

Have  You  Heard,  by  Frances  ....--.---36 

The  Royal  Road  to  Riches,  by  Leland  S.  Ross  --------  38 

Concerning  Bridge,  hy  Paul  W.  Black        ---------  ^o 


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SAM  rRAMGISGAN 


American  Sculpture 

As  Seen  in  the  Light  of  the  Current  Grandiloquent  Gesture 


THERE  have  been  perhaps  twenty 
truly  great  sculptors  since  archaic 
times.  The  greatest  periods  of 
sculpture  have  given  us,  at  most,  not 
more  than  fifteen  sculptors  of  lasting 
merit  in  any  one  country.  With  this  in 
mind  one  must  approach  the  amazing 
spectacle  of  thirteen  hundred  pieces  of 
sculpture  by  three  hundred  American 
artists,  now  at  the  California  Palace  of 
the  Legion  of  Honor,  with  a  measure 
of  caution. 

Realizing  that  it  is  but  one  hundred 
years  since  the  first  marble  portrait  bust 
was  chiseled  by  an  American  artist,  and 
acknowledging  that  the  present  collec- 
tion represents  but  the  last  fifteen  years 
of  the  first  century  of  American  sculp- 
ture, one  finds  the  AH- American  Sculpture 
Exhibition  an  interesting  commentary 
•on  our  national  art. 

What  a  stupendous  undertaking  the 
whole  thing  is!  The  very  physical  ac- 
complishment of  amassing  thirteen  hun- 
dred pieces  of  sculpture  is  a  tribute  to  the 
I  abundant  energy  of  youth.  The  enthusi- 
I  asm  that  is  expressed  in  the  colossal  fact 
;  of  "the  largest  exhibition  ever  held" 
'Testifies  to  a  newly  achieved  self-con- 
I  iciousness. 

]  When  a  child  who  admires  a  neigh- 
I  bor's  ship  model  discovers  that  he  him- 
I  >elf  can  whittle  boats  from  wood,  he 
]  nrst  compares  his  efforts  with  the  origi- 
'  aal,  then,  rather  than  admit  his  lack  of 
i  skill,  he  carves  more  and  more  boats 
I  A'hich  he  displays  in  proud  numbers 
I  noping  you  will  forget  his  neighbor's 
me.  perfect  model.  As  a  nation  we  are 
,  ike  that.  We  hope  desperately  that  the 
I  superlative  of  size,  which  we  can  right- 
_ully  use,  will  cover  up  the  possible 
I  ailure  to  earn  sounder  praise.  However, 
I  ihe  burst  of  productive  energy  is  healthy 
I  n  itself  and,  while  looking  for  recogni- 
j  :ion  through  the  bulk  of  accomplish- 
I  Tient,  we  may  win  honest  honors  else- 


By  ALINE  KISTLER 

where.  If  from  the  stupendous  mass  of 
modeled,  cut  and  cast  material  repre- 
sented in  the  present  exhibition  there 
rises  even  one  figure  ot  superlative  qual- 
ity, the  energies  have  been  well  spent. 

T      T      ▼ 

SUCH  a  figure  seems  to  have  presented 
itself  in  the  person  of  Edward 
McCartan  whose  "Isoult"  is  perhaps 
the  purest  expression  of  American  sculp- 
ture yet  produced.  In  this  one  piece  of 
sculpture  is  found  the  elements  of  all 
that  has  contributed  greatness  to  our 
achievements.  Its  perfect  rhythm,  its 
idealistic  simplicity,  its  decorative  qual- 
ity— all  present  a  definite  refinement  of 
American  art.  In  a  direct  line  of  heritage 
from  the  work  of  Ward,  Saint-Gaudens, 
French,  MacMonnies,  Barnard,  David- 
son and  Manship,  this  figure  by  Mc- 
Cartan surmounts  American  sculpture. 
It  expresses  our  highest  attainment  by 
bearing  the  young  qualities  of  idealism, 
sentiment,  decoration  and  honesty  with 
the  added  maturity  of  reserve,  conscious 
simplicity  and  sophisticated  refinement. 
However,  "Isoult"  does  not  in  any 
way  represent  the  present  exhibition.  It 
is  merely  the  nucleus  from  which  a 
greater  body  of  American  art  may  be 
grown. 

T       T       T 

THE  exhibition  itself  is  over-enthusi- 
astic, over-decorative,  over-senti- 
mental. It  constitutes  an  adolescent 
experience  that  is  healthy  and  hearty — 
and  highly  commendable  if  one  also  is 
robust  and  able  to  stand  adolescent  en- 
thusiasms George  Douglas  quotes  Louis 
Ferdinand,  second  son  of  the  Crown 
Prince  of  Germany,  who  recently  visited 
the  Legion  Palace,  as  saying:  "I  did  not 
think  there  were  so  many  sculptors  in 
the  world  as  you  have  in  America  .  .  . 
but  how  strange  that  1  see  so  much  that 
does  not  look  American.  Some  of  it  is 


the  kind  they  did  much  better  in  Greece 
thousands  of  years  ago,  and  some  is 
much  like  the  art  my  grandfather  used 
to  admire,  but  it  is  very  good."  Our 
visitor  might  have  gone  further,  had  he 
taken  the  time  to  examine  the  exhibi- 
tion minutely,  for  one  finds  there  repre- 
sentations of  every  style  and  technique 
used  from  the  dawn  of  sculpture  to  this 
day. 

It  is  a  commentary  rather  than  a  criti- 
cism on  what  has  been  produced  that  it 
should  obviously  reflect  diverse  styles  of 
the  past.  It  is  entirely  logical  that  a 
young  body  of  sculptors,  vaguely  seek- 
ing a  new  nationalism,  should  in  turn 
imitate  and  utilize  all  the  influences  of 
the  past.  It  is  only  through  such  a  process 
of  assimilation  that  an  indigenous  art 
can  develop  in  a  new  country.  By  om- 
nivorous absorption  of  traditions  from 
all  lands  and  all  times,  new  traditions 
are  established.  It  is  a  case  of  ontogeny 
reproducing  phylogeny.  American  art 
must  partake  of  the  growth  of  universal 
art  before  it  can  add  anything  particu- 
larly its  own.  And  the  process  is  one  not 
to  be  accomplished  in  the  first  hundred 
years.  Nor  perhaps  entirely  in  the 
second. 


MEANWHILE  we  havc  the  very  in- 
teresting manifestation  of  growth 
displayed  in  the  current  exhibition.  We 
have  such  an  aggregation  of  three  di- 
mensional material  that  only  the  ardent 
enthusism  of  youth  could  possibly  absorb 
it  all  and  survive. 

Heroic  statues  of  exaggerated  heroism 
— architectural  pieces  of  stupendous  im- 
port— portraits  in  overwhelming  num- 
bers— pretentious  symbolisms — anecdo- 
tal groups — an  overflow  of  garden 
sentimentality — decorative  sculpture  of 
high   excellence — puppies,    rabbits   and 

Continued  on  page  39 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


WITH  a  great  flaunting  of  print  and 
lavish  expenditure  tor  newspaper 
space,  San  Franciscans  are  advised  ot  the 
arrival  in  their  midst  ot  a  marvelous  and 
gifted  personage.  He  is  none  other  than 
Auguste  Gay,  tormerly  chet  ot  the  Ritz 
Carlfton,  New  York;  former  Supervisor 
of  Cuisine  for  the  Duke  ot  Wellington; 
the  Czar  of  all  the  Russians;  the  Grand 
Hotel,  Brussels;  Bristol  Hotel,  V'ienna; 
Grand  Hotel,  Rome;  Yale  Club,  New 
York;  Ritz  Carleton,  Montreal  and  the 
French  Embassies  in  Moscow  and  Con- 
stantinople. 

He  comes  to  lend  his  talents  to  the 
restaurant  enterprise,  which  bears  the 
illustrious  name  of  a  man,  who  made 
restaurant  history  in  San  Francisco's 
hey-dey.  He  comes — Great  God!  to 
what  unknown  depths  will  modern 
enterprise  and  the  ritual  of  service  lead 
us? — he  comes  to  appear  in  person  at 
places  tiled  in  glazcy  white  with  spindly 
legged  turniture,  painted  in  would-be 
"arty"  but  washed  out  blue.  He  comes 
to  supervise  the  making  of  cut  corner 
hashes,  pastes,  roasts,  salads,  which  are 
advertised  as  being  compounded  ot  "the 
best  the  market  affords"  but  reduced  to 
tastelessness  by  some  obscure  processes 
known  only  to  the  Gods  ot  EtFiciency. 
He  comes  to  prepare  such  concoctions 
for  thousands  who  bolt, 
guzzle  and  rush  away,  be- 
cause the  tine  amenities  of 
dining  have  smaller  and 
smaller  place  in  this  hurly- 
burly  scheme. 

Caesar  is  indeed  tallen. 
We  mourn  him  and  pass 
on. 


WELL,  we  see  by  the 
papers,  as  Will 
Rogers  says,  that  the  re- 
doubtable Texas  Guinan 
was  arrested,  brought  to 
trial  and  acquitted  lor  sell- 
ing liquor  and  running  a 
night  club. 

It  seems  that  Texas, 
being  a  gay  aueen  of  the 
night  and  a  light  in  the 
life  of  tired  business  men 
with  day  time  cares  to 
forget,  aroused  the  ire  of 
that  dully  righteous  lady 
of  the  law,  Mabel  Walker 
Wildebrant.  Mabel,  pre- 
sumably, just  can't  sec 
any  good  in  Texas,  so  the 
whole  affair  boils  down  to 
a  good,  old-fashioned  fe- 
male cat  and  scratch  battle 
Mabel    thinks    up    the 


unique  idea  of  having  one  of  her  Sun- 
day School  boys  go  up  to  Texas'  Club 
Royale  and  buy  some  wine.  The  lad 
also  gives  Te.xas  the  big  rush  act — 
orchids  and  all  that  sort  of  thing.  So 
tar  as  Mabel  could  see  it  all  worked  like 
a  charm  and  the  first  thing  Texas  knew 
she  was  served  with  a  warrant  and 
court  summons. 

Texas  shows  up  in  bangles,  spangles, 
imported  gowns,  hats,  what  nots  and 
with  a  lot  of  wise  cracks.  As  one  legal 
authority  said,  "It  was  a  show  not  a 
trial."  Texas  comes  out  the  winner 
hands  down  by  convincing  his  honor, 
the  judge  that  her  cellar  is  so  "full  of 
chocolate  and  vanilly"  that  she  hasn't 
room  for  anything  else.  How  else  could 
the  performance  end?  You  can't  put  such 
amateurish  Samson  and  Delilah  stulT 
over  on  a  Guinan. 


'/  Ihink  we  .f/uiulJ  .rc/ii/  luinil'i-r  4b2.    II' s  ,>v  ,iu'<'i7  iiiui  onlu  10  a-onlr 


AS.'^N  Franciscan  man,  who  recently 
returned  from  a  trip  to  New 
York,  was  very  much  annoyed  during 
the  journey  by  bedbugs  or  fleas  which 
effectually  prevented  his  getting  a  good 
night's  rest  all  the  way  across  the  conti- 
nent. Arriving  in  San  Francisco,  hag- 
gard and  worn  from  four  all  but  sleep- 
less nights,  he  sat  down  in  anger  and 
indited  a  red  hot  letter  to  the  Pullman 
Company. 

A  response  came  quickly  in  the  form 
of  a  three-page,  single-spaced  letter. 
Couched  in  apologetic  and  diplomatic 
language,  the  letter  would  have  done 
credit  to  a  veteran  of  the  diplomatic 
service.  Despite  the  welts  that  still 
decorated  the  man's  face,  as  well  as 
practically  every  square  inch  of  his  body,! 
he  began  to  feel  that  he  had  acted  a  bio 
hastily.  After  all,  it  may  have  been  the 
fault  of  some  bedbug  ridden  traveller 
who  had  occupied  the  berth  just  ahead  of 
him,  he  thought. 

He  had  reached  the  signature  and  had] 
determined  to  write  the  company  a  note 
of  apology  when,  upon  picking  up  the 
envelope,  a  slip  of  scratch  paper  flut- 
tered to  the  floor.  Hot  blood  again 
flushed  the  man's  face  as  he  read  ;  "Writt 
this  bird  the  bedbug  letter." 


At  last,  after  much 
_/\_  controversy  on  the 
subject,  a  certain  Irvins. 
Schwerke  casts  some  plau- 
sible light  on  jazz  Mr 
Schv\'erke  is  the  all -Europe 
representative  ot  The  .^lu 
sical  Digest,  New  York 
and  the  music  critic  toi 
The  Chicago  Trihu)\c' : 
European  edition,  so  hi 
evidently  knows  what  hi 
is  talking  about  His  view 
on  the  subject  are  em 
bodied  in  a  series  ot  lee 
turcs  deli\'ered  before  thi 
Biussels  Lyceum  Club. 

As  far  back  as  1^09 
v\'hen  the  peace  ot  tin 
musical  world  was  all  un 
ruffled  by  the  disruptiM 
jazz,  Schwerke  wrote  . 
treatise  on  jazz,  based  01 
his  in\estigations  of  it 
origin  and  developmcn 
among  the  negroes  in  hi 
nati\e  South.  (Schwerk 
is  a  South  Carolinian  )  A 
that  time  he  declared  ani 
now  repeats  that  jazz  doc 
not  take  its  name  from 
certain  Jasbo  Brown 
negro,    who    played   in 


MAY,  1929 

Chicago  orchestra  twenty  years  ago,  nor 
from  the  famousSoiithCarolinaRazBand. 

Jazz  is  derix'cd  from  the  French  verb, 
jascr,  meaning  to  chatter  hghtly  about 
nothing  at  all,  an  admirable  application 
to  the  music  in  question  The  French 
verb  was  so  perverted  by  the  negroes  of 
Louisiana,  who  learned  it  from  their 
French  speaking  masters.  The  term 
became  a  regular  part  of  negro  dialect 

The  original  jazz  was  plavcd  upon 
such  crude,  simple  instruments  as  the 
negroes  had  at  hand  and  was  solely  an 
affair  ot  improvisation  Genuine  jazz, 
according  to  Schwerkc,  is  wholly  im- 
pro\'isation  and  no  real  jazz  is  ever 
plavcd  twice. 

With  this  definition,  we  agree  heart- 
ily. No  jazz  should  be  played  twice.  It 
we  may  be  permitted  further  opinions, 
there  ought  to  be  a  law  against  white 
men  playing  it  and  putting  it  into  writ- 
ten notes  Both  factors  tare  badly  in  the 
process.  Jazz,  it  seems  to  us,  is  purely  ot 
and  for  the  negro — an  incomparable 
expression  ot  his  naive  nature. 

▼       ▼       T 

IN  .ALL,  it  had  been  a  perfect  dinner 
party.  The  charming  hostess,  Lee 
Eleanor  Graham,  had  spared  no  pains 
that  her  New  York  guests  might  be 
properly  impressed  with  the  San  Fran- 
cisco manner.  Everyone  was  in  that 
pleasantly  tranquil  state  that  follows 
dining  v\'ell,  while  looking  down  upon 
such  views  and  vistas  as  our  city  affords. 

There  was  just  one  slight  detail  miss- 
ing The  New  York  guests  had  heard  so 
much  about  the  impressive  beauty  ot 
our  Telephone  Building  when  illumi- 
nated— and  alas,  the  Telephone  Build- 
ing was  not  illuminated  upon  this  par- 
ticular evening  By  any  chance,  could 
there  be  arranged  a  special  dispensation 
to  bring  about  the  desired  illumination' 

The  hostess  would  see  She  picked  up 
her  phone.  She  explained  the  situation 
to  the  company's  night  duty  employees. 
Would  they  be  so  good  as  to  light  up 
the  building  so  that  the  guests  from  New 
York  might  see  it  illuminated?  Yes,  in- 
deed, they  would  be  only  too  glad  to 
comply  with  this  request  It  would,  in 
fact,  be  a  pleasure.  Within  twenty  min- 
utes the  building  was  flood  lighted.  Per- 
chance, we  are  inclined  to  be  too  hasty 
in  lamenting  that  those  gracious  gestures 
which  in  bygone  days  gave  San  Fran- 
cisco such  a  fine  reputation  for  civic 
hospitality,  have  all  but  disappeared. 

T        T        f 

WE  SUPPOSED  that  in  journeying  to 
Oakland  recently  to  attend  a 
performance  of  the  considerably  dis- 
cussed Childrens'  Symphony,  we  would 
be  affording  ourselves  an  unusual  treat 
We  supposed  wrongly.  We  attended, 
instead,  a  demonstration  of  very  bad 
musical  manners  and  ethics  on  the  part 
of  the  orchestra  members  toward  their 


11 


Ah  !   Horsefeathers 

leader  Whatever  enjoyment  the  music 
afforded  was  quite  overshadowed  by  the 
shuffling  of  feet,  the  making  of  discords 
and  undertone  wise  cracks  on  the  part  of 
the  players,  and  who  added  further  in- 
sult to  injury  at  the  end  of  the  perfor- 
mance, when  they  broke  into  a  mad 
scramble  to  get  out  of  the  house  before 
Beckett  had  fairly  laid  down  his  baton. 
As  a  leader  only  one  crime  can  be 
charged  against  Mr.  Beckett.  He  is  so 
concerned  with  the  spirit  and  principle 
of  the  task  which  engages  him  that  he 
makes  the  fatal  error  of  supposing  that, 
though  his  players  are  not  in  accord  with 
his  viewpoints,  they  will,  as  a  matter  of 
course,  at  least,  display  professional  and 
ethical  courtesy  in  their  relations  toward 
him  This  is  a  noble  tailing  very  com- 
mon to  men  of  Beckett's  calibre  and 
breadth  of  ability 

▼       T       ▼ 

WE  occAsiONAi.LY  sttoU   into  a 
Mission    on    our   evening    per- 
ambulations about  the  environs  on  the 


wrong  side  of  Market  street.  Not  be- 
cause we  feel  any  urgent  need  ot  being 
saved,  do  we  behave  thus,  but  there  is 
much  of  drama — tragedy  strangely 
blended  with  humor  that  is  revealed  in 
these  gatherings  of  unfortunates. 

The  other  evening  a  visiting  minister 
held  forth  in  Billy  Sunday  fashion  for 
upwards  of  an  hour.  With  burning 
phrases  and  scintillating  metaphor  he 
painted  the  picture  of  the  return  of  the 
prodigal  son.  With  a  wealth  of  detail  he 
described  the  utterly  forlorn  state  of  the 
black  sheep,  picturing  him  as  a  spineless 
weakling — helpless,  hopeless,  and  gut- 
less. Then  he  described  the  taking  the 
son  back  into  the  fold,  and  the  killing  of 
the  fatted  calf.  Bringing  his  sermon  to  a 
close  he  exhorted  the  poor  devils  to 
come  up  and  be  saved. 

Only  one  stood  up.  "Come  right  up, 
brother,"  said  the  preacher,  "step  right 
up  and  be  saved." 

"I  ain't  wantin'  to  be  saved,"  re- 
turned the  man,  a  long,  saturnine  indi- 
vidual. "I  want  to  ask  you  a  question." 

"I  shall  only  be  too  glad  to  answer 
it,"  the  parson  beamed. 

"How  come  it  that  his  pa  took  him 
back?"  the  man  asked. 

The  preacher  was  taken  aback.  "Why, 
why,"  he  hesitated.  "What  would  you 
have  done  had  he  been  your  son?  " 

The  man  deliberated  before  replying. 
"Me,"  he  said,  "I'd  a  shot  the  boy 
and  raised  the  calf." 

▼      T      ▼ 

WHEN,  shortly  after  the  fire,  there 
was  built  and  opened  a  new 
Orpheum  Theatre,  San  Francisco  was 
all  agog  at  the  splendor  and  wonder  of 
the  structure.   The  opening  first  nignt 


12 

was  a  memorable  event.  We  gazed  in 
awe,  in  reverence  at  the  rococco  and  gilt 
of  the  interior.  Wc  marveled  at  the 
elaborateness  of  the  proscenium  arch 
with  its  twin  angels,  cupids  and  trum- 
pets. The  upholstered  seats,  the  velvet, 
the  trappings  overwhelmed  us  with  a 
sense  of  lavish  luxury.  In  San  Francisco 
the  Orphcum  is  and  was  a  tradition  be- 
loved of  all  citizens 

Nou'  it  passes  with  the  announcement 
of  Ralph  Pincus  that  he  and  his  asso- 
ciates are  taking  it  over  with  the  inten- 
tion of  changing  it  completely — name, 
building,  policies.  Even  the  name  will 
be  no  more  The  house  will  be  called 
Erlanger's  Columbia.  The  most  ad- 
vanced type  of  talking  moving  picture 
equipment  will  be  installed,  and  this 
fomi  of  entertainment  v.'ill  be  com- 
bined with  musical  comedy  and  vaude- 
ville. 

In  these  latter  days,  we  have  come  to 
realize  how  ostentatious  is  the  gaudi- 
ness  of  the  old  building's  interior,  and 
to  perceive  that  decoration  often  took 
prior  right  over  good  architecture,  re- 
sulting in  inconveniences  of  various 
kinds.  Happily,  all  this  is  to  be  changed. 
The  entire  interior  of  the  building  comes 
out;  the  facade  too  is  to  be  completely 
remodeled  Balconies  and  boxes  are  to 
be  rebuilt  along  more  modtrnly  ap- 
pro\'ed  lines;  the  seating  arrangements 
will  be  improved.  The  decorative 
scheme  will  tend  definitely  toward  the 
simplicity,  which  is  the  underlying  note 
of  the  modern  movement. 


Ci  RTAiN  words,  so  far  as  any  con- 
nection with  life  is  concerned, 
have  almost  left  the  language; 
ftt-nign  is  one  of  them,  jovial  is  another — 
the  picture  of  joviality  now  being  a  half- 
drunken  golfer  bellowing  obscenity.  The 
fate  of  the  word  venerable  shows  clearly 
what  has  happened,  since  venerable  is 
now  used  to  denote  anything  old,  senes- 
cent, decayed  and  slightly  laughable.  We 
are  too  frantically  busy  keeping  up  with 
the  refrigerator-of-the-month,  and  the 
Reo-of-the-month  and  the  psychiatry-of 
the-month  and  the  art  movement-of-thc 
-month  to  be  bothered  with  anything 
that  is  old  and  enduring  and  quietly 
beautiful  And  though  we  are  quite  ready 
CO  consider  the  Reo-of-the-month  as  the 
true  power  of  modern  art,  we  shall  also 
defend  our  right  to  prefer  a  damned  old 
lichcnous  Priapos. 

We  went  back  to  Sutro  Park  recently,  led 
by  vague  memories  oi  elves  and  emper- 
ors encountered  there  in  our  childhood 
(Somebody  will  now  yell  "regression"; 
and  who  cares')  We  had  supposed  that  our 
memory  of  the  place  was  highly  colored 
by  fantasy,  but  every  connotation  o(  the 
words  bcnif^n  and  jnvial  and  venerable 
are  there  actually  to  be  encountered. 


THE  elves  are  there — if  they  are  elves; 
maybe  they're  trolls— grey-green 
and  pleasantly  slimy.  And  the  emperors 
arc  there — Leopold  of  Belgium,  between 
a  faun  and  Ariadne,  and  an  unnamed 
gentleman  who  looks  very  much  like 
Caligula.  And  there  are  dogs  and  deer 
and  eagles  and  at  least  one  griffon 
Whitewash  seems  to  have  been  applied 
over  the  stone  long  ago,  and  it  is  now 
flaking  off — cracked  and  dirty  and  mossy 
and  decrepit 


One  realizes  that  such  a  state  is  consid- 
ered lamentable;  "spick  and  span"  is  the 
proper  condition  for  an  enlightened  hu- 
manity. So  we  must  be  didactic  and  insist 
that  spotlessness  is  a  negation  and  that 
the  fulness  of  beauty  demands  a  rich 
patina. 

Sutro  Park  is  certainly  patined  The 
wide  roadway  is  undisturbed  by  wheels, 
and  the  dark  tree-tunneled  walks  are 
thick  with  leaves  and  little  odorous 
twigs  of  cypress.  And  order  is  further 
confounded  with  a  truly  Olympian  an- 
achronism Quite  close  to  a  Niobe  you 
will  find  a  girl  in  an  Empire  gown  with 
Danseuse  carved  in  her  pedestal;  near  a 
Mercury  stands  a  little  boy  in  a  sailor 
suit — vintage,  iSSo. 

The  magic  of  the  Park  is  accidental. 
It  would  seem  that  in  the  beginningsome- 


The  /in'ih-'.r  Boijuel 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

one  ordered  several  hundred  statues, 
indiscriminately;  and  as  indiscriminately 
placed  them,  beside  a  path,  halfway  up 
a  cliff,  or  nearly  buried  in  a  bush.  But 
these  haphazard  sculptures  have  attained, 
through  some  crazy  chance  and  the  passing 
of  time,  genuine  comedy,  andevenalmost 
tragedy 

FOR  the  Park  is  hardly  ot  this  world;  it 
is  out  of  Watteau  or  Fragonard,  per- 
haps. It  might  be  the  park  in  Proust's 
Combrai.  Or,  if  you  stand  on  the  parapet 
and  look  out  over  the  ocean  and  the  surf 
breaking  in  multilinear  patterns  around 
the  rocks,  you  may  take  it  for  the  sea- 
coast  of  Bohemia,  or  maybe  the  shore  ot 
Lyonesse. 

Anyway,  it  owes  its  greatness  to  its 
neglect.  We  will  not  bemoan  the  fact  that 
it  is  forgotten  by  nearly  everyone.  Be- 
cause, so  soon  as  it  were  filled  with 
haberdashery  clerks  throwing  pickles  at 
Pan,  it  would  become  just  another  Park 

T      T      T 

INTRODUCE  an  animal  into  a  picture 
and  it  is  almost  sure  to  give  the  di- 
rector gray  hair".  So  writes  our  distin- 
guished Hollywood  correspondent.  The 
other  night  at  dinner,  a  group  of  actors, 
actresses  and  directors  related  a  series  ot 
recent  instances  of  trouble  caused  in 
getting  animal  shots. 

"There  was  a  dog  in  my  last  picture," 
said  Miss  Eleanor  Boardman,"andwhilc 
we  were  down  on  the  desert  it  was  neces- 
sary to  get  a  shot  of  it  looking  intentlv 
first  in  one  direction  and  then  in  another 
About  the  only  thing  that  will  make  a 
dog  look  quickly  in  the  particular  vvav 
the  director  desired  is  a  cat,  so  we  took 
several  cats  along  with  the  company, 
and,  as  heat  affects  cats,  their  baskets 
had  to  be  packed  in  ice,  but  such  was  the 
intensity  of  the  heat  that  most  of  them 
were   incapacitated   never-the-less    The, 
prop  boy  who  could  imitate  a  cat  fairlyl 
well  was  substituted  and  it  was  a  veryj 
funny  thing  to  watch  the  poor  fellow! 
meow  in  one  spot,  then  dash  madly  over 
to  another  to  meow  in  order  to  make 
the  dog  look  the  way  they  wished."       I 

"We've  been  working  with  cats,! 
too!"  put  in  George  K.  Arthur.  "TodayJ 
we  had  about  twenty  on  the  set  which' 
were  supposed  to  follow  Karl  Dane  and! 
me  because  our  clothes  smell  of  fish,  but! 
they  weren't  hungry  enough,  so,  as  a  re-' 
suit,  we  couldn't  shoot  and  must  wait 
overnight  as  they  are  not  going  to  feed 
them  and  hope  by  morning  that  they'll 
be  hungry  enough  to  chase  us." 

"Over  at  the  Fox  Studio  the  otherl 
day  they  were  telling  an  amusing  story," 
said  King  Vidor.  "They  were  trying  to 
get  a  movietone  ot  a  rooster  crowing. 
A  rooster  which  was  supposed  to  crow 
when  bidden  had  been  engaged  tor  the 
role  but  proved  temperamental  when  it 
came  to  the  crucial  moment.  'Wait,' 
said  his  owner,  'I'll  take  one  of  the  other 
roosters  over  there  behind  that  shack 


MAR,  1929 


13 


and  when  it  crows,  clien  this  one  will  ' 

"The  plan  was  a  good  one,  but  the 
second  rooster  refused  to  crow  to  turnish 
an  incentive  for  the  first  one  A  man 
who  could  crow  like  a  rooster  was  lo- 
cated and  sent  behind  the  shack  where 
he  commenced  crowing  lustily  in  the 
hopes  of  arousing  the  first  fowl.  The 
first  rooster  evinced  great  interest, 
flapped  his  wings,  stretched  his  neck  and 
was  just  about  to  crow  when  the  noise 
from  behind  the  shack  ceased 

"'Keep  it  up!'  bellowed  the  harassed 
director  'Keep  it  up;  it  is  just  getting 
ready  to  crow!' 

"Silence  from  the  shack 

'"Run  down  and  see  what's  the  mat- 
ter with  that  guy,'  ordered  the  director 

"His  assistant  hastened  over  To  his 
astonishment  he  found  the  protesting 
imitator  in  the  clutches  of  a  burly  officer 
of  the  law  who  was  saying  in  a  concilia- 
tory tone,  'That's  all  right,  1  know 
you're  a  rooster,   but  just  come  along 

with  me  quietly.'    " 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

THE  great  Jones  Law  is  now  with  us. 
But  it  is  no  matter.  All  our  alco- 
holic wants  and  worries  are  safely,  in- 
geniously and  amply  taken  care  of.  We 
can  continue  in  the  pleasant  illusion  that 
we  were  born  in  a  favored  land,  flowing 
with  milk,  with  honey,  with  wine, 
which  things  are  indispensable  to  a 
civilization  of  intelligence  and  toler- 
ance. 

There  comes  to  our  desk  an  illustiated 
letter  in  folder  form  from  an  organiza- 
tion of  men,  who  significantly  call  them- 
selves   C:llar    Builders,    and    who,    by 
virtue  of  their  Italian  torbears  and  long 
cultivation    of   the    vine    in    this   state 
r  wrought  a  great  name  for  the  wines  of 
[California.  They  are  purveyors  of  un- 
I  fermented  grape  juices,  and  anyone  seek- 
i  ing  to  enforce  the  Jones  Law  because  we 
have  grape  juice  in  our  cellar,  can  put 
his  time  to  much  better  advantage  by 
making  noises  up  rain  spouts 

What  pleases  us  most,  though,  is  the 
sly  naivete  of  the  Cellar  Builders'  open- 
!  ing  argument.  To  quote:  "Prohibition 
1  has  forced  the  wineries  of  the  country  to 
cease  making  fermented  wines  for  bever- 
i  age  purposes,  but  the  law  has  not 
;  changed  the  quality  of  the  vines  or  the 
I  variety  of  th:  grapes" 

T       T       ▼ 

JTT^HAT  there  is  a  demand  nowadays  for 

I  X  bigger     and     better     photographic 

studies  is  evident  to  every  thinking  per- 

I  son    The  rotogravure  sections,  the  pic- 

j  torial  pages  of  newspapers,  the  tabloids, 

I  the  magazines  from  Maine  to  California 

I  from  the  Gulf  to  the  border  are  insatiable 

in  their  demand  for  portraits  and  photo- 

I  graphs     of    personable,     notorious     or 

I  famous  people.  The  advertisers  of  ciga- 

'  rettes,    cosmetics,     automobiles,    tires, 

j  kitchen    sinks,     bedroom    sets,     tooth 

brushes,  condensed  milk,  radios  or  what 


'Gaud,  1  feel  like'Vomethiiu/  left  unfini.flied  hi/  Rodin" 


ha\c  you,  are,  without  doubt,  driven 
frantic  in  the  search  for  suitable  celeb- 
rities to  endorse  their  wares. 

The  supply  of  congressmen  and  states- 
men is  limited,  and  these  men  are  only 
allowed  one  wife.  There  are  not  enough 
actors  and  actresses,  moving  picture  or 
legitimate,  to  go  around.  There  is  al- 
ways the  danger  of  running  low  on  au- 
thors, golf,  football  and  tennis  stars 
Home  run  kings  are  terribly  scarce.  So 
are  real  European  titles  The  publishing 
industry  is  forced  into  the  compromise 
of  printing  pictures  of  almost  anyone, 
regardless  of  the  nature  of  his  claim  to 
transient  or  permanent  fame. 

What  is  worse — even  the  most 
camera-hardened  individuals  are  with- 
out expert  knowledge  of  the  technique 
of  posing  to  the  best  advantage  They 
are  often  caught  without  much  advance 
notice.  The  resulting  flashlight  is  fre- 
quently a  sad  caricature  of  the  nobility  of 


their  features  and  physique 

Such  a  thing  is  unthinkable  The  situa- 
tion presents  a  problem  ot  major  im- 
portance. To  remedy  this  deplorable 
condition  there  has  been  opened  in  New 
York  a  studio,  which  undertakes  to  im- 
part to  the  individual  rapid,  sure  fire 
methods  of  falling  into  the  pose  making 
the  most  of  his  best  points  when  sud- 
denly faced  with  a  camera.  The  school 
oflTers  two  separate  courses  The  ad- 
vanced course  is  designed  to  give  spe- 
cialized training  to  those  who  desire  to 
enter  professional  posing,  there  being 
now  5000  men  and  women  in  New  York 
who  make  their  living  posing  for  adver- 
tisements, etc  The  primary  and  ama- 
teur's course  is  for  plain  people  like  our- 
selves, who  wish  to  avoid  being  made 
to  appear  ridiculous,  when  we  are,  with- 
out preliminary  warning,  seized  upon  as 
grist  for  the  mill  of  the  public  prints. 

Continued  on  page  42 


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14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Neighbors 

Showing  That  in  Domestic  Affairs  'Tis  Folly  to  be  Wise 

By  HUGO 


Editor's  Note  The  San  Franciscan  is  again  fortu- 
nate enough  to  be  able  to  publish  a  story  by  the  myster- 
ious "Hugo"  who,sc  unusual  writings  have  caused  much 
conjecture  as  to  his  identity. 

TiiF  man  from  the  telephone  com- 
pany first  warned  me  chat  the 
Pclliers  would  share  my  line 
Temporarily,  1  must  resign  myself  to  a 
two-party  wire.  1  saw  the  Pclliers  for 
the  hrst  time,  that  afternoon  Their 
spidery  car  whined  up  the  circuitous  in- 
cline to  the  Magnum  place.  Old  Mag- 
num, you  will  remember,  was  a  recluse 
who  electrocuted  himself  during  experi- 
ments v\ith  a  radio-genetic  cure  for 
malaria. 

Pellier  was  darkly  tanned  His  thin, 
evil  face  was  vertically  seamed  He 
nodded,  and  flicked  his  cigarette  ash 
toward  me  as  they  passed  He  was  inter- 
esting. His  wife  was  outlined  in  vivid 
whip-lines.  She  had  cat's  eyes,  although 
they  were  a  \'ery  deep  blue.  Her  high 
cheek  bones  and  sharp,  small,  decided 
chin,  formed  the  points  of  a  slender  tri- 
angle which  pointed  downward,  and 
slightly  to  one  side.  She  was  fascinating. 

1  would  have  been  delighted  to  have 
seen  more  of  them.  A  painter,  not 
boistrously  gregarious,  still  1  am  no  re- 
mote eccentric.  The  Pclliers,  however, 
beyond  stopping  their  car  once  at  my 
esplanade,  never  called  on  me.  That 
time,  unhappily,  1  was  doing  some 
rather  foolish  and  sentimental  water 
colors.  I  invited  them  to  come  in,  but  I 
fear  they  judged  me  by  the  work  they 
were  witnessing,  and  felt  that  my  enter- 
tainment would  be  both  foolish  and 
sentimental.  And  yet — at  the  moment 
Pellier  started  his  spidery  car,  his  wife 
seared  me  with  a  gaze  of  trenchant 
inquiry 

The  woman  never  knew  it  Bui  her 
eyes,  blazing  toward  me  as  the  car  shot 
upward,  caused  mc  to  thrust  the  sharp 
handle  of  a  brush  through  the  sketch 
before  me  I  ripped  the  mess  from  the 
board,  confused,  irritated,  a  little  shamed 
of  face  In  the  house,  for  no  good  reason, 
I  tramped  around  like  a  surly  beast. 
Two  hours  later  the  phone  tinkled  as  if 
to  ring,  and  I  lifted  the  receiver.  1  heard 
the  Pellier  woman  talking. 

"Please  be  discreet,  she  admonished 
someone.  This  is  a  party  wire.  Some 
conversations  had  best  not  be  over- 
heard." 

I  slammed  down  the  receiver,  and  re- 
called, as  I  did  it,  that  they  would  hear 
the  violent  click  a  split  second  before 
the  contact  was  broken  With  what  re 
suit?  I  wondered  Curiously,  I  went  to 
peer  out  of  a  side  window  toward  the 
Magnum  place.  Scarcely  had  I  drawn 
aside   the  curtain   when    Pellier   rushed 


from   the   house,    and   drove    recklessly 
toward  the  town. 

Amazement  kept  me  gaping  from  the 
window.  A  sudden,  formidable  mystery 
came  floating  up  out  of  the  depths  of  my 


HUGO 

A  sclj- portrait  oj  the  Author 

mind,  like  a  yellow  fog  rising  out  of  a 
swamp.  I  went  out  of  the  house.  I 
walked  down  the  road.  1  had  not  yet  had 
time  to  decide  what  I  thought  of  these 
queer,  worldly  people.  I  confess,  their 
violent  reaction  to  my  inadvcrtant 
eavesdropping  set  me  to  burning  with 
curiosity.  But  I  am  not  a  meddler.  I  was 
not  yet  prepared  to  become  actively  in- 
quisitive. Fifteen  minutes  from  the 
house,  I  met  Pellier  coming  back  up  the 
road. 

He  stopped.  Certainly  he  did  not  seem 
perturbed  now.  He  offered,  even,  to 
drive  me  back  home,  but  I  protested 
that  I  had  come  out  for  exercise.  Did 
sudden  alarm  sound  in  his  mind'  1 
flattered  myself  that  1  understood  the 
abrupt,  calculating,  sly,  coldness  which 
flowed  into  his  face.  He  dropped  his 
enigmatic  eyes  Suddenly,  like  an  after- 
thought, he  raised  two  wine  bottles  fiom 
his  side. 

"Some  excellent  luck,"  he  informed 
mc,  smiling  now  "A  friend  just  phoned 
of  a  lot  docked  this  morning  We  appre- 
ciate good  wine  at  our  tabic  .  .  .  Why 
don't  you  come  up  to  dinner?" 

Why  did  I  decline'  1  don't  know  I 
would  have  avoided  the  terrors  and  in- 
decisions that  were  to  torment  mc  later. 
But-  I  declined.  He  did  not  show  any 
marked  concern  as  he  drove  away  .  .  . 


Ni  ARi.Y  two  months  passed. 
1  picked  up  the  phone  and 
placed  the  receiver  against  my  ear.  I 
heard  a  voice.  It  had  happened  before. 
But!  What  I  heard  now  paralyzed  me 
so  that  1  could  do  nothing  other  than 
listen.  Huskily,  Pellier  spoke. 

"1  am  doing  it!  .  .  .  Jacqueline  will 
be  dead  before  you  get  here  I  have  sealed 
the  door.  The  gas  is  open  1  can  hear  her 
struggling  ..." 

A  scream,  shrill  and  feminine,  came 
over  the  wire.  Then  a  burst  of  some 
European  language  One  contact  closed. 
The  other  closed.  High  whistling  sang 
through  the  circuit.  Then  another  con- 
tact opened.  Buzzing  began  Matrer-of- 
factly,  a  \'oice  demanded,  "Number 
please."  .  .  .  Softly  1  replaced  th-.  re- 
ceiver. 

Too  entangled  were  my  thoughts  and 
emotions  of  the  next  few  minutes.  I 
cannot  record  them  just  as  they  occurred. 
First  was  dizziness.  Then  came  the  con- 
viction that  Pellier  was  asphyxiating 
his  exotic  wife.  "1  didn't  know  her 
name  was  Jacqueline!"  I  mumbled 
foolishly. 

How  did  I  run  from  my  house  to  the 
Magnum  place?  I  remember  only  find- 
ing an  open,  front  door.  A  gust  of  nause- 
ating household  gas  belched  out  at  me. 
I  clapped  a  kerchief  to  my  mouth  and 
nose,  then  plunged  in 

In  the  hall,  a  small  dog  darted  be- 
tween my  legs.  I  shouted  in  terror,  and 
stared  after  the  beast  as  it  slunk,  tail  be- 
tween legs,  into  a  side  room.  A  moment 
later  1  sav^  the  closet.  The  door  had  been 
sealed  with  paper  strips.  The  seals  had 
been  forcibly  hurst  open  ! 

The  labored  roar  of  a  strange  motor 
fired  a  crescendo  through  the  front  door. 
Light,  running  feet  beat  quickly  up 
the  walk. 

"Don't!"  a  woman  screamed.  "Don't 
do  it,  Henri!"  ...  It  was  the  Pellier 
woman  ! 

Who  was  in  the  closet? 

Who  was  Jacqueline? 

The  woman  spied  me,  a  stranger  in 
her  home  She  started  back.  Ex'cry  drop 
of  color  receded  from  her  face.  Her  skin 
was  a  green  mask  Her  mouth  flared  in 
the  slender,  pointed  triangle,  like  a 
blood-orange  flower 

A  whimper  came  from  the  side  room. 
The  little  dog  crept  out,  dragging  itself 
on  its  belly. 

"Jacqueline!"  The  woman  collapsed 
to  her  knees,  and  gathered  the  terrified 
creature  into  her  arms.  "Jacqueline!  Go 
ahead  and  have  your  puppies  .  Oh 
I'm  so  glad  Henri  didn't  have  the 
courage  to  kill  you!"  .  .  . 


^lAY,  1929 


15 


Helen  Hayes 

One  oj  the  most  brilliant  and  talented  oj  the  younger  American  actresses.    After  a  pluniie  into  Barrie.  she  discovered 
"Coquette"  and  has  been  plai/ing  this  role  for  the  past  two  seasons,    liolh  the  star  and 
the  play  may  he  i'iewed  shortly  at  the  Curran 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Hollywood's  Tower  of  Babel 

Concerning  the  Problems  of  the  Messrs.  Shuberts  and  Warners 

By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 


ON  August  the  thirty-first,  in  the 
ycarot  our  Lord,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twenty-seven,  we  penned 
the  following  lines  which  were  duly 
recorded  in  the  afternoon  issue  of  the 
San  Francisco  Bulletin,  to  wit : 

"And  still  we  can  get  no  word  from 
Clara  Abels  as  to  whether  or  not  the 
Vitaphone  tryout  at  Warner  Brothers' 
Theatre  in  New  York  was  a  success. 
But  we  understand  that  the  advertise- 
ment in  the  New  York  Times  announces 
that  seats  are  selling  four  weeks  in  ad- 
vance, which  ought  to  tell  the  story, 
and  that  this  particular  tryout  involved 
Martinelli,  singing  the  role  of  Pagliacci 

"Which  moves  us  to  opine  that  a 
complete  revolution  of  the  cinema  art 
is  upon  us  To  wit;  No  longer  will  un- 
trained actors  with  the  aid  of  a  pink 
powder  puff  bring  home  the  bacon.  The 
actor  skilled  in  delivering  lines,  will 
come  into  his  own.  Which  means  intelli- 
gence, preparation,  background.  And,  a 
better  building  of  a  dramatic  story. 
Plays  may  be  flashed  from  Broadway  in 
the  height  of  their  success  The  spoken 
word  will  come  back,  and  the  moving 
picture  will  be  to  the  dramatic  per- 
formance what  the  Victrola  and  the 
radio  are  to  the  symphony  concert.  No 
more,  no  less  " 

Even  discounting  a  personal  bias  for 
our  own  prophesies  we  think  that  we  did 
very  well  Less  than  two  years  have 
elapsed,  and  the  revolution  is  in  full 
swing.  But  it  is  not  confined  to  the 
cinema  art — the  entire  dramatic  world 
is  feeling  the  upheaval  .  .  .  The  first 
branch  of  the  dramatic  art  to  suffer  is, 
curiously,  not  the  silent  screen,  but  the 
small  stock  company  Last  summer, 
stock  houses  all  over  the  Middle  West 
began  to  be  shaken  by  the  impending 
cataclysm,  and  disaster  continues  to 
overtake  them.  But,  if  the  stock  com- 
pany is  fleeing  to  cover,  vaudeville  is 
coming  into  its  own  again.  Two  or  three 
months  ago  there  were  disquieting  ru- 
mors that  the  playhouse  which  had 
given  birth  to  vaudeville  upon  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  was  in  the  discard  Suddenly, 
a  renaissance  of  vaudeville  began.  Big 
names  once  more  were  flashed  in  electric 
lights  on  OTarrell  street,  and  crowds 
began  to  form  in  line  for  seats.  The  rea- 
son is  not  far  to  seek.  The  talkies  in 
featuring  the  human  voice,  have  done 
away  with  the  need  for  personal  appear 
ances.  Al  Jolson,  Fanny  Brice,  Sopliie 
Tucker  strutting  their  stuff  noisily  upon 
a  screen  are  no  longer  upon  the  payrolls 
of  the  movie  houses  as  lively  intervals 


But,  the  desire  is  still  strong  in  the  hu- 
man heart  to  see  real  flesh  and  blood 
No  matter  how  entertained  they  may 
be  at  "The  Jazz  Singer,"  hearing  the 
incomparable  Al  sing  "Mammy,"  audi- 
ences, sooner  or  later  they  hanker  for  the 
real  thing  instead  of  the  shadow.  Denied 
flesh  and  blood  in  their  moving  picture 
entertainments,  they  are  flocking  back 
to  vaudeville. 

▼  T       ▼ 

Sonnets 

By  Robert  Hunt 

Be  swift.  0  Lcn-e!  That  I  nuii/  ne^'er  feel 

Tlie  sting  oj  thy  too  lasting  kiss  upon- 

JIi/  clieek.  which  offers  not  a  sweet  appeal 

To  such  as  thee  or  thine.  0  Loi<e  move  on! 

And  neither  let  thy  shadow  cross  hejore^y 

Jill  ei/es  until  the}/  clo.re  in   deathless 
sleep, 

Xor  with  till/  too  insistent  tongue  implore 

That  I  return  to  you  .tome  day  and  keep 

Those  i'ows,  which  Ini  my  death  will  come 

to  end. 
I  shall  not  lie  awake,  nor  to  the  .round 

Or  silence  oJ  thy  loi'ely  i'oice  attend. 

Nor  shall  I  hear  thy  footsteps  on   the 
ground. 

I'>e  swift,  0  J.Oi'e!  That  I  may  never  try 

To  see  thee  even  once  before  I  die! 

▼  ▼    ▼ 

MANY  and  dire  ar:  the  predictions 
concerning  the  fate  of  the 
legitimate  stage  now  that  the  movietone 
is  in  full  swing  Experts  prophesy  its 
complete  annihilation  But,  if  we  stop 
to  think,  the  same  prediction  was  made 
when  the  silent  screen  began  to  grow  by 
leaps  and  bounds.  George  Jean  Nathan 
in  the  April  issue  of  the  American 
Mercury  says  "bosh"  and  "pish"  and 
"tosh"  to  all  this  talk  of  a  vanquished 
stage.  He  says  that  the  statements, 
v\'hich  ha\'e  been  scattered  broadcast, 
that  New  York  has  seen  more  theatrical 
flops  this  year  than  at  any  time  in  its 
history  is  mere  flapdoodle.  He  gives  a 
long  and  imposing  list  of  successes  that 
are  still  running  strong,  and  he  further 
declares  that  the  shows  which  died  did 
so  because  they  deserved  that  fate.  He 
laughs  at  the  idea  that  the  talkies  will 
ever  satisfy  discriminating  people,  and 
he  sees  no  reason  why  mere  sound 
should  make  any  of  the  works  of  alleged 
art  emanating  from  Hollywood  any  the 
less  stupid. 


You  can,  of  course,  take  or  leave  his 
arguments  according  to  your  own  con- 
victions on  the  subject.  But,  even  if  he  is 
wrong  in  the  arguments  he  brings  forth  I 
to  prove  that  the  screen,  whether  silent  | 
or  noisy,  will  always  be  a  dud  artisti- 
cally, it  will,  we  think,  be  hard  to  gain- 
say that  people  do  like  to  see  and  hear 
something  besides  shadows.  The  sud- 
den upspringing  of  vaudeville,  which 
we  pointed  out  at  the  beginning  of  this 
article,  is  proof  that  this  urge  still  exists 

T        T        ▼ 

WHEN  the  phonograph  was  first  in- 
vented artists  ran  screaming  from 
attempts  to  record  their  songs,  filled 
as  they  were  with  the  fallacy  that 
if  once  their  voices  were  canned  and  on 
tap  for  the  multitude,  their  day  would 
be  over.  In  that  period  grand  opera  was 
the  sport  of  kings  and  stock  brokers  and 
symphonies  the  playthings  of  million- 
aires. We  all  know  what  happened 
With  the  best  in  music  available  for  the 
insurance  clerk  and  hod  carrier  alike, 
this  branch  of  art  began  to  flourish  like 
a  green  bay  horse.  Try  and  get  a  scat  at 
any  performance  at  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House  today  at  the  eleventh  hour 
Or  point  to  a  city  of  any  size  that  has 
not  a  symphony  orchestra. 

Came  the  radio.  Dire  predictions 
were  made  all  over  again.  With  enter- 
tainment available  at  every  fireside  who 
would  care  to  fare  forth  in  search  of  be- 
guilement'  .  .  .  Perhaps  the  American 
people  have  ceased  to  lo\'e  their  firesides 
That  we  do  not  know.  But  we  have 
only  to  stand  near  the  curb  at  any  Movie 
Palace  at  eight-thirty  in  the  evening  and 
watch  the  sheep  being  herded  in  to 
realize  that  faring  forth  is  the  best 
thing  the  citizens  of  this  countrv  do 
Neither  talking  machines,  frigidaircs, 
\'acuum  cleaners,  electric  toasters  nor 
the  latest  entertaining  dex'ice  which  Al 
Smith  made  famous  by  his  pronuncia- 
tion of  it,  seem  to  keep  the  great  Ameri 
can  public  in  the  house.  They  not  onh 
like  to  see  and  hear  everything  that  is 
going  on,  but  they  like  to  see  and  hear 
e\'erything  in  flocks  The  larger  the 
crowd,  the  better.  Does  the  tact  that 
one  can  sit  in  his  own  bay  window  and 
listen  to  a  report  of  the  ball  game  or  the 
prize  fight  lessen  the  gate  receipts'  If  you 
think  it  does,  try  to  get  a  seat  for  the 
big  football  game  without  a  pull  As  a  ( 
matter  of  fact,  listening  in  merely  whets 
the  appetite  tor  more  Very  often  one 
does  not  realize  how  hungry  one  is  until 
a  snifl  t)f  trieil  onions  comes  through  the 

ContiiiurW  oil  imKc  ^h 


One  of  the  finest  examples  of  lite  art  of  Jean-Michel  Frank  is  the  lii'in<j-room  of  the  J'ico/nle  de  Xoailles  shown  ahoi'e.  It  has 
parchment  walls,  dark  hronxe  doors,  straw-tan  J  urn  dure  upholstered  in  white  morocco,  a  sycamore  table  and  white  i'eh'et  hangings 


Jean-Michel  Frank 


Jean-Michel  Frank  is  said  to  be  the 
greatest  exponent  of  modern  deco- 
ration 

Jean-Michel  Frank  says  that  he  hates 
"modernism"  and  loathes  the  very  idea 
of  "interior  decoration." 

This  patent  paradox  explained  itself 
the  other  day  when,  a  tew  days  before 
returning  to  Paris  after  three  months  in 
San  Francisco,  M.  Frank  entertained  at 
tea  and  gave  informal  vent  to  his  ideas 
of  art  and  his  impressions  of  America. 

The  group  was  very  small,  the  tone  of 
conversation  decidedly  free  from  con- 
ventional restraint.  For  a  time  Frank 
fluttered  on  the  edge  of  things  like  a  bird 
about  to  take  a  bath  But  once  having 
committed  himself  to  serious  conversa- 
tion, he  beat  his  wings  about  in  ferocious 
joy,  spattering  ideas  right  and  left. 

it  is  significant  that  his  first  tribute 
should  be  a  most  sincere  one  paid  to  the 
workmen    of   San    Francisco    and    the 


By  IRWIN  St.  JOHN 

architect  with  whom  he  worked  during 
this,  his  first  trip  to  America. 

"When  1  first  arrived  and  everybody 
was  so  kind,  so  eager  to  help,  1  thought 
maybe  it  was  just  that  they  wanted  to 
pay  a  courtesy  to  me,  a  foreigner.  But 
when  it  went  into  weeks  and  even 
months  and  always  the  workmen  and 
everybody  I  was  associated  with  were 
willing  to  work  overtime,  to  work 
under  difficulties  and  compromise  or 
make  e.xtra  effort  that  the  job  should  be 
well  done,  then  1  knew  it  was  not  a 
compliment  to  nie,  but  a  compliment  to 
themselves,  a  compliment  to  their  pride 
in  their  work.  Never  have  1  had  such 
cooperation,  never — from  the  architect 
and  superintendent  on  down  to  the  last 
of  more  than  fifty  workmen — I  cannot 
have  too  high  praise  for  them." 

"But  we  want  to  hear  about  your 
theories  of  modern  decoration,  we — " 

"Ah!  You  think  the  workmen  are  not 


important.  You  think  I  give  too  much 
praise  to  them.  I  assure  you  it  is  not  so. 
For  it  is  they  who  make  it  possible  for 
me  to  be  a  success.  1  design  these  rooms 
in  Paris  But  I  can  not  be  sure  they  will 
be  right.  I  have  no  confidence  in  your 
American  craftsmen.  Not  until  I  am 
here  Then,  after  one  week,  I  know  it 
will  be  properly  mounted.  I  know  1  can 
depend  on  your  workers." 

"Then  you  think  Americans  can 
develop  interior  decoration  equal  to  that 
of  Europe?" 

"O,  do  not  talk  of  'interior  decora- 
tion.' I  hate  the  very  idea  of  'decorating' 
anything.  A  room  should  be  what  it  is 
Everything  should  so  belong  to  it  that 
there  is  no  'decoration.'  There  should  be 
so  much  reason  and  fitness  for  every- 
thing that  not  one  thing  could  be  taken 
away  without  marring.  Then  a  room 

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18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Encounter 

Wherein  a  Sailor  Violates  the  Age  Old  Tradition  of  the  Sea 


A  SPANISH  ship,  a  four-masud 
A^  hrigantine  built  to  train  young 
JL  V  nfficen;  forthcmostRoyal  Spanish 
Navy  and  looking  more  like  the 
whim  of  a  romayitic  Qrandce  than  a 
floating  school  for  serious  yourg  officers 
learning  the  science  of  naviga^io7i,  is  at 
rest  in  the  Nciv  York  harbor. 

The  Commander  of  the  ship  entertains 
a  group  of  Americans  at  dinner,  among 
them  Julie  Hay,  a  very  young  lady,  filled 
ivith  eagerness  ayid  having  the  eyes  of  a 
dove,  only  a  wise  dove.  Doves  may  be 
docile,  but  imagine  anything  lovelier 
than  a  dove  ivith  a  dash  of  discernment. 
Julie  ivas  just  that.  The  Commander' s 
party  was  very  gay,  much  gayer  than 
the  host  had  expected  it  to  be,  for  he  had 
not  knoivn  that  Americans  ivere  such 
extreme  opportunists  and  should  take  to 
the  opportunity  of  Spanish  sherry  so 
readily  and  thoroughly.  As  a  result  even 
he,  the  Commander,  and  his  young  offi- 
cers found  their  formality  ruffled  a  bit. 

Julie  Hay  discovered  a  young  officer 
very  willing  to  display  the  intricacies  of 
the  ship  to  her,  and  the  intricacies  of  his 
eyes  viade  her  very  willing  to  be  shoivn 
about. 

Julie:  You  muse  forgive  me.  I  am  so 
ignorant.  My  French  is  abominable 
and  my  Spanish  doesn't  exist.  So  you 
see,  I  didn't  catch  your  name  when  we 
were  introduced.  I  have  the  horrid 
habit  of  saying  a  person's  name  with 
every  sentence,  so  if  I  don't  know  your 
name  my  conversation  will  be  para- 
lyzed. 

Young  Officer  :  {smiling  politely,  but 
understanding  not  a  ivord)  Yes. 

Julie:  {seeing  he  does  not  understand) 
Name.  Name. 

Officer  :  Oh !  Yes.  Yes.  Juan. 

Julie:  {delighted)  Don  Juan. 

Juan  :  {eagerly)  Yes.  Yes. 

Julie:  {as  they  go  through  a  narroxu 
corridor)  Oooh!  Look  What  a  beau- 
tiful room.  What  room  is  that'  The 
walls,  such  beautiful  wood.  May  we 
go  in? 

Juan  :  Yes. 

Julie:  Ah!  The  door.  Red  brocade.  A 
red  brocade  door,  it  is  unbelievable. 
I  thought  this  was  a  training  ship,  noc 
a  paradise.  Damask  door.  Beautiful 

Juan:  {pointing  to  a  picture)  Zuolaga 

Julie:  No,  not  really. 

Juan:  (stubbornly)  Zuolaga. 

Julie:  Now  fancy  that.  Zuolaga.  {They 
go  out  into  the  corridor  again.) 

Juan:  {brushing  against  her)  Pardon. 

Julie:  The  corridor  is  very  narrow  and 
I've  had  so  many  cocktails 


By  ANTONIA  PIA 

Juan  :  Americans  drink  much. 

Julie:  It  is  so  dark  here  I'm  sure  I  shan't 
be  able  to  go  down  those  stairs  grace- 
fully. {She  takes  his  arm.) 

Juan:  I  go  first?  {She  steps  carefully 
after  him.) 

Julie  :  {entering  another  room)  Where  are 
we  now? 

Juan  :  My  chambre — See. 


Sonnets 

By  DoROTHE  Bendon 

/  w'///  watt  ei.'ery  hour,  the  darkened  hour 
That  shoulders  it  away;  yet  will  I  reach 
A  long  thin   arm  to  bear  the  ultimate 

flowei^ 
That  somehow  shall  crest  darkness.  Nor 

can    speech 
Attain  to  it,  not  ei'en  the  remote  cry 
At  night;  nothing  but  wearing  the  whole 

length 
OJ  dusk-silk  hours  that  flow,  though  I 

should  liej 
Uprooted  by   the  great   wash    oj  their 

strength 
No  need  to  harry  this  silence,  no  need 
To  count  it  out,  as  knowing  the  degrees 
That  slide  inexorably   like  sand  shall 

wanej> 
Injertile.     There  is  that  part  of  me  to 

feed 
inth  drinking  silence  upon  silence,  that, 

as  trees, 
Will  show  unearthly  greenness  in  the 

raitV'. 


Julie  :  How  nice.  How  very  nice.  Ameri- 
can boats  are  not  a  bit  like  this. 
American  navy  boats,  I  mean. 

Juan  :Yes,  the  lite  is  sad.  So  many,  many 
days  at  sea — and  nights.  I  like  to 
remember  you  here  in  my  chambre. 
Then  it  is  not  so  sad. 

Julie:  {looking  at  him  studiously)  You 
are  very  handsome,  Juan. 

Juan:  1  am  idiot. 

Julie:  No.  No.  No.  Why? 

Juan:  I  am  not  nice  gentleman  I  am 
going  to  kiss  you. 

Julie:  {sivaying  toivards  him)  I  think 
that  would  be  very  nice.  {They  kiss 
each  other.) 

Juan:  You  arc  vary  beautiful.  Now  1 
kissed  you  1  am  sad — and  happy  too. 
{He  kisses  her  again,  very  vehemently.) 


If  I  speak  English   1   tell   you   many 

things,  many,  many. 
Julie:  It  I  knew  Spanish,  Juan.  But  then 

I  think  lips  are  quite  enough.  {Thc\ 

embrace  once  more.) 
Juan  :  Tomorrow  I  go  ashore. 
Julie:  You  will  have  tea  with  me — at 

my  home. 
Juan:  I  like  not  many  people. 
Julie:  You  and  I — at  five  tomorrow. 
Juan:  That  is  nice. 
Julie:  Say  my  name — Julie — say  it. 
Juan:  That  is  vary  nice,  Julie. 

The  next  afternoon  at  the  Hay  resi- 
dence. Juan  and  Julie  sit  over  a  tray  of 
cocktails.  It  is  about  five-thirty. 
Juan  :  Your  music  is  nice.  1  like  it  much 
Julie:  You  take  the  list  of  records  to  a 

music  store  tomorrow  and  they  will 

give  them  to  you. 
Juan:  In  the  morning  I  get  them.  In  the 

afternoon  we  sail. 
Julie  :  {doivncast)  No? 
Juan  :  In  the  afternoon  we  sail  for  Spain. 
Julie:  How  disgusting.  How  awful. 
Juan:  Last  night  I  kiss  you.  Today  I  am     ' 

afraid.  I  am  here  some  long  time,  and 

I  do  not  kiss  you. 
Julie:  {going  up  to  him  and  kissing  him) 

There ! 
Juan  :  {There  is  a  long  pause  while  he  is 

solemnly  thinking.)  I  am  idiot.  I  do  not    r 

sleep  last  night.  You — you — only  you. ,  c 

I  do  not  want  to  sleep.  {He  kisses  her  i  i 

and  then  follows  another  long  silence    ' 

while  Juan  is  deeply  thinking.) 
Julie:  What  is  it,  Juan?  {He  looks  at  her 

puzzled.)  What  is  it?  Juan,  what  is  it? 
Juan  :  {questioningly)  You  and  me' 
Julie:  What,  Juan? 
Juan:  {beivildered)  Me  and  you? 
Julie:   {comprehending)   Oh!   Oh!   Yes, 

Juan.  {She  hesitates.)  But  not  here. 
Juan  :  Out? 
Julie:  Yes.  Out. 

Julie  pours   more  cocktails  and  the\ 
sit    close    together   on    the    divan.    The 
minutes  flow  wx.  Juan  looks  at  his  icatch. 
He  is  by  noiv  in  very  deep  thought. 
Julie:  I'll  call  a  cab. 
Juan  :  Yes. 

Five  minutes  later  they  are  in  the  cab. 
Julie:  But  you  told  the  driver  to  go  to 

the  ship — your  ship — I  cannot  go  on 

your  ship — We  couldn't   1  — 
Juan:  {sadly)  No.  No.  1  must  be  there 

at  six  on  duty.  I  am  only  small  olhcer. 
Julie:  {perplexed)   You  didn't  tell   me 

that  — 
JiAN  :  I  had  only  little  time.  The  cock- 
tails take  my  time. 

Continued  on  pugc  31 


1 


MAY,  1929 


19 


•iArXSt^ ^ 


DE   FORREST 


Jack  Breeden^ 

A  member  oj  a  prominent  San  Francisco  J  amity  whose  appearance  with  the  Duffy  players  hrouffhl  him  an  Initial  screen 

engagement  with  Fox  where  his  successful  manner  in  facing  the  camera  and 

microphone  resulted  In  a  five-year  contract 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Bay  Region  Miscellany 

By  Request  We  Continue  With  the  Laments  of  the  Inconsequentals 

By  CONSTANCE  FERRIS 


ANNABEL  MOONEY 

THERE  is  nothing  in  life  to  compensate 
For  the  loss  of  the  husband  of  one's 

youth. 
I  divorced  mine  when  I  discovered 
That  he  was  adulterous. 
I  scorned  his  offers  of  a  settlement 
And  took  to  business  to  assuage  my  grief. 
But,  selling  hats  is  an  arduous  occupation 
And  1,  in  turn,  was  forced  to  seek 
Diversion    and    enchantment    where    1 

could. 
Then,  in  my  later  lite,  I  thought  of  Joe 
And  wished  that  1  had  overlooked  his 

fault. 
Since  life  is  full  of  compromises. 
Is  it  not  better  to  condone  a  loved  one's 

sin 
Than  be  forced  by  life  and  loneliness 
To  commit  the  sin  one's  self? 

T       T       ▼ 

HESTER  JEFFERS 

WHH-E  other  women  were  "finding 
themselves," 
Being     psycho-analyzed     and     having 

breakdowns, 
1  was  busy  caring  tor  my  children 
And  when  they  did  not  claim  me. 
It  was  a  sick  neighbor  or  a   friend  in 

trouble. 
The  needy  never  passed  my  door, 
For  I  could  heal  their  hearts  with  a  song 

of  courage, 
Or  clear  their  skins  with  sulphur  and 

molasses. 
All  the  time  in  the  back  of  my  mind 
Were  daring  plans  for  seeing  life. 
But  before  1  ever  did,  i  broke  my  leg 
And  limped  my  way  along  the  same  old 

haunts — 
A  long  life  spent  in  serving  others 
And  the  only  sin  I  ever  knew 
Was  to  read  a  book  called  "Black  Oxen" 
And  have  a  few  ideas! 

▼       ▼      T 

GRETCHEN  HERMANS 
TuDGE  me  not  harshlv,  for  what  could 
J  I  do 

when   bound   to  a   man   who  did   not 

possess 
A  single  thing  to  arouse  in  me 
The  nood  of  passion  I  could  unleash 
And  whose  only  fault  was  sobriety? 
"Chained  to  a  treadmill"  the  Bay  Re- 
gion said. 
Because  of  me,  but  it  was  not  true 
I  would  have  had  him  a  leader  of  men, 
But  he  chose,  instead,  to  be  safe  and  sane 
While  I  prayed  for  courage  to  carry  me 

through 
The  dreary  years  chat  I  saw  ahead; 
And  I  took  up  bridge  with  the  best  of 
them, 


And  sometimes  drank  with  the  worst  ol 

them, 
All  in  the  effort  to  dull  my  senses 
To  the  drab  routine  that  hemmed  me  in; 
But  it  would  not  do,  and  he  never  guessed 
That  my  spirit  flew  wide  of  our  little 

home, 
While  my  blood  ran  hot  with  my  rest- 
lessness 
And  adventure  ever  lured  me  on. 
Oh,    the    awful    grind,    with    never    a 

thought 
But  of  flat-top  desks  and  legs  of  lamb 
And  adding  figures  to  the  end  of  time! 
1  longed  to  launch  a  thousand  ships 
Or  leap  to  my  death  as  Sappho  did. 

T       ▼      T 

LEWIS  SAMPSON 

WHEN  a  junk  dealer  in  Cleveland 
asked  my  price 
To  give  him  the  option  to  purchase  the 

junk 
That  my  firm  cast  off,  I  thought  it  just 
To  refuse  the  bribe  with  a  reprimand 
And  deliver  myself  ot  a  boresome  speech 
Against  graft  in  business  and  corrupting 

morals 
He  laughed  at  me  and  went  away. 
I  toiled  at  my  books  with  the  goal  in 

mind. 
But  it  ever  receded  mirage-like  before 

me. 
The  Holy  Grail  was  not  more  elusive. 
My  cuffs  grew  frayed  and  my  trousers 

shiny; 
Then  came  the  nights  when  I  staggered 

home 
Uncertain  of  leg,  but  sure  in  my  mind 
That  I  was  a  leader  born  to  command — 
I  would  seek  new  lands  where  my  worth 

would  tell. 
The  Bay  Region  seemed  the  Promised 

Land, 
But  I  found  it  hard  to  collect  from  life 
And  pushing  the  bells  of  suburban  doors 
Was  what  fell  to  my  lot 
Then  came  a  succession  of  back  door 

romances 

O,  far  indeed  from  the  Holy  Grail ! 
The  girl  I  married  eloped  with  the  ice- 
man. 
Leaving  my  heart  but  partially  riven 
I  devoted  my  life  to  electric  refrigeration  ' 

T       ▼       ▼ 

LEROY  FARRINGTON 

I  SPENT  my  life  in  trying  to  atone 
If  not  for  my  folly,  Uit  being  found 
out. 
For  it  was  not  so  much  my  act 
As  Geneva's  knowledge  that  made  her 

sullcr 
Fool  that  I  was  to  confess  to  her 


All   chat  took   place  on  that  one  mad 

night. 
And  meet  the  scornful  accusation 
That   looked    from   her   big,    blue   eyes 

at  me 
Until  1  longed  in  desperation 
To  ask  that  she  commit  a  sin 
As  great  as  mine  and  even  the  score. 
And  lay  forever  the  stalking  ghost 
Of  my  scarlet  night  of  sin. 
But,  shamed  by  her  purity,  I  kept  silent 
And  we  lived  with  the  shadow  ot  my 

remorse 

Darkening  all  our  days. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

SELMA  SMITH— Librarian 

How  strange  it  was  to  watch  the 
people 
Who  came  to  the  library  for  books — 
The  old,  the  young,  the  rich  in  heart, 
The  proud  in  spirit. 

The  younger  generation  seemed  content 
With  the  novels  of  Booth  Tarkington. 
The  erudite  and  noble-browed 
Preferred  the  works  of  Emil  Ludwig, 
But  the  zealous  workers  in  the  clubs. 
The  middle-aged  and  conscientious, 
Sought  always  the  forbidden  shelves' 

T       T       ▼ 

BERT  MADDOX 

WHEN  I  was  young  and  zealous 
With  my  gaze  fixed  on  the  stars 
1  never  thought  I'd  end  my  life 
In  the  service  of  a  paramour. 
But   life   plays  some   ot    the   grimmest 

pranks! 
1  loved  the  girl  that  I  took  to  wife; 
She  was  loyal  too,  and  stood  by  me 
In  our  early  years,  then  all  at  once 
She  seemed   to   break   and   her   tongue 

grew  sharp. 
I  bore  it  all  with  a  stoic  calm 
And  told  myself  1  would  make  amends. 
I  doubled  my  efforts  at  getting  rich, 
Since  money  seemed  to  be  part  ot  the 

trouble, 
But  when  at  last  my  fortunes  changed. 
We  were  worlds  apart  and  she  looked 

at  me 
Across  a  span  of  fallow  years 
And  1  found  my  comfort  where  1  could 
For  life  is  at  best  a  compromise. 

▼       ▼       T 

CYNTHIA  SHANNON 

F.\TE  made  a  joke  ot  me 
Endowing  me  with  a  grain  ot  talent 
A  puny  gesture  empty  ot  reward 
But  carrying  the  penalty  ot  a  certain 
Psychic  vision  that  foresaw  the  end 
Of  an  adventure  in  its  inception 
Robbing  me  of  the  joys  of  fulfillment 
Because,  foreseeing  the  inevitable  end, 
1  could  not  tace  the  attermath 
Of  my  illicit  potentialities. 


21 


Modernism  in  the  Moi^ies 

Tu'O  original  sketches  for  motion  picture  effects  In/  S/ai'ko  J'orkapic/i,  the  noted  artist  whose  fusion  of  si/mhol 
and  reality  has  contrihuted  much  to  recent  American  pictures  since  the 
production  of  his  startling  film,  "  Holly  wood  Extra  941  >." 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

WESTPHAL-IX^WNKY  On  April  b.  Mr  Richard  H 
Wcstphal.  son  of  Dr.  Edward  Westphal  and  the  late 
Mrs.  Westphal.  and  Miss  Betty  Downey,  daughter  of 
Mrs  Perry  Cumbcrson 

LANS1-:R-SHAW  On  April  b  Mr  Lawrence  Lanser 
of  Seattle  and  San  Francisco  to  Miss  J  une  Shaw  .  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Nelson  Shaw. 

YOUNGER-IRELAND  On  April  10.  Mr  William 
John  Younger,  son  of  Mrs.  Frances  M  Younger  and  the 
Tate  Mr  Herbert  Younger,  and  Miss  Lute  Ireland, 
daughter  of  Mrs  Sara  Ireland 

HUTCHINS-ADAMS.  On  April  11.  Lieutenant 
Robert  Barrett  Hutchins,  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Hmry 
Arthur  Hutchins  of  New  York  and  Virginia  t"  M'ss 
Vere  de  Vere  Adams,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Adolph  L'hl  and 
the  late  Mr  John  Charles  Adams. 

SUTTON-ROEDING,  On  April  13-  Mr  John  G. 
Sutton  Jr..  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  John  G^Sutton  of  San 
Francisco  and  Menlo  Park,  and  Miss  Eleanor  Louise 
Roeding.  daughter  of  Mrs.  George  Roedmg  and  the  late 
Mr  George  Roeding.  of  Piedmont 

MONTGOMERY-SPRECKELS  On  .^nl  17  Mr, 
George  Granville  Montgomery  son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs, 
Edward  B  Montgomery,  and  Miss  Claudme  Spreckcls. 
d^'aughterof  Mr  and  Mrs  Rudolph  Spreckels. 

BROWN-BEATTY.  On  April  20  Mr.  James  Harvey 
Brown  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Beatty.  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Hooper  Beatty  of  Menlo  Park  and  San  Francisco. 

McALLISTER-RANSOME.  On  Apr,!  20  Mr. 
Decker  McAllister,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E"'"tt  McAl- 
lister, and  Miss  Martha  Ransome.  daughter  ot  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bernard  Ransome 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Among  those  seen  at  luncheon  in  the  Fontainebleau 
Room  of  the  Sir  Francis  Drake  recently  were  Mrs. 
Harry  Hill.  Mrs  Alfred  Hendrickson.  Mrs.  Nion 
Tucker.  Miss  Eve  Taylor,  and  Mrs,  Frederick  McNear, 

In  honor  of  Miss  Gertrude  Gregory.  Mrs.  Richard 
Baumgartner  was  hostess  at  a  bridge  party  and  tea. 

The  last  of  the  Junior  League  Fashion  Show  teas  was 
held  at  the  Hotel  Mark  Hopkins  on  April  30.  This  was 
an  evening  show  and  the  most  elaborate  of  the  series. 
Mrs,  Carl  Batchelder  was  in  charge. 

Admiral  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Washington  were  the 
guests  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs  Fin 
Lund. 

Mrs  Dunn  Dutton  of  BuHingame  plans  to  spend  the 
summer  in  Honolulu  with  her  sister.  Mrs.  Harry  Mac- 
farlane 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Sidney  Fish  of  New  York  and  Carmel 
Valley,  entertained  at  an  old-fashioned  barn  dance  to 
celebrate  the  completion  of  the  new  barn  built  in  con- 
nection with  their  extensive  stables. 

Mr-  and  Mrs.  William  Houghteling  entertained  at 
dinner  at  their  home  in  Broadway  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
Houghteling's  mother.  Mrs.  Ernest  Le  Seure. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiiberforce  Williams  were  dinner  hosts 
at  their  home  in  honor  of  Miss  Louise  Janin.  the  dis- 
tinguished artist  and  decorator. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Dr  and  Mrs  Herbert  Allen  are  en  route  to  Europe 
where  they  plan  to  travel  all  summer. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Louis  Brugtere  were  among  the  guests 
at  a  dinner  given  at  the  Hotel  Riiz  in  Paris  recently,  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs  Gris\^old  Thompson 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Herbert  Gutschow  whose  home  is  now 
in  Dresden,  recently  took  possession  of  a  new  home  in 
the  Gerhardt  Hauptmann  Strasse.  opposite  the  old 
Royal  Villa 

Mrs  Martin  Regensberger.  who  left  a  month  ago  for 
a  Mediterranean  tour,  was  in  Rome  when  last  heard 
from. 

Mr.  George  E.  Coleman  has  gone  to  Europe  and  will 
meet  Mrs  Coleman  on  the  Continent.  They  will  spend 
the  summer  in  travel 

Mrs.  Mailler  Searles  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Emily 
Clift  Searles,  are  in  Europe  and  will  not  return  to  Cali- 
fornia until  the  end  of  the  year. 

Mrs  Louis  R  Parrott.  who  makes  her  home  at  the 
Clifc  Hotel,  is  in  Paris  for  an  indefinite  stay. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cameron  are  now  m  Pans, 
visiting  Mrs  Cameron's  sister,  Mrs  Ferdinand  rheirio'_ 
Later  they  will  join  Colonel  and  Mrs  Jackling's  part\ 
aboard  the  Cyprus  and  will  visit  the  Scandinavian 
peninsula  aboard  the  new  yacht. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Harry  East  Miller  arc  among  the  San 
Franciscans  who  are  planning  a  summer  abroad  Mr, 
and  Mrs.  Miller  left  California  at  the  end  of  April 

Mrs,  James  Younger  entertained  a  number  of  Cali- 
fornians  at  a  large  luncheon  recently  at  her  apartment 
in  Paris,  Mrs  James  Cooper  and  .Miss  Ethel  Cooper 
were  among  the  guests 

Mrs.  Tobin  Clark  and  her  daughters,  Miss  Mary  and 
Miss  Agnes  Clark,  are  in  England,  where  they  will 
spend  a  few  weeks  with  Miss  Patricia  Clark  who  is 
studying  at  Oxford.  Later  in  the  year  Mrs.  Tobin  and 
her  daughters  will  go  to  Paris. 


ENGAGEMENTS 

RAPP-BECKSTROM  Miss  Clanbel  Rapp.  daughter 
of  Mr  and  Mrs.  John  G  Rapp  to  Mr.  Elmer  G.  Beck- 
sirom.  s<:.n  of  Mrs.  Arthur  G  Beckstrom  of  Fresno  and 
the  late  Mr  Beckstrom. 

DAViS-LATHROP-  Miss  Marv  Davis,  daughter  of 
Judge  and  Mrs  John  F  Davis,  to  Mr,  Leland  Stanford 
Lathrop.  Jr  .  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  Leland  Stanford 
Laihrop. 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Prince  Cyril  of  Bulgaria  was  a  visitor  in  San  Francisco 
in  April  and  was  extensively  entertained  m  town 
and  on  the  peninsula  Among  those  who  were  his  hosts 
were  Mr  and  Mrs  Nion  Tucker,  who  gave  a  large 
luncheon  for  the  royal  visitor  in  Burlingame 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  Timlow  of  New  York,  and  their 
daughter  Miss  Emilv  Timlow.  have  been  guests  at  the 
l-airmont  for  some  weeks  Mrs  Timlow  was  the  former 
MiM.  Evelyn  Carolan  of  San  Mateo. 

Miss  Alice  and  Miss  Margaret  Garland  of  Dublin 
were  guests  at  the  home  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  A,  B.  C  Dohr- 
mann  recently  Mrs  Robert  Countryman  of  Stanford 
Cx)urt  was  among  those  who  entertained  for  the  visitors. 
Miss  Antoinette  Frissell  of  New  York  was  entertained 
by  Miss  Josephine  Grant  at  the  Joseph  D  Grant  home 
on  Broadwav  Before  returnmg  East  Miss  Lris^ell  will 
be  the  guest 'of  her  aunt.  Mrs  Walter  Eraser  Burrcll  at 
the  latter's  home  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Mme  Edmond  de  Lenclos  of  Paris  is  a  guest  at  the 
home  of  her  i<m-in-law  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  E  Eyrcof  Menlo  Park. 

Mrs  Philip  Young  of  Boston  was  a  San  Francisco 
visitor  in  April  and  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  large 
luncheon  given  by  Mrs  Horace  D,  Pillsbury  at  the  St. 
i-rancis  Yacht  Club 

Mrs  Thomas  H  Wheeler  of  New  York  has  been  a 
guest  at  the  Fairmont  for  several  weeks  Mrs  Wheeler 
IS  ihc  rrH)ther  of  Mrs  Roy  Bishop 

Mrs  Henry  Stevenson  and  Mrs  George  Stevenson, 
both  of  whcjm  rxiw  make  their  homes  in  I-os  Angeles, 
vtsttcd  their  families  in  San  Francisco  for  a  fortnight. 

Mrs.  Robert  L'  M  Duncanof  San  Mateo,  entertained 
at  a  bridge  party  and  tea  recently  in  honor  of  Mrs 
Duncan  Hunter  of  Pasadena 

Mivs  Elizabeth  and  Miss  Catherine  Kingsbury  of 
New  York  visited  Miss  Ruth  Landgon  early  in  April 
The  Missc.s  Kingsbury  came  West  to  attend  the  wedding 
of  Miss  Vere  de  Vcrc  Adams  and  Lieutenant  Robert  B 
I  iulchins 

Mr  \  Icnry  T  Slf>anc  of  New  York  was  cxtcnsivclv 
cnicrteined  during  hi^  visit  lo  Sun  I'"rancisco  in  April, 
Mrs  William  Mayo  Ncwhall  wai  among  those  who 
entertained  for  him. 

Mr  and  Mrs  C^rgill  McCowan  of  Glasgow,  lingered 
in  San  FrarKiscrj  for  a  few  days  on  their  trip  around  the 
world  Mr  McCZowan  is  the  nephew  of  Sir  John  Car- 
gill.  Bart, 

Mrs  J  Sloat  Fasscit.  the  former  Miss  Jennie  ('rocker 
of  Sacramento,  was  a  guest  ai  the  Hotel  Fairmont  for  a 
few  days 


Miss  Vail  Jones  entertained  in  compliment  to  two 
brides-elect,  Miss  Betty  Downey,  now  Mrs  Richard 
Westphal.  and  Miss  California  Bruener.  who  is  to 
marrv  Mr.  Calvin  Tilden. 


Senator  James  D.  Phelan  entertained  at  a  luncheon  at 
Villa  Montalvo,  his  country  place  at  Saratoga,  in  honor 
of  Miss  Claudine  Spreckels  and  her  fiance  Mr  George  G 
Montgomery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb  Hale  have  returned  to 
their  home  on  Vallejo  street  after  a  visit  in  Washington 
and  New  York. 

Mrs  Edward  Erie  Brownell  entertained  at  luncheon 
and  later  took  her  guests  to  the  Garden  Club  display 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Marcus  Koshland. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeffrey  Armsby.  who  have  been  living 
in  New  York  since  their  marriage,  have  returned  to  San 
Francisco  and  will  make  their  home  here.  Mrs  Armsby 
was  the  former  Miss  Louise  Burmister. 

Mr  William  Leib  plans  to  leave  fi>r  Europe  this 
month  and  will  take  with  him  Mr.  Arthur  Gifford  of 
Honolulu,  a  nephew  of  the  late  Mrs.  William  Leib, 

Mrs.  T.  Edward  Bailly  entertained  at  a  luncheon  in 
honor  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Maxwell  McNutt.  Jr. 

Miss  Eve  Taylor,  a  debutante  of  the  winter,  was 
honor  guest  at  a  dinner  given  by  Mr  and  Mrs  Joseph  D 
Grant, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Melville  Threlkeld.  Jr  ,  lm\i:  returned 
from  Cambridge.  Mass  .  and  arc  at  the  hfime  of  Mr  and 
Mrs.  Threlkeld,  Sr.,  until  they  establish  themselves  on 
the  peninsula, 

Mrs.  Moseley  Taylor  {Emily  Pope)  entertained  a 
large  group  of  friends  at  a  Sunday  luncheon  at  the 
Burlingame  C-ountry  Club. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Magce  and  Miss  Elizabeth 
Magee  have  returned  to  their  home  in  Fruiivale  after 
spending  the  winter  in  San  Francisco. 

Miss  Josephine  Grant  gave  a  dinner  party  in  honor 
of  the  birthday  tif  Mr.  Lindsay  I  Inward  The  party  u  as 
given  at  the  St  Francis  >'acht  Club,  and  later  the  guests 
cruised  the  bay  on  Mr  Howard's  yacht,  the  Wanda 

Mrs  Alfred  Hammersmith.  Jr.  was  hostess  at  a 
lunchetin  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club  in  honor  of  two 
brides-elect  of  spring. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Howard  Spreckels  gave  a  farewell  din- 
ner partv  for  Mr.  and  Mrs  George  T.  Cameron  who 
left  for  I^ew  York  and  Paris  last  month. 

Miss  Janet  Whitman  supervised  the  fashion  tea  given 
last  month  at  the  Benjamin  Franklin  Hotel  in  Sun 
Maieo  Proceeds  were  given  to  the  Junior  League's 
foster  horn!. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Bradley  are  visiiing  in 
the  East  and  will  not  return  to  California  until  June 

Mr  Rudolph  Spreckels.  accompanied  by  his  son-in- 
law  and  daughter. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Walsh.  Ici! 
recently  for  New  York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  George  Hearst  are  on  a  brief  visit  i< 
New  York. 

Mr.  Raymond  Armsbv  is  at  the  Savov-Plaza.  Neu 
York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  W.  Crocker  are  in  New  "^  ork 
for  a  visit,  and  are  making  their  home  at  the  St.  Regis 

Miss  Cornelia  Armsby.  who  is  now  in  the  East,  enter- 
tained at  luncheon  recently  at  the  Savoy-Plaza. 

Mrs.  Clement  Tobin  entertained  her  sister-in-law 
Mrs.  Tobin  Clark,  shortly  before  the  latter's  departure 
for  Europe. 

Miss  Cecilia  Casserly.  who  is  at  present  in  the  East 
was  one  of  the  guests  at  the  recent  Fleming-Steven- 
wedding  at  St.  Thomas's  Church 

Miss  Janet  Coleman,  who  has  been  passing  the  winter 
in  New'  York,  was  a  guest  at  the  dinner  party  given 
recently  at  the  Ritz  by  Baron  and  Baroness  Jan  Carel 
Van  Eck,  The  Baron  and  Baroness  formerly  made  their 
home  in  San  Francisco, 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Charles  Gilman  Norns.  the  fame  oi 
whose  croquet  tournaments  on  the  grounds  ot  ihcir 
California  estate  has  penetrated  the  East,  gathered  a 

f;roup  of  celebrities  in  Central  Park  recently  to  enjoy  a 
ew  games, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Sidney  V.  Smith  are  New  York  visitors 
and  were  honor  guests  at  a  dinner  given  by  Mrs  Smith's 
mother.  Mrs  W,  A  Merriman  at  the  \  lotel  Plaza  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Smith  are  staving  at  the  Sherry-Netherland, 

Mrs    Whitclaw  Reid  and  Miss  Eleonora  Sears  have  > 
returned  to  ihe  East  after  passing  the  winter  in  Cali-  i 
forma.  Mrs   Reid  has  reopened  her  Fifth  avenue  home 
Mr   and  Mrs   Charles  Crocker  will  join  the  summer 
colony  at  Newport. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Miss  Katrine  Brcuner  visited  for  several  weeks  in 
Santa  Barbara,  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Gustave  Umbsen  and 
Miss  Marcia  L'mbscn 

Mr  and  Mrs  Jerd  Sullivan  recently  spent  adelightful 
week-end  in  Santa  Barbara,  guests  of  Mr  and  Mrs. 
William  Slater  Mrs  Slater  was  the  former  Miss  1-  ranees 
Ames  of  San  Lrancisco 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  J.  Stovel  enjoyed  a  leisurely 
motor  tour  through  Southern  C^Jilifornia.  stopping  at 
Santa  Barbara.  Los  Angeles.  C*>n>nado  and  .Ngua 
(!^licntc 

Mrs  Cxjy  Filmer  and  her  cousin,  Mrs  Salem  Pohl- 
mann.  recently  enjoyed  a  visit  with  Mrs.  l-ilmer's 
parents.  Mr  and  Mrs  Mark  Rcqua  at  ihcir  home  in 
Montccito 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Antome  Borel  and  their  children,  en- 
joyed a  sojourn  at  Palm  Springs  and  La  Qutnta  recently 

Wr  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  I  loward  and  their  little 
daughter.  cnjoyoJ  a  visit  of  several  \^ceks  in  the  south, 
dividing  their  time  between  Palm  Springs  and  other 
points  of  interest  in  the  extreme  south. 


MAY,  1929 


23 


51 

Miss  Harrle  Hill 

The  daughter  oj  Mrs.  Harry  Hill  oj  San  Francisco  whose  talent  graced  the  recent 
perjorniance  oj  the  Junior  League  Follies 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Another  Year  In  Music 

Being  a  Retrospective  View  and  a  Forecast  of  the  Local  Season 


BY  EXPIRING  more  leisurely  than  an 
operatic  Isolde,  the  current  musi- 
cal season  has  exacted  a  just  toll 
ot  haggard  critics  and  harried  "every 
nighters  "  In  place  of  the  paucity  of 
events  which  the  close  of  April  custo- 
marily brings,  a  new  vigor  has  been 
registered  with  a  scries  of  symphonies, 
recitals,  and  operas 

Only  in  the  perusal  ot  the  elaborate 
announcements  for  next  year  by  the  vari- 
ous managements  might  an  outsider 
comprehend  that  another  season  is  about 
to  end.  Compared  to  these  fulsome  bul- 
letins, the  events  of  the  present  winter 
pale  into  insignificance  just  as  those  of  a 
preceding  year  did  when  the  musical 
allurements  of  1928-1929  first  appeared. 

The  middle  of  September  offered  it- 
self as  the  background  for  the  opening  of 
the  current  season.  A  glorious  festival  of 
opera  pleased  both  musical  lovers  and 
oral  parvenus.  The  voice  of  Rethberg, 
the  presence  of  Jeritza,  and  the  personal- 
ity of  Tibbett  arc  remembered  even  after 
an  interim  of  hectic  activity. 

in  retrospect,  however,  the  concert 
season  appears  spotty.  "Has  beens"  and 
"somedays"  were  projected  with  un- 
usual vigor  on  the  public  while  only  a 
few  "is  fines"  were  interlarded  Cancel- 
lations were  occasionally  responsible  for 
this  condition  although  booking  in 
quantity  rather  than  quality  seems  to  be 
the  besetting  sin. 

Of  the  Oppenheim  list,  pleasant  con- 
servative memories  linger  trom  the 
evenings  with  Maier  and  Pattison, 
Schipa,  The  Russian  Choir,  Ponselle 
and  Yehudi  Menuhin.  The  castanets  of 
Argentina  still  click  with  their  dynamic 
precision,  even  if  her  fleeting  limbs  are 
now  less  discernible  impressario  Healy 
coquetted  with  more  spectacular  fare 
and  presented  Kricsler,  Rachmaninoff 
and  Farrar,  an  impressive  trio  He  tap- 
ered his  season  off  to  a  respectable  finish 
with  the  pair  of  KedrofT  recitals  Unpre- 
tentious recitals  by  Luisa  Espinel  and 
the  Throstles  endure  most  vigorously 
in  the  memory  of  the  events  on  the 
Seckcis  horizon  Violinists  must  have 
convened  some  place  near  San  hrancisco 
They  came  and  went  with  such  rapidity 
that  it  was  difficult  to  distinguish  the 
termination  of  one  recital  from  the 
commencement  of  another  With  due 
respect  to  the  many  fine  bowmen  who 
played  here  this  winter,  the  most  thrill- 
ing moment  was  the  rendition  by 
Piastro  of  the  Bach  "Chaconne  '  in  utter 
darkness  at  Dreamland  Glorious  play- 
ing by  Alexander  Brailowsky  added 
distinction    to    the    Wolfsohn    season, 


By  JACK  CAMPBELL 

which  was  consistantly  varied,  and  not 
a  little  entertaining. 

T       T       T 

Two  treats  invariably  greet  the  en- 
thusiasts at  the  final  Symphonv  con- 
cert. There  is  the  floral  tribute  and  the 
public  accounting  of  the  annual  deficit 
Though  the  latter  is  only  sixty-five 
thousand  this  season,  it  engendered  ru- 
mours that  the  orchestra  would  be  dis- 
continued Such  murmurings,  however 
false,  are  dangerous  in  their  general 
effect 

Inept  showmanship  has  done  much 
to  defeat  any  material  progress  of  the 
Orchestra  The  transfer  to  Dreamland 
was  not  generally  accepted  and  its  subse- 
quent change  of  date  heightened  an  al- 
ready complicated  situation  The  pro- 
grams on  the  whole  were  less  interesting 
than  those  of  the  preceeding  year,  with 
the  popular  concerts  suffering,  in  par- 
ticular, from  lack  of  attractive  qualities 

The  management  of  the  Symphony 
should  realize  that  if  brilliant  programs 
with  internationally  famous  guest  con- 
ductors are  to  be  presented  during  the 
summer  months,  then  some  pretence  ot 
maintaining  this  standard  should  be  at- 
tempted during  the  regular  season.  The 
concerts  of  Ganz,  Resphigi,  Matzenauer, 
and  Brailowsky  set  a  respectable  criterion 
which  was  not  even  aimed  at  during  the 
routine  programs. 

Popular  success  was  noticeable  at  the 
Civic  Auditorium  series  Of  the  quintet 
of  visiting  artists,  with  the  possible  ex- 
ception of  Alsen,  no  individual  shone 
This  series  should  be  closely  watched 
With  careful  management  its  success 
will  be  assured,  although  the  public  will 
not  allow  itself  to  be  duped  more  than 
twice 

It  will  probably  remain  a  mystery  why 
"America"  was  not  repeated  Provo- 
cative as  was  its  initial  hearing,  the 
smallest  tribute  to  the  composer  would 
have  been  a  second  performance  on  one 
of  the  many  "pop"  nights  when  the 
attendance  represented  little  more  than 
a  handful  of  slightly  yawning  enthusi 
asts  It  is  well  known  that  Block  has 
long  cherished  the  hope  that  he  will 
some  day  conduct  this  work  as  well  as 
other  ot  his  compositions  before  a  San 
Francisco  audience  Surely,  no  tradition 
would  be  shattered  in  tuHiling  this  desire 

The  principle  of  splitting  the  sym- 
phony pair  in  two  locations  likewise, 
does  not  seem  souni.1  The  Association 
might  accomplish  greater  success  if  they 
uncovered  a  permanent  home  where  they 
could  buikl  a  nucleus  for  a  more  orga- 
nized presentation  ot  the  concerts. 


It  money  is  not  forthcoming,  why 
does  not  this  group  invade  Oakland  for 
funds'  And  perforce,  include  our  neigh- 
boring city  in  its  routine  of  concerts  Tht 
citizenry  across  the  Bay  has  supported 
the  Chicago  Opera  Company  in  a  splen- 
did manner  and  it  seems  pitiful  that  it 
should  be  deprived  of  concerts  because 
the  evening  quota  of  work  for  the 
musicians  was  filled  with  the  inaugura- 
tion of  the  new  Dreamland  evening 
series 

Arturo  Casiglia's  valuable  work  in 
organizing  a  resident  opera  company  has 
finally  been  recognized.  This  was  per- 
haps the  most  important  civic  benefit  of 
the  musical  year  Henceforth,  local 
artists  will  be  afforded  an  opportunity 
to  develop  while  music  lo\'ers  will  be 
treated  to  consistant  and  spirited  it  not 
elaborate  operatic  fare 

T        T        ▼ 

FOR  the  approaching  summer  months 
a  most  attractive  schedule  ot  con- 
certs has  been  arranged  Molinari  will 
again  conduct  two  programs  Eugene 
Goosscns  will  make  his  long  delayed 
debut,  and  Bruno  Walter  will  wield  the 
baton  for  a  forthnight  The  ever  depend- 
able Hans  Leschke  and  Alfred  Hertz 
complete  the  directorial  list. 

A  valuable  niche  in  the  musical  life 
of  the  city  has  been  tentatively  filled  by 
the   Abas  Quartette.    In   their  six   pro- 
grams, these  musicians  ha\'e  showed  a 
genuine  enthusiasm  which,  with  more  1 
ensemble  playing,  should  eventually  fill 
the   gap   left  by   the  beloved   Persinger 
Quartet     Chamber    music    of   a    still 
higher  standard  was  given  by  the  Flon- 
zalevs  and  the  London  String  C^uartette 
although  much  ot  their  cflectivencss  a'as 
robbed  by  a  loss  ot  intimacy  between  the 
musicians   and    the    audience.    The    ar 
rangement    ot   the   Abas   group   at   the  j 
Scottish  Rite  was  most  admirable. 

Caviar   was   thrice   served   to    music 
lovers    by    Piastro    and    Hart    in    their 
sonata   evenings.   This  should   de\'elop  I 
into  a  most  necessary  luxury    Wheelci  ' 
Beckett  deser\'es  a  lusty  round  of  salvos  i 
tor  his  indefatigable  work  with  the  Chil- 
dren's Svmphon)'  Series    Here  is  a  man 
with  a  purpose  and  with  the  energy  to 
develop  his  ideas  in  the  face  ot  some  of 
the  most  ridiculous  obstacles  to  which  an 
artist  has  ever  been  subjected 

T       ▼       » 

Tin;  name  of  Tito  Schipa  prediimi- 
nates  in  all  rumours  of  the  impend- 
ing opera  season  ot  the  San  Francisco 
Opera  Association.  The  gracious  and 
glorious  Rethberg  has  consented  to  rc- 

Conliiiued  on  page  2t< 


lAY,  1929 


25 


27?^  City  at  Nights 

The  jused  symphony  oj  San  Francisco  s  lights  and  shadows  as  seen  Jrom  a  u-indow 

oj  the  Hotel  Jlark  Hopkins 


DRAWING   BY  CARLTON  MOORE 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


America  Invades  European  Courts 

Some  Highlights  of  the  1929  Tennis  Season  for  the  Casual  Observer 

By  CONSTANCE  RAMACCHIOTTI 


THE  crowd  drifts  in  slowly,  gradu- 
ally painting  the  bleachers  with 
splotches  of  vivid  color.  The 
white  flannels  of  the  men,  and  the 
women's  sport  clothes  stand  out  sharply 
in  the  sunlight  Soon  the  blank  stands 
are  transformed  into  a  seething,  restless 
mass  o(  color  and  shape  and  sound  In 
the  center  lies  the  court — the  turf  smooth 
and  darzling  under  the  blue  arch  of  the 
sky,  its  bright  green  intersected  by 
straight,  white  lines  and  the  firm  tracery 
of  the  taut  net. 

The  stage  is  set  .  .  .  up  with  the  cur- 
tain .  .  .  bring  on  the  players! 

First  on  the  program  will  be  a  tour  of 
Europe  by  Helen  Wills,  about  whom  so 
much  has  been  said  that  it  would  be 
superfluous  to  say  more,  and  Edith 
Cross,  the  attractive  young  San  Fran- 
ciscan who  gained  much  prestige  by  her 
brilliant  showing  in  the  last  national 
championships,  and  who  ranks  third 
among  the  women  players  of  the  coun- 
try. The  purpose  ol  the  tour  is  to  pro- 
mote good  will  between  the  United 
States  and  countries  of  Europe  and,  des- 
pite the  fact  that  the  charming  and  in- 
vincible pair  of  Calitornians  will  prob- 
ably defeat  their  competitors  at  every 
turn,  the  objective  will  not  be  lost.  The 
tennis  world  is  keen  to  recognize  and 
applaud  superior  playing  regardless  of 
whether  or  not  the  player  is  representing 
a  rival  country  Become  a  tennis  star  and 
sec  the  wt)rld  might  well  be  substituted 
for  the  "Join  the  Navy  "  slogan,  as  the 
itinerary  of  Miss  Wills  and  Miss  Cross 
includes  team  matches  against  Holland, 
France  and  Berlin,  to  say  nothing  ot  the 
French  national  championships,  the 
grasscourt  championship  at  Bccking- 
ham,  England,  and  the  Wimbledon 
championships 

T        T        T 

THE  greatest  tournament,  and  by  far 
the  most  colorful,  is  at  Wimbledon 
This  year  will  be  of  particular  interest 
there,  as  it  marks  the  four-hundredth 
anniversary  of  tennis  as  an  international 
sport  it  was  inaugurated  by  Henry  Vlll 
and  since  then,  in  England,  tennis  has 
been  sponsored  by  royalty  For  this  rea- 
son there  is  an  atmosphere  about  the 
Wimbledon  matches  that  we  find  no- 
where else  in  the  tennis  world.  It  is  the 
gala  social  event  of  the  tennis  season  on 
the  continent,  with  the  King  and  Queen 
or  some  member  of  the  royal  family 
presiding  in  the  royal  box  at  all  the  im- 
portant matches  during  the  tournament, 
lending  to  the  occasion  an  atmosphere 
of  dignity  such  as  only  royalty  can 
Though  Helen  Wills  is  to  be  formally 


presented  at  court  while  she  is  in  Eng- 
land, she  has  met  Queen  Mary  several 
times  at  Wimbledon,  and  was  presented 
with  a  cup  two  years  ago  by  her 
Majesty. 

T       T       T 

Frankiej>  and  Joknniej> 

America's  premier  folk-ballad  retouched  in  the 
manner   of  Swinburne. 

By  Lloyd  S.  Thompson 

There  was  Uwe  in  the  land  of  Ihe  .run.rel. 
Borne  hitjh  on  the  .rwi/t  wings  of  fate 
And  the  passion  of  Franfcie  and  Johnnie 
J  fas  the  cruel  sweet  daughter  of  hate  ' 
The  hot  pangs  of  Lust  sfiot  their  bosoms. 
The  i-oice  of  Lust  crooned,  "I  am  Loi'e" 
And  theii  swore  hy  their  qods  to  be  Jaitli- 

Jul     ' 
As  stars  up  abovej. 

But  the  purgatn'e  fire  of  suspicion', 
ir'fiite  flame  by  which  pa.rsion  seems  cold. 
Fixed  the  fierce  heart  oj  her  on  a  mission 
Of  hate  ttiat  was  centuries  old 
Dire  rumors  the  bartender  told  hei^ 
Transfigured  1, 01,'e  s  face  witli  a  sneer^ 
And  his  i'iper  tongue  spat  as  he  sold  her 
A  bucket  of  beei^ 

0  passion  that  h\'es  but  an  hour! 
0  hwe  that  endures  but  a  dag! 
0  man  with  no  heart,  but  a  bower' 
If  here  all  that  will  tarrg  mag  plag! 
Francesca,  Faustine  and  Dolore.i, 
Bright  stars  that  once  shown  in  his  .i-kg, 
ir'ere  dimmed  by  the  spurious  qlorie.f 
OJ  Iwt  Xetlie  Big 

0 couch  not  oJ  love  but  oJ sorrow, 

0  bed  made  Jor  death  and  not  kwc ', 
Fmbrace  them  who  hare  no  tomorrow 
ir'hile  doom  glowers  down  Jrom  aboi'e 
'/'he  eges  in  Ihe  transom  were  hateful. 
The  drawn  li ps  were  bloodless  and  still 
And  Franhie  the  fair  and  the  Jali'Jul 
If  as  readg  to  fcill 

Her  silken  kimono,  concealing 

Ifhite    limbs    that    once    ijuickened  liis 

breath  . 
Vnjolded  a  moment,  revealing 
Fhe  steelg  blue  engine  oJ  death 
Her  pale  finger  curled  on  its  levei^, 
The  venomous  leaden  tongue  spoken 
And  the  steel  that  stilled  ,/ohnnie  forever 
If  as  splendid  with  .iinoke  ' 

Bleak  cavern  of  iron  and  of  granite, 
(f  hoosegow  of  murk  and  of  gloom, 

1  ake  her  lovely  white  bodg  and  span  it~.' 
If  ith  chains  that  are  ruslg  with  doom; 
Her  spirit  no  dungeon  can  covei^ 
f.ithe  maid  who  in  legend  and  .rang 
Gave  the  dagliglil  entree  to  her  love/''. 
{He  was  doing  her  wrong) 


And  now  for  the  gentlemen  Always 
jTx^  in  connection  with  American  ten- 
nis the  name  Tilden  comes  first  to  one'^  j 
mind  Just  the  other  day  1  overheard  ' 
some  one  say  "of  course  Tilden  is  in 
eligible,  he  isn't  on  the  Davis  cup 
team!"  If  any  other  poor,  misinformed 
individual  is  of  this  state  of  mind,  let 
me  endeavor  to  enlighten  him.  Tilden 
is  not  playing  on  the  Davis  Cup  team 
in  the  American  zone  matches,  it  is  true, 
but  not  because  he  is  ineligible.  There 
are  several  definite  reasons,  however.  In 
the  first  place,  Tilden  cannot  go  on 
playing  tennis  forever;  evenrually  the 
United  States  will  have  to  cultivate  a 
new  group  of  Davis  Cup  aspirants,  anc 
this  year  the  committee  that  selects  the 
Davis  Cup  team  is  of  the  opinion  that 
the  United  States  can  win  the  American 
Zone  Championship  without  the  assist- 
ance of  Tilden  and  Hunter  who  are  then 
free  to  sail  for  the  continent  the  first  of 
this  month  to  participate  in  the  French 
and  British  national  championships.! 
This  will  give  the  younger  players  such 
as  Lott,  Hennesy,  Allison  and  Van 
Ryan,  from  among  whom  the  Davis 
Cup  team  will  undoubtedly  be  picked,  a; 
chance  to  show  what  they  can  do  in  the 
American  zone  matches,  which  include 
Japan,  Canada,  Mexico,  Cuba,  and  the 
United  States. 

Meanwhile,  Tilden  and  Hunter  will 
be  "title  hunting"  in  Europe  Next  to 
the  winning  of  the  Davis  Cup  challenge 
round,  the  most  co\xtcd  title  is  that  of 
the  singles  championship  of  France; 
There  are  two  reasons  for  this;  first,  iti 
has  never  been  won  by  an  American  and, 
second,  France  has  won  our  national 
championship  three  times  Tilden,  of 
course,  will  rry  for  the  singles,  and  with 
Hunter  as  his  partner  will  also  play  in 
the  dtniblcs  matches. 

The  British  Championship  at  Wim- 
bledon, to  be  played  the  last  week  in 
June,  will  be  the  next  event  on  the  pro 
gram  Then  come  the  interzonc  finab 
of  the  Davis  Cup  matches,  which  will 
be  between  the  United  States  (unless 
some  unprecedented  disaster  occurs  and' 
she  fails  to  win  the  American  zone 
matches)  and  the  winner  of  the  Euro- 
pean zone  It  is  at  this  stage  of  the  game 
that  Tilden  and  Hunter  will  undoubt- 
edly join  the  American  team  and  play  in 
the  interzone  finals  Should  the  United 
States  defeat  her  European  opponent 
she  will  meet  her  great  ri\al  France,  who 
has  been  the  holder  of  the  Davis  Cup 
title  for  the  past  two  years,  in  the  piece 
de  resistance  of  the  tennis  season,  the 
challenge    round    for   the    Davis   Cup. 


MAY,  1929 


27 


I  And  should  Tildcn  represent  the  United 
States,  he  and  Rene  La  Coste  will  again 
battle  it  out  for  world  tennis  supremacy. 
There  being  no  such  thing  as  a  Father 
Ricard  of  sports,  especially  in  tennis,  we 
will  now  have  to  stand  hy  tor  station 
announcements  via  the  sporting  sec- 
tions, tor  the  linal  scores. 

▼        ▼        T 

Jean  Michel  Frank 

Contimieil  from  paKf  17 

lias    been    created  —and     it     needs    no 
decoration." 

"So  you  feel  that  the  message  of  mod- 
I  em  art  lies  in  simplification?" 
I      "Modern  art!  There,  again,  is  some- 
1  thing    I    detest.    E\'erybody    prates    ot 
1  modern,  modern,  modern.  Why  all  this 
1  modern?    Is   not   everything   ot    today, 
modern?  Give  me  the  best  examples  ot 
[  any  period  and  you  will  find  that  they 
(it  into  our  surroundings  today.   Give 
me  your  had  ancient  art  and  it  fits  no- 
where 

"1  have  no  quarrel  with  good  antiques 
— but  1  greatly  dislike  commercial  copies 
of  period  turniture.  And  since  good 
period  things  are  almost  impossible  to 
obtain,  why  should  we  compromise  on 
poor  copies  when  we  may  create  genuine 
articles  that  meet  our  present  mode  ot 
living' 

"Hotels,  steamships,  public  buildings 
— all  should  have  things  that  are  made 
today  to  meet  present  needs.  In  the  first 
place,  they  can  not  hope  to  recreate 
actual  ancient  settings — so  why  should 
they  not  be  honest — and  appropriate.  I 
look  forward  to  the  day  when  an  ele- 
vator shall  be  an  elevator  and  not  a 
grotesque  imitation  ot  a  French  carriage. 
"In  the  home  it  is  different.  There  one 
gathers  about  him  treasures  from  differ- 
ent times  and  places.  It  is  a  personal 
background.  It  needs  the  same  blend  ot 
tradition  and  current  influence  that  goes 
to  make  up  a  cultured  personality. 

"One  of  the  most  perfect  rooms  I 
have  ever  seen  had  in  it  Chinese  objects, 
tanagra,  Cenanne,  Louis  Sieze,  Gothic — 
everything  that  expressed  the  personality 
of  the  owner.  All  were  combined  with 
exquisite  taste  in  a  room  the  walls  of 
which  were  plain  plaster,  not  even 
painted.  But  it  is  the  room  of  a  great 
collector,  a  man  of  rare  taste  and  judg- 
ment No  less  person  could  dare  to  do 
the  things  he  has  done.  Another  would 
not  have  been  able  to  blend  the  widely 
separated  elements  into  one  personality 
— and  in  the  final  analysis,  a  successful 
room  is  in  itself  but  a  personality. 

"A  beautiful  room  is  like  the  costume 
of  a  beautifully  gowned  woman.  It  is  a 
perfect  setting  for  its  owner  The  details 
should  not  intrude  themselves — but  it 
should  not  be  cold  and  austere.  Who 
wants  to  live  in  a  garage'  A  room  is  for 
living.  It  should  be  warm  and  alive,  like 
a  friend  to  whom  one  tells  secrets." 


EN'S  vacation  attire  in 
selections  that  include 
every  requirement,  and  various 
features  that  are  strictly  exclusive 


hand-tailored 
ready-tailored  4-pc.  suits 

flannel  trousers         sport  coats 

imported  shirts  english  foulard  ties 

McAfees  london-made  shoes 


51  GRANT  AVENUE 
SANiFRANCISCO 


28 


George  Stevenson 

J^faitre  d'i/otel  fif*, 


Oavs: 


T 


/^UNCHEON  has  become  the  most 
N^leisurely  event  of  the   day — a 
two-hour  afFair  with  another  hour 
to  gossip  in  the  coffee  room. 

The  most  interesting  display  of 
jewels  used  to  flash  at  night,  but  are 
now  often  seen  at  noon.  The  well- 
dressed  woman  these  days  parades 
the  new  frock  between  i  2  and  3. 

There's  a  mellow  atmosphere, 
charmingly  combined  with  unob- 
trusive service  and  excellent  cuisine, 
that  makes  the  Fontainebleau  Din- 
ing Salon  a  favorite  rendezvous  for 
fashionable  luncheons." 


HOTE 


I 


,r?aKf> 


POWELL  AT   SUTTER 

San   Francisco 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

Up  AND  down,  back  and  forth, 
M  Frank  moved,  paced,  ges- 
ciculatcJ  His  tea  grew  cold.  His  rye 
toast  was  gnawed  by  wiry  fingers  while 
his  eyes  searched  for  our  reactions,  his 
quick  gestures  halting  too  hasty  conclu- 
sions And  as  he  spoke  it  was  easy  to  see 
why  he  propounded  no  theories  of  art, 
why  he  avoided  all  discussion  of  modes 
and  mannerisms. 

It  has  been  said  of  Jean-Michel  Frank 
that,  while  the  work  of  other  leading 
decorators  invariably  shows  an  emphasis 
of  color,  design  or  some  other  one 
factor  of  decoration,  in  his  alone  is  sim- 
plicity achieved  in  the  balance  of  many 
qualities  There  is  in  the  rooms  he 
creates  an  element  of  restraint  and  highly 
sophisticated  taste,  the  conscious  as- 
sumption of  essentials  of  comfort  and 
beauty. 

Frank  and  his  work  may  be  regarded 
as  particular  products  of  the  present  age, 
that  is,  of  the  present  from  the  conti- 
nental point  of  view.  He  treats  life  as 
the  appreciation  of  the  tew  approaching 
perfections  possible  in  a  cluttered  world.  | 
He   meets  the  sophistication   of  today  ' 
with  a  stern  selectivity  that  admits  only  1 
the  cream  of  past  achievement  and  the 
best  of  contemporary  work .  He  stands  as 
a  stern  arbiter  of  decorative  simplicity. 

T        T        ▼ 

Another  Year  of  Music 

Continued  fnun  pagf  ii-i 

turn  and  with  her  come  Lauri-Volpi,  j 
Kathryn  Meisle,  Nina  Morgana,  Guis-  > 
seppe  de  Luca,  and  Danise.  The  reper- 
toire will  introduce  no  startling  novel- 
ties, depending  rather  on  such  favorites 
as  "Boheme,"  "Aida,"  "Trovatore," 
"Manon,"  and  "Barber  of  Seville."  The 
two  nonpcrennials  of  the  season  will  be 
"Gianni  Schichi"  and  "Elixir  of  Lite." 

With  the  gradual  invasion  of  musical 
subjects  by  the  synchroni-cd  pictures, 
much  may  be  anticipated  during  the  sea- 
son of  1929-1930  Already  seven  operas 
have  been  scheduled  and  virtually  every 
principal  artist  of  the  musical  stage  has 
been  approached  by  blank  checks  and 
fountain  pens  from  Hollywood  The 
more  popular  shore  operas  as  well  as 
"Johnny  Spielt  Auf"  are  already  in 
preparation  and  may  be  ready  for 
simultaneous  presentation  with  our  own 
opera  season. 

Musical  impressarios  will  do  well  to 
curtail  an\'  sneers  This  will  be  the  last 
year  that  opera  will  have  a  limited  sea- 
son. From  now  on,  in  its  synchronized 
form,  it  will  be  always  available  for  the 
people,  at  popular  prices  and  whenever 
they  choose  to  hear  it. 


MAY,  1929 


29 


Now  It  Can  Be  Sold 
By 

Tlic  Girl  Who  Put  the  Auto  in 
Autobiography 

CHARACTERS 

Da\cy  Jones 

Simon  and  Schuster,  Publishers 
A   Book-of-thc-Month-Club  Judge 
The   Scene   is  Davey  Jones'   Locker. 
As  the  curtain  rises  Davey  is  singing. 
No  ships  are  sinkin' 
— And  I'm  athinkin' 
Of  takin'  to  the  air; 
The  sea  is  pallin' 
Since  planes  are  tallin' 
So  I'll  move  right  up  there. 
Simon   and   Schuster   enter   arm    in 
arm.  They  are  follou'ed  by  the  Book-of- 
the-Month-Club  Judge. 

Simon  and  Schuster;  We  arc  Simon 
and  Schuster,  inv-entors  of  the  Cross 
Word  Puzzle. 

Dan'ey  Jones  ;  Which  is  which? 
Simon:  1  am  horizontal. 
Schuster;  I  am  vertical. 
Simon  and  Schuster  ;  We  are  a  five- 
letter  word  meaning  wonderful.  (They 
hand  each  other  a  bouquet  oj  seaiveed.) 
Book-of-the-Month-Club  Judge  ; 
I  am  a  Book-ot-the-N4onth-Club  Judge. 
1  tell  our  members  which  book  to  read 


As  To  Books 

Ih  BETH  WENDEL 

each  month, 

Davey  Jones;  (incredulous)  Do  the 
members  read  a  book  every  month? 

Book-of-the-Month-Club  Judge; 
Certainly  not,  but  we  send  a  review  with 
each  book,  so  they  read  the  leview  and 
put  the  book  in  the  library.  We  have 
?5,oi5o  members. 

Simon  and  Schuster  ;  And  the  Book- 
of-the-Month  tor  March  was  a  Simon 
and  Schuster  book.  75,000  copies  right 
there!  (They  kiss  each  other,  join  hands, 
and  dance  about  the  Judge.) 

Book-of-the-Month-Club  Judge; 
Remember  what  we  came  for!  Our 
honor  is  at  stake. 

Simon  and  Schuster  ;  When  you  men- 
tioned 75,000  copies,  we  forgot  every- 
thing. Davey  Jones,  we  need  an  affidavit 
from  you  to  convince  our  public  of 
75,000  that  Joan  didn't  fib. 

Davey  Jones;  Wal,  blokes,  when  you 
go  in  a  fishin'  boat  for  jist  one  day,  you 
start  lyin'  when  you  get  home!  Wal, 
what  kin  you  expect  of  a  gal  who  was 
aboard  for  seventeen  years? 

Book-of-the-Month-Club  Judge: 
Why  even  Heywood  Broun  was  con- 
vinced of  its  authenticity. 

Simon  and  Schuster  ;  The  boy  grows 
older  .  .  . 


Book-of-the-Month-Clud  Judge; 
Is  it  true  that  she  said,  "goddamned 
wind,"  when  she  was  two  years  old? 

Davey  Jones  ;  I  heard  her  myself. 

Simon  and  Schuster;  Is  it  true  that 
she  could  spit  as  far  as  any  Swede  could? 

Davey  Jones  ;  I  got  it  right  in  the  eye. 

BoOK-OF-THE-MoNTH-Ct.Un  JuDGE  ; 

Was  she  able  to  hand,  reef,  and  steer? 

Davey  Jones;  Sure  She  waited  table 
for  the  Rotary  Club. 

Simon  and  Schuster  ;  Did  a  lady  of 
joy  from  Brisbane  tell  her  that  she  was 
a  bloody  pretty  kid? 

Davey  Jones;  Wal,  she  played  with 
Charlie  Chaplin 

Book-of-the-Month-Ci-ub  Judge  ; 
Is  it  true  that  she  learned  about  women 
from  the  insides  of  a  shark? 

Davey  Jones  ;  No,  Skipper,  that  was 
a  whale! 

Simon  and  Schuster  ;  Oh,  this  is  ter- 
rible! Our  Inner  Sanctum  will  no  longer 
be  sacred!  We  asked  her  to  Broadcast 
an  explanation,  but  she  refuses  to  say 
a  word ! 

Davey  Jones  ;  Why? 

Book-of-the-Month-Club  Judge; 
You  leally  must  become  a  Member, 
Davey  Jones    Haven't  you  read  about 

Continued  on  page  32 


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Mrs.  Edward  Dexter  Knight, 

President  o/ the  If'e.rtern  Women's  Cluh 


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a  perfect  two  weeks' 

. ,.says  noted  club  leader  of 
the  Malolo^s  May  18  cruise 


As  ONK  who  has  traveletl  vvidelv, 
Jr\.  Airs.  Ktlward  Dexter  Knight, 
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Never  before  could  you  enjoy  a 
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the  Alatson  Line  can  offer  a  'per- 
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Malolo." 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

Hollywood 

By  Beth  Sherwood 

Bailer  out  of  laughs  on  tin  trays  .  .  . 
And  custard  pie  spreading  over  a  man's 

face  .  .  , 
The  Punch  and  Judy  city  of  the  world  .  .  . 

City  of  diamond-covered  women 

Men,  gray  with  the  ardor  of  a  mil- 
lion fade-outs  .  .  . 

Children,  painting  faces  stiff  with 
grease  paint 

Wiping  tired  Kleig  eyes  on  the  back 
of  a  powdered  hand  .  .  . 
City  of  stars  STARS  .  .  . 

"More  Stars  Than  There  Are  in  Heaven" 
Yes  .  .  .  but  what  about  the  dead  worlds? 
The  black  bits  of  nothingness 

That  once  were --worlds? 
Do  they  count? 

Sadie  Miller  was  a  pretty  girl  in  Wichita, 
Kansas  .  .  . 
She  had  many  beaus 
And  sat  on  the  piazza 
Of  a  Sunday  evening 
GO  to  it  .  .  .  Sadie  .  .  . 
Knock  'em  all  dead  .  .  .  dead  .  .  . 
Sadie    slings    cheap    coffee    and    soggy 

biscuits 
On  the  board  walk  at  Venice  .  .  . 
Go  to  it  .  .  .  old  girl  ... 
Elmer  Ruggle  was  the  town  sheik  .  .  . 
Pitter-patter  went  the  girls'  hearts 
And  Elmer  shovels  coal 
In  a  big  truck 
And  takes  out  the  missus  and  the  five 

kids 
Of  a  Sunday  evening  .  .  . 
EXTRA— EXTRA .  .  . 
7.50  a  day 

And  you  wait  in  the  rain 
For  the  scene  that  never  comes  ... 
"Sorry,     but    we    have    no     vacancies 

today  ..." 
And    another    hope    dies    in    a    yoiin>; 
heart  ...  I 

"TOO  THIN"  i 

Potatoes  . . .  milkshakes  .  . .  last  dimes  . . 

"TOO  FAT" 

And  a  steam  roller  or  an  automobile 
flattens  them  out  ...  I 

CAMERA  ...  I 

And  they  tear  madly  atound  the  set 
"Oh,  for  a  close  up  so  that  .  .  .  director 

could  see  my  talent"  .  .  . 
"Look  for  me,   Mother,   after  the  biu 

love  scene  ..." 
"1  reckon  it  must  have  been  taken  out, 

dear,  I  couldn't  hnd  you   and   Paw'ii 

1  went  three  times  ..." 
Cog  in  the  wheel  of  the  red  white  and 

blue  merry-go-round  . 
The  ofl-key  notes  in   the   blare  ol   chi; 

jazz  band  .  .  . 
Hope  is  born  every  bright  morning 
And  goes  with  the  sore  feet  each  night  . 
Still  they  go  on  .  .  .  on  .  .  . 
There    must    be    a    break    coming  .  . 

GOD     .  .  God  .  .  . 
"Report  tomorrow  morning  at  6  a.m." 


MAY,  1929 


31 


And  rhc  alarm  clock  doesn't  go  off  .  .  . 
Oh,  the  lure  of  a  gas-filled  room  .  .  . 
And  the  cold  tacc  ol  the  ocean 
Is  asking  for  a  kiss  .  .  . 

HoUyvx'ood  .  .  . 

Glamorous  city  of  orange  trees  .  .  . 
City  ot  laughter  and  glycerine  tears  . 
City  ot  stars  and  boulevards  and  pistol 

shots  in  the  night  .  .  . 
City  of  Youth  .  .  . 
Youth  in  its  futility  .  .  . 
The  brass  magnet  has  drawn  Youth 
Out  of  its  front  piazzas 
I  And  its  grocery  stores  .  .  . 
Pulls  them  .  .     with  long,  thin  feelers 
Pulls  them  with    \i\'id    promises  of  6 

inch  letters  and  pink  bungalows     .  ^ 
Shows   them    her    bare    body    and    her 

shapely  legs  .  .  . 
Shows  chem  her  pasteboard  jewels  and 

her  green  absinthe. 
But  oh,  how  soon  she  steps  on  them  .  .  . 
Crushing  their  young  hearts  and  their 

young  mouths  .  .  . 
Stay  at  home  .  .  .  Youth 
Stay  on  your  front  piazzas 
And  let  your  heart  go  pitter-patter 
For  the  village  sheik  .  .  . 
I  Stay  at  home  and  mow  your  hay 
1  In  your  pink  sunbonnet  .  .  . 
For  the  color  will  last  longer  than  the 

bungalows  .  .  . 
O  YOUTH  .  . . 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  United  States 
Are  going  to  the  movies  today  .  .  . 
Taking  their  forty-eight  children  .  .  . 
Laughter  and  tears  on  a  gray  screen  .  .  . 
Laughter  and  tears  in  the  hot,   grimy 

audience  .  .  . 
Laughter  and  tears  .  .  . 

▼       T       T 

Encounter 

Continued  from  page  IS 

Julie;  But  you  sail  tomorrow  and  I'll 
see  you  no  more — We  won't  have  a 
chance —  (They  embrace  and  both  are 
near  to  tears.  Juan  is  distraught). 
Juan:  I  am  only  small  officer 

Julie  ;  You  were  so  silly,  Juan,  not  to  tell 
me. 

Juan.  I   am  idiot.   I   was  afraid.   You 
know,  Julie,  always  I  shall  think  of 
you — lost  to  me,  lost    It  only  I  am 
commander  I  sail  nevaire. 
The  next  day  at  luncheon  at  the  Ritz, 

Julie  Hay  confides   in  a  young  female 

zontemporary . 

Julie  :  He  was  so  divine,  my  dear.  You 
can't  imagine  how  he  kissed  one's 
hand,  like  a  German  officer  saluting 
the  Kaiser,  quickly  you  know,  with 
clicking  heels.  Eyes  do  burn,  my  dear, 
they  do  And  imagine,  his  sense  of 
humor.  This  morning  1  received  a 
box  of  gardenias — white — ah  !  so  de- 
testably white — for  purity,  I  suppose. 
My  dear,  don't  you  think  I  should 
drop  him  a  note  and  explain  .  .  . 
somehow? 


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^  Fine  Chest-on-Chest 

of  the  J^te  Jacobean  "Period 

CT/JJiTH  the  accession  or  Charles  II  to  the 
^-*^  throne  of  England  in  i66o,  the  stern  fru- 
gality imposed  during  the  Cromwellian  era 
gave  way  to  a  decided  gayety  and  luxury. 
The  love  of  dress  and  the  magnificence  of  the 
court  of  Louis  XIV,  which  Charles  II  had  ad- 
mired as  an  exile,  spread  to  England.  Furni- 
ture became  more  ornamental.  And  with  this 
development  came  logically  enough  the  evolu- 
tion ot  the  chest-on-chest,  as  a  more  con- 
venient receptacle  for  the  delicate  and  perish- 
able silks  and  laces  then  in  vogue. 

Another  immediate  result  in  the  realm  of 
furniture  design  was  the  rebirth  of  naturalistic 
motifs  and  the  evolution  of  English  marquetry, 
as  illustrated  in  the  pictured  chest-on-chest, 
with  its  elaborate  marquetry  inlay  ot  birds, 
carnations,  tulips  and  roses. 


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THE  daily  grooming  of  young  Jun- 
ior anj  his  inevitable  downfall  is  a 
never-ending  discouragement  to  his  fond 
mother  .  .  .  yet  it  is  a  comfort  to  know 
that  the  outer  layer  of  grime  cannot  quite 
efface  the  good  taste  of  his  play,  school 
or  dress-up  clothes.  Better  to  have  him 
look  like  a  fallen  princeling  than  a 
stiffly  starched  urchin. 


B^A 


LITTLE  SISTER,  too,  being  a  true  mod- 
j  ern,  plays  right  along  with  her 
brothers  to  the  sorrow  of  her  immacu- 
late play  suits  But  then,  what's  the  fun 
of  being  the  youngest  in  the  family  if 
one  can't  play  without  having  to  con- 
sider such  necessary  evils  as  clothes. 
Fortunately  for  this  point  of  view,  the 
children  of  today  are  perhaps  the  most 
fortunate  in  history  as  far  as  their 
clothes  comfort  is  concerned  Play  suits 
are  really  just  what  they  are  named  .  .  . 
sturdily  built  for  active  pleasures 
and  it  doesn't  matter  how  grimy  they 
get  because  soap  and  water  always  re- 
scores  them. 


PEGTOP  chambrays  and  checks  are  the 
feminine  uniform  for  playtime 
(although  the  most  masculine  little  boy 
would  be  pardoned  for  not  knowing 
something  was  being  put  over  on  him) 
But  to  save  his  dignity  there  are  regular 
little  boy  suits  with  very  straight  up- 
and-down,  unmistakably  masculine 
trousers  in  washable  fabrics  that  can 
climb  fences,  shinny  trees,  navigate  pud- 
dles and  slide  bannisters  with  astound- 
ing virility  There  are  also  knee  length 
two-piece  effect  suits  that  suggest  days 
at  the  beach,  and  inexpensive  printed 
frocks  that  may  go  to  kindergarten,  too 


FOR  school  days  and  more  formal  mo- 
ments there  arc  adorably  feminine 
high-waisted  prints  with  bertha  collars 
of  stiff,  starchily  prim  organdie  that  ties 
in  back  .  .  .  there  are  button-on  skirt 
and  blouse  dresses  demurely  tom-boyish 
.  .  .  printed  pinafores,  smocked  and  em- 
broidered. Sweaters  matched  or  con- 
trasted with  brief  jersey  shorts  are  a 
really-truly  boys'  costume  that  may  be 
worn  with  the  beloved  beret  Knitted 
suits  relieve  the  stigma  that  has  always 
been  associated  with  dress-up  clothes  to 
the  uncivilized  ages  of  two  to  six  year 
old  men.  Though,  these  suits,  of  course, 
are  not  strictly  formal. 


TWEED  COATS,  Very  tailored  and 
swagger  as  to  line,  and  miniature 
replicas  of  grown-up  British  top  coats  are 
always  in  excellent  taste.  And,  of  course, 
midshipman  outfits  in  navy  serge  have 
become  classics  in  the  world  of  well 
dressed  children.  Pride  of  appearance  may 
be  instilled  at  a  very  tender  age.  When 
children  take  such  a  normal  pleasure  in 
"dressing  up"  (chough  most  little  boys 
naturally  must  preserve  a  rough-and- 
ready  exterior  in  loyalty  to  their  older 
brothers)  it  is  a  pity  not  to  develop  good 
taste  when  such  a  fertile  field  is  offered 
to  your  guidance.  The  White  House  has 
helped  to  raise  three  generations  of  chil- 
dren in  the  traditions  of  well  bred 
exteriors. 

TFCLA  PKARLs,  of  coursc,  havc  noth- 
ing whatsoever  to  do  with  little 
boys,  but  with  girls  .  .  .  that's  an  en- 
tirely different  matter.  Little  strands, 
just  like  little  girls,  can  grow  up  until 
at  eighteen  the  full  fledged  debutante 
has  a  complete  set  (earrings,  too)  that 
will  be  the  envy  of  her  contemporaries. 
Because  Teclas,  created  in  our  Paris 
laboratories,  have  ageless  beauty,  just 
like  ocean  pearls  A  direct  representative 
from  New  York  is  in  charge  of  The 
White  House  Tecla  Shop. 


ADVORTISEMI 


As  To  Books 

Continued  from  page  29 

the  Lowells  from  Boston?  Joan  is  a 
Lowell,  and  the  Lowells  sneak  only  to 
God. 

[Simon  and  Schuster  hide  their  noses.) 
Curtain. 
"The  Cradle  of  the  Deep,"   by  Joan 
Lowell.  Simon  and  Schuster,  Publishers. 

▼       T       T 

EDWIN  Arlington  Robinson,  as  al- 
ways, presents  a  precious  gift  with 
a  grand  simplicity. 

Cavender's  House  couples  poetic 
beauty  with  narrative  strength,  sacri- 
ficing the  quality  of  neither. 

The  theme  of  the  poem,  wrapped  in  a 
veil  of  sombre  mystery,  moves  clearly 
and  directly. 

In  his  silent,  empty  house,  Cavender 
searches  the  engulfing  darkness  of  black 
memories    The  flickering  embers  of  his 
charred  brain,  conjure  the  presence  of  his 
dead  wife,  in  her  living  form.  She  talks 
to  him,   taunts  him,   mocks  him,   and  '' 
finally    draws    him    to    the    cliff,    from  t 
which  he  hurled  her  young  body,  years  ] 
before. 

Her  voice,  speaking  to  Cavender,  is 
the  frenzied  voice  of  his  own  reason, 
struggling  with  the  haunting  doubt  of 
her  guilt.  But  that  question  of  guilt, 
uttered  by  himself,  can  not  be  answered 
by  him. 

There,  on  the  cliff,  with  hope  of  an 
answer  fast  vanishing,  Cavender  is 
tempted  by  the  probable  peace  of  the  ' 
rocks  below.  Yet  that  hope  of  an  answer 
still  beckons  from  unsearched  corners  of 
the  dark  house,  where  a  revelation  may 
somewhere  lie,  waiting  to  end  his  tor- 1 
ment.  Then,  in  the  tragid  end  ... 

.  .  .  this,  could  not  he  peace  that  frightened  him 
With  wonder,  coming  Hke  a  stranger,  slowly. 
Without  a  shape  or  name,  and  unannounced 
As  if  a  door  hehind  him  in  the  dark. 
And  once  not  there,  had  opened  silently,  I 

Or  as  il  Laramie  had  answered  him. 

Throughout  the  poem,  Robinson  em- 
ployes a  repetition  of  words  and  phrases, 
that  seem  an  outstretched  hand,  firmly  | 
guiding  the  story  through  its  maze  of  i 
mental  twists  and  turns 
"Cavender's   House,  "    by   Edwin   Ar-  ; 
lington  Robinson.  The  Macmillan  Co  . 
Publishers. 

▼      T       ▼ 

BETWEEN  generations,  there  is  always 
lack  of  compromise.  This  conflict 
of  eras,  intensified  by  a  personal  hostil- 
ity, is  the  main  theme  of  Dark,  Hester. 

Cli\c,  the  husband  of  Hester,  and  son 
of  Monica,  is  deeply  loved  by  both  wo-  i 
men   He  is  a  buffet  for  their  incompata-  ' 
bility,  but  devoted  to  each,  he  shares  his 
sympathies  and  understanding. 

Hester  is  modern  and  Monica  clings 
to  yesterday.  Monica's  back-ground,  to 
Hester,  seems  an  obsolete  past;  Hester's 
creed  and  code,  to  Monica,  arc  profane 

The  mother  leaves  her  nice  old  period 


MAY,  1929 

pieces,  and  mellow  chintz,  to  visit  her 
son's  ultra-modern  home,  and  his  ultra- 
modern child 

Hester,  a  disjipleot  new  furniture  and 
new  child  psychology,  sits  in  an  angular 
chair  and  teaches  her  son  the  facts  of  lite. 
She  resents  the  confusion  created  hy 
Grandma,  who  clings  to  fairy  tales  and 
antiquated  explanations 

Monica  is  infuriated  hy  Hester's 
antagonism,  and  Hester  makes  her 
mother-in-law  the  symbol  of  a  despised 
tvpe. 

The  battle  of  age  and  idea  is  perhaps 
secondary  to  the  struggle  for  love's 
greater  share.  Clive  and  Monica  and 
Hester  all  learn  that  love  often  must  be 
divided,  whether  or  not  it  is  possible  for 
each  part  to  remain  integral 

Anne  Sedgwick  has  all  the  subtlety 
and  deftness  of  a  finished  artist.  Her  por- 
traits of  women  are  more  compelling 
than  her  portraits  of  men,  probably  be- 
cause they  are  preferred  subjects. 

Her  minor  stories  stride  evenly  with 
the  main  plot,  creating  a  smooth,  com- 
plete novel 

"D.\rk:   Hester,"    by   Anne  Sedgwick 
Houghton,  Mifflin  Co.,  Publishers. 

T       T       T 

"T~'he     True     He.'^rt,"     by     Sylvia 

JL  Townsend  Warner,  is  an  ironic 
fantasy  Sukey  Bond,  an  orphan  asylum 
girl,  becomes  a  servant  on  an  Essex 
farm,  where  she  successfully  utilizes  her 
genius  for  obedience. 

There  she  learns  to  love  Eric,  a  light, 
graceful,  aloof  young  man,  whose  in- 
congruous presence  on  the  farm  has  a 
devastating  explanation 

"She  loved  him  so  much  that  she 
was  abashed  to  ask  tor  anything,"  but 
when  he  is  forced  to  leave  her,  she  pur- 
sues him  and  they  are  finally  united  in 
their  pathetic  world  apart. 

The  story  has  a  definite  fairy  tale 
quality,  and  is  written  with  rare  delicacy 
and  charm  The  bare  plot  borders  on  the 
ridiculous,  but  the  skill  of  Miss  Warner's 
handling,  keeps  it  safely  fantastic. 
Throughout  the  book  there  is  unusual 
human  perception  and  exquisite  natural 
j  description 

!       The  principal  characters  are  all  fairy 

,  tale-ish  Eric's  mother,  a  proud  creature, 

j  beautiful  and  heartless,  whose  pride  is 

insanely   whetted  by  a  social   disgrace, 

lends  the  "bad  fairy"  atmosphere. 

The  "kind  fairies"  are  Constantine 
and  Emily  Melhuish,  persons  of  high 
birth,  who  aid  Sukey  in  her  darling  fool's 
errand  to  the  Queen. 

Sukey's  innocence  and  goodness  are 
traditionally  protective,  but  in  a  novel 
way.  Her  fervent  childishness  and 
pathetic  desires  are  stirring. 

The  book  is  intensely  interesting  and 
succeeds  in  keeping  a  beautiful  romance 
essentially  intelligent. 
"The  True  Heart,"  by  Sylvia  Town- 
send  Warner.  The  Viking  Press,  Pub- 
lishers. T    T    T 


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SPARKLING,  absorbing  shore  visits  in  ten  vividly  beautiful  Latin- 
American  Lands  distinguish  the  cruise-tour  of  the  Panama 
Mail  to  New  York.  .  .  .  There  Is  no  boredom  .  .  .  no  monotony  .  .  . 
only  restful  days  at  sea  amid  the  thousand  comforts  of  luxurious 
liners,  interspersed  with  never-to-be-forgotten  sojourns  in  Mexico, 
Guatemala,  Salvador,  Nicaragua,  Panama,  Colombia  and  Havana. 

Your  trip  on  the  Panama  Mail  becomes  a  complete  vacation.  .  .  .  For 
twenty-eight  days  your  ship  is  your  home  ...  on  tropic  seas  under 
the  gleaming  Southern  Cross  ...  in  quaint  ports  in  history's  hallowed 
lands.  .  .  .  And  yet  the  cruise-tour  costs  no  more  than  other  routes 
whereon  speed  overshadows  all  else  .  .  .  which  do  not  include  The 
Lands  of  Long  Ago.  .  .  .  The  first  class  fare  to  New  York — outside 
cabin,  bed,  not  berth,  and  meals  included  is  as  low  as  $275. 

Frequent  sailings — every  two  weeks  from  San  Francisco  and  Los 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE  smart  thing  now,  is  to  eat 
luncheon  about  one  thirty — look 
your  best  and  watch  the  others" 
— said  Marge,  who  has  just  arrived  from 
New  York. 

"Alright" — said  we,  and  took  her 
into  the  swanky  Sir  Francis  Drake  Fon- 
tainbleau  Room.  Luncheon  is  their 
feature,  and  w'ell  deserves  to  be.  Marge 
was  impressed.  First,  we  had  Supreme 
of  Fruit — choice  slices  of  fruits,  sur- 
rounded by  a  sea  of  green  shaved  ice — 
never  had  we  seen  anything  cooler, 
prettier,  and  more  appetizing.  Marge 
exclaimed,  "Oh,  why  they  don't  serve 
this  at  the  Ritz!" 

At  which  we  chuckled,  knowing  what 
else  would  follow.  Crab-leg  Saute  Sec, 
under  glass,  was  our  chosen  entree.  It  is 
heavenly,  and  no  other  person  can  make 
it  as  the  chef  at  the  Sir  Francis  Drake 
can — dry,  succulent,  aromatic,  fresh  crab 
meat.  We  ended  with  Oriental  Souffle 
which  is  a  gorgeous,  colorful  combina- 
tion of  biscuite  ice  cream,  soufik,  hollow 
orange  shell,  and  a  heap  of  spun  sugar. 
We  gossiped -- watched  the  smartly 
dressed  women,  and  clean-cut  men, 
idled  over  our  coffee,  then  departed  We 
had  many  things  to  show  Marge  before 
tea  time. 

T       T       T 

WH  WALKED  down  Post  street  from 
Powell,  looking  in  windows 
when  suddenly  Marge  stopped,  and 
fairly  gasped — "1  have  never  seen  any- 
thing more  beautiful  in  my  life."  She 
was  spell-bound  before  Henry  Hart's 
displav  of  Chinese  pewter — finely  carved 
regal  old  pieces,  encrusted  with  bits  of 
jade,  agate,  and  amethyst.  Beautiful  old 
compotes,  pitchers  and  covered  urns.  To 


Marge,  they  breathed  mystery  and 
romance. 

Finally  we  urged  her  on,  and  went 
into  Shreves,  looking  for  a  wedding 
present.  There  were  some  perfectly 
stunning  antique  four-branch  Sheffield 
siK'cr  candle  sticks.  They  were  really 
old,  made  in  England  in  iSoo,  and  of  a 
most  unusual  design  The  three  ex- 
tended branches  swirled  gracefully 
around  the  center  branch,  then  rep.ched 
outward.  Marge  said  that  she  had  never 
found  a  better  example  of  early  nine- 
teenth century  Sheffield,  even  on  Madi- 
son avenue.  However,  we  did  not  get 
them  for  the  wedding  present. 

From  here  we  wandered  through  de- 
partment stores — and  found  a  haven  of 
rest  in  O'Connor  and  Moffatt's  new 
Smoke  Room.  Enormous  chintz  cov- 
ered chairs  with  ottomans,  ready  for  us 
to  sprawl  in — which  we  did — after  we 
had  extracted  our  favorite  brands  from 
the  cigarette  slot  machine.  There  is  a 
quiet,    cheerful    calm    about    the    room 

that  is  a  boon  to  weary  shoppcrs. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

WHEN  we  had  recovered,  we  started 
out  once  more — across  Union 
Square — and  you  should  have  heard 
Marge  exclaim  about  the  wide  beds  of 
tulips  and  pansies — she  was  enthralled. 
However,  we  reached  Post  street  again. 
The  flowers  gave  Marge  the  urge  for 
summer  clothes,  so  we  took  her  to  May 
Walsh's.  Her  lovely  Liberty  prints 
make  one  think  of  green  lawns,  shade 
trees,  and  limitless  sunshine.  Liberty 
designs  are  rare  designs,  printed  on  raw 
silk  in  warm,  blended  colors.  Gay 
scarfs  bearing  English  hunting  scenes, 
or  vivid  flowers  add  a  distinctive  touch 


to  a  plain  sports  outfit.  Then  the  dresses 
made  of  Liberty  silks  are  slick — very 
simple  and  beautifully  tailored  to  ac- 
centuate the  glorious  designs  of  the 
materials.  Marge  couldn't  resist  them. 
From  May  Walsh's  we  continued 
down  Post  street,  but  did  not  get  very 
far.  Lee  Eleanor  Graham's  window 
stopped  us.  Here,  was  a  display  of  crude 
Mexican  pottery  made  of  that  rich  red- 
brown  clay,  devoid  of  all  decoration, 
refreshing  in  its  utter  simplicity  of  shape. 
Rough  pitchers  used  as  water  carriers  by 
the  peons;  big,  straight-sided  cups,  flat 
plates,  poulki  jugs — primitive,  useful 
things  that  would  be  ideal  on  a  porch, 
or  in  a  summer  lodge.  Something  en- 
tirely different — and  inexpensive.  Marge 
thought. 

T       ▼       T 

A  CROSS  the  street,  we  indulged  in  an 
_l~\_  orgy  of  brash  color  and  design. 
William  D.  McCann  displayed  glorious 
peasant  cloths  in  flower  and  modernistic 
patterns.  One  piece  particularly,  took 
Marge's  eye.  It  was  made  of  coarse 
Italian  linen — a  mustard  background, 
tawny  trailing  leaves,  intermingled  with 
blue,  mauve,  and  rose  flowers  suggestive 
of  lazy  Florentine  days,  mouldering 
walls,  and  ancient  gardens. 

We  hated  to  leave  these  Post  street 
shops  with  their  definite  personality  and 
charm,  but  it  was  tea  time,  and  we  had 
to  be  at  the  Mark  Hopkins  at  four  "to 
quaft  the  fragrant  cup"  with  friends, 
and  gossip  of  the  day's  c\-ents  Marge 
disappeared,  then  came  back  in  a  great 
flutter,  bursting  with  news  of  a  dis- 
covery. She  hurried  us  down  to  the 
Arcade,  back  to  a  far  corner  and  into 
Kathleen    Rutledgc's    Shop — where    to 


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Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


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our  joy  wc  found  a  veritable  treasure 
chest  ol  divine  underwear.  Soft,  hand- 
made, intricately  embroidered  night- 
gowns, pajamas,  and  step-ins.  Miss 
liutledgc  has  all  of  her  lingerie  made  of 
hand-loomed  silks  in  Shanghai  under 
the  supervision  ot  her  partner.  In  this 
way  the  underwear  is  modern  in  design, 
and  fits  the  smart  American  woman's 
trim  figure.  A  new  stock  had  just  come 
from  the  Orient,  and  Marge  indulged 
in  an  exquisite  pair  ot  shell  pink  step-ins 
daintily  embroidered  with  morning 
glories,  and  snugly  tailored  at  the  hips. 
The  unusual  part  about  this  lingerie  is 
that  it  is  as  lovely  after  laundering  as 
before.  No  wonder  Marge  was  thrilled. 
At  last  we  got  back  to  our  tea — sighed, 
and  relaxed  for  the  sheer  joy  of  comfort 
and  excellent  sandwiches  in  Peacock 
Court.  We  drank  in  the  quiet  beauty  of 
the  city,  and  watched  puffy  clouds  sail 
by  on  blue  sky. 


Hollywood's  Tower  of  Babel 

Continup(i  from  page  16 

swinging  doors  from  the  kitchen.  Does 
the  sniff  satisfy  you?  It  does  not. 

We  predict  that  the  talkies  will  merely 
whet  the  appetite  tor  more  and  more 
entertainment.  If  you  are  one  of  the  new 
generations  of  Americans  who  know 
only  the  silent  drama,  the  talkies  will 
be  a  revelation  as  to  the  dramatic  power 
of  the  human  voice.  And  you  will  be- 
come acquainted  with  an  entirely  new 
set  of  stage  talent.  It  will  be  only  a  step, 
then,  from  hearing  the  shadow  of  Fannie 
Brice  talking  to  desiring  to  hear  that 
lady  talk  in  person.  If  a  screen  vision  of 
stars  satisfied,  why  do  the  police  have 
to  be  called  out  whenever  Doug  and 
Mary  appear  in  a  foreign  capital,  or  on 
the  streets  of  New  York,  for  that 
matter? 


FOR  the  moment  the  moving  picture 
world  and  the  whole  dramatic 
world  present  the  spectacle  of  an  ant  hill 
that  some  ruthless  force  has  stepped 
upon.  Everybody  is  running  around  in 
great  confusion,  and  no  one  quite  knows 
what  has  happened  or  what  it  is  all 
about.  But,  after  the  dust  has  settled,  we 
have  a  feeling  that  the  legitimate  stage 
will  proceed  in  the  same  orderly  fashion 
that  the  ant  hill  does  when  its  inmates 
recover  their  poise.  Doubtless  they  will 
even  build  up  a  bigger  and  better  ant 
hill.  Which  will  prove  that  the  disaster 
that  seems  for  the  moment  to  have  over- 
taken them  is  really  a  blessing  in 
disguise. 

As  for  the  struggle  versus  the  silent 
drama  and  the  talkies  our  sentiments  are 
expressed  in  the  oldest  cry  in  history ; 
The  King  is  dead'  .  .  .  Long  live  the 
King! 


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Dei;p  Night — Subtle  and  exotic. 
Beautifully  done  for  Victor  by  their  lat- 
est best-seller,  Rudy  Vallee. 

Jericho — March,  fo.x-trot  and  spiri- 
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Victor  record  by  Waring  and  his  Penn- 
sylvanians;  starring  in  Paramount's 
movie,  "Syncopation,"  in  which  this 
song  is  introduced 

I'll  Always  Be  in  Love  with  You — 
At  last  a  good  waltz,  after  an  amazing 
lack  of  them,  with  a  nicely  sentimental 
lyric.  Also  from  "Syncopation,"  and  on 
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Mean  to  Me — Fast  or  slow;  hot  or 
cold;  straight  or  White  Rock;  anyway 
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song.  Sung  for  Columbia  by  Ruth 
Etting. 

That's  What  I  Call  Heaven— 
Rather  like  a  beautiful  young  girl  with 
no  personality.  All  defects  corrected  by 
Gene  Austin  in  his  Victor  record. 

I'm  All  A-twitter — A  tune  that 
makes  us  slightly  nervous  until  we  get 
used  to  it,  then  we  find  ourselves  twit- 
tering right  along  with  it.  From  the 
movie,  "Close  Harmony,"  with  Buddy 
Rogers  Recorded  for  Brunswick  by 
Jesse  Stafford  who  is  furnishing  dance 
music  at  the  Palace — and  how  ! 

SHEET  MUSIC 

My  Co-ed — Just  because  the  Sweet- 
heart of  Sigma  Chi  was  unusually 
lovely  do  we  have  to  suffer  tor  years 
hearing  about  the  rest  ot  the  college? 

When  the  Curtain  Comes  Down — 
"Laugh,  Clown,  Laugh,"  and  "King 
for  a  Day"  overhauled,  remodeled  and 
all  ready  for  the  undertaker. 

Honey-  Delightful,  dainty  and  sweet 
as  its  name  .  .  or  if  you  don't  happen 
to  like  honey  try  brown  sugar,  we  aren't 
a  bit  particular. 

1  Got  a  Misery  —Very  good  blues 
song 

Walking    Around    in    a    Dream 
The  ideal,  tvpical  Ted  Lewis  song    In- 
troduced bv  him  recently  at  the  Orpheum 
and  if  you  missed  him  that's  your  tough 

luck. 

A  New  Kind  of  Old-Fashioned 
Girl  Simple,  old-fashioned  waltr 
Your  grandmother  might  enjoy  it,  un- 
less she's  the  kind  of  "Grandma'  the 
Mark  Hopkins  trio  sings  about 

Takes    You— Smooth    and    steady.  | 
You  will  enjoy  singing  it 

Futuristic    Rythm — Fast    and    re 
freshing  with  some  swell  bodo-ta-do  s 
in  it. 


VIAY,  1929 


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for  the  first  time,  either. 

My  Sin  -A  slow,  even  melody  that  is 
lo\'civ  and  surprisingly  peppy. 

Nononv's  Faiu  t  But  Yol'r  C^wn  - 
Supposedly  the  latest  hit  Iroin  London, 
but  nothing  to  go  all  haywire  over 

Outside — Good  dance  tune  and  a 
very  amusing  lyric. 

The  Things  That  Were  Made  for 
Love — The  melody  seems  harsh  and 
awkward  and  not  made  for  love — at 
least  not  the  kind  of  love  we're  inter- 
ested in ! 

One  Moment  More  with  You — 
We've  been  hearing  songs  like  this  all 
our  lite  but  we  haven't  found  out  why 
yet. 

Now  I'm  in  Love  —Ted  Shapiro's 
newest.  The  melody  rises  and  falls  in 
slow  waves  and  we  seem  to  float  along 
with  it  This  song  is  so  rich  and  full  of 
beauty  that  our  temperature  shoots  up 
every  time  we  hear  it   Oh,  Doctor! 

The  One  that  I  Love  Loves  Me — 
The  lyric  is  so  annoying  that  we  can't 
think  rationally  about  the  melody. 

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ONSTANCE 


^■Js  I  wa.r  wal/cin/i  out  today 
To  get  the  iiioriuufl  ai>^ 
I  chanced  to  meet  upon  the  .rtreet^- 
A  man  both  brave  and Jaii ''. 

IFe  spoke  the  dull  ainenitieo 
That  make  suburban  iijej; 
I  ha\'e  a  loyal  husband,  while 
He  has  a  lofinfl  n'lfc  '. 

.\<Ht',  in  mil  heart  there  stirs  tonitjl.L^ 
An  unremiltini]  pain> — 
/  saw  a  bright  and  curli/  hail'' 
Where  mi/  dark  head  has  lain-. 


Friendd 

They  has'e  always  loi'ed  me  leasL.', 

I  hai'e  loi-ed  them  mosl~^>, 

Though  I  rev^eled  at  the  Jeast^>, 

I  was  alwai/s  ho.fL.- 

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The  Royal  Road  to  Riches 

Showing  Possiblities  of  Profit  in  the  Stock  Market 

By  LELAND  S.  ROSS 


A  GREAT  deal  has  been  said  lately 
regarding  the  phenomenal  profits 
k.  that  have  been  realized  through 
the  purchase  of  common  stocks.  Neither 
has  there  been  a  lack  of  gossip  regarding 
the  Federal  Reserve  Policy  and  the 
strained  credit  situation,  which  has  re- 
sulted supposedly  from  the  tremendous 
amount  of  speculation  in  stock  values. 
There  can  not  be  any  question  but 
what  the  searchlight  of  publicity  and 
propaganda  which  has  been  focussed  on 
the  spectacular  results  of  certain  stocks 
has  excited  the  public's  anticipation  for 
speculation  to  a  degree  never  before 
reached  in  the  history  of  the  Stock  Ex- 
change. Are  there  actual  possibilities  to 
reap  great  profits  from  the  purchase  of 
stocks  or  is  the  great  mass  of  speculators 
chasing  a  phantom?  Much  can  be  said 
for  both  sides.  Famous  economists' 
statements  are  exhibited  almost  daily, 
but  strange  to  say,  they  do  not  as  a  body, 
agree. 

However,  we  have  long  had  a  prov- 
erb "that  each  and  every  investment  in- 
dividually is  a  risk."  If  then,  the  purchase 
of  common  stocks  is  a  risk,  or  a  gamble, 
as  some  of  the  old  school  of  "investors" 
insist,  what  are  the  odds  in  favor  of 
winning?  Also,  what  resistance  may  one 
be  expected  to  encounter  on  this  Royal 
Road  to  Riches? 

In  the  short  interim  between  1926 
and  1929,  the  total  valuations  of  all 
listings  on  the  New  York  Stock  Ex- 
change increased  from  approximately 
$30,000,000,000  to  over  $60,000,000,- 
000,  or  roughly,  100^.  This  was  due 
in  part,  to  additional  listings,  but  by  far 
the  largest  part  of  this  "paper  profit"  was 
appreciation. 

A  superficial  study  of  results  of  1928 
reveal  that  yy  stocks  appreciated  1005^, 
or  more,  in  some  cases  300  and  400  pet 
cent.  Some  214  issues,  however,  during 
the  same  period,  depreciated  50^  or 
more.  There  were  1,167  individual 
issues  listed  on  January  1,  1929.  Some 
mathematically  minded  person  may 
determine  from  these  figures  what  the 
average  chance  of  guessing  a  winner 
would  be. 


Wi:  .M  w.ws  hear  about  some  per- 
son's unusual  luck  in  having 
selected  a  good  stock  and  making  100%' 
on  his  money.  We  do  not  sec  much 
about  the  thousands  who  are  constantly 
feeding  their  savings  to  the  maw  of  the 
market  to  help  maintain  the  great  vol- 
ume of  activity  necessary   in  order  to 


provide  profits  for  the  professional  ele- 
ment in  the  market. 

When  a  more  searching  analysis  is 
applied  to  the  New  York  listings  in 
order  to  determine  how  such  a  tremen- 
dous increase  in  capital  appreciation 
could  take  place,  and  if  it  were  evenly 
divided  over  the  whole  list,  it  becomes 
immediately  apparent  that  the  largest 
gains  have  been  made  in  bur  a  relatively 
few  of  the  many  issues  listed.  Thsse  few 
being  mostly  the  largest  and  most  suc- 
cessful companies  in  their  respective 
fields  This  is  pointed  out  in  order  to  up- 
set the  delusion  that  because  one  "oil" 
company 'sstock  is  selling  at  100  advanced 
50  points,  all  the  other  "oils"  should  ad- 
vance in  direct  ratio.  It  is  true  that 
sometimes  a  group  will  move  together 
sympathetically,  but  it  is  not  consistent 
to  expect  this  for  the  reason  that  the 
only  justification  of  an  individual  stock 
appreciating  is  increased  earnings.  In- 
creased earnings  depend  in  a  large  mea- 
sure on  management.  Economic  condi- 
tions have  some  bearing  on  the  subject, 
but  studies  prove  that  they  are  a  minot 
factor.  For  example,  the  same  economic 
conditions  have  been  in  effect  tor  the  last 
six  months  as  effecting  two  stocks  in  the 
same  indiatry.  Radio  Corporation  and 
Kolster  are  the  example.  Radio  is  selling 
\'ery  close  to  its  high  of  109  for  the  last 
six  months.  Kolster  is  selling  very  close 
to  its  low  and  practically  50^0  below 
its  high  of  94  for  the  last  six  months 

T       T       T 

SO  ,\f.\NY  reasons  are  offered  tor  the 
advance   of  the   stock   market   and  ' 
why  it  is  always  going  to  advance,  that 
it  seems  pertinent  to  more  closely  ob 
serve  one  of  these  for  what  it  is  worth 
It  is  pointed  out  that  the  in\'estment 
trust  movement  and  accumulation  and 
mobilization  of  capital  by  these  agencies 
has  been  one  ot  the  influences  causing  ;- 
common     stock     appreciation     because  I 
their  purchases  have  helped  to  reduce  the 
floating  supply.  It  is  so,  that  the  well 
managed    common    stock    investment 
trusts  buy  their  stocks  outright  and  puc  |i 
them  away.  But  it  is  estimated  that  the  I, 
total  common  stock  holdings  of  all  of 
these  investment  trusts  is  only  approxi- 
mately $1,200,000,000  compared  with 
a  thirty  billion  increase  in  market  value 
of  New  York  listings.  However,  if  con- 
sideration is  given  to  the  thirty  or  forty 
stocks  ot  the  leading  industries,  or  to 
those  stocks  which  have  had  the  un- 
usual appreciation,  then  the  influence  of 
the  investment  trusts  can  be  seen.  They 
buy  for  profit  with  the  long  term  hold- 
ing point  ot  view.  They  want  an  interest 


•I 


MAY,  1929 

in  che  largest  companies  with  the  best 
management   The  larger  companies  can 
afford  the  best  brains  and  they  can  also 
I  effect    economics    in    operation    which 
constantly  increase  their  profits,   which 
results  in  greater  value  for  those  shares 
In  order  to  select  the  largest  and  best 
I  companies  in  the  individual  industries, 
these  investment  trusts  spend  hundreds 
111   thousands  of  dollars  a   year  for  re- 
search, so  that  they  may  eliminate  the 
risk  ot  guesswork  and  determine  with 
some  degree  ot  accuracy  and  by  com- 
!  parison  what  are  the  best  buys.  It  is  also 
I  important  to  them  to  make  sure  that 
I  the  investments  once  selected  and  bought 
remain  sound. 


IN  CONCLUSION  then,  regardless  of  the 
Federal  Reserve  Board's  waving  the 
red  flag  and  regardless  of  business  de- 
pressions and  economic  danger  signs, 
there  will  always  be  certain  industries 
and  companies  which  are  in  a  position 
to  make  greater  profits.  It  speculation  is 
to  be  indulged  in  with  any  degree  of 
safety,  then  only  those  issues  should  be 
selected  which  have  investment  nierit. 
II  they  are  not  good  enough  for  the  large 
iinestment  trusts  to  desire  to  accumu- 
l.ue  for  long  term  investment,  then  they 
arc  not  half  secure  enough  to  speculate 
in. 

¥       ▼       T 

American  Sculpture 

Continued  from  page  9 

Ahvssinian  guinea  pigs — abstractions — 
archaisms — miniatures.  All  are  offered 
in  enthusiastic  plea  tor  recognition  and 
consideration.  And  all  with  a  measure  ot 
justification,  for  a  great  body  of  skill  is 
represented  here.  However,  being  pre- 
sented in  bulk,  much  good  work  suffers 
the  damning  of  generalization.  Ameri- 
can sculpture,  as  such,  will  receive  harsh 
criticism. 

However,  as  the  main  end  of  the  ex- 
hibition is  to  present  American  sculpture 
to  America,   to  make  the  populace  at 
I  large  conscious  ot  the  teats  that  are  be- 
I  ing  accomplished   in   the  name  of  na- 
tional art,  the  National  Sculpture  Society 
j  will  reap  much  glory.  It  will  no  doubt  ac- 
complish even  more  than  it  attempted. 
For  surely  such  a  grand  display  of  the 
fifteen  years'  accumulation  in  our  artistic 
aitic  must  help  us  see  the  trend  of  our 
development.    And    from    the    massive 
collection  we  shall  profit  by  the  few  ex- 
cellencies that  stand  out  as  guide  posts 
to  our  art  of  the  future. 


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Concerning  Bridge 

By  Paul  W.  Black 

WEAK  opening  bids  are  usually 
disasterous  in  Contract 
Bridge.  First  or  second  hand 
should  hold  fi\'e  probable  playing  cricks 
for  bids  of  one.  Third  hand  should  hold 
six  probable  playing  tricks  and  fourth 
hand  should  have  seven  for  an  opening 
bid  of  one. 


The  partner  in  each  case  is  expected 
to  hold  two,  two,  one  and  no  playing 
tricks,  respectively.  The  partner  of  a  first 
or  second  hand  opening  bidder  may 
assist  with  one  raise  when  holding  three 
probable  playing  tricks  and  likewise 
third  hand  may  raise  the  bid  one  with 
two  probable  playing  tricks  and  the 
partner  ot  a  fourth  hand  opening  bidder 
may  raise  with  one  probable  playing 
trick.  It  is  obvious  that  raises  in  each 
case  may  bz  made  if  desired  to  a  con- 
tract representing  the  entire  probable 
playing  tricks  in  excess  of  expectancy, 
and  this  should  be  done  if  a  game  seems 
in  sight  or  a  slam  bid  probable  of  mak- 
ing. 

Defensi\'e  bids,  those  made  by  an 
opponent  ot  a  bidder,  mav  be  made  on 
one  probable  playing  trick  less  than  the 
above  standards  in  each  case  respectively. 

The  partner,  when  raising  a  defensive 
bid,  should  have  one  more  probable 
playing  trick  in  excess  ot  the  above 
schedule  tor  assists.  It  the  detensive  bid- 
der rebids  the  assist  may  be  made  on  the 
same  basis  as  it  the  bid  were  an  original 
bid  which  shows  for  bids  of  two,  six 
probable  playing  tricks  and  tor  bids  of 
three,  seven,  and  for  bids  of  four,  nine, 
and  for  bids  of  five,  eleven. 


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ANns  worth  five  or  six  probable 
playing  tricks  should   be   opened 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

STATEMENT    OF    THE    OWNERSHIP, 
MANAGEMENT,  CIRCULATION,  ETC.,' 
REQUIRED    BY    THE    ACT    OF    CON- 
GRESS OF  AUGUST  24,   1912. 

of  The  San  Franciscan,  published  monthly  at 
San  Francisco,  Cahfornia  for  April  1,  1929. 

State  of  California 
County  of  San  Francisco 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the 
State  and  county  aforesaid,  personally  appeared 
Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr.,  who,  having  been  duly 
sworn  according  to  law,  deposes  and  says  that 
he  is  the  owner  and  publisher  of  The  San 
Franciscan  and  that  the  following  is,  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  a  true  state- 
ment of  the  ownership,  etc.,  of  the  aforesaid 
publication  for  the  date  shown  in  the  above 
caption,  required  by  the  Act  of  August  24, 
1912,  embodied  in  section  411.  Postal  Laws 
and  Regulations,  printed  on  the  reverse  of  this 
form,  to-wit : 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  pub- 
lisher, editor,  managing  editor  and  business 
managers  are : 

Publisher:  Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr.,  Sharon  Bldg., 

San  Francisco. 
Editor:   Joseph    H.    Dyer,   Jr.,   Sharon     Bldg., 

San  Francisco. 
Managing  Editor:  (None). 
Business   Manager:    Alfred    H.    Hendrickson,  j 

Russ  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

2.  That  the  owner  is :  (If  owned  by  a  corpo-  ' 
ration,  its  name  and  address  must  be  stated  1 
and  also  immediately  thereunder  the  names  and 
addresses  ot  stockholders  owning  or  holding 
one  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  stock. 
If  not  ou'ned  by  a  corporation,  the  names  and 
addresses  of  the  individual  owners  must  be 
given.  H  owned  by  a  firm,  company,  or  other 
unincorporated  concern,  its  name  and  address, 
as  well  as  those  of  each  individual  member, 
must  be  given.)  Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr.,  Sharon 
Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  1 

3.  That   the   known   bondholders,    mortga-  ; 
gees,    and   other    security    holders   owning   or  1 
holding  one  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount 
of  bonds,   mortgages,   or  other  securities  are: 
(If  there  are  none,  so  state.)  None. 

4.  That  the  two  paragraphs  next  above, 
gi\'ing  the  names  of  the  owners,  stockholders, 
and  security  holders,  it  any,  contain  not  only 
the  list  of  stockholders  and  security  holders  as 
they  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  Company 
but  also,  in  cases  where  the  stockholder  or  se- 
curity holder  appears  upon  the  books  of  the 
Company  as  trustee  or  in  any  other  fiduciary 
relation,  the  name  of  the  person  or  corporation 
for  whom  such  trustee  is  acting,  is  given,  also 
that  the  said  two  paragraphs  contain  state- 
ments embracing  affiant's  lull  knowledge  and 
belief  as  to  the  circumscanccs  and  conditions 
under  which  stockholders  and  security  holders 
who  do  not  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  Com- 
pany as  trustees,  hold  stock  and  securities  in  a 
capacity  other  than  that  of  a  bona  fide  owner; 
and  this  affiant  has  no  reason  to  believe  that 
any  other  person,  association,  or  corporation 
has  any  interest  direct  or  indirect  in  the  said 
stock,  bonds,  or  other  securities  than  as  so 
stated  by  him. 

5.  That  the  average  number  of  copies  of 
each  issue  of  this  publication  sold  or  distrib- 
uted, through  the  mails  or  otherwise,  to  paid 
subscribers  during  the  six  months  preceding 
the  date  shown  above  is — (This  information 
is  required  from  daily  publications  only.) 

Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  first 
day  of  April,  1929. 

Mary  F.  Redding, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. (My  commission  expires  July 
14,  1929.) 


AAY,  1929 

vith  a  hid  of  one.  Hands  with  sc\'cn  or 
nore  probable  playing  tricks  when 
listributed  in  two  or  more  suits  should 
lisually  be  opened  with  the  conventional 
vvo-hid  and  the  partner  will  be  required 
o  respond.  Hands  with  seven  or  more 
■irobable  playing  tricks  wherein  these 
ricks  are  located  in  one  suit  only  should 
ie  bid  prc-empti\'elv  with  bids  ot  three 
)r  more.  Pre-emptive  bids  in  contract 
;hould  not  be  over-bid  as  in  auction. 
The  pre-empt  bid  should  conform  to 
:he  following  standards.  A  three-bid 
neans  a  sex'cn  trick  hand;  a  four-bid,  a 
line  trick  hand,  and  a  five-bid  an  eleven 
Tick  hand;  a  six-bid,  a  twelve  trick 
land,  and  a  seven-bid,  a  thirteen  trick 
land. 

The  partner  ot  the  two-bidder  will, 
f  trickless,  respond  with  a  bid  of  two 
10  trump,  except  in  the  case  of  an 
iriginal  two  no  trump  bid  when  he 
;hould  pass.  With  one  trick  in  the  hand 
;hc  response  should  be  by  a  raise  in  the 
original  declaration  usually.  If  short  of 
;rumps  and  with  values  in  high  cards  in 


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two  other  suits  th.in  the  one  bid  the 
response  should  be  in  no  trump.  Except 
in  cases  where  the  assisting  hand  can  bid 
a  slam,  the  response  should  show  the 
entire  assisting  values  up  to  a  game  bid. 
At  times,  well  chosen,  the  assisting 
hand  may  choose  to  bid  around  when  a 
slam  seems  likely.  The  procedure  tor 
this  style  ot  assist  has  been  discussed  in 
previous  articles  in  these  columns. 

Take-out  and  improvement  bids,  bids 
made  to  deny  support  for  the  partner  in 
his  declaration  or  those  made  to  im- 
prove the  game  going  probabilities  are 
made  when  holding  the  expected  num- 
ber ot  probable  playing  tricks,  which 
added  to  the  number  ot  tricks  as  shown 
by  the  original  declaration  will  make 
the  bid  declared  by  the  take-out.  A 
denial  is  not  made  from  weakness. 
Every  bid  shows  trick  taking  power.  A 
pass  is  a  denial  ot  strength. 

To  double  a  bid  of  one  expecting  the 
partner  to  make  a  declaration  in  response 
shows  five  probable  playing  tricks  to 
assist  anv  bid  he  mav  make,  to  double 


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a  bid  of  two  expecting  a  response  shows 
six  tricks,  and  a  double  of  a  three-bid 
shows  seven  tricks. 

T       T      T 

EXPECTANCY  in  the  assisting  hand  of 
the  doublet  is  therefore,  exactly 
the  number  of  tricks  which  when  added 
to  those  shown  in  the  doublet's  hand 
required  to  make  the  contract  Taking 
out  the  double  with  bids  higher  than 
necessary  show  exactly  the  tricks  in 
excess  of  expectancy.  A  response  with 
a  hid  just  sufficient  to  overcall  the  ad- 
verse bid  which  has  been  doubled  can- 
not show  more  than  expectancy  and 
may  be  made  with  less  Rarely  is  an 
informatory  double  best  lett  in  with  a 
pass  by  the  partner  ot  the  doublet  It 
weak,  the  assisting  hand  should  take  out 
because  the  contract  will  probably  be 
made  at  doubled  value.  If  strong,  the 
assisting  hand  must  decide  whether  the 
penalty  for  a  set  of  the  doubled  contract 
will   be   worth   more   than   a   probable 

game. 

By  Paul  Black. 


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but  always  the  best! 

Whether  you  munch  a  bran 
muffin  and  sip  a  glass  of  but- 
termilk in  the  fresh  spring 
sunlight  that  Biters  through 
blue  latticed  windows  .  .  .  Or 
whether  the  rose  decked  table 
before  you  is  laden  with  the 
richest  of  salads,  meats, 
choice  vegetables  and  incom- 
parable pudding  the  quality 
of  the  food  is  the  same  at  the 
Post  Street  Cafeteria.  The 
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Coiitinurti  from  page  13 

SOONER  or  later  we  knew  it  would 
come  to  pass  and  now,  behold  it 
has.  A  New  York  publishing  house  girds 
its  loins,  oils  its  guns,  sticks  a  stiletto  in 
its  teeth  and  announces  to  all  and  sundry 
that  it  declares  open,  plain  spoken  war- 
fare upon  the  formidable  Mt.  Henry 
Louis  Mencken  and  all  his  works  unto 
the  terrible  and  gory  end.  This  intelli- 
gence comes  to  us  in  the  reprint  of  an 
editorial,  heralding  the  first  issue  of  the 
magazine  Main  Street  (what  exquisite 
irony)  which  is  the  organ  and  ammuni- 
tion for  the  combatting  of  Menckenism 
by  the  aforesaid  New  York  publishing 
house. 

Perusing  the  editorial,  we  find  that 
Mencken  is  painted  as  one  who  has  "an 
upstart  ignorance  of  poetry,  a  Boy  Scout 
knowledge  of  music,  a  superficial  judg- 
ment of  literature."  What  is  worse,  he 
is  charged  with  praising  and  encouraging 
"Continental  lightweights"  at  the  ne- 
glect and  e.xpense  of  native  American 
artists  of  solid  genius  and  worthy  ac- 
complishments. 

Main  Street  sets  its  face  squarely 
against  such  nursing  of  the  continentals 
at  the  expense  of  the  natives.  To  quote 
its  own  words  in  the  matter;  "It  will  be 
our  object  to  answer  the  New  Yorkese 
"Mercury"  with  examples  from  Main 
Street  in  rounded  form."  And  Main 
Street  voices  also  the  aim:  "We  hope  to 
disturb  your  (i.e.,  its  readers)  pleasant 
complacency  enough  to  make  you  at 
least  look  around  and  discover  some  of 
the  writers  and  artists  in  your  own  back 
yard."  For  these  ends  and  policies,  there 
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appearance  \vhich  bespeaks  at  once  the  excellence  of  "as 
nearly  perfect  a  motor  car  as  it  is  possible  to  produce." 


You  have  also  noted  the  fine  company  it  keeps . . . 
the  prominent  owners  whose  car  judgment  you 
respect . . .  people  who  consistently  demand  . . .  and 
get.  ..the  BEST. 

People  of  discernment  turn  naturally  to  the  Lincoln, 
because  it  is  built  for  them  .  . .  because  it  is  so  admir- 
ably made  that  it  will  bear  them  swiftly,  silently, 
smoothly,  season  after  season,  wherever  they  wish  to 
go  .  .  .  Because,  in  its  insistence  upon  excellence,  in 
its  unswerving  fidelity  to  the  highest  ideals  and  tra- 
ditions, it  represents  all  that  they  value  most. 


