Skip to main content

Full text of "San Francisco News Letter"

See other formats 


I 


California  State  Library 

Accession  No 

.  QC-0.&  A .  o .VSiilV.... 


% 


"^ 


V. 


■1 


<)} 


N 


K.i.blnhrd  Jul?  20.  1856 


*£. 


AND 

(Oalifortria    Aittfrtiwr 


PRICE  10  CENTS     SATURDAY,  JANUARY  6,  1917     $5.00  PER  YEAR 


/ 


1 


i 


KELLY-SPRINGFIELD 


HAND-MADE 


TIRES  AND   TUBES 


THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Phone  Prospect  1566  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.  1135  Van  Ness  Avenue 


i 


I 


I 


f 


1 


% 


%rningni!is«a«m»%voBinv0ia»^^ 


f 


THE 

Crocker  National 
Bank 

OF  SAN  FRANCISCO, 

CONDITION     AT    CLOSE    OF    BUSINESS    DEC.    27,    1916 
RESOURCES 

Loans  and  Discounts    $22,901,040.40 

IT.    S.    Bonds 1.989,200.00 

Other  Bonds  and  Securities   2,166,606.90 

Capital  Stock  in  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco        120,000.00 

Customers'  "Liability  Under  Letters  of  Credit    1.113,379.84 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange    11,779,514.77 


$40,069,741.91 
LIABILITIES. 

Capital    %  2.000,000.00 

Surplus   and  Undivided  Profits    3.650.181.41 

Circulation     2,000,000.00 

Letters  of  Credit  1,131,183.24 

Deposits      31 ,288,377.26 


$40,069,741.91 
OFFICERS 
WM.   H.   CROCKER... President        J.  B.   MeCARGAR.Asst.   Cashier 

CHAS.   E.    GREEN... Vice-Pres.        G.   W.   EBNER Asst.   Cashier 

JAS.  J.  FAGAN Vice-Pres.        B.  D.  DEAN Asst.  Cashier 

W.  GREGG,  JR.    Cashier       J.  M.  HASTEN Asst.  Cashier 

JOHN    CLAUSSEN  H.    C.    SIMPSON 

Manager  Foreign   Dept.  Asst.  Mgr.  Foreign  Dept. 

C.  FERIS  BALDWIN,  Auditor. 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 
WM.   H.   CROCKER  CHAS.    E.    GREEN 

CHARLES  T.  CROCKER  W.   GREGG.   JR. 

JAS.   J.    FAGAN  A.  F.  MORRISON 

GEORGE  W.  SCOTT 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 

Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 

"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets   and    Berths  Ask  Agents   of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood   Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691    Market  Street 


Winter  Sports 
at  Truckee 


Annual  Fiesta  of  the  Snows  more 
popular  than  ever. 
Tobogganing 
Ski-Running 
Skating 
Sleighing 

Alaska  Dog  Teams    - 
Novel  amusement  and  keen  out-of- 
door  recreation. 

Spend  a  day  or  two  in  California's 
"Arctic  Region,"  in  the  high  Sierras 
and  enjoy  these  exhilarating  sports. 
Only  a  night's  ride  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Round-trip  Excursion  tickets,  with  8- 
day  return  limit,  on  sale  every  Mon- 
day and  Wednesday  during  the  sea- 
son. 

Greater  reduction  for  tickets  sold 
Fridays  and  Saturdays,  with  return 
limit  following  Tuesday. 
Comfortable  rooms  and  good  meals 
at  reasonable  prices  at  Southern 
Pacific  Hotel. 

ASK  AGENT 

Southern    Pacific 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to   Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber   Co. 

W.   H.    HOMER,   General    Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


NE^M||pTEIt 

Devoted   to  the    Leading   Interests  of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  6,  1917 


NO.  1. 


TV  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER if  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office- --George  Street  cV  Company.  30  Cornhill,  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  o(  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)---!  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50:  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


Poor  little  1917  has  inherited  plenty  of  trouble  from  his 

predecessor. 

Missouri  farmer  has  a  two-legged  pig.     San  Francisco 

street  cars  are  full  of  that  kind. 

From  all  accounts,  the  State  of  Washington  is  full  not 

only  of  blind  pigs,  but  blind  officials. 

As  it  takes  more  than  one  to  make  a  quarrel,  so  does  it 

take  more  than  one  to  make  peace. 

Sombreros  off  to  San  Diego — the  only  town  that  ever 

kept  an  exposition  going  for  two  years. 

Washington  is  said  still  to  see  a  ray  of  hope  for  the 

peace  project.    Must  be  using  an  X-Ray. 

Colorado  man  was  fined  $100  for  beating  his  100  pound 

wife.    Lucky  he  didn't  marry  a  fat  woman. 

Soap  has  gone  up  in  price.    That's  one  thing  at  least, 

that  the  I.  W.  W.  won't  start  any  riots  over. 

We   absolutely  refuse   to   revive  that  ancient  warning 

about  dating  your  letter  1917  instead  of  1916. 

Whisky  has  been  shipped  into  Seattle  as  skid-oil.    Well, 

one  can  get  quite  skiddy  on  good  old  rye  or  bourbon. 

The  thing  that  started  the  war  is  the  thing  that  keeps 

the  war  going — everybody  wants  the  other  fellow's  possessions. 

The  Allies  demand  that  Greece  publicly  apologize  to 

them.  For  resisting  their  attempt  to  kick  her  into  the  seas,  we 
imagine. 

Wet  and  wicked  San  Francisco  still  continues  to  lead  her 

dry  and  virtuous  sister  cities  of  the  Coast  in  the  matter  of 
prosperity. 

The  new  Emperor  of  Austria-Hungary     having     been 

crowned,  now  has  full  authority  to  go  out  and  "crown"  a  few  of 
his  enemies. 

California   produced   twenty   million   dollars'  worth   of 

beans  last  year.  Boston  may  be  the  hub  of  the  universe;  but 
she  would  have  a  hard  time  making  the  wheels  go  round  with- 
out California's  help. 


The  more  slowly  the  wheels  of  justice  turn,  the  more 

swiftly  the  speed  maniacs  run  their  death-dealing  automobiles. 

The  fun  of  having  our  legislature  in  session  will  to  some 

extent  reduce  the  worry  over  the  high  cost  of  living,  the  war  and 
other  vexations. 

An  East-Bay  pair,  he  seventy-two  and  she  seventy,  have 

wedded.  It  was  announced  that  they  have  been  friends  for 
twenty  years.    Then  why  spoil  it? 

This  is  the  time  of  the  year  when  each  of  San  Francisco's 

daily  papers  proves,  by  incontestable  figures,  that  it  was  away 
ahead  of  all  the  other  papers  last  year  in  advertising. 

Les   Darcy,  the  Australian  prize-fighter,  has  signed  a 

$75,000  contract  for  fifteen  weeks  in  American  vaudeville.  Yet 
people  complain  that  there  is  a  lack  of  appreciation  of  the 
drama. 

In  Phoenix,  Arizona,  $20,000  worth  of  confiscated  liquor 

was  poured  into  a  sprinkling  wagon  and  the  streets  sprinkled. 
Which  proves  that  the  dry  advocates  are  as  silly  as  they  are  in- 
tolerant. 

The  press  informs  us  that  the  postal  employees  received 

praise  from  Postmaster  Fay  for  their  efficient  work  during  the 
holidays.  Good  enough — but  they'd  have  preferred  it  with  the 
"p"  left  off. 

Burglar  arrested  in  Los  Angeles  wants  to  quit  the  game 

because  he  can't  make  $1,000  a  month  out  of  it.  Bless  his 
heart,  there  are  a  lot  of  us  who  would  go  into  the  game  with 
that  much  in  sight. 

We  are  told  that  gay  parties  gathered  in  the  cafes  of 

Los  Angeles  New  Year's  eve.  It  must  have  been  a  thrilling 
sight  to  see  the  long  lines  of  whooping,  shouting  tray-carriers 
in  the  cafeterias. 

Twenty-five  hundred  New  York  vaudeville  actors  went 

on  a  strike  Sunday,  but  the  cooks  who  threatened  to  go  out 
stuck  to  their  stoves.  Dinner  without  vaudeville  is  preferable 
to  vaudeville  without  dinner. 

Oakland  woman,  accused  of  hitting  a  ladifren  with  an 

axe,  indignantly  denies  the  charge,  declaring  that  her  weapon 
was  a  beer  bottle.  She  can't  be  blamed  for  being  fussed  over 
the  slander:  an  axe  is  such  a  rude  weapon! 

An  enterprising  individual  had  snow  shipped  in  from 

the  mountains  for  New  Year's  eve,  but  the  police  authorities 
told  him  there  should  be  no  snowballs  on  Market  street.  Too 
bad.    But,  anyway,  there  were  plenty  of  highballs. 

Billy  Sunday  is  making  so  much  money  that  he  has 

turned  himself  into  a  corporation.  Evidently  believes  that  a 
rich  man  cannot  get  into  heaven,  but  recalls  that  nothing  was 
said  about  corporations  squeezing  through  the  eye  of  a  needle. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Striking  Trainmen 
Defy  the  Nation. 


"The  Brotherhood  of  Strikers,"  rep- 
resentive  of  four  bodies  of  Eastern 
trainmen,  that  are  demanding  the 
eight  hour  day  under  the  Adamson 
bill,  abruptly  kicked  over  the  conference  bucket,  last  week,  and 
emphatically  announced:  "Put  the  Adamson  eight  hour  law  into 
effect  January  1st — or  we  will  not  be  responsible  for  what  hap- 
pens." This  threat  is  tantamount  to  a  declaration  of  some  overt 
act  without  proper  consideration  of  the  fact  that  the  Supreme 
Court  is  working  overtime  to  furnish  its  judgment  on  the  con- 
stitutionality of  the  Adamson  bill.  The  judgment  of  the  court 
is  scheduled  to  be  handed  down  about  February  1st.  The  labor 
leaders  declare  that  they  cannot  restrain  their  350,000  followers 
unless  their  demands  are  promptly  conceded  on  January  1st. 

The  country  and  the  government  is  indeed  in  low  case  when 
350,000  men  attempt  by  violence  to  hold  up  a  nation  of  over 
100,000,000  people.  The  madness  of  the  war  spirit  afflicting 
Europe  must  have  affected  them.  This  is  a  signal  opportunity 
for  President  Wilson  to  establish  a  precedent  in  such  cases, 
and  call  out  the  government  troops  to  protect  the  constitutional 
rights  of  the  railroad  companies  and  the  peace  of  the  people. 
The  present  contrast  of  the  two  forces  in  this  extraordinary 
contest  is  striking:  the  rail- 
road employees  threaten  dire 
disaster  if  their  demands  are 
not  promptly  granted  January 
1st;  the  railroads,  meantime, 
are  having  their  clerical  forces 
figure  out  the  month's  extra 
pay  to  February  1st,  $5,000,- 
000,  so  that  it  will  be1  promptly 
delivered  to  the  employees. 

Lloyd  George  Calmly 
Smashing  Tradition. 

The  vigorous  manner  in 
which  Lloyd  George  has  at- 
tacked the  political  situation  in 
England  indicates  he  is  some- 
thing of  a  John  Bull  twister  of 
high  degree.  He  has  knocked 
tradition  into  a  cocked  hat,  and 
with  his  usual  habit  of  short 
cuts,  has  gone  direct  to  the 
point  he  feels  is  necessary  to 
stiffen  England's  position  in 
the  great  war :  a  small  working 
cabinet  of  the  best  brains  at 
hand.  To  reach  this  result  he 
has  ignored  all  precedent  in 
forming  cabinets,  and  has  se- 
lected his  co-workers  from 
among  his  opponents,  such 
as  Lord  Milner,    Bonar    Law 

and  Lord  Curzon,  men  in  whom  he  recognizes  excellent  judg- 
ment and  executive  abilities.  He  knows  that  in  the  present 
critical  situation  that  these  aids,  being  British  to  the  bone,  will 
exercise  their  best  talents  to  help  save  the  situation.  Three 
labor  representatives  have  also  been  appointd  to  the  new  cabi- 
net, two  more  than  ever  before.  Though  some  of  the  labor 
leaders  are  opposing  Lloyd  George,  the  file  seems  to  be  loyal 
to  him  and  his  plans.  So  far,  the  genius  of  Lloyd  George  in 
getting  results,  as  he  did  in  developing  the  munition  plants,  has 
been  roundly  recognized  by  the  nation.  He  is  a  man  who  dares 
to  take  what  he  decides  is  the  right  course,  even  if  it  rips  its 
way  through  precedent,  tradition  and  old  saws.  Only  in  such 
a  crisis  could  such  a  man,  backed  by  a  cabinet  of  practically 
all  political  parties  in  the  realm,  attempt  such  an  extraordinary 
venture.  Lloyd  George  regards  it  as  the  most  natural  action 
under  the  circumstances.    Such  men  usually  command  success. 

3S- 

Patching  Militia  Bill.     The  new  national  defense  law,  the 
child  of  Preparedness,  has  evidently 
bumped  into  a  barbed  wire  fence  and  is  waiting  to  be  res- 
cued and  placed  on  its  feet.    The  Secretary  of  War  has  issued 


his  regular  annual  report,  but  the  law  was  passed  so  late  in  the 
year  that  the  secretary  was  unable  to  get  the  time  to  inquire 
into  its  defects  and  promises.  A  lot  of  growling  and  protest 
came  from  some  sections  of  the  National  Guard  camp  along 
the  Mexican  border,  but  that  was  to  be  expected  under  the  cir- 
cumstances. A  law  only  six  months  old  must  be  generously  re- 
garded as  still  being  in  the  experimental  stage.  As  the  case 
now  stands,  it  is  apparent  that  the  Washington  authorities  will 
make  a  resolute  effort  to  nationalize  the  State  militia  in  some 
way  that  will  make  them  serviceable  for  call  by  the  army  de- 
partment. The  present  law  will  be  tinkered  to  meet  some  such 
provision.  At  present  even  the  most  loyal  and  enthusiastic  of 
militiamen  in  service  are  dissatisfied  and  disgruntled  over  the 
cutlook,  and  the  organizations  are  shrinking  in  numbers  despite 
the  strenuous  efforts  of  capable  officers  striving  their  best  to 
maintain  the  percentage  of  the  complements  under  their  com- 
mand. The  new  special  pay  for  attending  drills  is  practically 
ignored.  Officers  of  the  regular  army  have  been  assigned  to  the 
militia  districts  throughout  the  country;  they  are  gathering  data 
on  the  situation  and  proposed  remedies.  These  reports  will  be 
digested  and  submitted  to  the  proper  committee  in  Congress, 
and  on  their  findings  in  the  situation  the    militia     bill     will 

likely  be  amended  to  meet  the 


requirements   sought 
government. 


by    the 


THE  TOAST- 


A  Congressional  Bill  That 
Should  Be  Killed. 

In  their  ingenious  efforts  to 
get  into  the  political  eye  of 
their  constituents,  numbers  of 
inefficient  members  of  Con- 
gress incubate  numbers  of 
boomerang  bills  in  their  ad- 
dled brains.  Many  of  these 
bills  are  patterned  after  the 
freak  idea  of  a  member  of  the 
California  legislature  who 
framed  the  bill  to  fix  the  exact 
size  of  bed  sheets  in  country 
hotels.  National  representa- 
tives are  in  a  position  to  do 
more  harm  than  do  the  ninnies 
among  our  State  legislatures, 
as  their  influence  is  national 
and  usually  touches  costs  of 
production  at  some  angle.  The 
latest  bill  of  this  kind,  a  rider, 
deals  with  the  postage  of  sec- 
ond class  mail  matter.  It  di- 
vides the  postal  territory  of 
this  country  into  six  zones,  in 
which  the  postage  increases  in 
six  stages,  from  one  cent  per 
pound  up  to  six  per  pound.  The  result  is  that  the  wider  the 
circulation  of  a  periodical,  the  higher  its  postal  charges  for  de- 
livery. Thus  a  newspaper  circulating  in  a  zone  of  300  miles 
escapes  with  1  cent  per  pound  postage.  Metropolitan  dailies  of 
large  sectional  circulation  will,  of  course,  be  harder  hit.  The 
heft  of  the  blow  falls  on  the  big  national  fiction  magazines.  If 
this  bill  goes  through  their  circulation  will  be  greatly  restricted. 
As  these  periodicals  deal  largely  with  national  problems  and 
national  activity,  the  loss  of  their  circulation  would  be  a  dis- 
tinct blow  to  many  millions  of  readers.  So  will  such  widely 
circulated  magazines  as  those  covering  national  subjects,  such 
as  medicine,  law,  engineering  and  educational  and  periodicals 
for  farmers,  miners,  merchandise  and  the  like,  all  large  and 
broad  fields.  This  Randall  "rider"  makes  country  papers  su- 
preme, and  puts  the  others  on  the  toboggan,  according  to  their 
increased  zone  rate,  unless  the  harassed  and  overburdened  pub- 
lic digs  up  the  money  to  pay  the  threatened  increased  rate  on 
their  regularly  delivered  periodicals.  In  the  West,  where  popu- 
lation is  comparatively  thin,  the  passage  of  this  bill  would  be 
a  heavy  blow.  The  bill  is  a  rank  injustice  both  to  the  readers 
and  publishers  of  the  country,  and  has  a  nasty  "hold  up"  look. 
It  should  get  the  axe  in  Congress,  and  get  it  promptly. 


-TO  ANOTHER  YEAR! 

Starrett  in  the  New  York  Tribunr. 


m<y  6,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


&  TOWN 
CRIER 


Overhead  expense  is  the  basis  on  which  all  going  busi- 
ness concerns  chiefly  worry  over  during  these  strenuous  days  of 
keen  competition.  It  is  interesting  to  know  that  the  new  church 
promised  Dr.  Aked  will  have  an  overhead  expense  of  $33,200, 
while  the  worthy  ex-Ford  Peace-at-any-price  delegate  extracts 
salary  of  $7,500  per  annum  from  that  amount.  To  many  idle 
laymen  looking  for  jobs  this  salary  appears  in  the  candlelight 
as  a  fat  juicy  plum  well  worth  the  handling.  Such  idle  specu- 
lators of  adipose  salaries  should  recollect  that  Dr.  Aked,  by  his 
energetic  personality  and  reckless  juggling  of  chances,  has  re- 
signed pulpit  after  pulpit,  simply  to  show  that  pulpits  may  be 
jumped,  as  was  instanced  in  his  sudden  resignation  from  the 
local  Congregational  church;  where  the  congregation  was 
marooned  and  left  in  a  very  awkward  predicament.  Aside  from 
his  specialty  in  suddenly  resigning  from  pulpits,  he  possesses 
that  rosy  aurora  of  success,  yclept,  advertising.  A  New  York 
firm  of  accountants  has  figured  out  that  on  the  $7,500  salary  ac- 
corded Dr.  Aked  $5,000  should  be  credited  to  his  power  of 
personal  advertising.  Look  up  the  advertising  page  of  the  city 
churches  in  the  local  Saturday  morning  papers,  and  learn  what 
he  saves  the  bank  account  of  his  congregation  by  telling  a  good 
story  in  the  pulpit.  Very  few  wits  and  romancists  in  the  Bo- 
hemian and  Family  Clubs  can  surpass  him  in  signing  up  a  pul- 
pit contract.  The  moral :  It  pays  to  advertise  in  all  callings 
these  days. 

The  serious  religious  devotions  of  a  congregation  in  this 

city  was  unexpectedly  upset,  this  week,  when  a  certain  well 
known  San  Francisco  society  woman  on  her  shopping  rounds 
dropped  into  a  prayer  meeting.  In  drawing  out  a  handkerchief 
from  her  big  muff  she  unconsciously  drew  out  a  number  of  freak 
toys  which  slid  silently  and  gaily  to  the  carpeted  floor.  The 
children  nearby  quickly  discovered  the  entrance  of  the  pupets, 
and  great  was  their  delight.  Their  lively  amusement  at  the 
situation  quickly  spread  to  their  elders,  and — well,  the  lady  sud- 
denly discovered  she  was  in  the  limelight,  caught  sight  of  the 
toys  in  the  aisle  beside  her,  and  disappeared  with  all  the  dig- 
nity she  could  command. 

Los  Angeles  has  one  nettle  up  its  sleeve  which  never 

fails  to  prod  San  Francisco  into  jumping  with  rage;  that  nettle 
is  the  brag  of  population.  Every  census  taker  in  the  land  knows 
that  Los  Angeles  fattens  its  population  reports  by  quietly  and 
boldly  stretching  its  india  rubber  boundaries  of  country  envir- 
ons till  they  exceed  the  numbers  occupied  by  the  connected 
blocks  of  San  Francisco's  population.  A  roar  of  protest  rocked 
the  city  when  the  government  census  showed  a  population  over 
600,000  for  Los  Angeles.  Los  Angeles  might  have  unconcern- 
edly widened  its  grin  by  taking  on  several  more  ciphers.  No- 
body would  have  paid  any  attention  to  them — outside  of  San 
Francisco. 

The  eight  hour  wage  bill  for  the  Eastern  railroad  strikers 

is  up  again  for  rabid  debate  in  Congress,  and  it  is  eighty  to  one 
that  the  debate  will  reach  the  condition  of  the  hold-over  season 
turkeys  and  New  Year  resolutions  that  have  gone  into  cold  stor- 
age. A  substitute  for  the  original  bill  is  in  the  air,  and  when 
substitute  bills  begin  to  people  the  air  like  the  myriad  mates, 
time  is  no  essence  in  their  being,  and  usually  of  no  consequence. 
Unfortunately  both  the  railroad  heads  and  the  leaders  of  the 
brotherhood  refuse  to  let  it  go  at  that,  and  the  result  may  end 
as  such  contentions  do  in  railroad  parlance,  in  a  "head-on  col- 
lision." 


Roosevelt  can  always  be  relied  upon  to  be  in  a  fight 

t  something,  somewhere.  He  is,  at  the  present  moment  of 
writing,  intrepidly  and  persistently  battling  against  any  peace 
plan  by  the  present  Quaker-like  organizations.  He  has  worked 
out,  or  rather  fought  out,  the  combative  idea  that  any  peace  plan 
shot  into  the  brains  of  the  combatants  at  this  juncture  will  only 
cause  a  vicious  propensity  to  break  out  in  a  new  phase  of  war  at 
the  expense  of  the  U.  S.  A.  Has  any  nation  on  the  map  a  more 
serviceable,  a  more  vigilant  picket  than  Colonel  Roosevelt 
while  receiving  money  for  everything  he  writes  for  or  against 
war.  The  job  is  much  less  tedious  than  bucking  the  fevers  and 
jungles  of  Darkest  Africa.  Besides  it  calls  for  deep  and  varied 
personal  experience  in  the  maelstrom  of  war,  and  Teddy  surely 
showed  his  reliable  calibre  in  this  respect  while  rounding  up 
the  Rough  Riders.  Awake  or  sleeping  he  writes  of  war.  The 
Powers  above  love  him  for  his  robust  persistence.  That  is 
why  they  have  furnished  him  the  battleground  of  Europe  to 
write  up  at  all  angles. 


PASSING  OF  ELLIS  H.  PARRISH. 

Ellis  H.  Parrish,  one  of  the  best-liked  and  best  known  men 
in  San  Francisco,  died  suddenly,  at  the  age  of  46,  December 
29th,  shortly  after  his  return  from  a  business  trip  to  the  Eastern 
States.  As  manager  i  !  the  Gutta  Percha  Rubber  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  he  traveled  extensively  throughout  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  the  Orient  and  Australasia.  His  genial  and  frank 
personality  won  him  hosts  of  friends,  and  large  numbers  of 
them  attended  his  funeral  services  to  pay  their  last  respects. 
Many  beautiful  floral  pieces  were  sent  by  his  fellow  members 
of  the  Bohemian  and  Family  Clubs,  and  by  his  wide  circle  of 
business  associates.  The  honorary  pall  bearers  were  Phil  B. 
Bekeart,  Clarence  R.  Ward.  Harry  C.  Davidson,  W.  A.  Stringer, 
Seth  Mann,  Stanley  Morehead,  Thomas  A.  Hays,  H.  P.  Martine, 
Robert  McCracken  and  Dr.  E.  N.  Short.  Parrish  is  survived  by 
a  widow,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  R.  Parrish;  his  mother,  Mrs.  Julia  Par- 
rish; a  son,  Bradford,  and  a  daughter,  Margaret. 


PASSING  OF  A  VETERAN  NEWSPAPERMAN. 
A  veteran  California  newspaper  man,  Edward  F.  Cahill, 
known  among  his  thousands  of  acquaintances  as  "Pop"  Cahill, 
dropped  his  worn  pencil,  a  few  days  ago,  and  passed  into  the 
quiet  rest  he  so  well  deserved.  He  had  turned  the  age  of  72 
years,  but  up  to  within  a  few  days  of  his  demise  he  appeared 
to  be  in  his  usual  keenly  appreciative  spirits  and  regular  health. 
Like  all  the  newspaper  men  of  his  period  his  life  was  some- 
what adventurous  and  linked  with  rounds  of  unusual  experi- 
ences. Cahill  was  born  in  Kilkenny,  Ireland,  and  graduated 
from  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  where  he  was  a  class  mate  of 
Sir  Edward  Carson,  who  has  cut  such  a  prominent  figure  in 
North  of  Ireland  and  in  official  influence  in  Parliament  and  the 
present  cabinet.  Cahill  came  to  Oakland  thirty-eight  years  ago, 
and  began  his  newspaper  life.  For  many  years  he  was  attached 
to  the  Oakland  Tribune,  which  was  at  that  time  developing  a 
notable  number  of  talented  newspaper  men,  who  quickly  became 
prominent  in  their  calling.  With  Ed.  Hamilton  and  other  bright 
newspaper  men  he  was  instrumental  in  founding  the  present 
Athenian  Club  in  Oakland.  Later  he  worked  on  the  Examiner, 
the  Morning  Call,  the  News  Letter,  and  other  newspapers  and 
periodicals.  He  had  an  extraordinarily  large  acquaintance 
among  lawyers,  bankers,  merchants,  railroad  men  and  politi- 
cians throughout  the  State.  Among  those  who  attended  his 
funeral  were  E.  E.  Bowles,  Garrett  W.  McEnerney,  W.  C.  Mor- 
row, Charles  Brennan  and  Paul  Sinsheimer,  and  Arthur  L._  Price. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  grown  sons,  Edward  G.  Cahill  and 
John  E.  Cahill,  constructing  engineers  in  this  city. 


TRY  THEM  NOW! 
A  la  Swain's  Extra  Mince  Pies.    Ruffieux's  English  Plum  Pud- 
ding, Frozen  Dainties,  etc.,  made  by  Ruffieux,  211  Powell  street. 
Prompt  delivery,  F.  B.  Galindo,  Manager. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


Christmas  Barter  and  Booty. 

The  most  amusing  story  which  I  have  heard  of  the  Yuletide 
exchange  of  gifts  concerns  two  young  matrons  in  the  Burlin- 
game  set,  who  shall  be  nameless,  but  not  unrecognized  by  the 
discerning  readers  of  this  column.  The  wife  of  a  well  known 
physician  is  the  left  bower  of  Santa  Claus,  and  the  wife  of  an 
automobile  ma.i  is  the  right  bower  of  Santa.  Say,  rather,  these 
would  be  their  titles  if  euchre  had  not  gone  out  of  fashion,  and 
if  grown-ups  believed  in  the  fairy  tale  divinity  of  the  spirit  of 
Santa  Claus.  Under  the  circumstances  of  the  modern  exchange 
of  barter  and  booty,  it  might  more  truthfully  be  said  that  the 
two  young  matrons  were  the  handmaidens  of  jesting  Fate. 

For  by  the  law  which  occasionally  governs  coincidence,  there 
came  to  pass  one  of  those  perfect  examples  of  the  law  of 
chance.  One  might  go  on  indefinitely  spinning  the  tale  to  cow- 
webby  lines  until  the  web  is  all  ready  for  the  nub  of  the  story, 
but  why  not  give  the  gist  of  it  in  a  few  strokes  ?  Wherefore 
be  it  known  to  all  (as  it  is  already  to  their  intimates)  that  Mrs. 

R presented  Mrs.  L with  a  gift  which  Mrs.  L.  had 

bestowed  on  her  the  year  before. 

Which  sometimes  happens  in  the  best  of  regulated  friend- 
ships.   But  the  lovely  peroration  of  this  coincidence  is  that  Mrs. 

L presented  Mrs.  R with  the  gift  which  Mrs.  R 

had  bestowed  on  her  the  year  before! 
©     ©    © 

Crossed  Wires. 

And  now  for  a  further  tax  on  credulity.  I  have  it  on  the 
sworn  word  of  both  women  that  at  first  neither  recognized  the 
gift  as  one  that  she  had  herself  given  as  a  hostage  to  their 
friendship  the  twelfth  month  before. 

Came  Mrs.  L to  see  Mrs.  R ,  and  held  forth  on  the 

beauty  and  desirability  of  the  gift  bestowed  by  Mrs.  R , 

and  that  lady  likewise  expatiated  on  her  appreciation  of  Mrs. 

L 's  gift.     Then  somehow  the  truth  dawned  on  both  of 

them;  memory  stirred,  and  they  came  to  a  full  realization  of 
the  enormity  of  the  coincidence.  They  had  exchanged  Christ- 
mas gifts  with  each  other ! 

Mrs.  R refused  to  be  embarrassed,  and  salved  the  feel- 
ings of  both  of  them  with  a  neat  psychological  explanation 
which  stands  up  under  pretty  close  analysis.  Said  she :  "We 
always  buy  for  others  the  things  we  would  like  to  have  for  our- 
selves. When  Mrs.  L selected  a  gift  for  me  she  uncon- 
sciously visualized  herself  in  possession  of  it,  and  I  went 
through  the  same  subconscious  process  as  I  chose  something 
for  her.  The  result  was  we  neither  of  us  ever  'belonged'  to  the 
things  we  gave  each  other,  and  when  we  decided  to  part  with 
them,  what  more  natural  than  that  we  should  give  them  to  the 
person  really  intended  for  them  by  the  laws  of  natural  inten- 
tion." 

©    ©    © 

Tower  of  Jewels  Dazzles. 

That  society  is  not  blase  and  incapable  of  enthusiasm  is 
proved  by  the  way  the  Russian  dancers  have  quickened  the 
spirit  and  lifted  the  languor  which  usually  envelops  society  af- 
ter the  crest  of  the  holiday  period.  The  opening  night  society 
peopled  the  place  in  such  numbers  that  even  the  seats  usually 
reserved  for  the  ungilded  were  pre-empted  here  and  there  by 
those  who  came  too  late  to  secure  their  usual  vantage  seats. 
The  applause  from  the  boxes  came  in  fortissimo  salvos  that 
proved  that  when  the  smart  set  is  really  thrilled  it  is  not  too 
lazy  to  express  its  pleasure. 

Nor  is  it  too  sophisticated  and  well-bred  to  express  amaze- 
ment. If  the  daughter  of  the  late  "Lucky"  Baldwin  was  not 
satisfied  with  the  way  San  Francisco  sat  up  and  took  notice  of 
her  jewels,  then  she  is  difficult  to  please.  Never  has  San 
Francisco  seen  such  rich  and  abundant  cargo  of  diamonds  on 
any  one  person  as  Mrs.  Clara  Baldwin  Stacker  wore  the  open- 
ing night,  and  ever  has  San  Francisco  gasped  out  louder.  Did 
not  Downey  Harvey  take  one  look  and  whisper :  "Behold  once 
more  the  Tower  of  Jewels."    Did  not  the  buzz  of  comment  be- 


tween  acts   at  the   theatre   largely   concern   itself   with   Mrs. 
Stacker  and  the  blazing  riot  of  diamonds? 

At  the  cafe  where  her  party  foregathered  after  the  per- 
formance she  was  the  target  of  all  eyes,  and  the  curious  who 
did  not  know  her  identity  kept  the  floor  captain  busy  supplying 
them  with  information.  Mrs.  Stacker  wears  masses  of  auburn 
hair  done  low  on  the  neck,  and  she  had  ropes  of  diamonds  fes- 
tooned through  the  braids  in  addition  to  a  fringe  of  diamonds 
and  pearls  worn  low  on  the  forehead.  Several  ropes  of  pearls, 
strands  of  diamonds,  a  dog  collar  of  huge  stones,  long  earrings 
and  bracelets  and  rings  were  just  a  few  of  the  high  lights  of 
this  display  of  magnificent  stones,  the  like  of  which  has  never 
been  seen  in  these  parts. 

On  the  opening  night  the  Princess  Hohenlohe  sat  not  far  from 
the  Stacker  party,  and  the  princess,  enveloped  in  white  tulle, 
without  the  glint  of  a  jewel,  was  a  lovely  foil  for  the  daughter 
of  one  of  the  most  picturesque  characters  who  wove  the  warp 
and  woof  of  his  life  through  all  the  changes  and  chances  of  for- 
tune in  the  days  of  old,  the  days  of  gold,  and  finally  living  up 
to  the  sobriquet  of  "Lucky,"  left  a  great  fortune  for  his  heirs. 

©    ©    © 
Rumor  Rampant. 

Engagement  announcements  and  engagement  rumors  lend  a 
pleasant  romantic  tang  to  the  mid-winter  air.  There  is  a 
piquant  flavor  about  a  rumor  which  gives  it  more  savor  than  the 
consummation  of  the  report,  and  therefore  the  gossips  are  more 
interested  in  the  rumors  flying  around  than  in  the  accredited 
news  of  the  smart  set. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  bits  concerns  the  cardiac  inten- 
tions of  beautiful  Mrs.  Mary  Belle  Gwin  Follis.  Mrs.  Follis  is 
one  of  the  handsomest  young  matrons  in  these  parts,  and  has, 
of  course,  had  a  number  of  devoted  suitors.  At  present  the 
head  of  one  of  the  big  corporations  is  included  in  all  the  par- 
ties arranged  in  her  honor,  and  those  who  jump  and  those  who 
crawl  to  conclusions  are  wondering  whether  their  interest  in 
each  other  will  culminate  at  the  altar. 

Another  rumor  revolves  around  Anne  Peters  and  grows  more 
insistent  in  its  claim  that  she  has  accepted  the  most  devoted  of 
her  many  suitors.  Miss  Peters'  smile  is  just  as  beautiful  and 
just  as  inscrutable  as  ever. 

©    ©    © 
Realities  vs.  Rumor. 

From  the  East  has  come  the  confirmation  of  the  rumor  that 
when  pretty  Peggy  Nichols  went  East  she  was  not  heart-whole 
and  fancy  free.  The  observant  had  noticed  that  young  Edward 
H.  Clark,  Jr.,  and  the  Bishop's  daughter  were  enjoying  a  sum- 
mer flirtation  which  had  all  the  standardized  guarantees  of  an 
all-year-round  affair.  When  Clark  returned  to  Yale,  Miss 
Nichols  went  on  as  the  guest  of  the  Whitelaw  Reids  and  other 
Eastern  friends,  and  the  young  people  saw  a  great  deal  of  each 
other,  with  the  result  that  the  engagement  has  now  been  for- 
mally announced.  Both  families  and  all  their  friends  are  de- 
lighted at  the  news,  for  the  alliance  carries  every  promise  of 
happiness.  The  wedding  date  is  a  year  distant,  as  Clark  has 
another  year  at  Yale.  His  family  usually  spend  the  summers 
out  here,  so  the  fact  that  the  young  couple  will  live  in  New  York 
does  not  really  mean  the  long  separations  that  the  choice  of 
New  York  would  usually  imply  to  the  California  branch  of  the 
family. 

The  marriage  of  Corennah  De  Pue  and  Jack  Neville  on 
Thursday  of  this  week  was  a  pretty  affair  solemnized  with  all 
the  dignity  of  the  marriage  Ceremony,  but  at  the  same  time 
maintaining  a  happy  air  of  informality  which  put  the  guests  into 
the  pleasantest  frame  of  mind  and  added  greatly  to  the  enjoy- 
ment. The  bride  was  a  lovely  picture,  and  her  sister,  Elva,  who 
came  home  from  college  in  New  York  to  officiate  at  the  wed- 
ding, never  looked  better  in  her  life.  The  young  people  will 
enjoy  a  brief  honeymoon,  and  will  return  to  make  their  home 
in  San  Francisco. 


Among  the  prominent  people  recently  registered  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland  are :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  S.  Burman  Friend,  F.  Risser  and 
wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  B.  Mason,  of  New  York;  A.  W.  Peet, 
Kansas  City;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  McClure,  Oakland;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  Hewins,  Jr.,  Calistoga;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  A.  Bush, 
San  Francisco;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Taylor,  Livermore;  Oscar 
J.  Craft,  Honolulu;  George  G.  Roos,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and 


*ry  6.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Mrs.  H.  L.  Hamblet.  Portland;  H.  H.  Cudmore,  Cleveland. 

Mrs.  Wickham  Havens  will  entertain  eighty  guests  at  a  din- 
ner dance  at  Hotel  Oakland  in  honor  of  her  daughter,  Miss 
Sally  Havens. 

•:•    •:•    •:• 

Del  Monte  was  crowded  to  capacity  for  the  New  Year's  Golf 
Tournament  and  celebration,  as  there  were  almost  twice  as 
many  down  for  the  festivities  as  last  year.  The  formal  New 
Year's  Eve  dinner  was  held  at  the  regular  time,  and  by  nine- 
thirty  was  at  its  height.  The  great  dining  hall  having  on  all 
four  sides  as  a  background  for  the  many  beautifully  gowned 
women  hundreds  of  pine  trees,  and  with  the  great  green  gar- 
lands hung  from  every  possible  position,  it  made  one  of  those 
particularly  impressive  sights  long  to  be  remembered.  There 
were  thousands  of  favors,  many  fun-makers,  etc.  Beautiful 
balloons,  streamers,  flags  and  so  forth  were  everywhere,  and 
seemingly  coming  from  every  direction  at  once.  At  one  minute 
to  twelve  o'clock  "taps"  was  heard  sounding  above  the  music 
and  din.  All  were  on  their  feet  instantly  and  the  lights  went 
out.  As  the  great  clock  struck  the  hour  of  midnight  the  lights 
went  on  again,  and  the  beautiful  "reveille"  echoed  and  re- 
echoed through  the  room,  awakening  the  New  Year.  There 
were  many  dinner  parties,  among  them  being:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Crocker,  Miss  Helen  Crocker,  Miss  Ethel  Crocker  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Kelham  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Phillip  Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  N.  Nickel  and  Fran- 
cis McComas.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Tobin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chris- 
tian De  Guigne,  Mrs.  Robin  Hayne  and  Mr.  Jack  Neville.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Alex  C.  Lilley,  Miss  Ethel  Lilley,  Miss  Boyd,  Mr.  K. 
R.  Kingsbury  and  Mr.  H.  D.  Pillsbury.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Gallois,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Duncan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Dun- 
can, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rich  Girvin,  Miss  Helen  Duncan.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Elmer  Cox,  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Leon  Wilson. 

©  ©  © 
Mrs.  Mose  Faitoute.  of  New  York,  who  was  Miss  Florence 
White  of  Oakland,  with  her  husband,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Case  of  Seattle,  were  the  guests  of  honor  at  a  charming  affair 
given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Chambers  at  the  Hotel  Shattuck 
in  Berkeley  Tuesday  evening.  It  was  a  dinner  party,  and  around 
the  beautifully  decorated  table  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faitoute,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Case,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  E.  Wright,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Keating,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Avery,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick 
T.  Robson  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Chambers. 


SPECIAL  CALIFORNIA   INAUGURAL   TRAIN. 

Preliminary  steps  have  been  taken  by  Senator  Phelan,  Rep- 
resentatives Kahn  and  Raker,  and  by  Secretary  Tumulty,  on 
behalf  of  President  Wilson,  to  have  the  President  give  the 
Californians  on  the  Inaugural  Special  train  a  reception  in  the 
White  House  on  their  arrival  in  the  national  capital.  Senator 
Phelan  has  written  to  the  headquarters,  promising  personally  to 
give  a  reception  in  a  Washington  hotel,  to  which  members  of 
ihe  official  set  will  be  invited  to  meet  them. 

Other  entertainments  will  be  given  the  party  at  various  cities 
where  stops  will  be  made,  either  going  or  returning.  Among 
those  who  have  expressed  their  intention  to  be  hosts  are  the 
mayors  of  New  Orleans,  Atlanta,  Baltimore,  Kansas  City,  and 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Governor  Morehead  of  Nebraska,  and  many 
civic  and  commercial  bodies,  as  well  as  women's  clubs.  Should 
it  be  decided  to  hold  an  inaugural  ball  in  Washington,  the  party 
will  attend  it  also.  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  is  general  chairman 
of  the  organization  conducting  the  Washington  tour.  The  train 
will  leave  here  February  24th,  arrive  in  Washington  March  3d, 
and  return  to  San  Francisco  March  18th,  by  way  of  New  York 
and  the  Middle  West. 


It  was   an  honest  to   goodness   capacity  crowd  which 

gathered  at  the  Techau  Tavern  to  see  the  Old  Year  out  and  the 
New  Year  in.  Every  one  had  the  best  time  imaginable.  There 
were  hosts  of  pretty  women  in  the  large  crowd  which  was  com- 
posed of  people  of  the  greatest  social  importance,  and  the  man- 
agement provided  the  best  dinner  and  the  best  entertainment 
that  the  most  earnest  effort  could  supply.  Out  of  a  maze  of 
entertainment,  impromptu  and  otherwise,  the  Song  Revue,  the 
Pall  Mall  cigarette  dances  and  the  La  Lilas  perfume  dances 
were  received  with  the  greatest  favor. 


/.v<  REASING  10\   ON  NEW  YEAH 

All  records  in  joyously  greeting  the  New  Year  were  knocked 
into  smithereens,  this  week,  by  the  wholesale  extravagant  de- 
light which  introduced  Baby  1917  to  joyous  San  Franciscans 
and  their  crowds  of  visitors.  Joy  ruled,  and  the  carnival  spirit 
lode  high  in  madcap,  jubilant  spirits.  This  carnival  spirit  was 
more  in  evidence  than  ever  before,  and  it  is  only  a  question  of 
a  very  few  years  when  it  will  be  rampant.  More  parties  and 
individuals  were  out  in  garish  costume  this  year  than  ever  be- 
fore, especially  in  the  Latin  quarter,  where  the  restaurants  were 
crowded  with  numbers  of  jolly  parties  clad  in  unique,  gro- 
tesque and  comic  costumes.  Many  of  these  parties  made  the 
rounds  of  the  restaurants,  and  their  entrance  and  antics  stimu- 
lated rounds  of  fun,  frolic  and  exuberant  fun,  all  an  augury 
that  the  spirit  of  the  occasion  is  growing  with  the  years  and  de- 
veloping into  something  allied  to  a  carnival.  Eventually  this 
annual  display  will  express  itself  in  some  form  distinctive  to 
San  Francisco,  a  form  of  fun  and  attractive  enjoyment  that  will 
bring  thousands  of  visitors  from  all  parts  of  the  coast  to  join 
in  the  revelry. 

The  local  leading  hotels  and  the  semi-royal  cafes  were  star 
points  as  usual  in  the  exuberant  festivities.  Techau  Tavern, 
the  Louvre,  Hof'Brau,  Tait's  and  others  were  crowded  to  the 
doors,  and  only  those  holding  precious  admittance  cards  to  the 
special  programmes  provided  for  their  entertainment  were  ad- 
mitted. The  St.  Francis,  the  Palace  and  the  Plaza  Hotels  were 
bombarded  and  besieged  by  the  endless  groups  of  revelers  to 
gain  just  one  peep  of  the  special  attractions  of  the  wonderful 
stunts  provided  by  the  ingenious  managements  specially  for  the 
occasion.  There  were  fully  2,500  celebrants  at  both  the  Palace 
and  the  St.  Francis  Hotels.  At  both  these  hotels  the  programs 
were  diversified  with  extraordinary,  ingenious  theatrical  effects 
appropriate  to  the  occasion.  Techau  Tavern,  Tait's  and  other 
like  big  establishments  were  packed  till  the  last  tick  of  the 
pendulum  of  the  closing  hour  in  the  morning.  And  when  it  was 
all  over  confetti  and  serpentine  fairly  buried  the  city. 


THE  POWER  IN  THE  ORIENT. 

With  thirty  per  cent  of  its  total  tonnage  absent  on  service, 
the  Japanese  navy  was  recently  able  to  line  up  for  review  be- 
fore the  Emperor  a  war  fleet  almost  twice  as  great  as  the  navy 
which  defeated  Russia.  The  steady  growth  of  the  Japanese 
navy  is  clearly  indicated  when  it  is  seen  that  in  1894  the  total 
tonnage  was  61,000;  in  1904,  283,743,  and  in  1916,  628,321. 
These  advances  are  during  war  years,  that  is,  the  war  with 
China  in  1894,  the  war  with  Russia  in  1904,  and  the  present 
European  war. 

The  fact  that  such  steady  expansion  should  have  been  ac- 
complished in  the  difficult  period  following  each  great  war  is 
at  once  a  tribute  to  the  financial  courage  of  the  Japanese  states- 
men and  convincing  evidence  of  Japan's  determination  to  have 
a  voice  in  the  world,  for  while  her  navy  is  modest  in  compari- 
son with  the  fleets  which  are  keeping  watch  in  the  North  Sea, 
and  considerably  inferior  to  the  United  States  fleet  in  the  At- 
lantic, it  is  overwhelmingly  superior  to  everything  that  floats 
outside  of  European  and  North  American  waters.  Its  position 
in  relation  to  Asia  is  obvious  and  incontestable.  A  curious  fact 
which  strikes  one  on  any  study  of  Japanese  progress  is  that  the 
two  distinct  periods  of  expansion  shown  in  the  above  paragraph 
have  each  followed  a  successful  war.  What  her  critics — a  num- 
erous body  nowadays — will  call  the  imperialistic  ambitions  of 
Japan,  and  what  more  sympathetic  observers  can  reasonably 
admit  to  be  the  necessities  of  her  position  as  an  island  power, 
will  sooner  or  later  have  committed  Japan  to  the  building  up  of 
a  sea  force  of  considerable  strength. — Japan  Advertiser. 


Jones  (who  has  called  round  to  see  if  his  friend  has  re- 
covered from  a  wild  night) — Is  Mr.  Wuzzy  up  yet?  Landlady 
(sternly) — Yes,  he  got  up  an  hour  ago,  drank  his  bath  and  went 
back  to  bed. 


DRUNKENNESS  A   DISEASE 

BUT    CURABLE 

Was  Dr.  Leslie  E.  Keeley's  contention  nearly  forty  years  ago.     Since  his 

discovery  more  than  400,000  have  been  successfully  treated  by  the  Keeley 

method.      All    drug  habits  treated.      Home  comforts  provided  at 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE 

2420  Webster  St.  cor.  Pacific  Ave.,  San  Francisco  Phone  Fillmore  3963 

Scaled  Booklet  Free  on  Request 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


H 


ere  s 


to  California 


By  Kathleen  Norris. 

Author  of  "Mother,"  "The  Story  of  Julia  Page,"  "The  Heart 
of  Rachael,"  etc. 

It  was  only  after  I  came  away  from  California,  a  few  years 
ago,  that  I  realized  in  my  provincial  heart  that  she  does  not 
mean  to  all  the  world  what  she  means  to  us  who  love  her,  and 
belong  to  her.  That  there  are  Kentuckians,  for  example,  and 
Texans,  and  other  Europeans,  who  do  not  keenly  regret  the  ac- 
cident of  bi.-th  that  prevents  them  from  claiming  her  smote  me 
with  a  naive  and  puzzled  surprise.  Even  now  the  very  name, 
the  very  word  "California,"  falls  upon  my  ears  with  an  ex- 
quisite appeal;  it  is  like  a  strain  of  familiar  and  poignantly 
touching  music.  I  can  hear  it  across  the  noisiest  tea-room,  or 
distinguish  it  under  the  murmuring  darkness  of  the  theatre. 
The  motor  licenses,  with  the  little  bear  guarding  the  number, 
look  like  friendly  faces  when  one  meets  them  on  Eastern  road- 
ways, and  when  the  railroad  companies  plaster  fences  with  the 
alluring  suggestion  "Five  Days  and  Seventy  Dollars  to  Cali- 
fornia !"  I  feel  a  tug  at  my  heart. 

We  are  raised  on  superlatives,  we  second-generation  Califor- 
nians.  Our  fathers  fough'  a  bitter  fight  to  reach  the  farthest 
frontier,  and  they  loved  it  because  they  suffered  for  it.  Whe- 
ther they  came  "around  the  Horn"  in  sailing  vessels,  or  across 
the  endless  prairies  in  the  familiar  hooped,  dusty  wagons,  they 
learned  the  worth  of  their  home  before  they  found  it.  My  own 
grandmother,  with  my  mother  at  her  breast,  looked  up  through 
the  velvet  dark  of  night,  through  that  same  hooped  covering, 
and  watched  the  camp  fires  of  hostile  Indians  on  the  hill.  Ring- 
leted, crinolined,  wistful  and  eighteen,  she  said  good-bye  to  the 
world  she  knew,  at  "Saint  Joe,"  and  left  it  forever  behind  her. 
To  the  end  of  her  life  she  liked  to  talk  of  "Southe'n"  hospital- 
ity, of  men  who  rode  dashing  horses  and  wore  white,  of  orderly 
gardens  packed  with  bloom,  of  cool  great  rooms  full  of  silence 
and  tree  shadows,  and  the  quiet  stepping  of  brown-skinned 
maids. 

Her  own  fate  was  the  fate  of  California.  She  sat  in  the  jolting 
wagon,  beside  another  woman  in  the  party,  when  a  baby  was 
born.  She  saw  priceless  teams  of  cattle  fall  upon  an  unex- 
pected water  hole  and  drink  themselves  to  death.  She  knew 
one  of  the  company,  a  girl,  gently  raised  like  herself,  who  was 
widowed,  and  who  left  the  scalped  body  of  her  young  husband 
behind  her  on  the  plains.  And  his  brother  took  her,  without 
benefit  of  clergy,  because  there  were  no  clergy,  and  because  she 
had  young  children,  and  needed  a  man. 

This  was  after  the  days  of  the  Spanish  sheep  ranches,  and 
after  the  days  of  the  padres.  But  there  were  Indians,  and 
wolves  and  floods  in  California,  when  they  found  it.  She  slept 
in  a  rough  bed  whose  leg  bore  a  notch,  for  which  the  once  white 
and  ringed  hand  felt  often  during  the  night.  When  the  river 
waters  crept  up  to  that  notch,  it  was  time  to  rouse  the  children 
and  climb  to  the  roof.  She  climbed  to  the  roof  with  the  child- 
ren when  my  grandfather  was  late  in  returning  from  town,  too, 
because  the  noises  of  wolves  and  coyotes  frightened  them.  She 
saw  the  gold  devour  men  far  more  cruelly  than  the  wolves,  and 
not  ten  years  ago  her  grand-daughter  talked  to  the  white-headed 
man  who  was  laughed  at,  in  the  first  rough  state  legislature  in 
Benicia,  because  he  said  that  wheat  and  fruit  orchards  should 
be  planted,  and  would  some  day  make  the  new  State  far  more 
famous  than  did  the  gold.  She  saw  the  railways  come,  and 
the  cities  spread  over  the  hills,  and  the  harbor  flung  open  as  a 
gateway  to  the  Orient. 

San  Francisco  was  a  mere  group  of  wooden  shanties.  But 
there  must  have  been  a  glamour  over  it  even  then.  The  new 
world  was  so  bright,  said  my  grandmother,  the  sky  so  blue  and 
high,  the  air  so  gloriously  intoxicating.  It  was  wonderful  to 
,have  the  whole  long  summer  go  by  without  a  single  day  of 
'heavy  and  smothering  heat:  it  was  wonderful  to  have  the  winter 
;mild  and  soft,  to  pick  sweet  peas  in  November,  and  poppies  in 
February.  Her  husband  farmed,  mined  and  became  rich.  She 
I  rejoiced  with  him  when  the  railroad  came;  she  took  the  days 
of  the  vigilante  committee  calmly  for  granted.  Los  Angeles 
was  not,  Sacramento  was  a  mining  camp ;  but  there  was  the  tiny 
beginning  of  a  social  set  in  San  Francisco,  and  there  was  a  con- 


vent school  for  girls  in  Marysville.  She  drove  in  her  own  open 
carriage,  and  entertained  in  her  old  bay-windowed  house  in 
Geary  street  the  homesick  wives  of  miners  when  they  came  to 
the  city. 

But  gold  was  a  first  love  with  the  early  Californians,  and  they 
followed  the  gold.  Wherever  the  feverish  rumor  flew,  they  hur- 
ried after.  They  left  homes  and  wives  and  children  to  flock  in- 
to the  mountains,  and  many  of  them  never  found  anything  but 
thirst  and  hunger,  and  left  only  their  bones  to  tell  the  story. 
Meanwhile  the  city  property  that  in  itself  was  worth  a  gold 
mine,  or  the  unfilled  fields  that  were  some  day  to  feed  half  the 
world,  lay  neglected.  Even  after  this  time  gold  played  an 
important  part  in  the  history  of  the  State.  In  1870  everybody 
in  San  Francisco  was  buying  silver  stock  in  the  Nevada  mines. 
One  of  these  mines  produced  three  hundred  million  dollars' 
worth  of  ore  in  eighteen  years.  The  mere  figures  were  enough 
to  drive  sober  reason  from  one's  head.  Car  conductors,  sober 
young  wives,  little  seamstresses,  rich  and  poor,  wise  and  un- 
wise, they  flung  whatever  they  had  madly  into  the  game,  in- 
indeed  they  flung  more  than  they  had. 

Nothing  else  interested  the  city  while  this  mad  fever  burned 
it.  Strangers  talked  eagerly  and  nervously  in  the  streets,  to- 
day's beggar  was  to-morrow's  millionaire.  The  terrible  ques- 
tion of  holding  or  selling  turned  men's  hair  white,  and  broke 
them  on  the  wheel.  This  one,  hitherto  respected,  successful, 
happy,  put  a  shot  through  his  brains ;  that  one  reeled  home,  and 
sat  for  dazed  hours  in  the  bay-windowed  parlor  and  looked 
mutely  at  the  silk-clad,  confident  wife  and  the  pretty  daughter 
just  freed  from  high  school,  and  the  retinue  of  sympathetic 
maids,  ruined,  and  more  than  ruined.  Even  to-day  in  the  city, 
a  busy  young  stenographer  or  a  school  teacher,  will  point  you 
out  a  business  block  teeming  with  prosperous  life,  with  the 
philosophical  smile  that  is  characteristic  of  the  Californian: 
"That  belonged  to  my  father  before  the  silver  slump!" — From 
January  American  Magazine. 


DOWNTOWN  GALLERIES. 

Three  private  collections  are  now  hanging  in  the  Hill  Toler- 
ton  print  rooms  on  Sutter  street,  the  exhibition  by  old  Spanish 
masters  proving  the  most  attractive.  This  collection  numbers 
about  twenty-five  pieces  and  includes  canvases  by  Goya,  Coello, 
de  Morales,  de  Moya,  La  Cruz,  Zurbaran  and  other  famous  old 
Spanish  masters.  The  exhibition  of  monotypes  in  color  of  Ori- 
ental scenes  by  Carel  L.  Dake,  Jr.,  gold  medalist  of  the  Expo- 
sition, whose  three  paintings  in  the  Netherlands  building  at- 
tracted great  attenion,  continued  until  January  1st,  as  did  also 
Mary  J.  Coulter's  exhibition  of  exquisite  little  studies  of  Ha- 
waii.   The  volcano  of  Kilauea  is  an  especially  strong  canvas. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 

Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  Sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  697  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


s~°^ — s.      they  stay  white  and  round     \ 

Wdunlop 

N^fiA       GOLF     BALLS 

^^fc-~f]  I  wy  A       CYEN   on   sand  prreons  Punlops  keep   their  paint  ani 

■MrffJ       /^HH                   ',,nv  whitp  fll"1    (,,pnn       TTnfW   hn.rrlpst  sorvifp    Hnn. 

■■Rll      |H§S|         lnrit;  rpmnm  n(-fni:iTn  hpraiiRp  Hip              k  n\  >.<ni,i,-.< 

B9t7  V     l^fl^B        flI1(1  lllf'  cenrer  01  ^'''lvir"v  is  always  at  the  ball  eenter. 

.' W  (L*i?J5tT                 Every   Dunlop    Ball   is   made    in    England 

~{~  T^afi^^A                       Unequalled  for  distance  and  steadiness 

VS^fc^J/  1                      •^J^  y°ur  K°tf  Professional  for  Dunhps 

I^jnjAJ                                                     S'UIO     per    dozen— "5c    each 

fegSggO^             THF.    DUNLOP    RURRF.R    CO..   I.tH 

\\   ri     ^mM^^^                                           Birmingham.    Enalantt 

MJS^^^L^                     Western  Distributor:  K  J.  Keilly       \l\    Geary  5t..  ban  rrancisco 

PL/EASURD'S  WAND 

"Obry  no  wand  but  Pleasure"*." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

B^    Henry   McDonald  Si-encer 


A  kazar 

One  of  the  main  causes  of  complaint  against  the  old- 
fashioned  drama— the  drama  that  existed  in  Europe  until  the 
awakening  of  fifteen  or  twenty  years  ago,  and  which  exists  in 
America  to-day—  is  that  it  takes  its  characters  from  the  stage 
and  not  from  life.  By  not  using  truth  to  life  as  a  basis  of  art, 
it  is  therefore  untrue  to  art.  "For  beauty  is  truth  and  truth 
beauty  ..." 

Thus  when  a  lady  of  that  profession— the  only  one  in  the 
world  in  which  the  services  of  the  amateur  are  valued  more 
highly  than  those  of  the  professional— is  portrayed  on  the  stage, 
she  is  almost  invariably  made  noble  and  self-sacrificing,  that 
the  author  may  win  a  little  cheap  applause  through  "unex- 
pectedness." As  the  Ex-Leading  Lady  expressed  it  to  me  in  her 
more  direct  way:  "Have  you  ever  noticed  how  good  the  'bad' 
women  on  the  stage  always  are?" 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  Magdalen  being  as  a  rule  simply  a  lazy 
and  selfish  moron,  adopts  what  appears  to  her  the  easiest  way 
to  procure  cheap  luxury  and  ease.  Whether  her  way  is  the  most 
successful,  or  not,  I  am  not  prepared  to  say,  as  I  have  never 
been  a  bad  woman ;  I  can  merely  thank  God  that  I  was  not  born 
a  factory  girl  such  as  you  read  about  in  vice  commission  re- 
ports and  other  pornography  propagated  by  smut  hunting  el- 
derly gentlemen. 

Another  favorite  character  of  the  stage  is  the  unselfish  and 
self-sacrificing  millionaire.  As  a  fact  I  believe  that  next  to  the 
very  poor  the  very  rich  are  the  most  selfish  and  suspicious  class 
in  the  world.  A  rich  man  must  always  more  or  less  suspect 
the  good  faith  of  those  who  make  up  to  him,  and  think  that  his 
money  is  the  object. 

In  "Never  Say  Die",  now  playing  at  the  Alcazar,  an  Ameri- 
can millionaire  condemned  by  the  doctors  to  die,  assists  the 
fiance  of  the  young  lady  with  whom  he  is  in  love;  and  subse- 
quently, when  the  young  person's  mother  loses  her  money,  he 
marries  the  girl  that  he  may  decently  leave  her  his  fortune. 
Needless  to  say,  the  millionaire  recovers,  thus  the  complication. 
Up  to  this  point  the  story  is  plausible  enough,  but  even  in  a 
comedy  bordering  on  farce  your  sense  of  verisimilitude  is  out- 
raged when  the  gentleman  berates  himself  for  failing  to  fulfill 
his  pact  of  death  and  supplies  evidence  by  which  his  wife  in 
name  only  may  get  a  divorce. 

_  Now  I  submit  that  when  any  sane  man  felt  the  resurging  of 
life  and  health  within  him  he  would  have  frankly  explained  the 
situation  to  his  wife  and  left  the  solution  to  her.  But  that 
story  would  have  been  more  difficult  apparently  for  the  play- 
wright to  popularize — thus  the  "easiest  way"  commends  itself 
to  the  author  as  well  as  to  Anonyma. 

As  I  have  frequently  maintained,  John  Halliday  is  at  his 
best  in  light  comedy  or  farce  roles,  and  easily  scored  one  of  his 
most  pronounced  successes  of  the  season  as  Dionysius  Wood- 
bury, the  god-like  millionaire.  I  was  glad  to  see  Eva  Lang 
back,  looking  ever  so  much  better  than  before  her  vacation,  and 
a  little  plumper,  which  is  very  becoming  to  her.  Evidently  the 
strain  of  learning  ninety  to  a  hundred  sides  a  week  is  rather  too 
much  as  a  steady  diet  for  this  highly  strung  young  woman. 

Henry  Shumer,  as  always,  made  his  part  stand  out,  though 
he  had  only  a  "bit"  as  the  unctuous  Harley  Street  London  phy- 
sician with  highly  developed  side  whiskers.  Luce  gave  us  an 
unexpectedly  sympathetic  rendering  of  the  devoted  valet. 

Why,  oh  why,  Mr.  Belasco,  does  your  excellent  stock  com- 
pany have  to  be  broken  up  ? 

*  *  * 
Heard  at  the  Orpheum  Last  Year 

— "Ladies  and  gentlemen,  with  your  kind  permission,  I'll 
sing  you  a  little  bong  of  my  own  composition  entitled  ..." 

— "I'd  like  to  stay  here  and  entertain  you  all  afternoon,  but 
there  are  other  acts  on  the  bill." 


— "This  is  my  mother." 

—"You'll  get  it  after  a  while." 

— "Now  here's  a  good  one." 

— "Some  one  has  been  feeding  you  meat." 

— "All  right,  Ray,  give  me  a  chord." 

— "Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  cannot  tell  you  how  happy  you 
make  me  feel  by  your  kind  applause." 

— "I  am  sorry  to  say  that  my  partner  is  sick  this  afternoon,  so 
I  shall  have  to  endeavor  to  entertain  you  alone."  (Partner  en- 
ters, simulating  a  jag).  "How  dare  you  come  here  in  this  con- 
dition?" 

— "Now,  when  I  come  on,  Ray,  I'll  say  to  you,  ' ', 

and  you'll  say  to  me,  ' '.     Do  you  get  that,  Ray?" 

— "Where  do  you  get  that  stuff?" 

— "What's  the  big  idea?" 

—"Say,  are  you  singing  this  song,  or  am  I?" 

— "I  went  into  a  saloon  this  morning  to  get  my  breakfast, 
and  who  do  you  suppose  I  met?" 

—  (Male  performer  lifting  lady  partner's  skirt) — "How's  the 
view  from  the  trenches?" 

— "Well,  why  don't  you  applaud?" 

—  (Performer  in  song  and  dance  team,  after  listening  to  part- 
ner sing) — -"Say,  if  you  had  a  wooden  leg  you'd  starve  to 
death."    (Answer) — "If  it  wasn't  for  me  you'd  starve  anyway." 

— "Just  to  prove  to  you  that  we're  on  the  square."  (Enter 
five  year  old  child  from  wings.) 

*  *  * 

I  have  been  asked  to  give  my  ideal  programme  selected  from 
the  Orpheum  bills  of  1916,  and  I  append  the  subjoined  made 
from  memory.  I  assume  that  the  acts  I  remember  made  the 
greatest  impression  on  me,  and  therefore,  when  the  impression 
is  pleasant,  are  the  best  in  my  opinion.  This  bill  does  not  take 
into  consideration  either  time  or  cost: 

1 — Sumurun;  2 — Fanny  Brice;  3 — Fritzi  Scheff;  4 — Wilfred 
Clarke  &  Co.  in  "Who  Owns  the  Flat?";  5— Nat  Wills;  6— The 
Sharrocks  in  "Behind  the  Grand  Stand";  7 — Clarke  and  Hamil- 
ton in  "A  Wayward  Conceit";  8 — Lily  Langtry  in  "Ashes." 

Incidentally  this  programme  would  break  the  Orpheum,  and 
run  over  three  hours. 


Pantages 

Pantages  gets  off  to  a  good  start  for  the  New  Year  with  a 
lively  and  entertaining  bill.  The  gem  of  the  program  in  my 
opinion  is  the  act  of  the  "Betting  Bettys",  who  present  a  racy 
and  racing  musical  comedietta  with  a  half-dozen  hand-picked 
Bettinas,  who  are  as  lovely  as  magazine  cover  girls.  Besides 
these  extremely  attractive  young  women  there  is  a  real  come- 
dian and  a  prima  donna,  v/ho  can  really  sing,  besides  putting 
over  comedy  characterizations,  all  of  which  is  somewhat  un- 
usual. 

The  headliners  are  the  London  Singing  Bellringers,  but  I 
must  confess  that  I  should  have  preferred  them  to  have  used 
some  other  instruments  than  church  bells.  These  inevitably  re- 
call the  dreary  Sundays  of  my  early  youth  before  I  read  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  to  my  parents,  and  when  I  was 
lugged  willy-nilly  to  hear  a  white-robed  cleric  expound  the  ob- 
vious. At  that,  however,  the  number  is  a  novelty  to  San  Fran- 
ciscans who  have  sprouted  since  the  days  when  British  bell-ring- 
ers were  in  vogue. 

Smith  and  Kaufman  deliver  the  patter;  while  the  Seymour 
Sisters  do  not  belie  their  name,  and  sing  and  dance  most  agree- 
ably. Sigsbee's  dogs  .  .  .  ;  but  I  haven't  the  heart  to  say  what 
I  think  about  dog  performers;  almost  I  would  prefer  a  xylo- 
phonist. 

Olive  Briscoe  and  Stanley  and  Burns  are  added  for  good 
measure  to  make  an  enjoyable  afternoon  or  evening. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


Muriel  Worth,  Vaudeville's  Versatile  Exponent  of  the  Dance, 
Next  Week  at  the  Orpheum. 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Gives  "Children's"  Concert. 

It  was  a  happy  thought  that  inspired  the  Symphony  mana- 
gers to  give  a  children's  concert  during  the  holiday  season,  if 
for  no  other  reason  than  that  it  was  immensely  enjoyed  by 
many  grown-ups  for  whom  the  ordinary  symphony  selections 
are  too  recondite. 

No  matter  how  much  we  may  appreciate  the  monumental 
work  of  Beethoven,  or  the  involved  technique  of  De  Bussy, 
nevertheless  there  is  a  certain  hankering  in  most  of  us  for  the 
fleshpots  of  melody  occasionally,  and  that  we  were  given  in 
good  measure  last  Thursday  week  at  the  Cort  Theatre. 

For  were  we  not  rendered  the  tuneful  Overture  from  "Fra 
Diavolo"  in  a  manner  I  venture  to  say  that  few  of  us  had  ever 
before  heard?  The  lovely  Finale  from  Haydn's  "G  Major 
Symphony"  also  was  most  appropriate  to  the  Christmas  festi- 
val, and  in  spite  of  its  years  succeeded  in  pleasing  perhaps  best 
of  all. 

And  then,  for  good  measure,  the  Tschaikowsky  "Nutcracker 
Suite,"  recalled  by  an  essential,  if  perhaps  fortuitous,  propriety 
the  period  when  nutcrackers  are  really  used.  It  was  light, 
airy  and  altogether  delightful,  and  was  enjoyed  as  much  by  per- 
formers apparently  as  by  auditors.  This  undoubtedly  was  the 
piece  de  resistance  of  the  menu. 

For  entrees  we  had  Humperdinck's  "Dream  Pantomime"  in- 
formed with  legendary  suggestion;  and  Weingartner's  "Invita- 
tion to  the  Dance"  surely  would  have  brought  a  wooden-legged 
man  to  the  floor. 

The  dessert  might  be  said  to  consist  of  the  "Pizzicato"  Polka 
of  Delibes,  with  "Molly  on  the  Shore",  by  the  weird  Grainger, 


as  a  pousse  cafe.  Altogether  a  most  enjoyable  after- 
noon musically,  if  I  do  state  it  in  terms  of  a  maitre 
d'hotel. 

Advance    Announcements 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  bill  next  week  will  be 
of  particular  excellence,  and  will  introduce  as  one  of 
its  chief  features  Muriel  Worth,  an  American  girl 
who  has  perfected  her  natural  gift  for  the  dance  into 
a  fine  art,  and  whose  success  is  extremely  gratifying 
to  those  who  have  lamented  the  fact  that  Terpsicho- 
rean  art  in  America  is  inclined  to  be  sluggish  in  its 
advancement.  Al.  Shayne  is  now  a  vaudeville  "sin- 
gle," and  modestly  describes  himself  as  "The  Sing- 
ing Beauty."  Ronair,  Ward  and  Farron  will  present 
their  Board  Walk  skit,  "Are  You  Lonesome?"  Its 
scene  represents  the  board  walk  at  Atlantic  City, 
and  with  song,  story  and  dance  two  young  men  who 
are  enjoying  a  vacation  at  the  seashore  prevent  the 
time  of  a  solitary  damsel  from  hanging  heavily  on 
her  hands.  Cecil  Parkes,  violinist,  and  William  Con- 
way, pianist,  will  present  a  delightful  programme. 
The  Stanley  Trio;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jimmie  Barry  in 
"The  Rube" ;  Pat  Rooney  and  Marion  Bent  in  "At  the 
News  Stand",  and  the  Washington  Square  Players' 
comedy  success  "The  Age  of  Reason,"  with  Vivian 
and  Genevieve  Tobin  and  company,  will  complete 
the  programme. 

San  Francisco's  laugh  festival  begins  at  the  Co- 
lumbia Theatre  on  Monday  next,  and  continues  for 
the  balance  of  the  week,  the  mirth  provoking  vehicle 
being  Salisbury  Field  and  Margaret  Mayo's  funniest 
of  all  plays,  "Twin  Beds."  This  play  would  bring  a 
grin  to  the  cast  iron  features  of  a  Calvin.  The  com- 
plications are  intensely  droll  and  the  dialogue  is 
thoroughly  to  the  point.  From  first  to  last  the  acting 
is  said  to  be  most  excellent,  this  season's  company 
being  ahead  of  any  ever  given  the  sparkling  comedy. 
In  the  cast  are  such  well  known  favorites  as  Marguer- 
ite Risser,  Antoinette  Rochte,  Martha  McGraw,  Bess 
Stafford,  J.  Morrill  Morrison,  Louis  Alberni,  William 
Weston,  Warren  Hastings  and  others.  The  seat  sale 
is  now  on.  The  Wednesday  and  Saturday  matinee 
will  be  given  at  "Pop"  prices,  ranging  from  25  cents 
to  $1.  George  M.  Cohan's  new  American  comedy,  "Hit-the- 
Trail  Holliday"  will  be  the  attraction  at  the  Columbia  Theatre, 
commencing  with  Monday,  January  15th.    Frank  Otto  and  Lola 

Merrill  play  the  two  leading  roles. 

*  *  * 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — The  delightful  pro- 
gram given  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  directed 
by  Alfred  Hertz,  last  Friday  afternoon,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  will 
be  repeated  on  January  7th,  as  the  regular  Sunday  concert  of 
the  sixth  pair  of  symphonies.  As  is  customary  at  the  Sunday 
events,  the  prices  will  be  half  those  charged  on  Friday.  The 
Eighth  Symphony  of  Beethoven,  which  represents  that  com- 
poser in  his  most  cheerful  mood,  will  open  the  concert.  The 
second  and  third  act  introductions  of  "Die  Meistersinger"  will 
follow.  The  concluding  number  will  be  the  work  of  Georges 
Enesco,  a  young  Roumanian  composer  who  is  at  present  en- 
grossing the  attention  of  the  music  world.  His  Roumanian 
Rhapsody  in  A  Major  represents  him  at  his  best.  The  fifth 
"pop"  concert  of  the  special  series  being  given  by  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony  is  scheduled  for  Sunday  afternoon,  Jan- 
uary 14th  at  the  Cort.     The  program  will  include  the  "Tann- 


January  6.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


hauser"  overture.  "Fra  Diavolo"  overture.  "L'Arlesicnne"  suite. 
"Danse  Macabre."  and  "On  the  Moldau  River."  Julia  Culp 
will  be  the  soloist  with  the  orchestra  for  the  seventh  pair  of 

regular  symphonies,  to  be  given  January  19th  and  21st 

•  •  • 

Pjntdges. — Hardeen.  King  of  all  Hand-Cuff  Kings,  and  as 
riously  entertaining  as  all  of  his  old  friends  will  remem- 
ber him  to  have  been  in  the  past,  will  appear  as  the  headliner 
for  the  coming  week,  starting  Sunday  matinee  at  the  Pantages. 
His  famous  strait  jacket  and  milk-can  tricks  still  continue  to 
baffle,  and  his  box  mystery  is  a  feature  deserving  of  special 
mention.  Joe  Whitehead,  past  master  in  the  "nut"  comedy  line 
of  entertainment,  promiset  to  keep  you  amused  every  second. 
Mr.  John  T.  Doyle  will  offer  a  brand  new  comedy-dramatic 
sketch.  "The  Danger  Line."  An  especially  novel  act  is  pre- 
sented by  Howard  and  Ross,  being  the  unusual  combination  of 
banjo  playing  and  juggling  and  operatic  singing.  The  trio  of 
Wood.  Melville  and  Phillips,  in  a  snappy  potpourri  of  song  and 
story,  consists  of  Evelyn  Phillips,  in  new  and  intricate  dancing 
steps;  Charley  Wood,  comedian  and  Jay  Melville.  Osaki  Japs, 
Novelty  Oriental  Wonder  Workers,  offer  a  very  clever  and  in- 
teresting trapeze  act.  The  tenth  chapter  of  the  Lass  of  the 
Lumberlands,  the  picture  serial,  will  be  the  screen  attraction. 


CHAMBER   OF   COMMERCE   MAKES   BIG   HIT. 

President  Frederick  J.  Koster  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
has  been  obliged  to  change  his  plans  in  regard  to  addressing  a 
number  of  Chambers  of  Commerce  in  Eastern  cities  that  had 
invited  him  to  address  them  on  the  successful  lines  he  em- 
ployed in  winning,  at  the  iast  election,  the  referendum  against 
union  labor  picketing.  Eastern  business  men  regard  his  work 
in  this  line  as  of  such  great  importance  that  many  telegrams 
and  letters  were  sent  him  asking  for  details.  Among  other  bod- 
ies of  business  men  he  was  scheduled  to  address  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  the  U.  S.  A.  Gen- 
eral Manager  Robert  N.  Lynch  will  represent  the  local  cham- 
ber of  commerce  in  his  stead,  and  give  the  details  of  how  the 
campaign  against  picketing  was  so  successfully  accomplished. 
Mr.  Lynch  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  details.  He  is  also 
an  encyclopedia  on  the  handling  of  the  complicated  affairs  of 
an  up-to-date  successful  chamber  of  commerce,  and  will  also 
in  his  visits  to  Eastern  chambers  of  commerce  do  some  excel- 
lent missionary  work  in  this  line.  Under  the  vigorous  efforts  of 
the  present  management  the  local  chamber  of  commerce  now 
carries  the  banner  recording  the  largest  membership  of  any 
chamber  of  commerce  in  the  Americas. 


-It  is  a  social  aspirant  who  tears  off  the  following  cry : 
It's  really  more  than  average  bad — 

Society. 
It  makes  the  godly  preacher  sad — 

Society. 
It's  all  extravagance  and  sin; 
Its  antics  make  the  devil  grin; 
Oh,  don't  I  wish  I  could  get  in 

Society. 


TETRAZZINI  NO  Mr. 

In  a  recent  interview.  Ettore  Patrizi,  operatic  sponso: 
editor  of  "L'ltalia,"  relates  many  interesting 
six  months'  visit  in  Italy.    "At  Milano  I  encountered  out 
Luisa  Tetrazzini.    She  is  a  changed  woman.    She  is  as  trim  and 
fresh  as  a  girl.    And  she  says  she  owes  it  all  to  a  California 
recipe  given  her  by  Mabel  Riegelman.  Tetrazzini  has  devoted 
her  Lago  Maggiore  villa  to  the  Red  Cross  hospital  service,  and 
she  has  subscribed  for  $200,000  of  the  Italian  war  loan.    She 
does  not  sing  any  more.    The  war  has  saddened  her  to  silence. 
She  told  me  that  she  tried  for  a  time  to  sing  for  war  charities, 
but  failed  because  her  voice  would  choke  with  tears." 


The  management  of  the  big  Winter  Garden  Ice  Rink  will 

give  another  extraordinary  entertainment  next  week.  One  of 
the  several  features  will  be  an  exciting  hockey  contest  on  the 
ice  between  the  crack  clubs,  the  Pacific  and  the  Indoor  Yacht 
teams.  The  two  star  skaters,  Helen  Davidson  and  Miss  Ray 
Collins,  the  world's  best  exponents  in  this  line,  give  a  thrilling 
exhibition  of  their  art. 


"My  poor  woman."  said  the  settlement  worker,  "what  can 

I  do  to  relieve  your  distress?"  "Can  you  sing,  ma'am?"  "Why 
— er — a  little."  "I  wish  you'd  sing  some  of  the  new  ragtime 
songs,  ma'am.  Me  and  my  husband  ain't  been  to  a  cabaret  in 
two  years." 


Go  to  the 

THE  A  TRE  ST.  FRANCIS 

Geary  Street  at  Powell 

FIRST-CLASS  ORCHESTRA    FIRST-CLASS  PICTURES 


WINTErfjiARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 
J  CK    /?  Tf\f  K  Pl,°ne  w«"  363 

1   Kj  Hi      HI  ly  IV    Sutler  and  Pierce  Sb. 
GENERAL    ADMISSION    2S    CENTS 
GENERAL   SKATING    LESSONS  - 


Events  for  Next  Week 
Tuesday  Night— HOCKEY 
Pacifies  ys.  Indoor  Yacht 

Real  Skating    Lessons 
50c.  per   Half   Hour 


■  $1  Per  Hour  —  Half  Hour  600. 


lCLYltCLQCS         1  rlCCLtVC  Market  st™et  Opposite  Maion 

Commencing-  Sunday  matinee,  January  7th. 

STRONG  VAUDEVILLE  BILL 
HARDEEN,  King  of  Handcuffs;   HOWARD  &  ROSS:  JOE  WHITE- 
ST,^I°TOD'    MELVILLE   &    PHILLIPS;    OSIKA   JAPS       LASS 
OF  THE  LUMBERLANDS,    Chapter  Ten.     Extra  Added    Feature— 
JOHN  T.  DOYLE  &  CO..  in  "THE  DANGER  LINE." 


Columbia   Theatre  ^W'.srfi53f«.. 

Phone  Franklin  l.r>0- 
ONE    WEEK.    BEGINNING    MONDAY    NIGHT,    JANUARY    STH 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  "Pop"  Prices— 25c.  to  SI     Re- 
turn of  last  season's  biggest  hit. 

"TWINBEDS" 
The  funniest  play  in  the  whole  world.    Evenings,  25c.,  50c,  75c.  $1, 
$1.50. 
January  15th— "HIT-THE-TRAIL  HOLLIDAY." 


A  shabby  old  cottage  on  the  outskirts  of  a  village  was      KyVlOlVeiA/TYl 

suddenly  transformed  by  paint  and  paper  into  an  attractive 
little  house,  and  a  summer  resident  of  the  place,  who  knew  the 
occupants  to  be  a  poor  v/idow  and  her  ne'er-do-well  son,  was 
curious  about  the  change.  He  inquired  about  it  at  the  gate. 
"Yes,  sir,"  replied  the  old  lady,  smilingly,  "my  son's  in  work 
now.  Makes  good  money,  he  does,  too.  All  he  has  to  do  is  to 
go  twice  to  the  circus  every  day  and  put  his  head  in  the  lion's 
mouth.    The  rest  of  the  time  he  has  to  himself."- — Tit-Bits. 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 
SUNDAY      AFTERNOON.      MATINEE 


Johnny  stood  beside  his  mother  as  she  made  her  selec- 
tion from  the  huckster's  wagon,  and  the  farmer  told  the  boy  to 
take  a  handful  of  cherries,  but  the  child  shook  his  head.  "What 
is  the  matter?  Don't  you  like  them?"  asked  the  huckster. 
"Yes,"  replied  Johnny.  "Then  go  ahead  and  take  some." 
Johnny  hesitated,  whereupon  the  farmer  put  a  generous  hand- 
ful in  the  boy's  cap.  After  the  farmer  had  driven  on,  the 
mother  asked :  "Why  didn't  you  take  the  cherries  when  he  told 
you  to  ?"  "  'Cause  his  hand  was  bigger'n  mine." — Christian 
Register. 


Week      beginning      THIS 
EVERY"  DAY". 

EXCEPTIONAL  VAUDEVILLE 
MURIEL  WORTH.  Vaudeville's  Versatile  Exponent  of  the  Dance; 
AL.  SHAYNE,  "The  Singing  Beauty;"  RONAIR.  WARD  &  FAR- 
RON.  Playing  the  Board  Walk  Skit,  "Are  You  Lonesome;"  CECIL 
PARKES.  the  Phenomenal  Boy  Violinist,  and  WILLIAM  CONWAY, 
the  brilliant  Pianist;  STAN  STANLEY  and  His  Relatives;  MR.  and 
MRS.  JIMMIE  BARRY  in  "The  Rube;"  PAT  ROONEY  &  MARION 
BENT,  in  "At  the  News  Stand;"  "THE  AGE  OF  REASON."  with 
Vivian  and   Genevieve  Tobin. 

Evening  prices — 10c.    25c.    50c,    75c.      Matinee   prices    (except   Sun- 
days and  holidays).  10c.  25c,  50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

6TH    SUNDAY    SYM- 
PHONY CONCERT 

CORT    THEATRE 

SUNDAY,  JAN.  7, 
At    2:30    Sharp. 

PROGRAM — Beethoven,    Symphony    No.    8.    Op.    93;    Humperdinck. 
"Die  Konigskinder"  (introductions  to  Acts  2  and  3);  Georges  El 
Rhapsody  Rouniaine.   No.   1,   A  Major,  Op.  11. 
Prices— Sunday,    60c,    75c,    ?1;    box   and  loge  seats,   $1.50.     Ti 
at  Sherman,  Clay  ."*.-  Co.'s.  except  concert  day;  at  Oort  Tb  atra  con- 
cert day  only. 
NEXT— JAN.  14— RTH  "POP"   CONCERT. 


ORCHESTRA 

ALmcaHcRTZ Conductor. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


SOCMr 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

KNOWLAND-LION, — The  engagement  of  Miss  Eleanor  Knowland,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  R.  Knowland,  former  Congressman,  to  Edgar  Holmes 
Lions,  was  announced  December  30th. 

MEHERIN-MEEK.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  D.  Merrill  Tuesday  announced 
the  engagement  of  Mrs.  Merrill's  sister.  Miss  Marguerite  Meherin,  and 
Harold  Meek,  son  of  Mrs.  Harry  W.  Meek  of  Hayward,  and  brother 
of  Mrs.  Stuart  Hawley  (Harriet  Meek).  The  wedding  will  take  place 
the  first  week  in  February. 

NICKEL-BOWLJIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Leroy  Nickel  formally  announced 
the  engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Beatrice  Nickel,  and  George 
McNear  Bowles,  son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Philip  E.  Bowles  of  Oakland. 

SANDS-MTJLXJN.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  J.  Sands  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  daughter,  Miss  Lorraine  Sands,  to  George  H.  Mullin, 
son  of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  George  Mullin  of  this  city. 

SOLOMONS-LILIENTHAL.— Miss    Katherine    Solomons    made      the      an- 
nouncement   of    her   betrothal    to    Arthur    Lilienthal    upon    her    return 
from  the  East,  where  she  has  been  passing  several  weeks.    Miss  Solo- 
mons is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lucius  L.   Solomons. 
WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

EICKHOFF-WEST. — Miss  Thc-kla  Eickhoff,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  Eickhoff,  will  become  the  bride  of  "William  Mortan  West  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  January  10th.  The  ceremony  will  be  performed 
in  El  Paso,  Tex. 

WEDDING   ANNIVERSARIES. 

LYMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Lyman  had  the  pleasure  of  celebrating 
their  wooden  wedding  December  28th,  by  having  a  dinner  party  at 
their  home.  Mrs.  Lyman  was  Miss  Dorothy  Van  Sicklen,  a  belle  of 
Alameda. 

WEDDINGS. 

DRIVER-ROCK. — A  wedding  of  interest  to  San  Francisco  society  is  that 
of  Miss  Ruth  Driver,  the  attractive  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Driver,  and  Jack  Rock,  which  was  solemnized  January  1st  at  the  home 
of  the  bride  in  Montecito. 

VAN  WINKLE-SMITH. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Evelyn  Van  Winkle  to  John 
J.  Smith  took  place  Tuesday  evening  at  8:30  o'clock  in  Calvary  Pres- 
byterian Church,  Dr.  Josiah  Sibley  officiating. 
LUNCHEONS. 

HENDRICKS. — Miss  Gretchen  Hendricks,  the  attractive  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  T.  Hendricks,  was  hostess  a  few  days  ago  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  Town  and  Country  Club. 

IIOHENLOHE. — Complimenting  Prince  and  Princess  Hohenlohe,  John 
Parrott  gave  a  luncheon  Tuesday  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

TOTTER. — Mrs.  Ashton  Potter  was  hostess  Wednesday  at  a  luncheon  at 
her  home  in  Washington  street. 

WELCH. — Miss  Verda  Welch  was  the  complimented  guest  at  a  handsomely 
appointed  luncheon  given  December  2Sth  by  Mrs.  William  Taylor  at 
her  home  on  Pierce  street. 

DINNERS. 

ADAMS. — Mrs.  John  Charles  Adams  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  dance  at  her 
home  on  Adams'  Point,  Oakland,  Tuesday  night. 

BLACK. — For  the  pleasure  of  their  son,  Alan  Black,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James 
A.  Black  presided  at  a  dinner,  followed  by  dancing,  December  29th. 

EVANS. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Evans  dispensed  their  hospitality  at  a 
dinner  Monday.  The  honor  guest  was  Dr.  Llewellys  F.  Barker  of  Bal- 
timore, Md. 

McNEAR. — Miss  Louise  McNear  will  be  a  dinner  hostess  this  evening,  en- 
tertaining at  the  Clift  Hotel.  Afterwards  the  party  will  proceed  to 
Century  Hall  to  enjoy  the  dance  to  be  given  by  "The  Neighbors." 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  entertained  at  dinner  December  29th. 

MILLER. — An  informal  dinner  dance  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H,  M.  A. 
Miller  on  Monday  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  On  this  occasion  they 
entertained  the  friends  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Flora  Miller. 

PATIGIAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haig  Patigian  entertained  at  a  dinner  party 
December  30th. 

SPLIVALO. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  Splivalo  gave  a  dinner  Sunday  even- 
ing for  Miss  Ruby  Bond,  who  has  recently  returned  from  New   York. 

STONE. — Miss  Jennie  Stone  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  last  Thursday  at  the 
Palace  Hotel,  the  party  sharing  in  the  pleasure  of  the  dancing. 

TUCKER. — Nion  Tucker  gave  a  dinner  New  Year's  eve  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Hotel,  entertaining  in  honor  of  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young. 

VAN  SICKLEN. — Misses  Ruth  Zeile,  Mary  Louise  Black  and  Gertrude 
Hopkins,  Kenneth  Monteagle  and  Corbet  Moody  were  the  guests  of 
Frederick  Van  Sicklen  at  dinner  December  29th. 

YEACH. — William  B.  T.  Veach  gave  a  dinner  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel 
on  Monday  night  in  honor  of  his  sister.  Miss  Florence  Veach  of  Sac- 
ramento. 

WHITON. — On   January   1st,    Miss   Emma   K.    Whiton    entertained    at   an 
elaborate  dinner  party  at  her  home  on  Grove  street,  Berkeley. 
TEAS. 

ARNOLD. — Miss  Bernice  Arnold,  the  fiancee  of  Lieutenant  George  Nathan 
Barker,  U.  S.  N.,  was  the  guest  of  honor  on  New  Year's  day  at  a 
tea  given  by  Miss  Minerva  Lovell  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mansfield  Lovell. 

EBERTS. — In  honor  of  Miss  Maryly  Krusi,  whose  engagement  to  Wyman 
Taylor  was  announced  in  Alameda  a  couple  of  weeks  ago,  Miss  Carol 
Eberts  will  entertain  on   the  afternoon   of  January  12th. 

ROSBOROUGH. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Rosborough  give  a  tea  on  Sunday 
in  compliment  to  the  I.  L.  Neilsons. 


MERR1AM. — Captain   Henry  C.   Merriam  of  the  United  States  Army  was 
the  guest  of  honor  at  an  informal  tea.  at  which  Captain  and  Mrs.  Jar- 
ius  Moore  were  the  hosts  Wednesday  afternoon-. 
BRIDGE. 

DAVIS. — Invitations  have  been  issued  by  Mrs,  Richmond  P.  Davis  for  a 
luncheon  and  bridge  for  Friday  afternoon,  January  12th,  as  a  com- 
pliment to  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell. 

JOYCE. — A  coterie  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Kenyon 
Joyce  at  a  bridge  tea  last  Friday. 

OLDS. — Cards  have  been  sent  out  by  Miss  Helen  Olds  for  a  bridge  tea 
to  be  given  at  her  Piedmont  home  on  the  afternoon  of  January  13th. 

PARKER. — On  January  9th  Miss  Elinor  Parker  will  entertain  fifty  friends 
with  a  bridge  party  in  honor  of  Miss  Clarissa  Lohse,  who  will  become 
the  bride  of  Alfred  Ghirardelli,  in  June. 

REID. — As    a    farewell    compliment   to   Mrs.    Robert  Allen   Reid,    who   will 
leave  later  in  the  week  for  the  East,  Mrs.  Gailliard  Stoney  presided 
at  a  bridge  party  Wednesday  afternoon  at  her  home  on  Jackson  street. 
PARTIES. 

DERBY.— The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Hasket  Derby  on  Gough 
street  was  the  scene  of  a  merry  gathering  of  friends,  about  fifty  in 
all  having  dropped  in  for  their  eggnogg  party. 

DE  YOUNG. — Two  hundred  young  people  danced  the  old  year  away  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young  in  California  street.  The 
guests  were  the  friends  of  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young,  who  is  leaving  Jan- 
uary 8th  for  New  York  to  spend  the  balance  of  the  winter. 

EHRMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidney  Ehrman  were  hosts  Sunday  night  to 
about  a  hundred  and  fifty  friends  at  a  supper  dance  at  their  home  in 
Broadway. 

FELTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  N.  Felton's  home  on  California  street 
was  the  setting  for  an  eggnogg  party  January  1st. 

MEJIA. — A  pleasurable  affair  of  Sunday  evening  was  the  dinner  given 
by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Encarnacion  Mejia  and  their  daughters,  Misses  El- 
vira and  Coralia  Mejia. 

MENDELL. — An  eggnogg  party  that  brought  together  an  equal  number 
of  friends  was  held  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Men- 
dell,  Jr.,  on  Pacific  avenue. 

MILLER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller  entertained  a  group  of  the 
friends  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Flora  Miller,  at  an  informal  eggnogg 
party  January  1st,  in  their  apartment  at  California  and  Powell  streets. 

PHILLIPS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  J.  Phillips  had  a  party  of  about  thirty 
friends  with  them  New  Year's  eve  to  greet  the  young  1917  at  their 
home,  504  Belvedere  avenue. 

PLUMMER. — As  a  charming  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Plum- 
mer,  who  are  visiting  in  San  Francisco  from  their  home  in  Los  An- 
geles, Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Polhemus  were  hosts  at  an  elaborate  eggnog 
party  January  1st. 

VINCENT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Germaine  Vincent  gave  an  eggnog  party  Janu- 
ary 1st  at  their  home  on  Washington  street. 

WYMORE. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  W.  Wymore  were  hosts  at  an  eggnog 
party  January  1st,  their  hospitable  home  having  brought  together 
nearly  one  hundred  guests. 

WHEELER. — The   home   of   Mr.    and   Mrs,    Charles    Stetson   Wheeler,    on 
Broadway,  was  the  scene  of  another  merry  eggnog  party,  with  a  large 
number  of  their  friends   calling  during  the  afternoon  of  January  1st. 
DANCES. 

EHRMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sydney  Ehrman  were  hosts  at  a  charmingly 
informal  dance,  one  hundred  guests  having  assembled  at  their  home 
on  Broadway  to  herald  in  the  new  year. 

HAVENS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wickham  Havens  entertained  about  a  hundred 
of  the  younger  set  Tuesday  evening  at  a  dancing  party  in  honor  of 
their  daughter,  Miss  Sally  Havens.  The  affair  took  place  at  the 
Hotel  Oakland. 

JACKLING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  C.  Jackling  will  give  a  dancing  party  to- 
night in  honor  of  Miss  Marie  Louise  Black. 

MARTIN. — One  of  the  prettiest  affairs  of  Christmas  day  was  the  dancing 
party  given  by  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  at  her  Broadway  home. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking   the   beautiful   Plaza    of   Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


January  6,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


DECEPTIONS 


:!   Mr*. 

Iiinnu,  Iv  1  ■ 

r  80th. 
In  t)  • 

ll  daughter,   I 
it  their  Cl&remont  homo 
in   h  Arnold.    \\  ho  ri  want 

-  - ,   i '    S    N     vai  announi  ■  -1  recently. 
MAitriN.    Mrs.  kumikm  Martin  IbUowed  ■  custom  that  ibaerved 

tin   niany  years   hy   holding   "open   hODSe"   on    New    I  m    her 

Broadway  home. 

ARRIVALS. 
BROOKS      Mrs.   John   Brooke  and   H  •    arrived   tills  week 

New  York,  and  are  slopping  at  the  FnJrmont   I 
CBOCKJBH     Mr.  and  lira  Chartea  Templeton  Crocker  and  Mrs.  C 

arlch    Kohl   arrh  •    80th    from    NYw    York,   ami    wi-nl    at   0nC8 

to  the  Crocker  home  at  Ban  liateo.    They  have  been  East  for  several 

weeks. 
LEWIS. — Mrs.  Allen   Lewis  has  arrived  from   her  home   in    Portlani 

and    Is    receiving    the    warmest   of   greetings    from    her    host    of    Sail 

Francisco  friends. 
BPRAQUB.— Ifr.    and    Mrs.    Richard    Sprague    have    returned    to   California 

after  a  delightful  trip  through  the  South  and  East. 

DEPARTURES. 

BABCOCK.— Mr,  and  Mrs.  William  Babcock  left  December  29th  for  Coro- 
nado  t->  .spend  the  New  Tear  holidays  and  will  remain  south  about  two 
weeks, 

MoCULLOUGH.— Mr,  and  Mrs  Lloyd  McCullough  returned  to  San  Fran- 
cisco Christmas  eve  after  a  visit  to  New  York,  and  left  December  89th 

for  Coronado   to  spend    New    Year's. 
1*CPE. — Mrs.   Francis  Pope  has  joined  Major  Tope,   U.  S.  A.,   at  Fort   Sam 

Houston,    Texas,   after  a  visit  with   Mr.   and   Mrs,   Albert   Edward  Gil- 
lespie at  their  home  in  Clay  street. 
ROLPH, — Mayor  and  Mrs.  James  Rolph.  Jr..  left  last  Saturday  afternoon 

for  San  Diego,  where  they  are  spending  the  holiday. 
INTIMATIONS. 
BOWMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Bowman,  whose  wedding  took  place 

in  Oakland  Sunday  afternoon,  have  gone  south  on  their  honeymoon, 

and  about  the  middle  of  the  month  will  go  up  to  Tonopah,  where  they 

will    make   their   home. 
BAKER. — Mrs.  Thomas  Baker  is  enjoying  the  New  Year's  season  at  Del 

Monte,  where  she  is  taking  part  in   the  golf  tournament. 
CROCKER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  "William   H.   Crocker  spent  the  holidays  at  Del 

Monte. 
GAGE. — J.    Charles   Gage    has    arrived    here    from   Winnipeg    to    join    Mrs. 

Gage,  who  has  been  here  several  months.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gage  have 

taken  the  Howard  Yerington  house  at  Sea  Cliff,  and  will  remain  in 

San   Francisco   until   the   early  summer. 
HATHAWAY". — Mr.    and    Mrs.    William    Lee    Hathaway    entertained    at    a 

holiday   party   over    New    Year's,    at    their    country   place    at    Pebble 

Beach. 
(I  ENS  HAW. — A  group  of  the   younger  set  from   Oakland,   with   Mr.   and 

Mrs.   Fritz  T.   Henshaw,   passed  the  holiday  at  the  summer  home  of 

Roger  Haynes  in   Lagunitas, 
JONES. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    Edgar   Axton   Jones   joined   the   holiday  group   at 

Del  Monte  last  week. 
MACOMBER. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    A.   King   Macomber   were   hosts   at   a   house 

party  over   the  week-end. 
NEILSON. — Lieutenant  and  Mrs.   J.   Leroy  Neilson   leave   next  week   for 

San  Pedro,  where  they  will  be  stationed  for  a  year  or  so.    Mr.  Neilson 

is  in   command  of  the  submarineH-1. 
PETERS. — Mrs.  J.   D.  Petetrs  and  Miss  Anne  Peters,  who  went  to  their 

home  at  Stockton  for  Christmas,  returned  to  San  Francisco,  and  are  at 

the  Fairmont. 
PARROTT. — John  Parrott,   Sr.,  with  his  sons,  Francis  and  Stephen  Par- 

rott,  have  joined  Mrs.  Parrott  in  New  York  for  the  holidays. 
SEYMOUR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Seymour,  who  have  been  spending  the 

winter  at  one  of  the  local  hotels,   have  gone  to  their  ranch  at  Glen 

Ellen  to  spend  New  Year's  Day. 
SAHLEIN. — Mrs.    Henry    Sahlein    is    visiting   her   daughter,    Mrs.    Edgar 

Schwabacher,  at  her  home  in  Seattle. 
SHORES. — Dr.   and  Mrs.   Frank  W.   Shores,   of  Oakland,  who  have  been 

traveling  in  the  South  since  the  early  part  of  the  month,  are  in  San 

l  Hego,   where  they  plan   to  remain  a  week  or  so   longer.     They  will 

return  home  about  the  middle  of  January. 
WEST. — Mrs.  Frank  West  is  passing  the  Christmas  season  in  Stockton. 


ttvy 


gQJJPPdOB© 


D3EP&DDJ1© 


ceo. 


1230  POUt  ST.  PHONt  PROSPICr  230 


Hotel  St.   Francis 

Mural  Cafe —  Dinner  a  la  Carte,   6  to  9  P.  M. 
Ferdinand  Start's  Orchestra 


'Dancing  In  Rose  Room,   9  P.  M.  to   I  A.  M. 

Except  Sunday 

Arthur  Hickman's  Orchestra 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 

0  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

8  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,   Ma 

nager 

THE     ALAMO 

Quiet  But  Very  Central 

A  few  fine  two-room  Suites  now  to  rent  at  moderate 

prices.    Single  rooms  $1.00   per  day  and   up.    Take 

cars  No.  1,  2,  or  3  at  Ferry  and  get  off  at  Grant  Ave. 

325  SUTTER  STREET  J.  M.  COPELIN,   Manager 


Annual  Clearance 

SALE 

Big  Reductions 

Gassner  FURS 

Louis  Gassner 


112-114  Geary  St., 


San  Francisco 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 

AT  DRUGGISTS 


Gives  that  snowy  white  complexion 
which  fashion  requires  the  well 
groomed  woman  to  possess. 

AND    DEPARTMENT   STORES 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


LFjNANCIAV 


William  Sproule,  president  of  the 
Times  Regarded  Good  Southern  Pacific  Company,  who  is  in 
For  Several  Years.  the  East  over  the  holiday  period,  is 

quoted  by  telegraph  as  follows:  "I  see  no  reason  to  doubt  con- 
tinuance of  prosperous  conditions  for  some  time  to  come  whe- 
ther there  be  peace  or  no  peace.  The  coast's  prosperity  is  based 
partly  on  reflections  of  business  activity  in  the  East,  partly  on 
growth  in  the  West.  Farmers  have  had  good  crops  and  have 
sold  them  at  high  prices.  Banks  in  the  West  have  shown  record 
clearings  for  some  time  past.  The  Southern  Pacific  is  so  well 
situated  and  has  such  excellent  terminal  facilities  that  it  gets 
maximum  benefits  from  the  western  development." 


It  has  been  definitely  decided  that,  after  December  31, 

1916,  no  more  stock  of  Alaska  Packers'  Association  will  be  ac- 
cepted by  the  California  Packing  Corporation  on  the  basis  that 
the  present  holdings  were  bought.  Frank  B.  Anderson,  who 
headed  the  original  syndicate,  admitted  that  stock  which  was 
not  delivered  or  mailed  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  the  year 
would  not  be  purchased.  The  offer  for  this  stock  was  $50  a 
share  in  cash,  80  per  cent  in  the  preferred  stock  of  the  new  com- 
pany, and  70  per  cent  in  common  stock  of  the  new  company.  At 
the  issuing  prices,  this  figured  out  154%  for  Alaska  Packers, 
but  at  present  market  prices,  Alaska  Packers  has  an  exchange 
value  of  about  159. 


In  a  succinct  resume  of  trade  conditions  in  figures  cover- 
ing the  United  States,  Bradstreet's  review  says :  "Exports  of 
merchandise  totaled  $5,460,000,000  in  value,  excelling  those 
for  the  previous  calendar  year  by  55  per  cent,  and  those  for  the 
year  1914  by  157  per  cent.  Imports  aggregated  $2,360,000,000, 
exceeding  1915  and  1914  by  32  per  cent.  Gold  imports  totaled 
$630,000,000,  surpassing  exports  by  $500,000,000.  Our  gross 
imports  of  gold  during  the  war  have  aggregated  $1,100,000,000, 
and  the  net  imports  $838,000,000,  while  our  sales  of  merchan- 
dise for  the  like  period  were  considerably  more  than  double 
our  purchases.  Hence  the  estimates  that  we  bought  back 
$2,000,000,000  of  foreign  bonds  or  notes." 


Regarding  conditions  after  the  war,  Bradstreet's  says : 

"If  peace  should  arrive  within  a  reasonable  time,  it  will  find  a 
good  part  of  the  coming  year's  business  as  secure  as  any  busi- 
ness can  be  that  was  placed  at  present  price  levels,  and  with 
stocks  of  goods  concededly  small  in  all  positions.  It  seems 
certain,  however,  that  peace  will  come  much  more  gradually 
than  did  hostilities  two  and  a  half  years  ago,  and  in  this  case 
demands  from  Europe  for  materials  for  rebuilding  and  repair 
will  help  to  take  up  the  slack  of  reduced  orders  in  other  lines." 


Telegraphic  advices  recently  received  from  Oatman  say 

that  the  Goldroad  Bonanza,  which  encountered  a  string  of  rich 
ore,  is  cutting  a  station  and  sump  on  the  525  level,  and  is  drift- 
ing on  the  vein.  The  United  Eastern  mill  is  beginning  opera- 
tions. The  Big  Jim  has  resumed  sinking.  The  Tom  Reed  has 
decided  to  add  forty  stamps  to  the  present  mill  to  handle  the 
increased  output.  The  management  of  the  Gold  Ore  has  been 
assured  of  $100,000  outside  capital  for  the  purpose  of  building 
the  mill. 


San  Francisco  spent  $25,015,036.27  for  the  support  and 

maintenance  of  the  city  government,  its  public  improvements 
and  bond  redemption  and  interest,  and  on  the  Hetch-Hetchy 
water  system  during  the  last  fiscal  year,  which  ended  June  30, 
1916. 


WILY  ADVICE  TO  THE  BACHELOR  MAID. 

Here  is  the  message  that  the  Spirit  gives  me  for  you:  "My 
own  comes  to  me,  and  nothing  goes  out  of  my  life  but  to  make 
room  for  something  better.  I  rejoice  and  let  my  soul  light  shine, 
that  the  right  man  may  know  me  and  ask  me  to  be  his  wife." 

Say  that  to  yourself  the  first  thing  every  morning,  and  the 
last  thing  every  night  when  you  go  to  sleep,  and  whenever  you 
happen  to  think  of  the  matter  in  the  daytime.  But  don't  ever 
try  to  think  of  it — just  say  that  beautiful  little  thought  to  your- 
self, and  smile  when  you  happen  to  think  of  your  desire.  What- 
soever things  you  desire  believe  that  you  receive  them  now  and 
you  shall  have  them.  They  are  already  yours  in  truth.  Affirm 
them  in  truth,  and  in  due  time  they  will  appear. 

Nothing  can  prevent  your  own  mate  coming  to  you,  unless, 
mayhap,  you  hold  the  picture  of  one  man  so  close  to  your  eye 
that  it  obscures  the  sun  of  your  life.  Put  him  aside  out  of  your 
thoughts,  and  let  your  light  shine  in  love  and  truth.  So  shall 
your  own  be  able  to  recognize  you  when  he  comes  in  sight  of 
you. — Exchange. 


Preventable  fires  caused  a  property  loss  of  $1,369,662  in 

California  last  year,  according  to  the  report  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.  The  loss  occasioned  by  partially 
preventable  fires  was  $3,737,062.  Nearly  19  per  cent  of  the 
fire  damage  in  this  State  was  due  to  preventable  fires.  Defec- 
tive chimney  and  flues  caused  losses  approximated  at  $330,000. 


This,  from  "The  Times  of  Assam,"  seems  deserving  of 

a  wider  publicity:  "Wanted — By  bachelor,  a  Khasia  girl  as 
housekeeper.  Knowledge  of  English  not  necessary.  But  must 
be  young,  cheerful  and  good  looking.  Previous  experience  of 
the  habits  of  European  gentlemen  desirable  but  not  essential. 
Apply  with  photo,  and  state  salary  wanted,  to  Box  No.  909, 
c.o.  this  paper." 


A  certain  college  president  wore  side-whiskers.  When- 
ever he  suggested  removing  them,  there  was  a  division  of  opin- 
ion in  the  family.  One  morning  he  entered  his  wife's  dressing 
room,  razor  in  hand,  with  his  right  cheek  shaved  smooth.  "How 
do  you  like  it,  my  dear?"  he  asked.  "If  you  think  it  looks  well 
I  will  shave  the  other  side,  too." — Facts  and  Fancies. 


"Do  you  drink  coffee?"  asked  the  doctor  of  an  aged  pa- 
tient. "Yes,"  was  the  reply.  "Coffee,"  continued  the  M.  D.,  "is 
a  slow  poison."  "Yes,  very  slow,"  replied  the  old  man.  "I  have 
taken  it  daily  for  nearly  eighty  years." 


Going  to  Travel? 

Telephone  Sutter  6300  for  a 
Southern  Pacific  Passenger  Agent 


He  will  call  on  you — 

Inform    you    as   to   Fares, 
Routes  and  Stopovers- 
Procure   and  deliver  your 
Railroad    and    Pullman 
Tickets— 

And   arrange  for  Checking 
your  Baggage— 

We  maintain  our  offices  for  the  ac- 
commodation and  convenience  of  the 
public. 

Southern  Pacific 

Ask  for  Folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


\ry  6.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


Knicker — Who  docs  the  baby  look  like?    Bocker — He  is 

neutral. — Nciv  York  Times. 

"Has  the  furnace  gone  out.  Bridget?"    "It  didn't  come 

through  here,  mum." — Forts  and  Fancies. 

Great  Doctor — Your  wife,  sir,  needs  a  change  of  air.  Mr. 

Tightwad — Well,  I'll  get  her  an  electric  fan. — Puck. 

Lady — And  you  say  you  are  an  educated  man  ?  Wearied 

Will — Yes,  mum.  I'm  a  roads  scholar. — University  of  Michi- 
gan Gargoyle. 

Newcomer  (at  resort) — Is  this  a  restful  place?    Native 

— Well,  it  used  ter  be  until  folks  began  comin'  here  fer  to  rest. 
— Boston  Transcript. 

"Is  your  wife  fond  of  athletics?"    "Not  at  all.    She  just 

wears  that  sport  suit  because  she  thinks  she  looks  cute  in  it." — 
Detroit  Free  Press. 

Cautious  Wife — Dinna  pay  the  fares  yet,  Angus.    They 

may  drap  a  bomb  on  us,  and  then  ye'd  ha'  thrown  guid  money 
awa'. — Passing  Shoie. 

Poet — I  seek  a  phrase  that  shall  express  the  joy  of  life 

in  two  words.  Can  you  suggest  anything?  Unfeeling  Friend — 
Received  payment ! — Judge. 

She  (just  kissed  by  him) — How  dare  you?     Papa  said 

he  would  kill  the  first  man  who  kissed  me.  He — How  interest- 
ing.   And  did  he  do  it? — Life. 

Clark — Do  you  believe  in  preparedness?     Clubleigh — 

Sure!  I  never  go  home  late  without  having  an  excuse  all 
framed  up. — Kansas  City  Star. 

"Don't  you  dislike  the  man  who  insists  on  hearing  him- 
self talk?"  "No,"  replied  Miss  Cayenne;  "not  unless  he  com- 
pels other  people  to  listen.'' — Washington  Star. 

"We  dined  out  last  night.     Pa  disgraced  us  as  usual." 

"How  was  that?"  "He  got  to  the  end  of  the  dinner  with  three 
forks  and  two  spoons  still  unused." — Chicago  Herald. 

Head  of  Vestry — It  will  be  your  duty  to  toll  the  bell, 

take  care  of  the  furnace  and  blow  the  organ.  New  Sexton — 
Have  I  got  to  listen  to  all  of  the  sermons,  sir? — Judge. 

Life  Insurance  Examiner — Ah,  you  have  suicidal  im- 
pulses, do  you— are  they  frequent?  Applicant — Oh,  yes,  I 
get  'em  every  time  your  agent  oozes  into  my  office. — Puck. 

"Say,  old  chap,  are  you  fond  of  moving  pictures?"    "I 

should  say  so!"  "Then  come  round  to  our  house  next  Tuesday, 
and  give  a  hand.    We're  moving  that  day." — Chicago  Herald. 

Mr.  N.  Quisitive,  Jr. — Why,  where's  your  Pomeranian? 

Mrs.  Fitzan-Starts — Oh,  haven't  you  heard?  Dogs  are  quite 
outre  now.  We're  on  our  way  to  the  asylum  to  get  us  an  or- 
phan.— Puck. 

"Did  you  hear  that  Jiggs  was  killed  while  traveling  in 

Kentucky?"  "No.  How  was  he  killed?"  "In  a  feud."  And 
I  always  told  him  not  to  ride  in  those  cheap  cars." — Cleveland 
Plain  Dealer. 

"How'  your  Browning  club  coming  along?"    "Oh,  fine." 

"Learned  anything?"  "Not  about  Browning.  But  I  have  im- 
proved my  bridge  game  fifty  per  cent  or  more." — Louisville 
Courier-Journal. 

"When  I  don't  want  a  man's  attentions  and  he  asks  me 

where  I  live,  I  say  in  the  suburbs."  "Ha,  ha!  Excellent;  but 
where  do  you  really  live,  Miss  Brown?"  "In  the  suburbs,  Mr. 
Short." — Atlanta  Journal. 

Bridget — The  new   neighbors  want  to  cut  their  grass, 

mum,  and  they  sent  over  to  ask  the  loan  of  your  lawn  mower. 
Mistress — Lend  them  our  lawn  mower  to  cut  grass  on  the  Sab- 
bath! Certainly  not!  Tell  them,  Bridget,  that  we  haven't  one. 
^-Boston  Transcript. 


"Why  did  you  quit  your  last  place?    Wasn't  your  work 

congenial?"     "Lady,   no   work    is   congenial." — Deirtn: 
Press. 

Father — Listen,  Harold!    The  camel  can  go  eight  days 

without  water.  Isn't  that  wonderful  ?  Harold — Not  very — you 
ought  to  hear  Charlie  Brown  tell  one! — Judge. 

"My  husband  tells  me  that  he  was  out  late  last  night 

with  your  husband."  "That  isn't  so.  I  want  you  to  understand 
that  my  husband  was  out  with  your  husband." — Detroit  Free 
Press. 

In  the  wee  hours  of  the  morn,  the  suburbanite  got  off  the 

train  at  the  home  station.  Going  to  the  telegraph  office  he  sent 
this  message :  "Will  not  be  at  the  office  to-day.  Am  not  home 
yesterday  yet." — Dartmouth  Jack  o'  Lantern. 

"Here's  a  scientific  item  of  interest  to  us  poets."    "What 

is  it?"  "Well,  this  man  has  a  theory  that  what  we  eat  effects 
our  literary  output."  "I'm  inclined  to  think  so,  too.  You'd  bet- 
ter stop  eating  so  much  fudge." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

Doctor — You  will  have  to  give  up  all  mental  work  for  a 

few  weeks.  Patient — But.  doctor,  in  that  event  my  income 
would  cease.  I  earn  my  living  by  writing  poems  for  the  maga- 
zines. Doctor — Oh,  you  can  keep  right  on  at  that. — Indianapo- 
lis Star. 

"I  do  wish,"  observed  Mildred,  "that  Santa  Claus  had 

brought  me  a  new  doll  for  Christmas."  "But  your  old  doll," 
her  mother  answered,  "is  as  good  as  ever."  "So  am  I  as  good 
as  ever,'  the  little  girl  retorted,  "but  the  doctor  brought  you  a 
new  baby." — Tk-Bits. 

"Do  you  mean  to  say  you  won't  give  me  my  money  back 

just  because  I  hrve  read  it?"  "Yes,  madam,  but  what  is  the 
matter?  Is  the  print  imperfect,  or  anything  like  that?"  "No." 
"Then  why  are  you  not  satisfied  with  the  novel?"  "I  dont  like 
the  way  it  ends." — Harper's  Weekly. 

"Why  don't  you  announce  yourself  as  a  preidential  can- 
didate?" "Because,"  replied  Senator  Sorghum,  "I  don't  believe 
I  could  get  nominated.  And  if  I  did  get  nominated  I  couldn't 
get  elected.  And  if  I  did  get  elected  I  couldn't  fill  the  position 
properly.  And  if  I  did  fill  it  properly  I  wouldn't  get  much 
credit  for  it,  anyhow." — Washington  Star. 

"There's  a  church  near,"  said  the  country  farmer  to  his 

paying  guest ;  "not  that  I  ever  puts  my  nose  in  it."  "Anything 
the  matter  with  the  vicar?"  "Well,  it's  this  way.  I  sold  the 
old  vicar  milk  and  eggs  and  butter  and  cheese,  and  seeing  as 
he  patronized  me  I  patronized  him.  But  this  new  chap  keeps 
his  own  cow  and  hens.  'If  that's  your  game,'  I  thought,  'we'll 
have  home-grown  religion,  too.'  " — Tit-Bits. 

Traveler — I  say,  what  are  you  people  so  proud  about? 

Last  time  I  came  here  everybody  was  very  friendly  and  now  I 
can  hardly  get  a  person  to  speak.  Uncle  Eben — You'll  pardon 
us,  but  it's  our  town  pride.  You  see,  Joe  Summers  picked  up 
a  guidebook  that  fell  out  of  a  motor  car  last  week,  and  we  found 
that  the  old  tannery  swamp  is  a  mountain  tarn,  Simmons'  stone 
quarry  a  precipice,  Bill  Moodler's  beerhouse  a  wayside  inn, 
and  the  whole  country  chockful  of  historical  antidotes  and  de- 
lusions.— Toledo  Blade. 

"It  is  a  constant  wonder  to  me,"  said  the  student  of  hu- 
man nature,  "to  see  how  quickly  the  minds  of  some  men  act. 
There  are  people  who  can  decide  in  an  instant  what  it  would 
take  others  a  long  time  to  consider.  I  met  a  man  the  other 
evening  who  is  that  way."  "Was  he  a  lawyer?"  "I  don't  know; 
but  he  had  an  intellectual  grasp  that  was  astounding.  I  met  him 
in  the  hall,  just  as  he  was  reaching  for  an  umbrella.  'Is  that 
your  umbrella?' he  inquired.  'No,' replied  I.  Tn  that  case,' he 
answered,  'it's  mine.'  " — Buffalo  Courier. 

."You're  a  swindler,"  exclaimed  Mrs.  Gobb,  as  she  en- 
tered the  bird  store.  "You're  worse  than  a  highway  robber. 
You  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself  to  cheat  a  poor,  innocent 
woman  the  way  you  did.  That  parrot  I  bought  of  you  last 
week  is  a  fraud.  You  said  it  was  a  fluent  talker  and  you 
charged  me  a  big  price  for  him,  too,  and  that  bird  hasn't  said 
a  single  word  since  I  got  him.  Not  one  word.  Do  you  hear 
me?  Not— one — single — word!"  "Perhaps,"  suggested  the 
bird  fancier,  mildly,  "you  didn't  give  him  a  chance." — New 
York  Sun. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


UBEABMfeTABLE 


The  over-active  imagination  of  a  boy  of  eight,  left  too  much 
to  his  own  devices,  is  the  motive  power  behind  Dana  Burnet's 
new  novel.  The  King,  as  the  hero  is  called  throughout,  is  the  son 
of  a  socialist  who  has  been  shot  in  a  strike  riot.  Miss  Philo- 
mena  Van  Zandt,  a  patrician  lady,  has  adopted  him  and  placed 
him  in  a  window  to  be  a  king — but  she  forgets  to  provide  him 
with  a  kingdom.  Miss  Van  Zandt  is  interested  in  the  uplift  of 
the  poor,  and  is  president  cf  the  United  Charities.  The  conflict 
between  the  King's  inborn  socialistic  instincts  and  the  restric- 
tions placed  upon  him  by  his  well-meaning  foster-mother  in 
her  efforts  to  make  him  a  "little  gentleman"  result  in  his  run- 
ning away.  Nearly  every  normal  boy  of  eight  imagines  him- 
self a  king  of  some  sort.  This  particular  King's  ambition  is  to 
buy  Gramercy  Park  and  to  make  that  exclusive,  green  little 
oasis  a  free  breathing  spot  to  be  enjoyed  by  the  children  of  the 
slums.  And  so,  in  order  to  accomplish  this  purpose,  he  girds 
his  tin  sword  at  his  side,  gathers  the  hoarded  pennies  of  years 
in  a  bag,  and  sets  forth  on  the  shining  adventure. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Very  few  people  have  ever  had  the  broad  knowledge  of  in- 
dustrial conditions  throughout  this  country  which  Miss  Ida 
Tarbell  has  gained  in  her  investigations  lasting  through  many 
years.  In  the  present  book  she  writes  out  of  her  personal 
knowledge  of  the  manner  in  which  the  new  scientific  manage- 
ment of  business  is  bettering  the  conditions  of  labor,  and  pay- 
ing dividends  in  dollars  and  cents,  in  personal  satisfaction  and 
in  human  happiness.  She  records  nothing  that  has  not  come 
under  her  observation,  and  her  observation  has  been  extraordi- 
narily comprehensive. 

$1.25.    The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

This  book  is  the  history  of  Cuba  from  its  discovery  by  Co- 
lumbus in  1492,  through  the  year  1586,  when  Sir  Francis  Drake, 
in  sailing  along  the  north  shore  of  the  island,  after  his  success- 
ful raid  on  other  Spanish  settlements  of  the  West  Indies,  closed 
the  first  era  of  the  colony's  history.  Although  such  a  history  as 
this  is  seldom  written  from  original  sources,  Miss  Wright  found 
it  necessary  to  do  so  in  this  case.  Through  her  long  residence 
in  Cuba  and  Spain  and  the  opening  up  last  year  of  the  Archive 
of  the  Indies  at  Seville,  she  had  extraordinary  facilities  for 
discovering  and  employing  in  her  narrative  hitherto  unused  and 
unknown  documents  and  manuscripts.  Her  work  is  almost  the 
first  serious  one  from  a  historical  point  of  view  to  deal  with  this 
period.    $2.00    The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

In  the  January  American  Magazine  a  writer  says:  "Here's 
a  funny  thing,  by  the  way,  that  I've  noticed  about  hotel  guests : 
You  leave  a  soiled  towel  in  a  room  and  the  guest  will  probably 
complain.  But  you  can  leave  a  bucket  of  paint  and  a  paper- 
hanger's  scaffold  in  the  hallway,  and  compel  the  guest  to  crawl 
under  a  stepladder  to  get  to  his  room,  and  he  will  put  up  with 
it  cheerfully — because  he  knows  you  are  painting  or  papering 
by  way  of  making  an  improvement,  and  he  is  in  sympathy  with 
that.  It  doesn't  cost  much  to  make  over  a  carpet  so  that  a  bare 
spot  in  front  of  the  dresser  will  be  eliminated,  but  such  little 
details  are  a  vast  help  in  making  a  hotel  prosper." 

*  *  * 

The  Century  Company  has  in  hand  and  will  publish  within 
the  next  few  weeks  a  work  entitled  "Why  Men  Fight,"  by  the 
Hon.  Bertrand  Russel,  the  famous  English  philosopher,  who  has 
become  so  widely  known  ir  this  country  owing  to  his  activities 
in  defense  of  the  conscientious  objectors  to  conscription,  activi- 
ties that  cost  him  his  professorship  at  Cambridge  University 
and  led  to  his  being  refused  a  passport  to  come  to  America  and 
fulfill  an  engagement  at  Harvard.  In  his  new  book,  Mr.  Russell 
will  summarize  his  principles  of  social  reconstruction,  discuss- 
ing with  special  reference  to  war  and  the  human  conditions  that 
give  birth  to  war,  such  social  questions  as  marriage,  the  State, 
education,  religion,  etc. 


STATEMENT    OF    THE    CONDITION    OF    THE 

BANK  OF  ITALY 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

DECEMBER  30, 1916 

RESOURCES 

First  Mortgage  Loans  on   Real   Estate $14,213,621.30 

Other    Loans    (Collateral    and    Personal) 9,469,272.36 

Banking    Premises,    Furniture,    Fixtures   and    Safe    De- 
posit Vaults   (Head   Office   and    Branches) 1,215,331.15 

Other    Real    Estate    168,169.48 

Customers'  Liability  Under  Letters  of  Credit 239,643.64 

Other     Resources     181,845.00 

United    States,    State,    Municipal    and    Other 

Bonds $7,527,407.84 

CASH    6,790,704.47 

14,318,112.31 

Total     $39,805,995.24 

LIABILITIES 

Capital    Fully   Paid    $  2,000,000.00 

Surplus    $397,600.00 

Undivided    Profits     293,852.39 

691,452.39 

Dividends    Unpaid     70,123.50 

Letters    of   Credit    239,643.64 

DEPOSITS     36,804,775.71 

Total     $39,805,995.24 

A.  P.  Giannini  and  A.  Pedrini,  beincr  each  separately  duly  sworn 
each  for  himself,  says  that  said  A.  P.  Giannini  is  President  and  that 
said  A.  Pedrini  is  Cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  the  Corporation 
above  mentioned,  and  that  every  statement  contained  therein  is 
true  of  our  own  knowledge  and  behalf. 

A.  P.   GIANNINI 

A.  PEDRINI 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  30th  day  of  December,  1916 

THOMAS  S.  BUHNBS,  Notary  Public. 

The  Story  of  Our  Growth 

As  shown  by  a  Comparative  Statement  of  Our  Resources 

DECEMBER  31.  1904  ---------  S285.436.97 

DECEMBER  31,  1905 $1,021,290.80 

DECEMBER  31.  1900  .--....        $1,899,947.28 

DECEMBER  31,  1907 $2,221,347.35 

DECEMBER  31,   1908  ------     82,574,004  90 

DECEMBER  81,  1909 $3,817,217.79 

DECEMBER  31,  1910         -         -         -  §6,539,861.49 

DECEMBER  31, 1911  -  -  -  $8,379,347.02 
DECEMBER  31,  1912  -  -  $11,228,814.56 
DECEMBER  81,  1913      -     -      $15,882,911.61 

DECEMBER  31, 1914  -  $18,030,401.59 
December  31,1915        $22,32 1 ,860.69 

DEC.  30,  1916       $39,805,995.24 

NUMBER    OF    DEPOSITORS 
December  31,   1915—58,854  December  30,   1916—90,683 

Savings  Deposits  Made  on  or  Before  January  10,  1917, 
Will    Earn   Interest  from  January  1,  1917. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE 
Humboldt  Savings  Bank 
For  the  half  year  ending-  December  31,  1916.  a  dividend  has  been  de- 
clared at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  saving's  deposits, 
payable  on  and  after  Tuesday,  January  2,  1917.  Dividends  not  called  for 
are  added  to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  principal  from  Janu- 
ary 1,  1917. 

H.   C.  KXEVESAHL,   Cashier. 
Office — 783  Market  street,  near  Fourth,    San  Francisco,   Cal. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE 
Bank  of  Italy 
For  the  half  year  ending-  December  31,  1916,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 
at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings  deposits,  payable 
on  and  after  Tuesday,  January  2,  1917.  Dividends  not  called  for  are  added 
to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  principal  from  January  1, 
1917.  Money  deposited  on  or  before  January  10,  1917,  will  earn  interest 
from  January  1,  1917. 

A.  P.  GIANNINI,  President.       A.  PEDRINI,  Cashier. 
Office — Southeast  corner  Montgomery  and  Clay  streets.     Market  street 
branch — Junction  Market,  Turk  and  Mason  streets. 

DIVIDEND   NOTICE 

The  German  Savings  and   Loan  Society 
For  the  half  year  ending  December  31,   1916,  a  dividend  has  been  de- 
clared at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable 
on  and  after  January  2,  1917.     Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to  the 
deposit  account  and  earn  dividends  from  January  1,  1917. 

GEORGE  TOURNT,  Manager. 
Office — 526    California    street,    San    Francisco.      Mission    Branch — Corner 
Mission    and    Twenty-first    streets.      Richmond    District    Branch — Corner 
Clement  street  and  7th  avenue.    Haight  Street  Branch — Corner  Haight  and 
Belvedere  streets. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 
The  Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  December  31,  1916,  a  dividend  has  been  de- 
clared at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable 
on  and  after  Tuesday,  January  2d,  1917.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be 
added  to  depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and  will  earn  divi- 
dend from  January  1,  1917.  Deposits  made  on  or  before  January  10,  1917, 
will  draw  interest  from  January  1,  1937. 

R.   M.   TOBIN,    Secretary. 
Office — Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  streets. 


and  California  Advertise! 


IS 


INSURANCE 

At  the  December  meeting  of  the  Life  Underwriters'  Associa- 
tion of  San  Francisco,  which  took  place  at  the  close  of  a  lunch- 
eon given  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  George  Leisander,  manager  of 
the  Germania  Life,  was  with  much  enthusiasm  re-elected  to 
the  presidency.  S.  B.  Thompson  was  elected  vice-president,  and 
Walter  C.  Palmer,  of  the  Provident  Life  and  Trust,  was  re- 
elected secretary  and  treasurer.  The  names  selected  to  fill  out 
the  executive  committee  for  the  year  1917  were :  Walter  E. 
Webb.  Connecticut  Mutual;  A.  P.  Chipron,  Fidelity  Mutual; 
Peter  Murman,  Equitable;  Russell  B.  Field,  New  England  Mu- 
tual; E  J.  Thomas,  Northwestern  Mutual,  and  H.  H.  Ellis,  West- 
ern States  Life.  Among  the  distinguished  guests  was  John 
Newton  Russell,  Jr.,  president  of  the  National  Association  of 
Life  Underwriters,  who  made  an  extended  and  instructive  ad- 
dress. At  the  close  of  the  business  session.  President  Leisan- 
der was  presented  with  a  beautiful  bronze  clock  as  a  token  of 
appreciation  on  the  part  of  the  members  for  the  interest  he  had 
taken  in  the  welfare  of  the  Association  during  the  preceding 

year,  the  most  successful  period  in  the  life  of  the  association. 

*  »  * 

R.  L.  Stephenson  attended  the  Home  Office  convention  of 
the  Union  Central  Life  Insurance  Company.  He  was  accom- 
panied by  the  following  members  of  his  agency  force  who  had 
qualified  for  the  trip:  Seth  Thompson,  J.  G.  Enzensperger,  Jr., 
J.  N.  Hanlon,  M.  B.  Havner,  W.  Garner  Smith  and  Ramsay 
Probasco  The  Industrial  Health  and  Accident  Department, 
Coast  Agency  of  the  General  Accident  Insurance  Company,  has 
leceived  notification  that  they  led  the  entire  list  of  producing 
States  for  the  month  of  November.  This  company  has  discon- 
tinued the  writing  of  Workmen's  Compensation  business  in 
California.  Joseph  Kenyon  is  superintendent  of  this  depart- 
ment of  the  company's  business  in  California. 

*  *  * 

The  male  members  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  made  manifest 
their  affection  for  Secretary  Louis  Weinmann  by  presenting  him 
with  a  beautiful  silver  tea  set  as  a  wedding  gift,  and  this  was 
followed  by  the  presentation  by  the  lady  members  of  the  staff 
of  an  elaborate  silver  flower  bowl.  A  few  days  previous,  Mr. 
Weinmann  was  waylaid  by  a  bunch  of  friends  on  the  ferry  boat 
and  presented  with  a  handsome  silver  bread  tray,  the  presenta- 
tion speech  being  delivered  by  William  Knapp,  one  of  San 

Francisco's  well  known  business  men. 

*  *  * 

At  the  annual  agency  meeting  of  the  California  contingent  of 
the  Bankers'  Life  of  Iowa,  held  in  the  office  of  General  Agent 
A.  F.  Smith,  it  was  revealed  that  the  year's  production  of  new 
business  by  the  agency  exceeded  two  and  a  quarter  million. 
Previous  to  his  departure  from  San  Francisco  to  be  in  attend- 
ance at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  general  agents  at  Des  Moines, 
Mr.  Smith  was  presented  with  a  handsome  traveling  bag  by  his 
agents,  who  promised  to  make  additional  efforts  for  increased 

business  during  the  present  year. 

*  *  * 

Manager  A.  M.  Shields  of  the  Equitable  Life's  San  Francisco 
Agency,  was  in  attendance  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  com- 
pany's managers  at  Hot  Springs,  Va.,  which  took  place  on  the 
dates  January  3d  to  6th  inclusive.    Before  returning  Mr.  Shields 

visited  the  Home  Office  of  the  company,  returning  on  the  17th. 

*  *  * 

On  January  1st  the  Germania  Life  began  the  practice  of  giv- 
ing free  health  examinations  to  all  policy-holders.  Previous  to 
that  date  these  examinations  were  given  only  to  those  policy- 
holders whose  contracts  had  been  in  force  for  three  years  or 
more.    The  Germania  Life  has  made  a  substantial  gain  in  new 

business  written. 

*  *  * 

J.  E.  Youtz,  an  insurance  promoter  who  was  recently  paroled 
from  the  Penitentiary,  has  begun  suit  against  the  people  who 
sent  him  there,  alleging  damages  of  $20,000.  The  defend- 
ants are  directors  of  the  Merchants  and  Insurers  Reporting  Com- 
pany, holding  company  for  the  Merchants  &  Bankers  Insurance 

Company  organized  bv  Youtz. 

*  *  * 

William  Deans,  of  the  general  agency  firm  of  Selbach  & 
Deans,  has  entirely  recovered  from  his  recent  severe  illness, 
and  is  back  at  his  desk  again. 


Homer  F.  Mordorff  has  succeeded  E.  J.  Fitzgerald  as  special 
■gent  for  the  Hartford  and  Sterling  Fire  Insurance  Companies. 
His  territory  will  be  Northern  California,  Southern  Oregon  and 
Nevada,  with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco.  Fitzgerald  left 
the  employ  of  the  companies  on  August  last. 

•  •  » 

The  Phoenix  of  Hartford,  under  general  agent  George  H.  Ty- 
son, has  been  writing  marine  insurance  since  January  1st.  Chas. 
A.  Hulme  has  been  appointed  marine  manager.  The  office  will 
be  located  above  the  fire  underwriting  department  at  210-20  San- 
some  street. 

*  «  * 

On  January  the  first  W.  K.  Barraud  became  secretary  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  Adjustment  Bureau,  succeeding  G.  Harold  Ward. 


H 


ITCHCOCK 
MILITARY 

ACADEM 


Y 


Located   one  mil.-  from   San   Rafael  in  the  healthiest  pni  t uf  beautiful  Marin 

County.     Bol I  fully  accredited,     Highest  rani  accorded  bj  0.  B.  War  Dept. 

High   morals  and   strict  attention   demanded.      Special  attention  I"  Physical 
Culture  and  Athletics.      Expert  and  experienced  inslriutors.      Beparab 
for  each  pupil.    Juniors    in  separate  building.     :l'.ith  year. 
Write  for  catalog. 

ADDRESS 
REX  W.  SHERER,  President 
Hitchcock    Military   Academy 
SAN  RAFAEL  CALIFORNIA 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and   Day   School   for   Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 

2117) 

2123 


9 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col' 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific   Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST— CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  CHILDREN 

A  UNIQUE  BOARDING  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  CHILDREN  ONLY,  OF 
THE  KINDERGARTEN  AGE.  GIVES  CAREFUL  HOME  CARE  AND 
SCIENTIFIC  TRAINING  TO  LITTLE  TOTS  UNDER  SEVEN  YEARS. 
DELIGHTFUL  LOCATION.  RESIDENT  DOCTOR  AND  TRAINED 
NURSE.  MOST  HEALTHFULLY  SITUATED  IN  THE  SIERRA  NE- 
VADAS  3500  FEET  ALTITUDE,  SURROUNDED  BY  PINE  FORESTS. 
EVERY  MODERN  CONVENIENCE.  PARENTS  HAVING  VERY 
YOUNG  CHILDREN  TO  PLACE  IN  A  HOME  BOARDING  SCHOOL 
WHERE  THEY  WILL  BE  BROUGHT  UP  UNDER  THE  MOST  REFIN- 
ING AND  STRENGTHENING  INFLUENCES  WILL  WELCOME  THIS 
OPPORTUNITY  AND  COMMUNICATE   WITH 

MOTHER   M.  AUGUSTINE 
MOUNT  SAINT  AGNES 

STIRLING    CITY,    CALIFORNIA. 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

HOTEL   ST.  FRANCIS  PRIVATE  SCHOOL 

Rooms  287,  288,  289,  Primary  and  Grammar.  Green  Room,  Kindergarten 
and  Office.  French  and  Folk  Dancing  dally.  Sewing  and  Clay  Modelling 
featured.  Friday  Dancing  Classes  from  2  to  5  o'clock.  Auto  calls.  Lunch- 
eon   served. 

HOTEL  OAKLAND  PRIVATE  SCHOOL 
Office :  Rose  Room 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


LEAKS  FROM  WIRELESS. 

By  planting  trees  along  the  north  side  of  its  tracks  to  the 
Pacific  Coast  of  the  United  States,  one  of  the  great  railroad 
companies  has  found  a  happy  means,  not  only  of  protecting 
its  right  of  way,  but  of  sparing  the  patrons  of  the  road  the  sight 
of  advertising  billboards  along  the  route.  The  trees,  which, 
by  the  way,  are  being  planted  at  the  rate  of  20,000  a  day,  will 
replace  unsightly  fences,  so  that  the  undertaking,  from  the 
standpoint  of  the  passenger,  seems  to  have  much  to  commend 

it. 

*  *  * 

A  Law  and  Order  League  of  Automobile  Owners  has  been 
organized  in  New  York  City  for  the  principal  purpose  of  pre- 
venting abuses  of  the  privilege  of  the  road.  This  body  will 
acquaint  its  members  with  the  laws  and  ordinances  relating  to 
motoring,  will  instill  into  them  the  duty  of  driving  with  cau- 
tion, and  will  tirst  fine,  and  later  expel,  those  who  neglect  or 
lefuse  to  obey  its  rules.  Such  an  organization  would  be  in- 
valuable to  any  community,  provided  it  adhered  strictly  to  its 

ideals. 

*  *  * 

Storage  houses  in  one  locality  of  the  United  States  complain 
of  a  shortage  in  eggs  because  they  have  only  393,259  cases  on 
hand.  Hardship,  like  other  human  experiences,  is  a  relative 
matter.  There  are,  no  doubt,  housewives  almost  in  the  shadow 
of  some  of  these  storage  plants  who  would  consider  themselves 
fortunate  if  they  could  count  the  eggs  in  their  possession  by  the 

dozen. 

*  *  * 

New  York,  it  seems,  is  the  first  State  in  the  American  Union 
to  propose  having  in  its  capital  city  an  auditorium  permanently 
fitted  with  telephone  receivers  which  will  make  it  possible  for 
the  entire  Legislature,  if  need  be,  to  sit  and  hear  words  spoken 
by  men  in  any  part  of  the  State  or  Nation.  That  the  plan  is 
practical,  a  recent  trial  at  an  educational  convocation  has 
proved;  that  it  holds  great  possibilities  must  be  apparent  to 
every  one ;  but  that  the  idea  it  embodies  is  new  will  be  disputed 
by  all  those  who  have  read  Edward  Bellamy's  "Looking  Back- 
ward," which,  although  it  was  written  years  ago,  predicted  uses 
of  the  telephone  similar  to  that  set  forth  in  the  New  York 

scheme. 

*  *  * 

In  answer  to  the  frequently  propounded  question,  "What  is 
water"  in  financial  parlance,  perhaps  some  enlightenment,  for 
laymen,  may  be  found  in  the  statement  of  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission  that  the  cost  of  reproducing  the  New  Or- 
leans, Texas  &  Mexico  Railway  to-day  would  be  $8,865,636. 
The  original  cost  was  $12,194,231.  The  property  is,  however, 
capitalized  at  $40,938,031.  In  other  words,  at  the  lowest  esti- 
mate, there  appears  to  be  approximately  $28,000,000  of  "water" 
in  the  enterprise.  Plainly,  the  patrons  of  the  line  will  never 
have  honest  passenger  or  freight  rates  until  this  moisture  is 
squeezed  out.  And  this  is  only  one  instance,  and  a  compara- 
tively unimportant  one,  of  railway  stock  "watering"  in  the 
United  States. 


Willie — Dad,  what  do  the  lawyers  call  a  man  that's  been 

sued?    Dad — A  pseudonym,  William.    Can't  you  see  I'm  busy? 
— Judge. 


SHUFFLING  LOVE. 

"Did  you  love  me  when  you  married  me?"  he  asked  her 
bitterly. 

Mrs.  Merrion  regarded  him  with  hard  eyes. 

"Oh,  I  dare  say  I  imagined  I  did,"  she  remarked  cruelly. 
"But  one  soon  wakes  up.  What  consideration  do  you  show  me  ? 
When  I  married  you  I  was  only  nineteen.  I  did  not  understand 
the  world." 

"You  were  a  dear  to  me  then,"  he  said,  mournfully.  "I  wor- 
shipped you,  Adela." 

She  smiled  sourly. 

"Yes,  and  I,  like  a  fool,  believed  all  you  said.  I  should  have 
married  a  rich  man.  I  was  not  cut  out  for  a  small  flat  and  a 
charwoman.  I  hate  housekeeping  on  the  quarter  of  a  pound 
scale." 

The  man  who  had  put  up  with  her  moods  and  tempers  for  ten 
solid  years,  who  had  tried  to  do  his  duty  to  her  in  his  way, 
looked  at  her  wistfully. 

Did  women  never  understand  ? 

Was  it  nothing  when  a  man  was  devoted,  when  he  sacrificed 
himself  in  every  way? 

"I  am  sorry  it  has  all  been  such  a  failure,  Adela,"  he  said. 

Adela  stared  at  him  resentfully.  She  hated  him  and  his  $1500 
a  year. 

It  wasn't  good  enough. 

****** 

In  a  splendid  room  filled  with  costly  furniture,  sculpture  and 
pictures  a  woman  sat  listlessly.  The  splendor  gave  her  no  plea- 
sure; she  was  not  used  to  it.  She  was  still  half-afraid  of  the 
many  servants,  the  big  rooms,  the  visitors  her  husband  invited. 

Her  husband  was  cross  with  her. 

"You  know,  Jane,  you  will  have  to  change  your  dressmaker. 
I  am  sure  Lady  Mary  was  smiling  at  your  dress  last  night." 

Mrs.  Merrion  surveyed  her  dinner  table  with  some  mis- 
givings. 

It  was  just  like  Dick  to  invite  a  millionaire  and  his  wife  to 
come  and  smile  over  their  poor  surroundings. 

The  guests  arrived,  and  she  greeted  them  with  a  calmness 
she  was  far  from  feeling.  Mr.  Martin  looked  at  her  admiringly 
as  she  did  the  honors.  How  lovely  she  was — tall,  regal  and 
utterly  wasted  upon  this  miserable  little  place.  He  wished  his 
own  wife  was  like  this. 

Merrion,  by  the  window,  spoke  with  Mrs.  Martin. 

"It's  not  a  very  grand  place,  I'm  afraid,"  he  apologized. 

"It  is  just  what  I  like,"  she  said.  "I  hate  a  big  house.  Until 
Howard  came  into  his  money  we  too  lived  in  a  little  flat.  I 
was  happy  then." 

****** 

Some  months  later,  when  Mrs.  Merrion  and  Mr.  Martin  had 
run  away  together,  the  somewhat  relieved  Mrs.  Martin  left  her 
big  house  and  went  for  a  visit  to  Dick  Merrion's  little  flat. 

The  next  day  she  sent  her  husband  a  little  note. 

He  got  his  divorce  on  that  note. 

Now  they  are  all  happy. 


For  Sale — Pair  of  bronco  horses. 

broken.    Owner  in  hospital. — Exchange. 


Good  weight,  sound, 


Chatty  Neighbor — I  suppose  you  don't  stand  for  any  war 

arguments  among  your  boarders  ?  Boarding  House  Mistress — 
Oh,  yes.  You  see,  our  biggest  eater  gets  so  interested  that  he 
forgets  to  eat,  and  our  next  biggest  eater  gets  so  mad  that  he 
leaves  before  the  meal  is  half  over. — Puck. 


WHEN      RUSSIA     ABANDONED 

alcoholic  liquors  she  turned  to  Tea  as  the  most  satisfying  and  refreshing 
beverage.  The  Russians  have  always  preferred  the  choicest  Teas  from 
China,  India  and  Ceylon,  as  packed  by  Ridgways — this  exquisite  Tea  from 
China   being   better  known   as 

"RUSSIAN      CARAVAN     TEA" 

Ridgways  are  now  selling  this  unsurpassable  "Russian  Caravan  Tea"  in 
1  lb.,  !/2  lb.  or  '.4  lb.  tins — (Black  Label.)  Your  grocer  can  obtain  it  for 
you. 

-Warded  Gold  Medal.  San  Francisco  I915     Awarded  Grand  Prize,  San  Diego,  I916 

HAAS  BROS.,  WHOLESALE  DISTRIBUTORS 


ky  6.  1917 


and  California  Advertisei 


17 


V    PICARDY. 

The  magpies  in  Picardy 

Are  more  than  I  can  tell. 

They  flicker  down  the  dusty  roads 

And  cast  a  magic  spell 

On  the  men  who  march  through  Picardy, 

Through  Picardy  to  hell. 

(The  blackbird  flies  with  panic. 
The  swallow  goes  like  light, 
The  finches  move  like  ladies. 
The  owl  floats  by  at  night; 
But  the  great  and  flashing  magpie 
He  flies  as  artists  might.) 

A  magpie  in  Picardy 

Told  me  secret  things — 

Of  the  music  in  white  feathers, 

And  the  sunlight  that  sings 

And  dances  in  deep  shadows — 

He  told  me  with  his  wings. 

(The  hawk  is  cruel  and  rigid, 
He  watches  from  a  height; 
The  rook  is  slow  and  sombre, 
The  robin  loves  to  fight; 
But  the  great  and  flashing  magpie 
He  flies  as  lovers  might.) 

He  told  me  that  in  Picardy, 

An  age  ago  or  mere, 

While  all  his  fathers  still  were  eggs, 

These  dusty  highways  bore 

Brown,  singing  soldiers  marching  out 

Through  Picardy  to  war. 

He  said  that  still  through  chaos 
Works  on  the  ancient  plan, 
And  two  things  have  altered  not 
Since  first  the  world  began — 
The  beauty  of  the  wild  green  earth 
And  the  bravery  of  man. 

(For  the  sparrow  flies  unthinking 
And  quarrels  in  his  flight. 
The  heron  trails  his  legs  behind, 
The  lark  goes  out  of  sight; 
But  the  great  and  flashing  magpie 
He  flies  as  poets  might.) 

— Tipuca,  in  The  Westminster  Gazette. 


A  Tommy  at  the  iront  writes  home  that  life     in     the 

trenches  wouldn't  be  so  bad  if  it  wasn't  for  the  people  opposite. 
— Boston  Transcript. 


JUDGE  GARY'S    RECIPE  FOR  SUCCESS. 

In  the  January  American  Magazine  Judge  Gary  gives  his  re- 
cipe for  success.    He  says  about  a  young  man : 

1.  He  should  be  honest,  truthful,  sincere  and  serious. 

2.  He  should  believe  in  and  preach  and  practice  the  Golden 
Rule. 

3.  He  should  be  strong  and  healthy,  physically  and  morally. 

4.  His  habits  and  mode  of  living  should  be  temperate  and 
clean,  and  his  companions  selected  with  regard  to  their  char- 
acter and  reputation. 

5.  He  should  possess  good  natural  ability  and  a  determination 
constantly  to  improve  his  mind  and  memory. 

6.  He  should  possess  a  good  education,  including  particularly 
the  fundamentals,  such  as  mathematics,  grammar,  spelling, 
writing,  geography  and  history;  and  also  a  technical  education 
concerning  the  lines  he  proposes  to  follow. 

7.  He  should  be  studious  and  thoughtful,  keeping  his  mind 
upon  a  subject  until  it  is  mastered. 

8.  He  should  be  conscientious,  modest  but  courageous,  ener- 
getic, persistent,  even-tempered,  economical,  faithful  and  loyal 
to  his  friends  and  the  interests  he  represents." 


E.  J.   EVANS 

The 

FURRIER 

Formerly  of 
Lofstad  &  Evans 

A   magnificent  selection  of  Furs  Jor 
Fall  Just  received 

v     We  specialize  in  all  the  latest  styles 
of  Foxes 

107    GRANT   AVE.  Second    Floor 


SAFE' 

Oldest 

Cheapest 

Best 

For  a  Lifetime 


PIONEER 

Since  1875 
OF 

SAFETY  RAZORS 

It's  pleasant — it's  easy — it's 
economical  and  above 
all,  it's  safe  —  shaving 
with  a  Star. 

Ask  your  friends — ask  your 
dealer — or  ask  us. 

KAMPFE     BROTHERS 

Since  1875 

10  Reade  St.  New  York 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 
BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


E.  B.  HENRY  &  CO. 

Plumbing,  Steam  and  Hot  Water  Heating 

173  JESSIE  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
PHONE  KEARNY  4174 


Small  Daughter — Oh,  mother,  I  do  think  it  unfair  about 

the  Zeppelin.  Everybody  saw  it  but  me.  Why  didn't  you  wake 
me?  Mother — Never  mind,  darling,  you  shall  see  it  next  time 
— if  you're  very  good. — Punch. 


For  an  ambulance  call         -         -         KINGS,  WEST 

1400 

For  a  nurse  call        -         -         -            KINGS,  WEST 

1 400 

For  members  of  physicians'  and  surgeons' 

exchange  call         -         -         -       KINGS,  WEST 

1400 

18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


Light  weight  is  one  of  the  earmarks  of  that  finished  simplicity 
which  John  Timbs,  historian  of  American  invention,  says  is  the 
ultimate  stage  in  mechanical  development.  Crude  directness 
at  the  start  leads  up  to  burdensome  complexity,  which  is  forced 
to  give  way  eventually  to  the  final,  simple  design  which  makes 
the  complex  stage  of  development  seem  absurd. 

The  automobile  industry  as  a  whole  has  passed  through  the 
first  stage,  and  is  now  almost  through  the  second.  Complexity 
of  design  saw  its  height  in  the  "eights"  and  "twelves."  It 
seems  hardly  probable  that  it  will  ever  be  carried  further,  at 
least  in  the  number  of  cylinders.  And  even  while  the  multi- 
cylinder  engines  have  been  enjoying  their  greatest  popularity, 
there  has  been  a  steady  and  gradually  intensifying  undertone, 
the  dominant  note  of  which  is  less  weight.  One  is  convinced 
on  this  point  by  even  a  cursory  examination  of  the  printed  mat- 
ter issued  and  the  advertising  done  by  many  manufacturers.  We 
read  of  aluminum  motors,  "lightness  with  great  strength,"  "un- 
equalled lightness  for  strength,"  "light  sixes,"  and  so  on,  and 
the  theme  is  invariably  weight  reduction. 

This  movement  has  its  parallel  in  other  lines  of  vehicular 
transportation.  Seventy-five  to  one  hundred  years  ago  the  first 
steps  were  taken  to  lighten  horse-drawn  vehicles,  the  new  de- 
sign taking  form  in  the  one-horse  chaise.  Today  it  is  almost 
an  axiom  that  the  weight  of  a  vehicle  plus  that  of  the  horse 
drawing  it  shall  only  total  about  twice  the  weight  of  the  pas- 
senger load  the  vehicle  is  built  to  carry.  In  these  lighter  vehi- 
cles it  is  possible  to  make  the  springs  much  more  flexible  than 
where  heavy  bodies  and  axles  were  involved  in  the  construc- 
tion. And  it  is  also  possible  to  take  advantage  of  the  riding 
ease  which  the  low  weight  of  axles  and  wheels  (unsprung 
weight)  introduces. 

In  1915  the  street  railway  business  in  this  country  was  near 
a  crisis.  The  managers  saw  that  the  only  way  out  was  in 
building  lighter  cars  to  reduce  upkeep  costs  of  both  cars  and 
tracks.  Cars  which  weigh  25  per  cent  less  than  the  ordinary 
type  are  fast  replacing  the  latter  and  with  much  better  results. 

If  the  great  railroads  of  the  country  reduced  the  weight  of 
locomotives  and  cars,  they  could  save  millions  in  the  yearly 
rail  bill,  and  the  depreciation  and  upkeep  of  rolling  stock  and 
roadbed  would  be  correspondingly  less. 

So  it  is  in  the  automobile  trade  that  the  light  car  will  ulti- 
mately be  looked  to  for  the  kind  of  service  that  is  demanded  by 
comfort,  safety  and  economy.  The  history  of  a  number  of  au- 
tomobiles has  for  years  been  built  around  this  condition.  When 
it  came  to  a  question  of  greater  ability  they  followed  the  dic- 
tates of  the  carriage  builder  by  reducing  the  weight  of  the  ve- 
hicle rather  than  increasing  the  size  of  the  "horse." 

The  crudely  simple  car  of  1900  was  not  especially  costly  to 
run,  but  neither  was  it  comfortable.  Ever  since  that  time  the 
manufacturers  have  been  vieing  with  one  another  in  trying  to 
build  comfort  into  their  cars.  But  in  this  process  weight  was 
practically  ignored,  with  the  result  that  weight  and  power  have 
continually  been  added  to  carry  weight.  The  result  is  a  cer- 
tain measure  of  comfort  obtained  at  high  cost.     The  dawning 

era  of  finished  simplicity  will  bring  both  comfort  and  economy. 

*  *  * 

Points  Way  to  Solution  of  Traffic  Problem 

"If  each  of  the  elements  of  traffic  could  be  kept  in  its  proper 
place  at  the  right  time,  the  big  problem  of  regulation  would  be 
solved,"  is  the  opinion  of  President  H.  M.  Rowe  of  the  Ameri- 
can Automobile  Association,  whose  recent  utterances  at  the 
Safety  First  convention  created  considerable  comment  through- 
out the  country,  because  the  doctrine  was  put  forward  that  the 
pedestrian  must  also  be  regulated  as  well  as  the  vehicle  in 
bringing  about  improved  traffic  movement. 

"The  sidewalks  are  for  pedestrians  and  the  streets  primarily 
for  vehicles,"  continues  the  head  of  the  organized  motor  car 


owners.  "The  pedestrian  should  be  and  is  safeguarded  in  his 
use  of  the  sidewalks  and  designated  crossings,  where  he  should 
at  all  times  have  the  right  of  way.  When  he  attempts  to  use 
the  streets  at  points  other  than  at  crossings,  then  he  should  do 
so  at  his  own  peril.  Furthermore,  when  he  occupies  the  street 
at  any  other  than  at  designated  crossings,  it  should  be  prima 
facie  evidence  of  gross  carelessness  on  his  part  and  he  should 
be  made  to  assume  the  responsibility  for  his  conduct.  On  the 
other  hand,  drivers  of  vehicles  should  have  precedence  between 
crossings.  They  should  have  a  right  to  expect  that  they  will 
only  have  to  look  out  for  ether  vehicles. 

"After  all,  there  are  just  these  two  important  elements  in 
traffic — vehicles  and  pedestrians — and  both  contribute  to  acci- 
dents. Undisputed  records,  however,  show  that  in  over  80  per 
cent  of  all  accidents  the  fault  is  that  of  the  pedestrian,  and  in 
less  than  20  per  cent  the  blame  attaches  to  the  vehicle.  This 
includes  street  cars,  motor  'buses,  and  all  forms  of  street  car- 
riers. Limiting  the  report  tc  accidents  between  automobiles  and 
pedestrians,  it  is  stated  that  from  92  to  96  per  cent  are  the  fault 

of  the  pedestrian." 

*  *  * 

Expert  to  Advise  Auto  Builders  on  Latin-American  Trade 

That  South  America  offers  a  fertile  field  for  the  consumption 
of  American  cars  is  stated  by  John  Barrett,  director  general  of 
the  Pan-American  Union.  Barrett  will  deliver  a  timely  and 
important  address  at  the  banquet  of  the  Society  of  Automobile 
Engineers,  to  be  held  at  the  Biltmore  Hotel  on  January  11th. 
From  his  twenty-three  years'  experience  in  the  Diplomatic 
Service,  part  of  which  was  spent  as  United  States  Minister  to 
Argentina,  he  is  able  to  advise  the  automobile  industry  as  to 
the  methods  which  will  open  the  South  American  markets  to 
American-made  automobile  products.  The  title  of  his  address 
will  be  "Pan-American  Commerce;  Our  Opportunity."  Barrett 
recently  returned  'from  an  official  visit  of  two  months'  duration 
to  England  and  France,  where  he  consulted  with  the  highest 
officials  of  those  countries  as  to  international  trade  conditions. 

$     if;     4 

Mitchell  Adds  New  Building  to  Increase  Output 

The  capacity  of  Mitchell  Motors  Company,  Inc.,  plant  at  Ra- 
cine is  being  doubled  for  the  coming  year.  Large  additions  are 
being  made  to  the  machine  shops.  Already  a  five-story  body 
plant  is  now  ready  for  occupancy.  All  the  Mitchell  bodies, 
open  and  enclosed,  will  hereafter  be  built  in  the  Mitchell  fac- 
tory. 

*  *  * 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


PEARSON  GARAGE 

Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 

337-345  BUSH  STREET 

Near  Montgomery  San  Francisco 

TELEPHONE  DOUGLAS  2120 


| 

ffi 

\ 

\ 

<!> 

f 

EVERY 

TWO 

HOURS 

during 

the   day,   a  fast   electric   train 

leaves   San   Francisco, 

Key 

Route 

Ferry  Depot 

TO     S  A  C  R  A  M 

E  N  T  O 

Fast, 

comfortable  service 

through  some  of  the  prettiest  spots  in 

Centra 

California, 

Write  for  time  table  and 

rates. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN   RAILWAY 

L.    H. 

RODBBAUGH 

Traffic   Manager,    Oakland, 

Cal. 

*ry  6.  1917 


and  California  Advertisei 


19 


Lincoln  Highway.  Main  Street  of  the  Nation 

To-day  the  Lincoln  Highway  has  an  undisputed  right  to  the 
name.  "The  Main  Street  of  the  Nation."  Though  but  three 
years  old  the  route  has  a  history  of  intense  human  interest  to 
all  America.  The  story  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  is  an  epic  in 
toad  building,  a  tremendous  human  narrative  of  the  conception 
of  a  great  idea  and  the  methods  employed  to  place  a  gigantic 
plan  before  the  practical  American  public. 

A  drama  of  public  service,  sacrifice,  patriotism,  public  spirit 
and  great  achievement  could  be  written  around  the  develop- 
ment of  the  Lincoln  Highway  from  an  abstract  idea  to  an  ac- 
complished fact.  It  would  be  inspiring,  at  times  pathetic,  again 
humorous,  but  always  intensely  interesting,  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  Lincoln  Highway  has  meant  constant  and  continu- 
ous appeal  to  every  type  of  individual  and  organization  from 
every  possible  angle.  Its  success  has  been,  and  is  being  built 
upon  the  unceasing  effort  of  thousands  of  individuals  in  every 
part  of  the  United  States.  The  culminated  results  of  their 
tremendous  co-operative  endeavor  has  placed  the  Lincoln  High- 
way definitely  and  forever  upon  the  map  of  the  country  and  in 
the  minds  of  the  people  in  three  short  years. 

The  Lincoln  Highway  is  a  vast  conception  in  the  interest  of 
national  progress. 

*  *  • 

Far  East  Produces  More  Rubber  Than  Brazil 

A  rubber  tree  in  full  maturity  produces  from  three  to  five 
pounds  of  rubber  a  year.  Usually  about  100  trees  are  planted 
to  the  acre.  Time  was  when  Brazil  was  the  crude  rubber  center 
of  the  world,  but  to-day  the  plantations  of  the  Far  East  are 
producing  four  times  as  much  rubber  as  the  forests  of  the  Ama- 
zon. The  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Company  has  its  experts 
on  the  ground  to  inspect  each  lot  of  crude  rubber  before  it  is 
shipped  to  the  factory  at  Akron,  Ohio,  which  insures  the  best 
o.uality  of  rubber  for  Goodyear  products. 

*  *  * 

Eddie  Martin  Joins  Chandler   Forces 

After  an  absence  of  several  years,  Edward  S.  (Eddie)  Mar- 
tin, of  local  Mitchell  and  Buick  fame,  and  one  of  the  most 
popular  automobile  men  in  Northern  California,  has  again  been 
gathered  into  the  folds  of  the  Peacock  Motor  Sales  Company  to 
assist  in  the  sales  of  Chandler  Light  Six  cars  in  this  city.  In 
doing  so,  Martin  fills  the  place  recently  vacated  by  Charles  F. 
Fletter,  who  lately  became  a  smelting  magnate  of  Nevada. 

*  •  » 

First  Harroun  Car  Pleases  New  Yorkers 

New  York  automobile  dealers  had  their  first  glimpse  of  the 
latest  addition  to  the  motor  car  world  last  week  when  the  Har- 
roun car,  designed  and  constructed  under  the  personal  supe- 
vision  of  Ray  Harroun,  the  famous  engineer  and  racing  driver, 
reached  Broadway. 

This  much  talked  of  car  arrived  on  Tuesday  from  Detroit, 
where  it  was  manufactured  in  a  temporary  plant  of  the  com- 
pany, and  drew  favorable  comments  from  the  technical  repre- 
sentatives of  the  automobile  trades  press  who  inspected  it  and 
were  given  demonstrations  of  its  comfortable  riding  qualities. 


Government  Figures  Grow  With  Auto 

W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  Branch, 
estimates,  from  figures  recently  compiled  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  that  tillable  lands  throughout  the  United  States 
have  in  the  last  five  years  increased  in  value  at  least  fifty  per 
cent,  all  of  which,  he  says,  is  directly  traceable  to  the  automo- 
bile. 

The  bulletin  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  upon  which 
this  estimate  is  based,  is  entitled  "Economic  Survey  of  County 
Highway  Improvement,"  and  gives  facts  relating  to  eight  coun- 
ties selected  as  a  test.  Four  of  these  are  in  Virginia  and  one 
each  in  New  York,  Alabama,  Florida  and  Mississippi.  The  in- 
crease of  land  values  in  five  years  in  these  counties  ranges 
from  25  to  194  per  cent.  There  are  3,027  counties  in  the  United 
States. 

"You  can  trace  this  great  development  to  the  advent  of  the 
automobile,"  concludes  Hughson,  "for  good  roads  have  been 
fathered  and  fostered  by  the  automobile.  All  of  which  goes  to 
show  that  the  investment  in  cars,  great  as  it  is,  is  nothing  in 
comparison  with  the  benefits  and  blessings  that  have  flowed 
from  it." 


Public  Demand  Calls  for  Bigger  Jeffery  Publication 

According  to  Alfred  Reeke,  general  sales  manager  of  the 
Nash  Motors  Company,  factory  production  on  Jeffery  i 
to  be  steadily  increased  throughout  the  approaching  selling  sea- 
son. This  policy  has  been  made  necessary  by  the  large  orders 
already  placed  by  Nash  dealers  in  anticipation  of  a  greatly 
ised  public  demand  for  Jeffery  cars  in  1917. 
•  •  ♦ 

New  Headlight  Regulator  for  Ford  Owners 

A  sensible  and  satisfactory  solution  of  the  Ford  headlight 
problem  is  now  said  to  be  supplied  by  the  Perrin  Ford  Head- 
light Regulator.  When  a  Perrin  equipped  car  slows  down,  the 
entire  available  current  automatically  goes  to  the  right  hand 
lamp,  concentrating  all  the  light  just  where  it  is  needed.  And 
this  does  not  slow  down  the  engine  in  the  least.  When  higher 
speed  is  resumed,  the  other  lamp  takes  its  normal  share  of  the 
current,  without  action  by  the  driver.  This  arrangement  pre- 
sents no  mechanical  difficulties.  Any  one  who  can  handle  a 
monkey  wrench  can  install  a  Perrin  Regulator. 


CW1MD 


REAL  BATTERY  SERVICE 


1433  BUSH  STREET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THI8  OUT.) 
The    Newi    Letter   recommends  the   following   garages,   hotels  and   supply 
houses.      Tourists  will   do  well  to  cut  this   list  out  and   keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE — Just  opened.  The  on'y  strictly  flrat- 
claaa  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and   their  families.     Corner  of   University  avenue  and   The  Circle. 

PALO  ALTO.— PALO  ALTO  GARAGE.  443  Emmereon  St..  Tel.,  P.  A. 
3S3.  Auto  livery  at  all  hours.  Tires  and  aundrles  in  stock.  Gasoline,  oil, 
repairing;,    lathework.   vulcanizing.      One      day   and   night. 


AUTOISTS 

l/V^k  SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

IjA       WITHOUT 


THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'Em 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  N«s  Ave.      BRAND    4.    CUSHMAN       Phone  Pro.pect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


OHMHEEEDBIIEO 


FREE  FBOM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


20 


ban  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  6,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Fashion  continues  in  ways  of  straight  and  unabated  fulness. 
Skirts  fall  in  soft,  clinging  folds,  so  much  so  that  the  tendency 
toward  the  narrower  silhouette  becomes  very  apparent,  though 
we  need  not  yet  anticipate  the  very  narrow  skirt. 

It  is  already  rumored,  however,  that  skirts  for  spring  will  be 
two  and  two  and  a  half  yards  wide.  But  it  is  reallly  looking  a 
little  too  far  ahead  to  be  thinking  of  spring  style  already.  At 
present  skirts  are  still  very  ample.  Box  pleats  and  side  pleats 
are  very  freely  used,  and  this  means  that  a  good  deal  of  mater- 
ial is  used  in  a  dress  or  skirt.  The  pleats  hang  in  straight  lines, 
generally  unstitched,  while  in  some  cases  they  are  stitched  as 
far  as  the  hips  and  below  that  point  are  pressed  into  position. 

The  gradual  lengthening  of  skirts  that  has  come  with  the 
vogue  for  straighter  lines  is  noticeable  in  many  dresses;  but 
women,  on  the  whole,  have  not  taken  readily  to  the  longer  skirts 
and  the  short  skirt  for  street  costumes  is  still  favored  by  a  great 
many.  A  long  street  skirt  is  really  not  graceful  in  a  tailored 
suit,  and  women  are  not  willing  to  sacrifice  becoming  styles  so 
readily. 

In  the  afternoon  and  evening  dresses,  however,  the  longer 
skirt  is  not  at  all  ungraceful.  Some  afternoon  and  evening 
dresses  show  slight  variations  from  the  straight  lines.  The 
Turkish  trouser  effect  and  draped  skirt  come  from  Paris  as  a 


Left — Black  Satin  Dress  with  Tie-On  Collar  and  Loop  Pock- 
ets.   Righi — Smart  for  Sports  or  Daily  Use. 

departure  from  the  extremely  straight  hanging  and  clinging 
effect. 

Full  overskirts  are  also  much  used  for  evening,  fashioned  of 
soft  silk  voiles,  tulles  and  laces.  Black  and  white  combinations 
occur  very  often  in  evening  gowns.  Black  net  worked  up  with 
white  beads  over  a  white  satin  foundation  is  one  of  the  strik- 
ing combinations  used  by  an  expert  French  designer.  A  sash  of 
black  satin  forms  a  wide  girdle,  which  is  weighted  at  the  ends 
by  heavy  black  and  white  bead  tassels. 

Bead  Embroidery  Very  Prominent. 

Bead  embroidery  is  a  strong  rival  just  now  of  the  darned- 
stitch  embroidery  worked  in  silk  and  worsted.  On  white  back- 
grounds, white  and  colored  beads  are  used  most  effectively. 
The  white  chalk  beads  on  dark  satins  and  silks  form  very  hand- 
some trimmings.  Beads  of  various  colors  arranged  in  designs 
to  imitate  the  popular  Paisley  effect  is  one  of  the  newest  de- 


velopments in  bead  work.  Other  very  attractive  color  com- 
binations are  also  seen,  such  as  dull  blue,  old  rose  and  brown 
on  light  tan  backgrounds. 

Recent  costumes  from  Paris  also  show  that  machine  stitching 
is  a  very  prominent  form  of  trimming.  Rows  upon  rows  of 
stitching  are  used  at  the  edges  of  coats  and  on  collar  and 
cuffs.  The  stitching  is  often  done  in  silk  of  a  darker  shade 
than  the  material  it  is  used  on,  and  sometimes  in  the  same 
shade. 

Pockets  Still  Persist. 

When  we  consider  the  traditional  fickleness  of  Fashion,  it 
seems  as  though  the  life  of  the  pocket  has  been  very  long,  in- 
deed; but  the  pocket  still  flourishes  on  suits,  coats  and  dresses 
and  shows  not  the  slightest  signs  of  becoming  extinct.  The 
latest  development  in  this  line  is  the  long,  loop-like  pocket 
placed  over  the  hips  and  standing  away  from  the  skirt.  The 
smart  afternoon  dress  of  black  satin  shown  in  the  sketch  illus- 
trates this  type  of  pocket,  also  the  new  tie-on  collar,  which 
crosses  in  front  and  ties  at  the  back,  somewhat  like  the  tie-on 
jumpers.  The  long  loop  pocket  is  usually  made  of  a  color 
which  contrasts  with  the  dress,  or  else  it  is  of  the  same  material, 
but  its  presence  is  emphasized  by  some  trimming  in  bright  silk 
embroidery  or  in  beads.  Or,  if  it  is  made  of  the  same  material, 
it  is  simply  lined  with  a  contrasting  color. 

The  Pinched-Back  Coat. 

Hip-length  coats  with  the  pinched  effect  at  the  back  and  a 
straight  front  are  very  smart  for  the  serviceable  suit  for  daily 
wear  or  for  the  sports  suit.  The  back  is  belted  with  a  rather 
wide  belt  stitched  down  over  short  pleats,  which  produces  the 
pinched  effect.  With  this  type  of  coat  the  full  box-pleated 
skirt  makes  an  excellent  costume.  In  mannish  mixtures  and 
jersey  cloth,  these  suits  are  worn  for  shopping,  sports  and  for 
practical  use.  The  sketch  illustrates  one  of  these  jaunty  suits 
in  bright  green  jersey  cloth. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  Sl.OO.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bercez 


C.  Mailhebum 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Buih  St.,  Sn  FrudMO  (Abort  Ktiray)  Eichinfe.  Dowiii  2411 


BLANCO'S  OT"^SL"kl,, 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


FfckJ  up  Capital 

K-htv  Liability  of 

■rs 

Aggregate  AmeU 
Jl.t  Maroh  Ilia 


$17,500,000.00 
•  13,375,000.00 
-     17.500,000.00 

$48.375.000.00 
$310,327,208.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

Ml  BRANCHES  «ml  AQKNCIBS  In  Iba  Australian  states.  Raw  Zealand, 
FIJI.  Parua.  '  >"»■«  Guinea1.  an<l  London.  The.  Bank  tnngacta  avery 
description  ol  Australian  Banking  Bnsinesa.  Wool  »"<1  other  Prodaoa 
Credit*  Arra!-- 

Hrld  Office:  London  Oltice: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


THE  CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.  Y.O..  LL.D  D.C.L.      Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHNAIRD  e~nftS%H      Reserve  Fund  "-EM! 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Assisunt  General  M«naecr      Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York   Office,    16    Exchange    Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

_     --.                                        Capital  Stock  SI. 000.000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  1,99R,224.64 
Deposits  55.186,713.12 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated  1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of    the   Associated    Savings    Banks    of    San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for    receipt   of   deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  T>^^SSl. 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT   &    TOWNE 

Established   1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 

1863  1916 

FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1853 


Cash   Capital,   $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States.  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.      Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental   income   by   fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333    California    Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly    of    6    Geary    street; 
removes  corns   entirely  whole — painless — without   knife.     Bunions   and   in- 
growing nails  cured  b.v   a   special   and   painless   treatment.      212-214  West- 
bank   Bldg.,   S30  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.       All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush.  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 
Samuel    M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law.   Chronicle  Building,  San   Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE 
Ocean    Shore    Railroad    Company 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,   San  Francisco,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 
held  on  the  16th  day  of  November.  1916,  an  assessment  of  Three  Dollars 
i'$3.00)  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  pay- 
able immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Treasurer,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,   No.   52  Eleventh  street,   San  Francisco,   California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  Friday, 
the  5th  day  of  January,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
Friday,  the  16th  day  of  February,  1917,  at  the  hour  of  10  o'clock  a.  m.  of 
said  day,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  adver- 
tising  and    expenses    of   sale. 

By  order  of  Board  of  Directors. 

J.   "W.CROSBY.   Secretary. 

Office — No.  52  Eleventh  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PUBLICATION    OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE,  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE,  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  vou  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San   Francisco,   State   of  California,    this  9th  day  of  December, 

(SetS)     m6'  H.    I.    MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.   R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  &  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange, 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;   Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire — New  York.  Chicago   to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices — San    Francisco.    490    California    St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis;  Los  Angeles,  118  Fourth  St.,  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 

PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


STATEM  ENT 

OF    THE    CONDITION    AND    VALUE    OF    THE    ASSETS    AND    LIABILITIES 

-OF- 


SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 


HIBERNIA  BANK 


DATED  DECEMBER  31,  1916 


ASSETS 
1— Bonds  of  the  United  States  ($7,853,000.00)  of 
the  State  of  California  and  the  Cities  and 
Counties  thereof  ($9,404,625.00) ,  of  the  State 
of  New  York  ($2,149,000.00),  of  the  City  of 
New  York  ($1,475,000.00),  of  the  State  of 
Massachusetts  ($1,097,000.00),  of  the  City 
of  Chicago  ($650,000.00),  the  actual  value  of 

which   is    $23,288,678.78 

2— Cash  in  vault 4,022,884.88 

3— Miscellaneous  Bonds  ($5,163,000.00),  the  ac- 
tual value  of  which  is   4,900,073.75 

$32,211,637.41 
They  are 

"San  Francisco  and  North  Pacific  Railway 
Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($476,000.00), 
"Southern  Pacific  Company,  San  Francisco 
Terminal  4  per  cent  Bonds"  ($350,000.00), 
"San  Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley  Rail- 
way Company  5  per  cent  Bonds  ($35,000.00) , 
"Northern  California  Railway  Co.  5  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($83,000.00),  "Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Co.  4l/2  per  cent  Bonds"  ($800,000.00), 
"Pennsylvania  Railroad  Co.  4  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($50,000),  "Market-St.  R'y  Co.  First 
Consolidated  Mortgage  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($243,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  of  California  Refunding  5  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($400,000.00) ,  "Los  Angeles  Railway 
Company  of  California  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($334,000.00),  "The  Omnibus  Cable  Com- 
pany 6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($167,000.00),  "Sut- 
ter Street  Railway  Company  5  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($150,000.00),  "Gough  Street  Rail- 
road Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($20,000,- 
00),  "The  Merchants'  Exchange  7  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($1,310,000.00),  "San  Francisco  Gas 
&  Electric  Company  4Vs  per  cent  Bonds" 
(494,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Gas  &  Electric 
Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($100,000.00), 
"Spring  Valley  Water  Company  4  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($50,000.00),  "German  House  Asso- 
ciation 6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($101,000.00.) 
4 — Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  se- 
cured, the  actual  value  of  which  is 32,482,516.28 

The  condition  of  said  Promissory  Notes 
and  debts  is  as  follows :  They  are  all  existing 
Contracts,  owned  by  said  Corporation,  and 
are  payable  to  it  at  its  office,  which  is  situ- 
ated at  the  corner  of  Market,  McAllister  and 
Jones  Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  the  pay- 
ment thereof  is  secured  by  First  Mortgages 
on  Real  Estate  within  this  State  and  the 
State  of  Oregon.  Said  Promissory  Notes  are 
kept  and  held  by  said  Corporation  at  its  said 


office,  which  is  its  principal  place  of  business, 
and  said  Notes  and  debts  are  there  situated. 

5 — Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  se- 
cured, the  actual  value  of  which  is 277,560.00 

The  condition  of  said  Promissory  Notes 
and  debts  is  as  follows :  They  are  all  existing 
Contracts,  owned  by  said  Corporation,  and 
are  payable  to  it  at  its  office,  which  is  situ- 
ated as  aforesaid,  and  the  payment  thereof 
is  secured  by  pledge  and  hypothecation  of 
Bonds  of  Railroad  and  Quasi- Public  Corpora- 
tions or  other  securities. 

6 — (a) — Real  Estate  situate  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco  ($1,922,348.26), 
and  in  the  Counties  of  Santa  Clara  ($143.29) , 
and  Alameda  ($43,952.64),  in  this  State,  the 

actual  value  of  which  is 1,966,444.19 

(b)    The  Land   and   Building  in   which   said 
Corporation  keeps  its  said  office,  the  actual 

value  of  which  is 982,573.52 

The  condition  of  said  Real  Estate  is  that  it 
belongs  to  said  corporation,  and  part  of  it  is 
productive. 

7 — Accrued  Interest  on  Loans  and  Bonds. ......        292,749.12 

TOTAL  ASSETS   $68,213,480.52 

LIABILITIES. 
1 — Said  Corporation  owes  Deposits  amounting  to 

and  the  actual  value  of  which  is $64,628,906.69 

Number  of  Depositors 88,605 

Average  Deposit  $729.40 

2 — Accrued  Interest  on  Loans  and  Bonds 292,749.12 

3— Reserve  Fund,  Actual  Value 3,291,824.71 

TOTAL  LIABILITIES $68,213,480.52 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

By  JOSEPH  S.  TOBIN,  President 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

By  R.  M.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

JOSEPH  S.  TOBIN  and  R.  M.  TOBIN,  being  each  duly 
sworn,  each  for  himself,  says :  That  said  JOSEPH  S.  TOBIN  is 
President  and  that  said  R.  M.  TOBIN  is  Secretary  of  THE 
HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY,  the  corpora- 
tion above  mentioned,  and  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  true. 

JOSEPH  S.  TOBIN,  President. 

R.  M.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  2d  day  of  January,  1917 

CHAS.  T.  STANLEY, 
Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California. 


FRANCOtc0 

News  L^ter 

Devoted   to   the    Leading    Interest*   of    California    and    trie    Pacific    Coast 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  13,  1917 


NO.  2. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
T1SER  is  printed  and  published  eveiy  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office-.. George  Street  or  Company,  30  Comhill,  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  for  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--.  I  year,  $5:  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 

The  garbage  controversy  has  grown  so  ancient  that  it  is 

smelly. 

Suspicion  of  everybody  by  everybody  else  is  the  key- 
note of  the  situation  in  Europe. 

It  doesn't  seem  to  occur  to  anybody  to  ask  Ford  to  take 

a  leading  part  in  the  efforts  toward  peace. 

The  pen  is  having  a  hard  time  these  days  to  uphold  the 

old  adage  that  it  is  mightier  than  the  sword. 

We  are  perfectly  willing  to  put  our  bank  clearing  figures 

against  the  population  boasts  of  Los  Angeles. 

Santa  Clara  County  wants  to  reduce  the  number  of  its 

justices.    Fewer  justices  might  result  in  more  justice. 

The  suspicion  grows  that  there  ain't  no  more  Peace  Dove 

■ — that  the  War  Eagle  has  devoured  it,  feathers,  coo  and  all. 

The  Oakland  police  officials  all  seem  to  be  tarred  with 

the  same  stick — and  an  extremely  dirty,  smeary  stick  at  that. 

When  police  judges  substitute  stiff  jail  sentences  for 

bombastic  threats  we  will  see  a  decrease  in  automobile  speed- 
ing. 

Prize-fighting  is  trying  to  crawl  back  into  its  deserted 

ring  through  this  session  of  the  legislature.  Hand  it  a  knock- 
cut. 

Now  that  we  are  about  through  our  dealings  with  Car- 

ranza,  it  looks  as  though  we  will  have  to  open  negotiations  with 
Villa. 

Oakland  officials  admit  that  they  ran  a  wide-open  town 

in  order  to  replenish  the  treasury  by  occasional  raids  and  fines. 
Pretty  shameless  lot! 

The   belligerent  nations   are   industriously  playing  the 

old  game  of  "Beggar  my  neighbor,"  and  all  are  becoming  beg- 
gared in  the  process. 

An  effort  is  to  be  made  before  this  legislature  to  pass  a 

measure  in  favor  of  clean  horse  racing.  Trouble  is  that  there 
ain't  no  such  animal. 

Records  have  been  unearthed  showing  that  the  cost  of 

living  in  San  Francisco  in  1851  was  lower  than  it  is  now.  But 
in  spite  of  the  high  prices  we'd  rather  live  here  now  than  have 
lived  here  in  1851. 


Visitor  from  the  war  front  declares  that  the  soldiers  on 

the  battle  front  are  growing  fat.    So  are  the  vultures. 

Prohibition  has  produced  in  Seattle  a  condition  of  official 

rottenness  and  bribery  that  is  more  destructive  of  the  morals  of 
tie  community  than  liquor  ever  was. 

The  plausibility  of  the  stories  of  Villa  burning  people 

!o  death  is  destroyed  by  the  allegation  that  he  pours  cans  of 
gasoline  over  his  victims.  Villa  isn't  that  rich. 

The  municipal  car  employees  who  have  been  denied  a 

raise  cannot  be  blamed  for  taking  with  a  grain  of  salt  the  boast 
that  the  city  car  lines  are  wonderfully  prosperous. 

Workers  on  the  State  highway  have  presented  Governor 

Johnson  with  an  overcoat  made  of  fox  furs.  The  Governor's 
political  foes  believe  that  he  is  foxy  enough  without  that. 

A  seven  year  sentence  in  San  Quentin  has  been  given  an 

automobile  thief.  But  thirty  days  seems  to  be  the  limit  for  the 
drunken  driver  who  endangers  the  lives  of  all  on  the  street. 

How  much  the  Rev.  Billy  Sunday  did  the  temperance 

cause  in  Boston  the  other  day,  when  Boston  went  "wet"  by  a 
greatly  increased  majority  over  what  was  chalked  up  some  years 
ago! 

In  a  certain  village  a  young  man  who  had  been  invited 

to  enlist  wrote  to  the  recruiting  officer,  as  follows :  "I  do  not 
feel  I  ought  to  leave  my  wife  while  there  are  so  many  single 
men  left  at  home  in  this  district." 

Senator  Chandler  of  Fresno  says  that  his  principal  work 

at  this  session  of  the  legislature  will  be  toward  halting  mis- 
cellaneous law-making.  Power  to  his  tongue.  But  we  are 
afraid  that  he  is  a  hopeless  minority. 

It  is  declared  that  the  war  has  eliminated  the  class  line 

in  England,  and  the  prediction  is  made  that  it  will  never  be 
revived.  Maybe.  But  one  can't  help  recalling  the  old  familiar 
verse  about  "When  the  Devil  was  sick." 

Eastern  psychologist  on  visit  here  says  the  psycopathic 

hospital  instead  of  the  divorce  court,  is  the  place  for  many  of 
the  ills  of  married  life.  It  would,  of  course,  be  brutal  to  sug- 
gest the  whipping  post  or  the  ducking  stool,  but- 

The  Central  M.  E.  Church  has  addressed  a  letter  to  the 

Board  of  Police  Commissioners  asking  for  that  body's  views  on 
vice  in  San  Francisco.  The  reply  should  be :  "Vice  provides 
jobs  for  a  lot  of  policemen  who,  if  it  did  not  exist,  might  have 
to  go  to  work." 

The  church  officials  had  met  together  to  devise  some 

means  of  getting  rid  of  their  unpopular  pastor.  After  many 
suggestions  had  been  made,  none  of  which  were  feasible,  the 
deacon,  who  was  rather  a  wag,  said :  "I'll  tell  you  what  to  do. 
Let  us  pay  him  all  his  arrears  of  salary  and  raise  his  income  to 
a  thousand  a  year,  and  then  he'll  drop  down  dead." 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Adamson  Bill 
In  Stronger  Form. 


The  old  Adamson  bill  which  caused 
such  a  flurry  in  railroad  circles  in 
the  latter  part  of  last  year  has  been 
tossed  in  the  scrap  pile,  and  a  new 
and  more  comprehensive  bill  has  been  formulated  by  Adamson 
to  cover  more  adequately  several  important  major  points  not 
touched  on  in  the  first  bill.  President  Wilson  is  said  to  approve 
this  measure.  The  new  bill  is  unquestionably  a  great  improve- 
ment on  its  predecessor  from  the  viewpoint  of  the  public,  and 
offers  a  piece  of  machinery  that  gives  ample  force  to  the  gov- 
ernment to  handle  extraordinary  situations  in  case  of  a  strike. 
The  eight  hour  law  is  established  for  railroad  employees  and 
provision  is  made  that  employees  may  work  overtime  with  the 
specific  approval  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission.  In 
case  of  a  contest,  both  sides  must  notify  the  President  and  the 
board  of  mediation.  The  President  thereupon  will  appoint  a 
board  of  inquiry  which  shall  ascertain  all  facts  and  make  a 
report  of  settlement  within  three  months.  Pending  this  report 
it  will  be  unlawful  for  either  side  to  institute  a  strike  or  lock- 
out. The  President  is  authorized  to  commandeer  and  operate 
lines  of  common  carriers  in  certain  emergencies,  with  a  view  to 
the  national  control  of  railroad  lines  in  case  of  a  military  neces- 
sity. Under  this  head  the  Presi- 
dent could  of  course  take  over  the 
control  of  the  situation  should 
the  decision  of  the  board  of  in- 
quiry fail  to  satisfy  both  the 
railroads  and  labor,  a  situation 
not  likely  to  occur  under  the  new 
trend  of  legislation.  The  new 
bill  offers  a  little  more  tolerance 
to  railroad  rights,  but  labor  gets 
by  far  the  larger  share  of  the  ap- 
ple. Having  captured  the  eight 
hour  trench  with  its  increase  of 
pay  of  over  $70,000,000  annually, 
the  present  influential  lobby  or- 
ganization of  labor  at  Washing- 
ton is  in  a  position  to  jam  over 
like  pieces  of  legislation  for  in- 
creases of  wages  along  other 
lines,  a  tax  which  eventually 
comes  out  of  the  pockets  of  the 
plain  people  of  the  nation.  Labor 
leaders  have  notoriously  in- 
trenched themselves  in  Washing- 
ton, and  it  is  extremely  unlikely 
that  they  will  miss  any  tricks  to 
coerce  weak-kneed  legislators  in 
a  way  to  wring  concessions  in 
other  advantageous  forms. 


Chamber  of  Commerce 
In  Review,  1916. 


Jsr 


The  investigation  at  Washington, 
The  Washington  "Leak."    this  week,  of  that  famous  "leak" 

in  the  Wilson  peace  note,  which 
was  handily  made  use  of  by  influential  inside  players  to  break 
a  peak  market  in  Wall  street,  will  end  in  a  fizzle.  The  man  or 
men  who  handled  that  stock-smashing  coup  naturally  possess 
the  requisite  nerve  and  political  pull  to  cloak  their  identity.  As 
usual  in  a  Wall  street  battle  between  the  bulls  and  the  bears  the 
lambs  were  slaughtered  unmercifully  through  -weak  margins. 
It  is  the  old,  old  story  with  the  moral  utterly  shop  worn. 

It  is  only  fair  to  say  that  these  "leaks"  are  rare  and  very  few 
administrations  are  tainted  with  them,  despite  the  fact  that  a 
small  percentage  of  legislators,  short  of  funds  to  plunge  into 
the  extravagant  social  swim  in  Washington,  would  now  and 
then  incline  to  court  such  connections.  More  and  more  as  the 
years  roll'by  such  opportunities  are  growing  less,  and  scandals 
of  that  character  are  growing  rare.  The  recent  peak  market 
prevailing  in  Wall  street,  backed  by  the  extraordinary  high 
war  prices  of  American  factory  products,  offered  an  extraordi- 
nary opportunity  to  any  coterie  of  influential  players  in  Wall 
street  to  clean  up  an  enormous  fortune.  Occasion  and  result 
met  naturally.    Then  there  is  another  angle  to  this  "leak"  bla- 


zoned by  the  newspapers  throughout  the  country:  to  wit,  that 
certain  political  interests  are  taking  a  side  swipe  at  Wilson.  The 
investigation,  however,  will  serve  as  a  side  show  in  Washington 
to  pepper  the  day's  doings.  Aside  from  that,  it  may  throw  some 
sidelight  on  Wall  street  influences,  and  any  new  suspicious  re- 
lationship some  of  its  brokers  may  have  developed  in  recent 
years  with  any  members  of  Congress.  Such  investigations  are 
sometimes  valuable  for  the  by-product  they  uncover,  political 
by-products  in  which  voters  will  occasionally  discover  rich  re- 
sults from  a  political  viewpoint  of  the  calibre  of  men  who  are 
dubbed  Congressmen. 

is- 

In  a  retrospect  of  the  year  1916, 
President  F.  J.  Koster  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  makes  timely  ref- 
erence to  a  list  of  important  achieve- 
ments scored  by  the  new  spirit  of  progress  now  stimulating  that 
organization.  Among  them  are:  Establishing  the  Law  and 
Order  Committee  and  the  raising  of  a  million  dollar  fund ;  pass- 
age of  the  anti-picketing  ordinance;  recommendations  sent  to 
all  voters  of  the  city  on  the  33  amendments,  both  State  and 
municipal,  and  the  favorable  action  which  followed;  inducing 

voters  to  register,  thereby  secur- 
ing the  largest  vote  ever  cast  in 
the  history  of  the  city;  the  big 
mass  meeting  of  6,000  people  at 
the  Auditorium  to  protest  against 
the  infamous  crime  which  dark- 
ened the  Preparedness  parade; 
completion  of  the  preliminary  in- 
dustrial survey;  raising  the  mem- 
bership of  the  local  Chamber  of 
Commerce  to  6,500  members, 
thereby  making  it  the  largest 
commercial  organization  in  the 
U.  S.  A.;  starting  the  campaign 
which  prevented  giving  away  the 
Philippines;  furnishing  the  naval 
commission  with  maps,  facts  and 
authentic  data  in  the  action  of 
the  proposed  naval  base  here. 
These  vigorous  and  timely  ac- 
tions have  proved  of  immense 
importance  in  shaping  the  course 
of  the  new  San  Francisco,  espe- 
cially the  movement  which  has 
brought  about  a  new  and  better 
era  in  industrial  relationship. 
Results  of  this  character  guaran- 
tee a  firmer  foundation  on  which 
merchants  can  build  their  hopes 
and  commercial  plans,  a  harbin- 
binger  of  better  times  and  a  stronger  civic  spirit. 

3Kr 

Reports  throughout  the  great  East- 
At  the  War's  Close?       em  manufacturing  section  show  that 

the  industrial  companies  are  in  a 
very  much  better  condition  than  they  were  two  years  ago,  and 
this  must  be  taken  into  account  in  trying  to  gauge  what  may 
happen  when  the  war  closes.  It  is  generally  expected  that  with 
peace  in  sight  there  will  undoubtedly  follow  a  slackening  de- 
mand of  the  products  of  this  country,  and  a  consequent  lower- 
ing in  prices  and  profits.  With  this  drop  in  prices  there  will 
follow  a  renewed  impetus  in  domestic  industries.  Exports  will 
fall  off  and  imports  increase,  a  shifting  of  the  demand  for  war . 
goods  to  peace  goods.  Europe  will  be  called  upon  to  rehabili- 
tate itself;  already  it  is  preparing  the  way  to  start  its  industries 
the  moment  the  last  shot  is  fired.  It  is  confidently  expected 
that  Europe  will  at  once  give  this  country  big  orders  for  raw 
materials,  agricultural  implements  and  machinery  of  all  kinds. 
Many  ships  are  being  built  now  in  this  country  to  transport  the 
enormous  amount  of  building  tools  and  material  demanded  by 
Europe,  especially  steel.  Fair  costs  will  mark  such  purchases 
and  not  war  prices.    Financiers  believe  that  a  more  successful' 


WILL  IT  HOLD? 

— Kirby  in  the  New  York  World 


v  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


period  in  extending  American  trade  will  follow  the  close  of  the 
war  rather  than  during  the  war.  America  will  embark  in  this 
growing  enterprise  from  a  new  point,  that  of  investor  and  or- 
ganizer, representing  the  richest  nation  in  the  world.  Manu- 
facturers belicv'  neatest  demand  for  goods, 
building  materia.  I  follow  the  close  of  the  war.  The 
field  is  now  open  to  the  conquest  of  the  trade  of  the  world  by 
the  merchants  of  America  if  they  develop  the  ability  to  make 
good  in  leadership,  and  in  this  position  the  United  States  stands 
at  the  close  of  1916.  the  "lost  extraordinary  year  in  its  indus- 
trial and  commercial  history. 


A    "CLOSE   UP"    WITH   LLOYD  GEORGE. 

"David  Lloyd  George."  says  Lord  Northcliffe,  "began  hum- 
bly, with  no  other  assets  in  life  than  a  good  father  and  mother. 
His  father  was  a  teacher  at  a  school  in  Liverpool  managed  by 
a  committee  of  Unitarians,  which  included  no  less  a  figure  than 
Dr.  Henry  Martineau.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  a  Bap- 
tist minister  in  the  Welsh  village  of  Llanystumdwy.  I  have  a 
picture  in  tront  of  me  of  this  lady — a  typical  last-century  figure 
with  lace  cap  and  fichu,  and  the  inevitable  cameo  brooch. 

"He  is  constantly  referred  to  here  as  'the  little  Welshman,' 
but  he  is  not  at  all  little.  The  head  is  not  that  of  a  little  man, 
mentally  or  physically.  It  is  the  head  of  a  man  with  a  sparkle 
of  genius,  combined  with  Celtic  energy  and  intense  industry." 

Mr.  Lloyd  George  is  the  first  solicitor  to  be  entrusted  with 
the  formation  of  a  ministry.  He  was  engaged  in  active  profes- 
sional practice  until  he  was  appointed  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  in  1905.    He  is  also  the  first  Welshman  to  be  Premier. 

Mr.  Lloyd  George  has  attained  the  great  position  of  Prime 
Minister  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  53.  He  was  Chan- 
cellor of  the  Exchequer  at  45,  and  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  at  42.  Since  Cardinal  Wolsey  there  has  been  no  in- 
stance in  our  history  of  a  rise  from  such  obscurity  to  such  emi- 
nence. Reared  in  a  cottage  home  in  the  Welsh  mountains,  edu- 
cated only  at  an  elementary  school,  Lloyd  George  has  known 
the  pinch  of  privation. 

It  is  these  youthful  experiences  that  have  given  him  his  pro- 
found and  loving  sympathy  with  the  working  millions.  Until 
he  was  past  30  he  had  the  hard  struggle  which  is  the  lot  of  the 
professional  man  of  the  lower  middle  classes  until  he  has  found 
his  feet.  Ten  years  later  he  was  in  the  Cabinet.  Yet  he  owed 
nothing  whatever  to  adventitious  aids.  He  has  risen  by  the 
native  force  of  his  own  unaided  gifts. 

That  square  face  shows  that  with  all  his  bonhomie  the  basis 
of  his  nature  is  leonine.  He  is  a  man  of  colossal  courage,  es- 
sential insight,  and  vital  resource.  Of  the  Dantonesque  quality 
of  audacity  no  man  in  the  world  has  more,  but  to  that  are  added 
wariness  and  contrivance  in  equal  measure. 

The  new  Premier  has  been  described  as  the  most  brilliant 
opportunist  in  public  life.  Never  was  opportunity  so  porten- 
tous, and  yet  so  brilliant  in  its  possibilities,  offered  to  any 
statesman  as  that  which  falls  to  the  lot  of  Mr.  Lloyd  George  to- 
day. 


LITERATURE  OF  THE  FUTURE. 

There  have  been  innumerable  speculations  in  the  past  twelve 
months  upon  the  effect  which  the  war  will  have  on  the  future 
of  English  literature. 

The  materials  for  myriads  of  post-bellum  volumes  are  now 
being  collected  by  combatants  -nd  non-combatants  in  the  zone 
of  war;  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  expect  that  in  almost  every 
battalion  of  Britain's  new  voluntary  army  will  be  found  some 
chronicler,  who,  should  he  survive,  will  in  a  literary  way 
sooner  or  later  "shoulder  his  crutch  and  show  how  fields  are 
won,"  if  it  only  be  for  the  gratification  of  his  native  shire. 

The  Americans  made  their  Civil  War  the  theme  of  fifty  years 
of  magazine  articles  and  a  great  library  of  histories  that  have 
not  even  yet  exhausted  living  memories  of  Lee  and  Grant, 
Gettysburg,  Antietam  and  Vicksburg;  how  great  will  be  the 
torrent  of  histories  of  Europe's  ghastliest  years  of  bloodshed. 


fi£  TOWN 
CRIER 


Mr.  X.  Pounder — Brace  up  and  have  some  confidence 

in  yourself,  and  you'll  amount  to  something.  If  you  have  faith 
you  can  move  mountains.  Lazy  Luke — Oh,  well,  who  wants 
'em  moved,  anyway? — Milwaukee  News. 


Gay  old  San  Francisco  is  taking  sporting  chances.  Per- 
haps that  is  why  the  local  Real  Estate  Board  recently  imported 
accounting  experts  from  New  York  to  make  a  survey  report  on 
•he  present  methods  of  expending  the  money  in  the  municipal 
treasury.  The  main  drain-pipe  in  last  year's  expenditures,  to 
June  1,  $25,015,036,  was  the  "warrants  in  general  business,"  a 
fisherman's  ragged  net  in  handling  public  moneys;  it  totaled 
$7,793,970  by  the  time  the  funds  were  improperly  spilled.  An 
eye-opener  to  the  situation  is  the  item  of  "operation  and  im- 
provement of  the  municipal  railway  system,"  which  nicked  the 
treasury  for  $1,318,852.  Digest  that  fact  if  you  can.  And  the 
braggers  of  that  system  invariably  swear  by  all  that  is  crooked 
that  those  car  lines  are  making  money  on  their  investment, 
"with  increasing  business  in  sight."  The  lie  will  undoubtedly 
be  nailed  when  the  reports  of  the  representatives  of  the  re- 
search bureau  are  completed.  These  representatives  assert 
that  at  least  $1,000,000  can  be  saved  San  Francisco  taxpayers 
under  up-to-date  ordinary  business  methods.  Chuck  the  old 
pliocene  methods  in  the  scrap  heap  with  the  mildewed  remnants 
of  the  old  guard  of  local  politicians  who  developed  it.  Local 
taxpayers  should  make  every  effort  to  back  up  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Real  Estate  Board  in  trying  to  put  the  city's  system  on  a 
strictly  clean-cut  and  honest  business  basis. 

The  high  cost  of  living  and  the  tensile  stretchiness  of  a 

ten  year  old  stomach  has  led  several  pedagogues  of  Oakland  to 
introduce  the  cafeteria  system  into  their  schools.  For  five  cents 
an  empty,  groveling  stomach  can  push  the  limp  body  up  to  one 
end  of  the  long  table,  and  then  it  is  only  a  matter  of  paddling 
the  feet  and  keeping  the  arms  swinging  from  plate  to  mouth, 
like  an  endless  bucket  chain,  to  almost  fill  the  interior  of  the 
hand-stuffed  darlings.  Representatives  of  the  insurance  com- 
panies are  present  to  see  that  the  circumference  stomach  band 
is  not  stretched  more  than  six  inches.  Housewives  living  near 
these  schools  are  dressing  up  in  kindergarten  clothes  to  break 
into  the  five  cent  meals  "with  all  you  can  eat."  It  is  intimated 
that  these  "five  cent  eats"  is  Oakland's  special  bid  to  attract 
population  and  throw  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  into  the 
discard. 

Washington  has  gone  bone  dry!  Who  would  have  di- 
vined that  Congress  on  its  own  initiative  would  have  turned 
down  the  glass,  nailed  up  the  spigot  and  hurled  the  decanter 
into  the  ash  bin.  The  members  are  now  discussing  throat  ir- 
rigation in  low  whispers  and  descanting  on  the  probability  of 
a  wet  winter.  Even  the  liquor  in  the  pork  barrel  is  threatened 
with  being  spilled.  Like  Hamlet  and  Laertes  in  the  play,  the 
members  all"  lament  that  they  bunked  one  another  to  such  a 
limit  of  endurance.  What  New  York  representative  will  give 
up  his  Manhattan,  and  what  Sothron  Senator  will  abandon  his 
mint  julep?  In  the  history  of  congresses  and  legislative  pro- 
cedures it  is  set  forth  by  erudite  critics  that  eventually  they  all 
go  wrong.  Our  Congress  has  many  times  given  evidence  that 
it  has  gone  very  wrong  in  coasting  down  the  grooves  of  Time  on 
the  pork  barrel.  It  follows  as  the  night  the  day  that  they  won't 
take  their  congressional  opinions  into  their  home  towns. 

The  husband  of  a  certain  wealthy  lady  who  has  taken 

an  active  part  in  war  charities  is  just  now  in  a  sad  way.  Prior 
to  her  marriage,  she  had  been  on  the  stage,  and  before  she  went 
in  for  the  theatre  had  been,  unknown  to  her  husband,  an  artist's 
model.  The  artist  for  whom  she  posed  in  somewhat  summery 
costume  recently  had  his  goods  and  pictures  seized  for  rent.  At 
the  sale  several  paintings  of  the  lady  in  question  were  bought 
by  a  well  known  firm  of  art  publishers,  who  reproduced  them  in 
a  cheap  form  as  studies  of  feminine  loveliness.  Unfortunately, 
however,  the  face  had  been  so  excellently  painted  that  every- 
one in  society  recognizes  the  original,  and  the  lady's  husband's 
bank  balance  has  been  greatly  depleted  by  his  frantic  efforts 
to  buy  them  up. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


Mardi  Gras  de  Russe. 

The  choice  of  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker  for  the  Queen  of  the 
Mardi  Gras  assures  the  resplendency  of  the  court,  for  Mrs. 
Walker  loves  the  magnificent,  and  will  cooperate  with  the  art- 
ists in  making  the  scene  one  that  might  have  been  lifted  from 
a  Ballet  Russe.  Moreover,  she  is  the  type  of  beauty  which 
one  finds  not  infrequently  among  the  Russian  aristocrats — it  is 
the  type  whicn  the  artist  always  elongates,  but  in  reality  many 
of  the  Russians  are  not  o'er  tall  and  are  of  the  pretty  plumpness 
which  keeps  Mrs.  Walker  on  the  banting  wagon.  She  has  the 
features,  starry  eyed  splendor  and  smile  of  surpassing  beauty 
which  will  make  her  the  focal  point  of  admiring  glances  whom- 
soever she  chooses  to  be  in  her  court. 

There  is  always  an  embarrassment  of  choice  of  beauties  for 
the  royal  pageant,  of  our  annual  Mardi  Gras.  If  Royalty  the 
continent  over  were  so  thickly  peopled  with  genuine  beauties 
the  word  "morganatic"  would  never  have  been  coined  to  cover 
the  matrimonial  independence  of  princes  who  have  been  de- 
flected from  marriage  with  their  peers.  Every  year  the  com- 
mittee in  charge  of  the  ball  goes  over  the  long  list  of  beauties 
perennial  to  the  social  register  as  flowers  are  to  the  spring. 
There  is  always  a  new  beauty  or  two  among  the  debutantes  who 
have  just  debued;  there  are  always  several  beauties  among  the 
belles;  and  in  the  list  of  young  matrons  there  are  any  number 
of  women  with  beauty  plus  poise  to  bedazzle  the  choice  of  the 
Queen-makers.  Perhaps  in  no  other  city  in  America  is  beauty 
prolific  enough  to  make  it  possible  for  any  number  of  genuine 
beauties  to  have  escaped  the  decorative  servitude  of  wielding 
the  Mardi  Gras  scepter. 

There  is  Mrs.  Follis,  for  example,  whose  loveliness  has  never 
waned  since  the  day  when  as  Mary  Belle  Gwin  she  was  declared 
the  prettiest  debutante  of  the  year;  there  is  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor 
who,  even  as  a  debutante,  had  a  queenly  bearing  supposed  to  be- 
long to  the  Royal  Family,  whereas,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  stoop 
shoulders  and  double  chins  show  no  aversion  to  Royalty;  there 
are  dozens  and  dozens  of  other  young  matrons  who  have  the 
necessary  pulchritude,  and  at  one  time  or  another  in  their 
social  careers  have  been  asked  to  queen  it  at  the  Mardi  Gras, 
and  on  one  pretext  or  another  they  have  escaped,  and  always 
there  have  been  plenty  of  other  beauties  to  fill  in  the  gap. 
©    ©    © 

Wanted — A  Kink. 

The  choice  of  king  is  never  accomplished  without  a  severe 
case  of  fatigue  for  the  committee ;  it  might  likewise  be  admitted 
here  and  now  that  the  idea  of  being  a  "kink"  even  for  a  night 
makes  the  average  American  tired.  Moreover,  the  male  of  the 
species,  found  everywhere  in  California,  is  not  a  throw-back  to 
the  Greek  God  type.  Now  and  then  one  finds  a  super-man  who 
might  have  posed  for  the  ready-to-wear  advertisements,  but  as  a 
rule  he  wears  them,  and  that  puts  him  out  of  the  running. 

However,  by  divine  intuition,  or  a  divining  rod,  or  some 
equally  clever  device  the  committee  manages  to  produce  a  king 
every  year,  who  may  not  be  up  to  the  glorified  ideals  of  king- 
ship, but  is  so  much  better  looking  than  the  real  thing  found 
in  Europe,  Asia  or  Africa  that  no  apologies  need  be  offered. 
The  king  consort  for  this  pageant  has  not  yet  been  named  out 
loud  in  print,  although  there  are  several  men  under  close  scru- 
tiny, any  one  of  whom  would  make  an  admirable  king  for  a 
Russian  court  scene. 

©    ©    © 

The  Follis  Quartette. 

The  matrimonial  soothsayers  are  still  mumbling  incoherences 
about  Mrs.  Follis,  and  they  have  created  more  than  an  ordinary 
interest  in  her  affairs.  According  to  the  wisest  of  these  gossipy 
old  dames,  Mrs.  Follis  ha«  a  quartette  of  suitors,  each  one  pres- 
ing  the  other  hard  for  precedence  in  her  favor,  and  not  until 
she  actually  makes  her  engagement  announcement  will  the  cau- 
tious prophet  dare  to  name  the  lucky  man.  Meanwhile  the  sui- 
tors can  easily  be  detected  by  their  unhappy  expression  when 
they  run  into  each  other  at  the  clubs,  on  the  busy  marts  of  com- 
merce, or  in  the  vicinity  of  the  lovely  lady. 


Lily  Oelrichs  Martin  Lost? 

The  news  that  Mrs.  Lily  Oelrichs  Martin  would  visit  in  San 
Francisco  came  in  telegraphic  communication  from  that  lady 
herself,,  and  was  received  by  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  as  evidence 
of  her  immediate  arrival,  and  the  lady  arrived  not. 

The  news  of  the  dashing  Lily's  engagement  to  her  German 
Duke  came  over  the  newspaper  wires,  and  was  not  mentioned 
in  the  telegram  to  Mrs.  Martin,  wherefore  the  family  hae  its 
doots.  However,  no  one  related  to  that  lady,  either  by  marriage 
or  experience,  could  muster  an  expression  of  surprise  over  any 
of  her  adventures,  so  they  await  her  coming  or  absence  with 
equal  uncertainty. 

©    ©     © 
Mrs.  Downey  Harvey  Vacates. 

However,  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey  has  vacated  the  third  floor  of 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin's  home,  and  has  gone  East  to  visit  friends, 
leaving  the  luxurious  rooms  for  the  exotic  Lily.  When  the 
Downey  Harveys  gave  up  their  own  home,  some  one  asked  Mrs. 
Harvey  where  she  was  living,  and  that  witty  lady  replied:  "We 
have  lodgings  on  the  third  floor,  back,"  and  one  lugubrious  soul 
who  heard  her  went  around  saying  that  it  was  too  bad  that  the 
Harveys  had  come  down  to  living  in  a  lodging  house  on  the 
third  floor,  back! 

Several  years  ago  Mrs.  Martin  had  the  entire  third  floor  of 
her  home  done  into  guest  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  various  mem- 
bers of  her  family,  and  the  Peter  Martins  were  the  first  to 
occupy  them  for  any  length  of  time,  so  the  other  members  of 
the  family  have  always  felt  that  Mrs.  Peter  had  a  sort  of  pio- 
neer's lien  on  them,  although  the  Downey  Harveys  have  been 
living  with  Mrs.  Martin  for  the  last  two  or  three  years. 
©    ©    © 

Heine  Von  Schroeder  and  the  Neutrals. 

Lieutenant  Paul  Verdier,  who  is  here  on  furlough  from  the 
French  army,  is  the  hero  of  the  smart  set,  and  is  learning  that 
while  a  soldier  of  France  may  escape  with  his  life  in  the 
trenches  he  cannot  escape  the  adoration  of  a  "neutral"  society. 

Any  one  who  doubts  that  we  are  "neutral"  in  the  strictest 
sense  of  the  word  may  obtain  corroborative  evidence  from 
Heine  Von  Schroeder.  Heine,  unlike  other  members  of  his 
family,  did  not  offer  his  services  to  the  Fatherland,  but  re- 
mained here  to  deport  himself  as  a  neutral.  Before  the  war 
Heine  was  a  great  favorite,  but  now  he  cannot  be  quoted  on  the 
list  of  those  above  par.  Suspicion  rests  upon  him.  When  he 
appeared  at  a  benefit  for  the  Allies,  a  romantic  debutante  started 
the  story  that  he  was  a  German  spy,  and  she  found  a  fuddled 
dowager  who  believed  her  and  passed  the  story  along. 

To  be  sure,  it  was  the  sort  of  story  that  was  foredoomed  to 
early  death,  but  there  was  still  the  suspicion  that  his  heart  did 
not  pump  venom  for  the  Prussians,  and  this  in  spite  of  his  de- 


Vacuum   Pan 

used  by 
■Gail  Borden 
1  the  early  50s. 


m 


Borden's  as  an  in- 
stitution is  sixty 
years  old.  Begin- 
ning in  1  85  7,  when 
Gail    Borden   pro- 


J?,c<Ml73oiU*v 

EAGLE 

BRAND 

CONDENSED 

MILK 


duced  the  first  condensed  milk,  it  steadily  advanced  in  scope 
of  service  and  commercial  importance  until  it  occupied  the 
leading  position  in  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  milk 
products. 

The  original  "Eagle  Brand"  is  probably  the  most  widely  known  food 
product  in  the  world  today.  Its  reputation  as  an  infant  food  and  as  a 
table  delicacy,  based  on  quality,  has  maintained  an  unbroken  record  of 
public  favor  that  we  are  justly  proud  of.  The  primitive  little  device  at 
the  top  of  this  advertisement  made  possible  the  first  "Eagle  Brand'  Milk. 

The  giant  apparatus  shown  below  is  one  of 
over  100  now  in  operation.  They  constitute  a 
monument  to  Gail  Borden's  work  as  well  as 
gratifying  evidence  of  the  public  confidence  won 
and  held. 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED    MILK   CO. 

Leaders  of  Quality 
Est.  1857    New  York     W" 


A  Modern  Vacuu  m  , 
Condensing 


Capacity   25.000    Ibs.l 


-Y  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


claration  that  he  was  really  a  neutral.  "There  ain't  any  such 
animal."  maintained  the  fashionables,  and  instead  of  invitations 
to  all  I  unger  set  Heine's  mail  was  largely 

confined  to  billet  doux  from  the  tailor  and  the  hatter  and  club 
bills,  and  the  usual  cargo  of  stationary  that  a  postman  mi^i-.t 
carry  to  any  young  man  of  less  social  distinctions  than  the  Von 
Schroeders  were  once  accustomed  to  receive  in  the  community. 
In  fat  •  be  stated  in  cold  fact  that  because  other  mem- 

bers of  his  family  arc  fighting  on  the  French  side  Heine  Von 
Schroeder  is  being  disciplined  by  "neutral"  society. 
•'.■     ■■•    •■.• 

Fred  Kohl  Arrives. 

Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  has  surprised  most  of  her  friends  by  enter- 
ing the  market  for  a  home  in  the  Burlingame  environs.  The 
Kohl  place  is  too  big  for  the  present  bifurcated  situation  in  the 
family,  Fred  Kohl  having  packed  up  his  belongings  and  moved 
to  the  Pacific  Union  Club.  Mrs.  Freddie  went  East  before  the 
holidays,  and  both  admitted  to  their  intimate  friends,  although 
denying  to  the  public,  that  they  were  going  to  pursue  separate 
ways. 

Mrs.  Kohl  went  East  with  the  idea  of  remaining  there  all 
winter,  but  suddenly  decided  to  return  to  California,  and 
joined  the  Templeton  Crockers  on  their  western  journey.  She 
looks  very  thin  and  pale,  but  goes  about  as  usual,  and  if  the 
possibility  of  reconciliation  hangs  high,  it  is  beyond  the  gaze 
of  the  ordinary  passerby 

Mrs.  Kohl  was  brought  up  in  the  convent,  and  is  an  ardent 
Catholic  convert,  and  at  the  time  of  their  marriage  Fred  Kohl 
adopted  her  faith,  so  divorce  cannot  enter  into  their  calcula- 
tions of  the  future  without  many  religious  reservations.  Foi 
this  and  other  reasons,  some  of  their  friends  still  hope  that  they 
will  not  arrive  at  the  final  parting  of  the  ways. 
©    ©    © 

A  nother  Engagement  Rumor. 

Persistent  rumor  attaches  itself  to  the  heart  affairs  of  Dr. 
George  Ebright  and  the  society  bells  who  has  accepted  his  at- 
tentions this  season.  One  story  goes  that  the  family  of  the 
young  lady  does  not  look  o'er  kindly  on  the  match,  owing  to 
a  disparity  in  age  and  religion,  but  these  objections  do  not  al- 
ways make  an  insurmountable  barrier,  and  an  engagement  an- 
nouncement is  expected  by  those  in  the  "know." 

Dr.  Ebright  several  years  ago  married  Mrs.  Hopkins,  the 
mother  of  Gertrude  Hopkins  and  niece  of  E.  W.  Hopkins.  They 
soon  decided  that  it  was  an  unfortunate  idea,  and  separated 
without  any  fuss  or  scandal.  Miss  Gertrude  and  her  stepfather- 
for-a-time  have  remained  good  friends,  and  always  dance  to- 
gether when  they  meet  at  affairs.  The  Taylors  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Hopkins  family  likewise  pursue  the  same  friendly 
course  which  relieves  all  tention  in  social  situations. 


ferent  operas  every  week.     It  also  promises  many  nov 
among  which  will  be  Mascagni's  "Isabeau  .  s  "Wally" 

and  the  "Damnation  of  Faust"  by  Berlioz,  which  have  never 
been  given  in  San  Francisco;  and  "Goyesca,"  by  Granados,  the 
great  sensation  of  last  year's  season. 


Mrs.  Jos.  J.  Moran  was  a  recent  hostess  at  the  Hotel  Oakland, 
entertaining  as  her  guests  Mrs.  William  Parks,  Mrs.  A.  Peder- 
sen,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Bouquet,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Bullen,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Raymond, 
Mrs.  R.  R.  Beggs,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Bryant. 

Mr.  Henry  T.  Scott  came  over  to  Oakland  on  Saturday  to  the 
launching  of  the  "Thordis.  '  The  launching  was  preceded  by  a 
luncheon  in  honor  of  Mr.  Scott  at  the  Hotel  Oakland,  which  was 
attended  by  twenty-two  other  prominent  men. 


NEW   GRAND    OPERA    COMPANY   COMING. 

The  Biacale  Opera  Company,  which  for  years  has  been  play- 
ing in  the  leading  theatres  of  Europe  and  South  America,  is 
now  playing  in  Havana  at  the  request  of  the  directors  of  the 
National  Opera  House  of  that  city,  and  from  there  it  will  come 
directly  to  San  Francisco  for  an  opera  season  to  be  given  at  the 
Cort  Theatre  next  April.  Its  costumes  and  scenes  are  made 
by  the  leading  firms  of  Milan,  the  same  which  furnish  the  La 
Scala  Theatre.  The  principals  of  the  company  are  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan standard,  and  include  the  so  much  talked  about  tenor, 
Ippolito  Lazzaro,  said  to  be  the  greatest  tenor  in  the  world  next 
to  Caruso;  the  famous  baritone  Stracciari,  who  ranks  in  Europe 
with  Titta  Ruffo;  and  the  tenors  Taccani  and  Carpi,  the  latter 
now  singing  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  in  New  York. 
Among  the  sopranos,  Bracale  has  a  genuine  star  in  the  person  of 
Signorina  Borghi-Zerni.  Other  sopranos  are  Anna  Fitziu,  Pina 
Bitelli  and  Maria  Alemanni,  and  of  the  mezzo-sopranos  it  is 
enough  to  mention  Regina  Alvarez.  The  repertoire  will  be 
extensive,  and  will  permit  Mr.  Bracale  to  give  four  or  five  dif- 


A    LOCAL  SUNDAY  CLOSING    MOVEMENT. 

Since  1848,  California  has  made  spasmodic  attempts  at  a 
Sunday  closing  movement.  The  present  session  of  the  State 
legislature,  urged  by  labor  and  church  representatives,  will  put 
its  shoulder  to  the  wheel  in  an  effort  to  boost  the  movement 
nearer  the  final  closing  line. 

Some  seventy  years  ago,  the  year  that  Marshall  discovered 
gold  and  started  the  gold  rush  from  all  quarters  of  the  globe, 
all  the  stores  in  the  lively  little  town  of  San  Francisco  did  a 
rushing  Sunday  trade.  There  was  the  Mission  Dolores,  but 
no  Protestant  churches,  and  only  occasionally  did  an  itin- 
erant minister  pass  this  way.  The  few  deeply  religious  people 
here  took  turns  at  giving  prayer  meetings  at  their  homes.  The 
first  sign  of  a  Protestant  church  on  the  peninsula  was  a  small 
canvas  tent  erected  in  October,  1848. 

Rev.  T.  Dwight  Hunt,  who  passed  through  the  city  on  his 
way  from  Hawaii  to  the  Atlantic  Coast,  was  the  first  minister 
to  receive  a  salary,  $2,500.  Later  a  school  house  was  used  for 
1  is  Sunday  growing  congregation. 

It  was  during  this  period  that  some  of  the  San  Francisco  mer- 
chants, who  had  "made  their  pile,"  relaxed  in  their  merchandis- 
ing pursuit  and  began  to  close  their  stores  on  Sundays.  The 
observance  grew  very  slowly.  The  two  biggest  organized  pres- 
sures of  later  day  in  this  movement  have  been  the  churches  and 
labor.  In  the  religious  bound  old  England  States,  the  Sunday 
closing  movement  stopped  even  the  use  of  street  cars  and  ve- 
hicles on  Sunday.  As  one  travels  West  more  liberty  obtains  in 
this  movement.  Labor  organization  now  is  more  systematized 
in  national  action  on  this  and  other  points.  Labor  is  determined 
to  close  all  shop  doors  on  Sundays  throughout  the  land, 
wherever  possible,  and  thus  limit  the  hours  of  work.  The  rep- 
resentatives of  barbers,  bakers,  grocers  and  small  retailers  are 
doing  the  team  work  behind  the  present  closing  Sunday  bill  now 
in  the  legislature. 


CALIFORNIA'S  INDEPENDENT  DECISIONS. 
California  and  its  cities  are  in  a  class  by  themselves  in  ex- 
pressing unexpected  popular  verdicts,  as  was  evidenced  in  the 
recent  national  presidential  election,  the  wet  and  dry  amend- 
ments, and  others  that  have  proved  of  fruitful  discussion  out- 
side the  State  line.  The  latest  illustration  is  the  verdict  in  the 
international  Bopp  case,  wherein  were  charged  German  Consul- 
General  Franz  Bopp,  Vice-Consul  Eckhardt  von  Schack,  Lt. 
William  von  Brincken,  military  attache  of  the  local  German  con- 
sulate, and  two  employees  who  were  found  guilty  by  a  jury  in 
the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  of  setting  on  foot  a  military  expedition 
against  Canada,  while  residing  in  this,  a  neutral  country,  in  the 
present  European  war.  The  trial  was  historic,  dramatic  and 
scored  an  .extraordinary  record  in  that  it  is  the  first  time  in  the 
history  of  American  law  that  a  consul-general  accredited  to 
this  country  has  been  convicted  of  a  felony.  Many  other  cases 
of  like  charged  activities  have  been  made  and  tried  before  U.  S. 
circuit  courts  in  other  parts  of  the  country  during  the  present 
war,  but  all  the  defendants  escaped.  The  verdict  is  said  to  be 
unique  in  the  history  of  such  trials.  All  of  which  goes  to  show 
that,  no  matter  how  precedents  stand,  when  a  knotty  problem  is 
submitted  to  Californians  who  think  for  themselves,  one  can 
never  tell  what  the  verdict  will  be.  The  Western  sentiment  of 
complete  mental  independence  is  strong  with  them.  The  six 
weeks'  trial  cost  the  defendant  some  $50,000,  and  the  govern- 
ment approximately  $30,000.  The  German  government,  of 
course,  will  look  after  the  charges  and  costs  of  its  consulate. 
The  idea  expressed  by  the  verdict  is  that  resident  foreigners 
whose  nations  are  at  war  must  respect  the  neutral  requirements 
set  forth  by  the  United  States. 


DRUNKENNESS  A   DISEASE 

BUT    CURABLE 

Was  Dr.  Leslie  E.  Keeley's  contention  nearly  forty  years  ago.     Since  his 

discovery  more  than  400,000  have  been  successfully  treated  by  the  Keeley 

method.       All    drug  habits  treated.      Home  comforts  provided  at 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE 

2420  Webster  St.  cor.  Pacific  Ave.,  San  Francisco  Phone  Fillmore  3963 

Sealed  Booklet  Free  on  Request 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


General  Nivelle 


The  New  Commander  in  France 

By  Hamilton  Bush. 

General  Nivelle,  who  has  just  been  appointed  head  of  the 
armies  of  France,  is  generally  regarded  by  his  compatriots  as 
a  man  of  steel.  I  have  met  and  talked  with  General  Nivelle 
quite  recently.  It  has  also  been  my  privilege  to  know  consider- 
able of  him  during  his  meteoric  rise  from  Colonel  to  Comman- 
der-in-Chief in  less  than  three  years  of  war.  There  certainly  is 
no  figure  more  interesting  in  the  French  army,  nor  any  who  in 
the  minds  of  every  military  expert  I  have  talked  with  is  thought 
so  well  equipped  actively  to  succeed  Joffre. 

Joffre,  as  every  one  knows,  is  idolized  by  the  poilus,  and  will 
continue  to  be,  even  though  a  greater  distance  will  now  separate 
them.  There  should  be  no  misunderstanding  of  Joffre's  new 
position.  His  title  remains  the  same  as  before — Commander- 
in-Chief  of  all  the  French  armies — while  Nivelle  is  field-com- 
mander of  the  French  armies  in  France.  Joffre  is  really  more 
important  than  before.  Inasmuch  as  the  war  is  to  be  conducted 
on  bigger  lines,  the  whole  nation  coming  in  close  touch  with  the 
active  army,  he  is  to  become  the  technical  adviser  of  the  War 
Council  of  the  government. 

Meanwhile,  as  Joffre  plans,  it  will  be  Nivelle's  task  to  exe- 
cute offensives,  wage  battles,  and  generally  occupy  the  center 
of  the  scene.  Therefore  the  choice  was  the  result  of  long  de- 
liberations filled  with  the  realization  that  no  matter  what  the 
future  brings,  it  was  "Papa  Joffre"  who  won  at  the  Marne,  it 
was  he  who  had  made  the  army  bigger  and  stronger  to-day  than 
at  the  beginning  of  the  war  despite  the  sacrifices  of  life,  and  it 
is  his  name  which  will  remain  forever  one  of  the  most  glorious 
in  French  history. 

Nivelle  is  one  of  the  youngest  generals,  but  no  French  gener- 
als are  very  young,  and  Nivelle  is  sixty-one.  However,  he 
could  pass  for  forty-five.  He  is  big,  tall  and  tremendously  pow- 
erful, without  an  ounce  of  fat.  Except  for  the  trimness  of  his 
waist  line  and  his  face  unlined  and  almost  youthful  in  its  fresh- 
ness, he  is  a  type  not  unlike  Joffre— a  much  younger  Joffre  and 
untired  by  the  responsibilities  of  the  high  command. 

Nivelle  actually  looks  like  chuck  steel.  The  last  time  I  saw 
him  I  got  exactly  that  impression,  and,  but  for  a  decidedly 
friendly  gleam  in  his  steel-colored  eyes,  I  would  have  shivered. 

During  the  savage  bombardment  of  Verdun  I  was  ushered 
into  a  big,  long,  cold,  gray  room,  my  escort  withdrawing  at  the 
door.  A  cold-looking  figure,  tugging  a  silver-gray  mustache, 
seemed  to  fill  the  space  at  one  end.  His  horizon  uniform  did 
not  add  any  touch  of  welcome  color.  Usually  generals  wear 
some  gold  braid,  or  at  least  red  trousers  when  remaining  at 
headquarters.  Not  this  one.  He  was  altogether  a  symphony 
in  gray-blue — not  a  single  decoration,  gold  or  otherwise.  I 
looked  at  his  sleeves  to  find  the  insignia  of  his  rank  of  general, 
three  tiny  silver  stars,  about  the  size  of  the  old  three-cent  piece 
embroidered  on  each  arm.  Then  he  advanced  rapidly,  thrusting 
out  his  hand  and  smiling  in  the  most  friendly  way  imaginable. 

I  found  myself  answering  a  string  of  rapid-fire  questions — 
questions  about  things  he  knew  all  about,  but  wanted  to  know 
what  I  thought  about.  The  relationship  of  war-correspondent 
and  general  ceased  to  exist.  It  was  a  straight-out,  man-to-man 
sort  of  talk,  and  I  found  myself  as  much  at  my  ease  as  if  with 
an  old  friend. 

The  talk  was  all  about  the  army  of  Verdun.  I  made  several 
discoveries.  The  first  was  that,  while  a  great  questioner,  aside 
from  that  General  Neville  is  very  silent.  When  he  does  give  an 
opinion  his  choice  of  words  is  quite  as  dramatic  as  that  of  Joffre 
in  his  famous  orders  of  the  day.  When  he  compared  his  army 
of  Verdun  with  the  Old  Guard  of  Napoleon  I  thought  to  myself 
no  other  comparison  could  ever  be  made.  When  he  told  me  that 
the  soldiers  who  retook  Douaumont  made  "the  grandest  effort  in 
history,"  I  decided  that  only  those  words  could  accurately  fit 
the  case,  and  when  he  assured  me  that  the  Germans  could  never 
advance  again  in  France,  I  felt  his  words  were  true. 

I  also  made  the  discovery  that  he  loves  his  poilus  after  the 
same  fashion  as  Joffre.  He  called  them  his  children  and  his 
"little  braves,"  and  then  his  voice  was  often  husky,  but  it  be- 
came smooth  as  he  purred  about  the  Germans  again,  and  the 


friendly  light  in  his  eyes  died  out  and  they  became  as  hard  as 
flint.  And  I  left  him — a  lone,  cold,  gray  figure  bending  over 
his  maps — thinking  of  a  certain  dose  of  bitter  medicine  this 
man  gave  the  Germans  during  the  battle  of  the  Aisne,  how  he 
had  repeated  it  on  a  larger  scale  at  Verdun,  and  how  he  might 
turn  out  to  be  the  son  of  France  chosen  to  drive  the  Germans 
across  the  Rhine. 

That  battle  of  the  Aisne  is  one  of  the  most  noteworthy  of  the 
entire  war.  For  while  it  had  not  the  intrinsic  importance  that 
attended  the  battle  of  the  Marne,  nor  was  as  bloody  as  the 
slaughters  of  Soissons,  it  will  long  be  remembered  because  it 
brought  Nivelle  himself  to  the  fore.  Overnight  he  was  ele- 
vated from  Colonel  to  Brigadier-General.  He  had  not  pre- 
viously been  widely  known,  but  when  this  encounter  took  place 
it  was  one  of  those  fortuitous  combinations  of  the  right  man  and 
the  right  occasion  which  come  just  often  enough  to  change  the 
face  of  history. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  war  he  commanded  an  artillery  regi- 
ment which  immediately  destroyed  a  German  artillery  group  in 
Alsace  and  captured  forty-four  guns.  At  the  Marne  he  was 
attached  to  Manoury's  army  in  charge  of  the  artillery  of  the 
Seventh  Corps. 

On  September  16th.  at  the  Aisne,  the  Germans  were  attacking 
the  Seventh  Corps  in  serried  ranks.  Colonel  Nivelle  put  his 
regiment  in  advance,  and  for  almost  the  first  time  in  the  history 
of  war  infantry  was  behind  the  artillery.  The  Germans,  as- 
tounded at  such  audacity,  came  on,  were  wiped  out,  and  the 
Seventh  Corps  was  saved.  Nivelle  then  attached  horses  to  his 
guns  and  followed  up  the  retreat  with  artillery. 

His  next  exploit  came  in  January,  1915,  at  Soissons,  when  the 
Germans  made  their  first  jeries  of  offensives  after  the  Marne. 
The  Kaiser  himself  was  on  hand  to  see  his  master-stroke  com- 
pletely foiled  by  the  then  Brigadier-General  Nivelle.  After- 
ward he  became  Petain's  assistant  at  Verdun,  and  then  com- 
mander of  the  Verdun  army. 

Nivelle  is  both  an  infantry  and  artillery  expert,  for  he  at- 
tended St.  Cyr  before  going  to  the  Polytechnic.  He  is  also  a 
great  horseman  and  the  winner  of  several  medals  for  super- 
iority in  riding. 

One  of  his  greatest  qualities,  next  to  coolness,  is  his  accu- 
racy. The  word  "precisez"  is  always  on  his  tongue  when  re- 
ceiving reports.  His  memory  is  prodigious.  He  knows  the  en- 
tire map  of  the  sector  in  his  charge,  the  names  of  all  the  of- 
ficers and  the  number  of  their  effectives,  and  follows  day  by 
day  every  modification  and  change  in  the  trench-line,  and  as 
an  officer  said  to  me  about  him,  "makes  a  map  all  over  again  in 
his  brain." 

He  understands  English,  has  traveled  widely  through  all  the 
French  colonies  and  the  Orient,  and  was  in  Korea  just  about  the 
time  of  the  Russo-Japanese  War,  which,  by  the  way,  he  pre- 
dicted in  an  article  written  for  the  Revue  de  Paris. 

In  the  same  article  was  a  striking  phrase  which  seemed  to 
forecast  the  present  struggle  in  which  he  is  taking  so  great  a 
role.  The  phrase  is,  "European  rivalries  prove  that  the  world 
is  not  great  enough." 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  Sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  697  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Consistent  Success  with 

UN  LOP 

GOLF    BALLS 

USING  a  Dtrnlop  No.  29,  James  Barnes,  professional  eolf 
champion,    won  the  Wanam;iker  trophy.  North  and 


ships  and  third  in  American  National  Open  fhuinpinnsliips. 

Try   "29  "    and    "31  " 

For  sale  by  golf  professionals 

$9.00  per  dozen.      75c.  each 

THE  DUNLOP  RUBBER   CO.,    Ltd. 
Birmingham,  England 

Western  Distributor:  f".  I.  REIUY,   121  Geary  St..  San  Frandsco 


PLvEASURD'S  WAND 

■id  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 


mmm 


PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


In  the  days  to  come  when  dramatic  critics,  like  coach  dogs, 
dimply  will  have  ceased  to  exist,  because,  forsooth,  there  will  be 
no  more  articulate  drama  to  trot  behind,  I  shall  pack  up  my 
trusty  typewriter,  a  supply  of  copy  paper  and  smoking  tobacco, 
and  hie  me  to  my  country  estate,  there  to  compose  a  book  which 
will  be  entitled  "The  Psychology  of  the  Crowd  with  Reference 
to  the  Theatre". 

In  the  meantime  I  shall  refer  to  Gustave  Le  Bon's  notable 
work,  "The  Crowd,  A  Study  of  the  Popular  Mind".  Inciden- 
tally, this  book  should  be  read  by  every  American,  and  particu- 
larly by  every  Californian,  in  view  of  the  growing  tendency  to 
make  legislation  the  mere  reflection  of  mob  whim,  unhampered 
by  those  checks  which  all  history  has  demonstrated  are  neces- 
sary to  modify  the  promptings  of  popular  passion  or  fancy. 

One  of  the  main  points  of  Le  Bon's  thesis  is  the  theory  that 
a  crowd  does  not  think  or  act,  as  any  of  its  individual  units 
might  think  or  act,  but  has  an  entirely  different  mind  and  mo- 
tivation of  its  own. 

Except  in  the  light  of  this  theory,  it  is  difficult  to  understand 
why,  in  a  community  like  San  Francisco,  with  a  theatre  popu- 
lation of  close  to  1,000,000  to  draw  from,  it  appears  impossible 
to  support  a  first  rate  stock  company  at  popular  prices.  It  must 
be  that  the  crowd  has  been  attracted  by  some  forms  of  com- 
petitive entertainment. 

Even  that  center  of  middle  western  light  and  learning,  Los 
Angeles,  which  by  judicious  incorporation  has  managed  to 
scrape  up  a  population  of  nearly  half  a  million — doubtless  many 
of  them  human  beings — supports  two  stock  companies  besides 
other  attractions,  to  say  nothing  of  a  Little  Theatre.  But  then 
I  don't  fancy  that  life  is  as  interesting  generally  in  the  Pacific 
Coast  addition  to  Iowa  and  Kansas. 

Be  that  as  it  may,  on  Saturday  night  we  shall  be  pussy-foot- 
ing around  to  the  Alcazar  to  witness  the  demise  of  a  stock 
company  which  is  unsurpassed  by  any  in  America. 

The  co-stars,  Eva  Lang  and  John  Halliday,  are  both  very 
attractive  and  competent  performers.  Henry  Shumer  is  un- 
equalled in  this  country  in  the  line  of  parts  for  which  his  phy- 
sical characteristics  best  suit  him;  he  is  a  joy  to  behold.  Alexis 
Luce  is  the  surprise  and  find  of  the  season;  although  I  must 
confess  that  at  first  I  regarded  him  as  stiff  and  uncomprehend- 
ing, but  now  he  has  ripened  and  developed  to  an  extraordinary 
degree,  and  in  this  week's  play  he  fairly  took  it  away  from 
every  one.  Among  the  ladies,  Louise  Brownell  is  outstanding 
and  is  a  versatile  and  accomplished  actress. 

"Romance"  is  the  final  offering  for  the  present  in  the  O'Far- 
rell  Street  playhouse,  and  is  a  most  excellent  wind-up  to  a  wor- 
thy season. 

The  play  is  based  to  a  certain  extent  on  the  theme  of  Joseph 
and  Mrs.  Potiphar,  St.  Anthony,  Heloise  and  Abelard,  "The 
Christian",  and  "Thais".  It  is  an  illustration  of  the  fact  that 
while  with  many  women  religion  is  an  allotrope  of  love,  con- 
versely, the  most  austere  priests  may  regard  Magdalen  as  the 
most  desirable  of  women. 

The  play  was  beautifully  staged,  and  in  this  respect  I  want  to 
pay  my  tribute  to  the  Alcazar  management,  and  say  that  their 
entire  staging  has  been  carried  out  with  the  most  meticulous 
attention  to  detail,  and  has  been  worthy  of  any  theatre  in  the 
country.  Good-bye,  and  hoping  to  see  you  back  in  Easter 
week. 

*  *  * 

Columbia 

The  theme  of  "Twin  Beds",  now  playing  at  the  Columbia,  by 
which  separate  beds  for  husband  and  wife  are  discredited,  and 
the  old-fashioned  double  bed  wins  in  the  estimate  of  the  audi- 
ence, is  decidedly  reactionary.  Bernard  Shaw  has  taken  ex- 
ception to  the  double  bed  on  account  of  its  tyranny — one  of  its 


occupants  suffers  discomfort  if  the  bedclothes  are  adjusted  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  other.  There  are,  however,  many  more 
objections  than  this. 

If  people  will  live  in  open  matrimony,  there  is  no  reason  why 
they  should  sacrifice  more  than  is  necessary.  Not  only  should 
each  person  have  a  separate  bed,  but  every  human  being  is 
entitled  to  privacy,  and  should  have  a  cubicle  exclusively  for 
his  or  her  use.  No  two  persons  will  quite  agree  as  to  the  hour 
of  putting  out  the  light,  some  one  will  want  to  stay  awake  and 
read  and  smoke;  and  not  only  is  the  double  bed  unhygienic, 
but  in  another  sense  is  unsatisfactory. 

Mystery,  not  too  frequently  unveiled,  lends  a  charm  and 
piquancy  to  the  relations  between  the  sexes.  As  the  Frenchman 
said  .  .  .  but  I  am  afraid  I  am  getting  in  too  deep  for  a  boy- 
critic. 

As  presented  at  the  Columbia,  the  play  has  lost  none  of  its 
speed — an  essential  of  farce — and  is  satisfactorily  performed. 

The  farce,  like  nearly  all  American  farces,  leaves  no  doubt 
as  to  the  conventionalities  being  preserved,  even  to  the  extent 
of  the  young  lady  going  to  bed  fully  clothed.  But  the  play 
has  been  here  quite  recently,  and  no  one  wants  to  read  a  review 
of  a  farce  in  any  event. 

The  acting  honors  decidedly  go  to  Miss  Antoinette  Rochte 

as  the  dominating  wife  of  the  Italian  singer,  and  her  stunning 

figure  is  well  displayed  in  glove  fitting  gowns. 

*  »  * 

Orpheum. 

At  the  Orpheum  this  week  there  is  a  young  lady  who  has  been 
but  modestly  heralded,  but  who,  in  my  opinion,  surpasses  even 
La  Pavlowa  in  the  "Death  of  the  Swan".  The  latter's  tech- 
nique is  unquestionably  preeminent,  but  she  has  the  defect  of 
her  merits.  She  is  so  perfect  that  she  has  become  almost  a 
machine,  and  has  thereby  eliminated  to  a  certain  extent  that 
finest  thing  in  the  world — personality. 

But  Miss  Muriel  Worth  is  full  of  personality  of  a  most  at- 
tractive kind,  and  in  my  simple  way  I  enjoyed  her  dancing 
more  than  that  of  any  Orpheum  performer  during  the  past  year. 
In  this  I  was  sustained  by  the  very  sophisticated  Ex-Leading 
Lady,  who  was  once  a  toe  dancer  herself — before  she  had  so 
much  to  lift — and  who  told  me  all  about  arabesques  and  things 
which  I  sprang  on  you  a  fortnight  or  so  ago  just  as  if  I  had  them 
for  breakfast  every  other  morning. 

In  addition  to  the  serious  offerings  Miss  Muriel  does  a  cake- 
walk  on  her  toes,  and  also  an  Hawaiian  dance  in  an  idealized 
costume  and  in  an  idealized  fashion. 

I  did  not  comment  last  week  on  "The  Age  of  Reason",  but  I 
heartily  commend  this  little  Washington  Square  sketch,  which 
is  most  sympathetically  rendered  by  the  Tobin  sisters.  These 
young  ladies  will  be  fine  actresses  some  day  when  they  grow 
up,  but  the  sketch  was  rather  too  dainty,  and  of  a  world  apart 
from  the  average  Orpheum  audience,  which  is  not  educated  up 
to  the  manner  of  the  sophisticated  sub-flapper. 

Ronair,  Ward  and  Barron  in  their  boardwalk  skit,  "Are  You 

Lonesome?"  carried  along  an  extremely  pretty  girl — I  don't 

know  which  is  which — and  some  clever  patter.    I  should  have 

liked  to  have  seen  the  young  lady  don  a  bathing  suit,  which 

would  have  been  in  keeping  with  the  play  and  into  which  she 

had  plenty  of  time  to  change.    So  would  most  of  the  male  part 

of  the  audience. 

*  *  * 

Pantages 

As  a  nut,  Joe  Whitehead  at  Pantages  this  week  surpasses 
them  all,  for  not  only  is  he  decidedly  clever  and  original  in  his 
patter,  but  he  is  a  competent  dancer  and  all  around  entertainer. 
Hardeen,  the  Handcuff  King,  is  as  mystifying  as  ever,  and  not 
only  easily  slipped  out  of  an  assorted  collection  of  police  iron- 
mongery, but,  in  view  of  the  audience,  freed  himself  from  a 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


strait  jacket.  Miss  Kitty  Ross  sings  a  number  of  operatic  se- 
lections in  a  very  fair  tenor  voice.  She  wears  a  wig/  to  make 
you  think  that  she  is  a  female  impersonator,  but  really  double 
crosses  you,  as  when  the  wig  comes  off,  it  discloses  a  fine  head 
of  truly  feminine  hair.  The  playlet  of  "The  Danger  Line"  is 
quite  interesting,  and  with  an  unexpected  denouement.  There 
is  a  decidedly  pretty  little  Jap  girl  acrobat  who  dresses  in  the 
regulation  tights  of  the  western  world  and  works  quite  in  the 
American  fashion.    An  unpretentious  but  interesting  bill. 

*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Judging  by  the  pro- 
gram, the  fifth  "pop"  concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony 
Orchestra,  directed  by  Alfred  Hertz,  and  scheduled  for  Sunday 
afternoon,  January  14th,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  will  prove  the 
most  delight  oil  event  yet  given  of  this  special  series,  in  which 
Conductor  Hertz  aims  to  give  music  that  is  light  but  not  trivial. 
The  last  number  on  the  program,  the  "Tannhauser"  overture, 
will  probably  be  looked  to  with  the  greatest  interest  of  all  by 
music  lovers,  because  of  the  furore  created  by  Hertz  with  this 
Wagnerian  offering  at  the  final  concert  of  last  season.  Auber's 
"Fra  Diavolo"  overture;  Bizet's  first  suite  from  "L'Arlesienne," 


liant  young  actress,  and  a  niece  of  the  famous  Ellen  Terry,  will 
make  her  first  appearance  in  this  city.  Miss  Terry  is  one  of  the 
very  best  European  actresses  that  have  visited  this  country, 
and  the  miscellaneous  program  she  will  present  is  a  marvelous 
exhibition  of  versatility  and  genius.  Clayton  White,  although 
too  long  absent,  is  not  forgotten,  and  his  reappearance  will  be 
gladly  welcomed.  Mr.  White,  who  brings  with  him  a  sterling 
little  company,  will  present  "Peggy,"  a  one-act  play  by  Roy  At- 
well.  Milt  Collins,  "The  Speaker  of  the  House,"  will  give  his 
conception  of  the  foreign  politician  discoursing  on  American 
subjects.  The  Miniature  Revue  has  for  its  cast  Marionettes 
which  are  manipulated  with  wonderful  skill  by  Lillie  Jewell 
Faulkner.  John  and  Winnie  Hennings,  "The  Kill  Kare  Kouple," 
provide  much  good  entertainment.  Hennings  is  a  capital  eccen- 
tric dancer,  a  unique  pianist  and  a  clever  comic  singer.  Burdella 
Patterson,  beautiful  in  form  and  face,  will  appear  in  a  series  of 
artistic  poses.  Joe  Morris  and  Flossie  Campbell  will  appear 
in  a  skit  called  "The  Avi-Ate-her."  They  sing  well  and  indulge 
in  witty  repartee.  A  special  feature  of  the  new  bill  will  be 
Jack  Donahue  and  Alice  Marion  Stewart  who,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  original  and  grotesque  make-ups,  succeed  in  getting  the 
most  out  of  their  songs,  dances  and  dialogue.  Mr.  Donahue  is 
a  champion  soft-shoe  dancer. 


Phyllis  Neilson-Terry,  England's  Most  Brilliant  Young  Actress,  'Who  Will  Appear  at  the  Orpheum  Next  Week 


and  Saint-Saens'  "Danse  Macabre,"  with  the  violin  obligato  by 
Concert-Master  Louis  Persinger,  are  certain  of  being  received 
with  favor.  A  particularly  melodious  number  is  Smetant's  "On 
the  Noldau  River,"  which  treats  partly  of  Bohemian  folk-tunes. 
Tickets  for  this  "pop"  concert  range  from  but  25c.  to  $1,  and 
may  be  had  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s. 

Julia  Culp,  the  world-renowned  lieder  singer,  will  be  the  solo- 
ist with  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  at  the  seventh  pair  of 
symphonies  announced  for  January  19th  and  21st,  at  the  Cort. 
These  will  be  Miss  Culp's  first  appearance  with  an  orchestra 
in  this  city.  Mme.  Culp  will  sing  two  "Claerchen"  lieder  from 
"Egmont;"  Schubert's  "Ave  Maria;"  and  a  group  of  three  lie- 
der embracing  Wagners  "Traume,"  Schubert's  "Standchen" 
and  Strauss'  "Morgen."  The  program  will  further  include 
Brahms'  Fourth  Symphony  in  E  Minor;  Saint-Saens'  brilliant 
symphonic  poem,  "Phaeton,"  and  Beethoven's  overture  to 
Goethe's  tragedy,  "Egmont." 

*  *  * 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  offers  an  entirely  new  show  for 
next  week,  and  one  which  is  remarkable  for  extraordinary  merit 
and  great  variety.    Phyllis  Neilson-Terry,  England's  most  bril- 


Columbia. — For  a  comedy,  we  doubt  if  any  play  was  ever 
presented  that  so  bestirs  the  sympathetic  chord  of  human 
nature,  and  at  the  same  time  arouses  the  comic  element  in  our 
life,  yet  withal  teaches  such  good  lessons  as  does  George  M. 
Cohan's  "Hit-the-Trail  Holliday,"  due  at  the  Columbia  Theatre, 
Monday  night,  January  15th,  for  a  two  weeks'  engagement.  In 
the  vernacular  of  the  showman,  "it's  in  the  air,"  referring  to  the 
enthusiasm  for  this  engagement.  It's  Cohan's  own  play,  pre- 
sented by  Cohan  &  Harris'  representative  cast.  Never  before 
has  there  been  such  unanimity  of  sentiment  regarding  a  theatri- 
cal production.  The  secret  is  that  dramatist  George  M.  Cohan 
is  a  great  technician  and  a  deep  student  of  American  types,  for 
he  has  concealed  marvelous  play  mechanics  in  an  atmosphere 
of  native  life  so  delightfully  that  the  craftsmanship  is  quite 
forgotten  "Hit-the-Trail  Holliday"  is  well  termed  by  the  au- 
thor. It  is  a  produci  of  the  soil  for  a  certainty.  No  other  coun- 
try in  the  world  could  produce  such  a  character  as  the  hero  of 
this  play,  just  as  no  other  country  could  produce  in  real  life 
such  a  character  as  Billy  Sunday.  For  Mr.  Cohan  has  frankly 
built  a  play  on  the  one  and  only  "Bill,"  lately  the  most  adver- 
tised man  in  the  land.     In  dramatizing  the  idea  embodied  in 


iy  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertisei 


Scene  from   George    M.   Cohan's    Comedy    "  Hit-the-Trail    Holliday,"  at  the 
Columbia  Theater  next  week 

Billy  Sunday,  Mr.  Cohan  has  created  a  character  who,  in  spite 
of  his  absurd  extravagance,  is  human  and  carries  his  audience 
with  him. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. — "All  Aboard,"  a  razzling,  dazzling  musical  com- 
edy, with  Ethel  Whiteside,  also  featuring  Bob  Harmon,  Jack 
Ellsworth  and  Ardell  Cleaves,  well  supported,  heads  the  bill 
for  the  coming  week,  starting  Sunday  matinee,  at  the  Pantages, 
and  is  without  doubt  the  most  pretentious  production  of  its 
kind  before  the  vaudeville  public.  An  act  as  attractive  as  it  is 
unusual  is  presented  by  Olympia-Desvall  and  company,  in  which 
a  number  of  Leautiful  and  well  trained  animals  (horses  and 
dogs),  appear  in  a  series  of  interesting  and  difficult  poses  and 
maneuvres.  This  act  is  massive  and  picturesque  in  every  re- 
spect. Novell  Brothers,  musical  acrobats,  are  two  clever  en- 
tertainers in  a  pantomime,  tumbling  and  musical  novelty. 
Nancy  Fair,  "  a  very  little  girl  that  does  very  big  things,"  is 
vivacious  and  likeable,  and  possessed  of  a  personality  that  is 
unmistakable.  This  young  lady  offers  a  series  of  songs  and 
character  impersonations  that  cannot  fail  to  appeal.  Frollicking 
songs,  intermingled  with  ar.  abundance  of  comedy,  are  contained 
in  the  laughable  diversion  which  Moss  and  Frye  will  offer  for 
approval.  These  dynamiscic  comedians,  in  their  own  version  of 
tunmaking,  "Sense  and  Nonsense."  are  colored  mirth  provokers 
whose  equal  is  seldom  seen.  Walch  and  Rand  in  popular  and 
operatic  selections,  and  the  eleventh  chapter  of  the  Lass  of  the 
Lumberlands  complete  this  entertaining  bill. 


The  management  of  the  Techau  Tavern,  15  Powell  street, 

at  Eddy  street,  telephone  Douglas  4700,  has  planned  many 
events  of  an  entertaining  nature  for  the  coming  week.  There 
will  be  new  musical  numbers  by  the  justly  popular  "Jazz"  or- 
chestra, social  dancing,  new  Parisian  gowns  for  the  Show  Girl 
Revue,  none  of  which  will  fail  to  demand  the  serious  attention 
and  furnish  ideas  to  admirers  of  smart  frocks.  There  will  be 
perfume  souvenirs  presented  without  competition  of  any  sort, 
to  those  in  attendance  afternoons  at  5,  at  dinner  and  after 
theatre  hours. 


AQucstion 
of  Beauty 

is    always    a 

i.     Wi;h  a 

ion  \ 
nature's  dchci- 

Gouraud's  „ 

Oriental  Cream 

to  the  skin  a  clear, rrfincl,  \  i 
white  appearance  *  the  perfect  1 
Healing  and  refreshing  -  Non-^i 

Sond  1  Oc.  lor  trial  slao  -^ 

VFEHO.  T   HOPKINS  &  SON.  37  Gf.jt  Jones  SI.,  H-*  York 


WINTEKgjSARDEN 

AMERICAS  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS - 


Events  (or  Next  Week 

Tuesday  Nighl-HOCKEY 

Canadians  vs.  Pacifies 

Real  Skating    Music 

MORNINGS,  AFTERNOONS.EVEMNGS 


Pantages'  Theatre 


*1   Per  Hour—  Halt  Hour  , 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


Week  Beginning  Sunday.  January  11th 

AN     EXTRAORDINARY    FINE    BILL 
"ALLAROARD."   A.  Razzling,  Dazzling  Musical  Comedy  I   on'Mm   in 
VALL   COMPANY;    NANCY    FAIR:    NOVELL    BROTHERS!    WALCH     and 

RAMi;     Chapter    Eleven    LASS   OF   THE    LUMBERLANDS;     Extra    A I 

Feature,  MOSS  and  FRYE. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

t.eury  and  Mitx.n  StS. 

Phone  Franklin  150 


KottBO-  %*^S2SH'  Jil"U!iry  1,:  Evenings  and  Saturdaj  matinee 
-octo*i.ou,      lop      Wednesday  matinee  'J5c  to  $1 

Cohan  and  Harris  present  GEO,  M.  COHAN'S  Extraordinary  American  Farce 

HIT-THE-TRAIL    HOLLIDAY 

?ypi^0Snttd0rHTaSrceas8tUCCeSS  WHh  Fmnk  °U°'  Loltl  Merri"  ana  " 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 
SUNDAY      AFTERNOON.      MATINEE 


THIS 


"Week      beginning 
EVERY   DAY. 

AN     ENTIRELY     NEW    SHOW 
PHYLLIS     NEILSON-1ERRY 

England's  Most  Brilliant  Young  Actress 

CLAYTON  WHITE  .t  CO.  in  Roy  Atwell's  Playlet  "Peggi";  MILT  COLLINS 

The  Speaker  of  the  House";  THE  MINIATURE  REVUE  A  Marvel  of 
Mechanical  Ingenuity;  JOHN  &  WINNIE  HENN1NGK,  "The  Kill  Knie 
Kouple";  BURDELLA  PATTERSON  In  a  Series  of  Artistic  Poses;  JOE  MORRIS 
4.    FLOSSIE    CAMPBELL     "The    Avi-ate-her;"     DONAHUE    &   STEWART 

Naturally." 
Evening  prices— 10c...  25c,    50c,    75c.      Matinee   prices    (except   Sun- 
days and  holidays).  10c,  25c,  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


ORCHESTRA 

Alfred  Hertz Conductor. 


5th      POP  "  CONCERT 

CORT     THEATRE 

SUNDAY  JAN.  1  Ith 

at  2:80  sharp 


Program:  Overture.  "  Fra  Diavolo,"  Auber;  Suite  No.  1,  "  L'Arlesienne," 
Bizet;  "Danse  Macabre"  Saint-Saens;  "On  the  Moldau  River"  Rmetanai  Over- 
ture, "Tannhauser"  Wagner.    Prices— 2r>c,  50c,  7nc,  $1.00. 

Tickets  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 's  except  concert  clay;  at  Cort  Theatre  concert 
day  day  only. 
Next— January  10-21:  7th  Pair  Symphonies,  JULIA  CULP,  Soloist. 


Theatre  St.  Francis 


GEARY  STREET 

AT  POWELL 


Beginning  Sunday,  January  11th 

RICHARD     BENNETT 

in 

"AND    THE     LAWS     SAYS' 

Powerful  Drama  of  Capital  Punishment. 
New  Comedy;      New  Educational. 
Theatre  will  open  from  12:00  to  11:00. 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen   Regent   Merger   Mines  Company. 
Location  of  principal    place   of   business.    San    Francisco,    California, 


Lo-  , 


:if   busine 
cation  of  works,  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors,  held  on  the 
second  day  of  January,  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cont  per  share 
was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
ujRce  of  the  Company,  337  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco,  Cal 

Any    stock    on    which    this    assessment    shall    remain    unpaid    on    the    19th 

day  of  February,  1917,  win  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  a1  public 
auction,  and  unless  payment  Is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Monday,  the 
ll'th  day  of  March.  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with 
costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.   WADE,    Secretary. 
Office — 337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco.  California. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


SOCfflrP 


Blakeway    announce 
A.  Stallard,  of  Oak- 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

BLAKEWAT-STALLARD.-Mr.  and  Mrs  John  H. 
the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Gladys,  to  T. 
land. 

COHN-BOCK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Cohen  announce  the  engagement  of 
their  daughter.  Miss  Dagmar  Constance  Cohn,  and  Irving  S.  Bock,  son 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Bock  of  this  city. 

HELLMANN- SAWYER.— The  engagement  of  Miss  Katherine  Hines  Heli- 
mann,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Hellmann,  and  Thorp 
Sawyer  has  been  announced. 

HARRISON- CUNNINGHAM.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oswald  Sabery  Marrison  an- 
nounce the  engagement  of  their  daughter  Gertrude  to  Wilfred  B.  Cun- 
ningham,   British  vice-consul  at  this  port. 

MEHERlN-Mb'EK. — An  interesting  engagement  was  made  known  when 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Merrill  announced  the  betrothal  of  Mrs.  Merrill's 
sister,  Miss  Marguerite  Mehrin,  and  William  Harold  Meek  of  Hay- 
ward. 

MOORE-SIM. — The  engagement  has  been  announced  of  Miss  Marcella 
Spring  Moore,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Moore  of  San  Jose,  to 
Mr.  Douglas  Hamilton  Sim  of  the  same  city. 

ROBERTS-McGOWAN.— At  an  informal  tea  given  last  Saturday  by  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Charles  R.  Petersen,  Miss  Mildred  Roberts  announced 
her  engagement  to  Blaine  McGowan,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Mc- 
Gowan. 

RCSE-PADGET. — At  a  tea  given  by  Miss  Lucile  Bell  in  her  home  on 
Ashbury  street  Friday  afternoon,  the  engagement  of  Miss  Mary 
Lucile  Rose  and  Harold  Dement  Padgett  was  announced. 

SHERIDAN-SMALLEY  — At  a  quiet  party  Wednesday  night  in  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Sheridan.  1609  Addison  street,  Oakland,  an  an- 
nouncement was  made  of  the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Helenc 
Anne  Sheridan,  to  Fay  J.  Smalley,  Jr.,  nephew  of  Samuel  Shortridge 
and  grandson  of  Clara  Shortridge  Foltz  of  Los  Angeles. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
STEINMAN-WIENER. — Miss  Claudia  Steinman  has  named  Monday,  Jan- 
uary 15th,  as  the  date  for  her  wedding  to  Charles  Raymond  Wiener, 
the  ceremony  to  take  place  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

WEDDINGS. 

BROOKS-E'GLINGTON.— Mr.  Walter  E.  Eglington  of  Menlo  Park  and 
Miss  Florence  A.  Brooks  of  San  Francisco,  were  married  on  Wednes- 
day evening,  December  20,  191G,  at  Grace  Cathedral. 

DICK-MOSELY. — San  Francisco  relatives  have  received  a  cable  an- 
nouncing the  marriage  of  Miss  Edith  Douglas  Dick,  granddaughter  of 
Mrs.  Abby  Parrott,  of  San  Mateo,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  W.  H. 
Mosely,  M.  C,  of  the  Wiltshire  Regiment  and  Machine  Gun  Corps.  The 
wedding  took  place  at  the  Oratory  Brompton,  England. 

EICKHOFF-WEST.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Eickhoff,  of  1650  Lake  street, 
announce  that  their  daughter  Thekla  was  married  to  William  Mor- 
ton West  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  on  January  10th,  at  El  Paso,  Texas. 

FISHER-TREIBER. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Freida  Fisher  and  Morris 
Trieber  took  place  December  31st. 

HARDY-MINTZER. — The  marriage  o:  William  Mintzer  and  Miss  Agnes 
Hardy  took  place  January  2d. 

MACK-METZ. — San  Francisco  friends  have  received  invitations  to  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Norma  Mack,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norman 
Mack  of  Buffalo,  and  Philip  Frederick  Metz.  The  wedding  took 
place  at  Trinity  Church,  Buffalo,  on  the  evening  of  January  10th. 

PERKINS-HILLER. — Del.  Sullivan  Perkins  announces  the  marriage  of 
his  sister,  Miss  Opal  Perkins,  and  Stanley  Van  Winkle  Hiller,  in  Hous- 
ton, Texas. 

SHEA-CLARK. — Miss  Jane  Shea  became  the  bride  of  Edwin  Clark,  De- 
cember 3d.  The  ceremony  took  place  in  the  green  room  of  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel. 

TEAS. 
ASHE. — Mrs.  William  Ashe  is  giving  a  series  of  parties  during  the  winter 

season.     She  dispensed  her  hospitality  at  tea  January  3d. 
BORNEMANN. — Miss  Doris  Bornemann  was  hostess  Thursday  afternoon 

at  an   informal  tea  given   at  the  home  of   her  mother,   Mrs.   George 

Bornemann,   in   Oakland. 
ENGELHARDT. — Cards  have  been  sent  out  by  Mrs.  Eugene  N.  Engelhardt 

and  her  daughter.  Miss   Barbara  Adele  Engelhardt,   for  the  afternoon 

of  January  18th.  when  they  will  give  a  large  tea  at  their  home  in 

Piedmont. 
HENSHAW. — In   honor    of  Miss   Ida   Henshaw,    a    much   feted   debutante, 

and  Mrs.  Rapp  Brush,  a  former  Oakland  belle,  now  visiting  here,  Miss 

Alison  Stone  gave  a  tea  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  Tuesday  afternoon. 
HUFFMAN. — Mrs.    Edwin    Huffman,    who   is    spending   the   winter   at   the 

Palace,   provided  a  pleasant   hour   or   so   for  a  coterie   of   her   friends, 

entertaining  them  at  tea  at  the  Palace. 
LONG. — Mrs.   Oscar   Fitzalan   Long  was   hostess   Wednesday   at   a  tea  at 

her  home  in  Piedmont  in  compliment  to  Miss  Emma  Mahoney,  who  re- 
turned from  the  Orient  a  few  weeks  ago  after  an  absence  of  nearly 

two  years. 
NEILSON. Mrs.    J.    Leroy   Niclson    and    her    mother,    Mrs.    Frank   Nicol, 

entertained  informally  at  tea  January  3d. 
SEYMOUR. Mrs.  Walter  Seymour  was  hostess  at  a  tea  given  Tuesday  at 

her  apartments  at  the  Clift  Hotel  in   compliment  to  Mrs.  Edward  B. 

Perrin. 


LUNCHEONS. 

BOYD. — Mrs.  George  D.  Boyd  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  a  luncheon,  at  her 

home  in  Steiner  street  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  George  B.  Pillsbury. 
DIMOND. — One   of  the   enjoyable  affairs  of  the  week  was  the  luncheon 

over   which   Mrs.    Edwin   Dimond    presided   Wednesday.      Her  guests 

gathered  at  her  residence  on  Pacific  avenue. 
EDWARDS.— Mrs.   Alfred   Edwards    of   Palo   Alto   gave   a   beautifully   ap- 
pointed luncheon  Tuesday  at  the  Clift  Hotel  as  a  compliment  to  her 

daughter-in-law,  Mrs.  Alfred  Rice  Edwards,  a  bride  of  a  few  weeks. 
FAITOUTE. — Mrs.    Moses    Faitoute    of    New    York,    who    is    visiting    her 

mother,  Mrs.  Asa  White,  at  the  family  home  in  East  Oakland,  will  be 

the  honor  guest  at  a  luncheon  to  be  given  by  Mrs.  Giles  Nelson  Eas- 

ton  Wednesday  afternoon,   January  17th. 
FLOOD. — Mrs.  James  L.  Flood  wilt  give  a  luncheon  on  the  17th  in  honor 

of  Miss  Ruth  Zeile,  who  is  to  be  married  to  Corbett  Moody  next  month. 
FULLER. — Mrs.  Frank  Fuller  will  be  hostess  at  a  luncheon  in  honor  of 

Mrs.   Olive  Stine,  who  is  to  leave  for  the  Orient  January  22d.     Mrs. 

Stine  and  Miss  Grace  Rogers  will  go  from  her  to  Vancouver,  whence 

they  will  sail  on  the  Empress  of  Russia  on  January  25th. 
HORTON. — A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  Horton  last  Saturday  af- 
ternoon ifi  the  Palm  Court  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  and  later  bridge  was 

enjoyed  in  the  Laurel  Court. 
KEELER. — Miss  Alice  Keeler,  one  of  the  most  feted  of  the  season's  buds, 

will  be  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon  to  be  given  Monday  by  one 

of  her  sister  debutantes,  Miss  Jean  Boyd. 
MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  had  a  luncheon  party  January  4th  at  the 

St.  Francis  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Allen  Lewis  of  Portland,  who  is  here  as 

the  guest  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  George  D.  Boyd. 
NICKEL. — Miss  Beatrice  Nickel  presided  at  a  luncheon  Monday  at  her 

home  on  Laguna  street,  in  honor  of  Miss  Mary  Louise  Black. 
PETERSON. — Mrs.    Ferdinand    Peterson   is   having   a   series   of   luncheon 

parties  during  her  midwinter  visit  in  San  Francisco. 
POTTER. — Misses  Ethel   Lilley  and  Jean   Boyd  were  the  honor  guests  at 

a  luncheon  given  by  Mrs.  Ashton  Potter,  Wednesday. 
SCHWERIN. — Miss    Arabella    Schwerin    entertained    at  a    luncheon    given 

on  Thursday  afternoon  at  her  home  on  Washington  street. 
SLACK. — A   farewell   luncheon   was   given  for  Miss  Elva  de  Pue  by  Miss 

Edith  Slack  on  Monday  afternoon. 
TROY. — Mrs.  Martin  Troy  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Tuesday  at  her  home 

in  Taylor  street. 
WEAVER. — Mrs.  Lloyd  Weaver  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Thursday  at  her 

home  in  Washington  street. 

DINNERS. 

BANDMANN. — Miss  Florence  Bandmann  entertained  recently  at  dinner 
at  her  home  on  Van  Ness  avenue. 

BLACK. — As  a  farewell  to  Miss  Mary  Louise  Black,  who,  with  Miss  Phyl- 
lis de  Young  and  Miss  Elva  de  Pue,  left  for  the  East,  Colonal  and 
Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  presided  at  a  handsome  dinner  last  Saturday 
evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

BOURN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bowers  Bourn  were  hosts  at  dinner  Sat- 
urday evening. 

CROTHERS. — Judge  and  Mrs.  George  E.  Crothers  have  asked  a  group  of 
friends  to  a  dinner  to  be  given  this  evening  in  their  residence  on 
Laurel  street. 

DAVIS. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Richmond  Pearson  Davis  of  Fort  Scott  were 
the  guests  of  honor  at  a  dinner  party  which  Mrs.  Frederick  Zeile  gave 
on  Saturday  night  at  her  home,  with  dancing  in  the  ballroom  after- 
ward. 

DEERING. — A  dinner  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Deering  Satur- 
day evening. 

DEVEREAUX. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Devereaux  gave  a  dinner  party 
January  4th  at  their  apartments  in  Powell  street,  and  later  with  their 
guests  attended  the  subscription  ball  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

HALE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prentiss  Cobb  Hale  were  hosts  at  a  dinner  dance 
January  5th  at  their  home  in  Vallejo  street,  twenty-six  guests  as- 
sembling for  the  affair. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking    the   beautiful    Plaza    of    Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


RY   13.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


H.i    Mn 


■     MlKllt 

I 

M»  "  »Ut  nh    Mr 

LC«  Janunry  l«t  at    MIr.i 

tertalned  ;it  dinner 
last   Thursday  tvmiiiK   in   bin   hon  Ington    in   honor  >>t    the 

Club.  Ira  E    Bonnet  t 
r  at  dinner   I 

•  Is    :it- 

t.-n-i.'-i  tin-  biip  >   Club,  given  at  the  home  »-f  Miss  Mary 

Dinner  wll  la  Its  aftermath  provided  keen  enjoyment 

for  .«  moled  hut  1 

the  B  Hotel  on  the  Invitation  <>r  Mi  Rose. 

8PRBCKELS     Mr    md  Mi-    Adoiph  B.  Bpreckels  were  hosts  at  a  dinner 

rday  night 
WAJTE     Mr   and  tin   Charles  w .i i t •  ■  were  dlnnei  hosts  Wednesday  even- 

I  their  apai  tment  on  Op 
WHITE     Mr.  and  Mis    Stewart  Edward  White  were  the  guests  <>f  honor 
at  tiit*  dinner  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Waltei  Filer  Tuesday  evening  al 
their  home   it  Burllngame. 
WILSON      Mi    and  Mis.   Bdgai    Wilson  and  Mr.  and  Mis.  Effingham  Sut- 
ton gave  a  dinner  dance  January  3d  at  the  Palace  Hotel  In  compli- 
ment to  ti  Neame  of  Victoria,  who  are  visiting 
tor  a  lew  weeks, 

THEATRE   PARTIES. 

I*RATT.— Mrs.  Elisabeth  Prat!  entertained  recently  at  a  theatre  party  at 

the  Alcazar. 
RJ2QUA.-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  Requa  gave  a  theatre  party  and  later  had 
i  ei  at  the  Palace,  Monday. 

LECTURE. 
<  ;i  Kii.-v  — Mrs    George  GlbbS,   on   Monday  afternoon,   opened   her  home   for 
1 1 1  re  given  by  Professor  Van   Becker  of  the  Louvain  University, 
who  lectured  at  the  Palace  Hotel  last  week  on  the  woes  of  Belgium. 

CONCERTS. 

MII-I-MAN. — One  of  the  brilliant  musical  affairs  of  the  season  will  be 
early  in  February,  when  Jack  Edward  Hillman  will  give  a  concert 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 
SPRECKJBLS. — Mrs.  Adoiph  B.  Spreckels  gave  a  musicale  at  her  home 
last  Saturday  evening1,  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Eddy  gave  the 
programme. 

DANCES. 

HI. Si  IOP. — A  group  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  Bishop  at  an  informal  supper  dance  Friday,  given  at  the 
Palace  Hotel. 

CORNWALL. — About  100  cards  have  been  sent  out  by  Mrs.  Neil  Cornwall 
and  Mrs.  Jack  Schaefer,  for  a  dance  to  be  given  at  the  Cornwall 
home  in  Thousand  Oaks. 

KLKISHHACKKR. — A  supper  dance  was  given  at  the  Palace  Hotel  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Fleishhacker  January  2d.  Earlier  in  the  even- 
ing  they  entertained    their   friends  at  the  Russian   ballet. 

HOLMES. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Holmes  gave  a  dinner  dance  at  their 
home  recently  in  honor  of  Lieutenant  William  Shea,  U.  S.  N.,  and 
Mrs.  Shea. 

KITTLE.— The  handsome  homo  of  Mrs.  Jonathan  G.  Kittle  on  Scott 
street  assembled  a  number  of  quests  Tuesday  evening,  the  affair  be- 
ing arranged  as  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  Allen  Lewis,  who  is  visiting 
here  from  her  home  in  Portland. 

LOVEGROVE. — A  party  of  young  folks  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Miss 
Marjorie  Lovegrove  at  a  dance  last  Saturday  evening. 

MCSHER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Mosher  entertained  about  150  guests  at 
the  Claremont  Country  Club  at  a  dance  last  Saturday  evening. 

OLNEY. — Miss  Anna  Olney,  the  fiancee  of  Dr.  Frank  Girard,  will  be  the 
guest  of  honor  at  a  party  which  Mrs.  Otto  Grau  will  give  on  the  seven- 
teenth  of   the  month. 

SEAVER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  H.  Seaver  have  sent  out  cards  for  the 
evening  of  January  13th,  when  thev  will  give  a  dance  at  their  home 
in  Berkeley. 

SUATTUCK. — The  first  dinner  dance  of  the  year  at  Shattuck  Hall,  Ber- 
keley, was  given  Thursday  night.  In  future  the  second  and  third 
Thursday  of  each  month  will  be  reserved  for  a  similar  occasion. 

BALLS. 

MARDI  GRAS. — Announcement  is  made  that  the  Mardi  Gras  ball  will  be 
on  February  20th  of  this  year,  and  will  again  be  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL. — The  Oriental  ball  to  be  given  by  members  of  the 
Winter  Assembly  will  be  one  of  the  smart  social  events  of  the  month. 
The  affair  will  take  place  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  on  January  17th, 
the  original  date,  the  19th  oi  this  month,  having  been  changed. 

BRIDGE. 

BELL. — The  friends  of  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell  are  anticipating  the  bridge 
tea  at  which  she  will  be  hostess  on  Wednesday,  January  17th. 

CAPOCELLI. — Mrs.  Renato  Capocelli  and  her  sister.  Miss  Constance  Mar- 
tinon,  were  joint  hostesses  at  an  informal  bridge  tea  Tuesday  after- 
noon. 

HOWARD. — Mrs.  Nelson  Howard  was  a  bridge  hostess  Tuesday  afternoon. 

HUFF. — Mrs.  Charles  P.  Huff  was  hostess  at  a  bridge  tea  at  her  home 
Tuesday  afternoon. 


the  ■ 

1 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

JONES  In  ton  Jones,  Marshall  Madison  and  Andre 

Jr.,  were  hosts  al  a  thi  tnlng, 

•      Mi-     \\  altei    McLeoJ,  v.  hi     I 

friends  as  a  welci home  rollowli  Mont., 

was  the  guesi     f  honor  ai  h  theatre  party  and  supper  given  v 
das  *''•  ■  nlng  by  Miss  1 1 

ARRIVALS. 

O'SULIJVAN      Mi       Dennis  in   the   week   from 

her  home  In  Engln  .  I     tnd  I  hi  i  mol    or,  1 

viii  I'm tis.  on  Un treet 

skki.i.kv     Thi    m  inj    frleni u     and    Wri  .    I  ug<  m    Ski  Hi 

know    thai    the]    hav<    returned    from    their   three   weeks' 

horn  i  moon,    during    w  hit  h    thej    l  rai  eled    through    the    Eastern    and 

Nor!  hwestern  States. 
TAYLOR      Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Hinckley  Taylor  returned  Ias1   9i la; 

rrom  New  York,  where  thej   spent   the  holidays. 

DEPARTURES. 

BLACK.— Miss  Marie  Louise  Black  left  Mondaj  night  for  New  York,  ac- 
companied by  Miss  Phyllis  de  v. hum,  Miss  Elva  de  Pue  and  Miss 
i  thy  i  eane. 

HBAYTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs,  Edward  Lacey  Rrayton  of  Piedmont,  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Charles  Parcells,  lefl  this  week  for  the  Last,  and  are 
going  direct  to  New  York, 

MacGAVIN. — Drummond  MacGavin  left  Monday  for  Toronto,  where  he  is 
established  as  a  representative  of  the  big  concern  for  which  he  trav- 
eled over  a  greater  part  of  the  world  since  his  marriage. 

l'HELAN. — Miss  Mary  Phelan  left  Tuesday  for  Washington,  d.  C,  where 
she  will  join  her  brother.  Senator  James  D.  Phelan,  and  remain  for 
the  balance  of  the  winter 

INTIMATIONS. 

BELCHER. — Mrs.  Adeline  N.  Belcher  is  sojourning  for  several  weeks  at 
Del  Monte.  She  is  accompanied  by  her  attractive  granddaughter,  Miss 
Roberta   Belcher. 

BOLIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Bolin  of  Indianapolis  are  visiting  Mrs.  Anna 
Graham  at  her  residence  in  Fifty- seventh  avenue,  Oakland. 

CAROLAN. — Francis  Carolan  returned  Saturday  from  New  York,  where 
he  has  been  for  the  last  f*sw  months. 

CLAYBURGH. — Mrs.  Kate  Clayburgh  and  Miss  Sophie  Clayburgh  have 
returned  from  the  Orient,  and  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Belle- 
vue  for  the  balance  of  the  season. 

DUTTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J.  Dutton,  who  have  been  living  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  for  many  years,  have  now  taken  up  their  residence  at 
the  Palace  Hotel,  where  they  have  been  joined  by  their  daughter,  Mrs. 
Josiah   Howell. 

DINKELSITEL. — Accompanied  by  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Dinkel- 
spiel.  Miss  Dinkelspiel  will  leave  in  the  near  future  for  New  York  to 
enjoy  a  sojotirn  of  several  weeks. 

FREEMAN. — After  a  delightful  visit  in  the  East,  Mrs.  ,T.  Eugene  Freeman 
returned  Monday  to  her  apartments  at  the  Clii't  Hotel. 

MYRTLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  S.  Myrtle  have  closed  their  home  in 
Ross  "Valley  and  are  spending  the  winter  in  the  city.  They  are  at  the 
Regina  Apartments  on  Bush  street. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  has  been  spending  a  few  days  in  Burlin- 
game  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Martin  and  the  Martin  children. 

NEVILLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Neville  are  spending  their  honeymoon  in 
the  Hawaiian  Islands. 

OLIVER. — Miss  Ruth  Oliver  opened  the  spring-  term  of  her  kindergarten 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  Monday  morning. 

PILLSRURY. — Mrs.  George  Piilsbury  has  arrived  from  her  home  in  Los 
Angeles  and  is  receiving  a  most  cordial  welcome  from  her  friends  in 
this  city,  where  she  ^ived  before  her  marriage  several  months  ago. 

RAGLAND. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rene  Chastine  Ragland,  whose  marriage  took 
place  a  few  weeks  ago  in  Washington  at  -the  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clovin  Brown,  are  en  route  from  the  East  to  Spo- 
kane, where  they  arc  to  make  their  home. 

ROLPH. — Mayor  James  Rolph,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  are  having  a  delightful 
visit  in  Southern  California. 

TATTJM. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  D.  Tatum  motored  up  from  Los  Angeles 
to  spend  the  holidays  with  relatives. 

'J  EVIS. — Mrs.  William  S.  Tevis.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Page  returned  Sundaj 
to  San  Francisco. 

WALKER. — Mrs.  Talbot  Walker  has  been  chosen  Queen  of  this  year's 
Mardi  Gras  ball,  to  be  held  at  the  St.   Francis  Hotel  on  February  20th. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


Buffalo  Bill  Crosses  the  Great  Divide 

The  last  of  the  great  national  picturesque  figures  in  the  pio- 
neer history  of  the  country  passed  over  the  horizon,  this  week, 
in  Colonel  William  F.  Cody,  known  by  those  who  loved  him 
best  as  Buffalo  Bill.  His  loss  stretches  from  the  hearts  of  the 
street  gamins  to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  Many 
States  will  pay  special  honors  to  his  obsequies,  especially  Colo- 
rado, where  his  remains  will  lie  in  State.  The  funeral  service 
will  be  held  Sunday  under  the  Denver  Lodge  of  Elks.  Other 
lodges  and  societies  will  also  participate  in  these  last  obse- 
quies according  to  his  wish.  Among  them  will  be  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  the  Pioneer  Society  of  Colorado,  the 
Cowboy  Rangers  of  Denver,  the  Elks  and  Masons,  all  indica- 
tive of  the  great  fraternal  spirit  of  his  vast  number  of  loyal  and 
devoted  friends.  Federal  troops  will  escort  his  body  from 
State  to  State,  and  in  the  funeral  cortege.  The  body  will  be 
in  charge  of  the  Knights  Templai  till  it  reaches  its  final  resting 
place  in  a  tomb  on  Lookout  Mountain.  A  wife,  daughter  and 
sister  were  at  his  bedside  when  he  passed  away. 

A  big  volume  would  hardly  cover  the  remarkable  frontier 
exploits  of  Buffalo  Bill.  To  the  small  boys  of  this  country  he 
was  always  regarded  as  the  greatest  man  in  the  limelight  of  the 
world.  He  was  born  in  Scott  County,  Iowa,  71  years  ago, 
at  the  time  the  great  Pathfinder  Fremont  was  exploring  the 
country  west  of  the  Mississippi  and  putting  it  properly  on  the 
map  for  permanent  settlement.  Cody's  parents  moved  west 
and  took  up  a  claim  near  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  a  growing  im- 
portant frontier  Indian  post.  He  was  then  five  years  old.  Five 
years  later  his  father  was  killed  in  a  dispute  over  the  negro 
slave  question,  and  at  10  years  of  age  the  boy  was  obliged  to 
v.  ork  to  support  the  family.  His  first  job  determined  his  career. 
He  was  hired  as  a  courier  to  carry  messages  to  the  wagon 
feight  trains  operating  between  Missouri  and  Rocky  Mountain 
points.  Then  he  ran  the  gamut  of  the  picturesque  life  of  his 
day  as  wagon  master,  trapper,  hunter,  pony  express  rider,  stage 
coach  driver,  soldier  in  the  Union  army,  frontier  guide,  ranger, 
chief  of  scouts  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  the  welcome  friend  of 
such  men  of  that  period  as  Generals  Sherman,  Phil  Sheridan, 
Crook,  Custer,  Merritt  Miles  and  many  others. 

He  won  his  sobriquet  of  Buffalo  Bill  by  the  extraordinary 
success  with  which  he  provided  fresh  buffalo  meat  to  the  camps 
of  laborers  employed  in  constructing  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road. His  system  was  to  cut  out  a  band  of  buffalo  from  a  herd, 
ride  in  circles  around  the  bunch,  firing  as  quickly  as  possible. 
On  one  contract  he  killed  4,280  buffalo. 

The  most  intimate  touch  he  had  with  California  life  in  those 
kaleidoscopic  days  was  as  a  pony  express  rider  in  the  '60's; 
he  served  a  stretch  in  the  ride  of  carrying  mail  letters  from  San 
Francisco  to  Fort  Leavenworth,  Missouri,  1,950  miles. 

While  every  rider  was  expected  to  cover  seventy-five  miles 
before  stopping  and  resting  and  beginning  the  return  trip, 
many  riders  had  routes  where  the  distance  traveled  was  much 
greater.  Often,  too,  a  rider  would  suddenly  be  called  upon  to 
cover,  besides  his  own  route,  the  route  of  the  rider  who  was 
supposed  to  relieve  him,  but  who,  on  account  of  death  or  acci- 
dent could  not.  Thus  Buffalo  Bill  had  to  cover  the  route  be- 
tween Red  Buttes,  Wyoming  and  Three  Crossings,  Nebraska,  a 
distance  of  116  miles.  One  day,  galloping  into  Three  Cross- 
ings, he  learned  from  the  station  agent  that  the  relief  rider  had 
been  killed.  The  mail  must  go  on.  Without  a  moment's  delay, 
Cody  agreed  to  ride  the  dead  man's  route.  This  route  covered 
seventy-six  miles,  and  Cody  not  only  rode  that  distance,  but 
made  the  return  trip  in  time  to  cover  his  own  return  trip.  He 
therefore  rode  384  miles  without  stop,  save  for  quick  meals  and 
a  change  of  horses — and  the  mail  went  through  on  schedule 
time. 

Cody  had  a  wonderful  career  as  a  rider  of  the  Pony  Express, 
when  we  consider  that  he  was  only  a  boy  of  fourteen  when  he 
entered  the  service.  "Old  Jules,"  the  express  agent  who  first 
employed  him,  started  him  with  a  run  of  forty-five  miles  and 
gave  him  three  changes  of  horses.  He  feared  much  for  the 
boy.  But  the  ambitious  Cody  had  been  riding  only  a  few  months 
when  he  asked  for  a  transfer  to  a  longer  route — "a  reg'lar  man's 
route" — and  was  given  the  one  between  Red  Buttes  and  Three 
Crossings.  It  was  while  riding  this  route  shortly  afterward  that 
he  made  the  record  ride  of  384  miles  through  a  dangerous  coun- 
try. A  week  after  this  remarkable  ride,  Cody,  himself,  nar- 
rowly escaped  being  killed  by  Indians.    Near  a  secluded  spot 


on  the  route,  called  Horse  Creek,  he  was  waylaid  and  chased 
by  Sioux  Indians,  but  succeeded  in  outracing  his  pursuers.  On 
arriving,  however,  at  the  next  station  the  boy  found  that  the 
station  agent  had  been  killed  and  all  the  stock  stolen  by  the  In- 
dians. He  was  compelled  to  ride  his  tired  pony  many  miles 
through  hostile  country  before  he  reached  another  station  and 
secured  a  fresh  mount. 

The  rapid  settlement  of  the  West  eventually  pushed  him 
from  his  old  picturesque  employments.  But  the  stirring  and 
romantic  adventures  of  the  West  still  remained  alive  in  the 
hearts  of  the  people.  Buffalo  Bill  discovered  this  wherever  he 
went,  and  he  and  Nate  Salsbury  conceived  the  idea  of  the  Wild 
West  Show,  which  successfully  toured  the  country  for  years, 
and  later  was  taken  to  Europe,  where  it  scored  an  immense  hit. 
Only  once  did  Buffalo  Bill  step  out  of  his  natural  role :  that  was 
when  he  was  elected  to  the  Nebraska  legislature  in  1872. 


OBITUARY. 

George  Hatton. 

George  F.  Hatton,  politician,  good  fellow  and  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  California,  died  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  of 
uremia,  after  an  illness  of  a  week,  aged  50  years.  Hatton  was 
best  known  as  an  influential  political  writer.  His  work  in  that 
line  on  the  Oakland  Tribune  was  among  the  best  then  being 
published  by  the  crack  political  writers  of  the  '90's.  His  wide 
and  intensive  knowledge  of  the  political  game  attracted  a  num- 
ber of  ambitious  men  to  help  them  attain  their  political  ambi- 
tions. This  led  to  handling  a  number  of  important  campaigns 
by  Hatton,  in  which  he  was  unusually  successful.  He  was  a 
staunch  Republican,  and  represented  Senator  George  Perkins, 
Governor  James  N.  Gillett  and  innumerable  assemblymen  and 
State  senators  in  this  respect.  Governor  Gage  made  him  a  no- 
tary, and  later  he  joined  the  law  firm  of  Hartley  &  Peart  in  the 
Humboldt  Building,  with  whom  he  practiced  for  several  years. 
He  leaves  a  widow. 


Mrs.  Etta  Zellerbach. 

After  an  illness  of  several  months,  Mrs.  Etta  T.  Zellerbach, 
wife  of  Jacob  C.  Zellerbach,  vice-president  of  the  Zellerbach 
Paper  Company,  died,  this  week,  at  the  Adler  Sanatorium.  Mrs. 
Zellerbach  was  highly  esteemed  by  a  wide  circle  of  devoted 
friends.  She  was  45  years  of  age.  Surviving  her  are  two  sis- 
ters and  two  brothers,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Delsbach,  Mrs.  Theodore 
Steiner,  Aaron  and  Henry  M.  Englander,  and  her  devoted  hus- 
band, Jacob  C.  Zellerbach. 


ST.  ANTHONY  IN  ROSELAND. 

By  St.  Anthony  in  Roseland,  where  the  fern  and  fuchsia  grow, 

Safe-sheltered  in  a  wayward,  winding  creek, 

Rides  a  pinnace  at  her  moorings,  whom  I  loved — oh,  years  ago! 

And  there  she  waits  to  greet  me  week  by  week. 

It  is  twenty  months  or  over  since  I  braved  the  salt-sea  spray, 

And  watched  her  foam-flecked  fo'c'sle  rock  and  reel; 

But  her  rudder  now  is  forrard  and  her  sails  are  stowed  away, 

And  barnacles  are  growing  on  her  keel. 

To  St.  Anthony  in  Roseland,  which  is  hard  by  Falmouth  Town, 

Along  the  twisty  path  that  flanks  the  stream, 

No  more  the  kindly  Cornish  folk  to  me  come  trapezing  down 

With  cranberries  and  golden-crusted  cream; 

No  longer  through  the  silence  of  the  star-hung  summer  night, 

My  pinnace,  sweet  and  fleet  as  any  fawn, 

Shall  steal  in  'neath  the  black  cliffs  to  the  winking  Lizard  Light, 

And  smell  the  clean,  sweet-scented  thyme  at  dawn. 

i 
From  St.  Anthony  in  Roseland  (where  good  cruises  all  begin) 
When  the  last  war-weary  troops  are  ordered  home, 
When  the  harbors  all  are  opened  and  the  mines  are  all  towed 

in, 
And  all  the  changeful  sea  is  mine  to  roam, 
I  will  slip  your  reed-grown  moorings  and  beat  westward  from 

the  creek — 
Land-weary  make  once  more  the  open  seas — 
And  with  flying  jib  and  top-sail  once  again  set  sail  to  seek 
The  Islands  of  the  New  Hesperides. 

— Punch. 


-tv  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertise! 


13 


Big  Purple  Athlete — I'm  a  little  stiff  from  lacrosse.  At- 
tentive Frosh — Wisconsin? — Williams  Purple  CoW. 

"The  old-fashioneJ  boy  used  to  respect  every  word  his 

father  said."  replied  the   rather  cynical  youth;  "but 

you  must  remember  that  the  old-fashioned  boy  had  one  of  those 
old-fashioned  fathers." — Washington  Star. 

Mother  (at  the  party) — Why  did  you  allow  that  young 

man  to  kiss  you?  Daughter — Why,  ma!  Mother — Oh,  you 
needn't  'why  ma'  me.  Cne  side  of  his  nose  is  powdered  and 
one  side  of  yours  isn't. — Facts  and  Fancies. 

Political  Boss — I  can  land  you  a  job  payin'  three  thou- 
sand a  year — two  to  you  and  one  to  me.  Worker — And  do  I 
have  an  assistant  who  does  all  the  work?  Boss — Sure;  and 
we  split  half  his  salary  between  us. — Buffalo  Courier. 

Crawford — In  the  good  old  days  girls  were  given  such 

names  as  Faith,  Prudence  and  Patience.  Crabshaw — -If  the 
custom  still  prevailed,  the  girls  of  the  present  day  would  be  go- 
ing around  with  such  monikers  as  Pep,  Ginger  and  Tobasco. — 
Town  Topics. 

"Will  you  have  me  for  your  wife?"  said  the  leap  year 

maiden,  sweetly.  "Since  you  have  suggested  it,  I  will,"  he  re- 
plied. "But  just  remember,  Mame,  if  I  don't  turn  out  to  be  all 
you  expect  you  have  only  yourself  to  blame." — New  York 
< j  lobe. 

First  Bridge  Fiend — I  once  knew  a  man  who  had  thir- 
teen trumps  and  never  took  a  trick.  Second  Bridge  Fiend — 
How  so?  First  Bridge  Fiend — His  partner  led  an  ace,  he 
trumped;  and  then  his  partner  threw  him  out  of  the  window. — 
Brunonian. 

-"I  heard  to-day  that  your  son  was  an  undertaker.     I 

thought  you  told  me  he  was  a  phyiscian."  "Not  at  all."  "I 
don't  like  to  contradict,  but  I'm  positive  you  did  say  so."  "You 
misunderstood  me.  I  said  he  followed  the  medical  profession." 
— Pittsburg  Press. 

"The  coal  supply  of  the  earth  is  limited,"  said  the  scient- 
ist. "No  one  can  say  how  long  it  will  last."  "Great  Scott!" 
exclaimed  the  man  in  the  back  row.  "And  here  we've  gone  and 
wasted  more  than  a  sack  of  it  heating  the  hall  for  this  lecture." 
— Philadelphia  Record. 

Editor — This  joke  isn't  bad.     But  what  has  the  picture 

got  to  do  with  it?  It  seems  to  be  merely  a  study  of  sea  and 
sky.  Marine  Painter  (who  has  turned  to  humorous  art) — Well, 
if  you  read  it  again  you'll  see  that  it's  a  conversation  between 
two  members  of  a  submarine  crew. — Punch. 

Mr.  Newman  had  just  recovered  from  an  operation  and 

was  talking  to  a  friend.  "The  surgeon,"  he  remarked,  "said 
he'd  have  me  on  my  feet  again  in  three  weeks."  "Well,  he  did 
it,  didn't  he?"  asked  the  friend.  "He  did,  indeed,"  responded 
Mr.  Newman.  "I  had  to  sell  my  motor  car  to  pay  his  bill." 
— Christian  Register. 

"Miss  Brown  told  me  that  you  paid  her  such  a  charming 

compliment  the  other  evening,"  said  Mrs.  Coddington  to  her 
husband,  "something  about  her  being  pretty.  The  poor  girl 
was  so  pleased.  I  don't  see  how  you  men  can  be  so  untruthful." 
"I  should  think  you'd  know  by  this  time  that  I'm  never  untruth- 
ful," said  Mr.  Coddington  reproachfully.  "I  said  she  was  just 
as  pretty  as  she  could  be,  and  so  she  was." — New  York  Times. 

"Your  daughter,"  said  Mrs.  Oldcastle,  after  being  con- 
ducted through  the  newly-furnished  wing  of  the  magnificent 
palace  occupied  by  the  new-rich  Bullingtons,  "has  such  a  splen- 
did vocabulary."  "Do  you  think  so?"  her  hostess  replied.  "Jo- 
siah  wanted  to  get  her  one  of  them  escritoires,  but  I  made  up 
my  mind  right  at  the  start  that  a  vocabulary  would  look  better 
in  a  room  furnished  like  hers,  even  if  it  didn't  cost  quite  so 
much." — Toronto  Globe. 


PERSONAl     WD  Wll  I)  - 

it  of  a  total  eclipse  of  the  sun  is  to  be  the  pi 
forded  the  people  of  the  Ui  es  on  June  8,  1">18.  A 

:k  Observatory  of  the  Ul  of  California,  famous 

for  its  past  achievements  in  observing  solar  i 
expeditions  sent  to  Spai  ..dor,  Java,  G 

and  many  other  parts  of  the  earth,  is  planning  for  its  o! 

tions  of  the  coming  eclipse. 

*  *  * 

One  of  the  stock  jokes  of  the  professional  humorist  faces  ex- 
tinction. In  New  York  City  an  umbrella  service  has  been  or- 
ganized. If  you  need  an  umbrella,  anywhere,  day  or  night,  ac- 
cording to  the  prospectus  of  this  new  beneficent  institution,  all 
you  have  to  do  is  to  step  into  one  of  the  service  stations  and  se- 
cure one,  on  the  presentation  of  your  membership  card.  When 
you  are  through  with  the  umbrella,  it  can  be  left  at  a  service 
station.  If  it  is  to  be  so  easy  to  get  an  umbrella,  what  excuse 
remains  for  acquiring  one  unethically?     The  umbrella  joke, 

however,  could  have  been  spared  even  before  now. 

*  *  * 

Charles  Evans  Hughes  has  now  formally  resumed  his  pro- 
fession at  the  bar,  his  first  retainer  coming  from  the  Corn  Pro- 
ducts Refining  Company,  which  is  appealing  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  from  the  recent  decision  of  Federal 
Judge  Hand  dissolving  that  company  under  the  Sherman  Anti- 
Trust  law.  Mr.  Hughes  will  act  as  consulting  counsel.  During 
the  recent  campaign  nobody  on  the  other  side  ever  went  so  far 
as  to  question  the  legal  ability  of  the  Republican  nominee.  That 
is  recognized  on  all  sides  and  by  all  interests. 

The  roster  of  the  "American  legion,"  containing  the  names 
of  some  24,000  patriotic  ind  adventurous  Americans  ready  to 
seive  in  all  sorts  of  expert  capacities  in  case  of  war,  should  be 
a  valuable  addition  to  the  war  department  archives.  That  the 
desirability  of  this  continued  existence  of  the  legion  as  a  private 
organizing  and  recruiting  body  is  open  to  serious  question  seems 
to  be  the  opinion  of  the  secretary  of  war,  and  many  will  agree 
with  him.    With  all  due  respect  to  the  members  of  the  legion, 

it  is  just  as  well  that  it  is  to  disband. 

*  *  * 

Mr.  Schwab  says  that  his  Bethlehem  steel  works  are  half  as 
big  again  as  the  famous  Krupp  works  in  Germany,  and  that  they 
are  all  at  the  disposal  of  the  United  States  on  its  own  terms  in 
case  of  need. 


ART  LOVERS   THRONG  HEARST  COLLECTION. 

The  splendid  and  well  rounded  Hearst  collection  of  art,  now 
on  exhibition  at  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts,  on  the  old  Exposition 
grounds,  continues  to  attract  throngs  of  enthusiastic  visitors. 

The  collection  is  a  long  term  loan  for  an  indefinite  period  of 
years,  and  it  has,  therefore,  been  accorded  a  permanent  Museum 
installation  in  keeping  with  its  value  and  importance.  A  slight 
idea  of  the  extent  and  varied  character  of  this  rather  inclusive 
collection  may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  it  fills  nine  gal- 
leries— of  which  gallery  65  is  devoted  to  paintings,  gallery  64 
to  tapestries,  furniture  and  German  wrought  iron,  gallery  63  to 
Oriental  rugs  and  Spanish  furniture,  gallery  62  to  Prayer  rugs, 
gallery  25  to  Chinese  rugs,  screens  and  Spanish  furniture,  gal- 
lery 21  to  tapestries  and  Italian  and  German  furniture,  gallery 
26  to  Oriental  textures,  and  galleries  28  and  61  to  etchings, 
drawings  and  engravings. 

Worthy  of  special  attention  and  study  are  the  many  loans  of 
antique  furniture  contributed  by  individuals  and  dealers,  who 
generously  helped  to  create  a  worthy  milieu  for  Mrs.  Hearst's 
notable  collection. 


"Now,  then,"  said  the  auctioneer,  holding  up  a  pair  of 

antique  silver  candlesticks,  "give  me  a  start."  "Two  shillings," 
came  from  a  voice  at  the  back  of  the  room.  "What!"  exclaimed 
the  horrified  auctioneer.  "Ah,"  said  the  bidder  in  an  under- 
tone, and  with  a  chuckle,  "I  thought  that  would  give  him  a 
start." — Liverpool  Mercury. 


The  Union  Oil  Company  has  issued  a  preliminary  state- 
ment for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1916,  showing  28  per 
cent  earned  on  the  stock  before  depreciation  and  21  per  cent 
earned  after  depreciation. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  winter  fashions  have  been  thoroughly  put  to  the  test, 
for  here  we  are  fully  launched  into  the  midwinter  season.  The 
leading  events  which  always  mark  the  opening  of  the  social 
season  in  New  York  having  already  taken  place,  it  is  very  easy 
for  even  the  casual  observer  to  differentiate  between  the  re- 
jected and  the  accepted  modes. 

It  is  very  unlikely  now  that  there  will  be  any  surprises  in 
store  for  us  before  the  spring  fashions  begin  to  appear,  and  it  is 
still  too  early  to  anticipate  these,  though  it  must  be  admitted 
that  such  a  thing  as  spring  talk,  even  as  early  as  this,  has  not 
been  unheard  of. 

We  may  be  thoroughly  assured,  however,  that  the  straight 
lines  and  slim  silhouette,  of  which  we  have  heard  and  seen  so 
much,  are  to  stay  with  us  throughout  the  season.  On  every  side 
we  see  countless  variations  of  the  chemise  dress,  which  has  cer- 
tainly been  the  most  insistent  note  from  Paris  all  along.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  this  is  the  leading  style  of  the  moment,  both  in 
Paris  and  New  York. 

A  Paris  model  which  has  been  copied  again  and  again  with 
great  success  is  illustrated  here.  It  is  of  Copenhagen  blue 
chiffon  velvet  with  silver  metallic  embroidery  worked  in  the 
simple  darning  stitch,  one  of  the  most  widely  used  garnitures 
for  the  fashionable  dresses  at  present.  The  overdress  effect  is 
such  that  it  may  be  carried  out  in  two  materials.     For  a  very 


A  Favored  Paris  Model      The  Jabot  Blouse  and  Pocketed  Skirt 

rich  effect  there  is  no  smarter  combination  than  satin  and  vel- 
vet, unless  it  be  Georgette  and  velvet.  These  combinations, 
with  the  addition  of  fur,  occasionally,  are  in  excellent  taste  and 
entirely  approved  by  fashion  leaders. 

It  is  well  established  also,  that  satin  is  one  of  the  leading 
materials  for  dresses  this  season.  As  popular  and  numerous  as 
were  the  taffeta  dresses  in  the  autumn,  so  are  the  satin  frocks 
this  winter.  One  of  the  reasons  for  its  popularity  is  that  this 
material  is  not  too  light  to  be  worn  comfortably  under  the  top 
coat,  even  in  cold  weather.  Again,  it  is  not  considered  too 
dressy  for  informal  wear,  while  it  is  always  just  right  for  recep- 
tions, teas  and  matinees. 

The  Latest  in  Millinery. 

The  use  of  satin  is  not  limited  to  dresses  and  suits  only,  but 
it  is  quite  extensively  used  by  the  milliners,  especially  in  the 


fashioning  of  small  turbans.  In  many  of  the  latest  hats  it  is  no- 
ticed that  the  trimming  is  placed  directly  in  front.  Small  round 
hats  or  shapes  with  upturned  brims  are  often  trimmed  with  a 
high  aigrette  in  the  very  center.  Hats  which  are  entirely  un- 
tiimmed  except  for  the  heavily  embroidered  veil  which  serves 
as  an  adornment  are  still  very  popular. 

ChantiJly  and  metallic  laces  have  also  entered  the  field  of 
millinery.  With  so  much  metallic  lace  used  on  dresses  the 
milliners  have  seen  its  possibilities  as  applied  to  hats,  and  are 
using  it  most  successfully  combined  with  satin  or  velvet.  Not 
infrequently,  there  is  another  addition  in  the  form  of  fur.  By 
reason  of  the  formality  of  these  materials,  these  hats  are,  of 
course,  worn  for  formal  occasions. 

To  trim  sports  hats  the  very  newest  thing  is  worsted  or  felt 
motifs  representing  animals  and  all  sorts  of  curious  designs. 
These  are  appliqued  to  crowns  or  brims.  Chenille  in  bright 
colors  is  also  used  as  a  trimming  for  hats. 

About  Blouses  and  Skirts. 

Basque  blouses,  though  they  are  being  favored  more  and  more 
day  by  day,  have  not  succeeded  in  ousting  the  blouse  that  is 
worn  inside  the  skirt.  The  model  with  a  frill  of  fine  lace  in 
front  or  of  the  soft  material  of  the  blouse  still  holds  its  own. 
Some  very  attractive  new  blouses  are  of  tan  or  sand-colored 
Georgette  decorated  with  shadow  embroidery  in  fine  wool.  Mo- 
tifs worked  in  old  blue,  old  rose  and  tan  enhance  the  beauty 
of  these  waists.  Bright  yellow  and  deep  rose  are  among  the 
newest  colors  that  have  been  seen  in  separate  blouses.  Some 
have  collars  of  the  same  material,  while  others  are  trimmed 
with  a  white  collar. 

No  matter  what  rumors  may  be  circulated  to  the  contrary 
from  time  to  time,  the  separate  waist  and  skirt  are  offered  in 
plain  and  pleated  models,  some  with  pockets  and  yokes  and 
some  without.  A  yoke  which  extends  in  points  over  the  hips  is 
exceptionally  smart.  Over  the  points  are  placed  little  pockets 
with  flaps  that  are  buttoned  down. 

Scotch  plaids  and  checked  materials  in  two  colors  are  used 
for  the  serviceable  tailored  skirts,  as  well  as  the  other  popular 
woolen  fabrics  of  the  season. 


Annual  Clearance 

SALE 

Big  Reductions 

Gassner  FURS 

Louis  Gassner 


112-114  Geary  St., 


San  Francisco 


Byron  W.  Haines,  D.  D.  S. 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


v  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


IS 


INSURANCE 


ins  all  along  the  line 
was  written.  At  the 
close  of  the  year  more  than  $21,400,000  of  business  was  on  the 
books,  an  increase  of  nearly  three  and  a  half  million  over  the 
previous  year  More  than  $70,000  was  added  to  the  company's 
surplus  account,  and  the  admitted  assets  at  the  beginning  of 
1917  were  more  than  two  and  a  half  million,  a  gain  of  $430.- 
000  for  the  year.  Full  figures  will  show  a  still  larger  gain,  as 
there  figures  do  not   include   reports  from   several   detached 

agencies  that  will  come  in  later. 

*  •  * 

Mr.  Guy  Macdonald,  local  representative  of  the  Insurance 
Field,  and  editor  of  the  San  Francisco  News  Bureau,  has  re- 
signed the  latter  position  in  order  to  accept  the  position  of  as- 
sistant secretary  of  the  Life  Underwriters'  Association  of  San 
Francisco.  Mr.  Macdonald  is  very  popular  with  all  classes  of 
insurance  men,  and  the  appointment  meets  with  hearty  appro- 
val from  the  life  underwriters.  He  will  retain  his  connection 
with  the  Insurance  Field.  A  big  effort  will  be  made  to  double 
the  membership  of  the  local  association  of  life  underwriters, 
and  it  is  with  this  object  particularly  in  view  that  the  salaried 

position  of  assistant  secretary  is  created. 

*  *  * 

Latest  reports  are  to  the  effect  that  the  Casualty  Company 
of  America,  the  concern  that  recently  reinsured  the  business  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Casualty,  and  in  turn  was  declared  insolvent 
by  the  New  York  insurance  commissioner,  has  succeeded  in 
making  good  its  $654,000  impairment  of  capital  stock.  The 
company  will  continue  its  fidelity  and  surety  business.  It  is 
still  the  intention  of  the  Casualty  Company  of  America  to 
launch  the  Bonding  Company  of  America,  which  is  expected 

to  take  over  the  business  of  the  parent  concern. 

*  *  * 

The  General  Accident  has  appointed  Thomas  R.  Lamb  gen- 
eral agent  for  Southern  California,  with  headquarters  at  Los 
Angeles.  He  will  have  supervision  over  all  lines,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  commercial  and  industrial  disability  business, 
which  will  remain  with  Edgar  L.  Martin,  branch  manager  at 
Los  Angeles,  who  gives  hi.-;  time  exclusively  to  this  branch  of 

the  company's  business. 

*  *  * 

A.  W.  Thornton,  Coast  manager  of  the  London  Assurance 
Corporation,  who  has  during  the  past  two  years  acted  as  chair- 
man of  the  Arson  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 
of  the  Pacific,  has  surrendered  that  position  in  order  to  devote 
his  entire  energies  to  his  agency  business.  During  his  term  of 
office  several  gangs  of  professional  arsonists  have  been  en- 
tirely broken  up,  and  many  of  the  members  now  languish  in 

prison,  owing  to  the  energetic  efforts  of  the  committee. 

*  *  * 

Legislatures  are  now  in  session  in  California,  Idaho,  Mon- 
tana, Arizona,  Oregon,  Utah  and  Washington,  and  indications 
point  to  many  measures  to  be  introduced  which  will  have  more 
or  less  effect  upon  the  business  of  insurance.  In  California  the 
more  important  measures  are  those  providing  for  State  rating 
of  fire  insurance,  and  a  law  authorizing  the  State  to  conduct 
what  is  termed  social  insurance.     Neither  of  these  measures 

are  favored  by  insurance  interests. 

*  *  * 

It  is  with  deep  regret  that  we  learn  of  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Charles  Christensen,  wife  of  the  Pacific  Coast  general  agent 
of  the  American  Central.  Mrs.  Christensen  passed  away  fol- 
lowing an  operation  at  the  Adler  sanitarium.  She  is  survived, 
in  addition  to  her  husband,  by  a  daughter  and  mother,  Mrs. 
James  Fulton,  of  San  Rafael. 

The  Pacific  Mutual  Life  has  appointed  W.  E.  Lawson  gen- 
eral agent  for  its  life  department  at  Salt  Lake.  Mr.  Lawson 
has  been  filling  the  office  of  district  manager  for  the  company 
at  Stockton,  and  previously  was  with  the  San  Francisco  general 
agency  of  Kilgarif  &  Beaver,  where  he  acquired  a  reputation  as 

a  big  producer. 

*  »  * 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Tacoma  Life  Underwriters'  As- 
sociation, Frank  A.  Neyhart,  of  the  Penn  Mutual  Life,  was 
elected  president  and  H.  B.  Eckart  secretary. 


Abraham  L.  Hanby,  who  has  represented  the  Provident  Life 
t  in  the  State  of  Washim:- 

fifty.    For  the  past  two  years  he  ha: 

at  Seattle,  previously  having  made  his  home  in  Tacoma,  \ 

he  first  established  the  company's  agency. 

*  *  • 

The  Guardian  Casualty  and  Guaranty,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  on 
Jaruary  10th  discontinued  writing  jitney  bonds.  This  company 
is  the  only  one  which  has  been  writing  this  class  of  business, 

and  has  in  turn  discovered  it  to  be  unprofitable. 

»  *  * 

The  Standard  Forms  Bureau  have  decided  upon  a  system  of 
universal  blanks  to  be  used  by  the  fire  companies,  and  these  are 
in  the  printers'  hands.  The  first  lot  will  comprise  about  twenty 
thousand  blanks,  and  most  of  them  are  already  being  distrib- 
uted. 

*  *  * 

Vice-President  Charles  E.  Galacar,  of  the  Springfield  Fire  & 
Marine,  represented  on  the  coast  by  George  W.  Dornin,  passed 
away  late  in  December.  He  had  been  ill  for  many  months,  and 
hii  end  was  not  unexpected. 

Owing  to  the  expense  of  maintaining  an  agency  plant  in  that 
sparsely   settled   country,   the    Columbian   National    Life   has 

ceased  to  do  business  in  New  Mexico. 

*  *  * 

The  Northern  Life  of  Seattle  maintains  its  reputation  as  a 
progressive  company  by  closing  the  year  1916  with  business 
on  its  books  of  $13,250,000.  Last  year  the  new  business  writ- 
ten amounted  to  the  snug  sum  of  $5,200,000,  which  was  an  in- 
crease over  any  previous  year's  experience. 

*  *  * 

J.  H.  Cote,  who  has  been  representing  the  companies  of  the 
Seeley  &  Co.  agency  in  Southern  California  as  special  agent,  has 
resigned,  and  Special  Agent  R.  R.  Roper  of  the  San  Francisco 
office  will  supervise  his  territory  until  a  successor  shall  have 

been  appointed. 

*  *  * 

A.  W.  Giesy,  special  agent,  severed  his  connection  with  the 
Norwich  Union  on  January  1st,  after  a  service  of  five  years. 
Mr.  Giesy's  territory  included  Western  Oregon  and  Washington 

and  Alaska. 

*  *  * 

The  general  Accident  has  resigned  from  the  California  In- 
spection Rating  Bureau. 


NETTED. 


Nifty  Nettie  has  a  nightie 

Which  is  nothing  more  than  net; 
It's  a  nifty  natty  nightie 

And  a  wee  bit  naughty;  yet 
Just  the  nicest  thing  in  nighties 

If  sweet  Nettie's  in  the  net. 


PAUL  EIDER  *CO 

®       Books  and  Art      & 

^        %^9  Grant  Avenue       j|g 
SM       a  San  Francisco  ::         ■ 


Star 


safe' 

Oldest 

Cheapest 

Best 

For  a  Lifetime 


OR 


PIONEER 

Since  1875 
OF 

SAFETY   RAZORS 

It's  pleasant — it's  easy — it's 
economical  and  above 
all,  it's  safe  —  shaving 
with  a  Star. 

Ask  your  friends — ask  your 
dealer — or  ask  us. 

KAMPFE     BROTHERS 

Since  1875 

10  Reade  St.  New  York 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


inNANOAV 


Financial  America 
In  Good  Position. 


The  recent  slump  in  the  New  York 
stock  market  was  anything  but  a  de- 
liberate reappraisal  of  values.  It 
was  more  of  a  psychological  phe- 
nomena. The  situation  was  inherently  weak,  with  a  great 
amount  of  stocks  carried  upon  margins,  brokers'  loans  being 
above  any  previous  record.  This  was  a  natural  result  of  the 
great  gold  importations,  easy  money  and  big  earnings.  There 
was  a  general  desire  to  get  out  of  the  market  before  the  end  of 
the  war,  and  at  the  first  sign  of  definite  developments  toward 
peace  a  rush  started,  helped  along  by  vigorous  short-selling.  The 
buying  power  of  marginal  accounts  is  very  great  in  putting 
the  market  up,  and  the  compulsory  selling  out  of  these  accounts 
as  margins  are  exhausted  is  an  equally  great  influence  in  put- 
ting it  down.  The  liquidation  has  cleared  away  an  artificial 
fabric  of  support  and  improved  the  general  financial  situation. 
The  declines  were  mainly  in  the  industrial  stocks  in  which 
speculation  has  been  active,  railway  shares  being  affected  in 
minor  degree  and  bonds  scarcely  at  all.  In  fact,  the  area  of 
serious  disturbance  was  comparatively  small,  although  the  sum 
total  of  transactions  made  another  striking  showing  of  the  mag- 
nitude of  the  New  York  market,  reaching  3,095,000  shares  on 
December  21st.  Of  course  the  war  has  made  unusual  profits  ;n 
many  lines,  for  it  has  created  an  enormous  and  imperative  de- 
mand upon  existing  means  of  production.  To  whatever  extent 
capital  values  have  been  inflated  by  over-estimating  the  dura- 
tion of  these  earnings,  of  course  a  readjustment  would  have  to 
be  made,  but  it  is  also  true  that  a  great  many  of  these  com- 
panies have  made  very  substantial  additions  to  their  assets 
during  the  last  year  and  a  half.  As  a  general  thing  the  indus- 
trial companies  are  in  very  much  better  condition  than  they 
were  two  years  ago.  This  must  be  taken  into  account  in  judg- 
ing the  situation. 


At  the  close  of  business  June  30,  1916,  the  period  cov- 
ered by  Superintendent  of  Banks  W.  R.  Williams'  report,  the 
aggregate  of  assets  in  State  banks  was  $817,744,349,  an  in- 
crease of  more  than  $88,000,000.  On  the  same  date  there  were 
in  State  banks  individual  deposits  aggregating  $679,306,191,  a 
gain  of  approximately  $100,000,000.  This  increase  is  more  than 
16  times  the  gain  in  the  preceding  year.  State  banks  had  an 
aggregate  of  $494,567,278  in  loans  and  discounts,  an  increase 
of  $23,881,566.  The  increase  in  deposits  during  the  year  as 
compared  with  the  preceding  fiscal  year  was  $27,984,000.  There 
was  an  increase  of  seven  new  banks  during  the  year,  making  a 
total  of  460. 


The  largest  business  in  local  banking  was  recorded  in 

1916,  when  the  Crocker  National  Bank  rolled  up  a  total  of  $2,~ 
040,000,000  in  business  transactions  during  that  period.  This 
exceeds  the  business  done  by  the  bank  in  1915  by  $1,000,000,- 
000.  The  department  items  for  1916  are  as  follows:  Deposits 
received,  $1,016,000,000;  cashiers'  checks  issued,  $67,000,000; 
Eastern  and  foreign  exchange  sold,  $298,000,000;  total  checks 
taken  to  clearing  house,  $468,000,000;  country  checks  collected, 
$134,000,000;  taken  to  clearing  house  in  gold  coin  and  in  gold 
certificates,  $57,000,000.  Total,  $2,040,000,000.  The  balance 
is  made  up  of  certified  checks  issued  and  certificates  of  deposit 
issued. 


The  last  report  of  Wells  Fargo  Nevada  Nat'l  bank  shows 

a  striking  advance  in  its  deposits,  the  amount  increasing  from 
$38,727,692,  September  12,  1916,  to  $44,966,866,  December  12th 
following.  In  the  same  period  loans  and  discounts  increased 
from  $23,610,712  to  $30,553,020.  The  total  assets  of  the  in- 
stitution increased  in  the  same  interim  from  $58,136,599  to 
$62,911,570,  an  extraordinarily  good  showing. 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  of  officers  of  the  San 

Francisco  Stock  Exchange  (Mining  and  Oil)  was  held  in  the 


board  room  this  week.  W.  H.  Moise  was  elected  president  to 
succeed  Thomas  S.  Robinson,  and  William  S.  Wattles  was 
chosen  vice-president  to  succeed  William  Edwards.  Secretary 
William  H.  Harmon,  Treasurer  Charles  E.  Laing,  and  Chairman 
Joseph  L.  King  were  re-elected. 


San  Francisco's  bank  clearings  for  1916  broke  all  rec- 
ords in  the  history  of  the  city.  They  reached  the  total  of 
$3,479,862,482.31,  as  compared  with  $2,693,688,925.69  for  1915, 
a  gain  of  $786,173,556.62  for  the  year.  Not  only  is  1916  a  rec- 
ord year,  but  it  shows  an  increase  in  clearings  of  nearly  100  per 
cent  since  1908,  when  business  locally  had  been  fairly  well  re- 
adjusted here  after  the  fire. 