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THE  MODERN  MOOD 
DEMANDS  THE  NEW! 

Even  as  Europe  boasts,  of  antiquity,  America 
.  .  .  impetuous  one  that  sne  is  .  .  .  prides  nerseli 
ratner  upon  newness  and  a  resplendent  moder- 
nity .  .  .  and  as  eagerly  looks  to  ner  future  as 
tne  Old  W^orld  lingers  over  her  reminiscences! 
It  is  tnis  selfsame  spirit  tnat  is  tne  soul  and 
substance  of  tnis  great  new  store  . .  .  resting  up- 
on a  foundation  as  firm  as  only  years  of  stauncn 
service  can  make  it .  .  .  hourly  taking  on  a  new 
youth  and  delightedly  acclaiming  it  by  offer- 
ing what  is  smart  .  .  .  what  is  new  .  .  .  what  is 
yotiug  to  a  city  of  ultra-modern  sophisticates! 


LEGITIMATE  THEATRES 

Alcazar:  "The  Masqueradcr"  with  Guy 
Bates  Pose  in  his  original  role. 

Columbia:  "Strange  Interlude."  Closing  June 
15th,  so  hurry. 

Curran:  "Coquette'  Helen  H.iyes  .it  her  best 
in  a  good  play. 

Geary:  "Night  Hostess."  One  of  New  York's 
latest. 

Green  Street:  "Easy  for  Zee  Zee."  Perennial ! 

Ferrier's  French  Theatre;  French  pl.iys  well 
done. 

Community  Playhouse  :  Moroni  Olsen  Players 
in  production  of  "What  Every  Woman 
Knoivs,"  "Autumn  Fire,"  and  "Candida." 

President:  Walker  Whiteside  as  "The  Hindu." 

Blanding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre  Club: 
"Anna  Christie,"  followed  hy  "The  Sk.y 
Qirl." 

VAUDEVILLE 

Golden  Gate:  Vaudeville  and  movies. 

Pantaoes  :  Ditto. 

Orpheum  :  Vaudeville  without  the  movies. 


TALKIES  AND  SILENT 

California:  Edna  Ferbcr's  novel  "iViou'  Boat" 
with  Joseph  Schildkraut  and  Laura  La  Plantc. 

Embassy:  "The  Desert  Song."  And  howl 

Granada:  "The  Studio  .Murder  Mystery." 
All-talking. 

LoEw's  Warfield:  "Qirts  Qone  Wild,"  and 
Clark  and  McCuIIough  in  person. 

St.  Francis:  "Innocents  of  Paris,"  with  Mau- 
rice Chevalier,  a  real  personality. 

Fox  Theatre:  Gala  opening  on  June  28th. 
"Behind  that  Curtain,"  with  Warner  Baxter 
and  Lois  Moran. 


DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis:  New  dining  room  opens  June 
15th. 

Taita  at  the  Beach:  Where  Sam  will  do  his 
best  for  you. 

The  Palace:  Luncheon  unsurpassable. 

The  Fairmont;  Rejuvenated  by  Mr.  Smith  ol 
the  Mark  Hopkins. 

Mark  Hopkins  :  First,  last  and  always. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  Tea  with  an  atmosphere. 

Jack's.  Where  food's  what  counts. 

New  Frank's;  A  gilt-edge  proposition. 

Camillets:  a  busy  place  for  busy  business 
men. 

Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:  Try  a  Temple  Bar 
Salad! 

The  Courtyard:  Luncheon  and  Tea  in  the 
sunlight. 

Russian  Tea  Room:  Sutter  near  Grant,  where 
nothing  makes  you  see  Red. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria  :  The  aristocrat  of  "the 
serve  yourselves  " — excellent  food  in  modern 
surroundings. 

California  Market  Restaurant  ;  Sea  food 
right  off  the  hook. 

Solaris:  Geary,  endorsed  by  all. 

Deauville:  1516  Stockton.  Try  it  and  you'll 
go  again. 

The  Lcksgia  :  A  Mecca  for  hungry  shoppers. 

Russell's  Dining  Room:  Burlingamc.  De- 
lightful atmosphere  and  good  food — just  a 
short  drive  down  the  peninsula. 


MUSIC 

June  23  :  Bernardino  Molinari  directs  First 
Summer  Symphony  in  Woodland  Theatre  at 
San  Mateo,  3  :oo  p.  m. 

June  30:  Second  Summer  Symphony,  Moli- 
nari, Woodland  Theatre. 

ART 

CAHFORNLik  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 
Lincoln  Park,  10  to  5  daily;  7  to  10  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  nights  (special  for  sculpture 
show.)  National  Sculpture  Society's  all- 
American  exhibition  of  1300  sculptures. 

Western  Women's  Club:  609  Sutter  street. loto 
10  daily.  Book  plates  exhibited  by  California 
Boou  Plate  Society  until  June  10.  Boris 
Dcutsch  paintings  and  drawings  to  July  1 . 

Galerie  Beau.k  Arts:  116  Maiden  Lane,  10 
to  5weekdays.  ThroughJuneS.  paintingsby 
Childe  Hassam.  June  9  to  20  mural  cartoons 
and  paintings  by  Maynard  Dixon.  Patron's 
drawing — June  20. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum  Golden  Gate 
Park,  10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street,  9 
to  5  :30  week  days.  Wood  blocks  by  Joseph 
Raphael. 

ViCKERY,  Atkins  and  Torrey  ;  550  Sutter 
street,  9  to  5  30  week  days.  Portfolio  of 
marine  etchings  by  Charles  H.   Woodbury. 

Gump's:  346  Post  street,  9  to  5:30  week  days. 
Facsimile  prints  of  old  masters.  Etchings  by 
local  artists. 

Courvoisier's:  474  Post  street,  9  to  5  /^o  week 
days.  Woodblocks  by  Rockwell  Kent, 
Howard  Cook,  Alexander  Segal  and  .'\rthur 
Gerbig. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  239  Post  street,  9  to 
5  :30  week  days.  Paintings  and  drawings  by 
pupils  in  Carmel  Valley  School.  June  10, 
etchings  by  Margaret  Rcdmon  Byron. 


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Dancing  every  evening  from 

7:30  to  1  O^clock  (except  Sunday) 

Tea  Dansant  Monday  After- 
noon from  4  to  6  o'clock  .  .  . 
Henry  Halstead  and  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis  Dance  Orchestra 

Music  every  day  during  Luncheon 
and  Tea  .  .  .  also  for  Dinner  Sunday 
evening  .  .  .  Edward  FItzpatrIck  and 
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OB  Hill,  for  more  than  sixty 
years  the  focal  point  of  San 
Francisco's  social  life,  finds  it- 
sell  more  than  ever  the  huh  of  activities 
.  .  .  The  Mark  Hopkins  and  The  Fair- 
mont have  joined  forces  in  an  irresistible 
gesture — flaming  youth  and  ardent  ma- 
turity opening  wide  their  arms  to  the 
city  and  all  her  friends. 

The  smart,  gay  Mark  Hopkins  dances 
through  the  days  and  nights  with  all  the 
enthusiasm  of  fresh  new  energies.  The 
stately  Fairmont  offers  new  pleasures 
with  all  the  v\'ise  ingenuity  of  vast  social 
experience  .  .  .  From  the  morning  hours, 
when  friends  meet  to  plan  the  day's  pro- 
gram, to  evening  moments,  when  care- 
free couples  dance  "on  top  of  the  world," 
both  hotels  pulse  with  a  stream  of  social 
activity. 

Each  week  is  a  succession  ot  interest- 
ing events — beginning  with  the  Sunday 
evening  concert,  a  gay  procession  ot 
events  jostle  each  other  along  the  social 
calendar. 

And  noiv  The  Fairmont  adds^new 
flavor  to  the  situation  by  opening  its 
glorious  Sports  Terrace  June  lytli! 


Just  as  people  insist  on  all  the  com- 
forts of  city  life  at  seaside  resorts  and  in 
the  mountains,  so  too,  sophisticated 
people  are  eager  for  the  delights  of  out- 
of-doors  in  the  heart  of  the  city  Know- 
ing this,  that  wise  hostess.  The  Fair- 
mont has  provided  courts  for  tennis  and 
Badminton,  a  delightful  glassed-in  plunge 
for  sivimming  and  all  the  conveniences 
that  go  to  make  sports  a  social  pleasure 

The  first  level  of  the  Terrace  is  given 


over  to  the  more  strenuous  out-door 
sports.  Here  lazy  June  afternoons  will 
be  punctuated  with  the  ping  of  tennis 
balls  against  taut  strings — here  the  more 


Saturday.  June  8:  Tea  Dansant  at  the  Mark  Hopkin-s 
— 4:00  to  S:?0  pm  Motion  picture  pre-view  at  the 
I^airmont — S:^0  p  m. 

Sunday,  June  9:  Concert  by  Rudy^Seiger  in  the  Fair- 
mont iohb> — 8  30  p  m 

Monday,  June  10:  Shopping  luncheon  and  style  show 
in   the   Venetian  Rtxim  of  the  Fairmont — 12;00   to 

2  :00  p  m  Sptirts  Night,  games  played  on  the  Terrace 
courts — 8:00  p  m. 

Tuesday.  June  11:  Feature  night  in  Peacock  Court, 

.-\nM)n  Weeks  presiding — deservedly  popular 
Wednesday,  June  12  :  Theatre-goers  gather  at  matinee 

luncheon — 1  2  00  to  2  :00  p  m  in  Peacock  Court- 
Friday.  June   14:  The  younger  generation  takes  ad- 
vantage ul  College  Night — at  the  Mark  Hopkins 
Saturday.  June  15:  'I'outh  again  indulges  in  the  Tea 

Dansant — 4  00  to  'J:?0  p  m   at  the  Mark  Hopkins 
Sunday,  June  16:  Guests  and  their  friends  gather  to 

hear  Rudy  Sciger — 8:30  p  m   at  the  Fairmont. 
Monday.  June  17;  Gala  Opening  ot  the  Sports  Ter- 
race  u  ith  f'ashion  Show    Tea  and  Kiddie  Revue — 

3  iO  to  5:00  p  m  Tou  n  Dinner  Dance  with  special 
entertainment  and  Anson  Weeks'  orchestra — new 
Terrace  Ball  Room  (-->:30  p  m.  to  1 :00  a  m. 

Tuesday.  June  18:  Caiilornia  State  Championship 
Swimming  Meet — Fairmont  Terrace  plunge  Fresh 
surprises  for  Feature  Night — Hotel  Mark  Hopkins. 

Wednesday.  June  19:  Intimate  groups  at  the  Matinee 
Lunche«)n — Peacock  Court 

Friday.  June  21 :  Co-eds  on  a  spree — Collcge[Night  at 
the  N'trk  Hopkins. 

Saturday,  June  22:  Children's  sports — 8:00  am  to 
1  2  ,00  m  on  the  Sports  Terrace.  Tea  Dansant  in  Pea- 
cock Court — 3:30  to  5:00  pm  Motion  picture  pre- 
view at  the  Fairmont — 8:30  p  m.  Dancing  at  the 
Mark  Hopkins. 

Sunday.  June  23:  Sports  for  Men  at  the  Fairmont 
Sptirts  Terrace — swimming,  tennis  and  Badminton 
Fvcning  concert  hy  Rudy  Seigcr — 8:30  p  m  at  the 
Fairmont , 

Monday,  June  24 :  Rudy  Seiger  pro\'ides  musical  back- 
ground lor  Shopping  Lunclieon  and  Fashion  Show — 
12:00  to  3:00  p  m,  in  the  Venetian  Room,  Sports 
Night  with  games  and  swimming — 8:00  on  the  Fair- 
mont Sports  Terrace. 

Tuesday.  June  25:  Anson  Weeks'  Orchestra  and  un- 
usual acts  for  Feature  Night — Peacock  Court  at  the 
Mark  I  iopkins. 

Wednesday.  June  2b:  Delightful  Matinee  Luncheon 
for  the  drama  enthusiasms — 12  00  to  2:00  pm  in 
Peacock  Court. 

Friday.  June  27;  The  collegiate  and  their  followers  in- 
dulge m  College  Night — Peactick  Court  where  Anson 
Week's  Orchestra  syncopates. 

Saturday.  June  28:  Sports  Morning  for  the  kiddies  on 
the  Terrace  Tea  Dansant  for  the  youthfully  minded 
in  Peacock  Court.  Dining  and  Dancing  in  more  formal 
guise  in  the  evening. 


energetic  will  earn  their  tea-time  appe- 
tites— here  also  the  new  vogue  of  Bad- 
minton will  have  its  airing,  morning, 
atternoon,  or  in  the  twilight  gap  be- 
tween tea  and  dinner. 

One  step  higher,  and  glassed  in  to 
give  protection  trom  breezes  and  other 
weather  vagaries,  there  is  a  gem  of  a 
swimming  pool  encircled  by  a  broad 
tiled  terrace  where  spectators  may  in 
turn  dance  or  sip  a  cup  of  tea.  For  swim- 
ming will  not  be  confined  to  daytime 
hours  The  waters  of  the  pool  will  be 
flooded  with  colored  lights  at  night  and 
those  so  minded  may  take  a  dip  between 
dances. 

The  beautiful  new  Terrace  Ball  Room 
opens  directly  onto  the  plunge.  It  is  here 
that  the  gay  events  ot  the  gala  opening, 
June  17th,  will  take  place.  In  the  after- 
noon tea  tables  will  fringe  the  pool  and 
extend  into  the  ball  room  where  models 
will  parade  in  a  show  of  fashion's  latest 
toibles.  Here  too,  wee  kiddie  enter- 
tainers will  cavort  and  play  at  mock 
sophistication. 

In  the  evening,  the  gayest  of  throngs 
is  expected  at  the  Town  Dinner  Dance 

miiiii 

id 

for,  besides  Anson  Weeks  and  his  tanta- 
lizing orchestra,  there  will  be  a  bevy  of 
beautiful  girls — dancing,  singing  and 
making  general  whoopee. 

And  all  this  is  but  a  forerunner  of  the 
Sports  Nights  to  follov\ — each  Monday 
evening — occasions  that  will  forni  the 
highlights    of    the    activities   centcrini; 
about  the  new  Terrace.  The  new  physio 
therapeutic  department  which  will  oc 
cupy  one  entire  floor  of  the  California 
street  "L,"  will  supplement  sports  enjoy 
ment  with  invigorating  treatments. 


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ARTHUR   B,   DAVIES 


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SAN  VRAMGISCAN 


JOSEPH   DYER,   Editor  £r  Publisher 


RowENA  Mason,  Associate  Editor 

Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 
Joseph  Henderson 
Kathryn  Hulme 


Contributing  Editors 
Raymond  Armsby 
MoLLiE  Merrick 
Carey  McWilliams 


Aline  Kistler,  Assistant  Editor 

Idwal  Jones 
George  Douglas 
Elva  Williams 


Vol.  Ill 


JUNE,  1929 


No.  6 


CONTENTS 
Eugene  O'Neill,  photograph  ,  .  ,  , 

A  Western  Renaissance,  by  Rex  Smith     - 
Now  It  Can  Be  Told  ------ 

Map  of  Montgomery  Street,  by  Ned  Hilton 

She  Who  Waits,  by  Dorian  Morris 

Quest,  verse  by  Constance  Ferris     -  -  -  - 

Photograph,  by  W.  E.  Dassonville 

Carlotta  King,  photograph    -  -  -  -  - 

Throttled,  by  Hiram  W.  Johnson,  Jr.        - 

Spotlight,  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobic 

Night,  verse  by  Leonie  Belle  Weeks 

Drawing,  by  Frank  Van  Sloun         .  .  -  - 

Nude,  by  Maynard  Dixon     -  -  -  -  - 

A  Great  Woman  Novelist,  by  Ina  Coolbnth      - 
For  Gertrude  Atherton,  verse  by  Henry  Meade  Bland 
Mary  Pickford,  portrait  by  Clarence  Mattei 
Robert  Keable's  Island  Home,  by  Terence  Casey 
There  Was  a  Moment,  verse  by  Sydney  King  Russell 
Russ  Building,  drawing  by  E.  Melbourne  Brindle 
Reigning  Dynasty         ------ 

To  a  Marguerite,  verse  by  Elizabeth  Leslie  Roos 

Mrs.  Edward  Joseph  Tobin,  portrait  by  Lulu  de  Blaas 

Strange  Interview,  by  Beth  Wendel 

As  Seen  By  Her  ------ 

As  to  Books,  by  Beth  Wendel  -  -  - 

Fete  Day,  verse  by  Leonora  Armsby 
Safeguarding  the  Flyer,  by  Robin  J.  P.  Flynn 
The  Pilot,  verse  by  John  Auzerais  Lennon 


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SAN  rRAMGISGAN 


A  Western  Renaissance 

Why  California  is  on  the  Threshold  of  Dramatic  Greatness 


THE  lure  ol  gold  brought  them 
\vcstv\ard  .  .  .  mighty  men  and 
women  ot  the  Romantic  Fifties 
who  huilt  the  empire  of  the  western 
world  now  known  as  Calitornia,  1  hev 
came  to  seek  riches  and,  unsatisfied  with 
the  dubious  content  of  plenty,  remained 
CO  create  a  cultural  and  industrial  do- 
main chat  is  unparalleled  in  the  history 
of  states 

The  lure  ot  gold  is  bringing  them 
westward  .  .  skilled  men  and  women 
of  a  great  art  who,  like  the  pioneers  ot 
olden  days,  are  adventuring.  They  come 
to  find  wealth  but,  as  the  others  learned, 
glittering  doubloons  are  not  synonymous 
with  spiritual  happiness  There  are 
many  who  will  sit  on  their  piles  of  gold 
and  bloat  in  the  sun;  but  there  are  others 
who  will  build  stairways  of  precious 
beauty  leading  toward  a  new  creation 
on  the  Pacific  shore 

A  great  day  is  at  the  dawn  tor  Cali- 
fornia Broadway  is  becoming  a  name 
and  a  memory  to  many  of  chose  who 
established  its  glory  as  the  theatrical 
Mecca  of  the  world.  And  the  gleam  ot 
the  Great  Whice  Way  is  fading  before 
the  greacer  brilliance  of  che  Golden 
Realm  beyond  che  Rockies,  coward  which 
the  arrises  of  che  drama  are  moving  .  .  . 
trekking  westward 

T       ▼       ▼ 

HOLLYWOOD  Boulevard  has  suddenly 
become  the  Rialto  ot  che  universe, 
all  because  a  niuscv  little  man  thought 
of  a  gadget  or  two  which,  when  prop- 
erly put  together,  cause  shadows  to 
speak  Life  was  breathed  into  the  cin- 
ema, and  ic  became  a  vital  medium  of 
expression  rather  than  an  interesting 
phenomenon  of  photography  The  nio- 
tion  picture  was  nietamorphosed  into  an 
infant  art. 

The  demigods  of  the  screen  trembled 
to  think  ot  their  wa.xen  wings  Cherished 
inane  writers,  mincing  models  of  actors 
and  prancing  puerile  directors  tumbled 


By  REX  SMITH 

overnight  from  the  rococo  thrones  .  .  . 
headed  back  down  che  lavender  lane  of 
chcir  origin  Fright  smote  the  pudgy 
fingered  monarchs  who  ruled  this  para- 
disc  ot  puppetry  and  artistic  perversion. 
The  cinema  was  rid,  to  some  extent,  of 
its  affliction  of  amentia  by  the  operation 
that  gave  it  voice. 

The  screen  sultans  paced  and  stut- 
tered, horror-stricken  One,  wiser  chan 
che  resc.  liscened  co  che  singular  proposal 
made  by  Felix  Young,  a  man  of  perspi- 
cacicy  and  courage.  As  a  resulc,  chey 
sought  out  a  house  in  Beverly  Hills 
where  lived  a  famous  lady  ot  the  theatre, 
aloof  and  disdainful  Overtures  were 
made  The  possibilities  of  the  new  me- 
dium were  explained.  And  Ruth  Chac- 
cercon  came  to  the  screen 

Full  into  the  hearts  ot  the  critics  she 
went  with  her  first  talking  picture  per- 
formance, Barrie's  "Flalf  Hour,"  re- 
leased, for  some  inexplicable  reason,  as 
"The  Doctor's  Secret  "  Then  it  was 
that  intelligent  observers  recognized  the 
advent  of  a  nascent  art  horn  ot  the  stage 
and  screen.  A  great  actress  had  shown 
theni  the  way, 

T        T        T 

PicTCJRE  producers  are  very  like  sheep 
From  that  day  began  the  exodus  ot 
the  theatre  westward  Scars,  players, 
directors  and  dramacists  deserted  the 
sanctum  sanctorum  of  Broadway.  Fasci- 
nation for  novelty  combined withavarice 
as  attraction  Then,  too,  Thespis  was 
unhappy. 

Public  casce  was  responsible  for  dra- 
macic  produccions  chat  were  arciscic 
aborcions  Type  plays  were  rampant. 
Vulgarity  anci  obscenitv  were  at  a 
premium  The  worthwhile  artists  re- 
belled, and  the  producers  shrugged  their 
shoulders.  Broadway  became  a  quag- 
mire of  sex  and  sensationalism  The 
sincere  workers  in  che  cheacre  prayed  for 
some   kind  of   catastrophe   that   would 


sink  the  amateur  Sodom  Ic  came,  in  the 
form  ot  the  talking  picture,  so  tar  as 
Broadway  is  concerned. 

Now  California  is  ac  che  chreshold 
ot  authentic  greatness  The  most  im- 
portant representatives  ot  the  drama  are 
here  In  the  words  ot  Robert  Milton, 
that  director  of  exquisite  talent,  "Puz- 
zled— but  here  "  Why  chey  have  come 
does  noc  maccer 

Here  they  are  in  an  alien  land  of 
"sound  tracks,"  "microphones,"  "elec- 
trical voice  mixers"  and  more  mysteri- 
ous things.  This  is  not  their  world  and 
the  majority  ot  them  take  the  work  with 
little  seriousness  But  the  spell  ot  dollars 
will  hold  them.  As  a  consequence,  the 
progress  of  the  speaking  screen  will  be 
slow,  on  the  whole,  for  a  generation. 
Strong  children  are  not  born  of  passing 
acquaintances  In  order  to  have  robust 
oflsprings  the  films  must  have  workers 
who  are  lovers.  The  shadow  stage  will 
win  enough  of  them  away  from  their 
first  love  to  be  sure  ot  propagation  The 
process  of  selection  will  do  the  rest 

But,  at  present,  for  those  raised  in 
another  world  the  routine  of  acting  in 
short  snatches  and  then  waiting  inter- 
minable periods  while  cogs  are  arranged 
and  all  kinds  of  machinery  tuned  will 
be  devastating  to  the  sensitive  artists. 
Hour  after  hour,  night  and  day,  suffo- 
cating heat  and  settling  sound  stages! 

T       T       T 

SOME  v/ill  survive  the  travail  attend- 
ing the  birth  of  a  new  art  while 
others  will  writhe  with  restlessness 
within  their  bonds  .  but  all  will  stay. 
Verily,  the  power  of  gold  is  great.  And 
renaissance  is  knocking  at  the  door  of 
California 

When  these  artists  become  restless  be- 
tween piccures,  waicing  tor  che  money 
CO  pile  up  so  chey  can  retire  or  return  to 
chescage,whacisthePacificCoascgoingto 

Continued  on  page  28 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


THE  wife  of  a  certain  San  Francisco 
financier,  upon  che  occasion  of  a 
recent  birthday,  desired,  in  the 
way  of  women,  that  her  boy  friend 
should  give  her,  upon  the  said  anni- 
versary of  her  natal  day,  an  expensive 
fur  coat.  She,  accordingly,  gently,  but 
plainly  made  known  her  wishes,  tact- 
fully describing  even  the  very  coat  she 
coveted.  The  young  man  objected.  Such 
a  gift,  he  pointed  out,  would  be  most 
indiscreet  How  could  it  be  satisfac- 
torily explained  to  the  lady's  husband' 
Besides,  the  young  man  further  pointed 
out,  he  could  not 
financially  manage 
such  a  costly  gift 
The  lady,  how- 
ever, had  antici- 
pated these  very 
objections  More, 
she  had  ready  a 
plan  to  dispose  of 
them  She  knew, 
of  course,  that  the 
boy  could  not  af- 
ford such  a  gift. 
But  she  would  be 
more  than  thrilled, 
it  he  would  merely 
pick  it  out  He  had 
such  exquisite  taste 
and  it  would  be 
such  a  sweet  ges- 
ture !  She  would 
give  him  the 
needed  money, 
$3,000  He  would 
buy  the  coat,  and 
take  it  to  an  ob- 
scure pawn  shop 
and  obtain,  under 
an  assumed  name, 
a  $25.00,  ten-day 
loan.  The  pawn 
ticket  he  would  de- 
liver to  her  and 
she  would  manage 
the  rest. 

The  youth  fol- 
lowed out  his  part 
of  the  plot.  When 
the  required  ten 
days  had  elapsed, 
the  lady,  one  even- 
ing, while  dining 
at  home  with  her 
husband,  casually 
brought  forth  the 
pawn  ticket  She 
artfully  explained 
that  she  had  found 
it  Why  not  take 
the   ticket   to   the 


pawn  shop  and  redeem  the  article  for 
which  the  ticket  was  a  receipt'  It  might 
be  valuable.  It  might  amount  to  noth- 
ing Anyway  it  would  be  a  lot  of  fun  to 
find  out  what  it  was  and  it  it  were  valu- 
able. Would  her  husband  see  about  it 
the  next  day'  At  first,  in  the  manner  ot 
husbands,  he  objected,  but  finally  con- 
sented to  her  whim 

The  next  evening  the  husband  pre- 
sented to  his  eagerly  expectant  wife  a 
shoddy,  dilapidated  looking  umbrella 
It  was,  he  explained,  what  the  pawn 
ticket  had  entitled  him  to  redeem.  With 


The  Artist 


as  good  grace  as  she  could  muster  the 
lady  endured  her  spouse's  good  natured 
raillery  For  three  days  she  was  alter- 
nately swept  by  fury,  by  jealousy,  by 
curiosity  in  the  effort  to  place  blame  for 
the  miscarriage  of  her  apparently  well 
laid  conspiracy.  The  boy  triend  swore 
innocence  as  to  any  misappropriated 
funds  and  could  give  no  explanation  as 
to  what  might  have  happened  The 
mystery  solved  itself,  when,  by  chance, 
the  lady  dropped  into  her  husband's 
office  around  the  noon  hour  As  his 
stenographerdepartedforluncheon,  wear- 
ing the  birthday  fur 
coat.    »    »    » 

So  MUCH  interest 
attends     the, 
presentation    of 
"Strange    Inter-' 
lude  "    everywhere 
that    in    each   cit\ 
that    it    has    been 
given    there    have 
been   articles  ot 
food   named   after 
the  O'Neill  drama 
Only    one    greater 
honor    could    be 
granted  the  play — 
the    naming    ot    a 
cigar  after  it   Here 
in   San    Francisco, 
the  Pig    n  Whistle 
shops  are  offering  a 
"Strange    Inter- 
lude" sundae.  On 
its  presentation  in 
New  York,  a  chain 
of    lunch-counters 
advertised    might 
ily  that  it  wasscr\ 
ing  a  "Strange  In 
teriude"  sandwich 
One  dav  as  Eugene 
O'Neill  was  walk- 
ing  down    Broad- 
way with  his  friend 
Kenneth    Mac- 
gowan,    the    latter 
pointed  out  to  the 
playwright  one  of 
the  signs  announc 
ing  the  sandwich, 
saying,  "I  suppose, 
in    honor    ot    the 
length  of  the  pla\ 
this     is    a     three 
decker,  eh.  Gene' 
"Naw,"    replied 
the     dramatise, 
whose  aversion  to 
actors  is  notoriou.s. 
"just  ham    ' 


JUNE,   1929 


11 


WANDERING  about  Chinatovvii, 
Fisherman's  Wharf  and  North 
Beach  generally,  we  have  spent  innumer- 
able happy  hours.  But  at  the  same  time 
we  have  always  wondered  why  San 
Franciscans,  as  a  whole,  pay  so  little 
attention  to  McAllister  Street,  the  city's 
Jewish  Quarter  This  is,  in  reality,  a 
separate  and  distinctly  individual  quar- 
ter. Its  \'irtucs  and  diversions  are  many. 
The  dilettantes  have  had  no  eye  lor  its 
sights,  no  ear  for  its  sounds,  no  nose  for 
its  smells.  The  tourists,  always  notori- 
ous tor  lack  of  imagination,  have  com- 
pletely passed  it  up.  Consequently,  the 
quarter  retains  uncorruptcd  a  great  deal 
of  nati\e  flavor  and  atmosphere. 

It  begins  properly  a  block  or  so  above 
Van  Ness  Avenue.  It  improves  as  it 
proceeds  toward  Fillmore  Street  Here 
we  have  a  stretch  approximating  the 
widely  heralded  Ghettos  ot  New  York, 
Boston  and  Chicago.  Walls  and  bill- 
boards are  placarded  with  posters  printed 
in  Hebrew.  Here  is  the  stronghold  of 
the  orthodox  Kosher  butcher  shop.  The 
greater  part  ot  its  stock  is  live  chickens, 
geese  and  ducks,  noisily  honking,  quack- 
ing and  scratching  in  their  wall  pens, 
while  waiting  a  sanctified  execution.  A 
great  white  duck,  presumably  a  shop 
pet,  rummages  along  the  sidewalks  and 
suns  himself  in  comfortable  unconcern 
of  traffic  and  pedestrians  The  children 
are  numerous  (is  not  this  the  injunction 
of  the  Mosaic  Law?)  and  usually  in  that 
state  of  uncleanliness  that  renders  them 
most  charming. There  are  holy  men  too. 
Rabbis,  who  walk  with  preoccupied 
mien  through  the  thronging  streets. 
Their  beards  are  allowed  to  grow  in  the 
fashion  that  the  beards  of  virile,  learned 
and  pious  men  should  grow. 

The  delicatessen  shops  are  remarkable 
to  behold  Such  heaped  up  pans  of  roast 
chickens,  such  fat  sausages  and  cheese, 
such  an  array  of  pickled,  smoked,  dried 
fish  and  meats,  relishes,  salads,  olives, 
pastries  and  breads.  Food,  strong  in  the 
flavors  and  odors  of  well  blended  herbs 
is  this — not  the  pallid,  neutral  messy 
stuff  of  less  volatile  races  and  people. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

SNEAKING  into  the  house,  at  a  scan- 
dalously unseemly  hour  and  suffer- 
ing not  a  little  from  too  generous 
imbibing  of  banned  beverages,  the  sub- 
debutante  daughter  of  a  socially  promi- 
nent, fine,  old  family  was  waylaid  en- 
route  to  her  room  by  her  anxiously 
waiting  and  irate  mother  Upon  her  err- 
ing and  tipsy  offspring,  the  mother  be- 
stowed a  wordy  lecture  on  the  decencies, 
manners,  customs  and  decorums  that 
governed  the  conduct  of  all  "nice  young 
girls"  in  her  sub-debutante  days  "And 
to  think,"  lamented  the  parent  almost 
in  tears,  "I  am  the  mother  who  bore 
you!" 

"Yesh,"  hiccoughed  the  tipsy  one, 
"I'll  shay  you  do" 


"It\f  nice  to  hai'e  you  back  again,  Mr.  Iceman" 


At  the  point,  where  we  had  quite 
ji\_  exhausted  our  patience  and  toler- 
ance with  Little  Theatres  and  all  their 
pretentious  claims — that  is  of  the  sort 
that  San  Francisco  has  spawned,  from 
time  to  time,  in  recent  years — we  re- 
ceived news  of  two  more  such  move- 
ments that  gives  us  a  slight  stock  of  new 
hope.  We  trust  that  our  infant  hope  may 
find  nutriment  for  future  growth. 

The  first  organization.  The  Civic 
Repertory,  presented  its  first  play.  School 
for  Scandal,  May  31st.  The  group  is 
under  the  direction  of  Reginald  Travers 
and  is  presenting  its  plays  in  the  Theatre 
of  the  Legion  of  Honor  Palace.  Its  an- 
nouncement of  offerings  for  the  fall 
season  include  Chekov's,  The  Sea  Qull; 
Pirandello's  Mock  Emperor;  O'Neill's, 
,4n?!L'  Christie;  Ibsen's,  Wild  Duck  plus 
several  others  of  equal  merit  This  is 
substantial,  intelligent,  dramatic  fare  and 
a  welcome  relief  from  the  witless,  point- 
less, adulterated,  supine,  cross  breed 
stuff  that  has  been,  for  the  most  part, 
dished  out  to  us  for  several  past  Little 
Theatre  seasons 

The  second  group,  The  Playhouse,  to 
be  directed  by  Irving  Pichel,  is  in  process 
of  organization.  The  manner  in  which 
the  organization  will  be  financed  for  its 
inception  and  in  its  later  years  is,  as  set 
forth  in  an  announcement  folder,  sound, 
practical  and  business-like  The  spon- 
sors, of  which  there  are  sixty-eight,  are 
men  and  women,  combining  financial 
solidarity  with  active,  constructive  par- 
ticipation in  and  direction  of  the  city's 
artistic  and  aesthetic  life  One  of  the 
primary  aims  of  The  Playhouse  is  a 
specially  designed,  permanent  home  of 
its  own. 

in  fine,  it  would  appear  to  us  that, 
this  group,  in  its  plan  of  organization, 
financing  and  management  is  providing 
all  practical  essentials  to  a  smoothly 
running,  independent,  reasonably  pros- 
perous, self  supporting  Little  Theatre 
It  is  only  sensible  attention  to  such  pro- 
saic    machinery     that     enables     Little 


Theatres  to  exist;  (nay,  that  justifies 
their  existence,  at  all)  that  enables  them 
to  consistently  provide  the  public  with 
well  balanced  progratns  of  good  drama; 
that  enables  them  to  provide  a  stabilized 
working  center  for  playwrites,  directors, 
stage  designers  and  actors  of  ability, 
promising  possibilities  and  vision  It  is 
neglect  of  such  essentials,  we  believe, 
which  has  spelled  the  doom  of  such 
amateur  theatrical  movements  as  have 
sprung  into  uncertain,  unsatisfactory 
existence  during  the  past  years. 


An  inveterate  San  Francisco  golfer 
_/\_  had  gone  to  his  reward  and  was 
being  escorted  about  Hell  by  the  fiend 
detailed  for  that  purpose. 

"This,"  said  the  imp  indicating  a  golf 
course  more  perfect  than  the  brain  of  any 
mortal  could  possibly  conceive,  "is 
where  you  will  be  required  to  play  golf." 

"Marvelous,"  cried  the  astonished 
golfer.  "Why,  I  never  in  my  life  saw 
such  perfect  fairways  or  such  velvety 
greens.  This  makes  the  finest  links  on 
earth  seem  like  a  plowed  field" 

"We  are  rather  proud  of  it,"  agreed 
the  attendant  fiend.  "The  boss  gave 
quite  a  little  thought  to  making  it  just 
what  it  is.  As  you  say  it  is  a  marvelous 
course.  And  just  as  a  matter  of  con- 
venience you  will  be  supplied  free  of 
charge  with  all  the  clubs  and  balls  that 
you  wish.  We  will  also  furnish  you  a 
reliable  caddy.  But  there  are  two  very 
remarkable  things  about  these  links 
One  is  the  fact  that  on  your  first  round, 
which  you  will  be  required  to  play  im- 
mediately, you  will  make  a  hole-in- 
one" 

"And  you  call  this  Hell!"  exclaimed 
the  golf  bug. 

"You  can  answer  that  question  tor 
yourself  when  I  tell  you  that  the  second 
remarkable  feature  of  the  course  is  this ; 
just  as  your  ball  drops  for  a  hole-in-one 
you  will  lose  the  power  of  speech   " 


12 


HANG  Far  Low  is  reputed  to  bc 
thc  oldest  Chinese  restaurant 
in  America.  George  Lyle,  the 
artist,  through  his  friendships  among 
Chinatown's  distinguished  citizens,  is 
privileged  to  visit  the  third  floor  where 
the  Chinese  take  lunch  far  from  the  eyes 
of  tourists  And  thither  George  has 
taken  us,  to  our  very  great  pleasure 

The  Chinese  are  natural  and  unal 
fcctcd  artists  There  is  an  apparentlv 
unstudied  harmony  in  the  arrangement 
of  the  objects  in  the  large  room  which 
should  make  all  conscious  "decorators" 
jump  in  the  bay  And  there  are  subtleties 
of  color  which  cannot  be  imitated,  be 
ing  due  to  felicitous  combinations  of 
accident,  age  and  innate  taste 

The  food  is  somehow  mixed  up  with 
philosophy  It  is  created,  we  feel  sure,  bv 
no  mere  cooking,  alchemy  and  the  Ana- 
lects must  surely  be  concerned  in  it  To 
the  habitues,  it  is  an  unvarying  and 
probably  scarce-considered  diet,  but  to 
such  intruders  as  us  it  is  a  foot-note  on 
LiPo. 

Down  below  somewhere,  the  shop- 
girls and  the  sightseers  eat  messy  chow 
mein  But  here,  where  the  Chinese  come, 
arc  tsiu-mai  and  chassu-hom-bau  and 
nar-gow  A  boy  brings  a  large  copper 
kettle  of  hot  water,  and  fills  the  tea-cups 
You  are  given  a  plate,  and  a  large  dish, 
containing  what  seems  to  be  various 
sorts  of  crepe-paper  decorations,  is  set 
down  on  the  table  This  is  the  food 

The  crepe-paper  turns  out  to  be  made 
of  rice  flour,  and  for  some  strange  rea- 
son is  not  eaten  Chassu-hom-bau  is  a 
surprise  package  Hom-bau  is  pork; 
chassu  is  a  sort  ol  dumpling,  large  and 
dry  and  white  You  tear  open  the  dump- 
ling with  your  fingers,  and  find  inside 
perhaps  a  concoction  of  bits  of  pork,  or 
maybe  a  piece  of  bacon  fat  and  a  Chinese 
sausage  The  alchemy  is  apparent  when 
you  taste  it,  for  this  is  no  earthly  pork 
Some  Brillat-Sa\'arin  would  investigate, 
and  explain  the  result  quite  rationally, 
discussing  cuts  of  meat,  seasoning  and 
cooking 

Tsui-mai  are  little  tidbits  which  look 
like  the  rosette  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
somewhat  larger,  but  not  too  large  to 
escape  being  only  one  mouthful  Their 
ingredients  are  unknown  to  me — more 
pork.  Thcv  taste  even  better  than  the 
chassu  You  cat  them  with  chop-sticks, 
which  are  not  as  diflicult  to  use  as  is  gen- 
erally supposed  You  dip  them  into  the 
mustard,  called  pai-e-lat,  which  looks 
alarmingly  like  the  yolk  of  a  petrified  egg 

T       T       ▼ 

NAK-gow  is  another  dumpling  ar- 
rangement a  sort  of  fincly-cut 
stew  inside  a  rice-paste  The  remarkable 
thing  about  this  food  is  that  it  seems, 
like  good  wine,  to  become  raritied  It  is 
no  heavy  load;  it  leaves  only  a  buoyant 
satisfaction  and  a  very  pleasant  taste. 
I   don't    know    how    long   the   Chinese 


people  have  been  eating  such  things,  but 
1  think  that  the  food  must  just  slightly 
antedate  their  benignity. 

A  merchant,  among  the  Chinese,  is  a 
man  of  noble  and  honorable  calling 
They  made  old  Marco  Polo's  eyes  pop; 
now  they  play  Polo's  game  because  the 
world  goes  Polo's  way  And  they  look 
as  though  they  could  all  be  Hokusais  it 
they  thought  it  worth  the  trouble 

Oh,    well  down    the    stairs    to 

Grant  Avenue 

T       ▼       ▼ 

THE  more  we  learn  ol  the  manner  ot 
living  practiced  by  moderns  the 
more  convinced  we  become  that  this 
particular  period  shall  go  down  in 
history  as  the  buck-passing  era  The 
dictum  that  nobody  should  do  anything 
that  she  can  have  done  for  her  seems  to 
he  the  motto  of  the  hour.  Recreation 
and  relaxation  ha\'c  been  seized  upon 
by  those  suffering  from  complications  of 
old-fashioned  laziness  and  lifted  up, 
deified  and  worshipped. 

A  young  matron  recently  marked  us 
out  as  a  victim  with  a  neck  that  would 
bear  weeping  on.  As  is  invariably  the 
case  she  began  to  confide  her  domestic 
troubles, 

"1  find,"  said  she,  "that  my  husband 
has  charged  some  one  in  his  office  with 
the  duty  of  calling  me  up  every  after- 
noon to  mumble  terms  of  endearment  " 
"But  how  is  it,"  we  asked,  "that  you 
didn't  at  once  notice  that  it  wasn't  his 
voice  over  the  wire'" 

"Well,"  explained  the  aggrieved  one, 
"I've  been  pretty  busy  with  bridge  every 
day,  and  I've  been  ha\ing  the  maid 
answer  the  'phone    " 


"  U  Ital .'    You  don  I  iijrri/  I  he 
i-lmerican  Jlercuri^  ?" 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

LAST  Sunday  we  were  invited  for  an 
J  auto  ride  with  one  ot  these  speci- 
mens who  harbors  delusions  that  he  is 
another  Barney  Oldfield.  We  were  soon 
scorching  through  Napa  County  at  a 
mile  a  minute  clip  Round  a  bend  in  the 
highway  he  sped  straight  into  a  bunch  of 
fowls  A  terrific  clucking  told  us  that 
something  was  wrong.  He  pulled  up 
and  we  glanced  back.  Two  birds  lay 
dead  in  the  road;  two  others  were 
fleeing,  squawking,  back  home,  and  a 
burly  man  in  overalls  was  striding 
toward  the  automobile  "That'll  be 
twelve  dollars  -three  dollars  apiece  for 
the  four,"  he  growled  as  he  came  to  a 
halt  alongside 

'Four' '  our  speedy  friend  gasped  "But 
1  killed  only  two." 

"That's  right,  "  the  man  agreed,  "but 
them  other  two  will  never  lay  a  blessed 
egg  after  this" 

"I'm  sorry,"  said  our  friend  as  he 
handed  over  the  money  "Due  to  fright, 
I  suppose    " 

The  farmer  shook  his  head  as  he 
pushed  the  bills  into  his  pcicket  and 
started  away. 

"Partly  fright,"  he  agreed  slowly, 
"but  mainly  because  they  ain't  hens!" 


I  WILL  concede,  gentlemen,"  said  the 
speaker  at  a  recent  San  Francisco 
manufacturers'  banquet,  "that  effi- 
ciency has  its  place  in  business.  1  will 
admit,  too,  that  good  salesmanship  is 
one  of  the  cornerstones  ot  a  manu- 
facturer's success  So,  too,  are  integrity 
and  consistency  I  will  also  grant  that 
ad\crtising  is  essential  if  a  firm  hopes  to 
reach  the  supreme  heights  in  this  com- 
petiti\e  world. 

"But  in  spite  of  these  concessions, 
gentlemen,  1  hold  that  sentiment  has 
been  the  one  indispensable  thing  in  the 
building  ot  my  own  business.  Senti- 
ment has  been  the  very  foundation  of 
success,  that  good,  old-fashioned  kind  of 
sentiment  v\'hich  draws  iiuman  beings 
together;  v\hich  prompts  the  sending  of 
messages  of  friendship  and  tenderness; 
v\hich  leads  the  youth  and  maiden  bliss- 
fully along  the  moonlit,  rose-bordered 
road  of  romance;  and  which  at  last  binds 
two  hearts  together  in  the  sacred  bonds  of 
marriage  That,  gentleman,  is  the  senti- 
ment without  which  my  business  would 
never  ha\e  succeeded 

"I'm  afraid,"  interrupted  a  listener, 
"that  you  exaggerate  the  commercial 
importance  of  sentiment  What  is  your 
business'" 

"1  am,"  answered  the  speaker  with  a 
smile,  "a  manufacturer  of  baby  car- 
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14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


She  Who  Waits  . . . 

A  Modern  Revision  of  an  old  Adage  Concerning  Rewards 

By  DORIAN  MORRIS 


MRS.  Arnold  was  a  mother  to  be 
proud  of.  She  had  told  her 
daughter,  Virtue,  Everything 
at  an  age  which  might  be  considered 
tender,  following  up  earlier  lectures  with 
several  upon  the  Chief  Duty  of  Woman 
The  sum  of  this  was  Marriage  :  suitable, 
practical,  successful. 

"Now,"  said  Virtue's  mother,  "that 
you  are  growing  up  without  curiosities 
— now,  my  dear,  that  you  are  not  in 
danger  of  indulging  in  physical  sensa- 
tions merely  because  you  don't  under- 
stand them  and  imagine  them  worthy  of 
pursuit — now  that  you  are  able  to  under- 
stand Men  and  their  Motives  in  the  light 
1  have  shed  upon  them — you  should 
make  a  Perfect  Marriage" 

Virtue  thought  she  had  heard  that 
phrase  somewhere — referring  distinctly 
to  physical  conditions,  but  she  did  not 
interrupt  Her  mother  had  made  her  a 
good  listener 

"You  must  marry  well,  Virtue.  Hap- 
pily, of  course,  if  possible  You  must  not 
be  led  astray  by  the  wild  ideas  of  your 
young  friends.  Fortunately,  you  have 
been  so  much  with  me — there  has  been 
very  little  chance  ot  undermining" 

Virtue  remembered  her  cousin, 
Freddy,  who  had  once  tried  some  under- 
mining. But  Mrs.  Arnold  had  been  far 
too  quick  for  Freddy. 

This  conversation  took  place  on  Vir- 
tue's eighteenth  birthday,  and  it  was  re- 
called to  mind  ten  years  later  by  a  chance 
remark  of  Byron  Barton  at  a  party  given 
for  Virtue  by  her  mother  Byron  had 
been  an  early  suitor.  He  was  still  good- 
looking.  Virtue  thought,  although — 
she  calculated  by  her  own  age — he  must 
be  nearly  forty  now.  Her  mother  had 
favored  him  at  one  time,  before  she  dis- 
covered his  lack  of  prix-ate  means,  and 
the  fact  that  he  could  go  little  further  in 
his  profession  He  remained  useful,  as  an 
occasional  cavalier  warding  o(T  others 
without  his  social  prestige  who  were 
equally  impossible  financially. 

Stray  tags  fnim  mother's  many  lec- 
tures came  to  Virtue 

"A  pretty  girl  is  made  for  marriage, 
and  you  are  a  pretty  girl.  Virtue  Men 
are  shy  of  marriage  The  more  desirable 
the  man,  the  less  it  is  necessary  for  him 
to  marry  to  get  what  he  wants  1  made 
a  sad  mistake  marrying  your  father  he 
had  no  money.  You  see  how  I  have  had 
to  contrive  to  make  you  presentable 
But  1  was  not  so  pretty  as  you  My 
mother  did  not  teach  me  anything  You 
must  remain  cool.  Virtue  Knowing 
what  it  all  means,  when  men  are  seized 
with    this   trembling,    this    longing   to 


touch,  to  hold,  to  possess — remain  cool 
That  is  the  Great  Lure  The  girl  who 
keeps  cool  is  the  one  who  succeeds.  Even 
after  marriage  there  are  things  which 
one  must  remember  about  barriers  1 
mean,  Virtue,  such  things  as  the  bath- 


By  Constance  Ferris 

/  hound  me  a  fillet  around  my  hair 
And  I  strapped  my  sandals  upon  mi/ 

jeet^r, 
For  I  was  i/ountf  and  the  world  was  fair 
And  the  quest  for  Uwe  would  he  sweet,  so 

sweets'. 

I'm  hack  in  a  two  room  fiat  agairu 
And  the  cars  clang  by  in  Powell  Street: 
And  I  cook  poor  meals  for  a  middle- 
aged  maiij — 
But  the  tfuest  for  loi'e  was  so  sweet,  so 
sweets 

room  intimacies — brushing  the  teeth — 
washing  the  neck.  These  are  important 
trifles,  but  above  all — never,  never,  even 
when  you  have  a  man  at  your  feet — 
never  let  him  be  quite  sure  that  you  love 
him." 

▼       T       ▼ 

VIRTUE  was  still   living  up  to   her 
mother's  precepts 

She  had  gone  through  the  war,  and 
the  only  lesson  learned  had  been  how  to 
drink — or,  rather,  to  drink.  She  had 
taken  the  terrible  chance  of  destroying 
all  her  sweet  poise,  her  pure  marriage- 
ableness, by  learning  to  drink  cocktails- 
even  whisky — without  flinching.  Her 
mother's  only  comfort  was  that  it  was 
the  smart  thing  to  do 

Virtue  did  like  her  drinks,  and  it 
amused  her  to  sec  how  drinking  aroused 
some  people-  making  them  more  afTec- 
tionate,  so  that  they  often  imagined  they 
fell  in  love  under  such  stimulus.  Occa- 
sionally these  damp  loves  stuck,  and 
Virtue  only  smiled  the  more  coolly  as 
she  sipped  her  high-ball.  It  was  her — 
entirely  secret  boast  that  she  allowed 
nothing  to  disturb  her  physical  poise 
And  young  men  frequently  began  to  go 
wild  over  her  1  say  "began  to"-  for 
they  always,  someway,  left  off. 

What  is  the  matter?  mused  Virtue 
aged  thirty-  taking  stock  of  herself 
There  had  been  John  Alger  -for  in- 
stance Big  and  fair — gold  Bringing 
light  into  any  crowd-  leaving  light  in 
his  wake  on  any  thoroughfare  He  had 
looked  at  Virtue 


Now!  thought  Virtue  She  started  to 
feel  a  little  thrill,  but  she  controlled  it, 
and  stirred  her  julep — looking  down. 

John  Alger  had  observed  Virtue  be- 
fore she  looked  down.  He  saw  a  beauti- 
fully oval  face,  a  serene  brow,  a  thin, 
dainty  nose  and  lovely  curving  lips.  Her 
eyes  were  grey  and  clear,  and  she  was 
rather  tall  with  a  drooping  reserve  of 
figure.  He  liked  it  all — so  he  got  some- 
one to  introduce  him. 

▼      T      ▼ 

HE  BEGAN  to  rush  Virtue.  At  his  re- 
quest, her  mother  arranged  a 
dancing  party,  and  he  took  the  daughter 
to  a  balcony — dimly  lit.  Virtue  went 
with  him  serenely,  but  inwardly  she  was 
hardly  less  calm  than  a  whirlpool.  Every- 
thing depends  on  my  training,  now,  she 
thought. 

They  looked  over  moon-flooded,  mys- 
terious gardens  John  took  her  hand.  His 
touch  pleased  her — but  she  ignored  i'.. 
His  other  hand  stole  up  her  bare  arm 
She  shrunk  a  well-calculated  trifle. 

"Why  are  you  called  Virtue?"  he 
whispered. 

"Probably  because  none  of  my  family 
on  either  side  came  from  New  England   " 

He  drew  away  and  gazed  at  her.  She 
was  very  soft  and  pretty  in  the  silver 
light.  He  was  reassured. 

"Till  now,"  said  John,  "1  ha\'e  never 
particularly  loved  virtue.  It  is  a  cold 
quality  It  can  be  its  own  reward,  for  all 
I  care  I  like  warmth."  He  put  a  warm, 
rough,  gentle  arm  about  Mrs.  Arnold's 
daughter. 

The  daughter  placed  cold,  determined 
hands  against  his  very  manly  chest  and 
put  him  away  from  her 

"No;  you  mustn't  kiss  me,"  she  said, 
although  she  smiled 

No  one  could  hax'c  dreamed  ot  whirl- 
pools 

In  a  moment  there  was  no  manly 
chest  anywhere  near  Virtue,  and  John's 
hands  were  on  the  veranda  ledge  He 
looked  her  over,  aloofly 

"Did  I  try  to  kiss  you'"  he  drawled 
He  was  furious 

"No,  "  admitted  Virtue. 

To  herself  she  said  he  is  getting 
more  anxious  to,  though  But  1  will  not 
let  him  until  1  am  sure  he  is  an.\ious 
enough 

Mrs  Arnold  asked  huii  to  dmner  a 
night  or  two  later,  and  it  seemed  circum- 
spect, considering  John's  pluperfect 
suitability,  to  plead  a  headache  after 
dinner 

So  John  and  Virtue  sat  alone  before 
the  fire    The  dinner  had  been  good     the 

CuutinuL'd  oil  pugc  2^> 


I 

NE,   1929 


15 


Proud  Elegancej  Crowns  Telegraph  Hill 

The  tangle  oj  undergroi^'th  surrounding  the  old  marine  look-out  lias  gn-en  uwi/  to  smooth  a^'enues 
and  stalely  urns  where  tourists  watch  the  island-strewn  bay 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Ca  riot  la  King 

I  he  Talkicr  Jir.fl  Piinia  Donna,  ic/io  /iidkrx  her  dchiil  in  "  I'hc  Dor//  A('/(//' 


JUNE,   1929 


17 


Throttled 


An  Investigation  of  Enforced  Yachting  Limitations 

By  HIRAM  W.  JOHNSON,  Jr. 


At  the  very  front  door  of  San  Fran- 
AA  Cisco  lies  one  of  the  world's 
JL  jL  sr^^'^tcst  playgrounds  Its  main 
Ba\',  landlocked  and  protected,  rimmed 
with  rolling  hills;  the  contiguous  Bays  ot 
San  Pablo  and  Suisun;  its  two  great 
tributary  rivers,  the  Sacramento  and 
San  loaquin;  and  the  many  smaller 
rivers,  creeks,  and  inlets  aftord  oppor- 
tunities tor  mildly  adventurous  recrea- 
tion equalled  in  but  tew  other  spots  on 
earth 

There  are  but  tew  San  Franciscans 
who  realize  that  at  their  very  threshold 
are  nine  hundred  miles  of  navigable  wa- 
ters waiting  to  be  traversed  and  ex- 
plored It  is  but  little  appreciated  that 
even  the  largest  of  our  yachts  can  with 
ease  na\'igate  even  the  South  Fork  ot  the 
Mokelumne  v^'here  black  bass  abound; 
that  any  cratt,  even  drawing  eight  or 
nine  teet  of  water,  can  cruise  to  the  up- 
per reaches  ot  the  Napa  River  where  in 
season  the  Stripers  run  so  protusely;  that 
in  the  delta  region  between  the  Sacra- 
mento and  San  Joaquin  Rivers  it  has 
been  said  that  one  could  take  two  hun- 
dred successive  trips  on  as  many  different 
days  and  never  repeat  the  same  trip 
twice;  and  that  many  ot  the  smaller 
creeks  such  as  Petaluma  and  Sonoma 
provide  within  very  easy  reach  of  San 
Francisco  unexcelled  beauty  spots  tor  the 
yachtsmen's  enjoyment. 

To  any  enthusiastic  yachtsman  re- 
straint is  dithcult  when  it  comes  to  de- 
scribing his  tavorite  sport  and  his 
patience  often  is  tried  sorely  by  the 
appalling  ignorance  ot  his  tellow  San 
Franciscans  It  is  no  unusual  thing  to  be 
[old  with  wide-eyed  innocence  that  the 
.Nlokelumne  had  ne\'er  been  heard  ot; 
this  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  in 
many  places  it  equals  the  broad  and  rush- 
ing San  Joaquin  And  when  you  try  to 
explain  that  in  many  ot  the  larger 
sloughs  in  the  deltas  the  toliage  ot  the 
trees  meets  overhead  torming  mile  long 
l\)wers  through  which  on  the  warmest 
ummer  days  you  cruise  in  ease  and 
omtort,  you  are  at  times  plainly  told 
hat  your  imagination  is  running  riot 

No  one  but  a  yachtsman  can  under- 
stand the  lure,  the  thrill,  the  comtort, 
and  the   peace   ot   these   broad   waters 
Today,  with  congested  roads,  the  auto- 
lobile    has    become    but    9    necessary 
leans    of    transportation.    The    earlv 
larm  of  automobile  touring  has  van- 
ished But  on  the  water  there  are  no  Stop 
ind  Go  signals,  no  crowding,   no  nice 
listinctions  ot  cutting  in   and   keeping 
i>n  the  road,   no  dust,   no  traffic    And 
'rom  another  aspect,   no  jangling  tele- 


phones or  elbowing  crowds  If  you  have 
a  radio  it  is  your  only  connection  with 
the  outside  world,  and  exxn  that  can  be 
snapped  off  at  will 

T        ▼        T 

Apoplil.ar  tallacy  seems  to  exist  that 
U\.  yachting  is  an  expensive  sport. 
This  is  only  true  to  the  same  e.xtent  as 
would  apply  to  other  sports.  One  can 
motor  simply  or  extravagantly,  and  no 
difference  exists  in  the  yachting  game. 
For  instance,  tor  the  quite  moderate  sum 
ot  $700  there  can  be  purchased  a  non- 
capsizable  Cub  boat  biiilt  to  class  spcci- 
tications  which  provides  ample  coiTitort 
for  two  people  for  even  an  extended 
cruise  around  the  Bay  These  little  boats 
are  fitted  out  with  bunks,  galley,  wash 
room,  and  other  modern  conveniences 
The  well-known,  and  now  most  popu- 
lar ot  all  the  class  boats— the  Birds — 
can  be  built  in  all  our  best  shipyards  for 
appro.ximately  $2500,  and  they  will 
accommodate  four  comtortably.  With 
the  advent,  development,  and  popular- 
ity ot  the  outboard  motor  innumerable 
thrills  can  be  had  for  as  little  as  $250  or 
$300,  and  from  $1500  upward  any  type 
of  motor-driven  craft  can  be  obtained 
according  to  the  tastes  and  pocketbook 
ot  the  prospective  yachtsman. 

Why  then  is  there  not  more  yachting 
on  San  Francisco  Bay  and  its  tributary 
waters?  Ignorance  of  its  possibilities, 
yes.  But  this  can  be  cured  with  even  mild 
propaganda.  Like  all  things  that  sound 
so  well  there  is  a  catch  in  it  The  catch 
is  the  lack  of  facilities  provided  by  San 
Francisco  itself  for  the  care  and  sate- 
keeping  ot  the  yachts. 

It  is  true  we  have  a  Yacht  Harbor 
upon  the  Marina,  and  the  Park  Com- 
mission, under  whose  jurisdiction  this 
Fiarbor  is,  has  done  wonderfully  well 
with  the  funds  at  their  disposal.  With 
practically  nothing  to  start  on  a  few 
years  back;  a  sheltered  and  protected 
haven  has  been  provided  for  200  yachts, 
^very  berth  in  this  Harbor  is  now  taken 
and  there  are  more  than  100  applications 
for  space  on  the  waiting  list  The  Park 
Commission  has  no  funds  with  which 
to    make    the    necessary    improvements 


and  additions  They  have  no  funds  to 
provide  more  berths;  they  have  no  funds 
to  dredge  the  harbor,  which  is  in  places 
shoaling  up;  they  have  no  funds  to  con- 
struct a  proper  roadway  along  the  Har- 
bor; nor  to  do  many  other  necessary 
things  to  be  touched  on  later  This  in 
the  face  of  the  fact  that  the  city  derives 
from  rentals  a  sum  each  year  in  excess 
of  ten  per  cent  net  on  the  amount  that 
has  been  expended  on  Yacht  Harbor 

T       ▼       T 

IT  H.'\s  long  been  recognized  by  every 
advanced  community  that  no  better 
investment  in  citizenship  can  be  made 
than  by  providing  adequate  recreational 
tacilities  for  its  people.  San  Francisco 
has  gone  far  in  this  respect  with  its 
parks,  baseball  grounds,  its  great  new 
stadium;  its  swimming  pool,  its  tennis 
courts,  and  golt  links — but  for  some 
reason  the  sport,  which  from  a  coldly 
industrial  standpoint,  puts  more  money 
into  circulation  than  any  other  and 
creates  more  business,  has  been  sadly 
neglected  Hundreds  ot  San  Francisco 
yachtsmen  arc  torced  to  moor  their 
yachts  along  the  Marin  shore  because 
there  is  not  a  single  safe  mooring  ground 
on  the  San  Francisco  side  except  the 
Yacht  Harbor,  and  that  is  filled.  This 
means  that  these  yachtsmen  hire  their 
paid  hands,  buy  their  supplies,  and  have 
their  yacht  work  done  outside  of  this 
city  But  from  this  same  cold-nosed 
standpoint  there  is  even  a  more  im- 
portant element  The  building  of  yachts 
provides  work  tor  many  ot  the  small 
shipyards  with  all  their  allied  industries. 
The  upkeep  of  a  yacht,  and  this  is  ever 
an  incessant  necessity,  provides-employ- 
ment  for  many  and  the  continued  pur- 
chase of  supplies.  In  other  words,  yacht- 
ing is  perhaps  the  only  major  sport 
which  carries  with  it  a  real  industrial 
aspect;  and  when  it  is  realized,  and  this 
is  stated  advisedly,  that  the  city  derives 
an  income  better  than  ten  per  cent  net 
on  the  tacilities  it  affords  yachtsmen, 
there  seems  to  be  no  reason  at  all,  even 
trom  an  investment  standpoint,  why  a 
real  effort  should  not  be  made  for  the 
enlargement  of  Yacht  Harbor  and  con- 
struction ot  more  berths  and  the  bring- 
ing ot  San  Francisco  yachts  to  San 
Francisco. 

The  lack  of  docking  facilities  also 
brings  into  play  a  tremendous  sales 
resistance  on  the  purchase  ot  new  yachts 
It  takes  quite  an  earnest  enthusiast  to 
trek  to  a  terry  boat,  change  to  another 
ferry  boat  and  hnallv  arrive  at  where 
trom  the  shore  line  he  can  see  his  boat; 

CoritiiuKnl  on  p:l|?c  'A'.i 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


A  Great  Woman  Novelist 

Being  a  Sincere  Tribute  to  Gertrude  Franklin  Atherton 


Bv  INA  COOLBRITH 


(Editor's  Note;  This  iribuic  was  recently  founJ 
Rmong  the  papers  of  the  late  Ina  Qxilhrith.  California's 
revered  ptjctess  It  was  originally  written  for  presenta- 
tion before  the  f'acific  Coast  V\'omen's  Press  Association 
at  a  meet  ing  honoring  Mrs  Atherton 

MY  PERSONAL  acquaintance  with  this 
most  brilliant  of  our  California 
novelists  is  not  of  very  ancient  date  I 
read  her  from  the  beginning  of  her 
literary  career,  needless  to  say  with  ad- 
miration, with  faith  in  her  powers  and 
future  success  :  saying  ot  her  as  1  mentally 
said  later  of  Ella  Higginson,  ot  Wash- 
ington, whom  1  singled  from  a  throng 
of  young  aspirants,  "Here  is  a  pen  cer- 
tain to  make  its  mark." 

And  I  have  watched  Mrs  Athcrtons 
growth  and  progress  with  a  pride  that 
was  almost  personal  Was  she  not  Ours' 
Was  she  not  Californian?  Veritably  Cali- 
fornian  a  Daughter  ot  the  Golden 
West  — ot  San  Francisco,  born  over  yon- 
der on  Rincon  Hill  when  Rincon  was 
the  Nob  Hill  of  the  City.  You  know  the 
elder  writers  were  Californian  by  adop- 
tion only — Bret  Harte,  Mark  Twain, 
Charles  Warren  Stoddard,  Joaquin  Mil- 
ler, and  others  v\-ho  began  their  literary 
work  here,  who  reflected  the  dawn  ot 
literary  glory  upon  Calitornia's  shore, 
and  forgot,  as  the  world  forgot,  that  it 
was  not  their  own  by  right  ot  nativity 

I  did  not  meet  Mrs.  Atherton  until  a 
year  or  so  before  the  great  local  cata- 
clysm For  iTiany  years  of  my  life  my 
occupation  and  responsibilities  were  such 
as  to  make  me  virtually  a  prisoner,  cut 
off  from  social  and  literary  life,  from 
work  with  the  pen  and  from  those  who 
worked  with  the  pen.  I  had  been  told  by 
some  who  professed  to  know  Mrs 
Atherton  that  she  was  verv  beautiful, 
(a  truth')  that  she  was  dithcult  of  ap- 
proach; tully  realized  the  success  she  had 
attained,  caustic  ot  wit;  somewhat  criti- 
cal of  others,  especially  members  ot  her 
own  sex,  with  whom  she  did  not  largely 
affiliate  So  1  stood  rather  in  tear  of  her, 
and  more  in  awe!  I  met  her  first  at  a 
dinner  tendered  her  at  the  Sequoia  Club 
in  1Q04  or  5  There  was  no  question  as 
to  the  "beauty,"  and  I  said,  mentally, 
when  the  golden  hair  and  milky  skin 
came  within  my  vision,  "She  is  the 
whitest  woman  I  ever  saw  "  There  was 
no  question,  either,  of  her  graciousness, 
when,  at  mention  of  my  name  she  re- 
peated it,  and  greeted  me  with  both  ex- 
tended hands.  And  I  have  found  her  al- 
ways most  gracious;  whollv  unaffected, 
with  an  easy  dignity  most  charming, 
witty,  certainly,  and  a  little  caustic  at 
times,  hut  not  more  so  than  her  knowl- 
edge of  human  life  and  nature,  and  her 


not  always  honey-rose-and-nightingale 
experiences  might  warrant  and  develop; 
with  the  absolute  courage  of  her  con- 
\-ictions;  a  frankness  not  always  an 
attribute  ot  her  sex — yet  a  kindly  trank- 

Fot^  Gertrudej}  Atherton^ 

By  Henry  Meade  Bland 

fie  read  her  page,  and  walk  the  wai/.r  oj 

ease^'> 
Back  in  the  idle  dai/s,  hejore  the  storm 
For  gold  broke  in   upon  those  friendly 

warm 
Unbroken  hours  blowing  from  Spanish 

seas. 
Filled  with  Castillian  glori/.    Upon  the 

leas 
That  line  a  thousand  happg  lulls,   we 

watch 
The  spurred  and  booted  hor.remen.  or  we 

catch 
The  Joi/  out  oJ  long  feasting  rei'elries. 

Chonila  tragic,  or  Y.rabel.  the  fait'', 
fUe  follow;  the  one  entangled  bg  decrees 
Oj  Fate  relentless:  the  otfxer  in  tfie  snare 
Of  deathjul  loi'e.  JT'e  walk  the  Academe 
Tfunktng  Aspasian  Icu'elmess,  with  rare 
Old  templed  Alliens  the  immortal  theme. 


ness;  a  more  than  usual  feminine  sense  ot 
justice  and  honor,  generous  and  unselfish 
to  a  degree,  and  a  faith  in,  ambition  tor, 
and  love  of  women  such  as  I  wish  were 
more  largely  shared  by  her  sisters  A 
noble  woman !  A  great  woman '  I  ha\'e 
thought  it  her  great-great-grand  uncle, 
Benjamin  Franklin,  knew  aught  now  ot 
this  earthly  sphere  wherein  he  bore  so 
illustrious  a  part,  he  must  be  very  proud 
ot  his  tair  descendant  Also,  s!;c  is  no*- 
devoid  of  ancestral  characteristics.  I 
remember  seeing,  some  vcats  since,  a  not 
unpleasant  caricature  ot  Mrs  Atherton 
in  "Lite,"  in  which  she  was  described 
as  "the  great-great-grand  niece  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  who  had  herself  been 
the  author  of  several  declarations  of  in- 
dependence '  She  is  quite  capable  of  it, 
but  the\'  would  be  of  an  all  right  order 

T       T       T 

SOME  time  before  the  great  disaster  o( 
our  city,  Mr  Phclan  niade  the  re- 
quest of  me  to  look  up  in  the  Bohemian 
Club  library  whatsoever  could  he  found 
regarding  the  facts  of  the  Kux  story  of 
Concepcion  de  Arguello  for  Mrs  Ather- 
ton, who  was  in  Monterey,  and  who 
might  make  use  of  it  in  a  novel  she  pur- 


posed writing    I  was  not  satisfied  with 
the  result  of  mv  search,  but  remembering 
a  large  scrap-book  of  Californiana  which 
1  had  compiled,  1  found  there  almost  all 
that  could  be  desired    Mr    Phelan  had 
this  t\'ped  and  sent  to  her    I  dc\'outly 
wish  the  book  had  been  sent,  and  so  per- 
haps escaped  the  fate  of  its  companions, 
for  it  was  rich  in  local  data,  the  careful 
gathering  and  sifting  of  years   When,  in 
that  cataclysmal  time  I  met  disaster  with 
so   many   others,    Mrs    Atherton,    who 
had  written  a  part  of  this  old  story  in 
her  \olume   "Rezanov,"   was  asked  if 
she  would  contribute  something  to  the 
"Spinners'  Book  ot  Fiction,"  u'hich  was 
being  compiled,  ostensibly  for  my  bene- 
fit   She  had  gone  from  the  Coast  after 
the  Fire  to  Germany,  hut  imniediately 
cabled  "Yes,"  and  sent  on  the  manu- 
script  of  the   concluding   part   of  that 
story,     her    "Concha    Arguello,    Sister 
Dominica"  —which     in     the     ordinary 
course  ot  publication  would  hax'C  nettedj 
her  a  large  sum — to  the  collection  men-l 
tioned   It  is  the  initial  story  in  the  book.i 
She  did  not  know  of  my  part  in  gather- 
ing data  for  it  until  long  after,  when  I| 
told  her,  quoting  the  not  wholly  aproposi 
old  adage  of  "Bread  upon  the  waters."! 
Usually  if  said  bread  comes  back  at  alii 
it  is  in  such  soaked  and  unpalatable  con-l 
dition  as  to  be  most  safely  let  alone,  hut 
this  was  the  exception   Also,  she  sent  mc 
the  sum  received  from  Harpers'  tor  herj 
"San    Francisco's   Tragic    Dawn"   Shei 
divided  the  honor  with  James  Hopper 
for  the  best  description  of  that  fatal  iSth 
ot  April,   1906    You  all  know  her  part 
in  the  Authors'  Reading  at  the  Fairmont 
tor  me    It  w'as  her  idea,  her  plan,  which 
Mr    Phclan,  (he  knows)  and  others,  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
kindU'    assisted    in    carrying    out.    The 
ground   upon   which   my   home  stands, 
and  which  hclp/d  to  make  the  home  a 
possibility,     is    thus    largelv    Atherton 
ground 

I  bring  in  this  personal  note  as  a  pub- 
lic and  just  recognition  and  tribute  to  a| 
great  wtiman,  whose  unselfish,  untiring 
gencrositv  was  so  graciousU-  tendered  a 
sister-woman  in  misfortune  It  is  the 
very  least  expression  of  gratitude  I  can 
ofk-r  I  am  sure  there  is  none  among  you| 
who  will  not  also  appreciate  and  re- 
member 

▼       T       ▼ 

Or  Mrs  Atherton's  place  in  litera- 
ture It  is  not  my  province  to  speak. 
The  gentlemen  who  follou'  me  will  do 
that  more  ably    I  consider  her  our  great- 

ContininMl  i>i)  pagr  11 


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JUNE,   1929 


21 


JIary  Pickford 

Clarence  Jlallei  po/irai/.'-  the  charm  of  Ihe  nen'  "ij/OH'n-up  Jlary"  Jir.rl  .fccn  in  "Loijuelle 

her  recent  i'entnre  in  the  "Talkies" 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Robert  Keable's  Island  Home 

An  Intimate  View  of  the  South  Sea  Haven  of  the  English  Novelist 

By  TERENCE  CASEY 


Editor's  Note:  Terence  Casey,  a  nrotege  of  Frede- 
rick O'Brien,  is  a  well-known  writer  of  short  stories.  He 
has  recently  returned  from  ten  months  in  the  South  Seas 
where  he  wrote  a  series  of  impressions  soon  to  be  pub- 
lished in  l>K>k  form. 

IT  WAS  six  in  the  morning  and  al- 
ready quite  warm  when  I  left  the 
hotel  on  that  Isthmus  of  Taravao 
which  connects  Tahiti  proper  with  the 
Peninsula  of  Taiarapu  Instead  of  short- 
cutting  across  the  narrow  isthmc,  I 
walked  with  a  jocund  pace,  as  R  L  S 
might  say,  along  the  road  which  skirts 
the  sea  and  goes  clock  wise  entirely  around 
the  island. 

The  way  was  as  level  as  an  autoino- 
hile  race-course  along  a  Florida  beach, 
with,  to  keep  up  the  similarity,  the  blue 
of  the  ocean  on  my  left  hand,  creaming  a 
bit  where  the  reef  broke  the  rollers  Here 
and  there  were  little,  white  concrete 
bridges,  mostly  dated  1927  and  192S, 
marked  by  native  names  and  arching 
over  streanis  from  the  hills  or  dry 
bowlder-strewn  gullies  In  recent  years 
on  Tahiti,  in  the  matter  of  road-build- 
ing, the  French  have  been  true  Romans 

Throughout  Taravao,  from  where  I 
had  come,  there  had  been  wire  fences 
and  plantation  houses  and  niilk  cows  on 
the  slopes  abo\'e  the  road  and  sea  The 
region  had  held  an  empty  and  pioneer 
look  There  had  been  vistas  of  intricately 
climbing  hills  covered  with  tall  .grass 
and  shrubs,  with  new  wagon  roads 
winding  up  between  the  folds  The 
district  had  appeared  ideal  for  running 
cattle,  letting  them  feed  and  breed  at 
will  on  the  long  mossy  slopes,  in  the 
forested  mystery  o(  the  ravines;  and  it 
was  easy  to  understand  why  Jack  Cudahy 
of  the  packing  firm,  had  thought  ol 
stocking  this  Taravao  country  with 
beeves. 

Now,  in  the  southerly  region  about 
Tautira,  the  aspect  was  different,  more 
backwoodsy  and  intimate  The  whole 
coast  of  the  Presqii'Uc  de  Taiarapu  vv:s 
dotted  with  little  old-fashioned  coco- 
palm  groves,  which  the  blulT  hills  ap- 
peared striving  to  shove  into  the  lagoon 
within  the  reef 

I  walked  for  perhaps  two  hours,  cool 
and  happy.  Then  the  circling  road  led 
me  back  to  the  opposite  side  of  the 
isthmus,  at  Afaahiti,  and  to  a  chain  of 
enormous,  mirror-like  pools  inland  from 
Port  Phaeton  and  the  Passe  dc  Tcputo. 
which  here  breaks  the  girding  reef 
Nothing  stirred  the  beauty  of  tne  tiny 
lakes  but  the  pensive  reflections  of 
small,  rounded  hills  like  those  man- 
constructed  miniature  heights  in  a  Japa- 
nese garden. 

"Ah,"  thought  I,   "I  am  coming  to 


Papeari,  to  the  home  of  Chief  Moue  and 
the  house  built  by  Robert  Keable  " 

I  crossed,  as  on  a  pontoon-bridge,  the 
last  lake  and  inward  dip  of  lagoon,  and 
entered  the  gateway  of  Moue's  place  I 
had  met   the  chieftain   many  times  in 


Therej>  W ad  A  Momenta 

By  Sydney  King  Russell 

There  was  a  momenl  when  the  thoupht  of 

you 
Became    a    shintnii    blade    against   mu 

hrea.r/^. 
Seekino   my   spirit,   cryini)   to   run    me 

through — 

0  love  most  strange  that  would  not  let  me 
resL^! 

1  struggled,    hut  mg   inmost  wall  was 
shaken 

Bg  hosts  unseen.  I  cried,  hut  none  might 

heai". 
In  spite  oj  all  the  citadel  was  taken, 
Bg  such  a  foe  as  Death  himself  might 

feai '. 

//;  chains  I  walked  the  earth  with  spirit 

howed; 
(  0  pitg  of  the  sheathed  and  silent  hlade!) 
Your  i-o/ce  it  was  that  spoke  from  out  the 

cloud. 
Your    mandate    that    compelled    till    I 

oheged 
As  man  ohegs  the  stars,  the  wheeling  sun 
And  learns  that  triumph  and  defeat  are 

one\' 


Papeete — a  tall,  stout,  pleasant- faced 
Tahitian,  with  white  hair  and  short, 
white  mustache,  clad  always  in  neat 
blue  shirt  and  trousers 

But  he  was  not  in  the  first  niaoiv- 
plaited,  airy-roofed  cottage  I  came  to 
Instead,  I  interrupted  at  his  breakfast 
here,  a  military-looking  Britisher  or 
German  He  directed  me  to  Moue's  na- 
tive-thatched dwelling 

The  chief  was  at  home,  as  was  Ma- 
dame Moue,  a  very  rail,  Junoesque 
matron  with  light  brown  skin  and  a 
Nordic  grayncss  of  eye  Both  greeted  me 
with  marked  affability  and  friendliness 
There  were  also  two  little  daughters, 
with  incandescently  smiling  faces  and 
sprite-like  forms 

Moue  brought  out  a  bottle  of  good 
white  wine,  and  we  chatted  and  drank. 
He  told  me  the  man  in  the  niaoxv- 
plaiced  hut  was  a  paying  guest,  a  retired 
British  major  Robert  Keable's  home,  he 
added,  was  only  a  stone's  throw  down 
the  road 


"I  shall  visit  there,"  I  said. 
"Convey  my  respects,"  said  he,   "to 
the  Princess  Ina  Salmon" 

*        T        ▼ 

THE  home  of  the  late  novelist  is  built 
on  a  low  bluff  overlooking  the 
mother-of-pearl  lagoon,  the  white, 
Hashing  reef,  the  dye-blue  sea  beyond 
and,  nearer  at  hand,  the  chain  of  glassy, 
green-reflecting  pools  While  the  grounds 
are  not  large,  the  one-storied  buildings 
are  rambling  and  quite  pretentious  A 
garage,  sheds  and  servants'  quarters  arc 
attached  to  the  main  dwelling,  with  a 
flower  garden  and  lawn  in  front  where 
several  brown  pickaninnies  played. 

One  goes  up  three  concrete  steps  and 
through  an  arched  doorway  to  enter  a 
richly  upholstered,  distinguished-looking 
reception  room.  Immediately,  one  is 
confronted  by  an  opposite  wide  door- 
way, opening,  as  it  seems,  upon  miles 
of  sun-drenched  lagoon  and  ocean.  An 
Italianate  fireplace  fills  a  corner  of  this 
noble  salon,  boxed  in  by  a  cushioned 
stone  seat  of  octagonal  shape.  Aho\'C 
the  arch  of  that  doorway  giving  upon 
the  sea,  "that  magic  casement  opening 
on  the  foam,"  is  a  iTiarine  painting  by 
Paul  Engdahl,  a  gifted  Swedish  artist, 
long  a  resident  of  the  South  Seas 

It  is  an  underwater  scene,  starred  and 
rayed  with  colorful  fish,  the  whole 
scheme  as  quaintly  tinted  as  a  decoration 
by  Leon  Bakst  I  had  seen,  about  the 
islands,  other  submarines  by  Engdahl 
and  later,  in  the  dining-room  of  Robert 
Keable's  home,  I  was  shown  still  more 
paintings,  but  these  were  nearer  the  im- 
pressionistic, uncouth  contours  and 
niurky  hues  of  Gaugin  Indeed,  one  head 
looked  a  study  of  Paul  Gaugin  himself 

Several  rich  and  romantic-looking 
Persian  rugs  draped  the  walls  These 
fascinated  me  more  e\en  than  the  paint- 
ing One  depicted  the  entrance  of  a 
mosque,  the  arch  of  goldandthe  mysteri- 
ous interior  of  a  most  sanguine  crim- 
son Another  was  threaded  with  light 
Shereefian  green,  the  holy  green  of  Islam 
A  third  was  marked  with  outlandish 
arabesques,  like  the  picture-writing  in  , 
Conan  Doyle's  dccecti\e  varn  of  the  I 
Little  Men  and  the  great  Sherlock  I 
wished,  then,  I  had  studied  the  lore  of 
these  glov\ing  tapestries  of  Bokhara  and 
Bagdad  that  1  might  have  deciphered 
the  meaning  of  the  designs 

T       ▼       ▼ 

XHE   widow   of  Robert   Keable   and 
mother  of  his  1  ttle  siin.  Princess  Ina 
ion,  came  forth  from  her  boudoir 
The    daughter   of  a    former   American 

<'(Hitinued  on  page  M 


!  I 


JUNE,   1929 


23 


I E  .  MELIOURNE  TBIINOlE 


Mo  I 


Exotic  Contrasts 

Onip  in  San  Francisco  doe.r  one  look  past  an  Oriental  silkouette  to  a  palm  firown  park  ahofe  u'liicli  rise 

the  mounting  buttresses  oj  modern  business. 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 
LATHROP-DAN'IS  On  April  2l\  Lcland  Slanford 
Lathrop.  Jr  .  «>n  of  Mr  and  Mrs  l.cland  Slanford 
Lalhrop' of  San  Trancisco  and  BcKcdcrc,  and  Miss 
Mary  Davis,  daughlcr  of  Judge  and  Mrs  John  F. 
Da\isof  Sanl-rancisco 

FI.KISCHHAKKR-CHOYNSKI  On  May  1.  Mr 
Mortimer  l-'lcis;hhackcr,  son  ri(  Mr  and  Mrs  Morlimer 
FIcischhackcr  to  Miss  Janet  Choynski.  daughter  of 
Colonel  and  Mrs  Hcrhert  Choynski 
Dt;  TRIS  lAN-DE  TRISTAN  On  May  U-  in  Bourges. 
France  Oimte  Francois  dc  Tristan,  son  of  the  Comtc 
and  Cximtesse  Louis  de  Tristan,  and  M|le  Louise  de 
Tristan  daughterof  the  late  Vicomtede  Tristan 

BRE\VER-LA  MOTTF  On  May  18.  in  Wilmington 
Delaware  the  Reverend  William  .Augustus  Brewer  of 
Burlingamc  and  Miss  .'\ugusta  La  Motte.  daughter  ol 
the  late  Mrs  F,  N   La  Motte      ^     ..       ,,  u 

HENDERSON-ERDMAN  On  May  25,  m  Hono- 
lulu Mr  Charles  JetTcrson  Henderson,  son  of  Mr  and 
Mrs'  C:harles  B  Flenderson  of  San  Francisco,  and  Miss 
Emma  Louise  Erdman.  daughter  of  the  Rev  and  Mrs. 
John  Pinnev  Erdman  of  Honolulu 

ENGAGEMENTS 

GRISSIM-GALLWE'l  Mis*  Irene  Grissim.  daugh- 
tcrofMr  and  Mrs  John  De  L  C^rissim  of  Piedmont.  tt> 
Mr  William  Edward  Callwey.  son  of  the  late  Rev.  and 
Mrs  NB  Gallwey  of  San  Mateo 

MFYER-HASTINGS  Miss  Phyllis  Meyer. daughter 
of  Mrs   I'rcdenck  H    Meyer  to  Mr   Ross  Hastings,  the 
son  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Paul  Hastings  of  Sausalito 
VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

In  honor  of  Miss  Ailcen  1  ohin  who  visited  San  Fran- 
cisco for  a  few  weeks  in  May  Mr  and  Mrs  Grant 
Black  entertained  at  a  buffet  supper  at  their  home  in 
San  Mateo 

Mrs  Waterhury  Morris  of  New  York  was  the  guest 
of  Mr  and  Mrs  "Thomas  B  Eastland  of  San  Mateo 
recently  Mr  and  Mrs  Eastland  also  entertained  Mr 
and  Mrs  Walter  Marvin  of  New  York 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Kent  Chandler,  now  of  Chicago,  hut 
formerly  resident s  of  BurlinBamc,  visited  California  last 
month  and  were  the  guests  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Bernard  V. 

Mrs  Henry  Stevenson  (Mary  Dennis  Searlesl  who 
now  makes  her  home  in  Los  Angeles,  was  the  guest  nl 
Mrs  Oliver  Dibble,  .Ir  ,  for  a  fortnight  during  the  past 
"lonth  ,  ^ ,        .,     .        , 

Mr  and  Mrs  Adolph  Weinman  of  New  York,  who 
arrived  in  San  Francisco  to  attend  the  opening  of  the 
sculptural  exhibition  at  the  Palace  of  ihe  Legion  ol 
Honor  were  entertained  bv  Mr  William  M  Humphrey 
durinc  their  visit  Mr  Weinman  is  head  of  the  American 
Sculptural  Siciety 

Mrs  Emory  Sands  is  at  the  Burlingamc  Country 
C:iuh  for  the  summer  Mrs  Sands  was  accornpanicd 
West  from  Washington  by  her  mother,  Mrs  William  1- 
Fullam, 

Mr  and  Mrs  John  Mageeof  New  1  ork  were  interest- 
ing visitors  on  1  he  peninsula  recent  l\  Among  those  who 
entertained  for  them  were  Mr  and  Mrs  Robert  Hays 
Smith  . , 

Mrs  Duncan  Hunter  of  Pasadena  was  entertained  by 
Mr  and  Mrs  Arthur  Dunne  during  her  stay  in  San 
Francisco  Mr  and  Mrs  Dunne  gave  a  buffet  supper 
in  Mrs  Hunter's  honor 

Mrs  William  Houghleling  entertained  at  a  luncheon 
recently  in  honor  of  Mrs  Charles  Curtis,  a  recent  bride, 
whose  marriaRe  tiKik  place  in  China 

Mrs    George  Stevcnvin   was  guest   of  honor  at   a 
luncheon    given    by    Mrs     Powers    Symington     Mrs 
George  Stevenson  makes  her  home  in  l-os  Angeles 
HERE  AND  THERE 
Miss  Christine  D.inohoe  has  returned  from  her  home 
in  the  East  and  is  at  the  l>>nohoe  home  on  Broadway 
Mrs   William  Wallace  WikkI  was  a  luncheon  hostess 
at   the  Hotel   Mark   Hopkins  where   she  entertained 
twelve  friends 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ernest  Folgcr  have  returned  from  New 
York  and  l-luropc  where  they  traveled  lor  several 
months  They  will  spend  the  summer  in  Burlingamc 

Mr  and  Mrs  George  Pope  have  opened  their  Bur- 
lingamc home  for  the  summer 

Mr  Templeion  Cnicker  has  taken  possession  of  his 
new  apartment  on  Russian  Hill 

Mr  and  Mrs  Stanley  Smith  have  taken  a  house  in 
Mcnio  Park  for  the  summer 

Mr  and  Mrs   Daniel  Volkmann  will  spend  the  sum- 
mer months  at  Wtjodside  ., 
A  son  has  Isecn  N>rn  to  the  Cjiunt  and  C^iuntcss  Al- 
bert dc  Mun  in  Paris   The  Countess  dc  Mun  was  the 
former  Grace  Barton  of  San  Irancisco 

Mrs  Horace  Bradford  Clifton,  recently  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  San  Francisco  Branch  of  the  Junior  League 
succeeding  Mrs  Howard  Park,  accompanied  by  Mrs 
F:  B  Towne  and  Miss  Ruth  Landgoon.  went  to  Ne» 
Orleans  in  May  to  attend  the  lunior  League  (  x.nlerence 
Mr  and  Mrs  Ernest  Stent  and  her  family  returned 
to  this  country  from  F^uropc  in  May  in  time  to  attend 
the  gradual  ion  of  Mr  Ernest  Stent.  J  r  .  from  Harvard 
The  Stent  family  will  be  at  their  Menlo  Park  home  for 
the  summer 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ross  Ambler  Curran  entertained  over 
a  hundred  friends  at  a  large  luncheon  at  their  ranch 
near  Gilroy  A  rodeo  was  staged  on  the  ranch  after  the 
luncheon 

Miss  Eve  Taylor  was  horvircd  at  a  large  theatre  part  y 
given  by  Mrs  Horace  D  Pillsbury 


Mr^  .\shton  Potter  entertained  at  a  dinner  in  htinor 
ofMrs  Philip  Van  Home  Lansdalc  just  before  Mrs 
Lansdalc  left  for  the  East  and  Europe  Mrs  Joseph 
Sadoc  Tobin  also  entertained  in  Mrs  Lansdale's  honor 

Mr  and  Mrs  Roger  Lapham  gave  a  large  luncheon 
at  their  Menlo  I'ark  home  recently 

M'ss  Marion  Zcile  and  Mrs  Loring  Pickering  re- 
turned to  California  in  May.  Mrs  Pickering  to  visit  her 
aunt  Mrs  MountfordS  Wilson  and  Miss  ^eile  to  join 
her  sister  Mrs  Corbitt  Moddy.  who  has  been  ill 

Mr  and  Mrs.  James  Davics  cnterlamed  a  group  ol 
the  younger  married  set  at  dinner  in  Burlingamc 
recently. 


To  a  Jlargueriiej 

By  Elisabeth  Leslie  Roos 

Hon*  can  such  a  simple  flo^ver 
Hold  such  secret  hidden  pou'e/'"; 
Oft  I  Ki'onder  hon'  i/ou  tell 
If  he  liH'es  me  ill  or  <i'ell. 

Jf'hen  i/our polden  hearCs  laid  InirtL'* 
Xaked  in  the  sun's  hri(ihl  plarc.\ 
Then  in  death  do  i/ou  disclose 
If'hat  i/our  last  li-A/Vc  petal  knoa's. 


Mr  and  Mrb  Howard  Park  were  dinner  hosts  at  ihe 
Fairmont  where  ihcy  eniertaineu  N-'.rs  Park's  parents 
Mr   and  Mrs   tdward  H   L.larK  of  New  "i  ork, 

Mr  and  Mrs.  1  homas  Kenneo\  and  Miss  Maye  Col- 
burn  enjoyed  a  motor  trip  to  Portland  during  May  ^.r 
and  Mrs  r\enneoy  are  staying  inrtiughoui  me  summer 
with  the  larter"s  mother  IVirs  bhinaler  Johnson  at  h^r 
place  on  tne  L.olumbia  River 

Or  and  Mrs  Henry  Kier^ted  have  purchased  the 
Leonara  Wollams  home  on  \allejo  street  iVir  and  Mrs. 
\\  (M>!ams  will  make  iheir  home  in  Ross 

jVir  and  Mrs.  Vernon  Skewcs-C  !o.\  and  their  children 
wil!  spend  the  summer  in  Ross 

ivir  and  Mr''  Paul  Fagan,  who  have  been  spending 
their  honcymcxjn  in  Paris  wil!  return  lo  San  Francisco 
in  July. 

;vir  and  Mrs  W,  W  Crocker  whose  ftjtmer  home  m 
Burlingamc  was  burned,  will  rebuild  on  the  property 
Meanwnilc  they  are  occupying  the  Tempieton  Crocker 
home  in  Hillsborough. 

Mrs,  Edwin  fc,doy  and  her  daughters  arc  enjoying  a 
motor  trip  through  the  North 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Francis  M  Shaw  and  their  daughter 
Miss  ivlargaret  Shaw  gave  a  large  dinner  dance  at  the 
LaKc^idc  t._.Iuh  recenilv  Mr  ana  Mrs  Shaw  and  their 
family  are  going  abroad  this  summer 

Mr  anu  ^1r^  Niun  I  ueker  were  hrjvts  at  a  dinntr 
party  at  their  home  in  l-iur!ingamc  in  complimeni  tn 
i\1r   and  Mr^   Roger  lv>equeriiz 

Miss  Josephine  (Jrani  gave  a  lunchetin  at  the  San 
Maieo-t^urhngame  Polo  Club  in  honor  of  the  visiting 
players  Irom  bout  hern  (_!alitornia 

<vlr  andMrs  Lea\ni  leaker  celebrated  the  eighteenth 
anniversary  of  their  marriage  by  giving  a  dinner  party 
at  their  home  in  San  Ralael 

\lr  andMrs  Augustus  laylor.  Miss  Bvc  Taylor  and 
Mr  Augustus  I  aylor.  Jr  .  have  reopened  their  Menlo 
Park  home  for  the  summer 

Mrs  Warren  Spieker  has  taken  the  La  Montaigne 
house  m  MenU>  Park 

Mr  and  Mrs  Alfred  Sutro  are  building  a  place  at 
Atherton  and  expect  to  take  possession  nest  month 

Mr  and  Mrs  C^>rnelius  Winkler  and  their  children 
have  taken  Mile  le  tirun's  home  in  liurhngame  for  a 
period  of  two  years  Mrs  Ashton  Potter  gave  a  dinner 
party  (or  Mr  and  Mrs  Winkler  shortly  before  they 
moved  to  the  peninsula 

Mr  and  Mrs  John  G  Sutton  lent  their  grounds  and 
garden  at  Menlo  Park  for  a  benefit  garden  party  given 
hy  the  Doctt)rs*  Daughters 

Mrs  Mark  Gerstle  Jr  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  at 
her  home  m  compliment  to  Mrs  William  Perkins  shortly 
before  the  latter  left  for  the  Fast  and  Kurope 

Mr  and  Mrs  Marshall  Madison  arc  spending  the 
summer  in  Menlo  Park  with  Mrs  Madison's  parents, 
Mr   and  Mrs   Perry  l^yre 

Mrs  Cc<)rgc  T  Marye  is  expected  to  arrive  shortly 
in  San  Francisco  after  spending  the  winter  in  Wash- 
ington 

Mr  Bruce  Kelham  has  joined  his  family  at  their  Sea 
(^litThome  Mr  andMrs  Cje«>rKc  W  Kelham  returned 
to  San  Irancisco  recently  from  the  iiermudos 

Mrs  I-.lla  R  Tenney  has  returned  from  the  Fasi  and 
IS  at  her  apartment  on  the  Marina 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  Mc(J>rmick  entertained  a 
group  of  friends  ai  dinner  ai  their  home  in  Atherion 

Vir  and  Mrs  Robert  Watt  Vliller  have  returned  to 
Hurlingame  after  an  extended  visit  in  New  York 


Mr  and  Mrs  Warren  C^lark  have  purchased  a  house 
in  San  Mateo 

Mr  A  L  Whitney  has  arrived  from  Paris  and  the 
Riviera  and  will  spend  the  month  of  June  in  San 
Francisco 

Miss  Beulah  Gibbons,  daughter  of  Dr  and  Mrs 
Morton  Gibbons,  has  announced  June  20  as  the  date  i>f 
her  marriage  to  Mr.  James  Allen,  son  of  Mrs  Ruih 
Allen 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mr  and  Mr-^  Arthur  Hill  Vincent  arc  passing  the 
summer  at  their  home  in  Biarritz 

Mrs  Frederick  Marriott  is  traveling  in  Egypt  at  the 
present  time 

Mr  and  Mrs  D  C  Jackling.  Mr  and  Mrs  Geor&e 
Cameron.  Dr  and  Mrs  Herbert  Allen  and  Miss  Helen 
Garriit  sailed  on  the  Olympic  for  Europe  recently 

Mrs  Lawrence  McCreery  and  her  children  are  in 
England  \isiting  the  family  of  the  late  Mr    McCreery 

Miss  Julia  Van  Fleet  and  Miss  Claire  Knight  arc 
sailing  for  the  Ctmtinent  on  June  7  and  will  be  awa\ 
all  summer 

Mrs;  Tobin  Clark  and  her  daughters  arc  now  occup>  - 
ing  their  Paris  apartment 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lloyd  Robbins  are  in  Europe  and  w  ill 
travel  on  iheO)ntineni  until  September 

Mrs  Baylies  Coleman  Clark  and  Miss  Eltzabetli 
Clark  will  travel  on  the  Gmtincnt  until  early  Autumn 

Miss  Margaret  Foster  is  in  Berlin  w  here  she  has  joined 
her  sister.  Mrs  Frank  Winchester 

Mr-  and  Mrs  George  Leib  plan  to  go  abroad  In 
July 

Mr  and  Mrs  Leigh  Sypher  arc  in  Europe  and  will 
spend  an  entire  year  abroad 

Miss  Catherine  Wheeler  is  in  France  where  she  has 
joined  Mr  and  Mrs   Henry  Carlisle 

Mr  and  Mrs  John  F  Neyland  and  their  daughitr 
w  ill  spend  the  summer  in  France  and  Italy 

Mr  John  McMullin  has  returned  to  Paris  from  Lon- 
don where  he  was  the  guest  of  Somerset  Maugham 

Mrs  Clinton  Walker  sailed  for  England  on  tht 
Homeric  on  May  2^  She  will  join  Miss  Harriet  Walker 
in  London  Miss  Walker  was  presented  at  the  Cx>uri  <>' 
St  James's  on  Mav  *^ 

Mrs  William  Fienshaw  was  traveling  in  Corsica  <i 
last  accounts 

Mrs  William  J  Younger  is  again  in  her  aparimen 
in  Pan's  after  spending  some  time  m  Madrid 

Xlr  and  Mrs  Frank  Hutton  sailed  recently  on  i)k 
(^In  mpic  and  w  ill  pass  the  summer  abroad 

Mr  andMrs  Georges  de  I-atour  arc  visiting  in  Pan-- 
and  w  ill  later  go  to  the  St>uih  of  France  where  their  s^tn 
Mr   Richard  de  Latour  is  living 

Mrs  James  H  Bull  is  sailing  for  Italy  on  the  Roma 
on  June  22 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mrs  Rudolph  Spreckels  is  at  the  Ritz  and  is  being 
entertained  by  her  large  group  of  New  ^'ork  friends 

Mrs  Spencer  Grant  is  visiting  on  the  Atlani  ie  C'oast 
and  will  return  ro  California  this  month  and  ojx-n  her 
summer  place  at  Lake  Tahoc 

Mr  andMrs  Walter  Scott  Hobart  arc  visiting  friends 
in  the  blast 

Miss  Janet  Whitman  has  left  for  New  ^'ork  and  is 
w  ith  her  grandmother  Mrs  Jane  M.  Whitman 

Baron  and  Baroness  J  C  Van  Eck.  former  San 
I'raneisean'.  recentlv  spent  several  days  in  New  York 
from  their  home  in  Oreenw  ich. 

Mrs  James  Potter  Langhornc  is  dividing  her  time 
between  New  ^'ork  and  Annap<'>lis 

Bernard  Ford  was  recently  in  New  York  attending 
the  [bankers  Association 

Miss  Barbara  Sutro  visited  friends  in  I^>ston  last 
month 

Mr  and  Mrs  John  Paris  who  formerly  lived  in  San 
Mateti  have  bought  a  large  estate  in  Bridgewatcr. 
Connecticut 

Mrs  Erie  Browncll  and  Mrs  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur 
are  in  the  East  and  recently  enjoyed  a  mt»tor  itmrof  ihe 
histiirie  X'irginia  country 

Mrs  Paul  Bacroft  Jr  was  among  the  attendants  at 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Mary  Sheppared  and  Mr  J  Burr 
Bart  ram  in  New  "^ork  recently 

Mr  andMrs  Harry  K  Williar  spent  s*Jme  time  at  the 
Ritz  recentlv 

Mr  and  Mrs  Mark  Reqiia  of  Piedmont  were  guests 
at  the  WhiteHouseduringtheirrccenr  tripl-.ast 

Mrs  Nathan  Moran  and  Miss  Virginia  Moran  are  in 
New  "^ork.  making  their  home  at  the  R<x>sevelt 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mr  and  Mrs  Alfred  Whiitell  and  Mrs  Kurt  Albert  l 
of  Berlin  and  Mr  Alexander  Albert  enjoyed  a  week-end  I 
at  the  Awahnce  in  Yosemite  recently 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  H  Holbrook  Jr  are  in  San 
I-rancistn  again  after  a  stay  in  Mont ecito  where  they 
were  the  guests  of  Mr  andMrs  HarrvH   Webb 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lawrence  Fox  Jr  and  their  children 
will  pass  the  summer  in  Santa  liarbara  at  their  summer 
place  "Normandv  C^>ttage  " 

Mrs  Helen  K  Rutherford  and  Mrsf-  K  Burnham 
passed  several  days  in  the  Yosemite  Valley  making 
[heir  home  at  thcAhwahnec  ,  i 

Mr  and  Mrs  Dixwell  Hewitt  enjoyed  a  stay  Ol  I 
several  weeks  in  Santa  Barbara 


JUNE,  1929 


25 


Jlrs.  Edward  Joseph  Tob'uxy 

From  the  poiiiad  by  the  noted  J'enetian  paailer,  Lulu  de  Blaa,s 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Strange  Intervie\v 

With  a  Few  Asides  Not  Meant  for  Publication 


Bv  BETH  WENDEL 


Characters 

Ralph  Morgan,  making  up  as 
Charles  Marsden. 

Donald  Macdonald,  preparing  to 
be  Sam  Evans. 

Harry  C.  Bannister,  all  set  for 
Edmund  Darrell. 

Judith  Anderson,  jusc  a  little  tired 
of  beixig  Nina  Leeds 

Bernard  Simon,  a  nice  young  Pub- 
licity Man. 

The  Girl  Interviewer. 

Scene — Back-stage  at  the  Columbia 
Theatre. 

Time — 5  P.M.  A  Fciv  Days  Ago. 

T       T       T 

Bernard  Simon  :  (helpfully)  Would  you 
like  to  hear  some  amusing  anecdotes 
concerning  the  players? 

Girl  Interviewer;  (eagerly)  Like  the 
ones  Alan  Mowbray  told  at  Edgar 
Walter's  house? 

Bernard  Simon;  Ssh.  All  that's  Guilded 
is  not  told.  Besides,  you  arc  confusing 
your  company. 

Girl  Interviewer;  {petulantly)  I  want 
to  interview  Alan  Mowbray!  I  can't 
understand  why  Eugene  O'Neill  dis- 
likes actors.  Can  you? 

Bernard  Simon:  I'll  tell  you  why 
Eugene  O'Neill  dislikes  them,  (aside) 
That  ivas  a  good  side  step.  If  this  girl 
wrote  it'hat  I  think,  I'd  lose  my  job. 
Oh,  ice//,  7  bought  a  car  and  xvouldn't 
mind  staying  here  this  summer,  any- 
how, (aloud)  Eugene  O'Neill  was 
visiting  his  father,  James  O'Neill, 
back  stage,  and  Margaret  Anglin 
tried  to  persuade  him  to  sit  on  her 
lap  . 

Girl  Interviewer;  (horrified)  She  did! 

Bernard  Simon  :  He  was  a  child  at  the 
time,  (aside)  What  a  sap  this  is. 
(aloud)  Miss  Anglin  said  playfully, 
"Come  along,  Genie,  1  won't  kiss 
you"  Gene  looked  at  her  suspiciously, 
and  cried,  "But  you  might!  "  Then  he 
ran  out  of  the  theatre  never  to  return 

Girl  Interviewer  ;  And  he  ran  away 
from  Princeton,  never  to  return. 
(brightly)  Who  kissed  him  there? 

Bernard  Simon  ;  (aside)  Is  this  girt 
making  wise  cracks!'  (aloud)  He  left 
Princeton  by  request,  and  for  the 
same  reason  left  home  Then  when 
"Beyond  theHorizon"  won  the  Pulitz:r 
Prize,  he  became  Teach  :r's  and 
Papa's  pet 

Girl  Interviewer.  I  guess  that's  how 
the  Parent-Teacher's  Association 
started. 


RALPH  MORGAN 

who  plays  Charles  IHarsden  in 

"Sirange  Interlude" 

Bernard  Simon;  (aside)  Jo  Dyer  has  a 
terrible  staff,  (aloud)  This  is  Mr. 
Morgan  who  plays  Charlie  Marsden 

Girl  Interviewer  :  (aside)  And  to  think 
Nina  waited  tiventy-six  years  to 
marry  him,  if  my  figures  are  correct, 
(aloud)  Do  vou  play  golf,  Mr.  Mars- 
den-Morgan -Marsden? 

Ralph  Morc.'vn;  (aside)  This  is  all 
part  of  the  game,  I  guess,  (aloud)  Yes, 
eighteen  holes  aren't  too  many  for 
me,  every  single  day  that  it  doesn't 
rain 

Girl  Interviewer:  And  nine  acts  every 
single  day,  even  when  it  does  rain' 

Ralph  Morgan  :  (smiling  in  true  trouper 
spirit)  We  play  ping  pong,  too.  Wc 
have  a  table  right  in  the  basement 
Donald  Macdonald  and  I  play  while 
Nina  and  Mrs  Evans  are  discussing 
the  baby 

Girl  Interviewer:  I'm  glad  )ou  didn't 
listen    It  isn't  nice. 

Ralph  Mor(-.an  :  (thankfully)  Here's 
old  Evans  now.  Meet  Mr  Donald 
Macdonald 

Girl  Interviewer:  Oh,  you're  the  one 
who  gets  fatter  and  tatter  with  each 
act.  (aside)  What  a  shame  ivhen  he's 


so  cute  looking.)  (aloud)  Do  you  use 
padding?  May  I  see  it?  I'd  like  to  put 
in  my  interview  that  I  saw  the  pad- 
ding and  the  ping-pong  table 

Bernard  Simon;  (hissing)  Put  it  in 
anyhow  !  The  curtain  goes  up  in  fifteen 
minutes. 

DoN.-\LD  Macdonald:  I'm  having 
trouble  with  the  darn  old  padding. 
I've  grown  thin  on  tour,  and  it's 
getting  loose 

Girl  Interviewer;  How  funny!  Would 
that  be  called  a  theatrical  paradox? 
(Mr.  Macdonald  and  Mr.  Morgan 
go  back  to  their  dressing  rooms.)  Oh 
is  this  the  type-writer  that  Evans  uses 
to  write  his  advertisements? 

Bernard  Simon:  {wearily)  Yes,  yes,  the 
very  one. 

Girl  Interviewer  :  Well,  no  wonder  he 
lost  his  job!  Look  at  this  paper  He 
has  written  nothing  but  xxxxxxxxxx 
????????dddddddd&&&&&&:&:&  . 

Bernard  Simon  ;  (pulling  himself  to- 
gether) This  is  Mr,  Bannister  who 
plays  Darrel. 

Girl  Interviewer  ;  (aside)  Isn't  he 
stunning.  I  think  I'll  try  something! 
(aloud)  Where  do  you  actors  eat  din- 
ner, Mr.  Darrell-Bannister? 

Harry  Bannister  :  (frightened)  My 
wife  is  Ann  Harding  and  I  telephone 
to  her  every  night  She  played  in"The 
Trial  of  Mary  Dugan"  and  now  she  is 
playing  in  "Paris  Bound    "  1  adore  her! 

Bernard  Simon;  (aside)  Hey,  there,  try- 
ing to  get  Publicity  for  another  show? 
J^one  of  that,  (aloud)  The  cast  has 
dinner  in  the  basement 

Harry  Bannister  ;  And  it's  not  very 
good , 

Girl  Inter\'iewer  ;  I'm  sure  that  lots  ot 
women  who  did  canteen  work  dur- 
ing the  war  would  Imx  to  bring  you 
all  some  dinner  They'\c  had  nothing 
to  do  tor  years. 

Bernard  Simon;  (thrilled)  Good  idea' 
A  Battalion  of  Society  Women  Occu- 
pied the  Front  Line  Benches  and 
Went  C^ver  the  Top  When  the  Signal 
Was  Given   Great  publicitv' 

Harry  Bannister;  You'll  ha\c  to  ex- 
cuse me    (goes  off  ) 

Girl  Interviewer;  Oh,  there's  the  ship 
that  little  Gordon  smashes  Docs  he 
get  a  new  one  every  night'  What  tun' 

Bernard  Simon  ;  A  new  one  every  night 
proved  too  expensive,  so  this  one  is 
collapsible  It  makes  a  swell  noise, 
but  Lester  Sheehy  doesn't  get  the 
same  satisfaction,  knowing  that  it 
can  be  put  together  again. 

C'ontiliuiHl  (III  luigr  .io 


JUNE,  1929 


27 


Spotlight 

Continued  from  piiKt-  IS 

At  the  opening  play  of  the  other 
j[\_  Guild  venture,  "The  Doctor's 
Dilemma,"  we  tound  an  audience  torn 
between  loyalties  The  faction  which 
rallied  to  the  support  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession insisted  that  the  play  was  tire- 
some and  "dated  "  The  Shavian  enthu- 
siasts indignantly  denied  that  this  was 
so  That  Mr  Shaw  is  usually  too  garru- 
lous is  not  to  be  gainsaid  But  even  in 
his  most  lecture-plattorm  moments  he 
never  releases  his  grip  on  the  suspensive 
drama ^  Thus  in  the  first  act,  with  all  the 
welter  ot  exposition  and  talk,  he  keeps 
the  interest  ot  his  audience  at  high  pitch 
by  a  hope,  several  times  postponed,  that 
the  attractive  lady,  who  was  u'aiting 
outside  the  door  tor  the  doctor,  would 
presently  be  brought  in  Just  as  the  sec- 
ond act  begins  to  stale,  NIr  Shaw  brings 
the  listeners  up  with  a  round  turn  by  the 
appearance  of  a  second  wife  for  the  irre- 
pressible Dubedat.  And  so  on  until  the 
final  curtain 

The  actors  who  vitalized  the  "Doc- 
tor's Dilemma  "  for  us  on  the  very 
auspicious  occasion  of  the  Guild's  en- 
trance into  San  Francisco,  could  scarcely 
have  been  improved  upon.  They  gave  a 
demonstration  ot  ensemble  acting  that 
has  not  been  seen  here  since  the  Strat- 
ford-on-Avon  players  were  with  us. 

THE  Second  Man"  by  S.  N.  Berman 
was  sheer  delight.  It  had  us  com- 
pletely enthralled  from  curtain  to  cur- 
tain On  the  surface  it  might  seem  a 
slight,  frivolous  comedy,  but  scratch 
ever  so  little  and  one  can  discern  a  cer- 
tain tragic  wistfulness  underneath  The 
four  characters  are  just  as  much  in  the 
clutch  ot  circumstances  as  Nina  Leeds 
and  her  three  men  in  "Strange  Interlude" 
but  they  take  their  defeats  with  gallantry 
and  sportsmanship  In  the  hands  of  less 
competent  actors  than  Elisabeth  Risdon, 
Alan  Mowbray,  Neal  Caldwell  and  Peg 
Entwistle,  its  brittle  comedy  would  be 
shattered   completely. 

It  was  surprising  to  us  to  tind  so  many 
San  Franciscans  who  seemed  to  have  not 
the  faintest  notion  of  what  the  Theatre 
Guild  stood  for  or  whence  it  came  Hap- 
pily upon  their  next  visit  there  should 
be  no  doubt  as  to  their  importance  and 
qualifications  The  storv  of  how  a  hand- 
ful ot  comparatively  unknown  actors 
and  actresses  co-operated  and  wrested 
the  scepter  ot  dramatic  supremacy  away 
from  the  group  ot  purely  commercial 
managers  who  were  slowlv  strangling 
the  drama  to  death  seems  now  like  a 
veritable  fairy  story  At  present  writing 
the  New  York  Theatre  Guild,  with  its 
plans  to  bring  dramatic  succor  to  com- 
munities starving  for  intelligent  plays, 
is  as  near  a  National  Theatre  as  we  arc 
likely  to  achieve  for  some  time  to  come 


KNOX 


1 


•; 


OUTDOOR 
APPARE  L 

for  every  man, and  inwhat- 
ever  company  he  may  be 
judged  by  his  clothes  .... 


Golf  Suits 

Sport  Jackets 

\ 

Four-Piece  Sport  Suits 

Striped  Blazers 

\ 

Separate  Knickers 

And  McAfee's 

/ 

Imported  Sweaters 

London-made  golf 

j 

Flannel  Trousers 

shoes,  riding 

/ 

Flannel  Coats 

and  polo  boots 

y 

/ 

KNOX 

51        GRANT        AVENUE 


i 


28 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan 
in  the  April  Issue  of  the  San 
Franciscan,  in  commenting 
on  Prohibition  .  .  . 


Asks 
*'What  shall  we  do  to  be  saved?'' 

We  answer . . .  Use 

Asti  Colony 

Juice  of  the  Grape 

for  making  Home  Beverages 


It  is  available  now  in  many  types .  .  . 
Tipo  (red  and  white).  Burgundy,  Ries- 
ling, Port,  Sherry,  Angelica  and  Mus- 
catel.   Phone  DAvenport  9250 
for  our  representative. 


ITALIAN  SWISS  COLONY 


51  Broadway 


Tel.  DAvenport  9250 


Anywhere 

but  on  board  ship 

SAN  FKAKGISCAK 

will  be  sent  to  you  during  the 

summer  months  if  you  give  us 

your 

VACATION  ADDRESS  .  . . 

Name 


Old  Addrest 
New  Addrett 


A  Western  Renaissance 

Continued  from  page  ^ 

do'  There  is  only  one  answer.  Find 
audiences  for  worthwhile  plays— and 
the  aristocrats  of  the  theatre  will  pour 
out  their  talents  on  the  altar  of  western 
drama  The  screen  can  not  yet  aflord 
them  complete  outlet  for  expression 
They  are  choking  in  their  castles  The 
cities  can  save  them 

There  is  little  to  fear  from  the  him 
producers  They  will  be  glad  to  allow 
those  under  contract  to  appear  on  the 
stage  Valuable  publicity  would  accrue 
in  this  testing  field  for  plays  translatable 
to  the  screen,  and  an  incomparable 
school  for  young  players  and  play- 
wrights, taught  by  finished  artists,  be  i 
created.  By  virtue  ot  a  climactic  and  I 
cinematic  miracle,  the  cornucopia  ot  the 
theatre  is  turned  to  Calilornia  May  the 
horny-handed,  synthetic  Native  sons 
and  daughters  come  to  accept  the  dav  ol 
plenty,  and  submerge  stupidity  in  the 
waves  of  progress! 

One  or  two  more  gestures  against  the 
freedom  of  the  theatre,  similar  to  that 
swung  pompously  not  long  ago  bv  a 
man,  straddling  a  Rosinante,  who 
preaches  parables  and  lives  a  dirty  joke 
will  drive  out  those  who  can  give  the 
state  eternal  glory  It  is  better  to  discuss 
delicate  but  existing  psychological,  socio- 
logical, and  pathological  subjects  franklv 
without  preiudice  than  to  gild  a  cancer, 
dangerous  to  all  recognized  convention, 
within  the  hidden  corridors  ot  imported 
castle  walls  For  walls  have  ubiquitous 
ears  as  well  as  tongues  And  water 
closet  gossip,  inflamed  by  the  turpitude 
of  powerful  men,  is  more  suh\'ersive  to  , 
society  than  all  ot  the  suppressed  novels  |  \ 
and  plavs  yet  read  a\-idly  by  the  con- 
demners 

Sex  can  be  brought  out  ot  the  sewer 
only  by  tearless  and  artistic  explanations 
of  its  workings;  then  there  will  be  less 
of  lecherous  and  perverted  desires  Ten 
years  ago  the  visible  knee  ot  a  pretty  girl 
would  have  driven  adolescent  boys  to 
vicious  dreams,  and  old  men  to  \'apid 
drools  Today  such  a  dclighttul  sight  is 
discussed  in  casual  compliments,  noth- 
ing more  It  tashion  experts  can  thus 
beneht  moralitv,  certainly  literary  artists 
should  be  accorded,  at  lease,  the  same 
respect 


SouTHiRN  California  is  a  potential 
paradise,  inhabited  largely  by  fana- 
tics oi  various  kinds,  retired  ploughmen 
and  gawky  outlanders  These  people 
form  the  backbone  ot  a  nation,  as  the 
serfs  and  mad  rctormcrs  served  the 
Middle  Ages  The  two  extremes  deter- 
mine a  sane  middle  course  But  only  on 
the  coral  of  their  bones  can  be  built  the 
atolls  of  art  They  will  breed  and  die,  . 
and  the  legacy  to  their  descendants  will 
be  hatred  of  heritage  This  will  inspire  , 
rebellion,  and  rebellion  is  the  hrc  of  art. 


JUNE,   1929 


29 


Nature  has  been  generous  in  its  gift 
to  the  southland  Humanity  has  not  vet 
been  as  kind  But  peoples  develop  The 
selfsame  brawn,  driving  power  and 
fieree  zeal  that  characterized  the  pioneers 
will  be  translated  to  the  mental  evolu- 
tion of  their  ollspring  This  state  is  al- 
rcaJv  breaking  through  the  bondage  ot 
bigotry  Soon  the  Aimee  McFhersons 
and  Bob  Schulcrs  will  be  the  subjects  of 
pointless  lokes,  nothing  more 

A  gigantic  question  mark  hovers  over 
the  land  The  theatre  has  been  trans- 
planted to  Calitornia  Actors,  directors 
and  writers  arc  restless  in  the  wings 
Ha\'e  the  nati\'es  sufficient  intelligence 
to  build  a  shrine  tor  the  tair  goddess  ot 
drama'  Time  holds  the  answer  in  closed 

L  J^  T       T       ▼ 

She  Who  Waits 

Coiitimicil  frtiiii  paKC  14 

wine  pleasant    Mrs   Arnold  reallv  had  a 
headache 

Virtue  was  in  white  She  looked  vir- 
ginal, soft,  and  smooth  John  ached  with 
longing  to  lay  his  hands  on  those  silken 
arms — to  hold  that  pliant-appearing 
form  close  Such  a  girl  should  melt  She 
appeared  a  tragrant,  cool  lily,  but  she 
should  become  clinging,  flaming  ram- 
bler-rose at  his  touch  What  would  it  be 
like  to  be  married  to  Virtue?  John 
answered  his  own  question  Hell  .  if 
she  pushed  away — pushed  away 

Virtue  observed  him  Her  eyes  told 
her  he  was  a  beautiful  young  man,  and 
her  reason  told  her  he  was  in  every  way 
desirable  He  is  very  keen,  she  thought 
Let  him  have  a  little  more  tonight — 
but  not  much  He  must  want  you,  and 
he  must  realize  that  it  is  marriage — with 
you  A  horrible  pang  ran  through  her  as 
she  looked  at  the  parting  in  his  fair, 
wavy  hair  She  longed  to  tumble  it  out 
of  all  smoothness  Could  it  be  that  her 
mother's  precepts  belonged  in  the  dis- 
card, where  so  many  nice  young  men 
had  gone  when  they  retused  to  be  con- 
tent with  mere  looking — and  wanted  to 
touch' 

She  stifled  this  heretic  thought 

He  turned  on  her  an  expression  she 
knew  well — more  welcome  to  her  than 
any  such  had  ever  been,  before  His  arms 
gathered  her  in   She  sutfered  them 

She  allou'cd  him  to  kiss  her  again  and 
again-  While  pulses  thundered  she  lay 
motionless  —her  lips  only  slightly  parted 
beneath  the  pressure  of  his  hungry 
mouth  When  he  crushed  her  against  him 
fiercely  she  recalled  herself  with  difficulty 
to  the  Great  Necessity — protection  A 
few  more  seconds  and  she  would  have 
given  some  sign  Instead,  she  pressed 
cold,  strong  little  hands  against  his 
chest. 

He  drew  away    "Would  you  marry 
1  me?"  he  asked,  after  a  silence   The  wav 
I  he   put    it    was    quite    definitely    not  a 
proposal . 

'  Continued  on  next  page 


Miss  Alice  Seckels 


''On  the  Malolo 
/  knew  the  full  luxury 

of  sea  trai^el 


ff 


RETURNING  from  Honolulu  last  month,  Miss  Alice  Seckels 
-  brought  an  enthusiastic  account  of  her  trip  to  the  "Paradise  of 
the  Pacific."  Especially  did  she  appreciate  the  wonderful  rest  she 
enjoyed  on  the  Malolo. 

"One  knows  the  full  luxury  of  sea  travel  in  a  voyage  on  the 
Malolo,"  Miss  Seckels  said.  "Such  a  beautiful  boat!  And  so  spacious 
one  never  feels  cramped  in  a  stateroom  or  crowded  when  mingling 
with  other  passengers.  I  was  particularly  impressed  by  the  smooth- 
ness and  steadiness  of  the  Malolo.  Once  at  dinner  1  even  asked  the 
Captain  if  the  boat  had  stopped  because  there  was  none  ol  the  rolling 
and  vibration  so  common  in  other  ships." 

There's  sunny  warmth  in  Hawaii  now  .  .  .  ideal  weather  tor  swim- 
ming, for  golf,  for  polo,  for  motoring.  Youngsters  thrive  on  it.  \\  hy 
not  choose  Hawaii  for  your  ne.\t  outing?  It's  only  four  tlays  from 
San  Francisco  to  Honolulu  on  the  Malolo! 

yViAT/CN  LINE 


215  Market  Street 
SEATTLE 


DAvenport  2300  San  Francisco 

PORTLAND  LOS  ANGELES 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


\tTHE  wjiitE^teinsfeO- 

\V    RAPHAEL  WEILL  8  COMPANY/  f^      >! 

\  -r^\0-'-      /     \ln/V  ^i 

\No\VlfCanB^T(liia^V.3 


"  A  ND  what  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June? 
_/\_  Then,  if  ever,  ..."  the  country 
home  is  thrown  open  for  its  week-end- 
ing guests.  Then,  if  ever,  he  who  has 
mastered  the  art  of  week-ending  has 
every  opportunity  to  e.xhibit  his  accom- 
pUshment  It's  a  challenge  to  the  greatest 
minds,  this  game  oi  filling  the  smallest 
possible  space  with  the  greatest  possible 
number  of  clothes. 


THE  only  entry  rule  required  is  that  of 
smartness,  which  is,  after  all, 
another  matter  of  elimination  rather 
than  a  slavish  acceptance  of  each  newly 
born  fashion  It  is  highly  necessary,  ot 
course,  to  keep  in  touch  with  each  new 
style  tendency  since  its  details  may  yield 
a  certain  line,  a  particular  color,  an  ac- 
cessory, a  becomingly  textured  fabric 
that  speaks  to  you  alone.  Out  of  each 
successive  fashion  crop  you  will  find 
perhaps  one,  perhaps  half  a  dozen  fea- 
tures that  will  date  your  wardrobe  with- 
out destroying  its  studied  simplicity 

THUS  the  philosophy  of  the  modern 
wardrobe  .  .  the  unit  from  which 
the  concentrated  week-ending  wardrobe 
is  drafted  This  June's  thoughtfully  filled 
closet   will   stress   variety  a    united 

variety  in  which  each  part  is  related  to 
the  rest  It  is  an  active  wardrobe,  too, 
one  in  which  each  costume  has  a  definite 
excuse  for  being  there  All  of  which 
sounds  as  elaborate  as  a  fussy  ten  course 
dinner.  But  in  reality,  it  is  the  aim  of 
these  well  planned  clothes-groups  to 
do  away  with  the  slightest  trace  ot 
"parasite"  clothes  that  have  no  bearing 
on  normal  activities  They  must  be 
productive  of  pleasure,  paying  their 
way  with  zestful  living  as  they  go. 


T 


mi;  versatile  tennis  irock  is  destined 
to  do  a  lot  ot  going,  for  its  scope  of 


action  covers  not  only  the  tennis  courts 
but  every  occasion  of  the  informal  day. 
If  your  week  end  plans  include  golf  .  . 
take  a  tennis  dress!  If  yachting  .  .  take 
a  tennis  dress!  Bridging  or  country  club- 
bing .  .  .  take  tennis  dresses!  Several  of 
them,  in  soft  silk  pique,  tailored  cotton 
pique,  loosely  woven  linen,  printed 
handkerchief  linen,  or  flat  crepes  with 
jackets  contrasted  or  matching,  reduces 
the  daytime  week-ending  ensemble  to 
scientific  simplicity.  A  crushable  stitched 
ribbon  hat  does  smart  duty  for  every 
dress. 

OF  COURSE,  if  you  carry  a  Migrator 
Wardrobe  Hat  Box  your  ward- 
robe may  be  practically  unlimited  .  .  . 
but  that's  not  playing  the  game.  The 
chief  joy  ot  the  Migrator  on  the  small 
journey  is  its  ability  to  carry  even  the 
frothiest  trock  without  putting  wrinkles 
in  its  youthtul  freshness  A  simple  din- 
ner dress  of  tailored  tulle  or  gay  printed 
chiffon  goes  along  informally  Plenty  ot 
shoe  space  allows  you  matching  crepe  de 
chine  slippers  for  each  frock  .  ,  regula- 
tion sports  shoe  for  each  sport 
spectator  sports  shoes  (woven  peasant 
sandals  or  Cuban  leather-heeled  white 
buck  oxfords  with  black  contrast)  for 
day-long  wear  A  printed  silk  jacket  en- 
semble of  dark  background,  brimmed 
straw  hat,  and  a  top  coat  regulated  to 
your  method  of  travel  is  smart  en  route 


THE  recipe  for  successful  Friday  night 
to     Monday     morning    costuming 
then,    simmers   down    to   just   this 
tennis  dresses  repeated  as  many  times  as 
occasions   demand  tormal    and    in- 

tormal  evening  trocks  accompanied  by 
slim  wrap  ot  almost  transluscent  pan 
velvet  for  the  two  of  them  .  .  .  and  a 
jacket  to  vary  Friday's  frock  on  Sunday 
night  If  you  attend  church  Sunday  morn 
the  silk  travel  suit  will  take  you  there 
in  very  good  torm  The  White  House 
sends  you  and  your  wardrobe  oil  vvith"bon 
voyage"  on  June's  "little  journeys  " 


A  i>  \  (-.  K  r  I  s  li  M  E  N  r 


"Yes,"  said  Virtue,  because  she  knew 
she  would  She  looked  downward,  and 
not  at  John — because  this  look  was  be- 
coming— both  to  Virtue,  and  in  the 
circumstances  Had  she  continued  to 
watch  him  she  might  have  read  his  ex- 
pression correctly  It  registered  baffled 
contempt 

He  left  her  very  abruptly  She  thought 
he  seemed  disappointed  Tomorrow, 
thought  Virtue,  I  will  be  more  yielding. 

His  note  explained  that  he  might  be 

in    X again    in   a   few   months. 

Meantime,  he  would  say  good-bye. 


WHEN  her  mother  died.  Virtue  was 
about  thirty-five.  Mrs  Arnold 
had  developed  chronic  indigestion,  and 
no  remedies  helped  her,  although  she 
went  from  dinner  to  theatre,  from 
theatre  to  dance  and  trom  dance  to  sup- 
per, with  Virtue,  almost  to  the  last 

A  few  years  later  it  occurred  one  day 
to  Virtue  to  study  her  mirror  in  the  bed- 
room of  the  small  apartment  where  she 
lived  with  her  widowed  aunt  There 
showed  clearly  a  certain  haggard  line 
beside  her  mouth,  a  bluencss  beneath  the 
grey  eyes,  a  thinness  over  the  left  temple 
in  the  darkening  chestnut  hair  Still  — 
she  was  a  pretty  woman,  it  a  trifle  worn 

And  this  woman,  whose  arms  were 
still  round,  whose  skin  was  still  smooth, 
and  whose  figure  was  still  attractive, 
was  yet  unmarried  —and  a  virgin 

She  made  a  resolution 

Byron  Barton  was  still  a  bachelor  - 
keeping  his  elderly  sister    He  was  thin- 
ner— also  his  hair,  and  he  looked  tired 
But  he  was  Virtue's  faithful  escort  to 
parties,  and  he  took  care  ot  her  "atfairs." 

He  recei\  ed  her  telephoned  invitation 
with  temperate  pleasure 

"Your  birthday.  Virtue?  By  all  means. 
Dinner  in  the  apartment?  "Couldn't  I 
take  you  somewhere'  Of  course,  if  you 
prefer  to  he  at  home    Delighted" 

But  when  he  arru'ed  he  looked  about 
him  in  perturbation. 

"Aunt  Alice? — "  he  inquired. 

Virtue  blushed  for  the  first  time  in 
her  lite. 

"Auntie  is  away,"  she  said  "I  thought 
we  were  old  enough  triends  just  to  be 
together  tonight,  Byron  " 

It  seemed  to  Byron  that  Virtue  sim- 
pered 

Dinner  was  delicious  It  was  brought 
in,  and  they  helped  themselves.  Curtains 
were  drawn,  and  the  tinv  apartment  was 
warm,  the  wine  excellent  Bvron  had  to 
be  carclul  ot  his  stomach  He  admitted, 
sadly,  that  he  was  almost  tilty,  and  he 
had  lately  come  fully  into  this  unwel- 
come inheritance  from  his  tather  — a 
weak  stomach  He  could  drink  but  one 
glass     although  the  Moselle  was  so  nice. 


JUNE,   1929 


31 


Virtue  polished  off  her  own  cocktails, 
and  his,  and  secretly  retired  to  her  room 
between  the  sweet  course  and  coffee  for 
a  stiff  jolt  of  Bourbon^  1  will  need  it,  she 
thought.  She  did  Byron  had  not  eaten 
so  much,  nor  so  well,  in  a  long  time. 

She  seated  herself  on  the  couch  beside 
him  The  fire  burned  low,  and  Virtue 
heaped  more  fuel  upon  it.  "Why  such  a 
big  hre^"  said  Byron,  "I  must  be  going  " 

"I  like  warmth,"  said  Virtue — and 
suddenly  remembered  John 

Byron  never  knew  how  it  started — 
but  he  discovered  that  she  was  twined 
around  him  Yes — twined.  Could  this 
be  Virtue? 

It  was  Virtue  She  was  imploring  him 
to  stay.  When  she  should  know  quite 
well  he  could  never  sleep  in  any  other 
than  his  own  comfortable  quarters  at 
home.  And  what  would  his  sister  think? 

"You  wanted  to — once — Byron.  ' 

"Think  of  your  aunt  Think  of  what 
anyone  would  say,  if  they  knew.  Think 
of  me.  Virtue,  and  how  it  hurts  to  have 
you  imagine  I  could  take  advantage  of  a 
moment's  weakness.  I — I — really — I 
couldn't  .  .  .  Think — think  of  your  dear 
mother.  Virtue  1  O,  yes,  Virtue — be  your 
old,  dear  self  and  think  of  your  dear, 
good  mother!  " 

"Hell!"  said  Virtue,  "I  do." 

And  when  Byron  had  gone  hurriedly 
out,  and  she  had  heard  him  positively 
running  along  the  street  and  around  the 
corner,  she  went  to  her  room  and  poured 
herself  three  fingers  of  Bourbon. 

TFT 

A  Great  Novelist 

Continued  from  page  20 

est  woman  novelist.  A  thought  ot  Edith 
Wharton  flits  across  me,  but  she  has  be- 
come a  v\'eak  echo  of  Henry  James,  and 
he  is  a  very  garrulous  old  teller  of  tire- 
some tales,  read  now  only  from  tradition 

I  wish  1  could  have  made  larger  and 
more  characteristic  quotations  from 
Mrs  Atherton's  writings,  but  we  art 
limited,  and  I  have  only  these,  brief  and 
at  random : 

"A  poet  is  as  old  in  brain  at  six  and 
twenty  as  he  is  green  in  soul  at  sixty." 

"I  know  love  when  I  see  it.  It  is  so 
rare,  nowadays,  that  it  fairly  wears  a 
halo.  By  and  by  it  will  be  extinct  on 
earth,  and  then  we  shall  be  kneeling  to 
St.  Eros  and  St.  Venus  and  forget  all 
the  naughty  stories  told  about  them  just 
as  we  have  lorgotten  the  local  gossip 
about  our  present  saints   ' 

"Art  has  always  been  jealous  of  mor- 
tal happiness  " 

"Genius,  ol  mental  gifts  was  the 
most  mysterious,  the  most  God-like  ol 
all  gifts,  as  >vell  as  the  rarest  .  .  Great 
gifts  were  not  without  purpose  bestowed, 
and  as  they  should  be  exercised  for  the 
good  of  the  inarticulate  millions,  so 
should  they  be  carefully  tended  until 
Time  alone  extinguished  them." 

Continued  on  next  page 


Playing  Like  Eagles  on 
the  Wings  of  the  Wind 

C7/^  1ATCH  the  Hackercrafts  on  winding  streams 
^-^^  and  mountain  lakes  this  summer  as  they 
wheel — and  turn — and  skim  on  out-spread  watery 
wings  of  spray  with  the  grace  of  eagles  soaring  in 
the  sky  .  .  .  Then  step  aboard  and  feel  that  prick- 
ling thrill  as,  with  a  touch  of  the  throttle,  it  leaps 
ahead  like  some  throbbing,  living  thing.  For 
Hacker  runabouts  are  as  finely  proportioned  and 
as  sensitive  as  a  thorobred.  Come  and  see  the 
Hacker  Dolphin  30-Foot  Custom  Sport  Model  on 
display. 

Specifications:  Length,  30  ft. ;  beam,  7  ft. ;  draft,  24 
in.;  speed,  40  to  41  miles  an  hour.  Lazy-like  cush- 
ioned seats  accommodate  11  people  conveniently. 
Completely  equipped,  in  the  water  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, for  only  $6250. 


HALL-SCOTT  MARINE 
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RUNABOUTS 


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HACKER  DE  LUXE  RUNABOUTS 

S.    CLYDE    KYLE 

Marine  Sales  Salon 

102  New  Montgomery  Street   .   .   .  San  Francisco 


32 


•iA  chat  with 


George  Vivian  ^ 

Chcfde  ["nisi  fie 


discloses . . 


J».\r  he  likes  tea-time  most  iit  all,  tor  it  is  then  he  toys 
with  that  mastertul  art  ot  truly  famous  chefs — the  pre- 
paring ot  dainty  sandwiches  in  a  variety  ot  alluring 
shapes  and  goodness,  delightful  crispy  salads  that  tempt 
the  most  jaded  of  appetites,  and  pastries  that  vie  with 
each  other  in  luscious  appeal. 

And  in  his  mind's  eye,  he  sees  "his  guests" — tastidioiis 
persons  who  love  to  dally  away  some  idle  moments  for  a 
chat  over  the  tea  table  .  .  .  (here  tables  are  covered  with 
colortul  linens  in  all  the  charming  variety  ot  pastel 
shades  obtainable— -the  very  last  word  trom  New  York.) 

George  Lipschultz  and  his  famous  string  orchestra  ren- 
tier deliijhttul  musical  programs  that  lend  charm  and 
ilistinction  to  these  occasions. 

The  time:    3  to  5 130  every  afternoon  excejit  Sunday. 
I'he  place:    Main  Renaissancel.oungcot  San  I""rancisco's 
newest  and  finest! 


HOTE 


11 


W'  TiPaMfs  L/^  K© 


powell  at  sutter 
San    Francisco 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

Gertrude  Franklin  Atherton.  A  great 
woman !  A  noble  woman !  California 
should  be  proud  of  this,  her  daughcer, 
the  brightest  jewel  in  her  crown  of 
glory!  We,  as  women,  should  he  proud 
and  glad  of  this,  our  incomparable  sister! 
And  yet,  admirable  as  she  is  in  her  gilts; 

Not  alone  for  her  beauty  ue  love  her, 

A  joy  to  the  sight, 
The  mind  that  of  thought  is  a  master, 

A  luorld  of  delight — 
The  grace  and  the  sioeetncss  may  u'ln  !(s, 

Her  genius  enthrall. 
But  the  heart  of  the  ivoman  within  her 

Is  dearest  of  all! 

▼       ▼       T 

Robert  Kcablc 

Cnntinuecl  fruin  i'a;;r  -2 

consul  to  the  islands,  a  chieftess  on  the 
native  side,  she  is  still  young.  She  is  ot  a 
Creole  lightness  ol  complexion,  brunette 
of  hair,  with  the  lyric  naturalness  ot  the 
Polynesian  and  the  charm  of  a  Parisicnne 
Since  Keahle's  death  in  the  winter  ol 
1927,  she  has  married  again,  this  time 
an  erstwhile  officer  ot  British  troops  dur- 
ing la  grande  guerre.  She  showed  mc 
Robert  Keable's  son  playing  on  the 
lawn,  a  fair-haired  baby. 

We  chatted  near  the  fireplace  about 
the  dead  novelist  and  his  work.  I  remcm 
bered  a  photo  of  Keable  treasured  in  the 
hut  of  Chief  Moue — a  youthtul-faccd 
man  with  eye-glasses  and  a  broad  upper 
lip.  He  had  been  ordained,  as  all  the 
world  knows,  an  Episcopalian  clergy- 
man He  had  written  two  thousand  ti\e 
hundred  words  each  day.  For  a  time, 
while  he  lived  in  the  South  Seas,  James 
Norman  Hall,  his  neighbor,  former 
aviator  ot  the  Lafayette  Esquadrille,  and 
author  in  his  own  right,  had  acted  as 
amanuensis  to  the  wealthier  writer 

The  princess  then  showed  me  into  the 
dining-room.   Here  were  several  paint 
ings  by  Lemoine,  that  Lemoine  who  had 
dwelt    in    .^tuana    above    the    Bay    ot 
Traitors  in  the  Marquesas  when  these 
islands  were  visited  by  Frederick  O'Brien, 
who  was  later  to  write  "White  Shadows  ' 
in  the  South  Seas  "  The  paintings  were 
marked  by  a  certain  realisni    They  de 
pieced  gloomy,  cloud  hung  Hiva  oa  and 
Nuku-hiva,  and,   in  a  most  illustrativ'C 
and  active  way,  the  natixxs  ciiuting  the 
suri  in  canoes  or  racing  on  horses  aloiiu 
the  strand 

We  went  by  a  coral  path  that  was 
roofed  with  a  lattice  ot  vines,  pergola 
fashion,  co  a  spacious  library  ot  mam 
sun  filtering  windows    Here  were  pol 
ished    desks,    book  stacked    tables,    and 
books    upon    books   around    the    walls 
Keable  had  collected  an  exhaustuc  li 
brary    ol    the    thought    and    history   of 
religion,   its  soldiers,  controversies  and 
pn>paganda.  1  noticed,  as  specimens,  "A 
Complete  History  of  the  Jesuits,"  Bos 
suet   Eraser's  "Golden  Bough,"  a  life  ol 


JUNE,   1929 

Hui^li    Benson    in    cw^o    x'olumcs    and 
another  ot  St.  Francis  ol  Assissi. 

Filling  one  stand  were  the  novelist's 
own  works  in  single,  rare  printings  and 
various  popular  editions:  "Pcradvcn- 
ture,"  which  he  often  termed  his  best 
book  and  which,  when  it  was  published 
years  ago,  was  highly  praised  by  the  Lon- 
don Times:  but  which  sold  only  220 
copies  in  Great  Britain,  and  just  a  hun- 
dred more  than  that  in  the  United 
States.  "Pilgrim  Papers,"  which  he  com- 
posed while  sojourning  in  South  Atrica. 
And  those  dozen  other  books  ot  essays 
and  controversial  articles  on  religious 
topics,  all  written  before  "Simon  Called 
Peter,"  and  its  sequel  "Recompense." 
Last  was  a  de  luxe  copy  ot  his  Hnal  opus, 
that  romance  ot  the  South  Seas,  "Num- 
erous Treasure    ' 

The  Princess  Ina  Salmon  lifted  the 
bamboo  jalousies  and  threw  open  the 
windows  that  were  as  many  as  those  in 
an  artist's  studio.  Sunlight  and  the 
smell  ot  sea  and  flowers  filled  the  place. 
Above  was  the  illimitable  blue  ot 
heaven;  below  the  spell-bound  lakes  of 
mossy  green,  the  rolling,  velvet  hills, 
the  reel  and  the  sparkling  miles  ot  ocean 
Surely,  I  thought,  that  innate  ascetic 
who  was  Robert  Keable  must  have 
found,  in  this  paradise  on  earth,  some 
surcease  from  his  spiritual  struggles,  his 
mental  woes! 

Rjiquicscat  in  pace,  Hphcrtus! 

T       ▼       ▼ 

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33 


C'oMtiiiufd  from  icxgr  17 

then  to  row  out  to  it  and  finally 
under   way;   and   arriving   back   at 


get 
his 


mooring  rex'crse  this  process.  The  edge 
is  taken  trom  the  entire  outing,  and  a 
one  day's  cruise  is  practically  ruined  by 
this  commuting  feature.  Many  a  pros- 
pective yachtsman  has  stopped  and 
others  paused  when  faced  with  this  in- 
convenience »    T    T 

THE  Park  Commission  ot  San  Fran- 
cisco has  perfected  a  plan  by  which 
!  the  small  promontory  on  the  Northern  or 
1  outward  side  ot  Yacht  Harbor  will  be 
extended   gradually   year  by   year  until 
hnally   it   reaches   "Gas   House  Cove," 
"iitiguous  to  the  United  States  Trans- 
-c  dock.   When  completed  there  will 
berths    tor    at    least    one    thousand 
\achts  To  do  thus,  however,  there  must 
be  an  adequate  appropriation  of  funds 
each  year    There  is  every  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  our  Board  ot  Supervisors  will 
make  an  appropriation  which  will  en- 
able the  work  to  start    There  are  many 
who  teel,  howe\er,  that  an  extremely 
large  appropriation  should  be  made,  and 
that    the    work    sht)uld    proceed    most 
energetically 

There  are  many  things  besides  berths 

I  for  yachtsmen  necessary  at  Yacht  Har- 

''("ir.    There   should    be    a    public    Club 

Continued  on  page  H 


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MARGE  thinks  that  San  Francisco 
is  an  elegant  city.  She  said 
that  the  hills,  the  summer 
winds,  and  the  fog  will  make  a  muscle- 
busting  Californian  out  of  her  yet.  On 
our  shopping  expeditions  Marge  has 
stopped  thinking  of  things  in  terms  of 
New  York 

We  had  a  most  inspiring  tour  last 
week  and  came  home  poor  but  happy. 
Wedding  presents  were  our  mission,  but 
we  bought  everything  from  Arabian 
gun  powder  horns  to  golf  socks.  We 
met  in  the  morning  at  Liebes  and  Co. 
on  Post  street  and  Grant  avenue.  Marge 
greeted  me  with — "Hurry  up,  they  have 
two-piece  sweater  suits  here  tor  ten 
dollars." 

It  seemed  incredible,  but  true.  In  the 
sport  department  we  saw  them — 
knitted  wool  outfits  in  plain  colors 
trimmed  with  \'aried  stripes.  Marge 
bought  tv\'o  suits  lor  golfing  One  has  a 
white  skirt  with  kick  pleats,  and  a  black 


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and  white  slip-on  upper  with  crew  neck. 
The  other  is  a  soft,  cool,  green  with  V- 
neck  trimmed  in  tan  stripes. 

And,  so  we  were  started  on  our  buy- 
ing jag.  From  there,  we  went  to  the 
Knox  Shop  at  51  Grant  Avenue.  Marge 
decided  that  Sam  must  have  a  new 
sweater,  too.  His  favorite  is  a  cashmere 
They  had  some  beauties  with  so.x  to 
match,  just  arrived  from  Scotland, 
made  of  the  softest,  fleeciest  wool. 
Marge  bought  him  green  to  go  with  her 
new  sweater  suit. 

T       ▼       T 

THEN  we  went  up  to  the  City  of  Paris 
on  Geary  and  Stockton  streets. 
Marge  wanted  to  look  at  their  antiques 
On  the  furniture  floor  Marge  grabbed 
my  arm  and  said — "Shades  ot  the  Al- 
hambra,  where  did  this  come  from?" 
We  were  near  the  Moorish  Shop's 
quaint  arches  The  hangings,  the  tooled 
leather  pillows,  the  queer  brasses  and 
pottery  whisper  ot  adventure.  1  bought 
a  worn,  finely  etched,  brass  powder 
horn — an  oddly  shaped  thing  to  hang 
in  some  corner. 

Marge  suddenly  remembered  that  this 
is  June  and  she  was  a  June  bride  and  that 
we  really  had  to  purchase  some  wedding 
presents.  At  which  moment  we  passed 
Houston  and  Gilmorc's  on  the  corner 
ot  Post  and  Stockton  Streets,  making 
Marge  decide  to  choose  her  anniversary 
gift  from  Sam.  Never,  had  we  seen  such 
exquisite  jewels  and  rare  designs — we 
"oohed"  and  "aahed"  and  revelled  in 
their  beauty  Marge  picked  out  a  lo\'ely 
"flower  pot" — Paris'  latest  pin  mode 
a  piece  ot  clouded  crystal  mounted  on 
Baqucttc  diamonds,  from  it  sprouted 
dainty  diamond  encrusted  stems  bearing 


green  onyx  leaves  and  ruby  roses  Sam 
has  an  eye  for  beauty  and  the  unusual — 
so  Marge  is  sure  that  he  will  get  the 
flower  pot  pin  tor  her 

There  being  many  things  to  discuss 
we  decided  to  eat.  .  .  .  We  sought  the 
dim  resttulness  ot  the  Liggia  Tea  Room 
at  127  Grant  avenue.  We  had  their 
famous  Crab  Louis  and  hot  tea  biscuits 
— which  helped  our  spirits  and  conver- 
sation. We  planned  our  wedding  present 
campaign  in  earnest. 

T       ▼       T 

M.-^RGE  wanted  to  go  to  Schmidt's 
at  410  Sutter  street  to  look  at  the 
gorgeous  old  English  SiKxr  The  shop 
is  filled  with  rare  pieces  that  bespeak 
dignity  and  background.  Candelabra, 
silver  goblets,  and  Shetfield.  Marge 
found  an  old  Shetfield  pitcher,  reminis- 
cent of  English  country  houses,  that  will 
make  a  stunning  present. 

From  there  we  went  to  the  new  Diri- 
gold  Shop,  which  has  just  opened  on 
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and  has  a  soft  lovely  sheen  that  takes  on 
the  surrounding  colors.  All  ot  the  pieces 
are  strikingly  plain  in  design  and  need 
only  a  smart  initial  or  monogram  for 
decoration.  Marge  took  a  meat  platter, 
which  will  go  with  any  type  ot  table  or 
service  because  of  its  utter  simplicity. 

One  more  shop — then,  we  would  call 
it  a  day.  Eleanor  Beard's  new  place  in 
the  Western  Women's  Club  was  our 
destination.  Marge  bought  a  puffy  corn- 
yellow  taftcta,  quilted  comtorter  tor  her 
marrying  sister.  The  shop  is  a  small 
world  of  pastel  silks — a  padded  realm 
ot  pink,  blue,  yellow,  and  green.  It  has 
an  air  ot  sottncss  and  ease,  or  perhaps 
it  was  our  mood  after  a  busy  day. 

And  so  to  the  Sir  Francis  Drake  for 
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Cnntiiiui'Li  from  page  33 

House  where  the  yachtsman,  who  is  not 
a  member  of  any  club,  can  have  dressing 
rooms,  etc.,  and  gear  lockers;  and  in  this 
club  house  provisions  should  be  made 
for  the  younger  generations  in  our  high 
schools  who  are  interested  in  aquatic 
sports.  There  should  be  dressing  rooms 
for  them,  showers,  and  other  conveni- 
ences so  that  the  sport  itself  will  not  he 
handicapped. 

Certainly  no  sport  could  be  more  in- 
digenous to  San  Francisco  than  yachting 
and  boating.  From  a  recreational  stand- 
point this  sport  deserves  no  more  but 
just  as  much  recognition  and  support  as 
that  afforded  any  other.  When  it  is 
realized  that  trom  a  business  and  in- 
dustrial standpoint  yachting  otfers  a  very 
large  contribution  it  is  difficult  to  appre- 
ciate why  we  lag  so  far  behind. 


Strange  Interview 

Continued  from  page  26 

Girl  Interviewer;  Oh.  Oh.  Oh.  Here 
comes  Miss  Anderson.  Will  you  in- 
troduce me,  Mr.  Simon,  please? 

Bernard  Simon  :  Allow  me  to  present 
Miss  Anderson,  who  plays  Nina 
Leeds. 

Girl  Interviewer  :  (aside)  I  should 
think  shed  he  terribly  embarrassed, 
saying  all  those  words.  And  all  those 
men  .  .  .  (aloud)  Miss  Anderson,  I 
wonder  if  you  and  the  cast  could 
meet  me  and  a  few  of  my  friends 
after  the  show?  Maybe  we  could 
have  a  drink  and  .  .  , 

Judith  Anderson  ;  (passionately)  Gor- 
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A  Triangle  is  no  new  theme, 
A—\  prohahly  not  even  in  PotsJam, 
j[  \.vvhcrc  Kurt  Ende  and  Katherine 
Winter  succumb  to  love  and  to  each 
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ing and  forgiving  husband. 

That,  briefly,  is  what  occurs,  yet 
Interlude  is  a  remarkable  novel,  splen- 
didly translated  from  the  German,  and 
brilliantly  introspective  in  treatment 

Kurt  Ende  confesses  the  entire  aftair 
to  an  intimate  friend.  With  an  honesty 
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their  parting 

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regarded convention,  it  occurred  in  an 
era  of  half-way  moralities,  where  old 
concepts  linger  ominously  on  the  thresh- 
old of  liberal  love 

The  story  is  not  tragic.  Katherine 
doubtless  finds  happiness  with  her  good 
husband  Otto,  and  Kurt  probably  suc- 
ceeds in  his  creative  work  which  love 
nearly  destroyed. 

The  author  is  essentially  a  psycholo- 
gist He  is  not  a  moralist  depicting 
Katherine  and  Kurt  for  the  benefit  of 
other  heedless  people  Frank  Thiess 
knows  well  that  "when  life  sweeps  over 
them,  they  won't  remember  anything 
they've  learned." 

"Interlude,"  by  Frank  Thiess.  .Mfred 
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Pyrcnnes,  and  maintain  tlicir  ^^randcur, 
even  when  they  descend  to  Spain. 

Bctte,  the  youngest  Urruty  and  hero- 
ine ot  Eleanor  Mercein's  novel,  is  as 
good  and  solemn  and  humorless  as  the 
hills  where  she  was  horn  Her  grand- 
mother, the  mar\'elous  Matriarch,  hitches 
the  girl's  hope-chest  to  a  star,  but  the 
man-in-the-moon  winks  many  times 
betore  the  destined  husband  is  sent  trom 
heaven. 

There  are  many  suitors,  ranging  trom 
an  old  Duke  to  a  young  American,  who 
is  ethically  pre-war  despite  his  synthetic 
companions. 

The  Book  oj  Bcttc  is  a  sequel  to 
Bdsqucric  and  continues  with  the 
destinies  of  its  delighttul  characters 

Both  stories  are  tilled  with  charm, 
atmosphere  and  unobtrusi\'e  intorma- 
tion 

Eleanor  Mercein  writes  skiltully,  and 
she  knows  her  Basque. 
"The    Book    of    Bette,"    by    Eleanor 
Mercein    (Mrs.    Kelly).    Harper   Bros., 
Publishers 

▼       ▼       T 

M.ANY  whole-hearted  Bohemians  are 
parado.xical  concerning  the  exist- 
ance  ot  their  children.  This  theme  is  em- 
ployed by  Floyd  Dell  in  Souvenir. 

Felix,  a  playwright,  and  unconven- 
tional as  any,  gathers  the  laws  of  society 
about  his  hearth. 


in  Greenwich  Village,  he  and  a  level- 
headed Connie,  lived  together  until  Con- 
nie decided  that  in  the  business  of  lite, 
marriage  is  an  important  asset  Then 
they  bought  a  house  in  the  country  and 
had  two  children. 

Out  ot  the  past  a  tirst  wite  appears 
She  is  a  successtul  journalist  and  the 
mother  of  Feli.x's  grown  son  The  chaos 
ot  this  marriage  resulted  trom  Felix's 
inctlectual  eflorts  to  keep  apace  with  his 
wile's  success. 

His  "break"  did  not  come  until  the 
Connie  era 

Prentiss,  the  son,  has  inherited  the 
literary  flair,  and  the  Bohemian  ten- 
dency. His  mother  suggests  that  Felix 
guide  him  along  the  familiar  path 

The  lather  and  son  like  each  other 
immensely  Connie  is  very  nice  about  it 
all,  tolerant  and  understanding. 

Prentiss  enters  his  father's  Greenwich 
Village,  and  has  the  misfortune  to  love 
a  girl  who  cannot  return  any  man's  love. 
It  all  confuses  him,  and  he  goes  to  Rus- 
sia, hoping  to  clarity  things  in  the  midst 
of  confusion 


The  story  proves  little,  and  has  no 
real  fascination  It  is  the  sort  of  book 
that  one  decides  to  Hnish  because  there 
is  a  certain  literary  qualm  in  not  finish- 
ing the  latest  work  of  an  accepted 
writer. 

"SoiivENuj,"    by   Floyd    Dell.    Douhle- 
day,  Doran,  Publishers. 

▼       ▼       T 

THE  vagaries  ot  human  conduct  are 
historical,  and  through  the  intensive 
research  of  Dr.  Hall-Quest,  we  learn 
that  the  evil  men  do  lives  before  them. 

The  discussion  of  misbehavior  was 
started  by  Socrates,  Plato  and  Aristotle. 
Their  respective  defniitions  of  good  and 
bad  have  become  important  philosophy. 
Then  the  medieval  thinkers  presented 
their  code,  tollowed  in  sharp  contrast  by 
the  modern  Descartes  and  Hobbes. 

Since  those  gentlemen  wisely  ex- 
pressed themselves,  philosophers  have 
become  reformers,  who  declare  that  we, 
in  oui  modern  apartment  houses,  are 
morally  worse  than  the  inmates  of 
primitive  caves. 

Dr  Hall-Quest  has  gathered  wide 
knowledge  trom  religion,  philosophy, 
law,  social  science  and  psychology,  and 
presented  us  with  a  compact  outline  of 
misbehavior. 

His  chapter  heads  are  worth  reading, 
even  if  one  does  not  care  to  learn  why 
one  misbehaves.  Here  are  some  of  them; 

C'niitimiril  on  next  pii^c 


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The  Babylonians  Started  Something. 

No  Wonder  the  Chinese  Fear  Evil 
Spirits. 

Perhaps  the  Sphin.x  is  Too  Shocked  to 
Speak. 

The  Hebrews  Were  No  Better  Than 
the  Rest 

What  It  Meant  to  Do  What  the 
Romans  Did. 

Nordic  Superiority? 

The  Only  Good  Indian  is  a  Dead 
One. 

The  book  contains  the  usual  scientific 
smut  found  in  this  type  of  document. 
It  is,  however,  based  on  an  authentic 
tund  of  information  and  certain  ro  be  of 
value  to  all  those  who  have  only  a 
smattering  of  its  subject  mattei. 

Di.  Hall-Quest  writes  in  a  semi-light 
vein,  which  is  the  only  vein  to  he  taken 
seriously  under  the  circumstances. 

A  lengthy  and  thorough  Bibliography 
makes  it  possible  tor  us  to  turn  at  once 
to  our  favorite  misbehavior. 

"It's  Not  Our  Fault  (Why  We 
Can't  Be  Good),"  by  Alfred  Lawrence 
Hall-Quest,  Ph.D.  Horace  Livcright, 
Publisher. 

T       T       T 

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said 
As  he  let  all  his  packages  drop. 

"There's   t/our  present.  Dad .  .  .  a  cigar 

and  a  tiiL\ 
Andjor  mother,  this  flower  thing 

If  I  had  more  money  you  just  should  see 

The  wonderful  things  I  could  bring  " 

For  him  it  was  gifts  and  their  purchas 

ing. 
For  me  it  was  loi'e  that  he  hrouglU-^' 

Both  had  our  part  in  the  Jete  oj  the  day 

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Safeguarding  The  Flyer 

Some  Recent  Developments  in  Aircraft  Insurance 

By  ROBIN  J.  P.  FLYNN 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Roitor's  Note:  Mr  [-lynn.  formerly  of  the  Royal  Air 
(Hirce.  has  madf  a  particular  study  of  aircraft  insur- 
ance. The  comHinalion  of  business  and  Hying  experience 
make  hini  especially  fitted  to  discuss  this  suhject  ) 

A  COMPARISON  between  the  flying- 
machine  of  Orville  and  Wilbur 
^  Wright  first  flown  at  Kitty- 
hawk,  and  the  latest  tri-motored,  ten- 
passenger,  cabined  amphibian  aircraft  of 
today,  produces  no  wider  diff^erence 
than  that  which  is  shown  between  the 
hrst  attempt  ot  insurance  underwriters 
to  e\olve  a  plan  ot  protection  to  cover 
the  liability  hazards  of  the  owner  of 
horse-drawn  vehicles  and  the  present 
gigantic  insurance  "pool"  formed  to 
protect  the  aircraft  owner  or  operator 
against  his  many  hazards 

Insurance  has  ever  kept  pace  with 
progress  in  transportation.  Teams  Lia- 
bility and  Property  Damage  Insurance 
was  available  to  the  owner  of  the  vehicle 
whose  horses  ran  away  and  caused  per- 
sonal injuries  or  damage  to  the  property 
of  others;  thus  aff^ording  protection 
against  claims  and  damage  suits  The 
advent  of  the  automobile  created  new 
hazards  which  the  underwriters  of  that 
day  were  quick  to  see,  and  policies  at- 
fording  protection  were  formulated  and 
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With  the  entrance  ot  the  non-pilot 
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has  protection  against  the  many  hazards 
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investments  in  other  industries,  demand 
that  their  funds  invested  in  the  aircraft 
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T       T       T 

THIS  demand  has  been  met  by  most 
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forms,  and  the  various  coverages  mav  be 
briefly  outlined  as  follows; 

Perils  of  the  Air — "Crash"  insur- 
ance, or  damage  to  aircraft;  protects  the 
owner  against  loss  or  damage  to  his  air- 
craft, its  engine  and  instruments.  Ex- 
ternal damage  only,  excludes  mechani- 
cal breakage  and  breakdown.  Covers 
only  during  flight  or  attempted  flight. 
Rates  run  trom  i  o  to  15  per  cent,  with 
a  10  per  cent  deductible. 

Tornado,  Cyclone  and  Wind- 
storm— covers  damage  caused  by  these 
elements :  excepts  loss  and  damage  dur- 
ing flight  or  attempts  at  flight.  Rates 
run  trom  3^  to  1  per  cent. 

Fire,  Lightning  and  Transporta- 
tion— Protects  against  loss  by  fire, 
lightning  or  internal  fire  caused  by  ex- 
plosion ot  gasoline.  Terms  are  elastic  in 
provisions  to  cover  loss  ot  this  nature 
while  in  flight  or  not  Rates  from  3'> 
to  5  per  cent. 

Theft,  Robbery  and  Pilfer.^ge — 
Usually  covers  all  losses  to  plane,  motor 
and  instruments  over  the  value  of  $25.00. 
Excludes  theft  by  one's  employees. 
Rates  run  trom  '4  to  1  per  cent, 

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liabilicy  for  damages  for  personal  injury 
to  the  public  directly  caused  by  the 
ownership,  maintenance  or  use  of  air- 
craft. Excludes  Passenger  Liability. 
Rates  run  about  $100.00  per  ship,  for 
$5/10,000.00  limits. 

Passenger  Liability — Separate  and 
distinct  liability  coverage.  Rates  run 
from  $1,50  to  $^5.00  per  passenger  per 
flight. 

Property     D.^m.'vge  —  Protection 
against  damage  caused  to  property  ot 
others  bv  operation  or  use  of  aircraft 
Rates  run  about  :j;6o,oo  to  $85.00  (with 
a  damage  limit  of  $1000.00)  per  ship. 

There  are  many  other  forms  of  cover- 
age, most  of  which  are  self-e.vplanatory, 
consisting  ot  Workmen's  Compensa- 
tion and  Employers'  Liability  (com- 
pulsory in  a  number  of  states),  Per- 
sonal Accident,  Cargo  Insurance, 
Damac.e  to  Ground  Property,  Airport 
Liability,  Airmeet  Liability,  and  other 
special  forms  of  insurance  designed  to 
cox'er  different  and  varying  sorts  of  risks 
not  here  mentioned. 

Most  insurance  is  written  for  a  period 
of  one  \'ear.  For  shorter  periods  a  certain 
pre-dctcrmincd  percentage  of  the  annual 
premium  is  charged.  In  issuing  coverage 
and  fi.xing  rates,  the  most  important 
factor  considered  is  the  human  element. 
When  an  established  airline  seeks  insur- 
ance the  first  question  asked  is  the  ex- 
perience and  capability  of  the  chief-of- 
operations  ot  the  line;  the  financial  back- 
ing, the  types  of  ships  to  be  used;  the 
motors  used;  the  country  flown  over, 
ground  equipment,  facilities  for  forced 
landings,  and  ot  chief  importance,  the 
experience  ot  the  concern's  pilots.  De- 
tailed and  full  reports  are  requested  of 
both  airline  and  of  pilots. 

This  "pool"  and  other  writers  of  air- 
craft insurance  maintain  a  large  advisory 
staff  ot  aeronautical  engineers  to  act  as 
consultants  to  the  aircraft  industry  in  a 
systematical  effort  to  lower  rates.  Insur- 
ance companies,  contrary  to  common 
opinion,  constantly  arc  attempting  to 
reduce  rates  instead  of  trying  to  get  the 
highest  premium  rate  possible.  They  are 
anxious  to  reduce  rates  and  their  techni- 
cal and  engineering  staffs  are  striving  to 
educate,  insurance-wise,  aircraft  men  to 
the  many  ways  in  which  risks  inay  he 
lessened,  not  only  in  the  air  but  on  the 
ground,  thus  effecting  reduction  in  air- 
ciaft  insurance  costs.  So  improvements 
in  methods  of  operation,  particularly 
where  these  improvements  will  lower 
insurance  rates,  are  always  interesting  to 
concerns  in  the  aviation  industry. 


Practically  all  life  insurance  con- 
tracts afford  full  protection  to  the 
casual  air  voyager;  and  even  pilots  and 
others  constantly  flying  can,  under  cer- 
tain   conditions,    be    insured;    and    the 

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modern  accident  policy  affords  a  con- 
tinuance of  coverage  to  the  air-passenger 
of  a  recognized  air-line,  with  a  licensed 
pilot.  So  that  when  next  you  book  pas- 
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relax  in  your  comfortable  chair,  know- 
ing that  experienced  technical  men  of 
both  the  operating  company  and  the 
insurance  carrier  have  co-operated  thor- 
oughly to  give  you  the  advantage  of 
every  possible  safety  measure  to  insure 
your  safe  delivery  to  your  destination. 
And  though  it  may  be  of  little  interest 
to  you,  particularly  if  it  is  your  first 
"flip,"  the  fact  that  the  company  oper- 
ating the  airline  is  fully  insured  is  their 
guarantee  that  your  saf^ety  is  their  prin- 
cipal desire  For  further  assurance  re- 
member the  old  excuse  of  the  timid  who 
didn't  want  to  go  aloft  "for  fear  of 
endangering  their  life  policies" — even 
that  protest  is  now  denied  them  I 

T       T       T 

The  Pilot 

He  wore  a  sweatshirt 

And  an  old  pair  of  cords. 

His  cap  was  pulled  over  his  ears. 

The  grease  on  his  hands 

And  his  arms  and  his  face, 

Must  have  been  with  him  for  years. 

But  he  had  a  smile 

On  that  face  of  his, 

A  smile  that  never  wore  down. 

But  just  seemed  to  sticlc 

With  that  dust  and  grease, 

Whenever  he  was  around. 

Jake  had  a  plane 

And  a  place  to  park, 

Just  like  the  rest  of  us  guys; 

And  the  way  he  kept 

That  bird  of  his. 

Made  it  envied  by  all  the  skies. 

We  all  had  guts 
And  plenty  of  scares. 
But  Jake  had  even  more, 
'Cause  I've  seen  him  drop, 
In  a  screeching  ship, 
Down  to  this  very  door. 

He  held  the  stick 

In  a  tongue  of  flames. 

And  stuck  out  all  the  way; 

And  when  he  dragged 

His  body  forth 

He  smiled  there  where  he  lay. 

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It  strikes  all  us  flyers  as  odd. 
That  up  in  the  air. 
The  angels  don't  care, 
That  Jake  always  trusted  in  ijod. 
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^JVloods  of  Summer  ,  ,  , 

A  sKop,  this,  that  answers  the  call  of  the 
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ana  accompanying  accessories  to  aoo  a 
cunning  touche  de  grace  .  .  .  for  lary  hours 
of  sand  ana  sea  at  an  ocean-sioe  resort 
or  the  more  urban  pleasure  ot  alternoons 
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Gu'EN  a  challenge,  San  Francisco 
always  climbs  the  nearest  hill, 
stands  on  tip  toe  and  makes  a  grand 
gesture  .  .  .  and  never  was  this  more 
true  than  at  the  opening  of  the  new 
Fairmont  Sports  Terrace  the  middle  of 
June  And  this  time  the  gesture  was  not 
only  gracious — hut  long  li\'ed  For  early 
the  Monday  of  the  opening  the  fractious 


sun  smiled  wide  in  welcome — and  con- 
tinued its  favor  throughout  that  perfect 
first  week. 

What  a  celebration  that  was'  Begin- 
ning with  the  special  events  on  Monday, 
the  sports  activities  continued  through- 
out the  following  days  in  a  continuous 
round  of  gaiety  .  .  .  From  early  morn- 
ing when  a  pre-office  dip  in  the  pool 
started  the  day  for  the  business  men — 
through  the  dawdling  morning  hours 
when  the  more  leisurely  breakfasted  on 
the  terrace — until  the  final  e\'ening  hours 
.   .  .  each  day   proved   a   succession  of 

swimming,  food  and  fun ! 
T     ▼     ▼ 

MID-SUMMER  on  Nob  Hill  is  a  de- 
lightful contrast  to  this  season  in 
other  places  Surrounded  by  the  hum  of 
city  life,  Nob  Hill  rears  its  shoulders 
with  nonchalance  and  establishes  its 
freedom  from  city  cares  by  flaunting  the 
beauty  of  its  park  and  tree  bordered 
streets  cooled  by  fresh  morning  mists  .  .  . 
Half  hidden  gardens,  such  as  those  at  the 
Park  Lane,  add  private  beauties  to  the 
more  public  ones  of  Huntington  Park 
and  the  California  street  trees  so  bra\ely 
defended  by  Mrs  William  Hinckley 
Taylor  of  the  Garden  Club  .  .  .  The 
hum  of  expensive  motors  reminds  one 
that  here  at  least  it  is  not  necessary  to 
desert  ones  established  background  dur- 
ing summer  time  .  .  .  There  is  the  same 


dignified  social  life  at  The  Huntington 
in  the  summer  as  in  winter. 

There  is  about  the  Hill  a  poise  be- 
queathed by  decades  of  social  prestige. 
The  grandeur  of  the  beautiful  residences 
that  once  crowned  Nob  Hill  survives  in 
the  gracious  dignity  of  the  palatial  apart- 
ments, the  homes  of  modern  San  Fran- 
ciscans. These  steel  girded  structures 
repeat,  in  terms  ot  today,  the  old-time 
aristocratic  atmosphere. 

T       ▼       T 

E\-ERY  sunny  day  entices  smart  San 
Franciscans  to  the  sun  terrace  and 
the  cool  green  pool  of  The  Fairmont — 
and  even  when  the  sky  is  overcast,  there 
is  the  illusion  of  sunshine  and  warmth 
in  the  glassed-in  terrace  about  the 
pool  .   .   .  gay  awnings  .   .   .  sparkling 


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waters  .  .  .  smart  gatherings  ot   people 
in  brilliant  sports  clothes  I 

But  the  feature  of  the  week  is  Sports 
Night  every  Monday  evening  ...  re- 
markable how  the  news  has  spread  .  .  . 
a  word  here  ...  a  burst  of  enthusiasm 
there  .  .  .  "My  dear,  it's  the  smartest 
place!"  .  .  .  lo,  and  behold — the  sport- 
ing sophisticates  flock  to  the  Terrace 
Plunge  .  .  .  marvelous  food  .  .  .  informal 
dancing  .  .  .  bridge  .  .  .  and  the  most 
enchanting  turquoise   green   pool    with 

colored  lighted  waters' 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

NOB  Hill  is  quite  sufficient  unto 
itself  these  days.  Isolated  by  its 
height,  one  can  spend  the  round  ot  sum- 
mer days  there  independent  ot  the  city  at 
one's  feet  .  .  .  The  American  Bank  has 
opened  a  branch  on  California  street  so 
one  need  not  descend  the  hill  even  for 
financial  transactions  .  .  .  Under  the 
roofs    ot    either    the    Fairmont    or    the 


Hotel  Mark  Hopkins  are  all  the  con- 
veniences .  ,  .  the  most  attentive  of 
beauty  shoppes  .  .  .  the  most  resourceful 
of  florists  .  .  .  even  one's  confidential 
druggist  is  at  hand. 

As  for  shops  I  Everything  from  lingerie 
to  the  most  distinctive  ot  frocks  .  .  . 
anything  from  interior  decoration  to 
haberdashery  .  .  .  whatever  you  wish, 
be  it  a  book,  a  set  of  golf  clubs — or  a 
permanent  wave,  Nob  Hill  presents  the 
best  of  service,     t    t    r 

THE  Mark  Hopkins  has  joined  hands 
with  its  older  sister.  The  Fairmont, 
in  the  Nob  Hill  social  program^  but  it  has 
relinquished  none  of  its  own  prestige  .  .  . 
Each  Tuesday  evening  the  peppy  younger 
generation  of  all  ages  troops  to  Peacock 
Court  for  FEATURE  NIGHT.  Anson 
Weeks'  orchestra  never  fails  to  give  good 
hot  music — a  perfect  background  for  the 
feature  surprises  that  punctuate  the 
evening  .  .  .  Then  on  Friday  comes 
College  Night'  And  between  times  all 
the  usual  features  of  the  gay  Mark  Hop- 
kins life.  T    T    T  I 

THE     youngest     generation     has     its 
innings  on  Saturday  mornings  .  . 
From  the  sub-debs  on  down — boys  and 
girls    flock    to    the    Fairmont    Terrace 
Plunge     tor     swimming,     sports     and  ■ 
games  .  .  .  These  embryo  sophisticates 


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share  the  same  pleasures  that  their  elders 
indulge  in  ...  Or  is  it  that  the  children 
are  |ust  "being  themseUes"  in  the 
pastimes  that  the  grown-ups  have 
adopted  as  their  own?  .  .  .  Anyway  the 
health-giving  sun  is  on  its  best  behavior 
Saturday  mornings  when  the  Terrace  is 
thronged  with  the  sniartcst  ot  San  Fran- 
ciscan children. 


WIIEKE 
TO 


THEATRES 

Alcazar:  "The  Musqucradcr"  gives  way  to 
"George  M.  Cohan's  American  Comedy 
'Elmer  the  Qrcat'  by  Ring  Lardncr." 

Curran:  Good  technique  for  recapturing  di- 
vorced husbands  in  *'Lct  JJs  Be  C/tiv'  — 
followed  by  "Litde  Accident." 

Columbia  ;  Maurice  Schwartz  and  his  Yiddish 
Art  Theatre  Players  present  five  days  ot 
repertory,  July  16  to  21.  The  plays  include 
"Tervd  the  Dairyman,"  "Bloody  Laughter," 
"Blacksmith's  Daughters,"  "I{ags,"  "Qrcat 
Fortune,"  "Seven  Who  Were  Hanged," 
"Lower  Depths,  "  and  "Hard  to  he  a  Jeiv." 

Geary:  "Jealousy,"  a  dramatic  duct  presenting 
Fay  Bainter  and  John  Halliday. 

Green  Street:  They  promise  that  "Easy  for 
Zee-Zee"  will  soon  be  over.  What  then' 

President:  Taylor  Holmes  romps  through 
three  acts  of  riot  in  "  The  Sap. 

Bi  anding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre  :  Dark 
while  waiting  for  "The  Sky  Qirl"  to  open 
August  1 ,  giving  its  prophecy  ot  the  (uturc 
and  the  fantastic  people  of  the  mechanical 
age. 

THE  SCREEN 

California:  The  Four  Marx  Brothers  do  their 
tricks  in  "The  Cocoanuts." 

Embassy:  "On  tiith  the  Shoiv"  includes  color, 
sound  and  dialogue. 

Fox:  "Fox  Movietone  Follies  of  1929"  in  the 
"show  place  of  the  town."  The  theatre  gets 
as  much  attention  as  the  programs  it  offers. 

Granada  A  succession  of  singing-talking 
features. 

VIarion  Davies:  Myrna  Loy  plays  the  honky 
tonk  queen  in  "Hard  Boiled  Epse." 

^T.  Francis:  Maurice  Chevalier  continues 
into  the  third  month  o(  charming  San  Fran- 
cisco audiences  with  "Innocents  of  Paris." 

MUSIC 
■RiDAY,  July  12:  AKred  Hertz  directs  the  San 

Francisco  Summer  Symphony. 
iuNDAY.  July  14    Eugene  Gooscns  will  make 

his  debut  in  the  Woodland  Theatre  with  the 

San  Mateo  Philharmonic. 


Tuesday,  July  16 :  Gooscns  will  appear  in  San 

Francisco  with  the  Symphony. 
Sunday,  July    21  :  Ernest  Block  will  conduct 

his    own    composition     "America"    at    the 

Civic  Auditorium. 
Tuesday,  July  25  :  Repeat  concert  at  the  Civic 

Auditorium,  with  Goosens  conducting. 
Sunday,  July  aS.  Bruno  Walter  with  his  lirst 

appearance     with     the     San     Mateo     Phil- 
harmonic. 
Tuesday,  July  30:  San   Francisco  Symphony 

conducted   by    Bruno    Walter   at   the   Civic 

Auditorium. 

ART 

California  Palace  of  the  Lecion  of  Honor: 
Lincoln  Park,  1  o  to  5  daily;  7  to  10  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  nights  (special  for  sculp- 
ture show).  National  Sculpture  Society's  all- 
American  exhibition  of  1300  sculptures. 

East  West  Art  Gallery:  609  Sutter  street, 
10  to  10  daily.  Through  July  15,  paintings 
and  drawings  by  Boris  Dcutsch.  July  16  to 
31 ,  paintings  by  Vaclav  Vytlacil. 

Galerie  Beau.x  Arts  :  (Closed  until  August 
opening  in  new  quarters  at  i56  Geary.) 

Women's  City  Club:  (auditorium),  465  Post 
street.  Through  July  12,  group  show  by 
Club  Beaux  Arts  members. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum  :  Golden  Gate 
Park,  10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street,  9 
to  5  .30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints. 

Vickery,  Atkins  and  Torrey  :  550  Sutter 
street,  9  to  5:30  week  days.  Etchings  by  Sir 
Frank  Short  and  other  British  etchers. 

Gump's:  246  Post  street,  9  to  5  30  week  days. 
Prints  by  contemporary  American  and  Brit- 
ish artists. 

Courvoisier's  :  474  Post  street,  9  to  5  :30  week 
days.  Satirical  etchings  and  lithographs  bv 
Peggy  Bacon,  Mabel  Dwight  and  Mildred 
Coughlin;  lithographs  by  Joseph  PenncU. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery  239  Post  street,  9  to 
5  30  week  days.  Prints. 


Blanding  Sloan  Workshop  Gallery  :  Con- 
way Davies'  lithographs  and  wrought  iron 
shown  to  July  15.  Photographs  by  William 
Horace  Smith,  July  16  to  29. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

Hoi  El.  St.  Francis:  A  fresh  burst  of  gaiety  in 
the  newly  opened  Laurel  Court.  Monday  tea 
dansant,  ot  course! 

The  Fairmont:  Breakfast,  lunch,  dinner  or 
supper  at  the  edge  of  the  pool  every  day  and 
a  round  ot  special  events.  Sunday,  Rudy 
Sieger  in  concert,  S  00  p.m.  Monday,  Shop- 
ping Luncheon  in  the  Venetian  Room,  1  2  :oo 
to  2:00  P.M.  Sports  Night  with  festivities 
around  the  plunge. 

HoTEi,  Mark  Hopkins:  Peacock  Court  in  sum- 
mer fettle!  Tuesday,  Feature  Night  with 
Anson  Weeks'  orchestra.  Wednesday,  Mati- 
nee Luncheon,  12:00  to  2:00  p.m.  Friday, 
College  Night — summer-sessioners  included. 
Saturday,  Tea  Dansant  and  Dancing  in  the 
evening. 

The  Palace:  A  rendezvous  lor  out-ot  towners 
convention  bent. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  Making  special  bids  tor 
favor  by  means  of  excellent  cuisine  and 
gracious  service. 

Taits  at  the  Beach  :  In  the  midst  of  the  sum- 
mer season. 

The  Nugget:  The  best  steaks  in  town — for 
those  who  enjoy  eating. 

Russian  Tea  Room  :  Unusual  dishes  in  color- 
ful surroundings. 

The  Courtyard:  Deli.ghtful  dinners  served 
outdoors  in  the  warm  twilight. 

Hellwig's:  Scandinavian  cooking — climaxed 
by  heavenly  torte. 

The  Loggia  :  A  Mecca  for  hungry  shoppers. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:  Modern  color'  De- 
licious tood  ! — for  luncheon  only. 

Russell's  Dining  Room:  In  Burlingame — a 
picturesque  spot  tor  leisurely  dinners. 


ESTABLISHED  1852 


SHREVE  &  COMPANY 

JEWELERS  and  SILVERSMITHS 


Post  Street  at  Grant  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


DANCE  &  DINE 

in  the 


Dancing  every  evening  from 

7:30  to  1  o'clock  (except  Sunday) 


Tea  Dansant  Monday  After- 
noon from  4  to  6  o'clock  .  .  . 


Henry  Halstead  and  his  Hotel 
St.  Francis  Dance  Orchestra 


Music  every  day  during  Luncheon 
and  Tea  .  .  .  Special  augmented  con- 
cert orchestra  Sunday  night  during 
dinner  .  .  .  Edward  Fitzpatrick  and 
his  Hotel  St.  Francis  Salon  Orchestra 


SCISSORS   DESIGN   BY   K.    DROZ 


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SAN  VRAMCISGAN 


JOSEPH  DYER,  Editor  €r  Publisher 


RowENA  Mason,  Associate  Editor 

Chari  ES  Caldwell  Dobie 
Joseph  Henderson 
Kathryn  Hulme 


Contributing  Editors 
Raymond  Armsby 
MoLLiE  Merrick 
Carey  McWilliams 


Aline  Kistler,  Assistdytt  Editor 

Idwal  Jones 
George  Douglas 
Elva  Williams 


Vol.  Ill 


JULY,    1929 


No 


CONTENTS 
Irving  Pichcl.  photograph  by  Murray 
Pioneering  in  the  Provinces,  article  by  Irving  Pichcl     - 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Cartoon  Map  of  California  Street,  by  Ned  Hilton 

The  Earthly  Paradise,  short  story  by  Edward  Fryer 

Ruth  St.  Denis,  camera  study  by  William  Horace  Smith 

Gingerbread  Gentry,  article  by  MoUie  Merrick 

Megalomania,  verse  by  Vincent  O'SuUivan 

Camera  Study,  by  William  Horace  Smith 

Transients,  interviews  by  Aline  Kistler 

Elizabeth  Rethberg,  photograph  by  White 

Spotlight,  dramatic  comment  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 

Nightscapes,  impressionistic  pri>se  by  Lau'rence  Hart  - 

The  Cafeteria  Orchestra,  lithograph  by  Conway  Davies 

Reigning  Dynasty         .,,--- 

Mrs.  Alfred  Hendrickson,  photograph  by  Albert  Peterson 

Tin  Types,  historical  article  by  Zoe  A.  Battu     - 

The  First  Unit  of  Grace  Cathedral,  drawing  by  J.  E.  Dinwiddle 

Novel  Ideas,  book  reviews  by  Beth  Wendel 

Concerning  Bridge,  lesson  by  Paul  W.  Black 

Yachting  Notes  -  -  - 

As  Seen  By  Her  -  -  ■  - 

Travel  Notes,  by  Stuart  Bryson 

Have  You  Heard 

Money  in  Your  Pocket,  financial  article  by  Jnhn  O.  Greub 


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organized  in  San  Francisco  Jor  the  produclion  oJ  amateur  drama  in  its  own  Little  Theatre 


SAN  rRANGISGAN 


Pioneering  in  the  Provinces 

Discussing  Some  Problems  Confronting  the  Little  Theatre 


THE  disaster  which  marked  the  past 
season  in  the  New  York  Theatre 
was   more   than    a    merely    local 
calamity.  In  addition  to  the  tremendous 
proportion  of  iailures  among  the  sea- 
son's  productions   and   the   paucity   of 
good  new  writing,  the  theatrical  depres- 
sion  has   been    lelt   all    over   America. 
Theatres  in  the  "provinces,"  dispensing 
the  successtul  entertainments  of  last  sea- 
son and   the  season   before,    have   also 
;  worried  over  the  falling  off  of  box-ofBce 
j  receipts  And  more  than  this, — the  little 
I  and  community  theatres,  even  the  most 
prosperous  and  well  established,   have 
I  faced  their  most  troubled  season.  Only 
I  one,   to   my   knowledge,    has  shown   a 
marked  increase  in  receipts. 
I      The  explanations  tor  the  difficulties  ot 
I  the  commercial  stage  have  ranged  all  the 
I  way  from  the  excessive  demands  of  stage 
hand  and  musicians'  unions  to  the  in- 
roads of  the  talkies,  both  upon  audience 
I  material  and  the  writers  the  stage  has 
I  depended  upon  for  its  dramas   None  ot 
:hese  explanations,  however  satisfactory 
is  applied  to  the  New  York  debacle,  has 
much  bearing  upon  the  situation  of  the 
'little  theatres. 

;     These  independent  and  insurgent  or- 
'  ^anizations  stand  alone  Generally  speak- 
I  ng,  they  operate  under  totally  different 
[."onditions;  the  most  vigorous  of  them 
lave  been  devoted  to  a  different  kind  of 
repertory,  and,  in  production  and  per- 
1  ormance,  they  are  hardly  competitive 
'  udging  this  so-called  mo\ement  by  its 
I  >'an,  its  business  has  been  pioneering  and 
!  ippeal  and  strength  has  lain  in  giving  to 
he  more  restless  and  adventuresome  ot 
he  public  something  which  the  regular 
heatres,  throughout  the  country,  have 
lot  found   it   protitable   to   give.    Cer- 
ainly,    it   has   no   claim   to   patronage 
hrough  superior  excellence  of  produc- 
i  ion  or  pertormance  or  the  comtort  ot 
I  ts  playhouses.    Its  audiences   have  en- 
ured much  bad  acting,   hard  benches, 


By  IRVING  PICHEL 

bad  ventilation  and  lack  ot  heat,  tor  the 
sake  of  what'  Again,  judging  the  little 
theatres  by  the  most  vigorous  and  cour- 
ageous, they  have  pioneered  in  the  crea- 
tion of  an  audience  for  plays  more 
thoughtful,  more  serious,  more  experi- 
mental than  are  commercially  feasible. 
For  the  sake,  then,  of  a  more  satisfying 
content,  audiences  have  been  willing  to 
endure  a  tairly  unsatisfactory  execution. 
There  is  more  than  a  little  evidence 
that  this  pioneering  has  been  successful. 
That  success  is  attested  in  many  cities  by 
the  excellently  designed  and  equipped 
buildings  the  little  theatres  occupy.  On 
the  Pacitic  Coast,  Pasadena,  Santa  Bar- 
bara and  Carmel  boast  interesting 
modern  buildings.  (Carmel  has  only  a 
building  and  no  theatre.)  Cleveland, 
Chicago,  Dallas,  New  Orleans,  St. 
Paul,  Detroit,  and  other  centers  have 
erected  buildings  which  outclass  in 
modernity  of  equipment  and  architec- 
tural interest  the  average  professional 
theatre,  all  of  them,  with  the  exception 
of  Cleveland  and  Chicago  the  homes  ot 
volunteer  or  amateur  theatres. 


BUT  the  success  of  the  little  theatre  is 
more  importantly  indicated  by  the 
tact  that  the  audience  it  set  out  to  create 
now  exists.  To  be  sure,  the  little  theatre 
alone  is  not  responsible  for  this  new 
audience,  nor  has  its  share  in  crystalizing 
an  audience  been  the  predominant  one 
The  taste  for  tine  plays  has  been  fostered 
by  the  schools,  the  universities,  and  by 
innumerable  drama  study  sections  in 
innumerable  clubs.  Let  us  simply  say 
that  there  is  a  greater  interest  in  good 
theatre  to-day  than  there  was  fifteen 
years  ago,  that  the  little  theatres  have 
had  a  hand  in  maturing  the  new  audience 
and  that  these  same  little  theatres  have, 
almost  alone  so  far  as  the  provinces  are 
concerned,  served  the  taste  of  the  new 
audience.  That  seems  a  sufficiently  con- 


servative and  accurate  statement  tor  the 
present  purpose. 

In  tact,  in  many  instances  pioneering 
in  the  provinces  meant  no  more  than  re- 
producing in  little  theatres  the  plays  The 
Theatre  Guild  produced  in  New  York. 
Ten  years  ago,  pioneering  in  California 
was  achieved,  in  my  own  work,  as  an 
immediate  example,  by  giving  the  first 
productions  in  the  state  of  such  plays  as 
"Liliom,"  "He  Who  Gets  Slapped," 
"From  Morn  Till  Midnight,"  "Heart- 
break House,"  (all  Theatre  Guild  plays), 
or  such  plays  as  O'Neill's  "Beyond  the 
Horizon,"  "All  God's  Chillun  Got 
Wings,"  or  "The  Great  God  Brown," 
produced  by  other  insurgent  New  York 
producers.  This  was,  in  its  day,  daring 
and  adventuresome  pioneering. 

T       T       ▼ 

TODAY  it  is  patent  that  such  pioneer- 
ing is  at  an  end.  The  Theatre  Guild 
is  now  able  to  send  its  productions  to 
the  provinces  and  find  there  ready-made 
audiences  for  its  plays.  The  production 
above  the  average  in  New  York,  if  it 
achieves  success  there,  is  reasonably  sure 
ot  success  elsewhere.  Audiences  have 
developed  discrimination  and  a  conscious 
play-hunger  outside  the  reach  ot  Broad- 
way. And  the  little  theatre  finds  itself 
faced  with  the  competition  of  profes- 
sional productions  of  the  very  kind  of 
play  it  has  been  campaigning  for,  a  com- 
petition it  cannot  meet.  In  the  very 
nature  ot  things,  audiences  will  not 
choose  inadequate  performances  of  good 
plays  in  preference  to  adequate  perform- 
ances ot  like  plays.  And  there  is  the 
further  fact  that  it  is  becoming  increas- 
ingly difficult  tor  the  little  theatre  to 
secure  permission  to  reproduce  an  inter- 
esting play  which,  having  been  success- 
fully done  in  New  York,  may  take  to  the 
road. 

There  are  only  two  ways  in  which  the 
little  theatre  can  continue  to  hold  the 

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10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


IT  HAS  been  che  smart  custom  tor 
some  time  past  at  j^atherings  ot 
people  prominent  in  the  theatre  and 
the  arts  to  read  their  own  epitaphs  be- 
fore imbibing  in  the  first  cocktail  ot  the 
evening,  rather  than  resort  to  the  con- 
ventional toast.  Edna  St.  Vincent  Mil- 
lay  at  one  time  is  said  to  have  given  as 
hers,  "Excuse  My  Dust  " 

Not  so  long  ago  at  a  similar  affair 
held  in  the  luxurious  surroundings  of  a 
Park  Avenue  apartment,  an  actress 
famous  for  her  matrimonial  conquests, 
her  jewels  and  her  motors  was  called 
upon  to  supply  her  contribution  for  the 
evening,  but  was  at  a  loss  to  compose 
anything  measuring  up  to  those  that  had 
gone  before.  She  turned  to  Irvin  S  Cobb 
on  her  left,  and  asked  him  if  he  would 
be  so  good  as  to  help  her  out  He  most 
willingly  obliged  her,  and  after  having 
thought  it  over  for  some  minutes,  he 
jotted  down  a  few  words  on  a  slip  of 
paper,  informing  her  that  he  would  re- 
linquish it  on  the  condition  that  she 
read  it  to  the  crowd  without  first  hav- 
ing read  it  herself.  To  this  she  agreed, 
and  read,  "Asleep,  alone  at  last!" 


ON  UPPER  Market  street,  spanning 
the  entrance  to  a  dubious  looking 
establishment  is  the  legend,  Hamman 
Baths  The  name  has,  in  the  past,  stirred 
snatches  of  hearsay,  garnered  from  our 
elders  and  Norris'  Vandoi'cr  and  the 
Brute,  concerning  a  standard  institution 
of  old  San  Francisco.  Lately  we  dis- 
covered a  fine,  detailed  description  of  the 
baths,  which  indicates  that  they  were 
without  a  peer  elsewhere  in  America. 

The  original    Hamman    Baths  were 
probably  built  in  the  '60s  and  by  a  Dr 
Loryea     They   were   on    Grant    avenue 
(then  Dupont  street)  just  above  Market 
and  here  stood  for  some  forty  years  The 
doctor  traveled  Europe  and  the  Orient 
for  the  express  purpose  of  studying  the 
baths,   modern   and  ancient, 
of    Rome,    Greece,    France, 
Russia,  Scandinavia  and  Per- 
sia. His  San  Francisco  build- 
ing was  a  combination  of  the 
best  features  ot  all  ot  these 

One  entered  a  luxurious 
marble  lobby  in  which  were 
a  bar,  lunch  counter,  registry 
desk,  bronze  fountain  and 
ceiling  inscription  in  Arabic 
"Bishmillah,  Allah  il  Allah," 
whatever  that  means  One 
proceeded  through  a  series  ol 
marble  and  tile  plunges,  built 
along  Graeco-Roman  lines, 
whose  waters  were  ul   vary- 


ing and  increasing  temperatures.  Smok- 
ing and  lounging  rooms  were  at  one 
side  There  were  luxurious  hangings; 
walls  and  ceilings  were  frescoed,  foun- 
tains and  inscriptions  from  the  Koran 
abounded.  There  were  also  available  all 
kinds  ot  mineral,  medicated  and  per- 
turnxd  baths,  these  latter  being  very 
popular  with  the  ladies,  who,  of  course, 
had  special  quarters.  All  attendants  were 
Turkish 

It  was  the  universal  custom  of  the 
city's  men  about  town,  rounders,  etc.,  to 
spend  a  night  a  week  in  the  baths  to  tone 
up  their  jaded  systems.  The  young  bloods, 
after  a  strenuous  souse,  always  repaired 
to  the  baths  for  boiling  out  and  sobering 
up  Then  it  was  an  heinous  digression  of 
the  social  code  for  a  young  man  to  ap- 
pear before  his  girl  friend,  bearing  marks 
ot  late  dissipations    But  now — oh  well ' 


An  aged  San  Francisco  negro  is  cross- 
ji\_  ing-guard  at  a  spot  where  an  ex- 
press train  recently  made  quick  work  ot 
a  flivver  and  its  occupants.  Naturally, 
he  was  the  chief  witness,  and  the  entire 
case  hinged  upon  the  energy  with  which 
he  had  displayed  the  warning  signal. 

A  grueling  cross-examination  left 
Mose  unshaken  in  this  story  ; 

The  night  was  dark,  and  he  had 
waved  his  lantern  frantically,  but  the 
driver  ot  the  car  paid  no  attention 
to  it. 

After  the  trial  the  division  superin- 
tendent called  the  flagman  to  his  office 
to  compliment  him  on  the  steadfastness 
with  which  he  stuck  to  his  story. 

"You  did  wonderfully  well,  Mose," 
he  said.  "I  was  afraid  at  first  you  might 
waver  in  your  testimony." 

"Nossuh,  nossuh,  "  Mose  exclaimed, 
"but  1  done  been  afraid  evah  minute  dat 
confoun'  lawyah  was  gwine  ask  me  if 
mah  lantern  was  lit." 


AWHILE  back  there  was  a  movement 
on  foot  in  New  York  to  bar  debu- 
tantes from  night  clubs  and  have  them 
in  bed  by  1 1  :oo  p.  m.  Now,  so  we  hear, 
the  Philadelphia  debs  were  lately  singled 
out  for  a  campaign  to  save  their  bodies 
and  souls  from  the  perils  of  too  fast 
motors,  petting  parties,  strip  poker, 
golf,  gin,  country  clubs,  cigarettes, 
bridge  and  so  forth  and  so  on  The  etfort 
was  hacked  and  financed  by  a  group  of 
religious  and  social  welfare  organiza- 
tions of  Philadelphia 

The  technique  ot  this  dri\e  v\'as  what 
is  known  in  advertising  jargon  as  the 
direct-by-mail  method  In  their  morning 
mail  the  debutantes  received  envelopes, 
apparently  containing  social  invitations, 
but  which  upon  opening  proved  to  be 
small  folders  gently  pointing  out  the 
error  ot  their  ways  in  indulging  in  all  the 
day's  high  powered,  fashionable  diver- 
sions There  was  a  whole  series  ot  such 
folders  and  as  the  series  progressed  the 
tenor  of  the  messages  became  more  pain 
spoken  and  threatening  The  recipients 
were  at  first  amused;  then  bored. 

The  climax  was  reached  when  one  of 
of    the     headlines     read     YOU     ARE 
THREE    HEART    BEATS    FROM 
DEATH,    and    the   copy    went    on    to 
explain  that,  it  is  a  psychological  fact 
that  if  the  heart  misses  three  beats,  one 
is  automatically  possessed  of  a  harp  and 
wings  or  is  cast  down  into  those  depths 
from  which  no  sinner  e\-er  returns   This  I 
was  going  a  bit  too  tar.   Fond  and  in- 
fluential    mothers     got     together     and 
brought  crushing  pressure  to  bear  against  i 
those    respons  ble    for   sending    to  their! 
young,     impressionable     progeny     such 
ghastly     and    emotionally    de\astating 

suggestions  and  material.  | 

I 

▼       T       T 

IN  A  recent  issue  ot  the  New  York 
Times  Bodk,  /^(.■ricif  section,  there  are 
re\iewed  two  \'olumes,  dealing  v\ith 
politics  and  crime  as  they  are 
currently  practiced  in  Ch 
cago  Either  the  reviewer  or 
the  authors  (the  piece  doesj 
not  make  clear  which,  and  it 
does  not  matter)  point  out 
that,  present  conditions  in 
Chicago  are  analagous  to 
those  in  San  Francisco  before 
Coleman's  Second  Vigilance 
Committee  ot  1856  began 
its  tar  famed  municipal  housc- 
clcaning  With  this  excep- 
tion San  Francisco  condi- 
tions are  made  quite  light  of; 
'^  are,  in  lact,  held  to  be  mere 
miniatures    ot    present    Chi- 

('olitlliui'il  on  iKiui'  IHI 


JULY,   1929 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


"Aw!  You  hi(j  .ussie." 


cago  conditions,  thereby  reflecting  to  the 
greater  glory  of  the  inland  capital. 

What  presutnptuousness !  Here  is  Chi- 
cago, which  is  not  a  city  at  all,  but 
simply  so  much  scrofulous  desecration 
of  an  otherwise  presentable  landscape, 
setting  up  to  compare  its  record  for 
bigger,  better,  more  picturesque  killings 
and  crime  waves  with  those  of  San 
Francisco  in  its  earliest  heyday.  This 
attempt  to  steal  our  thunder  is  some- 
thing to  arouse  the  indignation  of  every 
right  thinking  San  Franciscan. 

in  the  year  before  the  Second  Vigi- 
lance Committee  was  organized  there 
was  a  grand  total  of  489  killings.  From 
1850  to  1856  there  were  1200  murders. 

Of  these  4S9  killers,  six  were  hung  by 
the  sheriff,  forty-six  were  disposed  of  by 
mob  seizure  and  lynching,  the  remaining 
437  saved  their  necks  by  slipping  through 
any  one  of  the  many  convenient  technical 
loop  holes  the  law  afforded. 

Machine  guns,  which  were  absent 
from  the  San  Francisco  scene,  are,  of 
course,  productive  of  mass  results,  but 
mass  killings  tend  to  become  just  so 
much  standardized  brutality,  not  to  be 
compared  with  the  picturesque  drama  of 
combat  between  individuals.  Then,  too, 
hangings  and  lynchings  in  those  days 
were   public  c\'ents.   The  citizens  took 


time  from  their  business  and  turned  out 
en  masse  to  see  that  the  job  was  well 
done.  We  have  heard  of  nothing  of  the 
sort  in  Chicago,  although  the  frame- 
work of  the  elevateds  would  serve  the 
purpose  admirably.  Of  course,  we  could 
quote  such  statistics  and  instances  in- 
definitely. But  what  we  have  mentioned 
seems  to  us  a  fairly  respectable  record  for 
a  town  just  starting  out  with  a  popula- 
tion generously  estimated  at  75,000  and 
sufficient  to  preserve  the  lustre  of  San 
Francisco  against  all  comers. 

T      ▼       ▼ 

AnusY  city  editor  took  time  to  warn 
the  new  reporter,  whose  scintil- 
lating headline  regarding  the  mules  on 
the  golf  course  was  referred  to  in  these 
columns  a  short  time  ago. 

"Never  state  as  a  fact  anything  you 
are  not  certain  about,"  the  editor  said, 
"or  you  will  get  us  into  libel  suits.  In 
such  cases  use  the  words  'alleged,' 
'claimed,'  'reputed,'  'rumored,'  and  so 
on." 

All  was  well  lor  a  few  days  and  then 
this  paragraph  appeared  in  the  societ\- 
notes  of  the  paper  ; 

It  is  rumored  that  a  card  party  was 
given  yesterday  by  a  number  of  reputed 
ladies.  Mrs.  Robinson,  gossip  says,  was 
hostess  It  is  alleged  that  the  guests,  with 


the  exception  of  Mrs.  Bellinger,  who 
says  she  hails  from  Bakersfield,  were  all 
from  here.  Mrs  Robinson  claims  to  be 
the  wife  of  Archibald  Robinson,  the  so- 
called  "Honest  Man"  trading  on  Front 
street. 

And  when  the  editor  had  read  the 
report  a  whirling  mass  claiming  to  be 
the  reporter  was  projected  through  the 
window  and  struck  the  sidewalk  with  a 
dull  thud. 

T       ▼      T 

THERE  Still  e.xists  in  downtown  San 
Francisco  two  of  those  diverting 
places  known  as  Penny  Arcades.  One  is 
on  upper  Market  street,  the  second  on 
Broadway  above  Kearney.  The  otheri 
day,  being  in  a  mildly  curious  mood,  wel 
dropped  into  the  one  on  upper  Market 
street. 

The  proprietor  changed  a  couple  ofi 
dimes  into  pennies  for  us  and  we  started 
out  to  see  the  sights.  Down  the  center  of 
the  floor  is  a  double  row  of  mechanical 
peep  shows.  The  sights  promised  for  a 
penny  are  alluring  and  forbidden — Thei 
Bride's  First  Night,  Hollywood  Revelry, 
Salome  of  the  Studios,  etc.,  etc.  We  drop! 
a  penny  on  the  bride,  apply  our  eyes  to' 
the  aperture  provided  tor  that  purpose > 
and  turn  a  crank.  It  grinds  out  the  nup- 
tial night  undressing  scene  of  a  bride  of 
the  era  of  flannel  night  gowns  with  long 
sleeves,  high  necks  and  many  frills.  Her 
newly  made  spouse  stands  by  pop-eyed,  1 
ogling,  while  the  lady  furti\'ely,  coylyi 
sheds  her  trousseau  beneath  the  shelter-' 
ing  fold  of  the  voluminous  gown.  We' 
try  Salome.  A  cheap,  fake  dancer  with  a 
lace  curtain  wound  around  too  fat  hips 
and   stomach.    We   squander   a    whole! 
nickel    on    another    specially    heralded 
attraction.   On   the  same  order  as  the 
others    To  hell  with  them  all.  Snares! 
and  delusions  for  the  morbidly  minded. 
We  examine  the  other  devices  in  the 
places     lung   and    muscle   testers,    ma- 
chines for  electricity  treatments,  fortune 
telling  and  horoscope  machines.  To  the 
rear  a   photograph  gallery  that  makes' 
and   develops  pictures  in   fi\'e  minutes; 
and  a  tattoing  man's  booth.  He  is  not! 
there     Never   comes    down    until    late! 
afternoon,  the  attendant  tells  us.  Wetry' 
our  luck  on  fortunes    Wc  purchase  four 
of  these  (four  printed  cards)  at  a  penny 
each.  All  are  different;  all  are  remarkably| 
good    and    favorable,    but    as    yet    no' 
miracle  has  bobbed  up,  enabling  us  to! 
quit  work  and  travel  in  Europe  as  wc^ 
ha\c  so  long  and  ardently  desired  to  do.' 

T        ▼        T 

A  SHOUT  time  ago  a  prominent  San 
Franciscan  was  entertaining  a  well 
known  Los  Angeles  realtor  Quite 
naturally  the  host  wished  to  show  his 
guest  the  various  points  of  interest  about 
the  city  and  just  as  naturally  the  gentle 
man  from  the  south  was  quick  to  tell 
him  that  Los  Angeles  could  boast  of^ 
something  just  a   little   bigger  in  each 


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case.  Their  icinerary  cook  them  hrsc 
through  Golden  Gate  Park  to  the  beach. 

"This  is  our  beach,"  said  the  San 
Franciscan  as  he  drove  his  guest  along 
the  Great  Highway.  "What  do  you 
chink  ot  it'" 

"Very  prett\',"  admitted  the  sun 
kissed  realtor,  "but  we  ha\^c  much 
bigger  ones  at  Los  Angeles." 

"And  now,"  said  the  host  as  they 
were  returning,  "we  are  coming  to  the 
Civic  Center.  That  building  with  the 
dome  is  the  City  Hall." 

"The  new  Los  Angeles  City  Hall  is 
much  bigger,"  yawned  the  realtor. 

"Over  there  on  Van  Ness  Avenue  is 
the  home  building  of  the  Calitornia 
State  Automobile  Association,"  went 
on  the  host  pointing  out  that  edifice. 

"Nice  building,"  agreed  the  \'isitor, 
"but  the  home  ot  the  Southern  Club  is  a 
great  deal  bigger." 

"That  building,"  explained  the  host 
as  they  drove  through  the  business  dis- 
trict, "is  our  newest  department  store." 

"Los  Angeles  has  much  bigger  ones," 
said  the  guest. 

".-^nd  that  man  on  the  corner,"  said 
the  San  Franciscan  with  a  twinkle  in  his 
eye,  "is  a  liar." 

T       T       T 

At  precisely  1 137  on  the  morning  ot 
_/~\_  Friday,  June  28,  Mr.  Ted  Lewis, 
Mayor  Rolph,  and  an  unnamed  stage 
door  man,  with  the  assistance  ot  a  tull, 
enthusiastic,  \'ociterous  and  all  but  lacri- 
mose  house,  rang  down  the  curtain  tor 
the  last  time  at  the  Orpheum  Theatre 
on  OTarrell  street. 

Thus,  what  is  perhaps  the  best-be- 
loved name  in  American  theatrical 
circles  was  struck  from  the  roster  of  San 
Francisco's  playhouses  Today,  there  is 
no  Orpheum  in  the  City  by  the  Golden 
Gate. 

A  melancholy  thought !  Yet  the  crowd 
that  toregathered  in  the  theatre  for  the 
10:30  pertormance  managed  to  cloak  its 
gentle  melancholy  with  gaiety.  It  was  a 
brilliant  gathering,  curiously  unlike  the 
usual  Orpheum  house.  Yes,  brilliant  and 
gay  and  melancholy  So  that  it  reminded 
one  ot  that  other  gathering,  the  night 
before  Waterloo,  which  Byron  has  made 
so  tamous  with  his  "On  with  the  dance, 
let  joy  be  unconhned!"  For  tomorrow 
you  fight  your  "blues  '  without  the  aid 
of  the  songs,  the  jests,  the  dancing  and 
the  tumbling  of  your  favorites 

The  curtain  for  that  last  performance 
went  up  to  the  strains  ot  "Memories  .  .  . 
days  ot  long  ago."  The  stage  was  set. 
The  show  began.  And  what  a  show! 
Not  in  over  three  years  ot  almost  un- 
broken attendance  ha\e  we  seen  its  like. 
Possibly  we  shall  not  see  its  like  again. 

We  held  our  breath  at  the  trio  of  trick 
cyclists,  we  gave  generously  of  our 
applause  to  the  song-and-dance  team, 
we  hung  upon  the  every  note  of  the 
balladist  who  had  that  trill  in  her  voice 


which  we  so  adore,  and  we  roared  at  the 
raillery  and  ribaldry  ot  the  "colo'edboys." 

Then,  all  too  soon,  we  reached  the 
piece  de  resistance  .  .  .  the  closing  tri- 
umph .  .  .  Ted  Lewis  and  his  jazz 
friends.  "Everybody  happy?"  Mr.  Lewis 
wanted  to  know.  Ringing  applause 
convinced  him. 

Later,  Mayor  Rolph  was  introduced 
He  had  been  in\'ited  to  ring  down  the 
final  curtain.  But  before  he  did  that,  said 
he.  he  suggested  that  Mr.  Lewis  should 
play  a  fitting  farewell.  "In  about  a  half- 
hour  trom  now,"  was  the  reply.  And  the 
real  show  began. 

Celebrities,  old-timers,  and  Orpheum 
tans  present  were  called  upon  to  face  the 
spotlight  and  take  their  bows.  Actors 
and  singers  who  were  in  the  house  were 
hailed  upon  the  stage  to  do  honor  to  the 
occasion.  Even  the  stage  doorman  was 
given  his  moment. 

While  the  house  clamored  for  more, 
Mr.  Lewis'  cornetist  sounded  the  open- 
ing bars  of  "Taps,"  which  are  also  the 
opening  bars  of  Mr.  Lewis'  famous 
"Good-night."  And  how  he  did  sing  it! 

Then,  at  last,  the  final  curtain. 

The  orchestra  launched  into  "Auld 
Lang  Syne."  The  house  rose  as  one,  and 
burst  into  song  that  echoed  to  the  rafters 
and  will  there  vibrate  perhaps  for  all 
time. 


THE  day  was  terrifically  hot.  Heat 
waves  swirled  and  shimmied  over 
the  sun-baked  parade  ground.  But  the 
review  went  on  while  officers  swore  be- 
neath their  breaths  and  doughboys 
groaned  and  sweat. 

The  reviewing  otficcr  was  a  \'isiting 
Major-Gencral  of  heroic  height  and 
considerable  tonnage  In  tact,  he  tipped 
the  beam  at  a  good  two  hundred  and 
fitcy  pounds.  His  unfortunate  horse  was 
lathered  with  sweat  as  it  staggered  un- 
der   its    prodigious    burden. 

Something  had  to  give.  At  last  the 
sun  got  in  its  deadly  work.  It  struck 
the  General  and  his  steed  at  the  same 
moment  Horse  and  rider  succumbed  to- 
gether and  collapsed  in  a  heap.  A  hurry 
call  was  sent  tor  an  ambulance.  It  ar- 
rived with  a  clang  of  bells  and  a  screech- 
ing of  brakes.  Two  stretcher  bearers 
jumped  out  and  placed  a  stretcher  along- 
side the  tallen  horse. 

"Hey,  you idiots,"  yelled  a  cap- 
tain, "What  are  you  doing  with  chat 
stretcher?  Here's  the  man  who  has 
fainted." 

"We  know  that,"  answered  one  of 
the  stretcher  bearers,  "but  the  ambu- 
lance is  only  big  enough  for  a  horse." 

Continvipd  on  page  36 


".V(Ju'  don't  d-poil  it  all 
by  proposing!' ' 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Earthly  Paradise 

Being  a  Very  Short  Story  of  Its  Gifts  and  Advantages 


WHEN  John  Doty  arn\'eJ  in 
Santa  Barbara  the  first  thing 
that  the  representative  of 
the  chamber  of  commerce  pointed  out  to 
him  v\'as  the  new  courthouse  and  jaiL 
The  real  estate  agent  who  followed  in 
the  footsteps  of  the  chamber  of  com- 
merce man  showed  him  the  new  court- 
house and  jail.  He  also  showed  him  the 
new  breakwater — a  gift;  the  new  bird 
refuge — a  gift;  the  new  beach  pavilion — 
a  gift;  the  fine  hospital — a  gift;  and 
above  all,  the  lovely  hills,  the  sparkling 
sea  and  the  glorious  sun — the  gifts  of 
God 

"Santa  Barbara  is  endowed  with 
more  gifts  than  any  other  city  in  the 
world,"  said  the  real  estate  agent," — 
that  I  know  of,"  he  added,  hedging  a 
bit.  "It  is  a  God  given  and  man  devel- 
oped paradise  on  earth  Read  the  mottos 
on  the  new  courthouse  and  jail—  leave 
the  jail  out  One  says — and  how  true — 
'God  gave  us  the  country  Man  built 
the  cities'  And  man'  We'\'e  built  a 
city  I  Beauty!  We've  capitalized  beauty, 
built  our  success  upon  it,  made  it  pay 
dividends  And  let  me  tell  you,"  he 
added,  lowering  his  voice,  "there's  oil 
in  that  mesa  and — beauty  or  no  beauty 
— if  you  want  to  get  in  on  something 
good,  I  can  let  vou  have  two  lots  there 
for  " 

"No,  no,"  said  Doty  hasti'.v  "I'm 
not  buying  anything  I'm  poor  I'm  an 
artist    " 

"Oh  hell!"  said  the  real  estate  agent, 
"More  competition"  and  drove  Doty 
back  to  his  hotel 

Doty  called  upon  his  friend  Joe  Baloon 
and  Joe  greeted  him  warmly  "You'\e 
come  to  the  right  place  -the  beauty  spot 
of  the  universe  and  rich  pickings  in  the 
field  of  art  Beauty  is  the  password  here 
Just  keep  saying  that  word  or  any  of  its 
variations  and  you  can't  go  wrong  By 
the  way — what  are  you  doing  now?" 

"Drolls,"  said  Doty  "Little  mod- 
ernistic figures  1  call  drolls    " 

"Sounds  good,"  said  Joe  "II  they're 
puzrling  enough  you'll  cash  in  on  them 
Few  people  have  the  guts  to  condemn 
anything  chat's  unrecognizable  See 
this?"  he  pointed  to  a  huge  canvas  of 
nudes  and  satyrs,  "three  thousand  bucks 
for  that  " 

"My  God!"  said  Doty      "Who  sup 
pons  a  barroom  big  enough  for  that'" 

"That  goes  in  the  living-room  of  a 
grand  house,  me  boy,"  said  Joe  with 
unconcealed  satisfaction  ".And  it's  not 
so  rotten,  either,"  he  added  with  a  bit 
of  hurt  pride.  "You  ought  to  see  some 
of  the   mud   pies   with   which   Tucker 


Bv  EDWARD  FRYER 

stuck  old  man  Grimes.  And — you 
ought  to  hear  some  of  the  poems  that  a 
group  of  art  patrons  published  for 
Simpson.  'Songs  of  the  Wind'  he  calls 
'em.  No  free  wind  of  this  earth  ever 
blew  that  way,  so  draw  your  own  con- 
clusions Boy!  It  you  do  your  stuff  here, 
you  can  live  on  velvet.  Say,  have  you 
seen  the  new  courthouse?" 

"Yes,"  said  Doty 

"She's  swell  all  lit  up  with  outside 
floodlights  at  night" 

"Why  do  they  light  it  up  outside  with 
floodlights'"  asked  Doty. 

"Why,  for  people  to  look  at,  you  darn 
fool." 

"That's  funny  "  said  Doty,  puzzled. 
"Most  buildings  are  lit  up  inside  for  the 
convenience  of  the  tenants." 

"Oh  God!  "  exclaimed  Joe  in  disgust, 
"I'm  afraid  you  have  queer  ideas." 

T       ▼       ▼ 

DOTY  secured  a  studio  and  made 
ready  for  his  first  exhibition.  His 
5  were  curious  affairs  made  by  soak- 
ing cotton  waste  in  glue,  twisting  the 
sticky  mass  into  grotesque  shapes  and 
rolling  them  in  clean,  sifted  beach  sand. 
Then  they  were  dried  in  the  sun  Some 
of  the  results  achieved  were  quite 
extraordinary 

Due  to  Joe  Baloon 's  faithful  efforts 
the  studio  was  ]ammed  The  art  lovers 
of  Santa  Barbara  and  Montecito  were 
there  in  force  to  do  honor  to  the  new 
and  unique  art  of  John  Doty.  Expres- 
sions of  admiration  were  profuse.  Doty 
was  busily  engaged  in  answering  the  dis- 
cerning questions  of  the  appreciative 
women 

"This  cunning  thing — what  is  it,  Mr. 
Doty'" 

"That's  'The  Spanish  Dancer'." 

"And  this  ferocious  looking  lump?" 
"That's  'The  Wrestlers,'  Mrs  Pond" 

"What  is  that  curiously  twisted 
thing'" 

'The  Soul  ol  a  Willow  Tree  '  " 

'"But  1  thought  you  just  called  it  'The 
Spanish  Dancer"'  " 

"No,  Mrs  Pond  The  slim  llauntuig 
one  on  the  table  is  'The  Spanish 
Dancer'" 

"Oh  yes,  the  difference  is  quite 
noticeable,  isn't  it'  The  'Dancer'  has 
fcrve  and — what  is  it  now? — eclat!, 
while  the  'Soul  of  a  Willovv"  is  more 
au  jus" 

"You  ha\'e  caught  the  distinction 
beautifully,  Mrs  Pond,"  said  Dotv, 
gratefully 

Finally  after  having  drunk  tea  and 
eaten  cakes  they  departed,  loading  him 
with  in\'itations 


!i 


"Well?"  queried  Joe  when  they  were 
alone,  "How  many  did  you  sell?" 

"None,"  said  Doty. 

"None?"  shouted  Joe.  "Why  not'" 

"Oh,  I  don't  know.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  the  conversation  never  got  around 
to  it" 

'"Say,  listen,  "  said  Joe  seriously  "The 
world  belongs  to  us  artists,  but  don't 
forget  that  money  makes  it  go  'round. 
Get  the  money!  Bring  the  con\'ersation 
around  to  it  When  Mrs.  Fedoodle  says, 
Isn't  this  sweet!'  your  cue  is  to  speak 
up  and  say,  'That  would  look  swell  on 
on  your  piano  —only  six-fifty  '  (They'll 
know  you  mean  six  hundred  and  fifty — 
they're  that  kind.)  That  forces  the  issue. 
These  folks  haven't  the  e.xcuse  of  pov- 
erty to  offer,  which  is  the  only  argument 
an  ignorant  patron  of  the  arts  can  put 
up  and  get  by  with.  Why  boy!  you  had 
a  year's  living  in  this  room  and  you  let 
it  get  away  from  you  I  prophesy  that 
you'll  be  working  for  your  living  inside 
a  month" 


NOT  thirty  days  later,  John  Doty  sat 
in  Jimmies  Lunch  and  carefully 
mopped  up  the  last  of  his  chili  and  beans 
with  a  soft  piece  of  bread   Then  he  con-  j 
sidered    ways    and    means     His    means  I 
were  gone,  so  that  part  was  quickly  dis- 
posed of  He  pondered  ways  —the  many 
gifts  and  ad\'antages  ot  Santa  Barbara. 
There  were  the  climate,  the  beauty,  the 
breakwater,  the  beach  pavilion,  the  bird 
refuge,  the  hospital,  the  new  courthouse 
and  jail.  He  checked  them  off: — "The 
first   two   are   out — too   abstract    for  a 
hungry  man;  I've  no  boat;  swimming 
only    makes   ine   hungrier;    I'm    neither' 
mudhen,    crane,    gull    or    ruddv    duck. 
Well,    I'll    either   ha\c   to   get   sick   or 
arrested"    At    that    moment    a    subtle 
change  in  the  cacophonous  noises  of  the  [  I 
place  intruded  itself  upon  his  musings,  i  ( 
The    ordinary    orchestration    of  sounds'  ( 
chat  accompany  the  serx'ing  ot  food  had 
suddenly  become  intense  with  meaning 
E\cn  Jimmie  at  the  cash  register  raised  | 
an   attentix'c  ear    Dominating  the  gay 
and  careless  clatter  ol  dishes,  arose  the 
harsh,  measured  beat  ot  pan  deliberately 
slammed  on  pan,  pot  on  pot    it  created 
a   \i\id  effect  of  taut   nerves,   pent-up 
emotions,  of  momentous  things  about 
to  be  loosed  Suddenly  the  accented  beats 
broke    into    a    frenzied    crescendo    that 
ended  in  a  terrific  explosion  as  though 
e\cr\thing   in   the   kitchen   had   hit   the 
ceiling  and  fallen  back  on  the  floor 

Out  of  the  silence  that  ensued  popped 
a  wild-eyed  Mexican  with  his  coat  in 

C'nnliniH'd  on  pane  H 


JULY,  1929 


15 


Ruth  St.  Denis 

This  recent  pholograph  oj  the  inlernationally  known  dancer,  the  first  to  open  an  outdoor  school  of  the  dance  in  California, 
presents  JIiss  St.  Denis  in  a  spiritual  role  inspired  by  her  enthusiasm  jor  community  and  religious  dance  jesti^'als 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Gingerbread  Gentry 

Proving  That  in  Spite  of  the  Gelatine  Barons  the  Movies  Have  Grown  Older 


Movies  grow  older:  they  do  not 
grow  up.  Much  stress  is  laid 
on  the  arts  hut  in  the  final 
analysis  craft  is  king.  The  men  who 
control  the  cinematic  product  are  so  busy 
trying  to  keep  the  tide  of  profit  at  the 
high  mark  it  averaged  in  the  gold-rush 
days  ot  the  industry's  beginnings,  that 
they  have  lost  sight  of  their  medium  in 
contemplation  of  their  balance  sheets. 

Despite  the  earnest  endeavors  ot  this 
empowered  group  to  keep  their  public 
in  the  delightful  state  of  easily-lulled 
sentimental  stupefaction  which  was 
characteristic  ot  the  original  motion 
picture  public,  that  audience  is  growing 
away  from  them.  And  a  group  of  fat 
and  autocratic  gelatine  barons  who  con- 
trol banks,  manipulate  politics  and 
dominate  the  destinies  ot  smaller  hu- 
mans, are  threatened  with  a  vast  and 
mighty  enemy.  That  enemy  is  the  grow- 
ing perception  of  the  people  in  thou- 
sands of  darkened  auditoriums  all  over 
the  earth. 

Motion  picture  producers  created  a 
mass  response  built  up  ot  sentimentality 
and  suspense,  of  vicarious  thrills  and 
hair-raising  escapes,  of  sheer  hooey  and 
a  shabby  appeal  to  certain  basic  funda- 
mental loyalties  in  the  heart  of  man. 
Stirred  by  this  illogical  combination  of 
hokum,  the  mass  drank  in  the  narcotic 
and  called  tor  more. 

At  this  point  the  gingerbread  gentry 
discovered  that  their  plaything  could 
talk.  They  had  been  dealing  in  silence 
for  a  score  of  years — the  greater  ones — 
and  novelty  is  the  spice  of  existence, 
it  fascinated  them  to  hear  a  door  slam. 
To  listen  to  the  raucous  sound  of  a  mo- 
tor. To  react  to  the  rasp  of  a  lady's  voice 
as  translated  by  the  makeshift  micro- 
phones of  the  first  talking  pictures. 

Talking  pictures  were  given  to  the 
public  not  with  any  thought  of  heighten- 
ing the  art  of  the  screen  Quick  profit — 
an  infallible  catchpenny — was  what  pro- 
ducers saw  in  the  talkie.  And  it  was 
launched  in  a  raw  state,  with  dialogue 
often  "made  up  on  the  set  as  we  go 
along"  and  with  imperfect  mechanical 
equipment.  The  public  paid  millions  to 
see  a  product  which  should  have  been 
confined  to  the  laboratories. 

▼       »       T 

THE  movie  grew  older.  With  speech 
came  sophistication-  in  the  audi- 
ence, if  not  in  the  film  Moguls  sat  in 
inner  offices  carpeted  and  tapestried  and 
"interior-decorated"  to  an  astounding 
degree,  regarded  their  finished  product 
fondly,  said;  "it's  a  swell  pitcher;  oughca 


By  MOLLIE  MERRICK 

make  a  cool  million"  and  sent  a  roll  of 
gelatine  horror  out  to  conquer. 

People  said:  "it's  a  wretched  mess — 
a  wasted  evening."  Quite  a  few  of  the 
"swell  pitchers"  became  famous  flops 
Movies  had  grown  older  and  the  public 
no  longer  judged  them  with  the  toler- 
ance they  had  brought  to  pantomime 

Editor's  Note:  The  San  Franci.scan  takes  pleasure 
in  publishing  the  following  contribution  from  the  dis- 
tinguished pen  of  Vincent  O'Sullivan;  author  of  "The 
Good  Girl."  O'Sullivan  who  now  lives  in  Paris  was  a 
contemporary  and  friend  of  Oscar  Wilde,  Ernest  Dow- 
son,  Francis  Thompson  and  Lionel  Sullivan. 

Jlegalomania 

By  Vincent  O'Sullivan 

The  world  is  ruled  by  me  and  God: 
Silent  we  single  from  the  crowd 
The  ugly,  mean:  the  fair,  the  proud, 
At  one  irrevocable  nod 
Go  down,  go  down  and  bite  the  sod. 

Here,  where  despised  I  sit  alone, 
Almighty  God  hath  reared  His  throne: 
Am  I  cast  down,  abject,  afeard, 
To  gaze  within  those  eves  unseared 
Bv  myriad  lights  of  million  suns 
Which  roll  relentless  round  His  feet? 
Watch  me — /  smile,  I  hold  His  beard. 

Houses  we  crumble  in  our  hands 
And  shake  their  vermin  down  to  Hell — 
Yea,  all  the  proud  indifferent  lands 
That  know  me  not  for  over-lord — 
For  over-lord  and  God  as  well, 
Resistlessly  their  rests  are  hurled 
Beyond  the  ramparts  of  the  world. 

Here  in  my  freezing  little  room 

I  rouse  the  unnavigable  seas; 

The  screaming  breakers  black  with  doom 

Crush  the  strong  ships  against  the  coast: 

I  raise  m\  hand,  sweep  out  the  stars. 

And  in  the  crash  of  smashing  spars 

God,  I  and  God  laugh  through  the  gloom. 

Then  gazing  in  each  other's  eyes 
We  slide,  we  slide  into  a  dream. 
While  myriad  worlds  around  arise, 
Sli  p  past,  and  straw  their  myriad  glea  m  — 
Phantasmagoria  they  seem. 
The  thick  dust  of  eternities: 
But  awful,  stony,  thunder-shod. 
We  trample  down  the  firmament. 
For  God  is  I,  and  I  am  God. 

Rather  did  the  talking  picture  come  in 
for  the  same  type  of  criticism  the  legiti- 
mate stage  has  enjoyed  And  this  dis- 
co\'ery  sent  the  gingerbread  gentry  scut- 
tling to  Manhattan  by  the  trainload  to 
buy  help  from  those  who  have  dealt 
with  the  human  voice  these  many  years 
-  the  personnel  of  the  legitimate. 
Meanwhile,  in  Hollywood,  an  actress 


who  had  made  an  unsuccessful  venture 
in  silent  films,  became  a  sensation  when 
her  voice  was  heard.  Ruth  Chatterton 
ascended  the  gelatine  throne  with  her 
first  clear-cut  patrician  sentence.  And 
the  "aintcha,"  "dontcha,"  "wanna" 
and  "gotta"  ladies  with  pure  greek  noses 
and  blondined  locks,  sat  back  and  won- 
dered. 

On  another  Hollywood  lot  Gloria 
Swanson,  a  human  parado.x  who  has 
passed  from  custard  pies  to  coronets 
within  the  arc  ot  youth,  trembles  that 
the  scepter  has  slipped  from  her  hand. 
Her  taut  beauty  still  intrigues.  Her  sil- 
houette is  the  exquisitely-curved  emacia- 
tion demanded  by  the  most  exacting 
camera  standards.  Her  last  picture,  a 
monstrosity  ot  fiction  and  camera  art, 
"Queen  Kelly,"  lies  in  a  can  on  the 
shelves  ot  Joseph  Kennedy's  studio  lot 
Last  of  the  silent-picture  era,  it  had 
opened  with  a  shot  of  a  lady  losing  her 
step-ins  on  a  city  street,  and  a  man  pick- 
ing them  up  only  to  let  them  do  the 
service  of  a  mouchoir.  This,  then,  the 
functioning  of  brains  that  have  made 
silent  pictures  for  a  credulous  world. 

Old  skeletons,  informed  with  talk, 
remain  old  skeletons.  "She  Goes  to 
War,"  begun  in  the  silent  era,  became  a 
laughable  hodge  podge  when  dialogue 
was  inserted  here  and  there,  although 
war  episodes  were  heightened  immeas- 
urably by  sound. 

"Alibi,"  made  in  the  early  days  of  the 
talkie,  is  extraordinarily  convincing  des- 
pite its  obvious  lacks  and  the  unattrac- 
tiveness  of  its  women,  because  certain 
simple  and  rational  evolvements  made 
it  real  tor  the  audience. 


LIONEL  B.^RRYMORE,  an  actot  ot  the 
J  legitimate  and  an  artist  who  sur- 
vived years  ot  pantomimic  servitude  in 
the  studios  of  Hollywood,  turns  director 
and  brings  to  the  grown-up  movie  the 
same  treatment  accorded  the  stage. 
"Madame  X"  is  the  greatest  talking 
picture  made  to  date  by  reason  of  Barry- 
more's  "to  hell  with  the  camera,  the 
story's  the  thing."  Nothing  interferes 
with  the  march  of  the  drama  from  its 
inception  to  its  conclusion.  He  is  a  shin- 
ing exception  in  movieland,  in  that  he 
has  been  allowed  to  proceed  according 
to  his  own  ideas  He  is  making  picture 
plays — not  talking  pictures. 

Eugene  Walter,  fighting  the  ginger- 
bread gentry  at  e\ery  hand  to  bring  real- 
ism into  their  product — to  gi\e  the  pub- 
lic   something   magnificent — to    realize 

Cuntiluifd  on  paRP  40 


JULY,  1929 


17 


A  Cliff  Dweiier  s  J 'tew  of  Xew  Jlontgoineri/  SlreeU- 

The  increasing  number  of  high  buildings  thai  mark  San  Francisco's  sky-line  accustom  one  to  such  interesting 

i>len's  as  this  one  caught  by  Smith's  camera 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tiransients 

Commenting  on  Life,  Liberty  and  the  Pursuit  of  Audiences 


By  aline  kistler 


THE  modern  gold-Jigger  reaps 
her  own  rewards  where  her 
tainting  sister  ot  Victorian  days 
added  to  the  coffers  of  her  parents" — 
the  woman  who  spoke  was  beautitul, 
distinctively  gowned  and  her  poise  was 
that  of  understanding  as  well  as  experi- 
ence. Her  words  held  weight  because 
behind  them  was  the  knowledge  that 
led  Dr.  Miriam  Van  Waters  to  her  posi- 
tion as  referee  tor  the  Los  Angeles  Juve- 
nile Court  and  also  as  a  member  of  the 
e.Kecutive  committee  ot  the  Boston 
Crime  Survey. 

"The  principle  is  the  same,"  con- 
tinued Dr.  Van  Waters".  It  is  the  premium 
placed  on  youth  and  charm.  There  al- 
ways have  been  and  always  will  be  those 
who  capitalize  on  the  natural  assets  of 
girlhood — whether  by  means  of  the 
dowry  demanded  or  by  the  constant  toll 
levied  by  the  girl  herself  in  return  for 
her  gaiety,  her  wise-cracking  compan- 
ionship " 

Charming,  dignified  and  gravely  con- 
cerned, Dr.  Van  Waters  seemed  eager 
to  discuss  the  results  of  the  liberty  given 
modern  youth. 

"I  see  nothing  essentially  pernicious 
in  the  gold-digging  ot  the  average  girl. 
It  is  only  a  passing  phase  that  accom- 
panies youth's  eagerness  for  the  luxuries 
that  other  girls  have.  The  young  gold- 
digger  doesn't  develop  into  a  mercenary 
woman  any  oftcner  than  did  her  cling- 
ing vine  sister  of  fifty  years  ago. 

"The  liberty  given  young  people  to- 
day is  harmful  only  when  it  comes  sud- 
denly Where  a  boy  or  girl  has  been 
sheltered  and  chaperoned  and  protected 
all  her  life,  and  because  of  a  divorce  in 
the  family  or  some  abrupt  change  in  the 
home,  she  is  thrown  out  without  the 
props  to  which  she  has  become  used — 
then  the  freedom  may  prove  disastrous. 
In  Los  Angeles  we  find  problems  arising 
when  young  people  troni  small  inland 
towns  arrive  in  the  impersonal  city  and 
find  themselves  without  the  restraint  of 
the  small-town  gossip  and  free  to  do  as 
they  please.  They  have  not  the  training 
in  judgment  and  self-reliance  that  the 
city  young  people  have  and  they  don't 
know  how  to  handle  their  freedom. 

"Your  average  young  city  gold-digger 
has  been  reared  with  few  restrictions 
She  knows  pretty  well  what  it  is  all 
about.  She  is  thoroughly  sophisticated 
and  knows  how  to  defend  herself.  Free- 
dom has  come  gradually  and  she  knows 
how  to  make  use  of  it.  I  find  that  the 
gold-digger  sells  her  leisure  time,  her 
gaiety,  her  wit,  but  that  she  rarely  sells 


her  love.  And  in  the  main,  she  is  gold- 
digging  merely  to  keep  in  competition 
with  other  girls  of  her  age.  She  wants 
pretty  things  and  if  she  can't  gold-dig 
her  father  she  turns  to  the  boy  friend." 


DR.  Van  Waters  carries  her  opti- 
mism about  youth  into  a  happy 
prediction  for  marriage  and  mature  ad- 
justments. Her  work  keeps  her  in  con- 
tact with  the  seamy  side  ot  married  life, 
with  people  seeking  divorce — yet  she 
teels  that  with  easy  divorce  marriage  to- 
day, far  from  becoming  an  antiquated 
custom,  is  progressing  toward  a  cleaner 
more  vigorous  institution  than  it  ever 
has  been  in  the  past. 

"For  the  first  time  in  the  history  ot 
the  world,"  she  claims,  "an  attempt  is 
being  made  to  found  marriage  on  ro- 
mance. Before,  when  it  was  regulated  by 
social  or  economic  pressure,  the  result  has 
always  beena  large  measure  of  hypocrisy. 
I  n  America  we  have  had  the  brown-stone- 
front  morality  that  has  had  its  parallel 
down  through  the  ages  wherever  people 
married  without  love  as  the  prime  rea- 
son. Marriage  has  been  the  front  ot 
respectability  behind  which  one  or  both 
could  hide  illicit  romance.  In  the  days 
of  the  brown-stone-tront,  people  entered 
marriage,  pulled  down  the  shades  to 
shut  out  the  public  gaze  and  lived 
their  private  lives  in  apparent  respecta- 
bility. 

"Now  there  is  a  reversion  against  the 
hypocrisy  and  sham  of  relationships  that 
are  kept  up  merely  tor  the  sake  of  ap- 
pearances. People  today  have  grown  to 
hate  subterfuge.  Today  is  a  franker  age, 
an  age  that  hates  long  veils  and  secret 
rendezvous. 

"Far  from  the  increasing  promiscuity, 
1  believe  that  easy  divorce  tends  to  bring 
human  relationships  to  a  cleaner,  finer 
basis.  A  woman  need  not  deceix'e  her 
husband  it  it  is  clearly  a  matter  ot  choice 
that  keeps  him  her  husband. 

"The  main  difficulty  at  this  time  ot 
chaotic  adjustment  ot  new  and  old 
standards  lies  in  the  stress  placed  on  sex. 
In  the  hrst  rush  ot  acknowledgment  ot 
something  lormerly  kept  secret,  there  is 
an  over  emphasis  ol  the  direct  satislac- 
tion.  People  forget  that  se.x  is  an  in- 
stinct like  hunger  and  that  there  is  as 
great  a  ditTerence  between  the  primitive 
desire  tor  a  mate  and  the  refinement  of 
marriage  founded  on  romance,  as  there 
is  between  the  primitive  desire  tor  food 
and  the  complicated  structure  of  agri- 
culture,   trade,    commerce    and    all    the 


great  elaborations  of  hostelry  that  have 
developed  in  response  to  hunger. 

"If  we  ate  only  because  we  were  hun- 
gry, we  would  take  the  food  closest  at 
hand.  We  would  enter  a  store  and  eat 
what  was  there  or  go  to  the  nearest 
restaurant  and  take  what  was  offered. 
But  hunger  is  only  the  motivating  force 
back  of  the  elaborate  institution  ot  din- 
ing with  its  accompanying  pleasures  of 
conversation  and  human  association. 

"In  the  same  way  the  gratification  of 
sex  is  but  the  underlying  motive  back 
of  the  complicated  structures  of  home 
and  family  and  social  life.  And  it  should 
play  its  part  as  unconsciously  as  does 
hunger.  And  it  will  when  people  have 
learned  what  the  romantic  ideal  may 
include. 

"When  once  romance  is  interpreted  in 
the  broader  terms  of  living  and  primi- 
tive gratifications  are  subordinated  to 
the  superstructure  of  ideals,  then,  I  be- 
lieve, that  we  will  find  romance  a 
sounder,  safer  basis  for  marriage  than 
any  economic  or  social  consideration 
tried  in  the  past." 

In  conversation  with  Dr  Van  Waters, 
one  feels  the  force  of  her  convictions. 
One  realizes  that  these  are  not  theories 
of  superficial  observation  but  the  direct 
result  of  close  contact  with  the  condi- 
tions of  which  she  speaks.  Her  eyes  in- 
vite confidence.  Her  hands  are  open  and 
frank — as  though,  even  in  passing  con- 
versation, she  were  eager  to  look  at  life 
through  your  eyes  and  add  to  her  own 
experience  by  means  of  yours. 

Dr.  Van  Waters  has  been  one  of  the 
outstanding  figures  at  the  ig^g  Confer- 
ence of  Social  Work  that  brought  thou- 
sands of  social  workers  to  San  Francisco. 
She  has  lectured  and  led  discussions  and 
taken  part  in  the  executive  sessions — 
yet  the  memory  ot  her  that  is  perhaps 
truest  is  ot  her  as  the  ardent  individual, 
seeking  from  each  fresh  contac  a  deeper 
insight  into  the  true  relationships  of 
modern  life 

T       ▼       T 

WHIN  a  woman,  used  to  flattery, 
is  ignored  or  insulted,  her  anger 
is  largely  mixed  with  curiosity, 
her  interest  is  piqued  When  an  audience 
hears  the  truth  about  itself  in  a  curtain 
speech  it  comes  back  tor  more,  according 
to  Richard  Bennett,  one  of  the  most 
experienced  and  versatile  actors  on  the 
American  stage  today. 

Richard  Bennett  is  spending  the  sum- 
mer in  Los  Gatos.  We  wanted  an  inter- 
\'iew.  The  date  was  set.  But  it  turned 

CoiitimnHi  on  piw  27 


JULY,  1929 


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Elizabeth  Rethherg 

Whose  .niperh  voice  is  lo  he  heard  here  in  concert  next  ivinler  as  well  as  in  opera 
durino  the  San  Francisco  Opera  Association  season 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 

Being  a  Retrospective  View  of  the  Summer  Season 

By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 


WITH  every  legitimate  show  in 
San    Francisco    starving    to 
death  the  past  four  weeks,  it 
would   seem,    at    first    blush,    that   the 
talkies  were  in  possession  of  the  field. 
They  were  certainly  in  possession  of  the 
field  as  far  as  "Coquette"  was  concerned, 
having  drawn  first  blood  by  serving  the 
public  in  advance  with  a   Hollywood 
version  of  the  play  with  Mary  Pickford 
in  the  title  role.  The  result  was  that  for 
four  weeks  Miss  Hayes  played  to  half- 
filled  houses.  Not  even  on  her  opening 
night  was  the  house  filled  to  capacity. 
Considering  the  quality  of  the  perform- 
ance, San  Francisco's  response  was  de- 
plorable   A  few  more  such  "flops"  and 
we  shall  have  to  relinquish  our  claim 
that  we  have  discriminating  dramatic 
taste.  Miss  Hayes  and  her  impeccable 
company  had  looked  forward  with  the 
keenest  delight  to  their  San   Francisco 
engagement.  Ne.xt  to  New  York  they 
fancied  the  city  by  the  Golden  Gate  to 
be  the   keenest  in  appreciation   of  the 
stage  of  any  in  the  country.  The  results 
speak  for  themselves.  We  have  proved 
that  we  are  merely  sensationally  minded. 
A  play  v\'ith  no  erratic  technic  and  lack- 
ing in  vulgarity  and  dirty  wise  cracks 
would  seem  to  have  its  chances  for  suc- 
cess reduced  to  zero.  All  we  can  say  to 
those  who  deliberately  stayed  away  from 
"Coquette"  is  that  they  missed  one  of 
the  stirring  things  of  the  theatre,  com- 
parable with  Jeanne  Eagles  in  "Rain," 
or  Pauline  Lord  in  "Anna  Christie." 

We  had  been  warned  before  we  went 
to  the  Curran  Theatre  that  "Coquette" 
was  a  poor  play,  well  done.  To  the  first 
statement  we  do  not  subscribe.  True, 
the  idea  back  of  it  was  as  old  as  civiliza- 
tion. It  cannot  rate  on  the  score  of  origi- 
nality. And  in  the  hands  of  a  poor  com- 
pany it  would  be  just  another  play  about 
a  ruined   virgin.   But  a   poor  company 
would    play    ducks    and    drakes    with 
"Romeo  and  Juliette,"  or  "The  Wild 
Duck"  or  "The  Emperor  Jones."  Not 
that  "Coquette"  is  in  a  class  with  any 
of  the   foregoing.   But  we  merely   use 
them  as  extremes  to  prove  our  point. 
in  these  days,  the  public  temper  con- 
cerning ruined  virgins  is  changing.    In 
fact,  the  term  in  certain  circles  is  nearly 
obsolete   But,  in  spite  of  the  breakdown 
of  old  conventions,  there  still  arc  lathers 
who  take  their  daughters'  delinquencies 
seriously.  We  feel  that  these  fathers'  mo- 
tives are  rarely  as  pure  and  high  minded 
as  they  would  have  us  believe.  In  most 
cases  their  conduct  springs  as  much  from 
the  old  parental   rulc-or-ruin   policy  as 
anything.    Plus    a    certain    hidden    and 


vicious  impulse  which  the  psycho- 
analysts give  a  decidedly  unpleasant  diag- 
nosis. But,  all  that  is  neither  here  nor 
there.  Whatever  their  motives  for  slay- 
ing the  "defilers  of  pure  womanhood" 

Nightscapes 

By  Lawrence  Hart 

r'  OT^IQHTthc  streamiuritheslikea 
live  thing.  Loiv  sivells,  deliberate 
and  green,  break  softly  against 
the  railway  embankment.  Feeble  flurries 
of  xvind  break  the  silence.  There  is  a 
laughing  hint  of  rain. 

The  north  shore  is  an  indefinite  murk, 
dotted  by  sharp  balls  of  light:  green,  red 
and  ivh'ite.  But  the  sea  is  a  vague  un- 
reality, ivith  the  infinite  softness  of  the 
black  depth  betiveen  the  stars. 
And  the  sea  seems  to  speak — 
"You  may  rim  me  as  you  like  '^^th 
your  railways  and  factories.  You  may 
span  me  with  bridges,  and  send  ships 
itpon  me.  You  may  bind  me  in  a  circlet 
of  lights.  But  I  am  the  old  unknoivable, 
neither  hating  nor  loving.  Restrain  me 
by  reality  to  insentieyit  matter.  Use  me, 
neglect  me,  you  never  shall  know  me.  7 
shall  lave  the  zvorld's  shores  in  an  old 
mocking  laughter." 

U 

r'HE  sea  does  not  speak,  tonight,  in 
any  language  man  can  hear.  There 
is  only  a  cruel  impatience,  and  a  dark, 
impersonal  evil. 

Jieflected  green  light  flashes  in  un- 
believable  beauty  betiveen  the  piers  oj 
the  ferry  berth.  The  water  is  polished 
ebony,  dappled  by  ivind.  The  red  eyes  on 
the  bridge  pontoons  ivink  evily.  Across 
the  bay  the  lights  of  Vallejo  stand,  in- 
trinsically foreign  to  this  dark  place: 
distant  and  alone.  The  lights  of  the  auto 
ferry  piers  stretch  in  a  pure  u'hite  roiv, 
man-made  things  cut  sharply  against 
the  alien  night. 

Ill 

THE  sea  is  bluer  than  day  skys,  more 
still  than  death.  With  ears  past 
hearing  I  hear,  just  beyond  the  silence, 
the  rhythmic  breath  of  Cjnd.  Something  is 
here  ivhich  could  laughingly  destroy  the 
forms  of  the  visible  luorld,  and  ivill  some 
da\.  We  are  unreal.  The  forms  of  the 
universe  are  spume  on  the  surjace  oj 
this  actual  sea.  Qod's  nearest  symbol  is 
the  sea. 


up,  and  that  it  was  curiously  free  from 
dramatic  hokum.  Any  hokum  that  it 
contained  was  the  hokum  of  real  life, 
and  if  you  don't  believe  that  real  life  is 
full  of  it  just  follow  the  headlines  in  the 
newspaper  for  a  season. 


the  act  itself  makes  corking  drama.  And 
we  think  that  "Coquette"  was  corking 
drama  And  we  likewise  declare  that  the 
play  was  very  well  concei\ed  and  built 


To  ATTEMPT  to  pen  a  proper  apprecia- 
tion of  Miss  Hayes'  acting  would 
be  to  run  out  of  superlatives  Miss  Hayes 
is  one  of  those  rare  gifts  to  the  stage. 
She  is  both  a  personality  and  a  great 
actress.  Her  touch  is  so  deft  and  sure 
that  she  brings  the  authenticity  of  life 
itself  to  the  stage.  You  forget,  as  you 
watch  her,  that  you  are  sitting  through 
a  play  You  are  at  once  a  spectator  and  a 
participator  in  the  drama.  And  the 
theatre  becomes  what  one  of  the  great 
dramatic  critics  has  called  "that  only 
possible  pause  in  a  man's  life."  In  spite 
of  all  the  stirring  moments  which  fol- 
lowed it  was  the  first  act  that  moved  us 
most  completely.  In  this  first  act  was 
set  in  motion  all  the  contrary  wings 
which  u'ere  to  wreck  the  complacency 
of  a  smug  household.  And  it  was  in  this 
first  act  that  Miss  Hayes  did  her  most 
subtle  acting.  As  for  her  supporting  cast 
it  will  be  enough  to  say  that  each  and 
every  one  was  adequate  to  supplement 
the  star's  rare  performance.  We  arc 
sorry  to  have  found  our  home  town  so 
lacking  in  response  Indeed,  we  will  go 
further  and  say  we  are  heartily  ashamed 
of  it  1 

T        T        T 

THE  case  of  "The  Yellow  Jacket"  was 
even  more  devastating.  It  has  been 
our  good  fortune  to  know  some  of  the 
principals  who  opened  in  this  show  in 
New  York  several  seasons  ago.  In  spite 
of  its  metropolitan  success  these  princi- 
pals have  always  had  their  eyes  strained 
toward  the  alleged  dramatic  Mecca,  San 
Francisco;  partly  because  of  the  tradi- 
tion back  of  the  town's  reception  of 
good  things  but  more  particularly  be- 
cause they  felt  that  we  would  revel  in 
its  (Oriental  Bavor  But  a  plav  with  a 
Chinese  label  c\idcntly  did  not  hold  the 
promise  of  novelty  for  San  Franciscans 
that  was  hoped  for  With  the  result  that, 
after  a  week  of  nearly  empty  houses,  the 
company  folded  its  tents  like  the  Arabs 
and  departed  Again  we  can  say  that  to 
ha\c  missed  the  performance  of  Mr 
Schuvlcr  Ladd.  in  the  role  of  DalTodil 
and  the  impeccable  dclixery  of  lines  by 
Ethel  Morrison,  to  mention  only  two  of 
a  distinguished  company,  was  to  have 
missed  a  rare  treat  Miss  Morrison's 
training  has  taken  her  through  Shake- 

C()nliiun'«i  on  ptiRc  2*.) 


JULY,  1929 


21 


TheJ>  Cafeteria  Orchestra 

One  oj  a  series  oj  lithographs  of  restaurants  and  local  scenes  In/  CoiH^uii/  Dai-ies,  one  of  the  i/ounj/er 
San  Francisco  artists  —  exhibited  in  the  Blandintj  Sloan  If'orkshop  (lalleri/ 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

FOLLIS-^'OUNG,  On  June  1.  in  Phoenix.  Arizona. 
Mr.  Gwin  Follis.  son  of  Mrs.  Kenneth  Kinssbury,  and 
Miss  Opal  YounR,  daughter  of  Mrs.  N.  W.  Young  of  La 
Verne.  California 

ALLEiN-GIBBONS.  On  June  20.  Mr,  James  Allen. 
son  of  Mrs  Ruth  Allen,  and  Miss  Beulah  Gibbons, 
daughter  nf  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Morton  Giblvins. 

MrKFE-ROBINSCW.  On  June  21.  at  Woodside.  Mr. 
lohn  Albert  MeKce.  s<m  of  Dr.  and  Mrs  Albert  B. 
McKcc  and  Miss  Marian  Robinson,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Nlr^   Maurv  Roliinson  of  Vacavillc, 

HAMMON-IUNKIN.  On  June  2?.  Mrs,  Mjlward 
Stafford  I  lunkin.  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  John  Lee  of 
Palo  Alto,  and  Mr.  Wendell  Cooper  Hammon,  son  of 
Mr  and  Mr-i   Wendell  P.  Hammon- 

TILni-:N-BKi:LNER  On  June  25.  Mr-  Calvin  Til- 
den,  son  of  Mrs  George  Forderer  and  the  late  Mr,  Hcber 
Tilden.  and  Miss  California  Breuner.  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs  J<»hn  Breuner 

BI-:AUM0NT-CASSERL^'.  On  June  2S  in  Santa 
Barbara.  Mr.  Andre  Alden  Beaumont  of  New  "iork,  and 
Miss  Cecily  Casserly.  daughter  o(  Mrs  John  B.  Cas- 
serlv  and  the  late  Mr.  Casserly. 

R'lXFORD-LlNNELL.  On  June  15,  Mr,  Emmett 
Rixford.  son  of  Dr,  and  Mrs  Emmett  Rixford.  and  Miss 
Miriam  Linnell.  daughter  of  Mr.  Allen  S.  Linncll  and 
the  late  Mrs.  Linnell. 


ENGAGEMENTS 

HEGELER-WHOLLEY.  Miss  Clara  Hegcler.  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Julius  Hegeler.  of  Dan\illc,  Illinois, 
to  Mr,  John  H.  WhoIIey.  son  of  Mrs.  Alfred  I^eynolds 
of  San  [-'rancisco 

BLiRNHAM-F.\LK.  Miss  .Annette  Patricia  Burn- 
ham,  daughter  of  Mr.  Frederick  K  Burnham  of  Spring 
Hill  Farm,  Martinez,  to  Dr.  Lane  Falk,  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Curtis  O  Falk  of  Eureka 

TAINTER-KALBFLEISCH.  Mrs.  Louis  S  Taintcr. 
of  Rye,  N.  Y..  daughter  of  Mrs  A.  Palmer  Dudley  of 
Menl(j  Park,  to  Captain  Dean  KalbUcisch.  U.  S.  M.  C  , 
the  M>n  of  Mrs   Rogers  H   liacon  of  New  York. 

CHICKERING-ERDMAN  Miss  Mary  Chickering, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  Chickering  of  Pied- 
mont, to  Mr.  Harold  Erdman.  son  of  the  Reverend  and 
Mrs  John  P.  Erdman  of  Honolulu. 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Signor  and  Signora  Molinari  of  Rome  are  being  ex- 
tensively entertained  during  their  visit  in  San  Francisco 
and  Burlingame-  Signor  Molinari  will  conduct  two  of 
the  summer  symphony  scries  at  the  Woodland  Theater 
this  summer. 

Mrs.  F'crdinand  'I'hicriot  is  arriving  with  her  children 
from  France  this  month  and  will  visit  with  her  relatives 
on  the  peninsula. 

Mrs  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Jr..  stopped  for  a  few  days 
in  San  Francisco  en  route  to  Honolulu  where  she  joined 
Colonel  R(X)scvelt.  Mrs  Roosevelt  \Kas  a  guest  at  the 
C'lift  Hotel  and  was  informally  entertained  during  her 
stay  there 

Mrs  Gerard  B.  Hcilman  (Alice  Schle&singer)  is  spend- 
ing the  summer  at  Los  Galos  Mrs.  Heilman  now  makes 
her  home  in  New  York. 

Mrs  Paul  Rix  Fish  of  Chicago  and  her  young  daugh- 
ter eryoycd  a  visit  In  San  Francisco  with  her  mother, 
Mrs  Charles  Tripler 

Mr  and  Mrs  J  Downey  Harvey  entertained  their 
granddaughter.  Miss  Jane  Ctxjpcr.  W'ho  visited  San 
Francisco  in  June  from  her  home  in  New  York.  Mrs. 
Oscar  Oxiper  is  summering  in  fiuropc. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Harry  H  Webb  of  Montecito.  enjoyed 
rnuch  entertamment  during  the  week  they  were  in  San 
i'rancisco,  guests  at  the  I  iotel  l*'airmont, 

Mrs.  L(»rmg  Pickcrmg  is  a  summer  visitor  in  Burlin- 
game after  a  number  of  years'  residence  in  Paris  and 
New  Yt»rk  Many  dinner  ani.i  luncheon  parties  are  being 
Riven  for  the  visutjr  Mrs  Pickering  is  the  niece  of  Mrs. 
Mountford  S  Wilson 

Mr  and  Mrs  Albert  Drtiwn  [V)ardman  of  New  York, 
were  entertained  extensively  during  their  visit  in  San 
Francisc<j.  Mrs  Boardman  was  the  former  Miss  Edna 
Scott  Lake  of  Ross. 


HERE  AND  THERE 

}  lonoring  Miss  C^alifornia  I^rcuner  and  Mr  Calvin 
I  ildcn.  shortlv  Ix-fore  their  marriage,  the  Misses 
(iwladys  and  L>>roihy  Mills  gave  a  yachting  party, 
cnicrtainmg  about  twenty  friends  of  the  young  couple! 


C^iptiim  and  Mrs  Powers  Symington  gave  a  reception 
recently  at  their  home  in  homir  of  Mme  Olgu  Sumaroff 
Sttiwkowski 


Dr  and  Mrs  Alanson  Weeks  have  taken  possession 
of  their  summer  h<(me  at  WotxJsidc, 

^''      I  '  ■     I  > t-,  gave  an  outdoor  grill  luncheon  at 

''  Menlo  Park,  The  tjccasion  was  in 

^-  Margaret  Shaw  who  left  shortly 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  Lowery  are  extending  much 
pleasant  hospitality  this  summer  at  their  home  in 
Menlo  Park.  Mrs.  Lowery  gave  several  luncheons  dur- 
ing June,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Lowery  were  also  hosts  at  a 
number  of  dinner  parties. 

Miss  Cecily  Casserly  and  Mr.  Andre  Alden  Beau- 
mont were  extensively  entertained  on  the  peninsula 
just  before  their  marriage  took  place  in  Santa  Barbara, 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Andrew  Carrigan.Mr,  and  Mrs.  EH, 
Clark  Jr..  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  Philip  Patchin  were  among 
those  who  gave  parties  for  the  engaged  couple. 

Mrs,  Atherton  Eyre  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon 
given  by  Mrs  James  Ward  Maillard.  Jr.,  recently  at  her 
home  in  Broadway. 

Reginald  Vaughan,  David  Mannour  and  Charles 
Fay,  Jr  .  entertained  a  group  of  the  younger  married 
set.  debutantes  and  bachelors  at  a  delightful  week-end 
part>'  on  the  Russian  River  during  June, 

The  opening  of  the  new  Fairmont  Terrace  Ballroom 
and  Plunge  was  one  of  the  outstanding  society  events  of 
June  A  host  of  dinner  parties  celebrated  the  opening  of 
these  handsome  additions  to  the  hotel  and  during  the 
week  following  the  opening  there  were  many  teas  given 
on  the  terrace  bordering  the  beautiful  swimming  pool. 

Mrs,  Robert  Hays  Smith  and  her  son,  Nicol  Smith 
have  returned  to  Burlmgame  from  New  York,  Young 
Mr.  Smith  recently  graduated  from  an  Eastern  pre- 
paratory school. 

Miss  Carol  Lapham  was  a  summer  debutante:  she 
was  presented  to  society  at  a  large  dance  given  by  her 

earents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roger  Lapham  on  June  29,  at  the 
lurlingame  Country  Club. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  John  H.  Threlkeld  will  spend  this 
month  in  San  Mateo.  They  have  taken  a  house  near 
the  polo  field 

Augustus  Taylor,  Jr.,  gave  a  dinner  at  the  Taylor 
home  in  Menlo  Park  recently,  the  affair  being  in  honor 
of  his  parents.  Mr,  and  Mrs  Augustus  Taylor.  The 
guests  were  chosen  from  among  the  debutante  group 
\\  ith  a  complement  of  voung  bachelors. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  George  Montgomery  (Claudine 
Spreckels)  have  returned  from  New  York  where  they 
spent  their  honeymoon,  and  are  now  in  Burlingame, 

Mr-  Jean  de  St.  Cyr  entertained  at  an  interesting 
dinner  party  at  his  home  in  San  Mateo  where  he  enter- 
tained about  thirty  guests. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Charles  J.  Henderson  (Louise  Erdman) 
enjoyed  a  delightful  stay  in  San  Francisco  on  their  way 
East  from  Honolulu  where  their  marriage  took  place  in 
May.  They  occupied  the  Henderson  apartment  on 
Powell  street  during  their  sojourn  in  this  city. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Raymond  has  returned  from  Europe 
where  she  traveled  for  several  months,  and  with  her 
mother^Mrs,  Charles  N.  Felton,  will  spend  the  summer 
in  Los  Catos. 

The  entertainment  committee  of  the  Burlingame 
Country  Club,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Howard 
Park,  gave  a  delightful  Hawaiian  party  at  the  club  in 
June,  Appropriate  music,  costumes  and  decorations 
made  the  occasion  an  exceedirigly  colorful  one. 

In  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Crocker,  who  arc 
at  present  occupying  the  W.  H,  Crocker  home  in  Bur- 
lingame, were  fionored  at  a  dinner  given  recently  by 
Mrs.  Foster  Thicrbach,  Miss  Josephine  Grant  also 
entertained  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crocfier  shortly  after  their 
arrival. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Palmer  Fuller  gave  a  delightful  luncheon 
for  eighteen  of  their  friends  at  their  home  in  San  Mateo, 
It  was  a  garden  luncheon,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  Donald 
McDonald  of  the  "Strange  Interlude"  company  were 
among  the  guests, 

Mrs,  Preston  Scott  enjoyed  a  visit  in  Mcdford.  Ore- 
gon recently,  visiting  her  mother,  Mrs.  Frank  Preston. 

.Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  and  Mrs.  Stetson  Winslow  are 
camping  on  the  Feather  River,  near  the  Inn,  this 
summer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Pond  were  dinner  hosts  at 
their  home  in  Burlingame,  entertaining  a  number  of  the 
younger  married  group- 
Mr  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Pool  are  arriving  from 
Virginia  at  the  end  of  this  month  and  will  reopen  their 
home  in  Menlo  Park  for  the  remainder  of  summer. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Egbert  OsKirn  have  moved  to  Alameda 
after  passing  six  months  with  Mrs.  Osborne's  parents, 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Masten, 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Harry  Poctt  have  returned  from  their 
around  the  world 

Mr.  Leon  Walker  has  been  entertaining  yachting 
parties  aboard  his  yacht,  the  Alma,  After  taking  his 
guests  for  a  cruise  of  the  bay,  luncheon  was  then  served  at 
Paradise  Cove. 

^  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Joseph  Catherwood  have  bought  the 
Cornelius  Winkle  home  on  I'ilbert  street  and  are  now 
in  possession  of  their  new  establishment,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Winkler  will  live  on  the  peninsula  ftjr  the  ne.xt  three 
years. 

Mrs.  Robert  McLcod,  who  has  been  tra\'eling  abroad 
for  two  years,  has  returned  to  her  home  in  San  I'ran- 
cisco. 

The  Reverend  William  A.  Brewer  and  Mrs.  Brewer, 
the  latter  of  whom  was  the  former  Miss  Augusta  Ln 
Motte  of  Wilmington.  Delaware,  arc  now  at  the  Brewer 
home  in  Burlingame. 

Miss  Bernice  Belser  returned  home  from  Vassar,  and 
after  a  brief  stay  with  her  mother.  Mrs  J.J.  Belser, 
sailed  with  her  and  with  her  sister,  Mrs  Gc»rdcjn  Hitch- 
cock for  1  kinolulu  where  Mrs.  Belser  and  her  daughters 
formerly  made  their  home. 

On  their  return  from  their  honeymoon  at  Klamath. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milton  liugbec  established  themselves  in 
Burlingame  where  they  will  make  their  future  home. 


Many  dinner  parties  were  arranged  at  the  Menlo 
Country  Club  on  the  night  of  the  Calcutta  Pool.  A  no- 
host  table  of  forty  enjoyed  the  evening,  and  there  were 
many  other  tables  of  hosts  and  guests  arranged  for  the 
occasion. 

The  Menlo  Circus,  now  a  peninsula  classic,  will  take 
place  this  year  on  July  27. 

Mrs,  Franklin  Hittcll  entertained  at  a  luncheon  at  the 
Hittell  home  on  Turk  street  recently,  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
John  G  Sutton,  Jr  ,  a  recent  bride. 

Mr,  Ted  Olmstcad  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at 
dinner  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club;  the  guests 
were  chiefly  members  of  the  debutante  group. 

Mr,  E.  V.  Saunders  and  his  son,  Mr  Drury  Saunders, 
who  make  their  home  at  the  H(jtel  Fairmont,  are  spend- 
ing the  summer  in  Burlingame.  where  they  have  taken 
the  Thierbach  house  for  the  season. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Hcber  Tilden  are  spending  the  month 
of  July  at  Menlo  Park  at  the  summer  home  of  Mrs. 
Tilden's  parents,  Mr,  and  Mrs   W.  B.  Weir, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T,  Marye  and  Mrs  MaryeS 
sister.  Miss  Flora  Doyle,  have  come  to  California  for 
the  summer  and  have  reopened  their  home  in  Burlin- 
game. Miss  Isabelle  O'Connor  came  West  with  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Marye. 

Mrs.  Howard  Monroe  has  returned  to  San  Francisco 
after  a  visit  in  New  'i'ork  and  Chicago, 

Mr,  Walter  Hobart  was  dinner  host  at  his  home  in 
San  Mateo  entertaining  about  twenty  friends. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Horace  Morgan  are  on  a  trip  to  .'\laska 

Miss  Helen  Clay  Pope  has  announced  July  20  as  the 
date  of  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Frederick  Worthen  Brad- 
ley. Jr. 

Following  the  first  concert  of  the  summer  season  at 
the  Woodland  Theatre  in  Hillsborough.  Nlr.  and  .Mrs 
Charles  S.  BIyth  were  hosts  at  a  supper  party  at  their 
home  in  San  Mateo.  Mr,  Blyth  is  president  of' the  Phil- 
harmonic Society  of  San  Mateo  County, 

The  graduation  ceremonies  at  Miss  Burke's  School 
last  month  were  followed  by  the  Senior  Class  dance  at 
the  St.  Francis  Yacht  Club 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Arthur  Stevenson  are  spending  part  of 
the  summer  at  Lake  Tahoe  and  w  ill  later  go  to  Belve- 
dere where  they  will  be  guests  of  Mr.  Stevenson's 
parents.  Mr  and  Mrs.  William  M.  Stevenson 

In  honor  of  Major  General  and  Mrs,  John  A  Lejeunc 
of  Washington,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Prentis  Gibb  Hale  re- 
cently gave  a  large  bull's  head  breakfast  at  their  coun- 
try place  at  Woodside. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shirley  Walker  and  their  daughters 
have  taken  a  house  at  Ross  for  the  summer. 

There  was  a  reuni<jn  of  the  Charles  Stetson  Wheeler 
family  over  the  Fourth  of  July,  nearly  twenty  of  the 
family  gathering  at  '"The  Bend,"  the  beautiful  country 
place  of  the  Wheelers  on  the  McCloud  River. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Garton  Keyston  are  spending  the  sum- 
mer in  Palo  Alto. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  C,  Dohrmann  spent  several  en- 
joyable days  at  the  Ahwahnee  in  Yosemite  Valley  dur- 
ing June. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Cyril  Tobin  have  returned  to  Burlin- 
game after  spending  several  months  in  New  York. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Frederick  Thompson  and  their  son  and 
daughter  are  enjoying  the  summer  months  in  England. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  John  Hubert  Mee  are  traveling  on  the 
t^ontinent  this  summer, 

Mr  Paul  ("lark  has  jf^ined  his  mother,  Mrs.  Tobin 
Clark  and  his  sisters,  in  England.  Mrs,  Clark  has  taken 
Lord  Blandford's  house  in  London  for  the  season. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Carl  Batchcldcr  were  in  Paris  at  last 
accounts 

Mr.  and  Mrs  F'ranklin  Zanc  and  their  family  were 
recently  at  Lucerne. 

Mrs  Rudolph  Spreckels  is  in  Paris  where  she  will 
spend  several  mtinths. 

Recent  passengers  on  the  Isle  de  France  included 
Mr  and  \1rs  Clifford  Weatherwax.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
-Arthur  Hill  Vincent,  and  Mr,  and  Mrs  George  Leib. 

Miss  Rosario  Winston  is  at  present  in  London  and 
will  later  spend  three  mtmths  in  France, 

Mrs,  William  1 1  Crocker  is  in  London  where  she  is 
visiting  her  dauuhter  the  Countess  de  Limur.  Later 
Mrs.  Crocker  will  go  to  Paris  and  rct)pcn  her  apartment 
there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Georges  de  Latour  were  in  Florence 
when  last  heard  from.  They  were  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs 
Edward  F",  Vail, 

Mr  Richard  McCrecry  has  joined  Mrs,  McCrecrv  in 
Paris  Mrs  McOeery  and  her  daughter  spent  the  late 
Spring  on  the  Riviera 

Mr  and  Mrs  C'harles  Henry  White  are  in  Northern 
Rhodesia,  Africa,  and  w  ill  remain  there  for  a  year. 

Miss  Lucia  Sherman  is  spending  the  summer  on  the 
Contment, 

Mrs  Mailler  Scarlcs  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Emily 
C'lift  Searles.  were  recently  in  Rome  and  planning  to  go 
on  to  Naples 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Paul  Fagan  who  are  spending  their 
honeymcKjn  in  Europe,  were  among  the  guests  at  a  smart 
tlinner  given  in  Paris  by  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Jules  Glaenzer. 

Mrs,  E  O  McCormick  and  her  two  daughters  arc 
spending  the  summer  in  Italy. 

Mr.  Joseph  Thompson  will  spend  part  of  the  summer 
in  Russia. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Brugierc  have  taken  a  large 
country  place  in  Bath,  England,  for  the  summer. 


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Jlrs.  Alfred  Hendrickson^ 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tin  Types 


By  Request  We  Continue  the  Story  of  the  City's  Early  Characters 


IN  San  Francisco  of  the  18505  and  as 
late  as  the  'Sos,  there  flourished  on 
Clay  street  just  below  Montgomery, 
a  certain  saloon,  which  outwardly  ap- 
peared to  he  nothing  more  than  another 
saloon  in  a  city  well  supplied  with  such 
establishments.  Over  the  door  were  the 
names  Martin  &  Horton.  The  floor  was 
strewn  with  sawdust;  the  bar  and  glass- 
ware were  plain  and  inexpensive,  but 
the  liquor  was  good  and  reasonably 
priced;  the  free  lunch,  plentiful  and  ap- 
petizing For  these  latter  and  other 
reasons,  the  house  enjoyed  unfailing 
patronage  irom  a  clientele  ot  the  intel- 
lectually elect.  For  well  over  twenty 
years,  it  was  the  afternoon  meeting  place 
of  the  city's  journalists,  cartoonists,  wits, 
artists,  permanent  and  transient  theatri- 
cal folk  and  legal  lights,  whose  opinions 
and  philosophies  were  pungent  and  well 
expressed.  These  habitues  had  covered 
the  walls  ot  the  place  with  sketches  and 
caricatures  of  current  celebrities  and  with 
scraps  of  poetry  and  prose  ot  their  own 
making. 

Obviously,  there  was  hardly  a  more 
desirable  place  to  be  found  in  which  to 
spend  an  hour  or  so  in  relaxation,  discus- 
sion ot  the  questions  of  the  day  and 
abstract  speculation.  And  who  knows 
but  what  tor  this  very  reason,  it  was 
chosen,  as  a  special  rendezvous,  by  the 
several  gentlemen  of  the  city  whose  fan- 
tastical obsessions,  physical  peculiarities 
or  sharply  accented  eccentricites  enabled 
them  to  live  without  labor  and  whose 
peculiar  qualities  ot  mind  gave  the  scene 
those  humorous  and  tragic  human  ele- 
ments that  assure  it  ot  practically  un- 
limited lite?  For  into  Martin  &  Horton's 
every  afternoon,  there  sooner  or  later 
wandered  the  Emporer  Norton  I,  and 
with  him  before  their  untimely  passing, 
his  canine  attaches,  LazarusandBummer, 
Maguire's  Fat  Boy;  George  Washington 
(Willie)  Coombs;  The  Gutter  Snipe 
Napoleon,  the  City's  one  and  only 
canine  dramatic  critic  and  his  equally 
picturesque  master,  John  Wilson. 

▼       T       ▼ 

THE  Emperor  came  to  refresh  himself 
with  food  and  drink  To  him  the 
drink  was  as  free  as  the  food.  Not  in- 
frequently he  entered  into  the  talk  and 
debates  that  occupied  the  habitues  of  the 
place.  And  be  it  noted  that  the  Emperor 
could  sustain  his  side  of  a  question  with 
no  mean  skill  and  logic  He  was  widely 
read  in  world  history  and  well  versed  in 
the  day's  national  and  international 
issues  His  premises  u'ere  remarkably 
sound;  his  reasoning  and  conclusions 
shrewdly  intelligent    He  displayed  irra- 


By  ZOE  BATTU 

tionality  only  when  his  self  assumed  title 
and  rights  were  questioned.  It  was  one 
ot  his  pet  theories,  for  instance,  that  the 
churches  should  not  meddle  in  politics; 
that  preachers  should  not  preach  politico- 
religious  sermons.  The  Emperor  often 
threatened  to  issue  a  proclamation 
against  these  practices  but  never  got 
around  to  it.  It  is  too  bad  that  he 
neglected  to  do  this.  It  might  have 
simplified  a  lot  of  things,  as  subsequent 
events  have  shown. 


GEORC.E  Washington  Coombs  held 
torth  at  Martin  &  Horton's  for  the 
purposes  of  foretelling  the  future,  fore- 
casting stock  market  movements,  advis- 
ing people  into  what  channels,  the 
bumps  on  their  heads  indicated  that  they 
should  guide  their  lives,  since  he  claimed 
a  great  store  ot  occult  talents.  He  was,  as 
it  were  and  in  modern  parlance,  a 
psychologist,  character  analyst,  voca- 
tional counsellor,  market  analyst  and 
advisor.  But  then,  (Freudian  phraseology 
and  scientific  advertising  and  press 
agentry  were  unknown)  he  was  just  a 
tellow  who  told  tortunes  and  read  head 
bumps. 

Thousands  of  miners  knew  him  well 
as  Willie  Coombs,  He  came  to  Cali- 
fornia from  New  York  in  the  first 
montlis  of  the  gold  rush  and  at  the  time 
was  in  his  middle  thirties  For  a  year  or 
so  he  dritted  from  one  mining  camp  to 
another,  amusing  the  miners  with  his 
prognostications  Then  he  came  per- 
manently to  San  Francisco 

He  took  his  nickname  trom  the  tact 
of  a  marked  facial  resemblance  to  the 
first  president.  The  physical  build  also 
resembled  Washington's,  but  Coombs 
was  somewhat  shorter.  He  was  in- 
ordinately vain  ot  this  resemblance  to 
the  lather  of  his  country  and  sought  to 
live  up  to  it  in  dress  and  manner  He  was 
customed  always  in  an  old  Continental 
Army  unitorm  with  knee  breeches, 
braided  coat  and  cocked  hat.  Thus  cos- 
tumed he  went  about  San  Francisco  for 
well  over  twenty  years  until  death 
suddenly  took  him  otT  -a  pompously, 
pathetic  figure 

He  flourished  at  a  time  and  in  a  city 
whose  bankers,  merchants,  lawyers,  doc- 
tors, factory  owners,  gamblers,  saloon 
keepers,  miners  were  alike  bound  to 
chance  and  her  never  rational  paths  A 
slight  turn  of  the  wheel  this  way  and  a 
man  had  wealth;  a  turn  that  way  and 
his  wealth  disappeared  completely 
Gambler's  superstition  was  a  deep  rooted 
aflliction  of  the  entire  community. 


Thus  Coombs  never  lacked  patrons. 
His  phrenology  and  fortune  telling 
sometimes  proved  to  be  right;  some- 
times wrong.  In  one  instance,  a  young 
man,  Tony  Kraker  aspired  to  the  state 
billiard  championship,  held  by  a  William 
Briggs.  George  Washington  declared 
that  Tony  was  due  for  a  streak  of  luck 
and  thus  heartened  Kraker  sought  out 
Briggs  and  challenged  him.  Tony  had 
$3.00  in  his  pocket  when  he  started  to 
play;  when  he  quit  he  was  f  10,000  in 
debt.  This  was  a  most  unfavorable 
result  for  the  maker  of  the  luck  prophecy, 
but  it  was  not  long  held  against  Coombs. 
During  the  Comstock  Lode  days  (1S73- 
'75)  he  could  scarcely  meet  demands  on 
his  time  Brokers,  day  laborers,  street  car 
conductors,  ladies  of  joy,  messenger  boys, 
housewives,  nurse  maids,  scrub  women, 
miners,  saloon  keepers,  gamblers  sought 
him  out  tor  forecasts  on  the  rise  or  fall  of 
this  or  that  stock.  It  is  said  that  the 
greater  part  of  his  predictions  at  this 
time  were  correct.  But  then,  it  was  a 
rising  market.  In  the  falling  market,  fol- 
lowing the  Bank  of  California's  crash. 
Coomb's  powers  did  not  seem  to  func- 
tion so  well  and  demand  tor  his  serxices 
suffered  a  slump. 

Coomb's  tee  was  fifty  cents — no  more, 
no  less.  It  was  a  matter  between  gentle- 
men, something  never  asked  tor,  but 
understood  and  slipped  unobtrusively 
into  his  hand.  If  less  were  given  him, 
Coombs  drew  himself  up  proudly  and 
courteously  declined  the  coin  It  more 
were  gix'en  him,  as  it  frequentlv  was  by 
open  handed  clients.  Coombs  would 
obtain  the  exact  change  and  with  dig- 
nity give  it  to  the  customer,  thus  effec- 
tively rebuking  him  for  his  transgression 
ot  the  gentlemanly  code. 


R\DicALi  V     different     trom     all    the 
^  other  characters  ot  the  time  was 
the  Gutter  Snipe,   who  came  to  Cali-  I 
fornia  in   18415  as  an  elderly  man.  For 
several  years,  in  company  with  a  part- 
ner, he  was  known  to  have  mined  sev-     , 
eral  secret  claims.  What  fortune  the  pair    | 
accumulated  was  a  matter  neither  ever     ■ 
publicly    discussed.    When    the    Gutter 
Snipe,    his   mind   quite    broken    by   the 
hardships  and   isolation   o(    the   moun 
tains,  showed  up  in  San  Francisco  anJ 
embarked  upon   his  odd  career,   it  was 
supposed  that  both  he  and  his  partner 
had  failed  utterly  in  their  labors.  If  the 
man  ever  had  any  other  name,  it  passed 
completely  from  usage  in   the   memory 
o(  himself  and   others.    As  the  Gutter 

Continued  on  pnut*  28 


JULY,  1929 


25 


Cjmi,  vr  (Jmci  ■    ^t*  fuiKtic* 


ji  J««ii .  /^i« . 


The  First  Unit  of  Grace  Cathedral 

The  Chapel  oj  Grace  nears  completion  and  .won  will  bear  solemn  lesliinoni/  lo  Ike  aspirations  steadily 
working  toward  a  fillinp  spiritual  crown  for  San  Francisco's  aristocratic  hill 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Novel  Ideas 

Being  Some  Reviews  Especially  Prepared  for  Dog  Day  Reading 


THE  scene  is  the  porch  of  a  moun- 
tain resort.  A  pretty  young  girl 
is  ivearing  a  tennis  dress,  which 

of  course  is  no  indication  that  she  in- 
tends playing  .  .  .  tennis. 

An  attractive  young  man  is  ivearing 

linen  knickers,  ivithout  even  the  remotest 

idea  of  playing  .  .  .  golj. 

They  have  not  been  introduced,  so  he 

speaks  first. 

He;  Are  you  bored,  too? 

She;  Frightfully. 

He:  Then  let's  talk  For  a  whole  week 
I've  been  waiting  for  you  to  finish 
that  book. 

She:  I've  read  half  a  dozen  books  this 
week. 

He;  Then  you  must  have  started  new 
ones  when  I  went  to  buy  cigarettes. 

She:  You  shouldn't  smoke  so  much. 

He:  You  shouldn't  read  so  much  We've 
wasted  seven  expensive  days 

She;  But  I  learned  all  about  the  great 
Empress  of  China. 

He  :  A  naughty  and  extravagant  person  ! 

She:  Charles  Pettit  makes  everyone 
naughty 

He;  Everyone  is  So  you've  been  read- 
ing "The  Woman  Who  Commanded 
Five  Hundred  Million  Men.  (singing) 
Five  hundred  million  Chinamen  can't 
be  wrong. 

She;  She  survived  four  Emperors! 

He;  Naturally.  She  murdered  them. 

She;  She  was  heartless,  1  suppose. 

He  ;  I  wouldn't  call  her  exactly  heartless. 

She;  Well,  of  course  she  loved  her  lover. 
She  was  quite  faithful  to  him  while 
her  husband  was  living. 

He  ;  To  whom' 

She;  To  her  lover  Much  more  faithful 
than  he  deserved!  Until  he  was  untrue 
to  her,  she  never  looked  at  another 
man  except  the  Grand  Eunuch. 

He  ;  I  wonder 

She  :  Wonder  what? 

He;  If  he  was  a  grand  Eunuch? 

She;  (hastily)  All  the  hooks  I've  read 
lately  arc  so  facetious  morally.  Have 
you  read  "Maypoles  and  Morals"  by 
Frederick  Arnold  Kummer' 

He;  Not  yet  I  read  his  "Ladies  in 
Hades"  I  would. 

She;  It  has  an  amusing  prelude  Adonis, 
driving  down  from  Mount  Olympus 
for  his  spring  on  earth,  will  not  heed 
Venus  when  she  tries  to  detain  him. 

He;  Quite  right   She  has  Vulcan. 

She   But  she  finds  him  inadequate. 

He;  Vulcan'  Dear  me 

She;  Then  comes  the  story.  At  a  fancy 


By  BETH  WENDEL 

dress  ball,  Sylvia  Duane,  imper- 
personating  Aphrodite,  flirts  with 
Adonis.  She  is  a  very  frivolous  wife. 

He  ;  And  .  .  . 

She:  I  said,  they  flirt.  The  next  day, 
Adonis,  no  longer  in  fancy  dress,  is  a 
writer. 

He  ;  A  good  writer? 

She;  The  author  doesn't  mention 
whether  he  is  or  not. 

He  ;  You  are  supposed  to  believe  him  a 
good  writer,  I  am  sure,  for  when 
writers  write  about  writers,  they  are 
generally  writing  about  themselves 
On  with  the  story  .  .  . 

She  ;  Shackleford,  the  writer,  falls  in  love 
with  Ann  Darrow  who  is  beautiful 
and  cold. 

He  ;  You  mean  she  seems  cold? 

She  ;  Back  of  her  eyes  there  is  a  curtain 
that  shuts  away  everything  she  feels 
I  adore  people  like  that. 

He:  It's  so  flattering  when  the  curtain's 
up.  I  gather  that  it  was  up  for  the 
writer? 

She:  At  first  she  seemed  to  ignore  him, 
but  she  all  the  while  loving  him 
fiercely  and  with  determination. 

He  ;  She,  too,  was  unhappily  married? 

She  ;  To  an  explorer  who  was  a  beast ! 

He  ;  Quite  in  keeping  with  his  hobby. 

He  ;  It  ends  happily  tor  all,  I  trust. 

She;  Too  well.  It  was  all  too  smooth. 
Convenient  propinquity.  Ann  was  a 
courageous  person  and  should  have 
conquered  circumstances  with  her 
own  strength  She  was  too  wonderful 
to  be  merely  lucky.  The  beginning  of 
the  book  is  obviously  smart  and  full 
of  epigrams,  but  it  tones  down  beau- 
tifully It  is  a  civilized  and  bright 
book. 

He;  I  shall  read  it  without  tail  Did  you 
by  any  chance  read  "Sleeveless  Er- 
rand," by  Bora  C.  James? 

She:  No.  Everything's  sleeveless  this 
season.  What's  the  errand? 

He  ;  Death  When  the  heroine  is  deserted 
by  her  lover,  she  decides  to  commit 
suicide 

She  ;  The  tool 

He;  In  this  case  she  was  entirely  right 
She  knew  herself  to  be  a  decadent  and 
an  introvert  She  relied  on  false 
stimulus  and  fantacism  to  make  life 
bearable.  She  was  falsely  romantic. 
She  idealized  the  people  she  loved,  in 
order  to  go  on  loving 

She;  That  isn't  decadent 

He:  The  night  of  the  quarrel,  she  meets 
a  man  whose  wile  has  been  untrue  to 
him   His  life  seems  blasted,  too.  They 


make  a  suicide  pact  The  man  is  a 
decent,  normal,  healthy  minded  per- 
son and  the  girl  believes  that  he 
should  continue  living.  She  shows 
him  how  casual  infidelity  is  among 
many  people. 

She  ;  Does  he  go  back  to  his  wife? 

He:  Yes,  but  he  does  not  prevent  the 
girl  from  continuing  with  her  suicide 
plans  alone  He  knows  that  she  is  an 
emotional  failure. 

She  ;  I  thought  they  would  fall  in  love 
with  each  other. 

He:  They  do  in  a  vague,  detached, 
death-like  way. 

She:  It  must  be  sad. 

He  :  It  is  very  sad,  and  remarkably  well 
written. 

She:  A  few  days  ago,  I  read  "First 
Love,"  by  Charles  Morgan  It's 
sweet  An  old  artist  tells  of  his  first 
youthful  romance 

He:  Naturally  very  important  in  his 
old  age. 

She  :  Nigel  Frew,  the  young  genius, 
meets  Claire  Sibright,  and  falls  in 
love  with  her  in  a  truly  spiritual  way. 
He  adores  and  worships  her  in  his 
shy  way. 

He:  And  she? 

She  ;  She  is  a  poor  girl,  and  engaged  to  a 
young  fellow  who  is  very  rich.  She 
does  not  love  him  beyond  the  fact 
that  he  is  handsome,  but  she  wants  to 
marry  him  and  does  marry  him. 

He  ;  She  did  not  care  for  the  young 
artist? 

She;  He  aroused  something  spiritual  in 
her  and  I  suppose  she  loved  him  in 
her  controlled  way. 

He:  Was  she  always  so  well  in  hand' 

She  ;  Except  for  one  episode  toward  the 
end  The  book  is  beautifully  written 
The  scene  is  laid  in  England  in  the 
se\'enties  The  background  is  created 
with  real  subtlety.  1  have  never  read 
a  better  psychological  study  of  the 
artistic  mind.  One  feels  the  boy's 
genius.  It  is  sentimental,  hut  in  a 
high  lovely  way  Not  even  a  man 
would  laugh  at  it. 

He;  Do  you  think  men  laugh  at  senti- 
ment? 

She:  Yes. 

He:  Only  when  they  aren't  feeling 
sentimental.  I'd  like  to  read  that 
book. 

She:  I  have  it  upstairs.  Shall  I  get  it? 

He:  Not  now.  Let's  go  canoeing? 

She;  Let's.  The  book-worm  will  turn. 


The  End 


4 


JULY,  1929 


27 


Transients 

Contimied  from  lulEO  18 

out  to  be  one  of  the  very  hot  days  of 
June.  There  was  a  week-end  party  in 
progress  at  the  Raisch  residence — the 
guests  lolled  in  bathing  suits  at  the  edge 
of  the  private  pool.  All  except  Richard 
Bennett  He  was  in  the  water,  without 
make-up,  without  anything  but  a  pair 
of  trunks  and  a  determination  to  get  a 
coat  ot  sun-tan. 

The  only  proper  seat  for  an  "inter- 
viewer" was  fifteen  feet  trom  the  edge 
of  the  pool.  But  Richard  Bennett  was  in 
the  water  screened  by  fifteen  teet  ot 
laughter  and  week-end  chatter  There 
was  but  one  solution  to  the  situation 
and  when  that  had  been  made,  by  means 
of  a  borrowed  bathing  suit  and  much 
splashing  of  turquoise  blue  water,  and 
the  interviewer  had  come  up  tor  air,  she 
was  confronted  with  a  questioning, 
skeptical  man,  slightly  amused  but  wait- 
ing to  withdraw  into  his  shell  the  min- 
ute his  suspicions  ot  banality  were  con- 
firmed 

"Why  do  you  do  it?" 
"What?" 

"Why  do  you  refuse  to  flatter  your 
audiences?" 

"Why  do  you  think  I  do?" 
This  wasn't  getting  anywhere   So  we 
took  another  turn  the  length  of  the  tank 
— and  waited.  And  Richard  Bennett  be- 
gan to  talk. 

He  gave  his  impression  of  audiences. 
And  he  gave  them  in  no  uncertain  terms 
— with  the  same  disillusion  with  which  a 
long  married  nian  could  discuss  the  short 
comings  ot  the  wife  whom  he  still  loves. 
Audiences  are  stupid — they  have  the 
intelligence  of  a  twelve-year-old  child 
Audiences  don't  know  a  good  play  from 
a  bad  one — the  clean  from  the  dirty. 
Audiences  are  unreliable — one  can't  de- 
pend on  them  even  to  appreciate  a  good 
play  for  its  real  merits 

But   audiences  are   loyal — and,   even 
when  scolded,  they  come  back  for  more. 
"In  fact,"  said  Bennett,  "I  find  that, 
once  having  begun  my  curtain  speeches, 
j  1  can't  stop.  The  people  expect  me  to 
1  tell  them  what's  what  and  they  are  dis- 
appointed if  I  don't.  Sometimes  I  even 
I  start  the  play  with  a  curtain  speech — 
!  or,  it  1  find  the  audience  is  not  respond- 
ing properly,  I  stop  in  the  middle  of  the 
act  and  step  to  the   footlights  to  tell 
them  what  it  is  all  about. 

"After  all,  they  are  only  children. 
They  are  little  children  with  repressions 
and  inhibitions  and  they  have  come  to 
the  theatre  to  be  amused  and  perhaps  to 
catch  a  bit  of  beauty.  It's  wrong  to  flat- 
ter them  into  feeling  that  they  know  it 
all — when  the  average  audience  really 
doesn't  know  what  is  good  or  had  in  a 
play,  doesn't  even  know  what  the 
i  whole  thing  is  driving  at. 

"Why  shouldn't  I  tell  them?  I've  had 

Continued  on  next  page 


OR  sport  wear,  for  vacation 
wear,  for  one's  every  moment  of  splendid  leisure  and 
fashionable  recreation,  Knox  provides  correct  apparel. 


MEN'S  CLOTHING,  HATS  AND 
HABERDASHERY.  WOMENS  HATS, 
FROCKS,   COATS,   AND    ENSEMBLES 


KNOX 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Cellar  Builders . . . . 


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VVe  are  Cellar  Builders — we 
do  not  use  bricks  or  mortar — 
our  methods  are  more  mod- 
ern— barrels,  kegs  and  demi- 
johns filled  with  Tipo  (red 
and  white).  Burgundy,  Ries- 
ling, Port,  Sherry,  Angelica 
and  Muscatel  types  of  Asti 
Colony  Juices  of  the  Grape 
form  the  foundation  of  our 
cellars.  May  we  build  one  for 
you,  now?  Telephone  DAven- 
port  9230  for  specifications. 

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a  lot  of  exper  ence.  I've  studied  the 
play.  And  I  can  help  them  see  things  a 
little  clearer." 

Richard  Bennett's  eyes  were  kind.  His 
voice  held  the  burr  of  sincerity.  His 
stubborn  grey  hair  stood  at  all  angles, 
at  once  reminding  one  of  his  many  years' 
experience  on  the  stage  and  speaking  ot 
the  independent  disregard  ot  one  who 
has  accomplished  much. 

To  Richard  Bennett,  lite  is  too  short 
to  dally  it  away  with  cajolery  Truth 
s  too  rare  a  thing  to  go  unsaid  He 
ooks  forward  with  zest  to  future  sea- 
sons, each  with  its  challenging  char- 
acter, each  with  its  opportunity  to  amuse, 
delight — and  instruct  the  succession  of 
audiences  that  he  truly  loves. 

And  Richard  Bennett  will  return  to 
San  Francisco  .  .  .  He  has  not  torgotten 
that  he  called  it  a  "little  western  town" 
and  he  is  not  yet  ready  to  retract  his 
present  public  opinion  of  the  city  that 
once  stood  out  in  his  mind  as  one  of  the 
truly  cosmopolitan  places  of  the  world 
.  .  .  He  will  come  to  San  Francisco  next 
winter — in  "Jarnegan"  and,  flinging  a 
glove  of  the  lesser  respectabilities  in  the 
face  of  the  city,  challenge  it  to  an  appre- 
ciation that  is  more  than  middle-class. 


Tin  Types 


Continued  from  page  24 

Snipe,  he  achieved  a  notoriety  ot  sorts; 
as  The  Gutter  Snipe,  he  died  and  was 
buried. 

He  was  clothed  in  non-descript  rags, 
saK'aged  from  garbage  heaps  and  in- 
credibly dirty  His  hair  and  beard  were  a 
dirty  gray  color,  long,  grimy  and 
matted.  All  day  long  he  went  up  one 
street  and  down  another,  rummaging 
the  gutters  with  a  long  stick  for  trash  of 
any  sort  Anything  edible  was  consumed 
on  the  spot  Cigar  butts,  bits  of  string, 
buttons,  corks,  scraps  ot  toil  and  such 
worthless  miscellania  he  stov\'ed  care- 
fulK'  away.  A  halt  smoked  cigar  was  a 
rare  find  to  be  pounced  upon  eagerly  and 
hidden  quickly.  His  favorite  haunts 
were  the  waterfront,  commission  house 
and  financial  districts,  where  pickings 
from  sidewalk  crates,  ship  cargoes,  res- 
taurants and  saloons  were  plentiful  and 
often  quite  choice  The  Gutter  Snipe 
could  easily  have  lived  sumptuously  on 
tree  lunches;  he  preferred  garbage  and 
dropped  crumbs.  Money,  in  the  free 
manner  of  the  day,  was  often  tossed  to 
him.  It  lay  where  it  fell  so  far  as  The 
Gutter  Snipe  was  concerned. 

When  he  tirst  appeared,  his  repulsive 
appearance  raised  objections,  but  he 
c\aded  all  attempts  at  police  or  chari- 
table surveillance  and  with  time  was 
accepted  as  one  of  the  city's  characters. 
Street  urchins  were  the  bane  ot  his  lite, 
since  they  delighted  to  play  tricks  upon 
him  and  often  pelted  him  with  sticks 
and  stones.  From  these  young  pirates,  he 


JULY,  1929 

eventually  found  a  protector  in  a  news- 
boy with  a  kind  heart  and  brawny  arm, 
who  put  his  tormentors  to  rout  when- 
ever The  Snipe  sought  him  out. 

Finally  the  poor  wretch  died,  sup- 
posedly a  pauper.  But  lo,  his  (ormer 
partner  mysteriously  materialized  with 
a  sizeable  fortune,  belonging  to  The 
Gutter  Snipe  and  a  will  he  had  made, 
leaving  his  money  to  the  newsboy  who 
had  so  often  befriended  him  He,  the 
partner,  had  hoarded  and  increased  the 
capital  during  the  years  of  the  untor- 
tunate's  aberration  The  will  was  not 
strictly  legal,  being  written  on  a  scrap  of 
paper,  without  a  date  and  by  a  person 
ol  unsound  mind.  But  it  was  duly  ad- 
mitted to  probate,  as  at  that  time,  it  was 
a  sort  of  unwritten  law  that  a  clear 
intent  overruled  lack  of  customary  legal 
technicalities  in  this  case,  the  intent  was 
clear  enough  and  the  will  was  executed 
as  directed,  though  there  does  not  seem 
to  be  nov\'  e.xtant  any  clues  as  to  the 
identity  of  the  newsboy  beneficiary. 


Spotlight 

CoiitiiuuHl  frcmi  page  20 

speare  and  Gilbert  and  Sullivan,  and, 
when  you  have  survived  these  two  tests, 
you  are  ready  tor  any  lesser  dramatic 
feats.  The  play  itself  was  a  stage  con- 
fection. And  while  it  cannot  be  said  to 
ha\e  been  profound  entertainment  it  was 
certainly  delightful.  Perhaps  the  compe- 
tition of  warm  weather,  and  the  Fox 
opening  and  the  impending  glorious 
"Fourth"  was  too  great  odds  for  a  bit 
of  theatrical  fluff  to  contend  against 
Whatever  the  cause  of  its  failure,  the 
fact  remans  that  it  was  dep'orable, 

T       ▼       T 

SO  FAR  as  our  tastes  are  concerned 
"Let  Us  Be  Gay"  proved  just  an- 
other play.  And  not  a  very  skilful  one, 
at  that,  considering  the  stagecraft  ex- 
perience of  its  author,  Rachel  Crothers. 
We  do  not  know  how  long  ago  Miss 
Crothers  wrote  this  opus,  but  much  of 
it  seemed  borrowed  from  current  suc- 
cesses. The  irascible  old  hostess  seemed 
lifted  more  or  less  bodily  from  "The 
House  of  Women"  even  down  to  her 
cigar  smoking  proclivities.  At  least  she 
was  a  cross  between  Lily  Shane  and  the 
female  head  of  "The  Royal  Family." 
The  flapper,  determined  to  win  her 
sophisticated  "crush"  at  all  costs,  like- 
wise was  suspiciously  like  the  unscrupu- 
lous heroine  of  "The  Second  Man."  But 
it  is  no  crime  to  borrow  if  the  results  are 
successful.  Judging  from  the  delight  of 
the  audience  on  the  opening  night  we 
must  conclude  that  the  results  ivcrc  suc- 
cessful. One  of  the  reasons  doubtless  be- 
ing that  the  play  portrayed  smart  society 
as  the  man  and  woman  in  the  street  like 
to  conceive  it.  For  ourselves,  if  the  play 

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^tA  restful  trip  for 

busy  men/^ says  this 

business  leader 


MEN  who  are  weighted  down  by  business,  b^'  public  service,  by 
constant  demands  on  their  time — how  can  they  make  their 
\acations  do  the  most  good  for  them?  One  jirominent  San  Fran- 
ciscan, Gustav  Knecht,  has  found  a  way! 

"The  immediate  release  from  business  cares  given  by  the  perfect 
service  and  appointments  of  the  splendid  Malolo,"  >\r.  Knecht  says, 
"makes  it  possible  for  the  busiest  of  men  to  make  (he  most  of  e\en  a 
short  vacation  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands." 

It's  onl3'  four  days  to  Honolulu  from  San  FVancisco  on  the  Alalolo! 
There's  golf  on  velvety  fairways-  sun-warmed  beaches  where  air  and 
water  are  the  same  soothing  temperature  —  polo  between  fast  teams 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


HI. 

I^^H-' 

Shasta 
Route 

to  the  Northwest 

go  one  way  thru  the 
Redwood  Empire! 

One  way  via  the  Redwood 
Empire,  Portland  is  but  a  day 
away.  Southern  Pacitic's  train 
and  motor-coach  tour  takes  but 
a  comfortable  night's  sleep 
longer  than  the  fastest  time. 

The  fare  is  but  $10.40  mote. 

Leave  San  Francisco  on 
Northwestern  Pacific  8:30 
p.m.  train.  Next  mornint;  at 
Eureka  you  board  your  motor- 
coach  for  a  day  drive  thru  this 
forest  of  giants.  Connection  is 
made  with  the  "Oregonian" 
that  evening  at  Grants  Pass. 
Oregon,  and  you  arrive  Port- 
land 1:1)0  the  next  morning. 

Go  one  way  via  the  Red- 
woods, return  another — over 
Siskiyou  line  thru  picturesque 
southern  Oregon  or  the  spec- 
tacular Cascade  line  along 
great  forested  canyons,  past 
sparkling  mountain  lakes. 

Southern 
Pacific 

F.S.McGINNIS 

Passenger  'Vraffic  Maituger 

San  l-rancisco 


Concerning  Bridge 


Bv  PAUL  W.  BLACK 


THE  true  negative  double  can  be 
made  against  a  suit  bid  when 
short  in  the  suit  bid  with  the  other 
three  suits  ol  nearly  even  length,  not 
less  than  three  cards  and  usually  not 
more  than  five  cards  in  any  one  of  the 
three  other  suits.  This  means  that  when 
the  partner  takes  out  the  double  in  a  suit 
declaration  there  will  always  be  a  major- 
ity of  trumps  held  in  his  declaration 
Only  one-third  of  the  time  when  the 
take-out  bid  is  in  a  tour-card  suit  will 
there  be  found  only  three  trumps  in  the 
doubling  hand,  two-thirds  of  the  time 
there  will  be  tour  or  more.  This  means 
that  there  will  be  enough  trumps  usu- 
ally to  draw  trumps  from  the  opponents 
by  leading  trumps  if  this  seems  best  to 
be  done  in  planning  the  campaign 
There  will  also  usually  be  enough  trumps 
in  either  hand  to  be  used  for  rutting 
short  suits. 

The  new  idea  presented  here  consists 
of  a  radical  departure  from  the  accepted 
method  ot  values  in  the  take-out  hand, 
namely,  that  ot  permitting  the  take-out 
hand  to  count  rutting  possibilities  in  one 
suit  for  lull  value.  The  suit  doubled 
negatively  may  not,  however,  be  used, 
if  short,  in  the  take-out  hand  because  the 
doubling  hand  is  also  short  in  that  suit 
and  is  permitted  to  t^e  one  short  suit 
value  for  ruffing  in  its  revaluation  for 
further  bidding.  By  using  this  short  suit 
ruffing  value  in  the  take-out  hand,  one 
will  rarely  find  a  hand  that  is  over-bid 
by  a  minimum  o\'er-call  in  the  take-out 
declaration.  When  understood  thor- 
oughly, all  good  card  valuation  systems 
for  bidding  take  into  account  not  only 
the  high  card  probable  tricks  but  low 
card  tricks  in  long  suits  in  which  case, 
even  though  there  are  no  high  card  prob- 
able tricks  in  the  take-out  hand,  there 
will  usually  he  long  suit  values  and  ruff- 
ing values  enough  to  give  a  playing 
value  for  the  hand  of  three  tricks  which 
is  normal  expectancy  for  any  sound 
negative  double 

▼       ▼       T 

IN  CONTRACT  bridge  the  application  of 
the  principle  for  short  suits  in  both 
hands  will  assist  materially  in  arriving 
at  an  accurate  measure  of  the  strength 
and  will  put  the  take-out  hand  into 
actual  operation  tor  jump  bids  quicker 
than  the  old  method.  For  hands  that  are 
abnormal  the  principle  works  as  per- 
fectly as  any  principle  in  bridge.  Many 
take-out  hands  that  look  worthless,  after 
the  intormatory  double,  become  valu- 
able and  may  be  bid  higher  than  under 
the  old  system. 

The  doubling  hand  makes  the  nega- 
tive double  on  high  card  strength  dis- 


tributed in  three  or  more  suits,  the  three 
other  suits  than  the  one  doubled  and  for 
doubles  ot  a  one  bid  in  a  minor  suit 
must  have  at  least  two  high  card  tricks 
and  probable  playing  values  of  five  in- 
cluding the  two  high  card  tricks  Nega- 
tive doubles  of  two,  three,  and  four  of 
niinors  have  one-half  a  high  card  trick 
more  in  each  case  respectively  and  a 
total  ot  six,  seven  and  eight  playing 
values. 

Doubles  ot  a  major  one  bid  must  be 
stronger  in  high  card  values,  say  a  half 
a  trick  more  in  each  case,  but  the  actual 
probable  playing  values  need  not  be 
above  the  totals  given  above.  Now  these 
playing  values  should  not  include  any 
ruffing  values  because  it  the  partner 
takes  out  in  a  suit  these  values  will  be 
needed  for  estimating  raising  possibilities 
and  if  the  partner  should  take  out  in  no 
trump  the  short  suit  \'alues  disappear 
entirely. 

T        ▼        ▼ 

As  .APPLIED  to  doubles  ot  a  one  no 
j[Y  trump  bid,  the  principle  works 
well  when  the  take-out  is  in  a  suit  rather 
than  two  no  trump.  The  doubling  hand 
may  use  one  short  suit  value  here  also, 
but  there  is  less  chance  tor  the  hand  to  be 
able  to  use  it  on  account  of  the  proba- 
bility ot  even  suit  lengths  The  distribu- 
tion of  any  high  card  strength  is  the 
same  as  the  minimums  for  doubling  a 
major  suit  bid  of  one. 

This  new  theory  of  using  short  suit 
values  tor  ruffing  in  the  take-out  hand 
together  with  its  use  also  in  the  doubling 
hand  after  doubling  negati\'ely  may  be 
applied  to  any  sound  card  valuation  and 
bidding  system  a  player  may  be  using 

The  card  valuation  systems  most 
popular  are  based  on  the  theory  of  even 
distribution  ot  suit  lengths  in  the  four 
suits  in  each  ot  the  four  hands  and  work 
very  well  on  the  average  tor  seven  out  of 
ten  hands  The  other  three  hands  give 
most  players  trouble  These  three  are  the 
abnormal  hands 

A  card  \-aluation  s\stem  tor  bidduig 
that  will  be  simple,  flexible  and  accu 
rate,  a  system  which  will  measure  ac- 
curately the  trick  taking  power  of  the 
normal  hands  as  well  as  the  abnormal 
hands  is  greatly  to  be  desired  Such  a 
system  has  been  blocked  out  roughlv  by 
the  writer  and  is  being  tried  out  from 
every  angle  in  actual  play,  and  it,  with 
other  interesting  phases  ot  the  mathe- 
matical side  ot  the  game,  the  scientific 
side,  is  the  subject  of  a  new  book  on 
Contract  and  Advanced  auction  now  in 
preparation  All  the  phases  of  the  appli- 
cation ot  this  new  intormatory  double 
arc  discussed  in  it. 


JULY,   1929 


31 


Spotlight 

f'ontimu'rl  from  paE'-  2'-> 

is  a  true  picture  of  chic  circles,  we  hax'C 
never  entered  them 

The  author's  lines  in  the  hands  ol  the 
present  company  were  more  than  ohvi- 
ous,  hut  whether  this  lay  in  their  de- 
livery or  their  content  we  could  not 
quite  determine  Reflecting  on  the  rumor 
of  the  play's  complete  success  on  Broad- 
way, we  can  onlv  conclude  that  it  is 
dramatic  fare  which  in  the  hands  ot 
suave  actors  proves  highly  diverting 
The  present  cast  undoubtedly  has  its 
points  hut  it  lacks  "class"  It  handles 
both  its  dialogue  and  its  golf  sticks  gin- 
gerly It  was  particularly  lacking  in  even 
comedy  suspense  Indeed,  one  kept  won- 
dering at  the  fall  of  each  curtain  how  the 
author  possiblv  could  contri\'e  to  get  the 
next  act  started 

All  of  which  doubtless  will  make  it  a 
huge  success. 


Pioneering  in  the  Provinces 

C'Miitiinifd  from  page  II 

ground  it  has  gained.  It  may  profession- 
alize and  meet  the  competition  ot  good 
performance  with  good  performance 
(This  grants  without  argument  the 
assumption  that  New  York  produc- 
tions are  necessarily  good.)  While 
this  course  does  not  solve  wholly  the 
matter  of  securing  the  rights  to  plays, 
it  may  give  the  indigenous  theatre  a 
oyal  audience  which  increases  its  ability 
to  bid  for  plays  against  the  commercial 
manager  The  professional  theatre,  pay- 
ing professional  royalties,  can  outbid  the 
amateur  theatre  at  all  e\'ents  But  it 
means  that,  save  for  the  inclusion  in  its 
repertory  of  classics  and  a  more  experi- 
mental attitude  toward  production  the 
theatre  abandons  its  function  as  a 
pioneer  So  far  as  type  of  play  goes,  that 
kind  of  pioneering  is  pretty  well  finished. 

The  other  course  is  for  the  little 
theatre  to  remain  a  pioneer  and  by  new 
explorations  warrant  the  faith  of  its 
audiences  and  the  continuance  of  the 
volunteer  policy  which  has  made  it 
economically  possible  I  believe  there  is 
:■  still  a  function  for  the  pioneer  theatre 
and  there  still  are  unexplored  fields  in 
which  it  can  function  creatively.  It  can 
justitv  itself,  as  an  amateur  acti\'ity,  only 
by  making  its  amateurism  an  expedient 
by  which  it  can  continue  an  activity  im- 
possible on  any  other  basis 

These  new  fields,  to  my  mind,  lie  in 
the  development  of  genuinely  provin- 
cial audiences  and  genuinely  provincial 
writers  It  must  be  granted  that  the  new 
audience  of  which  I  have  been  speaking 
thus  far  has  been  a  New  York  audience 
inminiature  Ithassomethingof  acosmo- 
politan.  metropolitan  character    It  is  as 

Continmri  on  ncx(   pag^ 


l'^^   RAPHAEL  WEILL  8  COMPANY/  T. 

\No\vItCanB^Ti)iaa^^ 


HAVE  you  discovered  your  garden 
yeti"  It's  the  smart  thing  to  have 
one  in  the  family,  now,  you  know.  Just 
a  little  plot,  or  an  English  estate 
elaborate  as  Babylon's  hanging  gardens 
or  quaint  as  a  New  England  hollyhock 
and  pansy  back  yard !  The  beautiful  part 
of  it  is  that  you  have  a  choice  in  the 
matter,  you  see. 


BUT    the    main    thing  ...  the    clever 
thing  the  thing  that  makes  it 

smart  and  different  is  that  today's  gar- 
den is  designed  to  live  in '  Did  you  ever 
hear  of  such  a  thing'  Not  just  to  putter 
around  in  with  a  trowel  and  an  aching 
back  (provided  you  like  that  sort  of 
thing)  when  the  perennial  Spring  urge 
strikes  you,  but  a  place  to  enjoy  the  sum- 
mer fruits  of  your  seasonal  labor  (or 
your  gardener's).  Weather  must  be  reck- 
oned with,  of  course,  but  it's  surprising 
how  many  lox-ely  days  happen  along 
when  you  have  a  garden  in  which  to 
enjoy  them. 


INSTEAD  of  ceiling  heights  and  win- 
dows and  the  color  of  the  wall  paper 
to  consider  in  furnishing  the  out-of- 
door  living  room,  there  are  types  of  foli- 
age to  think  of  .  the  color  of  flowers 
(though     joy     be!  nature's     colors 

blend  with  everything)  .  and  the 
height   of  shrubbery    and   trees  In- 

stead of  Oriental  rugs  there's  velvety 
grass  or  leafy  garden  paths  along  which 
to  place  benches  and  chairs  of  beguiling 
comfortableness.  So  wide  spread  is  this 
vogue  for  the  great  domestic  open 
spaces  that  furnishings  for  the  garden 
are  beginning  to  rival  their  indoor 
relatives. 


Tm;  completeness  of  choice  makes  it 
necessary  to  judge  your  type  of 
garden  with  as  much  caution  as  you 
would  give  to  interior  decorating.  But 
what  fun  this  "exterior  decorating"  isl 
Ha\e  you  seen  the  reed  willow  sets, 
thornughly  modernized  as  to  color  and 
silhouette?  If  you  haven't  a  garden 
you'll  want  one  when  you  do  see  them 
They're  a  joy  forever!  That's  nearly 
literally  true  .  .  so  well  constructed  arc 
chey,  with  every  precaution  taken 
against  the  off  moments  of  even  the  best 
behaved  out-of-doors,  that  their  beauty 
will  weather  many  a  season  to  come. 


MviNG-ROOM  porch,  a  sun  room  or 
a  sheltered  terrace  are  the  locations 
tor  this  lounging  furniture  with  its  con- 
siderate cheerfulness  of  color  and  odd 
little  end  tables  You  may  have  your 
own  choice  of  cretonne  covering,  you 
know.  Then  there  are  sturdy  hickory 
chairs  and  tables  ot  all  sorts  for 
rustic  surroundings  Metal  tables  of 
refreshment  size  or  larger  ones  fashioned 
for  umbrella  stands  have  companion 
seats,  not  only  of  engagingly  different 
appearance  but  slyly  comfortable,  too 
(The  secret  is  concealed  in  springs  under 
the  seats!)  Black  metal  bridge  tables 
with  four  chairs  are  brightened  with 
red  leather  seats  and  table  tops 


FOR  the  California-Spanish  home  there 
are  picturesque  Mexican  drum-chairs 
with  cowhide  seats  that  add  interest  to 
any  setting  Lou-  built  tables  on  iron 
stands  have  colorful  Mexican  tile  tops 
and  are  conveniently  sized  to  carry  out- 
side for  afternoon  tea  a-la-Nature  After 
all,  it  would  be  much  more  to  the  point 
for  you  to  come  to  Garden  Court  itself 
on  the  fourth  floor,  and  discover  for 
yourself  the  fascinating  reasons  for  this 
play-in-your-ov\'n-backvard  fashion 


ADVP.  RTISEMENr 


32 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


s5;*i=-— 


C.H.  BURTON 


Head  Waiter 


"Declares! 


7 HAT  to  him  the  dinner  hour  is 
the  most  fascinating  time  of 
day.  Then  the  popuhir  Fontaine- 
bleau  Dining  Salon  in  Hotel  Sir 
Francis  Drake  hums  softly  with 
voices  of  fastidious  diners,  and  in 
the  dim  seductive  haze  ot  light 
there's  a  hint  of  cheeriness  and  jo- 
vial companionship.  To  complete 
the  harmony,  one  hears  the  lilting 
strains  of  the  Hotel  Sir  Francis 
Drake  Orchestra,  which  plays  from 
6  to  8  in  the  Main  Renaissance 
Lounge.  Truly,  the  delightful  atmos- 
phere,  unobtrusive  service  and 
excellent  cuisine  makes  this  a  ren- 
dezvous for  fashionable  parries. 


HOTE 


^ 


iiJrd^ 


rtes^fe.-/^* 


powell  at  sutter 
San    Francisco 

/ 


important  for  a  responsixx  audience  in 
San  Francisco  to  be  decisively  San  Fran- 
ciscan as  to  be  cosmopolitan.  It  may  be 
more  important  for  it  to  cultivate  a 
taste  and  response  unlike  that  of  New 
York  and  all  the  little  new  yorks 


At  present,  the  appro\'al  ot  New 
_/\_  York  means  exerything.  Few 
plays  and  fewer  players  can  hope  to 
attract  audiences  unless  they  can  boast 
of  their  year's  run  on  Broadway  and 
their  original  Broadway  cast.  Either 
claim  is,  in  the  last  analysis,  meaning- 
less for  the  cities  of  the  provinces  and  is 
often  enough  a  falsehood  anyway.  Yet 
there  are  no  other  valid  labels  to  substi- 
tute. "All  California  cast,"  "First  time 
on  any  stage,"  and  the  like  would  no 
more  be  guarantees  of  excellence  in  a 
play  or  production,  but  the  task  of  mak- 
ing them  so  by  developing  a  special 
excellence  to  which  they  might  be 
attached  is  a  job  of  real  pioneering  and 
one  worth  undertaking. 

In  short,  it  is  possible  to  conceive  a 
theatre  presenting  pla\'s  acted  by  players  i 
so  thoroughly  grounded  in  the  soil  upon 
which  the  theatre  stands  that  it  must 
have  a  claim  upon  its  audience  exceeding 
that  of  any  other  theatre.  It  is  possible  to 
imagine,   for  example  a  San  Francisco 
theatre  vastly  more  interesting  to  San 
Francisco  than  any  theatre  from  New- 
York  or  Stratford-on-Avon  or  Moscow- 
Then,  is  it  not  true  that  the  theatre 
from  Moscow,  let  us  say,  or  Dublin  is  of 
such  great  interest  to  the  rest  of  the  world 
simply    because    it   represents   so   com- 
pletely Moscow  or  Dublin'  And  would 
it  not  follow  that  a  San  Francisco  theatre 
completely  and  essentially  San  Francis- : 
can,  might  also,  because  of  the  integrity  I 
of  its  quality,  be  of  great  interest  to  the  I 
rest  of  the  theatre-going  world?  In  this  J 
direction,    perhaps,    lies   the   way   to   a 
theatre  of  uni\'ersal  appeal,  instead  of  a 
metropolitan  appeal. 

A  little  theatre  aiming  to  be  utterly 
provincial  and  creatively  so  would,  I 
believe,  stand  a  far  greater  chance  of 
becoming  a  world  theatre  than  if  its  aim 
were  to  attain  the  repertory  and  standard 
of  performance  of  the  most  expert  New 
York  producers. 

Surclv  it  is  the  one  justihcation  for  the 
little  theatre  remaining  little  It  must 
pioneer  and  create  or  become  frankly 
big  and  safely  reproduce  what  has  been 
tested  and  proved  elsewhere. 


i 


JULY,   1929 


33 


Yachting  Notes 

WITH  the  possibility  of  a  series 
ot  races  between  three  or  four 
internationally  famous  speed 
boat  Jri\-ers  as  part  ot  the  eight  day  pro- 
gram, the  Seventh  Annual  Pacific  Coast 
Championship  Regatta,  which  will  be 
held  on  San  Francisco  Bay  August  24  to 
1, 1 ,  promises  to  be  the  most  unusual 
and  spectacular  ever  held  on  the  west 
coast. 

That  it  will  be  well  attended  is  shown 
by  a  preliminary  check-up  which  shows 
that  more  than  h\'e  hundred  yachts  and 
motor  boats  will  line  up  tor  the  parade 
along  the  Marina  water  front  at  San 
Francisco.  Among  these  will  be  a  num- 
ber of  class  champions  and  contenders 
in  the  Honolulu  and  Tahiti  races  which 
have  been  held  during  the  past  few 
years. 

The  regatta,  directed  by  the  Pacific 
Inter-Club  Yacht  Association,  a  co- 
operative organization  composed  of  a 
majority  of  the  yacht  clubs  of  Northern 
Calitornia,  is  made  possible  through  the 
generosity  ot  public-spirited  men  from 
practically  every  important  community 
in  Northern  California. 


THE  racing  events,  which  are  open  to 
every  boat  owner  irrespective  of  the 
type  or  size  of  his  boat,  will  start  otf 
with  an  ocean  race  from  Santa  Barbara 
to  San  Francisco;  and  power  boat  races 
from  Stockton  and  Sacramento  to  San 
Francisco.  The  other  events  will  provide 
for  cruisers,  speed  boats,  schooners,  yawls, 
sloops,  rowing  races  and  other  interest- 
ing contests  There  will  also  be  an 
illuminated  spectacle  put  on  by  fire  boats 
and  battleships. 

Complete  information  regarding  the 
activities  ot  the  regatta  may  be  had  by 
addressing  Larry  Knight,  President  Pa- 
cific Inter-Club  Yacht  Association,  558 
Sacramento  Street,  San  Francisco. 


The  Earthly  Paradise 

Continued  from  p.igf-  14 

his  teeth.  Rolling  his  shirt  sleeves  down 
over  dripping  arms,  he  made  for  the 
street  as  though  possessed  of  ten  thou- 
sand devils.  Following  him  through  the 
swinging  doors  after  a  cautious  interval, 
came  the  cook. 

"Hey,  Jimmie,"  he  called,  "Dish- 
washer's quit." 

"Land  of  opportunity!  Gift  of  provi- 
dence!" ejaculated  John  Doty  leaping  to 
his  feet. 

Reaching  Jimmie  two  jumps  ahead  of 
the  rush,  he  said,  "I'll  take  the  job." 
"Fair  enough,"  said  Jimmie. 


— Te  Hardy  T^ir cites 


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blood  runs  cold  to  youth's  fancied 
feats  of  daring  —  and  sees  in  this 
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The  Cub  is  all  boat,  every 
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2  inches;  beam,  6  feet  2 
inches;  draft,  3  feet  8 
incties.  And  it  is  priced 
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THE_SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE  lazy  charm  of  the  South  Seas, 
the  fascination  of  Shanghai  and 
Manila,  the  quaintness  of  Java, 
and  the  lure  ot  Hawaii — these  places 
and  many  more  on  one  cruise  Marge  was 
in  a  whirl  ot  delight  Sam  has  decided  to 
take  her  on  the  Malolo's  three  months' 
trip  around  the  Pacific  They  leave  on 
September  twenty-first,  returning  De- 
cember twentieth.  Marge  says  that  it 
seems  like  a  remote  dream  come  true 
Sam  is  chucking  his  work  to  bask  in 
romance  tor  three  blessed  months  Three 
months  ot  adventure  with  pleasant  com- 
panions on  one  ot  the  fastest,  most 
modern,  and  most  comfortable  boats  in 
America  —  a  rare  opportunity'  A  boat 
load  o(  convivial  spirits  tossing  care  to 
the  winds. 

However,  Marge  said  she  had  to  stop 
rhapsodizing  and  do  some  important 
errands  The  first  thing  was  to  put  her 
furs  in  storage  at  Gassner's,  112  Post 
street,  where  they  would  be  safe  from 
July  until  December    Moths  are  on  the 


wing  now  looking  for  silky  fox  scarfs, 
and  quiet  fur  cuffs  in  which  to  nest 

Next,  Marge  wanted  to  order  flowers 
for  a  dinner  party,  which  she  is  giving  in 
the    new    Empire     Room    at    the    St 
Francis  Hotel,  which  room,  by  the  way, 
is  a  knock  out    Green  and  gold,  red  and 


Map    '-~j 


black — very  dignified  and  very  colorful, 
quite  different  trom  the  old  lattice  work 
and  fountain  decorations  of  last  season 
Furthermore,  the  music  is  excellent-- it 
is  the  kind  that  makes  one  truly  want  to 
dance  tor  the  joy  ot  dancing  —not  a  bit 
collegiate  Marge  went  to  Podesta  and 
Baldocchi,  224  Grant  avenue,  to  select 
her  table  decorations.  Being  from  New 
York,  she  reveled  in  the  quantities  and 
freshness  of  the  blooms  Men  who  know 
and  love  flowers  help  you  to  make  your 
selections  at  Podesta's,  so  Marge  decided 
on  a  glorious  combination  ot  pansies, 
sweet  peas,  and  begonias  to  be  made 
into  a  flat  centerpiece  according  to  the 
dimensions  of  the  table  Well  pleased  at 
having  found  something  unusual,  Marge 
set  out  to  get  Sam  a  new  beach  robe. 
Tailored  crash  robes,  smart  flannel  ones, 
and  some  in  plaid  taffeta,  imported, 
which  fold  up  and  fit  in  a  flat  envelope 
of  the  same  material — a  new  and  com- 
plete stock  ot  stunning  men's  robes 
Marge  bought  a  gay,  striped  crash  one 
for  Sam  to  wear  over  his  bathing  suit, 
and  a  taflPeta  fold-up  to  take  on  the 
cruise  in  September, 

T       ▼       T 

PEOPLE  who  live  in  San  Francisco 
seem  to  spend  half  ot  their  time 
greeting  visitors  and  saying  good-bye  to 
their  friends  Marge  says  that  she  is 
always  looking  tor  "farewell"  gifts,  but 
has  at  last  found  a  solution  In  the  Jane 
Shoppe  at  348  Grant  avenue  they  have 
delightful  bon  voyage  packages  of  tea, 
ginger,  or  mints  in  tunny  crockery  fish, 
round  bowls,  and  queerly  shaped  boxes 
These  are  tied  up  with  ribbon  and  flow- 
ers, then  v\Tappcd  in  gaudy  paper  and 
bows   The  whole  is  effective  and  merrv 


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Quaint  Vienna  pottery  is  smart  and 
decorative  in  modern  rooms.  A  F. 
Marten  and  Co.,  1501  Sutter  street,  have 
a  wonderful  selection  of  the  larger 
pieces  A  peasant  family — mother,  father, 
and  child  walking  hand  in  hand;  workers 
inthehelds,  pla\ful  shepherdesses,  molded 
in  crude  bold  shapes  and  warm  colors. 
Marge  bought  a  Hungarian  shepherdess 
with  dog  to  place  on  the  mantle 

Another  place  that  Marge  has  discov- 
ered is  the  Old  Venice  Shop,  517  Sutter 
street.  Here,  can  be  found  some  rare 
Venetian  desks  —simple  in  design,  ex- 
quisite in  woods  and  workmanship. 
They  are  beautiful  things  and  difficult  to 
locate  Mr  Lanzoni  also  carries  fine 
glass,  and  pottery  that  is  not  usually  seen 
in  this  country. 

T        T        T 

M.-\RC,E  has  been  to  the  Fairmont  to 
Bessie  Schlank's  Shop  It  is  ofl  the 
Lobby  and  is  a  branch  ot  her  main  one  in 
Hollywood.     The     gowns     arc     lo\'eK' 


beyond  words  They  are  sott  diaphanous 
things  fluttering  chiffons,  nets,  and  real 
laces  E\'ery  frock  in  the  Shop  has  been 
designed  and  created  in  the  Hollywood 
workroom  Only  the  finest  materials  are 
used  and  skilled  craftsmen  from  abroad 
make  the  models  The  gowns  arc  distinc- 


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ci\e  and  exquisite  to  the  slightest  detail. 
Marge  has  a  great  lunging  for  an  eve- 
ning dress  ot  Chantilly  lace  with  circular 
cape  collar  and  sweeping  skirt  It  is  a 
vision  of  Hewing  grace  Marge  is  sure 
that  the  gown  would  reign  at  a  Captain's 
dinner  She  says  that  she  can  hardly  wait 
until  Septeniher 

T        T         T 

Travel  Notes 

By  Stuart  Brvson 

S.AN  Fr.^ncisco  has  hecome  a  port  ol 
larewells  and  welcome  home.  The 
wanderlust  of  spring  has  borne  fruit  in 
traveling  as  never  before.  Everyone,  it 
seems,  has  been  somewhere  or  is  about 
to  lea\'e  soon  on  an  interesting  trip  The 
destination  may  be  only  pine-tringed 
Tahoe — the  journey  may  be  only  the 
three-hour  trip  to  Los  Angeles  by  air, 
but  travel  one  must,  these  restless  sum- 
mer days. 

Yachts  set  sail  tor  the  South  Seas  - 
people  put  out  for  unusual  corners  ot 
the  Pacific — even  a  business  trip  to  New 
York  is  romanticized  by  a  cruise  through 
picturesque  Central  American  waters 
.  .  .  but  the  laurels  remain  for  those 
who,  on  their  return,  open  our  eyes  to 
strange  bits  ot  beauty  and  unusual  inci- 
dents. One  wanderer  returned  recently 
with  an  idyllic  picture  of  an  isolated 
Indian  village  in  British  Columbia 

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BELLA  CooLA  .  .  .  Luscious  green  isles 
nestled  in  smiling  blue  waters!  .  .  . 
We  steam  quietly  down  a  narrow  water- 
way lined  by  grim,  silent  forests  that 
bar  the  way  to  the  mysterious  fastnesses 
ot  the  towering  peaks  and  snow  fields 
above  .  .  .  We  pass  tiny  islands  anci 
lonely  beaches  where  seals  play  and  the 
long  kelp  sways  down  into  cold  green 
depths  A  flat  rock  rises  from  the  water 
ahead  Our  shrill  whistle  tears  the  still- 
ness and  before  us  lies  a  halt  moon  ot 
glistening  white  beach,  its  dazzling  sur- 
face disturbed  only  by  a  cluster  ot 
weather  beaten  lodges. 

A  rickety  wharf  staggers  out  into  deep 
water  and  the  boat  is  made  fast  while 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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Delicious  food — served  in  the 
romantic  setting  of  a  colorful 
Spanish  house  with  a  garden 
court  in  the  rear  .  .  .  tables 
are  set  both  inside  and  out  in 
the  garden  to  meet  the  mood 
of  the  moment  .  .  .  among 
the  specialties  are  the  justly 
famous  Russell's  cakes 
and  pastries! 

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Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Continued  from  page  13 

MANY  Strange  and  ludricrous  means 
of  aucomotive  travel  have  graced 
our  city  streets.  1914  Buicks,  freak 
motorized  bungalows  that  have  seeped 
up  from  Los  Angeles,  high  school  Fords 
with  bad  wise-cracks  scrawled  with 
chalk  on  a  fading  black  paint  job.  But  a 
new  comfort  in  transportation  seen  in 
the  thick  of  the  downtown  district  is 
worth  chronicling. 

Someone  was  moving  some  furniture 
through  town  the  other  day  in  a  small 
and  shallow  Ford  truck.  Amid  other 
boxes  of  books  and  small  tables  sat  an 
elderly  gentleman  in  a  wicker  chair. 
Next  to  him  stood  a  reading  lamp,  over 
his  knees  was  drawn  a  comforter,  and 
while  the  truck  joggled  across  the  four 
tracks  on  Market  street  at  Fourth,  he 
was  completely  absorbing  the  evening 
paper. 

T       ▼       T 

WE  H.wE  more  than  once  won- 
dered and  remarked  upon  the 
fact  that  San  Francisco  history  is  notori- 
ously lacking  in  any  coherent  accounts 
of  the  history  and  development  of 
Golden  Gate  Park.  The  man  or  men, 
originating  the  idea  and  who  saw  the 
project  through  its  pioneer  stages  are  for 
some  strange  reasons  not  deemed  worthy 
of  mention.  Their  lot  is  apparently 
obscurity. 

Consequently,  it  was  with  some  inter- 
est that  we  read  an  item  in  The  Knave's 
column  of  The  Oakjand  Tribune,  deal- 
ing with  one  David  Bush,  who  in  1S77 
lathered  a  plan,  which  gave  considerable 
impetus  to  the  park's  development. 

This  period  was  that  immediately 
following  the  fatal  debacle  of  the  Bank 
ot  Calilornia  and  the  crash  of  the  banker, 
Ralston,  two  events  v\'hich  stranded  the 
entire  city  upon  financial  shoals.  The 
whole  state,  in  addition,  was  in  the 
throes  of  an  economic  depression.  San 
Francisco  was  rocked  and  threatened  by 
labor  unrest  and  \'iolence.  Thousands  of 
unemployed  walked  the  streets. 

This  David  Bush,  a  public  spirited 
man  and  head  oi  a  plumbing  concern, 
started  a  campaign  to  aid  the  unem- 
ployed. The  lunds  collected  were  used  to 
develop  the  park  and  the  work  was 
given  to  unemployed,  needy  San  Fran- 
ciscans. Each  worker  received  the  princely 
sum  of  $1.00  a  day  with  ten  cents  extra 
for  wife,  children  or  carfare.  In  those 
days  one  could  live  in  relati\e  affluence 
upon  such  an  income.  One  dined  in 
plenty  for  twenty  cents;  in  lordly  sump- 
tuousness  and  with  wine  tor  3^  cents. 
There  were  any  number  of  places  where 
clean,  comfortable  beds  were  obtainable 
for  fifteen  cents.  Thus  both  the  park  and 
the  unemployed  fared  \'ery  well  through 
Bush's  scheme. 

Continued  on  page  39 


I         Tin^y 


Bon  Voyage  ! . .. 
or  Welcome  Home  ! . 


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Let  flowers  be  your  greeting 
and  the  air  your  messenger. 
Within  thirty  minutes  after 
we  receive  your  order,  your 
flowers  are  being  delivered 
in  any  part  of  america. 


THE  VOICE  OF  A  THOUSAND  GARDENS 

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Phone  SU  tter  6200 

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DECORATION 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

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1501     SUTTER     STREET 
SAN    FIlAiNCISCO 


JULY,  1929 


37 


Have  You  Heard? 


I  Kiss  Your  Hand,  Madame — One 
of  the  tew  really  beautidil  tox-trots  we 
know  ot,  with  a  Uric  that  Joes  justice 
to  the  song. 

Kids  Again — Baretoot  boy  with  dirty 
hands,  dirty  face  in  the  little  red  school- 
house  gone  but  not  forgotten  Tommy 
Rot. 

My  Melody  Man — A  similar  tune 
to  "1  Must  Ha\'e  that  Man,"  and  as 
phony  a  lyric.  Do  you  suppose  girls 
really  do  get  that  way? 

Especially  You — A  song  with  plenty 
ot  pep  and  swing. 

Lo\'e  Is  IN  THE  Aui"  -An  old  composi- 
tion with  a  nice  new  coat  ot  paint  on  to 
hide  the  scars. 

CniN.'\DOY-  -An  old  song  revived  in  a 
siartling  v\'ay  by  Henry  HalsteaJ  tor  a 
specialty  dance  num[-er  It  you  want  to 
hear  some  advanced,  or  we  might  call 
it,  tuturistic,  jazz,  go  to  the  St  Francis 
Hotel  some  evening  and  ask  Mr.  Hal- 
stead  to  play  this  piece. 

I  \\',\NT  TO  Me.ANDER  in  THE  Me.ADOW 

Use  your  imagination — and  it  that 
doesn't  work,  remember  that  Ignorance 
is  Bliss  and  what  you  don't  know  won't 
hurt  vou 


When    My    Dre.\ms    Come    True 
Another    of    Irving    Berlin's    blah-blah 
waltzes. 

I  Get  the  Blues  When  it  R.-\ins 
Not  a   bit   jazzy,   but  such  a   pleasing 
melody. 

I've  Got  a  Feeling  I'm  Falling — 
Excellent  in  melody,  harmony  and  lyric. 

Kans.-\s  City  Kitty  —A  true-blue 
song  that  brings  back  fond  memories  of 
those  other  gals,  Louisville  Lou  and 
Hard-Hearted  Hannah.  And  Kitty  can 
hold  her  own  with   em,  too. 

With  a  Song  in  My  Heart — Some- 
thing different  and  better  than  that, 
something  original. 

Teardrops — Anson  Weeks'  latest  and 
best  Columbia  recording.  The  out- 
standing features  being  a  perfect  chorus 


by  the  trio  in  "Teardrops,"  and  the  un- 
usual arrangement  ot  "Now  I'm  in 
Love,"  which  is  on  the  reverse  side 
This  record  is  certainly  a  wonderful 
example  of  the  results  that  can  be  ob- 
tained when  there  is  effort,  co-operation 
and  unity  such  as  exists  in  Anson  Weeks' 
entire  orchestra. 

May-DayinHawaii  EarlBurtnett's 
trio  have  recorded  this  for  Brunswick, 
as  a  result  of  which  we  suggest  they  go 
over  to  the  Islands  and  show  those 
Hawaiians  a  few  things 
BuiE  Hawaii-  Agood  Hawaiian  waltz 
— that  is,  if  you  like  them.  Recorded  by 
Paul  Whiteman  for  Columbia 

Old- Fashioned  Lady — Another  per- 
fectly good  song  ruined  by  a  mother 
complex.  Sung  by  Belle  Baker  for  Bruns- 
wick. 

Wedding  Bells  Are  Breaking  Up 
That  Old  Gang  of  Mine — Perfect 
song  tor  all  you  barber-shop  lovers  Hear 
Gene  Austin's  record  on  a  Victor. 

Maybe,  Who  Knows? — This  should 
be  a  big  hit.  Hear  Ruth  Etting's  record- 
ing on  a  Columbia.  It's  one  ot  the  best 
she's  ever  done. 


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for  Onqinal  Cirahons  i/i 


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Fairmont-^  Hotel 


Saii>  Francisco,  Caltlornia 


H.UEBESG.CO. 

GRANT  AVE  AT  POST 


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You  V^^AY 

or  watcli  it .  .  .wnetlier  you  Irolic 

on  land  or  sea  .  .  . 

rl.  L/iebes  CX  v^o.  is  ready  witli  vaca- 
tion apparel  to  answer  every  need. 


38 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Money  In  Your  Pocket 

Giving  a  Few  Predictions  Concerning  the  Local  Market 

BvJOHN  O.  GREUB 


IN  THE  last  up-svving.  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Stock  Exchange  has  not  fol- 
lowed the  course  of  the  New  York 
(Dow  Jones)  averages  Experts  agree 
that  we  can  look  forward  to  some  very 
strong  markets  between  now  and  the 
end  of  the  year,  so  it  is  rather  interesting 
to  analyze  the  situation,  terreting  out 
the  speculative  and  inxestment  values  ot 
stocks  listed  on  the  local  Exchange. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  ex- 
cellent technical  condition  of  the  San 
Francisco  market  and  the  investor  can 
keep  step  with  commeasurate  confidence 
Stocks  such  as  Caterpillar,  Langendort 
A  and  B,  Byron  Jackson,  California 
Packing,  Pacific  Lighting,  Pacific  Gas, 
John  Bean  Mfg  and  Golden  State  Milk 
should  be  excellent  purchases  lor  about 
a  six  months'  pull,  because  once  the  fol- 
lowing comes  back  to  this  exchange, 
stocks  of  that  calibre  will  go  higher  with 
great  celerity 

T        T        T 

THE  John  Bean  Manufacturing 
Company  dominates  the  world  in 
the  manufacturing  of  canning  machin- 
ery, sorters,  graders  and  packing  house 
machinery     Other    products   are    heavy 


INVESTMENT 
SECURITIES 

Inquiries 
Invited 


FREDERIC 
VINCENT  6^  CO. 

155  Montgomery  Street 
San     Francisco 


OAKLAND 
STOCKTON 


I.OS  ANGELKS 
SANTA  BARBARA 


plows  and  brake  testers  for  public  ga- 
rages Recent  atfiliations  have  placed  the 
company  in  a  position  whereby  the 
stock  should  begin  to  benefit  in  a  short 
time  by  excellent  earnings  due  to  con- 
centrated management. 

During  192S  Bean  earned  approxi- 
mately $4.00  per  share  and  all  indica- 
tions point  to  better  than  $5  00  per 
share  during  1929.  The  group  sponsor- 
ing Bean  is  very  strong  and  this  stock 
seeiTis  to  have  immediate  possibilities 
and  an  excellent  long  pull  outlook  for 
those  that  would  wish  to  purchase  the 
stock. 

T       ▼       T 

UNION  Sugar  is  a  pure  speculation 
with  a  great  many  merits  and  a 
good  chance  for  its  purchasers  to  make 
anywhere  from  loo^  to  1000^  on  the 
present  value  of  the  shares — provided, 
of  course,  that  the  Shell  Union  Co 
strikes  oil  in  one  of  the  five  test  wells 
that  are  now  being  drilled  on  Union's 
properties.  Indications  thus  far  have 
been  very  optimistic  although  it  is  hard 
to  get  any  information  as  to  how  the 
wells  are  going  Rumor  has  it  that  they 
look  good  although  they  have  not  ac- 
tually drilled  to  the  proper  depth  yet 

Ot  course,  one  has  to  take  the  chance 
of  dry-holes,  but  with  the  odds  of  100  to 
1000  per  cent  profit  and  a  maximum  of 
50  per  cent  loss,  people  who  are  willing 
to  gamble  on  the  judgment  of  one  of  the 
best  managed  oil  companies  in  the  coun- 
try would  do  well  to  take  a  small  com- 
mittment as  a  speculation.  People  that 
are  close  to  the  management  of  the  com- 
pany have  a  good  deal  ot  confidence  in 
them,  and  believe  that  they  can  make 
the  properties  pay  on  crops  other  than 
sugar  beets. 

Recently  a  prominent  broker  on 
Montgomery  street  has  taken  a  hand  in 
the  management  and  elected  some  new 
officials  that  seem  to  be  doing  bigger  and 
better  things  for  the  company  Shrewd 
traders  on  the  "street  "  regard  this  stock 
as  a  prime  speculation. 

T       ▼       T 

CAi.iioRNiA  Packing  Cori'or.\iion 
with    the    remarkable    increase    in 
earnings  over  the  last  year,  the  annual 
statement  of  the  company  showed  earn- 
ings of  $6.38  per  share  for  the  fiscal  year 


ending  in  February  1929  Authoritative 
sources  indicate  that  the  earnings  of  this 
year  will  be  above  $7.00  with  the  excel- 
lent condition  of  the  industry  The  stock 
pays  well  over  the  average  high  grade 
food  stock's  yield  and,  alter  looking  at 
the  earnings  ot  companies  such  as  Fleish- 
man, Corn  Products  and  Royal  Baking 
and  other  stocks  in  the  same  class,  Cali- 
tornia  Packing  looks  very  cheap  indeed. 
Its  management  is  far  above  reproach 
and,  with  the  coming  mergers  and  con- 
solidations of  other  food  shares.  Packing 
looks  like  it  is  pointed  to  somewhere 
nearer  a  price  of  100  this  year. 

This  stock  has  an  enviable  record  as  a 
high  grade  investment  and  could  be 
bought  tor  an  investment  and  specula- 
tion over  a  period  ot  si.x  months. 

T       T       T 

THIS  short  review  is  more  or  less  a 
recommendation  ot  two  ot  the 
cheapest  in\'estments  stock  and  one  of 
the  best  speculations  on  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Stock  Exchange,  according  to  a 
personal  opinion  These  stocks  could 
hardly  be  overlooked  by  people  inter- 
ested in  the  local  situation  and  securities 
in  general. 


McNEAR&CO. 

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JULY,   1929 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Continiu'd  frdin  jmKt'  -l** 

SINCE  everyone  else  has  passed  a  tew 
remarks  on  Calvin  Coolidgc's  self- 
written  lite  story  now  running  serially 
in  The  CosmopolitiDi,  we  suppose  we 
must  deliver  ourselves  ol  some  reflec- 
tions on  the  same  theme. 

Never  within  our  memory  has  there 
been  an  autobiography  that  has  stirred 
the  public  mind — and  pocketbook  so 
profoundly.  Sale  of  The  Cosmopolitan 
(at  thirty-ti\'e  cents  a  copy)  has  reached 
such  phenomenal  proportions  as  to 
.  astound  even  the  erudite  editor  Mr.  Ray 
Long — and  the  end  is  not  yet  in  sight. 
Through  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  cur- 
rent issues  ol  the  publication  a  blind 
news  stand  woman  in  New  York  has 
bought  herself  a  new  $26.00  dress,  the 
first  in  six  years,  so  reports  The  New 
Yorker. 

In  all  this  hub-bub  is  one  instance 
that  seems  to  us  to  be  of  particular  sig- 
nificance in  the  light  it  casts  on  the 
affair.  That  is  the  photograph,  which 
appeared  in  recent  newspaper  advertise- 
ments, showing  Coolidge  standing  on 
an  observation  car  platform  with  a 
Cosmopolitan  clasped  in  his  hand.  As  the 
ad  copy  informs  us,  Mr.  Coolidge  had, 
on  some  trip  or  other,  taken  the  maga- 
zine along  to  read,  and  had  thereby  un- 
intentionally provided  The  Cosmopolitan 
with  advertising  whose  value  was  be- 
yond reckoning. 

The  question  is,  of  course,  did  Cool- 
idge unintentionally  pose,  Cosmopolitan 
in  hand,  because  he  had  indeed  bought 
it  for  his  reading  matter  and  happened  to 
have  it  in  his  hand  when  the  photog- 
rapher snapped  him?  Or  did  he  fall  prey 
to  the  cheap  trick  of  being  unknowingly 
wheedled  into  so  posing  by  a  camera 
man  sharper  than  himself? 

T       T       ▼ 

JL'ST  ahead  of  us,  as  we  wandered 
through  the  Palace  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  viewing  the  sculpture  exhibit, 
r'lcre  walked  two  women.  We  quickly 
:  cognized  that  one  of  them  a  business 
i  woman — the  modern  type,  well  dressed, 
'■  w  ell  read  after  a  fashion,  blase,  shrewd, 
I  ractical,  quick  witted,  no  illusions. 

As  we  proceeded  through  the  various 

lulls,  we  could  see  that  the  young  busi- 

j   ness  woman  was  becoming  increasingly 

I   bored.  In  flippant  silence  she  would  run 

her  eye  quickly  over  each  room  entered. 

She  waited  with  fraying  patience  while 

licr  companion  gave  lengthy  and  indi- 

I    \  idual    attention    to    practically    every 

I   figure  in  the  chamber. 

Finally,  she  could  stand  the  strain  no 

Kinder.   "Well,"  she  burst  out,   "I  can 

I  see  how  a  man  could  come  out  here  and 

I   get  a  large  kick  out  of  all  this — but  I'm 

J.uTined  if  I  can  see  that  they  have  left 

anything  for  us  girls  to  enjoy." 


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Continued  from  page  35 

the  ancient  structure  creaks  dismally  .  .  . 
This  is  Bella  Coola,  once  the  thriving 
village  ol  a  fighting  Indian  race  —great 
warriors — great  seamen  .  ,  .  The  sur- 
vivors greet  us  languidly — squatting 
along  the  shore.  A  tat  squaw  giggles  and 
shows  us  her  gold  teeth  as  we  stroll 
toward  the  village  in  the  midst  of  that 
unbelievable  whiteness. 

The  village  is  a  loose  collection  of 
crude  lodges  perched  on  stilts.  Most  of 
the  lodges  are  but  one  large  room  but 
each  houses  two  or  three  families,  doing 
duty  for  eating,  sleeping  and  all  the 
activities  of  the   Indians'   simple  lives 

The  white  sand  wells  up  in  a  mound 
at  the  entrance  to  each  hut — but  no,  it 
is   not  sand.    These   mounds   are  clam 


shells 


Clam  shells  that  have  been 


tossed  out  of  the  lodge  alter  the  prepara- 
tion of  each  meal  over  a  long  space  of 
time  .  .  This,  then,  is  the  explanation 
ot  that  white  expanse  rivalled  only  by 
coral  shores  ol  tropical  islands--the 
cast-off  shells  from  the  inhabitant's  chief 
article  of  diet  have  spread  over  the 
ground  where  centuries  of  waves  have 
rolled  and  pounded  them  into  a  fine 
white  sand,  each  meal  adding  its  grist 
to  the  mill  ot  beauty. 

▼       ▼       T 

Gingerbread  Gentry 

Continued  from  pase  10 

their  responsibility  to  mankind  and  to 
be  satisfied  with  reasonable  profits — 
finds  the  way  very  hard.  Such  dramatists 
cannot  conform  to  old  motion  picture 
formulas.  They  know  instinctively  that, 
in  this  new  medium,  the  old  formula  is 
a  failure. 

And  oft  in  the  South  Seas,  the  king  ot 
silent  pictures,  Fred  Murnau,  with  his 
yacht  and  his  cameras,  is  cruising  through 
the  pellucid  waters  and  making  exquisite 
photographic  things,  such  as  he  alone 
knows  how  to  make.  He  let:  behind 
him  "Four  Devils,"  a  picture  begun  in 
the  silent  era  and  finished  with  part  dia- 
logue. Splendid  photographically,  but 
anaemic  and  sometimes  laughable  enter- 
tainment in  other  respects  Dr.  Murnau 
admits  what  the  gingerbread  gentry  will 
not  own  up  to.  The  German  camera 
wizard  knows  that  the  medium  has 
slipped  out  ot  his  hands  and  that  he  is 
too  advanced  in  piiotograph\'  to  try  and 
put  it  second  to  the  march  ot  the  story. 

Movies  grow  older ;  the  talking  pic- 
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George  Jean  Nathan  and  an 
Arc  Critic  at  a  Picnic 

George  Jean  Nathan:  Will  you  have 
some  of  this  hokum  luicncr schnitzel? 

The  Art  Critic.  Hot  doge!  It  glistens 
with  the  ruddy  robustness  of  the 
Venetian  school. 

Nathan:  But  the  author  has  injected  a 
dill  pickle  that  tickles  the  palate  oi  the 
hinterland. 

Art  Critic:  And  with  a  wash  of  sepia 
beer,  the  aspect  shows  a  forward 
trend. 

Nathan  :  The  cutie  over  there,  pander- 
ing to  the  tastes  of  the  Broadway 
boobs,  handles  her  liquor  with  the 
power  ot  Pauline  Lord. 

Art  Critic:  Her  finely  drawn  legs,  her 
well  hung  arms,  her  suggested  out- 
line, the  bold  stroke  of  red  indicating 
a  mouth,  stand  out  in  fine  relief 
against  the  simplified  constructivist 
background  of  a  tired  Ford. 

Nathan  :  Her  gift  of  repressed  acting 
shows  her  control  and  so  does  her 
artistic  restraint  at  not  shrieking  out- 
right at  the  sordid  advances  of  that 
sprawling  yokel.  All  produced,  no 
doubt,  with  an  eye  to  the  box  office. 

Art  Critic  :  Let  us  examine  the  pictures 
at  hand.  These  sandwiches  may  have 
a  conscious  or  subconscious  sex- im- 
pulse, but  the  work  is  art,  no  doubt  a 
vital  force  in  the  unsatisfactory  out- 
let of  our  hostess'  revolt  from  the  con- 
servative atmosphere  of  her  husband's 
gallery.  Amusing  in  subject  matter, 
and  meticulous  in  craftsmanship,  this 
decorative  salad,  and  withal  potato 
salad,  makes  an  agreeable  impression. 

Nathan  :  Impending  conflict  appears 
with  the  appearance  of  mosquitoes. 
And  now  the  coughs  begin  .  .  .  The 
buxom  mother-in-law  has  choked  on 
some  kalteraujschnitt,  this  brilliant 
idea  stolen,  no  doubt,  from  Aristo- 
phanes. 

Art  Critic:  The  perspiring  chauffeur 
sleeps  in  flowing  rhythm  of  organiza- 
tion, the  blue  form  of  his  uniform  in 
excellent  tonal  balance  to  his  red 
moist  face,  the  whole  reminiscent  of 
Van  Gogh. 

Nathan:  Beatrice  Silly,  agreeable 
wench,  approaches  me  with  the  old 
trick  of  chocolate  cake.  I  would  give 
her  a  mighty  kiss  in  return,  if  she 
were  not  under  contract  to  Professor 
Wimptlieimcr. 

Art  Critic:  Ah,  the  curator  of  the  left 
wing,  with  taste  and  economy  is  ar- 
ranging within  the  limited  space  of 
the  tablecloth,  a  game  of  bridge. 