Petroleum  production  broke  the   record  in  the  United 

States  last  year,  and  California  ranks  second  among  the  States, 
89,000,000  barrels  being  sold  during  1916.  Only  one  other 
State— Oklahoma,  with  105,000,000  barrels— exceeded  the  Cali- 
fornia production. 


Approximately  $119,000,000  is  the  value  of  the  minerals 

produced  in  California  during  1916,  according  to  estimates 
made,  this  week,  by  the  State  Mining  Bureau.  This  is  an  in- 
crease of  $24,000,000  over  1915.  The  increase  is  due  to  copper, 
which  has  doubled  in  quantity  and  increased  60  per  cent  in 
price. 


Fireman's  Fund  stock  has  been  advancing  rapidly  since 

the  first  of  the  year,  and  was  367y2  bid  this  week.  At  this  price 
the  stock  yields  4.35  per  cent,  from  which  it  may  be  assumed 
that  the  regular  rate  will  be  considerably  increased  or  a  very 
substantial  extra  declared. 


Herbert  Fleishhacker  has   accepted  the  reappointment 

to  serve  another  year  as  a  member  from  the  Twelfth  district  of 
the  Federal  Reserve  Advisory  Council. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special   Dinners  (with  wine)  Sl.OO.        A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.     Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and     reasonable    prices    will    obtain    for    us    your    continued 
patronage. 
65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailbebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 


415-421  Bush  St..  Sao  Francisco 


(Above  Kearny) 


ExchaoKe.  Douglas  2411 


DT     7f  XTaO/r^V»  C      O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
DLiAJNCO  O  Streets 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


v  13.  1917 


and  California  Advcilisi  i 


According  to  the  statistics,  automobile  sales  during  1916  ex- 
ceeded 1,600.000  passenger  and  freight  carrying  automobiles, 
valued  at  retail  for  more  than  $1,000,000,000.  The  average  for 
the  passenger  vehicles  sold  is  estimated  at  $605,  and  for  trucks 
$1,809. 

These  vehicles  were  made  by  more  than  400  companies  do- 
ing business  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  were  sold 
by  30.000  dealers  throughout  America  and  in  foreign  countries. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  motor  car  exports  for  1916  will  total 
more  than  $96,000,000  at  wholesale,  exclusive  of  parts  and  ac- 
cessories. 

The  foregoing  figures,  which  are  regarded  as  conservative, 
were  compiled  by  Alfred  C.  Reeves,  general  manager  of  the 
National  Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  organiza- 
tion is  composed  of  practically  al!  the  automobile  manufacturers 
in  the  United  States.  Reeves  is  easily  the  best  informed  man 
identified  with  the  American  automobile  industry,  and  in  re- 
viewing the  1916  situation  and  the  prospects  for  the  coming 
year  he  has  the  following  to  say: 

"While  the  manufacturer  has  supported  in  royal  fashion  the 
new  creed  of  co-operative  competition  in  the  matter  of  stand- 
ardization, simplifying  and  perfecting  motor  cars  to  be  offered 
at  the  lowest  possible  price,  so  as  to  interest  the  greatest  num- 
ber of  people,  the  competition  for  trade  has  been  of  the  fiercest 
kind,  the  path  during  the  past  five  years  being  strewn  with  the 
financial  wrecks  of  more  than  400  companies,  showing  that  only 
the  strongest  in  men,  methods,  materials,  money  and  machinery 
have  been  able  to  survive. 

"The  available  figures  compiled  by  the  National  Automobile 
Chamber  of  Commerce  show  a  production  for  1916  of  1,525,578 
passenger  cars  and  92,130  trucks  or  commercial  vehicles — a 
grand  total  of  1,617,708  vehicles.  The  passenger  cars  were 
valued  at  $921,378,000.  while  the  trucks  show  $166,650,273,  or  a 
total  of  $1,088,028,273,  which  is  the  retail  price  paid  for  vehi- 
cles by  American  and  foreign  buyers.  Of  this  number  exports 
for  1916  will  amount  to  58,000  passenger  cars  and  20,000  trucks, 
at  a  total  value  of  $96,662,000,  this  latter  being  the  wholesale 
figure. 

"To  those  who  study  the  situation  there  is  nothing  strange 
about  the  rapid  increase  in  the  sale  of  motor  vehicles,  although 
it  is  a  source  of  amazement  to  many  people  who  have  figured 
motor  car  sales  in  comparison  with  the  number  of  people  who 
had  incomes  of  $1,500  or  more.  They  overlooked  the  tremen- 
dous advantage  of  the  motor  car  to  salesmen,  contractors  and 
others  in  general  business  and  particularly  to  farmers,  who 
have  been  the  biggest  buyers  of  motor  cars  during  the  last  few 
years. 

"Thus  we  find  a  real  answer  to  this  automobile  trade  pros- 


perity in  the  magic  word  •service."    Just  as  long  as  the  motor 
car  can  transport  the  individual  or  i:  i  more  rap- 

:ul  at  lower  costs  than  any  other  type  of  vehicle, 
lonu'  will  this  country  and  the  remainder  of  the  world  continue 
to  use  motor  cars  in  increasing  numbers. 

"The  automobile  is  now  a  public  utility  to  be  classed  with 
strict  cars,  electric  lighting  and  the  telephone,  and  rendering  a 
service  on  a  par  with  those  important  requirements  of  civiliza- 
tion. 

"Just  how  many  motor  cars  can  be  used  in  this  country,  aside 
from  the  remainder  of  the  world  has  been  a  source  of  discussion 
in  and  out  of  the  trade,  with  estimates  so  far  out  of  line  that 
even  the  closest  students  of  the  industry  have  given  up  the 
task. 

"No  one  can  really  tell.  At  first  we  said  a  million  cars.  Then 
as  cars  got  better  and  prices  lower  we  raised  the  estimate  to 
two  millions.  Then  came  the  wildest  kind  of  estimates  and  the 
figures  put  at  three  millions;  but  this  has  been  passed,  and  now 
there  are  about  three  and  a  half  million  automobiles  running 
and  registered  in  the  various  States,  with  apparently  no  de- 
crease in  the  demand. 

"There  are  increasing  ujes  for  passenger,  or  so-called  pleas- 
ure cars  in  every  part  of  the  country,  while  trucks  are  just  be- 
ginning to  come  into  their  own,  with  the  practical  certainty  that 
a  few  years  from  now  great  quantities  of  freight  will  be  moved 
on  the  highways  by  motor  trucks,  which  will  also  act  as  feeders 
to  railroads,  making  unnecessary  the  construction  of  expensive 
so-called  'feeder  lines.'  Motor  vehicles  must  supplant  a  big 
part  of  the  24,000,000  horses  now  in  use  in  this  country. 

"It  is  most  gratifying  to  leaders  of  the  industry  to  know  that 
their  efforts  to  supply  the  best  in  motor  cars  at  prices  within  the 
reach  of  millions  has  been  appreciated  by  an  increasing  number 
of  buyers,  very  few  of  whom  have  a  thought  of  leaving  the 
ranks  of  motor  car  owners  and  with  others  more  and  more  ac- 
knowledging the  need  they  have  for  power-driven  vehicles. 

"Production  is  certain  to  go  on  at  a  stronger  rate,  and  while 
standardized  to  a  marked  degree  in  many  parts,  there  will  al- 
ways be  a  great  variety  of  designs  in  motor  chassis  and  bodies 
and  a  large  number  of  companies  supplying  them.  It  is  fair  to 
assume,  however,  that  with  the  keen  competition  only  standard 
products  of  established  and  well  managed  companies  can  be 
expected  to  survive  in  this  business,  now  so  firmly  established 
and  so  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  giants  of  industrial 
America." 

*  *  * 

State  Association  Forms  Good  Roads  Bureau 

With  the  idea  of  enlarging  its  sphere  of  usefulness  to  the 
widest  extent,  the  California  State  Automobile  Association  has 
established  a  good  roads  bureau.  This  subsidiary  body  will 
enter  into  active  and  free  co-operation  with  good  roads  boost- 
ers all  over  the  State  who  believe  that  State-wide  development 
is  dependent  upon  a  network  of  good  roads  open  for  use  all 
the  year  round  for  the  tourist  and  the  rancher  whose  income 
depends  to  no  little  extent  upon  his  ability  to  market  his  crops 
when  the  price  is  right  rather  than  when  road  conditions  per- 
mit. 

National  Auto  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  Meet 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the 
United  States  is  to  be  held  January  31,  February  1  and  2,  in 


SAFE-TEA  FIRST 

It  gives  greater  satisfaction  and  is  more  economical.  Four 
cups  for  a  cent.  The  proof  is  in  the  drinking.  Have  your 
grocer  send  you  a  1  lb.,  l£  lb.,  or  yt  lb.  tin  of  this  delici- 
ous India-Ceylon  Tea. 

l^dffaqys  tS^lea 

Awarded  Gold  Medal     -     San  Francisco,  1915 
Awarded  Grand  Prize     -     San  Diego,  1916 
Highest  Honors  Obtainable — India-Ceylon  Teas 

HAAS  BROS.,  WHOLESALE  DISTRIBUTORS 


/ 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


Washington,  D.  C,  at  which  time  the  foremost  American  busi- 
ness men,  representing  the  membership  of  the  Chamber,  are 
expected  to  be  present.  The  railroad  situation,  both  as  to 
labor  and  freight  congestion,  is  to  be  considered,  as  will  be 
national  defense  and  conditions  after  the  war. 

Hugh  Chalmers  Retires  as  Head  of  Athletic  Club 

Hugh  Chalmers,  president  of  the  Chalmers  Motor  Co.,  De- 
troit, and  also  of  the  Detroit  Athletic  Club,  was  given  an  elabo- 
rate banquet  last  week,  upon  his  retirement  from  the  D.  A.  C. 
presidency,  which  he  has  held  for  four  years,  since  its  organiza- 
tion. He  was  presented  with  a  silver  tray,  engraved  with  the 
names  of  the  directors.  Entertainment  was  furnished  by  repre- 
sentatives of  various  theatrical  companies  now  playing  Detroit, 
including  the  Ziegfeld  Follies. 

*  *  * 

Overland  Convention  Nets  $175,000,000 

Final  consolidation  of  statistics  of  the  big  Overland  conven- 
tion at  Toledo  which  lasted  three  weeks  and  came  to  a  reluctant 
end  December  22d,  indicate  that  the  net  effect  of  the  affair  was 
the  closing  of  contracts  for  no  less  than  205,750  cars,  having  a 
cash  value  of  $175,000,000.  During  the  term  of  the  convention 
the  Willys-Overland  Company  received  the  signatures  of  8,600 
delegates,  showed  7,446  visitors  through  the  huge  plant  and 
made  5,080  demonstrations  of  the  new  model.  Four  hundred 
and  twenty-three  Pullman  cars  were  required  to  bring  the  dele- 
gates. 

*         #        # 

Twenty  Million  Tires  May  be  Akron  Record  for  1917 

More  than  11,522,650  tires  will  mark  the  total  production 
from  Akron  for  1916.  Business  for  the  year,  gauged  by  the  out- 
put of  the  past  eleven  months,  will  amount  to  $203,100,000,  an 
increase  of  65  per  cent  over  the  preceding  year.  Some  idea  of 
the  vastness  of  the  industry  may  be  had  from  the  fact  that  158,- 
315  freight  cars  are  necessary  to  carry  the  year's  production  to 
the  various  destinations.  The  city,  which  in  1910  had  a  popu- 
lation of  only  69,000,  now  has  51,150  people  employed  in  rubber 
manufacture.  Floor  space  covering  eighty-eight  acres  and 
machinery  costing  more  than  $2,500,000  have  been  added  in 
1916,  and  12,500,000  square  feet  of  floor  space  are  now  de- 
voted to  the  rubber  industry.  The  present  capacity  allows  a 
daily  output  of  54,000  tires— 19,837,750  for  twelve  months.  This 
is  approximately  equal  to  existing  demand,  and  it  is  a  safe  pre- 
diction to  state  that  Akron  will  manufacture  more  than  20,000,- 
000  tires  in  1917. 

Empire  '17  Announcement  Includes  Many  Types 

With  the  show  season  now  at  hand,  the  buying  public  has  op- 
portunity to  study  the  automobile  manufacturers'  latest  products 
— the  cars  that  will  be  offered  during  the  coming  selling  sea- 
son. Announcement  of  changes  in  models  for  1917  has  been 
withheld  by  the  Empire  Automobile  Company  until  the  show 
season.  Advance  information  shows  an  attractive  line  consist- 
ing of  five  body  types  on  four  and  six  cylinder  chassis.  These 
models  include  touring  cars,  sedan,  four  passenger  roadster  and 

speedster. 

*  *  * 

Many  Foreign  Countries  Sell  Jefferys 

According  to  J.  A.  Rose,  manager  of  export  sales  for  the 
Nash  Motors  Company,  the  export  sales  of  Jeffery  cars  and 
trucks  have  increased  80  per  cent  in  the  last  year,  and  at  pres- 
ent the  Nash  Motors  Company  has  direct  dealers  in  twenty- 
seven  foreign  countries. 

*  *  * 

Chalmers  Lowers  Buffalo-Rochester  Record 

A  new  record,  for  the  run  from  Buffalo  to  Rochester,  has  just 
been  made  by  a  Chalmeis  car.  This  run  is  one  over  which 
many  disputes  have  occurred  recently.  The  distance  is  79.2 
miles  over  rough  roads.  A  Chalmers  Six-30  stock  car  covered 
the  distance  in  one  hour  and  23  minutes.  This  time  is  23  min- 
utes faster  than  the  best  previous  time.  A  J.  Stuart  and  A.  E. 
Higgins,  members  of  the  Mason  B.  Hatch  Company,  of  Buf- 
falo, dealers  in  Chalmers  cars,  accomplished  this  feat  recently 
and  hung  up  the  new  recond,  which  it  is  said  is  one  that  will  be 
hard  to  beat.  The  car  which  they  sent  over  this  course  was 
one  which  had  been  driven  over  8,000  miles.  It  was  fully 
equipped,  and  in  every  sense  of  the  word  a  strictly  stock  car. 


Corporation  Head  Banquets  Elgin  Builders 

To  celebrate  the  prosperity  enjoyed  by  the  Elgin  Motor  Car 
Corporation  of  Chicago,  during  the  past  year,  C.  S.  Rieman, 
general  manager  of  the  company,  gave  all  employees  of  the  or- 
ganization a  sumptuous  New  Year's  eve  banquet.  About  350 
guests  in  all  were  present.  Ai  eight  o'clock  the  gay  throng  en- 
tered the  feast  hall,  which  contained  long  tables  arranged  to 

form  a  huge  letter  "E." 

*  *  * 

Ship  Autos  in  Race  Horse  Cars 

The  freight  car  shortage,  which  has  reached  an  acute  state  in 
all  parts  of  the  country,  is  particularly  harassing  to  the  automo- 
bile manufacturers  of  Detroit.  The  situation  has  so  persistently 
delayed  deliveries  that  traffic  managers  are  resorting  to  all  sorts 
of  schemes  to  get  their  shipments  under  way.  Charles  J.  Shaar, 
traffic  manager  of  the  Packard  Motor  Car  Company,  has  made 
special  arrangement  with  customs  officials  of  Canada  to  permit 
him  to  make  shipments  of  Packard  cars  from  Windsor,  Ont, 
directly  across  the  Detroit  River  from  the  Motor  City.  Shaar 
also  has  rented  twenty-six  freight  cars  that  are  used  in  summer 
for  carrying  race  horses.  These  cars,  being  privately  owned, 
can  be  used  only  for  private  shipments,  and  are  returned  to  the 
factoy  as  soon  as  unloaded  at  destinations. 


Going  to  Travel? 

Telephone  Sutter  6300  for  a 
Southern  Pacific  Passenger  Agent 


He  will  call  on  you — 

Inform    you    as   to    Fares, 
Routes  and  Stopovers- 
Procure   and  deliver  your 
Railroad    and    Pullman 
Tickets— 

And   arrange  for  Checking 
your  Baggage— 

We  maintain  our  offices  for  the  ac- 
commodation and  convenience  of  the 
public. 

Southern  Pacific 

Ask  for  Folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 

430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 
The  Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending"  December  31,  1916,  a  dividend  has  been  de- 
clared at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable 
on  and  after  Tuesday,  January  2d,  1917.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be 
added  to  depositors'  accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and  will  earn  divi- 
dend from  January  1,  1917.  Deposits  made  on  or  before  January  10,  1917, 
will  draw  interest  from  January  1,  1917. 

R.   M.   TOBIN,    Secretary. 
Office — Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  streets. 


\ 


v  13.  1917 


and  California  Advertisei 


19 


One  Hundred  Pathfinder  Twelves  for  Czer 

One  hundred  twelve  cylinder,  seven  passenger  Pathfinder 
tout  ire  reported  purchased  a  few  days  ago  for  imme- 

diate shipment  to  Moscow,  Russia.  The  Pathfinder  Company 
is  working  day  and  night  getting  this  tremendous  order  out. 
which  is  said  to  be  the  largest  single  shipment  of  pleasure  cars 
to  a  foreign  country,  ready  for  delivery.  The  cars  are  being 
packed  in  weather  proof  boxes,  lined  both  inside  and  out  with 
special  tar  paper.  The  mammoth  shipment,  consisting  of  two 
trains  of  twenty-five  freight  cars  each,  will  go  via  the  Canadian 
■Pacific  Railroad  to  Vancouver,  B.  C.  where  space  has  been  re- 
served, and  is  now  being  held  in  steamships  for  Vladivostok, 
Russia.  From  this  point  the  cars  will  be  carried  by  train  over 
the  Great  Siberian  railroad.  5,000  miles,  to  Moscow. 

•  •  • 

Ton-Mile  Cost  Key  to  Road  Type  Needed 

What  it  costs  to  move  a  ton  a  mile  is  the  true  answer  in  se- 
lecting the  type  of  road  necessary  to  meet  the  service  needs  of 
a  main  artery  of  communication,  according  to  Chairman  George 
C.  Diehl  of  the  American  Automobile  Association's  good  roads 
board. 

"In  order  to  arrive  at  the  ton-mile  cost,"  says  Diehl,  "it  is  es- 
sential, first,  to  have  the  total  cost  of  construction  and  mainte- 
nance; next,  to  have  the  amount  of  traffic  tonnage.  The  first 
cost  must  be  the  result  of  a  properly  kept  system  of  records, 
and  the  total  cost  of  maintenance  and  construction  must  equal 
the  total  outlay  made  by  the  highway  department,  as  this  is  the 
only  method  possible  to  avoid  omission  of  important  items.  The 
amount  of  traffic  must  be  obtained  by  traffic  census.  This 
should  be  divided  between  passenger  and  commercial  vehicles, 
and  also  between  motor-driven  and  horse-drawn  vehicles." 

*  *  * 

Suggests  Regulation  of  Pedestrians,  too 

If  pedestrians  could  be  under  as  complete  a  control  as  that 
governing  the  vehicle  traffic,  street  accidents  would  be,  if  not 
eliminated,  at  least  great':y  reduced.  If  the  walking  element 
of  the  traffic  could  be  kept  in  its  proper  place,  at  the  right  time, 
the  big  problem  of  regulation  would  be  solved,  said  H.  M. 
Rowe,  president  of  the  American  Automobile  Association,  at 
the  recent  Safety  First  convention  at  Baltimore.  He  added 
that  vehicles,  particularly  automobiles,  are  so  regulated  by  law 
that  any  further  attempt  in  that  direction  would  not  help  mat- 
ters, while  the  pedestrian,  the  other  important  element  in  traffic, 
has  not  been  regulated  at  all. 


Perrin  Ford  Headlight  Regulator. 

New  Headlight  Regulator  for  Ford  Owners 

A.  satisfactory  solution  of  the  Ford  headlight  problem  is  now 
said  to  be  supplied  by  the  Perrin  Ford  Headlight  Regulator. 
When  a  Perrin  equipped  car  slows  down,  it  is  claimed,  the  en- 
tire available  current  automatically  goes  to  the  right  hand 
lamp,  concentrating  all  the  light  just  where  it  is  needed. 

*  *  * 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


Chandler  Company  Increases  Employees'  Pay 

An  increase  of  10  per  cent  in  wages  to  all  its  employees  has 
juot  been  announced  by  the  Chandler  Motor  Car  Company. 
Cleveland,  O.  This  increase  became  effective  with  the  New 
In  addition  to  this  the  company  on  July  20.  1"17,  will 
pay  to  the  men  employed  on  an  hourly  wage  basis  who  are  on 
the  company's  payroll  July  1st  a  10  per  cent  bonus  on  the  en- 
.iges  paid  to  them  by  the  company  during  the  year  of 
July  1,  1916,  to  June  30,  1917.  To  employees  who  have  been 
with  the  company  the  full  year,  this  bonus  means  about  five 
weeks'  extra  pay. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


CWlliD 


REAL  BATTERY  SERVICE 

1433  BUSH  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THI8  OUT.) 

The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garagea,  hotels  and  aupply 

houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  gulda: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  flrst- 
clasa  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 

PALO  ALTO.— PALO  ALTO  GARAGE.  443  Emmeraon  St.,  Tel.,  P.  A. 
335.  Auto  ltvery  at  all  hours.  Tires  and  sundries  In  stock.  Gasoline,  oil. 
repairing,    lathowork.   vulcanizing.     On«      day   and   night. 


.  ~     -  w ASHLESS  - 

I  USE  LIKE  AN  ORDINARY 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 

Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrfcal  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Ne»»  Ave.      BRAND    4.    CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


EBlHraHEDlolJE 


FREE  FROM  CAEBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  13,  1917 


UBRAEMteTABLE 


Mrs.  Vanderbilt  Under  German  Shell-Fire. 

We  all — that  is,  our  party  and  such  of  the  boys  as  had  not 
gone  off  on  night  duty — went  to  bed  about  eleven  o'clock.  Just 
before  saying  good-night,  Mr.  Andrew  turned  to  me  and  re- 
marked :  "You  had  better  show  me  which  is  your  room,  in  case 
anything  happens  during  the  night."  I  returned,  laughingly: 
"All  right,  but  I  don't  think  anything  will  happen.  It  will 
probably  turn  out  that  neither  the  Germans  nor  the  French  will 
fire  a  shell  all  night."  I  was  so  exhausted  that  I  went  to  sleep 
without  even  unpacking  my  bag  excepting  for  the  real  neces- 
sities. 

About  twelve-thirty  I  woke  up  with  a  start  and  felt  as  if  the 
whole  house  was  coming  down  on  my  head.  I  reached  for  a 
light,  but  without  success.  I  did  not  seem  to  be  thinking  at  ali, 
and  the  idea  that  a  bombardment  was  going  on,  or  even  that  it 
was  the  explosion  of  a  shell  which  had  waked  me  up,  did  not 
at  the  first  moment  occur  to  me.  But  explosion  followed  ex- 
plosion with  great  rapidity,  and  as  the  whistle  of  one  shell  died 
away  the  shrill  shriek  of  another  was  audible.  I  knew  at  last 
that  I  was  in  for  a  real  bombardment.  I  do  not  think  I  had 
much  sense  of  fear,  but  I  instinctively  made  myself  as  small  as 
I  could  in  my  bed,  and  with  each  explosion  wondered  if  the 
next  shell  might  not  land  in  my  room. 

I  must  confess  that  I  was  greatly  relieved  when  some  one 
knocked  on  my  door  and  I  heard  Mr.  Andrew's  voice  saying: 
"Mrs.  Vanderbilt,  you  must  hurry  up  and  come  down  in  the 
cellar."  I  reached  in  the  dark  for  my  dressing  gown  and  opened 
the  door.  Mr.  Andrew  was  standing  there  in  his  stocking  feet 
with  a  great-coat  thrown  ever  his  pajamas  and  a  candle  in  his 
hand.  I  did  not  think  of  my  own  appearance  at  that  time,  but 
a  little  later  I  realized  that  my  hair  was  streaming  down  my 
back  and  that  I  had  no  stockings  on.  But  three  or  four  shells, 
some  seemingly  very  near,  exploded  simultaneously,  and,  hardly 
saying  a  word,  Mr.  Andrew  hurried  me  down  "to  the  cellar. 

All  the  boys,  Madame  Marin,  and  a  constantly  increasing 
number  of  French  soldiers,  who  rushed  in  from  houses  where 
there  were  no  cellars,  had  already  assembled  there.  It  was  very 
dark  and  cold,  and  we  all  sat  together  without  talking  much  ex- 
cept to  count  the  explosions  and  to  watch  through  a  cellar  win- 
dow a  house  which  had  been  set  on  fire  by  a  shell.  Then  when 
the  bombardment  slackened  somewhat  we  went  outside,  but 
not  far  from  the  cellar  door  as  long  as  the  shells  continued  to 
arrive.  However,  they  stopped  as  suddenly,  as  unreasonably, 
as  they  had  begun,  and  I  went  back  to  bed  and  almost  imme- 
diately to  sleep,  for  the  ordinary  silence  of  the  night  seemed 

very  soothing. — Harper's  Magazine  for  January. 

*  *  * 

"Lovers'  Knots." 

It  is  a  rare  pleasure  to  take  up  a  collection  of  short  stories 
written  with  charm,  unobtrusive  humor,  and  knowledge  of  the 
craft,  without  depending  on  the  mechanical  tricks  of  dubious 
value  that  seem  too  often  to  be  regarded  as  the  "sine  qua  non" 
of  the  modern  short  story.  "Lovers'  Knots,"  by  Elizabeth  Jor- 
dan, recently  published  by  the  Harpers,  is  a  collection  of  short 
stories  in  which  "punch"  and  other  crude  devices  of  contem- 
porary fiction  are  absent.  The  stories  depend  for  their  interest 
on  their  ingenuity,  simplicity,  a  quiet  but  thoroughly  delicious 
vein  of  humor,  and  the  sympathy  which  a  well-told  love  story 
always  compels.  We  are  taken  into  the  society  of  people  of 
refinement,  people  with  whom  we  should  delight  to  associate 
in  real  life.  Few  writers  can  look  into  the  soul  of  the  well-bred 
young  girl  with  the  same  clear  vision  as  Miss  Jordan.  This  wab 
shown  in  her  May  Iverson  stories.  She  depicts  the  American 
girl — fun-loving,  loyal,  brave,  tender,  not  too  sentimental,  gen- 
erous in  her  affections,  and  with  a  clear  intuition  for  appraising 
character  values  both  in  men  and  in  women. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Benavente." 

Here  is  an  announcement  that  will  bring  cheer  to  the  readers 
of  plays,  now  rather  chilled  and  saddened  by  the  recent  down- 


pour of  dramas  from  harsh  and  gloomy  lands  of  snow  and  ice : 
"Jacinto  Benavente,  universally  acknowledged  in  Spain  as  the 
dramatic  leader  of  this  day  of  the  rejuvenation  of  the  drama 
there,  is  at  last  to  be  introduced  to  the  American  public 
through  the  publication  of  a  volume  of  four  of  his  most  rep- 
resentative plays.  The  translation  is  being  prepared  by  John 
Garrett  Underhill,  representative  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada  of  the  Sociedad  de  Autores  Espanoles.  These  plays 
are  "The  Husband  of  His  Widow,"  a  brilliant  and  amusing 
comedy  of  manners.  "La  Malquerida"  (an  ill-love),  a  splendid 
peasant  tragedy.  "The  Evil  Doers  of  Good,"  a  piercing  satiri-. 
cal  revelation  of  the  hypocrisy  of  the  attitude  of  "Society,"  and 
"The  Bonds  of  Interest,"  a  charming  Moliersque  comedy  upon 
humanity  in  general. 

In  Spain  the  enthusiasm  for  Benavente  is  tremendous,  and 
his  enormous  production  of  seventy-five  dramas  besides  other 
volumes  of  table  talk  and  essays  has  steadily  increased  it. 

Scribner's  Sons,  New  York. 

*  *  *  * 

Elsie  de  Wolfe  is  not  only  the  most  famous  woman  interior 
decorator  in  America  but  one  of  the  most  successful  writers 
about  interior  decoration.  "The  House  in  Good  Taste,"  the 
story  of  her  own  experiences  and  discoveries  in  this  new  and 
ever-growing  profession,  has  just  passed  into  a  sixth  edition. 

Published  by  Century  Company. 

#  *  * 

Augustus  Saint-Gaudens  was  one  of  the  most  modest  of  men ; 
from  simple  beginnings  he  became  one  of  the  world's  great 
sculptors.  His  friend,  Maitland  Armstrong,  the  well-known 
artist,  gives  his  "Recollections  of  Saint-Gaudens"  in  the  Janu- 
ary Scribner.  There  are  anecdotes  of  Saint-Gaudens's  old 
Paris  studio  days,  where  many  famous  men  in  the  art  world 
met  together,  and  a  pleasing  impression  of  the  sculptor's  de- 
lightful personality. 

Mr.  P.  A.  Vaile  seems  to  deserve  this  designation,  given  an- 
other writer  because  of  his  versatility.  For  he  is  not  only  a 
recognized  authority  on  one  world-wide  popular  sport,  as  his 
"Modern  Tennis"  work  proves — he  has  also  written  a  golf  book, 
that  shows  him  an  expert  on  the  other  world-wide  game.  He  is 
a  New  Zealander,  and  the  author  of  an  appeal  to  his  country- 
men entitled  "Wake  Up,  England!" 

Funk  &  Wagnalls  Company,  New  York. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


| 

(M 

i 

\ 

Ifi 

y 

EVERY 

TWO    HOURS 

during 
Route 

the   day,   a  fast   electric   train   leaves    San 
Ferry  Depot 

Francisco, 

Key 

TO     S 

A  C  R  A 

M  E  N  T  O 

Fast,  comfortable  service 
Central  California, 

through 

some  of  the  prettiest  spots  in 

Write  for  time  table  and 

rates. 

OAKLAND,    ANTIOCH   & 

EASTERN 

RAILWAY 

la.     H. 

RODBBAUGH 

Traffic  Managei 

,   Oakland, 

Cal. 

DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Frank  lin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(BUSHED  nr 

' 

P»M  up  Capital 

j££l 

$17,500,000.00 

-       -    13,375,000.00 

~-'\ 

-      -    17.500,000.00 

A«r.-r»!t'  AMels 

$48,375,000.00 
-       $310,327,208.00 

J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

Ml  BRANCHES  ami  AGBKCIB8  m  tiw  Awtrmllan  ^tAt«!>.  New  Zealand. 
In«a>,  and  London.     The  Bank  tranwu- 
\u«tn.lfan  Banking  Sarin  etr      Wool  ami  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Hnd  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


THE  CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO 
SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L 


JOHN  A1RD 
H.  V.  F.  JONES 


ESTABLISHED   1867 
,  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

BnlMuwr      Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

Assbiini  Gtncr.l  Han.eer  I  Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  l,996.2->-I.64 
Deposits  55.186,713.12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member  of   the   Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER   30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of   deposits  only, 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  TyP6wrXrnPuas^r|t  covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 


BLAKE,    MOFFITT    & 

Established  1855 


TOWNE 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 

1 363  1916 

FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1853  Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
w!  >re  in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fit         Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  Are. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,   S30  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny  357S. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS- AT-  LAW. 
Samuel    M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,   Chronicle  Building,  San   Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE 
Ocean    Shore    Railroad    Company 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business.  San  Francisco,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 
li^'d  on  the  16th  day  of  November.  1916,  an  assessment  of  Three  Dollars 
($5.00)  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  pay- 
able immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Treasurer,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  No.  52  Eleventh  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  Friday, 
the  5th  day  of  January,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
Friday  the  16th  day  of  February,  1917,  at  the  hour  of  10  o'clock  a.  m.  of 
said  day,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  adver- 
tising and   expenses   of  sale. 

By  order  of  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  "W.CROSBY,   Secretary. 

Office — No.  52  Eleventh  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

PUBLICATION   OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE,  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
t!.->  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE,  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Pan  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
els-— .-here.  . 

An  1  vou  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  mv  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  this  9th  day  of  December, 

(Seal)    1916*  H.   I.   MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY.  CROFTON  &  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


37-45  FIRST  STREET 


SAN  FRANCISCO,CAL. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange, 
-'ew  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire — New  York.  Chicago   to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices— San    Francisco.    490    California  St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis;  Los  Angeles.  US  Fourth  St..  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 

PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


BOOTH'S 


CRESCENT 
RAND 


Sardines 


A  California  Sardine  equal  in  quality 
to  the  imported  kind,  with  the  added 
advantage  of  being  available  for  service 
in  a  multitude  of  tasty  and  satisfying 
ways      -:-         -:-         -:-         -:-         -:- 

In  54,  V-z  and  lib.  tins 

Jl  Treat  for  the  Emergency  Meal 
FOR  SALE  EVERYWHERE 

F.  E.  Booth  Company 

(Formerly  Monterey  Packing  Co.) 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Winter  Sports 
at  Truckee 

Annual  Fiesta  of  the  Snows  more 
popular  than  ever. 
Tobogganing 
Ski-Running 
Skating 
Sleighing 

Alaska  Dog  Teams 
Novel  amusement  and  keen  out-of- 
door  recreation. 

Spend  a  day  or  two  in  California's 
"Arctic  Region,"  in  the  high  Sierras 
and  enjoy  these  exhilarating  sports. 
Only  a  night's  ride  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Round-trip  Excursion  tickets,  with  8- 
day  return  limit,  on  sale  every  Mon- 
day and  Wednesday  during  the  sea- 
son. 

Greater  reduction  for  tickets  sold 
Fridays  and  Saturdays,  with  return 
limit  following  Tuesday. 
Comfortable  rooms  and  good  meals 
at  reasonable  prices  at  Southern 
Pacific  Hotel. 

ASK  AGENT 

Southern    Pacific 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


80%  of  the  Entries  and  Winners  in  the 

Vanderbilt  and  Grand  Prix 
Races,  used 

RAJAH 

SPARK 

PLUGS 

WHY?    QUALITY. 
For  Sale  by  all  Dealers 


PACIFIC    COAST    DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


News  E^tbr 

(California '-i+toitrtittt* 

Devoted    to   the    Leiui»Q    InMmM   of    California    and    the    Pacific    Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  20,  1917 


NO.  3. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER  a  printed  «nd  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Fianciico.  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  marl  matter. 

London  Office-- -George  Street  6t  Company.  3D  Comhill.  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  for  publication  in  the  current  number  of  the  SAN    f-K.W 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)---!  year.  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    1  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


Here's  hoping  that  Buffalo  Bill  finds  his  new  hunting 

grounds  a  happy  place. 

■ — ■ — Speculating  on  when  peace  is  to  come  is  safer  but  less 
exciting  than  speculating  in  war  brides. 

Lawson  may  be  a  bear  when  it  comes  to  dealing  in  stocks 

— but  he  is  all  "bull"  in  mf.king  accusations. 

— —"Neutrality  is  hard,"  says  the  King  of  Norway.  Right, 
your  majesty;  but  it  has  war  beaten  off  the  map. 

Suggestion  for  official  report  on  the  wreck  of  the  Milwau- 
kee: "We  lost  the  cruiser,  but  we  saved  the  crew,  sir." 

Humane  treatment  of  prisoners  has  made  San  Quentin 

so  popular  a  resort  that  eight  hundred  new  cells  are  needed. 

A   $2,500,000   company   has   been   formed   to    produce 

Frohman  plays  in  the  movies.    What  a  piker  Bill  Shakespeare 
was! 

If  all  the  regulation  bills  proposed  by  the  present  legis- 
lature are  passed,  one-half  of  us  will  be  kept  busy  spying  on  the 
other  half. 

One  of  the  students  at  a  local  medical  college  complains 

that  somebody  broke  into  his  locker  and  stole  a  skull.    What  a 
bonehead  trick! 

Automobiling  is  to  be  taught  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. A  digest  of  the  law  of  mortgages  should  be  an  accom- 
panying course. 

The  shipyards  of  the  United  States  built  more  than  one 

thousand  ships  in  1916.    At  that,  they  are  barely  keeping  ahead 
of  the  submarines. 

Woman  named  Blank  has  been  granted  a  divorce.    One 

cannot  resist  the  temptation  to  say  that  she  drew  a  blank  in  the 
matrimonial  lottery. 

Critics  call  San  Francisco  an  immoral  town;  but  atten- 
tion is  called  to  the  fact  that  there  is  not  business  enough  to 
keep  up  a  night  court. 

Old  Croesus  may  have  been  rich  for  his  time;  but  he 

would  be  watching  the  big  show  from  the  gallery  in  these  days 
of  munition  millionaires. 

Senator  Johnson  will  find  himself  a  small  frog  in  the 

Washington  puddle  compared  with  what  Governor  Johnson  was 
in  the  California  puddle. 


The  local  press  tells  us  that  the  government  is  deter- 
mined to  uncover  the  supplies  of  illicit  drugs  in  this  city.  That 
has  an  old,  familiar  ring. 

-Money  is  being  spent  like  water  in  the  cabarets  and 

other  amusement  places  of  New  York;  but  for  something  much 
more  exhilarating  than  water. 

Merely  a  reprimand  was  given  by  one  of  our  police 

judges  to  a  speeding  chauffeur  named  Anderfine.  Jail  and  er 
fine  would  have  been  the  proper  sentence. 

The  principle  on  which  State  legislatures  seem  to  work 

is,  The  more  laws  there  are  made,  the  more  will  be  broken; 
and  the  more  broken,  the  more  work  for  lawyers. 

It  may  be  wicked  to  wish  that  Harry  Thaw  had  carved 

a  Uttle  deeper.  But  more  vigor  on  his  part  would  have  saved 
the  public  the  prospect  of  a  nasty  and  sordid  trial. 

More  than  twenty  per  cent  of  the  students  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  are  self-supporting.  They  are  of  the  sort 
that  will  be  self-supporting  after  they  leave  college. 

Germany  declares  that  the  Allies'  peace  note  is  an  out- 
rage. But  the  Allies  bear  them  to  it  weeks  ago  by  saying  the 
same  and  worse  things  of  the  Berlin  olive  branch  offer. 

Newspaper  headline  says  that  the  California  Bankers' 

Association  wants  a  statute  "making  burglary  with  explosives 
more  severe."    Safe-crackers  will  oppose  that;  too  much  noise. 

Preachers  have  been  sleuthing  around  the  uptown  tender- 
loin gathering  evidence  of  vice  conditions.  From  their  reports 
they  were  pleasantly  shocked  and  thrilled  by  their  experiences. 

San  Francisco  "knows  how"  to  build  a  tunnel  through 

Twin  Peaks ;  but  the  matter  of  providing  transportation  through 
it  seems  to  be  a  little  too  much  for  our  municipal  car  line  ex- 
perts. 

The  wine-growers  and  brewers,  in  cutting  loose  from  the 

saloons,  show  themselves  to  be  the  true  friends  of  temperance. 
Of  course  the  prohibitionists  cannot  comprehend  this — nor  any- 
thing else  sensible. 

A  project  is  on  foot  to  have  a  Native  Daughter  sing 

"I  Love  You,  California"  at  President  Wilson's  inaugural. 
Seems  to  us,  in  view  of  the  vote  that  he  got  here,  the  President 
-hould  be  the  one  to  sing  it. 

Los  Angeles   Senator  wants   a  bill  passed  prohibiting 

legislators  putting  relatives  on  the  State  pay  roll.  Probably 
hasn't  any  himself;  or  maybe  has  a  whole  swarm,  and  wants 
the  law  to  protect  him  from  their  clamor. 

Germany  threatens  to  start  a  war  drive  in  the  spring  that 

will  make  the  present  operations  look  like  child's  play.  At  the 
rate  all  the  belligerents  have  been  losing  men,  there  will  soon 
oe  left  nothing  but  children  to  play  the  game  anyway. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


A  Greater. 
San  Francisco. 


So  far  only  a  few  snarls  have  de- 
veloped in  the  present  plan  in  the 
legislature  to  consolidate  San  Ma- 
teo towns  with  San  Francisco,  ar'd 
thus  make  the  cap  of  the  peninsula  one  big  city.  Naturally, 
the  San  Mateans  in  the  several  towns  are  determined  that  any 
new  Constitutional  law  passed  in  the  legislature  for  framing  the 
consolidation  shall  specifically  impose  that  full  protection  in 
local  government  shall  be  guaranteed.  Representative  senators 
and  assemblymen  in  both  counties  are  now  working  on  the  de- 
tails of  the  enabling  act.  Los  Angeles  and  Oakland  are  big, 
broad  and  considerate  enough  not  to  use  any  blocking  maneu- 
vers in  the  legislature  to  kill  the  passage  of  the  bill.  Both  cities 
have  hedged  themselves  with  contitutional  amendments  which 
are  recognized  as  protecting  all  their  claimed  present  rights 
within  their  own  extensive  counties.  The  consolidation  will 
mean  an  addition  of  some  40,000  population  to  the  Greater  San 
Francisco,  and  an  increase  in  land  area  of  447  square  miles, 
and  a  bay  shore  which  eventually  will  be  used  advantageously 
for  extending  the  shipping  facilities  of  the  larger  city.  With 
the  passage  of  the  enabling  act  the  Greater  San  Francisco  em- 
barks on  a  new  period  of  its  remarkable  history.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  those  legislators  who 
are  drafting  the  new  constitu- 
tional amendment  will  make  it 
decision  proof,  if  presented  to 
the  courts. 


Crusade  Against  Local  "Vice." 
Another  epidemic  of  tender- 
loin vice  is  circling  the  bay  cit- 
ies according  to  reports  from 
those  centers.  San  Francisco  and 
Oakland  are  naturally  charged 
with  being  the  flagrant  offenders 
by  representatives  of  their  re- 
spective Protestant  clergymen. 
After  gathering  a  miscellaneous 
lot  of  data  on  tenderloin  doings, 
practices  and  "shameless"  sin, 
the  clergymen  endeavored  to  en- 
list 100  highly  respectable  busi- 
ness men  in  a  campaign  to  rout 
old  Satan's  forces,  but  the  busi- 
ness men  flatly  refused  to  join  the 
crusade.  Behind  their  refusal 
were  the  familiar  considerations 
that  the  clergymen  are  impracti- 
cable, unsophisticated  and  ignor- 
ant of  the  complexities  of  the 
Magdalen  problem.  One  minis- 
ter, in  relating  his  experience  with  "vice,"  told  the  story  of  "the 
fall"  of  one  of  his  own  parishioners,  "a  beautiful  young  wo- 
man." If  a  minister  cannot  influence  or  protect  his  own  flock, 
hedged  in  with  every  care,  he  is  hardly  qualified  to  lead  a  cru- 
sade against  barricaded,  protected  and  well  organized  "vice." 
The  morals  of  a  city  are  no  better  than  those  of  the  collective 
residents,  and  San  Francisco  is  what  it  is  in  so-called  vice  be- 
cause the  majority  of  the  voters  are  satisfied  to  drift  along 
with  present  conditions.  Organized  vice  knows  this,  and 
knows  that  it  must  not  exhibit  too  much  hilarity  and  thus 
arouse  public  resentment.  Public  officials  vigilantly  watch  the 
barometer  of  public  opinion  on  vice  and  act  accordingly.  With- 
out the  backing  of  the  public,  the  crusade  against  vice  by  ttK 
Rev.  Paul  Smith  and  Rev.  John  Wilson  will  make  little  head- 
way, except  as  "hot  vice  stuff"  for  the  daily  papers. 


The  cost  of  crime  is  rising  with  the 
Cost  of  Crime  Rising.      high  cost  of  living  and  the  problem 

of  handling  more  convicts  is  facing 
Warden  Johnson  of  San  Quentin.  Eight  hundred  new  cells  are 
needed,  at  a  cost  of  $200,000,  the  balance  of  the  $1,000,000  ap- 
propriation going  for  convict  board  and  clothes.  Crime  is 
classed  with  luxuries,  these  days,  and  as  most  taxpayers  regard 
it  as  an  inevitable  daily  companion  through  life,  they  contrib- 


ute the  necessary  funds  and  listlessly  let  the  warden  and  his 
aids  do  what  they  think  best;  all  of  which  squares  with  ancient 
precepts  and  methods.  Recent  attempts  of  progressive  war- 
dens throughout  the  country  to  entertain  their  inmates  with 
baseball,  high  diving  and  grand  opera  have  failed  to  check  the 
rising  tide  of  crime.  What,  in  the  name  of  Salon  of  Greece,  do 
these  well  favored  criminals  want  in  order  to  transform  their 
mentality  into  a  better  balanced  condition  regarding  meum  ana 
ruum  ?  By  and  large  there  seems  to  be  a  settled  conviction  that 
crime  is  and  always  will  be  with  us.  This  idea  is  supported  by 
the  plump  matron  with  girlish  and  romantic  ideas  who  insists 
on  bringing  garish  bouquets  to  the  cells  of  notorious  criminals. 
She  is  everlasting,  is  always  on  her  job,  and  per  consequence 
leads  to  the  inference  that  crime  will  always  be,  so  that  she 
may  bloom  in  its  influence. 


White  Slave  Act 
Holds  Culprits. 


Germany — "I'm  satisfied,  let's  stop  playing' 


The  decision  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  at  Washington  up- 
holding the  conviction  of  F.  D. 
Caminetti  and  Maury  I.  Diggs,  un- 
der the  Mann  white  slave  act,  puts  a  clamp  on  all  such  notori- 
ous escapades  as  those  involved  in  this  case.  The  judgment  sets 

forth  that  prosecution  under  the 
law  for  transporting  women  is 
not  limited  to  commercialized 
vice  and  includes  personal  im- 
moral escapades.  This  last  point 
has  been  urged  and  demanded  by 
many  women's  clubs  and  organi- 
zations throughout  the  country. 
Their  insistent  slogan  is  "Curb 
all  immorality,  commercialized 
or  not."  Some  jurists  claim  that 
the  decision  paves  an  opening 
for  clever  blackmailers :  others 
insist  that  Congress  can  easily 
close  such  door  by  properly  regu- 
lating the  transportation  of  trav- 
elers. 

Both  men  were  prominent  so- 
cially and  in  their  respective 
callings.  According  to  this  rul- 
ing of  the  court,  both  men  must 
deliver  themselves  into  custody 
at  once.  Caminetti  was  sentenced 
to  eighteen  months  in  the  peni- 
tentiary and  to  pay  a  fine  of 
$1,500;  Diggs  to  two  years  and  a 
fine  of  $2,000.  After  their  noto- 
rious escapade,  Mrs.  Diggs  ob- 
tained a  divorce.  Later  Diggs 
married  the  girl  who  joined  him 
on  the  perilous  adventure  from  Sacramento  to  Reno,  Nevada. 
The  act  and  the  decision  is  indicative  of  the  strong  efforts  be- 
ing made  by  women's  clubs  and  organizations  throughout  the 
country  to  curb  the  license  of  vice. 

1ST 

The  Randall  advertising  bill  now 
Regulating  Advertising,    on  the  files  of  Congress,  is  bent  on 

withholding  from  the  mails  any 
publication  or  printed  matter  advertising  intoxicating  liquors 
for  sale.  The  passage  of  such  a  bill  would  pave  the  way  for 
others  of  like  character.  Losers  in  Wall  street  could  as  well 
protest  to  Congress  that  the  mails  should  not  carry  periodicals 
carrying  the  usual  lists  of  bonds  and  stocks  on  the  plea  that 
they  were  in  the  same  class  with  lottery  lists.  Tobacco,  under- 
wear and  shoes  might  as  well  be  listed  for  the  same  guillotine, 
under  the  pressure  of  a  collection  of  insistent  cranks.  The  press 
of  this  country  has  hitherto  possessed  certain  recognized  con- 
stitutional guarantees.  These  should  not  be  sacrificed  by  the 
pleas  of  cranks  ranting  to  serve  their  own  selfish  purposes.  Their 
raid  against  what  they  call  the  evil,  Alcohol,  is  only  an  entering 
wedge.  Once  a  crank,  always  a  crank.  Should  they  bury  Al- 
cohol, their  next  campaign  might  be  against  modern  attire, 
dancing,  sex  hygiene,  sleeping  in  the  moonlight  every  night. 
The  last  idea  is  the  best,  providing  they  use  the  proper  amount 
of  somnolent  essence. 


— Exchange 


«v  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertiser 


fie  TOWN 
CRIER 


after.    I  am  getting  on  in  years,  and  a  little  son  or  daughter 

would "    "Get  married!"  advised  the  busy  medico,  shortly. 

And,  as  he  afterwards  pointed  out  to  an  infuriated  hubby,  how 
u.is  he  to  know  that  she  was  a  married  woman? 


Aha!    The  State  legislature,  in  shaking  bills  for  results 

in  progressive  California,  has  given  the  yodel  egg  trust  a  jolt 
by  introducing  a  measure  which  provides  that  no  foodstuffs  of 
a  perishable  nature  shall  be  held  in  cold  storage  for  more  than 
cinety  days.  The  eggs  will  be  humanely  chloroformed,  sten- 
cilled with  the  date  of  their  introduction  in  the  detention  ice 
palace,  given  a  tender  turn  over  occasionally  to  insure  that  they 
are  still  alive,  and  at  the  end  of  90  days  shunted  into  the  open 
market  place,  where  desperate  and  famished  citizens  will  battle 
for  their  chilled  lives.  Life  is  "some"  battle  these  days,  and 
extends  outside  the  belligerent  trenches  and  across  the  Atlan- 
tic. Any  determined  man  of  insidious  influence  with  the  U.  S. 
sub-tTeasury  ought  to  be  able  to  overtake  and  put  into  slavery 
an  egg  just  emerging  from  a  90  day  sleep.  If  he  cannot  afford 
to  eat  it,  he  can  certainly  wear  it  as  a  charm  on  his  watch  chain 
to  indicate  his  superior  standing  in  the  local  financial  com- 
munity. The  new  bill  is  a  good  one,  egg  fruitful,  providing  it 
does  not  develop  too  many  plutocrats  wearing  crystal  egg  fobs. 

"Bootlegging"  is  having  a  merry  time  in  Oregon,  and  the 

modern  freebooters  are  resorting  to  all  kinds  of  ingenious  tricks 
to  land  their  goods  in  proper  santuary  across  the  football  line 
of  the  State.  A  new  and  pernicious  angle  was  given,  this  week, 
when  a  member  of  the  crew  of  the  steamer  F.  A.  Kilbourn  at- 
tempted to  beat  the  game  by  hiding  1,400  quarts  of  caged 
whisky  under  the  floor  of  the  pilot  house,  an  ideal  hiding  place, 
for  who  was  more  competent  than  the  pilot  to  guide  the  stuff 
into  port?  Chief  Engineer  Mooney  was  suspected,  and  being 
bashful  in  the  face  of  the  welcoming  officers,  ducked  and  dis- 
appeared. At  the  rate  smuggling  of  liquor  into  Oregon  is  going 
on  by  land  and  sea,  the  defenses  of  the  States  must  be  filled  full 
of  holes.  Paying  the  piper  in  the  shape  of  paying  revenue  of- 
ficers is  the  extra  exaction  forced  from  Oregon  because  her 
border  touches  a  wet  State.  That  is  why  she  is  losing  sleep 
striving  to  extend  the  dry  territory  over  California. 

The  wild  duck  problem  threatens  to  expand  into  the 

dimensions  of  a  new  "peace"  debancle.  State  Senator  Slater 
of  Santa  Rosa,  chairman  of  the  game  commission,  is  a  bon  vi- 
vant  when  it  comes  to  estimating  the  gustatory  refinements  of 
a  rice  fed  canvasback  duck.  Feeding  thus  for  several  seasons 
past,  he  has  arrived  at  a  gourmet's  viewpoint  that  a  rice  fed 
duck  is  one  of  heaven's  two  special  blessings.  Hence  his  blank 
amazement  when  a  committee  representing  the  new  rice  growers 
in  the  Sacramento  Valley  appeared  before  him  and  urged  that 
the  ducks  in  that  territory  be  slaughtered  as  soon  as  possible, 
because  they  were  eating  up  the  new  rice  fields.  Slater  now 
feels  he  is  teetering  between  the  devil  and  the  deep  sea.  He  has 
figured  out  that  his  only  salvation  is  to  preserve  as  many  of  the 
birds  in  cold  storage  as  long  as  possible,  and  after  that  to  tap 
the  wild  celery  fields  of  Southern  California  for  the  kind  of 
canvasbacks  he  loves  best. 

San  Francisco  is  trying  to  give  away  its  bears.    Not  the 

kind  that  Allan  Kelly  trapped  and  presented  to  Golden  Gate 
Park,  some  years  ago,  but  the  six  rugged  plaster  statues  that 
disfigure  the  Civic  Center  and  frighten  the  kids  in  that  locality 
off  their  playing  ground.  These  machine-made  bears  would 
not  bite  any  well  behaved  urchin,  but  a  hunk  of  plaster  of  Paris 
might  fall  off  their  jaw  and  drop  on  some  quiet  kid  standing 
near.  Only  the  bibulous,  who  have  rested  against  their  chunky 
sides  on  a  lap  home,  will  miss  the  lumpy  flanks.  They  have 
been  an  eye  sore  to  the  civic  square  since  their  wretched  pro- 
portions were  boosted  on  their  pediments.  May  the  Devil  take 
them.  In  his  inferno  the  bears  will  help  to  inspire  the  inmates 
with  the  fact  that  there's  a  lot  of  so-called  art  on  the  streets  of 
San  Francisco  that  should  be  junked — and  junked  hard. 

The  lady  fretfully  complained  that  what  depressed  her 

was  not  so  much  that  tired  feeling,  but  a  lack  of  interest  in 
things  in  general.  "I  feel  there  would  be  something  to  occupy 
my  mind,"  she  peeved,  "if  I  had  a  dear  little  infant  to  look 


As  Regards  the  Rich 


By  Arnold  Bennett. 

Who  is  the  rich  man  ?  The  man  who  does  not  sooner  or  later 
spend  a  large  part  of  his  income  is  regarded  as  either  a  fool  or 
queer  in  the  head.  He  is  not  primarily  regarded  as  a  rich  man. 
And,  in  fact,  nearly  all  rich  men  recognize  the  obligation  to 
prove  that  they  are  rich  by  spending  money — in  other  words,  by 
exchanging  their  so-called  riches  for  something  else.  This 
state  of  affairs  shows  that  in  truth  great  financial  resources  are 
not  generally  held  to  make  a  rich  man — they  are  only  the  key  to 
being  rich.  That  man  may  be  said  to  be  rich  who  has  the  means 
to  get  whatever  he  wants,  and  who  gets  it. 

The  nuisance  for  the  man  who  has  acquired  great  financial 
resources  usually  is  that  he  doesn't  know  what  he  wants.  Pos- 
sessing the  resources  and  feeling  the  moral  necessity  to  have 
recourse  to  them,  he  looks  about  for  something  to  want,  and  he 
selects  the  most  costly  thing.  The  acquisition  of  this  most 
costly  thing  always  involves,  in  practice,  the  separation  of  the 
rich  man  from  society.  Thus  he  will  acquire  a  large  estate,  or 
several  large  estates,  and  cut  himself  off  from  the  world  by 
gates,  doors,  miles  of  drive,  lodgekeepers,  menials  and  secre- 
taries. Or  he  will  acquire  a  two  thousand  ton  yacht  and  cross 
the  Atlantic  privately,  though  less  quickly,  comfortably  and 
even  less  privately,  than  on  a  great  liner.  Or  he  will  keep  a 
private  orchestra,  instead  of  being  seen  at  concerts.  All  which, 
though  magnificent,  is  anti-social  and  silly,  and  is  secretly  felt 
to  be  so  by  the  rich  man  when  he  happens  to  wake  up  in  the 
middle  of  the  night  and  can't  go  to  sleep  again. 

An  attitude  of  mind,  however,  will  not  in  itself  constitute 
riches.  To  be  rich  is  to  possess  the  world,  and  nobody  can  do 
this  without  knowledge  and  experience  and  sympathy.  You 
may  own  a  great  picture,  but  you  will  not  possess  it  until  you 
can  appreciate  it,  and  you  will  not  appreciate  it  until  you  have 
acquired  knowledge  and  have  knocked  about  among  pictures 
somewhat. 

As  to  pictures,  so  with  everything  else — be  it  in  the  realm  of 
art  or  in  the  realm  of  nature.  To  own  without  possessing  is  to  be 
a  mere  figure  of  ridicule.  And  to  look  without  seeing  ought  to 
be  a  humiliation.  None  can  possess  the  world  at  all  points,  but 
all  can  possess  it  intimately  at  one  point,  and  all  who  are  really 
very  rich  manage  to  touch  existence  sympathetically  and  com- 
prehendingly  at  many  points. 

In  fine,  it  may  be  laid  down  that  he  who  gives  all  the  time  to 
getting  money  has  no  time  left  for  getting  rich;  while  he  who 
neglects  to  get  money  will  probably,  before  he  dies,  discover 
that  money  is  one  of  the  means  to  riches  and  should  accord- 
ingly be  treated  with  due  respect. 


OAKLAND  TRIBUNE'S  BIG  ANNUAL. 

The  recent  annual  edition  of  the  Oakland  Tribune  of  104 
pages  is  a  remarkably  successful  offering  even  in  a  metropolitan 
newspaper  of  its  standing.  The  book  of  photographs  were 
selected  with  good  judgment  as  regards  variety,  and  the  splen- 
did natural  physical  attractions  which  frame  the  background 
of  the  city.  Every  phase  of  Oakland's  civic,  industrial  and 
social  growth  is  covered  in  interesting  form.  Victor  H.  Metcalf , 
former  Secretary  of  the  N?vy,  is  among  the  contributors. 


y  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago 


& 


gNNNNtN^VSN^NiNJNKWNiSNNJKNN^^ 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


Poker  Promptness. 

That  the  card  playing  set  in  society  exchanges  goodly  sums 
of  money  is  not  given  out  as  a  scoop  story.  But  here  is  a  tale 
of  some  of  the  poker  playing  ladies  which  has  not  yet  found  its 
way  into  print. 

The  other  day  a  cozy  little  game  was  enjoyed  by  a  coterie  of 
friends  who  meet  once  a  week  to  chase  the  little  imps  of  luck 
across  the  green.  On  this  particular  occasion  the  game  was 
pulled  off  in  the  home  of  a  Hillsborough  matron.  On  her  re- 
turn to  town,  one  of  the  players  stopped  at  the  Pacific  Union 
Club  to  pick  up  her  spouse  and  drive  him  home  in  the  car.  He 
was  accompanied  by  several  clubmates,  and  after  the  usual  ex- 
change of  greetings,  husband  asked  wife  what  luck  she  had  had. 

"Rotten,"  was  her  succinct,  if  inelegant  reply.    "I  lost  $250." 

"They  had  me  going,  too,"  confessed  husband.  "I  lost  $50 
myself." 

"But  the  worst  of  it  is  mine  was  cash!"  said  the  lady,  sternly, 
eyeing  the  most  guilty  member  of  the  contingent. 

And  the  rumor  runs  that  after  the  men,  including  husband,  had 
enjoyed  a  round  of  laughs,  they  agreed  that  when  it  came  to  a 
"cash-on-delivery"  policy  the  women  had  much  to  teach  them. 

©     ©     © 
Mrs.  Merrill  and  Mother-in-Laivs. 

An  interesting  marriage  ceremony  took  place  on  Wednesday 
of  this  week  at  Mrs.  John  F.  Merrill's  home  in  Atherton.  Mrs. 
Merrill  gave  her  daughter-in-law  away  in  marriage,  a  tribute 
to  the  affection  which  has  always  existed  between  that  lady  and 
the  beautiful  young  widow  of  her  oldest  son.  Mrs.  Merrill  has 
from  the  first  favored  the  suit  of  Gilbert  Recht,  who  has  been 
devoted  to  Olive  Snider  Merrill  for  many  moons,  and  the  wed- 
ding on  Wednesday  was  the  culmination  of  a  romance  which 
has  never  had  any  set-backs  from  "in-laws." 

About  fifteen  years  ago,  when  the  Tivoli  was  still  pleasing 
the  popular  fancy  with  light  operas,  Olive  Snider's  name  ap- 
peared on  the  program.  She  was  still  in  her  teens,  came  of  a 
good  family,  and  was  ambitious  to  succeed  on  the  stage  rather 
than  to  make  her  way  socially  on  the  abbreviated  income  which 
her  family  had  inherited.  She  rapidly  passed  in  one  season 
from  small  singing  parts  to  important  roles,  and  became  a  great 
favorite  with  the  public.  While  the  Eastern  bee  was  buzzing 
in  her  bonnet,  along  came  young  Merrill,  and  so  successfully 
pointed  out  the  advantages  of  matrimony  that  she  gave  up  a 
stage  career.  There  was  a  good  deal  of  speculation  at  the 
time  about  whether  the  Merrills  would  welcome  an  actress  into 
the  family,  but  the  public  was  not  left  long  in  the  speculative 
mood,  for  the  entire  family  welcomed  her  with  outstretched 
arms,  and  through  all  the  vicissitudes  of  Merrill's  life  the  fam- 
ily door  swung  wide  welcome  for  his  wife  and  child.  After  his 
tragic  death,  Olive  Snider  Merrill  went  to  live  with  her  mother- 
in-law,  and  they  have  been  the  devoted  sort  of  friends  that 
sometimes  appear  on  the  horizon  to  refute  the  age-old  adage 
about  mother-in-laws. 

Mrs.  Merrill,  Sr.,  has  not  enjoyed  her  usual  good  health  this 
year,  and  many  of  her  manifold  civic  and  charitable  duties  have 
been  shared  by  her  daughter-in-law.  Mrs.  John  Merrill  has  long 
been  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  the  management  of  the  Child- 
ren's Hospital,  and  through  all  the  recent  storms  which  attended 
its  affiliation  with  the  University  of  California  she  managed 
to  keep  her  friendship  intact  with  most  of  the  members  of  the 
warring  factions — which  was  a  feat  not  lightly  performed,  as 
any  one  in  the  "know"  will  attest. 

©     ©    © 
Daisy  Polk  Discourages  Triflers. 

Society  usually  finds  it  as  hard  to  keep  a  hero — or  a  heroine — 
from  spoiling  on  its  hands  as  it  is  to  keep  cream  in  a  thunder 
storm.  Inflation  of  the  ego  usually  sets  in  to  a  degree  which 
renders  the  victim  unfit  for  general  association.  In  contrast  to 
ordinary  heroes  it  must  be  noted  that  those  who  have  become 
heroes  through  the  war  manage  to  keep  their  modesty  intact, 
and  not  a  man  who  has  returned  from  the  trenches,  or  ambulance 


or  hospital  service;  not  a  woman  who  has  nursed  the  sick  and 
wounded,  driven  ambulances  or  otherwise  dedicated  himself  to 
service  in  that  awful  conflict,  has  come  home  with  any  of  the 
usual  marks  of  the  hero-on-display.  Mary  Eyre  and  Marion 
Crocker,  who  have  just  returned  from  France,  refuse  to  be 
coaxed  into  a  recital  of  their  personal  part  in  the  relief  work, 
but  Lieutenant  Paul  Verdier,  who  is  here  on  furlough,  gives 
some  idea  of  the  work  American  women  are  doing  over  there. 

Lieutenant  Verdier  says  that  the  sensation  seekers  looking 
for  some  new  adventure  were  soon  weeded  out  by  the  hardships 
that  had  to  be  endured  in  every  line  of  service,  and  those  who 
have  stood  the  test  of  endurance  have  had  their  spirits  tem- 
pered to  a  fine  white  heat  that  glows  above  the  fires  which  light 
the  average  woman's  soul. 

That  the  American  women  over  there  dread  the  advent  of  the 
sensation-seeker  who  must  be  weeded  out  is  evidenced  by  a 
letter  written  by  Miss  Daisy  Polk,  who  is  supervising  the  con- 
struction of  a  village  which  Mrs.  William  Crocker  is  re-build- 
ing.   Miss  Polk  says:  "I  have  an  idea  that  Miss wants  to 

come  over  here  because  she  is  bored  at  home.  Can't  you  dis- 
courage her,  for  I  am  sure  she  will  not  be  a  help.  You  may 
truthfully  tell  her  that  at  present  I  am  ill  in  Paris  from  Pto- 
maine, as  the  sanitary  conditions  in  the  villages  at  best  do  not 
guarantee  safety  from  germs.  Tell  her  that  the  germ  of  ennui 
of  San  Francisco  is  not  fatal — and  that  many  of  the  germs  over 
here  are  fatal." 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Sproule  in  the  Hospital. 

Friends  of  Mrs.  William  Sproule  are  much  concerned  over  the 
fact  that  she  is  in  John  Hopkins  hospital  in  Philadelphia,  where 
she  underwent  a  serious  operation.  Some  time  ago  the  phy- 
sicians concluded  that  it  would  be  necessary,  but  Mrs.  Sproule 
begged  to  have  it  deferred  until  after  the  debut  of  her  daughter, 
Miss  Marie  Louise  Baldwin,  as  she  had  planned  a  coming  out 
party  for  her  here  in  San  Francisco  as  well  as  in  New  York. 
Immediate  action  was  not  necessary,  so  she  was  given  a  re- 
prieve. 

Mrs.  Sproule  went  through  all  the  attendant  duties  of  the 
mother  of  one  of  the  most  feted  girls  in  a  particularly  festive 
season,  and  no  one,  least  of  all  her  daughter,  suspected  that  an 
operation  hung  over  her  head.  To  her  friends  Mrs.  Sproule  an- 
nounced that  she  and  Mr.  Sproule  had  always  spent  the  holidays 
in  their  private  car  en  route  East,  and  that  she  might  tarry  a 
little  longer  than  her  husband  at  the  journey's  end,  but  she 
would  be  back  before  the  tag  end  of  the  season. 

Mr.  Sproule  waited  until  his  wife  was  pronounced  entirely  out 
of  danger,  and  then  the  urge  of  business  affairs  drove  him  back 
to  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  Sproule  will  have  to  spend  several 
weeks  convalescing  in  the  hospital,  and  it  may  be  several 
months  before  she  attempts  the  journey  home.  Meantime, 
friends  out  here  are  keeping  her  room  filled  with  flowers  and 
evidences  of  their  sympathy. 

e    e    ® 

Born  with  Silver  Slippers. 

Mrs.  Jay  Gould,  Jr.,  has  introduced  a  pretty  and  novel  custom 
among  the  society  people  who  can  afford  to  transmute  their 
sentiment  into  silver.  When  Mrs.  Gould  and  her  family  went 
to  Honolulu  this  summer  they  spent  a  few  days  here,  and  the 
friends  who  called  upon  them  observed  that  Mrs.  Gould  had  on 
her  smoking  trays  little  silver  slippers  for  ash  receptacles.  She 
explained  to  those  who  commented  upon  this  novelty  that  she 
had  had  a  number  of  her  babies'  first  shoes  silver-plated,  and 
had  put  away  one  of  each  for  them  to  hand  down  as  heirlooms, 
and  the  rest  she  was  using  in  this  fashion  because  it  pleased 
her  to  see  them  about. 

Of  course,  a  number  of  young  mothers  immediately  rushed 
down  to  the  silversmith's  with  the  shoes,  which  made  the  way 
soft  and  tender  for  babies'  first  steps,  and  now  in  many  homes 
one  sees  little  silver  shoes  sitting  about.  While  there  are  those 
to  whom  the  idea  of  mixing  tobacco  ashes  and  sentiment  may 
not  appeal,  it  is  unquestionably  the  vogue  to  give  evidence  that 
baby  was  born  with  a  silver  shoe  on  its  foot,  spoons  having 
served  long  enough  for  the  simile  of  riches! 


The  Automobile  Salon  De  Luxe,  which  was  so  successfully 
held  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  in  San  Francisco,  starts  this  week  in 
the  ball  room  and  rose  reception  room  of  the  Hotel  Oakland. 
Many  beautiful  motor  cars  are  exhibited. 


wt  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertise! 


Mr.  Sherwood  Bird  will  be  host  to  20  guests,  entertaining  on 
Wednesday  at  Hotel  Oak 

:irst  of  a  series  of  four  subscription  dances  were  begun 
19th.  at  I !  The  elite  of  the  East 

.am  Havens  aided  in 
making  these  functions  s 

-.  dinner  dance  to  be  held  in  the 
:!all  Room  of  the  Hotel  Oakland  on  Wednesday  evening, 
t.  and  Wednesday  evening,  February  28th,  are  be- 
ing sent  out,  and  the  patronesses  arc:  Mrs.  Edson  F.  Adams, 
Mrs.  William  Cavalier,  Mrs.  Leon  Clark, 
Mrs.  Wickham  Havens,  Mrs.  Stuart  Hawley,     Mrs.     Charles 
ar  Fitzalan  Long,  Mrs.  Irvine  Lundborg.  Mrs. 
•Jhallen  R.  Parker.  Mrs.  Frank  Hunt  Proc- 
Irs.  Frederick  R.  Sherman.  Mrs.  Geo. 
Tyson,  Mrs.  Willard  Williamson. 


H  LAWSON  AS  I  "MOVIE"  SPIELER. 
The  Tom  Lawson  charges  that  high  officials  at  Washington 
were  mixed  up  in  the  alleged  leak  of  the  so-called  Peace  note 
sent  abroad  by  President  Wilson,  begun  as  a  farce,  developed 
into  a  scrap,  and  is  now  drifting  into  a  fishing  excursion  that 
will  end  at  some  indefinite  point  on  Salt  river.  Lawson  is  Wall 
street's  most  resourceful  mountebank  in  springing  sensations, 
as  he  has  illustrated  time  and  again.  He  could  not  resist  the 
temptation  of  the  coincidence  of  the  issuance  of  the  Peace  note 
and  the  slump  in  Wall  street  to  stage  a  national  sensation.  Solid 
members  of  Wall  street  have  testified  that  they  sensed  a  sharp 
decline  coming  in  stock  values  because  the  market  was  top- 
heavy,  due  to  an  extraordinary  broad  line  of  margins,  and  that 
the  Central  Powers  were  sincerely  and  urgently  using  every 
endeavor  to  create  a  conference  for  Peace.  The  nerve  of  Law- 
son  in  charging  Chairman  Henry  of  the  investigation  committee 
with  being  in  touch  with  the  sources  of  the  leak  illustrates  the 
Machiavellian  effrontery  of  the  man.  Lawson's  friends  have 
saved  his  bacon  in  the  inquiry  by  dragging  in  a  lot  of  notable 
financiers  of  Wall  street,  and  in  the  fishing  excursion  that  will 
follow  he  will  slip  into  the  background,  and,  if  lucky,  will  later 
find  some  hole  to  escape.  A  term  in  prison  should  be  his  por- 
tion for  the  nasty  attempt  he  made  to  besmirch  the  reputation  of 
members  of  the  administration,  which  indirectly  meant  Presi- 
dent Wilson. 


HE  CAME  BACK. 

The  sergeant  looked  at  the  three-cornered,  flat-footed  squad 
and  said : 

"Stand  at  ease,  men — stand  at  ease.    I'll  tell  you  a  story. 

"Years  ago  my  dear  old  mother — God  b'ess  her — gave  me  a 
box  of  wooden  soldiers — and  I  loved  'em!  I  pushed  'em  here 
and  I  stood  'em  there,  and  I  loved  'em!  And  when  we  moved 
house,  and  that  box  got  left  behind,  I  thought  I'd  cry  my  young 
heart  out — for  I  did  love  'em.  And  my  dear  old  mother  said, 
'Never  mind,  dear — never  mind.  Your  wooden  soldiers  will 
come  back  to  you  some  day.'  " 

The  sergeant  looked  at  his  squad.  "And  gor'  blimy,  they 
have!"  he  breathed. 


The  Colonel — So  the  bank  refused  to  cash  that  check  I 

gave  you,  Rastus!  Rastus — Yes,  sah.  Dat  cashier  man  dun 
have  pos'tively  de  most  seeable  mind  Ah  eber  saw,  sah.  The 
Colonel — How's  that?  Rastus — Yessah.  Jes'  as  soon  as  Ah 
dun  tell  him  whose  check  Ah  had  he  said  it  wuz  no  good  eben 
befo'  he  dun  look  at  it,  sah. — New  York  Globe. 


"So  young  Mr.  Scoops  graduated  from  the  School  of 

Journalism."  "Yes,  with  high  honors."  "I  suppose  he  has 
joined  one  of  the  big  city  papers  in  an  important  capacity?" 
"No,  he  is  still  in  the  school.  The  faculty  found  him  such  an 
apt  pupil  that  they  retained  him  in  a  professorship  to  teach 
metropolitan  journalism  to  the  freshman  class." — Puck. 


Enthusiastic  skaters  throng  the  Winter  Garden  morning, 

afternoon  and  evening.  The  ice  floor  is  the  largest  in  the 
country,  and  affords  ample  space  for  distance  runners  and  those 
seeking  a  quiet  corner  for  practice  or  semi-seclusion.  The 
music  is  expressly  prepared  by  the  conductor  for  skating,  and 
is>  readily  adapted  to  dancing.  Tuesday  night  there  will  be  a 
warm  hockey  contest  between  the  crack  representatives  of  the 
Canadian  and  Olympic  teams. 


Ever  the  thrush,  on  days  like  those  of  June. 
Sings  to  the  dead,  as  leafy  shadows  veer, 
Swung  by  the  slow  decline  of  afternoon; 
The  dead  folks  do  not  hear. 

There  go  the  unmeaning  ages  as  the  hours; 

Absolved  of  Time,  they  reckon  not  his  flight. 
Compassionately  starred  by  lowly  flow'rs, 
Lies  an  unlifting  night. 

They  are  made  silent  in  a  silent  place. 

Abiding  past  our  gratitude  and  tears; 
Nor  shall  our  music  touch  with  choral  grace 
Their  sleep's  unnoted  years. 

Better,  perhaps,  no  voice  importunate 

Deliver  at  the  bourn  of  their  repose 
The  certain  and  immutable,  "Too  late!" 
No  living  heart  but  knows. 

Yet  there,  of  those  who  lie  so  dreamless  now, 

Is  one  whose  love  I  knew  in  seasons  past: 
O  Warden  of  my  youngest  dreams!    0  thou 
I  reckon  with  at  last! 

How  should  a  child  be  conscious  of  such  care? 
And  heedless  boy  have  gratitude?    Ah,  yes! 
Yet  still  the  heart  of  memory  makes  aware, 
Sad  for  old  fbanklessness. 

And  now,  to  have  thee  know  the  full  regret 

For  thanks  unfelt,  undreamt-of,  and  unsaid! 
Elder  and  lessoned,  now  the  eyes  are  wet 
Above  the  gentle  dead. 

There  is  no  mound  to  tell  where  thou  dost  sleep; 

O  watcher  by  the  bed,  lone  sentinel 
Of  long-gone  midnights  desolate  and  deep, 
I  know  thou  sleepest  well! 

— George  Sterling. 


THE  CHRONICLE'S  FIFTY-SECOND  ANNUAL  EDITION 

The  San  Francisco  Chronicle,  this  year,  has  surpassed  all  its 
previous  successes  in  its  famous  annual  New  Year  Edition,  il- 
lustrating and  covering  the  development  of  the  many  industries 
of  California  to  date.  The  pictures,  tabulated  data  and  special 
articles  written  by  experts  cover  everything  desired  by  those 
engaged  in  commerce,  shipping,  shipbuilding,  finance,  banking, 
power,  highways,  education,  art  entertainment  and  other  fields 
of  like  character.  These  annual  issues  of  the  San  Francisco 
Chronicle  have  become  a  local  institution,  and  are  eagerly  kept 
on  file  by  those  familiar  with  the  broad  and  accurate  informa- 
tion they  provide  regarding  the  resources  and  business  of  the 
State.  Califomians  will  help  the  State  by  mailing  it  to  their 
friends  throughout  the  world.  It  is  the  best  annual  advertise- 
ment that  California  can  get. 


OBITUARY. 


General  Walter  Turnbull,  prominent  in  business  circles  a  de- 
cade ago,  and  manager  and  part  owner  of  the  Alta  California 
newspaper,  passed  away  in  this  city,  this  week,  at  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  after  an  illness  of  several  months, 
aged  72  years.  Turnbull  possessed  a  widespread  friendship, 
due  to  his  genial  and  kindly  qualities.  In  his  prime  he  was  for 
many  years  major-general  of  the  National  Guard  of  California. 
Towards  the  close  of  his  active  days  he  was  a  member  of  the 
San  Francisco  Mining  Exchange,  and  later  was  chairman  of  the 
Stock  and  Bond  Exchange.  He  is  survived  by  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
George  R.  Murphy,  3732  Sacramento  street. 


DRUNKENNESS  A   DISEASE 

BUT    CURABLE 

Was  Dr.  Leslie  E.  Keeley's  contention  nearly  forty  years  ago.     Since  his 

discovery  more  than  400,000  have  been  successfully  treated  by  the  Keeley 

method.       All    drug  habits  treated.      Home  comforts  provided  at 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE 

2420  Webster  St.  cor.  Pacific  Ave..  San  Francisco  Phone  Fillmore  3963 

Sealed  Booklet  Free  on  Request 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


Inside  the  German  Empire,  1916 


By  Herbert  Bayard  Swope. 
(Extract  from  his  recent  book  published  by  The  Century  Co.) 

Germany  to-day  calls  herself  a  "beleaguered  fortress,"  and 
that  is  what  she  is  in  actuality.  An  iron  ring  engirdles  her. 
Therefore  it  was  fitting  that  a  Burgfriede  should  be  decreed  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war.  Burgfriede  means,  broadly,  "civic 
peace;"  it  is  a  principle  handed  down  from  olden  days,  when 
the  various  separate  free  cities  and  States  were  engaged  in  war. 
Such  cities  or  States  would  by  agreement  forget  all  internal 
dissensions,  so  that  they  could  present  united  fronts  against 
common  foes. 

The  Burgfriede  of  Germany  was  agreed  to  by  all  the  political 
parties  at  the  outbreak  of  this  war,  and  for  a  time  it  was  reli- 
giously maintained.  But  now  the  friends  of  the  Chancellor  are 
accusing  those  opposing  him,  most  of  them  members  of  the 
Conservative  or  affiliated  parties,  of  having  broken  the  truce. 
The  Social  Democrats,  who  have  been  loyal  in  their  support  of 
the  Government,  say  that  the  Junkerthum  in  its  open  antagon- 
ism to  the  governmental  \  olicies,  has  been  guilty  of  an  act  al- 
most as  bad  as  treachery. 

The  teaching  of  force  as  an  element  of  government,  as  laid 
down  in  the  precepts  of  Nietzsche,  Treitschke,  Clausewitz,  Fro- 
benius  and  Bernhardi,  which  had  permeated  the  entire  moral, 
scholastic  and  political  fabric  of  the  German  Empire,  is  begin- 
ning to  wear  off.  It  is  not  rare  for  an  observer  to  hear  the 
question  asked  if  there  be  no  middle  course  between  World 
Power  and  Downfall,  if  there  be  not  one  making,  if  less  for 
power,  then  more  for  happiness. 

It  is  readily  observable  that  the  war  has  changed  the  German 
idea  and  the  national  Impulse.  The  fond  dream  of  a  great 
world  super-state,  which  was  only  another  name  for  a  German- 
ized world,  has  dissipated,  and  with  few  exceptions,  the  leaders 
of  thought  in  Germany  are  well  contented  with  any  plan  in 
which  their  present  is  assured  and  their  legitimate  future  ex- 
pansion safeguarded.  That  expansion  lies  toward  the  south 
and  east;  that  is  why  the  Germans  feel  they  have  a  deep  and 
vital  interest  in  the  Balkans.  It  is  through  that  region  that  the 
line  of  their  development  must  go  as  long  as  England  holds  the 
sea. 

There  are  those  in  Germany  who  are  even  beginning  to 'won- 
der if  the  war  was  not  escapable.  "No  one  wanted  it,  least  of 
all  ourselves,"  they  say;  "so  wasn't  there  a  way  by  which  the 
war  could  have  been  avoided,  even  without  the  added  power 
that  a  victory  promised?"  This  is  one  of  the  questions  that 
will  be  asked  when  the  accounting  is  made  and  responsibility 
for  the  cataclysm  is  allocated.  .  .  . 

Life  in  Germany  is  not  pleasant  to-day.  There  is  a  hopeless 
prison  atmosphere  about  it  that  causes  men  to  crack  under  the 
strain.  The  effect  is  peculiarly  noticeable  upon  the  neutrals. 
They  grow  fretted  and  nerve-racked.  Several  attaches  of  the 
embassy,  and  some  of  the  American  correspondents,  have  suf- 
fered nervous  prostration.  Berlin,  more  than  any  other  Ger- 
man city,  has  become  a  nest  of  intrigue  and  gossip.  A  motive 
is  looked  for  behind  every  man's  act.  This  creates  an  atmos- 
phere of  distrust  and  suspicion.  .  .  . 

Throughout  Germany  to-day  the  hatred  for  America  is  bitter 
and  deep.  It  is  palpable  and  weighs  you  down.  All  the  re- 
sentment, all  the  blind  fury,  Germany  once  reserved  for  Eng- 
land alone  have  been  expanded  to  include  us,  and  have  been 
accentuated  in  the  expansion. 

The  Germans  have  an  outlet  for  their  feelings  against  Eng- 
land. They  express  themselves  on  the  battle-fields  and  through 
the  Zeppelins  and  submarines;  but  against  America  they  lack 
a  method  of  registering  their  enmity.  And  so  this  bitterness 
cannot  be  poured  out,  has  struck  in  and  saturated  the  whole 
empire. 

The  chagrin  and  humiliation  of  their  failure  to  end  the  war 
through  victory  before  now  is  visited  upon  America.  The  failure 
gave  birth  to  hatred.  Throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of 
Germany  the  belief  is  certain  and  unqualified  that  had  it  not 
been  for  American  moral  and  physical  help  to  the  Allies  the 
war  would  long  since  have  been  over.  With  magnificent  disre- 
gard of  the  checks  and  reverses,  both  military  and  economic, 


that  Germany  has  suffered  at  the  hands  of  the  Allies,  her  sons, 
from  top  to  bottom,  say  that  only  America  is  to  blame  for  the 
fact  that  the  war  is  now  well  into  its  third  year,  and  for  the 
more  pertinent  fact  that  as  time  goes  on  the  German  chances 
are  bound  to  grow  less. 

It  is  a  common  thing  to  hear  in  Germany  that  America  has  a 
secret  alliance  with  England  under  which  she  is  now  operating; 
is  even  more  of  a  commonplace  to  be  told  that  America  is  de- 
liberately seeking  to  prolong  the  war  and  circumvent  peace  for 
the  "bloody-money"  she  is  making  out  of  the  struggle.  Ger- 
many's fear  of  defeat  and  loss  of  prestige  are  laid  at  our  door ; 
we  are  made  the  sacrificial  goat  offered  on  the  altar  of  self- 
glory. 

Hate  may  have  no  boundaries,  but  it  has  beginnings,  and  it 
is  not  hard  to  classify  the  grounds  from  which  the  German  ha- 
tred of  America  springs.  There  are  five,  possibly  six.  They 
are,  as  the  Germans  put  them: 

First,  the  supply  of  munitions  to  the  Allies. 

Second,  the  illegal  blockade  for  which  we  are  held  respon- 
sible since  we  have  not  stopped  it. 

Third,  the  interference  with  neutral  mails. 

Fourth,  the  Allies'  world-wide  commercial  blacklist. 

Fifth,  the  submarine  doctrine  we  have  compelled  Germany  to 
accept. 

And  the  sixth  is  one  which  may  be  a  considerable  factor — 
that  America  is  out  of  the  war  and  prospering ;  for  what  is  more 
usual  than  for  envy  to  breed  hate  ?  Perhaps  this  sixth  cause  of 
German  hatred  might  with  equal  truth  be  applied  to  the  resent- 
ment said  to  exist  against  us  in  the  other  countries  at  war,  for 
surely  Germany  is  not  the  only  one  that  resents  our  peace  and 
prosperity. 

Our  interpretation  of  neutrality  is  made  the  object  of  bitter 
recrimination  in  Germany,  and  it  is  a  subject  on  which  even 
those  placed  in  the  highest  positions  speak  with  the  utmost  can- 
dor. 

Jagow.  until  November,  1916,  chief  secretary  of  state  for  for- 
eign affairs,  and  Zimmermann,  his  chief  under-secretary,  who 
succeeded  him,  in  discussing  the  American  attitude,  phrased 
the  sentiments  of  their  country  when  they  said : 

"The  American  neutrality  toward  Germany  is  one  of  the 
head;  toward  the  Allies  it  is  one  of  the  heart.  What  America 
does  for  the  Allies  she  does  voluntarily  and  gladly;  what  she 
does  for  Germany  she  does  because  she  must." 

This  is  a  mild  view  compared  to  the  popular  idea.  The  re- 
sentment against  America  has  been  cumulative  in  its  growth, 
while  that  against  England  is  perhaps  less  to-day  than  it  was 
at  the  beginning.  Because  her  military  activity  is  against  the 
English,  it  has  wrought  at  least  a  measure  of  satisfaction.  But 
the  very  fact  that  America  has  been  out  of  reach  of  a  concrete 
demonstration  of  German  hatred  has  made  more  bitter  the  feel- 
ing toward  America,  to  such  a  degree  that  it  has  become  actually 
menacing.  The  form  it  takes  is  the  widespread  and  highly 
popular  agitation  for  the  resumption  of  the  ruthless  Lusitania 
type  of  U-Boat  warfare.  ... 

Of  the  five  points  on  which  the  German  hatred  crystallizes, 
the  first  and  the  fifth — munitions  and  submarines — are  easy  to 
answer,  but  the  other  three  are  more  difficult.  Lacking  though 
they  may  be  in  reason,  the  grievances  lie  deep  in  German  hearts. 
Even  Jagow  said,  when  I  called  on  him  one  afternoon  that  Ger- 
many had  the  right  to  feel  injured  through  our  munition  ship- 
ments. When  I  replied  that  it  was  Germany  herself  that  had 
prevented  The  Hague  Conference  from  prohibiting  the  sale  of 
armaments  to  belligerents,  and  that  therefore  it  was  Germany 
that  had  created  the  right  under  which  America  was  operating, 

(Continued  to  Page   14) 


DUNLO 

GOLF      BALLS 


•"THESE  famous  British-made  balls  go  further 
*■  and  steadier  and  last  longer  because  they're 
made  right.  The  ball  center  is  of  solid  molded  rub- 
ber. This  is  not  forced  to  a  spherical  form  and 
therefore  does  not  tend  to  become  distorted.  The  center  o- 
gravity  stays  at  the  ball  center  and  the  ball  holds  its  shap 
despite  severest  usage. 

Try  "29"  or  "31"  For  sale  by  golf  professionals 

$9. 00  per  dozen.      75c  each 

THE    DUNLOP  RUBBER   CO.,    Ltd.,      Birmingham.  England 
Western  Distributor:    F.   J.  RE1LLY,      121  Geary  St..  San   Francisco 


ARY  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertiser 


The  Passing  of  a  National  Hero 
Admiral   Dewey 

In  the  passing  of  Admiral  George  Dewey  the  United  States 
loses  the  greatest  naval  hero  of  this  country  since  the  Civil 
War.  The  nation  will  pay  tribute  to  his  remains,  and  the  high- 
est appreciative  honors  will  be  contributed  to  his  funeral  by 
high  official  Washington. 

Admiral  Dewey's  career  is  specially  interesting  in  that  his 
life  spanned  two  wars,  the  Civil  and  the  Spanish- American 
wars.  As  a  boy  he  was  unusually  adventurous.  In  order  to 
control  his  superabundant  spirits  he  was  sent  to  the  old  mili- 
tary academy  in  1851 ;  he  was  then  14  years  old.  He  and  his 
cronies  were  the  storm  center  of  many  boyish  escapades.  The 
last  "outbreak"  of  spirits  was  singing  coon  songs  outside  the 
window  of  a  staid  church  gathering.  His  father  promptly  made 
an  application  to  his  Congressman,  and  young  Dewey  was  sent 
to  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis.  There  were  no  competi- 
tive examinations  at  that  time.  His  mind  proved  keenest  in 
mathematics.  In  other  studies  he  was  very  ordinary,  and  stood 
near  the  foot  of  his  class.  His  dogged  application  won  out, 
and  he  finished  with  the  chosen  15  out  of  a  class  of  60,  June, 
1858. 

He  went  through  the  usual  post  course  of  the  academy,  a 
long  sea  cruise  on  a  man-of-war,  to  gain  experience.  It  was 
Dewey's  good  fortune  to  be  detailed  to  the  Wabash  under 
Flag  Officer  E.  A.  F.  La  Valette,  at  that  time  the  highest  rank 
in  the  navy.  The  vessel  was  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea  for  over 
a  year,  and  there  he  became  initiated  in  those  fine  points  of 
diplomacy  in  which  the  navy  is  so  skilled.  His  vessel  reached 
Charleston  harbor  just  as  the  Civil  War  broke.  The  Southern 
officers  aboard  quickly  resigned,  and  Dewey  quickly  recognized 
his  chances  of  promotion.  He  hastened  back  to  the  Naval 
Academy,  and  took  his  final  examination,  January,  1861.  Five 
months  later  he  was  on  the  deck  of  the  old  side-wheeler  Mis- 
sissippi, doing  duty  on  the  Mississippi  River.  She  was  plugged 
with  cannon  balls  and  sunk  off  Port  Hudson.  During  his  as- 
signment on  this  old  vessel,  Dewey  had  met  Melanthon  Smith, 
then  commander  on  the  Mississippi,  and  David  Farragut,  then 
flag  officer  of  the  squadron  off  New  Orleans.  Captain  Smith, 
whose  eyes  were  poor  in  the  night  maneuvers,  put  Dewey  in 
charge  on  deck  while  running  the  forts.  Captain  Smith  lauded 
Dewey  in  his  despatches  for  steady,  fearless  and  gallant  work. 
Fort  Hudson  fell  with  the  capture  of  Vicksburg  by  Grant,  and 
the  Mississippi  was  promptly  cleared  of  the  Southern  vessels. 
The  United  States  naval  vessels  were  transferred  to  the  Atlan- 
tic seaboard  and  ordered  to  report  to  Rear  Admiral  Dahlgreen, 
then  blockading  Charleston,  S.  C.  After  a  short  leave  of  absence 
to  visit  home,  Dewey  returned  to  find  his  first  vessel  to  com- 
mand— the  Agawan,  a  fair  sized  river  boat  fitted  with  a  few 
guns.  With  this  small  vessel  he  captured  several  river  batteries 
and  did  good  service  in  helping  the  land  forces  in  various  skir- 
mishes. For  these  exploits  he  was  made  executive  officer  of  the 
Colorado,  and  was  in  twe  actions  against  Fort  Fisher.  At  35 
years,  1872,  he  became  a  commander,  and  in  1884,  a  captain  and 
a  commodore  in  1896. 

Two  years  later  he  won  his  great  fame  in  Manila  Bay,  the 
battle  which  opened  the  Spanish-American  war.  Dewey  as- 
sumed command  of  the  United  States  vessels  stationed  in  Asi- 
atic waters,  and  in  April  he  received  his  despatches  at  Hong- 
Kong  to  prepare  for  war.  War  was  declared  April  25th.  The 
next  day  Dewey  received  orders  to  proceed  against  the  Spanish 
fleet  in  Philippine  waters.  Dewey  steamed  away  with  his  fleet 
of  four  cruisers,  two  gunboats  and  one  cutter.  During  the  run 
the  crews  were  speeded  up  in  war  drills.  Luzon  was  sighted 
April  30th,  and  the  vessels  were  stripped  for  action.  The  Span- 
ish fleet  lay  ready  in  the  harbor,  firmly  believing  that  Dewey 
would  not  dare  to  venture  the  channel  after  dark,  as  the  waters 
were  mined  and  the  shore  was  dotted  with  forts. 

But  Dewey  maneuvered  his  vessels  through  the  tortuous 
channel,  and  his  silent  progress,  with  lights  out,  was  not  dis- 
covered till  almost  midnight,  when  the  Dons  shot  the  heavens 
with  rocket  warnings  to  fleet  and  forts.  Then  the  cannon  boomed 
from  both  sides.  The  morning  sun  disclosed  the  Spanish  fleet 
under  the  protection  of  the  cannon  of  Fort  Cavite,  7  cruisers,  5 
gunboats,  and  2  torpedo  boats.  The  battle  raged  all  day,  the 
Spaniards  being  unable  to  hit  the  American  vessels  in  any  vital 
spot.    The  next  day  the  American  commanders  settled  down  to 


tia&hing  attacks,  and  the  Spanish  fleet  was  soon  put  out  of  com- 
mission. The  Spanish  commander,  Rabion,  fought  to  the  last, 
and  went  down  with  his  vessel.  All  the  Spanish  vessels  were 
sunk  or  disabled.  Fort  Cavite,  at  the  mercy  of  the  American 
cuns,  hoisted  a  white  flag.  Not  a  man  was  killed  on  the  Ameri- 
can vessels  and  only  six  men  were  wounded.  On  receipt  of  the 
r.ews  at  Washington,  Dewey  was  made  a  rear-admiral  and 
thanked  by  Congress.  In  1899  he  was  made  a  member  of  the 
U.  S.  Philippine  Commission,  and  the  same  year  was  made  Ad- 
miral of  the  Navy,  the  highest  rank.  After  the  war  he  was  pre- 
sented with  a  home  in  Washington,  through  enthusiastic  con- 
tributions by  his  many  admirers.  He  married  and  became  one 
of  the  national  figureheads  at  Washington  and  the  naval  idol  of 
the  country. 


OBITUARY. 


One  of  the  best  known  men  in  local  commercial  circles  passed 
away,  this  week,  in  T.  Cary  Friedlander,  aged  60  years.  He  was 
for  over  25  years  the  able  secretary  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange. 
Life  slipped  quietly  from  him  as  he  sat  down  to  dinner  at  his 
home  in  Taylor  street.  Recently  he  had  received  several  light 
preliminary  shocks,  but  it  was  hoped  that  with  care  these  would 
gradually  disappear.  Mrs.  Friedlander,  who  was  caring  for  him, 
quickly  called  a  physician,  only  to  learn  that  the  end  had 
come. 

During  his  secretaryship,  Cary  Friedlander  covered  a  field 
of  influence  ranging  far  outside  of  his  regular  duties  in  the 
commercial  field.  He  was  an  organizer  and  executive  to  a  super- 
ior degree,  and  with  others  of  his  trend  of  mind  worked  indefati- 
gably  for  civic  betterment.  His  success  in  this  field  attracted 
the  attention  of  distant  civic  organizations  working  in  the  same 
field,  and  many  w°re  the  inquiries  mailed  him  for  advice  in 
development  along  this  and  kindred  lines.  He  introduced  the 
present  up-to-date  methods  of  handling  shipping  events  so  that 
a  member  of  the  Exchange  would  at  once  get  definite  and  full 
information  regarding  his  quest.  On  the  consolidation  of  the 
Merchants'  Exchange  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  several 
years  ago,  he  was  made  manager  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange 
building.  His  favorite  club  was  the  Family.  He  came  of  a 
notable  pioneer  family,  his  father  being  a  man  of  mark  in  the 
days  when  wheat  was  king  in  California.  The  immense  quan- 
tities of  grain  he  handled  annually  won  him  the  sobriquet  of 
"Wheat  King."  Cary  Friedlander  leaves  a  widow  and  two  sis- 
ters, Miss  May  and  Miss  Fanny  Friedlander. 


Sarah  Keppel  Vickery,  wife  of  William  K.  Vickery,  the  well 
known  art  collector,  passed  away  recently  at  her  residence  near 
Saratoga,  Cal.  Besides  her  husband,  a  daughter  and  two  sons 
survive  her,  Mrs.  Ruth  Vickery  Moser,  Fred  P.  and  Robert  K. 
Vickery.    The  funeral  took  place  January  8th. 


AFFINITY. 


You  and  I  have  found  the  secret  way, 
None  can  bar  our  love  or  say  us  nay : 
All  the  world  may  stare  and  never  know 
You  and  I  are  twined  together  so. 

You  and  I  for  all  his  vaunted  width 
Know  the  giant  Space  is  but  a  myth ; 
Over  miles  and  miles  of  pure  deceit 
You  and  I  have  found  our  lips  can  meet. 

You  and  I  have  laughed  the  leagues  apart 
In  the  soft  delight  of  heart  to  heart. 
If  there's  a  gulf  to  meet  or  limit  set, 
You  and  I  have  never  found  it  yet. 

You  and  I  have  trod  the  backward  way 
To  the  happy  heart  of  yesterday, 
To  the  love  we  felt  in  ages  past. 
You  and  I  have  found  it  still  to  last. 

You  and  I  have  found  the  joy  had  birth 
In  the  angel  childhood  of  the  earth, 
Hid  within  the  heart  of  man  and  maid. 
You  and  I  ot  Time  are  not  afraid. 

You  and  I  can  mock  his  fabled  wing, 
For  a  kiss  is  an  immortal  thing. 
And  the  throb  wherein  those  old  lips  met 
Is  a  living  music  in  us  yet. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


WEDDING    ANNIVERSARIES. 

JEROME. — James  Jerome  and  Miss  Coia  Louise  Sabine  were  married 
Thursday,  the  17tb  of  January.  3867,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  have 
received  warmest  congratulations  on  their  fiftieth  anniversary. 

WILSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  Wilson  of  Berkeley  celebrated  the 
tenth  anniversary  of  their  wedding  Monday  evening  with  a  dancing1 
party  at  "Rosecrest,"  their  handsome  residence  in  Berkeley. 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

GUYER-BURR. — Major  and  Mrs.  George  D.  Guyer  announce  the  betro- 
thal of  their  daughter,  Miss  Ruth  Dickinson  Guyer  to  Lieutenant  John 
G.  Burr,  Fifth  Company,  Field  Artillery,   United  States  Army. 

GROSS-DE  ST.  MAURICE. — Returning  from  a  five  years'  residence  in 
France  to  her  formei  home  in  this  city,  Mrs.  Chester  Gross  surprised 
her  friends  by  the  announcement  of  the  engagement  of  her  young 
daughter,  Miss  Margaret  Audrey  Gross,  and  Comte  Jacques  des  Forges 
de  la  Tour  de  St  Maurice. 

RILEY-STANTON. — Cards  are  being  received  in  society  circles  on  both 
sides  of  the  day  announcing  the  engagement  of  Miss  Mary  Riley  of 
Berkeley  to  Woleott  P.  Stanton  of  this  city. 

SOUDEN-WALSH. — Of  interest  to  many  San  Francisco  friends  is  the 
announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Madeline  Souden,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  May  Souden  of  Los  Angeles,  and  Christy  Walsh. 

KNEE  OLE  R- VAN  HORN. — Major  and  Mrs.  William  L.  Kneedler  an- 
nounce the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Martha  Kneedler,  to 
Lieutenant  Frank  L.  "Van  Horn  of  the  Third  Cavalry,  now  at  Fort  Sam 
Houston,  Texas. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

DE  SURVILLE-FORBES. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Madeleine  Le  Brun  de 
Surville.  Jr.,  and  Gordon  Douglas  Forbes  will  take  place  on  the  even- 
ing of  January  25th  at  the  French  Church  of  Notre  Dame  de  Victoires 
with  the  Reverend  Therie  officiating. 

MEHERIN-MEEK. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Marguerite  Meherin  and  Harry 
Meek,  whose  engagement  was  announced  two  weeks  ago  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ralph  Merrill,  with  whom  Miss  Meherin  makes  her  home,  will 
take  place  on  the  evening  of  February  14th. 

SCHINKEL-MOUNTFORD.— Miss   Elza    Schinkel   and   George  W.   Mount- 
ford  will  be  married  on  January  31st  at  the  Schinkel  home  on  Seven- 
teenth avenue.     There  will  be  a  wedding  supper  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 
WEDDINGS. 

HOLTZ- AVERY. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Denny  Holtz  and  Frederick 
Avery  took  place  January  11th  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  uncle  and 
aunt,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  B.   Taylor  of  Fruitvale. 

LONSBERRY-DE  LONG.— Mrs.  Richard  Lonsberry,  daughter  of  the  late 
James  B.  Haggin,  California  mining  magnate,  was  married  to  her 
executive  secretary,  George  De  Long,  in  New  York,  January  15th. 

MERRILL-RECHT.— The  marriage  of  Mrs.*  Olive  Snider  Merrill  and  Gil- 
bert H.  A.  Recht  took  place  at  7:30  o'clock  Wednesday  evening  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  John  F.  Merrill  in  Atherton.  The  Reverend  Hugh  Mont- 
gomery, Episcopal  rector  at  Menlo  Park,  officiated. 

MATEER-THOMFSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Mateer  announce  the  mar- 
riage of  their  daughter,  Miss  Eileen  Mateer,  and  O.  Sydney  Thompson, 
which  took  place  January  12th  at  the  bride's  home. 
LUNCHEONS. 

DIMOND. — Mrs.  Edwin  R.  Dimond  is  giving  a  series  of  luncheons  every 
week.  She  had  a  dozen  or  so  guests  Wednesday  at  her  home  on 
Pacific  avenue. 

ELKINS. — Mrs.  Felton  Etkins  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  in  her  southern 
home,  Montecito,  having  arranged  the  affair  as  a  compliment  to  Mrs. 
Oakleigh  Thorne  of  New  York,  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Lewis. 

EYRE. — Miss  Elena  Eyre  was  hostess  January  12th  at  a  luncheon  at  her 
home  for  a  number  of  the  debutantes. 

EYRE.— The  Town  and  Country  Club  was  the  setting  for  a  delightful 
luncheon  last  Saturday,  when  Miss  Mary  Eyre  entertained.  It  was  a 
compliment  to  Miss  Helen  Duncan,  a  charming  Eastern  girl  who  is 
visiting  her  sister,  Mrs.  Richard  Girvin. 

FAGAN. — Mrs.  Paul  Fagan  was  hostess  at  a  debutantes'  luncheon  January 
10th  at  her  home  on  Buchanan  street. 

HOOKER, — Mrs.  Robert  G.  Hooker  was  hostess  to  half  a  dozen  friends  at 
luncheon  January  11th  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

LILLEY. — Miss  Ethel  Lilley  gave  a  luncheon  Thursday  for  Miss  Alice 
Keeler. 

MENZIES. — Mrs.  Robert  Menzies  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  Francisca  Club 
Tuesday. 

MONTEAGLE. — A  group  of  friends  were  the  luncheon  guests  of  Mrs.  Louis 
Monteagle  January  12th. 

RUSSELL. — Mrs.  Alexander  Russell  entertained  a  group  of  friends  Satur- 
day at  the  Commercial  Club  luncheon  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  where  Mr. 
Russell  gave  an  illustrated  talk  on  Java. 

THORNE. — Mrs.  Thorne  and  Mrs.  Lewis  were  the  feted  guests  at  a 
luncheon,  Mrs.  Anna  Stow  Fithian  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Kate  Stow 
Ealand,  having  been  joint  hostesses  in  their  honor  Sunday.  The  af- 
fair had  for  its  setting  their  beautiful  place  at  La  Patera. 

WALKER. — Mrs.  Talbot  Walker,  the  recently  named  queen  of  this  year's 
Mardi  Gras  ball,  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Tuesday  at  the  Palace 
Hotel. 

WHEELER. — Miss  Jean  Wheeler  gave  a  luncheon  Thursday  in  honor  of 
Miss  Duncan  of  Detroit,  who  is  visiting  the  William  Duncan  family 
for  a  few  weeks. 


DINNERS. 

BOYD. — Miss  Jean  Boyd  was  a  dinner  hostess,  entertaining  at  the  home 
of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  D.  Boyd,  on  Steiner  street.  It  was 
arranged  in  honor  of  Miss  Ruth  Zeile  and  Corbett  Moody,  whose  mar- 
riage will  take  place  within  a  few  weeks. 

BEAVER. — Miss  Elena  Eyre  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  dinner  given 
by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hope  Beaver  and  Miss  Miriam  Beaver  this 
week. 

BARRON. — Miss  Evelyn  Barron  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at  dinner 
Saturday  evening  at  her  Pacific  avenue  home. 

BECKER. — Complimenting  Miss  Amy  Requa,  Miss  Miriam  Becker  gave 
a  dinner  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel  January  12t.h 

DRUM. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  S.  Drum  asked  a  group  of  friends  to  share 
their  hospitality  at  a  dinner  Wednesday  evening  at  their  home  on 
Broadway. 

DUNCAN. — Miss  Helen  Duncan,  who  has  been  visiting  here  as  the  guest 
of  her  brother  and  sister-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Duncan  in 
Burlingame,  was  the  incentive  for  a  dinner  given  Sunday  evening  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  Chamberlin  in  their  attractive  peninsula  home. 

FLETT. — Miss  Beatrice  Flett  dispensed  her  hospitality  at  a  dinner  dance 
Saturday  evening.  It  took  place  in  the  rose  room  of  the  Palace  Hotel, 
and  the  honor  guests  were  Misses  Jean  Wharton  and  Nancy  Glenn. 

FRIEDLANDER. — Miss  May  Friedlander  entertained  at  dinner  last  even- 
ing, with  Miss  Jean  Boyd  as  the  complimented  guest. 

HERTZ. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Hertz  were  hosts  at  dinner  Wednesday  even- 
ing at  their  residence  on  Pierce  street. 

KENT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Piatt  Kent  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at  din- 
ner recently. 

LAW. — Mrs.  Harold  Ward  Law.  who  will  leave  in  the  near  future  for 
Honolulu,  presided  at  a  dinner  Wednesday  evening  at  her  residence 
in  Presidio  Terrace. 

McCREERY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCreery  were  hosts  at  a  beautifully 
appointed  dinner  Sunday. 

McDONALD. — Miss  Lila  McDonald  presided  at  a  dinner  Tuesday  evening 
at  her  home  in  Pacific  avenue,  the  affair  being  a  compliment  to  Miss 
Dorothy  Caldwell. 

McNAB. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart  McNab  were  dinner  hosts  January  11th 
at  their  residence  on  Washington  street. 

NEWHALL. — Among  the  delightful  entertainments  on  the  peninsula  last 
week  was  the  dinner  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Aimer  Newhall 
were  hosts  on  Saturday. 

PALMER. — Mr.  nnd  Mrs.  Silas  Palmer  were  hosts  at  a  theatre  and  supper 
party  Monday  night  for  some  cf  their  young  friends.  The  guests  en- 
joyed a  handsome  dinner  at  the  Palmer  home,  and  then  went  to  the 
Columbia. 

SCAFFE. — Mrs.  W.  B.  Scaffe  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  is  visiting  her  brother-in- 
law  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  S.  Kuhn,  at  their  home  in  this 
city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kuhn  were  dinner  hosts  Wednesday  evening,  and 
the  affair  was  a  compliment  to  their  house  guest. 

SLEV1N. — Mrs.  James  Slevin  and  the  Princess  Alfred  Hohenlohe  were  en- 
tertained at  an  informal  tea  this  week  by  the  Countess  del  Valle  de 
Salazar,  at  the  latter's  apartments. 

ST.  GOAR. — A  dinner  was  given  by  Miss  Helen  St.  Goar  Saturday  evening. 
Its  setting  was  the  hostess'  home  on  Sacramento  street. 

SOI-1WER1N. — Rennie  P.  Schwerin  entertained  at  a  dinner  given  Thursday 
evening  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling. 

TEAS. 

HECK. — In  honor  of  Mis.  John  Jacob  Beck  of  Los  Angeles,  who  is  visiting 
her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sherman  Blake,  in  Oakland,  Miss  Alice 
Rowell  will  give  an  informal  tea  this  afternoon,  at  her  home  in  Clare- 
mont. 

CURRAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  Ambler  Curran  entertained  Tuesday  at  the 
Palace  Hotel. 

FRENCH. — Mrs.  John  T.  French,  wife  of  Major  French  of  the  United 
States  Army,  gave  a  delightful  4  o'clock  tea  at  the  Palace  Saturday. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking    the    beautiful    Plaza    of    Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


<Y  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertise! 


F1*"' 


1 


BRIDGE 


th.     It 


■ 
■ 

a  a  . 


■■ 

i   her 

Hon. 
■  Ith  four  tab  i 
■ 
will  entertain  a 

nor  at  a  bridge  parly  al  \ 
th.     1 1  tooh 

RECITALS. 

-•    host   and    hostess   Thursday 
-me  of  son*;  was  given 

RECEPTIONS. 

WHEELER. — Mr.    end    U  i    gave  a   reception 

n-law    and    daughter,    Mr.    and 

Montana. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

by   dinner   at    the   St.    I 
liosen  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster 
in,  when  they  entertain  le  of  their  friends  on  Mo 

Ding. 

abel    Forsey.   a  charmlnj  girl  who   is   visiting 

the  latter*s  home  in  Alameda,  is  being  enter- 
tained at   •  al   affairs  given   by   her  friends   on    the  east  side 
of  the  bay.     A    theatre  party   followed   by  Bupper  was  arranged   last 
turday  evening. 

DANCES, 
i    presided    at    luncheon    Monday    at    her    Steiner 
street  hon.e  in  compliment  l"  Mis?  Ethel  Lilley. 

'  orothy  Clark  will  be  hostess  at  a  dance  at 
the   residence  of   her  parents.    1  >r.    and   Mrs.   John   Rogers  Clark,   on 
gh  street. 
[BR. — "Uplands,"   the   borne    of   Mr.    and    Mrs.    Charles    Templeton 

s  the  setting  for  a  delightful  luncheon  Sunday. 
XS.-Mr.    and    Mrs.    Samuel    Hopkins    entertained    informally    at 
luncheon   at   the   Palace    Hotel    .ast   Saturday. 

•y_Xhe  Burlingame  Club  was  the  m  tting  foi    an  enjoyable  lunch- 
eon given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hussey,  Saturday  afternoon. 

SHERMAN.— One  of  the ei  tstinc;   social   events  of  the  coming  months 

will  be  a  dance  to  be  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Sherman  of 
F'ledmont.  who  will  entertain  a  large  number  of  guests  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland. 

ARRIVALS. 
CROCKER. — Mrs.  Homy  .1.  Crocker  and  her  daughters.  Misses  Marion  and 
urlvi   I   home  January  12th  from  New  York,  where  they 
ks  since   their  arrival   from  Europe. 
CROWDER.-     Wter  a  delightful  stay  of  a  couple  of  weeks  at  their  ranch 
near  Red   Bluff,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  Crowder  and  their  daughter.  Miss 
Anne    Elizabeth    Crowder,    have   returned   to   their   home   in   Piedmont. 
The  Crowders  were  accompanied  h.y  a  group  of  Miss  Crowder's  young 
friends. 
CUICHTER. — Mrs.  Madison  Crichter  has  returned   to  San  Francisco  after 
Die  visit  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ambrose  Gegan  in  Reno,  Nev. 
MAXX. — After   an    absence   of   over   two    years,    Mrs.    Seth    Mann    has    re- 
turned,   joining   her   daughter.    Miss    Dorothy   Mann.      They   have   an 
attractive  apartment  on  Jones  street. 

Miss  Janet  Peck,  sister  of  Orrin  Peek  and  Mrs.  Frederick  G.  San- 
born, is  here  visiting  relatives  after  an  absence  from  San  Francisco  of 
my  years. 
TAYLOR.— Mrs.  Allen  Lewis  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  William  Hinckley  Tay- 
lor,  the  latter  of  whom  arrived   Saturday  from  the  East,  passed  the 
fe-end  at  Mrs.  Taylor's  home  in  Piedmont. 

DEPARTURES. 

BARNESON. — Captain  and  Mrs.  John  Bameson  and  Miss  Muriel  Barneson 
are  visiting  In  Los  Angeles,  having  gone  flown  early  last  week. 

BEE.— Everett.  X.  Bee  will  sad  from  Vancouver  un  the  steamer  Empress 
of  Russia  for  the  Orient  on  January  25th,  If  his  present  plan  is  car- 
ried out,  he  will  make  an  extended  trip  through  China.  Japan  and  may 
visit  the  Philippines. 

BRACK.— Miss  Ktt1  Lves  In  a  few  days  for  New  York  to  enter 

a  finishing  school  there  foi   8  season  or  two. 


INTIMATIONS. 
R  \Ki;<  >\       M  winter 

monl 

pi  ill^. 
'  ■  i  I  A  M  I :  I ;  i ;  | ,  i 

■nth.    Shoi  Uy 
and  Japan,  \<<  i 
Nnhi.i  ible       Borl  guests  this  winter 

her  mother  and  sister. 
HELD.-    Mrs,  I,  iop  and 

Helen  Scarth  ai  Del  Monte.    They  motored  do* 

and  win  !■<      pulai  n     >rt  evcraJ  do 

■ 
s  \  v  i ;  i  ■  i 

dividing    her   Lime    between    the    Palace   and 
I  at   Burllnga  me, 


The  management  of  the  Techau  Tavern,  San  Francisco's 

leading  high  class  family  cafe,  on  the  ground  floor  at  the  corner 
of  Eddy  and  Powell  streets,  has  added  to  the  wonderful  effec- 
tiveness of  the  justly  popular  "Jazz  Orchestra"  by  increasing 
the  number  of  the  musicians  for  all  public  dancing  sessions.  Al- 
ways the  best  dance  music  in  town,  the  Tavern's  "Jazz  Orches- 
tra" now  exceeds  all  of  its  former  best,  efforts.  One  of  the  hap- 
piest attempts  yet  made  by  the  Techau  Tavern  management  to 
please  its  patrons  is  the  presentation  of  the  perfume  souvenirs 
which  are  given  without  competition  of  any  sort  to  those  in 
attendance  afternoons  at  5  :00,  at  dinner  and  after  theatre  hours. 


Dillydally    (a  chronic   procrastinator) — I  dreamed  last 

night  that  I — er — ah — proposed  to  ycu.  I  wonder  what  that  is 
a  sign  of?  Miss  Lingering  (desperately) — It  is  a  sign  that 
you  have  got  "more  sense  when  you  are  asleep  than  when  you 
are  awake. — Tit-Bits. 


GRANT  AVENUE  AT  POST  STREET 


KNIT  GOODS 
SALE 


Our    Annual    Clearance    Sale    is    Now    in 

Progress  —  Substantial,    Genuine 

Reductions    on 


MEN'S 


SWEATED  COATS 


PAJAMAS 


KMT  TEES 


WOMEN'S 


SWEATED  ami  §IP©1&T  COATS 

UNPEI&WEAIii 

IHIOSDEIRY    CIROCIHIET  SUMPE1S    SKIAWLS 

SCAUFS        "  iHlU(G=ME=T!ITES  " 

^===^=  "You  Knoiv  Our  n<,niitioe" 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


PLEASURE/ 


January  20,  1917. 

T5 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Columbia 

One  of  the  most  interesting  types  in  our  country,  and  which 
has  hitherto  been  overlooked  by  our  dramatists,  is  the  jitney 
messiah  imbued  with  a  burning  desire  to  reform  his  fellowman. 

From  time  to  time  these  bush-ieague  popes  arise  and  impose 
their  views  of  economics,  religion  or  diet  on  the  rest  of  the  com- 
munity until  someone  else  makes  a  louder  noise,  and  then  they 
are  promptly  forgotten. 

The  success  of  these  virtuosi  of  virtue  is  an  evidence  of  the 
fact  that  you  can  fool  most  of  the  people  all  the  time,  and  the 
psychology  of  mob  hysteria  is  similar  to  that  of  advertising — if 
you  say  a  thing  often  enough  and  emphatically  enough  people 
will  believe  you.  It  differs  from  advertising,  however,  in  that 
an  advertised  article  ultimately  must  make  good  in  the  experi- 
ence of  the  user,  while  the  reform  panaceas  have  to  undergo 
no  such  test. 

To  these  conditions  may  be  attributed  the  vogue  of  a  Moody, 
a  Bryan  and  Billy  Sunday.  Whether  or  not  any  permanent  good 
is  accomplished  by  even  the  worthiest  of  these  one-cylinder 
Sheik-ul-Islams  is  a  matter  for  a  first  hand  investigator  to  de- 
termine, but  reasoning  a. priori  I  should  say  not.  Virtue  is  only 
to  be  won  by  a  slow  and  painful  development  of 
character,  both  individual  and  racial.  The  water- 
wagon,  for  example,  is  simply  a  peripatetic  stool  of 
repentance,  and  is  a  hard  and  uncomfortable  seat  at 
best. 

It  has  remained  for  George  Cohan,  who  is  the 
Hoyt  of  this  generation,  to  crystallize  and  portray 
one  phase  of  the  career  of  the  latest  avatar,  and  in 
the  play  of  "Hit-the-Trail  Holliday",  now  at  the 
Columbia,  he  has  dramatized  Billy  Sunday.  Per- 
sonally I  prefei  Cohan  to  Sunday,  as  the  former's 
hero  has  too  much  sense  of  humor  to  regard  himself 
in  the  light  of  a  heaven  sent  monitor  of  morals,  but 
frankly  enters  the  fight  against  rum  because  he  was 
insulted  by  the  proprietor  of  a  brewery.  That  he 
continues  is  due  to  the  fascinating  sense  of  power 
which  must  be  an  attraction  to  all  successful  evangel- 
ists, bankers  and  kaisers. 

That  a  bartender  would  suddenly  throw  up  a  job 
at  one  hundred  dollars  a  week  to  attack  the  interests 
which  pay  him,  is  of  course  absurd,  but  then  it  is 
one  of  these  very  absurdities  which  are  permissible 
in  a_  farce.  It  is  a  tribute  to  Cohan's  dramaturgic 
ability  that  you  do  not  expect  Holliday  to  do  other 
than  as  he  did. 

The  play  is  replete  with  clever  lines,  which  are 
the  essence  of  the  quick  stuff  which  bartenders,  vau- 
deville performers,  baseball  reporters  and  "wise" 
people  generally  can  put  over  occasionally;  it  is 
further  noteworthy  in  that  it  is  essentially  racial  and 
fairly  smacks  cf  the  soil — the  soil  of  Broadway,  to 
be  sure — but  it  is  true  and  vital,  and  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  our  national  drama  is  worth  one  hundred  of 
"Come  Out  of  the  Kitchen". 

I  do  not  see  how  Frank  Otto  as  Billy  Holliday,  the 
bartender  evangelist,  could  be  improved  upon,  and 
his  curtain  speech  on  Tuesday  night  was  quite  in 
keeping  with  his  assumed  character.  His  remark 
that  he  and  Sunday  were  alike  in  that  both  wanted 
to  do  the  people  good,  was  excellent  satire;  whether 
original,  or  provided  by  the  author  of  the  play  for 
just^  such  an  occasion,  is  not  of  consequence.  And 
again,  when  some  people  became  enthused  over  the 
idea  that  they  were  listening  to  a  prohibition  preach- 
ment, he  remarked  that  he  would  not  keep  them 


longer,  as  he  was  afraid  that  he  would  find  all  of  the  places 

closed  if  the  show  was  not  over  on  time. 

Lola  Merrill,  as  Edith  Holden,  the  minister's  daughter,  who 

of  course  plays  opposite  the  star,  was  a  little  weak  in  the  part. 

What  is  the  matter  with  the  ingenues  nowadays?     Are  they 

all  engaged  as  leading  ladies  since  the  flapper  type  came  in 

vogue?    The  rest  of  the  cast  are  all  well  fitted  to  their  roles, 

and  an  excellent  evening's  entertainment  is  provided. 

*  *  * 

Orpheum 

I  maintain  that  many  of  the  acts  in  vaudeville  which  disap- 
point, fail  not  so  much  owing  to  inherent  defects  in  the  perform- 
ers as  through  bad  showmanship. 

The  truth  of  this  is  strikingly  illustrated  by  Phyllis  Neilson 
Terry's  performance  at  the  Orpheum  this  week. 

Phyllis  has  "everything".  Surely  a  "daughter  of  the  gods",  if 
this  rather  overworked  metaphor  may  be  used  at  all;  she  is  one 
of  the  most  strikingly  beautiful  women  I  have  ever  seen,  with 
a  beauty  that  is  almost  mythological,  other-worldly — another 
Helen  of  Troy  whose  face  might  well  "have  launched  a  thou- 
sand ships  and  burned  the  topless  towers  of  Ilium."    And  yet 


Jt 

1 

1 

;:{■;->"■■■■;,■.■ 

-•»*»      Pp  ^viJH 

2y& 

H  •"'iss^'^S 

*2« 

JEfirlSl 

Orville  Harrold,  America's  Greatest  Tenor.      Next  Week  at  the  Orpheum. 


January  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


Gareth   Hughes  as  "Everyman,"   Irving  Pichel   as  the  Friend,  in  Richard  Ordynski's 

production  of  "Everyman  '   by  George  Sterling.      Scottish  Rite  Hall, 

week  beginning  Monday  night. 


with  all  of  her  beauty,  her  exquisite  speaking  voice  and  consum- 
mate ability  as  an  actress,  she  failed  apparently  to  excite  the 
applause  that  should  have  been  her  due.  Why  ?  Her  selection 
of  a  vehicle  was  unfortunate. 

Unless  the  spectators  have  been  wrought  up  to  the  right  mood 
it  is  impossible  to  pick  out  isolated  scenes  from  a  play  like  "Ro- 
meo and  Juliet",  and  expect  to  win  the  audience.  The  whole 
play  should  be  presented — an  obvious  impossibility  in  vaude- 
ville— or  none  at  all. 

It  is  on  all  fours  with  reproducing  the  head  and  shoulders  of 
the  peasant  woman  in  the  painting  of  the  "Angelus"  and  leaving 
out  the  rest  of  the  picture — the  result  would  be  merely  a  vague 
and  meaningless  blotch  of  color.  A  single  stone  from  the  Par- 
thenon would  have  no  aesthetic  value  whatever,  although  the 
building  as  it  stood  was  probably  the  most  satisfying  piece  of 
architecture  ever  designed.  Furthermore,  Shakespeare  is  rather 
a  bore  to  the  modern  audience,  no  matter  how  well  played— we 
have  long  since  passed  by  the  mental  condition  where  high- 
flown  rhetoric  charms  on  the  stage.  Miss  Terry  should  have  ap- 
peared in  a  modern  one-act  play,  and  I  am  sure  she  would  have 
made  a  vast  impression. 

In  addition  to  her  acting  she  favored  us  with  a  couple  of  songs 
and  showed  a  splendidly  cultivated  voice,  with  beautifully  clear, 
bird-like,  high  notes,  although  it  must  be  confessed  of  a  some- 
what childish  quality,  as  if  the  lady  had  never  loved  or  suffered. 
Her  singing  of  "Ben  Bolt",  a  contralto  song,  in  a  high  soprano, 
was  off  key,  but  her  second  selection,  "Couplets  de  Mysoli", 
was  perfectly  true  and  sweet. 

The  playlet  of  "Peggy",  presented  by  Clayton  White  and  Co., 
and  which  was  a  Lambs'  Club  success,  is  an  illustration  of  the 
fact  that  actors  are  notoriously  poor  judges  of  plays.  They  are 
like  children  in  that  only  the  obvious  appeals  to  them,  and  the 
theatrically  obvious  at  that.  Furthermore,  they  regard  a  play 
principally  as  a  personal  vehicle. 

I  am  reminded  of  an  occasion  a  number  of  years  ago  when  I 
submitted  a  short  play  to  one  of  the  Hawtreys  for  a  general 


opinion  as  to  its  merits  as  a  curtain  raiser  in  London,  or  on  the 
circuit  in  this  country. 

The  eminent  English  actor  kept  the  play  for  a  couple  of  days 
and  returned  it  to  me  in  person. 

"I  say,  old  top,"  he  said,  "this  won't  do  at  all,  you  know — 
not  a  bit." 

"Not  a  bit?"  I  humbly  replied. 

"Not  a  bit  of  it.  You  see,  the  chief  character  wouldn't  suit 
me  at  all.    It's  for  a  juvenile,  and  I  play  heavies  only." 

"I  see,"  I  answered. 

However,  the  ultimate  triumph  in  the  Atwell  playlet  of  the 
influence  of  the  ch-e-e-ild  and  of  the  Christmas  season  wins  out, 
as  it  should,  and  pleases  the  gallery.  So,  Mr.  Atwell  should 
worry  about  my  opinion. 

You  may  think,  from  the  foregoing,  that  I  am  crabbing  the 
show  this  week,  but  I  am  not;  indeed,  I  liked  it  immensely,  and 
it  is  because  I  think  so  well  of  it  that  I  am  pointing  out  where 
it  falls  short  of  my  ideal.  I  would  not  occupy  so  much  time 
and  space  with  an  inferior  bill. 

The  super-marionettes  in  the  "Miniature  Review",  gave  a  very 
amusing  burlesque  on  a  baseball  match,  with  an  ingenious  finish 
— a  rainstorm — although  I  could  have  wished  that  the  wires 
had  not  been  so  much  in  evidence. 

Both  Donahue  and  Stewart,  and  the  Hennings  are  in  the  class 
of  what  is  known  as  "nuts",  and  both  numbers  are  quick  and 
clever. 

The  poses  of  Burdella  Patterson  are  exceptionally  interesting, 
and  displayed  a  beautifully  formed  young  lady,  who  rather  de- 
tracted, than  otherwise,  from  her  offering  by  coming  out  at  the 
end  in  propria  persona. 

Then  we  had  lovely,  darling  Muriel  Worth  again ;  and  I  want 
to  thank  the  Orpheum  management  for  taking  my  advice  and 
holding  over  this  altogether  charming  and  accomplished  dancer. 
Milt  Collins,  "The  Speaker  of  the  House",  received  the  biggest 
hand  and  pleased  me  least,  although  I  am  glad  to  see  that  Miss 
Muriel  was  more  appreciated  than  even  during  her  first  week. 

Altogether  a  notable  and  exceptionally  good  bill,  which  I  ad- 
vise all  of  my  readers  to  see. 


Advance   Announcements 

Scottish  Rite  Hall. — The  delightful  old  morality  play,  "Every- 
man," which  will  forever  live  as  one  of  the  greatest  of  all  stage 
classics,  has  been  done  over  into  blank  verse  by  the  California 
poet,  George  Sterling,  and  has  been  given  a  simple,  yet 
effective  production  by  the  noted  stage  producer,  Richard  Or- 
dynski,  who  brings  it  to  Scottish  Rite  Hall,  Van  Ness  and  Sutter 
for  one  week  beginning  on  Monday  night.  Performances  will 
be  given  every  night,  except  Sunday,  at  8:15,  and  on  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  afternoons  at  2 :30. 

Forty  splendid  dramatic  artists  are  required  for  the  unfolding 
of  the  Sterling  story,  and  Ordynski  employs  an  orchestra  of 
twenty  to  interpret  the  special  music  which  was  written  by  Vic- 
tor Schertzinger.  Gareth  Hughes,  an  actor  of  fine  ability,  who 
has  created  such  important  roles  as  Benjamin  in  "Joseph  and  his 
Brethren,"  the  junior  lieutenant  in  "Molloch,"  and  was  the  fea- 
ture of  the  Stage  Society's  production  of  Strindberg's  "Easter," 
will  be  the  "Everyman."  Other  members  of  the  company  are 
Marjorie  Day,  Kirah  Markham,  Margaret  T.  Allen,  Clyde  Mc- 
Coy, Percival  Vivian,  Ann  Andrews,  Irene  Bevans,  Veda  Mc- 
Evers,  Violette  Wilson,  etc.  Among  the  characters  represented 
in  the  prologue  and  in  the  play  proper  are  Everyman,  Death, 
The  Devil,  Faith,  Good  Deeds,  War,  Mammon,  Friend,  Para- 
mour, and  a  score  of  others.  The  nature  of  "Everyman"  is  such 
that  it  is  most  effective  in  a  small  hall,  and  that  is  why  Mr. 
Ordynski  selected  the  Scottish  Rite  Hall  for  his  first  venture 
in  San  Francisco.  It  particularly  adapts  itself  to  productions 
of  this  character.  Ordynski  is  a  specialist  in  light  effects,  and 
carries  with  him  a  most  elaborate  system  of  lighting.  George 
Sterling  has  done  much  of  his  best  work  in  the  beautiful  lines 
he  has  alloted  to  the  characters,  and  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the 
play  was  produced  last  week,  the  success  of  both  play  and 
company  was  such  that  Mr.  Ordynski  was  compelled  to  extend 
the  engagement.    Tickets  for  this  interesting  performance  are 

now  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s  box-office. 

•  *  * 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  announces  another  great  new  bill 
for  next  week.     Among  the  numbers  is  Orville  Harrold,  the 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


American  tenor,  who  until  recently  was  principal  tenor  of  the 
Century  Opera  Company  and  was  under  contract  to  sing^  in 
London.  He  was  one  of  Oscar  Hammerstein's  tenors  during 
the  days  of  the  New  York  Manhattan  Opera  Company  and  the 
Philadelphia  Opera  Company.  Will  M.  Cressy  and  Blanche 
Dayne  will  divide  the  headline  honors.  This  couple  will  appear 
in  Mr.  Cressy's  latest  one-act  play,  "A  City  Case."  Frank  Will- 
ing and  Dolly  Jordan  will  afford  enjoyment  by  singing  and 
piano  playing.  Martin  and  Fabbrini,  who  never  allow  them- 
selves to  grow  stale,  title  their  offering  "A  Flight  of  Fantasy." 
Mme.  Donald-Ayer,  prima  donna  of  the  Boston  Grand  Opera 
Company,  will  be  heard  in  a  selected  program.  Dolores  Valle- 
cita  will  introduce  her  imperial  troupe  of  performing  Indian 
leopards.  Milt  Collins,  "The  Speaker  of  the  House,"  will  di- 
vert with  new  w.tticisms,  and  Phyllis  Neilson-Terry,  the  brilliant 
young  English  actress,  will  vary  her  program  by  singing  Ivor 
Novella's  "Cai nival  Time." 

*  *  * 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Julia  Culp,  the  famous 
Dutch  lieder  singer,  will  again  be  soloist  with  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Symphony  Orchestra,  directed  by  Alfred  Hertz,  on  Sun- 
day afternoon,  January  21st,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  this  being  the 
second  concert  of  the  seventh  regular  pair  of  symphonies.  The 
program  given  on  Friday  will  be  repeated  in  its  entirety,  the 
prices  being  cut  in  half,  however,  as  is  the  custom  at  the  Sunday 
concerts.    Mme.  Culp's  artistry  will  be  exhibited  in  two  "Claer- 


chen"  lieder  from  Beethoven's  "Egmont, ' 
voll"  and  "Die  Trommel  Geruhret."  She 
will  also  sing  Schubert's  "Ave  Maria" 
and  a  group  of  three  lieder:  "Traume," 
"Standchen"  and  "Morgen,"  by  Wagner, 
Schubert  and  Strauss  respectively.  The 
violin  obligato  in  "Morgen"  will  be  per- 
formed by  Louis  Persinger.  Conductor 
Hertz  has  also  programmed  for  the  or- 
chestra itself  the  following :  Brahm's  rich 
Fourth  Symphony  in  four  movements; 
Saint-Saens'  symphonic  poem,  "Phaeton," 
and  Beethoven's    overture     to     Goethe's 

tragedy,  "Egmont." 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — The  headline  at- 
traction for  the  coming  week  at  the  Pan- 
tages starting  Sunday  matinee  is  an  offer- 
ing that  is  considered  to  be  one  of  the 
very  few  high-class,  standard,  instrumen- 
tal diversions,  and  is  presented  by  the 
Imperial  Military  Octette,  musicians  who 
possess  real  talent  and  render  a  number 
of  selections  with  a  precision  and  artis- 
tic finish  as  pleasing  to  the  eye  as  to  the 
ear.  Herbert  Brooks,  the  clever  card 
manipulator  and  escape  artist,  will  appear 
as  the  extra  added  feature.  This  capable 
entertainer  not  only  does  card  palming 
and  seemingly  impossible  card  tricks,  but 
also  presents  a  steel  trunk  mystery  which 
is  an  act  in  itself.  Ed.  Correlli  and  Chas. 
Gillette,  an  "odd  pair"  in  every  sense  of 
the  word,  specializing  in  rapid-fire  pat- 
ter and  comedy  recitations,  intermingled 
with  funny  falls  and  very  clever  acrobatic 
work,  offer  a  variety  act  that  not  only 
contains  a  little  bit  of  almost  everything, 
but  also  comprises  much  real  merit  and 
entertainment.  A  singing  and  dancing  act 
is  well  presented  by  the  Whott  Four,  con- 
sisting of  a  female  quartette  of  very 
pretty  girls,  attractively  costumed,  who 
sing  a  number  of  popular  songs.  The 
Millard  Brothers — Bob  and  Bill — have  an 
abundance  of  versatility  in  their  enter- 
tainment, which  is  a  combination  of  trick 
bicycle  riding,  spinning  of  hoops  and  ec- 
centric comedy.  Other  good  numbers  on 
the  bill  are  Wilbur  Brown,  king  of  the 
ukulele,  Wilford  and  Robert,  two  friends, 
and  the  thrilling  picture  serial,  The  Lass 
of  the  Lumberlands,  Chapter  Twelve. 


'Freudvoll  und  Leid- 


San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  in  Oakland. — The  first 
of  the  Oakland  concerts  to  be  given  by  the  San  Francisco  Sym- 
phony Orchestra,  under  Alfred  Hertz,  is  announced  for  Thurs- 
day evening,  January  25th,  at  the  Oakland  Auditorium  Theatre. 
The  other  two  concerts  of  the  series  will  be  given  on  Friday 
evening,  February  23d,  and  Thursday  evening,  March  22d.  All 
of  the  events  will  be  under  the  auspices  of  the  Music  Section  of 
the  Oakland  Teachers'  Association.  The  concert  of  January 
25th  will  have  concert-master  Louis  Persinger  as  soloist.  Per- 
singer's  violinistic  art  will  have  expression  in  Bruch's  Concerto 
for  violin  in  C  Minor.  The  other  numbers  are  Tschaikowsky's 
"Pathetique"  symphony;  Smetana's  overture  to  "The  Bartered 
Bride,"  and  Georges  Enesco's  First  Roumanian  Rhapsody. 

*  *  * 

Civic  Center  Auditorium. — Lina  Cavalieri,  the  "world  fam- 
ous beauty"  and  "queen  of  song,"  and  her  husband,  Lucien 
Muratore,  the  French  tenor,  will  appear  in  San  Francisco  under 
the  local  direction  of  Frank  W.  Healy,  at  the  Civic  Center  Au- 
ditorium. Sunday  afternoon,  February  25th,  at  two-thirty  o'clock 
sharp.  Either  of  these  great  artists  is  fully  capable  of  crowding 
the  Auditorium,  but  this  double  star  attraction  should  draw  such 
an  audience  as  this  city  has  seldom  seen.  Every  man,  woman 
and  child  will  want  to  see  Lina  Cavalieri,  of  whom  it  has  been 
said :  "Her  beauty  was  a  favor  bestowed  by  the  gods,"  and 
Lucien  Muratore,  who  is  at  present  the  sensation  of  the  Chicago 
opera  season.  What  Caruso  is  to  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Com- 
pany, Muratore  is  to  the  Chicago  Opera  Company.    Muratore's 


January  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertise! 


13 


:or  "sold  out"  houses,  and  the 
manak'cmc;.  :■  .:   bil  tremeodoni  vo^ue,  has  on  several 

and     increased     the 
from  $5  to  $7  per  si  if  the  Chicago  Ameri- 

can in  a  re  I  Muratore  "has  taken  Caruso's 

crown."  ar.d  that  "if  the:  iter  singer  and  actor  than 

::  Muratore.  he  must  be  sitting  unseen  on  the  heights  of 

Olympus;  he  is  not  bom  of  mortal  man." 

»  •  • 

Columbia. — The  second  and  final  week  of  George  M.  Cohan's 
•.lay,  "Hit-the-Traii  Holliday."  will  commence  this  Sun- 
day night,  January  21st,  at  the  Columbia  Theatre,  where  the 
source  of  great  fun  for  big  audiences.  For  a  com- 
.e  doubt  if  any  play  was  ever  presented  that  so  stirs  the 
sympathetic  chord  of  human  nature,  and  at  the  same  time 
arouses  the  comic  element  in  our  lives.  The  play  is  a  product 
of  the  soil  lor  a  certainty.  No  other  country  in  the  world  could 
produce  such  a  character  as  the  hero  of  this  play,  just  as  no 
other  country  could  produce  in  real  life  such  a  character  as 
Billy  Sunday.  A  "pop"  matinee  is  given  Wednesday  at  prices 
ranging  from  25  cents  to  $1. 

The  first  presentation  here  of  Selig's  greatest  photoplay,  "The 
Crisis,"  taken  from  Winston  Churchill's  book,  will  take  place 
at  the  Columbia  Theatre  next  Sunday  night,  January  28th.  This 
film  will  be  the  one  and  only  photoplay  to  be  offered  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre  during  the  season.  A  symphony  orchestra 
will  be  heard  each  afternoon  and  night  that  the  photoplay  is 
offered. 


THE  QUESTIONER  OF  THE  SPHINX. 

Behold  me!  with  swift  foot  across  the  land 
Where  desert  winds  are  sleeping,  I  am  come 
To  wrest  a  secret  from  thee :  O  thou,  dumb, 
And  careless  of  my  puny  lips'  command! 

Cold  orbs! — mine  eyes  a  weary  world  have  scanned 
Slow  ear!  in  mine  rings  ever  a  vexed  hum 
Of  sobs  and  strife!  of  joy,  mine  earthly  sun 
Is  buried  as  thy  form  in  burning  sand. 

The  wisdom  of  the  ages  thou  hast  heard ; 
The  circling  courses  of  the  stars  hast  known. 
Awake!    Thrill!    By  my  feverish  presence  stirred 
Open  thy  lips  to  still  my  human  moan, — 
Breathe  forth  one  glorious  and  mysterious  word, 
Though  I  should  stand,  in  turn,  transfixed — a  stone! 
— Mary  Virginia  Donagh  McClurg. 


"No,  sir,  I  don't  believe  in  war,"  cried  the  little  man.  "It 

means  invasion  and  confiscation  and  a  forcible  and  brutal  alter- 
ation of  existing  boundaries."  The  man  across  the  way  turned 
to  his  companion  and  asked  in  a  whisper  who  the  little  man  was. 
"He  is  a  mapmaker,"  the  companion  whisperingly  replied,  "and 
he's  got  an  immense  stock  of  old  maps  on  hand." — Buffalo 
Courier. 


The  Thinker — I've  got  a  letter  from  my  son  out  West. 

His  Friend — What  is  Tom  doing  now?  The  Thinker — That's 
what  I  can't  make  out.  He  says  he  is  engaged  in  the  destruc- 
tion of  weeds.  Now,  that  may  mean  he's  smoking  a  good  many 
cigars,  or  that  he  is  trying  to  induce  some  widow  to  make  a  sec- 
ond venture,  or  it  may  mean  that  he  is  doing  farm  work. — New 
Orleans  Picayune. 


"So  young  Mr.   Scoops  graduated  from  the  School  of 

Journalism."  "Yes,  with  high  honors."  "I  suppose  he  has 
joined  one  of  the  big  city  papers  in  an  important  capacity?" 
"No,  he  is  still  in  the  school.  The  faculty  found  him  such  an 
apt  pupil  that  they  retained  him  in  a  professorship  to  teach 
metropolitan  journalism  to  the  freshman  class." — Puck. 


"Why  must  you  always  go  out  every  time  one  of  my  wo- 
men friends  calls?"  "Well,  my  dear,"  responded  her  husband, 
"I  am  glad  to  meet  your  friends.  But  you  must  remember  that 
I  have  heard  the  story  of  your  Atlantic  City  trip  about  seven- 
teen times  now." — Indianapolis  Star. 


"Her  ideal  is  shattered."    "What  happened  to  it?"    "She 

married  it." — Detroit  Free  Press. 


Experienced   Traveler    (at   railway   restaurant)— When 

did  that  man  at  the  other  table  give  his  or  About 

ten  minutes  ago,  sir.    Traveler — What  did  he  order?    Waiter — 
Beefsteak  and  potatoes,  sir.    Traveler — How  much  did 
you?    Waiter — A  dime,  sir.    Traveler — Well,  here's  a  quarter. 
Cook  him  another  ste?k  and  bring  me  his.    Waiter — Yes,  sir. — 
Pack. 


RICHARD  ORDYNSKI'S  production 

EVERYMAN 

o^rXt  GEORGE  STERLING 

COMPANY  OF  40  ORCHESTRA  OF  20 

SCOTTISH     RITE    HALL 

ONE  WEEK  beginning  NEXT  MONDAY 

Evenings  at  8:1  5.     Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  2:30 
Tickets  -  $2.50,  $2.00.  $1.50,  $1.00  and  50c.      Now  on  Sale  at  Sherman. 
Clay  and  Co.'s,  Kearny  and  Sutter  Streets. 


Columbia   Theatre  ^S&» 

BECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK  BEGINS  SUNDAY  NIGHT,  Jan  21st. 
"Pop      ■  la  $1.    Cohan  and   > 

GEO    M.  COHAN'S  EXTRAORDINARY.  AMERICAN  FARCE, 

HIT-THE-TRAIL    HOLLIDAY 
Wiih  Frank  Otto  and  Lola  Merrill, 
Bvenlngs,  25c,  50c,  75c.  $1.  $1.50. 

<y  night.  Jan.  28th — The  isatlon,  "THE  CRISIS." 

I    i.  »''*j/j  £)'}  l  /yyi  O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 

\JI  piWIAjUl  Phone  Douglas  70 

Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 

HAY. 

EXCEPTIONALLY    STRONG    BILL 

ORVILLE  HAROLD.  America's  Greatest  Tenor;  WILL  M.  CRESSY 
&  BLANCHE  DAYNE,  presenting  Mr.  Cressy's  Latest  One-Act 
Play  "A  CITY  CASE;"  WILLING  &  JORDAN,  in  a  Few  Pleasant 
Moments;  MARTIN  &  FABBRINI.  in  "A  Flight  of  Fancy;"  MME. 
DONALD-AYEH,  Prima  Donna  of  the  Boston  Grand  Opera;  DO- 
LORES YALLECITA  AND  HER  IMPERIAL  GROUP  OF  PER- 
FORMING INDIAN  LEOPARDS;  MILT  COLLINS.  "The  Speaker 
ot  the  House;"  PHYLLIS  NEILSON-TERRY,  England's  Most  Bril- 
liant Y'oung  Actress.  „  ,  ,  .  «  , 
Evening  Prices— inc.  26c,  50c,  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays 
and    Holidays),   10c.    25c-   50c     PHONE   DOUGLAS   70. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


ORCHESTRA 

AlfredHcrti Conductor. 


7TH    SUNDAY    SYM- 
PHONY" CONCERT 
CORT  THEATRE 
Soloist 
MME.  JULIA  CULP 
SUNDAY,   JAN.   21, 
At    2:30    Sharp. 


Program:  1.  Brahms.  Symphony  No.  4,  E  Minor.  Op.  98.  2.  Two 
"Claerchen"  Lieder  from  "Egmont,"  Beethoven;  "Ave  Maria." 
Schubert  I  lime.  Gulp.)  3.  Saint-Saens.  Symphonic  Toem.  "Phae- 
ton" Op  39  4  "Traume,"  Wagner;  "Standchen,"  Schubert;  "Mor- 
gen'"  Strauss  (Mme.  Culp.)  5.  Beethoven,  Overture  to  "Egmont." 
PRICES— Sunday,  50c,  75c.  $1:  box  and  loge  seats.  $1.50.  Tickets 
at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. '3,  except  concert  day;  at  Cort  Theatre  con- 
cert day  only. 
Next— Sunday,  Jan.  2Sth— 6TH  "POP"  CONCERT.     


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


W«k  beginning  Sunday  matinee,  January  21st. 
NOTABLE  VAUDEVILLE 
THE  IMPERIAL  MILITARY  OCTETTE,  Dancing  Hussars  in  Tal- 
ented Display,  THE  WHOTT  FOUR;  WILFORD  &  ROBERT; 
WILBUR  BROWN:  CORRELLI  &  GILLETTE;  MILLARU  BRO- 
THERS EXTRA  ADDED  ATTRACTION:  HERBERT  BROOKS, 
Anglo-American  Entertainer.  LASS  OF  THE  LUMBERLANI  >S, 
CHAPTER  TWELVE.  


Theatre  St.  Francis 


GEARY  STREET 

AT  POWELL 


Week  Commencing  Sunday  January  21st. 

"THE    NINETY    AND    NINE" 
WITH  WILLIAM  LE  COURTENAY  and  LUCILLE  LEE  STEWART  IN  THE 
LEADING  ROLES 

NEW  COMEDY  NEW  EDUCATIONAL 

THEATRE  WILL  OPEN  FROM  12:00  TO  11:00 


AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

ICE       RINK.     SuttnandPieicr  Su. 
GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS 


Events  for  Next  Week 
Tuesday  Night-HOCKEY 
Canadians  vs.  Olympics 

Real  Skating    Music 
MORNINGS,  AFTERNOONS,EVEMNGS 


II  Per  Hour  — Hall  Hour  50c. 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


A  liquid  powder  for  the  complexion  that 
will  remain  unnoticed  on  the  skin  — 
superior  to  dry  powders. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


Inside  the  German  Empire,  1916 

(Continued  From  Page  6) 

he  replied  that  "juristically,  America  might  have  the  right,  but 
morally  she  was  committing  a  great  wrong."  When  such  an 
attitude  is  assumed  by  those  in  high  places,  the  belief  of  the 
mass  of  the  people  can  readily  be  imagined. 

The  point  about  the  blockade  is  one  on  which  the  argument 
is  not  so  clear-cut.  The  Germans  say  that  the  English  are 
bringing  the  war  to  the  non-combatants;  they  are  seeking  to 
starve  women  and  children.  The  points  about  the  interference 
with  the  mails  and  the  blacklists  are  also  difficult  for  an  Ameri- 
can in  Germany  to  answer,  except  to  point  out  that  grave  pro- 
tests have  been  made  by  Washington  against  them  both.  .  .  . 

They  frankly  say  that  they  have  nothing  to  gain  from  Amer- 
ica, and  so  they  think  war  might  as  well  come.  They  think  that 
America  at  war  with  Germany  would  be  less  harmful  to  her 
than  America  at  peace,  because  they  believe  that  if  war  came, 
America  would  keep  all  her  munitions  at  home.  Official  Wash- 
ington regards  the  German  belief  on  this  point  as  wholly  wrong. 
Our  share  of  the  war's  burden  would  be  borne  by  supplying 
even  greater  quantities  of  munitions  to  the  Allies. 

Then,  too,  there  is  a  question  in  Germany  as  to  whether  a 
diplomatic  break  with  this  country  would  actually  mean  war. 
It  is  believed  at  Washington  that  a  break  would  mean  war,  and 
the  German  Government  has  itself  so  stated.  Ambassador 
Bernstoff  has  made  his  position  clear  on  this  point,  which  was 
first  raised  in  the  celebrated  pamphlet  by  "Junius  Alter,"  issued 
recently,  in  which  an  astoundingly  bitter  attack  was  made  upon 
the  Chancellor  and  his  secretaries.  The  writer,  who  is  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Conservative  party,  expresses  doubt  as  to 
"whether  any  one  in  Berlin  ever  tried  to  measure  the  exact 
consequences  of  a  clash  with  America.."  and  adds: 

"People  with  knowledge  of  the  internal  politics  of  the  United 
States,  and  of  its  fleet  and  army,  among  them  a  well-known 
diplomatist,  have  declared  that  armed  interference  by  America 
is  absolutely  out  of  the  question.  The  only  practical  conse- 
quence of  a  break  in  diplomatic  relations  would  be  the  confisca- 
tion of  the  merchant  ships  now  lying  in  American  ports." 

This  pamphlet  had  a  wide  circulation  and  great  popularity  in 
Germany. 


LEAKS  FROM   WIRELESS. 

Hawaiians  wish  to  obtain  from  Congress  the  power  to  elect 
their  own  Governor.  Territorial  Governors  have  always  been 
appointed  by  the  President,  but  Hawaii  is  hardly  in  the  class 
with  territories  of  the  United  States  that  were  simply  States  in 
the  making.  Hawaii  is  not  a  land  just  thrown  open  to  settle- 
ment, requiring  the  supervision  of  Federal  authority  during  a 
stage  of  infancy,  as  it  were,  but,  rather,  a  well-fashioned  pos- 
session, as  capable  of  managing  its  own  affairs  as  one  of  the 
sovereign  States.  It  does  actually  manage  its  own  affairs  now. 
Prince  Jonah  Kuhio  Kalanianaole,  recently  elected  Delegate 
from  the  Islands  to  Congress,  has  presented  to  that  body  a  bill 
granting  the  Hawaiians  the  privilege  of  deciding  by  ballot  who 
their  Governor  shall  be.  "Should  the  measure  be  successful," 
he  says,  "it  will  be  a  preliminary  step  toward  statehood  for  Ha- 
waii."   Meanwhile,  Porto  Rico  is  claiming  first  attention. 

Mr.  Bryan's  new  home  in  North  Carolina  is  to  have  a  site  on 

Sunset  Mountain.    It  is  not  difficult  to  see  that,  if  the  election  of 

November  7th  had  gone  the  other  way,  the  paragraphers  of  the 

Republican  press  would  not  have  permitted  the  name  of  this 

mountain  to  pass  without  attention.    As  matters  stand,  it  is  no 

easy  task  to  make  a  joke  out  of  the  matter.    At  all  events,  Mr. 

Bryan  was  courageous  enough  to  take  the  risk,  having  purchased 

the  site  before  the  official  returns  came  in  from  the  "certain" 

Republican  States  beyond  the  Missouri. 

*  *  * 

An  obscure  item  in  the  press  makes  known  the  advance  in  the 
price  of  monkeys  because  of  the  closing  of  the  world's  largest 
animal  market,  at  Hamburg,  Germany.  In  some  countries  where 
the  hurdy-gurdy  man  flourishes  he  is  doubtless  rejoicing  that  the 
price  advance  has  not  come  in  his  busy  season.  The  consumers, 
so  to  speak,  apparently  hardest  hit  by  this  economic  condition, 
are,  however,  the  audiences  that  trail  the  hurdy-gurdy  man  with 
exuberant  interest. 


From  the  latest  reports  it  appears  that  there  is  less  reason 
now  than  ever  before  for  anticipating  any  further  serious  slides 
in  the  Panama  Canal.  The  Gaillard  Cut  is  especially  free  from 
this  kind  of  menace  to  navigation.  In  this  connection  it  might 
be  well  enough  to  ask  if  it  is  not  high  time  that  some  hat-raising 
were  done  in  honor  of  the  Corozal  and  the  Paraiso,  which  per- 
formed some  marvelous  feats  in  the  slide  area?  These  are  the 
mammoth  dredges  that  nothing  in  the  form  of  an  obstruction 
can  daunt. 

*  *  * 

Some  twelve  years  ago  King  Edward  VII — we  have  reason  to 
know — returning  from  a  successful  diplomatic  round  on  the 
Continent,  said  to  a  member  of  his  family :  "Thank  God,  I  have 
put  this  war  off  ten  years." 

*  »  * 

It  is  certainly  something  to  remember  that  Lloyd  George  was 
not  educated  at  any  of  the  universities.  As  we  might  say  in 
America,  "He  had  a  common  school  education."  If  the  aristoc- 
racy can  stand  that,  the  democracy  can. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bush  Si..  Sin  Fnociaco 


(Above  Kearny) 


Exchange.  Dc-uEtaa  2411 


BLANCO'S  o^Tgai1-*- 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


Byron  W.  Haines,  D.  D.  S. 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Gearp  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 

430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


<y  20.  1917. 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


INSURANCE 


The  fire  lim!;  >  of  So^^Bbco  have  been  extended  so  as  to 
take  in  the  •  meastuitfc  from  the  center  of  Sacramento 

street,  from  Stocktm^RRto  Jones ;  center  of  Jones  to  center 
of  California:  center  of  California  to  a  point  in  the  block  mid- 
way between  Van  Ness  avenue  and  Franklin;  both  sides  of  Van 
rom  California  to  center  of  Golden  Gate  avenue;  center 
of  Golden  Gate  avenue  from  said  joint  to  center  of  Franklin 
street;  center  of  Franklin  from  Golden  Gate  avenue  to  center  of 
Fell;  along  entire  line  of  Valencia  from  the  intersection  of  Mar- 
ket and  Valencia  to  a  point  midway  in  the  center  of  the  block 
on  Valencia  street  between  16th  and  17th,  thence  easterly  and 
parallel  with  16th  to  a  point  represented  by  the  projection  of 
Minna  southerly  and  westerly,  thence  northerly  and  westerly 
parallel  with  Mission,  along  the  center  of  what  would  be  the 
projection  of  Minna  where  it  is  not  cut  through,  and  what  would 
be  the  center  of  Minna  where  it  is  cut  through,  to  the  center 

of  Ninth. 

*  •  • 

Announcement  is  made  that  the  forty-first  annual  meeting  of 

the  Fire  Underwriters  Association  of  the  Pacific  will  be  held 

on  February  6th  and  7th  in  the  board  room  of  the  Board  of  Fire 

Underwriters,  Merchants'  Exchange  Building,  San  Francisco. 

The  nominating  committee  has  presented  the  following  names 

of  officers  and  committees  to  be  voted  upon :  President,  Walter 

P.   Parep;  vice-president,  Edwin   Parrish;  secretary-treasurer, 

Calvert  Meade;  assistant  secretary,  J.  P.  Moore.     Executive 

Committee — A.  M.  Brown,  Rolla  V.  Watt  and  Frank  J.  Devlin. 

Library  Committee — Herbert  Folger  and  J.  M.  Martin.     The 

annual  banquet  will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  the  7th  at  the 

St.  Francis  Hotel. 

»  *  » 

At  a  special  meeting  of  company  representatives  it  has  been 
decided  to  abandon  the  proposition  to  consolidate  the  work  of 
the  special  arson  committee  with  that  of  the  Fire  Underwriters' 
Inspection  Bureau.  The  special  arson  committee  will  be  per- 
petuated by  consolidating  it  with  the  Pacific  Board.  The  office 
of  arbitrator  has  been  created  for  the  latter  body,  and  W.  C. 
Sharpstein  has  been  appointed  to  the  position.  His  duties 
will  be  to  settle  disputes  between  the  members  and  to  investi- 
gate complaints. 

*  *  * 

The  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  will  hold  its  agency  con- 
vention at  San  Francisco  January  25th,  26th  and  27th,  and  pre- 
parations are  being  made  to  appropriately  entertain  a  large 
gathering.  Last  year's  success  has  created  great  enthusiasm  in 
the  agency  force,  and  a  pleasant  and  profitable  time  is  antici- 
pated. The  attendance  will  include  all  superintendents  of  the 
industrial  department,  agency  managers,  and  members  of  the 

Century  Club. 

*  *  * 

After  a  brief  visit  to  his  family,  who  have  been  wintering  in 
Piedmont,  Vice-President  F.  F.  Taylor  departed  for  the  home 
office  of  the  Metropolitan  on  January  11th.  Although  enjoying 
a  wide  acquaintance  all  over  the  country,  there  is  no  point  where 
Mr.  Taylor  feels  more  at  home  than  at  San  Francisco  and  vicin- 
ity, and  his  visits  are  as  frequent  as  is  consistent  with  his  duty 

to  his  company. 

*  *  * 

The  Fidelity  and  Casualty,  under  management  of  C.  B.  Cor- 
nell and  Chas.  J.  Bosworth,  has  written  the  $100,000  blanket 
bond  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  at  San  Francisco.  On  Feb- 
ruary, J.  R.  McKinney,  until  recently  assistant  manager  for  the 
Globe  Indemnity's  Pacific  department,  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  Fidelity  &  Casualty's  new  bonding  department  in 

California,  and  will  assume  his  duties  on  February  1st. 

*  *  * 

John  T.  Fogarty,  who  recently  declined  re-election  as  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  fire  commissioners  for  the  city  of  San  Fran- 
cisco in  favor  of  Judge  John  F.  Davis,  who  was  elected  to  the 
position,  has  served  in  that,  office  for  the  past  two  years.  Mr. 
Fogarty  is  assistant  departmental  manager  for  the  Royal  and 
Queen  insurance  companies,  under  Manager  Rolla  V.  Watt. 

*  *  * 

The  Farmers'  Life  of  Denver  has  taken  over  the  business  of 
the  Guarantee  Life  of  Houston,  Tex.,  with  assets  exceeding  two 
and  a  half  million  dollars  and  seventeen  million  in  business. 


The  Golden  State  Indemnity  Company,  organized  in  San 
Francisco  for  the  special  purpose  of  writing  bonds  for  jitney 
'buses,  has  applied  to  the  California  Insurance  Department  for 
a  license.  The  company  has  a  cash  capital  of  $25,000  and 
about  $7,000  surplus.  Andrew  Gallagher  is  president  of  the 
concern. 

*  •  • 

Under  the  terms  of  a  bill  which  has  been  drawn  by  Assembly- 
man C.  W.  Lyons,  of  Los  Angeles,  a  State  fire  insurance  fund 
is  proposed  for  the  insurance  of  State  and  county  buildings.  It 
is  proposed  by  the  terms  if  this  bill  to  apply  all  profits  earned 
by  the  State  doing  a  fire  insurance  business  in  this  manner  to 
the  benefit  of  the  school  fund. 

*  •  • 

The  Pacific  Coast  headquarters  of  the  Phoenix  Assurance 
Company  are  now  at  222  Sansome  street,  on  the  ground  floor 
of  the  new  building  especially  constructed  for'  the  company. 
Here  all  the  business  of  the  department  in  California,  Oregon, 
Washington,  Idaho,  Montana,  Arizona  and  Hawaii  will  be 
looked  after  by  Edwin  C.  F.  Knowles  and  his  assistant,  Munro 
English. 

*  •  • 

John  Newton  Russell,  Jr.,  President  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Life  Underwriters,  and  manager  of  the  Pacific  Mutual 
Life's  home  office  department,  has  been  presented  with  a  beau- 
tiful silver  loving  cup  by  the  members  of  the  Pacific  Mutual 
Agency  Association  in  token  of  their  appreciation  of  his  work 
as  the  association's  first  president. 

*  *  * 

Responding  to  a  writ  of  mandamus  issued  by  Judge  Crothers 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  has  issued  a  State  license  to  the 
National  Indemnitv  Exchange,  made  up  largely  of  jitney  'bus 
owners  and  taxi-cab  men,  and  the  Exchange  is  now  doing  busi- 
ness. 

*  *  * 

Harry  C.  Rubincam,  general  agent  of  the  London  and  Lan- 
cashire Indemnity  at  Denver,  has  been  selected  as  secretary  of 
the  Insurance  Federation  of  Colorado,  succeeding  Mr.  Drew, 
editor  of  the  Insurance  Report. 

*  *  * 

V.  H.  Galloway,  at  one  time  resident  secretary  for  the  Ameri- 
can Surety  at  San  Francisco,  and  who  has  been  recently  sta- 
tioned at  Salt  Lake,  has  been  appointed  district  manager  for  the 
company's  business  at  Portland,  Ore. 

*  *  * 

The  Montana  Life  of  Helena  closed  the  year's  work  with 
sixteen  million  dollars  of  new  business  on  the  books.  More 
than  six  million  dollars  of  new  business  was  written  last  year. 


Annual  Clearance 

SALE 

Big  Reductions 

Gassner  FURS 

Louis  Gassner 

112-114  Geary  St.,  San  Francisco 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  time  has  long  since  passed  when  fashions  for  misses 
were  of  secondary  importance  in  the  scheme  of  things.  The 
fashioning  of  clothes  for  young  people  now  receives  as  much  at- 
tention as  those  of  their  elders,  and  certain  French  designers 
have,  of  late,  been  specially  concentrating  their  efforts  on  pro- 
ducing modes  for  young  girls  and  small  children. 

Whether  for  school,  college  or  the  various  social  and  outdoor 
activities  which  enter  into  the  lives  of  all  young  people,  we  find 
an  unlimited  variety  of  styles. 

At  present  there  is  a  distinct  relation  between  the  styles  for 
grown-ups  and  those  reaching  the  grown-up  stage.  The  slim 
silhouette,  to  which  women  have  taken  with  so  much  zeal,  is 
reflected  in  misses'  styles,  and  certainly  there  is  nothing  more 
befitting  the  slender  grace  of  youthful  figures  than  the  modes 
which  now  prevail. 

The  One-Piece  Dress  Peculiarly  Adapted  to  Youth. 

In  one-piece  style  are  the  majority  of  dresses,  whether  they 
are  to  be  slipped  on  over  the  head  or  closed  at  the  center  front 
or  back.    Especially  becoming  are  those  that  hang  from  a  deep, 


Left — One-piece  Box-Pleated  Dress  for  Misses.  Right — 
Sports  Dress  of  Green  and  White  Jersey  Cloth. 

square  yoke,  and  of  these  there  are  many  varieties,  for  below 
the  yoke  the  material  may  be  side-pleated,  box-pleated  with 
groups  of  large  or  small  pleats,  or  just  simply  gathered.  To 
define  the  waistline,  a  leather  belt,  a  regulation  cloth  belt  or 
a  long,  narrow  girdle  is  considered  correct  with  this  type  of 
frock.  The  belt  being  such  an  important  factor,  then,  it  is  not 
surprising  to  find  many  novelties  in  that  line.  One  of  the  latest 
is  a  belt  which  starts  out  by  being  wide  in  front,  but  finally  be- 
comes divided  into  two  narrow  strips  at  the  sides  and  back.  The 
upper  halves  fasten  at  the  back  and  the  lower  halves  are  knotted 
loosely  and  hang  down  the  back.  Exceedingly  attractive,  also, 
are  the  pockets  which  give  added  charm  to  these  dresses. 
Pointed,  square,  draped,  gathered  or  plain,  they  appear  in  every 
conceivable  form. 

Her  Practical  and  Formal  Dresses. 

For  practical  wear,  the  young  girl  wears  dresses  of  the  popu- 
lar wools,  such  as  serge,  gabardine,  velours,  broadcloth,  checks 
and  plaids.  There  is  little  trimming  on  these  frocks;  perhaps  a 
touch  of  bead  or  wool  embroidery,  a  contrasting  collar,  soutache 
braid  or  flat  braid  applied  in  rows.     The  large  assortment  of 


fashionable  colors,  including  burgundy,  plum,  taupe,  brown  and 
green,  has  not  ousted  navy  blue,  which  is  still  a  favorite. 

For  her  social  activities,  sweet  sixteen  may  have  her  choice 
of  soft  chiffon  velvet,  velveteen,  taffe'.a,  satin,  charmeuse,  silk 
poplin  or  Georgette  crepe,  depending  on  the  occasion  for  which 
her  dress  is  intended.  For  dance  frocks,  tulle,  silk  net,  chiffon 
and  Georgette  are  particularly  girlish,  while  for  a  very  elabo- 
rate dress  nothing  is  more  charming  than  the  silver  tissue  cloths. 
Her  slippers  are  of  satin,  to  match  the  color  of  her  dress,  or 
else  of  silver  or  gold  tissue. 

Pale  or  bright  pink,  blue,  maize,  apricot  and  white  are  the 
colors  specially  adapted  to  the  youthful  evening  dress.  Some 
delightful  frocks  are  composed  of  layers  of  tulle  in  different 
harmonizing  colors  placed  one  above  the  other,  and  the  merging 
of  these  colors  produces  a  wonderfully  artistic  effect. 

If  the  selection  of  her  evening  frock  gives  a  girl  many  thrills 
of  pleasure — and  every  one  knows  it  does — she  also  derives 
a  great  deal  of  enjoyment  from  her  sports  clothes.  Sports 
clothes,  to-day,  are  wholly  charming.  Such  bright,  gay  colors 
as  are  used  for  them  can  only  reflect  the  spirit  of  joy  and  ex- 
uberance which  they  embody.  The  enjoyment  of  sports  is 
really  doubled  by  the  lovely  clothes  that  are  worn  for  them. 

The  skirts  of  sports  dresses  and  suits  are  worn  very  short, 
and  the  models  are  either  plain  or  pleated.  With  bright-colored 
skirts  are  worn  slip-on  middys  of  wool  or  silk  jersey  in  a  con- 
trasting color.  Hip-length  coats  of  angora  and  fancy  wools  are 
also  frequently  seen.  The  accepted  trimming  for  winter  sports 
suits  is  either  fur  or  leather.  Scotch  plaids  and  checks  in 
bright  colors  are  very  much  in  evidence.  Some  of  the  latest 
suits  are  dark  green  with  fine  yellow  lines  forming  the  checks. 
Others  are  in  solid  block  effects  in  golden  brown  and  black, 
and  other  pretty  color  combinations. 


A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive   something  more  than  the  "once 

over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 

■■— ^^^^^— — ^^"^— — — — — — *| 

Winter  Sports 
at  Truckee 

Annual  Fiesta  of  the  Snows  more 
popular  than  ever. 
Tobogganing 
Ski-Running 
Skating 
Sleighing 

Alaska  Dog  Teams 
Novel  amusement  and  keen  out-of- 
door  recreation. 

Spend  a  day  or  two  in  California's 
"Arctic  Region,"  in  the  high  Sierras 
and  enjoy  these  exhilarating  sports. 
Only  a  night's  ride  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Round-trip  Excursion  tickets,  with  8- 
day  return  limit,  on  sale  every  Mon- 
day and  Wednesday  during  the  sea- 
son. 

Greater  reduction  for  tickets  sold 
Fridays  and  Saturdays,  with  return 
limit  following  Tuesday. 
Comfortable  rooms  and  good  meals 
at  reasonable  prices  at  Southern 
Pacific  Hotel. 

ASK  AGENT 

Southern    Pacific 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


and  California  Adveitisri 


17 


IF1NANCIAV 


Trai 

In  Larc.fr  Vo 


High  prices  for  raw  materials  have 
had  little  or  no  influence  in  restrict- 
ing consumption.  Trade  everywhere 
continues  in  large  volume,  and  were 
it  not  for  the  car  shortage  the  movement  would  be  even  greater 
than  it  is.  There  has  never  been  a  year  when  the  inadequacy  of 
transportation  facilities  has  meant  a  larger  dollars-and-cents 
loss  to  the  shippers.  The  railroads  have  done  their  best  to  give 
the  public  good  service,  but  it  is  evident  that  they  will  have  to 
have  better  equipment  if  they  are  to  keep  up  with  the  growth  of 
the  country.  Nearly  every  distributing  center  has  suffered  from 
car  shortage,  which  has  been  also  an  important  influence  in 
creating  the  fuel  famine  which  has  threatened  certain  com- 
munities. Scarcely  any  new  mileage  was  constructed  during 
1916 — the  smallest  amount  with  one  exception  since  1864 — 
but  it  is  evident  that  large  outlays  for  new  work  and  new  equip- 
ment must  be  provided  in  the  near  future.  Such  improvements, 
combined  with  the  efforts  the  railroads  are  making  to  render 
their  present  equipment  more  efficient,  are  imperatively  neces- 
sary in  order  to  avoid  repetition  of  the  congestion  seen  at  many 
distributing  centers  during  the  past  year.  This  may  be  no  easy 
task,  but  the  problem  is  an  important  one  and  of  direct  interest 
to  the  whole  population.  December  purchases  of  railway  equip- 
ment are  reported  to  have  broken  all  records. 


The  Independent  Oil  Producers'  Agency  of  Los  Angeles 

computes  the  1916  reduction  in  California  crude  petroleum 
stocks  at  12,336,886  barrels,  against  a  reduction  of  13,110,861 
barrels  as  computed  by  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  The  agency 
estimates  production  at  91,976,019  barrels  and  shipments  at 
104,312,905  barrels.  Total  stocks  on  January  1,  1917,  were 
43,640,294  barrels,  against  55,977,180  barrels  on  January  1, 
1916. 


Practically  all  the  sugar  growing  plantations  in  the  world 

are  extending  their  fields  to  reap  the  advantages  of  the  present 
high  prices  in  sugar.  Combinations  are  being  made  in  Cuba  and 
other  centers  of  sugar  shipping  to  maintain  high  prices. 


Preliminary  figures  on  the  U.  S.  foreign  trade  for  1916 

shows  an  international  export  credit  in  favor  of  this  country  of 
$3,000,000.  During  1915,  the  export  balance  was  $1,750,000. 
World's  record  balances  in  all  the  history  of  trade. 


The  production  of  California  metals  for  1916,  according 

to  the  State  Mining  Bureau,  is  $119,314,000  vs.  $96,663,361  in 
1915.    For  the  first  time  it  exceeded  $100,000,000. 


THE  LULL. 

Time,  a  tolling  bell, 
Forward,  in  broadening  rings 
Sounding  many  a  knell, 
Forever  swings. 

Fate,  who  pulls  the  rope, 
And  summons  slaves  and  kings, 
Laughs  at  the  death  of  Hope, 
And,  tugging,  sings. 

Yet,  circling  round  that  tower, 
Where  streaming  ivy  clings, 

0  Peace,  after  the  shower 

1  see  thy  wings ! 

— Thomas  Gordon  Luke. 


Willis — Then  you  don't  think  there  is  any  danger  of  us 

New  Yorkers  ever  being  prisoners  of  a  foreign  foe?  Gillis — 
Absolutely  none.  How  could  the  enemy  get  in?  The  trains 
don't  run  in  the  winter,  the  roads  are  too  muddy  in  the  fall,  and 
the  streets  are  all  torn  up  in  the  spring,  and  if  they  did  get  in 
during  the  summer  they'd  find  everybody  away. — Life. 


"Your  daughter  is  getting  quite  a  big  girl,  isn't  she?" 

Yes;  she's  big  enough  now  to  wear  short  dresses." — 7 
lournal. 

Lottie — Do  you  believe  in  the  power  of  religion?  Hat- 
tie — Well,  rather!  I  am  at  the  top  of  the  social  ladder  since  I 
joined  the  right  church. — Life. 

"I  really  don't  believe,"  said  Gladys,  coyly,  "that  you 

particularly  wanted  to  hear  me  sing."  "I  did,  indeed,"  her  ad- 
mirer protested.    "I  had  never  heard  you." — Livingston  Lance. 

Willis — I  wonder  if  there  will  ever  be  universal  peace? 

Gillis — Sure.  All  they've  got  to  do  is  to  get  the  nations  to 
agree  that  in  case  of  war  the  winner  pays  the  pensions. — Dallas 
News. 

First  Voluntary  Aid — This  patient's  temperature  is  105 

degrees.  What  shall  I  do?  Second  Voluntary  Aid — Put  him 
down  100.  The  doctor  gets  so  nervous  if  it's  more. — Sydney 
Bulletin. 

She — Now  that  you've  got  a  raise  of  sixty  a  month,  Tom, 

we  can  afford  a  more  expensive  flat.  He — But  we're  very  com- 
fortable here.  How  wouid  it  do  if  I  ask  the  landlord  to  raise 
our  rent? — Boston  Globe. 

"I  don't  see  why  mothers  can't  see  the  faults  in  their 

children,"  said  Mrs.  Smith  to  Mrs.  Jones.  "Do  you  think  you 
can?"  asked  Mrs.  Jones.  "Why,  I  would  in  a  minute  if  my 
children  had  any." — New  York  American. 

"Ever  read  Kant's  'Critique  of  Pure  Reason'?"    "Yes," 

replied  Mr.  Penwiggle.  "Wonderful,  isn't  it?"  "I  should  say 
so.  That  fellow  must  have  had  an  awful  pull  with  the  publish- 
ers to  get  that  stuff  printed." — Washington  Star. 

Mary  Ann — Please,  mum,  I  wish  to  give  notice.     My 

cousin  has  got  me  a  place  in  a  munitions  factory.  Mistress — 
Dear  me,  Mary!  Well,  of  course  vou  know  that  if  you  go  drop- 
ping shells  about  as  you  do  our  crockery  you  won't  remain  long 
in  your  situation. — Liverpool  Globe. 

"Mr.  Editor,  the  Mayor  spoke  very  feelingly  when  wel- 
coming us  here  and  sympathized  with  us  in  the  hardships  we 
endured  while  prisoners  in  G.  S.  W.  A.,  but  I  can  assure  you  all 
those  hardships  can  be  considered  as  a  pleasure  when  compar- 
ing them  with  the  magnificent  reception  that  was  extended  us." 
— Letter  from  a  released  prisoner  of  war  in  the  Capetown,  B. 
S.  A.,  Times. 

Jack  disliked  being  kissed.    One  day  he  had  been  kissed 

a  lot.  Then,  to  make  matters  worse,  on  going  to  the  picture- 
palace  in  the  evening,  instead  of  his  favorite  cowboy  and  Indian 
pictures  there  was  nothing  but  a  lot  more  hugging  and  kissing. 
He  returned  home  completely  out  of  patience  with  the  whole 
tribe  of  women.  After  he  had  been  tucked  into  bed  mother 
came  in  to  kiss  him  good-night.  He  refused.  Mother  begged 
and  begged,  till  in  disgust  he  turned  to  his  father,  who  was 
standing  at  the  doorway,  looking  on,  and  said :  "Daddy,  for 
heaven's  sake,  give  this  woman  a  kiss!" — Tit-Bits. 

"John,"  said  the  thoughtful  woman,  "get  your  overshoes. 

It's  wet  and  snowy."  "I  haven't  any  overshoes."  "Take  an 
umbrella,  anyhow."  "I  haven't  any  umbrella."  "At  least  you 
will  wear  an  overcoat."  "Left  it  downtown."  "Well,  go  ahead 
and  see  what  happens,"  she  concluded,  in  a  tone  of  patient  re- 
signation. "I  have  always  been  kind  of  anxious  to  see  how 
these  unpreparedness  ideas  of  yours  would  work  out." — Neiv 
York  Globe. 

The  editor  in  charge  of  the  Personal  Inquiry  column 

opened  his  seventieth  letter  with  a  groan.  "I  have  lost  three 
husbands,"  a  lady  reader  had  written,  confidentially,  "and  now 
have  the  offer  of  a  fourth.  Shall  I  accept  him?"  The  editor 
dipped  his  pen  in  the  ink.  This  was  the  last  straw.  "If  you've 
lost  three  husbands,"  he  wrote,  "I  should  say  you  are  much  too 
careless  to  be  trusted  with  a  fourth." — Tit-Bits. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


vwm& 


fcff^^ 


ZZ3 


Just  when  the  motor  car  dealers  were  getting  into  good  action 
to  "bring  H.  A.  French,  superintendent  of  the  State  Motor  Vehi- 
cle Department,  to  terms  for  cancelling  their  license  plates  as 
a  punishment  for  alleged  infractions  of  the  provisions  of  the 
law,  French  rescinded  his  orders  and  all  involved  are  again 
good  friends — at  least  so  they  say. 

French,  however,  is  a  pretty  astute  individual,  and  the 
chances  are  that  he  wasn't  scared  into  anything.  The  way 
things  worked  out  is  probably  the  way  the  superintendent  an- 
ticipated. The  motor  car  dealers  of  the  State  are  a  pretty  good 
sort,  and  were  mighty  valuable  allies  when  it  came  to  passing 
the  $15,000,000  State  highway  bill.  French  knows  this,  and 
he  also  knew  that  a  certain  provision  of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Act 
had  been  generally  violated.  His  newspaper  instincts  probably 
suggested  to  him  a  means  to  an  end.  However,  he  did  not 
emerge  from  the  scrimmage  without  a  few  scratches  himeslf, 
for  a  Southern  California  judge  is  reported  to  have  opined  that 
French  was  acting  out  of  his  jurisdiction  in  arbitrarily  adjudi- 
cating a  case. 

The  trouble  first  started  when  French  informed  several  of  the 
dealers  that  their  licenses  had  been  cancelled  and  instructed 
them  to  return  to  the  State  Motor  Vehicle  department  their 
license  plates.  French  based  his  action  upon  alleged  failures 
of  the  dealers  to  report  to  the  motor  vehicle  department  sales  of 
cars.  The  dealers  did  not  deny  the  charges,  but  they  said  that 
their  shortcomings  were  due  either  to  ignorance  of  the  law,  or 
carelessness,  or  neglect,  the  latter  being  probably  the  cause  in 
nearly  every  instance. 

French  stated  he  was  acting  absolutely  within  the  letter  of 
the  law,  and  that  he  was  making  the  dealers  pay  the  letter 
penalties  for  infractions  of  the  statute.  The  dealers  on  the 
other  hand,  replied  French  was  acting  in  a  high-handed  manner, 
that  the  stand  he  took  was  czarlike,  and  declared  that  French 
should  have  called  their  attention  to  the  failures,  because,  the 
dealers  claimed,  they  could  not  have  occurred  without  the  notice 
of  his  department. 

Furthermore,  the  dealers  accused  French  of  assuming  judicial 
authority  which  is  by  no  means  provided  in  the  law.  To  back 
up  their  point  of  view  they  took  steps  to  carry  their  grievances 
to  court. 

License  plates  is  a  matter  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the 
dealers,  because  their  cancellation  virtually  puts  them  out  of 
business,  in  that  without  them  they  cannot  move  their  cars  from 
the  freight  sheds  to  their  various  establishments,  prevents  their 
demonstrating  second-hand  and  new  cars  to  prospective  buyers, 
and  keeps  them  off  the  streets  and  public  highways  entirely. 

The  State  Motor  Vehicle  Act  provides  for  fines  and  penalties 
for  violations  of  its  provisions.  The  dealers  maintain  that  if 
French  noticed  that  they  were  neglecting  to  report  car  sales, 
which  he  should  have  done  almost  immediately  after  the  sales, 
it  was  his  duty  to  call  the  offenders'  attentions  to  these  failures 
at  the  times  they  occurred,  and  not  wait  until  the  end  of  the 
year,  when  the  dealers  renewed  their  applications  for  license 
plates.  Because  French  did  not  do  this  the  dealers  virtually 
charge  French  with  dereliction  of  duty.  But,  admitting  that 
they  are  guilty  of  violations  of  the  law,  the  dealers  say  it  was 
up  to  French  to  arrest  the  offending  dealers,  charge  them 
with  misdemeanor,  and  punish  them  according  to  the  law,  in- 
stead of  assuming  the  role  of  both  judge  and  jury,  and  meting 
out  unfair  punishment. 

The  dealers  claim  other  arbitrary  actions  on  the  part  of 
French  which  they  seem  determined  to  settle,  but  license  plates 
was  the  most  important  item.  The  chances  are  that  on  the  lat- 
ter score  there  will  be  no  further  trouble. 

*  *  * 

Motor  and  Accessory  Manufacturers  Elect  Officers 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Motor  and  Ac- 
sessory  Manufacturers  held  at  the  New  York  headquarters,  C. 
W.  Stiger  of  the  Stromberg  Motor  Devices  Co.,  Chicago,  was 
re-elected  president  of  the  big  motor  and  accessory  organization 
to  serve  one  year.    Other  officials  elected  to  serve  for  the  en- 


suing year  are  First-Vice  President,  Charles  E.  Thompson, 
president  of  the  Steel  Products  Co.  of  Cleveland ;  second  vice- 
president,  E.  H.  Broadwell.  vice-president  of  the  Fisk  Rubber 
Co.,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. ;  third  vice-president  T.  J.  Wetzel,  of 
the  Precision  Die  Casting  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  treasurer,  L.  M. 
Wainwright,  president  of  ihe  Diamond  Chain  and  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  Indianapolis;  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer,  Alfred 
P.  Sloan,  Jr.,  president  of  the  United  Motors  Corporation,  New 

York. 

*  *  * 

Agent  Warns  Owners  Against  Common  Error 

"Many  a  good  car  has  been  condemned  by  the  owner  through 
the  inexperience  of  the  repairman,"  says  M.  M.  Hartmann,  head 
of  the  Hartmann  Motor  Sales  Agency,  local  distributers  of 
Moon  and  Elgin  cars.  "Thousands  of  dollars  are  thrown  away 
yearly  by  motor  car  owners  in  this  manner.  The  owners  often 
tail  to  appreciate  the  wisdom  of  taking  their  car  to  places  where 
the  workmen  are  absolutely  familiar  with  the  designs.  On  most 
repair  and  adjustment  jobs  three-quarters  of  the  time  charged 
for  is  spent  in  locating  the  trouble,  and  one-quarter  in  making 

the  repairs  and  adjustments  themselves." 

*  *  * 

Peace  Rumors  Do  Not  Affect  Auto  Buying 

"While  the  rumors  of  peace  in  Europe  have  affected  the  stock 
market,  they  have  not  affected  the  buying  of  motor  cars,"  says 
Ray  E.  Halloway,  of  the  Du  Broy  Motor  Company,  the  local 
Saxon  agency.  "The  general  prosperity  of  the  farmer  and 
manufacturer  of  staple  lines  offsets  the  effect  of  the  peace  ru- 
mors. Manufacturers  have  sufficient  orders  ahead  to  keep  their 
factories  running  full  capacity  for  the  next  two   years,  and 

farmers  can  sell  everything  they  can  produce  at  top  prices." 

*  *  * 

Milwaukee  First  In  Lesser  Auto  Shows 

"Milwaukee  stole  a  march  on  the  other  eities  of  its  class  by 
national  exhibition  in  New  York,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  presi- 
dent of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  Branch.  "The  Wisconsin  me- 
tropolis is  fast  increasing  in  importance  as  a  motor  car  market, 
and  a  great  many  manufacturers  duplicated  their  New  York  ex- 
hibits for  the  Milwaukee  show." 


Going  to  Travel? 

Telephone  Sutter  6300  for  a 
Southern  Pacific  Passenger  Agent 


He  will  call  on  you— 

Inform    you    as   to    Fares, 
Routes  and  Stopovers- 
Procure   and  deliver  your 
Railroad    and    Pullman 
Tickets— 

And   arrange  for  Checking 
your  Baggage— 

We  maintain  our  offices  for  the  ac- 
commodation and  convenience  of  the 
public. 

Southern  Pacific 

Ask  for  Folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


and  California  Advi  rtisei 


Women's  Influence  Far  Reaching  in  Auto  Buying. 

The  motor  car  manufacturer  is  always  confronted  with  the 
important  problem  of  just  how  much  consideration  should  be 
given  to  the  woman  buyer  in  the  design  and  equipment  of  his 
product.  P.  U.  Stubbs.  .iircctor  of  sales  of  the  Premier  Motor 
Corporation,  presents  some  new  and  interesting  facts  on  this 
proposition. 

iSsolutely  accurate  figures  could  be  obtained  upon  the 
sales  of  automobiles  during  the  past  year,"  said  Stubbs.  "I  be- 
lieve that  automobile  md  manufacturers  alike  would 
be  astounded  at  the  major  number  of  times  that  the  feminine 
portion  of  the  family  made  the  final  decision.  Comparatively 
few  cars  are  actually  purchased  by  women,  but  their  influence 
is  far  reach 


Tells  Farmers  to  Regard  Auto  as  Toy  — Sometimes 

"The  best  advice  I  can  give  to  you  faremrs  is  to  stop  working 
so  hard  and  do  some  playing.  Buy  an  automobile,  and  use  it 
for  a  plaything,  not  merely  for  farm  work." 

This  was  the  advice  that  came  unexpectedly  in  the  course  of 
an  address  before  the  Missouri  farmers  in  the  farmers'  week 
conferences  of  the  University  of  Missouri  last  week,  from  R.  S. 
Kellogg,  secretary  of  the  National  Lumber  Manufacturers  Asso- 
ciation, in  his  talk  on  farm  structures.  His  argument  in  favor 
of  the  automobile  as  a  farmers'  plaything  was : 

"A  prominent  physician  says  that  notwithstanding  the  sup- 
posed healthfulness  of  farm  life,  a  very  large  proportion  of  the 
farmers  have  altogether  too  high  blood  pressure,  and  are  easily 
subject  to  diseases  which  men  in  a  normal  condition  can  resist. 
He  says  that  this  is  due  chiefly  to  the  fact  that  the  farmer's  life 
has  been  all  work  and  no  play,  and  for  this  reason  the  advent 
of  the  automobile  has  been  the  greatest  health  producing  fac- 
tor in  farm  life.  Since  the  plaything  is  rather  an  expensive  one 
it  demands  good  care.  Ar  automobile  should  have  a  house  of 
its  own,  and  not  simpiy  be  run  into  the  barn  wherever  handy,  or 
put  under  a  shed.  Garage  construction  is  so  simple  that  the 
farmer  and  his  boys  can  build  a  garage  themselves,  if  so  dis- 
posed,.and  the  total  outlay  need  not  be  more  than  that  required 
to  purchase  2,000  or  3,000  feet  of  lumber  and  a  few  shingles." 


National   Parks  Big  Assets  to  Country 

That  the  National  Parkb  are  now  real  magnets  which  induce 
Americans  to  become  acquainted  with  their  own  country,  was 
particularly  accentuated  on  Motoring  Day  of  the  Washington 
conference  conducted  by  the  Department  of  the  Interior.  At 
the  request  of  Secretary  Franklin  K.  Lane,  the  American  Auto- 
mobile Association  took  in  hand  this  phase  of  the  week's  ses- 
sions, which  covered  every  possible  angle  of  National  Parks 
management  and  progress. 

It  was  to  be  expected  that  the  American  Automobile  Associa- 
tion officers,  headed  by  President  H.  M.  Rowe  would  put  for- 
ward the  motoring  proposition  as  second  to  no  other  in  the  en- 
larging use  of  the  nation's  playgrounds.  In  his  introductory 
talk,  President  Rowe  thus  referred  to  our  general  tardiness  in 
Parks  preparedness : 

"The  parks  have  not  been  ready  to  be  seen;  the  preparation 
for  it  has  been  intermittent  and  haphazard,  and  the  help  from 
Congress  have  been  given  grudgingly.  But  with  the  coming  of 
Secretary  Lane  in  the  Department  of  the  Interior  and  his  ex- 
cellent selection  of  Stephen  Mather  as  his  assistant  and  in  direct 
charge  of  the  National  Parks,  there  has  come  a  wholesome  and 
invigorating  change  in  the  policy  pursued  toward  improving 
the  facilities  for  seeing  and  enjoying  our  wonderful  scenic  as- 
sets." 


Bulk  of  Motor  Tourists  Headed  West 

An  accurate  record  of  tourist  traffic  during  the  1916  season 
kept  by  the  motor  authorities  at  Ely,  Nevada,  indicates  that  the 
traffic  reached  the  highest  point  ever  recorded  during  the  past 
year.  During  the  summer  months  in  particular  there  was  an 
uninterrupted  stream  of  motor  cars  traveling  in  both  directions 
on  the  Lincoln  Highway.  West  bound  traffic  was  considerably 
heavier  than  that  toward  the  East. 

September  was  the  month  of  heaviest  through  motor  travel- 
ing, 308  automobiles  having  been  registered  in  Ely  during  that 
month.  Despite  the  fact  that  the  Lincoln  Highway  was  not 
open  over  the  Sierras  until  June,  due  to  the  snow  which  re- 


mained in  the  i 

for  January  1st  to  June  1 

Northern  California  is  making  an 
funds  for  the  improvement  of  the  Lincoln 
where  the  worst  sections  of  road  in  i 
are  to  be  found,  and  where  local  improvement  is  out  o 
lion,  due  to  the  long  mileage  .md  the  scarce  population. 

With  the  improvement  of  the  Nevada  section  of  the  Lincoln 
Highway,  it  is  the  logical   presumption  that  transcont^ 
tourists  will  continue  straight  through  to  San  Francisco  as  the 
rn  objective  of  their  drive. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


C  Wlard  3 


W$t  REAL  BATTERY  SERVICE 


1433  BUSH  STREET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THI8   OUT.) 
The   Newi   Letter   recommends   the   following   garage*,   hotels  and   supply 
houses.      Tourists  will   do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and   keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO. — LARKIN'S  CAFE — just  opened.  The  only  strictly  flrat- 
class  rafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and   their  families.     Corner  of   University  avenue  and   The  Circle. 

PALO  ALTO.— PALO  ALTO  GARAGE.  443  EmmerBon  St.,  Tel..  P.  A. 
333.  Auto  livery  at  all  hours.  Tires  and  sundries  In  stock.  Gasoline,  oil, 
i  <»nf»lrine.    lathework.   vulcanizing.     On*"1   day   and   nlKht. 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.     BRAND    4   CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


nHSHHHHHOHnn 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  20,  1917. 


UBBARMfeTABLE 


"Years  of  My  Youth." 

Out  of  the  fullness  of  nearly  fourscore  years  Mr.  Howells 
essays  the  autobiographical  vein,  but  not  for  the  first  time.  He 
has  already  permitted  us  interesting  glimpses  into  portions  of 
his  life,  as  readers  of  "My  Literary  Passions"  and  "Literary 
Friends  and  Acquaintance"  will  pleasurably  recall.  Mr.  How- 
ells visions  his  youth  through  a  vista  of  many  years.  Born  in 
1837  at  Martin's  Ferry,  on  the  shores  of  the  Ohio  River,  his 
youth  spanned  the  critical  period  antedating  the  Civil  War. 
These  antebellum  years  were  at  times  often  tense  and  exciting 
in  the  slow  gathering  of  the  storm,  and  echoes  of  many  memor- 
able and  historic  events  find  their  place  in  Mr.  Howells's  pages. 
The  narrative  is  given  over  chiefly  to  sketching  the  humble  life 
of  the  Ohio  lad,  passing  from  one  town  to  another,  as  the  family 
fortunes  ebbed  or  flowed,  and  as  the  father's  successive  news- 
paper work  and  newspaper  enterprises  necessitated. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Beetle." 

A  mystery  story  by  Richard  Marsh,  which  has  aptly  been 
coupled,  as  a  consummate  achievement  in  the  literature  of  the 
creepy  and  uncanny,  with  Bram  Stoker's  "Dracula."  An  idola- 
trous cult  of  the  East,  a  revenge  in  which  the  instrument  of 
vengeance  is  an  uncouth  monster  in  the  form  of  a  bettle — a  ter- 
ror by  night  and  by  day — the  baleful  gaze  of  hypnotizing  eyes 
that  produce  a  paralysis  of  mind  and  body,  the  weird,  malevo- 
lent tricks  of  conjuring,  not  to  mention  a  kidnapping,  a  murder 
and  a  rescue — these  are  the  elements,  almost  baffling  belief,  out 
of  which  the  author  has  woven  a  tale  so  irresistibly  impressive 
that  even  the  most  matter-of-fact  reader  will  feel  the  last  ves- 
tige of  incredulity  slipping  away. 

G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  N-rw  York. 

"The  Nautilus." 

The  January  number  of  Nautilus  (Holyoke,  Mass.)  is  calcu- 
lated to  inspire  its  readers  to  resolve  and  do.  One  of  its  spe- 
cial features  appropriate  to  the  New  Year  is  a  symposium  of 
self-experience  articles  on  "New  Jobs  for  Old."  The  first  of  the 
three  articles  in  it  is  the  winner  of  the  second  prize,  "How 
Silent  Thought  Grew  Two  Businesses  and  Created  a  New  Pro- 
fession," by  Miss  Marie  Walters.  The  next  is  the  experience 
of  one  of  America's  most  famous  authors  and  lecturers,  George 
Wharton  James,  on  "How  I  Became  an  Extemporaneous 
Speaker."  The  third  is  tne  story  of  a  San  Francisco  elevator 
operator,  who,  when  one  job  deserted  him,  through  a  change  in 
ownership,  grew  into  another  and  a  better  one  in  the  same  place. 

*  *  * 

Are  We  an  Efficient  Nation? 

There  are  two  views  about  what  will  happen  after  the  war 
in  the  world  of  commerce  and  finance.  One  is  the  view  that  for  a 
long  time  to  come  we  shall  have  nothing  to  fear  from  Europe. 
The  other  is  the  view  that  we  shall  have  everything  to  fear  from 
Europe.  The  former  is  the  view  entertained  by,  or  at  least  at- 
tributed to  President  Wilson,  and  undoubtedly  shared  by  many 
members  of  his  administration.  A  comprehensive  answer  is 
given  in  the  January  North  American  Review. 

*  *  * 

Among  the  fiction  promised  by  the  Scribners  for  the  spring 
are  the  following:  "The  Castaways,"  a  novel  by  W.  W.  Jac- 
obs; "The  Children  of  the  Desert,"  a  novel  by  Louis  Dodge, 
author  of  "Bonnie  May;"  two  new  volumes  of  "The  Stories  of 
H.  C.  Bunner;"  "Jan  and  Her  Job,"  a  romance  of  India  and 
England  by  L.  Allen  Harker;  "Bringing  Out  Barbara,"  a  love 
story  by  Ethel  Train,  author  of  "Son;"  a  book  of  stories  by  C.  B. 
Davis,  "Her  Own  Sort;"  and  "The  Hiding  Places,"  a  romance 
by  Allen  French. 

*  *  * 

The  January  American  Magazine. 

The  most  attractive  feature  about  the  January  American  Mag- 
azine is  the  leading  article  by  Booth  Tarkington  called  "Nipskil- 


lions."  It  relates  some  of  Mr.  Tarkington's  own  opinions  of 
drink  founded  upon  his  experience  and  his  knowledge  of  the 
experience  of  men  he  has  known  well.  Running  it  a  close  sec- 
ond is  "Why  Married  Men  are  More  Successful  in  Business  than 
Bachelors,"  which  explains  the  point  suggested  by  the  title. 
An  article  on  selling  insurance  emphasizes  that  to  do  business 
one  must  know  people.  Laurette  Taylor,  the  favorite  of  "Peg 
o'  My  Heart,"  tells  of  her  experience  on  the  stage,  and  Kath- 
leen Norris  writes  about  her  native  State,  California. 

Victory  Crowned. 

Paul  Elder  &  Company,  San  Francisco,  will  soon  publish  a 
volume  of  Thoughts  on  Immortality,  entitled  "Victory 
Crowned,"  compiled  by  Page  Fellowes,  with  an  introduction  by 
Horatio  Dresser.  The  selections  from  the  many  authors  quoted 
will  help  to  the  consciousness  of  the  natural,  divine,  ever-pres- 
ent revelations  of  the  Divinity— convincing  that  the  life  beyond 
is  real. 

*  *  * 

Scientific  Singing. 

E.  Standard  Thomas  has  in  press  for  early  publication  by 
Paul  Elder  &  Company,  San  Francisco,  a  stimulating  statement 
of  fundamental  principles  of  singing,  written  in  response  to  the 
repeated  requests  of  the  author's  pupils.  The  book  is  to  be 
entitled  "Scientific  Singing." 


"Curiosity  and  acquisitiveness  abnormally  large,"  said 

the  phrenologist,  examining  the  woolly  head  of  Sam  Snow,  col- 
ored. Sambo  rolled  his  eyeballs  and  showed  two  rolls  of  white 
ivory.     "Imitativeness,  casuality  and  conscientiousness  small; 

which,  with  your  weak  mouth,  indicate "    "Don't  you  be  so 

shu  'bout  me  habin'  a  weak  mouf.  I  kin  crack  nuts  in  ma  teef ." 
— Kansas  City  Star. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 

Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  Sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  697  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


m 


EVERY    TWO    HOURS 

during    the    day.    a   fast   electric    train    leaves    San    Francisco,    Key 
Route   Ferry  Depot 

TO      SACRAMENTO 

Fast,   comfortable  service  through  some  of  the  prettiest  spots   in 
Central  California, 

Write  for  time  table  and  rates, 
OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

L.    H.    RODEBAUGH  -         -         Traffic    Manager.    Oakland.    Cal. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


r»w  uf  c»piui 

lUMrr*    Fun.l 


ra 


A**T»**» 


$17,500,000.00 
■  13.375.000.00 
-    1 7.500,000.00 

$48,375,000.00 
$310,327,208.00 


J    RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

INCHES  and  I  Us  Australian  SIMM,  N.«  Zaalud, 

and  London.      The   Hank   tranwct>  even 

vustralian  Banking  Busl Wool  atnl  other  Produce 

-  Arranged. 
Htad  OMicc:  London  Office: 

GEORGF  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  I  IIRF  MiNFf  Dl  I   STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMIND  WALKER C.V.0..LL.D.D.C.L.      Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

inns-  imn  r,„,,.i  M^fJ      Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

JOHN    AIRD  CjCnfral  Mini(t»r  .       n  ien  nt\n  nnn 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Auhiint  General  Manager     Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York   Office,    16    Exchange    Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET.    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
au.    .-;    - — .              Surplus  iiuil  Un- 
divided Profits  1,9915. 224. (H 
Deposits  55.186.71S.12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members       of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


®*  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated    1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  CaL 


— »HWW, 

Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH, S.W. Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for    receipt   of   deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typewri^arnpuaspc?rpst Covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able  boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
ii  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45   FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO,CAL. 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Fredericks.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD   ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1863 


Cash   Capital,   J6.000.000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN.  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly    of    6    Geary    street; 
removes  corns   entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.      Bunions   and   in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  "West- 
bank  BIdg.,   S30  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn.     Notary    Public     and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  G01, 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 
Samuel    M.   Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,   Chronicle  Building,   San   Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.    Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent   Merger   Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works.  Mineral  County.  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors,  held  on  the 
second  day  of  January,  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-hull  cent  per  share 
was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  337  Mona.dnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California, 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
clay  of  February,  1917.  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public 
auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Monday,  the 
lirth  day  of  March,  1917.  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with 
costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.    "WADE,    Secretary. 

Office — 337  Monadndck  Building.  San  Francisco,  California. 

PUBLICATION    OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE,  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne. 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  ,fniv. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE.  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  ot 
Pan  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons— 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
,-. '  jp^y  here. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
ounty  of  San   Francisco.   State   of  California,    this  9th  day  ol    December, 

Sea?)    1J16'  H-  !•  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 

By  W.   R.  CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  &  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


C 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange. 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange:  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;   Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire— New  York.   Chicago   to  San   Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices— San    Francisco.    19(1    California    St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis;   Los  Angeles.   118  Fourth  St.,  I.  W.   Hellman  Building. 
PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


HEAT  FOR  WINTER 


The  Universal  Fuel 


No  shortage  in  weight  or  volume.      No  dela}r  in  delivery.     No  fluctuation  in  price.     Ready  to 
use  on  the  instant. 

Our  house-heating   department  can  solve  your  particular  problem,  through  hot  air, 
direct  or  indirect  radiation,  radiant  heat,  whatever  system  may  suit  your  requirements. 

Ask  us  about  Radiant  Heat. 

We  have  experts  always  on  hand  whose  advice  is  at  your  service  free  of  charge. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


445  SUTTER  STREET 


San  Francisco  District 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to   Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command. a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  blliid  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

W.   H.   HOMER,   General    Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets  and    Berths  Ask  Agents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691    Market  Street 


8AM  F**NCI8Co 

NE^||j||pTER 

Devoted   to  tht    Leading    Intertill   of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  27,  1917 


NO.  4. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER  u  printed  tod  published  eveiy  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Mamott.  259  Minna  Street  near  Fourth,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Telephone  Keamy  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office... George  Street  St  Company.  30  Comhill,  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  of  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
osnce  not  Later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--- 1  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:   I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


England  may  be  mistress  of  the  seas;  but  the  Kaiser  is 

master  of  the  sea-raiders. 

Eggs  may  now  be  sent  by  parcels  post,  and  insurance  ob- 
tained on  them  as  one  would  on  other  precious  gems. 

"Clean  out  the  Tenderloin!"  cry  the  preachers.     Good 

idea.    But  where  will  you  put  the  rubbish,  reverend  sirs  ? 

The  construction  of  two  more  lines  of  car  tracks  on  Mar- 
ket street  should  cause  a  boom  in  accident  insurance  policies. 

Each  side  in  Europe  gleefully  predicts  that  the  other  side 

will  be  starved  out  in  a  few  months.    Cheerful  lot,  these  fighting 
nations. 

The  National  Association  of  movie  men  has  decided  to 

bar  the  nude  from  the  fiims.     Sad  news  for  prurient-minded 
censors. 

The  Republican  party  is  seeking  a  new  Moses.    What  it 

needs  most  of  all  is  a  new  heart,  a  new  backbone,  and  a  new  set 
of  principles. 

Eight-pound  mallard  has  been  killed  by    a     northern 

hunter.    We  have  a  strong  suspicion  that  it  was  a  honker  goose 
traveling  incognito. 

Twenty-five  thousand  National  Guardsmen  will  be  sent 

back  from  the  border  at  once.    What  an  onslaught  there  will  be 
on  mother's  pantry! 

Santa  Clara  man  shot  himself  in  the  arm  while  hunting 

rabbits  last  Sunday.    Chasing  'em  with  beagles  is  safer  for  both 
the  hunter  and  the  bunny. 

Bulgaria  demands  that  the  Allies  be  subjected  to  "mer- 
ciless war  to  the  death."  All  that  stands  in  the  way  of  that  is 
the  stubbornness  of  the  Allies. 

The  Japanese  are  now  planning  to  take  Java  away  from 

the  Dutch,  according  to  the  press  alarmists.    They  should  take 
Mocha,  too,  to  make  the  job  complete. 

Whole  flock  of  patriots  who  hold  State  jobs  want  a  raise 

in  salaries.    Most  of  them  are  not  drawing  more  than  twice  as 
much  as  they  were  able  to  make  in  civil  life. 


Beecham,  the  pill  man.  left  five  million  dollars  behind 

him.    Moral :  From  rolling  little  pellets  shall  big  rolls  grow. 

It  is  suspected  that  the  prohibitionists  are  behind  this 

set  the  clock  ahead  an  hour  and  save  daylight  plan,  for  it  would 
close  the  saloons  an  hour  earlier  in  the  morning. 

Scrapping  of  the  nsvies  is  advocated  as  a  measure  for 

permanent  peace.    A  good  scrap  between  the  navies  is  what  the 
bloodthirsty  portion  of  the  public  is  hankering  for. 

"Going  to  church?"  asks  mother.     "Yes,"  says  father, 

reader  of  vice  probe  reports.    "I'm  looking  through  the  papers 
to  see  where  I'm  likely  to  hear  the  nastiest  sermon." 

Gambler  at  Stockton  was  filled  full  of  shot  from  a  shot- 


gun in  the  hands  of  ?.  man  named  Riddle.  The  reporters'  favor- 
ite phrase,  "riddled  with  shot,"  made  good  in  this  instance. 

Two  Sierra  miners  who  sued  the  city  for  $100,000  be- 
cause of  the  encroachment  of  the  Hetch  Hetchy  road,  got  $160. 
Thought  they  had  located  a  bonanza,  and  found  it  merely  a 
color. 

Some  of  the  Republicans  who  are  howling  over  the  pro- 
motion of  Dr.  Cary  T.  Grayson  were  notoriously  silent  when 
Roosevelt  gave  General  Leonard  Wood  his  long  jump  in  the 
army. 

Thousand  men  killed  in  battle  is  worth  a  paragraph  in 

the  news.  And  twenty  killed  in  a  munition  plant  explosion  is 
worth  a  column.  No  moral.  Figure  out  the  psychology  of  it 
yourself. 

The  proposition  is  made  to  substitute  electrocution  for 

hanging  in  California  at  a  cost  of  $15,000.  So  few  murderers 
are  executed  in  this  State  that  the  proposed  change  is  hardly 
worth  the  price. 

It  has  been  decided  that  Oakland's  chief  of  police  shall 

have  supervision  over  private  police  organizations.  If  he  can't 
keep  his  own  sleuths'  fingers  out  of  the  graft,  how  does  he  ex- 
pect to  do  anything  with  the  other  fellow's  ? 

This  annual  comic  opera,  "Cleaning  Up  Vice,  or  Tempor- 
arily Robbing  the  Police  of  their  Graft,"  is  tiresome  to  any  one 
with  a  memory  long  enough  to  recall  that  each  spasm  has  the 
same  result — a  spurt  of  virtue,  then  off  with  the  lid  again. 

Government  figures  show  that  last  year  was  one  of  the 


fattest  in  the  way  of  returns  ever  enjoyed  by  the  farmers  of  the 
United  States.  Not  being  a  corpulent  producer,  but  a  lean  con- 
sumer, we  heartily  refrain  from  giving  three  rousing  cheers. 

The  police  discovered  that  there  was  a  gambling  den 

close  to  the  Hall  of  Justice  only  when  a  victim  of  the  place  shot 
one  of  the  proprietors.  Not  a  bad  idea.  The  public  can  very 
nicely  get  along  without  the  proprietors  of  several  other  places 
of  whose  existence  the  police  are  ignorant 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Some  years  ago  one  of  the  canniest 
Chasing  Vice  citizens  of  San  Francisco  remarked 

With  Hot  Air.  to  a  group  of  men  who  were  discuss- 

ing the  city's  condition :  "The  wisest 
man  here  cannot  foresee  what  will  develop  next  in  this  peculiar 
town.  Only  of  one  action  are  we  certain :  when  daily  news  is 
flat,  one  of  the  local  papers  is  certain  to  start  a  reform  campaign 
of  some  kind." 

That  is  what  has  occurred  in  this  nick  of  time.  An  added 
grief  was  an  effort  on  the  part  of  The  Examiner  to  counterbal- 
ance, if  possible,  the  sensational  data  now  being  published  in 
The  Chronicle,  in  an  attack  on  a  local  corporation.  Such  action 
was  necessary  to  save  the  face  of  The  Examner.  That  paper 
has  been  after  the  scalp  of  Chief  of  Police  White  for  lo,  these 
many,  many  moons,  and  rides  on  Hope  to  pick  him  from  his 
job.    Hope  will  reach  only  the  boneyard  this  trip. 

It  is  significant  that  prior  to  the  opening  of  this  campaign 
against  Vice  that  no  preliminary  "scathing"  vice  articles  ap- 
peared in  that  paper.  A  squad  of  ministers  were  summoned  by 
telephone  to  head  the  skirmish  line.  The  skirmish  line  repre- 
sents practically  the  whole  army,  paid  in  publicity.  The  min- 
isters started  out  to  gather  inside  info,  regarding  vice,  but  failed 
to  paint  it  after  the  cubist  style,  so  a  detail  of  reporters,  thirty- 
two,  according  to  reports  of  the  articles,  are  now  on  the  rounds 
taking  pen  pictures  of  Vice  at  her  Wust.  They  put  the  repor- 
torial  punch  in  their  articles,  something  that  the  ministers'  de- 


such  so-called  free  markets  are  of  interest  only  to  small  truck 
farmers  whose  output  is  so  limited  that  it  must  be  peddled. 
Senator  Brown  contends  that  the  remedy  of  the  high  cost  of 
living  and  the  best  way  to  knock  out  the  food  trust  is  to  estab- 
lish State  commission  markets,  which  he  visualizes  will  swarm 
with  patrons.  Weinstock  jeers  at  the  idea  that  housewives  will 
visit  such  markets  to  buy  of  huckster  farmers.  He  claims  that 
no  matter  how  alluring  such  a  market  could  be  made  in  attrac- 
tive settings  and  the  best  of  farming  produce  at  cheap  prices, 
it  would  fizzle.  His  understanding  of  the  reason  why  is  em- 
braced in  the  returns  of  a  round  of  question  letters  he  mailed  to 
293  farmers,  in  the  Peninsula  and  delta  belt,  who  are  in  an 
excellent  position  to  furnish  San  Francisco  with  their  produce. 
Only  84  farmers  noticed  the  letter;  out  of  that  number  "not  one 
single  producer  showed  any  inclination  to  take  advantage  of 
the  generous  offer."  One  farmer  replied  that  he  produced  60,- 
000  sacks  of  onions  in  one  season,  and  "I  could  not  peddle  them 
out  retail  in  25  cent  lots;  it  would  take  too  long.  I  must  sell 
wholesale."  Then  follows  a  significant  sentence:  "As  for  the 
commission  men,  a  majority  of  farmers  sell  no  more  on  commis- 
sion, and  soon  none  will  do  so.  Cash  must  be  paid  on  delivery. 
We  farmers  cannot  afford  to  speculate  in  prices." 

It  is  this  situation  which  has  brought  about  the  remarkable 
success  of  the  green  grocery  business  that  now  threads  the 
apartment  districts  in  San  Francisco  and  other  large  cities. 
Though  living  within  a  block  of  these  huckster  stalls,  practi- 


SHE   MUST   WAIT  FOR   HELP. 


scription  of  crime  sadly  lacked.  An  effort  to  dig  up  a  list  of 
"Prominent  Cits."  to  pose  for  photos  in  lambasting  Vice  Un- 
adorned, has  fallen  flat.  Hustling  reporters  are  now  struggling 
to  borrow  lay  figures  from  tailors'  shops  to  display  as  vice-presi- 
dents on  the  platform  of  the  Auditorium.  An  audience  always 
likes  to  see  something  on  the  stage,  even  if  it  is  bunk.  Solid 
citizens,  backed  by  the  officials  of  the  administration,  would  be 
behind  such  a  movement  were  there  the  least  of  signs  that  a 
"vice"  cleaning  round  was  necessary. 

SB- 
Have  the  women  in  the  big  cities  of 
California  revolutionized,  through 
the  use  of  the  telephone,  the  ways 
of  marketing  food  for  their  babies? 
That  is  the  inference  developed  by  the  hot  contention  now  being 
waged  between  State  Market  Director  Harris  Weinstock  and 
Senator  William  E.  Brown  of  Los  Angeles.  The  high  cost  of 
living  is  insistently  prodding  the  question  to  the  fore.  Market 
Director  Weinstock  contends  that  the  best  results  in  marketing 
for  both  producers  and  consumers  are  to  be  obtained  by  organi- 
zations of  producers  into  strong  co-operative  associations,  with 
a  State  representative  to  check  any  possible  abuses  and  to  give 
full  publicity  regarding  methods  and  profits,  all  fields  to  be  in 
free  competition.  His  idea  is  that  the  city  markets  should  be 
controlled  by  the  municipality  rather  than  by  the  State,  because 


A  New  Angle  of 
The  Food  Problem. 


cally  every  housewife  orders  her  green  groceries  by  telephone, 
a  new  element  in  the  cost  of  living  as  regards  quantity  and  qual- 
ity. No  woman  would  buy  a  spring  hat  or  a  new  gown  in  that 
way.  Evidently  they  are  more  concerned  in  what  they  put  on 
their  backs  than  what  they  put  in  the  family  stomach. 

The  constant  crimping  and  hedging 
Handicapping  of  capital  throughout  the  country  by 

Local  Capital.  so-called   progressive  legislation  is 

having  a  depressing  effect  in  invest- 
ment fields.  California  has  suffered  in  this  respect  ever  since 
the  Kearny  sand  lot  riots.  A  number  of  keen-sighted  local 
capitalists  of  that  day  read  the  handwriting  on  the  wall  and 
transferred  their  business  headquarters  and  the  bulk  of  their 
investments  to  New  York.  Other  capitalists  have  since  fol- 
lowed them.  Politicians  and  theorists  are  now  in  the  saddle 
of  legislation,  and,  to  maintain  themselves,  are  truckling  to  the 
demands  of  labor,  as  was  conspicuously  illustrated  in  the  pass- 
age of  the  Adamson  bill,  a  bill  that  struck  a  hard  blow  at  the 
spirit  of  arbitration  throughout  the  country. 

The  recent  decision  of  Judge  Hunt  setting  forth  the  right  of 
the  city  government  to  parallel  the  lines  of  the  United  Railroad 
Company  on  Market  street,  a  right  which  was  conceded  to  no 
other  private  company,  will  manifestly  create  widespread  dis- 
turbance in  collateral  investments,  provided  of  course  that  the 


<Y  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


decision  is  sustained  by  the  higher  courts.  The  changes  it  may 
bring  about  in  public  utilities  would  prove  revolutionary,  com- 
paratively. 

For  some  time  past.  Easterners  have  regarded  California  as 
a  dubious  field,  owing  to   its  radical  tendencies.     The 
Hunt  decision  wiil  deepen  that  reeling.    This  comes  at  a  time 
too  when  large  amounts  of  funds  are  greatly  needed  for  better- 
ments by  the  large  transportation  companies  of  the  country. 


Either  P:' 
Ob  P> 


The  last  of  the  force):  of  National 
Guardsmen.  25,000,  who  were  among 
those  that  marked  the  high  tide  of 
the  "Preparedness"  movement  and 
the  advance  into  Mexico  to  round  up  Villa,  returned  to  the  Rio 
Grande  border  this  week,  preparatory  to  being  mustered  out. 
Though  they  failed  to  accomplish,  from  a  military  viewpoint, 
any  definite  results  in  Mexico,  they  succeeded  in  gaining  what 
the  government  was  determined  to  attain,  a  recognition  from  the 
general  public  that  only  through  marshaling  volunteer  citizens 
in  large  numbers  and  drilling  them  in  camps  and  theoretical 
campaigns  under  U.  S.  Army  officers,  can  any  satisfactory  re- 
sults be  had  that  will  make  for  comparative  preparedness. 

To  army  officers,  the  present  war  has  trumpeted  a  major 
warning  in  preparedness;  that  is,  to  have  a  number  of  generals 
on  the  regular  staff  capable  of  handling  masses  of  troops  of 
300,000  in  number.  The  United  States  has  sent  high  officers 
abroad  to  study  this  problem;  but  efficient  practice  in  such 
field  of  maneuvres  is  required  in  order  to  develop  suppleness 
and  accuracy  as  well  as  absolute  confidence  in  the  commander 
and  his  staff.  That  is  cogent  reason  why  the  ranks  of  the 
National  Guard  and  the  regular  army  should  be  filled  according 
to  the  clauses  of  the  military  bills  recently  passed  by  Congress 
to  materialize  as  large  a  force  as  possible  in  Preparedness.  A 
showing  of  500,000  men  in  arms  in  annual  maneuvres,  with  all 
the  co-ordinate  units  and  departments  working  with  well-oiled 
efficiency,  would  serve  as  a  great  deterrent  on  any  foreign  power 
bent  on  taking  a  chance  at  Uncle  Sam's  rich  domains. 


SEVERAL   HUNDRED   BEAUTIES    WANTED. 

The  two  hundred  prettiest  girls  in  the  State — each  one  "Maid- 
in-California" — are  to-day  being  hunted  out  by  the  Home  In- 
dustry League  to  act  as  "living  pictures"  to  illustrate  the  pleas- 
ing progress  of  Home  Industry  during  1916,  which  proved  to 
be  a  banner  year  for  the  State's  factories  and  farms.  Arrayed 
in  costumes  suitable  to  the  particular  industry  each  girl  will 
represent — from  chic  "Parisian"  bathing  one-piece  suits,  which 
aie  made  in  San  Francisco  for  European  export,  to  fur  coats 
made  here  for  export  to  colder  climes — they  will  produce  a  pa- 
geant at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  the  night  of  Thursday,  February 
8th.  The  pageant  will  be  known  to  history  as  an  "Animated 
Exhibit  of  California  products."  Each  girl  will  represent  some 
State  industry  in  whatever  manner  the  girl  thinks  most  effec- 
tive.   The  girls  design ;  the  League  members  foot  the  bills. 


SONNET. 

I  am  the  Prince  of  unremembered  towers 
Destroyed  before  the  birth  of  Babylon; 
And  I  was  there  when  all  the  forest  shone 
While  pale  Medea  culled  her  deadly  flowers. 
I  heard  the  iron  weeping  of  the  King 
When  Orpheus  sang  to  life  his  buried  joy 
And  I  beheld  upon  the  walls  of  Troy 
The  woman  who  made  of  death  a  little  thing. 
I  heard  the  horn  that  shook  the  mountain  tall, 
When  Roland  lay  a-dying,  and  the  call 
That  fevered  Tristram  whispered  o'er  the  sea, 
And  brought  Iseult  of  Cornwall  to  his  side 
I  saw  the  Queen  of  Egypt  like  a  bride 
Go  glorious  to  her  dead  Mark  Antony. 

— Maurice  Baring. 


THE  DESERTED  HOUSE. 
Hushed  voices  of  the  summer  winds  that  pass ; 
Vague  dimness  on  the  vacant  window-sill; 
Decay  and  silence — these  are  death,  and  still 
Something  there  is  of  presence  in  the  air: 
The  sentient  grace  of  her  who  planted  there 

The  flowers  that  choke  amid  the  tangled  grass. 

— Albert  Bibelow  Paine  in  Aug.  Scribner. 


V'r  TOWN 


CRIER 


iovernor  Johnson  will  doff  his  military  garb  as  Gov- 
ernor, don  his  senatorial  toga,  March  1st,  and  start  for  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  where  he  will  settle  down  to  sharpening  several 
axes.  A  bunch  of  the  Republican  old  guard  with  their  snicker- 
snees are  awaiting  his  arrival  with  unmixed  venom.  What  the 
Devil  did  to  Sam  Sassifras  this  uncou  bunch  of  Republicans 
would  like  to  do  to  Johnson.  They  will  never  forget  nor  forgive 
the  250,000  plurality  vote  with  which  the  canny  Johnson  buried 
the  sickly  chances  of  Hi-ghes  in  California.  As  a  Senator, 
Hiram  proposes  to  cut  out  a  course  in  the  Senate  which  he 
hopes  will  land  him  in  the  Presidential  chair  in  1920.  That 
plain  old  piece  of  Revolutionary  furniture  has  stirred  the  ambi- 
tion of  more  wily  politicians,  and  Brother  Johnson  will  experi- 
ence many  a  "ring  around  the  rosy"  nightmare  before  he  finds 
himself.  There  is  one  sublime  point  in  this  transfer  that  Hiram 
will  never  neglect;  he  will  keep  the  limelight  on  California,  re- 
flected, of  course,  from  himself. 

As  was  expected,  Tom  Lawson's  charges  of  a  leak  in 

Wall  street  of  President  Wilson's  "peace"  note  has  proved  a 
boomerang  "bloomer,"  with  the  result  that  an  investigation  of 
certain  methods  there  will  be  investigated,  especially  those 
practiced  by  Lawson  and  his  ilk,  or  bilks,  as  may  be  definitely 
shown  in  the  inquiry.  Enough  evidence  has  come  to  hand  to 
indicate  that  certain  crooked  brokers  in  Wall  street  have  paid- 
agents  in  Washington  for  the  sole  purpose  of  jimmeying  infor- 
mation out  of  documents,  committee  meetings  and  other  sources 
that  will  affect  the  value  of  stocks  in  Wall  street.  Underground 
wires  are  working  overtime  whenever  Congress  is  in  session, 
and  the  big  percentages  in  gambling  in  these  same  stocks  goes 
to  the  brokers  who  are  able  to  capture  the  best  "beats."  Appar- 
ently Tom  Lawson  is  acquainted  with  some  slick  fellows  in  this 
screw  system.  He  should  be  pilloried  by  the  investigating  com- 
mittee of  Congress  till  he  "squeals"  the  truth. 

When  any  idea  seeks  to  cradle  itself  in  politics  it  swings 

at  once  between  the  Devil  and  the  deep  sea.  The  proposal 
made  with  so  much  eclat  to  transform  the  California  building 
on  the  Exposition  grounds  into  a  State  Normal  school  went  glim- 
mering, this  week,  when  a  combination  was  made  by  the  im- 
provement clubs  of  this  city  to  force  a  contest  in  the  present 
legislature  for  the  purpose  of  retaining  the  Normal  school  of 
its  present  site,  also  to  appropriate  $250,000  for  a  new  build- 
ing. Evidently  some  very  slick  political  gold  brick  practices 
have  again  been  put  over  on  the  gullible  taxpayers.  The  Cali- 
fornia building  is  located  on  a  beautiful  site,  but  the  devil  him- 
self never  would  have  selected  the  quarters  and  lonely  site  for 
a  dog  kennel,  much  less  a  Normal  school.  The  result  will  be 
a  double  headed  "clean  up"  for  some  coterie  of  low-brow  gents. 
May  the  bogey  of  the  High  Cost  of  Bunk  eventually  swallow 
them. 

The  diplomats  in  the  capitals  of  the  nations  bordering 

the  Atlantic  pond  have  been  cackling  of  late  over  peace  terms 
and  guarantees  of  peace  after  the  present  war  closes.  The 
Peace  Temple  at  the  Hague  is  a  standing  answer:  it  is  boarded 
up  and  a  "To  Let"  sign  plasters  its  gilded  portals.  The  venom 
developed  during  the  present  war  has  demonstrated  the  useless- 
ness  of  the  hypocritical  pretense  of  lasting  peace  among  hun- 
gry nations  engaged  in  trade  and  resolute  to  rise  in  power.  No 
super-race  dreaming  of  its  higher  destiny  will  recognize  boun- 
dary to  its  ambitions.  None  but  a  knock-kneed  Ford  delegate 
would  dream  otherwise. 

Polished  foreigner  at  a  dinner  party  in  a  Fillmore  street 

mansion  in  the  "movie"  quarter,  turns  to  his  hostess  and  says : 
"What  a  lovely  ring  you  are  wearing,  madame.  I  have  never 
seen  one  similar  to  that  in  my  life,  and  I'm  supposed  to  be 
rather  a  connoisseur.  Would  it  be  indiscreet  to  ask  where  you 
got  it  from?"  Hostess — "No,  monsieur.  It  is  not  indiscreet 
of  you  to  ask,  but  it  would  be  more  than  indiscreet  of  me  to 
answer." 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


The  Art  in  Boosting  Prices  in 
Women's   Shoes 


The  public  generally  beiieves  all  the  present  high  climbing 
prices  are  caused  by  war.  Flubdub!  For  instance,  take  the 
case  of  women's  shoes.  The  enormous  increase  in  the  price  of 
these  footgear  superbas  was  started  by  an  astute  Los  Angeles 
shoe  retailer,  who  knew  how  to  captivate  the  vanity  of  women 
in  footwear  and  make  them  pay  for  it. 

This  is  the  story  of  one  of  his  competitors  who  watched  his 
game: 

"Women's  shoes  began  to  jump  about  two  years  ago,"  he 
said,  "and  a  little  before  this  jump  was  noted  you  may  have  ob- 
served that  the  women  were  beginning  to  wear  high-top  shoes — 
shoes  with  tops  higher  than  they  ever  had  been  before- — and  in 
colors  that  presented  a  rainbow  medley  when  you  got  enough 
of  them  on  the  street  at  the  same  time. 

"Naturally,  the  dealers  now  cry  that  the  shortage  in  leather 
has  sent  up  shoe  prices,  and,  while  that  is  true  in  a  sense, 
the  war  has  had  very  little  to  do  with  the  leather  shortage.  Re- 
sponsibility really  rests  with  an  enterprising  retail  shoe  dealer 
out  in  Los  Angeles.    Follow  me  closely : 

"I  think  it  was  three  summers  ago  that  this  particular  Los  An- 
geles shoe  dealer,  owner  of  the  largest  and  smartest  shoe  store 
in  the  town,  conceived  the  idea  that  something  extraordinary 
would  have  to  be  done  if  he  >vere  to  sell  shoes  to  women  who 
were  touring  in  California  from  the  East.  There  had  always 
been  high-topped  shoes  for  women  and  always  shoes  in  many 
colors,  but  they  were  the  kind  of  shoes  (or  boots)  that  one 
usually  saw  on  the  stage.  They  looked  good  on  the  chorus  girls 
and  the  prima  donnas,  see  ? 

"Well,  this  Los  Angeles  man  sent  an  agent  East  and  he 
bought  up  all  of  these  fancy  boots  that  he  could  find.  In  the 
course  of  a  short  time  there  was  received  by  the  Los  Angeles 
dealer  a  ]0^  lot  of  women's  fancy  shoes  that  looked  like  the 
dream  of  an  opium-eater." 

No  specialist  in  futurist  art,  we  are  told,  could  evolve  a 
greater  variety  of  color?  than  these  which  tinted  the  wares  he 
received.  There  were  champagnes,  ivories,  Havana  browns, 
mouse  and  pearl  grays,  chamois,  smoke  grays,  pinks  and  reds — 
and,  it  is  whispered,  no  lack  of  the  strange,  exotic  tones  so  ro- 
mantically called  elephant's  breath,  song  of  roses,  pigeon  milk, 
negro  head,  and  a  thousand  other  indescribable  shades  pur- 
loined from  the  Arabian  Nights.    Then,  adds  the  narrator: 

"The  dealer  makes  a  great  window  display  of  these  fancy 
boots  and  the  women  tourists  in  Los  Angeles  look  upon  them, 
then  gasp  for  breath,  then  wonder  what  has  happened  in  the 
East — or  in  Paris — and  straightway  start  to  buy. 

"In  the  course  of  a  few  months  the  tourists  from  California, 
returning  East,  began  to  startle  the  women  who  had  remained 
home  and  were  wearing  the  common  old  blacks  and  tans.  The 
stay-at-homes  started  a  rush  on  the  home  shoe  stores,  the  home 
shoe  stores  started  a  rush  on  the  manufacturers,  and,  as  a  con- 
sequence, the  leather  market  was  upset  and  the  manufacturers 
were  kept  busy  night  and  day  making  new  patterns  in  a  dozen 
different  colors,  and  totally  unaware  all  the  time  as  to  the 
identity  of  the  man  who  had  started  all  the  excitement. 

"Manufacturers,  of  course,  don't  let  golden  opportunities 
skid  down  the  toboggan.  They  shot  up  prices,  and  women's 
boots  of  the  more  than  ordinary  pattern  now  range  in  price 
from  $12.50  to  $25  a  pair.  The  women  would  have  them  and 
the  manufacturers  decided  that  the  women  must  pay  for  their 
fun.  Not  meaning,  you  understand,  that  these  high  priced  boots 
are  not  made  of  expensive  material  nor  that  they  are  not  actu- 
ally worth  far  more  than  the  fancy  boot  of  an  earlier  day.  But 
that  is  the  story.  The  Los  Angeles  man  did  it.  If  it  hadn't 
been  for  that  Los  Angeles  fellow,  I  dare  say  the  women  would 
still  be  wearing  blacks  and  tans,  leaving  the  richer  and  more 
colorful  boots  to  the  musical  comedies,  which,  in  my  candid 
opinion,  owe  a  large  measure  of  their  decline  to  the  competition 
which  is  now  offered  by  female  pedestrians  on  our  most  fre- 
quented highways." 

"What  price  shoe  will  the  average  woman  buy  who  enters 
your  shop?"  the  dealer  was  asked. 

"I  should  say  that  $15  per  pair  would  be  a  fair  average.  Many 
go  as  high  as  $25,  others  drop  down  to  $10.    Many  buy  shoes 


at  $12.50  per  pair.  I  should  say  that  $15  would  be  the  average 
price." 

"How  long  have  you  been  in  the  shoe  business  ?"  the  dealer 
was  asked. 

"Fifteen  years,"  he  replied. 

"Now,  fifteen  years  ago,"  the  visitor  continued,  "how  many 
pairs  of  women's  shoes  did  you  sell  at,  say,  $12.50  a  pair?" 

The  dealer  smiled.  "Let  me  tell  you  something,"  he  said. 
"If  a  woman  came  into  the  store  fifteen  years  ago  and  paid  as 
much  as  $6  for  a  pair  of  shoes,  it  caused  such  a  commotion 
among  the  clerks  that  we  closed  the  doors  after  the  customer 
had  departed  and  talked  about  the  unusual  incident  for  a  solid 
hour." 


LEAKS  FROM  WIRELESS. 

The  Irish  sergeant  who  heroically  objected  to  being  promoted 
through  the  backstairs  influence  of  Mrs.  William  Cornwallis- 
West  at  headquarters,  and  who  was  thus  instrumental  in  expos- 
ing a  pernicious  petticoat  intriguer  in  the  British  army — there's 
an  Irishman  who  ought  to  rise  to  be  a  field  marshal. 


The  sentencing  to  prison  last  week  of  a  soldier  who  promoted 
a  round  robin  criticizing  camp  conditions  on  the  Mexican  bor- 
der recalls  Colonel  Roosevelt's  famous  round  robin  in  Cuba, 
which  did  nothing  to  check  his  military  and  political  career. 
But  the  Colonel  himself  would  probably  advise  his  admirers 
and  would-be  imitators  to  "do  as  I  say,  not  as  I  do." 


Mr.  Hughes  continues  to  be  not  without  honor  in  his  own 
country.  The  nominating  committee  of  New  York's  famous 
Union  League  Club  has  chosen  him  for  the  next  presidency  of 
the  club  in  succession  to  Elihu  Root. 


Senator  Works  closes  his  public  career  by  calling  the  presi- 
dent a  dictator  in  the  presence  of  empty  seats  and  abandoned 
galleries.    The  republic  is  not  conscious  of  its  fate. 


The  new  superintendent  of  the  metropolitan  district  of  the 
anti-saloon  league  of  New  York,  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  L.  Hamilton, 
and  a  fellow  clergyman,  also  a  member  of  the  league,  say,  after 
careful  personal  tests,  that  the  law  against  the  sale  of  intoxi- 
cating liquors  was  rigidly  observed  by  the  hotels  and  cabarets 
after  1  a.  m.  on  New  Year's  day.  It  is  an  encouraging  report, 
and  no  doubt  accurate,  though  clergymen  have  not  usually  been 
considered  experts  in  such  matters. 


In  a  peculiar  sense  this  is  a  happy  new  year  for  widowers. 
Hitherto  a  widower  has  been  taxed  under  the  federal  income 
tax  law  as  a  single  man — and  the  single  man  is  the  worse 
treated — even  if  he  had  several  children  and  was  unmistakably 
the  head  of  a  family.  Hereafter,  thanks  to  Congress,  a  widower 
will  pay  these  taxes  just  as  if  he  were  a  married  man  in  good 
standing.  In  its  social  effects  the  change  in  the  law  involves 
less  incentive  to  second  marriages. 


"Federal  ownership  of  grain  elevators  and  other  important 
and  necessary  adjuncts  to  marketing"  are  predicted  by  A.  C. 
Townley,  president  of  the  North  Dakota  farmers'  non-partisan 
political  league,  which  is  following  up  its  political  success  in 
the  State  with  plans  to  strike  into  seven  other  States,  and 
eventually  to  become  a  national  organization.  This  looks  like 
a  resurrection  of  the  dry  bones  of  the  old  farmers'  alliance  and 
the  populist  party.  Evidently  this  is  a  recrudescence  of  Ameri- 
can agrarianism. 


George  Shima,  Japanese  potato  grower,  in  California,  whose 
extensive  farming  operations  in  the  delta  section  have  earned 
for  him  the  title  of  "potato  king,"  announces  that  he  has  retired 
from  active  farming,  and  in  the  future  will  sublease  the  25,000 
acres  which  he  controls  to  other  Japanese  growers  at  annual 
rentals  ranging  from  $10  to  $20  per  acre.  Less  than  ten  years 
ago  Shima  began  leasing  potato  lands  in  a  small  way,  and  by 
increasing  his  acreages  and  giving  marketing  problems  close 
attention,  he  has  accumulated  a  fortune  estimated  at  several 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars.  The  war  helped  him  greatly 
in  selling  at  high  prices. 


try?' 


'Do  you  know  of  any  cook  who  will  remain  in  the  coun- 
"Not  unless  she  is  buried  there." — Judge. 


r  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Each  day  unfolds  something  new  in  the  world  of  fashion. 
for  many  ii  atch  the  eye  of  those  who  ob- 

serve the  women  of  fasaion.  from  whose  apparel  may  be 
gleaned  every  little  detail  and  item  of  interest  which  create  the 
atmosphere  of  good  style. 

Some  of  the  new  collars  are  large  affairs  rolled  high  at  the 
back  and  low  in  front.  These  have  been  given  the  demure 
name  of  monk  collar,  and  one  is  illustrated  in  the  sketch.  Some- 
times they  arc  wth  little  buttons  and  loops  at  the 
front,  or  the  clo  c  'nvisible.  They  are  usually  made 
of  satin  or  the  new  figured  silks  to  contrast  with  the  dress  ma- 
terial. 

The  loose  side  panels  on  skirts,  with  large  pockets  on  each 
side,  are  also  recognized  as  one  of  the  newest  style  notes  in 
skirts.  The  panels,  being  loose,  flap  about  in  the  wind,  often 
disclosing  a  bright  lining  of  contrasting  material  on  the  re- 
verse side.  From  the  front,  these  side  panels  seem  at  first  to 
be  nothing  but  the  familiar  tunic  which  appears  quite  often  in 
the  new  dresses  showing  ihe  narrower  underskirts. 

Another  treatment  of  side  panels  appears  in  some  skirts 
where  the  panel  extends  to  the  lower  edge  of  the  skirt,  is  at- 
tached there,  and  falls  softly  over  the  edge  in  puffed  or  draped 
effect.  Puffed  all  around  in  imitation  of  the  Turkish  trouser 
effect  are  some  of  the  skirts  cf  evening  dresses.  In  the  supple 
taffetas  and  silver  tissue  cloths,  dresses  in  this  style  are  ex- 
tremely graceful,  the  skirts  devoid  of  any  trimming  whatever 
and  the  bodices  fitting  rather  snugly  in  contrast.    The  bodices 


the  new  overdress  style*  worn  with  a  .  A  full  box- 

pleated  skirt  is  attached  to  a  little 

below  the  normal  waistline,  and  the  wholi  m  the  shoul- 

ders.   The  worsted  embroidery  on  the  fn  umpcr  and 

on  the  pockets  is  worked  in  black,  red  and  yellow.  Rich  embroi- 
deries continue  to  figure  very  prominently  in  all  dresses.  One 
of  the  latest  models  in  o>ster-white  tussor  had  a  wide  en 
cered  panel  front  and  bac!t  wo-ked  in  thin  silk  in  a  close  design 
and  giving  a  strong  Oriental  effect.  The  panel  was  finished  at 
the  ends  with  a  fringe  of  the  colored  silks  used  in  the  embroi- 
dery— dark  red,  dark  blu-.  ond  gold. 

In  old-gold  Georgc'tr  was  a  wonderfully  attractive  dress 
decorated  with  blue  and  gold  beads;  another  in  light  gray 
trimmed  with  old-rose  beads  carried  out  two  very  delightful 
color  schemes. 

The  Latest  Fads  in  Underwear. 

Speaking  of  Georgette — this  sheer  fabric  is  put  to  all  sorts 
of  uses,  and  does  not  stop  at  dresses,  but  appears  to  be  quite 
,t  favorite  for  underwear  The  most  appealing  shades  of  pale 
olue,  lavender  and  flesh  color,  fashion  undergarments  of  every 
description.  Though  they  are  hardly  practical,  there  are  many 
who  find  it  impossible  to  resist  these  dainty  undergarments. 
Underwear  seems  to  be  getting  more  and  more  elaborate,  and 
the  very  latest  fad  is  the  combination  of  silver  lace  with  Geor- 
gette. Beading  work,  too,  has  invaded  underwear,  and  it  has 
been  seen  on  the  new  pajamas  and  nightgowns  of  Georgette 
crepe.  There  are,  however,  some  exceedingly  dainty  pieces 
of  lingerie  which  are  quite  practical,  after  all.  Among  these  are 
the  silk  and  wash  satin  undergarments,  which  are  very  practical 
as  long  as  they  are  carefuily  laundered.  The  delicate  shades 
must  be  washed  with  care  to  preserve  their  colors,  and  there  is 
no  denying  that  it  is  well  worth  the  trouble  for  the  satisfaction 
that  one  feels  from  possessing  dainty  lingerie. 


With  its  reputation  as  the  foremost  high  class  restaurant 

of  San  Francisco  thoroughly  established  and  always  strictly 
lived  up  to,  the  Techau  Tavern,  at  Powell  and  Eddy  streets,  con- 
tinues on  its  satisfying  way.  No  small  proportion  of  the  patron- 
age of  the  Techau  Tavern  comes  from  women  and  children.  For 
years  there  has  never  been  a  day  when  one  could  not  find  com- 
plete families  enjoying  the  hospitality  of  this  successful  estab- 
lishment. Ever  on  the  alert  to  please  its  patrons,  the  manage- 
ment is  now  making  arrangements  to  secure  a  supply  of  the 
Mary  Garden  perfume  to  give  as  souvenirs  without  competition 
of  any  sort  to  those  in  attendance  afternoons  at  five,  at  dinner, 
and  after  theatre  hours.  Put  up  in  costly  extract  known  as  "La 
Lilas,"  this  perfume  is  in  harmony  with  every  individuality. 
Unadvertised,  its  fame  encircled  the  world  within  a  year. 


L^ 


Vacuum  Pan 

used  by 
6a    I  Borden 
i  the  early  50a 


Left — With  New  Monk  Collar  and  Loose  Panels.     Right —  ==. 

Overdress  with  Box  Pleated  Skirt.  = 

are  in  reality  hardly  more  than  deep  bands  suspended  by  straps  = 

of  ribbon  over  the  shoulders.     Sleeves  there  are  none,  unless  == 

the  bands  across  the  upper  part  of  the  arms  are  so  called.    In  = 

other  styles  of  evening  dresses,  however,  sleeves  begin  to  be  =■ 

more  favored  than  they  have  been  for  some  time.    The  flowing  = 

sleeves  which  form  a  kin"!  of  drapery  reaching  almost  to  the  s 

edge  of  the  skirt  is  a  styl-  with  great  charm.  = 

New  Footwear  Fashions.  = 

Not  only  in  dresses  but  in  footwear,  some  novelties  are  no-  ^ 

ticed.    For  afternoon  wear  there  are  black  and  tan  shoes  with  = 

gray  buckskin  uppers,  and  these  have  found  favor  with  well-  == 

dressed  women.     Dark  gray  brocaded  uppers  are  also  consid-  = 

ered  very  good  style.    Suede  shoes,  laced  in  front  or  buttoned  = 

at  the  side,  may  almost  be  said  to  be  taking  the  place  of  kid  = 

shoes,  so  popular  are  they.  ^j] 

The  dress  of  broadclotn  in  the  second  sketch  shows  one  of 


Borden's  as  an  in- 
stitution is  sixty 
years  old.  Begin- 
ning in  1857,  when 
Gail   Borden  pro- 


4cci£7&o?tteH. 

EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 


'  Milt. 


duced  the  first  condensed  milk,  it  steadily  advanced  in  scope 
of  service  and  commercial  importance  until  it  occupied  the 
leading  position  in  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  milk 
products. 

The  original  "Eagle  Brand"  is  probably  the  most  widely  known  food 
product  in  the  world  today.  Its  reputation  as  an  infant  food  and  as  a 
table  delicacy,  based  on  quality,  has  maintained  an  unbroken  record  of 
public  favor  that  we  are  justly  proud  of.  The  primitive  little  device  at 
the  top  of  this  advertisement  made  possible  the  first  "Eagle  Brand"  *•  <  ■ ' 

The  giant  apparatus  shown  below  is  one  of 
over  100  now  in  operation.  They  constitute  a 
monument  to  Gail  Borden's  work  as  well  as 
gratifying  evidence  of  the  public  confidence  won 
and  held. 
BORDEN'S  CONDENSED    MILK   CO. 

Leaders  of  Quality 
Est.  1857    New  York 


I   A  Modern  Vacuum 
Condensing, 
Pan 
Capacity  25.000    lbs) 


San  Francism  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


quoted  he  said :  "Oh, 
well  as  pathological!" 


zo-ological  covers  their  cases  about  as 


ffl     © 


Violent  Decollette. 

The  new  decollette  gown  has  made  its  appearance  in  these 
environs,  and  the  strong  minded  manage  to  view  it  without  a 
gasp,  while  those  who  hold  to  their  self-control  by  preserving 
a  neat  balance  between  warring  emotions  never  fail  to  show  by 
what  a  delicate  balance  they  preserve  their  poise  when  one  of 
these  "creations"  posteresques  the  landscape  and  sounds  a  dis- 
cord on  the  air. 

Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker  has  several  variations  of  the  new 
mode  which  she  brought  back  in  her  New  York  wardrobe,  and 
society  talks  about  little  else  for  days  after  she  has  appeared 
in  one  of  these  startlers. 

A  standardized  version  of  the  new  mode  would  run  about  as 
follows :  Bare  back  to  the  waist  line ;  bare  under  the  arms  to  the 
waist  line;  but  a  bluff  at  a  half  sleeve  over  the  upper  arm;  a 
high  collar  generally  built  of  tulle  with  a  great  outstanding  flare 
of  fur;  the  gown  following  the  general  straight  "chemise"  line. 
Of  course  this  has  not  been  designed  to  make  a  jaded  world 
raise  its  eyebrows!  Nothing  of  the  sort!  It  is  a  serious 
minded  attempt  to  prove  that  we  are  neutral  and  don't  care  what 
we  wear.  Or  it  might  be  taken  as  evidence  of  our  violent  deter- 
mination to  let  no  one  create  a  caprice  too  bizarre  to  find  plenty 
of  women  in  the  "land  of  the  brave  and  the  home  of  the  free" 
willing  to  bedeck  themselves  in  any  and  all  oddities  that  the 
fevered  imagination  of  the  designers  produces. 

©     ©     © 
Courting  Court  Ladies. 

The  Mardi  Gras  court  will  include  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  Mrs. 
Horace  Hill  and  Mrs.  Charles  Keeney,  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker  hav- 
ing chosen  them  as  well  as  Misses  Gertrude  Hopkins,  Arabella 
Schwerin,  Helen  Keeney,  Marion  Zeile  and  Helen  Jones  to  up- 
hold the  traditional  splendor  of  these  make-believe  courts.  The 
financial  lid  has  been  raised,  and  the  costumers  have  been 
ordered  to  lift  the  costumes  into  a  fury  of  splendor  which  would 
make  Bakst's  moods  all  seem  dun-colored  and  the  Russian  ballet 
a  monotone. 

The  Queen  chose  two  members  of  her  own  family  for  the  be- 
stowal of  royalty,  and  they  both  demurred  at  the  idea,  main- 
taining that  it  would  look  like  family  favoritism,  but  every  one 
urged  that  that  is  one  of  the  conventional  traits  of  royaly,  and 
besides  both  Helen  Keeney  and  Mrs.  Charles  Keeney  would  get 
under  the  Mardi  Gras  wire  on  their  own  pulchritude  without 
depending  upon  the  strong  scepter  of  a  sister  to  clear  the  way 
for  them.  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  likewise  held  out  for  some  days 
before  she  would  accept  the  invitation,  protesting  the  exigencies 
of  getting  settled  in  a  new  home  as  a  first  claim  on  all  her  en- 
thusiasm, but  every  one  knows  that  Mrs.  Welch  has  enthusiasm 
a-plenty  for  all  purposes,  and  she  was  induced  to  sign  up  for  this 
"one  night  stand."  Mrs.  Horace  Hill  has  just  joined  the  ranks 
of  motherhood,  and  found  the  idea  of  acting  the  part  of  a  Rus- 
sian court  lady  a  bit  difficult  to  adjust  to  the  vernacular  of  her 
every-day  life,  which  is  expressed  by  gurgles  and  goos  and 
coos.  However,  she  decided  that  with  proper  mental  discipline 
she  might  be  able  to  take  her  mind  off  baby  long  enough  to  play 
the  part  of  lady-in-waiting  to  her  friend,  Queen  Mary. 

Whereupon  that  royal  lady  breathed  a  sigh  of  relief,  and  re- 
marked that  it  was  so  difficult  to  get  this  spurious  Russian  court 
established,  one  might  almost  think  that  they  feared  the  same 
dangers  that  beset  real  Russian  royalty  with  the  threat  of  revo- 
lution and  rebellion  constantly  menacing  a  throne. 

©     ©    © 
Whats  in  a  Name  ? 

The  other  night  at  dinner  in  Burlingame  discussion  took  a 
few  flings  at  the  "vice  crusade."  Max  Rothschild  accounted  for 
the  interest  of  some  of  the  crusaders  as  "purely  pathological." 
The  next  day  at  the  Francisca  Club  a  lady  who  had  been  present 
at  the  dinner^  explained  to  her  luncheon  guests  that  a  "well 
known  physician  had  accounted  for  the  interest  of  a  certain  type 
of  men  and  women  in  vice  crusades  as  'purely  zoological.'  " 
When  some  one  told  the  genial  Max  how  he  had  been  mis- 


The  Nixon-Ryer  Weddings. 

Letters  have  arrived  from  New  York  giving  the  details  of  the 
wedding  of  Miss  Doris  Fletcher  Ryer,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Flet- 
cher Ryer,  of  San  Francisco,  and  Stanhope  Nixon,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lewis  Nixon  of  Newport  and  New  York. 

Miss  Phyllis  de  Young  went  on  to  New  York  to  officiate  as 
maid  of  honor,  and  the  bridesmaids  came  from  Newport, 
Washington,  Boston,  Philadelphia  and  Pittsburg,  proving  that 
fiiendship  has  no  provincial  boundary  lines  for  this  bride,  who 
inherited  nothing  less  than  a  whole  island  in  the  Sacramento 
river  as  her  share  of  the  Ryer  estate. 

The  wedding  preparations  had  been  so  exploited  in  the  New 
York  papers  that  the  entire  population  of  those  who  inhabit  the 
kingdom  of  "rubber"  turned  out  to  get  a  glimpse  of  the  bridal 
procession,  and  the  streets  were  blocked  around  the  Church  of 
the  Heavenly  Rest,  where  the  wedding  ceremony  took  place. 

The  young  groom  had  an  amusing  experience  which  sounds 
like  an  O.  Henry  story.  As  he  was  being  driven  to  the  church, 
he  saw  a  great  crowd  surging  around  an  edifice  about  a  block 
away,  and  he  called  through  the  tube  to  the  driver ; 

"Drive  by  that  building — I  want  to  see  what's  hap- 
pening there!" 

"Yes,  sir,"  politely  answered  the  driver,  "that's  where  we're 


See  Yourself 

As  You 
Should  Look 

free  from  facial  ble- 
mishes and  with  a 
clear,  soft,  pearly- 
white  appearance  that 
wi'l  be   the  envy   of  your  friends. 

Gouraud's  u 

Oriental   Cream 

does  this  for  you  instantly.  Its  effect  is  so 
subtile  that  its  use  cannot  be  detected. 
Non-greasy  —  68   years  in   use. 

Send  1 0c.  for  trial  size 
FERD.  T.  HOPKINS  &  SON,  New  York 


CLEARANCE  OF 

HOLLAND  BULBS 


Hyacinths,  La  Grandesse,  Pure  White  Grand  Spike. 
Roi  des  Beiges,  Bright  Scarlet,  Fine  Truss.  Sir  Thomas 
Mansford,  Purplish,  Mauve.  L'Innocence,  Pure  White, 
Large  Truss.     And  other  well-known  and  new  varieties. 

Tulips,  long  and  short  stems.  Madame  Krelage,  Light 
Rose,  Extra  Fine  and  Large.  Claude  Gillot  or  Glow, 
Brilliant  Dazzling  Vermillion,  Blue  Center,  White. 
Margin.      Many  Others. 

Ranunculus,  Anemones,  Jonquils,  Daffodils,  Narcissus, 
Crocus,  Scillas. 

New  Stock  Roses,  Fruit  Trees,   Imported  Shrubs. 


BAY  COUNTIES  SEED  CO. 

MILTON  TONINI,  Manager 

404  MARKET  STREET 
TEL  GARFIELD  1625  SAN  FRANCISCO 


r  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


■  you  are  going  to  be 
nun: 

story  on  himself,  and  enjoyed  it  as  much 
as  an-.  reception. 

^'  a  good  story  on  a  well  known 

UcaJ  movement.     She  met  him  the 

professor,  and  as  she  had  a 

it  dinner,  stopped  to  shake 

with  that  cordiality  which  never  strikes  perfect 
ecause  all  the  while  one  is  feeling  around  for  a  clue  to 

"You  don't  remember  me."  said  Mrs.  Koshland,  without  any 
of  the  menace  of  the  aggrieved  in  her  tone. 

now  I  know  who  yon  are,"  breathed  the  man  in  deep  bass 
lief.    "I  met  you  a  year  or  so  ago  at  the  Koshlands, 
at  a  dinner  party,  didn't  I?" 

"You  did— I  had  to  be  there,  you  see — because  I'm  Mrs.  Kosh- 
land!" 

Whereupon  they  both  laughed — there  was  nothing  else  to  do 
— and  she  almost  agreed  ivith  him  that  a  man  who  has  seen  a 
lady  only  in  evening  dress  is  to  be  excused  for  not  remembering 
her  a  year  later  in  street  apparel. 

-.-    >?    © 
Engineering  a  Romance. 

Miss  Katherine  Hellmann,  who  is  to  be  the  bride  of  Thorp 
Sawyer,  has  set  February  7th  as  the  day  of  her  nuptials,  the 
ceremony  to  take  place  at  the  home  of  her  parents  in  Palo  Alto. 
Her  aunt.  Mrs.  Frederick  Hellmann,  arrived  in  San  Francisco 
on  Thursday,  having  made  a  hurried  trip  from  New  York  in 
order  to  have  a  little  visit  with  her  niece  before  she  departs 
with  her  engineer  husband  for  Chile.  Frederick  Hellmann  is 
chief  consulting  engineer  for  all  the  Guggenheim  interests,  and 
could  not  leave  New  York  just  now,  but  hopes  to  get  out  in 
time  for  the  wedding. 

Katherine  Hellmann,  the  bride  elect,  is  just  out  of  her  teens, 
and  has  spent  most  of  her  life  with  her  relatives,  the  Frederick 
Hellmanns.  She  was  in  school  in  England  a  number  of  years, 
and  saw  much  of  the  Latin  Americas  on  vacationing  trips  into 
the  far  mining  countries  with  her  uncle.  At  that  time  the  Fred 
Hellmanns  were  making  London  their  headquarters.  When  she 
came  home  two  years  ago  on  a  visit  she  decided  to  stay  with 
her  own  family. 

©     C     g» 

Rescued  from  the  Screen. 

And  then  she  unfolded  her  secret  plans  and  ambitions.  She 
wanted  to  be  an  actress — a  screen  star,  or  the  legitimate,  it  mat- 
tered not,  but  what  did  matter  was  art  for  art's  sake,  and  all 
that  sort  of  thing  which  has  stirred  the  imagination  of  most 
girls.  So  determined  was  she  that  the  family  finally  resigned 
itself  to  the  idea  that  "Katherine  would  go  on  the  stage  if  she 
got  a  chance." 

Then  along  came  Thorp  Sawyer,  a  young  engineer,  who  had 
met  the  young  lady  while  she  had  been  visiting  in  Chile  with 
her  uncle.  Sawyer  sent  the  stage  business  a-glimmering,  and 
convinced  her  that  what  she  wanted  to  do  was  to  marry  a  man 
engaged  in  the  same  profession  as  her  uncle,  and  that  he  was  the 
particular  chap  foreordained  and  destined  to  lead  her  to  the 
altar.  So  the  wedding  in  Palo  A!  to  will  be  the  happy  culmina- 
tion of  a  friendship  begun  in  Chile,  carried  on  in  the  London 
home  of  her  relatives,  and  then  return  to  Chile,  where  the  young 
man  is  now  stationed.  And  the  young  wife  will  never  know 
whether  she  would  have  made  an  ingenue,  a  comedienne,  or  a 
vampire,  or  any  of  the  other  exaggerations  that  move  across  the 
screen. 


This  Saturday,  the  27th,  the  San  Francisco  Club  will  celebrate 
its  first  anniversary  by  a  luncheon  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel, 
which  promises  to  be  one  of  the  notable  events  of  the  season. 
The  guests  of  the  club  on  this  occasion  will  be  the  Golden 
Gate  Park  Memorial  Museum  Endowment  Committee,  which 
has  been-  recently  organized  by  the  club  to  foster  the  work  of 
the  museum  and  add  to  its  growth  and  development  through 
gifts  and  bequests.  The  luncheon  will  be  presided  over  by  Mr. 
William  H.  McCarthy,  the  chairman  of  the  club's  advisory 
board.    Mr.  M.  H.  de  Young,  Prof.  George  H.  Barron,  John  F. 


Cunningham,  Robert  Cow* 
e  speak, 
•i  arc  the  first  two  li:c  members  of  the  institution 

Mrs.  William  Thornton  White  is  a  member  of  the  patronesses 
of  the  subscription  dances  which  will  be  given  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland. 

■'.- 

Last  week,  during  the  engagement  of  the  Boston-National 
Grand  Opera  Company  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Mabel  Riegelman 
was  the  guest  of  Congressman  and  Mrs.  Julius  Kahn.  Miss  Rie- 
gelman was  appearing  as  "Musetta"  in  "La  Boheme,"  and  the 
following  day  with  Mrs.  Kahn  attended  a  session  of  the  Senate, 
occupying  a  seat  in  the  private  gallery. 


PASSING  OF  A.  A.  W ATKINS. 
Alonzo  A.  Watkins,  for  many  years  vice-president  and  mana- 
ger of  the  pioneer  hardware  firm  of  W.  W.  Montague  &  Co.,  and 
president  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  died,  this  week,  at  his  home  in 
Sausalito,  after  an  illness  of  seven  weeks.  He  was  79  years  old. 
For  over  forty  years  he  was  a  dominant  figure  in  local  mercan- 
tile circles.  In  his  early  days  he  served  a  varied  life.  During 
the  Civil  War  he  joined  the  Confederacy  as  a  cavalryman,  and 
rose  through  bravery  on  the  field  to  the  post  of  captain.  Later 
he  started  for  South  America  to  seek  some  vocation,  but  on  ar- 
riving at  Panama,  stories  of  the  wonderful  prospects  of  San 
Francisco  appealed  to  him,  and  he  took  steamer  to  this  port.  He 
obtained  a  small  position  with  the  firm  of  Montague  &  Co. 
Through  his  indefatigable  industry  and  his  wide  vision  of  trade 
he  rapidly  advanced  his  position  till  he  had  complete  charge  of 
the  big  business,  and  was  made  a  member  of  the  firm.  Fifty 
years  of  his  life  was  spent  with  Montague  &  Co.  For  twenty- 
four  years  he  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  leading  financial  and  trade  organizations.  He  was  a 
Knight  Templar  and  active  in  Masonic  affairs.  A  widow  and 
a  daughter  survive,  the  latter,  Mrs.  Orrin  R.  Wolfe,  wife  of 
Captain  Wolfe,  U.  S.  A. 


MR.  KIPLING  AND  THE  NEUTRAL. 
Brethren,  how  shall  it  fare  with  me 

When  the  war  is  laid  aside, 
If  it  be  proven  that  I  am  he 

For  whom  a  world  has  died? 

If  it  be  proven  that  all  my  good, 

And  the  greater  good  I  will  make 
Were  purchased  for  me  by  a  multitude 

Who  suffered  for  my  sake? 

That  I  was  delivered  by  mere  mankind, 

Vowed  to  one  sacrifice, 
And  not,  as  I  hold  them,  battle-blind, 

But  dying  with  opened  eyes  ? 

That  they  did  not  ask  me  to  draw  the  sword 
When  they  stood  to  endure  their  lot, 

That  they  only  looked  to  me  for  a  word. 
And  I  answered  I  knew  them  not  ? 

If  it  be  found  when  the  battle  clears 

Their  death  has  set  me  free, 
Then  how  shall  I  live  with  myself  thro'  the  years 

Which  they  have  bought  for  me  ? 

Brethren,  how  must  it  fare  with  me, 

Or  how  am  I  justified. 
If  it  be  proven  that  I  am  he 

For  whom  mankind  has  denied; 
If  it  be  proven  that  I  am  he 

Who  being  questioned  denied  ? 
-From  Rudyard  Kipling's  "Sea  Warfare,"  Macmillan,  N.  Y. 


DRUNKENNESS  A   DISEASE 

BUT    CURABLE 

Was  Dr.  Leslie  E.  Keeley's  contention  nearly  forty  years  ago.     Since  his 

discovery  more  than  400,000  have  been  successfully  treated  by  the  Keeley 

method.       All    drug  habits  treated.      Home  comforts  provided  at 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE 

2420  Webster  St.  cor.  Pacific  Ave..  San  Francisco  Phone  Fillmore  3963 

Sealed  Booklet  Free  on  Request 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


-Pf^^HF^W  n  i  .11  ■  ip— wm  ^w   ■'  ■.    t —■!■>■,■■  .u  i.i.  '    '.'"■'■■■W'Jj!'"u'"  ■  -  ^"F^^^^r^^y^^T 


SONAL ITE 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
UANNING-MacFARLAND.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hancock  Banning,   of  240  "West 
Adams    street,    have    announced    the    engagement    of    their    daughter, 
Eleanoi   Anne  Banning,   to  John  C.   Macfarland. 
FOSTER-TAYLOR. —The    engagement  of   Miss   Jane   Foster   and   Howard 
M.   Taylor  was  announced  recently  at  a  tea  given  by  the  bride-elect 
at  the  home  of  her  aunt.  Mrs.  William  L.  Smith  on  Arch  street. 
SULLIVAN- WEI  S. — Miss  Ruth  Elizabeth  Sullivan  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  Robert  W.  Weis  at  a  bridge  tea  last  Saturday  afternoon. 
WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
BELASCO-ROSENTHAL.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Reyna  Belasco  and  Stan- 
ley Rosenthal  will  take  place  February  22d. 
REES-JONES. — The   wedding    date    of   Miss    Helen    Rees    and    Lieutenant 
Thomas  Jones  is  scheduled  for  February  17th,   at  high  noon,   at  her 
home  at  the  Presidio. 
RUSSELL-COFFIN. — The   wedding  of  Miss   Constance  Russell  and   Sher- 
wood Coffin  is  scheduled  for  the  evening  of  February  17th. 
SCHINKEL-MOUNTFGRD. — George   Mountford,    and   Miss    Elza   Schinkel 
will  be  married  January  3:1st  at  the  Schinkel  home.     The  ceremony 
will  be  followed  by  a  reception  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 
ZEILE-MOODY. — Invitations    have  been   issued   for  the   marriage  of  Miss 
Ruth  Zeile  and  Corbett  Moody,  which  will  take  place  on  the  evening 
of  February  Gth.     It  will  have  for  its  setting  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 
WEDDINGS. 
DE    SURVILLE-FORBES. — The  wedding   of  Miss   Madiliene   Le    Brun   de 
Surville  and  Gordon  Douglas  Forbes  took  place  Thursday  evening  at 
S  o'clock  at  the  French  Church  of  Notre  Dame  de  Victoires,  with  the 
Reverend  Father  Thierry  officiating. 
MERRILL-RECHT. — Mrs.   Olive  Snider  Merrill  became  the  bride  of  Gil- 
bert  H.   A.   Recht  at  a  quiet  wedding   at   the   home   of  Mrs.   John   F. 
Merrill  January  ISth. 
NICHOLSON-DURELL. — The    marriage    of    Captain    Edward    H.    Durell, 
the  newly  appointed  commandant  of  Yerba  Buena  Training  Station  of 
the  United  States  Navy,  and  Miss  May  Nicholson,  took  place  in  Wash- 
ington Tuesday.    It  is  of  interest  to  San  Francisco  society,  as  the  cou- 
ple will  come  direct  to  San  Francisco. 
REEVES-HUMK. — Miss   Dorothy    Hume   and    Frank   Reeves   were    quietly 
married  January  16th  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Russell 
Cool,  near  Saratoga, 
STEWART- WUO DHE AU. — At   a  quiet  wedding  solemnized   Sunday  even- 
ing in  Ukiah,  Miss  Frances  Stewart  became  the  bride  of  Leroy  Wood- 
head. 

TEAS. 
HULL. — Misses  Esther  Bull  and  Dorothy  Star  were  joint  hostesses  at  a 
tea  Friday,  given  at  Miss  Bull's  home  on  Pacific  avenue.     Miss  Stan- 
has  just  returned  from  a  delightful  visit  in  the  East,  and  at  present 
is  the  guest  of  Miss  Bull. 
CASSERLY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Casserly  will  give  a  tea  at  their  home 
in  Pacific  avenue  on  the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  January  2Sth,   in  com- 
pliment to  Miss  Fell  and  Miss  Schofield. 
EYRE. — Miss  Mary  Eyre  will  be  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  "workroom  tea" 
to  be  given  this  afternoon  at  the  quarters  of  the  American  Fund  for 
the  relief  of  French  Wounded,  100  Montgomery  street. 
FLOWERS. — Miss  Ardeen  Flowers  will  be  hostess  at  an  "Oriental  Tea"  to 
be  given  at  her  home  1050  Washington  street,  this  Sunday  afternoon 
in  compliment  to  Miss  Reyna  Belasco. 
HAIGHT. — Mrs.    Harry    Haight    was    hostess    Thursday    afternoon    at   her 
home   in   Oakland   at   an   affair   in    compliment   to   her   daughter,    Miss 
Janet  Haight.  who  is  leaving  shortly  for  Honolulu. 
PETERS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Rollo  Peters  dispensed  their  hospitality 
at  an  enjoyable  tea  Monday  afternoon  at  their  home  on  Russian  Hill. 
SPINNEY. — As  a  compliment  to  Miss  Dorothea  Spinney,  Miss  Anne  Bre- 
mer presided  at  a  tea  Wednesday  afternoon.    It  took  place  in  her  stu- 
dio on  Post  street. 
THOMAS. — Miss  Mildred  Thomas,  a  student  at  the  College  of  Notre  Dame 
of  this  city,  will  entertain  her  classmates  at  a  tea  to  be  given  at  the 
home  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Caven,  in  Burlingame,  on  the  afternoon 
of  February  3d. 
YOUNGER. — Mrs.    Edward   Younger  will   give   a  tea  on   the   afternoon    of 
Wednesday,  January  31st,  at  the  Fairmont,  where  she  has  made  her 
home  for  the  last  five  years. 

LUNCHEONS. 
EREEDEN. — Several   of  the   San   Francisco  society  folk   motored   to    the 
peninsula  Tuesday  to  attend  the  luncheon  at  which  Mrs.  Henry  Clar- 
ence Breeden  was  the  hostess  at  her  home  at  Burlingame. 
BOYD. — Miss  Jean  Boyd  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  luncheon  at  her  home 

in  Steiner  street  in  compliment  to  Miss  Amy  Requa  of  Oakland. 
CAMETRON. — Mrs.   George   Cameron   gave  a  handsome  luncheon   party  at 

her  home  recently  as  a  compliment  to   Princess  Alfred  Hohenlohe. 
DIBBLEE. — Among  the  luncheon  hostesses  at  the  Palace  Hotel  Tuesday 
were   Mesdames   A.    H.    Dibblee.    Roy   Bishop,    Lloyd   Robbins,    Oscar 
Cooper,  H.  M.  A.  Miller,  Charles  Murphy  and  John  Rothschild. 
DIMOND. — Mrs.   Phoebe  A.    Hearst  and   Mrs.   Frederick  G.   Sanborn   were 
the  guests  of  honor  at  a  luncheon  which  Mrs.  Edwin  R.  Dimond  gave 
Wednesday  at  her  home. 
DODGE. — Mrs.   Washington   Dodge   is   giving  a   series   of  luncheon  bridge 
parties  at  this  time,  having  a  dozen  or  so  guests  at  a  time.     The  last 
party  was  on  Thursday. 
EHRMAN. — Mrs.  Sidney  Ehrman  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Palace 
on  Monday. 


GORDAN.— Mrs.  William  Gordan,  Jr.,  will  give  a  luncheon  and  bridge  on 
Wednesday,  January  30th.  It  will  be  in  compliment  to  her  house 
guest,  Mis.  Frederick  Pitts,  wife  of  Captain  Pitts,  United  States 
Army. 

HAYNE. — Mrs.  Robin  Hayne  entertained  eight  of  her  friends  at  luncheon 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  Monday. 

HALE. — Mrs.  Prentis  Cobb  Hale  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  luncheon  at  her 
home  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Thomas  G.  Taylor. 

NEILSON. — Mrs.  William  Delaware  Neilson  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Fri- 
day afternoon,  entertaining  a  group  of  friends  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

KEINHARDT. — Dr.  Aurelia  Henry  Reinhardt,  president  of  Mills  College, 
was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Monday  afternoon  at  the  college  at  Leona 
Heights. 

SAMUELS. — Mrs.  F.  S.  Samuels  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Clarence  Crowell, 
have  sent  out  cards  for  a  series  of  affairs  to  be  given  at  their  hospit- 
able home  on  Perry  street.  On  Wednesday  afternoon,  February  7th, 
they  will  combine  as  hostesses  at  an  elaborate  luncheon. 

SCOTT. — A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  Thursday  at  her 
handsome  home  in  Burlingame. 

SHANNON. — Mrs.  Warren  Shannon  added  to  the  social  program  of  this 
week  by  having  a  luncheon  and  bridge  party  Tuesday  in  honor  of 
Mrs.  Melville  Dollar. 

WELSH. — Miss  Ruth  Welsh  gave  two  luncheon  parties  this  week,  one  on 
Thursday  and  the  other  on  Friday,  both  being  informal. 

WINN. — Mrs.  Frank  L.  Winn,  who  is  the  house  guest  of  Mrs.  George  C. 
Boardman  at  her  home  on  California  street,  was  the  incentive  for  the 
tea  to  which  Mrs,  Boardman  and  her  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Lovell  Lang- 
stroth,  asked  a  number  of  friends  for  Thursday  afternoon. 

DINNERS. 

BELCHER. — Miss  Roberta  Belcher  was  hostess  at  dinner  Friday  evening 
at  her  home  across  the  bay,  and  afterward  with  her  guests  attended 
the  dance  given  by  the  Berkeley  Assembly. 

BUTTERS. — One  of  the  interesting  events  of  the  week  was  the  dinner 
given  Friday  evening  in  Piedmont  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas. 
Butters. 

FEE. — Misses  Elizabeth  and  Marcia  Fee  will  be  hostesses  at  a  dinner  at 
their  home  before  the  Neighbors'  dance  at  Century  Hall  a  week  from 
Saturday. 

FORD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Ford  will  provide  a  dinner  on  the  evening 
of  February  2d,  afterward  taking  their  guests  to  the  St.  Francis  Hotel, 
where  they  will  share  in  ihe  enjoyment  of  the  closing  dance  for  the 
season  of  the  St.  Francis  Subscription  Club. 

HALE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reuben  B.  Hale  presided  at  an  elaborate  dinner  at 
the  Fairmont  Hotel  Friday  evening,  preceding  the  dancing  party 
given  in  honor  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Ruby  Hale,  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Prentis  Cobb  Hale  and  Miss  Linda  Bryan  at  their  home  in  Vallejo 
street. 

HOTALING.— Mrs.  Anson  Preston  Hotaling  will  have  a  dinner  at  her  home 
and  dancing  and  supper  at  the  Palace  the  first  of  next  week. 

LENT. — Mrs.  George  Lent  gave  a  birthday  dinner  Tuesday  evening  as  a 
compliment  to  her  husband. 

MARTIN. — As  a  welcome  to  Mrs.  Peter  Martin,  who  arrived  Sunday  from 
New  York,  her  mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  gave  a  dinner 
Sunday  evening  at  her  home  on  Broadway. 

McMULLEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latham  McMullen  are  among  those  who 
will  entertain  at  dinner  preceding  the  dance  of  the  Subscription  Club 
on  the  evening  of  February  2d.  Their  residence  on  Broadway  will  be 
the.  setting  tor  this  pretty  affair. 

SCOTT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  will  entertain  at  one  of  the  largest 
parties  to  precede  the  Marli  Gras  ball  on  the  evening  of  February  20th. 

SLEYIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Slevin  yere  hosts  Monday  evening  at  a 
dinner  given  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY  CLUB. — The  Twentieth  Century  Club  of  Ber- 
keley is  planning  an  elaborate  dinner  party  for  the  evening  of  Janu- 
ary 30th. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking   the   beautiful   Plaza   of   Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


<v  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


•rr.r    In    flMU)     M 


•on  •' 

RECEPTIONS. 

■ii    ««f  J  11, 

■  II    ami 
Mkfl 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

n    will   !>.•   hosl    at    u    r  followed    by 

ling, 

n  t.  wore 

pai  i\   .it  which  I M     ind  Mrs.  Jaa 

supper  dance  was  enjoyed  al 

M    P,  Joni  b.  a  Bcore  of  guests 
pper  at  the 

mipliment   lo   the    '-  do   and    Haael    Horst,   the 

B    t'i«iiu-us  Horst  of  Presidio  Ter- 
ntertalned   Saturday  at  a   luncheon 
at  t  Club,  and  later  t'-.k  her  guests  t"  the  Orpheum. 

CARDS. 

Tuesday  al  the  fortnight  meet- 
ing of  the   PreeldlO  Five    Hi  i 

BRIDGE. 
mai.i.i  in    hfjaa    Molly    MaUett    was    hostess   at    a 

at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mis.  John  Hol- 
Ulsf   Phyllis  Woodward,  whose  en gage  - 
men  I  |  announcement,  was  the  honor  guest 

;  I  jr. 
PERKINS.     Mlsa  Ruth  Perfclna  gave  a  luncheon  and  bridge  party  Thurs- 
day. 
SHANNON.     A    bridge    club    a  lined    Monday    by    Mrs.    Warren 

non    In    compliment    to    Mrs.    Melville    Dollar  of   Vancouver,   and 
Plate,  who  are  here  on  a  visit. 
RECITALS. 
SIMPSON.     MfaM  Elirabeth  Simpson  gave  n  tors  members  of  the 

Club  Tuesday.  Illustrating  her  recital  with  juvenile  Inter- 
pretations. 

DANCES. 

REQUA.— To -night  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  I>.  Req.ua  will  give  a  dancing  party 

at    the    Palace    In    compliment    to    Miss    Miriam    Beaver  and    Miss    Eliza- 
beth Adams,  two  of  this  season's1  debutantes. 
SESNON. — The   sub-debutante   *.et  an-   anticipating   the   dancing   party   to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Sesnon  on  Friday  evening.  February 

Bth.      H    will    be   given    in    honor   of   their   two    attractive    daughters, 

ertne   i  nd    Barbara    Sesnon,   and  their  son.   Porter  Sesnon. 

W'V.MAX      Mi.  and  Mrs,   FOrrest   Wyman  gave  a  dance  at  the  California 

Club  last  Saturday  night. 

ARRIVALS. 
CAROLAN. — Mrs.     Francis    Carolan    returned    Sunday    from    New    York. 

where  she   has   In  en    visiting  since   early  November. 
COLBLTRN. — Miss  Mayo  Colburn,   who  has  been  East  for  lour  months,  re- 
turned home  last  Friday,  and  is  once  more  domiciled  at  the  Fairmont 

Hotel. 
ELKUS. — Albeit   FJkus  has  returned  from  New  York,  where  he  went,  to 

attend  the  new  operas  presented  in  the  holiday  season  there. 
KENNEDY. — Miss  Claire  F.  Kennedy  has  just  returned  home  from  New 

York,  where  she  has  been  for  the  past  two  months  with  her  aunt,  Mrs. 

Knox, 
NICKEL. — Miss   Beatrice  Nickel   returned   Saturday  from  Portland,   where 

she  has  been  enjoying  a  ten  days'  visit  as  the  guest  of  Miss  Barbara 

McKenzie. 
POl  E. — Mrs.  George  A    Pope  and  Miss  Emily  Pope,  who  have  been  East 

.     last    fall,    returned    home   Friday. 
STARR. — Miss  Dorothy  Stan-,  who  went  to  New  York  with  her  parents, 

Mr.  and   Mrs.  George  Starr,  recently,  is  here  again  visiting  Miss  Es- 
ther Bull.     Miss  Bull  gave  ?   tea  fur  Miss  Starr  on  Friday. 
DEPARTURES. 
CHAMBERLIN.— Mr.    and   Mrs.   Wiliard   Chamberlin   left   on    Sunday   for 

New  York,  to  be  away  a  month  or  so. 
ItUNBAR. — Mrs.  L,   L.   Dunbar  left  Tuesday  for  Honolulu.     Miss  Florence 

Braverman  will  accompany  Mrs.    Harold  Law  to  Honolulu  for  a  stay 

of  several  w<  eks, 
CRAVES. — Mrs.    Walker    Coleman    Graves    ieft    Monday    for    Vancouver, 

whence  they  will  sail  for  a  three  months'  trip  to  the  Orient. 
HART. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    Hamilton    H.    Hart  of  Piedmont  are   a  couple  who 

are    turning    toward    the   Orient   for   their   spring   travels.      They   leave 

this  Sunday,  to  be  away  an  indefinite  period. 
LAW. — Mrs.  Harold  Law  left  Tuesday  for  Honolulu  to  meet  Mr.  Law,  who 

lias  been   in  Australia  for  a  month.     They  will  remain  at  the  Islands 

another  month. 
LEWIS. — Mrs.   Allen    Lewis,  who   has  been  here  visiting  her  sisters,   Mrs. 

William    Hinckley    Taylor    and    Mrs.    George    Boyd,    for    the    last    few 

weeks,  will  return  to-day  to  her  home  in  Portland. 
REID. — Mis.    Whitelaw   Reid,   accompanied  by  her  cousin,   Miss  Augusta 

Bishop,   and  Miss  Ethel   Crocker,   have  left  for  New  York.     Mrs.   Reid 

will  sail  the  latter  part  of  this  month  for  England  to  spend  the  spring 

with   her  daughter,  Mrs.  John  Hubert  Ward. 


INTIMATIONS. 

mil-  f"i    France  Hill 

MILL       Mr     and    Ml 

home  about   February   1st.    Th«  pi 

.>r  the  Ban  Mateo  Park  dlsti 
m<  M  IRE,    Mi     and    Mrs    Kenneth    m 
,\.-w    York,   and 

honeymooning  all  i  >,■<  embei 

MURPHT,     Mr.  and  Murphy,  who  have  been  In  New  fork 

f.T  teveraJ  months,  will  be  home  the  Rial  pari  ol  next  week,  and  will 
tp)  i  heir  honn   In  V  ipenlng 

the) i  country  place  down  the  peninsula. 
P1ERSON.    Miss   Helen   Plerson  is  enjoying  ;i   Fortnight  &  In  Ban 

From  her  home  In  Martinez,  and  is  taking  on  active  par!  In 
b  e  t . 
i      mis    Andre*   Welch  will  be  one  <>r  the  ladles  In  waiting 
Russian  court  --f  the  Mardl  Gras.     Mrs.   Welch's  appointment 
the  octette  con  plate,     The  others  of  Mrs,  Talbot  Walker's  attendants 
will  be  Mrs.   Horace  Hill  and   the  Miss.-.   Helen  Jom       Marlon  Zelle, 
Helen  Keenej .    1 1  ib<  lie  ■-'■  Ini  i  rln,  Gertrude  i  Eopktns  and   Mrs,  i  I 
sney. 
Winn.— Mrs..  Frank  U  Winn  is  lure  From  her  home  In  the  Be 

to  Mrs.  i  leorge  C.  Boardman  and  Mrs.  Lovell  Langsl  roth  at  their  home 
in  California  Btrat  t 

-Miss  Ruth  Zolle  and  Corbet!  Moody,  whose  marriag*    I  ikes  place 
the  Brst  week  of  next  month,  sail  on  the  following  day  for  Honolulu. 
Tin  >    have  leased  a  cottage   In  Burllngame,  which  will  be  re* 
them  on  their  return  from  the  islands. 


James  M.  Barnes,  golf   champion    of 
1916  always  uses  the  famous  British- 

™de  DUN  LOP 

GOLF      BALLS 

Unequalled  jor  distance  and  steadiness 

Use   "29"  or  "31" 

Ask  your  golf  professional  jor  Dtmlops 
$9.00  per  dozen— 75c  each 

THE  DUNLOP    RUBBER  CO..   Ltd.,         Birmingham.  England 
Western   Distributor:     F.  J.  RE1LLY.       121  Geary  St.,  San  Francisco 


| 

® 

\ 

\ 

1© 

f 

EVERY 

TWO 

HOURS 

during 
Route 

the   day,   a   fast   electric   train 
Ferry   Depot 

leaves   San 

Francisco, 

Key 

TO     S  A  C  R  A  M 

E  N  T  O 

Fast,  comfortable  service 
Central  California. 

through  some  of  the  p 

ettiest 

spots  in 

Write  for  time  table  and 

rates. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN 

RAILWAY 

L.    H. 

RODEBAUGH 

Th 

ffic   Manager 

.   Oaklc 

nd, 

Cal. 

1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


Why  Not  a  Commonwealth  of  Industry  ? 

By  Rodney  Cameron. 

How  is  the  reconciliation  necessary  to  this  co-operation  to  be 
effected  ?  It  would  seem  to  be  by  the  introduction  not  so  much 
of  changed  organization,  though  that  may  follow,  but  of  a  new 
point  of  view. 

The  ultimate  cause  of  industrial  unrest  were  the  divorce  be- 
tween employer  and  employed  and  the  acquiescence  of  the 
State  in  the  system  of  private  industrial  war.  The  cure  for  these 
evils  would  seem  to  have  been  supplied  by  the  war.  As  is  now 
patent  to  everybody,  industry  is  public  service,  for  on  it  the 
national  well-being  depends.  And  it  is  by  looking  at  it  from 
the  point  of  view  of  its  being  public  service  that  the  solution 
of  the  problem  comes  in  sight. 

On  the  one  hand,  if  industry  is  public  service,  the  main  mo- 
tive of  the  employer  ought  not  to  be  private  profit.  The  em- 
ployer in  reality  occupies  a  position  of  high  public  trust,  for  he 
is  responsible  for  an  industry  which  is  not  only  a  source  of 
national  supply,  but  the  means  whereby  a  great  many  citizens 
and  their  families  gain  their  living. 

From  the  national  point  of  view  he  is  not  a  successful  mana- 
ger until  he  conducts  the  industry  in  such  a  way  that  not  only  is 
he  able  to  pay  such  dividends  on  capital  that  he  can  obtain 
whatever  supplies  of  fresh  capital  are  required  for  the  conduct 
or  expansion  of  the  industry,  but  is  able  to  pay  wages  sufficient 
to  enable  everybody  employed  in  it  to  live  as  a  responsible 
citizen  should. 

Further,  before  paying  inordinate  dividends  either  to  Capital 
or  Labor  he  ought  to  consider  whether  he  ought  not  to  reduce 
the  price  of  his  product  to  the  public.  Directly  the  employer 
recognizes  that  he  is  in  essence  a  public  servant,  and  that,  while 
he  is  entitled  to  adequate  remuneration  and  capital  to  adequate 
interest,  the  well  being  of  all  his  employees  is,  from  the  na- 
tional point  of  view,  the  most  important  of  the  many  considera- 
tions of  which  he  has  to  take  account,  the  way  to  reconciliation 
will  be  plain. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  main  motive  of  the  employee  ought  to 
be  to  give  the  best  work  possible  during  an  adequate  working 
day.  He  also  is  a  public  servant,  contributing  his  mite  to  the 
work  on  -which  the  community  lives  and  entitled  to  wages  and 
hours  which  will  enable  him  to  acquit  himself  in  other  ways  as 
a  responsible  citizen,  provided  he  works  to  the  utmost  of  his 
ability  during  working  hours. 

On  this  basis,  and  on  this  basis  alone,  does  it  appear  possi- 
ble to  effect  such  a  reconciliation  between  employers  and  em- 
ployed that  the  work  of  reconstruction  will  be  undertaken  in  a 
spirit  of  zealous  co-operation  and  not  of  suspicion  and  conflict. 
There  can  be  no  industrial  democracy  until  Labor  is  willing 
and  able  to  shoulder  the  responsibilities  as  well  as  the  privi- 
leges or  management.  Th'j  road  of  advance  is  not  to  create  two 
independent  authorities  in  industry,  but  to  make  the  one  respon- 
sible authority  representative  of  all  concerned  in  industry. 

But  if  industrial  democracy,  the  final  solution  of  the  indus- 
trial problem,  is  not  yet  in  sight,  the  conversion  of  industry 
from  a  conflict  into  a  commonwealth  is  immediately  possible. 
And  it  becomes  possible  directly  the  motive  of  public  service  is 
loyally  accepted  by  both  sides. 

Fortunately,  the  omens  are  bright.  As  we  become  more  con- 
scious of  the  sacrifices  and  endurance  of  those  who  are  fighting 
our  battles  abroad,  so  also  grows  the  determination  that  nothing 
must  be  allowed  to  stand  in  the  way  of  building  up  a  happier 
and  more  equal  commonwealth  for  them  to  come  back  to  after 
the  war  is  over. 


CHESTERTON  AS  A   COUNTRYMAN. 

The  very  word  "industrial"  suggests  something  of  the  nar- 
rowness which  so  long  made  industrialism  insufficient.  The 
mere  derivation  involves  something  unimaginative  which  misses 
the  main  part  of  the  labors  of  men  under  the  sun.  There  really 
was  a  notion  that  a  man  must  be  industrial  in  order  to  be  indus- 
trious. 

There  is  nothing  in  which  we  shall  find  ourselves  more  lucky 
in  our  Alliance  with  France  and  with  Russia  than  in  a  certain 
widening  of  experience  about  the  possibilities  of  rural  industry, 
such  as  those  two  great  peasant  countries  can  give.  Widely  as 
the  Frenchman  and  the  Russian  differ  in  their  high  and  diverse 


types  of  virtue,  they  are  alike  in  the  fact  that  they  have  done  all 
their  great  work  by  industry;  but  have  done  it  without  indus- 
trialism. 

But  this  truth  does  not  merely  belong  to  our  Allies ;  it  belongs 
historically  to  ourselves,  for  it  belonged  very  decidedly  to  our 
ancestors.  It  is  notable  that  even  when  the  Englishman  became 
a  town  mouse  he  still  talked  with  the  tongue  of  a  country  mouse. 

The  Early  Victorian  merchants  encouraged  children  to  be  not 
slothful  in  business  by  reciting:  "How  doth  the  little  busy  bee;" 
though  they  already  had  a  rather  hazy  idea  about  how  he  doth. 
A  mercantile  youth  of  the  early  nineteenth  century  may  well 
have  been  adjured  to  work  like  a  beaver;  and  had  merely  the 
impression  that  he  was  being  told,  somewhat  unreasonably,  to 
imitate  a  hat.  All  the  links  with  a  country  life,  however,  would 
not  thus  have  been  lost  between  one  generation  and  another. 
Even  to  this  day  the  proverbs  of  business,  in  its  literal  sense  of 
being  busy,  are  proverbs  colored  by  the  countryside  and  some- 
what incongruous  in  the  streets. 

A  man  in  the  middle  of  a  London  fog  briskly  announces  that 
he  is  going  to  make  hay  while  the  sun  shines.  A  man  standing 
on  a  hard  asphalt  pavement  is  needlessly  recommended  not  to 
let  the  grass  grow  under  his  feet. 

The  early  mistake  of  the  Manchester  philosophy,  contradicted 
even  by  those  common  forms  of  speech  which  it  still  had  to  em- 
ploy, cut  off  many  Englishmen  for  a  generation  or  two  from 
many  sentiments  which  in  the  long  run  are  found  necessary  to 
the  very  manhood  of  man.  These  must  be  recovered  by  modern 
industry  if  it  is  to  become  once  more  human. 


TEMPERANCE  VERSUS  PROHIBITION. 

Prohibition  and  temperance  are  questions  forcing  themselves 
well  to  the  front  all  over  the  United  States.  The  words  are  not 
synonymous.  In  meaning  they  are  diametrically  opposed.  Pro- 
hibition is  intemperate — unreasoning,  unjust  and  destructive  of 
individual  liberty.  Temperance  is  a  God-giving  religion.  It 
means  personal  freedom,  not  license ;  health,  morality,  decency, 
prosperity  and  happiness.  Prohibition  is  the  aim  of  a  well 
meaning  but  fanatically  misguided  multitude.  Temperance  in 
all  things  is  held  as  of  first  import  by  sound  reasoning,  intelli- 
gent humanitarians.  Temperance  in  the  use  of  alcoholic  drinks 
is  as  essential  to  the  health,  minds  and  morals  of  people  as  is 
fcod,  and  is  positively  necessary  to  the  strength,  development, 
and  progress  of  a  people  and  the  military  power  of  a  nation. 
The  fight  is  on.  Which  shall  win?  Prohibition  has  a  strong 
backing  in  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union,  to  the 
work  of  which  many  worthy  but  ill-advised  women  are  devoting 
their  best  efforts.  In  its  cause  are  enlisted  men  of  more  or  less 
ability  and  influence.  In  several  of  the  States  already  has  been 
enacted  most  stringent  prohibitive  legislation — acts  of  tyranny 
over  personal  liberty  more  reprehensible  than  some  that  have 
caused  revolutions.  Are  the  temperate,  level  headed,  liberty- 
loving  people  of  the  United  States  to  fold  their  arms  and  apa- 
thetically permit  fanatical  Prohibition  to  stride  over  the  whole 
land?— By  Colonel  Wm.  D'A.  Mann. 


KODAKING   THE  SEX. 

A  woman's  conception  of  true  affection  is  love  while  the 
man  lasts,  and  a  solid  income  when  he's  dead. 

A  kiss  in  time  saves  a  lot  of  useless  hand-shaking. 

Love's  favorite  flowers — two-lips. 

Matrimony  is  what  a  woman  looks  for  and  a  man  gets  if  he 
isn't  jolly  careful. 

The  most  ardent  lover  develops  morality  when  his  best  girl 
gets  a  cold  in  the  head. 

A  girl's  heart  is  a  piece  of  paste  surrounded  by  diamonds. 

The  only  time  a  man  is  master  of  his  own  home  is  when  the 
mistress  is  absent  from  it. 

A  girl  worships  the  golden  calf,  but  the  man  looks  out  for  a 
fatted  one. 

The  woman  who  doesn't  hesitate  knows  it  is  waste  of  time. 

A  woman  holds  her  dressmaker  in  awe  and  her  husband  in 
submission. 

Adam  invented  marriage,  but  Eve  patented  it- 
Vanity  covers  a  multitude  of  sins — with  cosmetics. 

A  good  husband  tells  a  wife  her  faults.  An  ideal  one  doesn't 
think  she  has  any. 

Wives  are  wonderful  things.  Every  man  should  have  at  least 
one  as  a  matter  of  education. 


i*Y  27.  1917 


ami  California  Advrrliscr 


11 


A  rolling  stone  gather?  no  moss,  but  it  gets  so  smooth 

that  nobody  has  anything  on  it. — Puck. 

"How  much  are  your  (our  dollar  shoes?"  asked  the 

.■mart  one.  "Two  dollars  a  foot,"  replied  the  salesman,  wearily. 
— ]u.: 

"I  hear,  Tommy,  you  saved  a  life  in  the  war."    "Hi  did, 

sir."  "How  did  you  do  it.  Tommy?"  "By  not  hinlisting,  sir." 
— Boston  Transcript. 

Flossie  Flirt — Jack,  that  man  in  the  box  hasn't  taken  his 

eyes  off  me  for  an  hour.  Her  Escort — How  do  you  know? — 
Punch  Bowl. 

Crawford — I  hear  that   he's  economizing.   Crabshaw — 

Yes;  he  doesn't  buy  anything  now  unless  he  can  get  it  on  credit. 
— Kansas  City  Star. 

"Flubdub's  home  seems  badly  neglected."    "Well,  his 

wife  is  interested  in  prison  reform,  better  roads,  pure  politics 
and  clean  plays." — Pittsburg  Post. 

She — Do  you  remember  that  you  once  proposed  to  me 

and  that  I  refused  you?  He — Yes;  that  is  one  of  my  life's  most 
beautiful  memories. — Buffalo  Courier. 

Kawler — Did  you  ever  go  to  one  of  those  astrologers? 

Mrs.  Blunderby — No;  but  my  daughter  Kate  is  just  crazy  to 
have  her  periscope  read. — Dallas  News. 

"I  understand  your  husband  has  equipped  his  factory 

with  a  pulmotor,  Mrs.  Gottit."  "Well,  I  suppose  he  had  to;  they 
handle  so  much  heavy  freight,  don't  you  know." — Topeka  Jour- 
nal. 

Business  Caller  (looking  at  photograph) — This  is  a  pic- 
ture of  Mrs.  Peckington,  I  suppose?  Peckington — Yes;  that's 
her  when  she  is — er — getting  her  pictures  taken. — Philadelphia 
Press. 

"What  do  you  think  of  the  acoustics,  Mrs.  Nurich?" 

whispered  her  neighbor.  "Oh,  I  don't  mix  in  them  religious 
squabbles.  Let  everybody  worship  in  their  own  way,  I  say." — 
Tit-Bits. 

"Sir,"  said  the  beggar,  "will  youse  give  a  pore  old  blind 

man  er  dime?"  "But,"  protested  the  citizen,  "you  can  see  out 
of  one  eye."  "Oh,  well,"  rejoined  the  beggar,  "make  it  a  nickel 
then." — Indianapolis  Star. 

"My  dear  wife  spent  her  early  years  in  a  milliner's  shop," 

said  a  wealthy  self-made  man  the  other  day.  "Mine  spends 
most  of  her  time  there  now,"  growled  his  friend.  "She's  pretty 
dear,  too." — Stray  stories. 

Lecturer — The  idea  of  eternity,  my  friends,  is  something 

too  vast  for  the  human  mind  to  conceive.  Voice  from  the  Au- 
dience— Did  you  ever  pay  for  a  seven  hundred  dollar  piano  on 
the  installment  plan  ? — Life. 

"Did  you  see  my  sunburst  last  night?"   inquired  the 

pompous  Mrs.  Newrich  of  her  poorer  neighbor.  "No,  I  didn't," 
said  the  neighbor,  caustically;  "but  I  certainly  thought  he  would 
if  he  ate  another  bite." — Ladies'  Home  Journal. 

"They  say,"  remarked  the  spinster  boarder,  "that  the 

woman  who  hesitates  is  lest."  "Lost  is  not  the  proper  word 
for  it,"  growled  the  fussy  old  bachelor  at  the  pedal  extremity 
of  the  table.    "She's  extinct." — I  ndianapolis  Star. 

"Sometimes  I  think."  remarked  the  timid  young  man  in 

the  parlor  scene,  "that  if  I — er — had  more  money  I  would — er — 
get  married."  "Well,"  suggested  the  dear  girl  who  occupied 
the  other  end  of  the  sofa,  "why  don't  you  try  to — er — borrow 
some?" — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

"I'm  a-thinking  I  shall  go  enlist  and  help  fight  the  Ger- 
mans, Widow  Kelly,"  said  young  Regan,  who  was  a  bashful 
suitor  for  the  widow's  hand.  "Faith,  then,  it's  a  poor  soger 
you'll  make."  "What  do  you  mean?"  "Oh,  nothing.  Only  a 
man  who  keeps  on  calling  on  a  widdy  for  years  without  pluck 
enough  to  spake  his  mind  hasn't  the  makin'  of  a  soger  in  him." 
— Punch. 


"Have  you  contributed  to  the  aid  of  those  in  dist: 

"Yes.     I  have  lost  six  umbrellas  in  the  last  two  months." 

Washington  St.ir. 

-"Hearing  those  high  priced  oi  s  on  the  phono- 
graph is  almost  as  good  as  hearing  them  o:.  Setter. 
You  can  shut  them  off  whenever  you  like  on  the  phonograph." 
— Music.il  America. 

"Papa,  what  is  the  difference  between  a  fiddler  and  a 

violinist?"  "About  three  hundred  dollars  an  evening,  my  child." 
— Musical  America. 

"What  can  be  more  sad  than  a  man  without  a  country?" 

feelingly  asked  the  high  school  teacher  of  her  class.  "A  coun- 
try without  a  man,"  responded  a  pretty  girl,  just  as  feelingly. — 
Birmingham  Age  Herald. 

"I  thought  you  said  you  could  sing  at  sight,"  said  the  or- 
ganist to  the  choir  applicant.  "Sure  I  can,  sorr,  but  not  at  first 
sight." — Liverpool  Mercury. 

"Is  your  daughter  improving  in  her  music?"    "No.    But 

the  next  best  thing  is  happening.  She's  getting  tired  of  it  and 
won't  practice." — Washington  Star. 

Betty  Goldust — Did  you  have  a  satisfactory  interview 

with  papa?  Jock  Brokeleigh — Not  very;  he  said  ail  he  could 
give  us  was  his  consent. — Princeton  Tiger. 

Marjorie   (watching  expert  ice  skater) — How  can  that 

girl  revolve  so  long  on  one  foot?  Dorothy — Probably  she's  a 
Daughter  of  the  Revolution. — Town  Topics. 

" — "I  don't  care  much  for  that  piece  the  orchestra  is  playing 
now."  "Why,  that's  futurist  music."  "Oh,  is  that  it?  Why 
don't  they  play  it  some  time  in  the  future,  then?" — Musical 
A  merica. 

Mistress — Goodness,  Bridget,  where   is  our  telephone? 

Bridget — Mrs.  Jones  sent  over,  mum,  asking  for  the  use  av  it, 
and  I  sint  it  over,  but  I  had  the  divil's  own  toime  gittin'  it  off 
the  wall,  mum. — Toledo  Blade. 

— — She — If  I'd  known  you'd  be  such  a  brute  to  poor  Fido  I'd 
never  have  married  you.  He — The  anticipated  pleasure  of  kick- 
ing that  miserable  little  beast  was  one  of  my  chief  reasons  for 
proposing. — Stray  Stories. 

"That  Burbank  man  is  a  wonder,"  said  Maude.    "I  don't 

like  a  man  who  tries  to  be  so  smart,"  replied  Maymie.  "The 
first  thing  we  know  he'll  be  undertaking  to  invent  a  kissless  mis- 
tletoe."— Topeka  Journal. 

"Say,"  said  the  man  as  he  entered  the  clothing  store.  "I 

bought  this  suit  here  less  than  two  weeks  ago,  and  it  is  rusty- 
looking  already."  "Well,"  replied  the  clothing  dealer,  "I  guar- 
anteed it  to  wear  like  iron,  didn't  I?" — Detroit  Free  Press. 

-"Bobby,  do  you  know  you've  deliberately  broken  the 

eighth  commandment  by  stealing  James'  candy?"  "Well,  I 
thought  I  might  as  well  break  the  eighth  commandment  and 
have  the  candy  as  to  break  the  tenth  and  only  'covet'  it." — Life. 

"You  can't  make  me  believe  a  college  education  gits  you 

anything,"  said  the  young  man  who  had  won  two  medals  for 
fox-trotting.  ."Still  I  always  thought  college  fellows  was  awful 
swell,"  replied  the  girl.  "Nothing  doing!  We  got  one  of  them 
in  our  office  that  aways  says  'whom'  and  'notwithstanding,'  and 
say,  I  heard  the  boss  calling  him  down  to-day  the  worst  I  ever 
seen.  What's  the  use  knowing  them  kind  of  words  if  you  can't 
talk  back?" — Judge. 


COMFORT. 


Earth  has  no  grief  that  Heaven  cannot  heal, 

However  deep  the  pain. 
Help  us,  oh!  tender  Lord,  this  truth  to  feel. 

This  healing  balm  to  gain. 
We  are  so  weak,  oh!  Comforter  Divine, 
Teach  us  to  know  that  all  our  griefs  are  Thine. 

Earth  has  no  grief  that  Heaven  cannot  cure 

If  we  have  faith,  and  pray; 
The  healing  may  be  slow,  but  it  is  sure, 

In  His  own  time,  and  way, 
He  sends  us  comfort,  helps  us  to  resign, 
To  say  through  tears,  "Thy  ways,  oh,  Lord!  not  mine." 

— B.  M.Wills. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


PLyDASUR 


!AND 


J^-mH 


0WJWfa«.C'*M 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Orpheum. 

The  Spirit  of  Vaudeville — that  elusive  thing,  which  like  the 
smell  of  musk  is  easy  to  identify  but  difficult  to  define — has 
been  captured  by  Will  Cressy  and  made  to  sit  up,  beg,  roll 
over  and  play  dead  at  his  word. 

Mr.  Cressy  presents  the  unusual  combination  of  a  creative  art- 
ist— a  playwright — and  an  executive  artist — an  actor,  and  in 
the  acting  is  ably  assisted  by  his  wife,  Blanche  Dayne. 

His  sketch  at  the  Orpheum  this  week,  "A  City  Case",  is  as 
full  of  laughs  as  the  sermon  of  a  vice-crusading  clergyman  is 
of  platitudes. 

Just  one  sample  from  the  Cressy  wares : 
Squire  Tappan  (Will  Cressy),  referring  to  Helen  Underwood, 
a  beautiful  girl  (Marion  Hodges)  :  "Who  is  that?" 

Mrs.  St.  Clair  (Miss  Dayne)  :  "She  is  my  private  secretary." 

Squire  Tappan :  "If  she  were  mine,  I'd  keep  her  in  a  cage  and 
— get  into  the  cage." 

It  was  a  blonde  week  among  the  lady  entertainers,  and  Miss 
Neilson-Terry  again  captured  her  audience  with  her  perfect, 
flute-like  tones,  which  at  times  could  hardly  be  dis- 
tinguished from  the  flute  accompaniment,  but  I  am 
afraid  she  did  not  hold  her  impression  with  her 
scenes  from  "Romeo  and  Juliet".  At  least  the  gal- 
lery showed  restlessness,  while  the  downstairs  felt 
restless  but  pretended  to  be  deeply  interested. 

Why  don't  they  take  the  attitude  of  the  late 
Charles  Frohman  towards  the  Bard  ?  When  he  was 
rehearsing  one  of  his  companies  in  "Romeo  and 
Juliet",  the  members  exhibited  nervousness  as  to 
whether  they  were  traditionally  correct,  and  the  man- 
ager exclaimed : 

"Who  is  this  man  Shakespeare?  I  don't  see  him 
here.  Play  that  balcony  scene  as  if  you  were  mak- 
ing love  to  your  best  girl.  What  is  there  to  be  afraid 
of?" 

The  saying  that  there  are  three  sexes — men,  wo- 
men and  tenors — is  disproved  in  the  case  of  Orville 
Harrold,  who  is  as  manly  a  fellow  as  ever  stood  up 
and  called  for  "A  little  straight,  please",  and  who 
possesses  a  virile  and  altogether  pleasing  tenor  voice 
which  has  been  perfectly  cultivated.  He  caught  the 
gallery,  after  his  more  serious  renderings,  by  drap- 
ing himself  over  the  piano,  as  if  it  were  a  bar,  and 
singing  a  couple  of  Irish  songs.  As  much  as  to  say : 
"Even  if  I  am  a  great  tenor,  I  am  a  regular  fellow 
and  just  as  common  as  any  of  you."  John  McCor- 
mack  has  nothing  on  Harrold  except  a  more  active 
press  agent. 

I  am  very  much  afraid  that  the  singing  of  Mrs. 
Donald- Ayer  (why  the  hyphen?),  another  blonde 
lady,  suffered  in  comparison  with  that  of  Miss  Terry, 
billed  as  an  actress.  Perhaps  Mrs.  Ayer,  however, 
might  have  acted  more  acceptably  than  the  British 
blonde.  Mrs.  Ayer  tried  hard  to  please,  but  her  voice 
lacks  the  emotional  quality — let  it  go  at  tempera- 
ment. 

The  inevitable  boy  and  girl  act  "in  one"  was  rep- 
resented this  week  by  Willing  and  Jordan.  Jordan 
(or  Willing)  is  another  light-haired  girl,  and  they 
are  both  willing,  but  they  seemed  a  little  flat  imme- 
diately following  the  Phair  Phyllis. 

After  Muriel  Worth's  dancing  last  week  I  could 
not  see  Martin  and  Fabrini  at  all.  Milt  Collins  again 
bored  me  with  his  banalities,  and  of  course  brought 
down  the  house. 

The  lady  and  the  leopards  closed  the  show. 


Pantages 

Herbert  Brooks  may  not  be  the  best  conjuror  in  the  world — 
I  do  not  know  of  any  standard  by  which  you  can  measure  leger- 
demain excellence — but  he  has  the  funniest  line  of  patter 
which  he  puts  over  for  all  the  world  as  if  he  were  "ad  libbing." 
Probably  he  is  not,  but  then  the  best  spontaneous  utterances  are 
those  which  are  carefully  prepared.  We  all  know  how  much 
brighter  than  the  things  we  have  really  said  are  what  Thackeray 
called  cab  thoughts  and  the  French,  with  perhaps  a  happier 
phrase,  V esprit  d'escalier.  Anyway,  whether  it  is  the  best  in  his 
line  or  not,  Herbert  Brooks  is  vastly  entertaining  in  his  York- 
shire way.  I  really  have  no  idea  how  he  got  out  of  the  trunk 
in  which  he  was  so  carefully  immured,  but  if  he  couldn't  fool 
me  he  would  have  no  right  to  pull  the  trick  on  the  stage,  any 
more  than  I  would  have  a  light  to  write  this  ragtime  review  if  I 
didn't  know  the  trick  of  it. 

Another  act  which  shows  great  excellence  outside  of  its  regu- 
lar line  of  work  is  the  acrobatic  pair,  Corelli  and  Gillette.  The 
former  belongs  to  an  old  circus  family,  but  he  plays  an  upstage 


Elsie  Piker  &  Dudley  Douglas,  at  the  Orpheum  next  week 


January  27.  1917 


and  California  Adv«rtis«M 


13 


English  actor  to  perfection,  and  even  if  he  broke  a  leg  he  could 
melee  a  living  without  tumbling.  Gillette  served  as  an  admir- 
able foil  for  his  clever  partner's  fooling. 

There  were  two  extras  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  evidently  put 
on  to  fill  in  for  some  stranded  acts.  Prince  and  Deerie  are  billed 
for  next  week,  but  they,  too,  made  quite  a  hit,  and  the  young 
lady  has  a  stunning  figure  and  a  bully  voice.  Her  arms  also 
had  real  sunburn  on  them,  and  she  looked  as  if  she  were  a  sure 
enough  outdoor  girl.  I  shouldn't  mind  going  swimming  with  her 
myself. 

As  another  extra  there  was  a  young  gentleman  evidently  new 
to  the  stage,  but  who  performed  very  creditably  on  a  ukulele 
and  some  kindred  instrument  of  torture;  also  he  sang  acceptably 
enough.  I  would  suggest  to  the  neophyte  that  he  stand  up  when 
he  sings,  and  he  will  make  much  more  of  an  impression. 

There  were  four  young  ladies  labeled  "Whott  Four",  who 
sang  and  pranced  around  the  stage,  and  I  am  still  wondering 
"what  for?" 

Also  The  Imperial  Military  Octette,  consisting  of  gentlemen 
who  looked  as  if  they  might  have  escaped  from  the  Kaiser's 
first  line  trenches,  and  who  played  on  various  wind  instruments. 
Altogether,  a  decidedly  interesting  and  entertaining  bill. 

*  •  • 

Advance   Announcements 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Horace  Britt,  the  bril- 
liant violoncellist  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra, 
will  be  the  soloist  of  the  sixth  "pop"  concert,  which  will  be 
given  Sunday  afternoon,  January  28th,  at  the  Cort  Theatre, 
under  the  direction  of  Alfred  Hertz.  In  next  Sunday's  concert 
Britt's  art  will  be  shown  to  advantage  in  Bruch's  "Kol  Nidrei," 
Op.  47,  and  the  Lalo  intermezzo.  The  remainder  of  the  pro- 
gram is  rich  with  melody.  Conductor  Hertz  again  showing  his 
fine  faculty  for  selecting  masterpieces  that  hit  the  favor  of  both 
layman  and  music  student.  The  first  number  of  the  afternoon 
will  be  Weber's  "Der  Freischutz,"  which  might  be  termed  the 
"popular  overture  par  excellence."  Greig's  First  "Peer  Gynt" 
suite  is  certain  of  favor,  as  is  Rimsky-Korsakow's  "Capriccio 
Espagnol,"  of  which  the  entire  five  movements  will  be  given.  B. 
Emilio  Puyans  will  have  an  opportunity  to  distinguish  himself 
in  the  beautiful  flute  solo  which  Gluck  wrote  into  the  "Dance 
of  the  Happy  Spirits"  from  "Orpheus."  The  eighth  pair  of 
regular  symphonies  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  will  be 
given  under  Hertz'  direction  on  February  2  and  4,  at  the  Cort, 
the  feature  being  Edgar  Stillman  Kelley's  much-discussed  "New 
England"  symphony,  which  will  thus  have  its  first  San  Fran- 
cisco performances.  Paul  Dukas'  "The  Peri,"  which  made  such 
an  impression  when  given  by  Hertz  last  season,  and  Weber's 

"Euranthe"  overture,  will  complete  the  offerings. 

*  *  * 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  announces  another  great  new  show 
for  next  week.  Pocket  editions  are  usually  unauthorized  by  the 
larger  editions  they  are  supposed  to  represent.  Piker  and  Dud- 
ley Douglas,  who  announce  themselves  as  a  "pocket  edition  of 
Gaby  Deslys  and  Harry  Pilcer,"  are  a  glaring  exception.  Miss 
Piker  is  Mr.  Piker's  sister,  and  the  team  is  presented  in  vau- 
deville by  him.  Dudley  Douglas  is  a  dapper  youth  with  a  win- 
ning stage  presence,  and  the  two  are  admirably  suited  to  each 
ether.  They  present  smart  songs,  dances,  sayings  and  costumes. 
Odiva,  "The  Water  Queen,"  assisted  by  a  school  of  Pacific 
Ocean  sea  lions,  will  give  an  exhibition  of  fancy  diving  and 
feats  of  grace  in  a  massive  glass  tank.  "Surgeon  Louder,  U.  S. 
A,"  which  will  be  presented  by  the  inimitable  fun-makers,  Im- 
hoff,  Conn  and  Coreen,  is  as  clever  a  bit  of  farce  as  has  been 
presented  in  a  long  time.  Trovato,  the  humorist  violinist  who 
has  been  more  copied  than  any  other  artist,  is  an  eccentric  gen- 
ius who  has  completely  mastered  his  art.  Janet  Adair  describes 
her  performance  as  "Song  Definitions."  Myrl  and  Delmar  term 
their  little  novelty  "Over  the  Garden  Gate."  It  is  a  gymnastic 
turn.  Orville  Harrold,  America's  greatest  tenor,  will  be  heard 
in  new  numbers,  and  Will  M.  Cressy  and  Blanche  Dayne  will 
continue  Mr.  Cressy's  greatest  success,  "A  City  Case." 

*  *  • 

Civic  Center  Auditorium. — Mark  this  date  in  your  social  cal- 
endar: Sunday,  February  25,  1917.  This  is  the  day  on  which 
San  Francisco's  music  lovers  will,  at  the  Civic  Center  Audi- 
torium, have  their  first  opportunity  of  becoming  acquainted  with 
Lina  Cavalieri,  soprano,  generally  acknowledged  the  most  beau- 


tiful woman  of  this  day  and  generation,  and  Lucien  Muratore. 
the  world's  greatest  French  tenor.  Those  who  keep  tab  on 
things  musical  know  that  is  an  opera-singer  she  is  one  of  the 
brightest  stars  in  trie  operatic  firmament.  Those  fully  com; 
to  judge  declare  that  amongst  the  world's  greates  tenors  Mura- 
tore is  supreme.  The  Chicago  Evening  American  of  recent  date 
wrote  as  follows :  "For  the  always  wonderful  Muratore  one  must 
paraphrase  the  famous  French  proverb,  to  say,  'Cesse  de  vain- 
cre  ou  je  cesse  d'ecrire.'  His  Faust  last  night  was  a  noble, 
beautiful  exhibition  of  the  rarest  art.  polished  to  a  dazzling  fin- 
ish, pulsing  with  ardent  passion  and  with  the  secret  of  eternal 
youth  in  the  accents  of  his  glorious  tenor." 

•  *  • 

Theatre  St.  Franc's. — Would  you  believe  that  a  beautiful  wo- 
man could  deliberately  win  a  happy  husband  from  his  home  in 
the  short  space  of  one  week,  after  the  man  had  publicly  de- 
nounced her  as  a  menace  to  the  community?  It  can  be  done,  as 
the  incomparable  Kitty  Gordon  proves  in  her  masterly  work  in 
"Vera,  the  Medium,"  to  be  shown  on  the  screen  at  the  Theatre 
St.  Francis,  Geary  street  at  Powell,  commencing  Sunday,  Janu- 
ary the  28th.  Every  one  knows  Kitty  Gordon — not  only  for  her 
facial  beauty  and  her  acting  talent,  but  also  because  of  her  $20,- 
000  back,  which  connoisseurs  declare  to  be  the  most  perfect  and 
most  beautiful  back  known  to  the  stage  or  ballet.  As  the  Hon. 
Mrs.  Henry  Beresford,  Kitty  Gordon  occupied  a  social  position 


SI   m 

*  w  i  t 

Scene  from  "  Vera,  the  Medium,"  with  Miss  Kitty  Gordon  in  the 

Principle  role,  which  will  be  the  Attraction  at  Theatre 

St.  Francis  Commencing  Sunday  Afternoon. 

in  England  second  only  to  jroyalty  itself.  She  was  received 
everywhere,  and  her  social  functions  were  the  talk  and  joy  of 
the  smart  set  of  London.  The  lure  of  the  stage  was  too  strong 
for  her  to  resist  its  call,  and  she,  after  separating  from  her  hus- 
band, came  back  to  the  footlights  and  carved  out  a  new  niche 
for  her  talent  and  dramatic  powers.  In  this  story  of  Richard 
Harding  Davis's,  "Vera,  the  Medium,"  Kitty  not  only  wears  a 
host  of  beautiful  gowns  costing  more  than  $31,000,  but  her  jew- 
elry, valued  at  something  like  $200,000,  is  enough  in  evidence 

to  make  most  women  envious. 

»  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre.— William  N.  Selig  has  filmed  the  greatest 
of  American  film  dramas  in  "The  Crisis."    That  is  the  verdict 


Oculists  and 

PUcirlini      years  before  it  was  ottered  as  a 
rnysicians        Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still       2 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your      x 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Buy  Murine  of  your  Druggist — accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 

„ ,_    Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Lette. 


January  27,  1917 


of  critics  who  have  viewed  preliminary  presentations  of  this 
wonderful  drama  in  ten  reels.  It  has  been  pronounced  a  film 
drama  that  presents  the  great  crisis  in  our  national  life  with 
splendid  power  and  with  a  sympathy,  a  sincerity  and  a  patriot- 
ism that  is  inspiring.  According  to  one  famous  authority,  the 
Selig  drama  is  skillful  in  plot,  dramatic  in  episode,  powerful 
and  original  in  climax.  It  is  not  only  a  spectacular  scenic  pro- 
duction, but  has  something  more — a  logical,  gripping  story.  A 
large  symphony  orchestra  will  be  heard  at  each  presentation  of 
the  film  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  commencing  with  Sunday 
night,  January  28th,  and  continuing  each  afternoon  and  night 
thereafter  for  two  weeks.  Among  those  in  the  cast  are  George 
Fawcett,  Thomas  Santschi,  Bessie  Eyton,  Sam  D.  Drane,  Matt 
B.  Snyder,  Eugenie  Besserer,  Marshall  Neilan. 


AN  IDEAL  PLACE   OF  ENTERTAINMENT. 

If  you  haven't  spent  an  evening  at  Fred  Solari's  restaurant  at 
Geary  and  Mason  streets,  you  are  missing  one  of  the  most  en- 
tertaining delights  to  be  had  on  this  Peninsula.  The  beautifully 
decorated  establishment,  with  its  distinctive  air  of  refinement, 
has  two  large  ideal  dance  floors,  with  music  that  compels  your 
feet  to  "come  on  in."  The  unique  Indian  grill  easily  accommo- 
dates 200  guests.  Famous  entertainers  contribute  the  newest 
and  best  "turns"  of  the  day.  Harry  Dudley  and  his  galaxy  of 
pretty  girls  now  head  the  programme  with  La  Valera,  dancer 
of  the  Kermis,  in  a  new  revue.  A  sparkling  evening  there  is 
assured  to  all  guests,  as  Fred  Solari  is  a  model  in  catering  and 
entertainment. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 


of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


Paniages. — Winston's  Water  Lions  and  Diving  Nymphs,  an 
aquatic  offering  as  pretentious  as  it  is  novel,  heads  the  new  bill 
at  the  Pantages  next  week,  starting  Sunday  matinee,  and  gives 
a  very  convincing  demonstration  of  really  intelligent  animal 
training,  as  well  as  being  an  educational  and  scientific  spectacle 
beyond  comparison.  Two  pretty  and  clever  diving  girls  gives 
an  exhibition  of  different  dives  and  tricks,  while  under  the 
water,  and  the  seals,  at  a  word  of  command  from  Mr.  Winston, 
dive  into  the  tank  and  proceed  to  perform  exactly  the  same 

feats.    A  musical  treat  will  be  contributed  to  the  bill  by  the  La 

Scala  Sextette,  International  Grand  Opera  Stars,  in  excerpts       _,    .  ,    .  _,. 

from  Carmen,  Lucia  and  Faust.  These  artists  possess  voices  (jOlWfYlOIGL  1  flQfOZTV, 
of  the  calibre  seldom  heard  in  other  than  the  metropolitan  opera 
companies,  and  their  selections  are  rendered  with  spirit  and 
gusto.  Joe  Roberts,  king  of  the  banjo,  presents  a  repertoire  that 
contains  every  variety  of  musical  selection  from  grand  opera 
to  "rag."  Other  splendid  numbers  include  Sterling  and  Mar- 
guerite, "Singing  Athletes,"  La  Maire  and  Dawson,  "Black- 
ville's  Mercurial  Funmakers,"  Biele  and  Gerard,  Swede  comedy 
and  parodies,  Florence  Merritt,  a  sweet  singer  of  popular  songs, 
and  Helen  Holmes  in  Chapter  Thirteen  of  the  "Lass  of  the  KjT'PW&WYYl 
Lumberlands,"  complete  the  bill. 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 


AN  EXTRAORDINARY  SYMPHONY  PROGRAM. 