Nathan;  That  lets  me  out  Between 
the  acts  I  shall  go  for  a  stroll  behind 
that  old  outworn  Belasco  bush.  1  hope 
the  female  members  of  the  audience 
do  not  notice  mc,  nor  make  comment 
in  the  next  number  of  Zit's  Weekly. 

Continued  on  next  page 


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Art  Critic;  Of  similar  expression  that 
is  derived  through  the  appreciation  ot 
art  forms,  developed  by  peoples 
throughout  the  ages,  I  shall  examine 
that  group  of  trees,  eminently  de- 
signed by  God,  the  forerunner  of 
Matisse 

Sylvia  Lyon. 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 

Continued  frdni  page  22 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Miss  Louise  Boyd  was  in  New  York  last  month  and 
made  her  home  at  the  Ritz-Carlton  during  her  stay. 

Miss  Irene  Grissim,  the  fiancee  of  Mr.  William  E, 
Gallwey.  is  visiting  with  Mr.  Gallwey's  aunt.  Miss 
Lucille  Edgar,  in  Newport  this  summer. 

Mrs.  E-  E  Brownell  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Harriet 
Brownell,  are  in  New  "^'ork,  visiting  Mrs-  Brownell's 
other  daughter,  Mrs.  Curtis  W.  Hutton. 

Mr.  Charles  W.  Merrill  left  for  New  York  a  few  weeks 
ago  to  meet  his  wife  and  son  who  are  returning  from 
England. 

Mr.  James  D.  Phelan,  during  his  stay  East,  enter- 
tained at  an  interesting  luncheon  party  at  the  newly 
opened  Casino  in  Central  Park,  New  York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burlington  Carlisle  are  in  the  East, 
having  gone  to  Lawrenceville  to  attend  the  commence- 
ment exercises  at  the  Lawrenceville  School  for  Boys 
from  which  their  son  graduated. 

Mrs.  Horace  D.  Pillsbury  and  her  daughter.  Miss 
Peggy  Pillsbury  are  spendmg  the  summer  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast. 

Mrs.  E.  Coppee  Thurston  and  Miss  Sara  Coffin  are 
visiting  relatives  in  New  ^'ork  for  several  weeks. 

Miss  Janet  Coleman  has  been  staying  at  the  Plaza 
Hotel  prior  to  her  sailing  for  the  Continent. 

Mrs.  Barton  Bean  was  in  New  York  recently  and  was 
entertained  at  a  small  party  at  the  Lombardy  given  by 
Mrs.  Richard  Derby  (Ethel  Roosevelt). 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Fay  attended  the  opening  of 
the  summer  roof  garden  at  the  Biltmore  recently. 

Mrs.  Daulton  Mann  was  in  New  York  recently,  stay- 
ing at  the  Ritz-Carlton. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Pond  and  their  son  and  daugh- 
ter will  spend  July  in  Honolulu. 

Mrs.  Franklin  K.  Lane  has  been  visiting  in  Los 
Angeles, 

Mrs.  Norman  Livermore  was  guest  01  honor  at  a 
luncheon  given  at  the  Little  Town  Club  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara during  her  recent  visit  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  H.  EJowJes  have  taken  a  house 
in  Montecito  for  the  season 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Tenney  Williams  have  taken  a  bunga- 
low in  Santa  Barbara  for  the  .summer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan  Lowrcy  are  enjoying  a  three 
months'  visit  in  Honolulu. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Frank  H<K}per  and  their  son  visited  in 
Los  Angeles  and  Santa  Barbara  last  month. 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Page  Buckmgham  is  spending  the 
summer  in  Santa  Monica 

Mr.  and  Mr^.  Edmunds  Lyman  occupied  a  cottage  at 
El  Mirasol  in  Santa  Barbara  during  June. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Gcoruc  Klciscr.  George  Kleiscr.  Jr.  and 
John  Klciscr,  are  m  Himnlulu, 

Mr  and  Mrs.  John  Gill  have  taken  a  cottage  in 
Santa  Barbara  for  the  summer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  H.  P.  Howard  are  occupying 
the  Frederick  Poett  house  in  Santa  Barbara  this  sum- 
mer while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poett  are  at  the  San  Julian 
Kancho. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Douglas  Mcl^ryde  and  their  son  Dun- 
can McBrydc.  are  in  I  lonolulu  for  the  summer  season. 


It  is  an  inviolate  truth 
that  the  taste  and 
culture  of  the 
giver  is  un- 
alterably 
bound 
In  the 
gift. 


The  Chocolatet 


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social  and  business  worlds  find 
keen  pleasure  in  choosing  appar- 
el in  this  style-alert  new  shop. 
Devoted  to  the  sartorial  whims 
of  just  such  metropohtans.  The 
Man's  Shop  presents  the  correct 
and  distinctive  in  town,  country 
and  sports  attire  ...  at  prices  re- 
freshingly democratic! 

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combination  of  exclusiveness,  dis- 
tinction of  address,  convenienceof 
location  and  extreme  "livability." 
Here  your  home  commands  a  splen- 
did view  of  downtown  San  Fran- 
cisco, the  Bay,  and  cities  beyond, 
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combination  or  a  more  elaborate  apartment,  accom- 
modations are  invariably  attractive.  Each  of  the  600 
rooms  has  tub  and  shower  bath,  radio,  servidor,  cir- 
culating filtered  ice  water,  and  the  "sleepiest"  beds 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Rooms  with  western  exposure 
have  vita-glass  windows  of  health-giving  transpar- 
ency. Dining  rooms  have  a  delightful,  club-like  at- 
ni(>s]ihere,  excellent  cuisine  and  unobtrusive  service. 

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venience of  guests. 

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THEATRES 

Ai  CAZAR :  "C"o/;ii!g  Her  C/oosl',"  by  H.  H. 
V.in  Loan  and  Lolkj  Ann  Wcscman  is  tried 
ouc  on  S.in  Francisco  while  flaunting  New 
York  hopes. 

Ci'RRAN  :  "  r/ic  Little  Accident"  gives  way  to 
the  unusual  '^ Kingdimi  of  Qod,"  U'ith  which 
Ethel  Barryniore  opens  her  San  Francisco 
season.  This  is  to  be  followed,  August  26th, 
by  "T/ie  Love  DueL" 

Columbi.a:  The  shudders  of  "Drucula"  are  re- 
placed by  "Holiday,"  August  12th. 

Geary;  A  doctor's  altruism  precipitates  a  tri- 
angle situation  in  ^'Thc  Door  Between,"  a 
farcical  comedy. 

Gkeen  Street:  Nothing  but  the  coma  of  the 
leading  actress  can  make  "Easy  for  Zee  Zee" 
even  hesitate  in  its  run,  rumors  of  a  succeed- 
ing farce  to  the  contrary. 

President;  Beloved  May  Robson  rejuvenates 
"The  T^cjuj'ciiation  of  Aunt  Mary,"  with 
attempts  at  modernization. 

Blanding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre;  "The 
Sky  QirL"  with  its  fantastic  people  of  the 
future,  plays  on  Thursday,  Friday  and  Satur- 
day nights  and  Saturday  matinee  while  the 
art  film  "Light  of  Asia,"  is  shown  Monday 
and  Tuesday  nights  through  August. 

Ferrier's  Theatre  of  Art:  Tenth  season  opens 
August  30th  u'ith  " Lc  Qendarme  Est  Sans 
Pitie"  and  "Boubouroche." 

THE  SCREEN 

California;  Old  fashioned  "honor"  becomes 

a  fetish  in  "Four  Feathers." 
Embassy:  A  tresh  try  at  showing  campus  lite 

in  the  talkies  in  "College  Love." 
Fox:  "The  Single  Standard"  conspires  to  pre- 
sent Greta  Garbo  and  Nils  Asther  in  favor- 
able roles.  The  first  of  the  August  attractions 
at  the  "show  place"  of  the  city. 
Granada  ;    A    succession    of   talking    features 

with  more  and  more  sound  effects. 
Marion  Davies:  Vitaphonc  and  more  vita- 
phone' 
St.  Francis    So  this  is  what  they  think  of  a 
man  with  charm  '  San  Francisco  still  flocks 
to  see,  hear  and  adore  Maurice  Chevalier. 
I  Warfield;  Much  heralded  features — one  after 
]        the  other. 
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MUSIC 

Auoust  6  :  Bruno  Walter  conducts  the  Summer 
Symphony  at  the  Civic  Auditorium, 

August  i  1  :  Walter  again  appears  with  the 
baton  at  Hillsborough. 

August  13  :  Walter's  farewell  to  San  Francisco 
this  season. 

ADVANCE  NOTICE  OF  OPERA 

Thursday  Night,  September  12;  " Ejgoletto ," 
Verdi  (in  Italian).  Mario,  Atkinson,  Lauri- 
Volpi,  DeLuca,  Rothier,  D  Angelo. 

Saturday  Maiinee,  September  14:  "Hansel 
and  Qretel,  '  Humpcrdinck  (in  German). 
Mario,   Ivcy,   Mcisle,  Atkinson,  D'An.gclo. 

Saturday  Night,  September  14:  "Elixir  of 
Love,"  Donizetti  (in  Italian).  Morgana, 
Schipa,  Malatesta,  Picco. 

Monday  Night,  September  16:  "II  Trova- 
tore,"  Verdi  (in  Italian.)  Rethberg,  Meisle, 
Lauri-Volpi,  Danisc,  Rothier. 

Wednesday  Night,  September  18;  "The  Bar- 
ber of  Seville,"  Rossini  (in  Italian).  Mor- 
gana, Ivey,  Schipa,  DeLuca,  Rothier,  Mala- 
testa, Oliviero. 

Friday  Night,  September  20;  "La  Boheme,' 
Puccini  (in  Italian).  Rethberg,  Young 
Danise,  Rothier,  Barra,  Picco. 

Double  Bill,  Saturday  Night,  September 
21 :  "Pagtiacci,"  Leoncavallo  (in  Italian) 
Morgana,  Lauri-Volpi,  DeLuca,  Picco, 
Oliviero.  "Qianni  Schicchi,"  Puccini  (in 
Italian).  Morgana,  Atkinson,  Ivey,  Young 
DeLuca,  Barra. 

Monday  Night,  September  23:  "Martha,' 
von  Flotow  (in  Italian).  Mario,  Ivey 
Schipa,  DeLuca,  Malatesta,  D'Angelo. 

Wednesday  Night,  September  25;  "Aida,' 
Verdi  (in  Italian).  Rethberg,  Meisle,  Lauri- 
Volpi,  Danise,  Rothier. 

Friday  Night,  September  27:  "Don  Pas- 
quale,"  Donizetti  (in  Italian).  Morgana, 
Schipa,  DeLuca,  Malatesta,  Oliviero. 

Saturday  Night,  September  2S ;  Rethberg, 
Ivey,  Lauri  Volpi,  Danise,  Rothier. 

Monday    Night,    September    30;    "Manon," 
Massenet   (in  French).   Mario,  Schipa,   De- 
Luca, Rothier,  Oliviero,  D'Angelo. 
ART 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor; 
Lincoln  Park,  10  to  s  daily;  7  to  10  Wednes- 


day and  Saturday  nights  (special  lor  sculp- 
ture show).  National  Sculpture  Society's  all- 
American  exhibition  of  1300  sculptures. 

East  West  Ari  Gallery;  609  Sutter  .street, 
10  to  lo  daily.  Vaclav  Vyclacil  watercolors 
and  drawings  through  August  10.  Water- 
colors  by  Annita  Delano  on  view  two  weeks 
beginning  August  12. 

Galerie  Beau.x  Arts:  Preparing  for  formal 
opening  of  the  new  galleries  at  166  Geary 
street,  the  first  of  September, 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum:  Golden  Gate 
Park,  10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection, 

Vai  despino  Gallery;  347  O'Farrell  street,  9 
to  5  30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints, 

VicKERY,  Atkins  and  Torrey:  550  Sutter 
street,  9  to  5:30  week  days.  Special  port- 
folios of  prints  by  Washburn,  Kunyoshi,  Sir 
Frank  Short  and  others. 

Gump's:  246  Post  street,  9  to  5  30  week  days. 
Colored  woodblocks  of  animal  subjects  by 
Bresslern-Roth — general  exhibition  of  prints. 

Courvolsier's;  474  Post  street,  9  to  5  .^o  week 
days.  Colored  woodblocks  by  Frank  Bran- 
gwyn  and  others  until  August  17  when  a 
collection  of  camera  work  by  Edward  Wes- 
ton will  be  hung  for  exhibition  the  last  two 
weeks  of  August, 

Blanding  Sloan  Workshop  Gallery  ;  An  ex- 
tended showing  of  photographs  by  William 
Horace  Smith. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

Hotel  St.  Francis;  A  fresh  burst  of  gaiety  in 
the  newly  opened  Empire  Room.  Monday 
tea  dansant,  of  course' 

The  Palace:  A  rendezvous  for  out-of-towners 
convention  bent. 

Sir  Francis  Drake;  Making  special  bids  for 
favor  by  means  of  excellent  cuisine  and 
gracious  service. 

The  Studio;  Charming  atmosphere — attrac- 
tive food — and  a  "ptivate  room  for  men" — 
quite  the  last  word  in  tea  rooms. 

The  Courtyard  ;  Delightful  dinners  served 
outdoors  in  the  warm  twilight. 

Hell  wig's;  Scandinavian  cooking — climaxed 
by  heavenly  torte. 

The  Loggia  ;  A  Mecca  for  hungry  shoppers. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:  Modern  color!  De- 
licious food' — for  luncheon  only. 


ESTABLISHED  1852 


SHREVE  &  COMPANY 

JEWELERS  and  SILVERSMITHS 


Post  Street  at  Grant  Avenue 


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lUMMER  fescivities  will  soon  give 
way  to  the  opening  ot  the  Fall 
season  at  the  Fairmont  and  Mark 
Hopkins.  In  iacc,  this  year  it  is  hard  to 
cell  where  one  season  ends  and  the  other 
begins — events  follow  so  closely,  one 
on  the  heels  of  another,  that  the  time 
of  year  seems  to  have  little  bearing. 
With  the  continuous  round  of  gaiety  on 
Nob  Hill,  dates  become  figures  on  the 
calendar — mere  tags  that  sort  out  fresh 
e\'encs. 

"August  i6th"  marks  the  home- 
coming of  Anson  Weeks  and  his 
orchestra  at  the  Hotel  Mark  Hopkins 
And  such  a  homecoming  as  that  will 
be!  Friday  Night  in  Peacock  Court.  The  zippy  college  crowd 
and  the  modern  generation  .  .  .  smartly  gowned  women 
sophisticated  escorts  .  .  .  gay  couples  dancing  on  top  of  the 
world  ...  a  brilliant  gathering  to  celebrate  the  return  of  An- 
son Weeks,  the  popular  orchestra  leader  who  will  direct  festivi- 
ties throughout  the  coming  season 

"August  29:h"  will  witness  a  new  de- 

f)arcure  sponsored  by  the  recently  estab- 
ished  Travel  Bureau  of  the  American 
Trust  Bank,  now  at  the  California  street 
entrance  to  the  Fairmont.  That  evening 
there  will  be  a  travel  meeting  of  a  select 
group  of  Nob  Hill  frequenters.  Unusual 
preparations  are  under  way  for  this  occasion 
which  is  CO  be  the  first  social  event  in  the 
program  of  this  Bureau  which  has  been 
established  to  give  expert  advice  on  foreign 
travel.  The  Bureau  was  opened  the  first  of 
August  by  people  well  versed  in  the  solutions  to  problems  con- 
fronting the  traveler.  Its  service  includes  information  on  foreign 
countries,  the  making  of  travel  schedules  and  financial  arrange- 
ments In  fact,  now  one  does  not  need  to  descend  Nob  Hill 
until  time  to  board  the  steamer  or  train  for  all  details  such  as 
letters  of  credit,  traveler's  checks,  and  other  banking  matters 
will  be  handled  by  the  American  Trust  Travel  Bureau  with  the 
minimum  of  effort  on  the  part  of  the  traveler. 

▼       T       T 

BUT  interesting  as  are  these  two  August  dates  -Anson 
Weeks'  homecoming,  August  i6th,  and  the  deluxe  travel 
meeting,  August  2Sch — they  are  but  items  in  the  social  round 
that  marks  the  lile  of  the  "Aristocrats  ot  Nob  Hill,"  as  the 
two  hotels  have  come  to  be  known  Each  week  goes  merrily 
on  through  the  cycle  of  events — starting  with  the  Sunday  even- 
ing concerts  by  Rudy  Sieger  in  the  Fairmont  lobby  -continuing 
through  Monday  Sports  Nights  at  the  Pool,  Tuesday  Feature 
Nights  in  Peacock  Court,  Wednesday  Matinee  Luncheons,  Tea 
Dansants  at  the  Pool,  Friday,  and  at  the  Mark  Hopkins  on 
Saturday — all  rounded  out  by  the  supplementary  parties  in  the 
private  dining  rooms  at  the  Mark  Hopkins,  private  swimming 
parties  at  the  Plunge,  and  the  children's  festivities  on  the  Ter 
race  on  Saturday   There  is  something  doing  every  minute 

In  fact,  one  hardly  finds  time  to  look  ahead  to  prepare  for  the 
Opera  season  and  its  accompanying  festivities  that  arrive  the 
early  part  of  September.  At  that  time  Nob  Hill  will  add  a  series 


of  Opera  Teas  conducted  by  Alice  Seckels  to  its  functions,  and 
the  Autumn  season  will  go  into  full  swing. 

T       ▼       T 

THE  one  thing  chat  is  rousing  enthusiasm  from  even  the 
busiest  ot  the  frequenters  of  Nob  Hill  is  the  organization 
of  the  Terrace  Night  Club  which  will  hold  its  formal  opening 
after  the  Opera  Wednesday,  September  12th  Membership 
selection  is  now  being  made  and  plans  are  rapidly  crystallizing 
for  a  series  of  Gala  Nights  extending  through  the  Fall  social 
season  and  closing  with  the  celebration  of  New  Year's  Eve. 

On  these  Gala  Nights  members  of  the  Terrace  Night  Club 
will  have  the  exclusi\'e  use  of  the  Terrace  Ball  Room  and  the 
Plunge  and  they  and  their  guests  will  hold  fetes  reviving  the 
spirit  of  gaiety  famed  in  the  social  traditions  of  San  Francisco 
The  Club  is  being  organized  at  the  suggestion  of  a  group  ot 
prominent  San  Franciscans  to  provide  gay  events  for  a  select 
group  in  an  exclusive  atmosphere. 

The  Sports  Plunge  will  undoubtedly  add  a  new  note  to  the 
coming  Season's  festivities.  Already  plans  are  being  laid  for 
debutante  parties  in  the  handsome  Vanderbilt  room  with  its  per- 
fect background  of  dignity  and  its  comforting  proximity  to  the 
informal  Plunge  .  .  .  What  would  former 
generations  have  thought  of  the  modern 
nonchalance  with  which  one  now  turns 
from  dignified  formality  to  the  aftermatlT 
of  carefree  sports?  Such  transitions  would 
have  been  unthinkable  only  a  few  years 
ago — but  now  they  are  the  zest  of  social 
life  In  this  air  and  radio-minded  age  sharp 
contrasts  and  lightning  changes  of  mood 
seem  essential  to  gaiety. 


A" 


MONG  the  innovations  in  and  around 
_  the  shops  on  Nob  Hill  one  finds  that 
Kathleen  Lee  Rucledge  has  moved  to  larger  quarters  in  the 
Mark  Hopkins  Her  exquisite,  hand  made  lingerie  is  more 
intriguing  than  ever  before  in  this  new  setting. 

George  Hyde  has  taken  a  studio  in  the  Fairmont  for  his 
Interior  Decorating  Shop  Here  one  finds  lovely  fabrics  in 
modern  array — carefully  selected  articles  tor  the  effective  in- 
terior Mr  H\dc  has  executed  some  of  the  outstanding  com 
missions  on  the  Hill  and  continues  to  find  fax'or  with  the 
discriminating. 

Taken  all  in  all,  the  closing  summer  month  finds  social 
activities  of  the  city  centered  on  Nob  Hill  more  than  c\er 
before  .  And  even  as  the  watchful 
eye  of  the  Mark  Hopkins  light  tops 
the  city's  skyline  at  night,  so  the  social 
whirl  ot  the  two  outstanding  hotels 
marks  the  height  of  San  Francisco's 
smart  night  lite 

That  the  Hill  is  becoming  an  indi 
dividual    community    of    its    own    is 
shown   by  the   number  of  stores  and 
smart    shops    clustering    around    the 
hotels  The  new  improxements  planned 
by  the  Fairmont  will  enable  the  down 
town   shops   to    open    branch    depart 
ments   ahnig   the    corridors   adjoining 
California  Street 


SCISSORS  DESIGN   BY   K.    DROZ 


SAN  VRAMCISGAN 


JOSEPH  DYER,  Editor  &  Publisher 


RowENA  Mason,  Associate  Editor 

Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 
Joseph  Henderson 
Kathryn  Hulme 


Contributing  Editors 
Raymond  Armsby 
Mollie  Merrick 
Carey  McWilliams 


Aline  Kistler,  Assistant  Editor 

Idwal  Jones 
George  Douglas 
Elva  Williams 


Vol.  Ill 


AUGUST,  1929 


No.  7 


CONTENTS 

Cover  Design  by  Van  Dcusen 

Gaccano  Mcrola,  photograph  by  Secly       ---------  8 

A  Call  to  Arms,  article  by  Carey  McWilliams  --------  9 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told.  Comment  and  Observation  by  the  Staff      .                        -            -            -  10 

The  San  Franciscan's  Map  ol  Telegraph  Hill,  drawing  by  Ned  Hilton           -            -            -  11 

The  Feminine  Invasion,  cartoon  by  Hugh  M.  Johnson           -            -            -            .            -            -  13 

Not  to  the  Swift,  short  story  by  M.  E.  Williams         -------  14 

The  Quest,  verse  by  Constance  Ferris        -            -            -            -            -            -            -            -           -  14 

San  Francisco's  Skyline  1929,  photograph  by  Dassonville     -            -            -            -            -            -  15 

Ethel  Barrymore,  photograph  hy  Offner    --------  16 

Myself  As  I  Think  Others  See  Me,  article  by  Ethel  Barrymore       -            -            -            -            -  17 

Spotlight.  Dramatic  Criticism,  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie  ------  18 

Five  Dry  Point  Portraits  by  Caldwallader  Washburn  -                        -            -            -            -            -  19 

Detail  of  the  Fo.\  Theatre,  photograph  by  William  Horace  Smith           -           -           -           -  20 

An  International  Play,  article  on  "Journeys  End,"  by  Ralph  Westcrman             -           -           -  21 

Sonnet,  by  Sidney  King  Russell        ----------  21 

Tin  Types,  article  on  the  "Great  Unknown,"  by  Zoc  Battu                       -           -           -           -  22 

"Joie  dc  Vivrc,  "  photograph  of  the  sculptured  piece  of  Grace  Talbot      -            -            -            -  23 

Mrs.  Charles  B.  Henderson,  photograph  by  Hagcmeyer         ------  24 

The  Reigning  Dynasty  -.---.-----2'; 

The  Golf  Championship,  article  hy  Constance  Ramaccotci              -----  26 

As  to  Books,  criticism,  hy  Beth  Wcndel    ---------  y> 

Hookum  in  Bridge,  by  Paul  Black  ----------  i2. 

As  Seen  hy  Her,  by  Catti        -----------  37 

Perpetual  Motion,  financial  article  by  Leiand  Ross      -------  40 


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Gaetano  Jlerola 

Who  a.t  Dirtclor  General  oj  the  San  Francisco  Opera  .■/.r.rocialion  lia.f  not  on  It/  nvVA/ci/  the  halon  Jor  .ax  oea.ion.e  but  ha.f  had 

the  distinction  oJ  putting  grand  opera  on  a  paying  basis. 


SAN 


A  Call  to  Arms 

By  CAREY  McWlLLlAMS 

"Lord,  I  am  tired  vAth  my  oiv\i  life  and  the  lives  of  those  after  me, 
I  am  dying  in  my  own  death  and  the  death  of  those  after  me. 
Let  thy  servant  depart,  having  seen  Thy  salvation.'^ 


THESE  lines,  you  will  say,  were  they 
written  by  Father  Charles  L. 
O'Donnell?  Quite  the  contrary; 
they  are  taken  from  a  recent  poem  by 
Mr.  T.  S  Eliot,  and  are  representative 
of  the  stylish  gesture  of  piety  that  has 
possessed  the  "intellectual  world"  dur- 
ing the  last  few  months.  The  intelli- 
gentsia have  a  special  duty  to  perform 
in  any  civilization  :  they  set  the  style  in 
thought.  The  irksome  responsibility  re- 
posed in  a  fashionable  milliner  is  not 
more  important  than  that  reposed,  say 
in  a  contributing  editor  of  The  Nation. 
But  ot  late  these  fellows  have  been  act- 
ing in  a  manner  that  defies  analysis.  The 
protective  attitude  under  which  they 
have  taken  refuge  for  so  many  years, 
:hat  is,  the  determination  to  be  disdain- 
ful about  everything,  was  an  excellent 
ntellectual  barrage,  for,  while  it  ren- 
dered them  impotent  and  ridiculous, 
:hey  were  never  guilty  of  error.  As  long 
IS  they  were  consistently  "contra"  they 
were  safe  and  snobbish,  and,  therefore, 
idmired  But  suddenly  they  found  them- 
selves in  a  dark  dilemma  Due  to  the 
Jeplorable  influence  of  Mr.  Mencken, 
rynicism  had  become  a  national  habit 
ind  the  intelligentsia  could  no  longer  be 
■nerely  skeptical  since  popular  skepticism 
nas  taken  all  the  edge  from  their  criti- 
:ism.  They  suddenly  found  that  they 
A'ere  no  longer  innovators  but  imi- 
:ators.  Where  could  they  turn  to  dis- 
:over  a  new  position  of  sufficient  singu- 
arity  to  make  them  original  and  unique? 
Jnfortunately  the  only  attitude  left  in 
he  regular  wardrobe  of  intellectual  at- 
ire  was  that  of  humility. 

But  before  pointing  out  the  dolorous 
■pectacle  of  our  intellectuals  on  their  J 
;nees  worshipping  primarily  themselves  J 
■>ut  ostensibly  God,  the  position  of  the! 
ntelligentsia  should  be  more  sharply  de-l 
ined.  They  have  always  avoided  hold-l 


ing  a  belief  in  common  with  any  one, 
even  if  that  belief  be  a  disbelief  in  beliefs. 
They  flee  from  certainty  like  frightened 
rabbits  from  a  train;  their  development, 
so-called,  is  a  never-ending  process  of 
assuming  new  attitudes,  none  of  which 
are  genuine.  Suggest  that  they  are  be- 
coming popular  and  they  reverse  the 
field  and  run  in  the  opposite  direction. 
They  would  rather  die  than  he  right  if 
to  be  right  meant  to  be  popular. 

T      T      ▼ 

ONE  of  the  most  adventuresome  of 
these  gentlemen,  and  one  whose 
intiuence  is  enormous  these  days,  is  Mr. 
T.  S.  Eliot  At  one  time  rather  scorned 
by  the  American  critics  for  his  eccentric 
verse,  he  has  since  become,  with  his 
editorship  of  The  Neiv  Criterion,  one  of 
the  most  formidable  forces  in  the  mod- 
ern intellectual  world  Last  month  there 
were  two  long  articles  about  his  work 
in  leading  English  periodicals;  and  he  is 
the  subject  of  a  recent  brochure  by  R.  P. 
Blackmur  But,  however  interesting  Mr. 
Eliot  may  have  been  as  a  poet,  he  was 
always  safe  from  the  danger  of  popu- 
larity until,  in  his  frantic  eff^ort  to  main- 
tain an  isolated  post  and  not  knowing 
where  to  turn  in  the  modern  world  for  a 
haven  from  applause,  he  fell  on  his  knees 
and  placed  his  head  on  the  block  ot 
Chapter  II,  Verse  25,  of  the  First  Epistle 
General  ot  Peter  and  kissed  the  amethyst 
ring.  If  he  imagined  that  this  attitude 
would  assure  him  isolarity,  and  there- 
fore a  comfortable  feeling  of  preemi- 
nence, he  was  mistaken.  With  his  con- 
version he  has  become  a  considerable 
figure  in  the  general  world  of  ideas. 
'Theology"  prints  his  papers;  he  is 
'mentioned  in  all  the  leading  reviews; 
[and  such  established  figures  as  E.  M 
iForster  worry  about  his  "loneliness" 
IWord  ran  arountl  the  literary  world,  like 
Inews  of  an  abortion  in  Hollywood,  that 


T.  S  Eliot  had  turned  to  the  church  or 
taken  the  veil  or  done  v\'hatever  a  young 
Harvard  graduate  does  when  he  despairs 
of  his  wits  never  having  used  them  more 
pertinently  than  to  analyze  the  verse  of 
Richard  Crashaw,  and  embraces  the 
pillar  of  Catholicism.  Now  that  Mr. 
Eliot  is  irrevocably  committed  to  his 
beloved  via  media  he  can  never  again  be 
the  lonely  sentinel  ot  the  left  wing  re- 
views; the  future  holds  nothing  in  store 
for  him  but  the  possibility  of  becoming 
an  arch-bishop.  No  more  will  he  be  one 
of  those  proud  and  haughty  troopers 
who  march  alone  Nietzschean,  and  to 
the  music  of  "231  Pacific"  over  the 
abyss  and  into  the  arms  of  that  which 
they  strive  so  hard  to  escape ;  the  com- 
monplace I  realize  that  Mr.  Eliot's  ac- 
ceptance of  the  church  is  cloaked  with 
ambiguity;  "anglo-catholicism,"  hecalls 
his  new  faith,  but  "For  Lancelot  An- 
drewes"  and  "Song  for  Simeon"  leave 
no  doubt  as  to  his  position. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

BUT  if  Mr.  Eliot  may  be  taken  as  rep- 
resentative ot  the  more  scholarly 
type  of  "intellectual,"  there  are  yet  other 
and  stranger  victims  of  humility  Even 
the  hardened  leaders  ot  the  proletariat 
have  been  smitten  with  the  desire  to 
mumble  and  chant  and  bow  the  head. 
Dr.  Waldo  Frank,  mystical  witch- 
doctor, was  recently  commissioned  by 
the  staff  of  The  New  I{epublic  to  write 
a  summary  of  their  views  about  the  cur- 
rent American  scene  His  book,  "The 
Re-Discovery  of  America"  is  not,  then, 
merely  the  work  ot  Dr  Frank,  but  it  is 
a  symposium  ol  what  goes  on  when 
Bruce  Bliven  calls  his  highbrow  stall  to- 
gether behind  locked  doors  to  decide 
whether  Gertrude  Stein  shall  be  aban- 
doned, and  whether  Picassio  shall  be 
hailed  or  stoned,  and  just  what  shall  be 

Culitiliued  on  pugc  35 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


IN  THE  informal- 
ity of  a  country 
club  smoking 
room,  of  a  quiet 
afternoon,  two 
young  business  men 
struck  up  an  acquain- 
tance As  neither 
was  otherwise  en- 
gaged, it  seemed  a 
likely  idea  to  have  a 
few  rounds  of  golf 
together.  The  two 
went  around  the 
links  a  couple  of 
times,  exchanged 
golf  patter,  market 
tips  and  the  general 
small  talk  of  men 
along  the  street  and 
around  town. 

By  late  afternoon 
the  friendship  had 
progressed  to  the 
point  where  con- 
tents ot  bottle  lock- 
ers were  being  con- 
vivially  shared  and 
both  parties  agreed 
that  they  had  had  a 
wonderfully  divert- 
ing afternoon  Since 
they  had  so  much  in 
common,  they  must 
otten  spend  an  after- 
noon in  this  fashion 
To  which  end,  of 
course, business  cards 
were  produced  and 
exchanged.  At  the 
mutual  presentation 
of  these,  both  young 
men  gasped,  stag- 
gered slightly  but 
managed  later  to  smile  at  the  coinci- 
dence Both,  as  the  card  of  each  showed, 
were  Vice  Presidents  in  the  Bank  ot 
Italy 

»       T       T 

AVERY  well  known  local  financier 
had  occasion  recently  to  purchase 
a  gilt  for  an  intimate  friend  about  to  be 
married.  For  which  purpose,  he  entered 
one  of  the  exclusive  Post  street  gift  shops 
and  indicated  to  the  floor  manager  that, 
he  desired  to  leisurely  examine  its  entire 
stock  of  treasures  in  order  that  his  final 
choice  might  be  really  striking,  useful, 
distinctive  and  in  good  taste  Presently, 
though,  he  became  aware  that  his  heels 
were  tagged  by  a  personable,  but  indef- 
initely aged  salesu  oman  He  tried  to  lose 
her  but  to  no  purpose  When  the  shopper 
moved,  the  lady  moved  also. 


Good  Lord!    jriiat  a  da}/  I  Ju.d  put  in  —ciijlit  lines  of  iamhic  fn-ntameler 


Finally,  the  comedy  got  on  the  man's 
nerves  He  turned  and  in  a  bored  and 
slightly  insolent  tone  asked,  "Madame, 
am  I  keeping  you?" 

Quickly  came  the  reply,  "No,  but  I 

wish  to  God  you  were." 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

INTFRioR  California  and  Nevada  do  not 
lack  towns  born  in  the  days  ot  early 
bonanza  booms.  But  of  late  years,  these 
have  for  the  most  part  achieved  Main 
street  respectability,  chain  store  progrcs- 
siveness  and  a  live  wire  Chamber  of 
Commerce  It  is  thus  next  to  impossible 
to  recreate  from  them  any  satisfactory 
picture  ot  what  San  Francisco  was  like 
in  the  roaring,  boisterous  gold  rush  days 
But  happily  this  need  is  met — and  realis- 
tically enough  in  the  lower  and  older 
parts  of  Sacramento,   a  source,   which 


will  survive  pretty 
much  as  is  for  some 
years  to  come 

It  was  entirely  by 
accident  that  we 
strayed  into  these 
quarters,  while  re- 
cently visiting  the 
capitolcity  In  search 
of  evening  amuse- 
ment, we  had  ex- 
plored the  capitol 
grounds,  and  a  little 
bored  were  walking  I 
up  one  street  and 
down  the  other, 
when  tor  no  reason 
at  all  we  turned  into 
an  alley.  We  fol- 
lowed the  alley  for 
blocks — clear  to  the 
river  front. 

By    falling   dark 
ness,  it  was  a  weirJ 
stretchof  ramshackle 
dwellings,    old    lotc 
buildings,   ancient 
barns  and  liver\ 
stables,  someof  them 
made  over  into  ga 
rages.  The  architec 
ture  is  insanely   in 
definite   When  new  , 
these  structures  were 
nothing   more   than 
makeshift    affairs, 
poorly,  cheaply,  has 
tily  thrown  together 
Now  roofs  and  fa 
cadcsaresway  backed 
and    awry;    porches 
suspend     perilousK 
doors  and  windows 
lay  at  crazy  angles 
We  noticed  in  some    cases    that    what 
had  originally  been  ground  floors  were 
now  basements  and  second  floors  were 
first  floors,  a  peculiarity  difficult  to  ac 
count  for   Later  wc  learned  that,  in  1S51  ^ 
this  part  of  the  city  had  been  disastrously! 
flooded,  and  again  inundated  in  the  win 
tcr  of  i852-'s3    After  the  second  llooJ. 
the  level  of  K  and  L  streets  was  raised 
ten  feet,  thus  explaining  the  floor  arrang 
mcnts  in  question 

This  allev  and  similar  back  street  thor- 
oughfares  are  possessed  largely  by  Chi- 
nese, Japanese  and  Mexican  laborers  of| 
the  valley  and  citv  Progeny  arc  innumer- 
able; several  families,  their  oflspring, 
homeless,  de[u-ndcnt  and  remote  rela- 
tives crowd  themselves  into  a  single 
house    The  evening  being   very  warm, 

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various  intimate  aspects  of  domestic  life 
were  open  to  our  gaze.  Within,  the 
dwellings  are  incredibly  cluttered,  filthy, 
badly  lighted  and  emit  the  heavy,  greasy 
stench  of  accumulated  grime  and  human 
sweat.  Here  and  there  a  cheap  radio 
belches  its  blarey  whine  of  cheap  jazz. 
Speak-easies  odorously  advertise  their 
wares. 

The  buildings  housing  all  this  activity 
are  time  and  weather  battered  and 
structurally  characterless  They  were  put 
up  in  a  hurry  to  meet  money  making, 
speculative  emergencies  Sometimes  there 
was  cash  for  once  showy,  now  tawdry 
decorati\'e  clap-trap  Apparently  there 
never  was  time  —nor  inclination — for 
the  simplest  reason  and  good  taste  And 
seemingly  there  never  has  been  time  for 
this  The  town  still  seethes  with  some- 
thing of  the  old  mining  days  fever;  about 
the  whole  is  a  sense  of  the  transient,  the 
makeshift,  the  callously  elemental.  In 
fine,  an  approximation  of  San  Fran- 
cisco as  it  must  have  been  in  its  first 
hectic,  headlong  years,  and  a  scene,  from 
which  romanticist  or  realist,  as  the 
reader  may  be,  can  deduce  anything  he 
chooses. 

▼       ▼       T 

OUR  friend,  Chris  Yensen,  the  engi- 
neer, whose  altercation  with  the 
efficiency  expert  was  reported  a  few 
months  ago  recently  got  into  more 
trouble  with  a  fast-thinking  gentleman 
Ever  since  his  engine  took  a  header  from 
a  bridge  and  Chris  had  an  unpleasant 
halt  hour  explaining  it  to  a  man  who 
absolutely  refused  to  give  him  time  to 
think,  he  has  been  wary  of  these  gentry. 
He  is  a  man  who  can't  be  hurried,  is 
Chris,  and  nothing  irritates  him  more 
than  to  have  someone  try  it 

He  witnessed  a  head-on  collision  a 
few  weeks  ago  and  this  brought  him 
again  to  the  witness  box,  a  place  which 
is  thoroughly  out  ot  tune  with  his 
temperament. 

"You  say,"  thundered  the  attorney, 
"at  ten  that  night  you  were  walking  up 
toward  Six-Mile  crossing  and  saw  No  S 
coming  down  the  track  at  si.xty  miles 
an  hour?" 

"Yah,"  said  Chris 

"And  when  you  looked  behind  you, 
you  saw  No.  5  coming  up  the  track  at 
sixty  miles  an  hour?" 

"Yah,"  said  Chris. 

"Well,  what  did  you  do  then?" 

"Aye  got  off  track." 

"Well,  but  then  what  did  you  do?" 

"Well, "aye  said  to  myself,  "Dis  bane 
hell  of  a  way  to  run  a  railroad." 

▼       T       T 

Wi  HAVE  no  means  of  knowing  if 
salesmen,  as  some  would  have 
us  believe,  are  born  or  made  but  since 
we  heard  an  acquaintance  trying  to  sell 
a  dog  to  a  mutual  friend  we  are  firmly 
convinced  that  some  people  are  most 
certainly  born  not  to  be  salesmen. 


"You  see,"  said  the  would-be  dog 
seller,  "I  bought  him  and  trained  him 
myself.  I  taught  him  to  bark  if  a  person 
stepped  inside  the  gate  and  I  thought  I 
was  safe  from  burglars.  Then  my  wife 
wanted  me  to  train  him  to  carry  bundles 
and  I  did. 

"If  I  put  a  package  in  his  mouth  the 
dog  would  keep  it  there  until  some  one 
took  it  away.  Well,"  he  paused,  as  a 
look  of  pain  crossed  his  face  "One 
night,"  he  went  on,  "I  woke  up  and 
heard  movements  in  the  next  room  I 
got  up  and  grabbed  my  revolver  Two 
men  were  there — and  the  dog." 

"Didn't  he  bark?"  interrupted  the 
prospective  buyer  at  this  juncture 

"Never  a  bark,"  returned  the  other, 
"he  was  too  busy." 

"Busy?  What  was  he  doing?" 

"It  just  goes  to  show  how  well 
trained  he  is,"  the  would-be  salesman 
beamed.  "He  was  carrying  a  lantern  for 
the  burglars." 

▼        ▼        T 

WHEN  we  first  heard  of  the  Fair- 
mont Plunge,  our  reaction 
amounted  to  a  positive  spiritual  uplift 
We  followed  reports  of  construction 
progress  with  almost  small  town  eager- 
ness and  were  not  a  little  put  out,  when 
absence  from  the  city  prevented  our  at- 
tendance at  the  formal  opening  So  it 
was  with  high  expectation  that  we  re- 
cently planned  a  luncheon  at  this  newest 
ot  the  city's  playgrounds. 

Architecturally  and  decoratively,  we 
were  quite  taken  with  the  place  The 
house  and  its  architects  had  done  a  job 
in  keeping  with  all  traditions.  Some- 


"  iriuit  a  /irti'c/' 
"Yes  isn't  he!" 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

thing,  however,  we  quickly  perceived 
was  wrong  The  thing,  as  a  whole,  did 
not  meet  its  best  possibilities.  What  was 
the  trouble? 

We  puzzled  over  this  awhile  and  hav- 
ing arrived  at  a  diagnosis,  we  puzzled  a 
good  deal  more  over  how  to  e.xpress  it. 
Plainly  speaking,  the  patrons — fair  fe- 
males and  lusty  males — who  disport 
themselves  in  the  plunge  have  no  social 
or  wardrobe  code  that  fits  gracefully  into 
an  indoor,  ultra-smart  hotel  plunge  such 
as  this  one.  Consequently,  the  scene  is 
slightly  ridiculous  and  incongruous. 

These  remarks  must  not  be  construed 
as  prudish  reactions  to  the  human  form 
in  semi  undress.  What  we  mean  is  simply 
that,  bathing  suits  of  the  usual  beach 
and  bath  house  variety  are  decidedly  out 
of  place  in  a  setting  of  this  sort.  The 
situation  demands  something  very  spe- 
cial— suits  and  lounging  wraps  in  vari- 
ous colors  but  softer  tones;  in  lines, 
fabrics  and  weaves  in  the  modern  mode, 
dashing,  sophisticated  yet  restrained.  It 
is  a  matter  for  the  several  enterprising 
bathing  suit  manufacturers  of  the  city 
to  look  into,  and  we  suggest  that  they 
forthwith  put  their  designing  staffs  to 
work  upon  it. 

»    ▼    ▼ 

THE  play  that  has  done  more  to  upset 
the  established  traditions  of  show 
business  than  any  drama  within  the  ken 
of  theatrical  cognoscenti  is  scheduled  tor 
San  Francisco  this  fall.  "After  Dark," 
that  made  a  fortune  for  its  sponsors  a 
generation  or  two  ago,  has  returned  to 
the  limelight  and  promises  to  do  even 
more  nobly  by  those  who  have  effected 
its  renaissance. 

Written  by  the  great  playwright  ot 
his  era,  Dion  Boucicault,  "After  Dark 
or  Neither  Wife,  Maid  nor  Widow," — 
to  give  the  play  its  full  quota  of  titles — 
was  counted  a  masterpiece  from  the  late 
60s  up  to  the  beginning  of  the  current 
century  Audiences  lived  the  tribulations 
of  Eliza,  applauded  the  noble  retorma- 
ion  of  Old  Tom  and  baited  the  mus- 
tached  and  grandiloquent  Chandos  Bcl- 
lingham,  unmindtul  ot  its  unconcealed 
machinery  and  apparent  absurdities. 

With  the  coming  of  the  celluloids, 
melodrama  as  a  stage  attraction  lan- 
guished For  thirty  years  dust  has  col- 
lected on  the  manuscript  of  the  old  play. 
Then  some  chap  with  a  smart  idea  came 
along  and  did  the  thing  in  the  manner 
of  three  or  five  decades  ago  What  made 
em  yell  with  approval  in  '70  made  em 
yell  with  glee  in  '29 

Not  the  least  of  the  fetishes  of  show 
business  has  been  overturned  when  the 
management  instead  ot  declaring  that 
the  cast  is  of  superlative  quality,  trankly 
asserts  that  the  roster  embraces  "twenty- 
five  of  America's  best  bad  actors" 

Continued  on  pafte  \  \ 


AUGUST,  1929 


13 


The  Feminine  Invasion 


Mrs.  Gadget  who,  after  some  difficulty,  suc- 
ceeded in  shortening  her  driver  to  go  with  her  long 
arms  only  to  discover  that  it  would  take  a  young 
pyramid  to  equal  the  situation.  In  ten  seconds 
there  will  be  a  sand-storm  scene  from  the  Sahara 
desert. 


Smart  Mrs.  Sportsbeck—  George  told  her  the 
names  ot  his  five  clubs  and  she  put  different  col- 
ored ribbons  on  each  to  distinguish  them.  Much 
to  the  horror  ot  the  caddie,  she  is  about  to  tee  off 
with  the  pink  ribboned  putter. 


Miss  Si'ooFUM,  after  a  poor  drive,  has  just  sunk 
her  mashie  shot  for  a  birdie  three;  but  Mrs.  Cold- 
water  will  soon  tell  her  that  the  shot  is  made  to 
the  wrong  green,  whereupon  Miss  Spoofum  will 
insist  that  it  was  a  beautiful  shot. 


Mrs.  Strongahrm  also  made  a  birdie,  and  wishes 
now  that  she  had  used  a  midiron  instead  of  a 
mashie  as  she  had  at  first  intended.  This  woulii 
have  meant,  no  doubt,  a  broken  window  in  the 
club-house  or  a  nice  dent  in  someone's  shin. 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Not  to  the  Swift 

A  Short  Story  Concerning  Addicts  of  an  Old  Game 

By  ME  WILLIAMS 


EXTENDING  along  che  Calle  Capu- 
chinas  for  three  blocks,  flanked  on 
one  side  hy  an  ancient  and  dilapi- 
dated adobe  dwelling,  and  on  the  other 
bv  the  high  stone  wall  of  an  old  convent, 
lies  the  NIerced  Niarket,  the  largest  and 
dirtiest  marketplace  in  the  whole  o( 
Mexico.  Both  sides  of  the  narrow  street 
are  lined  with  the  wares  ot  merchants, 
tropical  truits,  sombreros,  baskets  of 
flowers,  clothing  of  all  sorts,  parrots, 
and  strange  foods  exposed  to  the  dust 
and  the  flies  A  destitute  vendor  in  filthy 
rags  dozes  over  a  few  measly  piles  of 
long,  brown  cigarettes  Next  to  him  sits 
a  prosperous  merchant  with  a  preten- 
tious display  of  pottery.  A  flea-bitten, 
mangy  cur  snifl^s  at  the  body  of  a  drunken 
gendarme,  who  lies  on  his  tace  oblivious 
to  the  noise  and  confusion. 

Above  the  stalls  are  stretched  on  a 
crude  framework  pieces  of  canvas  form- 
ing a  meagre  protection  from  the  blister- 
ing sun  From  the  corner  cantina  comes 
the  penetrating  smell  of  sour  pulque. 

The  street  is  crowded  with  dirty  peons, 
handling  this  and  fingering  that,  hag- 
gling and  shouting,  while  drivers  of  big- 
wheeled  cares  lash  their  horses  through 
the  jam 

In  the  midst  ot  this  contamination  sat 
the  Senora  Cacho  with  an  air  ot  stolid 
contentment  And  had  she  not  the  right 
to  feel  a  great  contentment?  Surely  this 
was  the  great  day,  the  day  of  the  draw- 
ing for  the  prizes  of  the  National  Lot- 
tery. Almost  blind,  brain  sodden  with 
pulque,  thin  grey  hair  straggling  over 
her  face,  she  sat  before  her  little  piles  of 
matches,  wriggling  her  toes  in  the  dirt  of 
the  street,  while  she  turned  over  and  over 
in  her  lap,  under  cover  of  her  shawl,  a 
twenty  peso  lottery  ticket  representing 
the  savings  of  three  years  The  Senora 
had  no  doubt  that  she  would  win.  Five 
o'clock  would  see  the  fulfillment  of  her 
anticipations  Twenty  thousand  pesos  in 
gold  was  the  first  prize  while  the  second 
was  five  hundred. 

The  Senora  ceased  fingering  the  strip 
of  coupons  Her  weak  old  eyes  looked 
vacantly  out  across  the  glaring  street. 
Ah — this  night  she  would  have  unlim- 
ited pulque,  and  many  candles  would 
grace  the  shrine  of  the  Virgin, 

Sunday  she  would  take  that  young 
devil  of  a  son,  Fernando,  to  the  Plaza  de 
Toros.  She  would  not  see  the  killing  of 
the  bull,  but  she  would  feel  about  her 
the  mad,  excited  surge  of  the  crowd,  she 
could  hear  the  groans  of  the  dying  horses, 
the  shouts  of  the  people  and  the  dianos 
of  che  band. 


Thus  she  dozed  on  through  the  hot 
day.  Now  and  then  the  screeching  of  a 
silly  parrot  perched  above  on  the  sun- 
shade or  the  jabbering  of  a  girl  who 
squatted  next  her  in  the  shade  of  great 
wicker  baskets  of  roses  and  carnations, 
aroused  her  from  her  pleasant  torpor. 


Thej)  Quests 

{Reductio  ad  ahsurdum) 
By  Constance  Ferris 

In  youth  I  lonped  Jar  turrets  tall 
And  castles  hi/  the  sea . 
Romantic  swords  in  scahhard^f 
And  harps  for  melodi/. 

Jli/  dreams  flre^i'  les.f  intangihle.^ 
JIi/  aspirations  liijht^' .  .  . 
I  souijht  a  perfect  Uve/^ 
If  on  li/  for  a  n  iflht^. 

I  souiflit  him  near,  I  sought  him  far' 
In  Cairo  and  Cathay 
And  suddenly  I  found  him 
Near  San  Francisco  Bay 

I  seized  the  moment  eagerly 

He  thrilled  me  to  the  coreL'>. 

The  night  oj  bliss  I'd  longed  to  l^no^^. 

If'as  all  I  asked  and  morej. 

If  life  should  ask  of  me  todag 
The  gijt  of  gifts  to  clioosej, 
I  think  T d  ask  for  spectacles 
And  orthopedic  shoej. 


SENORjoaquinGodoy  wasa  respectable 
merchant  He  kept  a  little  stall  in 
the  Thieves'  Market,  two  blocks  distant 
from  Capuchinas  Here  he  sold  with 
many  bows  and  much  smooth  talking, 
mar\'elous  embroidered  scarts  and  bright 
mantillas  to  wealthy  tourists. 


IT  WAS  shortly  after  five  o'clock  and 
Senor  Godoy  was  listening  for  the 
news  of  the  Lottery  drawing  for  he  had  a 
twenty  peso  chance  at  stake  Already 
word  had  reached  him  that  number  6919 
had  won  the  second  prize  At  all  e\'ents 
the  Senor  did  not  ha\'e  the  second  prize, 
but  the  number  for  the  first  prize  was 
yet  to  be  drawn.  He  cocked  an  expectant 
ear  tor  any  chance  news,  and  arranged 
the  folds  of  a  red  and  black  embroidered 
shawl  which  was  spread  out  invitingly 
on  the  counter. 

Senor  Godoy  looked  down  the  street 
and  saw  the  shrunken,  huddled  figure  of 
the  Senora  Cacho  approaching.  A  wiz- 
ened, claw-like  hand  clutching  a  lottery 
ticket  was  shoved  over  the  counter. 

Would  the  Senor  tell  a  poor,  blind, 
old  woman  if  she  held  the  vi'inning  num- 
ber? 

The  Senor  reached  out  a  condescend- 
ing hand,  but  immediately  his  face 
changed  The  number  was  6919  Quickly 
placing  his  own  worthless  ticket  in  her 
outstretched  hand  he  slid  the  winning 
number  safely  under  his  sash 

"It  was  indeed,  a  pity,"  he  said,  and 
the  sympathetic  tears  welled  up  in  his 
eyes,  "but  the  Senora's  ticket  was  with- 
out value,  quite  worthless.  Next  time, 
per  Dios,  she  would  perhaps  be  more 
lucky." 

With  halting  and  dejected  steps  the 
old  Senora  turned  away  The  Senor 
Godoy  watched  her  until  she  became  a 
mere  spot  ot  dark  at  the  tar  end  ot  the 
street. 

Two  hours  later  the  boy,  Fernando, 
found  her  huddled  figure  squatting  on 
the  pavement,  back  against  the  cold  con- 
vent wall  He  was  about  to  drag  her 
home  when  his  eye  tell  upon  the  Lottery 
ticket  still  clutched  in  her  hand  He  let 
her  arm  drop;  snatched  the  pink  coupon 
and  sped  away  down  the  street. 

THE  next  day  Senor  Godoy  sat  in  his  ■ 
booth  in  the  Thieves'  Nlarket  re- 
ceiving the  congratulations  ot  his  triends 
He  should  have  radiated  contentment 
and  happiness  but  he  hunched  o\'er,  a 
figure  of  sodden  gloom  What  happiness  1 
could  be  his'  In  exchange  tor  the  second 
prize  ticket  he  had  unknov\ingly  gi\'en 
away  a  tortunc 

That  night  the  relati\es  and  friends  of 
the  Senora  Cacho  lay  drunk  with  un- 
limited pulque,  many  candles  burned  on 
the  altar  of  the  Virgin,  and  the  young 
devil,  Fernando,  was  looking  forward 
to  the  next  Fiesta  and  the  Plaza  dc 
Toros. 


San  Francisco,  1929 

The  e^er  changing  skyline  oj  the  cdy  al  Ihe  Poiials  of  Ihe  Western  Hemisphere 
as  recorded  by  the  photographic  artist  Dassonvdle 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Ethel  Barry tnorej) 

SltU  Queen  oj  llie  Tlicilre'.t  Roi/ul  Family/,  Ln  luirn/moir  u-i//  In-  .n-cn  at  the  Cumin  in  Jlartinez  Sierra's 
"The  Kingdom  oj  God"  and  /he  "Love  Duel"  a.r  adopted  hi/  Zoe  /Ikins. 


AUGUST,  1929 


17 


Myself  as  I  Think  Others  See  Me 

Together  With  Some  Observations  on  the  Theatre  and  Life  Itself 

By  ETHEL  BARRYMORE 


THEY  say  that  any  success  I've  had 
is  just  due  to  my  personality,  or 
my  appearance,  or  anything  hut 
what  I  really  teel  they  should  say." 

"Sec  to  it  that  they  never  xay  anvt/nug 
else'." 

1  have  italicized  that  phrase,  because 
of  all  the  phrases  that  have  ever  echoed 
in  my  lite,  that  is  the  one  which  has 
most  affected  me.  It  has  helped  me 
through  the  years.  Perhaps  I  had  better 
give  you  its  context. 

I  was  twenty  then,  and  already,  for 
good  or  evil,  I  was  what  they  call  a 
"star" — a  word  whose  meaning  has 
always  rather  puzzled  me.  I  was  acting 
in  a  play  called  "Cousin  Kate."  It  was  at 
the  time  when  Irving  was  making  his 
last  American  tour,  and  he  was  playing 
in  the  same  town.  I  had  enjoyed  the 
supreme  privilege,  four  years  before,  of 
playing  a  whole  season  with  him  in 
London,  but  it  was  not  only  tor  this  rea- 
son that,  when  my  own  play  was  over,  I 
hurried  across  to  his  theater  For  1  should 
be  just  in  time  for  the  death-bed  scene  of 
"Louis  XI." 

They  put  me  behind  some  curtains. 
The  play  was  drawing  to  its  close.  On  a 
stone  bench  Irving  was  dying.  Dying, 
with  the  majesty  of  an  Irving  and  of  a 
King.  And  when  death  had  come,  and 
the  curtain  had  fallen,  he  saw  me.  I  went 
and  sat  by  his  side. 

"They  tell  me  you're  a  great  star  these 
days" 

"Do  they?" 

"Yes.  Extra  matinees — wonderful  re- 
ceptions. Aren't  you  happy?" 

"I  don't  know." 

"Why  not?" 

I  looked  at  him.  I  expect  I  must  have 
seemed  incredibly  earnest  then.  1  said, 
"The  critics  never  give  me  any  credit  tor 
what  I  do — or  try  to  do.  It's  always  my 
personality — not  my  art — and  my  looks 
— anything  but — " 

And  it  was  then  that  the  lean,  strong 
old  arm  darted  out  and  took  mine  in  his, 
while  he  said : 

"See  to  it  that  they  never  say  anything 
else  !  " 

I  tell  this  story  at  the  beginning  not 
only  because,  as  I  say,  those  words  have 
been  a  perpetual  comfort  to  me,  but 
because  for  years  the  only  appreciation  I 
ever  had  was  from  foreigners,  and  Irving 
was,  I  suppose,  a  technical  foreigner. 
You  may  accuse  me  of  patting  myself  on 
the  back  when  I  say  that,  reminding  me 
that  a  prophet  has  never  any  honor  in  his 
own  country.  But  1  don't  happen  to  be  in 
the  mood  to  pat  myself  on  the  back.  I 
am  merely  stating  a   fact   which  still 


puzzles  me,  and  used  to  hurt  me,  though 
now,  heaven  knows,  I  have  ceased  to 
worry  about  it. 

However,  1  might  give  an  example  oi 
what  1  mean  Some  ot  you  may  ha\'C 
seen  me  in  Somerset  Maugham's  play, 
"The  Constant  Wife." 

At  the  end  ot  that  play,  I  began  to  cry. 
It  was  intentional,  because  I  telt  the  situ- 
ation demanded  it.  Then  the  spirit  of 
comedy  took  hold  of  me  again,  and  it 
was  in  this  note  that  the  play  ended. 

Max  Reinhardt  saw  me  play  it.  He 
came  up  to  me  atterwards  and  said, 
"Can  you  do  that  every  night?" 

I  told  him  that  I  could  and  did. 

"How  amazing,"  he  said. 

Now  Reinhardt  saw  and  understood. 
He  understood  all  that  lay  behind  those 
tew  switt  tears.  Who  else  understood? 
Ot  the  public,  many,  but  of  the  critics? 
Perhaps  1  may  best  illustrate  the  attitude 
of  certain  ot  the  critics  by  a  quotation 
trom  the  recondite  Mr.  Percy  Hammond, 
whose  delicate  prose  is  a  source  ot  such 
constant  delight  to  all  theater-goers.  He 
phrased  it  tar  more  e.xquisitely  than  poor 
ignorant  Max  Reinhardt.  He  merely  ob- 
served that  1  indulged  in  a  few  vaude- 
ville tricks  in  the  last  act. 

So  that,  you  see,  is  how  others  see  me ! 
At  least  the  critics  in  this  country.  Of 
the  public  I  say  nothing,  because  they 
have  already  said  to  me  far  more  won- 
derful things  than  1  could  ever  answer. 
But  the  critics!   Well,    here   is  another 

little  example. 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

WHEN  I  was  playing  "The  Second 
Mrs.  Tanqueray,"Bourdet,  whose 
name  is  above  any  eulogy  that  I  could 
pay  it,  asked  me  why  I  did  not  give  a 
season  in  Paris.  I  said  to  him,  "My 
French  isn't  good  enough."  He  said, 
"Play  in  English.  Theywill  understand 
every  word  you  say."  And  I  returned  to 
my  hotel,  pardonably  elated  by  this 
compliment,  to  be  greeted  by  a  criticism 
from  the  classical  Mr.  Hey  wood  Broun, 
who  observed  of  the  same  performance 
which  moved  M.  Bourdet,  that  I  had 
given  the  impression,  in  the  most  poig- 
nant moment  of  the  drama,  ot  a  barge 
woman.  (I  think  that  was  the  phrase.) 

What  is  the  explanation  of  it  all?  I 
don't  know.  Sometimes  I  have  been  told 
of  some  criticism  which  has  been  deliv- 
ered of  me,  and  it  has  made  me  feel  that 
I  must  have  given  the  impression  of  a 
poseuse,  a  poor,  stagey  creature  And 
then,  alter  looking  into  my  own  mind,  I 
have  wondered  it  perhaps  the  accusa- 
tions might  not  be  laid  to  the  critic  him- 
self. For  always  1  have  tried  to  leave  my 


authors  alone.  You  don't  have  to  be  be- 
wildered by  Shakespeare.  There  he  is 
Leave  him  alone.  Say  what  he  said,  and 
thank  your  God  that  he  has  given  you  a 
trumpet  through  which  you  may  blow 
so  sweetly.  You  don't  have  to  be  bewil- 
dered by  Ibsen.  There  he  is.  Leave  him 
alone.  He  will  tell  a  woman's  life  in 
three  lines,  and  there,  betore  you,  like  a 
golden  gift  are  those  three  lines.  Thank 
your  God  for  them,  because,  if  you  are 
true  to  yourself,  the  very  saying  of  them 
will  make  you  an  artist.  That  at  least  is 
what  I  feel  about  my  own  work.  I  say 
my  lessons  and  have  done.  I  want  no 
mystery,  no  green  lights,  no  Czecho- 
Slovakian  producers  or  early  Metro- 
Goldwyn  wind  machines.  I  want  to 
speak  and  feel  what  I  am  speaking.  And 
that  is  all  I  know. 

▼       T       ▼ 

HOWEVER,  this  is  supposed  to  be  an 
article  about  myself  as  I  think 
others  see  me  and  I  must  stick  to  the 
point.  How  do  others  see  me? 

I  do  not  wish  to  waste  the  time  either 
of  myself  or  my  readers  in  attempting  to 
discredit  those  parodies  of  my  family 
which  certain  writers — being  devoid  of 
any  creative  impulse — have  seen  fit  to 
toist  upon  the  public.  It  is  better  to  leave 
vulgarity  to  itself,  to  allow  little  minds 
to  burn  themselves  out,  and  little  voices 
to  chatter  themselves  into  the  silence  of 
the  Great  Inane.  But  if  you  throw  enough 
mud,  some  of  it  will  stick.  And  some  of 
the  mud  which  has  been  thrown  by — 
well,  we  need  name  no  names — has 
stuck,  not  only  to  me,  but  to  others  who 
are  perhaps  less  willing  to  defend  them- 
selves. And  it  is  on  their  behalf  that  I 
would  speak 

The  legend  has  it  that  we  artists  are 
wild,  careless,  tousled  and  immoral.  We 
breakfast  at  midnight  olT  a  caviar  sand- 
wich and  an  absinthe  cocktail.  We  live 
en  famille — and  such  a  Jamille !  An  or- 
ganization of  idiots — chaotic,  arty,  selt- 
conscious,  thinking  theater,  breathing 
theater,  smelling  theater.  To  these  half- 
baked  intelligences,  a  theatrical  family  is 
only  a  theatrical  family — it  is  not  an 
association  ot  normal,  healthy,  human 
beings. 

1  want  to  record  my  protest  against 
this  libel,  not  on  my  own  behalf,  but  on 
behalf  of  other  less  robust  and  hard- 
bitten artists,  who  may  be  intimidated 
by  such  criticism.  Take  it  trom  me,  any 
artist  who  makes  even  a  small  mark  on 
the  pages  ot  contemporary  theatrical  his- 
tory must  be  a  human  being  first,  and  an 
artist  second.  What  you  applaud,  as  you 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 


How  Two  Excellent  Plays  Revived  Interest  in  the  Summer  Season 


JUST  as  we  were  prepared  co  write  an 
article  seeking  to  analyze  the  decline 
in  theatre  going  during  the  summer 
months  in  San  Francisco,  along  come 
two  drawing  cards — "jealousv"  and 
"The  Little  Accident"  to  destroy  our 
thesis  and  contound  us  utterly.  Which 
brings  the  whole  question  back  to  the 
point  that  the  public's  reaction  will 
always  remain  an  unknown  quantity 
That  is  what  makes  the  theatrical  busi- 
ness, outside  of  farming,  the  most  haz- 
ardous in  the  world.  The  climate  and 
the  mob  are  equally  mercurial. 

We  went  to  "Jealousy"  with  no  pre- 
conceived notions  regarding  it.  We  had 
a  vague  notion  that  it  was  a  comedy. 
And  we  wondered  how  comedy  could 
be  kept  on  the  move  for  three  acts  with 
only  two  interpreters.  We  remembered 
having  seen  one  other  play  with  two 
characters,  "The  First  Fifty  Years." 
Here  the  interest  was  sustained  by 
changes  ot  costume  to  mark  the  passing 
years  plus  the  e\'er  diverting  spectacle  of 
watching  two  people  battle  their  way 
through  matrimony. 

The  first  act  was  comedy  notwith- 
standing its  flashes  of  bitterness  and 
rumble  ot  impending  storm  It  might 
almost  have  been  a  prelude  to  another 
fifty  years  ot  matrimony.  But,  by  the 
time  the  second  act  was  well  under  way, 
we  realized  that  events  were  beginning 
to  move  too  swiftly  for  a  mere  picture 
of  average  domestic  problems.  In  fact, 
the  curtain  had  not  been  up  on  the  second 
act  more  than  five  minutes  before  we 
had  a  sense  that  we  would  be  sitting  on 
the  edge  of  our  chairs  until  the  play  was 
over.  Our  intuition  was  more  than  jus- 
tified. We  were  thrilled,  excited,  breath- 
less but,  curiously  enough,  not  for  a 
moment  exactly  what  one  would  call 
emotionally  shaken  In  short  we  re- 
mained an  interested  spectator  to  the 
last  But  never  once  did  we  feel  the  over- 
whelming sense  of  pity  which  is  the 
mainspring  of  profound  drama  and 
makes  us  identity  ourselves  with  the 
characters  and  their  suffering  Here  was 
a  skillfully  built  up  play,  splendidly 
acted,  filled  with  gripping  moments  and, 
yet,  it  didn't  really  get  under  our  skin. 
Was  the  chain  of  circumstances  too 
neatly  forged,  was  the  Gallic  psychology 
a  trifle  beyond  our  reach,  did  we  have  a 
suspicion  through  it  all  that  it  would  end 
happily  in  spite  of  the  passing  storm  and 
stress?  We  raise  these  questions  not  in 
any  captious  mood  but  merely  to  at- 
tempt to  answer  why  a  play  so  nearly 
perfect  and  in  the  hands  of  two  such 
capable   people  should  somehow   have 


By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

missed  being  vital  drama.  And,  yet,  we 
enjoyed  it  enormously  We  could  ha\'e 
sat  through  it  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Halliday's  performance  was  as 
nearly  perfect  as  one  could  imagine. 
Miss  Bainter  was  only  a  shade  behind 
him.   It  was  a  distinct  delight  to  have 

SonneL^  Upoii^  Coniparing 

Jlxi  Lady\\  Wallpapei'' 

With  Jly  Ou'tiy 

By  Robert  Hunt 

Tlie  iauiihini]  aniorini  on  mi/  wii/l 
Are Jaithjul  far  more  than  i/ou  are  to  me, 
Or  than  the  ladies  In/  the  ii-ater/all 
Of  Li  Tai  Po  on  i/our  Chinoiseric^-). 
Could  thei/  hut  from  the  ti/rant  wall  he 

jree^'>: 
Unbend  themseh-es  to\i.'ard.<-  us  and  nuh'e 

their  lip._<: 
What  tales  of  faith  and  infidelitx/ 
Could  they   unjold!   Jl'hat  past  apoca- 
li/pse^>! 

But  though  I  siflh  and  press  in i/  finger- 
tips 
Against  their  rigid  sides,  thei/  uu'll  not 

tell... 
Hut  laughing,  scamper  to  the  roof  ahoi'e. 
And  there  draw  forth  their  arrows  from 

our  loi<iL^. 
The  Chinese  ladies  on  i/our  wall,  eclip.w 
In  wisdom  such  as  thei/;  so  let  them  tell 


their  smooth  ensemble  unmarred  by  the 
entrance  of  less  competent  actors  upon 
the  scene.  In  a  day  of  so  much  incompe- 
tent support  this  ought  to  be  one  of  the 
considerations  back  of  writing  more 
plays  for  small  casts.  The  only  other  per- 
former in  "Jealousy"  was  the  telephone. 
So  effective,  by  the  way,  that  one 
squirmed  in  one's  seat  every  time  the 
bell  rang  It  doubled  successfully  as  the 
murdered  lover,  the  suspected  man,  the 
police  department,  and  the  wife's  rela- 
tions By  all  means,  less  actors  and  more 
and  better  telephones  until  the  acting 
pnilession  improves 

It  was  heartening  to  hear  the  gasp  that 
ran  through  the  audience  at  the  resound- 
ing slap  which  the  hero  gave  the  heroine 
when  her  lies  grew  too  palpable.  Some 
months  ago  we  commented  upon  the 
apathy  of  a  movie  audience  at  a  like 
situation  The  crook-hero  of  a  ridiculous 
Chinatown  talkie,  not  only  slapped  his 


lady  but  almost  kicked  her  down  stairs 
The  audience  was  stolid  to  the  point  of 
bo\inity.  Our  dictionary  discloses  no 
such  word  but  we  feel  sure  that  it  is  time 
someone  invented  the  term.  The  explan- 
ation ot  these  contradictory  acceptances 
of  an  act  of  brutality  must  lie  in  the  fact 
that  shadows  on  a  screen,  even  with  the 
assistance  of  sound  devices  to  give  them 
a  semblance  of  life,  never  impress  spec- 
tators as  being  real.  In  other  words, 
there  is  no  substitute  for  flesh  and  blood. 

▼       ▼       T 

IN  SPITE  of  the  determination  of  press 
agents  and  audiences  to  the  contrary, 
"  rhe  Little  Accident"  is  clean  fun.  It 
wouldn't  have  been  clean  fun  twenty 
years  ago  because  audiences  then  were  a 
good  deal  nastier  in  spite  of  what  our 
parents  tell  us.  The  arrival  of  a  child  in 
the  good  old  days,  e\'en  with  benefit  of 
clergy,  was  something  about  which  one 
whispered.  Nobody  ever  had  the  temer- 
ity to  say  "Helen  is  going  to  have  a 
baby!"  They  either  referred  to  it  as  "an 
interesting  event"  which  was  nameless 
or  they  began  their  disclosure  with  a 
cryptic  "I  understand"  ending  with  a 
suggestive  lift  of  the  eyebrows.  Things 
being  thus  hard  on  legitimate  babies, 
illegitiiTiate  ones  were  not  mentioned  at 
all,  except  as  a  prelude  to  the  heroine 
being  thrown  out  into  a  snowstorm,  as 
in  "Way  Down  East." 

To  find  a  illegitimate  baby  the  subject 
ot  a  comedy  is  the  most  forward  step  in 
ci\'ilization  that  we  ha\e  encountered  in 
our  entire  lifetime.  That  the  advent  of  a 
baby  should  be  a  cause  tor  mirth,  no 
matter  what  the  circumstances  back  of 
said  ad\ent,  is  surely  a  sign  ot  progress. 
There  are  still  enough  tragedies  written 
around  such  circumstances.  "Coquette" 
was  one.  And  we  can't  helpdecidinghow 
much  better  it  would  have  been  lor 
everybody  concerned  if  the  characters  in 
"Coquette  "  had  only  brought  a  sense  of 
humor  to  the  situation. 

If  it  is  true  that  Mr.  Floyd  Dell 
planned  "The  Little  Accident"  as  a 
serious  treatise  on  the  advent  ot  illegiti- 
mate babies,  all  we  can  say  is  that  his 
collaborator  certainly  wrecked  these 
plans  An^i  more  than  that,  we  are  like- 
wise compelled  to  obscr\e  that  Mr. 
Thomas  N 1  itchcll  did  %erv  well  by  himself 
in  the  matter  ot  lines  It  is  not  often  that 
an  actor  gets  a  chance  to  assist  in  the 
building  up  of  his  part  and  we  cannoc 
perhaps  blame  him  for  making  the  most 
of  his  opportunity.  Except  for  one  or 
two  character  parts,  the  rest  of  the  cast 
had  \crv  little  to  do  that  was  outstand- 

C'oiiliriucHl  uii  \n»tv  29 


AUGUST,  1929 


19 


rl I ESE putirait  fhhings  iO»ic  frani  the 
South  of  France  v.'here  Washburn  has 
been  tvorkin^^  since  he  left  San  Francisco 
almost  three  years  ago.  They  concern 
themselves  with  the  peasant  and  fisher  folk 
of  Mentone  whose  rugged  features  have  be- 
come superb  under  Washburn  s  treatment 
i)i  graphic  li)ic. 


C^F.rF.R.il,  of  this  series  of  pri)its  have 
^  already  been  purchased  b\  leading 
European  museums  and  the  enthusiasm 
they  have  aroused  promises  that  the  limited 
editions  from  these  plates  will  soon  be  ab- 
sorbed by  private  collections.  They  are  to 
be  revarded  as  distinct  contributions  to  the 
art  of  portrait  engraving. 


N'K'KERV,  AtKIXS   ft  TORRFV 


Five  Distinguished  Dry  Point  Portraits  In/  Cadivallader  Washlyurn 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Architectural  Detail  in  the  Fox  TheatreJ) 

The  movies  will  l\m>e  il  thai  the}/  are  the  keepers  and  recreators  oj  all  the  art  oj  all  the  u'orU   If  ell.  the  an/u/nent  may 
be  conceded  when  one  beholds  this  unit  of  wall  ornamentation  in  the  new  Fox  Theatre    It  ct/uals — possihli/  surpasses 

the  best  dreams  of  Louis  A'f '  and  all  his  rot/at  architects. 


AUGUST,  1929 


21 


An  International  Play 

How  the  111  Wind  to  Beauty  Blows  Us  "Journey's  End" 

By  RALPH  WESTERMAN 


THKRi;  is  something  cruelly  beaiici- 
fu!  about  war.  True  enough,  it  is 
a  ghastly  way  to  settle  interna- 
tional disputes;  nevertheless,  within  the 
grim  whirl  of  agony  and  death  a  mysti- 
cal somctliing  flutters  and  struggles  to  be 
free  During  the  feverish  hours  ot  con- 
flict one  cannot  determine  the  substance 
of  this  furtive  prisoner.  But  when  the 
little  earth-men  have  been  glutted  with 
blood  and  "national  honor"  has  been 
sufficiently  appeased,  then  the  captive 
comes  forth  in  the  guise  of  a  poem,  a 
new  social  order,  or  a  play. 

The  memory  of  the  heart-breaking 
years  of  the  world  war  is  still  with  us. 
But  we  v\'ho  have  reached  our  intellectual 
majority  during  the  last  decade  cannot 
contribute  the  same  fervor  to  the  patri- 
otic celebrations  commemorating  a  cer- 
tain day  in  November,  of  the  year  191S. 
in  us  the  old  democracy  plea  arouses  no 
emotion  more  virtuous  than  disgust. 
Such  phrases  as  "war  guilt"  and  "Ger- 
man vandalism"  merely  inspire  us  to 
refer  to  Sir  Philip  Gibbs  and  to  ask 
"v\'hate\'er  gods  there  be"  to  forgive  the 
misguided  Creel  regime  tor  its  enthusi- 
astic dissemination  ot  unspeakable  prop- 
oganda. 

We  are  an  irreverent  and  skeptical 
generation  An  ill  wind  is  an  ill  wind, 
and  no  manner  of  piously  verbal  excre- 
ment will  convince  us  that  it  is  a  gentle 
zephyr  However,  the  cosmic  parado.xes 
are  so  arranged  that  in  the  nature  ot 
events  Shakespeare's  tamous  observation 
is  otten  substantiated.  .  . 

On  the  rue  du  Rocher,  in  Paris,  there 
is  an  English  theatre.  You  will  find  it 
listed  in  your  guide  book  under  the  name 
of  "La  Theatre  Albert  T'' "  One  after- 
noon in  May  we  sat  within  its  white 
walls  and  thrilled  to  the  beauty  and 
heartbreak  of  Mr.  Sheriff's  "Journey's 
End." 

Under  the  spell  of  the  drama  the  tiny 
theatre  ceased  to  be  a  mere  building  .  it 
became  a  dug-out,  close  to  the  front-line 
trenches.  We,  too,  were  victims  of  that 
"unholy  hoax"  so  craftily  perpetrated  in 
1914.  We,  too,  were  nerve-wracked, 
desperate  fodder,  with  our  eyes  to  the 
dirt  f^oor  .  .  .  trying  to  forget  the  hellish 
chaos  overhead  .  .  . 

Act  after  act,  scene  after  scene,  the 
play  rolled  on,  thunderously  dramatic, 
territyingly  tender,  and  all  the  while  re- 
lentlessly removed  from  the  usual  sham 
of  patriotism  and  mock-heroism  that 
one  expects  to  see  in  a  war  play. 

We  were  electrified  and  stunned  almost 
at  the  same  moment.  We  laughed  behind 
a  mask  ot  tears,  and  we  were  not  ashamed 


of  tears  that  echoed  wondering  laugh- 
ter .  .  . 

That  is  "Journey's  End"  as  we  saw  it 
in  Paris. 

▼        ▼        T 

A  BOUT  one  month  later  we  sat  in  the 
Y\.  Savoy  theatre  in  London  and 
watched  the  original  English  cast  enact 
the  same  drama.  Again  we  were  com- 
pletely under  the  spell  of  the  production. 

SonneLj 

Bj/  Sidney  King  Russell 

Jlisery  is  llie  doom  i/ou  call  on  miL\ 
The  su'ijl  and  certain  wrelc/iedne.f.r  of 
knoKK'ing 
That  you  are  Jaithjuljor  eternity 

ir/iile  I  am  fickle  as  a  zephyr  hlowiny 
Through  enyeryrasses:  this  my  secretyricj 

That  you  remain  im'iolahly  chasic  ' 
While  I  am  blown  al'out,  a  fallen  leaf 
Forei'er  graceless,   though   I  see  you 
graced 
Bi/  erery  unpremeditated  art~^ 

To  ii'hich  the  spirit  is  unwitting  heir. 
And  know  forgii.'eness  trembles  in  your 
hearts! 
And  pity  that  would  swell  my  own 
despair^ 
Did  I  not  quell  remorse  with   its  slow 
fecer. 
Knowing  how  well  you  loi'c  a  gay  dc- 
ceii'ei^f 

The  cast,  due  to  Mr.  Maurice  Browne's 
selection  and  direction,  was  a  much  finer 
one  than  the  Paris  company.  Here  was  a 
more  subtle  characterization  of  Captain 
Stanhope,  a  more  lovable  "Uncle,"  and 
more  delicate  nuances  of  comedy.  The 
company  had  been  playing  in  London 
since  last  January;  so  naturally  they  had 
an  opportunity  to  build  up  the  scenes 
and  emphasize  the  dramatic  high-lights 
of  the  play.  It  is  more  than  likely  that 
the  same  company  will  be  playing 
"Journey's  End"  in  London  a  year  from 
now.  The  production  has  recently  been 
moved  to  The  Prince  of  Wales  theatre, 
and  there  its  drawing  power  remains  un- 
abated 

New  York  received  "Journey's  End" 
with  the  same  fervor  that  her  more  so- 
phisticated cousin-cities  across  the  sea 
expressed.  Truly  it  is  a  play  for  all  na- 
tions that  still  respond  to  the  terror  and 
beauty  of  the  human  soul.  You  will  find 
these  two  forces  at  work  in  "Journey's 


End."  Afterward  you  will  cry  out  against 
the  utter  futility  of  war--but  you  will 
also  thank  your  gods  that  even  war  can- 
not quite  destroy  that  mystical  love  of 
man  for  man  when  the  hour  of  misery 
and  death  draws  near. 


THE  production  rights  of  "Journey's 
End"  are  held  by  Mr.  Maurice 
Browne, 'a  name  not  unfamiliar  in  San 
Francisco.  Mr.  Browne  is  creating  new 
companies  to  meet  the  demands  of  the 
public.  One  cast  will  tour  Canada  and 
the  Pacific  coast.  Another  will  play  Chi- 
cago and  the  middle  west  Australia  is 
scheduled  to  receive  a  cast  all  its  own; 
and  yet  another  will  tour  Europe,  prob- 
ably going  as  far  east  as  India. 

Not  for  nothing  is  "Journey's  End" 
taking  such  a  tremendous  hold  on  the 
English-speaking  peoples  of  the  world. 
1  defy  any  reasonably  mentally  equipped 
person  to  witness  a  production  of  this 
play  and  not  come  away  from  the  theatre 
without  re-evaluating  his  international 
preiudices  Nor  can  one  witness  the  scene 
between  Stanhope  and  the  fear-crazed 
youth  and  still  remain  oblivious  of  the 
power  of  the  crawling  horror  we  are 
won't  to  label  cowardice.  Likewise,  who 
can  listen  to  the  reminiscences  of  "Uncle" 
and  the  boy  sergeant  without  experienc- 
ing that  exquisite  torture  that  hovers 
just  within  the  reach  of  tears? 


A  LL  this  may  sound  like  maudling 
_/\_  press-agenting.  It  is  not.  It  is  a 
sincere  conviction  of  the  excellency  of 
"Journey's  End" — a  conviction,  by  the 
way,  not  diminished  by  time  or  dis- 
tance .  .  . 

Yes,  an  ill  wind  is  an  unpleasant  wind. 
War  is  a  murderous  substitute  for  intelli- 
gence and  resourcefulness.  Shell-splint- 
ered flesh  and  gas-fumed  minds  are  a 
pathetic  tribute  to  the  prowess  of  Mars. 
But  out  of  all  this  tearful  badgering  have 
arisen  tender  songs  and  poignant  dramas. 
Perhaps  a  clear  understanding  of  such 
poems  as  "I  Have  a  Rendezvous  With 
Death"  and  such  plays  as  "Journey's 
End  "  will  bring  us  to  the  full  realization 
that  we  20th  century  mortals  arc,  after 
all,  merely  shockingly  inadequate  mech- 
anisms if  we  do  not  beat  our  swords  into 
something  more  agricultural  than  human 
human  bodies. 


•San  Franciscans  will  recall  Mr.  Maurice  Browne's 
school  of  dramatic  interpretalion  Bolh  he  and  Miss 
billen  von  Vo!l<cnbcrg  were  pioneers  in  the  realm  of  the 
art  theatre.  But  San  Francisaj  failed  to  support  the 
project.  Mr.  Browne  returned  to  England  about  three 
years  oro.  At  present  he  is  a  power  to  be  reckoned  with 
in  London  theatrical  circles. 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tin  Types 

An  Account  of  The  Great  Unknown  of  Kearney  Street 


KEARNEY  Street  today,  thoui;h  not 
without  stretches  of  certain  pic- 
turesque appeal,  is  a  nondescript 
thoroughfare  It  reminds  one  of  a  man, 
born  to  wealth  and  position,  who,  in  his 
youth  was  a  handsome,  gay  fellow  about 
town,  a  wanton,  irresponsible  but  be- 
loved profligate;  and  who,  in  middle  age 
his  patrimony  dissipated,  goes  about  in 
indefinite  clothing,  forsaken,  puzzled 
and  mildly  complaining  at  a  city  which 
was  once  at  his  feet.  The  street  is,  as  it 
were,  a  prodigal  son  tor  whom  there  has 
never  been  any  fatted  calt. 

For  Kearney  street  was,  in  the  city's 
earlier  days  and  for  upwards  of  forty 
years,  a  place  of  splendor.  The  town's 
finest  mercantile  establishments,  purvey- 
ing fashionable  and  exclusive  haber- 
dashery, tailoring,  jewelry,  ladies'  gowns, 
dress  materials,  millinery,  corsets,  shoes, 
perfumes,  photography,  furniture,  food, 
candy,  drink  and  what  not  were  located 
on  Kearney  street.  There  were  people 
who  predicted  that  this  would  pass  and 
the  shopping  centers  shift  farther  out — 
up  Market,  Post  and  Geary  But  the  idea 
was  smiled  upon  tolerantly,  tor  it  was 
easy  to  see  that  the  prophets  were  im- 
practical dreamers,  if  not  sharp,  shyster 
promotors  with  sand  lots  to  sell  to 
suckers.  Babbitts  in  modern  terminology  I 
Every  afternoon  from  about  two 
o'clock  on,  all  San  Francisco  who  had 
time  or  made  time  for  the  occasion 
promenaded  Kearney  street  from  Market 
to  Portsmouth  Square  Proletarian  and 
less  prosperous  bourgeoisie  housewives 
and  their  daughters  went  to  make  some 
special  small  purchase  and  do  a  great 
deal  of  window  shopping.  Children 
clamored  to  he  taken  to  a  certain  drug 
store,  at  Kearney  and  Sutter,  which  kept 
its  windows  lull  of  live  snakes  in  as- 
sorted colors  and  sizes;  the  snake  drug 
store,  it  was  called  They  wanted,  too, 
to  see  the  Emperor  Norton,  The  Gutter 
Snipe,  George  Washington  Coombs, 
Oofty-Goofty — all  the  town's  "funny 
old  men"  to  whom  the  Kearney  street 
parade  was  a  never  missed  rite  and  duty. 
Upper  strata  underworld  ladies  saun- 
tered grandly,  escorted  by  gentlemen  of 
the  gambling  and  race  track  traternity, 
and,  it  was  rumored,  some  of  the  ladies 
kept  the  gentlemen  instead  of  vice- 
versa.  The  said-to-be-mistress  of  this  or 
that  prominent  banker,  lawyer,  railroad 
or  mining  king  mingled  in  the  throng — 
and  sometimes,  would  you  believe  it? — 
the  banker,  lawyer,  railroad  or  mining 
king  himself  walked  openly  with  the 
woman '  Young  bloods  and  dubious, 
though   elegantly   dressed    idlers,    hung 


By  ZOE  BATTU 

about  corners  waiting  tor  a  providential 
wind  to  aflord  glimpses  of  shapely 
ankles.  Very  decorous,  socially  elect 
matrons  and  their  daughters  came  in  car- 
riages to  shop  and  look  about.  One  saw 
all  sorts  of  things  and  people  on  the 
street,  about  which  small,  furtive  talk 
might  later  be  made.  Nor  was  an  occa- 
sional, discreet,  harmless  flirtation  at  all 
impossible  Reporters  cruised  along  tor 
chance  news,  artists  and  Bohemians  to 
amuse  themselves  pleasantly.  With  the 
approach  of  the  dinner  hour,  the  crowd 
thinned  somewhat;  in  the  evening  the 
street  was  again  thronged. 

T       T       T 

SUCH  was  San  Francisco's  Kearney 
Street  Promenade,  a  grand  old  insti- 
tution and  a  sort  ot  daily  passing  parade 
of  the  life  and  personalities  of  other  days. 
By  1S50  it  was  well  established;  in  the 
'70s  and  '80s  it  flourished  magnificently; 
in  the  '90s  its  glory  began  to  dim;  the 
destruction  ot  the  city  in  1906  was  its 
death  blow. 

Into  this  di\'erting  pool  ot  mild 
intrigue  and  business,  there  stepped  one 
day  about  1S55,  a  gentleman  of  com- 
manding height,  of  a  physique  well  pro- 
portioned and  set  up.  The  stranger's  fea- 
tures were  regular  and  clearly  cut;  his 
hair,  beard  and  moustache  were  black 
and  carefully  barbered.  His  clothes  were 
fashionably  tailored  of  expensive  ma- 
terials but  in  flawless  good  taste  His 
linen,  tie  and  hat  were  well  chosen  In 
short,  he  was  a  fine  figure  of  a  man  and 
with  the  air  ot  one  born  to  distinction, 
culture,  sophistication  and  social  poise. 

He  was  a  man  to  attract  attention  no 
matter  how  large  the  crowd  in  which  he 
might  find  himself.  Day  after  day  he  ap- 
peared on  Kearney  street  to  walk  leisurely 
and  aristocratically,  as  fits  a  gentleman, 
from  one  end  of  the  promenade  area  to 
the  other  He  dined  in  the  better  res- 
taurants; he  occasionally  entered  the 
more  fashionable  saloons,  giving  his 
orders  in  a  cultivated,  well  bred  manner 
But  always  he  was  alone;  never  did  he 
seek  friends  or  the  slightest,  passing  con- 
versational contact  Naturally,  it  was 
not  long  before  the  town's  curiosity 
seethed  at  tropic  pitch 

Who  was  he'  What  was  his  name^ 

These  are  things  that  were  never 
found  out  In  time,  he  was  christened 
The  Great  Unknown  and  The  Great 
Unknown  he  literally  remained  and  is 
today.  To  the  town's  reporters  he  was  a 
standing  challenge,  he  unbcarablv  piqued 
their  professional  pride  Where  had  he 
come  from  and  why  to  San  Francisco' 
What  had  been  his  past  life'  What  was 


the  tragedy,  disgrace,  crinie,  disaster, 
horror,  memories  from  which  he  sought 
escape?  Was  there  a  woman  in  the  case? 
Was  he  sane'  Where  did  he  get  his 
money  to  live  on?  What  strange  obses- 
sion drove  him  to  mingle  with  this  gap- 
ing, curious,  gossiping  throng,  yet  to 
isolate  himself  so  rigidly  from  any  per- 
sonal contacts  or  friendships  even  of  the 
most  casual  nature'  What  thoughts  and 
secrets,  if  any,  moved  behind  the  hand- 
some mask  of  his  countenance? 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

THE  gentlemen  of  the  press  drove 
themselves  to  frenzy  thrashing  over 
these  questions.  The  police  couldn't  help 
them  out,  because  you  can't  interfere 
with  a  man  simply  because  he  does  not 
choose  to  talk  to  you,  providing,  as  in 
this  case,  he  is  otherwise  above  suspicion . 
Occasionally  a  reporter  cornered  the 
Great  Unknown  and  drew  him  into 
casual  conversation.  But  he  learned 
nothing  of  value.  The  Great  Unknown 
was  politely  noncommital  in  briefly 
passing  the  time  of  the  day  or  comment- 
ing on  current  topics.  He  tactfully  ter- 
minated the  conversation  v\'ithin  a  few 
minutes,  leaving  the  interviewer  with 
the  uncomfortable  feeling  that  a  door 
had  been  closed  to  him  before  he  was 
ready  to  have  it  closed. 

Tailors,  with  whom  the  man  was 
known  to  deal,  were  interviewed.  They 
yielded  no  more  information.  The  Great 
Unknown  confined  his  con\'ersation 
with  them  strictly  to  the  business  at 
hand.  He  deftly  sidestepped  gi\'ing  his 
name;  he  called  for  his  suits  and  paid 
cash  for  them.  Store  clerks,  restaurant 
waiters  and  bar  tenders  recei\ed  only 
necessary  words  from  him  -blandly, 
courteously  given.  His  hotel  had  no 
name  of  his  on  its  registry.  He  swept 
and  cleaned  his  own  room  and  daily 
made  his  own  bed  He  had  no  callers;  he 
mingled  with  the  other  guests  in  no  way 
whatsoever.  He  was  quiet  and  orderly, 
paving  all  extra  bills  promptlv  and  his 
rent  in  ad\'ance  Under  the  latter  circum- 
stances, hotel  managers  did  not  ask 
questions  nor  insist  on  registry  entries. 


A  ITER   he   had 
_/\^  awhile,     he 


ITER    he    had    been    in    the   city  for 
_     _  frequently     received 

mail,  addressed  simply  to  The  Great 
Unknown,  San  Francisco,  v\hich  was 
duly  delivered  to  his  hotel,  he,  himself 
ncN'cr  called  at  the  Post  Office  Whether 
these  letters  were  from  strangers,  seeking 
to  make  contacts  with  him,  or  from 
some  unknown  confederate  outside  the 
city,  who  took  ad\antage  of  the  myster\ 

Continued  un  page  28 


AUGUST,  1929 


23 


Joiej>  de  Vivrej> 

This  classical  piece  of  sculpture  hi/  Grace  Talbot  has  attracted  considerable  attention 
at  the  All  American  Exhibition  oj  Sculpture  /icu'  on  ficw  al  the  California  Palace 

of  the  Legion  oJ  Honor. 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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J/rs.  Charles  B.  Henderson^ 
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AUGUST,  1929 


25 


The  Reigiiing  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

2ANTZINGER-SMITH  On  June  10.  at  St  Anne's 
Church,  Annapolis.  Maryland,  Nir  Frankhn  Davenport 
Zantringer  of  Wa^hinRton  and  Philadelphia,  and  Miss 
Willie  Orric  Smith,  daughter  ol  Mr  and  Mrs  Warren 
William  Smith  (T^rederika  Oiis  ) 

H(^RN-j(^HNS(tN  On  July  17  in  San  Franeisco.  Mr, 
Palmer  Wells  \  lorn,  son  of  Nir,  and  Mrs  William  Palmer 
Kbrn  of  San  Rafael,  and  Miss  Madeleine  Johnson, 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  Charles  H,  Johnson  of  San 
Francisco. 

[BRADLEY-POPE,  On  Julv  20.  in  Sacramento,  Mr, 
Frederick  Worthen  Bradley  Jr  .  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs. 
Frederiek  Worthen  Bradley  of  San  Francisco,  and  Miss 
Helen  C^Iay  l\>pe.  daughter  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
Pope  of  Sacramento. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

HAMMOND-TERRY,  Miss  Barbara  Helen  Ham- 
mond, daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  James  C  Hammond  (^f 
Erie,  Penns>lvania.  to  Mr  Wallace  Terry,  Jr  ,  son  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs,  Wallace  Icrry  of  San  Francisco. 

MAGEE-HOUSER,  Miss  Elizabeth  English  Magee. 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  John  A  Magee  of  Alder  Farm. 
Fruitvale.  to  Mr.  John  Houser.  son  of  Mrs  Caroline  E. 
Houser  of  WotxJsidc  and  Mr.  Maxwell  Houser. 

BELT-DE  ROPP  Miss  Zoe  Banks  Belt,  daughter  of 
Mr  and  Mrs,  Charles  W.  Belt  of  New  S'ork,  to  Mr 
Aldrcd  de  Roppjr  .  son  of  Baron  and  Baroness  de  Ropp. 
formerly  of  San  Francisco,  now  of  Coronado 

ZANE-BULKEY.  Miss  Mary  Franklin  Zane.  daugh- 
ter of  Mr,  and  Mrs  Franklin  Zane  of  Woodside,  to  Mr 
Milton  Bulkley.  son  of  Mrs   Milton  Bulkley  of  Oakland, 

BAE'lENS-CLARK,  Miss  Mary  Clark,  daughter  of 
Mrs  Tobin  Clark  of  San  Mateo  and  Paris,  to  Baron 
James  Baeyens.  son  of  Baron  and  Baroness  Baeyens  of 
Brussels.  Belgium. 

SHOUP-EL^',  Miss  Louise  Shoup.  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Paul  Shoup  of  San  Francisco  and  Los  Altos,  to 
Mr  Northcutt  Ely,  son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Sims  Ely  of 
Berkeley. 

KEESLING-SESNON.  Miss  Jacqueline  Keesling, 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Francis  V,  Keesling.  to  Mr. 
William  T.  Sesnon,  son  of  Mrs    William  T.  Sesnon. 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

The  Baroness  Van  Eek  has  been  revisiting  C^alifornia. 
and  has  been  the  guest  of  her  brother.  Mr  Frederick 
Tillman  at  Aptos.  The  Baroness  is  accompanied  by  her 
four  children. 

In  honor  of  her  mother-in-law.  Mrs  Alexander  Black 
of  New  Orleans.  Mrs  Grant  Black  entertained  at  a  tea 
on  a  recent  Sunday  afternoon  at  her  hume  in  San  Mateo 

Mrs  William  Watt  has  been  entertaining  her  daugh- 
ter. Mrs  John  D  Fredericks,  and  the  two  Fredericks* 
children  at  the  Watt  summer  home  in  Napa  County, 

A  large  tea  was  given  by  Mrs  Wocxl  Armsby  of  San 
Mateo  in  honor  r>f  Mr  Eugene  Goosens,  the  distin- 
;  guished  English  musical  conductor  who  has  been  guest 
conductor  at  several  of  the  summer  symphonies 

Mrs,  John  Biddle  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  and 
her  son,  Mr  Samuel  Biddle,  were  cordially  welcomed 
and  entertained  during  their  recent  visit  to  San  Fran- 
cisco 

Mrs.  Theodore  Tuttle  Smart  (Clementine  Lewis)  of 
Portland,  Oregon,  is  the  guest  of  her  aunt.  Mrs.  William 
Hinckley  Taylor,  for  a  few  weeks, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Selwyn  Eddy  have  been  the  guests  of 
I  Mrs.  Thomas  Hutt  at  the  latter's  home  in  Alameda 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Robert  Watt  Miller  entertained  at  din- 
t  ner  recently  at  their  home  in  Burlingame,  in  honor  of 
Mr    Henry  Hayes 

Miss  Rose  Barreda  is  passing  the  summer  in  Califor- 
■  nia.  the  guest  of  Mrs   Willis  K   Polk, 

Mrs  William  F  Fullam  of  Washington  is  summering 
j  in  California,  dividing  her  time  between  Burlingame, 
r  where  she  was  the  guest  of  her  daughter,  Mrs  Raymond 
i^   Welch,  and  Coronado, 

Mr  George  Barr  Baker  has  joined  Mrs.  Baker  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club,  He  has  come  West  to  attend 
the  Grove  Play  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Mr  and  Mrs  Robert  Henderson  held  a  housewarming 
[  at  their  home  in  Burlingame.  the  afTar  being  a  "gay 
'  nineties"  party,  Mr  and  Mrs.  William  W,  Crocker  gave 
a  dinner  party  preceding  the  housewarming, 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Willis  Walker  have  been  giving  a  scries 
of  week-end  houseparties  at  their  Pebble  Beach  cottage 
"Borderlinks," 

Miss  Janet  Whitman  is  again  in  California  and  will 
pass  the  summer  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  B.  Hender- 
son in  Burlingame. 

The  Menlo  Circus  Club  gave  an  unusually  brilliant 
and  successful  fete  at  the  Circus  Club  grounds.  This 
year's  e\ent  was  a  Spanish  Fiesta  with  the  young  people 
siagmgabull  fight,  under  the  direction  of  a  famous  star 
of  the  Mexican  bull  rings. 


Another  event  of  interest  on  the  Circus  Club  grounds 
recently  was  the  race  meet  and  polo  tournament,  lasting 
four  days  and  accompanied  by  a  series  of  luncheon  gath- 
erings at  the  club  and  at  nearby  houses, 

N'lr  and  Mrs  Si  cwart  Lowcry  were  guests  at  a  buffet 
supper  party  at  iheir  Mento  Park  home  recently.  Ha- 
waiian music  and  dancers  enlivened  the  evening 

Mr  and  Mrs  Walter  Filer  have  returned  from  Europe 
and  are  established  at  the  liurlingame  ("ountry  Club 

Miss  Elizabeth  Oyster,  who  with  her  family  has  been 
passing  the  summer  in  Palo  Alto,  entertained  at  a  dinner 
dance  on  a  recent  Saturday  evening 


Sciencej> 

Bi/  Virginia  Johnson 

T/w  moon  /.I-  no  longer  pa,sw(onattLy, 
It  is  a  while  sign  of  dealh 
Peering  o\'er  the  smooth  shoulder 

of  the  iK'ortd .  .  . 
Daring  those  who  will 
And  have  the  courage'' 
To  interpret  the  shadow  scrawled 

message 
Dripping  from  its  i  eg  flank. 


Mr,  and  Mrs  John  Drum  who  are  occupying  their 
summer  place  at  Tahoe  have  been  hosts  at  a  succession 
of  house  parties. 

Parties  at  the  new  Fairmont  Plunge  grow  increasingly 

ipular  Mrs  Ralston  Page.  Mrs  Clay  Miller.  Miss 
larrict  Wirtncr,  Mrs.  Jerome  Politzer,  Mrs,  James 
Jackman  and  Mrs,  Horace  Hill  are  among  those  who 
have  been  entertaining  there- 
Miss  Eleanor  Christenson  has  arrived  from  Salt  Lake 
and  has  joined  her  sister,  Mrs.  Blair  Foster  at  the  Foster 
home  in  Burlingame. 

The  Misses  Mamie  and  Carrie  Huff,  who  have  been 
traveling  in  fiurope  for  some  months,  have  returned  to 
their  home  in  Greenwich  Terrace 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Harold  Casey  and  their  children  arc 
now  occupying  their  newly  completed  house  at  Wood- 
side 

Miss  Genevieve  McMurdo.  the  fiancee  of  E,  Clemns 
1  iorst  J  r  .  entertained  at  a  dinner  dance  at  the  Hotel  St. 
hrancis  in  honor  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Clemens  Laidlaw 
Horst  of  Paris, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  A  Driscoll  and  Thomas  Dris- 
Jr.  arc  traveling  in  Western  Canada 

Mme  Marguerite  de  Mailly  entertained  at  a  bon  voy- 
age tea  at  her  apartment  in  honor  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Peter 
I' .  Dunne  and  Mrs.  Gardiner  Dailey  prior  to  their  de- 
parture for  Europe, 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Ross  Ambler  Curran  entertained  at  a 
rodeo  at  their  ranch  near  Gilroy.  This  was  one  of  a  series 
of  similar  entertainments  that  Mr,  and  Mrs  Curran 
have  planned  during  the  summer  for  their  friends, 

Mrs  Van  Dyke  Johns  is  visiting  with  her  son-in-law 
and  daughter.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Charles  Warren  Hunt  Jr. 
at  their  new  home  in  Ross. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  John  Selfridge  entertained  a  large  group 
of  friends  at  a  barbecue  dinner,  at  the  Laguniias Country 
Club. 

Miss  Carol  Lapham,  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs,  Eoger 
Lapham  of  San  Francisco  and  Menlo  Park,  was  pre- 
sented to  society  at  a  large  dance  given  at  the  Burlin- 
game Country  Club  at  the  height  ofthe  summer  season. 

Mrs  Stewart  Elliott  and  Mrs  Gustavc  Schwartz  have 
been  hostesses  at  several  luncheons  at  the  Menlo  Coun- 
try Club  during  the  summer 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  Henrv  Pool  entertained  at 
luncheon  at  their  home  in  Woodside  in  compliment  to 
Mr,  and  Mrs  Edward  Hills  who  have  just  returned  from 
Canada  on  their  honeymoon.  Mrs.  Hills  was  the  former 
Mrs,  Florence  Hopkins  Cowdin. 


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SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Paul  Fagan  were  recently  in  Carlsbad, 
They  were  joined  while  there  by  Mrs.  Rudolph  Spreckels, 

Miss  Mary  Joliflfe  has  left  Paris  and  is  now  in  London 
w  here  she  will  visit  Mrs.  Mailler  Searles  and  Miss  Emily 
Clift  Searles. 

Mrs  James  Flood  and  Miss  Mary  Emma  Flood  are  in 
Paris  where  they  were  joined  recently  by  Miss  Sara 
Coffin. 


Miss  Betty  Gayley  was  in  Berne,  Switzerland,  at  last 
accounts 

Mrs  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler  and  her  son.  Dr  Benja- 
min Webb  Wheeler,  are  touring  the  Continent  for  an  in- 
definite period, 

Mr  and  Mrs  William  P  Filmer  are  making  a  tour  of 
England  and  Scotland  after  passing  the  earlier  months 
of  summer  in  Paris 

Mrs  Tobin  Clark  and  her  daughters,  who  have  been 
in  Paris  since  the  Spring,  are  at  present  in  Cannes  where 
they  will  remain  until  (Jctobcr  when  Miss  Mary  Clark's 
marriage  to  the  Ban»n  de  Baeyens  will  take  place 

The  Honorable  Richard  Tobin,  American  Minister  to 
The  Netherlands,  has  been  elected  one  of  the  foreign 
members  of  the  Utrecht  Provincial  Association,  the  first 
American  to  be  accorded  this  honor. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Miss  Louise  Boyd  was  in  New  York  for  several  weeks, 
staying  at  the  Ritz  Carlton  where  she  entertained  a 
number  of  her  old  friends  now  living  in  the  East,  includ- 
ing Mrs  Harris  Colhoun,  the  former  Miss  Julia  Lang- 
home  of  San  F-^rancisco, 

Colonel  and  Mrs  .Arthur  M  Schermerhorn  have 
closed  their  apartment  in  New  York  and  gone  on  to  the 
Adirondacks  During  the  summer  Mrs  Schermerhorn's 
Burlingame  home  was  burned. 

Admiral  and  Mrs  James  Raby  were  among  the  sum- 
mer visitors  at  Newport  Mrs  Raby  was  the  former  Miss 
Jeanette  Callahan  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Charles  W  Clark  were  among  those 
entertaining  at  the  new  Central  Park  Casino  shortly 
after  its  opening. 

Azro  Lewis  has  been  visiting  at  the  home  of  his 
brother  and  sister-in-law .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilmarth 
Lewis,  in  Farmington,  Conn. 

Miss  Harriet  Walker  was  among  a  group  of  guests 
entertained  recently  at  the  C'entral  Park  Casino  by  Mrs. 
Curtis  Hutton. 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Claus  Spreckels  were  at  the  Ritz  Carle- 
ton  for  a  few  days  before  sailing  for  Europe. 

Mrs,  Andre  Lord  has  returned  to  her  country  place  at 
Tuxedo  after  a  stay  abroad 

Interesting  visitors  to  Newport  this  summer  have  in- 
cluded Mr,  and  Mrs  John  Clark  Burgard  of  Burlingame 
who  were  guests  of  Mr    and  Mrs    Hunter  Marston. 

Miss  Caltie  Doyle  was  a  guest  at  the  Plaza  for  a  few 
weeks;  Miss  Doyle  is  at  present  in  Newport, 

Mrs,  George  Whiitelt  Jr  spent  some  time  in  New 
York  recently,  a  guest  at  the  Kitz-Carlton 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mrs  E,  E.  Brownell  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Harriet 
Browneli,  motored  to  Santa  Barbara  a  week  ago  and 
from  thcr  went  on  to  Honywo<")d 

Dr  Millicent  Cosgrave  has  been  in  Santa  Barbara, 
visiting  with  Mr  and  Mrs  Harwood  White 

Mr  and  Mrs  Edward  Pond  and  Mr  and  Mrs  Gerald 
Herrman  recently  enjoyed  a  week  end  at  Agua  Calientc 

Mrs  Robert  Noble  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Beth  Sher- 
wood, are  in  San  Diego  where  they  have  joined  Colonel 
Noble, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Warren  Clark  visited  for  a  time  with 
Mr.  Clark's  sister,  Mrs  Kenneth  Mcintosh,  at  the  lat- 
ter's home  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Miss  Sally  Maynard  was  the  house  guest  of  Mr  and 
Mrs  Harry  Howard  Webb  in  Montecito 

Mrs  Edward  de  Laveaga  and  her  daughter  spent  a 
fortnight  in  Southern  California  recently 

Mr  and  Mrs  David  0)nrad  are  passing  the  remain- 
der of  the  summer  at  Montecito 

Among  those  planning  to  attend  the  fiesta  in  Santa 
Barbara  this  month  are  Mr  and  Mrs  [_alnr  Crimmins. 
Mr  and  Mrs  George  Tallant.  Mrs  Burbank  Somers 
and  Mrs  Temple  Ralston 

Mr  and  Mrs  Richard  Heimann  have  taken  a  house  in 
Santa  Barbara  for  the  summer 

Mrs  Walker  Kamm  and  her  children  uill  pass  the 
next  two  months  in  Los  Angeles 

Mr  and  Mrs  Richard  O  Bliss  and  Miss  Barbara  Bliss 
have  been  spending  several  weeks  at  Hotel  del  Coro- 
nado, 

Mrs  Arthur  Stevenson  passed  several  enjoyable  days 
in  I-os  Angeles,  the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Henry  Stevcn- 
s<in. 

Mrs  Loring  Pickering,  who  is  in  California  from  an 
extended  stay  abroad,  has  been  occupying  the  Newlands 
Johnson  house  in  Santa  Barbara,  Mrs.  Robert  Hays 
Smith  was  a  recent  visitor  there  over  the  weekend. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lawrence  Fox,  who  have  taken  a  house 
in  Santa  Barbara  for  the  summer,  recently  entertained 
Mr,  and  Mrs   Russell  Wilv)n  of  Burlingame. 

Miss  Vera  Talbot  was  the  guest  of  her  cousin,  Mr. 
Talbot  Walker  and  Mrs.  Walker  in  Montecito  last 
month. 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE  FAMOUS  FOURTEENTH  GREEN   OF   THE  PEBBLE  BEACH  COURSE 

The  Golf  Championship  at  Pebble  Beach 


FOR  the  first  time  in  the  history  of 
golf,  the  National  Championship 
is  to  he  played  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi So  gather  your  tents  and  camping 
outfits  (it  would  he  sheer  lunacy  to  try  to 
get  hotel  reservations  now)  and  come  to 
the  heautiful  Monterey  Peninsula  for  the 
week  of  Septemher  2nd  to  7th  (Not  an 
advertisement  for  Sam  Morse,  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Monterey)  Thoui;h  the  Pebble 
Beach  course  has  been  chosen  primarily 
because  it  is  the  most  central  point  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  it  is  considered  one  of 
the  finest  courses  in  the  country,  in  fact 
experts  claim  that  the  course  will  be  one 
of  the  most  difficult  the  match  has  ever 
been  played  on  It  has  been  recently  re- 
constructed lor  the  coming  event  by 
Chandler  Egan.  who  is  himself  twice  ex- 
National  champion  and  who  will  be 
among  those  who  will  participate. 

Undoubtedly  it  will  be  many  a  year 
before  the  championship  will  again  be 
held  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  it  is  a 
unique  opportunity  for  California  golf 
enthusiasts  to  sec  the  countrys'  best  ama- 
teurs in  competition. 


By  CONSTANCE  RAMACIOTTI 

THK  question  this  \car  is  not  who  will 
win  the  championship,  but  can 
Bobby  Jones,  who  dominates  both  ama- 
teur and  professional  golf  all  over  the 
world,  be  beaten  Every  Napoleon  has 
his  Waterloo  and  Goliath  his  David, 
though  Jones  seems  more  like  the  famous 
young  Achilles,  without  the  vulnerable 
heel 

But  aside  from  the  results  of  the  tour- 
nament, those  who  are  fortunate  enough 
to  he  spectators  will  be  provided  with 
color  galore  during  the  matches  Curil 
Tolley,  the  most  outstanding  British 
competitor  will  contribute  quite  a  splash 
He  is  a  daring  and  brilliant  player  and  is 
conceded  to  be  the  longest  driver  in  En- 
gland Many  of  his  admirers  claim  he  is 
the  longest  driver  in  the  world,  but  a 
number  of  Pacific  Coast  experts  main- 
tain that  Francis  Brown  of  Honolulu, 
who  will  also  play,  will  outdri\'e  him 
Tolley  has  just  won  the  British  Ama- 
teur He  won  it  once  before  in  1920  by 
defeating  Bob  Gardner,  twice  American 
champion,  on  the  thirty-seventh  hole 
with  a  birdie  2.  There  will  be  other  out- 


standing players  coming  from  England  | 
to  say  nothing  of  the  reprcscntati\c  play-  ' 
ers  from  all  over  the  United  States    In 
fact  one  could  go  on  indefinitely  with 
records,  scores  and  anecdotes  connected  I 
with  a  great  many  of  the  competitors;  ' 
but  our  interest  is  naturally  focused  on 
the  Pacific  Coast  contestants. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

FROM  the  North  the  outstanding  play-  1 
ers  arc  Chandler  Eagan,  from  Kled- 
ford,  Oregon,  Johnny  McHugh,  Jack 
Neville,  who  has  just  won  the  state 
championship  for  the  fifth  time  after  a 
lapse  of  seven  years  His  friends  all  hope, 
after  this  comeback,  that  he  will  make  a  | 
strong  showing  Paul  Hunter,  Lester 
Coleman  and  a  host  of  younger  players, 
any  one  of  whom  has  a  chance,  will 
come  from  Southern  California.  The 
strongest  bid  of  Pacific  Coast  pla\er's, 
howe\er,  will  be  made  bv  a  group  from 
the  Pacific  Northwest,  composed  of  the 
two  Moe  boys,  Dolph,  Willing,  Stein 
and  Whilhelm  Lca\ing  Jones  out  of 
consideration,   it  would  be  difficult  CO  ^ 

CulUinuc'iI  on  pajEc  32  \ 


AUGUST,  1929 


27 


Myself  As  Others  See  Me 

Ci)iitimn'(l  frniii  pnKc  17 

sit  back  in  your  stalls,  is  not  only  our  art 
but  our  life.  We  arc  what  we  have  been, 
not  only  on  the  stage  but  off  it. 

Look  upon  that  picture — the  picture 
ot  the  parodists,  and  on  this  the  true  pic- 
ture of  my  own  childhood  it  is  a  picture 
as  formal,  as  quaintly  conventional,  as  a 
late  Victorian  print  It  shows  a  house- 
hold conducted  with  a  regularity  and 
decorum  that  seemed  as  though  it  were 
ordained  bv  Nature  For  fitty  years  my 
grandmother  had  the  same  theater,  in 
which  she  ruled  alone.  That  theater  was 
something  fi.xed  and  stable  in  a  bewilder- 
ing uni\'erse,  and  round  it  life  rotated  in 
ordered  ceremony.  Every  day  at  twelve 
o'clock,  the  light  brougham  would  draw 
up  under  the  trees  in  our  quiet  Philadel- 
phia street  to  bear  mv  grandmother  to 
the  theater.  And  when  the  theater  was 
reached,  she  was  supreme.  They  called 
her  the  Duchess,  not  in  any  spirit  of 
parody,  but  because  she  ivas  a  Duchess. 
She  tolerated  nothing  that  was  slovenly. 
If  she  heard  any  unfortunate  creature 
using  words  which  offended  her,  that 
creature  would  soon  be  seen  slinking 
into  obscurity  through  the  stage  door. 

In  the  shadow  of  that  spirit  I  have 

li\'ed.  It  was  a  great  spirit,  but  it  was  not 

only  a   theatrical   spirit.    For  anybody, 

who  imagines  that  the  people  of  the 

theater  live  and  have  their  being  only  in 

the  theater,  is  a  fool. 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

WHEN  I'm  not  in  the  theater,  I 
don't  think  ot  the  theater.  Of 
course,  it  I  am  doing  a  new  play  which 
absorbs  me,  if  I  am  trying  to  interpret  a 
character  which  fascinates  me,  tor  a  tew 
days  I  become  that  character,  in  my  wak- 
ing and  sleeping  moments  she  is  always 
with  me,  prompting  me,  pointing  out 
iittlethings which  1  hadn't  noticed  before, 
showing  me  lite  through  her  eyes.   But 


othe: 


rwise.m  t 


he  n 


ormal  run  ot  existence. 


the  theater  is  the  theater,  and  lite  is  lite, 
and  never  do  the  twain  meet,  except 
between  the  hours  of  eight  and  eleven, 
when  both  I  hope  are  intensified.  Apart 
from  that,  life  stretches  before  one,  end- 
lessly diverse,  to  be  seized  and  savored 
from  a  thousand  points  ot  view,  the  pic- 
torial, the  poetical,  the  personal, and  since 
we  must  be  alliterative,  even  the  political. 

The  idea  that  an  actress  goes  through 
the  world  with  the  smell  ot  grease-paint 
ever  in  her  nostrils  is  an  idea  which,  one 
had  hoped,  had  died  in  the  early  Vic- 
torian era.  A  period,  by  the  way,  in 
which  the  most  eminent  of  my  parodists 
seems  naturally  to  belong. 

Well,  there  it  is.  Have  I  told  too  little 
or  too  much?  I  leave  it  tor  you  to  decide. 
Somebody  said  to  me  the  other  day, 
"You  ought  to  be  supremely  happy.  You 
have   everything   that    anybody    could 

Cuntiiiued  on  next  page 


T„ 


IS 


IS  THE  GOLF  SHOE  that  will  improve 
your  stance,  and  better  your  score  as  a 
smart  dresser.  McAfee  of  London  makes 
it.  Knox  sells  it,  Knox  exclusively  in  San 

Francisco.     Also  .  .  .  McAfee's   business  shoes,  dress 
shoes,  and    riding    and    polo    boots. 


KNOX 


51         GRANT        AVENUE 


ANOTHER    Knox    Shop    soon    ...    in    Sf.    Francis    Hotet 


28 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


\V    RAPHAEL  WEILL  8  COMPANY/  f,, 

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THE  change  of  season  may  he  just  the 
same  old  story  to  patient  Nature 
but  the  plot  of  each  season  of  fashion  is 
another  thing  entirely.  However,  with 
due  allowance  for  the  occasional  sur- 
prises to  which  anything  subject  to  femi- 
nine "change  of  mind"  is  predestined, 
the  entire  scenario  of  style  may  be  fore- 
cast with  as  much  certainty  as  any 
weather  prophesy  .  .  .  especially  when 
the  season  is  as  close  as  this  Fall  ot  1929. 


FOR  months,  trained  fashion  scouts 
(whose  services  are  exclusive  with 
The  White  House  in  San  Francisco)  and 
buyers  of  highly  specialized  knowledge, 
have  been  studying  the  sources  of  smart- 
ness in  the  important  fashion  centers  of 
the  world.  The  sum  total  of  their  ob- 
servations is  manifested  now  in  costumes 
ofdistinguished  correctness  arriving  daily 
for  Fall  presentation.  Summer  rumors 
and  speculations  have  become  autumn 
affirmations. 


All  this  gossip  of  Spanish  influence 
jiy,  which  has  been  so  strongly  stressed 
that  it  looked  as  though  stylists  had  gone 
in  for  international  politics,  is  corrobor- 
ated in  "first  arrivals"  of  undisputably 
Andulasian  character.  Those  who  read 
the  writing  on  the  wall  of  fashion  saw  it 
coming  in  the  first  cocktail  jackets  this 
summer.  For  did  not  the  Spanish  iSgo's 
wear  identically  styled  jackets  of  black 
and  vivid  lace?  Wrapped  turbans,  too, 
brought  in  the  picturesque  qualities  of 
the  Spanish  gypsy.  We  have  now  pro- 
gressed to  the  tied-on-the-side  silk  tur- 
ban, like  theirs,  for  evening.  There's  no 
telling  where  we'll  be  when  the  season 
gets  started,  what  with  complexions 
predicted  more  tawney  than  ever. 


WH.^T  more  Spanish  than  the  long- 
bodiced,  sinuous  Princess  line, 
fluttering  into  ruffles  just  below  the 
knee?  Other  evening  silhouettes,  though 
considerably  modified,  show  the  same 
tendency  to  break  the  fitted  straightness 
of  line  at  knee  or  below  knee  height.  By 
the  same  token,  open  work  laces  in 
orangy-red,  tangerine  orange,  black  and 
white  are  exotically  correct.  Knee  length 
evening  wraps  repeat  the  exact  lines  of 
the  fringeless  Spanish  shawl,  swirled 
tightly  about  the  figure. 


CAPE  complexes  may  be  safely  re- 
vealed this  Fall  in  broad  daylight 
or  after  dark,  even  to  the  extent  of  circu- 
lar fulness.  With  them,  a  fitting  bicorne, 
tricorne  or  tilted  Toreodor  hat,  some- 
times with  a  colored  pompom.  And,  by 
the  way,  don't  be  surprisedif  yourformal 
frocks  break  into  fringe  later  in  the  sea- 
son. Whatever  is  not  Spanish  in  feeling  is 
high  and  slightly  bloused  as  to  waistline, 
with  a  poured-in  and  long-limbed  effect, 
invariably  ending  (in  the  daytime,  too) 
with  diagonal  or  bias  points,  sometimes 
longer  in  back  Here  is  where  you  need 
the  smoothed,  boneless  slenderness  iif  a 
Lingerie  Corset. 


SPANISH  colors  and  Spanish  lines,  be- 
cause of  their  glamorous  qualities, 
may  seem  at  first  glance  the  most  prom- 
inent Fall  characteristics.  But  there  are 
other  colors,  other  lines  of  equal  fashion 
position,  though  with  more  restraint, 
such  as  the  new  olive  green  and  the 
longer  skirt.  Every  phaze  of  autumn 
newness  cannot  even  be  approached  here. 
We  suggest  that  you  become  acquainted 
with  the  newest  Fall  collections  at  The 
W hi tc  HtJUsc  the  ne.xt  time  you  "drop  in . " 


A    D   V   E    R   T    I    s  li   M   I-:    N  T 


want — physical,  mental,  material.  Yet 
you  don't  give  the  impression  of  radiant 
happiness.  You're  not  like  some  of  these 
other  actresses  who  look  as  if  God  had 
climbed  into  His  heaven  solely  for  their 
benefit  in  order  to  prove  to  them — and 
to  their  press  agent — that  all  was  right 
with  the  world." 

He  was  speaking  the  truth.  After  all, 
who  IS  happy?  Am  I?  Sometimes,  yes.  I 
am  not  an  author — only  an  actress — and 
perhaps  I  am  violating  all  the  laws  of 
prose,  when  I  insert  into  this  otherwise 
wordy  article  a  note  of  pure  sentiment — 
the  sentiment  which  comes  to  me  when 
I  think  of  my  three  children — the  three 
separate  and  adorable  justifications  of 
my  existence  To  me  those  children 
sometimes  appear  as  the  only  excuse  for 
my  life.  Forgive  me  this  momentary 
lapse  of  an  untutored  pen. 

Otherwise,  is  one  happy?  Well — one 
has  all  the  materials.  One  could  take  a 
ticket  CO  any  part  of  the  world.  One 
could  turn  on  the  sunshine  at  will,  one 
could  play  the  tunes  which  were  most 
beautiful,  saturate  oneself  in  all  the 
lovely  things  of  the  earth,  and  then 
what?  The  play  would  still  be  a  tragedy 
— or,  if  that's  too  strong  a  word — it 
would  still  be  a  problem  play  whose 
meaning  always  eluded  one.  And  one 
could  still  be  sitting  in  an  empty  theater, 
the  occupant  of  a  solitary  stall,  bitterly 
conscious  of  the  emptiness  of  the  gallery 
and  the  boxes  and  seats  around  one. 

T      T      T 

I  SEEM  by  accident  to  have  hit  upon  the 
secret  of  the  whole  thing — the  loneli- 
ness of  all  those  of  us  who  are  trying  to 
create  You  can't  escape  it.  You  are  alone. 
Bitterly  and  inevitably  alone.  Why — 
God  alone  knows.  And  if  I  ever  find  the 
answer,  I  know  that  it  will  not  be  on 
Broadway,  but  on  the  stage  of  life. 

▼       T      T 

Tin  Types 

Continued  frimi  l>ape  22 

surrounding  him  to  thus  send  him  letters 
and  funds,  was  something  that  could  not 
be  determined  legitimately.  During  his 
some  ten  years  in  San  Francisco,  the 
Great  Unknown  never  had  a  bank  ac- 
count or  any  dealings  with  any  bank  or 
establishment,  which  would  account  for 
his  supply  of  cash.  Of  this  commodity, 
he  always  had  sufficient  on  hand  to 
enable  him  to  live  without  work,  to 
have  a  varied  wardrobe,  to  dine  in 
plenty. 

A  handsome  fashion  plate,  isolated, 
aloof,  mysterious,  hence  a  romantic 
figure, — he  was  tremendously  intriguing 
to  every  woman  in  town,  regardless  of 
caste,  position,  socially  recognized  or 
anti-social  means  of  living.  The  haugh- 
tiest of  belles  could  not  resist  trying  to 
bait  him  with  their  most  voluptuous 
charms  and  most  subtle  technique.  If  he 
saw  them  or  sensed  their  motives,  he 
gave   no  sign.    He   was  chat  rarest  ot 


AUGUST,  1929 


29 


mortal  phenomenon,  a  handsome  man 
to  whom  women  are  nothing — not  even 
pawns  v\'ich  which  to  dix'crt  one 'self  pleas- 
antly and  toss  aside.  Only  once  was  he 
forcibly  incerkred  with  Tv\'o  or  three 
rowdies  deliheratly  humped  into  him 
and  knocked  off  his  hat  Quickly  he 
turned  on  the  ruffians  and  with  admirable 
boxing  tactics,  laid  them  out  on  the  side- 
walk. Whereupon,  he  recovered  his  hat, 
settled  his  hardly  mussed  clothes  and 
continued  upon  his  serene  way  as  if 
nothing  had  happened. 

Finally  The  Great  Unknown  vanished 
from  San  Francisco  as  mysteriously  and 
suddenly  as  he  had  come.  His  going 
raised  a  storm  of  new  questions.  Where 
had  he  gone?  Did  he  go  because  his 
money  was  exhausted?  Fiad  he  com- 
mitted suicide!'  F4is  hotel  room  was 
searched  without  finding  so  much  as  a 
scrap  o(  paper.  Rumors  and  alleged 
rumors  bobbed  up  and  were  tracked 
down  by  enterprising  reporters.  They 
came  to  nothing;  The  Great  Unknown 
never  stepped  out  of  role. 


Spotlight 


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Contimied  from  page  IS 

ing.  Besides  Mr.  Mitchell,  one  remem- 
bers the  two  tathers,  having  babies  vi- 
cariously in  the  waiting  room  ol  the  hos- 
pital, and  the  landlady  in  the  Chicago 
boarding  house.  These  three  bits  were 
real  portraiture  but  whether  by  virtue  ot 
the  actors'  tvpes  or  their  acting  ability 
must  remain  a  mystery. 

"The  Little  Accident"  is  essentially  a 
play  for  married  people.  Thev  delight 
extravagantly  in  all  the  little  innuendoes 
so  dear  to  the  heart  ot  domesticity.  The 
sight  ot  a  diaper  throws  them  into 
shrieks  ot  laughter.  And  the  spectacle  ot 
husbands  torn  by  birth  pangs  is  as  divert- 
ing to  husbands  as  to  wives. 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  competent  come- 
dian of  the  hard  working  variety.  Fie 
punctuates  his  lines  with  a  great  deal  of 
physical  motion.  Whether  the  dialogue 
would  have  been  more  etlecti\'e  in 
quieter  hands  is  clearly  a  speculation  and 
perhaps  a  matter  ot  taste.  The  tempo  of 
the  play  was  pitched  at  pure  tarce.  Some 
of  the  lines  were  good  enough  to  suggest 
high  conicdy  but  this  again  is  a  matter  ol 
taste  To  us  the  outstanding  thing  about 
the  play  was  its  gay  treatment  of  what 
was  formerly  a  lugubrious  subject 

WE  ARE  still  one  of  the  benighted 
San  Franciscans  who  has  not  yet 
achieved  the  Fox  Theatre.  But,  every 
time  we  pass  that  way,  with  the  tirm  in- 
tention of  going  in,  we  find  such  a 
crowd  storming  the  doors  that  we  decide 
to  postpone  the  experience  We  have 
gone  so  little  to  the  movies  that  we  have 
not  yet  acquired  the  calm  docility  that 
marks  the  seasoned  fan  and  which 
enables  him  to  wait  for  an  hour  or  more 
in  the  dubious  hope  of  a  final  seat. 


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O  very  mou^n^  oj  new 

OPERA  FURS 

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AUTHORITATIVE    EXHIBIT 
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^ylFTER  .ALL, 

ivhen  von  "xaut  the  really 
?iezv  Fashions  . . . 

yon  must  come  -where  the 
realh  new  Fashions  are. 


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GIFTS               PRIZES 

ORIENTAL  ARTS 

LAMPSHADES 

INTERIOR  DECORATION 

DESIGNS  TO  ORDER 

RHODA 


ON-THE-ROOF 

Individual  mode.t  cliuracterizinfl 

new  Fall  sli/le.r  modeled 

on  your  head 

Hats    remade  in  tlic 
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By  BETH  WENDELL 

WOLF  Solent"  has  entirely  re- 
lieved the  embarrassment 
of  Simon  &  Schuster.  Since 
those  gentlemen  published  "The  Cradle 
of  The  Deep,"  we  have  doubted  them, 
but  once  again,  bow  before  their  Inner 
Sanctum. 

They  have,  in  fact,  printed  their 
names  in  immortality,  for  "Wolj 
Solent"  will  certainly  outlive  its  author, 


its  publishers,  and  its  present  group  of 
readers ! 

The  setting  is  Dorset  Rural  England, 
by  the  end  of  the  second  volume,  (yes 
there  are  two  volumes)  becomes  a  fa- 
miliar, even  an  intimate  spot,  to  the 
most  untravelled. 

Its  hero.  Wolf  Solent,  has  a  strange 
kinship  with  Nature,  and  this  oneness 
with  fields  and  trees,  makes  them  almost 
humanely  important 

Solent  is  an  introvert,  and  has  created 
a  secret  "mythology"  by  which  he  lives. 
This  mythology  accepts  Gerda,  his 
physical  love,  and  withholds  Christie, 
his  mental  mate. 

The  book  has  a  mysticism  that  is 
saved  from  melancholy  by  the  odd  torci- 
bility  of  Nature 

Solent  broods  constantly,  but  brood- 
ing in  leafy  lanes,  allows  the  sun  to 
make  bright  patches  among  the  shadows. 

Powys  has  been  compared  with 
Hardy,  but  the  greatness  of  "Wolf  Sol- 
ent" is  almost  incomparable.  His  tre- 
mendous facility  seems  exaggerated,  at 
times,  almost  ready  for  an  attack  by 
Corey  Ford,  but  the  extravagance  is 
quickly  curtailed  by  some  exquisitely 
simple  phrase. 

All  perversions,  including  incest,  are 
practised  by  various  characters,  respec- 


The  MERRIMAN  SCHOOL 

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Opens  Tiicsilav,  AiijiUst  Twentv-se\"enth 

AVin.v  C.  Mehiuman,  Ida  Body,  Principals 

Phone,  PI  edmont  2770 

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INTERIOR 
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Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 

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SAN    FRANCISCO 


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Designs . . . 

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Hungary,    Belgium    am 
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tively   Solent  succumbs  to  none,  beyond 
an  interested  speculation. 

To  what  extent  the  book  is  autobi- 
ography, we  cannot  say.  Even  Powys, 
who  loves  to  shock  his  audience,  might 
hesitate  in  claiming  Solent  as  his  soul 
But  fact  or  fiction,  the  characters  will 
live  on,  and  sin  on,  long  after  the  back 
cover  has  been  closed 
"Wolf  Solent,"  by  John  Cowper 
Powys,  Simon  &  Schuster,  Publishers 


To  THE  reading  majority,  war  books 
are  no  longer  tresh  stabs  in  old 
wounds  They  are  becoming  informative 
documents,  tor  young  men  and  women, 
who  did  not  learn  of  great  battles  from 
the  morning  paper.  Those  youngsters, 
unable  to  gather  history  in  headlines,  are 
now  adults,  eager  to  unbury  the  grim 
experience  ot  their  fathers'  generation 
That  experience,  for  many  years  too  tor- 
turous to  become  a  memory,  has  at  last 
backed  into  the  past  It  has  become  hills 
and  horizon,  ready  tor  literary  and  dra- 
matic re-approach. 

Erich  Remarque,  in  his  "All  Quiet 
On  The.  Western  Front,"  presents  a 
classic  document  that  in  itself  is  sufficient 
monument  for  that  blazing  interlude. 

It  contains  a  veracity  achieved  by  suf- 
fering, and  a  tolerance  bred  of  tiine  and 
contemplation. 

The  pathos  and  the  irony  of  war,  as 
Remarque  saw  war,  has  inspired  a  soul 
stirring  supplication  for  peace  He  saw, 
too,  the  inevitable  humor  that  persists  in 
skipping  about  the  skirts  of  tragedy. 

"All  Quiet  On  The  Western  Front" 
instills  a  universal  pity,  which  is  cer- 
tainly akin  to  understanding,  if  not  to 
love 

"All  Quiet  On  The  Western  Front," 
by  Erich  Remarque.  Little  Broivn,  Pub- 
lishers 

T       ▼      T 

PHOEBE  Fenwick  Gaye  has  chosen  the 
era  of  Napoleon's  Russian  cam- 
paign for  a  novel,  and  plunged  back 
those  decades,  without  chilling  her 
imagination  in  research 

She  has  given  her  data  in  sketchy  im- 
pressions, rather  than  in  photographic 
images.  The  value  and  essence  of  her 
offering,  however,  are  in  the  capture  of 
that  Spirit,  which  was  inherited  by  the 
France  of  our  late  war  The  steel  gaiety 
which  survived  generations,  is  the  qual- 
ity predominant  in  Julie,  heroine  of  the 
tale. 

Julie,  a  war  time  baby,  was  weaned  to 
a  bottle  of  brandy.  Her  cradle  was  a  shell 
box,  swung  from  a  tripod  of  guns. 

She  was  born  "vivandiere,  "  more  a 
Marianne  than  a  Joan  of  Arc 

The  approach  and  retreat  of  the  Grand 
Armee  in  Russia  is  the  background  for 
Julie's  loves  and  adventures. 

Continued  on  page  36 


Mr.  William  S.  Tevis,  Jr. 


Society  takes 

the  fast  MALOLO  to 

HawaiVs  gay  sports 


o  MANY  people  you  know  are  going  over  to  "the  Islands"  on 
the  Malolo,  this  month  and  next.  For  polo,  for  the  horse  rac- 
ing at  the  picturesque  Maui  Fair,  for  the  Hawaii  Open  Golf  Tour- 
nament— but  especially  for  polo. 

"I  have  always  wanted  to  go  to  Hawaii  for  the  surf  riding  and 
polo,"  says  Mr.  William  S.  Tevis,  Jr.  "The  Championship  matches 
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Malolo's  new  schedule  necessitates  only  four  days  on  the  ocean,  it 
is  quite  possible  I  shall  be  able  to  go  to  Honolulu  for  the  Septem- 
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whether  as  declarer  or  adversary. 
Seven  out  of  ten  hands  are  of  normal 
lengthed  suits,  that  is  they  contain  no 
suit  of  more  than  five  cards,  the  other 
three  are  abnormal,  containing  one  or 
more  suits  of  more  than  five  cards 

For  bidding  purposes  distributional 
values  are  important  as  these  factors  de- 
termine whether  a  minor,  major  or  no 
trump  declaration  should  be  made. 
However,  the  distributional  values  held 
by  the  partner  and  those  held  by  the  ad- 
versaries are  of  equal  importance  in  de- 
termining many  times  the  best  final 
declaration  in  Contract  or  Auction 
bridge. 


When  a  player  picks  up  a  normal  hand 
the  chances  are  that  the  other  three  are 
normal,  but  they  may  not  be.  Listen  to 
the  bids  made  adversely  or  your  partner's 
shifts  for  this  confirmation  or  denial .  I  f  a 
player  is  dealt  an  abnormal  hand  the 
chances  are  that  there  will  be  one  or 
more  other  abnormal  hand. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

WE  ARE  urged  by  many  writers  to 
avoid  no  trump  declarations 
with  such  unbalanced  holdings  as  a 
singleton  or  a  void  suit  because  of  the 
danger  that  the  partner  will  not  furnish 
enough  cards  in  that  suit  to  stop  its  run 
by  the  opponents.  From  a  very  careful 
study  of  S,ooo  suit  length  distributions 
it  was  found  by  the  writer  that  there  is 
what  may  be  called  a  law  ot  symmetrical 
balance  in  normal  hands  and  a  law  of 
symmetrical  unbalance  in  unbalanced 
hands.  That  is  to  say,  when  hands  are 
normal  in  suit  lengths  there  will  be  a 
tendency  for  all  suit  lengths  to  be  nor- 
mal, but  when  a  suit  is  long  in  declarer's 
hand  the  chances  are  that  the  partner 
will  have  less  than  his  proportion  of  the 
remaining  outstanding  cards.  Likewise 
when  a  declarer's  suit  is  short  or  void 
the  partner  will  tend  to  have  more  than 
his  proportion  ot  the  outstanding  cards 
in  that  suit  Now,  it  is  a  well  known 
fact  that  the  more  cards  held  in  a  suit 
increases  the  chances  that  there  will  be 
also  held  more  than  proportional  high 
cards  oi  the  suit  in  the  S.ihhi  suit  lengths 
studied,  sitting  opposite  declarer's  void 
suits  was  an  average  o(  five  plus  cards, 
whereas  his  proportion  was  four  plus; 
sitting  opposite  his  singleton  suits  was 


Shasta 
Route 

to  the  Northwest 

go  one  way  thru  the 
Redwood  Empire! 

One  way  via  the  Redwood 
Empire,  Portland  is  but  a  day 
away.  Southern  Pacific's  train 
and  motor-coach  tour  takes  but 
a  comfortable  night's  sleep 
longer  than  the  fastest  time. 

The  fare  is  but  $10.40  more. 

Leave  San  Francisco  ofi 
Northwestern  Pacific  8:30 
p.m.  train.  Next  morning  at 
Eureka  you  board  your  motor- 
coach  for  a  day  drive  thru  this 
forest  of  giants.  Connection  is 
made  with  the  "Oregonian" 
that  evening  at  Grants  Pass, 
Oregon,  and  you  arrive  Port- 
land 7:.^0  the  next  morning. 

Go  one  way  via  the  Red- 
woods, return  another^over 
Siskiyou  line  thru  picturesque 
southern  Oregon  or  the  spec- 
tacular Cascade  line  along 
great  forested  canyons,  past 
sparkling  mountain  lakes. 

Southern 
Pacific 

F.  S.  McGINNIS 

Passenger  Traffic  Manager 

San  Francisco 


AUGUST,  1929 


33 


an  average  of  almost  five  or  four  double 
plus,  whereas  his  proportion  was  four; 
sitting  opposite  his  douhlcton  suits  was 
four  cards,  whereas  his  proportion  was 
three  plus.  On  the  other  hand  sitting 
opposite  declarer's  extra  long  suits  there 
was  less  than  the  proper  proportion  in 
the  partner's  hand.  Sitting  opposite  de- 
clarer's normal  suit  length  was  propor- 
tional distribution  Therefore,  it  is  hook- 
um  to  say  that  no  trump  should  not  be 
hid  with  hands  ot  proper  strength  just 
because  ot  the  tear  ot  the  run  ot  a  short 
or  void  suit.  Hands  to  be  really  feared 
are  those  occasional  ones  which  the 
partner  has  not  pictured  correctly  with 
misfits  in  all  suits,  hands  with  no  play- 
ing flexibility. 

For  no  trump  game  hands  it  requires 
a  predominance  of  high  cards  and  high 
card  sequences  when  all  suits  are  short 
because  ot  the  absence  of  long  suit  pro- 
motional values.  It  is  obvious  therefore 
from  the  standpoint  ot  symmetrical  bal- 
ance and  symmetrical  unbalance  that 
many  more  hands  should  be  bid  at  no 
trump  than  we  are  led  to  believe  by  some 
writers.  Many  hands  in  contract  will 
make  game,  even  though  unbalanced,  at 
no  trump  where  game  is  not  possible  in 
a  major  or  a  minor.  One  should  not  fear 
the  fearless  bidder,  but  rather  fear  the 
timid  bidder,  or  the  inveterate  passer,  or 
the  unimaginative  partner. 


THERE  is  one  other  phase  ot  the  law  ot 
symmetrical  unbalance.  When  a  suit 
is  unbalanced  in  declarer's  and  dummy's 
hands  the  tendency  is  toward  a  like  un- 
balance of  the  remaining  cards  held  by 
the  two  opponents  Likewise  balanced 
hands  should  tend  toward  an  even  dis- 
tribution of  the  remaining  cards  between 
the  two  opponents 

A  flexible  bidding  system  wherein  one 
can  picture  the  holding  is  the  thing  to  be 
desired.  One  should  not  fear  to  correctly 
picture  a  holding  with  values  If  this  is 
not  done  the  keen  opponents  will  run 
away  with  the  points  in  contract.  Many 
who  have  been  playing  a  fair  game  of 
auction  will  be  unable  to  cope  with  the 
game  of  contract  until  they  realize  it 
takes  a  sound  valuation  system  and  dit- 
ferent  bidding  tactics  and  imagination 
to  the  last  degree 


Gardenias 

The  flowers  thai  you  gav'e  mcj>. 
Ephemeral  and  whiter, 
Proi'e  t/ou  cannot  .cafe  m<L>, 
I  am  J  or  lonighL^ 


-B.  W. 


Cellar  Builders . . . . 


We  are  Cellar  Builders — we 
do  not  use  bricks  or  mortar — 
our  methods  are  more  mod- 
ern— barrels,  kegs  and  demi- 
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and  white),  Burgundy,  Ries- 
ling, Port,  Sherry,  Angelica 
and  Muscatel  types  of  Asti 
Colony  Juices  of  the  Grape 
form  the  foundation  of  our 
cellars.  May  we  build  one  for 
you,  now?  Telephone  DAven- 
port  9250  for  specifications. 

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A  Call  to  Arms 

Continued  from  page  9 

done  about  Ambassador  Dawes  To 
some  Dr.  Frank's  book  might  seem 
merely  a  mystical  incantation  to  the 
Americans  to  unity ;  to  merge  their 
spiritual  interests  It  is  written  in  such  a 
hightalutin  rhetoric  that  it  may  mean 
anything,  although  a  familiarity  with 
Dr  Frank's  history  would  repell  the  sug- 
gestion that  it  had  any  meaning  what- 
ever 

LET  this  quotation  suffice'.  "The  com- 
j  munists  have  been  culturally  created 
less  by  Marx  than  by  the  ages  ot  the 
Russian  Church  But  no  group  in  the 
American  chaos  is  so  close  to  being  born 
into  a  relation  with  the  potential  Ameri- 
can Whole,  than  it  can  risk  direct  action 
on  the  mass  without  the  certainty  ot  be- 
ing lost  in  the  blind  mass  monientum." 
Now  is  this  not,  in  essence,  nothing  but 
the  old  cry  ot  "let  us  pray  for  we  have 
nothing  better  to  do."  This  suggestion 
that  we  hold  hands  and  think  hard  about 
a  greater  America,  is  no  more  than  a 
bastardized  version  of  Mr  Eliot's  clear 
acceptance  ot  the  church.  How,  but 
through  a  church,  could  Dr.  Frank's 
dream  come  true?  It  would  be  m.uch 
simpler  it  he  would  write ;  America 
needs  a  national  church  ot  America 
This  would  be  more  understandable  and 
precise. 


It  is  signihcant  that  The  Dial  and  The 
Little  I{evieiv  expired  almost  on  the 
hour  that  Mr.  Eliot  published  the  state- 
ment of  his  laith.  The  style  in  thought 
has  changed  Prepare  for  a  reversion  to 
piety  and  bathos.  The  church  seems  des- 


Disenchantmen  t^ 

Ih'  Constance  Ferris 

/  saiu/  of  lore  and  pa.r.rion , 
And  burning,  tropic  nighLf. 
.Ill/  keen  imagination' 
Depicted  strange  delights. 

Forbidden  paths  allured  mcj 
And  ei'er  seemed  to  call. 
I  thought  when  first  I  found  gou 
I  /hid  encompassed  all. 

Realities  intruded 
A  husband  and  a  u'l/e''. 
I  stepped  into  a  taxicab 
And  rode  out  oj  your  lijej>. 


tined  to  win  in  the  long  run  for  it  alone 
is  catholic  enough  to  shelter  all  fools 
under  one  cathedral.  Once  its  tenets  are 
accepted  the  work  of  the  weary  intel- 
lectual is  at  an  end  before  it  was  really 
begun.  He  need  no  longer  read  all  the 
reviews  or  puzzle  about  Dada-ism  or 
E  E.  Cummings  He  can  withdraw  into 
the  shell  ol  humility  and  be  in  good 
fashion  And  hasn't  this  always  been  Mr. 
Eliot's  desire :  to  build  an  impregnable 
bulwark  against  vulgarity?  If  he  be- 
comes a  good  anglo-catholic  he  will 
never  become  vulgar,  but  he  will  rub 
shoulders  with  vulgarity  and  doubtless 
this  will  dull  his  enthusiasm.  So,  after 
deliberation,  one  may  say  with  good 
reason,  why  not'  Let  the  intelligentsia 
embrace  the  church  where  they  will  be 
sate  from  Dr  Freud  and  where  they  can 
see  the  world  only  through  the  stained 
glass  of  a  careful  tradition. 

JUST  as  a  footnote,  and  without  any 
emphasis  on  its  relevance,  a  very 
distinguished  San  Franciscan  whose 
name  was  Ambrose  Bierce,  once  ob- 
served-. "No  man  of  sane  intelligence 
will  plead  for  religion  on  the  ground 
that  it  is  better  than  nothing  It  is  not 
better  than  nothing  it  it  is  not  true. 
Truth  is  better  than  anything  or  all 
things;  the  next  best  thing  to  truth  is 
absence  of  error"  Let  us  pray. 


HAROLD  WALLACE 

Interior  Decorator 
57S  Sutter  Street  San  Francisco 


36 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


As  To  Books 

Continued  from  page  31 

In  reading,  one  feels  the  glory  of  the 
Napoleonic  Empire,  and  one  sees  it  glis- 
ten and  die  in  Moscow  pools  of  blood 

Miss  Gave  has  not  attempted  an  his- 
torical epic.  She  has,  however,  reached 
the  source  of  that  something,  which 
made  the  France  we  know,  lift  its  wine 
glass  and  toast  death. 
"Vivandiere!"  by  Phoebe  Fenwick 
Gaye.  Horace  Livcright,  Publisher. 


IN  THE  Berliner  Tageblatt,  there  ap- 
peared a  series  ot  satirical  poems,  de- 
picting the  "typical  American,"  one  Mr. 
B.  W.  Smith  Mr.  Smith  manufactures 
roofing  (and  kindred  products)  He  has  a 
Chrysler,  a  lady  friend  and  public  spirit. 

The  verses  were  signed  Wetcheek,  but 
the  actual  identity  of  their  creator  re- 
mained a  mystery.  Finally  someone  dis- 
covered that  Wetcheek  becomes  Feucht- 
wanger  in  German.  Thus  the  author  of 
"The  Ugly  Duchess"  and  "Power" 
became  guilty  of  these  marvelous  sar- 
casms 

Feuchtwanger  has  never  visited 
America  and  his  long  distance  impres- 
sions are  theretore  doubly  amusing 

The  offender  insists  that  he  has  not 
lyricized  Babbit,  but  hit  at  the  European 
bourgeois  who  has  adopted,   to  please 


"  JloonshinlnJ  " 

By  Eleanor  Allen 

She  crept  through  tangled  thicket  hung 
With  fragile,  grag  green  lace.^. 
The  Utile  winJ.f,  in  tenderness. 
Blew  sojt  against  her  face,^  .  .  . 
She  knew  the  wags  of  elf  and  fay. 
And  all  the  haunts  where  wood  things 
plag. 

Then  where  the  pale  and  slender  moony 

Threw  silver  on  the  hill. 

Prone  she  lag  in  fragrant  grass, 

Her  hodg  tense  and  still  .  .  . 

And  little  ehesjrom  log  and  bog. 

Came  out  to  dance  with  spotted  frog! 

The  purple  wonder  of  the  nighty, 

Jf'as  hers  to  hold  .  .  .  and  shc:> 

If  ith  Jairg  wine  made  strange  and  mad, 

Danced  m  rtcalrg  .  .  . 

A  laughing,  breathless,  radiant  thing, 

A  wind  flower  cauglit  in  spell  oj Spring! 

The  cabin  loomed  against  the  trees 

As  home  she  came  at  dawii'. 

She  shut  her  soul  to  fantasy  .  .  . 

Tlie  wag  that  she  had  gone.''. 

And  when  her  man  came  slipping  in. 

She  slglg  hid  her  little  siiij. 

She  smiled  at  him  .  .  .  If  he  hut  fcnew  .  .  . 
That  she  had  been  .  .  .  moonshinin  , 
TOO! 


his  inclinations,  all  the  bad  American 
habits  He  claims  that  "Mr.  B.  W. 
Smith  is  less  'Home  Americanus'  than 
'Homo  Americanisatus'." 

The  title  of  the  collection  is  "Pep." 

"Pep  is  good  for  any  situation, 
To  use  with  folks  or  dogs,  with 

cars,  or  cops; 
A  substitute  and  no  punk  imitation 
For  chewing  gum  or  pipes  or  even 

schnapps 
1  n  fact  it 's  mighty  useful  anywhere — 
Oh,  maybe  not  for  prayer." 
PEP! 
There  is  pathos  to  Smith. 

"See  him  sitting  there,  with  twenty 

good  teeth, 
And  six  porcelain-five  gold. 
Chagrined  and  disappointed,  under- 
neath 
A  sun  not  bought  nor  sold." 

The  English  version  is  by  Dorothy 
Thompson,  who  deserves  a  more  kind 
fate  than  the  unappreciated  path  of  the 
translator! 

The  drawings  by  Constantin  Aladja- 
lov  arc  too  inspired  to  be  called  "illus- 
trations." 

Every  American  should  have  "Pep." 
"Pep,"  by  Lion  Feuchtwanger.  TlieUik- 
ing  Press.  Publishers. 


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•   AS    • 

irV  HFAl 


Autumn  stares  a  merry  round  of 
A^k  social  accivicies  tor  the  chic  San 
JL  JL  Franciscan.  Formal  opening  of 
the  social  season  will  be  the  Opera  Each 
year  we  find  it  the  most  dazzling  spec- 
tacle of  this  city,  and  it  gives  us  oppor- 
tunity of  hearing  the  world's  finest 
singers  in  our  favorite  roles 

In  accord  with  this  occasion,  one 
wears  the  smartest  gowns  and  wraps  as 
well  as  the  most  beautiful  jewels.  There 
is  no  longer  a  medium  course  in  chic. 
One  is  either  dowdy  or  soignee.  A  tour 
of  San  Francisco's  most  exclusive  shops 
will  give  usanideaof  the  smart  woman's 
wardrobe  for  the  coming  winter. 


THE  fur  wrap  has  become  worldly. 
The  straight  slim  silhouette  with 
upstanding  johnny  collar  is  no  longer 
the  extreme  ot  the  mode  A  decided  note 
of  sex  creeps  in  with  luxurious  feminine 


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culTs  and  huge  shawl  collars  These  last 
are  rich  in  texture  and  exaggerated  in 
cut  The  sleeve  has  diverged  from  the 
straight  and  narrow  path,  into  broad 
and  flaring  ways. 

Liebes  is  showing  for  the  opera  season, 
a  charming  evening  coat  in  ermine  with 
the  deep  banded  crush  collar  and  flaring 
sleeves.  The  collar  makes  an  exquisite 
trame  for  the  head.  The  coifi^ure  must 
mold  the  head  giving  a  tightly  swathed 
eff^ect,  although  soft  tendrils  carry  the 
feminine  appeal.  The  collar  may  also 
fall  over  the  shoulders  in  a  cape  eff^ect 
nearly  to  the  waistline  The  body  is 
straight  to  the  hip  and  then  flares  out  in 
gentle  ripples  which  fall  longer  in  back 
This  model  is  very  smart  in  beige  ermine 
as  well  as  white. 

A  striking  platinum  toned  moire  cara- 
cul has  a  similar  body  silhouette  with  a 
huge  shawl  collar  ot  blue  fox  Blue  fox 
is  the  patrician  pelt  of  1929. 


GASSNER  is  showing  a  tur  jacket  for 
la  jeune  fille  It  is  really  the  off- 
spring of  last  season's  cocktail  jacket, 
developed  in  fur.  Created  in  honey  beige 
lapin  it  is  collarless,  although  the  wide 
sleeves  flare  slightly  toward  the  wrist 
The  body  is  straight  to  the  hipline  and 
ends  in  a  flaring  peplum  about  four 
inches  in  depth  in  front  and  running 
twice  that  depth  in  back.  Two  bands  ot 
honey  beige  velveteen  are  knotted  softly 
in  back  and  fall  from  the  shoulders 

For  the  evening  gown  which  reaches 
the  knee  in  front  and  the  floor  in  back,  a 
coat  or  cape  in  fur  wraps  tightly  about 


the  body  about  four  inches  above  the 
knee  with  a  forward  and  upward  move- 
ment. 

The  jewelry  of  today  e.Kcels  in  crafts- 
manship. The  general  trend  of  cut  in 
precious  stones  seems  to  favor  the 
smooth  surfaces.  Melon-shaped  carved 
emeralds,  green  pools  of  beauty  still  and 
deep,  from  Shreve  brings  us  into  the 
realm  of  the  artistic  and  unusual. 

Smart  jewelry  gleams  but  doesn't 
glitter  The  faceted  stones  are  no  longer 
used  in  large  sizes,  but  in  small  cuts  they 
are  used  to  point  up  the  suave  beauty  of 
the  baguette  stone  Diamond  shoulder 
pins  weave  an  intricate  pattern  in  odd 
and  distinctive  shapes  Emeralds  and 
diamonds  combine  and  offset  their 
beauty  in  wide  bracelets.  Width  does  not 
hamper  the  number.  Slender  wrists  will 
gleam  very  brightly  this  year. 

Continued  on  next  page 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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You  Don't  Hai'e  to 

Eat  with    Your 

Eyes  Closed 

— when  you  enjoy  the  choice 
food  served  at  the  Post  Street 
Cafeteria  .  .  .  Here  particular 
care  is  taken  to  serve  the  best 
temptingly  .  .  .  and  whether 
your  luncheon  is  simple  or 
elaborate  you  will  enjoy  it 
more  because  of  the  stimu- 
lating modern  background 
given  by  the  colorful  room 
and  abundance  of  flowers. 

Come  today  and  you'll 
come  again  tomorrow! 


Post  street 
Cafeteria .  • 


62  Post  Street 


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Photographs  and  Photo-Etchings 

A  466  Geary  Street  A 

ilQjfr,  Phone:  FRanklin  2472  tr<sS>ii 


Mi.  Pugano  II.A.Uunlap 

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FlowiT  Order*  Tclcgruphed  Aiiywlim* 


HOUSTON  and  Gilmore  have  one  of 
the  most  enchanting  rings  imag- 
inable A  large  marquis  diamond  rests 
on  crescent-shaped  bands  of  small  rubies 
The  platinum  setting  is  delicate  in  crafts- 
manship so  the  stone  may  catch  the  taint 
pinkish  light  reflected  from  the  rubies. 

Their  diamond  bracelets  are  flexible 
as  ribbon  and  are  masterpieces  of  art 
The  stones  bend  gracefully  with  the  line 
of  the  arm 

Evening  silhouettes  remain  slim  and 
graceful  Floating  chiff^ons  and  gleaming 
satins  will  contrast  tan  bodies 

Hosiery  is  sheer  and  should  blend  as 
nearly  as  possible  with  the  skin.  San 
Francisco  welcomes  a  new  shoe  shop  on 
Grant  avenue  Metzger  Ltd.  is  charm- 
ingly done  in  the  modern  manner.  Here 
I  found  evening  shoes  with  beauty  ot 
line  rather  than  ornamentation.  Crepe  de 
chine  is  a  smart  fabric  tor  evening  slip- 
pers, and  they  are  dyed  in  all  shades  to 
match  or  contrast  with  one's  gown 

A  charming  pair  of  black  suede  ox- 
fords for  afternoon  wear  has  a  medium 
height  heel  and  high  slender  arch  A 
street  shoe  of  this  type  plays  a  dominant 
part  in  the  San  Francisco  wardrobe. 

For  the  street  costume,  the  Knox  shop 
has  just  received  sport  coats  and  en- 
sembles in  fine  basket  weave  Scotch 
tweed.  A  charming  sportscoat  in  a  red, 
grey,  and  black  weave  carries  a  tall  band 
collar  and  cieep  cuff^s  of  lynx.  A  beige 
ensemble  ot  rare  distinction  has  a  plaided 
velveteen  blouse  in  green  and  beige,  a 
straight  wool  skirt  of  pale  beige  and  a 
honey  beige  lapin  topcoat. 


EVERYONE  is  searching  for  something 
new.  The  Studio  Tea  Room,  al- 
though in  its  infancy,  has  already  caught 
the  spirit  ot  this  city  Its  crisp  salads  and 
inviting  sandwiches  make  me  forget  the 
eternal  diet  But  it  one  is  diet-minded, 
you  can  find  dishes  suitable. 

(.'iintitiued  on  next  pilKt* 


CURRAN= 

Mon.    Aug.    12 
Matinees 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


Lee  Shubert  presents 

Ethel 

Barrymore 

in  two  unusual  plays 

MONDAY,  AUG.  12~T\VO  WEEKS 
G.  Martinez  Sierra's 

THE  KINGDOM  OF  GOD 

Translated  by 
Helen  fl.  Gran\*ille  Barker 


MONDAY,  AUG.  26— TWO  WEEKS 
Lili  Hatvany's 

THE  LOVE  DUEL 

Adapted  by  Zoe  Akins 

Company  of 

50  Players 

Scenes  Bi/ 

Watson  Barratt 


'•'      -v      '•' 


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♦ 

♦  SAN     FRANCISCO 

A  KK  ARN  V     7006 


H.VALDESPINO 

features  fine  prints 

and 

colored  etoiings  in 

the 

new  Gallery  above 

his 

Workshop 

347  O'Farrell  Street 

San   Francisco 

FRanlclin   3533 

AUGUST,  1929 


39 


It  is  an  Inviolate  truth 
that  the  taste  and 
culture  of  the 
giver  is  un- 
alterably 
bound 
in  the 
gift. 


The  Chocolate* 


Sin  Fnnclseo. 


THE 


Ceui^yarcl 


Admirini;  the  smartly  cut  hats  on  the 
women  who  were  having  tea,  1  realized 
that  in  the  history  of  miUinery  hats  have 
never  followed  more  closely  the  lines  of 
the  head.  Those  of  us  who  wear  long 
hair  must  watch  closely  so  as  not  to  de- 
tract the  least  from  the  sculptural  qual- 
ity. 

Roos  Bros  have  very  smart  turbans 
which  seem  molded  to  the  shape  of  the 
head.  Tricot  has  an  elastic  quality  which 
is  necessary  for  the  close-fitting  cap.  It  is 
very  good-lookingcombined  with  velvet. 


MRS.  Warren  Spieker's  new  Lin- 
coln town  car  was  caught  for  a 
moment  in  the  whirl  of  downtown 
traffic.  One  could  not  help  but  admire 
the  long  low-swung  body  typical  of  the 
mode  of  motors. 

Continuing  my  search  for  something 
new  in  San  Francisco  1  \'isited  the  Gay- 
lord  Hotel  It  is  furnished  very  charmingly 
and  there  is  the  small  apartment  tor  the 
bachelor,  or  the  larger  one  for  the  man 
with  a  family.  It  seems  the  ideal  location 
tor  those  busy  souls  who  plan  a  round 
ot  good  times  this  winter,  and  want  to 
live  in  the  heart  of  town. 

By  Catti 


All  food  is  cooked  under  the 

personal   supervision  o' 

Mrs.  Belle  de  Grak 


MONADNOCK   BUILDING 
MARKhT  STREET 


W>'OME  PEOPLE 
say  you  can't  make  a  gentle- 
man out  of  a  bounder. ..Perhaps 
not.. .But  if  you  buy  the  blighter 
a  suit  of  Thos.  Heath  clothes 
you've  accomplished  something 
...He  will  at  least  have  some 
oufward  aspects  of  a  gentlemen 
...Thos.  Heath  clothes  are  pe- 
culiar in  that  respect. ..They've 
a  tendency  to  make  a  man 
look  well  bred,  whether  he 
likes  it  or  not. 


SW^Broa^ 


Water  Qolor  '^Miniatures 

EUGENE  De  FORREST 
251  Post  Street  1744  Briiadwa.v 

San    Francisco  Oakland 


Exclusive  Hainlniailc  Shoes 

— for  Women 

who  appreciate 

the  finest  in 

footwear 


opened 
August  1st 

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40 


Perpetual  Motion 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


As  Applied  to  the  Fluctuation  of  Stock  Exchange  Quotations 

By  LELAND  S.  ROSS 


THE  enigma  of  scientists  and  inven- 
tors for  years  has  been  their  quests 
for  perpetual  motion  and  its  utili- 
zation as  a  source  of  power 

It  has  existed  in  security  price  fluctua- 
tions ever  since  the  beginning  ot  the 
Stock  Exchange.  A  veritable  continuous 
"shoot  the  shoots"  with  the  unseen  force 
constantly  pushing  some  of  the  vehicles 
higher  than  where  they  started. 

To  the  uninitiate  it  presents  a  most 
fascinating  spectacle,  while  some  have 
been  introduced  to  the  thrill  to  their  sor- 
row. 

It  is  obvious,  of  course,  that  the  pro- 
fessional element  has  always  been  in  a 
position  to  handle  the  controls  however 
ignorant  they  might  be  ot  the  real  force 
and  source  ot  the  power  which  they  are 
handling  just  as  a  power  station  switch 
board-man  might  as  unschooled  in  the 
principles  of  electrical  engineering. 

▼       T       ▼ 

A  FEW  years  ago  it  occurred  to  in- 
vestment minds  that  if  they  had 
experience  tables  of  these  fluctuations,  or 
rather  the  history  ot  the  eff^ects  of  this 
unknown  power  perhaps  they  could 
analyze  the  source.  Many  research  studies 
were    made    notably    Edgar    Lawrence 


INVESTMENT 
SECURITIES 

Inquiries 
Invited 


FREDERIC 
VINCENTS  CO. 

155  Montgomery  Street 
San     Francisco 


OAKLAND 
STOCKTON 


LOS  ANGELE8 
SANTA  BARBARA 


Smith's  "Common  Stocks  as  long  term 
Investments." 

These  studies  prove  conclusively  that 
indiscriminate  selections  of  groups  of 
common  stocks  over  a  period  of  years, 
inevitably  resulted  in  higher  average 
prices.  Some  individual  stocks  to  be  sure 
went  down,  but  others,  which  appre- 
ciated more  than  offset  these  losses.  The 
effort  was  then  made  to  isolate  the  stocks 
which  had  performed  so  remarkably  and 
to  determine,  if  possible,  what  reason,  or 
facts  influenced  their  individual  and  sus- 
tained upward  movement. 

Primarily,  of  course,  it  was  recog- 
nized as  an  economic  force.  Secondarily, 
however,  it  was  determined  to  be  the 
accelerating  earning  capacity  of  the  in- 
dustries with  which  the  companies  were 
associated.  Management  was  of  first 
importance  to  earnings  in  individual 
companies. 

Conclusion  was  then  drawn  that  if 
the  trend  of  earnings  could  be  determined 
then  surely  the  trend  of  individual  stocks 
could  be  observed  more  clearly  and 
therefore  some  basis  was  available  tor 
selecting  only  the  stocks  which  had  pos- 
sibilities ot  uninterrupted  growth. 

By  constantly  scrutinizing  the  com- 
panies in  economically  desirable  indus- 


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LEIB 
KEYSTON 

C  COMPANY 


MEMBERS 
SAN  phancisco  stock  ixchance  ' 

tOS    ANCELES     STOCK  EXCHANCel 


SO  POST  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


tries  it  would  be  possible  to  eliminate 
the  extravagance  of  guess  work  in  mak- 
ing any  investment  commitment. 

T       ▼       ▼ 

IT  IS  interesting  to  note  that  these  prin- 
ciples are  in  operation  in  certain  in- 
vestment institutions  today  and  have 
been  notably  successful  for  the  last  thirty 
years  But  contrast  this  success  with  the 
great  public  participation  in  the  stock 
market.  Casual  observation  in  brokers' 
rooms  reveals  that  many  of  these  people 
are  merely  dealing  in  quotations  with- 
out regard  tor  earnings,  management  or 
equity.  They  are  the  ones  who  believe  in 
the  old  superstition  and  hope  of  the  in- 
ventor looking  for  perpetual  motion,  not 
realizing  that  primary  law  of  mechanics, 
"that  motion  is  a  result  ot  a  power 
exerted,  .  .  .  manual  work  .  .  .  brains 
...  or  the  forces  of  nature." 

Stock  fluctuations  in  a  minor  way 
represent  the  conversion  ot  these  forces 
into  dollar  values,  but  the  major 
influence  is  the  constant  selection  and 
discrimination  which  is  being  e.xerted  by 
the  organized  research  in  the  investment 
field 


my  clients' 
insurance  dollars 
buy  service, 
advice  and 
efficiency 
as  well  as— 
protection. 

Robin  J.  P.  Flynn 

INSURANCE  BROKER 

2610  RussBldg. 

Sutter  2,134 

ALL     FORMS     OF     INSURANCE 


Leland  S.  Ross 

INVESTMENT 
COUNSEL 


1555  Russ  Building 
Sutter  1535 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


AUGUST,  1929 


41 


The  Golf  Championship 

Continvicd  from  pugc  27 

name  any  group  of  players  in  the  country 
as  likely  to  contain  the  winner  of  the 
championship. 

it  is  the  hope  and  thought  of  Calitor- 
nians  connected  with  the  tournament 
that  the  Eastern  contestants  will  enjoy 
their  visit  to  the  Monterey  Peninsula. 
There  seems  little  need  to  worry  on  this 
score.  One  could  search  the  world 
o\'er  tor  a  more  ideal  location  for  the 
tournament.  The  beauty  ot  the  scenery 
alone  is  world  famous,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  four  first  class  courses  now  playing 
and  another  one  building.  Second  only 
in  difficulty  to  Pebble  Beach  is  the 
Cypress  Point  course.  Every  one  in 
America  is  interested  in  this  course,  as  it 
is  considered  unique  in  the  country  for 
its  beauty  of  contouring,  scenery  and  its 
test  of  play,  considering  its  length.  It  is 
particularly  adapted  to  the  woman's 
championship  and  it  is  hoped  that  Cali- 
fornia may  be  the  hostess  for  this  event. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Continued  from  page  12 

MARRIED  men  who  arrive  at  the 
feverish  forties  are  pretty  much 
the  same  v\'hether  they  reach  that  station 
in  life  beside  the  blue  Mediterranean, 
the  boisterous  North  Atlantic,  or  the 
enchanted  waters  of  the  Golden  Gate 
And  if  as  in  the  case  of  this  particular 
San  Francisco  husband  who  had  been 
snared  rather  later  in  life  than  is  custo- 
mary and  who  had  always  been  bothered 
with  an  excess  of  sporting  blood,  the 
call  of  the  rod  and  the  gun  is  blended 
with  the  more  subtle  lure  of  big  eyes, 
blonde  hair,  and  trim  figures,  the  wife 
may  be  sure  that  the  sea  of  matrimony 
is  going  to  be  rough  enough  to  cause 
more  than  the  usual  amount  of  middle 
life  mal  dc  mcr. 

And  so  it  was  that  this  husband  was 
continually  going  away  on  hunting  trips 
and  fishing  excursions,  but  as  he  ordi- 
narily brought  home  a  brace  of  ducks,  a 
limit  bag  of  quail,  a  fine  string  of  fish,  or 
an  excellent  alibi,  his  wife  managed  to 
keep  her  confidence  in  her  straying  mate 
and  even  occasionally  to  enjoy  a  bit  of 
canvas-back  or  an  ingenious  piece  of 
fiction. 

After  one  of  his  numerous  expeditions 
in  search  of  wild  life  this  San  Francisco 
huntsman  and  disciple  of  Don  Juan  got 
home  a  whole  day  later  than  he  had 
promised  However,  there  was  no  scene 
as  his  wife  met  him  at  the  door  and 
relieved  him  of  his  hunting  jacket  while 
he  cleaned  his  gun,  luxuriated  in  a  hot 
bath,  dressed  carefully,  and  sat  down 
before  a  roaring  fire  to  rest  and  wait  for 
the  good  dinner  to  come. 

Presently  his  wife  returned  from  put- 
ting away  his  hunting  togs  and  sat  down 
beside  him. 


Houston,  Gilmore  d'  Co. 


FINE   JEWELRY 


Post  and  Stockton  Streets 


San  Francisco 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK  | 

INCORPORATED  FEBRU.^RV   IOtH,   1868  g 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California,  the  Assets  of  which  have  J 

never  been  increased  by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  hanks.  j 

Assets  over  $124,000,000.00         Deposits  over  $119,000,000.00  J 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds,  $5,300,000.00  g 

The  foUouing  accounts  stand  on  the  Books  at  $1.00  each,  riz.:  g 

Bank  Buildings  and  Lots    -   (Value  over  $1,925,000.00)  ^ 

Other  Real  Estate    -     -     -      (Value  over  $.iO.S,000.00)  ^ 

Pension  Fund     -     -     -     -      (Value  over  $6.S0.OO0.0O)  ^ 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  4J^%  Ver  annum  ^ 

Computed  Monthly  and  Compounded  Quarterly  ^ 


42 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


BOOKER  AND 
PETERMANN 


552  POST-ON  UNION  SQUARE 
THE  S\^.OP  OF  FINE 
FOOTWEAP?     FOR     M  EN  I 


NEW  YORK 
COMES  TO 
SAN 
FRANCISCO 


New  York  in  type,  the 
new  Gaylord  i$  the  firjt 
moderne"  hotel  resi- 
dence on  the  Pacific 
Coast  You  are  invited 
to  inspect  it  at  a  date  to 
be   announced   later. 

GRAND  OPENING 
IN      AUGUST 

GAY  LOR n 

HOTEL 

JONES    AT    GEARY 


Dobb 


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239  Posf  srreer.  San  Francisco 


"By  the  way,  you  never  told  me  what 
game  you  were  after  this  time,"  she  said. 

"Prairie  chickens,"  he  replied  with  a 
prodigious  yawn,  "but  1  had  the  rot- 
tenest  luck  and  never  bagged  a  single 
bird" 

"But  you  evidently  knocked  the 
feathers  out  of  at  least  one,"  continued 
his  wife,  "for  I  found  these  on  the 
shoulder  of  your  hunting  coat."  And  she 
held  up  two  beautiful,  glistening,  blonde 
hairs. 

T       T       ▼ 

About  a  month  ago  a  New  York 
j[\_  publishing  house  released  a  volume 
called,  licpnrtcr.  It  is  an  account  of  a 
reporter's  thoughts  and  assignments  on 
a  Chicago  newspaper.  It  is  timely  stuff 
and  was  apparently  destined  to  a  profit- 
able, popular  life.  Suddenly  the  book 
was  withdrawn  from  publication  Dili- 
gent sleuthing  and  questioning  among 
everyone  in  town  who  might  know  the 
reason  for  this  revealed  that  the  pub- 
lishers flatly  refused  to  give  any  reason 
for  their  actions. 

We  obtained  a  copy  of  the  book.  We 
find  the  author,  Meyer  Levin,  (so  far  as 
is  known  this  is  really  his  name)  is  evi- 
dently a  newspaper  man  of  seasoned, 
first  hand  experience  and  knowledge  of 
the  editorial  making  of  today's  news- 
papers. He  has  a  flair  for  honesty  and 
realism,  in  relation  to  himself  and  the 
making  of  newspapers.  His  method, 
style  and  story,  at  times,  seem  to  begin 
and  end  nowhere. 

T{cporUr  tells  nothing  new  to  the 
intelligent  of  the  country.  Its  expose  is 
seemingly  no  more  startling  than  that 
of  scores  of  other  contemporary  books 
and  liberal  magazines,  devoted  largely 
to  hurling  condemnation,  heaping  sar- 
casm and  riddling  with  satire  any  one  or 
all  of  these  phases  of  the  American  scene. 
These  publications,  for  the  most  part, 
deal  openly  in  names,  dates,  places, 
events. 

But  there  are  three  parts  of  the  book 
that  might  furnish  grounds  for  threat- 
ened libel  suits  against  publishers  or 
author.  In  one  the  author  ponders  the 
subject  of  birth  control  and  the  mode  of 
polite,  casual  procedure  in  arranging  for 
an  abortion  tor  a  young  lady  ot  his  ac- 
quaintance, who,  incidentally,  he  did  not 
seduce.  The  second  possibility  is  an 
interview  with  D.  W.  Griffiths,  in 
which  he  is  revealed,  self-consciously 
posturing  in  English  of  Harvard  accent 
and  with  impressive  sounding  art  plati- 
tudes; and,  at  the  same  time,  being 
totally  ignorant  of  the  existence,  not  to 
mention  the  possible  significance  of, 
notable  turopean  experiments  in  cinema 
mechanics  and  artistry  The  third  possi- 
bility is  the  description  of  a  state  Ameri- 
can Legion  Convention,  revealed  as 
nothing  more  than  a  maudlin  obscenity 
of  cheap  drink,  cheap  gambling,  cheap 
wit,  cheap,  back  room  politics. 