The  wonderful  Brahm  symphony  was  the  delight  of  those 
who  were  fortunate  to  be  present  at  the  Hertz  program  rendered 
at  the  recent  performance  at  the  Cort.  Brahms  infused  all  his 
tonal  nature  into  the  symphonic  measures,  and  made  it  a  joy  to 
true  music  lovers.  The  sympathetic  handling  of  this  noble 
theme  indicates  that  the  orchestra  under  the  present  leadership 
has  slipped  naturally  into  a  higher  and  more  beautiful  sphere 
of  grand  harmonic  symphonies.  The  "Egmont"  overture  was 
classically  handled;  so  was  the  delicate  tone  poem  of  Saint- 
Saens.  Julia  Culp  contributed  five  gems  in  song,  Schubert's 
Ave  Maria,  the  lovely  Staendchen,  Wagner's  Traume,  and  the 
Morgen  of  Strauss.  Altogether  the  program  was  the  most  at- 
tractive of  the  many  given  under  the  present  successful  Hertz 
regime. 


Beginning  SUNDAY  NIGHT,  JANUARY  21-th 
TWICE  DAILY  for  TWO  WEEKS  THEREAFTER 
Evenings  at  8:lo— Matinees  at  2:15.    Selig's  Screen  Sensation 

THE      CRISIS 

From  Winston  Churchill's  story 

The  one  and  only  motion  picture  booked  for  this  season  at  the  Columbia. 

Evenings— 25c,  50c,  75c.    Matinees— 25,  50c. 

SYMPHONY    ORCHESRTRA    AT    ALL    PRESEN  1  ATIONS 

O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 
"Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY- 
DAY. 

A  WONDERFUL  NEW  SHOW 
ELSIE  PILCER  AND  DUDLEY  DOUGLAS  Smart  Songs,  Dances.  Sayings  and 
Gowns;  ODIVA  "The  Water  Queen"  assisted  by  a  School  of  Pacific  Ocean  Sea 
Lions,  Fancy  Diving  and  Feats  of  Grace  in  an  Immense  Glass  Tank;  ORVILLE 
HARROLD  America's  Greatest  Tenor.  New  Songs;  WILL  M.  CRESSY  & 
BLANCHE  DAYNE  in  "A  CITY  CASE;"  JANET  ADAIR  in  "Song  Definitions" 
assisted  by  Miss  Adelphi;  "OVER  THE  GARDEN  GATE"  presented  by  MYRL 
&  DELMAR;  IMHOFF.  CONN  &  COREENE  in  "Surgeon  Louder  U.S.A."; 
TROVATO  The  Humorist  Violinist. 

Evening  Prices — 10c,  25'.-.,  50c,  75c    Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays 
and   Holidays),   10c,   25c,   50c     PHONE   DOUGLAS   70. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


PREPAREDNESS. 


She  was  undergoing  an  examination,  and  when  the  physician 
advanced  towards  her  with  something  that  looked  like  a  cross 
between  a  microscope  and  a  toasting  fork,  she  asked  what  it 
was  for. 

"To  see  down  your  throat  with,"  replied  the  medico.  "You 
have  no  idea  how  far  I  can  see  with  this  instrument." 

Then  it  was  that  the  lady  got  off  the  mark  like  a  keg  of  dyna- 
mite. 

"Where  are  you  going?"  asked  the  physician  in  surprise. 

"I'm  going  down  for  a  new  pair  of  stockings — there's  a  hole 
in  one  of  these  I  have  on." 


6th  "POP"  CONCERT 
CORT    THEATRE 

Soloist— HORACE  BRITT. 

ORCHESTRA  SUNDAY.JAN.2Sth 

Alfred Hcrtz Conductor.  at  2 :3o  sharp 

PROGRAM— "Der  Freischutz"  Weber;  "Kol  Nidrei"  (Mr,  Britt)   Bruch;   Suite 
No.  l,"PeerGynt"  Grieg;  "Dance  of  Happy  Spirits."  "Orpheus"  Gluck;  Inter- 
mezzo (  Mr.  Britt)  Lalo;  Capriccio  Espagnol"  Rimsky-Korsakow. 
PRICES:  25c.  50c.  75c.  $1.00.    Tickets  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  except  concert 
day;  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day  only. 

Pantages '  1  heatre    Market  sa^  °^°^  Ma,°n 

Commencing  Sunday.  January  28th 

A    FIRST-CLASS    BILL 

WINSTON'S  CELEBRATED  WATER  LlONSand  DIVING  NYMPHS, The  Aquat- 
ic Sensation  of  the  20th  Century ;  LE  MAIRE  and  DAWSON :  JOE  ROBERTS; 
STERLING  and  MARGUERITE;  BIELE  &  GERARD;  FLORENCE  MERRITT. 
LASS  of  LUMBERLANDS;  MADAM  JENA  JENNINGS  PRESENTS  THE 
LA  SCALA  SEXTETTE.  


Theatre  St.  Francis 


GEARY  STREET 

AT  POWELL 


Week  commencing  Sunday,  January  28th 

The  Incomparable  KITTY  GORDON    (She  of  the  $20,000  back) 

And  a  strong  supporting  cast,  in  Richard  Harding  Davis's  masterpiece 

"VERA,    THE     MEDIUM" 
A  wonderful  play,  taken  in  wonderful  settings.    Kitty  Gordon  wears  a  host  of 
gowns  which  aggregated  over  $31,000  in  cost,  while  her  jewelry  m  this  photo- 
play-classic costs  over$200,000.  Same  low  pricesasusual.  Two  added  attractions 


Some  of  the  finest  and  most  spectacular  skating  in  the 

West  is  exhibited  at  the  big  Winter  Garden  Ice  Palace,  Sutter 
and  Pierce  streets,  every  morning,  afternoon  and  evening.  It  is 
great  exercise  for  children ;  they  find  no  end  of  enjoyment  in 
a  new  kind  of  unusual  fun  introduced  into  California.  Tuesday 
night  is  always  a  special,  as  several  hockey  clubs  take  turns  in 
battling  for  the  championship  on  that  night.  Next  Tuesday  the 
Indoor  Yacht  Club  representatives  and  the  Pacifies  will  contend. 


yyiNTEK@fiARDEN 


AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

T  /""  1?       V  T  /V  K    Phone  We"  363 
itfi      K.1  i\  JX    Sutter  and  Pierce  Sts. 

GENERAL    ADMISSION    25    CENTS 

GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  —  $1  Per  Hour 


Events  for  Next  Week 
Tuesday  Night-HOCKEY 
Indoor  Yacht  vs.  Pacifies 


Real  Skating    Music 
MORNINGS,  AFTERNOONS.EVEHNGS 


-  Half  Hour  50c 


i«r  27.  1917 


and  California  A<K' 


IflNANClAU 


One  of  the  largest  "melons"  ever 
S  Bio  Melon,    cut  by  an  industrial  corporation  was 

announced  in  New  York,  this  week, 
when  Bethlehem  Steel  Corporation  increased  the  common  stock 
divider,  i  from  7'j  per  cent  to  10  per  cent  quarterly,  recom- 
mended a  200  per  cent  common  stock  dividend  or  bonus,  and 
also  offered  the  common  stockholder,  the  right  to  subscribe  to 
$15,000,000  new  stock  at  par  on  a  basis  of  share  for  share  of 
present  holdings.  This  action  was  made  possible  by  a  pro- 
posed increase  of  the  common  stock  from  $15,000,000  to  $60,- 
000.000.  The  plan  regarding  the  new  stock  is  to  be  submitted 
to  shareholders  at  a  special  meeting  February  14th.  Voting 
power  will  be  withheld  from  the  new  stock.  One  reason  for  this 
decision,  and  perhaps  the  most  important,  it  was  explained,  is 
that  Schwab  promised  the  British  government,  from  which  he 
has  received  orJers  running  into  hundreds  of  millions  of  dol- 
•.at  he  would  not  relinquish  control  of  the  corporation 
while  the  war  lasts.  The  banking  house  of  J.  and  W.  Seligman 
is  forming  a  syndicate  to  underwrite  the  purchase  of  the  $15,- 
000,030  of  new  common  stock,  to  be  known  as  Class  B.  The 
usual  annual  dividend  of  7  per  cent  on  the  preferred  stock,  pay- 
able in  four  quarterly  installments,  also  was  declared. 


Net  profits  of  the  Tonopah  Mining  Company  for  Decem- 
ber were  $61,000,  as  against  $90,550  for  November  and  $56,- 
025  in  December,  1915.  The  power  was  shut  off  at  the  mine  for 
six  days  last  month,  which  reduced  earnings.  Net  profits  of 
the  Jim  Butler  mine  in  Tonopah  for  December  amounted  to  $22,- 
500,  as  compared  with  $31,500  for  November  and  $22,005  for 
December,  1915.  Operation  was  suspended  for  six  days  last 
month  because  of  power  troubles,  which  reduced  the  output. 
Tonopah  Belmont  Mining  Company  reports  net  profits  of  $114,- 
800  for  December,  against  $121,000  for  November  and  $81,135 
for  December,  1915. 


A  compilation  of  resources  of  the  twenty-five  State  banks 

with  their  nineteen  branches  in  this  city,  as  prepared  by  the 
State  Banking  Department,  shows  their  combined  condi- 
tion on  January  4th  to  be  as  follows:  Savings,  $269,366,641.32; 
commercial,  $87,642,805.61;  trust,  $3,361,522.13;  total  $360,- 
370,969.06.  This  compares  with  a  grand  total  of  resources  as 
of  August  31,  1916,  the  date  of  the  last  preceding  call,  of  $334,- 
019,687.  The  combined  total  of  individual  deposits  January 
4th  was  $306,535,468,  as  compared  with  $284,376,952  on  August 
31,  1916. 


According  to  the  usual  custom,  a  list  of  securities  held  by 

the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company  was  submitted  to  stock- 
holders at  the  recent  annual  meeting.  The  valuations  of  the  as- 
sets given  therein  are  preliminary  only,  the  Insurance  Commis- 
sioners of  the  United  States  having  recently  adopted  a  rule  that 
securities  in  annual  statements  of  companies  must  be  valued  at 
figures  fixed  by  them.  The  list  shows  $6,775,997  in  stocks  and 
bonds  and  a  total  of  $13,343,450,  including  real  estate,  loans, 
cash  in  banks,  premium  notes  and  other  assets. 


All  the  former  board  of  directors  of  the  Bank  of  Italy 

have  been  re-elected,  and  in  addition  T.  S.  Hawkins,  Jas.  A. 
Bacigalupi,  Jos.  F.  Cavagnaro  and  F.  Kronenberg.  James  A. 
Bacigalupi  was  elected  vice-president  and  manager  of  the  new 
trust  department  added  to  the  bank's  rounded  business.  The 
annual  report  shows  that  the  bank  had  a  wonderfully  prosper- 
ous year,  the  deposits  having  increased  during  the  year  1916, 
$16,329,903.18,  totaling  on  December  31,  1916,  $36,804,775.71. 
The  total  assets  on  the  same  day  amounted  to  $39,805,995.24. 
The  number  of  depositors  December  31,  1916,  was  90,683. 


and  rising  market,  an  lso  respo:  rcula- 

lion  of  a  batch  of  rumors  r 

tion.    The  stock,  whi  ..out  a 

share  being  sold  on  E 

the  morning  session  of  the  Stod;  week ; 

it  touched  147  in  the  afternoon;  later,  new  m  Los  An- 

geles that  it  had  sol  in  that  market. 

vance  is  said  to  have  sprung  from  a  report  that 
of  the  company  had  signed  a  contract  wit:  ;  endent  Oil 

Producers  Agency  to  extend  the  marketing  of  its  oil  for  a  period 
of  five  years.  Another  rumor  suggested  was  melon  cutting. 
based  on  its  higher  earnings  expressed  in  dividends.  Another 
rumor  furnishes  the  plea  that  a  big  merger  of  California  oil 
companies  was  still  under  consideration. 


A    WELL-MERITED  PROMOTION. 

An  announcement  of  great  interest  to  those  connected  with 
the  rubber  and  automobile  industries  on  the  Pacific  Coast  has 
just  been  made  by  Mr.  W.  O.  Rutherford,  general  sales  manager 
of  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Corporation  of  Akron,  Ohio,  in  announc- 
ing the  promotion  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Cook. 

Mr.  Rutherford  says:  "The  many  business  friends  of  Mr.  C. 
E.  Cook,  our  Pacific  Coast  Manager,  will  be  interested  to  learn 
that  Mr.  Cook  goes  to  Akron  to  fill  an  important  position  in  the 
central  organization.  The  bringing  of  Mr.  Cook  into  a  larger 
field  of  activity  is  in  recognition  of  his  successful  career  as  a 
salesman  and  executive,  and  it  is  this  experience  which  fits  Mr. 
Cook  so  eminently  well  to  take  up  the  larger  responsibilities 
connected  with  the  direction  of  operations  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  Goodrich  branches  and  their  several  thousand  em- 
ployees, selling  all  of  the  Goodrich  products.  Mr.  Richard  Car- 
roll, who  for  the  past  six  years  has  been  manager  of  our  Los 
Angeles  Branch,  becomes  district  manager  at  San  Francisco, 
effective  as  of  February  1st,  his  jurisdiction  covering  all  lines 
and  extending  over  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  branch  ter- 
ritories. 

Mr.  H.  O.  Alexander  has  been  promoted  to  the  position  of 
Manager  Tire  Sales,  San  Fiancisco  Branch. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Zeliff  becomes  Manager  Mechanical  Sales  at  San 
Francisco. 


An  extraordinary  advance  in  Union  Oil  shares  on  the 

San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange  and  in  Los  Angeles 
this  week  made  the  stock  the  outstanding  feature  of  an  excited 


FOLLOWED  MOTHER'S  LEAD. 

It  was  easy  to  see  that  she  was  a  bride,  from  the  love-light 
in  her  eyes,  and  from  the  way  in  which  she  spoke  to  and  clung 
to  her  husband.  An  acquaintance  met  them  on  the  front  at 
Brighton  and  advanced  with  outstretched  hand.  "Well,  how  are 
you,  Betty?  You  surely  don't  mean  to  say  that  you  are  mar- 
ried?" 

"Why — yes — yes — I  am,"  stammered  the  girl,  blushing  furi- 
ously, "you — you  know  it  tuns  in  the  family.  Mother  was  mar- 
ried, too." 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  FranHin 
4B00       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


ANNUAL    MEETING. 

Joshua    Hendy   Iron   Works. 

The  regular  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Joshua  Hendy 

Iron  Works  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  corporation,  No.  75  Fremont 

Street.  San  Francisco,  California,  on   Tuesday,  tin-  Wfc  day  of  February. 

1917,  at  the  hour  of  10  o'clock  A,  M„  tor  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board 

of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  lor  the  transaction  of  such 

business  as  niaj  eoroe  before  the  meeting. 

CHARLES  C.   GARDNER,    Secretary. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


UEBAE«feTABLE 


"A  Handy  Guide  for  Beggars." 

More  books  with  the  ring  of  originality  of  "The  Handy 
Guide,"  its  thorough  good  taste,  sincerity  and  good  sense  would 
be  welcome  at  this  time.  The  miscellaneous  papers  and  poems 
gathered  together  under  this  title  chronicle  the  author's  ad- 
ventures "while  preaching  the  gospel  of  beauty,"  through  the 
South,  from  Florida  to  Pennsylvania.  While  moonshiners, 
crackers  and  coal-miners  might  seem  to  be  dubious  audiences 
for  Lanier,  Blake  or  Mr.  Lindsay's  own  verse  or  lectures  in  de- 
fense of  poetry,  this  modern  troubadour  was  met  with  almost 
invariable  hospitality  and  docility  (in  the  derivative  sense.) 
Like  St.  Francis,  he  chose  to  go  penniless  and  on  foot,  and,  as 
his  rules  of  the  road  best  express  it,  to  "Keep  away  from  the 
cities;  keep  away  from  the  railroads;  have  nothing  to  do  with 
money  and  carry  no  baggjge  .  .  .  travel  alone;  be  neat,  delib- 
erate, chaste  and  civil,  preach  the  gospel  of  beauty." 

$1.50.    Published  by  The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Davis,  Soldier  Missionary." 

Jerome  Dean  Davis  was  for  40  years  an  outstanding  figure 
among  the  missionary  forces  in  Japan.  Joseph  Ueesima  has  the 
honor  of  being  the  founder  of  the  Doshiha  University,  but  Dr. 
Davis  was  his  American  lieutenant,  who  lived  on  to  fight  the 
Doshisha  battles  long  after  Neesima  was  gathered  to  his 
fathers.  Davis  was  always  a  fighter,  though  never  a  belligerent. 
So  there  is  eminent  fitness  in  naming  his  biography,  "Davis, 
Soldier-Missionary."  It  is  by  his  son,  J.  Merle  Davis,  secre- 
tary of  the  international  committee,  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation, at  Tokyo,  and  is  a  substantial  volume  of  350  pages, 
well  illustrated  and  of  compelling  interest. 

Price,  $1.50. 

»  *  * 

"Short  History  of  Germany." 

The  lay  reader  will  look  at  two  large  octavos  aggregating 
above  1,100  pages,  and  wonder  why  it  is  called  short.  Long  or 
short,  Ernest  F.  Henderson's  "Short  History  of  Germany,"  two 
volumes,  has  scored  such  popularity  with  seven  editions  since 
1902  that  the  author  has  for  the  1916  issue  added  three  more 
chapters,  128  pages,  bringing  the  history  on  from  1871  to  1914. 
The  work  is  scholarly — a  comment  that  ought  to  be  unneces- 
sary, but  is  not,  considering  the  existence  of  some  unscholarly 
historians.  It  is  also  alive.  If  there  is  anything  of  stolidity  in 
the  subject,  it  did  not  affect  this  history.  Men  and  events 
crowd  along  like  moving  pictures,  and  with  quite  as  much  hu- 
man interest  attaching  to  the  narrative.  It  is  hardly  necessary 
to  review  what  is  now  a  standard  work,  except  to  repeat  the  ap- 
plause it  has  earned.  The  new  chapters  call  for  further  notice. 
The  original  work  stopped  with  the  imperial  coronation  of  Wil- 
liam I  at  Versailles  in  1871,  the  same  man  who  as  King  of  Prus- 
sia ten  years  earlier  was  so  unpopular  that  his  subjects  would 
not  salute  him  in  the  streets  of  Berlin.  Beginning  at  that  point 
Dr.  Henderson  has  traced  the  political  developments,  economic 
progress  and  social  progress  to  1914  in  three  chapters  that  are 
of  vital  interest  to  any  who  wish  to  know  the  Germany  of  to- 
day. 

$3.50.    The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Impossible  Mrs.  Bellew." 

The  heroine  is,  of  course,  that  familiar  person  in  fiction,  the 
woman  with  a  past.  Her  sorrows  and  notoriety,  however,  are 
supposed  to  be  "excusable."  Married  at  17  to  the  most  eligible 
"parti"  of  the  season,  Betty  soon  discovers  that  his  character 
and  tendencies  are  most  vicious.  He  makes  her  familiar  with 
the  "gay"  and  sibaritic  life  he  leads,  and  boasts  that  he  has 
"finished  her  education."  This  done,  his  unstable  affections 
stray  elsewhere.  As  if  to  show  the  value  of  such  an  "educa- 
tion" the  young  wife  proceeds  to  pay  him  in  kind.  She  precipi- 
tates a  scandal  and  then  repeats,  to  the  end  that  she  is  socially 
ostracized  and  made  an  object  of  polite  insult,  and  the  butt  of 
attentions  from  professional  gallants.    The  author,  with  a  fine 


democracy  in  immorality,  makes  it  plain,  however,  that  at  heart 
she  is  better  than  her  feminine  detractors,  who,  in  secret,  have 
committed  virtually  all  the  sins  that  she  has  taken  small  pains 
to  conceal. 

Price,  $1.30.    The  Frederick  Stokes  Company. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  Sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  697  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 

|)\UI[II[P>10 

|£      Books  and  Art 

^        2,39  Grant  Avenue 
W       a  San  Francisco  s 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  Sl.OO.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Berrei 


C.  Mailhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  Buib  St..  Sao  Franciaeo 


(Above  Kurni) 


Exchange.  Douglas  241 1 


BLANCO'S  "-"-gas1-** 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 

430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


ami  CaMonn  i    \.K    itisrr 


INSURANCE 


Rudolph  C.  Bertheau.  formerly  special  agent  for  Selbach  & 

Deans,  has  resigned  to  engage  in  commercial  pursuits.     Mr. 

Bertheau  is  a  son  of  Cesai  Bertheau,  for  many  years  engaged 

in  the  in  San  Francisco,  and  at  present 

ic  office  of  George  H.  Tyson  as  metropolitan  manager 

of  one  of  his  companies. 

•  •  • 

Nevada  V  has  heretofore  confined  its  field  of 

te,  Nevada,  has  made  application  for 
a  Cai:  The  company  has  been  doing  business 

eadquarters  at  Reno  since  March,  1914. 

•  •    w 

Companies  lead  in  San  Francisco  premiums  last  year  in  the 
following  order:  Home  of  New  York,  $249,831;  Liverpool  & 
London  &  Globe.  $233,496;  Aetna.  $190,792;  Hartford,  $150.- 
241;  Royal.  $120,470;  Fireman's  Fund  $170,997;  New  Zealand 
$91,211;  London,  $88,135;  Northern  of  England.  $83,704 
field,  $75,790;  Insurance  Co.  of  North  America,  $70,275 

California.  $69,525. 

•  •  * 

L.  V.  McLaughlin  has  been  appointed  special  agent  for  the 
automobile  department  of  the  W.  W.  Alverson  agency,  under 
Special  agent  Keleher,  for  the  southern  portion  of  California. 
Headquarters  of  this  branch  are  at  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  McLaugh- 
lin formerly  represented  the  interests  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Casualty  in  the  south- 
ern city. 


"Permitting  County  Fire  Mutuals  to  borrow  money  with 

to  pay  losses.    Assembly  Bill  K 

tcrnal  Societies."     A  ;ill  No.  124,  Smith. 

Whole  Family  Protection  fcy  Fraternal  Societi.  te  Bill 

No.  19,  Scott,  "Providing  lor  Issuance  of  Old  Age  Pensions  by 

the  State  Insurance  Fund. 

•  •  • 

George  A.  Davies,  who  succeeds  W.  S.  Sheldon  as  s\ 
agent  for  the  companies  represented  in  the  Selbach  &  Dean's 
general  agency,  was  formerly  special  agent  for  the  Globe  In- 
demnity Co.,  with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco.    His  territory 
will  embrace  all  of  the  northern  portion  of  California. 

•  •  » 

The  Insurance  Brokers  Exchange  of  San  Francisco  is  shown 
to  be  in  a  highly  successful  financial  condition  by  the  report 
of  Secretary  Anderson.  The  cash  receipts  last  year  amounted 
to  $14,861.45,  and  the  Exchange  has  well  invested  assets  of 
$52,265.12.    The  accrued  interest  on  bonds,  payable  during  the 

next  fiscal  year,  is  $1,041.65. 

•  •  • 

Major  A.  E.  Ransom,  formerly  of  Boise  City,  Idaho,  has  been 
appointed  State  agent  for  the  Northern  Life  of  Seattle  for  Utah. 
The  Northern  Life  has  recently  been  licensed  by  the  Utah  In- 
surance department. 


Hokus — Those  two  girls  used  to  be  bosom  friends,  and 

now  they  scarcely  speak.     Pokus — What's  his  name? — Life. 


Floyd  M.  Lumbard,  for  many  years 
connected  with  the  Insurance  Commis- 
sioner's office  for  the  State  of  California, 
and  who  resigned  last  year,  died  this 
month  at  San  Jose,  aged  36  years.  Mr. 
Lumvard  had  been  a  sufferer  for  many 
years,  and  his  demise  was  not  unexpected. 
He  had  many  friends  among  insurance 
men  in  this  city  who  will  be  grieved  at 

his  untimely  taking  off. 

*  *  * 

The  second  and  third  floors  of  the  new 
building  to  be  erected  at  Pine  and  Mont- 
gomery streets  will  be  let  to  the  West 
Coast-San  Francisco  Life  for  a  home 
office.  The  growing  business  of  the  com- 
pany makes  it  necessary  to  acquire  ad- 
ditional space  and  enlarged  conveniences, 
the  present  quarters  being  illy  adapted 

for  the  purpose. 

*  *  * 

There  is  every  probability  that  an  anti- 
rebate  bill  will  be  passed  by  the  present 
California  legislature.  Both  the  life  and 
casualty  men  all  over  the  State  favor  such 
a  measure,  and  will  unite  upon  some  form 

that  will  be  acceptable  to  both. 

*  *  * 

At  the  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Fire- 
man's Fund,  held  January  15th,  an  extra 
dividend  of  $10  per  share  was  declared 
in  addition  to  the  usual  $4  dividend.  The 
old  directors  were  re-elected  at  the  an- 
nual meeting.  The  Fireman's  Fund  en- 
joyed an  unusually  prosperous  experience 
during  1916,  about  one  million  dollars 
having  been  added  to  its  surplus,  and 
large  gains  were  made  in  every  depart- 
ment, the  gain  made  in  the  marine  de- 
partment being  exceptionally  large.  At 
the  annual  meeting  held  on  the  17th,  all 
the  old  officers  were  also  re-elected  for 

the  ensuing  year. 

*  *  * 

Of  the  bills  affecting  insurance  intro- 
duced in  the  California  Legislature  thus 
far,  the  following  are  the  more  import- 
ant: Assembly  Bill  No.     102,     Ashley, 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


SiCT/ON 


Military  Highway  of  Marin  Taps  Scenic  Wonderland 

Road   Little  Known  Links  Fort   Baker   and   Fort  Barry  With  Rock 
Bound  Point  Bonita  —  North  Portal  of  Golden  Gate 

Photos  by  Arthur  Spaulding  Company 


Motorists  and  commuters  traveling 
back  and  forth  between  San  Francisco 
and  Sausalito  have  often  gazed  with  in- 
terest and  curiosity  at  the  road  which 
ascends  the  hills  of  the  southernmost 
point  of  Marin  County,  the  hills  that  rise 
abruptly  out  of  the  Golden  Gate  at  Lime 
Point  and  Point  Bonita,  and  then  undu- 
late north  and  east  in  graceful  and  pic- 
turesque fashion,  finally  terminating  at 
the  summit  of  Mount  Tamalpais. 

Despite  its  proximity  to  San  Francisco 
there  is  probably  no  road  in  all  Califor- 
nia about  which  so  little  is  known.  While 
it  is  within  plain  view  of  any  one  who 
takes  the  trouble  to  go  down  to  the  bay 
front,  or  to  the  top  of  any  one  of  the 
city's  many  eminences,  it  is  probably  a 
conservative  estimate  to  state  that  not 
one  motorist  out  of  every  one  hundred 
has  any  information  concerning  its  many 
characteristics  or  its  scenic  attractions. 
The  ratio  is  probably  much  greater. 

There  are  several  reasons  for  this,  but 
they  are  not  good  reasons,  to  which  any 
one  who  is  so  fortunate  as  to  know  will 
bear  witness.  For  the  road  is  open 
to  the  public  every  day  in  the  year,  is  an 
absolutely  safe  mountain  highway,  pos- 
sesses a  wealth  of  scenic  attractions  par- 
alleled by  no  other  road  in  the  State,  and 
would  be  closed  to  pleasure  tourist  traf- 
fic only  under  the  most  extraordinary 
conditions. 

The  writer  has  stated  that  there  are 
no  good  reasons  why  there  should  be  so 
little  information  about  the  highway.  Es- 
pecially is  this  true  when  one  takes  into 
consideration  that  there  are  thousands  of 
motorists  in  San  Francisco  alone  who  are 
weekly  and  daily  asking  the  question: 
where  shall  we  go  with  our  machine  ? 

Why  any  one  owning  an  automobile 
and  residing  in  the  San  Francisco  bay  re- 
gion should  long  be  confronted  with  this 


query  is  remarkable.  Literally  bales  of 
literature  have  been  turned  out  by  our 
promotion  bodies  about  the  touring  at- 
tractions of  this  part  of  the  State.  And 
it  is  generally  admitted  that  there  is  no 
more  delightful  touring  ground  of  similar 
area  in  this  commonwealth  than  within 
a  radius  of  from  fifty  to  one  hundred 
miles  of  this  city. 

That  road  crossing  the  hills  of  the 
southern  extremity  of  Marin,  and  at 
which  the  reader  may  frequently  have 
looked  with  curious  eyes,  is  a  military 
highway  connecting  Fort  Barry  with  Fort 
Baker  and  the  latter  post  with  Sausalito. 
The  fact  that  the  nature  of  the  road  may 
under  unusual  circumstances  cause  it  to 
constitute  an  element  of  defense  may 
have  kept  a  few  motorists  from  making 
an  effort  to  explore  it,  but  more  likely  it 


is  the  fear  of  the  average  motorist  to 
leave  the  beaten  trails  that  has  kept  him 
in  ignorance  of  what  it  is  and  to  what  it 
leads. 

Through  the  courtesies  of  the  com- 
manding officers  of  Forts  Barry  and 
Baker  a  party  of  local  motorists  in  a  pa- 
latial and  luxurious  Owen  Magnetic  au- 
tomobile— that  marvel  of  the  motor  car 
industry  of  191(5 — was  permitted  to  ex- 
plore this  military  highway  of  Marin  re- 
cently for  the  purpose  of  making  a  series 
of  photographic  studies  of  this  road  from 
one  end  to  the  other  and  to  obtain  other 
data  of  interest  to  motorists. 

Built  under  the  auspices  of  Uncle  Sam, 
a  drive  over  it  in  almost  any  make  of  au- 
tomobile should  be  a  pleasure,  but  to  be 
introduced  to  it  from  the  deeply  cush- 
ioned seats  of  a  simply  controlled,  silent 
running  Owen  Magnetic  approximates  a 
melody.  Until  one  has  actually  ridden  in 
this  superb  creation  of  the  motor  build- 
ing art  one  has  only  the  faintest  concep- 
tion of  the  meaning  of  the  poetry  of  mo- 
tion. And  such  a  ride  need  not  be  with- 
out its  music,  either. 

If  the  reader  ever  finds  himself  in  a 


Snuggling  safely  in  a  cove  are  the  quarters  of  the  officers  and  men  stationed  at  Fort  Baker:     The  Post  presents  an 
exceedingly  peaceful  aspect— the  very  antithesis  of  war.     Owen  magnetic  in  foreground. 


y  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


19 


San  Fraabsco  and  the  Golden  Gale  as  seen  from  the  divide  on  the  Fort  Baker-Fort  Barry  military  highway.     Owen  Magnetic  car  in  left  foreground. 


.  this  make,  ask  the  driver  to  take 
you  down  some  incline.  Watch  him 
when  he  slides  the  control  lever  on  the 
steering  wheel  into  neutral  position.  Then 
listen.  A  sweet,  soft  musical  note  will 
strike  your  ear.  Its  origin  is  the  mag- 
netic brake,  a  brake  which  exacts  no  toll 
from  either  the  brake  lining  or  the  tires. 

Leaving  Sausalito,  the  motorists  who 
wish  to  make  the  drive  to  the  two  mili- 
tary reservations  over  the  scenic  highway 
should  turn  to  the  left  after  landing  from 
the  ferry  and  follow  the  paved  street  due 
west,  passing  through  the  gateway  to  the 
Fort  Baker  reservation.  The  distance 
from  Sausalito  to  the  guardhouse  is  about 
two  miles.  At  the  latter  point  take  the 
main  road  leading  to  the  left  which  takes 
one  to  a  sharp  hairpin  turn  to  the  right. 
The  latter  marks  the  foot  of  the  grade 
which  has  been  in  plain  view  from  the 
ferry  boat  all  the  way  across  the  bay. 

It  is  admitted  that  the  view  of  San 
Francisco  and  its  environs  from  the  sum- 
mit of  the  Twin  Peaks  boulevard  is  one 
of  the  most  inspiring  scenes  that  motor- 
ing in  the  bay  region  has  to  offer.  As  one 
ascends  the  military  highway  from  the 
shore  line  of  horse  shoe  bay  there  will 
unfold  before  one  a  magnificent  pano- 
rama of  marine  and  land  vistas  which 
surpasses  that  from  the  "Figure  Eight" 
on  Twin  Peaks. 

Immediately  below  one,  snuggling 
safely  in  a  cove  which  brings  up  the 
background  of  horse  shoe  bay,  are  the 
buildings  which  constitute  the  quarters 
of  the  officers  and  men  stationed  at  Fort 
Baker.  The  structures  which  stand  side 
by  side  in  the  form  of  a  horse  shoe,  pre- 
sent an  exceedingly  peaceful  aspect. 
They  are  suggestive  of  anything  which  is 
the  antithesis  of  warfare.  Over  the  crest 
of  the  semi-circle  of  low  hills  immedi- 
ately back  of  the  buildings  one  looks  out 


over  the  broad  expanse  of  the  east  bay 
region.  Immediately  ahead  of  one  is  the 
pinnacle  of  Tamalpais. 

As  the  car  rounds  the  next  shoulder  of 
the  slope  one  comes  smack  into  a  pano- 
rama of  the  bay,  the  city  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, spread  out  over  the  forearm  of  the 
peninsula,  and  the  Golden  Gate.  For  a 
moment  this  view  is  shut  out.  The  next 
instant  one  emerges  on  a  cliff  seemingly 
suspended  over  the  gate.  Across  that 
arm  of  water  the  view  takes  one  right 
down  the  beach  boulevard,  and,  if  the 
atmosphere  is  clear,  Point  Pedro  far 
down  the  coast  is  visible. 

Less  than  a  fifth  of  a  mile  beyond  this 
point  one  looks  down  upon  what  is  be- 
lieved to  be  the  scene  of  one  of  the  most 
mystifying  tragedies  of  "the  gate."  A 
wooden  cross  surmounting  a  sharp  rock 


projecting  from  the  sea  a  short  distance 
from  the  shore  is  the  chronicler  of  the 
grim  reaper's  toll.  It  commemorates  the 
wreck  of  the  Rio  Janeiro  a  decade  ago, 
from  which  not  one  soul  was  saved  to 
tell  the  tale. 

.  Passing  over  the  Fort  Baker-Fort 
Barry  divide  the  road  gradually  serpen- 
tines its  way  down  the  mountain  side, 
then  passes  through  the  Fort  Barry  reser- 
vation, finally  terminating  on  a  slight  ele- 
vation above  Point  Bonita,  one  of  the 
most  picturesque  locations  on  the  Marin 
side  of  the  bay. 

Viewed  from  the  San  Francisco  side 
of  the  Golden  Gate,  or  from  either  the 
ferries  that  ply  back  and  forth  between 
this  city  and  Sausalito,  or  the  decks  of 
the  steamers  that  sail  through  "the  gate," 
Point  Bonita  furnishes  only  the  slightest 


P?s-&&~$§$%?^!&.  ^fSSS?.^..- 

-~-OWh 

Jjfe  ^     m 

tm 

■■".! 

5*^rM  ^7*J 

M 

",                                 -•££  'vj|^ 

1 

. 

aaaaaaaHlaiF        '                   -'-"*  GK^E^^BSSBBBf*! 

i  in  his  endeavor  to  master  (he  treachery  of  rock-ribbed  Point  Bonita,  tunneled  the  cone,  smoothed  off  a  place  on 
the  very  edge  of  the  cliffs  and  put  a  light  house  of  steel  and  concrete  there. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


The    key    to    the    Golden  ,Gate — view)  from    the    elevation    above    Point    Bonita.       Owen 
j  "  the  end  of  the  trail." 


tic    tourists    at 


suggestion  of  the  treachery  that  lurks  in 
her  rock-ribbed,  jagged-toothed  cliffs. 

Perpendicularly  they  rise  out  of  the 
sea  to  the  cone  of  the  point.  But  man, 
in  his  endeavor  to  master  that  treachery, 
tunneled  the  cone,  smoothed  off  a  place 
on  the  very  edge  of  the  cliffs,  and  there, 
with  concrete  and  steel,  built  a  light- 
house that  guides  and  welcomes  the  ships 
of  the  seas  into  the  greatest  land-locked 
harbor  of  the  world. 

Without  Point  Bonita  as  the  climax 
of  a  motor  trip  over  the  military  high- 
way between  the  two  posts,  the  journey 
is  especially  inviting  to  autoists  of  the 
bay  region.  In  the  first  place,  the  im- 
proved auto  ferry  service  between  San 
Francisco  and  the  Marin  shore  makes  it 
possible  for  one  to  make  the  round  trip 
nicely  in  half  a  day.  But  with  the  added 
attractions  of  the  government  light-house 
and  the  unusual  surrounding  scenic  fea- 
tures of  the  point,  the  trip  there  and  back, 
say,  tor  instance,  on  a  Sunday  afternoon, 
becomes  one  of  peculiar  interest. 

It  is  impossible  to  drive  an  automobile 
right  to  the  light  house.  But  a  machine 
may  be  parked  with  perfect  safety  with- 
in a  few  hundred  yards  of  it.  The  light- 
house is  reached  by  way  of  a  trail,  and 
visitors  are  accorded  the  usual  courtesies 
provided  by  the  government.  From  the 
light-house  one  commands  a  remarkable 
view  of  the  north  shore  coast  line,  which, 
on  a  clear  day,  easily  extends  to  the 
Marconi  wireless  station  above  Bolinas, 
the  Farallone  Islands  to  the  west,  and 
a  full  sweep  of  San  Francisco  and  the 
bay  to  the  south. 

As  one  drives  over  the  military  high- 
way, particularly  on  the  Fort  Barry  side 


of  the  divide,  one  cannot  help  but  wish 
that  there  were  a  connecting  link  be- 
tween it  and  the  Dip-Sea  and  Bolinas  bay 
road.  Such  a  connection  could  be  estab- 
lished at  a  comparatively  small  cost,  and 
with  the  same  degree  of  safety  as  the 
military  highway. 

§    "5    S 
$35,000,000    TO   BUY 

GOVERNMENT   PLANES 

With  the  recent  appropriation  of  $35,- 
000,000  by  the  United  States  government 
for  the  purchase  of  aeroplanes,  to  be  used 
in  connection  with  the  army,  navy  and 
post  office  departments,  the  making  of 
aeroplanes  is  past  the  "game"  stage,  and 
can  now  be  ranked  as  one  of  America's 


foremost  industries. 

Realizing  the  important  advances  made 
by  the  aeroplane  industry  and  its  close 
relation  to  members  of  the  Motor  and 
Accessory  Manufacturers,  the  directors  of 
that  organization  recently  sanctioned  the 
forthcoming  First  Pan-American  Aero- 
nautic Exposition  to  be  held  in  Grand 
Central  Palace,  New  York,  February  8th 
to  15th  inclusive,  and  many  members  of 
the  big  accessory  and  parts  associations 
have  already  been  allotted  space. 
?r  sr  •&- 
NEW  GARAGE  OPENS 

Announcement  has  been  made  that 
Pearson  Garage,  in  Bush  street,  between 
Kearny  and  Montgomery,  which  is  run 
in  conjunction  with  the  U.  S.  Garage,  and 
under  the  same  management,  is  equipped 
for  all  kinds  of  auto  repair  work,  and  is 
in  charge  of  a  first  class  mechanic.  The 
place  is  open  at  all  times  and  does  wash- 
ing and  polishing  both  night  and  day,  ex- 
cept Sundays  and  holidays. 
S    S    8 

The  first  bill  introduced  into  the 

House  of  the  Minnesota  legislature  this 
year  was  a  measure  amending  the  general 
laws  of  1913  and  providing  severe  pun- 
ishment for  motor  car  "borrowers."  Any 
person  who  "takes,  removes  or  operates 
any  motor  car  from  the  place  where  left 
by  owner  or  person  in  charge  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and  upon  con- 
viction shall  be  sentenced  to  the  State 
prison  or  county  jail  for  a  term  not  ex- 
ceeding three  years,  or  be  fined  $2,000, 
or  both."  The  bill  is  the  outcome  of  a 
custom  of  defense  that  there  is  intention 
of  returning  the  machine,  and  of  no  ac- 
tual theft. 


Your  patriotism  will  be  aroused  and  warmed  by  a  visit  to  the  two  military  posts.     Owen  Magnetic   at  Fort  Barry, 


January  27.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


&SJ 


I •'.viit  List  Priobs 


©  (o)  (5)  |5|§DgH 

SIEVEROT 

Cork  Tores 

Stand  the  KnifcTes 


tJUplEFORE  you,  its  thick  tough  Goodrich  Black 
mfSMl  Safety  Tread  slashed  hack,  its  sinewy,  two- 
's1*—^ ply  rubber-saturated  cable-cord  body  laid 
bare,  stands  a  Silvertown  Cord  Tire. 

Before  you  stands  the  whole  story  of  why  tires 
WEAR.    And  why  tires  WEAR  OUT. 

For,  contrary  to  common  belief,  tires  wear  out  INSIDE 
— not  outside — from  internal  factional  heat,  rubbed  up 
between  the  plies  of  the  tire. 


Each  extra  ply  means  extra  inside  heat— extra 
wearing  out  of  the  tire. 

Were  you  to  put  the  knife  test  to  all  tires,  you 
would  find  three  types  of  bodies : 

Cotton  fabric,  swathed  in  five  to  seven  plies; 
Thread  cord,  or  web,  (strings  the  site  of  a  trout 
line,  held  parallel  the  circumference  of  the 
tire  by  interspaced  cross-threads)  gummed 
together  in  five  to  seven  plies ; 

Cable-cord,  the  unique,  patent-protected  cross- 
wrapped,  two-ply  structure,  found  ONLY  in 
Silvertown,  the  original  cord  tire. 

Mark  well  the  sturdy  size  of  Silvertown's  cable-cords,  and  that 
they  are  cross-wrapped  into  two  plies  and  but  two.     Obviously 
Silvertown  with  but  two  plies  must  outlast 
many-ply  tires  with  their  multiplied  inside 
heat. 

Out  of  this  durability,  and  the  resili- 
ence of  those  flexible  cable-cords,  come 
Silvertown's  gasoline  -  saving  economy, 
smoother  riding  comfort,  and  prolonged 
mileage,  you  cannot  afford  to  be  without. 

Know  Silvertowns  by  their  graceful  extra- 
size,  and  their  RED  DOUBLE 
DIAMONDS. 


The  B.F.Goodrich  Co. 

AKRON,  OHIO 

Also  maker  of  the  famous  fabric,  tires 
Goodrich  Black  Safety  Treads 

Silvertowns  Make  All  Cars 
High-grade 


10  Silvertown 
Cord  X-cels 

1.  Increased  engine 
power. 

2.  Smoother  riding. 

3.  Fuel  saving. 

4.  Speedier. 

5.  Coast  farther. 

6.  Start  quicker. 
7-  Easier  to  guide, 

8.  Give   greater 
mileage. 

9.  More  resistive 
against  puncture. 

10.  Repaired    easily 
and    successfully. 


m 


i 


22 


IDEAL   GARAGE  PLANS 

MADE   BY  LUMBERMEN 

In  its  campaign  for  better  buildings  for 
America,  the  National  Lumber  Manufac- 
turers' Association  in  its  latest  publica- 
tion gives  a  series  of  plans  for  ideal  gar- 
ages for  one  or  two  cars.  One  of  the 
neatest  ideas  for  the  building  of  a  gar- 
age is  shown  in  the  plans  for  a  service- 
able car  garage,  which  can  be  erected  at 
small  cost  in  any  community. 

The  dimensions  of  this  garage  are 
large  enough  to  permit  the  "housing  of 
any  car  manufactured.  If  desired,  this 
building  may  be  shortened,  but  it  is  ad- 
visable to  build  long  enough  in  the  first 
place.  You  will  find  that  you  never  have 
too  much  room  in  your  garage. 

This  building  emphasizes  real  economy 
in  construction.  It  is  designed  primarily 
for  those  who  do  not  desire  to  spend  any 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 

more  than  is  absolutely  necessary.  In 
cold  climates  it  is  advisable  to  sheathe 
the  building  inside  and  out  and  also  to 
ceil  overhead,  although  these  may  be 
omitted.  In  erecting  the  building  use  a 
durable  wood  or  creosoted  posts  for  foun- 
dation. Concrete  or  brick  piers  are  good, 
but  will  add  slightly  to  the  cost,  and  you 
will  find  that  well  creosoted  posts  will 
last  as  long  as  the  garage  is  needed. 

The  floor  construction  shown  in  the 
drawing  is  adequate,  and  gives  strength 
to  the  floor  where  it  is  needed  most.  The 
two  stringers  (two  by  sixes  spiked  to- 
gether) are  directly  under  the  wheels  of 
the  car  as  it  stands  in  the  garage.  No 
other  joists  are  necessary.  The  rafters 
and  studs  are  spaced  3  feet  apart;  The 
floor  is  constructed  of  two  by  six  planks, 
dressed  on  the  upper  side. 

The  dimension  material  and  siding 
should  be  of  No.  1  grade,  but  the  roof 


T" 


if     N 


r- 

•0 

*  ■     -J 


■  +  *'-. 


■P 


2US.  26*26' 


_L 


ZRE.OSOTED  POSTS  .-^ 

bRICK.  STONE.  OR  CO//CRETE.   PIEES 


Z'6'  PLANK   FLOOR 


OQ. 


ZLTS.  Ze''Z6' 


r LOO  12    PLAN 


D0O2  LOCK 


reOffT  LLCVATIO/f 


SECTION 


January  27,  1917 

boards  may  be  a  No.  2  grade.  Shingles 
should  be  of  first  quality,  and  on  a  small 
roof  like  this  may  be  laid  4y2  in.  or  5  in. 
to  the  weather.  Cut  or  zinc  coated  shin- 
gle nails  should  be  used — not  wire  nails, 
which  quickly  rust  out.  The  large  doors 
are  made  of  dressed  and  matched  boards, 
four  or  six  inches  wide,  as  preferred. 

Paint  the  roof  and  sides  inside  and  out 
with  a  good  grade  of  paint,  preferably 
one  that  is  fire-resisting.  A  white  or 
gray  inside  paint  makes  the  garage  much 
lighter  and  adds  greatly  to  the  appear- 
ance. Use  cement  emanel  paint  on  the 
plank  floor,  so  that  oil  and  grease  that 
drop  from  the  car  can  be  easily  wiped 
up. 

Get  good  hardware  for  the  garage.  A 
good  lock  is  not  easily  broken  or  picked. 
Thieves  gather  where  pickings  are  eas- 
iest. 

Build  this  garage  and  then  compare  its 
low  cost  with  what  any  mail  order  house 
offers.  This  building  is  not  an  eyesore. 
It  needs  but  a  coat  of  paint  to  make  it 
harmonize  with  any  building.  It  adds 
value  and  grace  to  your  lot. 

K    S    S 

NATIONAL   PARKS  AND 

MOTORING    DISCUSSED 

The  close  relationship  between  the  de- 
velopment of  the  National  Parks  and 
motoring  has  been  emphasized  strongly 
during  the  meeting  of  the  National  Parks 
Conference  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Tour- 
ing and  its  relation  to  road  building  and 
the  exceptional  scenic  assets  of  the 
United  States  composed  the  main  theme 
at  the  discussion,  particular  attention  be- 
ing paid  to  touring  in  its  relation  to  the 
National  Parks. 

A.  W.  Seaman  of  the  Long  Island  Au- 
tomobile Club  told  how  to  equip  for  trans- 
continental touring.  Orville  Wright  nat- 
urally spoke  in  favor  of  air  routes  to  the 
parks.  George  C.  Diehl,  chairman  A.  A. 
A.  good  roads  board,  told  of  the  improve- 
ments made  in  the  country's  highways. 
He  showed  how  system  in  the  construc- 
tion of  highways  to  and  through  the 
parks  would  be  necessary  if  the  full  ben- 
efit of  the  parks  is  to  be  obtained  by  the 
public.  C.  F.  Bishop,  who  has  made 
many  long  trips  abroad,  compared  Eu- 
rope's commercialization  of  scenic  and 
health  assets  and  our  lack  of  commercial- 
ization, urging  that  we  advertise  the  ad- 
vantages and  beauties  of  our  country,  the 
parks  in  particular. 

E.  L.  Ferguson,  manager  of  the  A.  A. 
A.  touring  bureau,  reviewed  the  routes  of 
travel  in  the  United  States.  He  spoke 
on  the  capitalization  of  scenery,  history 
and  good  roads  in  view  of  the  wonderful 
increase  in  touring.    Among  other  things, 


-  '17 

Mr.  Ferguson  said  that  from  east  of 
Portland,  Me.,  and  from  Quebec.  Canada, 
less  than  100  miles  of  uncompleted  con- 
necting highway  exists.  Florida  is  capi- 
talizing her  winter  balm,  her  royal  palm 
and  her  orange  groves  in  prospect  of  fur- 
ther increase  in  motor  travel  as  the  high- 
ways are  extended.  A  few  years  ago  it 
was  difficult  to  find  even  one  way  across 
the  country,  but  now  seven  routes  invite 
the  traveler.  Many  of  these  long-dis- 
tance inter-connecting  routes  bear  various 
historical  and  geographical  names,  and 
some  are  marked  with  the  name  of  some 
ma.i  famed  in  the  country's  history.  These 
roads  branch  in  all  directions,  and  the 
branches  are  practically  numberless. 

George  Holms  of  the  Park-to- Park 
Highway  Association  dwelt  on  the  possi- 
bilities of  a  park-to-park  highway  system, 
the  series  of  parks  to  be  connected  by  a 
series  of  highways.  Such  a  plan,  Mr. 
Holms  said,  would  add  greatly  to  the 
pleasures  and  comfort  as  well  as  the  en- 
lightenment of  motoring  tourists. 

V     o-     o- 
STATE   LAWS   ARE  GIVEN 

PREFERENCE   BY  JUDGE 

What  is  said  to  be  the  most  far-reach- 
ing judicial  decision  rendered  in  this 
State  in  relation  to  motor  vehicle  laws 
and  the  traffic  question  was  handed  down 
in  Los  Angeles  by  Superior  Judge  Fin- 
layson,  when  he  refused  to  permit  local 
traffic  ordinances  to  be  introduced  in  evi- 
dence in  a  suit  involving  a  motor  car  ac- 
cident. 

The  judge  recited  as  his  opinion  that 
it  was  the  intention  of  the  State  legisla- 
ture that  the  State  vehicle  law  should 


and  California  Advertiser 

regulate  traffic  on  all  public  highways 
and  that  the  use  of  the  streets  is  not  a 
municipal  affair.  This  conforms  to  the 
previous  ruling  of  the  district  court  of  ap- 
peal that  cities,  not  under  free  holders' 
charters,  have  no  power  to  pass  ordi- 
nances regulating  traffic.  In  municipali- 
ties tiovemed  by  charters,  said  the  court, 
the  enly  ground  on  which  traffic  ordi- 
nances could  be  passed  by  city  councils 
is  that  the  regulation  of  traffic  is  purely 
a  municipal  affair. 

While  the  supreme  court  has  held  that 
the  opening  or  paving  of  a  street,  being  a 
local  improvement,  is  a  municipal  affair, 
Judge  Finlayson  declared  that  the  high- 
ways are  open  to  the  free  use  of  all  citi- 
zens of  the  State  as  well  as  of  the  muni- 
cipality; that  a  citizen  of  another  city 
has  equal  rights  on  the  streets  of  Los  An- 
geles with  those  of  this  city  and  that 
therefore  the  city  charter  is  not  para- 
mount to  the  State  laws  and  that  the 
State  laws,  not  city  ordinances,  shall  pre- 
vail and  be  inforced  by  the  municipalities 
through  their  police  power. 

Whether  the  Eno  system,  which  is  simi- 
lar to  the  one  prevailing  here  is  adopted 
throughout  the  State  or  not,  some  unifor- 
mity is  bound  to  come  out  of  the  confu- 
sion. All  cities  and  towns  will  have  to 
be  governed  by  the  same  general  laws,  so 
that  the  stranger,  when  once  he  has  be- 
come acquainted  with  the  provisions  in 
any  place  can  safely  continue  his  jour- 
ney elsewhere.  El  Monte  cannot  have  a 
ten-mile  speed  limit,  Ontario  twelve, 
Azusa  fifteen,  and  so  on  with  variations 
innumerable,  but  all  must  conform  to  the 
State  regulation. 


23 

Judge  Finlayson  also  made  other  very 
important  rulings  relative  to  the  liability 
of  a  car  driver  and  Pedestrian.    One  is: 

If  the  windshield  of  a  motor  car  ob- 
structs the  view  of  the  driver  by  reason 
of  drops  of  rain  collecting  on  it,  or,  if  the 
driver  is  blinded  by  a  light  from  ahead  or 
reflected  from  his  own  windshield,  it  is 
his  duty  to  stop  at  street  crossings. 

»     o-    V 

IS  BARNEY  O.   TO  BE 

BIG    AUTO    BUILDER? 

When  Barney  Oldfield  left  Los  Angeles 
a  few  days  ago  for  the  East,  the  an- 
nouncement was  made  that  he  intends  to 
enter  into  the  manufacture  of  motor  ve- 
hicles, and  has  a  $10,000,000  syndicate 
providing  him  with  the  necessary  capital. 
The  claim  is  made  that  the  syndicate  is 
composed  of  Los  Angeles  and  New  York 
capitalists  and  the  organization  will  be 
known  as  the  Oldfield  Motors  Corp.  Rac- 
ing motors,  passenger  cars,  light  trucks 
and  tractors  are  to  be  built. 

According  to  the  announcement,  the 
plans  include  the  erection  or  purchase  of 
a  large  manufacturing  plant  in  Detroit, 
Mich.  A  service  and  assembly  plant  is 
to  be  conducted  in  Los  Angeles.  The  de- 
tails are  said  to  have  been  revealed  as 
the  culmination  of  six  months  of  negotia- 
tions. Arthur  Fisk,  former  postmaster  of 
San  Francisco,  a  politician  and  until  re- 
cently director  of  the  Lucky  Baldwin  es- 
tate, James  J.  Jeffries  and  W.  L.  Wilson 
are  named  as  Oldfield's  local  associates. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  veteran  to 
make  the  coming  season  his  final  one  in 
the  racing  game,  he  says. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


REAL  BATTERY  SERVICE 


1433  BUSH  STREET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT.) 

The  Newa  Letter  recommend*  the  following  garagee,  hotele  and  eupply 
houaea.     Tourlata  will  do  well  to  cut  thla  Hat  out  and  keep  It  ae  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAPE— Just  opened.  The  only  strictly  flrst- 
claaa  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and   their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 

PALO  ALTO.— PALO  ALTO  GARAGE,  443  Emmeraon  St.,  Tel.,  P.  A. 
333.  Auto  livery  at  all  hours.  Tires  and  sundries  In  stock.  Gasoline,  oil, 
repairing,   lathework.   vulcanizing.     Op«  -   day  and   night. 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PEDAL 
NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES  MFG.  CO. 

2187  Woo'worlh  fildg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


SQC3C3[y^  SHOULO     NEVER     BE 

v~  wASHLESs 

USE  LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell,  'Em 


WITHOUT 

THEM 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS      \T     HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


January  27,  1917 


ENGINEER'S  SERVICES  TO 

BE  HAD  FOR  ASKING 

What  city  or  town  wishes  the  use  of  a 
real  live  road  engineer  free?  That  is  the 
question  put  up  to  a  lot  of  boards  of  se- 
lectmen and  city  fathers  in  places  under 
10,000  population  in  New  England.  The 
query  comes  from  Boston.  There  is  no 
string  tied  to  it,  either.  The  Automobile 
Legal  Association  owns  the  engineer,  and 
any  town  may  use  him.  This  is  another 
example  of  how  a  motor  organization 
may  do  something  for  its  members  in  par- 
ticular and  motorists  in  general.  It  is  the 
same  organization  that  spent  $5,000  to 
police  the  Massachusetts  highways  and 
aid  motorists  when  the  State  legislature 
turned  down  a  proposition  to  do  such 
work. 

William  A.  Thibodeau,  general  counsel, 
is  the  originator  of  the  plan.  He  secured 
Sidney  von  Loesecke,  an  engineer  of 
seven  years'  experience  with  the  Boston 
Transit  Commission,  to  resign  from  that 
body  to  join  the  A.  L.  A.  to  take  charge 
of  the  department  of  highways.  Letters 
have  been  sent  to  all  the  officials  of  the 
smaller  places  in  New  England  telling 
them  they  are  at  liberty  to  have  the  ser- 
vices of  Mr.  von  Loesecke  at  any  time, 
and  he  will  make  trips  to  places  to  con- 
sult with  and  direct  the  work  of  repairing 
highways.  There  will  not  be  any  charge, 
even  for  his  expenses.  They  may  write 
to  him  to  get  specifications,  and  he  will 
tell  them  what  form  of  construction  is 
the  better  and  more  economical  for  any 
particular  locality.  The  cheapest  and  best 
way  to  remove  dangerous  curves,  cut 
down  banks,  etc.,  will  be  explained.  How 
to  erect  warning  signs,  remove  shrubbery 
and  many  other  things  are  included  in 
his  work.  The  idea  behind  the  movement 
is  to  make  motoring  safer  for  all  users  of 
the  highways.  As  the  A.  L.  A.  now  has 
nearly  15,000  members  and  is  growing 
all  the  time,  its  officials  feel  that  they 
should  do  everything  possible  to  protect 
these  drivers.  It  is  spending  thousands 
annually  for  just  such  purposes,  and  is 
accomplishing  a  great  deal  of  good, 
■gr    ?r    ■& 

SAY  LIMOUSINES  AND 

POULTRY  DO  NOT  MIX 

Women  of  the  central  Illinois  farms 
emphatically  denounce  the  libel  that  the 
egg  industry  has  gone  to  pot  because 
they  are  spending  most  of  their  time 
scudding  across  the  country  in  motor 
cars  and  neglecting  the  poultry  yards 
which  have  been  the  foundation  of  the 
egg  production  from  time  immemorial. 
They  assert  that  the  charge  that  the  farm- 
er's wife;  her  son's  wife;  and  her  grand- 
son's wife,  instead  of  looking  after  the 
chickens,  coaxing  them  to  lay,  and  gen- 


erally supervising  the  industry,  are  hunt- 
ing bargains  in  town,  driving  across  coun- 
try in  their  cars,  and  drinking  in  the  sce- 
nery on  tours,  is  a  base  falsehood.  They 
propose  to  fight  to  the  limit  the  threat- 
ened legislation  forcing  the  farmers'  wo- 
men folk  to  forego  their  limousines  and 
cuddle  the  chicken  biddies  for  the  de- 
lectation of  the  public  that  insists  upon 
omelets. 

The  women  of  the  rural  district  declare 
that  they  have  a  right  to  spin  away  on  a 
fair  day  in  their  cars  and  become  ac- 
quainted with  their  neighbors,  and  no  one 
can  force  them  to  stay  at  home,  ruminat- 
ing in  a  poultry  yard  to  keep  the  chickens 
ambitious. 

The  wise  analyst  has  determined  that 
to  the  motor  car  and  prosperity  of  the 
farmer  is  largely  due  the  present  situa- 
tion regarding  eggs.  He  has  announced 
that  the  cars  about  which  so  many  jokes 
have  been  circulated  by  the  public  and 
press,  have  a  joke  in  return,  one  that  re- 
venges their  self  respect  and  causes  the 
public  to  sit  up  and  feel  chagrined  at  its 
own  helplessness.  Now  that  the  egg  scan- 
dal has  been  exposed  and  the  cause  of  it 
all  caught  on  the  wing,  so  to  speak,  what 
is  to  be  done  about  it?  The  public  has 
been  formulating  plans  for  many  years  to 
make  the  life  of  the  farmer  and  his  wo- 
men folk  more  attractive,  and  now,  when 
these  attractions  threaten  to  reduce  the 
food  supply  and  the  material  comfort  of 
the  public,  and  diminish  the  usefulness  of 
the  farmer  and  his  wife  to  the  world,  we 
are  confronted  with  another  set  of  prob- 
lems. 

•~s   ~s   ■&- 

LOCAL    DEALER    COMPILES 

NEW   YEAR   RESOLUTIONS 

E.  Linn  Mathewson,  head  of  the  Math- 
ewson  Motor  Company,  has  suggested 
the  following  ten  New  Year's  resolutions 
for  motor  car  owners : 

First — Read  your  instruction  book  at 
least  once  a  month. 

Second — Once  in  every  two  weeks  ex- 
amine your  battery. 

Third — Examine  your  tires  twice  each 
week  for  proper  inflation. 

Fourth- — Avoid  riding  in  car  tracks  and 
ruts. 

Fifth — Examine  oil  level  in  crank  case 
daily. 

Sixth — To  drain  radiator  twice  each 
month. 

Seventh — To  see  that  the  car  is  washed 
immediately  after  each  muddy  trip. 

Eighth — To  turn  up  grease  cups  every 
other  day. 

Ninth — To  not  tinker  with  parts  about 
which  you  know  nothing. 

Tenth — To  ever  keep  in  mind  the  rules 
of  "Safety  First"  and  courtesy  always. 


There  are  many  garages  in  town, 

and  the  motorist  is  often  in  a  quandary 
as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  perma- 
nent service.  There  are  very  few  who 
give  you  the  quality  of  service  of  Dow 
&  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Far- 
rell  and  Geary.  Here  your  car  will  re- 
ceive something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 

TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

$15.00 


Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

(Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST 

Direct  factory  Representative  for  Denver,  Colo,  and  West  United  States 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROCHESTER.  NEW  YORK 
San  Francisa         Chicago        Boston        New  York         Detroit 


T.H.ELKINGTON 

VULCANIZING 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Phone  Market  6370 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand   &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


KUSHBD  ;JI7> 


P»M  upc»pit»: 

RftMTY*    KUB'l 

latnt  UaMliij  of 
ProprWtort 

Acvrrcmu  Awn 
3191  Mar 


$17,500,000.00 

-  13.375,000.00 

-  17,500,000.00 
S48.375.000. 00 

$310,327,208.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

Ml  BRANCHES  and  a  ha  Australian  Stam.  Now  Zealand. 

Fiji.  Papua.  ■  N*w  Guinea),  and  Uimlon,  The  Bank  Iranians  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  BorillM*.  w \>ol  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

CFORl.F  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THRKADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO 
SIREDMl'NDWALKERC.V.O..  LL.DD.C.L. 


ESTABLISHED  1867 
.  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

e,.i %ZtT.     Reserve  Fund  13,500.000 

JOH>  AIRl>  Oeneril  Mioik>  r  I  _  ien  aha  am 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  Geoer.1  Minuter  I  Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York   Office,    16    Exchange    Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $4,000,000.00 
&           Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  1.996.224.64 
^           Deposits  55.186.71S.JS 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members       of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the   Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for.  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  "BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund 235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt   of   deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  T^ew"^°^ KS.,. 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT   &   TOWIME 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO, CAL. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1863 


Cash  Capital,  J6.000.000 


insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where In  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  Are. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails   cured  by  a  special  and   painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank   Bldg..   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen   Regent   Merger   Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works.  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors,  held  on  the 
second  day  of  January,  1917.  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share 
was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  tho  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  337  Moimdnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
.lay  of  February,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public 
auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Monday,  the 
19th  day  of  March,  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with 
costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.    WADE,    Secretary. 

Office — 337  Monadnock  Building,   San  Fiancisco.  California. 

.__  __        pUB|_|CAT|0N    OF  SUMMONS.  ~~ 

IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  "WHITE,.  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE,  Defendant, 
.vction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE,  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Kan  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
•  Isewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
nourt  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  this  9th  day  of  December, 

fsea?)    1916'  H.   I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.   R.  CASTAGNETTO.  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  &  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange, 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;   Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire— New  York.  Chicago   to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch   Offices— San    Francisco.    490    California   St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis:  Los  Angeles,  US  Fourth  St.,  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 
PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


80%  of  the  Entries  and  Winners  in  the 

Vanderbilt  and  Grand  Prix 
Races,  used 


RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 


WHY?    QUALITY. 
For  Sale  by  all  Dealers 


PACIFIC    COAST     DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Cut  Down  Your  Gasoline  Bills 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality — not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


DEVELOP  MORE  POWER 


Avoid   Carbon   deposits  and  corroded   valves    by   using 


I 


■IAN  HARD 


CYLINDER 

OIL 

FDR  AUTOMOBILES 
A«D  M°T0R  B0ATS 


W    GEORGE  A.  HAWS: 

%  l*b,icatin,0ils« Greases, 


No  matter  what  brand  of  oil  you  are  using  Panhard 
Oil  will  give  you  better  service.  We  have  proved  it  to 
thousands. 


1 


George  A.  Haws,  New  York 


BERNARD    I.    BILL 

SOLE     DISTRIBUTER 

543  Golden  Gate  Ave.  San  Francisco,  Cal.  i 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


1 

Annual  Clearance 


SALE 

Big  Reductions 

Gassner  FURS 


Louis  Gassner 


112-114  Geary  St., 


San  Francisco 


Devoted   to  the   Leading    Interests   of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coast. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  3,  1917 


NO.  5. 


TV  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER  a  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  25*>  Minna  Street,  near  F'outth.  San  Ftanciico.  Cal.  Telephone  Keamy  3594 
FnWml  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  OtSce.. -George  Street  &  Company,  30  Comhill,  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
oftce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)...  I  year,  $5;  6  months.  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
jre»r  $7.50:  b  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


der? 


-The  "Great  Divide"  scores  again.    Who  got  the  plun- 
-Paris  reports  that  skirts  are  being  worn  shorter.    Impos- 


sible! 

Life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  graft  still  rules  in  local 

politics. 

Another  raider  is  reported  700  miles  off  New  York.    Let 

him  keep  his  distance.    Safety  first. 

In  real  life  it's  the  gander,  not  the  goose,  that  lays  the 

golden  egg.    Hasn't  that  been  your  experience. 

When  a  girls  says,  "Please  don't  ever  speak  like  that  to 

rr.e  again,"  she  really  means  it,  unless  she  adds,  "Promise  me." 

Fred  Hilmer,  produce  merchant,  fired  the  opening  gun, 

this  week,  in  a  new  egg  war.    The  eggs  spoke  for  themselves. 

Why  is  it  a  woman  always  forgives  the  peccadillos  of 

other  women's  husbands?     Don't  answer  unless  you've  been 
divorced. 

An  overcoat  theft  epidemic  is  on  the  rampage  in  New 

York.    Evidently  a  turn  in  coats  there  is  as  popular  as  a  turn  in 
Wall  street. 

A  grocer  in  Berlin  has  been  jailed  for  hiding  food  in  his 

shop.    Why  didn't  he  caciie  it  in  his  stomach  and  beat  this  hide 
and  seek  game? 

According  to  official  reports,  the  wealth  of  California 

has  doubled  within  a  decade.     Most  of  us  have  overlooked  a 
fortune  somewhere. 

An  astonishing  new  comet,  catalogued  as  "B.  1816,"  is 

rushing  to  meet  us  at  the  rate  of  1,000,000  miles  a  day.  Thanks! 
Not  if  we  see  it  first. 

The   Police  Commission  has  rigorously  clamped  down 

the  lid  on  the  tenderloin.    A  brave  showing,  but  are  there  any 
holes  in  the  bottom  ? 

"Will  they  kick  the  Turk  out  of  Europe?"  asks  a  sober 

contemporary.     That  depends  on  the  size  of  the  brick  in  the 
seat  of  the  Turk's  breeches. 

A  foreign  correspondent,  this  week,  describes  the  war 

as  being  in  the  condition  of  a  man  on  a  wine  debauch.    In  that 
case  the  war  will  likely  end  in  a  case  of  delirium  tremens. 


Whew!  2,457  bills  were  bombarded  into  our  State  legis- 
lature the  day  it  convened.  Evidently  California  owes  a  dollar 
or  two. 

A  wife   that  recently  disappeared  from  her  home  for 

three  days  refuses  to  explain  where  she  had  been.  That  same 
stumbling  conundrum  has  stumped  many  ingenious  men. 

The  Ohio   Oil   Company,  a   subsidiary  of  the  original 

Standard  Oil  Company,  has  just  cut  a  $45,000,000  melon.  To 
him  who  hath  shall  be  given — if  he  gets  in  on  the  ground  floor. 

After  two  years'  experience  on  the  road  as     a     hobo, 

dressed  in  man's  clothes,  a  Los  Angeles  woman  has  jumped  her 
job  in  disgust.  Her  figure  attracts  more  attention  in  feminine 
garb. 

Horse  meat  butcher  shops  are  being  opened     in     New 

York.  Horse  meat  frankfurters  are  being  retailed  at  10  cents 
per  dozen.  Thus  has  prankish  war  driven  the  "bow-wow"  from 
the  table  with  a  "git  up." 

A  local  paper  contains  a  long  article  suggesting  how  the 

United  States  army  may  be  made  invisible  to  its  enemies.  Ac- 
cording to  present  showing  the  army  seems  to  have  attained 
that  distinction  without  help. 

Now  that  the  local  vice  campaign  is  on  the  rampage  and 

is  shouldering  old  time  patrons  of  the  cafes  from  their  old 
haunts,  it  might  prove  entertaining  for  these  bored  good  fellows 
to  go  out  on  the  golf  links  and  swat  "high  balls." 

Pliny  Fisk,  a  witness  against  Tom  Lawson  in  the  Peace 

"leak"  investigation  at  Washington,  declares  that  the  latter's 
brain  should  be  turned  ovei  to  the  good  Lord  to  take  care  of. 
Fisk  is  evidently  belittling  Lawson's  mental  condition. 

South  Dakota  recently  passed  a  law  declaring  that  every 

appendicitis  patient  shall  personally  receive  his  clipped  ap- 
pendix as  a  guarantee  of  good  faith,  following  the  operation. 
As  a  watch  charm  they  will  surely  prove  a  badge  of  good  faith. 

Miss  Ethel  Byrne,  sentenced  to  30  days  in  a  New  York 

penitentiary  for  preaching  birth  control,  has  solved  the  high 
cost  of  living  by  clinging  obstinately  to  a  hunger  strike.  Curi- 
ously enough,  no  rival  is  striving  to  duplicate  her  success. 

A  late  despatch  announces  that  several  generals  of  Car- 

ranza  have  deserted  with  15,000  troops  and  joined  Villa.  Ac- 
cording to  our  office  tab,  that  15,000  brings  Villa's  forces  up  to 
3,175,617  khaki  clad  men.  On  such  a  brave  showing  Pop  Villa 
is  in  a  position  to  get  into  the  limelight  of  the  European  war. 

Kansas  City  was  suffering  the  throes  of  a  vice  crusade. 

Some  genius  pictured  the  orgies  for  the  movies,  and  the  cru- 
sade fell  flat.  The  films  were  damned  as  not  being  up  to  the 
movie  "hot  stuff,"  and  sadly  lacking  the  requisite  Salomy 
punch.    Sore  heads  all  around. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Since  the  extraordinary  days  of  '49 
Vice  Crusades  it  has  been  a  proverb  on  this  penin- 

Vs.  Politicians.  sula  that  any  concerted  movement 

of  a  socialogical  character  would  be 
sooner  or  later  harpooned  by  the  practical  politicians  and 
adroitly  trimmed  to  suit  their  services.  The  present  crusade 
against  vice  has  followed  the  course  of  its  predecessors.  Those 
in  the  orchestra  of  this  show  readily  discern  that  certain  clever 
politicians  have  concealed  themselves  behind  the  skirts  of  the 
Vice  Bashee  in  an  effort  to  poignard  the  chances  of  Mayor 
Rolph  to  become  Governor  of  the  State.  Through  long  dis- 
tance jabs,  Los  Angeles  pollies  are  contributing  their  efforts  to 
stir  up  the  mess  in  order  to  sidetrack  the  Mayor  from  nomina- 
tion. They  demand  a  Los  Angeles  Governor  on  the  next  draw- 
ing, and  insist  that  they  are  entitled  to  the  honor.  On  this  point 
they  rabidly  resent  opposition.  Stephens  or  Resistance  is 
their  slogan.  Heney  regards  the  situation  with  a  broad  grin. 
Like  Stephens,  he  is  anxious  to  see  Rolph  eliminated  from  the 
race.  The  big  vote  that  San  Francisco  would  give  Rolph  is  ah 
immense  handicap  against  his  rivals.  Mayor  Rolph  has  learned 
a  thing  or  two  politically  since  he  took  office,  and  the  chances 
are  that  he  will  be  able  to  checkmate  his  adversaries.  As  for 
the  vice  crusade,  Pastor  Smith  describes  it  accurately  and  pith- 
ily: "I  started  a  lot  of  trouble,  but  a  man  with  a  bigger  brain 
than  I  have  has  got  to  settle  it  somehow." 


cess  California  will  eventually  be  recognized  as  a  manufactur- 
ing State  and  gradually  relegated  to  the  background  as  a  fruit 
orchard.  California  possesses  ideal  facilities  for  hydro-electric 
power,  and  other  natural  necessities  required  in  manufactures, 
and  every  effort  should  be  strained  to  effect  this  industrial  goal. 
The  local  Chamber  of  Commerce  visualizes  this  great  stride 
in  the  intensive  development  of  the  State,  and  is  stoutly  putting 
its  shoulder  to  the  wheel. 

■JB- 

The  marching  home  of  Pershing's 
Uncle  Sam  troops  means  that  Uncle  Sam  has 

Quits  Mexico.  decided    that    they    have  fulfilled 

their  service  in  Mexico,  and  that 
hereafter  General  Carranza  must  use  his  best  resources  and 
judgment  to  complete  the  pacification  of  Mexico.  The  with- 
drawal of  all  United  States  soldiers  has  been  officially  an- 
nounced by  the  Secretary  of  the  Army.  Carranza  and  Villa 
forces  will  likely  contest  for  the  territory  evacuated  by  the 
United  States  troops.  According  to  rough  and  ready  estimates, 
Villa  is  now  backed  by  some  8,000  well  equipped  followers, 
which  indicates  that  he  is  still  receiving  money  and  arms  from 
private  parties  on  this  side  of  the  border,  parties  who  are  de- 
termined through  self-interest  to  drive  Carranza  out  of  power 
and  place  a  man  in  the  saddle  of  Huerta's  calibre  and  useful- 
ness to  obtain  the  big  estates  and  rich  concessions  they  covet. 


WONT  THEY  FEEL  FOOLISH  ? 


—  Bradley  in  the  Chicago  Daily  News 


California  is  hungry  for  colonists. 
Colonizing  California.     As  one  of  the  two  biggest  States  in 

the  Union,  she  remains  one  of  the 
thinnest  in  population.  Efforts,  of  course,  have  been  made  to 
remedy  the  situation,  chiefly  by  the  local  railroad  companies, 
led  by  the  Southern  Pacific  and  by  the  steamship  companies. 
The  State  Colonization  Commission,  acting  through  a  board, 
now  proposes  to  buy  10,000  acres  of  land  for  a  starter,  subdi- 
vide them  in  allotments,  improve  the  land  and  sell  the  divisions 
to  settlers  at  cost.  A  bill  to  this  effect  has  already  been  intro- 
duced into  the  legislature  by  Senator  Breed  of  Oakland.  The 
plan  has  been  tried  in  many  countries  of  Europe,  South  Amer- 
ica and  Australia,  so  it  is  no  theoretical  hope.  It  offers  small 
capital  an  opportunity  to  get  on  its  feet.  In  a  measure  the  plan 
has  a  tendency  to  break  up  large  estates.  France  illustrates  the 
fact  that  prosperity  and  patriotism  follow  the  flag  of  any  nation 
when  the  land  is  divided  among  small,  frugal  landholders.  The 
contents  of  the  famous  worsted  stockings  of  these  small  farm- 
ers and  tradesmen  are  now  furnishing  France  with  the  funds 
to  defray  the  cost  of  the  war. 

Success  of  this  plan  in  California  would  naturally  increase 
the  trade  between  the  country  and  the  big  cities,  and  San 
Francisco,  Los  Angeles,  Oakland,  Sacramento,  Stockton  and 
Fresno  would  benefit  proportionally.  More  and  more  is  the 
area  of  manufactures  in  the  State  thriving,  and  with  their  suc- 


The  evacuation  is  a  left-handed  announcement  of  the  impracti- 
cability of  capturing  Villa,  the  prime  object  of  the  Pershing  ex- 
pedition. The  recall  furnishes  one  notable  advantage:  it  re- 
moves the  "anti-American"  resentment  among  the  natives 
caused  by  the  invasion.  Carranza  must  now  tackle  anew  the 
problem  of  the  salvation  of  his  country.  The  old  conservative 
forces  are  barking  about  him  and  determined  to  drag  him  from 
the  saddle  for  their  own  personal  profit.  Carranza  represents 
the  party  that  is  striving  to  return  the  national  lands  of  Mexico 
to  the  people.  Most  of  the  opposition  to  him  is  formed  by  in- 
terests that  are  determined  to  maintain  the  present  guerilla  war- 
fare in  hopes  of  bringing  about  a  situation  where  they  can 
seize  authority  and  divide  the  riches  and  resources  of  Mexico, 
as  was  done  in  the  days  of  those  under  the  Diaz  administration. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Glide  and  Rev.  Paul  Smith  state  that  they 

have  supplied  the  money  to  investigate  the  present  vice  condi- 
tions in  this  city.  They  certainly  are  getting  a  rousing  interest 
on  their  investment. 

President  Wilson  has  again  vetoed  the  new  immigration 

bill  on  the  ground  of  the  literary  test.  Such  a  test  is  un-Ameri- 
can, and,  if  passed,  the  bill  might  lead  to  intricate  diplomatic 
difficulties.    Cleveland  and  Taft  also  vetoed  a  like  test. 


February  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


V'   TOWN 
CRIER 


Gone  for  the  winter  are  the  davs  of  the  lustful  tiger  and 

sinuous  vampire  lapping  the  blood  of  their  victims.  Deep 
sinning,  shameless  Vice  has  been  swirled  up  in  her  peek-a-boo 
silken  nightie  and  hidden  in  an  attic  closet  where  she  can  be 
seen  only  on  'phone  call  engagements.  San  Francisco  has  turned 
over  its  morals  and  has  promised  to  be  good.  Drink,  Devil  and 
the  Dance  have  been  successfully  shunted,  of  course,  into  the 
deep  damnation  of  their  taking  off.  The  tab  of  little  ministers 
are  pluming  themselves  that  they  have  brought  the  town  back 
to  godliness  and  themselves  into  celestial  favor.  Satan  grins 
in  glee  over  their  crusading  and  credulity.  The  hundreds  of 
women  turned  into  the  street  must  hustle  as  they  can.  The 
positions  offered  them  are  barely  within  the  living  wage,  and 
they  are  not  fitted  to  them  by  temperament  or  understanding. 
Our  civilization  breeds  these  regular  high  crops  of  vice  and 
will  continue  to  do  so  till  the  system  of  life  is  radically  changed. 
How  many,  many  times  has  this  city  gone  through  a  like  purg- 
ing— and  gradually  returned  to  the  old  ways! 

Poultney  Bigelow,  a  writer  of  Philippics  on  the  German 

Emperor  and  other  big  game,  is  taking  a  fling  at  the  U.  S.  Con- 
sular Service  while  on  his  swing  around  the  big  circle.  Bigelow 
declares  that  the  consular  service  is  comprised  of  "broken- 
down,  wheezy  political  bosses,  worn  out  lawyers,  dentists, 
knock-kneed  brokers  and  men  who  could  not  make  a  living  at 
any  honest  and  respectable  calling."  Bigelow  declares  that  on 
his  official  round  of  visits  to  these  consular  quarters:  "I  have 
to  sew  up  my  pockets  before  I  enter  their  offices.  Then  I  have 
to  go  to  the  British  consulate  to  find  the  information  I  want." 
What  has  hit  the  titular  Poultney  that  he  is  out  with  his  swatest 
swat.  Something  hath  peeved  this  petted  child  of  the  old  time 
magazines.  Mayhap  America  hath  grown  too  small  for  his  ter- 
giversations, or  something  in  that  perfervid  line.  Poor  Poult! 
He  needs  rest. 

Aha!     The  arrow  is  mercilessly  winging  its  way  to  an 

easy  mark  on  the  Stanford  campus,  no  less  an  easy  mark  than 
the  unsuspecting  co-ed.  Senior  B.  A.  Griffin  declares  that  the 
highest  efficiency  in  the  institution  is  expressed  by  the  men 
students,  and  that  every  young  woman  who  becomes  a  student 
deprives  the  institution  of  its  best  service.  This  argument  is  a 
left-handed  invitation  for  the  co-eds  to  bow  and  primly  retire 
from  this  institution  of  learning.  Will  the  co-eds  walk  up  to 
the  axe  and  ask  to  be  decapitated?  Not  at  least  till  their  fall 
hats  are  out  of  date  and  their  new  "standard  dress"  has  made  a 
dent  in  Palo  Alto — and  then  some. 

Despite  the  wire  pulling  and  wily  maneuvering  of  real 

estate  goats  and  artful  probing  of  manipulators,  the  Govern- 
ment is  reported  to  have  decided  to  buy  the  Hunter's  Point 
ground  for  the  site  of  the  new  naval  station  base  on  San  Fran- 
cisco bay.  The  new  station  will  be  the  largest  of  its  kind  on 
the  Pacific,  and  superior  to  the  big  naval  bases  at  Philadelphia 
and  Brooklyn.  Present  coast  navy  yards  will  be  retained,  and 
that  of  Mare  Island  is  scheduled  to  be  further  equipped  by  in- 
stallations that  will  cost  $2,000,000.  Thanks  to  Providence,  that 
golden  apple  has  finally  dropped  into  San  Francisco's  lap.  This 
new  naval  base  on  the  Peninsula  means  another  unit  that  will 
disburse  several  million  dollars  annually  in  the  territory  cov- 
ered by  the  bay  cities.    Next! 


FORECASTED  Di 

Dewey,  then  a  commodore,  had  been  put  in  command  of  the 
Asiatic  naval  station  in  November,  1897.  Just  before  his  de- 
parture from  the  country,  the  commodore  was  feted  by  the  Met- 
ropolitan Club  of  Washington,  when  Colonel  Archibald  Hop- 
kins gave  a  prophetic  toa^t  which  a  few  months'  time  v 
see  fulfilled: 

Fill  all  your  glasses  full  to-night; 

The  wind  is  off  the  shore. 
And  be  it  feast  or  be  it  fight, 

We  pledge  the  Commodore. 

Through  days  of  storm,  through  days  of  calm, 

On  broad  Pacific  seas; 
At  anchor  off  the  Isle  of  Palm 

Or  with  the  Japanese. 

Ashore,  afloat,  on  deck,  below, 

Or  where  our  bulldogs  roar. 
To  back  a  friend  or  breast  a  foe 

We  pledge  the  Commodore. 

We  know  our  honoi'U  be  unstained 

Where'er  his  pennant  flies; 
Our  rights  respected  and  maintained 

Whatever  power  defies. 

And  when  he  takes  the  homeward  tack, 

Beneath  an  admiral's  flag, 
We'll  hail  the  day  that  brings  him  back, 

And  have  another  jag. 


CRACK  FANCY  DRILL  FOR  CHAMPIONSHIP. 

A  regulation  and  fancy  drill  contest  between  those  crack  or- 
ganizations, the  Nationals  and  Company  A.  League  of  the  Cross 
Cadets,  will  be  the  stellar  feature  of  a  military  and  vaudeville 
entertainment  next  Tuesday  evening  in  the  Exposition  Audi- 
torium. All  the  net  proceeds  are  to  be  equally  divided  between 
the  competing  corps  for  the  benefit  of  their  armory  funds. 

Mayor  Rolph  has  donated  a  massive  trophy  to  be  emblem- 
atic of  the  championship,  and  three  regular  army  officers  will 
make  the  award.  Each  competing  squad  consists  of  forty 
picked  men  respectively  commanded  by  Captain  H.  H.  Mit- 
chell of  the  Nationals  and  Captain  W.  H.  Greene  of  Company 
A.  During  the  last  three  weeks  both  squads  have  nightly  been 
rehearsed,  and  a  splendid  performance  is  assured. 

In  addition  to  this  big  event  there  will  be  a  competitive  drill 
between  teams  from  the  Young  Ladies'  Institute  and  an  elimina- 
tion contest  to  decide  who  is  the  best  drilled  man  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, a  number  of  high  class  vaudeville  features,  an  organ  re- 
cital and  a  grand  patriotic  tableau  in  which  all  the  uniformed 
organizations  and  individuals  will  appear.  Dancing  will  fol- 
low. The  leading  people  of  the  city  are  on  the  entertainment 
committee,  headed  by  Henry  C.  Breckenridge,  ex-Secretary  of 
War. 


"Before  I  married  you,  you  said  you  had  money."  "See 

what  one  gets  for  lying!" — Puck. 


PASSING  OF  WILL  WEYMOUTH. 
Will  J.  Weymouth,  one  cf  the  best  known  and  best  liked  lo- 
cal newspapermen,  passed  away  at  his  home  on  the  flank  of 
Russian  Hill  after  an  illness  of  several  months.  Weymouth 
came  to  this  city  some  twenty  years  ago,  and  for  some  time 
worked  on  the  News  Letter  and  other  local  periodicals.  Later 
he  joined  the  staff  of  the  old  Morning  Call,  and  later  that  of  the 
Examiner.  He  was  prominent  on  the  staff  of  the  latter  paper 
for  over  ten  years.  Last  summer  he  fell  ill,  and  the  doctor  pre- 
scribed complete  rest.  His  services  were  fully  appreciated  by 
the  management,  and  a  sum  of  money  exceeding  his  salary  was 
paid  weekly  during  the  period  of  his  illness.  He  is  survived  by 
a  widow,  Mrs.  Frances  Weymouth. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


Mrs.  Oelrichs  a  Super-Provider. 

One  is  constantly  hearing  about  the  clever  men  who  bought 
up  this  or  that  commodity  when  the  war  sent  out  the  first 
menacing  threat  of  the  cessation  of  shipment  of  some  of  the 
commodities  of  Europe;  of  war  brides  and  war  babies  one  has 
heard  much ;  but  who  has  sung  the  super-wisdom  of  the  pam- 
pered householders  who  foresaw  the  diminuation  of  some  of  the 
foreign  delicacies  and  stocked  up  their  larders  before  the  im- 
porters themselves  realized  that  there  would  be  no  more  ship- 
ments of  those  wares. 

From  New  York  there  comes  to  me  the  story  of  how  the  less 
canny  chatelaines  view  with  envy  the  rich  and  varied  store  of 
delicacies  which  Mrs.  Theresa  Fair  Oelrichs  may  serve,  and  she 
chooses,  to  her  favored  guests.  For  Mrs.  Oelrichs  practically 
bought  out  the  supply  of  these  delicacies  before  any  one  else's 
imagination  had  had  time  to  turn  a  handspring.  The  result  is 
that  those  who  put  a  premium  on  the  impossible  are  not  con- 
soled by  the  fact  that  their  tables  groan  with  all  the  delicacies 
produced  in  America.  What  matters  it  to  them  that  Lucullus 
himself  would  have  rolled  his  tongue  with  savor  over  the  suc- 
culent offerings  of  our  own  land?  Their  palates  palpitate  with 
a  desire  to  taste  of  the  things  once  familiar  to  their  exotic  ap- 
petites, but  now  denied  save  to  those  few  forward-looking,  be- 
millioned  householders  who  bought  up  the  available  supply. 
©    ©    © 

San  Francisco  Has  Its  Quota. 

Even  here  in  San  Francisco  there  were  a  few  women  of  means 
who  realized  that  there  might  be  a  shortage  of  some  delicacies 
familiar  to  the  plutocratic  palate,  and  they  laid  in  as  large 
supplies  as  the  stocks  of  the  local  dealers  permitted.  Which 
explains  why  some  hostesses  still  serve  Hearts  of  Palm  Leaves 
and  others  must  content  themselve  with  plain  or  garden  variety 
celery,  putting  its  best  stalk  forward  to  achieve  distinction. 
Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breedon  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  are  two 
of  the  inspired  purveyors  of  excellently  managed  households 
who  thought  of  buying  up  some  of  the  favorite  imported  good- 
ies before  there  were  no  more  to  be  had  at  the  command  of  the 
most  urgent  hostess.  Like  all  sensible  and  thoughtful  American 
women,  they  realize  how  fortunate  we  are  in  this  land  where 
the  devastating  hand  of  war  has  not  put  back  the  whole  pro- 
gress of  civilization,  and  they  have  too  much  humor  as  well  as 
too  much  heart  to  complain  of  the  curtailment  of  those  things 
that  are  wont  to  decorate  the  menu — but  they  are  naturally  not 
sorry  that  they  happened  to  think  of  buying  up  those  things 
that  were  available  when  the  war  broke  out. 
©     ©    © 

Golden  Wedding  Notes. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Landers  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 
on  Wednesday  of  this  week,  and  as  the  Landers  family  has 
been  identified  with  the  social  history  of  San  Francisco  for  the 
fifty  years  of  their  married  life,  the  event  had  a  significance  to 
all  those  whose  lives  have  been  part  of  the  mosaic  which 
society  has  built  in  these  parts.  Mrs.  Landers  is  still  a  beauti- 
ful woman,  and  "Uncle  Johnnie,"  as  many  of  the  old  guard  of 
the  Bohemian  Club  call  Mr.  Landers,  is  one  of  the  most  be- 
loved of  the  old  gentlemen  who  link  the  club  with  the  past. 

The  two  daughters  of  the  family,  Mrs.  Fred  Tallant  and  Mrs. 
Vincent  Whitney,  helped  their  parents  receive  the  intimate 
friends  who  foregathered  in  the  old  family  home.  Mrs.  Tal- 
lant's  daughter,  Helen,  had  planned  to  be  presented  to  society 
this  year,  so  that  she  might  make  her  bow  at  the  golden 
wedding  of  her  grandparents,  but  the  family  decided  that  even 
this  pretty  sentiment  should  not  curtail  her  school  days,  so  she 
will  not  be  listed  among  the  debutantes  for  another  season. 
©    ©     © 

Also  Gold  Bricks. 

The  guests  at  the  golden  wedding  were  transplanted  into  a 
delightful  world  of  yester-years  when  the  two  little  girls  of  the 
Vincent  Whitneys  went  through  the  marriage  ceremony  dressed 
in  replicas  of  the  clothes  of  long  ago.    There  were  gold  brick 


souvenirs  for  the  few  pioneers  who  recalled  the  great  mining 
gamble  days  in  San  Francisco  when  the  Comstock  sent  the 
fortunes  of  the  favored  few  soaring  beyond  the  notch  at  which 
an  acquisitive  world  sits  up  and  looks  blase,  and  many  were 
the  tales  told  by  Mr.  Landers  of  those  which  wove  the  glint 
of  gold  through  the  woof  and  warp  of  the  fortunes  of  these 
parts.  Friends  from  all  over  the  world  sent  their  congratula- 
tions and  gifts  to  this  charming  couple,  who  through  all  the 
years  have  gone  their  kindly  way  adding  much  to  the  charm 
of  San  Francisco  society. 

©    ©    © 

Dorothy  Berry  Engaged. 

The  announcement  that  Miss  Dorothy  Berry  is  to  marry 
Walter  Perkins,  a  young  engineer  stationed  in  Chile,  was  an- 
nounced at  the  pretty  tea  which  Mrs.  Lloyd  Baldwin  (Edith 
Berry)  gave  on  Tuesday  of  this  week  for  Mrs.  Frederick  Hell- 
mann. 

Mrs.  Hellmann  and  Miss  Berry  came  on  from  New  York  for 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Katherine  Hellmann  and  Thorp  Sawyer. 
Miss  Hellmann,  like  Miss  Berry,  met  her  fiance  at  the  Hell- 
mann's  home  in  Souht  America.  When  Katherine  Hellmann  re- 
turned to  her  home  in  California  about  a  year  ago,  the  Fred 
Hellmanns  so  missed  the  presence  of  a  young  girl  in  the  house 
that  they  sent  for  their  cousin,  Dorothy  Berry,  and  the  en- 
gagement announcement  is  the  climax  of  their  visit. 

©    ©    © 
The  Fred  Hellmanns  Matrimonial  Hosts. 

Mrs.  Fred  Hellmann  laughingly  admitted  that  she  might  as 
well  plead  guilty  to  the  charge  of  being  an  unsafe  person  for 
any  mother  desiring  to  commit  her  daughter  to  spinsterhood  to 
allow  a  girl  to  visit.    But  where  are  those  mothers  ? 

Anita  Maillard  met  Temple  Bridgeman  while  she  was  visit- 
ing the  Hellmanns  four  or  five  years  ago,  and  married  the 
young  engineer  who  took  her  off  to  the  far  corners  of  the  earth 
to  live,  from  which  they  return  periodically  to  visit  their  family 
and  friends.  Any  number  of  Eastern  girls  have  mar- 
ied  men  they  met  while  visiting  the  Hellmanns,  and  now  two 
very  young  and  pretty  San  Francisco  girls  will  be  claimed  at 
the  altar  by  suitors  who  conducted  the  courtship  under  the 
Chilean  skies. 

©    ©    © 

House  Guests— "Object,  Matrimony." 

Mrs.  Hellmann,  with  a  twinkle  in  her  eye,  confessed  to  the 
coterie  of  friends  surrounding  her  at  the  tea  that  she  had  been 
"rushed"  to  death  by  matchmaking  mothers  ever  since  they 
realized  that  if  any  of  the  girls  who  came  out  to  visit  them  re- 
turned home  unengaged  it  was  not  for  want  of  suitors.  How- 
ever, now  that  the  Hellmanns  are  living  in  New  York  she  will 
not  have  to  display  such  social  ingenuity  in  avoiding  the  over- 
tures of  designing  mothers  desirous  of  placing  their  daughters 
as  house  guests — object  matrimony!  "We  loved  to  have  attrac- 
tive girls  visit  us,"  said  Mrs.  Hellmann,  "but  we  hated  a  visi- 
tation !" 

Katherine   Hellmann   will   become   Mrs.   Thorp   Sawyer  on 
February  14th,  at  the  Stanford  Memorial  Chapel  at  Palo  Alto. 
Dorothy  Berry  will  not  be  married  until  autumn,  it  being  prac- 
tically impossible  for  her  fiance  to  leave  Chile  until  then. 
©    ©    © 

Aladdin's  Palace  for  Mardi  Gras. 

When  Aladdin  rubbed  the  fateful  lamp  and  produced  the 
results  which  have  tingled  the  imagination  of  all  the  ages,  he 
established  a  precedent  which  few  have  cared  to  approximate. 
But  right  here  in  San  Francisco  a  $5,000  ballroom  is  being  built 
for  one  night,  and  when  it  comes  to  magnificent  disdain  of 
time  and  tides  and  sprinkling  cans,  Aladdin's  Palace  has  noth- 
ing on  that. 

The  society  women  who  manage  the  Mardi  Gras  ball  de- 
cided that  they  must  have  an  adequate  place  this  year  to  stage 
their  annual  pageant.  There  have  always  been  difficulties  about 
building  in  the  floor  and  boxes  at  the  Palace  and  the  St.  Fran- 
cis ball  room,  lounge  and  other  rooms  thrown  together  are  in- 
adequate for  the  needs. 

Wherefore  some  one  thought  of  getting  permission  to  use 
the  three  lots  adjoining  the  St.  Francis  on  the  Post  street  side, 
a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Works  to  construct  a  building  for 
a  night,  and  then  just  a  few  simple  turns  of  the  wrist  to  write 
a  check  for  $5,000,  and  the  deed  is  done. 

The  workmen  are  now  putting  up  the  enormous  ball  room 


February  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


which  is  to  have  a  double  row  of  boxes,  a  stage  for  the  court 
scene  and  a  run-way  into  the  Rose  Room,  so  that  it  will  not  be 
necessary  to  go  out  of  doors  to  get  into  the  refreshment  zone 
of  the  hotel.  The  extra  boxes  and  accommodations,  it  is  cal- 
culated, will  more  than  make  up  for  the  expense  attendant  upon 
putting  up  a  special  building  for  the  night,  and  of  course  the 
event  can  be  staged  as  never  before. 

■     ■ 

Bride  I  .  Friends. 

Mrs.  Morgan  Ross,  the  bride  of  the  new  manager  of  the 
Bellevue  Hotel,  is  receiving  her  friends  in  the  charming  apart- 
ment in  which  the  Rosses  have  established  themselves.  Mrs. 
Ross  is  a  very  attractive  woman,  and  is  a  welcome  addition  to 
San  Francisco  society. 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  following  members  of  the  local  smart  set  reserved  tables 
at  Hotel  Oakland  for  the  Subscription  Dance  Wednesday 
evening:  Mrs.  Wickham  Havens,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Oliver,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Edward  Walsh,  Mrs.  Philip  Cole,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  M. 
Shook,  Mrs.  Edson  F.  Adams,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Hunt  Proc- 
tor, Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Thornton  White,  Mrs.  Wiggington 
Creed,  Miss  Georgia  Creed.  Mrs.  Florence  H.  Keeney,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Herbert  M.  Lee,  Mrs.  Leon  A.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
C.  Jensen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  D.  Bates,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clar- 
ence Shuey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  .).  R.  Burnham,  Mrs.  Madison  Ralph 
Jones,  Mrs.  Robert  Newell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  R.  Sherman, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Parker.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Fletcher,  Mr. 


Left — White  Georgette  and  Black    Satin    Dress. 
Pleats  and  Panels  Follow  the  Straight  Lines. 


Right- 


and  Mrs.  James  H.  Hommedieu,  Mr.  Joseph  Bisagno,  Mr.  W.  J. 
Hoyt,  Mr.  W.  K.  Brackett,  Mr.  Joseph  Desmond,  Mr.  Frank  A. 
Edoff,  Mrs.  Beatrice  Simpson,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Knowland,  Mrs.  How- 
ard W.  Bray,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  East  Miller. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Tyer  Henshaw  entertained  25  of  her  daughter's  little 
friends  at  tea  at  Hotel  Oakland  on  January  27th. 

Dr.  R.  K.  Hartzell  of  Reno,  and  formerly  of  New  York,  who 
is  a  very  noted  physician,  has  taken  up  his  residence  at  Hotel 
Oakland. 

The  permanent  guest  list  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  is  greatly  on 
the  increase.  Among  them  are :  J.  F.  Spranger  and  wife,  Los 
Angeles;  Mrs.  Seymoure  Cunningham,  Pitchfield,  Conn.;  Mr. 
F.  M.  Helm  and  wife,  Fresno;  Miss  Elizabeth  McNally,  Pasa- 
dena; Dr.  M.  Welsh  and  wife,  Chicago;  Lieutenant  William 
Wise  and  wife,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps;  Mrs.  J.  Henderson  and 
daughter,  Elko,  Nevada. 


The  black-and-white  combination  is  one  of  the  very  strong 
notes  from  Paris  just  at  this  time.  Even  while  some  bright  col- 
ors are  being  shown,  black  and  white  come  to  the  front 
White  Georgette  and  blacK  satin  arc  chosen  very  often  to 
out  this  effect,  and  while  it  is  not  looked  upon  in  the  light  of  a 
real  novelty,  it  is  so  entirely  pleasing  that  its  acceptance  goes 
without  saying. 

Dresses  of  white  Georgette  are  sometimes  made  with  a  deep 
band  of  black  satin  at  the  lower  edge  of  the  skirt.  As  in  the 
accompanying  sketch,  there  are  often  additional  touches  of 
black  about  the  dress,  for  instance  on  the  belt  and  sleeves  and 
the  trimming  on  the  front  of  the  waist.  Silver  thread  embroid- 
ery in  the  popular  darning  stitch  enriches  some  of  these  frocks. 
In  others,  bead  work  is  used.  As  an  example  of  this  last,  white 
Georgette  crepe  elaborately  worked  with  beads  forms  the  upper 
part  and  sleeves  of  a  black  satin  dress.  Separate  skirts  of 
black  satin  are  also  worn  with  white  Georgette  blouses  made  in 
Russian  style. 

Russian  styles  still  keep  at  the  height  of  popularity.  When 
they  are  worn  with  suits  they  appear  in  any  of  the  varying 
lengths,  from  the  short  hip  length  to  below  the  knee.  A  strik- 
ing black  satin  dress  recently  seen  was  made  with  a  slip-on 
Russian  blouse  of  medium  length  over  a  very  full  pleated  skirt. 
The  lower  part  of  the  blouse  was  richly  embroidered  in  silk, 
with  Japanese  embroidery  in  the  cherry-blossom  design.  The 
embroidery  was  in  white  and  pale  green. 

To  return  to  the  black-^nd-white  combination,  a  very  effec- 
tive waist  of  white  crepe  was  trimmed  with  black  crepe  collar, 
cuffs  and  revers,  and,  in  addition,  black  beads.  The  lighter 
shades  which  are  again  returning  to  favor  are  putty,  sand  and 
beige.  Rose-colored  beads  in  deep  and  lighter  shades  trim  a 
sand  colored  waist  very  effectively. 

Pleated  skirts,  though  still  requiring  a  liberal  amount  of 
material  in  the  fashioning  of  them,  are  made  to  hang  quite 
straight.  Some  charming  effects  are  seen  where  striped  mater- 
ial is  employed.  In  a  purple-and-black  striped  fabric,  the  pur- 
ple stripe  is  arranged  beneath  the  pleat,  so  that  to  all  intents 
and  purposes  the  skirt  appears  to  be  black,  but  in  walking  the 
colored  stripes  show.  This  arrangement  of  pleats  in  striped 
materials  is  seen  in  striped  fabrics  of  all  colors. 

Panel  effects  are  still  considered  very  good  style  for  they 
preserve  the  straight  lines  at  which  Fashion  aims.  Here  and 
there,  however,  exaggerated  pockets  break  the  monotony  of 
the  straight  lines  and  stand  out  at  the  hips.  Draped  effects  in 
some  afternoon  and  many  evening  gowns  also  show  that  in  some 
instances  there  is  a  tendency  to  break  away  from  the  very 
straight  lines. 

Tassels  of  silk,  wool  or  beads  as  well  as  buttons  form  the 
decoration  for  dresses  of  a  simpler  and  more  tailored  type.  The 
apron  string  belts  on  the  chemise  dresses  are  usually  finished 
with  tassels,  and  frocks  with  the  loose  floating  panels  are 
weighted  at  the  ends  with  tassels  on  either  side. 

Colored  ribbon  on  white  crepe  and  lace  waists  is  another 
new  trimming  which  has  appeared  of  late.  Ribbons  with  two 
or  more  colors  give  very  dainty  effects  on  these  waists. 

Now  that  the  midseason  is  here,  hats  of  velvet  are  giving 
place  to  those  of  satin  and  silk.  Figured  silks  are  used  for 
some  smart,  colorful  hats,  while  crepe  is  another  material  fav- 
ored by  the  milliners.  Combinations  of  straw  and  satin  are 
likely  to  be  very  popular  also.  Black  straw  formed  the  tiny 
brim  and  the  lower  part  of  a  very  high  crown  of  a  chic  hat.  The 
top  of  the  crown  and  the  upper  part  was  of  blue  satin.  Medium 
size  brims  on  rather  drooping  lines  are  also  noted.  A  hat  of 
crepe  was  trimmed  with  three  rows  of  pleated  ribbon  at  the 
top  of  the  crown  with  a  beaded  ornament  in  front. 


DRUNKENNESS  A   DISEASE 

BUT    CURABLE 

Was  Dr.  Leslie  E.  Keele/s  contention  nearly  forty  years  ago.     Since  his 

discovery  more  than  400,000  have  been  successfully  treated  by  the  Keeley 

method.      All    drug  habits  treated.      Home  comforts  provided  at 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE 

2420  Webster  St.  cor.  Pacific  Ave..  San  Francisco  Phone  Fillmore  3963 

Sealed  Booklet  Free  on  Reque*t 


HELP    WANTED,    MALE. 
$5  A  DAY.     Gathering  evergreens,  roots  and  herbs.  10c.  brings  books  and 
war  prices.   Particulars  free.  Botanical — 27  New  Haven,  Conn. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


A  Summary  by  Critics  on  Jack  London's  Work 


One  book  among  the  many  written  by  Jack  London  in  his 
literary  career,  now  closed,  of  less  than  twenty  years  strikes  the 
majority  of  American  newspapers  as  his  chief  claim  to  immor- 
tality. That  book  is  "The  Call  of  the  Wild,"  published  near 
the  outset  of  his  career.  With  this  story  of  an  animal  spirit, 
"pathetically  high,  pathetically  brave  and  pathetically  dumb," 
to  quote  the  N.  Y.  World,  Jack  London  took  his  place  among 
the  greatest  American  story-tellers  of  his  time.  Along  with  his 
earlier  short  stories,  it  formed  the  basis  of  his  European  repu- 
tation. It  made  him,  in  a  sense,  a  world-figure,  and,  in  the  opin- 
ion of  most  of  the  editors  who  venture  to  estimate  his  place  in 
our  literature,  it  is  the  one  work  of  the  Californian  which  will 
live. 

Popular  opinion,  the  N.  Y.  Evening  Post  asserts,  is  justified 
in  regarding  this  book,  published  thirteen  years  ago  quite  early 
in  his  literary  career,  as  the  best  of  his  tales.  "While  the  zest 
of  life,  the  love  of  adventure  in  the  open,  remained  with  him 
to  the  end,  the  original  impulse  became  in  later  years  too  much 
overlaid  with  generalization  and  formula  drawn  out  of  books. 
His  brief  and  sporadic  studies  at  college  and  his  reading  in 
economics  and  popular  sociology  tended  towards  a  self-con- 
scious primitiveness."  With  this  book,  declares  the  N.  Y. 
Globe,  Jack  London  founded  a  school.  After  his  "Call  of  the 
Wild,"  dozens  of  writers  began  to  hear  the  same  call.  The 
Rocky  Mountain  News  of  Denver  discerns  merit  of  scarcely 
lower  rank  in  his  earlier  short  stories,  "The  God  of  His 
Fathers"  and  "A  Daughter  of  the  Snows."  With  all  these  stor- 
ies the  "red-blooded"  note,  says  the  Chicago  Herald,  entered 
American  fiction  and  gave  a  new  orientation  to  the  American 
novel. 

"In  sincerity  and  courage  no  less  than  power  lay  the  secret 
of  this  writer's  appeal  to  humanity.  With  the  era  of  flub-dub 
fiction  at  climax,  London  dared  to  write  of  life  in  the  raw,  life 
as  he  had  seen  and  lived  it.  His  success  was  brilliant,  instan- 
taneous and  productive  of  a  new  and  still  flourishing  school. 

"Before  Beach,  Bindloss,  Curwood  et  al.  began  publishing 
'red-blooded'  stories,  London  produced  pictures  of  man's  strug- 
gle with  primitive  conditions  and  the  elements  that  thrilled  and 
stirred  life  like  a  trumpet  blast  through  a  languid  ballroom. 
Who  can  forget  his  early  narratives  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  before 
the  mast  sailing  or  Alaska?  No  Seton  or  Roberts  animal  study 
yet  has  superseded  London's  'Call  of  the  Wild'  in  effect  or 
popular  favor.  Superlatively  terse,  virile  in  the  extreme,  strong 
almost  to  brutality,  the  London  stories,  whether  dealing  with 
love  or  lust,  prize  fights  or  the  gold  fever,  prison  abuses  or 
ranch  life  in  California,  had  the  gripping  quality,  born  of  first- 
hand experience  honestly,  sympathetically  reported,  that  in- 
variably sets  the  world  talking,  that  invariably  brings  followers 
and  imitators  in  its  wake." 

A  more  critical  note  is  voiced  in  the  conservative  and  au- 
thoritative New  York  Nation.  Jack  London,  it  thinks,  was  in- 
terested in  action  rather  than  in  character,  and,  despite  his  un- 
trammeled  freshness,  the  direct  appeal  of  his  story-telling  art, 
he  was  not  a  creative  artist.  "In  the  long  list  of  his  books  he 
has  not  added  a  living  character  to  our  literature."  A  writer  of 
the  N.  Y.  Times  declares  that  London  is  entitled  to  be  called 
a  "creator": 

"He  photographed,  but  he  also  created,  and  he  somehow 
managed  to  do  the  two  things  at  the  same  time.  There  are  pas- 
sages in  not  a  few  of  his  books  that  reveal  truly  amazing  pow- 
ers of  observation  and  interpretation,  and  though  he  often  dealt 
with  the  impossible,  he  rarely,  if  ever,  missed  what  in  art  is 
far  more  important  than  possibility — plausibility.  His  reader 
could  believe,  and  did,  in  all  the  adventures  and  adventurers 
he  described. 

"Strength  was  the  obvicus  quality  of  his  writing,  but  it  was 
far  from  the  only  or  chief  one,  and  those  who  call  him  'rough' 
are  strangely  mistaken.  He  had  convictions  and  he  had  knowl- 
edge.   That  is,  he  wrote  what  he  knew." 

If  Jack  London  wrote  far  more  than  is  good  for  his  future 
reputation,  if  he  failed  to  make  the  best  of  his  reputation  and 
the  opportunities,  says  the  N.  Y.  Tribune,  we  must  at  least 
credit  him  with  extending  the  geographical  frontiers  of  Ameri- 
can literature.  "He  was  the  first  to  turn  the  Klondyke  into  lit- 
erary material  .  .  .  Wherever  men  stripped  themselves  of  all 


the  trappings,  all  the  conventions  and  safeguards  of  civiliza- 
tion, he  was  in  his  element." 

Jack  London,  as  several  writers  note,  was  swept  to  literary 
success  on  the  cr.est  of  the  Kipling  wave.  Thus  the  Rocky 
Mountain  News  says: 

"As  Kipling  sat  at  the  feet  of  Bret  Harte  in  his  'prentice 
years,  so  did  London  fall  under  the  Anglo-Indian's  spell.  But 
in  each  case  the  apprenticeship,  while  most  useful,  was  brief. 
Kipling  found  himself  and  forgot  the  mannerisms  of  the  author 
of  'The  Luck  of  Roaring  Camp.'  London,  the  young,  untutored 
genius,  was  not  long  in  breaking  new  trails  and  discovering  his 
metier.  'The  Call  of  the  Wild'  is  doubtless  the  most  artistic  of 
London's  writings;  but  all  of  the  work  of  that  day,  'The  God 
of  His  Fathers'  and  'A  Daughter  of  the  Snows'  are  of  lasting 
worth." 

The  same  paper  adds  that  "all  that  he  has  written  since 
those  impressionistic  days  could  be  lost  and  still  London's 
name  would  live  in  American  literature.  There  was  no  pad- 
ding in  his  writing  of  that  period,  and  his  inexperiences  in  the 
art  gave  them  added  zest." — From  January  Current  Opinion. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone- 
Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,   NEAR   MARKET 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergei 


C.  Miilbebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  Buih  St..  Su  Frueiieo 


(Above  Kearny) 


ExchiDie.  Doutiif  2411 


BLANCO'S  "^TSsa"-"- 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


i 


February  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertise! 


PLvEASUKD'S  WAND 


"Obey  no  uand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Again  we  are  in  dramatic  doldrums,  when  the  legitimate  is 
unheard  in  any  representative  San  Franciscan  theatre  during 
the  period  of  a  fortnight,  and  if  it  were  not  for  the  vaudeville 
houses  I  am  afraid  that  I  should  have  to  forego  my  one  meat- 
meal  a  week;  and  so  to  the 

Orpheum 

The  blazoned  headliner  this  week  is  Elsie  Pilcer,  announced 
as  a  pocket  edition  of  Gaby  Deslys,  and  her  gentlemanly  young 
assistant,  Dudley  Douglas. 

Elsie's  act  is  principally  a  bewildering,  though  pointless,  dis- 
play of  millinery  and  frocks.  Not  that  I  have  any  puritanical 
objections  to  beauty  and  frivolity  in  women's  costume.  Far 
from  it.  We  cannot  live  by  meat  and  drink  alone,  but  joy  and 
beauty  are  needed  to  make  living  at  all  worth  while. 

Dress,  especially  women's  dress,  has  always  played  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  world's  history,  and  has  been  an  expression 


We  are  told  of  the  gowns  of  Isabelle  d'Este,  and  the  cos- 
tumes worn  by  Beatrice  d'Este  on  her  mission  to  Venice  when 
she  impressed  the  grave  and  reverend  seignors  who  constituted 
the  Senate. 

We  can  count  the  shifts  in  the  much-maligned  Lucretia  Bor- 
gia's trousseau,  when  she  became  the  wife  of  the  Duke  of 
Ferrara,  and  can  figure  the  cost  of  the  gold  fringe  which  hung 
from  her  linen  sleeves.  We  know  the  robes  with  interlacing 
leaves;  those  made  of  fish  scales;  and  the  one  bordered  with 
flame-like  gold.  State  papers  are  extant  containing  descrip- 
tions of  her  green  velvet  cap  with  its  ornaments  of  gold;  the 
emerald  worn  on  her  forehead,  and  the  black  riband  which 
bound  her  lovely,  yellow  hair. 

During  this  period  the  joy  of  living  was  expressing  itself  in 
an  overpowering  sense  of  beauty  and  material  splendor,  and 
which  conformed  to  the  canons  of  taste  and  was  guided  by  the 
criticism  of  the  intellect.    Taste  had  become  a  recognized  by- 


1   1 

i, 

A. 

V 

Vfl'  1  mum       as   ■&  Mj  '  \ 

B  -9  *  "ft           >■**'  HyBlnfl 

* 

--J  '^i&H 

0  WM  B 

r 

J 

///' 

George  Nash  &  Company,  in  "  The  Unexpected,"  Next  Week  at  the  Orpheum 


of  the  times  as  well  as  the  character  of  the  wearer. 

In  vain  have  Kings  made  edicts  and  parliaments  passed 
sumptuary  laws  limiting  v/omen's  wear;  against  its  caprices 
pompous  preachers  have  fulminated  their  tin  thunder  from 
countless  pulpits,  all  to  no  avail;  and  in  more  modern  times 
pseudo-scientists  have  informed  us  of  the  economic  waste  in- 
volved in  sartorial  extravagance.  Lovely  woman,  however,  al- 
ways has  gone  unheeding  on  her  own  lovely  way  and  fulfilled 
the  law  of  her  life  by  now  revealing,  now  concealing,  her 
charms,  but  always  succeeding  in  being  provocative. 

In  times  past,  Ambassadors  have  filled  their  dispatches  in 
gravely  describing  the  costumes  of  the  courts  to  which  they 
were  accredited. 

In  Italy,  during  the  wonderful  flowering  of  the  Renascence, 
the  chroniclers  have  left  us  full  accounts  of  the  dress  of  the 
period. 


product  of  the  art  of  the  timej  and,  as  women  emerged  from 
feudal  thralldom  and  grew  in  spiritual  stature,  they  set  a  corre- 
spondingly high  value  on  the  alluring  power  of  dress. 

It  must  be  confessed,  however,  that  Miss  Pilcer  has  little  to 
express,  and  her  simplest  frock  happens  to  be  the  most  alluring 
and  in  the  best  taste.  Perhaps  there  was  a  reason  in  Gaby's 
case — being  a  King's  favorite — but  surely  Elsie  has  not  copied 
Gaby  in  all  respects. 

As  an  imitator  of  Miss  Deslys,  la  Pilcer  is  a  great  success — 
but  why  imitate  nothing  ?  Otherwise  there  was  hardly  enough 
meat  in  the  act  to  warrant  its  exalted  position  on  the  bill. 

A  funny  playlet,  "Surgeon  Louder,  U.  S.  A.",  was  quite  the 
hit  among  the  newcomers,  and  was  informed  with  the  vaudevil- 
lian  spirit.  Odiva  and  her  performing  sea-lions  supplied  the 
sensation  of  the  bill.  Janet  Adair  got  by  nicely  with  some  de- 
scriptive song  recitals  of  a  comic  nature;  while  Trovato,  on  the 


8 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


violin,  imitated  cat-calls  and  other  gallery  noises,  and  received 
an  hilarious  ovation  from  the  top  floor.     Orville  Harrold  and 

the  Cressys,  however,  continue  to  be  the  class  of  the  show. 

*  *  * 

Pantages 

The  feature  of  the  week's  bill  at  Pantages  is  La  Scala  Sex- 
tette, presented  by  Madame  Jena  Jennings,  who  are  heard  in 
selections  from  the  tuneful  operas  of  the  past.  The  melodious 
numbers  of  Carmen,  Lucia  and  Faust  will  continue  to  delight 
long  after  much  of  the  new  freak  "music"  will  have  been  rele- 
gated to  the  museum  of  curiosities.  The  voices  are  all  remark- 
ably fresh  and  well  trained  and  do  not  show  signs  of  wear  from 
"three  a  day." 

As  dividing  the  headline  honors  there  are  Winston's  Water 
Lions,  assisted  by  two  pretty  diving  girls — or  are  the  girls  as- 
sisted by  the  water  lions  ?  In  any  event  the  lions  give  evidence 
of  possessing  a  certain  amount  of  intelligence,  and  their  tricks 
could  not  have  been  all  the  result  of  mere  habit  enforced  by 
punishment. 

For  the  gallery,  Joe  Roberts  performed  remorselessly  on  the 
banjo.  In  addition  to  these  numbers,  Sterling  and  Marguerite, 
"The  Singing  Athletes",  showed  how  it  is  possible  to  do  more 
than  one  thing  at  a  time.  La  Maire  and  Dawson,  "Blackville's 
Funmakers";  a  pair  of  Swede  impersonators,  Biele  and  Gerard; 
with  sweet  voiced  Florence  Merritt  completed  a  bill  full  of 
variety  and  interest. 

*  *  * 

MOTION  PICTURES 

Columbia 

As  appropriate  to  the  period  when  we  were  not  too  proud  to 
fight,  and  indeed  it  would  have  been  high  treason  during  the 
civil  war  to  have  made  such  a  suggestion,  the  popular  Geary 
street  playhouse  is  presenting  a  film  version  of  Winston  Chur- 
chill's "The  Crisis".  Fort  Sumter  appears  in  the  picture,  and 
the  battle  scenes  were  staged  at  Fort  Sumter  with  startling 
fidelity  to  detail  and  historic  accuracy;  while  General  Grant 
and  other  heroes  of  the  war  are  shown. 

The  chief  character  is  Abraham  Lincoln,  assumed  by  Sam  D. 
Drane,  who  was  chosen  on  account  of  his  resemblance  to  the 
great  president  that  disdained  any  talk  of  peace  without  vic- 
tory. Drane  had  frequently  appeared  in  vaudeville  as  an  im- 
personator of  Lincoln,  but,  alas,  he  was  not  to  live  to  see  his 
counterfeit  projected  on  the  screen,  having  died  early  in  the 
year.  Another  actor  well  known  to  San  Franciscans,  and  who 
died  last  Tuesday  week,  was  Mat  B.  Snyder,  an  old  school 
player  of  the  Booth  and  Barrett  days.  He  plays  the  role  of  Col- 
onel Carvel,  the  leading  Southerner,  and  lends  the  character  all 
the  dignity  and  unction  which  these  old  time  stock  and  Shakes- 
perian  actors  knew  so  well  how  to  assume.  Another  of  the 
leading  parts  is  Judge  Whipple,  the  Colonel's  friend  and  politi- 
cal antagonist,  vividly  portrayed  by  George  Fawcett. 

Bessie  Eyetoun,  as  the  Colonel's  daughter,  gives  just  the 
touch  of  well-bred  gentleness  which  the  character  calls  for; 
and  opposite  her  is  Paul  W.  Santschi,  of  "The  Spoiler's"  fame, 
as  Stephen  Brice,  the  Yankee  lover. 

All  of  the  features  of  Churchill's  story  are  preserved,  and 
not  the  least  interesting  is  the  representation  of  Lincoln's  office 
with  the  original  desk,  inkwell  and  other  paraphernalia  show- 
ing. "The  Crisis"  is  playing  to  large  and  enthusiastic  houses, 
and  will  continue  all  of  next  week. 

*  *  * 

St.  Francis 

When  the  late  Richard  Harding  Davis  wrote  "Vera  the  Me- 
dium" he  invaded  a  field  preempted  by  our  own  Norris,  and 
produced  one  of  his  most  entertaining  stones.  Lovely  Kitty 
Gordon,  who  must  be  tired  of  reading  about  her  million  dollar 
back,  takes  the  name  part,  and  surely  no  one  is  better  fitted  for 
the  portrayal  of  the  dead  author's  tale  as  shown  on  the  screen. 

In  addition  to  the  fabulous  back,  Miss  Gordon  has  a  beauti- 
ful front  and  is  an  accomplished  exponent  of  the  art  of  panto- 
mime. This  is  one  of  the  most  successful  of  the  productions 
of  this  de  luxe  photoplay  house,  and  has  been  warmly  wel- 
comed by  large  audiences  throughout  the  week. 

Annette  Kellerman,  who  made  the  ocean  famous,  is  an- 
nounced at  an  early  date  at  the  St.  Francis  in  "Neptune's 
Daughter",  the  greatest  of  her  film  roles. 


Advance   Announcements 

Theatre  St.  Francis. — "Neptune's  Daughter,"  the  wonder 
play  which  first  showed  to  movie  fans  the  wonderful  form,  the 
marvelous  swimming  and  diving  ability,  and  the  charm  of  an 
actress,  possessed  by  Annette  Kellerman,  will  have  a  revival  at 
the  Theatre  St.  Francis  commencing  Sunday,  February  4th.  The 
new  "Neptune's  Daughter"  is  a  revised  and  enlarged  edition, 
and  picture  enthusiasts  are  promised  that  in  the  8,000  feet 
(over  500  scenes)  they  will  be  treated  to  more  thrills  of  this 
remarkable  woman's  most  daring  feats  than  they  have  ever  be- 
fore  witnessed.     There   is   no   question   but   that  "Neptune's 


Annette  Kellerman  Who  Will  Appear  Next  Week  in  "  Neptune's  Daughter " 
At  the  Theatre  St.  Francis 

Daughter"  is  a  more  beautiful  picture  than  her  later  success, 
"A  Daughter  of  the  Gods,"  and  it  is  also  true  that  charming 
Annette  was  slimmer  and  more  graceful  in  the  earlier  spec- 
tacle. The  management  of  the  St.  Francis  believed  that  peo- 
ple were  somewhat  tired  of  sex-plays  and  plays  that  were  per- 
haps trashy,  and  would  love  the  chance  to  see  again  the  land  of 
Make-Believe.  So  "Neptune's  Daughter"  will  be  at  the  Theatre 
St.  Francis  for  the  week  commencing  next  Sunday.    And  you'd 

all  better  go  and  see  it.    It's  worth  while. 

*  *  * 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  will  present  next  week  a  wonder- 
ful new  bill  composed  entirely  of  headliners.  George  Nash, 
one  of  the  best  American  character  actors  who  recently  starred 
with  great  success  in  "The  Mark  of  the  Beast,"  will  appear  in  a 
one-act  play  entitled  "The  Unexpected."  Madame  Chilson- 
Ohrman,  a  famous  prima  donna  soprano,  whose  musical  educa- 
tion was  acquired  abroad,  will  be  heard  in  a  delightful  song 
program.  Constance  and  Irene  Farber  sing  and  dance  admir- 
ably, and  indulge  in  bright  and  witty  repartee.  Foster  Ball, 
assisted  by  Kernan  Cripps,  will  appear  in  a  character  study 
called  "Since  the  Days  of  '61. "  Aileen  Stanlay,  "The  Girl  with 
the  Personality,"  will  sing  dialect  and  timely  songs  and  wear 


February 


and  California  Advertisei 


raordi- 
nary  bill  will  be  0:  :ecn;"   Imhoff.  Conn 

and  Core*-  ..con  Louder,  I  and  Elsie  Pilcer 

and  Dudley  Dc..  ormance  will  conclude  with  the 

most  recent  series  of  the  Hcarst-Pathe  Motion  Pictures. 

*  •  • 

Coli.-  -The  remarkable  film  version  of  Winston 

is  the  medium  by  which  the 
Colurr.  much  attention  at  present.    The 

photo;  i«  Civil  War  period  has  met  all  ex- 

pectation, and  the  advance  sale  of  seats  for  the  second  and  last 
week,  commencing  with  Sunday  matinee,  February  4th,  indi- 
cates the  «  -st  in  the  picture.  There  is  no  ques- 
tioning the  i  of  the  players  who  have  been  entrusted 
:s  in  this  interesting  story.  "The  Crisis," 
with  i'  !ory  of  Civil  War  days,  will  be  seen  daily  at 
2:15  .                  ;p  to  and  including  Saturday,  February  10th. 

"The  House  of  Glass."  which  is  accounted  one  of  the  hits 
of  the  current  theatrical  seison,  comes  to  the  Columbia  Theatre 
for  a  two  weeks'  engagement,  commencing  with  Sunday  night, 
February  11th.  It  is  an  unusually  strong  play,  based  upon  the 
old  adage,  "People  who  live  in  glass  houses  should  not  throw 
stones."  from  which  comes  the  name  of  the  play.  An  excellent 
Cohan  and  Han-is  cast  is  coming  across  the  continent  to  pre- 
sent the  play  here. 

*  *  * 

■  lieri  and  Muratore  in  Concert  Here. — Oscar  Hammer- 
stein  is  presenting  Lina  Cavalieri  and  Lucien  Muratore  in  a 
concert  tour  of  this  country.  They  will  make  their  first  ap- 
pearance in  San  Francisco  at  the  Civic  Auditorium  on  Sunday 
afternoon,  February  25th,  under  the  direction  of  Frank  W. 
Healy.  In  commenting,  Hammerstein  says:  "I  cannot  imagine 
a  more  happy  combination  than  Cavalieri  and  Muratore,  both 
from  the  dramatic  and  temperamental  standpoint.  They  have 
appeared  in  opera  together,  not  only  in  London  and  Paris,  but 
in  St.  Petersburg,  Moscow  and  Vienna.  Both  are  great  singers 
and  they  have  no  equals  when  it  comes  to  acting." 

Muratore  is  a  captain  in  the  French  army,  and  before  becom- 
ing an  opera  singer  was  an  actor.  On  entering  the  opera  field 
he  supported  Calve  in  "Carmen"  and  in  "La  Carmelite,"  and 
later  was  selected  by  Massenet  for  both  "Nanon"  and  "Wer- 

ther." 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — A 
miniature  musical  comedy, 
"The  Courtroom  Girls," 
presented  by  Geo.  Croos, 
featuring  Robert  Milliken, 
a  very  clever  comedian, 
Ruth  Francis  and  Herbert 
Broske,  and  containing  a 
bevy  of  pretty,  beautifully 
costumed  girls,  will  be  the 
headline  attraction  at  the 
Pantages  Theatre,  commen- 
cing Sunday  matinee.  The 
scene  represents  a  futuris- 
tic courtroom,  with  suffra- 
gettes in  power,  and  brings 
forcibly  and  comically  to 
mind  just  what  "mere  man" 
may  expect  when  he  is 
placed  in  his  proper  sta- 
tion. "The  Harmony  Sing- 
ers," consisting  of  the  four 
Cook  Sisters,  are  very 
beautiful  young  women, 
elaborately  gowned,  offer- 
ing a  nicely  varied  reper- 
toire of  solos,  duets  and 
quartettes. 

A  novel  diversion  is  pre- 
sented by  Chisholm  and 
Breen,  in  "A  Shop  Girl's  Romance."  The  scene  is  laid  in  the 
apartment  of  the  shop  girl,  and  the  entire  skit  is  replete  with 
ludicrously  funny  situations,  very  capably  handled  by  Mr. 
Chisholm  and  Miss  Breen.  The  Four  Portia  Sisters,  "The 
World's  Greatest  Flexible  Marvels,"  in  an  acrobatic  and  con- 
tortion act.    The  Three  Symphony  Maids  in  popular  selections. 


The  Melvilles  in  songs  ar. 

in  next  to  the  c>  hapter 

the  "Lass  of  the  Li; 

prove  an  unusual  bill. 


iolmes 
that  should 


Lina   Cavalieri,   Soprano,   Who    Appears 
Concert  with  Lucien  Muratore,  Tenor,  at 
the  Civic  Auditorium,  February  25th 
At  2:30  P.   M. 


Symphony  Orchestra. — The  regular  Sunday 
concert  of  the  eighth  pair  of  symphonies  will  be  given  at  the 
Cort  Theatre  on  the  afternoon  of  February  4th,  by  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Alfred 
Hertz.  The  program  given  on  Friday  will  be  repeated  in  its 
entirety.  Popular  prices  will  obtain,  as  is  usual  at  the  Sunday 
events.  As  previously  announced,  Rimsky-Korsakoff's  colorful 
suite,  "Scheherazade,"  takes  the  place  of  Edgar  Stillman 
Kelley's  "New  England"  Symphony,  which  will  not  be  given 
until  later  in  the  season.  Paul  Dukas'  "The  Peri"  is  on  the 
program.  The  score  is  of  great  beauty.  Weber's  effective 
"Euryanthe"  overture  will  be  the  remaining  offering  on  Sun- 
day. The  seventh  "pop"  concert  will  take  place  at  the  Cort 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  February  11th,  and  be  devoted  to  a  Wag- 
ner program,  as  follows:  Overture,  Rienzi;  Prelude,  Lohengrin; 
Overture,  Flying  Dutchman;  Prize  Song  from  Die  Meistersinger 
von  Nurnberg  (violin  obligato  by  Louis  Persinger) ;  Prelude, 
Die  Meistersinger  von  Nurnberg;  Prelude  and  Love  Death  from 
Tristan  und  Isolde;  Ride  of  the  Valkyries,  Die  Walkure;  Over- 
ture, Tannhauser.  Tickets  will  range  from  but  25c.  to  $1,  as 
usual,  and  may  be  had  from  Monday  on  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 
Company's. 

Unusual  Success  of  Sixth  Symphony. 

The  sixth  "pop"  symphony  concert  scored  an  extraordinary 
success  with  the  big  audience  fortunate  to  hear  a  program  re- 
plete with  rare  interp'etation  of  the  themes.  Director  Hertz 
was  enthusiastically  cheered  for  the  wonderful  tones  and  har- 
monies he  magnetically  drew  from  the  units  of  musicians  at  his 
command.  As  noticed  in  this  column  several  weeks  ago,  the 
Symphony  Orchestra,  under  its  present  management,  is  rapidly 
oeveloping  into  a  higher  field  of  pure  music  interpretation.  Hor- 
ace Britt  was  heartily  applauded  for  his  marvelous  technical 
skill  and  sympathy  in  interpreting  Max  Bruch's  "Kohl  Nidre" 
on  the  'cello.  The  "Peer  Gynt"  suite  displayed  some  rare  new 
moods  under  Director  Hertz'  magic  sway.  So  did  "Asa's 
Death,"  with  its  sombre  effects.  Weber's  "Der  Freischutz," 
"Dance  of  the  Happy  Hours,"  by  Gluck,  the  colorful  "Capri- 
cicio  Espagnal"  were  portrayed  with  distinctive  effect.  This 
sixth  concert  brackets  one  of  the  most  successful  in  the  series, 
and  one  that  demonstrates  that  Director  Hertz  is  at  last  impress- 
ing the  musicians  under  him  to  realize  the  tonal  harmony  of  a 

great  organ. 

*  *  * 

The  Pacifies  won  the  hockey  game  at  the  Ice  Palace,  this 

week,  amid  a  wild  melee  and  the  liveliest  enthusiasm  of  the 
season.  These  thrilling  contests  are  played  every  Tuesday 
evening.  Hundreds  of  San  Franciscans  and  bay  city  visitors 
have  caught  the  delight  of  bird-like  flight  over  the  long  ice  sur- 
face at  the  Ice  Palace,  the  largest  and  finest  sheet  of  indoor 
ice  in  America.  This  entrancing  sport  is  rapidly  being  substi- 
tuted for  dancing. 


THE  OLD  "DOMESTIC"  GAME. 

"Cuthbert,  dear,  you're  not  going  out  to-night,  are  you?" 

"Why,  I — er — kind  of  half  promised  that  I'd  drop  round  for 
a  game  of  billiards." 

"Oh,  Cuthbert,  I  wish  you  wouldn't.  It's  dreadfully  lonesome 
here  when  you're  out." 

"Why,  dear,  I  had  no  idea  you  missed  me  as  much  as  all 
that." 

"I  do,  Cuthbert.  Of  course  I  don't  want  to  deprive  you  of 
your  pleasures,  but  I  do  wish  you'd  stay  at  home  more  than  you 
do." 

"Very  well,  dear.  If  yon  feel  that  way  about  it  I'll  stay  in 
to-night,  and  we'll  have  one  of  our  old " 

"Cuthbert,  you're  just  the  best  hubby  in  all  the  world!  Would 
you  mind  taking  care  of  baby  while  I  run  round  to  see  the 
pictures?" 

"Do  you  believe  that  egotism  and  genius  go  together?" 

"Not  always.    There  would  be  a  lot  more  geniuses  if  they  did." 
— Boston  Transcript. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


•   ,-      •■• v.tiV 


_-*,..*■■.   .»     ^j-jiS 


soaHL-HRsoHscrr 


'^^!^^^^^^^isiM^&kMMMS§&M'& 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
CLARK-CRITTENDEN.— The    engagement    of    Miss    Margaret    Clark    of 

Berkeley  and  Wm.  C.  Crittenden  has  been  announced. 
CRIMMINS-PATTERSON.— Of   interest   to    San    Francisco    society    is    the 
news  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Evelyn   Crimmins  and  Arthur  Cox 
Patterson. 
PHELPS-GRAHAM. — Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Elizabeth   Phelps,   daughter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Walter  Phelps   of  Ber- 
keley, and  Harold  Lee  Graham,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edmond  Macdon- 
ald  Graham,  who  also  are  prominent  people  in  the  college  town. 
JOHNSON-MILTON. — Mr,    and   Mrs.    William    Pierce    Johnson   announced 
the  engagement  recently  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Josephine  Johnson, 
to   Maxwell   C.   Milton   of  Tucson,   Arizona. 
ROSS-GUTHRIE. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    A.    Carnegie    Ross    announced    the    en- 
gagement recently  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Nathalie  Ross,  to  Clement 
Guthrie,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Guthrie. 
REES- J  ONES. — Colonel   and   Mrs.    Thomas   H.    Rees    announced   the   en- 
gagement of  their  daughter.  Miss  Helen  Rees.  to  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Jones,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  V.  Jones  of  Atlanta,  Georgia.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  on  February  17th,  at  the  Rees  home  in  the 
Presidio. 
SULLIVAN-WEIS— The    engagement    of    Miss    Ruth    Elizabeth    Sullivan 
and  Robert  W.  Weis  was  announced  recently. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
FEIGENBAUM-BLUMLSIN. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Else  Feigenbaum   to 
Max  Blumlein,  both  of  San  Francisco,  is  set  for  the  evening  of  Tues- 
day,   February   20th.      The    ceremony  will   take   place    at   the   Palace 
Hotel  in  this  city. 
FORBES-ZACHORECK. — Miss    Margaret    Forbes,    whose    engagement    to 
Frank   Zachoreck  was    announced   several    months   ago,    has   set   the 
date  of  her  wedding  for  February  21st. 
GERHARDT-McLAUGHLIN.— Miss    Matilda    Gerhardt    and    George    Mc- 
Laughlin were  married  Sunday  afternoon.     The  ceremony  took  place 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  brother-in-law  and  sister,   Mr.   and  Mrs. 
J.  William  Boyken. 
RUSSELL-COFFIN. — Miss    Constance   Russell    and    Sherwood    Coffin   will 
be  married  on  February  17th,  at  the  Episcopal  Church  of  San  Rafael. 
WEDDINGS. 
McJUNKIN-FITZGERALD. — In   the   presence   of   relatives   and   a   few   in- 
timate friends.  Miss  Ella  McJunkin  became  the  bride  of  George  L.  K. 
Fitzgerald  of  Philadelphia  on  January  18th. 
LUNCHEONS. 
BOWLES. — Complimenting   Miss    Beatrice    Nickel,    the    fiancee    of    George 
Bowles,  Mrs.  Philip  Bowles  will  give  a  luncheon  Monday  afternoon  at 
the  Francisco  Club.     Most  of  the  guests  will  be  close  friends  of  the 
guest  of  honor. 
CAROLAN. — Miss   Emily   Carolan   presided   at   a   luncheon    Tuesday,    her 
guests  assembling  at  the  Clift  Hotel.     Mrs.  James  Carolan  and  her 
daughter  have  been  residing  at  that  hotel  since  returning  some  weeks 
ago  from  an  extended  stay  in  Southern  California. 
HEARST. — At  the  close  of  a  beautiful  luncheon  given  last  Saturday  at 
her  home  in  the  Pleasanton  Hills,  Mrs.   Phoebe  A.  Hearst  announced 
the  engagement  of  Miss  Margaret  Clark  of  Berkeley  to  William  Clark 
Crittenden,  also  of  Berkeley. 
IRWIN. — Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  presided  at  a  luncheon  on  Friday  after- 
noon.    The  affair  had  for  its  setting  her  home  on  Washington  street. 
JEROME. — The  Town  and  Country  Club  was  the  setting  for  a  delightful 
luncheon  given  recently  by  Mrs.  James  Jerome.     It  was  in  honor  of 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Seybert  of  Philadelphia,  who  is  visiting  her  son-in-law  and 
daughter  ,Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Clift,  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 
KING. — The  Francisca  Club  was  the  setting  for  a  luncheon  given  Friday 
by  Mrs.   Frank  King,    who   has    been    entertaining   her   friends   at   a 
series  of  these  enjoyable  affairs. 
SAMUELS. — Mrs.    F.    S.    Samuels   and    her   daughter,    Mrs.    Clarence    Cro- 
well,  will  be  joint  hostesses  at  a  series  of  entertainments  to  be  given 
at  their  attractive  home  on  Pierce  street.     On  Wednesday  afternoon, 
February  7th,  they  will  give  a  luncheon. 
THAYER. — Miss  Norma  Thayer  was  hostess  last  Saturday  at  a  luncheon 
given  at  the  Hotel  Cecil,  where  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Clarence 
Thayer  of  San  Rafael,   are  spending  the  winter,   and  later  took  her 
young  guests  to  the  theatre. 
WINSLOW. — Mrs.   Stetson  Winslow  has  issued  invitations   to  a  luncheon 
to  be  given  February  7th  at  her  residence  on  Pacific  avenue.     A  co- 
terie of  the  young  married  set  will  be  entertained  on  this  occasion. 
DINNERS. 
CROCKER. — Miss    Marion     Crocker    entertained    at    dinner    Wednesday 
evening.      The    function    was    in    honor    of    Miss    Ruth    Zeile    and    her 
fiance,  Corbett  Moody,   and  took  place  at  the  hostess'  home  on  La- 
guna  street. 
CROFTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Algernon  Crofton  were  hosts  Monday  evening 
at  a  dinner  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel.     They  entertained  at  a  similar 
affair  Saturday  evening. 
FRIES. — A  dinner  dance  was  given   by  Mr.  and  Mrs.   William  Fries  at 

the  St.  Francis  Hotel  on  the  evening  of  January  20th. 
FEE. — A  coterie  of  friends  will  be  the  guests  of  Misses  Marcia  and  Eliza- 
beth Fee   at  dinner  this   evening.     The   function  will   take   place   at 
their  home,  and  later  they  will  attend  the  Neighbors'   dance  at  the 
Century  Club  Hall. 


HAVENS. — At  the  dinner  dance  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  Wednesday  evening 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wickham  Havens  presided  at  a  table  where  covers  were 

laid  for  eighteen  guests. 
HOPKINS. — An  informal  gathering  at  the  dinner  hour  was  held  Friday 
at  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  on  Broadway.     Af- 
terward, with  their  guests,  they  attended  the  subscription  dance  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel. 
HGTALING. — Miss   Marie  Hathaway,   whose  betrothal   to   Douglas    Short 

was  announced  some  weeks  ago,  will  be  the  inspiration  for  the  en- 
joyable dinner  at  which  Mrs.  Anson  P.  Hotaling  will  preside  on  the 

evening  of  February  9th. 
MARTIN. — A  dinner  was  given  Monday  evening  by  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin 

at  her  home  in  Broadway. 
MOODY. — A  party  of  young  folk  assembled  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Frederick   Moody,    Thursday  evening,   where   a   dinner  was   given    in 

honor  of  Miss  Ruth  Zeile. 
REYNOLDS. — Miss    Claire   Reynolds  will   be   hostess   at   a   dinner   party 

Saturday  evening,  February  10th,  when  she  will  entertain  in  honor  of 

Miss  Winifred  Watson. 
SALAZAR. — Count  and  Countess  del  Valle  de   Salazar,   who  are  leaving 

her   about   February  10th,   were   guests   of   honor  at  a   dinner   party 

given  by  Mrs.   Eleanor  Martin  on  Monday  night. 
WHEELER. — Miss  Jean  Wheeler  presided  at  a  dinner  Friday  evening  at 

her  residence   on  Washington  street.      The   party  attended   the   sub- 
scription ball  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  later  in  the  evening. 
TEAS. 
CALDWELL. — Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell,  daughter  of  Major  and  Mrs.  Frank 

Caldwell,    who   are   passing   the   winter   at   the   Hotel    Bellevue,    was 

hostess  at  a  tea  at  her  hotel,  on  Friday  afternoon  of  this  week.    It  was 

In  honor  of  Miss  Dorothy  Rees,  who  is  to  be  married  to  Lieutenant 

Thomas  Jones,  U.  S.   N.,  noxt  month. 
CAROLAN. — Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  was  hostess  at  a  tea  Friday  afternoon. 

Her  friends  met  Lieutenant  Zinovi  Pechkoff  of  the  Foreign  Legion  of 

France.     The  tea  was  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 
CASSERLY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.   Casserly  were  hosts   Saturday  at  a 

tea  given  at  their  home,  2300  Pacific  avenue,   to  about  two  hundred 

and  fifty  guests  who  had  been  asked  to  meet  Miss  Elinor  Fell  and 

Miss   S.   M.   Schofield. 
MARION. — Miss  Inez  Marion  gave  a  bridge  tea  Tuesday  in   compliment 

to  Miss  Muriel  Boxton,  who  has  recently  returned  from  New  York, 

where  she  has  spent  the  last  year  studying  music. 
MURPHY. — Mrs.   Samuel  G.  Murphy,  who  is  here  from  New  York,  was 

the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  which  Miss  Frances  Jolliffe  gave  recently 

at  her  home. 
PARCELLS. — Mrs.    Frank   Parcells   and  Mrs.    B.    S.   Noyes   have   sent   out 

cards  for  the  afternoon  of  February  7th.  when  they  will  give  a  large 

tea  at  'the  Parcells  home  in  Oakland. 
DHL. — Mrs.  George  Uhl,  who,  with  Mr.  Uhl,  left  Tuesday  for  Honolulu,  had 

a  number  of  her  friends  at  a  tea  at  her  home  on  Sunday  afternoon. 

Mrs.   Frederick  W.   Zeile  will  accompany  the  Uhls  on   their  visit  to 

the  islands. 

BRIDGE 
GORRILL. — Mrs.    Ralph    Gorrill,    a    bride    of    this    winter,    will    share    the 

honors  with  Miss  Anne   Engelhardt,   a  bride-elect,   at  a  bride  tea  to 

be  given  by  Mrs.  Vance  McClymonds,  Wednesday,    February  7th,   at 

the  Hotel  Oakland. 
MARION. — Miss  Inez  Marion  entertained  at  a  bridge  tea  Tuesday  at  her 

new  home,  2335  Pacific  avenue,  in  compliment  to  Miss  Muriel  Boxton, 

as  a   "welcome   home."     Miss   Boxton   passed    the  last   year   in   New 

York  studying  music. 
MOORE. — Mrs.  William  Sinclair  Moore  gave  a  bridge  tea  at  her  home  at 

the  Casa  del  Rey  on  Thursday,  February  1st. 
SOULE. — Mrs.  John  F.  Soule  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Dorothy  Soule,  have 

sent  out  invitations  for  a  large  tea  on  the  afternoon  of  February  13th 

at  their  home  in  Alameda.     The  honor  guest  will  be  Miss  Eleanore 

Kn  owl  and. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking   the   beautiful   Plaza   of   Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


February  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


•d  *(    • 


Mr,  and  Mr*.  •;•-■-.  i-«ronvd  «  i> - 

■  at  a  thamtr*  Dart 

•  occmaioa  * 

r«aa    iMf      La«t    SatunUv    Mm-  >>1    a    ulinllnr 

party.  Iwlnjc  »  dosan  or  ao  of  th*  stria  who  will  be  the  d 
few   rr.»m  banc*, 

DANCES. 
Duty  in  Fr 
land  will  |  *  party  In  honor  of  the  ; 

Mim  Nan*  >    P.*.  I  'ir  will  ink*'  place  at  the  Oonkllll  ln-m- 

Mr     and   Mrs.    William 

Ith 

INTIMATIONS. 

■ 
: 
'lulu  was  a,  Mr     and    Mrs     CfOCfeW   On    Sui 

Kits —Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Thomas  Crotharo  have  closi-d  their 

lion i-  nue.    and    have    taken    apartments    at    th< 

for    the   remainder  of   the   winter. 
HARRISON.— Mln   Badla    Harrison  of  New  York  City  Is  a  guest   at   Uio 

Motel. 

KEK.v:  met  Ward  I 

■rk    for  several    months.  1    hmnr   <>n    FebrU* 

l*Ui. 

Mr.  and  Mr-  inedy  Jackson  of  Piedmont  an 

ning  a  trip  to  the  Orient  within  the  next  few  weeks. 

RAY—  Mr.   and   Mrs.   John   D.   MeGllvm  rung  a  trip  to 

Honolulu.     They  will  sail  on  uih  On  the  Great  Northern. 

MINTZKK.— Miss   Mauri. -la   Mlntxer  has  closed  her  home  In   San  Rafael, 
and    she   and    her   brother,    Laiclo   Mlntzer,    have    rented   a   house   on 
-ter  street. 

nil  informal  affairs  are  being  planned  in  honor  of  Mr.  and 
Kennetb  Moore,  who  arrived  last  Thursday  from  the  East,  where 
;  isslng  their  honeymoon. 
\  IN. — Mr.  and  Mis    Walter  MacGavin  and  their  charming  daugh- 
ter. Mum  Bmelia  MacGavin,  have  moved   Into  Dr.  Cheater  AYoolsey's 
home  on  Broderlck  street, 
i  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Ogden  Mills  Held  and  their  children,  who  have  been 

irnlng   at    Millbrae  for   the  last   few   weeks,   will    leave   February 
10th  for  their  home  in  New  York. 
SCOTT.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    J.    Waiter   Scott  will    sail    February   12th   for   the 

Hawaiian  Islands,  where  they  plan  to  pass  about  six  weeks. 
YOUNG.  —  Majoi   and  Mrs.  Haldimand  Putnam  Young  will  leave  early  this 

month  for  Washington,  D.  C. 
ZEILE — Miss  Marion  Zeile  will  leave  in  the  near  future  for  Coronado,  ac- 
companylng  Mr-   and  Mrs.   J.  Cheever  Cowdin  for  a  sojourn  of  several 
weeks. 


MULLALLY  BACK  FROM   EXPERIENCES  AT   THE 
FRONT. 

After  an  unusually  interesting  series  of  adventures  with  the 
U.  S.  troops  in  Mexico  as  a  special  guest  of  General  Pershing, 
with  whom  he  has  long  been  acquainted,  Thornwell  Mullally 
returned  home,  this  week,  fit,  hard  as  nails,  rugged  as  any  of 
the  hard  worked  officers,  and  crammed  with  real  live  wire  fron- 
tier experiences  in  the  spectacular  Villa  territory.  After  taking 
a  hasty  bird's-eye  view  of  this  round  of  thrilling  military  ex- 
periences where  real  fighting  was  going  on,  Mr.  Mullally  is 
more  than  ever  a  stalwart  of  stalwarts  for  Preparedness. 
Bronzed  and  full  of  ripping  tales  of  his  kaleidoscopic  experi- 
ences, he  is  back  at  his  desk  at  the  headquarters  of  the  United 
Railroads,  cleaning  up  accumulated  work.  Once  that  is  out  of 
the  way,  clubdom  will  be  bombarded  with  the  vivid  stories  of 
his  adventures  in  the  war  zone. 


A  PROOF  READER  CREATES  A  NEW  GEM? 
A  substitution  in  adjectives  sometimes  leads  to  awkward  and 
amusing  results.  The  local  representatives  of  the  laboratories 
and  ateliers  of  the  famous  Tecla  Company  of  New  York  and 
Paris  are  Messrs.  Radke  &  Company,  219  Post  street.  In  their 
smart  shop  they  exhibit  the  beautiful  creations  which  are  won- 
derful reproductions  of  pearls,  rubies,  sapphires  and  emeralds, 
all  possessing  the  essential  qualities  of  natural  gems.  In  an 
advertisement  a  short  time  ago  the  description  of  these  gems 
was  made  to  read  "as  possessing  the  essential  qualities  of 
"national"  gems,  through  hurried  proof-reading.  The  word 
"national"  caught  the  eye  and  curiosity  of  a  number  of  readers, 
and  they  hastened  to  Radke's  to  view  the  extraordinary  new 
"national"  gems.  An  explanation  prompted  an  all  round  laugh, 
and  ended  the  life  of  the  "national"  gems. 


"Is  dis  where  dey  wants  a  boy?"    "It  is;  but  it  must  be 

a  boy  who  never  lies,  swears,  or  uses  slang."    "Well,  me  brud- 
der's  a  deaf-mute;  I'll  send  him  round." — Topeka  Journal. 


snow    GIRLS  R 

The  Techau    I  .n   Francisco's  highest  class  family 

cafe,  where  its  patrons  are  constantly  surrounded  by  an  air  of 
refinement  and  respectability,  and  v  :y  day  complete 

lamilies  enjoy  its  well  known  hospitality,  is  being  compli- 
mented on  the  many  innovations  introduced  by  the  thoroughly 
up-to-date  management.  This  week  again  finds  the  "Jazz"  or- 
chestra playing  the  very  latest  and  the  very  best  of  the  dance 
music,  and  the  Show  Girl  Revue,  introducing  new  gowns  and 
new  song  hits.  The  perfume  souvenirs  presented  every  after- 
noon at  5,  at  dinner  and  after  the  theatre  hours,  without  com- 
petition of  any  sort,  are  greatly  appreciated. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARFS  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


Columbia   Theatre  ^^srffisf« 


Phone  franklin  150 

SECOND  AND  FINAL  WEEK  BEGIN8  SUNDAY  MATINEF.  FEB    llli 
TVJ  ICE  Daily— Mat.  at  2:16— Evjrs.  at  8:15.    The  Superb  Film  attraction 
Best  Ever  put  on  a  local  screen  "  —  Examiner 
THE      CRISIS 
From   Winston  Churchill's  story 
Evenings — 25c,  50,  7.">c:    Matinees— 25c,  50c. 

SYMPHONY    ORCHESTRA    AT    ALL    PRESENTATIONS 
Sun,  night  Feb.  II  —Cohan  &  Harris'  production  of  "THE  HOUSE  OF  GLASS" 


Urp/ieum 


O'Farrell   Street         Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY'. 

A     BILL    OF    HEADLINERS 

GEORGE  NASH&  CO.  in  "The  Unexpected"  by  Aaron  Hoffman:  MME 
CHILSON-OHKMAN  Prima  Donna  Soprano:  AILEEN  STANLEY  "The  Girl 
With  The  Personality;"  ELSIE  PILCER&  DUDLEY  DOUGLAS,  Smart  Songs. 

Dances.  Sayings  and  Gowns:  OD1VA  "  The  Witter  tji n  "  nssistt-.  1  by  a  School' 

of  Pacific  Ocean  Sea  Lions:  IMHOFF,  CONN  ,t  COREENE  in  "Surgeon 
Louder  U.S.  A.;"  FARBER  SISTERS  Entertainers  Par  Excellence:  FOSTER 
BALL  assisted  by  Kernan  Cripps  in  a  character  Study  "  Since  the  Days  of  til.' , 
Evening  Prices— 10c,  25c.  BOc,  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays 
and   Holidays).    10c,    25c,   50c      PHONE   DOUGLAS   70. 

Theatre  St.  Francis  GEARY  sl™ZK1.L 

Week  Commsncing  Sunday,  February  4th 

ANNETTE  KELLERMAN  in  "NEPTUNE'S   DAUGHTER" 

The  most  perfectly  formed  woman  in  the  world  in  her  prettiest  and  best 
liked  spectacle.  A  great  revival  at  popular  prices.  A  new,  revised  ami 
enlarged  edition  of  the  play.  Other  features  to  make  a  long-  strong 
good  show.    10  and  20  cents. 

Pantages'  Theatre    *****  street  opposite  M.«,n 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A    WONDERFUL    NEW     SHOW 

THE  FOURTEEN  COURTROOM  GIRLS:  CHISHOLM  AND  BREEN- 
FOUR  COOK  SISTERS:  FOUR  PORTIA  SISTERS:  THREE  SYMPHONY 
MAIDS:  THE  MELVILLES.  NEXT  TO  CONCLUDING  CHAPTER  LASS 
OF  LUMBERLANDS. 

8th  SUNDAY 

SYMPHONY    CONCERT 

CORT    THEATRE 

SUNDAY.  FEB.  J, 

tit  2:30  Sharp 

PROGRAM:  Weber.  Overture,  "  Euryanthe;"  Dukes,    (Danced  Poem)  "The 
Peri:"    Rimsky-Korsakoff.  Symphonic  Suite,     Scheherazade;" 
Prices:   Sunday,  50c,  75e,  11.00;  Box  and  Ioge  seats,  $l..rtu.    Tickets  at  Sherman. 
Clay  &  Co. 's.  except  concert  day:  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day  only 
NEXT-Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  7th   "POP  "-WAGNER  PROGRAM 


ORCHESTRA 

ALFftEoHcKTi Conductor. 


WlNTEftQfiARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

//""  TT       D    T  1\T  K~     Phone  West  363 
L.  Hi       l\.l  1M   JS.     Sutler  and  Pierce  St». 

GENERAL    ADMISSION    25    CENTS 


See  the  great  game  of 
HOCKEY 

Every  Tuesday  Evening 

Real  Skating    Music 

MORNINGS,  AFTERNOONS, EVENINGS 


GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  — $1  Per  Hour—  Half  Hour  iOc. 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


A  greaseless  preparation  for  beautify- 
ing the  complexion  that  will  not  cause 
the  growth  of  hair. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


YOU  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED 

TO    VISIT    THE     FOLLOWING    EXHIBITS    AT    THE 

AUTOMOBILE  SHOW      CIVIC  AUDITORIUM 

FEBRUARY  10th  to   1 8th 


Space  No.   106 

Accessory  Department 

GRUSS  AIR  SPRING 

PNEUMATIC  CUSHION  COMPANY 


Space  No.  20 

NATIONAL 

and 

HUPMOBILE 

F.    J.    LINZ      MOTOR      COMPANY 


Space  No.  24 

PAIGE 

The  Most  Beautiful   Car  in  America 
RELIANCE    AUTOMOBILE    COMPANY 


Space  No.   I  7 


MP&w«\<cm 


M 


H.     B.    RECTOR    COMPANY 


West    Room 


FRANKLIN 

Will  Show  Complete  Line 


JOHN     F.     McLAIN    COMPANY 


East  Room 


H.    O.    HARRISON     COMPANY 


East  Room 


See 

Dodge  Brothers 

motor  CAR 

H.    O.    HARRISON     COMPANY 


North  Half  of  Tier  A 


CHALMERS 


L.    H.     ROSE-CHALMERS     CO 


South  half  of  Tier  A 


CHANDtfR 


PEACOCK   MOTOR    SALES    COMPANY 


North  End  of  Tier  B 


PREMIER 


and 


HARROUN 


J.     W.    LEAVITT     &    COMPANY 


February  3.  1917 


and  California  Adwrtisrr 


YOU  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED 

TO    VISIT    THE    FOLLOWING    EXHIBIT    AT    THE 

AUTOMOBILE  SHOW      CIVIC  AUDITORIUM 

FEBRUARY  I Oth  to   18th 


South  End  Tier  G. 


Jtg^ 


OSEN-McFARL  AN  D    AUTO    CO 


Space  No. 


<$!& 


HOWARD     AUTOMOBILE    COMPANY 


KisselKar 

and 

BRISCOE 

PACIFIC    KISSELKAR    BRANCH 


Center,  Tier  F 


Qldsto0£ 


19th  Year 


OLDSMOBILE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA 


East  Room 


OWEN-MAGNETIC 


MAGNETIC   MOTOR   CAR  COMPANY 


West 
Room 


Space  No.  I 


J 


/ctevroiItJ 


MATHEWSON  MOTOR  COMPANY 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OAKLAND 


Space  No.  22 


APPERSON 

ROAD APLANE 


APPERSON   MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY 

SALESROOM— VAN  NESS   AT  JACKSON 


North  End  Tier  C 


saXon 


DU    BROY    MOTOR    COMPANY 


North  West  Corner 


COLE -PACIFIC    MOTOR    COMPANY 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


LEAKS  FROM    WIRELESS. 

If  the  real  purpose  of  the  Republican  National  Committee  in 
seeking  a  place  in  the  party  for  the  Progressives  _  is  accom- 
plished, they  will  probably  be  in  much  the  same  situation  as 
the  famous  lady  from  Niger. 

Who  smiled  as  she  rode  on  a  tiger. 

They  returned  from  the  ride 

With  the  lady  inside, 
And  the  smile  on  the  face  of  the  tiger. 


A  Negro  woman  who  made  half  a  million  out  of  a  prepara- 
tion advertised  to  take  the  kinks  out  of  kinky  hair  is  to  build 
a  fine  residence  next  to  John  D.  Rockefeller's  estate  in  Tarry- 
town,  N.  Y.  The  new  neighbors  should  enjoy  swapping  ex- 
periences af  the  journey  to  commercial  success. 

A  partial  list  of  casualties  from  explosions  throughout  this 
country,  largely  direct  or  indirect  results  of  the  war,  totals 
135  dead  and  308  injured.  But  this  is  only  one  of  many  tragic 
aspects  of  America's  relation  to  the  world  conflict. 


Richard  Mansfield,  son  of  the  late  actor,  has  just  run  away 
from  school  for  the  second  time  to  go  on  the  stage,  but  hasn't 
yet  got  there,  thanks  to  a  wise  and  watchful  mother.  The  inci- 
'dent  will  serve  as  effective  press-agenting  for  a  debut  that 
seems  bound  to  come  sooner  or  later.  Love  of  the  stage  surely 
runs  in  families,  whatever  the  eugenics  of  it  may  be.  Richard 
II  is  17  years  old. 


A  modification  of  the  Swiss  system  of  government  has  been 
introduced  into  the  management  of  the  $25,000,000  National 
City  bank  of  New  York.  From  its  dozen  vice-presidents  five 
managers  have  been  selected.  One  of  the  five  will  be  desig- 
nated as  "first  general  manager"  for  one  year,  giving  his  place 
at  the  end  of  the  year  to  another  of  the  five,  and  so  on  in  rota- 
tion. These  managers  are  to  share  with  the  president,  Frank 
A.  Vanderlip,  the  executive  duties  which  have  become  impos- 
sible for  one  man  to  attend  to.  This  system  will  further  pro- 
vide that  men  capable  of  taking  the  presidency  will  always  be 
at  hand.  No  great  corporation  is  at  its  best  until  its  future  is 
made  to  rest  upon  a  broader  base  than  the  leadership  of  one 
man  affords. 


A  little  more  than  thirty  years  ago  the  first  successful  trolley 
line  in  the  United  States  was  put  into  operation  in  Richmond, 
Va.  An  earlier  experiment  had  been  made  at  Baltimore,  but 
it  was  only  when  the  Richmond  enterprise  had  proved  the  trol- 
ley practicable  that  the  electric  street  car  was  placed  on  a 
commercial  basis.  That  was  only  a  generation  ago,  and  now 
$6,000,000,000  is  recorded  as  the  capital  invested  in  the  indus- 
try. It  is  estimated  that  to-day  it  requires  an  army  of  300,000 
men  to  operate  the  trolley  cars  of  the  United  States. 


The  River  Clyde  has  been  brought  up  to  its  present  nav- 
igable condition  by  means  of  dredging,  and  the  Glasgow  peo- 
ple are  very  proud  of  it.  One  day  a  party  of  American  sight- 
seers turned  up  their  noses  at  the  Clyde.  "Call  this  a  river?" 
they  said.  "Why,  it's  a  ditch  in  comparison  with  our  Missis- 
sippi, or  St.  Lawrence  or  Delaware."  "Aweel,  mon,"  said  a 
Scotch  bystander,  "you've  got  Providence  to  thank  for  your 
rivers,  but  we  made  this  oursels." — Brooklyn  Citizen. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 

Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  Sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  697  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 

430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


H 


ITCHCOCK 
MILITARY 

ACADEM 


Y 


Located  one  mile  from  San  Rafael  in  the  healthiest  pai  t  of  beautiful  Marin 
County.  School  fully  accredited.  Highest  rank  accorded  by  U.  S.  War  Dept. 
High  morals  and  strict  attention  demanded.  Special  attention  to  Physical 
Culture  and  Athletics.  Expert  and  experienced  instructors.  Separate  room 
for  each  pupil.  Juniors  in  separate  building.  39th  year. 
Write  for  catalog. 

ADDRESS 
REX  W.  SHERER,  President 
Hitchcock   Military  Academy 
SAN  RAFAEL  CALIFORNIA 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and   Day   School   for   Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2123 1  BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH    D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific  Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKERS  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST— CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


SCHOOL    FOR    YOUNG    CHILDREN 

A  UNIQUE  BOARDING  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  CHILDREN  ONLY,  OF 
THE  KINDERGARTEN  AGE.  GIVES  CAREFUL  HOME  CARE  AND 
SCIENTIFIC  TRAINING  TO  LITTLE  TOTS  UNDER  SEVEN  YEARS. 
DELIGHTFUL  LOCATION.  RESIDENT  DOCTOR  AND  TRAINED 
NURSE.  MOST  HEALTHFULLY  SITUATED  IN  THE  SIERRA  NE- 
VADAS  3500  FEET  ALTITUDE,  SURROUNDED  BY  PINE  FORESTS. 
EVERY  MODERN  CONVENIENCE.  PARENTS  HAVING  VERY 
YOUNG  CHILDREN  TO  PLACE  IN  A  HOME  BOARDING  SCHOOL 
WHERE  THEY  WILL  BE  BROUGHT  UP  UNDER  THE  MOST  REFIN- 
ING AND  STRENGTHENING  INFLUENCES  WILL  WELCOME  THIS 
OPPORTUNITY  AND  COMMUNICATE   WITH 

MOTHER   M.  AUGUSTINE 
MOUNT  SAINT  AGNES 

STIRLING    CITY,    CALIFORNIA. 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BESTS  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Gear^  Street 
PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


Pemuaiy  3.  1917 


and  California    Vivrrtiscr 


15 


INSURANCE 

Frank  J.  Devlin  has  been  elected  president  of  the  Under- 
writers' Fire  Patrol  of  San  Francisco,  succeeding  Bernard  Fay- 
monville.  president  of  the  Fireman's  Fund,  who  retires  after 
many  years  as  head  of  the  Patrol.  Mr.  Devlin,  who  is  coast 
manager  of  the  Atlas  and  Manchester  insurance  companies,  has 
for  a  number  of  years  filled  the  office  of  vice-president,  and 
Robert  P.  Fabj,  Pacific  branch  manager  for  the  Liverpool  and 
London  and  Globe,  has  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  occa- 
sioned by  Mr.  Devlin's  advancement.  H.  P.  Blanchard,  assist- 
ant secretary  of  the  Fireman's  Fund,  will  fill  the  vacancy  occa- 
sioned in  the  directorate  bv  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Faymonville. 

•  •  • 

The  Automobile  of  Hartford,  having  reinsured  the  outstand- 
ing business  of  the  First  National  Fire  of  Washington  in  Cali- 
fornia. Oregon,  Utah  and  Colorado,  the  latter  company  retired 
from  the  States  named  on  February  1st,  and  plans  are  being 
considered  for  the  reinsurance  of  all  business  in  Washington, 
Nevada,  Montana  and  Idaho,  with  the  ultimate  intention  of  re- 
.  rom  active  operation  in  all  States  not  reporting  directly 
•.ome  office  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Edward  Brown  &  Sons, 
representing  the  First  National,  will  care  for  the  business  of 

all  agents  formerly  representing  that  company. 

•  •  • 

Senator  Kehoe  has  introduced  a  bill  into  the  legislature  which 
will  do  away  with  the  rule  of  the  Pacific  Board  that  discrimin- 
ates between  board  and  non-board  companies  when  represented 
by  the  same  agency.  Under  the  present  practice  the  represen- 
tation of  a  non-board  company  is  forbidden  by  a  board  agency. 
The  same  senator  has  introduced  a  rating  measure  somewhat 
similar  to  that  of  the  State  of  Washington  which  authorizes  the 

creation  of  private  rating  bureaus. 

»  •  • 

Insurance  Commissioner  Phelps  has  notified  Clarence  de 
Veuve,  agent  for  the  National  Benefit,  that  all  policies  written 
by  him  must  be  cancelled  forthwith  and  no  more  written  until 
the  provisions  of  Section  596  of  the  Political  Code,  providing 
that  surplus  line  policies  must  be  issued  only  by  the  licensed 
surplus  broker  directly  to  the  property  owner,  is  complied  with. 
De  Veuve  is  a  brother  of  James  H.  de  Veuve  of  Seattle,  man- 
ager for  the  Lumbermen's  Indemnity  Exchange,  whose  pecul- 
iar way  of  doing  business  has  recently  been  enquired  into  by 

the  courts. 

•  *  * 

George  H.  Tyson,  representing  the  German-American  and 
several  other  large  and  substantial  companies,  was  recently  the 
recipient  of  a  handsome  silver  vase  appropriately  inscribed  to 
commemorate  his  twenty-fifth  anniversary  as  a  coast  general 

agent  for  the  German-American. 

•  *  * 

The  meeting  of  the  Association  of  San  Francisco  Underwrit- 
ers last  Thursday  evening  at  the  rooms  of  the  Commercial  Club 
proved  to  be  unusually  interesting.  The  speakers  included 
Joseph  J.  Scott,  collector  of  internal  revenue,  and  Dr.  Hartland 
Law.  Secretary  Palmer  tendered  his  resignation,  retaining, 
however,  the  office  of  treasurer.     The  association  is  growing 

rapidly  in  membership. 

•  *  * 

E.  T.  Niebling  has  been  elected  to  fill  the  position  on  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  Pacific  Board  made  vacant  by  the 

resignation  of  President  Faymonville  of  the  Fireman's  Fund. 

•  *  * 

J.  H.  Banks,  who  has  been  covering  the  mountain  field  for 
the  Royal  and  Queen,  will  hereafter  look  after  the  field  em- 
bracing Eastern  Washington,  Northern  Idaho  and  Montana, 
with  headquarters  at  Spokane. 

•  »  * 

The  fourth  annual  report  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Fire  of 
Great  Falls,  Mont.,  shows  that  gross  premiums  for  the  year 
totaled  $81,975,  making  the  company's  surplus  to  policyholders 
$510,940.     Paris  Gibson  has  been  re-elected  to  the  presidency. 

•  *  * 

The  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  has  appointed  Burton  & 
Williams  agency  manager  for  the  Northern  Texas,  with  head- 
quarters at  Dallas.  H.  W.  Albers  has  left  the  San  Antonio  Life 
to  go  with  the  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  as  manager  for 
the  company's  business  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 


The  Capitol  Life  of  Denver  is  coming  to  California  for  the 
second  time.  The  company  is  in  excellent  financial  condition. 
and  appears  to  be  building  soundly. 

•  •  • 

H.  B.  Hickok  has  resigned  as  special  agent  for  the  Firemen's 
of  Newark.  Mr.  Hickok  covered  the  States  of  Colorado  and 
Wyoming,  with  headquarters  at  Denver. 

•  •  • 

The  Phoenix  Assurance  has  created  a  marine  department  in 
its  coast  department,  and  William  Henderson  has  been  ap- 
pointed manager,  with  the  title  of  marine  agent. 

*  •  * 

B.  E.  Ellis,  field  supervisor  for  the  Equitable  Life  of  Iowa, 
has  been  on  the  coast  for  several  weeks  seeking  suitable  men 
tc  look  after  the  company's  business.  The  Equitable  has  been 
admitted  to  California,  and  the  qualifications  of  several  aspir- 
ants for  the  office  of  manager  are  now  being  considered. 

*  »  * 

The  proceedings  of  the  World's  Insurance  Congress,  which 
convened  at  San  Francisco  during  the  progress  of  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  are  now  ready  for  the  printer, 
and  will  come  off  the  press  at  an  early  date. 


ENTERTAINING  LECTURES  BY  DR.  CLAMPETT. 
Commencing  Sunday  afternoon,  February  4th,  at  Trinity 
Church,  Bush  and  Gough  streets,  Dr.  Frederick  W.  Clampett 
will  deliver  a  series  of  lectures  on  the  subject,  "What  is  the 
Greatest  Safeguard  Against  Temptation."  The  first  lecture  will 
treat  with  the  solution  of  Sir  Rabindranath  Tagore,  viz.: 
"Healthy  Interest  in  Good  Things;"  second  lecture,  February 
11th,  "Influence  of  a  Good  Mother,"  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott;  and 
third  lecture,  February  18th.  "High  Aims,"  Andrew  Carnegie. 
Trinity  Choir  will  ass:st  the  Rector  with  selected  programs.  The 
public  is  cordially  invited.  Dr.  Clampett's  lectures  have  been 
highly  interesting  and  instructive,  and  have  proven  quite  popu- 
lar with  men,  especially. 


St.  Peter — Give  this  man  a  pass  into  heaven. 

Lunch  Waiter — Make  it  two. — Record. 


Quick- 


EVERY    TWO    HOURS 

during   the   day,   a   fast   electric   train    leaves    San   Francisco,    Key 
Route   Ferry   Depot 

TO      SACRAMENTO 

Fast,  comfortable  service  through  some  of  the  prettiest  spots  in 
Central  California, 

Write  for  time  table  and  rates. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

L.    H.    RODEBAUCH  -         -         Traffic    Manager,    Oakland,    Cal. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 

San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


:^*C^ 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 
Joshua  Hendy  Iron  Works. 
The  regular  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Joshua  Hendy 
Iron  Works  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  corporation,  No.  75  Fremont 
Street,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Tuesday,  the  13th  day  of  February. 
1917,  at  the  hour  of  10  o'clock  A,  M.,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board 
of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such 
other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meeting. 

CHARLES  C.   GARDNER.    Secretary. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


"What  makes  you  so  fat?"     "I  eat  soldiers'  food." 

"Well  ?"    "It  always  goes  to  the  front." — Toledo  Blade. 

"Do  you  still  read  Tennyson  sometimes?"  "No,"  re- 
plied Mrs.  Cumrox.    "Who  wrote  it?" — Washington  Star. 

"Say!  What's  your  hurry?"  "I'm  trying  to  get  some- 
thing for  my  wife."    "What  are  you  asking  for  her?" — Life. 

Willis — Where  is  Land's  End?    Gillis — It  is  where  that 

lot  which  I  bought  from  the  real  estate  company  begins. — Puck. 

Billy — I  would  lay  the  world  at  your  feet  but  for  one 

thing.  Milly — And  that  is  ?  Billy — Some  other  people  are  us- 
ing it. — Judge. 

Banks — Is  young  Featherly  a  responsible  sort  of  per- 
son? Brokes — Yes,  he's  responsible  for  most  of  the  mistakes 
in  our  department. — Jack  o'  Lantern. 

"Dearest,  I  ordered  to  be  sent  home  to-day  a  most  beau- 
tiful hat  for  only  thirty  dollars.  It's  a  perfect  love!"  "My 
darling,  your  love  will  be  returned." — Puck. 

"Been  to  the  food  show?"     "Nope.     What's  the  news 

from  there?"    "Our  lunchroom  man  took  a  prize  for  the  thin- 
•  nest  ham  sandwich." — Seattle  Post-Intelligencer. 

"A  freak  election  bet  makes  a  man  look  ridiculous." 

"Yes.  And  it's  hard  to  tell  which  won  it — the  man  in  the  wheel- 
barrow or  the  man  who  is  pushing." — Washington  Post. 

"It  no  longer  takes  three  generations  to  make  a  gentle- 
man." "Think  so  ?"  "Yes ;  we  are  moving  so  much  faster.  And 
it  takes  only  one  generation  to  produce  a  parasite." — Life. 

"Some  day  you'll  be  rich  enough  to  retire  from  busi- 
ness." "Give  up  my  nice  pleasant  office  and  stay  home?"  re- 
joined Mr.  Growcher.     "I  should  say  not." — Washington  Star. 

Bystander — I  suppose  you  would  like  to  take  a  ride  with- 
out worrying  about  tires  and  the  like?  Motorist  (fixing  a  punc- 
ture)— You  bet  I  would.  Bystander — Well,  here's  a  car  ticket. 
— Chaparral. 

One  night  while  you  were  away  I  heard  a  burglar.    You 

should  have  seen  me  going  downstairs  three  steps  at  a  time. 
Wife  (who  knows  him) — Where  was  he,  on  the  roof? — Boston 
Transcript. 

"Is  golf  an  expensive  game?"    "It  must  be.    I  heard  my 

husband  telling  a  friend  the  other  day  that  he  had  to  replace 
about  eighteen  pivots  on  the  first  nine  holes." — Detroit  Free 
Press. 

Have  you  the  firmness  that  enables  you  to  go  on  and  do 

your  duty  in  the  face  of  ingratitude  and  ungenerous  criticism  ?" 
"I  ought  to  have.  I  once  cooked  for  a  camping  party." — Wash- 
ington Star. 

"So  you  were  invited  to  participate  in  a  profit-sharing 

scheme?"  "Yes."  "How  did  you  come  out?"  "I  discovered 
that  the  purpose  of  the  scheme  was  not  sharing,  but  shearing." 
— Birmingham  Age-Herald. 

"My  old  doctor  wouldn't  take  my  malady  seriously.  He 

says  it's  only  headache."  He  said  that  to  a  woman  with  your 
money?"  "He  did."  "I  am  astounded.  You  suffer  from  mi- 
graine."— Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

-"How  does  young  Flubdub  stand  in  college?"    "Not  so 

well."  "Why  is  that?"  "He  is  all  right  enough  in  his  studies, 
but  he  is  more  than  suspected  of  cutting  football  games." — 
Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

"Who  is  your  favorite  composer?"     "Wagner,"  replied 

Mr.  Cumrox.  "You  must  be  a  student  of  music."  "No.  I  men- 
tion Wagner  for  the  sake  of  relieving  myself  of  conversational 
strain.  If  the  other  man  dcesn't  like  Wagner,  he  won't  want  to 
hear  me  say  another  word."  "And  if  he  does?"  "He'll  want 
to  do  all  the  talking  himself." — Washington  Star. 


"Bliggins  says  he  got  on  by  burning  the  midnight  oil." 

"Well,  keeping  late  hours  did  help  him  some.  He  danced  all 
night  three  or  four  times  a  week  till  finally  he  met  a  rich  girl 
and  married  her." — Buffalo  Courier.     - 

He — Of  course,  there's  a  big  difference  between  a  botan- 
ist and  a  florist.  She — Is  there  really ?  He — Yes;  a  botanist  is 
one  who  knows  all  about  flowers,  and  a  florist  is  one  who  knows 
all  about  the  price  people  will  pay  for  them. — Boston  Trans- 
cript. 

"Miss  Norah,  if  it  wasn't  for  Tirrence  O'Brien  that  do  be 

coortin'  ye,  I'd  be  after  havin'  somethin'  to  say  to  ye,  mesilf, 
th'  night."  "It's  very  considerate  ye  are,  Mr.  Mulligan,  but  did 
ye  niver  hear  that  prisint  company  is  always  accipted?" — 
Dallas  News. 

The  pretty  restaurant  cashier  had  applied  for  a  holiday. 

"I  must  recuperate,"  she  said.  "My  beauty  is  beginning  to 
fade."  "That  so?"  said  the  proprietor.  "What  makes  you 
think  so?"  "The  men  are  beginning  to  count  their  change." — 
Chicago  Herald. 

Mother — You  were  a  long  time  in  the  conservatory  with 

Mr.  Willing  last  night,  my  child.  What  was  going  on  ?  Daugh- 
ter— Did  you  ever  sit  in  the  conservatory  with  father  before  you 
married  him?  Mother — I  suppose  I  did.  Daughter — Well, 
mother,  it's  the  same  old  world. — Tit-Bits. 

"Here's  a  heart-rending  account  of  a  chorus  girl's  priva- 
tion." "Lives  in  a  hall  bedroom,  I  suppose,  and  doesn't  get 
enough  to  eat?"  "Oh,  no.  It  seems  she's  the  only  girl  in  the 
company  who  doesn't  own  a  limousine." — Birmingham  Age- 
Herald. 

It  is  said  that  Scottish  humor  is  an  electric  spark  that 

flies  back  and  forth  between  the  two  extremes  of  whisky  and 
religion.  But  the  following  anecdote  is  Scottish,  without  touch- 
ing either  extreme.  A  wife  was  asked  by  her  husband  what 
kind  of  a  bonnet  she  would  like  him  to  bring  her  from  Glasgow, 
and  she  replied :  "Weel,  ye'd  best  make  it  a  straw  bunnet,  Jock, 
and  when  I'm  done  wi'  it  I'll  feed  it  to  the  coo." — Chicago  Her- 
ald. 


7 


DAILY 
TRAINS 


CALIFORNIA 
ORANGE 

DAY 
MARCH  10 


TO 
LOS  ANGELES 

"Shore  Line  Limited" 

(Via  Coast  Line) 

Lv.    Third    St.    Station 

S   A.    M. 

Ar.   Los  Angeles 

9:59  P.  M. 

Parlor    Cars,    Observation    Car, 

Composite  Car,   Coaches,   Diner. 

"Owl" 

(Via  Valley  Line) 
Lv.    Ferry    Station 
6:00    P.    M. 
Ar.   Los  Angeles 
8:50  A.  M. 
Standard,    Drawing    Room    and 
Compartment    Sleepers,     Obser- 
vation     Car,      Composite      Car, 
Diner. 

"Lark" 

(Via  Coast  Line) 
Lv.  Third  St.  Station 
8:00  P.  M. 
Ar.    Los  Angeles 
9:45  A.  M. 
Standard.    Drawing    Room    and 
Compartment    Sleepers,     Obser- 
vation Car,  Diner. 

4    ADDITIONAL    TRAINS 

2    via    Coast    Line 

2    Via    Valley    Line 

Protected   by  Electric  Automatic 

Block    Safety    Signals. 


Southern    Pacific 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


1*EMUA«Y   3.   1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


m 


Ready  for  the  Great  Local  Auto  Sh 


FINANCIAL^ 


Directors  of  United  States  Steel  Corporation  declared. 

■ek,  in  addition  to  the  regular  quarterly  dividend  of  V\ 

tock.  an  extra  quarterly  dividend  of 

a  total  for  the  quarter  of  3  per  cent.    If 

-  the  stock  on  a  12  per  cent  an- 

a  declaration  out  of  1916  earn- 

nds  from  last  year's  income  amounted  to  83  \  per 

cent  on  the  common  stock.    Net  earnings  for  the  last  quarter  of 

1916  were  $105,968,347.  a  new  high  record.  This  compares  with 

$85,817,067  for  the  third  quarter.    Net  income  for  the  last  quar- 

s  $96,321,610  and  surplus  was  $69,257,592,  compared 

2.408  and  $51,859,450.  respectively,  for  the  third 

r.    Net  earnings  for  the  year  1916  were  $333,625,086,  or 

more  than  double  those  for  any  previous  year.    Net  earnings  in 

1915  were  $140,250,066.    The  previous  record  was  1907,  when 

net  earnings  reached  $160,964,674,  or  $172,660,412  less  than 

last  year's. 


The  unwatering  of  the  North  End  Comstock  mines  has 

been  accomplished  to  a  point  125  feet  below  the  2,700  foot 
level,  according  to  wire  advices  this  week,  and  a  practical  dem- 
onstration of  the  pumping  facilities  in  the  Mexican-Ophir  winze 
was  furnished  when  it  became  necessary  to  overcome  the  flow 
that  occurred  during  an  interruption  to  the  power  supply.  The 
water  was  reduced  throughout  all  the  district  at  the  rate  of  a 
foot  an  hour.  Rehabilitation  of  the  Combination  shaft  is  pro- 
gressing rapidly,  and  workmen  are  now  installing  guides  in 
ore  of  the  compartments  at  the  900  foot  level. 


San  Francisco  is  eleventh  and  Los  Angeles  is  nineteenth 

in  the  official  list  of  amounts  of  postal  savings  deposits  in  cities 
of  the  United  States,  according  to  reports  from  Washington. 
The  deposits  in  this  city  are  $1,243,243  and  in  Los  Angeles 
$818,308.  San  Francisco  is  one  of  the  thirteen  postoffices  that 
have  more  than  one  million  dollars  each  on  deposit.  The  total 
deposits  at  all  postoffices  in  the  United  States,  Alaska,  Hawaii 
and  Porto  Rico  amount  to  $112,000,000.  There  are  662,000  de- 
positors. From  January  1.  1916,  to  January  1,  1917,  the  de- 
posits increased  about  $37,650,000,  or  about  50  per  cent. 


The   Western   States   Gas   and   Electric   Company   has 

called  for  redemption  on  April  1st  the  entire  outstanding  issue 
of  three-year  6  per  cent  coupon  notes,  dated  October  1,  1914, 
amounting  to  $621,500.  This  was  part  of  an  authorized  issue 
of  $1,500,000,  the  other  $878,500  never  having  been  issued. 


— ■ — The  National  City  Company  has  issued  a  booklet  con- 
taining a  long  list  of  California  corporation  bonds  in  their  ap- 
plication to  the  Federal  income  tax. 


All  prior  monthly  records  of  clearings  of  local  banks 

were  broken  this  week  by  the  announcement  from  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Clearing  House  Association  of  total  clearings  of  $376,218,- 
501.74  for  the  month  of  January,  as  compared  with  a  total  of 
$241,397,635.26  for  the  corresponding  month  of  1916. 


SONGS  OF  NATURE,  LOVE  AND  LIFE. 
Paul  Elder  &  Company  have  in  press  for  early  publication 
the  collected  poems  of  John  Wood  Northup,  to  be  published  un- 
der the  title  of  "Songs  of  Nature,  Love  and  Life."  The  inspira- 
tion of  many  of  the  poems  in  the  nature  group  was  gained  at 
Monte  Cresta,  the  author's  ranch  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Mountains, 
where  a  most  magnificent  view  cf  mountains  and  valley  is  ob- 
tained. The  longest  poem  in  the  "Songs  of  Love'"  is  "A  Cali- 
fornia Legend,"  one  of  the  folk-lore  tales  of  the  Klamath  In- 
dians, of  Ahwahnee,  the  fairest  of  maids,  and  Owayno,  the  God 
of  the  Sun.  In  "Songs  of  Life"  are  such  titles  as  "A  Sabbath 
Inspiration,"  "My  Symphony"  and  "In  the  Value  of  the  Green 
Shenandoah." 


OW 


From  a  decorative  standpoint,  the  Pacific  Automobile  Show, 
which  will  open  in  the  Exposition  Auditorium 
February  10th,  will  rai  exhibiting 

in  America,  and  definitely  place  San  Francisco  along  with  Chi- 
cago and  New  York  as  one  of  the  three  great  automobile  show 
cities  in  the  country. 

This,  at  least,  is  the  belief  of  art  critics  and  Eastern  automo- 
bile men  now  on  the  coast,  after  having  seen  the  partly  com- 
pleted murals,  which  are  being  painted  by  A.  Borghesi,  noted 
artist,  whose  work  decorates  the  homes  of  the  rich  and  famous 
in  Paris,  Rome,  Vienna,  New  York  and  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Borghesi  is  preparing  an  immense  hand-painted  canopy, 
which  will  cover  the  entire  auditorium,  in  the  painting  of  which 
his  imagination  will  have  full  scope,  for  it  is  to  be  a  dawn- 
flushed  sky  symbolic  of  the  future  which  is  dawning  for  the 
automobile  industry. 

The  three  immense  murals  which  will  cover  the  walls  of  the 
Auditorium  will  be  eighty  feet  long  and  forty  feet  high.  A 
frieze  will  extend  around  the  balcony,  and  the  walls  beneath 
will  be  concealed  by  other  murals. 

The  artist  will  draw  his  inspiration  for  these  paintings  from 
the  wonderlands  of  the  coast.  Yosemite,  the  Tahoe  region,  Mt. 
Shasta.  Mt.  Whitney  and  other  beauty  places  will  be  depicted. 

In  addition,  Mr.  Borghesi  will  decorate  the  two  large  side 
looms  which  will  also  be  used  to  display  motor  cars.  The  deco- 
rations, furniture  and  appointments  will  cost  $35,000. 

Leo  Lentelli,  the  sculptor,  is  modeling  an  immense  figure  of 
Winged  Mercury  for  the  main  floor  of  the  display  room. 

A  special  train  from  Chicago  will  bring  200  factory  represen- 
tatives and  Eastern  newspapermen  to  San  Francisco  for  show 
week.  Others  will  come  from  Oregon,  Arizona  and  Southern 
California.  A  number  of  these  visitors  have  planned  to  hold 
conferences  of  coast  dealers  and  salesmen  in  San  Francisco  dur- 
ing the  week. 

Local  dealers  have  beet:  quick  to  see  the  opportunity  offered 
them,  and  all  the  display  space  for  pleasure  cars  has  been  sold. 
Twenty-nine  dealers  have  entered  thirty-eight  makes  of  cars, 
and  many  of  them  will  exhibit  the  same  1917  models  that  will 
be  shown  at  the  Chicago  Show. 

The  accessory  display  will  be  held  in  the  broad  corridors  of 
the  second  floor,  and  will  be  on  the  same  high  plane  of  excel- 
lence as  the  rest  of  the  exhibit. 


CARROLL  NOW  HEADS  LOCAL  GOODRICH  BRANCH. 

F.  Richard  Carroll,  who  recently  was  appointed  district  man- 
ager of  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Company,  with  headquarters 
in  San  Francisco,  to  fill  the  position  made  vacant  by  the  promo- 
tion of  C.  E.  Cook  to  the  factory's  central  organization  at  Ak- 
ron, arrived  in  San  Francisco  this  week  to  assume  his  new 
duties.  During  the  past  six  years  he  has  made  an  extraordinary 
success  as  manager  of  the  Goodrich  Company's  store  in  Los 
Angeles.  His  .brilliant  record  there  led  to  his  promotion  to  the 
San  Francisco  headquarters.  Huge  floral  pieces  decorated  his 
office  on  his  arrival,  and  he  was  given  an  enthusiastic  welcome 
by  the  local  staff  of  employees  at  a  big  dinner,  and  he  was 
loaded  with  congratulations  and  good  wishes  for  his  continued 
success. 

In  his  new  post  Carroll  will  have  full  charge  of  the  entire 
territory  covered  both  by  the  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles 
branches.  His  jurisdiction  will  not  be  devoted  exclusively  to 
the  automobile  tire  end  of  Goodrich  Company's  business,  but 
will  include  everything  in  rubber  bearing  the  Goodrich  trade 
mark,  which  includes  clothing,  footwear,  drug  sundries,  hose 
and  all  kinds  of  belting. 


MAGNETIC  MOTOR  CAR  CO.  TO  HAVE  EXHIBITS. 

Magnetic  Motor  Car  Co.,  agent  for  the  Owen  Magnetic,  1675 
Pacific  Avenue,  San  Francisco,  and  2969  Broadway,  Oakland, 
will  exhibit  at  the  coming  Automobile  Show,  Civic  Auditorium, 
San  Francisco,  all  their  latest  models. 


"Are  you  saving  up  anything  for  a  rainy  day?"  asked 

the  thrifty  citizen.  "Yes,"  replied  Mr.  Chuggins.  "In  a  little 
while  I  expect  to  have  enough  to  buy  a  brand  new  top  for  my  au- 
tomobile."— Chicago  Herald. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


OWJSM 


<£s2s^2£3^E&E: 


=3 


Motorists  throughout  the  State  are  extremely  interested  in 
the  present  session  of  the  Legislature,  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant measures  before  that  body  being  the  bill  revising  the  pres- 
ent Motor  Vehicle  Act  which  has  been  recommended  by  the 
State  Automobile  Conference. 

The  bill  in  question  was  introduced  a  few  days  ago  in  both 
Houses  by  M.  B.  Johnson  of  San  Mateo,  chairman  of  the  Sen- 
ate Committee  on  Roads,  and  T.  R.  Finley,  chairman  of  the 
corresponding  committee  of  the  Assembly. 

There  are  many  important  provisions  of  the  bill,  all  of  which, 
of  course,  are  subject  to  amendments  when  the  Legislature  re- 
convenes after  its  four  weeks'  recess.  But  the  most  important 
of  these  are  as  follows : 

An  annual  registration  fee  of  50  cents  from  all  operators  of 
cars,  the  receipts  of  which  are  to  go  towards  the  maintenance 
of  this  department  and  the  enforcement  of  the  State  Motor  Ve- 
hicle Act. 

Owners  of  cars  to  be  given  a  certificate  which  will  virtually, 
be  a  copy  of  his  application  for  auto  license,  and  which  must 
bear  his  signature.  Certificate  to  be  displayed  in  driving  com- 
partment. When  the  car  is  sold,  certificate  must  be  returned 
with  endorsement  of  owner  and  the  man  to  whom  the  car  is 
transferred.    Department  then  to  issue  new  certificate. 

All  violations  of  speed  regulations  to  be  handled  by  Califor- 
nia Highway  Commission.  Court  records  to  be  referred  to  this 
commission,  which  through  its  divisions  will  summon  the  of- 
fender and  decide  whether  the  operator's  license  is  to  be  re- 
voked or  suspended. 

Absolutely  no  road  racing  of  any  kind  to  be  permitted. 

No  chauffeur  under  18  years  of  age  to  be  given  license;  no 
operator  under  14  years  of  age  to  be  given  operator's  license. 

All  trailers  to  be  registered,  numbers  corresponding  to  car 
number.    Fee,  $1  per  trailer. 

Requiring  wreckers  of  cars,  for  example,  dealers  in  second- 
hand parts  to  make  reports  of  sales  of  motors;  this  to  assist  in 
tracing  stolen  cars. 

Placing  limit  on  weight  of  load  to  be  hauled  by  motor  vehi- 
cles, based  upon  whether  car  has  iron,  steel  or  rubber  tires; 
also  width  of  tire,  number  of  wheels  and  weight  of  load.  The 
latter  provision  will  affect  some  of  the  sightseeing  buses  which 
take  up  the  whole  road. 

Section  regarding  driving  when  intoxicated  changed  to  make 
the  penalty  apply  when  it  is  shown  that  the  operator  is  "under 
the  influence  of  liquor  to  an  extent  that  he  cannot  properly  or 
safely  operate  the  car."  On  conviction  operator  must  go  be- 
fore Highway  Commission  to  determine  whether  to  revoke 
operator's  license  or  not.  Commission  also  given  power  to  re- 
voke operator's  license  on  proof  of  physical  disability  to  drive. 

Many  of  the  provisions  of  the  proposed  bill  are  aimed  to 
protect  the  owner,  hence  the  unusual  amount  of  interest  in  it  by 
motorists  generally. 

*  *  * 

Figures  compiled  by  H.  A.  French,  superintendent  of  the 
State  Motor  Vehicle  Department,  up  to  and  including  Decem- 
ber 31,  1916,  show  the  following  interesting  facts  regarding  the 
distribution  of  automobiles  throughout  the  State: 

California  is  second  in  the  States  of  the  Union  in  point  of 
ratio  to  population  to  the  number  of  registered  automobiles.  In 
California  there  is  a  registered  automobile  for  every  12.5  units 
of  population.  Iowa,  which  leads  the  States  of  the  Union,  has 
a  ratio  of  one  car  to  every  11.2  units.     New  York,  the  most 


thickly  populated  State  of  the  Union,  has  only  one  car  to  every 
32  persons.  California  is  fourth  among  the  States  in  point  of 
registered  automobiles.  It  has  passed  Pennsylvania,  and  is  led 
only  by  New  York,  Ohio  and  Illinois.  California  is  fifth  in  the 
matter  of  receipts  from  automobile  registrations.  It  has  more 
automobiles  than  Pennsylvania,  but  the  receipts  are  less,  show- 
ing that  the  State  license  of  California  is  lower.  French's  fig- 
ures show  there  are  many  States  with  higher  license  rates. 

*  *  » 

J.  Russell  Miller  on  Auto  Prospect 

There  is  always  something  doing  in  the  automobile  trade  in 
San  Francisco.  This  week  developed  unusual  attractions  along 
special  lines.  Numbers  oi  prominent  men  interested  in  some 
angle  of  the  thriving  automobile  game  dropped  into  town  to 
look  things  over.  Among  them  was  J.  Russell  Miller,  president, 
and  William  A.  Ingalsby,  secretary,  of  the  Read-Miller  Adver- 
tising Company  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Miller  found  prospects 
so  promising  here  in  motor  car  lines  that  he  seriously  consid- 
ered the  taking  over  of  several  large  accounts.  He  considers 
the  Pacific  Coast  as  one  of  the  greatest  automobile  centers  in 
the  world. 

"Just  think  of  it,"  he  explained,  "the  latest  statistics  estab- 
lish the  fact  that  one  man  in  twelve  in  California  owns  his  own 
automobile.  Such  a  condition  indicates  the  prodigious  trade 
that  may  be  developed  here  in  autos  and  accessories.  The 
field  is  so  extraordinarily  promising  that  our  firm  is  preparing 

to  enter  it." 

*  *  * 

Angelenos  Haul  Coal  in  Limousine  and  Blanket  Radiators 

When  the  recent  unprecedented  cold  wave  struck  Southern 
California,  blanketed  motor  cars  were  seen  on  the  streets  for 
th  first  time  in  history.  It  was  not  necessary  to  cloak  the  radia- 
tors, when  the  cars  were  in  operation,  but  it  was  a  wise  precau- 
tion to  cover  them  when  left  standing  at  the  curb  or  parked  on 
lots  during  the  early  morning  and  evening  hours.  For  the  first 
time  known,  thousands  of  cars  were  discovered  to  have  ice 
flakes  in  the  water  in  the  radiators  after  an  unusually  cold  night. 
The  morning  scene  of  the  professional  man  pouring  hot  water 
out  of  a  tea  kettle  into  the  radiator  of  his  car  after  trying  vainly 
to  start  it  when  it  came  time  for  him  to  leave  for  the  office  has 
become  commonplace.  The  remarkable  experience  of  driving 
a  motor  car  to  the  coal  dealer's  place  and  returning  to  a  fashion- 
able residence  with  a  load  of  fuel  was  enjoyed  by  many.  The 
demand  for  coal  and  briquets  was  so  great,  dealers  could  not 
make  a  delivery,  or,  if  they  did,  charged  a  bonus  for  doing  so. 
A  limousine  was  seen  in  a  coal  yard  and  the  chauffeur  was  en- 
gaged busily  in  piling  sacked  briquets  into  it.  The  seat  cush- 
ions had  been  removed  and  the  upholstery  covered  with  canvas 

to  protect  the  interior. 

*  *  * 

J.  W.  Leavitt  to  Handle  Premier 

P.  D.  Stubbs,  general  sales  manager  of  the  Premier  Motor 

Corporation,  reports  the  biggest  week  he  has  ever  known  since 

he  has  been  in  the  motor  business.    The  crowning  achievement 

of  the  week,  he  says,  was  the  closing  with  the  J.  W.  Leavitt 

Company  for  the  handling  of  Premier  cars  out  of  San  Francisco. 

The  J.  W.  Leavitt  Company,  until  recently,  handled  Overland 

cars  in  the  Pacific  Coast  territory.     Overland  sales  amounted 

to  over  9,000  cars  in  1916.     Leavitt  is  building  a  new  home 

in  this  city,  which  will  contain  45,000  square  feet  of  floor  space 

and  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  finest  sales  and  service  building  on 

the  coast. 

»  *  * 

New  Models  of  1917  Empire  Here 

Announcement  has  been  made  by  Carl  Christensen,  local 
Empire  automobile  distributor,  of  the  arrival  of  several  of  the 
1917  models,  which  he  will  have  on  display  in  his  salesrooms 
during  the  auto  show  week.  Purchases  made  during  that  period 
carry  with  them  the  privilege  of  liberal  terms,  which  Chistensen 

believes  will  be  of  general  interest  to  prospective  owners. 

*  *  * 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


!•  !.  1917 


and  California  Advertisei 


Two-Power  Range  Motor  ■■  Peerless  Feature 

.g  practic-  r,  the  Peerless  tvro-power 

range  design  is  said  to  be  fascinating  to  one  who  will  stop  to 
grasp  the  technical  j  i  -;nown  prac- 

tical advantages  of  the  high  speed  multiple  cylinder  motor  are 
realixed  on  the  road  only  when  the  entire  car  mechanism  is  so 
-  •■■.!  that  a  strong.  e\en  motor  pull  is  available  at  all  car 
speeds.    The  Model  56  chassis  and  the  Model  56  eight  cylinder 
motor  are  designed  and  balanced  to  bring  about  this  much 
i  condition.    With  this  as  a  starting  point,  proper  fuel 
to  the  motor  by  a  two  stage  carburetor, 
A  jets  for  car  speeds  up  to  approximately  45 
an  hour,  and  another  set  that  is  opened  automatically 

when  the  car  advances  beyond  this  speed. 

*  •  • 

Chicago  Auto  Show  Opens  for  Real  Business 

Following  close  upon  the  heels  of  the  successful  New  York 
show,  the  doors  of  the  beautiful  Chicago  Coliseum  opened  last 
■jy  upon  the  second  chapter  of  the  annual  "feeler"  of  the 
National  Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

The  Chicago  show,  as  may  be  gathered,  is  not  a  duplicate  of 
the  fashionable  affair  that  is  staged  in  New  York.  The  same 
cars  are  shown,  except  that  there  are  more  of  them,  but  the  at- 
mosphere is  dominated  by  a  different  spirit — New  York  is  more 
spectacular,  Chicago  more  a  brass  tack  business  proposition. 

»  •  « 

Motor  Truck  Competition  Hits  Railway  Freight  Haul 

It  is  now  freely  predicted  that  the  automobile  will  in  a  short 
time  cause  the  abandonment  of  most  of  the  short  railroad 
branch  lines.  The  decline  in  the  business  of  such  lines  has  been 
considerable  in  the  last  few  years,  all  traceable  to  the  increased 
use  of  motor  vehicles.  As  an  instance,  it  is  stated  that  the  sale 
of  railroad  mileage  books  has  been  reduced  approximately 
thirty  per  cent  in  the  last  three  years.  Commenting  on  this 
situation,  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pacific  KisselKar 
branch,  says: 

"It  is  costing  the  railroads  more  every  day  to  handle  freight, 
and,  as  good  highways  multiply,  the  competition  of  the  motor 
truck  will  prove  too  much  for  them.  The  truck  can  give  far 
superior  service  in  many  parts  of  the  country  now,  for  it  hauls 
from  the  very  door  of  the  consigner  to  the  very  door  of  the  con- 
signee, and  saves  not  only  expense  but  time  as  well." 

*  *  * 

Comptroller  Says  U.  S.  Needs  No  License 

Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  Walter  W.  Warwick  has  ruled 
that  the  Federal  Government  has  the  right  to  operate  motor 
cars  anywhere  in  the  country  without  obtaining  licenses  for  its 
chauffeurs  and  without  buying  licenses  for  the  cars.  This  will 
be  particularly  broad  in  effect,  since  the  truck  is  becoming  so 

nearly  universal  in  use  for  the  mail  service. 

*  *  * 

Mulford  Reported  to  Have  Left  Hudson 

A  recent  dispatch  to  local  motor  dealers  states  that  Ralph 

Mulford  has  left  the  Hudson  Company  to  join  a  Cleveland  car 

company  with  which  he  is  at  present  negotiating. 

*"  *  * 

Vanderbilt  Race  May  Be  Given  to  East 

The  Vanderbilt  cup  race  may  be  given  back  to  the  East.  A 
committee  has  been  appointed  to  consider  ways  and  means  of 
bringing  this  about,  and  if  it  can  be  satisfactorily  arranged,  the 
race  may  again  be  run  over  a  Long  Island  course.  The  matter 
first  came  up  for  discussion  at  a  luncheon  tendered  to  Dr.  H.  M. 
Rowe,  president  of  the  American  Automobile  Association,  by 
Robert  Lee  Morrell,  president  of  the  metropolitan  consulate  of 
the  A.  A.  A.  Later  a  committee  was  appointed  to  consider  the 
possibility  of  bringing  the  race  East,  and  to  make  individual  in- 
vestigations concerning  conditions  which  have  made  it  neces- 
sary that  the  race  be  held  en  the  Pacific  Coast. 

*  *  * 

Chas.  B.  Voorhis  Joins  Nash  Motors  Company 

Charles  B.  Voorhis,  who  has  been  general  sales  manager  for 
the  Oakland  Motor  Car  Company,  has  resigned  to  go  with  the 
Nash  Motors  Co.,  Kenosha,  Wis.  Thomas  M.  McDearmond, 
assistant  sales  manager  for  the  Oakland  company,  is  now  with 
the  George  P.  Miller  Co.,  Madison,  Wis.,  Oakland  dealer.  Al. 
Reeke,  general  sales  manager  for  the  Nash  Motors  Co.,  will  re- 
sign that  position  to  become  a  distributor  for  the  company.  His 
successor  has  not  been  announced. 


California  Speedway  Association  Geta  Clear  Title  on  Land 

When  the  California  Speedway  Association  sclec; 
tor  its  motor  racing  project  some  moi.- 

were  obtained  from  the  W.  H.  How  ,,f  the 

land.  The  organization  started  to  carry  out  its  plans  to  build  at 
San  Mateo  one  of  the  finest  motor  r.uint;  »pei  Amer- 

ica. Subsequently  the  corporation  commission  ot  the  State  de- 
manded a  clear  title  to  the  proposed  speedway  properties  be- 
fore proceeding  further.  This  necessitated  a  new  search  of 
title  through  the  records  cf  San  Mateo  County.  The  records 
were  searched  back  prior  to  the  year  of  1884.  which  showed  a 
clear  title  of  the  land  to  the  W.  H.  Howard  Estate.  With  this 
final  obstacle  put  out  of  the  way  recently,  Nat  T.  Messer,  act- 
ing president  of  the  association,  states  that  many  developments 
will  be  started  in  the  next  few  weeks. 


"Do  you  sit  up  for  >our  husband?"    "No;  I  am  an  early 

riser  and  am  always  up  in  time  to  greet  him." — Detroit  Free 
Press. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

819-835  ELLIS  ST.    ftXe.n..PA,v.Su. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Neia  Ave.     BRAND   &   CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


HSirarairaioraED 


FREE   FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THI8   OUT.) 

The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses-      Tourists  will   do  well  to  cut  this   list  out  and   keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE — Just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  3,  1917 


iMmmtzmE 


"Why  Men  Fight." 

"Why  Men  Fight"  is  at  once  a  summing-up  of  Mr.  Bertrand 
Russell's  philosophic  point  of  view  and  an  analysis  of  the  hu- 
man causes  of  war;  and  it  points  out  little  less  than  a  new  way 
of  life  for  the  individual  and  for  society.  Needless  to  say,  Mr. 
Russell's  pacificism  is  of  a  very  active  kind;  there  is  nothing 
negative  about  it.  He  believes  that  the  only  way  to  prevent 
war  is  to  bring  against  it  counter-impulses  not  less  ardent  and 
instinctive,  but  in  line  with  the  creative  and  purposive  tenden- 
cies of  life.  This  is  the  theme  of  "Why  Men  Fight;"  and  in 
the  light  of  this  theme  Mr.  Russell  analyzes  such  social  ques- 
tions as  marriage,  the  State,  education  and  religion,  concluding 
with  a  practical  discussion  of  what  each  one  can  do  to  forward 
the  creative  tendencies  and  check  the  destructive  tendencies  of 
life.  "Why  Men  Fight"  combines  a  psychological  realism 
with  a  religious  warmth,  appealing  equally  to  the  head  and  to 
the  heart.  The  author  is  a  grandson  of  Lord  John  Russell,  for- 
mer Premier  of  Great  Britain,  and  is  heir  to  the  present  Earl 
Russell.  Until  recently  he  held  a  lectureship  at  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Cambridge.  He  is  one  of  the  most  celebrated  of  living 
mathematicians.  His  previous  publications  include :  Principles 
of  Mathematics,  Problems  of  Philosophy,  and  Our  Knowledge 
of  the  External  World  as  a  Field  for  Scientific  Method  in  Phil- 
osophy. 

$1.50  net.  The  Century  Co.,  New  York. 

"Succeeding  With  What  You  Have." 

Charles  M.  Schwab,  the  steel  magnate,  indirectly  reveals  the 
secret  of  his  success  and  describes  the  inner  workings  of  the 
Bethlehem  steel  plant,  the  greatest  in  the  world.  Mr.  Schwab, 
who  has  no  faith  in  super-geniuses,  is  of  the  opinion  that  there 
is  more  opportunity  to  rise  in  America  than  ever  before,  and  he 
drives  home  his  point  with  some  rather  surprising  stories  of 
his  own  employees.  In  addition,  he  discusses  the  merits  and 
demerits  of  a  college  education  in  business,  tells  about  the 
profit-sharing  system  at  Bethlehem,  swaps  yarns  about  An- 
drew Carnegie,  Captain  Eill  Jones  and  other  famed  iron-mas- 
ters, and  explains  how  he  goes  about  selecting  men  for  import- 
ant "posts.  Captains  of  industry  in  America,  according  to  Mr. 
Schwab,  are  not  hunting  money;  they  are  seeking  brains — 
specialized  brains — and  faithful,  loyal  service,  for  brains  are 
needed  to  carry  out  the  plans  of  those  who  furnish  capital. 

Mr.  Schwab  urges  the  further  extension  of  the  profit-sharing 

system  throughout  the  world  of  commerce,  and  he  thinks  it  can 

be  made  to  work  good  for  both  employer  and  employee  in  most 

businesses.     He  tells  of  a  banker  who  maintained  that  while 

the  system  might  do  for  a  steel  plant,  it  could  not,  in  the  nature 

of  things,  be  fitted  into  the  banking  business.     Mr.  Schwab 

says  he  planned  a  profit-sharing  system  for  the  bank,  and  saw 

it  work  and  extended  to  other  banks. 

Price,  50  cents  net.    The  Century  Company,  New  York. 
*  *  * 

"Xindu." 

A  collection  of  stories  by  Edith  Wharton,  several  of  which 
are  already  familiar  to  magazine  readers.  "Xindu,"  the  title 
story,  "Autres  Temps,"  "The  Long  Run,"  "The  Triumph  of 
Night,"  and  "The  Choice"  are  tales  of  Mrs.  Whartons  beloved 
sphere  of  New  York  society — Harvard  graduates,  European 
residences  and  businesses,  and  summer  homes  in  Lenox. 
"Xingu"  might  be  described  as  one  of  the  author's  "literary 
lapses,"  being  an  amiable  farce  and  satire  on  women's  culture 
clubs  "who  pursue  Culture  in  bands  as  if  it  were  dangerous  to 
meet  alone."  Of  the  whole  collection,  "Coming  Home"  is  the 
most  remarkable  in  attaining  the  clearest  note  of  creative  origi- 
nality and  an  emotional  suspense  unusual  for  Mrs.  Wharton's 
cold  brilliance.  "Kerfol"  is  ostensibly  the  result  of  genealogi- 
cal research  in  Brittany.  The  concluding  story,  "The  Bunner 
Sisters,"  is  a  lengthy  and  seemingly  not  overinspired  study  of 
two  spinsters  in  antebellum  New  York,  told  with  the  realism  of 
Balzac. 

1.40  net.     Scribner's  Sons,  New  York. 


"The  Darling  and  Other  Stories." 

Most  notable  of  recent  translations  from  the  Russian  is  Con- 
stance Garnett's  rendition  of  the  stories  of  Anton  Chekhov,  the 
first  two  volumes  of  which,  "The  Darling  and  Other  Stories," 
and  "The  Duel  and  Other  Stories,"  appear  with  an  introduction 
by  her  husband,  Edward  Garnett  (Macmillan,  $1.50  each.)  Of 
recent  Russian  writers,  Chekhov  has  been  most  persistently 
Englished;  it  is  good  now  to  find  his  work  in  the  hands  of  such 
an  expert  craftsman  as  Mrs.  Garnett,  with  all  Turgenev  and 
most  of  Dostoevsky  to  her  credit.  Twelve  stories  comprise 
the  first  volume,  ranging  from  such  short  pieces  as  "Polinka" 
and  "Talent"  to  the  novel-length  "Three  Years."  The  book 
opens  auspiciously  with  'The  Darling,"  which  is  followed  by 
Tolstoi's  criticism — a  perfect  story  illuminated  by  the  uner- 
ring comment  of  a  master  critic.  The  volumes  are  the  most  im- 
portant and  significant  Russian  translations  of  the  year. 

Here  is  Some  Fashion  News. 

Grace  Margaret  Gould,  fashion  editor  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Companion,  says  in  the  February  issue :  "The  latest  umbrella 
shows  a  tiny  watch  in  the  strap  handle.  The  conservative  um- 
brella is  disappearing.  Colored  umbrellas  are  the  vogue,  and 
the  leather  strap  handle  the  height  of  style  and  convenience. 
The  newest  umbrellas  are  seen  either  with  leather  strap  han- 
dles or  white  flat  handles  just  touched  with  the  color  of  the  um- 
brella. Purple  is  the  favorite  shade,  though  green,  navy  and 
burgundy  are  also  used.  Many  novelty  umbrellas  show  a 
striped  border. 

*  *  * 

The  February  American  Magazine. 

From  cover  to  cover  you  will  find  this  issue  of  The  American 
Magazine  crammed  with  entertaining  and  valuable  material. 
George  Ade,  the  famous  Hoosier  humorist,  leads  the  way  by 
telling  how  it  feels  to  be  fifty.  He  calls  his  wonderful  article 
"Looking  Back  from  Fifty."  Then  the  article  about  P.  D.  and 
J.  O.  Armour,  the  Chicags  packers,  is  filled  with  business  wis- 
dom and  startling  incidents.  "When  Success  Hung  in  the  Bal- 
ance" is  a  human  document  every  man  should  read.  "How  to 
Regulate  Your  Weight"  is  told  by  a  well  known  physician.  The 
fiction  is  composed  of  stories  by  Olive  Higgins  Prouty,  Noble 
May,  and  others. 


Hotel  St.  Francis 

Mural  Cafe  — Dinner  a  la  Carte,  6  to  9  P.  M. 
Ferdinand  Stark's  Orchestra 


Dancing  In  Rose  Room,  9  P.  M.  to  I  A.  M. 

Except  Sunday 

Arthur  Hickman's  Orchestra 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 

•I  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

0  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


R**T»- 

■tawrr*  Ll»l 

Proprietor* 

Auifit*  Ammla 
.11.1  M»r 


$17,500,000.00 

-  13.375.000.00 

-  1 7.500.000.00 
$48.375.000.00 

$310,327,208.00 


J    RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

ill  BRANCH!  -  '"'  Aiulralian  Statu.  New  Zealand. 

FIJI.  Pai.ua.  •  Sew  Gnlnee).  and  l.cm<lon.     The  Bank  tranrart*  aren 

MiMralian  Banking  Business.       Wool  ami  other  I 
Credit*  Arratured. 

Hctd  0fl«  London  Office: 

(IFORC.E  smFET.  SVDNJY  11  THRIADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMl'ND  WALKER  C.V.O..LL.DD.C.L.  I   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

„„.  ,.,„  rwr.iMro'Jr,      Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

JOHN    MRU  uenerll  MiniK'r  n  -    A  nnf> 

H   v   r  JONES     Aubtinc  Cenenl  Miniter  I  Aggregate  Resource  250.000.000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  Including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH  -450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote.  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
=r^^             Surplus  and  Un- 

divided  Profits  1,9911,224,64 

Deposits  65.186,713,12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member  of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors 69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typew^I^^a^^ 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  In  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO.CAL. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1853  Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
Pre.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by   fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 

Dr.  R.  T.  Leaner,  Surgeon  Chiropodist,  formerly  of  6  Geary  street; 
;emoves  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.  Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.  212-214  West- 
^:nk   Eldg..   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.       All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.    Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent   Merger   Mines  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works,  Mineral  County,   Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors,  held  on  the 
second  day  of  January,  1917.  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share 
was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  337  Mona.dnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
clay  of  February,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public 
auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Monday,  the 
19th  day  of  March,  1917.  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with 
costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.    WADE,    Secretary. 

Office — 337  Monadnock  Building,   San  Francisco,  California. 

PUBLICATION    OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE,  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  fhe  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  ^-.tt^t 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE,  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  sunimons— 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
-..oewhere. 

And  you  are  herebv  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,   State  of  California,   this  9th  day  of  December, 

A        D       1  *}1  fi 

(Seal)  H.   I.  MULCREVT.    Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO.  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY.  CROFTON  &  PAYNE.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange, 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire— New  York.  Chicago  to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices— San    Francisco,    400    California   St.    and   Hotel    St. 
Francis;  Los  Angeles.  US  Fourth  St..  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 
PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


REPUBLIC 
TIRES 


Are  Now  a  Better 
Buy   Than   Ever 

REPUBLIC  RUBBER  CO. 

OF     CALIFORNIA 

295  Golden  Gate  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


Four 

Routes 

East! 


Oil  Burning  Locomotives 

No  Cinders,  No  Smudge,  No  Annoying  Smoke 

Unexcelled  Dining  Car  Service 

FOR  FARES  AND  TRAIN    SERVICE  ASK  ANY  AGENT 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


Sunset  Route:  Along  the  mis- 

sion  Trail, and  through  the  Dixie 
land  of  song  and  story.  To  New 
Orleans  via  Los  Angeles, El  Paso, 
Houston,  and  San  Antonio. 
Southern  Pacific  Atlantic 
Steamship  Line,  sailings  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays,  New 
Orleans  to  New  York. 

Ogden  ROUte:  Across  the 
Sierras  and  over  the  Great  Salt 
Lake  Cut-off.  To  Chicago  via 
Ogden  and  Omaha;  also  to  St. 
Louis  via  Ogden,  Denver  and 
Kansas  City. 

Shasta  Route:  skirting  males. 

tic  Mount  Shasta  and  crossing   • 
the    Slskiyous.       To     Portland, 
Tacoma  and  Seattle. 

El  PaSO  ROUte  :  The  "  Golden 
State  Route"  through  the 
Southwest.  To  Chicago  and  St. 
Louis  via  Los  Angeles,  Tucson, 
El  Paso,  and  Kansas  City. 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets  and    Berths  Ask  Aeents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691     Market-  Street 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to   Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

W.   H.    HOMER,   General    Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


titaltforma 


Devoted  to  the   Leading   Inttretts  of  California  and  the  Pacific  Coast. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  10,  1917 


NO.  6. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER ts  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Post-Ofhce  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office- --George  Street  or  Company,  30  Cornhill,  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  of  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
otnee  not  Later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)-— I  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
you-  $7.50:  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


Vice  is  almost  as  prevalent  as  is  advice  regarding  its 

suppression. 

The  "Toddle"  hatched  from  the  "toddy"  is  the  latest 

popular  dance. 

The  Kaiser  has  passed  his  fifty-eighth  birthday.     He  is 

old  enough  to  know  better. 

Has  the  Roosevelt  roar  of  battle  been  downed  by  the 

howls  of  the  Dogs  of  War? 

Old  Subscriber  asks  why  money  in  hand  does  not  last 


-German  food  supplies  are  reported  short,  but  they  ap- 


longer.    He  should  ask  his  wife. 

The  president  will  be  too  starved  to  fight  if  he  lives  long 

on  that  twenty-five  cent  a  day  diet. 

Considering  the  number  of  stones  that  are  cast  at  the 

Magdalens,  we  must  be  a  sinless  lot. 

The  German  Crown  Prince  has  been  promoted.  Pre- 
sumably for  not  getting  a  worse  drubbing  at  Verdun. 

From  present  indications,  we  shall  find  more  comfort  in 

the  European  war  when  we  gather  at  the  post  mortem. 

Permit  us  to  suggest  that  after  Market  street  is  burdened 

with  two  more  car  tracks  its  name  be  changed  to  Clutter  street. 

The  press  announces  that  a  reinforced  police  force  is  to 

keep  the  Tenderloin  lid  down.    Better  have  it  a  reinforced  lid, 
too. 

Fifteen  thousand  autos   spun  down  the  Peninsula  last 

Sunday  in  the  warmth  of  an  ideal  spring  day.     Some  going 
that! 

The  Kaiser  announces  that  henceforth  it  is  "Peace  by 

the  Sword."    Evidently  the  big  Krupp  guns  have  argued  with- 
out avail. 

The  committee  of  civic  duty  plans  to  add  200,000  votes 

to  local  registration.    Apparently  Duty  intends  to  say  something 
at  the  next  election. 

The  public  wants  a  clean  city;  but  such  a  condition  can- 
not be  made  permanent  so  long  as  the  police  prefer  that  the 
community  be  dirty. 

Library  figures  show  that  Oakland  reads  more  "non-fic- 
tion" books  than  any  average  sized  city  in  the  U.  S.  A.  Evi- 
dently the  Oaklanders  confine  themselves  to  books  that  do  not 
mention  the  Los  Angeles  claims  on  its  population. 


pear  ample  to  maintain  that  country  in  stirring  up  new  trouble 
tc  spice  the  situation. 

Mexico  announces  that  she  will  keep  strict  neutrality  in 

the  U.  S.  A.-German  situation.     Mexico  can  be  trusted  in  this 
instance,  but  how  about  Villa? 

Chasing  vampires  and  running  a  movie  vice  campaign 

have  become  stale,  flat  ynd  unprofitable   in  the  local  dailies 
since  the  break  with  Germany. 

"New  Things  that  Every  Woman  Ought  to  Know"  heads 

a  long  article  in  a  local  daily.     Every  woman  has  forgotten 
more  than  that  scribe  ever  knew. 

Lawyers  are  to  hold  a  conference  and  try  to  find  out  the 

reason  for  the  law's  delays.    That's  like  a  burglar's  convention 
to  discover  the  reason  houses  are  robbed. 

The  167  residents  of  Napa  City  are  reported  to  be  mak- 
ing huge  preparations  against  war.  Cut  loose,  Napa:  where 
there's  a  will  there's  always  a  contest  in  California. 

Lake  County  Indians  are  starving,  and  the  government 

and  the  county  authorities  are  quarreling  over  who  should  take 
care  of  them.    Passing  the  buck — and  the  squaw,  too. 

-Our  raciest  fiction  just  now  is  being  turned  out  by  the 


home  guard  special  war  correspondents  who  dish  up  stories 
rivaling  the  hallucinations  of  Jules  Verne's  wildest  dreams. 

Supervisor  Andrew  Gallagher  has  denied  the  recent  re- 
port that  he  was  to  be  appointed  on  the  Harbor  Commission 
board..  The  announcement  warped  his  temper,  but  he  was 
game. 

If  the  Rominger  liquor  bill  passes,  the  saloon  keepers 

who  are  responsible  for  the  conditions  that  brought  it  about 
will  have  plenty  of  time  to  reflect  on  the  old  fable  about  killing 
the  goose  that  laid  the  golden  egg. 

The  Resartus  Club  of  Stanford  has  agreed  on  the  design 

of  a  two-piece  uniform  dress  to  be  worn  by  students — that  is, 
by  women  students.  One  can  easily  lead  a  pretty  co-ed  to  a 
uniform ;  but  can  one  make  her  wear  it  ? 

Los  Angeles  legislator  wants  a  bill  passed  compelling 

all  eligible  citizens  to  vote,  under  the  penalty  of  a  two  dollar 
fine.  As  profanity  is  unseemly,  also  dangerous,  with  this  vice 
crusade  going  on,  we  will  refrain  from  comment. 

Commissioner  Roche  advocates  cafes  where  sober,  re- 
spectable people  may  get  a  drink  or  two.  But  there  he  is  up 
against  the  reformer,  who  is  blindly  and  ignorantly  convinced 
that  whoever  drinks  cannot  be  sober  and  respectable. 

Local  newspaper  account  of  a  millionaire's  injuries  in 

an  automobile  accident  says  that  he  received  cuts  about  the 
hands  and  face,  but  consolingly  adds :  "They  will  not  be  perma- 
nent." It  is  cheering  to  know  that  plutocrats  heal  just  like  or- 
dinary people. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


A  Just  Campaign  for 
New  Labor  Laws. 


Two  bills  of  unusual  importance  to 
the  healthy  industrial  development 
of  California  have  just  been  intro- 
duced into  the  State  legislature :  one 
by  Senator  Brainerd  in  the  Senate  prohibiting  sympathetic 
strikes  and  secondary  boycotts,  and  the  other  by  Assemblyman 
Goetting  in  the  Assembly  covering  mediation  in  case  of  labor 
strikes  when  public  utilities  are  affected.  Both  bills  are  funda- 
mental in  character,  and  act  as  relief  vents  in  occasions  when 
such  strikes  pass  the  line  of  fair  play  and  open  discussion,  and 
lapse  into  boycotts  and  savage  reprisals  on  property  and  human 
being.  The  local  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  backing  them  with 
that  spirit  of  fair  play  and  industrial  freedom  which  marked 
the  course  of  that  organization  under  President  Koster  when  it 
stopped  the  vicious  picketing  in  labor  strikes  in  this  city  on  an 
appeal  to  the  judgment  of  the 
voters  of  this  city  through  the 
referendum. 

The  new  anti-boycott  bill  pro- 
hibits secondary  strikes  and  sec- 
ondary boycotts.  The  right  of 
employees  to  strike  or  to  main- 
tain a  primary  boycott  to  enforce 
their  demands  is  not  interfered 
with.  Secondary  boycott  and 
the  sympathetic  strike  are  tabu 
and  regarded  unlawful  so  as  to 
protect  independent  labor  from 
vicious  attacks.  A  hard  and  fast 
line  of  distinction  is  here  drawn 
between  direct  strikes  and  sym- 
pathetic strikes  and  the  primary 
and  secondary  boycotts.  The 
distinction  is  in  the  fact  that  in 
the  second  instances  labor  goes 
outside  its  strike  zone  to  drag  in 
others  not  prime  parties  in  the 
contest.  Every  right  is  preserved 
for  labor  acting  for  its  members, 
but  these  members  must  act 
within  their  lawful  field  and  not 
intimidate  or  coerce  others  while 
pressing  their  strike  claims.  Such 
efforts  crosses  the  line  into  the 
secondary  boycott,  a  boycott  de- 
clared illegal  by  the  English 
courts  and  most  of  our  State 
courts.  This  secondary  boycott 
develops  abuse,  paralysis  of 
business,  and  from  it  there  is  no 
remedy  under  the  present  law. 
Hence  the  Brainerd  bill.  The 
purpose  of  the  California  media- 
tion act  in  the  assembly  is  designed  to  prevent  lockouts  in  any 
California  utility,  telegraph,  telephone,  railroad,  power,  and 
so  forth,  so  that  the  regular  life  and  habits  of  the  public 
shall  not  be  suddenly  disturbed  or  disarranged  by  a  sudden 
strike  by  a  combination  of  labor  as  was  illustrated  by  the  threat 
of  the  great  railroad  strike  in  the  East.  This  act  does  not  deny 
the  right  of  labor  to  strike :  it  merely  suspends  the  right  during 
the  time  of  investigation.  A  mediation  board  is  appointed  to 
reconcile,  if  possible,  the  differences  between  the  parties.  The 
basic  principle  of  the  act  is  that  public  opinion  must  prevail. 
The  American  Federation  of  Labor  naturally  denounces  such 
acts  for  the  just  protection  of  the  public,  and  declares  against 
compulsory  mediation.  Such  acts  must  inevitably  come,  else 
what  shall  become  of  the  States  and  the  nation?  The  time  is 
come  to  decide  whether  the  Labor  Party  or  the  People  shall 
rule  the  country. 

38T 

The     Prohibitionists 


Hfcnrrpfcr&ert 


THE  WINNING  POSTER  IN  THE  "POJXTJ"  CONTEST. 

Henri  Dangon,  who  won  the  first  prize  by  his  drawing  of  a  soldier  carv- 
ing a  figure  of  Victory,  belongs  to  the  French  field-telegraph  service. 


Drys  Strike  at 
Freedom  of  Press. 


are  growing 
more  doggedly  persistent  to  wipe 
liquor  off  the  map  of' this  country, 
no  matter  what     the     consequence 

may  be  to  the  large  number  of  people  who  think  otherwise. 

Apparently  their  zeal  in  this  instance  is  a  recrudescence  of  the 


intolerant  spirit  that  framed  the  notorious  blue  laws  in  the 
bigoted  days  of  early  Massachusetts.  In  the  introduction  of 
the  Bankhead  bill  in  the  Senate,  and  the  imminence  of  it,  or  the 
Randall  bill,  in  the  House,  they  have  shifted  the  fight  between 
the  forces  of  intolerance  and  the  forces  of  human  freedom. 
Their  new  point  of  attack  strikes  at  the  very  heart  of  the  free- 
dom of  the  press  of  this  country.  The  two  Congressional  meas- 
ures mentioned  above  design  to  deny  the  use  of  the  U.  S.  mails 
to  any  newspaper,  magazine  or  other  publication  going  into 
either  prohibition  States  or  local  option  counties  and  carrying 
any  advertisement,  or,  it  may  be,  of  any  medicine  containing 
a  substantial  amount  of  alcohol.  For  some  time  past  the  Anti- 
Saloon  League  has  been  working  actively  along  this  salient 
angle  in  hopes  of  making  an  entering  wedge  into  national  wet 
territory  through  the  official  branches  of  the  government.     If 

these  Dry  Saints  succeed  in  this 
full  front  attack  of  driving 
liquor  and  medicine  advertise- 
ments out  of  all  publications  go- 
ing through  the  mails  to  sub- 
scribers, it  will  pave  the  way  for 
"pecking"  away  more  of  the 
people's  rights  by  these  surviv- 
ors of  ancient  blue  law  zealots. 
Give  them  an  entering  wedge  re- 
garding what  shall  "not  appear" 
in  the  newspapers  and  magazines 
of  this  country,  and  they  will  out- 
censor  the  most  rabid  censor  en- 
gaged in  the  European  war. 
Books  will  come  next  under  their 
anathema.  The  voters  of  this 
country  should  awake  to  the  in- 
sidious action  of  these  dreamers 
who  can  conceive  no  tolerance  of 
a  man  whose  ideas  differ  with 
them.  The  founders  of  this  gov- 
ernment gave  a  broad  and  noble 
constitution  to  the  people  that 
were  to  live  under  it,  based  on 
the  inalienable  rights  of  a  free 
people,  and  we  are  still  entitled 
to  those  rights.  Write  to  your 
Congressman  and  demand  of  him 
that  he  shall  use  all  his  influence 
to  defeat  the  Randall  or  any  bill 
of  a  similar  character. 
3P- 

Shall    the     City    Cemeteries 

Be  Removed. 
The  usual  vigorous  contest  is 

underway  in  the  legislature  over 

the  removal  of  bodies  from  cer- 
tain pioneer  cemeteries  in  San  Francisco,  which,  with  the  years, 
have  been  thickly  surrounded  with  buildings.  Their  days  of 
usefulness  passed  many  decades  ago,  and  now  a  number  of  fine 
questions  are  being  raised  over  the  demands  of  their  removal.  A 
bill  to  this  effect  has  been  introduced  in  the  legislature,  and 
the  cemetery  protection  organization,  backed  by  large  numbers 
of  prominent  women,  the  Outdoor  Art  League  and  others,  are 
resolutely  fighting  it.  The  women's  organization  declares  that 
the  new  bill  affects  every  cemetery  in  the  State.  If  this  be  true, 
it  is  time  that  other  cemetery  organizations  get  busy  and  inves- 
igate  what  their  plans  will  be  under  the  circumstances.  In  San 
Francisco  the  contest  seems  to  swing  between  Idealism  and 
Utilitarism.  The  women's  organization  urges  that  the  cemeter- 
ies should  be  preserved  out  of  respect  for  the  dead,  whose  bod- 
ies were  reduced  to  dust  many  years  ago,  and  that  the  acreages 
should  be  transformed  into  public  parks  and  beautified  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city.  The  opposition,  composed  chiefly  of  the 
boards  of  directors  of  the  several  burial  grounds  in  question, 
certain  real  estate  men  and  politicians,  are  trying  to  force 
through  the  necessary  laws  to  remove  the  bodies  to  outside 
grounds  on  a  fair  basis  of  expense.  They  propose  to  cut  streets 
through  the  location  and  cover  it  with  buildings.  The  backers 
of  the  new  cemetery  bill  believe  they  have  covered  every  point 


February  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


that  will  lead  to  victory  in  the  courts  where  the  usual  appeals, 
of  course,  wDl  be  taken.  Madame  L.  A.  Sorbier,  president  of 
the  Cemetery  Protective  organization,  is  equally  confident  that 
the  position  of  that  militant  body  is  assuredly  safeguarded  by 
the  laws  of  California  formulated  in  the  '50's  regarding  the 
care  and  preservation  of  cemeteries. 


TOEING  THE  WAR  UNE. 

The  European  war  turned  a  sharp  angle  when  the  Kaiser  an- 
nounced his  new  plan  of  blockading  the  United  Kingdom  with 
U-submarines  and  warning  neutral  nations  that  they  were  tak- 
ing dangerous  chances  in  attempting  to  reach  ports  in  the  British 
Austro-Hungary  standi  with  Germany  in  this  declara- 
tion. President  Wilson  met  the  issue  squarely  and  warned 
Germany  that  it  would  be  held  responsible  for  any  American 
lives  lost  under  the  international  agreement  of  the  rights  of 
neutral  nations.  At  this  date  it  seems  that  the  worst,  from  a 
war  view-point,  that  could  happen,  should  a  German  U-boat 
sink  an  American  vessel  and  destroy  American  lives,  would 
be  a  declaration  of  war  against  Germany.  That  would  not 
mean  actual  conflict  with  German  forces,  but  rather  a  recog- 
nized state  of  war.  The  United  States  would  not  contemplate 
sending  troops  or  naval  vessels  abroad.  Preparedness,  though, 
would  be  in  full  swing  and  to  an  extraordinary  degree.  Very 
likely  efforts  will  be  made  to  call  out  and  drill  at  least  500,000 
men  and  discipline  them  in  camp,  maneuvers  and  mimic  war- 
fare under  regular  army  officers.  Efforts  will  be  made  also  to 
prime  the  army  and  navy  to  the  nth  degree  in  Preparedness  and 
maintained  for  a  time.  In  fact,  these  changes  are  now  quietly 
in  the  making.    Business  will  go  on  as  usual  in  this  country. 

This  sudden  change  of  the  Kaiser,  after  the  failure  of  his  ef- 
forts to  bring  about  peace  with  the  entente  nations,  would  seem 
to  indicate  that  Germany  is  being  hard  pressed  for  food  and 
military  materials,  a  situation  chiefly  brought  about  by  the 
blockade  of  German  ports  by  the  English  fleet.  The  U-sub- 
marine  is  apparently  his  last  trump  card,  and  he  is  forced  to  use 
it  under  the  present  exigencies,  even  at  the  chance  of  offending 
the  United  States,  a  country  which,  with  Spain  and  the  Pope, 
he  has  always  regarded  as  his  best  instruments  in  bringing 
about  peace  with  his  enemies.  The  submarines  of  Germany 
have  already  proved  to  be  extremely  destructive  to  English 
shipping,  but  they  have  failed  to  stop  British  traffic  in  the 
north  seas  zone.  The  new  campaign  of  U-boats  may  increase 
the  destruction  of  the  number  of  vessels  bringing  food  and 
military  materials  to  England,  but  the  English  navy  will,  of 
course,  meet  the  new  situation  and  strive  its  best  to  cut  down 
the  attempted  destruction  by  U-boats.  Germany  has  cast  the 
die,  and  her  military  and  naval  boards  must  meet  the  situation 
as  best  they  may.  Germany's  attitude  in  this  new  field  of  strife 
by  her  is  significant  of  important  changes  in  the  European  situa- 
tion, and  several  military  critics  augur  that  the  war  will  end  with 
the  close  of  next  summer. 


The  scene  was  a  ball  held  at  the  Army  and  Navy  Club 

(in  the  Philippines,  for  instance),  and  during  a  dance  the  string 
of  a  fair  widow's  necklace  broke.  Some  pearls  fell  to  the  ground 
and  some  slipped  down  her  back.  Hastily  her  partner  gathered 
up  all  he  could  find  on  the  floor,  and  seeing  how  few  they  were, 
»he  begged  him  to  attempt  to  recover  the  gems  that  had  rolled 
elsewhere.  "Oh!"  she  cried,  wriggling  as  his  hand  squeezed  its 
way  down,  "it  does  tickle  so."  "I'm  sorry,  but  I  think  I've  just 
got  one."  "No,  no!  You  are  only  sending  them  further  down. 
Oh,  dear!"  and  she  twisted  herself  away  from  him.  "Now  try 
once  more,"  she  said.  Blushing  crimson,  he  explained :  "You 
know  you  are  making  me  feel  like  a  perfect  ass."  "Never  mind 
that,"  said  the  fair  widow,  "the  stones  are  what  I  require." 
But  it  was  not  until  she  arrived  home  that  she  got  them. 


Children  are  having  great  fun  in  the  mornings  and  after- 
noons learning  to  skate  on  the  wide  expanse  of  ice  at  the  Winter 
Garden,  Pierce  street,  America's  largest  and  finest  ice  rink.  El- 
der people  find  that  skating  is  an  excellent  form  of  exercise  to 
take  several  times  a  week  to  keep  one  in  good  physical  condi- 
tion. 


^  TOWN 
CRIER 


-"Quick,  hand  me  that  satchel!"  yelled  the  physician,  "a 

man  has  just  telephoned  me  in  a  dying  voice  that  he  couldn't 
live  without  me."  "Wait,"  declared  his  wife,  who  had  taken 
up  the  receiver,  'that  call  is  for  Edith." — Punch  Bowl. 


Jan  Rafael  is  facing  the  common  fate.  Mayor  S.  K. 
Herzog  spent  thirty  happy  years  in  the  meat  business  be- 
fore he  dropped  into  the  aching  trade  of  being  a  Mayor  of  one 
of  the  most  attractive  suburban  towns  in  California.  As  a  but- 
cher he  enjoyed  his  colorful  surroundings  and  a  fair  percentage 
of  profits;  as  a  Mayor  he  is  filled  with  a  grouch,  the  high  cost 
of  living.  He  is  after  the  scalp  of  the  "wholesale  butchers," 
and  insists  that  those  who  wax  fat  over  profits  in  his  bailiwick 
reduce  the  price  of  their  meats  by  about  40  per  cent.  He  de- 
clares that  his  fellow  townsmen  are  being  royally  gouged  by 
the  meat  trust.  So  pipe  we  all.  He  goes  into  a  long  disserta- 
tation  illustrating  how  householders  are  being  mulcted  by  the 
vampire  wholesalers.  Early  in  the  season  those  Forty  Thieves 
put  up  a  Job  to  reduce  the  price  of  beef  on  the  hoof.  By  a 
thimble-ribbing  process  a  report  was  circulated  among  the 
raisers  of  cattle  that  the  price  of  meat  was  going  to  be  hacked. 
Raisers  became  nervous,  and  many  of  them  accepted  the  lower 
prices  named  by  the  beef  ring.  When  these  bunch  cattle  had 
been  corralled  by  the  trust,  the  price  of  retail  beef  began  to  rise 
till  it  reached  a  level  where  housewives  began  to  scream  for 
help.  Herzog  claims  that  the  combination  of  wholesale  but- 
cher villainies  is  a  delicate  organization,  as  it  costs  them  25 
cents  to  feed  a  steer  daily  in  San  Francisco.  If  householders 
could  be  organized  *o  boycott  the  buying  of  meat  by  even  one- 
half,  the  wholesalers  would  fall  into  a  predicament  and  pressed 
to  make  concessions  in  price. 

Evidently  there  is  widespread  dissent  by  married  wo- 
men against  the  dictum  of  Judge  Graham  of  the  divorce  court 
that  married  men  could  avoid  most  of  the  matrimonial  wrangles 
if  they  would  kiss  their  wives  frequently,  with  ornamentations 
that  implied  that  they  really  felt  the  spirit  of  the  occasion.  He 
gave  no  practical  illustrations  of  how  this  feat  should  be  ac- 
complished, but  left  it  to  the  imagination  of  the  particular  hus- 
band involved.  Movie  picture  illustrations  with  phonograph 
attachments  would  have  aided  the  most  dubious  husbands  to 
visualize  their  part.  According  to  the  records  of  the  court,  a 
sarcastic  reply  from  one  of  these  protesting  wives  was  as  fol- 
lows : 

Kiss  Him!     What! 
When  Henry  comes  home  at  half-past  two 

(Henry,  my  darling  hubby) , 
From  spending  the  night  in  cards  and  brew, 

(Down  at  his  cozy  clubby), 
And  drops  with  a  thump  o'er  seven  chairs, 

(He's  never  been  known  to  miss  'em), 
What  should  I  do  when  he  comes  up  stairs  ? 
Jump  on  his  neck  and  kiss  him! 
— Not  on  your  life,  Solomon! 

A  new  Joan  of  Arc  has  come  to  town — in  overalls.    She 

is  not  one  of  San  Francisco's  cafe  odalisques  fleeing  in  disguise 
from  the  vice  crusade.  In  faith,  the  woman  is  an  Oaklander, 
which  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  she  has  a  patent  Oakland  idea, 
the  quest  of  the  swat  that  will  lay  low  the  high  cost  of  living. 
This  woman,  she  prefers  incognito  for  obvious  reasons,  carries 
the  swat  in  her  overalls'  pocket;  the  swat  is  in  the  seeds,  or 
rather  the  seeds  are  in  the  swat,  which  she  proposes  to  sow  in 
the  side  streets  and  vacant  lots  of  Oakland.  Of  course,  all  ripe 
grown  Oaklanders  will  not  recognize  any  change  in  the  aspect 
of  the  side  streets  when  these  crops  mature.  More  than  100 
lots  have  been  sowed  in  hamburg  steaks,  frankfurters,  scram- 
bled eggs,  noodles,  raviola,  gefilter  fish  and  katzenjammer.  If 
the  high  cost  of  living  doesn't  take  to  the  tall  timber  when  this 
crop  pokes  from  the  earth  there's  a  hoodoo  on  Oakland,  and 
the  new  Joan  of  the  overalls,  and  she  had  better  shift  her  lofty 
aspirations  to  leading  one  of  Oakland's  church  choirs. 

According  to  local  records,  there  are  fewer  marriages 

each  year  since  1912.  And  1916  a  Leap  Year!  Girls,  have  you 
lost  your  nerve  ? 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


War  Heroics. 

One  of  the  interesting  sub-rosa  events  of  the  week,  which 
shows  the  temper  of  the  ^mart  set,  is  the  discussion  among  Bur- 
Hngame  women  of  the  part  they  will  play  if  war  is  actually 
declared.  Many  of  them  have,  through  European  acquaintance 
and  residence,  a  first  hand  knowledge  of  what  opportunities 
the  terrible  conflict  has  offered  women,  and  while  they  realize 
that  in  the  event  of  an  acute  declaration  of  war  our  part  will 
be  very  different  from  that  of  the  belligerent  nations,  neverthe- 
less we  will  be  called  upon  to  exert  some  of  the  heroic  qualities 
which  the  women  of  Europe  are  now  showing  in  such  superla- 
tive degree.  Whatever  strides  the  "peace  at  any  price"  propa- 
ganda may  have  made  in  other  directions,  there  is  no  doubt  that 
it  has  never  touched  the  environs  of  Burlingame,  for  there 
a  pacificist  is  as  rare  as  a  real  nightingale's  nest  in  a  department 
store. 

©    ®    © 

Women  Rivals. 

One  hears  nothing  of  the  patter  of  the  pacificists,  but  much  of 
what  this  man  or  that  woman  could  do  in  the  event  of  war,  and 
already  among  the  women  there  is  an  underlying  spirit  of  rivalry 
over  to  whom  shall  fall  the  glory  of  doing  the  first  definite  act— 
whether  it  be  in  the  line  of  red  cross  work  or  in  the  establish- 
ment of  stations  for  raising  units  of  men.  Nowhere  but  in  the 
smart  set  is  war  talk  so  fortissimo,  and  one  wonders  whether 
they  would  really  transmute  all  this  talk  into  actual  deeds  of 
valor.  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  and  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan,  who  have 
done  so  much  for  the  Allied  cause,  are  the  women  on  whom  the 
mantle  of  leadership  would  fall  in  the  organization  of  work, 
snd  many  of  the  more  hectic  and  undisciplined  sort  have  al- 
ready tried  to  urge  them  into  action,  but  both  these  women  are 
too  sensible  to  start  any  public  work  until  "the  overt  act"  is 
established. 

©    ©    © 
Heine  Von  Schroeder  Resigns. 

As  a  marker  of  the  fact  that  feeling  has  climbed  up  another 
notch  is  the  effort  that  is  being  made  to  keep  quiet  the  news 
that  Heine  von  Schroeder  has  resigned  from  the  pageant  of  the 
Mardi  Gras.  He  was  to  be  one  of  the  Russian  cavaliers  in  the 
court  of  Queen  Mary  (Mrs.  Talbot  Walker),  but  the  other  day 
he  sent  in  his  resignation  to  the  committee,  giving  some  ubiqui- 
tous excuse,  used  from  time  immemorial  to  square  up  with  the 
exigencies  of  politeness — something  about  the  "press  of  other 
business,"  or  something  equally  unconvincing,  but  useful  in  the 
way  of  an  excuse. 

But  the  fact  of  the  matter  is  known  to  all  those  on  the  inside 
— the  young  man  felt  that  the  anti-German  feeling  in  that  set 
which  ever  since  his  father  enlisted  with  the  Fatherland  has  ex- 
pressed itself  against  him,  might  reach  a  climax  which  would 
make  it  disagreeable  for  every  one. 

He  decided  to  get  out  of  an  awkward  situation  before  it  be- 
came such  a  tight  squeeze  that  some  one's  feelings  would  get 
caught  in  the  jam,  and  could  not  be  extricated  without  a  public 
fuss. 

Whereupon  he  displayed  an  astuteness  which  most  highly 
recommends  him.  And  from  now  on  the  published  list  of  those 
in  the  royal  court  of  the  Mardi  Gras  will  not  contain  the  highly 
aristocratic  name  of  Von  Schroeder. 
©    ©    © 

Smart  Set  Capitulates  to  Cops. 

Apropos  of  the  Mardi  Gras,  the  society  women  who  manage  it 
have  a  very  warm  spot  in  their  hearts  for  the  Police  force  of 
the  town.  The  mention  of  a  "cop"  brings  forth  a  dazzling  smile 
from  any  of  them.  Well  it  may,  for  when  the  committee  found 
that  there  would  be  insurmountable  difficulties  in  the  way  of 
giving  the  ball  at  the  Palace  this  year,  they  bethought  them- 
selves of  the  Auditorium  as  the  proper  place  for  the  setting  of 
the  ball. 

But  they  found  that  the  police  force  had  engaged  it  for  that 
night,  and  that  they  had  preparations  in  full  swing  for  a  ball  of 


their  own.  However,  the  women  followed  the  ancient  adage  of 
telling  their  troubles  to  a  policeman,  and  the  force  unanimously 
decided  to  give  way  for  the  ladies  and  to  postpone  their  ball. 
But  there  was  still  an  insurmountable  difficulty  in  the  way.  The 
automobile  show  could  not  be  out  of  the  auditorium  in  time  to 
permit  the  elaborate  decorations  of  the  Mardi  Gras  ball,  and 
so  the  women  decided  to  build  an  annex  to  the  St.  Francis  to 
house  their  festivities  for  the  night.  But  they  are  none  the  less 
grateful  to  the  policemen  for  giving  way  to  needs  of  the  little 
sick  children  who  benefit  by  the  Mardi  Gras  ball. 
©    ©    © 

Wedding  Festivities  Curtailed. 

The  marriage  of  Ruth  Zeile  and  Corbett  Moody  on  Tuesday 
night  was  a  quiet  family  affair,  owing  to  the  death  of  the  bride's 
grandmother,  Mrs.  Henriette  Zeile,  who  had  planned  an  elabo- 
rate wedding  for  her  granddaughter.  While  Mrs.  Zeile  had  not 
been  strong  for  some  time,  her  illness  was  not  regarded  as 
serious  until  several  days  before  the  end  came,  and  her  death 
has  therefore  been  a  great  shock  to  her  relatives  and  friends. 

The  family  connections  ramify  into  many  of  the  socially  im- 
portant families,  but  in  few  instances  is  the  relationship  close 
enough  to  entail  a  period  of  mourning.  The  E.  W.  Hopkins 
family,  for  example,  is  not  accepting  any  invitations  this  week, 
but  they  will  not  withdraw  from  society  after  that  brief  period, 
which  is  fortunate  for  the  smart  set,  which  could  not  well  spare 
the  Mesdames  Fred  McNear,  Gus  and  Will  Taylor  and  Chee- 
ver  Cowdin  from  its  ranks  for  any  span  of  time,  as  they  furnish 
much  of  the  color  of  the  smart  set.  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hopkins'  sister 
married  Fred  Zeile,  and  died  while  her  daughters  were  still 
young,  so  Marion  and  Ruth  Zeile  have  been  more  like  sisters 
than  cousins  to  the  Hopkins  girls. 

The  young  people  who  were  to  have  been  attendants  at 
the  wedding  were  present  at  the  quiet  ceremony,  but  did  not 
officiate  in  the  picturesque  roles  and  costumes  originally  de- 
signed for  the  occasion.  Honolulu  is  the  Mecca  of  these  newly- 
weds,  and  on  their  return  they  will  occupy  a  house  down  the  pe- 
ninsula way  which  is  in  entire  readiness  for  them. 

©    ©    © 
Athletic  Club  History. 

The  directors  of  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club  find  themselves 
in  the  enviable  position  of  considering  ways  and  means  to  de- 
crease the  demand  for  membership  instead  of  facing  the  pre- 
dicted difficulty  of  constant  fishing  expeditions  for  members. 
When  the  idea  was  "a  borning"  three  years  ago  in  the  imagina- 
tion of  two  or  three  people  the  most  valiant  of  these  dreamers 
never  dared  to  play  along  with  the  ideal  of  super-success — it 
seemed  almost  like  tempting  Fate  for  a  rebuff! 

Miss  Roberta  Deal,  wh.;-  first  suggested  an  athletic  club  to 
the  women  of  San  Francisco,  found  her  first  ally  in  Mrs.  James 
Ellis  Tucker,  who  for  a  long  time  was  the  only  woman  of  im- 
portance in  the  community  who  saw  the  possibilities  of  the 
venture.  Finally  Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury  became  interested  and 
galvanized  the  tepid  enthusiasm  of  some  of  her  friends  into  an 
ardent  desire  to  see  the  thing  through,  and  the  board  of  direc- 
tors, of  which  Mrs.  Pillsbury  is  president,  set  itself  energeti- 
cally to  the  task  of  proving  that  women  could  finance  on  a 
sound  basis  so  formidable  an  undertaking  as  building  and 
equipping  and  running  an  athletic  club. 

Many  women  who  were  asked  to  become  charter  members  at 
an  initiation  fee  of  $25  had  not  sufficient  faith  in  the  undertak- 
ing to  back  it  to  that  extent,  and  it  is  naturally  with  much  grati- 
fication that  the  directors  are  now  banking  $100  from  some  of 
these  same  doubters,  and  are  putting  others  on  the  waiting  list. 
©    ©    © 

A  Test  in  Democracy. 

The  club  will  be  a  splendid  test  of  the  democracy  of  women, 
for  it  is  as  representative  in  membership  as  the  Olympic  Club. 
Burlingame  is  represented  practically  en  masse.  The  profes- 
sional women  in  the  more  gainful  occupations — women  doctors, 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

under  the  direction  of 

MRS.    DOUGLAS   CRANE 

The  Smartest  Place  MISS  IRENE  LACOUR 

in  Town  in  Original  Dances 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 


and  California  Advertiser 


:hly  paid  fact  all  those  who  do  not 

$5  a  month  and  the  attendant  expenses  out  of 

club- 

e  ;  women  of  all  faiths 

and  b  -  one  roof  will  make  a 

fine  t-  Jemocratization  of  the  spirit  of  womankind. 

•    •    • 

Mea  some  dissatisfaction  with  the  by-laws, 

taut  to  restrict  the  hospitable  inclinations 

of  members  to  the  breaking  point.    For  example,  a  member  is 

yed  to  entertain  at  luncheon  the  same  guest  but  twice 

Many  of  the  members  feel  that  this  and  other 

jre  unne'  i^rid,  but  the  directors  maintain 

at  the  subject  thoroughly  and  have 

agree  I  'be  disciplinary  and  effective  in  the 

ion,  and  will  prevent  those  abuses  of 

y  the  time  the  members  are  trained  and 

iit  the  rules  may  be  relaxed  without  any 

if  abuses.    The  by-laws  are  sufficiently  flexible  to  permit 

of  change,  but  the  directors  are  inflexible  in  their  determination 

to  run  the  club  on  the  lines  they  have  laid  down — at  least  for  a 

few  months. 

while  there  is  a  difference  of  opinion  among  the  mem- 
bership about  the  wisdom  and  justice  of  some  of  these  restric- 
tions, there  is  no  unpleasant  feeling.  In  point  of  fact,  every  one 
.appy  over  the  successful  launching  of  the  club  and  its 
promise  of  filling  a  long-felt  want  in  the  community  of  women 
that  no  one  would  have  the  bad  taste  or  temerity  to  start  a  ruc- 
tion over  anything  now.  Much  deserved  praise  is  given  Mrs. 
Horace  Pillsbury  for  the  way  she  has  engineered  the  financing 
cf  this  undertaking,  as  well  as  the  manner  in  which  she  has  kept 
the  interest  of  the  board  flaming  during  the  three  years  that  the 
club  has  been  building. 


The  grand  ball  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Council  No.  615,  to  be  given  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  the 
evening  of  February  14th,  St.  Valentine  eve,  is  expected  to 
prove  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and  enjoyable  affairs  ever  held 
at  the  Palace.  Every  inch  of  ball-room  space  at  the  hotel  has 
been  engaged  by  the  Knights  for  the  evening.  Dinner  parties 
given  by  officers  and  members  of  the  executive  committee  of 
San  Francisco  Council  wili  precede  the  ball. 

9    ©    9 
Dr.  Langley  Porter  was  a  recent  dinner  host  at  Hotel  Oak- 
land, entertaining  Mrs.  Porter,  Miss  Louise  Porter,  Miss  Annie 
Porter,  Mrs.  Lawrence  and  Dr.  Dudley  Smith. 

e>    ©    s 

Among  those  who  have  taken  up  their  residence  at  Hotel 
Oakland  and  will  remain  for  the  winter  months  are:  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  B.  H.  Canfield,  Cleveland;  O.  B.  B.  Brooks  and  family, 
Casper,  Wyo. ;  J.  E.  Cimmerer  and  wife,  L.  B.  Hughes,  Sacra- 
mento; Jas.  E.  Smith,  Sacramento;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  L.  Lom- 
bard, Piedmont;  Nolan  Leary,  New  York;  Ralph  W.  Fiege  and 
wife,  Napa  Soda  Springs;  J.  E.  Hartman  and  wife,  New  York. 
©    ©    © 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Lombard,  of  Piedmont,  who  have  just 
finished  an  extended  tour  through  the  East,  have  returned  and 
taken  apartments  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  for  an  indefinite  period. 
©     ©    © 

Boxes  for  the  Mardi  Gras  ball  and  pageant  on  February  20th 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  are  being  reserved  most  eagerly  this 
year.  And  quite  so,  for  society  is  looking  forward  to  one  of 
the  most  wonderful  functions  of  the  entire  season  and  the 
greatest  of  all  Mardi  Gras  celebrations.  Mrs.  George  E.  Cam- 
eron is  in  charge  of  the  box  reservations.  They  can  be  made 
at  the  news-stand,  St.  Francis  Hotel,  at  all  hours  or  by  telephon- 
ing Mrs.  Cameron,  West  315.  The  list  of  boxholders  to  date 
is  as  follows :  D.  C.  Jackling,  M.  H.  de  Young,  Henry  T.  Scott, 
George  M.  Pope,  Cyrus  Walker,  E.  W.  Hopkins,  C.  T.  Crocker, 
E.  R.  Easterbrook,  Talbot  Walker,  C.  T.  Harris,  Edson  Adams, 
Eugene  Lent,  Mrs.  Irwin,  F.  C.  Drew,  Mrs.  William  Cluff,  M. 
R.  McAllister,  Webster  Jones.  D.  T.  Murphy,  Russell  Wilson, 
Charles  T.  Clark,  George  Newhall,  Herbert  Fleishacker,  E.  S. 
Heller,  James  L.  Flood,  Frank  Anderson,  Charles  Joselyn,  Fred 
Talbot,  Philip  Wales,  Bunker  Vincent,  William  Henshaw, 
Philip  Bowles,  Mrs.  William  Duncan,  Mrs.  Bertha  Welch,  Mrs. 
Arthur  Goodfellow,  Henry  Breeden,  A.  T.  Hotaling,  Jr.,  Mrs. 
William  Thomas,  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  Mrs.  Fred  Kohl,  Helen 


Hecht.  William  Mrs.     1 

Schwerin,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Lyn. 

•    •:•    ••.• 

William  Sproule  hurried  East  this  week  to  join  Mrs.  Sproulc, 
who  is  seriously  ill  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Ho  imorc. 

where  she  is  to  undergo  an  operation.    Mr.  Sproule  will  i 
with  his  wife  till  she  is  well  along  in  recovery. 
©     •'.- 

Francis  K.  Bret  Harte,  son  of  Bret  Harte,  founder  of  Over- 
land Monthly,  is  seriously  ill  in  France,  according  to  his  son, 
who  is  now  a  resident  of  this  city.  Francis  K.  has  spent  the 
larger  part  of  his  life  visiting  the  most  attractive  places  on  the 
Continent.  When  the  war  broke  out  he  hastened  to  Switzer- 
land, and  has  remained  there  most  of  the  time,  punctuated  with 
visits  in  Rome  and  Paris.  His  continental  address  is  41  Bou- 
levard Haussmann,  Paris,  France. 


PASSING   OF  AMADEE  JOULLIN. 

Amadee  Joullin,  one  of  the  most  celebrated  of  California  art- 
ists, and  with  a  range  of  staunch  friends  reaching  from  Cali- 
fornia to  Paris,  passed  away,  this  week,  at  his  home  in  Downey 
street,  after  a  six  weeks'  illness.  For  thirty  years  he  was  a 
leading  spirit  in  the  Bohemian  Club,  and  took  part  in  many 
Grove  plays. 

He  was  born  in  this  city  55  years  ago.  Very  early  in  life 
he  demonstrated  an  eagerness  to  draw  pictures.  His  talent 
was  recognized,  and  his  parents  gave  him  every  opportunity  to 
cultivate  his  ambition.  His  first  teacher  was  Jules  Tavernier, 
one  of  the  best  known  pioneer  artists.  Later,  young  Joullin 
went  to  Paris  and  studied  in  the  Julien  Academy  under  such 
thorough  masters  as  Bougereau  and  Jules  Lefebre.  Twice  he 
exhibited  in  the  Paris  salon  and  twice  he  was  decorated  by  the 
Academy  of  France,  which  bestowed  on  him  the  Palms  of  the 
Academy,  and  the  Office  of  the  Academy,  both  high  honors. 
On  his  return  to  this  country  he  spent  a  period  in  the  South- 
west, spending  most  of  his  time  in  painting  Indian  figures  in 
native  pursuits.  In  these  subjects  he  was  extraordinarily  suc- 
cessful, and  these  canvases  have  come  to  be  regarded  as  among 
the  best  in  this  line.  His  Indian  weaver  is  considered  a  master- 
piece. In  later  life  he  selected  the  picturesque  landscapes  and 
sand-dunes  in  San  Mateo  and  Monterey  Counties.  Surviving 
him  is  a  widow,  Mrs.  Lucile  Joullin,  also  an  artist,  and  a  son, 
Emile  Joullin,  a  violinist. 


William  A.  Bissell,  the  chief  traffic  official  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  on  this  coast  since  1887,  and  the  son  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam Bissell  of  Montpelier,  Vt,  prominent  in  the  history  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  as  a  New  England  bishop,  died 
suddenly  this  week  from  heart  trouble  at  his  residence  in  Ala- 
meda. The  news  of  Mr.  Bissell's  death  came  as  a  great  shock 
to  his  associates  in  the  Santa  Fe  offices,  as  well  as  to  the  local 
railway  world  for  he  was  at  his  post  of  duty  last  Saturday 
apparently  in  good  health.  In  the  later  years  of  his  life  Mr. 
Bissell  became  largely  interested  in  California  lands  and  in 
fuel  oil  properties  in  Mexico,  and  is  said  to  leave  to  his  widow 
and  children  a  valuable  estate. 


Keeley 
Treatment 


The  DRUNK  A  RD  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CR1MIN A  L 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 

HELP   WANTED,    MALE. 
$5  A  DAY.     Gathering  evergreens,  roots  and  herbs.  10c.  brings  books  and 
war  prices.    Particulars   free.   Botanical — 27  New   Haven,    Conn. 


Improved  Electric  Company ,, 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 


461  Market  Street 


Rooms  510-512 


Phone  Sutter  6818 


PLvEASURE/S 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Orpheum 

I  shall  have  to  add  another  to  my  harem — don't  raise  your 
eyebrows — purely  in  a  vaudeville  sense.  Fanny  Brice  has  long 
reigned  as  my  favorite  lady  entertainer  in  "one",  but  now  I 
must  add  the  Farber  Girls,  especially  Miss  Constance,  the 
smaller  of  the  two.  She  certainly  has  that  precious  possession 
which  Eva  Tanguay  boasts  of  but  didn't  show  me,  to  wit:  Per- 
sonality. Miss  Constance,  I  shall  call  her  Conny,  for  somehow 
Constance  sounds  like  a  large,  lymphatic  blonde,  expresses  her 
unique  self  in  the  vis  comka  so  simply  and  so  easily  that  you 
are  apt  to  underestimate  her  artistic  ability  and  regard  her 
work  as  purely  natural. 

When  any  one  tells  me  that  a  stage  performer  is  natural, 
either  my  informant  does  not  realize  the  significance  of  the 
word,  or  else  the  performer  has  no  business  on  the  stage.  If 
we  are  looking  for  nature,  why  go  to  the  theatre?  Why  not 
walk  down  Market  street?  At  best,  Nature  is  a  bungling  and 
third-rate  artist,  and  for  untold  centuries  we  have  been  trying 
to  get  away  from  her  and  improve  on  her  work — transvaluing 
her  crude  values  in  the  alchemy  of  art. 

A  friend  of  mine,  Ed.  Simmons,  who  painted  some  of  the 
murals  at  the  Fair  and  who  is  a  member  of  "The  Society  of 
Ten" — painters — remarked  one  night  when  we  were  sitting  at  a 
campfire :  "Look  at  those  sparks  ascending.  Are  they  not  much 
more  beautiful  than  the  stars?"    Simmy  was  no  bromide. 

This  may  sound  rather  dragged  in  by  the  heels,  as  it  were, 
but  if  you  were  paid  by  the  word  for  dramatic  criticism,  and 
there  was  no  drama  to  criticise,  you  would  have  another  opinion. 

To  return  to  the  Farbers :  They,  too,  may  week-end  any  time 
they  choose  at  my  country  estate,  for  they  are  the  two  most  in- 
teresting and  entertaining  young  ladies — with  the  exception  of 
Fanny  Brice — who  have  appeared  at  the  Orpheum  during  the 
past  twelve  months. 

And  with  the  exception  of  one  other,  the  bill  itself  is  the 
most  entertaining  in  a  like  period. 

Lovely  Chilson-Ohrman  sang  a  number  of  operatic  selections 
in  a  beautiful  soprano  which  is  as  true  as  steel.  Even  I, 
whom  the  Ex-Leading  Lady  says  judges  music  by  the  eye, 
recognized  that  the  lady  was  never  off  key,  and  if  anything  was 
sharp  rather  than  flat.  In  addition  to  her  voice,  the  singer  is 
exceptionally  pleasing  in  appearance,  although  she  struck  me 
as  fighting  fat  and  looks  a  little  drawn  in  the  face  as  compared 
to  her  last  appearance  here. 

Another  headliner — they  are  all  of  headline  capacity  this 
week — is  George  Nash  and  Co.  in  "The  Unexpected".  To  be 
sure,  the  end  is  no  longer  unexpected,  as  the  play  has  been 
done  before,  and  the  same  device  has  been  used  in  other 
sketches,  but  the  acting  is  most  excellent,  and  we  had  the  plea- 
sure of  being  introduced  to  a  lovely  young  lady  and  competent 
actress,  Miss  Julia  Fay.  I  would  suggest  that  the  Alcazar  nab 
her  for  leading  lady  when  it  returns  to  drama. 

The  other  new  sketch,  "Since  the  Days  of  "61",  gives  the 
military  touch  appropriate,  and  is  a  good  complement  of  the 
hold-over,  "Surgeon  Louder,  U.  S.  A.,",  which  stood  up  well  in 
a  second  rendering.  The  newcomer,  however,  is  inclined  to 
sag  a  little  in  the  middle,  and  on  that  account  is  perhaps  the 
weakest  of  this  excellent  bill. 

Aileen  Stanley,  billed  as  "The  Girl  with  the  Personality", 
did  not,  it  is  true,  show  much  in  this  line,  as  she  had  the  in- 
comparable Conny  Farber  to  fight  against.  But  Miss  Stanley 
is  a  very  handsome  young  woman,  and  had  some  good,  new 
songs  and  was  very  pleasing  in  spite  of  having  that  dreaded 
place  on  the  bill — the  opening. 

As  Elsie_  Pilcer  and  Dudley  Douglas  were  demoted  from  their 
proud  position  as  chief  headliners,  they  appeared  to  gain 
strength  when  viewed  as  an  ordinary  act.  They  are  certainly 
away  ahead  of  the  ordinary.  So  much  for  comparisons,  which 
my  mother  told  me  are  odious.    I  did  not  wait  for  Odiva  again, 


but  was  more  than  satisfied  with  the  seven  excellent  acts,  and 

went  home  in  a  fine  humor. 

*  *  * 

Pontages 

There  are  twenty-nine  girls  to  four  men  on  the  bill  this  week 
at  Pantages,  including  one  extra  number;  but  none  is  prettier 
than  the  four  French  girls  who  constitute  the  Portia  Sisters. 
This  is  an  acrobatic  act  with  Gallic  loveliness  in  all  sorts  of  im- 
possible postures  interspersed  with  delicious  broken  English  and 
a  most  atrocious  attempt  at  singing  "Tipperary".  The  latter 
is  so  bad  as  to  be  almost  funny.  Otherwise  the  act  shows  the 
European  finish  and  conscientious  desire  to  please,  which,  alas, 
all  of  our  native  performers  do  not  possess. 

The  Melvilles  supplied  the  boy  and  girl  act,  and  are  both 
young,  comely  people  with  sweet,  fresh  voices. 

One  of  the  "Three  Symphony  Maids",  names  not  given  on 
the  programme,  is  distinguished  by  a  most  aristocratic  carriage 
and  refined  manner.    She  also  sang  acceptably. 

The  sketch  was  presented  by  Chisholm  and  Breen  in  "A  Shop 
Girl's  Romance",  which  was  well  played  and  made  a  most 
agreeable  impression. 

I  am  afraid  that  my  commendation  must  end  here,  as  the  ex- 
tra number  was  rather  amateurish;  while  "The  Courtroom 
Girls",  the  musical  tab,  lacked  both  punch  and  pulchritude.  The 
idea  of  playing  a  suffragette  court  and  trying  two  men  is  not 


Adelioa  O'Connor  In  "The 


House  of  Glass"  Columbia  Theatre,  February  12 
Two  Weeks 


February  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


a  bad  one,  but  the  execution  was  poor,  and  the  act  missed  fire. 
There  must  be  a  shortage  of  performers  it  these  perfectly  good 
pickle  factory  girls  are  impressed  into  the  chorus.  However, 
with  four  good  numbers  on  the  bill,  any  one  would  be  a  glutton 
to  ask  for  more.  By  an  i  large,  few  vaudeville  bills  exceed 
that  proportion,  and  the  afternoon  was  well  spent. 

•  •  • 

MOTION  PICTURES 

St.  Francis 

Annette  Kellerman,  of  the  intensive  physical  culture,  appears 
this  week  in  "Neptune's  daughter",  the  film  in  which  she  origi- 
nally made  her  fame  in  screen  productions. 

She  is  almost  as  scantily  clad  in  some  of  the  scenes  as  a 
chorus  girl;  but  the  mystery  is  how,  within  a  day  or  so  after 
having  been  changed  from  a  mermaid  to  a  woman,  and  having 
just  discovered  that  she  had  ten  toes,  she  appears  as  a  perfectly 
good  toe  dancer. 

She  goes  through  all  of  her  diving  stunts  and  throws  in  the  toe 
dancing  for  good  measure,  besides  some  excellent  pantomimic 
acting.  It  is  not  often  that  these  specialists,  such  as  divers, 
dancers  or  prizefighters,  ever  can  be  taught  to  act  successfully, 
simple  as  acting  is.  But  somehow  Annette  has  learned  the 
trick,  and  could  earn  her  living  on  the  movie  stage  even  if  she 
had  a  wooden  leg.  These  films  featuring  difficult  and  unusual 
performances  impossible  on  the  stage  are  among  the  best  of 

screen  exhibitions. 

•  •  • 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  announces  for  next 
week  an  almost  entirely  new  bill.  Beatrice  Herford, 
who  has  long  been  recognized  in  the  East  as  the 
cleverest  and  most  popular  of  society  entertainers, 
will  appear  in  a  repertoire  of  her  inimitable  charac- 
terizations. Haruko  Onuki,  the  Japanese  prima 
donna,  will  be  heard  in  a  repertoire  of  songs.  Miss 
Onuki  possesses  a  soprano  voice  of  rich  color  and 
splendid  tone.  Ralph  Riggs  and  Katherine  Witchie 
will  offer  in  their  "Dance  Divertissements"  a  wide 
variety  of  dances  which  are  connected  with  clever 
snatches  of  song.  Florenz  Ames  and  Adelaide  Win- 
throp  will  appear  in  an  "episode"  entitled  "Caught 
in  a  Jamb,"  which  is  a  clever  assemblage  of  stage 
effects,  costuming,  singing,  dialogue  and  personality. 
Miss  Leitzel  will  demonstrate  her  right  to  be  styled 
"The  Wonder  of  the  Air"  by  exhibiting  her  wonder- 
ful skill  on  the  flying  rings.  Henry  Howard  will  in- 
troduce a  decided  novelty  in  his  spectacular  exhi- 
bition of  musical  Shetlands  and  terriers.  The  Far- 
ber  Sisters  and  George  Nash  and  his  company  in 
"The  Unexpected"  will  be  the  remaining  acts  on  the 
program. 


Theatre  St.  Francis. — "The  Eagle's  Wing"  is  the 
title  of  the  extraordinary  feature  to  be  screened  by 
the  Theatre  St.  Francis,  commencing  next  Sunday. 
Although  it  is  a  wonderful  story  of  love  and  adven- 
ture, it  is  really  far  more  than  that — it  is  an  inspira- 
tion to  patriotism,  an  object  lesson  in  preparedness. 
Rufus  Steele,  a  well  known  San  Francisco  news- 
paper man,  is  the  author  and  director  of  the  produc- 
tion, and  Mr.  Steele  was  permitted  to  enter  munition 
plants,  navy  yards  and  military  posts,  and  there 
supervise  the. taking  of  scenes  which  show  the  almost 
limitless  resources  of  the  United  States,  as  to  arms, 
munitions  and  men,  should  this  country  have  to  go 
to  war.  Industrial  Preparedness  is  the  underlying 
theme  of  the  great  feature,  and  we  are  also  shown 
the  "foreign  lobby"  and  a  host  of  things  dealing 
with  intrigue  and  war  itself.  You  will  be  thrilled  and 
pleased  with  this  great  play.  See  it  at  the  Theatre 
St.  Francis  next  week.  Prices  as  usual,  10c.  and  20c. 
Matinees,  15c.  Two  other  shorter  features  have  been 
added  to  round  out  the  bill.  "The  Eagle's  Wing" 
will  long  be  remembered  by  every  one  who  sees  it. 
And  Rufus  Steele,  whom,  you  know,  wrote  the  story 
— so  you'll  know  the  play  is  more  than  good. 


Columbia  I  hcatrc— San  Francisco's  spring  crop  of  t: 
cals  gives  promise  of  great  abundance,  and  the  Columbia  Thea- 
tre will  serve  up  the  first  of  the  harvest  next  Monday  when  the 
Cohan  and  Harris  production  of  "The  House  of  Glass"  begins 
a  fortnight's  engagement.  This  play  is  veiled  in  mv.st 
some  extent  by  a  rule  of  the  producers  prohibiting  the  publica- 
tion of  the  story  of  one  of  their  plays  prior  to  its  presentation. 
It  is,  however,  announced  that  this  particular  example  of  the 
playwright's  skill  enjoyed  an  all-season  run  in  New  York  last 
year,  and  that  its  author.  Max  Marcin,  is  a  youthful  Columbia 
College  graduate  who  first  blossomed  forth  into  the  limelight  as 
the  creator  of  a  stage  offering  so  radically  opposed  to  the  ac- 
cepted forms,  and  yet  so  intensely  gripping,  that  it  held  the 
attention  of  New  Yorkers  throughout  an  entire  season.  The 
cast  includes  Adelina  O'Connor,  Robert  Middlemas,  Clyde  Fo- 
gel,  Hal  Mordaunt,  Dwight  Meade,  Charles  Reigel,  Amelia 
Meyers,  Bertram  Millar,  Martin  Malloy,  Wm.  T.  Hays,  Louise 
Laskin.  Matinees  will  be  given  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 
"Pop"  prices  will  prevail  at  the  Wednesday  matinees. 

*  *  * 

Dorothea  Spinney  to  Give  Request  Matinee. — That  brilliant 
and  artistic  exponent  of  Greek  tragedies,  Miss  Dorothea  Spin- 
ney, who  gave  a  big  audience  an  exceptionally  fine  treat  at  a 
matinee  performance  a  few  weeks  since  at  the  Columbia  Thea- 
tre, is  to  make  one  more  appearance  before  her  departure.  The 
tragedienne  has  received  so  many  requests  for  another  perform- 
ance that  she  has  arranged  a  matinee  for  Tuesday,  February 
20th,  at  3  o'clock.  On  the  coming  occasion  she  will  appear  in 
"The  Hippolytus  of  Euripides"  and  "Poses  from  Greek  Vases 
to  the  Flute."  The  first  named  is  the  work  in  which  Sarah 
Bernhardt  has  appeared.     It  has  many  unusual  qualities  and 


Beatrice  Herford,  Society's  Exclusive  Entertainer.     Next  Week  at  Orpheum 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


interesting  features,  and  contains  a  wonderful  descriptive  speech 
in  which  the  messenger,  as  enacted  by  Miss  Spinney,  gives  the 
story  of  the  chariot  race.  Seats  for  Miss  Spinney's  farewell  ap- 
pearance will  be  on  sale  Monday. 

•  »  » 

Civic  Auditorium. — There  is  no  gainsaying  the  fact  that  the 
joint  concert  of  Lina  Cavalieri,  soprano,  and  Lucien  Muratore, 
tenor,  at  the  Civic  Auditorium,  Sunday  afternoon,  February  25, 
under  the  direction  of  Frank  W.  Healy,  will  be  an  event  of  un- 
usual importance.  As  a  stage  beauty,  Lina  Cavalieri  is  still 
without  a  rival.  Formerly  the  star  of  the  Metropolitan  and 
Paris  Grand  Opera  Companies,  and  this  season  guest  star  of 
the  Chicago  Grand  Opera  Company,  Mme.  Cavalieri  has  one  of 
the  most  fascinating  lyric  soprano  voices  of  the  modern  oper- 
atic stage.  Youthful,  fresh  and  of  velvet  quality,  it  is  also  of 
extraordinary  range  and  flexibility.  From  the  standpoint  of 
magnificent  voice,  great  dramatic  ability  and  extreme  grace  of 
personality,  Lucien  Muratore  stands  supreme  among  the  tenors 
of  the  world.  Not  since  the  prime  of  Jean  de  Reszke  has  there 
been  an  artist  who  combines  all  the  qualities  of  the  great  Mura- 
tore. Frank  W.  Healy,  under  whose  local  management  the  art- 
ists will  appear,  has  made  the  prices  extremely  low :  50  cents, 
75  cents,  $1,  $1.50  and  $2;  boxes  seating  6  sell  for  $20.  Mail 
orders  are  being  received  at  906  Kohler  &  Chase  Building. 


phonies  to  be  given  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra 

at  the  Cort  on  the  afternoons  of  Friday,  February  16th,  and 

Sunday,  February  18th,  under  the  direction  of  Alfred  Hertz,  as 

follows :  Borodin's  Second  Symphony  in  four  movements ;  Georg 

Schumann's  "Variations  and  Double  Fugue  on  a  Merry  Theme." 

The  concluding  number  will  be  a  love  scene   from  Richard 

Strauss'  opera,  "Feuersnot,"  symphonically  arranged  by  Strauss 

himself.    So  far  as  musical  records  show,  none  of  the  numbers 

programmed  for  the  ninth  pair  of  symphonies  has  ever  been 

given  in  San  Francisco. 

%  %  % 

Pantages  Theatre. — Gruber's  Animals,  an  act  which  will  de- 
light the  kiddies  as  well  as  entertaining  the  grown-ups,  will  be 
next  week's  headline  attraction.  An  elephant,  a  horse,  a  pony 
and  a  dog  are  included  in  this  spectacular  little  circus  display, 
each  doing  its  share  of  the  entertaining.  Wilson  Brothers,  natu- 
ral born  laugh  producers,  will  contribute  to  next  week's  bill 
German  dialect  comedy  rendered  in  their  own  peculiar  and  in- 
imitable style.  They  are  also  said  to  be  singers  and  yodlers 
of  wide  reputation.  A  Dexterous  Diversion,  offered  by  Gas- 
ton Palmer,  the  "Man  Who  Made  Juggling  an  Art,"  in  a  com- 
bination of  remarkable  tricks,  and  the  tossing  of  an  amazing 
variety  of  objects  in  the  air  with  a  precision  that  is  really  won- 
derful. A  high  class  singing  and  instrumental  offering  will 
be  presented  by  the  Metropolitan  Five,  a  mixed  quartette,  who 
have  excellent  voices,  and  a  pianist  of  ability.  Other  splendid 
uumbers  on  the  bill  will  include  Nan  Grey,  the  Scotch  Lassie, 
in  songs;  Perquita  in  original  syncopation;  Dan  Kelly  &  Co.  in 
"Young  Heads  and  Old  Hearts,"  and  the  last  chapter  of  the 
thrilling  picture  serial,  "The  Lass  of  the  Lumberlands,"  will 
conclude  what  should  prove  to  be  an  unusual  bill. 

*  *  * 
Brilliant  "Trio"  at  Symphony 

A  rare  treat  was  given  those  who  attended  the  last  Hertz 
symphony  concert  and  the  repetition  Pop.  "Schererazade,"  with 
its  Oriental  incense  and  sensuous  dance  movements,  proved  the 
star  feature  of  a  program  that  fairly  sparkled  with  musical 
gems.  The  theme  was  beautifully  handled  by  the  concert  mas- 
ter, Louis  Persinger,  and  he  and  Director  Hertz  were  given  a 
tumultuous  ovation  by  the  enraptured  audience.  "La  Peri," 
another  Oriental  number  which  was  rendered  with  a  rare  and 
delicious  interpretation,  wholly  French,  as  designed  by  its  au- 
thor. More  and  more  as  Director  Hertz  dips  into  the  sea  of 
musical  scores  of  the  different  nations  he  shows  a  rare  discrimi- 
nation in  which  he  delicately  discriminates  in  interpreting  the 
spirit  and  national  feeling  of  each  author.  The  "Euryanthe"  of 
Weber  was  brought  out  in  all  its  brilliancy  and  lambent  tracery, 
even  to  the  movement  of  the  apparition.  These  three  numbers 
constituted  the   international   program. 


Miss  Mabel  Riegelman 


Miss  Mabel  Riegelman,  San  Francisco's  own  prima  donna, 
will  appear  in  this  city  with  the  Boston-National  Grand  Opera 
Company  during  its  engagement  at  the  Cort  Theatre.  Miss  Rie- 
gelman is  an  artist  of  distinct  individuality  and  has  added  to 
her  popularity  with  every  appearance  this  season.  Press  com- 
ments are  unanimous  in  according  to  Miss  Riegelman  supremacy 
in  the  singing  and  portraying  of  the  widely  divergent  roles  of 
"Gretel"  in  "Hansel  and  Gretel"  and  "Musetta"  in  "La  Bo- 
heme." 

*    »    m 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — An  all-Wagner  pro- 
gram will  be  given  at  the  seventh  "pop"  concert  of  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  on  Sunday  afternoon,  February 
11th,  at  the  Cort  Theatre.  Alfred  Hertz  is  generally  acknowl- 
edged as  the  world's  greatest  conductor  of  Wagnerian  music. 
Popular  prices,  ranging  from  25  cents  to  $1  will  obtain.  This 
is  the  program:  Overture,  "Rienzi;"  Prelude,  "Lohengrin;" 
Overture,  "The  Flying  Dutchman;"  Prize  Song  from  "Die  Meis- 
tersinger  von  Nurnberg,"  with  violin  obligato  by  Louis  Per- 
singer; Prelude,  "Die  Meistersinger  von  Nurnberg;"  Prelude 
and  Love  Death  from  "Tristan  und  Isolde;"  Ride  of  the  Val- 
kyries, "Die  Walkure;"     Overture,  "Tannhauser." 

Borodin,  Georg  Schumann  and  Richard  Strauss  will  find  rep- 
resentation on  the  program  of  the  ninth  pair  of  regular  sym- 


Happy.  Healthy  Babies  are  the  joy  of 
the  home,  and  when  mother  is  unable  to 
provide  nature's  food  for  her  little  ones. 
then     Eagle    Brand"   is  her  best  friend. 

Thousands  of  happy,  health;  I "-  nave 

been  raised  during  the  past  sixty  yea  rs  I  in 
"Eagle  Brand." 

EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

THE         OR   ICI   NiAL 

Provides  a  perfectly  safe  food,  containing  all  the  necessary  elements 

for  building;  firm  flesh  and  bone. 

It  is  made .from  pure,  rich,  clean  milk,  produced  under  rigid  sanitary 

regulations,  and  scrupulously  guarded  at  every  stage  of  its  manufacture 

to  insure  a  dependable  product— safe  for  baby. 

Send  for  our  Baby  Booklets  and  Recipe  Book.     They  will  be  interesting 

and  helpful  to  you. 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

Est.  1857  "Leaders  of  Quality"        NEW  YORK 


February  10. 


and  California  Advertiser 


n 


Peace  or  no  Peace,  Prosperity  is  Here 

By  Wit.; 

The  prosperity  of  the  East  and  Middle  West  is  not  merely 
coming  here,  but  is  already  here. 

The  prosperity  we  have  here  is  different  in  nature  from  that 
of  the  East,  but  it  is  just  as  positive.  Our  mineral  industries 
are  very  prosperous.  The  increased  wealth  of  the  East  has  pro- 
duced a  crop  of  consumers  who  are  paying  good  prices  for  the 
wheat,  barley,  fruits,  vegetables  and  lumber  that  we  have  lo 
offer.  Never  before  has  there  been  such  a  vast  multitude  of 
the  people  who  are  buyers  of  luxuries.  The  spending  power 
of  the  East  has  helped  us  and  is  helping  us,  for  we  are  the  sell- 
ers and  they  are  the  buyers. 

The  earnings  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company,  which  have 
improved  along  with  other  business,  are  giving  us  an  opportu- 
nity to  spend  much  money  for  betterments  needed  upon  our 
property.  While  there  are  no  new  extensions  contemplated, 
the  shop  forces  are  working  full  force  at  full  time,  and  the 
maintenance-of-way  crews  are  also  busy.  We  are  making 
heavy  expenditures  in  laying  new  rail,  reballasting  track,  wid- 
tunnels  for  greater  freight  clearances  and  other  similar 
impovements.  All  this  means  employment  of  larger  forces. 
It  means  enlarged  payroll?,  and  enlarged  payrools  for  our  men 
mean  increased  circulation  of  money  for  the  communities  we 
serve. 

I  look  forward  to  a  continuance  of  the  country's  prosperity 
for  some  time  to  come,  peace  or  no  peace.  The  wave  of  pros- 
perity that  has  resulted,  in  part,  from  improved  domestic  con- 
ditions, and  in  part  from  the  European  war,  has  gained  too  much 
momentum  to  be  easily  stopped,  and  even  after  the  declaration 
of  peace  its  forward  movement  will  proceed  for  a  considerable 
length  without  interruption. 

The  Southern  Pacific  Company  has  adopted  the  plan  of 
building  all  its  wooden  freight  cars,  such  as  box  and  flat  cars, 
at  its  own  shops  and  will  make  them  from  lumber  produced 
along  its  lines. 

The  plan  is  in  furtherance  of  our  policy  to  favor  home  indus- 
try, and  will  provide  a  good  market  for  a  great  deal  of  Western 
timber.  The  construction  will  be  done  principally  at  our  Sac- 
ramento shops,  so  our  local  payrolls  and  those  of  the  mills  sup- 
plying us  will  be  increased.  Of  the  2,700  new  refrigerator  cars 
about  1,000  will  be  built  in  California.  These  new  facilities 
will  be  enough  to  ward  off  the  hardships  through  shortages  of 
railroad  equipment  experienced  this  season,  provided  we  can 
get  our  cars  returned  to  us  after  they  are  unloaded  at  destina- 
tion. 

As  far  as  the  Southern  Pacific  is  concerned,  it  is  doing  its 
share,  as  the  largest  institution  in  the  West,  to  contribute  to 
prosperity  out  here.  Its  principal  contributions  are  added  em- 
ployment, increased  payrolls,  larger  home  industry  purchases 
and  new  car  building  at  home.  These  are  all  in  conjunction 
with  our  efforts  to  keep  the  service  up  to  the  highest  standard. 


PIONEER  COSTUMERS  OF  THE  WEST. 

All  those  merrymakers  who  find  their  ideal  pleasure  in  the 
eventful  forthcoming  annual  Mardi  Gras  ball  will  discover  that 
Goldstein  &  Company :  883  Market  street,  will  furnish,  as  usual, 
practically  all  the  most  attractive  costumes  to  be  worn  at  that 
brilliant  gathering.  Goldstein  is  the  pioneer  in  that  line  in  the 
West,  and  his  large  and  immense  variety  of  original  and  hand- 
some costumes  in  stock  to  fit  wearers  are  the  finest  and  most  at- 
tractive in  the  country. 

Quite  naturally  the  managers  of  the  Mardi  Gras  ball  went 
directly  to  his  establishment  to  order  the  costumes  of  the  King, 
the  Queen  and  the  members  of  their  court.  Many  prominent 
society  people  who  will  take  part  in  the  glorious  pageant  and 
attendant  festivities  have  already  left  their  orders  for  the  ori- 
ginal and  striking  costumes  they  will  wear.  The  prevailing 
note  in  attire  will  be  Russian  in  design,  giving  a  wide  scope  in 
picturesque  coloring.  Many  of  them  will  be  Bakst  style,  there- 
by furnishing  opportunities  to  make  a  wide  selection.  Costumes 
will  be  more  brilliant  and  beautiful  than  ever  this  year. 


Father  (to  his  friend's  pretty  daughter) — Good-bye,  my 

dear!     I  won't  kiss  you;  I  have  such  a  cold.     His  Son  (with 
alacrity) — Can  I  do  anything  for  you,  father? — New  York  Sun. 


Fashion's  Choice 

A  v  I 

pc»rl>  -  whtti 

i  n  c  |  ,    IM 

v,  is  readily 
-J     hy      the 

Gouraud's  l2 

Oriental 
Cream 

Kifrishinii'anil  ticalingto  the  sMn,    TliC 

in. i    the  li   nds.  Removes  dl  ^colorations 
1  IOc.  loi  Irlot  alro 

rMi'Ki>  S_£  SnV.y.-wVork  city 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phipps  of  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of, Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARl'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


Columbia   Theatre 


Leading  Playhouse 
dears  and  Mason  sis. 
Phone  Franklin  160 


Two  Weeks  Beginning  Monday  NIGHT,  FEB.  i.'iii 
COHAN  and  HARRIS'  1""  PER  CENT.  DRAMATIC  TRI1    Mil] 
THE     HOUSE    OF    GLASS 

After  a  Year's  engagement  at  tile  Candler  Theatre,  N.  Y. 
"POP"  PRICES  AT  WEI).  MAT.  lie  to  SI 
Saturday  Matinee,  -J.ic  to$1.50.    Evenings  25c  to (2 


Urpfieum 


O'Farrell   Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone   Douglas   7n 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A  FIRST-CLASS  SHOW 
BEATRICE  HERFORD  in  A  Repertoire  of  her  Inimitable  Characterizations; 
HARUKOONUKI.  The  Japanese  Prima  Donna;  FLOUENZ  AMKS  >t  ADEL- 
AIDE WINTHROP  in  "Caught  in  a  Jamb;"  MISS  LEITZKL.  "Wonder  of  the 
Air;"  HOWARDS  ANIMAL  SPECTACLE;  GEOFGE  NASH  i-  CO.  in  "Tho 
Unexpected;"  KARI1EK  (ilRLS  Entertainers  Par  Excellence;  RALPH  RIGGS 
4.  KATHERINE  WITCHIE  presenting  "Dance  Divertissements." 
Coming  Sunday  Matinee  February  L8tb 

ORPHEUM     ROAD     SHOW 

(Direction  of  Martin  Beck) 
Evening  Prices — luc,  25c,  50c,  75c    Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays 
and  Holidays),   10c,   25c,  50c     PHONE   DOUGLAS  70. 

Theatre  St.  Francis  0EARYSI™ZSLL 

Commencing  Sunday.  February  11,   Rufus  Steele's  Great  l'atriotic  Phot<>i'h>v 

"THE    EAGLE'S    WINGS" 
A  Gripping  Photodrama  of  Love  and   Adventure,  inspiring  Loyalty  to  the 
Flag,  Home  and  Country,    The  Most  Timely  Photoplay  Possible  to  Secure  Just 
Now,  Treating  as  it  Does  of  Industrial  Preparedness  in  Case  of  War.    Right 
Up  to  the  Minute  !     (  Other  Attractions  to  Make  Big  Slum  .  i 
10  and  20  cents,  Matinees,  L5  cents.    As  to  the   Feature— "It's  A  Bluebird." 


Pantages'  'Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
AN     UNUSUAL    BILL 

GRUBER'S  ANIMAL  CIRCUS;  PERQUETA;  DAN  KELLY  &  CO.;  THE 
METROPOLITAN  FIVE;  NAN  GRAY;  GASTON  PALMER;  LAST  CHAPTER 
OF  LASS  OF  LUMBERLANDS;  Frank  — WILSON   BROTHERS— Joe. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


ORCHESTRA 

AlfredHertz Conductor, 

at   popular   prices 


SUNDAY.  FEBRUARY  11. 
at  2:30  sharp 
RICHARD 
WAGNER 
PROGRAM 


250,  50c,  750,  $1.00 

Tickets  at  Sherman,  Clay  A  Co. 's  except  concert  day:  at  fort  Theatre  concert 

day  only. 

NEXT— Fab.  16  ami  is;  9th  Pair  Symphonies.  


WINTEffgCARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

C  Mil       K.1  i\   IS.     Suttti  and  Pierce  Sts. 
GENERAL    ADMISSION    25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS - 


Help  boost  the  Boys 

First  Inter-Collegiate 

Game  of 

HOCKEY 

FRIDAY  NIGHT.  FEB.  16 
Game  Starts  at  8;  15 


-  $1  Per  Hour  —  Half  Hour 


50c. 


12 


San  Francisro  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

BERRY-PERKINS. — At  a  pretty  tea  given  February  1st  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  Lloyd  Baldwin,  Mrs.  Jessie  L.  P.  Berry  announced  the  engage- 
ment of  her  daughter.  Miss  Dorothy  Berry,  to  Walter  Perkins,  a  young 
mining  engineer. 

STEWART-JONES. — The  announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Emily 
Forbes  Stewart,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Stewart  of 
Visalia.  and  Rev.  Bayard  Hale  Jones,  formerly  of  Berkeley,  has  been 
announced. 

WEDDINGS. 

PERKINS-FIELD. — Miss  Nancy  K.  Perkins  and  Henry  Marshall  Field 
were  married  Wednesday  in  New  York  at  the  house  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Dana  Gibson. 

RAG  AN- WHITE. —Miss  Gladys  Ragan,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Dennis  Francis 
Ragan  and  the  late  Dr.  Ragan,  became  the  bride  of  Dr.  Sherman 
White  on  February  3d.  Archbishop  Edward  J.  Hanna  read  the  mar- 
riage service, 

SCHINCKEL-MOUNTFORD. — Miss  E)za  Schinckel  became  the  bride  of 
George  Mountford  at  a  pretty  wedding  at  the  home  of  her  mother, 
Mrs.  J.  Schinckel,  on  Seventeenth  avenue,  January  31st. 

ZEILE-MOODY. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Ruth  Zeile  and  Corbet  Moody 
took  place  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Moody  on  Clay 
street  this  week. 

WEDDING  ANNIVERSARIES. 

LANDERS. — A  reception  was  held  February  1st  in  honor  of  the  fiftieth 
wedding  anniversary  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Landers,  at  their  residence 
on  Octavia  street. 

TEAS. 

GRIFFIN. — Mrs.  Franklin  Griffin  entertained  at  tea  Tuesday  afternoon  in 
compliment  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Moody.  The  affair  took  place  at 
her  home  on  Sixteenth  avenue. 

MASTEN. — The  tea  at  which  Mrs.  Joseph  Masten  and  Mrs.  James  Ru- 
pert Mason  entertained  a  large  number  of  their  friends,  took  place 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Masten  on  Washington  street,  and  was  the  first 
function  of  any  magnitude  held  there  by  Mrs.  Masten  and  Mrs.  Mason 
since  the  marriage  of  the  latter,  who  was  Miss  Eugenie  Masten. 

PEART. — At  the  Palace  Hotel  Saturday  afternoon  Mrs.  Hartley  Peart 
gave  a  tea  in  honor  of  Miss  Constance  Martinon,  the  fiancee  of  How- 
ard Kentfield,  and  Miss  Alice  Barbat,  the  fiancee  of  Pierre  Lacombe. 

SHEA. — Mrs.  James  Shea  is  giving  a  series  of  teas  before  Lent,  and  on 
Wednesday  entertained  at  the  Palace  Hotel  as  a  compliment  to  Miss 
Gertrude  Marrison,  the  fiancee  of  Wilfred  B.  Cunningham. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BARTLETT. — Mrs.  William  H.  Bartlett  of  Santa  Barbara,  who  is  visiting 
the  Walter  G.  Filers  at  Burlingame,  was  entertained  on  Sunday  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hussey,  who  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  Burlin- 
game Country  Club. 

CUNNINGHAM. — Tuesday  afternoon  an  elaborate  luncheon  was  given  by 
Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Cunningham,  Jr.,  who  entertained  about- a  score  of 
her  young  friends  at  her  attractive  home  in  Oakland. 

DE  SALAZAR. — Count  and  Countess  Del  Valle  De  Salazar  are  enjoying 
a  round  of  pleasant  affairs  prior  to  their  leaving  here  next  week. 
Wednesday  Mrs.  Clara  L.  Darling  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  Francisca 
Club  in  honor  of  the  Countess  de  Salazar. 

GHIRARDELLI. — Mrs.  Louis  Ghirardelli  presided  at  a  luncheon  recently 
at  which  she  entertained  a  coterie  of  friends,  who  meet  fortnightly 
during  the  winter  for  cards.  The  luncheon  was  followed  by  bridge. 
Mrs.  Ghirardelli  entertained  her  guests  at  her  home  in  Piedmont. 

IRWIN. — A  luncheon  was  given  Friday  last  by  Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  at 
her  home  on  Washington  street,  sixteen  guests  having  been  invited. 

KING. — Mrs.  Frank  King's  hospitality  was  enjoyed  at  luncheon  Friday  at 
the  Francisca  Club,  and  after  the  affair  the  hostess  took  her  guests 
to  the  Symphony. 

LAYMANCE. — Mrs.  Millard  J.  Laymance  invited  a  group  of  friends  to 
be  her  guests  Tuesday  afternoon  at  a  luncheon  given  at  the  Lay- 
mance home  in  Oakland. 

MADDOX. — Mrs.  Virginia  Maddox  was  hostess  Monday  at  an  informal 
luncheon  at  her  home  in  Broadway,  later  taking  her  guests  to  the 
reception  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

MOORE. — Mrs.  Kenneth  Moore  asked  a  group  of  her  close  friends  to  be 
her  guests  at  luncheon  Tuesday  at  the  Francisca  Club. 

NICKEL. — The  luncheon  given  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Beatrice  Nickel 
Monday,  by  Mrs.  Philip  Bowles,  was  one  of  the  prettiest  affairs  of  the 
season.  Miss  Nickel's  engagement  to  George  Bowles,  the  son  of  the 
hostess  was  recently  announced. 

PILLSBURY. — Mrs.  Horace  Davis  Pillsbury  entertained  at  a  handsome 
luncheon  Saturday  afternoon  a  group  of  friends  who  are  touring  Cali- 
fornia in  their  private  car,  having  been  entertained  on  this  occasion. 
They  arrived  recently  from  Wilmington,  Del.  The  Burlingame  Coun- 
try Club  was  the  setting  for  this  affair. 

POPE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  were  luncheon  hosts  Monday  at  the 
Palace  Hotel,  where  Mrs.  Pope  was  greeted  by  scores  of  friends  who 
had  not  seen  her  since  her  return  last  week  from  New  York,  where 
she  and  Miss  Emily  Pope  spent  several  months. 

REES. — Miss  Helen  Rees  was  the  feted  guest  at  a  luncheon  given  by  Miss 
Dorothy  Caldwell  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel. 

SCHWERIN. — Mrs.  Rennie  Pierre  Schwerin  was  a  luncheon  hostess  on 
Thursday,  at  her  home  on  Washington  street. 


VAN  FLEET. — Miss  Julia  Van  Fleet  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  a  luncheon 
at  her  home  in  compliment  to  the  debutantes. 

DINNERS. 

ARMSBY. — Mrs.  George  N.  Armsby  planned  a  delightful  evening  for  Mrs. 
William  H.  Bartlett  Monday  night,  having  some  friends  to  dine  at 
the  St.  Francis,  and  then  to  the  Techau  Ice  Palace  for  skating,  re- 
turning to  the  St,  Francis  for  supper  and  dancing. 

ARMSBY. — Miss  Leonora  Armsby,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Amisby,  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  followed  by  a  theatre  party  Friday 
evening. 

CHASE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Blanchard  Chase  were  hosts  recently  at 
an  informal  dinner  at  their  residence  at  Burlingame. 

FENNIMORE. — Miss  Anna  Olney  and  Dr.  Frank  Girard.  whose  engage- 
ment was  among  the  interesting  announcements  of  the  early  winter, 
will  be  the  guests  of  honor  at  a  dinner  to  be  given  on  the  evening  of 
February  14th  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Fennimore.  It  will  take  place 
at  their  residence  on  Lake  street. 

HEYNEMAN. — Miss  Rosalie  Gibbs  Heyneman  and  her  brother,  Lloyd 
Gibbs  Heyneman,  will  entertain  a  group  of  their  friends  at  an  infor- 
mal dinner  on  the  evening  of  February  16th.  Afterward,  with  their 
guests,  they  will  attend  the  dancing  party  to  be  given  at  the  Palace 
Hotel  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  F.  Dunne  in  honor  of  their  daughters, 
Misses  Marjorie  and  Marion  Dunne. 

HEYMAN. — Sir  Henry  Heyman  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner  to 
celebrate  his  birthday  at  the  Bohemian  Club  Tuesday  evening.  It  was 
a  large  affair,  with  most  of  the  Bohemian  Club  men  there.  Charles  K. 
Field  presided. 

LENTELLI. — Leo  Lentelli,  the  sculptor,  last  Friday  evening  gave  his 
wife  a  surprise  birthday  party  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  where  a  party  of 
friends  spent  the  evening  at  dinner  and  dancing  in  observance  of 
the  happy  occasion. 

McMTJLLIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latham  McMullin  were  hosts  at  a  dinner  party 
for  twenty-four  guests  a  few  days  ago  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

MORRISON. — Miss  Amy  Morrison  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner 
dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel  Monday  night,  given  by  Miss  Louise  Mc- 
Near. 

NEWHALL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Mayo  Newhall.  Jr.,  entertained  infor- 
mally at  dinner  Thursday  evening  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kenneth  Moore. 

PARK. — Captain  and  Mrs.  Richard  Park  of  the  United  States  Army  gave 
a  dinner  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel  Monday  evening.  The  setting  for 
the  affair  was  the  Rose  Room. 

TAYLOR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  dispensed  their  hospitality  at  a 
dinner  Tuesday  evening  at  their  home  in  this  city. 

SCOTT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  entertained  Sunday  night  at  a 
dinner  party  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

WELCH.— On  Tuesday  a  dinner  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 
ZEILE. — Miss  Marion  Zeile  entertained  at  a  theatre  party  January  31st, 
followed  by  supper  at  the  St.  Francis. 

BRIDGE. 

CAMPBELL. — Miss  Harriet  Campbell,  the  attractive  daughter  of  the  W. 
R.  L.  Campbells  of  Claremont,  entertained  in  honor  of  Miss  Hazel 
Tietzen,  a  popular  bride-elect,  on  Thursday.  Another  delightful  affair 
in  honor  of  Miss  Tietzen  will  be  a  bridge  party  planned  by  Miss  Anna 
Dodge  for  the  evening  of  February  17th  at  the  home  of  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Hubert  Everard  Hunt,  in  Berkeley. 

COOK. — Miss  Elizabeth  Cook,  the  attractive  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. 
P.  Cook  of  Oakland,  has  sent  out  cards  for  the  afternoon  of  February 
14th  asking  about  a  score  of  friends  to  be  her  guests  at  bridge.  The 
honor  guest  will  be  Miss  Bernardette  Williams. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking    the    beautiful    Plaza    of    Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


February  10.  1917 


and  California  Ail\<  rtisei 


13 


-■i   Mr.    Jack  Martin  was  hosleae  al  a  bride* 

parly    In    honor  of    Mr.     kniwl    IUrl..ur.    who   I.    TUIIInf   r»l»t. 
Ile-lm-'nl 

Mia*   Elln  .».   * ojpisr 

•haw   ■  i   few  mootha  ago. 

n  an   Informal  bridge  JMity  was  gtl 
lined  a  few  of  her  Intln 
al  bar  Oakland  bom*. 

DANCES. 
-Mr    and    '  give  a  dancing   party   al    the 

Pala 
MArJorie  and  lift] 


Willi. mi  T 
on*  on  Thursday  evening  for  fr;- 
Uy  nigh'  I  lliolr  children.    I 


H.i 


►aia  lUlil  K.it 


SUPPER   DANCES 
EVKK — Mlaa  Elena  Eyre,  who  will  leave  shortly  for  a  visit  In   thi 

was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  supp,  ring  in 

impllmentlng    Mias    Amy    Morrison,    who    Is    visiting    Miss 
•.illlard  at  her  residence  on  Cough  street  Miss  LooJM 
supper  dance  Monday.     The  setting  for  the  affair  was 
Koom  of  the  Palace  Hotel. 

-One   of   the   diversions   of   the   peninsula   Sunday    was    the 
golf   supper   at    which    Mr     ami    Mrs,    Qerald    Rathhonc    \v    . 
their  home  In  Burllngame.    Several  of  the  members  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco smart  set  were  entertained  at  this  affair. 

RECEPTIONS. 
BAD.— Mrs.  William   Beach  Olmstead  gave  a  reception  on    I 
moon.     Over  a  hundred  guests  were  bidden  to  the  affair. 


SUPPER   PARTY 

'  -a  da   Salasar  had 

ARRIVALS. 

Baatlle 

lid    MISS    AIM 

the  Falrm 

DEPARTURES. 

lira,  .i    ii    ,  - 

main   for   the   rest   ..f    the   Winter 
SHEEN  i    Mis     Henry    11    Sheen  of  the   Gnlted 

sailed   IfODd  lion   III    Honolulu. 

INTIMATIONS. 
Mr.    ami    Mrs     William     II.    Cl 
London   Monday   morning,  aanouni  fs  arrival   there  <•!  their 

daughter,  Miss  Ethel  Ci  ompanled  Mrs.  Whltela* 

to  England. 

SCAIFE.      Mrs     William    B.    S   ,'iifo.    who    has   been    Waiting    hi  r   brother-in- 
law  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mis.  William  Kuhn,  will  leave  Wei 
Sani.i  It. ui  r  home  In  Plttsburj 

will  again  visit  Sim    Francisco  and  will  In-   the  guesl   of    \, 
Kuhn. 

WHITE.      Mr.   ami      "  i  ,     i Mill 

to  spend  Beveral  d the  in  town,  i  are    ii  the  Knlckerbodcei 

ni    Fillmore  street   and    Pacific  avenue. 

WHXLSTH. — Miss  Ruth  Welsh  left  Monday  for  the  peninsula  to  visit  Miss 
M.nita  Rossi  at  her  home  at  Menlo  Park, 


A    Genius   in  Chemical  Engineering 


Dr.  Charles  Marchand,  who  died  recently  in  New  York,  was 
one  of  the  most  original  and  versatile  chemical  engineers  in  this 
country.  While  a  student  in  the  Ecole  Centrale  des  Arts  et 
Manufactures  de  Paris,  France,  his  fertile  mind  bent  itself  on 
discovering  the  secrets  of  Nature  and  transforming  them  into 
utilities  for  mankind.  His  last  great  feat  in  scientific  discovery 
and  transformation  into  manufactured  utility  was  the  extraction 
and  saving  of  alcohol  from  wood  pulp  in  the  sulfite  process  now 
used  in  mills  producing  paper.  Dr.  Marchand  had  organized  a 
big  company  and  was  deep  in  extending  his  process  among 
such  paper  mills  when  he  passed  away,  last  month. 

While  pursuing  his  chemical  studies  in  Paris  he  attended  lec- 
tures by  Prof.  Berthelot,  and  seemed  to  have  been  inspired  at 
one  of  these  lectures  to  endeavor  to  prepare  a  food  ration  con- 
taining a  large  amount  of  protein.  He  often  referred  to  the  siege 
of  Paris,  and  stated  that  if  the  French  Army  had  had  a  large 
reserve  supply  of  food  such  as  he  desired  to  prepare,  the  out- 
come might  have  been  different. 

He  further  hoped  that  he  might  be  able  to  provide  a  large 
amount  of  nourishment  in  tablet  or  powder  form  to  be  taken  by 
invalids  who  could  not  tolerate  a  large  amount  of  heavy  foods 
in  the  stomach.  Dr.  Marchand  realized  that  a  large  amount  of 
money  and  time  would  be  required  before  such  a  food  could  be 
perfected.  America  seemed  to  offer  a  fertile  field  wherein  his 
goal  might  be  achieved,  and  he  came  to  this  country. 

Dr.  Marchand's  work  in  scientific  fields  probably  will  be  best 
known  by  his  success  with  the  preparation  and  preservation  of 
peroxide  of  hydrogen.  Peroxide  of  hydrogen  was  known  only 
as  a  curiosity  before  Dr.  Marchand's  work,  but  it  remained  for 
him  to  discover  the  means  for  producing  it  in  quantities  and  in 
such  a  condition  that  it  could  be  marketed  and  used  by  the  con- 
sumer when  and  as  desired.  His  early  work  in  this  direction 
was  carried  on  in  the  top  floor  of  the  old  building  now  standing 
on  the  northwest  corner  of  Broadway,  just  north  of  the  Wool- 
worth  Building,  New  York.  When  he  had  perfected  his  methods 
he  proudly  and  joyfully  wrote  to  his  former  colleagues  in  France 
and  told  them  of  his  plans.  His  chagrin  may  be  imagined  when 
they  wrote  to  him  urging  that  he  not  speak  seriously  of  his  plans 
because  they  believed  that  people  would  consider  him  mentally 
unbalanced.  This  rebuff  wounded  him  beyond  power  to  ex- 
press himself.  Later  he  sent  full  details  to  France.  When 
his  scientific  friends  had  studied  the  process,  they  sent  him  a 
large  gold  medal  and  their  sincere  wishes  for  the  successful  in- 
troduction of  the  process  and  product  to  humanity.  Dr.  Mar- 
chand often  spoke  of  these  expressions  with  great  feeling. 

After  hydrogen  peroxide  came  hydrozone  and  glycozone,  the 
essential  constituent  of  each  being  oxygen,  which  is  to  be  lib- 


erated in  the  nascent  state.  Peroxide  of  hydrogen  has  been 
a  boon  to  humanity,  as  it  is  an  excellent  germicide  and  antisep- 
tic, and  is  in  general  use  throughout  the  civilized  nations. 

Finally  disposing  of  his  interests  in  the  company,  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  a  condensed  food  product,  the  thought  of 
which  had  been  inspired  by  Prof.  Berthelot  of  France,  called 
"Meatox,"  which  he  prepared  from  beef.  It  developed  that  in 
order  to  successfully  launch  a  business  of  the  magnitude  he 
had  conceived,  more  money  was  required  than  he  had  available, 
and  he  was  compelled  to  suspend  his  efforts  for  the  time. 

Later  he  moved  to  Portland,  Oregon,  and  became  interested 
in  mining  and  land  properties,  although  these  ventures  did 
not  prove  successful.  While  living  in  Portland  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  some  paper  pulp  manufacturers  on  the  Wil- 
lamette River,  and  from  them  learned  their  serious  problem, 
the  disposal  of  the  waste  liquor  from  sulphite  mills.  He  un- 
dertook some  research  work  in  the  laboratory,  which  resulted 
in  discovering  the  secret  of  how  to  purify  the  liquors  so  as  to 
produce  ethyl  alcohol. 

Dr.  Marchand  erected  a  demonstration  plant  at  Kimberly, 
Wisconsin,  which  illustrated  the  commercial  value  of  his  pro- 
cess. This  plant  has  been  in  operation  for  some  months,  pro- 
ducing pure  ethyl  alcohol  from  the  waste  sulphite  liquor  at  an 
expense  that  would  leave  a  considerable  margin  of  profit.  He 
was  engaged  in  making  a  few  final  improvements  to  insure  a 
greater  success  when  he  was  suddenly  stricken  with  apoplexy, 
thus  leaving  for  others  the  task  of  perfecting  his  work.  He  ex- 
pected to  accumulate  millions  of  dollars  from  his  discovery. 
From  this  surplus  he  planned  to  create  a  large  fund  to  improve 
the  welfare  of  inventors  in  general.  He  also  wanted  to  offer 
prizes  for  researches  along  certain  lines,  especially  looking  to 
the  solution  of  chemical  problems  having  national  and  even  in- 
ternational scope.  His  introduction  of  peroxide  of  hydrogen  to 
the  world  as  he  did,  entitles  him  to  lasting  credit,  both  of  his 
co-scientists  and  of  humanity  in  general. 


Oculists  and 

Pkv.iViant      years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
rnysicians       Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still      6 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Bay  Marine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 

and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE  y 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


AN  IDEAL  HOSPITAL  FOR  INVALIDS. 

Much  of  the  success  of  the  big  German  Hospital  on  its  ex- 
tensive grounds  at  Noe  and  Fourteenth  streets  is  due  to  its  ex- 
traordinary location  in  the  warm  belt  of  the  Mission,  a  situation 
on  the  Peninsula  of  San  Francisco  which  the  astute  and  level 
headed  old  Spanish  padres,  who  came  here  in  1775,  to  chris- 
tianize the  natives,  were  quick  to  seize  for  the  site  of  their 
homes,  and  the  new  adobe  church  which  they  erected  and 
which  is  still  standing  though  somewhat  disintegrated  by  time. 
Experience  has  impressed  the  benefit  of  this  site  on  the  present 
residents,  and  to-day  the  Mission  district  is  one  of  the  largest 
residential  sections  of  the  city. 

The  German  Hospital  is  a  pioneer  institution  of  its  kind  in 
the  West,  and  was  founded  during  the  exciting  gold  days  of 
placer  mining  in  1854.  From  that  period  to  the  present  the 
corporation  has  been  uniformly  successful  and  a  leader  in  its 
line  of  endeavor.  No  hospital  in  the  heart  of  a  city  the  size  of 
San  Francisco  can  boast  of  having  seven  acres  of  land  for  its 
main  and  accessory  buildings,  and  the  wide  stretch  of  beautiful 
flowering  gardens,  grass  lawns  and  wooded  slopes,  a  picture  to 
inspire  the  most  nervous,  grouchy  and  dispirited  patients,  es- 
pecially when  the  warm  sun  envelops  them  in  its  buoyant  rays, 
and  the  sun  fairly  beams  on  that  particular  locality  if  there  is 
a  ray  of  sunshine  in  the  sky.  Scores  of  invalids  in  their 
chairs  are  rolled  into  the  glorious  "sun  rooms"  facing  the  south, 
and  fairly  glow  in  the  health-giving  sun  baths,  while  patients 
further  along  in  recovered  health  stroll  through  the  tree-lined 
walks  and  beautiful  gardens  inhaling  more  strength  daily  in 
the  vivifying  and  invigorating  air. 

During  the  sixty-seven  years  of  the  successful  management 
of  the  German  Hospital  those  in  charge  have  neglected  no  point 
to  maintain  all  sections  of  the  big  establishment  up  to  the  high- 
est standard,  the  latest  in  equipment,  the  best  of  expert  staff 
doctors  and  surgeons,  and  a  well  trained  corps  of  nurses.  In 
the  line  of  drugs,  groceries,  choice  meats,  fowls,  etc.,  there  are 
enough  departments  in  the  administrative  building  to  start  an 
ordinary  small  town.  The  task  of  feeding  the  many  hundreds 
of  patients,  nurses,  servitors  and  others,  aside  from  the  staff 
management,  is  handled  with  all  the  dispatch  and  quiet  routine 
that  marks  the  method  of  the  local  leading  hotels.  Superintend- 
ent G.  P.  Arps  is  responsible  for  this  quiet,  smooth  running 
movement  of  the  thousand  and  one  duties  and  concerted  acts 
that  form  a  net-work  of  intricate  detail.  From  his  desk  in  the 
administration  building  he  seems  to  sense  everything  that  is 
going  on  in  the  many  buildings  on  the  seven  acres  of  grounds, 
and  with  the  touch  of  a  button  or  a  word  through  a  tube  he 
keeps  the  big  machine  going  smoothly  and  successfully. 


A   POPULAR  DIRECTORY? 

Rather  than  mention  his  name,  for  he  is  very  well  known,  we 
will  call  him  Mr.  Blank,  and  mention  that  this  story  happened 
in  pre-war  times.  It  took  place  after  dinner,  and  he  and  his 
friends  were  discussing  round  the  study  fire  the  night  life  of 
Paris. 

"Well,  you  men  can  say  what  you  like,"  he  remarked,  "but 
I  think  it  would  be  a  very  good  idea  if  some  one  were  to  com- 
pile a  guide  to  all  the  gay  houses  in  the  most  famous  Continen- 
tal towns." 

"Why  not  do  it  yourself,  old  man?"  chipped  in  one  of  the 
others,  "and  call  it  Blank's  Guide  to  the  Incontinent?" 


The  management  of  the  Techau  Tavern,  Powell  at  Eddy 

street,  hopes  soon  to  announce  that  the  negotiations  in  progress 
between  the  Tavern  and  the  maker  of  the  Mary  Garden  "La 
Lilas"  perfume  have  been  satisfactorily  completed,  and  that 
they  have  secured  a  supply  of  "La  Lilas" — a  perfume  in  har- 
mony with  every  individuality.  It  is  intended  to  present  this 
perfume,  without  competition  of  any  sort,  afternoons  at  5,  at 
dinner  and  after  theatre  hours.  In  lieu  of  the  public  dancing, 
patrons  of  the  Tavern  are  now  entertained  afternoons  by  exhibi- 
tions of  artistic  ballroom  dancing  and  instrumental  and  vocal 
concert  numbers  of  superior  order. 


DINING  AT   THE   OFFICERS'  MESS  AT   VERDUN. 

It  was  in  a  reverent  spirit  that  we  threaded  our  way  through 
the  silent  streets  of  Verdun  up  to  the  entrance  of  the  citadel. 
We  were  late,  and  the  garrison  was  at  luncheon.  The  officers' 
mess  in  Verdun  might  have  been  a  medieval  banquet  hall.  Be- 
low the  salt — figuratively  speaking — sat  the  junior  officers  on 
either  side  of  a  long  table  in  a  vaulted  gallery.  Overhead  were 
draped  the  flags  of  the  Allies.  At  the  further  end  was  a  smaller 
table  set  at  right  angles  to  the  first.  This  was  the  table  of  the 
commandant  and  his  staff.  In  the  remote  recesses  beyond  were 
the  glowing  fires  of  the  kitchen,  where  shadowy  forms  bent 
over  the  ranges.  A  ventilating  shaft  that  ran  up  one  hundred 
feet  through  the  solid  stone  to  the  sky  above  carried  away  the 
smoke  and  the  fumes  of  the  cooking.  It  also  served,  at  times,  to 
apprise  the  garrison  of  the  activities  of  the  Boche  gunners. 
During  luncheon  it  echoed  the  heavy  detonation  of  a  320-mm. 
shell  that  splintered  the  rock  on  the  ramparts  overhead.  The 
reverberations  of  the  explosion  shook  the  stone-vaulted  gallery 
like  an  earthquake. 

They  had  scarcely  died  away  before  the  commandant  rose 
to  propose  a  toast  to  his  guests  from  overseas.  His  was  the 
calm  of  a  man  accustomed  for  months  to  the  noisy  interruptions 
of  the  German  artillery.  He  had  all  the  easy  self-posession  of 
a  toast-master  at  a  New  York  banquet.  He  lifted  his  glass  to 
us.  In  the  simple  speech  that  followed  we  were  welcomed  into 
the  garrison  family;  we  were  made  a  part  of  it  and  lived  its 
life. — Walter  Hale  in  Harper's  Mazazine  for  February. 


Grace  (sobbing) — You  don't  love  me!     I  know  you  do 

not,  George,  because  you're  not  jealous.  Maude  Mullins  has 
been  married  nearly  a  year,  and  her  husband's  so  jealous  he  has 
shot  at  her  twice  and  tried  to  kill  himself  three  times. — New 
York  Times. 


NOTED  EYE  MAKER 
COMING 

To  be   Associated  With  the 

Chinn-Beretta    Company 

During  His  Short  Stay. 

The  peer  of  them  all  in  the  making 
of  artificial  eyes  is  once  more  to  visit 
the  Pacific  Coast  through  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Chinn-Beretta  Optical  Co. 
The  time  allotted  to  this  vicinity  last 
year  was  too  short  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  many  who  were  in  need 
of  his  services. 

The  European  war  has  so  seriously 
interfered  with  the  importation  of 
stock  artificial  eyes  that  this  country 
cannot  depend  upon  securing  a  further 
supply. 

This  year  the  eminent  specialist  in 
the  art  of  making  life-like  artificial 
eyes  will  be  located  at  the  CHINN- 
BERETTA  Stores  in  the  different 
cities  on  the  following  dates: 

FRESNO,  FEBRUARY  9,  10. 
STOCKTON,  FEBRUARY  11,  12. 
OAKLAND,  FEBRUARY  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  FEBRUARY  20,  21,  22,  23, 
24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1. 
SACRAMENTO,  MARCH  2,  3. 

CHINN-BERETTA 

EYEGLASSES  AND  SPECTACLES 

120  Geary  St.  164  Powell  St. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

476  13th  St.,  Oakland 


m 


and  California  Advertiser 


INSURANCE 


Geo:  raploycd  by  the  Hartford 

the  past  year  as  its  spc- 
lealth  Departments,  has  been 
iperintendency  of  that  branch  of  the  Com- 
paq the  Pacific  Coast,  and  will  hereafter  have 
of  that  im;  urtant  department  under  Manager  Joy 
Mr.  Carey  is  known  as  one  of  the  largest  per- 
sonal producers  in  the  country,  and  has  made  a  study  of  the 
with  different  companies  for  twenty  years.     During 
ler  his  immediate  direction  Manager  Lichtenstein's  de- 
I  led  all  other  departments  in  the  country  in  accident 
1th  business  written,  the  amount  being  over  $60,000  in 
is.     Mr.  Carey  will,  of  course,  make  his  headquarters 
at  San  Francisco,  the  headquarters  of  the  Pacific  Coast  depart- 
ment, which  is  under  the  personal  management,  in  all  depart- 
ments, of  Mr.  Lichtenstein. 

*  *  * 

George  F.  Guerraz,  who  left  the  Insurance  Company  of  North 
America  in  1914  while  doing  field  work  in  Washington,  the 
Panhandle  of  Idaho  and  Alaska,  to  go  with  the  Liverpool  & 
London  &  Globe,  has  been  appointed  deputy  assistant  manager 
of  the  Pacific  Department  of  the  latter  company,  with  head- 
quarters at  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Guerraz  is  a  strong  man.  He 
began  his  insurance  career  as  office  boy  for  the  Fireman's  Fund 
on  April  1,  1897.  and  remained  with  the  home  office  of  that 
company  for  nine  years.  He  then  went  to  Denver  as  special 
agent  for  that  company,  leaving  in  1908  to  go  to  work  for  the 
Northern  Assurance  under  G.  H.  Lermit,  with  which  company 
he  remained  five  years.  His  connection  with  the  Liverpool  & 
London  &  Globe  dates  from  October,  1914. 

*  *  * 

In  addition  to  the  movement  in  California  for  compulsory 
health  insurance,  backed  by  the  State  Social  Insurance  Com- 
missioner and  its  actuary,  Dr.  I.  M.  Rubinow,  such  a  movement 
has  been  endorsed  by  Governor  McCall,  of  Massachusetts,  and 
a  measure  of  like  character  has  been  introduced  in  the  New 
York  Legislature.  In  addition,  the  American  Association  for 
Labor  Legislation  is  endeavoring  to  promote  support  of  this 
movement  all  over  the  country,  although  it  is  doubtful  that  the 
approval  of  labor  parties  can  be  universally  secured. 

*  *  * 

The  Golden  State  Indemnity  Co.,  recently  organized  by  J. 
L.  Maritzen  and  others,  with  the  purpose  of  giving  particular 
attention  to  the  binding  of  jitneys,  has  secured  very  desirable 
quarters  at  108-110  Sansome  street,  on  the  ground  floor.  The 
company  will  be  operated  by  Mr.  Maritzen  as  secretary  and 
general  manager,  and  is  already  meeting  with  flattering  suc- 
cess.   Agencies  have  been  established  at  San  Francisco,  Los 

Angeles,  Oakland,  Sacramento  and  Stockton. 

*  *  * 

The  Fidelity  Mutual  Life,  of  Philadelphia,  has  appointed 
James  S.  White  manager  of  its  Los  Angeles  office.  Mr.  White 
leaves  the  position  of  manager  of  the  Fidelity  &  Deposit's  au- 
tomobile department  at  Sari  Francisco  to  return  to  the  Fidelity 

Mutual,  with  which  company  he  was  previously  connected. 

*  »  * 

Manager  Holman  of  the  Travelers  had  an  unusually  prosper- 
ous year  ending  December  31st.  $4,408,730  of  new  business 
was  written,  as  against  $3,276,042  during  1915.    This  business 

was  in  the  life  department. 

*  *  * 

Arthur  F.  Bridge,  manager  since  1906  for  the  Traveler's  ac- 
cident department  at  San  Francisco,  died  at  the  close  of  last 
month  after  a  lingering  illness.  He  had  spent  the  better  part 
of  his  life  with  the  company. 

Owing  to  adverse  legislation  and  the  absence  of  any  bonding 
company  to  cover  their  liability,  the  jitney  business  is  suffering 
a  decline  in  Washington,  and  it  is  predicted  that  the  business 
will  be  entirely  discontinued  in  a  few  months. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Life  Underwriters  Association 
a  ballot  of  all  present  to  determine  whether  women  engaged  in 
the  business  of  solicitation  of  insurance  should  be  admitted  to 
membership,  failed  to  carry  by  a  two  to  one  vote. 


The  Standard  Forms  Bureau  now  occupies  the  civ 
floor  of  the  Thornbury  Building,  231  Pine  street.     Aboi. 
different  forms  have  been  approved  and  accept  re  now 

coming  from  the  printery. 

•  •  • 

Carl  A.  Henry,  senior  member  of  the  general  agency  firm  of 
Wayman  &  Henry,  is  still  traveling  for  pleasure  throughout  the 
United  States,  and  is  expected  to  prolong  his  trip  until  mid 
summer. 

•  •  • 

Previous  to  the  adjournment  of  the  California  Legislature 
fifty-nine  bills  affecting  insurance  had  been  introduced  in  the 
Senate,  with  nearly  as  many  in  the  Assembly. 

»  •  • 

The  Aetna  Accident  &  Liability  will  by  act  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Legislature  be  changed  to  the  Aetna  Casualty  &  Surety  Co., 
and  its  capital  increased  from  $1,000,000  to  $10,000,000. 

•  *  * 

H.  J.  Douglas  has  resigned  the  San  Francisco  agency  of  the 
American  Surety  Co.,  and  will  devote  his  attention  to  private 
affairs. 

*  *  * 

The  State  last  year  collected  in  taxes  from  insurance  com- 
panies $1,065,272,  as  against  $602,204  five  years  ago. 

*  *  * 

The  California  State  Life  passed  the  five  year  mark  with  in- 
surance on  its  books  of  more  than  $23,000,000. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


before  you  build  or  remodel 


1  Our  display  of  modern  plumbing  fixtures  will  give  you  many  Ideas  that 
I  will  enable  you  to  plan  the  best  possible  arrangement  of  your  bath- 
rooms. 

Our  showroom  Is  maintained  for  your  convenience.    We  are  manufac- 
|  turers  and  have  no  fixtures  for  sale  In  it. 


"(pacific" 


Plum  bin?  Fixture/ 

Showroom  67  NswHont/omcrx  St 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


LEAKS  FROM    WIRELESS. 

John  McCormack,  the  Irish  tenor  who  has  succeeded  in 
singing  himself  into  great  popularity  and  a  large  fortune,  has 
taken  to  collecting  paintings  by  the  old  masters,  his  latest  ac- 
quisition being  a  Rembrandt  for  which  he  paid  $150,000.  Care 
is  taken  by  the  reporter  of  this  transaction  to  say  that  Mr.  Mc- 
Cormack paid  for  the  picture  in  cash,  as  if  anybody  might  have 
suspected  that  he  paid  for  it  in  notes. 


Our  embassadors  in  the  war  zones  are  respectfully  requested 
to  make  no  more  speeches  until  the  peace  treaty  is  signed, 
sealed  and  delivered. 


There  is  one  solution  of  the  acute  farm  labor  problem  in 
England  that  has  only  been  whispered  as  yet.  Negro  laborers 
from  British  South  Africa  or  even  Hindus  from  India  could  be 
imported  by  the  thousands.  The  army  uses  colored  soldiers 
on  the  Western  front;  why  not  the  same  sort  in  English  grain 
fields  next  summer? 


Of  some  500  men  in  the  field  service  of  the  American  ambu- 
lance at  the  front  in  France  and  in  the  Orient,  only  three  have 
been  killed  and  seven  wounded.  Among  other  things  the  fact 
speaks  eloquently  for  the  respect  in  which  the  immunity  of  the 
Red  Cross  is  held.  Countless  times  have  the  ambulance  men 
been  within  easy  shot  of  the  opposing  lines. 


Old-established  volunteer  military  companies  now  formally 
connected  with  the  militia  and  national  forces,  it  seems,  are  to 
be  allowed  to  retain  their  gorgeous  dress  uniforms,  the  prohibi- 
tion extending  only  to  similar  organizations  formed  after  the 
passage  of  the  Hay  bill.  The  word  is  a  relieving  one.  Think 
of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  artillery  company  in  plain  khaki ! 
But  it  is  unthinkable. 


It  is  officially  estimated  that  there  has  been  an  increase  of 
150  per  cent  in  the  number  of  sailors  among  United  States  citi- 
zens since  the  beginning  of  the  European  war.  If  this  increase 
continues,  the  calling  of  able  seamen  may  regain  something  of 
the  prominence  in  the  country  which  it  had  in  the  days  of  clip- 
per ships. 


The  crew  of  the  Standard  oil  tank  ship,  Glenpool,  which  re- 
cently reached  Brooklyn,  had  on  board  nine  sharks,  caught 
with  a  hook  and  line  off  the  New  Jersey  coast,  and  said  to  be  of 
the  man-eating  variety.  They  were  taken  in  the  cold  waters 
north  of  the  gulf  stream,  and  the  sharks  ranged  from  five  feet 
to  eleven  in  length.  When  they  were  drawn  on  board  the  dis- 
charge of  a  rifle  in  the  mouths  of  the  sharks  rendered  them 
harmless.  Owners  of  summer  resort  hotels  along  the  Jersey 
coast  hope  that  the  claim  that  these  monsters  were  of  the  man- 
eating  species  may  be  disproved.  The  assistant  curator  of  the 
Brooklyn  museum  of  natural  history  is  doubtful  as  to  that. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 

430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 
Joshua  Hendy  Iron  Works. 
The  regular  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Joshua  Hendy 
Iron  "Works  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  corporation.  No.  75  Fremont 
Street,  San  Francisco.  California,  on  Tuesday,  the  13th  day  of  February, 
1917,  at  the  hour  of  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board 
of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such 
other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meeting, 

CHABLES  C.   GARDNER,    Secretary. 


H 


ITCHCOCK 
MILITARY 

ACADEM 


Y 


Located  one  mile  from  San  Rafael  in  the  healthiest  pai  t  of  beautiful  Marin 
County.  School  fully  accredited.  Highest  rank  accorded  by  U.  S.  War  Dept. 
High  morals  and  strict  attention  demanded.  Special  attention  to  Physical 
Culture  and  Athletics.  Expert  and  experienced  instructors.  Separate  room 
tor  each  pupil.  Juniors  in  separate  building.  39th  year. 
Write  for  catalog. 

ADDRESS 
REX  W.  SHERER,  President 
Hitchcock   Military  Academy 
SAN  RAFAEL  CALIFORNIA 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and   Day   School   for   Girls 

2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2I23}  BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col' 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific  Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST— CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


SCHOOL    FOR    YOUNG    CHILDREN 

A  UNIQUE  BOARDING  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  CHILDREN  ONLY,  OF 
THE  KINDERGARTEN  AGE.  GIVES  CAREFUL  HOME  CARE  AND 
SCIENTIFIC  TRAINING  TO  LITTLE  TOTS  UNDER  SEVEN  YEARS. 
DELIGHTFUL  LOCATION.  RESIDENT  DOCTOR  AND  TRAINED 
NURSE.  MOST  HEALTHFULLY  SITUATED  IN  THE  SIERRA  NE- 
VADAS  3500  FEET  ALTITUDE,  SURROUNDED  BY  PINE  FORESTS. 
EVERY  MODERN  CONVENIENCE.  PARENTS  HAVING  VERY 
YOUNG  CHILDREN  TO  PLACE  IN  A  HOME  BOARDING  SCHOOL 
WHERE  THEY  WILL  BE  BROUGHT  UP  UNDER  THE  MOST  REFIN- 
ING AND  STRENGTHENING  INFLUENCES  WILL  WELCOME  THIS 
OPPORTUNITY  AND  COMMUNICATE   WITH 

MOTHER   M.   AUGUSTINE 
MOUNT  SAINT  AGNES 

STIRLING    CITY,    CALIFORNIA. 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


FfhRlARV  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


UBRAEiMfeTABLE 


"The  New  Republic  Hook." 

The  candid  preface  furnishes  the  best  description  of  the  con- 
tents of  this  entertaining  volume :  "Like  The  New  Republic  it- 
self, from  whose  first  hundred  issues  its  contents  are  drawn,  this 
book  is  a  collaboration,  and  makes  no  attempt  at  complete  unan- 
imity or  logical  consistency.  It  aims  to  give  in  compact  and 
available  form  a  sample  of  liberal  opinion  in  the  United  States, 
as  expressed  from  1914  to  1916  at  the  suggestion  of  events. 
The  editors  hope  that  these  articles,  published  at  various  times, 
more  plainly  than  journalism  with  its  emphasis  on  the  moment 
can  show,  the  main  purposes  and  attacks  underlying  their 
weekly  comment  on  affairs."  The  writers  are  well  known 
specialists  in  their  respective  lines. 

The  articles  run  from  "Lincoln"  to  "The  Future  of  Lloyd 
George." 

Republican  Publishing  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Abraham  Lincoln." 

In  this  address,  deliverel  by  Clark  Prescott  Bessett,  profes- 
sor of  Law,  University  of  Washington,  Seattle,  has  covered 
faithfully  the  salient  features  in  Lincoln's  extraordinary  career. 
The  key  note  of  his  character  was  Justice,  or  as  Mr.  Prescott 
suggests:  "You  may  call  it  love."  The  boy  was  father  to  the 
man,  and  like  Solomon,  wisdom  came  naturally  to  his  open 
nature.  He  saw  in  the  Union  under  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence the  union  of  the  individual — the  harmonious  man, 
capable  of  self-government,  subject  to  no  man's  dictation.  He 
acknowledged  no  allegiance  to  any  power  on  earth.  His  Crea- 
tor was  his  sole  and  only  King.  The  union  of  the  States  was  a 
symbol  to  him  of  his  union  with  God.  The  author  believes  that 
centuries  had  been  preparing  for  such  a  man.  He  furnishes 
a  number  of  anecdotes  to  illustrate  the  greatness  of  Lincoln's 
character.  As  a  pithy  study  of  Lincoln  it  is  well  worth  read- 
ing. 

Cannell  Smith  Chaffin  Co.,  Los  Angeles. 

*  *  * 

"America  and  the  New  Epoch." 

In  the  midst  of  "one  of  those  inevitable  catastrophes  in  the 
history  of  the  human  race,"  this  book  has  appeared  which  all 
thoughtful  Americans  may  read  and  reflect  upon  with  profit. 
Charles  P.  Steinmetz,  the  author,  is  the  distinguished  mathe- 
matician and  consulting  engineer  of  the  General  Electric  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Steinmetz,  succinctly  but  comprehensively,  surveys 
the  politico-industrial  conditions  that  confront  us,  both  in  this 
country  and  in  the  leading  nations  abroad,  and  he  clearly  and 
dispassionately  sets  forth  our  national  tendencies  and  the  sev- 
eral goals  to  one  of  which  we  must  ultimately  arrive.  The  au- 
thor disclaims  all  personal  bias  in  regard  to  the  conclusions  pre- 
sented. In  fact,  his  is  a  sort  of  fatalistic  attitude  toward  the 
modern  industrial  and  political  structure  of  to-day.  He  endeav- 
ors to  show  how  it  is  wholly  the  result  of  the  working  out  of 
cause  and  effect — historically,  inevitably  brought  about.  Whe- 
ther you  like  it  or  not,  the  author  declares,  this  is  what  has  come 
to  pass,  and  these  are  the  directions  in  which  our  social  state  is 

tending. 

•  •  • 

Harper  Books  to  be  Reprinted. 

Harper  &  Brothers  announce  that  they  will  put  to  press  soon 
for  reprintings  the  following  books:  "The  Story  of  a  Pioneer," 
by  Dr.  Anna  Howard  Shaw;  "The  Woman  in  White,"  by  Wilkie 
Collins;  "Maria,"  by  Jorge  Isaacs;  "Keeping  Up  With  Lizzie," 
by  Irving  Bacheller;  "The  Heritage  of  the  Desert,'"  by  Zane 

Grey;  and  Mark  Twain's  Works. 

•  *  * 

Henry  van  Dyke,  who  has  recently  resigned  his  office  of 
United  States  Minister  to  The  Hague,  has  a  poem  in  the  Feb- 
ruary Scribner,  the  Winter  Fiction  Number,  that  will  be  read 
with  serious  interest  by  every  one  who  is  following  the  develop- 
ment of  the  war.  In  "The  Glory  of  Ships"  he  has  appealed  in 
no  reserved  or  to  be  mistaken  terms  for  the  freedom  of  the  seas. 


v's  Autobiography. 
Since  the  death  of  Admiral  Dewey  there  has  been  much  in- 
terest in  his  "Autobiography"  published  a  few  years  ;i 
the  Scribners.  At  the  end  of  the  book  Admiral  Dewey  says, 
characteristically:  "A  gratifying  feature  of  the  rank  of  Ad- 
miral of  the  Navy,  which  Congress  had  given  me,  was  that  I 
was  to  remain  in  active  service  for  life.  While  I  lived  there 
would  be  work  to  do."  The  autobiography  is  now  issued  in  a 
new  and  cheaper  edition. 

•  •  * 

The  February  Woman's  Home  Companion, 

Sinclair  Lewis,  the  well  known  novelist,  begins  a  delightful 
novel  called  "The  Innocents"  in  this  issue.  Another  generous 
installment  next  month  will  complete  it.  Sophie  Kerr  finishes 
"Love  of  Woman"  in  this  issue.  "On  Washington-Lincoln's 
Birthday,"  "Little  Rosamund"  and  "The  Magic  of  Dreams" 
are  some  of  the  other  short  stories. 


PAUL  EIDER  *CO 

®      Books  and  Art      g 

i§£       3L39  Grant  Avenue       j^ 
w        ::  San  Francisco  :: 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.0O.  A  la  Carte  specialties— 
Fisn  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Benex 


C.  Mailhebuiu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 

MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bulb  St..  Saa  Fraaciaeo  (Above  Ktirnj)  Exchange.  Douriil  2411 


■DT     Jl  XT/^/^V'C      O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
DLlAJN  LAJ  O  Street* 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


UHNflNCIAU 


Big  Trade  Gain 
During  1916. 


During  the  last  month  the  country 
was  engaged  in  summarizing  the 
operations  of  1916  and  getting  the 
final  figures.  In  the  merchandise 
international  movement  our  imports  were  $2,392,000,000,  our 
exports  $5,481,000,000,  and  the  merchandise  trade  balance  was 
$3,089,000,000  in  our  favor.  For  the  year  our  imports  of  gold 
were  $686,000,000,  our  exports  $156,000,000,  and  the  net  im- 
ports $530,000,000.  During  the  year  there  were  new  stocks 
listed  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  to  the  amount  of  $1,- 
241,134,000,  and  of  bonds  $1,747,040,000,  making  an  aggregate 
of  $2,988,174,000,  which  is  over  a  billion  dollars  more  than  the 
previous  high  record  in  1915,  according  to  the  monthly  letter 
of  the  Anglo  and  London  Paris  National  Bank.  This,  however, 
includes  temporary  and  refunding  issues,  and  if  from  the  total 
we  subtract  the  $1,219,500,000  of  foreign  government  issues 
the  remainder  is  less  than  the  domestic  issues  of  1912.  Not  all 
securities  are  listed  on  the  stock  exchanges  by  any  means,  but 
the  New  York  listings  show  the  general  trend.  During  the  year 
the  largest  issue  of  permanent  bonds  was  in  State  and  munici- 
pals, mostly  municipal,  of  which  few  are  listed  on  any  ex- 
change. 


A  striking  feature  of  the  progress  of  this  city  during 

1916  was  the  great  increase  of  the  commerce  of  this  port.  Our 
imports  were  of  the  value  of  $117,128,253,  as  against  $83,338,- 
138  in  1915,  and  our  exports  $123,943,273,  as  against  $80,539,- 
218  in  1915.  While  a  great  deal  of  tonnage,  including  all  the 
liners  operating  between  this  and  Atlantic  ports,  has  been 
drawn  away  by  more  profitable  business  offering  in  other 
oceans,  there  has  been  the  beginning  of  direct  sailings  to  South 
American  and  East  Indian  ports  with  which  we  have  not  before 
had  direct  connection.  Our  coastwise  shipping  facilities  are 
better  than  ever  before,  and  the  plans  of  the  large  shipping 
companies,  so  far  as  known,  all  indicate  an  expectation  of  great 
expansion  upon  the  return  of  peace.  All  our  ocean  trade  with 
Atlantic  ports  is  by  freighters  having  no  regular  sailings.  Our 
greatest  increase  of  trade  has  been  with  Japan  to  which  our 
exports,  in  round  numbers,  were  $39,000,000,  Russia  coming 
next  with  $13,000,000  and  Australia  third  with  $12,000,000.  Our 
exports  to  those  countries  were  mainly  California  products,  of 
which  mineral  oil  and  its  products  were  most  important,  while 
the  bulk  of  our  imports  from  the  Orient  were  of  raw  silk,  rub- 
ber, tea,  beans,  rice,  etc.,  most  of  which  was  imported  for  East- 
ern account. 


Estimates  that  have  been  in  some  quarters  that  Bethle- 
hem Steel  may  have  to  pay  $12,000,000  in  a  single  year  under 
proposed  excess  profits  tax  are  obviously  absurd.  It  is  possible 
that  for  the  current  year  Bethlehem's  tax  may  run  somewhat 
in  excess  of  $20,000,000,  or  from  $3  to  $4  per  share  on  the  in- 
creased common  stock. 


Steel  trade  observers  are  inclined  to  reduce  their  earlier 

estimates  of  earnings  of  U.  S.  Steel  Corporation  for  final  quarter 
of  1916.  The  opinion  is  now  held  by  many  in  the  trade  that  they 
will  not  reach  the  $100,000,000  mark,  and  will  in  all  probability 
be  around  $96,000,000.  For  the  last  two  months  the  corporation, 
like  ail  other  steel  concerns,  has  been  handicapped  by  car  and 
coal  shortage,  affecting  both  production  and  shipments. 


Some  time  ago,  when  a  local  corps  was  reviewed  by  Sir 

Ian  Hamilton,  one  officer  was  mounted  on  a  horse  that  had 
previously  distinguished  itself  in  a  bakery  business.  Somebody 
recognized  the  horse  and  shouted,  "Baker !"  The  horse  prompt- 
ly stopped  dead,  and  nothing  could  urge  it  on.  The  situation 
was  getting  painful  when  the  officer  was  struck  with  a  brilliant 
idea  and  remarked:  "Not  to-day,  thank  you."  The  procession 
then  moved  on. — Weekly  Telegraph. 


"Hi  see  Arvy  got  a  job."    "He  did?    Well,  well.    Some 

folks  will  do  anything  for  money." — The  Froth. 

"Why  call  me  the  consumer?"  asked  the  guy  who  pays 

the  bills.    "All  I  do  is  produce." — Columbus  Citizen. 

Co — Well,  Ed,  why  don't  you  kiss  me?     Ed — I  was  in 

doubt Co — Why  not  give  me  the  benefit  of  it? — Princeton 

Tiger. 

Guest — We  want  to  play  poker.    Can  you  direct  us  to  the 

card-room?  Clerk — Sorry,  sir,  it's  being  used;  will  the  ante- 
room do? — Pelican. 

"You  never  laugh  at  my  jokes."     "I  wouldn't  dare  to." 

"Why  not?"  "I  have  always  been  taught  to  respect  old  age." — 
Baltimore  American. 

Customer — You  say  these  are  "country  eggs?"    Waiter 

— Yes,  sir.  Customer — What  country?  Carthage,  Babylon  or 
Assyria? — Town  Topics. 

"I  live  in  a  state  where  there  are  absolutely  no  divorces." 

"Indeed!  What  state  is  that?"  "The  state  of  single-blessed- 
ness."— New  York  Sun. 

Bertie  (whose  motor  has  broken  down  and  who  is  com- 
pelled to  ride  in  a  trolley) — Bah  Jove!  I  had  no  idea  these  af- 
fairs were  so  popular! — Judge. 

"What  church  does  you  new  neighbor  belong  to?"  the 

caller  asked.  "She's  a  utilitarian,  I  understand,"  responded  old 
Mrs.  Blunderby. — Boston  Transcript. 

The  Lady  of  the  House — Mary,  it  seems  to  me  that  the 

crankiest  mistress  gets  the  best  cooks.  The  Genius  of  the  Kit- 
chen— Aw,  gwan  now,  mum,  with  your  flattery ! — Puck. 

"Why  is  it  that  truth  will  rise  again  when  crushed  to 

earth?"  "Because  of  its  elasticity,  of  course.  Don't  you  know 
how  easy  it  is  to  stretch  the  truth?" — Boston  Transcript. 

Teacher — Who  can  tell  me  the  meaning  of  a  "round 

robin?"  Bright  Boy — Please,  miss,  it's  what  that  burglar  was 
doing  last  night  when  they  nabbed  him. — Buffalo  Courier. 

"An  American  citizen  army  would  not  fear  asphyxiat- 
ing gases  of  any  enemy."  "Why  so?"  "Every  voter  has 
smoked  campaign  cigars  tnd  survived." — Buffalo  Express. 

"When  do  you  expect  to  go  abroad?"     "Not  for  some 

time.  It  will  take  several  years  after  the  war  is  over  for  us  to 
recover  from  the  expense  of  having  to  live  at  home." — Life. 

Mr.  Flubdub — I  lost  my  umbrella  to-day.    Mrs.  Flubdub 

— That's  just  like  you,  Henry.  I  told  you  when  you  left  the 
house  this  morning  to  take  one  of  the  borrowed  ones. — Puck. 

"Do  you,  Mr.  Stacks,  think  that  a  rich  man     can     go 

through  the  eye  of  a  needle  ?"  "I  don't  know.  I  will,  however, 
admit  that  my  lawyers  have  dragged  me  through  some  very 
small  loopholes." — Puck. 

Visitor — How  long  are  you  in  for,  my  poor  man?  Pris- 
oner— I  don't  know,  sir.  Visitor — How  can  that  be  ?  You  must 
have  been  sentenced  for  a  definite  period  of  time.  Prisoner — 
No,  sir.    Mine  was  a  life  sentence. — Record. 

"The  sheriff  tells  me,"  remarked  a  visitor  to  a  Western 

town,  "that  there  hasn't  been  a  prisoner  in  the  county  jail  for 
over  a  year.  That  would  seem  to  indicate  that  your  community 
is  unusually  free  from  crime."  "Not  necessarily,"  replied  the 
native.  "We've  got  some  pretty  slick  lawyers  around  here." — 
Dallas  News. 

A  recruiting  sergeant  stationed  in  the  south  of  Ireland 

met  Pat  and  asked  him  to  join  the  army.  The  latter  refused, 
whereupon  the  sergeant  asked  his  reason  for  refusing.  "Aren't 
the  King  and  the  Kaiser  cousins  ?"  asked  Pat.  "Yes,"  said  the 
recruiting  sergeant.  "Well,"  said  Pat,  "begorra,  I  once  inter- 
fered in  a  family  squabble,  and  I'm  not  going  to  do  so  again." — 
Chicago  News. 


February  10.  1917 


and  California    \<lvi 


19 


mowmu 


Brilliant    Auto    Show    Emphasizes  San 

Francisco's  Importance  in  the 

Automobile  Industry 

Surpassing  in  point  of  brilliancy  anything  that  has  ever  be- 
fore been  attempted  on  the  Pacific  Coast  in  the  shape  of  a  com- 
prehensive exhibition  of  the  products  of  the  country's  motor  car 
factories,  the  first  annual  Facific  Automobile  Show  will  open  to- 
night at  the  Civic  Auditorium. 

The  event  is  highly  significant  from  many  standpoints,  chief 
of  which  is  the  fact  that  the  exhibition,  which  has  been  ably 
managed  from  the  very  start  by  G.  A.  Wahlgreen,  has  been 
accorded  national  prominence  through  the  National  Automobile 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  It  is  under  the  auspices  of  this  or- 
ganization that  the  two  big  Eastern  automobile  shows,  one  in 
New  York  City  and  the  other  in  Chicago,  are  annually  held. 
So  far  did  the  National  Chamber  of  Commerce  go  in  its  recog- 
nition of  the  San  Francisco  exhibition,  that  Alfred  Reeves, 
chairman  of  the  national  organization,  will  officially  open  San 
Francisco's  epoch-marking  event. 

When  the  curtain  is  rung  up  on  to-night's  program,  San 
Franciscans  will  be  accorded  a  spectacle  which  will  be  long 
remembered.  The  setting  for  the  display  of  more  than  200 
cars,  embodying  the  1917  achievements  of  the  automobile  in- 
dustry, is  the  most  artistic  and  harmonious  that  has  ever  sur- 
rounded an  indoor  exhibition  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Wide  pub- 
licity, under  the  direction  of  Manager  Wahlgreen,  has  been 
given  this  fact,  and  it  is  freely  predicted  that  frwenty-five  thou- 
sand persons  will  pass  through  the  big  Auditorium  doors  to- 
night. 

Back  of  the  big  exposition  of  motor  cars  in  San  Francisco  is 
the  initiative  of  the  local  Motor  Car  Dealers'  Association,  the 
latter  organization  leaving  the  actual  management  of  the  affair 
in  the  hands  of  Wahlgreen.  Early  in  the  stages  of  preparation 
for  the  event  the  dealers  recognized  the  possibilities  of  the  ar- 
tistic effects  offered  by  the  40,000  square  feet  of  space  which 
are  occupied  by  the  display  of  motor  cars. 

Motor  cars  will  not  form  the  only  attraction  to  bring  the  gen- 
eral public.  The  decorations  are  the  most  elaborate  and  artistic 
ever  made  for  a  motor  exhibition,  or,  in  fact,  for  any  display 
of  such  brief  duration.  Figures  of  Mercury  form  an  important 
part  of  the  ornamentation  on  the  display  room  floor  and  are  the 
work  of  Leo  Lentelli,  one  of  the  world's  famous  sculptors,  who 
won  fame  in  his  reverential  figure  "Aspiration,"  a  part  of  the 
frieze  over  the  portal  of  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition. 

A.  Borghesi,  a  mural  decorator  of  note,  whose  work  ornaments 
the  homes  of  the  famous  and  rich  in  Paris,  Rome,  Vienna,  New 
York  and  San  Francisco,  has  had  charge  of  the  interior  decora- 
tion. He  has  painted  three  large  murals,  80  by  40  feet  each,  and 
an  immense  hand-painted  canopy  which  covers  the  whole  audi- 
torium. The  wonderlands  of  the  West — Yosemite,  Lake  Tahoe, 
the  Grand  Canyon  and  Mt.  Shasta — furnish  the  inspiration  for 
the  murals.  The  canopy  will  portray  in  artistic  symbolism  and 
by  the  effect  of  a  dawn-colored  sky  the  future  of  the  automobile 
industry.     More  than  $35,000  has  been  expended  for  decora- 


tions, furniture  and  appointments,  and  the  indications  are  that 
er  Wahlgrecn's  aim  to  make  the  show  the  most  beautiful 
one  of  its  kind  in  America  will  be  realized. 

The  main  display  room  is  200  feet  in  length  and  190  feet  in 
breadth.  Two  side  rooms,  137  feet  by  56  feet  each,  will  also 
be  thrown  into  the  main  display  room  by  opening  the  eight  sets 
of  big  folding  doors.  Accessories  will  be  displayed  in  booths 
in  the  three  large  corridors  of  the  second  floor.  These  corridors 
will  be  decorated  in  harmony  with  the  large  display  room.  An 
unsurpassed  display  of  accessories  is  promised. 

Special  lighting  effects  have  been  arranged  by  Walter  D'Arcy 
Ryan,  electrical  genius  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 

So  iTreat  is  the  importance  attached  to  this  first  annual  Pacific 
Automobile  Show  that  special  trains  left  Chicago  immediately 
upon  the  conclusion  of  the  Chicago  show,  carrying  many  of  the 
captains  of  the  industry  from  the  East  and  the  Middle  West. 
Similar  trains  were  also  arranged  for  from  Southern  California 
and  the  Northwest.  That  the  gathering  of  the  motor-wise  at 
the  Golden  Gate  during  the  week  of  February  10-18  will  be  a 

representative  one  may  therefore  be  accepted  as  a  fact. 

*  *  * 

A.  A.  A.  Endorses  California  Headlight  Law 

The  problem  of  the  headlights,  at  least  for  the  time  being, 
seems  to  be  best  met,  according  to  Chairman  O.  I.  Yellott  of  the 
A.  A.  A.  Legislative  Board  by  the  simple  suggestion  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Automobile  Engineers  that  "no  beam  of  reflected  light 
shall  rise  above  42  inches  at  a  distance  of  75  feet."  This  de- 
cision is  the  outcome  of  much  study  and  experiments  during 
the  past  year,  and  adheres  closely  to  the  California  plan  of 
bending  the  lamp  brackets  in  such  a  way  as  to  divert  the  rays 
to  the  ground. 

*  *  * 

Autoists  to  Meet  to  Discuss  Dumbarton  Project 

This  afternoon  (Saturday)  the  civic  and  supervisorial  bodies 
of  San  Francisco,  San  Mateo,  and  many  of  the  counties  in  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley  will  meet  in  Redwood  City  to  form  a  Ways 
and  Means  and  Legislative  Committees  to  further  the  move- 
ment for  constructing  an  automobile  bridge  across  the  bay  at 
Dumbarton  Point.  An  enabling  Act,  No.  647,  in  the  Senate  and 
No.  862  in  the  Assembly  was  introduced  in  the  Legislature  to 
assist  in  this  popular  movement,  and  will  come  up  for  consid- 
eration at  the  adjourned  session  in  March. 

7,500  MILES 
eUAMNTGED 

-        —  FORD  SIZES        - 
6,000  MILES  GUAMWEED  -  JLMtfER  Still 


TIRES- 

— Buy  them  because  they  are  better, 
safer — more  dependable  at  all  times. 
Nicety  of  finish  is  well  exemplified  in 
the  elegance  of  these  popular  casings. 
Super-mileage  service  and  luxurious 
riding  comfort  are  likewise  strikingly 
noted. 

Ask  for  Folder. 

Factory    Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 


1211    Van  Ne»   Are. 


Francisco 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


Record  Sales  of  Norwalk  Tires  and  Tubes 

San  Francisco  motorists  are  amazed  at  the  quickness  with 
which  Norwalk  Tires  have  gained  recognition  here,  and  it  is 
stated  that  no  other  tire  has  ever  gained  such  wide-spread 
popularity  in  any  city  of  the  United  States  as  quickly  as  Nor- 
walk Tires  have  here. 

Through  the  inauguration  of  an  extensive  publicity  campaign 
the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  the  factory  distributors, 
are  making  record  sales  of  both  Norwalk  Tires  and  Norwalk 
Tubes,  and  it  is  estimated  chat  at  least  one  million  dollars  worth 
of  these  casings  will  be  distributed  in  California  during  1917. 

The  luxuriously  appointed  service  station  at  1211  Van  Ness 
avenue  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  complete  service  stations 
in  the  entire  West,  and  is  replete  with  every  facility  that  can 
possibly  ome  within  the  sphere  of  tire  needs. 

The  San  Francisco  salesrooms  are  in  charge  of  L.  H.  Coppel, 
and  a  number  of  sales  lieutenants  are  effecting  a  most  complete 
distribution  throughout  the  northern  part  of  the  State  under  his 
direction. 

Norwalk  Tires  have  gained  the  reputation  of  being  the  most 
luxurious  -casings  produced,  and  so  confident  are  the  manufac- 
turers in  their  claims  of  Norwalk  tires  that  the  guarantee  of  the 
casings  has  recently  been  increased,  and  now  all  Ford  sizes 
carry  a  guarantee  of  7,500  miles  and  larger  sizes  carry  a  guar- 
antee of  6,000  miles,  and  it  is  intimated  that  sometime  in  the 
future  this  guarantee  will  be  increased  to  10,000  miles. 

At  present  the  California  demand  for  Norwalk  Tires  takes 
over  one-half  of  the  Eastern  factory's  entire  output,  and  at  the 
rate  their  popularity  is  increasing,  no  doubt  ninety  per  cent  of 
the  factory's  output  will  be  distributed  here  before  long. 

The  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company  are  to  be  congratu- 
lated on  their  success  with  Norwalk  Tires  and  Tubes. 

*  *  * 

Expert  Says  90  Per  Cent  of  Gasoline  is  Wasted 

Those  who  feel  that  the  modern  gasoline  engine  as  used  in 
present  day  automobiles  is  well  nigh  perfect  will  be  surprised 
to  learn  that  Professor  Walter  T.  Fishleigh,  Associate  Professor 
of  Automobile  Engineering  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  af- 
ter making  exhaustive  tests  on  the  efficiency  of  the  internal 
combustion  engine,  has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  "the  more 
we  study  the  characteristics  of  the  present  type  of  engine,  and 
the  more  we  inquire  into  the  reason  for  its  manufacturing  status 
quo,  the  more  we  are  convinced  that  sweeping  improvements 
in  design  must  come,  or  the  type  be  changed  altogether." 

The  conclusions  which  Professor  Fishleigh  has  drawn  are 
the  result  of  elaborate  tests  which  show  that  out  of  every  dol- 
lar's worth  of  gasoline  purchased  by  the  owner  of  a  modern 
automobile  only  ten  cents  worth  of  power  is  developed  at  the 
flywheel  and  delivered  to  the  transmission  box.  The  other 
ninety  cents  worth  of  power  is  dissipated  in  the  form  of  heat 
losses  to  the  exhaust,  cooling  water,  cooling  air  and  friction. 
Professor  Fishleigh  predicts  that  radical  changes  must  be  made 
in  the  design  of  the  present  type,  or  that  the  present  "Otto 
cycle"  must  be  discontinued  in  favor  of  a  more  efficient  system 

of  internal  combustion  engine. 

*  *  * 

Franklin  Car  Warms  Up  Quickly  in  Cold  Weather 

The  Franklin  car,  it  is  said,  was  the  first  to  come  out  in  1914 
with  the  type  of  suction  yoke  heater  that  is  this  year  being 
adopted  by  several  other  manufacturers  of  high-grade  cars. 
This  device  consists  of  a  light  aluminum  case  built  around  the 
intake  manifold  and  connected  directly  to  the  exhaust  through 
a  short  pipe.  Just  as  soon  as  the  cylinders  fire,  the  exhaust 
gases  circulate  through  the  case  and  effectively  pre-heat  the 
charge,  thereby  quickly  bringing  about  the  complete  combustion 
necessary  to  rapidly  heat  the  engine  up  to  even-running  tem- 
perature. The  Franklin,  being  air-cooled,  naturally  warms  up 
raster  than  a  water  cooled  car  because  there  is  no  water  to  be 
heated,  and  with  the  heating  device  in  use,  only  one  to  one  and 
a  half  minutes  is  required  to  bring  the  Franklin  engine  up  to 

the  even-running,  economical  operating  temperature. 

*  *  * 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


Pathfinder  Design  Said  to  Be  Revolutionary 

Members  of  the  automobile  engineering  profession  claim 
that  in  the  new  Pathfinder  with  concealed  top  and  concealed 
spare  wheel  and  tires,  entirely  new  chassis  design,  sixty-inch 
springs,  as  well  as  the  most  attractive  body  offered  in  years  and 
other  feature,  is  an  automobile  that  will  mark  a  real  revolution 
in  the  motor  car  world. 

"The  evolution  of  the  motor  car  is  rich  in  unintentional  hu- 
mor, which  it  is  believed  has  come  to  an  end,"  writes  a  Path- 
finder engineer.  "One  can  look  back  and  smile  at  the  many 
strange  motor  car  creations,  but  is  our  own  day  entirely  without 
its  humor?  One  may  recall  to  mind  the  first  body  of  the  'Stan- 
hope' type,  with  the  dash,  from  which  at  one  time  the  designers 
even  forgot  to  eliminate  the  whip  socket.  But  to  counterbal- 
ance this,  is  the  spectacle  of  the  many  brilliant  designers  and 
captains  of  the  motor  car  industry,  allowing  the  top  to  be  reefed 
and  carried  haphazard  when  not  in  use,  like  a  mainsail  aft  of 

the  tonneau," 

*  *  * 

Checks  Speeding  Train  and  Auto  Car 

Chasing  a  freight  train  twenty  miles,  catching  it,  sidetrack- 
ing one  of  its  cars  and  unloading  it,  sounds  like  a  bold  train 
hold-up  worthy  of  the  most  exciting  Missouri  traditions,  but 
it  isn't.  It's  just  a  little  story  of  how  it  happened  that  four 
KisselKars  built  especially  for  the  big  Chicago  show  were  on 
exhibition  at  the  Detroit  automobile  show  the  week  before.  On 
Friday,  the  day  before  the  Detroit  show  opened,  J.  F.  Lynch, 
representing  the  Kissel  Motor  Car  Company,  received  an  order 
from  the  Detroit  dealer  for  a  duplicate  of  each  of  the  four 
models  exhibited  at  New  York,  the  same  to  go  by  express.  The 
train  was  checked  en  route  and  the  cars  containing  the  machines 

were  side-tracked,  then  driven  back  to  the  Kissel  factory. 

*  *  * 

Automobile  Engineers  to  Change  Name 

Arrangements  are  already  under  way  for  the  proposed  change 
in  name  of  the  Society  of  Automobile  Engineers  to  Society  of 
Automotive  Engineers — a  name  more  in  keeping  with  the  en- 
larged activities  of  the  society,  which  now  includes  in  its  mem- 
bership airplane,  tractor,  stationary  and  motor  boat  engine 
designers,  as  well  as  motor  car  engineers. 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER.    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Febhuary  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


YOU  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED 

TO     VISIT    THE     FOLLOWING     EXHIBITS    AT    THE 

AUTOMOBILE  SHOW      CIVIC  AUDITORIUM 

FEBRUARY   1 0th  to   18th 


Space  No.   106 

Accessory  Department 

GRUSS  AIR  SPRING 

PNEUMATIC  CUSHION  COMPANY 


Space  No.  20 

NATIONAL 

and 

HUPMOBILE 

F.    J.    LINZ      MOTOR     COMPANY 


Space  No.  24 

PAIGE 

The  Most  Beautiful    Car  in  America 
RELIANCE    AUTOMOBILE    COMPANY 


Space  No.   1  7 


■        r- 


H.    B.    RECTOR    COMPANY 


West    Room 


FRANKLIN 

Will  Show  Complete  Line 


JOHN     F.    McLAIN    COMPANY 


East  Room 


H.    O.    HARRISON     COMPANY 


East  Room 


see- 
Dodge  Brothers 

MOTOR  CAR 

H.    O.    HARRISON     COMPANY 


North  Half  of  Tier  A 


CHALMERS 


L.    H.    ROSE-CHALMERS     CO 


South  half  of  Tier  A 


CHANDIER 


PEACOCK   MOTOR    SALES    COMPANY 


North  End  of  Tier  B 

PREMIER 

and 

HARROUN 

J.    W.    LEAVITT     &    COMPANY 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Leller 


February  10,  1917 


YOU  ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED 

TO    VISIT    THE    FOLLOWING    EXHIBITS    AT    THE 

AUTOMOBILE  SHOW      CIVIC  AUDITORIUM 

FEBRUARY  10th  to  1 8th 


South  End  Tier  G. 


M^ 


OSEN-McFARLAND    AUTO    CO 


HOWARD    AUTOMOBILE    COMPANY 


KisselKar 

and 

BRISCOE 


PACIFIC    KISSELKAR    BRANCH 


Center,  Tier  F 


QldstaoM* 


19th  Year 


OLDSMOBILE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA 


East  Room 


OWEN-MAGNETIC 


MAGNETIC  MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY 


West 
Room 


Space  No. 


CHEVROLET 


pf7 


MATHEWSON  MOTOR  COMPANY 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OAKLAND 


Space  No.  22 


APPERSON 

ROADAPLANE 


APPERSON  MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY 

SALESROOM— VAN  NESS   AT  JACKSON 


North  End  Tier  C 


saXon 


DU    BROY    MOTOR    COMPANY 


North  West  Corner 


COLE -PACIFIC    MOTOR    COMPANY 


SRt'ARV  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


23 


^SMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllll//^ 

|        High  Gear  "Stuff'         | 

%IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl# 

Queer  Girls. 
A  modest  girl  is  Dolly  Denn, 
As  shy  as  can  be  found; 
She  won't  take  off  her  glasses  when 
There  is  a  man  around. 

— Cincinnati  Enquirer. 

The  modesty  of  Fanny  Fee 

Leaves  Dolly's  far  behind, 
For  if  a  man  is  looking  she 

Won't  even  change  her  mind. 

— Detroit  Free  Press. 

A  queerer  girl  is  Dora  Dale, 

You'll  know  it  when  we  state 
That  even  for  a  bargain  sale 

She  does  not  change  her  gait. 

— Houston  Post. 

But  listen,  lads — Here's  Nellie  Nice 

Subscriber  to  "The  Etude," 
But  wouldn't  take  the  paper  twice, 

For  then  'twould  be  re-nude. 

— Philadelphia  Public  Ledger. 

What  would  yon  say  of  Kitty  Cooke  ? 

Her  plight  was  most  distressing. 
She  feared  to  serve  her  salad,  lest 

Her  guests  vould  see  her  dressing. 

— Auto  Suggestions. 

Quite  opposite  was  Mary  Meet, 

Who  dared  the  public  ire. 
She  stopped  upon  a  city  street 

And  boldly  changed  a  tire. 

*  *  * 

A  man  motoring  in  Maine  met  a  middle-aged  farmer,  who 
said  his  father,  ninety  years  old,  was  still  on  the  farm  where  he 
was  born.  "Ninety  years  old,  eh?"  "Yes,  pop  is  close  to 
ninety."  "Is  his  health  good?"  " 'Tain't  much  now.  He's 
been  complainin'  for  a  few  months  back."  "What's  the  matter 
with  him?"    "I  dunno;  sometimes  I  think  farmin'  don't  agree 

with  him." — Western  Christian  Advocate. 

*  *  * 

Almost  every  day  you  can  read  in  the  papers  where  a  man  is 
sent  to  the  penitentiary  for  stealing  small  articles  that  are  al- 
most valueless;  but  you  seldom  see  where  our  judges  send  a 
thief  to  the  penitentiary  that  steals  an  automobile.    What's  the 

matter  with  justice? — Ohio  Motorist. 

»  •  • 

"So  you  bought  one  of  those  automobiles  they  tell  so  many 
funny  stories  about?"  "Yes,"  replied  Mr.  Chuggins.  "And  it 
is  saving  me  a  lot  of  trouble  and  wear  and  tear.  When  your 
friends  tell  you  jokes  about  your  car  they  don't  expect  you  to 

ask  them  to  ride  around  in  it." — Buffalo  Courier. 

*  *  * 

Friend  (trying  to  be  highly  interested  in  the  new  car  that  is 
riding  him  easily  at  30  miles  an  hour) — What  is  it,  George,  an 
eight  or  a  twelve ?    George  (brightly)— Can't  you  tell?    "Why, 

no!"    Philosophically:  "Well,  does  it  matter,  then?" — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Old  Gentleman  (engaging  new  chauffeur) — I  suppose  I  can 
write  to  your  last  employer  for  your  character?  Chauffeur — I 
am  sorry  to  say,  sir,  each  of  the  last  two  gentlemen  I  have  been 

with  died  in  my  service. — Punch. 

*  •  • 

A.  Moralizer — No  man  needs  to  go  from  bad  to  worse. 
D.  Moralizer — How  about  the  autoist  on  a  road  with  a  detour 

sign  ahead  of  him? — Ohio  Motorist. 

*  *  * 

Prominent  Pests :  The  gent  who  always  wants  to  know  why 
they  don't  build  more  roads  and  then  kicks  because  he  has  to 
detour  around  construction  work. — Ex. 


What  has   become  of   the   old  i.ishioned   automobilist   who 

thought  he  had  to  put  his  car  up  for  the  winter.— 

•  •  • 

Motorist's  idea  of  the  millenium :  Roads  as  straight  as  they 
are  shown  on  the  map. — Ex. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


gKOcay 

'  -  wASHLESs 

©we 


^ 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


|  USE   LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sells    Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

filQ  RIK    Pi   I  IS    ST       Between  Polk  and 
913-OJ3    tLLlO    OI.      van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Ne«  Ave.      BRAND    A.    CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1135  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


OEHliraifflME 


FBEE  FROM  CAKBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,   CAL. 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THIB  OUT.) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses-     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— Just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


( 

(® 

i 

\ 

1© 

f 

EVERY 

TWO 

HOURS 

during 

the   dav.   a   fast  electric    train 

leaves   San 

Francisco. 

Key 

Route 

Ferry   Depot 

TO     S 

A  C  R  A  M 

E  N  T  O 

Fast. 

comfortable  service 

through  some  of  the  prettiest  spots  in 

Centra 

California. 

Write  for  time  table  and 

rates. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN 

RAILWAY 

L.    H. 

RODEBAUGH 

Traffic   Manager,    Oakland, 

Cal. 

24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  10,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Although  New  York  is  still  in  the  grip  of  winter,  thoughts  of 
lighter  clothes  to  be  worn  under  sunny  skies  begin  to  be  forced 
on  our  attention.  Immediately  after  the  holiday  season  the 
shops  begin  to  show  a  tempting  array  of  thin  dresses  and  light 
suits,  for  it  is  now  that  the  exodus  to  warmer  climes  begins  to 
take  place.  Those  of  us  who  either  from  choice  or  necessity 
must  see  the  winter  through  in  the  cold  regions,  may  still  con- 
template the  styles  that  are  offered  for  Southern  wear,  for  they 
are  a  pretty  accurate  forecast  of  what  will  be  worn  when  spring 
comes. 

The  delicate  lingerie  dress  this  season  is  of  Georgette,  chiffon 
cloth  or  net — these  for  the  more  formal  dresses,  while  for  other 
purposes  there  are  dainty,  fine  voiles,  with  new  printed,  woven 
or  embroidered  designs  in  the  most  attractive  colorings  imagin- 
able. Net  dresses  are  finely  embroidered  and  trimmed  with  lace, 
while  those  of  chiffon  and  Georgette  are  adorned  with  the  ubi- 
quitous embroidery  in  cross-stitch,  beads  or  darning  stitch. 

The  New  Colors. 

Green  is  one  of  the  most  fashionable  colors  for  the  coming 
season.  It  has  already  been  launched  by  Paris  with  great  suc- 
cess; furthermore,  it  is  the  true  color  of  spring,  and  for  that 
reason  most  appropriate  for  this  season  of  the  year.    There  is 


©MoCall 


Left — Blouse  of  Chiffon  with  Oyster-White  Tussur  Skirt. 
Right — Crepe  de  Chine  Negligee  with  Angel  Sleeves. 

a  delicate  canary  yellow  used  both  for  afternoon  and  evening 
gowns  which  is  quite  new  and  promises  to  be  very  much  fav- 
ored. Yellow  in  any  shade  seems  to  meet  with  approval.  The 
deep  mustard  and  citron  shades  are  considered  especially  smart 
for  sports  clothes. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  get  away  from  dark  blue,  for,  in 
spite  of  many  people  being  tired  of  it,  Fashion  considers  it 
correct  for  the  tailored  suit  and  dress,  and  it  is  much  too  prac- 
tical a  color  to  be  discarded. 

Blouses  of  Chiffon. 

The  sketch  illustrates  a  blouse  of  chiffon  made  to  be  worn 
outside  the  skirt,  a  style  which  increases  in  popularity  as  time 
goes  on.  The  neck  line,  going  straight  across  the  front  and 
back  from  shoulder  to  shoulder,  is  also  proving  very  popular. 
This  line  is  not  so  hard  when  the  material  is  softly  shirred,  and 
an  additional  piece  of  plain  chiffon  is  placed  over  the  shoul- 
der. Shirred  pockets  at  the  edge  of  the  peplum,  and  the  ribbon 
decoration  ending  in  loops  below  the  belt,  which  is  finished 
with  a  prim,  tailored  bow  directly  in  front,  are  special  style 


features  worthy  of  consideration,  for  they  appear  in  many  of 
the  new  models,  varying  according  to  the  nature  of  the  design. 

Blouses  of  satin  and  silk  are  also  making  their  way  among 
the  very  sheer  materials  which  are  now  being  used. 

The  tailored  skirt  with  large  pockets  placed  over  the  inverted 
pleats  at  the  sides  is  one  of  the  newest  modes  in  separate  skirts. 
The  skirt  is  of  oyster-white  tusur. 

Tussur  and  Pongee  Very  Smart. 

Tussur  and  pongee  have  few  rivals  among  the  materials  for 
suits  and  dresses.  With  splashes  of  bright  colors  in  huge  dots 
or  squares  against  a  white  or  natural  background,  they  make  the 
most  fascinating  sports  suits.  The  striped  and  dotted  designs 
are  very  striking  and  introduce  an  entirely  new  note.  Some  of 
the  designs  are  distinctly  Oriental  in  effect.  Silk  and  wool  jer- 
sey are  other  important  fabrics  which  in  spite  of  having  been 
used  over  and  over  again  are  still  counted  among  fashionable 
materials. 
For  the  Boudoir. 

A  negligee  with  angel  sleeves  is  one  of  the  latest  offerings  for 
the  woman  who  loves  to  be  daintily  and  becomingly  attired  in 
her  boudoir.  A  sketch  is  shown  here.  The  negligee  is  of  crepe 
de  Chine,  with  fine  lace  edging  around  the  collar  and  pockets, 
and  sleeves  of  deep  lace  flouncing.  The  pockets  and  sleeves 
are  weighted  with  silk  tassels. 

Boudoir  caps  of  net,  chiffon  and  lace  trimmed  with  ribbon  are 
still  seen  in  great  numbers.  A  very  pretty  cap  of  blue  chiffon 
with  a  pleated  net  ruffle  and  long  streamers  of  blue  ribbon  is  a 
recent  importation  from  Paris.  A  large  pearl  ornament  was 
placed  in  front.  Another  cap  of  cream  net  was  trimmed  with 
narrow  blue  ribbon  in  lattice  effect  around  the  edge.  Tiny  pink 
rosebuds  held  down  the  lattice  where  the  ribbon  crossed  itself. 
A  ribbon  bow  on  the  crown  and  a  soft  ruffle  to  frame  the  face 
completed  this  dainty  trifle.  Such  caps  are  easily  made  from 
scraps  which  you  may  have  left  over  in  the  house. 


Hotel  St.   Francis 

Mural  Cafe— Dinner  a  la  Carte,  6  to  9  P.  M. 
Ferdinand  Stark's  Orchestra 


'Dancing  In  Rose  Room,  9  P.  M.  to  1  A.  M. 

Except  Sunday 

Arthur  Hickman's  Orchestra 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Snnday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


At 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 


9  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

9  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters   For  Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.   Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


'ESTABLISHED  :W 


Ptld  up  Capital 

Raterr? 

Rxfrrr  Liability  ol 
Proprietor* 

AtTr-rat"  Aimu 
31st  Mar 


$17,500,000.00 
-  13.375,000.00 
■    1 7,500,000.00 

$48.37  5.000.00 
$310,327,208.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

Ml  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  Statas.  Rn  Zealand. 
FIJI.  Papua.  » New  Guinea',  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking*  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credit*  Arrangvd. 

Head  Office.  London  Office 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THRIADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMIND  WALKER  C.V.O..LL.D.D.CL.  |  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

inns  aird  Cn^iM.^      Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

Jt)H>    A1KU  General  .VlaOSgfr    |      ,  »        ■»  -,rn  nnr*  nr.it 

H.  v.  F.  JONES     Assistant  Genersl  Msnseer  I  Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock        $4,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits     1,996.224.64 
Deposits  55.186.713.12 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
mports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the   Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  "BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve   and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M..  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

Typewriter  Papers  and 

Manuscript  Covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO.CAL. 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 

1863  1916 

FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1853 


Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where In  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333    California    Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Or.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank   Bldg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

IVMrtin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT-  LAW. 
Samuel   M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 
Queen   Regent  Merger  Mines  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works,  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors,  held  on  the 
second  day  of  January,  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share 
was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company.  337  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco,  California. 

a;>*  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
day  of  February,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public 
auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Monday,  the 
19th  day  of  March,  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with 
costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.    WADE,    Secretary. 

Office — 337  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco,  California. 

PUBLICATION   OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE.  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  „__.  ,_„.. 

'he  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE,  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons— 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere.  ,  ,. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  tne 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  this  9th  day  of  December, 

(Seal)    1916'  H-   !•   MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.  R.  CASTAGNETTO.  Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  &  PAYNE.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  bankers 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange, 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire— New  York,  Chicago  to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices— San    Francisco.    490    California   St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis;  Los  Angeles.  118  Fourth  St..  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 
PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


REPUBLIC 
TIRES 


Are  Now  a  Better 
Buy   Than   Ever 

REPUBLIC  RUBBER  CO. 

OF     CALIFORNIA 

295  Golden  Gate  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


7 


DAILY 
TRAINS 


CALIFORNIA 
ORANGE 

DAY 
MARCH  10 


TO 
LOS  ANGELES 

"Shore  Line  Limited' 

(Via  Coast  Line) 

Lv.    Third    St.    Station 

8  A.    M. 

Ar.   Los  Angeles 

9:59  P.  M. 

Parlor    Cars,    Observation    Car, 

Composite  Car,   Coaches,  Diner. 

"Owl" 

(Via  Valley  Line) 
Lv.    Ferry    Station 
6:00    P.    M. 
Ar.   Los  Angeles 
8:50  A.  M. 
Standard,    Drawing    Room    and 
Compartment    Sleepers,    Obser- 
vation     Car,      Composite      Car, 
Diner. 

"Lark" 

(Via  Coast  Line) 
Lv.  Third  St.  Station 
8:00  P.  M. 
Ar.  Los  Angeles 
9:45  A.  M. 
Standard,    Drawing    Room    and 
Compartment    Sleepers,     Obser- 
vation Car,  Diner. 

4    ADDITIONAL    TRAINS 

2    via    Coast    Line 

2    Via    Valley    Line 

Protected  by  Electric  Automatic 

Block    Safety    Signals. 


Southern    Pacific 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


Four 

Routes 

East! 


Sunset  Route:  Along  the  v«*. 

sionTrail.and  through  theDix:.:  - 
land  of  song  and  story.  To  New 
Orleans  via  Los  Angeles,  El  Pasc. 
Houston,  and  San  Antonio 
Southern  Pacific  Atlantic 
Steamship  Line,  sailings  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays,  New 
Orleans  to  New  York. 

Ogdeil  ROUte:  Across  the 
Sierras  and  over  the  Great  Salt 
Lake  Cut-off.  To  Chicago  via 
Ogden  and  Omaha;  also  to  St. 
Louis  via  Ogden,  Denver  and 
Kansas  City. 

Shasta  Route:  skirting  majes- 
tic Mount  Shasta  and  crossing 
the  Slskiyous.  To  Portland, 
Tacoma  and  Seattle. 

El  PaSO  ROUte:  The  "Golden 
State  Route"  through  the 
Southwest.  To  Chicago  and  St. 
Louis  via  Los  Angeles,  Tucson, 
El  Paso,  and  Kansas  City. 


Oil  Burning  Locomotives 

No  Cinders,  No  Smudge,  No  Annoying  Smoke 

Unexcelled  Dining  Car  Service 

FOR   FARES  AND  TRAIN   SERVICE  ASK  ANY  AGENT 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


80%  of  the  Entries  and  Winners  in  the 

Vanderbilt  and  Grand  Prix 
Races,  used 

RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 

WHY?    QUALITY. 
For  Sale  by  all  Dealers 


_  b  ■-. .   I 


PACIFIC    COAST    DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


«*"  FRANCIS,, 

Osvoted  to  the   Laadlna  Interests  of  California  and  the  Pacific  Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  17,  1917 


NO.  7. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEAVS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER ■  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal..  Posl-Oflice  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Oft,'.. -George  Street  &  Company.  30  Cornhill.  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  for  publication  in  the  current  number  o(  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
oaSce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rales  (including  postage)— I  year.  $5;  6  months.  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50:  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I   year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


Have  a  hobby  if  you  would  live  long — take  a  rest! 

Turkey  can  only  remain  in  Europe  by  very  astute  diplo- 
matic gobbling. 

If  Congress  doesn't  talk  Preparedness  to  death  the  coun- 
try will  survive. 

Apparently  the  Republican  party  in  California  is  only 

awaiting  the  chaplain. 

There's  a  disposition  to  stone  the  local  Magdalens,  just 

now,  but  not  with  diamonds. 

The  big  pow-wow  in  the  Prussian  diet,  just  now,  has  no 

connection  with  the  high  cost  of  living. 

The  Kaiser  announces  that  Germany  will  fight  to  the  last 

man.    The  Kaiser  ought  to  know :  he'll  be  there. 

Local  bakers  are  debating  a  ten  ounce  loaf  for  five  cents. 

It's  a  cinch  that  the  public  will  lose  the  argument. 

According  to  .the  latest  war  despatch,  Hawaii,  not  Japan, 

has  captured  New  York — with  the  hula-hula  dance. 

The  typewriter  is  a  much  more  vicious  weapon  than  a 

sword  in  constructive  war,  when  handled  by  Roosevelt. 

United  States  munition  plants  hum  with  war  work.    So 

do  those  of  Europe.    Satan,  elate,  still  rides  the  storm. 

An  extremely  interesting  society  wedding  secret  was  re- 
vealed this  week,  after  a  long  silence — by  an  eight  pound  baby. 

Dutch  newspapers  assert  that  the  time  is  not  ripe  for 

a  diplomatic  break.  Rather  it  looks  that  the  time  was  over- 
ripe. 

Governor  Johnson  tackled  seven  more  "farewell"  ban- 
quets, this  week.  At  this  rate  he  will  reach  Washington  in 
Progressive- Preparedness. 

The  vineyard  men  of  California  declare  that  the  old-time 

saloon  must  go.  Brother  D.  M.  Gandier,  of  the  "drys,"  is  will- 
ing, provided  it  keeps  going. 

Once  the  farmers  of  this  country  dreamed  of  $1  wheat. 

Under  war  conditions  the  price  has  been  boosted  to  $2.  Now 
the  public  rides  the  Nightmare. 

The  Old  Guard  of  the  Bohemian  Club  will  send  their 

usual  cablegram  to  Rapht.el  Weill  at  Paris,  congratulating  him 
on  his  birthday,  February  21s+.  Good  fellowship  and  brotherly 
spirit  still  laces  the  world,  despite  the  temporary  disturbance. 


Heney's  political  machine,  to  reach  the  governorship  at 

Sacramento,  is  rapidly  being  put  into  shape.    All  it  requires  is 

Greenback  Gasoline  to  furnish  action. 

« 

A  "newspaper"  doctor  argues  that  the  boys  of  the  nation 

should  be  given  compulsory  military  training  to  save  their 
health.    This  fellow  is  evidently  after  the  boy  vote. 

The  twenty-five  members  on  the  vice  committee  ap- 
pointed by  Mayor  Rolph  will  evidently  use  their  time  as  pall- 
bearers to  Brother  Smith's  campaign  of  impropriety. 

The  devil  prevails.    Lawson  has  failed  to  make  good  his 

charge  in  the  infamous  Wall  street  leak  in  the  Washington 
peace  note,  and  has  lapsed  into  impenetrable  silence. 

A  famous  hen  died  this  week.     While  overcackling  to 

announce  her  feat  of  laying  three  eggs  she  was  assassinated  by 
a  masked  hireling  of  the  committee  of  the  high  cost  of  living. 

Local  police  captains  have  been  ordered  to  stop  at  once 

all  gambling  in  the  city.  Impossible !  According  to  the  records 
gambling  was  announced  as  being  completely  stopped  many 
months  ago. 

Nobody,  not  even  a  survivor  of  the  Ford  Peace  commis- 
sion, is  dusting  the  chairs  in  the  Hague  tribunal,  and  the  moths 
continue  to  weave  their  nests  among  the  wing  feathers  of  the 
Dove  of  Peace. 

W.  H.  Moffat,  a  coast  cattle  magnate,  is  reported  to  be 

planning  to  control  the  lamb  market  in  this  territory — which 
means  that  in  his  kindliness  he  will  gather  in  the  lamb-public 
at  the  same  time. 

William  Sproule  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  has 

offered  the  rail  facilities  of  that  big  corporation  to  the  United 
States  army.  That  would  be  riding  the  khaki  clad  rushers  on  a 
rail  to  some  purpose. 

District  Attorney   Fickert   seems   to   be   developing   a 

"habit"  in  convictions  as  indicated  by  the  rapid-fire  work  of 
disposing  of  Billings  and  Mooney,  in  the  Preparedness  day  dy- 
namite cases.    Next! 

Local  society  women  have  adopted  the  fad  of  studying 

the  machinery  of  automobiles.  Several  lovely  innovations  are 
to  be  introduced  in  the  shape  of  embroidered  covers  to  cylinder 
heads  and  rosettes  for  carburetors. 

Five  hundred  dollars  a  day  is  the  allowance  for  patron- 
age at  the  State  legislature,  and  the  mazuma  is  gobbled  even 
to  the  last  nickel.  Can  it  be  that  the  famous  "paint  eating" 
brigade  of  the  graft  prosecution  are  now  members  there? 

The  Astor  baby's  expenses  were  $29,000  for  last  year. 

He  has  a  toy  came!  wortn  $30,  a  game  attorney  worth  $4,000 
a  year;  a  loving  physician  worth  $6,500  annually,  and  with  a 
score  of  other  ornamental  salaried  servitors  he  kicks  on  being 
dressed  and  squalls  wildly  when  he  sees  a  bottle.  For  a  stom- 
ach incased  in  embroidered  fine  lines,  can  you  beat  it? 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Pork  Barrel 
Lustily  Militant. 


Pork  barrel  extravagance  is  running 
amuck  as  usual  in  the  present  ses- 
sion of  Congress.  Some  $38,000,- 
000  has  been  appropriated  to 
deepen  the  inveterate  creeks  and  undrained  wells  for  naval 
purposes.  Even  the  new  situation  in  the  European  war  fails 
to  restrain  the  germ  infested  pork  barrel  rider  from  his  fell  de- 
termination of  scattering  the  nation's  funds  where  they  will 
best  benefit  his  constituency  in  sluicing  a  creek  or  adding  a 
foolish  wing  to  the  makings  of  a  Postoffice,  and  thus  bolster  his 
chances  of  re-election.  This  class  of  national  legislators  are  as 
pin-headed  and  as  calloused  in  conscience  as  the  moss-backed 
representatives  who  mulcted  the  national  treasury  for  their  own 
wretched  selfishness  in  the  '40's.  Because  the  United  States 
are  extremely  wealthy  in  this  period  of  its  development  is  no 
reason  to  rob  the  nation. 

Representative  James  A.  Freer,  of  Wisconsin,  a  minority 
member  of  the  House  Committee  on  Rivers  and  Harbors,  has 
for  some  time  striven  to  ameliorate  the  present  scrofulous  situa- 
tion by  abolishing  the  abuses  attending  appropriations  for  river 
and  harbor  work  and  the  attendant 
favoritism  in  parceling  out  con- 
tracts. He  proposes  a  Federal 
board  composed  of  members  of  rec- 
titude and  experience,  which  shall 
manage  all  such  waterway  improve- 
ments. Other  nations  successfully 
use  this  form  of  control.  Congress- 
man Freer  figures  that  under  the 
present  pork  barrel  system  at  least 
one-half  of  the  $38,000,000  appro- 
priation, this  year,  wil  be  wasted  in 
the  usual  extravagance.  Such 
vicious  raids  on  the  national  treas-  , 
ury  is  growing  with  the  sessions,  I 
and  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  z 
regular  institution  by  the  looters.  I 
According  to  Representative  Freer's  ^ 
records,  during  the  last  forty  years 
transportation  by  river  routes,  ex- 
cept on  deep  waterways,  has  de- 
creased from  80  to  90  per  cent.  Dur- 
ing that  period  more  than  $240,000,- 
000  has  been  appropriated  for  im- 
provements in  connection  with  the 
Mississippi,  Missouri  and  Ohio 
rivers,  besides  great  sums  for  the 
smaller  streams,  in  the  face  of  the 

steadily  decreasing  use  of  the  rivers.  Virile  political  honesty 
in  Congress  must  win  in  this  contest  or  Democracy  go  to  the 
wall  in  this  country.  The  pork  barrel  is  one  of  the  last  of  a 
company  of  like  abuses,  a  situation  which,  in  itself,  is  signifi- 
cant of  much  improvement.  It  lies  with  the  universities  of  this 
country  to  turn  out  the  stamp  of  conscientious  men  who  will 
sweep  clean  the  floors  of  Congress  in  this  respect. 

3B- 
A  strikingly  new    and     aggressive 
Big  Move  on  movement  on  the  part  of  organized 

Labor's  Part.  labor  has  just  developed  in  Wash- 

ington, D.  C,  by  national  labor 
leaders,  headed  by  President  Samuel  Gompers,  of  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor,  and  leading  labor  representatives  in  Mex- 
ico and  Porto  Rico.  This  is  the  entering  wedge  of  an  effort  to 
create  a  Pan-American  blanket  movement  in  the  three  Americas 
and  the  adjoining  islands.  Labor  organization  in  these  United 
States  is,  of  course,  on  a  stable  footing.  This  organization, 
with  headquarters  at  Washington,  will  lend  all  the  force  and 
resources  at  its  command  to  put  labor  in  the  southern  Americas 
on  a  like  stable  footing. 

The  southern  Americas  and  the  island  possessions  are  rec- 
ognized as  unusually  fruitful  ground  just  now  for  capital  seek- 
ing investments  in  concessions.  Labor  plans  to  prevent  the 
bestowal  of  these  concessions  on  the  ground  that  these  conces- 
sions in  the  shape  of  natural  resources  are  a  vital  part  of  the 
wealth  of  the  common  people ;  "hence  these  resources  should  be 


S-%'  8i/T,  Maw.      N  _ 

/    J  CAH'I  8EAPI  To         >> 
'     P/IPTWlTH  HIM.HE  IS    1 


From    the 


reserved  for  the  exploitation  and  benefit  of  the  common  people 
whose  material  future  may  be  endangered  for  decades  and  per- 
haps centuries." 

The  new  organization  also  plans  to  protect  the  native  labor 
of  the  south  against  capital's  so-called  exploitation  of  the  mili- 
tary idea.  Every  effort  will  be  made  to  check  military  domina- 
tion from  any  quarter  on  the  western  hemisphere.  Demands 
will  be  made  for  free  speech,  free  assemblages,  a  free  press, 
and,  above  all,  the  right  to  strike.  Propaganda  is  being  issued 
and  the  contest  is  on. 

Inevitably  this  movement  must  prove  of  slow  growth  even  if 
it  attains  any  energy  and  extent.  The  Latin  race  dwelling  be- 
low the  northern  boundary  of  Mexico  is  quite  different  men- 
tally and  emotionally  from  the  people  north  of  that  line.  Cli- 
mate, soil,  products,  methods  and  the  handling  of  labor  is  also 
different.  Many  fine  and  important  points  must  be  worked  out 
before  there  can  be  any  cohesion  among  the  divergent  classes 
and  countries.  This  scheme  on  the  part  of  organized  labor  is 
following  the-  natural  trend  of  development  occasioned  by  the 
big  war,  internationalism.  As  a  movement  in  that  direction  it 
has  many  difficult  obstacles  to  over- 
come. 

The  U-Boat  Crisis. 

The  crisis  is  now  practically  past 
in  the  Kaiser's  latest  efforts  to  cir- 
cumvent his  enemies  by  a  U-boat 
blockade  of  the  British  Isles  with- 
out considering  the  international 
rights  of  neutral  nations.  When  the 
Washington  administration  severed 
diplomatic  relations  with  Germany, 
that  country  recognized  that  she  had 
blundered.  Since  then  her  leading 
spokesmen  have  made  numbers  of 
efforts  to  show  that  somehow  official 
Washington  had  failed  to  interpret 
her  real  motives  in  this  grave  mat- 
ter of  preserving  American  lives 
when  neutral  vessels  were  torpe- 
doed. Despite  the  lofty  attitude 
taken  by  the  Kaiser  on  several  in- 
ternational knotty  questions  be- 
tween these  two  countries,  he  has 
always  provided,  in  the  back  of  his 
mind,  that  under  any  extraordinary 
stress  in  peace  discussions  he  would 
have  three  friends  to  rely  on  in  a 
pinch,  Spain,  the  Pope  and  Washington.  Though  he  has  utter 
contempt  for  a  democracy  like  the  United  States,  he  is  fully 
aware  of  its  influence,  vast  resources  and  wealth.  The  Spring 
offensive  is  in  sight,  and  his  enemies  are  girding  themselves 
for  the  final  great  push;  for  this  reason  he  recognizes  that  this 
is  no  time  to  heckle  Washington.  This  is  the  best  guarantee 
this  country  has  that  he  will  show  some  respect  for  American 
lives  in  his  present  U-boat  campaign. 

IB- 
After  a  fortnight's  trial  the  vigilant 
The  U-Boats  Inferno,  efforts  of  the  U-submarine  boats  as- 
sembled to  effectively  blockade  the 
waters  surrounding  the  United  Kingdom  have  failed  in  their 
purpose.  Eighty-one  vessels  were  sunk  by  submarines  in  two 
weeks,  less  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  number  which  reached  Eng- 
lish harbors  in  safety.  On  the  announcement  of  the  German 
blockade  of  English  ports,  the  neutral  mercantile  shipping 
world  were  in  a  quandary,  and  for  almost  a  week  there  was  a 
check  in  departures  bound  for  England's  ports.  The  casualties 
under  the  new  U-boat  blockade  naturally  exceeded  those  of  the 
former  system  of  terrorizing  the  waters  surrounding  the  United 
Kingdom.  Casualties  have  not  been  as  large  as  expected :  the 
result  has  been  that  sailing  dates  from  Atlantic  ports  to  Eng- 
land have  been  resumed,  but  in  lesser  numbers.  The  naval 
board  of  England  is  resorting  to  every  means  to  sweep  the 
North  Seas  of  the  U-boats.  The  latest  plan,  suggested  by  an 
American,  is  to  employ  speedy  pleasure  motor  boats  armed  with 


HIS    LITTLE    PAL 
News-Press    (St.    Joseph, 


Mo.) 


Febrc ary  IT.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


light  gnns.    Th«  uels  are  alert,  quick  and  extraordi- 

narily eifi'  .  line  of  work.     England  is  now  dotting 

the  surrounding  water  veral  thousands  of  them.    Nor- 

wegian vessels  :  .ost  from  the  German  U-boats. 

and  the  United  Stat-  In  ten  days  the  British  lost  43 

vessels,  the  European  neutrals  32,  other  belligerents  5,  and 
America  1.  a  total  tonnage  of  173.377. 


-  RY  WIRELES 
Billy  Sunday'.;  son,  George,  is  quoted  as  saying  that  he  has 
declined  on  his  father's  behali  an  offer  of  $1,000,000  from  a 
moving  picture  concern.  If  only  the  talking  machine  accom- 
paniment, which  inventors  presumably  are  still  working  on, 
were  completed,  Billy  might  accept  such  an  offer  without  feel- 
ing that  he  was  "commercializing  Christ,"  as  his  son  expresses 

»  »  • 

A  member  of  the  committee  on  appropriations  of  Congress 
figures  that  the  inquiry  into  the  alleged  stock  "leak"  on  Presi- 
dent Wilson's  peace  note  is  likely  to  cost  $100,000.  In  due 
course  we  shall  find  out  whether  the  public  knowledge  is  to  be 
increased  to  a  degree  warranting  the  investment.  In  the  calcu- 
lation, Lawyer  Whipple's  fee  is  placed  at  $25,000. 

*  *  * 

The  world  will  rejoice  to  know  that  Auguste  Rodin,  instead 
of  being  ill  on  a  certain  day  recently,  as  reported,  was  married 
on  that  day.  The  rumor  and  its  happy  correction  will  serve  to 
freshen  the  realization  that  in  Rodin  the  present  generation 
has  one  of  its  very  greatest  artists,  and  to  recall  that  the  recog- 
nition of  his  pre-eminence  as  a  sculptor  was  won,  against  pre- 
judice, by  faithful  and  persistent  adherence  to  his  own  ideals 

and  convictions. 

«  *  * 

Boy  scouts  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  are  becoming 
an  especially  valuable  element  in  society.  In  some  places  they 
are  being  trained  in  junior  police  work,  in  others  in  relief  work. 
In  Boston  they  are  to  be  taught  the  arts  of  woodcraft.  If,  as 
has  been  said,  the  boy  is  father  to  the  man,  there  should  be  a 
large  number  of  handy  and  useful  citizens  among  the  fathers 

a  generation  hence. 

*  *  * 

The  news  that  tenants  of  large  apartment  houses  are  form- 
ing social  clubs,  with  duly  elected  officers  and  committees,  and 
frequent  meetings  and  entertainments,  will  surprise  only  those 
who  have  not  realized  the  rapid  development  of  this  type  of 
building,  until  swimming  pools,  common  living  rooms,  ball 
rooms  and  roof  gardens  have  ceased  to  excite  comment.  If 
this  trend  is  to  continue,  however,  who  knows  but  that  socio- 
logical writers,  in  the  near  future,  may  gravely  discuss  "Com- 
munity Life  Among  the  Modern  Cliff  Dwellers?"  And  per- 
haps, one  fine  day,  as  we  are  on  our  way  to  visit  the  Mayor  of 
the  Riverdale  Apartments,  in  his  fortieth-floor  domicile,  we 
may  encounter  a  parade  of  the  Riverdale  Bryan  Club  passing 

the  reviewing  stand  in  front  of  Suite  4073. 

*  *  * 

It  will  be  a  comfort  to  schoolboys  with  a  reputation  for 
"howlers"  to  find  that  popular  novelists  have  been  guilty  of 
blunders  just  as  glaring,  particularly  in  their  references  to 
music.  A  recent  number  of  the  Music  Student  gives  amusing 
instances  of  some  almost  incredible  mistakes.  To  begin  with 
Jane  Austen:  Marianne,  in  "Sense  and  Sensibility,"  to  cover  a 
confidential  conversation,  plays  a  "very  powerful  concerto"  on 
the  piano.  In  "Trilby,"  Svengali  and  Gecko  play  a  "wonderful 
double  improvisation,"  in  which  they  "fugued  and  canoned  and 
counterpointed"  extempore!  Then  one  of  Ouida's  heroes,  who 
are  apt  to  be  amazing,  lets  his  "Strad"  fall,  with  the  result  that 
its  keys  are  smashed!  And  finally,  Marion  Crawford,  in  "A 
Roman  Singer,"  makes  a  violinist  play  the  chord  of  A  minor, 
and,  while  sustaining  it,  produce  "the  sound  of  a  laughing  voice 
high  up  above." 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


TOWN 
CRIER 


.  As  was  forecasted  in  this  column,  the  boomerang  vil- 

hfying  charges  of  Tom  Liwson  regarding  the  so-called  leak  in 
President  Wilson's  peace  note  has  reacted  on  Tommy  and  the 
beguiling  harpies  who  prey  on  victims  in  Wall  street.  Con- 
gress plans  to  investigate  both  them  and  the  scrofulous  mem- 
bers of  Congress  with  whom  they  consort  in  the  illegitimate 
business  of  trading  legislative  secrets  for  profits  in  Wall  street. 
Already  there  has  been  a  mad  scramble  to  cover  signs  and  evi- 
dence in  cases  of  influential  parties.  Many  of  the  brokers' 
books,  letters  and  'phone  messages  have  been  taken  charge  of 
by  the  Congressional  committee.  Trading  by  Congressmen  is 
evidenced  in  numbers  of  these  books.  The  apt  explanation  of 
the  brokers  so  far  is  that  the  orders  were  for  investment  com- 
mitments and  not  speculative.  The  "regular"  newspaper  men 
at  Washington  are  making  every  effort  to  locate  and  disbar  any 
of  their  members  that  may  be  tarred  in  this  game  of  selling 
Congressional  secrets  to  Wall  street.  So  far  only  one  nest  of 
such  scavengers  of  the  press  has  been  located,  and  both  of  the 
men  scotched  have  been  "fired"  so  swiftly  that  smoke  followed 
their  egress. 

War's  perilous  demands  are  now  snatching  at  our  cloth- 
ing, not  on  account  of  the  high  cost  of  trowsers  and  skirts,  but 
on  the  score  of  practical  utility.  From  Chicago  to  this  city  there 
is  sweeping  a  simoon  cf  change  whereby  the  skirts  of  women 
are  being  lifted  aside,  with  nice  propriety,  and  overalls  of  the 
common  or  garden  kind  are  being  substituted.  This  substitution 
is  the  first  important  move  in  Preparedness,  according  to  the 
Solons  in  Congress,  and  of  course  everything  they  suggest 
should  be  swallowed.  They  engendered  the  overall  idea  from 
the  reports  of  the  neglige  work  which  high-bred  women  in 
England,  France  and  Germany  are  now  doing  abroad  on  the 
farms  and  in  the  kindergartens.  The  married  Solons  argue  that 
if  women  can  beat  the  high  cost  of  the  latest  frilled  modes  by 
wearing  overalls  at  farm  work  in  the  morning,  at  teas  in  the 
afternoon,  and  at  Mardi  Gras  revels  in  the  evening,  the  men 
will  have  a  chance  to  tuck  away  a  few  pennies  in  beating  the 
war  game.  The  bill  has  been  passed  without  debate,  and  local 
department  stores  are  now  laying  in  great  stocks  of  overalls — 
for  women. 

A  cockroach  is  in  the  soup!  When  our  sturdy  local  po- 
lice planned  their  grand  annual  ball  at  the  Civic  Auditorium, 
February  20th,  little  did  they  reck  that  the  rampant  vice  cru- 
sade would  play  didoes  with  their  plans  and  rumple  their  tem- 
per and  hopes.  Too  late  they  have  discovered  that  the  usual 
$500  for  the  restaurant  privileges,  the  $600  for  handling  wraps 
and  other  tiddledewinks,  the  bar  concession,  a  silk  lined  cinch 
that,  without  the  tenderloin  vice  taint,  brings  in  at  least  $1,000 
plunks,  and  the  hat  and  parcel  hot  bun  as  safe  as  a  certified 
check  for  350  samoleons — all,  all  have  gone  to  pot,  because  of 
the  wild,  wild  scare  of  the  vice  crusaders  to  clean  up  the  town 
and  bar  liquors,  and  such,  from  the  dancing  map.  If  the  police 
ever  has  a  pull  it  will  be  exercised  on  this  extraordinary  occa- 
sion, and  prove  to  posterity  that  a  star  can  twinkle  in  the  night 
even  against  the  prickly  sentiment  of  prohibition. 

They  were  dining  off  fowl  in  a  restaurant  in  the  Latin 

quarter  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  dago  red  was  plentiful.  "You 
see,"  he  explained,  as  he  showed  her  the  wish-bone,  "you  take 
hold  here.  Then  we  must  both  made  a  wish  and  pull,  and  when 
it  breaks,  the  one  who  has  the  bigger  part  of  it  will  have  his  or 
her  wish  granted."  "But  I  don't  know  what  to  wish  for,"  she 
protested.  "Oh,  you  can  think  of  something,"  he  said.  "No,  I 
can't,"  she  replied;  "I  can't  think  of  anything  I  want  very 
much."  "Well,  I'll  wish  for  you,"  he  exclaimed.  "Will  you, 
really?"  she  asked.  "Yes."  "Well,  then,  there's  no  use  fool- 
ing with  the  old  wish-bone,"  she  interrupted,  with  a  glad  smile; 
"you  can  have  me." 

Peck — Of  course,  like  all  women,  you  have  an  inordinate 

curiosity.  Mrs.  Peck — Got  a  curiosity,  have  I?  I've  got  a 
freak. — Boston  Transcript. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


Mardi  Gras  Engrossing. 

The  Mardi  Gras  ball  next  Tuesday  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel 
is  occupying  the  attention  of  the  smart  set  to  the  exclusion  of 
everything  else.  Which  does  not  mean  that  the  women  are  not 
going  through  the  usual  routine  motions  of  the  day's  activities, 
which  cram  the  moments  until  the  hour  strikes  for  the  ball. 

But  the  spirit  is  not  present  enough,  though  the  body  pay  be 
among  those  included  at  the  festivities  of  these  preliminary 
days.  For  of  a  truth,  every  woman  is  wondering  why  she  put 
off  getting  her  costume  until  the  last  moment,  or  why  she  did,  or 
did  not,  do  this,  that  or  the  other  thing  for  the  Mardi  Gras,  and 
she  cannot  do  more  than  pretend  to  concentrate  on  anything  not 
connected  with  this  gala  event. 

see 

Templeton  Crockers  Dine  the  "200." 

There  are  many  things  that  conspire  to  make  this  ball  of 
special  social  importance.  In  the  first  place,  the  event  will  be 
staged  in  a  ballroom  especially  built  for  the  affair,  and  that  adds 
a  glamour  to  the  occasion.  The  Templeton  Crockers  are  giving 
a  magnificent  dinner  to  200  guests  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  and 
those  who  are  bidden  to  this  dinner  are  naturally  more  inter- 
ested in  their  costumes  than  if  they  were  just  to  be  on  display 
at  the  ball.  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker  always  wears  the  costume 
magnifique,  and  this  year  has  it  that  both  she  and  her  husband 
are  going  to  overreach  theii  own  records.  Mrs.  Crocker  has  en- 
tertained very  little  this  season,  and  therefore  the  dinner  in- 
vitations came  as  a  great  surprise  because  the  frivolous  set  is 
gradually  reconciling  itself  to  the  fact  that  every  year  "Helene 
becomes  more  of  a  highbrow,"  as  one  of  her  intimates  put  it 
the  other  day. 

©  "©     © 

Mrs.  Crocker  Attitudinizes. 

The  genius  who  Englished  the  expression  "high  brow"  into 
the  language  gave  a  short  cut  to  the  race  which  detests  circum- 
locution. It  has  a  flavor  which  is  all  its  own,  and  can  be  used  in 
terms  of  awe  or  opprobrium  by  the  simple  device  of  inflection. 
When  applied  to  the  beautiM  and  youthful  Mrs.  Crocker  by  the 
smart  set  of  Burlingame,  it  is  so  coated  in  awe  that  it  is  posi- 
tively awesome!  Mrs.  Crocker  takes  her  reading  matter  bolt 
upright — in  fact,  it  is  the  stiff  sort  of  literature  which  cannot 
be  folded  into  position  for  hammock  or  reclining  chair  uses. 
Those  who  have  oniy  a  bowing  acquaintance  with  her,  and  those 
who  only  know  her  by  sight  and  via  the  society  columns,  get 
no  hint  of  the  student  side  of  her,  which  is  the  real  side.  She 
wears  beautiful  clothes  and  pictorially  always  adds  much  to 
che  assemblage  of  "fair  women  and  brave  men,"  when  she  goes 
out,  but  more  and  more  she  has  gone  in  for  the  intellectual  side 
of  life,  which  always  takes  the  accent  off  the  giddy-gadabout- 
ness  of  the  gay  set. 

©    ©    © 

Male  Busy  bo  dying. 

Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  is  once  more  wearing  roses  in  her  cheeks,  and 
is  no  longer  wan  and  lily-like  as  she  was  when  she  first  returned 
from  the  East  with  the  Templeton  Crockers.  She  is  settled 
now  in  the  house  she  has  taken  in  Burlingame,  and  is  going 
about  the  business  of  being  happy,  and  is  succeeding  in  look- 
ing like  her  old  radiant  self  at  any  rate.  The  probability  of  a 
reconciliation  between  the  Kohls  has  gone  a-glimmering  even 
among  the  optimists,  but  it  cheers  the  hearts  of  every  one  to 
know  that  the  male  busybody  who  set  the  match  to  smoul- 
dering troubles  is  now  as  unpopular  with  Mr.  Kohl  as  he  is  with 
Mrs.  Kohl. 

©    ©    © 

Mme.  Melba  and  Mrs.  Kohl. 

Mme.  Melba,  who  has  always  been  a  house  guest  of  the 
Kohls,  was  very  shocked  to  learn  of  the  rift  in  their  lute,  and 
has  spent  much  time  going  about  the  city  and  peninsula  with 
Mrs.  Kohl,  of  whom  she  is  very  fond.  It  was  Melba  who  first 
lifted  Mrs.  Kohl's  voice  out  of  the  dilly-dally  tante  class  by 
putting  the  seal  of  her  astonishment  on  it.     She  heard  Mrs. 


Kohl  sing  after  a  dinner  party,  and  declared  that  with  proper 
training  she  might  hope  to  become  one  of  the  great  singers  of 
the  world.  Until  that  time  society  had  enjoyed  Mrs.  Kohl's 
voice  mainly  in  the  popular  songs  of  the  moment,  but  under 
the  fire  of  Melba's  enthusiasm,  Mrs.  Kohl  began  to  study  and  to 
stop  using  her  voice  to  penetrate  the  cool  of  summer  evenings 
to  the  tinkle  of  the  guitar  on  the  deep  verandas.  She  took 
care  of  her  voice,  studied  as  much  as  a  busy  society  woman 
could,  but  never  seriously  entertained  the  idea  of  dedicating 
herself  to  the  intrepid  task  of  becoming  a  supplicant  for  the 
world's  approval  as  one  of  the  great  divas.  Even  now  that 
the  walls  of  domesticity  have  fallen,  Mrs.  Kohl  does  not  intend 
to  exclusively  devote  herself  to  music. 

©    ©    © 
Third  Degree  for  Guests. 

The  rules  and  regulations,  restrictions  and  inhibitions  of  the 
new  Athletic  Club  will  gradually  be  conned  by  the  members, 
and  then  the  feeling  will  wear  off  that  an  excursion  into  the 
club  for  a  guest  is  a  mild  form  of  the  third  degree. 

Guests  are  registered  before  the  hostess  enters  the  dining 
room,  or  she  is  politely  stopped  at  the  door  on  her  way  out,  and 
requested  to  register  her  guests.  This  rule  is  devised  to  safe- 
guard the  by-law  that  a  member  may  not  bring  the  same  guest 
but  twice  during  the  year.  Up  to  the  present  time  the  simple 
process  of  registration  is  in  force — so  far  the  Bertillon  system 
of  measurement,  photographs,  finger  prints  and  foot  marks  are 
not  required. 

©    ©    © 

Spindle  Shanks  and  Double  Chins  Protected. 

Doubtless  the  directors  were  animated  by  a  safe  and  sane  de- 
sire to  protect  the  interests  of  the  thousand  and  more  members 
by  not  swinging  wide  the  doors  in  welcome  to  guests.  One  can 
understand  that  members  going  through  reduction  exercises  in 
the  gymnasium,  swatting  the  tennis  ball,  or  coming  all  dripping 
wet  from  the  plunge,  do  not  want  a  spectators'  row  of  non-mem- 
bers card  indexing  their  good  or  bad  points. 

But  some  of  the  members  have  not  taken  the  trouble  to  read 
all  the  printed  matter  in  the  membership  book,  and  the  other 
morning  a  well  known  woman  took  a  friend  who  is  not  a  mem- 
ber in  to  luncheon.  They  got  by  the  registration  at  the  door 
without  having  their  feelings  mussed  up,  but  all  unaware  of  the 
"keep  off  the  grass"  laws  the  member  showed  her  friend 
through  the  club — a  courtesy  that  was  only  permissable  during 
the  opening  days  when  the  club  was  not  yet  in  use.  In  the 
swimming  tank  there  were  two  beauteous  damsels  practicing 
the  Australian  stroke,  and  they  did  not  think  of  asking  the  two 
women  who  glanced  idly  at  them  for  a  moment  whether  they 
had  their  membership  cards  with  them.  But  along  came  a 
director  and  recognized  that  an  alien  was  treading  on  forbid- 
den planks — and  in  a  manner  which  her  hearers  decided  was 
more  incisive  than  polite  she  explained  the  faux  pas. 
©    ©    © 

Separate  Tank  for  Guests. 

Then  a  brilliant  idea  came  to  the  guest,  who  should  have 
been  crushed,  but  whose  mind  went  right  on  'working.  Said 
she:  "Kismet  had  the  right  idea.  Do  you  remember  how  he 
drowned  his  man  and  watched  the  bubbles!  I  think  the  club 
should  have  separate  tanks  where  the  erring  guest  who  stum- 
bles in  here  by  mistake  could  be  quietly  and  effectively  im- 
mersed in  water  until  her  memory  of  this  incarnation  is  perma- 
nently water-logged." 

©    ©    © 

Bar  Privileges  in  Light  Demand. 

The  bar  privileges  have  been  so  lightly  used  that  that  fea- 
ture of  the  club  is  evidently  not  going  to  be  a  great  source  of 
income — much  to  the  delight  of  every  one,  for  there  was  some 
trepidation  about  establishing  a  feature  which  might  become  a 
sign  post  on  the  cocktail  route. 

©    ©    © 
Wedding  Bells  Tinkle. 

The  blockade  on  the  railroads  caused  the  only  note  of  disap- 
pointment to  be  struck  in  the  marriage  of  Miss  Katherine  Hell- 
mann  and  Thorp  Sawyer.  Down  at  Palo  Alto,  where  the  cere- 
mony was  performed  in  the  beautiful  Memorial  Chapel,  the  sun 
sailed  laughingly  through  the  skies  and  defied  the  calendar 
which  usually  threatens  tearful  heavens  at  this  season  of  the 
year.  But  somewhere  in  the  Sierras  the  weather  was  putting 
over  the  conventional  stuff  done  by  winter,  and  there  in  a  snow- 


February  17,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


bound  train,  the  best  man.  Brook  Wright,  of  Seattle,  impatiently 
watched  the  wheels  stand  still.  So  Frederick  Hellmann.  uncle 
of  the  pretty  young  bride,  at  whose  home  in  Chile  the  romance 
began,  officiated  as  best  man.  The  bride  was  lovely  in  white 
satin,  tulle  and  orange  blossoms,  and  the  matron  of  honor,  her 
sister,  Mrs.  Frances  Bemdt.  and  the  bridesmaids,  the  Misses 
Roberta  and  Louise  Hellmann,  Dorothy  Berry  and  Ruth  Red- 
field  all  did  honor  to  their  posts.  The  young  couple  will  live  in 
South  America  for  several  years,  at  any  rate,  but  as  the  bride 
has  already  visited  there  a  number  of  times  it  does  not  seem 
like  "furrin  parts"  to  her. 

*.*    •.■    *.* 
Family  Traditions  Upheld. 

Another  pretty  family  wedding  of  the  week  took  place  at  the 
home  of  the  Ralph  Merrills,  where  Miss  Marguerite  Mehrin, 
Mrs.  Merrill's  sister,  became  the  bride  of  William  Harold  Meek. 
The  bride  is  a  very  attractive  girl,  and  was  attended  by  her  two 
young  sisters,  the  Misses  Claire  and  Adelaide  Mehrin.  This 
wedding  unites  two  young  people  of  old  California  families, 
who  have  helped  to  weave  many  interesting  colors  into  the  so- 
cial history  of  California.  Young  Meek  is  the  son  of  the  late 
Harry  Meek,  a  pioneer  capitalist,  and  the  famous  Hayward 
home  of  the  Meeks  has  always  dispensed  lavish  hospitality  to 
the  society  folk  of  all  sides  of  the  bay,  who  through  all  the 
stages  of  locomotion,  from  horseback  riding  to  buggy  riding, 
and  finally  in  motor  cars,  have  passed  their  way  and  stopped 
for  a  friendly  chat.  The  newly  married  young  couple  will  re- 
side at  the  old  family  home  in  Hayward. 


Ready  for  the  Big  Mardi  Gras  Ball. 

The  thoughts  of  all  lovers  of  gayety  are  turned  towards  the 
Mardi  Gras,  which  will  take  place  Tuesday  night.  In  order 
to  accommodate  the  throng  of  merrymakers  who  are  anxious 
to  participate,  it  has  been  found  necessary  to  erect  a  temporary 
structure  immediately  adjoining  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  on  the 
Post  street  side,  and  opening  into  the  caravansary  through  the 
Rose  Room.  This  building,  which  will  be  thoroughly  steam- 
heated,  will  be  140  by  80  feet  in  size,  with  a  tier  of  boxes  on 
the  main  floor  and  another  on  a  balcony.  Edgar  Walter  is  again 
putting  to  the  test  his  remarkable  artistic  ability.  The  scene 
will  be  almost  barbaric  in  its  bizarre,  fantastic  colors,  and  in 
the  pageant  there  will  be  introduced  a  number  of  Russian  musi- 
cal instruments  and  also  Russian  wolf  hounds.  Czarina  Talbot 
Walker  and  her  Royal  consort,  Edmunds  Lyman,  will  be  accom- 
panied by  the  court  ladies,  Miss  Helen  Keeney,  Mrs.  Charles 
Keeney,  Miss  Helen  Crocker,  Miss  Arabella  Schwerin,  Miss 
Gertrude  Hopkins,  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  Miss  Helen  Jones  and 
Mrs.  Horace  L.  Hill,  Jr.,  each  in  a  costume  that  will  be  a  reve- 
lation. The  men  of  the  court  will  include  John  Parrott,  William 
Parrott,  Archie  Johnson,  Walter  Hush,  Edgar  Eyre,  Lansing 
Tevis  and  Benson  Rose,  and  the  Royal  pages  will  be  young 
Preston  Ames  and  William  Cheatham.  The  event  is  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Children's  Hospital.  Tickets  are  $5,  and  may  be 
obtained  from  the  ladies  of  the  Auxiliary  and  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel.  Floor  Manager  William  F.  Humphrey  announces  that 
the  rule  prohibiting  unmasking  until  midnight  will  be  rigidly 
enforced. 

©    ©    © 
An  Ideal  Afternoon  Entertainment. 

The  Techau  Tavern,  with  its  homelike  atmosphere,  its  whole- 
some food,  variety  of  bills  of  fare,  unusual  service  and  con- 
venience of  location,  appeals  particularly  to  business  men  and 
women,  as  is  attested  by  the  crowds  that  are  to  be  found  there 
every  day  at  the  Tavern's  luncheon  hour.  In  lieu  of  the  public 
dancing,  which  has  been  discontinued  in  the  afternoon,  the 
Tavern  now  has  what  is  practically  a  continuous  afternoon 
entertainment  and  one  which  is  especially  suited  to  the  refined 
taste  of  the  Tavern's  afternoon  patronage.  The  perfume  favors 
continue  their  great  interest;  every  afternoon,  at  five,  at  dinner, 
and  after  theatre  hours,  costly  perfume  souvenirs  are  presented, 
without  competition  of  any  sort,  to  those  in  attendance. 

©    ©    © 
Two  Recitals  by  Stella  Dennis  Taylor. 

Mrs.  Taylor  has  a  charming  personality  and  the  power  of 
completely  captivating  her  audiences.  She  has  given  her  suc- 
cessful and  unique  programs  before  all  the  important  clubs  of 


the  bay  region.  Her  songs  are  the  sanest,  saddest,  merriest  of 
songs — songs  one  remembers  and  clings  to  when  things  go 
awry.  And  the  informality  and  intimacy  of  their  rendering 
leaves  one  in  a  warm  glow  of  appreciation.  She  will  give  one 
recital  Thursday,  February  20th;  another  on  Friday,  the  .1 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue,  at  three  o'clock. 

©    ©    © 
Social  Events,  Hotel  Oakland. 

The  Legislative  Luncheon  of  Civic  Center  was  well  attended 
and  most  successful.  The  affair  took  place  in  the  ball  room  on 
Saturday  and  was  most  interesting. 

One  of  the  nicest  dinner  parties  of  the  past  week  was  the  one 
held  by  Dr.  Gaddis  on  Thursday  in  the  Northwest  Room,  hav- 
ing about  seventy  guests. 

The  16th  Annual  Convention  of  Alameda  District  of  the 
California  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  convened  in  the 
ball  room,  Hotel  Oakland,  at  9  a.  m.,  and  held  a  three  days' 
session  which  will  conclude  to-day.  A  banquet  for  the  mem- 
bers was  held  Thursday  evening  in  the  ball  room.  Friday  even- 
ing the  delegates  were  entertained  at  a  dancing  party  held  in 
the  ball  room. 

Preparations  are  already  underway  for  the  next  Subscription 
Dance  which  will  take  place  on  February  28th  in  the  ball  room. 
This  is  the  second  of  these  charming  affairs. 
©    ©    © 

Easton  Home  Changes  Owners. 

J.  Cheever  Cowdin  has  purchased  the  famous  Easton  home 
in  Hillsborough  for  approximately  $400,000.  Very  early  in  the 
social  history  of  the  Peninsula  the  Easton  and  Mills  families 
located  at  Easton  and  acquired  large  holdings  in  San  Mateo 
County.  The  Easton  home  was  one  of  the  first  and  most  com- 
modious houses  erected  in  that  quarter,  and  despite  the  changes 
in  structure  and  ornament  since  then,  it  continues  to  maintain 
its  old  distinction  and  tradition.  Naturally  it  will  be  remod- 
led  to  meet  the  obligations  of  more  extensive  entertainment. 
Mr.  Easton  recently  purchased  1,200  acres  for  a  new  home  on 
the  slopes  of  Mt.  Diablo,  and  plans  to  build  a  more  commodious 
home  there  than  he  had  at  Hillsborough.  He  has  reserved  ten 
acres  at  Hillsborough  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  winter 
home.  The  plans  of  the  new  Easton  home  on  the  Mt.  Diablo 
site  are  in  the  hands  of  Louis  Mulgardt,  who  designed  the 
Court  of  Abundance  at  the  recent  Exposition. 
©    ©    © 

California  Grays  to  Go  to  the  Inauguration. 

That  crack  special  organization,  the  California  Grays,  are 
making  strong  efforts  to  raise  the  necessary  funds  to  pay  their 
transportation  to  Washington,  and  there  represent  California 
at  the  inaugural  procession  and  exercises  which  will  celebrate 
the  inauguration  of  President  Wilson  into  his  second  term.  This 
effort  of  the  company  is  strongly  endorsed  by  the  San  Francisco 
Real  Estate  Board,  Down  Town  Association,  San  Francisco 
Hotel  Association,  Rotary  Club,  Merchants'  Exchange  Club 
and  others  of  like  commanding  stand;  also  by  such  represen- 
tative men  as  Mayor  Rolph,  Hon.  Franklin  K.  Lane,  Senator 
Phelan,  R.  B.  Hale  and  Wm.  Sproule.  Address  the  financial 
committee,  Alexander  Russell,  Robert  A.  Roos  and  Edward 
Rainey  at  the  Civic  Auditorium. 

©    ©    © 

Visitors  from  the  East. 

Mrs.  Alfred  Reeves,  Alfred  Reeves,  general  manager  of  the 
National  Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  largest  or- 
ganization of  its  kind  in  the  country,  and  Mr.  F.  E.  Moskovics, 
representing  the  Society  of  American  Automobile  Engineers, 
who  are  among  the  many  delighted  visitors  from  the  East  to 
attend  the  big  Automobile  show  at  the  Anditorium,  were  ten- 
dered an  enthusiastic  reception  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  Thursday 
evening,  by  the  Motor  Car  Dealers'  Association  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  gathering  was  the  social  event  of  "Motor  Car  Week" 
and  in  a  measure  capped  the  pleasures  of  the  event. 


The  DRUNK  A  R  D  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 


Keeley 


■  "»"»'"■■■ 


6  San  Francisco  News  Letter  February  17, 1917 

End  of  Chris  Evans,  Melodrama  Bandit     Women  Breaking  Into  the   Judiciary 


Chris  Evans,  who  headed  the  most  extraordinary  and  spec- 
tacular band  of  outlaws  in  what  might  be  called  modern  Cali- 
fornia, died  this  week  at  a  hospital  in  Portland,  Oregon,  aged 
70  years.  His  closing  days  touched  extreme  poverty,  from 
which  he  was  rescued  by  a  son  who  learned  of  his  father's  ex- 
tremity through  newspapers. 

The  exploits  of  the  Evans  and  Sontag  gang  covered  the  per- 
iod from  1889  to  1894,  five  years,  and  in  that  time  they  were 
constantly  in  the  limelight.  They  kept  the  sheriffs  of  a  dozen 
counties  on  the  jump  together  with  the  best  detectives  of  Wells- 
Fargo  and  the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  Indian  trailers  were 
brought  up  from  Arizona  to  run  them  down,  trained  blood- 
hounds were  used,  and  small  fortunes  were  offered  for  their 
capture,  dead  or  alive.  Only  by  a  fluke  were  the  two  leaders 
captured,  and  then  it  was  by  way  of  a  fierce  duel  in  which  the 
outlaws  were  almost  shot  to  pieces  by  ambushed  deputy 
sheriffs. 

Evans  and  Sontag  robbed  a  number  of  Southern  Pacific  trains 
during  1889-1892,  and  made  a  number  of  visits  east  to  hold  up 
treasure  trains.  The  clear  evidence  covering  their  identity 
came  to  light  in  the  robbing  of  a  Southern  Pacific  train  near 
Collis  station,  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley.  Willis  Polk  happened 
to  be  on  the  train.  He  had  soaked  in  sound  ideas  regarding 
"news"  through  his  then  bohemian  association  with  newspaper- 
men, and  during  the  excitement  he  gathered  a  succint  and 
colorful  description  of  the  robbery  and  wired  it  to  the  San 
Francisco  Examiner.  Thereafter  that  paper  took  the  lead  in 
the  chase  to  run  down  the  bandits.  Their  identity  was  sharply 
suspected  in  this  robbery,  and  a  dozen  railroad  detectives 
quickly  took  their  trail.  Part  of  the  loot  was  uncovered  in 
Evans'  garden  at  Visalia.  George  Sontag  was  located  in  the 
house,  covered  with  guns  and  taken  to  jail.  He  was  tried  later 
and  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment. 

Later  the  posse  slipped  back  to  capture  Evans  and  the  other 
Sontag.  Then  the  great  melodrama  began.  Both  bandits 
swung  their  guns  and  opened  fire  on  the  posse  closing  in  on 
them.  They  fought  through  the  circle,  jumped  into  a  rig  in  the 
back  yard,  and  whipped  the  team  on  a  dead  run  to  the  foothills 
of  the  Sierras.  Every  good  team  they  met  they  commandeered, 
and  continued  their  flight.  They  were  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  the  most  secret  recesses  in  the  mountains,  and  long  months 
followed  before  they  were  captured.  In  the  interim  they  vis- 
ited the  Evans  home  occasionally,  and  the  homes  of  settlers 
who  were  of  their  kind.  Frequent  battles  were  had  with  dep- 
uty sheriffs,  and  in  all  of  them  the  officers  were  severely  han- 
dled except  in  the  final  round.  In  the  Visalia  fight  three  depu- 
ties were  wounded.  Later  Evans  killed  three  of  his  pursuers, 
besides  wounding  a  number  of  others. 

Through  a  stool  pigeon,  the  detectives  learned  that  Evans 
and  Sontag  were  coming  down  from  the  mountains  to  visit  the 
family  home  in  Visalia.  The  posse  selected  a  cabin  on  the  trail 
and  arranged  themselves  so  as  to  take  full  advantage  of  the 
approaching  bandits.  Firing  was  opened  on  the  bandits  while 
they  were  crossing  a  grain  field  in  front  of  the  cabin  late  in  the 
afternoon.  Both  bandits  dropped  behind  grain  cocks  and  re- 
turned the  fire.  It  was  only  a  question  of  time  when  the  two 
bandits  were  badly  shot  up.  Evans  lost  an  arm  and  the  sight 
of  one  eye,  besides  a  score  of  wounds.  No  one  thought  he 
would  survive,  but  he  had  the  constitution  of  an  ox.  Both  men 
were  convicted  in  Fresno.  Sontag  turned  State's  evidence,  but 
was  given  99  years  in  the  penitentiary,  and  Evans  was  given 
life.  While  in  jail,  Evans  hypnotized  Ed.  Morrell,  a  waiter,  a 
man  of  his  own  kidney,  who  brought  in  his  meals.  Between 
them  they  managed  to  overcome  the  turnkey  and  make  their 
escape.  They  jumped  into  a  buggy  and  dashed  for  the  moun- 
tains, as  in  the  first  instance.  They  reached  the  old  hiding 
place  in  the  mountains,  and  Evans,  crippled  as  he  was,  man- 
aged for  a  time  to  put  up  a  bold  defense,  but  eventually  both 
were  returned  to  jail.  Morrell  was  released  from  the  peniten- 
tiary a  few  years  ago,  and  is  now  lecturing  about  the  country. 
Evans  served  17  years,  and  then  was  in  such  a  weak  condition 
physically  that  he  was  paroled,  April,  1911.  His  daughter  Eva 
worked  for  years  to  gain  his  release,  but  the  feeling  against 
Evans  was  too  strong  till  his  vitality  began  to  ebb.     • 

This  meagre  sketch  of  their  bold  activities  gives  only  a  vague 
idea  of  the  extraordinary  melodrama  they  staged. 


This  is  the  day  of  the  New  Woman,  war  or  no  war.  Portia 
of  New  York  yearns  for  the  ermine  of  the  judiciary.  She 
wishes  to  sit  in  judgment  on  cases  of  juvenile  delinquents  or  in 
domestic  relations  cases.  She  is  Mrs.  Clarice  Margolies  Ba- 
right,  the  first  woman  lawyer  to  be  admitted  to  the  State  Bar 
Association.  Miss  Claudia  Hare,  of  Groton,  N.  Y.,  also  was 
admitted  to  the  association,  following  Mrs.  Baright. 

Discussing  her  admittance  to  the  sombre  realms  heretofore 
reserved  for  men  lawyers,  Mrs.  Baright  recently  disclosed  her 
ambition  to  be  a  judge.  She  applied  to  Mayor  Mitchel  for  ap- 
pointment as  Justice  of  the  Children's  Court  or  as  a  Magistrate 
assigned  to  the  Court  of  Domestic  Relations,  but  as  yet  her 
ambition  is  unsatisfied. 

"If  the  women  had  the  vote  I  would  be  appointed  in  a  hurry," 
asserted  Mrs.  Baright,  who  was  toastmaster  at  the  dinner  of 
women  lawyers,  where  Judge  Louis  Gibbs,  of  the  Bronx  County 
Court,  the  only  man,  made  a  speech,  which  was  received  with 
varying  emotion. 

"It  is  inevitable,"  continued  Mrs.  Baright,  "that  a  woman  will 
be  a  judge  in  New  York.  All  signs  point  in  that  direction.  The 
serious  woman  lawyer  has  made  good  at  the  bar  and  greater 
success  awaits  her  on  the  bench.  Why,  the  very  men  who  call 
me  in  for  advice  on  juvenile  delinquency  cases  are  the  ones  who 
object  to  a  woman  on  the  bench." 

Clarice  Margolies  was  born  in  Vienna,  coming  to  America  at 
the  age  of  three,  returning  to  her  native  city  when  nine  years 
old,  and  remaining  in  school  until  she  was  thirteen  years  old. 
She  said  that  Francis  Joseph,  then  Emperor  of  Austro-Hungary, 
inspected  the  school  and  patted  her  on  the  head. 

Returning  to  America,  she  was  graduated  from  high  school, 
took  a  law  course  at  New  York  University,  and  in  1905  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  She  has  practised  law  successfully  since, 
and  has  investigated  municipal  conditions,  particularly  in  re- 
lation to  the  juveniles  and  working  girls.  To  obtain  first  hand 
information  on  the  lives  of  working  girls,  she  worked  in  a  waist 
factory  and  in  a  department  store. 

Two  months  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar  she  married. 
She  has  written  books  on  "Citizens  in  the  Making"  and  "What 
Makes  Gangsters." 

While  practicing  law  she  lived  among  the  poor  of  the  East- 
side  and  made  a  special  study  of  the  conditions  surrounding 
boys  and  girls.  She  has  taken  a  particular  interest  in  the  street 
urchin,  and,  to  quote  her  own  words : 

"I  know  the  Italian  boy,  the  Jewish  boy  and  the  Irish  boy, 
and  I  know  where  to  put  my  hand  on  the  pulse  that  will  bring 
a  tear  drop  to  his  eye." 

Mrs.  Baright  is  an  enthusiastic  student  of  psychology  of 
juvenile  delinquency  and  equipped  herself  for  administering 
justice  to  juveniles  by  ten  years  of  hard  work. 

"When  I  felt  I  was  competent  in  law  practice,"  she  said,  "I 
thought  nothing  at  all  of  sending  in  my  application  to  the  Mayor 
to  place  me  on  the  bench  with  other  judges  to  see  what  assist- 
ance I  could  render  to  the  children  brought  into  court.  The 
suggestion  spread  like  wildfire,  for  I  was  the  first  woman  to 
apply  for  a  place  in  a  court  of  record. 

"I  am  going  to  get  the  office  yet.  You  can  bet  on  that,"  she 
added  with  emphasis.  It  is  the  handwriting  on  the  wall.  This 
is  an  age  of  efficiency." 

Mrs.  Baright  is  particularly  anxious  to  have  minors  segre- 
gated from  old  offenders  in  court.  Her  policy  will  not  permit 
any  boy  or  girl  under  twenty-one  to  come  in  contact  with  adult 
criminals. 

Mrs.  Baright  is  very  enthusiastic  over  her  work,  and  when 
she  talks  her  face  becomes  animated  and  her  dark  eyes  shine 
with  the  sincerity  of  her  convictions.  Her  friends  enthusiasti- 
cally predict  that  she  will  yet  realize  her  ambition  to  become  a 
judge  of  the  Children's  Court. 

In  progressive  California  several  women  are  already  sitting 
on  the  lower  benches  of  the  Judiciary,  notably  as  justices  of  the 
peace  and  in  charge  of  delinquent  courts  for  women  and  child- 
ren. Several  women  attorneys  in  the  State  have  acquired  local 
reputations  in  handling  their  practice  at  the  bar,  notably  Mrs. 
Adams,  U.  S.  Assistant  District  Attorney. 


Miss  Catt— The  poet  is  buried  in  thought.     Miss  Nipp 

For  goodness'  sake  don't  resurrect  him, — Pittsburg  Post. 


February  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


PLyEASURD'S  WAND 


mmm: 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


The  House  of  Glass"  at  the  Columbia. 

Literally  the  only  being  that  lives  in  a  glass  house  is  a  gold- 
fish, and  although  it  mignt  bite  you  when  you  come  home  late 
at  night,  obviously  it  cannot  throw  stones.  But,  metaphorically 
speaking,  we  all  live  in  glass  houses,  more  or  less,  and  that  was 
the  idea  conveyed  by  the  Nazarene  when  he  rebuked  the  gen- 
tlemen who  proposed  to  piulsmith  the  redlight  district  of  Jeru- 
salem by  the  simple  but  effective  expedient  of  stoning  Mag- 
dalen. You  may  remember  reading  the  famous  exhortation: 
"Let  him  who  is  without  guilt  cast  the  first  stone." 

Therefore  the  name  of  Max  Marcin's  play,  now  at  the  Colum- 
bia, "The  House  of  Glass",  holds  unlimited  possibilities  for  the 
playwright,  but  why,  oh  why,  did  he  confine  himself  to  the  very 
small  section  of  life  represented  by  crooks  or  by  those  innocent, 
or  otherwise,  who  have  run  afoul  of  the  law  ? 

Huxley,  I  think  it  was.  who  said,  with  his  sound  common 
sense,  that  he  would  sooner  ameliorate  the  lot  of  one  decent 
working  girl  than  "save"  four  prostitutes;  similarly,  why  do 
playwrights  devote  so  much  energy  and  skill  in  reflecting  the 
life  of  the  underworld  when  at  best  it  is  but  a  very  small  frac- 
tion of  the  whole?    A  cheap  victory,  perhaps. 

And  yet  I  must  confess  to  stand  aghast  at  the  almost  uncanny 
cleverness  of  the  author  in  the  technique  of  his  trade,  but  it  is 
the  cleverness  of  a  master-craftsman  rather  than  the  vision  of 
a  seer  which  is  shown  us  in  the  Cohan  and  Harris  offering  at 
the  Columbia. 

With  an  economy  of  effort  which  is  a  delight  to  a  fellow  art- 
ist, Marcin's  construction  is  almost  flawless,  and  has  seldom 
been  surpassed  since  Pinero  showed  us  the  trick;  there  is  not 
the  slightest  sagging  of  interest  from  the  time  that  the  thief, 
Jimmy  Burke,  enters  the  room  of  his  stenographer-fiancee  until 
the  final  curtain;  not  the  hint  of  an  anti-climax;  not  a  word  too 
many,  nor  a  word  in  a  wrong  place.  Every  situation  is  effective 
and  entirely  logical,  once  you  have  granted  the  dramatist's  con- 
vention. For  the  play  is  frank,  downright  melodrama,  but  such 
able,  insinuating  melodrama  that  you  are  almost  convinced  that 
you  are  being  presented  with  a  cross-section  of  life  as  seen 
through  the  artist's  temperament. 

And  that  is  just  my  quarrel  with  the  gentleman:  When  he 
has  such  a  mastery  of  his  medium,  why  does  he  not  try  his  hand 
on  some  play  within  the  current  of  modern  ideas?  Something 
that  will  really  reflect  life  instead  of  the  pages  of  the  Police 
Gazette. 

Well,  I  suppose  that  it  is  foolish  to  quarrel  with  one's  bread 
and  butter;  here  I  have  been  writing  at  the  top  of  my  lungs  over 
the  dearth  of  spoken  d'ama,  and  along  comes  a  first-rate  new 
play,  excellently  presented.  However,  that  is  what  I  am  here 
tor. 

How  noble  all  the  characters  are:  Of  course  the  noblest  is,  as 
always,  the  crook,  but  the  whole  play  is  a  contest  of  nobility. 
The  lawyer,  the  railway  magnate,  the  deceived  husband — de- 
ceived for  his  own  good  about  his  wife's  prison  record,  the  law- 
yer friend  assures  him — the  governor  of  the  state,  the  wife,  and 
even  the  bull — the  headquarters'  man — all  vie  with  each  other 
in  being  "good." 

There  is  one  feature  of  this  play  about  which  I  can  express 
an  unqualified  opinion,  and  that  is  its  production.  In  no  play 
presented  here  in  the  last  year  are  the  actors  so  perfectly  fitted 
to  their  characters.  It  is  simply  a  delight  to  see  the  fly-cops, 
the  landlady,  the  stenographer,  the  boy-thief,  the  business  men ; 
and  especially  the  smart  New  York  lawyer,  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity, Harvard  and  Racquet  Club  type,  with  his  smart  slang : 
"Well,  ideas  may  intoxicate  some  people,  but  I  need  this  cock- 
tail right  now."    How  the  author  must  have  loved  this  character. 

To  mention  those  who  are  deserving  of  praise  would  simply 
mean  naming  the  entire  cast.    Clyde  Fogel  as  Robert  McLellan, 


the  lawyer,  appeared  to  be  outstanding,  but  that  was  merely  be- 
cause he  had  such  excellent  lines.  For  once  I  have  no  adverse 
criticism  to  make  on  thi  performers,  and  I  am  sure  you  will 
thoroughly  enjoy  "The  House  of  Glass",  especially  if  you  are 
not  there  in  the  capacity  of  a  critic  imbued  with  the  necessity 
of  saying  something  smart  and  scornful  to  pass,  perchance,  a 

reader's  rainy  Saturday  afternoon. 

*  »  » 

Orpheum 

Every  one  may  not  be  born  with  becoming  hair,  but  when  a 
wig  is  adopted,  why  not  a  becoming  one?  This  also  applies  to 
a  name  which  sometimes,  when  assumed,  is  called  in  stage  par- 
lance, a  wig.  Thus  Miss  Witchie,  the  dancer  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week,  could  hardly  find  a  more  banal  appellation  than 
"witchie".  It  would  be  like  a  writer  signing  himself  "Clever", 
and  is  only  matched  in  lack  of  taste  by  that  of  a  much  better 
dancer,  Miss  Girlie,  who  was  at  the  Orpheum  a  few  weeks  ago. 

However,  not  to  quarrel  with  the  name  which  after  all  is 
merely  the  diversion  of  a  wordsmith,  Miss  Witchie  and  her  part- 
ner, Ralph  Riggs,  a»e  much  more  acrobatic  than  terpsichofean 
in  their  offering,  and  I  strongly  suspect  that  they,  or  he  at  least, 
were  originally  acrobats. 

The  most  interesting  number  among  the  newcomers  is  that  of 
Ames  and  Winthrop  in  "Caught  in  a  Jamb".  They  really  are 
better  dancers  than  the  pair  advertised  as  dancers,  and  in  addi- 
tion have  an  entirely  original  little  skeleton  sketch,  or  "skitch", 
as  my  friend  Conny  Farber  would  call  it,  besides  some  clever 
"nut"  stuff.  Ames  is  a  born  comedian,  with  the  comedian's 
face  and  personality,  and  his  partner,  Miss  Winthrop,  is  quite 
worthy  of  him  in  every  way.  Without  being  pretty,  she  has 
what  the  French  call  belle  laideur,  is  most  attractive,  and  has 
an  excellent  figure. 

A  genuine  surprise  sprung  on  me  was  the  singing  of  the  little 
Jap  girl,  Haruko  Onuki,  for  instead  of  the  usual  canary-bird 
twittering  of  the  race,  Miss  Onuki  has  a  real  voice,  perfectly 
true,  and,  what  is  more  strange,  containing  quite  a  little  feeling. 
At  times  it  had  almost  a  contralto  quality. 

Beatrice  Herford  gave  the  impression  of  having  been  a  suc- 
cessful woman's  club  entertainer  before  she  was  prevailed  upon 
after  much  urging,  no  doubt,  to  elevate  the  vaudeville  stage. 
Personally,  I  regard  her  entertainment  as  a  little  flat  for  the  big 
theatre,  but  then  as  Lilian  Russell  used  to  say  in  her  occasional 
moments  of  philosophical  reflection :  "After  all,  criticism  is 
merely  one  man's  opinion." 

Under  the  guise  of  patting  his  animals,  the  male  trainer  in 
Howard's  Animal  Spectacle  appears  to  pinch  them;  in  any 
event,  the  little  fox-terriers,  the  friendliest  animals  in  the  world, 
seemed  very  cowed.  This  is  somewhat  distressing  to  a  lover 
of  animals  or  a  lover  of  kindness.  The  aerialist.  Miss  Leitzel, 
did  not  show  much,  but  the  holdovers,  the  delightful  Farbers, 
and  George  Nash  and  Julia  Hay  in  "The  Unexpected",  kept  the 
bill  above  the  average,  with  the  other  good  things  which  I  have 

mentioned. 

*  *  * 

Pantages 

A  little  elephant— that  is,  little  for  an  elephant — a  horse,  a 
pony  and  a  dog — names  not  stated  on  the  programme— are  the 
headline  attractions  at  Pantages  this  week,  and  this  little  split 
pint  circus  entertains  most  amusingly  during  its  alloted  period. 
One  advantage  animal  shows  have  over  acrobats  and  the  like 
is  the  fact  that  the  performers  do  not  try  to  talk  or  sing.  This 
is  the  only  kind  of  three  dimension  performance  which  I  prefer 
to  have  inarticulate. 

Although  German  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  a  very  popular 
language  in  this  country  in  certain  circles  at  present,  yet  Wilson 
Brothers  manage  to  raise  a  number  of  laughs  by  their  German 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17, 1917 


dialect  stories.  To  soothe  the  allied  sympathiz- 
ers, however,  there  is  winsome  Nan  Grey,  a  Scot- 
tish young  lady,  in  songs.  By  the  way,  why  are 
Scottish  girls,  no  matter  of  what  age,  always 
called  "lassies"? 

The  Metropolitan  Five,  a  singing  number,  con- 
tribute some  excellent  vocal  and  instrumental  mel- 
ody to  the  program;  Gaston  Palmer  does  seem- 
ingly impossible  juggling  feats,  while  Dan  Kelly 
and  Co.  contribute  the  sketch  of  the  week,  "Young 
Heads  and  Old  Hearts."  Altogether  a  well- 
rounded  bill. 

*  *  * 

Advance    Announcements 

Pantages  Theatre. — A  most  pretentious  and 
well-staged  comedy  heads  the  bill  at  the  Pan- 
tages Theatre,  starting  Sunday  matinee.  "The 
Red-Heads"  is  a  novelty  in  the  idea  of  having 
the  many  young  ladies  in  the  cast  chosen,  not  only 
for  their  beauty  and  cleverness,  but  also  for  their 
dazzling  reddish  hair.  They  tell  an  interesting 
story,  combining  into  it  a  delightful  vein  of  com- 
edy and  some  very  well  arranged  and  rendered 
singing  and  dancing  numbers.  William  K.  Sax- 
ton,  the  well  known  comedian  and  producer,  is 
featured  in  the  act.  Verna  Mercereau  and  Com- 
pany, in  "A  Romance  of  Old  Egypt,"  presents  a 
dancing  act  which  cannot  fail  to  appeal  to  lovers 
of  art  and  classic  dancing.  "The  Two  Jolly  Fel- 
lows," Herbert  and  Dennis,  are  a  pair  of  genuine 
fun  makers.  They  are  also  very  clever  mimics 
and  linguists.  The  Exposition  Jubilee  Four,  in 
their  singing  of  the  ever-popular  plaintive  "dar- 
kie"  melodies,  are  said  to  be  hard  to  beat.  "Hip" 
Raymond,  the  clown,  and  a  naturally  clever  pan- 
tomimist,  seems  to  have  the  faculty  of  obtaining 
fun  out  of  ordinary  tables  and  chairs,  and  his 
nonsensical  antics  are  said  to  keep  the  audience 
amused  from  the  time  he  appears  on  the  stage. 
The  extra  added  attraction  will  be  the  world's 
famous  Wirth  family,  late  features  of  the  Barnum 
and  Bailey's  circus.  May  Wirth,  who  is  a  member 
of  the  troupe,  is  recognized  as  the  lady  champion 
equestrienne  of  the  world.  It  is  a  fine  act,  and  one 
that  will  appeal  to  all  tastes.  The  Secret  King- 
dom, Chapter  One,  will  be  the  screen  attrac- 
tion. 


Marion  Morgan,  of  the  Greater  Morgan  Dancers  with  the  Orpheum  Road  Show  Next  Week 


San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — The  delightful  pro- 
gram given  on  Friday  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orches- 
tra, under  Alfred  Hertz  will  be  repeated  on  the  afternoon  of 
February  18th,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  as  the  regular  Sunday  con- 
cert of  the  ninth  pair  of  symphonies.  The  first  number  on  the 
program  is  Borodin's  Second  Symphony  in  B  Minor,  and  is  in 
four  movements.  A  whimsical  and  jocular  work  is  Georg 
Schumann's  "Variations  and  Double  Fugue  on  a  Merry  Theme." 
The  unique  program  will  be  concluded  by  the  love  scene  from 
Richard  Strauss'  opera,  "Feueranot,"  symphonically  arranged 
by  Strauss  himself. 

The  next  event  on  the  local  calendar  of  the  San  Francisco 
Symphony  will  be  the  eighth  "pop"  concert,  scheduled  for  Sun- 
day afternoon,  February  25th,  at  the  Cort,  under  Alfred  Hertz' 
direction.  A  novelty  for  this  affair  will  be  the  Beethoven  trio 
for  two  oboes  and  English  horn,  which  will  be  performed  by 
Messrs.  Addimando,  Lombardi  and  Schipilliti.  Mr.  Hertz  has 
.invited  Walter  Handel  Thorley,  composer  of  "Macbeth,"  to 
conduct  his  own  number.  Thorley,  who  is  internationally  noted 
as  conductor,  composer  and  organist,  has  resided  in  Berkeley 
for  the  past  year.  Other  numbers  on  the  program  are  Mendels- 
sohn's music  to  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream;"  Saint-Saens' 
"Dance  of  the  Priestesses  of  Dagon,"  and  the  "Bacchanale" 
from  "Samson  and  Delilah,'  which  represent  that  composer  at 
his  best;  and  Chabrier's  rhapsody,  "Espana,"  a  highly  colorful 
presentation  of  Spanish  folk-tunes. 

*  *  * 

S.  F.  Symphony  in  Oakland. — Horace  Britt,  the  brilliant  vio- 
loncellist of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  will  be 


the  soloist  of  the  second  concert  of  the  Oakland  series,  which 
will  be  given  at  the  Oakland  Auditorium  Theatre,  on  Friday 
evening,  February  23d,  under  the  direction  of  Alfred  Hertz. 
Britt  will  give  Bruch's  "Kol  Nidrei,"  with  the  orchestra.  The 
Oakland  concerts  are  under  the  auspices  of  the  music  section 
of  the  Oakland  Teachers'  Association.  The  auditorium  was 
completely  filled  at  the  first  affair  last  month,  and  interest  in 
the  forthcoming  concert  is  so  great  that  a  similar  condition  will 
undoubtedly  obtain.  Conductor  Hertz  particularly  excels  as  an 
interpreter  of  Brahms,  so  the  knowledge  that  the  orchestra 
will  play  Brahms'  First  Symphony  is  certain  to  be  received 
with  pleasure.  Beethoven's  Overture  No.  3,  "Leonore,"  and 
Strauss'  "Death  and  Transfiguration"  will  also  be  given.  The 
latter  created  a  literal  sensation  as  presented  by  Hertz  recently. 

•  *  • 

Bracale  Opera  Company  Coming. — The  Havana  papers  re- 
ceived in  San  Francisco  for  the  last  two  months  are  full  of  en- 
thusiastic articles  and  criticisms  about  the  Bracale  Opera  Com- 
pany, which  is  having  an  extraordinarily  successful  engagement 
at  the  National  Theatre  of  that  city.  From  there  the  company 
will  come  direct  to  San  Francisco  for  a  3-weeks'  opera  season 
at  the  Cort  Theatre,  commencing  Easter  Sunday,  April  8th.  If 
this  engagement  will  be,  as  expected,  a  great  success,  then  Im- 
presario Adolfe  Bracale  will  bring  the  company  here  every 
year,  establishing  an  annual  opera  season  of  no  less  than  eight 
or  ten  weeks'  duration.  The  company  includes  thirty  leading 
artists,  orchestra  and  chorus  of  fifty  people  each,  ballet  of 
twelve,  and  beautiful  and  newly  made  sceneries  and  gorgeous 
costumes.    Among  the  artists  are  Riccardo  Stracciari,  the  great 


February  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


ANNA     FITZIU,     The     Beautiful    and    Charming    American    Soprano    with 
BRACALE  OPERA  COMPANY  Coming  to  the  Cort  Theatre,  April  8th 

Italian  baritone  of  world  fame;  Miss  Anna  Fitziu,  the  beautiful 
and  fascinating  American  soprano,  formerly  of  the  Metropolitan 
of  New  York!  Fernando  Carpi,  the  famous  tenor,  now  singing  at 
the  Metropolitan  with  Barientos;  Regina  Alvarez,  the  celebrated 
Spanish  contralto,  and  Signorina  Borghi-Zerni,  the  wonderful 
coloratura  soprano,  who  has  taken  the  Havana  audiences  by 
storm.  Chev.  Riccardo  Dellera  will  be  the  general  musical 
conductor,  assisted  by  A.  Ferrera  and  A.  Bernabini.  The  prima 
ballerina  will  be  Signorina  Ada  Pozzi  and  the  stage  manager 
will  be  Arturo  Spelta,  who  is  already  well  known  to  San  Fran- 
ciscans on  account  of  his  connection  with  the  mammoth  pro- 
duction of  "Aida."  E.  Patrizi  is  the  personal  representative  of 
Mr.  Bracale,  and  Frank  W.  Healy  is  the  local  manager  of  the 
company. 

•  •  • 

Cavalieri  and  Muratore  in  Concert. — Tickets  will  go  on  sale 
Monday  at  the  box  offices,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  Kohler  & 
Chase,  and  at  the  news-stands  of  the  hotels  Palace  and  St. 
Francis,  for  the  joint  concert,  at  the  Civic  Auditorium,  Sunday, 
February  25th,  of  Lina  Cavalieri,  pronounced  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  fascinating  lyric  soprano  of  the  modern  operatic  stage, 
and  Lucien  Muratore,  the  French  tenor,  and  the  most  astonish- 
ing artist  that  this  generation  has  heard.  Either  one  of  these 
artists,  appearing  unaided  and  alone,  should  be  sufficient  to 
fill  the  Auditorium.  For  fear  our  public  has  permitted  Lina 
Cavalieris  fame  as  a  beauty  to  overshadow  her  as  a  singer,  let 
it  be  known  that  she  is  gifted  with  a  beautiful  lyric  soprano 
voice,  youthful,  fresh  and  velvety,  and  of  extraordinary  range 
and  flexibility.  She  has  hiumphed  in  the  great  opera  houses  of 
Milan,  Naples,  London,  Paris,  Warsaw,  St.  Petersburg  and  at 
the  Metropolitan  and  Manhattan  opera  houses  in  New  York. 
Throughout  the  season,  M  Muratore  has  maintained  the  stand- 
ard he  had  established  for  himself  as  the  first  of  operatic  tenors. 
Muratore's  every  appearance  with  the  Chicago  Opera  Company 
was  the  signal  for  a  crowded  house  and  a  thrilled  audience.  This 
season  he  added  the  role  of  Canio  in  'T  Pagliacci"  to  his  reper- 
toire. He  carried  all  before  him  with  his  fiery  and  searching 
enactment  of  the  part. 

Jacques  Pintel,  a  splendid  solo  pianist,  will  be  the  accom- 


panist.   The  program:  1.  Rhapsodic  Hongroise.  No.  8.  I 
M.  Pintel.    2.  Aria  lrom  "Lc  Roi  d  Ys,"  Lalo,  M.  M 
"Je  Vaime,"  Grieg,  Mme.  Cavalieri. 

J.  Renard;  (b)  "M  Mistral,  M.  M 

Aria  from  "Mephistophele,"  Boito,  Mme.  Cavalieri  6.  "Sous 
la  Fentere,"  Schumann,  Mme.  Cavalieri  and  M.  Muratore.  (In- 
termission.) 7.  (a)  Gavotte,  Gluck-Brahms;  (b)  "Valse  Ca- 
price," Rubenstein,  M.  Pintel.  8.  "Le  Lied  Dossian,"  from 
Werther,  Massenet,  M.  Muratore.  9.  "Habanera,"  from  Car- 
men, Bizet,  Mme.  Cavalieri.  10.  Neapolitan  Song,  "Come  o 
2uccaro,"  D.  Capua,  M.  Muratore.  11.  Neapolitan  Song,  "Ma- 
ria, Maria,"  D.  Capua,  Mine.  Cavaleri. 

•  •  • 

Orpheum, — The  Orpheum  Road  Show,  which  opens  next 
Sunday  matinee,  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Martin  Beck, 
who  has  given  it  his  special  attention.  It  is  headed  by  the 
Greater  Morgan  Dancers,  the  outgrowth  of  Marion  Morgan's 
Art  Dancers.  Marion  Morgan,  without  the  aid  of  an  endowed 
Imperial  ballet  school,  has  assembled  an  organization  and  pro- 
duced a  series  of  dances  that  compares  favorably  with  anything 
that  has  been  presented  in  this  country.  Maurice  Burkhart  will 
present  "The  Thief,"  which  is  none  other  than  himself.  Frances 
Nordstrom  and  William  Pinkham  will  appear  in  a  quaint  and 
clever  comedy  written  by  Miss  Nordstrom  entitled  "All 
Wrong."  Hans  Hanke,  a  concert  pianist  of  great  virtuosity, 
who  hails  from  Moscow,  will  make  his  first  appearance  in  this 
city.  Beatrice  Herford  will  give  new  characterizations;  Florenz 
Ames  and  Adelaide  Winthrop  will  appear  in  their  diverting 
skit,  "Caught  in  a  Jamb,"  and  Haruko  Onuki,  the  Japanese 
prima  donna,  will  be  heard  in  new  songs.  Benny  and  Woods 
are  two  young  musicians  who  excel  on  the  violin  and  piano. 
They  chiefly  confine  themselves  to  popular  melodies.  Ben 
Ryan  and  Harriette  Lee,  singing  and  dancing  comedians,  re- 
cently scored  a  tremendous  hit  in  New  York.  Miss  Lee  is  an 
eccentric  comedienne  of  rare  ability,  and  Mr.  Ryan  is  original, 

clever  and  creative. 

*  *  * 

Columbia. — "The  House  of  Glass"  has  made  a  substantial 
success  at  the  Columbia  Theatre,  and  the  outlook  is  for  the 
most  brilliant  dramatic  engagement  enjoyed  in  this  city  for 
many  days.  The  second  and  final  week  of  this  attraction  be- 
gins Sunday  night.  "The  House  of  Glass"  comes  near  to  solv- 
ing the  age  old  problem  of  playwrights  by  exciting  all  the  emo- 
tions without  the  aid  of  the  detestable  villain  or  any  suggestion 
of  sex  problem.  This  achievement  in  itself  is  worthy  of  rec- 
ord, and  that  Marcin's  play  accomplishes  all  this,  and  more,  is 
borne  out  by  the  nightly  applause  with  which  it  has  been  re- 
ceived. Adelina  O'Connor  has  become,  and  deservedly  so, 
a  prime  favorite  with  theatre-goers,  and  her  Margaret 
Case  will  long  remain  a  joyful  memory  with  local  admirers  of 
the  very  best  quality  of  acting.  Matinees  are  announced  for 
Wednesday  and  Saturday.  "Pop"  prices  will  prevail  at  the 
Wednesday  matinee. 

After  playing  "The  Chorus  Lady"  more  than  fifteen  hundred 
times,  and  "Maggie  Pepper"  over  one  thousand  times,  Rose 
Stahl  is  now  starring  in  "Our  Mrs.  McChesney,"  under  the 
Charles  Frohman  management,  and  will  be  seen  at  the  Colum- 
bia Theatre  Monday,  February  26th. 

That  brilliant  and  artistic  exponent  of  Greek  tragedies,  Miss 
Dorothea  Spinney,  is  to  make  one  more  appearance  before  her 
departure.  She  has  arranged  a  matinee  at  the  Columbia  for 
Tuesday,  the  twentieth  of  February,  at  three  o'clock,  when  she 
will  appear  in  "The  Hippolytus  of  Euripides"  and  "Poses  from 
Greek  Vases  to  the  Flute.''  Seats  for  Miss  Spinney's  farewell 
appearance  will  be  on  sale  Monday. 


Wedding  Presents.— The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


WINTEROGARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

//^   J?        D   T  XT  V     Phone  Wet  363 
U  Hi       K.1  l\   IV     Sutter  and  Pierce  St.. 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 

GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  - 


See  the  great  game  of 
HOCKEY 

Every  Tuesday  Evening 

Real  Skating  Music 
MORNINGS, AFTERNOONS,  EVENINGS 


■$1  Per  Hour— Half  Hour  50c. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


■■    ■  '.  ■       ■  '   ■:      .       ■.  ■■       ;■■■       ■     ;■  ■■  ■  ,■■  ■■ .     :■■■:     ■■■:■    :■;  ■■■:-    ■■   : 

■■■ - ■■'     ■'■■■■...■IH ..I.Pi 


SOCIAIrE 


:~,};:-:::--:::.;\\::\ 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
TROY-BURSON. — An   announcement  has  been   made  of  the  engagement 
of  Miss  Lucille  Melba  Troy,  the  daughter  of  Mrs.   C.  M.  Troy,   to  Dr. 
David  Hugh  Burson  of  San  Francisco. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS 

DOYLE-MILLER. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Nora  L.  Doyle,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Doyle,  and  Samuel  J.  Miller  of  Oakland,  formerly 
of  Walla  "Walla,  Wash.,  will  be  solemnized  February  18th. 

KRUSI-TAYJ  OR. — A  wedding  of  interest  next  month  will  be  that  of  Miss 
Maryly  Krusi  of  Alameda  and  Wyman  Taylor  of  Piedmont.  The  cere- 
mony will  be  solemnized  on  March  24  th. 

MAR TINON -KENT FIELD.— April  is  the  month  set  for  the  wedding  of 
Miss  Constance  Martinon  and   [-Toward  Kentfield. 

REES-JONES. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Helen  Rees  and  Lieutenant  Thos. 
Jones,  U.  S.  A.,  will  be  solemnized  this  evening. 

TIETZEN-DODGE. — Miss  Tietzen's  wedding  to  Charles  Dodge  is  planned 
for  the  latter  part  of  March  or  April. 

WEDDINGS. 
ROBERTS-McGOWAN. — The     marriage     of    Miss     Mildred     Roberts    and 
Blaine  McGowan  took  place  February  10th  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother,   Mrs.   C.   R.   Petersen.   1356    Third  avenue,   with  the  Rev.   Ed- 
ward Cooper  of  Christ  Church,  xMameda,   officiating. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BEST. — Mrs.  Clarence  Leo  Best  gave  a  luncheon  Wednesday  afternoon  at 
her  home  in  San  Leandro. 

BREEDEN. — Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  was  hostess  Thursday  at  a 
luncheon  and  bridge  party  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

BRYAN. — Miss  Linda  Bryan  presided  at  a  luncheon  Monday  at  her  home 
in  "Vallejo  street  in  compliment  to  Misses  Ruth  Perkins  and  Marie 
Hathaway,  two  of  the  season's  charming  brides-elect. 

CALDWELL. — Mrs.  Frank  M.  Caldwell  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  Palace  Hotel,  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell. 

GRANT. — A  coterie  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Joseph  D. 
Grant  at  luncheon  Wednesday. 

MONTEAGLE. — Mrs.  Louis  F.  Monteagle  will  be  hostess  next  Tuesday 
at  a  luncheon  for  a  group  of  the  debutantes. 

NOYES. — Complimentary  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Orrick,  Miss  Lelia  Noyes  was 
a  Valentine  hostess  on  February  14th,  entertaining  at  luncheon  a 
coterie  of  Miss  Orrick's  friends. 

PORTER.— Mrs.  Hugh  Porter  gave  a  luncheon  Thursday  at  her  residence 
on  Franklin  street  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Marie  Hathaway,  the 
fiancee  of  Douglas  Short. 

SMITH. — Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith  entertained  at  a  handsome  luncheon 
party  at  her  home  Monday. 

WYMAN. — Mrs.  Olive  N.  Wyman  has  taken  an  attractive  home  on  Fill- 
more street,  where  she  will  be  hostess  at  many  social  affairs  during 
the  next  few  months. 

DINNERS. 

BELL. — General  and  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell  will  be  guests  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Ray  Lyman  Wilbur  at  a  dinner  this  evening  before  the  military  ball 
to  be  given  at  Stanford  University. 

BOYD. — Miss  Louise  Boyd  presided  at  a  dinner  at  her  home  last  night. 
She  and  her  guests  later  attended  the  ball  given  at  the  Fairmont  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Newhall  for  their  niece,  Miss  Emily  Pope. 

CALDWELL. — Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell  was  hostess  Thursday  evening  at 
a  dinner  in  compliment  to  Miss  Katherine  Lewis,  who  arrived  here 
Tuesday  from  the  East  to  join  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Mitchell  Lewis,  who  are  guests  at  the  Fairmont. 

HAMILTON.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton  presided  at  dinner  Friday 
night  at  their  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

HERRMANN. — Gerald  Herrmann  gave  a  dinner  Monday  evening  to  a 
group  of  young  friends,  the  party  finishing  the  evening  with  a  dance. 

JACKLING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  .Tackling  entertained  at  dinner  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel  last  evening.  Afterward,  with  their  guests,  they 
attended  the  elaborate  ball  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Aimer 
Newhall. 

KNIGHT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Knight  entertained  at  dinner  last  night. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  was  hostess  recently  at  a  dinner  party 
in  honor  of  Judge  E.  M.  Ross  of  Manila. 

MONTEAGLE. — Thursday  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Monteagle  pre- 
sided at  a  dinner  in  compliment  to  General  Charles  H.  Taylor  of  Bos- 
ton, who  is  here  visiting  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Horace 
D.   Pillsbury. 

MLTLLER. — A  group  of  army  friends  will  enjoy  the  hospitality  of  Miss 
Marguerite  Muller  at  a  dinner  to  be  given  at  her  brother's  quarters. 
Lieutenant  Hollis  Muller,  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott,  Friday  evening,  Feb- 
ruary 22d. 

POPE. — Preceding  the  dance  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Newhall  gave 
last  night.  Miss  Emily  Pope  gave  a  dinner  party  for  the  debutantes 
and  their  escorts  at  the  George  A.  Pope  home  in  town. 

SULLIVAN. — Jerd  Sullivan  will  be  host  at  a  dinner  to  be  given  at  his 
home  this  evening. 

STONE. — Mrs.  Frederick  P.  Stone  is  giving  a  series  of  dinner  parties  at 
her  home,  having  a  dozen  or  so  of  her  friends  every  week.  The  last 
was  on   Thursday. 

WALKER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  "Walker  entertained  at  a  dinner  party 
February  Sth  in  honor  of  Mrs.  William  T.  Bartlett  of  Santa  Barbara, 
the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  G.  Filer. 


TEAS. 

BANNON. — The  Misses  Isabelle  and  Myrtle  Bannon  gave  a  tea  at  the 
Palace  Hotel  on  Friday  afternoon. 

BLISS. — Miss  Marion  Bliss  gave  a  tea  at  her  home  on  the  14th  of  Feb- 
ruary. 

BROWN.— A  tea  was  given  St.  Valentine's  day  by  Miss  Helen  Brown,  who 
entertained  at  her  home  in  Berkeley  for  Miss  Jane  Foster,  the  fiancee 
of  Howard  Taylor. 

CAMPBELL. — In  honor  of  a  popular  spring  bride-elect.  Miss  Hazel  Tiet- 
zen,  Miss  Harriet  CampbeU.  daughter  of  Mrs.  William  R.  L.  Campbell, 
gave  a  large  tea  February  8th  at  the  Campbell  home  in  Claremont. 

FARRELL. — In  honor  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Orrick  and  Miss  Marjorie  Coogan, 
both  popular  brides-to-be,  Miss  Irene  Farrell  gave  a  delightful  tea 
February  Sth  at  her  home  on  Vernon  Heights. 

FOTTRELL. — Miss  Jean  Fottrell  will  give  a  tea  on  the  20th,  in  honor  of 
the  Misses  Alice  and  Claire  Barbat,  both  of  whom  are  to  be  married 
this  spring. 

FULLER. — Mrs.  W.  Palmer  Fuller,  Sr.,  who  is  spending  the  winter  at 
the  Palace  Hotel,  gave  a  bridge  party  at  her  apartments  at  the  hotel 
recently,  to  have  her  sister,  Mrs.  R.  J.  Harrison  of  Manila,  meet  a 
few  of  her  friends. 

HUTCHINS. — On  Monday  afternoon  Miss  Doris  Hutchins  gave  a  sewing 
bee  for  Miss  Tietzen. 

KNOWLAMD. — Miss  Eleanore  Knowland,  who  is  to  be  married  to  Edgar 
Holmes  Lion  after  Lent,  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  Tues- 
day, at  which  Mrs.  John  F.  Soule  and  Miss  Dorothy  Soule  entertained 
several  scores  of  their  friends  from  both  sides  of  the  bay. 

McLEOD. — Mrs.  Walter  McLeod,  who  is  a  guest  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Stetson  Wheeler,  was  the  inspiration  for  a  tea  given  by 
Miss  Edith  Slack  on  Thursday  afternoon. 

POND. — Rear  Admiral  Fremont  Pond  will  be  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  lunch- 
eon to  be  given  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  this  afternoon. 

SINSHEIMER. — Miss  May  Sinsheimer  asked  a  number  of  her  friends  to  a 
tea  given  Sunday  afternoon  at  her  home  on  Clay  street.  It  was  ar- 
ranged in  honor  of  Miss  Ruberta  Tanquaray. 

YOUNGER. — Mrs.  Edward  A.  Younger,  at  her  apartments  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel,  February  9th,  gave  a  tea  as  a  welcome  to  Miss  Mimi  Layman, 
who  is  visiting  here  after  an  absence  of  several  years  spent  in  Europe. 

SUPPERS. 
MUSTO. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  E.  Musto  entertained  Tuesday  evening  at 

supper  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
ROSSI. — Robert  Rossi  was  a  supper  host  at  the  Palace  Tuesday  evening. 

DANCES. 

ALDINE. — The  St.  Valentine  Ball  of  the  Aldine  Club,  which  took  place 
in  the  Colonial  ball  room  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  Tuesday  evening, 
was  the  greatest  event  in  the  club's  history. 

LIBELEE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  J.  Dibblee  gave  a  dancing  party  Wed- 
nesday evening  at  the  Palace  in  compliment  to  Misses  Jean  Boyd, 
Alice  Keeler  and  Ethel  Lilley. 

BURNEY.— About  sixty  guests  greeted  Miss  Georgia  Robins  at  the  dancing 
party  given  Wednesday  evening  by  her  brother-in-law  and  sister,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.   William  Burney,  at  their  home  at  Sausalito. 

DOLLAR. — In  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Dollar  of  Vancouver, 
who  have  been  receiving  a  deal  of  attention  from  San  Francisco  so- 
ciety in  the  last  few  weeks.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  Lee  Eaton  Saturday 
evening  gave  a  dancing  party  at  their  home  in  Commonwealth  avenue. 

McCREARY. — A  St.  Valentine  dance  was  given  February  9th  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  F.  McCreary.  the  latter's  sister.  Miss  Myra  Miller;  Misses 
Helen  and  Marion  McCreary  and  Harold  McCreary  at  the  Twentieth 
Century  Clubhouse,  the  several  hosts  and  hostesses  extending  their 
hospitality  to  nearly  two  hundred  guests. 

MUSTO. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Musto  were  hosts  Tuesday  night  at  a 
supper  and  dancing  party. 

NEWHALL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Newhall  gave  a  ball  at  the  Fairmont 
last  night  for  their  niece.  Miss  Emily  Pope. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking    the   beautiful    Plaza    of    Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


February  17.  1917 


and  California  Ail\<  itis<  i 


u 


■fd  ami 


rave  a  d..min«  party  al   lh« 


RECEPTIONS. 
-'i«l   Mia.    J 

a  twuaa  warmlnit.  thin  b^lnj;  the  flrat  lnr^ 
ith'i.'  ad  Un  Itapp  have  given  «In- 

new  noma  In  Prcaldlo  Ten. 

BRIDGE. 

lift  Hotel  thli 
wlnt 
PI  BJT  imiUM  of  t):  Jlfomta 

gave  a  britlae  P*it>    Oil   Monday  at   th*  home  of  Mrs.  Cl.u 
IMS  A 

I   a  tiri.lpe   1.  i  nary  8th,  cn- 

ra  of  tho  Thursday  Club  ;it   hw  apartments  In 
La  Orando  Apartments. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

B.  Kelham  will  give  a  theatre  party  and  supper 
I     in    compliment    to    Misses    Miriam 
Ethel    I.IUey  and  Jean    Boyd. 

Iters  was  the  honored  puest  at  a  theatre  party  given 
t*  moon  by  Miss  Gwladys  Bowen. 

ARRIVALS. 

and  Un.   Benjamin  Alvord.  U.  S.  A.,  arrived  Monday 

on  the  transport  from  the  Philippines.     Colonel  Alvord  comes  here  to 

mel  Uarrett.  the  local  Adjutant  General.  Colonel 

Barrett  Is  transferred  to  Manila. 

Kl'I.J.AM       Mrs.  William  P.  Fullam  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Rhoda  Fullam, 

who  In   Now  York  for  the  greater  part  of  the  winter,  ar- 

We.lnes.lay.    and    joined    Admiral    Fullam    at    the    Hotel    St. 

oda 

GARBJ1  '(.-Ion  Qarrltt   returned    :  >m   the  East,   where 

13  spent  the  last  two  months  or  so. 

\  warm  welcome  is  being  extended  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest 
'-bner.  who  arrived  from   their  home   in   New  York  to  pass 
lu  here  as  the  gvests  of  Mrs.  Heebner's  mother.  Mrs.  Eugene 
Bresse. 
UKU.MANN.— Frederick  Hellmann  arrived  Tuesday  from  New  York  and 
:  Mrs.   Hellmann,  who  has  been  here  for  two  weeks  or  so,  visit- 
ing !  ■  Mrs.  Jessie  Patton  Berry,  the  George  H.  Hellmanns, 
the   Horatio    Hellmanns  and  others. 

Mr.   and  Mrs.  Cuyler  1-ec,  who  have  been   in   New  York  for  a  few 
areeks,  are  home  again. 

DEPARTURES. 
Ci'SHlNC.— M.s.  John  Cushing  left  Tuesday  for  the  East,  where  she  will 

join  her  husband  in  New  York,  their  future  permanent  residence. 
DOUGLAS.— Mr.   and  Mrs.   Harry  J.   Douglas  left  February  8th   for   the 

East,  where  they  will  divide  a  month  between  New  York  and  Boston. 
i-.'R. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  R.  Hueter,  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Fillmore 

White,  and  Ernest  C.  Hueter  and  Miss  Loretta  Boyd  of  Sacramento, 

left  "ii   Monday  for  Honolulu,  to  return  early  in  March.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 

iwktns,  friends  of  the  Hueters,  are  sailing  on  the  same  boat. 

LANG!  IORKE. — Mrs.    James    Potter    Langhorne,    accompanied      by      her 

daughter,  Mis.   Richard  Hammond,  left  last  week  for  Coronado.  where 

they  are  enjoying  a  fortnight's  stay. 
E LEVIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Slevin  have  gone  to  San  Diego,  where  they 

will  enjoy  the  remainder  of  the  winter. 
5AVAGH. — Mrs.   M.  J.   Savage  sailed  Monday  for  Honolulu  on   the  Great 

Northern. 

INTIMATIONS. 

iil'CKXALL—  Miss  Mirni  Layman  is  at  present  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Geo. 
I.  Bucknall  at  her  home  on  Green  street. 

'"ASSERLY. — "The  Balkans"  was  the  subject  discussed  Wednesday  even- 
ing at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Casserly,  2300  Pacific  avenue, 
by  Sidney  Coryn,  the  proceeds  of  the  evening  given  to  the  American 
Fund  for  the  French  "Wounded. 

CLOMAN, — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Sydney  C'oman  and  their  niece,  Miss  Natalie 
Campbell,  who  have  been  at  White  Sulphur  Springs,  West  Virginia, 
since  leaving  Washington  last  month,  are  expected  to  leave  there  in 
a  few  days  for  California. 

EYRE. — Miss  Mary  Eyre  and  Miss  Elena  Eyre  plan  to  leave  on  the  27th 
for  New  York,  to  be  away  about  six  weeks. 

E  i-1  >01  '  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  L.  Flood  and  Mrs.  Beverly  MacMonagle, 
who  had  planned  to  go  to  Coronado  Tuesday,  have  deferred  their  trip 
indefinitely. 

LONG. — Miss  Olivia  Long  of  Santa  Barbara  is  here  on  a  visit.  Mrs.  A. 
M.  Burns,  grandmother  of  Miss  Long,  gave  a  dinner  party  in  her 
honor  at  the  Hotel  Cecil   on  Monday  night. 

MWNZIES. — Mrs.  Thomas  Menzies  had  a  number  of  her  friends  at  her 
home  in  Sausallto  Tuesday  to  meet  Mrs.  Sherwood  Coffin  of  New  York, 
who  came  to  the  coast  to  be  present  at  the  marriage  of  her  son,  Sher- 
wood  Coffin,  Jr.,   to  Miss  Constance   Russell,   sister  of  the  hostess. 

MOORE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Moore  have  taken  the  Clarence  Walker 
place  at  Burhngame. 

MORSE. — Mr.    and    Mis.    Samuel   Morse  are   leaving  soon   for  Coronado. 

RUDOLPH. — Mr.  and  Mrs,.  Edward  Rudolph  of  Phoenix  are  here  visiting 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Megannon, 

WIDDONS. — Miss  Phyllis  Widdonn  of  Stockton  passed  the  week-end  as 
the  house  guest  of  Miss  Eh'se  Bertheau  at  her  home  on  Gough  street. 


-Several  big  events  punctuate  tin-  interesting  program  of 

the  Winter  Garden,  Amcr;  r;nkt  ^[s 

Perhaps  '.he  n  will  be  on  night, 

when  society  will  skate  there  for  the  carnival  benefit  of  the 
war  sufferers  to  increase  the  Allied  war  relief  fund.  One  of 
the  many  features  of  the  evening  will  be  a  skating  waltz  con- 
hich  will  be  judged  by  Mrs.  Frederick  McNcar  and 
Miss  Marian  Crocker  and  Robert  Eyre.  Scores  of  skating  ex- 
perts have  been  listed  as  entrants.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at  the 
news-stands  of  the  leading  hotels  and  at  Sherman  &  Clay's. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOL  ARl'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


Cort  Theatre 


FRANK    \V.    I1KALY    ANNOUNCES    A    THREE    WEEKS'    OPERA 
SEASON,  commencing  April  8tn,  by  the 

BRACALE    GRAND    OPERA    COMPANY 
Direct    from    three    months'    season    at    the    National    Theatre    or 
Havana.     The  greatest  and  most  complete  foreign  operatic  organi- 
zation which   has  ever  appeared   in   San    Francisco.     30  leading  art- 
ists; orchestra  of  50;  chorus  of  50;  ballet  of  12.     Beautiful  seel 

and  gorgeous  costumes  from  La  Scala  of  Milan.     Six  world  fan 9 

celebrities:   LAZZARO,   STRACCTARI,   CARPI.  Mesdames  BORGHI- 
ZERNI,  FITZIU  and  ALVAREZ.     18  different  operas  will  be  posi- 
tively given,  including  four  latest  novelties. 
Prices,  $1  to  $3.     Opening  of  subscriptions  will  be  announced  later. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maton 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

A    BILL    OF    HEADLINERS 

"THE   RED   HEADS"   A  Vividly  Colored  Musical  Comedy;    HERBERT   & 
DENNIS;  HIP  RAYMOND;     VERNA  MERSEREAU   &   COMPANY:    EXPO-. 
SITION   JUBILEE    FOUR;     FIRST   CHAPTER   THE   SECRET    KINGDOM; 
EXTRA   ADDED    FEATURE  -  WIRTH    FAMILY- WORLD'S    MOST    SEN- 
SATIONAL BAREBACK   RIDERS, 


Orpfieum 


O'Farrell   Street         Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.    MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY'. 

ORPHEUM    ROAD   SHOW 
(Direction  Mr.  Martin  Beck) 
THE  GREAT  MORGAN  DANCERS,  in  a  Historical  Ballet  in  Three 
Episodes— 25    People;    MAURICE     BURKHART.     in     "The    Thief;" 
FRANCES  NORDSTROM  &  WILLIAM  PINKHAM  in  "All  Wrong;" 
HANS   HANKE,    the    Eminent   Concert   Pianist;    BEATRICE   HER- 
FORD,    Society's    Exclusive    Entertainer;     HARUKO    ONUKI,    the 
Japanese    Prima   Donna;    AMES    &    WINTHROP.    in    "Caught    in   a 
Jamb;"    BENNY    &    WOODS,    Ten    Minutes    of    Syncopation;    BEN 
RY'AN  &   HARRIETTE  LEE  in   "You've  Spoiled  It." 
Evening  Prices — 10c.   25c.  GOc,   75c     Matinee  prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  holidays),  10c,   25c,   50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phone  Franklin  i.'>o 
Nightly,    including    Sunday.      Matinees    Wednesday    and    Saturday, 
SECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK   BEGINS  MONDAY.  FEB.   10.   Cohan 
and  Harris'    SENSATIONAL   HIT 

"THE    HOUSE   OF   GLASS" 
VIVID — VIBRANT — VIRILE       Best    seats    at    Wednesday    matinee, 
$1.00. 

Tuesday  Matinee,  February  20 — Dorothea  Spinney  (Classic  Tragedi- 
enne), in  Double  Bill. 

Monday,  Feb.  26 — ROSE  STAHL  in  her  new  comedy,  "OUR  MRS. 
MeCHESNEY." 

9TH    SUNDAY    SYM- 
PHONY' CONCERT 
CORT    THEATRE 

ORCHESTRA  srx^'n  F,BBl  x* 

AlfreoHcrtz Conductor.  '     30  sharp 

PROGRAM— Borodin,  Symphony  No.  2,  B  Minor.  Georg  Schumann, 
"Variations  and  Double  Fugue  on  a  Merry  Theme."  Strauss,  Love 
Scene  from  "Feuersnot." 

PRICES Sundaj     50c,   75c.  $1;  box  and  loge  seats,  $1.50.     Tickets 

at  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co.'s,  except  concert  day;  at  Cort  Theatre  con- 

NEXT— Sunday.    February    25— 8th    "POP"    CONCERT. 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Preserves,  beautifies  and  purifies  the 
skin  and  complexion.  The  favorite  for 
over  66  years.  


AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


SUCCESS  OF  THE  WAGNER  SYMPHONY. 

The  seventh  symphony  was  marked  this  week  by  the  pres- 
ence in  a  body  of  the  visiting  Minneapolis  Orchestra  under 
Director  Oberhoffer,  who  were  the  afternoon  guests  of  the  San 
Francisco  Association.  The  members  of  the  local  symphony 
and  Director  Hertz  blanked  their  regular  program  on  Friday, 
and  were  the  guests  of  the  Minneapolis  Orchestra  during  the 
letter's  captivating  program  at  the  Tivoli  Theatre.  Super- 
abundant enthusiasm,  keen  delight  and  frank  admiration 
marked  both  programs.  Director  Hertz  seemed  to  acquire  a 
new  genius  in  drawing  magic  tones  and  inspiring  harmonies 
from  his  musicians,  with  the  result  that  the  Wagnerian  program 
proved  to  be  a  star  event  cf  the  series.  Vital  passion  and  the 
spirit  of  the  themes  blended  in  affluent  tones.  More  than  a 
stimulus  was  evoked  by  the  friendly  interchange  of  these  two 
splendid  orchestras,  and  Director  Hertz  has  had  an  exceptional 
opportunity  to  give  his  musicians  a  good  lesson. 


He 


TO  HIM  THAT  OVERCOMETH." 

O  God  of  Light, 

How  long  the  night ! 

How  slow  Thy  grinding  mills ! 

The  everlasting  hills 
Hear  and  despise 
Our  doubting  cries. 

Remember  then, 
Ye  sons  of  men, 
"No  peace,"  so  spake  the  Lord. 

"I  bring  you  but  a  sword 
After  the  strife 
My  crown  of  life : 

"Beneath  no  gale 
My  years  shall  fail : 
My  promise  still  is  sure, 

"To  him  that  shall  endure 
Unto  the  end, 
My  peace  I  send." 


WHEN  DE  NIGHT-TIME  COMES. 

When  de  night-time  come  de  111*  boy  holler, 
Kase  he  'fraid  o'  de  dark  an'  he  scrooch  up  nigh 
To  his  good  ole  mammy  an'  he  wouldn't  take  a  dollar 
Fo'  his  place  when  de  Sand  Man's  a-snoopin'  frum  de  sky. 
Oh,  de  wind  say  "Woo-oooo," 

An'  de  owl  say  "To-who" 
An'  he  scrooches  up  to  mammy 
When  de  blaze  burns  blue. 

Oh,  de  stumps  look  tall  an'  de  wind  soun's  skerry, 
An'  de  111*  boy  sniggle  down  in  my  lap, 
Kase  de  bogie  man's  a-nigh  an'  his  eyes  am  bleary, 
An'  he's  strong  as  a  lion  an'  bigger'n  yo'  Pap. 
Oh,  de  wind  say  "Woo-oooo," 

An'  de  owl  say  "To-who" 
An'  he  scrooches  up  to  mammy 
When  de  blaze  burns  blue. 

— Phil  H.  Armstrong. 


"I  have  come  here,"  said  the  angry  man  to  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  street  car  line,  "to  get  justice;  justice,  sir.  Yes- 
terday, as  my  wife  was  getting  off  one  of  your  cars,  the  conduc- 
tor stepped  on  her  dress  and  tore  a  yard  of  frilling  off  the 
skirt."  The  superintendent  remained  cool.  "Well,  sir,"  he 
said,  "I  don't  know  that  we  are  to  blame  for  that.  What  do  you 
expect  us  to  do?  Get  her  a  new  dress?"  "No,  sir.  I  do  not 
intend  to  let  you  off  so  easily  as  that,"  the  other  man  replied, 
gruffly.  He  brandished  in  his  right  hand  a  small  piece  of  silk. 
"What  I  propose  to  have  you  do,"  he  said,  "is  to  match  this 
silk." — New  York  Times. 


— ■ — Willis — You  don't  see  as  many  of  the  brainless  looking 
creatures  of  the  fashion  artist  walking  through  the  pages  of  the 
magazine  as  you  used  to.  Gillis — No ;  they  are  all  riding  in  the 
automobile  advertisements  now. — Judge. 


WHO  DOES  IT  WITH  A  SONG! 

"Here's  to  the  man  who  labors  and  does  it  with  a  song! 
stimulates  his  neighbors  and  helps  the  world  along! 

"I  like  the  men  who  do  things,  who  hustle  and  achieve;  the 
men  who  saw  and  glue  things,  and  spin  and  dig  and  weave. 

"Man  earns  his  bread  in  sweat  or  in  blood  since  Adam 
sinned ;  and  bales  of  hay  are  better  than  are  your  bales  of  wind. 

"Man  groans  beneath  his  burden,  beneath  the  chain  he  wears, 
and  still  the  toiler's  guerdon  is  worth  the  pain  he  bears. 

"For  there's  no  satisfaction  beneath  the  bending  sky  like  that 
the  man  of  action  enjoys  when  night  is  nigh. 

"To  look  back  o'er  the  winding  and  dark  and  rocky  road,  and 
know  you  bore  your  grinding  and  soul-fatiguing  load — 

"As  strong  men  ought  to  bear  it,  through  all  the  stress  and 
strife — that's  the  reward  of  merit — that  is  the  balm  of  life! 

"I  like  the  men  who  do  things,  who  plow  and  sow  and  reap, 
who  build  and  delve  and  hew  things  while  dreamers  are 
asleep." — Walt  Mason. 


AT  THE  THEATRE. 

"I  wish  I  in  the  country  was, 

Where  I  could  smell  the  clover," 
She  whispered  tc  her  Harry  dear, 

When  the  rustic  scene  was  over. 

"And  so  do  I,"  her  Hal  replied, 

As  he  made  for  the  bar; 
"I'm  going  to  see  a  friend  outside — 

I  won't  go  very  far." 

When  he  comes  back  to  take  his  seat, 

Suspicions  round  her  hover; 
Says  she:  "I'm  in  the  country,  sweet, 

For  I  can  smell  the  clove-ah!" 

— New  York  Journal. 


DRANK  WITH  CARE. 


A  gentleman  happened  to  go  into  a  seaside  hotel  to  dine  the 
other  night.  The  hotel  was  rather  full,  so  he  was  given  a  vacant 
place  at  a  table  already  occupied.  It  did  not  take  him  long  to 
become  acquainted,  and  he  chatted  away  merrily,  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  he  only  drank  water. 

Seated  opposite  to  him  was  an  old  gentleman  whose  face  be- 
tokened him  to  be  a  heavy  whisky  drinker.  He  appeared  to  be 
particularly  struck  with  the  "water-drinker,"  and  when  oppor- 
tunity occurred  he  whispered  across  the  table : 

"You  know,  my  doctor  says  water  is  an  excellent  thing,  and 
I  should  drink  a  lot  of  it." 

"Then  do  you  ?"  asked  the  other. 

"Oh,  yes,"  said  the  old  'un.  Then,  nervously  looking  round, 
he  added :  "In  the  night!    In  the  night!" 


THE  ACTIVE  GROUCH. 

A  sweetheart  generally  becomes  some  other  man's  wife,  or 
is  one  already. 

"Tears,  idle  tears."  A  man  knows  what  they  mean — it  takes 
a  cheque  to  dry  them  instead  of  a  handkerchief. 

The  devil  has  worn  petticoats  ever  since  Eve  first  started  a 
wardrobe. 

All  girls  are  the  essence  of  propriety  till  man  distills  them 
into  something  else. 

Every  man  has  a  conscientious  objection  to  marriage. 

There  were  two  of  everything  in  the  Ark  except  lovers — love 
wants  a  lot  of  elbow  room. 

No  girl  likes  the  dark,  unless  there's  something  in  it  beside 
solitude. 

The  best  remedy  for  a  bad  heart  attack  is  another  girl. 


M  U  N  SO  N 

SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    S 

ECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street 

Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR 

CATALOGUE 

Femuary  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


IFINANCIAU 


k'Ol'E 

After  the  Big  War. 


The  report  of  the  Committee  of  the 
Foreign  Trade  Council  upon  the 
amount  of  reconstruction  work  to 
be  required  in  Europe  after  the  war 
submits  estimates  aggregating  approximately  $6,000,000,000. 
This  includes  factory  equipment  as  well  as  buildings  and  public 
improvements.  The  larger  part  of  this  expenditure  will,  of 
course,  be  made  abroad  for  labor,  but  lumber  and  machinery 
will  be  wanted  from  the  United  States,  and  the  demands  upon 
the  industries  of  Europe  will  affect  their  competition  with 
American  industries  in  other  markets. 

Great  importance  will  attach  to  the  crops  of  the  coming  sea- 
son. If  they  are  fortunately  abundant,  the  cost  of  living,  now 
oppressively  high,  will  be  reduced,  and  the  entire  industrial 
situation  correspondingly  relieved.  It  is  assumed  as  a  matter 
of  course  that  the  farmers,  being  fully  as  much  interested  as 
anybody  in  large  crops,  will  exert  themselves  to  the  uttermost, 
and  that  the  rest  hangs  upon  the  favor  of  Providence. 

The  metals  are  stronger,  particularly  lead  and  silver.  The 
latter  is  close  up  to  the  high  mark  made  last  May,  the  main  in- 
fluence being  purchases  in  London  for  India,  coupled  with  the 
decline  of  the  Mexican  production.  A  considerable  quantity 
of  silver  has  been  exported  from  China  to  India,  and  general 
trade  conditions  have  been  adversely  affected  by  this  move- 
ment, and  by  the  high  prices  for  commodities  which  high  priced 
silver  entails. 

Building  operations  throughout  the  country  reached  record 
proportions  in  1916,  and  at  present  the  outlook  is  for  another 
equally  active  year.  The  prices  of  all  building  materials  are 
very  firm  or  still  tending  upward. 

The  year  starts  out  with  money  much  the  cheapest  commod- 
ity or  form  of  capital  in  sight,  and  if  the  business  community 
attempts  to  use  these  abundant  supplies  the  effect  will  be  to  lift 
wages  and  the  prices  of  all  materials  still  higher.  Already 
complaints  are  coming  from  manufacturers  that  profits  are  be- 
ing curtailed  by  rising  costs,  and  some  people  who  were  per- 
fectly sure  a  year  ago  that  the  country  could  not  have  too  much 
gold  are  not  now  so  sure  upon  that  point. 


After  conferences  extending  over  a  period  of  ten  days, 

officials  of  the  United  Railroads  and  representatives  of  the  two 
factions  of  the  corporation's  bondholders  have  not  reached  an 
agreement  on  plans  for  the  reorganization  of  the  company. 


According  to  the  Trent  Trust  Company,  Hawaiian  sugar 

plantations  whose  stocks  are  listed  on  the  Honolulu  Stock  and 
Bond  Exchange,  paid  dividends  amounting  to  $15,401,352  in 
1916,  against  $9,625,604  in  1915  and  $5,103,750  in  1914.  In 
fact,  three  companies  paid  more  in  1916  than  all  companies  in 
1914.  The  list  includes  all  the  important  properties  except 
Honolulu  Plantation.  The  rate  varied  from  3  per  cent  in  the 
case  of  San  Carlos  to  55  per  cent  in  the  case  of  Onomea. 


All  records,  both  as  to  volume  of  business  and  net  earn- 
ings, were  broken  by  E.  I.  du  Pont  de  Nemours  &  Co.,  last  year, 
according  to  the  annual  report  of  the  company,  made  public 
this  week.  Gross  receipts  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1916,  aggregated  $318,845,684,  an  increase  of  1130  per  cent  as 
compared  with  average  sales  for  1913  and  1914,  which 
amounted  to  $25,927,478.  Net  earnings  in  1916  were  $82,107,- 
692,  and  in  addition  to  a  payment  of  6  per  cent  dividends  on 
the  debenture  stock  of  the  company,  a  total  of  100  per  cent  in 
dividends  was  distributed  to  the  common  stockholders  during 
the  year.  Since  October,  1914,  about  $60,000,000  has  been  ex- 
pended in  the  construction  of  new  plants  to  fill  "war  orders." 


Frederick  H.  Colburn,  manager  of  the  San  Francisco 

Clearing  House,  reports  for  the  year  1916  as  follows :  Total 
clearings  for  year  1916,  $3,479,862,482.31;  total  clearings  for 
year   1915,  $2,693,688,925.69— showing   increase   of  29.2  per 


or  $786,173,556.62.  The  yearly  total  and  daily  average  as 
ibove  both  establish  new  high  records  in  the  history  of  the 
r.incisco  CI  is  do  also  the  following  records 

year   1916:  Clearings  for  om 
>   for  one  week,  $96,940,807.11;  clcarii ■.. 

957.57;  clearings  for  three  months,  $1,059,- 
-<4.13;  clearings  for  six  months,  $1,936,636,018.99. 


OBITUARY. 


There  passed  away  in  Denver.  Colorado,  on  Monday,  Febru- 
ary 5,  1917.  Mrs.  Constance  Maude  Rickard,  who  was  in  her 
younger  days  a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  at  the  home  of  her 
grandfather,  Colonel  Leander  Ransome,  well  known  to  all  old- 
timers.  Mrs.  Rickard  had  lived  in  Denver  for  thirty  years, 
where  she  had  a  large  circle  of  friends.  She  is  survived  by  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Amelia  E.  Neville,  who  has  for  several  years  made 
her  home  with  her;  and  three  sons,  Brent  Neville  Rickard  of 
Salt  Lake;  Darcy  and  Greville  Rickard  of  New  York  City. 


MORE   THAN  I  ASKED   THOU  GAVEST. 
I  prayed  Thee  for  his  life 
That  Thou  wouldst  bring  him  back  to  me, 
The  maimed  in  the  strife. 
In  the  dread  waiting  time 
When  horror  upon  horror  fed  my  dark  imaginings, 
Oh,  God!  I  could  not  pray. 
But  when  I  learned 
How  in  the  hour  of  danger  he  had  cheered  his  comrades 
With  his  own  sweet  faith, 
I  knew  eternal  life  was  won, 
And  through  a  rain  of  tears  I  cried : 
"Thy  will  be  done." 

/.  M. 


Miss  Paul — Grace  doesn't  obey  anybody.     Miss  Pry- 
No  ;  she  doesn't  even  mind  her  own  business. — Town  Topics. 


THROUGH  ELECTRIC  TRAINS 

Between  SAN  FRANCISCO— OAKLAND  and 


Sacramento 
Oroville 


Woodland 
Colusa 


"SACRAMENTO  VALLEY  LIMITED" 
With  Parlor  Observation  Car 


Marysville 
Chico 

"THE  BAY  CITIES" 
With  Observation  Car 


Leave  San  Francisco  Key  Route  Ferry 
OAKLAND,  ANTIOCH  &  EASTERN  RAILWAY 

NORTHERN     ELECTRIC     RAILWAY 


Intend  Building  Soon? 

Our    display    of    modern   plumbing  fixtures    will  give  you  many    ideas 
that  will  enable  you  to  give  an  artistic  tone  to  your  bathrooms. 

We  will   help  you   plan   their  best  possible  arrangement. 

Our  showroom    is   maintained   for   your   convenience,   befng   a   display   room 

only,   not  a   salesroom. 


"(pacific 


PI  urn  bin?  Fixtures 

Showroom  67  M«wMont/oHi«ry  Si 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17, 1917 


INSURANCE 


The  annual  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Fire  Underwriters' 
Association  of  the  Pacific,  on  the  evening  of  February  8th,  was 
one  of  the  most  successful  in  the  history  of  the  association.  The 
first  day's  proceedings  consisted  of  the  reading  of  papers  re- 
lating to  the  business,  and  the  election  of  officers  took  place  on 
the  afternoon  of  the  second  day.  Walter  P.  Porep,  elected  to 
the  presidency,  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  popular  field 
men  on  the  coast.  For  the  past  eight  years  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  well  known  general  agency  firm  of  Edward 
Brown  &  Sons,  and  has  covered  what  is  termed  the  Pacific 
Northwest  for  that  firm  with  headquarters  at  Seattle,  Wash. 
He  is  a  native  of  San  Francisco  and  is  forty-eight  years  old. 
He  began  his  insurance  career  with  Brown,  Craig  &  Co.,  the 
predecessors  of  Edward  Brown  &  Sons,  and  has  practically 
spent  his  whole  life  in  their  employ.  Edwin  Parrish  was 
chosen  vice-president.  This  was  the  forty-first  annual  meeting 
of  the  association,  the  membership  of  which  is  made  up  of  ac- 
tive managers,  general  agents  and  field  men. 

*  *  * 

The  new  building  now  being  constructed  on  Pine  street,  ad- 
joining the  United  States  Sub-treasury  building  will,  when 
completed  early  in  October,  accommodate  the  business  of  the 
western  branch  of  the  Aetna  Life's  casualty  department,  the 
Aetna  Accident  and  Liability  Co.,  and  the  Automobile  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Hartford,  all  under  the  personal  supervision 
of  Manager  J.  R.  Molony.  The  building  will  be  of  reinforced 
concrete,  five  stories,  and  the  Aetna  companies  will  occupy  the 

entire  building. 

*  *  * 

Manager  Fabj,  of  the  Liverpool  and  London  &  Globe's  Pa- 
cific department,  has  appointed  Frank  E.  Atkins  of  Portland 
special  agent.  His  field  will  be  Western  Oregon  and  Western 
Washington.  Mr.  Atkins'  former  field  included  Oregon  and 
Idaho.  Special  agent  Geo.  J.  Janes  has  been  transferred  from 
the  Nevada  field  to  Eastern  Washington  and  Idaho,  with  head- 
quarters at  Spokane. 

*  *  * 

That  Herbert  Keith,  underwriting  manager  for  the  Vulcan 
Fire  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  has  made  good  since  his  appointment  a 
couple  of  years  ago,  is  seen  by  the  recognition  of  the  company 
in  advancing  him  to  the  office  of  manager  of  the  company. 

*  *  * 

A.  M.  Shields,  manager  for  California  of  the  Equitable,  has 
appointed  H.  A.  Binder  district  agent  at  Sacramento  and  F.  N. 
Furniss  district  agent  at  Fresno.  The  local  agents  in  the  dis- 
tricts named  will  hereafter  report  to  the  district  agents  instead 
of  to  the  San  Francisco  office  as  formerly. 

*  *  * 

Walter  B.  Wentz,  resident  manager  for  the  Maryland  Cas- 
ualty, was  recently  married  to  Miss  Genevieve  Francis 
Miller  of  this  city.  The  Adjuster  joins  in  the  universal  wish 
that  this  popular  insurance  man  and  his  charming  wife  may 
find  all  possible  happiness  in  their  wedded  life. 

*  *  * 

J.  Hunter  Harrison,  head  of  the  loss  department  of  the  In- 
surance Company  of  North  America's  Pacific  department,  suc- 
ceeded George  0.  Smith  as  chairman  of  the  Library  Committee 
of  the  Fire  Underwriters'  Association  of  the  Pacific  at  the  elec- 
tion held  last  week.    Mr.  Smith  remains  on  the  committee. 

*  *  * 

E.  J.  Swift,  who  has  been  acting  as  assistant  to  the  receiver 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  Casualty,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  as- 
sistant secretary,  has  gone  to  New  York  to  become  connected 
with  the  official  staff  of  the  Casualty  Company  of  America. 

*  *  * 

Managers  Boswell  and  Cornell  of  the  San  Francisco  office 
of  the  Fidelity  and  Casually,  have  enlarged  their  office  facilities 
in  the  Merchants'  Exchange  building  in  order  to  properly  ac- 
commodate the  company's  newly  established  bonding  depart- 
ment in  California. 

*  *  * 

John  Landers  of  the  Manhattan  Life,  dean  of  all  life  under- 
writers in  San  Francisco,  celebrated  his  golden  wedding  one 
day  this  month. 


Spectacular  Life  of  Buffalo  Bill 

By  Harry  Roach. 

Thousands  of  Americans  remember  Buffalo  Bill  first  as  a 
straight,  proud  figure  cantering  into  the  arena,  waving  a  som- 
brero, and  smiling  at  the  cheering  crowds.  He  was  the  D'Ar- 
tagnan  of  America,  for  the  country  has  probably  produced  no 
more  romantic  character.  From  the  Golden  Gate  to  the  Ply- 
mouth Rock,  his  name  and  face  have  blazoned  out  on  thousands 
of  circus-posters ;  he  made  the  old  historic  West  live  again  for 
the  boys  who  read  of  Indian-killing  on  rainy  afternoons,  and  for 
their  fathers  who  had  done  the  same,  thirty  years  before. 

And  now  that  Buffalo  Bill  has  passed  up  the  long  trail,  do 
you  remember  how  he  got  that  name? 

Buffalo  Bill  himself  told  it  in  this  way :  As  a  boy  scout  he  was 
employed  on  the  plains  by  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  and 
paid  $500  a  month  to  supply  their  workmen  with  buffalo-meat. 
They  called  him  Buffalo  Bill  because  he  killed  so  many  buffa- 
loes.   And  thereby  hangs  the  real  buffalo  story  of  Buffalo  Bill. 

In  a  period  of  eighteen  months'  work  with  the  Kansas  Pacific 
young  Cody  had  performed  the  unusual  exploit  of  killing  4,280 
buffaloes  with  his  own  hands,  and  had  come  off  victorious  in 
sixty-four  separate  encounters  with  the  Indians.  The  exploit 
was  the  talk  of  the  frontier.  There  were  some  who  doubted; 
and  among  them  Bill  Comstock,  a  noted  buffalo-hunter.  Com- 
stock  challenged  Buffalo  Bill  to  a  test  of  skill  to  settle  the  ques- 
tion. 

The  stakes  were  $500  a  side.  Each  man  was  to  hunt  a  full 
day,  from  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  until  eight  o'clock  at 
night.  The  man  who  killed  the  most  buffaloes  was  to  be  the 
winner  of  the  stakes.  A  number  of  cowboys  rode  with  each 
contestant  to  take  the  count.  By  his  own  peculiar  methods  of 
buffalo-hunting — his  specialty  being  a  way  of  rounding  up  the 
herd  and  encircling  them — Cody  came  back  in  the  evening  on 
his  famous  horse  "Bingham"  with  sixty-nine  to  his  credit.  Com- 
stock could  kill  but  forty-six.  From  that  day  Cody's  name  was 
changed  by  common  censent  to  Buffalo  Bill. 

His  first  Indian,  according  to  the  account,  fell  before  his 
trusty  revolver  when  the  scout  was  only  fifteen  years  old.  It 
is  said  of  this  incident: 

The  McCarthy  brothers,  Bill  and  Frank,  famous  plainsmen 
in  their  day,  were  in  charge  of  a  wagon  train  hurrying  provisions 
to  a  detachment  of  United  States  troops  under  General  Albert 
Sidney  Jqhnston,  operating  against  the  Mormons.  Young  Cody 
was  in  the  party,  eager  for  adventure,  and  as  steady  as  a  vet- 
eran in  the  face  of  danger. 

Their  camp  was  pitched  at  noon  near  the  South  Platte,  about 
350  miles  west  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas.  The  horses  were  un- 
hitched, preparations  for  dinner  under  way,  and  the  tired  plains- 
men stretched  out  for  a  little  siesta.  Suddenly  they  were  sur- 
rounded by  Indians.  Four  of  the  white  men  fell  at  the  first 
volley.  The  frightened  horses  stampeded  and  fled.  Outnum- 
bered four  to  one,  the  frontiersmen  broke  and  fled  in  every 
direction. 

Little  Bill  was  all  alone,  and  for  hours  made  a  running  fight, 
finally  coming  into  shelter  in  brush  along  the  river.  As  he  lay 
panting  for  breath  he  looked  up  and  saw  an  Indian  at  the  top 
of  the  bank.  The  Indian  sighted  along  his  rifle,  and  at  the 
same  instant  the  boy  Cody  pulled  his  revolver  and  "let  'er  go." 
His  shot  sped  home  first,  and  in  a  moment  the  Indian  came 
tumbling  down  the  bank  and  rolled  at  the  boy's  feet.  Young 
Cody  took  a  look  and  found  he  had  shot  the  redskin  through 
the  left  eyeball. 

That  was  Buffalo  Bill's  first  "kill,"  but,  as  he  told  it  always 
in  these  later  years  to  the  leaders  in  the  world  whom  he  met 
between  shows  and  circuses,  his  greatest  Indian  "kill"  was 
his  encounter  with  Yellow  Hand,  the  Cheyenne  chief. 

In  the  Sioux  uprising  of  1876,  Colonel  Cody  was  chief  of 
scouts  with  General  Crook's  command.  They  faced  the  In- 
dians at  Bonnett  Creek.  The  contesting  forces  were  close  up 
to  each  other  in  their  trenches,  ready  to  charge.  Suddenly  a 
superbly  mounted  Indian  chief  rode  fearlessly  into  the  open 
and  shouted  in  the  Cheyenne  tongue :  "I  know  you,  Pa-he-hask 
(Long  Hair) !    Come  out  and  fight  me  if  you  dare!" 

It  was  Yellow  Hand,  a  famous  warchief.  Of  course,  the  man 
at  whom  he  hurled  the  challenge  was  Buffalo  Bill.  Needless 
to  say,  the  challenge  was  immediately  accepted.     Before  Gen- 


FtBKUARY    17,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


eral  Crook  could  interpose,  Cody  had  spurred  forward.  His 
first  shot  dropped  the  Indian's  horse.  At  the  same  moment 
Buffalo  Bill's  charger  stepped  in  a  rut  and  rolled  him  in  the 
rhey  were  both  up  in  a  moment  and  facing  each  other. 
Yellow  Hand  raised  his  tomahawk  and  brought  it  down  straight 
for  Cody's  head,  but  the  old  fighter  side-stepped,  grabbed  the 
wrist  of  the  upturned  arm,  and  in  a  trice  thrust  his  own  good 
knife  into  the  Indian's  heart. 

Colonel  Cody  was  always,  we  are  told,  the  friend  of  the 
American  boy.  He  was  known  to  receive  an  average  of  fifteen 
or  twenty  letters  every  day  from  boys  all  over  the  globe,  with 
whom  he  maintained  a  lively  correspondence,  telling  them  of 
his  experiences  and  adventures.    As  we  read : 

"I  have  thousands  of  sons  all  over  the  world,"  Cody  would 
say.  "It  has  been  my  practice  for  years,  ever  since  I  started 
in  the  show  business,  to  write  to  them.  I  never  neglect  my 
boys." 

Horace  Greeley  said :  "Young  man,  go  West."  Colonel  Cody 
preached  it  continually. 

And  if  Buffalo  Bill  was  "strong"  with  the  boys,  he  was 
equally  strong  with  the  big  leaders  of  society,  business  and 
finance  in  his  own  country  as  well  as  the  royalty  of  Europe.  He 
hobnobbed  with  kings  and  emperors.  The  best  story  along  this 
line  is  the  one  set  down  in  his  book,  "The  Adventures  of  Buf- 
falo Bill." 

The  Buffalo  Bill  Wild  West  circus  was  touring  England. 
Everywhere  the  company  went  in  Europe  the  famous  scout  was 
entertained  by  royalty,  and  he  in  turn  entertained  them.  One 
day  after  they  had  opened  in  London,  King  Edward,  then  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  expressed  a  desire  to  see  the  show.  A  box 
was  prepared  and  the  royal  party  attended.  The  whole  exhibi- 
tion was  so  new  and  interesting  that  in  a  short  time  the  Prince 
went  again  and  expressed  a  desire  to  ride  around  the  ring  in  the 
Deadwood  coach. 

Buffalo  Bill  was  ready,  and  called  for  five  passengers.  The 
five  passengers  who  accepted  were  the  Prince  of  Wales  himself 
upon  the  box  beside  Buffalo  Bill,  and  four  kings  who  hap- 
pened to  be  visiting  in  England — the  King  of  Denmark,  the 
King  of  Saxony,  the  King  of  Greece  and  the  Crown  Prince  of 
Austria.  As  usual,  the  coach  started.  But  this  time  the  Indians 
who  attacked  and  the  cowboys  who  rescued  the  coach  had  been 
instructed  to  "do  something  a  little  extra,"  to  give  louder  yells, 
to  fire  a  few  more  shots.  And  it  is  no  wonder,  as  the  rumor 
goes,  though  proof  does  not  exist,  that  before  the  ride  was  over 
some  of  the  four  kings  were  under  the  seats.  When  the  trip 
was  finished  and  the  Prince  of  Wales  congratulated  Buffalo 
Bill,  he  said: 

"Colonel,  did  you  ever  hold  four  kings  like  that  before  ?" 

And  Cody  replied:  "I  have  held  four  kings  more  than  once. 
But,  your  Royal  Highness,  I  never  held  four  kings  and  a  royal 
joker  before." 

There  is  another  story  which  this  sketch  of  the  scout  includes 
— one  relating  to  his  domestic  life,  telling  how  he  got  his  wife. 
It  bears  the  same  romantic  color  that  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  did. 

Riding  through  the  streets  of  St.  Louis  one  morning,  young 
Cody  came  upon  a  crowd  of  intoxicated  soldiers  plaguing  a 
number  of  schoolgirls.  Chivalric  always  where  there  were 
women,  Cody  dismounted  and  ordered  the  crowd  to  disperse. 
They  answered  with  oaths ;  the  young  scout  sailed  into  them.  It 
was  short  and  sweet.  Three  of  the  bullies  were  stretched  out 
in  a  minute.  The  girls  made  their  escape — all  but  one,  a  little 
black-eyed  maiden  too  scared  to  run. 

The  stalwart  young  Cody  just  naturally  tucked  her  under  his 
arm  and  escorted  her  home.  She  was  Louisa  Frederici,  a  chic 
little  Parisian,  daughter  of  an  exiled  Frenchman,  and  one  of 
the  prettiest  "gals"  in  St.  Louis.  Like  a  true  knight  Cody  came 
back  later,  married  her,  and  took  her  with  him  to  Salt  Creek 
Valley. 

Upon  one  occasion  in  1872,  Buffalo  Bill  took  care  of  a  party 
of  New  Yorkers  headed  by  August  Belmont.  They  were  so 
pleased  with  the  picturesque  warrior  that  they  invited  him  to 
be  their  guest  in  New  York.  Cody  accepted  the  invitation,  and 
in  a  short  time  appeared  upon  Broadway  in  his  frontier  buck- 
skins. He  was  a  hit  in  New  York — a  sensation — and  was 
"taken  up." 

Cody's  fame  had  preceded  him,  and  they  were  doing  him  in 
the  theatres.  It  is  related  that  one  night  Cody  was  the  guest 
of  Mr.  Belmont  and  his  party  at  a  theatre.  From  a  shaded  corner 


of  one  of  the  boxes  Cody  looked  on  in  m 

it  at  a  "hero"  supposed  to  be  In) 
falo  Bill,  of  the  wild  and  woolly."    But  ti  ver  in  fine 

style. 

The  idea  struck  Cody  that  if  an  imitation  would  go,  why  not 
the  original?  He  fell  in  with  Ned  Buntline,  and  very  shortly 
Buffalo  Bill  appeared  at  the  head  of  his  own  company.  Hil 
iroupe  included  at  the  first  Indians  and  cowboys,  then  the 
Deadwood  coach,  etc.  The  troupe  got  so  large  it  overflowed 
the  largest  stage,  and  so  Colonel  Cody  went  back  home — to  the 
Middle  West — and  got  together  his  first  famous  Wild  West 
show. 

All  the  excitements  of  the  frontier  and  the  trail  were  his.  He 
was  a  man,  it  may  be  said,  at  ten,  when  his  father  was  killed  in 
a  row  over  slavery,  the  seed  of  dissension  between  men,  and 
parties  and  sections.  He  was  freight-wagon  courier,  pony  ex- 
press rider,  he  drove  stage.  The  sum  of  his  accomplishments 
and  activities  was  all  that  the  boys  of  fifty  years  ago  deemed 
admirable  and  heroic.  He  was  a  hero  such  as  "Ned  Buntline," 
or  Emerson  Bennett,  or  Mayne  Reid  could  but  strive  to  depict. 
He  was  a  brave  and  wary  scout,  Phil  Sheridan's  chief  of  scouts, 
the  slayer  of  Chief  Yellow  Hand.  He  was  a  brave  soldier. 
Other  men  were  these.  It  was  Cody's  good  fortune  and  that 
of  the  country,  and  a  good  bit  of  the  rest  of  the  world,  that  he 
bodied  forth  the  heroic  ag2  of  the  West. 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to    Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber   Co. 

W.   H.   HOMER,   General   Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 
Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


Milly- — A  girl  has  little  respect  for  a  man  who  threatens  to 
kiss  her.  Billy — Yes,  especially  if  he  doesn't  make  good. — 
Kansas  City  Star. 

"How  did  Deeds  make  his  reputation  as  a  lawyer?"  "He 

was  so  well  to  do  he  could  decline  cases  he  knew  he  couldn't 
win." — Boston  Globe. 

Crawford — You  say  you  got  seven  pairs  of  slippers  for 

Christmas.  What  is  there  so  unusual  about  that?  Crabshaw — 
One  pair  fitted  me. — Judge. 

■ "I  understand  your  husband  is  something  of  a  valetudi- 
narian, Mrs.  Comeup."  "Oh,  dear  me,  no!  He  eats  meat  regu- 
lar three  times  a  day." — Baltimore  American. 

The  Lady  of  the  House — I  think  you  will  not  find  me 

difficult  to  suit,  Marie.  The  New  Maid — I  am  sure  not,  ma'am. 
I  saw  your  husband  as  I  came  in. — New  York  Sun. 

Caller — That  new  girl  of  yours  seems  nice  and  quiet. 

Hostess — Oh,  very  quiet.  She  doesn't  even  disturb  the  dust 
when  she's  cleaning  the  room. — Kansas  City  Star. 

Lady — I'm  worried  about  my  complexion,  doctor.    Look 

at  my  face.  Doctor — You'll  have  to  diet.  Lady — I  never 
thought  of  that.  What  color  would  suit  me  best,  do  you  think? 
— Pickings. 

"Nobody  c'n  say  our  town  ain't  literary,"  said  the  old 

cowman.  "No?"  asked  the  new  arrival.  "No, 'cause  we  killed 
a  poet  here  once,  just  so  we  could  build  a  monument  to  him." — ■ 
Dallas  News. 

"Ma,  tigers  can't  bite  people  when  they  don't  see  'em, 

can  they?"  "What  on  earth  do  you  mean,  child?"  "I  heard 
pa  tell  Mr.  Smith  he  was  going  to  find  a  blind  tiger." — Balti- 
more American. 

Diner — That  man  at  the  round  table  gets  much  better 

food  and  attention  than  I  do..  I  shall  complain  to  the  manager. 
Where  is  he?  Waiter — -He's  the  man  at  the  round  table,  sir. — 
London  Opinion. 

"How  do  you  think  your  State  is  going  next  election?" 

"We're  going  to  have  a  walk-over,"  replied  Senator  Sorghum. 
"But  I'm  not  quite  sure  which  of  us  is  going  to  get  walked  on." 
— Washington  Star. 

"Papa,  what  is  the  difference  between  a  President  and 

a  Vice-President?"  "A  Vice-President  is  surrounded  by  ob- 
scurity when  he  takes  office,  and  a  President  is  surrounded  by 
it  when  he  leaves." — Judge. 

"Father,"  said  the  small  boy,  "what's  an  explorer?"  "An 

explorer,  my  son,  is  a  man  who  discovers  some  place  that  no- 
body wants  to  go  to,  and  that  he  wouldn't  be  able  to  find  any- 
how."— Baltimore  American. 

"You  seem  to  enjoy  working  with  a  lawn  mower."  "Yes," 

replied  Mr.  Chuggins.  "It's  a  good  deal  of  relief  to  slow  speed 
along  with  a  machine  that  doesn't  burn  gasoline  or  have  to  be 
cranked  up." — Washington  Star. 

■ -"Do  you  think  that  the   automobile  will  displace  the 

horse?"  asked  the  conversational  young  woman.  "It  will,"  an- 
swered the  nervous  young  man,  as  he  gazed  down  the  road,  "if 
it  ever  hits  him." — Sacred  Heart  Review. 

First  Tommy    (to  Second  Tommy,  who  is  haranguing 

German  prisoner) — Shut  up,  Alf!  Can't  yer  see  the  blighter 
don't  understand  English  ?  And  it's  a  blinking  shame  to  waste 
all  that  good  bad  language  on  him ! — Toiler. 

Hotel  Visitor  (coming  from  the  bathroom  and  speaking 

to  chambermaid) — Here,  I've  been  ringing  for  you  for  ages  up- 
on ages.  Chambermaid — Which  bell  did  you  ring,  sir?  Visi- 
tor— The  bell  over  the  bath,  of  course.  Chambermaid — Oh, 
we  pay  no  attention  at  all  to  that  bell,  sir.  That's  only  put  there 
in  case  any  one  feels  faint. — Punch. 


The   Husband — You're   not   economical?     The  Wife — 

Well,  if  you  don't  call  a  woman  economical  who  saves  her  wed- 
ding dress  for  a  possible  second  marriage,  I'd  like  to  know 
what  you  think  economy  is. — Stray  Stories. 

"Why  do  you  always  take  along  a  book  when  you  go  out 

motoring  with  Mr.  Glithers?"  "Oh,"  replied  Mrs.  Glithers,  "I 
read  it  while  he's  making  repairs  on  the  car.  In  fact,  I  keep  up 
with  all  the  latest  fiction  that  way." — Birmingham  Age-Herald. 

"I'm  afraid  father-in-law  doesn't  care  much  about  me," 

said  the  young  man.  "He  finds  fault  with  most  everything  I 
do."  "Nonsense,"  replied  his'wife.  "You  don't  know  his  ways. 
He  is  treating  you  just  like  one  of  the  family." — Washington 
Star. 

"Charley,  dear,"  said  young  Mrs.  Torkins,  "I  have  good 

news."  "What  is  it?"  "The  bank  sent  me  word  that  my  ac- 
count is  overdrawn.  I  looked  in  the  synonym  book  and  found 
that  'overdrawn'  is  the  same  as  'exaggerated.'  " — Buffalo  Cour- 
ier. 

"It  only  takes  me  twenty  minutes  to  get  to  my  office," 

said  Mr.  Chuggins.  "But  you  didn't  arrive  until  an  hour  after 
you  telephoned  that  you  were  leaving  home."  "Yes.  It  took 
me  the  other  forty  minutes  to  get  the  car  started." — Washington 
Star. 

Country   Justice — Ten   and   costs   for  reckless   driving. 

Young  Motorist — Listen,  Judge !  We  were  on  our  way  to  your 
office  to  have  you  marry  us.  Justice — Twenty  and  costs,  then. 
You're  a  darned  sight  more  reckless  than  I  thought  you  were. — 
Judge. 

Trolley  Official  (who  happens  to  be  on  a  car  that  has 

struck  a  woman  and  carried  her  for  a  block  on  the  fender)  — 
We  will  charge  you  nothing  for  the  ride,  ma'am;  and  will  also 
give  you  a  transfer — this  corporation  has  a  soul. — Birmingham 
Age-Herald. 

"I  asked  for  alimony  of  $50  a  week.    I  see  wimmen  are 

getting  that  right  along."  "But,  madam,"  expostulated  the  law- 
yer, "your  husband  is  earning  only  $12."  "What's  that  got  to 
do  with  it  ?  I  thought  the  government  provided  the  alimony. — 
Cincinnati  Enquirer. 

"Do  you  really  think  the  public  likes  to  be  hum- 
bugged?" asked  the  man  of  many  anxieties.  "Yes,"  replied 
Senator  Sorghum;  "when  the  humbug  is  pretty  and  harmless. 
But  they  resent  the  kind  that  buzzes  around  waiting  for  a 
chance  to  sting  'em."- — Washington  Star. 

First  Undergraduate — Have  you  telegraphed  to  the  old 

man  for  money?  Second  Undergraduate — Yes.  First  Under- 
graduate— Get  an  answer?  Second  Undergraduate — Yes.  I 
telegraphed  the  governor :  "Where  is  that  money  I  wrote  for  ?" 
and  his  answer  reads,  "In  my  pocket." — Michigan  Awgawan. 

"What's  the  matter,  Hawkins?"    "Matter  enough!    You 

know,  some  time  ago  I  assigned  all  my  property  to  my  wife,  to 
— er — keep  it  out  of  the  hands  I  am  indebted  to,  you  know." 
"Yes."  "Well,  she's  taken  the  money  and  gone  off — says  she 
won't  live  with  me  because  I've  swindled  my  creditors." — New 
Orleans  Times-Picayune. 

When  Governor  Head  was  in  office  in  New  Hampshire, 

Colonel  Barrett,  of  the  Governor's  staff,  died,  and  there  was 
an  unseemly  scramble  for  the  office,  even  while  his  body  was 
awaiting  burial  with  military  honors.  One  candidate  ventured 
to  call  upon  Governor  Head.  "Governor,"  he  asked,  "do  you 
think  you  would  have  any  objections  if  I  were  to  get  into  Coi. 
Barrett's  place?"  The  answer  came  promptly.  "No,  I  don't 
think  I  should  have  any  objections,  if  the  undertaker  is  will- 
ing."— TH-Bits. 


February  17,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


MOWMLl 


(NOTE. — The  next  issue  of  the  Motoring  Magazine  Section 
of  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter  will  be  devoted  in  a  large 
measure  to  a  detailed  description  of  the  various  exhibits  of  the 
Pacific  Automobile  Show.) 


To-morrow  night  San  Francisco's  great  auto  show  will  pass 
•  into  history.  Another  chapter  will  have  been  added  to  the 
city's  remarkable  record  of  notable  achievements.  For,  it  is 
admitted  by  the  best  posted  authorities  in  the  automobile  in- 
dustry, that  no  exhibition  of  motor  cars  ever  held  in  any  city 
in  the  country  has  exceeded,  in  point  of  variety  of  models  of 
the  various  makes  that  were  shown,  or  the  artistic  setting  in 
which  they  were  displayed,  the  exhibition  which  is  just  being 
brought  to  a  close. 

As  to  whether  or  not  San  Francisco  will  be  selected  on  the 
circuit  of  the  national  automobile  shows  that  are  to  be  held  in 
the  future  is  a  matter  which  will  be  determined  during  the 
months  that  intervene  between  now  and  next  winter,  when  the 
two  big  Eastern  shows  are  again  held.  Final  decision  will  rest 
with  the  directors  of  the  National  Automobile  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  but  San  Francisco  has  many  good  reasons  to  believe 
that  the  desired  end  will  be  attained.  The  principal  source  of 
encouragement  towards  that  end  comes  from  the  attitude  of 
Alfred  Reeves,  general  manager  of  the  national  organization, 
who  journeyed  across  the  continent  for  the  sole  purpose  of  con- 
ducting the  official  opening  of  the  Pacific  Automobile  Show. 
The  local  dealers  are  practically  convinced  that  such  a  step  will 
be  taken,  because  Reeves  has  not  only  endorsed  the  project, 
but  has  in  many  ways  committed  himself  towards  supporting 
vigorously  such  a  program. 

That  San  Francisco,  represented  by  the  city's  various  pro- 
motion bodies,  including  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Adver- 
tising Men's  Club,  the  Downtown  Association,  the  Rotary  Club 
and  the  Motor  Car  Dealers'  Association,  will  conduct  a  strenu- 
ous campaign  towards  getting  the  National  organization  con- 
verted to  this  order,  is  a  foregone  conclusion.  In  view  of  the 
fact  that  San  Francisco  usually  gets  what  it  goes  after,  it  is 
freely  predicted  that  success  will  crown  the  united  efforts  of 
the  official  spokesmen  of  the  community. 

During  Reeves'  week's  visit  in  San  Francisco  he  appeared 
on  several  occasions  as  the  chief  speaker.  His  most  notable 
address  was  made  before  the  Rotary  Club,  at  a  luncheon  held 
at  the  Palace  Hotel,  when  Reeves  discussed  at  length  the  part 
the  automobile .  manufacturers  now  play  and  will  play  in  the 
nation's  military  defense  preparedness.  Reeves  also  on  that 
occasion  pointed  out  the  beneficial  effects  of  the  efforts  of  the 
National  Automobile  Chamber  of  commerce,  particularly  as 
they  applied  to  the  prices  of  the  present  day  motor  cars. 
Briefly,  Reeves  said : 

"Co-operative  association  of  automobile  dealers  throughout 
the  United  States  has  been  and  is  essential  to  the  public  wel- 
fare. Through  the  efforts  of  the  National  Automobile  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  which  comprises  the  leading  automobile  manu- 
facturers of  the  country,  the  market  disposed  of  1,600,000  cars 
last  year  through  30,000  dealers.  Had  it  not  been  for  this 
spirit  of  give  and  take,  to  which  the  dealers  have  responded 
intelligently,  it  would  not  have  been  possible  to  dispose  of  that 
vast  number  of  machines  at  the  prices  which  now  prevail. 
Through  co-operative  concessions,  the  automobile  dealers  of 
America  have  held  down  the  price  of  cars  to  a  figure  which 
possibly  would  not  have  obtained  had  the  dealers  independ- 
ently invaded  the  field. 

"Following  the  origin  of  the  idea  in  the  National  Automobile 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  dealers  of  the  United  States  have 
offered  their  services  and  the  output  of  their  plants  to  the 
United  States  government  in  the  event  of  war.  At  present  there 
is  being  designed  a  uniform  truck  or  tractor  which,  while  it  will 
be  of  service  in  the  commercial  field,  may  be  transformed 
quickly  into  a  military  tractor. 


"Another  plan  for  preparedness  is  uur  scheme  to  enlist 
army  officers  in  our  manufacturing  plants.    If  :'  1  gov- 

ernment desires  to  be  prepared  as  far  as  the  motor  is  a  part  of 
military  maneuvres,  it  follows  that  men  of  the  army  and  of  the 
navy  may  understand  the  motor  from  every  angle.  The  wonder- 
ful development  of  the  motor  in  Europe  since  the  war  began 
needs  only  to  be  mentioned  to  demonstrate  what  an  important 
part  it  is  playing  in  that  grim  struggle." 

Reviewing  the  direct  and  immediate  effect  of  the  auto  show 
which  is  now  reaching  its  close,  the  local  dealers  are  a  unit  in 
declaring  for  its  continuation  as  an  annual  event  at  about  the 
same  time  of  the  year,  either  under  the  auspices  of  the  National 
Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  is  by  far  the  prefer- 
able plan,  or  at  the  initiative  and  expense  of  the  local  dealers. 
"By  all  means,"  they  say,  "San  Francisco  must  have  an  annual 
automobile  show."  Their  reasons  for  this  determined  point  of 
view  is  no  doubt  due  to  the  fact  that  the  show  has  aroused  an 
interest  in  motor  car  buying  which  has  never  before  been  wit- 
nessed. While  hundreds  of  names  of  actual  prospects  were  ob- 
tained by  nearly  all  of  the  dealers,  the  most  remarkable  feature 
of  it  is  the  fact  that  motor  cars,  approximating  in  value  many 
thousands  of  dollars  have  actually  been  purchased.  This  fact 
alone  is  an  accurate  index  of  the  type  of  patronage  which  the 
exhibition  called  out.  While  literally  thousands  of  persons  at- 
tended the  show,  being  attracted  there  by  the  artistic  array  of 
the  two  hundred  handsome  motor  cars  and  the  unusual  artistic 
setting  of  these,  the  fact  that  actual  sales  aggregating  hard 
cash  in  sums  of  thousands  of  dollars  is  the  most  convincing  ar- 
gument in  behalf  of  a  continuation  of  the  show  under  any  cir- 
cumstances and  conditions. 


Standardization  the  Key-Note  of  Automobile  Engineers 

During  the  S.  A.  E.  day,  February  14th,  at  the  Tractor  Show 
in  Kansas  City,  standardization  was  the  chief  topic  for  con- 
sideration. The  entire  automobile  industry  has  benefited  by 
the  standardization  work  carried  on  by  the  Society  of  Automo- 
bile Engineers,  as  has  also  the  public.  One  of  the  biggest  fac- 
tors in  reducing  the  price  of  motor  cars  without  reducing  qual- 
ity has  been  this  very  work.  Corresponding  activity  in  the 
tractor  field  is  certain  to  produce  the  same  results.  The  de- 
velopment and  refinement  of  the  mechanical  details  of  tractor 
construction  are  relatively  simple.  The  technical  information 
necessary  to  design  an  efficient  power  unit  has  already  been 
provided  by  automobile  engineers,  by  motor  truck  engineers 
particularly.  The  great  need  of  the  tractor  industry  at  this 
time  is  to  combine  this  technical  information  with  the  informa- 
tion already  secured  through  practical  experience  in  the  field 
with  tractors  and  an  intimate  knowledge  of  farm  conditions. 
This  will  be  brought  about  very  largely  by  the  consolidation  of 
the  Society  of  Tractor  Engineers,  with  headquarters  at  Minne- 
apolis, and  the  Society  of  Automobile  Engineers. 

*  *  * 

Packard  Makes  Big  Truck  Sales 

The  rapidity  with  which  American  business  men  everywhere 
are  motorizing' their  transportation  systems  is  well  indicated  by 
the  tremendous  volume  of  truck  sales  made  by  the  Packard 
Motor  Car  Company  through  its  dealers  during  January,  1917. 

"More  than  two  millions  of  dollars,  $2,262,500  to  be  exact, 
was  invested  in  trucks  made  by  this  company  in  the  first  month 
of  this  year,"  said  R.  E.  Chamberlain,  truck  sales  manager. 
"Never  before  has  this  record  been  equaled  or  even  approached 
in  the  history  of  the  truck  industry.  The  figures  quoted  repre- 
sent the  value  of  Packard  trucks  for  the  use  of  American  busi- 
ness men  only — no  foreign  orders,  samples  or  demonstrators 
are  included.  Also  every  dollar  was  for  chassis  only,  most 
buyers  having  bodies  built  by  outside  firms. 

"This  unprecedented  endorsement  of  Packards  came  from 
many  lines  of  business,  and  from  all  sections  of  the  country,  the 
major  sales  made  in  New  York,  Chicago,  Boston,  Cleveland, 
Detroit,  Pittsburgh  and  Philadelphia.  Substantial  gains  also 
were  noted  in  Minneapolis,  Portland,  San  Francisco,  New  Or- 
leans, Cincinnati,  Rochester  St.  Louis  and  many  other  cities. 

"Among  the  nationally  known  buyers  were  Swift  &  Company, 
Armour  &  Company,  Liquid  Carbonic  Company,  Chicago  Tele- 
phone Company,  Standard  Oil  Company,  Anheuser-Busch 
Brewing  Company,  New  England  Gas  &  Coke  Company,  Edi- 
son Electric  Company,  Independent  Oil  Company.  One  com- 
pany alone  bought  131  Packards." 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


Average  Load  is  Owner's  Criterion  in  Buying  Car 

John  Wilkinson,  designer  of  the  Franklin  car,  claims  that 
the  average  load  a  car  is  called  upon  to  carry,  and  not  the  maxi- 
mum or  emergency  need,  is  due  to  become  the  deciding  factor 
in  motorists'  minds  when  determining  the  size  of  the  cars  they 
will  buy.  Hauling  around  empty  seats  is  "going  out."  Close 
observers  say  there  is  already  a  noticeable  tendency  in  this 
direction,  and  they  ascribe  it  to  two  facts.  In  the  first  place, 
there  is  less  of  the  emergency  need  these  days.  A  man  no  longer 
expects  to  take  his  friends  along  as  he  once  did,  because  his 
now  friends  generally  own  cars  of  their  own.  Secondly,  ex- 
perience has  taught  car  owners  the  folly — measured  in  money 
out  of  pocket — of  carrying  weight  that  is  not  "earning  its  liv- 
ing." 

*  *   w 

Hughson  Advises  Sensible  Use  of  Adjectives  in  Advertising 

"It  is  said  that  over-laudatory  advertising  of  motor  cars  does 
no  harm  because  Americans  are  accustomed  to  intensive  selling 
methods,  and  accept  all  claims  with  the  proverbial  grain  of 
salt,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pacific  KisselKar 
Branch.  "But  when  'wonderful'  is  said,  it  should  at  least  mean 
'adequate;'  a  'beautiful'  car  should  surely  be  'pleasing;'  'eco- 
nomical' certainly  ought  to  mean  comparatively  'inexpensive,' 
and  so  on. 

"In  this,  which  promises  to  be  the  greatest  of  all  automobile 
years,  there  is  a  remarkable  range  of  selection — a  car  to  fit 
every  pocketbook,  and  mcst  of  them  good  values.  The  real 
facts  about  them  are  nothing  to  be  ashamed  of — so  why  veneer 
the  story?  For  it  is  obvious  that  a  car  which  costs  $500  or 
$1,000  less  than  another  car  cannot  be  'just  as  good'  in  either 
looks,  riding  quality  or  performance.     Nobody  values  it.     So 

why  claim  it?" 

*  *  * 

Stewart- Warner  Brings  Suit  Against  Alleged  Patent  Infringers 

Suits  have  just  been  filed  in  the  United  States  district  court 
of  Chicago  by  the  Stewart-Warner  Speedometer  Corporation 
against  the  Sparks-Wittington  Company,  Jackson,  Mich.,  which 
has  recently  announced  a  vacuum  gasoline  feed  under  the  name 
"Sparton,"  and  the  Heinze  Electric  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  intro- 
ducers of  a  gasoline  system  known  as  the  "Heco"  tank.  These 
suits  are  based  on  the  Webb  Jay  patents  covering  the  Stewart 
Vacuum  Gasoline  System,  which  patents  are  owned  by  the 
Stewart-Warner  Speedometer  Corporation,  and  charge  infringe- 
ment of  those  patent  rights.  The  Stewart- Warner  Speedometer 
Corporation  claims  to  be  the  exclusive  manufacturers  of  the 
Vacuum  System  of  gasoline  feed.  It  is  generally  credited  with 
being  responsible  for  the  modern  stream  line  effects  in  body  de- 
sign, made  possible  by  the  placing  of  the  gasoline  tank  at  the 

rear  of  the  car. 

*  *  * 

Du  Broy  Motor  Company  Takes  Over  Mitchell  Line 

Another  surprise  was  sprung  on  Automobile  Row  a  few  days 
ago  when  it  was  announced  that  the  Osen-McFarland  Auto 
Company  had  relinquished  the  distribution  of  the  Mitchell  car 
in  Northern  California  to  the  DuBroy  Motors  Company.  Prac- 
tically ever  since  the  Mitchell  car  came  to  California,  the  or- 
ganization of  which  George  Osen  has  been  the  head,  has  dis- 
tributed this  well  known  make.  The  popularity  of  the  Mitchell 
line  in  California  may  be  credited  to  the  Osen  organization. 
Giving  up  the  distributon  of  this  car  will  not  sever  the  connec- 
tion of  the  Osen  Company  with  this  automobile.  Osen  and  his 

associates  will  continue  to  handle  the  Mitchell  in  San  Jose. 

*  *  * 

Motorist  Should  Deal  Direct  with  Motor  Vehicle  Department 

State  Treasurer  Friend  W.  Richardson  has  requested  the 
News  Letter  to  announce  to  the  automobile  public  of  this  local- 
ity that  all  matters  regarding  motor  vehicles  should  be  sent 
direct  to  H.  A.  French,  superintendent  of  the  motor  vehicle  de- 
partment, in  the  Forum  Building,  at  Sacramento.  The  State 
Treasurer  has  had  no  connection  with  the  automobile  depart- 
ment for  the  past  two  years,  and  suggests  that  automobile  own- 
ers, by  writing  direct  to  French  v/ill  save  the  treasurer  much 
correspondence  and  obtain  for  themselves  quicker  service. 

Kissel  All-Year  Car  is  History  Maker 

"What  the  Kissel  All-Year  car  has  done  for  the  automobile 
industry  is  history,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  President  of  the 
Pacific  KisselKar  branch.  "It  has  increased  the  automobile  cal- 
endar from  six  to  twelve  months,  and  revived  each  branch  of 


car-making  and  selling — instilling  in  them  new  life,  energy  and 
profit.  So  much  for  the  effect  of  Kissel's  innovation  on  the 
marketing  of  cars." 

»  *  » 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


WILLIAM     M.     KLINGER 

General   Agent 
AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

LONDON  &  LANCASHIRE  IN  DEMN  ITY  CO.  OF  AMERICA 
ORIENT  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  HARTFORD,  CONNECTICUT 
LONDON    &   LANCASHIRE   FIRE   INSURANCE  COM  PANY 

AUTOMOBILE    INSURANCE 

Fire,  Theft,  Public  Liability,  Property  Damage,  Collision 
SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager  Pacific  Department 

332  PINE  STREET  TELEPHONE  DOUGLAS  272 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


k?@Wg{^ 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AW  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'En 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

819-835  ELLIS  ST.    S-WiT^nuS 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER   FEELS    AT    HOME 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage-batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Neis  Ave.     BRAND   «.   CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


PMiAiiNiMiAiiiPDinioimiLin 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD. I.  BILL 

543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  TH18   OUT.) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.      Tourists  will   do  well  to  cut  this   list  out  and   keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— juat  opened.  The  only  Btrictly  flrst- 
claas  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


February  17.  1917 


and  California  Adverlisn 


19 


UBI^^SfelABLE 


"The  Circuit  Rider's  Wid 

While  the  adage,  "familiarity  breeds  contempt,"  does  not  ap- 
ply fully  to  the  experiences  of  the  central  figure  of  "A  Circuit 
Rider's  Widow,"  by  Corra  Harris,  she  certainly  retains  no  illu- 
sions regarding  the  disinterestedness  of  many  church  ogani- 
zations,  or  the  rewards  of  service  in  the  ministry.  The  story 
is  not,  in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word,  a  novel.  The  opening 
chapters  are  discursive,  being  given  over  to  pointed  comments 
on  the  relations  of  pastor  to  congregation  and  vice  versa,  and 
an  analysis  of  the  faults  and  insincerities  of  church  and  church 
government  in  the  light  of  a  lifetime's  association  as  a  minis- 
ter's wife  and  active  worker  in  a  small  town  church.  It  is  not 
until  the  story  has  progressed  far  that  anything  like  a  straight- 
forward narrative  develops.  The  relater  is  a  keen-minded  old 
lady,  the  widow  of  a  Methodist  "circuit  rider"  in  a  Georgia 
town.  In  the  latter  capacity  she  settles  down  in  the  town  of 
her  birth,  and  now  in  the  evening  of  her  life  she  recalls  her 
experiences  and  makes  observations. 

$1.50  net.     Doubleday  &  Page,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Highway  of  Death." 

When  the  last  battle  of  the  war  is  fought  and  the  casualties 
are  figured  up,  it  is  not  likely  that  the  doctors,  nurses  and  hos- 
pital asistants  who  have  sacrificed  their  lives  will  be  forgotten. 
Even  some  of  the  survivors,  while  not  battle  scarred,  must  of 
necessity  bear  marks  of  their  privations  and  hardships.  It  is 
a  wonderful  work  they  are  doing,  and  in  his  book,  "The  High- 
way of  Death,"  Dr.  Earl  Bishop  Downer  gives  many  enlighten- 
ing facts  about  them.  Among  other  things  he  describes  the 
makeshift  accommodations  where,  with  inadequate  help,  the 
doctors  have  been  forced  to  undertake  almost  impossible  tasks. 
It  was  a  tobacco  warehouse  that  became  a  notorious  prison 
during  the  American  Civil  War,  but  in  the  present  conflict  we 
find  one  turned  to  a  humanitarian  use — a  hospital. 

As  a  noncombatant,  whose  duties  nevertheless  keep  him 
close  to  the  scenes  of  action,  Dr.  Downer  had  unusual  facilities 
of  studying  this  momentous  conflict.  During  a  nine  months' 
stay  in  Belgrade  he  saw  the  varied  changes  of  occupation  of 
that  embattled  city. 

$1.50  net.    F.  A.  Davis  Company. 

"An  Apology  for  Old  Maids." 

"Why  is  it  that  our  American  essayists  are  on  the  whole  so 
good  and  our  American  novelists  are  on  the  whole  so  bad?" 
asks  Owen  Wister  in  his  informal  and  entertaining  introduction 
to  "An  Apology  for  Old  Maids,"  by  Henry  Dwight  Sedgwick. 
"As  with  guns,  so  with  books;  it  is  the  man  behind  them  that 
counts,"  is  his  reply,  and  later,  to  enforce  the  contrast,  Mr.  Wis- 
ter continues :  "The  question  is  worth  an  essay.  Let  some  one 
of  that  good  company  deal  with  it  and  tell  us  how  it  comes 
about  that  most  of  our  essayists  have,  from  the  early  days  even 
until  the  present,  written  all  around  most  of  our  novelists;  that 
Irving  in  his  kind  is  better  than  Cooper  in  his  kind;  that  Emer- 
son is  better  than  Hawthorne;  that  'The  Autocrat  of  the  Break- 
fast Table'  has  more  life  in  it  than  'Elsie  Venner'  .  .  .  and  that 
our  two  most  famous  pieces  of  American  prose  belong  both  of 
them,  in  their  essence,  to  the  family  of  the  essay — 'Washing- 
ton's Farewell  Address  and  Lincoln's  Speech  at  Gettysburg." 
It  does  not  seem,  however,  that  the  following  examples  of  the 
essay,  reprinted  from  the  Atlantic  Monthly  and  the  Yale  Re- 
view though  they  are,  altogether  support  this  suggestive  theory. 

$1.50  net.    Macmillan  &  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Scientific  Singing." 

This  book  is  a  stimulating  statement  of  truth  by  E.  Standard 
Thomas  ...  a  statement  of  principles  so  simple  and  obvious 
that  they  may  be  readily  grasped  by  the  uninitiated.  It  is  a 
common-sense  book  for  non-singers  as  well  as  students  of  sing- 
ing. It  is  not  a  technical  analysis,  but  is  synthetic,  constructive 
and  is  therefore  scientific.  The  little  volume  was  written  in 
response  to  the  repeated  request  of  the  author's  pupils,  and  is 


not  a  complete  treatise  on  the  voice.  Its  purpose  is  to  increase 
one 's  desire  to  sing,  to  show  that  the  study  of  singing  is  of 
practical  value  in  every-day  living,  and  to  prove  that  it  is  in- 
telligence that  makes  the  singer,  rather  than  an  accident  of 
birth,  favoring  one  with  a  rare  voice.  Each  page  is  adorned 
with  an  illuminative  quotation  selected  from  the  world's  great- 
est thinkers,  which  give  color  and  conviction  to  the  logical 
sequence  of  the  discourse.  The  dedication  to  the  memory  of 
the  late  Frank  King  Clark  is  a  loving  tribute.  Mr.  Thomas, 
who  was  one  of  his  early  pupils  in  Paris,  feels  that  this  little 
book  is  the  blossoming  of  ideals  and  principles  outlined  and 
uemonstrated  in  the  studio  of  the  master. 
$1.00.    Paul  Elder  &  Company,  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

Finds  Plots  in  Central  Park. 

Fannie  Hurst,  whose  ;econd  book,  "Every  Soul  Hath  Its 
Song,"  was  published  last  autumn,  says  that  it  is  in  Central 
Park  that  she  thinks  out  the  plots  of  her  stories,  strolling  for 
hours  at  a  time  along  its  byways.  She  doesn't  mind  saying, 
now  that  her  popularity  has  been  won,  that  her  first  thirty  short 
stories,  written  while  she  was  still  at  the  Washington  Univer- 
sity, St.  Louis,  and  submitted  to  a  well  known  periodical,  were 
rejected  with  unfailing  regularity.  They  then  appeared  in  the 
college  weekly,  and  Miss  Hurst  says:  "I  might  add  that  I  was 
one  of  the  editors." 

*  *  * 

"Thoughts  on  Immortality." 

A  timely  little  volume  of  a  compilation  of  Thoughts  on 
Immortality  has  just  been  published  under  the  title  of  "Victory 
Crowned,"  with  an  introduction  by  Horatio  Dresser.  The  au- 
thor or  compiler  is  Page  Fellowes.  The  author's  object  in 
presenting  this  book  to  the  public  is  the  hope  that  any  doubting 
one  may  be  convinced  that  the  life  beyond  is  real.  "Life  is 
the  same  yesterday,  to-day  and  forever."  The  making  of  the 
little  volume  is  exquisite — printed  on  beautiful  paper  in  steel 
gray  ink  from  Caslon  Old  Style  type,  with  missal  initials ;  front- 
ispiece, title  page  and  initial  letter  in  delicate  color  tones,  the 
effect  is  harmonious  and  distinctive. 

$1.00  net.    Paul  Elder  &  Co.,  San  Francisco. 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Calif  ornian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets   and    Berths  Ask  Agents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691     Market    Street 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  17,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  temptation  to  rush  the  seasons  is  very  strong  at  this 
time  of  the  year  when  in  every  window  we  see  displays  of  straw 
hats  and  spring  frocks  and  suits.  One  must  be  very  strong- 
minded  to  refrain  from  blossoming  forth  into  a  spring  hat  with 
so  many  on  show,  but  the  weather  is  forbidding  and  those  of  us 
who  are  endowed  with  a  sense  of  the  fitness  of  things  will  ab- 
stain yet  a  while,  guided  by  our  better  judgment. 

Some  of  the  hats  combine  straw  and  fine  felt,  or  straw  and 
satin;  others  are  entirely  of  straw  trimmed  with  flowers  or  rib- 
bon, and  a  great  many  are  of  crepe.  An  almost  brimless,  rather 
high  crowned  little  hat  was  fashioned  entirely  of  narrow  ribbon 
interlaced,  giving  the  impression  of  straw,  at  a  distance.  It 
was  of  narrow  blue  ribbon  with  a  tiny  red  border  on  either 
side.  The  trimming  was  a  bunch  of  red  cherries  placed  on  the 
left  side  of  the  crown.  Another  hat  with  a  small  up-turned  brim 
was  of  white  silk  covered  entirely  with  machine  stitching 
worked  in  a  close  all-over  design.  Machine  stitching  is  also 
very  popular  just  now  as  a  decoration  for  suits  and  dresses, 
therefore  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  it  on  hats. 

Some  New  Suits. 

Very  snappy  are  the  new  suits  with  their  hip-length  coats. 
The  box  coat  in  the  sketch  is  one  of  the  new  models.  The 
pleated  pockets  and  cuffs  tell  at  once  that  this  is  a  1917  design, 
for  box  coats  have  never  before  had  such  frivolous  pockets. 


Left — Box   Coat  of  Green  Jersey  Cloth   with  White   Pleated  Skirt. 
-The  New  Sleeveless  Jumper  with   Box-Pieated  Skirt. 


Right 


Coats  of  bright  colors  such  as  green,  rose,  marigold,  citron  or 
purple  accompany  white  skirts  which  are  either  plain,  or  else 
spotted  or  striped  with  the  color  of  the  coat.  Some  of  the 
skirts  are  made  from  bordered  material  with  the  border  at  the 
lower  edge  and  the  top  laid  in  pleats.  In  some  of  these,  the 
designs  are  embroidered  instead  of  printed.  The  designs  are 
generally  _large  dots  or  squares  worked  in  two  or  three  stiking 
colors  or  in  a  solid  color  with  black  or  a  contrasting  shade  used 
to  outline  the  motif. 

Jersey,  and  Still  More  Jersey. 

Jersey  keeps  at  the  height  of  popularity  and  is  now  combined 
with  other  materials.  A  suit  of  citron  colored  wool  jersey  was 
made  with  a  white  pique  collar.  The  collar  was,  of  course,  de- 
tachable, so  that  it  could  be  removed  and  laundered  with  ease. 
In  another  instance,  wool  jersey  was  combined  with  gabardine 
very  pleasingly.  The  suit  was  of  purple  jersey,  and  tan  gabar- 
dine fashioned  the  large  collar  and  revers  that  went  the  length 


of  the  coat.  The  cuffs  and  pocket-laps  were  also  of  the  tan 
gabardine. 

Irish  crochet  as  a  dress  trimming  has  been  revived  again. 
The  idea  was  brought  from  Paris  very  recently.  On  a  dress  of 
white  Georgette  there  were  large  pockets  of  Irish  crochet  lace, 
and  an  edging  to  match  finished  the  large  bertha  on  the  waist. 

Dresses  of  white  serge  also  begin  to  make  their  appearance. 
Some  very  attractive  models  are  seen,  brightened  here  and 
there  with  touches  of  Oriental  embroideries. 

The  sleeveless  jumper  is  another  new  departure  to  which  wo- 
men have  taken  kindly.  It  slips  on  over  the  head  and  is  worn 
on  the  outside  of  the  skirt  on  the  order  of  the  favored  Russian 
blouses.  The  accompanying  sketch  shows  one  of  these  jump- 
ers developed  in  the  new  dotted  fabrics.  The  jumper  is  worn 
over  a  plain  blouse  and  a  box-pleated  skirt.  It  has  new 
U-shaped  pockets  and  the  waistline  is  defined  by  a  narrow  belt. 

Clothes  for  Small  Children. 

Clothes  for  very  little  tots  show  some  very  interesting  points. 
For  the  tiny  girl's  party  frock  there  are  the  daintiest  of  white 
net  frocks,  all  fluffy  with  frills  and  narrow  pink  and  blue  rib- 
bons. Alternate  rows  of  pale  pink  and  blue  used  around  the 
bottom  of  a  pleated  white  net  frock  give  a  most  fascinating 
effect.  There  are  frocks  of  silk,  voile  and  fine  linen,  too,  for 
the  little  ones.  These  are  trimmed  with  fine  hand  embroidery, 
Irish  crochet  lace  or  smocking,  which  is  often  developed  in 
colors.  The  combination  of  white  soutache  braid  with  band 
embroidery  on  a  fine  white  linen  dress  is  quite  novel  and  very 
effective. 

The  small  boy  is  not  forgotten  while  dainty  things  are  being 
prepared  for  his  little  sister.  For  his  social  duties  there  are 
little  suits  of  white  moire  with  short  jackets  and  colored  vests. 
The  vest  and  collar  may  be  of  pink,  green,  blue  or  yellow  moire. 
These  suits  of  silk  are  all  very  well  for  parties,  but  for  school 
they  are  made  of  colored  linens,  poplin,  rep  and  chambray. 
With  slip-on  middy  jackets  or  manly  little  Norfolk  coats  are 
the  suits  of  this  type. 


The  New 
Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  £1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET.  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailhebuou 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-121  Bush  St..  San  Franciioo 


(Above  Kearny) 


Exchange,  Douglas  2411 


BLANCO'S  •"•"Sag1-*- 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


•  HUSHED  itn 


Pu.liip  Capital 

Raasrre   Kun.1 

Reserr*  Liability  of 
Proprietor* 

Anrregmt*'  A-- 
.tl>t  Marth  I9la 


$17,500,000.00 

-  13,375,000.00 

-  17,500,000.00 

$48,375,000.00 
$310,327,208.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

I  NCHEBknd  AGBNCHS  in  Ilia  Australian  stalas.  Nmr  Zealand. 

Fiji.  Tai'iia.  '  New  Quinaft),  ami  London.     The   Hank   transacts  every 

Uislralinn  Hanking  Business.       Wool  and  other  Produce 

Hes<j  Older  London  Office: 

GF.ORCF.  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREaDNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO 
SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D  D.C.L 


ESTABLISHED  1867 

,  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

„,teS™     Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

JOHN  AIRD  General  ManiRrr  I  n  -   A  «„-  „«« 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistim  Genenl  Mamcer  I  Aggregate  Resource  250,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH  -450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock        $4,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits     1, 996,224. 64 
Deposits  55.186.713.12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated  1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member  of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION'BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER   30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt   of    deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  ^^a^ 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &    TOWIME 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE  MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1863  Cash  Capital,  16,000,000 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS, 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6   Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
hank  Bldg.,  830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  357S. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.    217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT-LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 

PUBLICATION   OF  SUMMONS. 
IN  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  IN  AND 
FOR  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

BESSIE  WHITE,  Plaintiff,  vs.  STEPHEN  JOHN  WHITE.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  Gillogley,  Crofton  &  Payne, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to  STEPHEN  JOHN 
WHITE.  Defendant.  You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the 
complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you  in  the  Super- 
ior Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — 
if  served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as  above 
required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  money  or  damages 
demanded  in  the  complaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  California,  this  9th  day  of  December. 
A.    D.    1916. 

(Seal)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,    Clerk. 

By  W.   R.  CASTAGNETTO.  Deputy  Clerk. 

GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  &  PAYNE.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO.  BANKERS 

Members— New  York  Stock  Exchange;  New  York  Cotton  Exchange. 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange;  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange;  Liver- 
pool Cotton  Association;  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Private  Wire— New  York.  Chicago  to  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 

Branch    Offices— San    Francisco.    490    California    St.    and    Hotel    St. 
Francis;  Los  Angeles.  US  Fourth  St..  I.  W.  Hellman  Building. 

PIONEER  HOUSE  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


REPUBLIC 
TIRES 

Are  Now  a  Better 
Buy   Than   Ever 

REPUBLIC  RUBBER  CO. 

OF     CALIFORNIA 

295  Golden  Gate  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


Four 

Routes 

East! 


Sunset  Route:  Along  the  Mis- 
sion Trail, and  through  the  Dixie- 
land of  song  and  story.  To  New 
Orleans  via  Los  Angeles, El  Paso, 
Houston,  and  San  Antonio. 
Southern  Pacific  Atlantic 
Steamship  Line,  sailings  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays,  New 
Orleans  to  New  York. 

Ogden  ROUte:  Across  the 
Sierras  and  over  the  Great  Salt 
Lake  Cut-off.  To  Chicago  via 
Ogden  and  Omaha;  also  to  St. 
Louis  via  Ogden,  Denver  and 
Kansas  City. 

ShaSta  ROUte:  Skirting  majes- 
tic Mount  Shasta  and  crossing 
the  Siskiyous.  To  Portland, 
Tacoma  and  Seattle. 

El  PaSO  ROUte:  The  "Golden 
State  Route"  through  the 
Southwest.  To  Chicago  and  St. 
Louis  via  Los  Angeles,  Tucson, 
El  Paso,  and  Kansas  City. 


Oil  Burning  Locomotives 

No  Cinders,  No  Smudge,  No  Annoying  Smoke 

Unexcelled  Dining  Car  Service 

FOR  FARES  AND  TRAIN    SERVICE  ASK  ANY  AGENT 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


COURTEOUS 
CONTINUOUS 


HEAT  FOR  WINTER  GAS  The  Universal  Fuel 

No  shortage  in  weight  or  volume.     No  delay  in  delivery.     No  fluctuation 
in  price.     Ready  to  use  on  the  instant. 

Our  house-heating  department  can  solve  your  particular  problem, 

through  hot  air,  direct  or  indirect  radiation,  radiant  heat,  whatever  system 
may  suit  your  requirements. 

Ask  us  about  Radiant  Heat. 

We  have  experts  always  on  hand  whose  advice  is  at  your  service  free  of  charge. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


445  SUTTER  STREET 


San  Francisco  District 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


SAH  FI»*NC<8Co 

Devoted   to   the    Leading    Interette  of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  24,  1917 


NO.  8. 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TTSER  is  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Flfffl  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Of&ce  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office- --George  Street  At  Company.  30  Cornhill.  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
orSce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday*. 

Subscription  Rales  (including  postage)---!  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


By  the  way,  what  is  the  amount  of  the  bill  that  Uncle 

Sam  has  spent  in  almost  capturing  Villa? 

Mooney's  conviction  is  being  flayed  by  Labor.  Prob- 
ably because  Labor  under  the  circumstances  comes  under  the 
whip. 

The  Oroville  girl  who  has  just  succeeded  her  father  as 

president  of  his  bank  is  certainly  the  center  of  golden  oppor- 
tunities. 

That  perverse  city  problem,  the  acoustics  at  the  Civic 

Auditorium,  has  at  last  been  satisfactorily  solved — by  a  col- 
lege yell. 

Wheat  prices  are  reported  to  be  falling  in  the  Chicago 

grain  pit.    Nobody  would  suspect  it  in  scrutinizing  the  local 
price  of  bread. 

While  Congress  is  hunting  for  peace  note  leaks  in  Wall 

street,  why  not  start  an  investigation  of  leaks  in  the  Congres- 
sional pork  barrel  ? 

Whiskey  Diggings  in  Placer  County  was  sold  this  week 

for  $100,000.    A  title  of  that  illuminative  character  ought  to  be 
worth  several  million  dollars. 

Yellow  newspapers  are  on  the  rampage  to  spread  a  scare 

of  submarines.    One  has  been  located  among  the  ducks  on  the 
boat  lake,  Golden  Gate  Park. 

The  local  alimony  club,  represented  by  four  husbands, 

was  in  court  this  week  to  escape  their  duty.    This  week's  regu- 
lar meeting  will  be  held  in  jail. 

Pastor  Smith  is  rapidly  slipping  into  the  back  pages  of 

the  local  dailies,  indicative  that  his  vice  crusade  is  rapidly  de- 
veloping into  a  disappearing  act. 

Members  of  the  British  cabinet  pool  their  salaries  and 

draw  equal  amounts.    A  jack  pot  now  and  then  would  enliven 
the  monotony  of  the  equal  pay  day. 

So  far  California's  revenue  from  motor  cars  has  reached 

$2,000,000 — and  growing.    That  great  climb  was  reflected  in 
the  recent  successful  local  auto  show. 

Who  would  be  an  Esquimaux  these  days  ?  No  prepared- 
ness, no  army,  no  navy,  no  Zeppelins,  no  high  cost  of  living,  no 
worry — not  even  a  congress  on  their  hands. 

As  was  suspected,  Senator  "O,"  mentioned  by  Tom  Law- 
son  in  his  charges  of  the  Wall  street  leak  in  Wilson's  peace 
note,  proves  to  be  a  holdover,  John  Dough. 


Three  reasons  were  given  this  week  for  the  recent  four 

bank  failures  in  Seattle.  Bankers  seem  to  be  almost  as  unani- 
mous as  doctors  in  their  consultations. 

Cuban  revolutos  have  been  tartly  warned  by  the  Wash- 
ington administration  that  the  reign  of  violence  there  must  stop. 
Sounds  like  a  well-worn  reprimand  to  Villa. 

Sir  Gilbert  Parker,  publicity  man  for  Great  Britain,  evi- 
dently knows  the  newspaper  game  from  all  its  thousand  and 
one  intricate  angles.    He  is  here  for  a  rest. 

Attorney  Cochran  discovered  that  a  reputation  in  foren- 
sic art  carries  little  weight  for  an  outsider  in  local  dynamite 
trials,  while  local  Preparedness  is  sitting  tight. 

The  cashier  of  the  treasury  department  of  the  Civic 

Center  has  been  diagnosed  by  an  unquestionable  physician  as 
having  gold  on  his  lungs.    He  had  best  "cough  up." 

America's  trade  in  the  prohibited  U-boat  war  zone  is 

said  to  be  valued  at  $10,000,000  a  day.  Who  wouldn't  take  a 
chance  at  dodging  crippled  submarines  at  that  price  ? 

According  to  a  local  newspaper,  high  prices  stimulate 

production.  The  large  end  of  the  dairy  produce,  meat  and  other 
foods,  seems  to  find  the  source  of  stimulation  in  the  trusts. 

Kelp  potash  is  reported  to  be  cheaper  than  before  the 

war.  With  a  dash  of  cream,  sugar,  aqua  fortis  and  resolution, 
it  is  said  to  be  an  excellent  substitute  for  a  breakfast  dish. 

Art  Smith  has  been  placed  on  the  United  States  aviation 

corps  in  case  of  war  eventualities.  A  guarantee  that  any  enemy 
that  may  attack  Uncle  Sam  will  be  tangled  in  explosive  spirals. 

Several  English  publicists  declare  that  after  the  war 

women  will  have  to  propose,  as  they  will  not  be  able  to  wait  for 
men  to  take  the  initiative.  Well !  well !  well !  In  God  we  trust, 
as  usual. 

The  United  States  government  maintains  a  bureau  which 

secures  all  positions  for  women  except  marriage.  Awake, 
Uncle,  and  introduce  a  press  button  system  so  that  women  clerks 
can  ring  their  own  marriage  bells. 

Assistant  District  Attorney  Cunha,  who  made  the  argu- 
ment for  the  prosecution  in  the  Mooney  trial,  hails  from  Mil- 
pitas.  The  townspeople  will  erect  a  statue  in  his  honor,  and 
thus  mark  the  site  of  the  town  to  hurrying  travelers. 

A  local  jury  has  given  a  judgment  of  $15,000  against  a 

local  doctor  who  carelessly  left  a  sponge  in  the  body  of  a  patient 
during  a  capital  operation — an  ill  showing.  His  example  is 
surpassed  by  a  surgeon  in  another  case  who  left  his  instruments 
there. 

There  is  a  movement  afoot  in  the  Ford  Peace  League  to 

capture  the  Nobel  prize  for  the  Kaiser  because  of  his  deter- 
mined insistence  for  Peace,  and  another  plan  on  the  part  of  the 
President's  admirers  to  gain  him  a  like  distinction  for  bringing 
everlasting  peace  to  the  Republican  party. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Freedom  of 
The  Seas. 


One  of  the  most  contentious  prob- 
lems that  will  follow  the  last  gun 
sounded  in  the  European  war  will 
be  the  question  of  the  freedom  of 
the  seas,  a  rather  indefinite  phrase.  Up  to  a  century  and  a  half 
ago  sea  rovers  did  as  they  pleased  when  they  sighted  a  vessel 
weaker  than  their  own.  The  trade  of  ancient  Rome  was  threat- 
ened with  the  powerful  Corsairs  of  the  Mediterranean  Sea. 
Pompey  the  Fortunate  cut  them  to  pieces  and  destroyed  their 
strongly  defended  cities,  but  they  always  "came  back."  The 
last  of  these  organized  sea  robbers  to  threaten  the  trade  of  the 
world  were  the  Algerian  corsairs.  These  pests  were  wiped  out 
by  Commodore  Decatur,  who  was  sent  with  a  small  fleet  to  the 
Mediterranean  to  destroy  their  citadels  because  of  attacks  on 
American  merchantmen  in  those  waters.  England  swept  other 
pirate  nests,  till  the  seven  seas  were  practically  cleared  of  them. 
It  was  not  till  the  armed  vessels  of  the  leading  nations  began 
regularly  to  patrol  the  seas  that  organized  piracy  disappeared. 
Only  this  constant  surveillance  bulwarks  their  reappearance.  In 
the  rise  of  these  modern  naval  fleets  comes  the  question  of  the 
freedom  of  the  seas;  and  in 
the  pinch  of  war  that  question 
looms  large.  England's  isola- 
tion and  her  immense  fleet  has 
been  regarded  as  guarantees 
of  her  safety  in  attack.  Even 
this  ancient  buckler  of  her  de- 
fence has  been  pricked  by 
Zeppelin  raids  and  U-subma- 
rines,  indicative  that  the  old 
defences  must  be  propped 
with  proper  war  devices.  In 
these  final  clashes  of  the  con- 
test England  and  Germany 
have  no  regard  for  treaty 
clauses  and  traditional  theo- 
ries regarding  the  freedom  of 
the  seas.  With  them  it  is  a 
question  regarding  preserving 
national  life.  Any  neutral  that 
is  scotched  in  running  the 
blockade  may  find  consolation 
with  his  government,  but  none 
from  the  two  contestants.  The 
protests  of  the  smaller  nations 
will  be  turned  down  with  a 
growl.  With  influential  Am- 
erica, the  diplomatic  corre- 
spondence may  end  in  war,  but 
even  Germany  would  not 
dodge  such  a  situation  pro- 
vided she  still  saw  a  threaded 
way  out  of  her  dilemma.  The 

history  of  the  world's  wars  offers  no  hope  that  a  dependable 
set  of  powers  in  the  family  of  nations  can  maintain  either  peace 
or  a  fixed  so-called  freedom  of  the  seas  wnen  the  leading  na- 
1ions  are  in  the  last  desperate  stages  of  the  strife  to  preserve 
their  existence.  The  best  by-product  of  the  forthcoming  peace 
conference  will  likely  be  new  international  laws  regarding  the 
submarine,  and  especially  floating  mines,  that  have  been  indis- 
criminately scattered  over  the  North  Sea.  The  value  of  discus- 
sions and  guarantees  regarding  future  wars  lie  in  the  lap  of  the 
most  powerful  nations. 

SB" 
In  the  present  topsey-turvey  condi- 
tion of  the  world,  all  sorts  of  half- 
baked  and  old  ideas  are  being  fur- 
bished up  for  exploitation  by  zea- 
lots and  radicals.  Among  these  ideas  are  compulsory  social 
insurance.  Its  advocates  insist  that  the  modern  State  owes 
"social  relief"  to  the  citizen.  .  Their  argument  is  of  pyramidal 
character.  For  instance,  thieves  seek  to  pick  our  pockets; 
hence  we  require  policemen  to  protect  us.  The  unclean  and 
diseased  citizens  endanger  the  health  of  those  who  are  clean 
and  healthy,  and  it  follows  that  we  require  health  officers  and 


\£AK    AGAINST   EVERYBODY 


As  to  Compulsory 
Social  Insurance. 


sanitation;  the  insane  and  defectives  require  asylums — and 
so  it  is  argued  by  those  polemists  that  these  obligations  must 
be  met  by  the  State.  From  this  precedent  they  argue  that  if 
sickness  attacks  them  and  they  cannot  work,  or  some  of  them 
cannot  get  work,  or  get  too  old  to  work,  social  obligations  auto- 
matically arise  which  make  it  incumbent  on  the  State  to  protect 
them  while  they  do  not  work,  and  it  should  look  after  the  child- 
ren, should  the  parents  die. 

To  prop  his  theoretical  argument  with  practical  illustration, 
the  social  reformer  cites  with  confidence  the  case  of  Germany. 
He  urges  that  Germany  has  exercised  this  form  of  relief  work 
for  many  years,  and  that  naturally  the  same  laws  would  apply 
to  individualistic  and  democratic  America.  Thereby  the  radi- 
cal overlooks  the  fact  that  compulsory  social  insurance  in  Ger- 
many did  not  come  from  an  inherent  social  consciousness,  but 
rather  as  a  political  expedient  to  make  possible  a  continuance 
of  the  militaristic  imperialism  by  which  the  individual  German 
has  long  been  oppressed.  Compulsory  social  insurance  has 
always  been  justly  regarded  by  statesmen  as  crafty  Bismarck's 
sop  to  socialism;  through  this  form  the  growing  social  democ- 
racy of  Germany  has  for  years 
been  artfully  held  in  a  well 
knit,  serviceable  bondage.  Are 
free  born  Americans  to  be  re- 
duced to  such  an  insidious  con- 
dition ?  Has  the  time  come  to 
abandon  our  successful  indi- 
vidualistic system  of  freedom? 
Are  these  Utopian  theorists  to 
rule  the  nation  ? 
SB- 
Labor  and  Capital  in  a  New 
Era. 
A  comparison  of  numbers 
of  annual  reports  turned  out 
these  days  by  the  big  corpora- 
tions of  the  country  indicates 
that  industrial  life  is  gradually 
being  transformed  in  system 
on  what  may  be  termed  altru- 
istic lines.  Mathew  Arnold 
would  have  recognized  it  in 
the  case  of  capital  and  labor 
as  the  handwriting  on  the  wall, 
and  by  the  indoctrinated  busi- 
ness man  as  horse  sense.  It 
requires  stamina,  vision  and 
a  broad  mind  to  reach  this 
new  mental  altitude,  but  once 
attained  it  remains  basic  and 
spells  success,  success  found- 
ed on  superior  surroundings, 
safety  for  labor,  higher  wages 
and  larger  dividends  on  invested  capital.  Its  foundation  is  the 
square  deal.  Time  will  make  popular  this  new  movement  in 
business  principles. 

To  illustrate,  consider  the  last  annual  report  of  the  Victor 
Talking  Machine  Company,  which  indicates  what  that  big  cor- 
poration has  been  doing  in  this  line  for  sometime  past.  Co- 
operation without  interference  is  the  keynote  of  a  policy  in 
which  this  organization  has  expended  large  sums  of  money. 
This  extra  investment  finds  perhaps  its  best  expression  in  three 
of  the  departments,  the  beneficial  association,  industrial  acci- 
dents and  pensions.  Rare  judgment,  good  will  and  sincere  ef- 
forts are  expressed  in  handling  approximately  11,000  em- 
ployees. The  aim  of  the  beneficial  association  is  to  protect  em- 
ployees against  want  in  cases  where  their  income  is  cut  off  by 
sickness.  A  member  that  has  belonged  to  the  association  for 
five  years  is  guaranteed  that  the  company  will  add  $750  to  his 
death  benefit  fund,  bringing  the  total  up  to  $1,000.  In  the  case 
of  industrial  accidents,  the  company's  doctors  serve  the  injured 
free  as  long  as  he  is  incapacitated.  Every  effort,  of  course,  is 
exercised  by  the  company  in  the  golden  rule  of  Safety  First. 
A  fair  adjustment  in  scale  of  payment  is  invariably  made  the 
patient.     Pensions   are  based   on  two   original  principles:   to 


-Kii'by  in  the  Ni.'w  York  Wurhl 


February  24,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


cover  more  than  necessities,  and  that  the  necessities  of  men  of 
various  degrees  are  practically  the  same  in  old  age,  that  is  in 
the  necessities  of  life.  The  rate  now  given  is  $40  per  month. 
More  important  than  any  of  the  above  items  is  the  policy  of  the 
company  to  --.ighest  wage?  possible  in  all  cases,  thus 

putting  the  employees  in  a  position  to  look  after  themselves  and 
families  without  urdue  interference.  Efforts  of  this  character 
In  the  lead:  -iai  corporations  of  the  country  glimpses  a 

and  happier  era  between  capital  and  labor. 


TOWN     CRIER 


Funston's  career  was  varied,  but  he 
was  successful  in  every  occupation 
he  undertook,  and  naturally  he  rose 
to  the  top.  As  a  boy  he  showed  force,  and  that  combative  tem- 
perament that  carried  him  over  all  obstacles.  Though  bom  in 
Indiana,  he  was  typically  western  in  spirit,  due  to  his  raising  in 
Western  States.  He  was  given  the  usual  education-  in  the 
University  of  Kansas,  and  thereby  gained  something  of  the 
literary  spirit.  Later  he  exploited  this  as  editor  in  a  Western 
paper.  Then  he  became  a  conductor  on  a  railroad,  and  later 
made  an  excursion  in  Death  Valley  on  a  botanist  expedition. 
This  is  the  brief  outline  of  his  formative  period  which  brought 
him  to  face  the  crowning  of  his  career.  Of  the  fighting  brand 
of  men  he  became  interested  in  the  Gomez  movement  to  gain 
Cuba's  freedom  from  Spain.  He  joined  the  Gomez  forces,  and 
like  a  spirit  in  its  element,  he  swept  swiftly  forward  to  the 
great  success  awaiting  him.  Gomez  received  him  in  the  ranks 
as  a  captain.  He  fought  through  twenty-two  engagements,  re- 
ceiving three  wounds  and. resigned  as  a  Lieutenant-Colonel. 
Gomez  and  he  differed  on  the  execution  of  fifty  guerillas,  who 
had  sided  with  the  Spaniards. 

Then  came  the  sinking  of  the  Maine,  war  with  Spain.  Fun- 
ston  as  Colonel  headed  the  famous  Twentieth  Kansas  Volunteer 
Infantry  in  the  Philippines.  Very  quickly  he  was  made  a 
Brigadier-General  and  presented  with  a  medal  of  honor  through 
clever  handling  of  his  regiment  in  capturing  a  difficult  position 
held  by  the  enemy.  His  star  coup  was  the  capture  of  Agui- 
naldo,  who  headed  the  revolution  against  the  United  States. 

Funston  was  in  charge  of  the  United  States  forces  in  this 
department  at  the  time  of  the  big  fire  of  1906,  and  was  greatly 
instrumental  in  helping  to  save  parts  of  the  city  and  preserve 
order.  His  military  rank  was  capped  at  the  time  of  the  dis- 
agreement with  Mexico  at  Vera  Cruz,  and  he  was  given  the 
rank  of  Major-General.  His  last  work  was  the  direction  of  the 
military  expedition  into  Mexico  to  round  up  Villa.  A  natural- 
born  soldier  and  fighter,  he  showed  what  a  civilian  might  ac- 
complish in  a  series  of  wars  alarms.  There  was  nothing  showy 
in  his  most  remarkable  feats.  He  attacked  them  as  a  plain 
business  proposition,  and  brought  home  the  bacon  quietly  and 
in  a  matter  of  fact  way.  And  as  a  plain,  matter  of  fact  man  he 
was  devoted  to  his  wife  and  three  children,  a  loyal  and  depend- 
able American  who  did  his  bit. 


JUST    TELL   HER    THAT! 

Awhile  before  he  died  he  took  my  hand — 
"I  want  to  tell  you  something,  Bill,"  he  said, 

"Before  you  lay  me  out  in  No  Man's  Land, 
And  put  a  wooden  cross  above  my  head. 

"Just  this:  "Last  night  when  lying  here,  I  knew 
I'd  found  my  soul,  Bill,  since  the  War  began — 

And  I  was  happy  .  .  .  some  day,  when  it's  through. 
And  you're  back  home — just  tell  Her  that,  old  man.' 
— ,4.  Beatrice  Hickson. 


Those  in  attendance  at  the  Techau  Tavern,  last  Sunday 

night,  were  treated  to  a  most  pleasant  surprise,  the  management 
having  provided  a  new  feature  in  the  shape  of  continuous  en- 
tertainment from  the  dinner  hour,  throughout  the  after-theatre 
hour,  and  right  up  to  closing  time.  Last  Sunday  night's  affair 
was  voted  by  all  in  attendance  such  a  delightful  one  that  the 
continuous  entertainment  will  be  repeated  every  Sunday  night 
until  further  notice.  Only  the  highest  class  of  talent  available 
will  be  presented,  and  there  will  not  be  a  minute's  let-up  from 
the  dinner  hour  until  the  hour  of  closing,  it  being  intended  to 
make  Sunday  nights  at  the  Techau  Tavern  the  most  pleasurable 
to  be  had  anywhere  in  this  city.  In  lieu  of  the  public  dancing, 
which  has  been  discontinued  afternoons  at  the  Techau  Tavern, 
there  is  other  excellent  entertainment. 


The   vice   crusade   is   quietly   and   expeditiously   ! 

shuttlecocked  out  of  existence.  Even  Pastor  Smith  is  tired  of 
the  irreligious  craze  he  provoked,  and  the  half-dozen  sponsors 
are  slinking  out  of  sight.  They  stirred  up  a  mess  too  big  for 
them  to  handle,  and  the  mess,  as  usual,  has  been  turned  over  to 
other  more  capable  hands  to  quietly  settle.  The  Mayor  has 
passed  further  action  up  to  a  committee  of  twenty-five  mem- 
bers, half  of  whom  vie  in  resigning  as  fast  as  they  are  ap- 
pointed. The  great  majority  of  local  residents  want  to  see  vice 
exterminated  in  the  community,  but  not  in  the  idiotic  manner 
adopted  by  Pastor  Smith  and  his  loon  followers,  mad  dervishes. 
They  made  no  practical  provision  to  care  for  the  driven  out- 
casts, and  this  was  recognized  by  the  latter  when  only  five  of 
the  1,200  applied  for  aid.  The  result  is,  that  the  1,200  have 
spread  into  new  territory,  and  are  now  plying  their  industry  as 
best  they  can  in  their  new  surroundings,  either  here,  or  in  Oak- 
land and  other  bay  towns.  Even  the  Devil  is  tired  of  grinning 
at  the  antics  of  these  illicit  reformers  who  have  succeeded  in 
cheapening  chastity  elsewhere.  The  spasm  here  is  swallowing 
itself.  The  only  remaining  visible  form  representing  it  on  the 
map  is  certain  carpenter  work  in  altering  boxes  in  a  number  of 
cafes,  and  the  energetic  efforts  of  the  Mayor  to  get  volunteers 
to  serve  on  the  anaemic  vice  crusade  committee. 

In  order  to  liven  up  the  evening  hours,  this  lively  Bur- 

lingame  resident  was  in  the  habit  of  occasionally  calling  in  a 
number  of  his  fellow  neighbors  to  a  quiet  little  poker  game. 
Just  a  flier,  you  know,  where  one  might  drop  a  dollar  or  win  a 
thousand.  One  evening  the  host  bumped  into  a  series  of  un- 
usually bafl  hands,  minus  chips,  chink  and  a  vagrant  perturba- 
tion as  to  where  to  raise  the  necessary  wherewithal  to  continue 
in  the  game.  "Hold  the  game  a  few  seconds,  boys,  while  I  run 
upstairs  and  gather  up  the  loose  scads."  Ten  minutes  passed. 
A  quarter  of  an  hour  followed  without  his  return,  and  the  three 
guests  began  to  regard  each  other  quizzically.  They  were  in 
good  poker  form,  and  like  astute  veterans  as  they  were  they 
naturally  remained  in  their  position.  A  little  later  the  host 
hurriedly  appeared,  a  trifle  breathless,  nervous  and  in  a  plainly 
upset  condition.  "Hope  we  didn't  inconvenience  you  in  any 
way,  old  chap ;  you  might  have  borrowed  from  us,  you  know — 
at  a  pinch,"  ventured  one.  "Not  at  all,  not  at  all,"  airily  re- 
plied the  flushed  host.  "There's  plenty  of  scads  upstairs,  but 
you  fellows  will  never  know  what  a  job  it  is  to  get  money  out 
of  my  wife." 

The  reign  of  night  dreams  are  evidently  passing,  and 

day  dreams  are  coming  into  fashion  for  the  ordinary  toiler 
seeking  a  fortune.  Frank  A.  Vanderlip,  president  of  the  big- 
gest bank  in  the  Americas,  President  Schwab  of  the  great 
Bethlehem  iron  works,  John  D.  Rockefeller,  Standard  Oil  mag- 
nate, of  huge  influence,  and  a  score  of  other  philanthropists  of 
robust  character,  have  plunged  enthusiastically  into  the  pub- 
licity game  in  order  to  sympathetically  explain  to  the  ground- 
lings the  real  inside  secrets  of  how  to  become  millionaires 
over  night.  The  current  magazines  are  plastered  with  gobs  of 
this  saccharine  dope.  Vanderlip  airily  tosses  off  the  following 
line  of  suggestion  to  young  men  yearning  for  tips  from  the 
"higher  ups"  in  order  to  become  multi-millionaires  on  this  new 
"sixty  days'  system":  "Make  up  your  minds  to  do  two  full 
days'  conscientious  work  each  day."  Schwab's  advice  is  de- 
lightfully more  to  the  point:  "Never  mind  how  low  the  salary 
offered  you.  Grab  it:  you  are  likely  to  get  a  raise  in  time. 
Remember,  all  the  present  millionaires  began  on  low  salaries." 
Oh,  Bunk,  Bunk,  where  is  thy  modesty? 

This  week  disclosed  an  original  hero  unknown  to  fame, 

and  the  recent  colorful  splash  of  the  vice  crusade,  a  man  wor- 
thy to  be  honored  with  the  Nobel  prize  for  peace,  the  brand  of 
peace  that  would  cannily  solve  the  European  war.  By  calling 
he  is  a  collector,  a  fact  which  guarantees  his  nerve  without  in- 
specting his  credentials  and  recommendations.  Despite  her 
ideas  of  safety  first,  his  wife  sued  him  for  divorce  on  the 
grounds  of  humiliating  cruelty.  His  answer  has  all  the  naivete, 
insouciance,  et  ceteras,  of  a  new-born  babe's  predicament.  He 
declared  that  early  in  his  married  life  on  coming  home  nights 
at  a  reasonable  hour  he  was  held  up  and  robbed,  and  since  then 
he  has  been  afraid  to  go  home  in  the  dark. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Pillaging  the  Newspaper  Press 


The  22,000  newspapers  and  periodicals  published  in  the 
United  States  are  facing  not  only  complete  extinction  of  pro- 
fits, but  in  many  cases  confiscatory  losses  through  the  concen- 
trated action  of  news  print  manufacturers  imposing  upon  them 
a  tax  of  approximately  $45,000,000  a  year. 

The  war  harvests  reaped  by  the  makers  of  semi-manufac- 
tured material  find  nowhere  a  richer  or  more  undeserved  rake- 
off  than  in  this  raid  on  the  printing  trade.  After  two  languid 
years  of  moderate  demand  and  reasonable  prices,  the  print 
manufacturers,  taking  a  leaf  from  the  iron,  steel,  copper  and 
chemical  industries,  decided  to  suffer  no  amazement  at  their 
own  moderation,  and  following  the  annual  convention  of  the 
American  Paper  and  Pulp  Association  held  in  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 24,.  1916,  began  one  of  the  most  effective  price-lifting 
movements  in  our  history.  The  huge  catalogue  contract  of  the 
Chicago  mail  order  houses,  amounting  to  some  $3,500,000,  hav- 
ing been  safely  adjusted,  competition  in  the  print-manufactur- 
ing trade  came  to  a  stop. 

The  first  line  to  test  the  printer's  pocket  was  that  of  the  blot- 
ting paper  producers.  Stock  sold  ordinarily  at  five  and  six 
cents  a  pound  was  incontinently  marked  up  to  ten  and  twelve 
cents,  in  some  instances  reaching  thirteen  cents.  Fast  on  the 
heels  of  this  elevation  the  book  gentlemen  discovered  that  de- 
mand exceeded  supply,  and  that  raw  materials  were  scarce. 
Book  stock  selling  at  three  and  three-quarters  cents  or  less 
moved  up  to  six  and  seven  cents  a  pound.  Special  grades  sell- 
ing at  five  and  six  cents  were  abruptly  lifted  from  four  to  seven  ■ 
cents  additional.  Jobbers  were  given  little  consideration  and 
customers  none  at  all. 

The  improvidence  of  printers,  and  the  quick  deterioration  of 
supplies,  caused  little  stock  to  be  kept  on  hand  by  customers, 
so  the  exploit  of  elevating  was  easy.  It  only  required  that  no 
dealer  should  supply  customers  other  than  those  on  his  books. 
The  few  that  failed  to  meet  this  condition  were  speedily  with- 
out a  stock  to  draw  upon.  The  book  and  jobbing  houses  being 
safely  cornered,  it  remained  to  "handle"  the  newspapers.  This 
was  hardly  so  difficult  a  task  as  the  earlier  performance,  though 
the  load  was  heavier  and  handicapped  by  the  fact  that  practi- 
cally all  roll  paper,  such  as  dailies  use,  is  provided  under 
contract. 

The  first  warning  came  when  excess  demand  for  paper  above 
contracted  quantities  was  called  for  because  of  the  expansion 
of  business  in  the  spring  of  1916.  For  a  brief  period  the  rise 
was  moderate.  Affecting  to  be  surprised  at  the  "demand"  the 
manufacturers  first  checked  it  by  a  moderate  increase  of  two  and 
three  dollars  a  ton  on  the  open  sales.  This  about  represented 
the  early  increase  in  cost  as  threatened  by  the  price  of  wires, 
felts,  colors  and  clay.  Colors  and  clay  soon  became  prohibi- 
tive and  were  eliminated  from  the  news-making  formulas.  Four- 
drinier  wires  advanced  heavily  in  price,  from  22  to  68  cents  per 
pound,  and  were  of  much  poorer  quality  than  before,  requiring 
frequent  replacement  and  so  reducing  production.  But  all  these 
increases  in  the  aggregate  cannot  and  do  not  exceed  $4  per  ton. 
The  Federal  Trade  Commission  has  shown  that  for  the  first 
half  of  1916  the  general  cost  of  manufacturing  news  print  was 
slightly  less  than  during  the  same  period  of  1915,  when  war 
conditions  also  prevailed,  but  when  publishers  were  fairly 
treated. 

The  news  manufacturers  were  a  little  slower  than  their 
brethren  in  the  book  and  magazine  branch  in  perfecting  their 
organization,  but  when  completed  it  operated  with  a  perfection 
that  now  promises  to  impoverish  the  great  industry  dependent 
upon  it.  Suddenly  publishers  who  were  short  found  that  paper 
could  be  had  only  of  jobbers,  and  that  these  required  $75  per 
ton  for  paper  usually  sold  at  $45.  This  was  accepted  as  a  ne- 
cessity and  as  a  temporary  pinch.  Soon  $80  per  ton  was  the 
price  and  then  $100 ;  in  some  instances  of  peculiar  atrocity  $120 
and  even  $140  per  ton  was  demanded  and  received.  The 
smaller  and  poorer  the  consumer,  as  usual  in  this  world,  the 
higher  the  price  and  the  more  oppressive  the  conditions,  for  on 
top  of  these  savage  increases  came  the  curtailment  of  credits 
and  in  many  instances  a  policy  of  payment  on  delivery. 

Ordinarily  where  in  the  past  such  combinations  were  formed, 
when  not  broken  legally,  they  went  to  pieces  under  the  compe- 
tition of  the  mills  making  manila  or  other  "craft"  papers,  which 
would  turn  their  machinery  to  news  making  when  prices  rose. 


But,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  trade,  these  grades 
joined  the  procession  upward,  going  from  3%  to  7  cents  per 
pound,  with  the  effect  that  a  considerable  tonnage  of  news 
machinery  went  on  the  coarser  product,  thus  curtailing  a  supply 
soon  to  be  sufficiently  scant  if  all  the  wheels  were  turning  on  its 
behalf.  Writing  paper  followed  suit  swiftly,  doubling  and 
sometimes  trebling  in  cost  to  the  consumer. 

The  basic  excuse  for  the  rise  in  prices  of  grades  outside  of 
news  was  the  shortage  of  sulphite  pulp  caused  by  the  extinction 
of  the  German  and  the  shortening  of  the  Scandinavian  supply, 
upon  which  many  book,  manila  and  writing  mills  relied,  either 
as  a  complete  resource,  or  as  a  check  upon  the  American  pro- 
ducers. Sulphite,  which  costs  about  $32  per  ton  to  make,  rose 
abruptly  to  $100  per  ton — in  some  cases  more.  The  expense 
of  manufacturing  the  article  did  not  increase.  The  sulphur 
monopoly,  controlled  by  Standard  Oil  interests,  did  not  raise 
its  price.  Most  of  the  sulphite  producers  were  covered  in  their 
wood,  lime  and  coal  contracts.  There  was,  however,  an  insane 
pressure  to  buy,  and  quick  advantage  was  taken  of  this  and 
200  per  cent  profits  secured. 

One  reason  why  the  combination  of  news  print  mills  de- 
layed getting  into  complete  operation  was  because  of  the  time 
taken  in  "organizing"  the  Canadian  competition.  This  was 
done  by  forming  the  "Canadian  Export  Association,"  to  which 
customers  from  America  were  referred  by  the  mills.  In  this 
way  secret  deals  were  prevented  and  the  situation  controlled. 
One  Western  publisher  was  notified  in  the  morning  that  his  mill 
could  no  longer  supply  him.  In  the  afternoon  an  agent  of  the 
Association  called  to  take  his  order  at  a  price  of  about  $25  per 
ton  above  the  figure  he  had  been  paying.  In  the  States  the 
combination  worked  as  neatly,  but  with  rougher  methods.  Each 
mill  was  "sold  out"  when  asked  to  compete  or  to  give  a  price. 
This  left  the  publisher  the  choice  of  accepting  the  figure  named 
by  his  existing  source  of  supply,  or  going  into  the  market  where, 
despite  the  "shortage"  and  "desperate  conditions,"  a  supply 
can  always  be  had  at  $100  per  ton. 

In  mid-December  the  International  Paper  Company,  a  legiti- 
mate corporation,  announced  a  uniform  price  in  the  15-cent 
freight  zone  of  $3.10  per  100  pounds,  which  with  freight  and 
cartage  meant  $66  per  ton  delivered,  against  the  former  average 
of  $2.15,  or  $43  per  ton,  all  charges  being  included,  a  net  gain 
of  $23  per  ton.  It  should  not  cost  the  corporations,  properly 
managed,  more  than  $33  per  ton  to  manufacture  paper.  Allow- 
ing $4  for  freight  and  cartage,  we  have  a  profit  of  $29  per  ton. 
A  twenty-nine  dollar  increment  on  a  thirty-three  dollar  article 
may  be  modestly  described  as  handsome. 

The  crisis,  real  and  severe,  will  prove  a  test  for  the  newly 
created  Federal  Trade  Commission.  Created  on  the  "live  and 
let  live"  theory,  it  must  determine  in  the  inquiry  now  in  pro- 
gress how  far  conspiracy  can  be  allowed  to  collect  on  behalf 
of  incompetence  and  over-financing,  and  whether  one  industry 
shall  have  the  unlimited  right  to  destroy  another. — Don  C. 
Seitz,  in  February  North  American  Review. 


News  print  paper  manufacturers,  facing  criminal  prosecution 
in  United  States  courts  for  alleged  combination  in  restraint  of 
trade,  proposed  to  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  recently  that 
it  fix  a  reasonable  price  for  the  output  of  the  principal  plants 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  Commission  has  an- 
nounced that  it  would  reply  immediately. 

It  is  estimated  that  if  the  proposal  is  accepted  and  reasonable 
prices  are  fixed,  at  least  $30,000,000  will  be  saved  to  American 
publishers  this  year.  Nothing  is  said  of  increased  production, 
but  it  is  understood  the  manufacturers  are  willing  to  keep 
enough  machines  on  news  print  to  insure  a  paper  supply  for  the 
entire  country.  Francis  J.  Heney  is  attorney  for  the  commis- 
sion and  is  working  on  the  case. 


JSNSNN«}NNN*!}NSSSNNNNNN»NNSNNiSSNNNSNNN«»N^^ 


as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Buy  Murine  of  your  Druggist — accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


*FAIR  list  prices. 


iS^IREATMENTi 


What  "Cord"  Means  In 

GOODRICH 

SILVERTOWN 

Cord  Tires 


T|  O  settle  exactly  what  the  carelessly 
f  used,  much  abused  term  cor9  trire ' 
[  really  means,  we  have  here  stripped 

■ U  back  the  thick,  tou^h  tread  of  a. 

SilvertownCorD  Tire,  arid  laid  bare  its  flexible 
tm>-p7y,  rubber-saturated,  cable-cord  body . 

Hark  the  sturdy  size  of  the  contend  that 
it  is  cross-wrapped  round  the  tire  into  a. 
base  of  two  layers  Only. 

As  each  extra  ply  in  a  tire  means  extra  inter- 
nal heat  .which  is  the  great  tire  destroyer,  - 
Silvertownwifh  but  two  plies  is  bound  to  out- 
last many -ply  tires  with  their  multiplied  heat 

Seek  this  durability  with  ele$ance,comfort, free- 
dom from  tire  trouble ,  mileage ,  in  Silvertowns, 
marked  with  the  RED -DOUBLE -DIAMOND. 
Xo\x  cannot  afford  to  be  without  them,. 

The  B.E  Goodrich  Company  AW,0hia 


Also  makers  of  vie  famous  fabric  /trey 

Goodrich  Black  Safety  2re&d$        f  r"i 


10  Silvertowiv  Cord  X-cels 

1  Increased  engine  power.     4  Speedier.  7  Easier  -to  guide . 

2  Smoother  riding.  5  Coast  fartker.     8  Give  greater  mileage. 

3  Fuel  saving.  6  Start  quicker       9  More  resistive  against  puncture 

10  Repaired  easily  and  permanently 

"Silvertowns  moke  all  cars  Aiffh'gcade" 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Temperamental  Differences. 

The  Mardi  Gras  ball  has  crashed  its  way  to  the  strains  of 
wild  Russian  music  into  the  hinterland  of  the  calendar.  That 
the  barbaric  splendor,  the  riot  of  color  was  so  skillfully  woven 
into  the  background  that  it  harmonized  with  the  passionate 
music  of  the  Slav,  surprised  the  discriminating  not  at  all,  for 
though  it  takes  artistry  to  create  such  a  setting,  the  gifted  hand 
of  Edgar  Walter  was  well  equal  to  the  task. 

But  what  did  astonish  the  keenest  observers  was  that  the 
royal  pageant  was  actually  temperamentally  in  key  with  the 
Russian  nature.  The  Russian  in  life,  in  the  dance,  in  music, 
never  attempts  to  hit  the  high  spots  of  joy  without  first  going 
through  a  passionate  kind  of  sorrow,  which  other  nations  never 
express.  Since  this  is  a  society  column,  not  a  psychological 
laboratory,  we  will  not  adventure  further  with  the  foregoing 
thesis. 

Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  Czar  and  Czarina  and  all  their  court 
struck  just  the  right  sombre  note  of  sorrow  as  they  entered  the 
room — never  before  has  the  royal  pageant  been  anything  more 
than  stately  or  wooden  or  lightsome,  but  came  this  procession 
as  sombre-eyed  and  heavy  with  the  passion  of  sorrow  as  the 
music  demanded,  and  then  when  the  first  wild  note  of  joy  broke 
through  the  underbrush  of  sorrow,  their  faces  reflected  the 
music.  From  the  standpoint  of  expression,  of  temperamental 
accord  with  a  people  demonstrated  by  something  deeper  than 
costume,  it  was  the  best  thing  we  have  had  in  the  long  line  of 
successful  Mardi  Gras  pageants.  Whether  the  thing  was  acci- 
dental or  not,  a  grateful  observer  has  no  quarrel  with  the  effect 
produced. 

©     ©    © 
Unexpected  Prizes. 

As  usual  there  was  much  diversity  of  opinion  among  the 
dancers  about  the  costumes  which  deserved  the  prizes,  but  the 
committee  was  unanimous  in  its  choice  of  Mrs.  George  Pope 
and  Mrs.  Vincent  Whitney  for  the  women's  prizes. 

©    ©    © 
Magnificence  Rewarded. 

Mrs.  Pope  had  bought  her  costume  in  Paris  for  just  such  an 
occasion,  and  it  was  a  glorified  Louis  Seize  sort  of  thing,  many 
of  the  materials  of  which  it  was  made  being  rare  heirloom  bro- 
cades worth  a  Queen's  ransome,  secured  by  the  coutouriere  who 
fashioned  it  from  some  Grande  Dame  impoverished  by  the  war. 

©    ©    © 
So  is  Simplicity. 

Mrs.  Vincent  Whitney  was  the  most  surprised  person  at  the 
ball  when  finally  the  fact  that  she  had  won  a  prize  penetrated 
the  vast  areas  of  her  amazement.  Her  Peter  Pan  costume  was 
an  eleventh  hour  idea  which  the  costumer  offered  her  as  a  "sim- 
ple, cunning  little  thing"  that  could  be  done  in  the  stress  of 
those  last  moments  when  the  costumer  is  harassed  by  the  elabo- 
rate details  of  finishing  the  court  clothes,  and  the  costumes  for 
those  bent  upon  being  resplendent  enough  to  attract  the  jaded 
eye,  and  the  costumes  for  those  who  have  a  secret  hope  of 
carrying  off  the  honors  and  have  told  the  costumers  to  spare  no 
expense.  Then  along  came  Mrs.  Whitney  at  the  last  moment, 
and  of  course  she  had  to  be  satisfied  with  some  "simple  little 
thing." 

And  much  to  her  surprise  at  the  dinner  which  the  Templeton 
Crockers  gave  preceding  the  ball,  Peter  Pan,  the  "little  boy  who 
never  wanted  to  grow  up,"  was  much  admired  by  the  dazzling 
grown  ups — but  even  that  did  not  prepare  her  for  the  shock  of 
getting  the  prize. 

"It's  not  really  true,"  she  said  to  the  reporters,  "for  me  to 
say  I  am  the  most  surprised  person  in  town — my  friend  the 
costumer  will  be  even  more  surprised — for  Nellie  said  to  me, 
"Sometime  you  will  come  around  in  time  for  us  to  make  you 
something  really  nice." 

Which  only  goes  to  prove  that  an  artist  does  not  always  rec- 
ognize his  own  masterpiece! 


Gaelic  and  the  French  Nurse. 

One  of  the  maids  in  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker's  house  was  proudly 
explaining  to  a  nursemaid  in  the  park  a  day  or  two  after  the 
ball  that  her  mistress  had  been  the  Queen  at  the  Mardi  Gras 
ball.  Hampered  by  a  genuine  Gaelic  accent  she  had  some 
difficulty  in  making  the  French  bonne  understand  what  she  in- 
tended to  convey. 

Finally  Celeste  "got  her."  "Oh,  I  comprends,"  she  asserted; 
"your  Madame,  she  was  the  Queen  at  the  poleecemans'  ball,  is 
it  not  so.    I  hear  they  have  the  Mardi  Gras." 

©     ©     © 
General  Funston's  Courtship. 

The  death  of  Major  General  Funston  has  cast  a  gloom  over 
civilian  as  well  as  army  circles  here,  where  the  Funstons  are 
so  well  known.  Mrs.  Funston  spent  her  girlhood  in  Oakland, 
and  her  courtship  and  marriage  to  Funston  was  the  most  roman- 
tic of  the  many  romances  which  marked  the  embarkment  of  the 
troops  from  this  port  for  the  Islands  during  our  "late  unpleas- 
antness" with  Spain. 

The  intrepid  young  soldier  was  invited  to  a  week-end  party 
at  the  Belvedere  home  of  that  gallant  host  who  used  to  hoist 
a  flag  to  let  his  friends  know  when  he  was  at  home.  Ten  min- 
utes after  his  arrival,  the  valiant  soldier  had  made  up  his  mind 
to  marry  one  of  the  young  ladies  in  the  house  party.  With 
true  military  discipline  he  controlled  his  ardor,  and  did  not  im- 
part the  news  to  her  until  their  acquaintance  was  at  least  an 
hour  old.  He  told  her  with  precision  and  conviction  at  inter- 
vals thereafter  during  the  rest  of  the  week-end,  and  accom- 
panied her  to  Oakland  to  inform  her  parents  of  his  intentions. 

©    ©    © 
His  Death  Casts  a  Gloom. 

Under  the  stress  of  such  wooing  the  girl  and  her  parents  both 
capitulated,  and  they  were  married  before  he  departed  for  the 
Islands,  the  courtship  and  marriage,  having  been  expedited 
within  a  week.  Mrs.  Funston  spent  the  first  years  of  her  mar- 
ried life  in  the  Philippines,  but  came  back  here  for  frequent 
visits  with  her  family  of  children,  and  during  General  Fun- 
ston's subsequent  posts;  they  have  always  managed  to  vacation 
here,  so  that  the  old  ties  have  never  been  broken,  and  there 
are  hosts  of  friends  here  to  mourn  his  untimely  death  with  her. 

©    ©    © 
Scepter  for  Next  Year. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  annual  Mardi  Gras  ball  is 
already  at  work  subconsciously  on  the  next  event.  The  women 
carry  the  burden  through  the  year,  for  it  is  not  the  sort  of  thing 
which  can  'be  tossed  off  without  any  preliminary  thought.  While 
the  ball  was  in  full  swing,  a  group  of  them,  willy-nilly,  found 
themselves  discussing  the  possibilities  for  the  Queen  of  next 
year's  pageant. 

It  is  not  an  easy  matter  to  prevail  upon  a  desirable  person 
to  take  up  the  scepter  for  the  night.  Of  course,  the  less  desir- 
able the  person,  the  more  eager  she  always  is  for  such  honor. 
But  somehow  the  ones  who  square  up  to  the  exactions  in  pul- 
chritude and  position  always  have  to  be  coaxed  along.  Fortu- 
nately, the  smart  set  carries  excess  baggage  in  the  matter  of 
beauty,  so  there  is  a  wide  range  and  variety  of  choice  still  to 
be  had  in  spite  of  the  number  who  have  already  been  called  to 
the  throne.  But  it  is  a  very  expensive  business,  this  queenship 
affair,  and  only  those  who  never  pull  at  both  ends  to  make  ap- 
pearances meet  could  consider  it  for  a  moment. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Walkefs  Magnificence. 

Mrs.  Talbot  Walker  is  unquestionably  one  of  the  handsomest 
young  matrons  in  town,  but  it  took  a  great  deal  of  persuasion 
on  the  part  of  her  family  and  friends  to  convince  her  that  she 
wanted  to  go  in  for  the  thing.  Finally  her  mother-in-law  added 
the  period  to  the  persuasions  of  the  committee  by  giving  her 
carte  blanche  in  the  matter  of  costume.  Her  robes  were  as  re- 
gal as  ever  worn  by  any  Czarina,  and  the  gown  alone  cost  over 
a  thousand  dollars — which  gives  some  idea  of  the  expense  of 
simulating  Russian  royalty. 

Mrs.  Walker  gave  a  magnificent  dinner  to  the  court  preceding 
the  ball,  and  likewise  entertained  them  informally  several 
times  before  the  event  was  staged,  which  can  be  counted  upon 
as  annual  dents  in  the  exchequer  of  the  lady  who  would  be 
Queen  for  a  night.  These  facts  are  always  taken  into  consider- 
ation by  the  beauties  who  appeal  to  the  committee  as  possible 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


often  the  hor.e-  -ed  on  account  of  the 

strain  or.  the  I  ir.k  .1  . 

tics  of  all  :  the  Royal  paity  are  paid 

for  out  of  the  fo.-kets  of  those  upon  whom  royalty  is  wished 

:or  the  Children's  Hospital 

agar.ee  of  the  court.    This  year 

the  costumes  were  par:  ■  ificcnt  and  interesting,  the 

:ess  of  the  I  ::h  to  the  decorative  effect 

of  the  court. 


The  Garden  Room  at  the  Cliff  House  was  the  setting  for  one 
of  the  enjoyable  Dolce  Far  Niente  Supper  Dances  the  other 
Among  those  entertaining  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon 
Bromfield  with  a  party  of  twelve;  Mr.  Courtney  Burr  was  host 
to  a  party  of  six;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Estabrook  had  a 
party  of  five.  Among  others  seen  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexan- 
der Wilson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adrian  Splivalo  and  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Bauer. 

There  have  been  many  gay  impromptu  parties  at  the  Cliff 
House  of  late.  The  orchestra  has  been  specially  inspiring  since 
they  have  taken  to  singing  the  chorus  of  many  of  their  fox- 
trots, particularly  that  of  "Li'l  Liza  Jane"  of  "Come  Out  of  the 
Kitchen"  fame. 

8    •:•    -:- 

Prince  and  Princess  Paulo  Troubyzkoy,  who  arrived  in 
San  Francisco  on  Wednesday,  February  21st,  will  be  the  guests 
of  honor  at  the  reception  of  the  San  Francisco  Club  and  Memo- 
rial Museum  Endowment  Committee,  at  the  Museum  in  Gol- 
den Gate  Park,  on  next  Saturday,  February  24th,  from  3  to  5. 
The  Prince,  who  is  a  sculptor  of  fame,  will  exhibit  some  of 
his  most  exquisite  work  at  the  Museum  during  his  stay.  A 
splendid  program  has  been  arranged,  including  vocal  selections 
by  Mrs.  Vincent  Walsh,  and  a  trombone  solo  by  Mr.  Alfred 
Roncovieri  and  other  talent.  A  committee  composed  of  Messrs. 
M.  H.  de  Young,  George  H.  Barron,  William  H.  McCarthy,  Jas. 
Woods,  Thos.  P.  Burns,  Wm.  A.  Kelly,  Rudolph  J.  Taussig, 
Colonel  Harris  Weinstock,  have  charge  of  the  arrangements, 
v     9     9 

Mrs.  A.  Lubrit.  of  Fruitvale,  was  a  recent  hostess  at  Hotel 
Oakland,  entertaining  several  friends  at  tea.  Cards  furnished 
the  diversion. 

The  Hotel  Oakland  still  draws  its  quota  of  sojourners  from 
all  sections  of  the  country.  Among  those  who  have  taken  up 
their  residences  there  and  will  remain  for  an  indefinite  period 
are :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Pilgard,  Hartford,  Conn. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
U.  F.  Huntling,  Miss  Ruth  MacLean,  Vancouver,  B.  C;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  M.  Knight,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  L.  Holbrook,  Port- 
land; A.  W.  Peet  and  family,  B.  W.  Railey  and  wife,  Kansas 
City;  E.  R.  Stock,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  R.  Wiard, 
Waukegan,  111.;  A.  G-  Wolfe  and  wife,  Fresno;  Wm.  Mulhol- 
land,  Los  Angeles. 

Miss  Edith  Storey,  the  clever  moving  picture  star,  is  regis- 
tered at  the  Hotel  Oakland. 

©    ©    © 

Alfred  Hertz,  director  of  the  S.  F.  Symphony  Orchestra,  has 
filed  an  application  with  the  County  Clerk  to  become  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Hertz  came  to  this  country  in  1901,  and 
came  to  California  in  August,  1915.  Mrs.  Hertz  is  a  native  of 
Vienna.  There  are  no  children,  but  there  is  music  in  the  air  of 
the  Hertz  family  life  just  the  same.  The  great  success  of  Mr. 
Hertz  in  the  development  of  symphony  orchestration  here  is 
crowned  by  his  becoming  one  of  us. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Marion  Pearson  and  Arthur  Putnam,  sculptor,  were 
quietly  married  this  week  by  Judge  Troutt.  Mrs.  Marie  Lind 
was  the  only  attendant.  Putnam's  figures  are  famous  through- 
out the  country.  Mrs.  Putnam  is  well  known  in  the  local  artist 
colony. 

©    ©    © 

A  number  of  residents  of  this  city  are  visiting  in  Los  An- 
geles. Among  those  who  are  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Clark  are : 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Rowan,  E.  Heming  Smith,  O.  H.  Somers, 
Lester  H.  Bryte,  F.  B.  Traners,  C.  N.  Ferrier,  E.  A.  Charlton, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L.  Murphy,  J.  J.  Aris,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Arrick, 
A.  Jackson  Wetsch,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Gallows  and  children, 
Albert  Roullier,  J.  T.  Collins,  E.  R.  Murray,  Constant  Meese, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Andersen,  L.  R.  Drake,  Fred  Appling,  Thos. 
R.  Edwards,  D.  D.  Sutphen  and  George  H.  Gremmer. 


THE  ski  I  l    OF  SHAKESPEARE. 

Without  how  small,  within  how  strangely  vast! 

What  stars  of  terror  had  their  path  in  thee! 

What  music  of  the  heavens  and  the  sea 

Lived  in  a  sigh  or  thundered  in  the  blast! 

Here  swept  the  gleam  and  pageant  of  the  past. 

As  Beauty  trembled  to  her  fate's  decree; 

Here  swords  were  forged  for  armies  yet  to  be. 

And  tears  were  found  too  dreadful  not  to  last. 

Here  stood  the  seats  of  judgment  and  its  light 

To  whose  assizes  all  our  dreams  were  led — 

Our  best  and  worst,  our  Paradise  and  Hell; 

And  in  this  room  delivered  now  to  night 

The  mortal  puts  its  question  to  the  dead. 

And  worlds  were  weighed,  and  God's  deep  shadow  fell. 

Here  an  immortal  river  had  its  rise, 
Though  dusty  now  the  fountain  whence  it  ran 
So  swift  and  beautiful  with  good  to  man. 
Here  the  foundation  of  an  empire  lies — 
The  ruins  of  a  realm  seen  not  with  eyes, 
That  now  the  vision  of  a  gnat  could  scan. 
Here  wars  were  fought  within  a  little  span, 
Whose  echoes  yet  resound  on  human  skies. 
Life,  on  her  rainbow  road  from  dust  to  dust, 
Split  here  her  wildest  iris,  still  thine  own, 
Master,  and  with  thy  soul  and  ashes  one. 
Thy  wings  are  distant  from  our  years  of  lust, 
Yet  he  who  liveth  not  by  bread  alone 
Shall  see  thee  as  that  angel  in  the  sun. 

— George  Sterling. 


SHEILA. 


Katie  had  the  grand  eyes,  and  Delia  had  a  way  with  her, 
And  Mary  had  the  saint's  face,  and  Maggie's  waist  was  neat, 
But  Sheila  had  the  merry  heart  that  traveled  all  the  day  with 

her, 
That  put  the  laughing  on  her  lips  and  dancing  in  her  feet. 

I've  met  with  martys  in  my  time,  and  faith,  they  make  the  best 

of  it. 
But  'tis  the  uncomplaining  ones  that  wear  a  sorrow  long. 
'Twas  Sheila  had  the  better  way,  and  that's  to  make  a  jest  of  it, 
To  call  her  trouble  out  to  dance  and  step  it  with  a  song. 

Eh,  but  Sheila  had  the  laugh  the  like  of  drink  to  weary  ones. 
(I've  never  heard  the  beat  of  it  for  all  I've  wandered  wide.) 
And  out  of  all  the  girls  I  knew — the  tender  ones,  the  dreary 

ones — 
'Twas  only  Sheila  of  the  laugh  that  broke  her  heart  and  died ! 

— Theodosia  Garrison. 


The  DRUNK  A  R  D  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 

|)\UI TIIIP  .40 

$      Books  and  Art      g 

J|l        5139  Grant  Avenue       J^ 
°M       a  San  Francisco  ::        ■ 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


PLyE/ASURI/S  WAND  J 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Marion  Morgan's  Art  Dancers  at  the  Orpheum 

Dancing  is  the  earliest  of  the  arts  and  the  forerunner  of  them 
all;  the  strophe  and  anti-strophe  of  the  Greek  drama  simply  be- 
ing the  m-jtre  of  the  chorus  movement  to  right  and  left,  and  all 
art  is  a  form  of  rhythmical  self-expression.  Socrates  learned 
to  dance  when  quite  an  old  man,  and  Hesiod  ranked  a  disposi- 
tion for  dancing,  with  fortitude,  as  a  gift  from  the  gods. 

The  Dionysian  revels,  from  which  came  the  primitive  plays, 
were  conducted  in  a  forest  where  Bacchus  led  his  band  of 
Satyrs,  Fauns,  Bacchantes  and  Maenads  in  joyous  abandon  to 
the  sensuous  strains  of  music  which  vibrated  through  their  souls 
while  their  bodies  kept  time  to  the  measures. 

Life  is  a  dance  in  costume,  and  at  the  end  we  must  all  un- 
mask :  The  lights  bum  yellow  in  the  coming  dawn ;  the  music, 
"yearning  like  a  god  in  pain",  slowly  dies  away;  the  flowers 
fade,  faltering  farewells  are  exchanged,  and  like  painted,  pup- 
pets with  unwilling  feet  we  stumble  into  eternity. 

****** 

All  of  which — the  last  paragraph,  incidentally,  being  particu- 
larly appropriate  for  Mardi-Gras  week — was  inspired  by  the 
Morgan  Dancers  at  the  Orpheum.  I  might  have  been  thinking 
all  this  at  the  time  I  saw  the  act.  But  I  wasn't.  I  hammered  it 
out  laboriously  on  the  typewriter  the  next  day.  At  the  theatre 
I  was  thinking  that  if  the  young  women  who  constitute  the 
corps  de  ballet  want  to  do  a  little  light  vampiring  they  can 
pick  on  me  as  a  victim.  For  surely  no  lovelier  ladies  have 
graced  our  local  boards  than  these  same  coryphees.  They  take 
away  your  breath,  they  are  so  stunningly  formed. 

Also  I  thought  that  if  there  were  another  earthquake,  or  a 
fire  in  the  theatre,  1  should  rescue  the  big  brunette  with  the 
blue  peplos  who  dances  in  the  duet  during  the  earlier  part  of 
the  act. 

The  number  as  a  whole  is  beautifully  put  on,  particularly 
the  dance  of  the  vestal  virgins,  and  far  exceeded  in  grace,  love- 
liness and  the  poignant  quality,  which  all  great  beauty  pos- 
sesses, the  much  more  heralded  Ruth  St.  Denis  dancers.  In- 
deed, the  Ex-Leading  Lady,  who  still  coyly  confesses  to  tem- 
perament in  spite  of  graying  hair,  grandchildren,  and  two  hun- 
dred and  odd  pounds  net,  said  that  the  beauty  so  impressed  her 
that  if  she  couldn't  have  told  some  one  about  it  at  the  time  she 
would  have  sobbed  in  her  seat.  Also  I  wonder  if  many  people 
who  made  up  the  big  audience  on  Monday  afternoon  realized 

that  the  music  was  by  Massenet. 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

But  aside  from  the  Morgan  Dancers,  the  best  part  of  the  Road 
Show  at  the  Orpheum  this  week  wasn't  the  Road  Show  at  all, 
but  two  holdovers,  Ames  and  Winthrop,  and  Miss  Onuki,  the 
Japanese  soprano  with  the  Italian  voice  and  method.  I  know 
some  would  add  Miss  Herford,  but  I  must  confess  that  she 
seemed  to  me  to  be  as  flat  as  at  my  first  hearing.  Refinement 
and  the  absence  of  vulgarity  and  suggestion  are  well  enough  in 
their  way,  but  they  do  not  necessarily  constitute  art,  nor  are 
they  a  quality  of  art,  vide,  Aristophanes,  Martial,  Rabelais  and 
Shakespeare. 

Of  the  newcomers,  besides  the  dancers,  Nordstrom  and 
Pinkham  in  "All  Wrong" — which  might  well  have  been  called 
"The  Unexpected"  instead  of  last  week's  play  of  that  name — 
were  the  most  meritorious,  but  Miss  Nordstrom  lacks  the  per- 
sonal charm  of  Miss  Julia  Hay  with  George  Nash. 

Benny,  the  violinist  of  Benny  and  Woods,  actually  appeared 
to  better  advantage  than  when  he  was  here  last  year,  due,  I 
think,  to  the  fact  that  his  pianist's  attempt  at  clowning  made 
him  shine  by  comparison.  Took  some  of  the  curse  off  him,  so  to 
speak. 

As  "nuts",  Ryan  and  Lee  have  good  lines,  but  lack  some- 
thing in  personality  to  be  truly  convincing  as  squirrel  food. 
(Pronounced  "skwirrell",  not  "skwirl"  rhyming  nearly  with 
whirl,  as  the  alumni  of  the  Zanesville,  Ohio,  Academy  and 


Correspondence  School   of  Acting.  Elocution  and  the  Allied 
Arts  of  the  Drama,  pronounce  the  word.) 

Pantages 

How  frequently  people  overlook  a  good  thing!  There  are 
just  three  women  in  all  the  world  who  can  turn  a  back  somer- 
sault from  a  moving  horse  and  land  again  all  standing  on  the 
horse's  back,  and  one  of  these  is  Miss  Wirth  of  the  Wirth  Fam- 
ily of  Australia,  the  greatest  breeders  of  circus  people  existent, 
now  at  Pantages.  On  Tuesday  afternoon,  the  young  lady  es- 
sayed this  difficult  feat  six  times  and  performed  it  successfully 
three  times,  but  then  some  performers  try  a  whole  season  and 
do  not  make  it  cleanly  more  than  once  or  twice.  Try  it  yourself, 
if  you  think  it  easy.  Other  feats  were  performed  by  this  re- 
markable family  in  somewhat  difficult  circumstances,  as  the 
ring  was  not  large  enough  to  allow  for  proper  angles  of  the 
horse's  back. 

The  other  headliner,  "The  Redheads",  referred  to  chickens, 
not  ducks,  presented  some  handsome  young  ladies  and  some 
who  were  neither  young  nor  handsome,  and  the  customary  mu- 
sical melange.  I  wish  that  the  program  gave  the  names,  as  I 
would  like  to  notice  one  or  two  of  the  deserving  belles  who  con- 
stituted the  chorus;  otherwise  the  usual  detective  came  to  the 
cloak  show-room  in  search  of  the  missing  heiress  and  the  pres- 
ence of  the  usual  buyer  gave  the  opportunity  for  the  producer  to 
trot  out  the  girls  in  varied  costumes. 

Mr.,  Mrs.,  or  Miss  Verna  Mersereau — the  programme  does 
not  say  which,  and  I  am  not  sufficiently  sophisticated  to  tell — 
presented  a  very  artistic  rendition  of  the  Egyptian  dance  panto- 
mime, with  Cleo's  customary  death  as  a  climax,  accomplished 
by  self-stabbing  with  a  garden  trowel  in  full  view  of  the  au- 
dience, and  the  customary  fall  over  her  or  his  lover's  body,  head 
on  to  the  foots. 


Novelties  Given  at  Symphony. 

The  favorites  of  the  last  symphony  concerts,  according  to 
the  enthusiasm  displayed  were  Strauss's  "Feuersnoth"  and 
the  George  Schumann's  "Variations  and  Double  Fugue  on  a 
Merry  Theme."  Under  Director  Hertz's  insinuating  sway  the 
very  spirit  of  merriment  was  evoked  from  a  rollicking  folk  tune 
from  the  happy  score.  It  is  fanciful  merriment,  of  course,  bur- 
ied behind  the  bars  of  notes,  else  how  could  a  magician  like 
Hertz  embody  it  through  his  musicians  to  bring  out  the  spirit  of 
merriment  itself.  "Feuersnoth"  gave  a  signal"  opportunity  to 
display  the  effective  orchestral  powers  of  the  musicians,  and 
illustrated  the  capital  advance  they  are  acquiring  in  artistically 
producing  melting  and  insinuating  harmonies  and  themes. 
Barodin's  Symphony  No.  2  carried  pictures  of  the  Orient,  and 
won  well  merited  reception  on  its  first  performance  here.  More 
and  more  does  Director  Hertz  indicate  through  his  programs 
that  his  taste  in  music  covers  all  nations,  and  that  he  selects 
the  best  expressions  of  each. 


Purify  the 
Complexion 

Do  not  be  troubled  with 
complexion  ills.  Keep 
all  blemishes  concealed 
while  you  are  treating 
them.  You  can  do  this  instantly 
without  detection   by    using 

:%'  _       Gouraud's  u 

Oriental  Cream 

It  will  also  assist  you  to  overcome  *  'those 
ills' at  the  same  time  if  they  do  not  orig- 
inate internally.     Renders  to  the  skin  a 
-  soft,  pearly-white  appearance.  Non-greasy. 

Send  1  Oc.  for  trial  size 
FERD.  T.    HOPKINS  &  SON,  New  York  City 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Advance    Announcements 

hrum. — The  New  Edition  of  the  Orpheum 
ich  will  be  presented  next  Sunday 
matinee,  will  be  remarkable  for  its  novelty,  excel- 
lence and  variety.  Dorothy  Jardon,  the  beautiful 
Broadway  star,  will  be  the  headline  attraction.  She 
is  one  of  the  few  musical  comedy  favorites  with  a 
voice  of  grand  opera  timbre.  Mr.  Jerry  Jamigan  will 
play  her  accompaniments  on  the  piano.  Florenz 
Tempest  and  Marion  Sunshine  will  be  a  special  fea- 
ture of  the  new  bill.  They  style  their  offering  "A 
Broadway  Bouquet."  Ed.  Flanagan  and  Neely  Ed- 
wards will  introduce  a  laughable  skit  called  "Off 
and  On."  which  is  a  sequel  to  their  former  one,  "On 
and  Off."  The  names  of  Frederick  Hallen  and  Mol- 
lie  Fuller  conjure  up  delightful  memories  to  those 
who  can  go  back  twenty-Eve  years.  They  will  pre- 
sent an  allegorical  satire  on  Fame  called  "The  Cor- 
ridor of  Time,"  written  for  them  by  Junie  McCree. 
Maria  Lo  and  her  company  are  responsible  for  one 
of  the  daintiest  and  most  charming  acts  in  vaudeville 
— to  which  the  appropriate  title  of  "Porcelain"  is 
given.  Corbett,  Shepard  and  Donovan  are  three 
clever  young  fellows  who  know  how  to  reach  the 
audiences  in  song.  Ben  Ryan  and  Harriette  Lee  will 
appear  in  their  side-splitting  skit,  "You've  Spoiled 
It."  The  Greater  Morgan  Dancers  will  contribute 
their  historical  ballet,  which  is  without  doubt  the 

greatest  of  vaudeville  terpsichorean  revelations. 

•  •  • 

Cavalieri  and  Muratore  in  Concert. — Lina  Cava- 
lieri,  ihe  most  beautiful  of  the  world's  operatic  song- 
birds, and  Lucien  Muratore,  the  greatest  French 
tenor  of  the  world,  come  to  San  Francisco  together 
for  a  concert  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium  this  Sun- 
day, at  2:30  o'clock  sharp.  Jacques  Pintel,  an  ex- 
cellent solo  pianist  and  accompanist,  will  be  the  as- 
sisting artist.  Nothing  in  point  of  interest  to  the  gen- 
eral public  can  exceed  this  event.  Cavalieri  is  the 
musical  world's  most  famous  beauty,  and  Muratore 
one  of  its  most  noted  and  brilliantly  successful  sing- 
ers. The  Cavalieri  voice  is  of  the  soft,  limpid  qual- 
ity of  the  native  Italian.  The  Muratore  voice  is  one 
of  the  most  exquisite  tenors  of  the  day.  No  organ  of 
greater  richness  and  loveliness  has  ever  been  heard 
here,  and  the  power  of  its  beauty  will  sweep  in  com- 
pelling waves  to  the  last  tier  of  seats  in  our  great 
Auditorium.  Los  Angeles,  where  Cavalieri  and  Muratore  were 
heard  last  Thursday,  went  into  raptures  over  them,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  concert,  and  after  the  artists  had  sung  encore  after 
encore,  the  audience  demanded  that  Muratore,  a  French  soldier 

off  on  furlough  from  the 
trenches,  sing  the  "Mar- 
seillaise." Tickets  for  Sun- 
day's concert  by  this  great 
couple  are  on  sale  to-day  at 
the  usual  places,  and  will 
be  on  sale  at  the  Auditor- 
ium after  12  o'clock  noon, 
Sunday.  The  concert  com- 
mences at  2:30  sharp,  and 
the  doors  open  at  1 :30 
sharp. 


Pantages  Theatre. — The 
Great  Leon — the  name  of 
"Great  Leon"  serves  well  to 
describe  the  extraordinary 
abilities  of  the  head-liner  at 
Pantages  Theatre  for  next 
week,  for  the  illusions  and 
feats  of  legerdemain  which 
he  offers  are  among  the 
most  amazing  ever  placed 
upon  the  stage.  Among  the 
many  illusions  he  presents, 
the  Great  Leon  is  featuring 
his  noted  "fire  and  water" 


Dorothy  Jardon,  the  beautiful   Broadway  star,  next  week  at  the  Orpheum 


trick,  in  which  he  apparently  burns  up  a  woman  and  then  mys- 
teriously causes  her  to  come  back  to  life  and  make  her  appear- 


Llna    Cavalieri,   soprano,   who  will  ap- 
pear in  concert  with   Lucien   Muratore, 
tenor,    at    the    Civic    Auditorium,    Feb- 
ruary 25th,  at  2:30  p.   m. 


Happy.  Healthy   Babies  are  the  joy  of 

the  home,  and  when  mother  is  unable  to 
provide  nature's  food  for  her  little  ones, 
then  "Eagle  Brand"  is  her  best  blend. 
Thousands  of  happy,  healthy  babies  have 
heen  raised  during  the  past  sixty  years  on 
"Eagle  Brand.  ' 

•^cuJL7Scnd£*L 

EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

the:      or  ici  n^l 

Provides  a  perfectly  safe  food,  containing'  all  the  necessary  elements 

for  building  firm  flesh  and  bone, 

It  is  made  from  pure,  rich,  clean  milk,   produced  under  rigid  sanitary 

regulations,  and  scrupulously  guarded  at  every  stage  of  its  manufacture 

to  insure  a  dependable  product— safe  for  baby. 

Send  for  our  Baby  Booklets  and  Recipe  Book.     They  will  be  interesting 

and  helpful  to  you. 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

NEW  YORK 


E.t.  1857 


'Leaders  of  Quality" 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Rose  Stahl  in  "Our  Mrs.  McChesney"  at  the  Columbia   Next  Week 

ance  in  a  small  glass  tank  filled  with  water.  The  Kinkaid  Kil- 
ties will  offer  what  is  considered  one  of  the  best  Scotch  variety 
acts  ever  placed  in  vaudeville,  being  entirely  different  from  the 
ordinary  run.  It  savors  of  the  revue  sort  of  vaudeville  enter- 
tainment, with  a  couple  of  comedians  to  liven  things  up,  special 
scenery  to  add  to  pretentiousness,  and  the  songs  and  music 
chosen  with  present-day  vaudeville  ideas  in  mind.  Jones  and 
Johnson  sing,  dance  and  get  off  a  line  of  screamingly  funny  pat- 
ter. "The  Musical  Laugh  Makers,"  Eckhoff  and  Gordon,  pre- 
sent a  fast  and  lively  instrumental  offering.  Trevitt's  Military 
Dogs  will  also  be  included  with  the  attractions  for  the  coming 
week.  Margaret  Ford,  in  a  phenomenal  singing  novelty,  and 
the  second  chapter  of  "The  Secret  Kingdom,"  will  round  out 
what  should  prove  to  be  an  unusual  bill. 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — From  all  accounts,  Rose  Stahl  is  scoring 
the  greatest  triumph  of  her  career  in  "Our  Mrs.  McChesney,"' 


the  new  American  comedy  adapted  from  Edna  Ferber's  Mc- 
Chesney stories.  Miss  Stahl  comes  to  the  Columbia  Theatre 
for  two  weeks  commencing  next  Monday  night,  with  the  usual 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  matinees.  Miss  Ferber  has  the  happy 
faculty  of  making  the  characters  of  her  stories  seem  genuine, 
while  on  the  other  hand  Miss  Stahl  possesses  the  ability  to  por- 
tray a  character  in  a  wonderfully  true-to-life  manner.  The 
combination  therefore  is  fortunate,  and  Miss  Stahl  has  made  a 
living,  breathing  woman  of  Emma  McChesney,  the  hustling, 
energetic  saleswoman  for  the  T.  A.  Buck  Featherloom  Petticoat 
Company.  The  dramatization  of  the  McChesney  stories  has 
been  made  by  George  V.  Hobarl  and  Miss  Ferber  herself. 
Miss  Stahl  this  season  is  under  the  Charles  Frohman  manage- 
ment, and  is  surrounded  by  a  most  competent  company.  There 
are  over  30  speaking  parts,  and  these  require  people  of  real 
ability  to  portray  them.  Among  those  in  the  cast  are  Edward 
Fielding,  W.  H.  St.  James,  A.  Romaine  Callender,  Phillips 
Tead,  Ernest  Geyer,  Thomas  Reynolds,  Herbert  Delmore, 
Jessica  Brooks,  Emma  Salvatore,  Jane  Komray,  Marguerite 

Tebeau,  Lavina  Shannon,  Dorothy  Allen,  Dorothy  Walters,  etc. 