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Riding,     hunting,     and     all 
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EVER  since  Anson  Weeks 
has  returned  to  Pea- 
cock Court,  the  Hotel  i 
Mark  Hopkins  has  been 
gathering  a  momentum 
of  gaiety  that  closely 
rivals  the  festivities  at 
the  Fairmont.  FoUovv'ing 
an  eventful  summer,  Sep- 
tember arrives  with  a 
verve  all  its  own,  pitched 
to  high  tension  with  ex- 
pectancy for  the  opening 
events  of  the  Fall  season. 
And  what  a  season  it 
will  be !  Opera  Teas  .  .  , 
Drama  Teas  .  .  .  Bridge 
Nights  .  .  .  Sports  Nights 
.  .  .  AND  the  opening  of 
the  TERRACE  NIGHT 
CLUB  with  the  festive 
Opera  Night,  September 

I  2th! 

The  Opera  .  .  .  and  all 
it  means  to  San  Francisco ! 
Far,  far  more  than  the 
mere  performance  of  mu- 
sical scores — far  more 
than  the  gathering  of 
thousands  of  people  for 
the  enjoyment  of  the 
hncst  in  music  .  .  .  the 
leisurely  dining,  intimate 
groups  of  beautifully 
gowned  women  and  per- 
fectly groomed  men,  cul- 
tured conversation,  bril- 
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throngs  crowding  the  audi- 
torium, a  real  pageant  of 
fashion,  the  one  general 
social  gesture  of  the  year. 

And  now  comes  the  gala 
opening  of  the  Terrace  Night 
Club — September  12th  after 
"Rigolctto."  Club  members 
and  their  guests  will  mount 
Nob  Hill  to  the  Fairmont 
where  the  Terrace  Ballroom 
will  be  in  readiness  for  fes- 
tivities such  as  San  Francisco 
has  known  on  great  events 
ever  since  the  days  when  the 
fame  of  her  hospitality  and 
gaiety  first  spread  to  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Again  the  fes- 
tival spirit  that  inspired  the 
social  events  of  years  gone  by 
will  prevail.  Again  San 
Francisco's  Nob  Hill  will 
know  the  heights  of  folly 
and  tun. 

Many  of  the  opera  stars 
will  be  the  personal  guests  of 
members  of  the  Terrace 
Night  Club  and  to  them  full 
honor  will  be  paid — wel- 
coming them  to  the  social 
life  of  San  Francisco,  giving 
them  gay  evidence  of  the 
hospitality  that  is  due  the 
city's  guests.  In  the  modern 
contrast  of  formality  with 
the  sports  aspect  of  the 
plunge,  the  spirit  of  new  San 
Francisco  will  be  given  lull 
play.  From  the  dignity  ot 
the  stately  Vanderbilt  Room, 
through  the  brilliance  of  the 
Terrace  Ballroom,  and  on  to 
the  enchanting  pool- —the 
guests  will  run  the  gamut  o( 


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gaiety, shifting  fromone 
setting  to  the  next  ac- 
cording to  mood  and  in- 
clination-even slipping 
into  the  gorgeously  col- 
ored waters  for  a  mid- 
night dip  should  it 
strike  their  fancy. 

On  September  26th, 
the  Terrace  Night  Club 
will  celebrate  Holly- 
wood Night !  Actors  and 
actresses  from  Holly- 
wood have  already  ac- 
cepted invitations  from 
Night  Club  members 
to  make  the  trip  to  San 
Francisco  to  join  the 
party.  Stars  from  the 
Hollywood  Revue  will 
be  here.  There  will  be 
dancers  from  Agua  Ca- 
lientc  and  entertainers 
from  Santa  Barbara.  A 
galaxy  of  talent  and 
personality  from  up  and 
down  the  Coast — all 
gathered  on  Nob  Hill 
for  a  grand  celebration  ! 

Clustering  at  the  feet 
of  the  evenings  at  the 
Terrace  Night  Club  arc 
all  the  other  Nob  Hill 
events  .  .  .  Sports  Night 
on  Mondays  at  the 
Plunge  .  .  .  Feature 
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Alcazar  :  They  arc  scill  "Cooking  Her  Qoosc." 
A  jizz  comedy. 

CuRRAN:Thc  "Love  Duel"  in  full  swing.  Con- 
tinental in  flavor  with  the  poise  inJ  under- 
standing of  Ethel  Barryniore  well  framed  by 
the  suave  and  handsome  Louis  Calhern. 

Columbia  :  Glittering  stars,  sophisticated 
humor,  enticing  music.  "HoIlyii.w>dl{cvicu.\" 
The  screens  first  musical  review. 

Geary:  Something  unusual.  "After  Dark," 
Thrill  and  laughs  of  the  70's  presented  in  the 
style  of  "fifty  years  ago." 

Green  Street:  Ac  last  a  new  play  and  a  new 
cast.  "The Flat  Tire." Opens Septemhc  17th. 

President  :  Walker  Whiteside  comes  with  the 
Broadway  production,  "The  Arabmn." 
supported  hy  the  original  cast. 

Blanding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre  Club: 
The  fantastic  "Sky  Qirl"  50,000  years  from 
now.  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday  nights. 

Ferrier's  Theatre  of  Art:  Tench  season  con- 
tinues with  "Le  Qendarme  Est  Sans  Pitie" 
and  "Boiibouroche." 

Ralph    Chesse's    Marionette    Play    House 
Club:  The  little  people  play  "Hamlet"  be 
ginning    September    11th.     566    Merchant 
Screec. 

Orpheum:  The  New  Orpheuin  opens  Sepcem- 
ber  6ch.  Ted  Lewis  who  closed  the  old  will 
-reopen  the  new.  Wich  him  are  Julius  Tanner, 
mascer  of  ceremonies,  Lieut.  Fitz  Rice  of  the 
Royal  Mounted,  and  a  distinguished  com- 
pany. 

THE  SCREEN 

California:  "Bulldog  Drummond."  Thrilling 
mystery,  much  laughter.  An  all-talking  pro- 
duction featuring  Ronald  Colman. 

Embassy:  "The  Argyle  Case."  Thomas 
Meighan  proves  to  have  a  silver  voice.  The 
ever  popular  mystery. 

Fox :  Max  Dolin  conduccing  the  orchestra  and 
choral  ensemble.  Fanchon  Marco  Ideas. 
"Lucky  Star,"  with  the  company  from 
"Seventh  Heaven." 

Granada:  "Fast  Company,"  a  panic  of  laugh- 
ter. An  all  calking,  all  laughing  production. 

Marion  Davies:  "Pleasure  Crazed."  Ro- 
mance and  mystery  ac  this  popular  theatre. 

St.  Francis:  Maurice  Chevalier,  the  man  wich 
charm,  gives  way  co  "Show  Boat. 

Warfield:  X  signifies  the  unknown.  "Madame 
X"  solves  the  mystery. 


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MUSIC 

September  4:  Marcus  Gordon,  pianist,  recital 
at  the  Scottish  Rice  Hall. 

September  10;  Opera  Tea  ac  The  Fairmont. 
"Hansel  and  Qretel." 

Thursday  Night,  September  12:  "Htgoletto," 
Verdi  (in  Italian).  Mario,  Atkinson,  Lauri- 
Volpi,  DeLuca,  Rothier,  D'Angelo. 

Saturday  Matinee,  September  14:  "Hansel 
and  Qretel,  '  Humpcrdinck  (in  German). 
Mario,  Ivey,  Meisle,  Atkinson,  D'Angelo. 

Saturday  Night,  September  14:  "Elixir  of 
Love,"  Donizetti  (in  Italian).  Morgana, 
Schipa,  Malatesta,  Picco. 

Monday  Night,  September  16:  "7/  Trova- 
Core,"  Verdi  (in  Italian.)  Rethberg,  Meisle, 
Lauri-Volpi,  Danise,  Rochier. 

September  ly:  Opera  Tea  ac  The  Fairmonc. 
"Don  Pasquale"  and  "L'Elisir  d'Amore." 

Wednesday  Night,  September  iS:  "The  Bar- 
ber of  Seville,"  Rossini  (in  Italian).  Mor- 
gana, Ivey,  Schipa,  DeLuca,  Rochier,  Mala- 
testa, Oliviero. 

Friday  Night,  September  20:  "La  Boheme," 
Puccini  (in  Italian).  Rethberg,  Young, 
Danise,  Rothier,  Barra,  Picco. 

Double  Bill,  Saturday  Night,  September 
21  :  "Pagliacci,"  Leoncavallo  (in  Italian). 
Morgana,  Lauri-Volpi,  DeLuca,  Picco, 
Oliviero.  "Qianni  Schicchi,"  Puccini  (in 
Italian).  Morgana,  Atkinson,  Ivey,  Young, 
DeLuca,  Barra. 

Monday  Night,  September  23:  ".Martha," 
von  Flotovv  (in  Italian).  Mario,  Ivey, 
Schipa,  DeLuca,  Malatesta,  D'Angelo. 

Wednesday  Night,  September  25:  "Aida." 
Verdi  (in  Italian).  Rethberg,  Meisle,  Lauri- 
Volpi,  Danise,  Rothier. 

Friday  Night,  September  27:  "Don  Pas- 
quale," Donizetti  (in  Italian).  Morgana, 
Schipa,  DeLuca,  Malaccsca,  Oliviero. 

Saturday  Night,  September  28 :  Rechberg, 
Ivey,  Lauri-Volpi,  Danise,  Rochier. 

Monday  Night,  September  30:  ".Manon," 
Massenet  (in  French).  Mario,  Schipa,  De- 
Luca, Rothier,  Oliviero,  D'Angelo. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

Hotel  St.  Francis:  Intriguing  rumors  of  the 
coming  winter  season. 

The  Palace:  Scacely  landmark  of  San  Fran- 
cisco's hospitality. 

Sir  Francis  Drake  :  As  courtly  and  graceful  as 
was  the  man  whose  name  it  bears. 


The  Studio:  Delightfully  different.  Appetizing 
menus — and  the  "private  room  for  men." 

The  Courtyard:  Lunch  in  the  Sun.  Dine 
beside  a  cozy  fire.  Always  the  finest  of  food 

Helwig's:  Scandinavians  are  noted  for  their 
flavorus  foods.  Dine  here  and  be  convinced. 

Posr  Street  Cafeteria:  Modern  color!  De- 
licious food! — for  luncheon  only. 

ART 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 
Lincoln  Park,  10  to  5  daily;  7  to  to  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  nights  (special  for  sculp- 
ture show).  National  Sculpcure  Society's  all- 
American  exhibition  of  1300  sculptures. 

East  West  Gallery:  609  Sutter  street,  10  to 
10  daily.  Watcrcolors  by  Nicholas  Briganti 
through  September  11,  followed  by  the 
premiere  showing  of  work  by  Alma  G. 
White,  the  seventy-year-old  painter. 

Galerie  Beau.x  Arts:  166  Geary  street,  10  co 
5  daily  excepc  Sunday.  Formal  opening  re- 
ception of  che  new  galleries,  afcernoon  and 
evening  of  September  17th.  Opening  exhi- 
bition, work  of  Beaux  Arts  artist  members. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum:  Golden  Gate 
Park,  10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection. 

Vaidespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street.  9 
to  5  :30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints. 

Vickery,  Atkins  and  Torrey:  550  Sutter 
screec,  9  co  5:30  week  days.  Porcfolio  show- 
ings. California  Sociecy  of  Ecchers  annual 
exhibicion,  September  16th  co  29th. 

Gump's:  246  Pose  screec,  9  co  5:30  week  days. 
Paintings  by  Gordon  Courts,  two  weeks  be- 
ginning September  1 6th. 

Courvoisier's:  474  Post  street,  g  to  5:30 
week  days.  Hawaiian  scenes  and  portraits  by 
Kate  and  John  Kelly  through  September 
i4ch,  followed  by  prints  by  Howard  Simon. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  239  Post  street,  9  to 
5:30  week  days.  Woodblocks  in  color  by 
William  S.  Rice,  three  weeks  beginning 
September  i5rh. 

Blanding  Sloan's  Workshop  Gallery  :  Indian 
paintings,  modern  brass  and  textiles  to  Sep- 
tember 16th,  followed  by  wacercolors  and  a 
lew  paincings  by  Don  Works,  Sepcember 
16th  to  30th. 

Gelber  Lilienthal:  336  Sutter  street,  9  to 
5  30  week  days.  Portrait  sketches  of  Oriental 
and  Occidental  types  by  Harry  Solon, 
through  September  12th. 


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orate larger  cars,  when  selecting  an  auxiliary 
motor  for  personal  town  use,  the  first  consider- 
ation is  for  the  stnaller  car .  .  .  easy  parking,  quick 
handling  in  traffic,  smart  emphasis  on  essential 
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Charles  Caldwell  Dobie 
Joseph  Henderson 
Kathryn  Hulme 


Contributing  Editors 
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Mollie  Merrick 
Carey  McWilliams 


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George  Douglas 
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Vol.  Ill SEPTEMBER,  t^^ig No.  g 

CONTENTS 
Cover  Dcsi>4n  by  Van  Dcuscii 

Kcnncch  R.  Kin>;sburv,  phoct)>;rapli  by  Biiyc              -..,,.,  g 

How  Scrong  Do  You  Take  Your  Literature,  article  by  Elizabeth  Myatt     -           -           .           -  g 

Social  Calendar  and  Forecast         -,.,--..--.  \o 

Now  It  Can  Be  Told n 

The  Seven  Deadly  Sins,  cartoon  by  Sotomayor                  -          -          -          -          -          -          -  12 

The  Evolution  of  Martin  Ladd,  short  story  by  Jo  Hartman      -           -           -           -           -           -  14 

Romany  Sketches,  x'crse  by  Eleanor  Allen        -           -                      ------  i^ 

Down  and  Up  the  Hills  to  the  Bay,  etching  by  Joseph  Penm-ll            -           -           -           -           -  1  5 

Jane  Atherton,  photo.graph  by  Herold  Brown            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -  16 

Whence  Came  the  Hawaiian'  article  by  Frank  J.  Mannjx          -----           .  17 

The  Santa  Barbara  Court  House,  photograph            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -  18 

The  Landing  ot  Cabrillo,  mural  by  Dan  Sayre  Groesbcck          -           -           -           -           -           -  ig 

Traditions  in  Terms  of  Architecture,  article  by  John  Parker       ------  ig 

Culture  Comes  to  Hollywood,  article  by  Mollie  Merrick           ------  20 

Derek  Williams,  drawing  by  Holt                                 ........  ^.x 

Spotli.ght.  criticism  by  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie        --------  22 

Evening  in  San  Francisco,  verse  by  Eleanor  Little  -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -  22 

Prophetic  Puppets,  photographs  by  William  Hor.ice  Smith        ------  j.J 

Mrs.  Bliss  Rucker.  photograph  by  Herold  Brow  n    --------  24 

The  Rei.gning  L^ynasty           ...........  2.% 

Gcrda.  verse  by  Richard  Shelly      ......---.-  z'^ 

Tin  Types,  historical  sketch  by  Zoe  A.  Baltu           ........  2.^ 

Void,  verse  by  Edna  Kcough                     ..........  2,r\ 

Concerning  Bridge,  lesson  by  Paul  W.  Black             ........  ,o 

Have  You  Heard'  by  Frances        -----------  ^i 

As  Seen  by  Her,  by  Catti      ------------  .iS 

As  to  Books,  reviews  by  Beth  Wendell             --------  .57 

My  Particular  Chicago,  sketch  by  Elizabeth  Leslie  Roos             -----  .?g 

The  Goose  That  Lays  the  Golden  Egg,  financial  article  by  Covington  Janin        -          -          -  40 


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How  Strong  Do  You  Take  Your  Literature? 

A  Brief  Comment  on  the  Trend  of  the  Novel  and  its  Readers 


MORE  people  are  writing  than  ever 
before,  and  more  people  are 
reading.  Books  seem  to  have 
become  important.  Scan,  1  say,  and  up 
go  some  eyebrows,  and  somebody  else 
yawns  However,  the  books  that  are 
being  read  and  hailed  and  passed  around 
and  commented  on  make  the  thoughtful 
person  shudder  Of  course,  due  to  the 
rush  from  tea  to  dinner,  from  dinner  to 
dance,  from  dance  to  bed,  and  trom  bed 
to  the  golt  course,  there  is  not  much  time 
lor  the  Average  American  Mind  to 
pursue  deep  thinking  to  much  ot  an 
extent  There  are,  however,  a  few 
thoughtful  persons,  and  the  surprising 
thing  about  it  is  that  they  are  not  neces- 
sarily those  to  whom  we  are  accustomed 
to  refer  as  "educated".  They  are  sincere 
people  looking  for  sincerity,  but  they  are 
very  few  compared  to  the  vast  army  of 
indifferent  readers  who  demand  no  more 
than  something  "plotty"  with  a  "kick" 
to  it.  The  reading  public  is  really  going 
in  one  direction  and  the  writers  in 
another,  for  "literature"  (God  forbid, 
but  we  have  to  give  it  a  collective 
name!)  is  becoming  less  plotty  and  the 
kicks  are  getting  more  and  more 
obscure  Pretty  soon  there  will  be  only 
two  classes,  the  writers  and  the  not- 
writers,  and  all  the  readers  will  be 
writers  and  the  not-writers  will  also  be 
the  not-readers  And  to  which  class  will 
the  thoughtful  person  belong'  If  all  goes 
the  way  it  is  going,  the  thoughtful  per- 
sons will  have  given  up  and  will  have 
become  both  not-writers  and  not- 
readers. 

These  novels  of  Futility,  do  you  know 
them?  This  what-the-hell's-the-use  sort 
of  thing'  The  most  popular  themes  are  ; 
we're- here- today -and- gone- tomorrow; 
nothing  before  us,  nothing  after;  happi- 


By  ELIZABETH  MYATT 

ness  is  a  myth;  pleasure  is  pain;  love  is 
bitterness;  everything  is  being  used  up, 
nothing  will  be  left.  The  Futility  Novel 
wears  a  smirk  at  everything  For  it, 
everything  worth  while  has  gone  up  the 
flue;  beauty,  love,  ideals,  hope.  Pessi- 
mism reigns  The  optimist  is  dubbed 
PoUyanna,  and  to  the  Futilitarians,  this 
name  is  anathema  Between  these  two, 
there  is  apparently  no  middle  ground. 
The  necessity  of  counteracting  the  grin- 
ning brightness  of  the  All-is-Perfect  sort 
of  thing  has  swung  the  pendulum  to  the 
utmost  extreme,  leaving  nothing  in  the 
middle  but  a  gap.  You  have  either  the 
very  plotty  story  with  the  obvious  de- 
nouments,  or  you  have  the  pseudo- 
intelfectual  wail  which  is  as  bad  or 
worse. 

However,  after  a  steady  stream  of 
pretty  heroines  and  hairy-chested  heroes 
and  warm  summer  nights,  one  almost 
prefers  the  Futility  motif,  but  after  a 
while  one  prefers  cross-word  puzzles 
Few  people  relieve  themselves  by  going 
back  and  reading  what  are  damnably 
known  as  the  Classics.  Just  call  a  novel 
a  classic,  and  the  person  who  overhears 
you  will  go  out  of  his  way  to  avoid  it 
He  will  not  have  to  try  hard  to  keep  out 
of  its  way,  however,  for  these  Classics 
are  hidden  on  library  shelves,  and  do  not 
come  through  the  mail  once  a  month  in 
bright  glaring  jackets.  They  have  no 
alluring  blurbs  to  recommend  them  such 
as;  "The  Firiest  Novel  of  the  Genera- 
tion "  "Youth  in  All  its  Stark  Sim- 
plicity "  "The  Wildest  Moment  in  the 
Life  of  the  Wor'd's  Wildest  Woman" 
or  even  this  kind:  "A  Penetrating 
Study  ol  the  Minute  Detail  of  a  Czecho- 
Slovakian  Peasant's  Life  and  Love." 
You  know  what  they  are  What  do  you 
do,  read  them'  Or  do  you  work  cross- 
word puzzles,  too? 


OF  COURSE,  there's  the  detective  story 
which  is  so  popular  at  present,  and 
this  is  a  step  up  in  the  scale  because,  for 
the  detective  yarn  to  survive  in  the  rush, 
the  plot  has  to  have  a  real  ingenuity  and 
freshness  Yet  they  are  really  adding 
nothing  to  genuine  literature.  Text- 
books of  the  next  generation  or  so  will 
probably  carry  a  footnote  reading: 
"During  this  period,  the  detective  story 
was  popular,  and  hundreds  of  novels 
were  written  on  the  mysterious  murder 
theme  " 

There  is,  also,  the  novel  which  is  a 
chronicle  of  the  author's  adolescent 
growing  pains,  in  which  young  men  and 
young  women  set  forth  their  reactions 
upon  awakening  to  the  world.  These  are 
almost  invariably  first  novels.  The  less 
intellectual  these  revelations  are,  the 
more  popular  the  book  is  Some  few  are 
outstanding  pieces  of  work,  more  spir- 
itual than  physical,  and  the  intimate 
stories  of  great  minds  These  few  are  not 
particularly  popular,  since  they  do  not 
amuse  the  idle  When  the  novel  ceases  to 
amuse,  the  indifferent  public  ceases  to 
read,  and  since  it  appears  that  the  novel 
is  going  to  become  less  and  less  amusing, 
and  more  and  more  scientific,  one  feels 
quite  sure  that  before  long  its  audience 
will  be  limited  entirely  to  fellow  writers 
who  are  reading  solely  to  see  what  the 
other  fellow  is  trying  to  get  away  with. 

Out  of  all  this  collection,  one  must 
not  pass  over  the  most  important  Sex 
novel  What  would  the  elevator  boys, 
the  snappy  stenographers,  the  double- 
chinned  dowagers  and  the  sun-tanned 
debutantes  do  without  it'  Here  is  the 
Great  Achievement,  here  is  Art  Here  is 
the  grand  escape  from  reality,  the  gor- 
geous substitute,  the  what-have-you  of 
literature.   Then  let  somebody  write  a 

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THE'SAN  FRANCISC 


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SEPTEMBER,  1929 


11 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 


Among  chose  who  rushed  to  con- 
aA  gratulate  Alfred  Hertz  at  the 
jt  V.  conclusion  of  a  recent  perform- 
ance of  the  Summer  Symphony  there 
was  a  heedless  \oung  Happer  whose  en- 
thusiasm o\cr"^thc  concert  was  some- 
what mixed  with  a  rather  disconcerting 


curiosity  However  she  was  quite  charm- 
ing in  her  heedless  way  and  Hertz  seemed 
highly  amused  when  she  presumed  to  ask 
whether  he  slept  with  his  heard  inside  or 
outside  the  covers  at  night  The  conduc- 
tor's eyes  twinkled  as  he  turned  the  con- 
versation to  topics  less  personal. 

Se\'eral  days  later  a  friend  who  had 
been  present  at  the  scene  met  Hertz  and 
was  somewhat  concerned  to  find  him 
worried  and  nervous  and  given  to 
strange  preoccupied  silences  Questioned 
as  to  the  reason  back  of  this  strange 
mood,  Hertz  finally  burst  out  with — 
"Damn  that  girl!  Ever  since  she  asked 
me  about  my  beard,  I  haven't  slept  a 
wink  [or  wondering  if  I  should  keep  it 
under  the  covers  or  over  the  covers" 


PAUL  Snoup,  nabob  ot  the  Southern 
Pacific  and  Charles  Field,  who  pre- 
sided over  the  editorial  desk  of  The 
Sunset  in  its  most  lustrous  years,  were 
recently  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
called  at  the  White  House  to  pay  their 
respects  to  President  and  Mrs  Hoover 
To  their  fellow  Californians,  the  Pres- 
ident and  his  lady  were  most  cordial  and 
ail  of  an  hour,  in  a  busy  day,  was  de- 
voted to  them  As  Shoup  and  Field  were 
about  to  depart,  their  hosts  asked  them 
if  they  would  care  to  attend  Divine  Ser- 
vices with  them  the  coming  Sunday 
Naturally,  the  invitation  was  accepted 
with  alacrity 

Rushing  back  to  their  hotel,  the  pair 

unpacked    rumpled    dress    trousers    and 

I  morning  coats   and   sent   them   off  for 


cleaning  and  pressing  in  honor  of  the 
coming  momentous  event  Top  hats 
were  critically  twirled  and  renovated; 
cra\ats  and  linen  received  minute  atten- 
tion Sunday  morning  there  was  no  late 
sleeping  for  Shoup  and  Field  An  un- 
seemly hour  tound  them  in  the  hotel 
barber  shop  being  shax^ed,  massaged  and 
manicured  to  exquisite  perfection  These 
rites  completed,  the  purchase  or  non- 
purchase  and  selection  o(  gardenias 
became  matters  upon  which  grave  and 
prolonged  discussion  was  expended 

The  services,  to  the  joy  of  the  two 
guests,  went  off  perfectly  There  re- 
mained only  the  newspaper  accounts  oi 
the  same  to  seal  their  triumph  and  render 
them  glorious  in  the  eys  of  the  "lolks 
back  in  San  Francisco."  In  a  fury  of  im- 
patience they  awaited  the  Monday 
morning  papers  Anxiously  they  scanned 
the  front  page  and  society  columns;  with 
growing  impatience  and  chagrin,  they 
examined  the  sheets,  column  forcolumn 
Finally,  on  an  inside  page  in  an  obscure 
corner  was  a  small  item,  containing  the 
intelligence  chat,  President  and  Mrs 
Hoover  had,  the  previous  morning,  as 
was  their  custom,  attended  church  ser- 
vices, accompanied  only  by  two  secret 
scr\'ice  attendants. 


WE  HAVF,  for  some  time,  been 
aware  that,  the  forces  represent- 
ing Bigger  and  Better  Civic  Improve- 
ments have  been  in  a  terrible  state  of 
agitation  over  the  old  Pacific  Street 
cable  line.  The  distress  of  these  well  in- 
tentioned  citizens  has  been  exceedingly 
amusing  to  behold  One  would  think 
that,  Pacific  street,  merely  because  it 
happens  to  have  a  car  line  upon  it  ot 
ancient  vintage,  was  a  place  of  pestilence 
and  plague 


Now,  however,  due  to  the  efforts  of 
the  Junior  Chamber  ot  Commerce  some- 
thing definite  is  undoubtedly  to  be  done 
about  the  situation  This  enterprising 
body  busied  itself  to  circulate  a  pecicion 
among  Pacific  avenue  propercy  owners 
ti)  the  effect  that,   the  offending  cable 


trackage  and  the  cars  be  removed  and 
the  street  be  repaved  and  widened,  thus 
rendering  it  comparable  to  Park  avenue 
in  New  York.  In  all,  121  property 
owners  have  gone  on  record  as  subscrib- 
ing to  this  inspired  scheme.  The  petition 
has  been  duly  presented  to  the  city's 
Public  Utilities  Committee;  the  United 
Railroads  have  kindly  consented  to  sur- 
render their  franchise  eight  months 
before  its  expiration.  By  the  time  this 
magazine  goes  to  press,  the  chances  are 
that,  the  Pacific  Street  line,  all  its  mem- 
ories, its  happy  old  traditions  will  ha\'e 
officially  passed  for  all  time 

Well,  the  Philistines,  one  hundred 
twenty-one  strong,  have  spoken  In  the 
face  of  them,  what  is  the  voice  ot  a 
handlul  of  romanticists'  There  remains 
nothing  for  us  to  do  but  to  steal  some 
time  ofi  from  the  otficc  rush,  place  our 
tongue  in  our  cheek  and  take  the  last  of 
many  rides  upon  the  old  Pacific  Street 
line. 

T        ▼        T 

GOLDEN  Gate  Park  contains  nothing 
more  worthy  of  our  attention,  and 
attendance,  than  the  aquarium  where 
the  free  citizens  may  pass  an  instructive 
afternoon  or  morning  gazing  at  Ha- 
waiian trigger  fish,  green  sea  turtles, 
gleaming  rainbow  trout,  giant  Japanese 
newts,  tiny  minnows,  and  scores  of 
other  aquatic  species  which  run  the 
gamut  from  sheer  ugliness  through  the 
grotesque  and  ludicrous  to  the  most  deli- 
cate and  multi-colored  beauty.  We  wan- 

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12 


dcreJ  along  to  the  tank  where  a  recently 
acquired  octopus  was  writhing  his  eight 
tentacles  in  a  vain  attempt  to  break  out 
of  his  transparent  prison  We  were 
mightily  astonished  as  we  approached 
this  tank  to  notice  a  woman  gazing  at 
the  singular  sea  beast  through  a  rain  of 
tears,  her  shoulders  shaken  by  deep 
drawn  sobs  The  longer  she  looked  at  the 
devil  fish,  the  more  she  wept  Now  such 
a  procedure  whetted  our  curiosity  to  the 
point  where  it  became  articulate  and, 
therefore,  we  asked  her  the  cause  of  her 
intense  grief. 

"Oh,"  she  sobbed  out  brokenly,  "I 
just  can't  help  crying  when  he  twists 
himself  up  like  that  because  my  poor 
husband  died  just  last  week  " 

We  looked  our  astonishment  as  our 
mind  groped  for  a  connection  between 
a  squirming  squid  and  the  death  ot  a 
beloved  husband  The  woman  noted  our 
perplexity  and  added,  between  a  couple 
of  sobs, 

"Poor  Jim  was  a  contortionist  " 

T       T       ▼ 

WHKN  After  Darli,  that  remarkable 
revival  of  Mid-Victorian  melo- 
drama now  holding  forth  at  the  Geary 
Theatre  swept  the  country  in  the  early 
iSSo's,  it  played  then  as  now  to  packed 
houses. 

To  the  present  generation  ot  theatre 
goers,  reared  upon  the  philosophies  ot 
Freud  and  innured  to  the  realism  of 
O'Neill,  Shaw  and  other  stalwarts  of 
the  modern  dramatic  school,  this  piece 
is  pure  sentimentalism  quaintly  amus- 
ing, pathetically  absurd  and  even  some- 
what tragic,  but  interesting  from  a  his- 
torical viewpoint 

To  past  generations  ot  theatre  goers. 
After  Dark  was  realism  -daring  and 
unadulterated  Swains  of  the  iSSo's  and 
'90s  debated  seriously  as  to  the  propriety 
of  taking  the  lady  they  intended  to  wed 
or  the  sort  of  a  girl  they  would  espouse 
to  sec  the  thing.  Fragile  young  ladies 
wondered,  no  doubt,  if^they  might  dare 
to  look  upon  this  spectacle  and  still 
retain  their  claims  to  being  strictly  "nice 
girls"  and  their  eligibility  as  future 
"good,  pure  wives"  Matrons,  in  all 
probability,  denounced  the  piece  as  a 
menace  to  morality  But  one  and  all 
they  complied  with  the  formalities  of 
virtuous  protest  and  went  to  see  it 

Chiefly  because  After  Dark,  was  pur- 
ported to  present  the  harsh  and  horrible 
truth  about  San  Francisco  and  her  Bar- 
bary  Coast  The  town's  reputation  for 
sheer  depravity  and  forbidden  wicked- 
ness was  then  incredible  The  aloremen- 
tioned  present  generation  has  never  seen 
or  known  anything  faintly  approxi- 
mating it.  There  were  dives  on  the 
Coast  where  no  man's  life  was  safe,  and 
where,  as  a  mere  incidental  in  the  nightly 
entertainment,  blood-thirsty  sluggers 
battered  each  other  until  death  took  one 
of  them  off    Casual,  base  deception  of 


sweet,  innocent  maidens  was  all  in  the 
day's  or  night's  work.  'Villains  were 
thoroughly  notorious  fellows  who  were 
frequently  redeemed  in  glorious  fashion; 
heroes  were  fine,  high  minded,  manly 
and  gallant.  And  all  of  this  charming 
life  After  Dark  did  and  does  faithfully 
portray. 

Well,  who  wouldn't  go  to  see  it  then 
and  now'  t    ▼    t 

M.^YOR  Roi.PH,  San  Francisco's  long 
distance  civic  chief,  whose  benev- 
olent aspect  is  almost  as  famous  as  Al 
Smith's  brown  derby,  was  given  food 
for  thought  on  the  crime  situation  and 
the  publicity  given  criminals,  during  a 
recent  function  which  was  held  on  the 
steps  of  the  City  Hall  There  was  a  lull 
in  the  proceedings  and  the  Mayor  ob- 
served that  he  was  being  eyed  with  keen 
interest  by  a  shabby  but  cheerful  gentle- 
man, who  finally  pushed  through  the 
crowd  close  enough  to  accost  him ; 

"  'Scuse  me,  mishter,"  he  said. 
"You  don't  know  me,  but  I  know  you. 
I've  sheen  your  picture  in  the  paper  lots 
of  times,  but  damn'f  I  can  'merriber 
what  it  wash  you  wash  arrested  for." 


Competitimi 

BOOKS  of  early  California  life  and  his- 
tory, published  in  the  1S50S,  '60s, 
'70s,  '80s  and  'qos,  now  out  of  print  and 
oftentimes  scarce  arc  yearly  increasing  in 
value  Collectors,  second  hand  and  the 
high  class  book  shops  buy  them  up 
eagerly,  frequently  at  stiff  prices  And,  it 
seems,  there  are  a  number  of  light  fingered 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  make  a  prac- 
tice of  going  about  from  library  to 
library  and  under  pretense  of  doing 
research,  they  filch  such  \'olumes  of  this 
sort  as  strike  their  fancy,  either  for  per- 
sonal collections  or  to  sell  to  book  sellers 
One  afternoon  recently,  the  librarian 
at  the  Livermore  Library,  which  boasts 
a  nice  collection  of  early  state  lore,  was 
approached  by  a  well  dressed,  scholarly 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

looking  stranger,  desiring  to  avail  him- 
self of  the  California  History  collection. 
He  was  directed  to  it  and  spent  some 
time  making  notes  from  various  books. 
After  he  was  gone  three  of  the  most 
prized  volumes  were  missing  The 
librarian  had  no  clue  by  which  to  trace 
the  gentleman,  save  that  he  wore  spats. 
It  is  by  reason  of  such  typical  instances 
as  t!iis  that  California  libraries  have  set 
up  a  guard  system  over  their  collections 
of  early  California  books,  the  lines  of 
which  are  being  drawn  tighter  and 
tighter  Unless  one  is  well  known  to  the 
librarian,  he  cannot  take  home  the  rarer 
volumes,  but  may  consult  them  under 
the  \'igilant  eye  of  an  attendant  No 
scrap  of  anything  leaves  the  Bancroft 
Library  at  the  university  The  attendants 
are  helpful  but  discerning  of  the  seeker 
after  information  We  recently  obtained, 
from  the  State  Library  at  Sacramento, 
through  a  local  library,  a  very  valuable 
book  In  it  was  a  note  not  intended  for 
our  eyes.  It  directed  that,  unless  the 
applicant  were  a  very  reliable  person,  he 
be  denied  the  right  to  take  it  from  the 
building  and  preferably  he  be  allowed  to 
consult  it  only  within  view  of  the 
librarian.  »    »    t 

EVERY  now  and  then  some  sagacious 
university  official  breaks  into  the 
public  prints  with  a  statement  that  the 
scholastic  standing  of  the  star  athletes  is 
higher  than  that  of  the  average  non- 
athletic  student  Like  Hamlet's  dirty 
cracks  these  effusions  doubtless  have 
method  in  them  Whether  or  not  anyone 
believes  that  a  mountain  of  meat  and 
brawn  whose  hair  and  eyebrows  meet 
can  also  be  an  intellectual  giant  doubt- 
less depends  upon  his  own  gross  tonnage. 
But  be  that  as  it  may,  other  and  conflict- 
ing stories,  concerning  the  gray  matter 
prowess  of  athletic  held  idols  travel 
along  unofficial  channels  to  reach  the 
outside. 

It  is  told  that  last  Fall  at  one  ot  the 
nearby  universities  a  big  log-roller,  im- 
ported from  the  logging  camps,  was  up 
for  examination  It  was  well  understood 
that  he  was  no  Immanual  Kant,  but  the 
powers  that  be  were  anxious  to  pass 
him,  for  he  was  needed  for  the  football 

"just  put  down  something."  pleaded 
his  tutor,  a  pallid  book-worm  whose 
glasses  made  him  look  like  an  owl 
"Write  down  anything  you  can  and 
we'll  get  you  through  somehow  or 
other  "  And  with  grim  forebodings  he  j  ' 
left  the  pupil  to  it. 

The  hefty  vouth  sat  for  an  hour  gazing  I 
at  the  \irgin  paper  before  him   Finally  in 
disgust  or  despair  he  scrawled  the  word 
"Dam"  on  the  paper  and  left  the  room 

Later,  his  tutor  came  up  to  him 
wringing  his  hands. 

"My  God!"  he  cried.  "We  can't  pass 
you.  You've  spelled  it  wrong." 

OinliTiiii'il  1111  l"iKi-  -'X 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


13 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Evolution  of  Martin  Ladd 

Presenting  a  Life-Poem  in  Brief  Prose 


By  JO  HARTMAN 


MARTIN  Ladd,  who  evolved  Irom 
an  intellectual  molecule  to  a 
student  of  Plato  almost  o\'er- 
night,  was  born  of  two  humble  No- 
bodies in  the  shacky  end  ot  a  little  town. 
He  grew  up  there,  supporting  them  in 
their  last  years  by  hard  work  and  acquir- 
ing the  sort  of  knowledge  that  skinned 
his  knuckles  Then  he  married  ...  a  girl 
likewise  born  of  Nobodies  yet  who  was 
fair  as  any  Princess  it  was  when  he  lost 
her  he  began  to  find  himself. 

Now,  he  is  the  enthusiasm  of  the  New 
Psychology  class,  a  seeker  after  what  he 
has  been  taught  to  designate  as  "Truth." 
You  should  see  his  great  dark  eyes  glow- 
ing in  their  gaunt  orbits  as  he  stalks  close 
upon  its  trail !  And  Beauty  to  him  being 
Truth's  counterpart,  his  world  is  haloed 
by  a  kind  of  spirit-radiance  that  per- 
meates his  body,  soul,  and  the  dull,  hum- 
drum grind  Before,  he  knew  a  single 
phase  of  lo\'eliness — the  face  of  Lois,  his 
wife.  But,  strangely,  at  the  time  this 
seemed  to  fill  his  whole  need  of  the 
aesthetic!  Wasn't  he  content  to  solder 
grimy  pipes,  to  prowl  around  sewers  and 
in  basements  with  the  unconcern  of  a 
rodent,  for  a  few  dollars  a  day?  True,  in 
the  evening  there  was  his  paper  or,  when 
Lois  would  insist,  a  movie  ...  he  didn't 
object  to  pictures  exactly,  just  the  effort 
of  getting  ready  to  go.  The  Kinema 
wasn't  far,  which  was  where  they  always 
went  because  he  had  a  pass.  No  use,  was 
there,  paying  a  dollar  down  town  for  a 
bit    of   orchestra    music    and    coloured 

"stage  fixins"? 

▼    ▼    ▼ 

OF  coi'RSE  Martin  might  have  been 
dawdling  still — likely  would  have 
-  -had  not  Pierre  Lamont  come  along 
Pierre  was  all  that  he  was  not ;  literally 
garnished  with  grace  and  Academic  cul- 
ture, a  gentleman  de  luxe  whose  wit  was 
like  mental  champagne  Pierre  had  read 
Haeckel,  Darwin,  and  their  compeers 
could  prate  glibly  of  Evolution,  quoting 
paragraphs  entire,  and  in  the  next  breath 
orate  on  the  "omnipresence  and  suprem- 
acy of  Mind"  He'd  explain,  in  these 


Epmany  Sketches 

By  El  F.ANOR  Allen 


Fur  over  the  mounlaiiMi ,  llic  /'i<r/i/c  snwkc 

Of  the  gypsy' s  camp  fire 

Huns  like  a  slim  rihhon  .... 

The  tall  poplars  sicay  playfully 

In  the  ivind, 

And  wreathe  the  smo^e 

Around  their  limhs 

Like  a  scarf, 

But  as  the  smoke  touches 

The  poplars, 

It  shivers  into  gray  dust  .... 

II 

7)1  the  pale  moonlight, 

Franz  plays  a  song, 

C^^uivcring  luith  desire  .... 

Ejjinika  sleeps. 

But  in  her  slumber,  she  smiles. 

And  her  soft  voice  xvhispers 

His  name  .... 

She  moves  restlessly, 

And  her  gold  bracelets  chime 

In  faint  music  .... 

The  moon  sivoons 

Into  the  purple  canyons. 

And  trails  her  crystal  draperies, 

Over  the  mountain  grass. 

The  music  of  the  violin 

Pierces  the  night 

With  beauty  .... 

Ill 

T/ic  gypsy  caravans  arc  gone  noxv, 

(\xr  the  l^urf-ilc  monntaiyis 

Into  the  East  .... 

Tlicy  have  left  their  t\itterns, 

Oj  the  three  twigs. 

In  the  white  road  behind  thcm^ 

For  their  f^in  to  follow  .... 

licmiika,  ivith  her  laughter, 

Fran:^,  with  his  violin, 

A.nd  his  love, 

Davico,  the  chieftain, 

With  his  red  heard, 

And  his  wild,  fierce,  singing. 

This  mountain  place  will  sec  them, 

.\o  jyiore  .... 

IV 

Something  free,  and  untrtimmeled 
As  the  great  eagle,  that  soars, 
Unchallenged, 
Over  the  mounltiins. 
Is  gone, 

i  7'  the  long  road 
That  leads  ever  omvard  .... 
Something  of  passion, 
Of  romance, 
Of  color, 

And  of  beauty,  is  gone 
Over  the  purple  mountains. 
Into  the  F.ast ! 


metaphysical  moods,  that  matter  was  a 
from  of  Energy  and  Energy  was  Thought- 
force — making  of  man  a  potential  Crea- 
tor. He  also  stressed  man's  privilege  to 
[ollow  his  highest  inclinations  regard- 
less of  consequences  .  .  . 

How  Lois  would  listen  to  him,  won- 
derment and  adoration  flushing  her 
cheeks!  And  he,  Martin,  hadn't  a  pre- 
monition, not  the  vaguest  hunch,  that 
there  was  "anything  between  them"  till 
he  drove  home  one  Monday  noon  (he 
had  carried  his  lunch  as  usual)  to  patch 
up  an  ugly  gash  in  his  thumb  Then  he 
didn't  say  much  he  was  halt  dumb 

with  misery  and  selt-reproach  He,  the 
big,  stupid  gawk — what  right  had  he  to 
such  a  woman?  She  craved  Poetry  and 
Art.  Hearts  like  herswere  made  of  strings 
finer  than  violins',  and  he  could  play 
upon  nothing  but  pipe — a  second  rate 
plumber's  helper  .  .  .  Why  she'd  e\'er 
cared  tor  him  was  the  puzzle! 

▼  ▼       T 

SO  HE  gave  her  their  small  sa\-ings  and 
his  blessing  and  let  her  sail  with 
Pierre.  Abased  because  his  own  short- 
comings had  driven  her  to  sin,  he  even 
quite  loved  Pierre.  The  toreigner  could 
make  amends  for  him  perhaps!  But  he 
took  a  silent  vow  to  become  worthy  of 
her  it,  bye  and  bye,  she  should  return  .  .  . 
And  Psychology  isn't  his  only  study 
Among  other  things,  he's  trained  his 
gnarled  rough  hands  to  draw  mystic 
harmonics  trom  an  old  battered  piano  he 
traded  his  l1i\'\'er  tor  -histouchissoitas 
\cl\ct  when  he  sounds  a  tugue  of  K>ng 
ing  in  dim,  low  minors.  O  Lois  will  be 
proud  ot  him  whether  they  meet  again 
or  not  mayn't  shchcarof  him  in  round- 
about ways' 

▼  T       ▼ 

HI  doesn't  suspect  —she  hasn't  writ- 
ten, as  she  said  she  would  "A 
little  line  e\ery  now  and  then,  Martin  '  " 
that  she  dances  in  gra.ss  skirts  at  the 
"Moulin"  something  Nor  that  Pierre 
nonchalantly  sips  cocktails  as  he  counts 
the  coins  tossed  at  her  slim  girlish  lect 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


15 


COURTESY  L.  N.  SCAMMON 


Dowtij  and  Up  the  Hills  to  the  Bay 

This  etching,  done  by  Joseph  Pennel  in  San  Francisco  in  1912,  is  one  oj a  series  rarely  ai>ailable. 

Drawn  directly  on  the  copper  plate,  it  presents  the  scene  in  re^'crse,  with  the 

terry  building  apparently  at  the  lej't  oj  Telegraph  Hill 


lb 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


HEROUD  BROWN 


JancJ  Aiherton^ 

A  lalcnlcd  memht'r  of  a  disl(iu]ui.flic(i  famili/,  Jliss  /lllwrlon  has  forsaken  San  Francisco 

social  circles  Jor  the  boards  oj  the  Henry  Duffy  theatres 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


17 


Whence  Came  the  Hawaiian  ? 

Relating  a  Few  Faces  and  Speculations  About  Our  Mid-Pacific  Neighbors 

By  FRANK  J.  MANNIX 


Editor's  Note:  Mr.  Mannix,  a  prominent  San  Fran- 
ciscan advertising  executive,  has  made  a  particular 
study  of  Hawaiian  lore  and  the  character  of  the  Island 
people.  He  presents  here  an  outline  of  his  observations 
and  conjectures. 

WITH  the  Paradise  Isles  vir- 
tually at  our  friint  door  and 
interest  in  things  Hawaiian 
growing  with  the  rapidly  expanding 
acquaintance  of  Calitornians  with  their 
neighbors  over  the  sea,  students  ot  race 
history  have  set  themselves  the  problem 
of  tracing  the  descent  of  the  charming 
people  ot  the  mid-Pacific. 

Longago.romancerslikeHermanMel- 
ville  established  the  theory  that  the 
Hawaiian  is  a  direct  descendant  of  ad- 
venturous Tahitians  who  crossed  the 
wide  wastes  of  water  in  trail  cratt 
fashioned  from  the  trunks  of  trees. 
Others  profess  to  see  a  difference  in 
South  Sea  races  and  declare  the  Ha- 
waiian to  be  an  otfshoot  ot  the  Samoans. 
Then  there  is  the  authority  who  groups 
all  inhabitants  ot  the  islands  in  the  lower 
Pacific  under  the  heading  of  Polynesians 
and  lets  it  go  at  that. 

Still  the  question  is  unanswered — 
whence  came  the  Hawaiians? 

It  the  Hawaiians  sprang  from  Samoa, 
where  did  the  Samoans  come  from?  Or 
if  the  people  of  Tahiti  are  the  parent 
race,  what  was  their  origin?  And  how 
did  either  or  both  find  their  way  to  the 
isolated  isles  thousands  of  miles  trom 
the  nearest  mainland? 

No  one  has  risen  yet  with  a  solution 
that  is  more  than  guess-work. 

The  first  American  missionaries  who 
went  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands  a  century 
ago  from  New  England  were  struck  by 
the  use  of  salt  in  the  Hawaiian  ritual  in 
almost  identically  the  same  manner  as 
it  is  employed  in  ancient  Hebrew  cere- 
monies. Other  parallels  between  Ha- 
waiian and  Semetic  traditions  were 
noted  and,  though  they  have  been  the 
subject  of  much  speculation  ever  since, 
no  satisfactory  explanation  has  been 
offered. 

The  Deity  of  the  aboriginal  Ha- 
waiians was  a  Trinity.  Kane  was  the 
Father  God,  the  Great  Spirit  who  or- 
dained the  creation  ot  the  earth.  Here 
again  springs  up  a  parallel  The  Ha- 
waiian story  of  creation  and  the  begin- 
n'ng  of  Man  differs  hardly  at  all  from 
Christian  Bible  teachings  Duplicating 
the  narrative  of  Eden.  Man  was  created 
first,  and  bemoaning  his  loneliness  in  the 
bewildering  beauty  of  Paradise,  appealed 
to  Kane  for  a  companion  Kane  there- 
upon fashioned  a  second  creature, 
I  Woman,  from  materials  taken  from  the 
I  body  of  the  fi-st  Man  Here  we  have  the 
Hawaiian  story  ot  Adam  and  Eve. 


A  big  obstacle  in  the  way  ot  Hawaiian 
research  is  the  virtual  absence  of  native 
records.  The  Hawaiians  were  not  given 
to  setting  things  down  in  record-form 
prior  to  the  arrival  of  white  men.  Their 
lore  is  practically  all  legendary,  handed 
down  by  word  of  mouth  trom  genera- 
tion to  generation,  and  naturally  suscep- 
tible to  all  the  vagaries  ot  varying  in- 
terpretation and  imaginative  retelling. 

About  the  only  definite  conclusion 
one  seems  to  be  able  to  draw  from  the 
evidence  as  it  is  presently  assembled,  is 
one  supporting  the  theory  long  held  by 
man  and  uttered  as  a  Biblical  fact  that 
Asia  was  truly  the  cradle  of  the  human 
race,  and  the  one  point  of  origin  for 
countless  migrations  that  have  roamed 
the  wide  reaches  of  the  world. 

▼       T       ▼ 

THE  native  Hawaiian  is  a  child  ot 
nature,  free  trom  guile  or  artifice. 
He  is  a  direct  product  of  an  Eden-like 
climate  which  renders  every  day  sufficient 
for  itself.  Food  and  drink  abounded  in 
natural  state  wherever  he  reached.  Cloth- 
ing, when  worn  at  all,  was  for  adorn- 
ment rather  than  protection.  So  deeply 
lined  in  his  character  are  the  attributes  ot 
former  days  that,  even  today,  he  can  see 
no  necessity  for  toiling  and  providing 
against  the  white  man's  rainy  day.  The 
rainy  day  of  his  world  is  splashed  with 
frequent  periods  of  sunshine.  So  why 
worry? 

The  Hawaiian's  freedom  from  com- 
mercial concern  is  a  matter  of  much 
moment  among  many  people  today  who 
try  to  visualize  his  future  a  couple  of 
generations  hence.  His  reluctance  to 
engage  in  money  chasing  has  permitted 
the  monopolization  of  small  businesses 
by  Orientals,  contract-laborers  and  de- 
scendants of  contract  laborers,  originally 
brought  to  the  islands  to  work  on  sugar 
plantations,  who  were  quick  to  seize  the 
opportunity  ot  bettering  their  lot  and 
who  lost  no  time  establishing  themselves 
as  small  traders.  The  Hawaiian  simply 
can't  be  bothered. 

But  if  he  is  lax  in  adopting  the  com- 
mercial ideas  of  the  outside  world, 
numerous  other  qualities  he  has  in 
abundance.  He  is  hospitable  to  the  point 
of  self-immolation  His  frank  friendli- 
ness colors  every  thought,  every  act.  In- 
sincerity in  a  Hawaiian  simply  isn't. 
Indeed,  while  the  Western  world  was 
seeking  to  impose  its  culture  and  tradi- 
tions on  Hawaii,  Hawaii  with  a  passive 
smile  was  bending  the  part  of  the  world 
with  which  it  came  in  contact  into  the 
Hawaiian  viewpoint.  As  the  result,  lite 
today    in    Hawaii    is    a    curious    inter- 


mingling of  two  totally  difTercnt  civili- 
zations. 

The  new  arrival  in  Honolulu  is 
puzzled  by  the  manner  in  which  the 
Hawaiian  tongue  has  colored  the  English 
language  in  the  islands.  Idiom  after 
idiom  has  crept  in.  Certain  Hawaiian 
words  have  definiteness  and  directness 
which  English  lacks.  Before  long  the 
newcomer  finds  himself  uttering  sounds 
which  would  have  been  weirdly  strange 
a  few  weeks  before  and,  as  has  happened 
in  many  cases,  he  goes  back  to  the  main- 
land carrying  a  vocabulary  colored  for 
life  with  Hawaiian  expressions. 


THE  quality  of  native  friendliness 
which  has  crept  into  every  strata  ot 
life  impresses  the  visitor  tremendously. 
He  gets  his  first  thrill  as  the  liner  draws 
near  the  dock.  The  beat  ot  the  engines  is 
stilled  while  fussy  tugs  scoot  shoreward 
with  lines.  As  he  stands  by  the  rail,  tense 
and  expectant,  over-awed  in  a  measure 
by  the  glory  ot  the  Hawaiian  sky  and  the 
reckless  splashings  of  color  on  mountain- 
side and  garden  stretches,  he  hears  at  first 
a  harmony  that  seems  to  come  dancing 
on  the  wind.  In  a  moment  it  swells  into 
a  crescendo  of  voices  borne  on  the 
melody  of  wood-wind  instruments  and 
the  plaintive  note  ot  "Aloha,"  carrying 
a  poignancy  only  the-  Hawaiians  can 
give  it,  comes  out  to  greet  him  and 
bring  tears  to  his  eyes. 

As  the  prow  ot  the  boat  is  pulled 
around  the  corner  of  the  dock,  on  the 
upper  story  he  sees  for  the  first  time  the 
massed  band  and  native  singers  in  the 
midst  of  a  crowd  of  smiling,  expectant, 
lei-dangling  welcomers.  The  scene  is  one 
that  lingers  long  in  memory.  The  songs 
of  Hawaii,  intoned  in  the  Hawaiian 
tongue,  each  a  little  more  weirdly  beau- 
tiful than  the  one  belorc,  accompany  the 
making  fast  of  the  liner.  Forevermore  he 
will  associate  the  docking  of  a  vessel 
with  the  fragrance  of  thousands  of 
ginger-blossom  leis  and  the  pulsing  beat 
ot  haunting  Hawaiian  harmonies. 

Nor  is  the  greeting  ot  the  visitor  at 
the  dock  a  pose  The  same  Iriendliness  is 
manifested  everywhere  The  traffic  cop 
drov\'sing  under  his  sun-shade  has  it.  The 
friendly  voice  that  asks  "Order  please?" 
on  the  phone  has  it.  In  store  and  shop 
every  clerk  seems  to  try  to  outdo  his 
fellow  in  ascertaining  and  meeting  your 
wishes,  and  before  you  have  been  many 
days  in  the  islands  you  find  yourself  giv- 
ing thanks  that  all  other  consideration 
aside,  scientific,  historic  or  anything 
else,  there  is  such  a  place  as  Hawaii. 


II 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Thej>  Santa  Barbara  Courl^>  II(Uis(L7 

The  main  arch  and  lower  oj  litis  most  ttnu.niol  public  huildinfl.  ,</iOi\'ni(i  Ihc  tnlcrcdinii  conlra.d  oj 
Rejuflio  .fandslone  and  red  lile  afjainsl  mellow  loiuul  walU.   In  llie  Joreiiround  i.r  llic 
"Spiril  oj  llie  Ocean"  founlain  sculplured  hi/  F.llore  Cadorin. 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


19 


'Tlw  Landiiiii  oj  Cahnllo,"  In/  Dan  Sai/re  Groesheck,  in  Ihe  assembly  room  of 
the  Sanla  Barbara  Court  House 


Traditions  in  Terms  of  Architecture 


So  MUCH  has  been  talked,  written  and 
propagandized  about  the  Spanish 
traditions  ot  Calitornia  that  people 
have  become  slightly  suspicious  ot  fresh 
efforts  based  on  "historical  background." 
Synthetic  cities  sponsored  by  Southern 
California  and  Florida  real  estate  pro- 
moters have  somewhat  shaken  the  pub- 
lic's faith  in  ready-made  civic  beauty. 
In  the  face  of  prevailing  cynicism,  it  is  a 
relief  to  find  a  genuinely  beautiful  inter- 
pretation of  tradition  in  the  recently 
completed  court  house  of  Santa  Barbara 
As  perhaps  no  other  city,  Santa  Bar- 
bara has  capitalized  on  the  misfortune 
that  was  the  1925  earthquake  and  used 
it  as  an  opportunity  to  crystallize  the 
spirit  ot  the  city  into  living  civic  beauty. 
With  a  legitimate  Spanish  heritage,  hav- 
ing de\'eioped  under  the  influence  of  the 
benign  Santa  Barbara  Mission  during 
the  past  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  the 
city  has  risen  from  the  debris  of  the 
shake  and  V'ested  herself  in  white  walls 
and  red  tiles  with  embellishments  of 
romantic  balconies,  patios  and  wrought 
iron  grills  The  indolent  warmth  of  the 
climate  has  given  ample  e.xcuse  for  the 
adoption  of  Moorish,  Spanish  and  other 
Mediterranean  expedients  in  both  public 
and  private  buildings. 


By  JOHN  PARKER 

And  now  the  city's  architectural  ten- 
dencies are  given  new  meaning  by  the 
buildings  in  Court  House  Square.  Low 
rambling  structures,  accented  by  turrets 
and  towers  in  modern  adaptation  ol 
Moorish  and  Spanish  architecture,  gird 
the  Square  from  the  center  of  which  a 
$60,000  pillared  structure  of  brick  and 
iron  once  rose  in  Phillistine  defiance  ot 
the  artistic  leisure  ot  Santa  Barbara. 
Now  the  center  of  the  square,  from 
which  the  former  building  has  been  up- 
rooted, is  being  developed  into  a  sunken 
garden  in  keeping  with  the  southern 
spirit  of  the  city. 

The  court  house,  sheriff's  building 
and  the  jail  have  been  built  into  a  beau- 
tiful medley  of  white  walls,  red  tiled 
roofs,  unexpected  stairs  and  towers, 
graceful  arches,  balconies,  shuttered 
windows  and  grilled  gates  One's  only 
question,  when  looking  at  the  exquisite 
buildings  and  their  gorgeous  appoint- 
ments, is  whether  or  not  the  city  poli- 
ticians will  not  be  inclined  to  dress  and 
deportment  in  keeping  with  the  setting, 
and  to  cast  aside  cigars,  checked  suits 
and  other  anachronistic  habits  Surely  in 
the  fine  Spanish  atmosphere  of  the  court 
rooms  justice  will  be  tempered  with  .i 
measure  ol  gallantry. 


Each  room  of  the  court  house  has 
been  individually  designed  in  consistent 
relationship  and  the  intervening  hall- 
ways have  been  constructed  into  "gal- 
leries," each  with  its  own  character. 
Perhaps  the  most  colorful  room  is  that 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  is  designed 
for  easy  conversion  into  an  assembly 
hall  for  conventions  and  receptions,  at 
which  time  the  desks  assume  the  aspect 
of  ornamental  cabinet  fixtures  and  there 
is  nothing  to  detract  from  the  handsome 
spirit  ot  the  wall  decorations  by  Dan 
Sayre  Groesbeck. 

These  mural  paintings,  the  largest  of 
which  is  reproduced  on  this  page,  are 
gorgeous  pictorial  pageants  recalling 
"The  Landing  of  Cabrillo,"  "The 
Building  of  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission," 
"The  Dawn  ot  the  American  Era  "  and 
"The  Resources  of  California's  Wealth." 
These  large  panels  are  interspersed  with 
various  coats-ot-arms  of  Mexico  and 
Old  Spain,  of  the  Santa  Barbara  Mission 
and  of  the  Franciscan  Fathers.  The 
beamed  ceilings  are  polychromed  in 
tones  harmonizing  with  the  murals  and 
the  same  colors  are  accented  in  the  orna- 
mental tiled  floor — altogether  a  setting 
of  warmth  and  color  and  romantic  tra- 
dition. Continued  on  page  29 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Culture  Comes  to  Hollywood 

"When  Half-Gods  Go  the  Gods  Arrive  .  .  .  ." 


THE  gods  arrive  in  Hollyv\ooJ  on 
extra-fare  trains.  Their  laurel 
wreaths  arc  set  at  rakish  angles. 
The  poniade  of  Olympian  barbers  still 
gleams  on  their  ambrosial  curls.  The 
incense  of  a  metropolitan  cognoscenti  is 
still  warm  and  spicy  in  the  nostrils  of 
the  literary  and  histrionic  favorites  ol 
the  earth  when  they  arri\e  in  the  gelatine 
kingdom. 

They  find  a  people  who  understand 
golden  crowns — not  laurel  wreaths;  a 
people  who  have  their  own  gods  and 
who  are  content  with  them.  The  edges 
of  the  laurel  wreaths  grow  crisp  and 
brown  in  California  sunshine.  Occa- 
sionally some  well-meaning  worshipper 
of  the  gold-crovvD  deities  says  "here,  take 
off  that  old  withered  thing  and  get  your- 
self a  good  straw  hat." 

Now  and  then  an  Olympian  takes  the 
hint.  Packs  his  coveted  wreath  away  tor 
the  day  when  he  is  freed  from  the  neces- 
sity of  money  making  and  may  indulge 
in  the  extravagance  of  culture  once 
again.  Calls  on  his  sense  of  humor  and 
joins  the  golden  throne  worshippers 

These  cukurists  make  good  in  Holly- 
wood. 

The  others?  Let  us  consider  a  few  who 
have  arrived  in  the  movie  mart  with  the 
best  ol  good  intentions. 

Over  a  period  of  twelve  years  there 
has  been  mild  crusading  from  time  to 
time  on  the  part  of  movie  producers 
Some  local  Godfrey  de  Bouillon  preached 
a  cultural  campaign  in  the  long  ago.  As 
a  result  a  group  of  literati  which  in- 
cluded Gertrude  Athcrton,  Edwin  Knob- 
lauch, Rupert  Hughes  and  others  arrived 
in  studioland. 

They  discovered  shortly  that  it  had  to 
be  tissue  paper  and  mothballs  for  the 
taurels.  If  you  can  imagine  Gertrude 
Atherton  doing  this  with  any  degree  of 
sincerity,  then  stop  imagining  and  take 
up  some  other  indoor  sport  G  Athcrton 
played  the  studio  game  just  so  long. 
Then,  with  a  swift  decisive  gesture,  she 
put  back  the  laurel  green,  decided  fem- 
ininely that  it  was  a  better  effect  against 
her  golden  hair  anyway,  took  the  first 
train  for  Olympus  and  has  remained 
there  since. 

Knoblauch  and  Hughes  did  pretty 
much  the  same  Rupert  Hughes  makes 
an  occasional  descent  with  Jovian  im- 
pulsiveness, cleans  up  and  then  swings 
back  to  loftier  altitudes.  He  has  been  a 
highly  successful  commuter  between 
cempled  groves  and  literary  canneries. 


By  MOLLY  MERRICK 

THE  present  crusade  had  its  first  rum- 
blings when  Herman  Manciewicz 
decided  Paramount  needed  a  transfusion 
ot  cultural  blood  to  keep  it  alive.  Ernest 
Vadja,  author  of  "Fata  Morgana"  and 
other  stage  successes,  was  brought  to 
cinemaland.  Vadja  has  seen  many  gods 
come  and  go,  but  he  remains.  He  turns 
out  a  successful  type  of  studio  product 
It  has  nothing  at  all  in  common  with  the 
work  that  won  him  his  laurels  save  for 
the  craft  which  he  developed  in  becom- 
ing an  artist. 

Samuel  Ornitz,  author  of  "Haunch 
Paunch  and  Jowl"  and  "A  Yankee  Pas- 
sional" followed  close  on  Vadja's  heels. 
At  that  time  one  of  the  studio  executives 
said  to  me  "Ornitz  has  written  the  book 
1  would  have  given  my  soul  to  write." 

He  meant  "A  Yankee  Passional"  so  I 
hurried  oflFto  read  it.  The  only  answer  is 
that  the  studio  executive  had  never  read 
his  "Ulysses"  and  Mr.  Ornitz  palpably 
had.  "A  Yankee  Passional,"  painfully 
influenced  by  the  technique  of  James 
Joyce  and  revealing  the  author's  careful 
study  of  Eugene  O'Neill,  scarcely  comes 
within  the  realm  ot  vital  and  original 
literature.  Word  play  tumbled  from  the 
Celt  like  an  emerald  river  but  was  pain- 
fully vomited  forth  by  the  Semite. 
Ornitz  lasted  longer  in  movieland  than 
most.  "Write  us  a  story  for  So-and-so 
just  like  the  one  Whoosis  wrote  for 
Bigger'n- Worse  Films,"  is  an  order  fre- 
quently heard  in  the  offices  of  the  story 
factories. 

Thyra  Samter  Winslow  came  with 
this  group.  Mistress  of  a  delicately  de- 
structive art,  hers  was  palpably  not  an 
endowment  intended  for  gelatine  pur- 
poses. Her  short  stories  are  among  the 
most  poignantly  revealing  things  ever 
written.  She  uncovers  pettiness  and 
grossness  in  humanity  with  subtle  strokes 
of  her  scalpel  a  literary  vivisection 
which  keeps  the  victim  alive  and  con- 
scious until  the  very  skeleton  is  revealed 

She  was  given  "Glorifying  the  Amer- 
ican Girl"  to  put  into  usable  form  This 
ancient  script  was  the  Augean  Stables  ol 
movieland,  but  the  author  in  all  inno- 
cence went  to  work  on  it.  Some  thirty 
others  had  done  the  same  before  her,  but 
she  was  not  handicapped  by  the  knowl- 
edge. Although  this  fact  later  took  the 
sting  out  of  her  failure. 

All  this  is  prc-talkie  history ;  the 
cultural  movement  antedates  the  au 
dible  in  Hollywood.  With  those  first 
squawking  sentences  ol  audible  films 
came  the  avalanche  ot  culture  upon 
Hollywood.    Movie    scouts    the    earth 


over,  laid  contracts  before  anyone  and 
everyone  who  could  write,  act,  sing  or 
dance. 

"The  Front  Page"  sent  Manhattan 
delirious  with  its  two-fisted  dialogue 
and  unforgettable  rhythm. Charles  Mac- 
Arthur  and  Ben  Hecht  were  signed  to 
write  for  studioland.  William  J.  Locke 
was  lured  from  the  Riviera  to  write  a 
talkie  for  Norma  Talmadge.  Lawrence 
Stallings,  already  entrenched  in  cine- 
matics because  ot  "The  Big  Parade"  and 
"What  Price  Glory"  had  come  into  the 
factory  and  beat  them  at  their  own  game. 
He  sold  movie  rights  to  "What  Price 
Glory"  to  one  firm  and  while  they  were 
slowly  preparing  to  shoot,  wrote  "The 
Big  Parade"  for  another  studio  This 
concern  rushed  the  latter  story  through 
and  its  tremendous  success  dimmed  the 
triumph  of  Dolores  del  Rio  as  Char- 
maine. 

William  J.  Locke's  story  never  was 
made.  Neither  was  the  picture  tor  which 
Max  Reinhardt  was  brought  from 
Schloss  Leopoldskron  to  direct.  Rein- 
hardt's  experience  had  been  paralleled  a 
year  previously  by  Nemirovitch  Dant- 
chenko  the  genius  of  the  Moscow  Art 
Theater  who  made  the  "Hollywood- 
and-return-e.xpenses-paid  "  trip  without 
accomplishing  anything  but  heartbreak 

John  Cromwell,  George  Abbott, 
Guthfie  McClintic,  Eugene  Walter  ar- 
rived quietly  in  studioland,  rolled  up 
their  sleeves  and  went  to  work  with 
gusto  The  talkie  product  showed  im- 
provement. Kay  Francis,  Kay  Johnston, 
Zita  Johann,  Morgan  Farley,  Muni 
Weisenfreund  (Paul  Muni)  Helen  Chan 
dler,  Helen  TweK'etrees,  Frank  Cra\en, 
Cyril  Hume,  Leslie  Howard,  Dorothy 
Parker,  became  familiar  with  the  \illage 
commissary. 

▼       ▼       T 

LwvRKNCE  TiDBF.TT,  Tita  Ruflo,  John 
/  McCormack  were  put  under  con- 
tract. Mahonri  Young,  contemporary  of 
Paul  Manship,  is  playing  in  plaster  on 
the  Fox  lot.  The  same  Winfield  Sheehan 
who  got  G.  B.  Shaw,  Benito  Mussolini 
and  King  Alfonso  to  make  talkie  ap- 
pearances, signs  Mahorni  Young  and  the 
Irish  tenor  without  a  flick  of  an  eyelash. 
Warner  Bros,  are  planning  "Johnny 
Spielt  Auf"  for  Michael  Bohnen.  If 
Lawrence  Tibbett's  gypsy  operetta  turns 
out  successfully  it  is  rumored  he  will 
next  do  the  role  of  Neri  in  a  movie  of 
"La  Cena  dclla  BetTe."  Yet  six  months 
ago  a  character  in  an  early  talkie,  sup- 
posed to  be  a  college  man,  said  "1  come 
back  like  1  told  you  1  would." 

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21 


Drawn  /or  The  Theatre 


Derek  Williams 

The  youth  now  appearing  in  the  New  York  production  oj  "Journeys  End"  which  is  promised 

to  San  Francisco  for  the  coming  season.  Williams  is  a  protege  of  Cecile  Sorel 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 


Contrasting  the  Sophistication  of  Ethel  Barrymore's  Two  Plays 

By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 


THE  Barrymores  are  the  last  ot  a 
traditional  stas^e  family  This  in 
itself  should  make  any  effort  they 
put  forth  commendable  to  us.  Perhaps  it 
is  too  much  to  say  that  a  Barrymore  can 
do  no  wrong,  but  he — or  should  we  say 
in  this  instance  she — by  virtue  ot  a 
knowledge  of  the  stage,  inherited  belore 
it  was  acquired,  can  never  commit  a 
grievous  histrionic  sin  We,  for  one,  have 
always  come  away  from  a  Barrymore 
performance  with  the  satisfied  feeling 
that  we  had  received  our  money's  worth, 
even  when  the  play  was  not  to  our  com- 
plete liking.  It  was  in  this  frame  of  mind 
that  we  went  to  see  the  opening  ot  Ethel 
Barrymore's  first  otTering  "The  King- 
dom of  God";  for  more  than  one  of  our 
friends  had  told  us  that  the  play  in  this 
instance  was  not  the  thing  In  fact,  they 
went  farther  and  stated  that  it  was  senti- 
mental, boring,  and  quite  out  of  suit 
with  modern  ideas. 

hnagine  our  surprise  when  we  found 
that  the  play  was  absorbing  our  atten- 
tion to  the  point  of  a  complete  emotional 
response!    Which    was    not    altogether 
chargeable   to   the   acting   of  the  star, 
splendid  though  that  was,  because  the 
role  of  Sister  Gracia  does  not,  by  any 
manner  of  means,  "hog"  the  show.  To 
be  sure,   there  is  no  other  dominating 
character.  The  flux  of  life,  which  flows 
about   the    human    figure    of  the    nun 
through  the  sixty  years  of  fealty  to  her 
vocation,  is  too  varied  and  fragmentary 
for  any  one  manifestation  to  hold  the 
stage    long     The    play    is    built    up    in 
mosaic.    The    thirty-four    personalities 
that  surround  the  main  figure  melt  gently 
into  Sister  Gracia's  outline,  helping  to 
build  up  and  inform  it  with  character 
and  vitality.  One  has  a  feeling  that  to 
eliminate  even  one  of  these  contributing 
notes  would  be  to  blur  the  clarity  of 
Sister  Gracia,  herself. 


PONDF.RiNC.  the  quite  definite  tee  ing 
which  existed  against  the  play,  we 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  this  feeling 
was  engendered  by  a  subconscious  relig- 
ious intolerance  Those  who  were  out  of 
sympathy  with  the  life  which  it  depicted 
closed  their  hearts  to  its  richness  and 
pathos  Bu .  one  might  just  as  well  deny 
the  power  and  charm  of  "The  Dybuk" 
because  his  experience  did  not  touch 
Hebraic  tradition.  As  one  of  the  play's 
traducers  said  to  us:  "But  what  is  the 
p  ay  about?  .  .  .  After  it  is  over,  what 
has  been  proved?"  What  is  any  play 
about — any  lital  play?  Nothing  more 


nor  less  than  the  suffering  or  the  triumphs 
of  the  human  heart.  Does  "Hamlet" 
prove  anything'  Or  "Electra"?  Or 
"Hedda  Gabler"?  Added  to  a  coldness 
toward  the  play's  background  which 
swayed  so  many  auditors  of  Calvinistic 
forbears,  was  the  absence  of  sex  as  the 
main  theme.  Or  should  we  say  the 
absence  of  sex,  triumphant?  Not  a  few 
of  the  audience  as  they  drifted  out  of  the 


Ei^enlng  Iru 
Sattj  Francisco 

By  Eleanor  Little 

A  restless  flirl,  with  wisps  of  jog,  like 

draperies  at  her  breasts. 
Flung  prone  upon  her  couch  oj  hills,  she 

lies  at  resi^: 

ller  homes,  forgotten  toi/s,  lie  carelessly 

about  her  feet~^, 
ller  lights  are  jewels  that  multiplg  on 

jog  damp  streets. 

Then  jrom  the  bag,  ajresh  cool  breeze  so 

sojtlg  upward  sweeps. 
Her  boats  rock  gentlg,   sajelg   moored, 

and  then  she  sleepa. 


theatre  could  have  been  heard  arguing 
that  any  circumstance  that  thwarts  the 
normal  expression  ot  sex  was  immoral. 
They  were  shedding  crocodile  tears  for 
the  nun  who  denied  herself  the  joys  of 
personal  motherhood,  forgetting  the 
final  scene  in  which  this  denial  had 
reaped  a  greater  expression  of  mother- 
hood than  comes  to  the  lot  of  the  ax'cr- 
age  woman .  There  were  other  difficulties 
also,  in  an  American  audience's  ap- 
proach Many  of  us  are  not  moved  by 
the  sufferings  of  illegitimate  mother- 
hood, because  we  have  grown  to  accept 
this  circumstance  as  a  "little  accident  " 
to  be  laughed  over.  The  plight  of  starv- 
ing children,  especially  in  an  institution, 
seems  unreal  because  children  in  Ameri- 
can institutions  never  starve  We  under- 
stood the  old  men  in  the  first  scene 
better  For  old  men  are  the  same,  fed  or 
hungry, — in  America  as  in  Spain  — 
opinionated,  querulous  and  full  of  self 
conceit  and  garrulity  But  all  these  things 
should  ha\'e  been  minor  deterants  to  our 
enjoyment,  easily  swallowed  up  in  the 
\alid  picture  ot  life  as  it  is  li\cd  some- 
time, somewhere. 


Miss  Barrymore  gave  a  finished  and 
moving  performance.  Her  transitions, 
from  the  laughing  nun  ot  nineteen,  play- 
ing at  dolls  with  her  silly  old  men,  to  the 
mature  woman,  battling  against  the 
demands  of  the  flesh,  and,  again,  to  the 
black  figure  of  age  in  the  last  act,  bent 
but  unbroken,  were  achieved  with  sub- 
tlety and  restraint  Personally,  we  should 
have  liked  the  speech  to  the  children  in 
revolt,  on  which  the  play  ends,  keyed  a 
little  lower  but  that  may  be  the  fault  of 
the  lines  as  much  as  their  delivery.  How- 
ever, this  is  small  criticism  in  a  charac- 
terization that  could  have  easily  suc- 
cumbed to  countless  pitfalls.  The  sup- 
porting cast  of  thirty-four  is  too  long  to 
come  in  for  individual  comment.  But 
there  was  one  bit  that  was  unforgettable. 
It  was  the  lecherous  female  delinquent  in 
the  second  act.  The  very  lift  of  her  eye- 
brows was  lascivious.  We  think,  on 
referring  to  our  program,  that  the  char- 
acter was  Quica  and  the  actress  Georgia 
Harvey. 


THE  woman  in  "The  Love  Duel"  is 
quite  another  characterization.  The 
play  starts  out  brilliantly;  perhaps  too 
brilliantly.  It  is  always  our  experience 
that  a  flashing  first  act  rarely  carries  over 
until  the  final  curtain.  How  many  au- 
spicious openings  go  to  pieces  on  the 
rocks  of  a  third  act !  The  play  begins  on  a 
note  of  extreme  sophistication  but  it 
does  not  hold  that  note  long  Before  the 
second  act  is  well  under  way,  we  realize 
that  the  hard  surfaces  which  glaze  the 
two  leading  characters  are  being  worn  to 
a  vanishing  point.  The  third  act  is  sheer 
theatrical  hokum  In  it  we  meet  all  the 
component  parts  of  the  erring-v\'oman 
drama  the  world  over.  There  is  the  ador- 
ing male,  ready  to  marry  the  heroine  and 
give  her  child  a  name;  there  is  the  un- 
moral baby-stare  lady,  filled  with  all 
manner  of  delinquincies  ot  flesh  and 
spirit;  drawing  her  skirts  about  her  and 
making  a  self-righteous  exit;  there  is  the 
tamed  male  who  scarcely  needs  to  hold 
his  child  in  his  arms  to  achieve  perfect 
subjugation  And,  added  to  all  this, 
every  difficulty  and  obstacle  ironed  out 
in  the  most  approved  comic  opera  man- 
ner :  Carlo's  mother  dead,  the  wealthy 
cousin  married  to  someone  else,  the 
baby  ready  and  waiting  to  be  caught  to 
its  father's  breast.  No,  whatever  else 
"The  Love  Duel"  is,  it  is  not  in  its 
essence  sophisticated  it  is  not  nearly  so 
sophisticated    as    "The    Kingdom    of 

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23 


Prophetic 
Puppets 

1) L.ISDISG  SLOAN'S 

fxpciinicnit  li'illi  fiippetr 
ti.^'  (1  inciintnt  for  sophisliratcd 
linimn  arc  Jiirlhcr  jii.ttijicd  hi/ 
///<■  riirreni  prodiiclion  oj  Na- 
roi/iii/'.t"  The  Sky  Girl"  wh!ch 
iiiiij/  /'<■  liiki'n  /o  AVu'  York 
Inlcr  in  the  .fcason.  The  scenes 
■iliou'ii  here  show  (ahoi'c)  two 
fiirlh  people  of  iO.OOO  _i/eiirs 
hence  ami  (helow)  two  mechan- 
ical heinijs  and  a  si/nthetlc 
human  in  the  astral  laboratory 
oj  a  distant  star. 


VILLIAM    HORACE  SMITH 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


rrftif  -  •  r 


Mrs.  B/tJd  Racket^ 

Who  hn,f  rcliirncii  to  to\K'n  after  spending  the  summer  at  her  country  place  in  Saratoga 


HEROLD  BROWN 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


25 


The  Reigning  Dynasty 


WEDDINGS 

BURKE-HEILMANN.  On  August  0.  in  San  Mateo. 
Mr.  St.  George  Burke  of  Ballybucan  House.  County 
Galway.  Ireland,  and  Miss  Claire  Hcilmann,  daughter 
of  Consul  General  Maurice  Heilmann  and  Mmc.  Hcil- 
mann. 

KL'ZNIK-EDD^'.  On  Auku.si  10.  in  Paris.  Colonel 
Joseph  V.  Kuznik  V.  S  A  (retired)  and  \trs,  Lurlinc 
Sprcckels  Eddy,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus 
Spreckels. 

HUETER-WIRTNER.  On  August  15.  Mr.  Noble 
Hueter.  son  of  Mrs  Gustav  Hucter.  and  Miss  Harriet 
Wirtner.  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  John  J.  Wirtner. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

FERRIS-HARRIS  Miss  Jean  Perns,  daughter  of  the 
late  Mr  and  Mrs  John  W.  Ferris  (Emma  Spreckels)  to 
Mr   Irving  Harris  of  Ne\^  ^'ork. 

COLEMAN-LALIGHLIN,  Miss  Catherine  Cobb 
Coleman,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Isabel  Derby  Coleman,  to 
Homer  Laughlin  III,  son  of  Mrs.  Ada  Edwards  Laughlin. 

VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

In  honor  of  Mrs  Philip  Bcrolrhcinier  of  New  York, 
Mrs.  Atherton  Russell  entertained  at  luncheon  at  the 
Town  and  Cx>untry  Club. 

Mrs.  Charles  Brown,  of  Shanghai,  was  guest  of  honor 
at  a  luncheon  given  by  her  sister,  Mrs.  Leo  V.  Merle,  at 
the  latter's  home  on  Jackson  street.  Mrs.  Brown  is 
spending  the  summer  with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hartley  P.  Oli\'er.  in  Mcnlo  Park. 

Complimenting  Mrs  Joseph  G.  Coleman  of  Montc- 
cito,  NIrs-  Mount  fors  S.  Wilson  gave  a  dinner  at  her 
home  in  Burlingame. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Weicker  Jr.  (Schaue  Adams) 
'  of  New  ^'ork  enjoyed  a  brief  visit  in  San  Francisco  with 

I  Mrs.  W'eicker's  mother.  NIrs.  Adolph  Uhl  and  Nlr.  Uhl 

at  their  Pacihc  Avenue  home. 

Comte  and  Comlesse  dc  Pins,  the  former  of  whom  is  a 
brother  of  Comte  Galcerand  de  Pins,  arc  visitors  in 
California,  guests  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  Georges  deLatour  at 
their  ranch  home  at  Rutherford. 

Honoring  Mrs  John  Biddle  of  Washington.  D.  C. 
Miss  Maye  C^olburn  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  Fairmont. 
Miss  Colburn  also  entertained  in  honor  of  Mrs  Eugene 
de  Sabia  when  she  revisited  San  f-rancisco  from  her 
home  in  New  ^'ork, 

Mr  and  Mrs  T.  H.  Symington  of  Baltimore,  brother 
and  sister-in-law  of  Captain  Powers  Symington,  were 
visitors  in  San  Francisco  recently,  staying  at  the  St. 
Francis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Curtins  Wood  Hutton  were  entertamed 
in  San  Francisco  during  their  recent  visit  from  New 
^'ork.  They  are  passing  a  few  weeks  in  Montecito,  guests 
of  Mrs.  Christian  Holmes. 

Miss  Louise  Boyd  entertained  at  a  large  dinner  at  her 
home  in  San  Rafael,  the  occasion  complimenting  Colonel 
and  Mrs   Conger  Pratt  and  Miss  Virginia  Latrobe 

Mrs.  Harry  Hill  entertained  Mr  and  Mrs  Frederick 
Griffith  Peabody  at  her  home  in  Broadway.  Mr.  Pea- 
body  was  a  guest  at  the  Bohemian  Grove  during  the 
annual  Jinks. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Robert  Havs  Smith  of  Burlingame  were 
hosts  to  Mrs.  Tuckermann  t)ucll  of  New  York  recently. 

HERE  AND  THERE 

Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Redding  has  returned  to  San  Fran- 
cisco after  an  extensive  trip  abroad. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerd  Sullivan  and  Mr.  Charles  Fay  Jr. 
enjoyed  a  week-end  visit  recently  at  Wyntoon  Castle  in 
!  the  McCloud   River  Country,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   George 

I  Hearst  were  their  hosts 

Mr  and  Mrs  Jeffrey  -Armsby  entertained  at  dinner 
I  at  the  Mark  Hopkins  in  honor  of  two  popular  brides- 

elect  of  the  season:  Miss  Elizabeth  Magee  and  Miss 
Irene  Grissim,  both  of  Piedmont  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Armsby 
plan  to  take  an  apartment  in  town  for  the  winter. 

Dr  and  Mrs  Grant  Selfridge  are  again  at  their  Green 
Street  home  after  passing  part  of  the  summer  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J-  Downey  Harvey  were  dinner  hosts 
recently  to  an  interesting  group  that  included  among 
others,  Mr.  and  Mrs  Wilberlorce  Williams.  Mrs.  .Ather- 
ton Russell  and  Mr.  Jame*  D   Phelan. 

Mrs.  Clinton  Walker  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Harriet 
Walker,  arc  finishing  the  summer  at  Pebble  Beach  after 
having  traveled  extensively  on  the  Continent. 

Mrs.  Kurt  .Albert  was  hostess  at  an  interesting  dinner 
recently  at  the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country  Club. 

Mr.  Bourn  Hayne  has  returned  to  Harvard  to  take  a 
post  graduate  course. 

Mrs  Paul  Fay  and  Miss  Molly  and  Miss  Jean  Fay  arc 
returning  to  their  home  in  Woodside  early  this  month. 

Miss  Dorothy  Erdman  is  arriving  from  Honolulu 
early  in  September  and  will  be  an  attendant  at  the  wed- 
ding of  her  brother,  Mr.  Harold  Erdman,  and  Miss 
Mary  Chickering. 


Mr.  and  Mrs  Nion  Tucker  ga\'c  a  large  Sunday 
luncheon  at  their  Burlingame  home  The  guests  of  honor 
were  Mrs.  John  Drum,  who  was  spending  a  week  in 
town  from  Tier  summer  place  at  Lake  Tahoe.  and  Mr. 
George  Garritt. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Mofifitt  arc  returning  home 
early  this  month.  They  have  been  members  of  Col.  and 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Jackling's  yachting  party. 

The  Third  Annual  Horse  Show  at  Palo  Alto  was  the 
occasion  for  a  number  of  dinner  parlies  at  Mcnio  and 
Woodside  Mrs.  Warren  Spieker  entertained  Inends  at 
dinner;  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton  gave  a  dinner 
party,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  William  Weir  were  among 
those  who  entertained  before  the  show  and  occupied 
boxes  later. 

Mrs.  Henry  Potter  Russell  who,  with  Mr.  Russell  has 
been  spending  the  summer  at  the  home  of  her  parents. 
Mr  and  Mrs  W.  H.  Ooekcr,  in  Burlingame,  gave  a 
dmner  for  a  group  «.if  women  friends  at  the  ('rocker  home 
recently.  Mr  Russell  anti  many  more  men  of  the  penin- 
sula group,  were  at  the  Bohemian  Grove  at  the  time. 


Gerda 

By  RiciiARo  Shelly 

y iflhl  whirl.f  purple  dii.r/-^' 

Oi'er  the  hilh 

And  a  Jar  off  Irain  crle^ 

Sorrow  at  the  white  sunsel-^' 

Gerda,  slow  moi'i/ifl.  walks  the  field 

jrhile  hrokefi  clouds  streaminp  seaward 

Catch  slow  darkno.i. 

Gerda' s  hair  is  smooth  i/ellow 

And  the  coarse  cloth  oj  her  dreoj 

Fashions  the  simple  body. 

Oh,  Gerda,  is  it  a  hver  i/ou 

Stand  hi/  the  torn  gate  waiting 

Or  has  the  mere  song  oj  the  crickets, 

Your  twisted  rhythm. 

Caught  gou  palpitant^ 

At  dusk? 


Miss  Amy  Brewer  and  Mrs.  Vera  de  Sable  Payne  may 
return  to  California  to  live,  in  which  case  they  will 
occupy  Miss  Brewer's  home  in  Burlingame. 

Mr.  James  D  Phelan  gave  a  large  week-end  party  at 
his  country  estate  "Montalvo"  in  compliment  to  Miss 
Ethel  Barrvmore  during  the  latter's  engagement  at  one 
of  the  San  Francisco  theaters. 

A  number  of  the  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Gordon  Moore  enjoyed  their  hospitality  at  a  week-end 
party  given  at  the  Moore  ranch  in  the  Carmel  Valley. 
In  the  group  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  BIyth,  Mr,  and 
Mrs.  William  Crocker  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Burgard. 
among  others. 

Miss  Eve  Taylor  entertained  at  a  dinner  party  at  her 
home  in  Menlo  Park  during  the  period  of  the  Horse 
Show,  and  later  took  her  guests  to  the  exhibition. 

Miss  Jessie  Knowles  has  announced  September  4  as 
the  date  of  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Francis  Ballantyne 
Connell. 

Mrs,  John  D.  McKee  entertained  at  luncheon  at  her 
summer  home  in  Ross.  Twenty  friends  accepted  her 
hospitality  on  this  occasion. 

Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Thompson  was  the  guest  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Spencer  Grant  recently,  at  the  Grant  summer 
place  at  Tahoe.  Mr.  Joseph  Thompson  is  expected  to 
return  from  Europe  early  this  month. 

Mrs.  John  B.  Casserly  has  sold  her  San  Mateo  home 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Chamhcrlm  and  will  take  an 
apartment  in  town. 


1  he  younger  liurlingame  group  were  guests  of  Mr. 
Richard  Eastland  recently  when  he  gave  a  dance  at  the 
Thomas  Eastland  home. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Andre  Alden  Beaumont  were  honored 
at  a  number  of  affairs  on  the  peninsula  recently  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Beaumont  will  divide  their  time  between  Santa 
Barbara  and  New  York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  John  Drum  have  been  entertaining  a 
succession  of  house  parties  at  their  ^ummcr  place  at 
Lake  I  ahoe   Mrs  Preston  Scott  was  their  gucsi  recently. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Magee.  wh(jsc  marriage  to  Mr.  John 
1  looser  is  (<>  laku  place  on  September  5,  has  been  hon- 
ored at  a  round  ol  affairs  Among  those  who  ha\e  enter- 
tained for  the  hride-clect  are  Mrs  Robert  I.,  Bcntley 
Mrs.  George  Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Harry  Hush  Magee, 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Carieton  Bryan,  Mrs,  Paul  McCoy  and 
many  more. 

Miss  Harrie  Hill,  daughter  of  Mrs  Harrv  Hill,  will  he 
presented  to  society  at  a  large  reception  which  Mrs  Hill 
will  give  at  her  home  on  the  evening  of  December  5.  On 
the  following  evening  Mrs.  Hill  will  give  a  dance  in  her 
tiaughter's  honor  at  the  San  Francisco  Gol f  and  ( ^juniry 
Club.  ^ 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  L.  Heebner  have  returned  to 
New  York  after  passing  the  summer  in  California. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Miss  Elizabeth  Ashe  started  on  a  cruise  around  the 
world  in  August.  Miss  Ashe  went  by  way  of  the  Orient. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bentlev  and  her  daughter.  Miss 
Florence  Bentlcy.  are  in  Paris  for  the  winter.  Miss 
Bentley  will  attend  school  there. 

Mrs.  Frank  Freyer  and  her  three  children  are  in 
Europe  and  will  travel  on  the  Continent  for  three 
months.  Miss  Engracia  Freyer  will  make  her  debut  in 
Washington  this  winter. 

Mrs.  Alexander  Garceau  and  her  daughter.  Miss 
Marguerite  Garceau  and  her  sister.  Miss  Mary  Hyde, 
is  at  the  Hotel  St.  James  in  Paris  The  party  will  not 
return  to  California  until  late  Autumn. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mr  Truxtun  Beale  has  closed  his  country  place  in 
Maryland  and  is  passing  the  remaining  weeks  of  summer 
in  Jamestown. 

Mrs  Charles  G.  Lathrop  spent  several  weeks  at  the 
Plaza  in  New  York  this  summer  and  plans  a  return  visit 
in  the  autumn. 

Mr.  William  Rose  Benet  has  returned  to  New  York 
after  a  visit  in  California  with  members  of  his  family. 

Miss  Helen  Wills  was  among  the  group  of  young 
tennis  stars  entertained  by  Mrs  Kenneth  O'Brien  at 
her  home  on  Long  island  recently. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Herbert  Hoover  Jr.  accompanied  Presi- 
dent and  Mrs  Hoover  on  a  number  of  their  week-end 
fishing  trips  in  Virginia  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Lindbergh 
were  also  guests  on  one  of  the  trips 

Baron  and  Baroness  Jan  C.  Van  Eck,  who  for  mang 
years  made  their  home  in  San  Francisco,  are  spending 
the  autumn  abroad.  They  sailed  recently  on  the  Aqui- 
tania. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lewis  C^arpenter  and  their  daughter  are 
returning  this  month  from  Miramar  where  they  passed 
the  month  of  August. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Livcrmore  was  a  Santa  Barbara  visitor 
during  the  past  month,  dividing  her  time  between  the 
homes  of  Mrs  Howard  Campbell  and  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Ealand. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Noble  Hueter  (Harriet  Wirtner)  will 
make  their  future  home  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mrs  Eugene  de  Sabla  spent  some  time  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara during  July,  staying  at  El  Mirasol. 

Mrs.  Clarence  Musto.  her  two  sons  and  Miss  Yvonne 
Musto.  enjoyed  a  six  weeks'  stay  at  Coronado  this 
summer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Dana  Fuller  visited  in  Santa  Barbara 
recently,  staying  at  the  Hotel  Biltmore 

Miss  Marion  Zeile  enjoyed  a  week  at  Coronado,  the 
guest  of  Mrs  Glaus  Spreckels. 

The  Spanish  Days  Fiesta  at  Santa  Barbara  attracted 
a  large  number  of  San  Franciscans  Among  those  who 
were  in  Santa  Barbara  for  the  days  of  the  celebration 
were  Mr  and  Mrs  Frederick  McNcar.  Mr  and  Mr^. 
Browning  Smith.  Mrs  Lonng  Pickering.  Mr  and  Mrs 
-Alfred  G  Swmcrton.  Mrs  F-'erdinand  Thicriot,  Mr  and 
Mrs.  William  Cannon  Mr  and  Mrs  Henrv  Stevenson. 
Mrs.  Prentis  Selby.  Mr  and  Mrs.  Edward  L  Eyre.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Antoine  Borel  and  many  more. 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tin  Types 

Being  an  Account  of  San  Francisco's  Only  Canine  Dramatic  Critic 


As  BEFITS  a  city,  well  dowered  with 
/-\  dramatic  traditions, San  Francisco 
j[  \^  has  been  the  home  and  haven  of 
critics  without  number.  Every  visionary 
young  publisher,  every  aspiring  novelist, 
who  was  born  in  the  town  or  who 
sought  it  out,  has,  at  some  time  in  his 
shaping  career,  taken  a  hand  in  the 
thankless  business  of  placing,  in  their 
proper  intellectual  niches,  the  current, 
popularly  accepted  and  profitable  plays 
and  also  those  dramas,  which  were  not 
popularly  accepted  and  publicly  appre- 
ciated and  therefore,  not  profitable,  but 
which,  nevertheless,  had  sound  dramatic 
merit. 

Though  not  a  tew  of  this  host  later 
achieved  creditable  laurels  in  other  fields 
of  writing,  no  one  of  them  seems  en- 
titled to  lasting  fame  or  ready  recollec- 
tion solely  as  a  dramatic  critic.  No  one 
of  these  many  workers  in  this  particular 
craft  attained  to  heights,  for  instance, 
even  approximating  those  of  the  emi- 
nent Mr.  George  Jean  Nathan.  Very 
possibly  their  methods  and  technique 
were  their  undoing.  Being  humans,  they 
were  prone  to  the  human  failing  of  say- 
ing altogether  too  much  about  the  object 
ot  their  criticism.  Napoleon,  whose 
name  alone  appears  worthy  of  long  sur- 
vival as  a  dramatic  critic  of  early  San 
Francisco,  being  a  dog,  was  perforce 
without  the  gift  of  human  speech  and  so 
was  spared  a  tatal  human  failing.  He 
said  nothing  but  still  his  technique  in 
saying  nothing  was  so  admirable  that  he 
achieved  a  certain  sort  of  fame  quite 
missed  by  his  human  contemporaries. 
▼    ▼    ▼ 

Tins  Napoleon,  we  learn  from  va- 
rious old  newspaper  accounts  and 
feature  articles  was  the  dog  of  one,  John 
Wilson,  a  traveling  show  man  as  pic- 
turesque, famous,  well  known  and  re- 
markable in  his  day  as  was  P.  T.  Bar- 
num  in  a  later  era  He  was  the  sole  pro- 
prietor and  head  of  Wilson's  Peerless 
Aggregation  of  Wonders.  Napoleon,  he 
had  raised  and  educated  from  a  tiny  pup 
to  be  the  chief  actor  of  his  aggregation  of 
wonders.  The  two  were  inseparable  and 
after  long  trouping  throughout  the 
United  States,  Europe  and  parts  ol  the 
Orient,  retired  some  time  in  the  iSfSo's 
and  settled  in  San  Francisco.  Napoleon 
is  credited  with  twenty-seven  years  of 
life,  a  great  age  for  a  dog,  and  at  the 
time  ol^  his  coming  permanently  to  San 
Francisco  must  have  been  from  seven- 
teen to  twenty  years  old. 

The  pair, Napoleon  and  Wilson, came 
to   no  strange  city.   San   Francisco,   its 


By  ZOE  A.  BATTU 

native,  permanent  and  transient  theatri- 
cal population  and  its  theatre  going  pub- 
lic, having  several  times  been  visited  by 
the  Peerless  Aggregation  of  Wonders, 
knew  them  well.  They  were  received 
with  open  arms  into  all  the  social  insti- 
tutions of  the  city — the  Kearny  street 


Void 

By  Edna  Keouch 

This  night  I  wa/k 

The  passion  of  soft  ram 

upon  my  Jac(L'> — 
Jly  body  and  my  breast  round, 

full,  to  il^. 

I  feel  your  arms,  that  hold 
\  our  lip,i 

Too  soon  an  emptiness  and  paiiL^ 

For  ajter  all,  the  passion  is 

the  raiiij 
That  leai'es  me  strantfely  i'lrpinal 

and  cold! 


promenade,  the  free  lunch  saloons,  the 
back  stage  of  playhouses,  along  the 
waterfront  and  about  the  financial  dis- 
trict— wherever  might  he  found  refresh- 
ment, amusement,  philosophy  and  risque 
stories.  The  Emperor  Norton's  dogs, 
Lazrus  and  Bummer,  by  special  decree  ot 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  had  perpetual 
freedom  of  the  city;  were  exempt  from 
licenses  and  the  activities  of  dog  catchers. 
Upon  Napoleon,  with  fitting  ceremonies, 
the  same  high  privileges  were  conferred. 

T       ▼       T 

IF  THE  tales  told  of  Napoleon  were  true 
his  intelligence  tar  surpassed  that  of 
any  other  canine  living  or  dead.  Rin- 
Tin-Tin,  Strongheart,  and  all  other  such 
prides  of  the  Hollywood  lots  are,  in 
comparison  with  him,  mere  ham  actors 
second  rate  imitators  with  a  cut  and 
dried  bag  of  tricks.  In  Napoleon  burned 
the  flame  of  genius  and  originality  So 
perfect  was  his  understanding  of  English 
that  he  did  not  ha\'c  to  be  taught  a  trick. 
His  master  had  but  to  tell  him  v\'hat  was 
wanted  and  Napoleon  proceeded  to  do 
it,  though  he  had  had  no  previous  in- 
struction or  practice  in  the  feat.  He  was 
credited  with  having  saved,  on  his  own 
initiative,  four  lives  He  rescued  a  little 
girl  from  death  in  a  midnight  fire  Leap- 
ing from  the  deck  of  a  ferry  boat,  he 
saved  the  lite  ol  a  small  boy  and  rescued 


two  other  persons  from  drowning,  when 
they  ventured  beyond  their  depth  while 
swimming.  In  spite  of  his  accompHsh- 
ments,  Napoleon  does  not  appear  to 
have  been  a  thoroughbred  or  pedigree 
animal.  Presumably,  he  was  just  a  dog  — 
very  likely  of  doubtful  and  mixed  origin 
but  of  quick  intelligence. 

Having  spent  his  life  in  the  saw  dust 
ring  and  theatre  Napoleon  had  all  the 
old  trouper's  love  for  the  theatre  and  he 
and  his  master  were  inveterate  first 
nighters.  Whenever  a  circus  came  to 
town,  the  dog  was  the  first  on  the  lot  to 
greet  it  and  the  last  to  bid  it  goodbye. 
Circus  proprietors  always  gave  Napoleon 
and  Wilson  complimentary  tickets  to 
choice  seats  in  the  big  tent  and  side 
shows.  With  calm  and  discerning  eye 
Napoleon  viewed  each  and  every  act 
and  attraction  and  registered  his  approval 
with  tail  wagging  and  barks.  Theatre 
plays  and  vaudeville  he  viewed  from  the 
first  row  in  the  balcony.  With  his  head 
cocked  critically  to  one  side,  he  gave  un- 
divided attention  to  the  entire  perform- 
ance, if  it  pleased  him.  If  he  judged  it  to 
be  a  bum  show,  he  simply  curled  up  in 
his  seat  and  went  to  sleep.  Thus  did  he 
damn  dramas  and  actors  with  a  finality 
from  which  there  was  no  possible  appeal 
and  not  infrequently,  audiences  took 
their  cue  of  approval  or  disapproval 
from  the  canine  critic. 


DURiNt".  the  final  year  ot  his  lite. 
Napoleon  was  blind,  deaf  and 
quite  paralyzed  but  when  patted  would 
acknowledge  the  greeting  by  wagging 
his  tail.  Upon  his  death  an  elaborate 
funeral  was  held.  Emperor  Norton's 
Lazrus  also  had  a  public  funeral,  but  it 
was  largely  a  burlesque  affair  Napoleon's 
funeral  was  a  solemn  and  serious  occa- 
sion, unmarked  by  le\'ity  His  body  re- 
posed in  a  neat  black  casket  and  there 
was  an  abundance  ot  llowers.  The  ser\'- 
ices  took  place  on  a  Sunday  afternoon 
and  John  W.  Divinelle,  prominent  as  an 
attorney  and  fine  speaker,  delivered  a 
suitable  oration  to  a  genuinely  sorrow- 
ing .group  of  the  city's  best  known  bank- 
ers, brokers,  judges,  lawyers,  theatrical 
people,  gamblers,  saloon  keepers,  fair 
but  trail  ladies  and  clergvmcn.  Na- 
poleon was  catholic  in  his  friendships 
and  ailections  He  was  buried  on  Rus- 
sian Hill  at  a  point  now  occupied  by  the 
Pacific  Union  Club.  This  spot  was 
chosen  because  it  was  thought  that  his 
remains  would  be  forever  undisturbed 
and  unilcsecrated  b\-  the  hurr\  ing  life  ol 
the  city. 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 

Spotlight 

CtKitiiiui'd  fruiii  prtgc  22 

God  "  We  will  stack  Sister  Gracia,  in 
the  Spanish  play,  against  the  Hungarian 
women  of  fashion  any  day  in  the  week 
and  award  her  the  palm  The  only  truly 
sophisticated  play  we  have  seen  this 
season  is  "The  Second  Man  "  Last  year 
we  had  "The  Command  to  Love,"  M  ss 
Barrymore  offering  "The  Constant 
Wife."  with  possibly  "The  Road  to 
Rome"  tor  good  measure. 

Miss  Barrymore's  acting  was  delight- 
fully shaded.  In  the  second  act  she  gave  a 
perfect  delineation  of  a  proud  woman 
consumed  with  a  passion  that  she 
battled  \'aliantly  to  conceal  There  were 
t'mes  when  the  fire  consuming  her 
glowed  from  feverish  eyes  with  the  in- 
tensity of  Phedre  in  the  grip  of  hopeless 
desire.  In  this  act,  her  moments  ot 
assumed  repose  were  more  eloquent,  al- 
most, of  the  conflagration  within  her 
than  her  moments  of  restlessness.  It  was 
a  perfect  picture  of  self-torture,  and, 
every  time  that  she  stabbed  her  lover  one 
could  feel  the  knife  turned  back  upon 
her.  Mr  Calhern  was  straightforward 
and  self-contained.  If  the  characteriza- 
tion intended  by  the  author  had  been 
modeled  on  British  lines,  it  would  have 
been  perfect,  but  one  could  not  help 
expecting  a  different  re-action  from  a 
man  v\'ith  the  significantly  Latin  name 
Carlo. 

It  has  been  interesting  to  see  Miss 
Barrymore  this  season  in  two  such 
widely  dissimilar  roles.  It  proves  her 
versatility  and  gives  the  lie  to  the  glib 
charge  that  she  is  merely  a  "personality" 
actress.  She  is  a  "personality"  actress,  of 
course.  But  so  is  Mrs.  Fiske,  so  was 
Sarah  Bernhardt,  so  was  the  great  Duse. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  there  is  no  substi- 
tute, either  in  the  drama  or  in  life,  tor 
personality  What  some  people  mean  to 
imply  when  they  charge  an  actress  with 
the  sin  of  personality  is  that  they  are 
"type"  actresses.  Which  is  quite  another 
thing.  No  woman  who  was  a  "type" 
actress  could  have  given  usthe  two  plays 
that  Miss  Barrymore  has  presented  to 
San  Francisco  this  year  Her  art  is  grow- 
ing with  every  season.  Miss  Barrymore 
is  doing  everything  but  stand  still. 

We  might  say,  in  closing,  that  at  the 
rate  illegitimate  babies  are  being  de- 
livered off  stage  in  current  offerings  that 
it  will  soon  be  a  decided  novelty  to  see  a 
play  in  which  children  are  born  in  wed- 
lock and  a  still  greater  novelty  if  none 
are  born  at  all. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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How  Do  You  Take  Your 
Literature? 

Continued  from  page  9 

book  thac  means  something  ("The  Well 
of  Loneliness,"  tor  example,  or  "The 
Captive")  and  the  perverts  do  their 
utmost  to  ru  n  it. 


OF  THE  few  important  books  coming 
along,  who  is  reading  them?  How 
many  see  "To  the  Lighthouse"  as  the 
road-sign  of  this  generation,  or  the  same 
author's  (Virginia  Woltf)  "Orlando"  as 
a  most  significant  comment  on  English 
literature?  How  many  sense  her  delicious 
burlesque,  or  thrill  at  the  keenness  of  her 
intelligence?  How  many  people  are 
going  to  read  John  Cowper  Powys 
"Wolf  Solent"?  (Not  enough,  we  bit- 
terly fear.)  How  many  people  have  read 
Robinson  Jeffers  "Women  at  Point 
Sur"?  How  many  learned  for  sure  [rom 
this  that  when  it  comes  to  the  highest 
forms  of  literary  art,  the  barriers  ot 
genre  do  not  exist,  and  one  cannot  say 
where  the  prose  leaves  off  and  the  poetry 
begins?  These,  and  a  few  others,  are  the 
significant  voices,  but  they  are  not  heard 
by  the  majority  of  readers  who  strain 
after  that  far-swinging  pendulum. 

The  trouble  is,  the  clock  might  stop 
and  the  pendulum  be  left  stationary. 
Why  won't  people  be  pleased  to  do  a 
little  thinking?  Why  can't  they  take 
their  literature  as  strong  as  their  liquor? 
Why  do  they  take  unsound  imitations  of 
the  real,  when  there  are  rare  good  solid 
items  being  produced'  Even  what  is 
known  as  the  "simple  mind"  can  think. 
Wliy  not  discriminate? 


Now  It  Can  Be  Told 

Continued  from  page  12 

IT  SEEMS  that  every  young  college  grad- 
uate must  go  through  the  period  of 
thinking  himselt  a  master  salesman.  It  is 
another  one  of  those  youthtul  delusions 
like  wanting  to  be  a  writer,  an  artist  or  a 
movie  actor  and  passes  with  age  and 
dawning  intelligence.  Most  of  the  re- 
cruits to  the  army  of  peddlers  who  hail 
from  the  halls  of  learning  go  in  lor 
stocks  and  bonds  Occasionally  one 
makes  good  The  rest  seek  less  glamor- 
ous employment 

Among  the  recent  graduates  ot  the 
University  of  California  who  elected  to 
become  salesmen,  however,  was  one 
who  did  not  head  for  Montgomery 
street  He  knew  a  man  who  distributes 
meat-slicing  machines  in  the  Western 
territory  and  this  friend  had  sold  him  up 
to  the  eyes  upon  the  money  making  pos- 
sibilities of  peddling  meat  slicers 


September  30 

last  day  for 

Low  Fares 
East 


You  can  still  go  East  at  low 
cost.  Low  summer  roundtrip 
fares  are  good  for  return  un- 
til October  31st. 

For  example,  roundtrips  to : 
Chicago  ....  $  90.30 
Kansas  City  .  .  .  75.60 
New  York  .  .  .  151.70 
Washington  .     .     .     145.86 

When  next  you  go  East 
make  a  roundtrip  that's  really 
round.  Go  one  way,  return 
another  on  your  choice  of 
Southern  Pacific's  four  great 
routes.  Link  the  cities  you 
want  to  visit  and  the  natural 
wonders  you  want  to  see  in 
a  single  economical  journey. 

For  example :  East  over  the 
direct  Overlaud  Route, 
and  return  over  the  Golden 
State  or  Sunset  Route. 

The  low  16-day  roundtrips 
for  Pacific  Coast  travel  con- 
tinues in  eflfect  until  Sept.  30. 

Southern 
Pacific 

F.  S.  McGINNIS 

Passenger  Traffic  Atgr. 

San  Francisco 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


29 


After  several  days  of  intensive  train- 
ing in  high-powered  methods  of  sales- 
manship during  which  he  had  had  it  well 
drilled  into  him  that  real  salesmanship 
consists  in  selling  the  public  what  it 
doesn't  want,  the  embryo  master  sales- 
man started  out.  Like  many  another 
tyro  before  him  he  was  so  lull  of  theory 
and  high-power  hokum  that  it  nc\'er 
entered  his  mind  that  anybody  might 
actually  want  one  of  the  machines. 

His  first  canvass  was  a  Dutch  butcher. 
He  started  right  off  with  a  demonstra- 
tion, slicing  diligently  at  the  slab  of 
bacon  until  it  all  had  been  cut.  Then  he 
turned  to  the  butcher  and  asked;  "What 
do  you  think  of  her?  Some  machine, 
eh?" 

The  butcher,  eyes  shining  and  his  face 
wreathed  in  smiles,  slapped  his  hands 
approvingly  and  said:  "Py  goUies!  Dot's 
fine!  Dot's  a  great  thing.  Etfry  butcher 
in  San  Francisco  should  have  vun." 

Then  elapsed  a  period  during  which 
neither  spoke.  The  salesman  placed 
another  slab  of  bacon  in  the  machine 
and  repeated  the  demonstration.  Then 
he  turned  again  to  the  butcher. 

"Don't  you  think  that's  a  time-saver 
— a  real  investment?" 

"Sure!  Dot's  de  stuff,  all  right." 

"You  think  it's  a  good  thing  for  you?" 

"Sure!  Dot's  de  perries." 

"You  know  you  need  it,  don't  you?" 

"Sure!  I  should  say  so." 

"Well,  why  the  hell  don't  you  buy 
it?" 

"Veil,  vy  de  hell  don'd  you  ask  me?" 


Traditions  in  Terms  of 
Architecture 

Continued  from  page  19 

The  architects  who  designed  and 
superintended  the  construction  of  the 
court  house,  who  engaged  the  cooperat- 
ing artists  and  who  are  responsible  for 
the  final  form  in  every  detail,  are  William 
Mooser  II  and  William  Mooser  III. 
William  Mooser  II,  following  in  the 
footsteps  of  his  father  who  came  to  Cali- 
fornia from  Switzerland  in  1S52,  has 
had  wide  experience  in  the  designing 
and  construction  of  public  buildings. 
His  son,  William  Mooser  ill  is  a  grad- 
uate of  L'Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  of  Paris 
— a  man  of  artistic  discernment. 

Cooperating  with  the  Mooscr's  were 
Dan  Sayre  Groesbeck,  the  painter; 
Ettore  Cadorin,  the  sculptor;  George 
Hyde,  interior  decorator;  John  B  Smer- 
aldi  of  New  York  and  John  MacQuarrie 
of  San  Francisco.  And  behind  and  through 
the  whole  project  is  the  traditional  spirit 
of  early  California  which  becomes  a 
legitimate  expression  of  the  present  in 
this  unusual  civic  building. 


OUIS  GASSNER 

announces  the  new  lasliion.s  that 
attain  to  grantleur  tliroiign  tne  me- 
dium 01  linest  furs  .  .  .  /\  collection 
i^atlierecl  Irom  the  worlds  leading 
style  centers  and  embodyino  tne 
Gassner  standard  01  c(Liality 
and  workmansnilD 


LOUIS  GASSNER 

INCORPORATED 
One -Twelve  Geary  Street    •     San  Francisco 


30 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


itTTHE  3V^K[ITEi«liuSEO. 

\\    RAPHAEL  WEILL  »  COMPANY/ 

\^  -f^^\<^L       /■    \ln/ 

\  No^  It  Can  B^  TW: 


C( 


Brid 


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WHO  says  that  fashion  has  become 
so  standardized  that  you  can't 
tell  one  woman  from  another?  It  there 
has  e\'er  been  any  ground  for  such  a 
rumor  (as,  perhaps  there  might  have 
been  when  the  wave  of  sportswear  en- 
thusiasm threatened  the  femininity  oi 
even  evening  ensembles)  ...  it  will  be 
dissipated  this  Fall. 


PRETTiNESS  and  womenly  women  have 
returned,  alter  their  brief  adventure 
in  boyishness.  And  that,  in  itself,  proves 
our  point.  For  when  was  one  woman 
ever  like  another^  Well,  the  experiment 
has  been  fun  while  it  lasted,  and  we  have 
gained  much  .  .  .  notably  a  common- 
sense  viewpoint  that  gives  us  the  beauty 
of  natural  lines  along  with  our  femin- 
inity. Therefore,  we  are  still  moderns, 
even  though  we  have  proven  that  true 
smartness  consists  in  accenting  the 
charms  with  which  an  all-wise  hea\'en 
endowed  us,  rather  than  denying  them. 


BY  THE  same  token,  as  moderns,  we 
refuse  to  look  backward  This,  in 
the  very  face  of  furbelows  from  the  gay 
nineties  .  .  .  Empress  lines  from  the 
Second  Empire  .  .  .  bustles  (actually!) 
from  the  mid  Victorian  era.  But  these, 
by  their  modern  virtues  of  entertaining 
contrast,  quaintness  and  color  have 
earned  the  right  to  appear  in  today's  pic- 
ture Besides,  thev  never  interfere  as  they 
once  were  allowed  to  do  No  matter 
how  effective  a  style  may  be,  it  can 
never  again  pass  beyond  the  fad  stage  if 
it  ofTend  natural  comfort.  You  see,  we 
do  progress!  Paris  at  last  admits  that 
fashionables  no  longer  can  be  told  what 
fo  wear.  They  know  what  they  want 


GOWNS  may  trail  .  .  .  and  they  most 
certainly  do,  from  the  venture- 
some touch-and-go  hem  to  the  train 
that  sweeps  the  floor  (take  a  deep 
breath!)  a  foot  or  two!  But  as  trains 
lengthen,  so  freedom  of  the  dance  is  cur- 
tailed. It  is  easy  to  see  that  while  a 
debutante  may  wear  the  over-lapping 
hem  at  her  presentation,  and  her  mother 
will  glory  in  its  dignity  for  formal  recep- 
tions, if  they  both  truly  love  to  dance, 
the  modified  length  will  be  their  choice 
at  such  times  In  other  words,  it's  smart 
to  suit  the  costume  to  the  occasion. 


THE  first  cue  to  the  character  of  any 
fashion  period  is  found  in  its  milli- 
nery. What  more  feminine,  if  it  chooses 
to  he,  than  a  hat'  And  every  style,  with- 
out exception,  chooses  to  be  so  this  Fall. 
That  wide,  appealingly  exposed  brow, 
what  an  amazingly  fresh  and  ingenuous 
aspect  it  imparts  to  the  mode.  And  the 
picturesque  differences  that  mark  one 
country  from  another  adapt  themselves 
naturally  to  a  season  that  stresses  in- 
dividualization. Therefore,  we  see,  along 
with  the  childlike  serenity  of  brow,  the 
winged  silhouette  of  the  Netherlands  .  .  . 
formalized  Basque  berets  .  .  .  flapping 
fishermen  backs  from  the  French  coast- 


Wn.-XT  a  relief  it  is  to  be  frankly 
feminine  again!  To  wear  lingerie 
necklines,  bows  at  our  wrists,  and 
even  in  our  hats.  Graciously  longer 
skirts,  too,  that  bring  back  the  old  lure 
to  slender  ankles  The  White  House,  of 
course,  has  always  been  modern  Back  in 
petticoat  days  the  "best  dressed"  came 
here  for  the  Jul  lest,  finest,  starchiest. 
When  brevity  and  boyishness  was  the 
\'ogue,  The  White  House  kept  in  touch 
witli  the  accepted  sources  ot  brieiness 
and  boyishness  Now  you  will  find  1930 
fashions  with  that  practiced  flare  for 
correct  smartness  that  is  the  difference 
between  being  conspicuous  and  dis- 
tinguished 


A   O   V   K   R   T   1   .S  li  M   E  N  T 


-oncerning 

By  PAUL  W.  BLACK  | 

THOSE  who  play  a  good  game  of 
bridge  are  familiar  with  the  well- 
known  tables  of  good  leads  in  a 
suit  contract  and  in  a  no  trump  con- 
tract. The  leads  in  the  two  cases  differ 
fundamentally  In  the  case  of  a  suit  con- 
tract leads  by  the  opponents  are  directed 
to  take  as  many  tricks  quickly  as  pos- 
sible. In  no  trump  contracts  leads  are 
directed  to  establish  one  or  more  suits  in 
which  tricks  may  be  taken.  In  the  former 
case  the  tricks  are  usually  taken  with 
high  cards  and  in  the  latter  case  they  are 
high  cards  and  low  or  long  cards. 

SUIT  CONTRACT  DEFENSE 

In  an  efl^ort  to  get  the  bridge  players 
to  standardize  their  defense  play  writers 
on  bridge  have  offered  tables  of  blind 
opening  leads,  leads  for  senior  adversary 
when  junior  adversary  has  not  bid. 
These  leads  ha\'e  helped  to  improve  the 
game  but  some  of  the  leads  included  in 
these  tables  should  be  used  with  discre- 
tion. An  e.xperienced  player  will  realize 
that  the  lead  of  a  king  from  a  king- 
queen  top  in  a  suit  will  probably  result 
in  winning  a  trick  either  with  the  king 
or  with  the  queen  on  a  later  round  but  he 
will  also  realize  that  if  the  ace  is  held  by 
declarer  that  he  could  win  two  tricks  in 
the  suit,  one  with  the  king  and  one  with 
the  queen,  if  junior  adversary  opened 
that  suit  or  if  declarer  opened  it  pro- 
vided declarer  and  dummy  each  held  no 
less  than  three  cards  in  the  suit.  Under 
the  same  conditions,  if  the  king  is  led, 
only  one  trick  may  be  won  in  the  suit. 
If  dummy  holds  the  ace  only  one  trick  is 
assured  in  an\'  method  ot  handling  the 
suit. 

When  senior  adversary  holds  an  ace  at 
thetopof  a  suit  of  four  or  more  cards  and 
there  are  no  other  supporting  honors  tor 
the  suit  it  is  a  fine  point  ot  discretion 
whether  the  ace  should  be  led  at  the 
opening  There  is  great  danger  ot  estab- 
lishing that  suit  for  the  declarer  in  which 
case  it  would  prove  to  be  bad  defense 
If  the  suit  is  short  and  there  is  a  chance 
to  trump  later  rounds  ol  it  then  the  ace 
opening  is  advisable. 

As  a  blind  opening  lead  the  lead  of 
the  ace  from  such  holdings  as  A-Q-J, 
A-Q-10,  A-Q-x  are  not  recommended 
because  the  king  has  as  good  a  chance  of 
being  held  bv  declarer  as  by  dummy,  in 
which  case  it  may  be  captured  it  that 
suit  is  led  from  any  other  position  at  the 
table  but  it  cannot  be  captured  when 
protected  by  the  ace  opening 

Doubleton  or  tripleton  weak  opening 
leads  are  deplorable  because  of  the  mis- 
information gi\en  to  junior  adversary 
and  the  risk  of  establishing  early  that 
suit  for  the  declarer  In  the  long  run  a 
weak  fourth  best  lead  is  preferable  to  the 
weak  short  suit  lead. 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


31 


If  luinor  adversary  is  alert  sulH  iiucr- 
mcJiace  sequence  leads  as  tiic  jack  from 
K-J-^l^,  the  ten  from  K-10-9,  or  Q-10-9 
are  good  openings  when  no  better  ones 
are  held 

A  mistake  often  made  hy  players  ol 
some  experience  is  a  shilt  to  some  other 
suit  after  leading  a  king  trom  A-K-J-x-x 
on  the  ground  that  if  a  second  lead  ot 
that  suit  can  be  made  by  junior  adver- 
sary the  queen  may  be  captured  if  held 
by  declarer  When  opening  with  this 
holding  and  there  arc  three  cards  in  the 
dumm\'  ind  the  queen  is  not  one  of  them 
the  chances  are  in  favor  of  continuing 
the  suit  with  the  lead  ot  the  ace  because 
when  the  partner  holds  three  cards  the 
queen  will  fall  on  the  second  round  if 
held  by  declarer  and  if  held  by  junior 
adversary  the  third  round  of  the  suit  will 
force  a  rutf  by  declarer  to  win  the  trick, 
and  if  declarer  holds  three  cards  in  the 
suit  junior  has  a  chance  to  rulf  the  third 
round.  The  danger  ot  making  a  shitt  to 
another  suit  alter  opening  with  the  king 
and  tinding  dummy  with  three  small 
cards  in  the  suit  lies  in  the  chance  that 
declarer  may  get  the  lead  on  the  shitt 
play  and  establish  a  suit  on  which  to 
discard  losers  in  the  suit  originally 
opened. 

There  are  many  exceptions  that  may 
be  taken  to  any  table  ot  opening  leads. 
To  make  such  tables  serve  the  best  pur- 
pose in  bridge  one  must  use  good  com- 
mon sense  based  on  the  probable  distri- 
bution of  the  outstanding  cards.  A  little 
imagination  and  finesse  will  add  a  lot  ot 
tricks  in  defense  otherwise  impossible  if 
one  becomes  too  conventional. 


Have  You  Heard? 

Do  Wn.\T  You  Do — Proving  that 
even  George  Gershwin  can  get  in  a  rut. 
This  is  just  another  "show  song." 

Liza — Concerning  this  song,  we  shall 
either  have  to  retract  the  above  state- 

'  ment  or  contradict  ourselves,  so  we'll 
squeeze  out  by  saying  that  what  Mr. 
Gershwin  can  do  in  a  rut  is  just  nobody's 
business!  These  two  songs  are  from 
Ziegfield's  "Show  Girl."  Mrs  Al  Jol- 
son  was  starred  in  this  but  left  shortly 

i  after  the  opening.  We  do  not  gossip. 

Continued  on  page  33 


CITY    OF    I'.'\R1S    GALLERIES    OF    ANTIQUES    AND    REI'RODUCTIONS 


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Renaissance  'Z)ining  fnsemble 


"Pictured  above  i.s  a  Renaissance  dining  room  ensemble 
composed  of  exact  replicas  ot  fine  museiini  pieces. 
Note  the  straight,  rectangular  lines  relieved  by  the 
sculptural-like  carving  and  ornamentation,  producing 
an  effect  of  structural  force  and  richness.  .A  genuine 
Spanish  .Aulnissiui  wall  hanging  in  old  reds,  greens  and 
metallic  gold  hangs  above  the  cretlenza.  On  the  Hoor  is 
placed  an  old  red  antiqued  rug.  The  wall  forms  a  typi- 
cally Renaissance  architectural  backgrountl  of  stone 
effect,  and  the  wmdow  is  hung  with  reii  velvet. 

Yenrs  of  experience  in  furnishing  iind  decoraling 
fine  home!  for  an  exacting  clientele  has  prepared 
the  Citv  of  f'liris  to  meet  any  decorative  require- 
ment/or any  type  of  architecture. 


32 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


/ 


^ 


Commissioner 
J.  M.  DORAN 

Head  oj  (he  Prohihilion 
Dwision  oj  the  Treasury 
Department  at  If'a.c/u'nif- 
ton  announccA-  that  .... 


Juices  of  the  Grape 
are  Legal 

Recently  Commissioner  Doran 
issued  a  statement  that  is  of  unusual 
interest  to  all  users  oi  the  Juice  of 
the  Grape. 

Commissioner  Doran's  statement 
means  simply  this: 

1  ou  are  permitted  to  u.re  in  the  home 
A.tti  Colony  Juice  of  the  Grape  for 
Uie  purpose  of  making  hererafles  (non- 
mloxicatinfl  in  fact)  exclu.fii'eli/  for 
home  use,  hut  i/ou  mat/  not  sell  such 
hci'erafle.i'.  Furthermore,  there  ivill  he 
ahsoluteh/  no  interference  on  the  part 
oj  the  prohihilion  officials  u'hen  the 
June  of  the  drape  is  u.reJ  in  the 
ahoi'e  manner. 


^ 


\ 


Not  orilv  docs  this  decision  confirm  what  we  have  consis- 
tently maintained  (that  the  use  of  the  luice  of  the  Cirape  in 
the  home  is  legal)  hot  It  will  settle  all  doulit  in  the  minds  of 
those,  who,  although  they  desired  to  purchase  the  |uice  of 
the  (irape,  hesitated  to  place  their  orders. 

W'c  are  preparing  for  a  tremendous  season  and  wc  earnestly 
.idvise  you  to  place  your  order  for  Asti  Colony  [uices  of  the 
(prape  immediately  to  avoid  dcl.iy  in  the  filling  of  your  re- 
quirements Send  for  our  Cellar  Builder  today,  for  cellars 
l>uilt  with  Itali.in  Swiss  Colony  Tlpo  red  and  TIpo  white, 
.\sti  Colony  Riesling,  Burgundy,  Port,  .Sherry,  and  Mus- 
catel I  uices  of  the  (irape  assure  delightful  beverages. 


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You  who  know  the  Chocolates  Kratz 
will  be  delighted  to  learn  of 
a  two  pound  assortment  of 
these  rare  chocolates 
that  may  now  be  had 
at  the  Special 
pricing  of 
$5.00 


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1  his  Gift  Box.  formerly  l<nown  as  the  Red  Seal 
assortment,  is  the  one  that  first  made  the  name  of 
Kratz  famous.   Write  or  telephone  your  orders  to... 

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SEPTEMBER,  1929 


33 


Have  You  Heard  ? 

Continued  from  page  31 

Song  of  the  Moonbeam  — Terrible 
steal  on  the  Pagan  Love  Song,  without 
even  having  the  decency  to  be  pagan 

Don't  Hang  Yoi'r  Dreams  on  a 
Rainbow  -Flat  and  stupid  This  and 
the  above  are  from  Earl  Carroll's 
"Sketch  Book,"  and  we  all  know  per 
fectly  well  that  sketch  books  nc\'er  have 
anvthing  in  them  but  pretty  girls  .  . 
and  their  addresses. 

Can't  We  be  Friends? — From  the 
best  show  in  town.  "The  Little  Show," 
and  this  is  the  best  song  in  town,  too 

Mo.anin'  Low — This  is  the  kind  of 
Blues  we'd  walk  a  mile  for  and  what  a 
whale  ot  a  difference  a  good  blues 
makes!  (Little  Show). 

Or  What  Ha\'e  You — Cute,  tricky 
and  pleasing  This  is  from  the  Little 
Show  also  and  the  third  best  song  out 
The  two  abo\'e  lead,  and  all  from  one 
show!  The  person  mostly  responsible 
being  one  Arthur  Schwartz. 

Ain't  Misbeha\'ino — From  "Choco- 
late Drops  "  An  excellent  tune,  and  it  it 
isn't  very  original  .  .  .  who  cares? 

FROM  THE  MOVIES 

Am  I  Blue? — Slow  and  easy  From 
the  talkie,  "On  with  the  Show,"  in 
which  a  negro  blues  singer,  Ethel 
Waters,  does  her  stuff  with  great  success 

He's  a  Good  M.an  to  Have  Around 
— Undesirable  tvpe  of  blues.  From  the 
talkie  "Honky  Tonk  "  Good  record  by 
Herman  Kenin. 

If  1  Had  My  Way  -From  the  "Fly- 
ing Fool  "  with  William  Boyd  ...  a 
miserable  picture  made  quite  perfect  in 
our  eyes  b\'  the  pleasant  surprise  of  seeing 
and  hearing  Earl  Burtnett  and  his  trio 
We  were  e\'en  a  little  homesick  over  it 
and  almost  broke  up  the  show  by  in- 
advertently cheering  as  they  flashed  on 
the  screen,  and  sang  this  very  sweet  song, 

NO  SHOW 

Then  We  Canoe-dle  Along  —This 
is  like  the  ham  and  eggs  story  If  the 
lyric  was  any  good,  this  would  be  a  good 
song  ,  ,  ,  if  the  melody  was  any  good' 

S'poson' — The  sweetest,  smoothest 
song  we've  heard  ever  since  the  old  cow 
did  something  or  other 

Evengeline — A  waltz  by  Al  Jolson 
for  which  he  should  be  spanked 

Lovable.  Kiss.i\BLE  You — A  pretty 
melody  spoiled  by  too  many  frills  and 
flounces.  Sung  on  a  Victor  by  Rudy 
Vallee  in  his  usual  charming  style 

If  it  Takes  Two  Hours  to  Make 
Philadelphia,  How  Long  Does  It 
Take  to  Make  You — We  are  listing 
this  merely  upon  good  advice,  but  ue 
refuse  to  make  any  comments  .  ,  it 
would  be  too  embarrassing  ' 

Bv  FRANCES. 


Ei^en  Mr.  Victor  Podesta 
is  thrilled  by  Hawaii^ s  bloom 


J  ust  back  from  a  stay  in  the 
Islands,  this  connoisseur  of 
California  flowers  writes:  "I 
left  Hawaii  a  fairyland  of  blos- 
soms. The  billowing  masses  of 
scarlet  poinciana  dazzled  even 
a  Californian.  This  magnifi- 
cent tree  was  in  blossom  in  a 
range  of  reds  from  dark  crim- 
son to  nearly  orange. 

"Golden  showers  were  every- 
where, hanging  in  racemes 
like  bunches  of  fragile,  bright  yellow 
grapes.  And  the  pink-and-white  show- 
ers seemed  like  transplanted  Califor- 
nia apple  trees  still  blossoming  in  that 
land  of  perpetual  spring.  The  kassod 
trees,  too,  were  out  with  foot-long 
lemon-yellow  panicles. 

"White    monkey    pods,    jacarandas. 


Mr    y   I,    P„dc.,Li  ■■Joumi 

llic  .ffutoLt  tuxurtiiiitlf/ 

mmfortal'lc,  its  cuijitic 

oiitstandinfl!" 


silky  oaks,  giant  crepe  myrt- 
les, wiliwilis,  hibiscus  hedges, 
all  contributed  to  a  pattern 
of  bright  flowering.  And 
after  dark,  that  lovely  phe- 
nomenon to  iTiainlanders, 
the  night-blooming  cereus, 
burst  into  an  unforgettable 
floral  display." 

September  and  early  Octo- 
ber, is  a  memorable  time  to 
visit  Hawaii!  Kassod,  poinci- 
anas,  tulip  frees,  Australian  brassaias 
and  the  night-blooming  cereus,  all 
these  are  in  blossom.  The  weather  is 
perfect.  And  the  great  Matson  fleet  is 
ready  to  speed  you  there — in  luxur- 
ious comfort.  Perhaps  you'll  like  to  go? 
For  .sailings  and  additional  informa- 
tion phone  DA  venport  2.'^()0  today. 


MATSCN  LINE 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


All  food  is  cooked  under  the 

personal  supervision  o* 

Mrs.  Belle  de  Graf 


MOXADNOCK   BUILDING 
MARKET  STREET 


BWILELDEI^S 

239  Posr  Sh-eeh  San  Francisco 


Galerie  Beaux  Arts 

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(SECOND    FLOOR  I 

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PUBLIC  SEPTEMBER  18th 

EXHIBITION    BY   ARTIST    MEI/BZRS 

HOURS   10:00  TO  5:30 

DAILY    EXCEPT  SUNDAY 

DOUGLAS  2373 


PETER  D.  CONLEY 

Choice  Seat  Reseriiations 

Symphony  and  Judson  Wolfsohn 
Concerts 

Sherman,  Clav  &  Co.,  Box  Office 


BILTMOkt  hOTtLS 


ON  THt  COAST 


Municipal 

Participation  in 

Symphonic 

Music 


The  coming  1929-1930  season  will  mark  the 
eighth  year  of  Symphony  concerts  under  munici- 
pal auspices  at  low  admission  prices.  During 
(his  eight-year  period  many  great  works  have 
been  presented,  including  the  Beethoven  Ninth 
Symphony.  Mahler's  '  ResurrectionSymphony." 
the  world  premier  of  Ernest  Bloch's  prize  rhap- 
sody. "America."  Handel's  oratorio,  "Messiah." 
Haydn's  '  Creation,"  and  Verdi's  "Requiem-" 
Many  of  the  world's  greatest  musicians  have 
appeared  as  guest  artists  at  these  important 
events. 

A  great  municipal  chorus  has  been  formed 
under  the  able  directorship  of  Dr.  Hans  Leschke 
and  this  splendid  body  of  trained  voices  is 
alv^ays  in  readiness  to  join  with  the  orchestra  in 
the  presentation  of  oratorios  and  music  festivals. 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  has  each  year  con- 
tributed a  sum  sufficient  to  cover  the  deficit 
incurred  by  the  Summer  Symphony  Concerts, 
and  this  year  will  contribute  substantially  to 
the  deficit  sustained  last  season  by  the  Musical 
Association's  VH'inter  Concerts.  All  this  I  believe 
to  be  a  warranted  investment  in  the  artistic 
future  of  San  Francisco. 

James  B.  McSheehv, 
Chairman,  Audiiorium  Commitiec, 


1929-1930 
Municipal  Symphonies 

The  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra, 
Alfred  Hertz,  conductor,  and  guest  artists  have 
I'ccn  engaged  for  a  series  of  five  popular  concerts 
.It   the  Exposition  Autlitorium  on  the  following 

dates: 

November  4.   l^S")  — 

ALFRED  CORTOT.  lu.mul. 
Marcel  Duprc.  onjijnisl. 

lanuory  14.  IWO— 

DUSOLINA  GIANNINI.  m>rano. 

February  18.  1930— 

SERGE  PROKOFIF.FE.  niitnUt  and 
composer. 

March  29,  19.TO— 
GIOVANNI  MARTINELLI,  Unor. 

April  15.  1930— 

YEHLDl  MENUHIN.  ^iot.ntjl. 

Season  tickets  arc  now  on  sale  at  the  box  office 
of  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co..  Sutler  and  Kearny 
Streets.  Prices  $1.00,  $2.00.  $4.00  and  $.i.00  for 
a  season  ticket  covering  the  same  reserved  seat 
for  each  concert.  The  holder  is  entitled  to  the 
privilege  of  renewing  the  same  seat  for  future 
seasons. 

.  /n.rpi\t-J  !>/ 

AUDITORIUM  COMMITTEE 

Iambs  P.  McSiieeiiy,  Chairman 
«  ARRF.s  Shannon  Franck  R.  Ha'/ennkh 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


35 


SUNSHINE  casts  long  beams  through 
a  high  log 
San  Francisco,  the  city  ol  sun- 
shine and  shadow,  hills  and  valleys,  stirs 
from  the  dreary  hum  ol  morning  busi- 
ness to  scintillate  with  gracious  charm  at 
the  luncheon  hour 

Summer  bows  to  Fall. 

Union  Square  lorms  a  nucleus  for  the 
smart  shops.  Like  the  city,  they  fascinate. 
One  must  know  them  to  appreciate 
New  York  has  finally  taught  us  to  shop 
on  our  roofs  Why  not?  Where  can  we 
find  more  beauty  of  scenery  and  freedom 
trom  the  noises  of  a  busy  city  than  on  the 
topot  a  building.  Many  will  undoubtedly 
lollow  in  the  lootsteps  ot  our  hrst  root- 
top  pioneers 

Rhoda-On-The-Root  has  a  windowed 
shop  which  looks  out  onto  a  garden 
Furnished  in  ivory  and  black,  we  find 
color  notes  in  the  scarlet  and  bright  yel- 
low flowers  ol  the  black  chintz  One 
nearly  forgets  about  the  hat  models  they 


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came  to  see  Models  in  felt,  soleil,  velvet 
or  a  combination  of  these,  favor  the 
turned  ofl  the  face  and  down  onto  the 
neck  type  Felts  arc  dyed  to  match  the 
subtle  tones  of  the  Fall  materials. 

▼       TV 

FtMiNiNiTV  emerges  from  the  gaudy 
sparkling  hues  of  Spring  and  clothes 
herself  in  the  rich  luxurious  winter 
colors  The  bronzed  skins  ot  the  summer 
are  paling  The  skin  should  contrast  the 
colors  worn.  Black  and  beige  are  fashion's 
standbys.  Very  new  are  the  Dahlia 
shades  which  range  in  color  from  the 
Chanel  red  ot  the  past  year,  to  a  deep 
prune  color.  This  last  is  substituted  fre- 
quently for  black. 

Color  is  the  most  expressive  ot  all 
mediums  Peace  and  rest  expressed  in 
silvery  greens  contrast  warmth  and 
frenzy  drawn  from  magenta.  Lounging 
robes  and  pajama  suits  from  Miss 
Clayes'  collection  are  seen  in  seagreen, 
corn,  burnt  umber,  orchid,  magenta, 
rose  and  their  variants  Made  in  heavy 
silk,  they  are  fastened  about  the  hips 
with  a  heavy  twisted  oriental  cord  and 
tassel  in  deeper  or  contrasting  colors 

The  most  sought  after  precious  stone 
this  season  is  the  blue-white  diamond, 
and  color  is  seen  here  and  there  in  the 
settings  Abler  has  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful collections  of  large  stones.  The 
faceted,  square  or  emerald,  marquis  and 
baguette  cuts  are  used  most  Ha\ing  a 
decided  leaning  toward  vellow  stones, 
my  favtirite  was  a  large  canary  diamond 
on  each  side  of  which  were  two  small 
emeralds  and  six  tiny  white  diamonds 
Strangely,  there  is  small  call  for  these 
divine  yellow  diamonds  One  must  learn 
to  like  these  perhaps 


BK.MDf.s  color,  one  must  not  ignore  the 
f:minine  note.  Even  the  most 
masculine- minded  must  succumb.  The 
Knox  Shop  is  showing  daintily  em- 
broidered collars  of  batiste  on  their 
knitted  dresses  A  stunning  coat  model 
in  black  tweed  carried  a  heavy  collar  and 
deep  cutis  ot  sheared  leopard 

The  costume  jewelry  in  this  shop  is 
very  distinctive  The  latest  is  Indian  in 
feeling  Wooden  beads  in  brown  are 
combined  with  porcelain  beads  in  two 
tones  of  yellow  The  wooden  beads  are 
at  the  back.  Green  wooden  beads  alter- 
nate with  brass  ones. 

Speaking  ot  the  unusual,  brings  us  to 
the  Vahdah  Shop  which  is  the  only  shop 
in  the  United  States  which  carries  Rus- 
sian, Scandanavian,  Belgian,  French, 
Czecho-Slovakian,  and  Hungarian  types 
of  embroidered  dresses  exclusively. 

The  Russian  necklines  are  high,  or 
open  at  the  shoulder.  The  colors  are  most 

CunfimK'd  oil  ne-\t  page 


2a5DEARy  5T. 
SAN    FRANCI5CD. 


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EXPRESSES   DIGNITY    AND 

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Sheffield  Coffee  Pot 

Made  in   1784 

Solid  silver  Sauce  Boat  made  in 

London,  1784,  by  Peter  and 

Anne  Bateman 

B!l     dP^~  ifl 

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of  NEW  YORK  CITY 

ESTABLISHED  1869 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Distlnctlvej> 
Fall  Modes 


NOW  ON  N'lEW  AT 

Jhllinery  Importers 


223  AND  243  Post  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


"   ^  348  Grant  Avenue 


GIFTS  PKlZtS 

ORIENTAL  ARTS 

LAMPSHADES 

LVTERIOR  DECORATION 

DESIGNS  TO  ORDER 


A.  F. 
MARTEN 

♦  CO  ♦ 


IXTEICIOR 
DECOIKATIOX 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


1501     SUTTER     STREET 
SAN    FRANCISCO 


daring  and  combine  vermilion  and  royal 
blue,  vivid  yellows,  emerald,  and  jade 
greens  Scandanavians  follow  the  flower 
motifs    n  more  delicate  hues. 

▼       T       T 

I  HEARD  the  same  old  argument  of  last 
year  expressed  in  a  new  way  this 
season  Are  skirts  longer  in  reality  or  by 
proportion ,  considering  the  slightly  ra  sed 
waistline^  Seems  a  bit  too  ear!y  in  the 
season  to  find  the  truth.  Gowns  for 
formal  wear  still  sweep  to  the  ground  in 
the  back  from  an  indicated  waistline, 
and  fur  wraps  follow  this  same  line. 
Some  of  Gassner's  most  elaborate  models 
flare  slightly 

Shoes  pick  up  the  color  accent  in  the 
evening  The  White  House  recently  had 
a  window  display  ot  slippers  "pour 
1 'opera  "  The  toes  are  semi-pointed.  The 
loot  must  look  aristocratic  this  winter. 
The  shoes  for  afternoon  wear  rely  on 
beauty  of  cut  rather  than  ornamentation. 

Handbags  and  shoes  are  part  of  the 
ensemble  The  afternoon  bag  of  the 
winter  will  be  mostly  velvet  and  suede 
For  evening  moire  and  \'el\'et  O'Con- 
nor and  MofFatt  have  a  display  of  moire 
bags  with  rosepoint  embroidery  Charm- 
ing tor  the  older  woman. 

Hotels  are  bright  with  lights  and 
ready  for  the  season  of  gaiety  .  Curls 
of  grey  fog  form  weird  arabesques 
against  the  windows. 

Fall  has  come  to  San  Francisco. 


Water  Qolor  -JhCiniatures 

EUGENE  De  FORREST 
251  Post  Street  1744  BroaJwa.v 

San    Francisc*  OakiantI 


H.VALDESPINO 

features  fine  prints  and 

colored  etchings  in  the 

new  Gallery  above  his 

Workshop 

347  O'Farrell  Street 

San    Francisco 

Fll  anklin    3533 

'jl,'!^   ^'K-Ji^-' 


Exclusive  Handmade  Shoes 

— for  Women 

who  appreciate 

the  finest  in 

tootwear 


opened 
August  1st 

135  Grant  Avenue 
SUtter  0878 


A  Profusion  of 
Hardest  Fruits 

is  served  at  the  Post  Street 
Cafeteria  whose  tables  are 
ever  laden  with  the  choicest 
the  season  affords  .  .  Autumn 
days  brings  new  salads,  en- 
trees and  desserts  made  from 
the  fruits  and  vegetables  now 
available  .  .  each  day  at  noon 
you  can  eat  rich  harvest  fare 
in  stimulating  surroundings 
of  brilliant  autumn  color- 
ing .  . 

Come  today  and  you'll 
come  again  tomorrow ! 


Post  street 
Cafeteria .  • 

62  Post  Street 


SEPTEMBER,  1929 


37 


JOSEPH'S 

yior/st 


233  Grant  Avenue 

(Opposite  the  White  House) 


Entire/ v  iieic  conceptions 
for  the  Debutante 


Neiv  articles  for 
Bridge  Prizes 


Telephone  DOuglas  7210 


MODfRN  WOMEN  TIND 

that  time  anJ  footsteps  may 
he  saved  by  merely  calling 
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lormatioi)  concerning  your 
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San  Francisco  Examiner 

WANT  ADS 

Prints  more  Want  Ads  than  all  other 
San  Francisco  newspapers  combined 


Bv  BETH  WENDELL 

SINCE    the     Puliczer     Prize    award, 
lurcher  honors  have  been  bestowed 
upon  Juha  Pecerkin 
"Scarlet  Sister  Mary,"  in  play  lorm, 
will  be  acted  by  Ethel  Barrymt)re,  at  the 
conclusion  ot  her  present  tour 

One  might  e.xpect  Miss  Barrymore's 
perfect  nose  to  turn  up  in  disdain,  at  the 
mere  suggestion  of  a  negro  portrayal. 
Scarlet  Sister  Mary,  however,  was  one 
ol  the  Gullah  negroes,  "with  tall  straight 
bodies,  and  heads  filled  with  sense  " 
After  the  Civil  War,  and  frightening 


freedom,  the  Gullahs  continued  to  live 
in  their  quarters  at  Blue  Brook  Planta- 
tion There  Mary  was  born  and  reared  by 
her  foster-mother,  Maum  Hannah. 

At  a  nearly  proper  age,  she  was  courted 
by  twin  brothers,  June  and  July  She 
chose  the  one  who  gr  nned  the  broadest, 
instead  ot  the  one  who  smiled  the  sweet- 
est, and  soon  alter  her  marriage,  was 
deserted 

Despondent  and  bitter,  she  became 
Scarlet  Sister  Mary 

To  portray  each  elemental  quality  of 
the  character.  Miss  Pecerkin  has  written 
with  an  almost  stark  simplicity 

The  dramatization,  we  hope,  will  not 
be  unwisely  embellished 

We  can  almost  see  Miss  Barrymore, 
made  brown,  scanding  on  Scarier  Sister 
Mary's  front  stoop,  crying  to  her  re- 
turned man ; — 

"Sho  I  gotchillen  I  got  plenty  o'chil- 
len '  Plenty!  Dey  aint  none  o'  you  own, 
July,  so  it  ain'  none  o'  you  business  how 
many  I  got    ' 

"Scarlet  Sister  Mary,"  by  Julia  Peter- 
kin    Bobbs- Merrill  Co  ,  Publishers 


MRS  Mm. IN  has  once  more  used  her 
familiar  East  Africa  as  a  back- 
ground for  frail  whites 

"The  FiddUr"  tells  of  a  violinist, 
weak  and  self-pitying,  who  succeeds  in 
coupling  his  false  emotions  with  che  true 
ones  of  a  married  woman  The  woman's 
husband,  a  placid  planter,  has  uncomplex 
senses  that  are  dull  company. 

Entirely  aware  ol  the  musician's  soft- 
ness and  mediocrity,  she  succumbs  to 
him,  through  the  strength  ol  her  own 
emotions,  which  he  has  aroused 

His  theatrical  affections  do  not  wish 
the   reality   of  an   elopement,    but   she 


EsTihcr  Rothschild 

Inaugurates  the  Season's 
Newest  Fashions  for  Sporl, 
Street  and  tU'ening  Wear. 

Coats 
Dresses 
Gowns 
Hats 


Symbolizing  Miss  Roth- 
schild's reputed  good  taste  in 
last  word  Fashions — special- 
izing in  Bridal  and  Travel 
apparel. 

Moderately  Priced 

251  Geary  Street 
KE  arny  4374 


Thos.  Heath  Suits 
Are  Rather  Good 

Fact  is,  they  give  a  chap  a 
most  admirable  feeling  of 
inward  serenity  and  out- 
ward poise,  if  you  know 
what  we  mean.   «»   «»   «» 

Exclusively  at 


38 


inJuces  him  to  flee  with  her  to  Johannes- 
burg 

In  a  quarrel  with  their  chaufteur,  the 
violinist  turns  murderer,  and  his  small 
strength  collapses  under  the  circum- 
stances that  follow 

The  pair  finally  seek  shelter  with  other 
whites,  \.\-ho  aid  them  in  concocting  a 
defense 

The  planter  husband's  placidity  proves 
to  be  a  calm  love,  unbroken  even  by  the 
return  of  a  tar  straying  wife. 

Deep  in  Mrs.  IVlillin  is  an  antipa:hy 
for  second  rate  artists  and  their  character- 
istic weakness  Her  scorn  has  a  peculiar 
cruelty,  as  it  she  enjoyed  dashing  their 
softness  against  the  stone  wall  ot  lite. 
"The  Fiddler,"  by  Sarah  Gertrude  Mil- 
lin.  Horace  Liveriglit,  Publisher. 
T     ▼    ▼ 

NRiHT  Club"  is  one  of  Katherine 
Brush's  short  stories  found  in  her 
collection  by  that  name   It  has  been  done 


in  the  talkies  and  not  badly.  The  scene  is 
a  popular  night  club.  A  number  of 
women  and  girls,  each  with  a  comic  or 
tragic  existence,  drift  in  and  out  of  the 
"ladies'  room"  The  maid,  oblivious  to 
the  drama  about  her,  seeks  excitement  in 
a  "true  story"  magazine. 

Because  of  absolute  artistry,  the  best 
story  ot  the  collection  is  saved  from 
being  offensive  It  is  called  "The  Mother 
Has  the  Custody.  " 

"Debutane"  deals  with  social  con- 
sciousness and  is  finely  written. 

"Long  Young  Dreams"  tells  of  a  best 
man  and  a  bride  who  fall  in  love  with 
each  other 

"Gaudy  Lady  "  is  the  story  ot  a  scarlet 
woman  who  makes  her  son  pink  and 
white 

"All  the  Kings'  Horses  "  is  another 
tale  ot  honor  sacrificed  to  ambition,  in 
Hollywood 

"Seven  Blocks  Apart"  tells  ot  poverty 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

stricken  love. 

There  are  several  other  stories  in  the 
collection,  all  of  the  typical  magazine 
type,  but  all  written  with  a  subtlety  that 
proves  the  advancing  discrimination  of 
the  average  reader 

Miss  Brush  has  almost  perfect  short 
story  technique  which  she  softens  and 
often  makes  lovely  by  her  distinctive 
charm. 

"Night   Club,"    by   Katherine   Brush. 
Minton,  Balch  Cr  Co  ,  Publishers. 

T       T       ▼ 

Americ.Jin  Polo,"  by  Neu'ell  Bent, 

jiX.  will  add  new  dignity  to  the  young 

man  who  sells  bonds  between  week-ends. 

His  mallet,  his  white  pants,  and  his 
leather  girdle  will  now  have  historical 
significance. 

In  the  past,  as  we  watched  the  gay 
youths  on  their  gay  ponies,  little  did  we 
realize  that  it  was  the  direct  outcome  of 

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My  Particular  Chicago 


Too  long  has  Chicago  been  for  us 
Cahtornians,    merely   a   stopping 
off  place  on  the  way  to  New  York . 
■    Since    I    can    remember,     I    have    be- 
grudged the  few  hours  wasted,  between 
the  arri\'al  ot  the  0\'erland,  and  the  de- 
parture of  the  Century.  Schedules  have 
I.  varied  throughout  the  many  years,  but 
!   usually  1  have  had  time  tor  a  bath,  a 
[  manicure,  and  luncheon  at  the  Black- 
stone  before  train  time.  Occasionally  1 
have  had  a  longer  wait.  Then  I  would 
'   saunter  up  Michigan  Avenue,   perhaps 
;  wander  over  to  Marshal  Fields,  marvel 
at  its  size,  buy  some  licorice  at  Krantz, 
and  complain  to  whomever  would  lis- 
I  ten,  of  the  dirt,  heat,  or  cold,  according 
]  to  the  season.  Should  the  day  be  fine,  1 
admitted    it    grudgingly,  but   I  would 
I  gather  up  my  bags,  take  a  taxi,  and  be  on 
'  my  way  rejoicing. 

When  a  dear  friend  invited  me  to  visit 
her  on  the  North  Shore,  I  accepted  with 
the  greatest  pleasure,  for  I  was  anxious 
to  see  the  beauties,  which  I  had  heard 
that  Chicago  possessed. 

My  mid-summer  railway  journey,  1 
would  rather  not  mention  !  While  trying 
in  vain  to  keep  clean,   and  during  an 


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exhausting  effort  to  keep  cool  by  shifting 
my  ice  bag  from  the  top  ot  my  head  to 
the  nape  of  my  neck,  I  wondered  why  I 
had  left  the  comfort  of  Lake  Tahoe. 

1  had  been  told  that  Highland  Park, 
where  I  was  to  stay,  would  be  delight- 
tully  cool,  and  it  was  quite  pertectly  so. 
Even  Chicago  was  cool  on  the  day  ot 
my  arrival,  and  I  soon  torgot  the  dis- 
comforts of  the  trip. 


TRULY  Chicago  of  today  is  a  most 
remarkable  city.  Nowhere  does  one 
feel  the  pulse  of  modernity,  progress  and 
enterprise,  as  in  this  metropolis  ot  the 
Middle  West.  Chicago  is  the  heart  ot 
America.  Situated  in  the  bosom  ot  vast 
fruitful  planes,  nourished  by  frequent 
summer  rains,  and  cooled  by  breezes 
from  her  great  lake,  she  is  indeed  the 
favored  mother  of  the  prairies. 

Her  children  may  well  be  proud  of  her, 
and  proud  they  are.  They  have  gar- 
landed her  with  the  most  beautiful  chain 
of  parks  in  the  world.  Her  new  boule- 
vards are  so  lengthy,  that  as  my  lovely 
hostess  drove  past  fountains,  statues,  and 
public  buildings,  I  was  lost  in  wonder 
and  admiration. 

Upon  returning  to  the  downtown  dis- 
trict, we  passed  the  two  superb  Indian 
statues  on  Michigan  avenue.  They  stand 
near  the  Fine  Arts  Museum,  to  which 
has  been  added  a  new  wing  of  exquisite 
period  rooms. 

Continuing  north,  we  reached  a  great 
tall  building  where  the  Tavern  Club  is 
housed.  There  we  stopped  for  tea.  The 
amusing  modern  rooms,  many  stories 
high,  open  onto  a  terrace.  I  walked  out 
and  looked  down  upon  a  most  extra- 
ordinary sight,  the  longest,  straightest, 
flattest  street  in  the  world.  North  and 
south,  as  far  as  I  could  see,  was  a  never 
ending  line  of  motors,  thousands  of 
them  moving  at  great  speed,  coming  to 
a  sudden  halt,  then  hurrying  on  again. 
That  vital  march  of  humanity  seemed 
endless.  Does  it  go  on,  night  and  day? 
1  think  so. 


THE  North  Shore,  as  a  summer  resort, 
is  unsurpassed.  The  communities  of 
Glencoe,  Highland  Park  and  Lake  Forest 
are  too  lovely  for  words  Their  country 
clubs  and  most  beautiful  homes  tace  the 
Lake,  and  the  gardens  are  terraced  to  the 
water's  edge. 

in  these  lovely  houses,  live  delighttul, 
hospitable  people,  who  give  enchanting 
out-door  fetes  reminiscent  of  evenings 
spent  at  Cafe  Madrid    The  same  fairy- 


like quality  of  lights  shining  through 
heavy  verdure  upon  dancing  couples,  the 
same  arrangement  ot  tables,  and  the 
same  pretty  ladies.  1  felt  as  if  I  had  been 
transported  to  France. 

There  are  many  places  of  amusement 
on  the  North  Shore  and  many  offers  of 
diversion. 

First  in  importance  is  the  outdoor 
opera  at  Ravinia,  ne.xt  the  race  track  at 
Arlington,  with  its  charming  Post  and 
Paddock  Club,  and  last  but  not  least. 
Sky  Harbor,  and  Petrushka's. 

Hiding  my  head  in  shame,  1  may  as 
well  confess  at  once,  that  I  did  not  go  to 
Ravinia  As  1  sped  past,  on  my  merry 
way  to  Petrushka's,  had  I  dreamed  that 
my  disgrace  would  become  public,  I 
should  have  stepped  out  of  the  motor, 
and  done  my  duty.  I  will  tell  you, how- 
ever, what  1  learned  from  hearsay,  that 
the  opera  performances  are  marvelous, 
and  that  they  are  directed  by  Louis  Eck- 
stein, who  finances  and  manages  the  pro- 
ductions every  year.  The  current  season 
has  been  a  great  success,  and  the  superb 
work  of  Bori  and  Johnson  has  met  with 
great  enthusiasm.  I  suppose  I  missed  the 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Goose  That  Lays  The  Golden  Egg 

An  Analysis  of  the  Workings  of  the  California  Lyon  Act 


ONCE  upon  a  time  there  was  an 
industry  which  suppUed  to  the 
world  a  commodity  which  was 
essential  to  its  welfare.  This  important 
substance  was  a  thick  black  viscous 
liquid  which  was  supposed  to  be  the 
decayed  remains  of  tiny  sea  animals 
which  lay  along  the  sea  bottom  when 
the  earth  was  young  and  the  ocean 
lapped  much  turther  inland  on  our  con- 
tinents. Liquified  deposits,  called  in  later 
years  oil  pools,  were  found  only  in  cer- 
tain parts  of  the  world,  and  their  num- 
ber and  contents  were  limited  Resting  a 
mile  or  more  underneath  mountains, 
plains,  and  lake  bottoms  this  oil  was 
held  saturated  in  sands  and  shale  under 
millions  of  tons  of  pressure  and  was 
impregnated  with  gas  which  had  been 
generated  with  the  decomposition  ot  the 
diatoms  from  which  it  had  been  formed; 
so  that  when  one  of  these  pools  was 
tapped  the  oil  gushed  upward,  accom- 
panied by  billions  of  cubic  teet  of  the 
gas  which  subsequently  blew  off  into  the 
air,  the  potential  heat  and  energy  which 
it  represented  being  lost  to  mankind  for- 
ever. 


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The  price  tor  which  this  oil  could  be 
sold  was  absolutely  dependent  upon  the 
amount  of  it  that  was  produced,  so  that, 
when  immediate  demands  were  fully 
satisfied  the  oil  had  little  value,  and 
could  only  be  stored  in  reservoirs,  to 
remain  there  until  the  industry  and  the 
commerce  ot  the  world  caught  up  again 
with  this  rapid  rate  of  production.  In 
spite  ot  the  tact  that  everyone  under- 
stood the  situation,  the  oil  men  did  not 
stop  drilling.  Many  of  them  had  their 
own  interests  first  at  heart,  feeling  that 
they  had  better  sell  their  oil  while  they 
could  produce  it  and  let  someone  else 
worry  about  such  things  as  future  supply 
and  national  overproduction,  while 
others,  having  wells  alongside  of  some 
competing  driller  simply  had  to  recover 
the  oil  underneath  their  property  before 
their  neighbors  got  it  all.  Oil  prices 
dropped  to  such  a  low  point  that  finally 
the  heavier  oil,  which  had  fewer  com- 
mercial uses,  cost  more  to  produce  than 
it  could  be  sold  for.  Thus  it  came  about 
that  the  discovery  ot  a  new  great  oil 
pool,  instead  of  being  regarded  as  a 
blessing,  is  now  thought  of  by  everyone 
as  a  catastrophe  and  the  new  field  has  to 
be  shut  down,  or  oil  prices  will  drop 
still  lower. 


SINCE  the  oil  and  gas  deposits  of  a 
nation  are  a  part  of  its  natural  re- 
sources, just  as  much  as  iron,  or  gold,  or 
even  water,  the  sight  ot  billions  of  feet 
of  gas  being  blown  off  into  the  air  every 
month  simply  because  prices  were  so 
low  that  the  only  chance  of  profit  was  to 
recover  as  much  oil  as  possible,  became 
at  least  abhorrent  to  everyone.  The 
troubles  ol  the  oil  industry  became  the 
platforms  of  politicians,  who  loudly 
demanded  that  the  nation's  resources  be 
conserved  at  all  cost,  and  that  the  oil 
industry  immediately  bring  about  some 
sort  of  a  cooperation,  or  the  govern- 
ment itself  would  intervene. 

Petty  jealousies,  financial  inability,  or 
simply  insubordination  has  effectively 
brought  to  a  close  all  negotiations 
between  the  operators,  the  Attorney 
General  ol  the  United  States  himself  de- 
livering the  final  blow  in  announcing 
that  any  compact  between  states  that 
had  contemplated  a  control  of  produc- 
tion was  in  direct  violation  of  the  anti- 
trust laws  and  was  illegal,  fortunately, 
however,  a  plan  of  state  control  over  the 
wastage  of  the  natural  gas  which  is 
mi.\cd  with  oil  has  been  worked  out  in 
California,  which  is  producing  30  per 


cent  ot  the  nation's  present  oil  total,  and 
whose  own  overproduction  now  amounts 
to  slightly  more  than  the  total  of  na- 
tional overproduction.  By  the  prohibit- 
ing of  blowing  gas  into  the  air,  oil  com- 
panies will  be  forced  either  to  dispose  of 
this  gas,  or  shut  in  enough  wells  so  that 
some  disposition  of  it  can  be  made. 
Since  only  a  certain  amount  ot  gas  can  be 
sold  or  pumped  back  into  the  ground  for 
the  repressuring  of  oil  fields,  it  is  be- 
lieved that  as  much  as  225,000  barrels  of 
oil  daily  in  California  alone  may  be  shut 
in,  this  amount  about  balancing  the 
total  overproduction  of  the  United 
States  at  large  at  the  present  time. 

The  new  plan  begins  in  California  on 
September  i  under  the  so-called  Lyon 
Act,  which  is  simply  a  definitive  clause 
in  existing  legislation  designed  to  con- 
serve the  State's  resources,  and  which 
succinctly  states  that  the  blowing  into 
the  air  of  natural  gas  for  any  cause  what- 
soever is  legal  evidence  ot  wastage. 
Police  jurisdiction  is  given  to  the  Oil 
and  Gas  Supervisor  and  his  field  deputies, 
and  recalcitrant  operators  will  be  faced 
with  Superior  Court  injunction  if  they 


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tive orders  t    t    t 

IT  IS  quite  evident  that  these  measures 
are  somewhat  high-handed  and  are 
bound  to  meet  with  some  strenuous  re- 
sistance on  the  part  of  small  operators 
Mr  Jones,  for  instance,  after  spending 
his  last  dollar  and  all  the  money  he  can 
borrow  to  sink  a  wildcat  well  30  miles 
from  nowhere,  after  much  uncertainty 
brings  in  a  fine  well  of  2,000  barrels, 
blowing  2,000,000  cubic  feet  ot  gas  a 
day,  which  is  approximately  the  amount 
of  gas  needed  to  lilt  this  oil  up  out  of  the 
ground.  "I  am  sorry  Mr.  Jones,"  says 
the  field  deputy,  "but  you  are  wasting 
gas  and  you  must  shut  down  your  well." 
"But  what  about  my  investment  and 
my  bank  loans?"  says  Jones.  "We  can't 
help  that;  law  is  law."  "All  right,"  says 
Mr  Jones,  kicking  at  a  rock  with  his 
well-worn  driller's  boots,  "if  you  can 
find  a  crew  you  can  come  out  here  and 
stop  it.  I  have  no  more  money,  and 
besides  I'm  busy." 

There  will  also  be  the  contention  that 
the  law  is  confiscatory  and  unconstitu- 
tional, and  this  phase  of  it  will  have  to 
be  cleared  up  But  the  main  point  is  this 
— that  California's  Lyon  Act  is  a  definite 
and  radical  step  in  the  right  direction, 
and  if  it  is  successful  it  will  surely  be  fol- 
lowed elsewhere  The  government,  led 
by  half-informed  politicians,  in  its  own 
blundering  way  means  business.  Even- 
tually the  oil  operators  will  save  their 
oil  and  like  it,  and  perhaps  the  goose's 
egg  will  some  day  turn  into  golden  dol- 
lars for  those  who  have  invested  money 
in  oil  stocks.  t    ▼    t 


Culture  Comes  to  Hollywood 

Continued  from  page  20 

G.  A    Sil  Vara  of  i  Stattburggasse, 
genius  of  the  continental  theater,  peers 
through  his  monocle  at  a  commissary 
menu  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  he  is 
author  of  the  Theater  Guild's  recent  suc- 
cess, "Caprice."  "What  is  salade  Leila 
I  Hyams?"    he    queries    perplexedly.    In- 
j  formed  by  the  waitress  he  says:  "I  shall 
^  have  the  filet  of  sole  and  some  Apol- 
i  lonaris." 

Since  his  advent  the  Eric  Maria  Re- 
marque success  "All  Quiet  on  the  West- 
ern Front  "  has  been  bought  The  same 
judgment  which  prompted  producers  to 
put  Dorothy  Parker  writing  dialogue  for 
"Madame  ",  may  inspire  the  choice  of 
Baby  Peggy  as  leading  lady  for  the  war 
story  and  set  Elinor  Glyn  writing  the 
dialogue.  But  its  culture — by  heck — no 
matter  how  it  comes  out 


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Prince  S'awuch  who  played  before  King 
Afrasiah  in  Persia. 

Mr.  Bene  assures  us  that  polo  was 
played  even  in  the  twelfth  century,  and 
he  has  chosen  the  task  of  recording  its 
growth,  and  so  forth,  ever  since. 

The  book  contains  old  drawing  repro- 
ductions that  show  how  the  game  was 
played  in  ancient  days. 

Deeper  in  the  volume  are  more  recent 
gentlemen,  who  embellished  their  sport- 
ing features  by  curling  moustaches. 

Toward  the  end  are  photographs  of 
clean  shaven,  generally  clear-eyed  mod- 
erns, who  contain  a  mixture  of  red  blood 
and  blue. 

"American    Polo,"    by    Newell    Bent. 
Macmillan,  Publishers. 


My  Particular  Chicago 

Continued  from  page  39 

treat  of  my  life,  but  perhaps  some  of  the 
opera  goers  missed  Petrushka's! 

In  the  center  of  a  vast  prairie,  rises  a 
fantastic  structure,  such  as  one  sees  in 
illustrations  of  Russian  Fairy  Tales. 
Very  strange  it  looks,  and  lost  mid  its 
alien  surroundings.  On  either  side  are 
hangers  and  huge  tri-motorplanes,  wait- 
ing to  take  passengers  up  for  short 
flights.  The  place  is  Sky  hlarhor,  and  the 
building  is  the  Russian  restaurant, Pe- 
trushka. 

It  is  very  thrilling  to  dine  or  sup  on 
the  balcony  at  Petrushka's  and  watch  the 
planes  rise,  fly  about  and  land.  It  is  amus- 
ing to  see  the  passengers  stepping  in  and 
out  of  the  little  doors  that  lead  to  the 
cabins,  and  fascinating  to  watch  the 
searchlights  illuminate  the  sky. 

There  is  dancing  in  a  gaily  painted 
room,  and  divine  music.  I  loved  the  old 
Russian  folk  songs  ,the  wild  gypsy  tunes, 
and  the  Chauve  Souris  entertainment. 
A  young  Frenchman,  very  like  Cheva- 
lier, sings  "Louise." 

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SEASONS  AGO,  WAS 
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BABY  CARACUL,  AND 
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FIRST  TO  PRESENT 


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Brown 
Russian 
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he  dapple 
brown  that 
Nature  her- 
self painted,  exactly  the  shade 
of  brown  that  is  particularly 
favored  this  Fall.  The  fur  is  flat 
and  lustrous,  supple  and  silky, 
perfectly  adapted  to  Fashion's 
requirements  in  this  day  of  the 
graceful  flare  and  the  large, 
shapely,  soft  collar. 


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ably steering  them,  via  the  jolliest  elevators 
in  town,  straight  to  the  Fourth  Floor  Kiddie 
Shops  of  O  Connor,  M.offatt's  new  store. 
And  it  s  a  thrilling  place  ....  filled  with 
everything  new  and  smart  and  amusing  for 
the  younger  generation,  from  brief  frocks 
and  lingerie  for  small  femininity  to  debonair 
togs  for  tiny  chaps  to  shoes  for  them  all  (in 
the  Juvenile  Footwear  Shop)  .  .  .  even  to 
exciting  toys  and  clever  things  for  sophisti- 
cated nurseries! 


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join  hands  in  a  social  gesture  of  welcome  to  San 
Franciscans  and  newcomers  who  wish  the  assurance  of 
considerate  service  in  an  atmosphere  of  smart  gaiety 


ART 

California   Palace   of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 

Lincoln  Park,  10  to  5  daily;  7  to  10  Wed- 
nesday and  Saturday  nights  (special  for 
sculpture  show).  National  Sculpture  So- 
ciety's ail-American  exhibition  of  1300 
sculptures. 

Galerie  Beaux  Arts:  Mika  Mikoun,  Polish 
sculpto  and  ceramist,  will  display  her  work 
on  October  10. 

East-West  Gallery:  Joseph  Paget  Fredricks 
gives  a  display  of  delicate  miniatures  in 
water  color  and  ink.  On  October  9,  at  8 
p.  m.,  the  artist  will  discuss  his  work  and 
"Fantasy  in  Art."  The  exhibition  opens 
October  16. 

Paul  Elder  Gallery:  Beginning  October  7. 
An  exhibit  called  Modern  creative  design, 
by  young  San  Francisco  artists.  Interesting 
and  unusual. 

Gump  Galleries:  The  work  of  De  Kruif  will 
hang  another  week,  to  be  succeeded  by  the 
work  of  Raymond  Henry,  an  artist  who 
pictures  well  the  color  and  character  of 
California. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum:  Golden  Gate 
Park,   10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street,  9 
to  5;30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints. 

Vickcry,  Atkins  and  Torrey:  Annual  exhibi- 
tion,  California   Society   of   Etchers. 

Courvoisicr:  Lithographs  by  Nash  and  Hague, 
September  30-October   14. 

THE  STAGE 

Alcazar:    Eugene  O'Brien  is  awfully  clever  in 

"Girl  Trouble."    A  really  good  comedy. 
Curran:    "The    Queen    was    in    the    Parlor." 
Perhaps  this  will  answer  the  question:  Are 
the  members  of  royalty  really  human,  with 
all  the  emotions  we  ourselves  suffer?    Miss 
Fredericks,   well   known  star   of   stage   and 
screen,  takes  the  lead, 
i    Geary:    "Kibitzer.  "   A  kibitzer  is  a  butter-in, 
I         a  man  who  has  advice  for  everyone.    The 
comedy    features   the    stock   exchange    and 
excitement  runs  high  when  Gregory  RatofI, 
the  kibitzer,  hands  out  a  really  good  tip. 


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Green  Street:  "The  Flat  Tire."  The  popular 
French  farce,  husbands,  wives  and  sweet- 
hearts mixed  up  in  a  merry  tangle.  Dinner 
with  the  show  Monday  and  Tuesday  nights. 

President:  When  a  woman  is  accused  of  many 
sins  she  generally  goes  out  and  commits  a 
few.  Frances  Starr  as  the  woman  in  "The 
Shelf"  refuses  to  be  laid  away  and  much 
of  interest  follows. 

Blanding     Sloan's     Puppet     Theatre     Cub: 

"Heavenly  Discourse."  You  must  see  this. 
Only  the  puppets  can  present  this  delicious 
comedy  to  perfection.  Thursday,  Friday 
and  Saturday  nights,  718  Montgomery 
Street. 
Community:  Shakespeare's  "Taming  of  the 
Shrew."  In  modern  dress.  October  31  and 
November  1  and  2. 


THE  SCREEN 

California:  The  Two  Black  Crows  keep 
"Bringing  That  Up"  and  always  find  an 
appreciative  audience.  This  time  they  are 
in  talkies. 

Embassy:  "Skin  Deep.  "  The  answer  to  the 
old  saw,  "Beauty  is  skin  deep." 

Golden  Gate:  Good  pictures  and  the  cream 
of  vaudeville. 

Granada:  Gloria  Swanson  comes  to  the  talkies 
in  a  remarkable  picture,  "The  Trespasser." 

Fox:  Romance,  Terror,  Adventure — in  foggy 
London  town.  "The  Unholy  Night."  Rube 
Wolf  makes  fun  and  other  things. 

Warficld:  "Dynamite."  A  gunpowder  plot. 
Conrad  Nagel.  Max  Dolin  with  the  orches- 
tra. 

MUSIC 

October  13:  Alix  Fried  opens  his  course  on 
the  history  and  appreciation  of  music. 
Weekly  lectures  at  the  San  Francisco  Con- 
servatory of  Music. 

October  14:  Elizabeth  Rethberg  opens  a  series 
of  ten  events  managed  by  Oppenhcimer. 
Rethberg  will  have  Elisabeth  Alexander, 
San  Francisco  pianist,  as  her  accompanist. 


October  21:  Matinee  Musical  at  the  Fair- 
mont. Mary  Lewis,  soprano  of  the  New 
York  Metropolitan  Opera  Company,  will 
open  the  concert. 