*  *  * 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — The  eighth  "pop"  con- 
cert of  the  season  will  be  given  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  Alfred  Hertz,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  next  Sun- 
day afternoon,  February  25th.  Two  unusual  features  stand 
out  on  the  delightful  program.  One  is  Beethoven's  Trio  in  C, 
for  two  oboes  and  an  English  horn,  and  the  other  is  Walter 
Handel  Thorley's  symphonic  poem,  "Macbeth,"  which  will  be 
conducted  by  the  composer  himself.  The  Beethoven  Trio,  pre- 
viously mentioned,  will  be  performed  by  Messrs.  Addimando, 
Lombardi  and  Schipilliti,  regular  members  of  the  orchestra. 
Mendelssohn's  music  to  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,"  in- 
cluding the  overture,  notturno,  scherzo  and  wedding  march, 
is  also  programmed,  as  are  two  ballet  numbers  from  "Samson 
and  Delilah."  These  comprise  the  "Dance  of  the  Priestesses 
of  Dagon"  and  the  "Bacchanale."  The  program  will  be  con- 
cluded with  Chabrier's  rhapsody,  "Espana."  Louis  Persinger 
will  be  soloist  at  the  tenth  pair  of  symphonies,  to  be  given  Fri- 
day afternoon,  March  2d,  and  Sunday  afternoon,  March  4th,  at 
the  Cort.  Persinger  will  play  Brahms'  noble  concerto  in  D 
Major.  Edgar  Stillman  Kelley's  "New  England"  symphony, 
originally  announced  for  the  eighth  pair  of  symphonies,  will 
be  played  at  the  tenth  pair.  Beethoven's  overture,  "Leonore," 
No.  3,  will  also  be  a  feature  of  the  program. 


TESTIMONIAL  TO  GEORGE  H.  TYSON. 

General  Agent  George  H.  Tyson,  previously  mentioned  in 
these  columns  as  celebrating  his  25th  anniversary  as  general 
agent  in  the  year  just  closed,  had  a  very  substantial  acknowl- 
edgment of  the  fact  in  an  exquisitely  beautiful  silver  fruit  and 
flower  vase,  the  base  of  which  carried  the  following  inscription : 
"Presented  to  Geo.  H.  Tyson  by  the  German  American  Insur- 
ance Company  of  New  York,  on  the  25th  anniversary  of  his 
association  with  the  company.     1891-1916." 

Mr.  Tyson's  quarter  of  a  century  of  service  has  seen  many 
changes  in  the  business,  and  the  record  of  his  office  is  certainly 
one  of  which  he  can  feel  justly  proud.  The  premium  income 
for  his  office  since  1891,  when  he  first  associated  himself  with 
the  companies,  has  increased  tenfold,  and  his  loss  ratio  each 
year  has  always  compared  favorably  with  the  lowest  on  the 
Coast. 


THE  HOTEL  PLAZA 

overlooking   the   beautiful   Plaza   of   Union 

Square,  the  Hotel  of  refinement  and  service, 

is  offering  special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Hotel  Plaza  Company 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


LEAKS  FROM  WIREl 

There  is  a  new  story  about  Mr.  Kipling,  for  which  Mr.  G.  F. 
sponsible,  having  brought  it  out   in  his  new 
book.  liar  Kipling  and  Kiplingana."    It  appears 

that  a  friend  asked  Kipling  whether  he  would  not  write  on  air- 
man as  he  had  done  on  the  commanders  and  crews  of  subma- 
rines. "Perhaps!  Seme  day,"  replied  Mr.  Kipling.  "Oh,  but 
you  must!"  insisted  the  friend.  "Let's  see  whether  we  can't  hit 
on  a  good  title.    "Well,"  said  Mr.  Kipling,  after  a  moment's 

reflection,  "what  do  you  say  to  'Plane  Tails  from  the  Sky'?" 

»  •  • 

The  present  war  is  not  the  only  war  in  which  potatoes  have 
figured  prominently.  Less  than  150  years  ago,  during  the  war 
of  the  Bavarian  succession,  the  question  of  potatoes  was  an 
urgent  one.  The  struggle  ultimately  resolved  itself  into  one  for 
the  control  of  the  food  supply,  and,  as  the  chief  constituent  in 
the  food  supply  of  the  belligerents  was  potatoes,  the  war  itself 
came  to  be  known  in  history  as  the  Kartoffelkrieg,  or  the  "Po- 
tato War." 

•  •  • 

Surely  the  quaintest  notice  ever  issued  by  the  management  of 
^  theatre  for  the  benefit  of  the  audience  is  the  one  which  is  to 
be  seen  in  the  German  town  of  Brunswick.  It  reads :  "For  the 
benefit  of  the  public  it  is  ordered  that  the  front  row  of  the  pit 
shall  lie  down,  the  second  shall  kneel,  the  third  shall  sit,  and 
the  fourth  shall  stand.  In  this  way  every  one  will  be  able  to 
see."  Let  it  hastily  be  added  that  the  notice  was  posted  up  in 
the  Brunswick  Theatre  in  1734,  and  that  it  is  now  one  of  the 
curiosities  of  the  Museum. 


"It  always  gives  ■  man  confidence,"  remarked  the  popu- 
lar candidate  proudly,  "to  know  that  t  vast  body  of  people  are 
behind  him."  "Not  if  they  are  coming  too  fast,"  murmured  the 
horsethief  judiciously. — Widow. 


WILLIAM     M.     KLINGER 

General  Agent 
AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

LONDON  &  LANCASHIRE  INDEMNITY  CO.  OF  AMERICA 
ORIENT  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  HARTFORD.  CONN  ECTICUT 
LONDON    &   LANCASHIRE   FIRE    INSURANCE  COMPANY 

AUTOMOBILE    INSURANCE 

Fire,  Theft,  Public  Liability.  Property  Damage,  Collision 
SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager  Pacific  Department 

332  PINE  STREET  TELEPHONE  DOUGLAS  272 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of, Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOL  ARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


WINTER(@)iARDEN 


AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 
TCP     H  T  M  K  Phone  w"' 363 

1    \~.  Hi       l\-l  IV   1\.     Sutler  and  Pierce  Stt. 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 


GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  — $1  Per  Hour—  Hall  Hour  60c. 

Market  Street  Opposite  Maion 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A    WONDERFUL    NEW    SHOW 

THE  GREAT  LEON  &  CO..  Wonderworkers;  MARGARET  FORD;  ECKHOFF 
and  GORDON;  IRVING  JONES  &  ROY  JOHNSON;  TREVITT'R  MILITARY 
DOGS;  CHAPTER  TWO  "THE  SECRET  KINGDOM;"  EXTRA  ADDED 
FEATURE,    KINKAID    KILTIES. 


General  Nivelle's  partly  English  ancestry  is  a  subject  of  much 
interest  to  the  English  people.  It  only  became  generally  known 
at  the  time  of  his  appointment  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
French  armies  on  the  West  front.  Since  then  fresh  details  as 
to  his  mother's  family  history  have  been  continually  appearing 

in  the  press.     Perhaps  the  most  interesting  is  the  fact  that  it      Pfl'VlfflflP'z'      lflPntrP 
was  a  Pennington  who  commanded  the  first  squadron  ever  sent  " 

by  an  English  government  to  cooperate  with  a  French  fleet.  It 
was  in  the  year  1625  that  King  Charles  I  sent  British  ships  to 
cooperate  with  Louis  XIII's  navy  in  an  attack  upon  the  Hu- 
guenots at  La  Rochelle.  Since  the  cause  was  such  a  bad  one  it 
is  a  matter  for  rejoicing  that  Pennington's  men  refused  to  obey  ~  ~ 
his  orders,  and  that,  in  consequence,  the  expedition  failed.  \Jrfr01ft€fWYYl 

TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


See  the  great  game  of 
HOCKEY 

Every  Tuesday  Evening 
Real  Skating  Music 

MORNIHGS, AFTERNOONS,  EVENINGS 


O'Farrell   Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week    beginning    THIS       SUNDAY      AFTERNOON.         MATINEE 
EVERY  DAY. 

NEW  EDITION  ORPHEUM  ROAD  SHOW 
(Direction  of  Martin  Beck) 
DOROTHY  JARDON.  the  Beautiful  Broadway  Star;  FLORENZ 
TEMPEST  AND  MARION  SUNSHINE  in  "A  Broadway  Bouquet;" 
FLANAGAN  &  EDWARDS,  in  "Off  and  On;"  HALLBN  &  FULLER 
in  "The  Corridor  of  Time;"  MARIA  LO  &  CO.,  presenting  repro- 
ductions of  the  World's  Most  Famous  Dresden  and  Other  Chinas; 
CORBBTT,  S'HEPARD  &  DONOVAN,  "Three  Boys  Who  Sing;" 
BEN  RYAN  &  HARRIETTE  LEE.  "You've  Spoiled  It;"  THE 
GREATER  MORGAN  DANCERS  in  A  Historical  Ballet  in  Three 
Episodes. 

Evening  prices — 10c,  25c,   50c,   75c.     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  holidays),  10c  25c,  50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Give  your  children  the  opportunity  to  learn  to  skate  at 

the  Winter  Garden  Ice  Rink,  Sutter  and  Pierce  streets,  the 
largest  stretch  of  indoor  ice  in  the  world.  This  invigorating 
sport  will  make  them  healthy,  graceful  and  confident,  and  af- 
ford them  wholesome  delight. 

SUMMONS   (OIVORCE). 

IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THS    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND   FOR   THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

W1.AHY.SI.AWA  M.  LAND.   Plaintiff,  vs.   LOUIS  N.   LAND.   Defendant. 

brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 

the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
i"  '    of  -the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defi  mlant. 

YOU  are  HEREBY  REQUIRED  tc  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  Ihe  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
rviee)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within   thirty  days. 

The  said  action  i*  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  tiiis 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  mote  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,   the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 

aages    demanded    in    the    Complaint    as    arising   upon    contract     or   will 

apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  tho  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,   A.   D..   1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.   R.    CASTAGNETTO,    Deputy  Clerk. 

GTLLOGLEY,  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklio  150 


Two  weeks  beginning  Monday.  February  26th.     Matinees  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday.     Charles  Frohman  presents  ROSE  STAHL. 
In  her  latest  comedy  success, 

•'OUR    MRS.    McCHESNEY," 
From  Edna  Ferber's  stories. 
Evenings — 5Cc.   to  $2.     Matinees,   50c.   to  $1.50. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


ORCHESTRA 

Alfred  Hertz Conductor. 


8TH    "POP"     CONCERT 
CORT    THEATRE 

SUNDAY.   FEB.   25, 
At  2:30  Sharp 


PROGRAM — Music  to  "Midsummer  Night's  Dream."  Mendelssohn. 
Trio  in  C,  for  two  oboes  and  English  Horn.  Beethoven  (Messrs. 
Addimando,  Lombardi  and  Schipilliti).  "Macbeth."  Walter  Handel 
Thorley  (conducted  by  the  composer.)  Music  from  "Samson  and 
Delilah."  Saint-Saens.  Rhapsody.  "Espana,"  Chabrier. 
prjces 25c  50c  75c.  ?1.  Tickets  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  ex- 
cept concert  day;  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day  onl£  _ 
NEXT March  2-4.  10th  Pair  Symphonies.     Louis  Persinger,  soloist. 


GALA  CONCERT 

CAVALIERI 

and    MURATORE 

AUDITORIUM 

This    Sunday,    2:30 

Tickets 
Hotels 

50c.  $1 

NOW   at   Kohler   &  Chase's,   Sherman,   Clay 

St.  Francis  and  Palace  and  At  Auditorium  Sun 

$1.50  and  $2                        Minagement  FRANK  W. 

&  Co.'s, 
day. 

HEALY 

12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


INSURANCE 


A  three  story  building  is  to  be  erected  on  the  property  now 
occupied  by  a  two  story  building  at  225-29  Sansome  street,  and 
will  be  leased  by  the  companies  now  represented  by  James  C. 
Johnston.  The  Vulcan  Fire  Insurance  Company,  now  occupy- 
ing the  first  floor  and  basement  of  229  Sansome  street,  has 
leased  the  premises  on  Pine  street,  south  side,  between  San- 
some and  Battery,  and  the  San  Francisco  branch  office  will  take 
possession  on  April  1st.  The  name  of  the  building  will  be 
changed  to  the  Vulcan  Fire  Insurance  Building. 

*  *  * 

F.  C.  Johnson  has  succeeded  E.  A.  Ingalls  as  claims  adjuster 
for  the  Hartford  Accident  and  Indemnity  Co.,  in  the  Pacific  De- 
partment, under  Manager  Joy  Lichtenstein.  Mr.  Johnson  for- 
merly held  the  position  of  claims  manager  for  the  Massachu- 
setts Bonding  at  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Ingalls'  resignation  was 
made  necessary  by  the  requirements  of  his  private  practice. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Surety  Underwriters'  Associa- 
tion of  California,  L.  W.  Cutler,  superintendent  of  the  surety 
department  of  the  Aetna  Accident  and  Liability,  was  elected 
president;  R.  F.  Benbett,  resident  secretary  of  the  London  & 
Lancashire  Indemniy,  was  elected  vice-president,  and  J.  M. 
Whitehead,  of  the  Royal  Indemnity,  was  re-elected  secretary- 
treasurer.  The  executive  committee  consists  of  Guy  L.  Stev- 
ick,  R.  D.  Weldon,  H.  V.  D.  Johns,  U.  S.  Fidelity  &  Guaranty, 
and  J.  R.  McKinney,  Fidelity  &  Casualty. 

*  *  * 

The  Pacific  Coast  general  agency  of  the  Columbia  Insurance 
Company  of  Jersey  City,  previously  represented  by  C.  B.  Sloan 
&  Co.,  has  been  transferred  to  E.  C.  F.  Knowles,  manager  of 
the  Pacific  department  of  the  Phoenix  Assurance,  Imperial  and 
Union  Marine.  The  Columbia  confines  its  writings  to  automo- 
bile coverings. 

*  *  * 

Chairman  J.  Hunter  Harrison,  of  the  library  committee,  an- 
nounces the  next  two  lectures  to  be  delivered  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  Fire  Underwriters'  Association  of  the  Pacific  to  be 
"Underwriting  as  a  Profession,"  by  Thomas  H.  Anderson,  and 
"Efficiency,"  by  Arthur  M.  Brown.  The  younger  members  are 
particularly  requested  to  be  present  at  these  lectures,  which 
promise  to  be  of  unusual  interest. 

Manager  F.  M.  Avery,  of  the  Fire  Association  and  the  Phila- 
delphia Underwriters,  entertained  the  special  agents  of  the 
Pacific  Department  of  these  companies  at  a  luncheon  at  the 
Commercial  Club  one  day  last  week,  closing  a  week's  confab 
which  was  inaugurated  by  a  dinner  at  the  Claremont  Country 

Club. 

*  *  * 

President  Henry  Evans  announces  that  the  Continental,  Fidel- 
ity-Phenix  and  American  Eagle  will  jointly  establish  a  Pacific 
Coast  department,  with  headquarters  in  the  Insurance  Exchange 

Building,  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

News  comes  that  the  North  British  and  Mercantile  has  se- 
cured by  purchase  the  controlling  interest  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Fire,  managed  on  the  coast  by  Russell  W.  Osborn,  and  will 
operate  that  company  as  a  separate  entity  on  the  same  lines  as 

heretofore. 

*  *  * 

The  directors  of  the  German  Alliance  have  recommended  to 
the  shareholders  an  increase  of  the  capital  from  $400,000  to 
$1,000,000,  which  would  increase  the  company's  surplus  to  $1,- 
219,599  and  the  assets  to  $2,848,366.  The  company  is  repre- 
sented on  the  coast  by  George  H.  Tyson,  and  is  controlled  by 
the  same  interests  as  the  German-American. 

*  *  * 

Manager  Osborne,  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life,  informs  us 
that  his  company  has  no  intention  of  entering  the  personal  ac- 
cident field  as  has  been  reported. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


{ESTABLISHED  1817) 

$17,500,000.00 

•    13,375,000.00 

-    17,500,000.00 

$48,375,000.00 

$310,327,208.00 

J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

341  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  States,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji.  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve   Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
31st  March  1916 


THE  CANADIAN  BANK  OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O.,  LL.D.D.C.L.  I   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHN  AIRD  GeaeralM^g"      *•"«• tFu5d  JHJMH 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at   Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico   City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 

SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 

Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 

A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  1.996.224.64 
Deposits  55.186.713.12 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


f*  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated  1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member  of  the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following;  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets    $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve   and    Contingent   Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

N  u  mber  of  Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M-,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

Typewriter  Papers  and 

Manuscript  Covers 
The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT   &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO, CAL.' 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Nothing  has  been  more  talked  of  during  the  past  seasons 
than  sports  clothes,  so  much  so  that  nowadays  they  have  come 
to  be  just  as  essential  a  part  of  the  modern  woman's  wardrobe 
as  her  evening  gown.  In  the  styles  shown  at  present  for  South- 
ern wear,  there  is  distinctly  a  strong  accent  on  this  type  of 
dress;  for  fashionable  women  at  Southern  resorts  wear  their 
sports  clothes  from  early  morning  until  it  is  time  to  change  to 
evening  gowns.  As  a  result  of  this  rage,  the  variety  to  be 
found  under  the  label  of  sports  clothes  is  nothing  short  of 
amazing.  As  a  rule,  bright  coats  or  blouses  are  worn  with  white 
or  light  colored  skirts.  Included  in  the  list  of  gay  colors  that 
are  used,  red  is  often  found,  which  is  rather  unusual,  as  this 
color  has  been  looked  upon  formerly  as  more  appropriate  for 
fall  and  winter  than  for  spring  and  summer. 

Sports  clothes  of  silks  and  satins  appear  in  greater  numbers 
this  season  than  those  of  cottons.  There  are,  however,  some 
novelties  in  cottons  which  promise  to  prove  very  popular.  One 
of  these  is  cotton  gabardine  brightly  striped  and  plaided  in 
colors.  Basket  weaves  which  have  the  new  striped  and  dotted 
designs  also  have  a  fair  showing,  and  the  heavy  linens  will  un- 
doubtedly be  worn. 

The  sketch  shows  one  of  the  favorite  models  with  the  smart 
hip-length  blouse.  Stitched  box  pleats,  starting  from  under  a 
deep  yoke  and  disappearing  beneath  the  pleated  pockets,  give 
the  Norfolk  effect,  which  has  always  been  considered  a  good 
style  for  outing  wear. 


Left — A  Sports  Frock  Developed  In  the  New  Plain  and  Dotted  Silks. 
Right — Chemise  Dress  with   Deep  Flounce  and  Wide  Paisley  Girdle. 

Separate  coats  of  fuzzy  white  material,  somewhat  like  blan- 
kets, with  stripes  of  many  colors  around  the  edge,  and  also  on 
the  collar  and  cuffs,  are  among  the  latest  offerings  in  sports 
attire.  The  colored  stripes  are  also  carried  out  in  the  same  way 
in  coats  of  oyster  white  tussur. 

New  Notes  in  Frocks. 

Wide  girdles  crushed  softly  about  the  waist  are  quite  often 
seen  on  the  new  dresses.  They  are  generally  on  satin  or  silk  in 
some  bright  contrasting  color  and  almost  invariably  end  in 
tassels,  for  tassels  are  very  much  worn  at  present,  both  on 
dresses  and  hats.  The  vogue  for  tassels  is  almost  on  a  par  with 
that  for  beads  and  braid,  the  two  most  fashionable  trimmings 
that  have  taken  with  such  tenacity. 

In  afternoon  frocks  of  chiffon  or  Georgette  and  on  separate 


waists  the  white  chalk  beads  make  very  effective  decoration 
on  pale  blue,  flesh  and  white. 

Chiffon  is  rapidly  taking  the  place  of  Georgette,  the  best  au- 
thorities say,  but  Georgette  dresses  are  still  in  evidence  and 
two  shades  of  this  sheer  material  are  often  combined  in  a  dress. 
One  dress  combining  light  and  dark  tan,  and  another  of  white 
and  pale  pink  were  recently  seen.  The  result  was  exceedingly 
attractive. 

Some  of  the  new  chemise  dresses  have  their  straight  lines 
broken  by  deep  flounces.  One  of  these  is  illustrated  here.  It 
has  a  side  pleated  flounce  which  comes  above  the  knees  and 
the  waistline  is  defined  by  a  deep  Paisley  girdle  in  soft  crush 
effect.  Further  trimming  is  added  in  the  simple  touch  of  braid- 
ing around  the  neck  and  armholes. 

Rumors  of  a  New  Silhouette. 

Rumors  of  a  new  silhouette  have  been  causing  a  stir  in  fash- 
ionable circles.  In  fact,  the  rumors  have  been  turned  to  reality, 
for  the  new  barrel  skirt  has  already  been  seen  in  Paris  and 
New  York.  The  barrel  skirt  which  produces  this  new  silhouette, 
wide  below  the  hips  and  narrowing  down  toward  the  ankles,  is 
a  strong  contrast  to  the  straight-line  frocks  inspired  by  the 
medieval  fashions.  Whether  or  not  it  will  be  accepted  is  still 
a  matter  of  doubt.  The  barrel  skirts  that  have  been  seen  so  far 
appear  in  different  forms  and  some  are  not  unlike  the  "peg- 
tops"  which  were  fashionable  some  two  or  three  years  ago.  It 
is  very  likely  that  the  barrel  skirt,  if  it  takes  at  all,  will  not  at 
once  replace  the  straight  frocks.  It  may  be  taken  seriously  by 
those  who  are  tiring  of  the  chemise  dresses.  Time  only  will 
tell,  but  in  the  meantime  we  need  hardly  have  our  peace  of 
mind  disturbed  about  it. 


Tommy  (to  bareheaded  German) — Want  to  surrender, 

do  yer  ?  You  ain't  no  good  ter  me  like  that.  You  hop  back  and 
bring  yer  helmet  with  yer.  I'm  going  home  on  leave  next 
week. — London  Opinion. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties— 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Berfti 


C.  Mailhebuiu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Buik  St..  Sai  FnoriKo  (Above  Krarar)  Eicbioie.  Douilii24il 


BLANCO'S  orarr|^Larkln 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
FOLLIS-KINGSBURY.— The  engagement  of  Mrs.  Mary  Belle  Gwin  Follis 
and  Kenneth  Raleigh  Kingsbury  was  told  to  their  friends  last  week. 
MILLER-O'MELVENY. — The   announcement  is   made   of   the   engagement 

of  Miss  Phila  Miller  of  Pasadena  and  Donald  O'Melveny. 
MO  RE  LAND -VILAS. — Mrs.    George    T.    Marye    wrote    to    San    Francisco 
friends   a  few  days  ago   of  the   engagement   of   her  niece.   Miss   Mary 
Moreland,  and  Lawrence  Hudson  Vilas  of  Chicago,  the  news  being  of 
much  interest  here, 
ROY-BLUM. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   G.  M.  Roy  have  announced  the  engagement 

of  their  daughter.  Miss  Juliet  Roy,  to  Max  Blum. 
S AXE -BRENN AN.— Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Leonora  Maria  von  Saxe,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  J.  Rauer  of 
2335  Pacific  avenue,  and  Charles  Henry  Brennan,  a  San  Francisco 
attorney. 
SULLIVAN-WETS. — Miss  Ruth  Sullivan's  engagement  to  Robert  Weis 
was  announced  at  a  pretty  tea  at  which  she  and  her  sister,  Miss  Mar- 
guerite Sullivan,  were  joint  hostesses. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JOHNSON-MILTON. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Josephine  Johnson  and  Max- 
well Milton  will  take  place  Tuesday  evening,  March  6th,  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  "William  Pierce  Johnson,  in  Linda  Vista  terrace. 
WEDDINGS. 
BROWELL-MILLER. — Miss   Norma    Browell   became    the   bride   of   Harry 
E,   Milier  on  February  12th,   at  a  ceremony  performed  at  the  First 
Methodist  Church. 
FEIGENBAUM-BLUMLEIN. — The    wedding    of    Miss    Elsie    Feigenbaum, 
daughter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   L.  Feigenbaum,   and  Max  Blumlein,   took 
place  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Tuesday  at  7  o'clock. 
GRACHT-ROSS. — Joseph  Marian  Nicoles  van  Waterschoot  van  der  Gracht 
and  Florence  Ethel  Ross  were  married  Tuesday  evening  at  St.  Mary's 
Cathedral. 
REES-JONES. — At  the  home  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.   Thomas   H.    Rees   at 
the  Presidio,  Miss  Helen  Rees  and  Lieutenant  Thomas  Jones,  U.  S.  A., 
were  married  Saturday  at  noon. 
RUSSELL- COFFIN. — Miss    Russell    and    Sherwood    Coffin    were    married 
February  17th  in  San  Rafael. 

WEDDING  ANNIVERSARIES. 
EISNER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  Eisner,  in  honor  of  their  twenty-fifth  wed- 
ding   anniversary,    were   at   home   to   their   friends    Thursday   at   456 
Hayes  street. 

LUNCHEONS. 
HEARST. — An  informal  luncheon  was  enjoyed  at  the  Palace  Hotel  by  a 
group  of  friends  of  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst.     The  list  included  Mesdames 
Nellie  Melba,   George  A.    Pope  and  Eleanor  Martin. 
JACKLING. — Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Monday 

at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
O'SULLIVAN. — Complimenting   Mrs.    Dennis    O'Sullivan,    who   is   enjoying 
a  visit  in  San  Francisco  from  her  London  home,  Mrs.  Frederick  Ma- 
gee  presided  at  a  luncheon  recently  at  the  Town  and  Country  Club. 
OYSTER. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  who  has  been  continually  feted  since  the 
announcement   of   her   betrothal   to   Alfred   Oyster,   was    the    compli- 
mented guest  at  a  luncheon  given  yesterday  afternoon  by  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Oyster,  sister  of  her  fiance. 
PILLSBURY. — A   luncheon   was   given   Friday   at  the  Woman's  Athletic 
Club  by  the  board  of  directors  of  that  organization.     The  affair  was 
planned  as  a  tribute  to  Mrs.  Horace  Davis  Pillsbury,  president  of  the 
club. 
RAWLINGS. — Mrs.   Stuart  Rawlings  entertained  Friday  afternoon,  invit- 
ing a  group  of  the  younger  matrons  and  girls  to  be  her  guests  at  a 
luncheon  at  the  Rawlings   home  in   Piedmont.     The  honor  guest  was 
Miss  Clarisse  Lohse. 
WYMAN. — In  honor  of  Mrs.  Oliver  B.  Wyman,  who  returned  a  few  weeks 
ago  from  her  honeymoon.  Misses  Alice  and  Henrietta  Harrison-Smith 
presided  at  a  prettily   appointed  luncheon  Monday  at  the  Women's 
Athletic  Club. 

DINNERS. 
ARMSBY. — Gordon  Armsby  entertained  a  large  number  of  friends  at  din- 
ner Tuesday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  the  party  later  shar- 
ing in  the  pleasure  of  the  Mardi  Gras  ball. 
BOYD. — Miss  Jean   Boyd  was   hostess   Tuesday  evening  at  a  dinner   at 

her  home,  and  later  with  her  guests  attended  the  Mardi  Gras  ball. 
BOYD. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   George  D.   Boyd  entertained  a  group  of  the  debu- 
tante set  at  dinner,  and  the  same  coterie  were  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edson  F.  Adams  at  the  ball,  the  party  viewing  the  spectacle  from  the 
Adams  box,  and  being  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  at  supper. 
BYRNE. — Complimenting  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Ernest  Leopold   Heebner  of  New 
York,  who  have  been  extensively  entertained  in  their  brief  visit  in  this 
city,  Mrs.  James  W.  Byrne  was  hostess  at  dinner  Wednesday  evening. 
CAMBRON. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Carroll  Cambron  had  a  dinner  party  at  their 

home  for  the  friends  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Carol  Cambron. 
CROCKER. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Templeton   Crocker  entertained   two   hundred 
guests  at  dinner  in  the  Italian  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis  on  Tuesday 
evening. 
DEERING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Deering  entertained  at  dinner  Tuesday 

night. 
GREGG. — Wellington  Gregg  entertained  at  dinner  at  the  Fairmont  before 

the  ball  Tuesday  night. 
HOWELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  B.  Howell  had  a  dinner  party  Tuesday 
evening  at  their  residence  on  Lyon  street,  and  later  were  guests  of 
Major  and  Mrs.  Wales  in  their  box  at  the  ball. 


HECHT. — A  dinner  at   the   St.   Francis   Hotel   preceded  the  ball   for  the 

group  of  friends  of  Mrs.  Helen  Hecht. 
JOHNSON. — At  the  home  of  her  aunt,  Mrs.  George  W.  Gibbs,   on  Wash- 
ington street,  Miss  Frances  Johnson  entertained  at  dinner  February 
17th. 
MEYERS. — Dr.  Glenn  Edward  Meyers  of  New  York  was  host  at  a  dinner 

party  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Saturday  night. 
NICKEL. — Miss  Beatrice  Nickel  and  her  fiance,  George  Bowles,  were  the 
guests  of  honor  at  the  dinner  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Roth  on 
Saturday  evening  at  their  handsome  home  on  Jackson  street. 
SULLIVAN. — Jerd    Sullivan   was   host   at   an   enjoyable    dinner   Saturday 

evening  at  his  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 
WALKER. — Mr,  and  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker  entertained  all  of  the  court  at 
a  dinner  party  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  before  the  ball  Tuesday  night. 
WILBUR. — Dr.   and  Mrs.  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur  entertained  at  dinner  Sat- 
urday evening  at  their  home  in.  Palo  Alto. 
TEAS. 
BUCKNALL. — Mrs.   George  J.   Bucknall  presided  at  a  prettily  appointed 
tea  last  Saturday  afternoon  at  her  Green  street  home,  in  compliment 
to  Judge  and  Mrs.  D.  J.  Murphy,  the  latter  of  whom  celebrated  her 
eightieth  birthday  on  that  date. 
BOARDMAN, — Mrs.    Walter    Boardman,    who    came    here    last    spring    a 
bride,  was  hostess  yesterday  at  a  tea  at  her  home  in  compliment  to 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Haydn  S.  Cole  of  St.  Paul. 
FRENCH. — The  St.  Francis  Hotel  was  the  setting  for  a  tea  Monday  after- 
noon when  Mrs.   John   W.   French   presided   in  honor  of  Mrs.    T.   L. 
Johnson. 
GREENWOOD. — In  honor  of  Miss  Ida  Henshaw,   who   made  her  formal 
bow  to  Oakland  society  a  few  months  ago,  Miss  Susette  Greenwood 
will  be  hostess  at  a  tea  on  the  afternoon  of  March  6th. 
HARROLD. — Mrs.  Warren  Harrold,  one  of  the  younger  matrons  among  the 
smart  set  in  Oakland,  will  entertain  this  month  in  honor  of  Miss  Jose- 
phine Johnson,  who  is  the  honor  guest  at  a  round  of  social  affairs 
preceding  her  marriage  to  Maxwell  Milton  early  in  March.     Tuesday 
afternoon  Mrs.  Roger  Chickering  gave  a  tea  for  Miss  Johnson,   and 
invited  friends  from  both  sides  of  the  bay  to  be  her  guests. 
RECEPTIONS. 
SHERWOOD. — Mrs.    Eugene    Sherwood   entertained   with    her   daughters, 
Misses  Jessica,  lsabelle  and  Rosemary  Sherwood,  at  a  reception  Sat- 
urday afternoon. 

BRIDGE. 
HAVENS. — On  the  afternoon  of  March  5th,  Mrs.  Wickham  Havens  will 
entertain  a  coterie  of  the  smart  set  in  Oakland  who  have  been  meet- 
ing  during    the   winter   for   bridge.      Mrs.    Havens   will   preside   at   a 
luncheon  before  the  session  at  the  card  tables. 
McNEAR. — Mrs.  George  P.  McNear  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  bridge  party 

at  the  Clift  Hotel. 
WEIHE. — Mrs.   Harry  Weihe  has  asked  a  group  of  friends  to  a  bridge 
party  to  be  given  next  Monday  at  her  home  in  Piedmont.    It  is  planned 
In  honor  of  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Ernest  Leopold  Heebner,  who  arrived  re- 
cently from  New  York,  and  is  a  guest  at  the  Palace. 
DANCES. 
MARTIN. — This  evening  the  dancing  club  which  Mrs.  William  G.   Hitch- 
cock organized  will  give  a  party  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  in 
Broadway.    The  club  comprises  twelve  boys  and  girls,  in  whose  names 
the  invitations  were  sent  out. 
POPE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pope  were  hosts  at  a  supper  dance  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel  recently. 

ARRIVALS. 
CHAMBERLIN.— After  a  delightful  visit  in  the  East,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 

lard  Chamberlin  arrived  in  California  last  Wednesday. 
CLOMAN. — The  return  to  San  Francisco  of  Mrs.  Sidney  Cloman  has  been 
hailed  with  enthusiasm  by  the  smart  set,  with  whom  she  is  a  great 
favorite.  She  arrived  last  Saturday  from  Washington,  D.  C,  and  is 
a  guest  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  where  she  passed  several  weeks  of 
the  early  winter. 

DEPARTURES. 

BAKER. — Accompanied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Henderson  and  a  party 

of  Eastern  friends,  Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker  left  Friday  for  Del  Monte 

to  enjoy  a  few  days  of  rest  and  relaxation  from   the  gayety  of  the 

winter  season. 

FEE. — Misses  Elizabeth  and  Marcia  Fee  have  gone  to  New  York,  and  will 

be  in  the  East  for  several  weeks. 
LEONARD. — Bishop  and  Mrs.  Adna  Leonard  sailed  on  Wednesday  for  a 

six  weeks'  visit  to  Honolulu. 
McCREERY. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Richard  McCreery  left  this  week  for  Coro- 

nado  to  enjoy  there  a  sojourn  of  a  fortnight  longer. 
McGee. — Miss  Helen  McGee,  daughter  of  W.  I.  McGee,  United  States  sub- 
treasurer,  left  Monday  for  New  York  to  continue  her  musical  studies. - 
SULLIVAN. — Miss  Gladys  Sullivan  and  Noel  Sullivan  are  en  route  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  to  be  guests  there  of  Miss  Mary  Phelan  and  Sena- 
tor James  D.  Phelan  for  a  few  weeks. 

INTIMATIONS. 
FITZHUGH. — Miss  Marion  Fitzhugh,   who  was  contemplating  a  visit  to 

the  East,  has  postponed  her  trip. 
KEELER. — Misses  Alice  Keeler  and  Jean  Boyd,  debutantes  of  the  winter, 
will  conclude  their  first  season  of  social  gayety  by  a  delightful  period 
of  rest  and  relaxation  at  the  date  ranch  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Starr 
Keeler  at  Cochella,  in  Inyo  County. 
PRESTON. — Mrs.  Edgar  Preston  will  leave  in  a  few  days  for  Pasadena, 
where  she  will  spend  several  weeks. 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


mm\is\  irui 


flNANCIAV 


Standard  Oil  Shows 
Big  Earnings  on  Stock 


Standard  Oil  of  California  made 
public  recently  its  balance  sheet  for 
the  calendar  year  1916,  which  con- 
tains superabundant  evidence  of 
prosperity  of   the  oil   industry.     The   balance 


the  wonderful 
sheet  follows: 

ASSETS 

Plant  account    $72,010,645.24 

Other  investments    99,369.36 

Inventories    26,166,271.87 

Accounts   receivable    8,031,708.44 

Deferred  charges  445,508.58 

Cash    2,646,755.47 

Total    $109,400,258.96 

LIABILITIES 

Capital   stock    $100,000,000.00 

Less  unissued   stock 25,470,016.91 

Issued  stock  $74,529,983.09 

Account  payable   3,837,951.98 

Stock  premium  account   250,000.00 

Surplus    30,782,323.89 


Total   

Earnings  for  year 
Less   depreciation 


$109,400,258.96 

21,263,520.02 

3,658,216.28 


Net  profit  $17,605,303.74 

SURPLUS  ACCOUNT 

Surplus,  January  1,   1916    $44,852,263.02 

Less  cash  dividend  paid $  6,831,915.13 

Stock  dividend   24,843,327.74        31,675,242.87 


Total $13,177,020.15 

Profit  for  year    17,605,303.74 


Surplus,  December  31,  1916 $30,782,323.89 

President  D.  G.  Schofield's  report  to  the  stockholders  em- 
bodies the  following  interesting  details : 

The  earnings  for  the  year  after  deducting  all  operating  and 
marketing  expenses  were  $21,263,520.02.  From  this  we  have 
written  off  for  depreciation  in  all  departments,  $3,658,216.28, 
leaving  the  net  profit  of  the  business  after  depreciation,  $17,- 
605,303.74,  or  about  16%  per  cent  on  the  capital  and  surplus 
as  of  December  31,  1916.  Cash  dividends  were  paid  to  the 
stockholders  during  the  year  at  the  rate  of  10  per  cent  per  an- 
num, amounting  on  the  issued  stock  to  $6,831,915.13,  and  a 
stock  dividend  of  $24,843,327.74,  and  there  has  been  carried 
to  surplus  account  $10,773,388.61,  leaving  the  surplus  account 
as  of  December  31,  1916,  $30,782,323.89. 


The  annual  report  to  the  stockholders  of  Califorina  Wine 

Association  shows  that  in  the  calendar  year  of  1916  the  cor- 
poration scored  net  earnings  of  $418,673.  There  have  been 
better  years,  notably  1913,  when  the  net  profits  were  $610,089, 
but  1916  compares  favorably  with  the  average  year.  After 
setting  aside  $85,575  for  preferred  stock  dividends,  there  has 
been  credited  to  surplus  $33,098,  making  the  total  surplus,  as  of 
January  1st,  $2,106,629;  capital  stock  outstanding  totals  $6,- 
180,460,  of  which  $1,426,260  is  preferred.  The  statement  shows 
that  in  1916  the  association  paid  total  Federal  taxes  of  $1,683,- 
110,  and  total  State  and  county  taxes  of  $108,456,  making  a 
grand  total  of  taxes  to  the  amount  of  $1,791,556. 


A  large  majority  of  stockholders  of  both  classes  have 

sent  proxies  to  Bethlehem  Steel  Company  directing  that  their 
votes  be  cast  in  favor  of  the  plan  to  increase  Bethlehem  Steel's 
capital  stock  from  $30,000,000  to  $75,000,000. 


Bernard  Faymonville,  engaged  for  nearly  forty  years  in 

the  local  field,  tendered  recently  to  the  board  of  directors  his 
resignation  as  president  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Com- 
pany. Faymonville,  whose  retirement  from  active  service  is 
deeply  regretted  by  his  associates,  was  moved  to  take  this  ac- 
tion by  reason  of  advancing  years,  and  need  of  rest  and  recu- 
peration. For  thirty-five  years  he  served  the  company  as  spe- 
cial agent,  assistant  secretary,  secretary,  vice-president  and 
president,  in  addition  to  four  years  as  local  agent.  "Many  of 
these  years  have  been  strenuous  and  turbulent  ones,  and  I  feel 
the  absolute  need  of  the  long  rest  which  my  physician  has  for 
several  years  urged  me  to  take,"  say  Faymonville. 


According  to  the  statistical  force  of  the  Standard  Oil 

Company  of  California,  the  January  production  of  crude  oil  in 
California  averaged  261,879  barrels  a  day,  while  the  daily  ship- 
ments averaged  293,364  barrels.  An  increase  in  production  of 
5,896  barrels  daily  over  December,  accompanied  by  a  daily  de- 
crease in  shipments  of  23,199  barrels,  brought  production  and 
shipment  figures  closer  together  than  they  have  been  since  July, 
1916,  the  decline  in  stocks  in  January  being  but  31,485  barrels 
daily,  compared  with  60,580  barrels  daily  in  December. 


Additional  information  concerning  the  farm  land  banks 

has  just  been  issued  by  the  U.  S.  Treasury  Department.  The 
date  of  opening  these  banks  has  not  yet  been  determined,  al- 
though it  is  expected  they  will  be  in  operation  within  twd 
months.  The  bonds  will  be  in  denominations  of  $25,  $50,  $100, 
$500  and  $1,000,  issued  in  coupon  form,  which  may  be  ex- 
changed for  registered  bonds.  The  term  will  probably  be  30 
years,  redeemable  after  five  years.  Interest  will  be  payable 
semi-  annually,  with  the  rate  not  more  than  5  per  cent  nor  less 
than  4  per  cent.  They  will  be  secured  by  the  pledge  of  an 
equal  amount  of  first  mortgages  on  cultivated  farms. 


January  failures  were  the  smallest  in  number  for  the 

period  since  1910,  and  the  lightest  in  amount  of  any  years  back 
to  1909.  As  reported  to  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  commercial  defaults 
last  month  numbered  1,540.  against  2,009  in  1916  and  2,848  in 
1915,  while  the  liabilities  were  $18,283,120,  as  compared  with 
$25,863,286  and  $49,640,575  respectively  in  the  two  immedi- 
ately preceding  years. 


She — Can  a  man  tell  when  a  woman  loves  him? 

He  can,  but  he  ought  not  to. — Yale  Record. 


He— 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET  916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 
430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Le&EMfeTAELE 


"Arts  and  Crafts." 

The  latest  volume  of  the  Studio,  John  Lane's  quarterly  illus- 
trated publication  devoted  to  artistic  matters,  is  "Arts  and 
Crafts,"  being  a  "review  of  the  work  executed  by  students  in 
the  leading  art  schools  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland."  Some  of 
the  schools  whose  work  is  represented  here  are  supported  by 
the  "rates" — or  by  taxation,  as  we  say  in  this  country.  Much 
interest  will  be  felt  in  the  examples  of  work  done  at  the  Bir- 
mingham municipal  school  of  art.  These  are  memory  drawings 
by  pupils  from  17  to  22  years  old. 

The  volume  is  filled  with  various  kinds  of  decorative  and  ap- 
plied art,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  an  opportunity  is  afforded  of 
judging  the  achievements  of  the  various  art  schools.  A  brief 
article  is  devoted  to  each  school.  The  American  reader  is  in- 
terested to  see  that  many  of  the  art  schools  have  a  close  con- 
nection with  the  principal  industry  of  the  region  in  which  they 
are  situated.  Thus,  North  London  is  a  center  of  piano  manufac- 
turing, and  the  Camden  school  of  art,  which  is  situated  there, 
gives  special  attention  to  the  requirements  of  this  trade.  The 
school,  however,  is  specially  noted  for  its  jewelry  and  silver- 
smiths' work.  Lambeth  has  for  more  than  one  century  been 
famous  for  its  marble  works,  and  at  the  South  London  techni- 
cal school  particular  attention  is  given  to  modeling  and  carving 
of  all  kinds.  In  Hoxton  furniture  is  an  important  product,  and 
the  Shoreditch  technical  institute  lays  stress  on  cabinetmaking 
and  its  allied  crafts.  In  fact,  this  school  was  established  by 
the  London  county  council  with  the  object  of  maintaining  a 
high  standard  of  skill  in  this  group  of  trades. 
.  John  Lane,  New  York. 

*  •  • 
"Open  That  Door." 

In  this  volume  the  writer  seeks  to  popularize  literature, 
which  is  the  door  in  question,  and  which  R.  Sturgis  Ingersoll 
represents  as  locked  to  the  stupidly  complacent  who  are  content 
because  they  "have  three  satisfactory  meals  a  day,  work  that 
is  not  too  arduous,  a  warm  bed  at  night."  Acquaintance  with 
literature,  on  the  other  hand,  brings  with  it  the  eager  interest 
in  life  which  the  small  boy  possesses  who  fancies  the  world  his 
own  pleasure  dome.  "No  man  can  read  the  journals  of  that 
mystic  Nature  lover,  Henry  David  Thoreau,  without  having  his 
next  trip  to  the  country  one  of  greater  pleasure  ...  No  man 
can  read  the  novels  of  some  great  gobbler  of  life,  such  as  the 
18th  Century  Tobias  Smollet,  without  finding  the  city  life  of 
our  20th  Century  more  human,  more  satisfying,  more  exciting." 

This  is  a  small  book — of  159  pages  and  nine  chapters : 
"Walled  In,"  "The  Open  Door,"  "Reading  Fiction  with  an  Eye 
on  Life,"  "History  of  Your  Vote,"  "Clio's  Vintage,"  "The  Poet 
and  the  Reader,"  "The  Children  of  Pan,"  "Men  Behind  Books," 
"Keeping  Up  With  Life."  The  style  throughout  is  informal, 
even  colloquial.    The  main  tenets  are  quite  indisputable. 

$1.00  net.    J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Company. 

•  *  * 

"Retrogression  and  Other  Poems." 

Defense  of  tradition  in  literature,  and  in  particular  defense 
of  the  poetic  art  against  slovenliness,  crabbedness,  vagueness 
and  other  modern  fashions  is  the  purpose  that  has  inpired  Wil- 
liam Watson's  "Retrogression  and  Other  Poems,"  in  which  we 
have  the  welcome  phenomenon  of  a  skillful  poet  attempting  lit- 
erary criticism  in  verse.  Not  always  does  he  attain  the  aphor- 
istic character  of  Pope,  and  not  often  the  sprightly  wit  and 
pungency  of  Lowell.  Moreover,  some  of  the  rhymed  epigrams 
seem  inspired  by  ill-nature,  with  the  malice  ill-concealed.  But, 
on  the  whole,  the  book  can  be  recommended  for  its  bracing 
effect.  In  "Retrogression,"  Mr.  Watson  tells  us  the  subject 
of  his  song.    It  is  to  rebuke  those  who  shun 

"The  comely  phrase,  the  well-born  word  and  use 
The  loose-lipped  lingo  of  the  street." 

$1.25  net.    John  Lane  &  Co.,  New  York. 


"How  We  Elected  Lincoln." 

Abraham  J.  Dittenhoefer,  the  author,  was  a  campaigner  for 
the  Republican  candidate  in  1860,  and  one  of  Lincoln's  electors 
in  1864.  Mr.  Dittenhoefer's  relations  with  Lincoln  were  ex- 
ceedingly close,  and  particularly  in  campaign  times  was  he 
brought  into  intimate  contact  with  him.  As  a  consequence  we 
are  permitted  a  view  of  Lincoln  which  has  not  been  emphasized 
by  other  writers.  Mr.  Dittenhoefer's  recollections  carry  us 
through  two  of  the  most  thrilling  Presidential  campaigns  which 
the  country  has  ever  witnessed,  but  more  than  this  the  remin- 
iscences extend  to  other  great  men  of  Civil  War  days.  It  is  a 
period  in  our  history  that  will  probably  never  be  rivaled  in  in- 
terest and  significance. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Cycle  of  Spring." 

The  first  book  by  Sir  Rabindranath  Tagore  since  his  visit  to 
this  country  is  to  be  published  February  7th.  It  is  a  play,  en- 
titled "The  Cycle  of  Spring."  This  play  was  recently  per- 
formed in  the  courtyard  of  the  author's  Calcutta  home,  by  the 
masters  and  boys  of  Tagore's  school  at  Bolpur.  The  success 
was  immense,  and  naturally,  for  the  spirit  of  the  play  is  the 
spirit  of  universal  youth,  filled  with  laughter  and  lyric  fervor, 
jest  and  pathos  and  resurgence.  It  will  be  found  to  be  a  wel- 
come addition  to  Mr.  Tagore's  popular  series  of  volumes. 

The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

A  twenty-four-hour  leave  from  the  trenches  and  in  Paris! 
This  is  the  theme  of  Paul  Geraldy's  little  book,  "The  War, 
Madame  ..."  announced  for  early  publication  by  the  Scrib- 
ners.  His  first  sensations  of  the  city,  his  bewilderment,  the 
effect  on  him  of  the  people's  attitude,  the  sudden  reminiscence 
of  his  old  associations  and  life — these  are  the  incidents  which 
show,  as  no  one  who  has  not  experienced  it  could  express,  the 
psychology  of  the  French  soldier  and  of  France  herself.  The 
book  is  translated  by  Warren  Barton  Blake. 

*  *  * 

The  sixth  printing  of  "With  Americans  of  Past  and  Pres- 
ent Days,"  by  J.  J.  Jusserand,  the  French  ambassador,  is  just 
off  the  Scribner  press. 


T.500  MILES 
GIMftAMTCED 

-       — FORD5IZES       - 

6,000  MILES  GVAR4NTOD  -  tMffiER  H2ES 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


stis*'    /+ 


SECTION 


ROAD  BUILDING  IN  U.  S.  TO 

ASSUME  HUGE    PROPORTIONS. 

Now  that  Uncle  Sam  has  definitely  set 
foith  what  the  government  will  do  in  the 
matter  of  road  building  during  the  next 
five  years,  it  is  certain  that  during  that 
period  the  United  States  will  be  the  scene 
of  the  greatest  highway  activity  any  na- 
tion has  ever  known. 

Uncle  Sam  has  agreed  to  spend  $85,- 
000,000  building  highways  in  the  several 
States,  providing  the  States  will  spend 
$75,000,000,  the  total  to  be  $160,000,000 
spent  for  roads  within  the  next  five  years. 
Of  its  $85,000,000,  the  government  will 
expend  $10,000,000  in  roads  in  forest  re- 
serves. That  the  Federal  proposition  ap- 
peals to  the  States,  and  thereby  presages 
the  nation's  greatest  highway  building 
era,  is  conclusively  shown  in  letters  from 
the  various  State  highway  departments 
to  the  American  Automobile  Association, 
published  in  the  February  issue  of  Am- 
erican Motorist.  While  all  the  States 
had  not  been  heard  from,  the  series  of 
letters  will  be  concluded  in  the  March 
issue. 

This  is  the  first  assembled  States'  ex- 
pressions of  their  plans  under  the  Fed- 
eral Aid  Road  Act,  and  it  shows  that  the 
majority  of  the  States  are  going  to  join 
heartily  with  Uncle  Sam  in  making  the 
nation  a  present  that  will  benefit  the  peo- 
ple in  either  times  of  war  or  times  of 
peace,  economically  or  from  a  pleasure- 
giving  viewpoint. 

&    K    ~S 
GOING  MOTOR-CAMPING? 

HERE'S  A  TIP  FOR  YOU. 

"The  greatest  mistake  the  embryo 
camper  can  make  is  to  pack  up  every- 
thing in  sight  for  use  'in  case  he  needs 
it.'  To  cart  along  a  whole  furniture  de- 
partment, throw  in  a  kitchen  and  linen 
store  for  good  measure,  and  finally  add 
the  most  important  materials  and  goods 
on  display  in  the  sporting  goods  stores, 
may  be  a  phase  of  thorough  'prepared- 
ness' but  it's  exceedingly  expensive,  trou- 
blesome and  unnecessary.  The  fewer 
the  things  you  cart  along  the  better  you 
will  enjoy  your  camping  trip;  the  fewer 
the  glasses  and  dishes  you  take,  the  less 
breakage  there  will  be.    In  fact,  unless 


you  have  so  far  succumbed  to  the  cor- 
rupting influence  of  modern  civilization 
that  you  can't  enjoy  a  meal  eaten  from 
tinware,  forget  the  glass  and  china  kind. 
Aluminum,  tin  and  paper  mache  are  just 
as  good,  just  as  hygienic  and  a  whole  lot 
more  convenient."  This  is  the  advice 
Theodore  von  Keler  gives  to  prospective 
motor  campers  in  a  story  entitled  "How 
to  Meet  the  Call  of  the  Open,"  which  ap- 
pears in  the  February  issue  of  American 
Motorist. 

Incorporated  in  the  article  is  much 
valuable  advice  to  those  motor  tourists 
who  expect  to  ramble  through  the  coun- 
try independent  of  hotels  and  their  high 
prices.  Among  other  things  this  writer 
says: 

"There's  a  world  of  difference  between 
what  you  need  and  what  you  can  use  on 
a  camping  trip.  For  instance,  it's  very 
nice  and  convenient  to  have  one  of  those 
latest  collapsible  gasoline-kerosene 
stoves  made  especially  for  motorist  camp- 
ers. However,  a  fire  built  from  brush  and 
dry  wood,  with  a  trench  or  stone  below, 
does  just  as  well;  and  if  you  take  pride 
in  living  the  'real'  camping  life,  use  the 
brush  and  wood." 

Mr.  von  Keler  concludes  with  this  ad- 
vice: 

"If  you  don't  know  how  to  build  a  fire, 
pitch  a  tent,  or  cook  a  meal,  don't  go  a- 
camping." 

5    T>    •& 

STANDARD  FOR  GASOLINE 

IS  DECIDED  BY  DETROIT. 

Detroit  probably  will  have  an  ordi- 
nance governing  the  quality  of  gasoline 
that  can  be  sold  in  the  city,  representa- 
tives of  oil  companies  and  a  number  of 
automobile  engineers  having  met  this 
week  and  approved  a  standard  specifica- 
tion. This  calls  for  a  fuel,  either  a  dis- 
tillate or  derived  from  heavier  oils  by  the 
cracking  process,  20  per  cent  of  which 
will  boil  at  220  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

This  was  the  specification  submitted 
by  the  automobile  men,  who  disapproved 
the  oil  companies'  suggestion  that  a  fuel 
16  per  cent  of  which  would  boil  at  212 
degrees  would  be  good  for  warm  weather. 
The  automobile  engineers  pointed  out 
that  this  would  not  be  as  good  in  cold 
weather,  and  the  higher  percentage  boil- 


ing at  the  higher  heat  was  taken  as  the 
best  all-year-round  fuel. 

The  automobile  engineers  present  at 
the  meeting  were  C.  C.  Hinckley,  Chal- 
mers; K.  W.  Zimmerscheid,  General  Mo- 
tors Co.;  Russell  Huff,  Dodge  Brothers; 
D.  McCall  White,  Cadillac;  J.  G.  Vincent, 
Packard;  Guido  Behn,  Hudson;  G.  Hol- 
ley,  Holley  Bros.,  and  W.  O.  Thomas, 
consulting  engineer.  The  oil  men  were 
A.  R.  Miller,  E.  D.  Johnson,  Standard  Oil 
of  Indiana;  J.  Rath,  Rath  Oil  Company; 
R.  L.  Francis,  Central  Oil  Co.  J.  C.  Mc- 
Cabe,  of  the  Detroit  Municipal  Safety 
Engineering  Department,  was  also  pres- 
ent. 

S     o-    5 
MILLIONAIRE  BANQUETS 

LOS  ANGELES  SPEED  COPS. 

William  Weightman,  III,  who  won 
third  place  in  the  1916  Vanderbilt  Cup 
race  at  Santa  Monica  and  is  reputed  to 
be  a  millionaire,  is  showing  activity 
while  wintering  in  Los  Angeles.  In  ad- 
dition to  securing  financial  control  of  a 
theatre,  he  is  keeping  to  the  fore  in  other 
ways.  A  few  nights  ago  he  banqueted 
eighteen  motorcycle  police  officers  in  re- 
turn, he  said,  for  courteous  treatment  ac- 
corded him  recently.  He  explained, 
when  arrested  for  speeding  on  the  county 
highway  that  he  had  a  very  important 
engagement  to  keep,  and  through  the  in- 
tercession of  the  officers  with  the  court 
he  was  let  off  with  the  minimum  instead 
of  maximum  fine,  as  the  speed  of  his  car 
would  have  warranted. 

5     5     & 
SHOW  PATRONS  STUDY 

LOCAL    SPEEDWAY   MAP. 

One  of  the  most  instructive  exhibits  at 
the  automobile  show  last  week  was  a 
large  painting  illustrating  the  new  motor 
car  speedway,  which  is  to  be  built  by  the 
California  Speedway  Association,  near 
San  Mateo,  showing  how  it  will  look 
when  completed.  Visitors  at  the  show, 
who  learned  for  the  first  time  that  San 
Francisco  is  to  be  provided  with  one  of 
the  most  modern  up-to-date  racing  speed- 
ways, were  enthusiastic  over  the  idea,  and 
stated  that  this  would  help  materially  in 
placing  this  city  on  the  motor  car  racing 
map. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Scene  in  Exposition  Auditorium  on  opening  night  of  Pacific  Automobile  Show.      Photo  was  taken  at  the  moment  "Old  Glory"  was  unfurled,  fol- 
lowing the  official  opening  address  by  Alfred   Reeves,  chairman  of  the  National    Automobile    Chamber   of   Commerce. 

Original  Motor  Creations  Make  Auto  Show  Gorgeous  Spectacle 


Individuality  in  Designs  Amid  a  Riot  of  Colors  Gives  Impetus  to  Carnival 
Spirit  That  Reigns  for  Nine  Days  in  Exposition  Auditorium 


San  Francisco's  first  automobile  show 
closed  last  Sunday  night,  enthusiasm  run- 
ning as  high  when  the  sirens  rent  the  air 
with  their  farewell  blasts  as  on  the  open- 
ing night  when  the  massive  American 
flag  was  unfurled  at  the  moment  Alfred 
Reeves,  chairman  of  the  National  Auto- 
mobile Chamber  of  Commerce,  officially 
declared  the  show  open. 

From  every  standpoint  the  show  was 
a  tremendous  success.  There  is  not  the 
slightest  doubt  about  that.  Enthusiasm 
from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  ex- 
position of  the  products  of  the  Eastern 
automobile  manufacturers,  creations  that 


(PHOTOS    BY    ARTHUR    SPAULDING    CO.) 

were  both  wonderful  and  beautiful,  ran 
high.  There  was  no  pause  whatever.  In- 
terest was  maintained  to  the  very  last. 
From  this  standpoint,  both  Eastern  visi- 
tors and  local  automobile  men  who  have 
regularly  attended  the  annual  big  Eastern 
events  declare  the  show  was  equal  to  and 
better  than  the  bigger  national  shows. 

Twice  before  the  News  Letter  has  com- 
mented at  length  on  the  success  of  the 
local  exhibition.  In  the  following  para- 
graphs will  be  found  a  brief  description 
of  the  leading  exhibits  and  the  individ- 
ual features  which  served  to  bring  out 
thousands  of  visitors  from  all  over  the 
State. 


APPERSON. 

The  leather-brown  chummy  roadster 
of  the  Apperson  Jackrabbit  type  created 
a  big  sensation  at  the  show.  The  Apper- 
son Company  also  displayed  a  seven- 
passenger  touring  car  with  wine  color 
trimmings,  a  most  striking  machine.  Both 
cars  are  classed  among  the  mid-winter 
series  of  the  company.  Six  and  eight 
cylinders  are  found  in  this  type,  and  both 
motors  are  equally  popular. 
B-    ?r    ■&- 

BUICK. 

It  is  a  far  cry  from  1905  to  1917,  and 
when  this  time  is  measured  in  the  im- 
provements made  in  motor  cars  it  be- 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


19 


comes  a  revelation.    Well,  the  Buick  ex- 
.t  the  recent  automobile  show  in  the 
:>rium  spanned  12  years.    Here  was 
shewn  the  first  Buick  sold  on  the  Pacific 
Coa=.t.     Its  owner  is  Dr.  A.  J.  Villain, 
who  purchased  the  car  from  C.  S.  H 
of  the  Howard  Auto  Company  in  1905. 
The  car  has  traveled  142,000  miles,  and 
ill  goinc  strong."    In    contrast    to 
this  "old  timer"   the   Buick  display   in- 
i  some  splendid  types — the  sedan, 
uring  car  with  victoria  top  and  tap- 
upholstering,  the     special     white 
.roadster,  the  4-cylinder  runabout,  the  4- 
cylinder  touring  car  and  a  charming  cab- 
riolet or  coupe  car.    The  open  chassis  of 
the  six-cylinder  cai  proved  interesting  to 
the  thousands  who  visited  the  Buick  ex- 
hibit. 

S     5     o- 
CADILLAC. 

One  of  the  largest  and  most  attractive 
displays  of  the  1917  type  of  touring  car 
was  found  in  the  Cadillac  exhibit.  Eight 
models  were  shown,  including  the  seven- 
passenger  touring,  which  proved  the  most 
popular,  the  four-passenger  phaeton, 
trimmed  in  pig-skin  brown,  the  nobby 
four-passenger  club  roadster,  the  stand- 
ard roadster,  the  landaulet,  the  brougham, 
the  victoria  and  the  limousine.  Every 
car  exhibited  was  a  regular  stock  model. 
Adding  to  the  charm  of  the  Cadillac  ex- 
hibit was  the  delightfully  appointed  tea 
room,  adjoining,  which  was  maintained 
by  the  Don  Lee  Company.  Here  milady 
and  her  escort,  after  viewing  the  superb 
display,  would  sit  and  discuss  the  strik- 
ing features  of  the  Cadillac  while  enjoy- 
ing a  cup  of  delicious  tea.  The  brougham 
model  was  completely  sold  out,  and  only 
five  of  the  victorias  remain  in  stock  in 
San  Francisco.  Such  is  the  popularity  of 
the  Cadillac. 

o-     o-     o- 
CHANDLER  SIX. 

Always  popular  with  the  motorists,  the 
Chandler  light  six  exhibit  was  one  of  the 
most  attractive  of  the  entire  main  show- 
room. The  Peacock  Motor  Sales  Com- 
pany had  dressed  up  in  their  finest  fea- 
thers a  four- passenger  roadster,  seven- 
passenger  touring  car,  and  a  four-passen- 
ger coupe.  The  roadster,  probably,  at- 
tracted most  of  the  attention.  It  was  fin- 
ished in  a  dull  ivory  white,  and  the  seat 
covers  and  cushions  were  all  covered  with 
red  plush,  held  in  place  by  light-colored 
pig-skin  beading.  All  metal  parts  of  the 
car  were  gold  plated.  The  touring  car 
was  finished  in  a  beautiful  ultramarine 
blue,  carried  a  victoria  top,  and  the  seat 
covers  and  cushions,  as  well  as  the  in- 
terior of  the  victoria  top,  were  lined  with 
tapestry  cloth  of  exceedingly  attractive 


Upper — Briscoe  and    KisselKar.      Center — Overland,   Simplex,   Moon,  and 
Owen  Magnetic.      Lower — Franklin  and  Pierce  Arrow. 


20 

design.  The  coupe  was  finished  in  a 
dark  grey.  Besides  these  cars  there  was 
an  open  touring  car.  A  cut-open  chassis 
occupied  the  center  of  the  exhibit  space, 
tf  B  Br 
CHALMERS. 

The  new  touring  sedan,  with  its  apple 
green  coloring  and  its  interior  decorative 
effects,  designed  by  Lady  Duff  Gordon, 
the  famous  arbiter  of  fashions,  was  eas- 
ily the  hit  of  the  Chalmers  Light  Six  ex- 
hibit. In  addition  to  the  sedan,  other 
models  displayed  included  the  canary- 
yellow  roadster,  the  royal  purple  town 
car,  the  seven-passenger  touring  car,  the 
Eve-passenger  touring  car,  and  the  strik- 
ing cobalt  blue  limousine.  Indicative  of 
the  popularity  of  the  Chalmers  Light  Six 
and  the  appeal  of  the  1917  models  is  the 
fact  that  every  car  on  display  but  one 
was  sold  the  first  five  days  of  the  exhibit, 
while  orders  for  many  others  were  taken. 
Br  S  Br 
CHEVROLET. 

The  Chevrolet  Motor  Car  Company, 
while  occupying  only  a  corner  of  the  main 
display  room,  had  a  path  made  to  it  by 
the  thousands  of  visitors  at  the  show. 
The  exhibit  included  a  five-passenger 
touring  car,  a  chassis  and  the  Chevrolet 
"scout"  car  which  recently  made  inter- 
esting history  in  a  remarkable  dash  from 
this  city  to  Carson  City,  Nevada,  over 
the  most  trying  obstacles  that  a  car  could 
possibly  be  pitted,  carrying  a  message 
from  Governor  Hiram  W.  Johnson  of 
California  to  the  chief  executive  of  the 
Sagebrush  State.  The  route  of  the 
"scout"  par  was  by  way  of  Bakersfield, 
Mojave,  thence  Westgard  pass  and  north 
through  Goldfield,  Tonopah  and  to  Car- 
son. Battle-scarred  and  covered  with  the 
mud  of  two  States,  this  sturdy  car  was 
the  object  of  unusual  interest.  The  para- 
phernalia which  the  two  young  men  used 
in  piloting  the  car  across  the  treacherous 
snow  fields  was  also  included  in  the  ex- 
hibit. 

S    S    B 

COLE  8. 

Proudly  exhibiting  the  silver  trophy 
offered  by  an  Oakland  newspaper  for  the 
best  high-gear  work  on  Mount  Diablo,  the 
Cole  8  display  attracted  more  than  ordi- 
nary attention.  Stock  models  only  were 
shown.  Of  these  two  models  the  four- 
passenger  roadster  excited  much  favor- 
able comment,  owing  to  the  roominess  of 
the  back  seat.  The  regular  standard 
seven-passenger  touring  car  was  the 
other  model  shown.  "We  found  that  the 
public  was  more  interested  in  these  two 
standard  types  of  motor  cars,"  said  the 
salesmen  in  charge  of  the  exhibit.    "The 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


Upper — Hupmobile  and   National.      Center — Oldsmobile.      Lower — Saxon. 


February  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


>s  of  the  auto  show  was  far  beyond 
ey  added. 
'     5 

FAGEOL. 

The  most  ur.usual  motor  car  ever  made 
in  the  country  is  the  Fageol.  which  was 
exhibited  for  the  first  time  at  the  Chi- 
cago show  and  during  the  recent  San 
Francisco  show.  This  twelve  thousand 
dollar  car  is  the  product  of  California,  be- 
ing manufactured  by  Frank  Fageol  and 
L.  H.  Bill  of  Oakland.  This  car  was  the 
sensation  of  the  Chicago  show,  and  at- 
tracted more  attention  than  any  other  car 
on  display  there.  One  of  the  chief  points 
of  interest  in  the  new  machine  is  the  fact 
that  it  is  the  first  motor  car  to  be  equipped 
with  the  famous  Hall-Scott  aeroplane 
motor.  This  motor  is  the  same  make  that 
is  in  use  by  America  and  foreign  govern- 
ments in  their  aeroplane  service.  It  is 
exceptionally  light,  and  is  rated  at  125 
horsepower,  with  a  speed  of  more  than 
100  miles  an  hour.  The  expensive  type 
of  motor  and  the  unusual  and  elaborate 
equipment  and  design  are  features  that 
attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  at  the 
Civic  Auditorium.  The  car  has  been  de- 
signed for  ultra  luxurious  service.  Every- 
thing about  the  machine  is  unique,  the 
sloping  radiator,  the  ivory  name  plate 
which  is  electric  lighted,  the  ivory  door 
handles,  mahogany  floor  boards,  new  type 
of  tire  holders,  and  in  fact  everything 
pertaining  to  the  machine  is  luxurious, 
a-  o-  5 
FRANKLIN. 

Six  models,  all  stock  cars,  comprised 
the  Franklin  exhibit.  As  was  general 
throughout  the  show,  the  Franklin  closed 
cars  proved  the  most  popular  among  the 
purchasers  and  prospective  car  owners. 
Light  cars  were  most  favored.  In  the 
Franklin  display  were  these  striking  mod- 
els :  the  four  passenger  roadster,  the  four- 
passenger  brougham,  the  touring  sedan, 
the  town  car,  the  limousine  and  the 
straight-out  touring  car.  "We  sold  every 
car  exhibited  and  took  orders;  for  as 
many  more,"  explained  the  salesman  in 
charge  the  closing  night  of  the  show. 
The  Franklin  display  in  the  west  wir.g  of 
the  building  was  largely  patronized  and 
attracted  much  favorable  comment. 
S~    ?r    W 

GRUSS  AIR  SPRING. 

Nearly  every  motorist  is  interested  in 
a  shock  absorber,  but  while  there  are 
scores  of  these  on  the  market,  it  has  been 
generally  recognized  that  the  type  that 
utilizes  the  air  cushion  is  the  most  effi- 
cient and  possesses  the  longest  life.  For 
this  reason  the  exhibit  of  the  Gruss  Air 
Spring  was  one  of  the  most  popular  ex- 
hibits hi  the  accessory  department.    For 


Upper — Fageol.      Center — Marmon-Buick.       Lower — Cadillac-Locomobile. 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


February  24,  1917 


the  purpose  of  showing  the  simplicity 
and  efficiency  of  this  particular  spring, 
the  exhibitors  had  on  display  a  cut-open 
spring.  Motor  car  owners  of  every  type 
of  machine  on  the  market  were  constantly 
gathered  around  this  display.  It  is  said 
that  the  Gruss  spring,  being  a  combina- 
tion of  vacuum  and  compressed  air,  abso- 
lutely prevents  all  rock  and  side  sway, 
one  of  the  objectionable  features  in  mo- 
toring which  most  springs  cannot  over- 
come. The  Gruss  system  is  so  simple  in 
its  construction  that  it  rarely  needs  atten- 
tion.   The  spring  carries  a  long  guarantee 

with  it. 

§     5     5 

HARROUN  AND  PREMIER. 

Ray  Harroun,  the  famous  racing  driver 
and  inventor  of  the  Harroun  touring  car, 
ran  away  with  the  only  Harroun  car  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  taking  the  same  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  was  delayed  by  im- 
portant business,  which  accounts  for  the 
fact  that  only  the  chassis  of  this  new- 
est of  American  built  cars  was  on  ex- 
hibit. Considerable  interest,  however, 
was  awakened  in  this  chassis,  which 
clearly  demonstrated  the  mechanical 
strength  of  the  Harroun  touring  car.  The 
Premier  touring  car  was  exhibited,  and 
excited  favorable  comment. 
o"  ■&'  S 
HAYNES. 

The  Haynes  display  was  among  the 
best  and  most  pretentious  on  the  floor 
of  the  Auditorium.  Perhaps  the  most 
striking  model  exhibited  was  the  Vic- 
toria Special,  trimmed  in  Brewster  green 
and  possessing  a  real  leather  top.  Then, 
too,  there  was  the  12-cylinder  touring 
car,  the  first  of  its  kind  ever  sent  to  the 
coast  by  the  Haynes  factory.  Both  these 
models  attracted  much  attention.  A  pol- 
ished chassis  and  a  display  of  Haynes 
parts  were  other  features  of  the  exhibit. 
Among  other  models  shown  were  a  four- 
passenger  clover-leaf  with  victoria  top, 
two  standard  road  cars  and  one  seven- 
passenger.  Victoria  tops  are  all  the  rage, 
and  the  Haynes  Company  has  made  a 
specialty  of  this  equipment, 
tf  o"  tf 
HUDSON  AND  DODGE. 

Twenty  sales  of  the  Super-Six,  a  dozen 
or  more  orders  for  the  Dodge  sedan  and 
roadster!  That  tells  the  story  of  the  ef- 
fectiveness of  the  exhibit  of  H.  O.  Harri- 
son Company  of  Hudsons  and  Dodges  in 
the  east  wing  of  the  Auditorium.  Interest 
in  the  exhibit  was  intensified  by  the  fact 
that  all  cars  displayed  were  regular  stock 
cars.  Models  shown  in  the  joint  display 
included  the  Hudson  six  sedan,  the  town 
car,  the  cabriolet,  the  special  Dodge 
touring,  the  Dodge  sedan,     the     Dodge 


Bros,  roadsters.  The  Dodge  cut-out  mo- 
tor, moving  pictures  and  the  Super-Six 
motor  on  a  revolving  stand  attracted  much 
favorable  attention.  The  crowds  that 
gathered  about  the  display  were  continu- 
ous from  the  day  the  auto  show  opened 
ur.til  10:30  Sunday  night,  when  the  lights 
were  turned  out  for  the  last  time, 
o"  Sr  S 
KISSEL-KAR  AND  BRISCOE. 

The  Pacific  KisselKar  branch,  the  ac- 
tivities of  which  extend  up  and  down  the 
entire  Pacific  Coast,  occupied  a  big  space 
just  under  the  great  municipal  organ,  and 
had  the  advantage  of  being  displayed 
against  a  background  of  bowers  of  euca- 
lyptus trees.  Interest  centered  in  this 
exhibit  much  of  the  time,  principally  on 
account  of  the  handsome  all-year  models 
of  the  KisselKar.  It  was  the  father  of  the 
KisselKar  that  invented  the  all-year  car 
— Geo.  A.  Kissel — the  car  that  preceded 
all  present-day  cars  that  combine  both  a 
closed  and  open  machine.  Three  of  these 
models  were  shown,  including  both  the 
sedan  and  coupe  types.  Then,  too,  there 
were  three  models  of  the  popular  Briscoe 
car  shown,  one  of  them  being  "dolled" 
up  in  zebra  stripes,  a  sort  of  cousin  of 
the  well  known  Briscoe  zebra  which  has 
been  kept  on  the  roads  of  California  for 
the  past  few  months  doing  "stunts"  and 
advertising  the  Pacific  Automobile  Show, 
b"  s  S" 
MARMON. 

"Class"  describes  most  accurately  the 
display  of  the  Marmon  which  was  located 
about  in  the  center  of  the  auditorium. 
Here  was  shown  the  powerful  7-passen- 
ger  special  touring  car  with  its  "one  man 
top,"  in  contra-distinction  to  the  popular 
Victoria  top;  the  4-passenger  club  road- 
ster, with  its  special  coloring  and  Span- 
ish leather  trimmings,  and  perhaps  the 
most  distinguished  looking  car  of  all — 
the  limousine,  with  its  Holbrook  body,  its 
upholstering  of  silk  and  velvet.  Then, 
too,  the  Marmon  display  included  a  wide 
variety  of  the  various  parts  of  this  fam- 
ous car  and  a  chassis  of  what  is  known  as 
the  "34"  model.  Five  orders  for  the  li- 
mousine, alone,  were  received,  while  the 
other  models  were  in  equally  strong  de- 
mand. 

S     o-     o- 
MITCHELL. 

Four  models  were  shown  in  the  Mit- 
chell exhibit.  The  big,  roomy,  long 
wheel-base  seven-passenger  touring  car 
was  especially  attractive.  Then  there 
were  the  sedan  with  its  clean-cut  lines,  its 
well  made  and  tastefully  arranged  uphol- 
stery and  trimmings,  the  roadster,  and 
that  charming  5-passenger  Junior  Mit- 
chell which  is  becoming  quite  popular. 


MOON  AND  ELGIN. 

The  introduction  of  these  two  cars  to 
the  Pacific  Coast  is  certainly  justified  if 
the  crowds  that  visited  the  exhibit  is 
taken  as  a  criterion  of  the  popularity  of 
the  models  displayed.  A  five  and  seven 
passenger  touring  car  were  shown  in  the 
Moon,  while  the  Elgin  was  displayed  in 
two  types — the  three-passenger  roadster 
and  the  five  passenger  touring  car.  Both 
cars  are  equipped  with  wire  wheels, 
which  have  become  so  popular  of  late 
among  motor  car  owners. 

o-    V.    o- 
NATIONAL  AND  HUPMOBILE. 

Beauty  and  comfort,  combined  with  the 
recognized  ability  of  the  cars  to  perform 
made  the  exhibit  of  the  Nationals  and 
Hupmobiles  one  of  the  most-talked-of 
displays  at  the  auto  show  just  closed. 

The  National  Highway  Six,  with  spe- 
cial semi-victoria  full  top,  including  dia- 
mond shape  plate  glass  windows,  English 
violet  plush  seat  covers  and  paint,  special 
boudoir  lanterns  and  dainty  little  cush- 
ions of  the  same  material  as  the  seats, 
tops  lined  with  the  same  material  as  the 
upholstery,  easily  put  this  car  forward  as 
the  richest  in  beauty  in  the  whole  show. 
Then  there  was  the  National  Highway 
touring  sedan  car  with  the  Springfield 
convertible  body. 

Equal  distinction  was  shown  in  the 
Hupmobile  models.  The  Model  N  tour- 
ing car  was  painted  a  royal  blue  trimmed 
with  gold  stripes  and  carrying  imported 
gray  Spanish  leather  top,  plate  glass  win- 
dows, upholstered  throughout  with  im- 
ported tapestry. 

o-o-o- 

OWEN  MAGNETIC. 

The  Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company, 
which  displayed  two  models  of  this  un- 
usual car,  one  a  seven  passenger  touring 
and  the  other  a  seven-passenger  limou- 
sine, attracted  considerable  attention  and 
demanded  extensive  explanation  of  the 
principles  of  the  magnetically  driven  car. 
The  great  interest  which  was  at  all  times 
manifested  in  this  display  was  further 
heightened  during  the  period  of  the  show, 
as  a  few  days  before  the  opening  night 
an  Owen  Magnetic  car  had  been  sent  over 
the  steep  Fillmore  street  blocks,  driver- 
less  and  passengerless,  and  at  a  speed 
less  than  two  miles  per  hour.  During 
the  week  many  persons  questioned  that 
any  car  could  make  such  a  demonstra- 
tion, so  the  Magnetic  Motor  Car  Com- 
pany advertised  a  public  demonstration. 
Eight  hundred  persons  witnessed  the  per- 
formance. The  car  traveled  up  the  steep 
inclines  at  a  speed  of  less  than  one  mile 
per  hour,  which  set  at  rest  all  doubts. 


February  24,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


23 


OLDSMOBILE. 

An  improved  motor  assembly,  entirely 
new  body  designs,  new  lines — these  are 
the  distinguishing  marks  of  the  latest 
Oldsmobile  as  displayed  at  the  Auditor- 
ium. The  result  of  these  improvements 
was  the  sale  of  more  cars  than  the  com- 
pany can  make  delivery  of,  within  the 
next  few  months,  according  to  salesmen 
in  charge  of  the  display.  An  olds  chassis 
showing  the  counter-balance  and  other 
mechanical  improvements  of  the  new 
model  45,  seven-passenger  touring  car 
was  a  feature  of  the  exhibit. 

Perhaps  the  most  interesting  thing  in 
the  Olds  display,  however,  was  the  ma- 
chine guns  which  were  exhibited  for  the 
purpose  of  stirring  up  interest  in  automo- 
bile reserve  corps.  The  local  manage- 
ment of  the  Oldsmobile  is  patriotically 
interested  in  building  up  the  reserve,  and 
has  taken  the  lead  in  organizing  the  au- 
tomobile reserve  corps. 
8  o-  S 
PAIGE. 

The  Brooklyn  four-seated  convertible 
roadster  trimmed  in  yellow  and  blue,  ex- 
cellently upholstered,  and  possessing  two 
tops — a  single  and  a  double — was  the 
most-talked  of  model  exhibited  by  the 
Paige  Company.  This  car  possesses  a 
horsepower  of  SO,  and  is  one  of  the 
classiest  cars  brought  to  the  coast  in 
many  a  day.  Other  Paige  types  that  at- 
tracted much  attention  were  Model  51, 
sedan,  painted  a  hazel  brown  and  carry- 
ing a  pointed  windshield  as  its  most  dis- 
tinguishing equipment;  the  seven-passen- 
ger Stratford  touring  car,  painted  a  dark 
blue:  and  the  Linwood  five-passenger 
touring  car,  trimmed  in  dark  green.  Over 
thirteen  cars  were  sold  and  delivered  dur- 


ing the  exhibit  and  many  more  orders 
were  taken. 

V    V    V 

ON. 

These  sturdy  little  cars  made  a  big  hit 
at  the  auto  show.  The  Du  Broy  Motor 
Company  displayed  numerous  models, 
including  the  clover-leaf,  the  sedan,  the 
roadster,  together  with  an  open  chassis. 
Soft  colors  predominated — tan  and  gray 
being  the  most  popular.  Both  four  and 
six-cylinder  cars  were  shown.  Many  or- 
ders were  written  on  the  floor,  and  many 
more  will  be  filled  out  within  the  next 
few  days  as  a  direct  result  of  the  display, 
according  to  salesmen  in  charge  of  the 
exhibit.  The  Saxon  has  come  to  stay  in 
California,  and  is  proving  more  popular 
every  day.  if  the  crowds  that  gathered 
about  their  display  in  the  Auditorium  can 
be  taken  as  a  measure  of  popularity. 
&  o-  *■&- 
WINTON. 

Always  classy,  always  showy,  the  Win- 
ton  cars  exhibited  in  the  auditorium  were 
exceptionally  attractive.  There  was  the 
full  7-passenger  touring  car  introducing 
the  new  mountain  gray  color — a  color 
never  before  shown  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Another  splendid  model  was  the  Bruns- 
wick green  illuminum  body  limousine 
with  imported  trimmings.  Here,  too,  was 
found  the  full  7-passenger  touring  car 
with  vestibule  seats  and  beaver  brown 
enamel,  a  striking  model.  Storms  having 
delayed  the  48  horsepower  models,  those 
shown  during  the  exhibit  were  of  33 
horsepower,  but  were  exact  duplicates  in 
lines  and  colorings  of  the  higher  power 
machines  which  were  held  up  by  the 
snows.  "We've  sold  more  cars  than  we 
can  deliver  within  the  next  two  months," 


declared  T.  A.  Skinner,  manager  of  the 
Northern  California  distributing  forces 
of  the  Winton.  "We're  immensely  pleased 
with  the  success  of  the  show." 

S    S     5 
GOODRICH  OFFERS  WORK 

TO  ALL  JOBLESS  SOLDIERS. 

Akron  soldiers  who  enlisted  and  went 
to  the  border  have  been  offered  positions 
by  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Co.,  Akron,  O.,  in 
case  they  find  their  places  in  business 
houses  filled  on  their  return  home.  This 
offer  is  in  pursuance  of  the  policy  of  the 
company  to  encourage  national  military 
training,  and  the  operating  committee  of 
the  company  states  that  the  factory  can 
take  care  of  all  the  soldiers  from  Akron 
who  are  able  to  qualify  physically.  The 
helping  spirit  of  the  company  is  further 
shown  by  the  fact  that  when  military 
camps  were  announced  early  last  year, 
Goodrich  employees  were  allowed  leave 
of  absence  for  four  weeks'  stay  on  full 
pay.  When  the  troops  were  called  to  the 
border,  Goodrich  men  who  were  enlisted 
were  told  that  those  with  dependents 
would  be  allowed  two-thirds  of  their 
regular  monthly  pay  while  absent,  and 
unmarried  men  would  be  given  one-half 
pay,  and  their  positions  kept  open  for 
them. 

8    8    8 

COCHRAN  MANAGES  GMC 

ON  THE  COAST. 

W.  B.  Cochran  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  the  San  Francisco  branch  of 
the  General  Motors  Truck  Co.,  Pontiac, 
Mich.,  and  will  have  charge  of  the  Cali- 
fornia and  Nevada  territory.  He  has  had 
considerable  experience  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  where  he  has  handled  both  the 
Haynes  and  Cole  cars  in  a  big  way. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tire* 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PEDAL 
NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES  MFG.  CO. 

2187  Woolworlh  Bldg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 

Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT.) 
The  New*  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  wall  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  gulda: 


PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— Just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automoblls 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


Briscoe  Zebra  in   Bear  Valley  of  San   Bernardino  Mountains. 


BR1SCO  "ZEBRA"  BLAZES 

TRAIL  TO  BEAR  VALLEY. 

Carrying  a  crew  of  four  men  and  a  to- 
tal weight  of  1,250  pounds,  the  zebra- 
striped  Briscoe  touring  car,  known  up 
and  down  the  Pacific  Coast  on  account  of 
its  very  unconventional  "dress,"  has 
earned  the  distinction  of  being  the  first 
car  to  reach  the  popular  Bear  Valley  re- 
sort in  the  San  Bernardino  Mountains. 
On  the  night  of  January  13th,  the  car  ar- 
rived at  a  point  within  200  yards  of  Pine 
Knot,  after  a  gruelling  all  day  battle  with 
snow  and  ice. 

Previous  attempts  to  push  a  car  as  far 
as  the  resort  had  failed,  and  until  the  "ze- 
bra" went  in  the  farthest  point  reached 
by  any  automobile  was  distant  about 
three  miles  from  the  camp.  Three  cars 
had  been  abandoned  and  of  this  number 
two  had  been  dug  out.  One  which  got  no 
farther  than  half  way  up  the  Johnson 
grade  remained  where  it  was  left,  cov- 
ered with  canvas. 


C.A.HAWKINS  HERE 

WITH  FARM  TRACTOR. 

An  announcement  of  interest  to  auto- 
mobilists  in  California  has  just  been 
made  to  the  effect  that  C.  A.  Hawkins, 
one  of  the  pioneer  automobile  men  of  the 
Pacific  Coast,  has  re-entered  the  motor 
industry  as  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Cleveland  Motor  Car 
Company,  manufacturers  of  a  new  type 
of  farm  tractor. 

This  machine  is  in  the  popular  priced 
class,  and  is  built  along  the  lines  similar 
to  the  famous  "British  tanks,"  laying  its 
own  tracks  and  being  able  to  travel  over 
any  kind  of  ground. 

The  tractor,  which  is  the  result  of  sev- 
eral years  of  study  and  experimental 
work  by  White  and  Hawkins,  embodies  a 
great  many  new  ideas  in  the  farm  tractor 
business.  One  of  the  principal  features 
of  the  new  machine  is  its  ease  of  opera- 
tion. It  is  steered  by  the  power  of  the 
engine,  the  wheel  being  used  merely  to 


C.    A.     Hawkins    at 

wheel    of   Cleveland 

Motor  Tractor 


February  24,  1917 

indicate  the  direction  which  it  is  desired 
to  turn. 

Hawkins,  who  is  at  present  in  San 
Francisco,  is  making  his  headquarters  in 
the  Merchants'  National  Bank  building, 
and  while  here  will  make  arrangements  to 
close  the  Western  territory  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  these  tractors, 
o     o"     o" 

There  are  many  garages  in  town, 

and  the  motorist  is  often  in  a  quandary 
as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  perma- 
nent service.  There  are  very  few  who 
give  you  the  quality  of  service  of  Dow 
&  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Far- 
rell  and  Geary.  Here  your  car  will  re- 
ceive something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 


TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

SI  5.00 

Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

(Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST. 

Direct  Factory  Representative  for  Denver,  Colo,  and  West  United  States 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROCHESTER,  NEW  YORK 
San  Francisco         Chicago         Boston         New  York         Detroit 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand   &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


Devoted   to   the    Leading    Interests  of  California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  3,  1917 


NO.  9 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER i»  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kcamy  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office.. -George  Street  fie  Company.  30  Cornhill,  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
ofice  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)— I  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50:  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 

The  House,  Congress,  splits  on  a  dry  bill — naturally. 

Ten  thousand  attended  the  recent  police  ball,  and  not 

one  arrest  was  made. 

Parliamentary  Lords  will  admit  women  to  the  bar,  but 

not  on  drinking  days. 

Providence  was  in  an  ironic  mood  when  it  selected  Eas- 
ter to  introduce  the  new  spring  hats  for  women. 

The  desperate  U-boat  campaign  appears  to  be  solving 

Germany's  defense  problem  in  boomerang  fashion. 

"The  food  stuff  situation  is  exaggerated,"  states  a  reli- 
able New  York  paper.    True,  but  it's  the  price  that  pinches. 

- — The  food  jag  is  the  latest;  introduced  by  A.  Bedamned 
Food-Trust,  a  well  known  boulevardier  on  the  National  Pike. 

It  is  conceded  on  all  sides  that  money,  men  and  muni- 
tions are  required  to  end  the  European  war.    Roosevelt !    Help ! 

On  account  of  the  shortage  of  rubber  in  Berlin,  motor 

cars  there  are  now  equipped  with  rubber  necked  prisoners  of 
war. 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Chapin  declares  she  prefers  death  to  being 

a  wife.     Alas!     She  never  saw  "Sconchin"  Maloney  die  in 
"Hamlet." 

A  Centerville  judge  prescribed  a  $10  fine  for  a  bad  cold 

complained  of  by  an  old  offender.     He  stopped  an  epidemic 
in  the  dock. 

Since  the  Ford  Billion  Dollar  Cruise  to  the  Hague,  ef- 
forts for  Peace  are  now  justly  recognized  as  being  more  peril- 
ous than  war. 

It  is  significant  of  the  war  situation  that  the  entente 

rations  are  the  only  ones  that  are  not  frothing  over  acceptable 
peace  proposals. 

Hands  to  heaven,  everybody,  in  thankful  prayer.     So 

far,  Hearst  has  riotously  prevented  the  devilish  Japs  from  in- 
vading America ! 

The  naked  woman  caught  on  an  Oakland  street,  one 

night,  is  suspected  of  introducing  the  newest  ultra  mode  in 
shrinking  fashions. 

Senator  Cummins  fears  the  death  of  free  speech  in  this 

country.  Forget  it,  Brother  Cummins,  the  suffrage  clubs  haven't 
begun  to  speed  up  yet. 

It's  a  cinch  that  Senator  Johnson  will  not  leave  Califor- 
nia for  Washington  till  his  political  machine  is  guaranteed  as 
the  real  thing  in  "Gazook." 


An  old  subscriber  complains  that  passing  civilization  is 

a  failure.  It's  a  cinch  he  didn't  get  his  information  from  the 
Market  street  traffic  squad. 

Man  paid  $200  for  sleeping  in  a  saloon,  this  week,  and 

the  pickpocket  got  off  with  a  fine  of  $20.  Bradstreet  is  right : 
local  business  is  improving. 

Four  changes  in  handling  court  laws  are  being  urged: 

more  judges,  higher  salaries,  longer  continuances  and  more 
judicious  newspaper  notoriety. 

"We   are  certainly  displacing  the  horse,"  grinned  the 

speeding  automobile,  as  it  cleverly  bowled  over  an  equine  and 
continued  its  bravura  course. 

The  movie  spirit  of  battle  is  assuredly  in  the  air:  Ken- 
tucky distillers  have  offered  their  plants  to  Uncle  Sam  should 
war  break  out  with  Germany. 

A  wayward  wife  is  reported  to  have  gone  home  with  her 

husband.  A  commendable  improvement  on  going  home  with 
some  other  woman's  husband. 

The  usual  charge  against  a  local  beautiful  and  dashing 

young  widow  in  court  was  promptly  dropped  on  her  truly  femi- 
nine defense.    She  couldn't  help  it. 

Gent's  clothes  will  fit  more  snugly  around  the  waist,  this 

spring.  Thus  does  even  Imperial  Fashion  render  service  and 
homage  to  the  Arch  Fiend,  High  Cost  of  Living. 

Enrique   Goldbaum  Hisrcheimer,   a  reputed  major  in 

Villa's  "army,"  is  held  at  the  border  suspected  of  being  a 
Mexican  spy.  His  name  proclaims  his  innocence. 

-Here's  a  new  one.    Burglars  leave  a  note  saying  they 

stole  the  goods  to  raise  funds  for  the  Mooney  defense  fund.  It 
proved  a  bloomer  when  Fickert  met  the  situation. 

Reverend  Paul   Smith  is  now  planning  a  tour  of  the 

State.  If  this' busybody  keeps  going  southward  he  will  eventu- 
ally reach  Hades,  where  there's  a  fine  job  awaiting  him  in  the 
red  inferno. 

Girl  cadets  are  favored  by  our  adjutant-general.    Great 

idea !  and  capital  bait  to  lure  male  volunteers.  Suffragists  have 
already  proposed  to  make  the  adjutant  a  generalissimo  at  the 
next  election. 

The  best  story,  this  week,  cabled  by  our  special  corre- 
spondent at  the  front  (office)  covers  the  yellow  tale  of  a  soldier 
who  swallowed  his  false  teeth.  They  ate  their  way  out  and  the 
day  was  saved. 

What  is  money?  asks  a  contemporary.     Write  to  the 

man  that  is  turning  out  the  billion  dollar  loans  in  Europe,  or 
any  local  real  estate  dealer.  Both  have  been  gunning  for  eagles 
during  a  long  period. 

A  weeping  wife,  this  week,  tried  to  get  a  divorce  on  the 

ground  that  hubby  had  dragged  her  by  the  hair.  He  proved 
she  wore  a  wig.  Worst  of  all,  she  had  to  take  it  off  in  court. 
Thus  are  the  thoughtless  shorn  of  their  thatch. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Sabotage  in 
Local  Daily. 


If  anything,  California  is  original 
in  the  organization  line,  as  was  il- 
lustrated, this  week,  in  the  editorial 
rooms  of  one  of  the  morning  papers. 
The  city  editor,  who  was  trying  to  win  the  favor  of  his  employ- 
ers, after  a  plan  of  his  own,  by  persistently  paring  the  salaries 
of  his  staff  and  insidiously  shoving  more  work  on  them  by  edg- 
ing in  little  pieces  of  work  "that  you  can  easily  pick  up  on  your 
rounds,"  was  given  a  dose  of  concerted  syndicalism  and  some 
delightful  little  wallops  of  complimentary  sabotage.  Through 
concerted  action  of  "missing"  the  leading  local  stories  of  the 
day  and  "failing"  to  get  the  inside  dope  on  their  assignments, 
the  reporter';  made  the  daily  issue  of  their  paper  look  dead  and 
worm  eaten  beside  its  contemporaries.  The  columns  were  filled 
with  rehashes  where  live  news  beats  should  have  hit  the  eyes 
of  surprised  and  interested  readers.  Within  a  few  days  the 
paper  became  so  rotten  in  this  respect  that  the"  publisher  de- 
manded an  explanation.    The  city  editor  was  promptly  fired. 

No  better  illustration  of  what  newspaper  reporters  can  do 
when  properly  organized  has  been  given  in  the  West.  It  is  an 
eye-opener  worth  tabulating  and 
held  for  emergency.  Organiza- 
tion is  now  the  prevailing  note 
throughout  the  world.  The  sev- 
eral classes  of  writing  folk  of  the 
country  have  held  off  from  the 
idea  of  organization,  but  num- 
bers of  high  priced  authors  in  the 
East  are  rapidly  being  converted 
to  the  idea  in  order  to  protect 
themselves  against  the  rapacity 
of  certain  publishers.  In  the 
theatrical  arena  many  prominent 
actors  are  working  along  like 
lines  of  industrial  liberty  through 
an  organization  known  as  the 
White  Rats.  Organization  is  now 
the  prevailing  note  throughout 
the  world.  They  that  fail  to 
make  use  of  its  timely  warning 
lag  irretrievably  by  the  wayside. 
Individuals  in  the  newspaper 
calling  should  heed  what  authors 
and  players  are  doing,  and  duly 
consider  what  was  recently  ac- 
complished by  the  valiant  staff 
in  the  editorial  rooms  of  the  local 
morning  paper. 


Cinching  the 
Food  Problem. 


38" 


THE  FREEDOM 

— Donahey 


Foreigners  Fomenting 
Troubles  in  Cuba. 

The  United  States  is  now  in  the  side-wash  of  the  imbroiled 
European  nations,  and  torpedo  explosions  are  not  the  only  irri- 
tating uncertainty.  The  same  power  which  continues  to  foment 
banditti  war  in  Mexico  is  now  stirring  up  insurrection  in  Cuba, 
in  order  to  discredit,  if  possible,  the  Administration  at  Wash- 
ington. This  situation  has  been  readily  brought  about  by  out- 
side connivance,  as  the  two  political  parties  there  are  almost 
evenly  divided,  and  outside  parties  with  ample  funds  can  read- 
ily create  a  demoralizing  political  situation;  such,  in  fact,  is 
now  being  maintained.  Uncle  Sam  taught  the  little  republic  to 
toddle  from  May,  1901,  to  1909.  From  the  latter  date  to  1912 
a  Liberal  and  then  a  Conservative  native  government  were  in 
control.  The  Conservatives  continued  to  1914,  and  then  ran 
on  the  shoals  through  charges  of  misappropriation  of  public 
funds  made  against  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  Other 
scandals  followed.  The  campaign  of  November,  1916,  was 
lively  and  close.  The  fireworks  of  Cuban  threats  and  Cuban 
temperament  shot  so  high  at  one  period  that  Uncle  Sam  was 
compelled  to  intervene  for  a  second  time.  The  sinister  inter- 
ference of  an  outside  nation  in  fomenting  trouble  has  naturally 
extended  the  zone  of  irritation  and  created  added  complications. 
The  result  is  that  Congress  is  considering  several  solutions  of 
the  problem.  Of  this,  Cuba  has  been  warned.  One  is  a  sug- 
gestion that  Cuba,  Porto  Rica  and  the  newly  acquired  Danish 


West  Indies  be  linked  in  one  provisional  government  in  order 
to  better  deal  with  conspirators  and  intriguers  endeavoring  to 
embarrass  the  United  States  government. 

38" 

No  one  questions  that  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, as  well  as  in  all  the  large  sup- 
ply cities  of  the  union,  that  commis- 
sion men  and  the  owners  of  large 
storage  plants  are  twisting  every  wheel  in  their  system  of  man- 
agement to  keep  the  high  cost  of  provisions  juggling  in  the  air. 
The  war  period  furnishes  them  extraordinary  chances  to  accu- 
mulate huge  fortunes,  and  they  are  only  human.  The  house- 
keepers of  the  country  are  entitled  to  some  consideration,  and 
a  truthful  explanation  of  the  inside  reasons  why  the  price  of 
food  has  doubled,  tripled  and  in  some  instances  continues  to 
climb  skyward  without  prospects  of  stopping.  This  juggling 
of  prices  isfollowed  by  juggling  explanations  which  no  house- 
holder credits.  The  newspaper  publishers  of  the  country  have 
been  influential  enough  to  prevail  upon  President  Wilson  to 
make  the  manufacturers'  "combine"  of  pulp  paper  come  to 

terms,  after  robbing  the  publish- 
ers out  of  $45,000,000  a  year.  The 
price  of  pulp  paper  will  hereafter 
be  fixed  by  a  government  com- 
mission. If  this  looting,  stuffed 
trust  of  highwaymen  can  be 
yanked  to  the  snubbing  post  and 
forced  to  yield  concessions,  so 
can  others  of  their  ilk. 

As  a  local  inquisition  along 
this  line,  Supervisor  Edward  I. 
Nolan's  resolution  to  assess  at 
market  prices  all  foods  held  in 
the  city's  cold  storage  plants  is 
an  excellent  drill  to  uncover  the 
local  lay  in  food  stuffs.  Of 
course  there  will  be  a  lively 
scramble  among  the  food  trust 
banditti  to  conceal  their  accumu- 
lated supplies,  as  was  done  in 
the  Eastern  belt  of  States  around 
New  York  when  a  like  inquiry 
was  made  there,  but  even  under 
the  rotten  condition  politically 
here  some  malefactor  may  be 
caught.  One  cold  storage  plant 
has  150  carloads  of  potatoes  on 
hand;  another  plant  has  15  car- 
of  the  seas?"  loads  of  onions.     The  egg  hold- 

in  the  Cleveland  I'lzri  Dealer        ings,  on  account  of  the  closing 

season,  are  now  fairly  well 
cleaned  up  at  fancy  figures.  So  successful  was  the  combine 
that  it  organized  a  new  trust,  the  tightest  ever,  ready  to  do  the 
squeezing  next  season.  The  meat  trust,  holding  the  coast  in  its 
clutch,  is  lordly  taking  the  old  Vanderbilt  stand,  "The  public 
be  damned,"  and  squeezing  will  continue  till  buyers  organize. 
Householders  in  Europe  have  been  organizing  in  this  direction 
for  some  time  past,  and  have  developed  an  economic  system 
amazingly  successful,  especially  in  Germany,  France,  England 
and  Scotland.  This  is  a  new  and  awkward  problem  to  the  older 
Californians  where,  only  a  few  years  ago,  food  products  were 
extraordinarily  abundant  and  so  cheap  as  to  be  comparatively 
negligible  in  household  expenses.  Now  the  shoe  is  pinching 
with  the  rest  of  the  world,  and  the  goose  is  in  the  storage  plant 
accumulating  golden  interest  on  its  price,  instead  of  hanging 
high. 


- — —During  the  important  national  defense  conference  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  the  question  naturally  came  up :  "Is  Los 
Angeles  worth  defending?"  The  general  staff  polled  an  em- 
phatic "No,"  on  the  score  that  the  2,000,000  men  on  the  western 
defense  line  would  be  inadequate  to  cover  her  southeastern 
limit  line  in  the  yet  unexplored  wilderness. 


March  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN     CRIER 

God  bless  that  Jolly,  junketing  crew  of  pirate  supervis- 
ors who  voted  themselves  $2,500  to  go  skylarking  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  on  the  palavering  piddle  that  they  could  influence  the 
Kaiser,  the  nearest  barkeeper  or  the  man  in  the  moon  to  influ- 
ence the  Congressional  committee  to  favor  San  Francisco  as 
the  site  for  the  new  naval  station  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  There 
is  an  understanding  among  the  bay  cities  that  they  shall  not 
meddle  or  use  any  influence  in  this  matter.  By  no  means  could 
they  influence  the  committee.  But  these  daring,  frolicking,  in- 
genius  and  bedeviling  supervisors  play  this  spoofy  game  as  if 
it  was  the  real  thing.  They  know,  as  well  as  they  know  the 
local  political  game,  that  they  have  just  as  much  chance  on 
their  own  initiative  of  bringing  the  site  to  San  Francisco  as  they 
have  of  bringing  back  the  Washington  monument  on  their 
shoulders.  This  joyous,  canny  bunch  is  playing  the  50-50  game. 
If  the  site  decision  falls  to  San  Francisco  they  will  rip  the  heav- 
ens with  their  roar  of  victory  and  the  claim  of  credit.  If  the 
site  falls  to  the  other  side  of  the  bay,  they'll  shake  their  heads 
gloomily  and  hand  out  doleful  dope  of  how  Wilson  double- 
crossed  them  just  as  they  were  picking  up  the  site  to  send  home 
by  parcel  post.  At  the  worst,  they'll  return  with  Munchausen 
tales  of  the  super-royal  times  they  had.  Should  San  Francisco 
win,  their  elastic  nerve  will  promptly  put  in  claims  for  several 
thousand  dollars  for  extra  disbursements  in  floating  Wilson's 
leg  under  the  supper  table.  This  is  no  joke.  If  the  right  bunch 
in  the  board  agrees,  they'll  vote  it  to  themselves.  They're 
dandy  good  players  in  the  game,  good  spenders  and  good  pro- 
viders, as  long  as  the  office  holds.  "Happy  days"  is  their  cho- 
rus, and  happy  days  it  is  so  long  as  the  taxpayers  foot  the  bills. 

-On  what  authority  does  this  assuming  Police  Judge  Op- 


penheimer  take  the  position  to  permit  Rev.  P.  Smith  to  pro- 
nounce sentences  of  the  women  of  the  redlight  district  which 
the  court  has  declared  guilty?  Here  is  a  new  Dogberry  play- 
ing political  ducks  and  drakes  with  a  branch  of  the  local  judi- 
ciary that  has  already  attracted  some  very  needful  propping 
from  time  to  time  by  an  exasperated  public.  The  recall  not 
long  ago  of  one  of  these  judges  and  the  public  reprimands  given 
others  has  apparently  been  overlooked.  With  a  sob  sister 
choir  attending  to  the  newspaper  copy,  Rev.  P.  Smith  in  the  part 
of  Pilate,  and  a  publicity  crew  to  photograph  all  the  smiling 
principals,  the  scenario  would  make  a  hot  political  extrava- 
ganza. If  Judge  Oppenheimer  desires  to  get  aboard  of  the 
reverend  pastor's  band  wagon  for  political  purposes,  let  him  do 
so  as  a  private  citizen.  Rev.  P.  Smith  is  himself  responsible 
for  the  present  chaotic  police  situation  in  this  disgraceful  affair. 
Without  thinking  of  the  consequences,  he  drove  1,200  of  these 
women  into  the  streets  without  making  any  provision  for  their 
future.  And  now  this  titular  slum  cleaner  is  invited  into  court 
to  sentence  those  he  unwarrantedly  drove  into  prison.  The 
Devil  himself  must  have  framed  up  this  indecent  exposure  of 
perverted  witlessness  on  the  part  of  little  Paul.  His  brand  of 
Christian  spirit  should  be  capitalized  as  well  as  patented.  With 
his  kind  in  the  pulpits,  no  wonder  the  Protestant  religion  is 
rolling  down  the  toboggan,  according  to  recent  statistics. 

This  little  tale  explains  the  flush  pocketbook  of  a  gay 

young  sport  of  good  family  in  the  Presidio  district  and  a  figure 
in  the  card  room  of  a  prominent  local  game.  Not  long  ago  his 
puritanical  parent  intimated  bluntly  that  he  was  not  to  be 
"touched"  again,  and  various  pleadings  had  been  left  unan- 
swered. Now  it  happened  that  the  wealthy  Property  Parent, 
like  many  other  rich  psalm-singers,  owned  certain  local  red- 
light  house  property,  and  some  of  the  flats  on  his  list  were  no- 
toriously frequented  by  ladies  of  elastic  virtue.  But  the  money 
was  good  enough  to  stifle  scruples.  Imagine  the  feelings,  then, 
of  the  parent  when,  one  morning,  a  messenger  boy  duly  deliv- 
ered him  the  following  terse  note :  "Dear  Dad :  I  am  in  a  terri- 
ble predicament.  I  must  have  been  drugged,  for  I  woke  up 
this  morning  in  strange  surroundings.  Think  of  my  horror 
when  I  was  told  the  name  of  the  street  and  the  building,  for  it 
if  one  of  your  flats.  There  must  be  no  scandal ;  I  must  pay  $500 
at  once  to  clear  the  family  name.    You  realize  the  urgency  of 

sending  along  the  same  by  bearer.    Your  distressed  son, ." 

And  the  old  gent  thought  a  moment,  and  with  a  sigh  enclosed 
the  bills  in  an  envelope  and  sent  it  to  the  address  he  knew  so 
well. 


LEA  KS  FROM   WIREl 

The  doors  of  the  Ford  peace  bureau  at  The  Hague,  founded 
by  Henry  Ford,  will  be  closed  March  1st  on  account  of  the 
break  with  Germany.  Its  chief  patron  is  now  chiefly  concerned 
in  being  a  patriotic  and  efficiently  patriotic  Amercan,  yet  he  is 
for  peace  as  much  as  ever. 

•  »  • 

The  Oriental  clauses  of  the  new  immigration  law  were  framed 
with  scrupulous  care  in  order  to  avoid  any  clash  with  Japan,  so 
that  the  statement  that  the  Tokio  government  finds  in  it  no 
ground  for  complaint  causes  no  surprise. 

»  •  • 

The  ancient  joke  of  a  Swiss  navy  begins  to  look  obsolete 
with  the  government  chartering  merchant  shops  to  supply  the 
country  with  food.  If  some  of  them  should  encounter  the  new 
U-boat  raiders  a  common  ground  with  injured  maritime  nations 
would  appear  very  near. 

•  »  * 

The  high  cost  of  living  adds  to  the  high  cost  of  killing.  Bonar 
Law  ascribes  $950,000  of  the  additional  daily  expense  of  the 
war  to  the  dearness  of  food. 

•  •  • 

Henri  Bergson,  the  famous  French  philosopher,  is  on  a  visit, 
perhaps  a  diplomatic  one,  to  the  United  States,  having  arrived 
from  Liverpool  recently  incognito.  He  reports  that  the  French 
nation  "is  so  much  a  unit  that  there  are  no  two  answers  to  any 
question."  Philosophy,  then,  in  the  schoolman's  sense,  evi- 
dently has  been  laid  on  the  shelf  in  France  for  the  time  being. 

•  •  • 

Eight  of  the  11  women  members  of  western  legislatures  have 
responded  to  requests  for  their  views  as  to  the  president's 
course  in  the  present  crisis.  All  indorse  it,  though  desiring 
peace — as  practically  every  American  does.  The  issue  is  not 
one  upon  which  sexes  are  divided,  or  can  be  divided. 

*  *  * 

The  German-American  national  alliance  adopts  a  resolution 
to  stand  by  the  United  States;  it  even  explicitly  approves  the 
president's  action  in  severing  diplomatic  relations  with  Ger- 
many. Hoboken,  too,  stays  in  the  Union.  The  rupture  seems 
to  have  struck  the  hyphen  dead. 

*  *  * 

It  is  widely  believed  in  some  quarters  of  England  that  one 
motive  for  the  wholesale  destruction  of  neutral  shipping  which 
has  long  been  going  on  and  is  merely  intensified  by  the  new 
decree,  is  to  clear  the  seas  of  ships  to  an  extent  which  would 
give  the  German  merchant  marine  something  like  a  monopoly 

of  the  carrying  trade  after  the  war. 

•  *  * 

Five  thousand  New  York  City  employees  have  been  ad- 
mitted to  participation  in  a  co-operative  buying  system,  to  be 
inaugurated  by  the  public  authorities,  and  it  is  expected  that 
later  the  remainder  of  the  87,000  employees  will  be  included. 
It  the  plan  works  it  may  be  the  nucleus  for  a  plan  by  which 

residents  generally  can  profit.    Or  would  it  be  unconstitutional  ? 

*  »  » 

March  10,  1917,  has  been  set  apart  as  Orange  Day  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  an  invitation  has  been  extended  to  all  the  other 
states  of  the  American  Union  to  participate  in  the  festivities. 
In  order  that  possible  confusion  may  be  avoided,  perhaps  it 
would  be  well  to  say  that  this  particular  Orange  Day  is  to  be 
observed  by  orange  growers  and  orange  dealers,  and  their 
friends  and  sympathizes. 


FINISHING  THE  PALACE-FAIRMONT  DEAL. 

Negotiations  between  Mrs.  Oelrichs  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
and  Roy  Carruthers,  manager  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  have  reached 
a  stage  where  it  is  very  likely  that  an  agreement  will  be  reached 
on  terms  whereby  the  Palace  management  will  resume  direction 
of  the  Fairmont.  The  agreement  is  based  on  the  condition  that 
the  furnishings  of  the  Fairmont  are  owned  by  the  Palace  Hotel 
Company,  and  that  the  hotel  itself  is  the  property  of  Mrs.  Oel- 
richs. This  situation  absolves  the  old  stock  association.  Any 
differences  regarding  values  in  the  former  stock  certificates  can 
be  readjusted  in  the  terms  of  rental.  The  question  of  selecting  a 
manager  for  the  Fairmont  is  now  under  consideration.  All  de- 
tails will  be  cleared  by  April  30th. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


Lent  Beloved  by  the  Smart  Set. 

Lent  is  supposed  to  drop  a  curtain  of  sackcloth  over  the  fes- 
tivities of  the  frivolous  and  to  sprinkle  ashes  over  the  fires  of 
frolicsome  pastimes.  But  as  a  matter  of  fact,  while  the  Lenten 
season  may  be  somewhat  shaken  out  of  stiff,  formal  entertain- 
ing, it  is  always  full  of  nice,  cozy,  informal  affairs,  and,  save 
for  a  few  rigorous  devotees,  the  season  holds  no  threat  of  de- 
sires curbed  and  joy  abated. 

For  trutli  to  tell,  most  people  dislike  formalities  save  when 
the  scale  approaches  grandeur  and  the  affair  functions  into  a 
spectacle.  If  a  formal  dinner  party  or  ball  is  resplendent  enough 
to  color  the  memory  for  many  a  day,  as  were  the  decorations  at 
the  Templeton  Crocker  dinner  the  other  night,  then  society  hugs 
them  to  its  heart.  But  if  the  affair  achieves  formality  simply 
by  numbers,  and  a  certain  stiff,  unbendingness,  nothing  is  added 
to  the  joy  of  the  indurated  gad-abouter. 

Wherefore,  the  average  person  finds  the  Lenten  season 
stretching  itself  for  a  few  lovely  weeks  on  a  calendar  filled 
with  do-as-one  pleases  engagements.  On  the  calendar  of  nine 
out  of  ten  inhabitants  of  the  smart  set,  plural  number,  femi- 
nine gender,  it  runs  into  many  afternoon  poker  or  bridge  par- 
ties following  informal  luncheons;  dinner  parties  so  informal 
that  they  spell  nothing  more  than  "family  luck"  for  the  in- 
vited guests;  cards  or  dancing,  or  whatnot,  in  the  evening,  even 
the  theatre  never  having  been  thoroughly  tabu  in  San  Fran- 
cisco during  Lent. 

©    ©    © 
Shirt-Waist  Grand  Opera. 

While  there  are  those  who  interpret  the  season  in  orthodox 
fashion,  their  number  has  never  been  sufficiently  great  to  dis- 
courage grand  opera  from  bidding  for  favor  during  this  period, 
and  the  present  season  is  bringing  out  all  the  music  lovers  in 
the  smart  set  who  help  to  give  a  few  high  spots  of  color  to  the 
audience  by  brilliant  wraps  and  a  few  jewels,  for  it  cannot 
be  truthfully  said  that  San  Francisco  ever  dresses  the 'Lenten 
opera  in  Metropolitan  glitter.  The  audience  is  like  a  Christ- 
mas tree-  that  has  not  been  glittered  up  with  enough  sparkle 
stuff  to  make  it  resplendent,  the  one  or  two  patches  of  dazzle 
only  serving  to  make  one  wish  for  more.  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan, 
Mrs.  George  Pope,  Mrs.  Willard  Drown,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Folger,  Mrs. 
Templeton  Crocker,  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge,  and  a  dozen  other 
indefatigable  opera  lovers  have  done  their  share  to  furbish  up 
the  house  by  appearing  in  lovely  frocks  and  jewels,  and  there- 
fore making  their  boxes  pivotal  points  between  the  acts. 

©    ©    © 
Wanted — A  Costume. 

The  other  week  the  Bohemian  Club  "pulled  off"  one  of  the 
most  original  stunts  yet  devised  by  the  wits  of  Bohemia.  And 
as  a  result,  the  club  wardrobe  is  minus  one  of  its  most  trust- 
worthy costumes. 

The  dinner  was  in  honor  of  Sir  Henry  Heyman,  and  was  the 
most  delicate  and  engaging  sort  of  a  return  hospitality  for  the 
many  affairs  he  has  given  for  visiting  celebrities. 

Dinner  was  served  at  two  long  tables.  At  one  table  sat  a 
fake  Sir  Henry,  surrounded  by  all  the  celebrities  from  King 
Kalakaua  to  Tagore,  who  have  been  honored  guests  at  Sir 
Henry's  feasts.  Haig  Patigan  managed  to  subdue  his  dominant 
brunette  strain  with  much  grease  paint  and  an  uncanny  clever- 
ness at  make-up,  and  was  more  Sir  Henry  than  Heyman  him- 
self. 

At  the  other  table  sat  the  real  Sir  Henry  and  a  number  of 
club  members  giving  imitations  of  nothing  more  difficult  than 
themselves,  and  enjoying  the  spectacle  of  the  "celebs." 

©    ©    © 
Free  Verse  Explanations. 

The  speeches  were  unusually  clever,  which  implies  that  they 
were  punctuated  by  the  popping  of  several  corks,  and  which 
may  also  explain  why  one  of  the  "celebs"  wandered  forth  into 
the  night  in  his  costume,  intent  upon  catching  a  boat  to  Oak- 
land, and  then  failed  to  catch  the  boat.    But  being  a  very  clever 


person  with  supernatural  gifts,  he  bethought  himself  of  riding 
up  and  down  Market  street  in  the  "owl"  car  until  the  morning 
schedule  for  commuters  was  in  effect. 

Which  explanation,  done  into  free  verse,  will  satisfy  any 
poet,  but  what  the  practical  insurance  members  want  to  know  is, 
how  the  costume  disappeared  in  toto  in  transit.  For  the  super- 
commuter  has  not  an  idea  what  became  of  it,  cannot  produce  a 
shred  of  it,  and  altogether  the  case  goes  down  as  one  of  the 
great,  unsolved  mysteries  of  Bohemia. 

©     ©     © 
Engaged  Couple  Entertained. 

Much  of  the  informal  entertaining  is  in  honor  of  the  beautiful 
Mary  Belle  Follis  and  her  fiance,  Kenneth  Kingsbury,  whose  en- 
gagement was  first  predicted  in  these  columns.  The  Julian 
Thornes  and  the  Latham  McMulHns  gave  dinner  parties  in  their 
honor  this  week,  and  Mrs.  Follis  appeared  at  both  affairs  in 
lovely  new  trousseau  frocks,  which,  like  all  her  other  clothes, 
show  a  high  disdain  of  the  mode. 

Mrs.  Follis  is  the  one  beauty  in  the  smart  set  who  has  never 
been  enslaved  by  the  mandates  of  changing  fashion  and  the 
vagaries  of  the  fashionable  waist  line  which,  after  cuddling 
under  the  armpits,  traveled  down  to  the  knees,  and  then  disap- 
peared altogether,  have  never  interested  her.  In  the  matter  of 
sleeves,  and  width  of  skirts,  and  neck  line  she  has  made  con- 
cessions to  the  prevailing  mode,  but  never  a  dressmaker  may 
take  liberties  with  her  waist  line.  Mrs.  Follis  always  wears  the 
tight  fitting,  Princesse  effect,  though  others  go  in  for  straight 
lines  or  no  lines  at  all.  Her  spangled  costume,  in  which  she 
represented  Night,  at  the  Mardi  Gras  ball,  was  made  in  the 
usual  close-fitting  effect  which  is  so  becoming  to  her  figure,  and 
which  shows  her  high  independence  as  well  as  her  good  points ! 

Mrs.  Follis  is  not  only  one  of  the  most  beautiful  women  in 
town,  but  one  of  the  most  beloved  by  the  circle  of  friends  who 
have  been  her  intimates  since  childhood,  and  the  attentions 
which  are  being  showered  on  her  are  genuine  love  boons,  not 
duty  well  done. 

©     ©  •© 

Spouses  Have  Not  a  Skate  On! 

While  the  Monday  Night  Skating  Club  has  disbanded  for  the 
season,  the  more  ardent  among  the  devotees  of  the  sport  are 
spending  many  hours  at  the  rink  in  order  to  keep  their  form  up 
to  top  notch. 

The  gala  event  which  was  made  of  the  last,  night  demon- 
strated fully  how  much  more  expert  the  women  have  become 
than  the  men.  Save  for  the  men  with  an  Eastern  background 
for  their  youth,  very  few  have  attained  the  skill  and  grace  of 
the  women  skaters,  who  are  only  in  their  second  season.  In 
the  special  numbers  the  women  were  forced  to  choose  their 
partners  from  the  professionals,  while  the  men  in  their  own  set 
looked  on.  Fred  McNear,  who  led  the  grand  march  with  Mrs. 
Andrew  Welch,  is  the  exceptional  spouse  who  has  attained  a 
degree  of  proficiency  which  approximates  that  achieved  by  his 
wife.  For  the  most  part,  husbands  and  wives  do  not  move  in 
the  same  skating  set,  and  the  difference  is  much  more  marked 
than  in  the  old  dancing  days,  when  most  women  had  two  part- 
ners— one  for  dancing,  and  one  for  husbandly  affairs,  for  even 
husbands  gradually  came  up  to  the  dancing  scratch,  but  they 
show  no  signs  of  being  useful  for  exhibition  purposes  on  the 
ice — the  corollary  of  which  is  a  very  obvious  pun! 

©     ©     © 
Mrs.  Fred  McNear  Outrivals  her  Family. 

Mrs.  Fred  McNear  has  no  rival  when  it  comes  to  skating  hon- 
ors in  the  Hopkins  family,  for  her  sisters,  who  all  decided  to  go 
in  hard  for  the  new  fad,  have  been  left  far  behind  by  the  most 
intrepid  member  of  the  family.  At  one  time  Mrs.  Will  Taylor 
pushed  her  very  close  for  honors,  but  after  Mrs.  Will  had  a  bad 
fall  on  the  ice,  which  put  her  ankle  out  of  the  running  of  per- 
fectly good  and  trustworthy  ankles,  she  automatically  went  off 
the  championship  list,  and  neither  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor  nor  Mrs. 
Cheever  Cowdin  have  acquired  the  command  and  grace  of  the 
expert  Mrs.  Fred  McNear. 

©    ©     © 

Music  Soothes  Fashionables. 

The  Wednesday  Night  Musical  Club  will  have  more  frequent 
meetings  during  Lent  than  the  other  gayeties  of  the  winter  per- 
mitted. On  Wednesday  of  this  week  the  club  met  at  the  home 
of  the  William  Mayo  Newhalls,  and  listened  to  a  delightful 
program  rendered  by  Mme.  Betty  Drews  and  Louis  Persinger, 


March  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


concert  master  of  the  symphony  orchestra.  After  the  program 
of  music  there  was  informal  visiting,  bridge  and  then  a  delicious 
supper  was  served,  the  guests  observing  the  "early  to  bed"  rule 
of  Lent,  and  departing  shortly  after  midnight. 

•    •:• 
Monday  Night  Disappears. 

A  longer  life  is  predicted  for  the  musical  club  than  the  Mon- 
day Night  Club  enjoyed.  The  Monday  Night  is  an  attempt  to 
get  the  message  which  the  most  distinguished  visitors  who  so- 
journ this  way  may  have  to  impart  to  society  on  this  western 
rim  of  the  world — whether  the  message  be  one  of  art  or  litera- 
ture, or  war  or  what  not,  society,  theoretically,  is  keen  to  get  it, 
but  practically  the  meetings  languished  after  Exposition  year, 
although  since  then  there  have  been  many  distinguished  people 
in  touch  with  important  affairs  who  have  tarried  here  a  few 
days.  Many  of  the  Burlingame  set  belong  to  the  San  Francisco 
Center,  the  civic  organization  which  arranges  meetings  of  this 
sort  on  a  more  democratic  scale  than  the  Monday  Night  at- 
tempted, and  so  the  fact  that  there  have  been  few  Monday 
Nights  on  the  calendar  of  those  who  joined  that  club  has  not 
interfered  with  the  intellectual  progress  of  those  who  also  be- 
long to  the  Centre. 

0    9    © 
In  the  Musical  Trenches. 

Some  day  some  brave  war  correspondent  who  has  been  at  the 
"front"  of  all  the  warring  cliques  will  write  the  history  of  the 
musical  war  in  San  Francisco.  Meantime,  society  is  enjoying 
the  Wednesday  night  programs. 


Granville  Barker  to  Speak  for  Drama  League. 

The  San  Francisco  Drama  League  has  announced  as  its  great 
attraction,  this  season,  a  lecture  by  Granville  Barker,  at  the 
Palace  Hotel  ballroom,  on  the  evening  of  March  7th,  on  the  sub- 
ject of  "Why  Worry  With  Art?"  Mr.  Barker  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  most  entertaining  lecturers,  as  well  as  one  of  the 
cleverest  writers.  He  worried  the  Londoners  considerably  with 
his  new  ideas  in  producing  stage  plays,  but  in  course  of  time 
they  swung  into  line  in  approval  of  his  extraordinary  innova- 
tions. Two  years  ago  he  came  to  New  York,  and  he  has  turned 
old  stage  ideas  topsy-turvey  there.  Like  others  of  his  radical 
countrymen  in  art  lines,  he  can  foment  more  obstreperous  ideas 
in  a  debate  than  his  adversaries  can  overtake.  Mr.  Barker  fairly 
aroused  the  American  theatrical  world  when  he  introduced  into 
New  York  productions  of  his  own,  better  drama  and  more  natu- 
ral, and  with  more  effective  methods  of  staging  and  acting.  He 
first  produced  for  Bernard  Shaw  and  later  showed  his  versatil- 
ity by  producing  the  Anatole  France  dramas,  a  Shakespearean 
play,  and  several  of  his  own  plays.  In  this  he  has  won  a  place 
in  the  American  drama  as  a  producer.  Anything  he  may  say 
in  his  lecture  is  certain  to  be  illuminating  and  intensely  inter- 
esting. 

©    ©    © 

The  reception  of  the  San  Francisco  Club  and  Memorial  Mu- 
seum Endowment  Committee,  which  was  to  have  taken  place 
last  Saturday,  but  was  postponed  one  week  on  account  of  de- 
lays en  route  of  the  guests  of  honor,  the  Prince  and  Princess 
Paulo  Troubetzkoy,  will  therefore  be  held  this  Saturday,  March 
3d,  at  the  Museum  in  Golden  Gate  Park.  Mrs.  Vincent  Walsh, 
lyric  soprano,  will  give  several  selections,  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Charles  Smith.  Mr.  Alfred  Roncovieri  will  add  to  the  program 
a  trombone  solo. 

©    ©    © 

An  unusually  attractive  dinner  dance  will  be  given  at  the  well 
known  Hotel  Shattuck,  Berkeley,  on  the  evening  of  Thursday, 
March  8th,  from  7  to  11  p.  m.    Dinner  $1.    Tables  reserved. 
©    ©    © 

Society  and  all  those  enjoying  a  stimulating  exercise  are 
spending  either  their  afternoons  or  evenings  on  the  big  ice  field 
at  the  Winter  Garden,  Sutter  and  Pierce  streets.  Hockey  on  the 
ice  has  become  the  fad,  and  deep  interest  is  taken  in  the  pres- 
ent series  of  championship  games.  Stanford  and  California 
University  representatives  are  the  latest  to  join  the  contests. 
The  next  star  game  will  be  played  Friday  night. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  V.  H.  Owen  was  a  recent  luncheon  hostess  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland,  having  as  her  guests  Mrs.  William  L.  Friedman,  Mrs. 
Horace  P.  Brown,  Mrs.  Fernand  H.  Dorsaz,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Knowles, 
Miss  M.  H.  Turner,  Mrs.  Frederick  N.  Tanfer,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Dean. 


One  of  the  prettiest  luncheons  of  the  past  week  was  the  one 
over  which  Miss  Lucia  Smith  presided  at  Hotel  Oakland.  Her 
guests  included  Mrs.  William  Fulton  of  Minnesota,  Mrs.  Ber- 
tram Adams,  Mrs.  Albert  Smith,  Miss  Lucia  Smith. 

Prominent  recent  arrivals  at  Hotel  Oakland  are  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
G.  M.  Myers.  Miss  Helen  Myers,  Kansas  City;  Dr.  B.  F.  Sur- 
ihyu  and  family,  Miss  F.  E.  Mosy,  Miss  C.  A.  Beard,  Modesto; 
L.  E.  Bentz,  Sacramento;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  D.  Praigh,  Visalia; 
S.  Preston  and  wife,  Springfield;  E.  W.  Gragel  and  wife,  Genes- 
see,  O. 

©     ©     S 

Many  San  Francisco  residents  are  enjoying  a  visit  in  Los  An- 
geles at  present,  and  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Clark.  Among 
those  who  arrived  within  the  past  week  or  so  include :  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Harrison,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Thompson,  H.  J. 
Kossoy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  P.  Burnham,  A.  M.  Blumer,  J.  W. 
Gebb,  Lester  N.  Bryte,  H.  F.  Clarke,  N.  Y.  Hammond,  Albert 
Adler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  K.  Malcolm,  E.  W.  Hewston,  E.  H. 
White,  J.  Zentner,  J.  N.  Wetmore,  J.  Carnpidonico,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Andrew,  H.  W.  Beebe,  D.  T.  Ayers,  R.  A. 
Wheeler,  C.  F.  Ryan,  Monroe  English,  M.  J.  Nullins,  N. 
Duoghty,  Lyman  Pierce,  E.  F.  Henry,  R.  L.  Wanger,  J.  A.  Frye, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Calder,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Pease,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Mel.  G. 
Johnson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  H.  Pratt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Totoro, 
Dozier  Finley,  Myron  Westover,  H.  D.  Sammis,  Charles  Ham- 
ilton, J.  Hislop,  George  James,  Mrs.  C.  S.  H.  Freeman,  W.  M. 
McKay,  George  Manyan,  Miss  Estelle  Eisenberg,  Miss  L.  Fried- 
laner,  W.  E.  Zanesden,  M.  English,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  E.  York  and 
babies,  L.  H.  Robertson,  H.  J.  Stinch  and  Delbert  Utter.  Also, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Wiels,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clifton  Brooks,  Miss  • 
M.  E.  Nichol  and  H.  M.  Stephens,  of  Oakland,  and  Mrs.  D.  M. 
Swobe,  Mrs.  M.  N.  Fowler,  W.  T.  Clarke  and  B.  K.  Howart  of 
Berkeley. 


BIG  SIX-DAY  BIKE 
RACE     BY     CHAM- 
PIONS. 

Widespread  inter- 
est is  being  taken  in 
the  exciting  six  day 
bike  race  scheduled 
at  the  Exposition  Au- 
ditorium, Civic  Cen- 
ter, Saturday,  March 
3d,  at  8:30  p.m.  The 
twelve  leading  crack 
teams  of  the  world 
have  entered  the  con- 
test, paired  at  fol- 
lows :McNamara  and 
Hill,  Rood  and  Corry, 
Madden  and  Magin, 
Spencer  brothers, 
Lawrence  and  Tho- 
mas, Carman  and 
Wiley,  Ohrt  brothers, 
Cameron  and  Kaiser, 
Carroll  and  Weber, 
Smith  and  Mitten, 
Piercy  and  Kopski, 
Grimm  and  Bello.  A  series  of  star  crackerjack  sprint  and  mo- 
tor paced  races  will  open  the  meet  this  Saturday  night.  Sunday 
night  will  introduce  the  sprint  races,  starting  at  8 :30  p.  m.  and 
continuing  to  10:30.  Promptly  after  the  sprints  the  six  day 
grind  will  start.  In  this  event  the  riders  will  go  continuously 
till  10 :30  the  following  Saturday  night.  Prizes  amounting  to 
$10,000  will  go  to  the  successful  contestants:  $7,500  for  the 
six  day  race,  and  $2,500  for  the  sprints.  This  event  will  be  the 
greatest  of  its  kind  ever  given  in  the  West.    Admission  50  cents. 


Percy  Lawrence,  San  Francisco,  Bay  City 
Wheelmen  Club,  team  mate  of  Lloyd  Thomas, 
at  the  six-day  bike  race,  Auditorium,  March 
3d  to  10th,  inclusive. 


The  DR  UNKARD  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CR1  MIN A  L 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restoies  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 


HJeeley 
Treatment 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


Peace  Orders  We  May  Get 

We  are  getting  our  share  of  "war  orders" — contracts  for  mu- 
nitions and  supplies  for  the  battling  myriads.  What  are  our 
chances  for  the  coming  "peace-orders" — the  material,  tools  and 
machinery  that  will  be  needed  to  replace  the  unheard  of  de- 
struction that  has  been  going  on  in  Europe  ?  In  France  alone, 
we  are  told  by  Noble  Foster  Hoggson,  writing  in  System,  these 
peace-orders  will  include  seventeen  thousand  tractors,  one  hun- 
dred million  dollars'  worth  of  hotel  construction  work,  great 
quantities  of  labor-saving  machinery,  lumber,  window-sashes, 
doors,  hardware,  window  glass  and  other  necessary  supplies  for 
rebuilding  forty-six  thousand  structures.  Mr.  Hoggson's  fig- 
ures were  obtained  during  his  service  on  the  American  Industrial 
Commission,  which  spent  two  months  abroad  last  autumn, 
studying  just  such  conditions  as  these.  He  says  it  has  re- 
peatedly been  pointed  out  to  the  commission  that  the  following 
are  among  the  sixteen  materials  and  equipment  of  which  France 
will  be  in  the  most  immediate  need : 

Rolled  steel  for  quick  construction;  sanitary  and  plumbing 
fixtures;  concrete  mixing  and  concrete  block  machinery;  stock 
factory  sashes  and  doors;  wire  glass;  factory  lighting  fixtures; 
cranes,  carrying  belts,  and  conveyors ;  elevators  and  lifts ;  pneu- 
matic riveters;  metal  furniture  and  lockers;  standard  factory 
hardware;  automatic  sprinklers;  farm  equipment;  labor  saving 
machinery  of  practically  every  kind ;  modern  factory  structures ; 
hotel  equipment. 

Considering  first  farm  machinery  and  equipment,  Mr.  Hogg- 
son  informs  us  that,  contrary  to  common  belief,  France  is  pri- 
marily an  agricultural  country.  French  farms  are  somewhat 
dispersed,  but  concentration  is  expected  to  follow  recent  legis- 
tion,  favoring  a  greatly  increased  demand  for  improved  farm 
machinery.  Then  from  the  farm  needs  he  goes  on  to  tell  of 
an  even  greater  demand  expected  for  industrial  machinery  and 
hotel  equipment.  French  officials  co-operated  heartily  with 
the  American  Commission  in  this  investigation.  Says  the 
writer : 

"Out  of  the  five  million  five  hundred  thousand  farms  in  the 
country,  eighty-five  thousand  are  at  present  the  market  for 
American  implements  and  machinery.  As  the  factories  through- 
out France  are  now  engaged  in  making  ammunition  and  other 
war  material,  the  manufacture  of  even  such  farm-implements 
as  were  previously  produced  has  ceased.  The  demand  for 
American-made  machinery  will  therefore  be,  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  of  permanent  importance  to  both  this  country  and  the  peo- 
ple of  France.  But  it  is  in  her  industrial  reorganization  that 
France  needs  American  co-operation  more  urgently,  and  it  is 
here  that  the  greatest  chance  for  the  American  manufacturer 
lies. 

"France  has  been  strangely  unprogressive  in  her  industries. 
Under  normal  conditions  her  demand  for  modern  American 
machinery  would  be  slight.  As  a  result  of  her  lack  of  modern 
machinery,  her  business  in  different  centers  has  been  dropping 
off  during  the  past  few  decades.  With  modern  methods  and 
modern  labor-saving  machinery  it  is  probable  that  she  might 
have  held  a  large  part  of  this  lost  trade.  The  war  has  awak- 
ened France  to  this  need,  which  has  become  so  strikingly  mani- 
fest. 

"In  visiting  many  industrial  plants  I  found  few  that  were 
modern  in  construction  or  plan.  I  was  surprised  to  find  in  use 
types  of  machines  which  went  out  of  use  with  us  twenty  years 
ago.  When  I  described  new  American  machines  having 
greater  production  and  a  material  saving  in  labor,  the  officers 
of  the  companies  showed  a  keen  desire  to  be  put  in  touch  with 
the  manufacturers. 

"The  war  has  made  France  conscious  of  her  industrial  needs 
and  has  created  an  indefinitely  greater  demand  for  labor-saving 
machinery  than  would  have  prevailed  under  normal  conditions 
of  peace.  And  this  demand  is  accentuated  by  the  scarcity  of 
male  labor,  the  high  cost  of  labor,  and  the  necessity  of  con- 
verting labor  to  remunerative  work.  France  cannot  allow  her 
men  returning  from  the  trenches  to  work  at  lowly  tasks,  such  as 
the  production  of  raw  material.  She  will  need  every  man  and 
woman  available  to  work  at  the  latest  labor  saving  machines  to 
manufacture  finished  products  and  thus  justify  their  higher 
wages.  .  .  . 

"The  hotel  industry  is  one  of  the  greatest  of  France.  At 
present   there    are   two   hundred   million   dollars    invested    in 


twenty-five  thousand  hotels  in  France,  exclusive  of  the  so-called 
'palaces.'  It  is  reckoned  that  before  the  war  four  hundred  mil- 
lion dollars  a  year  was  spent  in  France  by  American  travelers 
alone.  It  is  estimated  by  the  hotel  committee  of  the  Touring 
Club  of  France,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  influential 
organizations  in  France,  and  has  a  membership  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty  thousand,  that  it  is  necessary  to  undertake  imme- 
diately, for  readiness  at  the  end  of  the  war,  about  one  hundred 
million  dollars  worth  of  hotel  construction  work.  It  is  probable 
that  the  hotel  industry  will  be  one  of  the  first  to  get  on  its  feet 
after  the  war  because  of  the  expected  influx  of  curious  visitors 
who  will  want  to  visit  the  battlefields  and  to  stop  at  the  health 
resorts  and  watering  places.  Foreigners,  especially  Americans, 
will  use  these  hotels  and  will  demand  and  expect  the  comforts 
and  conveniences  to  which  they  are  accustomed.  .  .  . 

"A  few  days  after  my  return  from  my  trip  a  friend  who  was 
about  to  sail  for  France  as  the  representative  of  a  group  of  lum- 
ber interests  came  to  my  office  for  suggestions  covering  his  trav- 
els through  the  war  zone. 

"I  want  to  find  out  what  kind  of  lumber  is  needed  and  how 
much,"  he  explained.  T  want  to  prepare  the  way  for  the  big 
business  that  we  expect  to  do  in  France.' 

"This  was  one  of  the  points  which  the  American  Industrial 
Commission  had  studied  with  particular  care,  and  I  was  glad 
to  place  at  his  disposal  so  much  data  that  his  proposed  trip  was 
abandoned. 

"The  incident  is  noteworthy  merely  because  it  illustrates  the 
care  with  which  the  French  officials  have  supplied  the  commis- 
sion with  specific  and  detailed  information  that  is  intended  to 
aid  the  American  business  man  in  his  efforts  to  establish  trade 
relations  with  a  country  that  is  in  immediate  need  of  American 
products. 


PASSING   OF  THEODORE  HITTELL. 

Theodore  Henry  Hittell,  pioneer,  local  historian,  an  author 
of  unusual  range  and  widespread  acquaintance,  passed  away, 
peacefully,  this  week,  at  the  age  of  87  years.  Hittell  was  a 
man  of  unusual  capacity  for  work,  and  he  delved  in  many  fields, 
winning  recognition  in  all.  He  wrote  the  best  history  of  Cali- 
fornia. In  his  earlier  days  here  he  was  recognized  as  one  of 
the  leading  lawyers.  Later,  when  James  King  of  William  was 
assassinated,  he  assumed  the  editorship  of  The  Bulletin  and 
continued  its  success  for  six  years,  when  his  convictions  car- 
ried him  into  other  fields  of  development.  He  was  instrumen- 
tal in  prevailing  on  James  Lick  to  donate  the  residue  of  his 
great  estate  to  the  Pioneer  Association  of  California,  for  the 
purpose  of  founding  the  Academy  of  Science.  Among  the  lit- 
ter of  his  unpublished  works  are  a  history  of  Hawaii,  a  story 
of  the  Walker  filibustering  expedition,  and  an  incomplete  col- 
lection of  "Memoirs  of  Early  California."  Hittell  was  instru- 
mental in  settling  the  great  San  Pablo  land  grant,  after  30  years 
of  litigation,  part  of  which  is  now  the  site  of  Richmond.  To  him 
also  large  credit  is  due  for  saving  an  extensive  strip  of  land 
from  the  rabid  litigation  in  the  western  part  of  the  city,  in 
which  he  saved  1,000  acres,  later  developed  into  the  present 
Golden  Gate  Park. 

Hittell  was  born  in  Marietta,  Pa.,  1830,  and  graduated  from 
Yale,  1848.  Four  years  later  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He 
came  to  California  in  1855,  and  entered  newspaper  work.  He 
practiced  law  later,  became  a  member  of  the  State  Senate,  and 
drew  up  numbers  of  laws.  He  was  an  honorary  member  of 
California  Pioneers  Association  and  of  the  Society  of  the 
Academy  of  Science  only.  One  of  his  eccentricities  was  to 
avoid  social  and  fraternal  organizations.  He  leaves  two  sons, 
Charles  J.  Hittell,  an  artist;  Franklin  T.  Hittell,  an  attorney; 
a  daughter,  Catherine  H.  Hittell,  and  a  grandson,  Elgin  T.  Hit- 
tell. 


8   ^6*J»*ii§s£Sl  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  p 


r^* 


»--.  '•-< 


Dr-IL 


PLyEASURJk'S  WAND 


rfw^iti«.cifr>.< 


"0^<•y  /io  n\imi  bv  f's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


lumbia. 

When  the  mourners  file  past  the  corpse  to  "view  the  remains" 
of  a  man  who  in  life  has  been  without  ability,  distinction  or 
charm,  perchance  a  wastrel  and  a  drunkard,  they  are  wont  to 
murmur:  "Well,  anyway,  he  had  a  good  heart."  As  if  this 
possession  balanced  all  other  defects  and  that  this  assumption, 
because  no  one  cares  to  contradict  it,  is  necessarily  valid. 

A  similar  assumption  is  made  by  Mrs.  McChesney  when  she 
says  that  the  western  buyers — and  presumably  the  western  peo- 
ple generally — are  "real  people",  and  have  a  great  heart.  Now, 
there  is  no  more  reason  to  assume  that  the  inhabitants  of  San- 
dusky, O.,  Peoria,  111.,  Keokuk,  la.,  or  Ishpeming,  Mich.,  are  any 
more  kindly  and  tolerant  towards  their  neighbors  than  are  the 
denizens  of  naughty  New  York  or  poor,  wicked,  paulsmithed 
San  Francisco.  On  the  contrary — as  the  seasick  passenger  re- 
marked when  asked  if  he  had  breakfasted.  Personally,  I  would 
rather  be  broke  in  either  of  the  two  modern  Gommarrahs  than 
I  would  be  in  the  middle  west,  if  I  had  to  rely  on  a  touch. 

Another' of  the  fallacies  so  assiduously  promulgated  by  our 
bromides  of  the  press  is  to  the  effect  that  true  "Americanism" 
exists  only  in  the  middle  western  centers  of  light  and  learning, 
such  as  Emporia,  Kan.,  Zanesville,  O.,  and  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
(Los  Angeles  papers  please  copy),  and  that  the  great  seaboard 
cities  are  purely  exotic.  Now  it  is  futile  to  argue  on  any  matter 
unless  an  agreement  is  reached  defining  the  point  of  contention, 
and  frankly,  I  for  one,  don't  know  exactly  what  Americanism 
means,  nor  have  I  met  any  one  who  does  know. 

If  by  Americanism  is  meant  a  unanimous  belief :  That  the 
war  was  brought  about  by  the  monarchs  of  Europe  to  provide  a 
new  outdoor  sport  for  a  depraved  aristocracy ;  that  all  actresses 
are  immoral ;  that  girls  are  forced  into  a  Life  of  Sin  through  de- 
partment stores  not  paying  a  living  wage;  that  all  cigarettes 
contain  opium;  that  French  people  spend  most  of  their  time 
playing  tag  with  number  7;  that  Robert  W.  Chambers  is  the 
greatest  novelist  the  country  has  produced :  Maude  Adams  the 
greatest  actress;  John  Drew  the  greatest  actor;  Howard  Chand- 
ler Christy  the  greatest  illustrator;  Sousa  the  greatest  musical 
composer;  David  Belasco  the  greatest  producer;  in  the  efficacy 
of  Twilight  Sleep,  of  the  Montessori  method,  of  Jane  Addams 
and  of  Billy  Sunday;  and  that  an  act  of  Congress  can  reduce  the 
high  cost  of  living — then  I  will  grant  that  the  aforesaid  com- 
munities enjoy  a  monopoly  of  Americanism.  Still,  as  some  one 
said:  "Give  me  heaven  for  climate,  but  hell  for  company",  and 
I  prefer  to  live  in  one  of  the  graceless  and  doomed  cities  that 
are  so  atrociously  "unamerican". 

The  play  at  the  Columbia  is  based  on  Edna  Ferber's  well 
known  McChesney  stories,  and  portrays  a  quick-witted,  compe- 
tent, female  drummer  who  retains  a  large  amount  of  mother 
love  and  also  is  capable  of  inspiring  a  romantic  passion  in  her 
middle-aged  employer.  As  may  be  well  imagined,  this  is  a  per- 
sonal vehicle  rather  than  a  play,  and,  with  any  other  actress 
than  Rose  Stahl  in  the  eponymous  part,  would  fall  flat  enough, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  earlier  scenes  are  laid  in  Sandusky, 
O.,  and  the  characters  are  taken  from  the  busy,  hustling,  small 
town  types  which  we  are  wont  to  associate  with  the  aforesaid 
genuine  Americanism. 

But  then  Rose  Stahl  is  enough,  although  Roget's  Thesaurus 
does  not  contain  enough  synonyms  of  acting  excellence  properly 
to  describe  this  gifted  woman's  abilities.  After  the  second  act 
I  went  into  the  lobby  and  ran  across  Ralph  Pincus,  the  very 
genial  and  efficient  press  agent  of  the  Columbia,  who  told  me 
that  Edna  Ferber  had  Miss  Stahl  in  mind  when  she  wrote  the 
original  McChesney  stories  and  before  any  question  of  drama- 
tization arose. 

"Ralph,"  I  said,  in  my  enthusiasm,  "there  are  just  two  ac- 
tresses in  America,  and  since  Mary  Shaw  has  retired,  Rose 
Stahl  is  both  of  them." 


"I  never  thought  of  that,"  he  replied,  "but  now  that  you  men- 
tion it,  Rose  Stahl  is  like  Mary  Shaw." 

So  for  once  a  theatre  man  has  admitted  that  I  told  him  some- 
thing. 

It  is  not  that  there  are  not  plenty  of  capable  leading  women 
of  great  charm  and  attractive  personality,  but  that  is  just  the 
point,  one  is  apt  to  confuse  an  attractive  personality  with  tech- 
nical excellence,  whereas  the  two  are  not  necessarily  allied. 
Miss  Stahl,  moreover,  has  this  personality  stuff  to  a  degree,  but 
she  has  infinitely  more — a  genuine  acting  ability  seldom  met 
with  off  the  French  stage,  or  at  least  that  of  continental  Europe. 
I  do  not  make  any  invidious  comparisons  when  I  say  that  she 
is  almost  unique  in  America,  for  there  is  none  quite  to  com- 
pare her  to,  except  Miss  Mary  Shaw,  of  whom  I  have  not  heard 
for  some  time  and  who  apparently  has  retired. 

In  flexibility  of  voice,  fluency  of  gesture,  sympathy  of  un- 
derstanding and  ability  to  express  that  understanding — to  con- 
vey the  illusion  of  life  without  resorting  to  any  of  the  cheap 
tricks  of  the  mummer's  trade — Miss  Stahl  is  supreme,  and  if 
I  do  not  miss  my  guess  she  has  received  part  of  her  theatrical 
education  in  Paris.  So  if  you  really  want  the  sheer  intellectual 
and  emotional  deligiit  of  having  your  aesthetic  sense  fully  satis- 
fied, do  not  fail  to  see  this  accomplished  woman  at  the  Columbia 
this  week — and  this  is  almost  the  first  word  of  unqualified  eu- 
logy which  I  have  given  any  woman  of  the  stage  since  I  have 

been  trying  to  convert  an  obdurate  public  to  the  true  faith. 

*  *  * 

Orpheam 

"Miss  Dorothy  Jardon,  Orpheum  Theatre,  San  Francisco. 
My  dear  Miss  Dorothy : 

You  are  a  very  beautiful  young  woman,  with  a  stunning  stage 
presence,  a  fine,  well  cultivated  voice  (a  little  throaty  in  spots 
— the  throaty  spots),  a  splendid  wardrobe,  and  you  are  a  great 
favorite  of  mine.  Therefore,  do  not  take  it  unkindly  if  I  point 
out  that  you  would  have  a  much  more  effective  act  if  you  did  not 
clutter  up  your  stage  with  a  lot  of  junk  of  the  mid-Rutherford 
B.  Hayes  period  and  have  a  tawdry,  old  stock  set  for  a  back- 
ground. Do  you  realize  how  much  you  could  improve  your 
number  by  using  as  a  background  a  few  simple  screens  of  yel- 
low plush,  reaching  to  the  borders,  and  have  no  furniture  but 
the  piano,  a  big  square  chesterfield,  and  a  solid  mahogany  table 
for  your  Carmen  song?" 

"Very  sincerely  yours." 

"P.  S. — I'll. give  you  the  best  notice  you  ever  had  if  you  will 
can  that  'No  Smoking'  Sign." 

That  is  the  way  I  would  write  Miss  Jardon  if  I  had  the  nerve, 
but,  as  you  see,  I  haven't.  I  might  add  that  I  do  not  understand 
the  significance  of  the  mandarin  robe  in  the  Carmen  song. 

Hallen  and  Fuller  doubtless  brought  fond  recollections  to 
many  whose  memory  of  stage  affairs  runs  back  thirty  years,  but 
even  to  those  who  had  no  sentimental  memories  connected  with 
the  earlier  days  of  Hallen  and  Hart,  the  number  showed  two 
capable  and  attractive  performers  who  do  not  need  the  senti- 
mental appeal  to  get  over,  but  can  stand  on  their  own  merits  as 
entertainers. 

I  am  sure  that  Any  Girl  of  Forty-five  in  Sorrow  or  Perplexity 
will  find  a  friend  and  competent  adviser  in  Miss  Moore  as  to 
how  to  preserve  the  figure  against  the  ravages  of  time.  Miss 
Moore  gave  us  all  a  surprise  when  she  changed  to  a  burlesque 
costume  and  showed  as  neat  a  leg  and  as  trim  an  ankle  as  any 
chicken  can  display  in  Eddy  or  Mason  streets. 

Florenz  Tempest  and  Marion  Sunshine  are  a  bright,  pretty, 
sophisticated  act,  which  in  age  of  the  performers  is  quite  the 
complement  of  Hallen  and  Moore. 

In  "Off  and  On",  Flanagan  and  Edwards  were  almost  too 
realistic  in  their  portrayal  of  a  couple  of  performers  waking  up 
after  a  wet  night  with  the  Elks,  and  their  quick  professional 


8 


San  Francism  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


slang  must  be  enjoyable  to  all,  whether  professional  or  not. 

The  sight  of  the  bedroom  littered  with  bottles  made  me  thirsty. 

The  Morgan  Dancers  held  over,  and  this  week  is  really  the  big 

road  show  week,  and  ahead  of  the  preceding  bill.    For  one  thing 

we  escaped  Benny  and  Woods. 

*  *  » 

"The  High  Cost  of  Loving"  at  Alcazar. 

Kolb  and  Dill  have  "come  back." 

To  be  sure,  a  somewhat  chastened  and  refined  Kolb  and  Dill 
—Kolb  slaps  Dill  only  once  and  doesn't  kick  him  at  all— and 
minus  the  talcumed  nudity  and  musical  comedy  setting  of  many 
of  their  former  vehicles;  nevertheless  the  plucky  little  O'Far- 
rell  Street  Theatre  never  had  more  tense  and  interested  audi- 
ences than  those  which  have  been  packing  the  house  to  capacity 
during  the  v,  eek.  In  fact,  the  personal  following  which  the  two 
stars  attract  has  not  been  in  evidence  in  San  Francisco  since  the 
old  days  of  Fischer's,  just  a  block  below  the  present  site  of  the 
Alcazar.  The  only  criticism  which  I  heard  on  the  play  was 
really  not  adverse  criticism,  but  subtle  compliment — some 
seemed  to  think  that  there  was  not  quite  enough  kolbandilling, 
and  that  the  gifted  pair  were  not  sufficiently  in  evidence. 

"The  High  Cost  of  Loving"  is  sufficiently  good  farce  to  stand 
on  its  own  bottom  without  the  customary  festooning  of  the  stage 
with  women's  busts,  and  even  without  such  talented  stars,  but 
even  that  did  not  matter  to  the  audience.  People  came  to  see 
and  hear  Kolbandill,  and  would  have  roared  their  heads  off 
even  if  Hamlet  had  been  presented.  Ah,  yes,  we  may  not  be 
able  to  define  it,  but  it  is  hard  to  get  away  from  this  personality 
stuff,  and  which  precious  possession  may  not  be  projected  on 
the  screen.    Thank  God! 

The  young  ladies  who  assist  in  the  musical  inter- 
ludes are  all  very  comely,  and  dress  superbly.  They 
look  as  if  they  had  stepped  out  of  the  pages  of 
Vogue  or  had  had  their  frocks  designed  by  the 
titled  and  gabby  English  lady  who  discourses  so 
volubly  in  the  Sunday  edition  of  the  daily  paper  we 
use  for  lighting  fires  at  home.  There  were  several 
charming  young  voices  among  them:  Eva  Seiger  in 
"Allah's  Holiday,"  was  quite  acceptable;  in  a  char- 
acter song  of  Maud  Lambert's,  Ruth  Williams  really 
put  it  over  the  Orpheum  headliner,  and  Lucille  Chal- 
font  in  "Thou  Brilliant  Bird"  from  "Le  Perle  di  Bra- 
zile",  displayed  a  splendidly  cultivated  voice  of  re- 
markable purity  and  sweetness.  She  sings  per- 
fectly true,  but  lacks  the  emotional  quality. 

The  most  welcome  surprise  was  to  see  my  old 
friend  Henry  Protean  Shumer  again,  and  the  way  he 
cavorted  around  in  real  musical  comedy  style  leads 
me  to  believe  that  he  could  understudy  Pavlowa  in 
the  swan  dance.  Certainly  he  is  the  most  versatile 
actor  on  the  American  stage  to-day,  and  threatened 
to  take  it  away  from  Dill. 

Liddy  returns  to  his  old  job  as  juvenile  for  K.  and 
D.,  and  a  very  good  juvenile  he  is,  with  a  tender, 
sympathetic  tenor  voice  and  all  the  youthful  he-pul- 
chritude and  grace  which  should  go  v  ith  it. 

Why  Shumer  doesn't  land  in  Broadway  in  the  le- 
gitimate, and  Liddy  with  a  big  musical  comedy  pro- 
duction, is  a  mystery  to  me. 

The  staging  was  beautifully  done,  with  all  the  Al- 
cazar perfection  of  detail,  and  the  orchestra  under  my 
friend  Rosebrook  quite  a  feature  of  itself,  and  which 
did  not  need  the  spotlight  to  show  its  excellence. 
*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

Pantages  Theatre.- — The  announcement  that  Bob 
Fitzsimmons,  "Champion  of  all  Champions,"  as- 
sisted by  his  son,  Bobby,  Jr.,  is  to  appear  here  next 
week  as  the  head-line  attraction  at  the  Pantages 
Theatre,  will  no  doubt  prove  interesting  to  many  of 
the  patrons  of  the  Pantages  Theatre.  He  gives  a 
very  interesting  little  talk  covering  his  career  and 
advent  into  the  prize  ring,  and  this  is  followed  by  a 
three-round  bout  with  Bobby,  Jr.,  "the  coming  heavy 
weight  champion  of  the  world."  A  musical  farce, 
"Mr.  Chaser,"  is  billed  as  the  extra  added  feature. 
The  cast  is  headed  by  the  distinguished  character 
comedian,   Geo.   Leonard,  whose  portrayal   of  .the 


eccentric  old  roue  stands  out  in  bold  relief,  and  he  is  admirably 
assisted  by  the  Chesliegh  Sisters.  Anthony  and  Mack  are  a 
clever  pair  of  comedian  entertainers,  and  are  said  to  be  real 
laugh  provokers.  Sol  and  Leslie  Berns  appear  in  a  clever  talk- 
ing, singing  and  dancing  act.  "The  Chinese  Castles,"  Joe 
Chong  Haw  and  Rosie  Yuen  Moey,  present  a  very  novel  dan- 
cing and  singing  act;  and  Mahoney  and  Auburn,  club  jugglers. 
The  third  chapter  of  the  absorbing  picture  serial,  "The  Secret 
Kingdom,"  will  be  the  screen  attraction. 

*  *  * 

Columbia. — As  the  energetic,  hustling  saleswoman  of  the 
Featherloom  Petticoat  in  "Our  Mrs.  McChesney,"  at  the  Co- 
lumbia Theatre,  Rose  Stahl  is  right  in  her  element,  and  the 
large  crowds  which  are  attending  the  performances  nightly  are 
thoroughly  enjoying  the  crisp  and  clever  lines  and  the  unusual 
situations  in  this  new  American  comedy.  Miss  Stahl  is  one  of 
California's  favorite  stars,  and  at  every  performance  she  is 
given  a  welcome  with  applause  lasting  several  minutes.  Al- 
though the  comedy  in  "Our  Mrs.  McChesney"  predominates, 
yet  the  emotional  scenes  give  Miss  Stahl  a  wonderful  opportu- 
nity to  show  her  fine  art.  The  second  and  last  week  of  the  en- 
gagement begins  Monday,  March  5th. 

"Cousin  Lucy,"  Julian  Eltinge's  newest  medium  for  the  dis- 
play of  his  interpretation  of  charming  young  women,  will  be 
seen  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  for  two  weeks,  commencing  with 
Monday  night,  March  12th.  The  comedy  is  described  as  a  be- 
wildering circus  of  fun  and  fashion,  enlisting  the  services  of  a 
large  beauty  chorus.  There  are  also  many  musical  and  dancing 
numbers. 


Claude  Gillingwater,  who  will  appear  in  "The  Frame-Up"  next  week  at 
the  Orpheum. 


mul  California  Advertisei 


n  announces  a  splendid  and  wcll- 

aer,  assisted  by 

will  appear  in  Regi- 

ne-Up,"  which  grips 

from  i-  t  the  finish  furnishes 

will  be  heard  in 

their  own  composition,  and 

:rily  successful,  as  exemplified 

Dear  to  Me  as  Dixie  was  to  Lee." 

:;ed  in  his  line  as  Harry  Lauder  is  in 

scribed  as  a  singer  of  unusual  songs. 

the  title  of  the  Cycling  Genius,  for  his 

control  of  a  bic  ^ply  marvelous.     A  gTeat  charm  of 

•  is  its  novelty.    Florenz  Tempest  and  Marion  Sunshine  in 

'"A  Broadway  Bouquet,"  and  Flanagan  and  Edwards  in  "Off 

o  be  included  in  the  bill.    Dorothy  Jardon,  the 

vay  star,  will  be  heard  in  new  songs.     Owing 

expressed  wish,  the  Greater  Morgan  Dancers 

will  be  retained  for  another  week. 

•  •  • 

Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Louis  Persinger,  the 
distinguished  concert-master  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony 
Orchestra,  will  again  be  soloist  at  the  concert  to  be  given  next 
Sunday  afternoon,  March  4th,  at  the  Cort,  Alfred  Hertz  con- 
ducting. The  program  rendered  on  Friday,  as  the  first  event  of 
the  tenth  pair  of  regular  symphonies,  will  be  repeated.  Per- 
singer will  play  the  noble  Brahms  concerto  in  D  Major.  Addi- 
tional interest  attaches  to  the  performances  of  Edgar  Stillman 
Kelley's  "New  England"  Symphony  through  the  presence  here 
of  the  composer.  Mr.  Kelley  came  to  San  Francisco  from  the 
East  in  order  to  hear  the  first  presentations  in  the  West  of  his 
new  work.  The  third  "Leonore"  overture  will  be  the  remaining 
offering  on  Sunday  afternoon. 

The  ninth  "pop"  concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  is 
ar.rounced  for  Sunday  afternoon,  March  11th,  at  the  Cort.  The 
numbers  will  be  as  follows:  "Unfinished  Symphony,"  Schu- 
bert; "Euryanthe"  overture,  Weber;  "Kamarinskaja,"  Glinka; 
"Damnation  of  Faust,"  selections,  Berlioz;  "Blue  Danube" 
Valse,  Strauss.  The  prices  for  the  affair  will  range  from  25c. 
to  $1,  as  is  usual,  and  tickets  may  now  be  had  at  Sherman,  Clay 

&:  Co.'s. 

*  *  * 


arranged  program  includes  several  novelties  of  general  interest. 
Miss  Irene  De  Martini,  whose  magnificent  voice  has  been  heard 
at  many  functions,  will  sing  selections  by  Flotow,  Nevin  and 
Woodman.  Helen  McKinlay,  the  Misses  Vernita  Pellow,  Char- 
lotte Ibscher  and  Zdenka  Buben  will  be  heard  in  piano  composi- 
tions by  Bach,  Mojart,  Chopin,  Saint-Saens,  Moszkowski  and 
Rachmaninoff,  and  Miss  M.  Monica  Heffernan  and  Flora  Si- 
monton  will  sing  selections  in  French,  Italian,  German  and 
English. 


JULES  RESTAURANT  IN  NEW  QUARTERS. 

Jules  famous  restaurant  has  removed  from  its  former  locality 
in  Market  street  to  new  and  more  commodious  quarters  two 
blocks  north  in  the  Sutter  Hotel,  corner  of  Sutter  and  Kearny 
streets.  More  room  was  required  for  his  growing  patronage,  and 
the  new  establishment,  with  its  sweeping  spaciousness,  seating 
300  diners,  attractive  decorations  and  the  old-time  Jules  atmos- 
phere of  pleasurable  dining  with  a  background  of  solid  comfort, 
provides  ideal  surroundings.  Jules  has  thoughtfully  furnished 
a  much  larger  dance  floor  than  in  the  former  place.  This,  with 
Epstein's  excellent  orchestra  providing  music  that  would  make 
a  wooden  Indian  dance,  will  deservedly  make  Jules  restaurant 
more  popular  than  ever. 


"A  SONG  OF  PEACE"  MAKES  UNUSUAL  HIT. 

One  of  the  most  captivating  and  successful  song  offerings 
touching  the  great  European  war,  semi-hymnal  in  character,  has 
just  been  written  by  Hannah  Laura  Stevens,  a  gifted  writer  of 
songs,  and  well  known  throughout  the  State.  Ashton  Stevens, 
who  made  a  national  name  for  himself  in  dramatic  criticism, 
inherited  his  varied  talents  from  his  mother.  Mrs.  Stevens' 
new  contribution  is  entitled  "A  Song  of  Peace."  The  music  is 
by  D.  P.  Hughes,  whose  sympathetic  themes  have  won  wide 
approval.  Both  have  caught  the  spirit  of  the  time  and  the 
mighty  uplift  of  the  nations  of  the  world  in  the  hosannas  that 
will  proclaim  Peace  and  Good  Will  again  on  earth.  Words  and 
music  are  most  happily  wedded,  and  carry  the  sentiment  with 
an  exultant  lift  that  stirs  the  heart.  The  music  is  arranged  for 
baritone  or  mezzo-soprano.  Published  by  D.  P.  Hughes,  1102 
Myrtle  street,  Oakland,  Cal.    Price  25c. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK   BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
CHAMPION    OF    ALL    CHAMPIONS 
BOB    FITZSIMMONS 

ASSISTED    BY    HIS    SON    BOBBY  JR. 
MAHONEY  AND  AUBURN:    ANTHONY    AND  MACK:    LESLIE    AND   SOL 
BERN'S;    JOE    CHONG    HAW   &    ROSIE    YUEN    MOEY:    EXTRA    ADDED 
FEATURE  "  MR.  CHASER."   A  MUSICAL  FARCE  COMEDY;   THE  THIRD 
CHAPTER  OF  "THE  SECRET  KINGDOM," 


Urpheum 


O'Farrell   Street         Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 

Phone  Douglas  70 
THIS       SUNDAY'     AFTERNOON.         MATINEE 


Week    beginning 
EVERY   DAY. 

A    WONDERFUL    SHOW 

CLAUDE  GILLINGWATER,  assisted  by  Julie  Heme  and  his  own  Company  in 
Reginald  Barlow's  delightful  "Punch  Playlet"  The  Frame-Dp;"  THE 
MISSES  CAMPBELL  in  Songs:  FLORENZ  TEM  PEST  ct  MARION  SUNSHINE 
in  "A  Broadwas  Bouquet;"  FLANAGAN  &  EDWARDS  in  Off  and  On: 
PAT  BARRETT  Unusal  Songs  in  an  Unusual  Manner;  FRANK  WILSON,  the 
Cycling  Genius-  DOROTHY  JARDON.  The  Beautiful  Broadway  Star,  in  New 
Songs:  Retained  by  General  Request  THE  GREATER  MORGAN  DANCERS 
2.1— People— 25. 

Evening  Drioes— 10c,  25c.  60c.   75c.     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days  and   holidays).   10c.    25c,   50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Franklin  160 


Joseph  Beringer,  Pianist,  director  of  the  Beringer  Musical  Club 

Beringer  Musical  Club.— The  Beringer  Musical  Club  an- 
nounces its  thirty-seventh  piano  and  vocal  recital  to  be  given 
on  the  evening  of  March  8th,  under  the  direction  of  Professor 
and  Mme.  Joseph  Beringer,  at  Century  Club  Hall.    The  well- 


MONDAY  MARCH  5 

Second  and  LastWe;k.    Charles  Frohman  presents 

ROSE    STAHL 
in  her  latest  comedy  success 

■'OUR   MRS.    McCHESNEY,' 

From  the  Edna  Ferber  stories. 

Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

March  12— JULIAN  ELT1NGE  in  "Cousin  Lucy." 

10th    SUNDAY     SYMPHONY 

CONCERT 

LOUIS  PERSINGER.  Soloist 

CORT    THEATRE 

Sunday,  March  I.  at  2:30  Sharp 

PROGRAM — Beethoven  Overture,  "leonore."  No.  8  Brahms  J 

ml.   Major  (Louis   Persinger):    Edgar   Stillman    kelley,       .New    Eng ds 

I^CES-Suna'ay  50c,75c.|l: 'Boxand  lqgeseate.»1.60     Ticket!  a1  ,-heiman, 
ciav.tr.. '.  except  concert  day;  at  Con  Theatre  c en  day  only. 

NEXT-Manh  ll-'.ali  "POP"  CONCERT. 


ORCHESTRA 

Alfred Hcrtz Conductor, 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
TREAT-ARNOLD.— Announcement  has  been  received  by  friends  in   this 
city  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Margaret  Treat,  daughter  of  General 
and  Mrs.   Charles   G.    Treat,    and   Lieutenant   A.   V.   Arnold.    General 
Trpat's  aide 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JOHNSON-MILTON. — Miss    Josephine    Johnson    and    Maxwell    C.    Milton 

will  be  married  on  March  6th. 
TIETZEN-HODGE.— A  wedding  of  the  spring  will  be  that  of  Miss  Hazel 
Tietzen  aid  Charles  Sessions  Dodge  during  the  first  week  in  April,  at 
the   home  of   the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Paul  O.   Tietzen,   in 
Claremont. 

WEDDINGS. 
BELASCO-ROSENTHAL.— Miss    Reyna    Belasco,    daughter    of    Mr.    and 
Mrs.  Sollie  Belasco,  became  the  bride  of  J.  Stanley  Rosenthal  February 
25th,  at  the  bride's  home  on  Laguna  street. 
BOWEN-GREISCHE.— Miss    Bessie    Bowen    last   Wednesday    evening   be- 
came the  bride  of  Gustave  Griesche  at  a  quiet  wedding.     The  bride  is 
the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Millard  H.  Bowen  of  Sixteenth  avenue. 
BRECKENRIDGE- VANCE. — An   event  that  is   of  much  interest  on   both 
sides  of  the  continent  took  place  Thursday  in  San  Mateo,  when  Miss 
Margaret  Breckenridge,  sister  of  Henry  W.  Breckenridge,  former  as- 
sistant secretary  of  war,  became  the  bride  of  John  Thomas  Vance,  Jr., 
of  San   Domingo. 
1  ORMAN-SEID.—  Miss  Miriam  Dorman   and   Dr.   Martin   Seid  were  mar- 
ried February  25th  at  the  Hotel  Belvedere. 
ERNST-PICKETT. — Miss  Marie  Christine  Ernst,  daughter  of  a  prominent 
pioneer  family  of  Sacramento,  became  the  bride  of  Edwin  R.  Pickett 
at  an  elaborate  wedding  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  father,  C.  J.  Ernst. 
JACKSON-McLAUGHLIN. — Miss  Pauline  Jackson  became  the  bride  Wed- 
nesday  evening   of   Charles   Porter   McLaughlin   of    Sacramento.      The 
ceremony  took  place  in  St.  Augustine's  Church  in  Berkeley. 
McDERMOTT-HATES.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Mary  Ellen  McDermott  of 
Burlingame  to  Oliver  Bliss  Hayes  of  Pasadena,  took  place  last  Wed- 
nesday at  the  home  of  the  bride's  father,  James  H.  McDermott,  on 
Cabrillo  Road,   Burlingame. 
TOPP. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roger  Topp,  whose  marriage  took  place  last  Wed- 
nesday in  New  York,   have  been   receiving  messages   of   felicitations 
from   their  San   Francisco  friends. 
TRAYNORE-BROOKS. — The   marriage  of  Miss  Rosalie   Traynore   to   Geo. 
Franklin   Brooks   was   solemnized   in    St.   Mary's    Cathedral   at  noon, 
February  21st,   the  Rev.  Father  Byrnes  officiating. 
VAIL-FORSYTH. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Alida  Vail  and   George   Howard 
Forsyth  took  place  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  R.  Vail,   on  Green  street 
WALKER-OWBRIDGE. — From   London  comes   the  news  of  the  marriage 
of  Miss  Loula  Walter,   a  former   San   Francisco   girl,    and   Lieutenant 
W.  W.  Owbridge  of  the  British  army. 

WEDDING    ANNIVERSARIES. 

HOPKINS. — Thursday  evening,  at  their  Claremont  home,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Robert  Hopkins  will  celebrate  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  their 
marriage. 

LINZ. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Linz  will  celebrate  the  seventeenth  anni- 
versary of  their  marriage  next  Tuesday  evening  with  a  reception  to 
be  given  at  their  home,  "Lincoln  Manor,"  SS  Shore  View  avenue. 
LUNCHEONS. 

BRYAN. — Miss  Linda  Bryan,  who  has  been  hostess  at  a  number  of  lunch- 
eons for  her  friends  during  the  winter,  entertained  yesterday  at  her 
home  on  Vallejo  street. 

CROCKER. — In  compliment  to  Miss  Elena  Eyre,  who  leaves  to-day  for 
New  York  for  a  visit  of  indefinite  length,  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Crocker  ana 
her  daughter.  Miss  Marion  Crocker  Monday  gave  a  luncheon  at  the 
Crocker  home  in  Laguna  street 

CROCKER. — Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Monday  to 
Lady  Susan  Fitz  Clarence  of  London,  sister  of  the  Earl  of  Hardwicke, 
who  is  here  for  a  few  days  en  route  to  Los  Angeles,  where  she  is  to 
join  Madame  Melba,  and  visit  with  the  diva  for  several  weeks. 

CROWLEY. — Mrs.  T.  J.  Crowley  presided  at  luncheon  last  Saturday  after- 
noon at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

FENNIMORE. — Among  the  interesting  affairs  scheduled  for  next  week  is 
the  luncheon  to  be  given  on  the  afternoon  of  March  9th  by  Mrs.  Wat- 
son D.  Fennimore.  Her  guests  will  gather  at  her  home  on  Steiner 
street  where  the  later  hours  of  the  afternoon  will  be  given  over  to 
bridge.  * 

KRUSI. — Complimenting  Miss  Maryli  Krusi,  whose  marriage  to  Wyman 
Taylor  will  be  an  event  of  the  spring,  Mrs.  Stetson  G.  Hindes  enter- 
tained at  a  luncheon  last  Saturday  afternoon. 

SCAIFE. — Mrs.  William  S.  Scaife,  of  Pittsburg,  who  is  visiting  her  bro- 
ther-in-law and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Kuhn,  on  Washington 
street,  was  the  complimented  guest  at  a  luncheon  at  which  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    William    Geer    Hitchcock   were   hosts    Sunday    afternoon. 

TOBIN. — Mr.    and   Mrs.    Cyril   Tobin   were   hosts   at   a  luncheon    party   at 
the  Burlingame  Country  Club  February  23d. 
TEAS. 

BUCHANAN. — Miss  Linda  Buchanan  will  be  hostess  on  the  afternoon  of 
March  15th  at  a  bridge  tea  at  her  home. 

JOHNSON. — Mrs.  T.  D.  Johnson  was  guest  of  honor  at  the  pretty  tea  at 
which  Mrs.  John  W.  French  was  hostess  on  February  19th,  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel. 


DOZIER. — In  honor  of  Miss  Dorothy  Davis,  a  charming  Chicago  girl,  who 
is  visiting  in  San  Francisco  for  several  months  as  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
Melville  Dozier  on  Devisadero  street,  Miss  Dorothy  Dozier  entertained 
at  tea  Wednesday  afternoon.  This  affair  took  place  at  the  hostess' 
home  on  Duboce  avenue. 

SMITH. — Mrs.  Homer  Smith  was  hostess  Monday  at  an  informal  tea  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Walter  Seymour. 

WOOD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Hart  Wood  will  give  a  tea  Sunday  after- 
noon at  their  apartments  at  Stanford  Court. 

ZANE. — Miss  Bessie  Zane  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  a  tea  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel   in    compliment  to   Mrs.   Jack   Hays,   sister  of  Mrs.    Charles  L. 
Weller,    who    is    here   from    her   home    in   Los   Angeles,    visiting    her 
mother,  Mrs.  John  McMullin,  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
DINNERS. 

CHAPPALEAR. — Major  and  Mrs.  Louis  Chappalear  entertained  at  dinner 
Thursday  evening  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott,  and  later  took  their  guests  to 
the  hop  given  on  that  night,  having  been  postponed  from  last  week. 

ENNIS. — A  party  of  thirty  friends  was  entertained  this  week  by  Scott  F. 
Ennis  at  a  dinner  dance  at  the  Del  Paso  Country  Club,  Sacramento. 

FULLAM, — Rear-Admiral  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Fullam  greeted  a  number 
of  their  friends  Sunday  evening  at  a  dinner  given  by  Mrs.  Stetson 
Winslow  at  her  residence  on  Pacific  avenue. 

FULLER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Fuller  were  hosts  at  an  informal  dinner 
Monday  evening,  and  later  at  the  Ice  Palace. 

HECHT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Simon  Hecht,  who  are  visiting  in  this  city  from 
their  home  in  Boston,  were  the  complimented  guests  at  the  dinner 
given  last  Saturday  evening  by  Judge  and  Mrs.  M.  C.  Sloss,  whose 
guests  assembled  at  the  Cliff  House. 

WETL. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Weil  gave  a  dinner  dance  last  Friday  night 
at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

WELCH. — One  of  the  largest  dinners  of  the  year  was  that  at  which 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  were  hosts  to  about  fifty  of  their  friends 
in  the  Italian  room  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  Monday  evening. 

WILSON. — Major  and  Mrs.  Sydney  Cloman,  who  were  guests  over  the 
week  end  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mountford  S.  Wilson  at  their  Burlingame 
home,  were  the  honored  guests  at  an  informal  dinner  given  Sunday 
evening  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson. 

PARTIES. 

GEARY. — As  a  compliment  to  Major  and  Mrs.  John  Thomas  Geary,  who 
will   sail   March   5th   for  the  Philippines,    Captain   and   Mrs.   John   G. 
Hotz  will  entertain  for  them  at  an  eggnog  party  to-morrow  afternoon 
at  their  quarters  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 
SUPPERS. 

HEDLMAN. — A  supper  party  at  the  Palace  Hotel  furnished  much  plea- 
sure Monday  evening  for  a  group  of  the  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  W. 
Hellman,  Jr. 

DANCES. 

MARTIN. — The  home  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  on  Broadway  will  be  the 
scene  of  a  merry  gathering  on  the  evening  of  March  16th,  the  occa- 
sion to  be  a  Pierrot  party  at  which  her  granddaughters,  Misses  Mary 
and  Eleanor  Martin,  will  entertain  a  number  of  their  young  friends. 

PONTEINES. — The    Ponteines,    a    new   local   organization,  *  will    hold    the 
first  of  a  series  of  dances  on  Friday  evening,  March  9th,  in  the  Co- 
lonial and  Italian  ballrooms  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 
RECEPTIONS. 

BROWN. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  King  Brown's  home,  on  Twenty-fifth  ave- 
nue, was  the  scene  of  a  delightful  reception  when  they  entertained  in 
honor  of  Witter  Bynner  Monday  afternoon. 

WOLF. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Wolf  will  hold  a  reception  Sunday,  March 
4th,  at  their  home  on  Fulton  street,   in  honor  of  the  engagement  of 
their  daughter,  Florence,  to  Mr.  A.  Bloom. 
THEATRE    PARTIES. 

CURRAN. — Homer  Curran  was  host  Tuesday  evening  at  a  theatre  party. 
After  witnessing  the  grand  opera,  the  party  went  to  the  St.  Francis, 
where  they  enjoyed  a  supper  dance. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  was  the  gracious  hostess  at  a  box  party 
at  the  Lina  Cavalieri  and  Lucien  Muratore  concert  Sunday  afternoon. 
After  the  concert  the  party  enjoyed  tea  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

ST.  GOAR. — Mrs.  Henry  St  Goar  had  a  number  of  the  friends  of  her 
daughter.  Miss  Helen,  as  her  guests  at  an  Orpheum  party  last  Satur- 
day afternoon,  with  tea  afterwards  at  the  Town  and  Country  Club. 

THETA  CHI. — A  box  party  at  the  Orpheum  will  be  given  by  the  Lambda 
Theta  Chi  Sorority  this  evening,  following  which  a  supper  will  be 
served  in  the  rose  room  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

THORNE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius  Thorne  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at 
a  theatre  party  February  27th. 

WEIL. — Conrad  and  Theodore  Weil,  sons  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Conrad  Weil, 
will  entertain  a  number  of  their  friends  at  a  theatre  party  on  the 
afternoon  of  March  10th. 

BRIDGE. 

HOUSE. — Miss  Margaret  House  will  entertain  about  fifty  of  her  friends 
at  a  bridge  tea  at  Century  Club  to-day  as  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  Wal- 
ter McLeod. 

PFINGST.— The  Fairmont  Hotel  will  be  the  setting  for  a  bridge  party  at 
which  Mrs.  Florence  Porter  Pfingst  will  be  hostess  next  Monday  af- 
ternoon. 

REED. — Mrs.  Benjamin  Reed  has  invited  a  dozen  or  so  of  the  younger 
matrons  to  be  her  guests  next  Tuesday  afternoon  at  her  home  in 
Piedmont. 


March  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


:X      JIC- 

■ 


I  .v  at  h*i 


■ 

i       The 


affair  wu  planned  In  hon---  vlaltlnii 

tkland. 

ARRIVALS. 

W  lllium    Miller  Graham   arrived    In    Sun    i 

t    the   Fairmont    Hotel.      She  Is  on   I, 

ded  May  In  New  roi  k 
i  overman,  who  have 

been  visit    In    Honolulu,    returned    homo    last    week.      Mrs. 

Uw  and  v  man  went  to  th.it  city  to  meat   Harold  1 

hla  return  from  a  trip  to  Australia. 
tkvis     Mr.  and  Mrs.   Lloyd  Tt  siting  Mr,  and  Mrs.   WlUlarn  S. 

-  at  their  res  Washington   street,  having  Just   returned 

from  a  slay  of  something  more  than   a  week   in   Southern   California 
as  the  guests  "f  lira,  John  Ddward  Beaia, 

DEPARTURES. 

BALDWIN.— Mr.    and   Mrs.    Lloyd    Baldwin   are   among   the   first   to  desert 
Prandsco  for  the  country,  and  will  leave  within  a  day  or  two  for 
where    they    will    pass    the    greater   part    of    me   summer   as    the 
guests  of  Mrs.   Baldwin's  father.  Thomas   Barry. 

BAKBR. — Mrs.    Wakefield   Baker  has  left  for  Del   Monte,   where  she  will 
1  a  few  days  in  relaxation  after  the  gayety  of  the  season   here, 
was  aecompanied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Henderson  and  a  party 
of  Eastern    friends. 

[ONE.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christian  de  Gulgne  and  their  house  guest, 
Mrs.  Courtney  Burr,  left  a  day  or  two  ago  for  Santa  Barbara,  whither 
a  number  of  the  smart  set  are  planning  to  go  during  the  early  weeks 
of  Lent 

BYRE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perry  Kyre.  who  have  been  passing  the  winter  in 
town,  returned  Wednesday  to  Atherton  to  again  take  possession  of 
their  attractive  home. 

FORD.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Ford,  who  passed  a  portion  of  the  winter 
in  town  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  O.  G.  Miller  on  Broadway, 
have  returned  to  their  own  attractive  home  in  Burlingame. 

(JALLOIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Gallois  left  Sunday  for  a  stay  of  about 
three  weeks  in  the  East. 

HELLMANN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hellmann,  who  came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  attend  the  wedding  of  their  niece.  Miss  Katherine  Hellmann. 
and  Thorp  Sawyer,  left  for  the  East. 

JENKINS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Jenkins,  who  have  been  passing  the  last 
two  months  in  town,  where  they  have  been  occupying  the  house  that 
was  formerly  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Jenkins'  brother  and  sister-in-law, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Cushing,  have  returned  to  thefr  home  in  Mill  Val- 
ley. 

KNIGHT. — Word  has  been  received  from  Mrs.  Samuel  Knight  and  Miss 
Marjorie  Josselyn  that  they  have  arrived  safely  at  Coronado.  They 
left  San  Francisco  last  Thursday. 

RATHBONE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerald  Rathbone  left  Sunday  for  Southern 
California,  where  they  will  sojourn  for  a  fortnight. 

SALISBURY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Salisbury  and  Miss  Anna  McCornlck  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  who  have  been  with  the  Judges  at  several  informal 
affairs,  left  this  week  for  Coronado.  The  Judges  may  join  them  at 
Coronado  later  on. 

INTIMATIONS. 

BAXTER. — Mrs.   George   Perkins   Baxter   and   her   young   daughter,   Miss 

Mary  Baxter,  are  enjoying  a  sojourn  of  a  few  weeks  at  Santa  Barbara, 

where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  O.  Tietzen  of  Claremont  have  been  for  the 

past  fortnight. 
BREWER. — Miss  Amy  Brewer  enjoyed  a  week's  visit  in  town  as  guest  of 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   oohn  B.   Casserly,   at  their  residence  on   Broadway. 
BELL. — Major-General   and   Mrs,   J.    Franklin    Bell   passed   the  week-end 

at  Pleasanton,  where  they  are  the  guests  of  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  at 

the   Hacienda  del   Poso   de  Verona. 
BRAVER. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Frederick    Hope    Beaver   and    their   debutante 

daughter,  Miriam  Beaver,  are  others  of  the  smart  set  who  will  desert 

San  Francisco  for  their  San   Rafael   home,    as  will  Mr.   and   Mrs.  A. 

Starr  Keeler,  whose  attractive  daughter.  Miss  Alice  Keeler,  was  also  a 

bud  of  the  season. 
BOYD.— Mr.   and  Mrs.   George  D.   Boyd,   whose  charming  daughter,  Miss 

Jean  Boyd,  was  introduced  to  society  this  winter,  will  be  among  the 

first  to  return  to  their  San  Rafael  home,  and  the  close  of  Lent  will 

probably  find  them  established  there  again. 
BEAN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.    Barton   Bean   have   closed   their  home   in   Chestnut 

street  and  are  established  for  the  summer  in  apartments  at  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel. 
CLOMAN. — Majjor    and    Mrs.    Sydney    Cloman    passed    last    week-end    in 

Burlingame,   where  they  were  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Mountford   S. 

Wilson. 
COOPER. Mr.    and   Mrs.    Oscar   Cooper   will    make   their   home   in    New 

York  in  future. 
DE  LONG. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long,  whose  marriage  took  place  in 

New   York   not   long   ago,    are   due   here   within    a    fortnight  as   guests 

of  Dr.  Harry  Tevis. 


the 

III  (OK  i  v  isit  in  Ban! 

■    ■ 
Mr.   and    Mi".    Jamas    Howall    passed   the    w<-. : 
Mod 
MARYE.     Mr.  and 

Api il  t->  i 
MELBA.      Mini',    tfalba   is    the  gneSl    of    M 

■  rlai  ■  i  tol  iiin  and  ti  uds  i  topldns  ha  ■ 

linK    Mr.    and    Mis,    Kenn-th    MOOfl    &1     BurllngOJ 
POOL       Mr     and    Mrs.    William    ll.nry    Pool    are 

Virginia,  where  the)   spend 

their    handsome   new    home   at    M.-nlo    Park,    .1.  ,  :,    just 

before  their  departure  for  the  Bast,  wll 

hundred  guests. 

ODY      Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Paul  Peabodj  of  Lo 

Ins;  Mrs.  Peabody's  famll]  In  Berkeley,     Lieutenant   fei Ij   li 

ins  orders  to  leave  for   Fori   Leavenworth.     His  wife  will   reside  tn 
Berkeley  during  I 

5CHNIBR, — Miss  Dora   Schnler  of  this  city  will  return  shortly  from   hei 
tour  of  the  Bast  where  she  has  been  the  pas  I  nine  months. 

SKATING  CLUB.— The  Monday   Kvening  Skating  <-|'ii.  1..  l.l   its  final  ses- 
sion Monday  evening;  at  tin-  Techau  to    Palaci 

STEVENS.— Mr.  ami   Mrs.   Samuel   Stancllft   Stevens,   who  returned    from 
New  York  a  couple  of  weeks  ago,  have  taken  a  house  In  Oakland. 

T1LZER.— Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Tllzer  of   Portland,   Ore.,  after  e 

al   Byron  Hot  Springs,  are  at  the  Hotel  si.   Francis  for  a  few  days, 

l.'HL.— Mr,    and    Mr?  i    hi.   who    left    San    FranclSCO    In    Janu 

Honolulu    on    a    trip    that    was    taken    for    the    benefit    of    the    former's 

health,  are  so  much  enjoying  their  stay  thai   the;    havi    decided  to  de- 
fer  their  return   for  another   month. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phipps  of  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOL  ARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


WINTEtfjiARDEN 


AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

T  C  C       I?   T  \T  TC    Phone  Weil  363 
i    L.   £/      K.  I  L\  J\.    Sutter  and  Pierce  Stt. 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS      J 

GENERAL   SKATING    LESSONS  -  $1  Per  Hour 


SEE  THE  GAME 

OF  HOCKEY 

BETWEEN 


U.C.  and  STANFORD 
Friday  Night  March  2 


■  Half  Hour  5fc. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 

Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN   RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 

HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary,  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


Gives   that    pearly    white     Complexion 
so    much    desired    by   the    Women    of 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


Fashion. 


12 


San  V 


rancisco  [News 


Ne 


Leite. 


March  3,  1917 


UnNANCIAy 


Big  Profits  in 
Sugar  Shares. 


The  annual  report  of  the  Kilauea 
Sugar  Plantation  Company  for  1916 
shows  a  total  yield  of  5,200  tons  of 
sugar  for  the  year,  as  compared  with  a  preliminary  estimate  of 
6,000  tons.  Net  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  the  crop  amounted  to 
$530,830,  or  $102  per  ton.  Total  receipts  for  the  year,  including 
a  balance  of  $53,976  on  December  31,  1915,  amounted  to  $590,- 
529.  Net  profits  carried  to  surplus  account  were  $114,817.  W. 
D.  K.  Gibson  was  elected  a  director  and  treasurer  to  succeed  the 
late  W.  H.  Thomas. 


During  the  year  1916  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Co. 

earned  a  surplus  of  $4,272,343  after  the  payment  of  all  operat- 
ing expenses  and  taxes,  and  setting  aside  $2,603,115  for  main- 
tenance, depreciation,  uncollectable  accounts  and  for  other  con- 
tingencies. Dividends  on  the  company's  preferred  stock,  hav- 
ing the  first  claim  on  this  surplus,  amounted  to  $1,390,257,  in- 
dicating that  these  dividends  were  earned  more  than  three  times 
with  a  margin  of  safety  of  $2,882,086.  The  magnitude  of  its 
list  of  customers  may  be  appreciated  from  the  fact  that  it  ex- 
ceeds the  population  at  the  1910  census  of  each  of  ten  States. 


Onomea  Sugar  Company  has  reported  for  the  year  1916, 

showing  net  profit  carried  to  surplus  account  for  the  year  of 
$840,412,  equivalent  to  more  than  $11  per  share,  or  in  excess  of 
55  per  cent  on  the  par  value  of  the  stock,  which  is  $20  per 
share.  The  manager  estimates  the  1917  crop  at  19,798  tons. 
Dividends  paid  during  the  year  amounted  to  $825,000,  or  55  per 
cent  on  the  par  value  of  shares. 


The  losses  by  fire  in  the  United  States  and  Canada  dur- 
ing the  month  of  January  reached  the  excessive  sum  of  $36,- 
431,770.  Aside  from  March  last,  when  there  were  three  South- 
ern conflagrations  in  that  one  month,  this  is  the  largest  monthly 
record  in  six  years.  It  compares  with  $21,423,350  in  January 
of  last  year. 


Honolulu  Plantation's  report  for  1916  shows  net  profits 

of  $1,188,900,  equivalent  to  $11.89  per  share,  or  23.78  per  cent 
at  the  par  value  of  $50.  Dividends  for  the  year  amounted  to 
^710.000,  or  $7.10  per  share,  equivalent  to  14  20  per  cent. 


HER  CONFESSION. 


I  met  your  smile  too  merrily  perhaps, 

And  touched  your  hand  with  more  than  courtesy, 
But,  as  you  know,  ofttimes  when  pleasures  lapse — 
When  days  and  hours  show  little  ennui  gaps — 
One  must,  of  course,  use  opportunity. 

You  came  when  love  and  I  were  enemies; 

A  quarrel?    Yes.    And  I  was  desolate. 
I  saw  salvation  in  your  pleasantries, 
So  gave  them  back,  relieving  batteries 

Just  disconnected  by  the  hand  of  fate. 

I  did  not  mean  you  to  misunderstand, 

And  yet  'twas  only  what  full  many  do 
When  pride  is  hurt — I  let  you  kiss  my  hand — 
But  now,  before  this  thing  that  you  have  planned, 

Believe  me,  please,  I  but  passed  time  with  you. 

— Town  Topics. 


FREDERICK    THE   GREAT  SAID 

A  correspondent  sends  in  this  timely  quotation  by  Frederick 
the  Great.  It  evidently  dwells  also  in  the  mind  of  this  succes- 
sor: "My  brethren  in  war.  I  love  you  from  the  very  heart.  Your 
enemy  shall  ye  seek,  your  war  shall  ye  wage,  and  for  the  sake 
of  our  thoughts.  Ye  shall  love  Peace  as  a  means  to  new  wars, 
and  the  short  peace  more  than  the  long." 


GERMANY'S   PLOT  AGAINST   AMERICA. 

The  amazing  Zimmerman  letter  which  discloses  the  German 
plot  to  embroil  the  United  States  with  Japan  and  Mexico  sheds 
an  illuminating  light  on  the  diplomatic  processes  of  the  Kaiser. 
It  contains  the  confession  of  faith  of  the  German  High  War 
Staff,  the  malpractices  of  the  secret  service  bureau,  and  throws 
the  limelight  on  doings  of  Germany  that  hitherto  stoutly  main- 
tained themselves  in  the  conjectural.  In  some  150  words  Ger- 
many has  completely  exposed  her  hand  to  the  world,  her  de- 
termination to  destroy  any  opposition  that  stands  in  her  way 
in  order  to  attain  her  ambition,  the  dictatorship  of  the  world.  It 
explains  the  welter  of  Belgium  destruction  and  the  callous  treat- 
ment of  other  small  nations  that  stood  in  her  way.  From  Ger- 
many's individual  and  peculiarly  Nietzcheistic  viewpoint,  she 
has  the  right  to  wallow  in  the  blood  of  the  nations  so  long  as 
she  can  conquer.  Per  contra,  she  must  concede  that  the  other 
nations  have  a  like  right  to  defend  themselves.  On  such 
grounds  are  the  two  contesting  sets  of  belligerents  now  taking 
up  the  final  round  in  the  contest.  In  such  a  situation  there  is  no 
question  where  the  United  States  should  stand  on  behalf  of  the 
democracy  of  the  world. 

Though  Germany  has  succeeded  in  fomenting  insurrection  in 
Cuba,  she  has  failed  in  making  with  any  headway  in  winning 
over  Mexico  and  Japan.  Villa  remains  her  chief  aid  there.  The 
bounds  of  her  conspiracies  in  this  direction  will  of  course  be 
promptly  checked  by  her  opponents,  now  that  her  secret  ser- 
vice plottings  are  known.  These  extraordinary  revelations,  dis- 
covered by  the  secret  service  at  Washington  and  reported  to 
President  Wilson,  throw  a  sidelight  on  a  number  of  actions  re- 
cently taken  by  the  President,  the  object  of  which  the  country 
at  the  time  could  not  fathom.  The  reason  now,  of  course,  is 
clear,  even  to  the  breaking  off  of  diplomatic  relations  with 
Germany.  The  result  means  a  greater  solidarity  among  the 
entente  nations  and  a  stiffer  determination  to  check  the  ambi- 
tions of  the  Kaiser  at  any  cost.  A  defeat  means  the  spoliation 
of  the  world  by  Germany,  and  Germany  herself  will  not  deny 
this,  according  to  her  national  philosophic  viewpoint. 


DIRECTOR  HERTZ  EXTENDING  HIS  SUCCESS. 

Just  to  show  that  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  is 
an  organization  worth  supporting  for  its  inherent  excellence  in 
interpreting  the  best  music  of  the  masters,  the  musicians  were 
taken  over  to  the  Oakland  Auditorium,  and  Conductor  Hertz 
provided  a  program  of  such  vivid  and  appealing  interpretation 
that  the  big  audience  simply  stormed  the  splendid  execution 
with  applause.  Unfortunately  for  the  smaller  towns  in  the  in- 
terior of  the  State,  they  are  not  large  enough  to  contribute  a 
guarantee  for  performances  provided  by  such  a  large  organi- 
zation. This  situation  circumscribes  the  field  of  this  unusually 
fine  symphony  orchestra  to  the  two  bay  cities — a  great  pity,  as 
many  Californians  living  in  the  interior  of  the  State  have  been 
developed  into  intense  music  lovers  through  the  fine  interpreta- 
tions given  by  the  number  of  excellent  Eastern  conductors  of 
orchestras  who  were  invited  to  the  Exposition.  Director  Hertz 
v,  as  at  his  best  in  the  Brahms  C  Minor  at  the  Oakland  sym- 
phony, and  gave  another  surprising  exhibition  of  the  harmonic 
development  he  is  making  with  his  instrumentalists.  That 
superb  and  commanding  overture,  "Leonora  No.  3,"  held  the 
audience  spellbound,  and  was  crowned  with  salvos  of  intense 
applause.  A  fine  Wagner  program  will  be  given  in  Oakland, 
Thursday,  March  22d. 


People  who  spend  their  Sunday  evenings  at  the  Techau 

Tavern  expect  to  have  a  good  time.  Every  Sunday  evening  now 
the  Tavern  has  a  continuous  entertainment.  The  highest,  class 
talent  available  is  provided.  There  are  dancing  numbers  and 
vocal  numbers.  Gowns  worn  by  the  Tavern's  vocal  stars  are 
greatly  admired  by  the  feminine  portion  of  the  diners.  There 
is  not  a  minute's  let-up  in  the  entertainment  from  the  dinner 
until  the  closing  hour.  There  is  no  public  dancing  during  the 
afternoon,  but  other  excellent  entertainment  is  supplied,  to- 
gether with  the  much  desired  perfume  favors. 


Parson  (to  newly-wedded  pair) — The  marriage  state  im- 
poses various  duties.  The  husband  must  protect  his  wife,  while 
the  wife  must  follow  the  husband  whithersoever  he  goes.  Bride 
— Lor',  sir,  can't  that  be  altered  in  our  case?  My  man  is  going 
to  the  trenches  to-morrow  morning. — Punch. 


March  3.  1917 


and  California  Advertise) 


13 


INSURANCE 

The  friends  of  George  W.  Brooks,  secretary  of  the  Califor- 
nia Insurance  Co.,  will  grieve  to  learn  of  his  serious  illness. 
Upon  the  absolute  demand  of  his  physicians  he  has  relin- 
quished all  business  cares,  and  will  be  confined  to  the  house 

for  several  weeks. 

•  •  • 

Frank  P.  Wilson,  who  has  acted  as  State  agent  for  the  Con- 
tinental during  the  past  fifteen  years,  has  been  retired  from 
that  position,  and  has  not  yet  announced  any  plans  for  his 
future.  Wilson  has  been  with  the  Continental  in  various  capa- 
cities for  twenty  years.  Previous  to  his  appointment  as  State 
agent  he  represented  the  company  in  the  southern  part  of  the 

State  as  special  agent. 

•  *  • 

Rolla  V.  Watt,  manager  of  the  Royal  and  Queen's  Pacific  de- 
partment, and  prominent  in  many  public  undertakings,  was 
sixty  years  old  this  month.  The  occasion  was  remembered  by 
many  of  his  friends  and  employees  by  showers  of  beautiful  blos- 
soms and  expressions  of  good  will. 

*  *  » 

Judge  G.  E.  Talbot,  of  Reno,  former  president  of  the  Nevada 
Fire,  has  brought  suit  against  Attorney  C.  E.  Mack,  a  stock- 
holder of  the  company,  for  libel,  naming  damages  in  the  sum 
of  $50,000.  Judge  Talbot  accuses  Mack  of  circulating  defama- 
tory letters  reflecting  upon  the  management  of  the  Nevada  Fire 

at  a  time  when  the  former  was  its  president. 

*  *  * 

The  Montana  Life  paid  for  five  million  dollars  worth  of  new 
business  last  year.  The  company  has  been  writing  business 
for  but  a  little  more  than  six  years,  and  had  on  its  books  over 
sixteen  millions  of  business  at  the  close  of  1916.  The  com- 
pany has  a  surplus  of  $350,000,  and  has  paid  stockholders  divi- 
dends of  $70,000.  H.  R.  Cunningham  is  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager. 


who  resigned  several  months  ago.  Mr.  Sifford  has  been 
as  special  for  the  company  in  the  Northern  California  field,  He 
became  connected  with  the  company  about  ten  years  ago,  en- 
tering the  home  office  as  policy  clerk,  and  advanced  rapidly, 
being  placed  in  the  field  three  years  after,  where  his  duties  have 
been  most  intelligently  performed. 

*  »  » 

Joseph  A.  Boyce  has  been  appointed  by  Christensen  &  Good- 
win to  represent  their  companies  in  the  Southern  California  and 
Arizona  field,  with  headquarters  at  Los  Angeles. 


RAPHAEL   WEILL'S  EIGHTIETH  BIRTHDAY. 

Raphael  Weill  celebrated  his  eightieth  birthday,  this  week, 
in  Paris,  where  he  is  staying  to  contribute  all  he  can  to  the  sta- 
bility of  his  beloved  France  during  her  threatened  extremity. 
It  was  a  gala  day  to  all  his  throngs  of  staunch  friends,  both 
here  and  in  France.  As  a  mark  of  his  devoted  affection  for 
San  Francisco,  in  which  he  has  lived  for  67  years,  Mr.  Weill 
forwarded  a  check  of  $10,000  to  be  distributed  among  the  char- 
itable institutions  of  the  city.  The  "old  guard"  of  the  Bohemian 
Club  always  sends  him  some  intimate  reminder  of  his  birthday 
should  he  happen  to  be  in  Paris  at  the  time.  This  week  the 
cablegram  read:  "Legions  of  your  life-long  friends  of  San 
Francisco  on  the  occasion  of  your  eightieth  anniversary  fondly 
wire  their  sincere  wishes  for  your  continued  health  and  happi- 
ness." It  was  signed  by  some  sixty  veteran  bohemians  of  the 
club.  Mr.  Weill  was  born  in  the  province  of  Lorraine,  which 
was  wrested  from  France  in  1870,  and  he  is  deeply  and  patri- 
otically eager  to  see  his  birth  site  restored  to  the  arms  of  his 
beloved  France.  He  has  long  been  an  American  citizen,  but 
nationality,  in  the  present  struggle  abroad  between  imperialism 
and  democracy,  is  a  passion  of  the  blood. 


Richard  H.  Pickering,  at  one  time  associated  with 
George  H.  Stiles  under  the  firm  name  of  Pickering 
&  Stiles,  in'  the  San  Francisco  management  of  the 
Mutual  Benefit  Life,  has  been  appointed  Chicago 

manager  of  the  Equitable  Life  of  Iowa. 

*  *  * 

H.  C.  Luck  &  Co.  have  been  appointed  general 
agents  for  the  Pacific  Mutual's  accident  and  health 

department  at  Spokane,  Wash. 

*  *  * 

The  transfer  of  the  Aachen  &  Munich  from  Geo. 
O.  Hoadley  to  Selbach  &  Deans  adds  to  the  strength 
of  the  latter  company,  which  now  represents  the 
Hanover,  Delaware  Underwriters,  and  the  Concor- 
dia. It  is  understood  that  the  Aachen  &  Munich  was 
no  longer  desired  by  the  Hoadley  agency.  The 
company  operates  to  a  limited  extent  throughout 
the  Pacific  Coast  and  in  Hawaii. 

A  bill  that  seeks  to  do  away  with  multiple  licenses 
in  agencies  where  all  members  of  fire  underwriters' 
firm  and  their  employees  solicit  insurance,  making 
one  license  in  such  case  sufficient,  is  before  the 
Washington  Legislature,  and  meets  with  the  un- 
qualified approval  of  insurance  men. 

*  *  * 

The  members  of  the  San  Francisco  Brokers'  Ex- 
change are  about  to  establish  a  black  list.  It  is  the 
universal  custom  of  fire  underwriters  to  grant  credit 
of  sixty  days  for  the  payment  of  premiums,  and 
certain  unprincipled  individuals  have  made  a  prac- 
tice of  permitting  their  po'icies  to  become  systemati- 
cally delinquent,  availing  themselves  of  the  willing- 
ness of  other  members  of  the  Exchange  to  write  at 
the  expiration  of  the  term  of  credit,  when  the  prac- 
tice is  repeated.  A  list  will  be  kept  of  this  class  of 
patrons,  with  a  view  of  discouraging  a  practice  which 
is  alike  expensive  to  companies  and  brokers. 

*  *  * 

The  California  Insurance  Company  has  elected 
Mr.  Sifford  assistant  secretary,  vice  J.  E.  Cosgrove, 


"I'm  sorry   I  asked  the  girl  to  clean  the  typewriter." 

"Why."  "She  took  fifteen  minutes  to  clean  the  type  and  two 
hours  to  manicure  her  finger-nails  afterwards." — Louisville 
Courier. 


McCall   Book  of  Fashions 

SPRING  QUARTERLY 

A  Charming  and 

Authentic 

Presentation 

of  the 

Smartest 

Spring  Fashions'- 

Fabrics  and 

Trimmings 


Exquisite 

Embroidery 

Designs 

Attractive  and 

Economical  Suggestions 

for  Dainty  Lingerie 

McCall  Book 
of  Fashions 


McCall  Pallet!,  No.  7640 


McC.ll  Pallcrn  No.  7653 


Price  25c,  (by  mail  35c);    Canadian    Price  30c,  (by  mail   40c), 

including  a  FREE  PATTERN  COUPON  goc  d  for  15c 

toward  the  purchase  of  any  McCall  Pattern. 


=NOW  ON  SALE= 


Newman,  Magnin  Co. 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


THE  CARGO  OF  THE  S.  S.  "M1NNES0T0: 


Few  people  who  read  last  week  of  the  Steamship  "Minne- 
sota" steaming  from  San  Francisco  with  a  cargo  of  25,100  bar- 
rels of  California  wine,  gave  the  incident  more  than  passing 
notice. 

The  S.  S.  "Minnesota,"  which  is  the  largest  cargo  carrier  in 
the  world,  and  one  of  the  six  largest  vessels  ever  built,  dis- 
places 40,000  tons,  loads  28,000  tons  measurement  cargo,  or 
21,000  tons  weight  cargo. 

This  steamer,  which  was  built  by,  and  is  at  present  owned  by 
Americans,  is  en  route  to  New  York  via  Panama,  and  will  be 
the  largest  vessel  to  pass  through  the  Canal. 

There  are  25,100  barrels  of  wine  on  board,  representing  the 
largest  shipment  of  wine  made  at  one  time  from  California.  Of 
this  lot,  17,000  barrels  were  shipped  by  the  California  Wine  As- 
sociation, the  balance  having  been  shipped  by  seven  other  Cali- 
fornia wine  firms. 

Believing  that  many  will  be  interested  in  some  of  the  par- 
ticulars concerning  this  shipment  of  25,100  barrels  of  wine,  the 
following  mathematical  facts  have  been  compiled: 

Amount  of  freight  charges,  $81,000;  value  of  the  shipment, 
about  $475,000;  amount  of  marine  insurance,  about  $3,500;  the 
U.  S.  I.  R.  Tax  on  the  wine  exceeds,  $60,000. 

If  the  25,100  barrels  of  wine  were  shipped  by  rail,  it  would 
have  taken  418  cars  of  15  tons  capacity  each,  which,  coupled  to- 
gether, would  make  a  train  over  three  miles  in  length. 

1,300,000  gallons  of  wine  represent  the  crushing  of  approxi- 
mately 17,000,000  pounds  of  grapes,  gathered  from  close  to 
2,300,000  vines. 

If  all  this  wine  were  bottled,  it  would  require  5,200,000  quart 
bottles.  If  placed  end  to  end,  these  bottles  would  extend  from 
San  Francisco  to  Grand  Island,  Nebraska. 

1,300,000  gallons  of  wine  will  provide  two  glasses  of  wine  for 
each  adult  in  the  United  States. 

If  the  25,100  barrels  had  been  prepared  for  shipment  at  one 
point,  it  would  have  taken  eight  men  one  month  to  fill  the  bar- 
rels, provided  they  were  arranged  bung-up. 

It  would  have  taken  one  man  two-thirds  of  one  year  to  fill 
the  barrels. 

It  would  have  taken  three  men  one  month  to  stencil  the  bar- 
rels. 

It  will  require,  at  New  York,  1,250  trucks,  each  hauling  20 
barrels  (5  tons)  to  remove  the  25,100  barrels  from  the  dock, 
and  will  cost  in  the  neighborhood  of  $4,000  for  carting. 

It  took  35  men  one  month  to  turn  out  by  machine  the  barrels 
used  in  this  shipment. 

The  staves  used  in  the  barrels  represent  the  mill  run  of  1,500 
cords  of  stave  bolts. 

Piled  six  high,  it  would  require  a  chamber  200  ft  by  100  feet 
by  17  feet  to  accommodate  these  25,100  barrels. 

If  the  barrels  were  arranged  9  square,  or  81  barrels  to  a  tier, 
it  would  require  300  ties,  or  the  height  of  the  Eiffel  Tower  to 
consume  the  lot. 

If  the  1,300,000  gallons  of  wine  were  stored  in  one  tank,  and 
a  perpendicular  inch  hose  eighteen  feet  long  was  attached  to 
the  bottom  of  the  tank  and  the  wine  allowed  to  flow  by  gravity, 
it  would  require  21  full  days  to  empty  the  tank.  (An  opportu- 
nity for  one  to  get  busy  with  a  pencil.) 

The  average  person  does  not  appreciate  the  magnitude  of 
California's  Viticultural  Industry,  and  in  presenting  the  fore- 
going, it  is  assumed  that  the  reader  will  realize  its  importance 
to  the  State  and  to  the  thousands  of  people  who  are  employed 
in  the  170,000  acres  of  wine  grape  vineyards,  and  in  the  900 
wineries.  Barrel  makers,  bottle  manufacturers,  printers,  team- 
sters, laborers  and  many  other  lines  of  endeavor  are  also  de- 
pendent upon  the  industry. 


NO,  HE  CANNOT. 

A  man  can  grow  forests  both  deep  and  wide, 

Luxurious  birches  and  pines; 
He  can  grow  oak  trees  with  the  greatest  of  ease, 

And  acres  of  shrubs  and  vines. 
He  can  grow  choice  fruits  on  the  topmost  boughs, 

On  which  the  nations  are  fed; 
But  he  can't  grow  thatch  on  the  little  bald  patch 
On  the  top  of  his  well-tilled  head. 

ML  Tom  Herald. 


The  New 
Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San   Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,   NEAR   MARKET 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailhebuiu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

115-421   Buih  St..  S»  Frlncuco 


(Above  Kearny! 


Exchinge,  Dougles  2411 


BLANCO'S  o-^X^ 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital    $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized   1853 


Cash   Capital.   $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States.  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile   insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental   income  by   fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


March  3.  1917 


and  California    Vlv-  iliscr 


15 


A  SCIENTIFIC   GOLF  BALL. 

e  the  Haskell  patent  on  golf  balls  ran  out  in  the  United 

States  last  April,  importation  of  English  balls  has  been  greatly 

ind  American  golfers  are  now  reaping  the  benefits 

of  the  competition  in  manufacture  which  has  prevailed  abroad. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  while  a  few  firms  held  a  practical 
monopoly  of  the  ball  making  industry  in  the  United  States,  the 
Haskell  patent  was  not  upheld  in  England;  as  a  result,  develop- 
ment has  been  rapid  because  rival  firms  have  been  compelled 
to  match  wits  in  turning  out  a  ball  to  satisfy  the  critical  taste. 

One  of  the  best  of  the  English  balls  appeared  on  the  Ameri- 
can market  for  the  first  time  last  June.  This  is  the  Dunlop, 
made  by  the  Dunlop  Rubber  Company,  a  concern  which  manu- 
factures all  kinds  of  rubber  articles  and  has  factories  and  agen- 
cies in  almost  every  important  country  of  the  world  with  the 
exception  of  the  United  States. 

In  making  the  Dunlop  ball,  scientific  data  on  the  flight  of  a 
ball  was  first  obtained.  A  machine  was  constructed  to  swing  a 
golf  club  after  the  fashion  of  a  human  being.  With  the  same 
force  expended  in  each  stroke,  an  opportunity  was  afforded  to 
ascertain  the  effect  of  various  markings  on  the  surface  of  the 
ball,  variations  in  materials  for  the  core,  durability,  and  reten- 
tion of  shape  and  the  like.  Then,  with  accurate  information  at 
hand,  the  manufacture  of  the  ideal  ball  was  proceeded  with. 

Early  in  the  history  of  golf  when  solid  gutta  percha  balls 
with  a  smooth  surface  were  used,  it  was  discovered  that  old 
balls,  picked  and  dented  from  hard  usage,  had  a  better  flight 
than  new  balls.  It  remained  for  later  generations  to  establish 
the  scientific  reasons  therefor.  Here  the  complicated  theory  of 
flight  impinges. 

If  it  were  possible  to  make  a  ball  perfectly  round  with  a  per- 
fect distribution  of  weight,  it  would  fly  and  roll  perfectly  true 
and  straight.  But  such  a  ball  is  physically  impossible  to  make, 
and  imperfections  determine  a  certain  direction  of  spinning 
which  carries  the  ball  away  on  all  sorts  of  angles.  To  control 
this  spinning  and  make  it  a  uniform  backspin,  the  brambles  or 
dimples  are  put  on  the  surface  of  a  golf  ball. 

The  Dunlop  machine  showed  that  a  ball  with  a  smooth  sur- 
face would  fly  straight  for  eighty  yards  and  then  would  duck 
and  swerve  in  all  directions.  When  the  surface  was  marked, 
it  was  found  that  indentations  too  deep  caused  a  ball  to  soar  up- 
wards, while  indentations  too  shallow  caused  a  sudden  drop.  By 
experimentation  the  proper  depth  was  established. 

For  a  center  the  Dunlop  has  a  solid  piece  of  black  rubber 
molded  into  a  sphere.  On  this  is  wound  rubber  tape,  the  round 
shape  being  retained  throughout  the  process  of  manufacture  be- 
cause of  a  firm  foundation  at  the  center.  The  Dunlop,  conse- 
quently, can  stand  a  lot  of  hard  usage  without  losing  its  shape. 

The  Dunlop  is  a  tightly  wound  ball  which  gives  full  value 
for  every  shot.  While  on  the  drive  it  carries  far,  its  real  worth 
is  revealed  in  the  short  game.  On  the  approach  it  drops  dead 
and  does  not  go  skipping  past  the  pin  like  more  resilient  balls. 
Therefore  it  is  adapted  to  both  the  hard  and  easy  stroke. 

A  ball  of  wood  will  sail  farther  than  a  tennis  ball  when  hit 
hard,  whereas  on  a  soft  stroke  the  tennis  ball  will  bounce  away 
while  the  wooden  one  drops  dead.  The  same  difference,  in 
lesser  degree,  applies  in  the  Dunlop  and  more  resilient  balls. 
On  the  putting  green  a  firm  stroke  is  needed  for  the  Dunlop, 
but  it  is  true  and  accurate  like  the  solid  gutta  balls  of  the  old 
days,  which  were  the  best  ever  made  for  putting. 

James  M.  Barnes,  of  Whitemarsh,  was  one  of  the  first  Ameri- 
can professionals  to  recognize  i.he  merits  of  the  Dunlop  and 
used  the  ball  all  last  season  and  will  continue  this  year.  Walter 
C.  Hagen,  of  Rochester,  was  converted  to  it  last  fall  and  in- 
tends to  use  it  in  his  campaign  this  year. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 

Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


[BSTABUSHl  I 


Pmd  i:|.  I'apitctl 

Flint! 
I.lnl.ilily  n( 

on 

Amrr.'CTt'i  A««t» 
till  MbtvIi  lull 


$17,500,000.00 

-  13.375,000.00 

-  17.500,000.00 
$48.375.000.00 

$310,327,208X0 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

8*1  BRANCHES  and  i  trallan  8utaa,  Nov  Zealand, 

Fiji,  l'apnn.  >  New  Guinea),  B 

mi  i-i  Australian  Hanking  Business.      Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Held  Office:  London  Office: 

GF.ORGE  SI'REET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


13,500,000 
288,000,000 


HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUVD WALKER  C.v.o..LL.DD.i:.L.  I  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

President  I    DPcPrvp  p„nd 
JOHN  A1RD  General  MnmB  r       riescrve  fu"a 

H.  V.  T.  JONES      Assistant  General  Manager  I   Aggregate  Resource 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stoelc  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  nnd  Un- 
divided Profits  1,>I9IVJ2I.|'I 
Deposits  55.186,713.12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the   world.    Buys   and   sells 


ports     and 


"iv      "ui   hi.      Diiys     c| 

Foreign    Exchange 
Finances      Expor 


nports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 


(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the   Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and   Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST/BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  eveninjs  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt   of    deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typewri^rnPSst acn0dvers 

The  Standard  Taper  tor  Business  Stationers.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  iine. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &.    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO.CAL. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


Automobile  owners  of  America  stand  ready  to  serve  the  coun- 
try in  any  capacity  that  is  necessary.  This  is  indicated  by  the 
strong  indorsement  given  the  mobilization  preparedness  move- 
ment started  by  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  California, 
the  world's  largest  motoring  organization. 

There  are  41,000  privately  owned  motor  cars  being  held 
ready  to  transport  troops  or  supplies,  to  patrol  bridges  or  to 
act  in  scouting  capacity  already  enrolled  under  the  banner  of 
the  Motor  Car  Mobilization  League  of  America,  the  proposed 
body  of  car  owners,  according  to  an  announcement  issued  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Automobile  Club  in  Los  Angeles. 

These  automobiles  are  located  in  Texas,  Kansas,  Oregon,  the 
State  of  Washington,  Georgia  and  California.  Other  States 
are  rapidly  falling  into  line  in  preparing  to  act  as  mobilization 
bases  in  case  any  crisis  arises  which  would  involve  the  United 
States. 

It  is  pointed  out  by  the  Southern  California  club  officials  that 
through  the  various  motoring  organizations  of  the  country  apr 
proximately  500,000  automobiles  could  be  obtained  for  instant 
service  by  the  government — a  situation  which  was  impossible 
in  France  during  the  battle  of  the  Marne  and  the  saving  of 
Paris,  although  it  is  widely  conceded  that  it  was  the  automobile 
brigade,  carrying  troops  from  Paris  to  the  Marne  front  which 
prevented  the  city  from  falling  in  the  attack. 

For  that  reason  this  club  sent  out  queries  to  the  leading  clubs 
of  America  to  learn  the  general  sentiment  of  each  acting  as  a 
mobilization  base  for  the  assembling  of  motor-driven  vehicles 
should  the  need  ever  arise.  Telegrams  received  from  the  most 
important  organizations  read  as  follows : 

"Dallas  Automobile  Club,  1,800  strong,  heartily  indorses 
movement  toward  preparation  for  national  mobilization  of  auto- 
mobile owners  throughout  the  United  States.  This  organization 
stands  ready  to  serve  as  a  central  base  for  mobilization  work." 
— H.  C.  Bramley,  Secretary. 

"Georgia  State  Automobile  Association,  15,000  strong,  very 
sincerely  indorses  movement  of  preparation  for  national  mo- 
bilization of  cars." 

From  the  Kansas  City  Automobile  Club  and  the  Oregon  State 
Motor  Association  came  similar  replies,  while  the  same  senti- 
ments are  expressed  in  a  telegram  received  by  Secretary  Mit- 
chell from  the  Automobile  Club  of  Seattle. 

More  detailed  is  the  letter  which  has  followed  the  telegram 
from  Texas,  in  which  the  secretary  of  the  Dallas  Club  states, 
in  part : 

"We  wish  to  congratulate  the  Southern  California  club  on  its 
inception  of  this  meritorious  movement,  and  hope  it  will  be 
eminently  successful.  This  plan  surely  deserves  the  co-operation 
of  every  automobile  organization  in  this  country.  The  recollec- 
tion of  the  saving  of  Paris  through  the  timely  aid  of  the  private 
and  public  automobile  owners  of  France  is  a  strong  argument 
in  favor  of  automobile  organization  preparedness  in  this  coun- 
try." 

"As  the  largest  automobile  club  in  Texas,  we  are  taking  the 
liberty  of  transmitting  our  indorsement  to  the  other  clubs  of  the 
State,  and  trust  that  they  will  send  you  in  their  indorsements." 

Superintendent  H.  A.  French  of  the  State  motor  vehicle  de- 
partment, has  compiled  comparative  figures  of  registrations  and 
receipts  for  the  last  three  years.  Taken  in  connection  with  the 
already  heavy  registrations  of  1917,  they  indicate  that  Califor- 
nia's automobile  registrations  will  easily  run  over  the  300,000 
mark  before  the  year  is  over. 

The  tabulation  of  the  net  receipts  of  all  kinds  of  motor  vehi- 
cles and  licenses  also  show  that  in  three  years  the  State  has 
turned  over  through  the  motor  vehicle  tax  for  roads,  both  county 
and  State,  approximately  $5,000,000. 


Poor  Roads  Hits  Farmer  Hardest 

The  great  necessity  for  better  roads  in  this  country  is  illus- 
trated by  the  announced  fact  that  the  average  cost  to  farmers 
in  the  United  States  to  transport  produce  to  market  is  more 
than  23  cents  per  ton  per  mile.  Where  hard  surface  roads  are 
used,  the  cost  is  less  than  one-half  of  this.  The  final  meaning 
of  this  to  the  consuming  public  of  the  country  should  be  incen- 
tive enough  for  that  public  to  assist  in  every  possible  way  in 
the  making  of  good  roads. 

$    #    sit 

Growth  of  Auto  Staggering -See  Figures 

The  wonderful  development  of  the  automobile  industry  is 
the  marvel  of  the  commercial  world.  The  best  authorities  in 
the  country  state  that  the  sales  of  automobiles  last  year  were 
1,600,000  passenger  and  freight-carrying  cars.  Their  retail 
value  was  more  than  one  billion  dollars.  The  average  price 
was  $672.  The  average  price  of  the  passenger  cars  was  $605, 
and  that  of  the  trucks  $1,809.  These  motor  cars  were  manufac- 
tured by  more  than  400  companies  and  30,000  dealers  were  re- 
quired to  sell  them  in  the  United  States  and  foreign  countries. 
Motor  car  exports  in  1916  were  valued  at  $96,000,000  at  whole- 
sale. 

*  *  * 

Interesting  Comparion  Between  Horse  and  Auto 

A  very  interesting  comparison  between  the  horse  and  motor 
car  as  a  means  of  locomotion  can  be  made.  The  horse  that  can 
be  driven  twenty  miles  a  day  for  six  days  in  the  week  would 
probably  be  dead  at  the  end  of  a  year,  or  so  worn  out  that  he 
would  take  his  place  in  a  junkwagon.  The  automobile  will 
travel  200  miles  a  day  for  seven  days  in  the  week,  and  if  prop- 
erly cared  for,  at  the  end  of  the  year  it  is  a  better  machine  than 

when  it  was  new. 

*  *  * 

Pedestrians  Ninety  Per  Cent  to  Blame 

About  one-half  of  the  pedestrians  fatally  injured  by  street 
cars  in  Germany  were  children,  while  one-third  of  all  those 
killed  and  injured  in  New  York  were  under  sixteen  years  of 
age. 

The  records  indicate  clearly  that  any  material  reduction  of 
street  accidents  can  be  brought  about  only  by  educating  both 
adults  and  children  to  observe  proper  caution,  by  regulating 
pedestrian  traffic,  by  providing  adequate  playgrounds  for  child- 
ren and  forbidding  playing  and  skating  in  the  streets  and  steal- 
ing rides. 

Every  reasonable  means  having  been  taken  to  prevent  the 
reckless  and  careless  driving  of  vehicles  and  operation  of  street 
cars,  it  remains  to  regulate  the  pedestrian  to  protect  him  against 
his  own  carelessness.  If  all  the  accidents  due  to  faults  of  driv- 
ers and  operators  of  vehicles  were  eliminated  it  would  reduce 

the  total  number  of  street  accidents  only  one-tenth. 

*  *  * 

Wonderful  Highways  for  Growing  Generation 

"In  the  lives  of  the  younger  men  now  before  me  will  be  seen 
from  ocean  to  ocean  in  the  United  States  the  greatest  system 
of  highways  to  be  found  anywhere  in  the  world,"  was  a  pre- 
diction made  by  Senator  John  H.  Bankhead,  in  Atlanta  recently, 
at  a  meeting  held  for  the  purpose  of  accelerating  the  building 
of  the  Bankhead  Highway  through  the  Southern  States.  "The 
present  Federal  appropriation  of  $85,000,000  is  but  the  begin- 
ning of  the  work  that  the  National  government  will  shortly  be 
doing  in  the  matter  of  road  construction,"  asserted  the  vener- 
able chairman  of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Postoffices  and 
Postroads,  "and,  before  the  expiration  of  the  five  year  period 
in  which  this  money  will  be  expended  in  conjunction  with  $75,- 
000,000  contributed  by  the  several  States,  I  expect  to  see  the 
Congress  making  appropriations  of  from  $50,000,000  to  $75,- 

000,000  annually  for  highways  progress." 

*  *  * 

U.  S.  Doubles  Rubber  Consumption  in  Two  Years 

Reports  covering  the  world's  total  production  of  crude  rubber 
indicate  that  the  1916  output  amounted  to  178,000  tons,  of  which 
114,000  tons,  or  sixty-four  per  cent,  were  consumed  in  America. 
The  consumption  of  rubber  in  America  has  more  than  doubled 
since  1914.  The  great  rubber  plantations  of  the  East  now  pro- 
duce about  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  total,  and  promise  to 
show  a  decided  increase  for  1917.  It  is  expected  that  this  year's 
crop  will  amount  to  235,000  tons,  and  1,412,000  acres  are  known 
to  be  under  cultivation. 


March  3. 


ami  California  Advertiser 


Ajax  and  Racine  Tires  Merge 

11  be  termed  a  natural  consolidation  of  inter- 

I  by  the  taking  over  of  the  Racine  Rubber  Co., 

Wis.,  by  the  Ajax  Rubber  Co..  Inc.,  of  New  York 

The  Ajax  Company  have  increased  their  capital  stock  from 
$3,000,000  to  $10,000,000.  and  are  now  one  of  the  largest  tire 
.:crs  in  the  country. 
Jlorace  De  Lisa:',  president  of  the  new  corpoi ation,  has 
made  a  wonderful  success  of  the  tire  business.    Eight  ye. i: 
this  company  started  in  a  modest  way,  but  due  to  its  able  man- 
agement, it  has  gradually  increased  its  business,  until  it  now 
occupies  a  place  among  the  top  notchers  of  the  world. 

Mr.  McClaren  of  the  Racine  Tire  Company  is  now  the  vice- 
president  of  the  Ajax  Tire  Company,  Mr.  J.  C.  Metlock,  former 
vice-president  and  manager,  having  resigned. 

Mr.  Fred  Dayton  is  now  sales  manager  for  the  Ajax  factory. 

Mr.  William  L.  Hughson,  of  Hughson  &  Merton  Co.,  this  city, 
who  has  represented  the  Ajax  Tire  Company  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  since  its  infancy,  will  handle  its  affairs  in  the  Western 
States. 

Viewed  from  every  angle,  the  deal  looks  highly  advantageous. 
The  Ajax  company  has  built  up  a  national  business  through  a 
large  selling  organization  that  combs  the  country  thoroughly  and 
has  placed  its  product  in  almost  every  town  and  hamlet.  The 
Racine  Rubber  Co.,  on  the  other  hand,  has  been  a  distributors' 
proposition,  building  up  an  exceedingly  profitable  business  at 
very  low  selling  cost,  and  probably  making,  on  its  turnover, 
more  net  profit  than  is  possible  in  any  other  way.  The  Racine 
Company  with  its  line  will  thus  supplement  the  dealer  business 
of  the  Ajax,  and  will  bring  added  strength  in  the  marketing  end, 
as  well  as  one  of  the  best  rubber  men  in  the  business  in  the  per- 
son of  Vice-President  Louis  T.  Vance,  and  a  splendid  business 
organization. 

The  Racine  Rubber  Co.  will,  of  course,  maintain  its  corporate 
existence  and  will  practically  continue,  without  change,  its 
selling  policy,  the  Ajax  Company  being  used  as  a  holding 
company  for  Racine  stock.  The  new  plant  of  the  Ajax  Com- 
pany will  more  than  double  its  present  capacity. 

*  *  * 

A  New  Car  in  Our  Fold 

The  Lexington  "minute  man  six"  car  has  entered  the  local 
field,  and  is  represented  by  the  Good  Motors  Company  of  San 
Francisco  and  Oakland.  The  Good  Motors  Company  has  inau- 
gurated a  universal  service  plan;  that  is,  they  will  give  a  pur- 
chaser of  a  Lexington  car  service  o,n  either  side  of  the  bay. 

The  Lexington  is  made  in  many  models,  among  which  are 
the  coupe,  touring  car,  the  sedan,  four-seated  cloverleaf  road- 
ster and  the  town  car. 

There  are  two  different  chassis,  on  which  a  fairly  wide  range 
of  body  styles  are  mounted.  The  smaller  is  known  as  the 
Minute  Man  six,  and  the  larger  is  termed  the  Thoroughbred. 
Both  are  Continental  engines,  the  smaller  314x41/2  inches,  and 
the  larger  4%x5i/4  inches,  but  there  is  a  special  feature  on 
these  motors,  for  which  it  is  claimed  that  it  gives  a  large  in- 
crease in  the  power. 

This  is  the  Moore  multiple  exhaust  manifold,  used  in  con- 
junction with  two  mufflers,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  chassis  plan 
view.  Briefly,  this  Moore  system  consists  of  an  exhaust  mani- 
fold so  divided  that  the  exhaust  from  or.e  cylinder  has  no  pos- 
sibility of  interference  with  that  of  the  next.  On  the  contrary, 
the  escaping  charge  from  one  cylinder  is  believed  to  exercise 
some  suction  on  the  next. 

In  six-cylinder  engines  where  there  is  always  one  exhaust 
valve  open  and  two  open  together  at  very  frequent  intervals, 
interference  most  certainly  does  take  place  with  the  conven- 
tional exhaust  system,  and  it  is  a  remarkable  thing  that  the 
Moore  system  or  some  other  device  with  a  similar  aim  is  prac- 
tically never  used  except  on  the  Lexington  and  one  or  two 

foreign  cars. 

*  *  ♦ 

Chevrolet  to  be  Handled  by  J.  W.  Leavitt   and  Co. 

The  announcement  that  J.  W.  Leavitt  and  Company  had  taken 
over  the  distribution  of  the  Chevrolet  car  for  San  Francisco  and 
Alameda  Counties,  and  also  for  that  territory  south  of  Te- 
hachapi,  opens  up  a  new  chapter  in  the  automobile  history  of 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

The  wonderful  commercial  strides  made  by  this  company 
from  the  time  of  its  entering  into  the  Automobile  world,  gradu- 


ating from  the  bicycle  business,  covering  a  period  of  twenty- 
three  years,  may  be  considered  the  history  of  the  motor  car. 
When  the  company  retired  from  active  operations,  selling  out  its 
holdings  for  something  like  a  million  dollars  last  year  to  the 
Willys-Overland  of  California,  it  was  felt  that  it  would  not  be 
very  long  before  the  active  energies  of  the  members  of  this 
corporation  would  soon  again  become  evident.  When  it  was  an- 
nounced at  the  beginning  of  the  year  that  J.  W.  Leavitt,  A.  D. 
Plughoff  and  W.  H.  Pedlar  were  about  to  re-enter  the  local  mar- 
ket under  the  old  name  of  J.  W.  Leavitt  &  Company,  no  one  was 
surprised. 

There  was  much  speculation  as  to  what  car  they  would  offer 
to  the  public.  It  was  felt  that  it  would  have  to  be  not  only  a  car 
of  quality,  but  also  must  be  supplied  in  quantity  to  meet  the  de- 
mands of  the  wonderful  organization  commanded  by  J.  W.  Lea- 
vitt and  his  associates. 

The  Premier  car,  with  its  aluminum  motor  and  magnetic  gear 
shift,  awoke  the  buying  public  to  the  realization  of  one  of  the 
most  advanced  cars  of  to-day  on  the  Leavitt  presentation.  The 
stir  that  the  Premier  made  was  duplicated  in  the  announcement 
of  the  Hurron  car  and  the  large  attendance  day  and  night  at  the 
Leavitt  display  at  the  recent  Automobile  Show  proved  the  fu- 
ture popularity  of  these  two  motor  cars  with  the  buying  public 
of  California.  Not  being  satisfied  with  offering  two  of  the 
most  attractive  cars  on  the  market  to-day,  the  Leavitt  officials 
have  gone  out  and  reached  further  and  gathered  in  the  Chevro- 
let, a  car  which  within  the  last  two  years  and  a  half  has  taken 
second  place  with  the  buying  public  of  this  State. 

So  attractive  is  the  plan  of  the  future  operation  of  J.  W.  Lea- 
vitt &  Company  that  R.  Clifford  Durant,  vice-president  of  the 
Chevrolet  Motor  Company  of  California,  and  son  of  W.  C. 
Durant,  the  head  of  General  Motors  Company  and  the  Chevro- 
let Motor  Co.,  of  Flint,  Michigan,  has  become  identified  with 
the  J.  W.  Leavitt  &  Company  organization  as  a  vice-president. 

Already  the  company  has  re-established  branches  outside  of 
the  home  office  in  San  Francisco,  in  Oakland,  Los  Angeles,  San 
Diego,  Pasadena,  Hollywood  and  Long  Beach.  Besides  the 
branch  houses,  sub-dealers  for  the  Premier  have  been  estab- 
lished all  through  the  northern  territory,  and  on  the  Hurron  all 
through  the  State. 

DELINQUENT   SALE. 
Queen    Regent    Merger   Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business.  San  Francisco.  California.  Lo- 
catlon    of   Works,   Mineral   County.   Nevada. 

NOTICE:   'I  here  are  delinquent  upon   the  following  described   stock  on 

'"  ; it  of  assessment  levied  on  the  2nd  day  of  January,   1917,  the  several 

amounts  set  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  shareholders,  as  follows: 

No.  No. 

Name                                                                              Cert.               Shares  Amount 

Butler.   G :M                  IB J  76.00 

Butler,  G 122                 10000  50.00 

Butler,     G 162                25 125.00 

Butler,  G 563                 18000  90.00 

Butler,  G 677                   2150  10.75 

1  lutler,  G 742                11667  5S.34 

Clark,    A.    F 445                     2500  12.50 

Clark.    A.    F 993                   1000  5.00 

Devaney,     James     87                   1000  5.00 

Devaney,    James    424                   1000  5.00 

Dickerman,    Albert     348                   2000  10.00 

Dickerman,    Albeit    643                  1000  5.00 

Dickerman,    Albert    709                   150  .75 

Dickerman,    Albert    931                1000  5.00 

Dickerman,    Albert    932                1100  5.50 

Edwards,    John     U 1038                     500  2.50 

Graham,   J.    S 63S                   1000  5.00 

Graham.    J.    S 973                     1000  5.00 

Graham,    J.    S 996                       500  2.50 

Graham.    J.    S 997                       500  2.50 

Harvey,   J.    H 114                    4000  20.00 

Harvey,    J.    H 309                     6000  30.00 

Jordan.    E.   W 7S1                       100  .50 

Jordan,    E.    W x::7                       400  2.00 

Jordan.    E.    W 1062                       100  .50 

Keables.    Henry   S 1048                     I"'")  5.00 

Marden,  J.  W ""7                    700  3.50 

Merrill,  Havden  D 908                       ISO  .90 

Norton,   A.    Kingsley    585  4800 

Delinquent   on   the   above    3550  17.75 

X. irt. hi,    A.    Kingsley    637                  4960  24.80 

O'Donnell,    Hugh     50                     7500  37.50 

O'Donnell.    Hugh     51                     3750  18.75 

O'Donnell.     Hugh     260                     2200  11.00 

O'Donnell,     Hugh     212                       550  2.75 

O'Donnell,    Hugh     875                     2500  12.50 

Peterson,    John     332                     1500  7.60 

Snoddv.    Edwin    60                     2000  L0.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin    61                     4500  22.50 

Snoddy,    Edwin    I                          3600  17.50 

Snoddy.     Edwin     991                    2000  10.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin     1011                      5.00 

Selleck     TV     A      896                      7500  37.50 

Meeks,    R.    F 1066                    1250  6.25 

And  in  accordance  with  law  and  order  of  Board  of  Dlrei  n  on  the 
2d  day  of  January,  1917.  so  many  shares  of  each   parcel  oi   such  stock   as 

maj   be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  al    the  office  of  the 

panj    337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  the  19th  day 

of   March     1917,   at   the  hour  of   12:""  o'clock   no I  said   day,  to   pay   the 

delinquent  assessment  thereon,  together  with  oomi  and  ex- 
jN  uses  of  sale. 

H.  B.  WADE,  Secretary,  33?  Monadnock  Building,  681  Market  St..  San 
Francisco,    Cal. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


The  New  Doble  Steam  Car 

Those  who  struggled  through  the 
crowded  four  floors  of  the  Grand  Cen- 
tral Palace  building  in  New  York  to  see 
the  various  exhibits  could  not  resist  the 
surge  toward  the  exhibit  space  where  the 
new  Doble  steam  car  was  exhibited.  The 
same  was  true  in  Chicago. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  points  in 
connection  with  the  popularity  of  the 
Doble  exhibit  was  the  great  number  of 
factory  sales  managers  and  other  execu- 
tives who  spent  from  a  few  minutes  to 
an  hour  in  closely  scrutinizing  the  new- 
comer and  listening  to  the  interesting  lec- 
ture upon  its  mechanical  features. 

The  Doble  is  said  to  give  15  miles  per 
gallon  of  kerosene  when  run  at  an  average 
speed  of  30  miles  per  hour;  travels  8,000 
miles  on  a  gallon  of  lubricating  oil,  and 
requires  but  one  filling  of  the  20-gallon 
water  tank  for  1,200  to  1,400  miles  of 
running.  The  car  is  in  the  high  priced 
class  and  excellently  appointed  and  con- 
structed in  every  particular. 


The  Norwalk  Tires  are  Here  to  Stay 

San  Francisco  motorists  are  amazed  at  the  quickness  with 
which  Norfolk  Tires  have  gained  recognition  here,  and  it  is 
stated  that  no  other  tire  ever  gained  such  wide  spread  popular- 
ity in  any  city  of  the  United  States  as  quickly  as  Norwalk  Tires 
have  here. 

Through  the  inauguration  of  an  extensive  publicity  cam- 
paign, the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  the  factory  dis- 
tributers, are  making  record  sales  of  both  Norwalk  Tubes,  and 
it  is  estimated  that  at  least  one  million  dollars'  worth  of  these 
casings  will  be  distributed  in  California  during  1917. 

The  luxuriously  appointed  service  station  at  1211  Van  Ness 
avenue  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  complete  service  stations  in 
the  entire  West,  and  is  complete  with  every  facility  that  can 
possibly  come  within  the  sphere  of  tire  needs. 

The  San  Francisco  salesrooms  are  in  charge  of  L.  H.  Coppel, 
and  a  number  of  sales  lieutenants  are  effecting  a  most  com- 


"Doble  Steam  Car,"  Abner  Doble  driving. 

plete  distribution  throughout  the  northern  part  of  the  State 
under  his  direction. 

Coppel  is  one  of  the  veterans  in  the  game,  having  identified 
himself  with  the  industry  in  1907.  In  1910  he  joined  the  Good- 
rich forces  on  the  Coast.  For  the  last  seven  years  he  has  been 
distributing  tires,  most  of  the  time  being  with  Chanslor  and 
Lyon  Company. 

Norwalk  tires  have  gained  the  reputation  of  being  the  most 
luxurious  casings  produced,  and  so  confident  are  the  manufac- 
turers in  their  claims  of  Norwalk  tires  that  the  guarantee  of  the 
casings  has  recently  been  increased,  and  now  all  Ford  sizes 
carry  a  guarantee  of  seventy-five  hundred  miles,  and  larger 
sizes  carry  a  guarantee  of  six  thousand  miles,  and  it  is  intimated 
that  some  time  in  the  future  this  guarantee  will  be  increased  to 
ten  thousand  miles. 

At  present  the  California  demand  for  Norwalk  tires  takes 
over  one-half  of  the  Eastern  factory's  entire  output,  and  at  the 
rate  their  popularity  is  increasing,  no  doubt  ninety  per  cent  of 
the  factory's  output  will  be  distributed  here  before  long. 

The  Lichenberger-Ferguson  Company  are  to  be  congratulated 
on  their  success  with  Norwalk  tires  and  tubes. 

Trucks  Lower  Street  Cleaning  Bills  of  American  Cities 

Two  arguments  made  in  behalf  of  the  motor  truck  lie  in  its 
superior  cleanliness  over  horses  and  in  the  fact  that  it  can  be 
housed  in  about  one-third  the  space.  Statisticians  are  busy 
proving  that  the  street  cleaning  bill  of  American  municipalities 
could  be  cut  down  one-half  by  the  elimination  of  horses. 

"A  recent  purchaser  of  Kissel  trucks,  who  had  been  hard  to 
convert  from  the  horse  haulage  method,  was  finally  influenced 
by  the  fact  that  they  would  take  up  about  one-third  the  stabling 
room  occupied  by  his  horses,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  president 
of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  branch.  "He  figured  that  he  could  use 
the  additional  space  to  much  better  advantage  both  from  a 
pecuniary  and  sanitary  standpoint." 

*  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


L.  H.  Coppel,  San   Francisco  manager  of  Norwalk  tires,  represented  by 
Lichtenberger-Ferguson   Co. 


WILLIAM     M.     KLINGER 

General  Agent 
AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

LONDON  &  LANCASHIRE  INDEMN  ITY  CO.  OF  AMERICA 
ORIENT  INSURANCECO.  OF  HARTFORD,  CONNECTICUT 
LONDON    &   LANCASHIRE   FIRE   INSURANCE  COM  PANY 

AUTOMOBILE    INSURANCE 

Fire,  Theft,  Public  Liability,  Property  Damage,  Collision 
SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager  Pacific  Department 

332  PINE  STREET  TELEPHONE  DOUGLAS  272 


March  3.  1917 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


19 


High  Gear   "'Stuff 


% 


%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini# 


An  Epitaph. 

Here  lies  the  body 

Of  William  Jay, 
Who  died  maintaining 

His  right  of  way. 
He  was  in  the  right 

As  he  sped  along. 
But  he's  just  as  dead 

As  if  he'd  been  wrong. 


j.  R.  M. 


A  woman  motorist  writes :  "To  keep  up  the  appearance  of  the 
car,  polish  it  with  floor  wax.  This  acts  as  a  preservative  also. 
The  effect  is  magical."  If  the  same  writer  could  give  a  recipe 
to  prevent  the  occasional  magical  disappearance  of  a  car  when 

the  owner  is  not  looking  it  might  be  more  appreciated. 

*  *  * 

Florence — Just  before  leaving  for  the  Mardi  Gras,  I  told 
father  that  I  had  passed  through  the  Progressive  Assembly  at 
the  hands  of  my  maid.    After  examining  me,  father  concluded 

that  I  hadn't  been  delivered  complete. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

"A  black  cat  crossed  my  path  as  I  motored  to  the  club,"  re- 
marked the  Grouch.  "Sure  enough,  the  fellow  who  thinks  I 
have  nothing  but  his  gasoline  mileage  to  listen  to  was  there 

when  I  arrived." 

*  •  * 

"Why  do  you  always  take  along  a  book  when  you  go  out 
motoring  with  Mr.  Glithers?"  "Oh,"  replied  Mrs.  Glithers,  "I 
read  it  while  he's  making  repairs  on  the  car.    In  fact,  I  keep 

up  with  all  the  latest  fiction  that  way." 

*  *  * 

First  Motorist — How  many  miles  can  you  go  on  a  gallon? 
Second  Motorist — How  many  can  you  ?  First  Motorist — I  asked 

you  first. 

*  *  * 

A  Canadian  daily  paper  the  other  day  referred  to  a  reckless 
motorist  who  "jammed  on  his  horn  and     blew     his     brakes." 

Clearly,  the  police  ought  to  suppress  this  illegal  practice. 

*  *  * 

Husband — But  we  cannot  afford  to  have  an  automobile. 
Wife — I  know  we  can't,  but  I  want  to  show  that  stuck-up  Mrs. 
Brown  that  we  can  have  things  we  can't  afford  just  as  well  as 

she  can. 

*  *  » 

Eph  Kreft,  local  saloonkeeper,  was  summoned  before  the 

court  for  driving  his  motor  car  without  the  State  license. — News 

Item.    Case  of  running  a  Blind  Rig. 

it* 

Pauline — I  should  say  your  charming  lady  prospect  is  one  of 
considerable  temperament. 

Jeff — Temperament!     That's  only  temper  gone  into  society. 

*  *  * 

At  prevailing  prices,  practically  no  oil  is  being  poured  on 

the  troubled  waters. 

*  *  * 

"Something  broke  about  that  automobile  of  yours?"  "Yes, 
when  I'm  around." 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  bv  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,  830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn,     Notary    Public    and    Pension     Attorney.       All     legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush.  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-  AT-  LAW. 
Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L.aw.  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 


Tips   to  Auto  mo  bi  lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT.) 

Thi  N«wa  L*ll»r  rKommindi  th«  following  g«rag»i,  hotel*  and  aupply 
r-ouaaa-      Tourlata  will   do  wall   to  cut  this  Mat  out  and   koap  It   aa  a  gulda: 

PALO  ALTO.  LARK1N*S  t'AFK  Juat  opened.  The  only  •  trlctly  flrat- 
riaaa  rata  on  th#  Wlahbont  Rout*  davotml  to  tha  patronana  of  nutonioblla 
nwnam   and    lh*1r    fnni!M»i       Corner   of    Hnlvemlty    Rvcnuc   nrnl    Th«    Clfolt 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST.    ^n."* 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Polk  and 
•Jess  Avenue 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tirea 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Nets  Ave.     BRAND  &  CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


BBHlKllEDiailE 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


flKKSL 

- w ASHLESS 

LIKE  AN  ORDINARY 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 

Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 

IN     THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,     IN 
AND    FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY    OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND,  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said   City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
I  efendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY"  REQUIRED  tc  appear  in  an  action  broughl  I  I 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  11  served  within  this 
Citv  and   Countv;   or  if  served  elsewhere  within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  mound  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  moie  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And    you    are    hereby    notified    that,     unless    yen    appear    and    answer    as 
above   required,    the   said   Plaintiff  will    take   judgment   for  any  mon 
damages   demanded   in   the   Complaint   as    arising    upon    contract,    or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  anv  othei   relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

(liven  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D..  1017. 

H.  I.  MULCRHVY,  Clerk. 

By  W.   R.   CASTAGNETTO.    Deputy  Clerk. 
CTLLOOLEY.  CROFTON  AND  PAYXE.  Attorn.  Intlff. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  3,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


More  fortunate  than  the  Parisienne,  who  is  not  allowed  to 
wear  evening  gowns  since  the  French  government  has  put  a 
ban  on  them,  the  women  of  New  York  have  had  countless 
occasions  to  revel  in  evening  gowns  this  season.  Aside  from 
the  opera  and  theatres,  there  have  been  balls  and  dances 
without  number,  many  of  them  given  in  the  name  of  charity. 

The  glitter  of  gold  and  the  brightness  of  silver  in  the  rich 
tissue  cloths  and  metallic  laces  have  been  very  conspicuous 
at  evening  gatherings.  Sparkling  sequins  and  gorgeous  bro- 
caded silks  have  also  added  to  the  general  effect  of  splendor 
which  the  ballroom  of  to-day  presents. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  the  diversity  of  styles,_  color  and 
materials  seen.  Diaphanous  tulles,  nets  and  chiffons,  lus- 
trous chiffon  velvets  and  supple  satin  and  silks  are  accorded 
equal  favor.  Bright  colors  have  been  brought  more  into 
prominence  this  season  than  ever  before,  though  white  and 
the  pastel  shades  are  much  in  use,  offering  a  decided  con- 


Left — Rose  Taffeta  Evening  Gown  in  Harem  Style.  Right — 
Youthful  Party  Frock  of  Crepe  de  Chine  and  Lace. 

trast  to  the  bright  gold,  deep  rose,  ruby  red,  bright  green  and 
Chinese  blue  in  favor. 

Evening  Dress  in  Harem  Style. 

Of  the  many  and  diverse  styles  in  evening  gowns  one  of 
the  most  popular  savors  strongly  of  the  Turkish  harems. 
The  sketch  illustrates  this  mode.  The  soft,  full  sttrirt  is 
puffed  under  gracefully  and  caught  to  the  lower  edge  of  a 
foundation,  the  effect  resembling  the  Turkish  trousers  worn 
by  the  beauties  of  the  harems.  The  bodice  is  little  more  than 
a  band  of  cloth  held  up  by  straps  over  the  shoulders.  The 
material  of  the  dress  is  rose  taffeta  with  gold  metallic  flow- 
ers. Many  gowns  are  seen  in  this  style  developed  in  plain 
silk  or  satin,  entirely  free  of  trimming,  the  richness  of  the 
material  making  decoration  unnecessary.  The  harem  tunic 
lengthened  by  a  deep  frill  of  face  is  another  form  in  which 
the  Turkish  influence  is  apparent.  In  this  style  the  puff  gen- 
erally comes  below  the  knees. 

The  evening  dresses  of  young  girls  are  very  frequently  in 
the  popular  one-piece  chemise  style,  as  are  those  of  the 
really  grown-ups.  It  is  only  in  the  length  of  the  dress  that 
there  is  any  difference  at  all,  and  that,  only  this  season,  when 
women's  dresses  are  worn  a  little  longer.     Last  winter,  when 


women  wore  their  dresses  as  short  as  the  sixteen-year-old, 
one  could  hardly  tell  the  difference. 

A  dress  of  extreme  simplicity  and  excellent  style  is  made 
of  crepe  de  Chine  lengthened  by  a  deep  flounce  of  lace.  The 
loose  sleeves  of  lace  have  tassels  of  silk  hanging  at  the  ends. 
This  model  is  illustrated  here  on  a  young  girl,  but  the  same 
design  has  been  seen  in  ladies'  gowns. 

At  the  thes  dansants,  which  have  been  strongly  patronized 
in  fashionable  circles,  smart  suits  of  the  silk,  satin  or  velvet, 
with  dainty  blouses  of  net  or  Georgette  to  match,  have  been 
much  in  evidence.  The  blouses  are  mostly  in  Russian  effect, 
with  long  peplums  falling  over  the  skirt.  One-piece  dresses 
of  velvet  or  Georgette,  worn  with  fur  coats  or  capes,  are  also 
worn  at  these  afternoon  dances.  And  speaking  of  furs,  such 
are  the  inconsistencies  of  Fashion,  that  furs  and  straw  hats 
are  often  seen  together! 

Lingerie  Blouses. 

The  lingerie  blouse  of  fine  white  voile  and  handkerchief 
linen  begins  to  make  its  appearance.  This  is  one  of  the  signs 
that  spring  is  on  its  way.  The  blouses  this  season  are  trimmed 
with  deep  filet  lace  or  fine  Irish  crochet.  Others  have  very 
fine  tucks  or  drawn  work.  The  drawn  work  edges  collars 
and  cuffs,  or  else  outlines  motifs  in  the  front  of  the  waist,  and 
hand  embroidery  is  often  introduced  along  with  it.  The  filet 
lace  is  sometimes  inserted  with  embroidery  in  over-and-over 
stitch  along  the  edges.  Filet  lace  bids  fair  to  be  very 
popular.  It  is  combined  with  embroidery  net  in  dainty  white 
collars  and  fichus  to  wear  with  afternoon  dresses. 

Will  Eton  Effects  be  Popular? 

There  is  an  indication  that  bolero  and  Eton  effects  will 
come  in  again  with  warmer  weather.  A  smart  costume  for 
the  South  was  made  in  this  style.  It  has  a  jacket  of  deep 
blue,  soft  velour.  The  collar  was  high  and  the  closing  at  the 
side.  White  silk  braid  about  one  inch  wide  outlined  the 
jacket,  and  rows  of  it  made  the  deep  girdle  which  topped 
the  white  silk  skirt  worn  with  it. 


"Why  do  they  call  the  baby  Bill?" 

the  first  of  the  month."— A  wk. 


'He  was  born  on 


F.    A.    STEARNS 

Manager   Accident    Department 

Shreve    Building 

Telephone  Douglas  240  San  Francis 


Be  sure  you 
get  the  best 
Accident  and 
Health  Poli- 
cies. Issued 
only  by  THE 
PACIFIC 
MUTUAL, 
combined  with 
"Stearns'  Ser- 
vice" for  claim 
settlements. 


Devoted    to   the    Leading    Intereats   of    California    and    the    Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  10,  1917 


NO.  10 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER is  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott,  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
rassllnl  at  San  Francisco.  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Othoe... George  Street  or  Company.  30  Comhill,  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  of  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
omce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)---!  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50:  6  months  $4.00.    Canada:   I  year  $6.25:  6  months  $3.25. 

Prices  continue  to  rise  faster  than  the  crops.     • 

Alas,  even  War,  Mighty  War,  cannot  stop  women's  skir- 
mish for  votes. 

The  Germans  have  agreed  to  help  the  Irish — to  a  cat 

and  canary  finish. 

Sour  doughs  have  brought  about  a  compromise  in  the 

recently  threatened  milk  war. 

Is  the  food  famine  artificial?  demands  a  contemporary. 

More  so  than  the  explanations. 

A  new  U.  S.  warship  now  has  a  'phone  on  board.  What 

a  snap  for  a  pretty  switch  girl ! 

The  "bone  dry"  bill  in  Congress  is  reported  to  be  in 

jeopardy;  rather  it  is  in  the  soup. 

Baseball  is  going  right  ahead  as  usual,  seeing  no  war  in 

sight  except  the  battle  for  the  pennant. 

The  cultivation  of  peanuts  is  extending  enormously,  and 

the  nut  world  is  thriving,  even  in  Congress. 

Headline  of  a  morning  paper:  "Child  Saved  by  a  De- 
livery Boy."    As  usual,  the  doctor  was  late. 

Are  you  willing,  like  Artemus  Ward,  to  sacrifice  all  your 

wife's  relations  on  the  altar  of  your  country? 

There  is  a  plot  on  to  elect  fifty  editors  to  the  next  Con- 
gress to  put  a  little  pep  in  the  Congressional  Record. 

Girl  asks  a  big  sum  for  her  heart.    Why  not?    Beef  per 

pound  is  climbing,  and  breach  of  promise  cases  are  prodders. 

"Fine  Arts  Palace  is  our  best  advertisement,"  declares  a 

local  contemporary.    Next  to  Johnson  in  a  political  campaign. 

These  are  Dr.  Jordan's  busy  days  birdliming  the  tele- 
graph wires  and  cables  of  the  world  to  catch  the  bird  of  Peace. 

A  new  bill  in  Congress  provides  cannon     to     defend 

American  ships.     May  Uncle  Sam's  guns  prevail  in  the  argu- 
ment. 

Are  the  one  hundred  California  seals  on  their  way  to 

England  for  the  purpose  of  sealing  the  fate  of  the  German 
U-boats  ? 

With  onions  at  10  cents  a  pound,  and  drying,  and  cab- 
bages at  8  cents  apiece,  and  shrinking,  what  is  there  in  being  a 
vegetarian  ? 

New  styles  in  fashionable  bandits  are  being  shown  by  the 

police,  this  week :  Two  youths  are  on  exhibition  as  "debonair 
auto  bandits." 


Times  have  been  so  extraordinarily  good  this  season  in 

the  Cuban  sugar  crop  that  the  sports  can  afford  to  play  a  cubis- 
tic  revolution. 

Headline  of  a  consumptive  contemporary:     "Bite    of 

a  Woodtick  Brought  a  Rancher  Money."  Drive  a  swarm  of 
them  this  way. 

The  amended  Rominger  bill  puts  the  saloons  to  sleep 

and  awakens  the  inevitable  "speak  easy",  with  the  "boot  leg- 
ger"  in  attendance. 

Isn't  it  rather  queer  that  so  many  people  went  to  the  re- 
cent auto  show  who  had  no  chance  whatever  of  ever  being  able 
to  buy  a  motor  car. 

Attorney  J.  J.  Dwyer  has  declined  the  lucrative  (  ?)  posi- 
tion of  District  City  A-ttorney.  He  sensed  a  political  boomerang 
and  avoided  the  bang.    Next! 

More  than  33,000,000  pounds  of  meat  in  two  cold  storage 

plants  were  uncovered,  this  week,  in  Chicago— together  with  the 
extortionate  practices  of  the  beef  trust. 

Washington  experts  estimate  that  the  housewives  of  the 

nation  waste  $700,000,000  annually  in  their  kitchens.  My!  My! 
What  a  lot  the  dressmakers  have  missed. 

A  sardonic  commentary  on  modern  life :  Four  States  are 

tearing  at  each  other  in  a  scramble  to  capture  the  $6,000,000 
tax  inheritance  on  Hetty  Green's  estate  of  $170,000,000. 

The  last  of  the  captivating  statues  of  the  recent  Exposi- 
tion have  disappeared  through  the  recent  big  storm,  but  memo- 
ries will  ever  be  retained  by  those  who  delighted  in  them. 

One  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  dollars  was  paid  for 

a  "Shivering  Girl"  in  New  York,  this  week.  Come  back,  come 
back,  "September  Morn!"  We're  losing  thousands  while  you 
linger. 

Somebody  evidently  made  a  mistake  in  the  press  when 

it  was  announced  that  an  American  Princess  is  being  held  for 
fraud.  Uncle  Sam  has  not  gone  into  the  brokerage  of  titles 
just  yet. 

Our  special  war  correspondent  at  the  front  reports  that 

the  Chancellor  of  Germany  shows  an  iron  front.  He'll  drop 
this  new  fangled  war  fashion  when  he  sees  his  next  chemical 
laundry  bill. 

The  missing  diamonds  found  in  a  corset,  this  week,  in- 
creases the  extensive  field  of  mining  operations  in  California, 
and  opens  up  a  new  industry  for  men  with  nicely  manicured 
hands  and  discreet  morals. 

A  sign  warning  British  soldiers  from  discussing  military 

matters  while  passing  through  foreign  territory  has  been  posted 
at  route  stations.    It  reads: 

"A  wise  old  owl  lived  in  an  oak; 
The  more  he  saw  the  less  he  spoke; 
The  less  he  spoke  the  more  he  heard. 
Soldiers  should  heed  the  wise  old  bird." 


%  EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Former   cock-sure   newspaper   pub- 
Wail  of  National  Ushers  in  the  East,  who  delighted 

News  Publishers.  in  extolling  the  liberty  of  the  press, 

"the  paladium  of  our  democratic 
freedom,"  have  turned  over  in  their  dreams  and  are  awakened 
to  the  fact  that  an  upheaval  has  been  quietly  going  on  in  this 
country,  and  the  palladium  of  the  press  is  being  quietly  buried 
in  the  junk  pile.  W.  F.  Wiley,  managing  editor  of  the  Cincin- 
nati Enquirer,  is  one  of  the  earliest  editors  to  voice  the  situation. 
He  declares  that  the  freedom  of  the  press  is  rapidly  becoming 
bunk.  "Oar  pockets  are  picked  by  the  labor  unions  with  im- 
punity; our  bank  accounts  are  ruthlessly  robbed  by  greedy 
paper  makers;  our  circulation  is  impeached  by  a  benevolent, 
paternalistic  government;  the  transmission  of  our  output 
through  the  mails  is  being  circumscribed  and  curtailed  swiftly 
and  surely;  zone  systems  are  suggested  to  take  the  place  of 
unlimited  mailing  privileges;  parcel  post  now  takes  precedence 
over  newspaper  mail;  and,  surely  as  the  glacier  grinds,  the  day 
is  coming  with  a  merciless  un-American  avalanche  of  govern- 
mental censorship."  Only  an  united  defense  of  the  American 
press  will  save  it  from  being  Rus- 
sianized. Alabama,  West  Va- 
ginia,  and  other  States  have 
passed  laws  to  prevent  the  sale  or 
circulation  of  newspapers  con- 
taining advertisements  of  spiritu- 
ous liquors,  and  a  like  proposal 
has  been  made  to  have  Congress 
prevent  the  carrying  by  mail  of 
any  newspapers  carrying  such 
advertisements.  There  is  also 
pending  in  the  Senate  a  resolu- 
tion declaring  the  U.  S.  District 
Courts  shall  have  no  power  to  de- 
clare an  act  of  Congress  uncon- 
stitutional. The  final  touch  ex- 
pected in  the  situation  is,  of 
course,  the  old-time  inquisition, 
a  lapse  back  to  the  Dark  Ages  as 
regards  freedom  of  speech  and 
of  the  press.  The  theory  of 
Eastern  publishers  is  that  paid 
zealots,  representing  fanatical  or- 
ganizations, are  determined  to 
control  the  press  and  the  law 
making  function  of  Congress. 
Claim  is  made  that  the  attack  will 
not  cease  with  a  victory  on  elimi- 
nating the  advertisements  of 
liquor  in  the  newspapers  of  the 

country,  but  will  be  carried  by  the  crusaders  into  other  terri- 
tories. The  weakness  and  danger  in  the  situation,  according  to 
these  publishers,  is  ascribed  to  the  mush  heads  and  nincom- 
poops who  are  elected  to  Congress  by  holdover  voters  who  take 
little  interest  in  politics. 


Xj.  S.  Experts  on 
The  Food  Problem 


1ST 

According  to  the  latest  Washington 
reports  on  the  food  situation  in  this 
country  there  is  nothing  to  justify 
hysterical  thinking  or  action.  A 
frank  statement  is  made  that  at  the  present  outlook  a  full  and 
satisfactory  explanation  of  the  situation  is  not  possible  on  the 
basis  of  existing  knowledge.  Only  recently  have  the  proper 
agencies  been  established  throughout  the  country  to  study  food 
distribution.  All  the  necessary  facts  have  not  yet  been  accu- 
mulated. Efforts  are  being  made  in  this  direction  in  order  to 
provide  a  permanent,  just  and  economical  system  of  marketing. 
Congress  has  been  called  upon  to  assist  the  President  in  his  call 
for  an  investigation  by  providing  the  Federal  Trade  Commis- 
sion and  the  Department  of  Agriculture  with  the  necessary 
funds.  It  is  apparent  at  this  juncture  that  the  investigation 
proposed  cannot  furnish  immediate  relief.  Like  all  investiga- 
tions of  a  national  character  of  this  kind,  the  final  reports  are 


hardly  worth  while,  as  they  are  usually  filed  a  long  time  after 
the  cause  of  the  trouble  has  passed.  In  some  of  the  big  farm- 
ing territories  of  the  nation  efforts  have  been  made  to  have  the 
farmers  put  in  larger  crops  this  season  to  meet  widespread  de- 
mands. The  result  will  likely  be  that  the  farmers  will  exercise 
their  own  judgment  as  to  the  size  of  crop  that  will  market  most 
profitably.  Like  all  producers,  these  days,  the  farmers  are  not 
taking  a  chance  of  cheapening  the  price  of  their  food  stuffs  by 
raising  an  over-supply.  Food  experts  at  Washington  estimate 
that  the  annual  food  waste  in  this  country  by  careless  families 
amounts  to  $700,000,000,  due  chiefly  to  bad  preparation  of  food; 
bad  cooking;  from  improper  care  and  handling,  and  in  serving; 
undue  number  of  courses  and  failure  to  utilize  the  food  not  con- 
sumed. In  the  preparation  of  potatoes  alone  it  is  estimated  that 
at  least  20  per  cent  of  that  vegetable  is  thrown  away.  The  Eu- 
ropean belligerants  are  now  solving  this  food  problem  through 
conservation  of  foods,  regulation  of  diet  and  prevention  of  waste 
than  through  direct  control  of  production  or  regulation  of  dis- 
tribution* under  any  sort  of  dictatorship. 

TS- 

Big  Contest  Over  Anti-Boycott 
Law. 
Now  that  Congress  has  ad- 
journed and  President  Wilson  is 
doing  the  best  he  can  under  Sen- 
atorial testrictions  regarding  the 
war-making  power,  the  political 
situation  in  California  assumes 
a  well  defined  prospect.  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  remains  here  in 
the  saddle,  and  Senator-elect 
Johnson  settles  down  to  the  l^ng 
wait  before  he  can  be  sworn  in 
to  his  new  office  at  Washington. 
This  situation  is  of  unusual  im- 
portance to  California,  as  it 
means  that  Governor  Johnson 
will  continue  to  sit  on  his  job  of 
digging-in  his  political  trenches 
in  this  State  to  prepare  his  cam- 
paign for  the  Presidency  in  1920. 
New  stations  for  highly  paid  in- 
fluential commissions  will  de- 
velop if  former  policy  prevails, 
and  a  kindly  ear  will  deferential- 
ly listen  to  united  labor's  de- 
mands to  control  any  legislation 
covering  industrial  affairs  in  this 
State.  Labor  is  Johnson's  trump 
card  in  politics.  Every  merchant 
and  manufacturer  in  the  State  knows  what  this  means  to  his 
business.  Cock-sure  Labor  is  already  swaggering  about  the 
lobbies  and  on  the  floor  of  the  Legislature,  confident  that  it 
commands  the  fate  of  all  legislation  covering  industrial  pur- 
suits in  this  territory.  Dan  Murphy,  former  president  of  the 
San  Francisco  Council  and  head  of  the  State  Federation  of 
Labor,  is  directing  labor's  demands  there. 

In  facing  this  situation  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce  is 
naturally  severely  handicapped  in  its  efforts  to  follow  up  the 
extraordinary  success  it  attained  in  having  the  Anti-Picketing 
proposition  voted  an  adopted  law  by  the  citizens  at  the  last 
election.  That  victory  was  the  hardest  blow  ever  dealt  the 
strongest  labor  organization  in  the  country.  Mindful  of  this 
frank  expression  of  the  voice  of  the  voters,  Labor  is  now  taking 
no  chance  that  the  general  public  shall  interfere  in  the  present 
legislative  proceedings.  Strong  efforts  are  being  made  b3'  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  to  further  clear  the  present  industrial 
situation  with  a  bill  of  broad  fairness  to  both  sides.  It  was  in- 
troduced by  Senator  Ballard  to  prohibit  sympathetic  strikes 
and  secondary  boycotts.  There  is  nothing  in  this  bill  to  restrict 
the  right  of  labor  to  strike  or  to  maintain  a  primary  boycott  for 
the  purpose  of  enforcing  demands  relative  to  their  own  employ- 
ment or  to  their  own  labor  conditions.    The  secondary  boycott 


BREAKING  IN. 

— Kirb>  in  the  New  York  World 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


and  the  sympathetic  strike  are  the  ferments  of  brutal  attack.;. 
and  do  not  come  within  the  exception.  They  would  be  made 
unlawful  by  the  new  act.  A  law  of  this  character  fully  pro- 
tects the  ordinary  business  man  from  wanton  injury  by  those 
involved  in  an  industrial  pursuit  to  which  the  citizens  injured 
are  not  parties.  Labor  unionists  retain  their  rights  to  induce 
sympathizers  to  join  their  cause  in  the  boycott.  But  when 
labor  plunges  outside  this  right,  and  uses  moral  intimidation  and 
coercion  to  threaten  a  like  boycott  against  any  man  who  refuse; 
to  do  so.  it  develops  a  case  of  secondary  boycott,  a  form  de- 
clared illegal  by  the  English  courts,  the  Federal  courts,  and  by 
the  courts  of  most  of  the  States  in  this  country.  No  sign  o: 
justice  is  found  in  this  kind  of  boycott.  For  every  wrong  there 
is  a  remedy,  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  backed  by  its 
large  following  of  the  plebecite,  believe  the  passage  of  the  anti- 
boycott  bill  will  fairly  and  equitably  clear  the  present  situa- 
tion. Were  the  present  test  left  to  the  voters  of  the  State,  there 
would  be  no  doubt  but  that  fair  play  would  prevail  and  the  Bal- 
lard bill  would  win,  as  did  the  Anti-Picketing  ordinance  in  this 
city.  But  with  labor  leaders  dictating  industrial  legislation  it. 
the  aisles  of  the  Legislature,  a  reprehensible  spectacle  in  a  de- 
mocracy and  wantonly  loose  on  the  part  of  the  controlling  po- 
litical power,  the  useful  prospects  of  the  bill  are  small  unless 
some  legislative  leader  with  an  American  backbone  seizes  the 
opportunity  to  impress  his  fellows  to  ward  off  the  attack  of  or- 
ganized labor  by  the  appealing  justice  in  the  Ballard  bill. 


THE   VOTE  FOR   CONSCRIPTION. 

"Why  is  your  face  so  white,  Mother? 

Why  do  you  choke  for  breath?" 
"O,  I  have  dreamt  in  the  night,  my  son, 

That  I  doomed  a  man  to  death." 

"Why  do  you  hide  your  hand,  Mother? 

And  crouch  above  it  in  dread?" 
"It  beareth  a  dreadful  brand,  my  son: 

With  the  dead  man's  blood  'tis  red. 

"I  hear  his  widow  cry  in  the  night, 

I  hear  his  children  weep, 
And  always  within  my  sight,  O  God! 

The  dead  man's  blood  doth  leap. 

"They  put  the  dagger  into  my  grasp, 

It  seemed  but  a  pencil  then; 
I  did  not  know  it  was  a  fiend  a-gasp 

For  the  priceless  blood  of  men. 

"They  gave  me  the  ballot-paper, 

The  grim  death-warrant  of  doom, 
And  I  snugly  sentenced  the  man  to  death 

In  that  dreadful  little  room. 

"I  put  it  inside  the  Box  of  Blood 

Nor  thought  of  the  man  I'd  slain, 
Till  at  midnight  came  like  a  whelming  flood 
God's  word — and  the  Brand  of  Cain. 

"O  little  son!    O  my  little  son! 

Pray  God  for  your  Mother's  soul, 
That  the  scarlet  stain  may  be  white  again 

In  God's  great  Judgment  Roll." 

— W.  R.  Winspear. 


"Blessed  are  the  meek."  quoted  the  deacon,  in  reprov- 
ing the  backslider,  "for  they  shall  inherit  the  earth."  "They 
may  inherit  all  right,  deacon,"  said  the  irreverent  one,  "but 
somehow  or  other  they  never  seem  to  get  possession." — British 
Weekly. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


TOWN     CRIER 

— — The  wild-eyed  "white  slave"  drive  conceived  by  Pastor 
Smith  is  rapidly  developing  into  a  vicious  boomerang.  Sev- 
eral laws  that  were  passed  regarding  the  control  of  that  wing  of 
the  local  social  body  have  been  put  into  usage  in  the  recent  de- 
plorable vice  crusade,  with  the  result  that  they  show  as  many 
holes  as  a  fish  net,  and  convictions  cannot  be  obtained  under 
them.  Chief  among  the  number  is  the  Red  Light  Abatement 
bill  that  was  confidently  adopted  as  the  besom  that  would  clean 
out  the  vice  plague  spots  of  the  city,  whenever  it  should  be  in- 
voked. The  first  test  jury  case  of  one  hundred  redlight  cases 
was  dismissed  within  five  minutes  in  the  Police  Court,  this 
week,  and  the  ninety-nine  others  consequently  shot  by-the- 
board*  in  a  body.  The  result  is  that  so-called  vice  is  in  a  stronger 
position  than  ever  in  the  community.  No  opium  eater  ever  en- 
couraged a  wilder  dream  than  these  impractical  vice-crusaders. 
Their  recent  experience  illustrates  how  such  idealistic  dreamers 
and  fatuous  long-beard  reformers  hen-roost  together  and  con- 
ceive their  cobweb  vagaries  to  reform  the  vice  life  in  a  hustling, 
practical  community,  and  unconsciously,  thereby,  provide  a 
greased  toboggan  for  themselves.  The  extraordinary  efforts  be- 
ing made  by  Mayor  Rolph  to  get  a  number  of  level-headed  citi- 
zens to  work  on  the  vice  committee  indicates  what  the  ordinary 
level-headed  business  and  professional  men  think  of  the  absurd 
situation. 

You  ask  us,  Ermyntrude,  why  a  girl  shuts  her  eyes  when 

she  is  being  kissed.  The  Greek  philosophers  and  several  boule- 
vardiers  who  claim  to  be  in  the  "know"  have  advanced  several 
highly  interesting  theories  on  this  immensely  important  and 
exhilarating  problem.  Married  women  are  suspected  of  closing 
their  eyes  during  this  osculation  to  escape  seeing  their  husband's 
face.  Special  cases  are  like  the  moon's  phases  in  showing  the 
part  of  the  face  listed  to  be  kissed.  The  sporting  editor  who 
has  charge  of  this  class  of  sporting  events  is  away  on  his  vaca- 
tion, recuperating  for  the  summer  resort  campaign  in  this  line 
of  life's  lovely  endeavor.  The  lady  editress  here  in  charge,  who, 
by  the  way,  considers  herself  a  specialist  in  this  line  of  lip 
stenciling  "good  goods,"  opines  that  a  nervous  girl  shuts  her 
eyes  during  the  kissing  process  in  order  to  vision,  if  possible, 
what  the  next  movie  act  may  be.  The  old  Greek  philosophers, 
who  enjoyed  remarkable  experience  in  folk  lore  and  the  art  of 
deep  breathing,  held  it  as  a  cinch  that  all  girls  could  think  best 
with  their  eyes  almost  closed. 

From  all  parts  of  the  country  comes  indignant  protest 

against  the  filibustering  crew  of  eleven  Senators  who  prevented 
the  armed  neutrality  measure  from  coming  to  a  vote  during  the 
closing  days  of  Congress.  In  some  cities  they  were  hanged  in 
effigy,  and  in  others  they  were  damned  without  precedent.  The 
many  mass  meetings  held  by  citizens  to  protest  against  their 
action  will  have  to  do  something  more  practical  than  heaping 
condemnation  on  them  if  the  politicians  of  the  country  are  to  be 
impressed  with  the  fact  that  they  are  not  independent  repre- 
senatives,  but  are  the  spokesmen  of  their  constituency  and  sim- 
ply express  its  voice.  The  day  is  past  when  a  swaggering,  con- 
ceited politician,  filled  with  his  own  personal  ambitions  and 
lusting  for  spectacular  notoriety  can  cut  an  egotistical  swathe  in 
3  legislature,  State  or  national,  at  the  expense  of  citizens.  The 
talk  of  tar  and  feathers  is  foolish.  They  should  be  side-tracked 
into  the  political  limbo  at  their  next  appeal  for  re-election. 

What's  the  matter  with  the  Washington  headquarters  of 

the  national  secret  service?  American  munition  plants  are  be- 
ing blown  up  or  heavily  damaged  right  along  these  days  by 
representatives  of  the  central  powers,  in  their  mad  efforts  to 
plant  the  Nietzsche  doctrines  in  this  country  as  a  warning  of 
what  the  double  headed  eagle  did  in  Belgium.  Throughout 
the  past  century,  Uncle  Sam  has  been  extremely  patient  with 
arriving  immigrants,  who  have  boldly  camped  on  his  door-step 
and  later  have  endeavored  to  shoulder  him  out  of  his  modest 
apartment.  American  patience  has  worn  a  bit  threadbare  since 
the  European  war  opened.  Foreigners  who  are  so  zealously 
eager  to  help  their  mother  country  should  either  shoot  them- 
selves and  thus  qualify  themselves  on  the  casualty  list  of  pa- 
triots, or  return  home  and  fight  against  their  common  enemy. 
American  soil  is  not  in  the  war  zone  as  yet,  and  this  they  should 
be  made  properly  to  understand.  Such  indirect  action  as  they 
are  now  taking  is  the  work  of  a  coward,  a  craven  that  deserves 
well  merited  hanging. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


Templeton  Crocker  in  Lyric  Mood. 

Much  interest  is  evidenced  in  the  news  which  has  just  been 
made  public  that  Templeton  Crocker  is  to  write  the  lyrics  of  the 
Eohemian  Grove  play,  which  is  to  be  Chinese  in  character  this 
time,  and  which  will  give  young  Crocker  an  opportunity  to  use 
some  of  the  great  store  of  information  which  he  has  gained  by 
an  intensive  study  of  the  literature,  art  and  customs  of  the  Ori- 
ent. The  ambitions  of  this  scion  of  the  house  of  Crocker  have 
each  year  echoed  less  of  the  click  and  crash  of  the  counting 
house,  and  more  and  more  he  has  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  the  call 
of  big  business,  until  finally  he  gave  up  all  pretense  of  desire 
to  make  a  name  for  himself  in  finance,  and  content  to  watch 
some  one  else  clip  his  coupons,  has  turned  his  attention  to  lit- 
erature and  art. 

©    ©    © 
Desires  Literary,  Not  Financial,  Wizardry. 

For  some  time  society  has  known  that  he  was  working  on  a 
play,  but  few,  if  any,  were  aware  of  the  fact  that  his  first  am- 
bitious effort  was  to  be  the  Grove  play,  which  annually  lifts 
California  out  of  the  commonplace  and  makes  pilgrims  from  all 
over  the  world  turn  willing  feet  in  this  direction.  His  wife  is 
equally  interested  in  the  literature  of  the  Orient,  and  has  worked 
with  him  in  building  up  the  background  of  information,  without 
which  it  would  be  impossible  to  strike  the  lyric  note  in  a  Chi- 
nese allegory.  They  both  have  ideas  about  the  staging  of  the 
spectacle,  and  will  doubtless  be  in  consultation  on  the  details 
which  make  for  the  success  of  the  venture. 

The  fact  that  young  Crocker  has  developed  an  earnest,  if 
properly  humble,  ambition  to  adventure  into  the  field  of  letters, 
is  evidence  of  the  fact  that  sometimes  three  generations  of  silk 
hats  will  develop  good  brain  cells  as  well  as  gentlemen! 

©    ©    © 
A  Sudden  Drop,  or  What  Happened  in  the  Elevator. 

A  number  of  stories  have  whirled  the  dizzy  rounds  anent  the 
elevator  accident  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  the  night  of  the  Mardi 
Gras  ball,  but  they  have  all  been  so  at  variance  with  the  angle 
of  the  incident  as  it  occurred  that  the  truth  is  worth  the  telling. 
A  number  of  friends  of  Mrs.  Jackling's  had  gone  up  to  her 
apartment  after  the  Crocker  dinner  to  repair  their  complexions 
and  take  inventories  of  their  costumes  before  descending  into 
the  ball  room  for  the  pageant.  Mrs.  Herbert  Allen,  the  Joseph 
Oliver  Tobins,  Miss  Frances  Jolliffe,  Mrs.  Mountford  Wilson, 
and  several  others  took  the  elevator  at  the  Jackling  apartment, 
and  suddenly  the  car  dropped  with  a  swift,  sickening  thud  from 
the  fifth  to  several  feet  above  the  third  floor,  and  there  it  stuck. 
The  passengers  showed  their  stamina  by  refraining  from  hys- 
teria or  any  of  the  by-products  of  excitement. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Jackling's  Concern  for  Her  Sister. 

Mrs.  Jackling's  one  concern  was  her  sister,  Mrs.  Allen,  who 
has  put  her  nursery  in  order  for  the  advent  of  another  welcome 
gift  from  the  stork,  but  Mrs.  Allen  showed  no  more  nervousness 
over  the  situation  than  the  others. 

Mr.  Jackling,  waiting  at  the  elevator  on  the  first  floor,  realized 
at  once  what  had  happened,  and  got  into  consultation  with  the 
house  engineer.  Messages  were  signaled  to  the  man  running 
the  elevator,  forbidding  him  to  allow  any  of  the  passengers  to 
make  the  jump  to  the  fifth  floor,  which  was  several  feet  below 
where  the  elevator  had  stopped.  Meanwhile  the  engineer  on 
the  roof  and  his  assistant  were  bending  every  scientific  effort  to 
start  the  machinery. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Mountford  Wilson  Takes  the  Plunge. 

After  about  a  half  hour  of  keeping  up  appearances  and  pre- 
tending that  all  the  nerves  were  functioning  in  their  usual  nor- 
mal fashion,  Mrs.  Mountford  Wilson  declared  that  she  could 
not  stand  it  another  second,  that  she  would  just  as  soon  be  killed 
on  the  jump  as  die  of  nervousness  in  her  boots,  and  in  spite  of 
the  fear  of  some  that  if  the  weight  of  the  car  was  disturbed  it 


might  fly  up  in  a  manner  not  designed  for  a  non-aviating  eleva- 
tor, Mrs.  Wilson  took  the  jump,  and  landed  on  the  floor  without 
disaster  to  herself  or  peril  to  the  others.  Finally  a  ladder  was 
brought,  and  they  all  got  out  in  that  manner,  and  they  all  con- 
fessed that  it  was  a  nerve  racking  experience  that  was  more 
fun  in  the  telling  than  in  the  enduring. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Frank  Wakefield  Arrives. 

Friends  are  welcoming  back  to  San  Francisco  Mrs.  Frank 
Wakefield  (Edith  Huntington  Spreckels)  who  since  her  divorce 
from  Jack  Spreckels  and  marriage  to  Wakefield  has  spent  her 
time  in  the  South  Seas  and  in  New  York,  where  the  Wakefields 
have  now  settled.  Mrs.  Wakefield  is  the  personification  of  hap- 
piness, and  those  who  felt  that  her  sudden  marriage  to  the  fas- 
cinating Frank  Wakefield  would  spell  disaster,  have  to  admit 
that  their  premises  were  not  sound,  for  unlike  most  craft  that 
sails  the  stubborn  seas  of  matrimony,  their  ship  is  evidently  not 
the  frail  sort  that  usually  sets  forth  on  impulsive  second  ven- 
tures, but  is  a  thorough-going,  seaworthy  sort. 

©     ©     © 
To  Fight  for  Custody  of  Children. 

Wakefield  is  expected  in  San  Francisco  shortly,  having,  it  is 
rumored,  interrupted  his  business  interests  in  New  York  long 
enough  to  come  out  here  to  support  his  wife  in  the  suit  which 
it  is  whispered  she  is  going  to  bring  in  order  to  gain  the  custody 
of  her  three  children.  The  daughter  is  in  a  private  school 
across  the  bay,  and  the  two  little  boys  are  with  their  grand- 
father J.  D.  Spreckels,  in  Coronado,  but  they  are  under  the 
supervision  of  their  father.  If,  as  it  is  rumored,  Mrs.  Wake- 
field's intention  in  coming  out  here  is  to  fight  for  the  custody  of 
her  children,  it  may  be  confidently  asserted  that  there  will  be  a 
lively  legal  battle,  for  no  one  supposes  that  Jack  Spreckels  is 
going  to  give  up  the  custody  of  the  children  without  putting  up 
the  sort  of  stiff  fight  which  makes  the  family  linen  on  the  pub- 
lic clothes  line  rattle  in  the  breezes  that  blow  over  this  city. 

©     ©     © 
Oscar  Coopers  to  Depart. 

The  news  that  the  Oscar  Coopers  will  make  their  home  in 
New  York,  and  that  Mrs.  Ward  Barron  has  gone  into  business, 
diverts  from  hectic  participation  in  society  affairs  two  of  the 
most  attractive  of  the  young  matrons  in  the  Burlingame  set. 

Oscar  Cooper  has  already  departed  for  New  York,  and  his 
wife  will  shortly  join  him,  spending  the  meanwhile  with  her 
grandmother,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  the  Cooper  home  in  Burlin- 
game having  been  rented.  Mrs.  Cooper  has  many  friends  in 
New  York.  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  is  one  of  her  particular 
chums,  and  will  doubtless  help  her  to  establish  herself  happily 
with  the  set  that  builds  fences  too  high  for  a  friendless  new- 
comer to  scale.  Mrs.  Peter  Martin's  sister  and  relatives  will 
doubtless  look  after  the  Coopers,  for  Mrs.  Oscar  has  never  quar- 
reled with  the  fair  Lily,  as  have  most  of  the  other  members 
of  the  Martin  clan  out  here,  and  Lily  Oelrichs  Martin  is  very 
devoted  to  her. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Lily  Martin  at  Burlingame. 

One  of  the  few  appearances  which  the  dashing  widow  has 
made  in  the  peninsula  set  was  last  Sunday  at  the  farewell  tea 
given  by  the  Oscar  Coopers,  and  her  appearance  created  as 
much,  if  not  more  interest  than  the  moving  pictures  which  Os- 
car Cooper  had  taken  with  his  own  camera,  which  he  has 
learned  to  operate  like  a  professional. 


Convenient  to  all  Places  of  Interest 

Hotel  Clark 

\   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555     ROOMS— each  with  private  bath. 

F.  M.  DIMMICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


mill ■Mi-tiiith 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


J  Barron's  Sen-  /.. 
Mrs.  Ward  Barron  admits  that  she  is  bored;  that  she  has 
found  neither  the  flirtations  nor  the  frolics  of  society  suffi- 
ciently stimulating  to  make  the  days  go  dancing  by  in  winged 
processional.  Moreover,  she  has  a  desire  to  ascertain  whether 
she  has  any  commercial  ability,  and  she  is  going  to  discover  it 
via  the  route  of  an  agent  for  a  patent  fire-lighter.  I  am  told  that 
Ward  Barron,  who  did  not  in  the  least  mind  his  wife's  harmless 
little  flirtation  with  the  elderly  foreigner  who  has  been  her  con- 
stant attendant  during  the  season,  is  really  very  jealous  of  this 
new  love  of  business,  and  is  keeping  his  fingers  crossed  that  she 
will  soon  tire  of  demonstrating  the  charms  of  a  fire-lighter  with- 
out the  usual  kindling  wood  accompaniment. 


m  Queen"  Benefit  for  Children's  Playhouse. 

Gerda  Wismer  Hofmann's  production  of  "The  Snow  Queen" 
has  been  of  such  artistic  merit  that  the  success  of  the  new 
Children's  Playhouse  is  assured,  providing  the  project  is  prop- 
erly financed.  Further  children's  plays  are  in  prospect,  and  will 
be  produced  at  the  end  of  the  "Snow  Queen"  engagement. 

Mrs.  Hofmann's  ambition  to  establish  a  children's  theatre 
was  realized  through  the  indorsement  and  financial  support  of 
a  number  of  prominent  society  and  club  women.  To  sustain 
the  enterprise  it  will  be  necessary  to  secure  the  organized  sup- 
port of  individuals,  or  groups  of  interested  women,  or  the  muni- 
cipality. Mrs.  Hofmann's  time  is  so  fully  occupied  with  the 
management  and  presentation  of  the  present  piece  that  she  is 
unable  to  turn  her  attention  to  the  writing  and  production  of 
new  plays  for  the  theatre. 

"The  Snow  Queen"  will  be  repeated  to-day  at  the  Girls'  High 
School  Auditorium,  and  March  17th  at  a  matinee  and  evening 
performance.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at  the  box  offices  of  Kohler 
&  Chase,  and  Sherman,  Clay  &  Company. 

©    ©   © 

An  innovation  in  these  days  of  specialized  amusement  will 
be  the  Special  Dinners,  with  dancing,  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 
Hotel  St.  Francis,  each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  10th, 
as  follows:  Monday  night,  Southern;  Tuesday  night,  Oriental; 
Wednesday  night,  Mexican;  Thursday  night,  French;  Friday 
night,  Italian;  Saturday  night,  Calif ornian.  Service  will  also 
be  a  la  carte.  Dinner  will  be  served  at  seven  o'clock,  and  the 
price  is  fixed  at  two  dollars  per  plate.  Art  Hickman's  Orches- 
tra will  provide  the  music. 

©     ©    © 

Mrs.  L.  J.  Cutter  was  a  recent  hostess  at  Hotel  Oakland,  en- 
tertaining in  honor  of  Mrs.  W.  0.  Atwater,  who  leaves  shortly 
for  Salvador.  Her  guests  were  Mrs.  H.  Burns,  Mrs.  S.  Cannon, 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Cannon,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Potter,  Mrs.  Nellie  Donaldson, 
Mrs.  H.  D.  Rowe,  Mrs.  George  Ross,  Mrs.  Dora  Stevens,  Mrs. 
E.  Woodward. 

Mrs.  W.  G.  Henshaw  was  the  charming  hostess  at  luncheon 
on  Wednesday  last,  entertaining  15  guests  at  the  Hotel  Oakland. 

Dr.  Leonie  Fordham  was  the  hostess  at  a  luncheon  party  at 
the  Hotel  Oakland  recently,  her  guests  including  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Havens,  Mrs.  L.  P.  Crane,  Mrs.  F.  E.  Adams,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Smith, 
Mrs.  F.  R.  Greene,  Mrs.  E.  R.  Tutt,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Sanford,  Mrs.  C. 
L.  Tabor,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Ormsby. 

Among  those  who  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Hotel  Oak- 
land and  will  remain  for  an  indefinite  period  are  W.  J.  Hogan, 
J.  H.  Pearman,  Pasadena;  J.  R.  Arkley  and  wife,  Tacoma, 
Wash.;  F.  C.  Clift  and  wife,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
M.  Perry,  Stockton;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  G.  Morgan  and  daughter, 
Pittsburg;  Mr.  John  D.  Ross,  J.  F.  Burke,  and  D.  D.  Seerie,  of 
Denver;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Chadwick,  James  Goggins,  Omaha; 
H.  B.  Morison,  Bangor,  Me.,  and  John  M.  Low  and  wife,  Chi- 
cago. 

©    ©    © 

Mr.  Stewart  Lowerey  gave  a  most  enjoyable  party  on  Satur- 
day evening  last  at  the  Cliff  House.  Covers  were  laid  for  fif- 
teen. Among  those  who  participated  in  the  evening's  fun  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Judge,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  Taylor,  Mrs.  Tal- 
bot Walker,  Miss  Helen  Keeney,  Dr.  Tracy  Russell,  Mr.  Fred 
Van  Sicklen,  Miss  Rhoda  Fullam. 

The  Prince  and  Princess  Troubetzkoy  have  taken  quite  a 
fancy  to  San  Francisco.  The  cosmopolitan  atmosphere  appeals 
to  the  Prince's  rather  free,  rugged  personality.  He  is  very 
enthusiastic,  and  does  not  affect  the  bored  air  that  many  celeb- 
rities think  necessary  to  maintain  their  importance.    The  Prince 


had  tea  the  other  afternoon  with  Mrs.  Douglas  Crane  and  little 
Baby  Crane.  The  Prince  had  with  him  his  two  beautiful  Spitz 
Mrs.  Crane  allowed  the  dogs  to  come  in  for  tea,  and  to 
compromise,  she  had  her  latest  pet,  the  baby,  to  tea.  The 
Prince  was  greatly  interested  in  the  seals,  and  declared  the 
view  from  the  Cliff  House  windows  one  of  the  most  inspiring 
sights  in  the  West. 


LAST  OF  THE  HERTZ  SYMPHONIES  THIS  SEASON. 

Two  distinct  hits  rejoiced  the  audience  at  the  symphony  con- 
cert, the  first  production  here  of  Edgar  Stillman  Kelley's  "New 
England"  symphony,  and  the  virtuoso  playing  of  Louis  Per- 
singer,  concert  master  and  first  violin  of  the  organization.  The 
composer  of  the  symphony  came  out  here  from  the  East  to  hear 
specially  the  unique  musical  memories  that  have  haunted  him 
from  his  boyhood  days  in  New  England,  an  inspiration  typically 
Puritan,  and  of  a  theme  two  hundred  years  old,  covered  by  the 
title  "Why  Do  We  Mourn  Departed  Friends?"  The  composer 
it  unusually  resourceful  in  handling  musical  themes  and  cli- 
maxes of  mounting  power,  and  out  of  this  old  Puritan  hymn  he 
has  accomplished  wonders.  At  least  Conductor  Hertz  produced 
stimulating  effects  of  pure  music  embodiment  and  suggestion. 
The  playing  of  Louis  Persinger  was  an  exquisite  and  an  un- 
usually rare  treat.  He  rose  easily  to  all  technical  obstacles,  and 
poured  forth  harmonious  strains  so  appealingly,  so  beautiful  in 
exquisite  harmony,  that  an  ovation  followed  the  conclusion. 
Under  Conductor  Hertz'  wizard  artistry,  Beethoven's  Third 
"Lenore"  overture  floated  on  deep  spiritual  strains.  This  week 
reaches  the  eleventh  and  last  of  the  cluster  of  symphonies  of 
the  season,  to  the  regret  of  all  lovers  of  pure  music.  Our  one 
consolation  is  that  Conductor  Hertz  and  the  orchestra  he  has 
developed  with  such  extraordinary  success  will  be  with  us  again 
next  season — a  long  and  impatient  wait. 


GET  A  TRANSFER. 


If  you  are  on  the  Gloomy  Line, 
Get  a  transfer. 

If  you're  inclined  to  fret  and  pine, 
Get  a  transfer. 

Get  off  the  track  of  Doubt  and  Gloom, 

Get  on  a  Sunshine  Train — there's  room- 
Get  a  transfer. 

If  you  are  on  the  Worry  Train, 

Get  a  transfer, 
You  must  not  stay  there  and  complain: 

Get  a  transfer. 
The  Cheerful  Cars  are  passing  through, 
And  there  is  lots  of  room  for  you, 

Get  a  transfer. 

If  you  are  on  the  Grouchy  Track, 

Get  a  tranfser. 
Just  take  a  Happy  Special  back. 

Get  a  transfer. 
Jump  on  the  train  and  pull  the  rope, 
That  lands  you  at  the  Station  Hope. 

Get  a  transfer. 


The  crowd  of  ice  skating  enthusiasts  are  increasing  with 

the  days  to  see  the  exciting  finish  of  the  thrilling  hockey  contest 
at  the  big  Winter  Garden,  Sutter  and  Pierce  Sts.,  the  largest 
field  of  indoor  ice  on  the  continent.  A  big  crowd  will  gather 
next  Tuesday  evening  to  witness  the  final  clash  between  the  two 
expert  teams  reaching  the  exciting  finish.  Aside  from  these 
ice  sporting  events,  there  is  excellent  music  for  dancing  on  the 
ice,  and  delightful  pleasure  for  those  who  delight  in  the  thrill 
and  pleasure  of  graceful  skating. 


Treatment 


The  DR  UNKARD  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  ihe  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


Uncut  Gems 


Lola  Hope  was  a  dancer.  Not  a  common  or  garden  dancer, 
but  a  "star"  in  the  dancing  heavens,  so  that  her  press  agent 
could  carelessly  inform  the  world  that  she  earned  $2,500  a 
week,  and  still  be  believed. 

She  also  had  a  small  monkey  and  a  Persian  cat,  and  some 
ridiculous  dogs,  and  a  Buddha  a  Rajah  had  given  her,  and  her 
first  pair  of  ballet  shoes  that  she  "kept  for  luck." 

But  what  Lola's  adorers  feared  most  was  her  passion  for  un- 
cut gems.  She  had  quite  a  collection  of  necklaces  of  uncut  tur- 
quoises, emeralds  and  other  gems,  and  their  value  was  con- 
siderable. 

For  nearly  a  year  a  millionaire  from  the  Argentine  had  fol- 
lowed Lola  about,  and  knew  in  his  own  mind  that  he  wanted 
to  marry  her  and  take  her  away  from  the  stage. 

But  Lola  just  then  had  no  such  desire. 

A  rich  husband  was  all  right.  But  dancing  had  its  attrac- 
tions too. 

One  evening  they  sat  in  her  flat  together  having  supper. 

Lola  was  in  high  spirits,  and  as  she  served  the  salad,  he  pro- 
duced a  package. 

She  flung  down  the  spoon  and  fork  and  tore  off  the  wrapper, 
to  find  some  huge  uncut  turquoises  upon  a  bed  of  white  cotton. 

"Oh,  how  lovely!"  she  cried.    "You  really  are  a  dear,  Gino!" 

Gino  smiled  up  into  her  beautiful  face. 

"You  like  them?" 

"Rather,  Gino — thanks  awfully." 

"You  like  me,  too?"  Gino  asked  then. 

Lola  nodded. 

"I  think  I  do.  You  are  always  nice  to  me — I  really  believe 
you  forget  I'm  a  dancer  sometimes." 

He  rose  and  put  his  arm  over  her  shoulder. 

"Suppose  we  were  to  get  married?"  he  said.  "Would  you 
like  to  marry  me.  Lolita?" 

"I  think  so,"  Lola  smiled.  "But  I  don't  want  to  give  up 
dancing." 

He  drew  her  closer. 

"Well,  if  you  don't,  why,  of  course  you  must  have  your  way. 
We  will  be  married,  and  you  shall  still  dance,  eh?" 

She  threw  her  arm  around  his  neck. 

"You  are  the  dearest  dear,"  she  said  softly.  "I'm  sure  I  love 
you  now." 

After  supper  they  sat  side  by  side  drinking  coffee  out  of  the 
same  cup.  Lola  flicked  the  cigarette  ash  off,  and  ran  the  uncut 
stones  through  her  fingers. 

"Know  why  I  am  so  fond  of  these  uncut  things,  Gino?" 

"He  shook  his  head.    "Just  a  fancy,  I  suppose." 

Lola  jerked  up  her  head. 

"More  than  a  fancy,"  she  said.  "Listen  Gino.  As  a  child,  I 
never  had  much  of  a  time.  My  parents  were  poor,  and  all  my 
playthings  were  a  funny  old  rag  doll  that  my  poor  mother  made, 
and  a  lot  of  broken  pieces  of  china  and  glass.  I  used  to  collect 
fragments  of  broken  china  and  glass,  and  when  any  one  broke 
a  cup  or  a  glass  or  a  plate,  I  always  had  the  best  bits.  I  loved 
them.  To  me  then  a  bit  of  green  glass  was  more  joy  than  an 
emerald  is  now." 

"Dear  little  Lola,"  he  said  tenderly. 

Lola  spoke  again: 

"When  my  mother  died,  she  gave  me  a  last  message.  It  was 
this:  'It  is  better  to  be  decent,  Lola,  and  have  glass  beads, 
than  be  the  other  thing  and  be  hung  with  gems.'  " 

He  drew  her  on  to  his  knee,  and  she  laughed  in  his  ear. 

"I  did  better  ...  I  was  hung  with  jewels  and  still  remained 
good,"  she  said.  "I  have  all  the  jewels  I  want  now — but  whe- 
ther you  believe  it  or  not,  I  came  by  every  jewel  I  have  de- 
cently." 

The  pathos  of  this  little  story  would  have  drawn  tears  from 
the  eyesof  her  press  agent;  but  the  good  man  would  never 
have  believed  it  was  true. 

But  it  was. — Nora  Seivell. 


THE  PENALTY. 
He  only  kissed  her  on  the  cheek, 

It  seemed  a  simple  frolic, 
But  he  was  sick  in  bed  a  week — 
They  called   it  painter's  colic. 


LEAKS  FROM  WIRELESS. 

The  vagaries  of  the  war  censor  are  a  source  of  perennial  in- 
terest in  several  countries.  The  latest  tale  to  be  told  comes 
from  Russia.  Mr.  Wells'  novel,  "Mr.  Britling  Sees  It  Through," 
after  being  thoroughly  read  and  digested  in  England,  was  trans- 
lated into  Russian,  and  offered  itself  for  the  approval  of  the 
Russian  censor  under  the  title  of  "Mr.  Britling  Drinks  the  Cup 
to  the  Dregs."  The  Russian  censor  was  scandalized.  Here 
indeed  was  an  unworthy  criticism  of  a  gallant  and  devoted  ally. 
He  dealt  with  it  mercilessly,  and  all  the  offensive  passages  were 
blue  penciled,  with  a  result  which  can  be  imagined  by  those 
familiar  with  the  original. 

*  *  * 

There  is  no  new  slang  under  the  sun.  Those  "characteristic 
Americanisms,"  such  as  "take  it  from  me,"  "the  real  stuff," 
"piker,"  "sure  thing,"  and  so  on,  have  been  traced  to  Sheridan, 
Thackeray,  Smollett,  Dickens,  and  others  and  are  in  common 
use  in  Great  Britain,  while  there  appears  to  be  little  question 
that  Aristophanes  was  the  first  to  use  the  expression,  "We  take 
the  cake."  Yet  it  is  doubtful  if  the  cake-walk  was  known  in 
ancient  Greece. 

*  *  * 

Another  survey  has  just  been  completed.  This  one  relates  to 
the  "bills  of  fare"  found  in  the  homes  of  Minnesota  farmers. 
The  result,  announced  by  a  student  of  the  agricultural  college 
of  the  State  University,  makes  it  known  that  the  farmer  and  his 
family  are  better  fed  than  most  others,  and  at  a  cost  of  6.8 
cents  a  meal  each.  But  the  layman  who  supposed  he  had 
guessed  the  solution  will  have  to  revise  his  estimate,  because 
the  further  fact  is  found  that  the  farmer  buys  far  more  than  he 

raises  for  his  table. 

*  *  * 

Times  are  changed,  indeed,  as  between  France  and  Algeria. 
Just  seventy  years  ago,  the  great  Kabyle  chief,  Abd-el-Kader, 
surrendered  to  General  Damremont  after  a  fierce  struggle  ex- 
tending over  many  years.  To-day  Si  Salah  Si  Ahmed,  another 
Kabyle  chief,  visits  the  war  factories  in  the  provinces,  and  in 
the  vicinity  of  Paris,  where  more  than  20,000  Muhammadans 
are  employed,  and  brings  to  President  Poincare,  from  the  Ka- 
byle people  "a  tribute  of  their  devotion  to  France  and  their 
pledge  to  contribute  in  every  way  to  the  defense  of  French  soil." 

*  *  * 

The  old  house  in  Rouen  which  once  was  Pierre  Corneille's, 
has  been  handed  over  for  use  as  a  "Foyer  du  Soldat" — soldiers' 
canteen  and  rest  rooms.  Two  years  before  the  war  it  had  been 
presented  to  the  town,  by  national  subscription,  to  be  main- 
tained as  a  shrine  to  the  memory  of  the  great  tragedian.  It  is 
recalled  in  justification,  which  is  hardly  needed,  of  the  military 
use  to  which  the  house  has  temporarily  been  put,  that  Corneille 
himself  had  two  soldier  sons,  one  in  the  "chevaux  legers"  and 
the  other  a  lieutenant  in  the  Regiment  de  Carcado.  The  author 
of  the  "Cid"  could  have  nothing  but  a  welcome  to  give  to  the 
soldiers  of  France. 

»  *  * 

Coal  was  selling  in  New  York  City  two  months  ago  at  about 
$13  a  ton  when  the  Federal  grand  jury  began  its  investigation, 
according  to  Assistant  Attorney-General  Swacker,  and  rumor 
said  that  it  would  go  to  $20.  Now  the  price  is  about  $8,  and  the 
attorney  believes  that  the  activity  of  the  department  of  justice 
has  caused  the  change.  But  there  will  be  no  indictments.  Why 
not?  If  the  price-boosting  was  a  crooked  deal  and  the  evidence 
is  at  hand,  somebody  ought  to  be  made  an  example  of. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


-Town  Topics. 


PL/E-ASURE-'S  WAND 


imm 


)b*y  no  n;ind  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  .Moor?. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

The  Ex-Leading  Lady  Attacks  Unarmed  Critic  Without  Warning 
By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


Breathless  from  a  hurried  trip  up  the  stairway  leading  to  the 

irial  rooms,  the  Ex-Leading  Lady,  who  is  built  for  comfort 

or  than  speed,  burst  into  the  office  with  as  little  warning  as 

a  German  submarine  gives  a  passenger  ship  with  women  and 

children  aboard,  and  thus  delivered  herself : 

"Say,  I'm  off  you." 

"Well,  old  dear,"  I  said,  sparring  for  time,  as  I  chucked  a 
mass  of  exchanges  from  the  easy  chair  where  I  am  wont  to  sit 
and  think  beautiful  thoughts  at  so  much  per.  "How  did  you 
come  to  toddle  up  here?" 

As  the  lady  seated  herself,  I  observed  that  she  was  careful 
to  place  her  profile  at  an  angle  where  the  light  was  most  favor- 
able to  her  lovely  face,  and  that  the  "best  side"  was  brought  out 
to  advantage.  Then  I  knew  that  she  would  not  be  utterly  ruth- 
less, and  would  give  me  an  opportunity  to  take  to  the  boats  be- 
fore launching  the  lethal  torpedo. 

"Where  do  you  get  that  stuff  you  put  in  the  paper  week  be- 
fore last  about  my  having  grandchildren  ?  I  haven't  any  grand- 
children." 

"No?"  I  replied  with  my  best,  little-boy  air.  "But  you  might 
have." 

"Might  have?"  she  retorted,  with  her  resonant,  singer's  voice 
in  accents  of  infinite  scorn.  ."You  poor  fish,  you  might  be  a  dra- 
matic critic,  but  you're  not." 

"Sh-h-h,"  I  pleaded.  "The  boss  is  in  the  next  room  and  he 
may  hear  you.    He  hasn't  found  it  out  yet." 

"What's  the  big  idea  in  that  near  comedy  ?  I  don't  want  you 
to  put  me  in  your  paper  any  more." 

"All  right,  all  right,"  I  answered  testily.  "But  there  are  lots 
of  people  who  read  my  stuff  anyway,  whether  it  has  anything 
about  the  drama  or  not.  Although  in  view  of  the  almost  entire 
absence  of  the  legitimate  here,  San  Francisco  has  about  as  much 
use  for  dramatic  criticism  as  London  has  for  a  piece  of  Lim- 
burger  cheese." 

"Say,  quit  kidding  yourself.    Who  reads  your  stuff?" 

"Well,  you  for  one,  my  dear,"  I  came  back  as  quick  as  a 
flash,  as  I  believe  in  preparedness. 

"Tell  it  to  Sweeney,"  she  snorted.  "I  only  read  your  ragtime 
reviews  to  see  what  you  will  have  the  nerve  to  say  next." 

"Perhaps  others  do  the  same  thing;  besides,  Connie  Farber, 
who  played  the  Orpheum  a  fortnight  ago,  reads  me." 

"Connie  Farber?"  she  ejaculated  with  interest.  "Why,  I  was 
on  the  bill  with  her  mother  twenty  years  ago  on  the  big  time." 
And  then  she  added,  suspiciously:  "How  do  you  know?" 

"She  admits  it,"  I  answered  triumphantly.  "Shall  I  read  you 
her  letter?" 

"You  have  the  stage;  go  on  with  your  act." 

And  then  I  read : 

"My  dear  Mr.  Spencer: 

"I  want  to  express  to  you,  as  best  I  may  in  a  mere  note,  my 
appreciation  of  the  splendid  write-up  you  gave  to  my  sister  and 
myself  in  the  'News  Letter'  the  week  we  played  the  'Orpheum'. 
It  truly  makes  us  feel  so  happy  to  know  that  you  enjoyed  our 
little  'skitch'.    Many,  many  thanks  and  best  wishes. 

"Always  sincerely, 

"Connie  Farber." 
"Stockton,  Cal." 

The  lady  batted  her  man-assassinating  eyes  once  or  twice  and 
walked  to  the  door  where  I  knew  she  would  turn  and  make  an 
exit  speech : 

"Well,  you  are  not  so  rotten  as  you  try  to  make  yourself  out 
to  be." 


Orpheum 

One  word  from  me,  and  Miss  Dorothy  Jardon  does  as  she 
pleases. 

Last  week  I  called  attention  to  the  jarring  effect  of  the  stage 
setting  in  an  otherwise  superb  act.  Again,  however,  are  the 
piano  legs  chastely  decorated  with  sofa-cushions,  and  the  other 
tasteless  impedimenta  are  strewn  about  the  stage.  Can  you 
imagine  a  more  incongruous  use  for  cushions  than  being  coyly 
draped  around  the  feet  of  a  piano?  To  be  sure,  la  Jardon  sings 
splendidly  and  with  great  dramatic  effect,  but  her  number  is 
also  largely  spectacular.  For  instance:  Her  entrance  from  the 
top  of  a  stairway  when  she  is  gowned  in  the  long  purple  robe; 
her  magnificent  costumes,  and  the  very  evident  pains  taken  in 
the  raise  en  scene.    The  "No  Smoking"  sign  still  is  hung  out. 

The  best  of  the  newcomers  is  Claude  Gillingwater  and  Julie 
Heme  in  "The  Frame-Up".  The  playlet  has  the  true  vaude- 
ville spirit,  and  the  calculated  anti-climax  saves  it  from  being 
banal.  It  is  excel'ently  performed  by  the  two  principals,  as- 
sisted by  acceptable  performers  in  the  minor  roles. 

Perhaps  I  would  have  appreciated  the  Misses  Campbell  more 
if  they  had  not  come  so  soon  after  the  Misses  Farber,  for  they 
are  somewhat  on  the  same  lines.  At  that,  however,  they  are 
painstaking  and  clever,  and  put  over  quite  agreeably  a  number 
of  burlesques,  with  the  intimate  fooling  which  generally  marks 
sister  acts. 

Pat  Barrett  gives  an  excellent  characterization  of  a  centena- 
rian chicken  chaser  and  a  poor  imitation  of  an  English  "nut". 
Otherwise  his  "Unusual  Songs"  are  in  the  usual  vaudeville 
manner.  A  coon  cornetist  substituted  for  the  "Cycling  Genius", 
but  I  missed  most  of  his  act,  for  which  I  should  worry. 

The  beautiful  Morgan  Dancers  held  over  for  the  third  week; 
Flanagan  and  Edwards  did  not  pall  on  a  second  hearing,  but 
were  as  funny  as  at  first.  Tempest  and  Sunshine  proved  them- 
selves a  little  light  for  repetition. 

*  *  * 

Pantages 

"He  stood  bare,  not  cased  in  coat  of  mail;  he 

grappled  like  a  giant,  face  to  face,  with  naked 

things.    That,  after  all,  is  the  sort  of  man  for  me. 

I  plead  guilty  to  valuing  such  a  man  over  all  other 

sorts  Of  men." — Carlyle. 
In  a  thin,  mild,  high-pitched  voice,  rather  like  that  of  a  pink- 
tea  curate,  the  greatest  fighting  man  who  ever  lived  stood  up 
at  Pantages  and  related  how  he  came  to  enter  the  ring  and  the 
history  of  his  first  fight.  Surely,  like  all  geniuses  Bob  Fitzsim- 
mons  is  an  abnormal  man;  surely  no  more  grotesque  and  effi- 
cient figure  ever  responded  to  the  tap  of  the  gong.  An  enormous 
growth  of  freckled  shoulders  and  arms  set  on  a  pair  of  crooked 
stilts,  the  whole  surmounted  by  the  smallest  head  conceivable, 
but  underneath  a  brain  as  cunning  as  a  wolf  and  a  nature  as 
brave  as  a  lion's  isn't.  But  I  am  afraid  that  I  shall  think  I  am 
on  the  sporting  page  if  I  keep  on  enthusing  over  Bob.  I  shall 
have  to  take  his  word  for  his  boy  being  a  coming  champion,  ■ 
but  he  doesn't  look  to  me  to  have  anything  like  the  hardness 
and  fighting  spirit  of  his  father — a  good  gymnasium  boxer,  per- 
haps, but  not  the  hard-bitten,  fighting  man. 

After  Bob,  the  principal  attraction  on  the  bill,  is  "Mr. 
Chaser",  the  best  musical  tabloid  which  I  have  seen  at  Pan- 
tages. It  is  replete  with  originality  and  fairly  festooned  with 
youth  and  beauty.  I  can  guarantee  the  chorus,  for  I  stood  in 
front  like  a  stage  Johnny  and  rubbered  as  the  girls  came  out. 

The  Chesleigh  Sisters  are  well  able  to  sustain  an  act  in  one. 
The  sister  who  took  the  part  of  the  hotel  clerk,  and  seemed  to 
be  the  principal,  has  the  natural  comic  manner,  and  her  charac- 


8 


San  F 


rancisrn 


News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


terization  of  the  pretty  tough  was  a  scream.    I  commend  these 

young  ladies  to  those  who  are  looking  for  talent. 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

There  will  be  some  changes  in  the  personnel  of  the  theatre 
staff.  Irwin  Cluxton,  the  very  genial  and  efficient  inside  man, 
is  leaving  to  accept  a  flattering  offer  on  the  S.  F.  Chronicle.  Bert 
Meyer,  called  the  Market  Street  Canary  Bird,  who  has  been 
handling  the  outside  and  part  of  the  upstairs  duties,  will  have 
full  charge  under  J.  J.  Cluxton  in  place  of  Bob  Drady,  who  will 
confine  himself  entirely  to  the  management  of  the  Oakland 
House.  Mr.  Pantages  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  excellence 
of  his  assistants,  although  we  will  all  miss  Irwin  Cluxton. 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  will  present  next  week 
a  great  new  show  with  only  one  hold-over.  Natalie 
Alt,  who  has  only  just  hearkened  to  the  call  of  vaude- 
ville after  a  gloriously  successful  career  as  a  musi- 
cal comedy  prima  donna,  will  sing  a  group  of  songs 
which  she  has  made  popular.  Her  voice  is  said  to 
be  exceedingly  fine  and  of  rarely  true  quality,  and 
she  is  very  fascinating.  Lew  Dockstader  returns 
to  us  with  a  new  humorous  impression  called  "The 
Political  Boss."  Mr.  Dockstader  does  not  attempt 
to  depict  any  particular  individual,  but  presents  a 
graphic  analysis  of  the  traits,  peculiarities  and  eccen- 
tricities of  the  man  behind  the  political  throne.  Rita 
Mario's  Orchestra,  composed  of  ten  charming  girls 
who  play  charming  music,  will  be  a  stellar  feature  of 
this  wonderful  show.  In  addition  to  the  ensembles  of 
the  orchestra,  there  are  solos  on  different  instru- 
ments and  singing  numbers.  Another  headline  act 
which  may  be  pleasantly  anticipated  is  George  Kelly 
and  his  company,  which  includes  Anna  Cleveland 
and  Nora  O'Connor  in  a  comedy  of  surprises  entitled 
"Finders — Keepers."  Moore,  Gardner  and  Rose  ex- 
cel in  song  and  jest,  and  all  of  their  material  is  their 
own.  Thomas  F.  Swift,  a  clever  and  diverting  come- 
dian, will,  with  the  assistance  of  a  capable  company, 
present  a  novelty  skit  entitled  "Me  and  Mary,"  a 
happy  combination  of  mirth  and  melody.  A  new 
mark  for  imitators  will  be  found  in  Robert  Everest's 
Novelty  Circus.  A  monkey  manager  and  his  troupe 
of  monkeys  introduce  their  own  specialties  and 
aerial  features  in  a  marvelously  human  manner. 
Those  charming  vocalists,  the  Misses  Campbell,  will 
change  their  songs,  making  the  program  entirely 
new. 