October  22:  Opening  series  of  The  Abas 
String  Quartet. 

October  24:  A  lecture  recital  on  modern 
music  by  Bruce  Buttels  assisted  by  Madeline 
O'Brien,  soprano.  At  the  Fairmont. 

November  8:  Evelyn  Royle,  child  violinist, 
will  give  a  recital  at  the  Fairmont. 

DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis:  Autumn  gaiety  as  the  festival 
spirit  swings  into  the  merry  fall  season. 

The  Palace:   Of  course. 

Mark  Hopkins:  Autumn's  laughter  in  the 
music. 

The  Fairmont:  Rejuvenated  by  Mr.  Smith  of 
the  Mark  Hopkins. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  Gracious  service  and  hos- 
pitality. 

The  Studio:  One  appreciates  the  open  court 
yard  or  the  cosy  flrelit  dining  room  these 
fickle  evenings. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:    Color,  Color  and  the 

best  of  food. 

Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:  1  Tillman  Place.  Up 
the  Alley  and  there  you  are.  Quaint  and 
good. 

Jack's:    Where  food's  what  counts. 

New  Frank's:    A  gilt-edge  proposition. 

Tile  Courtyard:  Luncheon  and  Tea  in  the 
sunlight. 

Russian  Tea  Room:  Sutter  near  Grant,  where 
nothing  makes  you  see  Red. 

California  Market  Restaurant:  Sea  food  right 
off  the  hook. 

Solari's:    Geary,  endorsed  by  all. 

Deauville:    Try  it  and  you'll  go  again. 

The  Bib  and  Tucker:  A  Mecca  for  hungry 
shoppers. 


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Wed 

Thurs 

— Gilman-Mayer  Wedding 

Fri 

— Resuming  Fights  at  Dreamland 

Sat 

—St.  Mary's  vs.  U.  C.  at  Berkeley 
Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun 

Mon 

-Grace  Burroughs'  Recital 
Fairmont 

Tues 

— World's  Conference  of  Engineers 

Wed 

— Paget's  Fredericks  at 
Women's  City  Club 

Thurs 

—  Military  Ball 

Aline  Greenwood  Review 

Fri 

Sat 

—Wash.  State  vs.  U.  C.  at  Berkeley 
Terrace  Xight  Club 

Sun 

— Santa  Clara  vs.  St.  Ignatius 

Mon 

—  -Elizabeth  Rethberg  Concert 

Tues 

— Estelle  Reed  Dance  Recital 

Wed 

—  Bruguiere-Green  Wedding 

Thurs 

— Clark-Baegens  (in  Paris) 

Fri 

Sat 

— Oregon  State  vs.  Stanford  at  Palo 
Alto        Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun 

Mon 

— Junior  League  Fashion  Show 
Matinee  Musical 

Tues 

— Opening  Series 

Abas  String  Quartet 

Wed 

— Jacques  Thibaud  Concert 

Thurs 

—Patricia  Tobin  Debut 

Fri 

— Aviation  Ball 

Opening  S.  F.  Symphony 

Sat 

— U.  S.  C.  vs.  Stanford 
Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun 

— Symphony   Concert 

Mon 

—Drama  Tea 

Tues 

— Arrival  of  the  Asma  Maru  on 
Maiden  Voyage 

Wed 

—Travelogue  American  Trust 
Fairmont 

-Halloween  I'arly.  Mark  Hopkine 
Hailowccn  Parly.  Palace  Hotel 


Sat 

— Santa  Clara  vs.  Army  at  S.  F. 
Terrace  Xight  Club 

Sun 

Mon 

— Arrival  of  S.  S.  Pennsylvania 
on  Maiden  Voyage 

Tues 

Wed 

— Musto  Debut 

Thurs 

— John  Charles  Thomas  Recital 

Fri  — 

Harriet  Holbrook  Debut 

Sat 

— Calif,  vs.  Montana  at  Berkeley 
-— Jennieve  Six  Debut 

Sun 

— Svmphony  Concert 

St.  Marys  vs.  Santa  Clara  at  S.F 

Mon 

— Arm>   vs.  Xavy  at  Berkeley 

Tues 

— Abas  String  Quartet 

Wed 

Thurs 

—  Evelyn  Royal.  Child  Violinist 

Fri 

—Dr.    Wilford   Osgood 

Travelogue.  "Abyssinia" 

Sat 

—Wash.  vs.  U.  C.  at  Berkeley 
Isabelle  McCreery  Debut 

Sun 

— Olympic  Club  vs.  Army  at  S.  F. 
Pop  Concert 

Mon 

— Junior  League  Fashion  Show 
Matinee  Musical 

Tues 

— Ferris-Harris  Wedding 
(in  New  York) 

Wed 

Thurs 

Fri 

—  Prizefights  at  Dreamland 

Sat 

—BIG  GAME 

Sun 

— Gain  Curci  Concert 
Symphony  Concert 

Mon 

—Drama  Tea 

Tues 

Wed 

Thurs 

— Thanksgiving  Day 

St.  Marys  vs.  Oregon  at  S.  F. 

Sat 

Chrisenson-Cates  Debut 

Sun     - 

-Columbia  vs.   St.   Ignatius 

Mon 

Tues  - 

-Ipnav  Freedman,  Pianist 
P.    Knockonski.   Violinist 

Wed 

Thurs- 

-Harrie  Hill  Debut 
Reception 

Fri      - 

-Harrie  Hill  Debut  Dance 

Sat      - 

-Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun     - 

-Symphony  Concert 

Mon  - 

-Matinee  Musical  Fairmont 

Tues  - 

-Vladimar  Horowitz  Concert 

Wed 

Thurs- 

-Gregor  Piatiagorsky 

Fri      - 

-Abas  String  Quartet 

Sat      - 

-Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun     - 

—  Pop  Concert 

Mon    - 

—English  Singers 

Tues 

Wed 

Thurs 

Fri      - 

—Symphony  Concert 

Sat 

Sun     - 

—Symphony  Concert 

Mon  - 

-Sport's  Night  Fairmont  Terrace 

Tues  - 

-Christmas  Eve  Celebration 

Wed   - 

—Christmas  Day 

Thurs 

Fri      - 

-Prizefights  at  Dreamland 

Sat      - 

-West  Point  vs.  Stanford  at 
Palo  Alto 

Sun     - 

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Where  To 4 

Calendar  of  Events 6 

Alberta  Spralt 8 

In  Palestine,  by  James  D.  Phelan  9 

TheWhileCard,  by  Ned  Hilton  11 

Frcdioks-Pagct,  photograph    -      -■      -  12 

The  Bald  Head,  by  INovak  ISazor  -     -     -  13 

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Map  of  the  Peninsula 15 

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Reigning  Dynasty 23 

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Investments,  by  L.  Ross 32 

As  To  Books,  by  Beth  Wendell      -      -■  34 

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Palestine 


A  Proplieey  of  Six  Years  Ago  .  .  .  Coiifliet  of  .lew  siiid  Arab  F<»rotold 

By  JAMES  D.  PHELAN 


Editor's  Note:  The  following  article  written  by  Mr. 
Phelan.  while  touring  the  Holy  Land  six  years  ago,  tells 
and  foretells  the  tragedy  of  today. 

IT  WAS  not  very  long  ago  when  the 
roads  to  Jerusalem  were  beset  with 
duficulties,  and  the  country  thereabout 
infested  with  bandits.  The  city,  which 
has  such  a  powerful  appeal  to  the  Chris- 
tian and  Jewish  worlds,  \'ery  naturally 
attracts  pilgritTLS  in  large  numbers,  and 
it  is  destined,  with  the  modern  facilities 
of  travel,  to  become  a  center  as  magnetic 
as  Rome  itself. 

1  left  Cairo  at  six  o'clock  in  the  eve- 
ning on  a  local  train,  and  four  hours 
later  arrived  at  Kantara,  where  a  Nile 
canal  had  to  be  crossed  on  toot  over  a 
bridge  of  boats  to  the  waiting  sleeping 
and  dining  carriages  of  the  Palestine 
Railway. 

The  next  day  at  noon  our  train  rolled 
into  the  ancient  city,  the  capital  ot  the 
Holy  Land  Without  ceremony,  the  rush 
ot  hawkers,  cabmen  and  porters  at  once 
disillusions  the  pilgrim,  who  had  doubt- 
less approached  the  sacred  spot  with 
mingled  feelings  of  reverence  and  awe 
The  holy  ot  holies  is  commercialized.  It 
was  a  late  February  day,andthe  heavens, 
as  though  Jerusalem  were  accursed  for 
the  crime  ot  the  crucifixion,  poured  out 
their  wrath  in  rain  and  hail,  retrigerating 
the  marrow  and  dampening  the  spirit. 

My  travel  agency  had  assigned  me  to 
a  hospice  instead  of  a  hotel  As  I  sub- 
sequently learned,  it  was  as  good  as  the 
hotels,  poor  at  the  best,  but  it  was  a 
chilling  experience  which  shall  never  be 
forgotten.  There  was  no  heat  in  the 
house  We  slept  in  cells  and  dined  in 
dungeons,  wearing  overcoats  and  walk- 
ing up  and  down  the  floor  to  keep  alive, 
but  the  wine,  ranged  in  bottles  on  the 
sideboard,  unaided  became  nicely  trappe 

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^L  HOSPICE,  of  which  there  are  many 
,A.  m  in  Jerusalem,  is  halt  monastary 
and  halt  caravansary.  They  are  main- 
tained for  the  benefit  of  pilgrims  Mine 
was  under  the  care  of  the  Franciscan 
order,  and,  while  scrupulously  clean, 
was  destitute  of  coiTifort.  I  afterwards 
visited  a  hospice  erected  by  the  Kaiser, 
Wilhelm  II,  where  there  is  a  beautiful 
chapel  adorned  with  mosaic.  The  Savior 
and  the  saints  compose  the  mural  decor- 
ation, and,  in  their  midst,  sit  the  Kaiser 
himself  and  the  Kaiserine,  in  a  very 
patronizing  pose  and  apparently  very 
much  at  home !  Did  not  the  Kaiser  build 
it,  and,  supreme  egotist,  had  he  not 
allied  himself,  on  all  occasions,  but  one, 
with  the  Almighty?  "Me  und  Got"  may 
have  had  its  origin  in  this  house.  What  a 
contrast  ot  power  by  sentiment  and 
power  by  strength  !  "My  kingdom  is  not 
ot  this  earth"  said  the  Master,  and  lo! 
His  kingdoiTi  endures,  while  all  the 
others  have  perished. 

In  the  little  town  of  Bethlehem,  with 
its  beautifully  terraced  terraine,  we  saw 
the  very  spot  v/here  Christ  was  born 
The  Church  of  the  Nativity  covers  it, 
and  pilgrims  flock  thither  from  all  lands, 
like  the  Wise  Men  of  the  East,  to  pay 
homage.  There  was  a  vesper  service 
going  on,  oblivious  of  the  tramping 
tourist,  and  deep  under  the  altar  the  loca- 
tion of  the  very  manager  was  shown. 

THEREAFTER  we  tollowcd  tar  the  toot- 
steps  of  the  Messiah  To  Bethany 
we  went  to  call  on  Mary  and  Martha, 
and  viewed  the  last  lodging  of  Lazarus 
Beyond,  thirty  miles,  we  stood  by  the 
Jordan  where  Christ  was  baptized,  and 
at  Jericho,  in  full  view  of  the  Dead  Sea, 
thirteen  hundred  feet  below  sea  level, 
we  tarried  tor  lunch  The  shepherds  uere 
piping  on  the  pastures,  and  droves  ot 
camels  were  browsing  on  the  hillsides. 


But  it  is  generally  a  very  sterile,  rocky 
and  mountainous  country,  and  that  end 
ot  the  Valley  ot  the  Jordan,  bordering 
the  Arabian  desert,  would  not  support 
a  hundred  people.  The  wonder-workers, 
who,  constantly  seeking  to  stir  a  thrill, 
point  out  "Temptation  Peak"  where 
Satan  transported  the  Savior  and  offered 
him  the  riches  of  the  earth,  have  failed 
utterly  in  this  case,  because  no  one  would 
trade  the  least  of  his  possessions  tor  the 
Dead  Sea  country  and  the  townsite  of 
Jericho. 

But  the  charm  of  the  Mount  of  Olives 
and  the  Garden  of  Gethsemane,  hang- 
ing over  the  divine  city,  might  easily 
have  excited  one's  cupidity  They  com- 
mand Jerusalem,  itself  a  priceless  prize, 
and  face  the  "Golden  Gate,"  which 
once  pierced  its  walls,  and  which  now  is 
sealed  to  frustrate  possible  attack.  A 
skyline  of  spire,  dome  and  minaret  gives 
lightness  to  the  massive  walls  which 
enclose  the  congested  capital  But  enter 
by  the  Damascus  Gate  and  follow  ob- 
servingly  the  devious  alleyways  to  the 
street  of  David  and  emerge  at  the 
Temple  of  Solomon,  ruined  magnifi- 
cence, and  your  cup  of  u'onderment  will 
be  full  It  is  the  incarnate  past  It  is  the 
city  of  sorrow  and  desolation,  though 
lair  to  look  upon  It  is  a  feast  upon  which 
to  gorge  the  imagination 

Solomon,  when  he  sought  superlatives 
and  desired  to  picture  pulchritude,  sang 
of  someone  "as  comely  as  Jerusalem" 
Indeed,  it  is  a  jewel  of  loveliness  and 
splendor  even  today,  after  having  been 
destroyed  and  rebuilt  torty-three  times! 
It  seems  that  in  the  East,  which  is  true  of 
Jerusalem,  cities  are  built  upon  cities. 
The  accumulation  of  debris  remains, 
and  subsequent  generations  forget  Ex- 
plorations show  that  the  city  ot  the  early 
kings   and    prophets   and   even    of  the 

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crusaders    is    unjerneatli    the    imposing 
edifices  ot  che  present  time 

The  walls,  1  beheld,  are  barriers  in 
hopeless  ruin,  evidenced  by  the  lamenta- 
tions of  the  Jews,  whom  I  have  seen 
beating  their  hands  against  an  outcrop- 
ping of  an  ancient  fragment  and  chant- 
ing its  requiem.  They  plead  with  the 
Lord  to  restore  their  departed  glory,  to 
rebuild  the  temple,  to  give  them  power 
over  their  enemies  It  is  pathetic  because 
it  is  sincere  This  is  called  the  "wall  of 
tears"  where  they  stand  all  day  in  vain 
supplication.  I  wonder  whether  they 
regard  Zionism  as  an  answer  to  their 
prayer,  but  I  am  told  the  Palestine  Jew 
has  no  interest  in  this  movement,  which 
is  doubtless  inspired  spiritually  by  some 
such  sentiment  as  this. 

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JERUSALEM,  oiote  than  any  other  his- 
torical city  which  I  have  seen  in  my 
travels,  meets  one's  expectations.  It 
proudly  sits  aloof  on  its  four  hills,  aver- 
aging two  thousand  five  hundred  feet 
above  the  Mediterranean,  which  is  not 
tar  distant;  tor  all  Palestine,  which  fronts 
the  tideless  sea,  has  only  an  area  of  ten 
thousand  square  miles.  Jerusalem,  entirely 
walled  and  two  and  one-half  miles  in 
circumference,  contains  but  a  popula- 
tion ot  sixty-five  thousand,  of  which 
more  than  forty  thousand  are  Jews  and 
eight  thousand  Christians.  It  is  thus 
compactly  built,  wholly  of  stone,  and 
has  the  color  and  atmosphere,  particu- 
larly in  its  bazaar  streets,  of  the  days 
when  Herod  reigned  and  Pilate  ruled. 
The  men  wear  gaberdines  and  turbans, 
and  the  elders  are  bearded  and  venerable. 
To  complete  the  picture  in  my  mind 
and  close  the  chapter,  I  visited  the 
Church  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre,  which, 
erected  on  the  site  ot  Calvary,  covers  the 
scene  of  the  crucifixion  and  the  tomb  of 
Christ.  The  light  within  this  remark- 
able edifice  was  very  dim,  and  with 
burning  tapers  our  guide  led  us  rever- 
ently from  altar  to  altar,  and  from  shrine 
to  shrine,  descending  into  the  depths  of 
the  crypts  and  disclosing,  through  the 
gratings,  the  place  of  the  cross,  the  rent 
made  in  the  earth  on  the  fateful  day, 
and  there  also  he  pointed  out  the  slab 
covering  the  sarcophagus  where  the 
Body  was  entombed.  Tnis  has  been  de- 
scribed as  "the  most  remarkable  place 
in  the  world,"  and  devotees,  prostrate 
with  love  and  grief,  prayed  and  sobbed 
the  hours  away. 

© 

MY  MiNo  reverted  to  the  days  when 
the  valiant  crusaders,  fired  by  a 
religious  revival,  sought  in  ten  succes- 
sive attempts  to  recover  the  holy 
sepulchre  from  pagan  possession  To- 
day the  Turk  is  expelled,  and  English 
troops  hold  the  citadel  But  England 
took  Palestine,  not  for  sentimental  rea- 


sons, but  to  protect  the  Suez  Canal  and 
her  road  to  India,  and  then  gave  it  to 
the  Jews,  which  seems  anomalous  In 
tact,  there  appears  to  be  little  Christian 
sentiment  at  all  about  this  historic  situa- 
tion A  divided  Jewish  movement  and 
a  fierce  Arab  opposition  is  beginning  to 
seriously  distract  Parliament,  and  Jeru- 
salem is  destined  to  again  become  a 
storm  center  of  contending  factions 
The  strange  thing  about  it  is  that  the 
possession  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre  is  lost 
sight  of  by  considerations  of  matters 
wholly  political.  What  effect  will  it 
have  on  England's  Moslem  depend- 
encies? 

For  years,  long  before  the  war,  the 
Holy  Sepulchre  Church,  shielding  the 
scenes  ot  the  passion  and  the  death  of 
the  Lord,  has  been  jointly  controlled  by 
the  Roman  Catholic,  the  Schimastic 
Greek  or  Russian  Church,  the  Armenians 
and  Copts,  who  are  not  in  agreement 
and  have,  indeed,  separate  altars.  Of 
course,  there  is  no  Christian  unity 
"They  prove  their  teachings  orthodox 
by  apostolic  blows  and  knocks"  There 
have  been  conditions  within  the  edifice 
amounting  to  scandal,  as  when  the 
Greek  Church  assumes  control  at  Easter 
to  dole  out  sacred  fire  to  light  the  lamps 
of  pilgrims,  who  are  led  to  believe  that 
it  is  drawn  from  heaven  by  the  priests 
concealed  in  the  tabernacle  Remarkable 
to  narrate,  because  of  the  lack  of  har- 
mony, the  Turk  gave  the  key  of  the 
sepulchre  to  a  Moslem,  on  whom  they 
all  agreed,  and  so  Mohammed  is  nomi- 
nally the  gate-keeper  of  the  Sacred 
Shrine! 

But  there  is  a  sidelight  which  may 
account  tor  so  much  tolerance  The  fol- 
lowers of  the  prophet  regard  Jerusalem, 
in  common  with  Mecca,  as  a  holy  city, 
and  Abraham,  Moses  and  Christ  as  true 
prophets.  It  was  Abraham's  son  by 
Sarah,  Isaac,  whom  the  father  attempted 
to  sacrifice  on  the  great  stone,  which  is 
now,  in  situ,  piously  enclosed  by  the 
mosque  of  Omar,  the  fanatical  Caliph 
This  mosque  within  the  walls  of  Jeru- 
salem, covers  the  site  of  the  Temple  of 
Solomon.  Abraham  and  another  son  by 
Hagar,  known  as  Ishmael,  the  ancestor 
of  the  Ishmaelites,  who  are  the  present 
day  Moslem  Arabs  numbering  seven 
hundred  thousand  in  Palestine  against 
seventy  to  eighty  thousand  Jews  and 
eight  thousand  Christians.  These  Arabs 
call  Palestine  their  country,  and  bitterly 
resent  the  Zionist  movement.  England, 
which  gave  Palestine  to  the  Jews  by  the 
Bailout  Declaration,  has  just  discovered 
that,  in  the  language  ot  Lord  North- 
cliffe,  it  has  "another  Ireland"  on  its 
hands!  England's  right  to  Palestine  as  a 
mandatory  has  not  been  fully  confirmed 
by  the  League  ot  Nations,  (1892)  and 
she  has  been  precipitate  and  blundering, 
according  to  many  of  her  own  critical 
statesmen    Lord  NorthclifTe,  uho,  until 


his  recent  visit  to  Jerusalem,  was  a 
Zionist,  now  calls  a  halt  and  demands 
an  investigation.  He  fears  that  the 
Mohammedans  are  inflamed,  and  that 
they  will  imperil  the  British  Empire's 
hold  on  India  and  Egypt.  Furthermore, 
he  has  discovered  that  the  British  Army 
of  Occupation  (about  four  thousand 
five  hundred  English  troops  and  three 
thousand  five  hundred  loyal  native 
troops)  cost  the  English  taxpayer  two 
million  five  hundred  thousand  pounds 
sterling  annually,  and  home  politics  are 
deeply  affected  by  the  extravagance  of 
the  Lloyd  George  administration.  De- 
mands are  loudly  made  for  cutting  out 
this  item. 

f) 

THE  Jewry  themselves,  of  course,  are 
divided  on  Zionism,  which  is 
spending  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dol- 
lars annually  to  assist  the  immigration 
of  principally  Polish  and  Russian  Jews — 
young  men  and  women,  accused,  in- 
deed, of  Bolshevism — into  Palestine 
The  Arabs  get  along  very  well  with  the 
resident  Palestine  Jews,  not  numerically 
formidable,  but  they  cannot  abide  the 
strange  men  who  come  down  from  the 
north  in  a  tide,  deliberately  to  over- 
whelm the  native  population,  and  take 
the  land.  It  is  the  old  race  question  in  a 
new  environment.  Everyone  I  met  in 
Jerusalem  opposed  Zionism.  In  the 
bazaars  I  was  handed  tracts — one,  ad- 
dressed to  Right  Honorable  Winston 
Churchill  from  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Third  Arab  Palestine 
Congress,  states  that  England  must  re- 
cede; that  she  had  contracted  with  King 
Hussein  before  contracting  with  the 
Zionists  tor  Arab  lands,  and  that  the 
later  transaction  therefore  has  no  x'alid- 
ity.  The  consideration  was  that  "King 
Hussein  rose  in  revolt  against  the  Turk 
and  joined  Britain  and  her  allies,  heed- 
less ot  the  tact  that  in  so  doing  he  was 
combating  an  Islamic  power  to  whom 
he  was  bound  by  many  strong  and 
permanent  ties  "  This  made  the  \'ictory 
of  her  allies  o\'er  the  Turks,  they  claim, 
easy,  and  now  shall  England  pro\c  per- 
fidious? It  will  be  seen  that  this  is  a 
serious  situation. 

As  to  the  policy  ot  Zionism  from 
the  Jewish  standpoint,  the  advocates 
have  a  strong  national  consciousness, 
and,  very  reasonably,  desire  to  gi\c  the 
oppressed  Jews  ot  Europe  a  refuge  in 
their  ancestral  home  They  are  trying  to 
put  the  immigrants,  coming  in  at  the 
rate,  I  am  told,  ot  a  thousand  a  month, 
on  the  soil  They  take  the  allotment, 
according  to  the  current  report,  and 
employ  Arabs  to  cultivate  the  land  and 
harvest  the  crops,  while  they,  accus- 
tomed only  to  trading,  open  a  shop  In 
this  way  Palestine  will  ne\'er  be  prop- 
erly settled  by  the  Jews  and  the  imnii- 

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of  The  San  Franciscan  is  not  responsible  for  what 
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magazine. 

U URBANITY  (the  word),  carved  in 
lapis  lazuli,  is  hung  conspicuously 
abo\'e  the  old  retectory  table  on  which 
we  spread  ourselves  in  prose.  And  it, 
from  time  to  time,  we  make  some  slight 
protest  against  the  vested  inanities,  it 
must  he  understood  that  there  is  in  it  no 
malice — but  only  downright  disgust 
We  hope,  in  the  name  of  civilization,  to 
turn  the  canaille's  Terror  back  against 
it  We  shall  proscribe,  for  guillotining, 
those  who  foster  smugness  and  stupidity 
and  false  thinking;  and  it  the  victims 
turn  out  to  be  popular  idols,  we  shall 
proscribe  the  populace.  This  month  we 
summon  the  tumbrils  for  Clara  Bow, 
for  the  bad  example  she  sets  stenog- 
raphers and  salesgirls;  for  O.  O.  Mc- 
Intyre,  for  his  ignorant  attempts  at 
criticism  and  for  his  small-town  com- 
placency; and  tor  all  women  who  eat  or 
drink  with  the  little  finger  extended. 
Are  you  ready?  Snick ! 

f) 

Human  progress  touches  our  heart. 
The  descendants  of  the  pioneers  who 
came  to  this  city  over  prairie  and  moun- 
tain and  desert  now  follow  a  little  pink 
line  and  a  yellow  admonition  across  the 
street — and  only  when  a  small  green 
light  permits. 

f) 
Sig  Spaeth  assures  us  that  most  jazz 
is  stolen   from  opera — the   hottest,   we 
suppose,  from  W'riggle-ctto. 


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"Come  on,  Mr.  Brisbane!  Just  a  little 
hop  across  the  Atlantic!" 


Ralph  Barton  lacks  reverence  for  the 
canonized  concepts  in  just  the  proper 
degree  to  make  him  a  potent  satirist. 
Qod's  Country,  in  case  you  are  misled, 
is  not  a  comic  history  in  the  sense  of  the 
usual  burlesque  It  is  a  studious  analysis 
of  the  workings  of  democracy  in  Amer- 
ica, written  with  both  a  Rabelaisian 
gusto  and  an  intellectual  subtlety.  Bar- 
ton's drawings,  as  we  have  long  known, 
are  fit  for  idolatry;  and  his  elegant  and 
uproarious  prose  should  be  bound  in 
genuine  he-goat  skin. 

The  man  on  the  park  bench  was  very 
old,  and  very  hungry.  His  clothes  had 
been  damp  with  fog  for  more  days,  now, 
than  he  seemed  to  be  able  to  remember 
They  were  not  thick  clothes,  and  the 
man  was  very  cold. 

The  people  who  passed  in  warm 
coats  seemed  not  to  care  at  all  about  his 
lack  of  food  and  warmth.  They  were, 
of  course,  quite  right  Charity  is  a  bad 
thing;  we  must  not  coddle  incompetence. 

He  could  think  of  nothing  to  do  but 
sit  there  and  read  the  papers  which 
others  left  And  he  was  tired  of  reading, 
so  often,  "It's  Cool  in  San  Francisco" 

© 
It  must  be  very  gratifying  to  have 
devoted  a  life  to  science,  to  have 
mastered  advanced  physics  and  mathe- 
matics, and  then  to  sit  back  and  see 
your  priceless  gift  to  the  world — the 
clear  transmission  through  infinity  of 
"Boop-boop-a-doop  ' ' 


Concrete  Athlete.  Scene ;  Kezar,  Berk- 
eley or  Stanford  stadium  Ardent  alum- 
nus speaking ; 

"Take  out  that  end!  Take  out  that 
end!  My  deity,  what  an  old  woman! 
And  they  call  it  football '  They  pay  that 
bird  for  coaching!  What'  What  did  you 
say,  dear?  Don't  shout?  Why  not? 
Everybody's  shouting.  That's  what 
we're  here  for.  Support  the  team.  They 
sure  need  it.  There  he  goes!  Run,  you 
blacksmith!  Stretch  out!  Terrible,  ter- 
rible' They  call  that  pansy  a  quarter- 
back! No,  dear,  I  did  not  knock  the 
gentleman's  hat  off.  Well,  what  if  I 
did?  Yow!  Get  that  man!  God,  if  I 
could  only  get  on  that  field  for  five 
minutes  ..." 

Scene;  The  Alumnus'  domicile,  same 
evening.  His  wife  speaking ; 

"Where  does  it  hurt  most,  dear?  Right 
there?  Right  across  the  back?  Just  lie 
quietly,  now  Don't  fuss  so  Yes,  I  know, 
the  wind  hit  you  right  there  all  after- 
noon. You  really  must  not  sit  in  the 
open  like  that  again.  You're  not  a  young 
man  anymore,  you  know.  (There  is  no 
malice  in  her  saying  this.  In  fact,  she 
sighs  a  bit.) 

f) 
We  notice  that  our  esteemed  con- 
temporary, The  San  Franciscan,  ad- 
vocates spelling  it  "Cats  Arts  Ball." 
This  is  a  welcome  blow  to  the  uncritical 
francophiles  and  a  boost  for  civic  pride, 
since  the  Ball  is  much  more  catty  than 
French. 

f) 
The  Examiner,  of  a  Sunday,  carries 
the    headline;    "Originality   Shown    by 
Artist."  That's  neivs. 


"John  Henry,  I  do  wish  you  ivouldn't 
hring  your  Sales  Curve  home  from  the 
office" 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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1 


HEROLD    BROWN 


<p3irv  r<M»|K^r 


"The  Vir(5ininn"  has  been  rhoNen  for  this  popular  idol's  fir>l  liilkie.  His  xrrj-en  success, 
larjeely  rlu<-  In  pK'ii-iiiii  \irility,  will  certainly  become  vilolized  still  further  by  voice  addition. 


OCTOBER,  1929 


13 


Bald  Hoa«l 

Fate  Smirks... ill  llollv\voofl...A  ^iliorf  Moryiif  Hope  anil  l*or»«i!<faiH*e 


BALD  Head  sat  musing  at  his  tabic  at 
Henry's,  disappointed  again,  re- 
fused Another  taikire  ...  his  voice  had 
no  resonance,  and  there  was  that  foreign 
accent  of  his  He  dared  not  Htt  his  eyes. 
It  seemed  that  his  defeat  was  apparent  to 
the  whole  cate;  besides,  the  newly  im- 
ported Russian  director  who  was  still 
casting  tor  his  first  Hollywood  picture 
observed  him  curiously  from  the  table 
opposite  They  had  not  met,  but  Bald 
Head  already  hated  him  He  hated  him 
because  he  was  a  director  and  could  help 
him,  and  he  knew  he  would  not.  No  one 
would. 

Bald  Head  had  come  to  Hollywood 
some  years  ago,  a  handsome  man  ol 
twenty-eight  who  could  pass  as  much 
younger  He  had  served  at  Lisbon  as 
vice-consul  tor  some  country  or  other 
He  spoke  a  number  ot  languages  fluently 
and,  in  America,  was  taken  tor  a  French- 
man today— -a  Spaniard  tomorrow. 

He  had  come  with  his  head  full  ot 
dreams  and  a  slight  bald  spot  which  rose 
from  his  dark  hair  like  a  bluish  peak — 
the  same  subtle  spot  that  was  to  become 
his  label  when,  a  conx-ert  to  number- 
ology,  he  had  changed  his  name  ten 
times  in  tour  years  in  an  effort  to  help 
himself  to  success  and  fortune.  His 
wardrobe  was  full  ot  smart  clothes,  his 
pockets  bulged  with  letters  of  introduc- 
tion— and  a  little  money.  A  contract 
with  a  film  company  had  brought  him 
to  New  York.  While  visiting  in  Por- 
tugal, the  director  was  struck  with  his 
pictures  exhibited  in  a  photographer's 
show  window  He  terreted  the  young 
man  out  at  the  consulate  and  made  him 
a  fantastic  offer,  which  the  vice-consul 
I  accepted  before  he  had  awakened  from 
j  one  of  the  most  unique  sensations  of  his 
'  life.  To  become  an  actor,  an  artist,  a 
singer,  was  his  passion,  but  either  talent, 
luck,  or  the  objections  ot  his  family,  had 
heretofore  barred  his  way  So  without 
resigning,  he  set  sail  for  New  York,  but 
to  his  astonishment  the  director  received 
him  distantly.  The  him  was  already  in 
progress,  and  the  the  part  the  diplomat 
was  to  ha\e  played  given  to  another. 

Somewhat  disheartened,  with  a  thou- 
sand dollars  received  from  the  company 
as  a  final  settlement,  he  hied  himself  to 
Hollywood 

The  letters  he  brought  with  him 
opened  the  doors  of  many  film  mansions. 
Besides  he  was  polished,  handsome, 
played  the  piano  and  spoke  English  with 
an  intriguing  accent  Famous  director 
shook   hands  with   him,   and  st-ar  cos 


quetted  with  him  over  the  tea-table, lis- 
tening with  open  mouth  to  his  discourses 
on  Freud  and  loxx  supression  This  pop 
ularity,  howcx'Cr,  failed  to  aid  his  pro- 
fessional advancement  At  the  studios 
the  same  friends  received  him  as  cor- 
dially as  ever  but,  before  he  could  ask  tor 
a  test,  they  excused  themselves  and  left 
him  alone  on  the  set  or  in  the  office 

He  grew  restless.  His  faniily  had  been 
greatly  compromised  by  his  impulsive 

lost  \varriii»r 

By  Sidney  King  Russell 

Behind  the  nia!^k  of  your  indifference 
1  see  a  spirit  wrestling  with  defeat 
As  Jacoh  wrestled  with  omnipotence: 
About  your  head  avenging  thunders  beat 
And  retribution  hovers.    Yet  you  stand 
Unwavering,  a  lost  world  in  your  eyes 
And  splendidly  salute  the  doom  at  hand. 
Your    glance    reflecting    scorn    and    faint 
surprise. 

So  shall  I  still  remember  you  at  last 
When    flesh   and   blood    elude   my   failing 

sight; 
Thus  shall  my  spirit  seek  you  in  that  vast. 
Illimitable  interval  of  night 
To  find  you  not  indifferent,  but  only 
.Shy  and  aloof,  and  tragically  lonely. 

© 

action  in  Lisbon  His  friends,  scattered 
over  Europe,  belie\'ed  in  him  and  waited 
patiently  for  him  to  become  a  star.  Due 
to  their  influence,  the  continent  gave  him 
wide  publicity.  It  tickled  his  vanity  in 
the  beginning  but  later  became  the  cause 
of  setting  slight  wrinkles  of  worry 
around  his  mouth  He  would  lock  him- 
self up  tor  hours  in  his  room  at  the  hotel, 
scheming,  waiting  expectantly  for  a  call 
from  the  studio. 

Gradually  he  dropped  his  influential 
friends.  There  was  no  advantage  in 
these  connections.  And  then  it  took 
money — money  for  clothes,  money  for 
taxis,  money  for  flowers,  and  .  .  that 
bald  spot  grew  ever  wider  He  com- 

menced frequenting  establishments  with 
signs,  "New  Hair  in  Thirty  Days" 

In  Europe  he  had  to  l^ecome  a  star,  at 
least   a   leading   man  for   thus   the 

continental  press  was  hailing  him  Even 
his  feather  had  forgiven  his  foolishness 
and,  full  of  pride,  sent  congratulations 
to  his  youngest  son  .  .  .  on  his  success 


By  NOVAK  SIMIC  NAZOR 

"How  am  1  to  get  there?  "  he  thought 
through  the  long  nights,   watching  his 

hair  thin 

f) 

«Ni  day,  after  three  years  of  fruitless 
attempts,  he  was  given  a  test  for 
the  lead  in  a  picture 

"Sorry,"  he  was  informed  the  next 
day,  "1  am  indeed,  but,  just  as  1  e.xpected 
that  bald  spot  shows  up  clearly  ,  ,  .  No, 
we  won't  be  able  to  use  you  in  this  film 
Your  acting  .  .  .  well,  it's  just  too  bad 
about  your  hair." 

"But  how  about  a  toupee?" 

"Impossible,  quite  impossible!  The 
public  won't  stand  tor  it." 

"1  could  name  a  dozen  stars  who  wear 
them"  Bald  Head  was  loath  to  give  up. 

In  a  flash  every  casting  director  noticed 
that  Bald  Head  was  sporting  a  toupee, 
and  his  aspirations  tor  a  juvenile  role  or 
that  ot  a  lover  sere  seemingly  buried 
alive 

But  Bald  Head  was  dauntless  He 
went  through  the  most  despicable  ton- 
sorial  manipulations,  buoyed  up  with 
hope  On  two  occasions  he  was  offered 
a  character  role  because  of  his  affliction. 
He  indignantly  refused,  cut  the  casting 
director  on  the  street  and  returned  to 
even  more  vigorous  hair  treatments 
These  days  his  face  was  tense  v\  ith  deter- 
mination, worn  with  intentness.  Bald 
Head  would  yet  be  a  star,  at  least  a 
leading  man,  or  die  He  turned  down 
bits  and  scorned  extra  parts  — he  played 
tennis  with  the  hotel  guests  for  his  room. 
The  clerks  snickered  as  he  passed. 

He  was  blind,  blind  with  an  idea.  It 
emptied  his  trunks  and  gnawed  at  his 
pride  .  .  while  his  wealthy  family 
thought  him  successful,  expecting  still 
greater  things  from  him 

f) 

WHEN  he  was  thirty-tour,  still  a 
young  man  to  the  casual  eye, 
save  for  the  wrinkles  pastured  on  his 
face,  his  hair  had  grown  sufficiently  to 
cover  the  bald  spot  it  artistically 
combed.  He  secured  another  chance  for  a 
test. 

It  was  a  bright  morning  for  Bald 
Head  He  dressed  with  meticulous  care, 
and  started  out  in  time  to  reach  the 
studio  by  nine  ...  a  six  mile  walk. 
Occasionally  he  would  take  off  his  hat 
to  see  if  the  new  hair  still  lay  properly. 

He  was  determined  to  succeed  this 
time  and  visioned  himself  already  a 
famous  star. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


NOW  IT  CAX  BE  TOLD 


IT  MADE  me  homesick.  IcsmelleJso 
much  Hke  Telegraph  Hill  .  .  .  " 
So  reads  a  recent  letter  from  a  San 
Franciscan  marooned  in  New  York.  It 
seems  that  he,  for  some  reason  oblig- 
ingly left  unexplained,  strolled  through 
the  district  of  Bleecker,  Waverly,  Sulli- 
van and  Jones  streets  where  he  saw  boxes 
of  California  grapes  piled  high  on  the 
sidewalk  near  barrels  and  presses  and  all 
the  necessary  apparatus  to  make  grape 
juice. 

Further  investigation  brings  to  light 
a  recent  request  made  by  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture  that 
Cornell  University  join  them  in  an 
economic  study  of  the  Eastern  market 
possibilities  for  California  grapes.  How- 
ever as  there  was  no  mention  of  interest 
on  the  part  of  the  prohibition  enforce- 
ment officials  it  would  seem  that  the 
investigation  will  not  skip  economic 
bounds  or  attempt  to  deal  with  the 
chemistry  of  the  grape  after  it  is  crushed. 

Henry  Ford  is  quoted  as  saying  that 
he  would  stop  the  manufacture  of  auto- 
mobiles if  prohibition  were  revoked — 
on  the  grounds  that  "gasoline  and 
alcohol  won't  mix."  Can  it  be  that  he 
believes  in  the  triumph  of  Bryan's  idea 
of  grape  juice  and  is  con- 
vinced that  that  is  re- 
sponsible tor  the  demand 
which  has  resulted  in  the 
transportation  of  12,020 
carloads  of  grapes  this 
year — and  that  at  a  price 
of  about  $55  a  ton? 

o 

WALKING  up  Sutter 
street  the  other 
evening,  one  windoiw, 
more  brilliantly  lighted 
than  the  others  along  the 
way,  attracted  our  atten- 
tion. It  did  more.  It  dis- 
pelled illusions  —  thrust 
into  the  limbo  of  Santa 
Claus  and  other  childhood 
beliefs  our  hitherto  firm 
faith  in  the  immortality 
of  the  old  kitchen  stove. 
It  is  true  that  the  kitchen 
stove  has  changed  some- 
what in  character  since  the 
days  when  it  was  a  red-eyed 
dragon  roaring  out  the 
hospitable  welcome  of  the 
kitchen  but  even  in  the 
more  modern  version  of 
gasand|electricrangesthere 
remained  some  reminiscent  vestige  ol 
the  cook's  fireside,  that  paradise  of  the 
small,  hungry  boy. 

But  now,  if  eyes  and  advertisements 
are  to  be  believed  the  old  kitchen  stove 


is  to  be  replaced  by  a  cabinet  "possessing 
the  aristocratic  elegance  of  a  piece  of 
fine  drawing-room  furniture"  according 
to  the  description  of  our  friends  the  ad 
writers  Seen  first  hand,  the  modern 
cooking  cabinet  looks  like  a  compromise 
between  console  and  a  radio  with  a  bit 
ot  bathroom  influence  on  the  side. 
Credit  for  the  design  is  given  to  Frank 
Alvah  Parsons,  president  of  the  New 
York  School  of  Applied  Art.  That  should 
lend  it  favor  in  our  eyes — hoXvever,  the 
fact  remains  that  sentiment  prevails  and 
we  can  only  bow  to  Mr.  Parsons  and 
acknowledge  to  having  old-fashioned 
tastes — as  long  as  somebody  else  is  doing 
the  cooking  and  takingcare  of  the  kitchen . 

f) 

THE  Fox  Theatre  has  been  accepted 
as  a  San  Francisco  institution  these 
several  months,  and  one  is  prone  to  for- 
get details  of  its  magnificence  except  on 
occasions  such  as  that  when  a  page  ad- 
vertisement in  our  contemporary,  "The 
New  Yorker,"  calls  the  attention  ot 
New  York  and  the  worshipping  prov- 
inces to  the  fact  that  the  "largest  rug  in 


The  former  l>a§;ga^c  uniasher  hoconies  a  fireman. 


the  world"  was  woven  specially  lor  the 
Fox  Theatre  In  the  words  ot  one 
riveter  to  another  (to  quote  the  adver- 
tising writer)  "S' Largest  rug  in  a' 
woild!  S'bout  a  mile  long,  a  mile  wide. 


n    dam    near    a    mile    deep  Gees! 

Wait'll  me  ol'  woman  hears  about  at, 
eh!"  A  bit  of  an  exaggeration,  but  it 
serves  to  make  us  try  to  crash  the  gate 
some  morning  to  feel  the  "fur"  and 
look  for  the  one  "invisible"  seam. 

JACK  Heffernan  decided  to  go  to  see 
"After  Dark"  one  night.  So  he  called 
up  another  lone  bachelor  and  together 
they  stormed  the  box  office  and  secured 
two  seats,  seventh  row,  center  aisle 
Presently  two  very  dashing  ladies  were 
shoWn  into  the  adjoining  seats.  "Pip- 
pins!" whispered  Jack  to  his  college 
chum.  "Check!"  came  back  the  hoarse 
answer.  After  which  there  began  a  long 
and  fruitless  campaign  to  divert  the 
attention  of  the  fair  ones  in  the  mascu- 
line direction.  Jack  made  all  his  side- 
splitting wise-cracks,  to  no  purpose.  He 
tried  to  look  poetical  and  melancholy 
He  even  picked  up  the  gloves  and  opera 
glasses  and  programs  that  inevitably  fell 
to  the  floor.  But  the  ladies  received  even 
his  polite  attentions  coldly.  Came  the 
scene  with  the  hero  lashed  to  the 
railroad  track  The  engine 
thundered  in  the  offing. 
Jack  Dalton  sprang  to  the 
rescue,  the  flash  of  the 
headlights  filled  the  stage 
At  this  point  one  of  the 
"gells"  turned  to  friend 
Heffernan  "Is  this  the 
Geary  Theatre?"  she 
hissed  "Yes!"  he  breathed. 
"I  thought  it  was  the 
Curran' "  she  threw  back. 
Then  she  turned  to  her 
girl  friend.  "There,  I  told 
you  that  leading  lady 
wasn't  Ethel  Barrymore!" 
she  wailed. 

E       WONDER       how 

many  readers  of 
The  S.an  Franciscan 
have  noted  with  fore- 
boding the  thin  line  of 
smoke  that  rises  almost 
continually  trom  the  east- 
ern slope  of  Russian  Hill? 
We  stood  it  as  long  as  we 
could  and  then  one  day  we 
went  up  into  the  tower  of 
the  Mark  Hopkins  and 
trained  our  binoculars 
upon  the  spot  whence  arose  this  myste- 
rious e\'idence  ot  tire  It  took  only  a 
glance  to  tell  us  that  the  figure  we  saw 
stooping  before  a  funeral  pyre  was  none 

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OCTOBER,  1929 


IS 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Lillie  Hitchcock  €oit 

Till  Ty|>e$« The  Only  Foiiiiiiine  Meiiilior  of  the  Fir<>  Depsirtiiient 


ON  A  cercain  afternoon  in  the  late 
iS55's  or  early  '6o's,  housewives 
in  the  upper  Northern  residcntialarea  of 
San  Francisco  were  startled  to  hear  the 
clang  and  tolling  of  fire  hells.  In  those 
remote  days  the  fire  department  was 
largely  a  volunteer  organization  and  its 
equipment  was  hauled  to  the  scene  of 
action  by  man  power.  Knickerbocker 
Engine  Company  No.  5,  housed,  as 
near  as  can  now  be  learned,  on  Sacra- 
mento street  several  blocks  above  Mont- 
gomery, was  nearest  to  the  conflagra- 
tion, and  at  the  sound  of  the  alarni  such 
of  its  members  as  happened  to  be  in  the 
vicinity  rushed  frantically  to  the  fire 
house  and  scrambled  for  helmets,  axes 
and  rubber  coats. 

Under  the  circumstances,  a  consider- 
able number  of  minutes  passed  before 
the  engine  got  under  way.  Within  a 
block  or  so  of  the  fire,  the  strength  of 
the  human  motive  power  available 
waned  and  was  not  equal  to  the  task  of 
pulling  the  fire  pump  up  the  steep  hills. 
Meanwhile  the  fire  burned  away  at  a 
great  rate — a  thing,  possibly  more 
serious  then  than  now.  For  San  Fran- 
cisco construction  in  those  days  was 
almost  exclusively  frame  and  generally 
flimsy;  the  water  supply  was  poor  and 
uncertain;  the  equipment  for  fighting 
fire  scattered  and  inadequate.  The  city 
still  bore  the  scars  of  five  great  fires 
which  had  laid  it  in  ashes  in  as  many 
years.  A  stalled  fire  department,  there- 
fore, was  a  most  unfortunate  happen- 
ing, which  might  easily  lead  to  a  whole- 
sale calamity. 

While  the  attendant  members  of  the 
Knickerbocker  Company  were  pulling, 
pushing  and  cursing  at  their  engine  and 
their  luck,  and  wondering,   no  doubt, 

where  the  h the  rest  of  the  populace 

was  and  why  the  devil  somebody  didn't 
show  up  to  lend  a  hand  before  the  whole 
town  burned,  help  arrived  from  an  un- 
expected quarter  The  struggling  fire 
fignters  were  suddenly  joined  by  a  fair 
but  surprisingly  huskv  young  lady,  who, 
rounding  a  corner  on  her  way  home  from 
school,  instantly  took  in  the  plight  of 
the  stalled  engine  and  forthwith  hurled 
her  books  from  her  to  fall  where  they 
might  She  laid  her  hand  and  strength 
to  the  wheels  and  pulling  rone  of  the 
hand  pump  and  summoned  her  com- 
panions and  the  now  gathering  by- 
standers to  do  the  same.  The  engine 
presently  began  to  move  forward  and 
reached  the  fire  in  time  to  extinguish  it 
and  prevent  its  spreading  to  surround 
ing  buildings. 


When  the  excitement  was  over,  it  was 
discovered  that  the  young  lady  who  had 
rendered  the  department  such  opportune 
aid  was  none  other  than  Lillie  Hitch- 
cock, daughter  of  Major  Hitchcock, 
head  of  the  Army  Medical  Corps,  Pa- 
cific Division.  Also,  she  was  a  member 
of  an  old,  honorable,  aristocratic  South- 
ern family,  and  what  always  helps  tre- 


liropiii4|iiity 

By  Jo  Hartman 

The   way   she   look    their   parting   was   so 

strange: 
She  hadn't  loved  him  nor 
Been  faithful,  really,  in  the  years 
They'd  lived  together — it  appears. 
She  married  merely  for 

Adventure,  was  too  pleasure-bent  to  change 
Her  Gypsy  heart  all  heedless  of  its  duty  .  .  . 
Yet  when  he  finally  left — 
He  gave  her  what  he'd  saved,  and  she 
Had  still  her  youth  —  she  seemed  to  be 
Quite  utterly  bereft! 

She  hated,  half,  her  white  resistless  beauty 
That  she  had  sometimes  squandered,  some- 
times flaunted 
For  jewels  or  soft  dresses  — 
She  only  eared  that  he  had  gone, 
Cried  over  his  old  coat  till  dawn 
And  covered  with  caresses 
His  photograph    .    .    .    she  hadn't  even 
wanted! 


mendously  in  such  matters,  she  was 
remarkably  good  looking.  Now,  young 
ladies  as  well  born  and  bred  as  was 
Lillie  Hitchcock  did  not,  in  those  days, 
customarily  throw  their  books  helter- 
skelter  and  pull  engines  and  hob-nob 
with  fire  crowds,  notv\'ithstanding  all 
fine  talk  on  the  virtues  of  pioneer  wo- 
men So  her  action  constituted  a  nine 
day  sensation.  The  newspapers  made 
capital  stories  of  the  incident  The  mem- 
bers of  Knickerbocker  Engine  Company 
No  5  were  all  New  Yorkers  and  exces- 
sively proud  ot  the  (act  and  very  clan- 
nish But  in  solemn  council  they  \'oted 
to  reward  the  heroism  of  Lillie  Hitch 
cock  by  making  her  an  honorary  lite 
member  ol  the  company  and  presenting 
her  with  an  oflicial  fireman's  badge  In 
addition,  a  small  statue  of  her  was 
Tiiodcled  and  long  adorned  the  old 
Sacramento  street  fire  house.  She  was 
the  only  woman  to  be  so  honored  by 
the  San  Francisco  fire  department. 


By  ZOE  BATTU 

NOR  were  her  fire  fighting  activities 
confined  to  this  one  occasion. 
Lillie  Hitchcock  was  no  person  to  rest 
on  badges  and  medals  In  subsequent 
years,  she  answered  many  alarms,  often 
clinging  perilously  to  the  fire  engine  as 
it  careened  along  the  cobble-stoned 
streets.  The  conventional  and  puritani- 
cally minded  sniffed  and  said  that  this 
was  carrying  things  altogether  too  far. 
Lillie  Hitchcock,  however,  had,  among 
other  talents,  a  remarkable  technique 
for  disposing  of  moralists  She  ignored 
them — completely  and  absolutely.  She 
rode  fire  engines  when  and  where  she 
pleased.  She  rode  horseback  daringly 
and  with  superb  grace.  She  was  an  ex- 
pert shot  with  any  sort  of  weapon  and 
a  skilled  and  tireless  hunter.  She  was  the 
toast  ot  the  town  and  she  could  receive 
or  give  a  toast  with  rare  comradery  and 
graciousness  She  knew  no  tear,  either 
physical  or  niental.  And  finally,  she 
could  curse — not  in  the  harsh,  strident, 
repellent  manner  of  those  who  suffer 
from  poverty  of  imagination  and  vo- 
cabulary, but  with  the  easy  fluency  and 
expressive  finesse,  achieved  only  by  your 
truly  ci\alized  aristocrat 

Suitors  tor  her  hand  were  numerous 
but  at  the  same  time  wary  .  Young  men 
of  the  time  were  inclined  to  doubt  the 
wisdom  of  taking  such  a  spirited  woman 
to  wife,  the  vogue  of  the  gentle  and 
swooning  lady  being  then  at  its  height 
But  presently,  there  began  to  take  Lillie 
Hitchcock  about,  Howard  B.  Coit — 
handsome,  tall,  debonair,  bon-\'i\'ant, 
caller  on  the  Stock  E.xchange,  bachelor 
and  seasoned  veteran  of  many  amorous 
seiges  laid  by  aspiring  mothers  with 
marriageable  daughters  Neither  ot  the 
two  principles  were  unmindful  ot  the 
romantic  triumphs  and  intrigues  of  the 
other.  The  town  naturally  buzzed  with 
talk.  One  Sunday,  while  the  two  were 
buggy  riding  on  the  Point  Lobos  road, 
Coit  proposed  marriage  Lillie  replied 
she  would  only  marry  a  man  ol  great 
courage,  indicating,  by  her  tone,  that 
one  connected  with  stocks  and  bonds 
was  not  quite  the  sort  of  a  man  who 
could  win  her  heart 

Coit  answered  not  a  word  Without 
warning,  he  lerkcd  the  powerful  blooded 
team  oil  their  Icct  and  lairly  hurled  them 
o\cr  the  steep  embankment  With  one 
arm  he  held  the  astounded  young  lady 
in  the  carriage,  with  the  other  he  guided 
the  horses  as  they  rocked  and  stumbled 
down  the  embankment  and  finally  came 
to  a  sale  halt  at  its  foot.  Lillie  was  suit- 
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OCTOBER,   1929 


17 


Pattern  For 

Diplomatic 

Luiielieoiis 


By  JOHN  NORDOHOF 


THE  Examiner,  on  September  nine- 
teenth, demonstrated  again  theivhole- 
hearted  support  which  it  gives  (and 
naturally  enough)  to  the  vagaries  of  the 
Honorable  Mr.  Hearst.  The  report  of 
the  epoch-making  luncheon  tendered 
Winston  Churchill  at  the  Metro-Qold- 
n'yn- \layer  studio  spread  like  poison  oak 
through  most  oj  the  first  section,  occupy- 
ing tivo  columns  on  the  front  page,  all  of 
page  six  ivith  the  exception  oj  the  usual 
ads,  the  usual  Shaw  story  and  a  piece 
about  a  lawyer  who  had  a  case  before  he 
had  a  sheepskin,  all  of  page  seven,  with 
an  exception  made  again  for  ads,  which 
were  small,  and  a  dribble  of  guests' 
names  on  page  eight  There  ivas  a  pic- 
ture of  Fred  Niblo,  holding  ivhat  is 
probably  Joe  Miller's  famous  classic, 
and  a  telephoto  of  Mr.  Hearst,  Mr. 
Churchill  imitating  Harry  Lauder,  and 
Mr.  Mayer  imitating  almost  any  patron 
of  the  arts;  there  were  reports  in  full  of 
the  remarks  of  Mr.  Churchill,  Mr. 
Niblo,  Mr.  Hearst,  Mr.  Mayer  and  his 
Excellency  Qov.  Young;  there  ivas  a 
complete  list  of  the  very  distinguished 
guests,  and  a  narrative  of  the  efforts  at 
entertainment  made  by  the  pets  of  the 
talkie  shorts.  The  purpose  of  the  Barme- 
cide feast  ivas  the  settlement,  once  and 
for  all,  of  the  business  of  world  peace; 
and  the  conclusion  seemed  to  be  that  this 
could  be  accomplished  only  through  the 
mediian  of  Mr.  Mayer's  audible  movies, 
with,  of  course,  the  assistance  ofMarion 
Davies. 

Our  own  correspondent,  who  happens 
to  be  a  good  dialect  speaker,  ivas  able  to 
attend  the  luncheon  unnoticed,  and  the 
gist  of  the  whole  affair  is  given  herein 
much  less  space  than  in  our  great 
pacifist  daily. 

Let  it  be  said  further  only  that  Mr. 
Churchill,  by  his  conduct,  becomes  open 
to  suspicion  of  being  the  world's  most 
diplomatic  diplomat. 

© 

Scene:  M-G-M  studio.  Mr.  Benny 
Rubin  leads  a  parade  ot  Sammy 
Lee's  chorus  girls,  singing  "M-G-M,  1 
Love  You.  "  There  is  a  rush  of  movie 
stars,  dry-goods  merchants  and  profes- 
sional jingoes,  followed  by  the  Right 
Honorable  Winston  Churchill,  the  Hon- 
orable William  Randolph  Hearst  and 
the  Honorable  Louis  B    Mayer. 

Mr.  Niblo,  toastmaster:  1  want  to  say, 
first  off,  that  this  is  very  unusual 
weather.  (Laughter.)  I  see  with  pride 
that  we  are  represented  here  not  only 
by  the  motion  picture  industry,  but 
by  the  best  there  is  in  commerce,  in- 
dustry, art  and  letters  (Cheers  from 
Mr.  Bullock,  Mr.  Rudy  Vallee, 
Louella  Parsons  and  Donald  Ogden 
Stewart,  walking  in  his  sleep).  1  notice 
among   the   swarthy   Orientals   (ciis- 


Creet  guffaws)  a  few  Americans, 
among  who  .  ,  .  among  whom  .  .  , 
I  have  the  honor  to  present  His  Ex- 
cellency Governor  C.  C.  Young 
{Cheers,  unexplained.) 

Governor  Young  .  Being  gathered  here 
to  honor  our  guest  from  across  the, 
you  might  say,  sea,  I  am  reminded 
about  a  very  funny  story  about  a 
couple  of  Irishmen  called  Mooney  and 
Billings  ...  I  mean  Pat  and  Mike  .  .  . 

The  Duncan  Sisters,  having  blunted 
their  torks  on  the  olives,  here  set  up  a 
clamor,  and  Mr.  Niblo  introduces  Mr. 
Mayer. 

Mr.  Mayer:  The  pipples  ot  the  weld 
hocspects  us  to  go  to  great  lenths  in 
brinkin'  peace  to  the  pipples  of  the 
weld.  What  I  mean  is,  us  Enklish- 
speakin'  pipples  has  gotta  stick  what 
1  mean  togedda.  (Cheers) 

Mr.  Hearst:  We  are  gathered  here  to 
honor  the  representative  of  that  na- 
tion to  which  1  have  always  extended 
the  hand  of  friendship.  (Laughter 
from  someone  who  is  immediately 
thrown  out.)  The  chicken  crosses  the 
road  because  it  wants  to  get  on  the 
other  side,  like  the  Hearst  Graf  Zep- 
pelin, (lipars  of  laughter)  Like  when 
the  man  said  "Who  was  that  lady  1 
seen  you  with?"  (Balance  oj  Mr. 
Hearst's  address  drowned  in  shrieks 
of  merriment,  and  an  occasional  "Uot 
did  he  z^y?") 

Messrs.  Van  and  Schenck  hereupon 
entertain  with  an  explanation  ol  the 
fireman's  use  of  red  suspenders,  and  four 
inovie  soubrettes  are  carried  out  in 
hysterics. 

Mr.  Churchill:  In  the  words  ol  that 
great  and  noble  statesman,  Benjamin 
Disraeli  .  .  .  (Prolonged  cheers  from 
Messrs.  Mayer  (with  family),  Mag- 
nin,  Lasky,  Loeb,  Qrauman,  Rubin, 
Schenck,  Schiff,  Sokolow,  Silbcrberg, 
Thalberg,  Toplitzky,  Wurtzel,  Wein- 
garten  and  Hyman.) 

Mr  Lawrence  Tibbett  sings  "On 
the  Road  to  Mandalay."  (Cheers  in  the 
name  of  Brittania  from  Mr.  Churchill.) 
Miss  Marion  Davies  says,  "Tell  my 
dear  British  public  to  not  fail  to  see 
"Marianne,"  the  picture  in  which  I 
ha\e  scored  so  great  a  triumph"  And 
then,  while  the  guests  give  themselves 
over  to  digestion,  that  wonder  of 
modern  science,  the  talkie  mechanism, 
repeats  the  whole  damned  silliness. 


© 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


4^  i 


•lo»«epli  Paget-Fredericks 


A  younp  San  Franrisean  rooopiiizrcl  as  a  vor^aliU-  genius  in  Now  York  and  the 
eenlers  <.f  Kurope  from  «hieh  he  has  re.enllv  returned.  .  .  His  current  exhibition 
of  iniaginatiw  paintings  in  the  Fast  West  <;all.r.>  shows  hut  one  phase  of  the 
talents  of  this  J.an  Coeteau  of  the  West.  .  .  Soon  he  will  give  a  danee  roneert, 
th«-  first  in  San  I'raneiseo  sinee  his  initial  triumphs  in  the  Oeek  Theatre  whieh 
led  to  rerognilion  hv  Anna  l'a>lowa  and  hi-  Irininphs  in  London  and  in  I'aris 
where  he  was  introdueed  hv  the  IJaroness  l>.slan<les  at  whose  salon  Osear  Wilde. 
Mareel  I'roust.  James  Tissolt  and  Hurne-Jon.-s  maile  their  dehut. 


OCTOBER,  1929 


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Spotlight 

roiiiiiieiit  siiifl  Critici^^iii  <mi  ....  Oporsi.  Oporsi  IIoiiko5<  siimI  OiM^rsiitoK 


ON  VVednesdav  evening,  September 
the  twenty-fitch,  in  the  year  of 
Our  Lord,  Nineteen  Hundred  and 
Twenty-nine,  a  pertormance  ot  Aida 
was  given  at  the  Dreamland  Audi- 
torium in  San  Francisco — the  smallest 
big  city  in  America.  Which  in  itself  is 
not  surprising  since  we  have  program- 
proof  that  a  pertormance  ot  Aida  was 
given  in  this  same  city  one  Saturday 
atternoon,  March  7th,  1SS5  by  the 
Mapleson  forces,  and  we  have  a  distinct 
recollection  ot  seeing,  or  should  we  say 
hearing,  Gadski  make  her  debut  in  the 
said  opera  in  the  early  part  ot  the  present 
century  at  the  old  Grand  Opera  House 
on  Mission  street.  Since  then  we  have 
heard  it  in  various  degrees  of  excellence 
and  horrifying  badness.  We  have  heard 
it  with  the  principals  singing  in  three 
tongues,  we  have  heard  it  in  Fischer's 
old  beer  hall  with  the  heroine  wearing 
black  cotton  gloves,  her  face  bright  and 
shining  with  stove  polish,  we  have 
heard  it  with  an  army  of  six  soldiers. 
When  we  were  an  insurance  man  we 
placed  a  policy  with  London  Lloyds,  in- 
suring a  projected  pertormance,  in  the 
Greek  Theatre  at  Berkeley,  against 
rain;  which  never  took  place  because  it 
poured.  We  even  have  heard  the  San 
Francisco  Opera  Association  present  it, 
some  three  years  ago,  with  Claudio 
Muzio  in  the  title  role — a  thrilling  per- 
formance from  the  soprano's  end.  All 
of  which,  we  present  to  prove  that  we 
know  our  Aida  And  having  presented 
our  credentials,  let  us  go  on  record,  now, 
as  saying  that  in  point  of  ensemble  ex- 
cellence there  never  has  been  and  we 
doubt  if  there  ever  will  be  a  finer  per- 
fomance  than  the  one  given  the  other 
night  In  fact,  the  very  excellence  of  the 
team  work  conspired  to  discourage  any 
personal  triumph  And  yet,  and  yet — 
the  reception  of  this  more  than  thrilling 
presentation  was  decidedly  polite.  True, 
there  were  numerous  curtain  calls,  and 
the  x'olume  of  hand-pattering  was  con- 
siderable, but  all  this  should  have  been, 
from  an  audience  that  packed  Dream- 
land Auditorium  to  the  doors,  A  bad, 
or  an  even  mediocre  performance  would 
have  commanded  as  much  enthusiasm 
Perhaps  the  audience  was  stunned  by 
such  a  perfect  cast,  especially  the  younger 
generation,  who  never  heard  a  Grau 
ensemble.  We  hope  so  For  this  per- 
formance of  Aida  was  making  musical 
history.  Twenty  years  from  now  fathers 
will  be  saying  to  their  children;  "The 
cast  tonight  is  nothing!  In  nineteen 
hundred  and  twentv-nine,  I  heard  Reth- 


berg  and  Lauri-Volpi  and  Meisel  and 
Danise  and  Rothier.  All  on  the  same 
night.  Grand  opera  isn't  what  it  used 
to  he!"  Just  as  we  sometimes  say  sniff- 
ishly,  when  the  cast  is  as  bad  in  spots  as 
last  year's  performance  of  'Taust"  was: 
"This  is  nothing.  Once  I  heard  'Die 
Walkuere'  with  Van  Dyke  and  Blass 
and  Bispham  and  Gadski  and  Schu- 
mann-Heink  and  Van  Cauteren  and 
Homer  and  Fritzi-SchelT  and  Nordica!" 

f) 

WE  REPE.A.T  that  this  performance 
made  musical  history  and  yet 
not  a  single  "Bravo!"  rang  out  from  the 
vast  throng.  Have  our  Latin  gallery 
gods  gone  palely  Nordic?  Do  large 
auditoriums  fail  to  establish  a  personal 
current  between  performers  and  the 
audience?  Is  even  the  old  circus-ring  type 
of  opera  becoming  high-brow?  Do  per- 
fect casts  tend  to  dim  the  high  lights  of 
personality?  it  may  be  that  any  and  all 
of  these  things  are  conspiring  to  reduce 
the  emotional  response  to  the  present- 
day  audience,  But  the  fact  remains  that 
it  is  reduced,  without  question.  What 
remains  of  the  genial  hysteria  with 
which  the  old  town  showered  Patci  and 
Gerster  and  Collomarini  and  Tettra- 
zini  and  Gadski  and  Melba  and  Schu- 
mann-Heink?  Why,  there  used  to  be 
more  enthusiasm  on  a  grand  opera  night 
at  the  old  Tivoli  where,  for  fifty  cents, 
you  heard  "Lohengrin"  sung  with  a 
Italian-German-American  cast.  Perhaps 
we  are  merely  growing  up.  Perhaps  the 
tall  corn  of  Iowa  is  throwing  its  shadow 
over  our  spontaneity.  Perhaps  we  are 
bored  by  too  much  entertainment.  Or, 
unhappy  thought,  has  the  management's 
frown  at  applause  had  something  to  do 
with  our  lack  of  effervescence?  There 
still  seems  to  be  some  question  as  to 
who  started  this  move  toward  less  en- 
thusiastic opera  on  the  part  of  the 
audience.  Certainly  on  the  opening  night 
it  was  Lauri  Volpi  who  knocked  us  over 
the  ropes  with  his  refusal  to  even  so 
much  as  bow  to  the  applause  that  "La 
Donnae  Mobile"  called  forth  From 
that  moment  on,  refinement  ruled  We 
took  the  count  gracefully  but  we  took 
it  just  the  same  Once,  the  Italian  tem- 
perament was  ebullient,  but  we  presume 
Herr  Mussolini  has  changed  all  that 
Which  makes  us  a  little  sad  We  love 
our  "Parsifal"  mood,  we  love  our  "La 
Gene  Delia  Beffe"  mood,  we  love  our 
"Manon"  mood,  we  love  our  "Boris" 
mood  But  when  we  want  to  be  happy 
and  care-free,  when  we  want  to  stamp 


By  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 

and  whistle  and  applaud  and  go  musi- 
cally adolescent  we  particularly  love  our 
"Rigoletto-Aida-La  Boheme-Pagliacci" 
mood.  Mob  psychology?  Doubtless.  But 
who  doesn't  want  to  be  a  sheep  occa- 
sionally? Who  doesn't  want  to  have  his 
artistic  perception  go  red  once  in 
awhile'  Who  doesn't  want  to  loose  his 
acquired  critical  faculty  in  a  chaos  of 
quickened  heart  beats?  Not  the  present- 
day  San  Francisco  opera-going  public, 
apparently.  At  least,  not  enough  to  fight 
lor  it.  Twenty  years  ago  a  tenor  who 
refused  to  repeat  "La  Donna  e  Mobile," 
upon  demand,  would  have  precipitated 
a  riot  Today,  we  succumb  after  a  few 
feeble  boos.  But,  what  is  perhaps  more 
amazing,  is  the  change  that  has  come 
over  the  tenors  themselves.  Twenty 
years  ago  no  audience  could  have  pre- 
vented a  tenor  from  repeating  "La 
Donna  e  Mobile."  Nor,  even  five  years 
ago.  For,  within  that  time,  our  own 
San  Francisco  Opera  Association  leader 
encouraged  Gigli  to  run  back  three  times 
and  repeat  said  aria  before  proceeding 
with  the  rest  of  the  opera.  And,  be  it 
said,  he  needed  very  little  encourage- 
ment. 

f) 

OUR  way  home  from  the  opera  led 
us  past  the  two  deep  holes,  oppo- 
site the  City  Hall,  which  are  so  symbolic 
of  the  pit  which  the  trustees  of  the 
Opera  House  Fund  dug  for  the  Opera 
House  project  when  they  put  their  necks 
into  the  halter  of  politics,  after  once 
having  escaped.  Surely  it  must  be  nearly 
twenty  years  since  our  smiling  mayor 
suddenly  went  socialistic  and  threw  the 
opera  house  out  of  the  Civic  Center 
when  he  discovered  that  the  people  who 
were  putting  up  the  money  were  to  have 
first  call  on  boxes  Everyone  at  that  time 
thought  this  calamity  a  blessing  in  dis- 
guise. And  in  due  season  this  appeared 
to  be  so,  for  there  was  talk  that  the  fund 
was  to  be  administered  by  the  Board  of 
Regents  of  the  University  of  California. 
Presently  the  site  of  the  old  St.  Ignatius 
Church  on  Van  Ness  avenue  was  labeled 
"Ope  a  House  to  be  Erected  Here!" 
and  we  grew  hopeful  But,  gradually, 
there  were  whisperings  to  the  ctTecc  that 
$2,000,001)  was  not  enough  to  build  an 
Opera  House  And  politics  and  a  new 
board  of  trustees  met  and  kissed  each 
other  on  the  cheek,  the  American  Legion 
was  dragged  in,  and  the  mess  began. 

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Continued  on  page  31 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Myself  as  Others  See  Me 


silver  city 

By  Josephine  Ringwood 


Coiif  iiiiiiiii^'  l^Vitli  the  Celebrity  iSeries  .  . 


Two  or  three  years  back  in  1926  or 
'27,  I  think  it  was  —San  Francisco 
and  I  were  visited  by  the  charming 
Corra  Harris,  who,  at  the  time,  was 
visiting  all  the  cities  of  importance  in 
America  and  writing  her  impressions  of 
them  for  Tlic  Saturday  Evening  Post. 
Of  all  the  multitude  of  writers  of  greater 
and  lesser  fame  who  have  called  upon 
me  during  the  years  I  have  been  mayor 
of  San  Francisco,  I  most  distinctly  recall 
Mrs  Harris  because  she  was  a  woman 
of  such  extraordinary  distinction,  hu- 
maness  and  graciousness 

Her  article  on  San  Francisco  was,  in 
its  way,  a  fine  piece  of  work  It  was  with 
a  particularly  happy  flair  that  she  caught 
the  spirit  of  our  enthusiasm  for  jubilees, 
for  fiestas;  our  devotion  to  our  past  col- 
orful history,  the  exceptional  gayety  and 
hospitality  ot  our  life  and  people  She 
apparently  missed  no  detail  of  our  sev- 
eral foreign  quarters.  A  tew  dett  strokes 
of  the  pen  and  the  reader  caught  the 
brooding,  exotic  strangeness  of  China- 
town; the  Latin  Quarter,  the  quaint, 
quiet  alleys  and  small  isolated  streets, 
the  cable  cars,  the  cobblestones,  old 
gateways  and  retiring  houses  were 
etched  with  equal  skill  The  writer 
found  new,  unexpected  virtues  in  our 
parks,  playgrounds,  museums,  monu- 
ments and  the  like  Mrs.  Harris,  in  fact, 
made  me  proud  all  over  again  that  I  am 
a  San  Franciscan  born,  and  have  been 
elected  the  mayor  of  such  a  city  for  some 
twenty  years  I  can  pay  her  no  greater 
compliment  than  to  say  she  wrote  of  our 
city  and  people  with  all  the  spirit,  the 
insight,  the  faint  and  perpetual  humor- 
ousness  of  those  who  are  born  to  the 
place  or  whose  love  and  understanding 
of  it  grow  out  of  long  association  with 
it 

Speaking  of  me,  as  its  mayor,  Mrs 
Harris,  perhaps,  gave  a  better  account 
of  myself  than  it  is  possible  for  me  to 
give  1  shall  let  her  words  speak  for 
themselves.  "They  (San  Franciscans) 
have  the  only  romantic  mayor  in  exist- 
ence, kept,  1  do  believe,  especially  for 
these  occasions  (i.  e  ,  upon  fiestas,  jubi- 
lees, the  greeting  of  celebrities,  conven- 
tions, etc  )  He  wears  black  moustaches, 
a  broad  brimmed  black  hat,  cocked 
slightly  to  one  side  with  or  without  a 
plume,  and  boots  In  summer  and  win- 
ter, in  times  of  peace  and  war,  he  wears 
boots.  On  these  grander  occasions 
(again  jubilees,  parades  and  gala  times) 
he  rides  a  horse." 


Buildings  pierce  the  skyline.  White 
buildings,  gaunt  and  still.  Forgotten  ghosts 
keeping  watch  over  the  city.  Telephone 
Building.  St.  Francis,  Fairmont,  Mark 
Hopkins  .  .  .  apartment  houses  strain  their 
heads  through  the  silver  haze.  Lighted 
windows  twinkle  and  peer  across  to  Yacht 
Harbor,  where  white  sails  .  .  .  phantom 
wings  .  .  .  stir  gently  as  in  a  dream. 

A  white  moon  floods  the  city,  reaches 
out  to  Marin's  scraggly  shore,  and  catches 
the  ferry  boats  as  they  slide  across  the  bay. 

A  white  moon  haunts  the  desolate 
wharves  that  day  has  left  dreary  and  for- 
saken. 

A  white  moon  floods  the  deserted  streets, 
and  traces  fantastic  patterns  on  the  worn 
cobblestones. 

And  in  her  wake,  calmly,  noiselessly,  the 
fog  creeps  in  to  sleep  over  the  silent  city 
cloaked  in  silver  mist. 


.  .  Writt<»ii  bv  Themselves 

By  JAMES  ROLPH,  Jr. 


benefit,  protection  and  advancement  ot 
its  citizens  are  really  simple  problems 

In  self  defense,  I  should  like  to  say 
that  I  don't  smoke,  play  bridge  or  carry 
a  cane  I  do  not  struggle  against  nor 
object  to  having  my  picture  taken — 
what  is  the  use  since  the  camera  men  are 
ever  so  much  more  resourceful  in  getting 
peoples'  pictures  than  the  victims  are  in 
eluding  them?  My  special  hobby  is 
gardening  I  raise  my  own  carnations 
and  flowers  in  my  own  back  yard  tor  my 
buttonhole  bouquets.  This  hobby  I  share 
with  John  MacLaren,  Park  Superin- 
tendent and  through  him  it  thus  be- 
comes city  wide.  Once  in  awhile,  when 
1  can  get  away  from  the  office,  I  shoot 
at  deer.  Sometimes  1  bring  one  down. 


© 


WELL  now,  there  you  have  it — my- 
self as  others  see  me  I  am,  as  it 
were,  a  sort  ot  20th  Century  version  ot 
the  California  pioneers,  gold  seekers  and 
adventurers  a  iellow,  who,  like  as  not 
doesn't  give  all  the  serious  attention  re- 
quired to  the  business  of  running  the 
city  In  Rullalo,  or  Cle\'eland  or  Phila 
delphia  or  Dcs  Moines  or  almost  any 
other  American  city  things  would  be 
and  are  done  much  differently  and  so  on 
and  so  on . 

By  this  time,  possibly,  you  begin  to 
see  that  being  a  mayor  has  all  sorts  ot 
queer  complications,  beside  which  the 
usual  ones  of  directing  the  town  lor  the 


f) 

THE  young  man  editing  this  paper  said 
that  1  might  say  anything  I  choose 
and  take  as  much  space  as  1  cared  to.  But 
there  seems  to  me  to  be  nothing  much 
further  to  say.  It  really  doesn't  matter 
one  way  or  the  other  how  other  people 
see  me.  For  after  all,  we  one  and  all 
know  (dissenting  votes  belong  to  or  are 
suspected  of  having  Los  Angeles  sym- 
pathies and  therefore  do  not  count)  that 
San  Francisco  is  like  no  other  city  in  all 
this  broad  land.  The  town's  history  is 
matched  by  that  of  no  other  city  in  the 
nation  tor  downright  picturesqueness, 
tor  magnificent  speculations,  for  spec- 
tacular disasters  and  as  spectacular  and 
astounding  recoveries  San  Francisco 
always  has  been  and  I  hope  always  will 
be,  a  law  unto  herself,  having  an  insolent 
disregard  for  the  unimaginati\'e,  stan- 
dardized way  "things  are  done  every 
place  else." 

IF,  AS  a  matter  of  fact,  I  appear  to  the 
rest  of  the  world  as  Mrs  Harris  has 
pictured  me,  I  have  a  secret  conceit  for 
which  I  make  bold  to  ask  pardon,  that 
satirically,  personally,  politically  and 
otherwise  my  ways  are  the  ways  of  this 
city.  In  other  words,  I  am  just  a  San 
Franciscan  who  happens  to  have  been 
elected  to  the  job  ot  being  mayor  And 
being  a  San  Franciscan,  be  it  noted,  is 
quite  a  job  in  itself  For  my  part,  if  I 
were  called  upon  to  choose  between 
being  mavor  ot  anv  other  city  in  the 
land  and  remaining  always  just  a  plain 
San  Franciscan,  I  should  have  no  hesi- 
tancy about  my  answer  To  be  a  San 
Franciscan,  under  the  circumstances, 
would  be  plenty  good  enough  for  me 

f) 


OCTOBER,  1929 


21 


Finale  Act  111  Aiila 


From  Ihe  wings  of  the  auditorium,  the  camera  of  William  Mora.-.-  Smith  hu*  caught 
Rethberg,  Lauri-Volpi,  Dani^-  and  Sandrino.  «ilh  all  ih,-  l^al.|.inK^  of  ih.-  \.rd.  op.ra. 
This  performance  of  "Aida,"  as  offered  by  the  San  Francisco  Opera  Associati.m.  was 
hailed  bv  both  press  and  public  as  one  of  the  greatest  presentations  ever  given. 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Ipl4»risi  AiiK^M 


The  first  of  this  season's  debutantes  to  be  presented  to  the  Reigning  Dynasty. 


OCTOBER,  1929 


23 


THE  REIGNING  DYNASTY 


WEDDINGS 

BLACK-GREGORY.  On  AuRust  2i^.  Mr  Howard 
Waller  Black,  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs  Howard  Black  and 
Miss  Gertrude  Gregory,  dauRhter  of  Mr,  and  Mrs,  T.  T. 
C  Gregory. 

r.l.Y-SHOL'P  On  .\ugust  31.  Mr  Northcutt  Ely. 
M>n  ol  Mr  and  Mrs  Sims  Ely  <if  Berkeley,  and  Miss 
Louisf  Shoup,  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs   Paul  Shoup 

DUNN-McKEE.  On  September  1.  Mr  Ritchie  Liv- 
ingston Dunn.  Jr..  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Ritchie  L 
Dunn,  and  Miss  Ann  McKee,  daughter  of  Mrs  Samuel 
McKee 

CONNELL-KNOWLES      On    September     4      Mr 
Francis   Connell.    formerly   of   Philadelphia,    and    Miss 
Jessie  Knowles,   daughter  of  Mr     and   Mrs    Henry  J 
Knowles. 

HOUSER-MAGEE,  On  September  f.  Mr  John 
Houser,  son  of  Mrs.  Caroline  Houser  and  Mr  Maxwell 
Houser.  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Magee.  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs   William  A.  Magee, 

ERDMAN-CHICKERING  On  September  II.  Mr 
Harold  R  Erdman,  son  of  ihc  Rc\'crend  and  Mrs 
John  Pinney  Erdman  <>f  IHonolulu,  and  Miss  Mary 
Chiekcring.  daughter  of  Mr   and  Mrs   Allen  Chickering 

BL'LKELEV-ZANE  On  September  21.  Mr.  Milton 
Bulkeley.  son  of  Mrs  Milton  Bulkelcy  and  the  late 
Mr.  Milton  Bulkeley.  and  Miss  Mary  Franklin  Zane. 
daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Franklin  Z   Zane 


f) 


ENGAGEMENTS 

ROTHSCHILD-WEIR.  Miss  Joan  Rothschild, 
daughter  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  John  Rothschild,  to  Mr 
Wiiliam  Boyd  Weir  Jr  ,  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  William 
Boyd  Weir. 

R.\STON-PETERSON.  Mrs,  Jeanne  Temple  Ras- 
ton.  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Rodolphe  Temple  of 
Vienna,  to  Mr  Bakzer  Peterson,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ferdinand  C.  Peterson. 


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VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Mrs  Chandler  Squires  ol  Portland  was  entertained 
at  a  luncheon  given  by  Mrs  Walker  Kamm  at  the  lat- 
ler's  home  in  Burlingame,  and  again  at  a  similar  affair 
given  by  Mrs,  George  Bowies. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  John  Gill  of  Santa  Barbara  were  in 
town  for  a  few  days,  dividing  their  time  between  the 
Hotel  Mark  Hopkins  and  the  home  of  Mrs.  Gill's 
brother-in-law  and  sister.  Mr,  and  Mrs,  William  Geer 
Hitchcock. 

Miss  Prudence  Talbot  of  Portland  was  guest  of  honor 
at  a  buffet  luncheon  given  by  Miss  Josephine  Grant  in 
Burlingame 

Princess  Pigniatelli  (Conchita  Sepulveda  Chapman) 
visited  in  San  Francisco  for  a  few  days  recently,  mak- 
ing her  home  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

Mrs  Gertrude  Atherton  was  luncheon  hostess  at  her 
apartment  in  Green  st  reet ,  honoring  Miss  Ethel 
Barrymore. 

The  Right  Honorable  Winston  Churchill  was  the 
house  guest  of  Mr  William  H  Crocker  at  New  Place. 
in  Burlingame,  and  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given 
by  Mr  Crocker- 
Mrs  Edwin  Auchincloss  of  New  York  was  enter- 
tained by  Mr,  James  Flood  recently,  at  Linden  Towers, 
the  Flood  home  in  Menio  Park. 

Miss  Jane  Cooper,  daughter  of  Mr  and  Mrs.  Oscar 
Cooper  of  New  York,  was  honor  guest  at  a  week-end 
parly  given  by  Senator  James  D  Phelan  at  his  country 
place  in  Saratoga. 

Miss  Mary  Delafield  and  Miss  Patty  Milburn.  two  of 
this  winter's  debutantes  in  New  York,  were  extensively 
entertained  durmg  their  visit  in  Burlingame  where  they 
were   the   house    guests   ol    Miss    Bar.'^ara    Carpenter. 

Mrs  Kenneth  McDonald  Jr.,  who  now  makes  her 
home  in  Los  Angele^s.  spent  a  fortnight  visiting  her 
parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Winfield  Scott  Davis,  in  Ross. 

The  Count  and  Countess  Galcerand  de  Pins  enter- 
tained Ojunt  and  Countess  Francois  de  Pins  for  a 
month  Part  of  the  time  was  enjoyed  at  the  country 
place  of  the  Countess  Galcerand  de  Pins'  parents.  Mr 
and  Mrs  Georges  deLatour.  at  Rutherford. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Lloyd  Gilmour  of  New  York  were  visi 
tors  on  the  peninsula  recently  and  were  entertained  at 
dinner  bv  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  BIyth,  Mrs  Ciilmour 
was  the  former  Miss  Margery  Blyth  of  Cleveland, 


e 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Miss  Gloria  Ames,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs,  I->ank 
Ames,  was  presented  lo  st>ciety  at  a  hall  given  by  her 
parents  at  the  Hotel  Fairmont  on  the  evening  of 
September  O- 

Mr  and  Mrs  Ross  Ambler  Curran  and  Mr  and  Mrs 
Lewis  Carpenter  have  been  giving  a  series  of  week-end 
parties  and  barbecues  at  their  respective  ranches  near 
llnlhster. 

Mr.  Bourn  Hayne.who  has  been  taking  a  post  gradu- 
ate course  at  Harvard,  is  now  in  Santa  Barbara,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  of  the  Cate  School. 

Mrs  Adolph  P  Schcid  is  returning  to  Sacramento 
early  this  month. 

Shortly  before  giving  up  their  summer  place  on  the 
Stanford  Campus  Mr,  and  Mrs  Charles  Dickey  gave  a 
supper  party  for  their  son,  Mr    Duval  Dickey. 

This  year's  Junior  League  Show  and  entertainment 
will  take  place  on  November  1.  at  the  Fairmont  There 
will  be  an  entertainment  for  children  in  the  afternoon 
and  a  cabaret  dinner  in  the  evening,  ihc  festivities  con- 
eluding  at  the  Terrace  Night  Club 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Robert  Watt  Miller  gave  a  dinner 
dance  at  the  Hotel  Mark  Hopkins  in  honor  of  Miss 
Patricia  Tobin  who  will  make  her  debut  this  winter, 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Algernon  Crofton  have  returned  to 
their  home  in  town  after  spending  the  summer  in  the 
Ontario  lake  country. 

Miss  Meredith  Maddux  was  luncheon  hostess  at  the 
St  Francis  Yacht  Club  where  she  entertained  in  honor 
of  Mrs  Melville  Threlkeld  (Drusilla  Makby  ) 

Dr,  and  Mrs  Harold  K,  Faber  have  returned  to  San 
Francisco  after  passing  several  months  in  Europe. 

Mr.  Alfred  Sutro  and  Miss  Adelaide  Sutro  have  taken 
possession  of  their  new  home  in  Atherton. 

Mrs.  Warren  Spieker  has  returned  to  town  after  pass- 
ing the  summer  with  her  children  in  Menlo  Park  where 
they  occupied  the  Clinton  La  Montagne  home 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Atholl  McBean  were  hosts  at  a  hunt 
breakfast  recently  at  the  Josselyn  home  in  Wondside 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McBean  occupied  the  place  during  the 
summer. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Kenneth  Kingsbury  were  hosts  at  a 
dinner  dance  at  the  Madow  Club  of  Tamalpais.  The 
occasion  was  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Kingsbury's  son,  Mr. 
Gwin  Follis  and  his  bride.  Mrs,  Follis  was  the  former 
Miss  Opal  Young  of  La  Verne,  Texas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  DeLancey  Lewis  gave  a  fancy  dress 
party  at  their  home  in  Menlo  Park  recently. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fentress  Hill  and  Mr  and  Mrs.  William 
Dcvereaux  have  returned  to  the  peninsula  after  spend- 
ing a  month  on  Vancouver  Island. 

Miss  Adeline  Kent  has  returned  from  Paris  where  she 
has  been  studying  sculpture,  and  before  leaving  Paris. 
gave  an  exhibition  of  her  work. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Dill  are  again  in  town  after 
passing  the  summer  at  the  Fay  home  in  Ross, 

Honoring  Mr.  and  Mrs  Wendell  C  Hammon.  the 
latter  of  whom  was  Mrs,  Milward  Stafford  Hunkin 
(Lola  Lee),  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Robert  F.  M.  Duncan  were 
hosts  at  a  dinner  dance  at  their  home  in  San  Mateo 

A  three-day  tennis  tournament,  participated  in  by 
seventeen  teams,  took  place  at  the  .Menlo  C^)uniry  Club 
last  month.  Many  informal  luncheon  and  dinner  parties 
were  given  at  the  club  during  the  tournament. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Shattuck  Gates  have  decided 
upon  November  30  as  the  date  for  presenting  Mrs 
Gates'  daughter.  Miss  Eleanor  Christenson.  and  Mr 
Gates'  daughter.  Miss  Barbara  Crates,  The  debut  will 
take  the  form  of  a  ball  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club, 

Miss  Barbara  Bailly  has  gone  to  New  York  and  will 
study  at  the  Finch  School  this  winter 

Miss  Ines  Mejia  and  Miss  Janet  Whitman  were  the 
house  guests  of  Mr,  and  Mrs  John  Drum  at  their  home 
at  Lake  Tahoe. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Paul  Fagan  (Helene  Irwin  Crocker) 
are  being  extensively  entertained  on  their  return  from 
their  prolonged  honeym(H)n  abroad  Mr  and  Mrs 
Robert  B  Henderson  of  Burlingame  gave  a  picnic  sup- 
per party  in  the  gardens  of  their  Burlingame  home 
recently  in  honor  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Fagan. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  P.  Roth  have  returned  lo  town 
after  passing  the  summer  at  WcKjdside. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Robert  Hays  Smith  were  hosts  at  a 
dinner  party  given  at  Tail's  at  the  Beach  in  honor  of 
Mrs.  Wiiham  Randolph  Hearst  Mrs  George  Pope  and 
Mrs  John  Drum  also  entertained  in  Mrs.  Hearst's  honor 

The  Honorable  Richard  M  Tobin.  who  recently  re- 
signed his  post  as  Minister  to  the  Netherlands,  will 
return  to  California  this  winter  with  his  sister,  Mrs. 
Tobin  Clark  The  marriage  of  Miss  Mary  Clark  to 
Baron  James  Baeyens  will  take  place  in  Paris  on 
f\:tofc>er  17. 

Mrs.  H,  M  A.  Miller  entertained  several  score  of 
women  friends  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Francisca  Club 
recently. 


Dr  and  Mrs.  Herbert  MoHitt  have  returned  to  San 
Lrancisco  after  an  extended  trip  abroad.  They  were 
among  the  guests  of  0)1.  and  Mrs,  Daniel  C  Jackling 
aboard  the  Jackling  yacht.  The  parly  cruised  the 
Mediterranean. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Marshal!  Madison  were  hosts  at  a 
buffet  luncheon  in  Menlo  Park  just  before  returning  lo 
town  for  the  winter. 

Mr,  Augustus  Taylor  Jr  entertained  a  gn^up  of 
debutantes  and  young  bachelors  at  the  Taylor  h(jme  in 
Menlo  Park  recently. 

Captain  and  Mrs,  Edward  McCauley  have  returned 
to  San  Mateo  after  spending  several  months  m  Germany 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Harold  R  Erdman  (Mary  Chickering) 
are  establishing  themselves  in  their  new  home  in 
I  lonolulu 

Mrs.  Dent  Hayes  Robert  has  taken  quarters  at  the 
Women's  Athletic  Club  for  the  winter. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Jean  l*"erris  and  Mr,  Irving 
Harris  will  take  place  in  New  York  late  in  November. 
A  number  of  the  relatives  of  the  bride-elect  will  go  East 
for  the  wedding  The  bride's  aunt.  Mrs  A  B  Spreckcis 
and  two  of  her  children,  will  he  in  New  York  for  the 
ceremony. 


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SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Mrs  Tlic^mas  Magee  and  her  son.  Thomas  Magee  1 1 1 
are  in  England  at  present.  Mr.  Magee  is  studying  at 
Oxford  this  year. 

Miss  Evelyn  Barron  plans  to  spend  the  winter  abroad . 
Later  in  the  year  she  will  be  joined  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gayle  Anderton  of  San  Mateo, 

Mr  and  Mrs,  William  Slater  (Frances  Ames)  have 
taken  an  apartment  in  Paris  for  two  months. 

Mrs  Gertrude  Atherton,  aca>mpanied  by  her 
daughter,  Mrs,  Atherton  Russell,  her  granddaughter. 
Miss  Dominga  Russell  and  Miss  Claudia  Smith,  will 
leave  on  October  15  for  New  York  and  Europe.  The 
party  will  spend  the  winter  in  Rome. 

Mrs  Alfred  Sutro  and  her  son,  Mr  Jack  Sutro.  are  in 
London  and  plan  to  go  on  to  Paris  early  this  month. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  John  Houser  (Elizabeth  Magee)  arc 
spending  their  honeymoon  abroad  They  will  not  re- 
turn to  California  until  the  first  of  the  year. 

Mrs.  Louis  Parrott  who  has  been  in  London  for 
several  months,  plans  to  go  on  to  Paris  shortly. 


f) 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mrs.  Cyril  McNear  is  now  making  her  home  in  New 
York. 

Colonel  and  Mrs,  Arthur  Schermerhorn  have  returned 
to  New  York  after  a  month's  visit  in  San  E-rancisco  and 
Santa  Barbara- 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T,  Cameron  were  in  New  York, 
at  the  Rit2  Carlton,  for  a  few  days  on  their  return  from 
Europe 

Mrs  George  Barr  Baker  is  in  New  York  after  passing 
the  summer  on  the  peninsula  She  made  her  home  at  the 
Burlingame  CViuntry  Club. 

Mrs.  D  P.  Fullerton  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Edith 
I-^ullerton.  is  traveling  in  the  fiast  They  will  return 
home  by  way  of  New  Orleans. 

Rudolph  Sprcckels  was  among  those  who  attended 
the  opening  day  of  the  Belmont  Park  races  in  New 
York 

Mr  and  Mrs  Frederick  Griffith  Peabody  (Gladys 
Quarre)  have  been  occupying  apartments  at  the  Savoy- 
Plaza  in  New  York  They  expect  soon  to  take  possession 
of  their  new  Fifth  avenue  apartment. 

Mr  Oscar  Co<jper  was  in  attendance  at  the  opening 
of  the  racing  season  at  Saratoga 

Mrs,  George  B.  Somers  was  in  New  York  for  a  few 
days  before  sailing  for  Europe, 


f) 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Mr  and  Mrs  Howard  Sprcckels  were  visitors  in 
Santa  Barbara  recently. 

Mr  and  Mrs   Berrien  Anderson  are  planning  to  pass 
the  winter  in  Southern  California. 
^  Miss  Josephine  Grant  was  the  guest  of  Mr  and  Mrs 
Christian  Holmes  at  their  ranch  in  Montecito 

Mrs  Duane  Bliss  and  her  niece,  Miss  Ruth  [..angdon 
were  visitors  recently  at  San  Ysidro, 

Mr  and  Mrs  E  O  Pringle  spent  a  fortnight  motor- 
ing through  the  South,  visiting  Los  Angeles  and  Agua 
Caliente 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Dixwcll  Hewitt  recently  spMrnt  several 
days  in  Santa  Barbara. 

Miss  Lily  O'Connor  was  the  house  guest  of  Mrs. 
Oliver  Dwight  Norton  at  the  latter's  home  m  Montecito. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Reginald  C  Jenkins  and  their  children, 
spHrnt  a  month  at  Santa  Monica. 

Mrs  Lovell  Langstroth  and  her  son.  Lovcll  Lang- 
stroth  Jr.,  passed  a  month  in  Santa  Barbara. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Red  i^uit 


Being  a  Very  I^liort  Story 


an  Alibr43viated  Aiiierieaii  Tragetly 

By  DALNAR  DEVENING 


DOLLY  Lou  regarded  her  trim  figure 
with  approval.  And  why  not? 
Few  girls  could  boast  ot  such  slim  grace- 
fulness and  such  perfect  proportions.  It 
was  that  lovely  figure  that  had  placed 
her  in  the  finals  of  the  great  contest  to 
determine  the  most  beautiful  girl  in 
America  She  posed  and  pirouetted 
before  the  mirror,  admiring  all  the  deli- 
cate curves  which  she  hoped  would 
bring  her  the  ultimate  victory.  She  knew 
in  her  heart  that  the  judges  had  been 
right  in  selecting  her  as  one  ot  the  finalists. 
From  the  mirror  she  glanced  lovingly 
at  the  darling  bathing  suit  which  lay 
across  the  foot  of  the  bed.  The  suit  was 
a  divine  bit  of  crimson  and  she  had  spent 
hours  in  selecting  it.  She  believed  that 
she  could  still  feel  the  aches  in  her  legs 
from  running  about  in  department  stores 
in  and  out  ot  elevators,  and  from  shop 
to  shop  in  her  quest  for  exactly  the  right 
shade  of  red.  And  there  lay  her  prize. 
She  knew  how  its  brilliant  color  en- 
hanced her  own  brunette  beauty.  It  set 
off  her  jetty  hair  and  made  a  warm 
flame  smolder  on  her  cheeks  Oh,  it  was 
worth  every  minute  ol  her  search  and 
every  ache  in  her  charmingly  rounded 
calves.  For  Molly  Lou  counted  heavily  on 
that  tiny  crimson  costume  playing  a  major 
part  in  winning  her  the  first  prize  in  the 
coming  parade  down  the  board  walk. 
She  put  infinite  faith  in  her  little  red 
bathing  suit 

f) 

4^nt  gave  the  suit  an  affectionate  little 
k^  pat  and  turned  again  to  her  mirror 
There  was  a  deal  yec  to  be  done  in  the 
matter  of  painting  the  lily  and  gilding 
the  refined  gold  before  she  would  be 
satisfied  that  she  had  reached  that  state 
of  perfection  which  was  necessary  if  the 


prize  was  to  he  hers  She  began  to  do 
her  hair  for  the  tenth  time.  Every  strand 
of  that  bobbed  and  curled  mass  of  black- 
ness must  be  just  right  The  lines  of  her 
coiffure  must  be  a  subtle  continuation  of 
the  more  delicate  lines  of  the  neck. 
Minutes  winged  away  in  this  delight- 
ful labor  but  at  last  she  felt  that  she  was 
ready  to  step  forth  and  win  the  prize. 

She  hadn't  believed  that  she  could 
become  so  excited.  Now  that  the  hair 
dressing  and  primping  were  finishd  her 
hands  actually  trembled.  But  there  was 
no  time  to  get  panicky  before  a  knock 
at  the  door  told  her  that  the  hour  had 
arrived. 

f) 

FOLDiNc.  her  silken  bathrobe  more 
closely  around  her,  Molly  Lou  hurried 
from  her  room.  She  fled  through  the 
babble  and  bustle  of  the  hotel  lobby  and 
in  a  few  minutes  found  herself  enthroned 
on  the  gorgeous  float  which  was  to  bear 
her  along  the  board  walk  before  the 
craning  crowds  that  had  gathered  to 
view  and  to  applaud  the  loveliest 
maidens  ot  the  land  As  tar  as  she  could 
see  the  crowds  stretched  along  the  board 
walk  It  seemed  to  her  the  whole  nation 
had  declared  a  holiday,  shut  up  shop, 
and  come  to  view  this  colorful  pageant 
But  she  did  not  have  long  to  examine 
her  audience  before  the  parade  ol  beauty 
began 

noLLY  Lou  rose  and  threw  back  her 
silken  robe  She  posed  gracefully 
before  her  peacock  throne  What  a  cheer 
went  up  from  the  massed  and  milling 
multitudes!  She  was  certain  now  that 
the  prize  would  be  hers  Her  progress 
became  one  continuous  roar  of  applause 
There    was    a    continuous    clicking    of 


kodaks  as  spectators  pushed  forward  to 
get  a  snap  shot  of  the  new  queen  of 
beauty.  She  was  supremely  happy.  She 
half  closed  her  big  eyes  and  went  on  as  in 
a  dream.  The  cheers  grew  louder.  She 
looked  neither  to  right  nor  left,  neither 
up  nor  down,  but  gazed  straight  ahead, 
seeing  in  anticipation  the  crown  she  was 
to  win.  And,  above  all,  she  knew  that 
somewhere  in  that  vast  audience  watch- 
ing her  every  move,  was  a  little  delega- 
tion of  people  from  her  home  town  who 
would  carry  back  with  them  the  story  oi 
her  triumph 

How  glad  she  was  now  that  she  had 
been  so  careful  in  choosing  that  wonder- 
ful little  crimson  bathing  suit  If  the 
selection  had  taken  a  week  it  would  have 
been  worth  it  She  knew  that  part  of  the 
deafening  applause  must  be  for  the  suit 
Hadn't  her  mirror  told  her  how  much  it 
increased  her  beauty?  She  let  her  hand 
drop  to  caress  the  beautiful  garment.  I 
She  started  and  looked  down  Now  she 
understood  the  mad  cheering. 

She  had  forgotten  to  put  c^n  the  bath 
ing  suit! 


OCTOBER,  1929 

Till  Typex 

ahh'  impressed  by  this  gesture  and  with 
out   much   further  delay   the   pair  were 
married 

e 

As  Lii  I  ii:  Hitchcock  Coit,  her  fame 
L  as  a  hostess  and  social  leader  grew 
apace.  She  li\'ed,  of  course,  in  San 
Francisco's  gayest,  most  reckless  and 
speculative  eras  She  was  ot  the  drama 
that  saw  the  rise  and  tall  of  the  Bank  ot 
Calitornia  and  the  banker,  Ralston;  the 
Comstock  Lode  speculation  of  the 
middle  sc\enties;  the  building  and  early 
and  high  handed  days  ot  the  Central 
Pacific  Railroad;  the  bitter  contest  be- 
tween the  polished  politician  Guin  and 
the  uncouth  Broderick;  the  hectic,  parti- 
san-torn days  ot  the  Civil  War;  the 
riotous  days  ot  Dennis  Kearney  and  his 
sand-lot  armies.  By  reason  ot  her  hus- 
band's position  and  the  temper  of  her 
own  mind,  politics,  plots,  plans  and 
secret  talk  swirled  about  her  constantly 
and  at  a  furious  rate  But  her  wit  and 
quick  intelligence  enabled  her  to  move 
in  such  a  shitting,  and  necessarily  un- 
certain world,  tacttully,  surely  and 
always  in  command  of  the  situation. 

Only  once  in  1903,  when,  in  her  suite 
in  the  Palace  Hotel,  Alexander  Garnett 
shot  and  killed  Major  McClung,  did 
Lillie  Hitchcock  Coit  find  herself  in  a 
difficult  position  During  the  trial,  it 
developed  that  Garnett  had  intended  the 
fatal  bullet  tor  Mrs  Coit  He  was 
sentenced  to  tourteen  years  in  San  Quen- 
tin  but  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  parole 
within  a  few  years  Whereupon,  Mrs 
Coit,  fearing  for  her  own  lite,  left  San 
Francisco  for  Paris  There  she  lived 
through  the  war  years  and  it  was  not 
until  1924  that  she  returned  to  San 
Francisco. 

e) 

IN  July  ot  the  present  year,  Lillie 
Hitchcock  Coit  passed  away  at  the 
age  of  8S  years  She  left  an  estate  worth 
approximately  $1,000,000.  Her  will 
made  xarious  bequests  to  distant  rela- 
tives and  a  few  friends  A  goodly  part 
of  her  fortune  was  bequeathed  to  San 
Francisco  and  San  Franciscans,  whose 
life  she  had  shared  so  tuUy  and  glamor- 
ously  since  coming  here  in  1851  at  the 
age  ot  ten  years  To  each  and  any  mem- 
bers of  Knickerbocker  Engine  Company 
No  5,  sur\i\'ing  at  the  time  of  will 
being  probated,  Mrs  Coit  left  $5,000. 
For  the  erection  of  a  monument  to 
honor  the  memory  of  the  city's  early 
volunteer  fire  department  companies, 
$50,000  was  set  aside  with  the  stipula- 
tion that  Haig  Patigan  execute  the 
work.  Her  own  fireman's  badge,  Mrs 
Coit  directed  should  adorn  her  funeral 
dress  and  be  cremated  with  her 


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CHOOSING  A  KNOX  HAT 

and  such  a  lovely  girl,  the  gentleman  proves 
that  his  judgment  is  well-nigh  perfect.  The 
hat  is  our  "5th  Avenue 
Special".  .  .  price  $10 

KNOX 

FIFTY-ONE  GRANT  AVENUE 

Jinot/ier     KNOX  SHOP  soon. ..In  Hotel  Sf.Francis 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Now  It  ism  Be  Told 


Continued  from  psge  14 

oclier  than  Charles  Caldwell  Dobie. 
What  could  he  be  doing,  burning  up  the 
bodies  of  unlortune  artists  he  had  mur- 
dered for  illustrating  his  stories?  Or  de- 
stroying refused  manuscripts?  Or  dis- 
posing ot  letters  asking  him.  what  news- 
paper was  now  running  the  Caliph 
column?  We  tried  from  every  angle  to 
uncover  his  crime  to  no  purpose.  We 
became  so  excited  that  we  took  the 
North  Beach  car,  swinging  off  at  Green 
slope.  Imagine  our  embarrassment  to 
find  that  austere  gentleman,  sweeping 
up  a  litter  of  Shopper's  Guides  from  the 
curb  and  putting  a  match  to  them.  "It's 
no  use!"  he  said,  sadly.  "I  do  this  three 
times  a  day  and  still  they  come.  God 
knows,  I  try  to  have  my  home  look  neat 
and  respectable.  But  what  can  a  feller 
do.  Life  is  just  one  copy  ot  the  Shopping 
Guide  after  another!"  And  with  that  he 
leaned  against  his  broom  and  broke 
into  loud  sobs 

© 

AFTER  prolonged  and  profound  cogita- 
L  tion,  we  are  finally  moved  to 
speak  out  our  mind,  at  all  costs,  on  a 
subject  which  seems  to  us  to  have  been 
too  long  overlooked.  We  refer  to  the 
lamentable  lack  in  any  of  our  municipal 


"My  good 
light 

"Naw,  an' 


man,  have  you  not  yet  seen  a 
1  ain't  got  a    cigarette  either!" 


museums  and  local  historical  archives 
of  any  realistic  recreation  or  reproduc- 
tion ot  some  one  ot  the  city's  old  time, 
famous  saloons  and  free  lunch  counters. 
There  are  Colonial  rooms  and  French 
rooms  and  Italian  rooms  and  so  on  and 
we  can  conceive  ot  no  legitimate  reason 
as  to  why  the  above  noted  worthy  sub- 
ject has  received  so  little  attention.  In- 
deed, when  it  is  considered  that  in  San 
Francisco  from  the  triology  of  Liquor, 
Literature  and  Law  there  issued  some  of 
the  soundly  authentic  and  genuinely 
valuable  American  contributions  to  the 
culture  of  the  world,  the  lack  in  ques- 
tion looms  as  a  major  tragedy  and  indi- 
cates a  distinct  sense  of  irresponsibility 
to  the  youth  of  future  generations. 

Think  of  the  possibilities  inherent  in 
such  an  idea  Here  the  art  of  interior 
decoration  tor  saloons  rose  to  grand  and 
noble  heights.  The  city's  bars  were 
famous  the  world  over  for  their  splen- 
dor, length,  costliness  and  fine  work- 
manship. Fine  paintings  and  statuary 
were  by  no  means  uncommon.  Free 
lunches  were  lavish  and  appetizing  be- 
yond the  knowledge  of  this  present  de- 
praved and  hybrid  race  of  cafeteria  pro- 
prietors. Great  and  picturesque  person- 
ages   frequented    these    establishments. 


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a  persistent 

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coinos  to  tlie  lore  in 
many  new  versions, 
and  suit  lasliioiis  are 
more  variea  ami  in- 
teresting than  ever. 

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Geniuses    found    in    them    refreshment, 
sustenance  and  inspiration. 

In  fact,  it  would  he  quite  impossihle 
for  us  to  continue  with  the  suhject  and 
maintain  coherency  While  our  rational- 
ity is  still  with  us,  we  suggest  to  the 
worthy  people  who  have  charge  ot  such 
matters  that  such  a  saloon  he  created 
forthwith  in  the  Park  Museum  On  our 
part,  we  open  our  office  as  a  receiving 
station  for  any  relics  or  furnishings  ot 
any  sort  whatsoever,  which  would  lend 
an  authentic  and  interesting  touch  to 
such  an  exhibit 

© 

WE  HAVE  combed  out  of  our  whis- 
kers the  following  Ripleyisms 
for  the  head-wagging  of  the  old-timers 
and  possibly  the  slight  astonishment  of 
the  youngsters ;  There  used  to  be  a  toll 
gate  on  the  west  side  of  Third  street, 
about  at  Stevenson  street,  having  passed 
through  which  the  rider  turned  west 
onto  the  plank  road  to  Mission  Dolores 
— which  plank  road,  even  at  Third 
street,  was  "pretty  well  out  of  town." 
At  Sixth  street,  f^urthermore,  the  rider 
came  to  a  bridge  across  a  marsh,  beside 
the  Verba  Buena  cemetery  ..In  the 
'fifties  hardly  anyone  said  "two  bits"; 
they  still  used  such  expression  as  "dos 
reales,"  "cuatro  reales"  and  "un  peso" 
.  .  .  The  west  side  of  Montgomery 
street  was  several  feet  higher  than  the 
east  side,  the  street  being  ungraded  . 
There  was  a  high  sandbank  across 
Market  street  at  Kearney,  so  high  that 
"a  person  walking  from  Kearney  into 
Third  could  not  see  the  Divisidero 
Heights"  .  .  In  1S44  (which,  in  a 
Chamber  of  Commerce  burst,  we  re- 
mind you  was  less  than  one  hundred 
years  ago)  Verba  Buena  contained  only 
about  a  dozen  houses,  and  its  permanent 
population  did  not  exceed  fifty  persons. 
It  is  also  interesting  to  learn  that  at  that 
time  it  was  little  more  than  a  trading 
rnst  of  the  Hudson's  Bav  Company. 

f) 

THE  anti-billboard  campaign  so 
vociferously  sponsored  by  the  ad- 
\crtising  offices  of  the  newspapers  leaves 
.\  quite  unimpressed  We  admit  that 
clicre  have  been  examples  of  execrable 
posters  concealing  beauty,  though  we 
insist  that  such  examples  are  rare  There 
have  also  been  examples  of  beknickered 
female  hikers  hiding  Tamalpais,  and  of 
battered  flivvers  spoiling  the  view  of 
Point  Lohos.  Any  program  for  the  strict 
preservation  of  nature  undefiled  requires 
the  complete  abolition  of  humantiy.  It 
is  therefore  strange  that  the  newspapers, 
being  suddenly  fired  with  enthusiasm 
for  the  sacredness  of  beauty,  should  hap- 
pen to  direct  their  attack  against  a 
competitive    advertising    medium.    As 

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CITY    OF    PARIS    GALLERIES    OF    ANTIQUES    AND    REPRODUCTIONS 


'.^re  6nglish  o^ntiques 
of  the  lyth  and  i8th  Century 

^/"oTABLE  for  its  beauty  of  design  as  for  its  rarity, 

\^_,  is  the  tall  chest  on  chest,  a  Restoration  piece  in 

unusually  fine  condition.  Delicately  inlaid  light  woods 

on  a  dark  background  depict  realistically  a  profusion  of 

tulips,  roses  and  carnations. 

The  small  oak  panelled  chest  of  the  Tudor  period, 
because  of  the  pattern  of  its  drawer  fronts  is  known  as  a 
honey-comb  panel  chest.  Unusual  knobbed  mouldings 
mark  the  divisions  between  the  drawers. 

The  dining  table  illustrated  is  a  Sheraton,  a  fine  ex- 
ample, with  beautifully  proportioned  drop  end  leaves. 
The  tapering  legs,  spade  feet,  and  rich  color  of  the 
mahogany  give  it  particular  charm. 

Chippendale,  Sheraton  and  Heppleivhite 
pieces  of  rare  elegance  are  part  of  the  City  of 
Paris  Collection  of  fine  English  furniture. 


CITY 


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PARIS 


FOURTH 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Beyond  doubt,  Mr. 
Burberry  of  London 
knows  his  topcoats 

Speaking   of    nonchalant    swank    and 

swagger,  did   you  ever  see   any  tailor 

successfully  imitate  a  genuine  English 

Burberry  coat?.. .Neither  did  we. 

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NOTE$i>  ON  BRIDGE 

By  PAUL  BLACK 

To  LAY  down  methods  ot  procedure 
for  all  occasions  is  to  conven- 
tionalize bridge.  At  times  the  usual 
conventional  procedure  or  the  conven- 
tional holdings  will  be  waived  in  the 
interests  of  the  partnership. 

From  the  standpoint  of  bidding,  in- 
troductory bids  in  minor  suits  are  con- 
sidered by  the  partner  as  purely  intro- 
ductory and  not  business  bids  unless  the 


initial  bidder  rebids  the  suit.  Business 
bids  are  made  in  playable  declarations 
in  majors  or  in  no  trump  and  in  minors 
when  they  are  rebid  or  when  they  are 
opened  with  a  multiple  bid. 

Bidding  should  be  done  by  the  partner 
who  holds  the  values.  Some  days  ago 
the  following  hand  was  dealt  and  after 
three  passes  fourth  hand  had  to  decide 
whether  to  bid  it  or  pass  out  the  deal. 
Spades,  7-6;  hearts,  A- 10-5;  diamonds, 
A-K-Q-5-4;  clubs,  K-7-3. 

The  hand  is  not  a  conventional  fourth 
hand  initial  opening  but  the  playing 
values  count  six  and  one-halt  tricks, 
enough  to  make  the  opening  bid  con- 
ventionally and  enough  lor  a  shift  hid 
perhaps  on  the  second  round  unless  the 
takeout,  if  any  is  a  fit.  The  initial  intro- 
ductory 1 -diamond  hid  was  made.  An 
introductory  initial  minor  bid  is  a  de- 
mand bid  requesting  the  partner  to  bid 
if  holding  e.xceptancy  in  playing  tricks. 
E.xpectancy  in  playing  tricks  tor  a  fourth 
hand  initial  bid  is  one  playing  trick. 

In  the  case  under  discussion  the  part- 
ner of  the  fourth  hand  initial  introduc- 
tory minor  bidder  held;  spades,  K-Q-J- 
10-9-4-3;  hearts,  3;  diamonds,  J- 10-6; 
clubs,  9-4.  The  response  was  three 
spades.  If  the  three  spade  bid  is  conven- 
tional it  is  under  the  circumstances  a 
tacit  conveyance  of  the  information 
that  the  spades  suit  is  not  playable  for 
game  without  assistance  which  is  not 
correct  in  this  case.  The  initial  intro- 
ductory minor  bidder  could  not  raise 
the  spades  because  of  haying  only  two 
of  them.  A  no  trump  shift  was  the  only 
alternative  open  in  a  response  The 
jump  by  the  spade  hand  to  tlircc  re- 
quested fourth  hand  to  bid  again  The 
three  no  trump  bid  was  left  in  witii 
disaster 

The  spade  iiand  should  ha\e  bid  lour 
spades  in  the  response  to  the  diamond 
bid.  but  having  made  the  first  error  in 


A.  F. 
MARTEN 

♦  CO  ♦ 


INTERIOR 
DECORATION 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


1501    SUTTER    STREET 
SAN    FRANCISCO 


NNOUNCING 

Liquidation  & 

Retirement 
.  .Jrotn  business  .  .  .  . 

of  this  old-established  firm, 
recognized  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years  as  one  of  the 
leading  jewelry  houses  of  the 
West — presents  a  rare  oppor- 
tunity to  purchase  at  immense 
reductions,  perfect  gems  of 
unusual  settings,  including 
diamond  necklaces,  rings, 
bracelets,  brooches,  pendants, 
high-grade  watches,  personal 
accessories  —  ad  infinitum  — 
from  our  exclusive  and  varied 
stock.  Now,  for  the  first  time, 
because  of  retirement  from 
business,  Ahlcrs  Co.  magnifi- 
cent stock  shows  great  reduc- 
tions throughout. 

This    till  itititit  ion    e^'ent    ttffert 

to  the  tti-ffritninaHn!/  Ituf/er 

an   orctisinn  oj  major 

imitortance 


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bidding  tactics  there  is  no  question  but 
that  the  spades  should  have  been  rebid 
because  a  game  was  probably  certain  in 
spades  and  not  at  all  sure  in  no  trump. 
The  lesson  to  be  drawn  from  the  bid- 
ding is  that  the  one  who  holds  the  tricks 
should  do  the  bidding. 

it  is  evident  on  the  tace  ot  the  holding 
that  fourth  hand  could  not  rebid  the 
diamonds  because  that  would  con\'ey 
the  information  that  a  game  might  be 
made  in  that  suit  which  is  absurd. 

In  contract  each  partner  should  bid 
his  full  values  up  to  a  game  bid  and 
beyond  game  bid  to  slam  when  that 
seems  the  correct  declaration  from  the 
holding. 

Balfl  H<»acl 

CVintinucJ  tront  page  13 

"That's  fine!  A  beautiful  crop  ot 
hair!"  the  director  approved  The  test 
was  taken.  The  outlook  was  bright 

And  so  it  would  have  continued  had 
he  not  received  a  telephone  call  that 
evening.  "A  little  bad  news,  old  top. 
I'm  afraid  you're  just  a  bit  too  old  for 
the  part.  Those  cursed  wrinkles  of  yours ! 
But  I'll  remember  you  .  .  ." 

Bald  Head  slumped  in  his  chair,  defeat 
and  exile  in  his  eyes. 

At  last,  in  desperation,  he  descended 
to  occasional  extra  parts  in  night  work. 
In  the  morning  with  his  seven  fifty,  dis- 
appeared precipitantly  from  the  lot. 

On  his  thirty-sixth  birthday  he  was 
given  another  test.  It  was  for  a  talkie. 
"Your  accent  .  .  .  sorry." 

And  since  then  he  seemed  to  have  lost 
himself.  Days,  he  wandered  down  the 
boulevard  as  though  pursued  by  the 
Furies.  He  passed  his  old  friends,  unsee- 
ing. Evenings  found  him  at  Henry's. 
Hour  after  hour,  sipping  his  coffee,  he 
searched  for  surcease  in  the  clamour.  He 
wanted  to  forget  all,  even  himself  whom 
he  feared  and  despised  the  most. 

f) 
I  ■But  this  evening,  after  two  hours 
I  M9  of  close  observation,  the  Russian 
'  director  rose  abruptly,   and  approached 
i  Bald  Head. 

"Pardon  me  '  1  must  have  a  word  with 
you.  No  doubt  you  are  an  actor  .      ." 

Envious  eyes  opened  wide.  The  direc- 
tor was  in  deep  earnest. 

"Your  face  .  .  .  those  lines  of  struggle 
...  I  have  looked  everywhere  .  .  .  the 
character  of  sorrow  without  age  .  .  at 
last!" 

In  a  daze  Bald  Head  passed  his  hand 
over  his  thickening  hair — bewildered  he 
followed  the  director  out  into  the  street. 


\l   RAPHAEL  >\^ILL  »  COMPANY/ fu        ^ 

Y  ^^ ^\<^-~      I     \lnl  V    >i 


THE  "big  game,"  from  a  style  stand- 
point is  rapidly  becoming  to  the 
West  what  the  Belmont  races  are  to  the 
East.  And  preliminary  skirmishes  give 
first  of  the  season  fans  excellent  oppor- 
tunity to  get  the  "lay  of  the  land"  in 
grand  stand  fashions. 


DOUBTLESS  there  are  those  to  whom 
the  leather  coat  means  nothing 
more  than  sportswear  in  its  strictest 
sense  .  .  hunting  .  .  .  camping  .  .  .  fish- 
ing! But  the  growing  popularity  of  this 
very  English  fashion  for  less  strenuous 
wear  reaches  a  climax  of  smartness  in 
the  new  Fall  designs.  Pointed  cuffs  .  .  . 
yoked  backs  that  fit  the  shoulders  trimly 
.  .  .  flared  sides  that  look  extremely 
smart  with  flared  skirts.  Then  there's  the 
matter  of  color  .  .  .  did  you  know  that 
beside  the  pleasant  woodsy  ones  of  hunt- 
ers' green,  russet  beige,  brown  and  red 
you  maychoosethem  alsoin  quietpastels? 


MANY  women  are  making  a  high 
fashion  of  the  leather  jacket 
worn  with  one  and  two  piece  jumpers 
for  golf  and  motoring  (and  jersey,  by  the 
way,  is  the  preferred  sports  fabric,  of 
which  we  have  dozens  and  dozens  of 
charining  youthful  types)  .  .  and  as- 
suredly there  could  be  nothing  more  suit- 
able nor  swagger  for  football  wear  than 
such  a  combination.  And  remember,  too, 
the  trip  to  and  from  the  grounds  iscertain 
to  be  a  frosty  one,  on  which  you'll  appre- 


ciate the  warm  protection  of  a  leather 
windbreaker.  Altogether  we  cast  our 
fashion  vote  for  the  leather  jacket  en- 
semble. 

FooTD.-\LL  time  without  fur  coats 
would  be  like  a  popular  song  without 
words  This  season  has  a  predilection  for 
spots  of  the  leopard  variety.  In  our  col- 
lection you  may  choose  either  of  two 
important  silhouettes  .  .  .  the  straight 
line  English  type  worn  with  an  amusing 
little  muff,  or  the  full  backed  raglan 
coat  Nutria,  soft  as  a  feather  mat- 
tress, and  just  as  warm,  is  another  leader 
in  cinnamon  brown  or  a  new  mauve 
brown.  But  the  most  interesting,  per- 
haps, is  a  California  version  of  that  foot- 
ball classic  .  .  .  the  raccoon  coat.  And 
the  racoons  this  past  season  must  have 
been  unusually  well  fed  judging  by  the 
sleek,  silky  pelts,  further  removed  from 
the  rough  bear-like  pelts  to  which  we 
are  accustomed  than  any  we  have  ever 
seen. 


^-f^^TO 


FOR  after-the-game  festivities  the  prin- 
cess frock  of  coarse  fish  net  is  the 
smartest  possible  choice  .  .  .  flowered 
talletas,  in  keeping  with  youth's  new 
fashion  dignity,  from  The  Little  Shop 
(in  which  are  true  debutante  and  campus 
styles  for  teen  age  sizes)  .  .  .  wraps  of 
limpid  velvet  in  half,  three-quarter  and 
se\en-eighth  lengths  to  accommodate 
full  length  frocks. 

Tiik  White  House,  with  its  enviable 
background  of  California  traditions, 
takes  pride  and  pleasure  in  assembling 
collections  that  will  do  honor  to  one  of 
the  most  famous  sports  and  style  event 
of  the  year. 


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Continued  from  page  27 

for  us,  we  prefer  a  poster  by  Logan  or 
Dixon  or  Ludekens  or  Shepard  or  Lonie 
Bee  to  a  vacant  lot  full  of  rusty  scrap 
iron  and  senile  bricks. 

e 

IT  SEEMS  that  it  is  hard  for  the  readers 
of  the  sensational  newspapers  to 
realize  that  a  man  in  jail  or  a  man  con- 
demned is  to  all  intents  and  purposes  the 
same  man  he  was  before  They  haven't 
recovered  from  the  influence  ot  the  erst- 
while popular  yarn  spinners  who  always 
dragged  in  last  minute  transformations, 
redemptions  and  eleventh  hour  wing 
sproutings  The  chances  are  that  most 
condemned  murderers  spend  their  time 
scheming  to  get  out  again,  or  it  of  a 
more  philosophical  turn  in  whittling  or 
playing  solitaire.  Certainly  not  in  pray- 
ing. 

A  San  Francisco  negro  who  was  con- 
demned to  be  hanged  a  few  years  ago, 
was  awaiting  the  time  set  for  execution 
in  San  Quentin  Since  all  other  efforts 
had  failed  him,  he  addressed  a  letter  to 
the  governor,  with  a  plea  tor  executive 
clemency ; 

"Dear  Boss;  The  white  folks  is  fixin 
to  hang  me  on  Friday  mornin  and  here 
it  am  Wednesday." 

© 

THERE  has  lately  been  settled  a  dis- 
pute, which  for  some  two  years  has 
rocked  the  country  from  end  to  end. 
Such  controversy  pro  and  con  as  has 
been  expended  on  the  subject  is  seldom, 
if  ever,  given  to  issues  ot  the  deepest 
international  import,  but  is  reserved 
only  for  such  grave  matters  as  Mary 
Pickford's  final  growing  up  and  the 
time  lavished  by  male  cinema  stars  upon 
their  dogs  and  lady  loves. 
We  refer,  obviously,  to  the  mystery 
surrounding  the  constant  stream  of  edi- 
torial matter,  bearing  the  name  of 
Colonel  Chas    A    Lindbergh 

( ".I  inunued  on  page  ."iO 


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Continued  Ironi  page  10 

grants  made  self-supporting.  They  will 
continue,  it  is  tearcd,  dependent  upon 
the  generosity  ot  their  triends  in  foreign 
lands,  and  when  this  source  fails,  they 
will  be  worse  off  than  before,  and  be  at 
the  same  time  surrounded  by  hostile 
elements. 

So  it  is  a  nice  question  what  should 
he  done,  but  the  Musselman  opposition 
has  weakened  the  British  heart,  and, 
without  British  arms,  Palestine  would 
be  again  a  slaughter  house. 

© 

IN  .•\NTicip.-\TioN,  apparently,  ot  trouble 
the  Zionist  organization  is  publicly 
accused  ot  arming  the  Jews  and  smug- 
gling pistols  into  Palestine.  The  Arabs 
show  bitter  resentment  and  warn  the 
British  Go\ernment  to  pre\'ent  it.  I 
venture  the  opinion  that  the  English  will 
disappoint  the  hopes  of  the  Zionists  and 
lea\'e  them  to  their  fate.  In  the  face  of 
these  embarrassments,  Zionists  are  now 
thinking  that  a  mistake  has  probably 
been  made — that  they  should  have  gone 
to  a  place  where  there  are  fewer  problems 
It  was  a  pleasing  surprise  to  find  in 
Jerusalem  a  cooperative  colony  of 
Americans,  who  dispense  charity  and 
cater  to  American  tastes  Mr.  Southard, 
our  consul,  had  me  to  dinner  at  his  com- 
fortable home.  He  is  one  of  a  long  line 
of  American  representatives  the  wide 
world  round  who  confer  distinction  on 
the  stars  and  stripes  "And  they  who 
before  were  as  strangers,  meeting  in 
exile,  become  straightway  as  friends  to 
each  other,  drawn  by  the  gentle  bond  of 
a  common  country  together." 

o 

Spotli^Klit 

GjntinueJ  trom  page  lit 

WHAT  we  want  to  know  is — why 
can't  an  Opera  House  be  built 
'  for  ?2, 000,000?  That  is  all  the  Fox 
Theatre  cost,  and  everyone  says  that  the 
Fox  Theatre  would  make  an  excellent 
opera  house  Why  can't  the  people  who 
subscribed  the  original  money  nearly 
twenty  years'  ago  sue  to  recover  their 
gifts  and  place  them  into  a  new  jack-pot 
far  removed  from  political  and  Ameri- 
can Legion  activity'  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
memorial  opera  houses  are  out  of  dace 
The  thing  to  have  done  was  to  have 
built  an  opera  house  in  the  Chicago 
manner  with  an  opera  house  on  the 
ground  floor  and  an  office  building  abo\-e 
CO  pay  the  high  cost  of  opera  Couldn't 
chac  scill  be  done  here'  We  done  need 
an  Opera  House  wich  a  marble  front 
Marble  fronts  have  likewise  gone  out. 
This  is  an  age  of  re-inforced  concrece. 
And  a  re-inforced  concrece  facade  would 

Continued  on  page  ,3.1 


JOHAN    HAGE MEYER 


CAMERA    PORTRAITS 


ANNOUNCES 


THE  REMOVAL 
OF  HIS  SAN 
FRANC  IS  C  O 
AND  CARMEL 
STUDIOS,     TO 


1072  EAST  GREEN    STREET 

PASADENA 
CALI  FORN  I  A 


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BILTMOkt  hOTtLS 


ON  THt  COAST 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Fastest  to 
Chicago! 

"Overland  Lhnited"  is  faster 

than  any  train  on  any  other 

route,  San  Francisco  to 

Chicago,  by  more  than 

10  hours. 


To  Chicago  in  58  hours. 
That  is  the  schedule  of 
the  "Overland  Limited" 
— the  West's  premier 
train.  All-Pullman,  of 
course,  and  equipped  to 
offer  every  refinement  of 
travel  comfort. 

Also  faster  than  any 
train  on  any  other  route, 
San  Francisco  to  Chicago, 
are  the  fine  "San  Fran- 
cisco Limited"  (61  1-4 
hour  flyer), "Gold  Coast" 
and  "Pacific  Limited" — 
all  over  the  direct  Over- 
land Route. 

The  only  all-Pullman 
trains  operated  out  of  San 
Francisco  are  Southern 
Pacific  trains. 


Southern 
Pacific 

F.  S.  McC.lNNIS 

Piiltragrr  trajfic  Managrr 

San  Francisco 


l>VKST>IEXTS 

By  LELAIND  S.  ROSS 

MUCH  has  been  said  of  recent  vears 
regarding  common  stocks  as  long 
term  investments — so  much  indeed  that 
many  new  converts  to  the  theory  are 
beginning  to  regard  their  purchases  as 
permanent  or  perpetual  investments 

It  seems  pertinant  at  this  time  to  point 
out  to  in\'estors  that  there  should  not  be 
such  a  thing  as  a  permanent  in\'estment 
either  in  the  form  ot  a  common  stock 
or  a  bond 


One  commonly  hears  discussions  be- 
tween investors  and  "speculators"  to 
the  effect  that  the  investor  insists  that 
he  has  bought  for  the  "long  pull"  and 
that  his  portfolio  is  made  up  only  of  the 
highest  grade,  leading  stocks  in  their 
specific  industries  and  that  although 
these  stocks  may  temporarily  be  de- 
pressed in  sympathy  with  a  weak  mar- 
ket, he  is  assured  that  it  he  holds  tor  the 
"long  pull"  his  stocks  will  recover  to 
their  former  prices 

No  one  so  far  has  gi\-en  a  complete 
definition  of  what  length  of  time  a 
"long  pull"  is  expected  to  be  There  is 
the  example  ot  the  in\'estor  who  bought 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Stock  in  1909, 
surely  a  high  grade  leader  in  its  field,  yet 
he  had  to  wait  twenty  years  for  this 
stock  to  regain  the  market  worth  which 
he  paid  tor  it.  The  people  who  were 
holding  American  Woolen  for  the  "long 
pull"  ma\'  some  day  be  able  to  explain 
how  long  the  pull  is 

In\'estors  who  bought  Chrysler  Mo- 
tors last  fall  at  135  also  seemed  to  have 
had  a  very  long  pull  outlook. 

f) 

AGAIN  we  imist  reiterate  that  there  is 
L  not  any  indu'idual  permanent  in- 
vestment that  has  yet  come  to  our 
attention  Certain  industries  profit  dur- 
ing depression  depressions,  others  react 
favorably  enough  to  prosperous  condi- 
tions The  iincstor  whose  aim  is  to  keep 
his  invested  funds  liquid  and  a\'oid 
depreciation  must  indeed  be  an  agile  and 
charry  person  He  must  keep  himself  in- 
formed of  the  various  economic  and 
political  factors  which  have  direct  bear- 
ing on  his  investment  selections  as  well 
as  the  facts  surrounding  the  manage- 
ment of  his  indi\'idual  companies  The 
answer  has  been  suggested  that  diversifi- 
cation   in   the    various   industries   offers 


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the  solution  That  the  good  and  pros- 
perous ones  will  more  than  offset  the 
poor  ones.  This  is  true  with  limitations, 
thus — taking  the  Dow-Jones  thirty  in- 
dustrial stocks  for  example,  average 
results  during  the  past  seven  years  hull 
market  ha\e  been  satisfactory,  but  dur- 
ing a  bear  market  or  a  decline  ax'cragc 
results  are  not  suthcient  to  keep  the 
principal  intact.  One  must  select  onlv 
the  cream  ot  so  called  depression  prool 
industries  and  in  addition  hedge  against 
the  possibility  ot  being  wrong  by  limit- 
ing committments  in  equities  to  pos- 
sibly only  a  third  of  his  available  re- 
sources. The  balance  being  kept  in  the 
highest  grade  short  term  bonds  ready 
for  common  stock  investment  when 
conditions  show  signs  ot  correction 

© 

IN  CONCLUSION  then  we  are  not  pre- 
dicting a  bear  market,  hut  if  the  few 
unfavorable  clouds  which  seem  to  be 
gathering  on  the  horizon  show  unmis- 
takable signs  ot  approaching  storm  it 
might  be  well  to  modity  one's  ideas  re- 
garding those  permanent  investments 
tucked  away  in  the  safe  deposit  bo.\  and 
carefully  and  thoughttuUy  scrutinize  the 
whole  list  with  the  idea  of  realizing 
some  of  the  paper  profits  and  salting 
them  away  in  the  type  of  investments 
which  are  not  subject  to  great  fluctua- 
tions 

© 

ISpotliglit 

Continued  from  page  31 

be  more  expressive  of  our  day  than  any 
Opera  House  modeled  on  Continental 
lines.  Perhaps  even  now  the  present 
proposed  War  Memorial  will  be  built 
But  make  no  mistake,  it  will  be  always 
in  a  turmoil  ot  petty  politics  .  ,  And, 
one  thing  more,  why  must  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Opera  Association  confine  its 
patronage  to  a  two  week's  program  a 
year  of  its  own  devising?  Why  can't  it 
give  at  least  its  moral  support  to  any 
worthy  opera  \'enture  chat  knocks  at 
San  Francisco's  doors,  whether  under 
the  name  of  the  Chicago  Opera  Com- 
pany; the  Opera  Comique,  ot  Paris;  the 
Russian  Opera  Company,  financed  in 
j  San  Francisco,  but  starting  in  the  East 
under  Max  Panteleieff;  or  the  modest 
Pacific  Opera  Association  that  is  doing 
so  much  for  local  talent'  Surely,  the  San 
Francisco  Opera  Association  is  big 
enough  and  prosperous  enough  and,  we 
hope,  broad  enough  to  stimulate  any 
sound  opera  venture  At  least,  it  needn't 
be  hostile  to  any  of  these  projects.  The 
more  opera  the  town  hears  the  more  it 
will  want  to  hear 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Municipal 

Symphony 

Concerts 


ALFRED 
C  O  R  T  O  T 
Pianist 

and 
MARCEL 
D     U     P    R    E 
Organist 


Mon.  Eve. 
Nov.  4th 


Tue.  Eve 
Jan.  I4th 


D  U  S  O  L  I  N  A 
GI  ANNIM 

Soprano 


SERGE 
PROKOFIEFF 
Composer 
Pianist 


Tue.  Eve. 
Feb.  18th 


Sat.  Eve.  GIOVANNI 

Mar.  29th  MARTINELLI 

Tenor 


^    E  H  U  D  I 

M  E  N  If  H  I  N 
Violinist 


Tue.  Eve 
April  15th 


These  artists  appear  as  soloists 
with  the 

San  Francisco  Symphony 
conducted  bv  ALFRED  HERTZ 

Auspices:  Mayor  James  Rolph,  Jr., 
and  Board  of  San  Francisco 
Supervisors. 

Diri'rtion :  Au<litorium  Committee, 
James  B.  McSheehy,  Chair- 
man. Frank  R.  Havenner, 
^  arren  Shannon. 

Sc'ason  Tickets  now  on  sale 

$5.00  —  84.00  —  $2.00  —  $1.00 

Sherman  Clav  &  {'.».  Box  Office 


As  To 


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Orders  Taken  for 

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Cards 

Block  Prints      Hand  Tinted 
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JOAN   PRESTON 

GArlirltl  42.t4  .^OK  P„wr||  Si. 


By  BETH  WENDELL 

MY  NAME  is  Virginia  My  husband's 
name  was  Mike  I  say  zvas  Mike, 
because  he  isn't  my  husband  any  more. 
His  name  is  probably  still  Mike,  though, 
and  it's  Jake  with  me. 

When  Mike  was  drinking  Honolulu 
cocktails,  he  always  called  me  Gin,  but 
after  forty  or  fifty  Dry  Martinis,  he 
called  me  Virgin. 

The  night  he  threw  me  down  the 
stairs  he  called  me  Puta,  which  is  an  in- 
sult in  San  Salvador    I  saw  Chanel  red 

I  said    "1  don't  want  a  divorce." 

He  said    "But  I  do." 

1  said    "But  I  don't." 

He  said    "But  I  do." 

That  wasn't  getting  me  anywhere,  so 
I  let  Nickie  take  me  for  a  drive  Nickie 
had  no  lungs  and  wasn't  good  looking, 
but  I  had  seen  a  Hattie  Carnegie  dress 
that  I  wanted.  And  a  hat  to  match  And 
shoes.  And  a  hag.  My  domestic  life  had 
been  a  tragedy,  but  I  always  maintained 
my  perfect  ensemble. 

Nickie  had  to  spend  the  night  with 
his  wife,  so  I  told  him  to  drop  me  at 
Bill's,  as  Bill's  wife  was  in  the  hospital 
and  1  thought  he  might  be  lonesome 

In  my  little  antique  Persian  brocade 
bag  I  carried  a  nightgown.  All  my  night- 
gowns are  monogramed  so  that  they  can 
be  returned  to  me  if  I  leave  them  any- 
where. Mike  objected  to  this  in  the  good 
old  days. 

He  said.  "I  don't  like  the  first  letter 
of  my  last  name  all  over  town.  It's  bad 
for  my  numeralogy   " 

Mike  and  I  separated,  u'ith  a  few  ex- 
ceptions. Occasionally  we  had  dinner 
together,  too,  but  we  always  drank  so 
many  hi-balls  that  I  couldn't  say  when 

Joel  came  into  my  office  one  day.  That 
night  we  found  the  nicest  apartment  I 
ever  had  I  was  wearing  a  Vionnet 
model,  so  the  landlord  did  not  insist 
upon  our  taking  a  lease 

Joel's  wife  came  to  see  me  one 
Thursday, 

She  said  :  "We  have  so  much  in  com- 
mon" 

I  said ;  "Why  Joel  told  mc  that  he  was 
a  husband  in  name  only    " 

She  said:  "I  guess  he  was  speaking 
figuratix'ely" 

I  said ;  "He's  such  a  poet  I  " 

When  we  girls  kissed  each  other 
good-bye,  I  gave  her  the  address  of  my 


RWILELDER^S 

239  Posf  Shreer.  San  Francisco 


Rethberg 

Monday  Night  Oct.  14 

First  Attraction 

Selby  C. 

OPPENHEIMER 


FAMOUS    ARTISTS    SERIES 

Dreamland  .  .  .  San  Francisco 

1.  Elisabeth  Rethberg 

2.  Beniamino  Gigli 

3.  Sigrid  Onegin 

4.  Josef  Hofmann 

5.  Lawrence  Tibbetl 

6.  English  Singers 

7.  Kochanski-Friedman 

\'ioUn-Piann  Sonata-Solo  Recital 

8.  John  Chas.  Thomas 

9.  Efreni  Zimbalist 
10.   Isadora  Duncan 

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35 


corsetiere,    who   sardonically    fitted    her 
to  my  measurements. 

1  thought  that  I  would  never  marry 
again,  hut  1  needed  some  new  clothes, 
and  Teddy  had  passage  tor  two  on  the 
Breman,  probably  with  me  in  mind 

As  we  walked  up  the  gang-plank,  1 
thought ;  Who  is  that  nice  man  in  the 
stunning  polo  coat? 

I  was  born  near  Boston  and  educated 
at  Radcliffe. 

"*Ex-WiFE,"      Anonymous.     Jonathan 
Cdtic  and  Harrison  Smith,  Publishers. 

f) 

JULIAN  Green  is  something  or  a  stunt 
The  fact  that  he  is  an  American 
writing  in  French,  intrigues  the  Parisians 
They  are  interested,  and  flattered  that  he 
is  translated  into  his  native  language, 
instead  of  vice  versa. 

The  stunt  angle  of  Green,  however, 
does  not  lessen  his  great  literary  value, 
any  more  than  the  dinner  hour  stunt  ot 
"Strange  Interlude"  ruined  the  piece  as 
a  play  it  is  merely  a  side  issue  of  little 
importance. 

Julian  Green's  genius  lies  in  char- 
acterization. He  specializes  in  obsessions 
and  uncontrollable  passions.  He  has  a 
classic  morbidity  that  enters  the  first 
lines  of  his  books  and  steadily  deepens 
This  morbidity  consists  largely  ot  a 
strange  fatalism  which  seizes  the  char- 
acters at  the  offset,  and  drags  each  to  his 
respective  destruction 

In  The  Dark  Journey  Green  has  given 
his  people  more  social  contact  than  in 
Ai'aricc  or  in  The  Closed  Qarden.  He 
has  allowed  them  wider  movement, 
resulting  in  a  more  elaborate  plot. 

Gueret,  a  tutor  in  a  French  provincial 
town,  though  married,  longs  for  a  young 
girl,  whom  he  tollows  humbly  and 
worshipfully. 

He  does  not  know  that  she  is  em- 
ployed by  a  grotesque  Mme.  Londe, 
solely  for  the  pleasure  of  her  restaurant 
patrons 

Angcle,  the  girl,  repulses  him,  and 
j  when  Geuret  learns  of  her  promiscuity, 
;  he  is  maddened  by  his  own  tailure 
'  with  her. 

I  Half  crazed,  he  desperately  gains 
entrance  to  her  room  one  night,  and  finds 
it  empty.  His  super-human  efforts  to 
reach  her  window,  are  exhausting  to 
read. 

The  next  day  he  attacks  her,  and 
horribly  mutilates  her  face  Believing 
that  he  has  killed  her,  he  flees,  and,  en 
route,  murders  an  old  man  who  stares 
at  hini. 

Mme  Grosgeorge,  Gueret's  employer 
has  made  him  the  object  of  her  thwarted 
love  urge.  When  she  learns  that  he  does 
not  reciprocate  that  twisted  affection, 
she  brings  about  his  final  catastrophe. 

The  story  progresses  with  terrific  con- 
centration The  emotions  of  each  figure 
constantly    seethe    in    Green's    literary 

cauldron.  Continued  on  next  pngo. 


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They  say  it  is  the 
"best  Jood  in  town" 


RHODA  ON  THE  ROOF 

'*Ju8t  as  no  two  people  are 
cxaclly  alike  ...  so  the  same 
hat  will  never  give  th<'  same 
smartness  to  two  wonten 
of  different  types  .  .  ."  says 
Khoda  .  .  .  who  has  come  to 
analyze  people  in  terms  of 
heeomin^  lineM  ...  In  her 
eharmin^  iailieed  slinlio,  in 
llie  mills!  of  a  <leli|<:hlf iil 
roof-<;ar(len.  she  will  ileHi<;n 
a  hat  for  you  anil  exeeute  it 
in  the  finest  imported  fuhrics. 

2.3.-*  POST  strp:et 

IMUGLAS  8.376 


The  author  need  never  fear  chat  his 
international  activities  will  make  ot  him 
a  man  without  a  country  He  will 
always  be  hotly  claimed  by  both  Amer- 
ica and  France 

"The  Dark  Journey,"  by  Julian  Green 
Harper  Bros.,  Publishers 

f) 

T.HE  quest  ot  the  modern  poet, 
philosophically  speaking,  is  to  find 
an  individualism.  This  individualism, 
if  made  legitimate  by  critics,  promptly 
gains  prolific  followers,  and  a  return  to 
the  group  method.  Thus  the  acclaim 
which  modern  poets  certainly  seek,  in  a 
way  defeats  their  purpose 

In  orthodox  literary  circles,  this  para- 
dox has  caused  a  general  discrimination 
against  any  and  all  departures  from 
formal  verse. 

The  recognition  of  Witter  Bynner,  by 
both  the  old  school  and  the  new,  is  a 
singular  exception. 

Indian  Earth,  Witter  Bynner's  latest 
offering,  is  a  decided  variance  from  the 
classic  form.  It  disregards  rhyme  and 
compromises  rhythm,  yet  has  at  all  times 
that  double  sensibility  ot  the  true  artist. 
Witter  Bynner  feels  and  speaks.  His 
emotional  authenticity  is  coupled  with 
the  craftsman's  skill  His  manipulation 
of  words  bears  grace  and  technique 

Indian  Earth  contains  a  collection  ot 
poems  written  in  the  Lake  Capala  dis- 
trict of  Mexico  They  deal  with  the  life 
and  love  and  philosophy  of  the  Indians 
They  are  beautiful  and  sonorous  Many 
of  them  are  dramatic  and  a  few  of  them 
are  satirical  Another  group,  Pueblo 
Dances,  describes  the  participants,  and 
interprets  the  dance  themes 

All  of  these  poems  have  charm  and 
color  They  lack  a  certain  fascination 
found  in  Witter  Bynner's  earlier  work, 
but  are  equally  thoughtful  in  a  less 
urban  manner 

CROW'S  FEET 
"It  we  are  older  then  alter  the  years,  if 

our  cronies  look 
For  crow's  feet  at  the  corners  of  our  eyes. 
Shall  we  bend  our  tt;^Tples  toward  the 

crooked  shade 


.All  KhmI  is  cooked  under  the 

personal   supervision  ot 

Mrs,  Belle  de  Grak 


MONADNOCK  BUILDING 
MAKKKT  STREET 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE 


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Designs 

from  Russia,  Polant 
Hungary,    Belgium    and 
Scandinavia 

Interpreted 

in 

Individual  Modes 


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— And  be  ashamed,  cir  laugh  untroubled 

and  uplitt 
A  brow  for  the  bird  ol  mirth  to  Huht 

upon' 
Hear  how  he  caws  through  heaxen  his 

black 
And  the  hugging  of  his  legs  edged  with 

a:urc  wings 
If  there  were  no    ripeness    here,  would 

he  alight'" 
"Indian    Earth,"    by    Witter    Bynncr 
Alircd  .\    Kno/i/,  Publisher 

© 

JOHN  Burton,  a  young  Englishman 
now  lix'ing  in  Santa  Barbara,  suc- 
ceeds rather  admirably-  in  creating  beautv 
of  sound 

Like  many  young  men,  he  seeks  both 
lo\'C  and  treedom,  which  indicates  an 
intensity  ot  thought,  rather  than  ot 
feeling 

He  is  seriously  romantic,  and  might 
be  termed  a  lo\'e  "advocate  " 
"You  ha\'e  not  touched 
The  springs  within  your  heart. 
Whence  there  may  How 
Love  that  were  all  too  much 
For  one  to  know 
Those  poems  which  do  not  suggest 
having    several     loves,     wisely    advise 
against  a  steady  proximity 
"My  lover's  e\'er  here, 
Seen  or  unseen. 
And  does  not  wring 
My  heart 
In  agony 

Of  parting     .     " 
Mr    Burton's  poems  of  New   York 
give  a  splendidly  bewildered  eftect 

He  has  adopted  an  essentially  modern 
innovation,  that  ot  stressing  the  vision 
Like  many  ot  his  co-wTiters,  Burton  is 
sharing  his  art  with  the  printer's  He 
succeeds  in  making  his  verse  pleasant  to 
speak  and  rhythmic  to  see.  His  lines 
have  a  visual  pattern,  and  his  punctua- 
tion is  given  as  much  attention  as  his 
meter 

Burton  is  not  precisely  ot  the  group 
that  murmurs:  "This  quatrain  would  be 
nicer  in  lower  case  letters,"  or;  "That 
line  would  be  tar  more  poignant  with  a 
series  of  dots"  His  method  does,  how- 
ever, stop  the  eye  to  ear  transfer  from 
being  instantaneous  and  unconscious. 

This  is  a  new  art,  which  should  bring 
the  long  neglected  printer  into  his  own 
"The   P.ath   of   the    Wind."    by  John 
Burton   James  H    Barry  Co  ,  Publishers 

© 
woinun  ill  October 

Autumn  leaves 
Flaming  with  derision. 
Brand  and  burn 
Her  faded  summer  hat. 

— B.  W. 


Houston,  Gilmore  c?  Co. 


FINE   JEWELRY 


Post  and  Stockton  Streets 


San  Francisco 


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never  been  increased  by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  banks.  m 

Assets  over  $124,000,000.00         Deposits  over  $119,000,000.00  | 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


''TheyW 
do  it 
every  tlme^^ 

with 
apologies  to  Jimmy  Hath 

Serve  beverages  prepared 
from  Asti  Colony  Juices  of 
the  Grape  at  any  home 
function  and  even  the  most 
fastidious  of  your  guests 
will  smack  his  lips  in  sheer 
enjoyment. 

And  when  they  ask  you 
"how  come,"  just  tell  them 
your  cellar  was  built  with 
Italian  Swiss  Colony  Tipo 
red  and  Tipo  white,  Asti 
Colony  Burgundy,  Riesling, 
Port,  Muscatel,  and  Sherry 
Juices  of  the  Grape. 

It's  time  to  order  now,  for 
the  grapes  are  ripening  on 
the  vines.  Phone  DAvenport 
9250  today  for  a  Cellar 
Builder. 

ITALIAN 

SWISS 
COLONY 

51  BROADWAY 
SAN  FRANCISCO 

Te/.  DAvenport  9250 


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DOuglas  3095 

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GIFTS               PRIZES 

ORIENTAL  ARTS 

LAMPSHADES 

INTERIOR  IIECORATION 

DESIGNS  TO  ORDER 

the  \  illa$$<^  sposiks 
ill  €|iiatraiii 

By  Constance  Ferris 

The  Spinster 

What  can  a  spinster  have  to  do 

With  Cairo  and  Cathay? 
I  wish  I'd  never  heard  of  them — 
To  hell  with  Miss  Millay! 

The  Manicure 

My  errant  heart  goes  voyaging 

On  every  ship  that  sails; 
The  rest  of  me  stays  on  at  home 

To  do  the  ladies'  nails. 

The  School  Teacher 

An  evil  fate  decreed  that  I 

Should  teach  the  village  school; 
But  in  my  heart,  I  know  I  am 

The  Virgin  of  Stamboul. 

The  Parson 

While  I  am  outwardly  concerned 

With  guiding  sinners  home; 
I  have  some  little  private  sins 

That  are  my  very  own! 

The  Green  Grocer 

I  should  have  been  a  knight  in  plumes— 
(I  wish  that  1  were  dead!) 

Why  must  I  give  my  heart  away 
With  every  cabbage  head? 

The  Nurse 

The  dumpy  figure  that  you  see 

Beside  a  patient's  cot 
Is  really  floating,  wide  and  free — 
The  Lady  of  Shalott! 

The  Shoemaker 

1  seem  to  mend  the  Village  shoes 
And   stitch   upon   cowhide; 

My  spirit  sails  the  Spanish  Main 
With  cutlass  at  my  side. 

The  Cotirtesaii 

I  make  smug  men  forget  their  wives- 
it's  obvious  I'm  bad. 

I  lie  nwake  and  long  to  rock 
The  child  1  never  had. 


It  is  an  inviolate  truth 
that  the  taste  and 
culture  of  the 
sliver  is  un- 
alterably 
bound 
in  the 
gift. 


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OCTOBER,  1929 


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Now  it  1  an  Be  Tolil 

Continued  from  page  30 

At  a  recent  convention  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  ot  Newspaper  Editors,  held 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,  it  was  revealed 
that  no  less  than  seven  persons  may  lay 
claim  to  ha\'ing  functioned  as  Lindy's 
literary  double  or  ghost  writer  A  cer- 
tain lice  Schuman,  managing  editor  ot 
the  Brooklyn  Standard  Union  was  among 
those  who  admitted  writing  in  this 
capacity  for  the  air  hero.  He  defends  the 
practice,  in  this  case,  hy  stating  that,  the 
only  reason  Lindbergh  does  not  do  his 
own  writing  is  lack  ot  time.  He  further 
points  out  that  the  Colonel  carefully 
reads  and  edits  all  copy  bearing  his  sig- 
nature. 

© 

AsoMEWH.^T  rare  opportunity  ot 
viewing  ourselves  through  the 
eyes  of  others  was  afforded  recently  by  an 
inadvertently  overheard  conversation 
between  two  taxi  drivers. 

The  discussion  in  question  had  to  do 
generally  with  San  Francisco  and  par- 
ticularly with  its  theatre-going  public. 
Both  drivers  were  lately  ot  New  York 
and  heartily  wished  themselves  back 
there  Here  they  were — away  out  here, 
driving  a  coupla  little  cabs  with  red 
tops!  Could  you  beat  iti"  It  was  a  bum 
idea,  in  the  first  place,  that  ever  brought 
them  out  here  for,  as  anyone  with  any 
good  sense  knows.  New  York  is  the  only 
town  in  all  the  world  for  a  first  rate  cab 
driver. 

It  wouldn't  be  quite  so  bad,  they 
argued,  if  a  fellow  on  night  duty  didn't 
have  to  haul  such  an  impossible  lot  of 
boobs  to  and  from  the  theatres.  These 
here  San  Franciscans  had  no  decent  ideas 
about  dressing  up  for  the  theatre.  Here 
and  there  you  found  one  that  knew  how 
and  when  to  do  the  right  thing  and  did 
it,  but  most  of  them  turned  out  in  any 
old  thing  and  a  cab  driver  had  to  haul 
;  'em  In  New  York,  of  course,  such  a 
terrible  and  barbaric  state  ot  affairs  does 
]  not  e.xist.  What  is  more,  it  would  not  be 
Ito'.erated.  In  New  York,  according  to 
them,  there  exists  certain  indirect  but 
:fFective  ways  and  means  of  keeping 
:hose  whose  wardrobes  do  not  meet 
with  the  appro\'al  of  ta.xi  cab  drivers 
Jut  of  cabs. 

Can  it  be  that  our  New  Yorker  neigh- 
3ors  fear  the  opinion  of  their  taxi  drivers 
Tiore  than  they  value  their  own  comfort? 


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Mrs.  Lindsay  Howard 
and  her  two  children  on 
the  Malolo's  sun  deck. 
Friends  covered  all  three 
with  the  gorgeous  leis 
which  synibolizeHawaii^s 
welcome 


''The  Malolo  has  everything 

sai/s  Mrs.  Lindsay  Howard 


ff 


PROMINENT  among  the  many 
Californians  who  visited  Hawaii 
this  season  on  the  Malolo  was  the 
vividly  lovely  Mrs.  Lindsay  Howard 
(Anita  Zahala),  with  her  two  fasci- 
nating children. 

"Marvelous!"  was  Mrs.  Howard's 
enthusiastic  comment  on  her  trip. 
"One  of  the  nicest  things  about 
Hawaii  is  the  Malolo.  It's  no  trick 
at  all  now  to  run  over  to  the  Islands 


for  polo  or  to  give  the  youngsters  a 
good  dose  of  Waikiki  sunshine,  be- 
cause the  Malolo  makes  the  trip  so 
quickly.  The  Malolo  has  everything 
— even   a   children's   playground  I" 

Only  four  days  from  San  Francisco 
to  Honolulu  on  the  Malolo!  Only 
slightly  longer  on  one  of  the  other 
big  ships  of  the  Matson  Fleet!  A 
sailing  schedule  is  a  handy  thing  to 
have — may  we  send  you  one';" 


MATSCN  LINE 

25  steamers  ....  fastest  service 
HAWAII  .  .  SOUTH  SEAS  .  .  .  AUSTRALIA 

215  Market  Street  ....  San  Francisco  ....  DAvenport  2300 


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THE  S/.N1FRANC1SC\N 


PROGRESS  marches  down  the  center  of 
the  world  and  San  Francisco  tails  its 
prey  Hills,  topped  b)'  skyscrapers  ot  tall, 
white  beauty  rising  higher  into  the 
heavens,  bristle  with  life  and  activity. 
Horns,  sirens,  the  clang  of  steel  on  steel, 
the  melancholy,  wailing,  of  vast  steel 
ships  churning  the  vvatersof  the  bay  into 
turbulent  foaming  swirls,  are  tangible 
proof  ot  this  progress 

It  has  been  a  century  ot  advance  since 
the  "Juno"  sailed  wearily  past  the  head- 
lands of  the  Golden  Gate,  along  a  gently 
sloping  shore  of  a  virgin  bay,  carrying 
the  flag  of  the  Czars  to  a  new  people 

Today  the  western  edge  of  the  world 
no  longer  anxiously  awaits  style  trends 
originated  halfway  round  the  globe 
Latest  models  are  brought  to  us  by  air, 
rail  and  water.  A  new  salon  dedicated 
to  the  mode  is  being  built  in  the  heart 
of  the  shopping  district.  The  new  home 


Distinctli^ej) 
Fall  Modes 


NOW  ON  \IEVV  AT 

JliUinery  Importers 


223  AND  243  Post  Streei 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


for  the  tirm  of  Ransohoff  The  chic 
Paris  models  and  adaptations  which 
have  made  this  store  one  of  the  leading 
fashion  authorities  will  have  an  even 
lovelier  background. 

Edgar  Walter,  one  of  San  Francisco's 
own  sculptors  is  aiding  in  planning  and 
designing. 

A  shoe  salon  will  carry  a  complete 
line  of  Delman  shoes  It  one  desires  a 
special  order,  it  will  be  filled  from  the 
New  York  shop.  Accessories,  so  very 
important  to  the  well-dressed  woman, 
will  be  emphasized.  Costume  jewelry, 
bags,  gloves,  and  the  unusual  touches 
that  come  and  go,  will  he  tound  right 
here  in  San  Francisco.  If  one  cannot 
make  a  trip  to  New  York  for  the  winter 
openings  there  is  no  need  of  ignorance 
as  to  the  very  smartest  and  newest 

The  active  sportswoman  will  have  a 
whole  section  devoted  to  her  needs 
which  is  indeed  an  important  question 
in  a  city  of  this  climate  and  outdoor  lite 

Tennis  players,  golf  stars,  and  equestri- 
ennes need  local  headquarters  for  their 
sport  togs 

© 

T.iE  recent  goU  national  at  Pebble 
Beach  showed  the  favoritism  given 
sport  clothes  by  San  Franciscans.  Smart 
society  favored  knitted  wear  to  a  great 
extent  Tweeds  were  never  smarter 
than  at  the  present  time  The  tweeds 
and  jerseys  are  similar  to  an  extent.  The 
jerseys  are  knitted  to  resemble  tweeds 
The  three-piece  knitted  suits  ot  jersey 
and  novelty  weaves,  featured  by  Roos 
Bros  ,  are  indispensable  to  the  wardrobe 


II 


•   AS    • 

UY  nvAi 


Trim  woolen  blouses  fit  the  hips  snugly 
and  hemlines  are  longer  Blouses  worn 
"tuck-in"  are  very  smart. 

Color  has  the  power  to  charm  and  en- 
hance our  beauty  greatly  if  used  cor- 
rectly The  most  beautiful  red  of  the 
new  collections  is  displayed  by  Liebes 
in  coats  ot  exquisite  cut  trimmed  heavily  . 
in  lynx  The  pale  beige  felt  was  sug- 
gested to  complete  the  ensemble  Speak- 
ing of  hats,  we  find  adorable  models  in 
Claire  Brown's  upstairs  shop.  The  very 
latest  in  head  gear  is  to  have  a  softly 
draped  turban  or  beret  made  of  material 
of  tweed  or  jersey  that  matches  a  suit. 
These  are  off  the  face  and  low  on  the 
neck 

Evening  wear  will  find  a  marvelous 
range  of  tones.  Black  and  white  are  both 
good  and  a  pale  biscuit  brings  in  the 
beige  note.  There  is  a  pale  silvery  blue- 
green  that  has  taken  quite  a  hold 
Models  draping  softly  to  the  floor  em- 


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HAND    MADE    FDDTWEAR 

EXPRESSES   DIGNITY    AND 

■    ■    •   CHARM    ■    ■    ■ 


Sheffield  Coffee  Pot 

Made  in  1784 

Solid  silver  Sauce  Boat  made  in 

London,  1784,  hy  Peter  and 

Anne  Bateman 

Shown  bi/ 

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ESTAIILISHED  ISbl 

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OCTOBER,  1929 


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adelia  marie  bernhard 
interior  decorations 

falrmont  hotel 

821  powell  street 
DAvenport  2206 


JOSEPH'S 

yiorist 

233  Grant  Avenue 

(Opposite  the  White  House) 


Entirely  /lew  conceptions 
for  the  Debutante 


New  articles  for 
Bridge  Prizes 


Telephone  DOuglas  7210 


body  poise  and  charm  One  cannot 
imagine  the  post-war  flapper  doing 
justice  to  such  creations  The  new  wo- 
man —combination  of  worldUness  and 
Icmininity  is  the  only  one  today  who 
can  hold  first  place  on  fashion's  sphere 
However,  clothes  are  not  the  only 
medium  of  fashion  One's  home  must 
be  as  modern  as  one's  dress  A  modern- 
istic home  calls  for  furniture  of  the  same 
type  A  bedroom  set  in  the  nineteen 
thirty  manner  displayed  by  the  City  of 
Paris  in  their  furniture  department  car- 
ries all  its  charm  in  simplicity  of  line 
The  semicircle  is  used  throughout  curv- 
ing the  heads  and  foot  of  the  beds  the 
dressing  table  and  even  the  mirror  From 
this  type  one  passes  by  the  delicate 
French  pieces,  the  heavier  and  simpler 
Spanish  type  and  finally  to  the  Renais- 
sance ensembles,  heavy,  massively 
carved,  and  elaborate  in  design.  The 
modish  woman  must  have  the  proper 
setting. 

f) 

WITH  all  this  talk  of  modernism 
we  mustn't  forget  the  modern 
man  who  is  generally  the  one  to  make 
these  things  possible  for  sweet  feminin- 
ity. He,  also,  has  grown  style-conscious 
and  has  learned  that  to  be  well-dressed 
is  to  be  groomed  correctly  "from  the 
ground  up"  San  Francisco's  smartest 
have  gone  "ensemble"  With  the  dark 
blue,  oxford  grey,  or  black  suit  he  wears 
a  grey  hat  and  black  shoes.  Shoes  are 
going  into  high  polish  leathers  as  is 
evinced  by  the  masculine  well-shod  and 
by  the  smart  English  footwear  displayed 
by  Booker  and  Petermann,  The  double- 
breasted  suit  is  gaining  in  popularity  to 
such  an  e.xtent  that  it  may  lead  styles 
this  season . 

The  knitted  tie  in  solid  color  is  smart 
for  sport.  Long  trousers  are  worn  by 
golfers  with  long-sleeved  sweater  and  a 
hat     turned     down     in     front.     Open- 

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200  merrcdes  building 
Min  franoisro 

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THE  STAGE 

Alcazar:  The  ubiquitous  mystery  play  has 
taken  advantage  of  radio  developments  to 
supply  the  thrills  of  "Remote  Control." 

Curran:  A  gaudy  reversion  to  the  Bowery  of 
the  nineties  is  given  by  Mae  West  in  her 
"Diamond  Lil."  It  comes  to  San  Francisco 
after  much  lauded  runs  in  New  York  and 
Chicago. 

Green  Street:  "The  Flat  Tire"  continues  to 
belie  its  name  through  the  graces  of  Maryon 
Aye,  Hugh  Metcalfe  and  the  rest  of  the 
cast. 

President:  Guy  Bates  Post  in  "The  Climax  ' 
starts  the  month  which  will  be  concluded 
by  Charlotte  Greenwood  in  "She  Couldn't 
Say  No.' 
I  Blanding  Sloan's  Puppet  Theatre  Club: 
"Heavenly  Discourse"  continues  until  No- 
vember 14.  when  R.  Bruce  Inverarity's  pro- 
duction of  "Pulpit'  opens.  This  is  the  pre- 
miere presentation  of  the  play  which  was 
written  by  Lee  Gunter,  now  of  New  York 
but  formerly  a  San  Franciscan. 

THE  SCREEN 

California:     George    Bancroft    plays    "The 

Mighty." 
Community:  November  14th  and  16th  "Cab- 
inet of  Dr.  Caligary,"  the  German  film  that 
for  years  has  stood  as  a  standard  for  the 
comparison  of  modern  films.  November 
27th  and  30th  "Ten  Days  that  Shook  the 
World." 

I  Fox:  John  Gilbert  in  "His  Glorious  Night" 
— we  are  moved  to  query,  "which  one?" 

'  Granada:  Harold  Lloyd  leaps  from  movies  to 
sound  in  "Welcome  Danger" — more  laughs 
than  ever. 
Loews  Warfield:  The  Marines  continue  to 
demand  their  price  for  glory  in  "The 
Cock-Eyed  World." 

N  St.  Francis:  Gary  Cooper  as  "The  Virginian" 
has  moved  from  the  California — and  at- 
tracted new  audiences. 

'    Orpheum:  Features  the  part-color,  all-talking 
"Rio  Rita.  " 
Scottish  Rite:  "Mysterious  Abyssinia"  screened 
by  Wilfred  Osgood  of  the  Field  Museum. 


DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis:  Autumn  gaiety  as  the  festival 
spirit  swings  into  the  merry  fall  season. 

The  Palace:    Of  course. 

Mark  Hopkins:  Autumn's  laughter  in  the 
music. 

The  Fairmont:  Rejuvenated  by  Mr.  Smith  of 
the  Mark  Hopkins. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  Gracious  service  and  hos- 
pitality. 

The  Studio:  One  appreciates  the  open  court 
yard  or  the  cosy  firelit  dining  room  these 
fickle  evenings. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:  Color,  Color  and  the 
best  of  food. 

Temple  Bar  Tea  Room:    1  Tillman  Place.  Up 

the  Alley  and  there  you  are.  Quaint  and 

good. 
Jack's:    Where  food's  what  counts. 
New  Frank's:    A  gilt-edge  proposition. 
The   Courtyard:    Luncheon   and   Tea   in    the 

sunlight. 
Russian  Tea  Room:    Sutter  near  Grant,  where 

nothing  makes  you  see  Red. 
California  Market  Restaurant:   Sea  food  right 

off  the  hook. 

Solari's:    Geary,  endorsed  by  all. 

Deauville:    Try  it  and  you'll  go  again. 

The  Bib  and  Tucker:  A  Mecca  for  hungry 
shoppers. 

MUSIC 

November  12:  Abas  String  Quartet  gives  the 
first  of  six  concerts  in  the  Community  Play- 
house. 

November  17:  John  McCormack  sings  at  the 
Dreamland  auditorium.  His  program  will 
be  made  up  largely  of  request  numbers. 

November  17:  "Pop"  Symphony  concert  fea- 
turing "Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  " 
"Much  Ado  About  Nothing'  and  "Scherer- 
azade." 

November  18:  Dino  Borgioli,  Italian  tenor, 
returns  for  second  concert  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Will  give  classic,  popular  and  opera 
program,  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Hall. 


November  19:  Kathleen  Parlow,  violinist,  will 
appear  in  concert  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall, 
with  program  including  Lalo's  "Spanish 
Symphony,"  the  Brahms  D.  minor  Sonata 
and  shorter  numbers. 

November  22:  Elly  Ncy,  German  pianist,  re- 
turns on  ninth  American  tour  for  concert 
in  Scottish  Rite  Hall, 

November  22:  Pacific  Choral  Society  concert 
in  the  Community  Playhouse. 

November  24:  Galli-Curci  appears  in  concert 
at  Dreamland  after  an  absence  of  several 
years.  She  will  be  assisted  by  Ewald  Haun, 
flutist. 

December  6:  Libero  Filippo,  10-year-old  vio- 
linist, will  give  first  recital  at  Scottish  Rite 
Hall.  Pupil  of  Sigmund  Anker. 

ART 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 

Lincoln  Park,  10  to  5  daily;  7  to  10  Wed- 
nesday and  Saturday  nights  (special  for 
sculpture  show).  National  Sculpture  So- 
ciety's all-American  exhibition  of  1300 
sculptures. 

Galerie  Beaux  Arts:  San  Francisco  Society  of 
Women  Artists  annual  exhibition  to  No- 
vember 16.  Drawings  by  Maynard  Dixon. 
November  1  1  to  25.  Paintings  by  Ray 
Boynton  November  18  to  December  2. 

Courvoisier's  Little  Gallery:  Hunting  and 
fishing  etchings  and  dry  points  through 
November  25.  Then  sculpture,  wood  blocks 
and  water  colors  by  Elizabeth  Norton. 

East  West  Gallery:  Frank  W.  Bergman's  water 
color  and  oil  paintings  on  view  through 
November  25. 

Gump  Galleries  of  Graphic  Arts:  Color  re- 
productions of  modern  paintings  through 
November  25. 

Camera  Club:  Pictorial  photographs  by  John 
Paul   Edwards. 

Blanding  Sloan's  Workshop  Gallery:  Wood- 
blocks by  Paul  Landacre  through  Decem- 
ber 5. 

De  Young  Memorial  Museum:  Golden  Gate 
Park,   10  to  5  daily.  Permanent  collection. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrell  street,  9 
to  5:30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints. 

Vickery,  Atkins  and  Torrey:  Portfolio  show- 
ings of  fine  prints. 


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1 

Fri 

— Junior  League  Hay  Day 

Sun 

-Columbia  vs.   St.  Ignatius 

Wed  — New  Year's  Day 
1              East- West  Game 

2 

Sat 

— Santa  Clara  vs.  Army  at  S.  F. 
Terrace  Night  Club 

Mon 

Thurs-  -Zimbalist  Recital 

3 

Sun                                                                             1 

1 

Tues  - 

— Ignav  Freedman,  Pianist 
P.   Knockonski,  Violinist 

Fri 

4 

Mon   - 

—Arrival  of  S.  S.  Pennsylvania 
on  Maiden  Voyage 

Wed  - 

-Edith   Bentley  Debut 

Sat       —Spinster's  Ball 

5 

Tues 

Thurs- 

-Harrie  Hill  Debut 
Reception 

Sun 

6 

Wed   - 

— Musto  Debut 

Fri      - 

-Harrie  Hill  Debut  Dance 
Symphony  Concert 

Mon 

7 

Thurs 

— John  Charles  Thomas  Recital 

Sat      - 

-Terrace  Night  Club 

Tues  — Municipal   Concert 

8 

Fri  — 

Harriet  Holbrook  Debut 

Sun     - 

—Symphony  Concert 

Wed 

9 

Sat 

— Calif,  vs.  Montana  at  Berkeley 
Genevieve  Six   Debut 

Mon   - 

—Matinee  Musical  Fairmont 

Thurs — Lafhanska  Recital 

10 

Sun 

—Symphony  Concert 

St.  Marys  vs.  Santa  Clara  at  S.F 

Tues  - 

— Vladimar  Horowitz  Concert 

Fri      — Symphony  Concert 

11 

Mon 

—Arm}   vs.  Navy  at  Berkeley 

Wad 

Sat      —Terrace  Night   Club 

12 

Tues 

—Abas  String  Quartet 

Thyrs 

— Gregor  Piatiagorsky  Concert 

Sun 

13 

Wed 

Fri      ^ 

—Abas  String  Quartet 

Mon    — Opening  of   New   Columbia 
Theatre 

14 

Thurs 

—Evelyn  Royal,  Child  Violinist 

Sat 

—Cameron  Tobin  Ball 

Tues  — Municipal  Concert 

Fri 

— Dr.   Wilford  Osgood 

Travelogue,  "Abyssinia" 

Sun 

— Pop  Symphony  Concert 

15 

Wed 

Sat 

—Wash.  vs.  U.  C.  at  Berkeley 
Isabelle  McCreery  Debut 

Mon 

—English  Singers 

16 

Thurs — Argentina  Concert 

17 

Sun 

— Olympic  Club  vs.  Army  at  S.  F. 
Pop  Symphony  Concert 

Tues 

Fri      — Prize  Fights  at  Dreamland 

18 

Mon 

— Junior  League  Fashion  Show 
Matinee  Musical 

Wed 

Sat 

19 

Tues 

— Ferris-Harris  Wedding 
(in  New  York) 

Thurs 

Sun     — Argentina  Concert 

20 

Wed 

— Dale  King  Debut  ....  Lecture 
on  Modern  Architecture 

Fri 

—  Symphony  Concert 

Return  of  S.  S.  Malolo 

Mon 

21 

Thurs 

Sat 

—Terrace  Night  Club 

Tues 

22 

Fri 

--Prizefights  at  Dreamland 

Sun 

— Symphony  Concert 

Wed 

23 

Sat 

—BIG  GAME 

Mon 

-Sport's  Night  Fairmont  Terrace 

Thurs 

24 

Sun 

— Galli-Curci  Concert 

Tues 

—Christmas  Eve  Celebration 

Fri 

25 

Mon 

—Drama  Tea  Fairmont   Hotel 

Wed 

— CHRLSTMAS  DAY 

Sat      —Terrace  Night   Club 

26 

Tues 

Thurs 

Sun 

27 

Wed 

Fri 

—Prizefights  at  Dreamland 

Mon 

28 

Thurs 

— Thanksgiving  Day 

St.  Marys  vs.  Oregon  at  S.  F. 