Count  Ilia  Tolstoy  will  appear  at  the  Orpheum  on 

the  week  of  March  25th,  and  give  a  brief  lecture  on 

the  life  and  ideals  of  his  father  Count  Leo  Tolstoy. 
*  *  * 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Schubert's 
Eighth  Symphony  in  B  Minor,  commonly  known  as 
the  "Unfinished   Symphony,"  will  be  the  opening 
number  of  the  delightful  program  arranged  by  Al- 
fred Hertz  for  the  9th  "pop"  concert  of  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  at  the  Cort  Theatre 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  March  11th.    The  second  num- 
ber will  be  Weber's  "Euryanthe"  overture.    Glinka's 
"Kamarinskaja,"  which  is  a  combination  of  an  old  Russian  wed- 
ding song  and  a  dance,  is  typically  representative  of  the  old 
Russian  school  of  music.    Three  selections  from  "The  Damna- 
tion of  Faust,"  representing  Berlioz  in  his  lightest  mood,  will 
follow.     These   are   "The  Minuet  of  the  Will-o'-the-Wisps," 
"The  Dance  of  the  Sylphs,"  and  the  march,  "Rakoczy."  The 
program  will  conclude  with  "On  the  Beautiful  Blue  Danube  " 
Horace  Britt  will  be  the  soloist  of  the  eleventh  pair  of  sym- 
phonies, to  be  given  at  the  Cort  on  Friday  afternoon,  March 
16th,  and  Sunday  afternoon,  March  18th,  Alfred  Hertz  conduct- 
ing.   It  was  Britt's  beautiful  performance  of  Saint-Saens'  con- 
certo in  A  Minor,  under  the  direction  of  the  composer  himself,  at 
one  of  the  Festival  concerts  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition, 
that  first  endeared  him  to  San  Francisco  music  lovers.    Appro- 
priately, it  is  this  composition  that  he  will  render  at  the  eleventh 
pair  of  symphonies. 

The  program  will  further  include  Gluck's  overture  to 
"Iphigenia  in  Aulis;"  Mozart's  "Jupiter"  symphony  in  C  Major; 


four  character  pieces  after  "The  Rubaiyat  of  Omar  Khayyam," 
by  Arthur  Foote;  and  Weber's  "Oberon"  overture,  which  will 
bring  the  concert  to  a  brilliant  conclusion. 


Columbia  Theatre. — Ever-welcome  Julian  Eltinge  in  a  new 
comedy  by  Charles  Klein  entitled  "Cousin  Lucy,"  comes  to  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  Monday,  March  12,  1917.  Eltinge's  piece 
this  year  is  described  as  a  musical,  mirthful  melange  of  side- 
splitting complications,  fashionable  frocks,  delightful  dancing, 
tuneful  airs  and  beautiful  girls,  or  a  veritable  circus  of  fun  and 
fashion.    Those  who  have  seen  the  play  say  that  it  surpasses  in 


Natalie  Alt,  Musical  Comedy  Favorite,  Who  Will  Appear  at  the  Orpheum  Next  Week 

point  of  novelty  anything  Eltinge  has  heretofore  offered  his 
legion  of  admirers.  A  glance  at  the  cast  would  indicate  that 
Manager  A.  H.  Woods  has  chosen  none  but  stars  to  support 
Eltinge  this  year,  while  scenically  some  reports  say  "Cousin 
Lucy"  is  a  spectacle  of  luxurious  splendor.  The  second  act 
represents  New  York's  foremost  dressmaking  establishment, 
and  it  is  during  this  scene  that  Eltinge  arouses  the  wildest  en- 
thusiasm among  the  feminine  portion  of  his  audiences  by  ex- 
hibting  gowns,  wraps  and  hats  without  number  in  a  series  of 
lightning  quick  changes,  which  keep  the  spectators  in  a  state 
of  amazement.  The  musical  numbers  are  songs  and  dances 
entitled  "Those  Come  Hither  Eyes,"  "Mamselle  Lucette,"  "Two 
Heads  are  Better  than  One,"  "Society,"  "Summertime,"  and 
"Keep  Going.' 

William  H.  Crane  in  the  first  Western  presentation  of  the 
comedy,  "The  Happy  Stranger,"  by  Harvey  O'Higgins  and 
Harriet  Ford,  will  be  the  attraction  to  follow  Julian  Eltinge  at 
the  Columbia  Theatre. 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Julian  Eltinge  in  "  Cousin  Lucy  "  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  Commencing  Monday 
March  12th 

Pantages. — Pauline,  the  headline  attraction  for  the  coming 
week,  at  the  Pantages  Theatre,  starting  Sunday  matinee,  is 
known  as  the  "Scientific  Sensation,"  and  is  said  to  have  the 
entire  medical  profession  and  scientists  of  the  world  over  puz- 
zling themselves  about  certain  parts  of  his  art.  However,  his 
audiences  are  at  liberty  to  decide  for  themselves  whether  he  is 
a  scientific  phenomenon,  or  simply  an  unusually  clever  trickster; 
and  in  either  case  Pauline  will  be  satisfied,  as  they  will  have  to 
admit  he  is  exceedingly  entertaining.  Marie  Russell,  "A  Study 
in  Brown,"  is  described  as  the  queen  of  ragtime  and  character 
songs.  Miss  Russell  will  offer  a  medley  of  Southern  songs, 
tagtime  pieces,  and  also  a  Hawaiian  number,  in  a  rich  contralto 
voice.  Hugo  B.  Koch  and  Company  will  present  a  dramatic 
sketch,  "After  Ten  Years."  The  story  is  one  of  human  interest. 
Goldsmith  and  Pinard  will  also  be  included  in  next  week's  at- 
tractions in  a  comedy  musical  act.  They  are  said  to  be  accom- 
plished musicians,  and  have  an  original  line  of  patter.  Eve- 
lyn and  Dolly,  "Petite,  Versatile  Girls,"  present  a  novelty  en- 
tertainment, including  singing,  dancing,  cycling,  roller  skating, 
and  a  little  comedy.  Hubert  Dyer  and  Company  will  provide 
comedy  acrobatics,  and  chapter  four  of  the  thrilling  picture 
serial,  "The  Secret  Kingdom,"  with  the  favorite  movie  stars, 
Charles  Richman  and  Dorothy  Kelly,  in  the  leading  roles,  will 
be  the  screen  attraction. 


Such  excellent  entertainment  is  now  presented  at  the 

Techau  Tavern  that  the  patrons  do  not  miss  the  afternoon  dan- 
cing, which  has  been  discontinued.  Besides,  vocal  numbers  by 
high-class  artists,  there  is  the  Tavern's  special  feature  of  pre- 
senting every  afternoon  at  5,  at  the  dinner  hour,  and  also  after 
the  theatre  hour,  costly  perfume  favors  to  the  lady  patrons, 
without  competition  of  any  sort.  While  every  evening  at  the 
Tavern  is  delightful,  Sunday  evening  is  especially  so;  and,  as 
the  very  best  families  of  San  Francisco  not  only  take  Sunday 
dinner  there,  but  spend  the  entire  evening  at  this  justly  famed 
hostelry,  the  management  provides  a  continuous  entertainment 
of  the  highest  class,  which  opens  at  the  dinner  hour  and  con- 
tinues until  closing  time.  Nothing  is  left  undone  to  make  the 
evening  enjoyable. 


OLD  hLAMES  FLARED  UP. 

"What's  wrong,  old  chap?"  remarked  a  tennis  racquet  club 
bachelor.    "You  look  worried!" 

"I  made  a  sad  domestic  mistake,"  replied  his  married  friend. 

"How?" 

"My  wife  invited  one  of  her  old  flames  to  our  party,  and  I 
thought  that  established  sufficient  precedent  for  me  to  invite 
one  of  my  old  sweethearts." 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located,  refined  hotel  in 
San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square,  and  at  the 
corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Pantages '  1  neatve    m«>»«  **«<*  °w«u»  "»■<>■> 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

"PAULINE"     THE    SCIENTIFIC    SENSATION 

HUBERT  DYER  &  CO.:  GOLDSMITH  &  PINARD;  HUGO  B.  KOCH  &  CO.: 
EVELYN  &  DOLLY:  MARIE  RUSSELL;  SECRET  KINGDOM.  CHAPTER 
FOUR. 

AN     UNUSUALLY    GOOD-  BILL 


Orpfieum 


O'Farrell   Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 
SUNDAY      AFTERNOON.        MATINEE 


Week    beginning    THIS 
EVERY  DAY. 

A    GREAT    NEW    SHOW 

NATALIE  ALT,  A  Musical  Cornells'  Favorite;  LEVY  DOCKSTADER,  as  The 
Political  Boss,  or.  The  Power  Behind  the  Throne:  MOORE,  GARDNER  & 
ROSE,  Clever,  Classy  Comics;  THOMAS  F.  SWIFT  &  CO.  present  "Me  and 
Mary;"  ROBERT  EVEREST'S  NOVELTY  CIRCUS;  THE  MISSES  CAMPBELL 
in  New  Songs;  RITA  MARIO  and  HER  ORCHESTRA,  10  Charming  Girls; 
GEORGE  KELLY  &  CO.  in  "FINDERS-KEEPERS." 

Evening  prices — 10c.  25c.  50c,  75c  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and   holidays),   10c.    25c,   50c.      PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Franklin  150 
Two  weeks  beginning  MONDAY  MARCH  12.    Matinees  Wednesday  and  Sat- 
urday.   A  Continuous  Rave  from  Coast  to  Coast. 

JULIAN      ELTINGE 
and  New  York  Company  of  10  Absolutely  Orginal  Players  in 

"  COUSIN    LUCY  " 
A  Fun  and  Fashion  Feast  with  Music  and  Girls 


Columbia   Theatre 


9th    "POP"    CONCERT 
CORT    THEATRE 


ORCHESTRA  sund ay,  march  u 

Alfred  Ham. Conductor.  Ata.M  simp 

PROGRAM:    "Unfinished    Symphony"    Schubert:    Overture.     "Eirryanthe" 
Weber;  "Kamarinskaja"  Glinka;  Music  from  "  Damnation  of  Faust"  Berlioz; 
"~1    '""On  the  Beautiful  Blue  Danube"  Waltz.  Johann  Strauss. 

^Zf'RK'ES:   i'.c.   .''iic.   7:v.  Il.uo.     Tickets  m    Sherman.   Clay  A-  CO.  s.  except 
concert  dav;  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day  only. 
NEXT— March  16—18,  11th  Pair  Symphonies;   HORACE  BRITT.  Soloist. 


WINTEftgfiARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

//"■  T?      D  T  AT  V    Phone  w<,»  363 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  - 


THE  LAST  GAME 
OF  HOCKEY 
Will  be  Played 

TUESDAY    the    13th 


$1  Per  Hour— Half  Hour  660. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

ROSENBLUM-ASH. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sol.  Rosenblum  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  daughter,  Miss  Jeanne  Rosenblum,  to  Jerome  H.  Ash, 
of  Hollywood. 

GHIRARDELLI-BAXER. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Carmen  Ghirardelli, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Watson  Cushing,  and  George  W.  Baker,  Jr., 
has  been  announced. 

JONES-GRAHAM.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Sager  announce  the  engagement 
of  their  daughter,  Miss  Hazel  Ruth  Jones,  to  James  Graham  of 
Suisun.     The  wedding  is  to  take  place  on  April  16th. 

MacKENZIE-Mac-CLEAT. — Announcement  of  the  betrothal  of  Miss  Bar- 
bara MacKenzie  and  Roderick  MacCleay  has  been  announced. 

VEACH-SMITH. — Mrs.  Frank  Hollister  Veach,  of  Sacramento,  announces 
that  the  engagement  of  her  daughter,  Miss  Florence  Veach,  to  Mr, 
Percy  C.  Smith  has  been  broken. 

.    WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

TIETZEN-DODGE. — Easter  Sunday  is  the  day  set  for  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Hazel  Tietzen  and  Charles  Sessions  Dodge. 
WEDDINGS. 

GREEN-BERL. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Selma  Green  to  Edwin  D.  Berl  took 
place  February  27th  at  the  Century  Club. 

CUNNINGHAM- ALLISON. —A  quiet  wedding  took  place  Saturday  morn- 
ing at  the  First  United  Presbyterian  Church  in  Oakland,  when  Mrs. 
Emma  Cunningham  and   Sheridan  A.  Allison  were  married. 

HERRMANN-QUILL. — Miss  Frances  Marie  Herrmann  and  Errol  V.  Quill 
were   married   Monday   morning. 

JOHNSON-MILTON.— At   the    home    of    the   "William    Pierce    Johnsons    in 
the  Linda  Vista  district.  Piedmont,  Miss  Josephine  Johnson  and  Max- 
well Milton  were  married  Tuesday. 
TEAS. 

McNAB. — A  group  of  friends  accepted  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Stewart  Mc- 
Nab  at  an  informal  tea  "Wednesday  at  her  residence  on  Jackson  street. 

PFINGST. — Mrs.  Florence  Porter  Pfingst  gave  a  bridge  tea  at  the  F'air- 
mont  Hotel  on  Monday  afternoon,  March  5th. 

TADICH. — Miss  Mabel  Catherine  Tadich  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  tea  at 
her  home  in  Fourth  avenue,  in  compliment  to  two  of  the  spring's 
brides-elect,  Misses  Ruth  Lorraine  Gaynor  and  Hazel  Moulthrop. 

WOOD. — Mrs.  William  Hart  Wood  assembled  several  score  of  her  friends 
at  tea  at  her  home  at  Stanford  Court  on  Sunday  afternoon. 
LUNCHEONS. 
ADELPHIAN  CLUB. — The  annual  breakfast  is  to  be  an  important  event 
of  the  month  at  the  Adelphian  Club,  and  will  take  place  March  15th, 
at  the  clubhouse  in  Alameda. 

BELL. — Complimenting  eight  of  her  friends  at  luncheon,  Mrs.  J.  Frankiin 
Bell  entertained  March  3d  at  her  home  at  Fort  Mason. 

BERRY. — Miss  Dorothy  Berry,  whose  engagement  to  Walter  Perkins  was 
one  of  the  interesting  announcements  of  the  winter,  was  the  honored 
guest  at  a  pretty  luncheon  given  Friday  afternoon  by  Mrs.  Alan  Van 
Fleet. 

BOYD. — Among  the  delightful  events  scheduled  for  this  week  was  the 
luncheon  at  which  Mrs.  George  Boyd  was  hostess  on  Friday. 

BREWER. — Miss  Amy  Brewer  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  luncheon  at  the 
Town  and  Country  Club. 

CAREY. — Mrs.  Robert  Carey  gave  a  luncheon  party  on  March  9th  as  a 
compliment  to  Mrs.  Horatio  McMorris,  wife  of  Lieutenant  McMorris  of 
the  navy,  who  is  here  on  a  honeymoon. 

CALDWELL. — A  coterie  of  friends  were  entertained  by  Mrs.  Frank  Cald- 
well at  luncheon  Monday  afternoon.  The  affair  was  given  at  the 
Bellevue  Hotel. 

DARLING. — Mrs.  Clara  L.  Darling  presided  at  a  luncheon  Tuesday  after- 
noon, the  Francisca  Club  having  been  its  setting. 

DURKEE. — Mrs.  Lewis  Durkee  presided  at  luncheon  Tuesday  at  the  resi- 
dence of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Lally,  on  Pacific  avenue. 

HOPKINS. — Mrs.  Timothy  Hopkins  extended  her  hospitality  to  a  group 
of  friends  at  luncheon  Thursday. 

HOPKINS. — A  group  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  William 
Hopkins  at  luncheon  Wednesday  afternoon. 

HOWARD. — Mrs.  George  H.  Howard  entertained  at  a  luncheon  at  her 
home  in  Hillsborough  Sunday. 

McKINSTRY. — Miss  Laura  McKinstry  presided  as  hostess  Wednesday  at 
luncheon. 

MURPHY.— The  attractive  quarters  of  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Mur- 
phy at  Yerba  Buena  was  the  setting  for  an  informal  luncheon  Wed- 
nesday. 

NICHOLS.— In  compliment  to  Miss  Margaret  Nichols,  whose  betrothal  to 
Edward  W.  Clark,  Jr.,  was  recently  announced,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Rockwell, 
a  cousin  of  the  bride-groom-to-be,  entertained  informally  at  luncheon 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Monday. 

POPE.— Miss  Emily  Pope  was  the  inspiration  for  the  luncheon  at  which 
Mrs.  Edson  Adams  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Adams  entertained  Wednesday 
afternoon  in  Piedmont. 

DINNERS. 

BKEEDEN—  One  of  the  interesting  affairs  planned  for  the  evening  of 
March  14th  is  the  dinner  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Bree- 
der! will  be  hosts.  Their  guests  will  assemble  at  their  attractive 
home  in  Burlingame. 

BROMFIELD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Bromfield  presided  at  a  dinner  dance 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  last  evening. 


FLOOD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  L.  Flood  gave  a  dinner  party  Tuesday,  as  a 
compliment  to  Mrs.  James  Ward  Keeneyi 

HILL. — Lieutenant  Kinchen  Hill,  U.  S.  N.,  entertained  informally  at  din- 
ner Monday  evening  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  Rainbow. 

KOHL. — Mrs.  Frederick  Kohl  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  a 
few  evenings  ago  at  Santa  Barbara,  where  she  is  being  entertained 
at  a  round  of  informal  affairs.     Mrs.  Oakleigh  Thorne  was  the  hostess. 

McCLEARY. — Captain  and  Mrs.  William  R.  McCleary  will  be  hosts  at  a 
dinner  on  Friday,  March  15th.  The  pleasurable  affair  will  take  place 
at  their  home  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott,  and  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Richmand 
Pearson  Davis  will  be  the  complimented  g-uests. 

MARTIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Martin  will  give  a  dinner  March  14th  at 
their  home  in  Burlingame. 

PILLSBURY. — A  dinner  was  given  Wednesday  evening  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Horace  Davis  Pillsbury  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

VINCENT. — A  coterie  of  friends  were  entertained  at  dinner  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Arthur  H.  Vincent  Tuesday  evening  at  their  residence  on  Vallejo 
street. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

CURRAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  Ambler  Curran  entertained  a  theatre  party 
on  Monday  evening. 

DUTTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton  were  hosts  at  a  theatre 
party   Monday   evening. 

McMULLIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latham  McMullin  gave  a  theatre  party  Satur- 
day evening,  and  later  took  their  guests  to  the  Palace  Hotel  for  sup- 
per and  dancing.  The  affair  was  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Mary  Belle  Gwin 
Follis,  whose  engagement  to  Kenneth  Kingsbury  was  announced  a  few 
weeks  ago. 

POPE. — Miss  Emily  Pope  will  be  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  theatre  and 
supper  party  to  be  given  Monday  evening  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot 
Walker. 

RECEPTIONS. 

HOTZ. — Sunday,  Captain  and  Mrs.  John  G.  Hotz  entertained  the  friends 
of  Major  and  Mrs.  Geary  at  the  last  farewell  reception  for  them  at  the 
Hotz  home  at  the  post. 

LAUGHLIN. — Mrs.  William  Lorimer  Laughlin  of  Oakland  entertained  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  March  17th.  Miss  Dora  Atwater  was  the  honor 
guest. 

TAYLOR. — A  number  of  guests  will  cross  the  bay  this  afternoon  to  attend 
the  reception  to  be  given  by  Miss  Margaret  Taylor  at  her  home  in 
Oakland.  The  affair  is  arranged  in  compliment  to  Miss  Maryli  Krusi, 
whose  engagement  to  Wyman  Taylor,  a  brother  of  to-day's  hostess, 
was  among  the  recent  interesting  announcements. 

URI. — In  honor  of  the  engagement  of  George  W.   Uri  and  Miss  Ruby  E. 
Wolfsohn,  a  reception  will  be  held  at  the  residence  of  Miss  Flora  Uri, 
1849  O'Farrell  street,   Sunday,  March  18th. 
DANCES. 

PIODA. — Mrs.  P.  A.  Pioda  gave  a  dancing  party  at  her  home  last  night, 
at  which   she   entertained   about  fifty  guests. 

TAYLCR. — Mrs.  Win.  Hinckley  Taylor  has  taken  a  table  for  the  tea  dance 
to  be  given  April  28th  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  on  the  last  day  of  the 
wild  flower  fete,  and  will  have  a  party  of  the  young  friends  of  her 
niece.  Miss  Jean  Boyd. 

TOWNE. — A  dancing  party  was  given  by  Mr.  and  -Mrs.  George  Towne  in 
Piedmont  Saturday  evening  in  compliment  to  Miss  Josephine  Johnson. 

VEACH. — Mr.  William  B.  T.  Veach  gave  a  supper  dance  at  the  Palace 
Hotel,  March  2d,  for  several  friends,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  C.  Board- 
man  chaperoning  the  guests. 

BRIDGE. 

ALLISON. — Mrs.  Emma  H.  Allison  and  Miss  Jane  McMillan  will  preside 
at  a  bridge  luncheon  on  the  afternoon  of  March  14th. 

BUCHANAN. — Miss  Linda  Buchanan  will  entertain  a  coterie  of  friends 
at  bridge  on  the  afternoon  of  March  14th. 

HAWES. — Miss  Margaret  Hawes  entertained  a  number  of  her  friends  at 
a  bridge  and  tea  at  the  Century  Club  on  Saturday  afternoon,  March  3d. 

HOLMES. — Mrs.  Howard  C.  Holmes  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  and  bridge 
Tuesday.  The  delightful  affair  was  given  at  her  home  on  Buchanan 
street. 

PFINGST. — A  bridge  party  was  given  Monday  by  Mrs.  Florence  Porter 
Pfingst  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 


A  Charming 

Complexion 


Friends  are  calling  or  you  have  a  sudden  invitation. 
Just  a  moment  to  look  your  best.  It  takes  but  a 
few  seconds  to  apply 

Gouraud's 


14 


Oriental  Cream 

and  obtain  a  perfect  complexion   -  a  so't,    clear, 

pearly-white  appearance  that  is  always  re  inedand 

and  in  good  taste — Non-greasy — In  use  68  years. 

5ond  1  Oc.  for  trial  slro 

F^PP.  T  HOPKINS  &  SO   '.    N-w  York  City 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


u 


xi   gathering    for   bride*   provided   an   evonlnc 
■  nn.mi    8*lunUy   for  about   a  down   fr 
•nd  H  -»n««iroin.  who  ■iimb**d  at  th*lr  boroo  M 

Mt«  M*b*J  Cat»  h  mu  bostaaa  Monday  tfttmoon  at 

a  bride*  1*»  m  honor  of  Ml**  Ruth  terrain*  Oaynor  and  Mia* 
■t  th*  •ncaffml  c'rt*  of  th*  aaaaoa. 

ARRIVAL*, 

k»i     Mr   aad  Mn  uSad  Kw»t 

-Ip.  and  ar*  •taylne  at  - 

]»   haa   am  ■ 
Mlas  KmmHIn*  Child*  net*.    Tn«  latt*r  waa  with  MM    W     B    wmiam- 
aoti  la  Itadmom  ••  and   her  n 

Uah«d  at  th*  CUft  Hotel  for  an   u.-L  linn-  time 

Monday  in  Sui  i 
■>.  and  ar*  gwata  at  th*  Palace  RoteL 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoi  l*-vin  hav*  Juat  latornad.  from  a  two  months' 
vuti   to  Now   York,  and  ar*  again  at  th«  Palace   Hotel,   where   Ihey 

\ealn  altering  their  plans  ubout  rcmalntne  uway  for  sev- 
eral i  r,  Mr  and  Mrs.  a.  King  Ifaoombar  arrived  in  Ben 
Franrlsco  this  week. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   Du  Val  Moure,  who  have  been  at   B  their 

marriage  several  years  ago.  moved  to  San  Francisco  Thursday, 
have   taken  a  house  In  Devlsadero  street,   where  they  will  be  estab- 
lished  all  summer. 
PAYNK    -Mrs.   Theodore  Payne  received  a  most  cordial  welcome  on  her 
return  last  from  New  York. 

Beast*    !'     Tallant  arrived   In   San 
from  their  home  in  Santa  Barbara,  and  are  staying  at  the  CUft   Hotel. 
DEPARTURES. 

3SERL.Y.— Mrs,  John  B.  CeJJMiiy  lias  gone  to  Chicago   for  a   vlsll    ol 

ekfl  with   her  mother.    MrS,   Cudahy. 
I-KAI'Y  — Mrs.   Mary  Thompson   l>eady  returned   to  her  home  in  Palo  Alto 
after   an    enjoyable   visit    in    tOWB.      While   here  she   was    the   guest   of 
Air.  and  Mrs.   Chester  Dolph  at  the  BalOCG    Hotel. 

HALL — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Lowe  Hall  have  gone  to  Santa  Barbara  for 
a  brief  visit. 

HA.MILT"  «N  —Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton  is  among  those  of  the  Bi I   Bel 

who  have  already  deserted  San  Francisco  for  Southern  California    She 
has  joined  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John   D.  Sprockets,   at   Coroi 

HSARST. — Mrs.   Phoebe  A.   Hearst  departed  Sunday  for  Los  Angeles.  She 
will  visit  In  the  southern  part  of  the  State  for  several  days  befon    re 
turning  to  her  home  near  Pleasanton. 

LIVELY. — Mrs.  Daniel  O.  Lively  left  on  Thursday  afternoon  for  New 
York  to  be  with  her  mother,  who  has  been  very  ill.  She  will  be  aw&J 
a  few  weeks,  returning  to  their  home  near  Palo  Alto  about  April  1st. 

1  KASh*. — Mrs.  R.  J.  Pease  is  enjoying  a  sojourn  at  Los  Angeles. 

SYPHER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leigh  Sypher  leave  in  a  few  days  for  Coronado. 
On  returning  they  will  open  their  home  in  San  Mateo. 

VAN  FLEET. — Miss  Julia  Van  Fleet  will  be  much  missed  from  the  gaye- 
tles  of  the  younger  set  for  the  next  few  weeks,  as  she  sailed  Monday 
on  the  Great  Northern  for  Honolulu.  She  is  accompanying  her  aunt, 
Mrs.  Fanny  Crocker  McCreary,  and  they  will  enjoy  a  stay  of  several 
weeks  In  the  islands. 

INTIMATIONS. 

BAXTER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  K.  Baxter  of  San  Francisco  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Knapp  of  Shanghai.  China,  are  again  in  New  York  at  the  Hotel 
Astor  for  a  visit  of  several  weeks  before  returning  to  their  homes. 

CROCKER. — Miss  Ethel  Crocker,  who  sailed  from  New  York  with  Mrs. 
Whltelaw  Reid  a  few  weeks  ago,  is  now  in  Paris,  where  she  will  en- 
gage in  relief  work. 

CHAPIN. — Planning  an  extended  tour  of  the  Far  East,  Mrs.  Katherine 
Chapin  will  sail  March  15th  from  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

DU  BOIS. — Miss  Emily  Du  Bols  Is  enjoying  a  month's  sojourn  in  San 
Diego. 

GREER. — Mrs.  Walter  Greer  and  her  little  daughter.  Miss  Helen  Greer, 
who  have  been  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Scott  at  Menlo  Park. 
have  returned  to  their  home  on  Washington  street. 

HOPKINS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins  returned  Monday  from  Menlo 
Park,  where  they  passed  the  week-end  at  the  Country  Club.  They 
are  planning  to  leave  about  April  1st  to  pass  the  summer  months  in 
Menlo  Park. 

HUNT. — Judge  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Hunt  and  their  daughter,  Miss  Ger- 
trude Hunt,  will  pass  the  summer  in  San  Rafael,  where  they  have 
taken  the  Hoffman  house. 

ISENBERG. — Mrs.  W.  Alexander  Isenberg  Is  enjoying  a  visit  at  Arrow- 
head Springs. 

JOSSELYN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Josselyn,  who  have  been  at  the  St, 
Francis  Hotel  all  winter  and  spring,  will  leave  April  1st  for  Woodside, 
there  to  re-open  their  country  home. 

JONES. — Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Jones,  U.  S.  A.,  are  established 
at  Norcross,  Georgia,  which  is  to  be  their  home  for  a  time. 

LAYMAN. — Dr.  Mary  Layman  is  the  guest  of  Miss  Fannie  Daniels.  Miss 
Layman  was  the  guest  of  Mrs.  George  J.  Bucknall  for  a  few  weeks  af- 
ter her  arrival  here  from  Munich. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  passed  the  week-end  with  her  son  and 
daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Martin,  at  Burlingame. 

MacGAVIN. — Mrs.  Emelia  MacGavin  is  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Sutro 
In  Piedmont. 

McNear. — Miss  Einnlm  McNear  is  having  an  enjoyable  trip  in  Honolulu. 

REID. — Mrs.  Whitelaw  Reid  is  in  England  visiting  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
John  Hubert  Ward.     She  left  San  Francisco  about  six  weeks  ago. 

SPRECKELS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Spreckels  will  arrive  here  in  two 
weeks. 

STANTON. — Mrs.  Charles  S.  Stanton  and  Mrs.  Julius  Weber  are  in  New 
Orleans,  where  they  are  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnold  Weber. 


THE  PESSIMIST. 

Marriage  is  t;  ite  un  the  coffin  of  love. 

Prudery  is  vice  in  her  Sunday  clothes. 
There  would  be  no  fun  in  life  if  one  never  took  risks. 
A  kiss  speaks  all  languages. 

We  still  stone  our  Magdalenes — but  with  diamonds. 
People  hate  to  get  a  reputation  for  being  what  they  really  are. 
Clothes  make  the  man — pay. 
To  marry  is  human,  to  put  up  with  it  is  humane. 
The  greater  love  geneially  has  the  smaller  purse. 
A  girl  is  a  lapse  in  petticoats. 

The  modern  girl  has  a  vacuum  for  a  heart,  and  uses  all  her 
love  affairs  to  clean  it. 
It's  her  lingerie  a  girl  is  really  loved  for,  if  she  only  knew  it. 


IEAGLEI 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

ILK! 


OR    ICINAL 


This  is  a  picture  of  a  little 
"Eagle  Brand"  baby,  as  fine 
and  healthy  a  little  man  as  you'd  find  anywhere.         5 

If  for  any  reason  your  baby  is  not  being  fed 
as  Nature  intended  he  should  be,  Gail  Borden 
"Eagle  Brand"  Condensed  Milk  may  be  just  the 
food  for  his  particular  case.     "Eagle  Brand"  is 
clean  and  wholesome  (just  good  cows'  milk  and 
cane  sugar,  nothing  else).     It  is  easy  to  prepare 
and  easy  to  get.    Dealers  everywhere  carry  it.    In         W 
the  kitchen  "Eagle  Brand"  has  many  uses.   Once        /I 
you  know  it,  you'll  never  be  without  it. 
Send  for  booklets 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED  MILK  CO.  ft 

"Leaders  af  Quality" 

E»t.  J857  _  New  York         f  J 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refiined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND,    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 

HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


How  to  Win  Trade  After  the  War 


A  race  for  the  trade  of  the  world,  we  have  been  told,  "will 
start  the  minute  peace  is  declared."  And  our  chances  of  win- 
ning it  do  not  seem  to  be  considered  any  too  brilliant.  Hence 
the  demand  voiced  at  the  recent  Foreign  Trade  Convention  _  in 
Pittsburg  that  American  business  be  put  on  an  equality  with 
the  European  competition  which  is  certain  to  be  even  stronger 
than  ever  before.  Our  President,  it  is  true,  has  held  that  when 
peace  comes  the  United  States  will  be  in  a  better  position  to 
compete  in  the  world's  markets  than  any  other  country.  But  the 
editor  of  The  North  American  Review  is  one  of  those  who  hold 
an  opposite  idea.  Our  European  competitors,  he  says,  rely 
first  upon  their  own  greatly  increased  efficiency,  and  secondly, 
"upon  the  poverty  of  constructive  thought  at  Washington  to 
harass  and  impede  the  enterprise  of  the  rest  of  the  country." 
The  central  fact  in  all  the  European  preparations  for  trade  af- 
ter the  war  is  government.  That  will  be  an  integral  part  of 
the  great  machinery  of  business.  For  Washington  to  stand 
apart  and  not  afford  American  enterprise  the  aid  and  comfort 
it  needs  will  be  to  impose  a  handicap  which  hardly  any  effort 
can  overcome.  The  Federal  government  must  act  at  once  to 
remove  those  disadvantages  imposed  by  domestic  legislation 
and  foreign  discrimination  which  now  hamper  our  overseas 
traders.  And  the  two  chief  purposes  of  the  Pittsburg  conven- 
tion, as  evinced  by  the  reports  and  addresses  presented,  were 
to  widen  popular  interest  in  our  foreign  trade  and  to  point  out 
just  what  the  government  can  do  to  help. 

The  first  demand  on  the  government  was,  as  stated  in  the 
press,  a  bargaining  tariff  which  will  permit  retaliation  for  un- 
just discrimination  and  concession  for  valuable  concession.  As 
Mr.  Straight  observed  on  the  first  day  of  the  convention,  our 
present  tariff  laws  are  inadequate  from  both  points  of  view. 

Then  there  is  the  Webb  bill  to  permit  co-operation  in  foreign 
trade.  It  has  already  passed  the  House  of  Representatives. 
The  National  Foreign  Trade  Council,  in  their  report  to  the 
Pittsburg  convention,  urged  its  passage  by  the  Senate  before 
the  adjournment  of  Congress  on  March  3d,  as  necessary  to 
avert  a  disastrous  condition  of  European  co-operation  vs.  Amer- 
ican compelled  competition  after  the  war.  Quoting  further  from 
the  report,  as  reprinted  in  the  press  despatches : 

"The  doubt,  amounting  to  prohibition,  of  the  right  to  co-oper- 
ate, enables  foreign  buyers,  playing  American  producers  one 
against  another,  to  obtain  American  raw  materials  cheaper  than 
American  buyers,  which,  with  the  lower  European  labor  cost, 
gives  the  European  merchandise  fabricated  therefrom  an  added 
advantage  in  competition  with  American  goods.  Inability  to 
co-operate  thus  confers  upon  our  competitors  a  practical  sub- 
sidy. Co-operation  in  export  selling  is  imperative  to  meet  the 
proposed  post-bellum  co-operative  buying,  not  only  by  groups 
of  European  industries,  but  even  by  governments,  with  the  ob- 
ject of  controlling  prices." 

In  the  creation  of  the  Federal  Reserve  system,  the  govern- 
ment has  already  done  something  for  foreign  trade,  said  Mr. 
Festus  J.  Wade,  the  St.  Louis  banker,  and  while  under  it  "we 
may  not  wrest  the  financial  supremacy  of  the  world  from  Eu- 
rope, we  will  be  a  potent  factor  in  it."  Mr.  Wade  told  his  hear- 
ers not  to  be  afraid  of  investing  in  belligerent  government 
bonds.  For  stupendous  as  is  the  present  debt  of  the  warring 
nations,  it  must  be  remembered  that  they  have  at  this  time  only 
borrowed  three-fourths  of  one  per  cent  of  their  national  wealth. 

Mr.  Lewis  E.  Pierson,  a  New  York  banker,  asserted  that  af- 
ter the  war  banking  in  foreign  trade  will  be  more  competitive 
and  European  bankers  more  dangerous  competitors.  For  one 
thing,  we  are  without  a  national  theory  concerning  the  relation 
of  government  to  business,  and  this  will  give  European  banking 
a  distinct  advantage  over  us  in  the  foreign  field.  There  is  no 
legislative  panacea  for  these  ills.  The  remedy  must  be  applied 
by  business  men  and  bankers.  The  government  is  asked  only 
a  sympathetic  understanding  of  our  troubles  and  freedom  from 
unreasonable  restrictions.  Mr.  W.  B.  Fleming,  an  adviser  of 
the  Department  of  State  at  Washington,  told  the  Pittsburg  con- 
vention that  American  foreign  investment  must  not  only  be 
financed  by  America,  but  must  be  taken  care  of  by  proper  com- 
mercial treaties. 

At  the  session  of  the  convention  devoted  to  shipping,  the  La 
Follette  Seamen's  Law  was  denounced  with  characteristic  vigor 
by  Captain  Robert  Dollar,  of  this  city.    All  those  present  at 


the  convention  realized  the  immense  importance  of  foreign 
trade. 

In  the  decade  ended  in  1894,  exports  of  domestic  merchan- 
dise averaged  $800,000,000  a  year,  in  the  following  ten  years 
they  averaged  $1,210,000,000,  and  in  the  decade  preceding  the 
war  they  averaged  $1,920,000,000.  In  the  last  fiscal  year  of  that 
decade  ended  June  30,  1914,  they  reached  a  total  of  $2,340,000,- 
000.  At  the  end  of  the  calendar  year  1916  our  exports  rose  to 
a  scale  of  six  billion  dollars  a  year,  and  our  exports  of  munitions 
of  war  alone  exceeded  the  average  yearly  exports  of  the  de- 
cade preceding  the  war. 

Since  normally  half  our  exports  are  agricultural  products,  the 
farmer  ought  to  be  the  citizen  most  interested  in  foreign  trade, 
yet  he  knows  and  cares  less  about  the  underlying  forces  in  for- 
eign trade  than  any  other.  This  has  been  due  largely  to  the 
fact  that  farm  products  have  practically  sold  themselves.  But 
in  the  conditions  soon  to  confront  us,  farm  products  may  meet 
discriminatory  tariffs  and  co-operative  buying,  and  the  farmer 
should  be  prepared  for  the  emergency. 

The  summing  up  of  the  Pittsburg  convention  was :  "In  pres- 
ence of  the  gigantic  needs  of  the  war  swept  territories  in  Eu- 
rope and  of  their  poverty  stricken  populations,  any  application 
of  the  old  time  methods  of  competition  sounds  trivial. 

"Co-operation  on  the  broadest  and  most  generous  scale,  and 
in  the  most  sympathetic  spirit,  must  be  the  rule,  if  economic 
recovery  is  to  be  quick  and  thorough.  We  shall  greatly  facili- 
tate international  co-operation  for  the  general  welfare  of  the 
world  by  establishing  a  co-operative  system  of  selling  in  for- 
eign trade  among  ourselves.  We  shall  greatly  lessen  the  pos- 
sibility of  perpetuating  in  the  domain  of  commerce  the  bitter- 
ness and  hatred  engendered  by  the  war  if  we  refuse  to  be  drawn 
into  any  convention,  agreement  or  understanding  that  would 
make  us  parties  to  a  boycott  of  the  commerce  of  any  of  the 
nations  now  arrayed  against  each  other." 


ALL  SAINTS. 


In  a  church  which  is  furnished  with  mullion  and  gable, 
With  altar  and  reredos,  gargoyle  and  groin, 

The  penitents'  dresses  are  sealskin  and  sable, 
The  odor  of  sanctity's  eau-de-cologne. 

But  only  could  Lucifer,  flying  from  Hades, 

Gaze  down  on  this  crowd  with  paniers  and  paints, 

He  would  say  as  he  looked  at  the  lords  and  the  ladies : 
"Oh,  where  is  All  Sinners'  if  this  is  All  Saints'?" 

— Edmund  Yates  in  London  World. 


THE  BANK  TELLER. 


Oh,  the  tiller  of  the  soil 

Turns  the  turf  with  tedious  toil, 

And  he  titillates  the  turnips  and  the  taters; 
And  he  tills  till  tilling  tires, 
Whacking  weeds  and  bursting  briers 

And  the  big  fat  worms  that  tipple  on  tomaters. 
Tall  tales  of  the  tiller  told 
Tell  us  how  he  grubs  up  gold 

With  his  tilling  tools,  the  fortune-favored  feller ! 
But  he  sweats  from  sun  to  sun, 
While  at  three  My  work  is  done — 

So  I'm  glad  I'm  not  a  tiller,  but  a  teller ! 

— Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 


TOO  EXPENSIVE. 


Seth  Woodbury  was  a  tight-fisted,  hard-hearted  old  farmer, 
his  brother  William  dying,  the  neighbors  said,  from  lack  of 
proper  treatment.  Seth  hitched  up  and  drove  into  town  to  have 
a  notice  about  his  death  inserted  in  the  weekly  newspaper. 

"There  ain'  no  charges,  be  there?"  he  asked  anxiously.  "Oh, 
yes,  indeed,"  answered  the  advertising  manager;  "our  price  is 
one  dollar  an  inch."  "Cracky,"  muttered  the  old  man,  "and 
Bill  six  foot  two." — New  York  Telegraph. 


Officer   (as  company  is  temporarily  about     to     vacate 

trench  which  has  been  reported  mined) — You  two  will  remain 
here,  and  if  there  is  an  explosion  you  will  blow  a  whistle.  You 
understand?  Private  Spuds — Yes,  sorr;  will  we  blow  it  going 
up  or  coming  down,  sorr? — London  Opinion. 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


Friend — Honestly,  old  chap.  I  can't  make  anything  out  of 

your  poems.    Poet — That's  my  trouble,  too. — Boston  Globe. 

Ned — Is  she  all  your  fancy  painted  her?    Ted — No,  my 

fancy  never  could  have  put  the  paint  on  so  thick. — Town 
Topics. 

Consultant — Don't   you   enjoy   good   health,  madame? 

Consulter — I  certainly  do,  doctor.  I  only  wish  I  had  some  of  it! 
— Judge. 

Wife  (during  the  spat) — I  wasn't  anxious  to  marry  you. 

I  refused  you  six  times.  Hub— Yes,  and  then  my  luck  gave  out. 
— Boston  Globe. 

Longley's  (in  1920) — We  do  all  our  cooking  by  elec- 
tricity here.  Customer — Take  this  egg  out  and  give  it  another 
shock. — Record. 

"I  missed  my  regular  morning  exercise  this  morning." 

"How  was  that?"  "The  seven  thirty-five  was  late,  and  I  didn't 
have  to  run  for  it." — Tit-Bits. 

"Norway  has  put  an  embargo  on  the  export  of  raw  cop- 
per." "Oh,  well,  Ireland  will  continue  to  supply  the  New  York 
force." — Florida  Times-Union. 

Following  the  musical  program  Mrs.  J.  T.  Brown  read  an 

article  on  "Personal  Devils."  Seventeen  were  present. — The 
Boone,  Iowa,  News  Republican. 

Mr.  Goodleigh — Her  age  really  surprised  me;  she  does 

not  look  twenty-eight,  does  she?  Miss  Snappe — Not  now,  but 
I  suppose  she  did  once. — Candle. 

"What  are  you  doing  with  that  dictionary?"  "I  gotta  lit- 
tle spare  time  now,"  replied  the  umpire.  "I'm  just  looking  up  a 
few  of  them  names  the  Boston  highbrow  rooters  called  me." — 
Brooklyn  Eagle. 

"Have  you  studied  the  plays  of  Sophocles?"  asked  the 

serious  young  woman.  "Quit  jokin',"  replied  Mr.  Lowbrow. 
"I  know  everybody  in  both  leagues.  There  ain't  any  such 
player." —  Washington  Post. 

Manager  (to  critic,  after  the  show) — Be  as  charitable  as 

you  can,  boys  Remember  that  tonight's  receipts  go  to  the 
starving  Belgians,  and  that  none  of  the  cast  has  had  a  square 
meal  for  two  months. — Puck. 

Central  Station  Manager — Have  you  been  studying  the 

science  of  efficiency?  Applicant — Yes;  had  to  quit  reading 
about  it.  Got  so  interested  that  I  found  it  was  interfering  with 
my  regular  work. — New  York  Sun. 

He  was  about  to  propose,  but  before  doing  so  he  wished 

to  make  sure  she  was  a  competent  girl.  So  he  asked  her:  "Can 
you  wash  dishes?"  "Yes,"  she  said  sweetly;  "can  you  wipe 
them?"    He  didn't  propose. — Record. 

'"Footlyte  actually  seemed  pleased  at  leaving  a  $300  per 

week  theatrical  engagement  to  serve  as  a  $30  per  month  ser- 
geant on  the  border."  "Why  not?  Three  dramatic  critics  are 
privates  in  his  company." — Topeka  Journal. 

Professor  Fudge — What  do   you  mean,  Mr.  Jones,  by 

speaking  of  Dick  Wagner,  Ludie  Beethoven,  Charlie  Gounod 
and  Fred  Handel?  Jones — Well,  you  told  me  to  get  familiar 
with  the  great  composers. — Musical  America. 

Willis — Going  to  the  party?    Gillis — No;  I  haven't  any 

lady.  Willis — Come  with  me.  I've  got  two  extras.  Gillis — 
Who  are  they?  Willis — Miss  Oldbud  and  Miss  Passe.  Gillis 
— They're  not  extras.    They're  early  editions. — Tit-Bits. 

"Did  you  tell  George  Hector  that  he  might  ask  me  to 

marry  him?"  "Certainly,"  replied  Gwendolin's  father.  "I 
thought  you  would  try  to  interfere."  "I  had  no  such  idea. 
George  Hector  is  a  nice  enough  young  chap,  but  I  see  no  reason 
why  I  should  jump  in  and  try  to  rescue  him." — Washington 
Star. 


Artist — I  see   Robinston's  married  again — married  his 

first  wife's  sister.  Her  Friend — Yes;  he  didn't  want  to  have  to 
I  reak  in  another  mothcr-ii 

He  had  taken  too  sudden  an  advantage  of  the  moment 

alone.  "How  dare  you!"  she  said.  "What  business  have  you 
to  kiss  me!"  "No  business,"  came  the  soft  answer;  "it's  a  plea- 
sure." 

— —Crewe — Good  heavens,  how  it  rains.  I  feel  awfully  anx- 
ious about  my  wife.  She's  gone  out  without  an  umbrella.  Drew 
—Oh,  she'll  be  alright.  She'll  take  shelter  in  some  show. 
Crewe — Exactly — That's  what  makes  me  so  anxious. — Chicago 
Herald. 

"I  suppose  if  your  candidate  had  been  elected  some  radi- 
cal changes  would  have  been  made  in  the  government."  "Yes," 
replied  the  party  worker,  in  a  melancholy  tone.  "We  had  good 
men  picked  out  for  all  the  important  places." — Birmingham 
Age-Herald. 

"My  daughter  has  obtained  a  position  in  a  lawyer's  of- 
fice. She  starts  on  the  first."  "And  in  the  meantime  is  she  do- 
ing anything  to  fit  herself  for  the  work?"  "Yes,  she  is  reading 
'Bertha,  the  Beautiful  Blonde  Stenographer.' " — Louisville 
Courier-Journal. 

"You  look  as  if  you  had  been  kissed  by  a  breeze  from 

Northland,"  said  a  poetic  young  lady  to  a  pretty  friend,  whose 
cheeks  were  glowing  with  color.  "Oh,  no!"  was  the  laughing 
reply;  "it  was  only  a  soft  heir  from  Baltimore." — Burlington, 
Vt.,  Free  Press. 

"Maggie,  how  was  it  that  I  saw  a  young  man  talking  with 

you  in  the  kitchen  last  night?"  asked  the  mistress  of  her  cook. 
The  girl  pondered  for  a  few  moments  and  then  answered : 
"Faith,  and  I  can't  make  it  out  mesilf ;  you  must  have  looked 
through  the  key-hole." — Harper's. 

A  certain  chemist  advertised  a  patent  concoction  labeled, 

"No  more  colds!  No  more  coughs!  Price  Is.  l]/^d."  A  man 
who  bought  the  mixture  came  back  in  three  days  to  complain 
that  he  had  drunk  it  all,  but  was  no  better.  "Drunk  it  all!" 
gasped  the  chemist.  "Why,  man,  that  was  an  india-rubber  so- 
lution to  put  on  the  soles  of  your  boots." — Tit-Bits. 

"Of  course,  I  want  my  daughter  to  have  some  kind  of 

artistic  education.  I  think  I'll  let  her  study  singing,"  said  Mrs. 
Neighbor.  "Why  not  art  or  literature?"  suggested  Mrs.  High- 
brow. "Art  spoils  canvas  and  literature  wastes  reams  of  paper. 
Singing  merely  produces  a  temporary  disturbance  of  the  atmos- 
phere," was  the  reply. — New  York  Times. 

Patience — You  say  you  heard  Mme.  Highsee  in  vaude-  • 

ville  to-day?  Patrice — Yes;  first  time  she's  been  heard  in  this 
country.  Patience — Nonsense!  '  She  sang  in  this  country  in 
opera  for  two  years.  Patrice — Yes,  she  was  in  opera,  but  every- 
body talks  at  the  opera,  and  nobody  heard  her.' — Yonkers 
Statesman. 

"Now,"  said  the  bridegroom  to  the  bride,  when  they  had 

returned  from  their  honeymoon  trip,  "let  us  have  a  clear  under- 
standing before  we  settle  down  to  married  life.  Are  you  the 
president  or  the  vice-president  of  the  society?"  "I  want  to  be 
neither  president  nor  vice-president,"  she  answered.  "I  will 
be  content  with  a  subordinate  position."  "What  position  is  that, 
my  dear?"    "Treasurer." — Tit-Bits. 

In  a  place  in  New  Jersey  a  town  building  caught  fire,  and 

the  extinguishers  failed  to  do  their  work.  A  few  days  later  at 
the  town  meeting  some  citizens  tried  to  learn  the  reason.  After 
they  had  freely  discussed  the  subject,  one  of  them  said:  "Mr. 
Chairman,  I  make  a  motion  that  the  fire-extinguishers  be  ex- 
amined ten  days  before  every  fire." — Philadelphia  Public  Led- 
ger. 

At  a  preparatory  school  across  the  bay,  the  housekeeper 

reported  to  one  of  the  masters  that  she  had  caught  a  certain 
bold,  bad  boy  kissing  one  of  the  maids.  The  master  consid- 
ered the  matter  well  worth  investigating,  so  had  both  boy  and 
maid  up  before  him. 

The  boy  owned  up,  but  said  it  was  not  entirely  his  fault. 

"Is  that  so?"queried  the  master. 

"Well,"  sobbed  the  maid,  "I  kissed  him  first,  but  it  was  not  till 
after  he  started  pulling  me  about."  And  after  a  further  burst  of 
grief,  she  added:  "Then  I  couldn't  resist,  sir." 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


INSURANCE 

J.  M.  Jacobs,  manager  of  the  Casualty  Department  of  the 
American  Indemnity  Company  of  Galveston,  Texas,  has  just 
returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  the  company  an- 
nounces the  appointment  of  Mr.  Theo.  P.  Strong  as  general 
agent  for  Northern  California,  and  the  Southern  California  In- 
surance Agency  for  Southern  California,  for  all  lines ;  also  Mr. 
John  J.  Gilligan  as  agent  at  Los  Angeles  for  the  writing  of 
fidelity  and  surety  business.  The  company  will  write  fidelity 
and  surety,  automobile,  burglary,  plate  glass  and  general  lia- 
bility insurance. 

*  *  * 

Frank  H.  Sykes,  manager  of  the  Fidelity  Mutual  Life's  pub- 
licity bureau,  has  been  promoted  to  the  office  of  assistant  man- 
ager of  agencies.  Mr.  Sykes  has  been  in  charge  of  the  pub- 
licity bureau  for  the  past  nine  years,  and  in  that  department 
has  performed  excellent  service.  He  is  extremely  popular  with 
the  field  men,  as  with  all  classes,  in  fact,  and  his  promotion  will 
be  pleasing  information  to  all  who  know  him. 

Professor  Gephart  of  the  University  of  Washington  has  is- 
sued a  text  book  on  the  principles  of  fire  insurance.  The  sub- 
ject of  rates  and  the  problem  of  State  legislation  are  treated  in 

detail.    Macmillan  Co.,  New  York.    Price  $1.50. 

*  *  * 

Otto  N.  Hall,  formerly  with  the  Phoenix  Assurance  as  field 
man  in  Southern  California,  has  accepted  a  position  as  special 
agent  with  the  Vulcan  Fire.  He  will  cover  the  southern  part 
of  the  State,  with  headquarters  at  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Hall  is 
one  of  the  oldest  specials  on  the  coast,  and  twenty  years  ago 

acted  as  confidential  man  to  the  old  firm  of  Voss,  Conrad  &  Co. 

*  *  * 

A.  A.  Moloney,  recently  appointed  manager  for  the  Pacific 
Coast  department  of  the  Continental,  Fidelity-Phenix  and  Am- 
erican Eagle  fire  insurance  companies,  is  in  San  Francisco,  ar- 
ranging for  the  opening  of  the  new  department.  He  will  be 
joined  by  A.  P.  Lange,  assistant  manager,  who  is  now  in  Chi- 
cago, sometime  during  the  latter  part  of  the  present  month. 

*  *  * 

A  bill  occasioning  some  interest  locally,  has  been  introduced 
in  the  Legislature,  and  seeks  to  legalize  a  clause  attached  to 
a  policy  which  would  enable  the  assured  to  waive  his  recourse 
to  the  stockholders  and  their  usual  liability  as  at  present  fixed 
by  law. 

*  *     ¥ 

The  death  of  Lewis  B.  Rogers,  superintendent  of  agencies 
for  the  Springfield  Fire  and  Marine,  and  Newark  fire  insurance 
companies,  represented  on  the  Pacific  Coast  by  George  W. 
Dornin,  is  deeply  regretted  by  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances. For  the  past  ten  years  his  field  included  Idaho, 
Montana,  Nevada  and  Utah.  He  has  been  connected  with  the 
Dornin  agency  for  nearly  thirty  years. 

*  *  * 

J.  J.  Groom,  for  advertising  pronounced  unprofessional  by  the 
San  Francisco  Life  Association,  has  been  denied  the  privilege 
of  writing  life  insurance  for  a  period  of  ninety  days  by  the 
Western  States  Life,  for  whom  he  was  working  as  soliciting 
agent. 

*  *  * 

The  general  rules  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of  the 
Pacific  have  been  revised  in  order  to  admit  of  the  appointment 
cf  an  arson  committee  whose  duties  will  be  to  investigate  and 
suppress  arson  and  incendiarism  whenever  such  crimes  come 
under  their  notice.  The  committee  will  consist  of  five  members 
to  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the  Board. 

*  *  * 

James  C.  Johnston,  general  agent  of  the  Insurance  Company 
of  North  America,  and  McClure  Kelly  assistant,  were  in  attend- 
ance upon  the  annual  conference  of  representatives  at  Phila- 
delphia this  month.  The  proceedings  are  reported  to  have  been 
unusually  interesting,  concluding  with  a  banquet  on  the  even- 
ing of  March  8th. 

*  *  * 

C.  C.  Wright,  heretofore  acting  as  State  agent  in  Texas  for 
the  Fireman's  Fund,  has  been  appointed  general  agent  for  the 
same  territory,  and  will  handle  both  fire  and  automobile  insur- 
ance within  his  jurisdiction. 


The  initial  lecture  of  the  1917  series  was  delivered  this  month 
by  Herbert  Folger,  and  was  entitled  "History  and  Philosophy 

of  Fire  Insurance." 

*  *  * 

Severre  B.  Skegan,  of  Oregon,  has  been  penalized  in  the  sum 
of  $50  and  costs  for  soliciting  business  for  companies  for  which 
he  had  no  license.  This  is  the  first  conviction  of  the  kind  ever 
secured  in  that  State. 

Charles  W.  Dempster,  supreme  secretary  of  the  Fraternal 
Brotherhood  of  Los  Angeles,  in  consideration  of  the  payment  to 
him  of  $600,  has  dismissed  his  suit  against  the  order,  and  con- 
sents to  return  to  the  ranks  with  full  membership  privileges. 

*  *  * 

The  California  State  Life  last  year  increased  its  assets  to 
$2,069,735,  an  increase  of  $611,051  for  the  twelve  month  period. 
At  the  end  of  a  five  year  period  the  company  has  insurance  on 
its  books  amounting  to  over  twenty-two  millions. 


OBITUARY. 


Mrs.  Mathilde  de  Bretieville. 

Mrs.  Mathilde  de  Bretteville,  mother  of  Mrs.  Adolph  Spreck- 
els,  72  years  of  age,  died  at  Adler's  Sanitarium,  after  an  illness 
of  two  weeks.  She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  Vigo  de  Brette- 
ville, and  five  children,  Anna,  Walter,  Alexander,  Oscar  and 
Gustav  de  Bretteville,  besides  Mrs.  Spreckels.  The  family 
comes  from  the  stock  of  the  well  known  de  Bretteville  of  Bel- 
gium, which  reaches  far  back  through  medieval  times.  For  this 
reason  Mrs.  Mathilde  de  Bretteville  and  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Spreckels,  have  been  among  the  largest  contributors  in  this 
country  to  the  Belgium  relief  fund. 


Mrs.  Margaret  McEnerney. 

Mrs.  Margaret  McEnerney,  aged  eighty-one  years,  mother  of 
Garret  W.  McEnerney,  a  well  known  local  attorney,  and  John 
P.  McEnerney,  and  sister  of  Mrs.  Mary  Martin  of  Portland,  Ore- 
gon, died  at  the  family  home  in  Ashbury  street,  this  city,  after 
failing  health  lasting  almost  a  year.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
she  came  to  New  York  from  Ireland,  and  in  1855  she  sailed  for 
San  Francisco  by  the  Panama  route.  The  family  located  in 
Napa  County,  and  later  removed  to  this  city,  where  they  early 
gained  prominence. 


1866 


OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR 


1917 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street     ■   -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins,  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr.         Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital   $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1853 


Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental   income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333   California   Street. 


March  10.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


UB^^^hTABLE 


The  U-boats,  used  to  their  utmost  limit,  are,  as  Chancellor 
Itethmann  Hollweg  says,  Germany's  last  card;  and  they  are  of 
•  to  America  just  now  in  that  they  are  the  in- 
aused  the  severance  of  relations  be- 
tween this  country  and  Germany.  Moreover,  Baron  Spiegel  von 
zu  Peckelsheun,  commander,  the  author  of  the  book,  un- 
reveals  certain  peculiarities  of  German  war  psychol- 
ogy.   For  example,  the  U-202  sank  several  dozen  ships  in  the 
ribed  in  the  book,  but  the  commander,  in  the  midst  of 
all  his  destruction  of  helpless  enemy  craft,  involving  presum- 
ably some  loss  of  life,  expresses  tenderness  about  his  victims 
only  twice — once  for  some  drowning  horses,  once  for  the  sink- 
ing of  some  sailing  vessels,  which  appealed  to  him  as  romantic. 
Published  in  Germany,  the  book  was  received  with  enthusiastic 
applause.    Whatever  one  may  think  of  the  peculiar  German 
psychology  of  the  author  and  his  crew,  the  Captain-Lieutenant 
can  and  does  present  admirably  a  straightaway  narrative  of 
many  thrillingly  dangerous  and  terrible  things  done.    With  no 
unnecessary  words,  using  chiefly  nouns  and  verbs,  he  rushes 
the  reader  along  at  breakneck  speed,  and  yet  leaves  him  with 
an  unusually  clear  impression  of  what  he  meant  to  convey. 
$1.00  net.    The  Century  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Regiment  of  Women." 

In  spite  of  its  title,  "Regiment  of  Women"  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  war.  In  all  its  pages  there  is  no  echo  of  the  fighting 
fields  of  France.  It  is  a  story  of  the  struggle  of  a  will — Clare 
Hartill's  will — to  conquer  and  enslave  the  sympathies  of  those 
it  meets.  Miss  Hartill  is  the  dominant  mistress  of  Miss  Mar- 
tham's  seminary  for  young  ladies.  She  finds  Alwynne  Durand, 
a  new  teacher — beautiful,  full  of  the  sweet  generosity  of  youth 
— and  by  a  subtle  process  of  give  little  and  take  much,  binds 
the  young  girl  to  her  service.  Alwynne  is  blinded  by  the  gla- 
mor of  her  friendship  with  this  clever,  fascinating,  but  unbe- 
lievably selfish  woman  so  that  she  sees  nothing  but  Clare  about 
her  nor  ahead  of  her  in  life.  How  Alwynne  stumbled  on  through 
her  surrender  to  Miss  Hartill  and  its  unreasonable  sacrifices, 
finally  to  find  Roger  Lumsden's  hand  to  help  her,  Miss  Clemence 
Dane  tells  with  fine  skill  and  artistry. 

$1.50.    The  Macmillan  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Rise  of  Daniel  Jackling. 

In  the  March  American  Magazine  is  an  account  of  Daniel  C. 
Jackling,  who  has  doubled  the  world's  copper  output  and  is  a 
giant  in  the  copper  field  to-day.  He  has  worked  so  swiftly  and 
so  quietly  that  the  public  as  yet  is  not  aware  of  his  magnitude. 

At  thirty-five  he  was  vice-president  and  general  manager  of 
a  struggling  mining  company  predestined,  according  to  the 
unanimous  verdict  of  expert  opinion,  to  be  a  speedy,  very  com- 
plete and  costly  failure.  This  is  not  ancient  history.  The  mine 
was  owned,  the  company  organized,  only  twelve  years  ago. 

At  forty  he  was  a  millionaire.  At  forty-five  he  rounded  the 
Horn  in  his  own  steam  yacht.  He  is  forty-seven  to-day  and  a 
multimillionaire.  He  controls  the  operation  of  four  mines,  all 
less  than  twelve  years  old,  which  annually  produce  twice  as 
much  copper  as  the  famous  mines  of  Michigan  put  together.  He 
acquired  an  unprofitable  zinc  property  four  years  ago,  lifted  its 
output  until  the  figures  approached  the  total  zinc  production  of 
all  the  mines  in  Missouri,  and  made  it  pay  fifteen  million  dol- 
lars in  dividends  during  the  last  two  years. 

*  »  * 

Forthcoming  Harper  Publications. 

Harper  &  Brothers  announce  that  on  February  15th  they  will 
publish  a  new  novel  by  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett,  "The  White 
Feople."  On  the  same  date  they  will  publish  "The  New  Life," 
by  Dr.  Samuel  McComb,  and  "Confessions  of  a  Social  Secre- 
tary," by  Corinne  Lowe. 

In  the  March  "Woman's  Home  Companion"  Grace  Margaret 
Gould  describes  the  figure  likely  to  be  most  fashionable  in 


1917.  "The  fashionable  figure  is  long  and  straight.  All  the 
puffs  and  ruffles  have  been  pressed  flat.  All  the  short  waists 
and  skirts  have  been  pulled  down.  There  are  no  flares  or  pro- 
trusions. It  is  slight  and  girlish,  and  vigor  and  dash  go  with  it. 
"Whether  it  is  artificial  or  not,  it  doesn't  seem  to  be.  It  is 
the  figure  of  the  capable  young  woman  who  can  do  things  and 
enjoys  doing  them." 

•  •  • 

What  is  Your  Financial  Value- 

"Some  one  has  figured  that  it  costs  about  $250  a  year  to  bring 
up  a  child,"  says  Farm  and  Fireside,  "which  would  make  the 
average  person  at  the  age  of  21  worth  about  $5,000.  This 
amount  is  also  a  common  indemnity  paid  by  accident  insurance 
companies,  so  $5,000  is  a  fairly  accurate  appraisal  of  the  aver- 
age able-bodied  American  citizen." 


PYUI  IIIIP  .<(» 

Books  and  Art      ]5 

3L39  Grant  Avenue       S}£ 
k  San  Francisco  ::       "■ 


?gj? 


8 


DAILY 
TRAINS 


To  FRESNO 


California  Orange 

Day, 

March  10 


Restaurant  on  Ferry-boats 
open  all  the  time.  Meals 
leaving  or  arriving  San 
Francisco  local  trains  with- 
out loss  of  time. 


Leave  Arrive 

San  Francisco  Fresno 

( Ferry  ) 

7:20  A.  M.  2:55  P.  M. 

(Via  Niles  and  Los  Banos) 
9:00  A.  M.  3:05  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
10:40  A.  M.  6:30  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
4:00  P.  M.  10:35  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
4:40  P.  M.  9:55  P.  M. 

(Via  Nile*,  Los  Banos) 
5:00  P.  M.  11:10  P.  M. 

(Via  Niles  and  Los  Banos) 
6:00  P.  M.  11:30  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Los  Banos) 
11:40  P.  M.  6:10  A.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 

Fresno  Flyer 
4:40  P.  M. 

Observation   Parlor   Car.      Reclining 
Chair  Car.     Dining  Car. 

No.  86-11:40  P.M. 

Standard  Sleeper,  open  for  occupancy 
at  9:00  P.  M. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


ALASKA  EXCURSIONS 

Seattle  to  Southeastern  Alaska,   $  66 

Seattle  to  Southwestern  Alaska,  $100 

Frequent  Sailings  During  June,  July  and  August 

Plan  your  vacation  to  include  this  inexpensive  voy- 
age to  this  wonderful  land  of  Towering  Mountains, 
Gigantic  Living  Glaciers,  placid  stretches  of  beauti- 
ful  narrows  —  a  land   of   untenable   scenic  delight. 

Low  fares  by  sea  in  connection  from  San  Francisco 

ILLUSTRATED     BOOKLET    ON     REQUEST 

PACIFIC  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY 

653  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


FINANCIAL^ 


In  the  Event 
We  Have  War 


There  is  no  reason  to  anticipate  that 
a  declaration  of  war  by  this  country 
would  have  any  immediate  effect 
upon  the  business  situation,  other 
than  that  resulting  from  additional  stimulus.  The  government 
has  already  er.tered  the  market  for  equipment  and  supplies,  and 
is  committed  to  great  expenditures  upon  the  army  and  navy, 
but  doubtless  its  orders  would  be  increased  and  expedited.  The 
experience  of  other  countries,  and  our  own  as  well,  shows  that 
war  makes  enormous  demands  upon  the  industries,  hence  there 
would  be  no  reason  to  apprehend  a  sudden  reaction  from  the 
present  activity.  The  danger  would  be  from  the  other  side, 
i  e.,  from  an  over-stimulus  in  certain  directions  at  the  expense 
of  normal  development.  The  industries  of  this  country  are  al- 
ready working  to  capacity,  and  it  is  difficult  to  see  how  they 
could  do  more.  Under  such  conditions,  government  orders 
would  crowd  private  business  to  the  rear,  create  new  demands 
for  labor  and  materials,  and  probably  raise  costs  to  a  higher 
level.  Enlistments  would  necessarily  aggravate  the  scarcity  of 
labor,  and  the  amount  of  business  in  sight  would  be  likely  to 
stimulate  further  construction  work  for  the  enlargement  of  in- 
dustries. These  are  the  inevitable  economic  derangements 
caused  by  war,  and  in  some  degree  we  have  already  been  ex- 
periencing their  effects.  War  is  not  recommended  by  any  one 
who  understands  its  economic  effects  as  a  means  of  increasing 
the  wealth  of  a  country,  but  if  war  must  come  it  is  certain  that 
the  United  States  is  more  fortunately  situated  to  withstand  it, 
and  has  greater  resources  with  which  to  prosecute  it  than  any 
of  the  countries  which  have  sustained  such  marvelous  exertions 
for  now  two  and  one-half  years. 


Vice-President  and  General  Manager  John  H.  Rosseter, 

of  the  Pacific  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  who  is  scheduled  to  return  from 
an  extended  trip  in  the  East  shortly,  is  expected  to  make  rec- 
ommendations for  the  expansion  of  the  company's  activities 
and  the  development  of  its  business.  In  accordance  with  the 
action  of  the  stockholders  at  a  special  meeting  held  May  16, 
1916,  which  authorized  an  increase  in  the  company's  capital 
stock,  the  sum  of  $2,000,000  was  realized,  which  was  applied 
toward  the  purchase  of  the  vessels  in  the  trans-Pacific  service. 


R.  P.  Schwerin,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of 

the  Associated  Oil  Company,  announces  that  the  company  had 
purchased  during  the  past  three  months  22,000  acres  of  oil 
lands  in  the  Santa  Maria  field.  While  the  price  was  not  made 
public,  it  is  obvious  that  the  cost  of  the  various  properties  must 
have  aggregated  many  millions.  The  properties  consist  of  the 
following  ranches,  on  which  the  company  has  purchased  the 
mineral  rights:  Zaca,  Quartel  del  Quarti,  Wickenden,  Pezzoni 
and  Ord-Pershine.  All  the  properties,  while  not  proven  land, 
lay  along  an  oil  belt. 


W.  B.  Jerome,  general  Western  passenger  agent  for  the 

New  York  Central  lines,  says  this  season's  visitors  to  California 
will  number  at  least  60,000,  staying  an  average  of  40  days  and 
spending  an  average  of  $10  daily.  Thus  he  figures  this  sea- 
son's tourist  crop  as  worth  at  least  $24,000,000  to  this  State. 


The  Standard  Oil  Co.  will  seek  indemnity  for  the  de- 
struction of  its  oil  properties  in  Rumania  at  the  time  of  the 
German  invasion  of  that  country.  The  value  of  the  wells, 
equipment  and  oil  in  storage,  it  was  stated,  amounted  to  $150  - 
000,000. 


— — Plans  for  the  California  State  Fair  include  a  $300,000 
pavilion  to  replace  the  one  destroyed  by  fire;  a  $185,000  grand- 
stand, $75,000  educational  building,  $45,000  addition  to  the  ma- 
chinery buildings,  $45,000  addition  to  the  manufactures  build- 
ing, and  a  $100,000  coliseum. 


The  Tonopah  Belmont  Development  Company  has  en- 
tered into  an  agreement  to  purchase  from  the  Eagle-Shawmut 
Mining  Company  their  properties  in  Tuolumne  County,  Cal.,  in- 
cluding the  Eagle  and  Shawmut  quartz  mines  and  mill  sites, 
also  the  100  stamp  mill  and  big  surface  plant  near  Jackson- 
ville. The  consideration  is  reported  to  be  about  $600,000.  The 
Eagle  Shawmut  Co.  is  a  California  corporation,  while  the  Tono- 
pah Belmont  Co.  is  organized  under  the  laws  of  New  Jersey. 


Seventeen  suits  to  recover  an  aggregate  of  2,720  acres 

of  oil  land  in  the  Midway  field  of  Kern  County,  said  to  be  worth 
$20,000,000,  were  filed  recently  in  the  U.  S.  District  Court  by 
the  government  against  the  Honolulu  Consolidated  Co.,  South- 
ern California  Gas  Co.,  Midway  Gas  Co.,  and  Standard  Oil  Co. 
Appointment  of  a  receiver  and  an  accounting  are  asked  by  the 
government  in  each  suit. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


Enthroned  above  a  sapphire  sea — 

Watcher  beside  the  Golden  Gate, 
New-born  from  dust  and  misery, 

Triumphant  over  fire  and  fate — 
Fairer  than  ancient  Rome  she  sits 

Upon  her  many-times  "seven  hills," 
The  strength  of  youth  is  in  her  heart, 

Her  blood  with  Western  vigor  thrills. 

Perpetual  roses  in  her  hair, 

Jewels  of  light  upon  her  breast, — 

Queen  of  the  ocean  and  the  air, 
Her  destiny  is  manifest. 

Her  shimmering  robes  of  sunset  hues 

Fall  in  soft  tints  from  hill  to  shore ; 
White  ships  crowd  up  about  her  feet, 

Her  music  is  the  ocean's  roar. 
Symbols  of  power  are  in  her  hand — 

The  gleam  of  gold  from  hidden  mines; 
The  purple  splendor  of  her  fruits, 

The  fragrant  chalice  of  her  wines. 

— Eliza  Jarvis  Nagle. 


FIRESIDE  ADVENTURES. 

"It  is  not  mine  the  world  to  roam;  when  I  was  born  the  Fates 
decreed  that  I  should  always  stay  at  home,  and  deal  in  hay  and 
bran  and  feed.  For  mighty  deeds  I  have  no  chance  while  I  am 
rustling  in  my  store;  and  yet  my  life  has  its  romance,  and  I've 
adventures  by  the  score. 

"For  evening  comes,  and  then,  serene,  to  my  abode  I  make 
my  way,  and  grab  this  good  old  magazine,  and  leave  the  world 
of  bran  and  hay. 

"Through  Arctic  wildernesses  cold,  I  follow  the  explorers' 
train,  or  seeking  go  for  pirates'  gold  along  the  storied  Spanish 
Main.  Oft,  by  the  miners'  struggling  lamp,  I  count  the  nuggets 
I  have  won;  or  in  the  cowboys'  wind-swept  camp  indulge  in 
wild  athletic  fun.  The  big  round  world  is  all  for  me,  brought  to 
me  by  the  sprightly  tale ;  o'er  every  strange  and  distant  sea  my 
phantom  ship  has  learned  to  sail. 

"I  travel  in  all  neighborhoods  where  daring  man  has  left  his 
tracks;  I  am  the  hunter  in  the  woods,  I  am  the  woodman  with 
his  axe.  I  am  the  grim,  effective  sleuth  who  goes  forth  in  a 
rare  disguise,  and  quickly  drags  the  shining  truth  from  out  a 
mountain  range  of  lies.  I  am  the  watcher  of  the  roads,  the 
highwayman  of  wold  and  moor,  relieving  rich  men  of  their 
loads,  to  give  a  rake-off  to  the  poor.  I  am  the  hero  of  the 
crowds,  as,  with  my  trusty  aeroplane,  I  pathway  through  the 
clouds,  to  Milky  Way  and  Charles's  Wain." — Walt  Mason. 


A  TOUCHING  LOVE  NOTE. 

"What  kind  of  a  letter  did  your  husband  write  when  he  was 
away?" 

"He  started,  'My  Precious  Treasure,'  and  ended  by  sending 
'love.'  " 

"How  did  you  answer?" 

"I  started  with  'My  Precious  Treasure,'  and  ended  with  'Send 
me  $10.' "  - 


March  10 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


FACTORY! 

Wonderful  strides  made  by  the  Norwalk  tire  factory  during 
the  past  few  months  are  reported  by  Louis  Lichtenberger,  presi- 
dent of  th  urger-Ferguson  Company,  who  returned 
from  a  trip  to  the  Connecticut  factory,  where  he  had 
an  opportunity  to  study  the  manufacturing  methods  at  first  hand. 
That  the  Norwalk  factory  will  be  able  to  turn  out  better  tires 
than  ever,  through  the  installation  of  a  number  of  novel  facili- 
ties, is  his  assertion. 

He  states  that  work  is  being  rushed  on  several  additional 
factory  buildings,  and  that  at  least  one  million  dollars  will  be 
expended  in  improvements  during  1917.  He  further  states 
that  two  of  the  leading  factory  officials  are  soon  to  visit  the 
coast.  The  president  of  the  Norwalk  Tire  and  Rubber  Com- 
pany, W.  B.  Miller,  who  is  said  to  be  the  oldest  tire  man  in  the 
country,  having  been  identified  with  the  rubber  industry  from 
its  very  infancy  some  eighteen  years  ago,  and  C.  E.  Matheson, 
secretary  and  sales  manager,  intend  to  be  Mr.  Lichtenberger's 
guests  some  time  this  spring.  Both  men  are  well  known  on  the 
coast.  Especially  so  is  Mr.  Mathewson,  he  having  had  charge 
of  the  San  Francisco  branch  of  one  of  the  largest  rubber  com- 
panies. 

On  his  return  to  California,  Mr.  Lichtenberger  paid  brief  vis- 
its to  various  Norwalk  dealers  in  the  principal  automobile 
marts,  where  he  found  the  distributers  enthusiastic  over  the 
coming  season.  Every  representative,  states  Mr.  Lichtenberger, 
views  the  1917  prospects  optimistically,  and  a  heavy  growth  in 
Norwalk  sales  is  confidently  predicted  by  them  all. 

Mr.  Lichtenberger  is  glad  to  get  back  to  California  and  says 
that  the  slush  and  snow  and  ice-bound  regions  hold  no  charm 
over  him. 


SELLING   TALK. 


Pedler — Madam,  I  am  introducing  a  new  brand  of  soap 

Lady — I  don't  want  it. 

Pedler — It  costs  only  half  as  much  as  any  soap  now  on  the 
market " 

Lady — Don't  want  any  of  it." 

Pedler — And  it  will  do  twice  the  work  of  any  other — " 

Lady — Don't  want  it,  I  told  you. 

Pedler — It  softens  the  skin  and  makes  the  complexion  clear 

and  beautiful "       Lady — How  much  is  it?— I ndianopolis 

Star.. 


Beggar- — I  hate  to  ask  yer  for  charity,  sir,  but  it's  them 

motors  wot  have  ruined  my  perfeshun.  Old  Gentleman  (who 
hates  motors) — Oh,  indeed;  and  how  have  the  motors  affected 
you,  my  man?  Beggar — Well,  yer  see,  sir,  I  used  to  hold  the 
horses'  heads  outside  the  Spotted  Dragon  afore  them  motor- 
buses  was  started. — London  Punch. 


Pay  As  You  Ride 


PACIFIC  MOTOR  SUPPLY  CO. 

A.  FREED,  President 

1440  Market  Street  924  Main  Street 

San  Francisco  .  Los  Angeles 

DISTRIBUTORS 

Indian    Motorcycles  —  Indian    Bicycles  —  Autopeds 

World  &  Reading— Standard  Bicycles 

SOLD  ON   EASY  TERMS 

Bicycle  and  Motorcycle  Accessories     Repairing  by  Experts 


LARGEST  CYCLE  STORES  ON  THE  COAST 


TWO  BIG  SHOWS  AT  THE  B/CYl  //    RA< 

A  gruelling  pace  was  maintained  by  the  plucky  riders 
throughout  the  week  in  the  big  six  days'  contest  at  the  Civic 
Auditorium  for  the  championship  of  the  world  and  the  1 
i  ut  in  the  $10,000  purse.  The  six  day  race  was  a  whirlwind 
:ffair  from  start  to  finish,  dotted  with  sprints  and  dare-devil 
manoeuvering  for  positions.  The  gauge  of  space  may  be  esti- 
mated by  the  fact  that  by  Wednesday  night  at  one  o'clock  the 
leaders  had  covered  1,550  miles  in  seventy-five  hours,  and  had 
broken  the  world's  record  by  26  miles — some  going.  Sensa- 
tional sprints  were  common,  indicating  how  enormously  the  up- 
to-date  riders  have  advanced  in  speed  over  the  champions  of  a 
decade  ago.  The  Auditorium  was  crowded  evenings  throughout 
the  week,  and  to-night  the  big  jam  will  be  on  to  see  the  sensa- 
tional finish  of  the  close  bunch  of  spirited  and  determined  con- 
testants. 

This  extraordinary  contest  has  brought  out  one  of  the  most 
creditable  and  attractive  exhibits  of  bicycles,  motorcycles  and 
their  equipments  ever  displayed  in  the  West.  It  is  located  in 
the  east  wing  of  the  same  building,  a  dozen  steps  from  the 
speed  track.  Great  and  serviceable  improvements  have  been 
made  in  the  last  decade  in  this  sort  of  cycling,  and  those  inter- 
ested in  this  healthy  form  of  outdoor  sport  should  take  advan- 
tage of  this  informing  exhibit  and  acquire  information  that  will 
bring  them  up  to  date  in  the  very  latest  devices  in  these  ser- 
viceable outing  machines. 


IN  THE  RIGHT  COMPANY. 

"There's  a  mistake  here,"  said  the  foreman  printer  to  the 
country  editor.  "And  you'll  likely  get  the  paper  into  a  lot  of 
trouble." 

"Here  you  say,  in  this  account  of  the  Perkins'  bal  masque, 
'Among  the  prettiest  girls  present  was  Alderman  Huggemall." 

"So  he  was;  he  always  is,"  snarled  the  newspaper  man.  "The 
wicked  old  blighter  will  be  tickled  to  death  to  see  it  in  print. 
Think  I  don't  know  my  business?" 


BICYCLES  STILL  IN  BIG  DEMAND. 

It  will  surprise  a  great  many  with  the  statement  that  there 
are  thousands  more  bicycles  now  in  use  than  in  the  days  when 
the  bicycle  was  presumed  to  be  at  its  zenith.  Although  they  are 
not  seen  in  such  great  numbers  as  in  the  old  days,  this  is  ex- 
plained by  the  fact  that  in  the  past  twenty  years  the  country 
has  been  netted  with  new  roads,  and  the  population  has  ex- 
panded into  rural  districts.  This  very  interesting  statement  was 
made  by  Mr.  A.  Freed  of  the  Pacific  Motor  Supply  Co.,  of  San 
Francisco  and  Los  Angeles,  who  in  the  past  year  have  dis- 
tributed over  25  carloads  of  bicycles  and  motorcycles. 


The  problem  of  the  high  cost 
of  living  is  now  affecting  us 
all.  This  can  be  largely  met 
by  riding  a  bicycle. 

Your  transportation  is  a  con- 
stant expense,  and  a  bicycle 
will  reduce  this  to  a  minimum. 

Call  upon  a  bicycle  dealer  in 
your  vicinity,  and  let  him 
prove  the  pleasure  of  bicycle 
riding  and  explain  his  easy 
payment  plan  for  purchasing 
a  bicycle. 


&£? 


RIDE  A  BICYCLE 


and  Save  Money 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


The  automobile  is  as  yet,  as  far  as  use  is  concerned,  in  its 
infancy  in  the  United  States.  True,  there  are  nearly  three  mil- 
lion cars  running  in  this  country  on  the  roads  and  streets  and 
highways  which  would  argue  three  million  owners,  but  what  is 
three  millions  in  a  great  country  like  this?  There  are  11,000 
towns  and  cities  of  more  than  500  inhabitants  in  this  country  in 
which  there  are  five  million  home  owners.  Of  these  only  two 
million  own  cars.  The  other  three  million  are  amply  able  to 
own  some  kind  of  a  car.  In  the  rural  or  farming  districts  there 
are  6,500,000  families.  Only  one  million  of  these  now  own 
automobiles. 

That  leaves  the  automobile  dealers  of  the  country  with  more 
than  seven  million  live  "prospects"  yet  to  sell.  In  view  of  the 
kind  of  sellers  who  are  now  engaged  in  the  automobile  business 
that  seven  million  might  just  as  well  make  up  its  collective  mind 
that  it  is  going  to  be  sold  an  automobile  and  quit  putting  off  the 
event  and  prolonging  its  own  discomfort. 

Think  ahead  to  the  time  when  there  will  be  ten  million 
licensed  automobiles  driving  about  these  United  States.  Truly, 
the  automobile  industry  is  really  in  its  infancy  from  the  stand- 
point of  production  and  sale. 

An  important  and  noteworthy  fact  is  vouched  for  by  the  edi- 
torial department  of  "Automobile  Topics,"  a  well-known  trade 
authority,  which  has  been  making  a  careful  analysis  of  the 
comparative  nature  of  automobile  service.  This  authority  states 
that  of  the  3,000,000  motor  cars  of  all  kinds  in  service  in  the 
United  States  to-day,  it  can  conservatively  say  from  its  inves- 
tigation that  over  one-half  of  the  mileage  of  the  3,000,000  cars 
is  in  use  for  business  purposes.  Literally,  this  means  that  of  the 
3,000,000  automobiles  running  in  this  country  to-day,  one-half, 
or  1,500,000,  are  used  for  business  purposes.  This  leaves  only 
one  and  a  half  million  in  use  for  pleasure  or  social  transportation 
purposes. 

In  considering  the  1,500,000  automobiles  in  use  to-day,  which 
may  legitimately  be  classed  as  "pleasure  cars,"  an  important 
fact  should  be  bome  in  mind,  namely,  the  so-called  pleasure  car 
of  to-day  has  a  distinct  economic  use,  it  being  only  reasonable 
to  deduce  that  the  time  and  money  spent  in  motoring  for  pleas- 
ure or  social  intercourse  almost  invariably  takes  the  place  of 
some  other  form  of  expenditure  of  less  actual  economic  value. 
Motoring  is  a  pleasure  that  makes  for  broader  vision,  saner  and 
more  helpful  diversions,  and  a  more  sympathetic  social  life. 
Therefore,  it  is  far  from  logical  to  consider  the  so-called  pleas- 
ure car  of  to-day  as  an  added  luxury. 

If  production  increases  at  the  average  rate  maintained  for 
the  past  five  years — which  is  unlikely,  due  to  greater  manufac- 
turing problems  and  to  inability  of  the  selling  and  distributive 
branches  to  keep  pace  with  greatly  augmented  manufacturing 
volume — the  point  of  saturation  will  not  be  reached  for  five,  six 
or  even  seven  years.  And  some  of  the  leaders  in  the  industry 
predict  th?t  it  will  be  a  matter  of  ten  or  twelve  years. 

All  signs  point  to  a  continued  development  for  several  years 
to  come — for  just  how  long  it  is  difficult  to  say,  but  as  in  many 
other  new  fields,  limitations  and  curtailment  of  expansion,  ar- 
bitrarily predicted,  are  merely  evidence  of  a  shortened  vision 
or  unfamiliarity  with  all  of  the  facts. 

It  is  true  that  materials  and  labor  are  more  expensive  and  in- 
creasingly hard  to  secure.  This  condition  is  not  serious,  nor 
is  it  likely  to  be.  The  makers  of  medium  and  high-priced  cars 
overcome  the  difficulty  by  an  advance  in  their  selling  prices. 
The  manufacturers  of  low-priced  cars  built  in  much  greater 
quantities  are  protected  by  contracts  until  the  end  of  the  auto- 
mobile year,  July,  1917,  and  are  able  to  absorb  additional  ex- 
pense by  spreading  it  out  over  a  great  number  of  units  and  by 
increasing  their  manufacturing  efficiency. 


Storm  Leaves  Awful  Train  in  Southland 

Returning  from  a  trip  into  one  of  the  little  known  but  most 
beautiful  regions  of  Southern  California,  George  M.  Schell  of 
Los  Angeles,  a  recent  local  visitor,  states  that  the  late  storm 
left  its  marks  in  the  mountains  of  Southern  California. 

"If  I  wasn't  here  to  tell  about  it  you  might  think  that  the 
stories  of  washed  out  canyon  roads,  cars  getting  stalled  crossing 
bridgeless  arroyos  and  quicksand  washes,  were  mere  tales  of 
exaggeration,"  he  said.  "I  have  just  been  in  that  picturesque 
region  northwest  of  Cajon  station,  and  if  it  hadn't  been  for  my 
Norwalk-equipped  car,  with  its  road-holding  ability  and  un- 
usual power,  I  might  still  be  up  there  in  the  same  plight  that 
some  of  the  cars  were  in  when  I  succeeded  in  getting  out  of  the 
big  rock  country  on  the  cut-off  road  from  Cajon  station  to 
Palmdale." 


Lincoln  Highway  has  211  Consuls  Along  3,300-Mile  Route 

One  of  the  largest  and  most  efficient  organizations  working 
on  a  national  scale  upon  a  project  of  patriotic  and  economic  in- 
terest to  the  whole  country,  does  business  the  year  round  with- 
out a  cent  of  recompense  to  its  members  for  their  services. 
Those  comprising  the  organization  are  the  State,  county  and 
local  consuls  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  Association. 

In  the  98  counties  of  the  11  States  traversed  by  the  Lincoln 
Highway  in  its  3,300  mile  route  between  New  York  and  San 
Francisco  there  are  now  211  regularly  appointed  Consuls  of 
the  National  Organization  located  at  various  points  along  the 
way.  The  major  number  of  them  have  held  the  position  of 
Lincoln  Highway  Consuls  since  the  proclamation  and  establish- 
ment of  the  transcontinental  route  in  1913. 

»  *  * 
"Buffalo  Bill  Trail"  to  be  Lincoln  Highway  Feeder 

"The  "Buffalo  Bill  Trail"  is  the  probable  new  name  of  the 
Omaha-Lincoln-Denver  highway  if  present  plans  of  those  in- 
terested carry.  The  route  traverses  that  part  of  the  plains 
where  the  late  Colonel  Cody  did  most  of  his  work  as  a  pioneer. 

A  new  route — The  King's  Highway — is  being  laid  out  to  carry 
traffic  from  Colorado  to  Texas,  starting  from  Denver.  The  road 
follows  the  old  Spanish  trails  used  at  the  time  of  the  settling 
of  New  Mexico. 


7,500  HUES 
GUARANTEED 

-        — FORD  SIZES        - 
6,000  MILES  0UAMN7EED  -  £MtfER5J2E! 


TIRES 


The  rugged  super-toughness  of  Nor- 
walks  renders  them   as    suitable    for 

country  as  (or  city  driving.  Norwalks  insure  your 
surety  of  arrival  without  delay.  Their  perfect  service 
is  absolute.      „ 

Let    Our    Service    Station    Serve    You. 

Factory    Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 

1211  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 
Phone:  Prospect  386  San  Francisco 


March  10.  1917 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


19 


Autos  Show  Big  Increase  in  State 

Automobile   registrations   in   California  during    1916  nearly 
doubled  the  registrations  in  1914,  and  were  about  69,000  gr< 
than  in  1915,  according  to  figures  just  given  out  by  H.  A.  French, 
superintendent  of  the  State  Motor  Department.     There  were 
•rations  in  1916.  as  against  163.795  in  1915,  and 
123,516  in  1914.    Nearly  one-third  of  the  automobiles  registered 
in  the  State  during  1916  were  from  Los  Angeles  County.    Dur- 
the  past  year  74.709  machines  were  registered  from  Los 
Angeles,  as  against  55.317  in  1915  and  43,099  in  1914.     San 
had  the  second  largest  number  of  machines 
i  in  1916.  that  county's  total  being  24,783,  as  against 
in  1915.  and  12,081  in  1914.    Alameda  County  had  the 
•^est  number  of  autos  in  1916,  the  total  of  that  county 
reaching  15,997.    Alameda  County  had  11,440  machines  regis- 
tered in  1915,  and  8,449  in  1914. 

*  »  * 

Oingley,  Racing  Champion,  Handles  Mitchell  in  South 

Bert  Dingley,  the  Mitchell  factory  representative  for  South- 
ern California,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  San  Francisco.  Dingley 
is  in  splendid  condition,  considering  the  close  call  he  had  while 
racing  in  the  Northwest.  In  speaking  of  the  Mitchell  line, 
Dingley  said: 

"To  my  way  of  thinking,  the  Mitchell  models  for  this  year 
are  the  best  of  all  those  that  I  had  under  consideration." 

*  *  * 

Four  Cylinder  Motors  Lead  "Sixes,"  "Eights"  and  "Twelves" 
"Now  that  all  the  prominent  automobile  shows  are  over,  it  is 
time  to  stop  and  consider  what  is  the  logical  car  of  to-day,  for 
it  is  at  the  national  shows  that  the  yearly  tendency  of  design  is 
first  to  be  seen,"  says  Bert  Latham,  of  Latham,  Davis  &  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  local  Stutz  distributors. 

"Statistics  conclusively  show  that  with  all  the  claims  for 
superiority  of  the  multi-cylinder  cars,  the  four-cylinder  motor  is 
still  popular,  which  means  that  it  is  still  the  accepted  design  by 
the  majority  of  designers. 

"To-day  there  are  about  150  manufacturers,  and  of  this  num- 
ber 58  make  fours  exclusively;  43  make  sixes  exclusively;  12 

make  eights  exclusively;  and  5  make  twelves  exclusively. 

*  *  * 

Eastern  Elgin  Dealer  Visits  Pacific  Coast 

M.  L.  Brown,  brother  of  F.  L.  Brown,  president  of  Elgin  Mo- 
tor Corporation,  is  now  visiting  in  San  Francisco.  Brown  has 
come  to  the  coast  on  private  business,  and  at  the  same  time  is 
looking  over  the  automobile  field.  While  not  directly  connected 
with  the  Elgin  factory,  Brown  handles  this  car  in  northeastern 
Ohio  and  northwestern  Pennsylvania. 

In  speaking  of  trade  conditions  at  the  Elgin  factory,  Brown 
says:  "The  sale  of  Elgin  cars  has  gone  way  beyond  the  expec- 
tations of  the  officials  of  my  brother's  factory.  The  business  is 
growing  to  such  an  extent  that  the  company  has  been  forced  to 
erect  several  additions  to  the  factory.  These  additions  will  en- 
able the  building  of  from  20,000  to  25,000  cars  before  the  close 
of  1917." 

H.  C.  L.  has  Little  Effect  on  Motor  Buying 

The  one  certainty  of  the  automobile  situation  to-day  is  that 
not  enough  cars  will  be  built  in  1917  to  fill  the  demand  of  the 
American  public. 

"This  fact,"  explains  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pacific 
KisselKar  Branch,  "is  not  due  to  lack  of  production  facilities 
on  the  part  of  the  factories,  but  rather  to  retarded  deliveries 
due  to  the  railroad  situation.  The  manufacturers  were  pre- 
pared for  a  banner  year — an  even  bigger  year  than  record- 
breaking  1916 — but  before  the  intended  pace  was  even  started, 
the  congestion  of  freight  in  the  East  and  the  deficiency  of  equip- 
ment on  most  railroads,  changed  the  plans  of  many. 

"The  advance  in  prices  will  keep  only  a  few  purchasers  aloof. 
Every  one  knows  that  with  leaping  costs  of  nearly  everything 
that  it  was  inevitable,  and  the  difference  is  not  great  enough  to 
drive  away  trade.  Every  maker  had  to  either  put  more  price  on 
or  take  a  great  deal  of  quality  out." 

*  »  * 

Car's  Performance  Its  Best  Argument 

"To-day  there  is  no  division  in  California  between  the  motor- 
wise  and  those  who  know  nothing  about  a  car,"  says  F.  L.  Du 
Broy,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Du  Broy  Motor 
Company,  Northern  California  distributors  of  Saxon  motor  cars. 


"Practically  every  one  is  motor-wise.     It  isn't  a  knowledge 
based  upon  a  few  generalities.     Almost  every  Californian  is 
ufficiently  posted  in  motor  car  mechanics  to  recognize  advan- 
tageous features  in  construction  when  looking  over  an  automo- 
bile. 

"The  average  prospective  owners  will  not  consider  a  car  which 
::as  not  proved  itself.  They  take  it  for  granted  that  a  machine 
will  at  least  run.  What  appeals  to  them  in  making  a  final  de- 
i-ision  on  an  automobile  is  its  style  and  its  performance  in  ac- 
tual driving." 

•  *  • 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 

Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT   THIS   OUT.) 
The    News    Letter    recommend!   the   following    garages,    hotels   and    supply 
houses.      Tourists  will   do   well   to  cut  this   list   out   and   keep  It  as  a   guide: 

PALO  ALTO.—  UKKIN'S  CAKE— Just  Opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  rafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  thf  patronage  <>(  automobile 
owners  and    their  families.     Corner  of   University  avenue  and   Tha  Circle. 


U.  S.  Garage 

Pearson  Garage 

750  Bush  Street 

345  Bush  Street 

Phone  Garfield  713 

Phone  Douglas  2120 

Largest  and   most 

complete  Garages 

In 

the 

West 

WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

B1Q  QH    171  I  IQ    CT        Between  Polk  and 
019-003    tLLU    Ol.      van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER   FEELS    AT    HOME 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Ne«s  Ave.     BRAND   &   CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


iHHEJSHESSIEOHi 

FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 

543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE.            SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

i?@^?gft£> 


^ 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD    NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


fUSE   LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL        Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  10,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 

It  has  been  a  matter  of  conjecture  whether  coat  suits  would 
return  to  favor  with  the  spring,  or  whether  the  long  coats  by 
which  women  have  stood  firm  and  steadfast  all  through  the 
winter  would  continue  to  satisfy  their  needs  in  spring. 

One  would  naturally  conclude  that  a  coat  suit  in  spring  would 
be  welcomed  by  most  women  after  the  heavy,  long  coats  of 
winter.  But  the  question  is  still  to  be  settled.  In  all  probabil- 
ity there  will  be  as  many  coat  suits  as  separate  coats  worn  when 
spring  comes.  Some  very  jaunty  models  are  being  shown  now, 
and  many  of  them  have  coats  in  Norfolk  or  semi-Norfolk  ef- 
fects with  plain  or  pleated  skirts. 

The  dressier  suits  are  made  of  silk  and  satin  with  touches  of 
embroidery  in  the  same  or  some  contrasting  color.  The  coats 
are  generally  midway  between  the  hips  and  knees  in  length. 

For  sports  wear  there  is  no  doubt  that  hip-length  coats  with 
contrasting  skirts  will  be  very  smart,  and  there  will  be  more 
interest  in  sports  clothes  this  spring  and  summer  than  in  any 
other  styles,  if  one  may  judge  from  the  present  demand  for 
them.  Plaid  skirts  with  coats  of  a  solid  color  having  the  collar 
and  cuffs  trimmed  with  the  plaid  are  considered  exceedingly 
chic.  The  striped  and  checked  materials  are  employed  in  the 
same  way  with  coats  of  one  color. 

Besides  the  Norfolk  coats,  the  loose,  straight  hanging  box 
coat  is  one  of  the  models  that  promises  to  be  very  much  favored. 


Left— Smart  Spring  Model  Developed  in  Jersey  Cloth.  Right 
— For  a  Combination  of  Materials. 


Some  of  these  are  quite  short.  They  are  very  stunning  made  up 
in  velvet  and  worn  with  white  serge  skirts.  Dark  blue  or  old- 
rose  velvet,  with  large  white  pearl  buttons  for  contrast,  is  used 
ior  these  coats. 

_  Not  strictly  Norfolk,  but  resembling  this  style  in  many  points 
is  the  smart  model  illustrated  in  the  sketch.  It  is  of  orange- 
colored  wool  jersey  and  accompanies  a  skirt  of  black-and- 
orange  check,  making  an  exceptionally  smart  costume  The 
coat  is  twice  belted,  part  of  the  lower  belt  forming  straps  at  the 
top  of  the  large  patch  pockets.  The  belts  extend  around  the 
sides  only  and  leave  a  panel  effect  at  the  back,  which  is  pleated 
like  the  front. 

To  Freshen  the  Winter  Dress. 

_  There  are  many  people  who  wish  to  freshen  up  their  winter 
clothes,  before  getting  their  spring  things,  for  it  is  still  some 
time  before  the  weather  will  allow  us  to  be  comfortable  in 
spring  clothes.  Only  those  who  have  been  able  to  replenish 
their  wardrobes  very  frequently  throughout  the  winter  will  not 


feel  the  necessity  of  adding  new  touches  to  their  clothes. 

There  are  new  sets  of  vests  and  collars  and  separate  cuffs  to 
match,  or  matching  collars  and  cuffs  which  will  do  much  to- 
ward making  a  change  in  a  dress  of  which  you  may  have  tired. 
These  collars  and  cuffs  are  of  white  shantung  silk  trimmed  at 
the  edges  with  bands  of  plain  colored  silk  or  the  dotted  or  fig- 
ured silks.  The  band  of  colored  silk  adds  a  bright  touch  which 
is  very  refreshing.  The  flat,  rolled  collar  in  sailor  shape  is  still 
a  favorite.  Some  of  the  collars  are  made  double;  for  instance, 
there  is  a  lower  collar  of  white  silk  and  an  upper  collar  in  green, 
rose,  gold  or  any  of  the  fashionable  colors,  the  same  shape,  but 
smaller,  so  that  an  edge  of  the  white  shows  all  around. 

Girdles  also  offer  another  possibility  for  freshening  dresses. 
The  girdle  is  an  important  feature  of  the  dress  at  present,  and 
there  are  many  charming  styles,  varying  from  the  very  narrow 
apron  string  girdle  hanging  with  long,  loose  ends,  to  the  wide 
girdle  which  is  arranged  artistically  in  a  soft,  crushed  effect. 
Wide  ribbon  girdles  are  very  often  seen. 

The  use  of  ribbon  as  a  dress  trimming  is  also  quite  a  novelty. 
It  is  used  to  finish  the  new  collarless  necks  and  sleeves,  and  also 
trims  the  skirts  of  afternoon  and  evening  dresses.  On  separate 
waists,  too,  ribbon  is  often  introduced  as  a  trimming  detail. 

To  vary  the  monotony  of  the  perfectly  straight  up  and  down 
dress  there  are  several  new  models,  of  which  one  is  shown  in 
the  sketch.  The  waist  is  cut  in  sections,  permitting  the  use  of 
two  materials.  The  skirt  shows  the  new  puffed  effect  at  the 
lower  edge,  with  the  draped  panels  confined  to  the  sides  only. 
For  the  attractive  silks,  which  may  be  had  in  plain  and  figured 
effects  to  match  in  color,  this  design  is  unusually  effective. 

Cuffs  on  skirts  and  on  the  lower  edges  of  the  slip-on  blouses 
which  accompany  them,  are  noticed  in  a  good  many  dresses. 
The  cuffs  may  be  deep  or  narrow  and  are  finished  with  machine 
stitching,  giving  the  effect  of  the  hems  having  been  placed  on 
the  right  instead  of  the  wrong  side  of  the  dress.  A  pleated,  up- 
standing frill  about  half  an  inch  deep  is  sometimes  used  as  a 
finish  to  the  cuffs.  This,  of  itself,  provides  sufficient  trimming 
in  some  models. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cookine,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET.   NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  B.  Pod 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Miilhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bush  St..  Sib  Fnncwoo 


(Above  Kearny) 


Exchioge.  Douciis  2411 


BLANCO'S 


O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
Streets 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


<esr.in 


Ke**»rr«   Pua<l 

R»wri»  Llabllllr  ol 
-» 


$17,500,000.00 

-  13.375,000.00 

-  17,500.000.00 
$48.375.000.00 

$310,327,208.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

Ml  BRANCHES  and  AQ8HCIKB  in  Dm  Aoatnllaii  Btttw,  Nan  Zealand, 

pua.  '  N>w  Guinea),  and  London.     The   Bank  tran«rt,<   Bren 
utMrallan  Ranking  Business.      Wool  and  other  Produce 
■  Ammged. 
Hud  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED   1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L.  |   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHN  A1RD  Ge„er,IMr„'.d";      R«erve  Fund  13,500,000 

H.  v.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  2S8.000.000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 


NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET, 


i^ffitrr 


Capital  Stock  $4,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  1,996,224.64 
Deposits  55.186,713.12 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign     Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


L-; 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSI0N~BRANCH.  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M...  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt   of    deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  TypewH&rnpuasc?,rpst acn0dvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


DELINQUENT   SALE. 
Queen    Regent   Merger   Mines   Company. 

■ 

TIL' 

VI'"      

LI  



y.   Jamea    124  1 5  M 

man,    Albert    

rman,    Albert    I  6.00 

Dlckerman,    Albert     ros  150                       7.'. 

931  1000 

Dlckerman,    Albert    I 

rohn    l> 1038  

I.    s S3  6.00 

m,   .1     s iiihii 

Graham,    J.    s 996  500                    3.60 

im.   J.    S 997 

ey,   J.    11 lit  1 

.    1      1  i  309  6000  ' 

Jordan.   B.  w 781  50 

Jordan,    B.    w 887  100  

.Ionian.    B.    W Im!  100  60 

Keables,    Henry  s L04I                   1000  ."•.nn 

Marden,  .1.  W 907                    700  8.60 

Merrill.   ETayden   D 908                       180  90 

Norton,  A.   Kingsley   686  4800 

Delinquent  on   the  above    3550  17.76 

Norton,    A.    Kingsley     637                     4960  24.80 

O'Donnell,     Hugh     50                     7500  37.50 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    51                    3750  18.75 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    266                  2200  11. 00 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    812                     550  2.75 

O'Donnell,     Hugh     875                     251)0  12.50 

Peterson.    John     332                     1500  7.50 

Snoddy,    Edwin     60                     2000  10.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin    61                    4500  22.50 

Snoddy,    Edwin    682                    3500  17.50 

Snoddy,     Edwin     998                    2000  10.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin    1011                    lonn  5. 00 

Selleck.    W.    A 895                     7500  37.50 

Meeks,    R.    P.    1066                     1250  6.25 

And  in  accordance  with  law  and  order  of  Board  of  Directors  made  on  the 
2d  day  of  January.  1017,  so  many  shares  of  each  parcel  of  sucli  stock  as 
may  be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
pany, 337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  the  19th  day 
of  March.  1917,  at  the  hour  of  12:00  o'clock  noon  of  said  day.  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale. 

H.  B.  WADE.  Secretary.  337  Monadnock  Building,  681  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND    FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLADTSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  tile  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  Cdunty. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  tc  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County:  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
goneral  relief,  as  will  mote  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1917. 

H.  I.  MULCRETVY,   Clerk. 

By  W.  R.   CASTAGNETTO,  Deputy  Clerk. 
OTl/LOGLEY,  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  bv  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,   S30  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  357S. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.    217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601, 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw.  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 


Rooms  510-512 


Phone  Sutter  6818 


REPUBLIC 
TIRES 

Are  Now  a  Better 
Buy   Than   Ever 

REPUBLIC  RUBBER  CO. 

OF     CALIFORNIA 

295  Golden  Gate  Ave. 


80%  of  the  Entries  and  Winners  in  the 

Vanderbilt  and  Grand  Prix 
Races,  used 


RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 


WHY?    QUALITY. 
For  Sale  by  all  Dealers 


PACIFIC    COAST    DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Go 

Next 


Sunday! 


r 


California 

Orange 

Day 

March 

10th 


50$,  Reduction  for  Round 
Trip  Tickets  via  Southern 
Pacific    Lines    in   California 

Between  Points  Where  the  One-Way 
Fare  -Ranges  from  50c  to  $5. 

SUGGESTIONS : 

From 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


To 


Sacramento 
Stockton 
San  Jose 


$2.50 
2.35 
1.25 


Oil  Burning  Locomotive*;  No  Cinders; 
No  Annoying  Smoke;  Steam  Heated 
Cars;    Automatic    Safety    Block   Signals 

ASK    AGENT 

SOUTHERN 
PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the 
"  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


FRANCl«Co 


TER 


Devoted   to  the    Leading    Intereitt  of  California   and   the   Pacific   Coast. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  17,  1917 


NO.  11 


TV  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER. 

TISER  tt  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office.-. George  Street  ot  Company,  30  Comhill,  E.  C  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
o&ce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--- 1  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
yea/  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


The  Hearst  publications  are  barred  by  Canada. 

Canada ! 


Lucky 


Sure! 


Do  the  people  want  war?  asks  a  contemporary. 

Against  the  High  Cost  of  Living  pirates. 

Old  Man  Rounder  insists  that  the  States  of  the  Union 

that  have  gone  dry  are  inhabited  by  boneheads. 

Bagdad  fell  before  British  arms,  this  week,  and  with  that 

fall  passed  the  Kaiser's  dream  of  Asiatic  empire. 

The  redlight  squad  of  police  might  save  a  little  time 

these  days  by  adopting  the  extended  daylight  clock. 

Big  eaters  get  kidney  trouble,  warns  our  doctor.    Yes, 

but  they  dodge  that  major  trouble,  the  trouble  of  beating  the 
h.  c.  I. 

When  is  a  U-boat  not  a  U-boat?  When  it  is  bumped  by 

a  U.  S.  A.  boat.  Our  prize  conundrum  this  week  was  won  by 
Uncle  Sam. 

Germany  declares  it  is  satisfied  with  the  U-boat  block- 
ade of  the  British  Isles.  This  announcement  makes  it  unani- 
mous among  the  nations. 

"All  girl  revue"  is  billed  at  a  local  theatre.    That  beats 

by  a  garter's  length  the  street  show  windows  in  the  present  sea- 
son's ultra  fashion  exhibit. 

Speaker  Clark  predicts  that  the  forthcoming  extra  ses- 
sion of  Congress  will  last  for  more  than  a  year.  Thus  do  we 
invite  inflictions  more  dangerous  than  war. 

Luther  Burbank,  the  wizard  plant  grower,  was  honored 

by  the  State  legislature,  this  week,  on  his  sixty-eighth  birth- 
day.   Burbank  is  some  century  plant  himself. 

If  the  Kaiser  had  his  will,  all  American  cargo  vessels 

would  be  painted  in  broad  stripes,  vari-colored.  Result:  our 
mercantile  fleet  would  look  like  floating  barber  poles. 

General  Carranza  was  practically  unanimously  elected 

President  of  Mexico  this  week  by  the  largest  vote  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Republic.    Not  even  a  Hughes  was  in  sight. 

Senator-elect   Hiram   Johnson  will   reach   Washington 

April  16th  to  be  sworn  into  office  by  Vice-President  Marshall, 
cussed  by  the  Democrats  and  damned  by  the  Republicans. 

The  inquiry  by  Congress  regarding  the  Tom  Lawson 

notorious  charges  of  a  Wall  street  leak  in  President  Wilson's 
Peace  note  cost  the  nation  $50,000  in  attorney's  fees,  etc.  It 
would  have  cost  a  million  dollars  had  there  been  the  usual 
monetary  leaks  in  the  Pork  Barrel. 


The  row  among  local  architects  regarding  harmony  of 

structure  in  the  Civic  Center  gives  every  sign  that  the  tax- 
payers will  break  the  harmony  when  called  on  to  pay  the  piper. 

The  Dutch  are  dodging  the  mine  zone  prescribed  by 

Germany,  by  laying-up  their  ships  in  home  ports,  another  illus- 
tration of  the  phrase  "getting  in  Dutch,"  all  that  the  Kaiser 
asks. 

A  party  of  Chinese  tong  men  have  decided  to  bury  the 

hatchet  and  return  to  the  ways  of  peace.  They  are  disgruntled 
because  the  European  war  is  given  leading  space  in  the  news- 
papers. 

Is  there  anything  more  beautiful  than  the  orchards  of 

California  at  this  season?  asks  a  rhapsodisical  contemporary. 
Sure:  a  potato  crop  of  the  same  acreage  transformed  into  cer- 
tified checks. 

The  Chinese  tongs  in  California  are  taking  a  life  for  a 

life,  an  eye  for  an  eye,  according  to  their  ancient  bandit  prac- 
tice. It  has  been  discovered,  however,  that  some  of  the  eyes 
are  glass  eyes. 

France  has  indeed  won  a  staunch  and  well-tried  friend 

in  the  prominent  local  society  woman  who  confided  to  her 
friends  this  week  that  she  was  going  to  Paris  to  marry  a  soldier 
fresh  from  the  trenches. 

Billy  Sunday  is  reported  to  have  banked  $600,000  in 

the  evangelistic  game.  That  beats  his  former  occupation,  base- 
ball, by  6,000  runs,  and  runs  rings  all  around  the  Apostle  Paul 
in  scraping  up  the  scads. 

Hearst's  Examiner  wins  our  weekly  prize  offered  for  the 

best  "scream"  head  on  fake  news  in  any  daily  paper :  "Kaiser 
Flots  to  Seize  Canal."  The  Emperor  is  better  employed  in 
seeking  to  preserve  his  own  Kiel  Canal. 

Turkey  expresses  a  fond  friendship  for  this  country. 

Dear  old  Turkey,  we  welcome  you  with  inflated  enthusiasm. 
Meet  our  old  friend  Villa  and  spend  an  entertaining  evening  in 
a  dynamite  plant  we  have  provided  across  the  border. 

Local  dailies  are  ablaze  with  the  fact  that  young  Parrott, 

an  heir  to  millions,  is  working  on  the  dock  loading  vessels.  Why 
not?  Every  bean  he  gets  is  a  pick-up,  and  when  one  considers 
the  high  cost  of  living  and  the  soaring  price  of  beans — but  fig- 
ure it  out  for  yourself. 

Wow!    The  commission  house  dealers  of  the  State  are 

wrathy  over  the  power  of  the  State  Market  Director  investigat- 
ing their  books,  records  and  the  food  stores  held  in  cold  storage 
plants.  Evidently  some  one  has  thrown  the  limelight  on  their 
unconscionable  practices. 

The  Minnesota,  the  largest  vessel  carrying  the  American 

flag  on  the  high  seas,  has  safely  reached  New  York  from  this 
port  with  a  cargo  of  520,000  gallons  of  California  wine,  together 
with  raisins,  figs  and  olives,  and  all  the  cafes  in  Manhattan 
celebrated  the  event  in  California  fashion.  Peace  hath  her  vic- 
tories as  well  as  war. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Most  people  are  beginning  to 
Our  State  Law  Matters,     think  of  legislative  merit  in  terms 

of  multitudinous  bills  and  laws. 
Many  of  us  have  followed  the  popular  trend  in  estimating  a 
legislator's  service  by  the  number  of  new  and  useless  laws  he 
may  propose.  A  great  deal  is  heard  of  "constructive"  legisla- 
tion, as  if  there  was  some  magic  in  the  name.  Other  public 
men  are  often  criticised  by  an  unthinking  press  because  their 
names  are  not  identified  with  the  enactment  of  some  new  law 
no  matter  how  haphazard  it  may  be.  It's  the  grain  that  comes 
out  of  the  thresher  that  counts,  not  the  chaff.  To  prevent  en- 
actment of  new  laws  may  be  a  legislator's  highest  merit  and 
to  encourage  legislation,  as  sometimes  practiced  at  Sacramento 
may  be  a  grevious  and  costly  fault.  Tyros  in  legislation  aim  to 
turn  out  "constructive"  measures,  the  result  being  more  de- 
structive than  constructive.  What  we  need  in  this  country  just 
now  is  not  so  much  new  laws  as  the  insistent  repeal  of  bad  laws. 

Raiding     Plants    of 

Food  Speculators. 

Reports  from  many 
sections  of  the  coun- 
try, this  week,  indi- 
cate that  the  foodstuff 
corners  in  the  hands 
of  rapacious  specula- 
tors have  been  given 
such  hard  knocks  that 
many  of  them  have 
collapsed,  with  the 
result  that  prices  in 
these  zones  are  now 
tending  towards  nor- 
mal. Many  of  the 
ma  tip  ulators  of 
prices  have  bumped 
badly.  This  change 
has  been  brought 
about  by  the  prompt 
decision  of  munici- 
pal, State  and  Fed- 
eral authorities  in  ex- 
amining the  contents 
of  storage  plants  and 
other  places  used  in 
s  e  c  r  e  ting  accumu- 
lated foodstuffs  for 
the  purpose  of  boost- 
ing prices  to  the  high- 
est possible  notch. 
Such  unco  vered 
stocks  have  been 
quickly  liberated  un- 
der officiaL  pressure, 
and  have  helped  mea- 
surably to  relieve  the 
situation  in  the  zone 
explored. 

Locally,  Assessor 
Ginty  and  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Mea- 
sures Dolan  early  tabulated  their  first  discoveries  of  foodstuffs 
held  in  stock  locally,  as  follows :  214  sacks  of  beans  98  304 
sacks  of  potatoes  and  14,791  sacks  of  onions.  From  various 
parts  of  the  State  come  reports  of  like  astounding  character. 
A  peculiar  case  developed  in  a  search  at  Colton,  where  three 
carloads  of  potatoes  were  discovered,  but  not  the  owner  de- 
spite the  hard  hunt  made  by  the  Food  Trust  probers  and  the 
Assessor.  In  Los  Angeles  100  carloads  of  potatoes  were  dis- 
covered m  tight  storage,  all  illustrating  the  practice  of  the  food 
monopolists. 

District  Attorney  Fickert  has  promptly  started  an  investiga- 
tion ot  the  local  situation,  with  the  object  of  bringing  guilty  con- 
spirators to  justice.  The  Cartwright  anti-trust  law  will  be  in- 
voked, as  well  as  any  other  act  that  will  transport  these  cold- 


Integrity  of  S.  P. 
System  Sustained. 


blooded  speculators  behind  San  Quentin  bars.  Significant  re- 
ports concerning  large  food  supplies  in  local  storage  have  been 
turned  into  District  Attorney  Fickert's  office  on  which  to  base 
the  necessary  suit  complaints.  Results  are  sternly  and  promptly 
demanded  in  these  reprehensible  cases. 

W 

The  decision  of  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth  Utah 
District  in  upholding  the   integrity 
of   the   Southern   Pacific     Railroad 
system  against  the  attack  of  the  Federal  Government's  suit  to 
dismember  the  Central  Pacific  lines  from  the  network  of  roads 
that  have  been  operated  as  a  unit  for  several  decades  is  a  de- 
cisive and  important  victory  not  only  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
but  for  California  and  the  coast  at  large.    It  unifies  a  splendid 
system  of  transportation  and  co-ordinates  branches  that  can 
now  attain  maximum  results  through  such  consolidation.    The 
West  deals  in  big  things  necessarily,  on  account  of  its  big  dis- 
tances and  big  prob- 
|  lems     in     developing 
extensive       territory. 
Only  on  such  a  scale 
can  the  West  be  eco- 
nomically  developed. 
And    in    this    Pacific 
Coast     territory     the 
Southern  Pacific  sys- 
tem   is    one    of    the 
greatest  agents  in  de- 
veloping     settlement 
of  a  profitable  char- 
acter  for  the   benefit 
of  the  public  at  large. 
This  important  suit 
to       San      Francisco 
grew  out  of  the  un- 
merger  of  the  Union 
Pacific  and  the  South- 
ern    Pacific     systems 
by  the  Federal  gov- 
ernment    under     the 
Sherman  act,  thereby 
bringing  an  end  to  the 
Harriman   idea.     The 
Union  Pacific  tried  its 
hardest  to  keep     the 
Central  Pacific  under 
its  thumb  for  the  co- 
gent reason  that    the 
latter  line     furnished 
it  not  only  a  controll- 
ed exit  to  tidewater, 
but    also    contributed 
the   highly   important 
ferry  system  between 
Oakland      and      San 
Francisco,  one  of  the 
two      great  *  western 
tide  water    terminals 
on  the   U.   S.   Pacific 
Coast  line.     The  late 
John  Eshleman,  president  of  the  State  Railroad  Commission, 
realized  what  a  grave  mistake  would  occur  were  the  Union 
Pacific's  management  given  control  of  the  Central  Pacific.    So 
deeply  was  he  impressed  with  its  importance  that  he  threw  all 
his  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  situation,  as  well  as  his 
extensive  influence,  into  the  contest.    The  business  men  of  the 
State  realized  their  predicament  and  through  union  and  strength 
the    battle  was  won.    This  recent  judgment  of  the  Eighth  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  Utah  caps  the  last  of  the  series  of  important  judi- 
cial contests. 

It  leaves  the  Southern  Pacific  R.  R.  Company  in  a 
freer  position  to  develop  its  system  on  substantial  lines  that 
will  be  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  commercial,  industrial 
and  expanding  West. 


A    UNIQUE    FLIRTATION    IN    CALIFORNIA 


March  17.  1917 

TOWN 
CRIER 


an  J  California  Advertiser 


<7-^j>    * 


That  frolicking  jade.  Fortune,  is  very  uncertain  in  dis- 
tributing her  favors  from  day  to  day  is  aptly  illustrated  in  the 
committee  appointments  awaiting  Senator-elect  Johnson  at 
Washington.  All  of  than  are  of  the  "chloroform"  character, 
not  that  the  committees  chloroform  such  bills  and  applicants 
for  hearing  that  come  before  them  for  consideration,  but  from 
the  fact  that  the  committees  themselves  are  generally  regarded 
by  old-timers  in  Congress  as  being  in  the  dusty  and  cobwebby 
comer  of  desuetude  and  down-and-out  public  affairs.  What 
ambitious  and  eloquent  Senator-elect  can  grow  eloquent  and 
work  in  his  shirt  sleeves  over  such  sucker  committees  as  Wo- 
man Suffrage,  Civil  Service  and  Retrenchment,  Philippines,  Ir- 
rigation and  Reclamation,  Commerce,  Fisheries,  Immigration, 
and  Coast  and  Insular  Survey?  Pork  barrel  practices  have 
chloroformed  them  all,  and  not  until  the  taxpayers  of  the  coun- 
try pungle  up  something  over  a  billion  dollars  for  another  round 
of  Congressional  revelry  will  these  committees  show  even 
breathing  signs  of  life.  Brer  Johnson  will  take  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  his  one  best  bet  something  that  even  that  frolicking  jade, 
Fortune,  will  back  to  the  very  last  dollar  in  her  stocking — the 
Johnson  Nerve.  On  the  use  of  that  magic  wand  he  needs  no 
instructions.  And  so  California  sends  him  to  Washington,  con- 
fident that  in  the  use  of  that  Nerve  he  will  bring  home  the 
bacon — and  it  will  be  Some  Bacon. 

The  Black  Cat,  a  somewhat  lively  and  attractive  feature 

in  the  tabby  skirted  life  of  the  tenderloin,  has  stirred  up  an  un- 
usually complicated  mess  in  which  a  number  of  artful  politi- 
cians, vice  crusaders,  editors,  hoi  polloi,  ex-Black  Hand  experts 
and  investment  brokers  are  having  more  or  less  night  sweats 
and  sour  stomachs.  The  temperamental  vice  crusaders  were  in- 
fluential enough  to  have  the  place  closed  with  others  of  its  ilk 
in  that  locality.  The  Black  Cat,  however,  was  the  Gibraltar  of 
the  situation  because  of  the  vigorous  and  healthy  band  of  fine- 
handed  politicians  who  foregathered  there,  many  of  them  prom- 
inent in  the  Indoor  Yacht  Club.  For  ruthlessly  throwing  the 
barb  into  certain  candidates  backed  by  the  owner  of  the  longest 
leased  wire,  in  the  last  election,  that  paper  determined  to  pay 
off  the  score  with  this  clique  of  politicians  by  aiding  the  vice- 
crusaders,  and  the  Black  Cat  was  specially  selected  to  be 
spiked  to  a  stout  mast.  Some  very  fine  Machivellian  work  has 
been  done  among  these  politicians  to  have  the  padlock  slipped 
off  the  door,  but  so  far  the  editor  has  mobilized  sufficient  in- 
fluence to  hold  the  fort.  The  contest  is  likely  to  make  some 
important  readjustments  in  local  political  affairs. 

A  good  story  has  come  to  hand  from  the  French  war  zone 

regarding  a  young  Piedmont  hero  whose  father  is  well  defended 
against  war's  alarums  by  bond  coupons.  One  miserably  incle- 
ment night,  a  two-wheeled  cart  that  had  been  taken  over  locally 
from  a  French  peasant  for  army  transport  got  stuck  in  the  mud, 
and  as  it  contained  some  odds  and  ends  of  government  stores, 
a  sentry  was  detailed  to  stand  guard  over  it  until  morning.  The 
weather  was  violently  wild,  and  he  sputtered  maledictions  on  the 
hard  luck  he  was  having  in  drawing  positions  for  the  night. 
Presently  he  heard  "visiting  rounds"  approaching,  and  a  happy 
thought  struck  him.  "Sir,"  he  said  to  the  orderly  officer,  "how 
much  is  this  cart  and  its  contents  worth?"  "Oh,  I  don't  know," 
was  the  careless  reply.  "About  $1,000,  I  should  guess."  "Good," 
cried  the  sentry.  "I'll  come  back  with  you  and  write  out  a 
checque  for  that  amount.  Then  I'll  turn  in.  It's  an  easy  ex- 
change if  the  government  is  satisfied." 

She  was  coy  and  shy,  and  as  he  sat  on  the  steps  on  a 

moonlight  evening  in  the  delightful  niche  of  a  Berkeley  garden 
snuggery,  he  claimed  the  right  to  a  kiss  for  every  shooting 
star.  She  at  first  demurred,  as  becoming  a  modest  maiden, 
but  finally  yielded.  She  was  even  so  accommodating  as  to  call 
his  attention  to  flying  meteors  that  were  about  to  escape  his  ob- 
servation. Then  she  called  his  attention  to  the  fire-flies.  At 
last  a  landslide  of  osculation  came  her  way  when  a  biologist 
across  the  avenue  began  hunting  night  bugs  with  a  lantern. 


Reasons  of  the  High  Cost  of  Living 

By  William  Spnoi  i  i . 

The  high  cost  of  living  cannot  be  traced  to  any  defects  in  the 
transportation  systems  of  this  country,  but,  instead,  is  due  to 
changes  in  the  standard  of  living. 

The  high  cost  of  food  is  accounted  for  by  the  law  of  supply 
and  demand.  The  United  States  has  for  a  long  time  produced 
more  food  supplies  of  nearly  all  kinds  than  the  people  of  this 
country  consumed.  The  production  in  excess  of  the  home  con- 
sumption has  been  marketed  abroad,  and  our  production  has 
become  part  of  the  common  stock  of  food  supplies  for  countries 
across  the  seas.  Now  these  countries  are  mostly  at  war,  an 
important  part  of  their  population  becoming  consumers  instead 
of  producers  as  they  are  in  peaceful  times. 

The  demand  of  these  countries  from  us  has  risen  far  in  excess 
of  their  needs  under  normal  conditions,  thus  resulting  in  a  con- 
test between  our  own  people  and  the  people  of  foreign  countries 
as  to  the  price  to  be  paid  for  the  needed  supplies.  The  United 
States  is  a  part  of  a  family  of  nations.  We  cannot  live  apart 
unto  ourselves  even  if  we  wish  to  do  so. 

The  very  prosperity  this  country  is  enjoying  in  general 
has  its  penalties.  We  are  exporting  food  as  well  as  munitions, 
and  in  exchange  for  them  we  are  getting  gold.  We  cannot  eat 
gold.  But  we  can  increase  production,  and  the  problem  of  the 
high  cost  of  living  can  be  solved  only  by  increasing  the  area 
of  production  or  increasing  the  production  from  existing  avail- 
able areas  through  better  methods,  or  by  both. 

The  cost  of  living  will  be  excessive  so  long  as  we  are  all 
eating  our  fill  of  eggs,  broiled  chicken,  roast  veal,  lamb  chops 
and  sirloin  steak.  The  excessive  use  of  eggs  cuts  down  the 
supply  of  chicken.  The  excessive  use  of  young  chicken  for 
broilers  cuts  down  the  available  supply  of  other  food  from  the 
grown  fowl.  Veal  means  the  slaughter  of  the  young  animals, 
instead  of  allowing  it  to  grow  to  maturity  and  furnish  us  the 
normal  quantity  of  food  it  would  afford  us.  It  is  the  same  with 
lamb.  It  is  notorious  that  the  butchers,  wholesale  and  retail, 
seek  the  choice  cuts  for  household  consumption  and  market  the 
rest  with  great  difiiculty.  We  need  to  learn  the  art  of  living 
within  our  means.  This  is  easy  for  those  who  have  sufficient 
means,  and  I  realize  this,  yet  it  is  a  thing  that  has  to  be  done, 
no  matter  who  says  it,  and  whether  we  like  it  or  not. 

The  talk  of  making  large  appropriations  to  distribute  food 
as  an  emergency  proceeds  on  a  theory  that  has  always  been  a 
failure.  It  is  the  old  story,  we  must  cut  our  coat  to  fit  the 
cloth.  In  a  nation  where  every  able  bodied  man  has  plenty  of 
work  available,  it  becomes  a  mere  case  of  living  economically. 

I  have  just  returned  from  Baltimore,  and  the  striking  feature 
that  interests  we  there  is  the  market  basket.  In  that  city  the 
market  is  four  blocks  long,  and  on  Saturday  nights  the  work- 
men come  from  work  with  market  baskets  on  their  arms,  and 
thousands  of  women  with  baskets  go  to  and  from  the  markets. 

The  railroads,  in  conjunction  with  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission,  and  by  their  independent  exertions,  are  doing 
everything  in  their  power  to  relieve  freight  congestion  and  to 
obtain  a  re-distribution  of  the  cars  so  that  shipments  may  move 
as  rapidly  as  possible.  The  Southern  Pacific  Company  has  a 
representative  on  the  railroad  committee  at  Washington  which, 
in  conjunction  with  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  is 
working  on  this  subject  of  distribution.  I  am  happy  to  say  that 
this  company  and  other  western  roads  are  feeling  the  beneficial 
effects  of  the  efforts  being  undertaken  at  Washington. 

The  railroads  are  also  called  upon  to  co-operate  with  the 
government  in  any  military  measure  that  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  deem  advisable.  This  gives  the  railroads  another  prob- 
lem. For  this  purpose,  the  country  has  been  divided  into  four 
transportation  districts.  It  is  the  policy  and  the  purpose  of  the 
railroads  to  work  most  heartily  in  co-operation  with  the  mili- 
tary authorities. 

I  have  been  selected  to  be  chairman  of  the  western  committee 
of  the  roads,  along  with  President  Ripley  of  the  Santa  Fe  and 
President  Farrell  of  the  Oregon- Washington  Navigation  Com- 
pany, the  two  other  members  of  the  committee.  In  the  west 
we  have  had  the  benefit  of  co-operation  already  with  Major- 
General  Franklin  K.  Bell  and  his  able  staff  in  the  mobilization 
of  troops  along  the  Mexican  border.  Details  of  the  work  of 
the  committees  have  not  yet  been  defined.  The  railroads  will 
do  everything  they  can  to  be  responsive  to  the  needs  of  the 
military  arm  of  the  government. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


"Torpedoed  Without  Warning" 

What  happens  when  a  great  liner,  on  her  maiden  voyage,  hits 
an  iceberg  and  sinks  in  half  an  hour  was  learned  by  the  public 
when  the  Titanic  went  down,  in  1912,  and  the  details  were  re- 
ceived in  unparalleled  horror.  Now,  what  happens  when  a 
liner,  bound  for  a  British  port  and  loaded  with  contraband,  is 
torpedoed  without  warning  has  become  known  through  the  tales 
of  survivors  of  the  steamer  Laconia,  recently  submarined  off 
the  Irish  coast.  How  the  vessel  slowly  settled,  how  the  pas- 
sengers were  hastily  bundled  into  open  boats,  where  they  floated 
for  hours,  so  exposed  to  the  weather  that  three  of  themare 
known  to  have  died,  is  the  burthen  of  all  narratives  received 
after  the  life-boats  began  to  make  land. 

The  last  dinner  of  the  voyage  was  over  and  some  of  the  wo- 
men had  already  turned  in  and  were  actually  in  bed.  In  the 
smoke-room  men  were  playing  auction  bridge.  Half  a  dozen 
children  were  romping  in  the  saloon.  The  Laconia  was  show- 
ing no  lights  and  keeping  a  sharp  lookout. 

Immediately  following  a  glimpse  of  uninterrupted  moonlight 
at  about  9:15  o'clock  the  first  torpedo  crashed  into  the  liner, 
hitting  her  well  aft.  There  was  no  sign  of  the  attacker  and  no- 
body even  saw  the  shark-fin  wake  of  the  torpedo  on  its  journey. 
The  ship  shivered  under  the  blow.  Everybody  felt  it  and  knew 
what  had  happened,  but  there  was  not  the  slightest  panic  on 
board. 

Captain  Irvine  instantly  ordered  the  turning  on  of  every  light 
in  the  ship,  and  in  half  a  dozen  seconds  the  vessel  was  ablaze 
with  electricity.  The  familiar  boat  drill,  practiced  zealously 
every  day  by  all  on  board,  was  repeated  all  over  again  as  if  it 
were  a  drill  and  no  more.  All  the  boats,  fully  equipped  and 
provisioned,  were  swung  out.  As  the  ship  began  to  settle  down, 
the  women  and  children  were  taken  off  first,  and  the  rest  of  the 
passengers  followed. 

A  quarter  of  an  hour  after  the  ship  had  been  struck  she  had 
listed  heavily  to  starboard.  Then,  as  the  water-tight  bulkheads 
on  the  port  side  began  to  fill,  she  slowly  righted  herself  and  lay 
on  an  even  keel  once  more. 

The  Laconia  was  sinking,  but  so  slowly  that  the  murderous 
U-boat,  watching  near  by,  bobbed  up  again  close  alongside  and 
let  fly  another  torpedo.  Far  amidships  it  crashed  into  the  en- 
gine room,  and  that  was  the  end  of  the  Laconia. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Waring,  of  New  York,  was  in  an  officer's 
stateroom  when  the  vessel  was  hit,  and  realizing  the  peril  in 
which  they  were,  he  rushed  at  once  to  put  on  a  life  preserver. 
After  adjusting  it,  he  proceeded  to  the  deck. 

"I  went  to  Lifeboat  9,  which  was  the  boat  allotted  to  me  dur- 
ing boat  drill.  There  was  some  confusion  owing  to  a  number 
of  electric  lights  having  been  extinguished  by  the  explosion, 
but  on  the  whole  the  passengers  were  calm  and  collected.  When 
the  men  passengers  were  getting  into  the  boat  they  were  told 
not  to,  as  there  were  women  standing  by.  The  women  and 
their  friend,  a  young  man,  were  got  into  the  boat  at  once.  I  and 
others  followed  them.  The  boat  was  then  lowered  away,  but 
the  tackles  jammed  and  left  it  hanging  at  a  very  dangerous 
angle.  Dr.  Kennedy  cut  the  rope  and  it  went  safely  into  the 
water.  A  similar  difficulty  arose  in  Lifeboat  7.  It  was  in  dan- 
ger of  fouling  our  boat.  Dr.  Kennedy  again  saved  the  situation 
by  swinging  a  rope  aside,  and  Lifeboat  7  was  launched  safely." 
Another  survivor  said :  "I  happened  to  be  in  the  smoke-room 
at  the  time  playing  cards  with  a  few  friends.  I  immediately 
went  on  deck  and  was  taken  by  an  officer  to  a  boat  in  which 
were  twenty-one  others.  The  boat  was  let  down  too  quickly, 
and  I  called  out  to  those  aboard,  but  they  continued  to  lower  us 
down  rapidly,  with  the  result  that  the  side  of  our  boat  came  in 
contact  with  the  Laconia,  and  four  or  five  feet  of  our  little  craft 
was  broken  in. 

"When  we  reached  the  water  the  sea  came  in  over  the  gun- 
wale, but  I  got  an  oar  and  pushed  off  about  six  feet.  We  were 
then  able  to  use  the  oars,  but  we  were  full  of  water.  All  the 
other  life-boats  were  able  to  use  their  lights,  but,  though  we 
tried  several  times,  we  were  not  able  to  use  ours.  At  times  the 
sea  washed  over  us  almost  up  to  our  chests.  Every  wave  pitched 
us  about.    It  was  a  horrible  experience. 

"Six  persons  died  in  our  boat  and  one  member  of  the  crew 
threw  himself  over  the  side,  owing  to  the  awful  tortures  we  were 
suffering.  Three  of  the  dead  were  women.  A  negro,  after 
showing  signs  of  distress,  died  within  an  hour.  We  had  to 
throw  the  body  overboard  to  lighten  the  weight  of  the  boat.  The 


same  thing  occurred  when  the  others  died.  But  this  presented 
another  difficulty.  In  the  boat  there  were  two  large  water-tight 
compartments,  fore  and  aft,  and  four  small  ones  in  the  center. 
Owing  to  the  damage  to  our  craft  at  the  start,  those  in  the  cen- 
ter, with  no  weight  now  to  keep  them  down,  were  forced  up,  and 
the  water  rushed  in  on  us. 

"Then  Mr.  Ivatt,  who  was  not  physically  strong,  succumbed 
in  the  arms  of  his  fiancee,  who  was  close  beside  him,  trying 
in  vain  to  keep  him  warm  by  throwing  her  wealth  of  hair  about 
his  neck.  Even  after  he  died  she  refused  to  give  him  up,  and 
although  the  additional  weight  made  the  situation  more  danger- 
ous for  us  all,  we  yielded  to  her  pitiful  pleading  and  allowed 
her  to  keep  the  body.  It  was  taken  aboard  the  rescuing  patrol, 
from  which  it  was  buried.  The  burial  aboard  the  patrol,  at 
which  I  officiated,  was  a  solemn  and  memorable  ceremony. 

"The  Hoys  were  the  next  to  pass  away  after  Mr.  Ivatt.  Then 
a  fireman  died,  and  later  two  others  of  the  crew  who  were  too 
thinly  clad  to  resist  exposure.  Altogether  we  were  in  the  boat 
ten  hours. 

"Mrs.  Hoy  died  in  the  arms  of  her  daughter.  Her  body  slipt 
off  into  the  sea  out  of  her  daughter's  weakened  arms.  The 
heart-broken  daughter  succumbed  a  few  minutes  afterward,  and 
her  body  fell  over  the  side  of  the  boat  as  we  were  tossed  by  the 
huge  waves." 

"There  was  a  French  lady  in  the  boat  whose  name  I  think 
was  Siklosi.  She  was  crossing  to  appear  at  the  Ambassador 
Theatre  in  London.  She  was  a  plucky  little  lady,  but  how  she 
went  through  what  she  did  is  marvelous.  Her  cousin,  I  think  he 
was,  who  was  with  us  in  the  boat,  died  from  exposure,  but  she 
did  not  believe  he  was  dead,  and  got  me  to  place  an  oar  between 
the  seats  on  which  we  stretched  him.  I  knew  he  was  dead,  but 
had  not  the  heart  to  throw  him  overboard. 

"During  the  night  we  saw  a  ship's  light  in  quite  near  to  us. 
We  shouted  with  all  our  might,  but  it  was  of  no  use.  At  dawn 
we  saw  a  vessel  far  off  from  us.  We  shouted  again  and  again, 
and  then  I  got  an  oar  and  tied  a  white  garment  to  it.  They  sent 
up  a  rocket  to  signal  they  had  seen  us.  We  could  not  have 
lasted  another  half  hour.  We  had  been  almost  eight  hours  in 
the  boat." 

All  the  boats  were  out  of  range  of  the  maelstrom  as  she 
went  down.  Round  about  in  the  flickering  moonlight  the  little 
fleet  of  lifeboats  lay  rocking  on  the  swell,  their  passengers 
watching  her  last  struggles,  every  soul  silent  and  tense  with 
emotion. 

Boat  15  was  standing  by  with  women  passengers  of  the  sec- 
ond class  on  board  and  a  full  complement  of  sixty  persons  all 
told.  Suddenly,  right  under  her  bows,  rose  the  submarine  once 
more,  as  a  long  cloak  of  cloud  trailed  across  the  moon  and  dark- 
ened the  sea. 

"We  could  only  see  the  beast  dimly,"  said  one  of  the  women, 
"but  it  was  a  huge,  black  shape,  dwarfing  us  and  drenching  us 
as  it  rose.  We  could  make  out  two  guns  on  board,  and  big  guns 
they  were,  too. 

"Standing  by,  on  the  platform  by  the  periscope,  were  two  or 
three  men,  and  one  of  them,  who  said  he  was  commander,  spoke 
to  us  in  a  very  soft  voice.  His  English  was  quite  good,  but 
guttural. 

"  'What  is  the  name  of  your  ship,  her  tonnage  and  her 
cargo?' "  he  said. 

"Somebody  near  me  said:  'Don't  tell  the  murderer  anything; 
let's  just  sing  'Rule  Brittania'  at  him  and  defy  him  to  do  his 
worst.'  But  the  steward  in  charge  of  the  boat  wisely  said :  'No, 
we  had  better  not  do  that.  We  are  entirely  in  his  hands,  and 
the  best  thing  to  do  is  to  answer  his  questions.'  Then  he  sang 
out: 

"  T  want  to  tell  you  first  that  we  have  got  women  and  children 
on  board,  in  case  you're  thinking  of  sending  us  down  as  well  as 
our  ship.' 

"The  commander  of  the  submarine  then  said :  'What's  become 
of  your  captain  and  where  is  he  ?  I  want  him.  Is  he  on  board 
that  boat?' 

"Somebody  replied  that  the  captain  of  the  British  ship  was 
doing  his  duty  in  the  place  where  a  British  captain  would  al- 
ways be  found.  To  this  the  submarine  commander  could  find 
no  suitable  reply,  and  after  other  questions  he  had  asked  had 
been  answered  he  said  no  more  beyond  informing  the  crew  of 
one  boat  that  a  vessel  would  be  on  the  scene  to  pick  them  up. 

"  'Good-night,'  said  he,  and  then  he  gave  a  signal  and  the 
submarine  sunk  out  of  sight. 


March  17,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


LEAKS  FROM    WIREl 

The  all-night  session  and  the  all-night  filibuster  at  the  close 
of  a  Congress  are  not  extraordinary  incidents  in  Washington. 
When  speakers  in  relays  are  talking  against  time  in  the  House 
it  is  not  unusual  for  the  members  to  permit  them  to  talk  to  the 
Speaker,  the  clerical  force  and  empty  benches.  During  long 
waits  in  all-ni^ht  sessions,  when  conference  committees  are 
ing  elsewhere,  the  customary  thing  is  to  set  some  popular 
ng,  such  familiar  pieces  as  the  "Old  Kentucky 
Home."  "Way  Down  Upon  the  Swanee  Ribber."  "Old  Black 
Joe."  and  "Carry  Me  Back  to  Ole  Virginny"  taking  the  lead. 

This  seeming  levity  may,  however,  conceal  the  deepest  con- 
cern. Some  of  the  most  important  measures  of  the  entire  ses- 
sion, to  groups  of  Congressmen,  to  the  parties,  and  to  the  coun- 
try, may  be  in  suspension  at  the  last  hour,  even  in  the  last  min- 
utes of  the  closing  legislative  day.  At  no  other  time  is  parlia- 
mentary skill  better  displayed  than  at  the  point  where  a  small 
group,  holding  the  balance  of  power,  may  dictate  the  terms  on 
which  measures  of  moment  to  the  Administration  or  opposition 
forces  shall  be  carried  or  defeated.  Bargains  that  have  hung 
fire  for  months  are  often  struck  just  before  the  Speaker's  gavel 

announces  adjournment  sine  die. 

•  •  * 

Are  there  any  "chances"  these  days  for  the  poor  and  friend- 
less, but  ambitious  and  determined  boy?  They  are  telling  of 
a  lad  in  Chicago,  whose  name  is  published  along  with  the  de- 
tails of  his  experience,  who  took  a  humble  job  in  a  great  indus- 
trial concern  of  that  city  just  thirty  years  ago,  and  has  been 
climbing  ever  since,  one  step  of  the  ladder  at  a  time,  until, 
within  the  last  few  days,  he  reached  the  top  as  general  mana- 
ger of  the  establishment.  Asked  for  a  recipe  that  might  be 
valuable  to  other  boys,  he  gave  this :  "Rise  early,  work  late, 
play  hard,  be  merry,  don't  worry,  and  be  good."    It  isn't  the 

"chance"  after  all :  it's  the  boy. 

*  »  » 

The  gratifying  announcement  is  made,  by  wild  game  conser- 
vation societies  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States,  that 
game  is  no  longer  decreasing.  With  the  rapid  clearing  of  for- 
ests, and  with  too  lax  laws  for  the  protection  of  birds  and  ani- 
mals, the  country  apparently  faced,  until  a  few  years  ago,  the 
extermination  of  wild  life.  Reforestation  and  the  setting  apart 
of  large  forest  reserves  have  helped  in  the  work  of  conservation. 
The  result  will  be  more  noticeable  from  year  to  year.  In  many 
sections  of  the  country,  too,  laws  have  been  passed,  supple- 
menting the  Federal  migratory  bird  provision,  which  insure 

valuable  and  timely  protection. 

*  *  * 

From  St.  Louis  comes  word  to  the  effect  that  the  Pullman 
Company  is  about  to  establish  a  manufacturing  plant  in  that 
city  which  will  give  employment  to  about  3,000  men.  A  Pull- 
man settlement  is  to  be  provided  which  will  accommodate  a 
population  of  from  10,000  to  14,000  people.  Although  the  most 
ambitious  of  all  the  communal  enterprises  entered  upon  by  this 
company  proved  a  severe  disappointment  to  its  founder,  it  has 
never  wholly  departed  from  the  idea  of  keeping  its  workers 
and  their  families,  so  to  speak,  under  its  wings.  It  has  several 
industrial  colonies  such  as  that  which  it  proposes  to  found  in 

the  outskirts  of  Missouri's  chief  city. 

«  *  * 

Seven  million  pounds  of  food  arriving  at  New  York  has  been 
condemned  by  the  Health  Department  within  the  past  20  weeks 
— one-fifth  of  1  per  cent  of  the  total  arrival.  Inadequate  ship- 
ping facilities  are  s?id  to  be  largely  responsible  for  the  waste. 
The  social  organism,  in  a  word,  is  suffering  from  poor  circula- 
tion.   The  doctors  should  get  busy. 

•  •  • 

Curious  food  substitutes  are  being  manufactured  in  Ger- 
many. Concentrated  beef  essence  the  other  day  was  found  to 
consist  principally  of  glue.  The  sort  of  thing  that,  as  old-fash- 
ioned people  say,  would  stick  to  your  ribs. 


William  Wilberforce,  the  slave  liberator,  had  a  sister 

who  was  a  hustler.  She  hustled  for  William  at  the  hustings  and 
succeeded  in  getting  him  elected  to  Parliament.  On  one  occa- 
sion, when  she  had  concluded  her  stump  speech,  some  enthusi- 
asts in  the  crowd  shouted:  "Miss  Wilberfore  forever!"  The  lady 
stepped  forward.  "Gentlemen,  I  thank  you,"  she  said,  "but,  be- 
lieve me,  I  do  not  wish  to  be  Miss  Wilberforce  forever." — Tit- 
Bits. 


CREDIT  DUE  DIREl  TOR  HERTZ  FOR  SYMPHONY 

SUi.i  I  SS. 
It  is  evident  that  Director  Hertz  has  a  warm  heart  and  a  just 
appreciation  of  Schubert's  "unfinished"  symphony,  for  by  some 
magical  sense  he  drew  new  magical  charms  from  the  poetic 
score.  It  goes  without  saying  that  both  director  and  musicians 
appreciate  the  rare  music  embalmed  in  that  extraordinary  com- 
position. The  lovely  "Euryanthe"  overture  was  given  with  rare 
sympathy  and  a  fine  judgment  of  its  orchestral  qualities.  The 
surprise  of  the  program  was  Strauss's  "Blue  Danube,"  perhaps 
the  greatest  of  pure  waltzes,  and  endeared  to  the  hearts  of 
dancers  the  world  over.  The  genius  of  Hertz  raised  the  theme 
above  the  waltz  movement  and  clarified  the  pure  music  it  epito- 
mizes when  expressed  by  appreciative  musicians  under  sympa- 
thetic direction.  More  and  more  as  this  series  of  splendid  sym- 
phony programs  approach  the  end  of  the  season,  the  larger  au- 
diences are  becoming  keenly  appreciative  of  the  exquisite  in- 
terpretation of  the  old  and  contrasting  modern  masters  so  much 
enjoyed.  Some  public  compliment  is  certainly  due  Conductor 
Hertz  for  the  unusual  pleasure  he  has  given  us  this  very  suc- 
cessful season. 


THE  LANDSCAPE. 
How  dear  to  my  heart  are  the  signs  on  the  billboards 

When  the  New  Haven  local  presents  them  to  view — 
The  smoking  tobacco,  the  borated  talcum, 

The  corsets,  pianos,  and  chewing-gum,  too. 

Ah,  why  should  we  care  for  a  glimpse  of  the  ocean, 
A  look  at  the  hills,  or  the  grand,  distant  view, 

In  place  of  tobacco  and  borated  talcum, 

Of  corsets,  pianos,  and  chewing  gum,  too? 

In  fond  recollection  I'll  cherish  those  pirates 

Who  put  up  those  billboards — to with  the  view! 

We've  smoking  tobacco  and  borated  talcum 
And  corsets,  pianos,  and  chewing  gum,  too! 

— Frank  A.  Waugh,  in  Life. 


BACK  FROM  NEW  YORK. 
A.  J.  Hart,  a  San  Jose  merchant,  has  returned  from  a  trip  in 
the  East.  He  tells  of  a  great  influx  of  visitors  to  Manhattan 
who  back  the  many  big  hotels.  By  a  fortunate  chance  he  had 
secured  his  room  in  the  Biltmore  one  month  ahead.  "The  Bilt- 
more,"  he  said,  "has  1,000  rooms,  and  all  of  them  were  occu- 
pied. It  was  a  very  interesting  sight  to  see  those  crowds.  It 
was  particularly  interesting  to  watch  the  skating  in  the  ice  rink 
within  the  hotel.  One  or  two  hundred  people  were  turned  away 
every  day  from  this  hotel.  I  had  to  pay  25  cents  for  one 
orange,  60  cents  for  two  scrambled  eggs,  55  cents  for  an  in- 
dividual pot  of  coffee  with  cream,  and  40  cents  for  half  a 
grapefruit.  Life  is  strenuous  there,  punctuated  with  gayety, 
sport,  high  living  and  thrills  of  the  latest  excitement  that  little 
old  New  York  always  furnishes  to  keep  up  the  show,  thrills 
that  visitors  persist  in  demanding." 


THE  SHELL. 

Shrieking  its  message  the  flying  death 
Cursed  the  resisting  air, 
Then  buried  its  nose  by  a  battered  church, 
A  skeleton  gaunt  and  bare. 

The  brains  of  science,  the  money  of  fools 
Had  fashioned  an  iron  slave 
Destined  to  kill,  yet  the  futile  end 
Was  a  child's  uprooted  grave. 

— H.  S.  S.  in  The  Poetry  Review. 


Ever  since  the  Winter  Garden  opened  with  its  large  and 

attractive  field  of  ice,  interest  in  skating  in  San  Francisco  has 
increased  immensely.  The  public  find  in  this  spacious  rink  the 
delights  of  an  incomparable  sport  which  exhilarates  the  spirits 
while  swinging  airily  over  the  smooth  ice.  Ice  skating  has 
caught  the  public  fancy,  and  crowds  of  enthusiasts  throng  the 
Winter  Palace  nightly. 


Caller — That  new  girl  of  your  seems  nice  and  quiet. 

Hostess — Oh,  very  quiet.     She  doesn't  even  disturb  the  dust 
when  she's  cleaning  the  room. — Tit-Bits. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


Jags  Set  in  Platinum. 

Ward  Barron  has  discovered  that  a  "jag"  set  in  platinum 
comes  high,  and  hereafter  he  intends  to  stay  on  the  water 
wagon,  or  at  any  rate  to  choose  a  less  expensive  bunk  on  which 
to  sleep  off  the  fumes  of  alcohol  than  the  platinum  couch  on 
which  the  police  found  him  reposing  the  other  night.  The  de 
luxe  suite  at  the  St.  Francis  would  have  been  a  much  more 
economica.  resting  place,  although  it  would  not  have  included 
the  attendant  worry  and  publicity  which  has  accompanied  the 
nocturnal  adventure  with  Morpheus  into  the  land  of  the  most 
precious  of  metals. 

Cuff  links,  cigarette  holders  and  cases,  collar  buttons,  studs, 
watches,  knives  and  other  accessories  of  the  toilet  have  long 
been  de  rigeur  when  built  of  platinum;  and  platinum  engage- 
ment rings  ornamented  by  diamonds  and  platinum  wedding 
rings,  especially  for  second  marriages,  have  long  been  recog- 
nized as  giving  out  just  the  proper  metallic  sound  for  smart  set 
marriages.  But  it  remained  for  this  scion  of  the  house  of  Bar- 
ron to  hit  the  trail  for  a  platinum  snooze,  which  is  an  expensive 
rhyme  for  booze,  as  Barron  now  realizes. 
©    ffi    © 

Enter  the  Crooks. 

Meanwhile,  gossip  takes  a  short  cut  out  through  all  other  con- 
versation, makes  a  wide  detour  of  the  small  talk  of  the  moment, 
and  comes  back  to  this  thrilling  melodrama  pulled  off  by  Bar- 
ron. At  the  men's  clubs  there  are  any  number  of  theories  about 
how  the  young  chap  got  into  such  a  predicament.  There,  at 
any  rate,  no  one  believes  that  he  was  playing  the  part  of  the 
gentlemanly  Raffles;  in  fact,  there  is  much  indignation  over  the 
whisper  that  he  fully  realized  the  value  of  his  couch  de  plati- 
num, and  intended  to  take  it  with  him !  Those  who  know  him 
scout  the  idea  of  the  owner  of  the  platinum  and  other  suspicious 
people  that  Barron  did  not  tell  a  straight  story. 

But  there  are  some  who  know  and  like  him  who  do  be- 
lieve that  he  did  not  stumble  accidentally  into  that  place. 
Among  his  own  club  fellows  is  whispered  the  theory  that  after 
looking  too  long  and  too  deep  on  the  cup  that  inebriates,  he  fell 
into  company  with  one  or  more  crooks,  who  intended  to  use 
him  to  help  get  away  with  the  swag,  and  that  they  were  sober 
enough  to  make  a  get-away  when  the  police  appeared. 

Which  theory  goes  to  prove  that  the  movies  have  contami- 
nated the  imaginations  of  those  who  know  an  oyster  fork  from 
a  butter  knife.  For  is  it  possible  that  society  young  men  out- 
side of  photoplays  adventure  with  crooks  even  in  their  dizziest- 
fizziest  moments?  Quien  sabe?  Least  of  all  the  hero  of  this 
seven  reel,  feature  fantasy,  who  does  not  remember  anything 
beyond  the  fact  that  he  was  reeling  drunk. 
©    ©    © 

The  Platinum  Barron^  or  Seven  Snoozes  to  the  Caboose. 

Meanwhile,  Mrs.  Ward  Barron  is  valiantly  standing  by  her 
spouse.  As  related  in  these  columns  last  week,  she  has  aban- 
doned the  leisure  life  for  an  agency  which  is  revolutionizing  the 
fine  art  of  building  fires  by  eliminating  kindling  wood.  No 
longer  need  the  recalcitrant  husband  go  through  a  matudinal 
endurance  test  starting  the  fires  in  the  kitchen  stoves  in  the 
morning.  No  longer  need  he  profane  the  evening  hours  in  the 
effort  to  kindle  a  glow  in  the  fireplace.  There  is  now  a  self- 
starting  invention  which  takes  the  ire  out  of  fire  building,  and 
as  the  Barrons  have  the  agency  for  it,  why  not  theorize  that 
Ward  Barron  got  lit  up  making  a  test  case  of  this  apparatus 
instead  of  building  up  plots  for  a  photo  play  entitled  "The  Pla- 
tinum Barron,  or  Seven  Snoozes  to  the  Caboose. 

©     ©    ffi 
Mrs.  McNutt  Potter  Engaged? 

Gossip  has  of  late  been  casting  an  appraising  eye  on  hand- 
some Mrs.  Mamie  McNutt  Potter,  and  the  calculating  dame  de- 
clares that  she  can  read  a  matrimonial  intention  in  that  lady's 
horoscope.  The  fortunate  suitor  is  an  Eastern  man  who  has 
paid  much  attention  to  the  fascinating  Mrs.  Potter  on  his  num- 
erous visits  out  here,  and  the  only  regret  which  would  dampen 


the  enthusiasm  of  her  friends  here  is  that  this  marriage  will 
mean  a  home  in  the  East. 

During  the  early  years  of  her  marriage  to  Ashton  Potter,  she 
spent  most  of  her  time  traveling  around  the  world,  and  it  was 
with  great  joy  that  her  legion  of  friends  welcomed  her  decision 
to  make  San  Francisco  her  home  when  she  decided  to  part  from 
the  gay  and  dashing  young  man  who  had  won  her  fancy  when 
he  came  to  San  Francisco  as  a  volunteer  officer  in  the  army  that 
sailed  through  this  port  in  our  little  affair  with  Spain.  Mrs. 
Potter  is  a  very  attractive  woman,  and  a  number  of  suitors  have 
laid  seige  to  her  affections,  and  by  the  signs  of  the  zodiac  the 
soothsayers  profess  that  this  time  one  has  come  out  of  the  East 
with  victory  written  in  his  quest. 

©    ©    © 
House  Broken  Members. 

That  most  interesting  experiment,  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club, 
is  thriving  beyond  the  soaring  ambitions  of  its  founders.  In 
spite  of  the  heterogenous  membership,  the  atmosphere  is  happy 
and  the  waiting  list  grows  longer  every  day. 

Those  who  scoffed  at  the  rules  and  stubbed  their  toes  in  the 
red  tape  are  now  disciplined  into  docility  or  convinced  of  their 
efficacy.  The  temperature  of  the  first  day's  mishaps  has  cooled 
down  to  normal,  and  threatened  resignations  have  never  mater- 
ialized. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury  Kept  Rules  Taut. 

Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury,  who  kept  the  rules  intact  those  first 
days  is  now  being  congratulated  for  what  was  then  deemed  un- 
necessary severity.  For  example,  members  were  supposed  to 
bring  their  cards  for  presentation  the  first  day.  Of  course,  mem- 
bers ignored  the  request  or  forgot  to  bring  them.  Among  those 
who  came  cardless  was  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker.  She  was  stag- 
gered when  refused  admittance.  The  president  saw  her  at  the 
threshold  and  approached  her.  The  cynic  bystander  expected  to 
see  class  lines  drawn,  and  Mrs.  Crocker  admitted,  though  no- 
bodies and  near-somebodies  had  been  denied.  But  Mrs.  Pills- 
bury, in  her  nicest  manner,  said  to  her  friend,  Mrs.  Crocker: 
"Sorry,  but  we  can't  make  any  distinctions.  We've  refused  to 
let  others  in  without  their  cards,  and  while  I  know  you  are  a 
member,  we  must  have  one  rule  for  all!"  And  Mrs.  Templeton 
Crocker  went  on  her  way,  and  so  did  a  number  of  other  women 
equally  well  known  to  the  director  and  of  great  social  import- 
ance in  the  community.  For  a  time  the  rumor  ran  that  they 
were  so  outraged  at  holding  the  rules  so  taut  that  they  intended 
to  resign,  but  good  sense  and  good  humor  prevailed,  and  they 
did  not  remove  the  glamour  of  their  names  from  the  mailing 
list. 

ffi    ©    © 

The  Follis-Kingsbury  Nuptials. 

Mrs.  Marybelle  Gwin  Follis  and  Kenneth  Kingsbury  surprised 
their  friends  by  marrying  on  Tuesday  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents,  the  William  Gwins,  without  any  preliminary  notice  of 
the  ceremony,  and  with  only  a  dozen  members  of  the  bride's 
immediate  family  present.  Mrs.  Follis  was  beginning  to  show 
the  strain  of  the  lavish  entertaining  which  their  friends  were 
showering  upon  them,  the  inhibitions  of  Lent  in  nowise  putting 
a  restraining  influence  upon  the  hospitable  inclinations  of  their 
devoted  friends. 

So  Kingsbury  prevailed  upon  his  bride  to  curtail  the  engage- 
ment period  and  the  ceremony  was  performed  without  any  an- 
nouncement. The  Kingsburys  will  reside  at  Stanford  Court,  and 
will  doubtless  be  a  factor  in  the  social  life  of  the  season,  for  al- 
though the  beautiful  bride  has  gone  about  very  little  in  late 
years,  she  knows  how  to  play  the  social  game  with  grace  and 
distinction,  and  will  undoubtedly  show  her  practiced  hand  in 
the  game. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Carolan  Trains  Audiences. 

The  musicale  at  the  Carolan  home  on  Wednesday  night  was 
the  incentive  for  innumerable  dinner  parties  down  the  peninsula 
way.  The  Walter  Martins,  Henry  Clarence  Breedons  and  Rich- 
ard McCreerys  were  among  those  who  gave  large  dinner  parties, 
and  at  many  other  homes  there  were  informal  little  dinner 
parties. 

Mrs.  Carolan  is  herself  a  musician  of  ability,  and  is  deter- 
mined that  these  affairs  shall  give  the  artists  an  opportunity  to 
show  their  talents  without  competing  with  the  conversational 
ability  of  those  who  do  not  hesitate  to  darken  a  fine  white  note 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


by  whispering  small  talk  to  a  neighbor.  Mrs.  Carolan  has  not 
hesitated  to  express  her  opinion  of  those  who  spoil  a  program 
by  talk,  and  her  opinions  are  always  stated  with  a  crispness 
and  sincerity  that  leaves  her  meaning  revealed  stark  and  staring 
naked  to  the  gaie  of  the  most  thoughtless. 

The  result  was  evidenced  by  the  almost  religious  solemnity 
with  which  the  rapt  audience  listened  to  the  songs.  Not  the 
least  musical  member  dared  to  depart  from  the  standard  of  con- 
duct laid  down  by  the  hostess,  and  the  result  must  have  been 
very  gratifying  to  the  artist.  A  few  more  of  these  affairs,  and 
the  artists  will  have  no  more  complaint  to  make  of  inattentive 
society  audiences. 


Among  the  connoisseurs  of  country  beautification  are  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  F.  Oakes.  whose  home  grounds  at  Ross  have  un- 
dergone a  transformation  during  the  winter  months. 

Mr.  Oakes  has  decided  not  to  build  his  new  home  for  another 
season  or  so,  and  has  devoted  his  energies  toward  transforming 
the  garden  to  a  realm  of  beauty  that  in  time  will  be  unsurpassed 
by  any  of  the  Ross  Valley  home  sites. 

Mr.  Oakes  has  engaged  the  MacRorie-McLaren  Company, 
of  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  fame,  to  give  his 
hillsides  a  similar  treatment,  and  they  have  certainly  been 
transformed  overnight,  as  it  were.  Shrubbery  and  thousands  of 
bulbs  in  many  beautiful  shades  are  in  evidence. 

Many  new  plans  of  development  for  the  next  season  are  con- 
templated. At  the  outlet  of  the  old  tunnel  he  is  to  construct  a 
Rock  Garden,  where  the  choicest  rock  plants  are  to  be  placed. 
Another  feature  will  be  an  Alpine  Walk  under  the  Oaks. 
Three  of  the  large  specimen  Cedrus  Atlantica  that  graced  the 
Exposition  grounds  have  been  grouped  near  the  house.  This 
movement  of  beautification  is  highly  commendable,  and  those 
who  have  the  initiative  can  do  so  much  toward  stimulating 
California  outdoor  life. 

Other  of  the  prominent  people  working  along  these  lines  of 
making  country  homes  beautiful  are  Andrew  Welsh  of  San 
Mateo;  Mrs.  H.  Glyde,  Claremont;  James  K.  Moffitt,  Piedmont; 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Garrett,  Marysville;  and  James  Rolph,  Jr.,  of  Wood- 
side. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  I.  M.  Bradley's  luncheon  on  Wednesday  was  one  of 
the  prettiest  affairs  of  the  past  week.  Mrs.  Bradley  entertained 
her  guests  in  the  Blue  Room  of  the  Hotel  Oakland. 

The  Civic  Center  card  party  in  the  ball  room  on  Friday  is 
under  the  managership  of  Mrs.  C.  A.  Smith.  Already  about 
six  hundred  people  have  expressed  a  desire  to  attend. 

Among  those  who  have  reserved  apartments  at  Hotel  Oak- 
land and  will  remain  indefinitely  are:  C.  J.  Kohler,  New  York; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W.  Garland,  Bay  City,  Mich.;  Mr.  T.  O.  Evans, 
San  Francisco;  Mrs.  A.  J.  Parker,  New  York;  Mrs.  F.  M.  Ru- 
disch,  New  York;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Marsh,  Cincinnati;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  C.  Campbell,  Idaho  Falls;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Pfeil,  Missvale,  Pa.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Captain  G.  S.  Tiffany,  U. 
S.  A.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  P.  Jones,  Los  Angeles;  Mara  Stewart, 
Galveston;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Jacobs,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  B.  Kilburn,  Cleveland. 

©    ©    © 

Among  the  many  guests  at  Hotel  Clark,  Los  Angeles,  who 
arrived  during  the  past  week  or  so,  include  the  following  promi- 
nent people  of  this  city:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  H.  MacKenzie,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Richards,  R.  R.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Jones, 
Dr.  A.  S.  Waiss,  J.  A.  Frye,  R.  K.  Neill,  Franklyn  Steers,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  F.  J.  Moore,  H.  Gray,  W.  E.  Elliot,  R.  G.  Risser,  H. 
A.  Bennesen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  E.  Buck,  L.  J.  Banta,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  F.  C.  Chinn,  J.  F.  Morrison,  L.  R.  Drake,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B. 
A.  Benjamin,  Fred  Emerson  Brooks,  W.  H.  Harrison,  M.  E. 
Gaines,  W.  P.  Stafford,  A.  Strieker,  A.  L.  Carson,  Mrs.  Charles 
Bach,  Miss  I.  B.  Seis,  Thos.  J.  Ross,  John  H.  Spohn,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  MacLeod,  M.  A.  Joslyn,  G.  Rosencrantz,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Risser, 
Delbert  Utter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Hazard,  H.  G.  Butler,  L.  R. 
Drake,  H.  C.  Nelson,  A.  H.  Cole  and  A.  F.  Peterson;  also  Jack 
Lodge  of  South  San  Francisco,  and  H.  H.  Guy,  C.  S.  Nash,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Grieske,  Miss  Mary  E.  Drake,  B.  E.  Ellis  and 
S.  J.  Klaus  of  Berkeley,  and  P.  E.  Mogerstadt  and  A.  J.  Reed 
of  Oakland. 

©    ©    © 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gail  Borden  are  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  their 
way  to  New  York,  after  the  usual  delightful  winter  stay  at  their 


beautiful  home  in  Pasadena,  one  of  the  most  attractive  i 
famous  belt  of  winter  homes  of  prominent  Easterners.    After 
paying  their  compliments  to  a  number  of  friends  in  San  Fran- 
cisco the  Bordens  will  continue  their  journey  East. 

■FETE  IN  FAIRYLAND-'  FOR  KIDDIES'  DAY. 

"A  Fete  in  Fairyland"  is  what  this  year's  annual  Kiddies' 
Ball  is  called  by  the  Indoor  Yacht  Club.  It  will  be  given  Satur- 
day night,  April  14th,  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium,  which  will 
be  decked  out  for  the  occasion. 

These  annual  events,  "The  Kiddies'  Ball,"  have  become  an 
established  institution  in  San  Francisco,  and  are  unique  in  the 
history  of  entertainments.  The  proceeds  go  to  a  fund  which 
gives  the  little  folk  of  San  Francisco  one  day  of  unalloyed, 
complete  happiness.  The  youth  of  the  city  are  the  guests  of  the 
yachtsmen,  and  are  banqueted,  driven  about  the  city  in  automo- 
biles, and  provided  with  a  picnic  of  huge  delights. 

Otto  Wallfisch  will  be  the  Master  of  Revels.  He  will  be  ably 
assisted  by  a  corps  of  experts  on  entertainment.  Committees 
headed  by  Commodore  Frank  J.  Hennessy,  Sam  Berger,  Wm. 
H.  McCarthy  and  other  prominent  members  of  the  club  are  ac- 
tively at  work  perfecting  all  the  details  of  what  promises  to  be 
"some  show"  on  Saturday  night,  April  14th. 


JOHN  E.  GALLOIS  BECOMES  A  BROKER  IN 
SECURITIES. 

John  E.  Gallois,  partner  of  Raphael  Weill  in  the  White 
House,  has  resigned  from  active  management  in  that  healthy 
growing  concern  to  embark  in  the  stock  brokerage  business  as 
a  member  of  the  new  Wall  street  firm  of  McDonnell  &  Com- 
pany, with  offices  in  this  city.  This  change  was  brought  about 
by  the  recent  dissolution  of  the  old  New  York  firm  of  Byrne  & 
McDonnell,  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  country,  and  the  pioneer 
in  developing  the  Pacific  Coast  interest  in  Wall  street  securities, 
through  private  wires.  Robert  E.  McDonnell  organized  the 
new  firm.  Associated  with  him  are  James  F.  McDonnell,  Hu- 
bert McDonnell,  Wm.  P.  O'Connor,  Harold  Mack  and  John  E. 
Gallois. 

Gallois  and  Mack  will  be  the  representatives  of  the  new  firm 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Mack  was  the  former  representative  here 
of  the  old  firm.  He  is  regarded  as  the  livest  kind  of  a  wire  in 
the  trend  of  Wall  street  affairs,  the  valuation  of  the  properties 
dealt  in,  and  an  instinctive  sense  in  analyzing  Wall  street  deals 
and  combinations.  His  sense  in  this  respect  is  so  keen  that 
numbers  of  his  many  clients  suspect  him  of  having  underground 
connections  with  Wall  street.  Above  all,  he  is  backed  by  sub- 
stantial capital.  His  business  in  the  "war  baby"  game  was 
enormous.  Both  Mack  and  Gallois  have  recently  attended  New 
York  conferences  regarding  the  policy  and  business  of  the  new 
organization.  The  local  branch  will  move  into  spacious  quar- 
ters in  the  new  San  Francisco  Stock  Exchange  as  soon  as  that 
structure  is  completed. 

Touching  his  retirement  from  the  active  management  of  the 
White  House,  Gallois  stated  that  he  desired  to  broaden  his 
prospects  in  the  investment  field,  as  he  realized  the  great  pos- 
sibilities now  under  way  in  the  world's  affairs.  He  still  retains 
his  interest  in  the  White  House  and  expects  to  remain  a  direc- 
tor. His  father  was  among  those  who,  with  Raphael  Weill,  es- 
tablished the  White  House  in  the  pioneer  times  of  such  estab- 
lishments. His  retirement  in  activity  there  means  a  new  re- 
gime in  management,  of  which  Manager  Davis  will  preferably 
have  the  charge. 


-Her  affections  she  sadly  misplaced, 
And  her  family  she  has  disgraced; 
By  a  scoundrel  deserted, 
With  whom  she  had  flirted, 
Her  love  is  now  running  to  waist. 


j  J\eeley 


The  DRUNK  A  R  D  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  seated  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Web.ter  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government) 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


PL/EASURDS 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 

The    Psychology   of   the    Fifty-Fifty 

By  Henry  McDonald  Spencer 


"Cousin  Lucy"  at  the  Columbia 

A  German  psychologist  and  philosopher  named  Weininger, 
who  died  a  number  of  years  ago,  contributed  as  his  life  work  a 
most  remarkable  book  called  "Sex  and  Character".  In  this  he 
elucidated  and  elaborated  the  interesting  theory  of  the  duality 
of  sex  in  every  individual — that  is  to  say,  every  man  is  part 
female,  and  every  woman  part  male.  One  of  the  facts  which 
are  so  tremendously  obvious  that  they  are  overlooked,  is  that 
each  person  has  as  many  ancestors  of  the  opposite  sex  as  of  his, 
or  her,  own. 

We  will  assume,  for  example,  that  the  normal  man  is,  say, 
80  per  cent  male  and  20  per  cent  female;  then  it  is  presumed 
that  the  gentleman  who  knits  is  about  fifty-fifty,  as  also  the  wo- 
man with  the  deep  voice  who  has  an  inordinate  love  for  male 
attire.  The  female  impersonator  simply  is  an  individual  with 
the  outer  characteristics  of  a  man,  but  with  much  of  the  nature 
of  a  woman. 

It  is  in  vain  for  Julian  Eltinge,  now  playing  at  the  Columbia 
in  "Cousin  Lucy",  to  have  himself  press-agented  as  "Bill  Dal- 
ton  of  Butte,  Montana",  and  to  maintain  that  an  actor  is  an  art- 
ist who  can  at  will  represent  any  part  he  chooses.  If  a  man  is 
not  built  that  way,  he  simply  will  not  be  a  female  impersonator. 
It  can't  be  done.  Fancy  Roosevelt — whom  Gertrude  Atherton 
called  99  per  cent  male — being  a  female  impersonator.  In  fact, 
there  must  be  quite  a  little  femaleness  in  any  actor  for  him  to 
be  successful  at  all;  for  it  is  from  our  lady  ancestors  that  we 
inherit  our  sympathy,  and  ability  to  put  ourselves  in  another's 
place.    A  cave  man  couldn't  do  the  trick. 

As  a  curious  confirmation  of  the  soundness  of  these  conclu- 
sions, it  may  be  observed  that  while  in  female  attire,  Julian 
gives  the  impression  of  a  man  masquerading  as  a  woman;  yet, 
on  the  other  hand,  when  he  dons  masculine  garb  in  the  second 
act,  he  much  more  faithfully  gives  the  impression  that  he  is  a 
woman  masquerading  as  a  man.  His  deep  voice  appeared  more 
artificial  than  his  feminine  notes. 

However,  he  is  artist  to  his  finger  tips,  as  most  of  these 
divided  lads  are,  e.  g.,  Bothwell  Browne  and  others  of  the  kind. 
In  passing  it  may  be  noted  though  that  these  men  are  seldom 
creative  artists;  they  are  generally  interpretative  or  executive. 
If  builders,  they  are  interior  decorators  rather  than  architects. 
If  musicians,  they  are  pianists  or  violinists  rather  than  com- 
posers, and  so  on. 

I  am  prepared,  however,  to  add  this  palliative:  Nearly  all 
artists  have  more  of  the  feminine  admixture  than  the  average 
man. 

To  come  back  to  Miss  Bill  Eltinge,  the  question  naturally 
arises:  Except  as  a  vehicle  of  virtuosity,  is  this  sort  of  thing 
worth  doing  at  all  ?  During  all  the  time  in  which  he  was  parad- 
ing his  wonderful  gowns,  singing  in  a  husky  contralto,  taking 
mincing  dancing  steps  and  waving  his  really  fine  and  womanish 
arms,  I  must  confess  that  I  was  gazing  longingly  at  that  tall, 
handsome,  well  formed,  real  girl  who  sat  next  to  the  bookcase 
with  another  girl  during  the  ensemble  scene  in  the  third  act. 
God  knows  I  am  a  worshiper  of  art — no,  not  particularly  hum- 
ble; as  Goethe  said,  only  fools  are  modest — but  with  all  of  the 
star's  "artistry" — I  prigged  this  awful  word  form  from  the 
daily  papers — I  could  not  get  away  from  my  primitive  instincts 
— sheer  sex. 

Therefore,  it  would  seem  to  me  that  all  this  expenditure  of 
money,  taste  and  talent  could  have  been  put  to  better  advantage 
if  a  woman  star  had  been  used.  Frankly,  I  think  that  as  an 
economy  of  talent  and  energy  the  Bothwell  Brownes  and  the 


Julian  Eltinges — calling  him  Bill  does  not  make  a  man  out  of 
him — could  be  used  to  better  advantage  as  designers  and  pro- 
ducers rather  than  as  performers.  Whatever  they  did  would  be 
exquisite. 

The  play  is  a  kind  of  musical  farce;  is  beautifully  put  on  and 
carries  any  number  of  stunning  looking  girls.  Among  the  prin- 
cipals is  our  old  friend  Mark  Smith,  who  was  out  here  a  few 
years  ago  in  musical  comedy.  He  sang  a  solo  and  acted  most 
acceptably.  Also  the  part  of  the  butler  was  excellently  charac- 
terized by  Dallas  Welford,  who  is  almost  as  good  as  our  own 
Henry  Shumer. 

Condensed  opinion:  You  will  have  a  thoroughly  enjoyable 
evening,  and  will  make  no  mistake  in  visiting  this  show. 

*  *  * 
Orpheum 

The  bright  particular  star  which  twinkles  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week  is  Natalie  Alt,  and  she  is  a  real  star  who  scintillates 
most  delightfully.  She  just  misses  being  pretty;  but  she  is 
much  more,  she  is  fascinating,  and  her  wide,  humorous  mouth 
is  really  adorable.  Otherwise  she  sings  acceptably,  steps 
gracefully,  and  had  the  good  sense  to  bring  along  a  most  excel- 
lent and  self-effacing  pianist,  Lewis  Pollack.  The  latter  is  so 
good,  however,  that  he  brought  out  an  encore  on  his  own,  with- 
out even  ruffling  his  hair  or  dripping  a  drop. 

The  playlet  of  the  week,  "Finders — Keepers",  is  a  real  play 
and  is  excellently  performed,  especially  by  Anna  Cleveland. 
The  influence  of  the  movie  technique  is  commencing  to  be  felt 
in  the  talkies,  as  there  is  much  more  facial  expression  used  by 
the  mummers  than  there  was  a  few  years  ago,  when  the  so- 
called  natural  acting  threatened  to  drive  acting  off  the  stage. 
Miss  Cleveland  uses  her  face  to  act  with,  and  not  merely  as  a 
background  for  grease  paint. 

Lew  Dockstader,  who  quite  resembles  Roosevelt,  whom  he 
so  successfully  impersonated  a  few  years  ago,  has  a  new  line 
of  patter  which  he  delivers  with  all  the  facility  and  punch  of 
a  thorough  performer.  I  am  not  strong  for  monologists  as  a 
rule,  but  Lew  is  an  exception,  and  I  thoroughly  enjoyed  his 
manner  even  if  his  lines  were  a  little  obvious. 

In  "Me  and  Mary",  Thomas  F.  Swift  and  Co.  have  a  sketch 
without  a  climax;  in  fact,  there  was  no  logical  finish  to  it — it 
just  seemed  to  ooze  out  at  the  end.  To  this  moment  I  cannot 
tell  you  what  it  is  all  about,  and  it  is  supposed  to  be  my  business 
to  do  this — sometimes. 

There  were  a  number  of  very  pretty  girls  carried  along  by 
Rita  Mario  in  her  orchestra,  but  they  recalled  the  ante-earth- 
quake days  when  the  big  restaurants  provided  girl  orchestras 
for  entertainment  instead  of  the  individual  acts  and  dances  of 
to-day.  I  noticed  Ray,  the  popular  Orpheum  orchestra  leader, 
taking  pointers  from  Rita  as  to  how  to  conduct;  but  at  that  I 
cannot  imagine  Ray  in  the  capacity  of  an  impersonator. 

Have  Healthy,  Strong,  Beautiful  Eyes  J 

Oculists  and   used  Murine   Eye  Remedy  many      | 

it1    vine      n'fFafi^A     aa     o  V. 


years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 


Oculists  and 
Physicians 

Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 

as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your       § 

Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort.      ^ 

Buy  Marine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute,  Z 

and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE  a 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago   ^ 


y    lf=?i^**^Z>  Murine  tye  Kemedy  Company,  Chicago   ^ 


March  17,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Advance    Announcements 


leum. — The  Orpheum  will  present  another 
(udeville  bill  next  Sunday  matinee.  Clara 
Morton,  erstwhile  of  the  famous  Four  Mortons,  will 
r  in  a  musical  diversion  by  Junie  McCree,  in 
she  will  have  the  assistance  of  Frank  Sheen. 
Morton  sings  well,  and  is  a  clever  instrumental- 
ist and  comedienne.  Bert  Leslie,  the  King  of  Slang, 
will  appear  in  a  new  skit  called  "Hogan  in  Mexico." 
Mr.  Hogan  portrays  a  canvasman  of  a  circus  touring 
Mexico,  who  finds  himself  in  difficulties  resulting 
from  an  encounter  with  a  Mexican  general.  Harry 
and  Anna  Seymour  will  present  breezy  bits  of  mirth 
and  melody  in  a  very  attractive,  clever  and  enjoyable 
manner.  Snoozer,  a  remarkable  bulldog,  whose  in- 
telligence is  much  in  excess  of  many  human  beings, 
and  whose  brain  has  been  developed  by  one  Mere- 
dith, will  give  a  remarkable  instance  of  what  a  canine 
is  capable  of.  Snoozer  evidences  by  obedience  that 
he  understands  every  word  that  is  addressed  to  him. 
Lew  Dockstader  will  repeat  his  humorous  character 
sketch  of  "The  Political  Boss;"  Rita  Mario  and  Her 
Orchestra  will  be  heard  in  new  numbers,  and  Geo. 
Kelly  and  his  company  will  appear  in  his  own  very 
successful  one-act  play,  "Finders — Keepers."  A 
special  and  delightful  feature  of  the  new  program 
will  be  Estelle  Wentworth,  the  American  prima 
donr  a  of  grand  opera  renown,  who  has  sung  suc- 
cessfully at  the  Royal  Opera  Dessau,  and  also  at 
Frisben,  Baden,  Vienna,  Copenhagen,  Leipzig  and 
Petrograd. 

*  *  t 

S.m  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. — Horace 
Britt  will  again  be  soloist  with  the  San  Francisco 
Symphony  Orchestra,  directed  by  Alfred  Hertz,  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  March  18th,  at  the  Cort,  this  be- 
ing the  regular  second  event  of  the  eleventh  pair  of 
symphonies.  The  program  given  last  Friday  will  be 
repeated  in  its  entirety,  Mr.  Britt  playing  Saint- 
Saens'  concerto  for  violoncello  in  A  Minor.  Gluck's 
overture  to  "Iphigenia  in  Aulis,"  with  the  ending  for 
concert  purposes  written  by  Richard  Wagner,  will 
open  the  concert,  and  will  be  followed  by  Mozart's 
most  important  symphonic  work,  the  "Jupiter"  Sym- 
phony. The  American  composer,  Arthur  Foote,  will 
be  represented  by  four  character  pieces  suggested 
by  the  "Rubiyat  of  Omar  Khayyam,"  an  exceedingly 
interesting  and  colorful  series  of  musical  impres- 
sions of  the  poem.  Weber's  overture  to  "Oberon"  will  conclude 
the  concert. 

The  great  American  pianist,  Arthur  Shattuck,  will  be  soloist 
at  the  10th  "pop"  concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Or- 
chestra, the  final  one,  incidentally  of  this  delightful  series.  The 
affair  is  scheduled  for  Sunday  afternoon,  March  25th,  at  the 
Cort,  Arthur  Hertz  conducting.  Shattuck  has  played  with 
nearly  all  of  the  important  orchestras  in  America,  but  has  never 
appeared  in  San  Francisco.  A  signal  honor  was  paid  Shattuck 
in  his  being  selected  to  play  the  A  Minor  concerto  at  a  memorial 
concert  given  upon  the  death  of  Grieg,  who  greatly  admired  the 
work  of  the  American  pianist. 

•  *  • 

Columbia  Theatre. — Beginning  Sunday  night,  Julian  Eltinge 
will  start  his  second  and  final  week  in  his  highly  successful 
musical  comedy,  "Cousin  Lucy"  at  the  Columbia  Theatre.  An 
extra  added  performance  will  be  given  on  Sunday  night,  March 
25th,  which  will  close  the  engagement  in  San  Francisco. 
"Cousin  Lucy"  is  the  most  delightful  play  Julian  Eltinge  has 
ever  brought  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  The  capacity  audiences 
which  have  been  the  rule  since  the  initial  performance  last 
Monday  attest  the  continued  popularity  of  this  famous  star  and 
his  amusing  musical  entertainment.  It  is  just  the  sort  of  play 
that  every  one  wants  to  see,  for  it  has  been  brought  intact  direct 
from  New  York  with  the  same  players  and  chorus  who  appeared 
on  Broadway.  In  addition  to  its  bright  lines,  laughable  situa- 
tions and  uproarious  climaxes,  it  has  the  kind  of  musical  num- 
bers that  one  continues  to  whistle  upon  leaving  the  playhouse. 
The  sumptuous  wardrobe  of  ultra-fashionable  gowns  worn  by 


Clara  Morton,  of  the  Four  Mortons,  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

the  star  and  company  has  come  in  for  no  end  of  praise  from 
press  and  public. 

William  H.  Crane,  the  beloved  American  actor,  will  bring 
to  the  Columbia  Theatre  on  Monday  night,  March  26th,  a  new 
comedy  from  the  pens  of  Harvey  O'Higgins  and  Harriet  Ford. 
The  new  vehicle  is  entitled  "The  Happy  Stranger,"  and  is  a  de- 
lightful four  act  story  full  of  surprises.  Seats  go  on  sale  Thurs- 
day. 

*  *  * 

New  Operas  by  the  Bracale  Italian  Company. — An  interest- 
ing test  of  San  Francisco's  willingness  to  pay  reasonable  prices 
for  good  opera  is  to  be  inaugurated  on  April  8th,  when  the  Bra- 
cale Italian  Company  opens  a  three  weeks'  season  at  the  Cort 
Theatre.  With  what  is  unquestionably  the  finest  organization 
and  the  most  attractive  repertoire  ever  brought  to  America,  the 
scale  of  prices  ranges  from  50  cents  to  $2.50,  the  latter  for  box 
seats.  Ettore  Patrizi  was  instrumental  in  arranging  the 
engagement  and  is  serving  as  Impresario  Bracale's  personal 
representative.  The  organization  consists  of  thirty  qualified 
role  interpreters,  a  chorus  of  fifty,  an  orchestra  of  fifty  and  a 
ballet  of  twelve,  equipped  with  scenery  and  costumes  from  the 
furnishers  of  La  Scala,  Milan.  Leading  the  list  are  six  people 
of  pronounced  stellar  prominence — Ippolito  Lazzaro,  a  young 
Italian  tenor  whose  fame  has  been  spread  in  this  country  by 
phonographic  reproduction;  Fernando  Carpi,  a  lyric  tenor  now 
appearing  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House;  Anna  Fitziu,  a 
young  and  pretty  American  lyric  soprano  richly  blessed  with 
stage  magnetism ;  Riccardo  Stracciari,  a  baritone  who  combines 
rare  vocal  force  with  a  commanding  personality ;  Aires  Borghi- 


10 


San  Francisro  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


Zerni,  a  coloratura  soprano  whose  voice  has  Tetrazzini's  flex- 
ibility and  youthful  quality,  and  Regina  Alvarez,  a  Spanish 
contralto  laden  with  European  laurels.  Chevalier  Riccardo  Del- 
lera  is  the  general  music  director,  A.  Bernabim  the  chorus  mas- 
ter, and  Signorina  Ada  Pozzi  the  prima  ballerina. 

In  the  repertoire  of  eighteen  operas  are  four  absolutely  new 
to  San  Francisco;  one  of  them,  Mascagni's  "Isabeau,"  has  never 
been  presented  in  the  United  States.  The  other  new  offerings 
will  be  Catalani's  "Wally,"  Grandaos  "Goyesca"  and  Berlioz' 
"Damnation  of  Faust."  Frank  W.  Healy,  local  business  manager 
of  the  Bracale  season,  announces  that  the  subscription  list  for 
seats  and  boxes  will  be  opened  two  weeks  in  advance  at  Sher- 
man &  Clay's. 

*  *  * 

5.  F.  Symvhony  in  Oakland.— The  all-Wagner  program  ar- 
ranged by  Alfred  Hertz  for  the  final  concert  of  the  Oakland  ser- 
ies of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony,  to  be  given  at  the  Oakland 
Auditorium  Theatre  on  Thursday  evening,  March  22d,  will  un- 
questionably attract  a  capacity  audience.  Conductor  Hertzis 
generally  regarded  as  the  world's  greatest  Wagnerian  authority 
and  interpreter,  and  the  mere  announcement  of  his  giving  a 
concert  devoted  to  the  works  of  Richard  Wagner  has  hitherto 
meant  the  disposing  of  every  seat.  This  is  the  program  ar- 
ranged for  the  affair,  which  will  undoubtedly  attract  many  from 
this  side  of  the  bay  who  were  unable  to  secure  seats  for  the 
thronged  Wagner  concerts  given  at  the  Cort :  Prelude,  "Lohen- 
grin;" Overture,  "The  Flying  Dutchman;"  Introduction  to  Third 
Act,  "Die  Meistersinger  von  Nurnberg;"  Prelude,  "Die  Meis- 
tersinger  von  Nurnberg;"  Prelude  and  Isolde's  "Love  Death" 
from  "Tristan  and  Isolde;"   Overture,     "Rienzi;"     Overture, 

"Tannhauser." 

*  *  * 

The  New  Big  Casino  Ready  to  Open. — The  big  new  Casino, 
the  latest  addition  to  local  vaudeville  houses,  will  open  its  doors 
at  its  convenient  location  in  the  theatrical  and  hotel  district, 
Ellis  and  Mason  streets,  Easter  Sunday,  April  8th,  with  a  cork- 
ing bill  of  eight  acts  of  high  class  vaudeville,  decorated  with  a 
"news"  weekly,  a  five  reel  movie  of  thrilling  action,  and  a  com- 
edy play  for  topper.  One  of  the  features  will  be  an  unusually 
delightful  orchestra.  The  lessee  is  Charles  Brown,  who  has 
acquired  a  round  of  solid  experience  in  the  vaudeville  world 
east  and  west,  part  of  which  time  he  was  with  the  Orpheum  and 
Hippodrome  circuits.  His  lease  covers  twenty  years,  and  a  to- 
tal payment  of  $1,000,000. 

Robert  G.  Drady,  who  has  come  swiftly  to  the  front  as  an  ex- 
traordinarily successful  vaudeville  director,  is  the  house  mana- 
ger. For  many  years  he  was  right  hand  man  to  Pantages  in  the 
latter's  extensive  circuit.  His  success  in  this  western  field  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  Eastern  vaudeville  managers. 

The  new  Casino  has  only  two  floors,  but  they  are  unusually 
extensive  and  convenient  for  patrons;  they  furnish  3,000  seats, 
without  a  pillar  or  post  in  view.  In  addition,  the  new  theatre  is 
equipped  with  all  the  very  latest  conveniences.  There  is  a 
commodious  nursery  and  play-room  for  children  in  charge  of  an 
experienced  matron;  two  parlors  and  retiring  rooms  on  the 
ground  and  mezzanine  floors  provided  for  women,  and  a  big, 
comfortable  smoking  room  for  men.  Smoking  will  be  allowed 
in  the  balcony  and  in  the  loges  and  boxes.    Popular  prices  will 

prevail. 

*  *  * 

Maude  Fay  in  Opera  Recital. — Maude  Fay,  the  California 
soprano,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  ingratiating  women  on 
the  operatic  stage,  will  be  heard  in  song  recital  at  the  Columbia 
Theatre,  Sunday  afternoon,  April  1st,  under  direction  of  Frank 
W.  Healy.  Speaking  of  Maude  Fay's  appearance  at  the  Met- 
ropolitan Opera  House,  last  year,  the  Evening  Sun  says :  "From 
Maude  Fay  as  Elsa,  the  prettiest  bride  in  Wagner's  drama, 
much  was  expected  after  her  Sieglinde  last  year.  The  Golden 
State  of  California  poured  its  fair  hundreds  into  the  Golden 
Horseshoe,  where  many  waved  frantic  welcome  to  a  native 
daughter  who  conquered  Munich  oversea."  Gyula  Ormay  will 
be  Miss  Fay's  accompanist  here.  Mail  orders  are  being  re- 
ceived now  by  Frank  W.  Healy,  906  Kohler  &  Chase  Building, 
and  filled  in  the  order  of  their  receipt.  Ticket  sale  will  com- 
mence Monday  morning,  March  26th,  at  the  Columbia  Theatre, 
Kohler  &  Chase  and  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 

*  *  * 

Fritz  Kreislefs  Coming  Recital. — Fritz  Kreisler,  the  great 
violinist,  will  be  heard  in  violin  recitals  Sunday  afternoons, 


April  8th  and  15th,  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  under  the  local  direc- 
tion of  Frank  W.  Healy.  The  record  Kreisler  has  made  is  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  in  the  annals  of  music  in  America.  Be- 
fore him,  a  recital  of  violin  music  had  been,  generally  speak- 
ing, an  entertainment  for  the  select  few — the  connoisseurs.  He 
has  made  it  a  recreation  for  the  masses.  Where  his  predeces- 
sors counted  their  audiences  by  the  hundreds,  he  counts  his  by 
the  thousands.  His  sincere  and  beautiful  art  has  the  widest 
appeal  imaginable.  Musicians,  professional  and  amateur,  flock 
to  hear  him  time  and  again.  Mail  orders  with  funds  are  being 
received  now  by  Frank  W.  Healy,  906  Kohler  &  Chase  Build- 
ing, and  will  be  filled  in  the  order  of  their  receipt.  Tickets  will 
be  on  sale  Monday  morning,  April  2d,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co., 
Kohler  &  Chase,  and  the  Cort  Theatre. 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — Daisy  Jerome,  "A  Charming  Little  Girl 
with  a  Very  Big  Voice."  Such  is  the  headline  attraction  at  the 
Pantages  next  week,  starting  Sunday  matinee.  This  dainty, 
fascinating  young  lady  was  hailed  as  the  greatest  comedienne 
ever  to  visit  the  big  island,  and  immediately  engaged  by  Alex- 
ander Pantages  personally  for  a  tour  of  the  circuit,  possesses  a 
very  deep,  rich  contralto  voice,  which  she  puts  to  excellent  use 
in  singing  a  number  of  songs  written  especially  for  her,  and  ren- 
dered in  her  own  particular  style.  The  Telephone  Tangle,  a 
novelty  comedy  sketch,  depicts  in  a  very  funny  way  the  trou- 
bles of  a  telephone  girl  in  trying  to  make  connections,  and  in 
so  doing  getting  the  wires  all  tangled  up.  The  Belleclair  Bros, 
will  present  their  latest  sensation,  "Looping  the  Loop"  to  a 
Hand-to-Hand-Stand,  and  other  tests  of  endurance.  Bobby  and 
Nelson  are  a  clever  team  of  comedians  doing  a  singing  and 
talking  act  that  is  said  to  be  away  above  the  average.  Elizabeth 
Cutty,  one  of  the  prominent  stars  of  the  Famous  Six  Musical 
Cuttys,  is  an  artist  on  the  violin  who  has  very  few  equals,  and 
in  addition  possesses  an  exceedingly  pleasing  voice,  which  she 
displays  to  good  advantage.  Morton  Brothers,  these  two  young 
men,  have  the  ability  to  tear  paper  as  other  artists  would  draw 
pictures,  producing  intricate  and  elaborate  designs,  with  an  ease 
that  bewilders.  Chapter  Five  of  the  absorbing  picture  serial, 
"The  Secret  Kingdom,"  will  be  the  screen  attraction. 

•  *  * 

Entertaining  Loring  Club  Program. — The  program  announced 
by  the  Loring  Club  for  the  third  concert  of  its  fortieth  season 
at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  on  Tuesday  evening,  March  20th, 
is  an  exceptionally  attractive  one.  One  of  the  most  important 
works  in  the  program  is  the  American  composer,  George  W. 
Chadwick's  setting  of  the  Hymn  of  Pope  Gregory,  "Ecce  Jam 
Noctis"  for  chorus  of  men's  voices  with  accompaniment  of 
strings  and  piano.  This  year  being  the  centenary  of  the  birth 
of  the  Danish  composer,  Niels  W.  Gade,  the  club,  in  honor 
thereof,  will  sing  his  "Evening  Serenade."  Another  item  on 
the  program  of  timely  interest  will  be  Percy  Grainger's  setting 
of  Kipling's  "Tiger,  Tiger."  The  last  two  mentioned  numbers, 
together  with  "The  Song  of  the  Golden  Calf,"  from  Gounod's 
"Faust,"  will,  on  this  occasion,  have  their  first  hearing  at  a  Lor- 
ing Club  concert.  The  soloist  will  be  Charles  F.  Bulotti,  who, 
in  conjunction  with  the  club,  will  sing  Kremser's  "Night  Greet- 
ing" for  tenor  solo  and  chorus  of  men's  voices,  with  accompani- 
ment of  strings  and  piano,  and  also  will  sing  a  group  of  songs. 
J.  W.  Elliott's  "Bacchanalian  Chorus,"  Genee's  ever  welcome 
"Italian  Salad,"  and  a  number  of  folk  songs  for  men's  voices, 
will  complete  the  program.  Wallace  A.  Sabin,  the  director  of 
the  club,  will  conduct,  with  Frederick  Maurer  as  pianist  and 
Gino  Severi  leader  of  the  strings. 


Those   who  were   in  attendance   at  the  Techau  Tavern 

last  Sunday  night  will  gladly  testify  to  the  excellence  of  the 
menu  and  the  great  value  of  the  entertainment  offered.  Noth- 
ing ever  given  in  San  Francisco  has  excelled,  of  its  kind,  the 
Tavern's  Sunday  night  show;  many  of  the  "turns"  were  origi- 
nated by  the  Tavern  management  and  continued  without  inter 
ruption  from  7  p.  m.  right  up  to  the  closing  hour.  Next  Sunday 
evening  will  bring  another  delightful  show.  Several  large 
parties  will  spend  the  entire  evening  there.  The  Tavern  is  also, 
as  it  has  always  been,  the  best  place  in  San  Francisco  for  an 
afternoon  visit. 


Caller — Is   my  wife   home?     Maid — 

called  ? — Puck. 


-Who  may  I  say 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


The  Bribe 

By  Harry  Lo\ 

The  rich  widow  jerked  off  her  hundred  dollar  hat  and  flung 
it  on  to  the  satin-covered  table  of  her  dressing  room. 

Her  companion  looked  up;  she  hoped  it  was  not  bad  temper, 
usting."  the  rich  widow  announced,  taking  up 
trette  as  she  subsided  upon  an  empire  settee.  "That 
wretched  Wentworth.  who  is  up  to  his  eyes  in  debt,  has  just 
proposed  to  me.  If  I  had  not  had  a  fortune  the  honor  would 
never  have  befallen  to  me.  Thank  goodness,  I  am  worldly 
enough  to  be  able  to  understand  his  real  sentiments." 

"That  is  the  ninth  proposal  since  last  September,"  said  her 
companion  slowly.  She  had  never  had  a  proposal  in  all  her 
life,  although  she  was  quite  good-looking. 

The  rich  widow  laughed. 

"Yes,  and  a  pretty  list  they  make,  too,"  she  murmured'  dis- 
paragingly. "I  don't  want  to  buy  a  husband.  Every  needy  man 
in  town  hunts  me  out.  I'd  be  a  God-send  to  some  of  them — with 
my  income." 

"I  believe  they  would  propose  to  you  just  the  same  if  you  had 
nothing — you  are  so  pretty,"  said  her  companion  suavely. 

The  widow  looked  towards  her  with  something  almost  ap- 
proaching to  distaste. 

"You  can  have  the  blue  evening  cloak,  Rosina,"  she  said, 
"and  I  am  afraid  what  I  am  going  to  say  now  will  shock  you.  I 
am  going  to  give  you  a  cheque  for  a  year's  salary  in  lieu  of 
notice." 

The  companion  met  the  blow  bravely. 

"They  want  all  the  women  they  can  get  for  munition  work," 
she  said. 

Then  the  widow  had  her  inspiration. 

•  *  *  *  * 

Living  quietly  on  the  three  pounds  a  week  she  made  herself, 
the  rich  widow  was  well  content.  Her  laces,  furs  and  jewels 
were  all  stored  away,  and  she  now  wore  simple  frocks. 

Casually  she  made  the  acquaintance  of  a  rather  rich  man, 
who  patronized  her  in  the  calm  fashion  the  rich  man  has  when 
dealing  with  an  apparently  poor  and  pretty  young  woman.  The 
widow  grinned  at  his  obvious  devotion,  and  went  to  dine  with 
him  at  a  gay  restaurant  one  evening  when  she  was  in  a  reckless 
mood. 

It  was  there  that  he  explained  to  her  that,  although  he  had  a 
quite  unnecessary  wife  at  home,  he  was  still  quite  capable  of 
becoming  romantic  when  he  got  the  chance. 

The  rich  widow  callously  snubbed  his  offer  of  a  silver-chain 
bag,  which  he  submitted  in  a  manner  that  reminded  her  irre- 
sistibly of  the  magician  in  "Aladdin." 

The  rich  man  made  no  headway,  but  he  amused  her. 

Then  she  met  young  Antrobus — a  bronzed  youth  sub,  home 
getting  better  from  a  bad  arm  wound. 

Within  a  week  this  gallant  young  officer  had  proposed  to  her. 
"But  I  haven't  anything  in  the  world  but  ten  pounds  I  have 
invested  in  the  War  Loan,"  she  said  plaintively. 

His  uninjured  arm  crept  around  her  small  waist. 

"If  you'll  only  love  me,  that's  all  I  want,"  he  said  tenderly. 

When  the  rich  man  read  in  the  papers  a  month  or  so  later  of 
the  marriage  of  a  young  widow  who  had  worked  in  a  munition 
factory,  to  a  young  officer  who  had  distinguished  himself  at  the 
front,  and  saw  accompanying  the  paragraph  an  unmistakable 
portrait  of  the  girl  who  had  so  much  fascinated  himself,  he 
stared  at  it  blankly. 

"Good  Lord!  And  I  offered  her  a  silver  chain  bag!"  he 
ejaculated. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank  makes  a  very  strong 

report,  as  of  March  5th,  on  its  finances  in  the  call  to  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  at  Washington.  Loans  and  discounts 
reach  $29,154,971;  U.  S.  bonds,  $6,120,000;  cash  on  hand  and 
in  other  banks,  $18,944,058.  The  liabilities  are  represented 
chiefly  by  surplus  and  undivided  profits,  $5,068,423;  national 
bank  notes  outstanding,  $5,685,400,  and  deposits  $45,338,395. 
The  rapid  increase  in  deposits  with  this  institution  has  been  one 
of  the  marvels  in  local  banking. 


"Oh,  I  just  love  animals;  don't  you?"  gurgled  the  sweet 

young  thing.    "Sure.    Let's  have  a  Welsh  rabbit,"  said  the  ac- 
commodating youth. — Princeton  Tiger. 


THE  CASE  FOR  LIQUOR. 
Mr.  A.  Sbarboro. 

Liquor  the  Cause  of  Much  Evil. 

Prohibition  Laws  Ineffectual. 

Intoxication  Unknown  in  Wine  Drinking  Countries  of  Europe. 

The  Enormous  Extent  of  Intoxication  in  England,  Scotland, 
Ireland  and  the  countries  where  grapes  are  not  raised. 

Opinions  and  letters  of  our  American  Consuls  abroad. 

Three  Prohibition  Bills — and  How  they  were  defeated  in 
Congress. 

Viticulture,  which  should  become  California's  greatest  In- 
dustry. 

— Address  Delivered  by  Mr.  Sbarboro,  Stanford  University. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  St.. 


Pantages'  Iheatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maion 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

"THE   ELECTRIC    SPARK    OF    JOY,"    DAISY    JEROME 
MORTON    BROTHERS;     BOBBIE    AND   NELSON;      ELIZABETH     CUTTY- 
"CHAPTER    FIVE"    THE   SECRET    KINGDOM. 
"A    TELEPHONE    TANGLE"  BELLECLAIR    BROTHERS. 


Urp/veum 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE 
EVERY  DAY. 

ANOTHER    GREAT    SHOW 

CLARA  MORTON  of  the  Four  Mortons  assisted  by  Frank  Sheen  in  a  Musical 
Diversion  by  Junie  McCree;  BERT  LESLIE  "The  KinR  of  Slang"  and  Co.  in 
"Hoganln  Mexico;"  HARRY  A  ANNA  SEYMOUR  Breezy  Bits  of  Mirth  and 
Melody;  MEREDITH  &  SNOOZER  The  Intellectual  Bulldog;  RITA  MARIO 
AND  HER  ORCHESTRA;  LEW  DOCKSTADER  as  "The  Political  Boss;" 
GEORGE  KELLY  in  "Finders-Keepers;"  ESTELLE  WENTWORTH  The 
American  Prima  Donna. 

Evening  prices — 10c,  25c.  50c,  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  holidays).  10c.   25c,  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 


Nightly  including  Sunday— Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

Second  and  Last  Week  Begins  Monday.  March  lyth.    Last  Time  Sunday  March 

25th. 

JULIAN      ELTINGE 
in  the  musical  comedy 

"COUSIN     LUCY" 
Monday  March  26— WM.    H.   CRANE   in  the    new  comedy 
STRANGER." 


THE    HAPPY 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


llth  SUNDAY  SYMPHONY 
CONCERT 

horace  br1tt  —  soloist 
cort  theatre 

Sunday,  march  is. 

at  2:80  Sharp 


ORCHESTRA 

AlfredHertz Conductor. 

PROGRAM :  Gluck.  Overture,  "  Iphigeiiia  in  Aulis;'*  Mozart,  Symphony  in 
£33  C  Major,  "Jupiter;"  Arthur  Foote.  Four  Character  Pieces  After  Rubaiyat 
ClTT  of  Omar  Khayyam:  Saint-Saens.  Concerto  for  Violoncello,  A  Minor  (Horace 
■^^^TBritt;)  Weher,  Overture,  "Oberon." 

PRICES:  Sunday,  50c,  7fie,  $1 :  box  and  loge  seats,  11.50;  Tickets  at  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.'s,  except  concert  das  :   at  Oort  Theatre  concert  day  onb 
NEXT— SUN.,  MAR. '25,  10th  and  Last  "  Pop"  Concert;  ARTHUR  SHATTUCK, 
Soloist. 


WINTEKgtiARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

//"■  I?       T>  T  \T  K"    Phone  Weil  363 

GENERAL    ADMISSION     25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  - 


Three  Sessions  Daily 
MORNINGS 

AFTERNOONS 

EVENINGS 

Instructions  50c  per  half  hour. 


$1  Per  Hour—  Half  Hour  50c. 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Gives  that  delicately  clear  and  refined 
complexion  which  every  woman  desires. 
Keeps  away  skin  trouble. 


AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
CHRISTENSEN-IRVINE.— Announcement  is   being   made  of   the    engage- 
ment of  Miss  Ida  Christensen  and  Richard  C.  Irvine. 
COHX-SCHARY. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    L.    Conn    announce    the    engagement    of 

their  daughter,   Miss  Hazen  Cohn,   to  Sigmund  L.  Senary. 
LYONS-MURPHY.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  E.   Lyons  of  SO  Ashbury  Terrace 

announce   the   engagement   of   their   daughter,    Miss   Ruth    Lyons,    to 

Thomas  J.  Murphy,  formerly  of  Chicago. 
ROSENBLUM-HOLLTWOOD.- Mr.    and    Mrs.    Sol.    Rosenblum    announce 

the  engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Jeanne  Rosenblum,  to  Jerome 

H.  Ash  of  Hollywood. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
NICKEL-BOWLES. — It  was  announced  recently  that  Miss  Beatrice  Nickel 

will  be  married  to  George  Bowles  on  April  17th. 
WINNE-TURNBR. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Clarene  Winne  and  Harold  J. 

Turner  of  San  Mateo  will  take  place  on   March  20th  at  the  bride's 

home  in  Los  Angeles. 

WEDDINGS. 

BULKS-EVANS. — The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Augusta  Bulks  and  George  L. 
Evans  took  place  March  Sth. 

CLARK-HARMON. — The  marriage  of  Lieutenant  Millard  F.  Harmon,  Jr., 
and  Miss  Alberta  B.  Clark  of  this  city  took  place  at  Los  Angeles 
March  7th. 

COWEN- VINCENT. — During  the  past  week  the  wedding  of  Miss  Gladys 
Cowen,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  J.  Cowen  of  Berkeley,  and  Syd- 
ney Archibald  Vincent  took  place  in  Portland. 

FOLLIS-KINGSBURY. — The  marriage  of  Mrs.  Mary  Belle  Gwin  Follis  and 
Kenneth  Raleigh  Kingsbury,  vice-president  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co., 
took  place  "Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Gwin,  2217  Pacific  avenue. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BLACK. — A  luncheon  was  given  recently  by  Alan  Black  at  his  home  on 
Clay  street. 

BIRMINGHAM. — Mrs.  J.  E.  Birmingham  entertained  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis 
Graveure  at  a  pretty  luncheon  Saturday  at  her  home  on  Pierce  street. 

CAMERON. — A  luncheon  was  given  Sunday  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T. 
Cameron  in  their  Burlingame  home. 

ELKINS. — An  enjoyable  affair  that  was  given  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Kohl  was 
the  luncheon  at  which  Mrs.  Felton  Elkins  entertained  in  her  lovely 
Montecito  home. 

FARQUHARSGN. — Mrs.  Charles  Farquharson  dispensed  her  hospitality  at 
luncheon  yesterday  afternoon  at  her  home,   Sea  Cliff. 

FREEMAN. — Mrs.  J.  Eugene  Freeman  entertained  the  Tuesday  Bridge 
Club  Tuesday  afternoon  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel. 

HALE. — Miss  Clarissa  Hale  presided  Tuesday  at  a  luncheon  at  her  apart- 
ment at  Stanford  Court  in  compliment  to  Miss  Edith  Stack. 

HOLMES. — Mrs.  Howard  Holmes,  who  has  been  entertaining  her  friends 
at"  a  series  of  pleasurable  affairs,  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Friday  af- 
ternoon at  her  Buchanan  street  home. 

HOWARD. — Mrs.  George  H.  Howard  was  hostess  at  luncheon  Thursday 
at  her  home  in  Hillsborough. 

KEEXEY. — Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long  divided  the  hon- 
ors of  the  luncheon  at  which  Mrs.  James  Ward  Keeney  presided  Tues- 
day afternoon. 

KEYS. — A  group  of  the  younger  set  will  be  entertained  at  luncheon  by 
Mrs.  Alexander  D.  Keyes  to-day.  The  pleasurable  affair  will  be  in 
honor  of  her  niece,  Miss  Kate  Boardman. 

JACKLING. — Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  was  the  hostess  Monday  afternoon 
at  luncheon. 

KEENEY. — A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  James  Ward  Keeney  Tues- 
day in  honor  of  Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer,  who  recently  returned  to  San 
Francisco  after  an  absence  of  some  months,  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long, 
who  is  here  on  her  honeymoon. 

NICKEL. — A  group  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Miss  Beatrice 
Nickel  at  a  luncheon  at  her  home  on  Laguna  street  Thursday  after- 
noon. 

PAYNE. — Miss  Dolly  Madison  Payne  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at 
luncheon  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club,  Mrs.  Clyde  Payne  chaperon- 
ing the  party. 

SLACK. — Miss  Edith  Slack,  who  left  last  evening  for  Los  Angeles,  where 
she  will  visit  for  several  weeks  as  the  guest  of  Miss  Lillian  Van 
Dyke,  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  pretty  luncheon  given  Tuesday 
afternoon  by  Miss  Clarissa  Hale. 

DINNERS. 
BEA\"ER. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Frederick    Hope   Beaver   gave    a    dinner    party 

Monday  evening  at  their  home. 
CHAPMAN. — Mr.   and   Mrs.   Charles   Chapman  were   hosts   at  a  dinner  at 

their  apartments  at  the  Casa  Madrone  Tuesday  night,  having  a  few 

friends  as  a  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long. 
CRANE. — A  dinner  was  given   Saturday  evening  in   honor  of  Prince  and 

Princess   Paul    Troubetskoy   by   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Douglas    Crane    at   the 

Cliff  House. 
CROCKER.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    Charles    Templeton    Crocker    entertained    at 

dinner  Sunday  evening  at  "Uplands,"  their  home  in  Hillsborough. 
DE  LONG. — Thirty  friends  were  entertained  at  an  elaborate  dinner  given 

by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long  on  Thursday  evening  at  the  Palace 

Hotel. 


CRAVENS. — Captain  and  Mrs.  Richard  Cravens  gave  an  informal  dinner, 
Monday,  at  their  home  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 

DE  YOUNG. — Miss  Phyllis  de  Young  was  hostess  Thursday  at  a  dinner 
party  at  her  home. 

EHRMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Ehrman  will  preside  at  an  elaborate 
dinner  on  the  evening  of  March  29th  in  the  blue  room  at  the  St. 
Francis. 

FULLAM. — Rear-Admiral  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Fullam  presided  at  a  pretty 
dinner  Monday  evening,  its  setting  having  been  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

GRANT. — Miss  Josephine  Grant  entertained  a  coterie  of  friends  at  dinner 
Friday  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Grant,  on 
Broadway. 

JUDGE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at 
dinner  Wednesday  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  where  the  party 
shared  in  the  pleasure  of  the  dancing. 

KOHL. — At  the  Country  Club,  Mrs.  Kohl  divided  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward Cudahy  the  honors  of  a  dinner  given  by  Philip  T.  Brown  of 
New  York. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Peter  Martin,  Mrs.  Oscar  Cooper,  Miss  Helen  Jones  and 
J.  Downey  Harvey  accepted  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin 
at  an  informal  dinner  given  Monday  evening  at  her  home  on  Broad- 
way. 

MEYERFELD. — A  dinner  dance  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Meyer- 
feld  on  Saturday  night  at  their  home  in  town. 

OXNARD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  gave  a  dinner  on  Monday  even- 
ing.   It  was  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long. 

ORRICK. — Complimenting  Miss  Elizabeth  Orrick,  one  of  the  popular  en- 
gaged girls,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  gave  a  dinner  Thursday 
evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel.  Miss  Orrick  will  become  the  bride 
of  Ralph  Clarke  Newland  the  latter  part  of  this  month. 

RYER. — Complimenting  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young,  Mrs.  Ryer  presided  at  a 
handsomely  appointed  dinner  last  Saturday  evening. 

SCHWERIN. — Miss  Arabella  Schwerin  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at 
dinner  on  Tuesday  evening.  The  setting  for  the  affair  was  at  her 
home  in  Washington  street. 

SEQUOYAH  CLUB.— The  Sequoyah  Country  Club  will  celebrate  its  sec- 
ond anniversary  with  an  elaborate  dinner  dance  on  the  evening  ot 
March.  27th  at  the  clubhouse  in  the  Elrnhurst  foothills. 

TAYLOR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  gave  a  dinner  at  their  home  in 
this  city  Monday  evening. 

WELCH. — The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  in  San  Mateo  formed 
the  scene  of  an  enjoyable  dinner  last  Saturday  evening. 

WELSH. — Miss  Ruth  Welsh  gave  an  informal  dinner  last  Friday  at  her 
home  on  Jackson  street.  After  the  dinner,  an  evening  of  dancing  was 
enjoyed  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

TEAS. 

DAVIS. — Mrs.  Harry  F.  Davis  gave  a  tea  Friday  in  her  Scott  street  home 
in  honor  of  Miss  Marion  Angellotti. 

DE  LONG. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  La  Mont  de  Long  gave  an  informal  tea 
Monday  afternoon  in  compliment  to  Mr.  de  Long's  brother,  George 
de  Long,  and  his  bride. 

KELHAM. — Among  the  informal  affairs  of  the  week  was  the  tea  at  which 
Mrs.  George  B.  Kelham  was  hostess  Wednesday  afternoon.  The  affair 
was  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located,  refined  hotel  in 
San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square,  and  at  the 
corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


id  will  civ*  i  tu  41  the   r*lar« 

'  Mlra 

OoaMaac*   Martinson.    th«*   fiance   of    Howard    KentflcU.    son    of    Mr*. 

«•  at  an   Informal  tea 
et    Thurml.t 
waa  arrani  Um  pU<a*ur«>  of  Mr*.  Thorn  an  S 

-.1  a  few  days  ago  to  Vtelt  h.-r  lister,  Mrs. 

nt  an  Inf.'-  i  afternoon 

af  ra*1a*nc*  on  Van  Ness  a\-  i 
Wl  s,|;iy  ..m.  moon  at  iho 

hon  ■  tot  an  Infnrn 

or  waa  airs.   Thomas  Scholars  of  !.•• 
SUPPER&. 
vttatlons    have    been    Issued    bf    Mfejor-Gtiieral    and    Mis.    J. 
kiln  Bell  for  a  buffet  supper  to  be  given  on  the  evening  of  March 

BRIDGE. 

Miss  Linda  1  -lay  afternoon  at 

a  bridge  tea  at  her  hoi 

irty  followed  by  tea  brought  together  a  dozen 
Miss  Florence  Hraverman  Tuesday  afternoon  at  her  Wash- 
rne. 

Uurn  will  give  a  bridge   tea   at    the   Fran. 
Miss  Colburn  is  making  her  home  at  the  Fair- 
mont  Hotel. 
Lmjnnki.I. AN      Mrs.    Martha    Pratt    1 'onnellan    entertained    a    group    of 
friends   at   bridge   Tuesday   afternoon   at  her   home  at   Fort   Wlnfleld 
Scott 
HA  LB. — Mm   Prentlfl  Cobb  Hale  gave  a  bridge  party  at  her  home  In  Val- 

t  Tuesday  afternoon. 
1't'WKK      An  informal  bridge  party  was  given  Tuesday  afternoon  by  Mrs. 

wer  at   her  Piedmont  home. 
WOOLSEY.— Dr.  and  Mrs.   Chester  H.  Woolsey  are  settled  in  their  new 
horn--  remento  street,  and  by  way  of  a  housewarming  en- 

Ined  a  number  of  their  friends  Friday  evening  at  a  bridge  party. 
WOLFF.— Mrs.    Henry  Wolff  entertained  about  fifty  of  her  friends  at  an 
enjoyable   bridge    tea   at   the   Fairmont    Hotel    Tuesday. 
GARDEN    FETE 
CROCKER. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Charles    Templeton   Crocker   will   open    their 
estate  to  the  public  at  a  garden  fete  and  fashion  show  to  be  given  on 
the  terrace  of  their  home  in  Burlingame  on  Saturday  afternoon,  April 
14th. 

DANCES. 
FOLGKR. — A   coterie   of   the  debutante  set  will  enjoy   the  hospitality  of 
Mr.   and  Mrs.   Ernest  Folger  at  a  supper  dance,   Saturday  evening. 
THEATRE    PARTIES. 
BENEDICT. — A    luncheon   party   followed   by  attendance   at   the   matinee 
performance  of  one  of  the  local  theatres  furnished  a  diversion  Wed- 
nesday afternoon   for  a  group  of  the  friends  of  Mrs.   Egbert  Judson 
Benedict.     The  luncheon  took  place  at  the  Fairmont. 
PARKER. — Miss  Alice  Hiestand,  a  bride-elect,  who  is  being  entertained 
at  many  interesting  gatherings,  will  be  the  honor  guest  at  a  theatre 
party  to   be   given    to-day  by   Mrs.    Douglas   Parker   and    the   Misses 
Emily  Moore  and  Lucy  Brennan. 
POPE. — Miss    Emily    Pope,    the    much    feted    daughter   of   Mr.    and    Mrs. 
George  A.  Pope,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  Walker,  presided  Monday  evening 
at  one  of  the  most  elaborate  parties  of  the  season — a  theatre  party — 
followed  by  a  supper  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
WALKER. — Messrs.  and  Mesdames  William  H.  Taylor,  Jr.,  Charles  Tem- 
pleton  Crocker,    Henry   Foster  Dutton   and  J.   Frank   Judge,   Messrs. 
Stewart  Lowery  and  George  Leib  formed  a  "no  host"  party  that  en- 
joyed dinner  Monday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel.     Later  they 
were   members   of   the   theatre  party  given   by  Mr.   and  Mrs.    Talbot 
Walker. 
WEIL. — A  theatre  party  and  tea  was  given  by  Conrad  and  Theodore  Weil, 
sons  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Conrad  Weil,   Saturday  afternoon.     About  fifty 
guests  enjoyed  their  hospitality. 

RECEPTIONS. 
BROOKS. — Mr.    and  Mrs.   Digby   Sherman   Brooks,    whose    marriage   took 
place  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  who  have  taken  up  their  residence  with 
the  bridegroom's  mother,  Mrs.  William  S.  Brooks,  on  Vallejo  street, 
presided  at  a  handsome  reception  Saturday  afternoon. 
ARRIVALS. 
BENDER. — Mrs.   D.   A.   Bender  is  a  guest  of  her  son,  Ralph  Bender,   of 

Berkeley. 
DEANE. — After  a   very   enjoyable  visit   in   the   East,    the   greater  part   of 
which   she   passed  in   New  Tork,   Miss   Dorothy  Deane   returned   last 
Friday  to  her  home  on  Vallejo  street. 
viALLOIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Gallois,  who  have  been  in   tht>  EaSt  for 

three  weeks,  returned  Monday  to  their  home  on  Russian  Hill. 
MEEK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Meek,  whose  marriage  took  place  February 
14th  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Merrill  in  this  city,  returned 
Monday  from  their  honeymoon  trip,  and  are  established  at  the  home 
of  the  bridegroom's  mother.  Mrs.  Horry  Meek,  in  Haywards. 
DEPARTURES. 
CROWDER. — Miss  Ann  Elizabeth  Crowder,  Miss  Jean  Wheeler,  Miss  Amy 
Requa  and  Miss  Elizabeth   Adams  leave   this  week  for  Red  Bluff  to 
visit  on  a  ranch  there  for  a  couple  of  weeks  or  so. 
DONOHOE. — Joseph  A.  Donohoe  and  Christian  de  Guigne  left   this  week 

for  the  East,  to  pass  some  time  in  New  Tork. 
GARDNER.— Dr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Gardner  left  last  Thursday  for  Havana, 

Cuba,  and  will  be  gone  several  weeks. 
JACKLING. — It  Is  with  much  regret  that  the  friends  of  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Daniel  C.  Jackling  have  learned  of  their  intended  departure  for   the 
East  for  a  stay  of  some  months.     They  will  leave  to-day. 


INTIMATIONS. 

I   week   in   i  el  Ho 
F1LBB  r  ia  visiting  Mr.  and  lira    William  I 

II  mov< 
back  i"  the  Hill,  real  en  next  Moi 
GRANT,     fcfajoi  and  Mm    Pi  ink  Grant  of  the  U    s    a.  will  urn 

■  i 
GUINNESS.     Mr,  and  Mis    Benjamin  Qulnnesa  of  New  york  havi 
Ponlatowakl   bouM  in    BurUngarae,  and  wlU  be   here 
nead   month  to  spend  most  of  the  eummei   a< 

HOBART.      Mr.   an. I    Mrs.    I.,-\vis    Hoh.irt    Will   glVfl 

Saturday  and  Sunday  at   their  home  In   Burl 
KOHL     Mm  k   Kohl  and  Mn    Walter  Filer  are  being 

elvely  entertained   during  their  stay    in   Santa    Barbara,     Mr 

went  down  shortly  after  tin  :1.s   the  guest  of   U 

Wright. 

PAYNE,  -Dr.  and  Mrs.  Clyde  Payne  and  their  attractive  little  daughter, 
Miss   Dolly  Madison    Payne,   will  leave  April    I 
will  visit  their  son.  Clyde  Payne,  Jr.,  In  Philadelphia. 

PARTINGTON.— The  friends  of  Miss  PhyUiB  Partington,  who  enjoyed  In  i 
snt   brief  visit  In  this  city,  are  rejoicing  In  the  fact  that  she  will 
return  here  In  May  for  a  more  extended  sojourn. 

BPLTVAIjO. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  SpUvalo  will  come  to  the  city  next 
week  to  reside  hero  permanently.  They  have  been  living  at  Ban 
Mateo  for  the  last  year  or  so. 

VANDERBIET.— The  news  that  Mrs.  William  K.  Vanderbllt,  Jr.,  will  ar- 
rive within  a  few  days  from  her  home  in  New  York  is  a  matter  of 
much  rejoicing  in  society,  where  her  coming  is  always  the  cause  rl 
much  satisfaction.  She  is  being  accompanied  West  by  Miss  Janetta 
Alexander,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Alexander  of  New- 
York,  and  will  be  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Clark  in  San 
Mateo. 

WHITE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralston  White,  who  have  been  in  town  over  the 
winter,  return  to  their  home  in  Mill  Valley  next  week. 

WEILL. — Word  has  been  received  from  Raphael  Weill  that  he  is  at  the 
Riviera  Palace  at  Nice.     He  left  Paris  the  latter  part  of  February. 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel   St.   Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night— Califomian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plale.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

under  the  direction  of 

MRS.    DOUGLAS   CRANE 

The  Smartest    Place  MISS  IRENE  LACOUR 

in  Town  in  Original  Dances 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 

9  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

9  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,   Mar 

ager 

14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


Consultant — Don't  you  enjoy  good     health,     madame? 

Consulter — I  certainly  do,  doctor.  I  only  wish  I  had  some  of  it. 
—Judge. 

Jack — But  what  does  your  father  see  in  me  to  object  to  ? 

Edith — He  doesn't  see  anything  in  you.  That's  why  he  objects. 
— Boston  Transcript. 

Special  Operator — That  telephone  has  been  taken  out. 

Subscriber — Eer — you  couldn't  tell  me  where  it  has  been  taken 
to,  could  you?— Michigan  Belle. 

• "What  did  you  say  to  your  wife  when  you  got  home  at 

12  last  night?"  "My  dear."  "Is  that  all?"  "Yes;  she  began 
talking  then." — Liverpool  Post. 

Wife  (whispering  to  her  husband  in  church) — Wake  up! 

Husband — It's  only  the  cat  trying  to  get  in,  Jane.  There's  no- 
body in  the  house  but  us. — Judge. 

Bank  Manager — Now  please  understand,  Miss  Jones,  you 

must  make  the  books  balance.  Miss  Jones — Oh,  Mr.  Brown, 
how  fussy  you  are. — London  Punch. 

"Norway  has  put  an  embargo  on  the  export  of  raw  cop- 
per." "Oh,  well,  Ireland  will  continue  to  supply  the  New  York 
police  force." — Florida  Times-Union. 

She — What  do  you  suppose  Harold  meant  by  sending  me 

those  flowers?  Also  She — He  probably  meant  to  imply  that 
you  were  a  dead  one. — Jack  o'  Lantern. 

In  the  art  department  a  few  days  ago  one  of  the  students 

drew  the  picture  of  a  hen  so  lifelike  that  when  she  threw  it  into 
the  waste-basket  it  laid  there. — Liverpool  Post. 

The  Host — I  thought  of  sending  some  of  these  cigars  out 

to  the  Front.  The  Victim — Good  idea !  But  how  can  you  make 
certain  that  the  Germans  will  get  them? — Tit-Bits. 

Aunt  Sarah   (horrified) — Good  gracious,     John,     what 

would  your  mother  say  if  she  saw  you  smoking  cigarettes? 
John  (calmly) — She'd  have  a  fit.  They're  her  cigarettes. — 
Puck. 

Hewitt — Gruet  has  made  a  terrible  failure  of  his  life. 

Jewett — How  so?  Hewitt — He  married  his  cook  in  order  to 
keep  her,  and  he  not  only  lost  her,  but  he  has  to  pay  alimony. 
—Life. 

Passenger — What  makes  the  train  run  so  slow?     Irate 

Conductor — If  you  don't  like  it  you  can  get  off  and  walk.  Pas- 
senger— I  would,  only  I  am  not  expected  until  train  time. — 
Squib. 

Tom — I  wonder  why  Harry  broke  his  engagement  with 

Miss  Peckem?  Jack — According  to  my  information,  her  father 
offered  to  lend  him  money  enough  to  get  married  on. — Indian- 
apolis Star. 

"It  always  gives  a  man  confidence,"  remarked  the  popu- 
lar candidate,  proudly,  "to  know  that  a  vast  body  of  people  are 
behind  him."  "Not  if  they  are  coming  too  fast,"  murmured  the 
horse-thief,  judiciously. — Widow. 

Fond  Mother — Dorothy,  if  you  are  bad  you  won't  go  to 

heaven.  Don't  you  know  that?  Little  Dorothy — Well,  I've 
been  to  the  circus  and  the  Chautauqua  already.  I  can't  expect 
to  go  everywhere. — Orange  Peel. 

Easterner  (after  first  day's  work  on  a  big  Western  ranch) 

Will  you  please  show  me  where  I  can  sleep  to-night?  Rancher 
— Where  you  can  sleep !  Great  Scott,  man,  here's  10,000  acres ; 
jest  pick  out  any  blame  spot  that  suits  you,  and  go  to  it. — New 
York  Times. 

■ "Has  your  college  education  been  of  any  practical  value 

to  you?"  "You  bet  it  has!  If  it  wasn't  for  my  experience  in 
track  athletics  I'd  have  to  leave  my  house  five  minutes  earlier 
every  morning  in  order  to  catch  the  7 :58,"  replied  the  com- 
muter.— Michigan  Awgwan. 


White — Is  your  business  a  paying  one?     Black — Yes, 

that's  about  all  it  consists  of. — Chicago  Herald. 

She — I  wonder  why  men  lie   so.     He — Because   their 

wives  are  so  blamed  inquisitive.- — Boston  Transcript. 

Willis — You  think  these  summer  military  camps  tend  to 

make  a  man  a  braver  fighter?  Gillis — Yes.  After  I  returned 
from  the  first  one  I  got  married ;  after  I  got  back  this  year  I  had 
a  row  with  my  mother-in-law,  and  after  my  return  next  year  I'm 
going  to  fire  the  cook. — Town  Topics. 

The  minister  was  preaching  on  little  things,  how  great 

events  from  trifling  causes  spring,  and  an  obiter  dictum  was: 
"Did  you  ever  reflect  that  a  single  man  was  the  father  of  the 
human  race?"  Several  members  of  the  congregation  subse- 
quently assured  each  other  that  they  regarded  Adam  as  mar- 
ried.— Manchester  Guardian. 

An  Irishman  who  had  walked  a  long  distance,  feeling 

very  thirsty  and  seeing  a  milkman,  asked  the  price  of  a  quart 
of  milk.  "Threepence,"  replied  the  milkman.  "Then  give  me 
a  quart  in  pints,"  said  Pat.  Pat,  on  drinking  one  pint,  asked, 
"How  do  we  stand?"  The  milkman  replied:  "I  owe  yer  a 
pint."  "And  I  owe  you  one,"  said  Pat,  "so  we  are  quits." — 
Chicago  News. 

In  times  of  peace  Smith  might  have  been  an  author  who 

had  drifted  into  some  useful  occupation,  such  as  that  of  a  black- 
smith, but  just  now  he  is  cook  to  the  Blankshire  officers'  mess. 
Smith  sent  Murphy  into  the  village  to  bring  home  some  chick- 
ens ordered  for  the  mess.  "Murphy,"  said  Smith,  the  next  day, 
"when  you  fetch  me  chickens  again,  see  that  they  are  fastened 
up  properly.  That  lot  you  fetched  yesterday  all  got  loose,  and 
though  I  scoured  the  village  I  only  managed  to  secure  ten  of 
them."    "  'Sh!"  said  Murphy.    "I  only  brought  six." — Tit-Bits. 


Go 

Next 


Sunday! 


50f0  Reduction  for  Round 
Trip  Tickets  via  Southern 
Pacific    Lines    in   California 

Between  Points  Where  the  One-Way 
Fare  Range*  from  50c  to  $5. 

SUGGESTIONS : 

From 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


To 


Sacramento 
Stockton 
San  Jose 


$2.50 
2.35 
1.25 


Oil  Burning  Locomotives;  No  Cinders; 
No  Annoying  Smoke;  Steam  Heated 
Cars;    Automatic    Safety    Block   Signals 

ASK   AGENT 

SOUTHERN 
PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the 
"  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 
430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


ACTIVE  RAID  TO  GATHER  RECRUITS,  N.  G.  C. 

A  lively  jolt  was  given  recruiting  on  the  Peninsula,  this  week, 
when  the  California  Coast  Artillery,  National  Guard,  went  gun- 
ning for  members  in  crowds  thronging  Market  street.  A  model 
field  gun.  carrying  all  the  fierceness  of  war,  was  used  by  the 
fluent  speakers  to  illustrate  just  what  recruits  were  expected  to 
do  after  they  had  joined  the  corps,  and  after  learning  their  spe- 
cific duties.  Captain  John  McHenry  was  in  charge  of  these 
high-spirited  volunteers.  With  him  were  Sergeant  E.  V.  Blount 
of  the  Eleventh  Company,  who  enthusiastically  and  persistently 
distributed  dodgers  setting  forth  the  advantages  of  joining  the 
National  Guard  Artillery.  Beside  them  was  a  bugler  equipped 
as  chestily  as  old  Boreas,  who  blew  blasts  of  patriotic  calls 
that  would  have  moved  a  wooden  Indian  to  enlist.  This  un- 
usual foray  among  the  shirkers  is  to  increase  the  enlistment  of 
the  company  up  to  its  complement  of  65  members  before  the 
end  of  March.  Good  headway  was  made  by  Captain  McHenry 
and  his  intrepid  aides.  If  more  of  the  officers  of  the  National 
Guard  would  dive  into  the  recruiting  problem  with  the  energetic 
spirit  displayed  by  Captain  McHenry  and  his  two  aides,  sub- 
stantial results  would  quickly  follow. 

The  machine  gun  used  in  this  exhibition  is  the  property  of 
the  Machine  Gun  Company  of  the  Fifth  California  Infantry, 
under  command  of  Captain  F.  A.  Marriott.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  this  latter  organization  served  several  months  on 
the  Mexican  border  during  the  recent  threatened  crisis. 


HIS  IMPRESSIONS. 


Whom  the  gods  iove  die  young. 

They  loved  him  well. 

And  took  him  early  in  his  manhood's  prime 

From  this  base  earth. 

His  was  a  nature,  noble,  generous,  great; 

His  mind  was  vast  his  soul  was  radiant. 

Rare  traits  had  he,  which  set  him  far  above 

His  fellow-men. 

A  wondrous  way  of  saying  the  right  thing 

At  the  right  time; 

A  boundless  generosity;  a  heart 

Overflowing  with  the  deepest,  tenderest  love ; 

His  tact  was  marvelous;  his  wisdom  wide; 

And  better  far  than  all, 

He  understood. 

A  paragon,  a  mighty  man  indeed. 

Nay,  nay,  I  never  saw  him — but  I  know, 

From  many  hearings  of  his  virtues  rare — 

He  was  my  wife's  first  husband! 

— Town  Topics. 


VALLEY  OF  THE  SHADOW. 

God,  I  am  traveling  out  to  death's  sea, 

I,  who  exulted  in  sunshine  and  laughter, 
Thought  not  of  dying — death  is  such  waste  to  me ! 

Grant  me  one  comfort :  Leave  not  the  hereafter 
Of  mankind  to  war,  as  though  I  had  died  not — 

I,  who  in  battle,  my  comrade's  arm  linking, 
Shouted  and  sang — life  in  my  pulses  hot 

Throbbing  and  dancing !    Let  not  my  sinking 
In  dark  be  for  naught,  my  death  a  vain  thing ! 

God,  let  me  know  it  the  end  of  man's  fever! 
Make  my  last  breath  a  bugle  call,  carrying 

Peace  o'er  the  valleys  and  cold  hills,  for  ever ! 

— John  Galsworthy  in  The  Nation. 


SAFEGUARDING  THE  MORALS  OF  HENS. 
"It  is  the  custom,"  a  correspondent  states,  for  French  hen 
wives,  who  apparently  are  no  better  than  they  ought  to  be,  "to 
make  the  hens  hopelessly  drunk  with  wine  soaked  bread,  and 
then  by  placing  a  setting  of  eggs  conveniently  near  to  delude  the 
poor  creatures  with  the  idea  that  they  have  performed  their 
maternal  duties.  If  they  are  young  hens  they  are  seized  with 
the  desire  to  lay;  if  they  are  too  old  for  laying,  they  are  at  once 
seized  with  the  desire  to  sit,  and  while  kept  half-fuddled,  pro- 
ceed to  hatch  out  any  quantity  of  batches  of  eggs.  Fowls  habit- 
ually intoxicated  with  wine  or  strong  ale  lay  30  per  cent  more 
eggs  than  their  soberer  sisters." 


Fifty  cases  of  desertion  by  lazy  husbands  has  led  Marin 

County  officials  to  propose  a  rock  pile  for  curative  purposes. 
A  little  flailing  now  and  then  is  distasteful  to  the  worst  of  men. 


H 


ITCHCOCK 
MILITARY 

ACADEM 


Y 


•  I  one  mile  from  Sun  lt*tnt>l  in  ilie  hwlthlMI  pan  ol  butntltal  Marin 
county.  School  full?  accredited,  Blghoat  rank  accorded  bi  0  9.  WarDept. 
Hiirn  morals  ami  strict  atttMition  demanded,     Special attentli 

(  uiture  an,i  Athletics,     fopertandexperlen I  humidors.     Separata  room 

li  pupil.    Juniors   in  separate  building.     89tt)  rear. 
N  rit*>  for  catalog. 

ADDRESS 
REX  W.  SHERER,  President 
Hitchcock    Military   Academy 
SAN  RAFAEL  CALIFI 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
21 


1171 
123) 


2123 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Hfgh  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH    D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific   Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST— CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for,  young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street        Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 
Painting 


THE    DERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  McALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE   840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  BeringerfConcert  Pianist)    Mmc.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  y.nd 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


ij^wwoal; 


Financial  circles  are  quietly 
Confidence  in  America's  awaiting  developments  at  Wash- 
Financial  Situation.  ington.     The  banking  situation  is 

strong  in  every  respect,  and  no 
disturbance  of  confidence  is  expected  in  any  event.  The  New 
York  Clearing  House  banks  hold  $167,000,000  in  excess  of  their 
legal  reserves,  as  compared  with  $135,000,000  a  year  ago,  and 
the  banks  throughout  the  country  are  in  exceptionally  strong 
position,  not  only  as  regards  their  cash  reserves,  but  as  re- 
gards the  character  of  their  loans.  The  prosperity  of  the  last 
two  years  has  put  the  business  of  the  country  on  a  very  solid 
basis.  The  banking  system  of  the  country  is  abundantly  able  to 
take  care  of  the  needs  of  the  business  community  in  any  situa- 
tion that  develops,  and  to  perform  any  part  that  may  devolve 
upon  it  in  connection  with  the  government's  financing.  Whe- 
ther the  country  becomes  a  party  to  the  war  or  not,  it  will  have 
to  borrow  money  to  meet  the  great  expenditures  that  have  been 
undertaken.  As  yet  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  has  no  au- 
thority to  borrow  except  by  the  sale  of  the  Panama  Canal  bonds 
or  one-year  certificates,  which  pay  three  per  cent  interest  and 
cannot  be  sold  at  less  than  par.  If  the  country  is  not  actually  at 
war,  and  the  amount  required  is  not  above  $200,000,000,  or 
possibly  $300,000,000,  it  may  be  that  this  provision  will  suf- 
fice, but  if  there  is  practical  certainty  of  more  extensive  bor- 
rowing, a  three  per  cent  rate  will  be  too  low  to  attract  the 
amount  of  capital  required. 


For  the  month  of  January,  1917,  the  exports  of  this 

country  were  $613,441,000  and  imports  $241,675,000,  giving 
a.  trade  balance  of  $371,766,000,  largely  against  the  allied  coun- 
tries. Since  January  1st,  a  British  loan  of  $250,000,000  has 
been  placed  here,  and  $151,000,000  of  gold  has  been  brought  in 
on  British  account.  These  figures  gives  some  idea  of  the  prob- 
lem which  confronts  Great  Britain  in  settling  for  her  own  and 
her  allies'  purchases  in  this  country,  and  indicates  where  she 
has  the  greatest  need  of  help. 


The  report  of  the  Crocker  National  Bank  to  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury,  as  of  March  5,  1917,  indicates  that 
money  is  generally  very  much  easier,  due  in  a  large  measure 
to  the  flood  of  currency  that  is  flushing  this  country  by  reason 
of  the  agricultural  products,  manufactured  goods  and  munitions 
of  war  that  Uncle  Sam  is  selling  the  belligerents.  Loans  and 
discounts  reach  $22,098,604;  customers'  liability  on  letters  of 
credit,  $1,544,135;  cash  and  sight  exchange,  $10,262,646;  letters 
of  credit,  $1,561,950;  deposits,  $28,497,175;  resources,  $37,- 
804,680 — a  strong  position. 


Directors  of  the  Crocker  National  Bank  this  week  made 

the  following  promotions  on  the  official  staff :  Wellington  Gregg, 
elected  vice-president  and  cashier;  J.  B.  McCargar  elected  vice- 
president;  John  Clausen  elected  vice-president;  B.  J.  Murphy 
elected  assistant  cashier ;  F.  G.  Willis  elected  assistant  cashier ; 
other  officers  remained  unchanged. 


Reductions  in  the  country's  business  mortality  is  custom- 
ary at  this  season,  and  during  February  there  were  fewer  fail- 
ures than  in  any  month  back  to  September,  1916,  with  the  small- 
est liabilities  since  last  November.  Exclusive  of  banks  and 
other  fiduciary  suspensions,  defaults  numbered  1,165  and  the 
indebtedness  reported  to  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  was  $16,617,883,  as 
against  1,540  for  $18,283,120. 


The  feature  of  the  report  from  the  Comstock  this  week 

was  the  shipment  last  week  of  three  carloads  of  ore  from  the 
2,600  foot  level  of  Union  that  averaged  $332.76  per  ton.  The 
company  shipped  from  the  mine  and  storage  piles  a  total  of 
537  tons  that  averaged  $17.64,  including  ore  taken  from  half 
a  dozen  points  in  this  mine.  The  ore  showing  on  the  2,700 
foot  level  of  Consolidated  Virginia  is  considered  one  of  the 
most  important  developments  recently  noted  from  the  North 
End.  The  ore  has  widened  to  the  full  six  feet  of  the  drift,  and 
is  high  in  gold  values,  an  advance  of  14  feet  having  been  made 
during  the  week.    Samples  ran  as  high  as  $21  per  ton. 


The  report  of  the  Montebello  Oil  Company  for  the  year 

ended  December  31,  1916,  shows  net  profits  of  $177,573,  which 
is  equal  to  17.75  per  cent  on  the  $1,000,000  capital  stock  out- 
standing.   Dividends  were  paid  at  the  rate  of  12  per  cent. 


Harry  Schwartz,  recently  elected  a  member  of  the  San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  has  opened  offices  at  241 
Montgomery  street. 


American  Smelting  Company's  year  1916  earned  29% 

per  cent  on  its  common  stock,  as  against  14.06  per  cent  earned 
in  1915. 


Northwestern  Electric  Company  declared  yesterday  its 

quarterly  dividend  No.  8  of  $1.50  a  share  on  the  outstanding 
preferred  stock  of  the  corporation.  This  dividend  is  payable 
April  1st,  on  stock  of  record  March  24th. 


"Do   you   see   that   strong,   healthy  looking   man   over 

there?"  "I  was  just  admiring  his  physique."  "The  doctors 
gave  him  up  years  ago."  "You  surprise  me."  "Yes;  they 
found  out  they  couldnt  get  anything  out  of  him." — Judge. 


THE 

Crocker  National  Bank 

OF    SAN     FRANCISCO 

CONDITION    AT    CLOSE    OF    BUSINESS    MARCH    5,    1917. 

RESOURCES 

Loans  and  Discounts   $22,098,604.78 

U.  S.  Bonds   1,982,200.00 

Other  Bonds  and   Securities    1.797.294.15 

Capital  Stock  in  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco        120.000.00 

Customers'   Liability  under  Letters  of  Credit   1,544.135.58 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,252,646.30 

$37,804,680.81 
LIABILITIES 

Capital    ?  2,000.000.00 

Surplus   and  Undivided  Profits    3.778,754.39 

Circulation    1.966,800.00 

Letters  of  Credit    1,561,950.58 

Deposits     28,497,175.84 

$37,804,680.81 
OFFICERS 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President       J.  B.  McCARGAR. .  Asst.  Cashier 

CHAS.    E.    GREEN... Vice-Pres.        G.   W.   EBNER Asst.   Cashier 

JAS.  J.  FAGAN Vice-Pres.       B.  D.  DEAN Asst.  Cashier 

W.  GREGG.  JR Cashier       J.  M.  MASTEN Asst.  Cashier 

JOHN  CLAUSEN,  H.  C.   SIMPSON, 

Manager  Foreign  Dept.  Asst.  Manager  Foreign  Dept. 

G.  FERRIS  BALDWIN,  Auditor 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 

WM.    H.    CROCKER  CHAS.    E.    GREEN 

CHARLES    T.    CROCKER  W.  GREGG.   JR. 

JAS.   J.   FAGAN  A.  F.  MORRISON 

GEORGE  W.  SCOTT  S.  F.  B.  MORSE 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


UBI^B^IkTABLE 


"Short  Rations." 

Peace — a  just  peace — is  the  keynote  of  Madeleine  Z.  Dory's 
new  book.  Peace  is  the  need  of  the  starving  women  and  child- 
ren in  Germany,  the  desire  of  wounded  soldiers  in  every  belli- 
gerent nation,  the  cry  of  all  the  sorrowing  women  in  those  lands 
Miss  Doty  visited  England,  France  and  Germany  twice,  once 
in  1915,  while  attending  the  Women's  International  Peace  Con- 
ference at  the  Hague,  again  the  following  year  when  at  the  re- 
quest of  a  New  York  newspaper  she  went  "in  search  of  the 
truth."  The  truth,  as  she  found  it,  she  has  incorporated  in  "Short 
Rations."  It  is  a  view  of  these  countries  not  generally  shown 
by  war  correspondents,  who  early  learn  that  to  see  anything 
they  must  see  what  Government  decrees;  it  is  a  woman's  re- 
action to  facts  which  heretofore  have  been  interpreted  chiefly 
■by  men. 

Ten  photograph  illustrations  and  maps.  $1.50  net.  The  Cen- 
tury Company,  New  York. 


"The  Stingy  Receiver." 

This  is  a  story  woven  by  Eleanor  Hallowell  Abbott,  the  au- 
thor of  Mrs.  Tome  Gallien,  a  tremendously  wealthy,  keen- 
minded,  sharp  tongued,  bed  ridden  woman,  who  is  always  send- 
ing presents  broadcast,  and  whose  dearest  wish  is  this:  "That 
the  last  mail  of  the  day  may  never  leave  me  utterly  letterless — 
and  that  I  may  alway  be  expecting  a  package  by  express." 

It  is  also  the  story  of  Solvei  Kjelland,  who  says  herself  that 
she  is  "young  and  strong,  and  very  laughing,"  and  who  has 
just  come  from  Norway  to  America  to  learn  about  the  Montes- 
sori  method.  But,  by  a  joyful  twist  of  fortune,  she  learns  most 
about  Mrs.  Tome  Gallien  and  about  Dr.  Sam  Kendrue,  who  is 
as  tall  and  young  and  handsome  as  Solvei,  as  brunette  as  she  is 
blonde.  About  these  and  some  subordinate  characters  the  au- 
thor of  "Molly  Make-Believe"  weaves  another  of  those  whim- 
sical, sparkling,  laughing  romances  that  have  endeared  her  to 
so  many  thousand  readers. 

Five  illustrations  by  Fanny  Munsell.  $1  net.  The  Century 
Company,  New  York. 


"English  Drama." 

A  new  work  in  the  "Contemporary  Drama"  series,  of  which 
Richard  Burton  is  editor,  is  Thomas  H.  Dickinson's  "The  Con- 
temporary Drama  of  England,"  a  really  comprehensive  survey 
covering  50  years.  Dickinson's  account  of  the  British  drama 
from  the  days  of  Robertson,  through  the  period  of  the  well  made 
play,  and  down  to  the  beginning  of  the  modern  drama  of  ideas, 
which  has  often  been  the  drama  of  social  criticism  and  propa- 
ganda, apparently  is  written  full  of  knowledge.  Its  historical 
information  is  interestingly  presented,  and  it  is  much  more 
meaty  and  detailed  than  many  works  of  the  kind.  There  are 
a  few  surprising  mistakes — for  example,  the  statement  that  the 
Athenaeum  was  founded  in  1882.  In  a  book  of  only  240  pages 
some  omissions  are  inevitable.  There  is  no  mention  of  Joseph 
Knight,  one  of  the  most  famous  dramatic  critics  of  the  old 
school.  Sutro  is  dismissed  as  an  artificial  playwright,  without 
a  reference  to  his  satirical  play,  "The  Perplexed  Husband,"  or 
his  fine  comedy,  "The  Two  Virtues." 

$1.25  net.    Little,  Brown  &  Company. 


The  Most  Interesting  American. 

Colonel  George  Harvey,  writing  in  the  March  issue  of  North 
American  Review,  pays  a  tribute  remarkable  for  feeling  and 
eloquence  to  his  friend,  the  late  Wayne  MacVeagh,  whom  Mat- 
thew Arnold  called  "the  most  interesting  American." 

"When  some  thirty  years  ago,"  says  Colonel  Harvey,  "Mat- 
thew Arnold  returned  to  England  at  the  close  of  his  last  visit 
to  this  country  and  was  asked  in  ordinary  course  whom  he  had 
found  here  worth  an  Oxford  man's  while,  he  replied  unhesitat- 
ingly: 'Wayne  MacVeagh  is  the  most  interesting  American.' 
He  was,  too ;  though  how  Matthew  Arnold  made  the  discovery 


or  how  his  precise  mind  was  able  to  withstand  the  shock,  passes 
for  the  limits  of  one's  comprehension." 


Skating  from  the  Scientific  Standpoint. 

Why  is  it  that  steel  skates  glide  so  readily  over  an  ice  sur- 
face? The  structure  of  the  ice  as  detailed  does  not  explain  this 
phenomenon.  Nor  does  this  mode  of  locomotion  depend  on  the 
smoothness  of  the  ice  sheet.  Glass  may  be  had  with  a  very 
smooth  surface,  but  it  would  be  very  poor  stuff  to  skate  on  if 
available.  The  sport  of  ice  skating  depends  on  the  fact  that 
water  expands  on  freezing;  for,  since  ice  is  of  greater  bulk 
than  water,  any  force  that  tends  to  reduce  its  bulk  will  also  tend 
to  change  it  back  to  water.  As  the  whole  weight  of  the  skater 
rests  with  each  stroke  on  the  narrow,  sharp  edge  of  his  skate, 
it  follows  that  a  quite  large  pressure  is  exerted  on  a  very  small 
area  of  the  ice  surface.  The  result  is  that  the  ice  melts  and  the 
skater  glides  forward  on  a  film  of  water  of  the  width  of  a  pen- 
cil line,  which  immediately  refreezes  after  the  skate  edge  has 
passed.  The  colder  the  ice  the  greater  must  be  the  pressure  to 
bring  it  to  the  melting  point,  hence  the  fact  that  on  very  cold 
ice  it  is  difficult  to  make  the  skates  "bite."  In  any  event  only 
a  slight  amount  of  melting  takes  place,  for  it  requires  about  two 
thousand  pounds  of  pressure  to  the  square  inch  to  reduce  the 
melting  point  by  one  degree  centigrade.  This  may  seem  a  high 
pressure  to  be  exerted  by  a  skater,  yet  when  it  is  remembered 
that  the  edge  of  a  skate  is  only  a  very  small  fraction  of  a  square 
inch  in  area,  and  that  ice  is  seldom  very  much  colder  than  the 
freezing  point  (since  there  is  usually  water  below  the  ice  sheet 
at  39  F.  waiting  to  be  cooled  to  the  freezing  point),  it  will  be 
appreciated  that  this  explanation  is  quite  reasonable. — 0.  D. 
von  Engeln  in  Harper's  Magazine  for  March. 


Starr  King  in  California. 

There  will  be  among  the  spring  publications  of  Paul  Elder 
&  Company  a  volume  which  will  be  welcomed  by  all  students 
of  California  history.  It  is  "Starr  King  in  California,"  by  the 
Reverend  William  Day  Simonds  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church 
of  Oakland. 


The  Century  Company  will  publish  the  following  books  dur- 
ing March :  "Short  Rations :  An  American  Woman  in  Germany 
(1915-1916),"  by  Madeleine  Z.  Doty;  "The  Stingy  Receiver," 
by  Eleanor  Hallowell  Abbott;  "Aurora  the  Magnificent,"  by 
Gertrude  Hall ;  "The  Plattsburg  Manual :  A  Text  Book  for  Fed- 
eral Training  Camps,"  by  0.  O.  Ellis,  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S. 
A.,  and  E.  B.  Garey,  First  Lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.;  "Trails  Sun- 
ward," a  book  of  verse  by  Cale  Young  Rice;  and  "The  Red 
Rugs  of  Tarsus,"  by  Helen  Davenport  Gibbons. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


Dr.  Byron  IV.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


Although  it  is  now  the  second  State  in  the  country  for  auto- 
mobiles per  capita,  the  sale  of  power-driven  vehicles  in  Cali- 
fornia continues  at  a  record  pace.  Furthermore,  the  fact  is 
now  emphasized  by  Alfred  Reeves,  general  manager  of  the 
National  Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  who  has  just  re- 
turned to  New  York  after  a  six  weeks'  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast, 
where  he  investigated  trade  conditions,  appeared  before  meet- 
ings of  the  dealers  associations  and  city  commercial  organiza- 
tions, and  formally  opened  the  San  Francisco  show  on  behalf 
of  the  motor  car  manufacturers. 

"In  going  over  the  figures  of  the  motor  vehicle  department  of 
California,"  said  Reeves,  "I  was  shown  that  there  were  more 
than  200,000  automobiles  registered  in  California,  which  is  one 
for  every  15  persons  in  this  State.  Of  course,  it  must  be  un- 
derstood that  many  registered  cars  are  owned  by  the  visitors, 
but  they  would  not  change  the  figures  to  any  marked  degree. 
The  figures  are  only  exceeded  by  the  State  of  Iowa,  where,  be- 
cause of  the  great  number  of  farmers  who  must  have  motor 
cars,  the  figures  are  one  car  for  every  11  persons. 

"In  Los  Angeles  County  there  are  more  cars  than  in  any 
other  county  in  the  country,  and  judging  by  the  traffic  condition 
in  Los  Angeles,  it  has  more  cars  per  mile  of  street  than  New 
York  or  any  other  city.  At  least  that's  the  impression  one  gets 
when  riding  through  their  business  district. 

"The  Los  Angeles  Dealers'  Association  reports  that  trade  is 
increasing,  and  will  continue  to  increase  in  proportion  to  the 
increased  road  mileage  of  the  State,  coupled  with  the  continued 
good  service  supplied  by  motor  cars.  California  this  year  has 
appropriated  $15,000,000,  which  added  to  the  present  mileage 
will  even  further  enhance  the  existing  ideal  touring  conditions 
with  not  alone  roads,  but  scenery  and  an  unrivaled  hospitality 
among  the  hotels,  which  is  a  joy  to  the  motorists  and  sets  an 
example  for  some  of  our  Eastern  hotel  keepers. 

"Touring  throughout  the  mission  country  supplies  scenery 
and  places  of  interest  that  puts  it  on  a  par  with  the  best  that 
Europe  was  ever  able  to  offer.  In  the  northwest  district  they 
have  the  wonderful  Columbia  river  highway  built  along  cliffs 
skirting  the  Columbia  River,  while  Washington  is  putting  its 
time  in  on  the  improvement  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Highway  by 
which  an  ideal  tour  can  be  taken  from  Seattle  down  to  San 
Diego. 

"California  is  more  crowded  with  tourists  this  year  than  ever 
before  in  its  history,  and  automobile  touring  was  at  its  zenith 
when  I  left.  The  trips  include  not  alone  Southern  California, 
but  through  all  the  Pacific  Coast  States. 

"The  San  Francisco  Auomobile  Show  was  a  great  success, 
not  alone  in  attendance  and  the  business  done,  but  from  a 
beauty  point  of  view,  as  the  Dealers'  Association  spent  a  sub- 
stantial sum  to  decorate  the  building  which,  by  the  way,  was 
built  by  the  city  for  convention  purposes. 

"The  dealers'  organizations  on  the  coast  show  unusual  enter- 
prise in  their  work  of  handling  and  selling  motor  cars  and  in 

association  with  the  A.  A.  A.  and  clubs." 

*  *  * 

City  Plans  Boulevard  to  Top  of  Telegraph  Hill 

San  Francisco's  pioneer  park,  located  at  the  summit  of  Tele- 
graph Hill,  one  of  the  best  known  geographic  landmarks  of  the 
city,  is  to  become  the  objective  point  of  a  splendid  boulevard 
system,  if  the  co-operative  plans  now  being  made  by  the  city 
engineer's  office  and  the  North  Beach  Promotion  Association 
are  carried  out.  Plans  have  already  been  drawn  by  the  City 
Engineer  for  the  construction  of  the  first  unit  of  the  boulevard 
system,  and  it  is  believed  that  actual  construction  work  will  be 
commenced  the  latter  part  of  the  coming  summer. 

The  project  calls  for  the  construction  of  a  paved  roadway 
commencing  at  the  junction  of  Lombard  and  Kearny  streets, 


thence  proceeding  in  a  serpentine  fashion  to  Filbert  and  Kearny 
streets,  thence  easterly  and  northerly  by  another  circular  sweep 
to  the  western  side  of  the  hill,  the  ascent  to  the  summit  of  the 
historic  hill  being  of  an  8  per  cent  grade.  At  the  top  of  the 
hill  the  plans  call  for  the  construction  of  an  appropriate  park- 
ing space  for  cars. 

Just  now  the  city  is  engaged  in  buying  up  rights  of  way  for 
the  route  of  the  highway,  but  delay  is  regarded  as  being  par- 
ticularly advantageous,  inasmuch  as  the  entire  project  is  to  be 
carried  to  its  fulfillment  on  an  annual  appropriation  plan.  It  is 
estimated  that  the  construction  of  the  first  unit  will  entail  a 
cost  of  $50,000,  and  that  the  entire  system  will  cost  approxi- 
mately $250,000. 

*  *  » 

A  Lincoln  Aerial  Highway 

Cross-country  flying  over  the  Lincoln  Aerial  Highway  is  ex- 
pected to  be  the  first  result  obtained  in  the  movement  of  de- 
veloping aeronautics  in  this  country.     Air  craft  abroad  have 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  £1  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6 :00  p.  m.  and  10 :40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets  and    Berths  Ask  Agents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691     Market   Street 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


19 


been  brought  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency  in  the  past  two  years 
and  tremendous  possibilities  for  them  are  promised  by  those 
in  authority.  Fast  passenger,  freight  and  mail  service  are  en- 
tirely practical  and  the  government  is  deeply  interested  in  the 
project  from  a  military  standpoint. 

Commenting  on  the  situation,  Lieutenant  Colonel  George  O. 
Squirer.  U.  S.  A.,  head  of  the  aviation  section  of  the  army, 
says:  "It  occurs  to  me  that  since  we  have  the  Lincoln  Highway 
laid  out  for  automobiles,  why  couldn't  we  go  along  that  same 
and  have  reserve  landings  with  gasoline  and  mechanics 
•.rst  aid'  in  each  of  these  reservations,  so  that  one  can 
start  across  the  continent  and  have  a  Lincoln  Airway  over  the 

Lincoln  Highway?" 

*  •  • 

Motor  Truck  Show  Scheduled  for  April 

California's  first  big  motor  truck  show,  that  of  the  Commercial 
Motors  Show,  under  the  management  of  Ivan  R.  Gates,  is  sched- 
uled to  be  held  in  the  Exposition  Auditorium,  from  April  3d  to 
7th,  and  to  occupy  51,000  square  feet  of  floor  space. 

Elaborate  preparations  are  being  made  to  make  this  show  one 
of  the  greatest  ever  held  in  this  country,  not  only  for  those  hav- 
ing transportation  problems  to  solve,  but  to  the  general  public 
as  well,  and  a  number  of  attractive  contests,  demonstrations  and 
special  features  have  been  arranged. 

In  addition  to  the  exhibits  of  the  truck  builders  and  dealers, 
which  will  comprise  every  type  and  model,  from  the  seven- 
ton  leviathan,  driving,  steering  and  braking  on  all  four  wheels, 
and  hauling  a  string  of  trailers,  down  to  the  popular  truck  at- 
tachment for  light  cars,  there  will  be  exhibits  of  trucks  used  by 
several  departments  of  the  United  States  government  as  well 
as  those  of  a  number  of  dealers  in  special  equipment. 

*  *  * 

241  Autos— Once  Sellers— Now  Unknown  and  Unsung 

"According  to  a  table  published  in  Motor  Age,  241  automo- 
biles, which  once  represented  the  hopes  of  as  many  makers, 
are  built  no  more,"  said  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pa- 
cific Kissel-Kar. 

"Every  initial  letter  in  the  alphabet,  except  two,  appear  in 
the  list,  and  there  are  many  names  that  even  those  in  the  in- 
dustry will  have  difficulty  to  recall. 

"How  many  motor-wise  laymen  who  pride  themselves  on  a 
tongue's-end  laden  with  facts  about  the  industry,  can  remem- 
ber the  following  cars : 

"Alpena,  Badger,  Cino,  Dragon,  Ewing,  Fuller,  Gleason, 
Holsman,  Indiana,  Jewell,  Komet,  Lion,  Marron,  Nance,  Or- 
son, Parry,  Queen,  Ricketts,  Sultan,  Traveller,  Van  Dyke, 
Wahl,  Yale  and  Zip." 

Now,  if  there  were  an  Ursus  and  a  Xerxes  added,  the  list 

would  be  complete. 

*  *  * 

U.  S.  Navy  Buys  Owen  Magnetic  Cars 

Three  Owen  magnetic  cars  purchased  by  the  United  States 
Navy,  according  to  telegraphic  information  received  by  the 
Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company,  local  distributor  of  the  magneti- 
cally driven  automobile,  recalls  the  success  of  the  electric 
transmission  employed  in  the  United  States  collier  Jupiter, 
built  at  the  Mare  Island  Navy  Yard  and  recently  adopted  for 
use  in  the  superdreadnoughts  New  Mexico  and  California. 

The  same  principle  involved  in  the  electric  transmission  em- 
ployed in  the  power  plants  of  Uncle  Sam's  latest  naval  vessels 
is  also  used  in  the  Owen  magnetic  car. 

It  is  claimed  in  naval  circles  that  the  electric  transmission 
possesses  an  advantage  over  all  other  turbines,  the  reversing 
being  accomplished  directly  through  the  motors  and  with  the 
same  degree  of  ease  and  certainty  as  prevails  in  any  other 

electric  motor  installation. 

*  *  » 

Boston  Auto  Show  Nets  Big  Kissel  Sales 

Reports  indicate  that  the  annual  Boston  automobile  show, 
held  last  week,  in  the  New  England  metropolis,  was  an  unusual 
success  in  attendance,  interest  and  actual  sales. 

From  the  Kissel-Kar  factory  comes  the  statement  that,  in 
both  retail  and  wholesale  transactions,  the  total  business  ex- 
ceeded by  more  than  100  per  cent  that  of  last  year. 

*  *  * 

Wireless  Phone  for  Auto  Tourists 

It  is  now  possible  for  motorists  contemplating  trips  far  from 
.  human  habitation  to  journey  so  equipped  that  they  may  call  for 


help  in  time  of  trouble,  and  feel  reasonably  certain  that  their 
calls  will  be  heard,  according  to  a  writer  in  the  current  number 
of  American  Motorist.  This  can  be  accomplished  by  use  of  a 
wireless  telephone  invented  for  use  on  automobiles,  and  which 
can  be  operated  while  the  car  is  at  a  standstill  or  traveling  forty 
or  fifty  miles  an  hour. 

•  •  • 

Cole  Company  to  Build  10,000  Eights 

The  10,000  production  campaign  of  the  Cole  Motor  Car  Com- 
pany, of  Indianapolis  is  well  under  way,  and  work  is  humming 
along  in  the  Hoosier  factory  at  a  merrier  clip  than  ever  before 
in  the  history  of  the  concern.  Thousands  of  dollars'  worth  of 
new  machinery  have  already  been  installed,  and  preparations 
have  been  completed  for  increasing  the  floor  space  of  the  plant 
by  the  addition  of  new  department  quarters. 

A  schedule  has  been  formally  approved  which  provides  for 
the  shipment  of  a  minimum  of  1,000  cars  monthly  from  the 
Indianapolis  factory — more  cars  than  ever  before  have  left  any 
Indiapolis  motor  car  plant  since  the  invasion  of  that  field  by  the 
industry.  In  order  to  handle  the  increase  in  business,  the  Cole 
Company  is  employing  the  largest  force  of  employees  since  its 
formation. 


8 


DAILY 
TRAINS 


Restaurant  on  Ferry-boats 
open  all  the  time.  Meals 
leaving  or  arriving  San 
Francisco  local  trains  with- 
out loss  of  time. 


To  FRESNO 


Leave  Arrive 

San  Francisco  Fresno 

(Ferry) 

7:20  A.  M.  2:55  P.  M. 

(Via  Niles  and  Los  Banos) 
9:00  A.  M.  3:05  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
10:40  A.  M.  6:30  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
4:00  P.  M.  10:35  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 
4:40  P.  M.  9:55  P.  M. 

(Via  Niles,  Los  Banos) 
5:00  P.  M.  11:10  P.  M. 

(Via  Niles  and  Los  Banos) 
6:00  P.  M.  11:30  P.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Los  Banos) 
11:40  P.  M.  6:10  A.  M. 

(Via  Martinez  and  Merced) 

Fresno  Flyer 
4:40  P.  M. 

Observation   Parlor   Car.      Reclining 
Chair  Car.     Dining  Car. 

No.  86-11:40  P.M. 
Standard  Sleeper,  open  for  occupancy 
at  9:00  P.  M. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


C.  F.  Ganter  Takes  Over  Roamer  Car 

C.  F.  Ganter,  well  known  in  local  automobile  and  commercial 
circles,  has  secured  the  Northern  California  agency  for  the 
Roamer  car,  and  will  inaugurate  an  aggressive^  campaigner 
this  popular  automobile.  Ganter  is  well  versed  in  the  relations 
that  should  exist  between  owner  and  dealer,  having  received 
his  training  with  the  Packard  Motor  Car  Company  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.  Since  coming  to  San  Francisco,  three  years  ago, 
Ganter  has  been  connected  with  the  Packard,  Velie  and  Chal- 
mers agencies.    Regarding  the  Roamer  car  Ganter  says : 


"The  advent  of  the  Roamer  precedes  the  renaissance  of  dis- 
tinctive beauty — of  personality — in  one's  equipage.  Well  built 
cars  have  been  frequent  enough  of  late.  But  the  sweeping 
beauty  of  lines  and  the  faultless  body  design — these  are  trans- 
Atlantic  tributes  only  now  brought  to  the  American  field  by  the 
Roamer.  For  those  whose  wealth  equals  their  choice,  cars 
built  along  European  lines  have  long  been  obtainable;  but  for 
the  first  time,  in  the  Roamer,  it  is  possible  to  secure  an  Ameri- 
can automobile  under  $4,000,  fit  to  share  honors  with  the 
smaller  models  of  such  foreign  cars  as  the  Rolls-Royce,  the 

Fiat  and  the  De  Dion  Bouton. 

*  *  * 

Railroad  Using  Forty-Three  Flat  Cars  for  Auto  Shipments. 

For  the  first  time  in  history  of  the  industry,  a  trainload  of  au- 
tomobiles is  being  brought  from  the  East  on  forty-three  flat- 
cars,  the  reason,  of  course,  being  the  lack  of  proper  rolling  stock 
to  handle  the  business  by  the  road  because  of  the  nation-wide 
traffic  congestion.  There  are  ninety  new  automobiles  in  the 
shipment,  which  is  valued  at  over  $300,000.  The  automobiles 
average  two  to  a  flat-car,  and  are  covered  by  tarpaulin  to  pro- 
tect them  from  the  weather.  The  value  of  this  kind  of  a  ship- 
ment, and  how  it  is  coming  to  California  on  the  overland  roads, 

is  causing  much  comment  in  railway  freight  circles. 

*  *  * 

Accessory  Manufacturers  to  Elaborate  Credit  Department 

An  extensive  elaboration  of  its  credit  department,  the 
strengthening  of  other  departments  now  in  operation,  and  the 
addition  of  varied  benefits,  are  matters  which  were  up  for  dis- 
cussion by  the  executive  committee  of  the  Motor  and  Acces- 
sory Manufacturers'  Association.  The  finance  committee  has 
already  started  preliminary  work  for  the  extension  of  the  credit 

department  service. 

*  *  * 

U-Boat  Warfare  May  Hit  Rubber  Industry 

If  the  German  blockade  of  British  shipping  to  the  United 
States  continues  for  three  months  longer,  or  shipments  of  rub- 
ber are  not  begun  direct  from  the  tropics  soon,  a  rubber  famine 
will  probably  take  place,  according  to  Louis  Lichenberger,  of 
the  local  Norwalk  Tire  and  Rubber  Company  branch.    Lichen- 


berger has  just  returned  from  an  Eastern  trip,  where  he  gained 
first  hand  knowledge  of  the  tire  situation. 

"England  at  the  present  time  controls  the  rubber  markets, 
and  more  of  the  indispensable  product  is  in  storage  there  now 
than  ever  before,"  says  Lichenberger.  "Practically  all  the  bet- 
ter grades  of  rubber  sold  in  the  United  States  first  are  cleared 
through  England,  but  owing  to  the  activity  of  the  German 
U-boat  warfare  it  is  at  present  impossible  to  obtain  sufficient 
quantities  in  this  country.  Already  the  price  of  the  raw  mater- 
ial is  on  the  increase. 

"Fortunately  the  Norwalk  Tire  and  Rubber  Company  has 
foreseen  this  possible  situation,  and  in  addition  to  the  large  or- 
ders already  placed  for  future  deliveries  of  immense  shipments 
of  rubber,  all  of  the  high-grade  so-called  "spot"  rubber  that 
can  be  obtained  in  the  New  York  markets  is  being  purchased  at 
approximately  double  the  price  quoted  on  future  deliveries.  In 
this  way  the  Norwalk  factory  will  be  able  to  protect  its  output 
regardless  of  a  rubber  famine,  and  will  do  so  at  the  lowest 

cost." 

*  *  # 

New  Pilot  Car  Meets  With  Approval 

San  Francisco  is  fast  becoming  noted  for  one  of  the  most 
critical  markets  in  the  world.  The  latest  to  realize  this  is  E. 
Linn  Mathewson,  the  head  of  the  Mathewson  Motor  Company, 
distributors  of  the  Pilot  Motor  Car. 

In  the  shifting  of  interests  in  the  motor  car  world  along  au- 
tomobile row,  Mathewson  changed  his  affiliations  and  took  on 
the  new  Pilot  car.  Twenty-four  hours  after  Mathewson  made 
his  announcement  in  the  press  a  number  of  sales  were  made. 
The  business  done  in  Pilot  cars  the  past  week  shows  that  it 
will  become  a  commercial  factor  in  the  future  automobile  trade 

of  the  city. 

*  *  * 

How  Many  of  7,600,000  Will  Buy  Cars  This  Year? 

Of  the  7,600,000  possible  automobile  purchasers  in  the 
United  States  this  year,  it  remains  to  be  seen  how  many  will 
select  the  cars  they  have  decided  to  buy,  or  the  cars  their 
friends  are  advising  them  to  buy,  or  the  cars  the  agents  are 
trying  to  sell  them,  or  the  cars  their  wives  have  already  picked 
out. 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to   Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most,  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

W.   H.   HOMER,  General   Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


^Mllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllf//^ 

j        High  Gear  "Stuff*         1 

%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik# 

It  Makes  a  Difference. 

I've  heard  many  tiresome  people, 

In  my  two-score  years  and  ten. 
Who  aimed  to  be,  so  it  seemed  to  me, 

A  pest  to  their  fellow  men; 
But  though  their  name  was  legion, 

And  they  came  from  near  and  far, 
The  dullest  gink,  so  I  used  to  think, 

Was  the  chap  who  owned  a  car. 

I'd  met  with  the  boastful  parent 

Who  so  often  proudly  told 
All  things  his  kid  ever  said  or  did 

Since  the  babe  was  two  days  old; 
Though  his  silly  repetitions 

Made  my  tired  ear-drums  ache. 
The  stale  clap-trap  of  the  auto  chap 

Was  the  stuff  that  took  the  cake 

He'd  drone  by  the  weary  hour 

Of  engines,  valves  and  springs, 
Of  gears  and  wheels,  and  of  alloy  steels. 

And  a  hundred  other  things, 
While  my  meek  and  patient  spirit 

Grew  somnolent  and  numb. 
And  brought  to  bay,  I  could  only  pray 

That  the  gods  would  strike  him  dumb. 

He'd  brag  of  the  matchless  merits 

Possessed  by  his  own  machine, 
Or,  like  as  not,  of  the  miles  he  got 

From  a  gallon  of  gasoline, 
While  I  hoped  for  a  swift  misfortune 

That  would  lay  him  on  the  shelf; 
But  now  I'm  strong  for  his  siren  song, 

For  I've  got  the  bug  myself! 

— American  Motorist. 

*  »  • 

Since  January  1st  has  seen  Virginia  and  Georgia  pass  into 
the  "dry"  column,  the  automobile  route  all  the  way  from  Wash- 
ington to  Jacksonville  lies  wholly  through  prohibition  territory. 
Personally,  I  never  cared  much  for  dry  roads;  they  always 
seem  to  get  dusty,  and  from  their  being  so,  I  am  inclined  to 
get  thirsty  and  then — well,  what's  the  use?  You  know! — The 
Commentator,  in  American  Motorist. 

*  *  * 

Fawcett — By  the  way,  Wiegand,  who  does  the  most  good, 
Billy  Sunday  or  Henry  Ford?  Wiegand — Billy  Sunday,  of 
course.  Fawcett — Not  on  your  life.  Hasn't  Ford  been  shaking 
the  devil  out  of  thousands  of  people  every  day  for  years  ? 

*  *  * 

Salesman — Smith's  wife  worked  him  so  cleverly  about  get- 
ting her  a  motorcar  for  a  birthday  present  that  he  thought  it 

was  his  own  idea. 

*  *  * 

It's  all  wrong  about  women  not  being  able  to  take  a  joke.  Just 
observe  some  of  the  things  they  share  the  front  seat  of  a  car 

with. — American  Motorist. 

»  «  » 

Man  is  so  constituted  that  he  will  do  more  howling  about  a 
damaged  tire  than  over  a  stricken  conscience. — The  Commen- 
tator. 

*  4c    * 

Paradoxical  though  it  may  seem,  nearly  all  cranks  are  self- 
starters. — American  Motorist. 

*  *  * 

"Is  your  motor-car  a  self-starter  ?"  "No,"  replied  Mr.  Chug- 
gins.    "I  have  to  crank  it  up.    But  it's  a  self-stopper,  all  right." 

*  *  * 

The  great  difficulty  many  persons  find  in  owning  a  motor  car 
is  to  keep  appearances  up  and  expenses  down. — Motorist. 


Cook's  Tour. — Butler — Madam,  the  new  cook  has  come,  and 

she  wants  to  know  where  she  will  keep  her  motor.— 

*  •  « 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 

Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT.) 
Th«    Newt    Letter   recommends   the   following   garagee,    hotel*   and    supply 
houses       Tourists  will   do  well   to  cut   this   list   out   and   keep   It   as  a   guide: 


PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— Just  opened.  The  on'y  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and    their   families.     Corner  of    University   avenue   und    The   Circle 


H.  E.  LAMAR  Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.     BRAND   i.   CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


nEEiHrairarafflE 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


nmrefTrSv  AUTOISTS 

I  H   ^     1  }   -v  \)   l      {    t^VV.  SHOULD     NEVER     BE 


THEM 

LIKE  AH  ORDINARY  TOWEL  I     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'Em 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


{ESTABLISHED  1817) 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 

$50,678,200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

3:js  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  States,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji  Papua  I New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  'of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Hesd  Office:  Londoo  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


INSURANCE 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIREDMUNDWALKEIIC.V.O..LL.DD.C.L.       Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

,r,u».  »i»n  r»n»r..Mf„idr;     Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

H°VFAIJONES     Assistant  Geoer.l  SSan.ler     Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000,00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125,391.04 
Deposits  50,513.876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


*®e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member  of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH, S.W. Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    .'..'.'.        '235045!3S 

Number   of    Depositors    *.".",'  'gg  024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P  M 
for   receipt   of   deposits   only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  TypewriJ,6rPaoe,rs,a"d 

— — w       "  *^  Manuscript  Covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled 
Lne  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established   1855 
37-45   FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


The  Pacific  Mutual  Life,  of  Los  Angeles,  announces  that  on 
all  policies  applied  for  on  or  before  February  2,  1917,  will,  up- 
on written  request,  be  supplied  with  a  permit  to  engage  in  ser- 
vice with  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  in 
time  of  war  until  January  1,  1919,  without  any  charge  what- 
ever. For  an  extra  annual  premium  the  same  policy  may  be 
continued  beyond  the  last  date.  This  extra  premium,  the  com- 
pany promises,  shall  not  exceed  five  per  cent  of  the  face  value 

of  the  policy. 

*  *  * 

Twenty-five  new  members  were  elected  to  membership  in 
the  Life  Underwriters'  Association  of  San  Francisco  at  the 
monthly  meeting  held  at  the  Commercial  Club  rooms  on  March 
8th.  The  program  following  the  dinner  was  of  unusual  inter- 
est. Charles  W.  Helser,  vice-president  of  the  West  Coast-San 
Francisco,  presided  in  the  enforced  absence  of  President  Lei- 
sander,  and  contributed  to  the  entertainment  by  an  address  en- 
titled "Ideals  and  Enthusiasm."  He  was  followed  by  M.  H.  de 
Young,  owner  of  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle,  who  reviewed 
the  business  of  insurance  since  its  inception.  Music,  both  vo- 
cal and  instrumental,  assisted  in  agreeably  filling  in  the  hours. 

»  »  * 

Another  fine  piece  of  workmanship  recently  turned  out  by  the 
Sanborn  Map  Company  is  a  map  of  the  fire  insurance  district 
of  San  Francisco,  now  fully  covered  by  Class  A,  B  or  C  con- 
struction. All  buildings,  as  usual,  are  drawn  to  scale,  and  in 
this  instance  have  the  occupancy  named,  also  the  contents.  In 
this  district,  we  learn,  56  prominent  fire  insurance  offices  trans- 
act the  fire  insurance  business  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  furnish 
a  means  of  livelihood  to  1,860  residents  of  San  Francisco  and 
vicinity.     Here  162  authorized  fire  insurance  companies  make 

their  Pacific  Coast  home  or  headquarters. 

*  *  * 

J.  L.  Fuller,  manager  of  the  Pacific  department  of  the  Nor- 
wich Union,  has  appointed  C.  W.  Jennings,  of  Seattle,  special 
agent  to  cover  Alaska,  Idaho  and  Washington,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Seattle.  He  succeeds  A.  W.  Giesy,  who  resigned  early 
this  year.  Mr.  Jennings'  appointment  becomes  effective  April 
1st.  He  resigned  the  position  of  insurance  manager  for  Kinnear, 

Paul  &  Co.  to  accept  the  appointment. 

•  •  • 

The  Spokane  Life  Underwriters'  Association  has  elected  the 
following  officers:  President,  J.  A.  Reinhardt,  Northwestern 
Mutual ;  vice-president,  W.  J.  Laskey,  Northern  Life ;  secretary, 
W.  C.  Bryant,  Pacific  Mutual;  treasurer,  Thomas  Seward,  Mu- 
tual Benefit;  executive  committee,  Jos.  Preston,  Prudential;  C. 
H.  McCoy,  Equitable;  H.  Cole  Evans,  Metropolitan;  J.  I.  Mc- 

Kinelly,  New  York  Life. 

«  *  * 

The  Fire  Association  of  Philadelphia  on  December  31st  is- 
sued its  one  hundredth  annual  statement,  showing  assets  of 
$10,109,525,  reinsurance  reserve  $61,146,873,  and  net  surplus 
$2,580,882.  The  Fire  Association  is  one  of  the  solid  institu- 
tions of  the  country.  The  company's  Pacific  Coast  Depart- 
ment is  represented  by  Frank  M.  Avery. 

*  »  * 

The  Pacific  Department  office  employees  of  the  Royal  at 
San  Francisco  have  been  given  a  bonus  of  one  month's  salary, 
payable  quarterly  beginning  March  1st,  in  recognition  of  faith- 
ful service.     This  bonus  applies  to  all  members  of  the  force 

who  were  not  given  a  salary  raise  at  the  beginning  of  this  year. 

*  *  * 

President  R.  P.  Fab],  of  the  new  arson  committee,  has  named 
the  following  members:  A.  W.  Thornton,  George  W.  Dornin, 
George  H.  Tyson,  George  O.  Hoadley  and  Frank  M.  Avery. 
This  committee  will  hereafter  be  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 

Pacific  Board. 

*  *  * 

Dwight  Selby,  who  recently  resigned  a  clerical  position  with 

the  Fireman's  Fund  to  accept  a  special  agency  with  the  Vulcan 

Fire  of  Oakland,  has  resigned.    He  has  been  with  the  Vulcan 

since  January  1st,  covering  Northern  California. 

*  *  * 

The  American  Radiator  Company  plant,  which  was  destroyed 
this  month  with  a  property  loss  of  $200,000,  carried  no  insur- 
ance. 


March  17.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


23 


Alexander  McCabe.  private  secretary  to  Governor  Johnson, 
was  on  Monday  appointed  insurance  commissioner  for  the  State 
of  California,  succeeding  J.  E.  Phelps.  Phelps'  term  expired 
some  time  ago,  but  he  has  held  on  to  the  job  while  awaiting  the 
appointment  of  his  successor.    McCabe  is  a  big,  broad-minded 

man,  and  his  appointment  gives  general  satisfaction. 

•  •  • 

The  Accident  men  of  San  Francisco  organized  a  new  Health 
and  Accident  Association  last  Friday,  March  9th.  Its  purpose 
will  be  to  oppose  the  legislation  of  Compulsory  Health  Insur- 
ance with  the  State  entering  the  business.  Accident  men  who 
are  dissatisfied  with  the  activities  of  the  Insurance  Federation 
as  far  as  their  business  is  concerned  are  heading  this  move- 
ment. It  is  planned  to  make  the  organization  permanent.  Mem- 
bers will  be  admitted  from  all  parts  of  the  State. 

•  •  • 

R.  S.  Wells,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  has  been  appointed  Insurance 
Commissioner  for  Utah,  succeeding  John  James,  term  expired. 
Wells  was  formerly  manager  for  Utah  of  the  Mutual  Life,  of 
New  York. 

•  *  * 

The  American  Indemnity  Co.  of  Texas  has  appointed  T.  P. 

Strong,  of  Strong  &  Farr,  its  general  agent  for  the  northern 

portion  of  California. 

«  »  * 

Seely  &  Co.  have  appointed  A.  L.  Knesel  to  cover  Southern 
California,  with  headquarters  at  Los  Angeles.     He  succeeds 

J.  H.  Cote,  resigned. 

•  *  • 

R.  R.  Roper,  who  has  been  covering  Southern  California  for 
Seely  &  Co.,  has  been  transferred  to  San  Francisco  with  the 

title  of  superintendent  of  agencies  for  the  State  of  California. 

•  »  » 

The  Western  States  is  keeping  good  its  promise  of  an  in- 
crease in  the  amount  of  business  to  be  written  this  year.     In 

February  new  business  to  the  amount  of  $768,000  was  written. 

•  •  • 

The  Pacific  Board  has  distributed  the  new  loose  leaf  tariff 
books,  and  agents  have  been  instructed  to  destroy  all  previous 
issues. 


-There  was  a  snake  charmer  named  Bella, 
Who  played  with  a  cobra  capella. 

Her  ophidian  mash, 

One  fine  morning  got  rash, 
And  bit  her  soft,  snowy  patella. 


Helter — Have  you  a  book  called  "How  to  Acquire  a 

Good  Carriage  ?"    Clerk — No,  sir,  but  here  is  "Seven  Ways  to 
Obtain  an  Automobile." — Toledo  Blade. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF     HARTFORD      . 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC    DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 


Capital  $1,500,000 


Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organised  1863  Cash  Capital.  *6. 000.000 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any 
where  In  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  Income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California  Street. 


DELINQUENT    SALE. 
Queen  Regent   Merger  Mines  Company. 

Ban   I'ranclsco.  California.     Lo- 
<unty.   Nevada. 
NOTIC  ellnquent   upon   the  following 

of  January,  1917,  the  several 
amounts  set  opposlto  the  names  of  the  respective  bI 

No.  No. 

Heme                                                                   Cert  Shares           Amount 

C :i'..| 

Butler.  G 50.OO 

G 26000 

663  18000 

Butler.  G 677  10.76 

G 71  11667 

Chirk.    A.    K II-  1500  12.60 

Clark,    A.    V 993  1000  6.00 

Devaney,    James    87  1000  5.00 

Devaney,    James    424  1000  6.00 

1     348  2000  10.00 

Dlckerman,    Albert    643  1000  5.00 

1  l     709  150  .75 

man.    Albert    981  1000  5.00 

rman,    Albeit    932  1100  5.60 

rds.    John    D 1038  600  2.60 

im,    .1.    S 63G  1000  5.00 

Graham,   J.   S 978  1000  6.00 

hi,    J.    S 996  600  2.50 

Graham,   .1.    S 997  600  2.50 

Harvey.    J.    H 114  4000  20.00 

Harvey,    J.    II 309  6000  30.00 

Jordan,    E.   W 781  100  .50 

Jordan.    E.    W 837  400  2.00 

Jordan,  E.  W 1062  100  .50 

Keables.    Henry   S 1048  1000  5.00 

Harden,   J.   W 907  700  3.50 

Merrill,  Hayden  D 908  180  .90 

Norton.  A.  Kingsley   585  4800 

Delinquent  on   the  above    3550  17.75 

Norton.    A.    Kingsley    637  4960  24.80 

O'Donnell,    Hugh     50  7500  37.50 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    51  3750  18.75 

O'Donnell,    Hugh     266  2200  11.00 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    312  550  2.75 

O'Donnell,    Hugh    875  2500  12.50 

Peterson,    John    332  1500  7.50 

Snoddy,    Edwin    60  2000  10.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin    61  4500  22.50 

Snoddy,    Edwin    682  3500  17.50 

Snoddy,     Edwin     998  2000  10.00 

Snoddy,    Edwin    1011  '1000  5.00 

Selleck,    W.    A 895  7500  37.50 

Meeks,    R.    P.    1066  1250  6.25 

And  in  accordance  with  law  and  order  of  Board  of  Directors  made  on  the 
2d  day  of  January,  1917,  so  many  shares  of  each  parcel  of  such  stock  as 
may  be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
pany, 337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  the  19th  day 
of  March,  1917,  at  the  hour  of  12:00  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale. 

H.  B.  WADE,  Secretary,  337  Monadnock  Building,  681  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND   FOR   THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN   FRANCISCO. 

WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  tile  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County:  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  othei  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.   R.    CASTAGNETTO,    Deputy  Clerk, 
GILLOGLEY,  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dp.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6   Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  "West- 
hank  Bldg.,  830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT-LAW. 
Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 

Rooms  510-512  Phone  Sutter  6818 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  17,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Whatever  the  forecasters  of  spring  styles  may  disagree  about, 
on  one  point  they  are  more  or  less  agreed,  and  that  is  that  skirts 
will  be  narrower  at  the  hem.  There  will  be  no  flare  whatever, 
and  even  if  some  skirts  are  not  actually  narrower  they  will  at 
least  appear  so  from  the  absence  of  the  flare.  Many  skirts, 
however,  are  appreciably  narrower.  They  measure  from  two  to 
two  and  a  quarter  yards  at  the  lower  edge.  When  we  compare 
these  measurements  with  the  three  and  four  yard  skirts  that 
were  worn  last  spring,  it  leaves  no  doubt  as  to  the  change.  From 
Parisian  openings,  which  are  now  being  held,  we  hear  that  the 
narrow  skirt  is  no  longer  a  rumor,  but  a  fact. 

Separate  skirts  and  blouses  take  on  quite  a  good  deal  of  im- 
portance this  spring.  The  fact  that  separate  skirts_  are  in  de- 
mand for  sports  wear  will  bring  them  very  much  into  promi- 
nence. There  are  more  skirts  of  sports  silks  and  satins  than 
any  other  skirting  materials.  The  sports  silks  in  one-color 
effects,  or  in  two  shades  with  large  spots  or  stripes  on  a  neutral 
background,  seem  to  be  the  most  popular. 

As  for  the  blouses,  we  may  witness  a  revival  of  the  garden 
smock,  which  took  so  strong  a  hold  a  summer  or  so  ago.  One 
of  these  recently  seen  was  quite  different  from  the  smock  as 
we  knew  it  last  summer.  It  was  of  tango-red  crepe,  long  and 
loose,  and  slipped  on  over  the  head.  It  was  shirred  at  the  neck 
and  at  the  shoulders  along  an  oval  line,  which  was  emphasized 
by  a  piping  of  yellow  crepe  trimmed  with  wool  embroidery. 


©  MCCALIi 


0  MoCaIL 


Left — A   New  Waist  and   Skirt. 
Crochet    Collar. 


Right — Dress  of   Fine  Voile  with    Irish 


The  smock  hung  unbelted  over  the  skirt  to  the  knees,  after 
the  manner  of  most  garden  smocks.  The  red  and  yellow  com- 
bination in  this  smock  showed  the  influence  of  the  Indian  col- 
orings, one  of  the  new  notes  in  sports  clothes. 

Indian  embroideries  on  sports  coats  of  heavy  cream-colored 
silk  make  very  attractive  trimmings,  and  they  are  also  effec- 
tive on  coats  of  dark  blue  serge.  These  embroideries  are  worked 
in  silks  or  heavy  mercerized  cottons  in  "very  bright  colorings 
with  a  number  of  colors  mixed  together.  As  this  is  to  be  a 
spring  and  summer  of  high  colors,  these  embroideries  will,  in 
all  probability,  take  very  well.  Parasols  and  bags  to  match  the 
costume  showing  such  embroideries  are  also  to  be  had  to  com- 
plete the  finishing  touches. 

Some  very  dainty  Georgette  blouses  show  the  Indian  color- 
ings embroidered  on  pale  blue,  orchid,  white  or  flesh,  with 


deep  bands  on  the  sleeves  and  across  the  front,  showing  one  of 
the  forms  of  trimming  in  which  this  embroidery  appears. 

The  sketch  of  a  waist  and  skirt  shows  one  of  the  Paisley  chif- 
fon waists  combined  with  plain  chiffon  and  a  skirt  of  broad- 
cloth, with  pockets  at  the  side  gores  and  two  box  pleats  at  the 
center  back. 

Voile  a  Leading  Fabric. 

A  great  deal  of  voile  and  muslins  will  be  used  this  spring. 
The  counters  of  the  stores  are  already  overflowing  with  voiles 
cf  all  descriptions;  plain,  sprigged,  figured,  striped  and 
checked.  Bordered  materials,  too,  will  have  a  place  among  the 
fashionable  fabrics,  whether  printed  or  embroidered  and  whe- 
ther of  cotton  or  silk. 

Plain  voile  combined  with  linen  in  a  matching  color  has 
been  used  in  the  fashioning  of  some  of  the  advance  spring 
dresses,  and,  though  unusual,  the  combination  is  entirely  pleas- 
ing. A  very  pretty  model  was  made  with  a  long  Russian  blouse 
of  voile  edged  with  a  deep  band  of  linen  and  having  the  neck 
and  sleeves  finished  with  narrower  bands  of  linen.  The  skirt 
was  made  entirely  of  linen  with  the  blouse  worn  over  it.  These 
costumes  in  pale  blue,  sand  and  white  were  given  a  contrasting 
touch  by  embroidery  on  the  neck  and  front  of  the  waist. 

Collarless  necks  in  square,  round  and  oval  outlines  are  being 
offered  by  the  creators  of  styles;  but  these  are  not  universally 
becoming,  and  fortunately  those  who  cannot  wear  them  can 
take  refuge  in  the  high  or  the  soft,  rolled  collar,  one  or  the 
other  of  which  may  be  depended  upon  to  suit  every  face.  Some 
of  the  very  newest  collars  are  high,  with  a  large  turned-over 
portion  doubled  back  and  extending  below  the  base  of  the  col- 
lar in  a  rounded  outline. 

One  of  the  styles  in  low  collars  which  still  retains  popular 
favor  is  seen  in  the  sketch.  The  collar  is  of  Irish  crochet  on  a 
dress  of  fine  voile,  which  is  simply  made  with  a  gathered  waist 
and  a  tucked  skirt.  For  the  light  fabrics  of  spring  and  summer 
the  tucked  models  are  always  good. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties— 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


J.  Berjei 


C.  Miilhebmu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 


415-421  Bulk  Si.,  Sll  Fr«nciico 


(Above  Ktiroy) 


Exchiafe,  DoueIii  2411 


O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
Streets 


BLANCO'S 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


FNUICI*C0 

)TBR 

Devoted   to  the    Leading   Interests   of  California   and   the   Pacific   Coaet. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  24,  1917 


NO.  12 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER  is  printed  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal..  Post-OtSce  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office--- George  Street  or.  Company.  30  Comhill.  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  ol  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  3  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--- 1  year.  $5:  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50.  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 


The  awakened  Turk  is  walking  "turkey"  these  days  be- 
tween the  English  and  the  Russ. 

What,  demands  a  pompous  contemporary,  is  the  future  of 

Europe?    To  pay  war  bills,  of  course. 

The  High  Cost  of  Ruling  in  Europe  has  taken  a  great 

drop  since  imperial  heads  began  to  fall. 

Cigars  have  jumped   in  price     since     cabbages     have 

reached  the  peak  price  of  $169  per  ton. 

There  is  only  one  kind  of  German  tolerable  in  this  coun- 
try: those  soaked  thoroughly  in  Americanism. 

The  center  of  population  is  moving  West,  as  is  indicated 

by  the  shrinking  of  the  Los  Angeles  liquor  belt. 

Puff  ball  steaks  are  the  newest  invention  to  beat  the 

H.  C.  L.    They  are  borne  on  hot  air  advertising. 

Fate  is  a  cruel  jade:  Hiram  is  elected  to  the  U.  S.  A. 

Senate  Club,  and  the  Czar  to  the  Down  and  Out  Club. 

Berlin  papers  are  demanding  freedom     for     Germany. 

Hoch  der  Kaiser.    The  higher  the  "hoch"  the  better  the  Kaiser. 

A  local  corporation  has  been  organized  to  tap  the  Milky 

Way  if  the  threatened  increased  price  of  milk  is  inaugurated. 

Kind  friend  paid  furnished  bail  in  the  police  court  for  the 

wrong  Johnson,  this  week.  Another  irritable  case  of  "Too  Much 
Johnson." 

Czar  Nicholas  of  Russia  is  now  living  on  a  farm  in  the 

Crimea,  having  an  ex-Imperial  time  as  member  of  the  Down 
and  Out  Club. 

The  United  States  Senate  does  not  require  the  rule  of 

cloture  so  much,  these  days,  to  restrain  debate  as  it  does  a 
"wind  jammer." 

Local  doctors  are  actively  dodging  reporters  on  the  rabid 

vivisection  question.    They  know  what  it  means  to  be  flayed  in 
the  daily  papers. 

Port  Said,  reputed  to  be  the  wickedest  city  in  the  world, 

has  just  been  cleaned  up,  and  revpaulsmith's  name  wasn't  even 
mentioned  in  saturnalia. 

Another  man  passed  through  the  police  court,  this  week, 

who  was  described  as  using  the  worst  obscene  language  that 
any  one  could  wish  to  hear. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  records  show  that  4,852  volunteers 

joined  the  United  States  Preparedness  army  during  the  month 
of  February.    Hep !  hep !  hep !  Help ! 


Financial  sunshine  is  reported  all  over  the  country,  ex- 
cept on  two  of  the  three  spots  that  will  not  be  selected  as  the 
U.  S.  A.  navy  base  on  the  Pacific. 

Scientists  declare  that  potatoes  carry  78.3  per  cent  of 

water.  Another  American  security  going  to  water.  When  will 
Wall  street  quit  watering  its  securities. 

Ha !    Ha !    A  food  dictator  in  Budapest  had  to  go  a  week 

without  bread  because  he  lost  his  meal  ticket.  It  was  his  wife, 
and  she  eloped  with  a  railroad  conductor. 

The   suffragists   have   abandoned   picketing   the   White 

House  at  Washington.  Their  gowns  attracted  no  attention,  and 
their  unpowdered  noses  repelled  intention. 

Kindly  old  John  Rockefeller  avers  that  money  hooked 

without  effort  is  nothing  but  a  curse.  Heave  a  hand,  John; 
shove  the  mazuma  along,  cusses  and  all. 

Many  an  unconscious  man,  these  days,  is  losing  money 

through  the  top  of  his  pockets.  As  for  the  fair  sex  and  the 
tops  of  their  stockings,  nothing  naturally  is  lost. 

There  are  many  men  in  this  country  who,  in  case  of  war, 

would  seek  glory  at  the  cannon's  mouth,  but  there's  a  vastly 
bigger  lot  who  would  seek  it  through  their  mouthing. 

In  desperation  they  burned  the  family  organ  to  keep  the 

house  warm.  And  the  gay  old  instrument  gave  up  its  life  play- 
ing, "There'll  Be  a  Hot  Time  in  the  Old  Town  To-night." 

Many  an  earnest  hustling  suburbanite  has  seeded  his 

rosily  planned  vegetable  garden  this  winter  to  beat  the  high 
cost  of  living,  and  most  of  them  will  realize  only  a  backache. 

Now  is  the  time  for  ambitious  colonels,  majors,  captains 

and  virile  hustlers  for  bigger  shoulder  straps  in  the  militia  to 
take  a  course  of  soldiering  with  the  mail  correspondence  school. 

"Why  not  trousers  for  women?"  is  the  rousing  demand 

of  the  men  south  of  the  Tehachapi.  Why  not?  Most  of  them 
have  been  wearing  these  war  time  indispensables  for  some  time 
past. 

Genial  Portland  bachelors  have  sprung  to  the  defense 

cf  women  by  qualifying  under  club  rules  of  courtship.  It  is 
significant  that  no  bachelor  has  graduated  from  the  courtship 
class  into  marriage. 

On  his  first  appearance  recently  as  a  pulpit  evangelist, 

canny  old  Bob  Fitzsimmons  started  the  tears  of  his  big  audi- 
ence. Bob  always  was  an  artist  in  landing  heavily  on  the 
lachrymal    ducts    as   a  starter. 

Liquid  air  was  luminously  explained  at  the  Academy  of 

Science  this  week;  a  big  crowd  attended,  believing  it  to  be 
some  new  bibulous  concoction  designed  to  beat  the  Prohibition- 
ists and  the  Rominger  bill. 

The  man  who  was  beaten  and  robbed,  this  week,  in  the 

very  entrance  to  the  Hall  of  Justice  ought  to  be  given  at  least 
the  privilege  of  kicking  the  "blinder"  from  the  eyes  of  the 
"Justice"  statue  standing  nearby. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


In  contrast  with  the    West,     the 
Army  Preparedness  East  is  vigorously  attacking  the 

Alive  Throughout  U.  S.  problem  of  Preparedness,  and  at- 
tacking it  in  practical  ways — the 
mobilization  of  militia  and  volunteer  troops  on  a  large  scale. 
Five  governors  of  the  States  adjacent  to  New  York  have  agreed 
to  call  out  their  militia  as  a  nucleus  for  the  enrollment.  The 
directors  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States, 
with  headquarters  in  Washington,  D.  C,  are  energetically  co- 
operating between  the  National  Chamber  and  National  Defense 
Council.  A  special  committee  has  been  appointed  to  devise 
means  whereby  business  men  may  be  of  further  service  to  the 
nation  and  its  government  in  the  present  crisis.  After  a  con- 
ference with  war  department  officials,  action  was_  taken  on  the 
latter's  part  in  organizing  committees  in  all  cities  in  the  country 
in  which  the  United  States  Army  maintains  purchasing  bureaus. 
A  large  appropriation  was  placed  at  the  committee's  disposal 
for  furthering  the  effort  in  case 
it  was  needed.  Plans  of  mo- 
bilization are  also  underway 
for  the  quick  handling  of  in- 
dustries, munition  and  manu- 
facturing plants,  food  and 
transportation  organizations, 
as  well  as  of  other  necessary 
forms,  if  required.  In  four 
States,  Wyoming,  North  Caro- 
lina, South  Carolina  and  Ten- 
nessee, the  mustering  out  of 
the  remaining  returned  troops 
from  the  Rio  Grande  camps 
has  been  stopped,  according  to 
report.  Washington  authori- 
ties have  taken  hand  in  this 
matter.  Locally,  every  effort 
is  being  made  to  enlist  men  in 
the  militia  companies  of  the 
State.  In  San  Francisco  most 
of  the  militia  companies  are 
below  their  required  comple- 
ment, and  their  officers  are 
hustling  to  fill  the  ranks  in  or- 
der to  maintain  their  com- 
mand. It  is  understood  that  if 
the  efforts  of  any  companies 
are  not  successful  the  men  in 
them  will  be  disbanded,  and 
the  officers  naturally  lose  their 
positions.  To  ambitious  young 
National  Guard  officers  this 
loss  of  position  would  prove  a  general  tragedy  in  the  light  that 
if  they  succeeded  in  enrolling  the  required  number  their  rating 
on  the  officer  list  would  be  rapid  should  a  large  standing  army 
be  mustered  for  Preparedness  purposes,  as  is  proposed. 

W 

Concerted  pressure  from  many  in- 
fluential quarters  brought  the  threat- 
ened big  Eastern  strike  of  railroad 
employees  to  a  peaceful  end,  this 
week.  That  crisis  is  a  lesson  that  the  people  of  this  country 
should  never  forget,  and  Congress  should  prepare  means  for 
the  prevention  of  any  like  kind  of  labor  "hold  up"  in  the  future. 
Whether  the  Adamson  bill  is  strike-proof  is  questionable.  Dur- 
ing the  progress  of  this  contest  in  conference  between  the  strike 
conferees  of  the  railroads  and  union  labor,  President  Gompers 
of  the  Federation  of  Labor,  and  other  dictators  of  unionism  as- 
sumed the  "public  be  damned"  attitude,  and  declared  that  the 
strike  would  go  through,  no  matter  how  the  country  and  peo- 
ple suffered.  They  were  determined  to  force  their  demands  at 
any  price,  the  price,  of  course,  to  be  paid  by  the  nation,  while 
labor  was  to  acquire  all  the  profits.  Attitude  of  this  kind  fore- 
shadows a  new  brand  of  imperialism  arising  in  this  country. 

On  a  plea  made  by  the  mediators  of  President  Wilson,  the 
representatives  of  the  railroads  in  the  final  conference  con- 


AWAITINC  THE  OVERT  ACT 
From   the   World   (New   York") 


A  New  Brand 
Of  Imperialism. 


sented  to  withdraw  their  opposition,  and  the  strike  was  called 
off  regardless  of  the  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  on 
the  Adamson  law,  and  the  basic  eight  hour  law,  the  heart  of 
the  contest,  will  go  into  effect.  This  is  a  victory  for  the  brother- 
hood quartette,  though  they  did  not  get  all  they  desired.  By  the 
agreement,  it  is  assumed  they  will  be  awarded  pro  rata  time 
for  overtime  on  the  basic  eight  hour  day  they  have  been  as- 
sured. Their  original  demands  called  for  time  and  a  half  for 
overtime  on  the  basic  day.  Had  not  the  plea  of  patriotism  in 
the  present  war  crisis  been  successful  with  the  managers  of 
the  railroads  involved,  there  is  no  knowing  to  what  extremity 
these  modern  Jack  Gades  would  have  pressed  their  demands. 
Their  position  stands  in  sharp  contrast  with  that  of  the  railroad 
managers,  who  authorized  President  Wilson's  mediation  com- 
mittee to  make  whatever  concessions  were  necessary  with  the 
railroad  brotherhoods  to  call  off  the  strike.  "You  are  author- 
ized to  assure  the  nation  there  will  be  no  strike,  and  as  a  basis 

for  such  assurance  we  hereby 
authorize  our  committee  to 
grant  the  employees  who  are 
about  to  strike  whatever  ad- 
justment your  committee 
deems  necessary  to  guarantee 
the  uninterrupted  and  efficient 
operation  of  the  railroads  as 
an  indispensable  arm  of  na- 
tional defense."  The  contrast 
of  the  two  parties  in  the  face 
of  imminent  war  with  Ger- 
many over  the  sinking  of  three 
American  vessels  speaks  for 
itself. 

ar 
Imperialism  Being  Swept 
From  Europe. 
The  toppling  of  the  Roman- 
off dynasty  in  Russia  was  a 
foregone  conclusion  from  the 
moment  that  dynasty  entered 
the  war  started  by  the  ambi- 
tion of  the  Kaiser.  Behind 
his  great  war  is  the  grim  con- 
test of  democracy  against  au- 
tocracy. England  and  France 
have  done  more  to  establish 
democracy  in  Europe  than  all 
the  other  nations  combined. 
Their  defeat  in  this  war  would 
put  democracy  in  chains  for  a 
long  debasing  period.  Fortu- 
nately enough  for  Democracy,  Russia  was  in  a  political  posi- 
tion in  the  Balkans  where  she  was  forced  for  her  own  protec- 
tion and  ambition  to  side  with  France  and  England.  Their  vic- 
tory will  preserve  her  western  border,  solve  her  problem  of  a 
big  buffer  state  in  the  Balkans  and  yield  her  the  ambition  of 
two  weary  centuries,  the  acquirement  of  Constantinople  and 
the  freedom  of  the  Bosphorus  as  a  free  outlet  to  her  Black  Sea 
fleets.  Nihilists  and  other  radicals  have  prepared  the  way  for 
this  swift  change,  and  Russian  democracy  shows  by  its  quick 
organization  and  preparedness  that  it  was  fully  ready  when  the 
right  moment  came  to  seize  the  government.  The  practical  les- 
sons given  by  the  French  Revolution  and  of  Cromwell's  success 
has  never  been  forgotten  by  the  peoples  of  the  autocratic  forms 
of  government  in  Europe.  The  Imperial  family  of  Germany 
will  be  called  upon  to  face  this  problem  next.  Already  defiant 
utterances  are  being  flung  at  the  Kaiser  in  the  war  debates,  and 
German  socialism  is  being  prodded  by  their  compatriots  living 
in  other  countries.  When  the  Dragon  of  China  languidly  turns 
over  to  democracy,  the  times  of  militant  autocracy  are  out  of 
joint,  and  crashes  are  imminent.  The  exit  of  imperialism  in 
Russia  will  make  a  mighty  change  in  the  spirit,  the  energy  and 
the  ambition  of  the  many  different  peoples  now  assembled  un- 
der the  Slav  flag ;  it  will  meld  them  into  a  united  nation,  some- 
thing that  a  score  of  Romanoff  dynasties  could  not  do. 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN 
CRIER 


San  Francisco  has  unconsciously  placed  itself  in  a  stul- 

g  position  of  lechery,  in  the  State  Legislature.  Two  of 
its  representatives  there.  State  Senator  Canepa  and  Assembly- 
man Friedman,  have  openly  fathered  a  proposed  amendment 
to  the  State  Constitution  legalizing  prostitution  in  California. 
There'll  be  a  Kilkenny  time  in  the  legislature  when  that  pro- 
posed amendment  comes  up  for  consideration  in  committee  and 
on  the  floor.  What  a  shower  of  ripping  expletives  should  bom- 
bard the  dodging  heads  of  Messrs.  Assish  Canepa  and  Fried- 
man, dolts  of  the  nth  degree.  These  two  goops  are,  of  course, 
the  subservient  tools  of  a  certain  clique  of  unconscionable  and 
lewd  politicians  in  San  Francisco,  steeped  in  criminal  prac- 
tices and  fishing  to  exploit  women  in  the  tenderloin  on  a  go-as- 
you-please  wholesale  scale.  The  ear-marks  on  this  attempt  to 
debauch  the  State  shows  the  hand  of  the  nasty  clique  that  for 
some  time  past  has  exploited  the  local  segregated  district.  In 
a  measure  their  old-time  system  has  been  wrecked,  and  they 
are  now  out  boldly  gunning  for  new  ways  to  exploit  prostitu- 
tion. Their  arrogant  claim  is  that  such  legal  systems  flourish 
in  the  stews  located  in  some  parts  of  Europe.  Why  not  in 
California?  The  districts  in  San  Francisco  that  Canepa  and 
Friedman  represent  in  the  Legislature  should  souse  them  in 
soap  suds  and  hog  tie  them  in  Barbary  Coast,  where  they  came 
from. 

After  being  castigated  in  the  local  police  courts,  chucked 

out  and  then  given  a  trouncing  in  the  daily  papers  by  Mayor 
Rolph,  the  Rev.  Paul  Smith  has  acquired  the  local  newspaper 
notoriety  he  desired  to  carry  him  to  the  high  road  as  a  spell- 
binder. He  opened  his  mouthing  campaign  in  Fresno,  this 
week,  with  the  yearning  idea  that  on  his  rounds  of  word  spray- 
ing throughout  the  State  he  might  gather  enough  influence  to 
get  the  Legislature  to  create  a  State  farm  for  prostitutes.  The 
Reverend  P.  deceives  even  himself  in  his  pretences;  the  kind 
of  farm  for  prostitutes  which  he  proposes  is  practically  a  jail, 
a  jail  on  a  farm  in  the  country,  instead  of  in  the  county  jail. 
Mayor  Rolph  has  shown  why  and  how  the  Rev.  is  playing 
this  deceptive  political  trick.  Also  the  Mayor  has  shown  how 
the  Reverend  P.  started  his  vice  crusade  for  the  express  pur- 
pose of  stumping  the  State  later  to  gather  whatever  political 
plums  it  may  have  ripened,  as  well  as  any  miscellaneous  etcet- 
eras. This  stump  speaking  campaign  now  underway  will  lose 
itself  somewhere  on  the  San  Joaquin  plains,  and  the  tail  of  the 
reverend's  coat  will  be  found  sticking  out  from  some  jack- 
rabbit's  burrow. 

■ The  situation  of  the  liquor  problem  now  being  consid- 
ered by  the  State  Legislature  indicates  that  the  drys  under  Dr. 
Gandier  had  scared  the  wets  at  several  stumps.  However,  the 
big  vote  given  the  wets  at  the  last  election  is  beginning  to  stiffen 
and  brace  their  backbone.  The  wine  wing  of  the  wets  are 
adopting  resolutions  in  favor  of  the  Rominger  bill.  They  have 
the  necessary  votes  to  pass  the  bill  in  both  houses,  if  they  so 
elect.  The  situation  has  clarified  to  a  degree,  and  the  wets  feel 
sure  that  they  can  save  from  the  tornado  some  of  their  favorite 
liquor  dispensing  sources.  This  week  they  are  trying  to  save 
the  saloon  at  the  expense  of  the  cafe,  which  they  now  describe 
as  an  excresence  on  morality.  Also  they  now  argue  that  the 
State  is  in  a  measure  a  partner  of  the  saloon,  and  that  owners 
of  the  latter  should  be  compensated.  Saloon  men  are  defiant 
on  this  position,  and  threaten  to  throw  their  votes  to  the  drys  if 
their  demand  is  not  granted.  In  the  present  melee  at  Sacra- 
mento, shifts  in  plans  are  being  made  with  the  hours,  but  the 
situation,  as  indicated  above,  generally  holds  true  for  the  week. 

Should  war  develop  with  Germany  through  the  sinking 

of  the  three  American  vessels  by  submarines,  Uncle  Sam  will 
censor  the  news.  In  that  event  San  Franciscans  will  be  reduced 
to  reading  only  tales  of  the  new  movies  being  produced  in  local 
theatres  by  owners  of  the  morning  newspapers. 


BIG   PREPARATIONS   FOR    WILD   FLOWER   EXHIBIT. 

Plans  for  the  third  annual  wild  flower  fete,  to  be  held  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel,  April  24th  to  28th,  are  well  underway,  and  the 
affair  is  assuming  almost  national  interest,  many  inquiries  hav- 
ing come  from  all  sections  of  the  country,  from  Maine  to  Flor- 
ida, regarding  the  festival. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with  the  United  States  Board 
of  Forestry,  which  will  add  an  exhibit  of  trees  indigenous  to 
California,  to  be  arranged  in  landscape  groupings.  Mark  Dan- 
iels, former  National  Superintendent  of  Parks  and  Landscape 
Engineer  of  National  Parks,  is  director  of  the  fete,  and  as- 
sisted by  C.  K.  Bonestell,  Jr.,  is  arranging  an  extensive  classi- 
fied display  of  the  State's  flora.  There  will  also  be  a  collection 
of  grasses  from  the  agristology  department  of  the  University 
of  California,  and  many  specimens  of  flora  which  the  California 
State  Botanical  Society  will  supply. 

Two  of  the  most  interesting  displays  will  be  those  sent  by 
Card  Purdy,  the  wild  flower  specialist  from  Ukiah,  who  will 
ship  down  flowering  bulbs  from  his  famous  place,  "The  Ter- 
races," in  Mendocino  County,  and  by  Mary  Alice  King,  who 
will  exhibit  a  miniature  wild  flower  garden,  showing  how  wild 
flowers  may  be  grown  at  home. 

Professor  P.  B.  Kennedy,  of  Berkeley,  Mrs.  H.  P.  Kelley  and 
Roland  Rice,  as  a  committee  on  education,  are  planning  an  ex- 
tensive classified  display  of  the  State's  flora.  Emma  Graham 
Clock  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Parsons,  writers  on  California  wild 
flora,  are  arranging  to  have  wild  plants  of  all  kinds  sent  in  from 
outlying  districts.  Mrs.  Rice  is  chairman  of  the  wild  flower 
fete,  and  is  desirous  of  receiving  communications  from  any  one 
having  information  regarding  the  wild  flowers  of  the  State. 


San  Francisco's  most  discriminating  diners-out     come 

nightly  to  the  Techau  Tavern,  corner  Powell  and  Eddy  streets, 
with  expectations  keyed  to  the  highest  pitch,  for  an  occasion  of 
unequaled  pleasure  and  delight.  In  atmosphere  and  entertain- 
ment, as  in  its  cuisine  and  excellent  dinners,  the  Tavern  has 
set  a  standard  never  before  attained  by  a  San  Francisco  res- 
taurant. Distinctive  features  of  the  Techau  Tavern  are:  a 
continuous  entertainment,  consisting  in  the  afternoon  of  vocal 
numbers  rendered  by  high-class  artists;  at  five,  every  after- 
noon, at  the  dinner  hour,  and  also  after  the  theatre  hour,  costly 
perfume  favors  are  distributed  to  the  lady  patrons,  without 
competition  of  any  sort.  In  the  evening  there  is  the  finest  of 
dance  music. 