Sat 

-West  Point  vs.  Stanford  at 
Palo  Alto 

Tues 

29 

Fri 

—Terrace  Night  Club 

Sun 

—  Pop  Symphony  Concert 

Wed 

30 

Mon 

Thurs — Gigli  Concert 

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Sat 

Tues 

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Baby  Doll 


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real  and  dressed  just  like  live  babies.  Dimples, 
Bubbles,  Vanta,  Chuckles,  Sugar  Plum  and  Cud- 
dles baby  dolls,  $3.50  to  $14. 


Mama  Doll 


Mama  dolls  are  older  than  the  baby  dolls  and 
dressed  like  little  girls.  Kestner  dolls,  Rosebud, 
Baby  Bokaye  and  Century  mama  dolls,  nicely 
dressed,  $2.75  to  $20. 

Character  Dolls 

There's  Skippy,  Patsy,  the  Campbell  Kids,  Patsy 
Ann  and  Peterkins,  Cuddle  Kewpies,  Little 
Brother  and  Sister,  dancing  dolls,  Tootsie  dolls, 
and  others,  $1.95  to 


Most  sophisticated  of  all  dolls  for  modern 
children  are  the  Lenci  dolls  with  natural  faces 
and  smart  felt  clothes,  $11  to  $25. 

Amfelt  dolls  from  Germany, 

A  trained  toy  adviser  will  help  you  choose  the  right 
toy  for  the  right  child. 


CITYof  PARIS 


WITH  paradoxical  zest  one  finds 
this  season  that  the  more  public 
gaiety  there  is,  the  more  one  indulges  in 
private  entertainment.  Particularly  is 
this  true  on  Nob  Hill  where  the  con- 
tinual round  of  social  events  forms  a 
magnetic  nucleus,  drawing  to  itself  abso- 
lute clusters  of  private  parties  and  indi- 
vidual entertaining-  Never  before  have 
the  many  public  occasions  screened  so 
much  intimate  social  activity. 

November  started  with  the  Children's 
Symphony  and  tea  and  THEN  the 
Junior  League  Hay  Day!  This  social- 
charitable  event  of  the  season  culmin- 
ated a  period  of  serious  effort  on  the 
part  of  the  League  members  and,  on  its 
consummation,  released  their  energies 
for  a  social  reaction  to  the  strenuous 
hours  of  preparation  they  had  been 
having. 

Then  came  Armistice  Day  with  the 
American  Legion  Ball  at  the  Fairmont. 
This  occasion  also  served  as  the  inaugu- 
ration of  the  National  Aeronautic  Asso- 
ciation headquarters  at  the  Fairmont 
and  the  opening  of  the  new  Aviation 
Lounge  on  the  Grill  Floor. 

BUT  with  all  these  initial  events — to 
say  nothing  of  the  gay  prospects 
of  the  after-game  celebrations,  the  musi- 
cales,  lectures,  Drama  Tea,  and  the  ever 
recurring  round  of  weekly  events  at  the 
Mark  Hopkins  and  the  Fairmont — the 
surface  activity  barely  indicates  the  real 
social  program  of  the  month.  The  hun- 
dred and  one  private  events  centered 
under  the  roofs  of  the  "aristocrats  of 
Nob  Hill"  tell  the  real  story  of  the  cur- 
rent season — and  these  are  properly  un- 
noticed by  the  casual  observer  for  their 
secrets  are  kept  in  the  private  bookings 
of  the  Vanderbilt  room,  the  Hall  of  the 
Dons  and  the  many  other  delightful 
rooms  for  entertaining  in  both  hotels. 

Smart  hostesses  are  holding  private 
affairs  in  the  Gold  Room,  in  the  Red 


Room,  the  Terrace  Ball  Room  in  the 
Fairmont — or  in  one  of  the  mezzanine 
suites  at  the  Mark  Hopkins.  They  use 
the  backgrounds  of  the  Gray,  the  Green, 
the  Tapestry,  the  Empire  and  the  Cali- 
fornia rooms  at  the  Fairmont  as  whim 
or  occasion  dictates.  For  the  most  digni- 
fied affairs  there  is  the  supremely  correct 
Vanderbilt  drawing  room — for  informal 
romping  parties  there  is  the  increasingly 
popular  Terrace  Ball  Room  and  the 
Terrace  Plunge.  Dignity  —  privacy  — 
smartness  —  distinction.  All  are  at  the 
command  of  the  exacting  hostess  in  the 
very  center  of  the  city's  social  life. 

A  LARGE  factor  in  the  skyrocketing 
popularity  of  the  Nob  Hill  Hotels 
as  places  for  individual  entertaining  is 
the  excellent  cooperation  given  by  the 
management  of  the  Mark  Hopkins  and 
the  Fairmont  in  providing  entertain- 
ment and  music  for  private  functions. 
The  hostess  has  but  to  plan,  to  choose 
and  select — efficient  specialists  carry  out 
her  instructions,  relieving  her  of  worry 
and  anxiety  so  she  may  devote  herself, 
carefree,  to  her  guests. 

Many  parties  are  assembled  about  the 
public  events  in  Peacock  Court  or  the 
Fairmont  Terrace.  Small  groups  join  the 
general  festivities,  take  advantage  of  the 
marvelous  rhythms  of  Anson  Weeks' 
Orchestra  or  the  charm  of  Rudy  Seiger's 
concerts — and  still  maintain  the  feeling 
of  an  intimate  party  because  the  host 
has  received  his  guests  in  one  of  the 
private  rooms  to  which  the  guests  may 
withdraw  at  their  pleasure- 
Particularly  on  the  nights  after  the 
more  prominent  foot  ball  games  does 
one  find  the  public  celebration  extend- 
ing its  roots  in  myriad  ramifications  of 
private  entertaining.  There  was  a  record 
crowd  at  the  Mark  Hopkins  after  the 
Stanford-U.  S.  C.  Game.  Every  room, 
every  inch  of  available  space,  including 
the  lobby  itself,  was  utilized  for  celebra- 


tion of  one  type  or  another.  Reserva- 
tions are  pouring  in  for  the  Big  Game 
night,  November  23rd!  What  throngs 
of  joyous,  rollicking  people  there  will 
be  that  night! — and  it  will  be  almost  as 
gay  the  evening  after  the  Army  Game. 
The  wise  are  already  making  sure  of 
accommodations. 

OTHER  high  points  in  the  Nob  Hill 
social  season  are  the  meetings  of 
the  Terrace  Night  Club.  This,  of  course, 
is  invitational.  Members  of  the  Club 
and  their  guests  have  already  gathered 
in  the  Terrace  Ball  Room  and  indulged 
in  unusual  festivities  —  most  people 
agree  that  they  have  been  amongthevery 
gayest  events  of  the  past  two  months. 
There  will  be  tw'o  more  affairs  before 
the  holidays — and  then  the  grand  cli- 
max to  the  first  series  of  the  Night  Club 
events— NEW  YEARS  EVE. 

And  in  the  meantime  —  quite  aside 
from  the  public  and  private  entertaining 
at  the  two  hotels — San  Franciscans  are 
finding  themselves  participating  in  the 
life  of  Nob  Hill  with  increasing  regu- 
larity ...  If  only  in  the  matter  of  eating 
...  So  many  are  indulging  in  the  joys 
of  a  Sunday  morning  dip — or  even  on 
week  days — followed  by  breakfast  on 
the  colorful  Terrace.  Luncheon  time 
finds  both  men  and  women  thronging  to 
Peacock  Court,  to  the  Spanish  Room,  or 
the  Fairmont  Grill  or  the  main  dining 
room  —  and  tea-time!  That  is  almost 
synonymous  to  either  the  Terrace  or 
Peacock  Court.  As  for  dinner — have 
YOU  ever  tried  the  specialties  of  any 
or  all  of  the  Nob  Hill  dining  places?  If 
you  have,  nothing  more  need  be  said. 

SO  November  rolls  on,  bringing  us 
ever  closer  to  the  Holiday  Season 
and  drawing  all  true  San  Franciscans 
inevitably  to  Nob  Hill  —  the  social 
acropolis  of  the  most  fascinating  city  in 
the  West. 


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WhcTc  To 5 

Culcnrliir  of  Events 6 

A.  I',  (.iunnini 10 

lloudlini-!-.  by  Covington  Janin  ■11 

Now  Jt  Cnn  Be  Told  12 

L'lle  est  Viluinc,  by  Paul  Iribc  14 
These  New  Yorkers, 

by  Carey    MoWillianis 15 

Map  of  (;olclen  Gate  Park, 

by  Ned  Hilton 16 

Tin  Types,  by  Zoe  Battu 17 

Spotlight,  by  Charles  Dobie  -IS 

Tropical  Winter,  by  Sara  Bard  Field     •  18 

Mareella  Burke,  photograph     ■          ■     ■  19 

A  Spanish  Room 20 

Boooacio,  by  John  Parker 21 

Paradox,  by  Ralph  Westernian     •          ■  21 

The  Theatre,  by  Ronald  Telfer  22 

The  Circus,  by  John  Carroll     ■                •  23 

Patricia  Tobin.  photograph      ■     -     ■     .  24 

Reigning  Dynastj 25 

The  Junior  League, 

by  Dorothy  Stratton 26 

The  While  Card,  by  Ned  Hilton  27 
The  Bottom  of  the  Well, 

by  Beth  \<  endell 28 

Sacred  Thoughts, 

by  Dwight  Strickland 28 

"I  Sing  America,"  by  Lawrence  Hart     •  .S3 

As  Seen  By  Her,  by  Catti 36 

As  To  Books,  by  Beth  Wendell  40 


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Carey  McW  illianis 
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ITIi€»  Obituary  of  a  Groat  Market     •     •     • 


THE  Story  is  related  that,  at  the  height 
of  the  late  Florida  land  hoom,  one 
Iriend  chanced  to  meet  another  on 
Twelfth  Street,  Miami,  and  by  way  of 
passing,  asked  how  he  had  fared  with  a 
certain  piece  of  property  bought  for  a 
price  not  considered  inordinate  at  the 
time,  but  at  about  the  same  rate  as 
frontage  on  Filth  Avenue,  New  York. 
"Oh,"  he  replied  confidently,  "I  made  a 
big  profit."  "Flow  much  did  you 
make?"  inquired  his  friend.  "Well," 
admitted  the  Florida  speculator,  "I 
didn't  actually  get  any  cash,  but  1  got  a 
$25,000  horse,  and  I  think  she  is  going 
to  have  a  $10,000  colt." 

The  point  of  this  story  is  that  in  cer- 
tain speculative   times   investment   de- 
generates simply  into  a  lot  of  arithmetic. 
In  the  Florida  boom  neither  the  owner 
of  property  who  bought  on  speculation 
nor  the  buyer  before  him  had  any  real 
concern  as  to  what  their  land  was  actu- 
ally worth,  their  sole  hope  being  to  trade 
out  their  highly  inflated  ownership  im- 
I  mediately  for  a  higher  price.   When  it 
I  became  evident  at  last  that  no  one  was 
likely  to  take  the  property  off  the  hands 
I  of  the  last  buyer  everyone  became  hysteri- 
ical,   prices  tobogganed,   and  when  the 
cyclone  subsided   lots   in    Florida   once 
I  more  sold  for  what  Florida  lots  were 
I  worth. 

There  is  a  complete  analogy  in  the 

characteristics  of  all  speculati\e  crazes. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  of  them  is 

chat   usually   the   speculating   public   is 

fully  aware  of  the  extreme  inflation  that 

:xists  at  the  time.   They  simply  shut 

;heir  eyes  to  it,  make  plausible  excuses 

ind  invent  new  economic  laws  to  sup- 

!  port    it,    and    bend    their    best    efforts 

j  ".oward  trying  to  guess  the  last  possible 

■noment  when  they  can  still  desert  the 

I  nart  with  their  profits  intact  and  leave 

omeone  else  to  hold  the  bag. 


This  is  exactly  what  has  happened  to 
the  stock  market,  which  the  week  before 
last  suffered  the  worst  collapse  in  the 
history  of  the  exchanges  of  the  world. 
In  one  week  about  one  hundred  billion 
dollars  in  paper  values  were  wiped  ofl 
the  books  of  stock  exchange  wealth,  and 
in  one  market  day  over  twenty-five 
million  shares  were  dumped  on  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchanges.  People  have  been 
saying  for  two  years  that  eventually 
prices  would  have  to  come  down  to 
about  half  their  quoted  value,  and  every- 
one was  trying  to  out-guess  everyone 
else  as  to  how  long  the  big  buying  spree 
would  last.  Characteristically,  everyone 
got  caught  at  the  same  time,  and  every- 
one had  to  sell  out  at  once  with  only 
thinly  scattered  buying  on  the  way  down 
to  check  a  direct  descent. 

The  sad  part  about  the  whole  thing, 
from  the  point  of  view  of  the  average 
person  who  knows  quite  a  bit  about  the 
stock  market  these  days,  is  not  that  so 
much  money  was  lost — for  everyone 
knew  stocks  were  bound  to  drop  eventu- 
ally— but  that  no  one  apparently  has 
made  any  money  out  of  this  surety  by, 
for  instance,  selling  short,  just  as  most 
people  entirely  failed  to  benefit  as  much 
as  they  should  have  from  the  market's 
long  rise.  The  main  reason  why  it  is  so 
damnably  hard  to  make  money  in  the 
stock  market  is  that,  with  the  best  judg- 
ment in  the  world,  we  all  seem  to  do  the 
right  thing  at  the  wrong  time,  and  con- 
tinually find  ourselves  behind  the  stock 
market  by  about  one  step. 

The  vital  question  everyone  is  now 
asking  is,  will  prices  come  back  or  will 
they  go  still  higher?  The  answer,  of 
course,  is  that  it  all  depends  on  whether 
or  not  we  are  in  a  real  bear  market,  and 
that  vital  fact,  by  virtue  of  the  char- 
acteristics of  all  stock  market  cycles,  is 
usually  not  discernible  for  some  three 


by  COVINGTON  JANIN 

months  or  so  after  what  later  proves  to 
have  been  its  inception.  The  chances  are 
that  we  have  been  in  a  bear  market  since 
September  3,  when  the  accepted  stock 
market  averages  reached  their  all-time 
record  peak  of  381.17  against  a  30-year 
average  of  less  than  100.  At  the  present 
writing  a  theoretical  stock  issue  selling 
on  September  3  at  $381  would  now  be 
worth  about  $230,  against  successive 
high  points  of  $300  in  1928,  $202  in 
1927  and  $166  in  1926.  So  far  all  his- 
torical indices  tend  to  confirm  the  sup- 
position that  higher  price  averages  must 
wait  until  the  up-swing  of  another  trade 
and  stock  market  cycle,  probably,  at  least 
a  year  or  two  hence. 

ONE  of  the  most  diverting  phases  of 
the  perfectly  tremendous  stock 
market  crash  has  been  the  entirely  com- 
mendable efforts  of  recognized  banking 
and  industrial  heads  to  stem  the  psycho- 
logical, economic  and  arithmetical  effects 
of  the  great  stock  decline  by  soothing 
words.  There  is  something  that  lurks 
deep  in  the  complexities  of  human  na- 
ture that  demands  an  easy  personification 
of  all  vital  and  essentially  complicated 
forces,  something  that  may  perhaps  be 
called  an  anthropomorphic  urge.  The 
Indian  gives  voice  to  it  when  he  calls 
upon  the  Sun  to  ripen  his  crops,  the 
Bush  Man  in  the  Australian  desert  when 
he  prays  to  the  Thunder  God  for  rain. 
Our  own  Great  Spirit  is  in  reality  noth- 
ing but  a  personification  of  a  whole 
caravan  of  lesser  gods.  In  the  parlance  of 
a  hundred  Wall  Streets  throughout  the 
country,  the  complicated,  the  irresistible, 
and  the  apparently  inexplicable  forces 
that  govern  the  sway  and  surge  of  prices 
is  called,  as  naively  as  in  any  savage  dic- 
tion, simply  "They."  When  the  market 
is  going  up,  "They're  putting  them  up 

Continued  on  page' 31 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


XOW  IT  CAX  BE  TOLD 


Revealing  Certain  Intimate  Faets  anil  Foiiiles 


THE  clandestine  amorous  proclivities 
of  certain  young  matrons  in  the 
Van  Ness  avenue  near-residential  dis- 
trict and  the  dire  results  of  the  husband's 
unpropitious  home-coming  have  already 
been  duly  celebrated  in  many  quips  ot 
the  "I'm  not  the  jumper  1  used  to  he" 
type,  but  here  is  a  novel  overtone  of  this 
insistent  theme.  jiLSt  as  dawn,  the  rosy 
fingered,  was  dispelling  the  gray  pro- 
tective mantle  of  night,  a  key  unex- 
pectedly rattled  in  the  door  of  a  scented 
boudoir.  The  gentleman,  comfortably  it 
illegally  reposing  therein,  sprang  out  of 
bed  with  the  greatest  alacrity  he  could 
muster  up  at  the  moment,  aided  hysteri- 
cally but  ineffectually  by  his  companion 
He  had  just  time  to  throw  those  of  his 
outer  garments  for  which  he  had  had  no 
immediate  need  into  a  closet  and  leap 
from  a  window  to  the  ground,  one  story 
below,  clad  only  in  his  athletic-type 
B  V.  D.'s  There  being,  fortunately,  a 
Providence  that  provides  for  every 
emergency,  a  squad  of 
Dipsea  Trail  Marathon 
runners  were  taking  their 
customary  before-morn- 
ing workout  along  Van 
Ness  Avenue,  and  at  that 
precise  moment  happened 
to  pass  by.  With  admirable 
presence  of  mind  the  near- 
victim  of  a  domestic 
tragedy  joined  the  scantly 
clad  runners  unnoticed, 
and  continued  with  them 
rapidly  away  Irom  the 
scene  of  his  late  activity 
Providence,  however,  be- 
ing just  as  well  as  omnipo- 
tent, it  is  reported  that  the 
young  man  had  to  run  all 
the  way  to  Baker's  Beach 
before  the  party  broke  up. 


IT  IS  the  habit  of  a  good 
many  San  Franciscans 
to  boast  that  the  town  is 
one  of  the  few  in  the 
country,  where  civiliza- 
tion does  not  fall  under 
the  ban  of  the  law  and  en- 
lightened thought  and 
philosophies  are  not  only 
grasped  but  accepted  by 
the  rank  and  file  of  the 
citizenry.  The  boast,  how- 
ever, is  false  and  empty 
and  in  no  way  coincides 
with  the  facts  of  the  case. 


Witness,  for  instance,  the  furtive 
efforts  of  those  busy  people,  who  have 
set  themselves  up  as  the  sole  guardians 
of  the  minds,  thought  and  lives  of  the 
rest  ot  us  to  close  up  the  puppet  presen- 
tation by  Blanding  Sloan  and  his  co- 
workers ol  Charles  Erskine  Scott  Wood's 
Heavenly  D/.scotfr.sc  now  playing  at  the 
Montgomery  street  theatre.  To  these 
people  Wood's  incomparable  dialogue, 
re\ea!ing  the  manifest  absurdities  and 
hypocrisies  of  literal  religion,  our  social 
institutions,  politics,  prohibition  and 
the  antics  of  reformers  and  evangelists, 
is  something  at  which  to  take  grave 
alarm,  and,  if  possible,  action 

But,  alas,  there  are  certain  drawbacks 
to  action.  No  blows  are  struck  directly  at 
the  play,  the  newspapers  and  public  are  not 
regaled  with  a  tine  feast  of  notoriety 
and  the  corrupting  presentation  enjoys 
vastly  increased  patronage.  It  is  much 
more  discreet  to  have  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment look  into  the  theatre  to  see  if  it 


HE-NPI 

'For  Cod's  sake,  Bohs,  grl  iiir  ii  hnnilkcTchicf  licfori'  I  gal  iiiil'<. 


can  be  closed  on  the  grounds  ot  \iolat- 
ing  the  safety  ordinances  tor  such  struc- 
tures and  public  meeting  places,  or  to 
have  the  Police  Department  visit  a  per- 
formance on  general  principles  to  see 
what  it  can  find. 

Apparently,  though,  neither  arm  of 
the  law  found  anything  illegal  or  ob- 
jectionable upon  \Ahich  to  base  action. Or 
possibly,  they  were  not  wholly  in  accord 
with  such  scurvy  schemes.  Or  then 
again,  the  generals  ot  reform  decided 
that  all  connected  with  HeUTcnh  Dis- 
coiosc  as  spectators  or  producers  are 
simple,  misguided  tolk,  who  may  be 
humored  in  their  indulgences  until  some 
etlective  manner  is  found  to  point  out  to 
them,  the  error  of  their  v\-ays. 


M  San  Francisco  colored  n-.an  liad 
,im  been  far  from  a  model  husband 
and  father,  but  now  that  he  was  dead 
was  having  a  large  funeral.  The  minister 
told  all  the  good  things 
he  could  think  of  about 
Mose  and  Imding  these 
insufficient,  invented  a  few 
and  told  about  them.  He 
had  been  such  a  loving 
husband,  a  wondcrfulK 
kind  father,  a  genial  neigh 
bor,  a  very  solicitous  pro- 
vider for  his  family,  and 
constant  and  benevolent  |  i 
church  member. 

About    this    time    the 
widow  began  to  get  un 
easy.  Leaning  dov\n  to  one 
of  her  brood,  she  said  : 

"Sammy,  youall  go 
look  in  dat  coffin'  I  doan 
belie\'e  dat  is  yo'  paw  in- 
side" 


Ti  ir.Ri  are  nowadays  so 
many  different  kinds 
ol  beauty  contests  and  so 
manv  lair  entrants  in  them 
that  we  are  quite  at  a  loss 
in  keeping  up  with  thenv 
For  example,  o\er  in 
Siusalito  lives  a  Miss 
Thclma  Harris,  who  lately 
has  been  voted  the  most 
attractive  high  school  girl 
in  the  entire  nation  by 
such  renowned  personages 
as  |r)hn  BarrNinore,  Cor- 
nelius X'andcrbilt,  jr  ,  and 
F.  Scott  Fitzgerald 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


13 


We  knew  nothing  ol  this  monicntous 
event  and  honor  to  a  voung  resident  ot 
the  San  Francisco  Bav  region  until  Miss 
Harris  herself  beamed  out  at  us  from  a 


lull  page  magazine  advertisement  of  the 
soap  manufacturers  who  held  the  con- 
test. Miss  Harris,  it  seems  by  her 
own  testimony,  has  used  the  soap  ol  this 
enterprising  company  tor  all  ot  her  years 
in  this  world. 

We  quote,  in  part,  the  text  accompany- 
ing Miss  Harris'  picture,  tor  having  been 
so  negligent  and  unobser\ing  in  the  tirst 
place,  we  ha\e  no  desire  to  here  give  the 
young  ladv  less  than  her  just  due.  The 
text  reads  as  foUovx's  •.  "She  has  a  slim, 
straight  little  figure,  a  mop  of  curly 
brown  hair  twisting  into  babyish  gold 
tendrils;  deep  blue  eyes  (ringed  with 
black  lashes,  and  a  skin  like  the  pinkest 
and  whitest  apple  blossoms  " 

IN  THE  bohemian  haunts  of  Telegraph 
Hill  there  recently  appeared  an  earnest 
young  man,  accoutred  with  numerous 
sharpened  pencils,  and  a  bulky  notebook. 

He  gra\elv  identified  himself  as  an 
author    He  demanded  local  color. 

Grax-ely  he  recorded  the  tall  and  im- 
possible stories  which  were  told  him 
Gravely    he    conveyed    his    gratitude 
Gravelv  he  gathered  up  pencils  and  paper 
and  went  his  wav 

In  the  near  future,  can  we  expect  a 
new  and  more  terrible  "Main  Street,"  a 
new  expose  of  American  custom?  Must 
Telegraph  Hill  await  the  censure  and 
indignation  of  the  aroused  library-card 
holders  of  the  nation? 

IT  wouLo  hardly  be  sporting  to  di- 
vulge his  identity,  but  one  of  the 
candidates  for  re-election  as  supervisor 
during  San  Francisco's  recent  election, 


seeking  to  steal  a  march  on  his  opponents 
conceived  the  plan  ot  canvassing  in 
person  certain  precincts  where  he  knew 
he  was  weak  Invading  a  strong  oppo- 
nent's home  territory  he  knocked  on  the 
I'.oor  ot  a  humble  home  in  the  Mission 
District 

When  the  door  swung  open  a  large- 
boned  woman  eyed  him  suspiciously. 

"Naw,  I  don't  want  nothin'"  she  de- 
clared, emphatically  bctore  he  had  a 
chance  to  speak.  With  that  she  started  to 
close  the  door. 

"You  misjudge  me, madam,"  said  the 
candidate,  hastily.  "1  have  nothing  to 
sell    you.    1,    madam,    am    Supervisor 


Blank,  and  I  stand  for  the  poor  laboring 
man,  first,  last  and  all  the  time." 

The  woman  gave  him  a  withering 
look. 

"Well,  then,  y'  don't  get  my  vote. 
If  y'  was  married  to  one  ot  'em,  the  way 
I  am,  y'  couldn't  stand  t'r  him — not  f'r 
two  seconds!" 

THE  controversy  over  the  longevity  or 
earlv  death  ol  college  athletes  as 
compared  to  their  classmiites  who  were 
so  misguided  or  unfashionable  as  to  go 
in  for  the  acquisition  ot  knowledge  has 
wa.xed  lengthy  and  been  debated  by 
numerous  eminent  authorities  The  de- 
bate is  one  in  which  we  ha\e  ne\'er  been 
able  to  perceive  either  point  or  purpose 
nor  any  hope  of  ever  arriving  at  an 
accurate  and  just  conclusion,  by  reason 
of  the  fact  that,  too  many  purely  indi- 
vidual factors  enter  into  the  case,  which 
investigators  are  unable  to  keep  in 
touch  with  o\er  a  long  period  of  years 
To  this  merry  go  'round  of  absurdity, 
the  ancient  and  honorable  'i'ale  College 
now  makes  learned  contribution.  As 
the  fruit  of  long  laboratory  investiga- 
tion on  the  subject,  it  prints  in  an  alumni 


publication  of  recent  issue  a  verbose  and 
exceedingly  obscure  article.  The  con- 
clusion o(  this  weighty  work  seems  to 
be  that  Yale  graduates,  tor  reasons  not 
given  or  known,  may  expect  to  live 
slightly  longer  than  graduates  ol  all 
other  major  colleges  in  the  country. 
Yale  athletes  may  expect  to  live  even 
longer  than  the  rest  o!  the  Yale  alumni 
Well,  maybe  so'  If  attendance  at  Yale 
is  t!ie  sole  price  ot  se\eral  more  years  in 
this  dubious  and  uncertain  vale,  we  are 
now  completely  reconciled  to  our  early 
doom 


G 


.ATI -CRASHERS  arc  abroad  in  the  land 
and  they  grow  bolder  with  every 
new  \'ictory  Time  was  when  this  gentry 
confined  their  efforts  to  prize  fights  and 
ball  games  but  like  many  another  quaint 
old  custom  of  a  bygone  era  this  one,  too, 
has  gone  where  the  woodbine  twineth. 
These  days  it  is  social  functions  that  arc 
tlie  chief  sutferers  from  these  pests  They 
come  v\'ithout  an  invitation  and  likely 
as  not  make  ofl  with  the  guest  ot 
honor's  partner  when  the  evening  is 
o\er. 

At  a  recent  debutante  dance  two  San 
Franciscans  having  got  into  conversa- 
tion, became  very  friendly. 

"There  are  ways  and  means  of  getting 
into  these  private  allairs  unasked,"  re- 
marked the  younger  man  "Now,  I  had 
no  invitation  tonight," 

"Neither  had  I,"  replied  the  other, 

"Really,  old  chap'  How  did  you 
manage  it'"  asked  the  young  man,  in  a 
surprised  tone, 

"I'm  the  host,"  came  the  rcpU 


^OM.^<^U^ 


IN  CONNECTION  With  the  Violent  stock 
market  upset  of  last  week  which  had 
a  characteristically  exaggerated  rellectioii 
in  the  alv\avs  erratic  local  Stock   Ex- 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


''L'lle  Est  Vilaine" 


This  daring  satire  on  the  modern  Babylon  ie  by  the  French  designer.  Paul  Iribr. 
who  has  returned  to  Franre  after  reaping  the  rewards  of  his  work  in  Hollywood 
It  comes  to  us  from  his  villa  at  Nice  where  he  spun  the  subtle  humor  of  his  recent 
book,  "La  Mort  de  Circe  ou  la  Revanche  du  Cochon." 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


IS 


These  New  Ytirkers 


With  Psirti4*iilsir  Attt^iitioii  l<» 


BiHiNn  the  row  ot  old  Knicker- 
bocker buildings  lacing  Washing- 
con  Square  the  gracetul  set-back  struc- 
ture ot  No  1  Filth  A\'enue,  traces  a  fine 
pattern  in  the  blue-black  sky.  We  cross 
the  square.  My  guide  v\'hispers  that  our 
destination  is  fvIacDougall  Alley,  the 
haunt  ot  the  literati  and  cognoscenti :  the 
main  street  ot  the  New  Yorkers.  There, 
at  a  studio  party,  we  will  meet  "every 
one."  The  alley  was  once  a  stable  yard 
but  now  it  is  the  home  ot  no\-clists  and 
the  new  poets  who  write  in  hieroglyphics 
Ot  recent  years  the  alley  has  been  con- 
verted into  "atmosphere"  apartments  at 
an  enormous  expense  and  with  an  air  ot 
elaborate  and  costly  rusticity  Cedar 
doors  with  handsome  bronze  knockers 
face  the  courtyard  and  roadsters  ot  lus- 
trous enamel  are  parked  in  tronc  ot  the 
apartments.  We  are  early  ;  it  is  only  one 
o'clock. 

The  door  opens  and  our  host.  Herbert 
K  the  painter,  welcomes  us  He  appears 
to  recognize  none  of  us  and  yet  his  greet- 
ing is  rich  with  etlusive  warmth.  He  is 
drunk  Behind  him  uncertain  lights  re- 
veal the  interior  ot  a  large  room  full  of 
the^smart  New  Yorkers  who  write 
realistic  tactory  novels  We  meet,  among 
others,  Mr.  Downs  This  is  not  his  cor- 
rect name  but  it  will  suffice,  although 
Crane  would  do  just  as  well  Mr  Downs 
gives  a  creaking  and  twittering  laugh. 
He  carries  a  cane :  he  dangles  in  the  air  • 
he  speaks  in  a  deliberate  and  practiced 
falsetto.  His  father  is  a  wealthy  machine 
manutacturer  ot  the  middle  west  who 
has  renounced  this  young  elegant  poet 
because  he  insists  on  writing  poetry  that 
is  so  superb  that  Vanity  Fair  prints  his 
picture  often  although  it  has  never 
printed  any  of  his  verse.  He  twitters 
and  giggles  and  pretends  to  act  much 
drunker  than  he  is  Of  a  sudden  he  salutes 
with  his  cane  and  announces  that  he  is 
going  uptown  but  that  he  will  return 
later  with  "a  lovely  young  Englishman 
— O  Herb  —a  lovely  young  English 
gentleman,  Lord  B."  Our  host  whispers 
with  Downs;  they  exchange  confidences 
and  then  the  great-young-splendid-dis- 
inherited-heroic  poet  of  twenty-one 
leaves  the  room 

Herbert  is  bouncing  around  the  room 
joyously.  Young  ladies  and  young  gen- 
tlemen are  arriving  "Hello,  Gertrude" 
shouts  Herbert  rushing  up  and  embrac- 
ing a  Titaness  He  tries  to  kiss  her  hus- 
band, but  is  unsuccesslul  and  somewhat 
mortified.  More  girls  and  boys  are  ar- 
riving They  kiss  one  another  with  bu- 
colic lust  ■.  like  a  family  of  Kansas 
cousins.  The  conversation  is  replete  with 


pro\'incial  intimacies;  "Hello,  Tom'" 
"Why,  there's  Margaret'"  "And  if  it 
isn't  Joseph !" 

There  is  much  noise  at  the  door  Has  a 
celebrity  arrived?  There  is  much  excite- 
ment. The  crowd  parts  and  reveals  Jim 
Patterson,  a  big  negro.  The  blondes  and 
brunettes  in  evening  gowns,  gay  butter- 
flies ot  sophistication  and  the  novels  oi 
Carl  Van  Vechten,  insist  on  kissing  Jim 
They  kiss  rather  gingerly,  as  though  they 
must,  but  would  preter  not  to  Jim  en- 
joys himselt  immensely  and  sees  that 
not  a  gal  escapes  his  embrace.  He  is  really 
a  very  affable  coon. 

THE  famous  lady  critic  of  The  Kc(juh- 
lican  reclines  in  a  chair.  The  man 
who  wrote  that  sensational  novel  ot  the 
trenches  approaches  and  pinches  her 
navel  She  screams  and  slaps  his  hand; 
"Don't  touch  that!"  she  giggles.  He 
then  sits  on  her  lap  and  they  doze  in  each 
others  arms.  Having  admired  the  lady's 
prose  for  some  years  without  any  thought 
of  her  navel,  I  approach  and  remark 
that  it  is  a  nice  evening.  But,  no,  we  are 
introduced  and  any  kind  doubt  as  to  her 
identity  is  removed 

A  drunken  figure  totters  near.  "Shay, 
you  from  the  West-"  vou  know  Jimmv'" 
I  did.  "You  know  1  did  the  book  section 
for  the  Atlantis.  Honest-to-God,  1  did 
Then  Sufficiency,  the  business  maga- 
zine wanted  an  editor.  1  got  the  job 
Yes,  sir,  I'm  editor  ot  Sufficiency!" 
you  would  laugh  to  see  the  staff  meet- 
ings! We  never  know  if  we've  got 
enough  copy  to  print  until  the  night  be- 
fore we  go  to  press.  And  drink!  why 
those  hats  that  work  tor  me  are  soused 
all  the  time"  He  totters  away  Presently 
his  head  appears  from  beneath  a  lady's 
legs ;  he  has  crawled  under  the  table  and 
emerged  in  this  strategic  hut  efficient 
position 

Herbert,  the  Host,  has  been  bouncing 
around  merrily  all  the  while  He  cannot 
and  will  not  be  suppressed  It  is  his  part\' 
and  he  must  kiss  and  pinch  and  squeal 
One  feels  that  he  is  constantly  on  the 
verge  ot  great  drama.  Soon  he  appears 
in  the  middle  of  the  assembled  crowd 
in  a  bath  robe  He  is  paid  the  compli- 
ment of  a  maudlin  and  derisive  atten- 
tion The  robe  is  thrown  aside  and  there 
little  Herbert  stands  in  his  shorts.  The 
shorts  are  marked  with  inscriptions  and 
witticisms  that  are  unprintable  He 
thinks  this  exceedingly  amusing  The 
girls  approach  and  read  the  signs  with 
close  attention  Some  marvel  at  his 
figure;  "O  Herbert,  1  didn't  know  you 
were  so  bronzed!  Aren't  you  just  splen- 


Tli«^ii*  l*i*4>viii4*isiliKiiis 

by  CAREY  McWILLIAMS 

did'"  They  stroke  his  arms  with  amused 
hesitancy;  his  bronze  manliness  is  quite 
fictitious 

WiKi.  Aldous  Hu.xley's  character  ot 
.M^  the  man  with  the  monocle  1  retreat 
into  a  corner  Soon  the  famous  critic  of 
Tlie  Old  J^alional  approaches  We  chat 
with  erudition  and  mutual  disgust  Al- 
though conducting  one  ol  the  most  pop- 
ular literary  pages  in  America,  he  has 
not  yet  heard  of  The  Idealist,  knows 
nought  ot  "Without  Elder  Blossom," 
the  finest  short  story  of  recent  years, 
thinks  that  George  Courteline  was  an 
American,  and  still  believes  in  poetry 
prizes.  He  speaks  to  you  now  ;  "My  new 
biography  of  Christ,  which  has  taken  me 
nearly  six  months  to  write,  will  soon  be 
published  My  publisher  wants  it  im- 
mediately. He  sold  it  prior  to  its  being 
written,  to  the  Religious  Bi-monthly 
Book  Society.  The  publicity  department 
is  giving  me  a  good  break  and  Isabel 
Paterson  will  review  the  book,  and  you 
know  how  she  can  write  blurbs  Have 
you  read  Re.x  Stout's  new  book?"  I  had, 
and  so  we  journeyed  across  the  room  to 
meet  the  author  ot  "How  Like  a  God," 
who  was  standing  in  a  corner  stroking 
his  beard  and  looking  not  one  jot  like  a 
God  Mr.  Stout  was  frank  and  admitted 
that  the  whiskers  were  responsible  for 
his  book  running  into  a  second  edition 
One  noticed  about  the  room  several 
young  men  with  beards ;  picturesque 
memorials  of  the  fact  that  Richard 
Hughes  had  visited  New  York.  There 
is  much  talk  in  the  corner;  Rex  and 
John  and  Bill  and  Joe — provincialism 
talking  about  itself  in  terms  of  itself 
There  are  also  many  jokes,  chiefly  sexual 
pcr\'ersion  jokes,  phrased  in  the  termi- 
nology of  the  "vag-lewd"  section  of  a 
city  police  department. 

A  phonograph  is  grinding  away  on  the 
floor  above.  We  journey  upstairs  where 
couples  are  dancing.  The  author  of  .  .  . 
is  dancing  with  the  wife  of  .  ,  .  who  is 
herself  a  poet,  historian,  biographer, 
lecturer,  and  tree-lance  theologian  The 
men  are  coatless  and  the  women  flushed. 
There  is  something  familiar  about  the 
scene  Can  it  be  true'  Is  this  really  a  barn 
dance'  Are  these  couples  not  the  counter- 
part of  those  perspiring  yokels  of  the 
countryside?  The  scene  is  in  MacDou- 
gall  Alley,  which  was  once  a  stable,  and 
anything  is  possible  If  you  don't  believe 
it,  look  there  at  Herbert  dancing  with  a 
lady  in  black  Herbert  —may  siime  Pagan 
Deity  bless  his  audacious  little  rump,  is 
now  quite  naked.  He  is  happy    Bur  his 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


Till  Types 

Sarah  Altlioa  Hill  . 
whose  ease,  along 
with  that  of  her 
eoiisorts.  is 
reopened 


by  ZOE  BATTU 

FOR  anyone  whose  amorous  adven- 
tures and  spectacular  entanglements 
furnished  the  morbidly  minded  public 
of  her  time  with  choice  reading  for  sev- 
eral years  and  made  her  name,  e\'en  to- 
day, the  symbol  of  a  concealed  hut  in- 
credibly switt  current  in  the  great  decades 
of  the  Comstock,  there  exists  locally 
surprisingly  little  information  on  Sarah 
Althea  Hill.  This  lady  died  not  so  many 
years  ago  at  an  advanced  age.  Since  her 
death,  the  local  nev\'spapers  seem  to  have 
cleared  out  all  clippings  relating  to  her 
to  make  room,  no  doubt,  for  the  numer- 
ous contemporary  cases  ot  similar  and 
even  heightened  lurid  color.  The  only 
material  immediately  at  hand,  relating 
to  Mrs.  Hill  is  embodied  in  Swift 
Paine's  recent  book,  Eillay  Orrum, 
Queen  of  the  Comstock- 

According  to  this  source,  she  was  the 
daughter  of  a  prominent  attorney  of 
Cape  Giradeau,  Missouri.  She  was  con- 
vent bred  and  as  a  young  woman  was 
brought  to  San  Francisco  by  an  uncle 
and  settled  in  a  suite  in  the  old  Palace 
Hotel.  When  she  came  to  the  city,  she 


had,  she  claimed,  $20,000  in  her  tnvn 
right,  which,  in  her  inexperience  and 
through  the  perfidy  ot  man,  was  taken 
from  her.  The  loss  of  this  money  ap- 
parently did  not  financially  embarrass 
her.  She  continued  to  live  at  the  Palace, 
was  expensively  gowned  and,  by  reason 
of  her  beauty,  was  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  gayety  and  frivolity  ot  the  town  dur- 
ing the  iSjo's. 

It    was    through    having    her    name 
linked   with   that   of  William   Sharon, 
banker  and  financier,  that  Sarah  Althea 
Hill  achieved  spectacular  and  enduring 
notoriety.  Sharon,  at  the  time  ot  meeting 
her  in    iSSo,  was  rated  as  one  ot  San 
Francisco's  wealthiest  men  and  its  larg- 
est tax  payer.   He  had   been   for  some 
years  connected  with  the  Bank  ot  Cali- 
fornia. There  were  those  who  claimed 
that  it  was  Sharon's  distrust  of  Ralston 
and  his  speculations  and  his  secret  power 
over  the  man  that  enabled  him  to  so 
manipulate    men    and   events   that    the 
Bank  of  California  closed  its  doors  in 
August  1S75.  How  much  truth  there  is 
in  this  claim,  is  difficult  to  say    But  it  is 
a  matter  ot  record  that  Sharon  headed  a 
syndicate  to  reorganize  the  hank,  stub- 
bornly opposed  factions  within  it  and 
along  Montgomery  Street,  secretly 
sponsored   policies   which   would   have 
led  to  dix'ided  effort  and  still   turthcr 
disaster    and    speedily    reorganized    the 
bank  on  a  basis  where  it  repaid  all  obli- 
gations in  lull  within  si.x  weeks  ot  re- 
opening. 

This  man  Sarah  Althea  Hill  contrived 
to  meet  by  going  to  his  office  to  consult 
him  about  some  investments.  So  taken 
was  Sharon  by  her  beauty  and  cliarm 
that  he  straightway  offered  her  $1000  a 
month  to  be  his  mistress.  The  bald  direct- 
ness of  this  proposal  offended  the  lady's 
sensibilities  but  she  saved  her  dignity 
and  the  situation  by  tactfully  turning  the 
conversation  to  marriage. 

Mr.  Sharon,  however,  was  quite  as 
calculating  in  such  matters  as  he  was  in 
finance.  The  upshot  ot  the  atfair  was  a 
compromise.  The  two  signed  a  marriage 
contract  and,  in  effect,  Sarah  Althea  Hill 
became  Sharon's  common  law  wile. 
She  assumed  the  name,  Mrs.  Sharon; 
the  first  Mrs.  Sharon  being  then  dead 
But  within  less  than  a  year,  Sharon  grew 
cold,  distant  and  neglectful.  Sarah  was 
outraged,  bent  on  vengeance  and  proper 
cash  settlement.  She  had  letters  address- 
ing her  as  "My  dear  wife"  and  she 
would  quickly  bring  him  to  time. 

IN  THIS  undertaking  she  sought  to  sup- 
plement her  own  limitations  and 
those  of  this  earth  with  higher  and  mys- 
tic powers.  Mammy  Pleasant,  negro 
seeress  and  early  California's  woman  of 
mystery  and  terror,  had  given  her  the 
charm  with  which  she  had  first  entranced 
Sharon.  Mammy  Pleasant,  at  this  new 


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turn  of  events,  took  counsel  in  her  own 
shrewd   mind   and   with   her  spirit  ad 
visors,  and  decided  that  Sarah  should  sue 
for  divorce.  She  herself  would  advance 
the  loan  necessary  to  finance  the  suit. 

Sarah  sought,  as  well,  the  guidance  of 
a  second  renowned  seeress,  Mrs.  Sandy 
Bowers  or  Eillay  Orrum.  Mrs.  Bowers, 
a  great  many  trustworthy  people  swore 
had  predicted  the  existence  ot  the  great 
Comstock  silver  lode  ot  Nevada  quite 
awhile  before  it  was  disco\ered.  She  had 
seen  it  all  plainly  in  her  crystal  peep 
stone  and  had  guided  prospectors  to  its 
richest  ore  veins.  Her  own  holdings  and 
those  of  her  husband  had  yielded  wealth 
beyond  even  the  revelations  of  her 
crystal  Mrs.  Bowers,  at  the  time  Sarah 
sought  her  out,  was  a  widow.  She  had 
had  three  husbands,  two  of  them  Mor- 
mons, who  secretly  kept  other  wives. 
When  Eillay  discovered  these  irregu- 
larities, she  promptly  cast  the  gentlemen 
otT.  Mr.  Bowers  had  been  her  last  and 
best  beloved  husband  and  the  only  one 
professing  monogamous  principles. 

Persons  such  as  Sarah  were  customarily 
anathema  to  Mrs.  Bowers.  They  were, 
in  her  sight,  low,  unprincipled  creatures 
who  rendered  it  difficult  for  honorable 
women  to  uphold  the  institution  of  mar- 
riage. Still,  Mrs.  Bowers  had  reasons  ot 
her  own  for  aiming  any  blows  she  might 
at  Sharon.  At  bottom,  it  was  he,  who 
was  responsible  for  her  having  to  live 
in  one  room  in  San  Francisco  and  to  pro- 
fessionally receive  callers,  when  she 
should  have  been  living  in  grand  state 
in  the  mansion  she  and  Sandy  had  built 
in  Virginia  City,  Nevada.  The  mansion 
was  a  magnificent  affair,  expensively 
and  ornately  furnished  and  having  door 
knobs  ot  solid  silver. 

Sharon  was  a  slick  fellow,  who  had 
established  a  branch  of  the  Bank  of  Cali- 
fornia in  Virginia  City.  The  first  thing 
he  did  was  to  lower  interest  rates,  luring 
the    mine    owners    and    their    accounts 
away  from  rival  hanks.  Later  he  raised 
the  interest  rates.  In  affairs  of  mergers, 
consolidations,  stock  issues,  bonds  and 
all    sorts    of    mortgages,    Sharon    was 
amazingly  well  informed  and  swift  of 
action.  Sandy  Bowers,  a  former  team- 
ster,   was    one    of    those    who    never 
grasped     these     intricate     vagaries     of 
finance.  His  wife's  second  sight  seemed 
to  fail  entirely  when  it  came  to  forseeing 
Sharon's  manipulations.   Presently,   the 
Bowers'    holdings   and   those   of  many 
others  belonged  to  Sharon  and  eventu- 
ally Mrs.  Bowers  had  had  to  give  up  the 
mansion.  A  bitter  blow  this!  But  Sarah 
assured  her  that  she  would  be  suitably 
rewarded  at  the  termination  of  her  suit 
against  Sharon.    Eillay   gazed   into   her 
crystal,   summoned  the  departed  shade 
of^  Sandy  with  whom  she  was  in  con- 
stant communication  and  perceived  only 
success  for  Sarah. 

Continued  on  page  29 


18 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Spotlight 


Re4*<^iit  Draiiiatie  Offi^riiijals 


FOR  the  past  month  the  speaking  stage 
in  San  Francisco  has  gone  British 
With  Noel  Coward's  opus,  "The  Queen 
Was  in  the  Parlour"  at  the  Curran,  "Bird 
in  Hand,"  bv  lohn  Drinkwater  at  the 
Geary,  and  "Taming  of  the  Shrew"  by 
one,  William  Shakespeare,  at  the  Com- 
munity Playhouse,  we  may  be  said  to 
have  run  the  gamut  trom  tarce  to  melo- 
drama of  dramatic  fare  from  the  tight 
little  Isle 

We  should  not  call  any  ot  the  three 
offering  superlati\'e  entertainment,   but 
they  all  had  their  amusing  angles.   We 
fancy   that    "The    Queen    Was   in    the 
Parlour"  is  an  earlv  effort  oi  Mr.  Cow- 
ard. Its  best  moments  were  its  moments 
of  "hokum."  Even  a  growing  indiffer- 
ence to  the  fate  of  kings  and  queens  can- 
not quite  rob  an  audience  of  the  thrill  ot 
royal  appearances  before  balcony  win- 
dows, the  hoarse  murmur  ot  surly  mobs 
off-stage,  or  the  shots  of  anarchists,  go- 
ing wild.  We  found  the  determination 
of  the  thwarted  lo\'er  to  commit  suicide 
a  trifle  ridiculous.  In  spite  of  his  foreign 
name  on  the  program,   Vernon  Steele 
made  him  such  a  nice,  well-bred,  pink- 
and-white    Mayfair   gentleman   that    it 
seemed  incredible  he  would  blow  out 
his  brains,  and  right  in  the  Queen's  bed- 
room at  that.  We  felt  that  the  least  he 
could  have  done  was  to  have  waited 
until  the  next  day  and  hired  a  room  in 
some  cheap  water-front  lodging  house 
And,    granting    that    the    kingdom    of 
Krayia  had  no  water  front,  then  choos- 
ing a   nice   freshlv   painted   park   bench 
for  the  purpose.   But  our  main  quarrel 
with  him  was  for  dying  at  all  by  his  own 
hand    We  still   hold   with  Bill  Shake- 
speare that  "men  have  died  and  worms 
have  eaten   them,    but   not   for   love   " 
School-boys   sometimes   have   a   grand 
passion  and  there  have  been  lovers  who 
nave  wielded  a  competent  pistol   from 
rage  or  chagrin  or  just  bad  temper    But 
the  boy  friend  of  Queen  Nadva  had  none 
of  these  motives    No,  we  would  have 
been  much  more  convinced   if   he  had 
been  shot,  trying  to  climb  out  of  the 
Queen's  bed-room  window,  by  one  of 
her  loyal  guard  -or  old  General  Krish, 
himself.    Miss    Frederick,    for    all    her 
beauty  and  charm,  never  quite  convinces 
us  on  the  speaking  stage    We  have  tried 
to    discover    why    without    avail     She 
never  gets  under  our  skin  and  we  are 
always  conscious  of  the  fact  that  she  is 
acting  This  is  doubtless  a  heritage  from 
her   long   apprenticeship   on   the   silver 
screen.  The  present  Elsie  Ferguson  and 
Nazimova  give  us  the  same  impression, 
to  name  two  others  who,  before  they 


tropioal  wiiitor 

by  Sara  Bard  Field 

I  who  am  neither  very  old  or  young — 
A  head  of  winter  streaked  with  Autumn 

brown — 
Who  still  feel  fluttering  of  song  unsung 
And  the  impatient  urge  to  set  it  down. 
Refuse  to  meditate  on  sober  sign 
Of  frosty  age  while  blazes  in  my  heart 
A  love  for  lovers  and  a  limpid  line 
Of  poetry  can  make  my  pulses  start. 
And  if  it's  this  way  when  I'm  very  old 
(As  with  Ninon  de  Lenclos, you  remember) 
I  shall  not  have  to  knit  or  merely  fold 
Worn  hands  on  limp  breasts  withered  by 

December. 
1  still  shall  feel  a  sharp  cry  stab  old  bones 
When  moonlight  cascades  down  the  moun- 
tain stones. 


went  F4ollywood,  were  vibrant  and 
con\'incing  actresses  .  .  .  William  Stack 
as  Prince  Keri,  carried  oft  the  honors  of  a 
performance  rhat,  true  to  the  Coward 
tradition,  was  over  at  the  comfortable 
hour  of  ten-thirty  by  the  clock  Mr 
Coward,  as  we  have  mentioned  before 
in  these  columns,  has  an  unfailing  receipt 
for  short  measure  in  his  plays  This  one, 
however,  sustained  interest  until  the  fall 
of  the  curtain,  whereas  usually  a  Coward 
play  peters  out  dramatically  long  before 
the  curtain  is  rung  down  on  the  second 
act. 

JOHN  Drinkwatfr's  "Bird  in  FHand  " 
— we  understand  that  if  you  arc 
prtiperlv  British  the  "w"  is  silent  in  the 
gentleman's  name  had  likewise  a  \ery 
slight  content  but,  withal,  a  very  amus- 
ing one.  We  were  so  glad  that  we  went 
to  the  show  with  an  American,  who  like 
ourselves  never  had  been  in  Great  Bri- 
tain. For  this  enabled  us  to  sit  through 
the  entire  play  with  great  complacenc\' 
and  enjovmcnt,  quite  oblivious  of  the 
fact  that  the  whole  thing  was  a  travestv 
on  English  country  life  Or  so  our  Eng- 
lish friends  ha\'e  hastened  to  inform  us 
We  had  a  sneaking  suspicion,  all  along, 
that  British  guests  at  a  road  house  would 
scarcely  have  interfered  with  the  domes- 
tic problems  of  their  inn-keeping  host 
And  we  thought  that  Sir  Robert  Arn- 


tli<^  Fall  ^('asoii^iiillKevlow 

by  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 


wood's  glee  at  adding  the  daughter  of 
the  aforesaid  inn-keeper  to  his  family 
circle  just  a  little  overdone.  In  fact,  he 
was  so  very  eager  that  we  came  away 
with  the  suspicion  that  his  young  son 
must  have  been  a  very  bad  sort,  in  short, 
that  Sir  Robert  was  choosing  the  girl  for 
his  daughter-in-law  as  the  lesser  of  some 
wors:  evil.  But  the  point  that  all  our 
British  friends  indignantly  made  and  of 
which  we  were  in  such  superlative  igno- 
rance, was  the  fact  that  British  inn- 
keepers' guests  never  sat  down  to  break- 
fast with  the  family  I  .  .  .  We  might 
have  questioned  this  too,  if  it  hadn't 
been  such  a  very  small  inn  and  such  a 
very  amusing  family.  Hov\'ever,  most 
of  our  informants  haven't  been  back  to 
their  English  country-side  for  many 
years.  Maybe  things  have  changed,  may- 
be inn-keepers  and  their  ex-circus  wives 
do  sit  down  to  breakfast  with  their 
guests,  and  maybe  K.C's  Jo  split  a  bottle 
of  wine  on  a  rainy  night  with  sardine 
salesmen — another  circumstance  that 
seems  to  have  roused  the  ire  of  our 
British  cousins. 

The  problem  of  the  play,  aside  from 
its  amusing  and  slightlv  Barryish  situa- 
tions, is  no  new  one  to  either  literature 
or  the  stage  The  re\'olt  of  the  younger 
generation  is  always  a  timely  topic  and. 
in  this  instance,  a  topic  which  introduced 
a  delightful  and  well  rounded  portrait 
of  a  dyed-in-the-wool  middle  class  vil- 
lager of  the  vintage  of  1S40  He  growled 
and  grumbled  and  suffered  as  only  a  mid- 
victorian  could,  winning  our  affection, 
as  he  had  won  his  circus  wife's,  by  some 
strange  reaction  to  his  integrity  and  sin- 
cerity. Perhaps  in  these  enlightened  days 
it  is  rank  sentimentalitv  to  be  mo\cd  bv 
the  spectacle  of  a  man  battling  tor  his 
principles.  Principles  have  gone  out  but, 
even  so,  there  is  gallantry  in  a  waving 
pennant  and  a  spirit  earnest  enough  to 
raise  it  aloft  and  fight  for  it.  Percv 
Rhodes  did  a  first  class  portrait  of  the 
contused  lather  It  was  one  that  we  shall 
reniembcr  ii^r  some  time  It  stood  out,  a 
definite  and  real  drawing  in  a  picture 
gallery  touched  tor  the  most  part  with 
farcial  strokes.  Mr  Blanquct,  drawn  to 
perfection  by  Eliot  Makeham,  showed 
us  a  sardine  salesman  that  would  have 
done  credit  to  Dickens  All  the  other 
roles  were  played  with  competence  and 
often  with  great  charm  All  in  all, 
"Bird  in  Hand  "  pro\idcd  many  chuckles 
and  not  a  few  downright  laughs;  two 
tacts  which  gave  it  complete  justilica 
tion  in  spite  of  its  alleged  liberties  w  ith 
British  \'erities. 

Continued  on  page  30 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


19 


31areellsi  Burke 


The  first  of  The  San  Franciscan  staff  of  contributing  editors  to  be  thrust  into  the  limelight 
of  our  own  pages  ....  we  hasten  now  to  present  her  because  of  the  popularity  of  her 
writings — because  we  fear  she  may  soon  be  clainied  by  New  York — and  to  spile  her 
affiliations  with  other  coast  publications. 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


A  S|iaiii$<li  IK«»oiii 


Harold  Wallace,  lh<'  interior  derorator.  has  reerealed  an  Old  World  atmosphere 
in  the  newlv  eonipli-ted  residenre  on  the  nillsboroiish  estate  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Brandt.  He  has  interpreted  the  Spanish  farmhouse  type  of  architecture 
with  antique  furniture  and  reproductions  of  unusual  beaulv.  The  room  shown 
here  is  parlicularlv  effective  «ith  its  fine  old  Spanish  furnishinps.  the  while 
plaster  walls  and  the  brilliant  accents  of  Aljiuhara  rugs.  Its  excellent  detail  is 
typical  of  the  Irealnicnt  of  the  entire  house  which  is  considered  the  best  of  its 
type  recently  built  <in  the  I'eninsula. 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


21 


Boeeaeeio 

A  <ilol€l-lli^^«'r  fiM»iii  file  East 


.    l*roK|»«>c>ts  ill  Western  Territory 

by  JOHN  PARKER 


IF  Jant  had  not  been  absorbed  in 
watching  the  antics  ot  two  mongrel 
puppies  at  the  roadside  she  would  have 
seen  the  high  power  motor  car  that 
overtook  the  Santa  Rosa-Sausalito  bus 
as  it  stopped  at  Cotati.  It  her  new  hat 
had  not  drooped  so  low  o\'er  her  eyes, 
she  would  ha\-c  noticed  the  woman  who 
stepped  trom  the  panting  car  and  took 
the  seat  beside  her. 

For  the  woman  was  not  one  to  go  un- 
noticed. The  hint  of  red  hair,  disclosed 
by  the  close-fitting  hat  of  black  velvet, 
spoke  of  a  glory  in  keeping  with  the 
vivid  coloring  and  emphasized  white- 
ness of  her  beautifully  modeled  features 
The  rare  golden  brown  of  her  eyes  was 
unaccountably  intriguing  under  curved 
lashes  of  deep  bronze. 

It  was  the  fur  coat  that  first  attracted 
Jane's  attention  Gleaming  mink,  ac- 
cented with  monkey  fur,  it  bore  the 
stamp  of  a  coutourier  far  removed  from 
Sonoma  county  and,  with  the  aid  of 
unusual  French  gloves,  afternoon  shoes 
of  grape  suede  and  an  individually 
blended  perfume,  it  introduced  its  wearer 
as  one  trom  distant  parts 

From  the  seclusion  afforded  by  the 
sheltering  brim  of  her  hat,  Jane  watched 
the  woman  slip  off  one  of  her  gloves, 
revealing  a  pale,  beautifully  cared  for 
hand.  With  graceful  gesture,  she  ar- 
ranged her  rings  and  Jane  noted  with 
envy  the  intricate  designs  ot  platinum 
and  precious  stones 

She  removed  the  other  glove.  On  this 
hand  there  was  but  one  ring.  Unusual, 
magnificent — a  single  large  uncut  emer- 
ald, held  in  place  on  its  ingenuously  de- 
signed band  by  a  delicate  mesh  ot  red 
gold. 

The  woman  looked  at  the  glorious 
thing  and  swiftly  pressed  it  to  her  lips. 
Then  she  opened  a  book  that  lay  in  her 
lap  and  started  to  read 

"Decameron:  by  Giovanni  Boc- 
caccio" 

Jane's  interest  quickened.  She  had 
heard  of  Boccaccio  and  had  been  tempted 
to  look  into  the  pages  of  the  copy  in  her 
employer's  library  but  she  had  never 
quite  dared.  She  was  afraid  someone 
might  see  her  and  she  was  convinced  it 
was  the  sort  of  book  she  would  not 
want  to  be  caught  reading. 

The  afternoon  light  poured  through 
the  bus  window  on  the  open  book.  See- 
ing that  her  traveling  companion  was 
looking  at  it,  the  woman  graciously 
moved  the  book  over  so  that  Jane  could 
read.  Soon  both  women  were  deep  in 
the  account  of  M.  Chapelet's  final  con- 
fession. 


They  finished  that  and  were  beginning 
the  second  no\'el  when  the  bus  drew 
under  the  shadow  of  the  Petaluma 
station. 

"Interesting,  isn't  it?"  said  Jane. 

"Yes,  but  I  don't  see  why  he  gave  it 
to  me . ' '  The  broad  accent  spoke  obviously 
ot  New  York.  "You  see,  the  book  was 
given  to  me  by  a  very  dear  friend  of 
mine,  a  very  clever  lawyer.  I  know  him 
quite  well — in  fact  I've  just  been  visit- 
ing with  him.  And  when  I  left,  he  gave 
me  this  ring,  isn't  it  marvelous?"  She 
turned  the  huge  emerald  slightly  to  re- 
veal the  elegance  ot  its  setting —  "and 
this  book  He  said  the  ring  was  to  remem- 
ber him  bv  and  the  book  was  to  help  me 
understand  him.  I  understand  the  ring 
all  right  but  the  book's  beyond  me  1 
don't  get  it,  that's  all." 

With  the  bus  under  way  again,  swiftly 
curving  its  way  along  the  foothills  by 
lagoon  etched  marshlands,  evening  de- 
scended and  it  was  not  easy  to  see  the 
jigging  print  so  they  drifted  into  further 
conversation. 

It  was  with  wonder  first,  then  with 
growing  envy,  mi.xed  with  incredulity, 
that  Jane  listened  to  the  woman's  ac- 
count of  her  travels  and  e.xperiences 

She  said  she  was  a  private  secretary  to 
a  very  prominent  lawyer  ot  New  York 
who  paid  her  way  on  an  extensive  vaca- 
tion each  year.  The  year  before  she  had 
gone  to  Europe,  and  this  time  she  had 
chosen  California — chiefiy,  she  insisted, 
because  of  the  "very  dear  lawyer  friend" 
in  Santa  Rosa. 

The  month  since  her  arrival  on  the 
Pacific  coast  had  been  a  succession  ot 
delightful  events.  Her  "lawyer  friend" 
had  given  her  a  "marxelous  time,"  en- 
tertaining her  royally  in  San  Francisco, 
lavishing  her  with  attentions  and  taking 
her  on  glorious  motor  trips.  The  last 
few  days  had  been  spent  at  his  home  in 
Santa  Rosa.  Oh,  he  was  the  most  con- 
siderate of  men  Quite  the  "perfect 
dear." 

She  was  returning  to  San  Francisco 
now  and  would  soon  be  on  her  way 
East  by  way  of  southern  California  and 


paradox 

fey  Ralph  Westerman 

To  all  ni.v  transrendcntal  schemes 
One  paradox  applies — 

That  Life  is  rcallv  what  it  seems 
When  seeming  otherwise. 


Florida  She  hated  going  back,  she  said, 
but  her  friend  had  some  important  cases 
coming  up  and  would  not  be  able  to  be 
with  her  or  take  her  about — it  was  no 
fun  going  around  alone.  She  hoped  to 
return  some  day  to  make  her  home  in 
California  .  .  . 

AT  S.AN  Rafael,  Jane  was  met  by 
L  friends  with  whom  she  spent  the 
week-end  .  .  .  Monday  morning  she  en- 
tered her  office  promptly  at  nine  o'clock. 
She  had  removed  the  cover  from  her 
typewriter,  dusted  the  desk  and  was  at 
the  window,  thinking  about  the  dull 
routine  that  lav  before  her,  when  her 
employer  entered.  His  cold,  unemotional 
face  seemed  harder  and  more  mask-like 
than  usual.  How  far  removed  was  this 
drab,  small  town  lawyer  from  the  ro- 
mantic lawyers  of  New  York.  Such  a 
man  would  never  give  anyone  even  a 
month  vacation.  She  could  work  tor  him 
tor  twenty  years  and  never  have  any- 
thing e.xciting  happen. 

Minor  resentments  shot  through  her 
brain  as  she  followed  the  man  into  his 
office  and  took  her  place  at  the  corner  of 
the  huge  mahogany  desk.  She  rebelled  at 
the  fate  that  made  her  work  year  in  and 
year  out  for  this  prosaic  lawyer.  She 
longed  for  the  luxury  and  freedom — and 
romance — that  she  had  glimpsed  in  the 
lite  of  the  New  York  stenographer 

When  Jane  turned  to  leave  the  inner 
office  after  receiving  instructions  for  the 
day,  her  eye  was  caught  by  a  small  gap 
in  the  books  near  the  door.  A  cold  chill 
ran  up  the  back  of  her  neck.  That  was 
the  place  where  Mr.  Winston  kept  his 
copy  of  Boccaccio. 

She  stopped  as  though  she  had  stubbed 
her  toe  In  her  confusion  she  turned  back 
toward  the  room.  To  her  amazement, 
the  man  at  the  desk  was  fingering  a 
woman's  handkerchief. 

His  eyes  met  hers  without  a  flicker  of 
self-consciousness.  "I  found  this,  is  it 
yours'"  His  tones  were  even  and  con- 
trolled, his  face  as  impassive  as  usual. 

"I — 1  don't  know — let  me  see."  The 
fragile  bit  of  painted  chiffon  breathed 
subtly  of  a  blended  perfume  that  whis- 
pered of  golden  eyes,  lu.xurious  fur  coat 
and  grape  suede  shoes.  "No,  it  isn't 
mine."  She  watched  him  closely. 

"Then  it  probably  belongs  to  Mrs. 
Winston.  She  returned  last  night,  you 
know." 

Calm,  immobile,  his  features givingno 
sign  of  any  possible  emotion,  the  man 
turned  to  the  legal  document  in  front  of 
him  as  Jane  found  her  way  out  ot  the 
otBce,  stumbling,  unseeing. 


22 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


The  Theatre 

All  Aet4>r  ni  Sail  Frsiiiei$«f*o 


Di$i«i*iisses  This  Fastiflitiiis  Phooiiix 

by  RONALD  TELFER 


THE  Stage  has  perhaps  never  interested 
people  so  much  as  it  does  at  the 
present  moment,  largely  because  it  is  so 
often  represented  as  "dead,"  or  "dying" 
^or,  at  least,  in  a  very  low  state  ot 
health.  Also,  an  increasingly  large  num- 
ber of  people  are  trying,  in  spite  of  its 
uncertain  future,  to  gain  a  living  on  its 
boards.  Never  has  the  theater  been  so 
over-crov\'ded  as  now.  This  is  due  pos- 
sibly to  the  facility  with  which  many 
people  are  entering  the  moving-pictures 
without  previous  training,  and  making 
a  success,  sometimes,  in  a  very  short 
space  of  time.  The  stage,  art-parent  ot 
the  cinema,  now  finds  itself  besieged  by 
the  thousands  who  ha\'e  not  succeeded 
in  the  pictures,  as  v\'ell  as  by  its  own 
growing  crop  ot  aspirants.  To  ill-advised 
youth,  the  theater,  (through  the  influence 
of  the  cinema)  has  become  a  sort  of 
modern  "gold-rush,"  where  quick  riches 
are  reported  to  be  available  with  little 
qualification  beyond  a  certain  attractive- 
ness of  face,  and  a  little  of  the  elusive 
quality  known  as  "personality."  The 
American  theater  today  is  crowded  with 
young  people  of  good  looks  and  little 
ability  or  intelligence,  and  a  hopeless 
lack  of  training  ot  the  voice  and  of  all 
details  of  stage  technique.  Plays  are 
being  written  for  these  types.  They  act 
them  badly,  and  good  playwrights  be- 
come more  and  more  discontented  with 
the  theater,  and  finally  cease  to  write  for 
the  stage  at  all.  The  best  of  the  world's 
writers,  with  a  few  exceptions,  are  doing 
far  better  in  book  and  magazine  litera- 
ture than  they  could  hope  to  do  with  the 
literature  of  the  stage.  The  public, 
finally,  tires  of  mediocrity. 

Thus,  the  stage  is  represented  as  "dy- 
ing "  But  there  are  other  reasons  for  its 
decline 

Before  the  moving  pictures  came  into 
being,  there  was  no  competition.  At 
first,  the  "movies"  developed  slowly, 
and  did  no  real  harm  to  the  stage  Then 
by  degrees,  they  strengthened  and,  through 
their  extremely  low  admission  prices, 
they  commanded  the  attention  of  the 
every-day  families,  who  could  go  to  the 
picture-palaces  much  more  often  and 
much  more  cheaply  than  into  the 
theatres.  Where  it  cost  at  least  a  dollar 
to  Bo  to  the  theatre  per  person,  one 
could  go  to  the  early  "movies"  for  ten 
cents.  Even  when,  at  last,  through  in- 
creasing prosperity,  the  cinema  charged 
more  and  more  admission  money,  and 
finally  arrived  at  about  fifty  cents  a  seat, 
it  was  still  much  more  cheap  to  attend 
them  than  to  go  to  the  theatre.  Today 
even  in  the  largest  cities,  movies  are  still 


not  higher,  on  an  average,  than  seventy- 
five  cents  a  seat,  while  the  "legitimate" 
attractions  are  very  seldom  priced  lower 
than  two  and  a  half  or  three  dollars. 

At  the  present  moment,  the  cinema, 
much  improved,  has  grown  important 
to  more  and  more  people  from  an  artistic 
standpoint,  as  well  as  trom  the  point  ot 
view  of  mere  "diversion"  and  enter- 
tainment. The  cinema  now  commands 
the  services  of  a  great  number  ot  excel- 
lent actors  who  formerly  earned  their 
living  in  the  spoken  theatre,  such  as  (to 
name  a  casual  few)  Lewis  Stone,  Richard 
Dix,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  and  many 
others. 

The  "talkies"  have  now  come  This 
is  a  real  revolution.  The  cinema,  bit  by 
bit  growing  closer  to  the  stage,  has  at 
last  arrived  within  three  nioves  ot  ac- 
quiring all  that  the  stage  has  to  offer. 
The  stage,  of  course,  offers  primarily  the 
spoken  voice.  Now  the  cinema  has  that. 
The  stage  offers  color,  with  all  its  inter- 
esting contrasts  The  cinema  has  already 
experimented  with  color,  and  will  soon 
acquire  it  altogether,  no  doubt,  although 
it  will  take  some  time  to  render  it  bear- 
able to  the  eyes  throughout  a  long  pic- 
ture. The  stage  still  offers  the  living 
human  being  exclusively,  which  the 
cinema  will  never  be  able  to  present  on 
the  screen,  as  a  matter  of  course.  Also, 
the  stage  offers  the  dimension  of  depth, 
and  of  thickness — ot  actuality,  whereas 
the  cinema  can  only  produce  the  flat  rep- 
resentation of  persons  and  things,  being 
thrown  on  a  screen  which  can  only  show 
breadth  and  height,  and  not  the  third 
dimension. 

From  this  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
gradual  development  ot  the  cinema  has 
consisted  in  a  more  and  more  close  inii- 
tation  ot  the  stage,  and  the  only  reason 
why  the  public  does  not  now  conipletely 
return  to  the  theatre,  to  the  threshold  ot 
which  the  cinema  has  now  led  it  back,  is 
purely  economical.  There  is  hardly  a 
shadow  ot  doubt  that,  could  the  stage 
produce  as  cheaply  as  the  screen,  with  a 
consequential  competiti\'e  admission 
price,  the  public  would  return  to  it 
for  entertainment  But  the  stage  can 
never  compete  with  the  mass-production 
of  the  cinema,  and  for  this  reason  can 
never,  it  would  seem,  supersede  it  This 
question  of  cost  is  the  stage's  greatest 
enemy.  A  talking  film  can  be  rented  lor 
a  week  at  a  nominal  rate,  and  a  low  rate 
ol  admission  will  fill  the  picture-theatre 
everv  night  to  profit,  but  the  operation 
of  a  company  ot  li\'ing  artists  lor  a  week 
in  the  same  theatre,  paying  their  salaries 
as  well  as  those  of  a  large  stage-crew 


with  its  union-wage,  costs  a  great  deal 
more,  and  necessitates  a  much  higher  ad- 
mission trom  the  public 

IT  LOOKS,  then,  as  though  the  screen 
would  dominate  for  the  tuture,  in 
the  field  of  entertainment — somewhere 
to  go  for  distraction  for  the  evening. 
But  for  plays  of  literary  value,  or  of 
intellectual  significance,  whether  bril- 
liant comedy  or  brilliant  tragedy,  the 
stage  will  always  live.  Undoubtedly, 
just  as  Grand  Opera  remains  the  finest 
entertainment  in  musical  drama,  in  spite 
of  the  tremendous  popularity  of  modern 
so-called  "jazz"  music,  so  the  stage, 
more  and  more,  must  remain,  in  its  final 
evolution,  the  pinnacle  of  the  finest  and 
most  intellectual  in  the  dramatic  field. 

There  will,  ot  course,  always  be  the 
stock  company,  producing  light,  breezy 
entertainment  to  appeal  to  "home  folks," 
and  played  by  fairly  good  actors  and 
actresses.  For  the  larger  dramatic  theatres, 
such  as,  in  San  Francisco,  the  Columbia, 
the  Curran  and  the  Geary,  there  will 
always  be  the  new  crop  ot  New  York 
successes  to  be  seen.  Even  v\'ith  the 
spoken  stage  declining,  there  will  always 
be  some  few  good  plays  which  are  suc- 
cesses on  Broadway  that  will  create  talk 
and  interest  out  here  in  the  West. 

Those  who  love  the  art  of  the  tradi- 
tional theatre  will  patronize  them,  and  a 
certain  number  of  curious  "hoi-polloi  " 
will  tollow  them  in.  Stars  will  under- 
take revi\'als  trom  time  to  time,  also; 
even  Shakespearean  re\i\als,  such  as 
that  recently  headed  by  Mr  George 
Arliss. 

This  brings  into  the  discussion  the 
"Little  Theatre."  The  Little  Theatre,  as 
such,  is  becoming  a  sort  of  necessary 
evil — although  it  is  perhaps  a  bit  unkind 
to  say  so.  It  is  necessary  because  the  com- 
mercial stage  no  longer  has  the  assured 
following  which  enabled  it  in  the  past  to 
produce  over  and  over  again  old  fav- 
orites, with  a  reasonable  chance  of  mak- 
ing money  at  it. 

A  revival  now-a-days,  at  the  Curran 
or  Columbia,  of  "If  I  Were  King"  or 
"Romeo  and  Juliet"  or  "Zaza  '  or 
"Rip  Van  Winkle"  would  never  pay  its 
own  cost,  unless  there  was  a  great  star 
at  the  head  ot  the  company  if,  indeed, 
they  would  not  require  an  all-star  cast. 
People  gladly  went  to  a  revival  in  the 
old  days  if  there  were  nothing  new  to  see. 
But  people  will  always  go  to  see  some- 
thing new  in  preference  and  now  the 
cinema  offers  new  scenarios  and  new 
ideas  each  week. 

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Th«'  (laii^hler  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Tol>in,  who  was  presented  to 
society  at  a  reception  gi^en  in  the  De  Young  Mansion  on  Octoher  24th. 


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THE  REIGNIXG  DYNASTY 


WEDDINGS 

PlZTI£RSON-RASTON.  On  October  9.  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Mr,  Balizcr  Peterson,  son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs  Ferdi- 
nand Peterson  of  San  Francisco  and  Belvedere,  and 
Mrs  Jeanne  Temple  Raston.  daughter  of  the  laie  Mr 
and  Mrs,  Rodolphe  Temple  of  Vienna. 

LEIB-McCREER'l'.  On  October  12.  in  Paris,  Mr, 
William  Leib,  son  of  the  late  Mrs.  Samuel  Monsarrat, 
and  Mrs  Lawrence  McCreery.  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs   Rennie  Pierre  Schwerin. 

GREENE-BRUGIERE,  On  October  16  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Mr  Harold  Greene,  son  of  the  late  Colonel  Law- 
rence Greene  of  New  ^'ork  and  Mrs  Law  rence  Greene 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  Miss  Constance  Brugicrt,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Pedar  Brugiere. 

BAE^ENS-CLARK,  On  October  17  in  Paris,  Baron 
James  Baeyens.  son  of  the  Baron  and  Baroness  Baeyens 
of  Brussels,  and  Miss  Mary  Clark,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Tobin  Clark  of  San  Mateo, 

McDONALD-BO't  D  On  October  26  in  San  Rafael. 
Mr.  John  D  McD<.)nald.  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Nlrs, 
Thomas  McDonald  and  Miss  Frances  Boyd,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Thomas  P.  Boyd  of  San  Rafael, 

FRIER-THUNDER  On  November  4  in  Chicago. 
Mr.  John  Mason  Frier,  son  of  Colonel  and  Mrs,  James 
H.  Frier  of  St  Louis  and  Miss  Grace  Thunder,  daughter 
of  Mr  and  Mrs  James  A.  Thunder,  now  of  Chicago, 
formerly  of  San  Francisco. 

KENDRICK-BEATTY,  On  October  30  in  Palo  Alto 
Mr,  James  Kendrick.  son  of  Mrs  C.  E.  Kendrick  and 
the  late  Mr  Kendrick,  and  Miss  Hildegarde  Beatty. 
daughter  of  Mr.  Oscar  Beatty  of  Paris  and  Mrs.  Jessie 
Hooper  Beatty  of  Palo  Alto,  ' 

HARRIS-FERRIS  On  October  I^  in  New  York.  Mr 
Ir\ing  Harris,  son  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Walter  Harris  of 
Houston.  Texas,  and  Miss  Jean  I'erris.  daughter  of  the 
late  Mr  and  Mrs  John  Ferris  of  England  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  Mr  and  Mrs  Glaus  Spreckels. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

GRIFFITH-GRACE  Miss  Alice  Griffith,  daughter 
of  Mrs  Charles  Griflfnh  and  the  late  Mr,  Griffith,  to 
Mr  Francis  Joseph  Grace  Jr  .  son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs 
Francis  Joseph  Grace  of  San  Francisco  and  Santa  Cruz 

GIANINNI-HOFFMAN,  Miss  Claire  Gianinni. 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  A,  P.  Gianinni.  to  Mr.  Clifford 
Hon  man. 

ROTHSCHILD-WEIR-  Miss  Joan  Grace  Roths- 
child, daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs,  John  Rothschild  of 
Hillsborough,  to  Mr.  William  Boyd  Weir.  Jr.,  son  of 
Mr  and  Mrs.  William  B.  Weir, 

RC^SSI-TORRENS,  Miss  Beatrice  Rossi,  daughter  of 
the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs  Pietro  C.  Rossi,  to  Mr.  James 
Torrens.  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs,  William  J.  Tor- 
ren'^  of  Washington,  D   C. 

VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Honoring  the  Reverend  Edward  Morgan  of  London. 
Mrs  William  Alston  Hayne  entertained  at  tea  at  the 
Town  and  Country  Club 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gifford  Pinchot  were  recent  visitors  in 
San  Francisco  Xir.  and  Mrs  Pinchot  have  been  voyag- 
ing in  the  South  Seas  in  their  yacht,  the  Mary  Pinchot. 

Miss  Eleanor  Salisbury  of  Pasadena  has  been  the 
guest  of  her  aunt  and  uncle.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  Salis- 
bury in  Burlingame. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Eddy  have  been  entertaining 
Mrs.  Louis  Brugiere  of  London  at  their  home  in  Pacific 
avenue.  Mrs,  Brugiere  was  the  former  Mrs.  Ann  Dorr 
Pennoyer  of  Burlingame. 

Mrs,  Casper  Clark  of  Seattle  was  guest  of  honor  at  an 
informal  luncheon  given  at  the  Francisca  Club  by  Mrs. 
Charles  Bentley. 

Mrs.  P.  Lorrilard  Ronalds,  of  New  York  was  a  visitor 
on  the  peninsula  and  was  extensively  entertained  by 
Burlingame  society.  Mrs,  Ronalds  visited  with  Mr.  and 


Mrs.  Richard  McCreery  andjsarties  were  given  for  her 

■  id   N-TTS,    Rudolph 

Spreckels. 


by  Mr.   and   \1rs.    Walter  Filer,   and 


The  Maharajah  of  Kapurthala  was  guest  of  honor  at 
a  luncheon  given  by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Spreckels.  The  luncheon 
took  place  on  the  day  that  the  Maharajah  sailed  for  his 
home  in  India. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Leigh-Jones  were  hosts  to  Lord 
Walter  and  Lady  Dorothy  Bearsted  at  a  dinner  at  Tait's 
at  the  Beach.  Mr,  and  Mrs  William  H  Crocker  were 
also  hosts  to  Lord  and  Lady  Bearsted.  Before  coming  to 
California  the  English  visitors  were  guests  at  the  E. 
Roland  Harriman  ranch  jn  Idaho. 

The  Earl  of  Amerhest  is  expected  to  arrive  in  San 
Francisco  on  November  8  accompanied  by  Mr,  Whitney 
Warren.  Jr.  The  Earl  will  visit  in  San  Francisco  for 
several  weeks. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  James  H.  Van  Alen  (Eleanor  Langley) 
will  be  entertained  in  San  Francisco  this  month.  The 
couple  are  on  their  honeymoon  trip  around  the  world. 

Mrs.  Muriel  Vanderbilt  Church  and  Mrs.  George 
Foster  Eliot  are  visitors  at  Del  Monte  and  Pebble  Beach 
for  a  month.  Mrs.  Church  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Graham  Fair  Vanderbilt.  the  former  Miss  Virginia  Fair 
of  San  Francisco. 


HERE  AND  THERE 

Miss  Evclvn  Salisbury,  daughter  of  Mr,  and  Mrs. 
Walker  Salisbury  of  Burlingame.  made  her  debut  at  a 
large  ball  given  for  her  by  Mr  Prescott  Scott  on  Novem- 
ber 2  at  the  Burlingame  Country  C-lub. 

Senator  Tallant  Tubbs  entertained  this  winter's 
debutantes  and  their  friends  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Bur- 
lingame C'ountry  Club, 

Mr.  and  Mrs   George  Newhall  are  building  a  home 

at  Palm  Springs  where  Senator  Phclan  has  a  residence 

Miss  Elizabeth  Oyster  was  hostess  ai  a  supper  party 

at  her  home  in  Palo  Alto  after  one  of  the  recent  football 

games  at  Stanford  University. 

Mrs,  Stetson  Winsliaw  will  give  a  luncheon  for  Miss 
Harric  Hill  whose  debut  takes  place  on  December  5 

Mrs.  Samuel  Knight  is  planning  a  long  sojourn 
abroad,  Mr  Knight  will  join  her  on  the  Continent  early 
in  Spring, 

Mrs  Moseley  Taylor  gave  a  dinner  party  at  the  home 
of  her  parents.  Mr  and  Mrs,  George  Pope  in  Burlin- 
game, preceding  the  Salisbury  ball, 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Robert  Watt  Miller  entertained  at  din- 
ner in  Burlingame  for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Drum,  Twenty 
guests  were  present. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Frederick  Weida  (Flora  Miller  Lang- 
ton)  will  visit  San  Francisco  this  winter,  coming  from 
their  home  m  Dolok  Terangir.  Sumatra. 

San  Francisco  society  is  anticipating  the  arrival  of 
Sir  Charles  and  Lady  Mendl  (Elsie  de  Wolfe)  and  Miss 
Elsa  Maxwell  of  Paris 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Heber  Tilden  have  returned  to  their 
apartment  in  town  after  a  sojourn  at  Fallen  Leaf  Lake, 
Miss  Patricia  Tobin  and  Miss  Evelyn  Salisbury,  two 
of  the  season's  debutantes,  were  guests  of  honor  at  a 
dinner  given  at  the  Mark  Hopkins  by  Mr,  and  Mrs. 
John  Clark  Burgard  Miss  Tobin.  the  daughter  of  Mr 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  Oliver  Tobin,  was  presented  to  society 
at  a  reception  given  at  the  de  Young  mansion  in  San 
Francisco. 

Mrs,  Robert  M,  Eyre  gave  a  luncheon  for  Mrs  Ather- 
ton  Russell  shortly  before  Mrs,  Russell  departed  for 
Europe 

The  Junior  League  held  a  Fashion  Show  at  the  Benja- 
min Franklin  Hotel  in  San  Mateo  a  few  weeks  ago.  The 
Stanford  orchestra  furnished  music  for  the  afternoon. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  E  Lawrence  Bowes  have  returned  to 
San  Francisco  after  a  visit  to  the  Atlantic  Coast. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Stewart  Lowery  have  taken  apartments 
at  the  Francesca  on  Powell  street  for  the  winter. 

A  group  of  young  women  prominent  in  society  have 
formed  a  club  called  The  Spinsters,  and  they  plan  to 
give  an  elaborate  "Tovland"  ball  in  January  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  The  ball  will  be  an  annual 
occasion  The  membership  is  limited  to  the  debutantes 
and  girls  who  have  made  their  debut  within  the  last  few 
years.  The  guest  list  will  be  limited  to  300, 

Miss  Genevieve  Six  will  make  her  debut  on  November 
9  at  the  Burlingame  Oiuntry  Club  where  her  uncle  and 
aunt,  Mr,  and  Mrs  James  C  Jackman  will  give  a  tea 
to  be  followed  by  a  dinner  dance  for  the  younger  set. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B  Hendcrst^n  of  Powell  street 
were  dinner  hosts  recently,  their  guests  including 
Colonel  O,  E.  Bartlett.  Mrs.  Wellington  Henderson, 
who  now  lives  in  Berlin  will  revisit  San  Francisco  next 
month. 

Mr,  Tempieton  Crocker  has  returned  to  his  apart- 
ment on  Russian  Hill  after  passing  a  fortnight  in  Mexico. 
Included  among  the  interesting  affairs  given  for  the 
vounger  set  are  the  luncheon  given  by  Miss  Dorothy 
Mein  at  the  Burlingame  Cbuntry  Club  and  the  dinner 
party  given  by  Mr.  Augustus  Taylor.  Jr,,  at  the  Taylor 
home  in  Menlo  Park. 

Mrs.  Cliff  Weatherwax  has  returned  from  Europe  and 
has  opened  her  home  in  Burlingame  for  the  winter. 

One  of  the  largest  gatherings  of  the  season  was  the 
party  given  by  Mr.  George  Russell  at  his  home  in  Green 
street.  The  occasion  celebrated  the  host's  birthday,  and 
Mrs.  Russell  Hurn  and  Miss  Dominga  Russell  assisted 
in  receiving  the  guests. 

Mrs.  E.  Mejia  and  her  daughters.  Miss  Elvira  Mejia, 
Miss  Irene  Mejia  and  her  son  Mr.  Arthur  Mejia.  have 
taken  the  apartment  of  Commodore  and  Mrs.  James  H. 
Bull  on  the  Hyde  street  hill  for  the  w  inter. 

Miss  Eleanor  Christenson  and  Miss  Barbara  Gates 
will  make  their  debuts  jointly  at  a  ball  which  Mr,  and 
Mrs.  Louis  Shattuck  Gates  will  give  at  the  Burlingame 
Country  Club  on  November  30, 

Miss  Edith  Bentley  w  ill  be  another  debutante  of  the 
winter  and  will  make  her  bow  to  society  on  December  3. 
Miss  Bentley  will  be  presented  by  her  grandmother, 
Mrs.  Robert  I.  Bentley.  who  is  giving  a  tea  for  her 
granddaughter  at  the  Francisca  Club 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Charles  W.  Fay  gave  a  farewell  dinner 
for  Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherion  who  is  en  route  to  Europe 
for  the  winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Raymond  Welch  are  visiting  in  Spokane 
and  Vancouver.  Mrs  Welch's  mother.  Mrs,  William  F 
Fullam,  has  returned  to  her  home  in  Washington, 

Mrs  Dunn  Dutton  has  sold  her  home  in  Burlingame 
and  plans  to  divide  her  time  in  the  future  between  San 
Francisco  and  Honolulu. 


Miss  Isobel  McCreery  will  make  her  debut  on  Novem- 
ber 16  at  a  large  ball  which  Mr  and  Mrs  Richard 
McCrerry  will  give  at  ihe  Burlingame  Cx>untry  Club. 
Mr  and  Mrs  McCreery  only  recently  returned  from 
Europe  where  they  passed  the  greater  part  of  the  spring 
and  summer. 

Two  important  debut  dates  for  the  month  arc  Novem- 
l^er  6  and  November  8  On  the  former  date  Miss  Elena 
Musto  will  he  presented  at  u  large  reception  given  by 
her  mother.  Mrs  Guido  Musto  On  November  8  Miss 
Harriet  Holbroi.)k.  daughter  of  Mrs  Paul  Wegeforih 
(Lily  Spreckels)  and  niece  of  Mrs  Alexander  Hamilton, 
w  ill  make  her  debut  ai  a  tea  given  by  Mrs  Silas  Palmer. 
Mrs  Palmer  and  also  Mrs  Samuel  Knight,  are  aunts 
of  the  debutante 

Mr*  Warren  Spieker  entertained  a  group  of  twelve 
friends  at  dinner  at  her  home  in  Pacific  avenue 

Mr  and  Mrs  Bliss  Rucker  (Edna  Taylor)  celebrated 
the  (ifth  anniversary  of  iheir  wedding  by  giving  a  buffet 
luncheon  at  their  home  in  Burlingame 

Mrs.  Ward  Barron  has  taken  an  apartment  on  Hyde 
street  for  the  winter. 

Miss  Louise  I^yd  is  moving  to  town  from  San  Rafael 
for  the  winter  She  has  taken  the  Samuel  Aisiin  Wood 
house  on  Jackson  street. 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Thomas  B,  Eastland  gave  a  dinner 
party  for  Dr  and  Mrs  Herbert  Moffitt  who  recently 
returned  from  Europe. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  William  Palmer  Horn  and  Miss  Qm- 
stance  1  lorn  have  closed  their  house  in  San  Rafael  for 
the  winter  and  will  spend  the  coming  months  with  Mrs 
Horn's  mother.  Mrs.  Camillo  Martin 

Miss  Josephine  Grant  entertained  a  group  of  friends 
at  luncheon  in  Burlingame.  her  guests  including  Mrs, 
Paul  Fagan,  Mrs  George  C-ameron.  Mrs  J  C,  Burgard. 
Mrs.  Raymond  Welch  and  Mrs  Ross  Ambler  Curran 

Mr  and  Mrs  Stanley  Stillman.  Jr  .  have  returned  to 
their  home  on  Washington  street.  Mr.  Stillman  has 
recovered  from  an  injury  received  in  an  automobile 
accident. 

In  honor  of  Miss  Helen  Wills,  Senator  James  D  Phc- 
lan entertained  a  gathering  of  friends  at  Villa  Moniaivo. 
Miss  Wills  has  established  herself  in  a  studio  in  San 
Francisco  for  the  winter  and  will  carry  on  her  art  studies 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mrs,  Wo<^d  Armsby  has  left  for  New  York  where  she 
will  pass  the  winter. 

Mrs  (~yril  McNear  and  her  little  daughter  are  estab- 
lished in  New  York  for  the  winter, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Crocker  who  are  in  the  East, 
were  among  the  guests  at  a  notably  interesting  dinner 

Party  given  in  the  Japanese  RfKim  of  the  Ritz  by  Mr 
loward  Sturgis, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallace  Irwin  are  occupying  their 
apartment  in  Sutton  Place  in  New  York  for  the  w  inter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  J  de  Sabia,  who  passed  the 
summer  in  California,  are  again  at  their  New  York 
home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Charles  BIy  th  of  Burlingame,  will  spend 
the  winter  on  the  Atlantic  Coast. 

Mr,  and  Mrs,  Samuel  F.  B,  Morse  are  visiting  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Cheever  Cowdin  at  their  home  on  Long  Island. 

Miss  Roberta  Stephenson  is  in  B<jston  where  she  will 
spend  the  winter  in  school. 

Mrs,  Alice  Ames  Robbins  who  passed  the  summer  in 
San  Francisco  with  Mr.  and  Mrs  Alden  Ames,  has  re- 
turned to  New  York. 

Mrs  Daniel  Manning  recently  gave  a  lunch  ac 
Sherry's  for  her  daughter.  Mrs.  Paul  Bancroft.  Jr. 

Judge  and  Mrs.  Sidney  Ballou  are  again  occupying 
their  apartments  in  Sutton  Place  after  passing  the  sum- 
mer at  Oyster  Bay. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Leland  Stanford  Wood  have  taken 
quarters  in  the  new  Delmonico  .Apartments 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Robert  Hays  Smith  have  been  visiting 
in  New'  'i'ork,  staying  at  the  Ritz 

Mrs.  Adolph  Uhl  and  her  daughter  Miss  Ernesiinc 
Adams,  have  been  visiting  in  New  York  where  they 
have  been  entertained  by  Mrs  Uhl's  daughter.  Mrs. 
Theodore  Weicker.  J  r. 

During  a  recent  sojourn  in  New  York  Senator  James 
D  Phelan  made  his  home  at  the  Savoy-Plaza. 

Mrs,  Horace  D.  Pillsbury  and  Miss  Margaret  Pills- 
bury  have  been  guests  at  the  Lombardy. 

Mrs.  James  Flood  and  Miss  Mary  Emma  Flood  plan 
to  pass  the  winter  in  New  York,  and  are  at  the  Madison. 


SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTH 

Mr  and  Mrs  Walter  Filer.  Mr.  and  Mrs  .Mexander 
I  lamilton.  Mr  and  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  McNear.  Mrs 
P  Lorrilard  Ronalds.  Mr,  Tempieton  Crocker  and  Mrs 
John  Drum  arc  leaving  in  a  few  days  for  Agua  Calientc 
and  Coronado. 

Dr  and  Mrs.  Walter  Scott  Franklin  who  are  at 
present  m  Montecito.  gave  a  supper  party  recently  at 
the  Montecito  Country  Club  for  Kirs.  Cameron  Squires. 


26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Iffav  Dav  Rehearsal 

Willi  \vor«l»<  on   flu-  "ItVliy"  of  llio  Show 

by  DOROTHY  STRATTON 


IT  IS  as  well  to  pause  now  and  then  to 
examine  more  closely  chose  factors 
in  a  community  which  we  are  apt  to 
accept  with  a  casual  nod  of  recognizance 
as  they  are  mentioned  Such  an  institu- 
tion is  the  Junior  League  Its  activities 
are  legion,  it  dehnes  itself  as  "essentially 
a  community  asset,"  having  as  its  ob- 
ject the  enaeavor  to  "foster  interest 
among  its  members  in  the  social, econo- 
mic, educational,  civic  and  cultural  condi- 
tions of  their  community  and  to  make 
efficient  their  volunteer  service    ' 

One  might,  perhaps,  liken  the  Junior 
League  to  a  tree  whose  roots  lie  deep  and 
far-reaching  in  the  soil  of  the  commun- 
ity. Its  membership  is  limited,  so  far  as 
possible,  to  women  of  social  integrity 


and  thus  it  is  a  factor  in  the  age-old 
struggle  tor  social  position  which  per- 
sists wherever  women  are  banded  to- 
gether. In  every  other  respect,  it  is  a 
group  of  purposeful  and  earnest  workers 
that  strives  to  avoid  being  one  ol  those 
graceful,  flowers-to-the-sick,  meddle-in- 
the-lives-of-the-poor  aflfairs  and  turns  its 
energies  to  really  concrete  relief  work. 

C)n  Wawona  and  Thirtieth  avenue 
stands  Pinehaven,  a  memorial  to  the  past 
and  very-present  v\'ork  ol  the  League; 
dedicated  to  the  purpose  oi  pro\'iding  a 
temporary  home  (or  children  awaiting 
permanent  disposition.  The  children  arc 
sent  there  by  the  child  welfare  depart 
ment  of  the  Associated  Charities  and  it 
is  usually  filled  to  its  capacity  of  cv\'enty- 


tour.  This  is  the  League's  chief  charity. 
It  was  founded  in  response  to  the  cry 
that  came  from  more  than  one  direction  : 
Give  us  a  temporary  home  for  children ! 
This  cry  was  first  answered  in  1925 
when  the  League  organized  its  house- 
hold at  200S  Lyon  street,  admittedly  as 
an  experiment  It  prospered  and,  in  what 
seemed  no  time  at  all  to  those  who  were 
working  to  keep  up  with  its  demands, 
the  need  for  bigger,  more  modern  quar- 
ters became  too  insistent  to  be  ignored. 
In  March  of  1927,  the  purchase  of  an 
acre  of  land  in  the  Parkside  district  was 
announced.  On  it,  Pinehaven  now 
stands,  a  beautiful  building  with  a  beau- 
tiful approach  sunny,  spacious  and 
healthful.  Soon  after  its  completion,  it 
won  an  architectural  prize  The  house  is 
dedicated  to  Esperance  Ghirardelli,  past 
president  of  the  League,  whose  earnest 
desire  was  the  realization  of  the  dream 
of  Pinehaven 

But  in  order  to  build  and  run  this 
larger  home,  the  League  had  to  incur  a 
considerable  debt  and  it  is  toward  meet- 
ing that  obligation  chat  the  League's 
whole  energies  are  now  bene  The  profits 
of  the  shop  in  Tillford  Place,  proceeds 
from  Fashion  Shows  and  the  Leibes 
Day  results  go  to  it,  but  they  are  as 
tantalizing  nibbles  to  the  starx'ing  whole 
and  the  great  financial  realization  of 
each  year  comes  from  the  Show,  that 
much  badgered,  discussed,  praised  and 
criticized  event. 

For  a  full  month  before  this  year's 
cabaret  dinner,  the  girls  who  took  part 
in  it  vanished  as  completely  from  social 
life  as  it  they  had  entered  a  convent. 
Literally  every  and  all  day  thev  were  re- 
hearsed by  George  Cunningham  and 
Walter  Wills  who  are  noted  lor  such 
musical  comedy  successes  as  "No,  No 
Nannette"  and  "Hit  the  Deck."  Toward 
the  last,  they  attended  dress  rehearsals  as 
late  as  three  and  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning. 

While  members  of  the  cast  learned  the 
intricate  dance  steps,  other  League  mem- 
bers canvassed  their  acquaintances  for 
purchasers  of  tickets  to  the  Show  and 
for  financial  cooperation  of  other  kinds. 
The  public's  response  was  generous,  as 
generous  as  was  the  untiring  work  given 
by  the  League  members,  but,  as  always, 
there  was  an  undercurrent  of  murmur. 
"Why  the  Show'"  And,  afterward,  that 
black  accusation    "It  was  amateur!" 

Granted'  How  could  it  be  anything 
but  amateur'  But  was  it,  at  that,  half  as 
bad  as  a  poor  professional  performance 
with  the  money  for  the  ticket  in  some 
theatre  manager's  pocket  and  no  chari- 
table credit  to  its  purchaser?  This  Show 
repeated  the  success  and  triumph  that 
each  successi\'C  year  becomes  a  source 
of  personal  pride  to  each  one  who  helped 
toward  it  It  demonstrated  once  more 
the  potentialities  of  a  social  force  directed 
to  charitable  ends. 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


27 


HE    Wh 


THE  technical  skill  of  Julian  Green 
seems  to  have  misled  people  into 
finding  in  him  great  matter  as  well  as 
manner  He  writes,  certainly,  a  finished 
prose;  and  that,  in  an  age  ot  lout-writers, 
should  he  welcomed.  But  he  is  not  at  all 
the  creator  of  profound  tragedy  which 
his  cult  calls  him 

Tragedy,  trom  that  ot  Euripides  to 
that  of  Jetfers,  requires,  first,  a  certain 
spaciousness;  and  it  can  be  concerned 
only  with  persons  of  large  stature  The 
mishaps  ot  small  souls  are,  and  always 
u'ill  he,  only  ludicrous.  The  author  wip- 
ing a  tear  or  two  in  the  midst  ol  bandy- 
legged bourgeoisie  is  grotesque 

Avarice  House  and  TheClosed  Qarden 
were  adjudged  as  showing  promise.  But 
there  is  not,  in  The  Dark.  Journey,  the 
broader  vision,  the  more  certain  power, 
for  which  we  looked.  M.  Green  finds 
the  nadir  in  his  first  paragraph,  and  trom 
that  ultimate  depth  he  never  strays.  His 
characters,  in  speaking,  seem  always  to 
be  staring  darkly  into  space,  like  por- 
traits of  Poe.  The  bass  viol  plays  a  neces- 
sary part  in  a  symphony;  a  bass  viol  solo 
is  not  art   Morbidity  is  not  tragedy 

The  suggestion  that  Julian  Green  is 
"in  period"  is  unsound.  Henry  Ford  did 
not  in\ent  misery,  he  merely  enlarged 
its  realm.  What  is,  perhaps,  in  period  is 
the  stunted  intellect  In  tragic  writing 
there  is  no  longer  possible  a  Sophocles, 
or  even  a  Shakespeare,  but  only  (except- 
ing JelTers)  a  lot  of  little  fellows  who 
rewrite  Maupassant  without  the  humor 
The  public  which  is  so  easily  defrauded 
deser\es  no  better  And  M.  Green  needs 
a  good  dose  of  Norman  Douglas 

A  woman  writer  recently  burst  into 
dithyrambs  over  the  fact  that,  statisti- 
cally, America  leads  the  world  in  orga- 
nized charities.  We  can  hardly  wait  for 


\:\%'o 


the  complementary  crowing  over  our 
possession  also  ot  the  highest  homicide 
rate. 

And  we  hope  that  anyone  who  feels  a 
case  ot  charitable  display  coming  on 
will  read  Aldous  Huxley's  story,  Lady 
Bountiful. 

Those  persons  who  are  most  indig- 
nant and  derisive  over  the  persecutors 
ot  Galileo,  Copernicus  and  Chris  Colon 
— saying  that  the  intolerance  and  stupid- 
ity ot  mankind  depresses  them — are  the 
same  persons  who,  without  any  study, 
smirkingly  condemn,  as  imbeciles,  both 
Freud  and  Einstein. 


Space  does  not  permit  here,  a  just  and 
proper  appreciation  ot  the  work  ot  Wil- 
liam Horace  Smith,  who  creates  beauty 
in  what  is  surely  the  newest  art  form. 
Our  friends  the  philistines  do  not  quite 
understand  him,  since  they  look,  in 
photographs,  for  what  they  consider 
"photographic  "  But  he  shoves  into  their 
unconscious  minds,  whether  they  like  it 
or  not,  a  series  ot  beautiful  images — 
which,  whether  they  like  it  or  not,  will 
recur  to  them  at  some  fitting  time.  For 
his  performance  of  this  great  labor  Mr 
Smith  has  our  heartiest  thanks. 

If  we  felt  truly  Biercean,  and  had 
cause,  we  could  make  a  swell  line  out  of 
"serene,  indifferent  to  others'  fate  ..." 

OUR  guillotine,  this  time,  is  being 
honed  for  Wm.  Lyon  Phelps,  tor  his 
confusion  ot  religion  with  literary  criti- 
cism and  for  his  attempts  to  be  kitten- 
ish; for  the  anonymous  sadist  responsible 
for  the  Unguentine  ads,  which  take  such 
delight  in  the  seared  f^esh  of  children; 
and  for  all  earnest,  zealous  and  humor- 
less persons  in  general.  We  had  almost 
included  Arthur  Brisbane,  but  we  de- 
cided he  was  not  harmful  enough — the 
poor  old  duffer,  sitting  in  the  sun,  catch- 
ing his  thumbs  with  his  fingers 

From  the  Call-Bulletin:  "Norton 
took  it  about  on  his  two  yard  line  and 
lived  over  the  goal  line"  And  that,  we 
know,  is  living. 


i^L/  NEDHILTO 


I ^18^ 


"Noiv,  Osbert,  do  you  get  any  kind  of 
reaction  out  of  this  one?" 

There  is  no  longer  in  this  country  a 
literary  critic  whom  one  can  trust;  those 
who  lead  what  was  once  a  proud  pro- 
fession are  all  sideshow  barkers,  bally- 
hooing,  indiscriminately,  each  and  every 
freak.  The  publishers,  from  month  to 
month,  discover  a  hundred  Kolniyatsches, 
and  the  chorus  of  critics  whoop  up  a 
great  array  of  superlatives  in  a  manner 
so  erudite  and  convincing  that  even  the 
best  of  us  are  apt  to  take  them  seriously. 
It's  bad  for  literature  The  honest  praise 
ot  the  rare  good  work  is  lost  in  the 
cacophony  over  every  bit  of  spinster's 
exhibitionism  which  comes  along  Every 
college  boy's  imitation  ot  Fitzgerald  or 
Dunsany  is  hailed  with  hallelujahs; 
every  Bohunk's  ungrammatical  echoing 
of  Dreiser  becomes  a  three-day  classic. 

The  reason  should  be  obvious  Cul- 
ture has  become  the  fad  ot  the  moment 
Fat-bodied  v\'omen  and  fat-minded  men 
now  mingle  letters  with  their  bridge  and 
golf.  Erudition  is  the  mode;  mass  pro- 
duction has  been  applied  to  good  taste. 
But  these  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
democratic  arbiters  are,  of  course,  not 
quite  able  to  manage  with  literature — 
it  contains  too  many  big  words.  They 
can  read  only  a  certain  type  of  easy-on- 
the-mind  hackery  But,  so  that  they  may 
retain  the  illusion  of  their  intellectuality 
— in  other  words,  so  that  the  consump- 
tion of  binder's  boards  may  still  be  as 
phenomenal  as  is  only  right  in  a  great 
industrial  nation — our  generous  critics 
assure  them  that  their  fa\'orite  tawdry- 
ness  is  the  most  profound  and  splendid 
writing  which  a  genius-ridden  world 
affords. 

[KDITOR'S  NOTE— It  is  to  be  understood  that  the 
editor  of  THE  SAN  FRANXISCAN  is  not  rcspon- 
sil)lc  for  what  appears  on  this  page ;  and  the  editor  of 
this  page  is  not  responsible  for  whatever  may  appear 
elsewhere  in  the  magazine.] 


28 


The  Bottom  of  tli«  Well 


with  Deptli$«  that  Lend 
Cvlaiiioiir  to  What 
>li;£ht  Hav«^ 


by  BETH  WENDELL 


ONE  night,  lace  in  October,  I  arrived 
at  a  dinner  party,  happy  in  the  as- 
surance that  my  waist  Une  was  high  and 
my  hem  uneven. 

Just  before  leaving  the  house,  Boh  had 
uttered  his  autumnal  greeting  of,  "Where 
the  hell  did  you  get  that  dress,"  but  en- 
tirely prepared  for  his  attitude,  I  main- 
tained the  fortitude  of  silence. 

As  1  greeted  our  bachelor  host  and  his 
other  guests,  my  gaiety  for  the  evening 
was  so  completely  established,  that  I  did 
not  notice  an  atmosphere  of  glumness,  in 
fact  grimness.  1  did,  however,  perceive 
that  cocktails  were  drunk  in  great  abun- 
dance, and  seemingly  with  the  intent  ot 
reaching  oblivion 

After  enjoying  seven  caviar  sand- 
wiches and  three  pork  sausages,  I  real- 
ized that  everyone  was  merely  drinking. 

"Goodness,"  I  said,  "All  you  men 
look  down  in  the  dumps!  Is  anything  the 
matter?" 

No  one  answered,  so  I  decided  that 
Peter,  our  host,  had  confided  some  mis- 
hap before  we  arrived.  1  wondered  what 
it  could  be  and  finally  asked, 

"What's  wrong,  Pete?  Did  the  cook 
leave?" 

"Not  yet,"  he  answered  dully,  "but 
she'll  have  to.  1  can't  keep  her  any 
longer." 

As  I  said  before,  Peter  is  a  bachelor, 
and  1  decided  that  continuance  of  the 
subject  might  be  embarrassing.  Every- 
thing indicated  that  the  cook  was  about 
to  be  a  mother,  but  1  could  not  under- 
stand why  Peter  announced  it  while  en- 
tertaining. 

At  the  table,  no  one  ace  very  much,  so 
1  knew  that  a  steady  flow  of  conversa- 
tion was  necessary.  1  tried  such  general- 
ities as  the  Vitaphonc,  Hoover,  Lind- 
bergh and  Ishbel  Macdonald,  but  no  one 
responded  very  well. 

Suddenly  and  rather  rudely,  Arthur 
interrupted  one  of  my  statements  by 
saying. 


"There  has  never  been  anything  like  it 
since  1907." 

"It  was  in  1906,"  I  corrected  him. 

"What  was?"  Arthur  retorted  a  bit 
sharply. 

"The  fire,"  1  answered,  being  sure  not 
to  say  earthquake,  as  Florence  is  from 
the  east. 

"But,  I'm  talking  about  the  crash," 
Arthur  fairly  yelled,  and  I  answered  with 
great  heat, 

"Well,  the  crash  came  at  the  same 
time,  "didn't  it?  They  dynamited  the 
buildings  to  stop  the  fire  from  spreading, 
didn't  they?" 

At  that  moment.  Bob  called  from 
across  the  table,  back  of  the  centerpiece: 

"There  has  been  a  crash  in  the  stock 
market,  my  darling  Huge  fortunes  have 
been  swept  away  and  paper  profits  have 
come  to  naught.  Knowing  that  you  do 
not  read  the  paper  or  walk  on  Mont- 
gomery Street,  I  should  have  explained 
before  taking  you  out  in  public." 

"What  a  shame'"  I  cried,  realizing 
chat  Peter's  cook  was  not  pregnant  and 
that  Arthur  had  not  been  discussing  the 
catastrophe  of  1906.  "Have  any  of  our 
friends  lost  their  money?" 

Thereupon  everyone  at  the  table 
groaned. 

IMMEDIATELY  after  that,  I  heard  Lillian 
say,  "That  is  the  end  of  our  trip 
abroad.  We  were  going  in  January,  but 
it's  all  off  now." 

All  at  once  a  queer,  unexplainablc 
light  entered  my  mind,  and  half  dazed,  1 
murmured, 

"So  were  v/e.  Bob  and  I  were  going  in 
March." 

Bob  gulped  and  looked  ac  me  as  if  I 
had  gone  quice  mad 

Archur  curned  Co  him  and  said  sadly, 

"Hard  hie,  old  man?" 

Noc  wishing  to  denounce  my  veracity 
before  all  those  people.  Bob  merely 
shrugged  his  shoulders. 

Then  Peter  said  softly,  "Allied  To- 
bacco? It  got  me" 

Reggie  murmured,  "General  Chemi- 
cal? Holster?" 

Bob  kept  on  shrugging  his  shoulders, 
but  I  cannot  describe  the  sense  ot  fulfill- 
ment that  overwhelmed  me  when  1  had 
half  consciously  murmured ; 

"So  were  we.  We  were  going  in 
March." 

Those  few  words  carried  me  to  the 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

land  ot   "might  have  been,"   with  its 
beautiful  sorrows  and  lovely  regrets. 

It  seemed  to  be  a  complex,  and  1  once 
heard  that  all  complexes  might  be  traced 
to  one's  youth.  Yes,  there  it  was!  Back 
in  my  adolescence,  I  had  often  written 
essays  for  Travel  Contests  but  had  never 
won.  Later,  with  my  maturity  and  char- 
acter development,  I  seemed  to  read  of 
Winter  Rates  with  the  same  indifference 
that  I  bestow  upon  menu  items  which 
contain  starch,  fats,  or  sugar.  Behind  it 
all,  however  was  an  inborn  urge  and  a 
terrific  desire  to  see  things  and  go  places. 

Between  buying  furniture  and  having 
the  children,  a  European  trip  had  always 
seemed  impossible.  This  sudden  oppor- 
tunity to  have  a  "might  have  been," 
changed  everything  and  gave  me  a  thrill 
that  only  being  on  the  Bremen  could  sur- 
pass. 


SINCE  that  night  my  life  has  had  all 
the  glamor  of  other  lives.  When  1 
go  to  dinner  parties,  I  am  just  as  for- 
tunate as  other  people. 

With  the  ovsters,  I  always  say,  "Our 
European  trip  is  off  now  We  were  going 
in  March." 

Then  everyone,  very  much  impressed, 
looks  at  us  sympathetically. 

The  statement  has  become  such  a  real 
part  of  my  personality,   in  fact,  that  I  j 
nearly  believe  we  intended  going. 

Cxintinued  on  page  36 
•         •         • 

saerecl  lhoiijU(htN  upon 

visit  to  iiiiiitiii^toii 

art  ;*aliery 

by  DWIGHT  STRICKLAND 


he  was  calmly  studying  ihe 

blucboy  I 

when  he  overheard  a  mind  upliftin'  lady   |i 
from  phiHslia  ral.  say 
"oycs  il 
s  niCe 

but 
donyathink  that 

blues 
an  imprarliral  color  foraboy 
lawear 

.    huh?" 
he  fitted  his  fingers  about  her  bulbous 
niiiidiiplifliu 
neck   and 
made  her  swim  to  the  floor  and 
turn  the  practical  color  black  and 
llicy  arrested 

him  and 
,2nionths  later 

KIcven  American jesusmerchants 

reliirned  a  verdict 

guilty 

•        •        • 


NOVEMBER,  1929 

Tiu  Typ«^s 

I  Continued  from  page  17 

Additional  help  unexpectedly  appeared 
when  David  S.  Terry,  volunteered  to 
handle  Sarah's  case.  Terry  was  a  South- 
ern gentleman  of  the  most  virulent  and 
melodramatic  type  and  was  formerly  a 
judge  ot  the  State  Supreme  Court,  He 
had  gotten  into  difficulties  with  and  had 
been  brought  to  trial  by  the  Second 
Vigilance  Committee  tor  the  stabbing 
of  Samuel  Hopkins,  committee  mem- 
ber. Hopkins  recovered  and  Terry  was 
released  by  the  committee.  In  1S59,  he 
had  killed  in  a  duel,  David  C,  Broderick, 
United  States  Senator  from  California . 
Terry  was  brought  to  trial  for  the 
Broderick  duel  hut  by  divers  manipula- 
tions managed  to  be  treed  of  the  charge. 
Thereafter,  he  practiced  law  and  when 
he  entered  the  Hill  case,  the  fair  plain- 
tiff's cause  apparently  lacked  nothing  to 
assure  its  success. 

Two  suits  were  started  against  Sha- 
ron— one  for  adultery;  the  other  for 
divorce,  Sharon  brought  suit  in  the 
Federal  Courts,  presided  over  by  Judge 
Stephen  J,  Field,  in  which  he  alleged  and 
had  declared  fraudulent  and  a  forgery, 
the  instrument  hetv\'een  him  and  Sarah 
Althea  Hill.  He  swore  that  in  Noxxm- 
ber  iSSi  he  terminated  relations  with 
her,  paid  her  $3000  in  cash,  gave  notes 
for  $4500,  received  a  receipt  from  her, 
which  she  later  stole  from  him.  Mean- 
while, Terry  in  the  state  court  won  a 
divorce  decree  and  the  right  of  the 
plaintiff  to  use  the  name,  Mrs.  Sharon. 

To  CELEBRATE  this  triumph  Sarah  and 
her  two  seeress  advisors  conceived 
the  idea  of  dramatizing  her  entire  case. 
Sarah  would  appear  six  nights  a  week 
as  Portia  in  The  Kpse  of  Sharon  and 
lectureonSundays.  The  gaudy  indecencies 
of  the  French  stage  would  be  rendered 
innocuous  and  colorless.  Other  women 
would  be  saved  from  similar  fates. 
When  Sharon  heard  of  this,  via  the 
newspapers,  he  promptly  conveyed  his 
fortune  to  his  son,  his  daughter  and  her 
husband,  Francis  G.  Newlands.  A  week 
later  he  died,  the  victim  of  a  heart 
attack  brought  on  by  the  trials. 

Sensationalism  and  excitement  were 
further  increased  by  the  sudden,  legal 
and  lawful  marriage  of  Sarah  Althea 
Hill  and  Terry. 

It  was  now  thought  that  nothing 
further  would  be  heard  of  the  case,  but 
shortly  Sharon's  own  brought  suit  in  the 
Federal  Court  to  have  Mrs.  Hill-Sharon- 
Terry  surrender  her  marriage  contract  to 
the  court  in  order  that  it  might  be  offi- 
cially cancelled.  The  court,  again  pre- 
sided over  by  Judge  Field,  ordered  that 
the  contract  be  so  delivered.  This  Sarah 
refused  to  do  and  during  court  proceed- 
ings rose  to  noisily  accuse  Field  of  ac- 
cepting bribery  from  Newlands.  Field 
ordered  the  court  bailiff  to  remove  her 


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Direct  Importations  of 

GIFTSforMEN 

. . .  including  the  largest  and  finest  selection  of 
French  handkerchiefs  The  Knox  Shop  ever  has 
shown . .  .also,  reefers  and  squares  from  the  chief 
European  sources.  Early  choosing  recommend- 
ed, especially  if  monogramming  is  desired. 

KNOX 

51         GRANT        AVENUE 


30 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


STREET 

CArETEIIIA 

LiiKi:iii':o!ii  iit..2L 


iiii» 


u„X*Xm./'^ 


Pumpkin,  mince 
and  cranberry 
.  .  turkey 
duck  and 
other  har- 
vest foods 
served  in 
tempting 
profusion 


They  tell  us  it's  the  "best  in  town" 

62    POST     STREET 


THE 

xCouflyarcl 


Studio  atmosphere  in  the  heart 
oj  Chinatown! 

Out  oj  doors  in  a  charming  rooj 

patio  —  or  inside  by  a  glowing 

fire  we  serve 

LUNCHEON    TEA    DINNER 

Stutiioi  jor   private    parties 

MABBL  de  GOMEZ,  hottest 

4 SO  Grant  Avenue 

KEARNY 
3-9-6-2 


from  the  room.  The  baihfF  laid  his  hand 
upon  her  arm  to  do  so,  Terry  jumped  to 
his  teet,  declaring  that  no  man  could  lay 
hands  on  his  wife  He  knocked  the  bailiff 
to  the  floor  and  was  with  difficulty  dis- 
armed of  a  bowie  knife.  Field  sentenced 
Sarah  to  one  month  and  Terry  to  six 
months  in  jail  for  contempt  of  court. 

The  next  year,  when  Field  again  made 
his  round  of  the  Western  circuit,  he 
feared  for  his  safety  at  the  hands  ot  the 
Terrys.  They  had  served  their  sentences 
and  had  openly  threatened  to  do  him 
violence  on  sight.  A  bodyguard,  David 
Neagle,  was  appointed  to  accompany 
Field  on  his  travels.  The  two  were  one 
night  on  the  Los  Angeles-San  Francisco 
train,  when  Neagle  discovered  that  the 
Terrys  were  also  aboard.  He  wired  ahead 
for  police  reinforcements  to  Lathrop, 
where  the  train  would  stop  the  next 
morning  for  breakfast.  The  reinforce- 
ments were  not  on  hand  when  the  train 
arrived  but  Neagle  and  Field  proceeded 
alone  into  the  station  dining  room. 

The  Terrys  entered  just  after  them 
and  Mrs.  Terry,  seeing  Field,  immedi- 
ately left.  Terry  approached  Field,  who 
had  not  seen  him,  from  the  rear  and 
struck  him  on  both  sides  of  the  head. 
As  he  moved  to  draw  a  weapon  Neagle 
shot  him  dead. 

Follov\ing  this  untimely  end  of  Terry, 
Sarah  Althea  Hill  faded  into  gradual 
obscurity.  Hers  was  a  sordid  and  tragic 
career,  but  was,  ne\'ertheless,  the  great- 
est career  of  its  kind  in  her  time  Andafter 
all,  one  would  be  uncharitable,  indeed, 
to  deny  her  the  glamor  and  triumph  of 
that  fact. 

ISpotlight 

Continued  from  page  IS 

AMERCiLE.ssLY  cut  vetsion  of  "Tam- 
ing of  the  Shrew"  in  modern  dress 
is  the  hrst  offering  of  the  present  season 
by  Reginald  Tra\'ers'  players,  with  Irv- 
ing Pichel  as  guest  star  This  condensed 
otfcring,  done  in  dinner  coats  and  short 
skirts  and  bobbed  hair,  is  merely  another 
proof  of  the  vitality  of  the  Bard  of 
Avon.  It  appears  that  any  sort  of  a 
nearly-adequate  production  ot  Shake- 
speare gets  over  with  an  audience.  In 
this  instance,  Irving  Pichel  provides  a 
most  amusing  and  restrained  Fctruchio. 
quite  in  keeping  with  modern  ideals  of 
conduct  c\en  in  the  hazardous  business 
ol  taming  a  shrewish  \\\[c  Miss  Ben 
adcrct  also  gives  a  good  account  ol  her 
self  as  the  fiery  Kate  We  missed  the 
rarely  presented  "induction,"  but  we 
understand  that  Sydney  Schlesinger  of- 
fered a  splendidly  done  bit  ot  characteri- 
zation But  here  the  roster  ot  honorable 
mention  ends  Perhaps  the  modern  set- 
ting did  something  to  kill  the  wealth  ot 
characterization  that  usually  inlorms  all 
the  minor  parts  ol  Shakespeare.  With 
the  memory  still  fresh  ot  the  marvelous 


A.  F. 
MARTEN 

♦  CO  ♦ 


INTERIOR 
DECORATION 

Distinctive 

designs  interpreted  to 

the  individual 

taste. 


1501     SUTTER     STREET 
SAN    FRANCISCO 


Announcing  a 
New  Music  Sen'ice 


Orcliestras 


personally  c-hosen  and  rehearsed  by 

Ansfm  ^'roks  and  direrl«Hl 

bv  IIul  (iervin. 


Arnilnblr  for  prirnir 
fiitfrlaiiiing. 

Office  Fairmont  Hotel 
UOuchis  8800 


I 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


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bits  done  in  this  same  play  by  the  Strat- 
ford players  last  December,  it  was  amaz- 
ing to  see  how  Bat  all  the  supportiiii; 
cast  appeared  in  contrast  with  Mr  Pichcl 
and  Nliss  Benaderet  The  outstanding 
impression  ot  this  wedding  ol  hliza- 
bctlian  dialogue  and  cubistic  background 
is  the  truth  that  the  underlying  principles 
of  a  vigorous  art  may  be  translated  into 
any  atmosphere.  Shakespeare's  themes 
are  all  so  universal  that  they  could  be 
played  even  in  black-tace  with  success. 
In  short,  the  content  is  the  thing  and  not 
the  setting  But  this  docs  not  mean  that, 
in  general,  we  should  not  take  every 
advantage  ot  authentic  scenic  eflects  A 
production  such  as  the  one  in  question  is 
\aluable  on  many  counts  but  it  will 
ncx'er  supplant  the  modern  tradition  of 
proper  setting  and  costuming 

Headlines 

Continued  from  page  1 1 

in  New  York,"  and  if  you  ask  who  They 
are  you  will  elicit  the  equally  vague  per- 
sonification of  the  Bankers,  or  Morgans; 
or  when  prices  dip  tor  the  moment,  it  is 
the  Bear  Crowd  that  is  responsible  for 
it.  This  grouping  of  multifarious  tacts 
under  one  vague  and  picturesque  whole 
always  exists  because  it  is  always  neces- 
sary, so  that  when  the  recent  stock  mar- 
ket break  became  the  News,  those  per- 
sons exemplifying  these  personifications 
were  looked  to  for  support  and  advice. 
The  head  of  one  of  New  York's  largest 
banks,  who  was  the  first  to  be  quoted  on 
the  news  ticker,  stated,  enlighteningly, 
that  "business  was  sound."  Prices  the 
next  day  dropped  twice  as  far,  and  when 
pressed  for  a  fuller  statement  his  best 
answer  was  that  he  still  maintained  that 
nothing  had  changed  to  justify  the  price 
drop.  At  the  end  of  the  second  day  of  the 
liquidation,  Friday,  when  some  fourteen 
billions  ot  dollars  had  been  knocked  off 
security  values  a  Morgan  partner  gave 
to  the  press  a  statement  that  "there 
seems  to  be  some  disturbed  selling  going 
on,"  and  advised  calmness.  On  Mon- 
day, a  congregation  of  six  bankers  of 
major  importance  at  last  publicly  ad- 
mitted that  although  business  was  sound 
something  was  undeniably  wrong  with 
thestock  market, and  went  on  record  as  be- 
ing definitely  behind  it  in  their  support, 
financially  and  morally.  On  Tuesday  the 
worst  market  day  in  the  history  ot  the 
world  ensued. 

After  this  terrific  session,  which  was 
so  demoralizing  to  brokerage  house  and 
bank  personnel  that  all  exchanges  had  to 
be  closed  from  Thursday  afternoon  until 
the  following  Monday,  the  normal  and 
natural  speculative  laws  had  finally  ex- 
hausted themselves  in  their  own  histori- 
cal way,  and  prices  were  once  more,  for 
the  moment,  stabilized.  Sanity  and  the 
Bankers,  it  was  said,  had  again  obtained 

Continued  on  page  -iS 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lydcll  Peck 
(Janet  Gavnor)  were  garlanded 
with  rare  leis  on  arriving  in 
Honolulu 


Brides  sail 
to  honeymoon  land 
on  Matson  Line  ships 

Like  hundreds  of  other  California  newlyweds,  petite  Janet  Gaynor, 
/just  become  Mrs.  Lydell  Peck  of  Oakland,  promptly  hoarded  a 
Matson  liner  and  sailed  to  Hawaii  for  an  ideal  honeymoon.  And  like 
everybody  else,  she  fell  completely  in  love  with  the  Islands. 

"Hawaii  is  beautiful  and  we  expect  to  spend  considerable  time 
there  each  year,"'  the  lovely  film  star  said.  "It  is  as  close  to  Hollywood 
as  New  York — and  far  more  interesting.  We  can  leave  Los  Angeles 
Friday  night,  take  the  Malolo  out  of  San  Francisco  Saturday  noon,  and 
be  in  Hawaii  the  next  Wednesday  afternoon.  We  returned  on  the  big 
Matsonia  and  enjoyed  every  minute  of  the  trip." 

There  are  seven  big  Matson  liners  on  the  Hawaii  run.  Any  one  of 
them  is  a  delightful  introduction  to  Hawaii. 

MATSCN    LINE 

25  steamers  ....  fastest  service 

HAWAII  .  .  SOUTH  SEAS  .  .  .  AUSTRALIA 

215  Market  Street  ....  San  Francisco  ....  PAvcnport  2Mn) 


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\tTHE  3^ite«iiuSEO- 

\V    RAPHAEL  WEILL  8  COMPANY/ f^u      ^ 

\  -r^\<:-L    /■  \in/V  s 

\No^vItCanB4T|.l4^Vl 


Always  before  this,  as  Thanksgiving  sea- 
son approached,  interest  in  costume 
styles  has  given  way  to  styles  in  turkeys, 
linens  and  table  appointments  But  the 
exciting  changes  in  our  apparel  are  still 
so  new  and  revolutionary  that  who  can 
really  blame  us  for  talking  clothes  in- 
stead of  cranberry  sauce? 


However,  a  word  or  more  about  ap- 
pointments for  the  "best  dressed"  tables, 
before  we  pass  on  to  the  wardrobe.  Col- 
ored linen,  a  pioneer  last  season,  will 
grace  the  smartest  tables  with  assurance 
this  year  And  our  stocks  have  swelled 
along  with  the  vogue  until  the  variety  is 
as  interesting  as  the  patterns.  Our  silver 
and  pewter  collection  is  a  perfect  joy  to 
us  ...  it  almost  amounts  to  a  hobby  .  .  . 
if  large  institutions  are  permitted  to  in- 
dulge in  hobbies.  Then  there's  the  china 
department  ...  a  genuine  reflection  of 
the  best  taste  in  modern  decorative  ware 
and  authoritative  reproductions  of  the 
old.  And  the  "party"  shop  .  .  .  over- 
flowingwith  ideas  in  place  cards,  center- 
pieces and  all  entertainment  necessities 
tor  the  Thanksgiving  hostess. 


And  now  that  the  table  is  at  least  partly 
set,  let  us  glance  over  the  wardrobe  menu 
and  decide  what  to  wear.  Do  you  tol- 
low  ye  pilgrim  custom  ...  an  early 
dinner,  en  famille'  Then,  what  more  ap- 
propriate than  one  of  Chanel's  "at 
home"  reproductions  ...  a  soft,  cape- 
like neck  ...  a  touch  of  fur  .  .  .  low- 
placed  flares?  Or  a  Lucille  Paray, delight- 
fully feminine  with  high  shirred  waist- 


line and  sleeve  bows  tied  just  below  the 
elbow. 


A  formal  dinner?  We'll  almost  jump  at 
the  chance  to  wear  one  of  the  new  Le- 
long  copies  (ruffled  front,  high,  belted 
waist,  fishtail  back)  in  net  .  .  .  dark 
blue  .  .  .  poinsettia  red  .  .  .  black  .  .  .  pale 
Lelong  blue.  Choose  what  you  will  from 
our  collection!  Or  do  you  long  to  wear 
an  "elegant"  lame  in  the  Patou  manner 
.  .  .  one  long  dripping  side  .  .  .  one 
shorter  side  .  .  .  deep  decollete  .  .  .  high 
shirred  princess  waist?  Or  you  may 
choose  to  look  your  best  in  one  of  the 
"youth"  frocks  of  Norman  Hartnell  in- 
fluence .  .  .  decided  princess  line  in  shim- 
mering panne  satin.  And  don't  you  love 
the  huge  flower  placed  exactly  at  the  end 
ot  the  V  back? 


Then  again,  you  may  drive  down  the 
autumn  country  side  to  some  picturesque 
inn.  Well,  then,  of  course,  an  excellent 
excuse  to  wear  a  vivid  fur-coat- 1  rock 
(mock  orange  .  .  .  juniper  green  .  .  .  mar- 
aschino red)  in  light  wool  crepe.  On 
top  of  that  .  .  .  like  the  final  flourish  ot 
the  cherry  on  your  nut  sundae  ...  a 
little  fur  coat  (three  quarter  length)  of 
Barunduki  ...  or  an  enveloping  wrap 
ot  creamy  lapin  .  .  ,  perhaps  one  of  the 
new  and  swagger  racoons. 

Q 

At  any  rate,  whate\'cr  you  wear,  there's 
cause  for  Thanksgi\'ing  in  the  seventy- 
five-year-old  dependability  of  The  White 
House  to  guide  you  through  the  still 
unchartered  seas  of  today's  romantic  and 
picturesque  styles. 


AUVBRTISEMENT 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

STATEMENT  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP,  MAN- 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION,  ETC.,  REQUIRED 
BY   THE    ACT   OF   CONGRESS    OF   AUGUST 

24.  1912.  I 

of  The  S.4N  Franciscan,  published  monthly  at 
San  Francisco,  California  for  October  1,  1929. 

State  of  California  1 

County  of  San  Francisco  / 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  State 
and  county  aforesaid,  personally  appeared  Joseph 
H.  Dyer,  Jr.,  who,  having  been  duly  sworn  accord- 
ing to  law,  deposes  and  says  that  he  is  the  owner 
and  publisher  of  The  San  Franciscan  and  that  the 
followin.q  is,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief 
a  true  statement  of  the  ownership,  etc.,  of  the  afore- 
said publication  for  the  date  shown  in  the  above 
caption,  required  by  the  Act  of  August  24.  1912. 
embodied  in  section  411,  Postal  Laws  and  Regula- 
tions, printed  on  the  reverse  of  this  form,  to-wit: 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  pub- 
lisher, editor,  managing  editor  and  business  man- 
agers are: 

Publisher:  Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr.,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San 

Francisco. 
Editor:    Joseph    H.    Dyer,    Jr.,    Sharon    Bldg..    San 

Francisco. 
Managing  Editor:  (None). 
Business  Manager:   Alfred   H.  Hendrickson,   Russ 

Bldg.  San  Francisco. 

2.  That  the  owner  is:  (If  owned  by  a  corpora- 
tion, its  name  and  address  must  be  stated  and  also 
immediately  thereunder  the  names  and  addresses 
of  stockholders  owning  or  holding  one  per  cent  or 
more  of  total  amount  of  stock.  If  not  owned  by  a 
corporation,  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  indi- 
vidual owners  must  be  given.  If  owned  by  a  firm, 
company,  or  other  unincorporated  concern,  its  name 
and  address,  as  well  as  those  of  each  individual 
member  must  be  given.)  Joseph  H.  Dyer,  Jr., 
Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

3.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortgagees, 
and  other  security  holders  owning  or  holding  one 
per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds,  mort- 
gages, or  other  securities  arc:  (If  there  are  none,  so 
state.)    NONE. 

4.  That  the  two  paragraphs  next  above,  giving 
the  names  of  the  owners,  stockholders,  and  sccurit\ 
holders,  if  any,  contain  not  only  the  list  of  stock- 
holders and  security  holders  as  they  appear  on  the 
books  of  the  ompany  but  also,  in  cases  where  tlu 
stockholder  or  security  holder  appears  upon  the 
books  of  the  Company  as  tru,stec  or  in  any  other 
fiduciary  relation,  the  name  of  the  person  or  cor- 
poration for  whom  such  trustee  is  acting,  is  given: 
also  that  the  said  two  paragraphs  contain  state- 
ments embr.icing  afliant's  full  knowledge  and  belief 
as  to  the  circumstances  and  conditions  under  which 
stockholders  and  security  holders  who  do  not  appear 
upon  the  books  of  the  ompany  as  trustees,  hold 
stock  and  securities  in  a  capacity  other  than  that 
of  a  bona  tide  owner;  and  this  affiant  has  no  reason 
to  believe  that  any  other  person,  association,  or 
corporation  has  any  interest  direct  or  indirect  in  the 
said  stock,  bonds,  or  other  securities  than  as  so 
stated  by  him. 

5.  That  the  average  number  of  copies  of  each 
issue  of  this  publication  sold  or  distributed,  through 
the  mails  or  otherwise,  to  paid  subscribers  durini; 
the  -six  months  preceding  the  date  shown  abou 
is — .  (This  information  is  required  from  dail' 
publications  only.) 

Iosh'H  1 1.  DviR.  Jr. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  first  ilav 
of  October,  1929. 

M  MO  I'.  Ri  nniNC, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. (My  commission  expires  July  14, 
1933- 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


"I  Slug  America 

All  iiit<>rvio\v  with 


5^ 


PRAISE  and  blame  ha\-c  little 
value,"  said  Vachel  Lindsay. 
"Those  who  praise  expect  too  much; 
chose  who  hlame,  too  little.  We  are 
dipped  in  alternate  barrels  ot  vinegar 
and  molasses. 

"There  is  a  human  appetite  tor  arch- 
angels. Men  will  have  archangels,  though 
these  he  ot  stone,  like  the  Angel  Maroni 
on  the  Mormon  Temple.  Men  like  us 


'U.  zA.  <:JACetzgery  jTtd. 

Exclusi\'e  HandmaJe  Shoes 

— for  Women 

who  appreciate 

the  finest  in 

tootwear 

opened 
August  1st 

155  Grant  Avenue 
SUtter  0S7S 


because  they  endow  us  with  the  qualities 
of  archangels;  then  finding  us  only  hu- 
man, they  condemn  us  But  men  demand 
heroes  and  angels,  that  they  may  satisfy 
their  hunger  tor  that  which  they  are  not 
willing,  themselves,  to  be." 

Lindsay  has  his  unique  method  in 
reading  poetry. 

"The  chanting  of  poetry,"  he  said, 
"can  discover  beauties  in  the  human 
voice  which  singing  will  never  reveal. 
in  grand  opera  there  is  an  attempt  to 
make  the  voice  harmonize  with  a  fifty 
piece  orchestra.  There  the  voice  must 
recall  to  us  machines:  ot  strings,  ot 
wood,  of  brass.  But  a  great  actor  recit- 
ing Hamlet,  recalls  to  us  all  sweet  and 
noble  human  voices  we  have  heard  in 
speech. 

"Poetry  should  be  set  to  dancing,  not 
to  music  Human  flesh  should  cooperate 
with  human  flesh  The  human  spine  can 
instruct  the  human  throat  as  no  instru- 
ments can." 

Many  ot  Lindsay's  poenis  take  an  al- 
most aprocryphal  significance  when  read 
in  connection  with  his  drawings,  as  in 
"Collected    Poems."    Aided    by    these 


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Vsi«*li<^l  Uiiflssiy 

bv  LAWRENCE  HART 

drawings,  we  can  halt  perceive  the 
magnificent  dream  which  lies  behind  his 
work  Yet  knowing  he  has  been  able  to 
incarnate  in  his  work  only  a  shadow  of 
the  dream,  he  has  turned  to  his  drawings 
and  paintings,  therein  to  meet  a  new 
deteat.  For  he  says; 

"To  paint  and  draw  as  I  wish  would 
require  a  lifetime,  if  you  are  content  to 
spend  decades  going  about  the  country, 

OjiilinucJ  on  page  12 


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for 

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IMPRESSIVE  (QUALITY 

Lis!  co>itai>nng  prices  mailed  on  request 

Bullock  <Sl  Jones  Co. 

Custom  Tailors  :  Clothiers  :  Haberdashers 
UNION  SQUARK,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
649  HOPE  STREET,  LOS  ANGELES 


H.LIEBESGbCO. 

GRANT  AVE  AT  POST 


6>N  THEIR 

gRACIOU5 

^IKE5 

Oepencis  tlie  Cnic 

ol  tueie  new 

Gowns 

. .  expre.ssive  ol  tlie  new 

niocle,  tlic  lengtneneii 

.silliouette,  tor  dinner 

ana  evening  wear 

starting    at 

39.50 


34 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


A 


NNOUNCING 


Liquidation  & 

Retirement 
.  .  from  business .  . . 

of  this  old-established  firm, 
recognized  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years  as  one  of  the 
leading  jewelry  houses  of  the 
West — presents  a  rare  oppor- 
tunity to  purchase  at  immense 
reductions,  perfect  gems  of 
unusual  settings,  including 
diamond  necklaces,  rings, 
bracelets,  brooches,  pendants, 
high-grade  watches,  personal 
accessories — ad  infinitum  — 
from  our  exclusive  and  varied 
stock.  Now,  for  the  first  time, 
because  of  retirement  from 
business,  Ahlers  Co.  magnifi- 
cent stock  shows  great  reduc- 
tions throughout. 

This    liquidation    ci'ent^ojffers 

to  the  discriminating  ljuyer 

an  occasion  oj  major 

importance 


Z4S       POST       STREET 


HeafUiiies 

Continued  from  page  31 

control  of  the  situation,  compliments 
were  publicly  exchanged  by  the  corpora- 
tion heads,  their  stockholders  and  the 
press,  and  when  prices  eventually  rallied 
slightly  it  was  quietly  rumored  on  the 
Street  that  "They"  were  buying  again. 

THE  particular  point  of  this  discourse 
is  to  show  that  the  reason  tor  the 
bear  market  of  October,  1929  is  con- 
tained very  completely  in  the  great  bull 
market  which  culminated  at  that  time, 
and  that  contrary  to  the  many  notions 
that  economic  precedence  had  somehow 
mysteriously  changed,  or  that  any  single 
band  of  men  could  somehow  control  or 
divert  the  inevitable  flow  of  economic 
forces,  these  laws,  immutable  as  those 
of  the  Persians,  had  once  more  said  their 
say. 

Th«?  Tlieatre 

Continued  from  page  22 

However,  there  remains  in  everv  large 
community,  a  certain  number  ot  people, 
although  limited  in  numbers,  who  do 
like  revivals,  and  want  to  see  their  old 
favorites  and  the  classics  dusted  off  and 
brought  to  life  once  in  awhile.  And 
since  the  commercial  theatre  cannot 
afford  to  do  it,  the  Little  Theatre  has 
come  into  being,  and  is  attempting  to 


See  HAWAII 


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all  Her  Charms! 

LASSCO  travel  experts,  inti- 
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every  odd  bit  of  ancient  lore  in 
this  tropical  paradise,  fill  every 
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The  moderate  lour  cost — from  $326; — 
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and  Volcano  Land. 


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lilK^ra  line 

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LINE 

574  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 
or  Local  Agents 


Xiiifii  Luxury  CruL«ie 
MEIIITEKKAIVEA^ 

PALESTINE  —  EGYPT 

.S.  S.  Rotterflsiui 

The  famous  cruising  steamer 
(will  be  entirely  reconditioned) 

Sails  from  JS'eic  York,  February  6.  1930. 

Visiting  18  fascinating  border  lands  of 

the  Mediterranean 

Min.  $955 

One  long  and  three  short 

Luxury  Cruises 

to  the 

West  Indies  and  Caribbean 

by  the  "Volendam"  and  "Veendani" 

February  11th.  January  25th 
February  15th,  March  8lh 


Holland  -  Ameriea 
Liu«^ 

120  Market  Street 


do  it  Thus  the  Little  Tlicatrc  is  neces- 
sary; it  serves  a  purpose,  and  there  are 
enough  small  crowds  to  patronize  it  so 
that  it  can  make  a  hare  living  The 
drawhacks  of  the  Little  Theatre  are  its 
limitation  backstage,  usually  by  lack  of 
room  for  successful  operation  of  the 
various  scenes,  so  that  the  productions 
are  often  piecemeal,  makeshift,  and,  to 
cover  up  these  defects,  rather  "artv  " 
The  Little  Theatre  seeks  to  accomplish 
with  impressionistic  make-shift  ideas, 
what  only  money  and  skilled  workmen 
can  really  produce  with  the  aid  ot  proper 
scenery,  la\'ish  lighting  and  rich  design. 
The  Little  Theatre,  too,  being  dependent 
upon  amateur  people,  because  of  inabil- 
ity to  pay  salaries  to  professionals,  has  to 
combat  with  a  certain  amount  ot  clum- 
siness in  performance,  which  only  the 
skilled  professional  can  overcome 

OUT  of  the  mess  of  things  theatrical, 
and  out  of  the  jumble  of  the  past 
htteen  or  twenty  years,  everything  is 
gradually  taking  its  definite  place,  where 
one  form  of  entertainment  no  longer 
interferes  too  greatly  with  the  other. 
The  Little  Theatre,  so  long  as  it  remains 
the  little  theatre,  has  become  the  home 
ot  the  re\ival  ot  the  classics;  the  talking 
pictures  have  become  the  entertainment, 
or  the  diversion,  of  the  great  universal 
mob  of  pleasure-seekers,  who  move  in 
droves  ot  families;  and  the  genuine 
THEATRE,  the  original  and  traditional 
spoken  stage,  continues  to  operate,  at 
high  prices,  to  a  much  smaller  but  in- 
creasingly more  discriminating  portion 
of  the  public,  who  will  always  love  it 
and  will  always  keep  it  alive. 

Those  New  Yorkers 

Continued  from  page  1,t 

pictures  sell,  and  in  the  lobby  ot  the 
Ritz  he  is  called  a  "genius  "  But  who 
would  deny  it? 

THE  negro  sings.  At  first  a  tew 
spirituals,  but  they  are  not  well  re- 
ceived, and  then  he  begins  to  strum 
"Frankie  and  fohnnie  "  And  the  literati 
hum  in  unison  ;  editors,  critics,  novelists, 
historians,  poets,  prize  winners,  Pulitzer 
favorites,  Literary  Guild  celebrities, 
painters,  illustrators,  and  Lesbian  storv 
tellers-all  singing  "Frankie  and  Johnnie," 
The  scene  calls  up  old  images  of  fra- 
ternity house  poker  parties,  but,  no,  it 
cannot  be,  for  there  is  Dr,  B,--the 
famous  lecturer,  there  the  poetess  v\ho 
has  had  tour  husbands,  and  there  -but 
had  not  my  cicerone  promised  that  v\e 
would  see  "every  one?" 

No  one  is  drunk,  but  much  drunkeness 
feigned.  The  orange  juice  and  gin  is  quite 
weak.  The  host  explains  that  so  many 
of  his  guests  have  weak  stomaches  .  .  . 
Two  hollow-chested  celehrites  converse 
in  esoteric  terms  of  T.  S,  Eliot  and  the 

Continued  on  next  page 


Fastest  to 


Ch 


tc 


ago 


f 


"Overland  Limited"  is  faster 

than  any  train  on  any  other 

route,  San  Francisco  to 

Chicago,  by  more  than 

10  hours. 

To  Chicago  in  58  hours. 
That  is  the  schedule  of 
the  "Overland  Limited" 
— the  West's  premier 
train.  All-Pullman,  of 
course,  and  equipped  to 
offer  every  refinement  of 
travel  comfort. 

Also  faster  than  any 
train  on  any  other  route, 
San  Francisco  to  Chicago, 
are  the  fine  "San  Fran- 
cisco Limited"  (61  1-4 
hour  flyer), "Gold  Coast" 
and  "Pacific  Limited" — 
all  over  the  direct  Over- 
laud  Route. 

The  only  all-Pullman 
trains  operated  out  of  San 
Francisco  are  Southern 
Pacific  trains. 


Southern 
Pacific 

F.  S.  McGINNIS 

Passenger  Traffic  Manager 

San  Francisco 


36 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


THE 


C  LI  F  T 


SAN      FRANCISCO 


Residential  rates  for  desirable  suites  are  now 

in  effect.  The  Clift...one  of  ttie  finer  hotels... 

at  Geary  and  Taylor  Streets,  in  the  heart  of 

downtown  San  Francisco. 


Smart  Californians  delight 
in  beautiful  El  Mirasol  .  .  . 
set  in  a  garden-park  in 
the  center  of  residential 
Santa  Barbara. 


MIRASOL 


SANTA    BARBAR  A 


II.  r.  iieIpk:!! 

A  place  in  San  Francisco 
where  m.iny  New  Yorlcers 
come  to  have  their  shirts 
Made  to  Measure  from  one 
of  the  finest  selections  of 
shirtings  in  America. 

II.  V.  nVAiVAl 

Men's  Apparel  to  Measure 

444  Post  Street 

Opposite  St.  Francis  Hotc 

In  Los  Angeles 

614  South  Olive  Street 

In  Paris 
1 2  Rue  Ambroise  Thomas 


church  The  evening  becomes  quite 
tedious  and  they  all  hide  yawns,  and  one 
actually  detects  an  occasional  snore. 
The  boys  and  girls  are  now  singing  that 
She  is  His  Weakness    But  enough 

Without  the  Square  is  bright  and 
gleaming  and  the  few  blocks  to  The 
(Grosvenor  seem  like  the  waking  mo- 
ments in  a  dream  At  the  far  corner  ot 
the  park  some  young  radicals  are  singing 
songs  of  the  re\'olution  with  refreshing 
gusto,  and  a  party  of  actual  drunks  are 
caroling" Frankie  and  Johnnie"nearbv.  At 
a  brightly  illuminated  news  stand  be- 
yond the  arch  the  current  issue  of  The 
Old  National  announces  an  article  by  its 
famous  critic  on  "The  Pragmatic  Sanc- 
tion Implicit  in  The  Christian  Ethic." 

Later,  as  dawn  creates  a  new  world  of 
old  shadows,  it  is  pleasant  to  read  a  pas- 
sage in  Edmund  Wilson's  new  novel 
about  the  demons 

The  Bottom  of  the  Well 

Continued  from  page  28 

"Our  European  trip  is  off.  We  in- 
tended going  in  March."  I  love  to  say  it, 
over  and  over  again. 

Though  Bob  heartily  denounces  my 
actions  when  we  are  alone,  I  know  that 
he  will  maintain  a  discreet  silence  in 
public.  He  would  scarcely  like  anyone  to 
know  that  he  has  not  speculated  since 
the  crash  of  German  Marks 

As  the  days  pass,  my  spirit  of  "might 
have  been"   develops.   Already   1   have 

added,  ..       j 

"Now  I  can't  have  a  mink  coat,    and 

"Now  I  can't  have  a  diamond  bracelet." 
Just  what  1  will  do  if  the  market  con- 
tinues to  rise,  1  cannot  say. 

If  General  Accessories  and  Preferred 
Utilities  reach  their  old  level,  my  friends 

may  ask:  ^      t- 

"When  do  you  leave  for  Europe?  or 
"Where  is  your  mink  coat?"  or  "Let  me 
see  vour  new  bracelet." 

I  shall  not  let  this  worry  me  at  present 
however,  as  I  am  a  true  optomist  and 
will  "hold  the  thought"  against  a  rising 
market. 

Those  who  have  lost  their  all,  may  be 
annoved  by  my  attitude,  but  they  must 
realize  how  dear  to  me  is  my  "might 
have  been." 

As  the  Masters  would  say,"'Tis  better 
to  have  lied  and  lost,  than  never  to  have 
lost  at  all 

Now  It  Tsiii  lU'Tolil 

C'fUitiniU'd  from  pUKC  l^i 

change,  the  following  storv  is  told  ol  a 
woman  trader  who  happened  to  be  in  a 
broker's  office  at  the  time  of  the  crash 
Seeing  Byron  Jackson  Pump,  which 
customarilv  sells  at  about  j'32  a  share, 
suddtnlv  quoted  at  S25.  she  put  in  an 
order  to  buy  100  shares  at  this  price 
Stocks  continued  to  crash,  however,  and 
the  lady  J  was  horriiied  to  sec  Bvron 
lackson    come    over    the    tape    a    tew 


7/re  World  Famous 


'N^^   LosAngeles 

Miss  Mary  Garden 

in  one  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  unsolicited  com- 
ments by  world  famous 
celebrities,  writes: 


"l-Vhy  live  elsewhere  _£- 

■n'hen  the  Ambassador,       ■'^^j 

the  most  beautiful  hotel  fiiZI^i 

i)i  the  -j.-orld,  is  here!"     S'."-'-- 


No  hotel  in  the  world 
offers  more  varied  at- 
tractions .  .  .  superb  27- 
acre  Park,  with  minia- 
ture golf  course,  open- 
air   plunge   and   tennis 
■  courts.  Riding,  hunting 
and  all  sports,  includ- 
ing     i8-hole     Rancho 
Golf  Club  and  .Archery 
Ranges.  Motion  picture 
theater   and   35    smart 
shops  within  the  hotel. 
Famous  Cocoanut 
Grove  for  dancing 
nightly. 


1 


H 'rile  for  ChtJ's  Cook  Book 
of  California  Recipes 


BOOKER  AND 
PETER  MANN 


552  POST-ON  UNION  SQUARE 


il 


NOVEMBER,  1929 


37 


moment^)  later  at  ;52o.  Fcarini;  to  lose 
most  ot  her  money  in  the  transaerion, 
she  immediately  put  in  another  order  to 
sell  the  stock  at  the  market.  The  price 
subsequently  rallied  a^ain  and  when  the 
smoke  cleared  av\-ay  some  time  later,  rhe 
lady  trader  v\as  somewhat  bewildered 
hut  unexpectcdlv  o\Trio\'ed  to  find  that 
she  had  bought  her  stock  at  I? 20  and  had 
sold  it  out  again  immediately  at  ^?.^, 
thus  collecting  $500  in  cash,  apparcntU' 
out  ol  thin  air. 

EUGENE  Oneill's  latest  pla\'. 
Dynamo,  which  has  recently  been 
published  in  book  form,  for  general  cir- 
culation, is,  according  to  all  reports, 
emanating  irom  New  \'ork  booksellers, 
the  hea\'icst  selling  book  in  the  non 
fiction  held 

Dyii.!iiii),  we  understand  is  a  sort  ol 
symbolism,  glorification  and  lustihca 
cion  ot  this  machine  age.  The  author 
accepts  or  puts  forth  the  mysterious 
quantity  of  electricity  as  the  essence  or 
symbol  of  the  higher  lite  torcc,  pou-er, 
intelligence  or  what  you  will,  which  we 
mortals  eternally  seek  to  understand,  to 
explain,  to  scientifically  isolate  and  view 
in  the  laboratory.  Operating  tromi  this 
prem.ise,  the  plav  attempts  to  rationalize 
or  explain  a  good  many  things,  concern- 
ing the  origin,  e\-ohition,  purposes  and 
ultimate  late  of  humanit\ — questions, 
which  religion  and  science  have  warred 
over  for  years. 


JOSEPH'S 

yiorist 


233  Grant  Avenue 

(Opposite  the  White  House) 


Entirely  new  conceptions 
for  the  Debutante 


New  articles  for 
Bridge  Prizes 


Telephone  DOuglas  7210 


Genealogist 
Pedigrees  Traced 


MARY  L.  NORTON 

2506  Polk  Street 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Heraldic  Artist 
Coats-oj-Arms 
Emblazoned 


rOUR  COAT-OF-.'\RMS  in  colors  in  your  home  adds  elegance  and  distinction.  The 
ancient  Romans  were  the  first  to  use  the  heraldic  device  upon  their  shields  in  battle. 
Then  these  totems  became  generally  used  by  great  families. 

In  our  Republic  we  care  little  for  the  pomp  and  glory  that  surrounds  a  thnme,  but  we  do 
feel  a  justifiable  pride  in  a  long  and  noble  line  of  ancestry.  It  is  something  to  live  up  to  and 
it  is  something  to  inspire  us  to  better  things. 

It  is  a  scientific  fact  that  heredity  has  a  great  bearing  upon  individuals.  The  citizens  of 
our  Nation,  recognized  as  a  power  among  the  Nations  of  the  World,  should  feel  inspired  to 
preserve  family  records  in  permanent  form,  for  future  generations,  and  point  to  family 
Crests  with  a  knowledge  of  their  derivation  and  history. 

Our  Father  of  His  Country  at  Mount  Vernon  had  his  Ball  and  Washington  Coats-of- 
.\rms  in  a  conspicuous  place.  These  emblems  of  ancient  and  honorable  families  are  of  great 
interest  to  us  as  heirlooms. 


The  popular  place  for  dis- 
criminating business  men 
and  women  who  demand 
the  best  ....  all  food  is 
cooked  under  the  personal 
supervision  of 

SMrs.  "Belle  lie  Graf 


Orders  taken  Jor  holidnv 
cakes  and  pies 


Downstairs  in  the 
Monadnock  Building,  Market  Street 


,/^k5'><.^ 


Over  the  Tea  Cups 

Often,  over  the  tea  cups,  talk 
drifts  to  home  problems — and 
the  solving  thereof.  Club  women 
by  the  score  agree  on  one  method 
of  satisfying  wants — whether  it 
be  a  new  maid  ...  a  home  .  .  .fur- 
niture, etc.  And  that  is  the 
Examiner  Want  Ad  way — quick 
and  resultful.  When  buying 
problems  arise  you  will  profit 
by  consulting 

San  Francisco  Examiner 

WANT  ADS 

Prints  more  Want  Ads  than  all  other 
San  Francisco  ncwujwipcr*  combined 


38 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tin;  season  of  love,  friendship  and 
remembrance  is  nearly  with  us  and, 
before  you  know  it,  Christmas  chimes 
will  softly  peal,  and  holly  wreathes  will 
hang  in  the  windows.  The  giving  ot 
Christmas  gifts  is  an  unselfish  gesture, 
an  expression  ot  the  heart. 

The  smart  peninsular  tamilies  are  tak- 
ing apartments  in  town  for  the  winter 
months.  The  downtown  hotels  and 
apartments  are  chosen  to  eliminate  tedi- 
ous travel  during  this  very  busy  time. 
Early  in  December  a  new  residential 
hotel  on  Geary  street,  named  the  El 
Cortez  will  make  its  how.  It  is  decidedly 
Spanish  in  motif  and  will  otfer  luxurious 
suites  with  completely  electrified  kit- 
chenettes, multiple  radio  and  every  mod- 
ern convenience.  The  building  is  fifteen 
stories  in  height,  the  top  floor  being  re- 
ser\'ed  for  the  home  of  Mr.  Samuels,  the 
owner.  This  type  of  hotel  is  ideal  tor  the 
shopper  of  Christmas  gilts  because  it  is 
so  centrally  located. 


Disiinctl{^ej> 
Fall  Jlodes 


NOW  ON  VIEW  AT 

Jliltinery  Inipoiiers 


223  AND  243  Post  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


BS  HER 


1ET  us  go  window  shopping  along 
iPost  street  to  see  what  the  many 
shops  have  to  offer.  In  the  first  place,  one 
of  the  most  important  things  in  giving 
gifts  is  to  suit  the  present  to  the  one  you 
wish  to  remember.  The  two  qualities  of 
a  perfect  gift  are  beauty  and  usefulness. 
One  of  the  most  fruittul  shops  on  Post 
street  is  Liebes — among  their  Christmas 
suggestions  is  an  array  of  purses  suited  to 
every  type  and  all  ages.  Smart  leather 
envelope  types  for  shopping  and  sports 
wear;  soft  antelope  and  suede  for  after- 
noon use;  and  velvet  and  crystal  evening 
hags. 

A  little  farther  along  we  come  to 
another  window  display  of  bags.  It  is 
Elsbach's  shop  of  handmade  purses  in 
Paisley  and  tapestry.  The  former  are  in 
envelope  and  pouch  types,  and  the  de- 
sign on  some  is  outlined  in  a  fine  cut  steel 
bead  The  frames  are  in  the  material,  or 
in  dull  silver  or  gold.  The  tapestry  bag 
may  be  carried  with  a  variety  ot  gowns. 
Made  in  the  pouch  style,  they  vary 
widely  in  size  and  design.  They  are  beau- 
tifully adaptable  because  the  colors  are 
so  soft  that  they  harmonize  with  almost 
any  costume  tone. 

NEXT  we  come  to  Bullock  and  Jones. 
This  is  the  man's  domain.  Many 
women  think  it  terribly  difficult  to  find 
a  gift  for  a  man,  but  a  look  at  the  win- 
dow display  proves  otherwise — and  once 
you  are  within  the  doors  you  have  no 
more  worries  .  .  .  We  will  not  enter 
this  shop  today  but  when  we  do  we  will 
solve  all  worries  for  every  male  member 
of  the  family.  Besides  articles  ot  wearing 
apparel  there  are  cigarette  cases,  and 
articles  for  the  smoker,  gifts  of  charm 


for  the  golfer,  and  vari-shaped  flasks  tor 
everyone. 

About  this  time  we  turn  to  Sutter 
street  for  a  dainty  luncheon  at  The 
Studio.  This  is  a  beautiful  little  tea-shop 
where  the  sott  green  and  ivory  combina- 
tion of  color  rests  one  who  is  weary  with 
the  color  display  in  the  shops.  After  a 
delicious  luncheon  we  start  forth  again 
and  find  ourselves  at  an  alluring  silver 
shop  The  walls,  display  windows,  tables 
and  all  are  set  with  bottles,  trays,  coffee 
sets,  urns,  candlestick  and  vases  in 
heavy,  beautifully  carved  silver.  It  is  the 
house  of  Schmidt  and  Son,  and  it  con- 
tains as  marvelously  modeled  silver  as 
you  could  imagine. 

A  look  into  a  shop  of  this  type  sets  us 
thinking  about  silver  as  a  very  appro- 
priate gift.  We  turn  back  onto  Post 
street  again  and  find  another  silversmith 
With  equally  beautiful  pieces  of  silver, 
but  of  quite  a  different  type.  This  is  the 
house  of  Jensen.  Here  is  hand-wrought 
silver  of  a  heavy  type,  most  of  which 


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to  the 

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of  the 
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from 
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t/\  ew  hand  made  1-Ycncli 
pottery  . . .  Swedish  and  early 
American  pewter . . .  Assorted 
bags  from  Morocco  . . .  Hand 
woven  bags,  baskets  and 
blankets  ....  Hand  colored 
French  prints .  . .  Etchings  .  .  . 
Hand  painted  metal  trays  . .  . 
Fine  line  of  artistic  lamps  .  .  . 
Boxes  for  every  use  .  . .  Hand 
blocked  prints  ....  CostUJiie 
jewelry  . . .  Christmas  Cards. 


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has  the  great  beauty  ot  utter  simplicity 
This  sort  ot  motil  is  bound  to  harmonize 
with  any  type  oi  room  and  home 

NEARBY  we  hnd  the  V.  C  Morris 
house  ot  antiques  and  gifts  Here 
there  are  not  only  a  delighttul  variety  of 
candlesticks,  ashtrays  and  so  on,  but  a 
window  display  ot  pewter  that  will 
solve  many  a  question  on  what  to  give 
for  Christmas. 

Crossing  the  street  and  entering  the 
Women's  City  Club  building,  we  find 
the  League  Shop  This  is  just  the  place 
for  a  remembrance  tor  the  person  who 
deserx'cs  more  than  a  mere  card.  An 
elaborate  gitt  is  oftentimes  out  ot  place 
unless  one  knows  a  person  very  well  but 
a  piece  of  costume  jewelry,  a  little  lamp, 
a  handkershief  and  a  case,  or  some  sort 
of  remembrance  is  just  the  thing.  There 
are  a  hundred  and  one  things  in  this  shop 
to  choose  trom — and  you  will  want 
them  all. 

Walking  along  the  arcade,  one  looks 
at  the  displays  tor  various  shops.  A 
peasant  dress  in  marine  blue  embroidered 
in  rose-color  attracted  my  attention  it 
was  from  the  Vahdah  shop  of  peasant 
dresses  of  all  nations  These  are  frocks 
of  a  thousand  and  one  uses — for  sports- 
wear, for  shopping,  for  motoring,  and 
for  the  home.  There  is  a  different  type  of 

Continued  on  page  41 


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Symbolizing  Miss  Rothschild's 
rrputed  good  taste  in  last  word 
Fashions — specializing  in 
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object  of  his,  we  are  greatly  impressed. 

"The  Doctor  Discusses  Your  Ques- 
tions,"  by  Mark  Gerstle,  Jr.,  is  obviously 
and  genuinely  a  scientific  contribution. 
It  was,  however,  the  multitude  of  ques- 
tions asked  by  the  layman,  rather  than  a 
personal  desire  to  present  the  world  with 
medical  tacts,  that  determined  Dr 
Gerstle  to  write  his  book. 

These  questions,  though  asked  on 
numerous  occasions  and  under  various 
circumstances,  were  so  uniform,  that 
Dr.  Gerstle  was  able  to  deal  with  practi- 
cally all  ot  them,  in  this,  his  collection 
of  short  articles 

Despite  the  author's  being  a  brilliant 
young  physician  with  many  theories  of 
his  own,  he  has  presented  only  the  ac- 
cepted scientific  facts,  which  are  uni- 
versally recognized,  and  entirely  beyond 
controversy. 

Dr.  Gerstle  is  a  miedical  enthusiast,  as 
well  as  a  scholar,  and  hopes  by  present- 
ing technical  data  in  a  simple  way,  to 
interest  his  readers,  and  inspire  them  to 
further  study  in  a  fascinating  field. 

The  book  is  written  in  precisely  the 
proper  vein,  with  iust  enough  buovancv 
to  tloat  the  facts  into  our  tiction  spoiled 
minds. 

Dr.  Gerstle  is  a  San  Franciscan,  and 
another  San  Franciscan,  Dr.  Langlev 
Porter,  has  written  an  appreciative  lore- 
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Diet  and  Nutrition 

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"The  Doctor  Discussns  Your  Ques 
TiON,"  by  Mark  Gerstle,  Jr.,  M.D. 
7.  Vl .  Staccy,  Inc.,  Publishers. 

WE  Americans,  a  little  horcj  with 
democracy  and  rhe  rii^ht  to  vote, 
receive  an  unadmitted  thrill  from  the 
Graustark  sort  of  story,  rhe  spectacular 
little  principality,  with  its  romantic, 
dressed-up  rulers. 

"The  Lily  and  the  SuorJ,"  bv  An- 
thony Pryde  and  R.  K  Wcekes  presents 
that  type  in  its  most  glamorous  form 
With  fifty  per  cent  lo\e  interest  and  hftv 
per  cent  adventure  it  embraces  all  the 
minor  elements  thereof  so  secretly  dear 
to  the  hearts  of  us  pseudo  sophisticates. 

"Neuberg  was  a  small  state  but  a 
famous  one,  for  it  stood  and  always  has 
stood  proudly  independent."  Its  "cruel 
but  fascinating  Prince  Heinrich"  tries 
to  force  his  attentions  upon  Wanda 
Radolin,  who  with  her  brother  Clement, 
a  priest,  are  "the  last  survivors  of  a 
proud  but  impoverished  house  " 

The  sister  and  brother  flee  the  state, 
but  fall  into  the  hands  of  an  outlaw 
band,  v\hose  chief  forces  Wanda  to 
marry  him. 

After  the  ceremony,  his  forgotten 
chivalrv  returns  (he  is  a  renegade  noble- 
man, of  course^  and  he  does  not  force 
his  presence  until  it  is  requested. 

The  story  is  filled  with  captures, 
escapes,  re-captures  and  re-escapes.  There 
are  whipping  posts,  tiring  squads,  and 
breathless  duels 

Lust  is  vanquished  bv  Pure  Lo\e,  and 
Yearning  Hearts  mask  themselves  in 
Unkind  Words 

It  is  the  sort  of  tale  that  a  culturine 
would  sneer  at  in  good  literary  company, 
but  thoroughly  enjoy  in  his  unaffected 
privacy. 

The  book  lives  up  to  every  adjective 
and  verb  of  its  jacket  blurb. 

As  we  closed  the  back  cover,  our  only 
problem  lay  in  guessing  just  how  soon 
we  will  see  "The  Lily  and  the  Sivord" 
in  the  Talkies. 

"The  Lily  and  the  Sword,"  by  An- 
thony Pryde  and  R.  K,  Weekes  Dodd, 
Mcdd  Co.,  Publishers 

As  ISeeii  by  Her 

Continued  from  page  39 

dress  for  each  occasion — and  all  the 
modern  adaptations  of  peasant  dresses 
rich  with  embroidery,  gay  with  the  de- 
signs in  use  in  Europe  for  centuries 

There  is  one  more  shop  which  com- 
pletes our  shopping  circle  for  today. 
We  couldn't  resist  a  few  minutes  in  the 
City  of  Paris.  The  furniture  department 
has  a  display  of  Monterey  furniture  that 
is  perfectly  stunning.  The  long,  low, 
simple  but  heavy  lines  make  it  a  favorite 
I  also  got  a  glimpse  of  French  chairs  in 
silvery  green,   ivory  and  gold     Beyond 


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were  Spanish  carved  pieces.  I  could  keep 
right  on  travehng  through  shops,  and 
gazing  at  shop  windows,  but  I  have  to 
wait  until  next  month,  when  I  promise 
you  a  real  tour  into  the  shops  with  sug- 
gestions for  just  the  right  gift  for  each 
person  __^^  ^atti 


Liodsay 

Continued  from  page  33 

putting  your  work  in  this  exhibition  and 
that,  eventually  some  canvasses  are 
bought  by  a  famous  connoisseur,  or  for 
a  great  gallery,  and — you  are  there. 

"But  by  then  you  have  lived  your 
life  And  I  suppose  one  cannot  expect 
too  much  of  this  world  .  What  with 
lecture  tours  and  writing,  I  hax-e  been 
able  to  do  only  a  littleot  what  1  wished." 

DESPITE  his  devotion  to  contempo- 
rary American  rhythms,  Lindsay 
deplores  the  conversion  of  his  "Congo" 
into  a  sort  of  jazz-time  chant  "I  wish 
the  wild  youths  in  the  art  colonies  would 
stop  reciting  the  poem,  until  they  under- 
stand its  true  significance  It  is  intended 
to  portray  the  concern  ot  the  negro  with 
religion,  which  in  the  end  shall  redeem 
him." 

Lindsay  is  at  heart  a  crusader  Small 
men  look  to  the  past,  to  tradition  and 
experience  Only  great  men,  with  that 
high  intuition,  which  in  their  bewilder- 
ment men  label  taith,  can  see  in  the 
present  order,  the  incipient  future 

So  Lindsay  sings  in  the  stylistic  rhythms 
of  contemporary  America,  believes  in 
American  ideals,  is  enthusiastic  for 
American  methods  in  business  and  world 
affairs 

Sophistication  belongs  to  aristocrats. 
Commonl  y,  great  men  are  nai\'e  Sophisti- 
cates are  sensiti\e  to  the  flux  ot  incident, 
but  the  consciousness  of  great  men  is 
scattered  until  faith  and  a  dream  lead 
their  footsteps  over  the  edge  of  the 
world. 

Our  sophisticates  decry  the  American 
vernacular  of  thought  and  experience 
according  as  it  lacks,  not  virtue,  but 
familiarity.  Lindsay,  abandoning  tradi- 
tion for  faith,  may  truly  say,  1  sing 
America. 


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tallations   which  conspire   to   make   the   new   salon   the 


finest  in  the  city- 
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TC 


THE  STAGE 

Alcazar:  Tom  Moore  plays  the  young  doctor 
and  Kay  Hammond  the  unsuspecting  heir- 
ess in  "The  Boomerang" — a  few  more  rules 
for  playing  the  love  game. 

Curran:  The  resurrected  Bowery  of  "Diamond 
Lil"  gives  way  to  Balieff's  roistering 
"Chauve  Souris"  which  opens  December 
23. 

Geary:  "Journey's  End"  revives  the  mental 
hazards  of  war  in  certain  of  its  physical 
aspects  —  splendid  characterizations  by 
Basil  Gill,  Hugh  Williams,  and  Desmond 
Roberts.  Convincing  evidence  of  the  futility 
of  war. 

Green  Street:  Seems  to  have  the  "Flat  Tire" 
habit — at  least  until  "The  Peep  Hole" 
opens  up. 

President:  Charlotte  Greenwood  proves  she 
is  not  afraid  of  appearing  rediculous  in 
"She  Couldn't  Say  No." 

Blanding   Sloan   Puppet   Theatre   Club:    Lee 

Gunter's  "Pulpit"  continues  through  De- 
cember with  its  version  of  religion  through- 
out the  ages.  It  is  produced  by  Bruce 
Inverarity. 


THE  SCREEN 

California:  Mary  and  Doug  tame  each  other 
for  the  third  and  final  week  before  Irene 
Bordoni  appears  in  "Paris"  December   12. 

Fox:  Warner  Baxter  makes  more  hearts  pal- 
pitate in  "The  Romance  of  the  Rio  Grande" 
— where  men  are  men  and  cattle  feed  on 
sagebrush. 

Granada:  Ziegfeld  proclaims  his  "Glorifying 
of  the  American  Girl"  in  popular  terms. 

Loews  Warfield:  We  re-view  the  Hollywood 
Review. 

Columbia:  "Hunting  Tigers  in  India"  with 
the  addition  of  the  authentic  record  of 
"Around  the   World  via   Graf  Zeppelin." 


Marion  Davics:  Leo  Carillo,  the  favorite,  in 
a  picturesque  role  of  "Mister  Antonio," 

St.  Francis:  Maurice  Chevalier  dons  all  the 
trappings  of  a  musical  comedy  prince — and 
remains  the  same  as  before.  With  him 
character  is  only  clothes  deep. 

Orpheum:  The  "all-talking  all-flying"  spec- 
tacle "Flight"  opens  with  a  midnight  pre- 
miere and  continues  with  crowds  of  all- 
gasping  audiences. 


DINING  AND  DANCING 

St.  Francis:  Holiday  festivities  with  the  glamor 
of  new  foods. 

Ye  Mayflower:  Colonial  tradition  mingles 
with  Spanish  atmosphere. 

Post  Street  Cafeteria:  Only  the  best  is  counted 
good  enough  at  this  or  any  other  season. 

The  Fairmont:  Choose  your  atmosphere — 
pick  your  chef. 

Mark  Hopkins:  Peacock  Court  struts  to  an 
accompaniment  of  good  music  and  better 
cuisine. 

The  Courtyard:  Take  the  visiting  easterner 
to   December  luncheon  outdoors. 

The  Palace:  Of  course. 

Sir  Francis  Drake:  Gracious  service  and  hos- 
pitality. 

The  Studio:  One  appreciates  the  open  court 
yard  or  the  cosy  firelit  dining  room  these 
fickle  evenings. 

New  Frank's:  A  gilt-edge  proposition. 

Russian  Tea  Room:  Sutter  near  Grant,  where 
nothing  makes  you  see   Red. 

Solari's:  Geary,  endorsed  by  all. 

The  Bib  and  Tucker:  A  Mecca  for  hungry 
shoppers. 

MUSIC 

December  6:  S.  F.  Symphony  with  Vladimir 
Horowitz  soloist,  Curran. 


December  8:   S.  F.  Symphony  with  'Vladimir 
Horowitz  soloist.  Curran. 

December  9:  Arthur  Johnson  and  Ora  Hyde, 
Matinee  Music,  Fairmont. 