"Father,  what  do  they  mean  by  gentlemen  farmers?" 

"Gentlemen  farmers,  my  son,  are  farmers  who  seldom  raise 
anything  except  their  hats." — Tit-Bits. 


IEAGLEI 


CONDENSED 


This  is  a  picture  of  a  little 
"Eagle  Brand"  baby,  as  fine 
and  healthy  a  little  man  as  you'd  find  anywhere. 

If  for  any  reason  your  baby  is  not  being  fed 
as  Nature  intended  he  should  be,  Gail  Borden 
"Eagle  Brand"  Condensed  Milk  may  be  just  the 
food  for  his  particular  case.  "Eagle  Brand"  is 
clean  and  wholesome  (just  good  cows'  milk  and 
cane  sugar,  nothing  else).  It  is  easy  to  prepare 
and  easy  to  get.  Dealers  everywhere  carry  it.  In 
the  kitchen  "Eagle  Brand"  has  many  uses.  Once 
you  know  it,  you'll  never  be  without  it. 
Send  for  booklets 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 


J  J         Est.  1857_ 


New  York  Jj 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  Protests  Nay-Nay! 

The  dinner  dance  given  by  Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel  on  Tuesday  night  of  this  week,  in  compliment  to 
James  J.  Van  Alen  of  Newport,  elaborated  the  week  with  splen- 
dor, and  embroidered  into  the  aftermath  discussion  a  design  as 
decorative  as  any  that  the  pre-Lenten  season  put  forth.  Every- 
one is  talking  about  the  lovely  decorations,  the  delightful  de- 
tails of  the  affair,  and  the  charm  of  the  hostess,  who  not  only 
complimented  the  New  Yorker  at  this  affair,  but  paid  a  gra- 
cious return  compliment  to  the  scores  of  friends  who  have  made 
her  visit  nere  so  strong  a  testimony  of  their  affection  for  her. 

The  matchmakers  insist  that  the  charming  and  pretty  widow 
of  Fletcher  Ryer  has  capitulated  to  the  attentions  of  one  of  her 
many  Eastern  suitors,  and  they  assert  that  they  will  not  pretend 
to  be  surprised  if  the  summer  should  bring  forth  an  announce- 
ment. 

Mrs.  Ryer  and  her  daughter,  Doris,  now  Mrs.  Stanhope 
Nixon,  are  always  taken  for  sisters,  not  mother  and  daughter. 
When  the  debutante  daughter  came  out  at  Newport  two  seasons 
ago,  she  was  pronounced  one  of  the  loveliest  flowers  ever  trans- 
planted from  the  West — so  it  was  some  triumph  for  a  mother 
to  be  mistaken  for  her  debutante  daughter — and  yet  that  is  what 
frequently  happened  to  Mrs.  Ryer. 

Meanwhile,  Mrs.  Ryer  laughs  away  the  rumor  of  her  matri- 
monial intentions  as  the  sheerest  nonsense  of  which  the  gossa- 
mer day-dreamings  of  match-makers  are  fashioned,  and  brushes 
away  the  horoscope  cast  for  her  by  the  match-makers. 

©    ©    © 
Matchmaking  Murmurs. 

While  we  are  on  the  subject  of  matrimony,  it  might  be 
mentioned  that  the  gossips  are  once  more  whispering  that  fas- 
cinating Jean  Wheeler  has  at  last  made  choice  of  the  many 
suitors  who  have  besieged  the  citadel  of  her  heart,  but  that 
astute  and  controlled  young  beauty  gives  no  outward  sign  of 
her  inward  intentions,  so  how  the  gossips  have  arrived  at  their 
conclusions  is  more  than  a  silly  scribe  in  the  spring  season  can 
pretend  to  disclose. 

©    ©    © 
Overheard  at  Blingum. 

Here  is  an  authentic  poker  story  overheard  at  the  Burlingame 
Club.  Said  a  young  matron  of  assured  social  position  and  a 
penchant  for  the  game  to  one  of  equal  social  position  and  a 
passion  for  the  game: 

"I  don't  see  why  you  have  such  a  crush  on  Mrs.  So-and-So — 
she  really  doesn't  belong  in  our  set,  and  yet  you  have  her  at 
everything  you  give!     Why  are  you  rushing  her  so  hard?" 

"I'll  tell  you  why  in  words  of  one  syllable,"  announced  the 
first  woman.  "I  played  poker  with  her  at  a  mutual  friend's 
house  one  afternoon  about  a  month  ago,  and  she  took  away 
nearly  $300  from  me.  Well,  you  know  if  the  same  people  play 
together  long  enough  the  money  sooner  or  later  equalizes — but 
in  this  case  the  only  way  I  could  get  it  back  was  to  invite  her 
to  my  house,  for  we  have  so  few  mutual  friends  I  would  never 
meet  her  otherwise.  And  instead  of  winning  it  back  she  has 
taken  away  400  more  good  dollars  from  me  and  my  friends  at 
my  perfectly  good  lunch  parties!" 

©    ©    © 
Mounting  Via  Poker. 

"Well!"  ejaculated  the  second  woman,  "all  I  have  to  remark 
is  that  if  her  run  of  luck  keeps  up  much  longer  she  will  find  her- 
self _  promoted  from  a  nobody  to  the  most  popular  guest  in  the 
peninsula  poker  set — for  we'll  all  have  to  invite  her  to  help 
our  friends  get  back  their  pelf." 

©    ©    © 
Mme.  Melba  and  Will  Crocker  Compete. 

Here  is  the  "inside  story"  of  how  the  boxes  at  the  Audi- 
torium concert  given  by  Melba  happened  to  be  offered  to  the 
public  for  $500  per — box. 

Mme.  Melba  wired  Will  Crocker  from  Southern  California 


that  she  would  give  her  services  and  come  up  to  help  make 
arrangements  for  the  concert. 

Will  Crocker  wired  back  the  gratitude  of  the  people  who  are 
working  for  the  relief  of  the  Allies.  Mme.  Melba  then  wired 
that  the  boxes  should  be  sold  at  $500,  and  that  she  would  take 
the  first  one  herself  at  that  price. 

Crocker,  not  to  be  outdone  in  generosity,  wired  back  that  he 
would  be  responsible  for  all  the  rest  of  them. 

But  of  course  he  has  let  his  friends  know  that  he  will  sublet 
them  to  any  and  all  comers  at  the  price  which  he  guaranteed 
for  them — and  up  to  date  several  plutocrats  have  come  forward 
voluntarily,  and  relieved  him,  and  several  others  have  been 
dragged  into  the  pool. 

Mme.  Melba  declares  that  $70,000  is  the  least  that  the  con- 
cert ought  to  net  for  the  relief  fund,  for  in  Sydney  a  similar 
concert  netted  that  amount,  and  as  the  smart  set  here  is  dedi- 
cating itself  to  the  success  of  the  concert,  and  the  music  lovers 
will  go  because  it  is  Melba  pouring  out  her  still  golden  notes, 
the  result  is  not  a  matter  of  worry. 
©    ©    © 

The  De  Longs  Depart. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  De  Long  leave  this  Monday  for  New 
York,  after  a  visit  which  made  the  calendar  of  the  ordinary 
tourist  look  like  a  leaf  blown  from  the  desert.  All  of  De  Long's 
old  friends  clamored  to  entertain  them,  and  as  Mrs.  De  Long 
has  likewise  many  friends  and  connections  here,  they  were  in 
great  demand.  In  spite  of  the  great  disparity  in  their  years 
they  appear  to  enjoy  a  fine  comraderie  which  many  more  equally 
mated  couples  do  not  possess. 

©    ©    © 

Envies  the  Elderly  Bride. 

Which  brings  me  to  the  point  of  a  pathetic  (or  funny,  ac- 
cording to  one's  humor)  incident  at  a  dinner  party  given  to  the 
De  Longs.  One  of  the  grande  dames  of  San  Francisco  society, 
who  was  widowed  about  six  years  ago,  lost  her  heart  two  years 
later  to  a  young  man  about  the  age  of  her  own  son — a  chap  of 
22 — while  the  woman  was  near  fifty.  The  affair  was  carried  on 
in  New  York,  and  was  about  to  be  consummated  at  the  altar 
when  the  family  out  here  heard  of  it,  and  son  went  on  to  New 
York  and  brought  mother  home  safe  from  the  "wiles  of  the  de- 
signing young  man." 

Said  this  matron  to  the  hostess  of  the  De  Longs:  "Nobody 
seems  to  find  them  ridiculous — or  if  they  do  they  don't  show  it 
— but  of  course  I  would  have  had  my  children  around  to  tell  me 
how  absurd  I  was — sometimes  I  believe  in  race  suicide !" 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Peter  Martin  Departs. 

Mrs.  Peter  Martin  left  for  New  York  in  the  same  casual  way 
that  she  arrived — without  informing  any  one  of  the  exact  day 
of  her  departure.  She  made  up  her  mind  on  the  impulse  of  the 
moment  that  her  visit  should  terminate,  and  waved  farewell 
to  the  Martin  family  here. 

The  deep  mourning  which  she  has  been  wearing,  including 
the  long  veil  and  other  paraphernalia  of  standardized  grief,  is 
vastly  becoming  to  this  lady  of  moods,  but  as  her  advent  here 
had  been  interpreted  as  an  announcement  to  her  deceased  hus- 
band's family  that  she  was  about  to  marry  the  German  duke 
who  was  her  devoted  shadow  last  year,  it  was  something  of  a 
surprise  to  find  her  still  in  conventional  widow's  weeds. 
©    ©    © 

The  Duke  is  Dead — Long  Live  the  Duke! 

She  was  airily  disdainful  of  the  Duke,  and  declared  that  the 
story  was  a  newspaper  canard,  and  those  who  know  her  best  be- 


Convenient  t>all  Places  of  Interest 

Hotel  Clark 

f   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters^for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIMMICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


'JftHJjijjijji|jjiiiiiiJ!iiit 


MAtCH  24,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


lieve  that  the  affair  is  really  over.  The  Duke  is  dead — lone 
live  the  Duke.  Who.  by  the  way.  is  neither  a  Duke  nor  Ger- 
man. 


One  of  the  largest  affairs  of  the  week  at  Hotel  Oakland  was 
the  California  Alumni  Association  Banquet  in  the  ball  room  on 
Friday.  About  350  alumnus  students  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia attended. 

The  many  meeting  rooms  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  are  daily 
filled,  and  present  scenes  of  activity.  Among  the  clubs  which 
meet  weekly  and  draw  a  large  audience  are:  The  Alameda 
County  Medical  Association,  Orpheus  Club,  The  Laurier  Club, 
Business  Women's  League,  Chamber  of  Commerce  meetings, 
the  Eurydice  Club,  Yu  Ai  Kai,  Delphia  Society  and  Civic  Cen- 
ter meetings. 

Those  who  have  taken  up  their  permanent  residence  at  the 
Hotel  Oakland  and  will  remain  indefinitely  are:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
T.  P.  Jones.  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  McGuire,  Port- 
land; S.  M.  Dinsmore  and  wife,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Captain  and 
Mrs.  H.  Stunsman,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  R.  J.  Burdette  and  J.  W. 
Foley  and  wife,  Pasadena;  Miss  Beth  O'Rourke  and  Miss  Marie 
E.  O'Rourke,  Hanford;  Mrs.  F.  M.  Helm  and  son,  Fresno. 
9     8     0 

Among  those  from  this  city  who  have  gone  to  the  Southland 
for  a  short  visit,  all  of  whom  are  sojourning  at  the  Hotel  Clark, 
Los  Angeles,  include :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  W.  Campbell,  Mildred 
Campbell,  Mrs.  Johnson,  Miss  A.  Johnson,  F.  A.  Newton,  Geo. 
Baurrand,  Charles  F.  Potter,  C.  T.  Crawford,  C.  S.  Pope,  D.  J. 
Frase,  Joseph  W.  Hooker,  J.  O.  Nomland,  C.  B.  Hopkins,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  Wesley  Gebb,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Bocci,  J.  Hislop,  D. 
T.  Ayers,  and  many  others. 


AIMER,  C'EST  OUBLIER. 
As  we  strolled  on  the  beach  with  the  fair  Isabelle — 

We  were  friends  of  long  standing,  I'd  known  her  a  week — 
Was  it  love  or  the  shade  of  her  gorgeous  umbrella 

That  fluttered  in  crimson  across  her  soft  cheek? 

Hope  tugged  at  my  heart-strings  and  made  me  audacious, 
For  when  Coquetry  blooms  like  a  Provencal  rose, 

It  is  surely  a  sign  that  she  means  to  be  gracious, 

And  bless  with  sweet  favor  some  one  of  her  beaux. 

So  I  set  me  to  wooing,  both  blithely  and  bravely, 

Caught  in  mine  a  small  hand  in  a  brown  gant  de  Suede, 

Snatched  a  kiss  from  her  lips,  and  was  begging  her  suavely 
To  leave  out  my  heart  from  the  list  of  betrayed, 

When  she  stopped  me.    "I'm  sorry,"  she  murmured,  discreetly, 
"But  you  see — I'm  engaged!"  and  pretended  to  sigh, 

While  a  swift  recollection  upset  me  completely — - 
"Great  Heaven!"  I  gasped,  "I  forgot.    So  am  I." 

— Life. 


A   BREAD-AND-BUTTER   LETTER. 
There  is  a  willow  grows  beside  a  pool, 

Its  long  gray  branches  sweep  the  marble  rim 
And  from  those  waters  shadowy  and  cool 

The  stars  shine  large  and  dim. 

From  open  valleys  filled  with  little  lakes 

All  through  the  night  a  hundred  breezes  blow, 

All  through  the  night  the  little  willow  makes 
A  whispering  soft  and  low. 

Here  in  the  dusty  street  there  are  no  trees 
To  whisper  and  the  sky  is  dark  and  gray. 

And  yet  I  see  the  stars,  I  feel  the  breeze 
So  far,  so  far  away. 

— Alice  Duer  Miller. 


THE  TRIALS  OF  WAR. 

She  is  one  of  the  prettiest  and  daintiest  little  ladies  on  the 
boards,  and  she  was  bewailing  to  us  the  other  day  the  fact  of 
her  husband  having  enlisted. 

"I  miss  George  most  horribly,"  she  pouted;  "far  more  than 
I  ever  thought  I  should.  One  can't  get  on  without  a  husband 
these  days,  you  know — at  least,  not  altogether." 

And  it  was  only  our  raising  a  query  as  to  the  precise  inner 
meaning  of  the  latter  part  of  the  sentence  that  caused  all  the 
trduble. 


MANY  TOM  Hill   PAINTINGS  SH 

Through  the  generosity  of  public- spirited  residents  of  De- 
troit, Chicago,  Boston,  St.  Louis,  Kalamazoo  and  other  I- 
cities;,  the  art  museums  of  these  cities  will  soon  come  into  pos- 
session of  one  or  more  each  of  the  medal  canv  e  late 
Thomas  Hill,  recently  on  exhibition  in  Pasadena.  These  can- 
vases were  the  property  of  the  late  David  Hewes,  millionaire 
California  pioneer,  and  have  been  sold  to  facilitate  final  set- 
tlement of  his  estate. 

There  were  some  200  "Hill"  canvases  in  the  Hewcs  collec- 
tion, including  the  large  paintings  of  "Yosemite  Valley  from 
Inspiration  Point,"  which  goes  to  the  Chicago  Institute  of  Art, 
"Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado,"  and  "The  Salmon  Festival, 
Alaska,"  which  go  to  Kalamazoo  Art  Gallery,  and  "General 
Grant  Big  Tree,"  with  some  smaller  canvases  which  go  to  the 
Detroit  Museum  of  Art  through  the  kindness  of  a  well  known 
Detroit  resident  spending  the  winter  in  Pasadena.  Some  125 
smaller  paintings  of  merit  go  to  other  galleries,  public  and  pri- 
vate. These  Eastern  cities  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  pos- 
sessing citizens  so  generous  and  public-spirited,  and  it  is  to 
be  regretted  that  California  does  not  possess  among  her  numer- 
ous wealthy  citizens  a  man  or  woman  who  would  present  a  Hill 
masterpiece  to  one  of  the  many  public  galleries  or  museums 
in  the  State.  The  Hewes  collection,  practically  the  entire 
collection  of  Hill's  work,  including  all  the  gold  medal  canvases, 
has  been  sold  to  Eastern  visitors. 

Tom  Hill  was  one  of  the  pioneer  artists  of  California's 
adopted  sons,  and  did  most  of  his  work  here.  More  than  any 
other  one  man  he  made  known  to  the  world  the  grandeur  of  the 
Sierras  and  the  quiet  beauty  of  our  California  valleys,  and  was 
rewarded  by  having  his  canvases  hung  in  many  public  and  pri- 
vate galleries.  Some  thirty-one  medals  were  awarded  him  at 
American  and  European  exhibitions. 

It  is  probable  that  in  the  not  distant  future  some  wealthy 
Californian  may  endeavor  to  repurchase  these  canvases,  which 
have  been  allowed  to  leave  the  State. 

It  has  often  been  said  that  a  "prophet  is  without  honor  in  his 
own  country,"  and  while  this  is  not  wholly  true  of  Thomas  Hill, 
as  many  of  his  canvases  are  owned  and  cherished  by  Califor- 
nians,  it  would  seem  to  be  true  in  part,  as  the  larger  number 
of  his  best  works  during  his  lifetime  and  in  later  years  have 
been  purchased  by  Eastern  and  European  collectors. 


THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS— IN  GERMANY. 

In  all  trains  are  printed  the  following  Ten  Commandments: 

1. — Don't  eat  more  than  necessary.    Don't  eat  between  meals. 

2. — Consider  bread  sacred.  Use  every  little  piece.  Dry 
bread  makes  good  soup. 

3. — Be  economical  with  butter  and  fat.  Use  jam  instead  of 
butter.    Most  of  the  fat  we  get  from  abroad. 

4. — Use  milk  and  cheese. 

5 — Use  much  sugar.  Sugar  is  nourishing. 

6. — Boil  potatoes  with  the  skins  on ;  then  nothing  is  lost  in 
peeling. 

7. — Drink  less  beer  and  alcohol ;  then  the  supply  of  rye  from 
which  these  are  made  will  be  greater. 

8. — 'Eat  vegetables  and  fruit.  Plant  vegetables  in  every  little 
piece  of  earth.    Be  economical  with  preserved  vegetables. 

9. — Gather  all  you  don't  eat  for  the  animals. 

10. — Cook  with  gas  and  coke.  The  ashes  from  coke  make 
good  fertilizer. 

Moral — Obey  these  ten  commandments  and  economize  for  the 
Fatherland.  The  rich  must  also  follow  these  commandments. — 
From  Madeleine  Z.  Doty's  "Short  Rations." 


"Now,  this  is  the  kind  of  movie  I  like.    It's  educational." 

"Why,  it's  all  about  a  vampire."  "Just  so.  I  may  meet  a  vam- 
pire some  of  these  days,  and  then  I'll  know  how  to  protect 
myself." — Birmingham  Age-Herald. 


The  DR  UNKAR  D  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased'by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 
Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.-  S!  Government.) 


J\eeley 


UpHDI 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


The  Last  Drink  on  the  Colonel 


A  Ghost  Story,  by  John  C.  Catlin. 

The  Colonel  died  as  he  had  lived— fast.  The  passing  took 
perhaps  a  second.  In  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  a  life  spent  among 
poets,  artists,  journalists,  musicians,  soldiers  and  even  kings, 
alone  in  the  night  in  his  rooms  in  a  famous  hotel,  the  great 
heart  ceased  to  beat,  and  the  spirit  possessed  of  eternal  youth 
flew  from  his  prematurely  enfeebled  body. 

The  Colonel  himself  would  not  have  cared.  He  was  willing 
to  experiment  with  anything,  and  it  had  been  said  of  him  that 
he  would  even  have  tried  dying  had  he  not  been  firmly  of  the 
belief  that  a  dead  man  was  dead  for  all  time,  and  could  not 
return  to  the  tables  at  Jacque's  or  the  Gianuja  to  tell  of  the  ex- 
perience of  crossing  into  the  undiscovered  country. 

The  doing  of  some  big  thing,  such  as  defending  a  reprobate 
king,  grappling  from  the  depths  of  obscurity  the  suppressed 
heir  of  some  indiscreet  pioneer,  or  with  the  frail  thread  of  a 
legal  technicality  snatching  a  condemned  miscreant  from  the 
hangman  at  the  very  ladder  of  the  gallows,  was  less  to  the 
Colonel  than  the  joy  and  satisfaction  he  experienced  through 
telling  of  it  to  a  knot  of  interested  listeners  gathered  around 
him  in  one  of  the  dingy  retreats  of  the  Latin  Quarter — or  in  the 
luxurious  bars  of  the  city's  most  exclusive  hotels. 

Whether  or  not  he  was  right  in  his  belief  that  no  traveler 
ever  returns  from  the  nether  side  of  the  Styx  to  regale  his 
friends  with  accounts  of  the  dark  passage,  the  news  was  no 
sooner  on  the  street  that  he  had  himself  departed  on  the  journey 
and  the  hour  of  sudden  departure  fixed,  than  wierd  tales  were 
in  circulation  concerning  his  return. 

An  engineer  with  apartments  in  the  same  hotel  was  visited 
by  the  Colonel  between  the  time  of  his  demise  and  the  finding 
of  his  remains.  The  two  had  an  extended  conversation  in  which 
the  Colonel  told  him  that  he  had  as  yet  entered  neither  the 
pearly  nor  the  fiery  gates,  but  was  floating  in  space  for  a  brief 
period,  and  that  all  things  considered,  death  was  not  at  all 
disagreeable. 

Most  remarkable,  perhaps,  was  the  story  of  one  with  whom 
the  Colonel  had  been  friends  since  boyhood.  At  midnight,  a  full 
hour  after  the  Colonel's  passing,  this  gentleman  was  standing 
alone  on  a  hill,  at  the  very  spot  from  whence  the  mournful  Por- 
tals of  the  Past  were  taken  to  gaze  for  eternity  upon  their  own 
classic  columns  reflected  from  a  melancholy  lake. 

He  was  about  to  turn  from  the  twinkling  lights  of  the  city  at 
his  feet,  when  he  heard  heavy  footfalls  approaching  from  the 
direction  of  a  great  brownstone  club  looming  darkly  a  square 
down  the  broad  avenue  that  lay  along  the  flat  crest  of  the  hill. 
As  the  footfalls  came  nearer,  he  was  surprised  to  see  the  portly 
form  of  the  Colonel,  usually  so  slow,  advancing  with  the  firm- 
ness and  elasticity  of  youth. 

The  moving  form  would  have  passed  him  by,  although  he 
stood  in  the  full  glare  of  an  incandescent  lamp,  had  he  not 
spoken  to  warn  his  friend  that  a  man  of  his  bulk  and  age  might 
come  to  a  severe  fall  if  he  plunged  recklessly  over  the  edge  of 
the  steep  slope.  The  Colonel  stopped  and  looked  blankly  about 
as  though  to  discover  a  hidden  speaker,  and  finally,  speaking 
with  an  effort,  told  in  a  few  words  that  there  was  no  danger  of 
a  fall,  as  he  had  died  but  a  little  while  before,  and  that  his  body 
had  not  as  yet  been  found ;  and  continuing  his  headlong  pace,  he 
went  precipitately  down  the  hill,  his  footfalls  coming  back  from 
a  seemingly  interminable  distance. 

Whatever  may  be  said  of  the  truth  or  untruth  of  these  stories, 
it  remains  the  fact  that  the  Colonel  grew  from  a  studious  boy 
into  a  picturesque  man,  made  and  spent  fortunes,  lived  with 
kings,  tasted  all  the  world  had  to  offer  both  of  sorrow  and  of 
joy,  scrupulously  kept  his  word,  won  many  victories,  suffered 
many  defeats,  cooked  princely  dinners  in  famous  restaurants, 
and  delicious  coippinis  and  ragouts  in  laurel  groves  on  the  bay 
in  the  shadow  of  a  mountain,  had  unlimited  credit,  made  scores 
of  friends  and  hundreds  of  enemies,  contracted  a  sleeping  sick- 
ness in  a  tropical  jungle,  and,  like  all  the  sons  of  Adam  must  do 
sometime,  died.  That  strange  stories  should  become  current 
of  such  a  man  living  or  dead  is  not  to  be  wondered  at. 

^When  an  excited  hotel  servant  rushed  to  the  management 
with  the  news  of  the  finding  of  the  Colonel's  body,  word  was 
at  once  sent  to  the  man  who  had  been  the  Colonel's  closest 
friend — Land. 


Land  hurried  to  the  hotel,  and  as  he  passed  through  the  whis- 
pering throng  in  the  lobby,  he  singled  out  a  tall  gentleman  in 
conventional  black  clothes,  who  in  all  particulars  was  an  exact 
replica  of  Henry  Clay.  Land  requested  the  tall  gentleman  to 
accompany  him  to  the  Colonel's  apartment,  and  they  went  to- 
gether, respectfully  followed  by  another  whom  neither  of  them 
knew. 

The  stranger's  presence  might  be  attributed  to  many  things. 
He  might  at  some  time  of  his  life  have  been  saved  from  con- 
demnation by  the  Colonel's  astuteness  and  eloquence,  or  he 
might  have  been  aided  by  him  in  one  of  the  many  ways  that  the 
Colonel  had  of  quietly  showing  his  generosity.  Perhaps  he 
may  only  have  feasted  on  a  succulent  piece  of  bullshead  roasted 
in  an  open  trench  in  some  sylvan  glade  by  the  Colonel  and  his 
croney,  a  judge  with  swarthy  and  pitted  face,  called  now  by  his 
judicial  dignity,  then  by  a  high  military  title,  and  again  by  the 
picturesque  sobriquet  of  an  Indian  Chief,  suggested  by  his 
scarred  countenance  and  a  tradition  of  a  remote  Moquelumnan 
ancestor. 

Who  the  stranger  may  have  been,  however,  is  not  germain 
to  this  account.  His  dignified  and  quiet  respect  excused  his  in- 
trusion. 

The  three  visitors  entered  the  room  where  all  that  remained 
of  the  Colonel  lay,  and  after  standing  in  silence  for  a  few  mo- 
ments, Land  spoke  and  asked  if  there  was  anything  that  they 
could  do.  The  hotel  manager  thanked  them  and  said  that  he 
had  not  been  entirely  unprepared  for  what  had  happened,  and 
that  everything  would  be  looked  after. 

Recognizing  Land,  he  said :  "You,  sir,  were  sent  for  because 
you  were  his  nearest  friend.  I  will  turn  over  to  you  the  prop- 
erty which  was  found  on  his  person,  and  I  regret  to  say  that  I 
believe  it  is  his  whole  estate."  With  the  words,  he  handed 
over  a  solitary  silver  dollar. 

Land  took  it,  balanced  it  a  moment  on  his  palm,  and  then 
put  it  carefully  into  the  upper  pocket  of  his  waistcoat.  What 
pictures  presented  themselves  to  his  mind  during  the  moment 
of  the  coin's  balancing  would  be  hard  to  surmise.  He  and  the 
Colonel  had  made  many  a  legal  sortie  together. 

They  had  been  the  Mosbys,  the  Morgans,  the  Sheridans  and 
the  Neys  of  the  law,  honorable  and  merciless  raiders  on  forti- 
fied commercialism  and  entrenched  hypocrisy. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  Land,  and  in  his  voice  there  was  a  sug- 
gestion of  huskiness;  "Gentlemen,  we  can  do  nothing  here,  and 
you  would  oblige  me  if  you  would  retire  with  me." 

Silently  the  three  passed  from  the  room,  through  the  long 
hall,  down  the  elevator,  across  the  palm  garden,  with  its  brightly 
gowned  women,  along  a  corridor  into  a  magnificently  fitted  bar. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  Land,  "we  will  drink."  And  they  all 
stood  closer. 

When  the  liquor  was  poured,  the  tall  gentleman  in  the  long, 
conventional  coat,  raising  his  glass,  said:  "I  wish  to  say  that 
many  million  men  will  be  born  into  this  world  before  another 
like  the  Colonel  appears."  And  in  the  moment  of  emotion  a 
long  and  graceful  index  finger,  which  should  be  waving  in  the 
Senate  of  the  nation,  solemnly  took  a  turn  or  two.  The  others 
bowed,  and  simultaneously  the  three  glasses  were  drained. 

And  then — Land  reached  into  the  upper  pocket  of  his  waist- 
coat, drew  forth  a  silver  dollar,  balanced  it  in  his  hand  a  mo- 
ment, threw  it  on  the  bar,  and  said :  "Gentlemen,  the  last  drink 
on  the  Colonel." 


The  Congressman  had  received  ten  applications  for  pea 

seed  from  one  constituent,  and  when  the  eleventh  came  he 
wrote :  "I  am  sending  you  the  seeds,  but  what  in  Heaven's  name 
are  you  doing  with  so  much  pea  seed?  Are  you  planting  the 
whole  State  with  peas  ?"  "No,"  came  back  the  answer,  "we  are 
not  planting  them  at  all.  We  are  using  them  for  soup." — Har- 
per's Magazine. 


Have  Healthy,  Strong,  Beautiful  Eyes  j 

Oculists  and  "sed  Murine   Eye  Remedy  many     g 


Priv«Man«  years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
r  uysiuans  Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting— Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Buy  Marine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  2 


£^a$SNS53{^K>i$«»$^N$Ca$N^ 


f 


! 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


PLEASURES  WAND 


1W 


PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


Twinkling  Stars  ji  Orphrum. 

The  critic  who  does  not  know  much  about  art,  but  knows  what 
he  hates,  will  find  little  use  for  that  faculty  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week.  For  while  there  have  been  bills  with  more  luminous 
overy  one  on  the  program  twinkle,  twinkles  enough  to 
throw  light  on  the  dark  areas  of  hours  that  might  be  spent  won- 
dering what  the  world  is  all  about,  instead  of  pleasantly  relax- 
ing under  the  glow  of  the  fun-making  at  the  Orpheum. 

Even  the  pessimistic  theatre-goer,  who  attends  in  the  spirit 
of  "Well,  here  I  am,  curse  you,  and  I  dare  you  to  entertain  me, 
for  I  have  no  intention  of  having  a  good  time,"  finds  himself 
slipping  into  a  pleasant  mood.  To  be  sure,  Snoozer,  the  "intel- 
lectual bulldog,"  makes  one  think,  and  thinking  is  an  exertion 
not  recommended  for  the  T.  B.  M. 

But  one  cannot  watch  Snoozer  without  wondering  what  is 
wrong  with  our  system  of  education,  for  the  more  one  sees 


promise,  for  they  give  so  much  more  than  they  promise — a 
whirlwind  of  fun,  rather  than  a  "breezy  bit,"  and  Anna  is  so 
clever  that  she  doesn't  care  how  she  looks,  and  puts  over  some 
great  character  stuff  that  gets  the  audience  hard. 

Lew  Dockstader  has  a  lot  of  new  lines  in  his  Political  Boss 
monologue,  and  if  Mayor  Rolph  has  not  been  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week,  he  has  been  saved  the  pain  of  hearing  Lew  abso- 
lutely and  unequivocally  decline  to  go  on  the  Vice  Commission. 
In  fact,  all  up  and  down  the  vaudeville  circuit  in  California, 
monologists  are  refusing  to  serve.  Dockstader  is  in  a  class  by 
himself  in  the  monologue  stunt,  and  loses  none  of  his  class  as 
the  years  go  by. 

Bert  Leslie  is  doing  a  "Hogan  in  Mexico"  stunt,  which  is  as 
funny  as  Hogan  anywhere,  and  not  so  different  at  that  from 
Bert  Leslie  anywhere,  and  every  one  is  glad  when  it's  Leslie 
Hoganizing  hereabouts. 


George   Whiting   and   Sadie    Burt,   "Songsayings,"   at   the    Orpheum    next  week. 


these  educated  animals,  the  less  one  thinks  of  the  education  of 
children. 

Last  week's  playlet,  "Finders — Keepers,"  is  retained,  and 
does  not  flatten  out  on  second  seeing — in  fact,  it  is  then  that  the 
reviewer  appreciates  what  a  finished  performance  it  is,  and 
the  audiences  of  this  week  like  it  just  as  much  as  those  of  last. 

Estelle  Wentworth,  billed  as  the  "American  Prima  Donna," 
would  be  recognized  as  American  without  the  label,  but  few 
would  appreciate  that  she  is  "the"  American  prima  donna,  un- 
less told  several  times,  and  then  there  are  those  who  would  not 
register  the  fact — especially  after  hearing  her  sing! 

Her  voice  is  thin  with  a  lovely  redeeming  pianissimo,  and 
altogether  she  is  a  pleasant,  if  not  exciting,  vocalist.  The  au- 
dience received  her  in  the  kindly  spirit  in  which  vaudeville 
audiences  take  singers  who  select  their  songs  with  intelligent 
appreciation  of  the  time,  the  place  and  the  audience. 

Harry  and  Anna  Seymour  promise  "Breezy  Bits  of  Mirth  and 
Melody"  on  the  program,  and  might  well  be  sued  for  breach  of 


Clara  Morton  has  divorced  herself,  temporarily,  at  least, 
from  the  other  three  Mortons,  and  supported  only  by  herself, 
a  young  man  at  a  telephone  while  she  changes  her  costumes, 
and  a  Junie  McCree  stage  setting,  she  gets  as  much  applause 
as  the  four  Mortons  used  to  divide  up  in  the  family  and  then 
fuss  over  the  division.  The  Rita  Mario  orchestra  of  pretty 
girls  and  good  players  ends  an  excellent  program. 

*  *  * 

Crowded  Houses  at  Pantages. 

At  the  Pantages,  crowded  houses  have  necessitated  doubling 
the  force  of  ushers  and  otherwise  giving  evidence  that  pros- 
perity has  hit  this  theatre  hard.  The  bill  has  several  head- 
liners,  the  men  in  the  audience  using  much  muscular  effort  to 
show  by  their  applause  that  they  appreciate  the  Belleclair 
brothers,  who  do  a  wonderful  loop  the  loop  to  a  hand-to-hand 
stand,  which  every  man  who  has  ever  stubbed  his  toe  on  a 
gymnasium  door-sill  appreciates. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


Bobbie  and  Nelson  are  two  favorites  on  the  bill  who  stand 
comparison  with  fun  makers  in  any  strata  of  vaudeville,  and  in 
addition  to  the  art  of  getting  over  their  patter,  one  of  them  (is 
it  Bobbie  or  Nelson?)  has  a  tenor  voice  that  is  gift  enough 
without  the  comedian  stuff. 

The  playlet,  "A  Telephone  Triangle,"  with  Joe  Bennett  in 
the  lead  as  Abe  Kabibbible,  is  packed  with  the  sort  of  fun  that 
gets  full  quota  of  response  from  the  house.  Elizabeth  Cutty,  on 
the  other  hand,  does  not  get  the  appreciation  which  her  violin 
playing  deserves.  As  for  Daisy  Jerome,  billed  as  "England's 
Celebrated  Singing  Comedienne,  The  Electric  Spark  of  Joy,"  it 
must  be  admitted  that  England  can  keep  her  electric  spark 
without  shutting  off  the  current  of  joy  on  this  side  of  the  water, 
for  while  Miss  Jerome  is  clever  in  her  way,  it  is  not  our  way, 
and  neither  is  to  blame. 

*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  will  be  excep- 
tionally interesting,  enjoyable  and  novel.  Count  Ilya  Tolstoy, 
son  of  the  great  Russian  novelist  and  moralist,  will  discuss  the 
life  and  work  of  his  father,  Count  Leo  Tolstoy,  illustrating  his 
words  by  slides  and  motion  pictures.  Count  Ilya's  engagement 
is  most  positively  limited  to  one  week.  George  Whiting  and 
Sadie  Burt  will  offer  an  enjoyable  entertainment  which  they 
call  "Songsayings."  Both  Mr.  Whiting  and  Miss  Burt  are  plen- 
teously  endowed  with  ability  and  versatility,  and  they  are  also 
fortunate  in  the  possession  of  youth  and  charming  personalities. 
Lydia  Barry,  who  is  peerless  as  a  lyrical  raconteur,  will  sing 
a  new  repertoire  of  songs  by  Junie  McCree.  Linne's  Classic 
Dancers,  featuring  Mile.  Una,  assisted  by  a  corps  de  ballet, 
will  appear  in  a  series  of  classic  dances.  Mile.  Una,  who  is  the 
youngest  premier  danseuse  in  America,  is  a  skillful  interpreter 
of  lyric  and  classic  dances.  "The  Cure,"  the  latest  comedy  of 
John  B.  Hymer,  and  one  of  his  most  successful  efforts,  will  be 
presented  by  Ralph  Locke,  Ida  Stanhope  and  an  excellent  sup- 
porting company.  Irving  Newhoff  and  Dode  Phelps  are  an 
exceedingly  popular  vaudeville  team,  who  sing  remarkably 
well.  Clara  Morton  will  be  included  in  this  great  new  bill.  An 
attraction  of  great  importance  is  Wellington  Cross  and  Lois 
Josephine,  who  are  singing  new  numbers  and  presenting  an  en- 
tirely new  program  of  dances. 

*  *  * 

San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra.- — Music  lovers  must 
lament  that  the  forthcoming  "pop"  concert  of  the  San  Francisco 
Symphony  Orchestra,  to  be  given  at  the  Cort,  on  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, March  25th,  will  be  the  last  event  of  this  delightful 
series,  which  has  proven  a  joy  to  not  only  the  seeker  after  the 
more  obviously  melodious  musical  masterpieces,  but  to  the 
technical  musician  as  well.  Alfred  Hertz'  programs  have  been 
delights,  and  have  done  much  toward  developing  a  taste  for 
more  serious  music.  The  distinguished  American  pianist,  Ar- 
thur Shattuck,  will  be  the  soloist  next  Sunday  afternoon,  there- 
in making  his  first  appearance  in  San  Francisco.  Considerable 
interest  attaches  to  his  playing.  Tschaikowsky's  concerto  in 
B  Flat  Minor  will  be  played  by  Mr.  Shattuck.  The  entire  pro- 
gram, in  fact,  will  be  devoted  to  the  works  of  the  great  Russian 
composer.  The  purely  orchestral  numbers  of  the  program  will 
be  the  stirring  and  dramatic  overture,  "The  Year  1812,"  and 
the  Sixth  Symphony  in  B  Minor,  generally  called  the  "Pa- 
thetic." The  twelfth  and  last  pair  of  regular  symphonies  is  an- 
nounced for  Friday,  March  30th,  and  Sunday,  April  1st,  the  first 
concert  being  given  at  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  but  the  Sun- 
day concert  at  11  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Conductor  Hertz  has 
arranged  the  following  admirable  program  for  the  farewell 
events  of  a  glorious  season:  Symphonic  Poem,  "Tasso,"  Liszt; 
Scherzo,  "Sorcerer's  Apprentice,"  Dukas;  Symphony  No.  5, 
C  Minor,  Beethoven. 

*  *  * 

S.  F.  Symphony  Orchestra  in  Berkeley. — A  special  concert  in 
Berkeley  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  under  the 
direction  of  Alfred  Hertz,  is  announced  for  Harmon  Gymna- 
sium, on  Wednesday  evening,  March  28th,  under  the  auspices 
cf  the  Music  and  Dramatic  Committee  of  the  University  of 
California.  The  following  program  is  announced :  Symphony  in 
B  Minpr,  "Unfinished,"  Schubert;  Overture,  "Euryanthe;"  "Le 
Deluge,"  SanrNSaens;  Prelude,  "Lohengrin;"  'Danse  Des  Syl- 
phe,"  Berlioz;  "Anitra's  Dance,"  Grieg;  "Marionettes,  Glazou- 


Wm.   H.  Crane,  coming  to  the  Columbia  Theatre,   Monday,   March  the  26th, 
in  the  new  comedy,  "The  Happy  Stranger." 

now;  Dream  Pantomime,  "Hansel  and  Gretel,"  Humperdinck; 
Waltz,  "On  the  Beautiful  Blue  Danube,"  Johann  Strauss.  Popu- 
lar prices  will  obtain. 

*  •  • 

Big  Plans  of  New  Strand  Theatre. — After  a  continuous  run  of 
vaudeville  for  many  years,  the  Empress  Theatre  is  dark  this 
week,  during  alterations  which  will  transform  it  into  a  motion 
picture  palace.  The  theatre  will  open  Sunday  as  the  Strand, 
with  Mary  Pickford  in  her  newest  photoplay  as  the  chief  at- 
traction. The  Artcraft  picture,  "A  Poor  Little  Rich  Girl," 
adapted  from  the  play  by  Eleanor  Gates  and  presented  for  the 
first  time  in  pictures,  will  be  the  vehicle.  No  change  of  man- 
agement is .  contemplated  in  the  new  regime.  Sid  Grauman, 
owner  and  manager  of  the  Empress,  will  direct  the  career  of 
the  new  Strand.  The  very  best  film  attractions  and  novelty  fea- 
tures will  be  provided.  A  complete  renovation  is  being  made 
in  the  theatre.  The  walls  and  ceiling  are  to  be  re-decorated  and 
tinted;  new  carpets  will  be  laid;  leather  cushioned  wicker 
chairs  are  to  be  installed  in  both  balcony  and  orchestra  loge 
sections;  and  a  new  indirect  lighting  system  will  provide  a 
soft  glow  in  delicate  colors  on  the  handsome  ceiling.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  large  Hope- Jones  Wurlitzer  organ,  which  has  been 
installed,  special  musical  scores  will  be  provided  for  each  play, 
and  played  by  an  eighteen  piece  orchestra  under  the  direction 
of  Herman  Heller.  A  ladies'  retiring  room,  gentlemen's  smok- 
ing room,  and  a  nursery  rest  room  for  children  are  among  the 
many  conveniences.  Prices  will  be  from  15  to  30  cents.  Per- 
formances will  be  continuous  from  11  a.  m.  to  11  p.  m. 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — William  H.  Crane's  engagement  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  commencing  Monday,  March  26th,  will  most 
certainly  prove  one  of  the  delightful  and  successful  affairs  of 
the  season,  for  the  celebrated  actor  is  bringing  a  splendid  com- 
edy entitled  "The  Happy  Stranger."  It  is  from  the  pens  of 
Harvey  O'Higgins  and  Harriet  Ford,  authors  of  "The  Dummy," 
"The  Argyle  Case,"  and  "Polygamy."  Mr.  Crane  is  said  to 
have  the  role  of  his  career  in  this  new  "mystery  comedy"  in  the 
role  of  "Mr.  Lazarus."  Into  a  humorously  human  young-love 
story  of  the  impecunious  artist  and  the  slavey  of  the  New 
York  lodging  house,  against  a  background  of  greed  and  tyranny, 
comes  the  character  portrayed  by  Mr.  Crane,  with  its  touch  of 
supernatural.  Like  some  visitant  from  afar,  he  moves  through 
the  story;  but  who  he  is,  the  man  who  plays  Fate,  in  this  mys- 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


tery  play,  is  part  of  the  suspense  and  surprise  of  the  play.  Wil- 
liam H.  Crane  is  at  the  height  of  his  creative  powers,  and  in 
his  new  starring  vehicle  he  is  surrounded  by  a  cast  of  unusual 
quality,  including  Eva  Le  Gallienne.  the  dainty  ingenue;  Wil- 
liam T.  Clarke,  the  comedian  of  many  successes ;  Betty  Tracy, 
a  young  English  actress  of  note ;  Raymond  Van  Sickle,  formerly 
with  Rose  Stahl;  Susan  Morgan  of  the  original  "Twin  Beds" 
company.  Matinees  are  announced  for  Wednesday  and  Sat- 
urday. 

•  •  • 

Pantagrs. — Frank  Fogarty.  many  times  a  visitor  to  San 
Francisco  via  the  Orpheum  Circuit,  returns  next  week  heading 
the  new  bill  at  the  Pantages  TheatTe  starting  Sunday  matinee. 
Fogarty,  known  as  the  "Dublin  Minstrel,"  describes  his  act  as 
composed  of  "observation,  folk  lore  and  humor  of  Ireland."  His 
act  is  always  a  hit,  and  one  of  the  most  popular  of  its  kind  to 
be  seen  here.  The  Six  Berlo  Girls  offer  a  novel  diving  act.  A 
specially  constructed  tank  and  stage  setting  is  used  to  make  the 
act  picturesque  and  spectacular.  Master  Paul  presents  his 
Mystic  Bird,  a  canary  with  extraordinary  intelligence,  which  at 
the  bidding  of  his  trainer,  imitates  various  bird  calls  and  whis- 
tles tunes  to  violin  accompaniment.  Grace  Edmond  is  a  very 
pretty  and  likable  young  woman,  singing  in  an  original  man- 
ner. Mack  and  Velmar  present  an  amusing  and  entertaining 
sketch.  Mack,  as  a  genial  "souse,"  sings,  while  Velmar  plays 
the  piano  and  displays  some  attractive  gowns.  Dix  and  Dixie 
present  a  versatile  act  with  some  novelty  features.  Califor- 
nia Tilsley  and  her  baby  roses  offer  a  spectacular  dancing  act, 
and  "The  Secret  Kingdom,"  Chapter  Six,  completes  what  should 
prove  to  be  a  very  entertaining  bill. 

•  *  • 

Maude  Fay  to  Give  Recital — Maude  Fay,  the  California  girl 
who  in  turn  has  been  leading  dramatic  soprano  at  the  Royal 
Opera,  Munich,  Covent  Garden,  London,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House  in  New  York,  and  who  will  be  heard  in  recital  at 
the  Columbia  Theatre  Sunday  afternoon,  April  1,  at  2:30 
sharp,  under  the  local  direction  of  Frank  W.  Healy,  is  a  great 
admirer  of  Signora  Delia  Valeri,  a  celebrated  vocal  teacher 
now  residing  in  New  York  City.  Those  friends  of  Miss  Fay 
who  heard  the  handsome  San  Franciscan  when  she  was  con- 
quering in  opera  at  Munich,  and  who  felt  that  the  Fay  voice 
as  heard  on  the  occasion  of  her  last  visit  to  San  Francisco  was 
not  at  its  best,  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  her  last  winter's  in- 
disposition, which  caused  the  canceling  of  so  many  lucrative 
engagements  and  which  resulted  in  a  serious  but  successful 
operation,  has  been  quite  overcome,  and  that  her  glorious  voice 
has  perfectly  regained  its  fullness  and  its  beauty.  During  the 
past  year  Miss  Fay  has  confined  herself  almost  entirely  to 
studying  an  Italian  repertoire  with  Signora  Valeri.  Seats  for 
the  concert  will  be  on  sale  next  Monday  morning,  March  26th, 
at  the  box  offices  of  the  Columbia  Theatre,  Kohler  &  Chase  and 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  Mail  orders  accompanied  by  checks  are 
now  being  received  by  Frank  W.  Healy,  906  Kohler  &  Chase 
Building,  and  will  be  filled  in  the  order  of  their  receipt. 

•  »  * 

Another  Notable  Kreisler  Recital. — Fritz  Kreisler  will  be 
heard  in  violin  recitals  at  the  Cort  Theatre  Sunday  afternoons, 
April  8th  and  15th,  under  the  local  direction  of  Frank  W.  Healy. 
Kreisler's  secret  of  popularity  is  not  difficult  to  find.  His  is  a 
personality  at  once  modest  and  sincere.  He  is  a  master  of  the 
art  of  program  building.  Add  to  this  the  very  important  fact 
that  he  is  the  supreme  master  of  the  violin  of  our  time;  that 
the  technique  of  the  instrument  has  no  difficulties  for  him,  and 
that  the  tone  which  he  draws  from  it  is  notable  for  its  purity  and 
sweetness,  and  you  have  the  secret. 


SPECIAL  ENTERTAINMENT  AT  CLIFF  HOUSE. 

The  Night  in  Montmarte  which  will  be  given  at  the  Cliff 
House  on  the  evening  of  March  29th,  promises  to  be  full  of 
interest  to  those  who  love  the  unusual.  There  will  be  French 
songs,  music  and  dancing.  The  decorations  will  be  artistic,  and 
the  dinner  typical  of  that  section  of  Paris.  Miss  LaCour  prom- 
ises to  sing  some  songs  she  learned  in  Paris,  and  as  that  young 
lady  has  been  very  much  admired  for  her  clever  dancing,  all 
will  be  interested  to  find  that  she  possesses  another  talent. 

Frogs  have  been  ordered  from  Louisiana,  and  there  will  be 
many  features  new  to  the  restaurant  life  of  San  Francisco.  The 
Spirit  of  Bohemia  will  be  abroad. 


Phyllis  Partington,  another  of  San  Francisco's  famous 

daughters,  is  winning  further  honors  while  on  tour  with  the 
Boston-National  Grand  Opera  Company,  with  which  company 
she  appears  under  the  name  of  Francesca  Peralta.  In  Tacoma, 
Wash.,  Miss  Peralta  sang  the  role  of  Aida  with  great  success. 


A  Perfect  Complexion 

Your  social  duties  de- 
mand that  you  look 
your  best  and  in  good 
taste  at  alt  times. 
Ladies  of  Society  for 
nearly  three-quarters 
of  a  century  have 
used 

Gouraud's 

Oriental  Cream 

to  obtain  the  perfect  complexion.   It  purifies 

and  beautifies.     The  Ideal  li.|u..l  face  en  nit. 

Non-greasy.     Its   use  cannot    bo    detected. 

Sand  lOo.  for  trial  ilio 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS  &  SON.  New  York  City 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Loading  Play-iouse 

Geary  and  Ma?on  Stfl. 

Phone  Franklin  L60 


Two  weeks  beginning  MONDAY  NIGHT  MARCH  2Gth 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 

W  M.     H.     CRANE 
in  the  new  comedy 

"THE     HAPPY    STRANGER" 
By  Harvey  O'Higgins   and    Harriot    Ford    authors   of 
"Polygamy."    "The  Dummy." 


The    Argyle   Case.' 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE 
EVERY   DAY. 

COUNT     ILYA    TOLSTOY 

Son  of  the  Great  Russian  Novelist  and  Moralist  Will  Show  Slides  and 
Motion  Pictures  Together  with  Explanatory  Talk  Regarding  His  Father's 
Life;  GEORGE  WHITING  &  SADIE  BURT.  "Songsayings;"  LYDIA  BARRY. 
Lyrical  Raconteur:  LINNE'S  CLASSIC  DAN< ERS  lemming  Mile.  Una: 
"THE  CURE"  with  Ralph  Locke  and  Ida  Stanhope;  IRVING  NEWHOFF  & 
DODE  PHELPS  Somewhat  Different  Singers:  CLARA  MORTON  m  a  Musical 
Diversion:  WELLINGTON  CROSS  &  LOIS  JOSEPHINE  The  American 
Musical  Comedy  Favorites. 

Evening  prices— iOc,  25c..  60c  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and   holidays).   10c.    25c..   50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


SYmphoNY 


LAST  "POP"  CONCERT 
ARTHUR  SHATTUCK— SOLOIST 
CORT    THEATRE 

ORCHESTRA  sunday,  march  25. 

ALFRED  f/CRTZ CONDUCTOR.  at  2:30  Sharp 

ALL— TSCHAIKOWSKY  PROGRAM:  Symphony  No.  6,  B  Minor  ("Pathetic") 

Concerto  for  Piano,  B  Flat  Minor— Mr.  Shattuck;  Overture.  "The  Year  1812." 

PRICES:  '25,  50c.  75.  $1.00.    Tickets  at  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co.'s  except  concert 

day:  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day. 

NEXT— LAST    PAIR    SYMPHONIES:    Friday, 

Sunday  MORNING.  April  1.  at  11  o'clock. 


March   30.    at  3    P.  M.,  and 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maion 


WEEK    BEGINNING  THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

FRANK     FOGARTY.     "THE     DUBLIN     MINSTREL" 

DIE  AND  DIXIE;  GRACE  EDMOND;  MACK  AND  VELMAR:  SIX-BERLO 
GIRLS-SIX;    "  THE  SECRET  KINGDOM  "  CHAPTER  SIX:    CALIFORNIA 
TILSLEY  AND  HER  BABY  ROSES:   EXTRA  ADDED  ATTRACTION 
"THE     MYSTIC    BIRD" 


WINTERgfiARDEN 

AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

1   Ll  Mi      JK.I  r\  IV     Sutter  and  Pierce  St.. 
GENERAL    ADMISSION    2S    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS  - 


Learn  to  Skate  Now 
The  Ice  is  fine 

Instructions  50c  per  half  hour. 


■  $1  Per  Hour  —  Half  Hour  50c. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOL  ARI'S  GRILL,  Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


10 


San  F 


rancisro  iNews 


Ne 


Letter 


March  24,  1917 


m^&tg^mmmz&msmm^missg 


.    ,jj^   '      -        -^SiBH;^t.o   '         •  f  i  .j    -    . 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

BALDWIN-HALE.— The  engagement  of  Miss  Marion  Baldwin  to  William 
Morrill  Hale  was  announced  recently  at  a  pretty  tea  given  by  her 
mother,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Baldwin. 

BRUCKNER-  HERSKOVITS.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  H.  Bruckner  announce  the 
engagement  of  their  niece,  Miss  Eva  Bruckner,  to  Mr.  Leon  Hersko- 
vits,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  Herskovits  of  Oakland. 

CHRIS  TEN  SEN -IRVINE—  Mrs.  J.  T.  Peterson  announces  the  engage- 
ment of  her  daughter,  Miss  Ida  Christensen,  to  Richard  C.  Irvine. 
Both  of  the  young  people  are  well  known  in  San  Francisco  in  musical 
and  social  circles,  where  they  have  been  prominent  in  the  social  ranks 
of  the  younger  set. 

GOODRICH-SCARIT.— Word  has  reached  San  Francisco  friends  of  Miss 
Margaret  Goodrich  telling  of  her  engagement  to  Harland  Scarit  of 
Philadelphia.  The  marriage  will  be  an  event  of  April  18th,  and  will 
have  for  its  setting  the  St.  Regis  Hotel  in  New  York. 

GRAESSLE-REARDON— An  interesting  engagement  announcement  is 
that  of  Miss  Eugenia  Graessle,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Graessle, 
to  John  Reardon. 

GUTHERTZ-SHANE- Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Guthertz  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  daughter,  Minnie,  to  Mr.  Harry  Shane.  A  reception  will 
be  held  Sunday,  March  25th. 

SHELDON -WEBER. — Mrs.  Eliza  Sheldon  announced  the  engagement  of 
her  daughter,  Crosby  Ida,  to  Raymond  P.  Weber,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Weber. 

WOLFSOHN-URI. — An  engagement  recently  announced  is  that  of  Ruby 
Enos  Wolfsohn  and  George  Washington  Uri.  The  bride-elect  is  an 
attractive  girl  and  accomplished  musician. 

WEDDING   ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

SHARPE-INGRAHAM. — Miss  Edna  Sharpe  of  Niles,  accompanied  by  her 
aunt,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Chittenden,  will  leave  the  latter  part  of  next  week 
for  Santa  Barbara,  where  her  wedding  to  Raymond  Ingraham  will 
take  place  March  2Sth. 

MARTINON-KENTFIELD. — Miss  Constance  Martinon  and  Howard  Kent- 
field  will  be  married  on  Tuesday  evening,  April  2d,  at  the  John  Mar- 
tinon home  on  Filbert  street.  A  reception  will  follow  the  ceremony. 
The  Reverend  Martin  Ryan  will  officiate. 

WEDDINGS. 

JEWEDL-STEDMAN. — Miss  Estelle  Jewell  and  Francisco  Tango  Sted- 
man  were  united  in  marriage  Tuesday  evening,  the  ceremony  being 
performed  at  tie  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carol  H.  Baumann  on 
Page  street. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BOYD. — An  informal  luncheon  was  given  recently  by  Miss  Louise  Boyd  at 
the  Francisca  Club.  It  was  arranged  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  William 
Henry  Pool,  who  arrived  a  few  weeks  ago  from  her  home  in  Virginia, 
and  who  is  staying  at  her  lovely  place  at  Menlo  Park. 

BREEDEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  gave  a  luncheon  Sun- 
day at  their  Burlingame  home. 

BRYAN. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  the  pretty  fiance  of  Alfred  Oyster,  was  the 
inspiration  for  the  luncheon  at  which  Miss  Linda  Bryan  was  hostess 
Tuesday  at  her  home  on  Clay  street, 

CUDAHY. — An  opportunity  of  greeting  Mrs.  Edward  Cudahy  of  Chicago, 
who  has  arrived  in  San  Mateo,  her  girlhood  home,  for  a  visit  of  sev- 
eral months,  was  presented  recently  when,  in  her  honor,  her  sister, 
Miss  Amy  Brewer,  entertained  at  one  of  the  handsomest  luncheons  of 
the  season.  This  affair  had  for  its  setting  the  Burlingame  Country 
Club. 

DE  LONG. — Not  an  idle  moment  has  been  permitted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
de  Long  since  their  arrival  in  San  Francisco  a  fortnight  ago.  Every 
day  has  been  filled  with  social  engagements  in  their  honor,  allowing 
only  the  sufficient  time  that  they  have  demanded  to  enable  them  to 
do  a  little  entertaining  for  their  friends.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  de  Long  were 
hosts  at  an  interesting  luncheon  Friday,  their  guests  assembling  at 
the  Palace  Hotel,  where  they  are  staying  during  their  visit  here. 

HEIMANN. — Mrs.  Richard  Heimann,  Jr.,  was  hostess  at  a  delightful 
luncheon  last  Saturday  afternoon  at  her  home  on  Gough  street. 

JENKINS. — Mrs.  Harry  Jenkins,  who  has  been  giving  a  series  of  enter- 
tainments, dispensed  her  hospitality  at  a  luncheon  and  bridge  last 
Thursday  afternoon. 

JONES. — Miss  Josephine  Jones  was  hostess  at  luncheon  in  honor  of  her 
sister,  Miss  Hazel  Jones,  for  the  afternoon  of  March  24th,  at  her  home 
on  Washington  street. 

KEYES. — A  group  of  the  younger  set  was  entertained  by  Mrs.  Alexander 
Keyes  at  luncheon  Saturday  in  honor  of  the  hostess'  niece.  Miss  Kate 
Boardman. 

LA  MONTAGUE. — Mrs.  Clinton  la  Montague  gave  a  luncheon  at  her 
home  on  Monday,   entertaining  several  friends. 

LILIENTHAL. — Mrs.  Sophie  Lilienthal  was  hostess  at  her  residence  on 
Gough  street  at  luncheon  last  Saturday  afternoon. 

MOODY. — Mrs.  Corbett  Moody  was  hostess  Monday  afternoon  at  her  home 
in  Burlingame.  The  luncheon  was  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Jack  Neville,  who, 
with  her  husband,   is   making  a  short  visit  at  the  St.   Francis   Hotel. 

POTTER. — Mrs.  Ashton  Potter  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Wednesday  at 
her  home  in  Washington  street. 

PRATT. — A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Pratt  last  Friday  af- 
ternoon. 


SHEA. — Mrs.  James  Shea  presided  at  an  enjoyable  luncheon  Saturday  af- 
ternoon. The  function  was  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  D.  J.  Murphy,  and 
the  setting  for  the  affair  was  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

TURNETR. — Complimenting  Mrs.  Frank  Armstrong  of  Honolulu,  who  is  be- 
ing extensively  entertained  by  her  San  Francisco  friends,  Mrs.  A. 
Howard  Turner  was  hostess  last  Saturday  at  a  luncheon,  followed 
by  bridge,  at  her  home  on  Vallejo  street. 

DINNERS. 

BELL. — Major-General  and  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell  were  hosts  at  a  supper 
party  Thursday  before  the  monthly  hop  at  Fort  Scott. 

BOTTOMS. — Major  Samuel  Bottoms  was  host  at  a  dinner  given  recently 
at  his  quarters  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 

CALDWELL — Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  last  Thurs- 
day evening  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

CROCKER. — William  H.  Crocker  was  host  Monday  night  at  a  dinner  at 
the  Palace  Hotel  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bacon 
Schiller  of  Pittsburg,  who  arrived  here  Sunday  night  for  a  visit  of 
indefinite  length. 

CROCKER. —Uplands,  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton 
Crocker,  at  Burlingame,  was  the  setting  for  an  enjoyable  dinner 
Saturday  evening.  The  decorations  were  carried  out  in  St.  Patrick's 
color.  The  sixteen  covers  were  marked  with  cards  ornamented  with 
shamrocks. 

DUDDY. — Miss  Gertrude  Duddy  of  this  city  was  hostess  at  a  sumptuous 
dinner  dance  at  her  home  at  Larkspur  last  week. 

DUTTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton  spent  the  week  end  at 
Burlingame,  and  to  make  their  stay  pleasant,  several  affairs  were 
given  for  them.  On  Saturday  night  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton 
Crocker  gave  a  dinner  at  their  home. 

GRANT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Grant  gave  a  dinner  Thursday  evening, 
March  22. 

HAMMER. — Miss  Rosalie  Hammer  was  hostess  Saturday  evening  at  a 
dinner  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

HILL, — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Hill  gave  a  dinner  Wednesday  evening  at 
their  home  in  Washington  street  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Charles,  a 
charming  Eastern  matron  who  is  visiting  here. 

LAW. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Law  extended  hospitality  at  a  dinner  given 
on  Wednesday  evening  at  their  residence  in  Presidio  Terrace. 

MACK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  Mack,  prominent  New  Yorkers  who  are  visit- 
ing here,  were  the  guests  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  Monday  evening 
by  Mr.  and  Mrs.   S.  W.  Ehrman  at  their  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

NEW  HALL. — Twenty  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Newhall  at  a  dinner  given  recently  at  their  residence  at  Bur- 
lingame. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newhall  will  give  several  entertainments  be- 
fore they  leave  for  their  beautiful  summer  home  on  the  shores  of 
Lake  Tahoe. 

NUTTALL. — Mrs.  J.  K.  R.  Nuttall  was  hostess  Monday  evening  at  a 
dinner  followed  by  several  hours  of  bridge,  the  guests  being  a  num- 
ber of  women  who  meet  each  week.  Each  guest  pays  one  dollar  for 
the  pleasure  of  the  evening,  the  proceeds  being  given  to  the  Fund 
for  the  French  wounded. 

ROTHSCHILD. — Spring  flowers  arranged  in  gold  baskets  adorned  the 
dinner  table  at  which  Joseph  Rothschild  was  host  Monday  evening 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel.  After  an  elaborate  repast  the  remainder 
of  the  evening  was  devoted  to  cards. 

RYER. — The  most  important  affair  of  Tuesday  in  society  was  the  elabo- 
rate dinner  at  which  Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  was  hostess.  About  100 
guests  assembled  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  where  the  appointments 
of  the  function  were  both  unusual  and  extremely  atractive.  The  hon- 
ored guest  of  this  affair  was  James  J.  Van  Alen  of  Newport,  who  is 
visiting  in  San  Francisco  en  route  to  the  Orient. 

VAN  SICKLEN. — Frederick  Van  Sieklen,  Jr.,  was  host  at  a  dinner  and 
theatre  party  Monday  evening. 

WINSLOW. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  de  Long  were  the  guests  of  honor 
last  Friday  night  at  a  handsome  dinner  party  at  which  Mrs.  Stetson 
Winslow  assembled  a  coterie  of  their  mutual  friends. 

WISE. — Forty  guests  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Irving 
Wise  at  dinner  Tuesday  evening.  The  later  hours  of  the  evening  were 
given  over  to  dancing.  The  affair,  exceptionally  handsome  in  its  ap- 
pointments, took  place  at  the  Cliff  House. 

WOLF. — A  dinner  is  the  form  of  diversion  chosen  by  H.  K.  Wolf  for  the 
affair  at  which  he  will  entertain  a  coterie  of  friends  to-morrow,  it 
will  take  place  in  the  Colonial  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  and 
its  pleasure  will  be  shared  by  100  guests. 

TEAS. 

ALEXANDER. — Miss  Camille  Alexander  was  hostess  Saturday  afternoon 

at  a  St.  Patrick's  Day  tea,  complimentary  to  Mrs.  William  J.  Gray,  a 

bride  who  has  recently  come  here  to  live. 
DONOVAN. — Mrs.    Ellen    Dwyer   Donovan,   president   of  the   Pacific   Coast 

Woman's  Press  Association,  was  hostess  at  a  tea  Monday  afternoon 

at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  and  entertained  a  number  of  members  of  the 

Association  and  their  guests. 
KENTFIELD. — Miss  Constance  Martinon  was  the  honor  guest  at  the  tea 

given  Thursday  by  Mrs.  Edward  Kentfield.     The  setting  for  the  affair 

was  the  Palace  Hotel. 
LAYMAN. — Dr.   Mary   Layman  who,    since  her  arrival  in   San   Francisco 

some  months  ago,  has  been  entertained  by  the  smart  set,  has  issued 

invitations  for  a  tea  to  take  place  this  afternoon. 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


mon  wu  the  |VMt  of  honor  at  an  Infoi 
maJ  t- a  ttilcli  Mi  save  at  hpr  apartment 

■ 

w*a  M  nil   her   i 

last   « 
■ 

i  April   4th.   wiui  ti  -l  at  thu  in 

il   tea   jtv«  ■  t    rent 

dtac*  ^n  fill  laiiniiln  street 

was  hostess  at  a  tea  Thurod 
at  ber  reel  Jem  ■ 

.  .llman  gave  a  tea  at   th- 
•    of  their  ft 
Mm    It    P.  Join,-  Major  Johnson,  wh  a  vinll  from 

SMITH      Next  Thursday  afternoon,  Mrs.  Charles  Leonard  Smith  will   !>■ 
«s  at  a  tea  o  at  the   Hotel  Oakland,  where  aha  will 

thoul  fourteen  guests. 
si'. M. I  'IN' :      Aj    »   DompUmant    to    Mrs.    Sllsby   Spalding.    Mrs.    i    ■ 
(••ruined   at    tea  Thursday.      It    took   place  at   Use    i 

Ernest   Stent  was  ttie   Incentive  for  the  enjoyabl- 

i.iy    afternoon    by    Miss    Maye    Colburn.      The    guests 
asaemhkil  at  the  Fruucisca  Club,  where  several  interesting  houi 
pa- 

Philip  G.  Wales  was  hostess  at  a  tea  at  her  apartments 
ua   Ness  avenue  in  compliment   to  Mrs.    H.   I.   Wilson,  who  is  here 
From    Butt*,    Mont.,  and  a  guest  of  Major  and   Mrs.   Wales. 

Tliilip  Young,  who  is  here  from  Boston  for  a  visit  witli 
relatives  and  friends,  and  is  at  present  the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Homer  King;,  was  the  complimented  guest  at  a  tea  given  Tuesday  by 
Mrs.   King  at  her  home  in  Broadway. 

CONCERTS. 
LORINQ  CLUB.     The  Lortng  Club  gave  its  third  concert  for  this  season 
Tuesday  evening  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Hall,   the  large  Chorus  of  men's 
s  being  heard  in  several  numbers. 

LECTURES. 

NKI'MAYBR.— A  large  number  of  society  women  assembled  Tuesday  at 
tiie  Fairmont  Hotel,  where  Professor  Charles  D.  Neumayer  of  the 
English  department  of  the  University  of  California  gave  the  first  of 
a  series  of  lectures,  which  he  is  scheduled  to  deliver  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  Caedmon  Club. 

PARTIES. 
PLYMIRE. — A  very  pleasant  birthday  party  in  the  form  of  a  surprise  was 
tendered  Dr.  D.  B.  Plymire  at  his  residence  in  Parnassus  avenue,  Sun- 
March  11th,  by  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Civil  War  Veterans. 
Dr.   Plymire  is  a  past  division  commander  of  the  Sons. 

DANCES. 
PIODA. — Mrs.  P.  A.  Pioda  and  her  niece,  Miss  Hazel  Bond,  gave  a  musi- 
cale  and  dancing  party  Friday  night  at  the  Pioda  home,  entertaining 
about  fifty  of  her  friends. 

BRIDGE. 
HOUSE. — Mrs.  A.  L.  House  was  hostess  Monday  at  her  apartments  at  the 

Hillcrest  at  bridge. 
LAW. — Mrs.  Harold  Law  gave  a  bridge  party  yesterday  at  her  home. 
SOMERS. — Mrs.    Frank    Somers    entertained    at   bridge   Wednesday    after- 
noon. 

AT   HOME. 
McFARLAND. — Mrs.  Cora  McFarland  and  Miss  Ethyl  McFarland  gave  an 
"at  home"  Saturday  at  the  latter's  studio,  1226  Sutter  street. 

ARRIVALS. 

ALEXANDER. — Miss  Janetta  Alexander  arrived  Thursday  from  her  home 

in  Tuxedo,  and  is  a  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Clark  at  San 

Mateo. 
BLUMLEIN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Max  Blumlein   returned  after  a  honeymoon 

spent  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 
DINKELSPIEL. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Samuel    Dinkelspiel    and    their    daughter. 

Miss  Sophie  Dinkelspiel,  have  returned  to  their  home  in  Scott  street 

after  a  visit  of  several  months  in  New  York. 
FILER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Filer  have  returned  from  Santa  Barbara. 

where   they  enjoyed  a  fortnight's  sojourn  as   the  guests   of  Mr.   and 

Mrs.  William  H.  Bartlett. 
GADLOIS. — After   a   delightful   visit   in    New    York,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    John 

Gallois  have  returned  to  their  home  on  Russian  Hill. 
McNEAR. — Mrs.   Seward  McNear  is  expected  home  from   the  East  on  the 

twenty-seventh.     She  has  been  away  .several  months. 
SCHM1EDELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  G.  Schmieden  have  just  returned 

from  a  trip  to  Truckee,  where  they  enjoyed  a  week's  stay. 

DEPARTURES. 

CHASE. — Mrs.  Horace  Blanchard  Chase  has  returned  to  her  Burlingame 
home,  concluding  an  enjoyable  visit  of  several  days  in  town.  She  was 
the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Tevis  at  their  residence  on  Wash- 
ington street. 

CUSHING.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Watson  Cushing.  with  the  latter's 
daughter,  Miss  Carmen  Ghirardelli,  left  for  the  southern  part  of  the 
State,  and  are  planning  to  be  away  a  couple  of  months. 

JACKL1NG.— Colonel  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  left  Saturday  for  the 
East,  where  they  expect  to  remain  for  some  time  in  New  York  and 
elsewhere. 

WILCOX.— Mrs.  Theodore  B.  Wilcox  and  Miss  Claire  Wilcox,  who  have 
been  visiting  in  California  for  some  weeks  past  from  Portland,  re- 
turned to  their  northern  home  last  week. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C   A.    Qonder 


INTIMATIONS. 
CHOWDER. — Miss  Anne  Elizabeth  Crowder  will  entertain  a  group  of  the 

debutante  set  at  a  house  party  at  her  country  home  at  Red  Bluff,  the 

guests  going  up  next  Saturday  to  remain  over  the  week-end. 
DEANE. — Dr.   Louis  C.   Deane,  who  went  East  recently,  i-s  at  present  in 

Boston. 
DUTTON. — Mrs.    Henry    Foster    Dutton    will    sail    earlj     next    month    for 

Honolulu,  where  she  will  visit  her  sister,  Mrs.    Harry  MacFaxlane. 
KELLOGG. — Mrs.   Vernon    L.    Kellogg  of   Stanford    University   is   in   New 

York,  but  expects  to  return  to  San  Francisco  within  a  few  weeks. 
MARONEY. — Miss  Marion   Maroney  will  leave  April  12th  for  an  extended 

visit  in  the  Orient,  and  before  her  return  will  visit  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Harry  Bostwick  in  Korea. 
McCALLA. — Mrs.    Bowman    H.    McCalla   and    her    daughter,    Mrs.    Harold 

Sands,  are  visiting  at  Coronado  as  the  guests  of  Commander  and  Mrs. 

Arthur  McArthur  of  the  Navy. 
MOORE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  C.  Moore  and  their  daughter,  Miss  Jose- 
phine Moore,  are  in  New  York  on  a  brief  visit  and  are  guests  at  the 

Hotel   St.   Regis. 
MILLER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  O.  G.  Miller  will  leave  the  latter  part  of  next 

week  for  Southern  California,  where  they  will  enjoy  a  motor  trip  of 

a  week  or  two. 
MACOMBER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  King  Macomber  have  returned  from  New 

York  and  other  places  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  and  after  an  absence  of 

several  weeks  are  again  at  their  ranch  at  Paicenes,  near  Hollister. 
SUTUO. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    Oscar    Sutro,    Mrs.    Dennis   O'Sullivan  and   Miss 

Ellen  O'Sullivan  left  Saturday  by  automobile  for  Carmel,  where  they 

were  luncheon  guests  Sunday  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Gilman  Norris, 

who  are  established  there  for  a  few  weeks. 


ANOTHER  BIG  SYMPHONY  SUCCESS. 

Mozart's  "Jupiter"  symphony  was  translated  into  pure  music 
under  Conductor  Hertz's  magical  wand.  The  full  ascending 
organ  tones  expressed  in  their  undulations  the  spirit  of  the  great 
composer.  That  splendid  rendition  scored  another  high  point 
by  the  orchestra.  Arthur  Foot's  "Rubaiyat"  was  a  great  con- 
trast. Each  of  the  verses  naturally  carried  a  special  message  of 
its  own  descriptive  of  the  spirit  of  the  text.  That  spirit,  being 
Oriental,  the  musical  interpretation  was  of  the  same  character. 
The  Gluck  Overture  of  "Iphigenia  in  Aulis"  expressed  that 
pitiful  story  of  ancient  Greece  when  Troy  was  facing  its  great 
tragedy.  That  famous  tragedy  of  a  sacrifice  fits  in  a  niche  by 
itself  to  furnish  sombre  and  sacrificial  themes  for  the  old  Ger- 
man classicists.  As  a  marked  contrast  offered  by  Director 
Hertz,  the  overture  of  Oberon  was  rendered  in  all  the  spirit  of 
the  elves,  fairies  and  the  joyish  laughter  of  the  prankish  gob- 
lins. Horace  Britt  was  soloist  of  the  orchestra  and  played  the 
concerto  of  Camille  St.-Saens,  a  happy  blending  of  charm  and 
melody,  handled  with  a  delicate  restraint  that  brought  out  its 
wonderful  colorings.  On  the  whole,  this  was  one  of  the  best 
programs  of  the  season,  as  was  emphasized  by  the  enthusiasm 
and  persistence  of  the  big  audience. 

Citizen — I  see  we  have  ordered  a  new  aeroplane  for  our 

army.    Secretary  of  War — Why,  I  thought  we  had  one. — Life. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


IFINANOAV 


The  unprecedented  prosperity  of 
Unprecedented  Gains  the  United  States  Steel  Corpora- 

In  U.  S.  Steel  Business,  tion  is  reflected  in  the  annual  re- 
port setting  forth  the  operations 
of  the  company  for  1916.  Total  earnings  of  $342,997,092  ex- 
ceeded those  of  the  year  1915  by  $202,747,026;  the  net  in- 
come of  $294,026,565  showed  increase  to  the  amount  of  $196,- 
058,602,  and  surplus  net  income  for  the  year  aggregated  $201,- 
835,585,  as  compared  with  $44,260,374  in  the  previous  year. 
This  last  item  is  the  more  remarkable  from  the  fact  that  it  in- 
cludes regular  and  extra  dividends  of  $44,476,469  on  the  com- 
mon stock,  as  against  only  $6,353,781  disbursed  in  1915.  Ex- 
penditures during  1916,  for  maintenance,  renewals  and  extra- 
ordinary replacements  totaled  $69,392,627,  an  increase  of  660.01 
per  cent  over  1915.  To  meet  the  corporation's  enormous  out- 
put of  finished  materials,  production  of  iron  ore,  coal,  coke  and 
other  by-products  shows  corresponding  increases.  Net  ex- 
penditures on  property  account  amounted  to  $64,680,648. 

Volume  of  business  done  by  all  the  subsidiaries  during  1916, 
as  represented  by  combined  gross  sales  and  earnings,  equaled 
$1,231,473,779,  as  compared  with  $726,683,589  in  the  preceding 
year.  The  average  number  of  employees  in  the  service  of  all 
the  subordinate  companies  during  1916  was  252,668,  as  against 
191,126  in  1915,  with  total  salaries  and  wages  of  $263,385,502/ 
an  increase  of  $86,584,638.  Average  salary  or  wage  per  day, 
exclusive  of  general  administrative  and  selling  force,  was  $3.29, 
an  increase  of  36  cents.  Including  the  general  administrative 
and  selling  force,  the  salary  or  wage  increase  was  35  cents  to 
$3.35.  Export  shipments  of  all  kinds  of  materials  for  1916  in- 
creased 71,888  tons,  or  3  per  cent  to  2,501,627  tons.  The  cor- 
poration's current  assets  of  $501,150,873  include  marketable 
securities,  time  bank  deposits  and  secured  demand  loans  of 
about  $81,000,000  and  cash  deposits  of  almost  $148,400,000. 
The  undivided  surplus  of  the  corporation  and  its  subsidiaries, 
including  the  $25,000,000  cash  provided  in  organization, 
amounts  to  $381,360,913. 


Alleging  as  a  reason  too  active  competition  of  "river 

jitneys,"  two  Sacramento  River  steamship  companies  have  ap- 
plied to  Commissioners  Loveland  and  Devlin  for  authority  to 
consolidate.  The  proposed  new  concern  is  to  be  known  as  the 
San  Francisco  and  Sacramento  Navigation  Company,  and  its 
component  elements,  which  are  going  out  of  business,  are  the 
Farmers'  Transportation  Company  and  the  Sacramento  Trans- 
portation Company.  The  climbing  cost  of  operations  is  the 
explanation  of  the  change.  If  the  new  system  is  not  a  success, 
application  will  be  made  to  the  Railroad  Commission  to  in- 
crease the  traffic  rates. 


The  Independent  Producers'  Agency  reports  that  the  out- 
put for  February  aggregated  7,324,720  barrels,  which  was  more 
than  overcome  by  shipments  from  the  fields  to  the  amount  of 
3,691,291  barrels.  The  depletion  in  stocks  on  hand,  during  Feb- 
ruary, amounted  to  1,350,000  barrels,  or  2,750,000  barrels  since 
January  1st.  From  the  foregoing  figures  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
petroleum  shortage  is  becoming  more  acute. 


In  anticipation  of  the  retirement  of  Bernard  Faymonville 

as  president  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company,  which 
is  to  take  effect  on  April  1st,  J.  B.  Levison,  vice-president  of  the 
corporation,  was  elected  president  in  succession  to  President 
Faymonville.  General  Counsel  Charles  P.  Eells  was  elected 
vice-president,  to  assume  that  office  on  April  1st. 


Bar  silver,  with  the  quotation  of  38  7-16d  last  month, 

reached  a  new  high  mark  since  June,  1893.  The  silver  price 
touched  433/4d,  in  1892,  483/4d  in  1891,  and  in  1890,  54%d.  The 
present  quotation,  therefore,  can  only  be  described  as  a  high 
one  in  relation  to  prices  ruling  during  more  recent  years. 


LEAKS  BY  WIRELESS. 

Great  Britain  and  France  may  not  exactly  have  been  pulling 
the  chestnuts  out  of  the  fire  for  the  United  States,  but  it  does 
seem  that  their  activity  in  opening  the  European  mails  has  been 
the  means  of  discovering  something  more  or  less  vital  with 
reference  to  German  intrigue  against  the  peace  and  comfort  of 
the  United  States.  And  as  for  mere  chestnuts,  just  getting  them 

away  from  the  fire  goes  far  toward  taking  the  pop  out  of  them. 

*  *  * 

Nathaniel  Dwight,  in  his  "Geography  of  the  World,"  wrote 
thus  of  the  people  of  California :  "They  do  not  care  to  publish 
the  natural  advantages  of  their  country,  lest  other  nations  should 
be  induced  to  visit  it."  No  aspersion  is  hereby  cast  either  on 
the  Californians  or  on  Mr.  Dwight,  for  his  geography  was  pub- 
lished in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1795,  and  customs  change  in  the 
course  of  a  century  and  a  quarter. 

Mr.  Perkins's  20,000  pounds  of  smelts,  brought  from  the 
Pacific  Coast  to  New  York,  to  combat  the  high  cost  of  living, 
sold  like  hot  cakes.  The  incident  seems  to  have  been  a  good 
object  lesson  both  in  railroading  and  in  marketing.  Mr.  Per- 
kins's pocketbook  and  persuasion  may  have  figured  in  the 
transaction,  but  the  city  or  State  ought  to  be  at  least  as  well 

equipped  with  such  desirable  possessions. 

*  *  * 

Usually,  at  the  opening  of  an  administration,  the  new  cabinet 
is  a  matter  of  news.  In  the  present  case,  it  is  the  same  old 
cabinet  reappointed,  and  nobody  is  in  the  least  surprised.  It  is 
not  to  be  expected,  however,  that  the  present  cabinet  will  re- 
main intact  throughout  Mr.  Wilson's  second  term.    Changes  may 

come  sooner  than  is  now  anticipated. 

*  *  * 

Colonel  Roosevelt,  in  declining  to  debate  with  Colonel  Bryan 
the  question  of  preparedness,  on  the  ground  that  it  is  unde- 
batable,  presents  a  very  good  argument  for  the  affirmative,  as 
he  has  done  before.  Mr.  Bryan  has  presented  and  doubtless 
will  present  the  other  side.  The  meeting  of  the  colonels  in  the 
forum,  picturesque  as  it  might  be,  is  not  demanded  in  the  in- 
terest of  public  enlightenment.  And  meanwhile  preparation  is 
going  on. 

*  ♦  * 

The  proposed  visit  to  Japan  in  March  of  Samuel  Gompers, 
President  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor,  to  hold  a  con- 
ference with  the  Yuai-Kai,  Japan's  nearest  approach  to  a  labor 
union,  is  looked  forward  to  as  a  step  toward  settling  one  point 
of  difference  with  Japan.  Mr.  Suzukui,  President  of  this  "friend- 
ly association"  of  30,000  members,  has  recently  returned  to 
Japan  after  a  lengthy  visit  in  this  country.  While  here  he  vis- 
ited the  principal  towns  of  the  United  States,  spending  most  of 
his  time  in  California.  Mr.  Suzukui's  views  are  summed  up  in 
the  following  paragraph :  "The  difference  in  the  position  of  la- 
bor in  the  United  States  and  Japan  is  at  the  basis  of  practically 
all  the  economic  differences  between  Japan  and  America.  If 
the  labor  organizations  of  the  two  countries  could  settle  the 
labor  issues,  which  are  so  vital  in  the  question  of  Japanese- 
American  relations,  the  basis  of  the  chief  trouble  between  these 
two  nations  will  have  been  removed." 


INDOOR  YACHT  CLUB'S  KIDDIES'  BALL. 

One  of  the  many  big  surprises  promised  at  the  Indoor  Yacht 
Club's  Kiddies'  Ball,  Saturday  night,  April  14th,  at  the  Exposi- 
tion Auditorium,  will  be  the  marvel  of  the  decorations  of  the  "A 
Fete  in  Fairyland."  A  national  tinge  will  be  given  to  the  af- 
fair, in  view  of  the  stirring  times-  of  the  present,  and  the  pro- 
gram which  will  be  offered  during  the  evening  will  be  of  an 
essentially  patriotic  character.  This  last  was  determined  upon, 
at  a  meeting  held  by  the  members  of  the  I.  Y.  C.  last  Monday 
night,  when  more  than  200  gathered  at  club  headquarters. 
Among  the  speakers  were  N.  K.  Herzog,  Colonel  James  Power, 
Sam  Berger,  Supervisor  Joseph  Lahaney,  Al.  Katschinski,  Judge 
E.  P.  Shortall,  Harry  Stafford,  Otto  Wallfisch,  who  will  be 
"Master  of  the  Revels"  that  night,  A.  J.  Falk  and  George  Love- 
joy. 


Recruit — If  you  was  to  put  the  lid  on,  you  wouldn't  get 

so  much  dust  in  the  soup.  Cook — See  here,  my  lad,  your  busi- 
ness is  to  serve  your  country.  Recruit — Yus,  but  not  to  eat  it ! 
—TH-Bits. 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


VFERIOR"   PIA  JED   BY   FAM< 

ART  IS 

Her-  '-ment  to  stir  the  spleen  of  piano  players  and 

piano  agencies  throughout  the  country.     Richard   Epstein,   a 
musician  of  standing  in  New  York,  and  a  recognized  accompan- 

li  exceptional  ability  and  experience,  denounces  the  pra 
ot  "manufacturers  of  pianos  of  recognized  inferiority,  of  offer- 
ing well  known  artists  substantial  rewards  in  one  way  or  an- 
other for  using  their  instruments  in  concerts." 

Then  Mr.  Epstein  relates  a  personal  experience,  when  he  re- 
fused to  accompany  a  well  known  prima  donna  at  a  prominent 
recital,  because  the  instrument  to  be  used  "had  not  the  beauti- 
ful and  sympathetic  tone  quality"  which  he  believes  to  be 
"necessary." 

To  this,  he  adds  that  "for  him  there  are  just  two  pianos  man- 
ufactured in  this  country  which  meet  such  requirements!"  On 
this  subject  he  dilates,  and  asks  whether  idealism  has  entirely 
vanished  from  the  world — is  money  everything  and  "whether 
the  time  has  not  come  that  a  stand  should  be  taken  by  musi- 
cians against  this  abuse  of  all  artistic  honesty,  decency  and 
self-respect." 

According  to  Musical  America,  the  issues  raised  go  further 
than  the  honesty  or  morality  of  the  musical  profession.  They  go 
further,  even  than  the  interest  the  public  may  have  in  the  mat- 
ter. They  go  beyond  even  the  moral  code  of  the  piano  manu- 
facturers. They  touch  the  very  life  of  our  piano  industry, 
which  we,  and  indeed  others,  have  claimed  leads  the  world,  not 
only  in  the  quantity  but  in  the  quality  of  its  product! 

Stripped  to  the  bone,  Mr.  Epstein's  contention  virtually 
amounts  to  this:  That  of  the  entire  body  of  piano  manufac- 
turers, in  this  country  there  are  only  two  who,  in  his  opinion, 
produce  instruments  that  are  worthy  to  be  used  by  the  self-re- 
specting artist  and  musician,  and  indeed  only  two  pianos  that 
the  public  should  listen  to,  while  all  the  rest  are  of  "recognized 
inferiority,"  so  he  claims. 

Speaking  with  a  life-long  experience,  we  declare  Mr.  Ep- 
stein's statement  to  be  as  far  from  the  truth  as  it  is  possible  to 
conceive ! 

The  general  standard  of  manufacture  of  pianos  in  this  coun- 
try has,  especially  in  the  last  few  decades,  risen  so  high  that 
many  even  of  the  so-called  commercial  instruments  are  worthy 
of  recognition — this  due  to  the  fact  that  the  leading  manufac- 
turers long  ago,  through  their  enterprise,  their  inventive  skill, 
their  manufacturing  facilities,  established  standards1  which 
others  have  followed  and  indeed  maintained. 

I  come  now  to  another  point  in  Mr.  Epstein's  charge,  which 
involves  the  relations  between  the  piano  manufacturers  and 
the  musicians. 

According  to  Mr.  Epstein  there  are  just  two  piano  houses 
whose  instruments  musicians  of  class  can  use  with  any  degree 
of  self-respect,  whether  they  are  paid  to  do  so  or  not.  All  the 
others  are  commercialists,  whose  instruments  would  not  be  used 
by  the  profession  except  they  were  paid  to  do  so.  Consequently 
Mr.  Epstein  calls  upon  the  members  of  the  profession  to  rise 
up,  be  honest  with  themselves,  and  refrain  from  using  such 
makeshifts  even  though  they  could  make  money  by  doing  so. 

What  are  the  facts  ? 

Going  back  to  the  earliest  times",  it  was  the  piano  manufac- 
turers who  stood  back  of  our  musical  life,  to  whom  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  present  wonderful  knowledge,  musical  appre- 
ciation and  culture  in  this  country.  It  was  through  their  liber- 
ality, their  enterprise,  the  help  they  gave  to  opera  companies, 
concert  companies,  to  music  schools,  to  musicians  and  to  teach- 
ers of  all  kinds,  that  finally  led  toward  making  us  the  greatest 
music-loving  country  in  the  world,  or  we  wouldn't  be  spending 
more  money  on  music  than  all  the  nations  of  the  world  put  to- 
gether. 

If  the  piano  manufacturers,  from  the  highest  to  the  lowest, 
paid  musicians  to  use  their  instruments,  it  was  because  the 
musicians,  including  the  great  virtuosi,  wouldn't  play  them 
unless  they  were  paid! 

Let  the  truth  be  known  for  once ! 

Let  us  begin  with  the  greatest  of  them  all — Ignace  J.  Pade- 
rewski. 

Who  made  him  in  the  United  States  ?  The  Steinways — who 
spent  $70,000  before  he  landed  here,  to  make  him  known  to  the 
American  people! 

True,  he  made  good.    But  when  after  several  years  the  Stein- 


way  house  no  longer  thought  Mr.  Paderewski  worth  the  heavy 
price  they  had  paid— what  did  Mr.  Paderewski  do? 

Promptly  sold  out  to  the  Weber  house!  Later  he  returned 
to  the  Steinways! 

Take  the  case  of  another  great  artist— Eugen  d'Albert.  Who 
made  him  in  this  country? 

The  Steinways! 

And  what  did  he  do  ? 

Because  of  a  disagreement  with  them  the  day  before  he 
sailed,  after  a  long  tour,  he  gave  the  Knabe  house  an  endorse- 
ment greater  than  he  had  given  the  Steinways! 

Who  brought  Joseffy  over  to  this  country,  and  made  him? 

The  Chickerings! 

And  what  did  Joseffy  do  when  his  reputation  was  estab- 
lished? 

Why,  left  the  Chickerings  and  went  to  the  Steinways! 

And  so  on,  down  a  long  list  of  famous  singers,  concert  sing- 
ers and  musicians. 

And  the  battle  still  rages. 


ENGLAND'S  VIEW  OF  SUBMARINE  MENACE. 

"The  effect  of  the  British  blockade,"  says  Lord  Robert  Cecil, 
"can  be  seen  by  the  accounts  which  are  appearing  every  day, 
with  added  force,  in  the  press,  gathered  from  enemy  and  neu- 
tral sources,  testifying  to  the  daily  increasing  want  in  Germany. 
When  a  country  is  reduced  to  commandeering  all  the  available 
domestic  supplies  of  copper,  to  introducing  substitutes  of  very 
dubious  value  for  rubber,  and  to  introduce  tickets  for  food  and 
clothing,  can  it  be  said  that  the  blockade  is  a  failure? 

"The  ration  allowed  to  the  German  subject  is  supposed  to 
include  one-half  pound  of  meat  weekly,  a  thimbleful  of  butter, 
and  an  egg  every  fortnight.  Even  this  is  frequently  not  forth- 
coming. Bread  is  very  bad  in  quality  and  very  scarce  in  quan- 
tity. The  potato  crop  has  largely  failed,  and  the  hopes  which 
the  German  people  have  founded  on  it  have  been  largely  dis- 
appointed. 

"The  position  in  Germany  at  the  present  day  certainly  ap- 
pears to  be  very  grave.  There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that 
the  condition  of  her  allies  is  even  worse. 

"There  must  be  no  gambling  with  the  master  factor  of  the 
war,  for  sea  power  is  our  all,"  says  the  Star.  "Read  Mr.  Archi- 
bald Hurd's  new  book,  'Sea  Power.'  It  is  a  timely  lesson  on  the 
text  that  the  sea  controls  the  land.  We  must  have  done  with 
lunacy  such  as  the  scheme  to  rob  the  farmers  of  30,000  skilled 
men  and  to  offer  them  C3  men  in  their  place.  We  must,  in 
plain  English,  cut  our  coat  according  to  our  cloth.  The  sea  is 
our  life-line.    It  must  not  even  be  frayed." 

"The  first  submarine  menace  was  totally  suppressed  by  that 
genius  of  contrivance  and  expedition,  Lord  Fisher,  now  unem- 
ployed. For  the  same  purpose  the  hands  of  Sir  John  Jellicoe 
and  the  whole  constitution  of  the  Admiralty  must  be  strength- 
ened in  every  conceivable  way.  In  the  whole  fighting  policy 
of  the  Allies  that  is  the  primary  concern.  We  are  certain  that 
Sir  Edward  Carson  is  the  man  to  look  at  it  from  that  point  of 
view,  and  to  'neglect  no  means'  whatever." 

"Unless  we  can  sink  German  submarines  faster  than  they  are 
being  built,  and  build  British  merchantmen  faster  than  they  are 
being  sunk — we  approach  the  margin  of  peril,"  says  the  Nation. 
"Sir  John  Jellicoe  has  warned  us  in  terms  which  show  that  he 
wants  the  help  that  public  opinion  can  give  him,  and  the  sooner 
that  is  applied  the  better.  If  the  Admiralty  which  exists  docs 
not  give  him  the  instrument  he  needs,  a  new  one  must  be  forged 
— and  at  once." 

"The  submarines,"  says  The  Times,  "are  of  course,  an  appre- 
ciable menace  to  our  food  imports,  though  we  do  not  believe 
that  they  are,  or  will  become,  the  instrument  of  victory  which 
German  opinion,  it  would  seem,  expects  to  make  them.  We  are 
content  to  'wait  and  see,'  well  knowing  that  the  arrangements  at 
the  admiralty  have  enabled  us  to  employ  the  best  men  in  the 
service  to  baffle  the  submarines  again,  as  we  baffled  them  be- 
fore." 


"Do  you  know  you  are  charged  with  being  an  expert  in 

grabbing  what  in  Congressional  circles  is  termed  'pork'?" 
"Don't  contradict  the  rumor,"  replied  Senator  Sorghum.  "It 
may  cause  unfavorable  comment  in  a  general  way,  but  it's 
likely  to  help  me  with  some  of  the  influential  folks  at  home." 
—  Washington  Star. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


LIBRAB^^TABLE 


"The  Turtle  of  the  Tasman." 

This  new  volume  is  a  collection  of  eight  short  stories  by  Jack 
London,  which  portray  widely  different  characters  and  touch 
emotions  from  grave  to  gay.  Mr.  London  is  at  his  best  in  tales 
of  virile  men  and  wild  out  of  door  life,  especially  the  life  of  the 
extreme  North  and  West.  Readers  will  find  something  appeal- 
ing in  these  stories.  The  title  is  taken  from  the  first  and  is 
followed  by  The  Eternity  of  Forms,  Told  in  the  Drooling 
Ward,  The  Hobo  and  the  Fairy,  The  Prodigal  Father,  The 
First  Poe-1:,  Finis,  and  The  End  of  the  Story.  "The  Turtles  of 
Tasman"  is  the  most  ambitious  of  all,  and  presents  a  psychologi- 
cal problem  as  to  which  is  better:  to  stay  at  home,  following 
convention,  duty  and  commercial  gain,  or  to  wander  over  the 
world  acquiring  a  fund  of  adventurous  memories  and  friends, 
but  no  fortune.  Illustrative  of  this  theme  are  presented  two 
brothers.  Mr.  London  makes  the  wanderer  much  more  attrac- 
tive than  the  man  of  conventions,  but  we  wonder  what  would 
have  happened  if  there  had  been  no  stay  at  home  brother  from 
whom  to  borrow,  and  to  whose  home  to  come  when  all  had 
failed.  "The  End  of  the  Story"  is  also. dramatic  and  subtle, 
while  the  "Prodigal  Father"  furnishes  comedy  and  "Told  in  the 
Drooling  Ward"  furnishes  fun  of  a  pathetic  kind. 

$1.25  net.    The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 
"Cosmical  Evolution." 

This  book  comprises  in  its  essence  the  principal  part  of  Evan 
McLennan's  life-work,  continued  over  a  period  of  about  forty 
years.  It  contains  undoubtedly  the  most  complete  and  destruc- 
tive criticism  of  the  accepted  fundamental  views  of  physical 
science  that  has  ever  been  published;  and  it  also  contains  an 
equally  complete  constructive  theory.  In  the  first  edition  of  the 
work,  most  of  these  findings,  both  critical  and  constructive, 
have  been  before  the  public  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
without  eliciting  from  scientific  authorities  a  single  criticism 
worthy  of  the  name. 

$2.50,  post  free.  Published  by  Evan  McLennan,  Corvalis, 
Oregon. 

*  *  * 
"Piccadilly  Jim." 

P.  G.  Wodehouse  again  tells  a  breezy,  farcical  tale,  with 
scenes  alternating  between  America  and  England.  A  former 
newspaper  reporter  of  New  York,  whose  actor-father  has  mar- 
ried a  rich  widow,  is  the  center  of  the  action.  His  excesses  in 
London  earn  him  much  newspaper  notoriety,  and  the  sobriquet 
of  "Piccadilly  Jim."  The  publicity  so  annoys  his  stepmother's 
sister  that  she  induces  her  mild-mannered  husband  to  accom- 
pany her  to  London  and  bring  the  young  man  back  and  put  him 
to  work.  But  by  a  combination  of  circumstances,  Jim  evades 
them  and  returns  to  America  of  his  own  accord.  There  the  fun 
begins  fast  and  furious. 

$1.40  net.    Dodd,  Mead  &  Company. 

*  *  * 

More  About  Pork. 

Most  of  the  time  of  the  present  session  has  been  spent  on 
appropriation  bills.  Congressmen  get  together  and  fix  it  up 
between  them.  "You  vote  for  a  canal  in  my  district,  I'll  vote 
for  a  fish  hatchery  in  yours."  The  reasons  advanced  for  their 
slice  of  pork  are  sometimes  funny — sometimes  sad,  but  always 
eloquent.  Representative  Ricketts  of  Ohio  wanted  a  postoffice 
for  Circleville  in  his  State  for  many  tearful  reasons,  among 
them,  that  "there  is  no  place  at  the  present  postoffice  where  the 
mail  carriers  can  hitch  their  horses."  J.  Hampton  Moore  spoke 
for  an  appropriation  for  $10,000  to  improve  a  Delaware  river. 
He  said  it  was  needed  for  the  purpose  of  feeding  oysters.  Rep- 
resentative Frear  of  Wisconsin,  with  but  little  assistance,  made 
a  creditable  attack  on  some  of  these  appropriation  bills.  As 
fast  as  they  came  up,  Frear  struck  at  them,  but  with  no  more 
effect  than  a  man  with  delirious  intoxication  striking  at  pink 
snakes  and  purple  toads. — April  Cosmopolitan. 


"How  to  Avoid  Infection,"  published  in  February  by  the 
Harvard  University  Press,  is  the  eighth  volume  of  the  Health 
Talk  series.  It  tells  in  readable  style  what  people  should  do 
in  order  to  escape  communicable  disease,  and  it  also  shows  how 
ungrounded  are  some  popular  fears  in  regard  to  infection.  The 
author,  Dr.  C.  V.  Chapin,  is  Superintendent  of  Public  Health  fn 
Providence,  R.  I. 

Price,  50  cents  net. 


I M  AG  I  ST  E  LOVE  LINES. 
I  love  my  lady  with  a  deep  purple  love; 
She  fascinates  me  like  a  fly 

Struggling  in  a  pot  of  glue. 
Her  eyes  are  gray,  like  twin  ash-cans, 
Just  emptied,  about  which  still  hovers 

A  dusty  mist. 
Her  disposition  is  as  bright  as  a  ten-cent  shine, 
Yet  her  kisses  are  tender  and  goulashy. 
I  love  my  lady  with  a  deep  purple  love. 

— Columbia  Jester. 


POOLING  MINISTERS'  SALARIES. 
Following  the  precedent  set  by  the  last  government,  Eng- 
land's Cabinet  Ministers  and  Ministers  at  the  head  of  depart- 
ments in  Mr.  Lloyd  George's  Administration  are  'pooling'  their 
salaries.  The 'salary  of  the  Prime  Minister,  like  Mr.  Asquith's, 
in  the  late  government,  is  unaffected  by  the  arrangement.  Min- 
isters draw  from  the  'pool'  $15,000  apiece — compared  with  over 
$20,000  as  the  individual  share  of  Cabinet  Ministers  in  the  late 
government.  The  smaller  amount  is,  of  course,  due  to  the  in- 
creased number  of  Ministers  in  the  present  administration,  due 
to  the  creation  of  important  new  departments." 


Real  enjoyment  coupled  with  the  best  of  all  exercise  is 

the  delight  of  those  who  have  taken  up  the  sport  of  ice  skating 
at  the  Winter  Garden,  Sutter  and  Pierce  streets.  Here,  three 
times  daily,  mornings,  afternoons  and  evenings  can  be  seen 
hundreds  of  San  Franciscans  who  have  acquired  knowledge 
of  this  delightful  pastime.  Skating  on  ice  must  be  easy  to 
learn,  judging  from  the  marked  proficiency  of  many  who  a  few 
months  ago  were  novices  at  this  game.  A  feature  for  this 
month  is  a  nightly  public  race  for  prizes. 

PYUI  UIIP.CO 

©      Books  and  Art 

^       2.39  Grant  Avenue 
w       k  San  Francisco  a 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street-        -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


J.    SPAULDING    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER    CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Relaying  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Dseing 

Oriental    Rugs    Cleaned 

353-357   TEHAMA   STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class  C  Fireproof  Building 

1864  — OUR    GOLDEN    ANNIVERSARY— 1914 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


INSURANCE 


The  election  of  Alex.  McCabe,  private  secretary  to  Governor 
Johnson,  to  succeed  John  E.  Phelps  as  insurance  commissioner 
for  the  State  of  California,  gives  general  satisfaction.  Certainly 
no  more  unpopular  man  had  been  selected  for  the  important  of- 
fice of  insurance  commissioner  than  the  one  whose  office  ex- 
pired last  July,  but  who  has  held  on  until  his  successor  could 
take  charge  of  the  office.  Immediately  upon  hearing  of  Mr. 
McCabe's  appointment  the  former  commissioner  packed  up  and 
left  for  his  former  home  in  Southern  California,  where  it  is  an- 
nounced he  will  resume  his  occupation  as  an  insurance  solicitor. 
Mr.  McCabe  is  a  native  Californian,  and  has  lived  all  his  life  in 
San  Francisco.     He  is  a  politician,  and  took  a  prominent  part 

in  the  graft  prosecutions  of  ten  years  ago. 

•  •  • 

Arrangements  have  been  perfected  for  the  equipment  of 
the  Continental's  new  Pacific  Coast  department,  and  the  office 
in  charge  of  Secretary  Maloney  and  Assistant  Manager  Lange 
will  be  in  working  order  on  the  first  day  of  April,  as  per  sched- 
ule. Vice-President  Kline,  of  the  Continental,  who  has  had  ar- 
rangements in  charge  for  the  new  department,  left  for  home 
early  during  the  month.  The  Pacific  Coast  headquarters,  as 
previously  announced,  have  been  established  in  the  Insurance 
Exchange  building,  and  thoroughly  equipped  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  large  coast  business  of  the  Continental  and  Fidel- 

ity-Phenix. 

«  *  * 

H.  G.  B.  Alexander,  president  of  the  Continental  Casualty 
Company  of  Chicago,  is  spending  his  honeymoon  in  Southern 
California,  and  has  promised  to  return  by  the  way  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, remaining  over  for  a  week  or  ten  days  in  order  to  meet  old 
friends  at  this  point.  This  will  be  welcome  news  to  many  who 
have  not  enjoyed  many  such  opportunities  during  the  past  fif- 
teen years.  Mr.  Alexander  is  also  president  of  the  Continental 
Life  Assurance  Company  of  Chicago,  a  subsidiary  of  the  Con- 
tinental Casualty.  This  company  closed  last  year's  experience 
with  $3,152,000  of  insurance  on  the  books,  assets  of  $275,000, 
and  a  policyholders'  surplus  of  more  than  $150,000,  in  addition 

to  the  voluntary  reserve  set  aside  by  the  management. 

*  *  • 

F.  J.  Heintz  has  been  appointed  special  agent  for  the  Conti- 
nental, Fidelity-Phenix  and  American  Eagle  for  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, with  headquarters  at  Sacramento.  Mr.  Heintz  was  for- 
merly manager  at  Sacramento  for  the  Carmichael  Company, 
local  agents  for  the  Continental  at  that  place.  He  succeeds  for- 
mer special  agent  Wickler,  whose  headquarters  will  hereafter 
be  at  San  Francisco.  The  district  comprised  by  the  bay  coun- 
ties will  be  covered  by  Special  Agent  C.  B.  Mills,  with  Oakland 

as  his  post  office  address. 

*  *  * 

Thomas  L.  Miller,  at  one  time  president  of  the  West  Coast- 
San  Francisco  Life,  has  resigned  the  office  of  secretary-treas- 
urer of  the  Casualty  Company  of  America,  and  will  take  up  his 
residence  in  San  Francisco.  In  this  he  has  been  largely  in- 
fluenced by  consideration  for  Mrs.  Miller's  health.    Mr.  Miller 

has  hundreds  of  friends  who  will  be  glad  to  welcome  him  home. 

•  *  • 

In  anticipation  of  the  retirement  of  Bernard  Faymonville  as 
president  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  on  April  1st,  next,  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  company,  at  its  regular  monthly  meeting, 
held  March  15th,  elected  Vice-President  J.  B.  Levison  to  the 
office  of  president,  and  at  the  same  time  elected  General  Coun- 
sel Charles  P.  Eells  as  vice-president,  both  elections  to  take 
effect  on  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Faymonville,  April  1st. 

•  *  • 

W.  A.  Groce,  formerly  with  the  Portland  Fire  Department, 
has  assumed  his  duties  as  investigator  for  the  arson  committee 
of  the  Pacific  Board.  Captain  Groce's  experience  as  a  member 
of  the  Portland  arson  squad  is  expected  to  be  of  particular  value 
to  the  arson  committee  of  the  Board.    A.  W.  Thornton  has  been 

unanimously  elected  chairman. 

*  *  * 

Edson  S.  Lott's  company,  the  United  States  Casualty,  has 
made  Los  Angeles  an  independent  claims  office  because  of  the 
company's  largely  increased  business  in  that  section  of  the 
State. 


H.  G.  Pinger,  who  has  been  with  the  Western  States  Life's 
actuarial  department  since  the  formation,  will  henceforth  have 
charge  of  that  department,  vice  R.  W.  Griswold,  resigned.  H. 
O.  Purucker  has  been  appointed  district  manager  of  the  com- 
pany at  Yakima,  Wash.,  under  supervision  of  Agency  Director 
George  D.  Full  of  Portland,  Or. 

*  •  • 

Leonard  C.  Jones,  popular  manager  at  San  Francisco  of  the 
Georgia  Casualty,  was  in  attendance  at  the  annual  gathering 
of  the  company's  agents,  which  took  place  at  the  home  office  at 
Macon  this  month.  San  Francisco  was  the  banner  agency  dur- 
ing the  month  of  January. 

»  »  * 

Special  Agent  J.  C.  Wickler,  formerly  covering  California 
for  the  Continental,  has  been  promoted  to  the  position  of  State 
agent  in  California  for  the  Continental,  Fidelity-Phenix  and 
American  Eagle  Insurance  companies. 

*  •  • 

On  Monday,  March  19th,  the  Vulcan  Fire  Insurance  Company 
moved  into  its  new  office  on  the  street  floor  of  the  Vulcan  Build- 
ing, 249  Pine  street,  where  Manager  H.  B.  Keith  will  be  glad 

to  welcome  all  comers. 

*  *  * 

Manager  Wicket  of  the  New  York  Life's  San  Francisco  of- 
fice, was  host  at  a  luncheon  given  at  the  Palace  Hotel  to  the 
Northern  California  field  force  early  this  month.  The  luncheon 
was  followed  by  a  talk-fest,  at  which  enthusiasm  was  expressed 
regarding  the  local  outlook,  so  far  as  business  is  concerned. 

*  *  * 

The  Christensen  &  Goodwin  general  agency  has  appointed 
Eugene  P.  Riecker  special  agent  for  Southern  California  and 
Arizona.     His  headquarters  will   be  at     Los     Angeles.     Mr. 

Riecker  has  been  doing  local  agency  work  at  San  Diego. 

»  *  * 

A.  S.  Holman,  San  Francisco  manager  of  the  Travelers,  has 
been  appointed  manager  for  the  Travelers  Indemnity  Co.,  re- 
cently licensed  by  the  California  insurance  department. 

*  *  * 

The  Guardian  Casualty  and  Guaranty,  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
closed  last  year  with  assets  of  $1,285,908,  and  a  policyholders' 
surplus  of  $528,559. 

Fred  C.  Hathaway  has  been  re-elected  president  of  the  Utah 
Association  of  Life  Underwriters.  Mr.  Hathaway  is  manager 
for  the  Mutual  Life  in  that  State. 


1  am  not  afraid  that  my  daughter  will  ever  marry  in 

haste."  "Why  not?"  "It  will  take  at  least  six  months  to  pre- 
pare any  trousseau  she  would  consider  fit  to  marry  in." — Kan- 
sas Chy  journal. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BA6GAGE 

SERVICE 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


"You  said  you'd  go  through  fire  and  water  for  me." 

"Show  me  a  combination  of  the  two,  and  I  will." — Dallas  News. 

■"This  world  would  be  a  pleasanter  place  if  there  were 

not  so  many  fools  in  it."  "Yes,  but  it  would  be  more  difficult 
to  make  a  living." — Dallas  News. 

Said  He — Why  do  women,  as  a  rule,  talk  more  than 

men  do  ?  Said  She— Oh,  I  suppose  it's  because  they  have  the 
men  to  talk  about. — Indianapolis  Star. 

Willis — What  kind  of  a  school  is  your  son  attending? 

Gillis — Very  fashionable — one  of  these  institutions  where  you 
develop  the  mind  without  using  it. — Life. 

Her  Father — Do  you  think  you  can  make  my  daughter 

happy,  sir?  Suitor — Why,  I  have  already,  haven't  I?  I've 
asked  her  to  marry  me. — Boston  Transcript. 

Footpad — Money  or  your  life!     Penurious  Politician — 

Money !  Money !  Listen,  old  top !  Wouldn't  you  sooner  have 
a  job  on  the  police  force  ? — New  York  Globe. 

"I  know  a  lot  of  people,"  says  the  Philosopher  of  Folly, 

"who  are  so  religious  that  they  hate  anybody  that  belongs  to 
any  church  but  theirs." — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

Hokus — Guzzler  says  he  doesn't  believe  in  bearing  other 

people's  burdens.  Pokus — No '  wonder.  Guzzler  is  generally 
carrying  a  pretty  good  load  of  his  own. — Lampoon. 

"You  farmers  buy  a  good  many  gold  bricks,  eh?"  "Yes, 

and  you  city  fellers  buy  a  good  deal  of  swamp  land.  I  guess 
things  are  about  even." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

"He's  a  clever  photographer."  "Makes  pictures  of  peo- 
ple as  they  look,  I  presume."  "Cleverer  than  that.  He  makes 
them  as  they  think  they  look." — Detroit  Free  Press. 

Nell — Oh,  dear,  I'm  in  such  a  quandary.    Bell — What  is 

it?  Nell — Jack  promises  to  stop  drinking  if  I  marry  him  and 
Tom  threatens  to  begin  if  I  don't. — Boston  Transcript. 

Willie   Willis — What's    a   "popular    idol,"    pa?      Papa 

Willis — It  is  the  fellow  who  is  in  between  the  fellow  he  has  just 
licked  and  the  fellow  who  is  going  to  lick  him. — Judge. 

"Some  day  you'll  be  rich  enough  to  retire  from  busi- 
ness." "Give  up  my  nice,  pleasant  office  and  stay  home?"  re- 
joined Mr.  Growcher.     "I  should  say  not." — Washington  Star. 

Crabshaw — It's   impossible   to  make   a  woman  happy. 

Crawford — Nonsense.  Just  give  her  all  the  money  she  can 
spend.  Crabshaw — Didn't  I  say  it  was  impossible  ? — Pittsburg 
Post. 

Minister — And  do  you  forgive  your  enemies?     Penitent 

— Well,  I  can't  say  I  exactly  forgive  them  but  I  do  my  best  to 
put  them  in  a  position  where  I  can  sympathize  with  them. — 
—Life. 

-"I'm  looking  for  a  good  man  to  run  our  cold-storage 

plant,"  said  the  commission  merchant.  "You  needn't  look  any 
more,"  replied  his  friend.  "Just  engage  our  old  janitor." — 
Michigan  Awgawan. 

"Has   your  boy   Josh   completed   his   education?"     "I 

reckon  so,"  replied  Farmer  Corntossel.  "I  don't  say  that  he's 
got  all  he  needs,  but  I  suspect  he's  got  about  all  he's  able  to 
hold." — Topeka  Journal. 

Female  Passenger  in  airplane  some  thousands  of  feet 

up  (excitedly) — Please,  oh,  please,  won't  you  go  down?  I've 
just  dropped  my  pearl  cuffbutton!  "Calm  yourself,  madam — 
that's  not  your  cuff-button;  that's  Lake  Erie." — Puck. 

■    "I  understand  that  your  daughter  is  going  to  take  music 

lessons."  "Not  exactly,"  repiled  Farmer  Corntossel.  "We 
haven't  the  heart  to  tell  her  that  her  voice  sounds  terrible,  so 
we're  goin'  to  hire  a  regular  teacher  to  do  it." — Washington 
Star. 


The  Husband — Where  have   you  been?     The  Wife — 

Playing  bridge.  The  Husband — Did  you  win?  The  Wife — 
No,  I  lost.  The  Husband — You  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  your- 
self. You  should  have  been  at  home  looking  after  your  child- 
ren.— Yonkers  Statesman. 

"Yes,"   said   the  young  wife,  proudly,  "father  always 

gives  something  expensive  when  he  makes  presents."  "So  I 
discovered  when  he  gave  you  away,"  rejoined  the  young  hus- 
band. And  with  a  large,  open-faced  sigh  he  continued  to  audit 
the  monthly  bills  of  his  better  half. — Stray  Stories. 

A  Western  Congressman,  in  discussing  the  droughts  that 

sometimes  afflict  his  State,  tells  this  story:  "One  day  some  one 
asked  an  old  farmer,  'How  would  you  like  to  see  it  rain?'  T 
don't  care  about  it  myself,'  said  the  old  man,  'but  I've  got  a  boy 
six  years  old  who  would  like  to  see  it  rain.' " — Harpefs  Mag- 
azine. 

Two  English  workmen  were  discussing  the  war.     "It'll 

be  an  awful  long  job,  Sam,"  said  one.  "It  will,"  replied  the 
other.  "You  see,  these  Germans  is  taking  thousands  and  thou- 
sands of  Russian  prisoners,  and  the  Russians  is  taking  thousands 
and  thousands  of  German  prisoners.  If  it  keeps  on,  all  the 
Russians  will  be  in  Germany,  and  all  the  Germans  in  Russia. 
And  then  they'll  start  all  over  again,  fighting  to  get  back  their 
homes." — Tit-Bits. 

As  Widow  Watts  bent  industriously  over  her  washtub, 

she  was  treated  to  polite  conversation  by  a  male  friend,  who 
presently  turned  the  conversation  on  matrimony,  winding  up 
with  a  proposal  of  marriage.  "Are  ye  sure  ye  love  me?"  sighed 
the  buxom  widow,  pausing  in  her  wringing.  And  the  man 
vowed  he  did.  For  a  few  minutes  there  was  a  silence  as  the 
widow  continued  her  labor.  Then  suddenly  she  raised  her 
head  and  asked  him,  suspiciously:  "You  ain't  lost  yer  job,  have 
yer?" — Chicago  News. 

The  story  is  revived  of  a  society  woman  who  wrote  to 

Paderewski  for  "a  lock  of  hair."  She  received  this  reply: 
"Dear  Madame :  M.  Paderewski  directs  me  to  say  that  it  affords 
him  much  pleasure  to  comply  with  your  request.  You  failed  to 
specify  whose  hair  you  desire.  So  he  sends  samples  of  that  of 
his  valet,  cook,  waiter  and  mattress  belonging  to  M.  Pullman, 
proprietor  of  the  coach  in  which  he  traveled  in  America." — 
Public  Opinion  (London.) 

It  was  a  first-grade  language  class,  and  the  subject  was, 

"The  Horse."  "An  animal,"  said  one.  "A  steed,"  said  another. 
"It  has  four  legs  and  a  tail,"  said  a  third.  "But,"  said  the 
teacher,  "suppose  I  were  a  little  Eskimo  boy  who  had  never 
seen  a  horse.  How  would  you  describe  a  horse  so  that  I  could 
tell  it  from  any  other  animal?"  Again  they  struggled  to  ex- 
press themselves,  when  Elmer,  who  was  growing  weary  of  the 
subject,  spoke  up:  "Oh,  gee!  I'd  say,  'Come  on  out  here  and 
I'll  show  you  a  horse.'  " — Harper's  for  May. 

"Have  you  ever  had  any  experience  in  handling  high- 
class  ware?"  asked  a  dealer  in  bric-a-brac  of  an  applicant  for 
work.  "No,  sir,"  was  the  reply,  "but  I  think  I  can  do  it."  "Sup- 
pose," said  the  dealer,  "you  accidentally  broke  a  very  valuable 
porcelain  vase,  what  would  you  do?"  "I  should  put  it  carefully 
together,"  replied  the  man,  "and  set  it  where  a  wealthy  cus- 
tomer would  be  sure  to  knock  it  over  again."  "Consider  your- 
self engaged,"  said  the  dealer.  "Now,  tell  me  where  you 
learned  that  trick  of  the  trade."  "A  few  years  ago,"  answered 
the  other,  "I  was  one  of  the  'wealthy-customer'  class." — New 
York  Telegraph. 


WHERE  HULLS  CAREEN. 

Where  hulls  careen,  and  rollers  pour 
Their  yeasty  tops  on  surges  green, 
Afar  on  heaving  ocean  floor, 

Where  hulls  careen. 
The  straining  topmasts  sway  and  lean, 
While  waters  in  the  scuppers  roar, 
And  day  fades  on  the  sea's  dim  screen. 

Night  slowly  drifts  through  twilight's  door, 
But  on  the  headland  burns  serene, 
The  homing  light  one  hungers  for, 
Where  hulls  careen. 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


A  booklet  issued  by  the  Travelers'  Insurance  Company  gives 
the  cause  of  a  large  number  of  fatal  accidents  which  have  oc- 
curred to  automobilists.  They  show  distinctly  that  seven- 
eighths  of  the  accidents  are  the  result  of  the  carelessness  of 
either  the  drivers  of  cars  or  of  other  drivers  concerned.  The 
publication  of  these  facts  will  not  deter  a  single  man  from  buy- 
ing an  automobile,  but  they  may  warn  many  against  the  com- 
mon American  practice  of  being  an  inexcusably  reckless  idiot. 
Here  they  are : 

Insured  was  in  his  car  driven  by  chauffeur.  In  passing  an- 
other car  which  had  stopped  on  account  of  flat  tire  a  woman 
stepped  from  the  stationary  car  in  front  of  Insured's  car.  The 
chauffeur  pulled  to  the  left  to  avoid  striking  her,  running  so 
near  the  edge  of  the  road  that  the  bank  gave  away.  The  car 
went  into  the  ditch,  throwing  Insured  out  and  instantly  killing 
him. 

Insured  and  his  wife  were  found  dead  underneath  their  over- 
turned car.  The  cause  of  accident  was  a  bad  condition  of  the 
road. 

Insured's  wife  was  driving  car.  In  turning  to  avoid  striking 
a  dog,  car  turned  turtle,  and  her  husband  was  instantaneously 
killed. 

Insured  was  driving  his  new  machine  down  hill  at  moderate 
speed  when  the  car  swerved  to  one  side  due  to  rough  condition 
of  road.  In  attempting  to  get  back  onto  road,  he  turned  steering 
wheel  too  sharply  and  overturned  the  car.  He  was  instantly 
killed. 

Insured  was  driving  car  when  it  was  struck  by  a  train  at  rail- 
way crossing  and  he  was  instantly  killed.  His  companion  who 
survived,  stated  that  they  stopped,  looked  and  listened. 

Insured  was  riding  as  passenger  with  a  party  of  friends.  The 
car  was  traveling  at  a  high  rate  of  speed,  when  it  suddenly 
swerved  into  a  ditch  and  turned  turtle. 

Insured  was  driving  car  and  was  struck  by  an  interurban 
trolley  car.  It  was  raining  and  view  was  obstructed  by  bushes. 
A  trolley  car  had  just  passed,  and  the  Insured  was  not  looking 
for  the  trailer  which  followed. 

Insured  was  driving  car  when  it  went  through  open  draw 
bridge.  It  was  night  time,  and  he  did  not  notice  draw  was 
open.    He  was  drowned. 

Insured  was  driving  car.  There  were  two  roads  running  par- 
allel, a  macadamized  road  and  a  dirt  road  with  a  drop  of  nearly 
a  foot  and  a  half  between  them.  Going  full  speed  and  attempt- 
ing to  get  on  the  macadam  road,  the  car  skidded  and  turned 
completely  over,  fracturing  Insured's  skull. 

Insured  was  driving  car  and  was  struck  by  train.  He  was 
familiar  with  train  schedules,  but  it  appeared  the  train  was  late 
and  running  very  fast  to  make  up  time. 

Insured  was  passenger  in  car  which  in  endeavoring  to  pass 
car  ahead,  ran  into  a  car  coming  from  the  opposite  direction. 

Insured  was  driving  car  down  grade  on  a  muddy  road  when  it 
skidded  and  went  off  an  embankment,  turning  completely  over, 
pinning  both  occupants  underneath.    Both  were  killed. 

Insured  was  riding  as  passenger  in  a  car  which  collided  with 
another  car  at  right  angles  at  cross  roads.  The  other  car  was 
going  at  a  high  rate  of  speed. 

Insured  was  riding  as  passenger  when  machine  turned  out  to 
pass  team  ahead.  Insured  was  thrown  out  onto  the  tracks  of 
electric  railroad  and  was  run  over  by  an  interurban  car  and  de- 
capitated. 

Insured  was  riding  as  passenger  in  car  with  three  of  his 
friends.  While  going  down  hill  the  brakes  failed  to  work,  and 
the  car  ran  into  a  concrete  bridge,  throwing  passengers  out. 

Insured  was  taking  lessons  operating  his  car.    Drove  car  onto 


railroad  track,  where  it  was  struck  by  a  train.  Evidently  stalled 
engine. 

Insured  while  filling  gasoline  tank,  spark  from  cigar  caused 
explosion,  burning  Insured  to  death. 

Insured  was  driving  his  automobile  when  it  was  struck  by 
train  at  a  railway  crossing.  An  automobile  had  just  crossed 
the  tracks  ahead  of  him. 

Insured  was  driving  his  car  at  dusk  and  allowed  it  to  go  too 
far  on  side  of  new  road,  where  there  was  loose  soil.  In  trying 
to  get  it  back  to  the  roadway  it  turned  turtle.  He  was  instantly 
killed. 

Insured  was  driving  automobile  he  had  recently  purchased, 
and  had  an  experienced  chauffeur  with  him.  He  struck  a  rut 
in  the  road  which  caused  the  car  to  swerve  and  run  into  a  stone 
wall.    Both  men  were  killed. 

Insured  was  riding  as  a  passenger  in  automobile  stage-coach. 

While  it  was  going  up  a  hill,  a  team  of  mules  became  frightened 

and  the  driver  stopped  the  coach.     The  brakes  did  not  hold, 

and  the  coach  ran  back  down  the  hill.    Insured  jumped  and  the 

stage  ran  over  him,  killing  him  instantly. 

•  •  • 

Remove  Wheels  to  Prevent  Theft  of  Your  Car 

F.  T.  Maize,  foreman  and  head  mechanic  of  a  St.  Louis  con- 
cern, who  has  had  a  wide  experience  with  all  makes  of  cars, 
declares  that  the  story  which  Roy  Joe  Lewis,  a  notorious  auto 
bandit,  recently  gave  out  to  the  effect  that  crossing  the  spark 
plug  wires  on  a  car  would  cause  the  car  to  kick  back  at  any 
attempt  to  start  it  and  thus  prevent  any  effort  to  steal  it  is  all 
"buncombe." 

On  a  six-cylinder  car  such  a  plan  is  absolutely  ineffective, 
he  says,  and  all  it  accomplishes  is  to  retard  the  speed  of  the 
car.  On  a  four-cylinder  car  it  will  work,  but  all  that  has  to  be 
done  to  start  the  car  is  to  disconnect  the  battery  and  run  on 
the  ground.  If,  for  instance,  the  two  front  cylinder  wires  have 
been  crossed  on  numbers  one  and  three  cylinders,  it  will  fire 
at  the  time  of  the  exhaust  on  each  cylinder.  Two  cylinders 
will  run  your  car  and  the  others  are  acting  as  compressors. 

Time  and  again  Maize  has  been  sent  after  a  car  that  is  out 
of  order  and  found  it  locked.  All  he  does  is  to  disconnect  one 
battery  wire  and  it  is  no  trouble  to  run  the  car  to  the  garage. 
He  declares  that  the  only  way  he  knows  that  will  prevent  theft 
of  a  car  is  to  remove  the  wheels  and  take  them  inside  with  you 
when  you  stop  your  car. 


Qm*$luffie£ 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


New  Cord  Tire  to  be  Norwalk  Feature 

News  from  the  Norwalk  tire  factory  states  that  the  perfec- 
tion of  a  new  cord  tire,  said  to  include  essential  improvements 
over  many  cords,  will  be  announced  in  the  near  future.  The 
cord  tire,  it  is  said,  will  be  the  crowning  achievement  of  Mr. 
Davis  Spence,  who,  as  head  of  the  research  and  chemical  de- 
partment of  the  Norwalk  factory,  has  made  exhaustive  experi- 
mentations with  construction  for  the  past  three  years  at  the 
factory. 

Officials  state  that  the  cord  tire  which  will  be  manufactured 
by  the  Norwalk  factory  will  startle  the  automobile  world  by  its 
wonderful  performance,  and  that  it  will  incorporate  features 
entirely  new. 

While  the  new  product  is  practically  perfected,  there  are 
several  small  features  that  Dr.  Spence  and  his  assistants  desire 
to  improve.  As  soon  as  this  work  is  completed,  a  large  ship- 
ment of  the  casings  will  be  rushed  to  the  Lichtenberger-Fergu- 
son  Company  of  this  city  for  distribution  in  California  and 
Arizona. 

A  new  process  for  impregnating  the  net-work  of  cord  cables 
will  be  used  in  this  cord  tire,  and  it  is  stated  that  Dr.  Spence  is 
to  employ  several  secret  processes  to  the  rubber  in  order  to  give 
it  a  desired  toughness  and  resiliency  especially  suitable  for 
cord  construction,  which  manufacturers  have  heretofore  been 
unable  to  obtain. 

"Although  Dr.  Spence  is  probably  the  best  informed  tire 
man  on  cord  construction  in  the  world  to-day,  he  has  deemed  it 
advisable  to  withhold  producing  a  cord  tire  at  the  Norwalk  fac- 
tory until  he  has  perfected  one  with  superior  features  in  con- 
struction," states  W.  B.  Cain,  manager  of  the  local  Norwalk 
service  station.  "We  are  anxiously  awaiting  the  initial  ship- 
ment of  the  cord  casings  which  is  expected  during  the  next  few 

weeks." 

*  *  * 

Indianapolis  Good  Auto  Shipping  Center 

These  are  strenuous  days  for  shipping  clerks.  When  a  ship- 
ping clerk  sees  an  unengaged  freight  car,  he  runs  and  falls  on 
its  neck,  so  to  speak,  weeping  for  joy.  The  fact  is,  nearly  all 
of  the  perfectly  nice  freight  cars  are  waiting  calmly  in  New 
York  for  some  one  to  unload  them. 

Up  in  Detroit,  whenever  they  want  a  freight  car  they  have  to 
take  it  up  with  Toledo.  Most  of  the  Detroit  factories  prefer  to 
drive  their  cars  overland.  They  are  driving  to  Chicago,  Cleve- 
land, Indianapolis — in  fact,  to  all  points  within  a  radius  'of  400 
miles.  And  in  many  instances,  where  cars  are  to  go  on  a  long 
haul,  they  are  driven  to  some  town  with  better  railway  facilities 
than  Detroit,  and  then  shipped. 

Indianapolis  seems  to  be  about  the  only  automobile  town  that 
is  getting  by  with  comparatively  little  inconvenience — that  is, 
due  to  her  remarkable  railroad  facilities.  Cars  going  East, 
West,  North  or  South  usually  make  the  trp  through  Indian- 
apolis, and  the  Indianapolis  factories  are  not  slow  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  this  fact. 

*  *  * 

Hughson  Announces  New  Kissel  Double  Six 

The  Double  Six  is  here. 

This  announcement  was  made  this  week  by  W.  L.  Hughson, 
president  of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  Company,  coast  distributors 
for  the  KisselKar. 

"For  some  time  past  there  has  been  a  KisselKar  Sedan  on  the 
streets  of  San  Francisco  with  a  tightly  sealed  hood  that,  because 
of  its  achievements,  has  attraced  no  end  of  attention  from  the 
motor  wise  public,"  said  the  Pacific  KisselKar  head  yesterday. 

"Our  local  branch  has  been  asked  again  and  again  as  to  the 
type  of  engine  that  was  hidden  under  the  hood  of  that  Kissel 
"that  passed  me  on  such  and  such  a  street  yesterday,"  or  "that 
showed  such  power  in  climbing  the  California  street  hill  Tues- 
day?" 

The  power  of  the  engine,  its  quick  pick-up  and  its  hill  climb- 
ing ability  were  sure  proof  to  the  automobile  students  that  a 
multiple  cylinder  was  hidden  under  the  hood.  "They  were 
right,"  continued  Hughson.  "This  car  that  aroused  so  much 
comment  was  a  double  six.  We  are  not  able  at  present  to  re- 
veal any  details,  but  the  new  model  is  to  be  placed  on  the  mar- 
ket in  the  near  future.  The  factory  is  pleased  over  the  won- 
derful impression  made  by  the  demonstrating  cars  which  have 
been  operating  in  several  cities  for  the  past  few  months,  and 
factory  heads  believe  that  they  have  built  a  powerful  new 
model  which  will  meet  with  a  ready  market." 


How  Auto  Owners  Can  Aid  Mobilization 

"Mobilization  on  the  high  speed  includes  the  very  promptest 
assembling  of  the  individual  units  in  each  State  at  the  concen- 
tration camps,"  asserts  Chairman  John  A.  Wilson,  of  the  Mili- 
tary Preparedness  Committee  of  the  American  Automobile  As- 
sociation, who  has  been  spending  much  of  his  time  recently  in 
the  National  Capital,  and  is  in  touch  with  various  phases  of 
"making  ready." 

'Tt  appeals  to  us  that  there  are  two  definite  ways  in  which 
the  motor  car  owners  can  be  exceedingly  valuable.  One  of 
them  is  in  connection  with  mobilization  effectiveness,  especially 
of  the  minute-men  sort.  In  every  State  there  are  now  more  than 
enough  passenger  automobiles  which  could  be  made  systemati- 
cally available  in  carrying  to  State  camps  those  men  who  could 
not  be  provided  for  conveniently  by  railroad  transportation. 
Those  States  which  have  gone  forward  in  highways  betterment 
would  particularly  lend  themselves  to  the  carrying  out  of  such 
a  plan,  which  probably  would  include  county  arrangement  and 
appointment  of  officers  responsible  for  the  details  and  the  ap- 
portioning of  specified  cars  to  certain  enlisted  men." 

•  *  • 

Dean  of  Yosemite  Selects  Car  by  Logic 

Here's  a  new  one — a  man  uses  philosophy  in  the  selection 
of  his  motor  car.    Logical,  too,  when  you  stop  to  think  it  over. 

David  M.  Curry,  stentor  and  dean  of  the  Yosemite  Valley, 
spends  his  summers  in  that  wonderland  of  California,  and  his 
winters  touring  from  city  to  city  giving  lectures  on  its  beauties. 

During  his  summers  in  the  Valley,  Curry  has  been  host  to 
innumerable  automobile  parties.  He  has  seen  them  come  and 
go  in  high  spirits,  and  with  glum  countenances,  and  his  active 
mind  has  checked  the  make  of  cars  against  the  state  of  mind 
of  its  users.  He  needed  to  ask  no  questions  to  tell  whether  the 
trip  into  the  Valley  had  been  pleasant  or  fraught  with  mishaps. 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


March  24.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


19 


^sMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii//^ 

|        High   Gear    'Stuff*  1 

%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii# 

A  careless  chauffeur,  in  attempting  to  drive  his  car  over  the 
tracks  of  a  railroad,  was  struck  by  a  train,  the  car  smashed  to 
pieces,  and  the  party  thrown  out  and  more  or  less  injured.  After 
they  had  been  picked  up  and  placed  in  a  comfortable  position, 
Abie  Cohen  came  along  and  inquired  the  cause  of  the  trouble. 
Being  advised  that  their  car  had  been  struck  by  a  train,  Abie 
asked  if  the  company's  claim  adjuster  had  arrived  to  effect  a 
settlement.  When  he  was  told  that  the  adjuster  had  not 
reached  the  scene  of  trouble,  his  countenance  took  on  a  pleas- 
ant smile  and  he  said :  "Veil,  den,  mof  up  and  make  room  for 
me." — Ex. 

«  *  • 

Harry — I  understand  Gertrude  married  a  man  who  made  a 
big  fortune  by  a  lucky  speculation  in  soap.  Grace — Yes,  and  he 
disgraced  her  while  they  were  on  their  honeymoon.  Harry — 
How  did  he  do  it?  Grace — Gertrude  wanted  the  other  passen- 
gers to  think  an  ocean  voyage  was  an  old  story  to  them,  when 
her  husband  almost  as  soon  as  they  were  on  board,  pointed  to  a 
row  of  life  preservers,  and  asked  the  captain  what  was  the 

idea  of  all  the  extra  tires." — Ex. 

*  •  • 

Willard  and  Annie  were  out  motoring,  and  Annie  insisted 
that  he  allow  her  to  run  the  car.  After  some  persuasion,  he 
reluctantly  acquiesced,  and  his  fears  soon  were  realized.  "Oh, 
Willard,"  the  girl  cried,  excitedly,  "take  it  quick!  Here  comes 
a  ditch." — Ex. 

*  •  * 

"As  a  matter  of  fact,"  said  a  lawyer  for  the  defendant,  trying 
to  be  sarcastic,  "you  were  scared  to  death,  and  don't  know 
whether  it  was  a  motor  car  or  something  resembling  a  motor  car 
that  hit  you."  "It  resembled  one  all  right,"  the  plaintiff  made 
answer.    "I  was  forcibly  struck  by  the  resemblance." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

"Bad  luck  for  that  poor  old  Bill,"  said  Jinks,  the  chauf- 
feur. "He  got  fined  for  taking  out  his  employer's  car  without 
permission."  "But  how  did  the  boss  know  he  took  it?"  "Bill 
ran  over  him." — New  York  Times. 

*  *  * 

"I  see  you've  lowered  the  speed  limit  and  hoisted  your  fines," 
said  Winkletop  to  the  judge,  after  paying  his  fine.  "Ya-as," 
said  the  judge.  "We  found  that  under  the  old  tariff  there  wasn't 
enough  vi'lations  o'  the  law  to  make  it  wuth  while." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Old  Gentleman  (engaging  new  chauffeur) — I  suppose  I  can 
write  to  your  last  employer  for  your  character?  Chauffeur— 
I  am  sorry  to  say,  sir,  each  of  the  last  two  gentlemen  I  have 

been  with  died  in  my  service. — Ex. 

*  •  • 

Minnie — So  sorry  to  hear  of  your  motor  accident!  Lionel — 
Oh,  thanks ;  it's  nothing  expect  'to  live  through  many  more. 

Minnie — Oh,  I  hope  not. — Ex. 

*  •  • 

"A  motorist  shall  be  liable  to  fine  on  any  pretext  that  may 
suit  my  fancy,  which  is  that  I  oVn't  get  enough  salary." — Vil- 
lage Constable. 


EsrararasEOMB 


FBEE   FROM  CAKBCXNT 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 


GUARANTEE     BATTERY 

639  Van  Neia  Ave.      BRAND    4.    CUSHMAN 


COMPANY 

Phone  Proipect  741 


Political  customs  in  Sacramento  have  changed  mightily 

during  the  last  fortnight.  The  Solons  at  the  Capital  are  sitting 
around  waiting  to  hear  Governor  Stephens  make  a  speech.  They 
never  had  to  wait  in  Johnson's  day. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT.) 

The  N(wi  Letter  recommends  the  following  garage*,  hotels  and  supply 
houses      Tourists  wilt  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— Just  opened.  The  on'y  strictly  nrat^ 
claes  rate  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and    their  families.     Corner  of   University  avenue  and   The  Circle. 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

OIQ  ROE    PI  I  IC    CT        Between  Polk  and 
019-OJ3    LLLIO    Ol.      Van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1 143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


0KHSL 

■  CASHLESS 

LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.    Em 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  24,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


There  will  be  two  fashionable  silhouettes  this  spring.  The 
slim  silhouette,  with  its  straight,  clinging  lines  will  continue  to 
be  first  in  favor,  as  it  has  been  all  through  the  winter,  but  the 
new  barrel  skirt  will  give  women  a  chance  to  indulge  in  the 
bouffant  effect,  which  will,  doubtless,  be  welcomed  by  those 
who  have  complained  of  being  tired  of  the  eternal  straight  line. 

True  to  its  name,  the  new  silhouette  is  in  the  outline  of  a 
barrel,  bulging  at  the  hips  and  drawn  in  at  the  waist  and  an- 
kles. One  is  by  the  clever  draping  of  the  material  at  the  waist- 
line somewhat  after  the  fashion  of  the  "peg-top"  skirts  that  were 
used  some  years  ago.  This  type  of  the  barrel  skirt  is  shownin 
the  sketch,  which  illustrates  a  dress  of  figured  pongee  with 
sleeves  and  belt  of  plain  pongee  in  natural  color.  The  skirt 
narrows  down  to  two  yards  at  the  hem;  for  the  narrow  skirt, 
especially  in  this  form,  is  to  come  in  with  the  spring,  fashion 
authorities  say.  This  silhouette  has  also  been  named  the 
"bowling  pin;"  and  looking  at  the  whole  silhouette  from  shoul- 
der to  ankles,  and  not  merely  from  the  waist  downward,  the 
name  is  indeed  most  appropriate. 

A  good  many  spring  coats  have  taken  on  the  lines  of  the  new 
silhouette,  showing  that  this  effect  is  not  restricted  to  dresses 


Left — Dress   of    Pongee,   Showing"  the    New   Silhouette. 
Coat  in   Barrel!   Effect. 


Right— A   Smart 


only.  A  very  smart  model  is  fashioned  with  a  deep  band  at 
the  lower  part,  the  fulness  of  the  upper  part  gradually  losing 
itself  when  it  reaches  the  band.  Machine  stitching  furnishes 
the  finish  of  this  coat,  which  is  shown  in  the  other  sketch.  The 
material  is  soft  spring-weight  velours,  one  of  the  favored  serine 
fabrics.  s 

Satins  and  a  Variety  of  Silks  for  Spring. 

Perhaps  the  most  generally  favored  of  all  fabrics  this  spring 
will  be  satin.  It  is  to  be  used  for  one-piece  dresses,  for  suits 
and  for  separate  coats.  This  material  will  also  be  in  demand  for 
evening  gowns  and  afternoon  dresses,  and  for  these  its  popular- 
ity will  be  shared  by  charmeuse,  which  is  very  closely  related 
to  satin.  The  suits  and  dresses  of  satin  will  be  decorated  with 
braiding  and  embroidery,  and  much  of  the  embroidery  will  carry 
out  the  Oriental  colorings  which  are  distinctly  in  vogue  this 
season. 

There  is  a  decided  predominance  of  silks  for  spring 
Among  the  silks  for  suits,  poplin,  rajah  and  tussur  are  strongly 
in  evidence,  and  many  novel  ideas  are  noticed  in  the  develop- 
ments of  these  materials.  On  a  suit  of  gold-colored  silk  jersey 
black  velvet  was  used  for  the  collar  and  for  a  band  at  the  lower 


edge  of  the  coat.  Some  suits  of  rajah  silk  are  trimmed  with 
stenciling  in  attractive  color  combinations.  The  stenciling  is 
done  on  the  fronts  of  the  coats  or  only  on  the  belts,  just  enough 
to  furnish  some  contrast.  This  is  one  of  the  very  newest  trim- 
ming ideas. 

In  spite  of  the  great  vogue  for  colors  in  all  the  brightest 
hues  and  in  all  manner  of  combinations,  a  great  deal  of  black 
and  white  is  used.  When  cleverly  handled,  this  combination  is 
always  attractive,  and  it  is  again  very  fashionable  in  Paris  and 
New  York.  Solid  black  and  white  checked  materials  with 
rather  large  checks  are  considered  smart  for  coats,  both  for  the 
long  separate  coats  and  for  shorter  coats  to  be  won  with  white 
serge  skirts. 

The  Importance  of  Ribbons. 

Ribbons  are  coming  in  for  a  great  deal  of  prominence  this 
season.  They  are  not  used  only  for  small  accessories  such  as 
girdles  and  collars,  but  have  become  much  more  important  and 
have  been  employed  for  parasols  and  hats.  Very  wide  striped 
ribbons  combining  three  or  more  harmonizing  colors  have  been 
used  very  effectively  to  make  parasols  and  to  cover  the  entire 
crown  and  top  of  the  brim  of  light-weight  straw  hats  for  sports 
wear.  Matching  parasols,  hats  and  handbags  made  of  ribbon 
or  the  pretty  figured  silks,  are  seen  over  and  over  again. 

Narrow  grosgrain  ribbon  is  employed  in  rows,  one  overlap- 
ping the  other,  to  cover  the  crowns  and  brims  of  some  hats. 
Sometimes  two  colors  are  used  alternately.  The  brim  of  a 
white  panama  hat  was  covered  in  this  way  with  old  gold  and 
dark  green  ribbon,  only  the  crown  remaining  in  view  to  tell  that 
the  hat  was  a  panama.  An  idea  for  remodeling  your  last  year's 
panama,  you  will,  no  doubt  think !  Another  panama  was  faced 
with  black  velvet  under  the  brim  and  the  crown  draped  with 
black  and  white  silk  with  a  tassel  placed  at  one  side. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


The  New 
Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 
San   Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailhebutu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bulb  St..  Su  Frudtn 


(Above  Ke«rnj) 


Etchinie.  Douelii  2411 


BLANCO'S  <"teSsa,-u" 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


SUMMONS      OIVOP     I 
THE     SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA.    IN 
AND    FOR    THE   CITY    AND   COUNTY    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

ndanl. 

in  nnd   for 
t  m«J  In  lh«  of- 


H  " 


IS   N     I.ANP. 


>u(tht  tijpUnst 

sad  to  an* 
n   within    t- 

f  this  nimrn  .1   within   this 

tin    a    Ju<lKiutint    an-1    <)•'■•  reo    of    this 

existing  between   plaintiff 

also  for 

Complaint  on  file.  to  which 

>    that,    unless  ir    and    nnswcr   ns 

!'h\lntlff  will  take   Judgment   tot  any  moneys  or 
damage*  dem.unled   in   the   Complaint   as   arising   upon   contract,   or  will 
■  thei    relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 
hand  and  tho  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  th 

!!ie  City  and  County  of  San   Francisco,   this  19th 
\     D„   1917. 

H.  I    MULCREIVT,  Clerk. 

By  W.    R.    CASTAGNETTO.    Deputy   Clerk. 
OTLLOGLET,  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — -without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
Krowlnc  nails  cured   bv  a   special   and   painless   treatment.      212-214  West- 
bank    Hldg..   830  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn.    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 
Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney- at -l^aw,  Chronicle  Building.  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 


Rooms  510-512 


Phone  Sutter  6818 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Fredericks.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital   $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1863 


Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  Tor  loss  of  rental   income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land,  Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


{ESTABLISHED  Itn< 


Paid  . up  Capital 
Koserve    Fund 

Reserve*  Liability  of 
Proprietor! 

AKKIVKftlo  Amti 

i   i»ie 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526.600.00 
$50.678.200.00 

$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

a:;s  branches  and  \<  taitnllan BtaMt, Sm  Zealand. 

Fiji,  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London,      rhe  Bank  Cr&niacti 
description  ol  Australian  Banking  Business.      r7ool  umi  otber  Produee 
Credits  arranged. 

Held  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLF.  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO 
SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.  V.O.,  LL.D.D.C.L. 


JOHN  AIRD 
H.  V.  F.  JONES 


President 
General  Manig.r 
Assistant  General  Manager 


ESTABLISHED  1867 

Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

Reserve  Fund  13,500,000 

Aggregate  Resource  288,000.000 


London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

— -                                Capital  Stock  $4,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2.125.391.04 
",            Deposits  50,513,876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH, S.W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets  $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  Typewrl^nSPstcncvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The   manuscript  covers  are  sold  in   similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established   1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


REPUBLIC 
TIRES 

Are  Now  a  Better 
Buy   Than   Ever 

REPUBLIC  RUBBER  CO. 

OF     CALIFORNIA 

295  Golden  Gate  Ave. 
San  Francisco 


WHY? 

Were  90$  of  the  Automobile  Races  of  1 9 1 6  won  with 

RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 

QUALITY 

INSIST  on  Getting  Them 
Eliminate  Ignition  Trouble 


PACIFIC    COAST     DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


CC 


PACIFIC  SERVICE" 


Aims  to  be  generally  recognized  as  "PERFECT  SERVICE." 
We  want  YOU  to  have  the  BEST  LIGHT  for  the  money  YOU 

pay  US. 

To  have  the  Best  Light  you  must  have  the  BEST  LAMP,  which  is 
the  EDISON  MAZDA. 

We  make  FREE  DELIVERY  of  these  lamps. 

Made  in  California.     Specially  selected  for  use  on  our  circuits. 

Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company 


445  SUTTER  STREET 


San  Francisco  District 
Ask  For  Lamp  Counter 


PHONE  SUTTER   140 


Otvoled   to  the    Leading    Intereeti   of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  31,  1917 


NO.  13 


The  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER it  pnnted  and  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Telephone  Kearny  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office- --George  Street  &  Company,  30  Comhill,  E.  C.  England. 

Matter  intended  lor  publication  in  the  current  number  of  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--- 1  year.  $5;  6  months.  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
yew  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I  year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 

The  starving-out  process  is  creating  a  grubbing  time  in 

Europe. 

The  Kaiser  has  been  suggested  for  the  Nobel  peace 

prize  by  General  von  Hindenberg. 

Germany  has  tried  to  stir  up  every  old-time  malcontent 

against  this  country,  except  the  late  Southern  Confederacy. 

If  the  early  bird  catches  the  early  worm  these  days,  it  is 

because  he  has  been  waiting  on  the  job  for  at  least  a  week. 

Thank  heaven!    The  Assembly  has  agreed  that  it  will 

adjourn  April  27th.  April  1st  would  be  a  more  auspicious  and 
natural  date. 

John  D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  declares  he  has  the  best  father 

alive.  He  certainly  ought  to  know  what  the  raising  of  such  a 
daddy  has  cost  him. 

The  Rominger  bill  has  passed  the  Senate,  but  the  hur- 
dles will  come  when  the  wine  influences  in  the  Assembly  deter- 
mine what  shall  be  done. 

Our  new  Governor,  Stephens,  has  asked  the  State  Legis- 
lature for  a  board  of  defense  to  protect  everything  in  California 
except  the  State  Treasury. 

Mayor  Woodman  of  Los  Angeles  has  aspirations  to  be- 
come Governor  of  California.  This  is  1917.  Somebody  ought 
to  wake  him  from  his  dream. 

A  hot  war  with  Germany  would  very  likely  furnish  the 

required  heat  to  reduce  various  stubborn  "semi"  Americans  in 
the  melting  pot  of  the  nations. 

With  the  shifting  of  the  heads  of  potentates  in  govern- 
ment, trade,  agriculture  and  crime,  the  small  potato  sits  grin- 
ning on  the  pinnacle  of  prices. 

A  Los  Angeles  bank  clerk  made  the  grave  mistake  with 

the  loot  he  took  from  the  cash  box — he  played  only  the  losers 
in  the  horse  races  at  Tia  Juana. 

With   submarines   gunning  through   the  waters   of   the 

Seven  Seas  the  usual  seasonal  sea  serpent  will  not  likely  care 
to  venture  into  ocean  resorts  this  summer. 

The  State  Senate  has  passed  a  bill  discouraging  tipping, 

which  means,  of  course,  in  Senatorial  practice,  that  the  tips 
have  been  shifted  from  one  set  of  robbers  to  another. 

Chile,  that  narrow  bed  slat  strip  of  territory  between  the 

Andes  and  the  Pacific  Ocean,  is  stigmatized  as  a  shoe-string 
Republic,  yet  it  plunged  with  $12,000,000,  and  captured  its 
share  of  the  Panama  Canal  trade. 


Local  public  library  reports  a  lively  demand  for  garden 

books,  this  season.  Bringing  the  farm  back  to  the  city  is  prac- 
tical, ornamental  and  serviceable — for  the  neighbors. 

Filibustering  is  now  reported  rampant  in  H.  C.  L.  vege- 
table gardens  set  out  by  Oaklanders.  War  seems  to  be  break- 
ing out  in  any  direction  we  may  turn  these  days. 

Raus  mit  der  trading  stamps!     The  campaign  is  on  to 

drive  them  from  the  Pacific  Coast,  on  the  ground  that  they  don't 
trade,  don't  stamp,  and  hock  the  profits  of  the  storekeepers. 

Ex-baseball  experts  are  largely  joining  as  recruits  in  the 

call  for  preparedness.  Hand  grenades  and  bombs  hurled  by 
them  at  the  enemy  ought  to  produce  the  necessary  "safe  hits." 

The  bankers  of  the  country  favor  loaning  the  allies  $1,- 

000,000,000  to  end  the  war.  Apparently  the  persistent  cost  of 
war  has  some  expectation  of  overtaking  the  high  cost  of  living. 

Governor  Stephens  is  already  between  the  devil  and  the 

deep  sea  through  a  promise  given,  during  a  spell  of  absence 
of  mind,  that  he  would  cut  down  the  present  extravagant  ex- 
penditures. 

The  daily  average  of  calls  of  the  Bell  Telephone  system 

reached  29,420,000  during  1916,  an  average  of  200  per  day. 
Who  would  have  dreamed  that  the  Women's  Suffrage  party  did 
so  much  talking  last  year? 

Napa  County  has  developed  a  new  geyser  spouting  mud 

and  lava.  Evidently  it  is  preparing  to  join  the  State  legislature, 
now  that  Johnson  has  disappeared  eastward  and  the  legislators 
are  beginning  to  show  independence. 

So  far  the  local  army  recruiting  boards     have     been 

swamped  with  applicants  for  the  officers'  reserve  corps;  ordi- 
nary privates  are  tardy  in  joining.  Unless  there's  a  switch  in 
the  volunteering,  there'll  be  a  "bobtail  army." 

The  high  cost  of  ice  in  summer  and  the  high  cost  of  coal 

in  winter  keeps  New  York's  ordinary  householders  between  the 
devil  and  the  deep  sea.  Why  not  import  blocks  of  California 
climate  along  with  the  oranges  and  other  fruits? 

The  bean  trust  of  this  country  has  invited  a  retributive 

knock-out  blow.  To  feed  the  alleged  shortage,  Japan  has  just 
shipped  four  trainloads  of  beans,  valued  at  a  million  dollars, 
to  this  country.  The  nemesis  of  the  potato  and  onion  trusts 
may  follow. 

The  newest  thing,  this  week,  in  municipal  jobs,  is  an 

ant-inspector.  A  woman  in  San  Jose  holds  the  job  and  the  pay. 
Every  time  the  ant  reports  at  headquarters  it  is  inspected.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  season  both  ant  and  inspector  will  take  the 
usual  vacations. 

Railroads  of  the  East  have  asked  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission  for  an  average  increase  of  12  per  cent  on 
freight  rates.  The  payment  of  this  raise  will  naturally  come 
out  of  the  pockets  of  the  public  to  meet  the  increased  wages  of 
the  Eastern  railroad  employees  who  held  up  Congress  in  the 
Adamson  bill. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


U.  S.  Preparedness 
In  Full  Swing. 


Universal  military  training  and  its 
effect  on  national  character  is  now 
the  chief  topic  of  discussion  all 
throughout  the  country.  In  the  East, 
with  New  York  as  the  hub,  there  is  a  whirlwind  of  enthusiasm. 
The  time  is  ripe  to  try  out  a  display  of  what  the  nation  is  able 
to  do  in  case  of  a  threatened  attack;  to  take  stock  of  our  re- 
sources for  defense  and  to  exercise  the  high  military  staff  at 
Washington  in  the  handling  of  extraordinary  masses  of  troops 
and  commissary  supplies,  as  well  as  to  educate  the  army  and 
navy  in  the  facile  usage  of  the  latest  innovations  in  warfare,  on 
land  and  sea.  To-day  the  big  European  powers  think  nothing 
of  mobilizing  a  million  men  prepared  with  all  military  equip- 
ments to  be  transported  to  the  front.  What  this  country  could 
do  in  such  a  sudden  call  was  illustrated  recently  in  the  igno- 
minious and  deplorable  exhibition  in  marshaling  on  the  Mexi- 
can border  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States. 

Business  men  throughout  the  country  have  shown  a  promising 
patriotic  readiness  to  contrib- 
ute their  property  and  their 
lives  to  the  defense  of  the 
nation's  honor.  They  have 
brushed  aside  all  selfish  con- 
siderations in  their  devotion  to 
a  larger  cause.  Their  devo- 
tion cannot  fail  to  bring  its 
reward,  even  though  it  is  un- 
sought, in  the  shape  of  an 
aroused  enthusiastic  national 
feeling,  increased  vigor  and 
alertness,  and  a  more  stimu- 
lating capacity  to  deal  with 
business  and  the  problems  of 
life.  The  situation  opens  up 
a  fuller  vision  of  the  respon- 
sibilities of  our  citizens  to  the 
flag  of  our  nation  and  our  at- 
titude to  our  fellow  nations. 
Coincidentally,  it  calls  on  all 
foreigners  resident  within  our 
territory  to  decide  whether 
they  prefer  this  country  for  a 
home  or  are  prepared  to  take 
out  their  long  deferred  citizen 
papers.  The  day  is  arrived 
for  these  United  States  to 
cinch  tighter  the  bond  of  na- 
tionality and  place  the  country 
in  preparedness  against  any 
emergency. 

SB- 
Proposed  New  Tax 
Limitation  Law. 

One  of  the  necessary  ad 
vances  toward  equitable  tax- 
ation is  a  full  value  assess- 
ment for  taxable  property. 
The  greatest  hindrance,  gen- 
erally, to  full  value  assess- 
ment has  been  the  absence  of  a  proper  control  of  tax  levies. 
Obviously,  it  would  be  unwise  to  disturb  the  present  percentage 
of  assessed  values  unless  at  the  same  time  a  complete  and 
positive  control  in  the  limitation  of  tax  levies  is  placed  upon 
the  statute  books.  It  has  been  the  experience  of  every  State, 
where  no  limitation  laws  have  been  in  existence,  that  a  sudden 
change  from  a  partially  assessed  value  to  a  fully  assessed  value 
has  greatly  increased  tax  burdens. 

The  California  State  Tax  Commission  recommends  a  tax 
limitation  law  similar  to  the  one  now  in  successful  operation  in 
New  Mexico,  with  modifications  to  accord  with  conditions  in 
this  State.  The  New  Mexico  statute  is  short  and  simple,  and  in 
only  a  few  minor  ways  open  to  misinterpretation.  Briefly,  it 
provides  that  no  county,  city,  town,  village  or  school  district 
shall  in  any  year  make  tax  levies  which  will  in  the  aggregate 
produce  an  amount  more  than  five  per  cent  in  excess  of  the 


THE    KAISER'S 

[Reproduced  [»m  this  week's 


amount  produced  by  tax  levies  in  the  particular  political  sub- 
division during  the  preceding  year.  When  the  amount  desired 
exceeds  five  per  cent,  then  such  fact  shall  be  set  forth  in  the 
form  of  a  special  request  and  filed  with  the  central  tax  au- 
thority. The  decision  of  the  central  tax  authority  under  the 
New  Mexico  statute  is  final.  The  law  is  so  simple  that  any  one 
can  very  readily  determine  in  a  few  minutes  whether  or  not  the 
local  authorities  in  a  given  political  subdivision  are  imposing 
a  tax  in  excess  of  what  the  law  allows. 

The  New  Mexico  statute  is  faulty  in  one  regard;  that  is,  in 
leaving  the  final  decision  to  the  central  tax  body.  The  people 
of  the  community,  if  they  so  desire,  should  have  the  right  fin- 
ally to  settle  the  question  of  the  burden  of  tax  they  shall  bear 
and  the  matter  of  raising  additional  revenue  for  urgent  needs. 
Another  important  modification  of  the  New  Mexico  law  rec- 
ommended by  the  California  commission  is  that  the  limitation 
law  should  apply  to  counties,  by  that  the  cities  and  towns 
should  have  the  privilege  of  coming  under  the  tax  limitation 

law.  Cities  and  towns  should 
be  permitted  to  come  under 
law  by  direct  action  of  the 
governing  body  by  petition  of 
a  percentage  of  the  voters  act- 
ed upon  by  the  governing  body 
or  by  a  vote  of  the  people,  in 
the  event  that  the  governing 
body  does  not  act  voluntarily. 
38" 

Unless    Germany    Recedes, 
U.  S.  Must  Declare  War. 

Nothing  definite  in  the 
"war"  situation  between  this 
country  and  Germany  can  be 
defined  until  Congress  meets, 
April  2d.  The  question  will 
then  be  presented  to  the  mem- 
bers who  have  the  sole  consti- 
tutional right  to  say  what  shall 
be  done.  Meanwhile  the  Ad- 
ministration and  the  leaders  in 
the  House,  the  Senate  and  the 
chairmen  of  the  leading  com- 
mittees connected  with  the 
Treasury  and  with  war  affairs 
will  have  daily  conferences 
with  the  President  and  his 
cabinet  over  all  questions  re- 
garding relations  with  Ger- 
many, as  well  as  with  prepar- 
edness, in  order  that  all  de- 
velopments in  the  interim  be- 
tween the  recent  adjournment 
and  the  assembling  of  Con- 
gress may  be  in  compact,  in- 
stant shape  to  present  to  the 
members. 

The  recall  of  Brand  Whit- 
lock  is  significant  of  a  wider 
breach  with  Germany,  the  real 
cause  of  which  has  not  developed.  Hints  along  several  lines 
carry  conviction  that  war  will  be  declared  against  Germany  on 
account  of  that  country's  continuing  to  sink  American  vessels  by 
submarines.  After  the  sharp  warnings  given  the  Kaiser,  that 
is  only  one  answer.  In  such  war  the  United  States  cannot  af- 
ford to  act  independently.  She  must  promptly  join  the  cause 
of  England,  France,  Russia  and  Italy  in  this  great  contest  to 
preserve  democracy  on  the  map  of  the  world. 

The  yellow  press  is  urging  the  transportation  of  U.  S.  troops 
to  Europe.  Such  action  would  be  unnecessary  and  costly,  a 
parade  of  Jingoism  that  would  bring  no  tangible  results.  The 
four  nations  named  have  the  battle  situation  well  in  hand,  ac- 
cording to  the  reports  from  all  four  quarters  of  the  field.  This 
country's  proper  position,  because  of  her  position  on  the  map, 
is  manifestly  to  furnish  the  proper  naval  escorts  to  carry  pro- 
visions, munitions  of  war  and  other  materials  needed  by  her 


LAST    THROW 

Punch,  by  permission  ot  the  proprietors. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


allies,  and  furnish  such  loans  of  money  that  are  required  as  her 
share  to  help  finance  the  rest  of  the  war. 

At  the  same  time.  Preparedness  activities  in  this  country- 
should  be  in  fu".  order  to  mobilize  recruits  sufficient 
to  make  a  in  arms  commensurate  with  the  dig- 
nity, power  and  aspirations  of  this  country.  It  should  be  the 
visible  display  of  what  this  nation  of  1 10.000.000  people  can  do 
when  threatened  by  war. 


77/:  V  1/    GUARD. 

They're  highly  deficient  in  tactics. 

According  to  General  Wood; 
They  couldn't  sail  in  to  a  scrap  with  a  grin, 

As  disciplined  fighting  men  should. 
But  while  they  were  down  on  the  border. 

With  fifteen  a  month  for  their  pay. 
The  Mexican  gents  showed  considerable  sense 

By  keeping  discreetly  away. 

They  lacked  the  appearance  of  soldiers 

Who've  been  half  of  their  lives  in  the  game. 
Their  shooting  was  bad,  but  they  all  of  them  had 

The  grit  to  go  through  just  the  same. 
They  may  have  been  amateur  scrappers, 

Unskilled  in  the  best  way  to  fight, 
But  while  they  stuck  round  Mr.  Greaser  man  found 

It  was  safer  to  keep  out  of  sight. 

They  gave  up  their  jobs  in  the  city 

To  sleep  in  the  sage  brush  and  sand, 
And  learned  what  it  means  to  eat  bacon  and  beans 

When  no  other  grub  came  to  hand. 
They  may  not  be  disciplined  soldiers, 

But  all  the  Carranza  crowd  knew 
If  it  came  to  a  fight  they  would  go  in  all  right 

And  do  what  we  sent  'em  to  do! 

— James  J.  Montague  in  The  N.  Y.  American. 


MEMORIAL  EXHIBITION  OF    JOULLIN'S    PAINTINGS. 

An  unusually  attractive  memorial  exhibition  of  the  paintings 
by  the  late  Amedee  Joullin  was  placed  on  view  at  Golden  Gate 
Park  Museum,  hours  from  10  a.  m.  to  4  p.  m.,  Saturday,  March 
24th,  for  three  weeks.  The  exhibit  includes  thirty  canvases  ot 
landscapes,  still  life  and  figure  work.  Joullin's  paintings  are 
distinctively  creative,  and  hold  their  own  through  the  discrimi- 
nating years  as  a  sincere  expression  of  feeling.  He  was  the  pio- 
neer in  painting  the  Indians  of  the  southwest,  and  his  canvases 
of  these  picturesque  natives  continue  to  be  regarded  as  the 
best  paintings  of  those  types  despite  the  many  efforts  of  others 
to  surpass  them.  Californians  should  take  this  advantage  to 
become  more  intimately  acquainted  with  one  of  California's 
best  artists. 


A  delegation  of  home  district  patriots,  the  same  brand  of 

local  politicians  who  are  everlastingly  requesting  more  street 
lamps  and  public  player-pianos  in  their  district,  demanded  of 
the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  that  they 
should  provide  a  $3,000  a  year  salary  for  a  chief  chauffeur  to 
decorate  the  Civic  Center.  The  committee  turned  them  down 
without  even  an  apology.  Is  it  possible  that  the  hideous  Gor- 
gon of  War  can  upset  our  decorative  institutions  at  the  Civic 
Center  so  quickly  and  viciously?  If  the  Finance  Committee 
had  knocked  all  the  ciphers  out  of  the  $3,000,  and  reduced  the 
salary  to  $3  per  year,  it  would  have  been  a  good  idea  to  have 
given  the  chief  chauffeur  the  job,  minus  a  machine,  that  would 
have  saved  the  city  the  cost  of  gasoline  smoke.  The  new  chief 
chauffeur  could  then  be  used  to  decorate  one  of  the  old  pedes- 
tals used  formerly  by  the  old  "soap  suds"  grizzley  bears.  The 
city  needs  a  picturesque  piece  of  statuary  of  that  character  to 
show  inquiring  country  visitors  that  the  administration  really 
has  a  chief  chauffeur  on  its  payroll. 


We  cannot  enter  the  war  alone.    Whether  we  like  it  or 

whether  we  do  not,  if  we  declare  war  on  Germany  or  she  on  us, 
we  become  one  of  the  Allies.  To  conduct  the  war  all  by  our- 
selves, without  regard  to  the  general  plan  of  the  Entente,  ignor- 
ing them  completely,  would  be  the  safest  and  surest  method  of 
suicide. 


TOWN 
CRIER 


. Thank  the  Saints  and  stuttering  Old  Father  Time  that 

site  of  the  famous  spot  where  the  Broderick-Terry  duel  was 
fought  has  been  definitely  located  and  verified  by  witnesses  of 
irreproachable  character  and  mental  lesion.  Thus  again  has 
cheerful  History  escaped  stultifying  herself  by  getting  her  ver- 
sion of  the  dispute  earliest  into  the  daily  papers,  and  gamely 
choking  off  the  voices  of  the  protestants.  Duels  were  a  natural 
after-dinner  recreation  in  the  '50's,  enjoyed  exclusively  by  poli- 
ticians and  lawyers.  Why  they  were  not  permitted  to  swamp 
themselves  in  this  practical  entertainment,  God  only  knows. 
Sometimes  an  expert  could  distinguish  a  lawyer  from  a  politi- 
cian, but  old  Argus  himself  could  never  distinguish  a  politician 
from  a  lawyer.  The  result  was  that  the  obituaries  were  ex- 
tremely indefinite  in  the  days  of  the  local  popular  duello.  Since 
those  historical  days  for  selecting  sites  for  famous  duels,  fash- 
ions in  the  art  of  bullet-boring  an  antagonist  has  lost  much  of 
its  pristine  glory  for  advertising  purposes.  Politicians  and 
lawyers  now  prefer  the  recall,  referendum  or  a  communication 
in  the  Contributor's  Column  of  their  favorite  paper.  Evidently 
this  new  generation  of  idealists  can  get  along  without  lawyers 
and  politicians,  but  not  without  the  dear  old  historical  duel 
sites,  duly  verified.  The  only  serious  suggestion  we  have  to 
offer  regarding  our  priceless  new  really-truly  disputed  Broder- 
ick-Terry duel  site  is  that  it  should  be  taken  within  doors  during 
the  winter  months  so  that  its  verifications  shall  not  be  washed 
away. 

; That  great  joke  on  the  voting  public  of  the  State,  the  Ro- 

minger  bill,  continues  to  be  a  dangerous  and  ruinous  measure 
to  some  of  the  principal  industries  of  the  State.  It  may  pass 
the  Senate,  but  it  will  run  a  savage  gauntlet  in  the  Assembly. 
The  bill  was  drawn  to  placate  a  number  of  well  organized 
churchmen  who  are  determined  to  introduce  the  old  witch  laws 
of  the  Puritans  of  Massachusetts  upon  California.  The  bill  will 
not  close  the  saloons,  as  saloons,  and  it  will  increase  the  speak- 
easies. The  Rominger  bill  possesses  less  force  and  less  horse- 
sense  in  tackling  the  liquor  problem  than  the  Reverend  P. 
Smith  in  his  sensational  efforts  to  sweep  prostitutes  from  this 
city.  Since  the  campaign  against  the  latter,  prostitution  has 
been  able  to  knock  out  the  Redlight  Abatement  act,  the  last 
trench  of  the  P.  Smith  brigade,  and  flaunt  itself  more  freely 
than  ever.  The  Rominger  bill,  like  many  of  the  feline  moves 
of  the  drys,  is  to  put  certain  methods  of  providing  and  selling 
liquor  out  of  business.  Once  this  position  is  won  by  the  drys, 
they  will  be  ready  with  their  next  plan  to  gain  another  advance 
in  wet  territory,  and  continue  striving  till  they  have  made  Cali- 
fornia bone  dry.  The  Rominger  bill  should  be  defeated  in  the 
Assembly,  and  thus  at  least  preserve  the  wine  industry  of  the 
State. 

The  emergency  call  of  the  Navy  Department  for  an  in- 
creased enlistment  of  87,000  fighting  men  for  defense  of  the 
country  has  developed  a  curious  psychological  situation  in  this 
country.  The  keenest  center  of  intense  patriotism,  according 
to  publicists,  is  little  old  New  York.  The  farther  one  travels 
west  from  there,  the  high-keyed  spirit  abates.  Curiously 
enough,  a  like  showing  was  made  at  the  time  the  European  war 
opened.  The  farther  west  from  the  Atlantic,  the  less  the  inter- 
est in  the  war.  This  feeling  at  that  time  was  so  strongly  exem- 
plified that  the  cartoonists  of  the  country  made  it  the  target  of 
their  humor.  Rear-Admiral  Fullam's  strenuous  efforts  to  enlist 
5,000  young  patriots  here  for  naval  service  on  his  six  armored 
cruisers  stationed  on  this  coast,  the  fastest  vessels  in  the  navy, 
was  met  with  small  encouragement.  Just  now  the  Admiral  is 
charging  that  any  capable  young  man  who  will  not  join  the  col- 
ors lacks  the  virtues  of  spunk,  spirit  and  patriotism,  and  the  lack 
of  the  proper  qualities  that  should  mark  a  serviceable  citizen 
of  the  United  States.  Rear-Admiral  Fullam  is  deeply  nettled 
because  the  enlistments  are  not  promptly  forthcoming,  and  he 
uses  language  that  would  stir  the  self-esteem  of  the  shirkers 
could  they  hear  him — and  so  the  call  to  war  starts. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


The  Eternal  Feminine 


By  Tucker  Jenks. 
I. 

They  had  been  married  just  a  year,  and  pretty  little  Mrs. 
Mayson  was  beginning  to  feel  a  trifle  restless. 

Marriage,  she  felt,  was  not  quite  all  it  was  cracked  up  to  be. 
She  knew,  of  course,  before  she  married  Tom,  that  they  would 
have  to  live  in  a  tiny  suburban  villa,  and  keep  only  one  servant, 
and  pinch  and  screw  in  a  hundred  ways.  But  she  hadn't  quite 
realized  what  such  an  existence  meant. 

Besides,  she  had  trusted  Tom.  She  had,  in  a  sort  of  semi- 
conscious way,  believed  he  was  just  the  type  of  man  to  make 
money.  Yet  here  they  were,  already  an  old  married  couple, 
so  to  speak,  and  their  position  was  just  the  same  as  it  had  been 
a  year  ago. 

Indeed,  it  was,  if  anything,  worse.  Tom  had  been  very  candid 
about  his  income,  but  she  herself  hadn't  proved  capable  of  man- 
aging it  as  well  as  she  thought — and  Tom  thought — she  could 
have  done. 

And  now,  added  to  her  ghastly  existence  in  this  wretched 
suburb,  was  the  knowledge  that  they  were  already  in  debt,  and 
likely,  so  far  as  she  could  see,  to  get  deeper  still.  Worst  of  all, 
Tom  blamed  her  for  their  troubles — and  blamed  her,  too,  she 
was  sure,  though  he  never  said  so,  for  the  positively  uneatable 
meals  which  their  unspeakable  "general"  provided. 

But  Mrs.  Mayson  had  made  up  her  mind  that  such  a  life  had 
got  to  end,  and  that  evening  after  supper  she  delivered  her 
ultimatum. 

"I'll  give  you  three  more  months,"  she  finished  up,  after  a 
lengthy  recital  of  her  grievances,  "and  if  you  can  make  some 
money  in  that  time,  well  and  good.  If  not,  I  shall  look  about 
for  some  one  else  who  can.  I'm  sick  of  this  miserable  exist- 
ence." 

And  Tom  had  taken  her  declaration  with  surprising  calmness. 
Her  last  words  had  made  him  flinch  a  little,  and  a  hard  look  had 
come  into  his  eyes. 

"I'm  sorry,"  he  said,  "you've  spoken  like  this  to-night.  If 
you'd  waited  another  month,  you'd  have  known  that  I've  got  the 
biggest  kind  of  business  in  hand  that'll  make  us  rich  as  we  care 
to  be.    And  it  would  have  saved  me  a  shattered  ideal,  too." 

Then  he  got  up  and  went  out  for  a  long  walk. 

II. 

Fifteen  years  of  soft  and  easy  living  had  added  a  richer  and 
more  voluptuous  tone  to  Mrs.  Mayson's  youthful  prettiness. 
In  these  fifteen  years  she  had  done  exactly  as  she  liked.  Tom 
had  never  interfered  with  any  of  her  vagaries,  never  refused 
to  gratify  her  slightest  whim,  and  had  given  her  all  the  money 
she  wanted. 

To-night,  for  instance,  she  had  told  Tom  she  was  dining  out. 
And  all  he  had  said  was,  "Very  well."  He  hadn't  even  asked 
with  whom  she  was  dining.  And  if  she  had  told  him  the  truth 
— that  it  was  with  Captain  Bannister  of  the  Guards — would  he 
have  cared? 

Bannister  cared,  anyhow.  She  was  sure  of  that.  That  was, 
perhaps,  why  she  opened  her  heart  to  him  over  the  coffee  and 
cigarettes. 

"You  know,  lots  of  people  envy  me,"  she  said,  "because 
Tom's  rich.  But  riches  aren't  everything.  A  husband  who 
thinks  of  nothing  but  making  money  will  never  make  his  wife 
happy.  I  often  think  of  the  dear  old  days  when  we  lived  in  a 
tiny  little  suburban  villa  and  were  as  happy  as  the  day  was 
long.    But  that  was  before  Tom  got  his  craze  for  money." 

She  sighed  pathetically,  and  looked  the  picture  of  a  neglected 
wife.    Bannister  learned  forward. 

"Why  not  chuck  it  all  and — and  try  your  luck  with  me?"  he 
whispered. 

Mrs.  Mayson's  eyes  opened  wide. 

"But — but  you  haven't  any — I  mean  you've  only  enough  to 
live  on  yourself,  you  poor  boy,"  she  answered. 

"Oh,  we  could  scrape  along  in  the  country,"  he  said  eagerly; 
"just  you  and  I  together.    Won't  you  have  a  shot?" 

Mrs.  Mayson  shook  her  golden  head. 

"It's  awfully  sweet  of  you,"  she  said,  "to  think  of  it.  But 
one  mustn't  think  only  on  one's  own  happiness  in  this  world. 


You  see,  I've  got  a  duty  to  perform  toward  Tom — and,  well,  it 
may  be  hard,  but  I  must  do  my  duty,  at  all  costs." 

And  she  is  still  doing  her  duty  by  Tom,  a  pathetic  figure  to 
all  who  know  her.  And  Tom,  it  is  satisfactory  to  know,  though 
a  most  neglected  husband,  is  still  making  more  money  than 
even  his  wife  is  able  to  spend. 


LEAKS  FROM  WIRELESS. 

The  indictment  of  174  corporations  and  individuals  on 
charges  of  combining  to  wrest  $34,000,000  in  extra  profits  from 
coal  in  1917  returned  by  the  Federal  grand  jury  in  New  York, 
is  a  big  thing  even  if  the  country  is  on  the  brink  of  war.  If  any 
are  guilty  they  should  be  dealt  with  accordingly.  The  slippery 
gentry  of  price  boosters  too  easily  evade  capture,  to  say  nothing 

of  conviction. 

*  •  • 

Whatever  doubts  the  President  of  the  United  States  may  have 
had,  four  weeks  ago,  with  respect  to  his  authority  to  decree  the 
arming  of  merchant  ships,  any  doubts  on  his  part  as  to  whether 
the  people  of  the  country  are  with  him  in  the  German  situation 
must  have  been  completely  dissipated.  This  phase  of  the  mat- 
ter is  only  another  reminder  that,  whatever  else  the  policy  of 
"watchful  waiting"  may  or  may  not  achieve,  it  has  been  proved 
to  have  marvelous  possibilities  as  a  means  of  clarifying  and 
solidifying  national  opinion. 

*  *  » 

Miss  Herlinda  Galindo,  elected  from  the  5th  district  of  Mex- 
ico City,  will  take  her  seat  in  the  Mexican  Congress,  its  first 
woman  member,  at  about  the  time  Miss  Rankin  takes  her  pio- 
neer seat  in  the  American  Congress.  Miss  Galindo,  like  Miss 
Rankin,  is  a  suffragist  and  both  elections  are  significant  of  the 
universal  growth  of  opinion  that  women  are  people. 

*  •  • 

J.  Pierpont  Morgan's  solution  of  the  multimillionaire's  inheri- 
tance tax  problem  has  the  merit  of  not  being  a  form  of  tax  dodg- 
ing. The  life  insurance  companies  that  are  to  share  the  risk 
of  his  $2,500,000  policy  can  be  depended  upon  to  do  so  on  a 
business  basis.    He  will  pay  for  what  he  gets. 

*  *  * 

Others  besides  Senator  La  Follette  have  noticed  a  certain  de- 
terioration "in  the  level  of  our  statesmanship"  in  Congress  in 
the  past  30  years. 

*  *  * 

After  thirty-two  years  of  service  in  educating  the  people  of 
many  cities  of  the  Uuited  States  to  an  appreciation  of  better 
music,  the.Kneisel  Quartet  has  announced  that  it  will  disband. 
During  these  years,  other  string  quartets  have  come  together, 
and  some  of  them,  it  may  be,  have  attained  greater  technical 
proficiency  than  the  "Kneisels."  None  of  them,  however,  has 
followed  more  consistently  an  ideal,  twofold  in  its  nature,  of 
setting  forth  the  best  of  the  standard  chamber  music,  and  of 

bringing  out  worthy  new  compositions. 

*  *  * 

Speaking  of  the  recent  "alarming  shortage"  of  potatoes,  $76 
invested  in  telegrams,  by  the  New  York  authorities,  almost  im- 
mediately, offers  of  35,390,000  pounds  of  these  from  a  score  of 
States  of  the  Union,  and,  in  addition,  offers  of  104,000  pounds 
of  sweet  potatoes,  and  of  3,575,000  pounds  of  onions.  This 
serves  to  emphasize  once  more  the  fact  that  there  is  always 
plenty  of  foodstuff  to  go  around  in  the  country,  but  that  the 
present  distributing   system  does  not  get  it  around  until  an 

outcry  is  raised. 

*  *  * 

It  is  expected  that  the  United  States  income  tax  levy  will 
yield  $300,000,000  in  1917.  Every  dollar  of  the  vast  sum  on 
which  this  tax  is  to  be  paid  may  have  been  earned,  yet  the  av- 
erage income  tax  payer  will  probably  be  grateful-  that  the  work 
of  filling  out  the  blanks  for  the  collector  has  set  his  conscience 
at  rest  with  regard  to  the  ease  with  which  some  of  his  money 
came  to  him. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Counties  Committee  of  the 

California  Development  Board  will  convene  in  Stockton,  Fri- 
day morning,  April  13th,  at  10  o'clock  for  a  two  days'_  session. 
Matters  of  great  importance  will  be  discussed,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  the  attendance  will  be  large.  Special  entertainment  fea- 
tures are  being  planned  by  the  Stockton  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
These,  together  with  the  program,  will  be  announced  later. 


March  31.  1917 


an 


d  California  Advertiser 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  fluffy  afternoon  frock  is  to  divide  honors  with  sports 
clothes  this  season.  While  we  know  that  sports  clothes  are  all- 
important,  that  their  charms  are  indeed  legion,  and  that  no  wo- 
man who  considers  herself  as  having  the  least  pretensions  to 
being  fashionable  will  be  without  a  goodly  assortment  of  them 
'•ar;  yet,  in  spite  of  all  this,  we  must  acknowledge  that 
there  is  a  touch  of  severity  about  them  that  creates  a  craving 
for  the  contrast  of  dainty,  frilly,  lingerie  frocks. 

There  comes  a  time  in  the  life  of  even  the  most  ardent  de- 
votee of  sports  when  one  must  relax,  and  it  is  at  these  times 
that  the  feminine  longing  for  dainty,  picturesque  frocks,  meant 
solely  to  make  one  as  bewitching  as  possible,  must  be  satisfied. 

And  so,  for  the  delight  of  the  feminine  heart,  there  are  the 
most  irresistible  creations  of  sheer  silk  voiles,  soft  chiffons  and 
crepes,  to  say  nothing  of  the  abundant  variety  of  cotton  voiles, 
marquisettes  and  Swisses  that  are  offered  this  year. 

Silk  marquisette  is  combined  with  charmeuse  in  many  dainty 
dresses  of  the  more  elaborate  kind.  The  firmer  material  takes, 
seemingly,  the  less  important  part,  but  it  really  is  quite  import- 
ant, forming  the  background,  as  it  were,  to  bring  out  the  sheer 


Left — A  Charming  Way  of  Developing  the  New  Bordered  Fabrics. 
-Youthful    Evening    Frock   with    Puffed    Skirt. 


Right 


material  to  greatest  advantage.  It  may  be  used  in  a  band  at 
the  edge  of  the  skirt  and  in  touches  on  collar  and  cuffs,  or  it  may 
be  used  for  a  skirt  with  a  long  overdress  of  the  sheer  material 
falling  over  it.  Georgette  crepe  is  another  of  the  dainty  mater- 
ials employed  in  this  manner. 

The  crepe  de  Chine  dress  is  to  come  in  for  more  attention 
than  it  has  had  for  a  long  time.  Crepe  de  Chine  is  to  be  one 
of  the  most  popular  fabrics  for  spring  and  summer  dresses.  No 
one  will  regret  investing  in  a  dress  of  this  material,  seeing  that 
it  has  so  many  advantages,  among  them  that  of  being  a  material 
which  can  be  laundered  very  successfully.  When  so  many  of 
the  present  materials  must  be  dry-cleaned,  a  dress  which  can 
be  laundered  and  look  just  as  fresh  as  new  is  a  great  boon  to 
those  whose  incomes  do  not  permit  of  many  extravagances. 

Smart  Bordered  Fabrics. 

Among  the  fashionable  designs  used  in  dress  materials,  bor- 
ders appear  very  frequently.  The  bordered  fabric  with  a  de- 
sign scattered  all  over  the  surface  is  one  of  the  most  striking 
of  the  new  effects.  Borders  on  plain  materials  have  been  used 
largely  before,  and  they  are  again  favored  this  season,  but  the 


border  around  an  allover  design  is  the  very  newest  fashion. 
Both  the  embroidered  and  the  printed  effects  are  looked  upon 
ivor.  The  colors  show  the  same  tendencies  noted  in  the 
other  spring  and  summer  materials;  that  is,  they  are  quite  gay 
and  often  combine  several  bright  tones. 

One  of  these  fascinating  bordered  fabrics  is  illustrated  in  the 
sketch  of  an  afternoon  dress  for  a  young  girl.  This  shows  by 
far  the  simplest  and  not  the  least  effective  way  of  using  such 
materials.  The  border  goes  around  the  bottom  of  the  skirt  and 
makes  the  belt  and  a  strip  of  it  is  applied  around  the  edges  of 
the  sleeves,  forming  a  veritable  frame  for  the  figure. 

Kimono  Styles  and  Short  Sleeves. 

The  designers  have  returned  to  kimono  sleeves  and  the  body- 
and-sleeve-in-one  effects.  Many  of  the  new  blouses  and  dresses 
are  made  in  these  styles;  and  a  good  many  show  the  short 
sleeves,  which  have  a  fair  promise  of  being  taken  up  for  spring 
and  summer,  though  not  to  the  exclusion  of  long  sleeves.  The 
most  favored  type  of  long  sleeve  at  present  is  fitted  closely 
from  the  elbow  to  the  wrist.  At  the  elbow,  or  above  it,  there  is 
fulness,  the  sleeve  being  shaped  in  a  point  extending  away 
from  the  elbow. 

The  Puff  in  Skirts. 

A  feature  of  the  new  skirts  which  appears  to  be  very  accept- 
able is  the  puff  at  the  lower  edge  produced  by  a  gathering  of  the 
edge  to  a  foundation.  Evening  dresses  are  especially  graceful 
in  this  style,  whether  made  of  taffeta,  satin,  charmeuse  or  the 
other  soft  silks. 

This  is  a  very  delightful  effect  for  young  girls  and  is  used 
very  frequently  for  their  party  frocks.  The  illustration  shows 
how  full  of  charm  are  misses'  dresses  in  this  style,  and  that  a 
great  deal  of  this  charm  lies  in  its  simplicity.  The  model  is  de- 
veloped in  soft  rose  charmeuse,  with  chiffon  of  the  same  shade 
embroidered  with  gold  threads  forming  the  simple  little  bodice. 
Orchid  and  sea-foam  green  are  among  the  other  evening  colors 
which  make  exquisitely  pretty  frocks  for  the  younger  set. 

Fans,  slippers  and  stockings  to  match  the  dress  are  some  of 
the  details  which  one  should  be  mindful  of  in  planning  party 
frocks  to  be  in  perfect  harmony. 


Every  evening  seems  truly  to  be  Gala  Evening  at  Fred 

Solari's  restaurant  de  luxe  on  Geary  street,  at  Mason.  Whether 
it  is  the  wonderful  cuisine  which  charms,  or  the  featured  sing- 
ers, Harry  Dudley  and  La  Valera,  with  their  bevy  of  sparkling 
chorus  girls — or  a  discreet  and  inexpensive  combination  of  both 
— is  not  for  me  to  say.  But  true  it  is  that  this  hostelry  attracts 
large  and  ever  larger  crowds  of  society  folk  to  whom  an  evening 
is  deadly  dull  which  is  not  spent  at  Solari's.  And  if  that  isn't 
fame  for  Fred  Solari,  then  life  indeed  is  a  mockery!  I'm  tak- 
ing a  pleasant  crowd  there  to-night,  and  will,  of  course,  see  you 
there,  won't  I? 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Mrs.  Knicker — James,  I  wish  you  would  fire  the  cook. 

Knicker — It  is  so  close  to  election  that  the  President  says  we 
shall  have  to  grant  her  demands  and  arbitrate  afterward. — The 
Sun. 


Oculists  and  usea  murine  eye  nemeay  many 
Pkvi^onE  years  before  it  was  offered  as  a  g 
rnysicians  Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still  6 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Buy  Murine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye   FREE 

S  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


THE  ROMANOFFS  OF  RUSSIA. 

An  adequate  account  of  the  house  of  Romanoff  might  be  made 
to  spread  itself  over  many  volumes.  That  house  is,  of  course, 
linked  up  with  the  history  of  Russia  for  more  than  300  years, 
and,  in  point  of  tragedy  and  of  the  strange  variety  of  its  experi- 
ence, it  ranks  only  next  to  the  house  of  Hapsburg.  There  is, 
however,  in  Romanoff  history,  as  in  Hapsburg  history,  a  pecu- 
liar sameness,  and  even  monotony.  The  family  likeness  of  all 
the  Romanoffs  is  so  persistent,  the  changes  in  their  adventures 
and  their  tragedies  are  so  obviously  but  variations  on  the  same 
theme,  that,  by  the  time  one  has  reached  the  assassination  of 
Paul  I  in  the  first  year  of  the  Nineteenth  Century,  one  knows 
the  whole  story.  The  assassination  of  Alexander  11  in  1881, 
and  the  abdication  of  Nicholas  II  in  1917,  as  far  as  the  incidents, 
quite  apart  from  the  causes,  are  concerned,  are  but  repetitions 
of  history. 

It  is,  to  be  sure,  only  by  looking  back  over  the  story  in  a 
vast  perspective  that  such  a  view  is  obtained.  The  story,  as 
it  is  told,  however,  has  variety  enough  and  romance  enough. 
The  coming  of  Ivan  Dininovitch,  of  "Prusso-Lithuanian 
princely"  stock  to  Moscow,  in  the  early  days  of  the  Thirteenth 
Century,  is  the  beginning  of  it,  at  any  rate,  as  far  as  the  facts 
are  chronicled.  The  first  great  waymark  indicating  the  sure 
approach  of  the  family  to  power  is  when  Anastasia,  a  daughter 
of  the  boyar  Roman  Yurievitch,  the  sixth  in  descent  from  Ivan, 
is  married  to  Ivan  the  Terrible  in  1547.  Thenceforward  the 
family  took  the  name  of  Romanoff,  and,  amidst  the  almost  un- 
believable chaos  which  marked  the  closing  years  of  the  Six- 
teenth Century  in  Russia,  the  Romanoffs  figured  prominently. 
The  weak  Tsar  Feodar  had  left  no  heir,  but  he  left  the  mystery 
of  his  brother,  Demetrius,  who  was  supposed  to  have  disap^ 
peared  years  before,  and  the  first  decade  of  the  Seventeenth 
Century  found  Russia  filled  with  impostors  who  claimed  to  be 
Demetrius,  and  one  of  them,  who  had  the  support  of  the  Poles 
2nd  the  Jesuits,  was  ultimately  crowned  at  Moscow.  Upheav- 
als and  depositions  followed  fast  upon  one  another  until,  at 
last,  Sigismund  of  Poland  seized  upon  the  idea  of  securing  the 
Russian  crown  for  himself.  He  gave  out  that  he  desired  the 
crown  for  his  son,  and,  when  this  arrangement  had  been  ac- 
cepted by  the  Russians,  he  sent  an  army  to  Moscow,  disclosing 
his  real  intentions  only  when  his  troops  were  well  installed  in 
the  city.  The  Russians,  however,  rose  in  open  revolt.  They 
took  Michael,  the  younger  son  of  the  Archimandrite  Feodar  Ro- 
manoff, whom  Sigismund  had  held  a  prisoner  many  years  in 
Poland,  and  placed  him  on  the  throne.  That  was  in  1613,  and 
the  Romanoffs  have  ruled  Russia  ever  since. 

Amongst  the  many  Emperors  and  Empresses  which  the  house 
has  given  to  Russia,  Peter  the  Great,  who  reigned  from  1672  to 
1725,  stood  head  and  shoulders  above  his  peers,  and  he  has  been 
a  model  for  every  succeeding  Romanoff  Tsar.  Peter  was,  how- 
ever, a  great  contrast  to  every  member  of  his  house,  and  the 
explanation,  as  it  were,  of  the  house  of  Romanoff  is  summed  up 
in  that  difference.  None  of  the  Romanoffs,  except  Peter,  have 
been  either  great  statesmen  or  great  soldiers.  A  consequence 
of  this  has  ever  been  that  the  army  and  the  State  have  always 
been  in  the  hands  of  "great  men."  It  was  quite  in  vain  that  the 
Tsars,  in  order  to  maintain  their  own  prestige,  passed  over  Rus- 
sian claimants  to  power,  and  chose  foreigners  for  their  favorites, 
generals,  and  ministers,  for  no  Romanoff  Tsar  ever  felt  "utterly 
secure"  on  his  throne.  Even  Peter  the  Great  had  thoughts  of 
remaining  abroad  and  never  returning  to  his  own  country.  The 
Empress  Elizabeth,  very  uneasy  about  the  incessant  revolutions 
at  her  court,  had  secretly  formed  a  private  treasury  to  enable 
her  to  emigrate  in  case  of  need ;  whilst  the  same  idea  was  con- 
stantly present  with  Alexander  I,  who  hoarded  in  his  private 
closet  the  enormous  sum  of  10,000,000  ducats  in  order  to  be  pre- 
pared against  all  emergencies.  So  history  repeats  itself  in  Rus- 
sia to-day;  but  the  repetition  is  only  superficial.  In  the  past, 
Tsar  has  overturned  Tsar,  or  at  most  they  have  fallen  victims 
to  the  political  fanatic.  The  abdication  of  the  Tsar  Nicholas, 
the  other  day,  was  a  political  incident  of  a  very  different  order, 
and  whether  it  means  the  end  of  the  Romanoffs  regnant  or  not,  it 
certainly  means  the  end  of  what  the  Romanoffs  have  stood  for 
during  more  than  300  years. 


TOURIST  ASSOCIATION  SAVES  OUR  BACON. 

In  these  days  of  keen  competition  among  the  States  of  the 
Union  to  capture  the  cream  of  immigration  to  this  country,  and 
any  such  settlers  that  purpose  to  move  from  one  State  to  an- 
other to  better  their  conditions,  it  behooves  the  hustlers  of  any 
particular  State  to  keep  busy  on  their  jobs  and  to  be  amply 
backed  by  the  merchants  and  big  corporations  in  their  territory. 
The  latter  reap  the  cream  of  the  benefits  from  such  a  campaign. 
The  Tourists'  Association  of  Central  California  has  been  doing 
some  very  successful  work  along  the  firing  line,  but  with  the 
close  of  the  Exposition,  the  funds  alloted  them  began  to  shrink, 
which  naturally  curtailed  their  field  of  endeavor.  Being  men 
of  the  hour,  they  promptly  mobilized  their  forces  and  called  a 
meeting  at  the  Palace  Hotel  of  those  most  interested  in  the 
situation.  Many  prominent  professional  and  business  men 
were  present,  as  well  as  representatives  of  the  city  administra- 
tion. Dr.  James  Bullitt,  president  of  the  Association,  declared 
flatly  that  it  would  disband  unless  the  proper  amount  of  funds 
to  finance  the  work  was  promptly  forthcoming.  The  discussion 
disclosed  that  the  Association  had  accomplished  wonders  in 
putting  Central  California  on  the  map  to  attract  tourists  who 
had  formerly  thought  that  Southern  California  was  the  sight- 
seeing limit  of  the  State.  Now  Central  California  is  as  thor- 
oughly advertised  as  any  section  of  the  State,  through  proper 
agencies  in  the  East.  The  result  of  the  discussion  was  that 
pledges  were  made  by  Supervisors  Mulvihill  and  Lahaney  that 
$5,000  would  be  appropriated  immediately  to  the  Tourist  As- 
sociation of  Central  California,  and  $15,000  additional  money 
would  be  guaranteed  in  the  next  budget".  With  this  backing  of 
funds,  the  Tourist  Association  will  continue  its  work  with  San 
Francisco  as  a  member.    We  need  them. 


BIG  HITS  MADE  BY  DIRECTOR  HERTZ. 

Director  Hertz  of  the  Symphony  Orchestra  is  gradually  wid- 
ening his  field  of  endeavor.  Last  week  he  invaded  Palo  Alto 
and  the  Stanford  University  with  extraordinary  success.  How 
could  it  be  otherwise  with  those  who  appreciate  pure  music. 
The  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce  should  take  pattern 
after  the  Minneapolis  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  raise  a  travel- 
ing fund  for  the  local  symphony  orchestra,  so  that  it  would  be 
able  to  extend  its  field  to  the  leading  cities  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  No  doubt  the  towns  selected  for  the  purpose  would  read- 
ily furnish  a  certain  guarantee.  The  gem  of  the  programme 
played  this  week  at  the  Cort  by  the  Symphony  Orchestra  was 
the  triumph  in  music  symbolizing  the  freedom  of  the  Russian 
people,  the  "Pathetic."  This  wonderful  descriptive  phrasing, 
illustrating-  the  emotional  feelings  of  the  Slavs,  was  played 
with  tremendous  force  under  the  compelling  force  of  Director 
Hertz.  Undeniably  it  was  one  of  his  greatest  triumphs  in  the 
present  series  of  programmes.  "1812"  also  carried  the  big  au- 
dience off  its  feet  with  that  furore  of  stirring  strains  which  had 
such  a  magnetic  effect  on  the  followers  of  the  Tricolor  of  that 
period.  It  seems  almost  a  crime  that  this  series  of  programmes 
will  close  shortly,  just  as  Director  Hertz  has  succeeded  in  key- 
ing his  orchestra  up  to  his  conception  of  excellence. 


Wedding  Presents.— The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


TRIPS  AROUND  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
The  most  complete  hand-book,  pocket  size,  descriptive  of 
"Trips  Around  San  Francisco,"  is  now  being  circularized  gratis 
by  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  for  the  benefit  of  the  increas- 
ing number  of  visitors  who  are  rambling  over  this  section  of  the 
State.  The  information  regarding  the  most  attractive  places 
for  pleasant  excursions  out  of  the  city  will  be  equally  as  grate- 
ful to  San  Franciscans.  All  the  historical  places  and  those  of 
special  interest  are  listed  and  described,  as  well  as  the  shop- 
ping district,  water  front,  theatres,  Latin  Quarter,  Chinatown, 
fisherman's  wharf,  museums  and  art  galleries,  in  fact  every 
point  that  is  well  worth  seeing  in  the  city.  The  eighteen  trips 
roundabout  San  Francisco,  a  radius  of  about  thirty  miles,  in- 
cludes the  universities,  Mt.  Hamilton,  Mt.  Tamalpais,  Mt.  Di- 
ablo, Mare  Island,  the  two  Missions  and  other  attractive  and 
entertaining  places.  Get  this  booklet  and  "use  it"  in  order  to 
become  acquainted  with  the  rarely  beautiful  and  historical 
places  surrounding  your  home  town.  Families  that  delight  in 
outings  at  the  week-end  will  discover  many  rarely  delightful 
and  entertaining  new  places  through  its  detailed  directions. 


"Barber,  cut  both  short."    "Yes,  sir;  hair  and  beard,  sir?" 

'No;  hair  and  conversation!" — Harper's  Magazine. 


March  31.  1917. 


and  California  Advertiser 


Machine  Gun  Company,  Fifth  California  Inf.,  N.  G.,  commanded  by  Captain  Fred  A.  Marriott,  called  Into  Federal  Service  March  26,  1917. 


PREPAREDNESS   WAVE  CARRIES  RECRUITS  TO   THE 
COLORS. 

San  Francisco  donned  its  military  uniform  this  week,  and 
took  its  place  promptly  in  the  Preparedness  column  of  the 
nation  on  the  trumpet  call  from  Army  Headquarters  at  Wash- 
ington. At  the  same  time,  Governor  Stephens  and  the  Cali- 
fornia Legislature  stood  ready  to  create  the  proposed  State 
Council  of  Defense.  Recruiting  is  well  underway,  and  is  go- 
ing with  a  snap  to  bring  the  various  companies  up  to  army  re- 
quirements. The  seven  National  Guard  infantry  regiments  in 
the  Western  Department,  including  the  California  Brigade,  have 
been  ordered  mobilized  by  the  War  Department.  These  regi- 
ments are :  Second  California  Infantry,  Chico ;  Fifth  California 
Infantry,  Oakland;  Seventh  California  Infantry,  Los  Angeles; 
Second  Washington  Infantry,  Seattle;  Third  Oregon  Infantry, 
Portland;  Second  Idaho  Infantry,  Boise;  and  Second  Montana 
Infantry,  Helena.  The  various  units  of  the  three  California 
regiments  are  being  rapidly  mobilized,  and  Adjutant-General  J. 
J.  Borree  is  keeping  the  wires  humming  in  rounding  up  all  the 
units. 

Every  effort  is  now  being  made  to  bring  the  three  California 
regiments  up  to  their  full  strength.  Recruiting  is  the  busiest 
thing  in  the  State.  It  is  understood  that  each  regiment  will 
proceed  to  a  training  camp  as  soon  as  it  reaches  war  strength. 
Here  in  San  Francisco  the  Machine  Gun  Company,  Fifth  Regi- 
ment, under  Captain  Marriott's  zealous  recruiting,  is  making  a 
notable  record  enlistment  at  headquarters,  712  Market  street, 
kindly  donated  for  the  purpose  by  Thomas  Magee  &  Sons,  real 
estate  dealers.  Large  numbers  of  the  former  members  of  the 
Machine  Gun  Company  have  enthusiastically  reported  in  per- 
son at  the  armory  to  enlist  and  take  the  new  Federal  oath.  At 
its  full  war  strength  this  company  will  have  four  officers  and  53 
enlisted  men,  officered  by  Captain  Marriott,  Lt.  Walter  A.  Scott 
and  Lt.  G.  G.  Brandison.  Recently  the  company  did  duty  along 
the  Mexican  border  and  was  highly  complimented  for  its  effi- 
cient work. 

Captain  Fred  A.  Marriott  has  been  assisted  in  rounding  up 
his  men  by  Major  H.  D.  Ryus,  commander  of  the  Automobile 
Reserve  Corps,  who  sent  Oldsmobiles  in  charge  of  members  of 
the  corps  to  convey  the  National  Guardsmen  to  their  rendez- 
vous. Major  Ryus  then  placed  a  machine  at  Captain  Marriott's 
service  for  recruiting  purposes. 

Captain  Marriott's  equipment  was  inspected  last  week  by 
regular  army  officers,  and  is  in  first  class  condition  and  ready 
for  the  field.  All  of  his  attention,  therefore,  is  turned  to  en- 
listments and  the  paper  work  of  passing  back  into  the  Federal 
service  which  he  left  only  a  few  months  ago. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Leon  Francis,  commanding  the  regiment, 
estimated  yesterday  from  the  indications  that  fully  50  per  cent 
of  those  who  had  refused  to  take  the  oath  would  do  so  now  that 
the  regiment  had  been  called  out. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties— 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Beriei 


C.  Miilbebniu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

41S-421  Buk  Si.,  S»  FrueiMe  (Abovt  K.irmyl  EichMte.  Domlai2411 


BLANCO'S 

PHONE   FRANKLIN 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
Streets 

9 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


Mrs.  Vanderbilt  Not  to  Bedazzle. 

The  arrival  of  Mrs.  W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.,  and  her  children 
will  not  be  the  signal  for  any  formal  entertaining,  for  Mrs.  Van- 
derbilt has  come  out  here  to  give  the  children  a  romp  at  Del 
Monte,  and  after  a  brief  visit  with  the  Charlie  Clarks  at  Bur- 
lingame,  they  will  all  depart  for  Monterey.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
has  been  a  frequent  enough  visitor  in  late  years  for  her  old 
friends  to  realize  that  she  does  not  come  out  here  to  bedazzle  the 
playmates  of  her  childhood,  nor  can  any  one  throw  dazzle  dust 
in  her  eyes  by  playing  fortissimo  on  style.  There  was  a  time 
when  the  news  that  either  one  of  the  Fair  girls  was  coming  out 
here  made  society  put  its  hair  up  in  curl  papers,  and  the  result 
of  all  this  la-di-da-ness  was  that  the  visitors  were  bored  to 
death,  and  only  those  who  kept  the  friendship  on  the  old,  sim- 
ple footing  kept  the  temperature  registering  intimacy. 
©     ©    © 

Ivory  Service  or  Gold. 

The  friend  of  Theresa  Fair  who  wanted  to  impress  Mrs. 
Hermann  Oelrichs  with  the  fact  that  she  had  married  wealth 
and  therefore  "casually"  announced  to  the  society  reporters  that 
she  had  purchased  a  complete  gold  service  in  order  to  enter- 
tain Mrs.  Oelrichs  at  dinner,  is  never  among  the  little  group 
who  welcome  that  lady  to  San  Francisco.  It  all  happened 
years  ago,  but  the  story  has  not  been  forgotten — nor  the  re- 
mark of  the  reckless  wit  who  proclaimed  that  "ladies  who  nib- 
bled their  nails  should  have  ivory  service!" 

Which  gem  Mrs.  Oelrichs  evidently  did  not  resent,  as  the 
dauntless  chap  was  a  frequent  visitor  at  her  home  after  he 
moved  to  New  York. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  a  Youthful  Silhouette. 

But  to  return  to  Mrs.  Vanderbilt,  who  is  the  motif  of  this  para- 
graph. It  is  now  Q.  E.  D.  by  a  more  self-evident  calculation 
than  geometry  that  wealth  will  not  buy  the  elixir  of  youth,  nor 
will  massage,  ointments,  unguents,  irritants,  nor  a  serene  ex- 
pression make  the  forties  perform  like  the  thirties.  To  be  sure, 
lines  instead  of  curves  help  to  keep  the  silhouette  of  youth,  but 
the  face  very  often  takes  revenge  on  the  body  by  refusing  to  re- 
linquish a  line  or  a  wrinkle  that  belongs  to  it  by  right  of  many 
birthdays. 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  wears  very  simple  clothes — in  fact,  the  last 
time  that  she  was  out  here  her  evening  gowns  were  declared 
"tacky"  by  those  with  an  appraising  eye.  But  she  is  wonder- 
fully youthful  looking — and  is  the  envy  of  all  her  old  friends, 
few  of  whom  have  retained  her  youthful  charm.  Mrs.  Clark  is 
one  of  those  who  have  likewise  a  belated  girlishness,  and  the 
two  made  a  very  attractive  picture  lunching  together  at  the  St. 
Francis  the  other  day,  both  in  one-piece  dresses  with  simple 
tailor  hats,  and  both  wearing  strings  of  pearls  that  belied  the 
simplicity  of  their  costumes. 

©    ©    © 
Clark  a  Big  Winner. 

Charlie  Clark,  by  the  way,  is  the  envy  of  the  other  men  who 
took  war  brides  when  the  stock  market  began  to  reflect  the 
European  situation,  and  of  all  the  fortunes  made  in  that  sort 
of  speculation  Clark  is  credited  with  cleaning  up  the  largest 
amount  in  the  peninsula  set. 

©    ©    © 
Step-Fatherly  Devotion. 

Some  one  was  discussing  the  devotion  of  a  step-father  to  his 
rather  delicate  little  step-son.  The  marriage  of  the  couple  was 
one  of  those  modern  right-about-face,  every-one-change-part- 
ners,  modern  affairs  which  no  longer  startles  the  world.  When 
the  wife  insisted  on  returning  to  her  girlhood  home  there  was 
at  first  some  question  about  how  they  would  be  received,  but 
the  smart  set  finally  decided  that  an  affair  that  was  famous  on 
two  continents  could  not  be  ignored! 

The  little  boy  by  the  first  marriage  has  all  the  money  in  the 
family,  and  it  is  out  of  the  allowance  paid  him  by  one  of  the 
great  Eastern  estates  that  the  family  lives  in  luxury.    Neverthe- 


less, no  one  ascribes  mercenary  motives  to  the  care  and  devo- 
tion given  the  little  chap.  The  stepfather  in  the  case  has  be- 
come the  model  which  all  the  other  mammas  use  as  a  standard 
for  fathers. 

©    ©    © 

Autoped  for  the  Lean. 

Mrs.  Kenneth  Moore  (Leslie  Miller)  rides  an  autoped  around 
the  Blingum  golf  links.  A  group  of  women  were  looking  en- 
viously at  her.  Said  a  man :  "Why  don't  they  buy  them  if 
they  want  them — they  can  all  afford  them."  Answered  a  wo- 
man: "Silly!  Can't  you  see  they  are  all  fat  women.  It  isn't  that 
they  are  too  poor  or  too  stingy  to  afford  them.  They  are  too 
fat,  poor  dears !  The  only  reason  they  golf  at  all  is  to  walk  off 
some  of  it!!" 

So  don't  expect  to  see  fat  ladies  going  in  for  autopeds — it 
won't  happen  in  the  curvilinear  set. 
©    ©     © 

The  Fashion  Fete  at  the  Crockers. 

The  fashion  fete  at  the  Templeton  Crocker  place  in  Burlin- 
game  on  Saturday,  April  14th,  is  going  to  be  a  very  beautiful 
affair,  for  of  course  Mrs.  Crocker  will  leave  nothing  undone  to 
make  the  pageant  a  stunning  one.  Most  of  the  beauties  in  the 
peninsula  set  will  take  part,  and  as  the  clothes  this  year  are 
very  picturesque,  the  effect  will  be  as  lovely  as  the  Newport 
Fashion  Shows,  which  introduced  ihe  idea  to  the  country.  The 
fact  that  the  tickets  are  $5  each  has  not  interfered  with  their 
sale,  and  all  the  people  who  live  down  there  are  making  up 
week-end  parties  with  the  idea  of  taking  their  guests  to  the 
Fashion  Show. 

©    ©    © 

Blingum  in  Negligees. 

One  of  the  Burlingame  Club  wits  said  the  other  day,  "It's 
nice  of  Helene  to  pull  off  a  Fashion  Show,  for  it  means  that  at 
least  one  day  this  year  we'll  see  women  in  pretty  frocks.  At  the 
rate  we  are  going  in  for  simplicity  around  here  in  the  day-time, 
we'll  soon  show  up  at  the  club  house  in  negligees."  No  one 
wears  anything  but  the  simplest  sport  clothes  around  the  club, 
and  even  at  home  luncheons  the  women  show  up  in  sweaters, 
sport  shoes,  and  a  simple  blouse  and  skirt. 

©     ©    © 
Mrs.  Alexander  a  Californiac! 

The  success  of  the  concert  given  by  Mme.  Melba  was  assured 
from  its  inception,  for  the  plan  had  the  backing  of  the  people 
who  never  fail  in  a  venture  of  this  sort.  One  of  the  nicest  in- 
cidents of  the  affair  was  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Charles  Alexander 
telegraphed  on  from  New  York  and  bought  a  box  for  $500, 
which  she  ordered  turned  over  to  friends  for  the  evening. 

Mrs.  Alexander  is  one  of  the  expatriated  Californians  who, 
from  the  beginning  of  the  war,  has  contributed  to  the  various 


fj'xtwu  rc/pv/V 


THE  S1XTEEN-VALVE  FOUR  has  the  unique   distinction  of 
being  the  most  far-reaching  improvement  in  engine  design  in  recent 
years  and  still  the  most  conservative.     There  has  been  no  depart- 
ure from  the  basic  simplicity  of  the  four-cylinder  motor. 

High  power  and  utmost  flexibility  have  been  attained  by  the  most 
direct  means — increasing  valve  capacity  without  the  roundabout  method 
of  multiplying  cylinders  to  secure  the  same  end. 

By  having  two  sets  of  intake  and  exhaust  valves  in  each  of  the  four 
cylinders  a  full  flow  of  explosive  gas  is  secured  at  any  engine  speed, 
thus  maintaining  full  power  at  high  engine  speed  and  a  degree  of 
flexibility  at  low  speed  unobtainable  in  any  other  type  of  motor. 

THE  WHITE  COMPANY 

MARKET  AT  VAN  NESS 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

DEMONSTRATION    BY   APPOINTMENT 

G.  A.  URQUHART.  Pacific  Coast  Manager  PHONE  MARKET  150 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


relief  societies  organized  in  California  in  order  to  swell  the 
contributions  from  her  native  State.  She  is  also,  of  course,  a 
large  contributor  to  the  New  York  collections  sent  abroad,  but 
it  is  a  pretty  testimony  of  her  loyalty  to  California  that  she  has 
shown  substantial  interest  in  its  money  raising  ventures  for  the 
suffering  peoples  of  Europe. 

■■.•    •:•    •:• 

There  are  Oth 

Mrs.  Alexander  is  not  the  only  transplanted  Californian  who 
contributes  to  the  organizations  out  here.  A  number  of  other 
New  Yorkers  have  sent  their  checks  for  Belgian  relief  to  the 
local  society,  feeling  that  Herbert  Hoover's  native  State  should 
be  written  high  on  the  scroll  of  generous  givers. 

•:•    9    9 
Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  Taking  Rest  Cure. 

Much  concern  is  felt  over  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan 
is  suffering  a  nervous  breakdown,  and  had  to  go  to  bed  imme- 
diately on  her  return  from  the  East.  The  doctors  announce, 
however,  that  after  a  brief  rest  cure  Mrs.  Carolan  will  be  at 
the  top  of  her  form  again.  While  in  the  East,  she  worked  very 
hard  on  the  big  benefits  for  the  Allies  which  have  occupied  the 
attention  of  New  York  society  this  season,  and  the  strain  of 
that  and  the  usual  routine  of  society  affairs,  proved  too  much 
for  her. 

©    ©     9 

Early  Hegira  to  the  Country. 

Many  of  the  peninsula  people  who  did  not  keep  their  homes 
open  this  winter,  but  occupied  houses  in  town,  are  getting  ready 
to  move  to  the  country,  or  have  already  done  so.  The  Gus  Tay- 
lors, the  Will  Taylors,  the  Fred  McNears,  and  others  of  the 
Menlo  Park  contingent  will  get  on  how-dy-do  terms  with  the 
country  next  week.  The  Andrew  Welches,  who  have  been  liv- 
ing in  town  since  their  return  from  the  East  in  order  to  super- 
vise the  finishing  touches  to  their  new  town  house,  will  not  live 
in  it  this  summer,  preferring  to  occupy  their  country  home  as 
usual.  Mrs.  Tom  Eastland,  Mrs.  George  Cameron  and  the  in- 
numerable others  who  never  close  their  country  homes,  break- 
ing the  monotony  of  winter  out-of-town  by  frequent  visits  to 
the  city,  are  rejoicing  in  the  fact  that  those  who  lived  in  town 
this  winter  are  coming  back  so  early  in  the  spring. 


Championship  Hockey  Games. 

San  Franciscans  will  see  real  Hockey  Professional  World's 
Championship  Hockey,  for  three  spirited  games  at  the  Winter 
Garden  on  March  30th,  April  2d  and  April  4th,  between  the 
champions  of  the  National  Association  of  Canada,  Les  Canad- 
ians of  Montreal  and  the  Metropolitans  of  Seattle,  the  cham- 
pions of  the  Pacific  Coast  Hockey  League.  This  brilliant  game 
will  be  played  by  champion  professional  hockey  teams  of  inter- 
national renown,  and  will  be  the  first  time  that  professional 
hockey  has  been  played  in  California. 

©     ©     © 
Noted  Reader  to  Be  Heard  Here. 

Under  the  auspices  of  a  group  of  well  known  San  Fran- 
ciscans, Miss  Jennie  Mannheimer,  the  dramatic  reader  of  New 
York,  will  make  her  appearance  here  at  the  St.  Francis  Italian 
Room,  next  Thursday,  April  Sth,  at  3  p.  m.  This  is  the  reader 
of  whom  Eleanor  Gates  said  in  part:  "She  presents  a  play  with 
the  trimmings  shorn  away;  she  gets  down  to  the  very  bone  and 
sinew.  No  public  reader  could  hold  two  or  three  hundred 
metropolitan  women  tight  against  the  tapestry  of  their  chairs 
for  one  solid  hour.  The  program,  next  Thursday  afternoon,  will 
include  several  of  Miss  Mannheimer's  best  efforts,  and  among 
them  will  be  a  poem,  "The  Explorer,"  by  Rudyard  Kipling. 
Seats  are  $1. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Charles  L.  Smith  entertained  a  group  of  her  friends  at 
Hotel  Oakland,  Thursday,  at  tea.  The  table  was  very  prettily 
massed  with  violets.  Mrs.  Frank  A.  Law,  Mrs.  James  J.  Moran, 
Miss  Lorena  Mclntyre,  Mrs.  George  E.  Perkins,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Yor- 
ker, Mrs.  George  A.  Sissons,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Beebe,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Borland,  Mrs.  Florence  were  her  guests. 

Prominent  recent  arrivals  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  are:  C.  T. 
Abbott  and  wife,  Reno ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Kiekeler,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Herspring,  Sacramento;  E.  F.  Rooney,  San  Fran- 
cisco; P.  R.  Luther,  New  York;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Deming, 
Santa  Cruz;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Howard  and  daughter,  Chicago; 


Miss  A.  L.  Merriam,  Miss  V.  L.  Mitchell  and  Miss  T.  M.  Camp- 
bell, New  York  City. 

■    9    >'.• 

Hotel  Clark,  Los  Angeles,  has  been  popular  with  residents  of 
this  city,  and  among  those  arrived  at  the  well  known  hostelry 
in  the  City  of  the  Angels  in  the  past  week  include :  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
L.  R.  Carper,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Richard,  Mrs.  Gladys  Ayer,  Mrs. 
John  Edwards,  H.  D.  Staley,  E.  D.  Smith,  L.  R.  Eaton,  Mrs.  D. 
L.  Murphy,  F.  C.  Bernhardt,  B.  H.  Jenkins,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  I. 
Seddon,  W.  G.  Middleton,  H.  G.  Bain,  and  many  others. 
©    ©    © 

Among  the  many  prominent  guests  of  the  attractive  Hotel 
Plaza,  facing  beautiful  Union  Square,  are  Mr.  John  N.  Herber- 
ger  and  mother,  Rochester,  New  York;  a  group  including  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  Simmons,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Masters,  Elizabeth 
Young,  and  B.  F.  McCracken,  Oil  City,  Pa.;  Mrs.  S.  S.  Dier, 
Bozman,  Mont.;  W.  H.  Hubbard,  Pasadena;  John  F.  Barker, 
Phoenix;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  K.  Davis,  Chicago;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stevens,  New  York;  H.  J.  Myers,  Napa;  John  Dodd,  Seattle; 
Griffith  Jones,  Los  Angeles ;  and  many  other  guests. 


HANDSOME  NEW  HOTEL  WHITCOMB  OPENS. 
With  a  staff  gathered  from  the  four  corners  of  the  hotel  world 
the  beautiful  new  Hotel  Whitcomb  on  Market  street  at  the  Civic 
Center  throws  open  its  400  rooms  to-day.  Manager  van  Home 
announces  that  everything  is  ready,  from  the  filtering  plant  in 
the  basement  to  the  unique  sun  parlor  which  tops  the  big  seven- 
story  concrete  building.  This  sun  parlor  bids  fair  to  become 
one  of  the  distinctive  features  of  our  social  life.  There  is  noth- 
ing of  the  sort  in  any  of  our  other  first  class  hotels.  It  extends 
the  full  length  of  the  building,  and  from  an  easy  chair  in  any 
part  of  it  the  guest  commands  a  magnificent  view  of  the  city, 
the  hills  and  the  bay.  It  will  be  used  as  a  lounge  and  tea  room, 
and  of  course  the  hctel  orchestra  will  play  there  a  great  deal. 
The  three  dining  rooms  of  the  Whitcomb  will  undoubtedly  ap- 
peal to  hostesses  on  the  alert  for  new  settings  for  their  dinner 
parties  and  luncheons.  They  were  decorated  by  the  famous 
Albert  Herter  of  New  York,  who  did  the  Tapestry  Room  of  the 
St.  Francis.  A  feature  which  will  appeal  more  directly  to  pe- 
ninsula and  other  out-of-town  folk  is  the  hotel's  big  garage  on 
Stevenson  street,  where  the  motors  of  all  patrons  will  be  housed 
free  of  charge.  J.  H.  van  Home,  the  manager  of  the  new  hotel, 
has  had  forty  years'  experience  in  the  business,  and  is  favorably 
known  to  the  traveling  public.  His  staff  includes  men  from  the 
Savoy  of  London,  and  from  the  big  hotels  of  America  from  New 
York  to  Honolulu. 


LIVELY  CONTEST  OVER  CEMETERY  REMOVALS. 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Grosjean,  secretary  of  the  Cemetery  Protec- 
tive Organization,  has  sent  out  a  S.  O.  S.  warning  to  all  plot 
holders  in  the  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery  and  in  the  Masonic  Ceme- 
tery warning  them  against  what  she  terms  the  outrages  of  the 
Laurel  Hill  corporation  in  sending  notices  to  plot  holders  stat- 
ing that  it  has  reincorporated,  and  will  make  new  demands  on 
plot  holders.  A  meeting  has  been  called  for  2  p.  m.,  Tuesday, 
April  3d,  at  the  Cemetery  lodge  for  the  purpose  of  "forcing 
compliance  on  the  part  of  the  stockholders."  Plot  holders  own- 
ing 200  square  feet  are  entitled  to  vote.  Secretary  Grosjean 
warns  plotholders  that  they  should  seek  legal  advice  as  to  what 
they  should  do  to  protect  their  rights.  It  is  also  set  forth  that 
on  Monday,  April  2d,  at  10  a.  m.,  the  Masonic  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation will  petition  to  sell  a  number  of  tracts  of  land,  including 
the  main  part  of  the  ground  within  the  Masonic  Cemetery.  The 
hearing  will  be  in  Dept.  10  of  the  Superior  Court.  The  secre- 
tary is  primed  with  information  regarding  what  plot  holders 
should  do  to  retain  their  rights. 


Black — I  want  to  put  my  money  into  something  safe. 

White — Try  a  fireproof  vault. — Lamb. 


The  DR  UN K  A  RD  is  a  sick  man 

J\eelev 

N  OT  a    CRIMINAL 

■  BAtiiifJiH 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government.) 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


PLEASURES  WAND 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


Crane  at  the  Columbia. 

It's  a  wise  daughter  that  knows  her  own  father.  Wherefore, 
Patricia  Malloy  can  make  small  claim  to  wisdom,  for  at  the  end 
of  four  acts  she  puts  the  puzzled  interrogation,  "Well,  is  he  my 
father?"  to  an  audience  which  at  intervals  has  made  up  its 
mind  that  "The  Happy  Stranger"  is  her  father,  only  to  unmake 
it  to  let  in  the  idea  that  perhaps  he  isn't  her  father  after  all. 

To  be  sure,  any  one  would  want  William  Crane  for  a  father, 
but  Pat  gains  an  independent  income  and  a  husband  in  four 
acts,  and  has  the  promise  of  plenty  of  mother  sticking  around  all 
through  her  married  life,  so  one  can't  feel  so  terribly  sorry  that 
she  will  never  know  whether  she  has  a  father  or  not. 

William  Crane  is  an  artist,  and  as  The  Happy  Stranger  he 
does  a  fine  bit  of  work  that  lifts  the  character  above  the  lines 
of  the  play — for  it  is  not  a  big  play,  not  even  a  thoroughly 
craftsmanlike  piece  of  playwriting.  It  runs  thin  enough  in  spots 
for  the  discriminating  theatre-goer  to  see  the  slim  underpinning 
of  the  play  through  the  art  of  the  actors.  However,  it  is  a  bet- 
ter vehicle  than  the  jitney  plays  which  fall  to  the  lot  of  most 
actors. 

Harriet  Ford  and  Harvey  O'Higgins,  who  wrote  the  play, 
may  know  whether  Lazarus  was  really  John  Malloy  or  not,  but 
it  is  my  guess  that  Harriet  thinks  he  is  Malloy,  and  O'Higgins 
believes  he  is  Lazarus,  and  so  the  balance  of  doubt  is  held  to 
just  the  nice  adjustment  which  sends  the  audience  to  supper  in 
a  mild  and  pleasant  state  of  controversy. 

Mr.  Crane  is  surrounded  by  an  excellent  company,  one  of  the 
superlatively  good  companies  that  has  come  our  way  in  many  a 
day.  No  special  demand  for  subtlety  is  made  on  any  of  the 
actors  save  Crane,  and  he  is  called  upon  to  pack  the  comedy 
full  of  subtlety,  which  he  does  as  only  a  finished  artist  can  do. 
But  the  others  do  characterization  work  in  joyous  fashion,  and 
Suzanne  Morgan,  as  the  boarding  house  keeper  who  doesn't 
know  whether  she  is  Mrs.  Sylvester,  or  Mrs.  Malloy,  does  a  dis- 
tinctive piece  of  work  that  is  crammed  full  of  appreciation  of 
how  funny  such  a  character  may  be  without  ever  caricaturing 
her  to  the  extent  of  unreality.  Suzanne  Morgan  is  one  of  the 
best  character  actresses  in  America,  and  a  worthy  foil  for 
Crane. 

Eva  Le  Gallienne,  the  poet's  daughter,  who  plays  the  part  of 
"Pat,"  the  boarding  house  drudge,  has  inherited  a  poetical  look 
even  if  her  words  do  not  rhyme  or  fall  into  free  verse.  She  is 
a  lovely  young  creature,  just  saying  farewell  to  the  last  of  her 
teens,  but  has  been  on  the  stage  for  a  whole  season,  and  has 
none  of  the  tell-tale  evidences  of  the  tyro.  She  has  the  en- 
dearing, beseeching,  half-humorous  little  lilt  in  her  personality, 
which  audiences  love,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  electric  lighted 
if  some  play  carpenter  can  nail  together  the  sort  of  thing  which 
would  exploit  these  characteristics  for  three  or  four  acts. 

Raymond  Van  Sickle,  as  the  artist  lover;  William  T.  Clarke 
ss  Dr.  Sylvester,  and  Betty  Tracy  as  Edith  Sylvester,  keep  up 
the  standard  of  acting  of  the  company,  and  fit  into  their  roles 
without  a  wrinkle. 

William  H.  Crane  is  one  of  the  actors  for  whom  San  Fran- 
cisco has  always  kept  a  special  niche  in  its  heart,  and  as  The 
Happy  Stranger  he  is  making  happy  large  audiences  that  are 
not  strangers  to  his  art. 

•  *  * 

Orpheum. 

The  Orpheum  bill  is  not  yanked  up  to  the  notch  of  some  of  its 
predecessors  in  fun  making,  but  it  is  an  excellent  show  at  that, 
with  a  novelty  offering  in  the  person  of  Count  Hya  Tolstoy,  who 
shows  some  slides  of  his  illustrious  parent,  and  manages  to 
deliver  a  brief  lecture  without  mentioning  his  father  more  than 
every  other  word. 

The  audience  received  him  with  courtesy,  and  showed  by 
the  tense  way  it  listened  to  his  few  words  on  the  Russian  revo- 
lution that  a  man  with  something  vivid  and  vital  to  say  about 


the  present  situation  could  hold  them  as  well  as  the  frothy  fun- 
makers.  But  Tolstoy  has  neither  personality,  fire,  nor  a  mes- 
sage of  any  sort.  He  is  a  cold  suet  pudding,  without  the  raisins 
and  could  not  excite  the  palate  of  those  used  to  less  spicy  food 
than  vaudeville  furnishes.  When  Count  Ilya  retires  to  private 
life  the  stage  will  be  the  richer,  and  the  only  harm  that  has 
been  done  will  be  that  some  genuine  intellectual  with  a  real  mes- 
sage will  have  difficulty  in  persuading  the  vaudeville  managers 
that  it  can  be  put  across.  Tolstoy  had  nothing  to  give,  and  the 
result  is  zero. 

Sadie  Burt  and  George  Whiting  in  their  "songsayings"  do 
some  excellent  bits  which  get  the  response  from  the  audience 
which  is  the  kind  of  wine  that  no  prohibition  movement  can 
wipe  out,  and  which  insures  popular  actors  their  "booze"  how- 
ever dry  the  rest  of  the  world  may  go.  Sadie  gets  the  audience, 
and  they  empty  the  wine  of  their  applause  for  her. 

Lois  Josephine  and  Wellington  Cross  are  among  the  new- 
comers with  talented  toes  and  good  voices,  and  Lois  wears  some 
very  charming  costumes.  Irving  Newhoff  and  Dode  Phelps 
likewise  sing  their  way  into  the  hearts  of  the  audience.  Al- 
though they  announce  themselves  as  "somewhat  different  sing- 
ers, direct  from  songland,"  you  wouldn't  hardly  notice  that  they 
are  oh!  so  different — but  they're  not  bad,  at  that. 

In  addition  to  the  numbers  held  over  from  last  week  is  the 
Corps  de  Ballet,  featuring  Mile.  Una,  whose  features  are  not  as 
good  as  her  toe  dancing. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. 

The  Mystic  Bird,  appearing  this  week  at  Pantages,  sings  his 
way  into  the  hearts  of  the  audience  with  his  very  first  song. 
He  also  (I  believe  quite  unknowingly)  furnishes  a  bit  of  com- 
edy that  is  more  spontaneous  and  delightful  than  many  a  funny 
act  put  over  by  a  really  truly  comedian.  Master  Paul,  the 
trainer  of  the  bird,  who,  incidentally,  plays  the  violin,  comes  in 
for  a  share  of  well  deserved  appreciation  from  the  audience. 

One  feels  like  transplanting  the  "Baby  Roses"  who  appear 
with  California  Tilsley  in  a  dancing  act,  to  the  Playground  for 
a  romp.  The  tots  would  have  a  much  better  time.  Miss  Cali- 
fornia herself  seems  but  yesterday  to  have  left  the  baby  class 
of  dancers. 

Frank  Fogarty's  old  and  new  stories  are  given  with  his  usual 
freshness,  and  are  received  by  the  audience  with  the  usual 
mirth.  One  laughs  with  and  at  him,  and  the  chuckles  coming 
from  every  direction  of  the  house  proves  that  Fogarty  still 
holds  his  own. 

The  Six  Hello  Girls  are  really  only  five,  until  the  mother  ap- 
pears, making  a  fuss  out  of  the  depths  of  the  audience.  They 
claim  to  be  sisters,  right  out  loud.  Of  course,  no  one  believes 
this  fact  until  mother,  proclaiming  that  she  is  61  years  old,  does 
a  sommersault  into  the  water.  Then  one  is  forced  to  believe 
that  the  act  is  really  a  family  affair.  The  girls  do  some  lovely 
dives,  and  they  all  look  pretty. 

Dix  and  Dixie,  with  their  Versatile  Singing  and  Juggling  act, 
Grace  Edmonds,  the  Story  Song  Girl,  and  Neil  Mack,  in  their 
"Act  Unique,"  all  lend  their  talents  to  make  this  week  at  Pan- 
tages a  very  good  show. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL,Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


Advance    Announcements 


Sj/j   Frj-  '-cheslra. — The  most 

brilliant  and  thoroughly  successful  season  of  sym- 
phonies ever  given  in  San  Francisco  will  be  brought 
to  a  glorious  conclusion  with  the  concert  of  Sun- 
day. April  1st.  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  by  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,  directed  by  Alfred 
Hertz.  The  concluding  concert,  it  should  be  noted, 
will  be  given  at  11  o'clock  in  the  morning,  instead 
of  2:30  in  the  afternoon,  as  is  usual.  The  altogether 
delightful  program  given  on  Friday  will  be  repeated 
in  its  entirety.  The  symphonic  poem  "Tasso,"  which 
represents  Liszt  so  brilliantly,  will  open  the  concert. 
"Tasso"  was  the  second  of  Liszt's  thirteen  sym- 
phonic poems,  and  was  composed  for  the  Goethe 
Centennial  Jubilee,  held  at  Weimar  in  1849.  It  ren- 
ders musically  the  story  of  the  poet  Tasso,  ill-used 
and  misunderstood  in  life,  but  in  death  surrounded 
with  a  halo  of  glory,  whose  rays  were  to  penetrate 
the  hearts  of  his  persecutors. 

Dukas'  whimsical  scherzo,  "The  Sorcerer's  Ap- 
prentice," one  of  the  modern  French  masterpieces, 
will  follow.  The  composition  has  for  its  pictorial 
basis  the  poem  "Der  Zauberlehrling,"  which  was 
written  by  Goethe  in  1796,  and  published  two  years 
later.  The  poem  concerns  itself  with  the  apprentice 
of  a  magician  who,  when  his  master  leaves  the 
house  proceeds  to  experiment  with  the  magic  for- 
mula he  has  heard  the  sorcerer  utter,  and  who  gets 
into^  all  sorts  of  difficulties  thereby.  Beethoven's 
Fifth  Symphony  in  C  Minor,  unquestionably  the 
most  popular  symphony  with  music  lovers  generally 
ever  written,  will  bring  both  the  concert  and  the 
season  to  a  conclusion.  Through  his  truly  wonder- 
ful results  attained  during  the  past  season,  Conduc- 
tor Hertz  has  intrenched  himself  even  more  warmly 
in  the  affections  of  symphony  followers  than  before, 
and  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  now 
represents  to  the  west  what  the  Boston  Symphony 
Orchestra  does  to  the  East. 
*  *  * 

St.  Francis  Hotel  Colonial  Ballroom. — A  concert 
of  unusual  interest  to  San  Francisco  music  lovers 
will  be  that  given  by  Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath, 
the  well  known  soprano,  and  Georg  Kruger,  the  emi- 
nent pianist,  at  the  Colonial  Ballroom  of  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel  on  Thursday  evening,  April  26th. 
Both  of  these  artists  are  well  and  favorably  known 
throughout  California,  and  they  have  many  admirers  in  the 
Bay  cities.  Miss  Heath  and  Mr.  Kruger  have  prepared  a  varied 
and  interesting  program  for  the  occasion,  and  the  pretty  con- 
cert room  of  the  St.  Francis  will  undoubtedly  be  crowded  to 
the  doors. 


Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  has  a  most  at- 
tractive appearance.  Nonette,  "The  Violinist  Who  Sings," 
needs  no  introduction  to  San  Francisco,  for  she  is  an  immense 
favorite  here,  owing  to  her  great  musical  ability  and  to  her 
particularly  fascinating  manner.  Eduardo  and  Elisa  Cansino, 
the_  foremost  dancers  of  Spain,  may  be  said  to  have  inherited 
their  art,  for  their  parents,  grandparents  and  great-grandparents 
were  dancers.  A  special  featue  of  their  performance  will  be 
their  original  and  famous  dance,  "Las  Moritas"  (The  Dance 
of  the  Coquette.)  Ethel  Hopkins  is  known  as  "The  Daughter 
of  Vaudeville,"  from  the  fact  that  her  father,  Col.  J.  D.  Hopkins, 
one  of  vaudeville's  pioneers,  introduced  her  to  this  branch  of 
theatricals  at  an  early  age.  She  will  present  a  delightful  sing- 
ing novelty.  George  Whiting  and  Sadie  Burt  in  new  "Songsay- 
ings;"  Linne's  Classic  Dancers;  Ralph  Locke,  Ida  Stanhope  and 
Company  in  "The  Cure;"  and  Wellington  Cross  and  Lois  Jose- 
phine in  a  new  programme  of  singing  and  dancing  numbers,  will 
be  among  the  contributors  to  the  splendid  vaudeville  bill.  A 
special  feature  will  be  John  Webster,  a  well  graced  actor,  who 
brings  with  him  an  enviable  reputation  from  the  legitimate 
stage,  in  Willard  Mack's  latest  one-act  play,  "A  Double  Ex- 
posure." Mr.  Webster  will  have  the  aid  of  an  excellent  sup- 
porting company. 


Nonette,  The  Violinist  Who  Sings,  at  the  Orpheum  Next  Week 

Columbia. — The  second  and  final  week  of  William  H.  Crane's 
engagement  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  will  commence  with  Mon- 
day night's  performance  of  the  delicious  comedy,  "The  Happy 
Stranger."  Harvey  O'Higgins  and  Harriet  Ford  have  fitted  the 
comedian  with  a  role  surpassing  in  fitness  for  his  portrayal  any- 
thing we  have  seen  him  in  since  he  has  been  coming  to  this  city. 
Mr.  Lazarus  in  this  play  of  romance  and  mystery  is  superbly 
handled  by  Mr.  Crane,  and  he  goes  through  the  four  acts  of  the 
play  with  an  effective  and  artistic  touch.  The  cast  surrounding 
this  favorite  player  is  one  that  is  commendable,  and  the  details 
of  production  are  accurate.  Matinees  will  be  given  on  Wed- 
nesday and  Saturday. 

Henry  Miller  will  again  present  "Daddy  Long  Legs"  before 
San  Francisco  audiences  during  the  week  of  Sunday,  April  8th, 
when  it  is  booked  for  appearance  at  the  Columbia  Theatre. 
Frances  Carson  and  George  Alison  head  the  cast,  which  in- 
cludes members  of  the  Ruth  Chatterton  and  Rene  Kelly  com- 
panies of  last  season.  "Daddy  Long  Legs"  is  now  being  pre- 
sented in  this  country  by  two  organizations :  in  London  by  Rene 
Kelly,  and  in  the  English  provinces  by  a  second  British  com- 
pany. The  Jean  Webster  comedy  will  also  be  presented  this 
spring  in  Australia. 

»  »  * 

Pantages. — "Motor  Madness,"  the  headline  attraction  for 
the  coming  week  at  the  Pantages  Theatre,  starting  Sunday  mati- 
nee, is  a  death  defying  act  performed  upon  flying  trapezes  at- 
tached to  speeding  motor  cycles  racing  upon  a  suspended  cir- 
cular track.  "Motor  Madness"  is  an  act  whose  keynote  is  dar- 
ing, and  whose  title  denotes  the  attendant  life  risks  taken  by 


12 


San  F 


rancisr 


n  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


its  performers.  Other  splendid  numbers  on  the  program  will 
include:  Friend  and  Downing,  in  a  new  line  of  comedy  riot; 
the  American  Opera  Company  in  a  program  made  up  of  selec- 
tions from  famous  operatic  compositions.  Harry  Rose  is  a 
single  entertainer  who  has  met  with  big  success  all  over  the 
time.  Mile.  Amoros  and  Ben  Mulvey  have  a  singing,  talking 
and  acrobatic  dancing  act  Grew,  Pates  and  Company  will  of- 
fer a  delightful  comedietta  called  "Solitaire,"_while  the  Brown- 
ing girls  furnish  class  in  their  piano  and  violin  offering.  "The 
Secret  Kingdom,"  chapter  seven,  will  be  the  screen  attraction. 

#  #  # 

The  New  Casino. — The 
new  Casino,  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Ellis  and  Ma- 
son streets,  will  be  opened 
on  Easter  Sunday,  April  8. 
This  latest  addition  to  San 
Francisco's  playhouses  is 
the  largest  theatre  ever 
built  here,  and  although 
there  are  but  two  floors,  the 
orchestra  and  balcony,  it 
will  have  a  seating  capacity 
of  over  3,000.  Charles  H. 
Brown,  who  has  had  a 
wealth  of  experience  in 
vaudeville  affairs,  through 
his  association  with  the 
Orpheum  and  Hippodrome 
circuits,  is  the  lessee,  and 
his  twenty  year  term  in- 
volves an  aggregate  rental 
of  $1,000,000.  Robert  G. 
Drady,  another  experienced 
and  popular  theatrical  man, 
well  known  through  his 
connection  with  the  Pan- 
tages  circuit,  will  be  the 
manager,  and  the  Casino 
will  be  devoted  to  high-class  vaudeville,  with  eight  new  acts, 
direct  from  Chicago,  every  week,  as  well  as  a  five  reel  photo- 
play, a  news  weekly,  and  a  comedy.  A  large  orchestra  of 
picked  musicians,  under  the  leadership  of  Bert  Ragan,  for  the 
past  five  years  director  of  the  Pantages  Theatre  orchestra,  will 
be  one  of  the  features  of  the  Casino  performances,  which  will 
be  continuous  and  running  through  the  supper  hour.  There  is 
provided  a  commodious  nursery  and  playroom  for  children,  and 
two  parlors  and  retiring  rooms  are  given  over  for  women,  and 
a  big  smoking  room  for  the  men.    Prices  at  the  Casino  will  be 

popular. 

*  *  • 

Forthcoming  Fete  in  Fairyland. — Besides  being  a  veritable 
"Fete  in  Fairyland,"  the  forthcoming  Kiddies'  Ball  at  the  Ex- 
position Auditorium,  Saturday  night,  April  14th,  will  be  a  patri- 
otic expression  befitting  the  stirring  times.  It  will  be  an  his- 
torical and  patriotic  pageant,  and  a  series  of  historical  tableaux 
which  will  serve  to  crystallize  the  sentiment  of  the  evening.  The 
best  available  talent  is  being  secured,  and  the  scheme  will  em- 
brace the  presence  of  soldiery,  bands,  veterans  of  the  Civil  and 
Spanish-American  wars,  and  in  the  finale  a  great  chorus  will  be 
heard  supporting  a  notable  soloist  in  "The  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner." The  proceeds  of  this  ball  are  to  provide  a  fund,  annually 
raised  by  this  unique  organization,  to  give  the  kiddies  of  the 
community  a  great  day.  The  youth  of  the  various  orphanages 
in  this  city,  and  without  reference  to  race  or  creed,  become  for 
a  day  the  honored  guests  of  the  Yachtsmen. 


Charles  H.  Brown,  Lessee  of  the  New  Casino 
Theatre  which  will  open  Easter  Sunday 


THE  CYNIC. 


A  jolly  Roger  is  sometimes  a  short-skirted  affair  with  a  row 
of  hearts  in  her  sash  instead  of  daggers. 

Indifference  to  himself  is  the  one  sin  a  man  never  forgives  in 
a  woman. 

What  a  man  calls  atmosphere  and  a  woman  temperament  is 
spelt  by  the  devil  in  a  much  shorter  way. 

If  love  shuts  a  woman's  eyes  marriage  opens  them. 

Love's  trump  card — the  knave  of  hearts. 

The  quest  of  the  usual  girl  is  the  golden  man. 

The  only  man  who  has  no  use  for  marriage  is  the  married  one. 


A  COWBOY  SONG. 
Come  on,  old  Slowfoot,  sift  along, 

We  got  to  make  Mud  River  to-night. 
Your  ribs  is  lank  and  your  hair  is  long, 

'  But  a  month  on  the  range  '11  put  you  right. 

You're  going  to  wish  for  the  bluestem  hay, 
And  the  buffalo  grass  so  sweet  and  high; 

But  you'll  get  a  home  on  the  Cactus  Range 
If  you  don't  strike  too  much  alkali. 

Good-bye,  good-bye  to  the  Frenchman  Fork, 
To  the  sandbar  mush  they  call  the  Platte ; 

We'll  make  our  home  in  the  sagebrush  hills 
Till  the  devil  puts  a  fence  on  that. 

They  say  that  heaven  is  a  free  range  land — ■ 
Good-bye,  good-bye,  O  fare  you  well — 

But  it's  barbed  wire  for  the  devil's  hat  band, 
And  barbed  wire  blankets  down  in  hell. 

— Edwin  Ford  Piper. 


eoofiGoei 


FOMERLY  EMPRESS 


DIRECTION  SID  GRAUMAN 
MARY      PICK  FORD 


"A     POOR     LITTLE     RICH     GIRL" 

First  Time  Shown  in  San  Francisco 
SECOND  WEEK  BEGINNING  SUNDAY  OTHER  FILM  FEATURES 

HUGE  PIPE  ORGAN  BIG  CONCERT  ORCHESTRA 

Matinees— All   Seats  15c;    Loges  20c.      Evenings  — 15c  and  20c;   Loges  30c. 

CONTINUOUS    PERFORNANCE 

Columbia   Theatre  TheLG-d»frSts. 

Phone  Franklin  l.iO 
SECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK  begins  Monday  night,  April  2d.    Mati- 
nees Wednesday  and  Saturday.     WILLIAM  H.  CRANE  in  the  new 
comedy  success, 

"THE  HAPPY  STRANGER." 
By  Harvey  O'Higgins  and  Harriet  Ford. 
Sunday  night,  April  8th— "DADDY  LONG  LEGS." 

O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 

Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEK  EVERY 
DAY-. 

INCOMPARABLE  VAUDEVILLE. 
NONETTE,  "The  Violinist  Who  Sings;"  EDUARDO  and  BLISA 
CANSINO,  Spain's  Foremost  Dancers;  ETHEL  HOPKINS,  Daugh- 
ter of  Vaudeville;  GEORGE  WHITING  &  SADIE  BURT,  "Song- 
sayings;"  LINNE'S  CLASSIC  DANCERS,  with  Mile.  Una  and  Corps 
de  Ballet;  WELLINGTON  CROSS  &  LOIS  JOSEPHINE,  in  a  Rep- 
ertoire of  Restricted  Song  Numbers;  "THE  CURE."  with  Ralph 
Locke  &  Ida  Stanhope;  JOHN  WEBSTER  &  CO.,  in  Wlllard  Mack's 
latest  one  act  play,  "A  Double  Exposure." 

Evening  prices,  10c.  25c,  50c,  75c  Matinee  prices  (except  Sundays 
and  holidays),  10c,  25c.  50c,     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

Pantages'  Theatre    *******  on***™. 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
FIRST-CLASS    VAUDEVILLE 

MOTOR  MADNESS  "AN  AERIAL  SURPRISE;"  MARGARET  BROWNING^ 
AMOROS  &  MULVEY;  "THE  AMERICAN  OPERA  COMPANY  SEXTETTE;'' 
GREW,  PATER  &  CO.:  HARRY  ROSE;  "THE  SECRET  KINGDOM" 
CHAPTER  SEVEN;"    "FRIEND  AND  DOWNING." 


Orpheum 


WINTEKllfiARDEN 


AMERICA'S  LARGEST  AND  FINEST 

/C  V      T>  T  7V  K    Pr">"  w"t  363 
c  Hi    ms.i  rv  R.  Sm„  and  Pier„  Sls 

GENERAL    ADMISSION    25    CENTS 
GENERAL    SKATING    LESSONS 


Worlds  Championship 

Professional  Hockey 

Mar.  30,  Apr.  2  and  Apr.  4, 1917 
Between  the 

LES  CANADIANS  of  MONTREAL 

And  the 

METROPOLITANS  of  SEATTLE 


$1  Per  Hour  —  Half  Hour  50c. 


LAST    SYMPHONY 
CONCERT 

_    „~„     ,^rI_,    «,    „,    j        -t  CORT  THEATRE 

ORCHESTRA  SUNDAY  MORNING,  April  1 

Alfred  Hertz.  •  -  "-Conductor.  at  11  o'clock  sharp 

PROGRAM;  "Tasso,"  Symphonic  Poem,  Liszt;   "Sorcerer's  Appren- 
tice," Scherzo,  Dukas;  "Symphony  No.  5.  C  Minor,  Beethoven. 
PRICES:  50c,  75c.  $1;  Box  and  loge  seats,  $1.50.     Tickets  at  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Co.'s,  except  concert  day;  at  Cort  Theatre  concert  day 
only. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


Madge — To  save  time,  why  don't  you  wear  your  bathing 

suit  under  your  street  clothes?  Marjorie — How  can  I,  dear?  It 
shows. — yi. 

Barber  (entertaining  his  customer  as  usual) — Your  hair 

is  getting  very  grey.  sir.  Customer — I'm  not  surprised.  Hurry 
up. — Toledo  Blade. 

Gwendolyn — I  don't  believe  Cholly's  ever  done  anything 

to  be  ashamed  of.  Gladys — How  could  he  ?  He's  never  done 
anything  at  all. — Dallas  News. 

The  Missus — What  are  you — a  man  or  a  mouse?    Hubby 

— A  man,  dearie.  Were  I  a  mouse,  I'd  have  you  on  top  of  that 
table  shrieking  for  help. — Puck. 

Teacher — A  nomad  is  a  person  who  moves  about  a  great 

deal — never  remains  long  in  one  place.  Johnny,  name  some 
tribe  of  nomads.    Johnny — Cooks. — Boston  Globe. 

"Hey,  what  did  you  go  and  sell  them  apples   fer?" 

"Ain't  they  fer  sale?"  "No.  Them  was  the  samples  we  take 
out  to  our  automobile  customers." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

Kind  Friend  (to  composer  who  has  just  played  his  newly 

written  revue  masterpiece) — Yes,  I've  always  liked  that  little 
thing.  Now  play  one  of  your  own,  won't  you  ? — London  Opin- 
ion. 

"When  ye're  whipped,"  said  Mr.  Dolan,  "ye  ought  to 

say  ye've  had  enough."  "If  I've  the  strinth  left  to  say  I've  had 
enough,"  replied  Mr.  Rafferty,  "I'm  not  whipped  yet." — Wash- 
ington Star. 

"Never  despair.    Somewhere  beyond  the  clouds  the  sun 

is  shining."  "Yes,  and  somewhere  below  the  sea  there's  solid 
bottom.  But  that  doesn't  help  a  man  when  he  falls  overboard." 
— Baltimore  American. 

"I  hope,'  said  the  advocate  of  moral  uplift,  "that  you  do 

not  castigate  your  children  as  a  means  of  development."  "No, 
ma'am,"  replied  Mrs.  Lapsling,  "I  believe  in  using  the  strap 
when  it's  necessary." — Buffalo  Courier. 

"Steward,  how  long  will  it  be  before  we  reach  port?" 

"About  two  hours,  ma'am."  "Oh,  dear,  I  shall  die  before  then." 
"Very  likely,  ma'am.  But  you'll  be  all  right  again  when  you've 
been  ashore  a  little  while." — Boston  Transcript 

"I  tell  you,"  said  Pat,  "the  ould  frinds  are  the  best,  after 

all,  and,  what's  more,  I  can  prove  it."  "How  are  you  going  to 
prove  it?"  "Where  will  you  find  a  new  frind  that  has  shtud 
by  ye  as  long  as  the  ould  ones  have?" — Answers. 

"I  haven't  been  home  for  two  days.     Got  into  a  poker 

game."  "Your  wife  will  fix  you."  "I  hope  this  note  will  pacify 
her."  "I  haven't  much  confidence  in  notes."  "I  have  in  this 
one.    It  is  a  twenty-dollar  note." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

Friend — What  is  the  first  thing  you  do  when  a  man  presents 
himself  to  you  for  consultation?  Doctor — I  ask  him  if  he  has 
a  car.  Friend — What  do  you  learn  from  that?  Doctor — If 
he  has  one,  I  know  he  is  wealthy — and  if  he  hasn't,  I  know  he 
is  healthy. — Buffalo  Courier. 

"I  found  such  a  wonderful  bargain,"  said  Mrs.  Flatter. 

"What  was  it?"  asked  her  husband,  a  resident  of  Back  Bay. 
"You  know  I  went  down-town  to  buy  a  hat.  Well,  just  as  I  got 
in  the  store,  they  put  up  a  sign,  'All  hats  at  half  price.'  "  "So 
you  only  had  to  spend  half  of  the  money  you  intended."  "Oh, 
no ;  I  bought  two  hats  instead  of  one." — Chicago  Herald. 

The  sympathetic  prison  visitor  went  from  cell  to  cell 

interviewing  the  inmates.  To  one  pentient  looking  individual 
she  put  the  usual  question:  "What  brought  you  here?"  "Bor- 
rowing money,  lady?"  was  the  reply.  "But,  good  gracious!" 
she  exclaimed,  "they  don't  put  people  in  prison  for  borrowing 
money?"  "Not  ordinarily,"  said  the  man,  "but  I  hadto  knock 
3  man  down  three  or  four  times  before  he  would  lend  it  to  me." 
— Exchange. 


HIS  SHARE. 

.Her,  soldier,  home  from    the   WOTS — " 

I  'ave  bought  me  a  bit  o'  ground, 

And  I  think  I'll  rest 
Out  o'  the  sight  and  the  sound 

0'  what  I've  knowed  best. 

"I  'ave  come  to  my  small  estate 

Through  a  many  o'  seas; 
'ave  wrought  wi'  the  weak  and  the  great, 

Forgettin'  my  ease. 

"I  'ave  paid  for  my  own  free'old 

In  coin  o'  worth ; 
I  'ave  striven  wi'  strong  men  and  bold 

For  my  piece  o'  Earth. 

"I  'ave  bought  me  a  bit  o'  ground 

Wi'  blood  and  pain, 
And  I'm  come,  wi'  my  dyin'-wound, 

Back  to  England  again. 

"My  free'old  is  six  feet  long, 

And  may  be  as  deep. 
I've  bought  it,  and  not  for  a  song — 

I  think — I'll  sleep. 

— Kendall  Harrison. 


The   Sunday  evenings  at  Techau  Tavern,   Powell   and 

Eddy  streets,  grow  in  favor,  particularly  among  those  who  wish 
to  entertain  their  friends  at  dinner.  The  entertainment  is 
continuous,  the  atmosphere  refined.  The  La  Lilas  perfume  fav- 
ors, which  are  distributed  to  the  lady  patrons  without  competi- 
tion, every  afternoon,  at  five,  and  during  the  after-theatre  hour, 
are  most  popular.  And  it  makes  a  pretty  souvenir  for  milady's 
dressing  table.  If  one  wants  to  be  certain  of  a  perfect  dinner, 
perfectly  served,  and  of  a  happy  hour  or  two,  one  can  do  no  bet- 
ter than  to  drop  in  at  the  Tavern  any  afternoon  or  evening. 


"Do  you  think  that  the  automobile  will  displace  the 

horse?"  asked  the  conversational  young  woman.  "It  will," 
answered  the  nervous  young  man  as  he  gazed  down  the  road, 
"if  it  ever  hits  him." — Sacred  Heart  Review. 


"Are  you  saving  up  anything  for  a  rainy  day  ?"  asked  the 

thrifty  citizen.  "Yes,"  replied  Mr.  Chuggins.  "In  a  little  while 
I  expect  to  have  enough  to  buy  a  brand  new  top  for  my  auto- 
mobile."— Chicago  Herald. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 

Dr.  R.  T.  Leaner,  Surgeon  Chiropodist,  formerly  of  6  Geary  street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.  Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.  212-214  West- 
hank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St.      Tel.   Kearny   3573. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 

DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


X 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

ARMSTRONG-ROHRER.-Mrs.  Amelia  Armstrong  announces  the  engage- 
ment of  her  daughter,  Miss  Frederica  Armstrong,  to  Karl  G.  Rohrer. 

EOWDEN-BURBANK.-The  engagement  of  Miss  Bethel  Bowden,  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  Bowden,  a  prominent  San  Jose  attorney,  and  D.  W. 
Burbank,  a  San  Francisco  attorney,  has  been  announced. 

CAMPBELL-WOOD.— The  engagement  of  Miss  Ruby  E.  Campbell  and 
Joseph  R.  "Wood  of  Stockton,  has  been  announced. 

GALLAGHER-CLAASSEN.— A  pleasant  announcement  of  the  past  week 
is  that  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Edna  Gallagher,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Roy  Gallagher,  to  Oscar  Claassen  of  Paso  Robles. 

GURNEY-BRECKENFELD.— An  engagement  of  interest  to  Berkeley  so- 
ciety which  was  formally  announced  is  that  of  Miss  Vivian  Gurney  and 
Elmer  Ackley  Breekenfeld, 

MOSHER-CARD.— At  a  tea  given  a  few  days  ago  at  her  home  in  Palo 
Alto,  Miss  Allene  Mosher,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Mosher. 
365  Channing  avenue,  announced  her  engagement  to  Thomas  Card. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  in  May. 

SILSBEE -WRIGHT. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Marie  Silsbee  of  San 
Diego  to  E.  Prescott  Wright  is  announced. 

VALENTINE- BAN  DM  ANN. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Juanita  Valentine, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Valentine  of  New  York,  to  Charles  J. 
Bandmann,  son  of  the  late  Charles  J,  Bandmann  and  Mrs.  Bandmann 
of  this  city,  was  announced  recently. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

NICKEL-BOWLES. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Beatrice  Nickel  and  George 
Bowles  will  be  solemnized  April  17th  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Leroy  Nickel,  on  Laguna  street. 

IRWIN- JOHN  SON. — Miss  Anna  Irwin,  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Bray,  and 
Lloyd  A,  Johnson,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  S.  Johnson,  of  this  city, 
will  be  married  on  April  19th. 

WEEKS-BALL. — Miss  Margaret  Weeks  has  chosen  April  16th  as  the  day 
for  her  marriage  to  Harold  Ball  of  Stockton.  The  ceremony  will  take 
place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  R. 
Weeks. 

WEDDINGS. 

BECKETT-CORBET. — Miss  Leah  Beckett  and  Charles  Corbet  were  mar- 
ried March  20th. 

GROESCH-CARLSON. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Rosalie  Groesch  and  An- 
drew Williams  Carlson  of  Seattle  will  take  place  at  the  Plymouth 
Congregational  Church  on  Wednesday  evening. 

BROWN-HILL. — The  wedding  of  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Brown  and  John  E.  Hill 
occurred  a  few  evenings  ago  at  the  St.  James'  Episcopal  Church,  Cle- 
ment street  and  Sixth  avenue,  the  Rev.  S.  J.  Lee  officiating. 

KRU SI- TAYLOR. — Miss  Maryly  Krusi  became  the  bride  of  Wyman  Tay- 
lor in  Alameda,  March  24th. 

SHARON-DE-GRASSI.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Ruth  Sharon  and  Alberto 
De  Grassi  took  place  March  24th  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
E.  Sharon  in  Piedmont. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BALDWIN. — Mrs.  A.  Stuart  Baldwin  presided  at  luncheon  Thursday  af- 
ternoon. It  will  be  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  Donald  MacDonald  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  who  is  visiting  her  son-in-law  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kenneth  Davis. 

GOODMAN. — Mrs.  Edward  Goodman  will  be  hostess,  April  4th,  of  a  lunch- 
eon in  compliment  to  Miss  Hazel  Jones. 

MARSHALL. — A  luncheon  of  eighteen  covers  was  given  by  Mrs.  George 
Marshall  last  Saturday  afternoon,  at  her  attractive  home  at  Fort 
Mason. 

PILLSBURY. — Mrs.  Horace  Davis  Pillsbury  entertained  Wednesday  at 
luncheon. 

PRATT. — An  enjoyable  affair  of  Monday  was  the  luncheon  at  which  Mrs. 
Orville  Pratt  entertained.     It  took  place  at  the  Francisea  Club. 

YOUNG. — Miss  Polly  Young,  the  charming  daughter  of  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
George  S.  Young,  was  the  inspiration  for  the  luncheon  given  Monday 
By  Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel,  where  the  hostess 
is  staying. 

WORK. — Miss  Madeline  Work  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  luncheon 

given  by  Miss  Blanche  Burbank  at  the  Plaza  Hotel  last  Saturday. 

TEAS. 

JONES. — Miss  Hazel  Jones,  the  fiancee  of  James  Graham,  will  be  the  in- 
centive for  the  delightful  tea  to  be  given  by  Mrs.  O.  N.  Stier  this  af- 
ternoon. 

KENTFIELD. — Miss  Ethel  Kentfteld   and  Mrs.   Edward   Kentfield   enter- 
tained at  an  elaborate  tea  at  the  Palace  Hotel  March  23d,  having  a 
score  or  more  of  their  friends  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Constance  Mar- 
tinon,  who  is  to  marry  Herbert  Kentfield  on  April  2d. 
DINNERS. 

BRIGHAM. — Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  George  C.  Brigham  were  dinner  hosts, 
Thursday  evening.  The  function  was  in  compliment  to  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Richmond  Pearson  Davis. 

CRANE. — Mrs.  Douglas  Crane  has  changed  the  date  of  the  Montmartre 
dinner,  which  she  had  arranged  at  the  Cliff  House  for  March  29th,  to 
March  28th. 

DRUMM. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  S.  Drum  entertained  at  dinner  Tuesday  even- 
ing at  their  Broadway  home. 

HAVENS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Havens  entertained  at  dinner  Friday  even- 
ing a  group  of  their  friends  who  crossed  the  bay  with  them  from  Pied- 
mont to  share  in  the  pleasure  of  the  event.  Its  setting  was  the  Pal- 
ace Hotel. 


MERRILL. — Miss  Frances  Merrill,  the  young  daughter  of  Mrs.  Gilbert 
H.  A.  Rech,  will  have  a  number  of  her  young  friends  with  her  next 
Saturday  evening  at  a  dinner  dance  to  be  given  at  her  mother's  home 
in  Taylor  street. 

SINSHEIMER. — Thirty  guests  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  Sinsheimer  at  dinner  Tuesday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel. 

SUPPERS. 

FRANKLIN. — More  than  a  dozen  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs. 
Walter  Scott  Franklin  at  a  supper  party  given  Thursday  evening, 
following  the  Melba  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  Allies.  The  supper 
took  place  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

DANCES. 

KEEFER. — Honoring  Mr.  and  •  Mrs.  George  Mountford,  Miss  Frances 
Keefer  has  issued  invitations  for  a  dancing  party  to  be  given  at  her 
home  on  Fourth  avenue  on  April  14th. 

MOORE. — An  important  event  of  Easter  week  will  be  the  brilliant  dance 
which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walton  Norwood  Moore  are  planning  for  the  even- 
ing of  April  12th. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

JONES. — Miss  Beatrice  Nickel  and  George  Bowles  were  the  guests  of 
honor  at  a  theatre  party  given  Monday  evening  by  Miss  Helen  Jones. 
The  party  was  followed  by  supper,  with  dancing  to  conclude  the  even- 
ing's pleasure. 

WORK. — Miss  Madeline  Work,  whose  engagement  to  Addison  B.  Burbank 
was  announced  recently,  is  being  entertained  at  a  number  of  affairs 
given   by   her  girl  friends.     Saturday  Miss   Blanche   Burbank,   sister 
of  her  fiance,  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Plaza. 
BRIDGE. 

CALDWELL. — A  group  of  friends  of  Mrs.  Frank  Caldwell  are  looking  for- 
ward to  the  luncheon  and  bridge  at  which  she  will  be  the  hostess  on 
Wednesday  afternoon,  April  4th.  It  will  take  place  at  the  Clift  Hotel, 
where  Mrs.  Caldwell  and  her  attractive  daughter  are  living  during 
Colonel  Caldwell's  sojourn  on  the  Mexican  border. 

DAVIS. — One  of  the  most  delightful  affairs  which  is  scheduled  for  Thurs- 
day afternoon,  April  12th,  is  Mrs.  Richmond  Pearson  Davis's  bridge 
tea. 

HARROLD. — Tuesday  afternoon  Mrs.  Warren  Harrold  was  hostess  at  a 
bridge  party  given  at  her  home  in  Oakland. 

KING. — Friends  of  Mrs.  George  Lyman  King  will  enjoy  luncheon  and 
bridge  on  the  afternoon  of  April  2d. 

LOUKS. — A  coterie  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  William 
Louks  at  a  bridge  tea  Tuesday  afternoon. 

METCALF. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Victor  Metcalf  have  sent  out  cards  for  bridge 
on  the  evening  of  April  11th. 

SMITH. — Invitations  have  been  issued  by  Mrs.  Clarence  M.  Smith  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Okell  for  an  elaborate  bridge  party  to  be  given  on  the 
afternoon  of  April  13th  at  the  Women's  Athletic  Club. 

SNOOK. — Probably  one  of  the  most  feted  of  the  brides-elect  of  the  spring 
season  is  Miss  Ruth  Smith,  whose  wedding  to  Wade  Snook,  the  rising 
young  attorney,  will  be  a  brilliant  church  ceremony  of  May.  Mrs. 
Charles  E.  Snook  complimented  her  son's  fiancee  with  a  large  bridge 
party  on  Friday  afternoon. 

STANDISH. — Mrs.  Frank  Standish  has  sent  out  cards  for  the  afternoon  of 
April  4th,  when  she  will  entertain  at  her  home  in  Claremont.  Bridge 
will  be  the  diversion  for  the  early  part  of  the  afternoon,  and  later 
other  guests  will  come  in  for  tea. 

ARRIVALS. 

DURRELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Durrell  of  Cincinnati,  accompanied 
by  their  daughter,  Miss  Ethel  Durrell,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H. 
Harrison,  arrived  in  San  Francisco  recently,  and  are  guests  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Frank  F.  Chamberlain  at  their  home  in  Belvedere. 

DINKEDSPIEL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Dinkelspiel  and  Miss  Sophie  Din- 
kelspiel,  their  daughter,  are  back  at  their  home  on  Scott  street  after 
an  extended  visit  in  New  -York. 

BERTHEAU. — A  cordial  welcome  was  extended  to  Miss  Jeannette  Ber- 
theau,  who  has  been  visiting  in  the  East  for  the  last  four  months. 

CUDAHY. — The  peninsula  is  rejoicing  in  the  return  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward Cudahy. 

EYRE. — After  a  delightful  visit  in  the  East,  Edward  Eyre,  Jr.,  has  re- 
turned to  San  Francisco. 

EYRE. — Miss  Mary  Eyre,  who  left  San  Francisco  nearly  a  month  ago  for 
New  York,  was  called  back  by  the  serious  illness  of  her  sister,  Mrs. 
George  Pinkhard,  and  will  be  here  indefinitely. 

GALLOIS.— After  a  delightful  visit  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  Chamber- 
lain at  their  home  at  Burlingame,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Gallois  have  re- 
turned to  this  city. 

LATHROP. — Mrs.  Charles  Lathrop,  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Herman  Wid- 
man,  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Hermina  Lathrop,  arrived  from  New 
York.  They  will  pass  the  summer  at  their  home  in  Palo  Alto,  as 
usual. 

ROSSETER. — After  a  six  months'  honeymoon  tour  of  the  Orient,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Rosseter  returned  Friday. 

SCOTT. — Mrs.  J.  Walter  Scott  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Adele  Scott,  re- 
turned from  Honolulu  a  few  days  ago  after  an  enjoyable  sojourn  of 
several  weeks. 

WOODBRIDGE. — Mrs.  Francis  Woodbridge  of  Ann  Arbor  is  visiting  her 
sister,  Mrs.  George  S.  Young,  for  an  indefinite  period.  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Young  and  Miss  Polly  Young,  their  daughter,  are  at  the  Presidio, 
where  they  will  probably  remain  until  June. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


DEPARTURE*. 

!  alrmonl.    Md   Fr-^l 
\V    M   Nultf  Ml)*-l  for  th*  Orient  Tueoday. 

Kin*  Krrrmld  left  thta  wr-*>k  for  *  visit  In 

'     ■     ■ 

rtBLD      Mr    and   Mra     ll.-nry   Ki.-M   and  Mr.  and  Mrs.   JOMpO   <>    Ttobln 

■«*d  a  party  that  left  thin  wall  fa 
JKl.KK  -Mr».  John  K.  J.  lUrn  Rudlxer  and  Mis*  Rodlffar,  who 

arrivt-.i  troCD   Honolulu  on  tho  i.'irviit   Nor  thorn.   ....%.■   tak<-n  ftputmentfl 

at  the  Puttrr. 
Maktin    -Mn    Piter  Martin,  wbo  baa  bean  fMttog  for  aaTaraJ  weeki 

with  bac  mother-in-law,   Mrs.  Kleanor  Martin,  left  Saturday  for  New 

M.  NKK — Mra.  Dun*  and  her  .laughter.  Miss  Claire  McNee.  left 

last  week  for  Southern  California. 

PRATT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orvllle  Pratt  close*,  their  homo  on  California  street 
and  accompanied  by  their  ctaDdron,  left  Thursday  for  their  ranch  in 
N-tHutii  Oilif'Tnla.  They  will  not  return  to  San  Fmneiseo  until  the 
middle  of  June." 

SYMMKrv— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leslie  Symmes  have  returned  to  their  home  at 
Mill  Valley  after  passing  the  winter  in  this  city. 
INTIMATIONS. 

BLOOD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  S.  Pyatt.  socially  prominent  New  Yorkers,  who 
have  been  passing  the  winter  at  Coronado,  arc  now  making  their 
first  visit  to  San  Francisco.  They  are  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
E.    Blood  at  their  country  home   In   Burllngame. 

BERTHOLF.—  Mrs.  Wallace  Bertholf  has  arrived  from  Washington  and 
New  York  to  pass  the  summer  In  California.  Lieut. -Commander  Ber- 
tholf. U.  S.  N..  having  gone  on  sea  duty.  She  Is  in  Los  Angeles  with 
her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Marriner. 

BARBOUR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Barbour  are  leaving  for  their  home  in 
Montreal  early  In  April,  after  passing  the  winter  with  relatives  here. 
While  in  California  they  have  been  extensively  entertained  by  friends. 
Both  are  former  Oaklanders. 

CASSERLY. — Mrs.  John  B.  Casserly  has  gone  on  from  Chicago  to  New 
York,  and  Is  staying  at  the  Hotel  Gotham.  Miss  Cecily  Casserly.  her 
daughter,  will  join  her  there  for  her  Easter  vacation. 

COWDIN. — Concluding  a  month's  stay  at  Coronado,  where  they  went  in 
the  interests  of  polo,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Cheever  Cowdin  have  returned 
to  their  San  Mateo  home.  They  will  be  at  Del  Monte,  where  a  polo 
tournament  opens  to-day.  J.  Cheever  Cowdin  played  at  Coronado  on 
the  Del  Monte  team. 

DURRELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Durrell  and  daughter,  Miss  Ethel, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Harrison,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  are  house 
guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  F.  Chamberlin  of  Belvedere. 

FL'LLfcTR. — Interesting  visitors  to  San  Francisco,  who  will  arrive  here 
about  Easter,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Richard  Fuller.  They  will  be  guests 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Haskett  Derby  at  their  residence  on  Gough 
street. 

GIANNINI. — Amadeo  P.  Giannini,  president  of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  and  Mrs. 
Giannini  of  San  Francisco,  who  have  been  making  an  extensive  tour, 
including  Palm  Beach,  Miami  and  Havana,  have  arrived  at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria in  New  York,   and  will  remain  there  for  several  weeks. 

GOMEZ. — Leaving  New  York  in  April  for  the  Maine  coast,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Victor  Gomez  plan  to  take  one  of  the  Kneisel  cottages,  and  will  join 
the  musical  colony  which  assembles  at  the  popular  resort  for  the 
summer. 

KEENEY. — Mrs.  Charles  Mcintosh  Keeney  leaves  next  week  for  the  East. 
She  will  enjoy  an  extended  stay  in  New  York  as  the  guest  of  her 
daughter  and  son-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Tomlinson,  and  will 
visit  other  relatives  before   returning   to   California. 

KOHL. — Mrs.  C.  Frederick  Kohl,  who  returned  a  week  ago  from  Santa 
Barbara,  where  she  passed  three  weeks  as  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Charles 
Wright,  has  taken  the  McEwen  house  in  Burlingame  for  a  period  of 
two  years. 

MacGAVIN. — Letters  received  by  San  Francisco  relatives  and  friends  of 
Mrs.  Drummond  MacGavin  during  the  week  say  that  she  and  her 
children  will  be  back  in  this  city  before  April  1st. 

MILLER. — Mrs.  Harriet  Peterson  Miller,  who  passed  a  few  months  of  last 
year  in  San  Mateo,  has  decided  to  become  a  permanent  resident  of 
that  colony,  and  has  purchased  the  house  that  was  built  by  the  late 
Paul  Jarboe. 

MURRAY. — A  warm  welcome  awaits  Major-General  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Mur- 
ray, who  will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  about  April  1st,  to  take  up  a 
residence  of  several  months  here.  They  will  reside  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel. 

PETERSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferdinand  Peterson  are  planning  to  return 
to  their  attractive  summer  home  at  Belvedere  about  the  middle  of 
April. 

PHELAN. — Senator  James  D.  Phelan  is  taking  a  brief  vacation  at  White 
Sulphur  Springs.  West  Virginia,  where  he  will  be  joined  by  Miss  Phe- 
lan and  Miss  Gladys  Sullivan. 

SCHWABACHER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Schwabacher  have  taken  the 
Richard  GIrvin  house  at  Atherton. 

WILDER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alvin  Wilder,  whose  wedding  took  place  last 
week,  have  gone  south  on  their  honeymoon,  but  will  return  about  the 
middle  of  April  to  make  their  home  in  Oakland.  They  will  occupy 
the  residence  of  Mrs.  Mary  Wilder. 


HOTEL  WHITCOMB 

AT  CIVIC   CENTER 

The  Most  Discriminating  Will  Be  Attracted   by   In    Location.   Held  by  Its 

Service,  Gratified  by  Its  Moderate  Rates 

NOW    OPEN 

American  and  European  J.  H.  VAN  HORNE,  Manager 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday  Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plate.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

under  the  direction  of 

MRS.    DOUGLAS  CRANE 

The  Smartest  Place  BOBS  BOHEMIAN 

in  Town  ORCHESTRA 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 


At 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 


9  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

9  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Gives    that    snowy    white    complexion 
which    fashion     requires    the    well 

groomed  woman  to  possess. 

— — — — — —  

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and   Day   School   for   Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
l\\l\  BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,   Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 

leqes. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific  Ave.,  San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 

Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 

Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    S 

ECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street 

Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR 

CATALOGUE 

A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 
Sketch  Ins 
Painting 


THE   BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer(Concert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos. Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


J. 

B. 

CROWE 

GLASS    OF    ALL, 

KINDS 

1372-1376  Turk  St.,  at  Fillmore 

Telephone  West  1398 

Tel.    Douglas   4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


UBI^^feTABLE 


"The  Plattsburg  Manual." 

This  text  book  for  Federal  training  camps  was  suggested  by 
the  experience  of  the  authors  as  instructors  at  Plattsburg  last 
year;  but  it  has  been  written  for  every  Federal  training  camp, 
indeed  for  every  group  of  men  doing  intensive  volunteer  mili- 
tary training. 

It  has  been  said  that  many  of  the  "rookies"  at  the  Federal 
training  camps  last  year  and  the  year  before  did  not  get  more 
than  half  benefit  of  the  actual  military  training  because  the 
first  week  or  so  were  given  to  doing  things  they  could  just  as 
easily  have  done  at  home,  such  as  preliminary  setting-up  ex- 
ercises, breaking  marching  shoes,  etc.  Therefore,  the  authors 
have  tried  to  tell  the  prospective  "rookie"  everything  he  needs 
to  do,  not  only  while  he  is  in  camp,  but  before  he  gets  there 
and  after  he  leaves. 

The  concluding  chapters  are  especially  for  those  men  who 
want  to  continue  their  training  with  advanced  work  for  the 
Officer's  Reserve  Corps;  and  the  whole  first  part  of  the  book, 
upon  review  at  home,  should  organize  and  solidify  the  knowl- 
edge gained  at  the  first  camp. 

The  authors,  Lieutenants  O.  O.  Ellis  and  E.  B.  Garey,  are 
both  graduates  of  West  Point.  They  have  both  seen  consider- 
able service  in  the  regular  army,  and  they  have  both  been 
teaching  the  elements  of  soldiering  as  regularly  assigned  mili- 
tary instructors  at  Plattsburg  last  year. 

$2.00  net.    155  illustrations.    The  Century  Co.,  New  York. 

•  *  * 

"The  Red  Rugs  of  Tarsus." 

The  personal  narrative  of  a  young  American  woman's  experi- 
ences during  the  Armenian  massacres  of  Tarsus.  Mrs.  Gibbons 
and  her  husband,  Herbert  Adams  Gibbons,  the  well  known  au- 
thor of  "The  New  Map  of  Europe"  and  other  books,  were 
stationed  as  teacher  missionaries,  during  the  first  year  of  their 
marriage,  at  the  American  school  in  the  birthplace  of  the  apos- 
tle Paul.  In  the  form  of  letters  written  to  her  mother,  the  au- 
thor, Helen  Davenport,  tells  how,  as  an  inexperienced  Ameri- 
can girl  just  out  of  college,  she  adapted  herself  to  her  strange 
and  difficult  surroundings. 

Gradually  her  entertaining  impressions  gave  place  to  pre- 
monitions of  impending  disaster.  Then  the  storm  breaks.  Five 
thousand  terrified  Armenians  take  refuge  in  the  school  enclo- 
sure; the  town  is  in  flames;  the  streets  run  red;  the  fiends  are 
let  loose ;  and  in  the  midst  of  the  cataclysm  Mrs.  Gibbon's  first 
baby  is  born.  What  struggles  she  and  her  husband  go  through 
on  behalf  of  their  Armenian  charges,  and  how,  for  the  baby's 
sake,  they  eventually  escape  to  safety,  makes  a  story  of  tense 
human  appeal,  at  once  heroic,  pathetic  and  dramatic,  which  all 
Americans,  and  especially  all  American  women,  will  want  to 
read. 

$1.25  net.  The  Century  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Gun  Brand." 

This  story,  by  James  B.  Hendryx,  author  of  "The  Promise," 
is  a  strong- tale  of  the  North,  of  the  Slave  River  country,  and 
beyond;  the  fur  post,  the  Mounted,  the  smuggler;  of  love  and 
revenge.  It  is  the  story  of  a  girl  who,  animated  by  a  lofty  pur- 
pose, becomes  the  unwitting  dupe  of  a  shrewd  scoundrel,  who, 
by  cleverly  concealing  his  motives,  turns  that  purpose  to  his 
own  ends  in  his  effort  to  defeat  a  man  who,  misrepresented  to 
the  heroine  as  her  antagonist  in  the  cause  she  has  at  heart,  is 
laboring,  and  with  fuller  knowledge,  for  objects  akin  to  her 
own.  And  thus  it  happens  that  she  begins  by  hating  and  fight- 
ing the  man  who  subconsciously  has  already  made  an  impres- 
sion on  her  heart. 

•  •  • 

Charles  Rann  Kennedy's  New  Play. 

"The  Rib  of  the  Man,"  a  new  play  by  Chas.  Rann  Kennedy, 
is  published  by  Harper  &  Brothers.  Like  the  author's  "The  Ser- 
vant in  the  House,"  "The  Rib  of  the  Man"  is  intended  for  closet 
reading  as  well  as  dramatic  presentation.    Into  it  Mr.  Kennedy 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advntisi-r 


17 


has  put  his  passionate  hope  for  the  betterment  of  the  world  and 
his  vision  of  the  way  this  shall  be  brought  about.  The  scene 
is  set  on  an  island  in  the  Aegean  Sea.  where  ancient  Greek  art 
and  thought  influence  modern  men  and  women.  The  time  is  the 
present,  and  there  is  much  talk  of  the  war.  An  archaeologist, 
his  flirtatious  wife,  her  sister,  who  is  moved  by  great  enthusi- 
asms, a  wounded  army  aviator,  a  scientist,  and  a  Greek  gar- 
dener are  the  characters. 

G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York. 

■  •  • 

The  April  Woman's  Home  Companion. 

Fiction  by  leading  short-story  writers  is  the  chief  feature  of 
the  April  Woman's  Home  Companion.  There  are  also  many 
special  articles  and  interviews  that  are  worth  attention,  notably 
work  by  Arnold  Bennett,  Charlie  Chaplin  and  the  Reverend  Dr. 
Charles  E.  Jefferson,  a  curious  but  interesting  trio.  Among  the 
stories  are  "Re-enter  Sicily  Ann,"  by  Fannie  Heaslip  Lea; 
"Mumps  and  Motors,"  by  Mary  Heaton  Vorse;  "Aunt  Kit's 
Funeral,"  by  Mary  Stewart  Cutting,  and  "Timothy  Mapleton's 

Careers,"  by  Georgia  Wood  Pangborn. 

•  *  * 

"Aurora  the  Magnificent." 

Gertrude  Hall's  new  novel  deals  with  a  wholesome  Cape  Cod 
woman  set  down  among  the  super-sophisticated  Anglo-American 
group  in  Florence,  but  it  is  not  the  slapstick,  Aunt-Maria-in-the- 
City  sort  of  farce  which  that  kernel  of  plot  might  indicate. 
Aurora  is  not  old,  and  she  is  handsome,  and  she  has  a  sense  of 
humor.  She  shocks  the  Anglo-Americans  in  Florence  by  buying 
what  she  likes,  instead  of  what  she  thinks  she  is  expected  to  try 
to  like.  And  the  chief  love-story  has  to  do  with  her  and  Gerald 
Fane,  an  artist. 

Eight  full  pages  of  illustrations  by  Gerald  Leake.    $1.40  net. 

The  Century  Co.,  New  York. 

•  •  • 

Sydney  Coryn  to  Lecture  on  Russia  in  the  War. 

Of  particular  interest  just  at  this  time  is  the  announcement 
that  the  second  lecture  in  the  course  on  "Causes  and  Aspects 
of  the  European  Struggle,"  by  Sidney  Coryn,  will  be  on  "Holy 
Russia."  Mr.  Coryn  will  review  the  great  crises  in  Russian  his- 
tory, will  discuss  the  legacy  of  Peter  the  Great,  the  problem  of 
Russia,  and  the  open  ports,  Constantinople  the  goal.  The  lec- 
ture will  occur  next  Tuesday,  April  3d,  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery, 239  Grant  avenue,  at  three  o'clock. 

•  *  * 

Raemaekers'  War  Cartoons. 

An  exhibition  of  world-famed  war  cartoons  by  Louis  Raemae- 
kers, the  great  Dutch  artist,  will  be  open  to  the  public  in  the 
Paul  Elder  Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue,  from  April  2d  to  April 
7th.  Originals,  artist's  proofs  and  prints  will  be  displayed.  The 
haunting  pathos  of  these  cartoons,  the  biting  satire,  the  power  of 
execution  which  dares  leave  almost  everything  to  the  imagina- 
tion, will  impress  the  beholders  with  irresistible  force.  The 
genius  of  Louis  Raemaekers  has  been  praised  and  fittingly  rec- 
ognized by  both  the  press  and  the  public  of     Europe     and 

America. 

•  •  • 

W.  J.  Aylward,  the  illustrator  and  painter  of  sea  pictures,  in 
an  article  on  "The  Clipper-Ship  and  Her  Seamen,"  in  the  April 
Scribner,  brings  back  memories  of  the  glory  of  the  famous  sail- 
ing ships  that  carried  the  Stars  and  Stripes  into  all  the  ports  of 
the  world.  He  gives  a  very  live  impression  of  the  sailors  and 
vessels  that  once  made  New  York  one  of  the  most  picturesque 
ports  on  salt  water. 

DEAF  PEOPLE 

"FRENCH  ORLENE"  absolutely  cures  Deafness  and  Noises 
ill  the  Head,  no  matter  how  severe  or  longstanding  the  case  may 
be.  Hundreds  of  persons  whose  cases  were  supposed  to  be 
incurable  have  been  permanently  cured  by  this  New  Remedy. 

This  Wonderful  Preparation  goes  direct  to  the  actual  seat  of 
the  trouble,  and  One  Box  is  ample  to  effectually  cure  any  ordi- 
nary case. 

Mrs.  Rowe,  of  Portland-crescent,  Leeds,  says :  "The  'Orlene' 
has  completely  cured  me  after  twelve  years'  suffering."  Many 
other  equally  good  reports.  Try  one  box  to-day.  It  only  costs 
$1  and  there  is  nothing  better  at  any  price.  Address:  "OR- 
LENE" CO.,  10  SOUTHVIEW,  WATLING  ST.,  DARTFORD, 
Kent. 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m„  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Calif ornian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets   and    Berths   Ask   Asents   of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691    Market   Street 


GRAND 

OPENING 

COMMERCIAL 

MOTORS    SHOW 

TUESDAY,  APRIL  3rd 

10   A.    M.   TO    10    P.    M.                                                APRIL  3.    4,    5.    6,  7 
BAND   CONCERTS   AFTERNOON    AND    EVENING 

COAST   ARTILLERY   MILITARY   BAND 

OTHER    FEATURE    ATTRACTIONS 

E.   P.  ANDERSON 


TEL.   PARK  3553 


THE 


Autocar 


COMMERCIAL  CAR 

M.  S.  BULKLEY  &  COMPANY 

Direct   Factory  Branch 
561  Golden  Gate  Ave.     SaniFrancisco,  Cal. 


Hudford  Truck  Attachment 

For  the  Conversion  of  Motor  Cars  Into  Trucks 
INTERNAL  GEAR  AXLE— SHAFT  DRIVE— NO  CHAINS 

CROWN  GARAGE  CO.,  Inc. 

San  Francisco  Distributors 
1650    JACKSON     STREET 

Telephone  Prospect  2777  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


-Sutro  &  Company  were  advised  by  wire  from  Los  An- 


LFjNANCIAV 


That  America  is  now  the  market  place  of  the  world  is 

shown  in  a  comparison  of  our  export  and  import  trade  and  the 
movement  of  gold.  During  the  eight  months  ended  February, 
1917,  the  balance  of  trade  in  our  favor  was  approximately 
$2,500,000,000,  while  the  balance  of  our  gold  imports  over  ex- 
ports was  more  than  $500,000,000.  Exports  for  these  eight 
month  were  $4,080,695,942,  while  for  like  periods  in  1916  and 
1915  the  totals  were  $2,584,682,726  and  $1,634,466,017  respec- 
tively. Imports  for  the  eight  months  were  $1,547,931,578, 
against  $1,291,072,933  in  1916,  and  $1,055,631,627  in  1915.  The 
excess  of  exports  over  imports  in  February  was  $266,946,437, 
against  $2,532,764,364  in  the  eight  months'  period  ended  with 
February.  Gold  imports  totaled  $103,766,495  in  February, 
1917,  while  the  exports  of  gold  for  the  month  were  $22,068,059. 
The  imports  of  gold  for  the  eight  months  ending  February, 
1917,  were  $661,703,840,  as  compared  with  exports  of  $132,- 
174,727,  showing  a  net  balance  of  $529,529,113  imports  of  gold. 


Illuminating  are  the  figures  showing  the  price  range  of 

steel  and  copper  during  the  past  two  years.  In  that  period  cop- 
per metal  has  advanced  from  15  to  39%  cents  a  pound,  while 
the  average  price  of  eight  leading  steel  products  has  risen  from 
$29.54  to  $83.57  per  gross  ton.  As  to  the  cost  of  building  mater- 
ials, the  increase  in  steel  is  severely  felt.  Steel  billets  have 
advanced  from  $19.50,  two  years  ago,  to  $55.  Other  building 
materials — brick,  lime,  cement,  nails,  glass  and  pine,  spruce  and 
hemlock  timber — are  up  40  per  cent.  Added  to  this  is  the  in- 
creased cost  of  labor,  which  varies  according  to  locality,  but  is, 
in  all  cases,  higher. 


R.  P.  Schwerin,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of 

Associated  Oil,  has  announced  that  in  pursuance  of  the  policy 
of  the  company  to  produce,  transport  and  refine  its  own  petrol- 
eum from  its  own  lands,  the  Associated  Oil  Company  has  re- 
cently acquired  all  the  capital  stock  of  the  Casmalia  Syndicate. 
This  means  that  the  Associated  has  secured  1,800  acres  of  the 
very  choicest  land  in  the  Santa  Maria  oil  field  near  Casmalia. 
The  property  is  very  conservatively  valued  at  $2,000,000,  and 
it  is  understood  that  the  price  approximates  that  amount. 


February  proved  a  month  of  superlative  earnings,  on  the 

part  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  System.  The 
gross  operating  revenue  last  month  registered  an  increase  of 
$974,464  over  the  total  for  the  corresponding  month  in  1916. 
The  increase  in  operating  income  last  month  amounted  to  $242,- 
406.  The  gain  in  operating  income  for  the  eight  month  period 
ended  February  28,  1917,  was  $7,350,636  over  the  total  for  the 
same  eight  months  last  year. 


According  to  an   announcement   authorized  by  George 

Kernick,  president  of  the  Spearhead,  the  big  ledge  encountered 
recently,  which  contains  good  values,  is  now  dipping  in  a  north- 
westerly direction,  and  at  right  angles  to  all  ledges  that  made 
early  Goldfield  history.  Almost  simultaneously  with  the  Spear- 
head strike  there  was  opened  on  the  850  foot  level  of  the  Mon- 
arch Pittsburg  a  full  face  of  quartz  in  a  spot  about  1,500  feet 
west  of  any  ore  found  at  this  depth  in  the  Tonopah  District. 


The  National  City  Bank,  the  largest  in  the  country,  re- 
ports a  tremendous  growth  during  recent  months.  The  loans 
and  discounts  of  the  National  City  Bank  now  stand  at  the  un- 
precedented total  of  $406,713,107,  and  the  bank's  total  resources 
now  amount  to  $662,588,942.  According  to  the  report  the  un- 
divided profits  of  the  bank  now  stand  at  $15,035,771,  in  addition 
to  the  surplus  of  $25,000,000. 


Figures   issued  this  week  show  that  there  have  been 

returned  to  American  markets  securities  of  the  par  value  of 
$1,518,519,878,  or  50  per  cent  of  the  $2,704,402,364  held  abroad 
January  31,  1915. 


geles  this  week  that  the  directors  of  the  Union  Oil  Company  had 
met  in  that  city  and  had  awarded  the  present  stockholders  the 
right  to  subscribe,  at  par,  for  10  per  cent  of  their  present  hold- 
ing in  new  stock.  This  is  equivalent  to  a  new  stock  issue  of 
about  $3,500,000.  Action  on  the  cash  dividend  of  Union  Oil  and 
its  subsidiaries  was  postponed  until  next  week. 


Placing  the  resources  of  the  United  States  at  $80,000,- 

000,000,  New  York  claims  $12,000,000,000,  or  15  per  cent,  and, 
knowing  New  York's  habit  in  making  such  computations,  it 
may  be  estimated  that  the  figures  for  the  wealth  of  the  Empire 
State  are  not  underestimated. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 

Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN   RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND   FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF  SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLABYSLAWA  M.  LAND,  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.  R.   CASTAGNETTO.  Deputy  Clerk, 


1866 


OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR 


1917 


LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street        -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY      ECONOMY      DURABILITY 


J.    SPAULDING    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER    CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Relaying  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Djeing 

Oriental    Rugs   Cleaned 

353-357  TEHAMA  STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class  C   Fireproof  Building 

1864-OUR    GOLDEN    ANN  IVERSARY— 1914 


WESTERN  FUEL  CO. 

WHOLESALE      COAL 
430  CALIFORNIA  ST.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD.     EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND    REPAIRED 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


19 


INSURANCE 


H.  Everett  Charlton,  who  has  been  assistant  to  Manager 
Lichtenstein  of  the  Hartford  Occident  and  Indemnity's  Pacific 
Department,  since  its  inception,  has  resigned  in  order  to  become 
associated,  on  April  1st.  with  E.  P.  Gerssler  in  the  insurance 
brokerage  business  at  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Gerssler  was  for- 
merly connected  with  the  Wheeler  Bros,  and  Pierce  local 
agency  of  that  city,  and  was  previously  with  the  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  of  the  Pacific.  Both  gentlemen  have  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance. 

•  •  • 

The  Kehoe  bill,  defining  the  diversion  of  funds  by  insurance 
brokers  or  agents  as  embezzlement,  passed  the  Senate  on  March 
27th,  and  sent  to  the  Assembly.  At  present  the  insurance  com- 
panies have  no  remedy  at  law  for  prosecuting  their  representa- 
tives who  may  misappropriate  funds  belonging  to  companies. 

•  »  * 

David  H.  Stubbs,  assistant  claims  adjuster  for  the  Royal 
Indemnity's  Pacific  department,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
East,  and  will  hereafter  be  attached  to  the  New  York  office. 
He  has  been  extremely  popular  among  the  employees  of  the 
company  here,  and  his  departure  was  commemorated  by  a 
luncheon  and  a  substantial  remembrance  by  his  brother  workers 

in  this  field. 

•  •  * 

J.  C.  McCaughern,  who  succeeds  C.  T.  Manwarring  as  as- 
sistant secretary  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of  the  Paci- 
fic, has  been  connected  with  the  board  since  1905.  He  is  rec- 
ognized as  a  man  of  unusual  ability,  and  his  present  position  is 
regarded  as  in  every  way  deserved.  Mr.  McCaughern  is  a 
graduate  of  Stanford  University,  and  an  all  round  good  man. 
His  brother,  Thomas  McCaughern,  succeeds  to  the  position  of 

secretary  of  District  A. 

•  •  • 

The  only  measure  affecting  insurance  passed  by  the  Wash- 
ington Legislature  during  the  recent  session  is  one  designed  to 
give  the  deputy  insurance  commissioner  the  same  power  and 
authority  as  the  insurance  commissioner.  The  Washington  leg- 
islature adjourned  March  9th. 

•  *  • 

Gerard  Clement  has  been  appointed  a  special  agent  for  the 
Hartford  Fire,  succeeding  C.  H.  Klinefelter  in  the  Pacific  North- 
west. He  will  be  associated  in  this  field  by  Special  Agent  Neil 
Stewart,  with  headquarters  at  Spokane.  Mr.  Clement  has  been 
associated  with  the  Hartford's  city  department  for  the  past 

two  years,  and  was  formerly  with  the  Pacific  Board. 

•  »  * 

David  H.  Parry,  who  has  been  covering  the  mountain  field 
for  the  London  and  Lancashire,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
company's  Northwestern  territory,  formerly  taken  care  of  by 
Henry  A.  Morrison,  who  recently  resigned  to  manage  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Morrison  Map  Co.     Mr.  Parry's  headquarters  will 

be  at  Seattle. 

•  *  * 

It  is  considered  very  doubtful  that  any  of  the  numerous  anti- 
rebate  bills  now  before  the  California  Legislature  will  succeed 
in  getting  through  both  houses.  The  anti-rebate  and  qualifica- 
tion bill,  which  has  been  backed  by  the  life  insurance  men,  has 
been  passed  by  the  Assembly,  but  is  expected  to  meet  with  op- 
position from  the  Senate. 

•  *  * 

Walter  C.  Palmer  and  Alfred  Mathews,  Sr.,_have  been  ap- 
pointed assistant  general  agents  for  the  Provident  Life  and 
Trust  in  Northern  California,  under  Vail  &  Eldridge,  general 
agents.    Both  men  have  been  leading  producers  in  the  agency. 

•  •  * 

The  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  has  appointed  A.  F. 

Boles  manager  of  the  Los  Angeles  agency. 

•  *  » 

The  National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  the  Southwest  has 
secured  its  $100,000  cash  capital,  and  is  ready  for  business. 
The  home  of  the  National  is  at  Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  and  is 
backed  by  many  of  the  solid  business  men  of  New  Mexico. 

•  •  * 

The  Connecticut  Legislature  has  authorized  the  Hartford 
Accident  and  Indemnity  to  insure  banks  and  other  financial  in- 
stitutions under  special  fidelity  coverage. 


J.  B.  Levison,  recently  elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  Fire- 
man's Fund  to  take  office  on  April  1st,  is  a  native  Californian, 
and  has  lived  here  since  1875.  He  has  been  ci 
in  the  business  of  insurance  since  1878,  and  has  been  with  the 
Fireman's  Fund  since  the  year  1890.  He  is  very  popular  with 
all  classes,  and  his  election  is  expected  to  materially  strengthen 
the  company. 

•  •  • 

The  name  of  the  General  Casualty  and  Surety,  which  has 
been  in  process  of  organization  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  will  hereafter 
be  known  as  the  Manufacturers  and  Traders  Casualty  and 
Surety  Company.  At  a  recent  stockholders  meeting  it  was  de- 
cided to  make  both  the  capital  and  surplus  of  the  new  com- 
pany $500,000. 


"THE  COMPANIES  OF  PERSONAL  SERVICE" 

FIRE,  EARTHQUAKE,  AUTOMOBILE,  IMQI   I  D  A  M  P  C 

FIDELITY    AND    SURETY    BOND  I  INoU  IxMIN  L/L. 

LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  LTD. 

OF   LIVERPOOL,    ENGLAND 
Incorporated  1861 

Total   Available  Assets $34,836,748.28 

Assets  In  United  States 5,386,826.09 

ORIENT  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF  HARTFORD,  CONN. 

Incorporated   1867 

Assets -  -       -       -        $4,030,146.21 

LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  INDEMNITY  COMPANY 

OF    AMERICA 

Organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York.  Inc.  Jan.  1915 

Assets -  -  $2,844,045.21 

PACIFIC    COAST    DEPARTMENT 
332    PINE    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO 

SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager 

Geo.  Ormond  Smith,  Agency  Superintendent  Wm.  B.  Hopkins,  Local  Secretary 

WM.  M.   KLINGER,  General  Agent,  AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

R.  F.  Bennett,  Resident  Secretary  Fidelity  and  Surety  Department 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF    HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC    DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 


Capital  $1,500,000 


Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1863 


Cash  Capital,   $6,000,0U0 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
(Ire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 

Rooms  510-512  Phone  Sutter  6818 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  In  the  City 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


SECT/ON 


"With    a   Mad    March    Hare   at    Saratoga   Blossom 
Festival  by  Our  Own  Harry  Leon  Wilson" 

By  E.  H.  Barnum,  of  The  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Company 


Photos  by  Arthur  Spaulding  Company 


I  am  from  Boston.  Possibly  you  may 
have  suspected  as  much.  So  did  the  taxi 
driver  when  I  landed  the  other  evening 
at  your  little  railway  station  at  Third  and 
Townsend  streets,  with  my  fur  cap,  my 
ear  muffs,  my  tortoise  shell  goggles,  my 
leather  covered  volume  of  select  essays 
from  Emerson,  my  portmanteau,  my  go- 
loshes. 

"I  say,  old  top,"  I  accosted  him,  "can 
you  direct  me  to  a  first-class  restaurant 
where  I  can  get  some  home-cooked  baked 
beans  and  brown  bread?" 

"You're  from  Boston,"  he  said,  staring 
at  my  ear-muffs,  my  goggles,  my  arctics. 
You  know,  March  weather  with  us  is 
rather  rough. 

"Yes,  I  am  from  Boston,"  I  admitted 
proudly. 

"I  thought  so,"  he    replied,    laughing 


loudly.  "If  mother  could  only  see  you 
now." 

I  had  been  warned  about  your  won- 
derful San  Francisco  hospitality,  but 
I  was  not  prepared  to  receive  an  in- 
vitation to  visit  the  first  chauffeur's 
mother  that  I  met,  and  I  told  the  fellow 
as  much,  at  which  he  continued  to  laugh 
uproariously.  I.  suspect  he  was  spoofing 
me,  particularly  as  he  confided  that  he 
was  from  the  East  himself,  Salt  Lake 
City! 

I  had  been  told  before  leaving  Boston 
that  I  would  find  it  spring-time  out  here. 
With  us  in  Boston,  March  is  one  of  our 
coldest  and  most  disagreeable  months. 
The  rigors  of  a  New  England  winter  do 
not  give  way  to  the  sweet  zephyrs  of 
spring  until  well  along  into  the  middle  of 
May.  I  could  not  convince  myself,  there- 


Mr.  and   Mrs.  L.  G.   Rowell  and  guests  in  their  White    Sixteen    Valve    "Four"    Seven    Passenger 
Goodnch-shod   Touring    Car. 


fore,  that  I  would  not  need  my  arctics,  my 
fur  cap,  my  ear  muffs,  my  fur-lined 
gloves,  my  muffler  and  my  chest  protec- 
tor, as  I  sauntered  out  for  a  stroll  the  fol- 
lowing morning. 

I  was  painfully  surprised  at  the  ab- 
sence of  ice  on  the  sidewalks,  which 
seemed  to  me  most  unseasonable !  I  had 
not  noticed  any  other  evidences  of  spring, 
however,  for  I  noted  that  you  had  a  cold, 
invigorating  sea  breeze  like  our  own  be- 
loved Boston  east  winds.  I  had  noticed 
however,  that  in  Union  Square  your  grass 
was  already  green,  and  you  also  have 
some  of  the  strange  wild  palms  which  we 
only  find  in  our  most  exclusive  conser- 
vatories! I  must  say  that  this  extraor- 
dinary foliage  at  such  an  unseasonable 
time  of  the  year  as  March  struck  me  as 
being  somewhat  unnatural  and  exotic, 
and  was  informed  by  one  of  your  accom- 
modating hotel  clerks  that  this  unusual 
condition  in  Union  Square  was  due  to 
the  fact  of  your  very  wonderful  fogs, 
which  during  the  day  time  act  as  a  sort 
of  burning  glass,  and  during  the  night 
condensed  into  a  thick  blanket  over  your 
foliage  so  that  the  frost  cannot  penetrate 
this.  I  must  write  Professor  Lowell  of 
Harvard  of  this  extraordinary  phenome- 
non. 

Before  leaving  Boston  I  called  on  an 
acquaintance  of  mine  who  is  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  and  ad- 
vised him  that  while  I  was  going  to  the 
"Wild  and  Wooly  West"  I  still  wished  to 
keep  in  touch  with  what  literary  life  there 
might  be  in  San  Francisco,  where  I  un- 
derstood there  were  two  or  three  maga- 
zines published,  of  a  sort. 

My  friend  gave  me  a  letter  of  intro- 
duction to  Capt.  Fred  Marriott  of  the 
San  Francisco  News  Letter.  The  Cap- 
tain greeted  me  with  unusual  cordiality, 
and  seemed  quite  overcome  with  emotion 
when  I  told  him,  as  I  was  removing  my 
ear  laps,  my  muffler  and  my  fur-lined 
gloves,  that  I  had  had  several  poems  pub- 
lished in  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  and  an 
inconsequential  essay  or  two.  Again  I 
met  with  an  illustration  of  your  extraor- 
dinary San  Francisco  hospitality,  for 
when  he  had  recovered  from  his  emotion 
he  said: 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


Mrs.    L.   G.    Rowell,  seated,    Mrs.    H.   O.   Alexander,  gathering  choice  blossoms  from  the  tonneau  of   their   White   car. 


"If  father  could  only  see  you." 

It  seemed,  however,  that  father  was 
indisposed,  but  sister  was  available,  and 
I  was  introduced  to  Mrs.  Bacon,  who  also 
seemed  to  be  overcome  with  emotion  on 
meeting  a  visitor  from  Boston,  which  has 
been  so  happily  referred  to  as  the  "Ath- 
ens of  America."  She  remarked  wonder- 
ingly  at  my  arctics,  my  ear  muffs,  my  fur- 
lined  gloves,  about  which  both  she  and 
her  brother  seemed  to  show  a  childish 
interest,  and  laughed  immoderately  at  my 
every  word  regarding  the  rigors  of  our 
New  England  weather. 

I  explained  to  Capt.  Marriott  that  al- 
though I  had  read  in  certain  books  on 
California  that  the  grass  was  green  even 
in  March  in  the  more  secluded  valleys, 
and  that  this  was  a  land  of  eternal  spring 
and  sunshine,  that  I  did  not  feel  that  this 
could  be  literally  true,  but  rather  a  poetic 
flight  of  fancy  on  the  part  of  the  writer, 
for  with  us  there  is  snow  and  ice  as  yet 
on  Boston  Common,  and  the  trees  are 
devoid  of  foliage.  In  fact,  I  explained 
to  him  that  ear  muffs  and  fur-lined  gloves 
would  be  comfortable  in  Boston  for  some 
weeks  to  come. 

"Oh,  man,  man,  what  a  treat  I  have  in 


store  for  you!"  laughed  Capt.  Marriott. 
"Forget  Boston.  Massachusetts  would 
still  be  a  barren  wilderness  if  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  had  only  landed  in  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  instead  of  on  Plymouth  Rock. 
It's  blossom  time  in  the  Santa  Clara  Val- 
ley, and  to-morrow  is  our  annual  blossom 
festival  at  Saratoga.  I  will  have  a 
friend  of  mine,  G.  A.  Urquhart,  Pacific 
Coast  Manager  of  the  White  Company, 
get  up  a  party  for  you,  and  take  you  down 
in  one  of  his  new  seven  passenger,  White 
sixteen  valve,  Fours." 

Of  course,  I  was  shocked  beyond  mea- 
sure at  Capt.  Marriott's  unseemly  ref- 
erence to  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  and  my  own 
native  State,  for  to  me  there  is  something 
sublime  though  austere  in  the  rigors  of 
our  New  England  winters.  However,  I 
was  pleasantly  surprised  to  note  that  you 
have  White  cars  out  here  the  same  as  we 
have  in  dear  old  Boston.  I  agreed  to  take 
this  auto  trip  to  Saratoga,  although  it 
seemed  to  me  that  an  auto  trip  of  some 
one  hundred  miles  in  March  weather 
might  lead  to  a  touch  of  influenza.  In 
Boston  we  would  consider  such  a  trip 
rather  in  the  nature  of  a  hardship  than  as 
a  holiday  occasion. 


Mr.  Urquhart  also  seemed  overcome 
with  emotion  on  meeting  me,  as  he  gazed 
lovingly  on  my  ear  muffs.  I  understood 
his  emotion  when  he  confided  to  me  he 
also  was  from  the  East,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Of  course  to  us  in  Boston  who  are  the  real 
East,  everything  west  of  Lennox,  Mass., 
is  not  the  East.  However,  I  realized  that 
Mr.  Urquhart  was  simply  trying  to  make 
me  feel  at  home,  and  did  not  like  to  hurt 
his  feelings  by  reminding  him  that  to  us 
in  Boston,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  was  part  of 
the  Middle  West. 

Mr.  Urquhart  could  not  go  with  me 
Saturday  to  Saratoga,  himself,  but  he  in- 
troduced me  to  the  Pacific  Coast  Adver- 
tising Manager,  L.  G.  Rowell,  whom  he 
described  as  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden 
West.  Mr.  Rowell  informed  me  that  he 
and  Mr.  H.  0.  Alexander,  Manager  of 
Tire  Sales  for  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber 
Company,  had  already  planned  a  trip  for 
the  morrow  to  Saratoga,  and  would  I  join 
their  party? 

I  would,  and  did,  bringing  with  me  my 
fur  cap,  fur-lined  gloves,  my  galoshes,  al- 
though I  had  been  assured  that  I  would 
not  find  any  need  of  these.  But  with  us 
who  have  become  accustomed  to  the  va- 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


A   sleeping    porch    in    the   orchard   of  the 


garies  and  fitful  changes  of  our  New 
England  climate,  "Safety  First"  becomes 
a  part  of  our  nature,  and  I  joined  the 
party  at  the  Ferry  Building  Saturday 
morning  fully  prepared  for  the  worst.  We 
crossed  the  Ferry  to  Oakland,  and  your 
Bay  compares  favorably  with  our  own 
Boston  Harbor,  although  your  water  is 
not  as  clear  as  ours,  but  you  have  the 
same  invigorating  sea  breeze  that  we  do. 
I  missed,  however,  the  cakes  of  ice  float- 
ing about,  which  is  so  common  with  us 
at  this  season  of  the  year. 

On  reaching  the  city  of  Oakland, 
we  followed  the  Foothill  Boulevard 
out  of  the  city  toward  San  Jose,  and 
I  must  say  that  the  roads  compare  favor- 
ably with  our  own,  only  of  course  I  missed 
a  good  deal  of  the  mud,  snow  and  ice 
which  is  so  familiar  a  part  of  our  winter 
landscape  in  Boston.  I  must  confess  that 
I  was  astonished  to  find  your  season  so 
far  advanced.  It  was  only  by  consulting 
the  pocket  almanac  that  I  always  carry 
that  I  could  convince  myself  that  this  was 
really  the  latter  part  of  March,  and  not 
the  middle  of  May.  It  seemed  to  me  that 
I  must  be  dreaming.  There  was  some- 
thing unnatural  and  unreal  about  it  all. 
The  grass  on  Boston  Common  will  not 
turn  green  for  some  four  weeks  yet,  and 
with  us  blossoms  at  this  time  of  the  year 
are  unheard  of,  except  in  our  conserva- 
tories. 

I  asked  Mr.  Rowell  if  it  were  true 
about  your  fogs  acting  as  a  burning 
glass  out  here  during  the  day  and  as  a 
thick  blanket  by  night,  and  both  he  and 
Mr.  Alexander  seemed  quite  overcome  by 


Ranch,   owned   by    Mrs.    Russell    H.   Cool, 


surprise  that  I  was  not  aware  of  this  ex- 
traordinary phenomenon  here,  and  the 
ladies  laughed  uproariously  at  what  they 
called  my  "tenderfoot"  ignorance. 

But  this  only  shows  that  I  made  a  great 
hit,  not  only  with  the  gentlemen,  but  with 
the  ladies  as  well.  Mrs.  Rowell,  who  con- 
fided to  me  with  some  pride  that  she  is 
a  Native  Daughter  of  the  Golden  West, 
at  first  seemed  to  regard  me  with  suspi- 
cion and  with  a  certain  aloofness.  How- 
ever, she  warmed  toward  me  in  a  very 
short  time,  and  both  she  and  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander seemed  to  laugh  uproariously  at 
my  every  word,  and  took  unusual  interest 


in  my  fur  cap,  ear  muffs  and  even  my 
arctics. 

We  were  accompanied  on  our  trip  by  a 
photographer,  a  very  extraordinary  per- 
son by  the  name  of  Arthur  Spaulding, 
who  took  the  pictures  with  which 
this  article  is  illustrated.  He  claimed  to 
have  hailed  originally  from  Brookline, 
Mass.,  a  statement  which  I  might  have 
doubted  (for  he  seemed  to  have  none  of 
the  literary  attainments  which  one  would 
expect  from  a  citizen  of  Massachusetts), 
had  it  not  been  for  his  inordinate  love 
for  rhubarb  pie,  three  huge  ones  of  which 
he  consumed  during  the  day's  trip. 

As  we  passed  through  the  beautiful  lit- 
tle hamlet  of  Haywards,  Mr.  Alexander 
asked  me  how  I  would  like  a  little  "shot 
in  the  arm."  I  inferred  at  once  that  he 
referred  to  a  hypodermic  of  morphia  in 
some  form,  due,  no  doubt,  to  the  Chinese 
invasion  of  your  shores.  I  replied  (some- 
what stiffly,  I  admit) ,  that  I  was  not  ad- 
dicted to  the  use  of  drugs  in  any  form. 
Neither  did  I  indulge  in  intoxicating  bev- 
erages. Both  Messrs.  Alexander  and 
Rowell  hastened  to  assure  me  that  a  "shot 
in  the  arm"  was  merely  synonymous  to 
taking  a  little  "jolt,"  and  that  they  them- 
selves occasionally  took  a  "jolt"  on  a  trip 
of  this  kind  in  order  to  let  people  know 
they  were  alive. 

Although  I  was  very  much  relieved  to 
find  that  a  "shot  in  the  arm"  had  nothing 
to  do  with  habit  forming  drugs,  I  blush- 
ingly  explained  that  I  was  not  familiar 
with  the  word  "jolt"  either.  By  this  time 
the  whole  party  was  in  gales  of  laughter, 
and  I  suspected  that  they  were  spoofing 
me.  The  gentlemen  of  the  party  stated 
that    a    "shot    in    the    arm"    was    sim- 


A  typical    Blossom    Time   crossroads   at   Saratoga. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


23 


ply  a  little  "medicine"  or  "bug  juice," 
with  which  all  true  Sons  of  the  Golden 
West  occasionally  refreshed  themselves. 
It  was  nothing  intoxicating,  they  laughed, 
but  simply  something  in  the  nature 
of  a  "spring  tonic."  Stopping  the 
car  they  led  me  inside  the  Castro  Villa 
Inn.  where  they  proceeded  to  introduce 
me  to  your  native  drink,  Napa  Soda.  At 
least  a  dozen  times  during  the  trip  we 
stopped  at  different  resorts  for  some  of 
this  fluid,  and  I  must  confess  before  the 
day  was  over  I  felt  quite  water-logged. 
Of  course  I  did  not  wish  to  hurt  my  hosts' 
feelings,  but  I  myself  prefer  the  vichy 
water  as  served  in  our  best  Boston  hostel- 
ries. 

Although  I  cannot  admit  that  the  cli- 
mate in  the  Santa  Clara  Valley  is  as 
healthful  as  our  own  New  England  wea- 
ther. I  must  say  that  I  was  charmed  with 
the  wonders  of  your  landscape.  The  won- 
derful shades  of  green,  the  blossoming 
fruit  trees,  the  clear  blue  sky,  and  the 
wa:m  sunshine  could  not  but  appeal  to 
even  a  less  sensitive  nature  than  mine. 
If  it  had  not  been  for  a  cold  wind  from 
the  bay,  which  reminded  me  of  our  East 
winds  in  dear  old  Boston,  I  could  easily 
have  imagined  myself  in  paradise. 

Every  one  in  the  party  apologized  for 
the  fact  that  there  were  not  more  blos- 
soms in  the  valley,  but  to  me  the  scene 
was  rare  beyond  description.  Each  turn 
of  the  road  seemed  to  bring  us  views 
more  wonderful  than  the  last.  I  can  well 
understand  how  impossible  it  would  be 
for  any  one  born  to  this  climate  to  with- 
stand the  rigors  of  our  New  England  win- 
ters, no  matter  how  much  more  healthful 
our  winters  might  be.  I  don't  know  the 
names  of  all  the  towns  through  which 
we  passed — San  Leandro,  Haywards, 
Mission  San  Jose,  Niles,  San  Jose  and  fin- 
ally Saratoga,  which  reminded  me  favor- 
ably of  "Manchester-By-The-Sea"  in 
June,  only  Saratoga  has  no  sea.  Even  in 
Saratoga  the  blooms  were  not  any  too 
abundant  in  the  orchards  until  we  took  a 
by-path  climbing  the  hill,  and  came  to 
Dotswood,  a  ranch  owned  by  Mrs.  Russell 
H.  Cool.  Here  I  had  another  illustration 
of  your  wonderful  California  hospitality, 
for  although  every  one  of  us  were  entire 
strangers  to  Mrs.  Cool,  she  welcomed  us 
like  old  friends,  and  extended  us  the 
freedom  of  her  grounds.  Her  ranch  was 
like  meeting  with  a  little  paradise  within 
a  paradise.  Her  orchard,  protected  from 
the  cold  winds  by  the  hills  on  either  side, 
was  in  radiant  bloom,  and  made  the  ac- 
companying illustrations  possible. 

There  is  not  much  more  to  be  said, 
other  than  I  have  seen  your  Blossom  Time 
in  the  Santa  Clara  Valley,  and  found  it 
good.  Next  to  Boston  Common  and  our 
New  England  climate,  I  think  you  have 


Riding  through  White  Blossoms  in  a  White  car  on  Silvertown  Cords. 


the  most  wonderful  country  in  the  world. 
It  is  barely  possible  that  I  may  spend 
several  months  here,  and  if  so,  I  have 
promised  both  my  friends  Rowell  and  Al- 
exander that  I  will  purchase  a  White,  Six- 
teen Valve  "Four,"  Seven  Passenger 
Touring  Car  equipped  with  Goodrich 
Silvertown  Cords  (both  of  these  gentle- 
men, I  understand,  are  Scotch,  and  com- 
bined business  with  pleasure  during  the 
day's  outing.)  I  can  well  imagine  that 
life  out  here,  in  your  wonderful  country 
and  with  your  wonderful  roads,  would  be 
only  half  lived  without  an  automobile. 