December  10:  Vladimir  Horowitz  in  concert, 
Scottish  Rite. 

December  12:  Gregor  Piatiagorsky,  concert. 

December   13:   Abas  String  Quartette  at  the 
Community    Playhouse. 

December    14:    Nina    Kosshetz,    Pro    Musica 
Society — Community   Play  House. 

December  15:  Pop  Concert  of  the  San  Fran- 
sisco  Symphony. 

December    19:    Gunnan    Johanson,    Danish 
pianist,  Scottish  Rite  Hall. 

December   22   and   29:    Pop   Concert   of   the 
San  Francisco  Symphony. 


ART 

Galerie  Beaux  Arts:  Christmas  show  of  small 
paintings  by  artist  members.  Black  and 
white  show.  Paintings,  prints  and  screens 
by  the  three  Brutons. 

Courvoisers  Little  Gallery:  Sculpture  with 
blocks  and  watercolors  by  Elizabeth  Norton. 
Monotypes   by    Don   Groesbeck. 

East  West  Gallery:  Paintings  of  the  Alps  by 
seventy-eight  year  old  Albert  Gos. 

Blanding  Sloan's  Workshop  Gallery:  Wood 
blocks  by  Paul  Landacre. 

California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor: 

Lincoln  Park,  10  to  5  daily;  7  to  10  Wed- 
nesday nights  (special  for  sculpture  show). 
National  Sculpture  Society's  ail-American 
exhibition  of   1300  sculptures. 

Valdespino  Gallery:  347  O'Farrcll  Street,  9 
to  5:30  week  days.  Miscellaneous  prints. 

Vickery,  Atkins  and  Torrey:  Portfolio  show- 
ings of  fine  prints. 


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In  this  etching  Gari  Melchers,  one  of  the  leading  conleniporary  American  artists, 
turns  our  attention  ti>  the  Guest  in  the  House  whose  presence  is  felt,  at  the 
Chrislnias-tide.  Toelav  in  the  midst  of  the  cork-popping  round  of  festivities  that 
characterize  most  modern  celebrations  there  is  a  quiet  moment  or  two.  at  least, 
when  the  humble  or  great  turn  as  has  this  sophistical«-d  artist  to  the  Source  of 
"Good  \Sill  to  Men — Peace  on  Earth." 


SAN  rRAM€ISGAN 


Perspective 

We  See  Through  Ourselves 


THE  consternation  and  indignation  of 
some  people  when  the  Stock  Market 
went  off  was  hke  the  perennial  surprise 
of  some  passengers  when  a  street  car 
starts.  It  is  hard  to  explain.  They  get 
aboard  to  go  somewhere  and  yet  when 
the  car  or  the  market  suddenly  goes  off 
with  them,  they  are  almost  howled  over; 
and  mad.  They  look  around  tor  someone 
to  blame;  at  the  conductor,  perhaps,  but 
he — he  does  not  look  at  them,  he  looks 
away  with  contempt  such  as  a  stock 
broker  conceals  from  a  lamb  who  has 
been  a  pig  and  won't  see  it.  San  Fran- 
ciscans ! 

A  Wall  Street  reporter — a  reporter 
who  played  the  market — called  on 
Jim  Keene  one  atternoon  after  just  such  a 
fall  of  stocks  as  that  of  November,  this 
year. 

"Do  anything  today,  boy^"  Keene, 
asked. 

"Yea.  Bought  'em  big,  bigger  than  1 
am  myself." 

Keene  looked  at  the  "boy";  it  was  a 
puzzled,  incredulous  look  which  the  re- 
porter misread.  He  thought  Keene's 
slowly  shaking  head  meant  disapproval 

"Why?"  he  asked.  "What  did  you 
do?" 

"I  bought,"  said  the  famous  Bear.  "I 
bought  as  big  as  you" 

"Well  then,  why  do  you  shake  your 
head  at  me.  We  both  bought.  What's 
the  difference?" 

The  difference,  Keene  explained,  was 
that  the  reporter  was  in  the  selling  mob 
on  'Change  when  he  went  against  it, 
while  he,  Keene,  was  out  of  it,  up  in  a 
quiet  remote  office  all  alone,  only  him- 
self and  the  ticker.  "1  couldn't  do  what 
you  did,"  he  said  to  the  astonished  re- 
porter. "I  could  not  be  in  a  crowd  with- 
out feeling  it,  I'd  have  been  swept  away. 


Might  not  have  sold;  that's  too  absurd; 
but  I  could  not  have  bought,  big,  when 
they  sold." 

This  from  James  R.  Keene  Califor- 
nians  know  Jim  Keene,  the  Calilornian 
who  made  his  pile  here  and  in  Nevada 
then  looked  up  and  around  and  saw  and 
said  that  he  could  beat  the  Wall  Street 
game  He  was  going  East  and  the  report 
in  Wall  Street  had  him  on  a  private  car. 
Some  financial  wag  out  there  declared 
that  they  would  send  him  back  in  a 
cattle  empty.  Keene  went  to  Wall  Street 
and  he  stayed  there.  He  became  the  big 
Bear  leader  ol  those  days  and  "they"  had 
to  accept  and  use  him  as — something 
they  lack  today — their  market  leader.  It 
was  Keene  who  marketed  U.  S.  Steel  for 
the  Morgan  house,  when  that  flood  of 
new  shares  (water  then)  had  to  be  turned 
loose.  He  sold  it  on  a  rising  tide  of 
prices.  Understand?  He  kept  the  price  of 
steel  stocks  going  up  from  about  50  to 
par  v^hile  he  was  selling  it  in  quantity! 

And  this  man  it  was  who  said  he 
could  not  operate  close  up;  that  he  had 
to  get  away  by  himself  to  see  and  not 
feel  and  not  think  Only  a  room  trader 
can  make  money  on  'Change,  he  also 
said. 

"Come  around  toniorrow,"  he  in- 
vited the  reporter  that  day,  and  tomor- 
row when  they  met  again  there  had  been 
a  terrific  jerk  up  of  the  market.  Ot 
course.  With  "support"  coming  in. 
Bears  covering  and  retired  millionaires 
from  the  country  in  lor  bargains,  prices 
rallied.  But  with  the  rally  came  also  the 
switt.  Hying,  frightening  rumors  ot  extra 
dividends,  increased  earnings,  new  mer- 
gers and-  all  the  regular  Bull  stufl, 
which  Keene  did  not  hear.  The  reporter 
heard  it  all;  he  had  to  report  some  of  it 
He  was  in  the  stampeding  herd  of  glad 


III  Wall  Street 

by  LINCOLN  STEFFENS 


Bulls  and  mad  Bears  climbing  together 
alter  the  climbing  stocks. 

"Well  what  did  you  do  today?"  asked 
Keene 

"Sold  'em,  all  I  had,  and  then  some. 
What  did  you  do?" 

"Oh,  1  sold  too,  bigger  than  you,  boy, 
but — " 

"But  what?" 

"You  ought  to  be  a  room  trader  or—" 

"Or  a  newspaperman,"  said  the  re- 
porter, "Unless  stocks  go  up  tomor- 
row . ' ' 

'They  won't,"  Keene  answered.  "I 
can  see  trom  this  distance  that  the  sup- 
port and  the  bargain-hunters  took  prolits 
today  and  the  Bears  sold  short  at  the 
end." 

The  market  did  go  down  to  what 
used  to  be  called  "the  second  bottom." 

MR  Keene  was  saying  in  all  this 
that  his  first  view  of  Wall  Street 
was  the  best,  or,  at  any  rate,  a  very  good 
one  You  can  see  well  trom  San  Fran- 
cisco. "See,"  I  say,  but  not  think  and 
feel  We  think  too  much,  we  feel  too 
much  or,  to  make  it  short,  we  feel  that 
we  think.  It  we  would  only  look  and  try 
only  to  see,  we  might  "get  "  it.  Look, 
for  instance,  at  the  U  S.  Senate,  threat- 
ening an  inquiry  into  Wall  Street  specu- 
lation to  find  out  who  ha\c  been  en- 
gineering the  stock  boom  and  the  stock 
explosion.  You  can  see  that  those  mob- 
mo\'ed  Senators  "think"  the  old  theory 
of  the  stock  game  They  think  that  there 
are  sonie  big  fellows  who  run  stocks  up 
too  high,  unload  them  on  the  public  and 
then  drive  prices  down  to  wipe  out  the 
Lambs  and  rake  in  the  losses  and  the 
sacrificed  stock,  to  resume  the  same  old 
play.  Their  suspicion  is  that  these  big 
fellows  are  the  "powcrs-that-be"  in 
business  and  politics  There  may  be  some 


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truth  in  this,  but  not  much.  Tlie  game 
seems  to  have  changed,  with  conditions. 
A  little  over  a  year  ago  a  captain  of 
industry  from  the  Middle  West  was  on 
this  Coast  He  was  complaining  that  he 
was  left  out  of  this  booming  market.  He 
had  fifteen  millions,  cash,  on  deposit  in 
New  York  banks.  That  money  might 
just  as  well  have  been  in  the  market. 

"1  haven't  made  a  single  million  in  all 
this  recent  boom,"  he  said,  "but  I  guess 
it's  all  right,  somehow.  1  phoned  my 
banker  to  kick,  and  1  kicked  hard  But  he 
said  1  couldn't  complain,  that  they  also 
were  out  of  it.  They  got  out  a  year  ago, 
they  said." 

"They"  got  out  "too  soon."  "They" 
always  try  to  get  out  "too  soon."  It  was 
a  Rothchild,  wasn't  it,  who,  being  asked 
how  that  family  fortune  was  made,  an- 
swered, "By  getting  out  too  soon." 

We  could  see  from  here,  from  San 
Francisco,  that  the  Reserve  Banks  and 
some  of  the  Wall  Street  bankers  were 
using — some  people  said  they  were  abus- 
ing— their  power  over  credit  to  raise  the 
money  rates  to  check  the  over-specula- 
tion. We  could  see,  if  we  were  not  in  the 
mob,  if  we  were  not  gambling  ourselves, 
that  the  banks  had  lost  control  of  the 
call  money  market  and  that  the  big  in- 
dustrialists were  getting  it  by  a  new 
trick.  Instead  of  turning  over  their 
money  to  the  banks  to  lend,  the  big  busi- 
ness men  were  lending  or  using  it  them- 
selves in  the  market.  Some  of  us  rejoiced 
in  this,  as  a  sign  that  industry  was  taking 
this  sovereign,  financial  power,  from  the 
bankers  and  we  hoped  that  it  meant  that 
Business,  not  Finance,  would  come  to 
rule  business  as  President  Hoover  wishes. 
But  hoping  is  thinking;  let's  only 
"see."  In  the  Wall  Street  gossip  columns 
of  the  newspapers,  there  were  grum- 
blings about  some  young  speculators, 
who  did  not  know  the  game.  They  were 
running  away  with  the  market.  They  did 
not  know  that  it  was  high  enough  and 
that  the  thing  to  do  was  to  turn  around 
and  bear  it  now,  wipe  out  the  public  and 
rake  in  all  the  stakes,  as  ol  old.  Some  of 
us  grinned  at  this  sign  that  Youth,  which 
was  raising  such  rumpus  in  other  walks  (or 
drives)  of  life,  was  busting  up  the  old 
Wall  Street  game  and  might  find  a  better 
way  to  do  what  the  old  fellows  used  to 
do. 

Thinking  again!  Like  the  Senate. 
(Our  Senators  shamefully  represent  us.) 
The  visible  facts  were  that  basic  business 
was  good  and  that  those  in  the  mob, 
however  led,  were  speculating  in  pros- 
pects; buying,  not  for  dividends,  but  for 
melons.  They  were  taking  stocks  plus 
imagination.  The  crash  came;  a  Bear 
raid  led  it-  sure,  a  Bear  raid  which 
"they"  did  not  lead,  sold  stocks  down  to 
and  through  stop  orders  and  margins 
thick  and  thin.  And  it  worked,  and  one 
can — even    from    San    Francisco — hear 


liko  \viii«l-l»lo\vii  dii^il 

By  LAWRENCE  HART 

If  rivers  were  content  with  ending  ever 
In  barren  wastes  far  distant  from  the  sea. 
Were  eyes  content  with  blindness,  asking 

never 
To  see  the  graceful  forms  of  bloom  or  tree. 
Were  meadowlarks  content  with  voices 

muted 
Or  silent  quite,  that  now  so  blithely  sing. 
Should  lilies  curb  their  blossoms,  fair  and 

fluted. 
That  warmed  our  hearts,  in  this  or  any 

Spring: 
If  these  were  so,  that  are  not  ever  so. 
Then  blame  me  if  you  will,  for  blame  is  due. 
And  love  must  pass  like  wind-blown  dust, 

I'll  know; 
IVIy  words  were  evil  then,  my  heart  untrue. 
Who  longed  to  lie  within  your  arms  and 

mark 
The  passage  of  the  singing  hours  of  dark. 


some  of  the  rumors  and  feel  some  ot  the 
fears  that  came  with  the  fall.  It  works 
that  way,  when  it  works. 

FROM  here  we  could  see  it — and  even 
in  New  York  they  could  see  and 
hear  that  "they,"  the  big  fellows  tried  to 
check  the  tall.  They  did  things  that  they 
never  have  done  before.  They  bought 
shares  openly;  they  said  they  were  buy- 
ing; they  advised  the  public  to  buy  on 
tlie  drop,  as  Keene  and  the  boy  reporter 
had  done.  They  induced  Rocketcller  and 
the  Secretary  ot  the  Treasury  and  the 
President  of  the  United  States  to  make 
reassuring  Bull  statements 

"They"  don't  want  the  market  to  go 
down  Honest  now,  isn't  that  so? 
"They"  are  not  in  a  conspiracy  to  wipe 
us  out,  as  usual      not  this  time. 

There  is,  then,  no  Wall  Street  con- 
spiracy tor  the  Senate  to  investigate.  The 
only  inquiry  which  should  be  made  is 
one-  -or  two  that  that  \ery  representa- 
tive body  is  incapable  ot  making,  pre- 
cisely because  it  is  so  representative.  One 
is  into  the  evil  that  underlies  the  evils  of 
the  Stock  Exchange.  Our  Senators  won't 
look  for  that  because,  like  us,  they  are 
against  the  excesses  of  gambling,  the 
abuses,  the  losses  of  speculation,  but  they 
are  not  against  speculation  and  gam- 
bling They  are  not  against  profits  They 
would  never  seek  to  fuid  out  why  and 
how  the  profits  of  industry  do  not  go 
back  into  industry  and  labor,  instead  of 
into  the  idle,  gambling  hands  of  non 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 

producers.  No  indeed.  No  one  that  they 
represent  wants  them  to  do  that. 

The  other  inquiry  would  be  into  why 
this  is  so  But  this  would  be  an  investi- 
gation of  the  public.  Of  the  people  who 
speculate,  us,  the  voters;  and  it  might 
show  that  we  are — that  all  of  us  who 
seek  profits  in  stocks — are  would-be 
grafters;  that  those  of  us  who  lost  money 
were  gross  grafters  who  would  not  take 
a  "fair  profit"  but  wanted  more  and 
more.  A  pretty  bad  inditement  but,  if 
only  we  would  stop  thinking,  we  can 
see  it  for  ourselves.  No?  What  is  graft? 
It  is  unearned  money,  it  is  something  for 
nothing,  it  is  money  we  can  "get"  with- 
out working,  to  hold  and  to  live  on 
without  working.  The  Senators  like  it 
too  and  have  some  and  want  more.  It  is 
our  ideal — unearned  money.  Burglars  go 
after  it,  and  politicians;  a  bishop  was 
caught  trying  to  get  it  lately.  Everyone 
says  "Everybody  is  out  for  it." 

Very  well,  then,  why  not  say  so  and 
be  done  with  it?  It  would  not  look  so 
bad  as  it  sounds  if  we  would  hut  see  it 
so;  see  that  we,  too,  are  out  for  more 
than  we  earn.  It  would  be  worth  all  it 
has  cost  us,  if  every  man,  woman  and 
youth  who  has  lost  in  the  recent  drop  in 
stocks  would  see  that  he  and  she,  you 
and  1,  were  grafters.  We  might  become 
a  little  less  righteous.  We  might  not  be 
so  ready  to  condemn  and  punish  the 
other  crooks  that  are  caught  in  other 
games.  As  conscious  semi-criminals  our- 
selves we  could  not  be  quite  so  hard  on 
the  Sinclairs,  Pantages,  Mooney  and 
Billings,  and  the  rest.  Also  we  might 
here  at  this  distance  from  the  mob  of 
speculative  thinkers  and  imaginative 
feelers  in  Wall  Street — we  might  learn 
to  sell  too  soon,  take  paper  profits  and 
turn  them  into  money  And  it  would  not 
matter  how  rich  or  how  poor  we  got,  if 
only  we  got  over  being  so  damned 
respectable  as  San  Franciscans  are  now. 

^.iKRE  was  a  time  when  San  Francisco 
was  a  community  of  "honest 
crooks."  That  is  a  slang  expression 
descriptive  ot  people  with  enough  intel- 
lectual integrity  to  see  straight,  who  see 
even  through  themseK'Cs  straight.  That 
was  about  the  time  Jim  Keene  went 
East.  Curiously  enough  that  was  about 
the  time  when  all  artists  "lo\ed  San 
Francisco";  when  singers  said  that  San 
Franciscans  judged  for  themseKes,  and 
painters  said  that  their  things  were 
bought  on  the  buyer's  own  judgment, 
and  writers,  unknown  in  New  York, 
rose  here  and  wrote  and  then  went  East, 
as  Jim  Keene  did,  and  played  and  beat 
the  game,  as  they  saw  it,  or — what's  the 
dillcrence     lost. 

San  Franciscans  did  not  trample, 
astonished  and  indignant,  on  some  one 
else's  feet  when  the  car  started,  in  those 
davs. 


I 


DECEMBER,  1929 


13 


Moiitiii^jl  Skyline 


A  r«'r«'iil  print  of  Dasisonvillc  whose  faiiu'd  rily(*<ape8  of  San 
Fran<-isr<)  have  eHlahlinhiMl  him  an  an  intiTnationaiiy  known 
photographic  artist. 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Sophisticated  Sli^etelies 


Presentiii$K 
tlir*»«»  utterly 
■III  related 
iiiooils 


by  M.  E.  WILLIAMS 


suspicion 

COLONEL  Fanning  looked  a:  her  in- 
quiringly. 

"No, he  doesn't  know, "she  answered. 
"Oh,  Martin,  this  is  my  chance  of  hap- 
piness. Won't  you  go  now,  before  he 
conies  back.  He  would  never  understand 
your  coming  at  this  hour.  He  thinks — 
why,  he  thinks  1  am — perfection."  The 
last  word  caught  in  her  throat. 

They  were  standing  by  the  French 
windows,  full  in  the  moonlight,  which 
filtered  in  below  the  half  drawn  shades, 
and  just  where  Ludlow  had  stood  earlier 
that  evening  abstractedly  watching  the 
shadow  patterns  change  on  the  veranda 
floor. 

The  night  was  quiet,  except  for  little 
gusts  of  warm  wind  which  swished  up 
through  the  fields  of  sugar  cane  and 
rattled  the  dry  bamboo  leaves  against  the 
house. 

Mariette  came  closer  and  reached  one 
arm  up  in  that  pleading,  provocative 
manner  which  Fanning  knew  so  well. 

"Yes,  I'll  go,"  he  said,  looking  steadily 
at  her.  "But  just  a  kiss,  Mariette,  just 
one,  for  old  times'  sake." 

She  hesitated,  half  drew  back  and 
then  held  her  lace  up  to  his,  flowerlike  in 
the  moonlight. 

Ludlow  came  slowly  up  the  driveway, 
delighting  in  the  perfumed  night  air. 
Just  before  he  reached  the  steps,  he 
paused,  and  looked  back  over  his  shoul- 
der at  the  full  moon  riding  high  The 
shadows  on  the  porch  had  deepened  The 
house  and  garden  seemed  magic  things 
all  flecked  in  delicate  traceries  of  moon- 
light. "Shadows,  shadows  everywhere." 
He  looked  up  at  the  French  windows 
framed  in  jasmine  just  above  his  head 
He  caught  his  breath  and  stood  motion- 
less. 

"Shadows  on  the  windows,  too."  His 
mouth    became    dry    and    a    numbness 


seized  upon  his  brain  so  that  for  a 
moment  he  could  not  think,  but  only 
gaze  But  the  shadows  changed,  lost  their 
definiteness  and  laded  away  like  phan- 
toms, pale  substances  of  a  dream.  Lud- 
low roused  himself  and  gave  a  little 
laugh.  "Damn  queer  tricks  a  fellow's 
fancy  plays  on  him,"  he  muttered. 

He  laughed  again  as  he  stepped  up  to 
the  door,  but  his  fingers  were  clumsy  as 
he  tumbled  with  the  knob. 


iiiagit*  from  a 
freiieli  bo«iiiet 

SUCH  a  boquet!  In  the  center  a  great 
salmon  tulip  raised  a  piquant  head 
amid  iris  of  deepest  purple,  and  white 
camelias  showed  palely  forth  from  their 
wa.xy  leaves  which  reflected  the  flicker- 
ing lights  of  four  tall  candles  in  gleam- 
ing silver  sconces  Violets  and  deep  pink 
rosebuds  massed  just  above  the  rim  of 
the  crystal  bowl,  filled  the  air  with  per- 
fume. 

We  sat  about  the  table  sipping  our 
coffee,  breathing  in  the  sweetness  of  the 
flowers  and  luxuriating  in  their  deli- 
cately blended  colors.  Conversation 
came  and  went  like  little  sudden  gusts  of 
wind  on  a  calm  day.  Thus  people  talk 
when  something  has  set  up  sweet  remin- 
iscent trains  of  thought.  The  flowers 
were  working  magic.  Abstractedly  I 
passed  the  cream  when  someone  asked 
lor  the  sugar. 

The  violets  were  responsible.  Their 
scent  was  in  my  nostrils  and  again  the 
wind  whipped  my  cloak  tightly  about 
me  or  flung  it  out  like  a  banner.  The  fog 
was  drifting  in  and  veiled  the  world 
until  we  two  were  lelt  alone  upon  the 
hill  in  splendid  isolation.  Little  glistening 
drops  hung  upon  his  lashes  and  I  felt  his 
cheek  moist  and  cool. 

"Goodbye,"  I  said  and  the  wind 
caught  my  voice  and  hurled  it  over  the 
clifl,  then  flung  his  answer  back  at  me. 
Then  I  was  alone  with  the  v\'ind  and  the 
fog,  and  the  scent  of  violets  rising  from 
where  they  nestled  in  the  fur  at  my 
throat  His  dai"k  figure  speeded  down 
the  hill  I  watched  until  it  blended  with 
the  mist 

My  host's  voice,  seeming  to  come 
from  far  away,  aroused  me. 

"Blanche,"  he  was  saying,  "you  arc 
like  these  roses,"  and  he  lifted  one  from 
the  bowl,  its  stem  all  dripping  with 
water,  and  touched  it  lightly  to  his  lips 


His  wife  smiled  back  at  him  across  the 
candles. 

"That  red  tulip,"  said  the  Serbian 
Consul,  betrayed  into  an  indiscretion  by 
his  host's  remark,  "That  red  tulip  makes 
me  think  of  a  little  Russian  girl — "  We 
all  turned  towards  him  but  he  stopped 
abruptly  and  a  tide  of  crimson  glowed 
for  a  second  under  his  clear  olive  skin. 

A  silent  young  man  at  my  right 
reached  out  and  turned  the  flower-filled 
bowl,  past  a  gorgeous  Chinese  poppy, 
past  a  dark  clove  carnation,  and  stopped 
the  revolution  just  where  a  dead  white 
gardenia  languished  in  a  bed  of  maiden 
hair. 

"Makes  me  think  of  nights  in  New 
Orleans.  Ever  been  there?"  he  queried 
softly. 

sanctuary 

THE  great  doors  of  the  Cathedral  were 
closed  against  the  cold,  hut  the 
sound  of  the  organ  and  the  high  sweet 
voices  of  the  little  choir-boys  stole 
softly  out  and  permeated  the  crystalline 
air. 

A  woman  stood  listening  halfway  up 
the  long  flight  of  snow-heaped  steps.  Her 
tall  graceful  figure  was  braced  against 
the  wind  which  caught  at  the  folds  of 
her  cloak,  and  almost  tore  it  from  her. 
She  was  looking  up  at  the  windows 
glowing  with  the  warm  radiance  of  the 
light  within.  She  took  a  few  steps,  stood 
hesitant,  and  then  turned  back  towards 
the  deserted  street.  But  its  blackness, 
broken  only  by  scarce  flickering  lamps 
repelled  her,  and  she  turned  again 
towards  the  warmth  and  music,  mount- 
ing the  steps  with  a  certain  forced  reso- 
luteness. She  tugged  with  blue  hands  at 
the  heavy  carved  doors.  Finally  they 
yielded,  and  she  stepped  timidly  inside 
onto  the  soft  carpet  of  the  vestibule. 
There  was  no  one  there,  and  she  waited 
a  moment  to  gain  courage,  her  back 
against  the  doors  which  had  swung 
slowly  to  behind  her,  and  her  arms  out- 
spread, palms  pressed  flat  upon  the  satiny 
smoothness  of  the  wood. 

Ah,  how  good  it  was  to  shut  the 
hungry  street  out  with  heavy  doors,  to 
feel  her  body  beginning  to  glow  with 
returning  warmth,  and  to  hear  the  low 
chant  oi  the  priest  echoing  through  the 
holy  place. 

At  first  she  had  thought  to  come  only 
this  far,  and  then  slip  out  again  before 
the  service  closed,  but  now  a  great  desire 
filled  her  to  go  in  still  further,  to  put 
another  pair  of  doors  between  her  and 
the  street  to  fmd  a  fuller  sense  of  sanc- 
tuary She  drew  her  cloak  decorously 
about  her,  arranged  the  solt  strands  of 
burnished  gold  which  the  wind  had 
blown  from  under  her  small  dark  hat, 
and  stepped   into  the  Cathedral   itself, 

Conlinucd  on  page  38 


DECEMBER,  1929 


IS 


WE  RAN  pell- 
mell  through 
the  dark  tortuous 
streets  of  Kairouan, 
in  the  direction  of  the 
flutey  music  and  the 
muffled  tam-tams 
chat  beat  and  throbbed 
like  the  wild  heart  ol 
chat  clear  black  Afri- 
can night. 

For  an  hour  the 
wedding  procession 
would  wind  through 
the  streets  before  lead- 
ing the  publicly  pa- 
raded bride-groom  to 
the  house  where  the 
ceremony  would  take 
place  .an  hour  of 
rumbling  drum-beats, 
of  weird  Arab  chant- 
ings  and  of  solemn 
slippered  shufflings 
over  the  cobbles. 

We  stumbled 
through  the  dark  like 
creatures  suffering 
under  the  compulsion 
of  some  wild  unheard- 
of  music.  We  brushed 
and  collided  against 
the  rough  wool  of 
burnouses  wrapping 
the  tall  forms  of 
Arabs  striding  noise- 
lessly with  us  through  the  night.  Sud- 
denly we  came  upon  the  tail-end  of  the 
wedding  procession.  Ahead,  against  the 
white-washed  walls  of  Arab  houses,  we 
saw  the  flare  of  many  lights.  The  music 
was  louder.  The  drum-beats  seemed  to 
penetrate  our  bodies  with  their  fierce  vi- 
brations The  chanting  seemed  more 
wild  and  happy  than  it  did  from  afar. 

Threading  and  pushing  our  way,  we 
came  at  last  into  the  bright  lights  of  the 
actual  procession.  A  blowing  golden 
light  from  scores  of  candles  was  carried 
on  a  large  framework  that  surrounded 
the  groom.  Over  the  heads  of  the  crowd, 
glass-enclosed  candelabras  on  the  tops  of 
tall  sticks  waved  giddily  in  their  rococo 
splendor.  The  groom  was  flanked  by 
small  boys  carrying  fan-shaped  forms, 
five-fingered  like  the  Hand  of  Fatma, 
tipped  with  lighted  candles  We  were  in 
a  whirlpool  of  eager  bodies  clamoring  to 
get  in  closer  to  tne  lights,  of  babbling 
comment,  of  wild  bursts  of  song  from 
felicitating  men  friends.  Only  the  groom 
walked  serene,  unsmiling  and  dignified 
toward  the  house  where  his  bride  awaited 
him 

Within  the  house  there  was  tremen- 
dous commotion  among  the  women 
Excitement,  bustling,  frenzied  commo- 
tion ...  the  groom  was  coming!  They 
perched  us — the  special  ini'ifees — on  a 
wooden  bench  in  a  corner.  It  was  like 
having  a  box-seat  at  a  play. 


An  Arab  lf%Vclding  in  Tnni^jiia 


by  Kathryn  Ilulme 


Editor's  Note:  Kathrjii  Hulnie,  one  of  our  staunchest  con- 
tributing editors,  has  sent  us  this  chapter  from  her  book  of 
African  sketches  which  is  soon  to  come  off  the  press.  We  are 
proud  to  publish  it  prior  to  its  appearance  in  book  form. 


GROUP  of  women,  draped  and 
veiled  in  the  black  of  Kairouan 
custom,  sat  in  a  circle  on  the  floor  beat- 
ing rhythmically  on  skin-co\'ered  drums 
held  between  their  knees  Black, ghoulish- 
looking,  they  squatted  in  their  circle, 
thrumming  ceaselessly.  Now  and  then 
one  would  stop  to  heat  her  drum  over  a 
charcoal  brazier,  to  tighten  the  skin.  The 
throb  of  the  drums  got  into  one's  bones, 
mysteriously  impelling  toward  excite- 
ment. In  a  room  behind  a  black-draped 
grille,  the  bride  and  her  kinswomen  were 
frantically  putting  on  the  last  touches  to 
their  brilliant  attire. 

A  chair  draped  with  a  rug,  set  high  on 
a  dias,  was  moved  to  the  center  of  the 
room  This  was  the  "throne"  the  groom 
would  occupy  for  the  wedding  ceremony 
Presently  the  music  out  in  the  street 
joined  with  the  clamor  of  drums  in  the 
room  where  we  sat  and  we  knew  the 
groom  had  come  The  women  swiftly 
veiled  their  faces  as  the  men  of  the  town 
led  the  groom  into  the  room  and  seated 
him  upon  his  dias  Instantly,  from  the 
bride's  sanctum,  came  a  wild  high- 
pitched  wailing — like  a  prolonged  colora- 
tura yodeling  These  were  the  felicita- 
tions from  the  women-folk.  It  was  wild, 
uncanny  and  seemed,  to  our  ears,  like  a 
female  dirge  of  woe  The  "you-youing" 
of  Arab  women,  meant  to  express  joy, 
is  perhaps  the  most  hair-raising  sound 


one    hears    in    North 
Africa 

Now,  all  men  save 
die  groom,  left  the 
room  The  groom's 
relatives  unveiled  and 
one  alter  the  other 
they  advanced  to  his 
throne  and  kissed  him 
on  the  check  Impas- 
si\e,  he  bent  to  re- 
ceive their  kisses  while 
the  "you-youing"  of 
cheir  tremolo  con- 
gratulations kept  up 
unabated  In  the  midst 
of  the  pandemonium, 
there  was  a  commo- 
tion from  the  bride's 
room .  The  old  mother 
stepped  out  from  be- 
hind a  black  curtain, 
leading  the  bride  by 
the  hand. 

The  bride  didn't 
seem  human,  nor  like 
anything  made  of  flesh 
and  blood  A  pink 
silk  hood  covered  her 
head,  a  square-cut 
gold  embroidered 
gown  covered  her 
body  and  the  slippers 
on  her  feet  were  like 
something  out  of  a 
fairy-tale.  She  had 
never  seen  the  groom's  face;  she  was  not 
to  see  it  yet  .  .  .  not  until  he  finally  led 
her  into  the  bridal  chamber  could  she 
look  at  the  man  her  parents  had  chosen 
for  husband. 

Now  came  the  ceremony  of  the 
groom  seeing  his  bride's  face  for 
the  first  time  Like  some  sort  of  barbaric 
puppet,  she  was  led  to  the  foot  of  his 
throne.  The  withered  crone  of  a  mother 
stood  her  squarely  in  front  of  her  man 
and,  to  the  accompaniment  of  a  wild 
tremolo  wailing  from  the  other  women 
in  the  room,  the  pointed  silk  hood  cover- 
ing the  bride's  head  was  slowly  lifted. 

Her  face  was  made  up  like  a  doll's. 
Eyes  tightly  closed,  the  masque  of  her 
face  fantastically  devoid  of  any  e.xpres 
sion,  she  stood  in  the  bright  light  and  was 
revolved  three  times,  slowly,  in  front  of 
the  groom  Tremolo  felicitations  accom- 
panied each  revolution  of  the  gorgeously 
bedecked  doll-bride  The  mother  lifted 
up  the  braids  of  hair,  held  them  straight 
out  from  the  bride's  head  so  that  no 
point  of  her  beauty  might  be  missed. 
The  groom  looked  on  impassively. 
Though  his  eyes  were  wide  open,  there 
was  not  the  least  trace  of  emotion  in 
their  dead  sombre  black  depths  Disap- 
pointed or  satisfied,  shocked  or  rejoiced 
— not  even  the  most  fleeting  of  expres- 
sions across  his  face  betrayed  his  inner 
feeling. 

Continued  on  page  31 


16 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tin  Types 

Clarn  Dsirliiis'    .   . 


tli«^  Enfant  Terrible  <»f  the  Early  Soeial  Dynasty 

by  ZOE  BATTU 


IN  THE  archives  of  the  Pioneers'  Library 
reposes  several  books  of  newspaper 
clippings,  dealing,  for  the  most  part, 
with  events,  happenings  and  personal- 
ities of  San  Francisco  society  of  other 
days  and  generations  To  the  casual  ob- 
server, the  books  are  nothing  more  than 
the  work  of  one  who  placed  undue  im- 
importance  on  relatively  unimportant 
things.  They  now  appear  meaningless, 
useless  and  a  futile  waste  of  time  and 
energy. 

But  to  the  late  Mrs  Clara  Hastings 
Darling,  compiler  of  these  books,  they 
were  neither  meaningless  nor  futile.  Mrs. 
Darling  lived  backstage  of  Calitornia 
lite  and  society  lor  over  eighty  years  and 
sixty  of  these  years  were  singularly  active 
ones  She  viewed  from  the  wings  the 
history,  politics,  hidden  springs,  scandal, 
intrigues,  finance  and  major  personal- 
ities of  these  years  When  a  woman  such 
as  Mrs.  Darling  lays  rightful  claim  to  a 
connection  of  chat  sort,  she  does  not 
wield  scissors  aimlessly  The  few  inches 
of  type  in  each  clipping  represented  to 
her  only  a  small  part  of  a  long  story, 
whose  beginnings  were  often  obscure 
and  a  somewhat  delicate  subject  among 
the  present  principals  of  the  tale 

Mrs.  Darling  was  the  daughter  of 
Clinton  Seranus  Hastings,  founder  ot 
the  Hastings  College  ot  Law  and  the 
much  warred  over  Hastings  estate. 
Hastings  came  to  California  in  1S49. 
His  five  children  had  been  born  in  Iowa 
and  at  the  time  of  the  migration  west- 
ward, Clara  Hastings,  with  which  our 
story  chiefly  concerns  itself,  was  four 
years  old.  Hastings,  before  coming  to 
California  and  settling  in  Benicia,  had 
been  Chief  Justice  for  the  state  of  Iowa 
and  had  represented  it  in  Congress, 
where  his  commanding  presence,  skill  in 
debate  and  legal  knowledge  had  won 
him  solid  prestige  but  not  a  great  deal  of 
cash,  it  was  to  remedy  this  deficiency 
that  the  move  to  California  was  made. 

Within  a  few  months  of  his  arrival, 
the  first  California  legislature  appointed 
Hastings  to  the  Superior  Court  bench. 
In  1851  he  was  elected  State  Attorney 
General  In  his  new  home  his  material 
fortunes  kept  satisfactory  pace  with  his 
professional  triumphs  Opportune  real 
estate  speculations  laid  the  foundations 
to  the  Hastings  fortune.  Within  ten 
years,  it  was  said  that  the  Judge  owned 
100  pieces  of  well  located  and  paying 
real  estate  in  1 878  he  contributed  if  1  <  >o,- 
000  to  a  capital  fund  to  found  the  Hast- 
ings Law  College  and  for  many  years 
was  dean  of  the  school.  In  1S93,  at  the 
age  of  89,  the  Judge  died,  leaving  in 


trust  to  his  children  and  grandchildren, 
an  estate  variously  estimated  at  $2,000,- 
000  to  $4,000,000. 

But  to  return  to  the  daughter,  Clara. 
She  passed  her  girlhood  almost  entirely 
in  Benicia,  tor  the  judge  kept  his  grow- 
ing family  well  away  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  town  in  the  1850's  was  a  roist- 
ering, uproarous  place  of  miners,  ad- 
venturers and  plain  rascals  There  was, 
to  be  sure,  a  small  group  of  noiivcaii 
richc,  whose  members  were  making 
great  pretensions  at  setting  up  a  society, 
but  anyone  with  any  e.xperience  in  this 
matter  could  quickly  tell  that  they  were 
dubious  persons  and  very  gauche  at  the 
social  game  Benicia,  by  contrast,  was 
the  fashionable  abode  of  the  intellec- 
tually and  socially  chosen — facts  which 
Clara  Hastings  Darling  never  forgot 
nor  permitted  anyone  who  ever  inter- 
viewed her  to  forget. 

STILL,  Benicia  lacked  educational  fa- 
cilities worthy  of  the  children  of 
such  sterling  citizens  and  of  a  daughter 
of  the  House  of  Hastings.  Consequently, 
she  was  allowed  to  run  quite  wild  as  the 
tom-boy  playmate  of  her  brothers  until 
her  education  became  an  alarming 
family  problem  It  was  solved  in  i86i 
by  her  father  offering  to  give  $10,000  in 
cash  and  ten  acres  of  land  to  the  Catho- 
lic Church  to  establish  a  convent  in 
Benicia.  The  church  accepted  the  offer 
and  a  group  of  Monterey  nuns  went  to 
Benicia  to  organise  and  staff  the  con- 
vent. Clara  Hastings  was  the  first  stu- 
dent enrolled.  Louise  Hungerford,  who 
later  married  John  Mackay,  hard  work- 
ing young  miner,  and  became  the 
mother  of  Clarence  Mackay,  was  the 
second  student. 

In  1S6S,  after  a  brilliant  career  as  a 
debutante,  travel  and  further  education 
in  Paris  and  Germany,  Clara  Hastings 
married  Colonel  EC.  Catherwood  She 
had  three  children,  Mrs  Louise  C  Maud 
of  Monterey,  Mrs.  Don  Joaquin  de 
Pereyra,  wife  of  the  Spanish  consul  gen- 
eral at  Tunis,  Algiers  and  the  late  Dr 
C.  H.  Catherwood.  As  Mrs.  Cather- 
wood, she  was  presented  at  the  British 
court  and  that  of  Napoleon  III  and  was 
the  guest  of  and  hostess  to  many  of  the 
lesser  royal  personages  of  the  day  Dur- 
ing this  period  ( i  S7o-'8o-'giO  her  life 
was  apparently  quiet,  orderly  and  free 
enough  of  such  fodder  as  makes  startling 
stories  for  the  public  prints,  though,  of 
course,  she  was  one  of  that  group  of 
spirited,  handsome  women  whose  higii 
handed    methods,    during    the    named 


decades,   made  San  Francisco  society  a 
shifting,  amusing  drama. 

But  after  her  father's  death  (1S93)  and 
her  second  marriage  to  Colonel  John  A. 
Darling  (1S95),  it  would  appear  that 
her  daughter  grew  dissatisfied  with  the 
amounts  of  money  they  received  from 
the  Hastings  trust  funds  and  were  at 
open  war  with  their  mother  as  to  her 
handling  and  disposal  of  certain  monies 
and  properties,  administered  under  the 
terms  of  the  Hastings  will  Mrs  Maud 
of  Monterey  frequently  threatened  to 
bring  suit  to  force  her  mother  to  render 
an  accounting  of  $1000.00  monthly, 
granted  her  for  the  care  of  a  legally  in- 
competent sister,  Ella  Hastings  Mrs 
Maud  also  threatened  suit  to  break  the 
Hastings  will  and  trusts  and  to  restrain 
her  mother  and  other  heirs  from  dispos- 
ing of  a  square  block  of  land  on  Third 
street  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
for  $Soo,ooo.  Mrs.  Darling  evaded 
these  suits  by  the  simple  expedient  of 
residing  in  Europe  for  several  years. 

In  the  fall  of  1907  she  ventured  to 
return  to  Nevada  and  so  began  a  period 
of  legal  controversy  in  which  she  was 
seldom  out  of  the  courts  or  newspapers 
From  Nevada  she  arranged  an  out  of 
court  truce  with  Mrs.  Maud.  The 
daughter  agreed  to  allow  her  mother  to 
return  to  California  without  bringing 
any  suits  against  her  in  return  for 
$200.00  monthly  and  the  free  use  of  the 
Hastings  ranch  in  Napa  County.  Mrs. 
Maud  also  agreed  to  consent  to  the  sale 
of  the  Third  street  property  whenever  a 
general  agreement  should  be  reached, 
which  would  gi\'c  fair  and  satisfactory 
shares  of  the  Hasting  estate  to  all  heirs. 

FOR  two  years  attorneys  labored 
valiantly  to  arrange  such  an  agree- 
ment. During  the  time,  wars  and  rumors 
of  war  flared  between  the  opposing 
camps  San  Francisco  society  was  abuzz 
over  the  spectacle  of  mother  and  daugh- 
ter publicly  cutting  each  other  cold. 
Finally  an  agreement  was  arrived  at. 
Mrs  Darling,  Mrs  Maud  and  everyone 
else  concerned  put  his  signature  to  it 
except  the  second  daughter,  Madame  de 
Pereyra,  who  would  have  none  of  their 
agreement  and  retained  New  York  at- 
torneys to  oppose  it  Mrs  Darling  spent 
a  small  fortune  in  cables,  begging,  coax- 
ing and  commanding  that  she  sign  the 
agreement  but  to  no  clicct  Madame  de 
Pereyra,  declared  her  mother,  was  hold- 
ing out  for  more  money  to  finance  the 
extravagances  of  herself  and  her  foreign 
husband,  a  handsome,  distinguished  fel- 

CJoniinucd  «jn  page  21) 


DECEMBER,  1929 


17 


^ed  Hilton 


Born  aboard  Captain  Traprock's  "Kawa,"  Hilton  was  found  on  Seal  Rocks 
sufTt-ring  from  minor  liligationx,  but  otherwise  unharmed.  In  spite  of  strong 
protests,  he  immediately  started  to  rontribule  to  THE  SAiN  FRANCISCAN,  send- 
ing his  rejected  material  to  Life  and  Judge  where  it  marked  a  new  era.  His  first 
novel  will  soon  be  published  by  whatever  lucky  publisher  has  sense  enough  to 
accept  it.  This  portrait  is  by  William  Horace  Smith  of  whom  Hilton  has  written — 
"he  shoves  into  peoples'  unconscious  minds  a  series  of  beautiful  images."  Never- 
theless we  are  pleased  to  present  Mr.  Hilton  as  the  second  member  in  our  series 
of  Contributing  Editors. 


IS 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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DiiiH-uii,  Ihi'  voiing  San  Kruiici^cun  ul  llie  Cull-Bullctiii  staff. 


DECEMBEK.  1929 


I 


Reputations 

Aii«l  tli<'  lsi»«iisil  Praetiee 


IT  WAS  in  a  Macdougall  Alley  studio 
at  the  close  ot  my  last  day  in  New 
York  The  day  had  been  crammed  with 
tour  business  calls,  three  interviews, 
some  last  minute  shopping  and  several 
farewells  so  it  was  six  o'clock  before  I 
relaxed,  tor  the  first  time  that  day, 
against  the  cushions  ot  the  couch  where 
my  artist  hostess  lay,  the  activity  of  her 
bright  eyes  belieing  the  composure  of 
her  thin  body  Her  husband  served  us 
Irish  tea  while  the  muscles  of  my  tired 
legs  throbbed  into  ease 

The  room  was  dimly  lighted  Few 
sounds  trom  the  outside  city  filtered 
through  the  dusk.  No  reminders  here  ot 
the  roaring  subway,  the  clattering  ele- 
vated and  the  surging  noises  I  had  been 
part  of  all  day. 

The  door  burst  open  A  girl  rushed  in, 
her  arms  sprangled  above  her  head,  her 
hands  wa\'ing  in  excitement ; 

"He  likt^d  me!  1  danced  tor  him  and 
he  liked  it  so  well — 1  was  only  going  to 
dance  two  or  three  times  but  I  danced 
ten  times — and  he  was  wild  about  it! 
Oh,  gee  he's  going  to  put  me  on — 
there'll  be  classes — and  maybe  some  re- 
citals! Isn't  it  grandl  Did  any  messages 
come? — damn,  I  forgot  all  about  him — 
made  a  date  with  Jack — but  it's  too  late 
now — gotta  hurry — g'by — "  and  she 
was  gone  as  though  sucked  out  by  a 
whirring  \'acuum  niachine 

"She's  been  here  only  a  month  and 
she  has  classes  in  two  schools  already — 
this  will  make  a  third,"  e.xplained  the 
hostess. 

A  shock-haired  man  trom  the  ne.xt- 
door  studio  came  in  and  work  was  dis- 
cussed. Plays  in  the  process  ot  being 
written,  short  stories  accepted  or  re- 
jected, the  novel  that  had  been  bought 
on  the  strength  ot  the  first  tew  chapters, 
the  magazine  that  was  being  put  on  its 
teet. 

We  discussed  impressions  and  com- 
pared cities  Said  that  New  York  was 
clicking  its  heels  on  the  pavement  in  an 
unceasing  hurry 

"I  don't  see  it,  "  the  writer  host 
became  serious,  "i  can't  feel  that  New 
York  is  hurried  Fact  is,  she  seems  aw- 
fully slow  to  me  Just  today  I  noticed 
that  1  had  to  be  caretul  not  to  step  on 
people's  heels  -  they  seemed  so  damned 
slow — and  1  wasn't  in  much  of  a  rush 
Thev  kept  getting  in  my  way — loitering 
along  as  though  they  had  no  place  to  go. 
You  wouldn't  find  that  in  Paris  or  Lon- 
don There  everyone  walks  quickly, 
things  move  rapidly,  there  you  get  some- 
thing done — but  not  here.  Can  you 
imagine  any  really  hustling  city  tolerat- 


ing anything  like  the  busses  on  Fifth 
avenue-  that  take  an  hour  to  go  five 
blocks'" 

It  was  too  much  trouble  to  argue 
Anyhow  a  few  minutes  later  my  own 
con\'ictions  were  confirmed  by  the  back 
bumping  turnstile  of  the  subway  that 
shunted  me  uptown  in  time  for  dinner 
The  denial  of  New  York's  reputation  for 
speed  was  knocked  down  and  trampled 
by  the  dozen  and  one  things  that  hap- 
pened in  the  tew  hours  before  I  started 
West. 

>EFORE  going  East,  people  criticized 
my  schedule,  saying  I  planned  for 
too  much  time  in  Philadelphia 

"You  can  spend  more  time  there  in 
half  an  hour  than  you  can  in  any  other 
city  in  a  week  --there's  nothing  there  to 
see,"  so  the  warnings  ran. 

First  impressions  confirmed  the  repu- 
tation. The  rickety  yellowcab  joggled 
me  down  narrow  streets  that  I  thought 
were  alleys  and  I  was  aghast  to  find  my 
hotel  facing  one  of  these  filthy  little 
lanes  they  call  streets.  But  trom  the 
moment  that  I  met  the  first  Philadel- 
phian  until  I  boarded  the  train  again,  I 
was  subjected  to  a  continuous  and  con- 
sistent retutation  ot  the  slur 

History — I  had  never  heard  so  much 
before  in  so  short  a  time  Landmarks  - 
they  seemed  to  have  been  consciously 
placed  at  stated  intervals — and  interest- 
ing ones  with  strange,  fantastic  sequences 
such  as  the  wedding  place  ot  Aaron 
Burr  that  was  last  used  for  the  elaborate 
tuneral  of  a  favorite  cat 

In  two  days  in  "sleepy  Philadelphia"  I 
was  given  an  illustrated  survey  of  Amer- 
ican history  I  discovered  the  most  beau- 
tiful modern  building  1  saw  during  the 
trip,  was  entertained  royally  and  left 
wishing  I  had  more  time  to  spend  there 

IT  RAINED  in  Pittsburgh.  Mud  slopped 
up  the  backs  of  my  stockings  and  I 
boarded  the  first  train  out  But  on  the 
train  I  had  a  chance  to  discuss  the  city 
with  a  woman  who  was  leaving  Pitts- 
burgh the  tirst  time  in  fifteen  years. 

Was  it  really  as  smoky  as  they  said? 
indeed  no!  Pittsburgh  was  a  very  clean 
city  What  people  said  about  it  was  all 
wrong,  oh  yes,  very  wrong  indeed  And 
it  gave  people  quite  the  false  impression, 
it  wasn't  any  smokier  than  other  places 
The  woman  was  almost  resenttul  about 
it. 

So  we  talked  of  other  things  The 
West,  the  weather,  and  finally  the  cost  ol 
living. 

"Yes,"  she  admitted,    "living  really  is 


1$ 


4»l'  Il4»iiviii;j  Tli4»iii 

hy  ALINE  KISTLER 

high  in  Pittsburgh  But  then  everyone 
,gcts  such  good  salaries  there  Lots  of 
money  passes  from  one  hand  to  another. 
I  ha\'e  a  son  in  Washington  and  he  says 
they  pay  only  one-hall  what  I  have  to 
lor  a  house  in  Pittsburgh  Then  food  is 
quite  high — and  there  arc  the  cleaning 
bills  and 

I  smiled  a  furtive  inward  smile  and 
looked  down  at  my  mud-flecked  hose. 
Nowhere  else  had  they  mentioned  the 
cleaning  bill  next  to  expense  for  food  in 
the  cost  ot  living 

CHICAGO  is  impressive,  with  its  sky- 
scraper fringed  lake  front  and  its 
huge  body  of  smoky  maroon  brick  build- 
ings spreading  miles  inland  until  it 
touches  the  leisurely  suburbs  A  great 
bucolic  giant  with  a  crystalline  tiara  on 
its  greenswarded  brow 

The  streets  are  wide  The  pet)ple  are 
cheerful  -though  skeptical  of  modern 
art  in  the  store  show  windows  There 
seems  no  cause  for  an  undercurrent  ot 
headline-begetting  hates  I  was  quite 
prepared  tor  the  vigorous  denial  ot  Chi- 
cago's gun-man  reputation  made  by  the 
young  grey-haired  editor  who  sat  across 
the  desk  from  me  and  talked  of  the  city 
and  the  situation. 

"Chicago  is  not  terrorized,"  he  said 
"No  more  crimes  are  committed  here 
than  in  any  other  city,  in  proportion  to 
the  population  It's  just  that  the  crimes 
are  more  dramatic.  Our  gunmen  take 
pride  in  creating  a  sensation.  Their 
doings  have  been  played  up  in  the  news- 
papers until  they  are  ashamed  to  do  an 
uniniaginati\'e  job 

"Of  course  all  these  lurid  murders  and 
robberies  are  costing  us  money  It  is  esti- 
mated that  Chicago  lost  several  million 
dollars  of  business  last  year  because 
buyers  from  small  cities  insisted  on  going 
to  other  centers,  afraid  to  come  here. 
They  don't  understand  that  the  private 
citizens  of  Chicago  are  never  molested. 
They  don't  realize  that  all  this  shooting 
and  gun-play  is  among  the  racketeers 
themseKes,  that  this  is  all  in  the  process 
ot  enforcing  an  outlaw  code. 

"The  racketeers  consider  that  the  law, 
the  courts  and  official  politics  is  all  a 
racket  in  itself  They  figure  that  it  is  not 
their  fault  that  this  other,  recognized, 
racket  was  established  first  So  they  take 
things  into  their  own  hands  and  manage 
things  according  to  their  own  code. 
High-handed,  it's  true  But  it  is  applied 
only  to  their  own  people  and  they  are 
all  pretty  good  shots  so  there's  no  danger 
to  the  innocent  bystander" 

Continued  on  paftc  30 


20 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


V 


i 


iNobol  >l<»rri»rry 


The  chiii^titcr  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCrerry,  who  made 
luT  (hitiit  ill  N<»veinher  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Cluli  at 
one  of  the  nio8t  hrilliant  fetes  of  the  season. 


4 


DECEMBER,  1929 


21 


THE  REIGXINC  DYXASTY 


WEDDINGS 

GRACE-GRIFFITH  On  Novctnhcr  27.  in  Berkeley 
Mr  Joseph  Francis  Grace  Jr.,  siin  «>f  Mr  and  Mrs 
Joseph  Francis  Grace  of  Santa  Rosa,  and  Miss  Alice 
Griffuh.  daughter  of  Mrs.  Charles  Griffith  and  the  late 
Mr    Gnnuhof  Berkeley. 

McDONALD-HOFIUS.  On  November  16.  in  Chi- 
cuKo  Mr  Juilliord  McDonald,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Mark  L  McLXmald  of  San  Francisco  and  Mrs.  Ellen 
Mc^scr  Hortus  of  Milwaukee  and  Seattle 

PAGE-BALLOU.  On  November  17  in  New  York.  Mr- 
Richard  Lloyd  Page  J  r-  of  San  Francisco  and  Miss  Bar- 
bara Ballou,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Sidney  Ballou  and  the 
late  Judge  Sidney  Ballou. 


ENGAGENtENTS 

VAN  FLEET-MAXWEI.L,  Miss  Juha  Van  Fleet, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  William  Gary  Van  F-leet  and  the  late 
Judge  Van  Fleet  to  Mr.  Alyn  Ward  Maxwell  of  New 

SHERER-GREEN  Miss  Louise  Sherer,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs  William  Rex  Sherer  of  San  Rafael,  to  Mr. 
Alanson  Wtxjd  Green,  son  of  Mrs.  C,  R  Green  and  the 
late  \1r.  Green  of  Aberdeen,  Washington, 

BIDWELL-CHANDLER  Announced  in  Baltimore, 
the  engagement  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Tilden  Bid  welt, 
daughter  of  Mrs  O  Bird  Bidwell  (Leslie  Tilden)  to  Mr. 
Harold  Nathaniel  (Chandler  of  fHartford.  Connecticut. 

GRISSIM-VON  TEUBER,  Miss  Dorothy  Grissim. 
daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs  John  de  Lafayette  Grissim  to 
Mr.  Eugene  von  Teuber  of  Austria. 


VISITORS  ENTERTAINED 

Mrs  Benjamin  Hayne  Jr.  and  her  young  son.  Master 
Benjamin  Hayne  ill.  are  visiting  with  Mrs,  Hayne's 
aunt.  Mrs.  A.  Wilfred  Ransome,  Mrs  Hayne  makes  her 
home  in  Los  Angeles. 

The  Earl  of  Amherst  was  a  visitor  in  San  Francisco 
recently,  after  completing  a  trip  to  the  South  Seas  with 
Mr.  Whitney  Warren. 

Mr,  and  Mrs.  Irving  Harris  (Jean  Ferris)  were  in  San 
Francisco  on  their  honeymoon,  following  their  wedding 
at  the  Ritz  Carlton  in  New  York,  Mrs  Adolph  SpreckeK 
Mrs  John  Rosekrans  and  Mrs  Howard  Spreckels  enter- 
tained for  the  couple  during  their  visit. 

Mrs.  Aimer  Newhall  entertained  her  brother  and 
sister-in-law.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  George  Scott  of  Santa  Maria 
and  their  family,  at  the  Newhall  home, 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Ralston  Page  gave  a  dinner  party  for 
Mrs,  Charles  Corbet,  a  visitor  from  Honolulu 

In  honor  of  Colonel  and  Mrs  Dudley  Long,  recent  ar- 
rivals from  the  Philippines,  Mrs.  Ashton  Potter  enter- 
tained at  a  dinner  at  her  home  on  Washington  street. 

Complimentary  to  Mrs,  Charles  A.  Baldwin  of  Col- 
orado. Mrs.  Walter  Hobart  of  San  Mateo  gave  a  lunch- 
eon party.  Ten  guests  were  present. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Jefferson  Coolidge  (Katharine  Kuhn)  of 
Boston  are  in  San  Mateo  on  a  visit,  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
G_>olidge's  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  5  Kuhn.  Mr. 
and  Mrs,  George  Nickel  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  Robert  Gay 
Hooker  Jr.  entertained  for  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Coolidge  dur- 
ing their  visit.  Mr.  Coolidge  has  returned  to  Boston  but 
Mrs.  Coolidge  will  visit  on  the  peninsula  for  several 
weeks  longer. 

In  honor  of  Count  Bernard  d'Escayprac  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Michel  Weill  entertained  at  a  dinner  at  their  home. 
Other  guests  included  Comte  and  Comtessc  Galcerand 
de  Pins,  Count  and  Countess  Melhni  Ponce  de  Leon. 
Mr   and  Mrs.  Edgar  Walter  and  Miss  Aila  Ward. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Nion  Tucker  of  Burlingame  entertained 
Mrs.  Vanderbilt  Church  and  Mrs.  Giraud  F.  Elliot  of 
New  York  and  Newport  over  a  recent  week  end. 

Mrs.  H-  M.  A.  Miller  gave  a  luncheon  in  honor  of  Mrs. 
Sidney  McQuestin  of  Glasgow.  Scotland.  Mrs  McQues- 
tin  is  visiting  her  sister.  Mrs.  Alfred  Holmes.  Mrs. 
Charles  Deering  and  Mrs  Andrew  S.  Rowan  also  enter- 
tained in  Mrs,  McQuestin's  honor. 

Honoring  Miss  Margaret  Deneke  of  Lady  Margaret 
Hall  Oxford,  England.  Mrs,  Leonard  Woolams  and 
Mrs  John  I  Gantner  entertained  at  a  tea  at  the  Hotel 
Mark  Hopkins. 

Mr  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  entertained  Sir 
Charles  Mendl  at  "New  Place"  the  Crocker  estate  in 
Buriingame.  M.  de  la  Huerta.  Charge  d'  Affaires  at  the 
Spanish  Embassv  in  Paris,  aco-jmpanied  Sir  Charles 
Mendl  to  California  and  was  also  a  guest  at  the  Crocker 
home. 

HERE  AND  THERE 

Miss  Harrie  Hill,  the  daughter  of  Mrs  Harry  Hill. 
was  presented  in  December  at  two  of  the  smartest 
affairs  of  the  debutante  season. 

The  debut  of  Miss  Isobel  McCreery.  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs  Richard  McCreery  at  the  Burlingame  Country 
Club,  was  a  brilliant  event  of  November, 

Mr.  and  Mrs  George  B  Kellam  gave  a  bon  voyage 
dinner  party  for  Mr.  and  Mrs  William  Wallace  Mein 
who  have  sailed  with  their  family  on  a  world  tour. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  James  Jackman  formally  presented 
their  niece  Miss  Genevieve  Six.  to  society  at  a  tea  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  in  November  A  dinner  dance 


for  the  debutante  group  and  receiving  party  and  a  com- 
plement of  young  men  followed  the  reception. 

Mrs  Edward  li<jsqui  has  reopened  her  Pacific  Avenue 
home  for  the  winter, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Louis  Shattuck  Gates  presented  their 
daughters.  Miss  Barbara  Gates  and  Miss  lileanor 
Christcnson  at  a  "submarine"  ball  at  the  liurlmgame 
Country  Club  on  November  30.  Missjanctta  Whitman 
entertained  at  dinner  in  honor  of  the  two  debutantes 
before  the  hall, 

Mrs,  Heber  Tilden  gave  a  luncheon  and  shower  for 
Miss  Joan  Rothschild,  liancee  of  Mr.  l^yd  Weir,  The 
party  was  given  at  the  Weir  home  in  Jackson  street. 

Miss  Carol  Lapham.  who  is  a  student  at  Smith  Col- 
lege, will  return  lo  (/".alifornia  to  spend  the  holidays  with 
her  parents,  Mr    and  Mrs    Roger  Lapham. 

Miss  Helen  Garritt,  who  recently  returned  from  a  six 
months'  tour  abroad,  was  given  a  surprise  dinner  party 
by  a  group  of  her  friends  shortly  after  her  return  home, 

Miss  Dorothy  Bostwick,  daughter  of  Mr,  and  Mrs, 
1  larry  Rice  Bostwick,  was  presented  to  society  at  a  tea 
given  at  the  Bostwick  home  on  November  29, 

Dr  and  Mrs,  Grant  Selfridge  gave  a  dinner  party  at 
their  Green  street  home,  the  occasion  celebrating  Dr. 
Sclfridge's  birthday. 

San  Francisco  and  peninsula  society  will  take  an 
active  part  in  the  horse  show  to  be  held  early  this  month 
at  the  St   Francis  Riding  Club, 

Miss  Florence  Loomis  gave  a  large  luncheon  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club  in  honor  of  Miss  Barbara 
Gates  and  Miss  Eleanor  Chrisienstjn.  two  of  the  season's 
debutantes. 

Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  has  returned  from  Paris  and  is  at 
her  home  on  Broadway. 

Mrs,  Lawrence  Redington  x^ill  come  to  California 
after  Christmas  and  will  visit  for  several  months  at  her 
old  home  in  San  Mateo  with  her  brother,  Mr  John  Par- 
rott.  Miss  Barbara  Parrott  is  expected  home  ft)r  Christ- 
mas She  sailed  from  France  late  in  November. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  Lowery  are  at  the  Francisca 
apartments  on  Powell  street  for  the  winter. 

Miss  Josephine  Grant  has  arrived  home  from  New 
York  where  she  spent  several  weeks.  Miss  Grant  made 
the  trip  home  by  way  of  Panama. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  Henry  Potter  Russell  (Helen  Crocker) 
are  at  their  ranch  in  the  Carmel  Valley  The  new  house 
that  Mr  and  Mrs  Russell  arc  building  will  be  com- 
pleted soon  The  architect,  Mr  Burnll  Hoffman  of  New 
York  has  been  a  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Russell  for  some 
weeks. 

Comte  and  Comtesse  Galcerand  de  Pins  have  re- 
opened their  Pacific  avenue  home  for  the  winter.  Their 
fifth  wedding  anniversary  was  recently  quietly  cele- 
brated with  a  tea  and  small  dinner  party, 

Mrs  Encarnacion  Mejia  and  her  family,  the  Misses 
Ines  and  Elvira  Mejia  and  Mr  Arthur  Mejia,  have 
taken  an  apartment  on  Russian  Hill  for  the  winter. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Cliff  Weatherwax  entertained  the  debu- 
tante group  at  a  dinner  at  the  Burlingame  (.x>untry 
Club  Mr.  Nicol  Smith  also  entertained  the  debutante 
group  at  the  club  where  he  was  host  at  a  luncheon. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Roy  Folger  were  guests  of  President  and 
Mrs,  Herbert  Hoover  during  the  Folgers'  recent  visit 
East. 

Mrs  Ferdinand  Thieriot,  who  will  spend  the  winter  in 
Burlingame.  has  issued  invitations  ffir  a  dance  to  be 

fiven  in  honor  of  her  debutante  niece.  Miss  Patricia 
obin,  at  the  de  Young  house  on  California  street  on 
New  Year's  Eve. 

Miss  Maria  Antonia  Field  of  Monterey  entertained  at 
dinner  at  the  Fairmont  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Loui 
Cebrian  of  Madrid. 

In  honor  of  Mrs,  Walter  Dillingham,  Senator  James 
D  Phelan  gave  a  week  end  party  at  his  country  place, 
Villa  Montalvo. 

Mr,  and  Mrs  John  Hays  Hammond  of  Washington 
are  expected  to  arrive  in  San  Francisco  on  a  visit  early 
in  January  From  San  Francisco  they  will  proceed  on  a 
tour  of  South  America, 

Major  and  Mrs,  Haldimand  Putnam  Young  are  tem- 
porari'y  domiciled  at  a  downtown  hotel  while  their 
apartment  is  being  redecorated  Major  and  Mrs  Young 
have  just  returned  from  a  year's  travel  in  Europe. 

Mrs,  Milton  Pray  of  Burlingame  and  her  niece.  Miss 
Genevieve  Hart  entertained  at  luncheon  at  the  Burlin- 
game Country  Club  in  honorof  the  wmter'sdcbutantcs. 

Mrs  Daulton  Mann  is  spending  December  with  her 
sister.  Mrs  Stuart  Haldorn  of  Monterey  Early  in  Jan- 
uary Mrs  Mann  is  going  to  New  York  where  she  and 
Mr   Mann  will  make  their  future  home. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Balfour  Bowen  have  moved  to  Palo 
Alto  from  San  Francisco. 

Following  a  custom  of  years'  standing.  Mr  and  Mrs 
Hewitt  Davenport  gave  a  large  reception  and  tea  on  the 
Sunday  followmg  the  Big  Game  College  friends  of  Mr 
Davenport,  who  was  a  member  of  the  graduating  class 
of  190i  at  the  University  of  California,  were  the  espe- 
cially honored  guests 

Mrs,  Robert  I  Bcntley  presented  her  granddaughter. 
Miss  Edith  Bcntley.  at  a  tea  at  the  Francisca  Club  on 
the  aftcrrwon  of  December  3.  Mrs  Arthur  Sharp  gave  a 
luncheon  for  Miss  Bentley  on  the  day  following. 


Mrs.  Tobin  Clark  and  her  brother,  Mr,  Richard  M. 
Tobin.  have  arrived  at  the  Clark  home  in  San  Mateo  for 
the  winter  They  will  divide  their  lime  between  the  pen- 
insula and  Mrs   Clark's  villa  at  Pebble  Beach. 

Mrs  Frances  1  larris  Stent  and  her  family  have  re- 
turned home  after  a  long  sojourn  in  I-lurope 

Mrs  Phillip  Van  Home  Lansdale.  wh<j  has  been  visit- 
ing with  relatives  in  the  East,  has  returned  to  San  Fran- 
cisa>  jind  will  be  at  her  home  in  Broadway  for  the  re- 
mainder of  the  winter- 
Miss  Mollie  McBryde  and  Mr  I>)nald  Crawford 
McC;j)y  will  be  married  at  the  bride's  home  in  Woodsidc 
on  December  14 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  ABROAD 

Miss  Eileen  Eyre  and  Miss  Janet  Brown,  who  have 
been  traveling  on  the  Continent  for  eighteen  months, 
will  remain  abroad  until  spring.  They  recently  took  an 
apartment  in  Paris, 

Miss  Elizabeth  HuJe  was  in  Switzerland  at  last  ac- 
counts Miss  Huie  is  traveling  with  her  aunt.  Miss  Bar- 
bara i  lenster. 

Mrs  William  G  Henshaw.  who  passed  the  summer 
and  autumn  in  travel  on  the  Omtinent.  is  again  at  her 
Pans  apartment  on  the  Rue  Foch 

Mrs  E  B  Niebling  and  her  daughter,  Mrs  Rhoda 
Niebling  Meigs,  are  touring  Southern  Europe.  They  will 
spend  the  greater  part  of  the  winter  at  Nice, 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Lawrence  Fox  Jr  and  their  children  are 
en  route  to  England  where  they  will  visit  until  next 
spring. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Barnaby  Conrad  are  sailing  for  Europe 
and  plan  to  be  away  until  spring. 

Mrs  Preston  Scott  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Nancy 
Scott,  will  spend  the  winter  in  Paris  where  they  will  join 
Mrs.  Scott's  son.  Mr,  Preston  Ames. 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  NEW  YORK 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Gerald  Rathbone  are  visiting  in  New 
York, 

Miss  Frances  Mace  is  spending  several  weeks  in  the 
East, 

Comtesse  de  Buyer  (Daisy  Polk)  is  visiting  in  New 
York  and  Washington  The  Comtesse  came  from  France 
with  Mrs.  William  H   Crocker. 

Miss  Harriet  Brownell  has  been  in  New  York  for  sev- 
eral weeks  Miss  Brownell  was  one  of  the  bridesmaids  at 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Manuelita  lioldt  and  Mr.  Walter 
White, 

Mr  and  Mrs,  William  W  Crocker  are  in  New  York 
and  may  not  return  until  Christmas. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Lewis  S  Hanchett  and  their  family  are 
at  the  Savoy  Plaza  in  New  York 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Hayne  is  in  the  East  and  will  not 
return  to  California  until  the  new  year. 

Lieutenant  (x)mmander  and  Mrs  John  H.  Colhoun 
and  Mrs.  Louise  Boyd  arc  in  New  York  at  the  Ritz 
Qirlton. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Charles  S.  Blyth  will  spend  the  winter 
at  the  Sherry  Netherland  in  New  York 

Mrs  Clement  Tobin  and  Miss  Aileen  Tobin  are  again 
at  their  Park  Avenue  apartment.  They  returned  recently 
from  Paris  where  they  attended  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Mary  Clark  and  Baron  Baeyens 

Mrs  Robert  Hays  Smith  was  in  New  York  for  several 
weeks  recently  ana  was  a  guest  at  the  Riiz  Carlton. 

Mr  and  Mrs,  Thomas  Eastland  were  also  guests  at 
the  Ritz  during  November, 

Mr  and  Mrs  Henry  C  Brecdcn  have  returned  from 
their  European  trip  and  are  at  the  St  Regis  for  the  win- 
ter. 

SAN  FRANCISCANS  IN  THE  SOUTH 

Mrs,  Howard  Monroe  was  a  visitor  in  Pasadena  re- 
cently. 

Mrs  Charles  H  Crocker  sp>ent  several  weeks  in  Santa 
Barbara  On  her  return  she  entertained  "The  Spinsters" 
an  organization  of  years  ago  which  has  recently  bsen 
revived. 

Mrs.  A,  N  Buchanan  and  her  daughters.  Mrs.  L.  C, 
Brown  and  Miss  Linda  Buchanan,  were  guests  at  the 
Hotel  del  0)ronado  recently, 

Dr  and  Mrs  William  Plamer  Lucas  spent  a  week  at 
Santa  Barbara,  dividing  their  time  between  the  Hotel 
Biltmore  and  the  home  of  Mrs   Gjorge  C^ilcman, 

Just  before  thc:r  departure  for  the  East  and  Europe. 
Mr  and  Mrs  liarnaby  Oinrad  visited  Mr  Conrad's 
mother,  Mrs  George  Choute  Kendall  of  Monicciio. 

Mrs  Walter  L  Djan  went  to  Los  Angeles  late  in  No- 
vember to  attend  the  wedding  lif  her  niece.  Miss  Alice 
Hicks  to  Mr.  Clyde  Russell  Burr. 

Among  the  San  Franciscans  who  spent  the  Thanks- 
giving holidays  in  Montecitn  were  Mr  and  Mrs  James 
Paramore  and  Mr.  and  Mrs   David  Conrad 

Mrs  Dunn  Dutton  and  Mrs  Rudolph  Spreckels  re- 
cently visited  with  Mrs  George  Newhall  at  Palm 
Springs. 

Mrs  Louis  Brugicre  is  in  Pasadena  where  she  will  visit 
for  several  weeks  with  relatives  before  leaving  for  Eng- 
land. Mrs  Brugierc  was  formerly  Mrs  Chauncey  Pcn- 
noyer  of  Burlingame. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


HE    Wh 


/•fter  a  prodigious  amount  ot  think- 
JTm  ing  and  cirrhosis  of  the  liver,  we 
come  forth  with  a  solution  of  the  Prohi- 
bition problem  We  place  responsibility 
for  the  saving  of  humanity  upon  the 
physicians,  with  their  power  of  prescrip- 
tion. There  has  been  much  hullabaloo 
recently  about  certain  doctors  who  pre- 
scribe more  v\'illingly  than  the  reformers 
think  should  be  allowed.  But  it  seems 
that  if  a  man  must  drink,  and  if,  lacking 
better,  he  drinks  grappo  and  moon  and 
spontaneous  gin — to  the  utter  damna- 
tion of  his  stomach,  his  eyesight,  his 
brain  and  his  civilization — it  is  the  cry- 
ing duty  ot  his  medico  to  make  available 
to  him  chat  sort  of  liquor  which  shall 
sa\'e  him  from  such  a  debacle  A  suf- 
ficient quantity  of  good  honest  bourbon 
and  veritable  wine  and  a  reasonable  dis- 
pensing of  them  for  the  legitimate 
medicinal  purpose  of  saving  the  national 
culture  and  pylorus  would  see  the  final 
and  wclconie  undoing  of  those  fraternal 
fellows,  the  Methodists  and  the  boot- 
leggers. 

WE  ARE  grief-Stricken  over  what 
seemed,  in  our  picture  of  Julian 
Green  last  month,  to  be  poor  French. 
Through  the  mysterious  workings  of  en- 
gravers,* the  word  n'existc  appeared 
without  the  apostrophe  The  editor  of 
this  page,  his  wife,  the  editor  of  The  San 
Franciscan  and  several  people  who 
don't  know  a  thing  about  it,  will  all 
give  affidavits  that  the  apostrophe  was 
on  the  drawing  from  the  beginning  We 
hope  that  this  explanation  will  pacify  all 
those  who  may  have  been  affronted  The 
photo-engravers  will  start  a  campaign 
for  bigger  and  better  apostrophes, while 
the  artist  will  agitate  for  bigger  and 
better  engravers 


"liriiig  mc  Mrs.    Tiggy-WinkU  and 
the  liahhit  Kiddins" 


WHEN  the  first  novel  of  James 
Branch  Cabell,  Esq  ,  was  pub- 
lished, in  October  of  1904,  I  was  eight 
months  old;  and  I  decided  with,  none 
shall  ever  know  what  grim  determina- 
tion, to  become  a  book-reviewer  in  time 
to  comment  upon  his  final  book.  But 
now  that  I  am  one  of  America's  great 
critics,  and  now  chat  the  author  of  The 
Eagle's  Shadow  has  filled  the  last  gap  in 
the  Biography  with  the  third  of  the  Epi- 
tomes, I  find — though  I  really  knew  it 
long  ago — that  no  single  Cabellian 
volume  can  be  criticized  by  anyone  but  a 
ninny,  a  bluenose,  or  a  librarian — or,  in 
a  word,  a  librarian 

For  Cabell  has  suffered  not  from 
neglect  but  from  a  great  multitude  of 
unworthy  readers  He  has  been  read  as 
pornography  by  persons  who  must  be 
incredibly  naive;  he  has  been  read  as 
cadenced  prose  by  those  who  cannot 
understand  his  mysticism;  and,  most 
woefully,  he  has  been  read  in  fragments 

Now,  I  hold  with  Mr  Cabell  when 
he  says  that  he  has  written  just  one  book, 
in  eighteen  volumes  This  cannot  he 
questioned  when  one  has  read  the  whole 
Biography,  and  when  one  has  comprc 
bended  the  three  motifs  of  the  single 
large  patcern--which  pattern  is  quite 
thoroughly  elucidated  by  the  author 

And  v\-hen  one  has  not  read  the  whole 
Biography,    but    speaks    knowingly    of 
Cabell  anyway,  he  is  more  than  liable 
I  warn  you    -to  be  cut  dead  by  the  Ca- 
bellian who  is  writing  this 

Mr  Cabell  does  not  need  your  money, 
but  he  does  have  the  right  to  your  full 
and  courteous  attention  if  you  arc  to 
attend  him  at  all  So  you  may  disregard 
the  suggestion  of  the  publisher  that  The 
Way  oj  Ecbcn  is  a  good  book  to  "start 
with."  Start  with  Beyond  Life,  if  that's 
too  much  for  you,  keep  your  hands  olT 

(KDITOR'S  NOTE— It  is  to  be  untierstood  that  the 
idilor  of  THE  SAN  FRANXISCAN  is  not  respon- 
sible for  what  appears  on  this  pa^e ;  and  the  editor  of 
this  page  is  not  responsible  for  whatever  may  appear 
elsewhere  in  the  magazine.] 


*)U  NEDHILTO 


THOSE  who  do  not  see  wherein  Art  is 
made  to  flourish,  advance  and  im- 
prove under  the  patronage  of  Advertis- 
ing should  he  con\'inced  when  it  is 
pointed  out  to  them  that  each  month 
finds,  in  the  city,  more  and  more  imita- 
tors of  Russell  Patterson  We  should  take 
pride  in  this  virtuosity,  and  in  the  fact 
that  one  of  our  biggest  ateliers  has  now 
added  very  good  copyings  of  Ralph  Bar- 
ton to  its  stock. 

We  hope  we  do  not  seem  sacrilegious, 
but,  now  that  Christmas  is  upon  us  with 
a  roar,  we  cannot  but  think  of  the  jost- 
ling, pushing,  shoving,  c^irsing,  and 
trampling  which  Christ  would  encoun- 
ter in  the  Yuletide-keeping  department 
stores.  T      T      T 

An  upholder  of  Fashion  speaks  of 
another  ;  "My  dear,  imagine  Sadie  wear- 
ing a  rabbit  coat !  Where  she  got  such  a 
thing  I  can't  guess  It's  just  preposterous, 
when  for  so  very  little  more  she  could 
have  bought  a  lapin  coat  like  mine;  and 
they're  so  very  smot  this  season." 

WE  GREASE  the  hubs  of  the  tumbrils 
for  transportation  guillotine- 
ward  this  month  of  the  editor  who  is  to 
blame  for  the  recent  elimination  of 
Krazy  Kat  from  the  Sunday  Examiner, 
and  of  those  who,  when  the  Chinese  are 
mentioned,  make  jokes  about  laundry- 
men;  and  of  Gov  C  C  Young,  in  an- 
ticipation of  his  probable  release  of 
Mooney  and  Billings,  after  all  these 
years,  just  before  election  time;  and  of 
all  the  dear  Junior  Leaguers  who,  in  last 
month's  picture  ot  their  rehearsal,  just 
had  to  ogle  the  camera,  regardless  of  the 
attendant  blow  to  Terpsichore 

Quaint  saying  from  the  past:  "Elect 
Hoo\er  to  avert  a  financial  panic." 


"Dear  me,  n'hen  ivill  ice  Fitzro\s  eixr 
lose  nur  violent  natures^  " 


DECEMBER.  1929 


23 


24 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


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llarolfl  l.riffiii 


This  splonclid  portrait  is  reproduced  as  murh  because  it  is  a  print  by 
E«lward  Weston  as  because  it  is  of  the  talented  young  pianist  who  has 
recently  come  to  California  after  study  and  concerts  abroad.  He  has 
been  enthusiastically  received  here  and  in  Carniel,  where  he  worked 
last  summer. 


DECEMBER,  1929 


25 


Spotlight 

Some  Coinnieiit  on 


THE  only  two  shows  in  the  Bay  region 
this  past  month  worth  mentioning 
were  "Diamond  Lil"  and  the  Big  Game. 
Neither  ot  them  were  strictly  serious 
dramatic  entertainment,  unless  you  ex- 
cept the  scene  at  the  Curran  Theatre 
where  Diamond  Lil  stabs  her  rival  or 
the  incipient  slugging  match  that  took 
place  at  the  Stanford  Stadium — hut  they 
were  both  full  of  thrills. 

If  one  were  to  attempt  a  brief  outline 
of  "Diamond  Lil"  one  could  do  no  better 
than  to  say  that  it  is  "Lulu  Belle"  in 
white  face.  It  has  the  same  wanton 
heroine;  the  same  convict  lover,  escaped; 
the  same  cabaret  scene,  v\'ith  the  upper- 
class  sight-seers;  the  same  good  man 
ready  for  the  siren's  snare.  Only,  this 
good  man  pulls  a  surprise  on  us  in  the 
last  act  and  instead  of  Diamond  Lil 
reaping  the  traditional  wages  of  sin  that 
is  Lulu  Belle's  portion  she  goes  on  to 
more  lustful  triumplns, 

"Diamond  Lil"  is  a  very  bad  play  in 
any  sense  you  want  to  take  it  But  it  has 
one  scene  that  could  have  supported  a 
much  better  piece  of  craftsmanship  and 
that  is  the  aforementioned  murder  scene 
The  swiftness  with  which  Diamond  Lil 
turned  the  knife  against  her  attacker,  sat 
her  up  in  a  chair  and  pretended  to  be 
combing  her  hair  when  visitors  entered 
the  room,  was  as  good  in  its  way  as  the 
terrific  murder  in  "Shanghai  Gesture  " 
But  despite  its  obvious  absurdities  the 
play  did  ha\'e  vitality.  It  was  modeled 
along  the  old  melodramatic  lines  ot 
"After  Dark"  but  its  characters  had  the 
virtue  of  being  flesh-and-blood  people 
instead  of  puppets.  The  only  stuffed 
shirt  in  the  entire  gallery  of  rogues  was 
the  Salvation  Army  Captain  and  when 
we  discovered  his  real  self  in  the  last  act 
we  forgave  him  his  ten-twenty-thirty 
ingenuousness. 

If  we  were  to  award  the  palm  for  act- 
ing in  "Diamond  Lil"  we  think  it 
would  go  to  the  beery  old  woman  who 
came  into  Jordan's  saloon  at  intervals  to 
rush  the  growler.  She  stood  out  particu- 
larly in  the  cabaret  scene.  Her  panto- 
mime, as  she  lolled  drunkenly  in  the 
doorway,  could  not  have  been  improved. 
If  we  were  a  moving  picture  producer 
looking  for  a  master  of  pantomime  we 
should  certainly  pick  up  this  dame  and 
put  her  on  our  staff.  But  aside  from  this 
bleary-eyed  figure  the  team-work  of  the 
cabaret  scene  was  perfect.  We  doubt  if 
we  ever  have  seen  a  better  instance  of 
ensemble  acting.  Everybody  did  his  part. 
And  the  types — where  did  they  pick  up 
the  types'  .  .  .  Doubtless,  the  present 
generation  thought  them  exaggerations. 


LH«lioK  4»l'  I  lie  >iv;lii  Mf*"  aiiMl  Foolliall  lli^roeN 

by  CHARLES  CALDWELL  DOBIE 


Nobod)',  not  to  the  nineties  born,  could 
possibly  conceive  such  a  lady  as  the  one 
in  the  red  plaid  shirt-waist.  But  she 
could  have  been  duplicated  in  a  doren 
Barbary  Coast  joints  in  the  days  before 
Queen  Mary  had  a  corner  on  funny  hats 

"Diamond  Lil"  was  valuable  on  one 
count,  at  least.  It  brought  to  mind  the 
things  that  have  gone  out.  Warner's  rust 
proof  corsets,  tor  instance  S.  H.  and  M. 
Velveteen  Skirt  Binding.  Sailor  hats. 
Feather  boas  Dowagers  with  coiffures 
en  pompadour,  wielding  lorgnettes. 
Ward  politicians  with  beards  Policemen 
with  helmets.  Shirt  waists  Shapes  Inno- 
cent girls  trom  the  farm.  Ruined 
women.  How  incredible  these  last  two 
items  are  at  this  date  was  emphatically 
proved  by  the  loud  guffaws  in  the  audi- 
ence which  greeted  their  entrances  and 
exits.  The  tour  dumb  doras  scheduled 
for  a  life  in  a  South  American  brothel 
moved  the  spectators  to  obscene  mirth. 
It  is  inconceivable  for  us  to  fancy,  in 
these  days  of  moving  pictures  and  book- 
of-the-month  clubs,  that  any  wretches 
trom  the  wide  open  spaces  would  have 
remained  in  ignorance  of  what  they  were 
being  sent  down  to  Rio  tor.  As  to  the 
lady  who  had  already  paid  the  price,  one 
gathered  from  the  remarks  of  the 
younger  generation,  that  they  fancied 
the  price  neither  excessive  nor  disheart- 
ening. Which,  to  us,  was  a  very  encour- 
aging sign. 

But,  if  "Diamond  Lil"  gave  us  a  sense 
ot  how  things  have  changed,  it  also  gave 
us  a  sense  ot  the  things  that  arc  still  with 
us  The  bootlegger,  the  dope  peddler,  the 
night  club  hostess,  the  grafting  poli- 
tician, the  racketeer,  the  hi-jacker  are 
just  old  friends  wearing  fresh  wigs  and 
whiskers  In  the  nineties  it  was  whisky 
and  waltzing  that  led  to  that  imaginary 
destination  called  perdition — just  as  in 
the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  it  is  gin  and  jazz  that  is  said  to 
accomplish  the  same  goal.  After  all, 
there  is  nothing  new  under  the  sun  and 
"Diamond  Lil"  merely  adds  its  quota 
to  the  overwhelming  proof  in  that  direc- 
tion. 

Behind  us  was  an  emphatic  lady  who 
was  quite  sure  that  Lil  should  have  gone 
the  way  of  all  wantons  and  died  a  vio- 


by  Ralph  Weslemian 

Our  Lamp  of  Love  rn^narrd  iN  flanio 
From  Passion's  furtive  fire 

Alas,  that  I  should  shrink  with  Shanie- 
And  turn  the  ^  ick  up  higher! 


lent  death.  Either  that,  or  a  lingering 
demise  in  the  gutter.  But  gutters,  too, 
seem  to  have  gone  out,  granting  that 
they  ever  existed.  It  has  been  our  experi- 
ence that  ladies  of  Lil's  type  never  land 
anything  worse  than  a  farmer  from 
Yolo  county  in  the  way  of  punishment 
tor  their  sins  Believe  it  or  not,  there  is 
many  an  honest  hearth  in  the  prune  belt 
whose  altar  fires  are  kept  lit  by  ladies 
whose  names  were  Lou  or  Lil  or  what- 
have-you.  The  wages  of  sin  is  frequently 
boredom. 

THE  Stanford-U.  C.  Football  game 
likewise  provides  food  for  reminis- 
cence. Could  it  be  possible  that  once 
upon  a  time  a  crowd  of  five  thousand 
people  filled  old  Central  Park  to  capacity 
tor  the  Big  Game  and  was  referrecl  to  as 
"a  record  breaking  crowd,"  in  the 
columns  of  the  newspaper?  The  rival 
teanis  used  to  drive  up  to  the  gridiron  in 
tally-ho  coaches  The  rest  of  the  bloods 
of  the  town  contented  themselves  with 
bumping  along  to  the  game  in  a  Larkin 
street  car.  If  that  means  nothing  to  you, 
remember  that  the  Pacific  Avenue  line  of 
recent  memory  was  a  part  of  the  Larkin 
street  system.  The  cars  that  until  so 
recently  served  the  school  children  of  the 
rich  were  the  self-same  rolling  stock 
that  provided  transportation  to  the  foot- 
ball classic  of  the  year.  The  female  fans, 
in  those  days,  carried  tin  horns  tied  with 
ribbons,  and  mulls.  Could  it  have  been 
cold  enough,  then,  for  muffs?  .  .  .  There 
were  no  college  bands,  no  rooters'  sec- 
tion, no  announcement  of  plays  from  a 
loud  speaker,  no  "stunts."  And  players 
were  not  taken  out  of  the  game  unless 
they  went  out  on  a  stretcher.  Will 
Rogers  commented  on  the  shifting 
about  ot  players  the  other  day.  He  said 
he  hadn't  been  watching  a  football  game 
but  a  census-taking  ot  two  colleges  .  .  . 
It  must  have  rained  oftener  before  the 
big  game  in  those  days  for  wallowing  in 
the  mud  was  the  rule  and  not  the  excep- 
tion. Of  course,  they  didn't  have  nice 
smooth  lawns  to  play  on  and  a  good 
halt  of  the  afternoon  was  spent  in  wash- 
ing mud  out  ot  the  eyes  ot  the  victims. 
Trainers  with  tin  pails  and  dirty  sponges 
went  running  around  the  field  like  erst- 
while mothers  carrying  handkerchiefs 
appropriately  moistened  in  the  old- 
fashioned  way  There  was  no  tea-wagon 
in  attendance  filled  with  toilet  articles. 
Nor  were  the  disqualified  players  wrapped 
in  gorgeous  and  flowing  robes  with  the 
initials  of  their  college  embroidered  on 
them.  A  dirty  sweater  served,  instead. 

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26 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


NOW  IT  CAX  BE  TOLD 


Rovesilin^  Certsiin  liitiniafe  Fac*t$«  and  Foibles 


THE  noon-hour  crowd  was  surging 
across  Market  in  front  of  the  Em- 
porium Shoppers,  clerks,  stenographers, 
men  of  professional  stamp  —  all  obeyed 
the  cop  in  mob  formation  One  gum- 
chewing  voice  was  heard  above  the  rest : 
"Say,  what  do  you  think  ot  my  brown 
ensemble?  Not  so  bad,  eh?  And  d'you 
know  something  else  that  ain't  so 
awful?  My  orange  blouse  with  this 
brown.  Take  off  the  coat  and  there  you 
have  it — a  new  outfit  Pretty  swell,  eh' 
For  different  fellahs,  I  mean.  .  . 

EiKE  so  many  of  her  sisters,  a  certain 
i  young  lady  who  is  secretary  to  the 
president  of  a  large  financial  house,  had 
gone  beyond  her  depth  in  the  bull  market 
excitement  When  the  recent  crash  came, 
she  was,  of  course,  wiped  out  and  the 
shock  to  her  nerves  was  so  great  that  she 
abruptly  quit  her  desk  and  went  home  in 
the  middle  ot  the  day 

As  she  flung  open  the  door  of  her 
home,  wild  eyed,  desperate  and  dis- 
traught, she  ran  into  her  father  "I  have 
been  ruined!  Ruined!"  she  lamented. 

Her  paternal  immediately  struck  atti- 
tudesot  indignation  and  defense.  "Who," 
he  thundrered,  "has  ruined  you?" 

"Goldman  and  Sachs,"  replied  the 
unhappy  damsel 

"My  God,"  exclaimed  the  father, 
"were  there  two  of  them?" 

SAN  Francisco  is  to  have  a  real,  old 
coach-and- 
four,  yule  log 
Christmas  of  the 
sort  that  is  de- 
picted on  the 
popular  type  of 
greeting  cards  if 
propaganda  em- 
anating from  the 
luncheon  clubs 
and  civic  societies 
is  to  be  given 
credence  For  the 
whole  month  ol 
December  up  to 
Christmas  eve, 
the  city  will  wear 
a  silken  doublet, 
pot  belly  and 
white  whiskers 
A  throwback  to 
the  days  when 
Tetrazsini  sang 
tomobsatLotta  s 
Fountain  will  be 
staged  The  festi 
val  began  with 
the  arrival  of  St 


Nicholas  in  an  airplane,  his  greeting  byBlffevery  breed  that  look  so  realistic  in  the 


Mayor  Rolph  and,  ot  course,  with  the 
Mayor's  presentation  of  the  keys  of  the 
city  On  Christmas  eve,  the  celebration 
will  reach  its  climax  with  presents  from 
a  huge  Christmas  tree  in  Union  Square. 
In  short,  "a  good  time  will  be  had  bv 
all." 

It  will  be  an  interesting  experiment  to 
watch  the  reaction  of  the  born-sophisti- 
cated-and-elderly  youngsters  of  today 
when  confronted  with  the  customs  of  a 
bygone  era.  We  look  for  stifled  yawns 
and  blase  unconcern  from  youngsters 
below  the  age  ot  ten  but  not  from  the 
elder  generation  They  have  been  grow- 
ing more  kittenish  every  year  for  a  gen- 
eration now  and  can  be  e.xpectea  to 
behave  like  bull  yearlings  in  the  pasture 
when  suddenly  relieved  from  the  cow- 
lot  and  bovine  apron  strings  Which  is 
right  enough.  Why  should  a  lot  of 
serious-minded  youngsters  monopolize 
the  Christmas  fun  when  there  are  so 
many  intantile  oldsters  about  craving  to 
take  part  in  the  jolly  proceedings? 

It  is  reported  that  20,000,000  dolls, 
representing  10,000  distinct  types,  have 
begun  their  annual  trek  from  factories  to 
retail  stores  One  can  hazard  a  guess  as  to 
where  the  bulk  ot  these  will  land  with- 
out much  risk  The  grown-up  women 
will  get  them.  They're  so  much  better 
looking  than  babies  and  never  bawl  at 
night    Then  consider  the  woolly  dogs  ot 


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"  iV.r,  n.irlliu),  Ihi-JLin  /,r  /'/v/.'.i/. 


shop  windows  Who  ever  thinks  the 
kids  are  going  to  get  these  should  stand 
on  his  head.  They  will  go,  quite  natur- 
ally, to  the  women  along  with  the  dolls 
In  this  age  of  apartments  and  demands 
upon  one's  time,  women  find  live  dogs 
an  infinite  bother.  The  toy  ones  are 
much  less  trouble  and  more  satisfactory 
all  around  Besides  one  doesn't  have  to 
take  them  for  a  walk  every  morning 

'vEN  the  flower  x'enders  have  their 
loyalties  The  day  ot  the  Big  Game 
a  member  of  the  staff,  too  busy  to  re- 
member what  day  it  was,  stopped  at  a 
flower  stand  to  buy  some  flowers.  Liking 
yellow,  she  priced  one  kind  after  another 
and  finally  bought  some  baby  chrsyanthe- 
mums.  The  man's  coldness  broke  through 
her  preoccupation  but  she  could  not 
explain  it  until  ,  as  she  held  out  the 
money  to  him,  he  hesitated,  grabbed  a 
bright  crimson  carnation  from  one  of 
his  pots  and  handed  it  to  her.  When  he 
saw  she  was  willing  to  accept  the  red 
flower,  he  took  the  money  And  when 
she  pinned  the  red  flower  on  her  coat  his 
crooked  tace  was  wreathed  in  smiles 
What  qualms  the  sale  of  blue  and  gold 
flowers  must  have  cost  him. 

Apropos  of  the  Holidays  and  its 
teasting,  we  are  reminded  of  a 
story,  shedding  light  on  the  day  and  the 
season  back  in  iS4t  That  was  three 
years  before  the 
discovery  of  gold 
and  the  popula- 
tion was  \'ery 
sparse  Captain 
Sutter,  with  his 
tort  and  domains 
on  the  site  ot  Sac 
ramento,  had 
things  pretty 
much  to  himself 
in  Central  Cali- 
tornia  and  ruled 
with  high  and 
lordlv  hand  If 
there  was  any 
serious  drawback 
to  this  lite,  it 
lay  in  the  dearth 
of  good  cooks 
Thcrewcrcsimply 
no  good  cooks  to 
be  found  in  the 
country  in  those 
daysandasChrist- 
mas  approached, 
Captain  Sutter 
was   faced   with 

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HELEN    BRUTON 


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DECEMBER.  1929 


27 


lii€lii«<lrisil  SfiTi^tK  IC«'vosilo«l 


The  process  of  injecting  sand  into  spinach 


28 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Conversation  on  the  Cinema 


Together  with  Some  Observations  on  Its  Capital 

by  MARCELLA  BURKE 


IN  SPITE  of  the  diabolical  warm  days 
in  the  festive  Southland,  Santa  Claus 
has  been  up  to  his  old  tricks.  However, 
these  are  the  sort  of  days  which  turn 
gentle  folk  into  gypsies,  not  reindeer  It 
has  been  most  difficult  to  think  of  order- 
ing the  right  brand  for  brewing  eggnog 
and  Tom  and  Jerry.  But  the  kindly  boot- 
leggers have  shaken  everyone's  good 
resolutions  by  offering  "Panic  Prices," 
result  of  the  stock  market. 

There  are  miles  and  miles  of  evergreen 
garlands  doing  a  loop  de  loop  above  the 
streets  of  Hollywood  and  the  warm  City 
of  the  Angels.  There  are  modernistic 
icicles  on  the  make-believe  Christmas 
trees  at  every  street  corner.  The  world  is 
all  paper  machee  these  days  .  .  .  with 
tinsel  sprayed  on  by  electricity.  There 
are  beautiful  Christmas  carols  falling 
through  the  air.  Enough  money  spent  on 
the  lavish  decorations  to  feed  hundreds 
of  hungry  people  for  hundreds  of  days  .  . 

HERE  and  there  on  the  milky  way. 
It  must  be  that  C.  B  de  Mille, 
in  some  prehistoric  age,  was  a  gentleman 
with  a  bathroom  fixation.  To  judge 
from  his  exotic  bathroom  scenes,  each 
one  exceeding  the  last,  he  might  have 
had  something  to  do  with  the  baths  of 
Rome.  Imagine  C  B.  shooting  closeups 
in  a  crystal  bathtub.  There  would  be 
suds  ...  for  Mr 

In  Rio  Rita,  Bebe  Daniels  may  be 
picking  cacti  in  the  patio,  but  just  let 
John  Boles  walk  through  the  garden  gate 
.  .  .  the  cacti  is  forgotten.  They  each 
manage  to  burst  into  song,  more  or  less 
simultaneously.  No  time  left  for  words 
...  it  is  all  a  song  these  days. 

Some  German  director  going  in  for 
realism,  will  be  made  (in  Hollywood)  to 
have  a  corpse  come  to  life  at  its  own 
funeral  long  enough  to  sing  the  theme 
song. 

Dead  or  alive,  THEY  SING  THESE 
DAYS  or  no  pay  cheque. 

Paul  Bern  took  Dr.  Logan  Clenden- 
ning  to  hear  some  new  theme  songs  Dr 
Clendenning  wrote  that  famous  book, 
"The  Human  Body."  He  was  summer- 
ing luxuriously  in  Montecito,  thoroughly 
enjoying  life.  He  was  obviously  taking  a 
post  graduate  course  in  the  human  body 
as  it  is  washed  up  on  the  bright  white 
sands  of  Edgecliffe  .... 

He  admitted  an  interest  in  Holly- 
wood. A  desire  to  "go  through"  some 
studios.  So  Paul  Bern  took  him  around 
the  M-G-M  lot. 

It  happened  to  be  as  it  always  is,  the 
hottcst-day-ot-the-year,  the  hottest  day 


for  that  day  of  the  month  since  forty-two 
years  ago  .... 

First  we  sat  in  Bern's  huge  office  and 
tried  to  talk  about  Ernest  Hemming- 
way's  new  book  and  new  baby  and 
newer  depth  of  feeling,  but  the  electric 
fans  went  around  very  loudly  ....  Then 
a  buzzer  sounded. 

Would  Mr.  Bern  come  over  and  okay 
some  new  theme  songs? 

Mr  Bern  would  if  that  could  be  done 
while  showing  Dr.  Clendenning  the 
Studio? 

The  doctor  thought  that  was  very 
nice  so  we  all  walked  for  about  one  and 
one  half  miles.  There  were  a  great  many 
actors  and  people  like  that  going  places. 
They  all  stopped  Paul  and  asked  him 
things.  Paul  always  stopped  and  an- 
swered them  and  introduced  them,  so 
about  half  an  hour  later  we  reached  a 
low  white  bungalow. 

We  waited  a  slight  minute  for  secret 
locks  to  work,  then  the  little  white  gates 
swung  open  and  we  went  through  two 
green  doors  ....  It  was  nice  inside. 
There  were  four  electric  fans  going  and 
two  large  divans  looked  most  inviting. 

Just  as  we  got  down  to  the  last  spring 
on  one,  a  glistening,  black  haired  young 
man  rose  from  back  of  the  grand  piano. 

Introductions  .  .  .  would  he  sing  his 
latest?  WOULD  HE  DO  ANYTHING 
ELSE?  Not  he,  not  that  young  man. 

He  turned  over  a  few  leaves,  announc- 
ing the  titles  as  he  went  along, 

"IF  1  WERE  A  LOVER  LIKE 
YOU." 

"I  WANT  TO!  I  GOT  TO!  I 
HAVE  TO  BE  LOVED!" 

"POOR  BUT  HONEST." 

"ALL  1  WANT  IS  YOU." 

Themes,  the  titles  and  the  ditties  fol- 
lowed along  the  same  ideas.  Then  the 
young  man  sang  one. 

Paul  interrupted  him  later, 

"No,  I  don't  like  the  sound  of  that 
one  That  second  line  is  a  bad  one  Don't 
you  think  that's  weak  there?" 

He  sang  it  over  again.  "No,  I  don't 
quite  like  the  sound  of  that  one.  I  don't 
know  why, but  it's  not  so  good  there  as 
it  might  be  someplace  else." 

"Try  that  one  over  again,  will  you?" 
Paul  was  agitated. 

"Sure,  we'll  have  to  get  that  one  right. 
That's  easy,  though  " 

He  sang  it  again  and  asked  US  what 
we  thought 

"That's  fine,  just  the  way  you  sang  it 
then,"  said  Clendenning.  Sing  the  other 
one. 


In  the  middle  of  the  fourth  one  the 
telephone  rang.  Would  Mr.  Bern  come 
over  to  Mr.  Tibbetts'  set,  trouble  with 
the  "mike"  .  .  . 

We  didn't  go  over  for  a  few  minutes. 
Instead  we  listened  to  the  four  songs, 
sung  over  with  the  changes 

"They  are  all  jake  now,  Mr.  Bern." 

I  wrote  down  the  titles  but  the  man 
who  had  been  singing  said,  "Oh,  don't 
write  those  now,  they  aren't  ready  for 
release  yet,  not  until  the  pictures  are.  It 
would  be  the  devil  to  let  those  out  ..." 

"I  won't  until  you  say,"  I  promised. 

"That's  fine,  some  time  in  Novem- 
ber." 

"I'll  use  them  then  if  I  don't  lose  my 
notes.  When  I  have  to  wait  so  long,  I 
always  lose  my  notes." 

He  looked  miserable  and  sad,  "That's 
too  bad." 

"Maybe  she  won't  lose  them  this  time 
if  she  is  careful,"  said  Clendenning. 

"That's  a  good  idea,  don't  lose  'em, 
they  are  such  swell  songs." 

As  WE  walked  over  to  the  Tibbett 
L  set,  Bern  said,  "We  make  a  lot  of 
money  on  these  songs." 

"Yeah,  I  bet  you  do  alright,"  said 
Clendenning  moppinghis  face."It'swhat 
the  public  wants.  You  ought  to  make  a 
lot  of  money." 

There  were  no  electric  fans  outside. 

"We  have  our  own  musical  concern 
which  makes  these  songs  into  records  as 
soon  as  they're  finished." 

"That's  a  good  idea,  too." 

At  the  end  of  the  next  mile  we  reached 
the  Russian  set.  Lawrence  was  all 
dressed  up  as  a  Russian  nobleman  or 
something  important.  He  looked  like 
one  ot  the  Native  Sons  dressed  up  for 
the  annual  Bachelor's  ball. 

But  HOW  HE  DID  SING!  It  was 
marvelous. 

Clendenning's  shoulders  were  shak- 
ing. He  was  all  red  faced  and  warm 
looking. 

"What  is  the  matter?"  I  whispered. 

"Nothing  ....  I'm  just  laughing 
thinking  what  a  hard  time  the  producers 
must  have  trying  to  match  up  voices  to 
bodies  and  bodies  to  beauty  .  .  .  it's  all 
so  funny." 

"Don't  laugh  out  loud  by  accident," 
Paul  hissed.  "This  is  a  talkie  set.  You 
can't  make  a  sound." 

"I  don't  want  to,  I  want  to  go  away," 
moaned  Logan  "I  can't  listen  to  another 
song  Don't  care  who  sings  it  or  what 
the  title  is.   I  want  to  get  some  place 

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DECEMBER,  1929 


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Till  Types 

Continued  from  pjgc  16 

low,  none  coo  well  supplied  with  cash. 

Whatever  the  fate  of  this  agreement, 
it  was  completely  obscured  in  a  brand 
new  and  much  more  exciting  foray  of 
Mrs.  Darling  Easter  Sunday  1910,  her 
sister,  Mrs  Lillie  Hastings  Onativia, 
died  in  Brussels  and  Mrs.  Darling 
promptly  applied  for  letters  of  adminis- 
tration to  her  estate  It  consisted  mostly 
ot  jewelry  and  personal  effects,  (or  while 
Mrs.  Onativia  had  received  $1200 
monthly  from  her  lather's  estate,  she 
left  no  great  estate.  Indeed,  it  developed 
that  funeral  expenses  for  the  deceased 
had  had  to  be  paid  by  each  one  of  the 
Hastings  heirs  contributing  $66.00  to  a 
common  tund  Seranus,  HOyt  and  Ethel 
Hastings,  nephews  and  niece  of  the  dead 
woman  had  not  come  forth  with  their 
alloted  shares  and  for  this  Mrs  Darling 
took  the  court  room  floor  and  flayed 
them  roundly. 

Moreover,  $3000.00  worth  of  dia- 
monds were  missing  from  the  dead 
woman's  effects.  Mrs.  Darling  alleged 
that  another  niece,  Countess  Lewen- 
haupt-Falkenstein,  had  stolen  the  jewels 
Irom  the  death  room  of  her  aunt  and 
demanded  their  surrender  to  the  estate 
The  countess  was  Azalea  Keys  of  San 
Francisco,  who  just  previous  to  this  suit 
had  married  into  the  Swedish  nobility 
She  made  haste  to  reply  that  she  had 
stolen  no  jewels.  She  had  rushed  to  the 
bedside  of  her  dying  aunt,  deserted  by  all 
other  members  of  her  family.  The  aunt 
had  given  her  pawn  tickets  tor  the  dia- 
monds. She  redeemed  the  stones  and 
several  times  offered  them  to  Mrs.  Dar- 
ling, who  refused  them  because  she  did 
not  wish  to  recompense  her  for  having 
redeenied  them.  She  charged  further  that 
her  aunt  had  written  her  blackmailing 
letters,  direly  threatening  her  if  she  tes- 
tified to  the  competency  of  a  cousin, 
residing  in  England  and  known  as  Eliza- 
beth Parker  Hastings — another  suit  of 
Mrs.  Darling,  which  had  set  the  social 
world  aflame  with  talk. 

THELewenhaupt-Falkenstein-Darling 
case,  like  its  se\eral  contemporaries 
was  fraught  with  much  \erbal  roaring 
and  e.xchange  of  highly  charged  sarcasms 
between  the  two  women  and  the  attor- 
neys Several  times  during  the  hearings, 
Mrs.  Darling  arbitrarily  seized  the  floor 
to  deli\er  herself  of  stinging,  bitter  per- 
sonal tirades.  And  so  things  sputtered 
and  dragged.  To  what  end?  Well,  sev- 
eral years  later,  one  may  read  in  the 
society  columns  of  an  elaborate  reception 
tendered  to  the  countess  and  her  two 
children  by  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Clara  Dar- 
ling, upon  the  occasion  of  the  countess 
making  a  visit  to  her  native  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

In  July  1910  appeared  a  lengthy  news 

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1U<^  ^' 


How  is  a  man  to  believe  there's 
a  Santa  Claus,  if  fie  hangs  up 
his  stocking  and  finds  nothing 
in  it  on  Christmas  Morn? 


I 


o  all  who  would  give  to  men  the  finer 
presents  more  appropriately  the  tokens 
of  a  fine  regard  Knox  announces 
Christmas-time  selections  that  include 
outstanding  products  of  five  nations. 

KNOX 

51        GRANT        AVENUE 
3,70'     HOTEL        ST.        FRANCIS 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


\V    RAPHAEL  WEILL  »  COMPANY/ n       -^ 

\  -r^\<:^L    /•  \in/V  s 

\No\VliCanB^Ti)ld^V;? 


We  can 't  prophesy  what  the  Montgomery 
street  Christmas  will  be  like  ...  by  the 
time  this  squib  is  in  print  the  market 
may  have  crashed  clear  through  to 
China,  or  may  be  easing  upward  once 
again  But  there's  one  thing  that  can  be 
foretold  with  certainty  .  .  ,  Christmas 
stock  is  always  sound,  and  gifts  will  be 
given  and  received  with  hearty  good 
cheer  whether  Wall  street  celebrates  or 
not.  Business  booms  on  just  such  a 
spirit! 

Now,  The  White  House  has  always  had 
a  particular  weakness  for  the  holidays; 
the  mere  sight  ot  a  plump  holly  wreath 
or  a  tall,  proud  Christmas  tree  causes  a 
heart  palpitating  e.xhilaration  that  is 
felt  through  every  department  in  the  in- 
stitution. We're  just  as  excited  over 
Santa  Claus'  recent  arrival  in  Toyland  as 
all  the  children  put  together  who  have 


been  down  to  pay  their  respects.  You  can 
imagine  how  much  fun  we've  had  pre- 
paring Toyland  for  Santa's  occupancy 
This  season  we  thought  it  would  be  out 
of  the  ordinary  as  well  as  festive  to  turn 
Santa's  domain  into  a  Circus  Parade 
ground  with  lots  of  prowling  animals  in 
a  colorful  march  about  the  room.  And 
Santa  with  all  his  toys  fits  into  the  play- 
time atmosphere  of  a  circus  with  jolly 
accord. 

Such  toys  as  he  has  brought  with  him! 
Each  Christmas  the  mechanical  engines 
grow  a  little  more  breath  taking  in  their 
miniature  reality  .  .  .  the  dolls  a  little 
more  whimsical  and  lovable  (why  there's 
one  baby  doll  that  wriggles  and  cuddles 
just  like  an  honest  and  truly  baby  when 
it's  picked  up).  You  will  find,  also,  that 
bicycles,  scooters,  automobiles  and  all 
modern  means  of  juvenile  locomotion 
are  the  best  makes  to  be  had  on  the 
market 


Grownups  whose  dignity  can  only  per- 
mit them  (poor  dears)  to  play  with  the 
fascinating  new  toys  after  the  children 
have  been  put  to  bed,  obviously  must 
have  their  sophisticated  enthusiasm 
aroused  with  the  holiday's  choicest  tid- 
bits For  them  The  White  House  has 
poked  around  in  old  world  gift  marts. 


Out  ot  the  way  places  have  yielded  such 
mouth-watering  discoveries  as  old  prints 
framed  with  a  nice  feeling  for  their  mel- 
low charms  .  .  .  odd  furniture  from 
Italy  that  brings  authentic  antiquity  into 
homes  of  this  age  .  .  .  modern  peasant 
ware  that  has  the  knack  of  pleasing  con- 
servative and  extremist  alike.  The  satis- 
fying variety  in  this  one-of-a-kind  gift 
ware  is  the  result  ....  a  whole  year  of 
searching  about  for  this  occasion. 

There  are  useful  gifts  that  are  forgiven 
their  practicability  because  of  the  famous 
White  House  quality  .  .  .  and  besides 
there's  very  little  in  the  realm  of  modern 
usefulness  that  hasn't  a  beauty  all  its 
own.  Take  bedding  ...  a  whole  flower 
garden  of  color  from  sheets  to  coverlet, 
with  downy  blankets  frequently  a  dillcr- 
ent  shade  on  either  side ! 


In  short,  from  the  fri\(il(His  handworked 
French  undcrthings,  and  imported  per 
fumes,  and  unique  boudoir  appoint- 
ments that  women  love  to  sturdy  Scotch 
pipes,  and  English  ties,  and  zestlul  biioks 
that  men  appreciate,  The  White  House 
is  prepared  to  help  you  wish  your  entire 
Christmas  gift  list  the  merriest  possible 
Yule  Tide! 


ADVERTISEMENT 


Story  to  the  effect  that  Mrs.  Darling  was 
writing  a  history  and  personal  reminis- 
cences of  San  Francisco  society.  It  would 
give  the  low  down,  so  to  speak,  on  who 
was  who  socially  and  why.  It  would 
separate  the  sheep  from  the  goats  and 
deal  ruthlessly  with  bounders,  pretenders 
and  ambitious  nobodies  Mrs.  Darling 
of  all  people  knew  just  how,  upon  what 
accomplishments  and  by  what  steps 
every  socially  prominent  family  had 
gained  admittance  to  the  social  world. 
She  knew  from  what  sources  every 
family's  money  came,  when  its  fortune 
began  to  grow  and  when  to  dwindle  She 
remembered,  in  fatal  fashion,  who  had 
married  or  divorced  who  and  about  their 
children,  if  any.  She  was  a  woman  who 
dared  to  speak  directly  and  plainly  and 
she  took  society  seriously.  It  was  freely 
predicted  that,  publication  of  the  book 
would  see  a  general  exodus  ot  San  Fran- 
cisco society  for  parts  unannounced. 

No  more  was  heard  of  this  undertak- 
ing until  1914,  when,  with  suitable 
blare  and  ceremony,  it  was  announced 
that  the  script  was  practically  ready  for 
the  publishers  and  the  book  would  cer- 
tainly appear  in  1915.  The  writer,  it 
must  be  confessed,  conducted  frenzied, 
exhausting  search  to  find  a  copy  of  this 
work.  It  would  decidedly  be  worth  look- 
ing into.  But  alas,  all  that  could  be  un- 
covered was  one  vague  scrap  of  hearsay 
to  the  etTect  that,  a  very  limited  edition 
of  the  book  was  privately  printed  and 
purchased  in  its  entirety  by  some  un- 
known, unnamed  buyer.  Upon  this  bit 
of  information  and  the  book  business  in 
general,  the  reader  may  pass  his  own 
judgment. 

Repiitatlons 

Continued  from  paRC  lit 

Chicago  had  impressed  me — but  this 
impressed  me  more  There  is  a  swash- 
buckling appeal  to  this  modern  version 
of  banditry  in  the  face  of  an  implied 
feudal  government. 

But  that  evening  I  left  the  Field  Mu- 
seum at  six  o'clock.  The  sun  had  set 
with  a  captious  glow  behind  the  spiked 
skyline.  Before  me  spread  the  marvelous 
sweeping  roadways  of  the  lakeshore 
park  Automobiles  whirred  along  the 
curving  drives.  I  walked  with  the  swift 
evening  air  in  my  face  I  felt  as  though  I 
could  go  for  hours 

I  walked  one  block  and  sau'  a  lone 
figure  on  a  park  bench  1  walked  another 
stretch  and  met  a  hurrying  figure,  head 
down,  darting  across  the  parkway.  I 
neared  the  Art  institute  and  here  were 
two  other  solitary  figures,  hurrying  as 
though  possessed.  Four  lone  men — and 
those  were  the  only  human  beings  I  met 
in  the  entire  strctcli  of  six  or  more  blocks 
of  ideal  striilling  pathways 

I  too  began  to  hurry.  I  left  the  shore- 
way  and  hustled  into  the  warmth  of 
lighted  streets  where   I  could  be  com- 


DECEMBER.  1929 


31 


forced  by  die  nearness  ol  people  tor,  in 
spite  of  the  editor's  rationalization  that 
had  sounded  so  reasonable,  and  pictur- 
esque, that  morning,  1  too  telt  a  silent 
fear  of  the  lonely  exposure  of  those  arc- 
lighted  parkways. 

EVERYWHERE  actoss  the  continent  i 
was  greeted  with  "San  Francisco 
is  such  a  romantic  city."  Yet  it  was  only 
the  second  e\'ening  after  my  return  that 
I  overheard  a  San  Franciscan  try  to  con- 
vince a  comparative  stranger  that  "she 
may  have  been  romantic  once — but  not 
any  more — not  since  prohibition,  any- 
how." 

Perhaps,  after  all,  such  reputations  are 
only  generalizations  that  are  meant  to  be 
denied  by  natives. 

An  Arab  Wedding 

Continued  from  page  17 

Eyes  Still  tightly  closed,  the  bride 
faced  her  unseen  husband  for  the  third 
time  Three  re\'olutions,  and  the  wed- 
ding ceremony  was  terminated  He  rose 
from  his  throne,  took  her  by  the  wrist 
and  walked  with  her  quietly  through  the 
door  of  an  adjoining  room,  the  bridal 
chamber.  We  heard  the  holt  shoot  in  its 
lock  closeting  them  alone  for  the  first 
time.  After  she  had  opened  her  eyes,  he 
would  lead  her  to  a  couch  and  consum- 
mate the  wedding. 

Meanwhile  we  in  the  outside  room 
waited.  The  most  amazing  part  of  the 


ceremony  was  yet  to  come.  The  chemise 
of  the  bride,  bearing  the  testimony  ol 
her  chastity,  was  to  be  thrown  out  from 
a  small  aperture  over  the  bridal  cham 
ber  door  ...  in  an  hour,  perhaps  hall  an 
hour,  perhaps  early  next  morning  But 
whatever  the  interval,  everyone  would 
wait.  This  was  part  of  the  strange  tor- 
malitv  of  an  Arab  wedding  a  most  in- 
credible and  barbaric  part  (to  our  eyes) 
but  the  most  important  for  the  assembled 
families. 

T:ir  minutes  dragged  intii  a  half  hour 
The  women  \'isited  about  the  room 
and  occasionally,  from  the  outer  court 
where  the  men  of  the  village  were  wait- 
ing, would  come  a  knock  and  a  request 
for  the  latest  news  The  old  mother 
would  answer  the  knocks,  opening  the 
door  just  a  crack  so  that  no  man's  eyes 
might  look  upon  the  unveiled  ladies 
making  merry  in  the  room. 

There  was  no  air  of  tenseness,  of  ex- 
pectation, among  these  women  They 
gossiped  in  groups,  took  up  a  collection 
of  centime  pieces  for  the  black-draped 
musicians  and  the  woman  who  had 
helped  with  the  elaborate  make-up  of 
the  bride  and  attendants  They  babbled, 
laughed  and  examined  each  other's  fes- 
tive hnery.  Some  of  them  cuddled 
infants  to  their  bosoms,  rocking  them 
gently  back  and  forth  and  crooning  in  a 
barbaric  key. 

An  hour  was  drawing  to  its  close;  but 


we  found  much  to  interest  us  in  that 
narrow, crowded  room  We  watched  the 
laces  of  the  women  and  when  we  became 
accustomed  to  their  bizarre  settings  of 
crude  Arab  jewelry,  to  the  strange  hair- 
coils  upheld  by  immense  combs,  to  the 
brilliance  of  the  scarves  draping  the 
heads,  we  began  to  find  this  group  of 
Mohammedan  ladies  quite  like  any 
group  of  women  we  were  more  accus- 
tomed to  seeing 

The  only  really  amazing  thing  was 
that  no  one  seemed  at  all  concerned  with 
the  closed  door  Only  the  occasional 
enquiry  from  the  men  outside  reminded 
us  that  something  was  yet  to  happen. 

The  bench  was  getting  hard;  but  we 
were  so  hugely  entertained  just  watching 
the  assembled  women  and  trying  to 
imagine  vaguely  what  it  must  be  like  to 
go  veiled  through  life  with  none  save 
the  husband,  and  perhaps  his  brother, 
permitted  to  look  upon  one's  beauty. 
Many  ol  the  .girls  were  very  beautiful 
We  had  previously  seen  them  only  in  the 
streets,  heavily  veiled  in  their  ugly  black 
drapes,  hurrying  head-down  from  mar- 
ket-place to  home,  disinterested  in  the 
great  moving  panorama  of  their  men's 
affairs  Now  we  saw  them  un\'eiled,  we 
saw  that  they  were  young,  many  of  them 
beautiful  and  all  of  them  alive  and 
chatty  just  like  any  girls  in  the  early  ex- 
citing twenties  It  seemed  strange  to  us 
that  they  should  never  want  more  appre- 

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Confession 

All  Advertising  Woiiiaii 


I  THINK  it's  about  time  I  said  some- 
thing. I've  stood  it  just  as  long  as  I 
can.  It  was  bad  enough  when  "Through 
Many  Windows"  appeared,  and  all  my 
more  successful  friends  asked  me  to  read 
it,  told  me  to  read  it,  ordered  me  to  read, 
demanded  my  reactions  to  it,  insisted  I 
hadn't  read  it  carefully  and  did  1  really 
think  that  advertising  women  .  .  .  that 
is  advertising  women  who  had  made 
good  in  the  ad\ertising  business  .  .  . 
were  really  like  that.  I  bore  up  pretty 
well  I  think.  I  told  lots  of  dinner  partners 
that  Helen  Woodward  was  W.  E.'s 
wife,  and  he  was  the  author  of  "Bunk." 
And  1  confided  in  many  of  Yale's  better 
known  graduates  that  1  knew  a  man 
who  had  worked  in  the  Federal  Adver- 
tising Agency  when  Helen  Woodward 
was  their  star  copywriter,  and  that  he 
said  that  she  was  a  charming  woman. 

And  then  there  were  all  those  young 
authors  and  would-be  artists  that  used  to 
drop  in  after  the  theatre  or  on  their  way 
to  someone 'else's  party.  They  never  pre- 
cisely said  that  advertising  was  a  dirty 
commercial  proposition  They  never  ac-i 
tually  asked  meif  1  thought  I  could  write  Bi 


And  only  once  did  one  ot  them  come  out 
with  the  statement  that  I  had  ability, 
and  why  did  I  waste  it  writing  cute  bits 
about  Patou's  dahlia  shades  and  why 
you  simplv  must  wear  a  foundation  gar- 
ment to  be  smart. 

One  advertising  woman  I  know  gave 
way  after  a  year  of  that  sort  ot  entertain- 
ing. She  resigned,  went  to  the  Hills, 
rented  a  lodge — or  I  guess  some  triend 
lent  it  to  her — and  wrote  a  book  1 
haven't  seen  the  book,  but  I  understand 
it  is  just  back  from  its  seventh  transcon- 
tinental flight  and  about  to  pack  its  lug- 
gage and  make  reser\'ationstoran  eighth. 
Isn't  air  tra\el  marvelous' 

And  then  there  are  those  insurance 
agents  and  bond  salesmen  who  say  ad- 
vertising must  be  tun.  Why  don't  you 
write  a  book?  Here  you  have  nothing  to 
do  hut  sit  around  a  well  furnished  office 
and  write  copy  and  correct  proofs  and 
have  conferences — such  nice  conferences 
toe  with  such  charming  people — and 
talk  to  the  newspapers — that  must  be 
interesting,  did  you  ever  work  on  a 
newspaper,  Miss  Marsden — why  you 
fcmust  have  plenty  of  time  to  write  Sure, 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Tells  It  All 

by  BARBARA  EVANS 

I  ha\e  a  stack  of  manuscripts  six  feet 
high  I've  written  in  the  last  two  weeks 
Late  at  night  when  I  ought  to  be  cold 
creaming  my  face,  and  planning  what 
I'M  going  to  do  tomorrow  to  keep  my- 
self occupied. 

THEN  "Ex-Wife"  appeared.  Unfor- 
tunately I  had  already  told  a  tew  in- 
timate friends  that  I  was  born  in  Boston 
and  went  to  Radclitfe  It  took  about  two 
days  for  that  news  to  get  all  o\'er  town. 
I  was  even  dumb  enough  to  tell  someone 
I  knew  the  girl  who  wrote  it  And  why 
she  told  the  army,  the  na\'y,  the  marines, 
the  Stanford  Daily  and  the  South  of 
Market  boys  that  I  must  ha\e  written 
the  book,  I  still  don't  know. One  of  those 
cases  of  arrested  development  And  who- 
ever arrests  her,  private  detective  or  a 
Scotland  Yard  sleuth  I  don't  mind.  But 
if  something  isn't  done  shortly,  I'm 
likely  to  write  a  book.  I'll  probably  wake 
up  some  morning  early  and  find  I  have 
written  a  book.  But  before  that  over- 
takes me,  I  will  make  this  statement.  If 
I  write  a  book,  it  won't  be  an  autobiog- 
raphy, and  it  won't  contain  all  my  rules 


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for  success  in  advertising  or  why  I  use 
mauve  writing  paper  and  what  I  think 
of  the  new  long  skirts.  It's  going  to  be  a 
history  book,  with  dates  and  maps  and 
hand-made  charts  And  it's  going  to  be  a 
history  ot  feminine  methods  ot  annihila- 
tion Starting  with  an  ancient  Chinese, 
touching  \-ery  briefly  on  Cleopatra  and 
other  Egyptians,  devoting  one  whole 
chapter  to  the  lady  who  stabbed  Murat 
while  the  mobs  howled  tor  bread,  with  a 
lootnote  on  Napoleon's  Josephine  and 
what  she  would  have  done  il  she  had  had 
a  carx'ing  knife,  and  ending  with  a  dra- 
matic tinale  on  how  I  gave  a  big  party  to 
all  m\'  author,  artist,  pla\wright,  real 
estate  and  merchandising  friends,  male 
and  female,  and  spiked  the  high  balls 
with  cyanide  of  potassium. 

All  Arab  Wod4liii$£ 

Continued  from  page  31 

ciation  of  their  youthful  good  looks  than 
could  be  supplied  by  their  lords  and 
masters,  that  they  should  be  content 
with  their  underground  system  of  hear- 
say for  learning  all  about  that  busy 
world  on  the  other  side  of  their  narrow 
courtyard  walls  It  is  an  anomaly  Their 
curiosity  is  wide-eyed,  tentacular,  like  an 
animal's  They  fingered  our  coats  and 
any  jewelry  we  U'ere  wearing,  lifted  up 
our  skirts  with  a  huge  unembarrassed 
curiosity  and  shrieked  with  amusement 
at  the  peculiar  undergarments  worn  by 
the  American  woman  Yet,  in  that  extra- 
ordinary waiting  situation  which  would 
ha\'e  kept  any  ordinary  Anglo  Saxon 
woman  on  tip-toe,  they  had  not  the 
slightest  of  emotional  interest  Were  it 
not  tor  the  queries  from  the  waiting 
menfolks,  we  might  have  forgotten  why 
we  were  waiting  there 

TiiE  hour  had  just  about  ticked  to  a 
close  when  we  heard  a  warning  rap 
from  inside  the  bridal  chamber.  The 
mother,  again  mistress  of  ceremonies, 
shuffled  up  to  the  door,  tapped  a 
response  and  presently,  through  the  aper- 
ture abo\'e  the  door,  v\as  tossed  the 
bride's  chemise. 

The  cheap  little  cotton  gown  was  un- 
furled like  a  flag.  The  tremolo  cheer- 
wailing  recommenced  with  renewed 
gusto.  The  gown  was  passed  appraisingly 
from  hand  to  hand,  pawed,  waved  aloft 
then,  with  a  burst  of  wild  soprano 
felicitation,  was  handed  out  the  door  to 
the  waiting  men  Atop  a  stick  it  would 
be  paraded  through  the  town,  amid 
cheers  and  festivities,  as  proof  to  the 
world  that  the  bride  had  been  chaste — 
"honest,"  the  Arabs  say — and  a  very 
good  bargain  indeed  for  the  groom  who 
had,  until  then,  taken  all  on  trust 

A  few  moments  later,  when  we 
stooped  to  go  out  the  low  portal,  there 
was  no  sight  of  men  or  banner;  only  a 
faraway  hullaballoo  from  the  center  of 
town  told  us  that  the  triumphal  proces- 
sion was  already  on  its  shouting  way. 


N  THE  SELECTION  OF 
GIFTS  CONSIDER  FUNDA- 
MENTALS, SUCH  AS  GRACE, 
BEAUTY,  AUTHENTICITY 
AND  GENUINENESS.  THE 
TECHNIQUE  OF  DESIGN  IS 
CERTAIN  TO  BE  CORRECT 
WHEN  THE  GIFT  IS  FROM 

GuiliTiipS 

246-268       POST       STREET 
SAN     FRANCISCO,     CALIFORNIA 


34 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


Where 

many  of  San  Francisco's 
most  representative 
families  will  live 
this  Winter 

There  is  an  air  about  this  beautiful 
hotel — something  hard  to  define 
but  easily  distinguished — which 
sets  it  apart  and  above  the  aver- 
age hotel-home.    Perhaps  it's 
because  of  its  convenient  lo- 
cation. Or  perhaps  just  that 
happy    combination    of 
everything  that  makes 
hotel    life    appeal    to 
discriminating   folk. 


Rates  are  Attractively  Moderate 


L.  W.  HUCKINS 
Managing  Director 


HOTCll 


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POWCUL  AT   SUTTCn 

San    Francisco    ^ 


Spotlight 

Continued  from  page  25 

In  short,  the  game  was  the  thing.  The 
players  hit  the  line,  and  often  the  ground, 
pretty  hard. 

"Diamond  Lil"  and  the  old  football 
days  were  in  the  age  of  innocence.  Things 
may  not  have  been  any  more  moral  than 
they  are  now,  hut  they  were  more  forth- 
right and  ingenuous.  Ladies  of  the  night 
life  and  football  heroes  were  a  good 
deal  tougher.  Rugged  hearts  beat  under 
their  rust-proof  corsets  and  shabby 
sweaters. 

Conversation  on 
the  Cinema 

Continued  from  page  2s 

where  it's  cool  and  where  I  can  get  ice  in 
a  glass  ..." 

Dorothy  Burgess  in  a  fragment  of  lace 
and  chiffon,  being  fitted.  Almost  nude 
little  Dorothy  popping  from  a  negligee 
into  a  new  evening  dress.  Two  e.xpert 
fitters  from  an  exclusive  shop  on  the 
Boulevard,  getting  breathless. 

"Lula  Belle"  going  to  New  York  the 
following  night  .... 

So  small  a  person,  yards  were  taken 


Society  Is  Sailing 

—  to  Us  iifinter  rendezvous 
on  the  magical  isles  oj 
the  Pacific — 

HAWAII 

All-inclusive-Cost  Tours 

Every  necessary  ship  and  shore 
expense  is  embraced  in  the 
moderate  fares,  including  the 
3-day  Wonder  Tour  to  Hilo 
and  Volcano-land. 

for  all  fiirticiilar.t,  call — 

la; 

LOS  ANGELES  STEAMSHIP  Ca  °'"" 

685  Market  St.— Tel.  DA  venport  42W 

OAKLAND 
412  13th  Street     .     .     .     Tel.  OA  kUxnd  1436 
1432  Alice  Street    .    .     Tel.  GL  cncouri  IS62 

BERKELEY 
2148  Center  Street ..  .      Tel.  TH  ornuull  0060 


'^if^ 


t< 


>> 


Sunset 
Limited 


A  tvinter  trip  East 
thru  Summer -land 

Straight  across  the  legend- 
ary Southwest,  Spanish  be- 
fore it  was  American  .  .  . 
through  America's  newest 
winter  summer-land. 

The  "Sunset  Limited", 
famed  round  the  world, 
directly  serves  the  fashion- 
able desert  resorts  about 
Palm  Springs  and  Indio, 
the  guest  ranch  country  of 
Arizona. 

Go  one  way,  return  an- 
other on  "Sunset  Limited", 
""Overland  Limited"  or  the 
'"Cascade".  Only  Southern 
Pacific  offers  the  choice  of 
four  great  routes. 

The  "Overland  Limited" 
is  faster  than  any  train  on 
any  other  route,  San  Fran- 
cisco to  Chicago,  by  more 
than  10  hours. 

Southern 
PaciMc 


E.  W.  CLAPP 

Gin.  Pass.  Traffic Mgr. 

San  Francisco 


DECEMBER,  1929 


35 


out  on  each  side  .  .  silver  lace  spun  by 
an  idolatrous  male  spider  ...  he  must 
ha\e  known  it  was  beini^  made  for 
Dorothy 

Silver  lace  translating  white  breasts 
.  .  .  and  the  young  star  with  great  dark 
eyes  .  .  .  lighted  by  far  away  dreams. 
Not  yet  happy  with  all  her  successes. 

Pauline  Frederick's  opening  in  Noel 
Coward's  play,  "The  Queen  was  in  the 
Parlor"  A  dull  play  with  no  sparkle  to 
the  lines  Only  when  the  prince  appeared 
did  the  words  MEAN  THINGS. 

Greta  Garbo  making  a  picture  from  a 
French  play,  "The  Kiss,"  chosen  by 
Albert  Lewin.  A  new  find  in  the  picture. 
Lew  Ayrs,  a  young  boy  with  Fata  Mor- 
ganic  yearnings  towards  Garbo. 

Is  Fifi  Dorsay  a  lady  or  a  perfume? 
Straight  from  Paris,  she  is  a  lady,  and  a 
perfumed  one  at  that.  She  is  the  one  who 
beguiled  Will  Rogers  in  "They  Had  to 
See  Paris   " 

N4arguerite  Churchill,  the  young  girl 
playing  with  Paul  Muni  in  "Seven 
Faces." 

Only  eighteen  years  old,  slender,  clear 
steadfast  eyes.  She  admitted  she  didn't 
smoke,  "just  never  had.  Didn't  want  to 
be  sophisticated.  Not  for  many,  many 
years  anyway." 

"Have  you  seen'Seven  Faces'yet?"  she 
asked.  "Do  go  and  see  it.  It  is  so  dif- 
ferent. Berthold  Viertel  directed  it.  You 
know  he  was  Max  Reinhardt's  assistant 
in  Germany.  He  is  a  wonderful  director. 
Yes,  I  do  think  that  a  director  is  nine- 
tenths  of  the  picture,  he  moulds  us  into 
the  composite  picture  he  wishes  to 
create  .  .  .  ." 

Marguerite,  so  very  refreshing.  The 
sort  of  adorable  girl  you  would  like  to 
have  your  son  ...  if  you  had  one  .  .  . 
tall  in  love  with.  She  is  quite  in  keeping 
with  long  skirts  and  the  fragrance  of 
roses  .... 


1ILLIAN  GisH  is  making  her  talking 
<  debut  in  "The  Swan,"  adapted 
from  Ferenc  Molnar's  play  Joseph  M. 
Schenck,  head  of  the  United  Artist's 
Studio,  has  backed  Miss  Gish  up  with  a 
marvelous  cast  of  stars.  There  is  Rod 
La  Roque,  Conrad  Nagel,  Marie  Dress- 
ier ..  .  the  list  is  long.  Paul  L.  Stein  is 
directing  this  romantic  and  beautiful 
picture 

It  will  be  strange  to  hear  Lillian  Gish 
talk,  her  silence  has  never  failed  in  rich 
eloquence. 

Dolores  Del  Rio  and  Fannie  Brice  are 
starting  new  pictures  on  the  United  lot 
Miss  Del  Rio  is  playing  "The  Bad  One" 
with  George  Fitzmaurice  directing. 

Continued  on'page  37 


Popular  hcFf  and  in  Hawaii,  the  Misses  Alicia,  Louise  and  Melvia  Shingle 
are  frequenl  travelers  between  San  Francisco  and  Honolulu 

^^Every  trip  is  delightful/^ 

say  these  popular  girls 


Travelers  who  journey  often  be- 
tween California  and  Hawaii  are 
the  ones  who  know  best  the  con- 
venience and  pleasures  of  Matson 
Line  service.  Among  these  regular 
voyagers  arc  the  attractive'Shingle 
girls " — the  Misses  Alicia.  Louise 
and  Melvia  Shingle — prominent 
socially  here  and  in  the  Islands. 

"'Going  back  antl  forth  so  much 
between  Hawaii  ami  San  Fran- 
cisco, we  have  come  to  love  the  big 
ships  of  the  Matson  Fleet  and  to 


look  forward  to  every  voyage," 
they  said  recently  just  before  sail- 
ing to  Honolulu.  "We  know  we 
can  always  find  a  sailing  that  suits 
our  itinerary  in  either  direction. 
And  we  know  every  trip  is  going  U\ 
be  delightful,  whether  we  take  the 
Malolo,  the  Maui,  the  IMatsoniu,  or 
any  other  Matstui  liner." 

M^'eVl  like  to  send  you  fohlers  of 
Matson  services,  including  t<uirs 
to  the  South  Seas  with  everything 
arranged  in  atlvance. 


MATS€N    LINE 

25  steamers  ....  fastest  service 

HAWAII  .  .  SOUTH  SEAS  .  .  .  AUSTRALIA 

SAN  FRANCISCO  215  Market  Street  DAvenport  2300 

LOS  ANGELES  723  W.  Seventh  Street  VAndike  8101 


THE  hectic  happiness  of  the 
hoUdays  adds  its  own  special 
gaiety  to  the  social  round  on  Nob 
Hill  these  days.  Daytimes,  it  is 
true,  are  given  over  largely  to 
Christmas  shopping,  but  there  is 
never  the  tension  about  it  for 
Nob  Hill  dwellers  that  there  is 
for  those  who  return  home 
vaguely  fearing  to  have  forgotten 
some  urgent  purchase.  The  shops 
of  the  Fairmont  and  the  Mark 
Hopkins  are  always  at  hand  to 
supplement  downtown  buying 
and,  in  many  instances,  to  re- 
place it. 

Both  hotels  are  alive  with  the 
rustling  of  gift  wrappings  and 
redolent  with  the  aroma  of  Christ- 
mas evergreens — and  in  the  din- 
ing rooms  there  are  festive  gusts 
of  spices  and  holiday  seasonings 
whenever  the  doors  open  for  a 
moment  from  the  appetizing 
kitchens. 

The  festive  "Birthday  Party" 
of  the  Mark  Hopkins  is  now  a 
thing  of  the  past,  having  left 
happy  memories  of  the  special 
birthday  dinner,  the  sumptuous 
birthday  cake  and  the  elaborate 
show  that  was  given  all  to  mark 
the  passing  of  the  third  anni- 
versary of  the  opening  of  this 
great  San  Francisco  port  of  wel- 
come. 

ON  the  ninth  there  will  be 
the  matinee  musical  at  the 
Fairmont  under  the  management 
of   Alice   Seckcls,    This  and   the 


current  review  lecture  by  Aline 
Barrett  Greenwood,  December 
12th,  are  the  only  special  events 
scheduled  in  the  hotels  until 
Christmas  Eve  is  celebrated  in 
the  Fairmont  with  carols  and  fas- 
tivities  promisory  of  the  events 
of  Christmas  day. 

The  chefs  of  the  various  dining 
rooms  in  the  Fairmont  and  Mark 
Hopkins  are  even  now  busy  in 
preparation  for  the  special  din- 
ners on  Christmas  Day.  Such 
plum  puddings — and  mince  pies 
— and  roast  turkeys — with  all  the 
trimmings  imaginable!  Each  chef 
attempts  to  outdo  his  own  record 
for  concocting  holiday  dishes. 

Besides  the  special  dinners  in 
both  hotels,  the  Fairmont  is  hav- 
ing a  Christmas  tree  and  party 
for  the  children  and  there  is  also 
to  be  a  concert  by  Rudy  Sieger 
in  the  Fairmont  lobby  on  Christ- 
mas evening. 

YULETIDE  week  will  be  con- 
tinuous festival  for  besides 
the  nightly  features  in  Peacock 
Court  and  the  Fairmont  Terrace, 
there  are  the  dinner  dances  that 
follow  the  Stanford-Army  game, 
December  28th,  and — most  of 
all — the  New  Year's  Eve  celebra- 
tion in  Peacock  Court,  the  Ter- 
race Ballroom  and  the  Gold  Ball- 
room. And,  of  course,  these 
events  will  be  generously  inter- 
spersed with  the  private  enter- 
taining, much  of  which  is  already 
scheduled. 

Small  wonder  that  Nob  Hill  is 
becoming  the  most  popular  gath- 
ering place  in  all  of  this  romantic 


city  .  .  .small  wonder  that  conver- 
sations are  overheard  as  follows: 
"My  DEAR,  have  you  been 
waiting  long?  I  know  I'm  desper- 
ately late,  but  I  just  COULDN'T 
resist  those  shops  in  the  Fairway 
on  the  way  up  .  .  .  such  DAR- 
ling  shops  .  .  .  and  to  think  you 
have  them  right  here,  under 
your  roof — why,  you  don't  ever 
HAVE  to  go  down  town,  do 
you?  .  .  .  Where  are  we  going  for 
lunch?  Here?  How  lucky!  .  .  you 
mean  right  here  among  all  the 
palms  and  everything.  Oh,  it's  a 
dream!  So  inFORMal  and  all 
that — and  SO  luxurious  .  .  .  And 
you  say  you  have  dinners  in  there 
— by  those  lovely  windows?  What 
a  GORgeous  view  you  must  have 
...  all  over  the  city  and  the  bay 
with  its  ships  and  things?  How 
WONderful!  .  .  And  in  the  even- 
ings you  dance  in  here?  No? 
You  go  to  the  Terrace  or  Pea- 
cock Court?  How  exciting!!  .  .It 
must  be  HEAVENLY  to  Hve 
here  ...  I  wish  I  weren't  stopping 
with  relatives  ...  It  would  be  so 
much  MORE  fun  to  be  here 
where  something  is  happening 
every  minute  —  with  just 
THRONGS  of  people  —  and 
such  NICE  people,  too  .  .  .  You 
say  you  have  an  invitation  to  the 
Terrace  Night  Club  New  Year's 
party  for  me?  My  DEAR  it  is  all 
TOO  wonderful.  Oh,  I'm  corn- 
back     with     my     bags     and 


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DECEMBER.  1929 

CoiK'oriiiii;^  I  lie 

<lll4'lllil 

Continued  from  page  3o 

Fannie  Brice  is  in  her  first  dialogue 
musical  extravaganza,  "The  Champ." 

George  Bancroft,  Douglas  Fairbanks 
and  Greta  Garbo  ha\e  vet  to  sing  their 
first  songs  on  the  screen  Is  there  any 
reason  why  they  should' 

Wilson  Mizner  says,  "Promiscuosity 
has  become  the  national  Anthem." 

Just  one  question,  "Ha\e  you  heard 
the  story  about  Greta  Garho  taking 
champagne  baths  because  she  is  supposed 
to  be  anaemic?" 

Xow  It  Can  Be  Tol«l 


37 


Continued  f; 


rum  page  Jli 


a  genuine  problem  He  had  in\ited  a 
large  party  ot  guests  from  Ycrba  Buena 
(San  Francisco)  to  the  tort  tor  Christmas 
and  had  no  one  to  cook  for  them 

A  day  or  so  before  Christmas,  there 
dritted  into  the  settlement  trom  parts  un- 
known,  an   English  sea  cook. 

The  cockney  was  hired  on  the  spot 
and  set  to  work  preparing  a  Christmas 
feast  tor  Sutter's  guests 

His  dinner  was,  in  its  way,  a  triumph. 
The  first  course  consisted  ot  beet  soup, 
heavily  laden  with  garlic  and  red 
peppers.  Two  or  three  kinds  of  game, 
boiled,  fried,  roasted  and  stewed,  to- 
gether with  vegetables  comprised  the 
second  course  For  the  third  course,  was 
borne  to  the  table  what  appeared  to  be  a 
fine  English  plum  pudding.  Actually,  it 
was  an  improvisation  ot  the  cook,  com- 
pounded of  coarse  brown  flour,  wild 
grapes  and  tallow.  For  good  measure  he 
threw  in  some  garlic  and  peppers 

Guests  and  host  took  one  sample  of 
the  concoction  and  no  more  Hastily  the 
cook  was  summoned  "Hit's  h'an  h'En- 
glish  plum  pudding,  sir,  Mexican  style," 
explained  the  versatile  cockney. 

PROOF  that  San  Franciscans  are  eager 
to  share  their  city,  opening  its  wel- 
come to  strangers  much  as  an  individual 
would  share  his  home  with  triends,  is 
tound  in  the  advertising  sent  out  by 
Californians  Incorporated  It  is  decidedly 
interesting  to  realize  that  the  $400,000 
necessary  for  this  advertising  campaign 
has  been  subscribed  by  San  Franciscans 
without  fanfare  of  "drive"  hysterics. 
The  money  has  come  in  through  the 
mail  with  no  bleating  ot  brass  bands  and 
no  newspaper  to  publicize  the  civic  in- 
vestments 

It  is  a  relief  to  find  that  Calitornians 
Incorporated  have  refused  the  "bigger 
and  better"  type  of  slogan.  There  is  a 
measure  of  discrimination  in  the  em- 
phasis on  developing  a  "finer"  city.  This 
is  the  sort  of  thing  that  is  being  said  to 
several  million  people  throughout  the 
country — this  is  the  invitation  being 
sent  out  by  San  Francisco — 


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•i  m 


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-.-. » 


S-'^'m^'^-til 


U/'o/et  ^li^y  Service  Station 

jRDiNARiLY,  a  scrvicc  station  is  constructed  solely  for  efficient 
operation,  vs'itii  but  little  regard  for  beauty.  But  even  an  oil 
company  can  be  aesthetic  on  occasion,  as  was  the  General 
Petroleum  Corporation  in  the  designing  of  their  station  now 
being  erected  at  Baker  and  Fell  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

When  it  was  decided  to  build  a  service  station  at  the  entrance  to 
Golden  Gate  Park,  General  Petroleum  officials  decreed  that  it  be 
designed,  not  by  an  architect  or  an  engineer,  but  by  an  artist 
whose  only  instructions  were  to  design  it  in  harmony  with  the 
most  beautiful  park  in  the  West.  General  Petroleum  engineers 
were  then  required  to  adapt  the  buildings  for  efficient  operation 
without  altering  the  symmetry  of  lines  or  affecting  the  color  pro- 
portions of  green,  white,  violet,  brown  and  the  natural  coloring 
of  shrubs  and  flowers. 

The  result  was  a  cost  almost  doubled,  but  General  Petroleum 
officials  believe  that  the  investment  will  pay  dividends  in  good 
will  of  the  many  San  Franciscans  who  are  so  justly  proud  of 
Golden  Gate  Park. 


38 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


■^e  World  Famous 


rS^"   LosAngeles 


Miss  Mary  Garden 

in  one  of"  a  large  num- 
ber of  unsolicited  com- 
ments by  world  famous 
celebrities,  writes: 


"Why  live  elsewhere 

when  the  Ambassador, 

the  most  beautiful  hotel 

in  the  world,  is  herel" 


No  hotel  in  the  ^world 
offers  more  varied  at- 
tractions .  . .  superb  27- 
acre  Park,  with  minia- 
:.-'^  /  ture  golt  course,  open- 
"^■^  air  plunge   and   tennis 


■^•^ 


^-^ 


courts.  Riding,  hunting 
and  all  sports,  includ- 
ing     i8-hole     Rancho 
Golt  Club  and  Archery 
Ranges.  Motion  picture 
theater   and   35   smart 
shops  within  the  hotel. 
Famous  Cocoanut 
Grove  tor  dancing 
nightly. 


(yriUfar  Chefs  Cook  Book 
of  California  Recipes 

BEN  L.  FRANK 
Manager 


hBib%Tucker 

LUNCHEON 
■    AFTERNOON -TEA 
DELICIOUS  HOMECOOKn)  FOOD 

33-r^uttersr  near  Grant  Ave. 


Luncheons  served 

from    1 1 :30  to  1 
Tea  from  3  to  5 

Club  dinners  and  evenini/  parties 
by  appointment 

KEarny  4026 


Sanctuary 

Continued  from  page  14 

slipping  unobtrusively  into  the  nearest 
seat 

A  rich  sense  of  peace  seemed  to  steal 
over  her  as  she  sat  there,  her  hands  re- 
laxed in  her  lap,  and  her  face  turned 
upwards  towards  the  altar.  She  felt  as 
though  the  Cathedral  walls  had  shut  out 
all  of  the  ugliness  and  the  complexities 
of  life.  On  the  altar  myriads  of  candles 
burned  and  incense  mingled  with  the 
perfume  of  flowers  ....  Ah,  yes,  at  last 
the  street  was  quite  shut  out. 

Above  her  head  was  a  large  stained- 
glass  window,  so  exquisite  in  workman- 
ship that  it  seemed  like  an  opaque  paint- 
ing. 

There  was  one  to  whom  this  window 
was  a  source  of  constant  delight,  a  little 
girl  who  came  often  to  church  with  her 
mother.  She  knew  every  detail  by  heart, 
every  variation  of  color,  every  shade  in 
the  robes  of  the  figures.  But  she  loved 
be.>^t  of  all  to  look  at  the  faces  She 
thought  that  of  the  Christ  so  gentle  and 
kind,  but  her  favorite  was  the  beautiful 
Magdalene.  When  the  service  seemed 
long  and  tiresome,  she  would  gaze  up  at 
her  and  silently,  in  her  secret  heart  of 
hearts,  commune  with  her. 

It  was  into  the  pew  of  this  child  and 
her  mother  that  the  stranger  had  slipped. 

"Mother,  oh  mother,  dear!  Do  look!" 


GEARY 
AT 
TAYLOR   ST. 


CioorjuSo  >l.  Hvflo 

INCORPORATED 

Interior  furnishings 

for  the  Santa  Barbara 

Court  House 

Studios 

1366  Sutter  Street 
Fairmont  Hotel  Lobby 

DECEMBER,  1929 


39 


Colorful  Peasant 
Designs . . . 

from  Russia,  Poland, 
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thc'litde  one  whispered,  laying;  an  ex 
cited  hand  on  her  mother's  arm  "The 
heautilul  lady  has  come  down,  out  ol 
the  window  She  is  sitting  here  quite 
close  to  us  And,  oh,  1  can  see  all  her 
lovely  golden  hair.  It's  exactly  as  1 
dreamed  it  would  be  " 

The  mother  glanced  towards  the 
woman  who  timidly  occupied  the 
larthcr  end  ol  the  cushitin,  and  drew  her 
daughter  closer  to  her,  hut  the  child's 
eyes  returned  constantly  to  the  stranger's 
white  upturned  lace  She  saw  only  beauty 
there. 

"It  is  -  oh,  it  is  the  beautiful  lady  ol 
the  window,"  she  repeated  softly  to  her- 
self. 

The  Te  Deum  was  sung  and  the  con- 
gregation had  filed  reverently  up  the  long 
aisles  But  the  woman  wrapped  in  her 
long  dark  cloak  sat  passively  on,  ob- 
livious to  all  about  The  other  occupants 
of  the  pew  had  pushed  past  her  Only 
the  child  had  paused  a  moment  and  put- 
ting out  a  loving  hand  had  timidly 
patted  the  tolds  ot  her  cloak  The  little 
girl  nad  turned  to  look  back,  but  her 
mot'iier  pushed  her  hastily  up  the  aisle 

The  Cathedral  at  last  was  empty  The 
mufiled  sounds  of  footsteps  had  died 
away,  but  still  the  woman  sat  on, 
strangely  still  in  the  silence,  while  from 
above  the  tender  eyes  of  the  Christ 
looked  down  in  ineffable  pity 


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40 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


CENTURIES  ago  three  men  journeyed 
out  of  the  East,  carrying  gifts  to 
their  new-horn  king.  The  same  star 
which  guided  them,  shines  again  sending 
its  silvery  beams  ot  good-will  into  the 
hearts  of  men. 

San  Francisco,  the  city  ot  romance  and 
fair  women,  sets  its  yulecide  stage  Gar- 
lands, festooned  with  myriad  lights, 
green  and  red,  holly  wreaths,  the  pun- 
gent odor  of  pine,  the  gold  and  reds  of 
Autumn's  lingering  touch,  together  with 
the  icy  breezes  sweeping  trom  the  north 
and  quickening  the  step  ot  the  pedestrian 
completes  the  pageantry 

The  time-honored  custom  ot  present- 
ing gifts  is  the  outward  expression  ot 
the  season's  meaning  The  glittering 
array  ot  gifts  tempts  us  from  store  to 
store  and  through  magic  aisles  of  beau- 
tiful gitcs 

THE  day  of  Christmas  shopping  starts 
early  for  there  are  many  things  to 
see  and  many  persons  to  be  remembered. 
We  begin  our  tour  from  Union  Square 
where  a  huge  Christmas  tree  stands 
guard 

New  stores  are  a  hobby,  sowevisitthe 
new  Rimini  shop  on  the  Geary  side  of 
the  St  Francis  hotel.  We  find  ideal  gifts 
for  the  woman  ot  charm,  beauty  and 
sophistication  Perfumes  of  spring  flow- 
ers, sandalwood,  tube  roses,  and  heavy 
oriental  types,  vanity  cases  and  lipsticks 
combined,  scented  soaps  of  rare  charm, 
and  so  on  and  on  .  .  all  arranged  in  a 
magic  setting  provided  by  the  mural 
decorations  by  Alfred  Dupont  and  E  S. 
Pierce. 

To  our  friends  and  acquaintances  to 
whom  we  express  the  season's  best 
wishes,  we  send  a  card.  The  Little  Pierre 


fIS  SEEN 
BS  HER 


shop  is  showing  very  chic  ones  u'ith  the 
designs  cut  by  hand  from  linoleum 
blocks  Linoleum  cuts  make  very  strik- 
ing cards. 

Knox  will  soon  open  its  new  shop 
which  will  be  one  ot  the  city's  most 
beautiful.  Here  we  find  golf  socks,  ties, 
tie  pins  and  the  like  for  the  sportsman. 
Also  there  is  just  the  thing  for  the  busi- 
ness man  —  monogrammed  handker- 
chiefs, cuff  links,  a  hat  order,  and  the 
like.  Most  ot  the  best-looking  ties  are 
all-over  patterned  with  a  small  design 
on  a  monotone  background. 

Tj  THE  woman  of  chic  and  to  those 
whom  we  wish  to  remember  most 
elaborately,  a  piece  of  jewelry  is  one  ot 
the  nicest  gifts  you  can  present.  The 
stock  ot  Houston  and  Gilmore  runs 
from  the  most  chaste  and  elegant  dia- 
mond circlet  to  heavy  elaborate  neck- 
laces and  bracelets  of  precious  gems.  The 
diamond  is  the  jewel  of  greatest  popu- 
larity this  season  and  its  virginal  beauty 
is  enhanced  in  some  pieces  by  glints  of 
color  from  surrounding  jewels.  A  wrist- 
watch  is  a  very  lovely  gift  for  a  woman 
as  it  combines  beauty  and  usefulness, 
two  qualities  long  separated  by  public 
opinion 

There  seems  to  be  a  gift  for  everyone 
at  Gumps  There  is  the  imported  color- 
ful glass  cocktail  set  tor  the  man-about- 
town  A  Dresden  powder  box  for  the 
daughter  of  the  household,  or  perhaps  an 
evening  bag  in  silver  and  gold  iridescent 
metallic  cloth.  As  a  household  gift  one 
may  present  book-ends  ot  hand-carved 
stone;  Italian  hand-painted  boxes;  lamps; 
bronze  bowls  and  so  on.  .  .  . 

In  the  White  House  I  found  a  child's 
paradise.  Toys  of  all  variety  and  styles, 


trom  each  and  every  country,  tor  the 
tomboy,  the  feminine  little  girl,  the  true 
child  and  the  bored  little  modernist  Air- 
planes and  automobiles,  houses  and 
stores,  books,  dolls,  games,  and  gifts 
that  make  grown-ups  delight  in  buying 
— and  children  thankful  to  Santa.  Down 
from  this  child's  garden  we  find  an  as- 
sortment of  things  for  women  and  men. 
How  long  it  would  take  to  tell  about  it 
all.  The  only  way  is  to  go  shopping  and 
see  it  all  oneself. 

FOR  the  traveler — and  we  all  are  from 
time  to  time — we  find  fitted  leather 
cases  at  the  City  of  Paris.  Pig-skin  bags 
with  shell  fittings,  green  leather  with 
shagreen,  black  and  ivory.  One  for  a 
person  of  each  taste  and  age.  There  are 
some  charming  scarfs  for  a  top  coat,  and 
purses  tor  the  daytime  or  evening  Cos- 
tume jewelry  is  very  smart  and  one  needs 
a  diflerent  type  for  each  gown  This  is  a 
wise  choice  for  the  young  girl. 

That  reminds  me  of  the  Loretta  Ellen 
Brady  French  Shop.  If  you  have  a  debu- 
tante daughter,  she  would  delight  in  re- 
cei\'ing  a  poudreuse  in  rosewood  and 
marquetrie  lined  in  old  gold  damask. 
Or,  tor  her  boudoir,  there  is  an  enchant- 
ing Louis  XV  desk  or  un  petite  bureau 
de  dame  Another  charming  Christmas 
suggestion  would  be  a  marble-topped 
table-a-cafe. 

To  those  who  love  flowers  v\'e  can 
send  fragrant  blooms  trom  Joseph's  or 
Podesta  and  Baldocchi  Ac  Joseph's  not 
onlyha\'e  they  flowersot  exquisite  variety 
but  a  gift  section  ot  rare  charm  Vases, 
crystal  clear  perhaps  with  an  amethyst 
hue  or  an  emerald  light.  Broad  bowls  for 
flowers,  or  to  be  used  for  fruits.  Ash- 
trays in  pottery,  silver,  pewter,  or  crystal. 


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New  articles  for 
Bridge  Prizes 


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FIRE! 


Maiden  in  Distress — But  Fire- 
man, Fireman!  I  live  in  that 
apartment  house.  Oh.  where 
shall  I  ever  find  another  place 
to  live! 

Fireman  (accu8tome<l  to  hotli 
fires  and  ladies  in  distress)  — 
Tut,  tut,  young  lady;  there's 
nothing  to  gel  excited  ahout. 
You  can  finil  another  apart- 
ment in  a  lew  minutes.  Exam- 
iner Want  Ads,  you  know.  It's 
so  easy  that  it's  almost  a  plea- 
sure to  go  house  hunting. 


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Amethyst,  topaz  and  jade  jewelry  in 
beaten  gold  or  carved  silver  C^nc  thing 
is  more  lo\'cly  than  another,  and  vvc  arc 
led  onward  and  onward 

'here  are  so  many  places  to  visit 
each  with  its  enticements!  Before 
completing  the  rounds  one  must  visit 
Bullock  and  Jones  to  coniplete  the  list  of 
gifts  for  the  masculine  members  ot  the 
family — one  must  drop  in  to  see  the  al- 
together entrancing  buckles  and  the 
pdjama  slii^i^crs  -at  Frank  More's  And, 
no  matter  how  weary  (even  i(  it  is  neces- 
sary to  drop  into  the  Bib  and  Tucker  tor 
a  bite  with  tea)  we  must  not  forget  the 
exquisite  glass  in  Old  Venice  where  the 
discriminating  Mr.  Lanzoni  has  as- 
sembled so  many  exquisite  things 

1  have  been  hinting  and  suggesting 
and  struggling  over  gilts  for  others  and 
now  I'm  going  to  be  selfish  and  tell  you 
what  I  want  for  Christmas  And  I'm  not 
going  to  be  small  about  it  either  The 
other  day  I  dropped  in  to  see  Mr.  McFee 
at  Stutz  of  Northern  California  and, 
because  it  is  way  down  where  Van  Ness 
crosses  Market,  1  decided  to  wait  until 
he  returned.  They  invited  me  to  step 
into  one  of  their  gorgeous  cars  to  wait 
I  did  And  was  1  converted?  Who 
wouldn't  be?  Particularly  u'hen  the 
salesman  reached  to  the  dashboard  and 
turned  a  couple  of  knobs  and  the  radio 
began  to  play.  Imagine — there,  in  the 
luxury  of  that  marvelous  car,  to  be  able 
to  tune  in  on  any  station,  no  matter 
where  nor  how  fast  we  were  going!  Oh, 
Santa — pleeeeeeze  just  this  once — give 
me  a  Stutz 

And  now  that  you  know  how  truly 
selfish  I  am  at  heart,  I  shall  confess  that 
even  in  the  midst  of  Christmas  shopping 
I  have  not  been  able  to  forget  the  fas- 
cinating new  fashions  How  could  1 
keep  my  eyes  from  the  soft  satins,  chif- 
fons, flowered  tafietas  and  nets  at  Liebes? 

Thanks  be  that  the  good  Saint  Nicho- 
las makes  it  possible  to  truly  revel  in  an 
orgy  of  giving—  and  getting! 


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Your  well-dressed 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCAN 


fl  rar&  gift^ 


Eyesight,  one  of  our 
most  precious   pos- 
sessions, requires  con- 
stant protection  from 
the  many  dangers  that 
beset  it,  today.    A  peri- 
odic  visit   to   a   reliable 
optometrist  is  your  best 
eye  insurance.    Why  not 
give  someone  dear  to  you, 
who  has  faulty  eyesight,  a 
Christmas  gift  that  will  be 
remembered  .  .  .  an   order 
for  an  examination.  Or  per- 
haps a  new  set  of  frames,  or  a 
fashionable    lorgnette    would 
be  appreciated.  Come  in  today 
and  let  us  show  you  the  many 
other  useful  gifts  in  our  shop 

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As  To  Books 

by  BETH  WENDELL 

THE  swelles:,   silliest   book  that  we 
ha\'e  read  in  years  by  James  Thurber 
and  E.  B    White. 

It  is  titled  "7s  Stx  Nccessar-)?"  and 
the  two  authors  have  collected  quan- 
tities of  absurdities  which  no  one  person 
could  possibly  have  done  alone 

In  fact,  the  book  should  be  read  by 
two  people  sitting  in  the  same  chair,  one 
laughing  at  Thurber  and  the  other  at 
White.  This  weary  reviewer,  conscien- 
tiously laughing  at  both,  is  still  ex- 
hausted. 

"7s  Sex  Necessary?"  makes  riotous 
fun  of  the  many  serious  books  written 
on  the  complex,  much  discussed  and  dis- 
puted subject. 

In  the  introduction,  the  authors  say: 
"During  the  past  year,  two  factors  in 
our  civilization  have  been  greatly  over- 
emphasized. One  is  aviation  and  the 
other  is  sex  "  Then  they  proceed  with 
elaborate  descriptions  of  this  over- 
emphasis, but  in  so  doing  they  forget  all 
about  aviation. 

The  drawings  by  Thurber  are  mar- 
velous. They  have  a  line  sweep  which 
even  Forain  would  envy,  and  their  cap- 
tions are  too,  too  good. 
"Is  Sex  Necessary?"  by  James  Thurber 
and  E.  B.  White.  Harper  &  Brothers, 
Publishers. 

IN  M.A.NY  cases,  the  last  page  of  a  first 
novel  is  the  extent  of  a  young  au- 
thor's brilliancy,  and  all  his  later  writing 
is  inferior  and  disappointing.  To  win  a 
publisher's  prize,  theretor,  is  a  great 
achievement,  but  not  necessarily  a 
prophesy  of  future  literary  greatness. 

Martha  Ostenso,  who  reached  fame 
with  her  prize  novel,  "Wild  Geese,"  un- 
fortunately descends  in  "The  Young 
May  Moon."  Though  this  new  offering 
is  splendidly  written,  it  has  neither  great 
heights  nor  great  depth. 


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hj/  J.  Paget-Fri'ilcricks 

A  rhartning  Christmas 
story  with  many  illus- 
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as  you  taste  at  Christ- 
mas, so  many  happy  months 
will  vou  have. 

.In  Old  English  Pra^'erh 


Mince  pies — hot.  juicy, 
aromatic — are  but  one  of 
the  Christmas  treats  offered 
during  December  at  the 
Post  Street  Cafeteria.  Here, 
each  noon,  surrounded  with 
berries.  Holiday  garlands 
and  Delia  Robbia  wreath-^, 
you  may  choose  for  your 
luncheon,  plum  pudding, 
pumpkin,  mime  and  cran- 
berry pies  and  other  tempt- 
ing Yuletide  dishes  as  well 
as  our  all-year-"round 
specialties  ....  and  on 
December  24th  a  special 
Christmas  Dinner  will  be 
served  at  noon. 


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The  theme,  youth's  hopelessness  in 
the  face  ot  tragedy,  is  dc\elopeJ  with 
clarity  and  strength  It  lacks,  hou-e\-er, 
the  poetic  quality  and  the  indescribable 
charm  which  Miss  Ostenso  created  in 
her  earlier  work. 

"The  Young  May  MooN,"hy  Martha 
Ostenso.  Dodd,  McadCrCo.,  Puhlishers. 

JPaget-Fredericks,  a  young  San 
Franciscan,  as  author  and  illustra- 
tor, has  produced  the  loveliest  child's 
book  that  we  ha\'e  seen  this  year  "Miss 
Pen's  Christmas  Tree,"  tells  of  a  little 
girl  who  lives  in  a  great  English  house 
and  has  adventures  fascinating  to  any 
imaginati\-e  child. 

The  story  is  told  in  a  manner  particu- 
larly suitable  to  the  modern  child, 
whose  love  of  the  fantastic  and  the 
magic  requires  a  rather  advanced  sub- 
tlet\'  The  illustrations  are  nai\'e  in  sub- 
ject matter  and  sophisticated  in  detail. 
The  really  beautiful  colored  plates  em- 
plo\'  a  distinctly  original  color  tone  and 
are    delightfully    patterned. 

Though  the  book  was  definitely 
created  tor  children,  the  artistic  sense  of 
Pa get- Fredericks  would  please  and  in- 
trigue even  the  most  adult  His  tricks 
with  \'egetation,  and  his  patterning  of 
human  figures  are  tremendously  interest- 
ing. 

"Miss  Pert's  Christmas  Tree,"  by  J. 
Paget-Fredericks.    Macmillan,    Publish- 


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The  Dominican  College 

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Incorporated    1891 

Approved  by  the  American  Association  of 
Universities 

A  College  Jor  Women 

Resident  and  Non-Resident  Students 

Conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Saint  Dominic 

The  Dominican  CollcKC  is  on  the  list  of  ap- 
proved colle);es  at  the  University  of  California. 

The  State  of  California  grants,  under  the 
Stale  I.aw.  to  the  .graduates  of  Dominican  Col- 
lege, elementary  certificates  and  secondary  certifi- 
cates for  teaching  in  all  high  school  departments. 

In  the  School  of  Music,  special  certificates  are 
granted,  and  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Music 
is  conferred. 

For  full  piirticidars,  address 

Mother  Superior,  Dominican  College, 

San    Rafael.  Calif. 

Preparatory  Department 

Dominican  High  School 

SAN  RAFAEL,  CALIFORNIA 


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It  is  an  inviolate  truth 
that  the  taste  and 
culture  of  the 
giver  is  un- 
alterably 
bound 
in  the 
gift. 


The  Chocolates 


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Priced  from  S3.00  the  pound 

De  Luxe  Assortments 

S5.00,  $10.00  and  $15.03  the  pound 

KRATZ  CHOCOLATE  SHOP 

276  Post  Street        Telephone:  SUtter  1964 

KRATZ  KITCHEN  SHOP 

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and 

colored  etchings  in 

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new  Gallery  above 

his 

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Tli4>  Towii^i  of 

Sun  Fr»ii4*i«>ic*o 

by  LAWRENCE  HART 

SAN  Francisco"  is  a  generic  term.  In 
these  few  miles  arc  many  cities. 
There  are  Telegraph  Hill,  and  Rus- 
sian Hill,  and  Nob  Hill,  and  the  apart- 
ment house  district  ot  Van  Ness- 
Marina  There  are  Chinatown,  and  the 
town  of  the  Japanese  and  Negroes  below 
Fillmore,  and  the  town  ot  the  Jews  in 
McAUister-Fillmore. 


There  is  the  town  of  stucco  homes, 
that  rhythmically  space  the  blocks,  and 
reach  long  stairways  toward  the  walks 
in  hospitable  gesture,  seeming  to  say, 

"Would  you  be  pleasant  to  meet?  You 
see,  we  house  charming  folk,  and  we 
would  bid  you  enter  if  we  knew.  Al- 
though so  many  pass  this  place  .  .    " 

And  there  are  wealthier  homes,  not 
quite  so  charming,  what  with  Saracenic 
towers,  and  medieval  turrets,  French 
chateaux,  and  Byzantine  line--in  houses 
side  by  side,  or  in  one  house,  like  a  night- 
mare sonieone  dreamed  about  a  cartoon 

There  are  rows  of  dirty,  old-fashioned 
houses,  like  grubby,  tattered  children 
squidging  their  toes  in  muck;  and  gra- 
cious homes  on  the  hills  near  Presidio; 
and  old-fashioned  homes  all  along  the 
hill  above  Golden  Gate.  These  stand 
reticent  and  stately,  and  beautiful  as  their 
mistresses,  those  elderly  gentlewomen. 
And  neither  house  nor  mistress  can  for- 
get their  disapproval  for  a  world  which 

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Civic  Auditorium 


San  Francisco  Symphony 

— Alfred  Hertz,  Conductor 
with  famous  guest  artists 

Tuesday  Eve.,  January  14 
— Dusolina  Giannini,  Soprano 

Tuesday  Eve.,  February  18 
— Serge  Prokofieff,  PinnLsl 

Saturday  Eve.,  March  29 
— Giovanni  Marlinelli,  Tenor 

Tuesday  Eve.,  April  15 
— Yehudi  Menuhin,  Violinist 


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Direction  Auditorium  Committee 

James  B.  McSheehy,  Chairman 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

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One  ot  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California,  the  Assets  of  which  have 
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Assets  over  $124,000,000.00         Deposits  over  $119,000,000.00 
Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds,  $5,300,000.00 

The  follov'inn  acrounts  stand  on  the  Hooks  at  $1.00  r-ach,  liz.: 
Bank  riuildinKS  and  Lots    -  (Value  over  $1.925,(i()0.on> 
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looks  on  Other  ways  than  those  ot  their 
seemly  youth — a  world  that  went  amiss, 
they  know,  even  so  far  as  it  left  the  old 
tradition 

There  are  large  houses  perched  on  the 
hilltops  above  interminable  stairways. 
There  is  the  long  Mission,  which  might 
belong  to  any  casual  city — to  any  city 
built  at  a  distance  from  that  precise 
place  where  a  city  should  be;  between 
the  Bay,  and  the  Pacific,  with  the 
Golden  Gate  northward. 

And  there  are  waterfront  towns ; 
Hunter's  Point,  with  its  dry-docks;  the 
grimy  waterfront  below  Market;  the 
bustling  Embarcadero,  with  its  long- 
shoremen, with  its  sailors  ot  the  nations, 
with  its  sea-food  restaurants 

There  is  the  quiet  water-front  above 
Market,  with  shipbells  striking  softly, 
and  the  Belt-line  engine  puffing  musi- 
cally throughout  the  night,  and  Alcatraz 
mournfully  wailing. 

There  is  the  yacht  town  beyond  the 
lumber  wharves,  and  sunny  Marina,  and 
the  soldier's  town,  and  near  it  that  ruin 
of  breath-taking  beauty,  which  will  be, 
by  now,  destroyed. 

There  are  graceful  streets  with  soft 
names .  Dolores,  Valencia — and  the 
Sutter-Post  quarter,  where  the  stores 
unite  in  a  conspiracy  of  beauty. 

Even  in  weather  they  must  differ,  this 
sequence  of  towns,  "ever,  never  the 
same.  "  Night  after  night  the  mists  roll 
west  to  the  towers  of  Russian  Hill  On 
the  east  slope  of  Telegraph  Hill,  there 
seldom  is  mist  It  may  be  foggy  in  Rich- 
mond when  Market  is  sunny.  When 
Market  has  fog,  Sunset  may  be  clear  and] 
sweet. 

MEN  sec   \arious  towns  from  dif-l 
ferent    stands      From    the    hillsl 
south   of    Market   they   see   a   plain    of] 
buildings,     from    which    rise    solitary, 
splendid  towers 

On  Telegraph  Hill  men  turn  from  thcl 
Gate  at  the  north  to  stare  again  at  thcl 
massed  skyscrapers,  and  they  catch  thef 
breath  sharply,  at  seeing  again  this' 
beauty;  ever  familiar,  never  fully  be- 
lieved. 

And  welding  these  towns  into  one,  on 
every  side  is  the  sea.  From  Russian  Hill 
at  midnight  the  sea  is  indiilcrcnt.  re- 
moved .  .  C^ne  can  be  quiet  after  an 
hour  on  Russian  Hill  with  the  sea. 

To  the  watcher  on  Telegraph  Hill  rhe 
sea  is  an  intimate,  seeming  to  sav  — 

"Put  no  faith  in  human  comrades 
Who  should  be  loyal,  they  will  betray 
you  But  you  know  the  sea  would 
betray.  The  sea  is  an  enemy  Yet  all  men 
love  the  sea,  and  all  men  fear  the  sea 

And  roads  go  out  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth  from  San  Francisco :  roads  ol 
asphalt,  roads  ot  steel.  And  the  sun  lays 
a  road  of  fire  and  gold,  each  night,  out 
through  the  Golden  Gate,  over  the 
Western  S>ea 


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