5     o-    b- 

EDITOR  PAYS   UNIQUE 

TRIBUTE   TO  MOTOR  CAR. 

The  automobile  has  accomplished  a 
wonderful  work  in  bringing  the  world 
closer  together.  With  an  automobile  the 
busy  business  man  multiplies  himself. 
With  it  the  heads  of  great  businesses  can 
get  together  oftener  and  greater  efficiency 
is  brought  about.  The  salesman  visits 
his  customers  oftener.    Public  utility  em- 


ployees do  their  repair  and  trouble  work 
quicker  with  an  automobile.  Every 
branch  of  business  and  every  profession 
is  more  or  less  affected  by  the  automo- 
bile, and  then  when  we  are  through  with 
work  the  automobile  takes  its  place  in 
our  pleasures. 

We  go  to  the  golf  and  tennis  grounds 
in  a  hurry  while  it  is  yet  light,  and  we 
can  stay  until  the  last  moment.  We 
drive  out  into  the  country  and  into  the 
ozone  charged  air.  The  automobile  is 
an  emissary  and  the  carrier  of  health,  of 
wealth  and  of  happiness.  It  brings  more 
fun  into  a  man's  life,  and  more  pleasure 
into  that  of  a  woman's,  and  it  increases 
the  earning  capacity  and  efficiency  of  the 
whole  world. 

CT       O-      S 

GOVERNMENT  RESTORES 

FIRE  FALL   TO  YOSEMITE. 

Glad  news  is  being  flashed  from  the 
wonderland  of  Yosemite  Valley  to  the 
California  motorist  and  the  lover  of  the 
great  out  doors. 

The  heaviest  snowfall  in  years  blan- 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


kets  the  valley  and  is  the  best  kind  of 
assurance  to  the  summer  pleasure  seek- 
ers that  the  Valley  this  season  will  have 
a  more  beautiful  display  of  waterfalls 
than  ever  before,  and  that  the  water  in 
the  falls  will  be  heavy  until  late  in  the 
autumn. 

A  report  from  the  Secretary  of  the  In- 
terior received  here  recently  by  David 
A.  Curry,  the  Stentor  of  Yosemite,  con- 
taining the  announcement  of  the  govern- 
ment's intention  to  restore  the  firefall  is 
pleasing  news  to  him,  for  he  has  been 
using  every  possible  means  to  influence 
officials  to  restore  the  firefall  since  its 
discontinuance  several  years  ago. 

One  of  the  most  magnificent  sights 
ever  seen,  the  firefall  was  annually  one 
of  the  many  attractions  that  led  the  lover 
of  the  open  country  into  the  Yosemite 
Valley. 

Old  Yosemite  lovers  will  remember 
the  firefall,  the  huge  fire  built  on  Glacier 
Point,  which,  when  at  its  height,  was 
pushed  over  the  ledge,  falling  like  a  flam- 
ing comet  to  the  valley  a  mile  below. 

The  government  has  granted  a  renewal 
of  the  Camp  Curry  lease  for  five  years, 
and  according  to  Curry,  has  great  things 
in  store  for  Yosemite.  Curry,  who  has 
just  completed  a  tour  of  the  State,  lec- 
turing on  the  beauties  of  Yosemite,  when 
interviewed  here  was  enthusiastic  over 
the  action  of  the  Department  of  the  In- 
terior. 

?r    ■&    ?r 

BIG   MANUFACTURING  PLANTS 
OF  NEWCASTLE  ESCAPE  CYCLONE 

The  terrible  cyclone  which  struck  New- 
castle, Ind.,  on  Sunday,  March  11th,  de- 
stroying 500  houses  and  killing  close  to 
25  people,  is  still  causing  much  suffer- 
ing. 

The  mammoth  manufacturing  and  ser- 
vice plants  of  the  city  were  fortunate  in 
escaping  all  injury.  Shipments  were  re- 
sumed the  day  following  the  cyclone,  and 
business  is  now  going  on  as  usual. 

The  devastated  sections  are  under  mar- 
tial law,  and  systematic  reclamation  work 
is  being  carried  on  so  rapidly  that  gen- 
eral conditions  are  now  vastly  improved. 
Other  large  manufacturing  institutions 
that  were  shut  down  for  a  few  days  have 
already  re-opened,  and  things  are  once 
more   assuming  a  normal  aspect. 

?  ■&-   S 
WHEELS  SET  IN  MOTION  FOR 
AUTO  RACES  AT  INDIANAPOLIS. 

With  the  forwarding  of  entry  blanks 
and  the  final  disposal  of  all  controversies 
with  the  Indianapolis  Hotel  Keepers'  As- 
sociation, officials  of  the  Indianapolis  Mo- 
tor Speedway  have  begun  active  prepara- 
tions for  running  the  500-mile  automobile 
racing  classic  over  the  historic   Indian- 


apolis Speedway,  on  May  30th,  for  a 
purse  of  $50,000,  one  of  the  largest 
purses  ever  offered  for  an  automobile 
race. 

Public  demand  and  the  great  popular- 
ity of  the  500  mile  race  caused  the  Hoos- 
ier  Speedway  officials  to  revive  the  race 
after  having  replaced  it  with  a  300  mile 
event  last  year.  T.  E.  Myers,  general 
manager  of  the  Indianapolis  track,  and 
the  men  on  whom  the  duties  of  arranging 
preliminary  details  fall,  said  recently  that 
there  was  nothing  to  prevent  the  annual 
running  of  the  world's  greatest  auto 
event,  and  he  predicted  that  this  year's 
race  would  go  down  in  history  as  the 
greatest  auto  derby  ever  run. 

That  the  field  of  starters  for  the  long 
grind  will  include  the  flower  of  European 
racing  was  assured  early  in  the  week 
when  despatches  from  the  English  Sun- 
beam factory  carried  the  information  that 
Louis  Coatalen,  chief  engineer  of  the 
Sunbeam  Motor  Comp*any,  had  accepted 
the  proposition  submitted  by  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  American  speed- 
way Association,  which  met  in  Indian- 
apolis recently,  and  would  send  two  cars 
to  America.  Just  what  this  offer  was, 
members  of  the  executive  committee  re- 
fused to  say,  but  it  is  known  that  a  sub- 
stantial financial  inducement  to  defray 
traveling  expenses  was  made.  It  is  be- 
lieved that  Eddie  Rickenbacher,  recently 
returned  from  Europe,  will  pilot  one  of 
the  cars. 

■&    ^    ^ 

COMING   TRUCK  SHOW  MEETING 
WIDE-SPREAD  INTEREST. 

Applications  for  space  and  inquiries 
regarding  the  motor  truck  show,  which  is 
to  be  held  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium, 
April  3  to  7,  are  being  received  from  all 
parts  of  the  country,  and  considerable 
enthusiasm  and  interest  are  being  shown 
in  regard  to  it. 

Assured  of  the  success  of  the  show, 
Manager  Ivan  R.  Gates  is  sparing  no  ex- 
pense in  securing  suitable  entertainment, 
and  has  planned  a  series  of  demonstra- 
tions, contests  and  exhibitions  which  are 
in  keeping  with  the  show. 

The  Coast  Artillery  Band,  of  which 
Harry  C.  Payson  is  conductor,  has  been 
engaged  to  give  a  series  of  concerts  each 
day.  This  band  is  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar in  the  West,  and  was  the  first  one  en- 
gaged at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition, 
where  it  played  a  long  engagement  in  the 
Court  of  the  Four  Seasons, 
^r    ^    ■&" 

GOVERNMENT  ENDORSES 

CONVICT  HIGHWAY  LABOR. 

More  prisoners  will  be  worked  on  the 
roads  of  the  country  this  year  than  ever 
before.    Impetus  has  been  given  to  the 


movement  for  convict  work  through  the 
publication  by  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  of  a  bulletin, 
"Convict  Labor  for  Road  Work." 

The  National  Committee  on  Prisons 
and  Prison  Labor  has  been  interested  to 
note  that  the  principles  emphasized  in 
this  report,  as  essential  to  the  success 
of  convict  road  work,  are  the  same  as 
those  the  Committee  has  considered  im- 
perative. These  principles  are  that  when 
county  convicts  are  to  be  employed  on 
the  roads .  they  should  be  turned  over 
to  the  State  convict  road  force,  all  con- 
vict road  work  being  under  State  control. 

The  second  principle  is  that  there 
should  be  co-ordination  between  the 
State  prison  and  the  State  highway  de- 
partments in  regard  to  convict  road  work. 
The  prison  department  should  select  the 
prisoners  for  this  work  and  make  all  rules 
regarding  their  care  and  discipline.  This 
department  should  also  supervise  the 
carrying  out  of  these  rules.  The  highway 
department  should  have  full  charge  of 
all  road  operations,  and  be  responsible 
for  carrying  out  the  rules  and  regulations 
made  by  the  prison  department.  The  re- 
port takes  up  in  detail  the  selection  of 
camp  officers,  and  the  keeping  of  records 
and  accounts,  including  suggestions  for 
order  slips  and  vouchers. 

Other  features  of  the  report  which  will 
be  specially  valuable  to  authorities  car- 
rying on  convict  work  deal  with  the  lo- 
cation of  a  camp  site,  water  supply,  camp 
sanitation,  quarters  and  structures,  health 
conditions,  and  care  of  the  sick  and  in- 
jured, clothing  and  rations.  All  are  dis- 
cussed scientifically  and  practical  sug- 
gestions made  which  can  be  followed  out 
in  any  part  of  the  country. 

The  Department  of  Agriculture  has 
rendered  great  service  to  prison  and  road 
authorities,  while  private  citizens  have 
now  available  standards  by  which  to 
judge  the  convict  camps  in  their  vicinity. 
The  year  1917  should  be  a  record  one 
for  convict  road  work  if  local  authorities 
use  to  good  advantage  the  assistance  af- 
forded them  by  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture through  the  Office  of  Public 
Roads  and  Rural  Engineering. 
B-    ?r    -6- 

The  Pathfinder  and  Empire  Motor 

Car  Companies  have  been  merged  into  a 
$5,000,000  corporation  with  added  capital 
which  will  permit  a  greatly  increased  pro- 
duction. The  respective  names  of  the 
cars  will  be  retained,  and  it  is  probable 
that  the  Pathfinder,  organization  will  have 
a  paramount  part  in  the  new  company. 
The  entire  plan  is  not  perfected  in  all  its 
details.  The  financing  is  being  handled 
by  Boughton  &  Co.,  120  Broadway,  New 
York,  bankers. 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


25 


Troop*   arriving   at    Half- Moon    Bay   In    record    time. 


Ai  thin    Spauldlng   Co.,    Photo 


RAPID    TRANSPORTATION   OF 

TROOPS  TO  HALF-MOON  BAY. 

Not  a  single  puncture!  Not  a  tire 
blew!  That  briefly  summarizes,  from  a 
tire  manufacturer's  viewpoint,  the  sig- 
nificance of  last  Sunday's  military  ma- 
neuvres  between  Fort  Winfield  Scott  and 
Half-Moon  Bay,  when  the  10th  Company 
Coast  Artillery  Corps,  with  four  machine 
guns,  trenching  tools  and  kitchen  equip- 
ment were  transported  thirty-seven  and 
one-half  miles  without  mishap  to  Half- 
Moon  Bay  in  one  hour  and  ten  minutes 
in  twenty  Goodrich  Tire  equipped  Stude- 
baker  cars.  The  soldiers  were  returned 
to  Fort  Winfield  Scott  in  equally  good 
time. 

Before  the  start  of  the  trip,  Major  Sam 
F.  Bottoms,  in  charge  of  the  day's  ma- 
neuvres,  was  afraid  lest  some  tire  trou- 
ble might  interfere  with  the  success  of 
the  round  trip  to  Half-Moon  Bay  and  re- 
turn, in  view  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the 
cars  carried  six  men  with  full  equipment, 
besides  the  driver.  To  carry  so  many 
passengers  at  high  speed  and  around  dan- 
gerous curves  would  tax  the  tires  to  the 
utmost. 

He  was  assured  by  Chester  N.  Weaver 
that  he  might  feel  at  ease  so  far  as  engine 
trouble  went,  but  the  Major  was  a  little 
skeptical  as  to  the  performance  of  the 
tires,  but  every  one  of  them  stood  up 
finely  in  the  record-making  run,  scoring 
100  per  cent  for  efficiency. 

"I  must  say  that  I  was  pleasantly  dis- 
appointed in  regard  to  the  service  of  the 
tires,"  said  Maj.  Bottoms  to  Weaver  at 
the  conclusion  of  the  maneuvres.  "The 
Goodrich  Safety  Treads  performed  splen- 
didly, and  they  held  the  car  to  the  road  in 
great  shape,  especially  around  curves 
despite  fast  traveling." 

The  run  demonstrated  that  no  hostile 
army  could  land  at  Half-Moon  Bay  if  the 
presence  of  the  enemy  ships  were  known 
before  the  landing  began,  and  if  a  strong 
enough  mobile  army  were  available  here. 

That  the  State  Highway  and  the  auto- 
mobile have  extended  the  zone  of  San 
Francisco  defenses,  until  it  has  become 
unlikely  that  an  invading  army  could 
effect  a  landing  at  the  city's  back  door, 
was  the  united  decision  of  the  officers  af- 
ter the  completion  of  the  test. 


The    10th    Company   C.   A.    C.    in    action    at    Haff-Moon    Bay, 

Photo  by  International  Film  Service. 


^     t^fc^Ti         'a^^  1 

^B^^p'  1   .. .. . ....          -c'        ^■JJp*'  W'     ka 

Goodrich  Tires  carried   Machine  Guns  and  troops  without   mishap. 

Photo  by  International  Film  Service. 


26 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


March  31,  1917 


MOTORIST-SPORTSMEN  APPROVE 
NON-SALE  TROUT  BILL. 

The  non-sale  trout  bill  passed  by  the 
State  Senate  a  few  days  ago  is  of  interest 
to  thousands  of  California  sportsmen  who 
seek  the  hunting  and  fishing  grounds  of 
the  State  in  their  motor  cars  during  the 
vacation  days. 

The  bill,  which  is  intended  to  prevent 
the  wholesale  marketing  of  trout  from 
Lake  Tahoe  has  met  with  the  hearty  ap- 
proval of  sportsmen  in  all  parts  of  the 
State.  Last  season  2,500  pounds  of  trout 
were  sent  from  the  lake  weekly  during 
the  fishing  season.  The  Fish  and  Game 
Commission  is  endeavoring  to  put  a  stop 
to  this  practice,  and  its  efforts  are  re- 
ceiving the  hearty  backing  of  sportsmen 
and  motorists  who  feel  that  Tahoe  is  a 
great  natural  fishing  ground  which  should 
be  preserved  for  all  time  for  the  people. 

Fishing  in  Lake  Tahoe  is  one  of  the 
State's  greatest  summer  delights,  and 
has  been  enjoyed  by  thousands  of  Cali- 
fornians  and  tourists.  The  motorist  who 
puts  his  camping  outfit  on  the  back  of 
his  flivver  and  starts  on  his  way  with  the 
entire  family  is  as  much  interested  in  the 
non-sale  of  fish  bill  as  the  wealthy  tour- 
ist who  rides  in  an  S.  P.  drawing  room 
car. 

The  opening  of  the  Tioga  Pass  has 
made  it  possible  for  motorists  to  visit 
both  resorts  on  one  trip,  and  thousands 
will  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity 
this  summer. 

Summer  is  vacation  time  of  the  Cali- 
fornian.  After  the  Eastern  tourists  have 
turned  homeward,  the  Californian  begins 
enjoying  these  unequaled  pleasures.  No- 
where else  is  such  a  wonderful  resort  as 
Tahoe  within  such  easy  reach  of  the  peo- 
ple. 

Motorists  from  Southern  California 
and  those  who  ride  by  train,  have  a 
longer  trip  than  those  in  the  vicinity  of 
San  Francisco,  but  the  lake  will  be  the 
Mecca  of  thousands  from  all  parts  of  the 
State  regardless  of  the  distance. 
3T    S    S 

GUIDE  BOOK  PUBLISHERS  ENTER 
KISSEL  IN  AD.    MEN'S    CARAVAN. 

The  Automobile  Blue  Book  Publishing 
Company  of  San  Francisco  has  entered  a 
KisselKar  in  the  overland  caravan  which 
the  San  Francisco  Advertising  Club  will 
dispatch  from  San  Francisco  to  the  St. 
Louis  ad.  men's  convention  in  June. 

It  is  announced  that  the  War  Depart 
ment  is  considering  sending  two  military 
observers  with  the  caravan,  its  advisa- 
bility having  been  put  up  to  Sacretary 
Baker  by  officers  of  the  Western  Depart- 
ment. 

The  caravan,  which  will  carry  the  San 
Francisco  ad.  men  to  the  convention,  will 
leave  the  Coast  on  May  20th. 


ENGINEER  PASSES  UPON 

CHALMERS  ADVERTISING  COPY. 

In  announcing  the  appointment  of  C. 
L.  Nedoma,  as  consulting  engineer  to  the 
advertising  department  of  the  Chalmers 
Motor  Company,  W.  L.  Agnew,  director 
of  Advertising,  has  taken  an  important 
step  in  the  movement  toward  improved 
advertising  methods  in  the  industry. 

"So  far  as  we  know,  this  is  the  first 
time  an  engineer  has  been  employed  for 
the  exclusive  purpose  of  verifying  me- 
chanical statements  made  in  advertising 
copy,"  said  Agnew.  "While  the  Chal- 
mers Company  has  always  checked  tech- 
nical statements  with  the  engineering  de- 
partment, we  recently  decided  that  the 
increased  scope  of  our  newspaper  and 
magazine  campaign  for  the  coming  year, 
and  the  preparation  of  catalogs,  booklets 
and  other  literature  made  the  exclusive 
service  of  a  technical  man  necessary." 

$•    «•    « 
COLE  EIGHT  MAKES  PATRIOTIC 
APPEAL   WITH  BODY  COLOR. 

Favorable  comment  has  been  caused 
by  the  unusual  shade  of  blue  which  the 
Cole  Motor  Car  Company,  of  Indianapo- 
lis, has  adopted  as  part  of  its  1917  color 
scheme.  It  is  known  as  American  Flag 
Blue,  and  it  is  the  standard  color  for  all 
1917  Cole  eight  models. 

What  the  Cole  Company  has  sought  to 
do  is  to  incorporate  the  same  shading  of 
blue  in  its  standard  color  which  was 
woven  into  the  famous  Betsy  Ross  flag. 
To  determine  this  shade,  considerable 
correspondence  ensued  between  the  fac- 
tory and  individuals  who  are  regarded  as 
authorities  on  the  American  flag ;  museum 
exhibits  of  historical  significance  were 
inspected,  and  expert  opinion  was  sought 
in  every  direction.  The  result  was  the 
distinctive  color  which  the  company  has 
adopted. 

The  statutes  in  several  States  are  so 
worded  that  there  was  some  doubt  that 
the  phrase  "American  Flag  Blue"  could 
be  used  in  connection  with  the  advertis- 
ing of  the  cars.  The  attorney-general  in 
each  State  in  the  union  was  consulted, 
and  in  some  cases  legal  opinion  was 
sought  from  disinterested  parties. 

It  developed  that  while  several  States 
forbid  by  statute  the  use  of  the  American 
flag  in  any  way  for  advertising  purposes, 
there  is  no  legislation  forbidding  the 
adoption  of  the  American  flag  blue  as  a 
color  scheme,  in  the  presentation  to  the 
public  of  a  product. 

"Sr    -sr    -sr 

ALCOHOL  FROM  SAWDUST  MAY 

BECOME  NEW  MOTOR  FUEL. 

The  development  of  sawdust  through 

the  newest  scientific  methods  into  a  true 

grain  alcohol  which  can  be  used  as  a  fuel 


for  automobiles  is  now  being  worked  out 
on  the  Canadian  side  of  the  international 
boundary,  according  to  officials  of  the 
Forest  Products  Laboratory  of  the  Fed- 
eral Forest  Service  in  Madison,  Wis., 
which  was  a  pioneer  in  this  line  of  ex- 
perimenting. 

An  enormous  supply  of  wood  pulp 
waste  is  available  in  the  great  valleys  of 
the  Willow,  Nochako,  Bulkley  and 
Skeena  rivers  in  Central  British  Colum- 
bia, where  the  forests  have  been  giving 
way  to  agriculture  in  part,  but  where 
there  is  still  a  limitless  supply  of  big 
timber.  This  territory  has  recently  been 
opened  up  by  the  new  transcontinental 
Grand  Trunk  Pacific,  and  it  is  on  woods 
taken  from  this  region  that  the  experi- 
ments for  the  production  of  alcohol  have 
been  carried  on.  The  wood  waste  is 
broken  down  by  distillation,  and  the  wood 
alcohol  produced,  converted  by  simple 
processes  into  a  true  grain  alcohol. 

With  approximately  3,000,000  motor 
vehicles  doing  duty  in  the  United  Stales, 
from  1,000,000  to  1,200,000  gallons  of 
gasoline  have  to  be  provided  annually  to 
keep  them  running.  There  are  unmis- 
takable signs  that  the  production  of  this 
enormous  volume  of  gasoline  will  be- 
come increasingly  difficult,  and  as  a 
consequence  there  is  in  the  minds  of 
many  automobile  engine  students  the 
vague  thought  that  gasoline,  while  the 
fuel  of  to-day,  may  have  to  give  way  to 
some  other  product  to-morrow. 
?r    3r    « 

PATHFINDER  INCREASES  CAPITAL 
STOCK  TO  FIVE  MILLION  DOLLARS 

Effective  at  once,  the  capital  stock  of 
the  Pathfinder  Company  has  been  in- 
creased to  $5,000,000,  being  $3,000,000 
common  and  $2,000,000  preferred.  In 
announcing  this  unusual  bit  of  news,  W. 
E.  Stalnaker,  vice-president  and  director 
of  sales  of  the  Pathfinder  Company, 
said: 

"I  cannot  understand  why  there  has 
been  so  much  guess  work  about  our 
course,  unless  it  is  because  we  have 
achieved  something  of  a  reputation  of  do- 
ing the  unexpected.  But,  like  the  de- 
velopment of  our  new  product,  we  have 
simply  done  the  obvious  and  logical 
thing — exactly  what  any  other  sound 
business  concern  would  do  under  like  cir- 
cumstances. 

"Orders  actually  in  sight  at  the  pres- 
ent time  demand  that  we  turn  out  at  least 
three  times  the  number  of  Pathfinders  we 
had  originally  planned  to  manufacture 
this  year. 

"This  spreading  out  requires  consider- 
able additional  investment  in  buildings 
and  machine  equipment.  Therefore,  we 
increased  our  capital  stock  to  a  figure 
commensurate  with  our  output." 


March  31.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


27 


DTES  FROM  POINTS 
ALONG  THE  LINCOLN  HIGHWAY. 

DeKalb.  111.— The  first  through  trav- 
eler on  the  Lincoln  Highway  for  1917 
appeared  in  DeKalb  a  few  days  ago.  The 
automobile  carried  the  license  tags  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  westward 
bound. 

San  Francisco.  Cal — Entries  for  the 
"On  to  St.  Louis"  motor  caravan  of  the 
San  Francisco  Ad.  Club  are  now  being 
filed.  More  than  20  automobiles  are  ex- 
pected to  start  together  and  the  Lincoln 
Highway  will  probably  be  followed  as 
far  east  as  Omaha. 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind. — A  novelty  bearing 
the  name  "autobungalow"  is  to  be  seen 
on  the  Lincoln  Highway  during  the  com- 
ing year.  It  is  a  seven-room  California 
bungalow  on  wheels  traveling  under  its 
own  power. 

East  Liverpool,  Ohio. — The  city  coun- 
cil of  East  Liverpool  has  approved  the 
plan  for  the  improvement  of  the  Lincoln 
Highway  through  the  eastern  part  of  the 
city  to  the  Pennsylvania  State  line,  a  dis- 
tance of  about  three  miles.  The  construc- 
tion will  be  of  concrete. 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. — Assurance  has  been 
given  by  the  State  Highway  Commission 


of  Pennsylvania  that  the  12  miles  of  dirt 
road  between  Beaver  and  the  Ohio  State 
line  on  the  Lincoln  Highway  will  be  im- 
proved in  time  for  the  tourist  traffic  this 
spring. 

V     0"     5 
YAKA    HULA    BOOLA    KEE." 

Motor  Poem  with  Gasoline  Atmosphere 
and  Flivver  Meter  — An  Island  Product. 

On  the  beach  at  Wakahicki 

By  the  Honolulu  sea, 
Stood  a  native  Giniricki 

Leaning  on  a  Boola  tree. 
Now  this  native  Giniricki 

Owned  a  sugar  grove,  you  know, 
And  beneath  his  dainty  dicky 

Had  a  hundred  bucks  or  so. 

Now  this  wad  outgrew  the  dicky, 

And  not  having  any  pants, 
Poor,  benighted  Giniricki 

Thought  he'd  take  a  running  chance 
And  invest  his  sugar  money 

In  a  broken  down  machine 
That  a  tourist — to  be  funny — 

Left  to  pay  for  gasoline. 

Giniricki  climbed  aboard  'er 

On  the  beach  at  Honolu', 
Threw  the  old  magneto  over, 


Let  the  gas  t<o  hissing  through. 
And  the  old,  abandoned  flivver 

Felt  a  throbbing  in  its  brain; 
It  began  to  quake  and  quiver 

As  in  most  terrific  pain. 

Then  the  motor  started  sobbing, 

And  the  gears  to  grind  and  turn, 
While  a  great  convulsive  throbbing 

Shook  it  all  from  stem  to  stern. 
Differential  this  resisted — 

Having  once  been  in  a  truck — 
But  the  engine  still  insisted, 

Caused  the  car  to  rear  and  buck. 

This  rejuvenated  flivver 

Reared  upon  its  hinder  wheels, 
And  began  to  shake  and  shiver 

Like  a  barrelful  of  eels. 
On  the  beach  at  Honolulu 

In  a  manner  fair  and  free 
This  old  buggy  danced  a  hula, 

Danced  a  hula  to  the  sea. 

Then  the  native  Giniricki 

Thought  his  finish  he  could  see, 
And  deciding  not  to  stick,  he 

Leaped  into  the  Boola  tree. 
His  career  was  nearly  ended, 

Old  Giniricki  said  to  me, 
And  remarked  as  he  descended, 

"Yaka  Hula  Boola  Kee." 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PED  AL 

NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES  MFG.  CO. 

2187  Woolworlh  Bldg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


Tips   to  Au  torn  obi  lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  it  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


H.  E.  LAMAR  Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 

131-133  Mission  St.  San  Francisco 


DD3C3S, 

"ASHLESS 


©Wl 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE   AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL        Your  Grocer  Selli  'Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


28 

MODEL  GARAGE  SUGGESTED 

FOR  A   TWO-CAR  SERVICE. 

Recently,  the  News  Letter  described  a 
model  one-car  garage,  designed  by  a  stu- 
dent of  machines,  and  their  houses  for 
the  National  Lumber  Manufacturers'  As- 
sociation, which  published  the  results  of 
his  studies  in  automobiles  in  a  bulletin 
entitled  "Your  Garage."  Accompanying 
is  another  of  the  same  series,  designed 
for  two  machines,  instead  of  one. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 

are  placed  two  feet  apart  to  give  greater 
strength. 

By  not  partitioning,  considerable  more 
room  is  left  for  each  car,  although  if 
necessary  a  partition  can  be  placed  in 
the  center  of  the  garage.  This  would  ne- 
cessitate two  doors  in  the  back  of  the 
building  instead  of  one,  as  indicated  in 
the  drawings. 

In  erecting  the  building  use  a  durable 
wood  or  creosoted  posts  for  foundation, 


-lO'-O' 


n 


aLTj.ze''  26' 


i__ 


111 


Strihgzbj  uhder  "wheels    i 

Z'e'PLA^K  FLOOR 

CBC030TED  POST.S 
BRICK,  3TO/YZ  OP  CO/VCR  ETC 
PIER3 


z-z"-e,"jTewe£R 


I"' 6" ROOF  80ASDJ  Z'APABT 
4-  PITCH 
3H INGLES 


2"' 6"  GAFTEBS 

:o"apagt 
2. "«  6"  T/c  a. 


Z- 6  STUDDING 
8:0'LONG  Z-'O" 

Apart 

Z"  PLANK  Flop 


f 1 00/2  PLM 


Z-ZS&  ~ST/s/mg,£jz 


v*xm#ss- 


CREOaoTCD   POSTS 


3ECT/0IY 

This  building  is  designed  for  the  man 
who  owns  two  cars  or  one  car  and  one 
truck.  It  can  also  be  used  to  good  ad- 
vantage by  the  man  who  owns  one  car 
and  who  desires  to  rent  one  stall. 

This  two-car  garage  embodies  the 
same  economical  ideas  as  the  one-car 
garage  described  last  month.  Its  con- 
struction is  practically  the  same  in  type, 
except  that  2  by  6  studding  and  rafters 


CINDEJSS 


~ 


rQOUT  ELEVAT/OM 

as  was  advised  for  the  one-car  structure, 
and  if  properly  treated  posts  will  last  as 
long  as  the  garage  is  needed.  The  floor 
construction  shown  in  the  drawing  is  ade- 
quate, and  gives  strength  to  the  floor 
where  it  is  needed  most.  The  four  strin- 
gers (2  by  6's  spiked  together)  are  di- 
rectly under  the  wheels  of  each  car  as  it 
stands  in  the  garage.  No  other  joists 
are  necessary.     The  floor  is  constructed 


March  31,  1917 

of  2  by  6  planks,  dressed  on  the  upper 
side. 

The  dimension  material  and  siding 
should,  whether  for  a  one  or  two  car 
structure,  be  of  No.  1  grade,  but  the  roof 
boards  may  be  a  No.  2  grade.  Shingles 
should  be  of  first  quality.  Cut  or  zinc 
coated  shingle  nails  should  be  used, 
o"    ~S    S 

There  are  many  garages  in  town, 

and  the  motorist  is  often  in  a  quandary 
as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  perma- 
nent service.  There  are  very  few  who 
give  you  the  quality  of  service  of  Dow 
&  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Far- 
rell  and  Geary.  Here  your  car  will  re- 
ceive something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 


TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

*  $15.00 

Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

(Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST 

Direct  Factory  Representative  for  Denver,  Colo,  and  West  United  States 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROfflfSlfR,  NEW  YORK 

San  Francisco         Chicago        Boston        New  York         Detroit 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand   &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


WNcitc0 


Devoted   to  the    Leading    Interests   of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  7,  1917 


NO.  14 


TV  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVER- 
TISER it  printed  and  publrshed  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick 
Marriott.  259  Minna  Street,  near  Fourth.  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Telephone  Keamy  3594 
Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cat..  Post-Office  as  second-class  mail  matter. 

London  Office-. -George  Street  &  Company,  30  Corahill,  E.  C,  England. 

Matter  intended  for  publication  in  the  current  number  o(  the  SAN  FRANCISCO 
NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should  be  sent  to  the 
office  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

Subscription  Rates  (including  postage)--- 1  year,  $5;  6  months,  $2.75.  Foreign:  I 
year  $7.50;  6  months  $4.00.     Canada:    I   year  $6.25;  6  months  $3.25. 

Have  a  heart  for  your  country  is  the  slogan  of  the  re- 


Unfortunately,  he 


cruiters. 

Every  man  has  a  future  before  him. 

has  the  handicap  of  a  dragging  past. 

The  peg  top  or  barrel  skirt  is  coming  into  fashion.  Af- 
ter all,  there  is  one  aggravation  worse  than  a  world-wide  war. 

With  three  big  devil  fish  slain  in  his  recent  Florida  cam- 
paign, Roosevelt  is  in  capital  training  to  begin  his  attack  on  the 
Central  Powers. 

Several  girls  in  the  local  military  movement  of  Pre- 
paredness have  stoutly  refused  to  wear  trousers.  Their  war  cry 
is:  "Skirts  or  nothing." 

Watchful  waiting  for  pacificism  was  rotten  egged  down 

in  old  Kentucky  recently,  and  now  the  bands  are  playing 
"Johnny  Get  Your  Gun." 

German  U-boats  continue  to  take  the  lives  of  Americans 

en  ships  in  British  waters.  Eventually  the  Kaiser  must  pay  a 
heavy  toll  for  this  amusement. 

Man  discovered  staggering  to  the  U.  S.  Mint  with  a  large 

bag  of  gold  to  deposit.  Military  Preparedness  stops  sharply 
while  hundreds  of  prospective  recruits  rush  to  his  assistance. 

Notice  has  been  given  by  the  belligerants  that  the  sea 

danger  zone  has  been  extended.  Most  of  us  have  understood 
that  the  danger  zone  circumscribed  the  earth  several  months 
ago. 

The  Danish  Islands  near  Cuba  came  under  the  American 

flag,  this  week,  on  a  payment  of  $25,000,000  to  Denmark, 
an  action  that  largely  strengthens  the  Atlantic  defenses  of 
Uncle  Sam. 

That  rare  song  bird.  Alma  Gluck,  advises  all  American 

mothers  to  shoot  their  sons  rather  than  have  them  enlist.  The 
Kaiser  will  likely  decorate  her  for  astuteness  and  bad  Ameri- 
can manners. 

Thirteen  men  were  arrested  in  a  recent  cock-fight  across 

the  San  Mateo  line,  just  as  the  festivities  began.  It  cost  each 
one  of  them  ten  dollars  apiece — and  they  didn't  see  even  a 
feather  kicked  from  a  bird. 

The  Honorable  Jeannette  Rankin,  first  woman  to  be 

elected  to  Congress,  was  given  a  reception  of  rousing  cheers 
when  she  took  her  seat,  this  week.  She  blushed,  and  never 
said  a  word.    But  later  on — etc. 


Seventy  Villistas  were  hanged  outside  Chihuahua  City, 

this  week,  by  the  Carranzistas,  as  a  warning  to  the  Villa  ele- 
ment. Another  thoughtful  touch  of  Nature  that  makes  the 
whole  world  kin  in  these  elemental  days. 

Old  subscriber  insists  that  Rodin's  famous  statue,  "The 

Thinker,"  should  be  removed  from  Golden  Gate  Park  to  the 
Civic  Center.  Quite  right.  There  should  be  something  around 
the  Civic  Center  to  typify  Thought,  even  if  it's  a  lump  of  basalt 
blocks. 

The  annual  national  baseball  season  opened  this  week 

with  a  scrimmage  in  which  Ty  Cobb  spiked  Herzog  of  the 
New  Yorks,  and  a  free  fight  followed  with  Fletcher  on  top  of 
Cobb.  This  clash  presages  an  unusually  successful  war  base- 
ball series. 

Bagdad,  recently  captured  from  the  Turks  by  the  British, 

is  close  to  the  locality  of  the  "Garden  of  Eden."  Since  Eve  ate 
the  last  apple,  the  real  estate  situation  there  has  been  on  the 
toboggan,  and  the  crowning  blow  was  struck  when  Los  Angeles 
grabbed  her  real  estate  agents. 

Market  street  merchants  are  united  in  the  protest  that 

they  do  not  want  four  railroad  tracks  on  Market  street  to  clutter 
up  our  main  thoroughfare  and  interfere  with  the  rapidly  de- 
veloping business  there.  As  it  is,  the  traffic  squad  has  all  it 
can  do  with  two  lines  of  electric  cars  threading  the  congestion. 

San  Francisco's  recent  melodramatic  vice  crusade  is  now 

in  the  "fade  away."  Its  last  vestiges  are  now  blowing  over  the 
border  lines  of  Del  Norte  and  San  Diego  Counties.  By  the  way, 
what  was  the  name  of  the  preacher  who  started  the  yellow  cam- 
paign for  advertising  purposes? 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Pike  of  Redwood  City  has  been  adjudged  to 

pay  Frank  O.  Stallman  $15,000  damages  for  shooting  the  latter 
in  the  legs,  some  months  ago,  while  he  and  his  family  were 
picking  Xmas  berries  on  her  estate.  Hereafter  Mrs.  Pike  had 
best  restrict  her  practices  in  target  shooting  to  the  many  dime 
galleries  in  this  city. 

Even  with  a  ten  cent  admission  to  the  "Pop"  concerts 

given  at  the  auditorium  by  the  disagreeing  Board  of  Supervi- 
sors, only  dissonance  was  struck  in  their  efforts  to  make  the 
series  a  success.  Another  irritating  illustration  of  the  fact  that 
those  who  take  "fliers"  are  likely  to  tumble.  As  usual,  the  tax- 
payers pay  the  bill. 

Labor  is  beginning  to  wake  up  to  the  fact  that  the  four 

railroad  unions  in  the  East  won  their  battle  in  the  Adamson 
bill  before  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court,  but  lost  the  great  and 
supreme  point  in  the  decision  declaring  arbitration  constitu- 
tional. From  this  decision  there  is  no  appeal.  Gompers  will 
say  there  is  always  in  sight  an  appeal  to  arms. 

The  slacker's  mamma  has  excuses  galore; 

Have  you  heard  of  the  lady  who  sings : 
My  Willie  can't  fly  in  the  Presidio  corps, 
He  has  varicose  veins  in  his  wings." 


\\  EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Voters  Boost  for 
Tax  Limitation. 


In  its  report  to  the  Governor  and 
Legislature,  the  State  Tax  Commis- 
sion, created  two  years  ago  for  the 
purpose  of  investigating  the  tax 
situation  in  California,  strongly  recommended  the  passage  by 
the  Legislature  of  a  tax  limitation  law  similar  in  structure  and 
purpose  to  the  up-to-date  limitation  acts  of  Colorado,  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona,  laws  which  challenge  the  approval  of  tax 
officials  and  taxpayers  throughout  the  country.  In  keeping 
with  the  recommendation,  a  tax  limitation  bill  has  been  intro- 
duced by  Senator  Benson  of  San  Jose.  The  bill  provides  that 
no  county  may  in  any  year  make  a  total  taxlevy  which  will 
produce  an  amount  more  than  five  per  cent  in  excess  of  the 
amount  produced  by  the  total  tax  levy  of  such  county  in  the 
preceding  year. 

To  illustrate :  a  county  which  in  the  fiscal  year  of  1915-16  pro- 
duced by  its  total  tax  levies  the  sum  of  $100,000,  would  be 
limited  to  $105,000  as  total  for  its  tax  levies  in  the  fiscal  year 
1816-17.  To  meet  special  re- 
quirements, provision  is  made 
whereby,  on  proper  showing, 
a  board  of  authorization,  con- 
sisting of  certain  State  offi- 
cials, can  grant  permission  for 
a  county  in  a  particular  year 
to  go  above  the  limit.  The 
right,  however,  is  reserved  to 
the  people  who  pay  the  taxes, 
to  accept  or  reject  such  permit 
by  referendum  process  if  they 
so  desire.  The  experience  of 
the  States  above  has  shown 
that  the  limitation  law  serves 
as  an  effective  check  against 
extravagance  and  unnecessary  [§ 
increases  of  the  tax  burden. 
Voters  should  write  to  their 
Senators  and  Assemblymen  at 
Sacramento  if  they  want  to  get 
proper  results  on  this  excellent 
tax  limitation  law. 


As  to  German  Indemnities. 
The  well  known  extremist 
writer,  George  Bernhard,  in- 
sists that  Germany  must  get 
war  indemnities  from  her  ene- 
mies. His  argument  is  that 
Germany  is  spending  so  much 
on  the  war  that  unless  she  can 
make  others  pay  a  large  part 
of  the  costs  she  will  be  utterly 
ruined  financially.  This  ad- 
mission of  the  gravity  of  Ger- 
many's economic  position  is 
instructive,  and  perhaps  most 
of  the  assertions  may  be  a 
subtle  mode  of  preparing  Germany  for  the  worst.  Germany 
could  get  indemnities  only  if  she  won  a  complete  victory.  It 
is  possible  that  the  success  of  her  submarine  campaign  would 
lead  to  such  a  victory,  but  there  is  no  other  readily  conceivable 
way  for  Germany  to  get  there.  The  alternative  that  Herr 
Bernhard,  consciously  or  unconsciously,  is  indicating  to  Ger- 
many in  the  event  of  a  collapse  of  the  U-boat  attacks  are  a 
swift  peace  or  irretrievable  bankruptcy.  Germany's  instruction 
in  indemnities  savors  something  of  a  moving  picture  in  hasty 
changes  of  position.  Sometime  ago  the  German  Minister  of 
Finance  explained  that  there  was  no  need  to  impose  war  tax- 
ation on  the  nation  because  the  defeated  enemy  would  be  called 
upon  to  pay  all  war  expenses.  Later  the  Government  an- 
nounced that  it  would  not  impose  war  taxation  because  it  did 
not  wish  to  add  to  the  burdens  furnished  by  the  war.  The  third 
announcement  was  a  declaration  that  an  exhausted  enemy  could 
not  pay  an  appreciable,  money  indemnity.     In  place  of  cash, 


Tariff  Boards  and 
Tariff  Tinkers. 


commercial  treaties,  all  in  benefit  of  Germany,  were  to  be  sub- 
stituted. Now  the  pendulum  has  swung  back  to  the  point  where 
indemnity  is  the  one  thing  that  will  save  Germany  from  utter 
ruin.  Under  the  present  war  showing  of  defense  on  the  Hinden- 
berg  line,  the  loss  of  Bagdad  and  the  Eastern  empire,  and  her 
colonial  possessions,  are  the  government  leaders  really  sincere 
in  such  announcements,  or  are  they  artfully  trimming  sail  to 
prepare  the  people  for  the  desperate  situation  which  confronts 
them? 

The  new  tariff  commission  fails  to 
include  a  notable  representative  of 
high  protection,  a  follower  of  the 
old-time  school  which  stood  so 
doughty  and  insistently  for  high  protection,  the  spokesman  of 
the  Republican  Eastern  manufacturers  of  several  generations 
ago.  Is  this  a  marked  omission,  or  has  the  old  time  "stand- 
patter" lost  his  place  as  the  chief  support  in  the  important  cen- 
ter of  the  party  line  up?  The 
Taft  tariff  board  was  open  to 
the  same  criticism,  but  its 
composition  apparently  was  in 
a  measure  balanced  by  mem- 
bers having  its  two  sets  very 
skillfully  balanced.  For  in- 
stance, Emery  of  Yale,  with 
high  tariff  views  offset  Taus- 
sig of  Harvard,  who  leaned 
towards  a  low  tariff  board.  As 
president  of  the  new  tariff 
board,  Taussig  will  continue 
to  urge  his  views  along  the 
same  lines.  The  general  line- 
up will  be  of  like  character. 
Economists  are  generally 
agreed  that  the  present  per- 
sonnel of  the  board  will  equal 
in  ability  the  board  nomi- 
nated by  President  Taft. 
Messrs.  Lewis,  Kent,  Culbert- 
son,  Roper  and  Costigan  are 
of  the  right  calibre  and  under- 
standing of  the  situation,  but 
the  problem  of  hauling  the 
tariff  out  of  politics  and  right 
through  the  drag  net  of  com- 
binations in  Congress  and  the 
big  industrial  cities  of  the 
East  and  South  is  a  tougher 
job  than  all  the  labors  of  Her- 
cules. Its  success  is  a  con- 
summation devoutly  desired 
by  the  mass  of  voters  of  the 
country.  A  tariff,  independent 
of  political  pulls,  is  strongly 
needed  in  order  to  furnish 
more  suppleness  to  the  shift- 
ing new  trade  that  will  follow 
the  closing  of  the  war.  Our  greatest  bane  in  this  big  crisis 
is  that  the  country,  and  Congress  especially,  is  rotten  with 
political  virus.  The  attitude  of  most  of  the  members  is  that 
of  Vanderbilt:  "The  public  be  damned — I'm  for  myself."  The 
new  tariff  board  may  present  their  report  in  the  shape  of  a  good, 
workable  instrument,  but  the  tariff  tinkers  in  Congress  will 
likely  see  to  it  that  some  of  the  wheels  are  extracted  and  its 
usefulness  impaired. 


Los  Angeles  has  established  a  municipal  market  where- 
by residents  are  said  to  be  saving  from  25  to  30  per  cent  less 
than  the  prices  demanded  by  the  usual  retail  dealers.  Fish  is 
retailed  fifty  per  cent  less.  Why  cannot  San  Francisco  kick  a 
hole  in  the  ring  of  commission  middlemen  and  get  a  like  square 
deal? 


FROM  ONE  JAIL  TO  ANOTHER 


April  7.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN 
CRIER 


Crafty  politicians  are  working  overtime  to  get  through 

the  present  legislature  several  bills  that  will  furnish  them  with 
new  laws  with  which  to  burglarize  control  of  elections  and  other 
depravity.  The  "Absent  Voter"  bill  is  a  shy  little  bantling  of 
this  kind,  innocent  looking,  shy,  diffident  and  seeking  every 
effort  to  hide  when  any  curious  legislators  seek  to  examine  him. 
Politics  and  elections  are  rotten  enough  under  present  condi- 
tions, even  Rev.  P.  Smith  knows,  but  they  will  multiply  one 
hundred  per  cent  if  the  present  bill  is  passed.  It  provides,  with 
elaborate  machinery,  to  enable  voters  absent  from  their  pre- 
cincts, at  any  election,  to  vote  in  whatever  other  parts  of  the 
State  they  may  be.  Nothing  but  corruption  can  come  of  such 
a  wholesale  offering  to  beat  the  ballot.  A  close  election  might 
very  easily  be  reversed  by  the  belated  returns  of  these  "ab- 
sent voter"  votes.  The  principle  is  illustrated  in  the  activity  of 
a  notorious  assembly  district  in  this  city,  some  years  ago, 
where  the  boss  held  out  his  returns  to  the  last.  Hurried  infor- 
mation was  tipped  him  by  agents  of  how  the  vote  was  going  at 
the  Registrar's  public  returns  and  in  the  close  contests  the  boss 
was  able  to  make  his  "totals"  win  all  the  close  contests.  Kill 
this  "absent  voter"  bill. 

The  racy  discovery  has  been  made,  as  usual,  that  the 

proposed  sale  of  the  California  building  site,  on  the  Exposition 
grounds,  to  the  State  for  a  nice  little  plum  of  $185,000,  was 
handled  by  a  political  clique  for  the  sole  purpose  of  giving 
fictitious  values  to  the  property  in  that  locality,  so  that  an  in- 
side bunch  might  make  a  fat  clean  up.  Time  and  again  has 
this  same  shameless  game  been  played  by  politicians  at  the 
expense  of  the  citizens,  and  in  some  instances  to  extraordinary 
clean  ups.  Experts  figured  out  that  the  plot,  as  revealed, 
showed  profits  exceeding  three  times  the  assessed  valu- 
ation of  the  property.  Here  is  a  notorious  case  for  the  State 
Legislature  to  diagnose.  But  as  this  angle  touches  political 
affiliations,  a  blood  brotherhood,  between  members  of  the 
Legislature  and  politicians  in  this  city  who  were  backing  this 
rotten  deal,  the  chances  are  that  the  affair  will  quietly  be  side- 
tracked and  sleep  its  way  into  oblivion.  And  the  patient  tax- 
payer will  suffer  another  kick  without  taking  notice.  Where 
is  the  civic  clubs  organization  in  a  case  of  this  kind  ?  Sprinkled 
as  usual  with  politicians  to  stall  inquiry  in  cases  of  this  kind. 

The  bloody  visage  of  Grim  War  coming  over  the  hori- 
zon has  failed  to  check  in  any  particular  the  desperate  and 
gruelling  contests  between  the  wets  and  the  drys  over  the 
Rominger  bill  in  the  State  Leislature.  By  some  rather  nifty 
tactics  on  a  reconsideration  of  the  bill,  after  it  was  defeated  by 
one  vote  in  the  Senate,  a  shift  was  made  whereby  the  bill  was 
passed  by  three  votes.  The  last  trench  is  the  Assembly,  and 
in  that  quarter  it  is  fairly  well  understood  that  the  wine  men 
are  in  control,  but  they  will  be  obliged  to  hold  their  represent- 
ative members  with  a  stronger  leach  than  they  used  on  senator- 
ial members.  All  kinds  of  hectorings  and  seductions  are  being 
exercised  by  the  drys  to  win  this  fight  and  wipe  out  the  saloons, 
if  possible.  If  the  Rominger  bill  passes  the  Legislature  it 
should,  under  all  rules  of  fair  practice,  be  submitted  to  referen- 
dum. The  vote  cast  against  the  two  Prohibition  amendments 
at  the  last  election  demands  such  action  on  the  square  deal; 
something  unusual  to  expect  from  a  rabid  dry. 

The  knock-out  of  Senator  Scott's  bill  in  the  Sacramento 

Legislature,  creating  a  board  of  drugless  practitioners,  whose 
daily  duty  it  would  be  to  pass  on  the  qualifications  of  drugless 
healers  before  the  latter  would  be  -permitted  to  practice,  was 
knocked  flat  by  the  Public  Health  Committee  of  the  Senate. 
The  News  Letter  has  had  a  wide  and  extensive  experience  with 
quacks  of  this  character,  and  has  sent  numbers  of  them  to  the 
boneyard.  The  Senate  should  establish  a  cemetery  for  them. 

A  prominent  local  motor  agency  has  developed  a  device 

whereby  the  control  of  the  hot  air  around  the  radiator  cuts 
down  the  cost  of  service.  The  new  device  should  be  at  once 
attached  to  the  Sacramento  legislature. 


FINAL  SYMPHONY  COM  ERT  AN  OVATH 

The  Symphony  concert  season  under  Conductor  Hertz  closed 
this  week  in  a  triumphant  ovation  in  which  the  enthusiastic 
audience  deluged  the  conductor'  and  the  orchestra  with  multiple 
waves  of  delighted  appreciation,  a  series  of  sustained  ovations 
that  must  have  flooded  the  sensibilities  of  the  happy  conductor 
and  his  fellow  musicians.  The  key  note  was  patriotism,  re- 
flecting the  public  feeling  of  the  hour.  The  rendering  of  Bee- 
thoven's Fifth  Symphony  in  C  minor  was  an  inspiration  re- 
flecting the  emotions  of  the  crisis  of  war,  and  Hertz  handled 
it  from  a  lofty  and  patriotic  spirit  that  roused  the  big  audience 
to  what  was  perhaps  one  of  the  greatest  and  most  sustained 
ovations  ever  witnessed  in  the  Cort  Theatre.  Having  caught 
the  exultation  of  his  audience,  Hertz  tapped  with  his  baton, 
and  the  next  moment  the  compelling  strains  of  the  "Star  Span- 
gled Banner,"  played  with  a  spirit  and  interpretation  never 
heard  in  the  West,  brought  the  thrilled  audience  to  its  feet,  and 
the  theatre  rang  with  the  singing  of  that  great  battle  hymn. 
'  L'Apprenti  Sorcier"  of  Dukas  was  rendered  subtly,  and  in  fine 
strains,  and  the  "Tasso"  of  Liszt,  the  opening  number  contrib- 
uted in  sheer  music  delight  to  the  great  audience.  Now  that 
Conductor  Hertz  has  melded  his  musicians  into  such  happy, 
fluent  form  in  interpretation,  every  effort  must  be  made  to  have 
them  again  next  season,  backed  with  all  the  material  require- 
ments to  assure  success.  This  season  of  the  symphony  has 
reached  high  mark,  and  makes  us  impatient  for  the  new  opening 
program  of  Conductor  Hertz. 


FREDERICK  MARRIOTT  ON  R.OAD  TO  RECOVERY. 

Mr.  Frederick  Marriott,  publisher  of  the  San  Francisco  News 
Letter  and  Overland  Monthly,  has  finally  reached  the  stage 
where  his  physician,  Doctor  W.  H.  Heinzmann,  considers  that 
it  is  only  necessary  for  him  to  gain  strength  to  entirely  re- 
cover. 

This  is  very  gratifying  news  to  Mr.  Marriott,  his  family  and 
many  friends  and  acquaintances,  for  during  the  four  months  of 
his  illness  there  were  many  times  when  doubt  was  felt  regard- 
ing his  complete  recovery. 

Mr.  Marriott  celebrated  his  sixty-fourth  birthday  Wednesday, 
April  4th,  and  felicitations  reached  him  from  far  and  near  in 
the  form  of  telegrams,  letters,  gifts  and  flowers.  What  pleased 
him  most,  however,  was  the  magnificent  stand  of  American 
Beauty  roses  sent  him  by  the  employees  of  his  publications, 
which  was  accompanied  by  their  congratulations  and  sincere 
good  wishes  in  the  form  of  a  little  note  signed  in  Round  Robin 
style.  Mr.  Marriott  was  deeply  touched  by  this  mark  of  friend- 
ship on  the  part  of  those  associated  with  him  in  business. 


DEAF  PEOPLE 

"FRENCH  ORLENE"  absolutely  cures  Deafness  and  Noises 
in  the  Head,  no  matter  how  severe  or  longstanding  the  case  may 
be.  Hundreds  of  persons  whose  cases  were  supposed  to  be 
incurable  have  been  permanently  cured  by  this  New  Remedy. 

This  Wonderful  Preparation  goes  direct  to  the  actual  seat  of 
the  trouble,  and  One  Box  is  ample  to  effectually  cure  any  ordi- 
nary case. 

Mrs.  Rowe,  of  Portland-crescent,  Leeds,  says :  "The  'Orlene' 
has  completely  cured  me  after  twelve  years'  suffering."  Many 
other  equally  good  reports.  Try  one  box  to-day.  It  only  costs 
$1,  and  there  is  nothing  better  at  any  price.  Address:  "OR- 
LENE" CO.,  10  SOUTHVIEW,  WATLING  ST.,  DARTFORD, 
Kent,  England. 

The  Techau  Tavern  continues  to  present  a  seriesof  en- 
tertainments different  from  any  other  ever  seen  in  this  city. 
Jazz  music  for  dancing  continues  to  be  just  as  much  of  a  craze 
as  it  was  when  first  introduced  by  the  management  of  the 
Techau  Tavern.  The  special  feature  of  having  continuous  en- 
tertainment for  Sunday  nights  is  very  popular.  The  manage- 
ment continues  to  present  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced 
Ree-go)  perfume  favors.  There  is  a  perfume  personality  about 
Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  found  in  no  other. 

Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


He Each  hour  I  spend  with  you  is  like  a  pearl  to  me. 

She— Aw,  quit  stringing  me.— Jester. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


Holy  Week  Observed. 

This  is  the  week  in  Lent  when  any  one  who  makes  a  pre- 
tense, however  flimsy,  of  observing  the  customs  of  that  period, 
puts  some  special  penance  upon  herself  in  the  way  of  renounc- 
ing pleasures.  This  group  divorces  itself  from  its  favorite_ pas- 
time— poker;  that  group  turns  down  the  pack  of  cards  on  bridge ; 
this  set  puts  the  ban  on  My  Lady  Nicotine,  and  that  set  fore- 
goes all  th<  goody-goodies  of  the  table;  and  then  comes  Easter 
and  inhibitions  are  removed  and  the  country  beckons  and  so- 
ciety tries  to  discover  perpetual  motion  in  its  effort  to  keep  all 
engagements  in  town  and  down  the  peninsula  way. 
©    ©    © 

Sensation  at  Del  Monte. 

One  set  goes  to  Coronado  and  the  other  to  Del  Monte  to  keep 
the  spirits  crisp.  So  they  flutter  around  until  summer  is  ac- 
tually on  the  calendar,  and  no  one  who  can  avoid  it  lets  the  city 
put  any  accent  on  the  days. 

Del  Monte  has  been  gayer  of  late  than  in  many  a  moon.  Two 
things  transpired  to  keep  the  most  jaded  persons  jacked  up  to 
the  proper  notch  of  interest.  One  was  the  penchant  of  Mrs. 
W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.,  for  long  distance  telephones  to  New  York 
and  the  other  was  the  harem  veils  of  Mrs.  Henry  Field,  Jr. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  Grows  Reckless. 

At  intervals  on  Monday,  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  talked  with  friends 
in  New  York,  and  finally  brought  the  word  to  the  other  guests 
that  President  Wilson's  message  was  a  declaration  of  war.  Mrs. 
Vanderbilt  received  all  the  important  points  of  the  speech  be- 
fore the  extras  were  out  on  the  streets  of  San  Francisco,  and 
the  guests  sang  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  with  grave  ex- 
altation, the  band  parting  the  strains  of  the  one-step  in  the 
middle  when  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  came  into  the  ball  room  with  the 
news.  Some  appraising  person  calculated  that  it  cost  Mrs. 
Vanderbilt  about  $500  to  get  the  news  from  New  York,  which 
she  might  have  had  five  minutes  later  from  San  Francisco  for 
a  song,  but  it  would  not  have  been  nearly  so  thrilling  for  any 
one.  Every  time  the  news  went  round  the  links,  over  the  ve- 
randa, into  the  hallways  and  the  highways  that  "Birdie"  Van- 
derbilt was  talking  to  New  York  again,  every  one  thrilled  to  the 
recklessness  of  her  patriotism. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Henry  Field  Coddles  Complexion. 

But  it  must  be  admitted  that  Mrs.  Vanderbilt's  attack  of  tele- 
phonitis  and  the  attendant  symptoms  of  interest  in  the  other 
guests  was  brief  compared  to  the  excitement  of  Mrs.  Henry 
Field's  harem  veils.  Henry  Field  is  the  grandson  of  the  late 
Marshall  Field,  and  his  marriage  to  Miss  Nancy  Keen  Perkins, 
of  New  York,  was  one  of  the  recent  society  events  there.  The 
bride  shares  the  beauty  of  the  Langhorne  family  to  whom  she  is 
related,  and  both  young  people  move  in  the  Newport  set.  Like 
most  honeymooners  who  have  been  cut  off  from  Europe,  they 
included  California  in  their  itinerary,  and  after  a  few  days  in 
San  Francisco  went  down  to  Del  Monte  for  the  polo. 

Mrs.  Field  appeared  at  the  match  the  morning  after  her  ar- 
rival in  a  white  sports  suit  with  a  green  harem  veil  which  cov- 
ered her  face  from  the  eyes  down  as  effectively  as  though  she 
were  masked  for  a  Mardi  Gras.  From  that  moment  she  never 
appeared  out  of  doors  without  one  of  these  veils,  evidently 
having  several  for  every  sport  costume.  She  has  a  very  beau- 
tiful complexion,  and  evidently  does  not  propose  to  let  the  sun 
and  wind  and  weather  take  any  toll  on  its  loveliness. 
©    ©    © 

The  Marshall  Field  Fortune  Intact. 

Mrs.  Field's  carefully  guarded,  rose  leaf  complexion  was  in 
great  contrast  to  the  brown  skin  of  Eleonoro  Sears,  who  has 
come  up  from  Southern  California  burned  to  a  lovely  brown, 

and  in  her  own  language,  "doesn't  give  a  d n."     She  and 

Edith  Chesebrough  have  been  chumming  around  the  links,  and 
are  about  as  athletic  a  pair  of  young  women  as  one  would  find 
in  many  a  day.    Every  one  at  Del  Monte  liked  Mrs.  Field  in 


(spite  of  her  mid-Victorian  interest  in  avoiding  the  sun.  Her 
husband  will  some  day  be  one  of  the  rich  men  of  the  country 
— meantime  the  will  of  the  late  Marshall  Field  keeps  the  en- 
tire family  down  to  an  allowance,  which  may  be  good  tor  the 
estate,  but  is  hard  on  luxury  loving  heirs  who  must  wait  for 
middle  life  before  they  can  throw  money  with  anything  like 
abandon. 

©    ©    © 

Society  Discusses  Enlistment. 

Society  women  are  organizing  for  every  branch  of  work 
which  will  fall  to  the  lot  of  women  during  the  war.  Mrs.  Fran- 
cis Carolan,  I  am  told,  is  very  anxious  to  help  to  make  effective 
the  work  of  the  women,  and  when  she  is  well  enough  is  expected 
to  lead  in  some  line  of  special  endeavor.  Everywhere  that  wo- 
man foregather,  the  one  topic  of  conversation  is  "must  our  men 
enlist  for  trench  service."  They  realize  that  in  the  event  of 
war  including  the  sending  of  troops  over  into  the  trenches  there 
is  going  to  be  a  great  deal  of  criticism  of  the  society  men  who 
have  shouted  for  action  and  practice  indoor  strategy  in  the  cool 
of  some  country  clubhouse,  and  keep  their  muscles  trained  for 
hard  service  swinging  the  golf  stick  over  the  sunny  green  of  the 
links.  The  majority  of  the  married  women  feel  that  there  is 
no  reason  why  family  men  should  go  first,  and  yet  there  is  such 
a  thorough  understanding  of  the  effect  that  it  will  have  to  enlist 
some  of  the  men  of  position  and  family  that  there  are  a  few 
women  who  are  going  over  to  the  idea  of  encouraging  the  en- 
listment of  their  men  folk.  But  it  must  be  admitted  that  an 
analysis  of  the  enlistment  up  to  date  does  not  read  like  a  roster 
of  the  society  men  of  these  parts. 
©     ©    © 

Linda  Bryan  to  Marry. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Linda  Bryan  and  Burke  Corbett,  a 
young  mining  engineer,  who  is  stationed  with  one  of  the  copper 
companies  in  Arizona,  will  be  one  of  the  post-Lenten  affairs. 
The  engagement  of  the  young  couple  was  announced  two  years 
ago,  but  owing  to  the  extreme  youth  of  her  daughter,  who  had 
not  yet  been  introduced  to  society,  Mrs.  Hale  deferred  the  wed- 
ding until  the  present  time. 

It  is  to  be  a  home  wedding,  with  only  the  members  of  the 
family  present,  but  the  bride  is  to  wear  conventional  wedding 
robes,  and  the  usual  gala  features  of  elaborate  weddings  are 
included  in  the  plans.  The  bride-elect  is  a  very  attractive  and 
clever  girl,  who  has  been  brought  up  like  a  European  girl  rather 
than  like  the  American  girl  who  fluffs  along  at  the  most  fash- 
ionable private  school  in  her  home  town,  and  then  is  sent  East 
to  a  "finishing"  school  which  finishes  her  completely  for  any 
of  the  simplicities  of  life,  unless  she  has  a  sense  of  values 
which  cannot  be  entirely  blurred  out  by  training. 
©    ©    © 

Sensible  Education. 

Mrs.  Hale  has  thoroughly  ground  her  daughter  in  the  domes- 
tic arts  and  in  addition  to  the  usual  accomplishments  of  young 
girls  in  her  set,  she  can  sew,  cook  and  run  an  establishment 
with  the  practiced  hand  of  an  expert. 

She  not  only  knows  the  theory  of  making  hats  and  frocks, 
but  has  actually  made  many  that  are  the  envy  of  her  friends. 
Likewise  her  domestic  science  is  not  the  sort  which  cannot 
stand  the  acid  test  of  the  home,  though  it  may  all  look  beautiful 
in  the  little  notebook  in  cooking  school!  She  can  and  does 
cook  a  meal  from  soup  to  dessert,  understands  the  fine  art  of 
planning  and  ordering,  and  altogether  has  been  trained  for  the 
"job"  which  is  woman's  whatever  her  position  in  life  may  be. 
©    ©    © 

Will  Crockers  Entertain  House  Guests. 

Mme.  Melba  entertained  at  a  dinner  at  the  Bohemian  Club 
the  other  night,  gathering  around  the  beautifully  decorated  table 
those  who  had  helped  her  in  the  recent  concert  benefit.    Mme. 


April  7,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Melba  and  Lady  Susan  Fitzclarence  have  been  the  house  guests 
of  the  Will  Crockers,  and  have  been  constantly  entertained  since 
their  arrival  here. 

At  the  dinner  the  other  night  at  the  Bohemian  Club  some  one 
reminded  Mme.  Melba  that  it  was  at  a  dinner  given  for  her  at 
the  old  Bohemian  Club  that  San  Francisco  society  first  met  the 
great  diva,  who  has  since  become  the  intimate  friend  of  many 
of  the  leaders  of  the  smart  set. 

And  Mme.  Melba  laughed  and  said:  "Yes,  I  remember  it 
very  well — and  I  also  recall  that  the  host  was  terribly  worried 
until  the  last  moment  for  fear  the  guests  would  stampede  and 
not  come,  for  in  those  provincial  days  few  people  here  seemed 
to  know  whether  it  was  entirely  proper  to  dine  with  a  singer. 

"If  I  remember  correctly,  sagacious  society  matrons  com- 
promised with  their  conscience  by  coming  themselves,  but  in- 
sisted that  their  daughters  should  regret  the  invitations.  Is  it 
not  so?"  But  no  one  would  admit  that  it  was  so,  and  this  debu- 
tante and  that  belle  of  those  days  was  recalled  to  her  mind  as 
among  those  present. 

Madame  Melba  laughed,  but  still  insisted  that  in  those  days 
it  was  considered  a  startling  departure  from  convention  and 
tradition  to  make  a  singer  the  motif  of  such  a  dinner — San 
Francisco  still  acknowledging  some  of  the  inhibitions  of  pro- 
vinciality. 


Preparing  Big  Wild  Flower  Exhibit. 

Plans  are  completed  for  the  transportation  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  yellow  pines  from  Plumas  County,  three  tons 
of  white  Monterey  sand  and  three  thousand  feet  of  grass  sod 
to  the  Fairmont  Hotel  for  the  California  Wild  Flower  Fete  to 
be  held  there  April  24-28,  inclusive.  Under  the  direction  of 
Mark  Daniels,  the  big  Norman  Hall  at  the  Fairmont  will  be 
transformed  into  a  flower  valley  surrounded  by  pine-covered 
mountains  and  cradling  a  miniature  lake.  Down  from  the  mossy 
rocks  of  the  mountains  will  come  tumbling  and  cascading  a 
mountain  stream,  which  will  wind  and  gurgle  through  the  val- 
ley of  a  thousand  flowers  until  it  reaches  the  little  lake. 

In  the  alcove  adjoining  the  main  hall  there  will  be  on  dispay 
every  variety  of  blossom  from  every  section  of  the  State,  in- 
cluding a  collection  of  medicinal,  fragrant  and  useful  herbs, 
collected  by  Mrs.  Fremont  Older  and  Miss  Virginia  Ballen. 
These  flowers  will  all  be  arranged  in  groups  of  families.  Also 
small  formal  wild-flower  gardens  showing  what  can  be  done 
with  wild-flowers  by  home  gardeners. 
©    ©    © 

Among  residents  from  this  city  who  are  enjoying  a  visft  in 
Los  Angeles,  include  the  following,  all  of  whom  are  stopping 
at  Hotel  Clark:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Black,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  G. 
Risser,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  V.  Harrison,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B  de 
Laitte,  H.  R.  Laist,  Chas.  F.  Potter,  James  A.  Geddes,  H.  D. 
Dietrich,  W.  J.  Tinkler,  W.  A.  Fruitger,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Carson,  Ruth  Hemingway,  J.  A.  Frye,  Frank  Borgel,  Mrs.  E.  S. 
Dunbar,  H.  A.  Benneson,  Sherman  Danby. 
©    ©     © 

The  Thursday  Afternoon  Club  was  brought  together  at  the 
Hotel  Oakland  on  Wednesday  at  a  very  dainty  luncheon.  The 
members  who  attended  were  Mrs.  Clem  Ady,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Blenner- 
hassett,  Mrs.  W.  Bowring,  Miss  Elizabeth  Byrne,  Mrs.  P.  Cal- 
ender, Mrs.  R.  Drassemer,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Bechman,  Mrs.  I. 
Hoysted,  Mrs.  George  F.  McNair,  Mrs.  R.  A.  Sparrows,  Mrs.  R. 
E.  Fisher,  Mrs.  B.  Littlefield,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Reese,  Mrs.  A.  V. 
Stevenson,  Mrs.  George  Rust,  Miss  Neville  Stevenson,  Miss 
Mabel  Gustafson  of  Stockton,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Miller,  Cazadero,  and 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Turnan  of  San  Francisco. 

Mrs.  P.  Hale  was  the  motive  for  a  very  charming  luncheon  at 
the  Hotel  Oakland  on  Tuesday,  covers  being  laid  for  Mrs.  C. 
W.  Perkins,  Mrs.  J.  J.  McCarthy,  Mrs.  V.  H.  Remmer,  Mrs.  C. 
A.  Fieweger,  Miss  C.  Young,  Mrs.  Prindle,  Mrs.  Rolla  Fuller, 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Morton,  Mrs.  W.  J.  Barrett,  Mrs.  Williams,  Mrs.  T. 
Hale.  ,      „ 

The  Hotel  Oakland  still  continues  to  be  a  popular  stopping 
place"  for  people  from  all  sections.  Those  who  have  taken  up 
their  residence  and  will  remain  for  a  considerable  length  of 
time  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Durant,  New  York;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  B.  Shoemaker,  Modesto;  Blanche  Masterson,  Mrs.  Laura 
Jameson  and  daughter, Elko;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Deming,  Santa 
Cruz;  Mrs.  Spruance  and  maid,  Oakland;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Holbrook,  New  York,  and  many  others. 


Mrs.  William  H.  Avery  has  returned  from  Japan,  where  she 
has  been  for  the  past  four  months,  and  is  again  at  her  apart- 
ments at  the  Fairmont.  The  Averys  took  their  own  machine  to 
Japan  with  them,  and  were  thus  able  to  enjoy  the  trip  to  the 
tullest  extent.  Mrs.  Avery's  collection  of  Oriental  bric-a-brac 
,ind  objects  of  art  is  one  of  the  finest,  and  she  added  a  number 
cf  rare  pieces  during  her  sojourn  abroad. 


GAMBLING  ON  FISH  FIGHTS. 

There  are  more  ways  of  arranging  games  of  chance  than  there 
are  laws  to  cope  with  them.  Yet  every  now  and  then  we  learn 
of  a  new  way  by  which  man  succeeds  in  winning  another's 
money,  or — which  is,  it  would  seem,  more  usual,  losing  his  own. 
The  latest  addition  to  the  list  is  fish-fighting.  Never  heard  of 
fish-fighting?    That's  the  live  sport  in  Siam. 

The  men  of  that  country  will  stake  on  fish-fights  not  only  all 
the  money  they  have,  but  even  their  wives  and  children. 

It  is  no  uncommon  thing,  in  Siam,  to  see  a  man  slinking  along 
the  street  with  a  peculiar  bulge  distending  some  part  of  his 
clothing.  The  bulge  represents  a  small  glass  bowl  of  water 
containing  a  fighting-fish  which  the  owner  is  anxious  to  match 
against  somebody's  else's  finny  champion.  The  reason  for  the 
concealment  is  that  fish-fighting  is  a  government  gambling  mo- 
nopoly in  Siam.  Licenses  to  exhibit  fish-fights  are  sold,  bring- 
ing a  considerable  annual  revenue  to  the  coffers  of  the  King. 
The  unlicensed  fish-fight  is  like  a  cock-fight  in  the  United  States 
— the  managers  and  spectators  are  liable  to  be  arrested  and 
jailed. 

Just  as  cocks  are  bred  for  fighting,  so  are  these  fishes  in  Siam, 
where  a  special  race  of  game  fighting-fish  has  been  developed. 
They  are  so  tiny  that  they  are  commonly  kept  in  tumblers  of 
water.  Despite  their  small  size,  no  living  creatures  are  more 
fiercely  pugnacious.  It  is  the  males  that  do  the  fighting,  always 
in  the  manner  of  the  duello.  The  object  sought  by  each  of  the 
combatants  is  to  maim  and  mutilate  its  adversary.  They  go 
at  each  other  in  rough-and-tumble  fashion,  like  two  roosters, 
trying,  with  their  strong  jaws  and  sharp  teeth,  to  inflict  dis- 
abling injuries  by  biting  off  fins. 

The  fins  and  tails  of  these  fighting-fish  are  huge  relatively  to 
the  size  of  the  little  creatures.  In  the  breeding  season  the 
males  enhance  their  brilliant  markings  with  a  lustrous  olive- 
green  hue,  overlaid  by  fleeting  prismatic  color-flashes,  which 
seem  to  be  controlled  by  the  fish,  the  tail  and  fins  outlined  in 
brilliant  red  and  yellow. 

The  fighting-fish  differ  from  the  ordinary  species  in  that  they 
do  not  depend  for  air,  as  others  do,  on  the  oxygen  in  the  water. 
They  breathe  air  quite  the  same  as  land  animals  and  frogs  do. 
Hence  they  thrive  and  reproduce  their  species  under  conditions 
that  for  other  fish  would  be  impossible.  No  other  kind  of  fish 
is  so  easy  to  breed  in  captivity. 

These  fighting-fish  have  been  bred  for  centuries  in  small 
glass  bowls  and  other  such  receptacles,  being  fed  with  earth- 
worms and  chopped  raw  meat  when  house-flies,  mosquito  lar- 
vae, or  other  insects  were  scarce.  It  is  necessary,  however,  to 
separate  the  female  from  the  male,  except  in  the  breeding  sea- 
son, because  the.  latter  will  attack  even  his  mate  when  offspring 
are  not  in  prospect. 

Most  interesting  of  all,  perhaps,  is  the  nest-building  habit  of 
this  finny  species.  It  makes  a  veritable  fairy  nest  of  air-bub- 
bles, which,  extruded  from  the  mouth  of  the  male,  are  coated 
with  a  gelatinous  matter  that  gives  them  permanency,  like  soap 
bubbles  blown  from  a  prepared  fluid.  The  female  lays  her 
eggs  in  the  mass  of  bubbles  thus  prepared,  and  her  mate  guards 
them  until  they  hatch.  Indeed,  after  they  are  hatched,  he  will 
not  allow  her  to  approach  the  young  until  they  are  big  enough 
to  take  care  of  themselves. — Every  Week. 


"I  hear  Starr  has  won  great  honors  for  research  work." 

"Yes,  he's  found  an  article  of  food  which  has  not  gone  up  in 
price." — Puck. 


The  DR  U NK  A  R  D  is  a  sick  man 
N  OT  a    CR1MINA  L 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 

Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government.) 


treatment 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


PLEASTJKE/S  WAND 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore.  

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


Superb  Dancers  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  offers  several  new  features  this  week,  one  of 
which  lifts  the  program  out  of  the  usual  vaudeville  atmosphere 
(which  each  year  grows  more  rarified)  into  a  foreign  land,  for 
Eduardo  and  Elisa  Cansino  are  not  like  any  other  dancers  that 
we  have  Lad,  not  even  like  their  own  compatriots  who  have 
swung  talented  toes  in  these  parts.  The  Cansinos  came  to  us 
heralded  as  dancers  to  King  Alfonso  and  the  Royal  Court  of 
Spain  and  they  have  evidently  not  danced  long  enough  in  this 
country  to  affect  any  of  the  stock  mannerisms  of  our  artists. 
From  the  moment  they  whirl  on  the  stage  against  one  of  the 
most  stunning  backgrounds  I  have  ever  seen,  until  they  leap  off 
again,  they  are  the  glorified  idea  of  what  one  has  always  imag- 
ined Spanished  dancers  must  be  like. 

Elisa  Cansino  has  evidently  a  complete  gift  for  she  not  only 
dances  superbly,  but  she  dresses  with  magnificent  distinction 
and  the  drop  which  is  used  for  the  act  should  be  a  lesson  to 
those  benighted  dancers  who  still  use  cheap  props.  Even  the 
stunning  Dorothy  Jardin,  whose  clothes  may  still  be  authoritive- 
ly  spelled  picturesque  and  posteresque  to  the  last  degree,  the 
stunning  Jardin  who  knows  how  to  dress  and  how  to  sing,  had- a 
background  the  other  week  which  was  a  combination  of  a  Har- 
lem flat  and  a  dollar  down  and  a  dollar  a  week  dream  of  a  back- 
ground with  a  little  elevated  conservatory  in  which  rubber 
plants  rubbered. 

The  Cansinos  are  on  for  another  week  and  that  is  reason 
enough  to  go  again.  But  if  the  indifferent  theatre-goers  need 
further  urging  there  is  Ethel  Hopkins  "Daughter  of  Vaude- 
ville," who  sings  fetchingly;  and  Sadie  Burt  and  George  Whit- 
ing still  remain  on  such  intimate  and  affectionate  terms  with  the 
audience  that  they  have  no  choice  in  the  songs  they  sing — the 
gallery  peremptorily  demanding  the  old  favorites  and  whistling 
and  singing  them  in  a  way  that  must  warm  the  cockles  of  Sadie's 
heart,  for  the  great  test  of  how  much  an  audience  likes  a  song 
is  evidenced  by  the  humming  in  the  gallery 

Lois  Josephine  and  Wellington  Cross  are  as  delightful  this 
week  as  they  were  last  and  now  that  Cross  has  eliminated 
some  of  his  automobile  stuff  the  act  goes  with  enthusiasm. 
Lois  Josephine  always  makes  me  think  of  a  college  girl  who 
made  high  kicking  her  "major" — she  has  both  breeding  and 
brains  that  girl — which  after  all  would  make  her  as  distinctive 
in  college  as  in  vaudeville! 

There  are  two  playlets  this  week.  The  "Cure"  with  Ralph 
Locke  and  Ida  Stanhope  has  several  elements  of  surprise  and 
is  well  acted  by  the  principals. 

John  Webster  produces  "A  Double  Exposure,"  by  Willard 
Mack  and  while  Webster  and  his  fellow  actors  make  the-  most 
of  the  thing,  it  is  by  no  means  up  to  the  top  of  Willard  Mack's 
dramatic  form.  The  suspense  comes  tied  up  in  fog  that  any- 
one knows  will  clear  away  just  as  soon  as  the  dramatic  car- 
penter chooses  to  order  a  "little  sunlight  please."  Boots  Mul- 
ligan, the  property  man,  played  by  Bert  Wilcox,  is  an  amusing 
bit  of  characterization  that  puts  much  of  the  spotlight  on  Wil- 
cox. 

Nonette,  the  violinist  and  Linne's  classic  dancers  complete 
the  very  acceptable  program. 

•  •  • 

Star  Features  at  Pantages 

At  Pantages  the  program  runs  a  little  thinner  than  last  week, 
but  there  are  several  good  numbers,  that  are  intrinsically  good, 
and  several  that  the  audience  behaves  toward  just  as  amiably  as 
though  they  were  good  so  who  shall  placard  this  act  as  wheat, 
and  that  as  chaff?  Not  a  dramatic  critic  who  is  not  also  an 
uplifter! 

The  American  Opera  Company  Sextette,  "Englishes"  some 
of  the  popular  songs  of  grand  opera  and  as  they  all  have  good 
voices  the  twenty  minutes  of  classical  music  is  received  with 
enthusiasm.   The   contralto   deserves   special  mention,  but  as 


they  are  none  of  them  named  on  the  program  it  is  impossible  to 
present  her  with  a  special  Tittle  nosegay  as  a  tribute  to  the 
lovely  quality  in  her  voice. 

The  Browning  sisters,  two  lovely,  fresh  looking  American 
girls   likewise   do   a   musical   act,   Margaret  Browning,  billed 


Frances  Carson  as  "Ju<ty"  'n  "  Daddy  Long  Legs"  at  the  Columbia  Theatre 
Commencing  Sunday  Evening 


April  7,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


"America's  Youngest  Violinist."  captivating  the  au- 
dience by  her  charm  as  well  as  her  playing,  which  is 
excellent. 

There  are  several  comedy  numbers  and  a  playlet, 
and  an  aerial  stunt,  called  "Motor  Madness,"  com- 
pletes the  bill. 

•  •  • 

Kolb  and  Dill  in  Record  Breaking  Farce  at  Alcazar. 

The  blockade  on  O'Farrell  street  in  front  of  the 
Alcazar  Theatre  continues,  in  spite  of  the  high  cost 
of  traffic  cops.  At  8  o'clock  it  is  almost  impossible 
to  elbow  passage  through  the  crowd.  It  is  a  demon- 
stration of  the  inefficiency  of  our  police  department. 
Evidently  some  crime  has  been  committed,  for  I 
never  go  by  there  that  I  don't  hear  quite  openly  some 
man  explaining  to  another  something  about  a  black 
crook.  For  six  weeks  now  they  have  been  congre- 
gating there  and  talking  about  this  black  crook,  but 
up  todate  I  haven't  heard  of  his  arrest. 

This  is  the  complaint  which  might  be  made  by 
the  Law  and  Order  Committee.  Within  the  theatre 
the  play  goes  on  as  merrily  as  ever.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
McGotten,  to  whom  all  things  are  rotten,  who  has 
wandered  in  on  an  investigation  tour,  cannot  maintain 
his  stilted  expression,  and  while  he  may  not  actually 
laugh  out  loud,  he  needs  must  smile,  and  he  who 
smiles  is  lost  as  a  purifier! 

As  for  the  rest  of  the  town,  it  rocks  with  mirth 
over  "The  High  Cost  of  Loving,"  and  there  are  those 
who  admit  that  they  have  lost  count  of  the  number 
of  times  they  have  bumped  their  funny  bone  against 
it. 

In  this  age  of  strife  and  struggle,  Kolb  and  Dill 
deserve  crowns  of  glory  for  setting  the  community 
all  a-smile.  If  you  haven't  yet  seen  their  new,  de- 
lirious play,  "The  High  Cost  of  Loving,"  don't  waste 
any  time.  Get  into  line  at  the  box-office  and  enjoy 
the  fun. 

•  *  • 

Advance    Announcements 

Capital  Bill  at  Pzntages  Next  Week. — "Johnny's 
New  Car,"  presented  by  Harry  Langdon  and  com- 
pany, is  a  most  delightfully  refreshing  and  amusing 
little  comedy  sketch  to  head  Pantages'  new  bill.  Rey- 
nolds and  Donegan  are  decorative  dancing  skaters  of 
international  fame ;  Miss  Donegan  is  very  elaborately 
costumed,  her  hats  alone  being  valued  at  $10,000. 
"The  Act  Beautiful,"  composed  of  man,  woman,  dogs 
and  horses,  who  pose  in  beautiful  pictures  as  living 
statues,  is  another  exceptional  offering,  and  Elizabeth  Otto  has 
a  pianologue  which  she  calls  "Musical  Milestones."  Klein 
Brothers  are  "Nootral  Admirals,"  and  present  a  laughing  act 
which  is  inimitable.  The  "Grace  Twins,"  the  girls  with  the 
Titian  hair,  in  songs  and  dances;  Feeley  and  McCloud,  in  an 
acrobatic  dancing  act,  and  the  eighth  chapter  of  "The  Secret 
Kingdom,"  the  serial  supreme,  will  complete  the  bill. 

•  •  • 

Columbia. — For  three  years  "Daddy  Long-Legs"  has  held 
all  honors  for  attendance  records  in  theatres  of  the  United 
States.  This  season  it  is  playing  to  the  largest  business  of  any 
attraction  on  the  London  stage.  Three  "Daddy  Long-Legs" 
companies  will  be  playing  at  the  same  time  on  three  continents, 
and  the  only  American  organization  will  be  that  which  Henry 
Miller  is  to  present  in  this  city  on  Sunday,  April  8th,  for  two 
weeks  at  the  Columbia.  This  season  Henry  Miller  decided  to 
confine  his  activities  in  this  country  to  a  single  "Daddy  Long- 
Legs"  company,  and  for  the  cast  of  this  selected  the  best  play- 
ers from  last  season's  organizations,  among  whom  are  Frances 
Carson,  who  plays  "Judy,"  George  Alison,  the  best  of  last  sea- 


Alice  Eis  and  Bert  French  in  their  newest  Terpischorean  Creation  "  Hallowe'en,"  at  the  Orpheum 
Theatre  commencing  next  Sunday  Afternoon 


son's  "Pendletons;"  Gertrude  Rivers,  Bessie  Lea  Lestina,  Nina 
Saville,  Donald  Foster,  Fred  N.  Beane,  Eva  von  Beulow,  Gladys 
Wilson,  and  a  dozen  others. 

*  *  * 

New  Casino  Will  Open  With  Star  Show. — The  handsome  new 
Casino  Theatre,  at  Ellis  and  Mason  streets,  in  the  heart  of  the 
hotel  and  theatre  district,  will  open  its  doors  to-morrow,  Sun- 
day, April  8th,  with  an  extraordinarily  attractive  vaudeville 
bill,  a  five  reel  "Brady"  photoplay  packed  with  thrills,  and  a 
gripping  story,  a  comedy  film  and  the  world's  best  big  news 
events.  The  gem  of  the  bill,  of  course,  is  the  capital  "Casino 
Road  Show."  As  the  show  is  continuous,  patrons  who  have  to 
cut  their  time  according  to  their  "off"  hours  will  find  it  conven- 
ient to  drop  in  at  any  time  after  2 :15  p.  m.  Sundays,  and  on 
week  days  at  1  o'clock.  If  they  are  late  they  can  easily  "pick 
up"  the  show  at  any  point  and  follow  the  program  till  the  show 
has  made  its  circuit.  The  initial  bill  is  packed  with  laughs, 
snappy  turns,  and  the  kind  of  acts  that  keep  you  on  edge.  Among 
the  entertainers  are  the  Estelle  Dancers,  under  the  direction  of 
Hans  S.  Linne;  the  Ortons,  a  crackerjack  team  of  novelty  wire 


San  Francism  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


artists;  the  Sunset  Six,  charming  young  instrumentalists;  Jerry 
Sanford,  a  Yodeling  Rube;  Flo  Adler,  a  dashing  singer  of 
catchy  songs;  Harry  Sullivan  and  Ruth  Myers,  in  a  novelty, 
"How  It  Happened;"  Sam  Hood,  the  "Man  from  Mexico,"  who 
spins  laughing  yarns;  Stan  and  May  Laurel,  in  "Raffles  the 
Dentist,"  and  a  string  of  others.  It's  a  great  bill,  and  will  do 
its  own  boosting.    Go  early  if  you  want  to  beat  the  crowd  on 

Sunday.    It's  a  jam. 

*  •  • 

Corking  Orpheum  BUI  for  Next  Week. — The  Orpheum  an- 
nounces for  next  week  Alice  Eis  and  Bert  French,  who  reign 
supreme  as  narrative  dancers,  and  whose  great  success  in  "The 
Wheel  of  Fortune,"  "Noir  et  Blanc,"  and  "The  Lure  of  the 
North,"  is  pleasantly  remembered,  will  present  their  latest 
terpsichorean  creation,  entitled  "Hallowe'en."  It  is  a  fantasy  in 
three  scenes,  and  requires  a  corps  de  ballet.  Medlin,  Watts  and 
Townes,  a  popular  trio  of  singing  and  talking  comedians,  will 
give  a  travesty  on  "The  Wife  Question."  Hirschel  Hendler, 
who  styles  himself  "The  Poet  of  the  Piano,"  will  introduce 
several  novelties.  One  is  the  various  ways  in  which  a  popular 
ragtime  air  would  be  played  by  the  different  great  masters. 
Fred  and  Adele  Astaire,  youthful  brother  and  sister,  will  pre- 
sent new  songs  and  distinctive  dances.  Nonette,  the  violinist, 
who  sings,  and  Eduardo  and  Elisa  Cansino,  the  wonderful  Span- 
ish dancers,  promise  new  numbers.  Charley  Grapewin  will  ap- 
pear in  a  domestic  comedy  called  "Poughkeepsie."  A  special 
feature  of  this  great  novel  show  will  be  those  delightful  drolls, 

Billy  Halligan  and  Dama  Sykes,  in  a  brand  new  skit. 

*  *  * 

Local  Series  of  Kreislefs  Concerts. — Fritz  Kreisler,  who  is 
one  of  the  superlative  violinists  of  this  country,  will  give  a  vio- 
lin recital  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  Sunday  afternoon,  April  8th  and 
15th;  at  the  Auditorium  Opera  House,  Oakland,  Saturday  after- 
noon, April  14th;  and  at  Stanford  Assembly  Hall,  Stanford 
University,  Wednesday  night,  April  11th,  at  8 :30  sharp.  All 
these  recitals  will  be  under  the  direction  of  Frank  W.  Healy. 
Kreisler  vividly  illustrates  the  exacting  demands  which  music 
to-day  makes  on  those  who  practice  the  art — that  they  shall  be 
not  merely  musicians,  but  well  balanced,  well  rounded  men  of 
the  world,  of  wide  intellectual  interests  and  culture.  Tickets 
for  the  San  Francisco  recitals  will  be  on  sale  beginning  Monday 
morning,  April  2d,  at  the  box  offices  of  the  Cort  Theatre,  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Co.,  and  Kohler  &  Chase.  Tickets  for  the  Oakland 
recital  will  be  on  sale  beginning  Monday  morning,  April  9th, 
box  office  of  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  Oakland.  Tickets  for  the 
Stanford  University  recital  sale  begins  on  Thursday,  April 
5th,  Weingartner's  Drug  Store,  Palo  Alto,  and  Stanford  Book- 
store, Stanford  Campus. 

*  *  * 

Preparations  for  "Kiddies'  Ball." — Maj.-Gen.  J.  F.  Bell  and 
Mayor  Rolph  will  be  guests  of  honor  at  the  Kiddies'  Ball  of  the 
Indoor  Yacht  Club,  Saturday  night,  April  14th,  at  the  Exposi- 
tion Auditorium.  Garnet  Holme,  formerly  stage  director  for 
Forbes  Robertson  and  Madame  Modjeska,  is  in  charge  of  a 
series  of  patriotic  tableaux  which  will  symbolize  the  struggles 
of  the  United  States  in  her  journey  towards  freedom.  The  pro- 
ceeds of  the  ball  are  devoted,  annually,  to  giving  the  youngsters 
of  the  various  orphanages  of  the  city  delight.  Just  what  form 
this  "day  off"  for  the  kiddies  will  take  this  year  has  not  been 
determined  by  the  Yachtsmen,  but  will  be  announced  in  the 

near  future. 

*  *  * 

Sidney  Coryn  to  Lecture  on  the  Balkans  in  the  War. 

Sidney  Coryn  presents  his  facts  and  arguments  in  an  unusu- 
ally interesting  as  well  as  instructive  manner.  The  third  lec- 
ture in  this  course,  which  is  being  given  at  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery, 239  Grant  avenue,  will  be  on  Tuesday  next  (April  10th), 
the  subject  being  the  Balkans.  Mr.  Coryn  will  tell  of  the  Mo- 
hammedan invasion  of  Europe,  of  Serbia  and  the  Moslem  Em- 
pire, of  the  Russian-Turkish  War,  the  First  Balkan  War,  the 
Second  Balkan  War,  and  will  bring  his  review  down  to  the 
present  alignment.  The  lecture  will  begin  at  three  o'clock. 
These  lectures  have  proved  so  popular  that  an  evening  course 
has  been  arranged  to  repeat  them,  beginning  Friday,  April  13, 
at  8  p.  m.,  in  the  Elder  Gallery. 


EASTER  NOVELTIES. 
Hot  Cross  Buns,  Easter  Eggs,  Easter  Sugar  Pieces,  Frozen 
Puddings,  at  RUFFIEUX,  211  Powell  street. 


THREE  GEM  CONCERTS  AT  ST.  FRANCIS. 

The  St.  Francis  Hotel  announces  three  matinee  musicales 
which  will  be  held  in  the  Colonial  ballroom,  beginning  Friday, 
April  13th.  Elena  Gerhardt,  the  great  song  interpreter,  will 
open  the  series  at  11  o'clock.    Walter  Golde  will  be  at  the  piano. 

Reinholdt  Warlich,  the  eminent  baritone,  with  Fritz  Kreisler 
at  the  piano,  will  be  the  artist  for  the  second  concert,  April  23d, 
at  4  o'clock  p.  m.  Kreisler's  role  as  accompanist  is  unique  in 
that  he  is  the  greatest  violinist  of  to-day,  and  has  never  before 
assayed  the  role  of  accompanist  in  public.  His  friendship  for 
Warlich,  and  his  appreciation  for  Mr.  Warlich's  artistry,  has 
prompted  his  motive. 

The  third  and  last  concert,  April  30th,  will  have  Renee  Criti- 
cos,  lyric  soprano,  Horace  Britt,  'cellist,  and  Uda  Waldrop  at  the 
piano.  This  concert  is  particularly  interesting  to  society,  as 
Mile.  Criticos  has  won  her  way  into  the  hearts  of  the  smart  set 
since  her  coming  to  California,  to  open  the  new  home  of  Mrs. 
Francis  Carolan,  where  she  is  now  a  guest. 


TAKE  THE  KIDDIES  TO  AL.  BARNES'  CIRCUS. 

Al.  G.  Barnes'  big  four  ring  wild  animal  circus,  ornamented 
with  twelve  gloom-dispelling  clowns,  has  hit  the  town  along 
with  Preparedness,  and  both  are  receiving  a  rousing  ovation. 
Last  year  the  same  circus  visited  us,  and  created  a  great  suc- 
cess, so  that  the  management  was  urged  to  make  a  return  en- 
gagement. The  remembrance  of  that  vivifying  and  exhilarat- 
ing success  sticks  in  the  minds  of  the  boys,  young  and  old,  with 
the  result  that  they  are  all  heading  again  for  Al.  Barnes'  cir- 
cus on  the  big  circus  lot  on  Market  street.  The  menagerie  of 
animals,  lions,  tigers,  leopards,  jaguars,  llamas,  wrestling  bears, 
sacred  camels  and  the  like,  will  be  a  revelation  to  the  kiddies, 
especially  the  trick  animals  and  the  funny  original  antics  that 
numbers  of  them  display.  Everybody  in  town  is  going.  Join 
the  parade.    Take  any  Market  street  car. 


FOR  SALE. 


Unredeemed  baggage,  consisting  of  5  trunks,  6  valises  and  8 
packages  at  HOTEL  GARTLAND,  Geary  and  Larkin  street. 
Public  auction  May  5th,  1917  10  o'clock  a.  m. 


Casino 


Ellis  at  Mason  Streets 
Finest  and  Largest  Theatre  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
OPENS  SUNDAY  APRIL  8th 

CASINO      ROAD      SHOW 
Vaudeville  De  Luxe— 9  Big  Acts  and  ROBERT  WARWICK  In  the   Brady 
Made  Photoplay,  "The  Family  Honor." 

Continuous  Performances.    Afternoons.  10  and  15  cents;  Nights  and  Sunday 
Matinees,  10,  15  and  25  cents. 

FIRST    SHOW    SUNDAY    AT    2115 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 


Two  Weeks  Only— Beginning  SUNDAY  NIGHT.  APRIL  8th 

Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 

Return  engagement  of  the  reigning  success  of  two  continents 

DADDY    LONG     LEGS 
By  Jean  Weoster 
Coming— MR.  CYRIL  MAUDE  in  "GRUMPY." 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERT 
DAT. 

A    GREAT    NEW    SHOW 
ALICE  EIS— BERT  FRENCH  with  Joseph  Niemeyer  and  Corps  de  Ballet  in 
"Hallowe'en:"  MEDLIN.  WATTS  &  TOWNES  "The  Wife  Question;"  HIRS- 
CHEL HENDLES  "The  Poet  of  the  Piano"  in  Pianology:  FRED  &  ADELE 
ASTAIRE  in  New  Songs  and  Distinctive  Dances;    NONETTE  The    Violinist 
Who   Sings;    EDUARDO    &    ELISA    CANSINO    Spain's   Foremost   Dancers; 
CHARLEY    GRAPEWIN    Supported   by    Anna   Chance    in  "Poughkeepsie;" 
BILLY  HALLIGAN  and  DAMA  SYKES  in  "Somewhere  in  Jersey." 
Evening  Prices — 10c  25c,  50c.  75c.     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),   10c,  25c,  50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 
DAT. 


Cort  Theatre 


FRITZ      KREISLER 

(Direction  C.  A.  Ellis) 
TWO    VIOLIN     RECITALS 
SUNDAYS    APRIL  8— 15    At   2:30  P.  M. 
FRANK  W.  HEALY,  Local  Manager  STEINWAY  PIANO  USED 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 

"HARRY     LANGDON"     in    "JOHNNY'S     NEW    CAR" 

KLINE  BROTHERS;  FEELEY  &  McCLOUD;  GRACESISTERS:  ELIZABETH 
OTTO:  REYNOLDS  &  DONEGAN;  "SECRET  KINGDOM"  CHAPTER  EIGHT 
"THE   ORIGINAL   ACT   BEAUTIFUL." 


April  7.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


^ 

AMERICA  DECLARES  WAR 

To  Stop  Germany's  Defiance    of  All    Laws 

"We  want   no   more  territory.   ,  .  -njind  no  Indemnity,  have   no   his- 
toric grudges  to  settle,  and  no  racial  antipathies.     We  alone  of  all 
the  nations  will  spend  our  treasure  and  Uvea  without  hope  of  mater- 
lal  gain.     We  *r^  going  to  war  to  vindicate  honor  and  Independence 
as  a   great   nation.      We   are  going  to  war  In  defense  of  humanity. 
Such   quarrel    as   we    have    has    been    forced    upon    us.      The    German 
government    Is    desperate.      No    great    nation    could    hold    a    place    In 
history    If    It    permitted    Itself   to    be   ordered   off   the   seas." — Senator 
Hitchcock   In   Opening    his   Argument   for  War,    In   the   Senate. 

01 

The  declaration  of  war  issued,  this  week,  by  the  United 
States  Congress  because  of  Germany  sinking  vessels  without 
warning  that  carried  American  passengers,  and  thereby  de- 
stroying American  lives,  will  prove  a  long  distant  contest  and 
physically  will  touch  this  nation  lightly.  In  all  likelihood  our 
navy  will  be  the  only  armament  branch  that  will  get  in  touch 
with  Germany,  and  that  will  likely  be  through  convoying  Am- 
erican vessels  to  British  waters.  Were  it  not  for  the  Prepared- 
ness movement  now  in  its  incipiency,  most  of  the  citizens  of 
the  country  would  hardly  know  that  this  nation  was  at  war. 
The  Preparedness  movement,  however,  is  likely  to  turn  the 
country  topsy-turvy.  There  has  not  been  any  practical  mili- 
tary and  naval  advance  in  this  country  since  the  scrap  with 
Spain,  which  was  generally  regarded  as  a  walk-over.  Since 
then,  experts  of  the  navy  and  army  have  bewailed  the  defense 
condition  into  which  the  United  States  had  slipped,  as  com- 
pared with  the  immense  advance  in  Europe  and  Asia.  The  bot- 
tom fell  out  in  these  comparisons  when  the  militia  of  this  coun- 
try were  ordered  to  mobilize  on  the  Rio  Grande  border  while 
the  U.  S.  regular  troops  under  Pershing  tried  to  corner  Villa. 
That  gathering  of  the  militia  was  such  a  deplorable  fiasco,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Western  troops  who  were  saved  by  the  ex- 
cellent service  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company,  that  it  aroused 
leading  men  of  the  country  to  America's  vital  weakness  in  case 
of  war.  Contrasted  with  the  mobilization  of  the  European 
troops,  ours  was  pitiful.  The  army  and  navy  at  Washington 
have  been  given  full  power  and  ample  funds  to  swing  two  mil- 

JSr  W  3©"  38T  W 


3B- 


HAIL   TO  AMERICA! 


(Respectfully  dedicated  to  the  Nation's  President  in  the  hour 
of  the  Nation's  need. — By  G.  Herb  Palin.) 
Hail  to  America! 

Foemen  beware; 
United  a  Nation 

Is  calling  "Prepare!" 
Millions  are  listening, 

Hearts  all  athrill ; 
March  martial  regiments, 

Practice  and  drill. 

Chorus — 

America !    America ! 

Freedom  is  thine; 
Guard  it  with  Army — 

With  Navy  and  Mine. 
Free  on  the  Land — 

Free  on  the  Sea ; 
Freedmen  Americans 

Forever  shall  be. 

Hail  to  America! 

Guardian  of  Right! 
Marshal  thy  legions — 

Rise  in  thy  might. 
Dangers  surround  thee, 

Dynasties  fall ; 
Sons  of  America — 

Answer  the  call. 

Hail  to  America ! 
Mighty  in  wrath ! 


lion  men  into  line  if  necessary,  and  they  purpose  making  a 
showing,  military  and  naval,  that  will  duly  impress  the  nations 
of  the  world  that  no  foreign  ruler  can  injure  an  American  with- 
out redress.  In  this  shake  up  the  country  will  see  the  greatest 
display  of  militarism  seen  since  the  Civil  War. 

This  declaration  of  war  by  Uncle  Sam  shifts  a  number  of 
national  policies  and  precedents  out  of  use.  One  of  the  leading 
results  will  be  that  Uncle  Sam  will  be  entitled  to  a  seat  in  the 
final  Peace  councils,  a  position  of  prime  importance  consider- 
ing that  such  subjects  as  the  "freedom  of  the  seas,"  submarine 
warfare,  German  "gas  fire,"  "guaranteed  peace,"  and  other  in- 
ternational questions  of  immense  importance  will  come  up  for 
settlement.  Another  significant  fact  follows  this  declaration 
of  war:  it  is  the  first  time  that  the  Congress  has  thrown  its 
assistance,  naval  and  otherwise,  on  the  side  of  any  European 
nation  in  order  to  determine  a  war  result  on  European  soil.  That 
move  crumbles  the  hitherto  "splendid"  isolation  of  the  U.  S.  A., 
internationally,  and  tenders  a  seat  to  Uncle  Sam  in  the  inter- 
national councils  of  Europe  if  he  is  so  disposed.  Washington's 
idea  of  "entangling  alliances"  goes  by  the  board,  as  well  as 
other  eighteenth  century  national  slogans.  This  new  position 
of  the  United  States  will  naturally  arouse  some  apprehension  in 
the  minds  of  the  Pan-American  Republics  regarding  "united 
offensive  and  defensive"  undertakings  of  the  American  repub- 
lics, backed  by  the  Monroe  doctrine,  and  eager  questions  will 
likely  come  from  the  republics  south  of  the  Rio  Grande.  Uncle 
Sam's  reply  will  likely  be  "Preparedness." 


7B- 


W 


3Sr 


JB- 


38T 


W 


Slow  is  thy  anger — 

Honor  thy  path. 
Safeguard  the  Liberty 

By  forefathers  won; 
God  bless  America; 

His  will  be  done. 

MULLALLY  WINS  OUT  WITH  -'PREPAREDNESS" 
CAVALRY. 

Thornwell  Mullally's  forecast  has  come  true  that  he  made 
months  ago  regarding  Preparedness,  at  the  time  he  began  to 
organize  the  cavalry  troop  which  attracted  so  much  attention. 
That  troop,  through  the  perspicuity  of  its  organizer,  now  com- 
mands a  prominent  position  among  the  militia  troops  being  as- 
sembled at  the  Presidio. 

For  more  than  a  year  this  cavalry  troop  has  been  under  the 
rigid  instruction  of  Captain  Kenyon  A.  Joyce,  of  the  Sixth  Cav- 
alry, U.  S.  A.  The  training  has  been  thorough  and  compre- 
hensive. So  much  has  First  Sergeant  Mullally  earned  for  his 
fellow  cavalrymen  in  being  alert  and  fit  for  Preparedness. 
Through  his  wide  acquaintanceship  in  San  Francisco,  he  was 
enabled  to  interest  an  extraordinary  number  of  prominent  pro- 
fessional men,  and  capitalists  in  this  arm  of  the  service,  some 
of  them  of  wide  note.  On  the  list  are  Will  Tevis,  Jr.,  Thomas 
Driscoll,  T.  T.  C.  Gregory,  Livingston  Jenks,  Leon  and  Roger 
Bocqueraz,  John  Parrott,  Jr.,  Phil  K.  Bekeart,  Samuel  Knight, 
Knox  Maddox,  William  K.  Abbott,  Fred  G.  Bunch,  Stewart  Ed- 
ward White,  E.  J.  Torney,  W.  W.  Thurston,  and  many  others  in 
like  standing.  Captain  Joyce  and  First  Sergeant  Thornwell 
Mullally  have  the  troop  seasoned  and  trained  to  a  high  mark  in 
anticipation  of  a  call  for  volunteers.  In  rating,  these  trained 
troopers  are  regarded  by  army,  men  as  being  in  line  to  fill  posi- 
tions of  officers  on  the  call  rolls  of  cavalry  volunteers  that  may 
be  assembled. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


■•".■'.■'.:io^ •*-:'"-*:■;'.'■.■-*•:  :•-.■'.''.'•' 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
VAX  ATTA-EELL. — An  engagement  of  interest  to  Marin  County  society 
is  that  of  Miss  Fern  Van  Atta,   daughter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   F.   T.  Van 
Atta,  and  Dr.  James  H.  Bell  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
HELLJIAN-BLUM. — The  engagement  of  Miss   Sara  Hellman   of  Los  An- 
geles and  Myrt  Blum  of  this  city  has  been  announced. 
WHITMETER-HOHWEISNER.-  Mr.     and    Mrs.     J.     L.     Whitmeyer    an- 
nounced recently  the  engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Jessie  Whit- 
meyer,  and  Henry  Hohweisner,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  Hohweisner  of 
Lake  street 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
GOODRICH-8KERRETT. — Miss    Margaret    Goodrich    and    Harry    Harlan 
Skerrett.  Jr.,  will  be  married  on  April  18th  at  the  St.  Regis  Hotel   in 
New  York. 

WEDDINGS. 
ORRICK-NOWLAND. — The   marriage    of   Miss    Elizabeth    Orrick    of    Oak- 
land and  Ralph  Nowland  was  solemnized  March  27th  at  the  Oliver  S. 
Orrick  home  on  Vernon  Heights. 
MARTINON-KENTFIELD. — Miss    Constance    Martinon,    second    daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Martinon,  was  married  to  Howard  Kentfield  Mon- 
day night  at  the  Martinon  home  on  Filbert  street. 
ROSENTHAL- ROTH. — Miss    Marion    Elise    Rosenthal,    daughter    of    Mr. 
and  Mrs.  I.  L.  Rosenthal,  became  the  wife  of  Lester  Roth,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Daniel  Roth  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  March  29th. 
LUNCHEONS. 
ADAMS. — Mrs.  Lawson  S.  Adams  gave  a  dinner  party  on  Sunday  in  honor 
of  her  father,  Gilbert  L.  Curtis,  whose  birthday  the  event  celebrated. 
BARBOUR. — About  a  score  of  the  smart  set  in  Oakland   and  Piedmont 
have  received  invitations  for  a  luncheon  to  be  given  by  Mrs.  "William 
A.  Barbour  Thursday.  April  12th. 
ERL'XE. — A  luncheon  was  given  by  Miss  Adele  Brune  Monday  afternoon  at 
her  home  at  Ross.     The  affair  was  in  honor  of  Miss  Maude  Fay,   and 
was  a  family  gathering. 
CALDWELL. — Mrs.  Frank  Caldwell,  who,  with  her  daughter.   Miss  Doro- 
thy Caldwell,  is  at  the  Clift  Hotel  for  an  indefinite  stay,  gave  a  bridge 
luncheon  there  Wednesday  in   compliment  to  Mrs.  J.   Franklin   Bell. 
CROCKER. — William  H.  Crocker  gave  a  luncheon  Monday  at  the  Palace 

Hotel  for  Madame  Nellie  Melba  and  Lady  Susan  FitzClarence.. 
DE    LAVEAGA. — Mrs.    Edward   de   Laveaga   has   issued   invitations    for   a 
luncheon  to  be  given  at  her  home  in  West  Clay  Park  on  the  after- 
noon of  April  10th.    It  will  be  followed  by  bridge. 
DUTTON. — Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  Francisca  Club  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  E.  T.  Tenney,  who  will 
sail  shortly  for  her  home  in  Honolulu. 
EARQUHARSON. — Mrs.    Charles    Farquharson    has    invited    a   number    of 
friends  to  share  her  hospitality  at  a  luncheon  to  be  given  on  April  12th. 
She  has  been  the  gracious  hostess  at  her  home  at  Sea  Cliff. 
HOLT. — Mrs.   Bertram  Griggs  Holt  gave  a  luncheon   and  bridge  party  on 
Friday  in  honor  of  Mrs.  W.  E.  Hacker  of  Tacoma  and  Mrs.  J.  Franklin 
Bell. 
IRWIN. — Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  had  a  few  of  her  friends  at  an  informal 
luncheon  party  at  her  home  in  town  Tuesday,  having  them  as  a  com- 
pliment   to    Mrs.    William    F.    Fullam.    wife    of   Rear- Admiral    Fullam. 
JOHNSON. — Complimenting   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Robert  Hayes   Smith,   Mr.    and 
Mrs.   Francis  Johnson   of   Chicago  gave  a  luncheon   Tuesday   at   the 
Palace  Hotel. 
MASON. — Mrs.  James  Rupert  Mason  was  the  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Thurs- 
day afternoon  in  compliment  to  Mrs.   Charles  Corbet. 
PIERCE. — Complimenting   Mrs.    Helen    Noonan   and   her   sister,    Mrs.    Ed- 
ward Tenney.  Mrs.   Ira  Pierce  gave  a  luncheon  and  bridge  Thursday 
afternoon. 
RYER. — Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Wednesday  afternoon, 
when  her  guests  assembled  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  where  she  has 
been  visiting  since  coming  to  San  Francisco. 
TENNEY. — With  Mrs.  E.  K.  Tenney  of  Honolulu  as  the  honored  guest, 
Mrs.  Frederick  Knight  presided  at  a  luncheon  Wednesday  afternoon. 
DINNERS. 
ALEXANDER. — Mr.   and  Mrs.  Wallace  McKinney  Alexander  will  give  an 
elaborate   dinner   party   preceding   the   Walton    Moore    dance    on    the 
evening  of  April  12th,  and  have  invited  a  coterie  of  friends  to  their 
home  in  the  Piedmont  Hills. 
ALLEN. — Mrs.  Harvey  Allen  will  be  hostess  at  a  dinner  to  be  given  at 

her  home  in  Van  Ness  avenue  on  April  11th. 
BARNWELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Barnwell  entertained  at  a  dinner  last 

Saturdaj'  evening  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel. 
CROCKER. — William  H.  Crocker  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at  a  sup- 
per party  Wednesday   evening.     It  took  place   at  the   Palace   Hotel, 
where  the  guests  shared  in  the  pleasure  of  the  dancing. 
CROCKER. — William  H.   Crocker  was  host  Sunday  night  at  a  dinner  at 
his  home  at  Burlingame,  his  guests  being  Mme.  Nellie  Melba.   Lady 
Susan  Fitz  Clarence.  Thornwell  Mullally,  R.  M.  Tobin  and  Mr.  Lilley. 
DONNELLAX. — Mrs.    Martha   Pratt    Donnellan    will    preside    at   a    dinner 
party  on  the  evening  of  April  26th.   at  the  quarters  of  her  brother. 
Captain  John   S.   Pratt,   at  Fort  Scott,   and  later  with  her  guests  at- 
tend the  monthly  hop  of  the  Officers'  Club  there. 
HAYES. — The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  on  Pacific  avenue  was 
the  setting  for  a  handsome  dinner  Monday  night.     The  guests  were 
asked  to  meet  Mrs.  Morton  Mitchell,   who  is  enjoying  a  brief  visit  in 
San  Francisco. 


McDONOUGH.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidney  McDonough  gave  a  dinner  dance 
party  at  the  Palace  Hotel  last  Saturday  evening. 

PRIOR. — Miss  Ruth  Prior  complimented  sixteen  of  her  friends  at  a  dinner 
at  which  .she  presided  at  her  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

RODGERS. — Mrs.  Rodgers  and  Miss  Millie  Rodgers  will  give  a  dinner 
dance  party  on  Monday,  April  9th,  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  Miss  Rodgers' 
engagement  to  J.  H.  Evans  of  Nevada  was  recently  announced. 

SCOTT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Horsely  Scott  presided  at  dinner  Thursday 
evening,  their  guests  assembling  at  their  residence  on  Pacific  avenue. 
The  pleasure  of  this  affair  was  planned  especially  as  a  compliment  to 
Miss  Maude  Fay. 

SESNON.— The  Japanese  Vice-Consul,  Mr.  Hanahara,  and  Mme.  Hana- 
hara,  were  the  guests  of  honor  at  a  dinner  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm. 
T.  Sesnon  gave  at  their  home  this  week. 

WELCH.— The  first  day  of  the  after-Easter  season  will  be  marked  by  a 
very  interesting  social  gathering,  a  dinner  dance  that  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Andrew  Welch  are  planning  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Arabella 
Schwerin. 

W1EL. — One    of   the   elaborate   affairs   Monday   evening   was    the    dinner 
dance  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Wiel  presided  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
BRIDGE. 

COE. — Mrs.  Frank  W.  Coe  will  be  hostess  on  April  10th  at  a  bridge  tea 
in  compliment  to  Mrs.  J.  Franklin  Bell,  who,  with  General  Bell, 
leaves  shortly  for  the  East,  to  remain  indefinitely. 

DAVIS. — Mrs.  Richard  Pearson  Davis  will  be  the  hostess  at  her  home  at 
Fort  Scott  at  a  large  bridge  party  to  be  given  April  12th. 

ROUNSFELL. — Mrs.  John  Rounsfell  was  hostess  last  Friday  at  a  bridge 
tea,  entertaining  in  compliment  to  Miss  Gertrude  Palmer,  who  is 
leaving  shortly  for  Los  Gatos  for  the  summer. 

RODOLPH. — Cards  have  been  sent  out  by  Miss  Helen  Rodolph  for  the  af- 
ternoon of  April  17th,  when  she  will  give  a  large  bridge  party  at  the 
home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Rodolph,  on  East 
Fourteenth  street,  Oakland. 

REED. — A  bridge  tea  is  being  planned  by  Mrs.  Walter  Reed  for  Thursday, 
April  12th,  at  her  handsome  home  in  Oakland. 

STIER. — Complimenting  Miss  Hazel  Jones,  the  fiancee  of  James  Graham, 
Mrs.  O.  N.  Stier  was  hostess  at  an  enjoyable  luncheon  and  bridge 
last  Saturday  afternoon.  The  function  took  place  at  her  attractive 
home  in  Claremont,  and  a  number  of  San  Francisco  society  girls  and 
young  matrons  crossed  the  bay  for  the  event. 
TEAS. 

COOK. — Miss  Melba  Cook  is  here  as  the  guest  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Clifford 
Cook.  Mrs.  Cook  gave  a  tea  at  her  home  on  April  4th  in  honor  of 
her  sister. 

GOODMAN. — Mrs.  Edward  Goodman  gave  a  tea  Wednesday  at  her  resi- 
dence in  this  city.  Miss  Hazel  Jones  was  the  inspiration  for  the  en- 
tertainment. 

MASON. — Mrs.  J.  Rupert  Mason  will  entertain  a  number  of  her  friends  at 
a  tea  on  Tuesday,  April  10th.  in  honor  of  Miss  Katherine  Nevin,  who 
is  to  marry  Frederick  Gwyllam  Dallam  in  September. 
WALSH. — Mrs.  Maurice  Walsh  has  sent  out  cards  for  the  afternoon  of 
April  11th,  when  she  will  preside  at  an  elaborate  tea  at  her  home 
in  Piedmont.  The  hostess  has  planned  the  affair  in  honor  of  her 
brother's  fiancee,  Miss  Marjorie  Coogan. 
WILSON. — Mrs.  John  C.  Wilson  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  tea  at  her  home 
in  Vallejo  street. 


Blooming  Roses  in  Pots  and  other  Choice 

A  T  NURSER  Y  PRICES 

Our  Own  Auto  Delivery  Without  Charge 


BAY  COUNTIES  SEED  CO. 

MILTON  TONINI,  Manager 

Two  Stores 

404  MARKET  ST.       1284  MARKET  ST. 
TELEPHONE  GARFIELD  1625 


3JC 


Afkil  7,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


RECEPTIONS. 


thin    I 

■ 


ARRIVALS. 

•  r    havlnjt    pUMd 

•    and    Mim    Kill-.1 

•<     WCi 

ix     Th«*>  ar*  ajealn  at  i 

DEPARTURES. 
ik    Armstrong   Mlled    April    Itfa    f-»r    I 
awailun  Islands. 

n   her 
<►  has  been  serving  his  country  In  Rome  for  U 


I    F.    Barron 
winter  In  an  fttti 
iff'  Lndtome  home  al   Mayfleld, 

i   Mm.   Ctuu  whose   marriage   i«»>k   place    i 

turned  t.>  Belby 
iinln    Foss.    who  I    Mrs     Pom    to   San    Pi 

from  their  Boston  homo  ■  week  ago,  left  Saturday  : 
WOJAj ANSi:i:i:      Planning  to  be  away  for  a  month  or  six  weeks, 

Hit    Aionzo   PoUansbee   left   last  week   for   Honolulu.     They   have 
Of  trlends  in  the  Island. 
GREER.— sirs.  Robert  Greer,  who  has  been  visiting  In  San  Pram 

tbe  last  three  months,  at   the  home  of  her  mother.   Mrs.   Charles    Ellln- 

wood.  left  this  week  for  Seattle. 

IIANl'HKTT. — Mr.  and  Mrs,   Lewis  K.  Hanchetl  t'-ft  Monday  for  New   Y-.it; 

on  a  short  visit  for  the  purpose  of  passing  Raster  with  their  daughters. 

Misses    Alice   and    I.uey    Haochett,    who   are    attending   Miss    Bennett's 

•Ol  at  Millbrook.  X.   Y. 

IVERS.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    Richard    [vers   sailed   for   their   home    in    Hun. .lulu 

this  week. 

MAHONKY — MiSS    Emma   Mahoney  left  Monday  evening  for   Los   Angeles 

to  Join  Mrs.  Angus  Maelmnald.  who  went  down   Sunday  evening,   and 

to  accompany  her  to  her  home  in  Now  York. 

HAKEE. — Accompanied  by  her  mother.   Mrs.   J.    l [arvey   Raymond,   Miss 

Violet  Makee  left   this  week  for  her  home  in  the  Hawaiian  IslandE 

McCREEKY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCreery  have  left  Burllngame   foi 

Del  Monte,  and  will  be  there  about  a  week. 
MITCHELL*.— Mrs.    Morton   Mitchell,   whose   home   for  several    years    has 
been  in  Paris,  has  left  for  Washington  and  Xew  York,  with  a  view  of 
securing  passports  to  return  to  France,  if  possible.     Mrs.  Mitchell  has 
been  here  in  this  country  for  about  a  year  visiting  relatives. 
REDDING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  P.  Redding  left  Tuesday  for  Wasco,  in  the 
southern  part  of  the   State,   where  they  have  both   ranching  and  oil 
interests.     They  will  be  gone  most  of  the  summer. 
TAYLOR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  left  Tuesday  for  their  home  in 

Menlo,  where  they  will  pass  the  summer. 
SCHWERIX. — Mrs.  Rennie  Pierre  Schwerin  left  this  week  for  the  East. 
WHITESIDE. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Norman    Whiteside   and   Miss    Daisy    Ham- 
mond have  gone  to  Ross  Valley  for  the  summer. 
WARD. — Miss   Ila   Ward,    the   attractive   daughter   of   Dr.    James    Ward, 
sailed   this  week  for  Honolulu,  where  she  will  be  the  guest  of  Miss 
Rose  Herbert.     Miss  Ward  will  be  one  of  the  bridesmaids  at  the  wed- 
ding of  Miss  Herbert  and  Marshall  Henshaw,  which  will  be  an  event 
of  June. 

INTIMATIONS. 
BUCKNALL. — Mrs.  George  J.  Bucknall  spent  several  days  in  Napa  County 

where  she  was  a  guest  at  the  famous  Dieckmann  ranch. 
DELMAS. — Miss  Antoinette  Delmas  of  Santa  Monica  is  visiting  Mr.  and 

Mrs.  Walter  MacGavin  at  their  home  in  this  city. 
EVERTS. — Miss  Katherin  Jewell  Everts  will  give  a  complimentary  read- 
ing  to    the   Juvenile    Protective   Association   on   Friday   afternoon    at 
2:30  o'clock  April  20th. 
FRASER. — Mrs.    P.    B.    Fraser   of    Stockton    is    the   guest    of   Mrs.    Robert 

Watt  at  her  home  in  Presidio  Terrace. 
HIGHLEY. — Miss  Blanche  Highley  was  the  week-end  guest  of  Mrs.  Geo. 

Bailey  in  San  Jose. 
MONSERRAT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   Samuel  Monserrat,  who  had  intended  going 
to   Honolulu   this  month,   have   indefinitely  postponed   their  trip,    and 
will  leave  in  the  near  future  for  Los  Gatos  to  reopen  their  attractive 
home  there  for  the  summer. 
PARTINGTON. — Miss    Phyllis    Partington    will    arrive    in    San    Francisco 
early  in  May  for  a  visit  with  relatives  and  friends  before  the  sailing 
of  the  Boston  National  Grand  Opera  Company  for  a  tour  of  the  An- 
tipodes. 
SPROULE.— Mrs.  William  Sproule,  who  has  been  precariously  ill  at  the 
Johns    Hopkins   Hospital   in    Baltimore,    following    a   serious    operation 
there  several  months  ago,   left  the  hospital  April  1st,  and  will  come 
to  San  Francisco  shortly. 
STOREY.— Mrs.  William  B.  Storey  is  visiting  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Louis  F.  Monteagle  on  Pacific  avenue. 


CASWELL  COMPANY'S  COMMODIOUS  NEW 
QUARTERS. 

The  Geo.  W.  Caswell  Co.  is  now  installed  in  their  handsome 
and  commodious  quarters  at  No.  442  Second  street. 

The  new  plant  is  a  four  story  building,  and  most  complete 
and  modern  in  all  its  details  of  equipment.  At  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  when  the  world  exhibited  its 
best  products,  over  1,800,000  cups  of  Caswell's  National  Crest 
Coffee  were  served.    The  company  holds  the  highest  testimon- 


ials from  those  places  where  this  coffee  was  used  exclusively 
:rom  the  opening  to  the  closir. 


A  Question 
of  Beauty 

is    always     a 
quo1 

i.     With  a 

i 

■.  ou  overcome 

nature's  deficiencies. 

Gouraud's  „ 

Oriental  Cream 

II  to  the  skin  a  clcar.re fined,  pearly- 
■   : 
ihlg  -  Non-j;: 
Send    1  Op.  for  trial  ala«  «# 

fEBO   T   HOPKIWS  ASOW.i/Cr^l  Jon>iSt  ,  W  ■  York 


i 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for    Girls 

2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2123|    BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific  Ave.,  San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 


PRIVATE 


FOR 

SECRETARIES 


The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street       Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 
Sketch  Ins 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,   near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  BeringertConcert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


UBS&iaMfeTAELE 


"A  Desk  Book  of  Words  Frequently  Mispronounced." 

This  work  may  perhaps  be  described  as  the  most  important 
treatise  on  the  pronunciation  of  English  words  which  has  been 
published  since  the  appearance  of  James  Buchanan's  "Essay 
Toward  Establishing  a  Standard  for  an  Elegant  and  Uniform 
Pronunciation  of  the  English  Language"  in  1766,  and  John 
Walker's  "Critical  Pronouncing  Dictionary"  in  1791.  The  first 
contained  a  bare  list  of  words  respelled  for  pronunciation;  the 
second,  in  addition  to  indicating  the  pronunciations  preferred 
by  its  author,  gave  also  those  of  the  recognized  authorities  of 
the  time,  jprank  H.  Vizetelly,  Litt.  D.,  LL.  D.,  has  furnished  in 
this  excellent  reference  book  on  pronunciation  something  that 
every  professional  and  business  man  should  have  at  his  elbow, 
and  is  indispensable  to  every  student  of  the  English  language. 
No  lawyer,  churchman  or  teacher  should  be  without  it.  Every 
public  speaker,  be  he  in  politics,  on  the  platform,  or  the  stage, 
will  find  it  a  standard  guide  to  pronunciation  and  a  veritable 
vade-mecum  reflecting  the  best  usage  as  indicated  by  the  dic- 
tionaries of  yesterday  and  to-day,  and  by  the  masters  of  the 
English  tongue. 

Price,  $1.50  net;  by  mail,  $1.62.  Funk  &  Wagnalls,  New 
York. 

*  *  * 

Killing  of  the  Youth  of  Europe. 

I  have  seen  many  trainloads  of  English  soldiers  going  to  the 
front  and  many  trainloads  of  the  wounded  returning  from  the 
front.  I  have  seen  the  same  thing  in  Germany  and  Austria,  and 
always  I  have  been  amazed  at  the  youthfulness  of  the  soldiers. 
The  whole  youth  of  Europe,  from  the  age  of  eighteen  is  in- 
volved in  this  overwhelming  catastrophe,  which  is  utterly  un- 
like any  previous  world-war.  I  never  felt  so  fully  the  incred- 
ible horror  of  this  war,  where  the  young  women,  and  men  be- 
yond military  age,  aided  by  experts,  combine  in  every  country 
to  produce  the  most  terrible  weapons  of  destruction  to  kill  the 
youth  of  the  other  countries. 

From  "Obstacles  to  Peace,"  by  S.  S.  McClure  (Houghton- 
Mifflin  Company.) 

*  *  * 

German  Plots. 

"The  Pan-German  Plot  Unmasked,"  by  Andre  Cheradame, 
recently  published  by  the  Scribners,  has  so  grown  in  popularity 
during  the  last  few  weeks  that  a  third  large  printing  has  been 
made  necessary.  Possibly  the  uncovering  of  an  extensive  Ger- 
man plot  in  this  country  has  been  partly  responsible  for  this 
interest.  It  is  surprising  how  accurately  M.  Cheradame's  pro- 
phecies are  working  out. 

*  *  * 

What  American  Chemists  Have  Accomplished. 

In  chemistry,  as  in  other  practical  matters,  Americans  have 
had  the  wisdom  to  direct  their  energies  to  the  special  needs 
and  opportunities  of  their  country.  For  instance,  they  have 
built  up  the  greatest  sulphuric-acid  industry  in  the  world.  And 
they  have  given  so  much  attention  to  sulphuric  acid  simply  be- 
cause it  is  a  prime  requisite  for  our  superphosphate  fertilizers, 
our  petroleum  refining,  our  explosives  for  blasting,  and  the 
numerous  other  substances  of  which  the  United  States  is  the 
leading  producer.  Similarly,  American  chemists  originated  and 
developed  the  largest  aluminum  industry  in  the  world,  which 
supplies  us  with  that  lightest  of  all  metals  in  ever-increasing 
quantities.  They  built  up,  from  its  very  inception,  the  largest 
calcium  carbide  industry,  which  furnishes  us  that  new  chemical 
for  producing  acetylene  light,  and  which,  mixed  with  oxygen, 
permits  us  to  weld  and  cut  metals  by  means  of  a  burning  jet  of 
oxyacetylene — an  entirely  new  way  of  cutting  steel — melting 
it  like  butter,  instead  of  slowly  cutting  or  sawing  it  by  mechani- 
cal devices.  They  built  up  the  largest  electrolytic  soda  indus- 
try, in  which  the  powerful  electrolytic  current  decomposes  com- 
mon kitchen  salt  and  sets  free  that  green  gas  chlorine,  as  well 
as  caustic  soda.  The  public  hardly  knew  this  chlorine  gas  be- 
fore its  horrible  use  in  compressed,  liquefied  condition  for  trench 


warfare  in  the  asphyxiating  gas-bombs;  its  splendid  uses  for 
peace,  as  a  purifier  of  our  drinking  water  supplies,  as  an  anti- 
septic, and  as  a  bleaching  agent,  were  hardly  ever  spoken  of. 
As  to  caustic  soda,  it  is  the  base  of  soap-making,  of  mercerized 
cotton  goods,  of  soda-pulp  for  our  paper  supplies,  and  it  has 
endless  other  uses  in  chemical  industries. — Harper's  Magazine 
for  April. 

•  •  • 

The  April  American  Magazine. 

In  the  April  American  Magazine  are  the  opening  chapters  of 
Edna  Ferber's  first  serial,  entitled  "Fanny  Herself," — a  novel 
which  promises  to  be  fully  as  interesting  as  the  best  adventures 
of  Emma  McChesney,  although  in  a  different  vein.  Among  the 
other  serials  and  short  stories  are  "Rosemary's  Great  Wish,"  a 
love  story  by  Dana  Gatlin;  "Helping  Out  Olaf,"  a  story  of  the 
"nth"  power  of  salesmanship,  by  Elmer  E.  Ferris;  "The  Le- 
gend of  'Frisco  Bar,"  by  Julian  Rothery;  "Taking  a  Reef  in 
Tadpole,"  by  Hugh  S.  Fullerton,  and  "Cinderella  Jane,"  by 
Marjorie  Benton  Cooke. 

*  *  * 

Among  the  special  features  of  April  Nautilus  (Holyoke, 
Mass.)  is  the  life  story  of  the  successful  writer,  Lida  A.  Chur- 
chill, which  is  both  an  interesting  story  and  an  astonishing  rec- 
ord of  obstacles  overcome  by  a  farm  girl  of  northern  Maine. 
In  the  same  symposium  is  another  self-experience  story  on 
"How  I  Obtained  My  Desires  from  the  Infinite,"  by  M.  E. 
Jacobson.  Other  good  things  in  this  number  are :  "The  Joyous 
Outlook,"  by  Lilian  Whiting,  which  bears  the  spirit  of  spring; 
"Poise  and  Power,"  by  Dr.  Orison  Swett  Marden;  "The  Master 
Consciousness,"  by  W.  Frederic  Keeler;  "The  Gifts  of  the 
Spirit,"  by  Christian  D.  Larson;  and  "From  Men  to  Gods,"  by 
Kate  Atkinson  Boehme. 


EAGER   TO  STAND. 


The  fair  young  girl  edged  her  way  into  the  crowded  street 
car.  The  brilliant  color  in  her  cheeks,  no  less  than  the  skates 
dangling  from  her  wrists,  proclaimed  what  had  been  her  pas- 
time at  a  local  ice  rink.  As  she  looked  about  at  the  swaying 
strap  hangers,  a  young  man  in  khaki  jumped  up  and  offered 
her  his  seat. 

"No,  thank  you ;  please  sit  down,"  she  said  sweetly. 

"Oh,  but  do  take  my  seat,"  he  urged,  looking  rather  uncom- 
fortable. Then  it  was  the  girl's  turn  to  look  uncomfortable. 
"I'd  rather  stand,  really  I  would,"  she  stammered,  turning  an 
even  more  brilliant  color.  "I — I've  been  skating  all  the  after- 
noon." 

And  the  car  sped  on. 


"So  you  were  invited  to  participate  in  a  profit  sharing 

scheme?"  "Yes."  "How  did  you  come  out?"  "I  discovered 
that  the  purpose  of  the  scheme  was  not  sharing  but  shearing." 
— Birmingham  Age-Herald. 

mUILII[P.40 

Books  and  Art      jg 

^,39  Gran*  Avenue       S-ft 
a  San  Francisco  b        H 

DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


April  7.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


LEAKS  FROM   WIRELESS. 

Now  that  New  Jersey  plans  to  improve  her  highways  at  an 
expenditure  of  $15,000,000.  Governor  Edge  has  asked  General 
Goethals  of  Panama  Canal  fame  to  supervise  the  work  at  a 
salary  of  $25,000  a  year.  The  argument  is  that  the  builder  of 
the  Panama  Canal  can  effect  economies  in  the  work  sufficient 

to  make  his  employment  a  good  investment. 

•  •  • 

"Nicholas  Romanoff"  of  Russia  and  King  George  of  England 
are  cousins,  look  much  alike  and  are  probably  not  greatly  dif- 
ferent in  intellectual  ability.  One  is  off  the  throne  and  the 
other  is  on  because  one  throne  was  an  anomalous  survival  ol 
medievalism,  while  the  other  is  an  adaptation  to  modern  demo- 
cratic progress. 

•  •  • 

As  the  present  war  began,  the  monarchs  of  Germany,  Rus- 
sia and  Great  Britain  exchanged  personal  letters  appealing  to 
each  other  for  the  preservation  of  peace.  They  addressed  each 
other  familiarly  as  "Willie,"  "Nicky"  and  "Georgie."  "Nicky" 
is  the  first  to  lose  his  throne. 

•  •  • 

The  Czar's  income  has  been  estimated  by  the  Almanack 
Hachette  as  $42,500,000  a  year,  or  $85  a  minute.  But  his  was 
an  extra  hazardous  occupation  which  a  good  many  poorly-paid 

people  wouldn't  have  cared  to  have  at  the  price. 

•  •  • 

By  ordering  the  release  of  the  political  prisoners  at  Baku,  the 
Grand  Duke  Nicholas  keeps  step  with  the  times.  At  the  very 
outbreak  of  war,  indeed,  he  showed  a  liberal  spirit  in  his  pro- 
clamation to  the  Poles. 

•  •  * 

Mr.  Nicholas  Romanoff  is  cordially  welcomed  into  the  ranks 
cf  the  plain  people. 

•  *  » 

There  is  at  least  one  thing  to  be  said  for  the  United  States 
Federal  Trade  Commission.  Since  it  deliberately  warned  the 
anthracite  coal  miners,  several  days  ago,  that  they  must  make 
the  usual  spring  reduction  in  the  price  of  their  output,  and  that 
no  excuse  for  failing  to  do  so  would  be  taken,  it  has  not  gone 
up  and  down  the  country  explaining  why  it  did  so,  or  claiming 
that  it  is  misunderstood. 

»  »  * 

There  is  a  world  of  significance  in  the  footnote  to  the  last 
chapter  of  the  last  volume  of  the  recently  completed  Cambridge 
History  of  English  Literature.  In  the  year  1600,  it  states,  there 
were  about  6,000,000  persons  who  spoke  English,  a  much 
smaller  number  than  spoke  French,  German,  Italian  or  Span- 
ish. To-day,  on  the  other  hand,  English-speaking  people  num- 
ber about  120,000,000,  or  about  double  the  aggregate  of  those 
who  speak  French,  Italian  or  Spanish;  and  half  as  many  again 
as  speak  German  or  Russian. 


OBITUARY. 


John  A.  Hammersmith,  one  of  the  best  known  men  about 
town,  a  pioneer  jeweler,  and  for  forty  years  one  of  the  main- 
stays of  the  Olympic  Club,  died  suddenly,  this  week,  from  heart 
failure,  aged  61  years.  He  was  born  here,  and  from  the  time 
he  graduated  from  the  old  Lincoln  school  he  plunged  seriously 
into  business,  and  raised  himself  eventually  to  justly  recog- 
nized ability.  For  many  years  he  was  in  the  jewelry  business, 
one  of  his  last  connections  being  the  firm  of  Hammersmith  & 
Field.  His  last  venture  was  a  shop  of  his  own  in  Grant  ave- 
nue. In  recent  years  he  acted  as  secretary  of  the  Pacific  Mort- 
gage and  Guarantee  Company.  His  prominence  in  indoor  and 
outdoor  athletics  led  to  his  appointment  on  the  playground 
commission.  Aside  from  the  Olympic  Club  he  was  a  member 
of  a  number  of  Masonic  lodges  and  a  Native  Son.  He  leaves 
a  widow,  a  son,  Lester  J.,  automobile  salesman,  and  three  sur- 
viving brothers,  all  of  whom  live  in  this  city. 


Announcement  is  made  of  two  recitals  which  Sadakichi  Hart- 
mann  is  to  give  at  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue. 
On  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  April  11th,  he  will  tell  of 
"Great  Actors  and  Musicians  I  Have  Met,"  and  the  next  after- 
noon, Thursday,  his  theme  will  be  "Great  Women  I  Have  Met." 
Sadakichi  is  at  all  times  interesting,  and  his  personal  impres- 
sions and  reminiscences  have  the  unaccustomed  flavor  of  pi- 
quancy to  make  them  doubly  fascinating. 


"Major  Rasher,  I  saw  a  man  to-day  who  would  like  the 

pleasure  of  kicking  you."  said  a  friend.     "Kickin 

ploded  the  Major.    "Kicking  me!    Give  me  his  name  at  once." 

I  hardly  like  to  tell  you,"  said  the  other.    "I  insist  upon  know- 
ing," said  the  Major.    "Ah,  well,  I'll  tell  you,"  said  the  soldier. 

It's  a  soldier  who's  in  the  hospital  with  both  legs  off." — Tit- 
Hits. 


He — People  are  saying  you  married  me  for  my  money. 

She — Well,  I  had  to  give  them  some  reason. —  I  /.  r.ild. 


Summer 
Vacation 
Opening 


APRIL    27th 

Reduced  Round -Trip  Fares 

to   hundreds  of   Mountain  and  Seaside  Resorts — 
offering    every  summer   hencfit   and  pleasure- 
San  Francisco  and  Oakland 
Monterey  Bay  Points 
Sierra  Resorts 
Yosemite 

Lake  County  Resorts 
Klamath  Lake  Region 
Crater  Lake 
Huntington  Lake 
Los  Angeles'and  its  Beaches 

BEGIN    PLANNING    NOW  .' 

Send  for  booklets  —  Stale  region  you  prefer 

We     will     gladly     assist    you    in 
arranging    your   trip — Ask  Agent 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 


Phone  Douglas  2177 


San   Francisco,  Cal. 


Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr,    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly    of    6    Geary    street; 
removes   corns   entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions   and   in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  BIdg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny   357S. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohri,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 

Samuel   M.  Shortridge,  Attorney-at-L,aw.  Chronicle  Building.  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phippsof  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL.Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


The  New 
Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  Bush  St.,  Sn  FranciMO 


(Above  Kearny} 


Eichmre,  Doud«i2411 


BLANCO'S  ""-ssi1-- 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second  St.,    San  Francisco 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


To  dispense  entirely  with  collars  on  separate  blouses  and 
dresses  is  one  of  the  latest  fancies  of  fashion  designers.  Per- 
haps this  will  be  a  trying  style  for  the  majority  of  women,  as 
most  faces  require  the  softening  influence  of  a  collar  around  the 
neck;  but  for  those  to  whom  it  is  becoming,  the  collarless  neck, 
as  a  novelty,  is  sure  to  make  an  appeal.  There  is  nothing  that 
women  like  more  than  something  a  little  different,  for  to  tire 
of  a  certain  style,  however  becoming,  is  only  human. 

Many  and  varied  are  the  new  outlines  and  finishes  for  these 
collarless  dresses.  Square,  round,  oval  and  V-shapes  are  all 
among  the  different  outlines  in  vogue.  The  oval  outline  going 
across  the  neck  from  shoulder  to  shoulder  at  a  rather  shallow 
depth  is  very  interesting,  and  is  shown  in  the  accompanying 
sketch.  In  this  model  the  neck  is  finished  with  a  cross-stitch 
embroidery  design,  one  of  the  newest  forms  of  embroidery,  or 
rather,  one  of  the  oldest  forms  of  embroidery  recently  revived. 
The  cross-stitch  of  generations  back  has  returned,  now  that  em- 
broidery of  every  description  enjoys  so  strong  a  vogue.  It  is 
fascinating  work  for  those  who  like  needlework,  and  so  simple 
to  do  that  many  spring  and  summer  frocks  will  be  adorned  with 
it,  worked  out  in  the  attractive  colors  used  for  embroideries. 

The  peplum-  blouse  illustrated  is  the  kind  that  is  worn  with 
the  new  loose-hanging  skirts,  an  example  of  which  is  shown  in 
the  sketch.    This  skirt  is  attached  to  a  skeleton  lining,  the  lin- 


O  SIcCam, 


O  -"•<-'  -i'-» 


Lett— Peplum  Blouse  with  Pleated  Skirt.  Right—  Afternoon  Frock  of  Dotted 
Foulard  in  Barrel  Effect. 

ing  so-called,  hanging  from  the  shoulders  and  cut  on  straight, 
loosely-fitted  lines.  The  lining  is  made  of  some  soft  or  thin 
material  such  as  net,  China  silk  or  fine  lawn.  The  object  of 
this  type  of  skirt  is  to  preserve  the  straight-line  silhouette.  It 
makes  an  excellent  foundation  for  the  peplum,  or  outside, 
blouses  as  they  are  called. 

The  blouse  that  buttons  straight  down  the  back  is  making  its 
way  surely  but  slowly  into  the  fashionable  world.  Crocheted 
and  decorative  fancy  buttons  make  these  back  closings  rather 
attractive.  Some  novelty  buttons  are  made  of  colored  beads 
bunched  together  in  ball  shape.  These  are  generally  used  on 
waists  that  button  in  front. 

Strings  of  colored  beads  to  go  with  waists  are  being  much 
worn.  The  beads  either  match  the  waist  in  color  or  are  of  a 
contrasting  though  harmonious  shade;  for  instance,  old  rose 
with  blue  makes  a  charming  combination. 


Apsil  7,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


15 


New  Fancy  Collars. 

While  collarless  styles  are  fashionable,  dainty  collars  have 
by  no  means  been  discarded;  on  the  contrary,  this  is  an  acces- 
sory made  very  much  of.  Some  of  the  new  shapes  fall  in  rather 
long  points  over  the  shoulders,  others  are  pointed  in  front  and 
square  at  the  back,  and  the  familiar  sailor  collar  is  ever  pres- 
ent. Fine  voile,  marquisette  and  handkerchief  linen  in  white 
and  colors  are  used  for  the  new  collars.  Some  are  hemstitched 
by  hand,  others  by  machine,  and  on  almost  every  one  there  is 
some  touch  of  hand  embroidery.  Double  collars  are  usually 
made  with  the  upper  one  of  some  color  and  a  white  one,  a  little 
larger,  under  it. 

The  high  stock  collar  is  being  worn  by  smart  women  as  much 
for  sports  as  for  use  with  tailored  costumes.  Usually  it  is  made 
of  pongee  or  some  heavy  silk  with  ends  that  cross  in  front  of 
striped  or  figured  silk. 

For  sports  wear,  a  white  silk  blouse  with  one  of  these  collars 
and  a  skirt  matching  the  figured  or  striped  silk  in  the  collar, 
make  a  very  attractive  costume.  This  idea  is  also  carried  out 
in  linens,  and  the  new  figured  cotton  materials  which  are  so 
smart  for  sports  skirts.  Instead  of  the  high  stock  collar,  some 
open-neck  blouses  are  worn  with  graceful  four-in-hand  ties 
made  of  the  skirt  material. 

In  Barrel  Effect. 

The  barrel  or  bowling-pin  silhouette  appears  to  be  meeting 
with  success,  not  only  in  skirts  of  the  tailored  type,  but  in  af- 
ternoon frocks.  The  effect  obtained  by  soft  draperies  and 
pleats  at  the  upper  part  of  the  skirt  makes  very  graceful  lines 
and  is  especially  pretty  in  afternoon  silk  frocks.  The  sketch 
shows  one  of  these  models  developed  in  dotted  foulard.  The 
waist  of  this  design  is  particularly  interesting,  as  it  features 
the  new  kimono  sleeve  cut  so  as  to  form  a  part  of  the  body 
of  the  waist.  The  curved  line  starting  from  the  collar  and  go- 
ing under  the  arm  is  seen  in  many  designs  and  allows  for  the 
use  of  two  materials,  that  most  popular  effect.  Collar  and  cuffs 
of  this  dress  are  of  sheer  white  organdy. 

Short  sleeves  reaching  just  above  or  below  the  elbow,  as  in 
this  model,  are  likely  to  be  popular  when  the  warm  weather 
comes,  for  every  indication  points  that  way  just  now.  The  long 
sleeves  will  continue  to  be  worn,  however. 


THE  DEADLY  WORK  OF  WAR. 

Wifie  telegraphed  to  her  husband,  who  was  in  Los  Angeles  on 
special  duties  in  war  work:  "Don't  forget  you  are  a  married 
man!" 

Six  hours  later  came  the  reply  to  this  city:  "Your  telegram 
evidently  delayed  in  transmission,  and  reached  me  half  an  hour 
too  late." 


EAGER  TO  PLEASE. 

His  partner  at  dinner  was  a  charming  girl,  but  her  dress,  as 
ir,  the  modern  fashion,  was  cut  more  than  ordinarily  low,  show- 
ing a  considerable  amount  of  her  charms. 

"I  hope  you  like  my  frock,"  she  gushed  to  him,  with  all  the 
ingenuousness  of  twenty. 

"Exceedingly,"  he  replied,  with  a  smile. 

"And  you  have  never  seen  one  like  it  before?"  she  persisted. 

"Never,"  he  replied,  thoughtfully,  "since  I  was  weaned!" 

Then  conversation  languished. 


TRAVEL  EAST  IN  LUXURY. 
Sunset  Limited  to  New  Orleans  through  balmy  skies.  Thence 
through  historic  scenes  of  days  of  war,  now  alive  with  southern 
life  and  industry.  The  sunset  Limited  and  its  connection  at 
New  Orleans  with  the  New  York  and  New  Orleans  Limited 
makes  an  ideal  winter  trip  East.  Service  the  best.  Stop-over 
at  points  of  much  interest.  For  booklets  and  information  apply 
Washington  Sunset  Route,  695  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique    Quarters    For   Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


"The  Glithers  baby  threw  a  bundle  of  stock  into  the  fire 

yesterday  morning."     "What  a  loss!     It  was  destroyed,  of 
ourse?"    "No;  Glithers  bought  the  stock  from  a  promoter.  It 
was  too  full  of  water  to  burn." — Birmingham  .Id. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN 

INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be 

given  in  the  Rose 

Room  of  the 

Hotel 

St. 

Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  a 

follows: 

Monday   Night  - 

-  Southern 

Thursday  Night- 

—French 

Tuesday     Night 

—  Oriental 

Friday  Night  — 

Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican 

Saturday  Night- 

— Californian 

ALSO 

A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven. 

&2.00  per  plale 

Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 

The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT— MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


At 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 


9  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

9  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


IF1NANCIAU 


The  trend  of  foreign  trade  is  still  on- 
U.  S.  Trade  Widening,     ward  and  upward     in     its     cleavage 

along  the  lines  of  1916,  and  the  last 
half  of  1915,  in  proportionate  increase  in  dollar  value,  in  classi- 
fications of  merchandise,  and,  perhaps,  unfortunately,  in  the 
decrease  of  the  proportion  or  percentage  of  imports  to  exports. 
For  seven  months  to  January,  1917,  inclusive,  total  trade  was 
$4,962,437,000,  or  only  $371,000,000  less  than  total  for  the  en- 
tire calendai  year  1915.  Standing  apart,  the  heavy  decline  in 
imports  would  not  be  regarded  as  a  healthy  factor  in  the  gen- 
eral situation.  However,  we  have  not  had  any  serious  short- 
age of  raw  material  imports  and  have  accepted  imports  of  at 
least  a  round  billion  in  gold,  have  made  loans  of  a  billion  and  a 
half  more,  and  have  repurchased  a  large  proportion  of  our  se- 
curities held  abroad,  against  the  after-the-war  day  when  most 
of  us  predict  raw  material  prices  will  decline. 

Aside  from  our  steady  gain  in  exports  to  the  Entente  Powers 
it  is  assuring  to  note  the  sustained  growth  and  expansion  of  our 
Mexican,  South  American  and  Asiatic  trade.  For  the  seven 
months'  period  Mexican  imports  gained  $9,000,000  and  exports 
$7,000,000.  These  figures  do  not  portend  any  serious  trouble 
in  that  quarter  in  the  near  future  from  economic  causes.  South 
American  imports  increased  $63,000,000  and  exports  $46,000,- 
000,  and  our  Asiatic  imports  $97,000,000  and  exports  $110,- 
000,000. 


President  W.  H.  Crocker,  of  the  Crocker  National  Bank, 

in  discussing  the  rumor  of  a  new  French  loan,  said  that  he  ex- 
pected the  Federal  Reserve  banks  would  accept  the  bonds  of 
the  British  and  French  governments  as  collateral.  He  is 
strongly  in  favor  of  such  action  and  believes  the  Reserve  banks 
should  invest  in  these  foreign  loan  securities.  "This  would 
encourage  other  banks  in  this  country  to  invest  their  money  in 
the  same  manner,"  he  said,  "and  now  that  the  President  has 
announced  our  national  policy  to  aid  the  entente  allies  in  prose- 
cuting the  war  by  proffering  financial  aid,  I  think  the  banks 
should  immediately  respond.  We  will  never  be  able  to  assist 
by  sending  men.  That  will  be  impossible ;  but  we  can'  send 
money,  and  that  they  need  the  most." 


California  has  four  times  the  banking  resources  of  Wash- 
ington and  Oregon  combined.  San  Francisco  has  nearly  half 
of  the  total  banking  resources  of  the  State.  San  Francisco  pos- 
sesses banking  resources  almost  double  the  total  for  the  States 
of  Washington  and  Oregon  combined.  San  Francisco  is  the 
seventh  city  in  the  United  States  in  the  amount  of  its  bank 
clearings.  From  1910  to  1916  the  clearings  show  that  the  city's 
increase  was  more  than  that  of  the  three  largest  coast  cities 
combined.  For  every  five  persons  living  in  San  Francisco  there 
are  three  savings  bank  accounts.  The  savings  bank  resources 
of  San  Francisco  are  three  times  those  of  Los  Angeles  and  40 
per  cent  of  the  total  of  the  State. 


The  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco  is  coming 

right  along.  In  the  year  1916  it  more  than  doubled  its  re- 
sources. The  bank's  second  annual  report,  just  out,  shows 
resources  as  of  December  31st  of  $45,088,007,  compared  with 
$21,714,587  at  the  close  of  the  year  preceding.  Net  earnings  for 
the  twelve  months  were  $59,153,  out  of  which  two  dividends  at 
6  per  cent  were  paid,  covering  the  period  November  16,  1914, 
to  March  31,  1915.  A  balance  of  $15,416.87  undivided  profits 
remains.  In  addition  to  current  expenses,  organization  expenses 
totaling  $114,959  were  charged  off. 


German  and  Austrian  rates  of  exchange  are  no  longer 

obtainable  in  the  United  States.  San  Francisco  banks  are  issu- 
ing their  exchange  reports  with  the  kronen  missing.  The 
French  franc  was  a  trifle  stronger,  but  other  European  rates 
in  no  way  reflected  the  general  excitement  occasioned  in  inter- 
national circles  by  the  advent  of  the  United  States  into  the 
world  war. 


Foreign  or  international  trade  of  the  world  is  estimated 

by  the  National  City  Bank  of  New  York  to  have  totaled  $45,- 
000,000  in  1916,  exclusive  of  government  imports  of  war  sup- 
plies, amounting  to  an  additional  $2,000,000,000.  First  place 
is  now  held  by  the  United  States,  with  grand  total  of  $7,873,- 
000,000,  comparing  with  $4,277,000,000  in  1913.  Great  Britain's 
foreign  trade  amounted  to  $7,080,000,000,  against  $5,764,000,- 
000  in  1913,  the  last  year  of  peace. 


Seven  million  dollars  more  is  on  deposit  in  the  national 

banks  of  San  Joaquin  County  than  was  deposited  at  this  time 
a  year  ago.  The  aggregate  resources  of  the  banks  of  the  county 
— according  to  a  compilation  just  completed  by  the  Stockton 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  are  $33,199,131,  as  compared  with  $25,- 
930,443.22. 


E.  P.  ANDERSON 


TEL.   PARK  3553 


THE 


Autocar 


COMMERCIAL  CAR 

M.  S.  BULKLEY  &  COMPANY 

Direct   Factory  Branch 
561  Golden  Gate  Ave.     San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Hudford  Truck  Attachment 

For  the  Conversion  of  Motor  Cars  Into  Trucks 
INTERNAL  GEAR  AXLE— SHAFT  DRIVE— NO  CHAINS 

CROWN  GARAGE  CO.,  Inc. 

San  Francisco  Distributors 


1650    JACKSON 

Telephone  Prospect  2777 


STREET 

San  Francisco.  Cal. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


J.    SPAULDING    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER     CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Relaying  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Djeing 

Oriental    Rugs   Cleaned 

353-357  TEHAMA  STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class  C   Fireproof  Building 

1864  — OUR    GOLDEN    ANNIVERSARY— 1914 


J.  B.  CROWE 

[GLASS    OF    ALL    KINDS 

1372-1376  Turk  St.,  at  Fillmore 
Telephone  West  1398 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 

Rooms  510-512  Phone  Sutter  6818 


April  7.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


T*Te 


"AUTOMOBIL 


'—— 


Lincoln  Highway  Assumes    New  Importance  As 
Defense  Possibility 

The  actual  possibilities  of  a  plunge  into  the  world-strife  has 
created  a  new  interest  in  the  American  road  situation.  Added 
to  the  worries  of  those  giving  serious  consideration  to  the  cry- 
ing needs  of  the  country  in  the  way  of  preparedness,  now  that 
conditions  have  reached  a  stage  more  critical  than  even  the 
pacifists  care  to  ignore,  is  the  woeful  condition  of  the  average 
rural  highway  as  a  means  of  transportation  from  the  military 
standpoint. 

It  is  the  through,  connected  routes  of  travel,  particularly  the 
transcontinental  highways,  that  are  being  most  carefully  stud- 
ied. The  Lincoln  Highway,  because  of  its  strategic  routing  be- 
tween New  York  and  San  Francisco,  is  one  of  the  roads  of 
first  importance  in  a  military  sense. 

Major  John  F.  O'Ryan,  Division  Commander,  N.  Y.  N.  G., 
is  authority  for  the  statement  that  the  value  of  a  coast  to  coast 
highway,  such  as  the  Lincoln  Highway,  is  self-evident  from 
the  military  point  of  view.  Motor  transportation  has  been  de- 
veloped so  rapidly  in  the  past  few  years,  and  there  are  now  in 
use  in  all  of  the  States  in  the  Union  so  large  a  number  of  com- 
mercial trucks,  that  they  constitute  an  important  factor  in  any 
problem  involving  the  transportation  of  men  and  supplies  within 
the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States  in  the  time  of  war. 

Moreover,  it  is  safe  to  assume  that  the  factor  of  motor  trans- 
portation will  each  year  have  an  increased  value. 

The  efficiency  of  this  motor  transportation  fleet  would,  how- 
ever, be  greatly  hampered  by  the  conditions  of  the  roads  over 
which  the  vehicles  would  have  to  operate.  It  is  the  experience 
of  every  motorist  touring  in  this  country,  that  the  good  roads 
over  which  rapid  progress  may  be  made  with  safety  are  unfor- 
tunately separated  from  other  roads  of  like  character  by  miles 
of  wretched  road,  and  that  the  good  time  made  on  the  former  is 
frequently  neutralized  by  accident  and  delay  superinduced  by 
the  latter.  It  is  this  "crazy  quilt"  pattern  of  road  making  which 
lessens  the  value  of  good  road  work  in  the  United  States  so  far 
as  military  uses  are  concerned. 

Progress  is  being  made  on  the  Lincoln  Highway  which,  when 
completed,  will  avoid  this  objection  throughout  the  entire  length 
of  its  immence  3,300  mile  travel  zone.  But  the  work  is  not  done, 
although  a  vast  amount  of  improvement  has  been  completed  and 
much  more  will  be  added  during  the  coming  year.  The  need  of 
highway  improvement  is  emphasized  by  the  inadequacy  of  the 
great  railroad  systems  of  the  country  to  provide  transportation 
for  immediate  concentration  of  large  military  forces  with  all 
their  needed  supplies. 

*  *  * 

There  are  two  definite  ways  in  which  the  motor  car  owners 
can  be  exceedingly  valuable  in  time  of  military  need.  One  of 
them  is  in  connection  with  mobilization  effectiveness,  especially 
of  the  minute  men  sort.  In  every  State  there  are  now  more 
than  enough  passenger  automobiles  which  could  be  made  sys- 
tematically available  in  carrying  to  State  camps  those  men 
who  could  not  be  provided  for  conveniently  by  railroad  trans- 
portation. Those  States  which  have  gone  forward  in  highways 
betterment  would  particularly  lend  themselves  to  the  carrying 
out  of  such  a  plan,  which  probably  would  include  county 
arrangement  and  appointment  of  officers  responsible  for  the 
details  and  the  apportioning  of  specified  cars  to  certain  enlisted 
men. 

Once  the  troops  were  assembled,  then  would  come  the  neces- 
sity for  longer  periods  of  service,  and  undoubtedly  there  would 
be  plenty  of  motor  driven  vehicles  available  under  an  enlistment 
project  on  which  the  war  college  has  been  at"  work  for  some 
time. 


Motor  Truck  Show  Proves  Success 

San  Francisco's  first  motor  truck  show,  held  durii 
week  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium  under  the  management  of 
Ivan  R.  Gates,  was  not  only  a  representative  gathering  oi 
mcrcial  vehicles,  and  an  exposition  ol 

to  which  they  are  put,  but  an  exceedingly  popular  event. 
Throughout  the  period  of  the  exhibition,  hundreds  of  interested 
.  pectators  visited  the  Auditorium.  Many  of  the  exhibitors  re- 
port that  they  profited  materially  by  the  show.  Several  unique 
demonstrations  were  staged  during  the  exhibition,  the  majority 
of  which  were  of  a  high  educational  value  to  dealers,  users  and 

prospective  owners. 

•  •  • 

Hudford  Truck  Attachment  Meets  Popular  Approval 

One  of  the  most  interesting,  as  well  as  efficient  truck  attach- 
ments that  have  ever  been  introduced  locally  is  the  Hudford 
Truck  Attachment,  by  means  of  which  one  may  convert  a  motor 
car  into  a  commercial  truck.  The  change  from  one  to  the  other 
may  be  made  in  a  reasonable  period  of  time,  and  is  an  eco- 
nomical method  of  handling  one's  pleasure  car  when  the  exi- 
gencies of  business  demand  it.  The  Hudford  Truck  Attachment 
is  equipped  with  an  internal  gear  axle  and  a  shaft  drive.  The 
entire  absence  of  chains  makes  the  attachment  one  that  is 
highly  desirable  over  many  that  are  now  on  the  market.  The 
Hudford  Truck  Attachment  is  distributed  in  the  local  territory 

by  the  Crown  Garage  Company,  Inc. 

•  •  • 

Autocar  Wins  Many  Local  Users 

Among  the  motor  cars  used  throughout  the  bay  region  which 
enjoy  general  usage  in  the  commercial  field,  the  Autocar  ranks 
well  up  at  the  top  of  the  list,  in  evidence  of  which  is  the  fact 
that  it  is  used  by  concerns  of  every  description.  The  Autocar 
is  strictly  a  commercial  car.    It  has  a  large  carrying  capacity, 


and  under  severe  tests  has  performed  heavy  work,  exceeding 
in  efficiency  the  claims  that  are  made  for  it  by  its  builders. 
Locally  the  Autocar  is  handled  by  M.  S.  Bulkley  &  Company, 
the  concern's  establishment  on  Golden  Gate  avenue,  being  a 
direct  factory  branch.  This  fact  gives  Autocar  owners  con- 
stant assurance  of  factory  service  within  easy  reach. 

*  *  * 

How  to  Get  a  New  Battery  for  the  Old  One 

A  new  charged  battery  in  exchange  for  an  owner's  old  one  at 
a  cost  of  which  is  generally  asked  for  recharging,  is  the  latest 
proposition  to  help  the  motorist  to  reduce  the  high  cost  of  living. 
The  plan  is  the  idea  of  the  Permalite  Corporation,  the  principal 
factory  and  headquarters  of  which  are  in  Indianapolis.  Re- 
cently the  concern  invaded  the  Pacific  Coast  territory  under 
the  name  of  the  Western  Permalite  Distributors  Incorporated, 
with  headquarters  in  the  Hearst  building,  and  under  the  man- 
agement of  Arthur  L.  Weber,  president  and  general  manager. 

The  Permalite  Corporation  is  the  pioneer  in  this  new  idea. 
It  is  similar  to  that  so  generally  used  in  connection  with  the 
acetylene  gas  formerly  in  vogue  where  the  motorist  exchanged 
his  empty  tank  for  a  fully  charged  one  upon  the  payment  of  a 
nominal  sum.  The  system  has  become  popular  in  other  parts  of 
the  country  and  exchange  stations  have  been  established  in 
every  community  where  automobiles  are  owned. 

Hundreds  of  applications  are  being  received  at  Weber's 
office  for  local  agencies.  Only  one  agent  in  a  section  is  ap- 
pointed. Owing  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  proposition  the 
best  garages  and  dealers  are  among  the  applicants.     The  first 

carload  of  Permalite  batteries  is  now  nearing  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

With  the  back  of  winter  broken  and  a  touch  of  real  spring  in 
the  air,  the  possibilities  of  motoring  are  thrusting  their  attention 
on  the  public  and  pricking  the  imagnaton.  Sales  are  conse- 
quently being  stimulated,  and  from  now  on  the  big  drive  will 
continue  to  gain  in  impetus. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


Republic  Introduces  Prodium  Truck  Tires 

One  of  the  new  features  in  the  tire  world  for  commercial  cars 
in  1917  is  the  Republic  Prodium  Truck  Tire,  manufactured  and 
controlled  by  The  Republic  Rubber  Company,  Youngstown, 
Ohio.  This  is  a  new  Pressed-on  Type  of  the  Channel  Base  Tire, 
designed  to  carry  greater  loads  per  square  inch  of  tread  sur- 
face than  heretofore  claimed  of  tires  of  this  type. 

Aside  from  its  general  design  and  wide  tread,  isthe  exclu- 
sive stock  known  as  Prodium  Process  Rubber.  This  new  dis- 
covery makes  a  tread  that  is  soft,  flexible,  resilient  and  yet  has 
a  strength  unequaled  by  any  other  truck  tire  stock.  The  ten- 
sile strength  of  Prodium  will  average  1,000  lbs.  per  sq.  inch 
greater  than  the  majority  of  stocks  used  for  truck  tires  to-day. 
It  is  light  in  weight  and  is  practically  chip-proof,  eliminating 
one  of  the  most  troublesome  habits  of  truck  tire  stocks  used 
heretofore.  Under  the  most  severe  road  conditions  Prodium 
Process  Rubber  wears  down  smooth,  like  a  piece  of  hardened 
steel. 

"Made  i;i  all  sizes,  the  new  tire  is  gaining  widespread  popu- 
larity," says  B.  C.  Swinehart,  manager  of  Solid  Tire  Sales,  "as 
many  have  already  been  thoroughly  tested  under  the  most 
gruelling  conditions,  and  have  averaged  better  than  12,000  to 

14,000  miles." 

*  *  * 

Owners  Want  Constant  Tire  Mileage  Raise 

In  no  other  place  in  the  United  States  do  motorists  expect 
so  much  from  tires  as  in  Southern  California,  and  at  no  other 
place  are  tires  sold  to  users  on  as  little  margin  of  profit,  ac- 
cording to  L.  H.  Coppel,  local  Norwalk  manager. 

"Five  years  ago  a  three  thousand  mile  guarantee  was  consid- 
ered liberal,"  says  Coppel,  "but  in  time  this  was  increased  to 
five  thousand  miles,  and  most  tires  are  now  covered  by  such  a 
guarantee.  With  the  three  thousand  mile  guarantee  motorists 
were  disappointed  if  they  did  not  obtain  six  thousand  miles  of 
actual  service.  Now  with  the  users  of  tires  covered  by  a  five 
thousand  mile  guarantee  they  are  disappointed  if  nine  thousand 
or  ten  thousand  miles  is  not  obtained. 

"Since  the  guarantee  of  Norwalk  tires  was  raised  from  five 
thousand  to  seven  thousand  five  hundred  for  Ford  sizes  and  six 
thousand  for  larger  sizes,  nearly  every  Norwalk  owner  now 
naturally  expects  to  obtain  not  less  than  fourteen  thousand 

miles  from  their  tires." 

*  *  * 

Scores  See  New  Stutz  Speedster 

After  weeks  of  waiting  on  the  part  of  the  Latham,  Davis 
Company,  the  much  talked  about  sixteen  valve  Stutz  speedster 
is  on  hand  and  available  for  demonstration.  The  car  arrived 
the  early  part  of  this  week,  and  immediately  was  given  a  thor- 
ough inspection  by  those  who  are  interested  in  a  type  of  car  that 
has  almost  unlimited  speed  capabilities.  There  were  many 
others  to  view  the  car  who  were  attracted  because  of  the  new 
engineering  features  embodied  in  its  construction.  The  new 
car  is  finished  in  brilliant  Stutz  red  with  black  leather  uphol- 
stering and  presents  a  decidedly  attractive  appearance. 

*  *  * 

Canada  Buys  100  Chalmers  Six-30's 

In  a  search  for  efficient  motor  transportation  for  her  half- 
million  recruits,  Canada  has  turned  to  American  cars,  and  is 
expending  thousands  of  dollars  on  high  grade  Yankee  machines. 

One  of  the  largest  orders  given  out  by  the  Dominion  army  of- 
ficials called  for  over  100  Six-30  touring  cars.  These  have  been 
delivered  by  the  Chalmers  Motor  Company  of  Canada,  Ltd., 
and  are  now  in  active  service  at  Camp  Hughes,  Ont.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  standard  touring  cars,  a  squad  of  a  dozen  chassis 
have  been  purchased  for  mounting  machine  guns  and  like 
purposes. 

"We  have  found  the  light  weight,  speedy  Chalmers  car  to  be 
ideal  for  army  work,"  said  one  of  the  commanding  officers  in 

reviewing  the  work  of  the  motor  transport. 

*  *  * 

Mitchell  Six  Sets  New  Record  in  Southland 

Smashing,  it  is  claimed,  all  previous  road  records  between 
Calexico  and  Phoenix,  C.  V.  Derden  and  Ben  Hulse,  in  a 
Mitchell  Light  Six,  recently  negotiated  the  distance  between 
the  ^ivo  mentioned  points  in  twenty-eight  hours,  actual  running 
time.  Placed  in  round  figures,  the  journey  constituted  508 
miles.  The  trip  was  made  the  latter  part  of  last  week.  De- 
spite many  advices  and  warnings  that  the  party  would  never 


reach  its  destination,  due  to  recent  heavy  rains,  the  members  of 
the  party,  undaunted  by  the  alleged  condition  of  the  roads,  un- 
dertook the  so-called  perilous  trip,  and  were  rewarded  for  their 
efforts  by  hanging  up  what  is  said  to  be  a  new  motor  mark  for 
Southern  California  and  Arizona. 

*  *  * 

Comfort  First-New  Kissel  Slogan 

"Comfort  First!" 

This  new  modification  of  the  well  known  slogan  is  one  that  is 
especially  appealing  to  the  motorists  of  to-day.  Comfort  for 
the  man  and  the  woman  who  rides  has  been  a  matter  of  slow 
growth  in  the  development  of  the  motor  car  industry. 

In  the  days  when  automobiles  were  machines  and  not  vehicles 
bodily  comfort  was  less  than  a  secondary  consideration;  the 
mechanics  of  the  car  came  in  for  the  first  thought  by  the  engi- 
neers and  factory  heads. 

With  the  perfection  of  mechanical  detail,  however,  the  various 
manufacturers  are  vieing  with  each  other  in  the  provision  of  ad- 
ditional new  conveniences  that  will  make  the  automobile  more 
comfortable  for  the  tourist. 

Probably  the  one  model  that  has  done  more  to  care  for  the 
comfort  of  the  motorist  than  any  other  thing  is  the  Kissel-All- 
Year-Idea,"  the  idea  that  changed  the  motoring  habits  of  a  na- 
tion." 

*  *  * 

Mathewson  Adds  Oakland  Six  and  Eight 

Following  closely  the  announcement  that  the  Mathewson 
Motor  Company  had  been  appointed  representatives  for  the 
Pilot  Six,  comes  another  from  the  same  company  to  the  effect 
that  the  Oakland  car  has  been  added  to  its  line  of  motor  car 
offerings.  The  Oakland  always  has  been  one  of  the  popular 
lines  of  the  General  Motors  Company,  and  the  models  of  recent 
years,  especially  the  Oakland,  has  swung  into  popular  favor 

through  its  design,  material  and  construction. 

*  *  * 

One  Change  Time  Wrought  for  Auto 

In  speaking  of  the  automobile,  the  New  York  Times  in  April, 
1900,  published  the  following  utterance :  "It  is  not  too  soon  to 
suggest  the  necessity  of  finding  means  to  check  their  ravages. 
Unlike  the  bicycle  or  vehicle  drawn  by  horses,  they  are  quite  apt 
to  start  backward  or  forward  and  are  as  ponderous  as  an  ele- 
phant." 


vmzJfctfM! 


April  7.  1917 


anJ  California  Advertise) 


$100,000  Sale  of  Norwalk  Tubes 

•::al  communications  have  recently  been  received  by  the 
Norwalk  Tire  &  Rubber  Company  in  Connecticut  from  other 
manufacturers,  asking  the  Norwalk  factory  to  manufacture 
their  inner  tubes  for  them  because  of  the  wide-spread  and 
growing  reputation  of  the  Norwalk  product,"  stated  C.  H.  Cop- 
pel,  of  the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company. 

"Reports  from  all  parts  of  the  country  substantiate  the  claim 
that  these  tubes  are  rendering  a  degTee  of  service  that  is  amaz- 
ing to  motorists.  The  real  reason  for  the  long  life  of  these 
tubes  is  the  fact  that  the  rubber  is  treated  in  a  manner  entirely 
different  from  that  used  in  ordinary  tubes,  and  the  product  con- 
tains over  97  pure  rubbergum. 

"These  are  the  only  tubes  I  know  of  that  will  float  in  water 
unflated,  and  this  is  conclusive  proof  that  they  contain  no  for- 
eign substance  which  can  in  any  way  deteriorate  or  destroy  the 
quality  of  the  tubes. 

"A  large  number  of  tests  were  made  at  the  factory  recently 
to  ascertain  the  tensile  strength  of  the  rubber;  it  was  found  that 
a  tire  is  capable  of  supporting  over  3,000  pounds  to  the  square 
inch.  Furthermore,  it  was  found  that  it  possesses  such  a  mar- 
velous degree  of  toughness  that  it  must  be  stretched  more  than 
ten  times  its  normal  size  before  the  least  break  or  flaw  can  be 
made,  and  nearly  twenty  times  its  size  before  it  will  break. 
This  shows  how  resilient  and  flexible  the  rubber  is,  notwith- 
standing its  toughness.  It  is  certainly  the  liveliest  rubber  that  I 
have  ever  noted  in  tubes. 

"What  is  believed  to  be  the  largest  single  sale  of  tubes  ever 
made  to  one  concern,  and  likewise  the  quickest  sale  ever  nego- 
tiated, was  closed  a  few  days  ago  by  C.  E.  Mathewson,  a  for- 
mer S.  F.  resident,  and  general  sales  manager  of  the  Norwalk 
factory,  during  which  time  he  was  associated  with  the  factory 
branch  of  one  of  the  large  branch  concerns.  Mathewson  hap- 
pened to  be  in  New  York  City  the  other  day,  calling  on  his  au- 
tomobile friends,  and  while  there  was  asked  to  call  at  the  of- 
fice of  the  president  of  a  certain  large  brokerage  concern.  There 
Mathewson  was  given  an  immediate  purchase  of  $100,000  worth 
of  quality  tubes  in  order  to  obtain  them  before  the  general  raise 
in  price.  Fortunately  the  Norwalk  factory  was  in  a  position  to 
make  prompt  deliveries  on  any  quantity  of  tubes.  Mathewson 
closed  the  deal  within  thirty  minutes. 

"It  is  not  known  whether  this  is  a  war  order  or  the  tubes  will 
be  distributed  in  this  country.  The  brokerage  concern  re- 
fused to  state  where  the  tubes  are  to  go." 

*  *  » 

Equipment  Changes  in  Late  Years 

It  is  surprising  to  those  who  recall  the  motor  car  of  some  ten 
or  twelve  years  ago  to  note  the  radical  changes  that  have  taken 
place  in  what  constitutes  "standard  equipment."  The  pur- 
chaser of  a  car,  but  a  few  years  ago,  found  that  he  had  bought 
the  chassis  and  body  only.  Before  he  could  operate  his  car 
with  any  degree  of  comfort  or  safety  it  was  necessary  for  him 
to  purchase  even  such  essentials  as  lamps,  horn,  top,  etc.  How- 
ever, in  these  days,  manufacturers  are  vieing  with  each  other 
in  the  marketing  of  cars  that  are  complete  as  to  every  possible 
detail  of  equipment,  so  that,  instead  of  spending  several  hun- 
dred dollars  for  items  that  were  once  termed  "extra  equipment," 
the  purchaser  now  finds  himself  in  possession  of  every  practi- 
cal accessory  necessary  to  the  requirements  of  law,  convenience, 
comfort,  safety  and  appearance.  The  Pathfinder  Touring  Road- 
ster, from  the  Indianapolis  plant,  is  a  notable  example  of  what, 
in  these  latter  days  is  considered  the  completely  equipped  au- 
tomobile. 

*  •  • 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 
518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND    HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,    EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND    REPAIRED 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  flrst- 
clasa  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and   their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue   and   The  Circle. 


ESHHHEEDElIIE 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Ne.i  Ave.     BRAND  i.  CUSHMAIM      Phone  Prospect  741 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  Plating  Works 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


w ASHLESS 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD    NEVER    BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

ftlQ  fllK    171  I  IC    CT       Between  Polk  and 
013-OJO    CL.L.10    Ol.      van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  7,  1917 


llNSVMCEi 


A  list  of  assureds  whose  policies  have  been  canceled  for  non- 
payment of  premiums  has  been  furnished  the  San  Francisco 
Insurance  Brokers'  Exchange  by  the  Pacific  Board.  The  list, 
supplied  at  the  request  of  the  Exchange,  will  be  amended 
monthly,  and  is  confidential  in  nature.  The  brokers  _  believe 
that  this  list  will  save  them  and  the  companies  both  time  and 
experience.  It  is  possible,  in  this  field,  for  the  assured  to  delay 
the  payment  of  premiums  for  ninety  days  before  policies  are 
cancelled,  and  certain  property  owners  have  had  insurance  for 
many  months  by  availing  themselves  of  this  credit  rule.  When 
one  company  cancelled,  the  risk  was  taken  to  another,  and 
three  additional  months  of  free  insurance  was  thus  obtained. 

*  *  * 

The  Pacific  States  Fire,  of  Portland,  Or.,  has  appointed  the 
well  known  firm  of  H.  M.  Newhall  &  Co.,  general  agents  for 
California,  Arizona  and  Nevada.  The  insurance  department  of 
the  firm  is  under  the  direction  of  Thomas  S.  Deering.  New- 
hall  &  Co.  have  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  represented  the  ma- 
rine department  of  the  London  Assurance  and  the  Ocean  Ma- 
rine, and  are  prominent  as  marine  underwriters.  The  annual 
statement  of  the  Pacific  States  Fire  as  of  December  31,  1916, 
shows  assets  of  $592,152,  and  a  policyholders'  surplus  of  $452,- 
000. 

*  *  * 

B.  E.  Ellis,  until  recently  Pacific  Coast  supervisor  for.  the 
Equitable  Life  of  Iowa,  has  taken  the  agency  of  the  company 
for  the  northern  part  of  California,  and  established  headquar- 
ters at  201  and  203  Claus  Spreckels  building.  He  will  continue 
to  cover  the  coast  as  supervisor.  Mr.  Ellis  was  formerly  with 
the  Phoenix  Mutual,  and  has  a  strong  record  as  a  personal  pro- 
ducer. Mr.  Ellis  has  appointed  Chapman  Young,  formerly 
with  the  company  at  Louisville,  as  general  agent  for  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  State.  He  has  associated  with  him  Roy  Sheldon, 
who  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 
Mr.  Young  is  a  big  producer. 

»  *  * 

The  American  Bankers'  Insurance  Company's  contract  with 
F.  W.  Dalton,  General  Agent  at  Minneapolis,  for  Minnesota, 
North  Dakota  and  Montana,  one  of  the  large  General  Agen- 
cies of  the  company,  has  been  terminated.  The  company  is 
dividing  the  territory  previously  handled  by  Mr.  Dalton  into 
general  agencies,  each  covering  a  number  of  counties,  thereby 
more  closely  cultivating  the  territory.  New  insurance  written 
by  the  company  for  the  first  two  months  of  this  year  is  $181,- 
000  ahead  of  the  production  for  January  and  February  of  1916. 

*  *  * 

A.  C.  Olds,  for  the  past  year  assistant  manager  for  the  Ameri- 
can of  Newark,  under  George  O.  Hoadley,  has  tendered  his 
resignation,  effective  June  1st.  Mr.  Olds  is  one  of  the  best 
known  insurance  men  on  the  coast,  and  has  been  connected  in 
a  managerial  capacity  with  a  number  of  important  companies 
during  the  past  fifteen  years.  Mr.  Olds  has  not  announced  his 
plans  for  the  future,  but  it  is  said  that  he  will  shortly  assume 
the  Pacific  Coast  management  of  two  important  fire  insurance 
companies. 

The  friends  of  Bernard  Faymonville,  who  recently  resigned 
the  presidency  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company,  to 
the  number  of  about  one  hundred  and  fifty,  tendered  him  a 
farewell  dinner  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  the  evening  of  April 
3d.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the  affair  consisted  of:  Rolla 
V.  Watt,  Dixwell  Hewitt,  E.  T.  Niebling,  W.  H.  Breeding,  Rob- 
ert P.  Fab],  Herbert  B.  Keith  and  Frank  J.  Devlin. 

*  *  * 

Last  year  was  not  only  the  most  prosperous  in  the  history  of 
the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co.,  but,  everything  considered, 
the  record  made  exceeded  in  profit  that  of  any  other  company 
in  the  United  States.  No  one,  to  look  at  the  figures  of  the  com- 
pany's statement,  showing  its  financial  condition  as  of  January 
1,  1917,  would  ever  suspect  that  it  had  been  struck  by  such  con- 
flagrations as  that  of  Boston,  Chicago  and  San  Francisco. 


Under  the  auspices  of  the  library  committee  of  the  Fire  Un- 
derwriters' Association  of  the  Pacific,  Frederick  B.  Kellam, 
branch  manager  for  the  Pacific  Department  of  the  Royal  and 
Queen,  delivered  a  lecture  entitled  "Correspondence."  The 
attendance  was  large,  and  the  address  proved  to  be  unusually 
interesting. 

*  *  * 

P.  K.  Mackean,  a  popular  member  of  the  San  Francisco  staff 
of  the  Phoenix  of  London,  has  left  for  England  "to  do  his  bit," 
carrying  with  him  the  good  wishes  of  all  his  friends.  A  beauti- 
fully engraved  cigarette  case  was  presented  to  him  by  the 

members  of  the  office  force. 

*  *  * 

T.  C.  Atwood,  who  has  been  writing  business  for  the  Califor- 
nia State  Life  for  two  years  or  more,  has  been  given  charge  of 
the  San  Francisco  agency.  Offices  have  been  established  in 
the  Humboldt  Building.  Mr.  Atwood  has  been  a  good  producer, 
and  his  pleasing  personality  will  go  far  toward  sustaining  the 
popularity  of  the  company  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

A.  F.  Smith,  the  energetic  general  agent  for  Northern  Cali- 
fornia of  the  Bankers'  Life,  on  March  31st  entertained  his 
agents  in  San  Francisco.  It  is  the  practice  of  the  agency  to 
assemble  all  the  agents  quarterly  for  mutual  consultation  and 
a  feast,  and  these  meetings  have  grown  in  popularity  and  ben- 
efit. 

*  *  * 

The  Presbyterian  Ministers'  Fund,  the  oldest  life  insurance 
company  in  America,  is  celebrating  its  two  hundredth  anni- 
versary. 

Fire  and   Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    DETROIT    NA- 
TIONAL   FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY    of    DETROIT,    in    the    State 
of  Michigan,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real  Estate    $    3.125.09 

Mortgage  and  collateral  loans   294,500.00 

Bonds   and   stocks    243.619.40 

Cash  In  office  and  banks  56,659.60 

Agents'    balances    41,875.93 

Bills  received  taken  for  risks   None 

Other  ledger  assets   100.00 

Total  ledger  assets    $639,879.93 

NON-LEDGER— 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued    $  10,884.65 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value  4.038.23 

Other  non-ledger  assets  8.794.18 


Gross     assets     $663,596.99 

Deduct  assets   not  admitted    24,599.71 


Total   admitted    assets    $638,997.28 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims  $  12,092.59 

Unearned     premiums     161,825.32 

All    other   liabilities    3.234.5* 


Total  liabilities   (except  capital  and  surplus)    $177,152.45 

Capital     389,350.00 

Surplus     72,494.83 


Total  capital,  surplus  and  other  liabilities  $638,997.28 

M.  O.  ROWLAND,  President. 
J.   EDWARD  READY,    Secretary. 
The  J.  F.   MAGEE  Agency,  Pacific  Coast   Department,  314  California  St. 
Telephone  Kearny  402. 

Fire  and    Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    MINNEAPOLIS 
FIRE  &   MARINE   INSURANCE   CO.,   of  MINNEAPOLIS,   in  the  State 
of  Minnesota,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS. 

Real    Estate    None 

Mortgage   and   collateral   loans $382,350.00 

Bonds   and   stocks    197.874.37 

Cash  in  office  and  banks    106.248.68 

Agents'  balances    44.453.73 

Bills  received  taken   for   risks    None 

Other  ledger   assets    None 


Total   ledger   assets    $730,926.78 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued $  12.942.92 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value   None 

Other   non-ledger    assets    None 

Gross    assets    , $743,869.70 

Deduct  assets  not   admitted    775.52 


Total   admitted   assets    $743,094.1  8 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims   $  68.932.57 

Unearned    premiums    395.552.71 

All    other    liabilities    16.707.21 


Total   liabilities    (except  capital  and   surplus)    $481,192.49 

Capital     $200,011(1.00 

Surplus    61.901.69 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other  liabilities  $743,094.18 

ALFRED  STINSON.  Vice-President. 
WATTIE  C.  LEACH.  Secretary. 
The  J.   F.    MAGEE  Agency,   Pacific   Coast   Department,  314  California   St. 
Telephone  Kearny  402. 


"THE  COMPANIES  OF  PERSONAL  SERVICE" 

FIRE.  EARTHQUAKE.  AUTOMOBILE.  I  [VI  Q  I   I  D  A  Nj  P  C 

FIDELITY     AND     SURETY     BOND  I  IN  O  U  IxMIN  U  L 

LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO..  LTD. 

OF    LIVERPOOL,    ENGLAND 

Incorporated    1861 
Total   Available   Asset*          ...  $34,836,748  28 

Assets  In  United  States 5. 386.826. 09 

ORIENT  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF  HARTFORD,  CONN. 
Incorporated  1867 


Assets 


$4,030,146.21 


LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  INDEMNITY  COMPANY 

OF    AMERICA 

Organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Inc.  Jan.  1915 

Assets  $2,844,045.21 

PACIFIC    COAST    DEPARTMENT 
332    PINE    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO 

SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager 

G«0.  Of  monM  Smith  ■  ititcn-l.-nl  Win.  B.  EfopUni,  Local  Secretary 

WM.  M.    KLINGER.  General  Agent.  AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

K.  F.  Bennett,  Baal  den.  Secteterj  Fldelitj  and  Boraty  Department 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  Or 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


iFS/  IHUSHtD  Ilin 


Pmld*np  ('kpitsi 

Remrrfl  Fund 

Bsssrvs  Liability  <>' 
Proptteton 

Arurt'irstt*  ssMti 
pt.  I91« 


$18,526,600.00 
■  13,625,000.00 
-    18.526,600.00 

»50,678,200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

HS  BRANCHES  and  i)  irnllnti  siatai.  Hot  Zealand, 

HJL Papua, (Naw  QuIam),  mhi  London,    Ths  Hunk  tranasci 
Uon  o(  Australian  Banklnff  BuilneM,      Woolandotharl 

i"r,.,lit*  Arraniffd. 

Head  Office  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THRIADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Fredericks.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital   $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1853 


Cash  Capital,  $6,000,000 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
flre.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 

Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    fif    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND    FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF  SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  tile  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  mote  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  othei   relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February.  A.  D.,  1917. 

H,  I.  MULCRBVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.   R.    CASTAGNETTO.    Deputy   Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY.  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED   1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..LL.D.D.C.L.       Paid-up   Capital  $15,000,000 

J0HNAIRD  General^r      R«"V«FUnd  ,".500,000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assijtim  General  Manager     Aggregate  Resource  288.000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote.  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $J. 000,000.00 
^=^jj— ,          Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125.391.04 
^^            Deposits  50,513.876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member  of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSI0N1BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'   Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  Typewr &;„«?.$& covers 

■  he  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
bpoms  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


WHY? 

Were  90*  of  the  Automobile  Races  of  1 9 1 6  won  with 

RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 

QUALITY 

INSIST  on  Getting  Them 
Eliminate  Ignition  Trouble 


PACIFIC    COAST     DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


a 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co.  1 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO   f 


Spring  Time  is  Blossom  Time 

—  in  — 
santa  clara  valley 

Thousands  of  acres  of  fruit  trees  with  millions  of 
blossoms,  whose  fragrance  fills  the  air  with  a  sweet 
aroma.  In  no  place  in  the  world  is  there  a  greater 
profusion  of  flowers  and  blossoms  than  in  Santa 
Clara  Valley.    Blossom  Time  is  now 

SEE  THEM  FROM  THE  BLOSSOM  TROLLEY  TRIP 


A  65  mile  scenic  trolley  trip  through  the  Valley  (fare 
$1.00)  visiting  most  of  the  interesting  points,  in- 
cluding a  tour  of  Stanford  University,  accompanied 
by  a  guide,  where  the  famous  pipe  organ  in  the 
Memorial  Chapel  maybe  heard 

HOW  TO  MAKE  THE  DELIGHTFUL  TRIP 

Southern  Pacific  train  leavingThird  and  Townsend 
Streets  at  9:00  A.  M.  makes  direct  connection  at 
Palo  Alto  with  Blossom  Trip  Car,  which  starts  trip 
from  Palo  Alto  at  10:00  A.  M.  Patrons  from  San 
Francisco  are  returned  to  Palo  Alto  in  timeto  take 
the4:35  or  6:17  P.  M.  trainsforSan  Francisco.  Fare 
San  Francisco  to  Palo  Alto  and  return  $1.25  week 
days,  95  cents  Sundays.  Blossom  Trip  tickets  may 
be  purchased  from  Southern  Pacific  Agents  in  San 
Francisco  or  Palo  Alto  for  $1.00 


PENINSULAR    RAILWAY    CO. 

SAN    JOSE,     CAL. 


Rail  and  Ocean 

SAN    FRANCISCO  TO 
NEW  YORK 

FARE  SAME 
AS  ALL  RAIL, 
BUT 

INCLUDES  MEALS  AND 
BERTH  ON  SHIP 

Trip    on    the    boat    both  _   .         , 

north    and    south    bound  A  a^e  "*e 

includes     Saturday     and  "SUNSET    LIMITED" 

Sunday,   which    are     not  ,..  ,       . 

.  (Mo  extra  rare; 

business  days —  _  c         r1  • 

rrom  ban  rrancisco 
3rd  St.  Station  5  P.  M. 

SUNSET  ROUTE 

to  New  Orleans 

Connecting  with  Southern  Pacific's  splendid 
ocean  liners,  sailing  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 

HAVANA  SERVICE 

Leaves  from  New  Orleans  Saturdays 
For  Fares  and  Berths  Ask  Agents 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


Oevoted   to   the    Leading    Interests  of   California   and   the   Pacific   Coaet- 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  14,  1917 


NO.  15 


SEWS    LETTER    AND   CALIFORNIA    AD 

Saiimlav  by   (!..    i'roprletnr.   Freder- 
rth.   S:m    Francisco,   Cal.     Tele- 
s.ui  Francisco,  Cul..   Post-Oltlci 

■  nliill.  E.  C.  England, 
for    publication    In    the    current    number    "i    the    SAN 
S    I.ETTF.R   AND  CALIFORNIA   ADVERTISER  should 
'■  c  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 
rlptlon     Rates     (Including    postage) — I    year.    55;    6    months.    $2.75. 
.r  $7-50;   6   months.   J1.00.     Canada:    1    year.   $6.25;   6  months. 
$3.25. 

According  to  the  latest  war  news,  Germany's  hopes  are 

— sinking. 

The  divine  right  of  kings  is  evidently  on  the  way  to  the 

scrap  heap. 

The  royal  family  of  Romanoffs  of  Russia  ought  to  cut 

out  "Roman"  in  their  name. 

The  Turks  go  the  limit  as  sports :  they  are  still  sticking 

to  the  promises  of  the  Kaiser. 

The  Easter  services  this  week  were  the  only  ray  of  light 

shining  on  the  ominous  cloud  of  war. 

Hogs  are  advancing  in  price,  these  days  of  "close  com- 
binations," and  they're  not  on  all  four  feet  either. 

Old  Mt.  Lassen  is  in  its  132d  eruption,  thus  keeping  in 

shoulder  touch  with  the  rumpus  among  the  nations  of  the  world. 

Mayor  Rolph's  vice  committee  has  painstakingly  lost  it- 
self in  the  welter  of  Preparedness.    Long  may  it  swelter  there. 

Reports  of  German  "raiders"  off  the  Atlantic  coast  dis- 
turb Wall  street  speculative  values  far  more  than  they  do  the 
U.  S.  Navy. 

A  contemporary  asks :  Have  you  a  little  movie  in  your 

house?    We  have:  Preparedness  and  a  call  for  200,000  enthu- 
siastic volunteers. 

Well!  well!  well!  what  d'ye  think  of  this  turnover.  King 

George  favors  ballot  reform.    And  of  a  sudden  his  Kaisership 
announced  this  week  "Me,  too!" 

Signs  are  not  wanting  that  the  Rominger  bill  will  be 

blocked  in  the  Assembly  at  Sacramento  with  the  San  Francisco 
representatives  acting  as  a  phalanx. 

"When  singleness  is  bliss,  'tis  folly  to  have  wives,"  as 

a  member  of  the  alimony  club  remarked,  as  he  signed  up  as 
a  volunteer  in  the  aviation  wing  of  the  new  army. 

Among  the  scrap  heaps  occasioned  by  this  war  will  be 

the  "movie"  pictures  illustrating  how  Japan  will  hogswoggle 
this  nation,  according  to  yellow  journalism. 

The  general  flying  of  American  flags  throughout  France 

since  the  declaration  of  Uncle  Sam  to  join  in  the  war  is  the  be- 
ginning of  a  united  democracy  sweeping  the  world. 

What  can  I  do  to  make  my  upper  lip  as  thick  as  my  un- 
der one  ?  writes  a  fat-headed  correspondent  to  a  contemporary. 
"Walk  on  your  head  and  you  won't  see  any  difference." 

Claim  is  made  by  numbers  of  baseball  "nuts"  that  local 

umpires  will  easily  escape  conscription  on  the  ground  that  they 
are  "blind,"  especially  when  passing  judgment  on  a  play. 


Sugar  jumped  seventy-five  cents  overnight  this  week, 

and  is  still  showing  nightmare  jumps.  Turn  back  the  clocks, 
as  in  England  and  France.    This  habit  is  becoming  painful. 

Agricultural  preparedness  is  exemplified  in  flour  at  $10 

a  barrel,  onions  at  8  cents  and  beans  at  10  cents  per  pound  each. 
The  sky  seems  to  be  the  limit  in  this  debacle  whichever  way 
the  ordinary  householder  turns. 

Our  military  Amazons  are  taking  to  overalls  and  gov- 
ernment pay  checks  like  ducks  to  water.  They  have  discov- 
ered that  the  powder  puff  and  a  fascinating  smile  have  their 
proper  place  in  war  as  well  as  in  the  stenographer's  chair. 

New  York  has  started  a  crusade  on  its  "tango  pirates," 

a  species  of  male  parasite  that  warms  the  lounges  of  the  cafes 
and  hotels  there  during  the  afternoon  and  evening  dances,  with 
women  habitues  in  the  "tea  rooms."  Here's  another  chance  for 
the  wraith  of  Rev.  Smith. 

Sam  Leake  is  publishing  a  serial  story  in  a  local  evening 

newspaper  on  "When  King  Mazuma  Reigned."  No  radio  news 
has  reached  this  office  that  Sporting  King  Mazuma  had  taken 
to  the  Springs  since  the  Czar  and  Rev.  P.  Smith  dropped  from 
sight. 

Mme.  Schumann-Heink  wept  because  Congress  declared 

war  on  Good  Friday.  She  has  given  five  sons  to  the  colors :  the 
eldest  is  a  petty  officer  in  the  German  navy,  and  the  four  others 
are  fighting  for  America.  A  case  where  mothers  have  some 
rights  to  express  themselves  on  war. 

Los  Angeles  wins  again  by  eliminating  the  middlemen 

in  marketing  fish  and  green  groceries  products;  the  result  is 
a  cut  of  thirty  per  cent  in  prices.  Poor  old  San  Francisco  might 
do  as  well  had  she  the  gumption  to  throttle  the  commission  com- 
bine and  eliminate  the  grafters. 

It  sounds  good  to  hear  that  Herbert  C.  Hoover  has  been 

asked  by  the  Council  of  National  Defense  to  head  a  national 
committee  on  food  supplies  and  to  prevent  speculative  prices. 
That  appointment  is  a  guarantee  of  honesty  in  a  field  that 
touches  vitally  the  general  public. 

Since  the  days  of  the  "cross  of  silver"  exordium,  Bryan 

has  always  been  noted  for  his  preparedness :  he  has  offered  his 
services  to  President  Wilson  as  a  private.  This  means  he  has 
shifted  from  the  cross  of  silver  to  the  Red  Cross,  as  he  an- 
nounces that  the  latter  is  his  preference. 

The  Cemetery  Protective  Association  scored  a  victory 

before  Judge  Graham  recently  by  preventing  the  sale  of  old- 
time  burying  lots  in  the  Masonic  Cemetery.  This  action  paves 
the  way  to  convert  the  cemeteries  within  the  city  into  public 
parks,  as  projected  by  a  legislative  act  now  under  way. 

Rabbi  Martin  Meyer  stirred  up  a  hornet's  nest  recently 

when  he  denounced  certain  attacks  on  the  usual  charity  fakers 
while  "Society  people  were  able  to  reserve  fifty  per  cent  of  the 
receipts  for  construction  and  decoration  purposes."  Luckily 
the  Peace  bird  happened  along  and  was  chloroformed  and 
dragged  in  while  the  meeting  adjourned. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


As  to  Financing 
Our  U.  S.  A.  War. 


War  taxes  or  loans  are  the  two 
forms  of  paying  war  debts  by  the 
belligerants  of  Europe.  England  is 
using  the  war-tax  system,  which 
may  be  called  the  "pay  as  you  fight"  system;  Germany,  on  the 
other  hand,  has  adopted  the  loan  system,  selling  government 
bonds,  pyramiding  issue  after  issue,  until  now  the  government 
is  buried  under  many  issues.  Germany's  policy  of  direct  loans 
was  primarily  due  to  the  conviction,  early  in  the  war,  that  the 
Teuton  army  would  march  straight  to  victory,  and  heavy  in- 
demnities from  the  enemies  sufficient  to  meet  all  expenditures 
would  be  promptly  forthcoming.  That  expectation  has  disap- 
peared; no  indemnities  are  in  prospect,  and  the  German  nation 
lies  submerged  under  a  deep  blanket  of  national  bonds. 

The  British  policy  has  proven  the  wiser  one.  This  country 
will  profit  by  following  it.  In  his  recent  frank  statement  to  the 
public,  President  Wilson  declared  that  the  policy  of  this  gov- 
ernment would  be  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  war,  raised  by 
taxation,  as  the  war  progressed.  The 
result  should  be  that  when  the  war 
ends,  war  tax  will  practically  end.  As 
is  generally  known,  Great  Britain  is 
financing  her  allies  in  this  war,  with 
the  result  that  an  unusually  heavy  tax- 
ation falls  on  the  English  householder. 
The  income  tax  is  now  taking  fully 
one-half  of  the  total  income  of  the 
wealthy.  The  excess  profits-tax  on 
business  firms  and  corporations 
amounts  to  a  fifty  per  cent  levy  on  all 
such  profits  traceable  to  war.  From 
the  very  first,  Britain  has  followed  up 
this  policy  of  pay-as-you-fight. 

Germany  likewise  had  to  finance  her 
allies,  but  not  on  such  broad  scale  as 
England.  But  even  so,  her  position 
financially,  as  regards  the  two  sys- 
tems adopted  to  meet  monetary  re- 
quirements in  the  war,  now  shows  Ger- 
many in  a  deplorable  condition  as  com- 
pared with  England.  Her  annual  pay- 
ment of  interest  on  war  debt  amounts 
to  $700,000,000  annually.  Each  loan 
had  to  cover  the  interest  of  the  pre- 
ceding loan,  a  system  of  pyramiding, 
with  the  result  that  when  the  war  is 
over  the  interest  on  the  German  im- 
perial debt  will  far  exceed  the  total 
imperial  budget  before  the  war.  A 
staggering  debt  for  a  generation  to 
confront.  Great  Britain  will  face  ap- 
proximately the  same  amount  of  in- 
terest debt,  $700,000,000  a  year,  but  under  its  system  of  pay- 
as-the-war-goes-on,  the  national  interest  debt  will  soon  be  paid 
off,  according  to  the  recent  report  of  the  Chancellor  of  the  Ex- 
chequer. 

3GT 

The  administration  has  determined 
to  mobilize  a  large  army,  no  matter 
how  distant  the  war  may  be  from 
our  shores,  the  object  being  to  con- 
vince the  great  mass  of  the  public  that  the  country  can  be  duly 
protected  against  any  extraordinary  invasion.  Safety  First  is 
the  slogan  of  Uncle  Sam.  That  position  is  quite  natural  when 
a  representative  of  the  Administration  opens  the  debate  on  the 
war  measure  in  Congress  with  these  significant  words,  sentences 
that  made  a  powerful  impression  on  all  the  European  belliger- 
ants: 

"We  (the  United  States)  want  no  more  territory,  demand  no 
indemnity,  have  no  historical  grudges  to  settle,  and  no  racial 
antipathies.  We  alone  of  all  the  nations  will  spend  our  treasure 
and  lives  without  hope  of  material  gain.  We  are  going  to  war 
to  vindicate  honor  and  independence  as  a  great  nation.  We  are 
going  to  war  in  defense  of  humanity.  Such  quarrel  as  we  have 
has  been  enforced  upon  us.    The  German  government  is  des- 


"Our  War"  on 
Our  Own  Soil 


perate.    No  great  nation  could  hold  a  place  in  history  if  it  per- 
mitted itself  to  be  ordered  off  the  seas." 

Development  in  the  plans  of  Congress  so  far  show  that  huge 
loans,  some  $3,000,000,000,  will  be  made  to  the  entente  nations. 
Roosevelt  is  striving  to  take  a  regiment  to  France,  but  there  is 
little  chance  that  he  will  be  allowed  to  pursue  such  a  course  as 
a  representative  of  this  nation. 

The  military  and  naval  display  and  offensiveness  of  this 
nation  will  be  confined  to  its  boundaries  on  this  continent.  Every 
effort  will  be  made  to  marshall  an  army  of  several  hundred  thou- 
sand men,  equipped  with  the  latest  arms  and  munitions  of  war, 
all  in  readiness  to  play  the  game  of  war  as  a  practical  try-out 
and  to  get  an  accurate  angle  as  to  how  this  country  could  be 
mobilized  in  case  of  actual  attack  by  a  foreign  nation.  It  will 
be  a  tryout  of  the  mobilization  of  our  railroad  systems,  big  in- 
dustrial plants,  agricultural  resources,  manufactures,  coast  de- 
fenses and  the  like.  In  other  words,  the  country  will  take  action 
just  as  if  the  Administration  expected  the  attack  of  a  foreign 
nation  on  a  set  date.  It  is  a  cheap  and 
wholesome  experience  as  compared 
with  what  the  European  belligerants 
are  paying. 

SB- 
Print  Paper  Situation. 

The  efforts  of  the  Federal  Trade 
Commission  to  ameliorate  the  con- 
ditions of  the  print  paper  industry 
offer  an  interesting  study.  In  the  first 
year  of  the  war  the  paper  trade  was 
depressed,  but  as  prosperity  came  to 
other  branches  of  business  they  all 
began  to  use  paper  of  all  kinds.  Ad- 
vertising increased  in  the  newspapers, 
requiring  more  pages;  their  circulation 
increased,  and  the  demand  for  paper 
finally  exceeded  the  capacity  of  the 
mills.  Consumers  had  to  go  into  the 
market  and  bid  against  each  other. 
These  rises  had  the  double  effect  of 
enforcing  economy  and  the  pendulum 
swung  between  consumers  and  pro- 
ducers. Frequently  the  producer  loses 
his  grip  on  the  market,  as  is  instanced 
when  intermediary  buyers  sense  that 
they  can  monopolize  the  market  by 
making  a  combination  among  them- 
selves. In  such  a  case  they  naturally 
would  not  hesitate  to  relieve  the  manu- 
facturer of  his  paper  stock  in  order  to 
maintain  their  corner.  Supply  and  de- 
mand continue  to  make  prices  except 
in  such  instances  where  combinations 
force  their  way  to  the  forefront  to  disturb  the  normal  con- 
ditions. The  Trade  Commission  has  undertaken  to  fix  the  price 
of  print  paper  at  2%  cents  per  pound  by  securing  an  agreement 
on  the  part  of  the  manufacturers  to  sell  at  that  price,  but  has 
also  undertaken  to  get  an  agreement  on  the  part  of  all  consumers 
to  reduce  consumption  to  the  extent  of  five  per  cent  in  order 
that  there  will  be  enough  paper  to  go  round.  The  wastage  of 
print  paper  is  large,  and  there  is  no  better  way  of  curtailing  it 
than  by  means  of  the  natural  price. 

3B- 

In  the  present  line-up  in  the  Assem- 
Ashley  Bill  to  Win.       bly  at  Sacramento,  it  looks  as  if  the 

wine  men  would  win  their  contest 
with  the  drys  by  pushing  through  the  new  Ashley  bill  instead 
of  the  fatal  Rominger  bill,  despite  the  fact  that  the  latter  bill 
is  half  through  its  worryment,  having  passed  the  Senate.  An 
Ashley  bill  amendment  permits  a  saloon  for  every  500  of  popu- 
lation. At  this  writing  the  bill  is  recognized  as  being  in  a 
stronger  strategical  position  than  the  Rominger  bill,  as  its  spon- 
sors have  nosed  it  ahead  to  take  precedence  in  the  reading, 
and,  consequently,  in  the  vote.  The  forces  behind  the  Ashley 
bill  now  have  enough  backers  in  the  Senate  by  two  to  spare. 


KULTUH  ENLIGHTENING  THE  WORLD. 

— Harding  In  the  Brooklyn  Eagle 


April  14.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN 
CRIER 


The  Order  of  Overfed  Underworked  Deputy  Sheriffs  of 

the  State  put  their  side  graft  through  the  Legislature  as  usual 
recently.  This  special  dip  into  the  treasury  is  based  on  their 
taking  delinquents  to  prisons,  asylums  and  reformatories  scat- 
tered throughout  the  State.  For  years  past  they  have  been  re- 
ceiving $5  a  day  and  traveling  expenses.  This  year  the  plun- 
derbund  united  and  prevailed  on  the  Legislature  to  double  the 
day's  payment  to  $10,  and  traveling  expenses  as  usual.  San 
Francisco  deputies  take  two  days  in  escorting  a  patient  to  the 
Stockton  asylum,  receiving  $10  now  through  the  new  Hawes 
bill,  and  "expenses."  If  the  deputy  takes  more  than  one  patient 
he  gets  an  extra  $10  for  each  patient.  Naturally  such  a  system 
inaugurates  pyramiding.  This  is  pushing  graft  over  the  side- 
lines, but  as  the  somnolent  taxpayer  does  not  seem  to  care,  the 
deputy  naturally  concludes  that  God  is  good  to  him,  and  he 
conscientiously  picks  up  what  side  money  he  can.  It's  not  graft, 
but  luck.  Nurses  of  institutions  like  the  Stockton  asylum  are 
paid  by  the  State.  They  should  be  delegated  to  escort  patients 
to  the  asylum.  Their  expenses  in  traveling  would  be  the  only 
cost.  The  State  would  thereby  save  $25,000  a  year  were  this 
custom  adopted.  But  Graft  reigns  at  Sacramento  while  the 
taxpayer  spoofles. 

The  plunderbund  of  local  daily  newspapers  who  make  a 

practice  of  publishing  the  form  charts  of  horse  races  have,  as 
usual,  joined  the  brigand  gang  of  local  gamblers  in  defeating 
the  Luce  bill,  the  purpose  of  which  is  to  outlaw  the  publication 
of  "form  charts"  used  in  betting  on  the  races.  The  publication 
of  these  form  charts  makes  evasion  of  the  laws  against  race 
track  gambling  possible.  Without  such  publication  the  graft- 
maintained  pool  rooms,  conducted  in  direct  violation  of  the  law 
in  communities  where  police  and  courts  can  be  "reached"  with 
bribe  or  political  influence,  could  not  operate.  A  large  "bunch 
of  money"  is  said  to  be  behind  the  movement.  The  bill  passed 
the  Senate  by  25  to  5.  With  such  a  blow  dazing  the  grafters, 
their  only  chance  to  win  was  to  make  a  combine  with  such 
scum  papers  of  the  State  that  eternally  look  for  graft  money, 
no  matter  what  kind  of  vice  it  may  cover.  Nine  years  ago  these 
same  redlight  bandits  joined  the  vice  representatives  in  a  simi- 
lar raid,  and  the  combination  succeeded.  There  are  two  classes 
of  labor  representatives  in  the  legislature,  and  one  of  them  has 
a  tendency  to  side  with  the  "push"  when  "convinced." 

When  thieves  fall  out  the  honest  man  is  supposed  to 

be  patted  on  the  back  by  smirking  Providence.  Nothing  of  this 
kind  will  happen  in  the  recent  case  where  the  two  U.  S.  torpedo 
boats  captured  off  the  western  Mexican  coast  a  schooner  laden 
with  25,000  rifles  and  5,000,000  rounds  of  ammunition,  destined 
for  Villa.  Very  probably  Villa  will  swear  viciously  when  he 
hears  of  the  disaster  to  his  plant.  His  explanation  will  prob- 
aby  be  that  the  shipment  of  munitions  were  an  Easter  present 
from  the  kind  ladies  of  the  Red  Cross,  U.  S.  A.  Thieves  have 
fallen  out  in  this  case,  and  one  side  peached  to  the  authorities 
— with  the  result  that  the  schooner  was  located  and  seized.  The 
whole  dirty  business  of  so-called  Americans  on  this  side  of  the 
line  to  stir  up  trouble  against  President  Carranza  pops  into  the 
limelight  through  this  capture.  Carranza  refuses  to  be  used  as 
a  rake  to  gather  concessions  and  land  donations  for  the  conspir- 
ators, and  they  are  accordingly  hunting  his  scalp  through  their 
cat's-paw,  Villa. 

The  first  "war  bride"  marriage  reported  in  California 

was  performed  at  Santa  Cruz,  this  week.  Albert  R.  Atwood,  of 
the  Naval  Militia,  wedded  May  Irene  Adams.  Following  the 
ceremony,  Adams  joined  the  colors.  Both  bride  and  groom  are 
doing  as  well  as  could  be  expected  under  the  circumstances. 

Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Minister  of  the  Blockade,  has  an- 
nounced that  the  sting  has  been  taken  out  of  the  U-submarine 
campaign  of  the  Kaiser,  and  his  chance  of  playing  the  bully  of 
the  sea  has  faded,  like  his  ill-designed  attack  on  Verdun. 


NEW  RICE  GUN  A   MARVEL. 

The  E.  L.  Rice  gun,  recently  finished  at  the  Mare  Island  Navy 
Yard,  and  that  has  created  such  a  sensation  among  Army  and 
Navy  officers,  is  now  being  publicly  shown  at  the  recruiting  sta- 
tion, 712  Market  street,  where  it  is  the  chief  center  of  attraction. 

This  gun  will  shoot  over  3,000  rounds  a  minute,  and  govern- 
ment reports  have  stated  its  capacity  as  high  as  54,000  rounds 
per  minute,  if  possible  to  get  ammunition  into  the  gun  that 
fast.  It  has,  however,  a  practical  capacity  of  at  least  ten  times 
any  machine  gun  now  in  use.  One  man  with  the  Rice  gun  will 
equal  ten  men  with  any  other  machine  gun  of  equal  calibre. 
With  this  gun  a  pound  of  gasoline  will  do  the  work  of  26  pounds 
of  ordinary  powder,  or  13  pounds  of  the  highest  grade  powder, 
thus  requiring  one  mule  to  carry  what  thirteen  mules  are  now 
used  to  transport.  The  cost  of  this  gasoline  is  less  than  1-100 
that  of  powder. 

The  gun  can  be  operated  by  any  kind  of  power,  so  that  in 
places  where  power  is  already  carried,  such  as  automobiles, 
boats,  locomotives,  etc.,  it  entirely  eliminates  carrying  anything 
but  the  gun  and  missiles;  thus  the  gun  can  be  geared  into  an 
auto  engine  or  connected  direct  with  the  boilers  of  a  boat  or 
locomotive. 

It  can  be  made  in  all  calibres — in  fact,  in  larger  calibres  than 
powder  guns,  because  it  has  no  recoil,  and  therefore  requires  no 
foundation  or  special  emplacements. 

There  is  not  a  single  element  of  efficiency  or  cost  in  which 
this  gun  does  not  outstrip  the  powder  guns  ten  to  one. 

A  noted  gun  expert  declares :  "It  is  the  greatest  invention  of 
the  age.  With  this  gun  a  better  preparedness  can  be  had  with 
less  than  one-tenth  the  men  and  money.  I  will  gladly  give  my 
entire  time  free  in  boosting  this  along  until  called  into  active 
service." 

A  company  is  now  being  organized  with  a  view  to  manufac- 
ture these  guns.  It  is  believed  possible  to  be  able  to  offer  these 
guns  for  sale  to  the  United  States  government  and  its  allies 
within  six  months.  An  appeal  is  made  to  the  patriotism  of 
Americans  to  assist  in  this  project,  and  it  is  also  anticipated  that 
this  stock  will  prove  an  exceptional  investment.  Mr.  E.  L. 
Rice,  the  inventor,  is  willing  that  the  officers  of  the  new  com- 
pany be  appointed  by  public  officials  or  newspaper  editors.  The 
sole  idea  of  this  public  appeal  is  to  secure  rapid  action.  Full 
information  can  be  secured  at  the  office  of  the  National  Service 
Syndicate,  Merchants'  National  Bank  Building,  Market  and  New 
Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco. 


READY  FOR  THE  "KIDDIES  BALL." 

Among  the  various  artists  who  have  volunteered  their  ser- 
vices for  the  Kiddies'  Ball"  given  by  the  Indoor  Yacht  Club, 
this  Saturday  night,  April  14th,  is  Madame  Johanna  Kristofy, 
who  sang  so  gloriously  at  the  Greek  Theatre  in  Rossini's  "Sta- 
bat  Mater,"  followed  by  her  inspired  singing  of  "The  Star 
Spangled  Banner."  Doris  De  Fiddes  and  her  Kiddies  will 
offer  an  exquisite  series  of  dances;  William  Kidd  Nelson  will 
be  heard  in  patriotic  ballads;  Sylvia  Yaffe  will  offer  some 
dainty  dances;  Anita  Peters  Wright  and  her  corps  de  ballet 
of  ten  will  be  seen  in  a  spectacular  terpsichorean  presentation ; 
Harry  Dudley,  with  the  delightful  Spanish  dancer,  La  Valerie, 
and  a  "Pony  Ballet,"  will  provide  singing  and  dancing  num- 
bers. The  Fete  in  Fairyland  and  other  special  features  will 
furnish  an  amusement  treat  that  will  break  the  record. 


The  special  feature  of  having  continuous  entertainment 

Sunday  nights  at  Techau  Tavern  is  very  popular  with  the  pa- 
trons of  the  Tavern.  The  management  presents,  every  after- 
•noon,  at  five,  and  during  the  after-theatre  hour,  without  com- 
petition, Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  Ree-go)  perfume 
favors  to  the  lady  patrons.  The  delicacy  and  freshness  of  this 
perfume  find  favor  with  all.  The  Tavern  has  the  finest  Jazz 
orchestra  in  San  Francisco.  The  novelty  of  the  entertainments 
offered  the  patrons  of  Techau  Tavern,  added  to  the  atmosphere 
of  refinement  and  good  cheer  that  always  prevails,  make  this 
one  of  the  most  attractive  places  in  the  city. 


"When  I  die,"  said  the  husband,  "I  want  you  to  have  this 

sentence  placed  on  my  monument:  'There  is  peace  and  quiet 
in  heaven.'  "  "I  think,"  rejoined  the  wife,  "it  would  be  more 
appropriate  to  say :  'There  was  peace  and  quiet  in  heaven.'  " — 
Indianapolis  Star. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


Mrs.  Sherlock  Holmes  Red  Crosses. 

Sherlock  Holmes  must  have  been  a  Mormon,  for  there  are  so 
many  Mrs.  Sherlock  Holmes  about  these  days ! 

The  other  afternoon,  one  of  them  appeared  at  the  Red  Cross 
Headquarters.  Ostensibly  she  was  learning  how  to  make  sur- 
gical dressings,  but  having  the  instincts  of  the  sleuth,  she  just 
'naturally  couldn't  help  noticing  many  things  that  did  not  reg- 
ister with  the  less  observing. 

The  climax  of  her  power  of  divination  came  when  she  discov- 
ered a  German  spy  in  their  midst. 
©    ©    © 

And  Discovers  a  Spy! 

The  spy  was  very  young,  and  slender  and  dark,  just  a  little 
wisp  of  a  girl,  and  she  came  in  for  a  moment's  conversation  with 
the  instructor. 

But  if  one  has  an  unerring  instinct  for  sleuthing,  nothing  of 
that  sort  gets  by. 

So  Mrs.  Sherlock  Holmes  asked  her  neighbor  whether  she 
had  noticed  anything  mysterious  about  the  young  woman,  who 
came  and  departed  so  suddenly.  And  by  the  simple  processes 
of  suggestion  the  neighbor  at  once  coincided  in  the  belief  that 
the  girl  was  a  German  spy. 

©    ©    © 
Who  Proves  to  be  a  Brave  Patriot. 

Whereupon  Mrs.  Sherlock  Holmes  whispered  the  discovery 
to  the  neighbor  on  the  other  side.  But  that  unimpressionable 
soul  pooh-poohed  the  idea,  and  her  vis-a-vis,  when  appealed  to, 
settled  the  matter  by  informing  them  that  the  girl  was  Miss 
Marion  Crocker. 

Which  will  go  far  to  prove  that  amateur  sleuths  are  not  al- 
ways dependable. 

©    ©     © 

The  Henry  Crocker  Sons  and  Daughter  Set  Examples. 

Likewise,  it's  about  the  funniest  mistake  that  could  have  been 
made  for  Miss  Crocker  and  the  other  members  of  the  Henry 
Crocker  family  have  distinguished  themselves  by  deeds  as  well 
as  words.  Both  of  the  Crocker  boys  have  already  enlisted, 
thereby  setting  an  example  to  other  young  men  in  their  set  who 
may  think  it  is  up  to  the  other  fellow  first.  And  Miss  Marion, 
herself,  drove  an  ambulance  in  Paris  for  many  months,  and  re- 
turned to  this  country  with  the  idea  of  going  back  there,  but 
was  convinced  that  she  could  be  of  service  here. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Crocker  a  Spartan  Mother. 

Of  course,  the  enlistment  of  the  Crocker  boys  has  created  a 
great  deal  of  favorable  comment,  and  has  largely  counteracted 
the  fear  that  the  young  men  in  that  set  were  not  going  to  enlist. 
It  must  be  admitted  that  not  many  mothers  are  as  valiant  about 
it  as  is  Mrs.  Crocker. 

©    ©    © 
Relief  Loaded  with  Dynamite. 

In  contrast  to  her  I  might  quote  the  Burlingame  lady  who 
was  discussing  the  problem  of  relief  work  for  the  families  of 
enlisted  men.  She  was  evidently  seeing  an  army  made  up  en- 
tirely of  the  poor  and  unsuccessful,  and  she  really  thought  that 
something  ought  to  be  done  for  their  families,  something  really 
fine  and  helpful,  and  permanent  in  its  effect,  and  She  suggested 
that  she  would  be  glad  to  contribute  a  small  amount  toward 
sending  them  a  warning  letter  about  wasteful  housekeeping, 
reminding  them  that  they  will  be  called  upon  to  economize. 

Fortunately,  there  were  others  present  with  a  sense  of  humor, 
as  well  as  some  knowledge  of  how  class  hatreds  are  furthered, 
and  the  "generous"  grande  dame  was  discouraged  and  told  that 
her  plan  was  loaded  with  dynamite. 
©    ©    © 
Shoes  for  Kiddies. 

The  fact  that  April  skies  coquetted  between  smiles  and  tears 
all  day  Tuesday  in  nowise  discouraged  the  young  women  of  the 
Catholic  Humane  Bureau  from  patrolling  the  streets,  shows  and 


hotels  with  nosegays  and  flags,  which  they  sold  for  the  shoe 
fund  of  the  Bureau,  which  takes  care  of  over  a  thousand  kid- 
dies. Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  Mrs.  Mayo  Newhall,  Jr.,  Emmeline 
and  Josephine  Parrott,  Evelyn  Barron,  the  three  Donohoe  sis- 
ters, the  Folger  girls,  and  a  number  of  others  in  the  peninsula 
set  came  up  to  town  the  night  before  in  order  to  get  an  early 
start,  and  as  a  result  of  the  effort  of  some  hundred  young  wo- 
men, new  boots  and  shoes  were  provided  for  all  the  children  in 
the  care  of  the  Bureau. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Welch  Starts  a  Run  on  the  Flag. 

Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  by  the  way,  was  the  first  society  wo- 
man to  make  use  of  the  flag  at  a  society  affair,  the  guests  at  the 
dinner  party  which  she  gave  for  Miss  Arabella  Schwerin  each 
receiving  a  little  enameled  flag  pin  with  a  pearl  in  the  slender 
gold  flag  pole. 

Mrs.  Welsh  started  the  fashion  of  flying  small  silk  flags  in 
her  car,  and  now  the  limousines  in  town  that  float  the  flag  are 
beyond  the  count  of  the  passer-by.  One  seldom  sees  a  car 
driven  by  a  woman  that  does  not  carry  the  patriotic  emblem  of 
America. 

©     ©    © 

Files  a  Divorce. 

The  news  of  the  divorce  of  the  Felton  Elkins  came  as  a  com- 
plete surprise  to  their  friends  in  Burlingame,  for  the  Elkins 
have  spent  so  much  time  of  late  in  Santa  Barbara  that  society 
here  had  no  hint  of  the  rift  in  their  lute  having  widened  until 
the  discord  made  it  impossible  for  them  to  live  together  any 
longer. 

Of  course,  it  had  been  evident  to  the  watchful  observers  that 
they  were  very  temperamental  young  people,  but  no  one  took 
their  differences  seriously,  so  when  the  news  came  that  Mrs. 
Elkins  had  actually  filed  suit  for  divorce  on  the  grounds  of  de- 
sertion, Burlingame  gasped  a  gasp  that  could  be  heard  from  one 
end  of  the  peninsula  to  the  other. 

©    ©    © 
Then  Announces  Sister's  Wedding. 

The  news  of  the  divorce  was  immediately  followed  by  invi- 
tations to  the  marriage  of  Mrs.  Elkins'  sister,  Miss  Josephine 
Oliver,  to  Harlow  C.  Frinck,  on  this  Saturday  at  All  Saints 
Episcopal  Church  in  Montecito.  Mrs.  Elkins  issued  the  invita- 
tions, and  the  marriage  will  take  place  in  her  home,  which  is 
near  the  Country  Club.  Miss  Oliver  has  spent  much  time  with 
the  Elkins  in  Burlingame,  so  a  number  of  people  here  received 
invitations  to  the  wedding.  There  is  naturally  a  good  deal  of 
surprise  expressed  over  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Elkins  did  not  wait 
until  after  her  sister's  wedding  before  filing  her  divorce  suit, 
for  naturally  the  announcement  that  the  Elkins  had  come  to 
the  parting  of  the  ways  will  not  add  cheer  to  the  wedding,  which 
is  to  take  place  in  their  home. 

©    ©    © 
"Worries  herself  Young." 

Mrs.  Fred  Kohl  is  looking  so  young  and  handsome  these  days 
that  the  rumor  revives  that  there  is  to  be  a  reconciliation  in  the 
Kohl  family.  Mrs.  Kohl  is  a  Catholic,  and  therefore  did  not 
rush  into  the  divorce  courts  when  the  break  came,  and  conse- 
quently hope  revives  that  their  differences  may  yet  be  straight- 
ened out  by  kindly  Time. 

But  when  I  asked  one  of  her  friends  about  the  possibility  of  a 
reunion,  she  scouted  the  idea  and  said:  "Bessie  is  looking  so 
young  because  she  is  thinner — she  has  worried  herself  young, 
that  is  all!" 


Convenient  to  all  Places  of  Interest 

Hotel  Clark 

f   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIMMICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


April  14,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Which  is  certainly  not  a  recipe  for  youthfulness  given  by 
beauty  experts ! 

Mrs.  Kohl  has  always  been  very  buxom,  and  even  when  she 
came  out  here,  a  very  young  bride,  she  looked  much  older  than 
her  years  warranted.  Now  she  is  very  slender,  with  debutante 
angles,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  they  have  moved  her  back 
into  the  girlish  class. 

■    •:■    •:• 

Fashion  Show  in  Any  Kh  '.her. 

At  this  writing  it  is  too  early  to  speak  of  the  Fashion  Show 
at  the  Templeton  Crocker  home  in  the  past  tense,  but  everything 
is  in  readiness  for  it  this  Saturday,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
it  will  be  the  smartest  (as  well  as  the  most  expensive)  thing 
in  Fashion  Shows  that  has  yet  been  done  in  these  parts.  The 
Crocker  terraces  will  be  an  admirable  place  to  stage  such  a 
stunt,  and  if  the  weather  pouts  and  weeps,  there  is  the  house, 
which  likewise  has  all  sorts  of  possibilities  as  a  background  for 
this  sort  of  thing,  so  whatever  the  day  may  be  like,  there  is 
no  doubt  that  the  setting  will  be  magnificent  for  the  pageant  of 
sports  clothes  which  the  prettiest  girls  in  the  smart  set  are  go- 
ing to  wear. 

&    ©    © 

"Bobby"  Sears  Fails  to  Thrill  on  the  Ice. 

It  was  with  undisguised  delight  that  a  number  of  the  skating 
enthusiasts  watched  Eleonoro  Sears  try  out  her  skill  at  the  rink 
the  other  afternoon.  And  the  reason  therefor  was  that  the  dar- 
ing and  dashing  "Bobbie"  Sears  did  not  prove  to  be  any  more 
daring  or  dashing  than  a  number  of  our  own  girls.  One  of  the 
instructors  who  skated  many  times  with  Miss  Sears  last  winter 
in  Boston  has  been  telling  the  girls  here  that  they  had  nothing 
to  fear  from  her,  but  so  great  is  the  tradition  about  her  that 
one  expects  her  to  excel  in  every  sport. 

After  seeing  her  on  the  ice,  it  was  admitted  (without  sorrow) 
by  her  local  rivals  that  she  was  not  a  formidable  rival,  nor  did 
she  raise  the  standard  in  grace  and  skill. 

Miss  Sears  is  still  the  house  guest  of  the  Charley  Clarks. 


One  of  the  very  pretty  luncheon  parties  given  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland,  last  week,  was  presided  over  by  Mrs.  S.  P.  Terry  of 
Alameda.  Her  guests  included  Mrs.  George  B.  Clark,  Mrs.  W. 
W.  Westover,  Mrs.  T.  Y.  Davis,  Mrs.  Fannie  Bowers,  Mrs.  Geo. 
B.  Clark,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Westover,  Mrs.  T.  Y.  Davis,  Mrs.  Fannie 
Bowers,  Mrs.  Geo.  D.  Hall,  Mrs.  D.  M.  Henderson,  Mrs.  E.  R. 
Deming,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Fields,  and  Mrs.  S.  Center. 

Monday  night  in  the  grill  room  of  the  Hotel  Oakland  the  Em- 
ployers' Association  of  Oakland  banqueted  about  two  hundred 
of  its  members  Mr.  George  H.  Smith  had  charge  of  the  ar- 
rangements, and  a  most  successful  affair  was  voted  by  all  those 
attending. 

Among  other  prominent  arrivals  recently  noted  at  the  Hotel 
Oakland  are:  Mrs.  Margaret  S.  McN aught,  Sacramento;  Mrs. 
P.  N.  Remillard,  San  Jose;  Mr.  George  W.  R.  Martin,  Los  An- 
geles; Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  T.  Monday  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Mor- 
ris, San  Jose;  Mr.  Lew  Rogers,  of  Reno,  and  many  others. 
<B    ©    © 

Among  prominent  residents  of  this  city  who  are  visiting  in 
Los  Angeles,  all  of  whom  are  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Clark,  in- 
clude: Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  L.  Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  Wooster, 

A.  R.  Wooster,  Mabel  Galiarke,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Heineman,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  T.  Welfield,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  T.  Ayer,  Walter  C.  Zinn, 
W.  H.  Lord,  Mrs.  Wm.  J.  Citron,  Jay  C.  Smith,  Mrs.  T.  Kyne, 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Winzler,  Frank  M.  Steers,  E.  B.  Bernthal,  F.  W.  Ei- 
agel,  Bert  Peacock,  S.  W.  Rolph,  M.  P.  Danby,  J.  H.  Taylor,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  H.  J.  Klopper,  J.  Manning,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  C.  Scott 
and  sons,  R.  F.  Meggie,  C.  S.  Harper,  Chas.  W.  Barnes,  Mrs.  D. 

B.  Crane,  Miss  C.  Doris  Crane,  Victor  Pezzini,  H.  W.  Frederick, 
Theodore  Kosloff,  Vataska  Rombova,  Vera  Fredowa,  Chas.  F. 
Potter,  E.  Stewart,  H.  C.  Skinner,  Geo.  Baudrand,  H.  A.  Benne- 
sen,  J.  W.  Crocker,  O.  Tinneman,  W.  J.  Tinkler,  F.  W.  Heron, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Levy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Welfield,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Cochran,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Isnardi,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  B.  de 
Laitte,  F.  M.  Neely  and  family,  M.  Blumberg,  F.  M.  Gilberd, 
A.  D.  Hadsel,  C.  R.  Renna,  Ross  C.  Rich,  H.  F.  Hinckley,  R.  E. 
Collins,  Jr.,  Charles  P.  Rogers,  A.  C.  Wells,  Leslie  Coggins,  J. 
R.  Grubb,  W.  A.  Hall,  Miss  G.  Reed,  T.  C.  Tucker,  H.  E.  Gray 
and  G.  R.  Lumbard.  Others  registering  at  the  Clark  from  this 
vicinity"  include :  Miss  Margaret  Rathschild,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Duncan,  Mrs.  Belle  J.  Mack,  Helen 


E.  Mack,  F.  M.  Marx.  J.  G.  Jackson,  Louise  Fay,  W.  B.  Bunker, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  S.  Tanner.  Frank  M.  Ish  and  H.  R.  Merriam, 
all  of  Oakland;  and  I.  W.  Houruth.  J.  M.  Gait.  Mrs.  M.  B.  Fow- 
ler, Mrs.  E.  C.  Roberts,  Miss  H.  E.  Roberts  and  J.  H.  Laughlin 
of  Berkeley. 


An  Irishman  who  is  noted  for  his  wit  went  into  a  public 

house  the  other  day  and  called  for  a  glass  of  beer.  The  tum- 
bler was  not  full  enough  for  Pat's  satisfaction,  so  he  quietly 
asked  the  publican  how  many  barrels  of  beer  he  sold  in  a  week. 
"Ten,"  replied  the  publican.  "I  think,"  replied  Pat,  "if  yer 
stand  me  a  pint  I  could  put  yez  on  a  plan  to  sell  eleven  barrels 
a  week."  "Agreed,"  said  the  landlord,  handing  him  a  pint; 
"how  now  am  I  to  do  it?"  Pat,  taking  a  big  drink  at  this  new 
pint :  "Always  fill  your  glasses." — Tit-Bits. 


He  was  a  young  subaltern.    One  evening  the  Sister  had 

just  finished  making  him  comfortable  for  the  night,  and  be- 
fore going  off  duty  asked :  "Is  there  anything  I  can  do  for  you 
before  I  leave?"  Dear  little  Two  Stars  replied:  "Well,  yes! 
I  should  like  very  much  to  be  kissed  good-night."  Sister  rus- 
tled to  the  door.  "Just  wait  till  I  call  the  orderly,"  she  said. 
"He  does  all  the  rough  work  here." — London  Opinion. 


An  Irishman  who  was  rather  too  fond  of  strong  drink 

was  asked  by  the  parish  priest:  "My  son,  how  do  you  expect 
to  get  into  Heaven?"  The  Irishman  replied:  "Shure,  and  that's 
aisy!  When  I  get  to  the  gates  of  Heaven  I'll  open  the  door  and 
shut  the  door,  and  open  the  door  and  shut  the  door,  and  keep  on 
doing  that  till  St.  Peter  gets  impatient  and  says:  'For  goodness' 
sake,  Mike,  either  come  in  or  stay  out!'  " — Tit-Bits. 


How  do  you  manage  to  keep  your  cook  so  long?"    "My 

husband  has  promised  her  that  if  she  is  working  for  us  when 
we  strike  oil  he  will  buy  her  an  automobile."  "But  I  did  not 
know  you  had  any  oil  prospects?"  "We  haven't." — Houston 
Post. 


"How  does  your  boy  Josh  like  his  job  in  the  city?" 

"First  rate,"  replied  Farmer  Corntossel.  "He  knows  more  about 
the  business  than  the  man  that  owns  it."  "Who  told  you  that?" 
"Josh  did.  All  he's  got  to  do  now  is  to  convince  the  boss  of  it, 
an'  git  promoted." — New  Orleans  Times-Picayune. 


"Charley,  dear,"  said  young  Mrs.  Torkins,  "do  you  favor 

votes  for  women?"  "Yes,  indeed."  "And  I  know  why.  You 
think  that  if  I  could  vote  maybe  I'd  quit  talking  about  it,  and 
I  think  you're  just  as  mean  as  you  can  be."—  Washington  Star. 


Sixty  years  ago,  Gail 
Borden,  impressed  by 
the  fact  that  good  milk 
could  only  be  enjoyed 
by  those  near  the  source 
of  supply,  worked  out 
a  method  whereby  milk 
of  the  kind  that  he 
thought  folks  ought  to 
have,  could  be  carried 
anywhere,  used  any 
time,    and    always   be 


found  clean,  fresh, 
wholesome  and  pure. 
His  process  consisted 
of  combining  pure,clean 
milk  with  cane  sugar, 
then  condensing  the 
milk  to  the  consistency 
of  thick  cream  and 
placing  it  in  an  air-tight, 
germ-proof  container. 
The  result  of  his  dis- 
covery is 


EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

the  most  widely  known  food  product  in  the  world.  Wherever  civilized  man 
has  gone,"  Eagle  Brand"  has  followed— to  the  frozen  North,  with  the  many 
pioneers  in  our  own  trackless  West,  to  the  Tropics  of  both  hemispheres.  And 
what  is  more  important,  thousands  of  mothers,  here  and  abroad,  who  could 
not  nurse  their  babies  have  found  in  "Eagle  Brand"  a  safe,  wholesome  sub- 
stitute for  Mother's  Milk. 

Surely  "Eagle  Brand,"  the  6rst  of  its  kind,  has  had  a  useful  as  well  as  a  romantic  record. 
Write  today  for  our  booklets 

BORDEN'S   CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 


"Leaders  of  Quality' 


NEW  ;YORK 


Founded  1857 


i iimiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinM 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


Patriotic  Meeting  of  Pacific  Coast 
Defense  League 


PATRIOTIC  PROVERBS  BY  MAYOR  ROLPH 

CJ  We  are  here  to  assure  the  President  that  San   Francisco  will  not  be 

found  wanting  in  support  of  his  policy. 
CjJ  The  President  is  no  longer  the  representative  of  any  political  party  :   he 

is  not  the  standard  bearer  of  any  set  of  men. 
•I  All  differences  of  opinion  must  be  forgotten. 
•]J  The   President  is   the  crystallization   of    the   hopes   and   anxieties   of 

100,000.000  American  people. 
•U  Men  and  women  of  this  country  must  stand  united  not  alone  for  the  flag 

and  all  it  represents,  but  for  the  President. 


A  serious  and  comprehensive  patriotic  movement  was 
launched  Saturday  evening  last  when  many  of  San  Francisco's 
leading  men  of  affairs  lent  their  presence  at  a  dinner  given  by 
the  Pacific  Coast  Defense  League,  at  a  down-town  restaurant. 

All  the  speakers  were  unanimous  in  declaring  that  only  by 
the  utmost  efforts  of  every  unit  in  the  community  could  the 
success  of  the  war  be  assured,  and  it  was  also  insisted  upon 
that  every  community  of  the  Pacific  Coast  should  vie  with  every 
other  one  in  visible  and  enthusiastic  demonstration  of  its  loyalty 
to  the  flag  and  the  national  policies. 

"The  time  is  past,"  said  Colonel  Charles  Hanlon,  in  introduc- 
ing the  first  speaker,  "for  the  Pacific  Coast  to  rely  upon  its  iso- 
lated position  for  protection.  From  boyhood  up  on  this  Coast, 
I  have  seen  the  decline  of  military  activities;  I  have  seen  the 
various  crack  regiments  of  the  National  Guard  dwindle  away 
to  skeleton  rosters;  I  have  seen  interest  in  the  Guard  abate 
and  our  young  labor  union  men  refuse  to  join  it,  because  the 
Guard  was  used  for  police  purposes  in  industrial  disturbances. 
In  States  where  such  matters  are  handled  by  a  State  constabu- 
lary, as  they  are  in  Pennsylvania,  the  National  Guard  is  still 
in  a  state  of  efficiency  to  be  regretted.  A  step  was  taken  in  the 
right  direction  when,  with  the  national  aid  of  Samuel  Gompers 
and  the  local  aid  of  Andrew  Gallagher,  the  Labor  Council  here 
voted  that  the  National  Guard  of  our  ten  Western  States  should 
be  exempt  for  strike  duty  in  order  that  they  might  devote  them- 
selves strictly  to  military  training  and  represent  all  classes. 
Through  our  Chairman  of  the  Military  Committee,  Senator 
William  S.  Scott,  a  bill  to  this  effect  has  been  introduced  in  the 
present  Legislature,  and  will  undoubtedly  become  a  law.  A 
year  ago,"  continued  Colonel  Hanlon,  "we  felt  that  our  danger, 
if  anywhere,  lay  in  the  Pacific;  we  now  are  face  to  face  with  it 
in  the  Atlantic,  and  we  are  at  war  with  Germany.  We  cannot 
afford  to  show  apathy;  we  must  show  the  same  spirit  of  un- 
wavering loyalty  to  the  President  as  the  cities  of  the  East.  It 
is  our  duty  to  raise  the  Flag  and  keep  it  flying ;  to  adopt  prac- 
tical measures  to  assist  the  government,  and  also  to  stop  any 
debate  as  to  this  war  and  other  activities  of  the  Pacificists  which 
may  lead  to  disloyal  actions.  The  conduct  of  the  war  is  in  the 
hands  of  the  government  authorities.  We  must  ask  them  how 
we  can  most  readily  and  efficiently  assist.  You,  gentlemen,  are 
here  to  make  suggestions  as  to  these  momentous  matters." 

Senator  Scott,  chairman  of  the  Military  Committee  of  the 
State  Senate,  said :  "We  are  fortunate  in  having  at  this  crisis 
a  Governor  who,  by  reason  of  his  long  service  as  Chairman  of 
the  Naval  Affairs  Committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
and  his  great  grasp  of  affairs,  knows  the  most  vital  steps  to  be 
taken.  He  is  putting  California  into  shape  to  meet  this  call 
upon  her  resources.  His  appointments  on  the  Council  of  De- 
fense represent  our  best  citizenship.  In  Governor  Stephens  we 
have  a  leader  that  California  can  be  proud  of." 

Edgar  S.  Peixotto  declared  that  the  war  should  be  a  popular 
war,  as  it  was  being  waged  in  defense  of  liberty  and  democratic 
institutions,  and  he  told  why. 

Theodore  Johnson,  of  the  San  Francisco  Labor  Council,  said : 
"Labor  is  differently  inclined  towards  the  Pacific  Coast  De- 
fense League  than  when  the  question  of  the  elimination  of  strike 
duty  f  rorn  the  duties  of  the  National  Guard,  although  the  Coun- 
cil voted  in  favor  of  elimination.  The  large  majority  of  labor 
union  men  are  patriotic  and  practical  men.  They  will  support 
the  President  in  whatever  measures  he  deems  best  for  the 
country." 

Mr.  E._  W.  Wilson,  of  the  Anglo,  London  &  Paris  National 
Bank,  said:  "The  banks  of  this  city  and  of  the  coast  in  gen- 
eral are  preparing  to  meet  any  financial  call  that  may  be  made 


upon  them.  I  propose  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  the  League 
shall  call  upon  all  schools,  churches,  clubs,  societies  and  other 
organizations  to  read  to  their  members  President  Wilson's 
speech  to  Congress  and  his  Proclamation  that  a  state  of  war 
exists." 

Andrew  J.  Gallagher,  Supervisor:  "This  war  to  be  popular 
must  be  explained  to  the  people.  They  are  not  apathetic.  A 
campaign  of  education  should  be  undertaken.  When  the  peo- 
ple understand  that  this  war  is  thrust  upon  us,  and  that  the 
President  could  take  no  other  action,  they  will  make  immediate 
response.    There  is  no  question  about  their  patriotism." 

Major  James  Reade  Watson  said,  with  fervor:  "The  women 
of  San  Francisco  must  do  their  part.  Our  splendid  young  sol- 
diers must  be  welcome  in  the  homes  of  San  Francisco  and  not 
relegated  to  the  streets.  There  are  too  many  women  who  did 
not  raise  their  sons  to  be  soldiers,  but  wish  other  mothers'  sons 
to  protect  them  and  theirs." 

Charles  J.  Dutreaux,  formerly  with  Admiral  Dewey  on  the 
Flagship  Olympia  at  the  Battle  of  Manila  Bay,  said :  "I  thought 
I  was  through  with  war,  but  when  the  old  thrill  came  over  me, 
I  could  not  resist.  I  presented  myself  and  the  government  has 
accepted  me.  The  Prussians  are  a  foe  not  to  be  despised.  They 
represent  the  autocratic  element  in  the  German  people." 

William  Penn  Humphreys :  "The  gravest  danger  to  the  coun- 
try is  from  within.  Politics  should  be  eliminated  from  the 
army.  Stern  measures  have  already  been  taken  towards  this 
end  in  the  Flying  Corps.  This  should  be  a  people's  war.  No 
favoritism  should  be  shown.  The  National  Guard  should  be  out 
of  strikes,  and  the  bill  now  pending  will  pass.  There  must  be 
co-operation  with  Labor  on  principles  of  exact  justice.  No  half- 
way measures,  universal  conscription  and  service  by  young  and 
old." 

Hoff  Cook  said:  "Selective  conscription  is  winning  this  war 
for  England.  Men  are  taken  and  placed  according  to  their  tal- 
ents." 

Emilio  Lastreto  declared:  "The  Italian  Colony  is  with  the 
President.  Italy  likewise  entered  the  war  for  humanity  and 
ideals  of  liberty.  The  Irridentist  Provinces  was  only  one  of  the 
issues.  If  the  King  had  oppdsed  the  will  of  the  people  there 
would  have  been  revolution." 


^^y  «/3J  _/3>  JO  J£) 

SAN  FRANCISCO  IN  PATRIOT  LINE. 


3B- 


The  immense  patriotic  throng  that  jammed  the  Civic  Audi- 
torium, this  week,  is  significant  of  the  position  that  San  Fran- 
cisco has  taken  in  the  Preparedness  movement,  and  the  call  to 
the  colors  issued  by  President  Wilson.  San  Francisco  then  and 
there  pledged  its  loyalty  and  backed  it  with  the  tumultuous 
cheers  of  twelve  thousand  citizens,  besides  those  outside  the 
building  who  were  unable  to  gain  entrance.  Mayor  Rolph  feli- 
citously sounded  the  keynote  of  the  gathering  when  he  voiced 
the  emotional  temper  of  those  present,  "We're  With  You." 
Flags  were  waved,  and  a  pandemonium  of  patriotism  prevailed 
for  many  minutes. 

Later,  the  following  message  was  telegraphed  to  Washing- 
ton: 

PRESIDENT  WILSON— We  are  with  you.  We  are 
with  you  as  San  Franciscans.  We  are  with  you  as 
Americans.  You  are  our  chosen  master  for  the  Ship 
of  State.  As  such  we  will  stand  by  for  orders  in  calm 
weather  and  storm.  The  breakers  that  are  ahead  we 
will  meet  with  you  square  on,  as  we  have  met  them 
in  the  past.  You  are  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  United  States  is  with  you  to  a  man. 


April  14.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


PL/E>ASURE>'S  WAND 

ltd  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 

PERSONAL  ADVENTURES  IN  THE  PAINTED  WORLD 


The  Orpheum. 

The  Orpheum  this  week  features  Alice  Eis  and  Bert  French 
in  a  narrative  dance  called  Hallowe'en,  and  the  audience  accepts 
them  as  headliners — and  audiences  do  not  always  coordinate 
their  applause  to  the  management's  judgment  of  headliners. 

But  in  this  instance  the  team  work  between  artists,  manage- 
ment and  audience  is  perfect.  The  house  responds  to  Alice  Eis' 
pretty  act  in  a  way  that  makes  a  noise  like  sincere  appreciation. 

The  trained  ear  of  the  artist,  of  the  management  and  of  the 
appraising  in  the  audience,  can  detect  the  different  kinds  of  ap- 
plause, whereas  the  uninitiated  measure  applause  only  by 
volume. 

A  vaudeville  audience  has  several  kinds  of  applause  up  its 
sleeves — the  kind  that  slips  down  perfunctorily  into  hand 
clapping;  the  kind  that  breaks  out  everywhere — feet  and  hands 
and  mouth;  the  "rough  house,"  rollicking  appreciation  of  a  rol- 
licking rough  house  act;  the  spontaneous,  sustained,  sincere 


to  get  away  from  Poughkeepsie,  but  he  has  to  stay  home  and 
help  his  wife  clean  house.  Charley  has  been  doing  this  play- 
let for  so  many  seasons  that  one  marvels  at  his  grit — it  doesn't 
take  nerve,  for  the  house  is  with  him  from  start  to  finish  on  the 
theory  that  one  can't  have  too  much  of  a  good  thing.  I  don't 
think  it's  such  a  good  thing  at  that — but  I'm  overruled  by  the 
majority,  and  vaudeville  is  about  the  only  democratic  institu- 
tion left  where  the  rule  of  the  majority  cannot  be  overturned. 
Billy  Halligan  and  Dama  Sykes  do  a  stunt  called  "Some- 
where in  Jersey,"  which  might  be  somewhere  else,  and  so  might 
they,  but  they're  in  town  this  week,  and  if  you  go  to  the  Or- 
pheum you  may  or  may  not  wish  that  they  were  somewhere  else. 
Personally,  I  never  wish  except  over  my  left  shoulder  at  a  new 
moon. 

Medlin,  Watts  and  Townes  settle  the  wife  question,  and  now 
that's  out  of  the  way,  the  meeting  will  please  come  to  order  and 
consider  the  inheritance  tax,  child  labor,  the  Rominger  bill,  and 


applause  that  strikes  perfect  pitch  of  enthusiasm,  even  if  it  is 
not  accompanied  by  much  foot  work  and  whistling.  Comedy 
acts  get  one  brand  of  applause  and  artistic  acts  another;  the 
nuances  of  applause  do  not  escape  those  trained  to  the  tonal 
difference  in  response. 

In  Bert  French,  Alice  Eis  has  a  dancing  partner  worthy  of  her 
mettle,  and  they  tell  the  story  of  Hallowe'en,  assisted  by  a  corps 
de  ballet  who  do  excellent  ensemble  work. 

The  program  is  set  to  more  dance  music  than  may  suit  the 
taste  of  those  who  are  easily  sated  with  the  dance.  For  in  ad- 
dition to  Hallowe'en  there  are  the  Cansinos,  the  Spanish  dancers 
who  headlined  last  week,  and  there  are  the  Astairs,  youthful 
brother  and  sister  who  do  some  versatile  dancing  of  the  usual 
order,  interrupted  by  a  song  or  two  not  unusual  in  any  way. 
However,  the  audience  is  kind  to  them,  and  it  is  certain  that 
they  will  not  be  retired  from  vaudeville  in  their  youth — but 
why  worry? 

Charley  Grapewin,  supported  by  Anna  Chance,  is  still  trying 


Seven  Honey  Boys 

who  will  be   at 

the  Orpheum 

next  week 


when  is  a  vaudeville  act  carrying  less  per  cent  of  stimulant 

than  the  law  allows.    To  be  sure,  there  may  be  those  who  were 

excited  by  Medlin,  Watts  and  Townes'  efforts.    I  was  not  among 

those  present  when  the  thrill  set  in. 

Nonette  still  cuddles  her  violin  and  sings,  and  the  audience 

still  shows  an  almost-English  fondness  for  this  old  favorite. 

*  *  * 

"Daddy  Long-Legs"  at  the  Columbia. 

"Daddy  Long-Legs"  has  returned  to  the  Columbia,  but  in  fis- 
tic parlance  it  cannot  be  maintained  that  "Daddy  Long-Legs" 
has  "come  back." 

The  company  which  Henry  Miller  has  sent  out  to  us  is  good, 
but  without  Ruth  Chatterton  and  Henry  Miller  the  play  flattens 
out  into  a  sticky  sweet  meringue.  Meringues  are  all  very  well  in 
their  way,  but  they  are  supposed  to  come  at  the  end  of  a  meal, 
and  somehow  the  present  company  covers  up  all  the  bone  struc- 
ture and  meat  of  the  play  with  a  saccharine  covering. 

Which  is  not  true  of  the  first  act — that  still  is  a  poignant  re- 


s 


San  Francisrn  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


buke  to  the  kind  of  orphanage  which  made  "Judy"  detest  "char- 
itable" people.  The  children  are  either  the  same  ones  that  we 
had  before,  or  else  they  are  equally  good— though  abbreviated 
in  number.  However,  one  wept  over  the  woes  of  the  four  or 
five  as  sympathetically  as  over  the  dozen  or  more  in  the  first 
production. 

Frances  Carson,  who  plays  the  part  of  "Judy,"  created  by 
Ruth  Chatterton,  has  to  go  up  against  the  measuring  rod  made 
by  the  girl  who  did  not  play  the  part — she  just  was  Judy  Ab- 
bott. So  of  course  it  is  asking  too  much  to  expect  any  one  else, 
to  really  be  "Judy."  We  should  be  satisfied  with  Frances  Car- 
son's pretty  manner,  winsome  smile  and  lovely  red  hair. 

George  Alison  is  much  younger  than  Henry  Miller,  and 
weighs  in  at  just  the  right  number  of  pounds,  whereas  it  must 
be  admitted  that  Henry  Miller  was  far  too  fat  to  suggest  that 
he  had  accomplished  a  tramp  over  the  hills  with  Judy  without 
puffing  more  like  a  steam  engine  than  a  lover.  But  in  spite  of 
the  handicfp  of  years  and  weight,  Henry  Miller  got  away  with 
the  love  scenes  in  a  more  convincing  manner  than  does  Alison, 
who  plays  the  part  this  season. 

There  are  still  a  number  of  people  in  this  town  who  have 
never  seen  "Daddy  Long-Legs,"  and  my  advice  to  them  is  to 
go  and  see  it,  for  though  it  is  not  played  by  the  original  com- 
pany, it  is  not  badly  done,  and  there  is  something  about  this 
little  play  that  endears  itself  to  every  sentimental  theatre-goer 
— and  what  theatre-goer  is  not  sentimental  ? 

*  *  * 

Automobile  Stunt  Big  Hit  at  Pantages. 

At  the  Pantages,  the  Langdon  family,  Rose,  James  and 
Johnny  (mostly  Johnny)  are  doing  the  automobile  stunt  which 
has  kept  vaudeville  audiences  rocking  with  mirth  for  three 
seasons.  Johnny's  automobile  differs  from  the  wonderful  one- 
horse  shay  which  went  to  pieces  "all  at  once,  and  nothing  at 
first,  just  as  bubbles  do  when  they  burst."  Johnny  has  an  ani- 
mated tin  car  which  disintegrates  with  much  noise  and  sudden- 
ness, and  Johnny  is  some  mechanician  when  it  comes  to  putting 
a  joke  together,  but  he  is  not  exactly  what  Henry  Ford  would 
call  "handy"  around  a  car. 

The  poses  plastique  interest  the  audience,  and  the  group 
work  is  very  good.  Elizabeth  Otto  in  "Musical  Milestones" 
proves  that  she  was  not  spoiled  in  childhood — a  mother  or  a 
maiden  aunt  stood  over  her  and  saw  that  she  practiced  the  re- 
quisite number  of  hours  a  day  that  lifted  her  above  the  young- 
sters who  moved  the  clock  ahead.  The  Klein  brothers  do  some 
knock-about  comedy  stuff  of  the  common  or  garden  variety  of 
knock-aboutness.  The  Grace  sisters  advertise  themselves  as 
"The  Girls  with  the  Titian  Hair,"  and  it  looks  like  the  real 
thing.  Their  voices  do  not  match  their  hair.  Reynolds  and 
Donegan  do  a  skating  stunt  with  much  grace  and  dexterity,  and 
Feeley  and  McCloud  do  some  very  clever  acrobatic  dancing. 
The  program  offers  a  variety  which  does  not  fail  to  get  response 
from  the  vaudeville  "fans." 

♦  *  * 

Crowds  Jam  the  New  Casino  Theatre. 

The  famous  Casino  road  show  catches  patrons  coming  and 
going.  If  the  throng  lined  up  at  the  box  office  daily  would 
carry  flags,  they  could  easily  pass  for  a  Preparedness  parade. 
On  the  opening  day  of  this  new  theatre  there  were  14,643  ad- 
missions, and  the  attendance  has  evidently  determined  to  keep 
close  to  those  standard  figures.  The  Orton  troupe  of  wire  art- 
ists outdo  the  wire  trust  in  tricks  on  the  wire.  They  run,  skate 
and  skim  over  them  in  such  extraordinary  stunts  that  one  fairly 
gasps.  The  limit  of  the  company  is  an  inhuman  being,  con- 
ducted by  a  live  goose,  that  does  tricks  on  the  wires  that  fairly 
make  you  gasp  with  laughter.  Mile.  Bernice  and  her  corps  de 
ballet  of  six  contribute  a  variety  of  beautiful  classic  dancing 
that  captures  the  approval  of  the  house,  and  you  know  what 
that  means.  If  the  Whistling  Rube,  Jere  Sanford,  would  fur- 
nish more  singing  and  leave  his  partner  overnight  with  the  but- 
cher to  cut  down,  he  would  greatly  strengthen  his  turn  and  his 
nerve.  He's  clever  but  lazy.  In  the  skit,  "How  It  Happened," 
Harry  Sullivan  delivers  an  excellent  brand  of  low  comedy.  He 
is  clever  enough  to  drop  flirting  with  Charlie  Chaplin's  manner- 
isms. Ruth  Meyers  played  up  to  him  with  spirit.  Some  very 
good  instrumental  music  was  served  by  the  Sunset  Six.  They 
are  capital  players;  their  program  would  be  strengthened  by 
more  rythmic  airs  that  appeal  to  a  general  audience.  Sam  and 
May  Laurel  caught  the  audience  with  their  turn.    Flo  Adler  and 


her  two  singing  boys,  located  in  the  boxes  on  either  side  of 
the  stage,  dribbled  delight.  A  World-Brady  Made  Feature 
film,  "The  Family  Honor,"  rounded  off  an  excellent  program. 

*  *  * 

Continued  Success  of  "High  Cost  of  Loving." 

"The  High  Cost  of  Loving"  continues  to  pack  the  Alcazar, 
despite  the  excellent  counter  attractions  in  local  theatredom. 
The  farce  is  perhaps  the  best  that  was  ever  produced  in  this 
city,  and  is  carried  off  with  extraordinary  spirit  with  Kolb  and 
Dill  in  ideal  situations  that  lend  themselves  to  continuous 
laughter  throughout  the  three  acts.  Many  theatre-goers  are  so 
obsessed  with  its  witty  dialogue  and  comical  situations  that  they 
go  to  the  Alcazar  regularly  every  week.  Several  local  physi- 
cians are  prescribing  the  play  to  their  saturning  and  dyspeptic 
patients  to  lighten  their  spirits.  Two  acts  with  Kolb  and  Dill 
in  this  play  is  guaranteed  to  plant  a  Roosevelt  grin  on  the  mug 
of  any  jaundiced  dyspeptic.  See  the  show  now.  The  Alcazar 
dated  a  regular  stock  company  some  time  ago,  and  the  "High 
Cost  of  Loving"  will  have  to  be  taken  off  in  order  to  make 

place  for  the  stock  company. 

•  *  • 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — The  Orpheum  will  present  another  great  novel 
show  next  week,  in  which  all  the  acts,  with  one  exception,  will 
be  entirely  new.  Seven  of  the  clever  men  who  helped  to  make 
the  late  George  Evans'  Honey  Boy  Minstrels  the  most  famous 
organization  of  its  kind  will  be  seen.  Artie  Mehlinger  calls 
his  offering  "A  Musical  Melange."  Arthur  McWatters  and 
Grace  Tyson  are  also  renowned  vaudeville  headliners  of  inter- 
national reputation.  They  style  their  skit  "Revue  of  Revues;" 
it  is  composed  of  songs,  chatter,  dances,  travesty  and  bits  of 
musical  comedies  in  which  they  have  triumphed.  "The  Garden 
of  Aloha,"  with  Pauline  Thurston,  assisted  by  Leo  Hennings 
and  an  orchestra  of  four  native  Hawaiians,  is  a  beautiful  and 
dramatic  dance  pantomime  which  introduces  haunting  melodies 
and  musical  compositions.  La  Graciosa,  who  will  appear  in  a 
gorgeous  spectacle,  "Visions  of  Fairyland,"  made  the  artistic 
world  of  Paris  hum  with  praises  of  her  incomparable  figure. 
Palfrey,  Brown  and  Hall  term  their  concoction  "Follies  of 
Vaudeville."  Alice  Lyndon  Doll  will  introduce  an  enjoyable 
skit  entitled  "A  Bit  of  Music  and  Comedy,"  which  gives  her 
abundant  opportunity  for  the  display  of  her  great  versatility 
and  ability.  The  only  holdover  will  be  Alice  Eis  and  Bert 
French,  assisted  by  Joseph  Niemeyer  and  corps  de  ballet,  in 

their  great  dancing  success,  "Hallowe'en." 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — The  honorable  record  established  by 
"Daddy  Long-Legs"  during  two  notable  former  engagements 
at  the  Columbia  has  been  maintained  by  Henry  Miller's  present 
company  in  that  delightful  comedy  this  week.  Only  one  more 
week  of  the  engagement  remains,  the  company  playing  a  final 
Sunday  night  performance  and  terminating  the  run  on  Sunday 
evening,  April  22d. 

Cyril  Maude  in  "Grumpy"  is  coming  to  the  Columbia.  Eng- 
land has  never  sent  us  a  more  delightful  actor  than  Cyril  Maiide, 
who  will  be  seen  for  the  first  time  in  San  Francisco  at  the  Co- 
lumbia Theatre,  Monday  the  23d.  Mr.  Maude  possesses  charm 
and  magnetism  not  unlike  those  of  the  late  Joseph  Jefferson.  As 
the  astute  octogenarian,  "Grumpy,"  in  the  comedy  drama  of 
similar  title,  in  which  he  will  appear  here,  who  hides  a  warm 
heart  under  a  gruff  exterior,  and  who  sets  out  with  undaunted 
energy,  despite  his  years,  to  unravel  the  mystery  of  a  robbery 
and  achieves  his  purpose,  Mr.  Maude  is  at  his  best.  The  play 
has  served  to  establish  Mr.  Maude  as  one  of  the  greatest  char- 
acter actors  on  the  American  stage.  The  forthcoming  engage- 
ment of  Mr.  Maude  in  this  city  will  be  the  only  one  that  he  will 

play  here  in  "Grumpy." 

*  *  * 

"Amazing  Dexterity"  at  Pantages. — Constanti  Bernadi,  one 
of  the  world's  greatest  protean  artists  and  character  delineators, 
will  perform  so  many  amazing  and  mysterious  things  that  it  is 
practically  impossible  to  describe  them  in  cold  type.  He  is 
seen  in  almost  every  conceivable  make-up  and  character,  and 
in  such  quickness  and  dexterity  that  it  is  difficult  to  .realize 
.  that  one  is  witnessing  the  efforts  of  one  man.  As  a  finale  to  the 
performance,  he  disappears  from  sight  while  standing  in  full 
view  of  the  audience.  Ce-Dora,  "The  Girl  in  the  Golden  Globe," 


April  14.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


is  a  sensational  bicycle  and  motorcycle  act.  A  young  man  stands 
in  the  golden  globe,  while  two  beautiful  young  ladies  on  bicy- 
cles circle  about  him,  looping  the  loop,  riding  upside  down  and 
seemingly  defying  the  laws  of  gravity.  Tom  Kelly  returns 
with  a  brand  new  assortment  of  songs  and  stories.  The  Oakland 
Sisters,  Vivian  and  Dagmar,  are  two  beautiful  girls  with  many 
new  songs  and  the  ability  to  wear  a  stunning  wardrobe.  "A 
Willing  Worker,"  built  solely  for  the  purpose  of  dispersing  the 
glooms,  will  be  presented  by  Rawls  and  Van  Kaufman,  George 
and  Mae  Le  Fevre  will  present  a  classic  dancing  number,  and 
Billy  Small,  the  Tramp  Violinist,  with  "The  Secret  Kingdom," 

chapter  nine,  will  complete  a  most  entertaining  bill. 

•  *  • 

Big  Concert  to  be  Given  by  Navy  League. — A  concert  of  un- 
usual interest  will  be  given  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium, 
Thursday  evening,  April  26th,  under  the  auspices  of  San  Fran- 
cisco Chapter  of  the  Navy  League,  for  the  purpose  of  starting  a 
"Separation  Allowance"  fund  for  the  families  of  enlisted 
marines  in  our  service.  The  program  will  be  headed  by  no  less 
an  artist  than  Mme.  Carrie  Bridewell,  the  American  Contralto, 
formerly  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera,  Covent  Garden,  Vienna 
Royal  Opera  and  Dresden  Royal  Opera.  The  Women's  Sym- 
phony Association  will  co-operate  with  the  Navy  League  in 
making  the  affair  a  huge  success,  and  Joseph  D.  Redding,  as- 
sisted by  Lawrence  W.  Harris  and  Sir  Henry  Heyman,  will 
devote  their  personal  attention  to  the  details.  Soldierettes  in 
three  styles  of  uniforms,  full  khaki,  cap  and  apron  of  the  cook 
and  the  society  girl  with  arm  band,  will  be  greatly  in  evidence. 

Concert  Postponed. — The  concert  announced  by  Miss  Helen 
Colburn  Heath,  soprano,  and  George  Kruger,  pianist,  to  take 
place  at  the  Colonial  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  Thurs- 
day evening,  April  26th,  has  been  postponed  for  one  week, 
making  the  date  Thursday,  May  3d,  at  the  same  place.  This 
change  has  been  made  on  account  of  the  concert  to  be  given 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Women's  Section  of  the  Navy  League 

at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  April  26th. 

*  •  • 

Brilliant  Lecturer  on  First  Western  Tour. — John  Cowper 
Powys,  the  famous  English  lecturer,  novelist  and  poet,  whose 
New  York  audiences  have  taxed  the  capacity  of  Carnegie  Hall, 
which  seats  3,000,  will  lec- 
ture on  the  Pacific  Coast 
for  the  first  time  during 
April  and  May.  This  su- 
preme genius  of  the  spoken 
word  is  responsible  for  a 
Renaissance  of  Interest  in 
the  really  great  Masters  of 
Literature  of  To-day  and 
Yesterday.  The  secret  of 
his  success  in  England, 
Germany  and  America  lies 
in  his  amazing  power  of 
identifying  himself  with 
the  master  under  discussion 
and  in  his  ability  to  make 
people  read  and  think. 

Powys  will  appear  under 
the  auspices  of  Paul  Elder 
in  the  Colonial  Ballroom  of 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel.  One 
course  of  three  lectures — 
Prophets  of  Democracy, 
Dickens,  Dostoievsky,  Walt 
Whitman — will  be  con- 
ducted on  Tuesday  evenings,  beginning  April  17th.  The  other 
course — Poets  of  the  Romantic  Revival,  Byron,  Shelley,  Keats 
— will  be  held  on  Thursday  afternoons,  beginning  April  19th. 

The  first  lecture,  to  be  given  on  Tuesday  evening,  the  17th, 

will  be  on  "Dickens  the  Humorist." 

»  *  * 

Coryn  War  Lectures. — In  the  next  lecture  of  his  course  on 
"Causes  and  Aspects  of  the  European  Struggle,"  on  Tuesday 
afternoon,  April  17th,  Mr.  Coryn  will  discuss  the  "Bagdad  Rail- 
road— The  Prize  of  the  War,"  in  the  various  phases  of  the 
question.  These  war  lectures  have  proven  so  popular  that  Mr. 
Coryn  is  repeating  them  in  the  evening  course  for  the  benefit 
of  those  who  are  unable  to  attend  in  the  afternoon,  and  on 
Friday  of  next  week,  the  20th,  beginning  at  8:15  p.  m.  he  will 


John  Cowper  Powys 


tjive  his  unusually  interesting  lecture  on  "Holy  Russia."    The 
lectures  are  given  at  Paul  Elder's  Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue. 


77/,   (  ONSUMMATION. 
Teeter,  tauter,  milk  and  water — 
Nothing  that  you  hadn't  outer — 
For  reform  is  running  high, 
And  the  world  is  growing  dry. 
Laws  for  each  infirmity 
Substitutes  for  vertebrae. 

Wickedness  shall  go  and  stay; 

Adam's  son  nor  Eve's  fair  daughter 
Shall  a  loop-hole  find  to  stray — 

Teeter,  tauter,  milk  and  water! 

Everything  shall  be  forbidden — 
Raise  the  fence  and  clap  the  lid  on! 
Strength  of  muscle  is  attained 
By  its  use,  we've  heard  explained — 

Strength  of  mind's  another  story, 
Lassitude's  the  road  to  glory, 
Leave  no  chance  to  be  a  sinner — 
From  the  weakest  pick  the  winner ! 

Self-restraint  has  had  its  call. 

Lots  o'  folks  have  none  at  all; 

Like  dumb  sheep  they're  led  to  slaughter. 

Other  poems  there  may  be, 

In  a  more  convincing  key, 

This  alone's  enough  for  me — 
Teeter,  tauter,  milk  and  water! 

— Edward  N.  Barrett. 


THE  INDOOR  YACHT  CLUB'S 

FETE    IN    FAIRYLAND 

Pronounced  by   Press  and  Public,  America's  Unique  Spectacle 

THE  KIDDIE'S  BALL 

WITH    A 

Prelude  of  Patriotic  Pageantry  and  Tableaux-  Vivants 

CIVIC     AUDITORIUM 

SATURDAY   NIGHT,  APRIL  I4TH 
GENERAL  ADMISSION  $1.50  ALL  FOR  THE  KIDDIES 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  StS. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 


Second  and  last  week  begins  Sunday   April  15th 
Last  time  Sunday  April  22d 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
The.  comedy  Triumph 

DADDY    LONG     LEGS 
By  Jean  Webster— Henry  Miller,  Manager 
April  23 — Mr.  Cyril  Maude  in  "Grumpy" 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell   Street         Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 
Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

ANOTHER  GREAT  NEW  SHOW 
SEVEN  ORIGINAL  HONEY  BOYS  Features  ot  the  Late  George  Evan's 
Honey  Boy  Minstrels;  ARTIE  WEHL1NGER  in  "A  Musical  Melange;" 
ARTHUR  McWATTERS  &  GRACE  TYSON  presenting  "Revue  ol  Revues;" 
"THE  GARDEN  OF  ALOHA"  with  IAULINE  THURSTON  assisted  by  Leo 
Hennings  and  The  Royal  Hawaiians;  LA  GRACIOSA  in  "Visions  of  Fairy- 
land;" PALFREY.  HALL  &  BROWN  in  "  Follies  of  Vaudeville;"  ALICE 
LYNDON  DOLL  &  CO.  in  "A  Bit  of  Music  and  Comedy:"  ALICE  EIS  and 
BERT  FRENCH  with  Joseph  Niemeyer  and  Corps  de  Ballet  in  "Hallowe'en" 
Evening  Prices — 10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c  PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 
DAY. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maion 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS    SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A    FINE     UP-TO-DATE     SHOW 

WORLD'S  GREATEST  PROTEAN  ARTIST  CONSTANTINO  BERNADI; 
BILLY  SMALL;  GEORGE  &  MAE  LE  FEVRE;  "  TOM  KELLY;"  OAKLAND 
SISTERS;  RAWLS  &  VON  KAUFMAN;  "THE  SECRED  KINGDOM  "  CHAT- 
TER NINE;  "  THE  GIRL  IN  THE  GOLDEN  GLOBE  "  CE-DORA. 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


A  liquid  powder  for  the  complexion 
that  will  remain  unnoticed  on  the  skin 
—  superior  to  dry  powders. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


■-■  ■         ■'.  .  ..,.■  ■ --!*»z-*m?*ii%&$ 


SS 


SOGIAIrP^Offira 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
AYSCOUGH-MATULICH. — Mr.     and    Mrs.    "William     Ayscough    announce 
the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Mabel  Ayscough,  to  Matthew 
Andrew  Matulich,   son   of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Matthew  Matulich. 
EDDY-YELLAND. — News  was   received   in   Berkeley  to-day  of   the   en- 
gagement of  Miss  Zella  Eddy  to  Robert  McCrea  Telland. 
RHINE-GOULD. — Mr.    Charles   Rhine   announces   the   engagement  of   his 
daughter,  Miss  Anita  Rhine,  to  Joseph  L.  Gould,  an  attorney  of  Port- 
land, Ore. 
RICHARD  SON -FARLEY. — The    engagement    of    Miss    Ruth    Richardson, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Friend  "William  Richardson,  of  Sacramento, 
and  Everett  John  Farley  was  announced  April  5th  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  Hotel  Shattuck  in  Berkeley. 
WEBER-ADAMS. — Miss  Marie  Louise  "Weber  has  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  William  Woods  Adams. 
WELSH-COLEMAN. — By  means  of  notes  to  her  friends,  Miss  Ruth  Welsh 
is  announcing  her  engagement  to  Robert  L.  Coleman,  Jr.,  son  of  Rob- 
ert L.  Coleman  of  this  city  and  San  Mateo. 
WOLFLING-O'DONNELL. — The   engagement  of  Miss   Mary_  Louise  Wol- 
fling,  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  M.  E.  Wolfling,  of  Piedmont,  to  Dr.  Francis 
Joseph  O'Donnell  is  announced. 

WEDDING   ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
BRYAN- CORBET. — Miss   Linda  Bryan   and  Edward   Corbet  will   be   mar- 
ried at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prentis  Cobb  Hale  in  Vallejo  street 
April  21st. 
FINGOLD -MEADOW. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Morris  Fingold,    Grove   street,    an- 
nounce the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Hannah  Fingold,   to 
Morris  Meadow  of  Colusa.     The  wedding  will  take  place  at  the  bride's 
home  Sunday  afternoon  at  5  o'clock. 
FOSTER- TAYLOR. — Miss  Jane  Foster  will  become  the  bride  of  Howard 

Matthew  Taylor  on  the  evening  of  April  25th. 
NICKEL-BOWLES. — The    marriage   of   Miss   Beatrice   Nickel    and   George 
Bowles  will  take  place  at  4:30  o'clock  next  Tuesday. 
WEDDINGS. 
LEBO-ARTHUR. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Olice  Lebo  and  James  B.  Arthur 
took  place  Monday  afternoon  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emory  L. 
Lebo  in  Oakland. 
THOMPSON-RATHBONE. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Mildred  Thompson  and 
Leland  Rathbone  was  an  event  of  Wednesday,   at  Kenwood,   in   So- 
noma County. 

WEDDING  ANNIVERSARIES. 
DROGE. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Peter  Droge  celebrated  the  fiftieth   anniversary 
of  their  marriage  yesterday  with  a  reception  given  at  their  residence, 
1548  Grove  street 

LUNCHEONS. 
ABBOTT. — A  luncheon  is  planned  for  the  afternoon  of  April  16th,  by  Mrs. 
Granville  D.   Abbott,  who  will   entertain  a  coterie  of  friends  at  her 
home  in  Piedmont.     Bridge  will  be  the  diversion  after  luncheon. 
BARTHOLOMEW. — Miss  Jane  Foster  will  be  the  honor  guest  at  a  lunch- 
eon to  be  given  by  Mrs.  Jack  Bartholomew  of  San  Francisco  Saturday, 
April  21th. 
FAGAN. — Complimenting  Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  the  fiancee  of  Alfred  Oyster, 
Mrs.  Paul  Fagan  will  give  a  luncheon  Tuesday,  April  17th.     The  plea- 
surable affair  will  take  place  at  the  hostess'  home  on  Buchanan  street. 
FOX. — Tuesday  afternoon,  Mrs.  Moylan  C.  Fox  presided  at  a  luncheon  at 

the  Hotel  Oakland. 
HEARST. — Mrs.    Phoebe   A.    Hearst  was   hostess    Sunday   at   a  luncheon 
at  her  home,  "The  Hacienda,"  at  Pleasanton,  complimentary  to  former 
Governor  A.  O.  Eberhart  of  Minnesota,  member  of  the  National  Com- 
mittee of  the  League  to  Enforce  Peace. 
HOLMES. — A   group    of  girls   went   to   the  peninsula   Thursday  to   have 
luncheon  with  Miss   Margaret   Holmes.     Miss  Holmes  is  visiting  Mrs. 
Elliott  McAllister,  and  her  hostess's  home,  "Larkmead,"  was  the  set- 
ting for  the  gathering. 
KNORP. — Mrs.  Francis  F.  Knorp  was  one  of  the  several  to  have  small 
parties  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club  Monday.    It  was  in  compliment 
to  Miss  Louise  Weber,  for  whom  Mrs.  Knorp  will  give  a  larger  party 
in  a  few  weeks. 
LINDLEY. — Miss  Josephine  Lindley  gave  a  luncheon  yesterday  in   com- 
pliment to  Mrs.  Richard  Fuller. 
LANGSTROTH. — Mrs.  Temple  Bridgman  shared  with  Mrs.  Benjamin  Foss 
the  honors  of  a  luncheon  given  on  the  afternoon  of  April  17th  by  Mrs. 
Lovell  Langstroth  at  the  hostess'  home  on  California  street. 
POPE. — Mrs.   George  Pope's  home  at  Burlingame  was  the  setting  for  a 
handsomely  appointed  luncheon  Sunday  in  honor  of  Mrs.  William  K. 
Vanderbilt. 
RIORDAN. — D.  M.  Riordan  was  host  Sunday  at  an  informal  luncheon  at 
the  Palace  Hotel,  later  taking  his  guests  for  a  motor  trip  down  the 
peninsula. 
SLOSS. — Mrs.  M.  C.  Sloss  entertained  at  a  luncheon  for  over  a  score  of 

her  friends  on  Thursday. 
SIMPSON. — Mrs.  Andrew  Simpson  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  at  her  home 

on  Vernon  Heights  in  Oakland  recently. 
SMITH. — Mrs.  Ernest  Smith  has  issued  invitations  for  a  luncheon  to  be 
given  April  18th  in  honor  of  Miss  Marie  Louise  Weber,  whose  en- 
gagement to  William  Woods  Adams  was  announced  about  ten  days 
ago. 
SULLIVAN. — Mrs.  J.  F.  Sullivan  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  luncheon  at 
her  home  in  Pacific  avenue. 


WILSON.— A  coterie  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Russell 
Wilson  at  a  luncheon  Friday  afternoon  at  her  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

WALL. — In  compliment  to  the  Princess  Troubetzkoy,  Mrs.  Clyde  Wall 
entertained  at  luncheon  Tuesday  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

WILLIAMS. — Mrs.  Harry  Alston  Williams  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Friday, 
entertaining  a  group  of  friends  in  her  attractive  home  in  Berkeley. 

TEAS. 

BENNETT.— In  honor  of  Mrs.  Ralph  Clark  Nowland,  a  recent  bride,  and 
Miss  Anna  Irwin,  whose  wedding  to  Lloyd  Johnson  will  take  place  this 
month,  Miss  Katherine  Bennett  gave  a  tea  Thursday  afternoon  at' 
her  home  in  Berkeley. 

DE  GUERRE. — Miss  Marion  de  Guerre  entertained  a  group  of  her  friends 
at  her  home  on  Thursday,  as  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  Charles  Corbet  and 
Miss  Linda  Bryan. 

FOSTER. — "Fairhills,"  the  beautiful  San  Rafael  home  of  Mrs.  A.  W.  Fos- 
ter, was  the  scene  of  one  of  the  prettiest  luncheons  of  the  season  on 
Thursday.  Its  pleasure  was  planned  as  a  compliment  to  the  hostess' 
grandniece.  Miss  Jean  Boyd. 

HALL. — Several  hundred  cards  have  been  sent  out  by  Mrs.  Edward  M. 
Hall,  M»s.  Loraine  Langstroth  and  Mrs.  Hiram  Tubbs  Hall  for  the 
afternoon  of  April  25th,  when  an  elaborate  tea  will  be  given  from  4 
until  6  o'clock  at  the  Edward  Hall  home  in  Piedmont.  The  hostesses 
have  planned  the  affair  in  honor  of  Miss  Suzette  Greenwood,  the 
daughter  of  the  George  D.  Greenwoods,  whose  wedding  to  Herbert 
Hall  will  take  place  in  June. 

McGAW. — Mrs.  John  McGaw  was  hostess  at  a  tea  on  Thursday,  at  her 
home  on  Russian  Hill. 

PARKER. — Mrs.  F.  C.  Parker  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Dorothy  Parker,  who 
are  visiting  here  from  Chicago,  were  the  honor  guests  at  the  delight- 
ful tea  given  Monday  afternoon  by  Mrs.  Paul  Nippert  at  the  Palace 
Hotel. 

WILLCUTT. — Mrs.  George  Willcutt  gave  a  tea  on  Thursday  as  a  com- 
pliment to  Mrs.  Banjamin  Foss. 

DINNERS. 

BROWNE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Browne  are  giving  a  series  of  dinners 
at  their  apartment  on  Powell  and  California  streets.  A  dozen  friends 
enjoyed  their  hospitality  Tuesday  evening,  and  next  Tuesday  evening 
they  will  be  hosts  at  a  similar  function. 

FOSS. — Complimenting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Foss  of  Boston,  Baron  and 
Baroness  Jan  Carel  Van  Eck  gave  a  dinner  Tuesday  evening  in  their 
home  on  Broadway. 

MELBA. — An  elaborate  dinner  party,  with  Mme.  Nellie  Melba  as  hostess, 
and  with  the  evening  of  music  that  seems  almost  a  part  of  an  affair 
given  by  this  charming  singer,  was  a  gala  occasion  April  4th  in  the 
Red  Room  at  the  Bohemian  Club. 

MOORE. — A  group  of  friends  were  entertained  at  dinner  by  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Jarius  Moore  Wednesday  evening.  The  setting  for  the  affair 
was  their  quarters  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 

POPE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  gave  a  dinner  party  on  Thursday  of 
this  week,'  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Ruth  Dolan  of  Philadelphia,  who 
accompanied  Mrs.  Edgerton  L.  Winthrop  and  Miss  Muriel  Ergerton  of 
Newport  to  this  coast. 

SHERWOOD. — The  Women's  Athletic  Club  was  the  scene  of  an  informal 
dinner,  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  R.  Sherwood  presided,  Wed- 
nesday evening. 

MUSICALE. 

CAMPBELL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  C.  Campbell  entertained  on  Monday 
evening  at  a  musicale  at  their  home  on  Turk  street.  The  affair  was 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  Stanley  Van  Winkle  Hiller  of  San  Diego,  formerly 
Miss  Opal  Perkins  of  this  city. 

RECEPTIONS. 

CARRICK. — Cards  have  been  received  for  a  reception  to  be  given  by  Mrs. 
Frederick  Carrick  of  Piedmont,  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Elizabeth  Car- 
rick,  on  the  afternoon  of  April  14th. 

GREENEBAUM. — Among  the  delightful  affairs  of  Easter  week  is  the  re- 
ception at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emil  Greenebaum  were  hosts  Tuesday 
evening  at  their  home  on  Clay  street. 

JONES. — A  reception  was  given  by  Miss  Hazel  Jones  on  Friday  afternoon 
at  her  residence  on  Washington  street. 

BRIDGE. 

BRANDT. — Mrs.  Alfred  Brandt  was  a  bridge  hostess  Wednesday  afternoon 

at  her  attractive  home  at  the  Presidio. 
EHRMAN. — Mr.    and   Mrs.    Joseph   Ehrman    entertained    about   thirty   of 

their  friends  on  Monday  night  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 


April  14.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


'  i«or«»  lloltxrtoa  (iv>  »  bn.U'  l-«rl>   «t  the   I 
Ml  Thursday. 

><Um  and   Mra    >.  ;  ir.l.l.-.!   «( 

uraday  afternoon  for  i  I   ih- 


I  > 


•u   lui.l   a  .1  ••».  t.   or  an  curat*  Thursday   at 
thr  brides  aftn  .1   Um  Si     Pranrta  Holi 

DBUgbtm 

'iM   Kliiul-tl.  Wilcox  haa  acnl  out  r»rj»  for  th*  aftart 
April  JId.  when  »ho  will  antartaJn  In  honor  of  MIm  Ruth  i 
*rujajtcnifiit  t<>  It    William  Nobla  Lace)   of  riuuulcnu  waa  anno 
recanlly.    The  afternoon  will  t»e  davotad  t->  brldga,  followi 
DANCES. 
:— Mr.  and  Mra.  Walton  N    Moon  «av<     •  Aano     >i    thati 
Piedmont  for  their  friends  on  both  sides  of  tlo 
ARRIVALS. 

AVKRV. — air.  and  Mrs.  WtUIajn  11  Av.  ty,  who  hava  Wen  enjoying  a  four 
month*'  tour  of  t  L  luive  returned  i  ind  are 

again  occupying  their  apartments  at   the   Fairmont   Hotel, 

BBCK.WI'1'H.  floclaty  is  axtandlnf  a  cordial  walooma  to  Mr.  and  Mis 
Carroll  Beckwlth.  who  arrived  Saturday  from  Santa  Barbara,  a/hara 
they  b  Joying  a  sojourn  of  several  weeks. 

FOSS. — Benjamin  Fobs,  who  left  ft  week  ago  on  a  business  trip  through 
the  Northwest,  returned  April  6th  and  Joined  Mrs.  Foss  at  the 
mont  Hotel. 

HATHAWAY.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Win.  Lee  Hathaway  and  their  attractive 
daughters.  Misses  Marie  and  Mabel  Hathaway,  returned  Monday  from 
their  country  home  at  Pebble  Beach  Lodge,  where  the;  i 

They   had   as   their  week-end   guests  Mr.    and   Mrs.    Wnlter   Marr  of 
Stockton  and  Douglas  Short. 

HUNT. — Judge  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Hunt,  who  have  been  enjoying  a 
week's  stay  In  Southern  California,   returned  home  Monday. 

SPITZ. — Miss  Hannah  Spitz  has  returned  from  a  six  months'  trip  on 
which  she  visited  a  number  of  the  Eastern  cities,  and  is  now  domi- 
ciled at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

DEPARTURES. 

LEWIS. — Lieutenant  H.  B.  Lewis  of  the  United  States  Army,  who  until 
recently  has  been  on  General  George  Bell's  staff  in  El  Paso,  Texas. 
has  sailed  for  his  new  position  at  Schofield  Barracks,  Honolulu.  He 
was  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Lewis. 

MYRTLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  S.  Myrtle  have  returned  to  their 
home  in  Ross,  after  having  passed  the  winter  months  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

DODGE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Sessens  Dodge,  whose  wedding  took  place 
Easter  Sunday  morning  in  Claremont,  have  gone  down  to  Del  Monte 
on  their  honeymoon,  and  are  planning  to  be  away  about  two  weeks. 

HITCHCOCK. — Mrs.  William  Geer  Hitchcock  is  at  the  head  of  a  commit- 
tee of  women  down  the  peninsula  who  are  organizing  a  mass  meeting 
at  the  Woman's  Club  building  for  next  Monday  night,  April  16th,  to 
lay  plans  for  Red  Cross  work  among  the  women  and  girls  of  Burlin- 
game,  San  Mateo  and  neighboring  suburbs. 

JONES. — Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Leslie  Jones  left  Sunday  for  El  Paso. 

LOWENBERG. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  Lowenberg  have  given  up  their  home  on 
Jackson  street,  and  have  taken  a  suite  at  the  Clift  Hotel.  Mrs.  Lowen- 
berg Is  devoting  herself  to  Red  Cross  work. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  was  the  guest  over  Easter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walter  Martin  at  their  home  at  Burlingame. 

STEERS. — After  a  delightful  visit  with  Mrs.  A.  W.  Lane  at  her  residence 
on  Sacramento  street  Miss  Mary  Steers  returned  to  her  home  in 
Santa  Cruz  Saturday. 

TAYLOR. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Miles  Taylor,  who  have  been  making  their 
home  at  the  Hotel  Victoria,  left  Wednesday  for  Arrowhead  Springs, 
where  they  will  remain  for  a  fortnight. 

WALDEYER. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer  are  passing  their  honey- 
moon In  Southern  California.  The  attractive  bride  was  Miss  Donna 
Lenore  Hoffman. 

WALKER.— Mrs.  Cyrus  Walker  left  on  April  19th  for  Washington,  D.  C. 
She  will  also  visit  New  York  and  Boston,  and  will  be  in  the  East  for 
four  or  five  weeks. 

INTIMATIONS. 

BERTHEAU. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Max  Bertheau  will  close  their  home  on  Gough 
street  about  the  middle  of  May,  and  will  move  over  to  Belvedere  for 
the  summer. 

BATES. Mrs.  Charles  Judson  will  make  a  tour  of  Southern  California  by 

motor  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Bates. 

COOPER.— Mrs.  James  Cooper  leaves  soon  for  Honolulu  to  visit  at  the 
Islands  several  weeks. 

DEERING.— Mrs.  Frank  Deering  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Francesca  Deer- 
ing,  are  rusticating  at  the  Hotaling  ranch  near  San  Anselmo.  Frank 
Deering  joined  them  over  the  week-end. 

DIBBLE.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Dibble  left  last  Friday  for  their  country 
home  in  Napa  Valley,  where  they  passed  Easter.  They  returned  to 
the  city  Wednesday. 

HOWARD.— Mrs.  George  Howard  will  be  much  missed  from  the  social 
gayeties  of  the  peninsula  this  summer,  as  she  has  rented  her  beautiful 
home  in  El  Cerrito  district,  and  will  leave  there  the  first  part  of  next 
month.  She  is  planning  to  divide  her  time  between  Santa  Barbara, 
where  she  has  a  host  of  friends,  and  Del  Monte. 

RICHARDSON.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  F.  Richardson  have  given  up  their  home 
on  Gough  street,  and  have  taken  possession  of  their  handsome  new 
residence  on  Twenty-fifth  avenue. 

WILSON.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  Wilson  passed  the  Easter  holidays  at 
their  attractive  home  at  Los  Gatos. 


Wedding  Presents.— The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of    Pretty    Gitk     ImluclinK     I  A     VA1  ERA 

(Formerly  Mra  1  larton  For 

Fame)  and  Supers  Orchestra  in  ,i  l<<  Bned  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  CoIm 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL.Geary  and  Mason  St.. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San   Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergci 


C.  Mailhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  Bulk  SI..  Su  Frtatauo 


(Above  Ktarny) 


Eichinre.  Doutl.i  2411 


BLANCO'S  OT""st^L"-kln 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH    EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second  St.,    San   Franci«co 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Gears  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


Tel     Douglas   4242  Consultation    Free 

DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


UBRARMfeTABLE 


"The  White  People." 

Men  fear  death  not  in  the  sense  that  they  have  a  cowardly 
dread  of  it,  but  rather  because  it  is  a  passing  into  that  "undis- 
covered country"  from  whose  bourne  no  traveler  has  ever  re- 
turned. If  it  were  possible  to  visit  that  country  and  come  back 
and  tell  the  nature  of  the  life  there,  death  might  be  robbed  of 
all  its  spiritual  terrors.  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett's  new 
book,  "The  White  People,"  deals  with  the  problem  of  combat- 
ing what  is  referred  to  as  The  Fear — that  is,  the  dread  of  the 
unknown  elements  that  enter  into  the  life  beyond  the  grave, 
and  the  doubt  as  to  the  possibility  of  reunion  with  those  we 
have  loved  on  earth. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

German  Plots  Prophesied. 

Americans  who  express  surprise  when  the  German  plot  in 
Mexico  was  discovered  will  be  interested  in  Andre  Chera- 
dame's  startling  prophecies  in  his  "Pan-German  Plot  Un- 
masked," a  book  just  published  by  the  Scribners.  The  author 
prophesied  the  German  peace  proposals,  and  his  book  was 
published  just  at  the  moment  that  this  was  fulfilled.  The  au- 
thor gives  us  this  warning :  "The  American  people  must  under- 
stand with  the  utmost  clearness  that  the  victory  of  Germany 
would  unquestionably  mean  the  end  of  the  independence  of  the 

United  States." 

*  *  * 

"The  Hundredth  Chance." 

This  story  by  Ethel  M.  Dell,  author  of  "The  Way  of  an  Ea- 
gle," "The  Rocks  of  Valpre"  and  "Bars  of  Iron,"  etc.,  is  a  story 
full  of  elemental  strength.  The  hero  is  a  man  of  masterful 
force  but  hard  and  rough  exterior,  a  man  who  through  the  firm- 
ness and  dominance  of  his  will  can  remake  a  human  being  with 
nearly  the  same  assurance  of  success  with  which  he  breaks  a 
horse.  Toward  the  heroine  he  is  all  love,  patience  and  solici- 
tude, but  she,  blind  to  all  but  the  obvious,  sees  in  him  only  the 
brute  and  the  master.  To  break  down  the  heroine's  hostility, 
and  defeat  the  craft  and  unscrupulousness  that,  taking  advan- 
tage of  her  hostility,  are  drawing  her  relentlessly  and  with 
weakening  opposition  to  the  verge  of  disaster,  the  hero  can  rely 
only  on  the  weight  of  his  personality  and  his  innate,  if  obscured, 
tenderness.     It  is  the  Hundredth  Chance  on  which  he  stakes 

all.    The  story  will  be  published  by  the  Putnams  in  May. 

*  *  * 

"Peter  Sanders,  Retired." 

Many  magazine  readers  have  a  slight  acquaintance  with 
Peter  Sanders  through  various  episodes  of  his  career  contrib- 
uted by  Mr.  Gordon  Hall  Gerould.  The  complete  story  of  his 
life  is  about  to  be  published,  entitled  "Peter  Sanders,  Retired." 
For  many  years  the  prosperous  and  powerful  conductor  of  a 
famous  gambling  house — a  quiet,  decorous  mansion  in  which 
fortunes  were  won  or  lost  without  any  outside  disturbance — 
this  scholarly  gentleman  and  book  collector  of  impeccable  taste 
has  been  at  last  pounced  upon  by  a  zealous,  reforming  district 
attorney.  Then  begin  his  real  adventures.  The  publishers 
promise  that  this  will  be  one  of  their  most  original  novels  in 
the  coming  season. 


THE  CYNIC. 

Impudence  is  almost  as  good  as  brains,  and  a  great  deal  more 
appreciated. 

It  is  quite  easy  to  recognize  the  sort  of  women  who  haven't 
been  kissed. 

Mere  kindness  has  never  yet  won  a  woman's  heart. 

The  artistic  temperament  covers  a  multitude  of  sins. 

Bridge  is  primarily  responsible  for  the  deterioration  in  good 
manners. 

Many  a  woman  imagines  that  her  heart  has  been  broken, 
when  it  is  only  her  self-esteem  that  has  been  hurt. 

The  only  kind  of  women  who  want  to  be  men  are  the  ones 
who  don't  know  what  it  is  to  be  a  woman. 


LEAKS  FROM   WIRELESS. 

It  would  be  worth  while  for  the  Overseas  news  agency  to  use 
the  wireless  for  a  few  minutes  just  to  assure  the  world  that 
all  is  going  well  in  Austria-Hungary.  Since  the  Russian  coup 
d'etat  the  veil  of  the  censorship  has  completely  shrouded 
Vienna  and  Budapest  except  for  the  bare  announcement  that 

the  revolution  had  made  a  great  impression  in  Austria. 

*  *  * 

By  the  recent  advance  the  French  have  recovered,  in  ruins, 
to  be  sure,  about  12  per  cent  of  the  occupied  territory.  There 
is  no  sign  that  they  are  being  frightened  into  peace  by  an  ap- 
parent resolution  on  the  part  of  the  Germans  to  destroy  every- 
thing utterly  as  they  retire. 

*  *  * 

In  its  cruise  the  Moewe  did  more  destruction  than  many  sub- 
marines, yet  it  is  to  be  noted  that  here  has  been  neither  resent- 
ment nor  criticism.  It  illustrates  all  the  difference  between  le- 
gitimate and  illegitimate  methods  in  warfare. 

*  •  • 

The  fact  seems  assured  that  if  foresight,  determination  and 
intelligent  cooperative  effort  can  be  made  the  determining  fac- 
tors, the  grain  and  produce  crops  of  Canada  this  year  will  sur- 
pass, in  yield  and  in  variety,  any  heretofore  harvested  in  the 
Dominion.  With  natural  resources  virtually  unlimited,  there 
has  been  added  the  spur  of  loyalty  and  that  of  stern  necessity. 
The  demand  for  wheat  for  export  is  great  now,  and  quite  likely 

will  be  insistent  when  the  crops  are  ready  to  be  marketed. 

*  *  * 

One  of  the  greatly  distressed  infant  industries  of  the  United 
States  before  the  outbreak  of  the  European  war,  was  that  car- 
ried on  under  the  benevolent  auspices  of  the  American  Beet 
Sugar  Company.  The  "atrocious"  Underwood  tariff  was  threat- 
ening to  lay  it  prostrate.  But  the  $60,000,000  of  protective 
revenue  which  it  yields  was  needed  by  a  tariff  reform  adminis- 
tration, and  this  saved  it  from  "total  destruction."  That  it  has 
been  saved  is  shown  by  the  pleasing  news  that  the  company 
has  recently  declared  an  extra  dividend  of  $12  a  share  on  its 
common  stock,  and  at  the  same  time  has  raised  the  regular 
dividend  rate  from  $6  to  $8.  To  this  infant  industry  may  ap- 
propriately be  applied  the  Shakespearean  proverb :  "Sweet  are 

the  uses  of  adversity." 

•  •  • 

Foodstuffs  in  the  United  States  are  said,  by  the  Bureau  of 
Labor  and  Statistics,  to  have  advanced  19  per  cent  during  the 
year  ended  on  January  15,  1917.  However,  to  obtain  this  av- 
erage, abnormal  and  temporary  advances  in  certain  articles 
had  to  be  included.  The  year  was  not  an  average  year,  even  of 
a  decade  of  high  prices,  and  it  is  quite  certain  not  to  size  up 
with  the  average  of  the  next  ten  years,  simply  because  the  pub- 
lic will  not  put  up  with  a  repetition  of  the  manipulation  that 
made  abnormal  advances  possible.  Cornering  foodstuffs  prom- 
ises to  be  a  rather  risky  business  in  future. 


SWEET  '17. 
1817. 


She  used  to  be  genteel  and  coy, 

A  pink  and  white  affair, 
Who  fainted  if  she  met  a  boy 

And  thought  it  rude  to  stare. 
A  violet,  she  blushed  unseen, 

A  pallid  star,  she  shone — 
The  shy  young  thing  of  seventeen 

Our  grandsires  doted  on. 

1917. 

Sweet  Seventeen  has  changed  since  then, 

And  now  she  flirts  and  smokes, 
She  dines  alone  with  soldier-men 

And  tells  them  risky  jokes. 
She  drives  a  car  and  loves  to  slam 

Along  for  all  she's  worth, 
And  she  doesn't  give  a  single  d n 

For  anything  on  earth. 


The  Lady  of  the  House — I  think  you  will  not  find  me 

difficult  to  suit,  Marie.    The  New  Maid — I  am  sure  not,  ma'am. 
I  saw  your  husband  as  I  came  in. — New  York  Sun. 


April  14,  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


13 


THE  PUBLIC  HAS  ACCEPTED 


PRICE  $1200  F.  O.  B.  FACTORY 

IFBIHE  SALES  made  to  the  San  Francisco  and 
' — '  Oakland  buying-  public,  not  counting*  the  deal- 
ers appointed,  have  proved  that  the  "PILOT  SIX" 
is  the  car  the  buyer  has  been  seeking. 

|H|F  YOU  WANT  a  Quality  Car  at  a  reasonable 
'=='  price,  it  would  pay  you  to  thoroughly  investi- 
gate this  standard  automobile. 

[JalHE  "PILOT  SIX"  four  passenger  Cloverleaf 
•==*  Roadster  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  and 
finely  finished  cars  on  the  market  at  any  price. 


Cars  on  Exhibition  at  Our  Salesroom  Immediate  Delivery 

Some  Good  Dealers'   Territory  Still  Open 


MATHEWSON    MOTOR    COMPANY 

VAN    NESS    AT   CALIFORNIA    STREET 
TELEPHONE  PROSPECT  720  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


gnNANOAy 


America's  Duty. 


Now  that  war  has  been  declared 
against  Germany,  every  effort  should 
be  made  by  America  to  assist  Great 
Britain,  France,  Russia  and  the  other  allies  in  achieving  the 
defeat  of  Germany.  The  whole  industrial  situation  has  tight- 
ened up,  for  besides  the  capacity  taken  up  by  government  or- 
ders, the  imminence  of  government  orders  has  given  a  spur  to 
other  business.  As  is  always  the  case  when  new  demands  de- 
velop there  is  a  scramble  all  around  to  cover  future  require- 
ments. It  is  evident  that  the  productive  capacity  of  this  coun- 
try will  be  used  to  the  limit  throughout  this  year,  and  until  the 
war  requirements  are  done  with.  In  view  of  the  national  emer- 
gency it  is  time  to  sound  a  warning  for  patriotic  reasons  against 
all  unnecessary  undertakings  or  expenditures  which  will  divert 
labor  or  money  from  the  most  important  uses. 

The  railway  situation  is  better,  and  trade  is  larger.  Bank 
clearings  for  the  first  three  months  of  the  year  outside  of  New 
York  have  been  about  25  per  cent  higher  than  last  year,  and 
last  year  they  were  about  50  per  cent  over  1915,  but  the  gain 
for  the  past  year  has  been  mainly  due  to  higher  prices.  The 
production  of  pig  iron  was  at  high  water  mark  last  October, 
when  it  was  at  the  rate  of  41,314,000  tons  per  annum,  but  in 
February  the  rate  was  down  to  34,376,000  tons  per  annum,  all 
on  account  of  congestion  on  the  railways,  and  now  pig  iron  is 
up  to  $38  and  $40  per  ton  for  prompt  delivery.  The  state  of 
the  demand  for  all  kinds  of  iron  and  steel  goods  may  be  judged 
by  the  eagerness  with  which  pig  iron  is  being  taken  for  deliv- 
ery in  1918  at  $35  per  ton. 

Raw  cotton  is  up  to  19  cents  per  pound.  Wool  is  high,  and 
on  the  sheep's  back  is  being  contracted  for  at  40  to  45  cents 
per  pound. 

Building  operations  for  the  first  three  months  of  1917  make 
a  showing  about  equal  in  amount  involved  with  those  of  a  year 
ago,  but  in  view  of  the  advance  in  costs  it  is  quite  certain  that 
the  amount  of  work  is  reduced. 

The  labor  situation  is  serious  everywhere  under  the  pressure 
of  advancing  prices  for  food  and  other  necessities. 


There  is  absolutely  nothing  in  prevailing  monetary  con- 
ditions to  indicate  that  the  country  is  on  the  verge  of  war. 
Money  is  easy  as  the  proverbial  old  shoe.  Credit  is  granted 
with  customary  freedom  for  the  usual  commercial  requirements, 
and  there  is  not  much  demand  for  other  purposes.  The  inter- 
national situation  has  been  strained  so  long  that  the  element  of 
surprise  is  eliminated,  and  people  are  adjusted  to  it.  The 
countries  of  Europe  have  passed  through  nearly  three  years  of 
war  without  serious  financial  alarm  in  any  of  them,  and  industry 
and  trade  may  be  expected  to  go  on  here  with  less  interruption 
than  with  them.  This  country  has  had  thirty-two  months  pf 
great  prosperity  to  strengthen  it,  while  they  have  been  under- 
going losses  of  every  kind.  The  figures  of  the  statements  of  the 
national  banks  on  March  5th  are  not  yet  compiled,  but  it  is  evi- 
dent that  deposits  the  country  over  have  made  a  new  high  rec- 
ord, and  apparently  reserves  are  slightly  greater  than  in  De- 
cember. Gold  continues  to  come  into  the  country,  and  the  move- 
ment to  the  interior,  which  was  suspended  in  January  and  Feb- 
ruary, has  been  resumed. 


State  Controller  John  S.  Chambers  in  his  annual  report 

for  1916,  prints  tables  showing  that  the  grand  total  of  the  as- 
sessment rolls  of  the  cities  and  counties  was  $3,577,877,764.  Of 
this  sum,  $660,674,075  represents  the  assessment  of  what  is 
called  "operative  property;"  that  is,  the  properties  of  the  pub- 
lic utilities  which  no  longer  are  subject  to  local  taxation,  the 
State  taxing  them  upon  their  gross  earnings.  It  is  estimated 
that  the  ratio  of  assessed  to  true  value  of  property  in  California 
is  approximately  42  per  cent.  On  this  assumption,  the  total 
true  value  of  taxable  property  in  the  State  is  $8,279,562,214. 
From  1909  to  1916  there  was  an  increase  in  assessed  values  of 
over  $1,000,000,000. 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2117) 


2123 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col* 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific  Ave.,  San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST— CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street        Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 
Sketch  Ins 
Painting 


THE   BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer(ConcertPianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


J.  B.  CROWE 

GLASS    OF    ALL    KINDS 

1372-1376  Turk  St.,  at  Fillmore 
Telephone  West  1398 


Improved  Electric  Company 

A.  H.  CHENEY,   Prop. 

Electrical  Fixtures  ot  All  Kinds 

461  Market  Street 


Rooms  510-512 


Phone  Sutter  6818 


April  14,  1917  anJ  California  Advertise! 

INSURANCE 


Eighty  friends  and  former  business  associates  of  Bernard 
Faymonville  assembled  at  the  banquet  board  last  week  to  make 
note  of  his  retirement  from  the  presidency  of  the  Fireman's 
Fund.  The  affair  was  pulled  off  in  the  Red  Room  of  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel,  and  the  appointments  were  most  elaborate.  Among 
those  who  spoke  were  William  J.  Dutton,  J.  B.  Levison.  Percy 
V.  Long  and  E.  T.  Niebling.  At  the  close  of  the  speaking  Mr. 
Faymonville  was  given  a  testimonial  in  the  shape  of  a  fully 
equipped  traveling  bag  and  suit  case.  Rolla  V.  Watt  presided 
Et  the  banquet,  and  made  the  presentation  speech,  to  which  Mr. 
Faymonville  responded.  During  the  evening,  patriotism  was 
very  much  in  evidence,  all  the  songs  being  national  anthema,  In 
which  all  present  joined  most  heartily.  Mr.  Faymonville  an- 
nounced his  intention  of  returning  to  business  life  when  he 
should  have  recovered  his  health,  which  has  already  improved 
wonderfully. 

*  •  » 

The  Pacific  Department  of  the  Continental,  Fidelity-Phenix 
and  American  fire  insurance  companies  is  now  established  in 
the  Insurance  Exchange,  A.  A.  Maloney,  Pacific  Coast  sec- 
retary, and  A.  P.  Lange,  assistant  secretary,  as  previously  an- 
nounced, are  in  charge  of  the  business  of  the  department.  The 
city  department  is  located  on  the  mezzanine  floor,  and  will  be 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  Harry  W.  Nason.  The  un- 
derwriting department  is  on  the  second  floor,  where  also  are  lo- 
cated the  offices  of  the  secretary  and  his  assistants.  Like  space 
on  the  third  floor  accommodates  the  cashier  and  accounting  de- 
partments. 

*  *  * 

Edward  Brown  &  Sons  announce  that  they  are  prepared  to 
write  all  lines  of  marine  insurance  in  the  Agricultural,  for 
which  company  they  have  long  handled  fire  lines.  The  marine 
business  will  be  placed  through  Appleton  &  Cox,  the  company's 
United  States  marine  managers.  The  Globe  &  Rutgers  is  an- 
other company  writing  marine  lines,  and  represented  by  the 
Brown  agency.  Operation  of  the  marine  department  of  the 
agency  will  be  under  the  supervision  of  J.  R.  F.  Servaes,  for- 
merly engaged  in  the  same  capacity  with  Bates,  Cheesborough 
&  Lowery,  and  later  with  the  M.  Thompson  Company. 

*  »  * 

The  Kehoe  Rating  Measure  (Senate  bill  452),  providing  for 
the  establishment  of  public  rating  bureaus  in  California,  passed 
the  Senate  by  a  vote  of  24  to  4.  This  bill  is  patterned  after  that 
of  Washington,  and  provides  that  all  rates  must  be  filed  by  the 
companies  with  the  insurance  commissioner,  and  once  so  fixed 
may  not  thereafter  be  deviated  from. 

*  *  * 

Harry  W.  Nason,  city  manager  for  the  Continental,  Fidelity- 
Phenix  and  American  Eagle,  has  been  successfully  operated 
upon  for  appendicitis,  and  is  now  at  the  Fabiola  Hospital,  rest- 
ing easily,  and  is  expected  to  be  able  to  resume  his  usual  duties 

at  an  early  date. 

•  *  * 

The  Leo  Pockwitz  Co.  will  hereafter  write  the  insurance  line 
of  the  California  Wine  Association,  one  of  the  largest  lines  in 
the  country  (approximately  $9,000,000.)  The  line  is  being  car- 
ried by  Marsh  &  McLennan,  and  previously  was  handled  by  the 
E.  B.  Haldan  Company. 

*  *  • 

Claud  W.  Fairchild,  who  has  been  appointed  commissioner  of 
insurance  for  the  State  of  Colorado,  succeeding  E.  R.  Harper, 
resigned,  is  a  man  of  high  standing  and  broad  business  experi- 
ence, and  the  appointment  is  favorably  regarded  throughout  the 

State. 

*  *  * 

Bernard  Faymonville,  until  recently  president  of  the  Fire- 
man's Fund  Insurance  Co.,  is  one  of  the  committee  of  six  San 
Franciscans  appointed  to  consider  the  needs  of  military  pre- 
paredness of  this  country. 

*  *  * 

The  capital  of  the  Fire  Association  of  Philadelphia,  repre- 
sented on  the  coast  by  Frank  M.  Avery,  has  been  increased  to 
one  million  dollars,  fully  paid  up. 


FOR  SAl  /". 

Unredeemed  baggage,  consisting  of  5  trunks,  6  valises  and  8 
packages  at  HOTEL  GARTLANU.  Geary  and  Larkin 
Public  auction  May  5th,  1917  10  o'clock  a.  m. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night  — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plale.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.     Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


At 

HOTEL    OAKLAND 

Q  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

O  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Mar 

ager 

16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


Alfred  Reeves,  general  manager  of  the  National  Automobile 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  said  recently  regarding  automobile 
production : 

— -"To  tho^e  who  study  the  situation  there  is  nothing  strange 
about  the  rapid  increase  in  the  sale  of  motor  vehicles,  although 
it  is  a  source  of  amazement  to  many  people  who  have  figured 
motor  car  sales  in  comparison  with  the  number  of  people  who 
had  incomes  of  $1,500  or  more.  They  overlooked  the  tremen- 
dous advantage  of  the  motor  car  to  salesmen,  contractors,  and 
others  in  general  business,  and  particularly  to  farmers,  who 
have  been  the  biggest  buyers  of  motor  cars  during  the  last 
couple  of  years.  Thus  we  find  a  real  answer  to  this  automobile 
trade  prosperity  in  the  magic  word  'service.' 

"Just  as  long  as  the  motor  car  can  transport  the  individual  or 
transport  freight  more  rapidly  and  at  lower  costs  than  any  other 
type  of  vehicle,  just  so  long  will  this  country  and  the  balance 
of  the  world  continue  to  use  motor  cars  in  increasing  numbers. 
The  automobile  is  now  a  public  utility,  to  be  classed  with  street 
cars,  electric  lighting,  and  the  telephone,  and  rendering  a  ser- 
vice on  a  par  with  those  important  requirements  of  civilization. 

"Just  how  many  motor  cars  can  be  used  in  this  country,  aside 
from  the  balance  of  the  world,  has  been  a  source  of  discussion 
in  and  out  of  the  trade,  with  estimates  so  far  out  of  line  that 
even  the  closest  students  of  the  industry  have  given  up  the 
task.    No  one  can  really  tell. 

"At  first  we  said  a  million  cars.  Then  as  cars  got  better 
and  prices  lower,  we  raised  the  estimate  to  two  millions.  Then 
came  the  wildest  kind  of  estimates  and  the  figures  put  at  three 
millions;  but  this  has  been  passed,  and  now  there  are  about 
three  and  one-half  million  automobiles  running  and  registered 
in  the  various  States,  with  apparently  no  decrease  in  the  de- 
mand. 

"There  are  increasing  uses  for  passenger,  or  so-called  pleas- 
ure, cars  in  every  part  of  the  country,  while  trucks  are  just  be- 
ginning to  come  into  their  own,  with  the  practical  certainty  that 
a  few  years  from  now  great  quantities  of  freight  will  be  moved 
on  the  highways  by  motor  trucks,  which  will  also  act  as  feed- 
ers to  railroads,  making  unnecessary  the  construction  of  expen- 
sive so-called  'feeder  lines.'  Motor  vehicles  must  supplant  a  big 
part  of  the  24,000,000  horses  now  in  use  in  this  country. 

"It  is  most  gratifying  to  leaders  of  the  industry  to  know  that 
their  efforts  to  supply  the  best  in  motor  cars  at  prices  within 
the  reach  of  millions  has  been  appreciated  by  an  increasing 
number  of  buyers,  very  few  of  whom  have  a  thought  of  leaving 
the  ranks  of  motor  car  owners,  and  with  others  more  and  more 
acknowledging  the  need  they  have  for  power-driven  vehicles. 

"Production  is  certain  to  go  on  at  a  stronger  rate,  and,  while 
standardized  to  a  marked  degree  in  many  parts,  there  will 
always  be  a  great  variety  of  designs  in  motor  chasses  and  bod- 
ies, and  a  large  number  of  companies  supplying  them.  It  is 
fair  to  assume,  however,  that  with  the  keen  competition  only 
standard  products  of  established  and  well  managed  companies 
can  be  expected  to  survive  in  this  business,  now  so  firmly  estab- 
lished and  so  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  giants  of  in- 
dustrial America. 

"While  the  manufacturer  has  supported  in  royal  fashion  the 
new  creed  of  co-operative  competition  in  the  matter  of  standard- 
ization, simplifying  and  perfecting  motor  cars  to  be  offered  at 
the  lowest  possible  price,  so  as  to  interest  the  greatest  number 
of  people,  the  competition  for  trade  has  been  of  the  fiercest 
kind,  the  path  during  the  past  five  years  being  strewn  with  the 
financial  wrecks  of  more  than  400  companies,  showing  that  only 
the  strongest  in  men,  methods,  materials,  money  and  machinery 
have  been  able  to  survive." 

Reeves  said  that  the  average  price  for  passenger  vehicles  in 
1916  was  $605,  and  for  trucks  $1,809.  These  vehicles  were 
made  by  more  than  400  companies  and  sold  by  30,000  dealers 


throughout  the  United  States  and  foreign  countries,  for  motor 

car  exports  in  1916  will  reach  a  value  of  more  than  $96,000,000 

at  wholesale,  exclusive  of  parts  and  accessories. 

*  *  * 

The  Pinnacles  of  California 

Printed  guides  and  chronicles  of  California's  wonderlands 
should  not  be  limited  to  descriptions  of  the  majesty  of  the  Sier- 
ras, the  glory  of  the  Yosemite,  the  blossoming  hillsides  and  val- 
leys and  the  magnificent  beauty  of  her  marine  vistas.  Without 
a  chapter  devoted  to  the  Pinnacles  of  San  Benito  County  they 
are  incomplete,  for  the  Pinnacles,  a  national  monument,  is  one 
of  California's  most  attractive  features,  and  on  a  plane  with 
the  Yosemite,  when  the  notable  natural  features  of  the  State 
are  compared. 

For  years  past,  Attorney  Frank  L.  Hain  and  W.  W.  Canfield, 
both  old-time  residents  of  San  Benito  County,  have  given  their 
time  and  money  to  putting  the  Pinnacles  on  the  map  of  Cali- 
fornia. Singularly  enough,  the  Pinnacles  were  the  first  discov- 
eries of  the  "wonderful  natural  features"  of  the  State.  Frank 
Hain  and  W.  C.  Canfield  grew  up  among  the  Pinnacles,  and 
both  are  now  doing  all  they  can  to  attract  visitors  to  view  these 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  £1  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets  and    Berths  Ask  Agents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691    Market   Street 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND    HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,     EXCHANGED,     RENTED    AND     REPAIRED 


April  14.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


17 


Miss  Bernice  Warfield  in  her  new  Pilot,  and  her  friend, 
Miss  Sheridan. 

extraordinary  cliffs,  caves  and  extraordinary  geological  forma- 
tions. Several  weeks  ago  both  were  in  this  city  giving  stereop- 
ticon  views  and  lectures  in  the  Ferry  building. 

The  Pinnacles  are  distant  from  the  San  Francisco  bay  region 
only  an  easy  day's  motor  drive.  The  most  popular  with  tourists 
is  by  way  of  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  San  Juan,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos, 
Paicines,  Bear  Valley  and  Cook. 

Another  route  of  approach  is  by  way  of  San  Juan  Grade,  Sa- 
linas and  Soledad. 

The  Pinnacles  were  first  discovered  by  Captain  George  Van- 
couver of  England,  and  to  this  day  bear  his  name,  being  known 
as   "Vancouver's   Pinnacles."     A   description   of   them,   taken 

from  the  explorer's  diary,  dated  November  20,  1794. 

*  •  • 

Motor  Cars  to  Play  Important  Part  in  Army 

The  increased  sale  of  motor  cars  since  Friday,  the  6th,  has 
been  food  for  thought  amongst  the  automobile  dealers  along 
the  "Row."  With  the  declaration  of  war,  the  general  suppo- 
sition was  that  the  sale  of  motor  cars  would  be  curtailed,  but 
contrary  to  public  opinion  the  sales  at  once  increased  over  pre- 
vious records,  with  an  almost  imperative  demand  for  immedi- 
ate deliveries. 

E.  Linn  Mathewson,  head  of  the  Mathewson  Motor  Com- 
pany, distributers  of  Oakland  and  Pilot  cars,  in  discussing  the 
situation,  said :  "The  day  after  war  was  declared  we  closed  a 
number  of  sales  that  had  been  pending  for  some  time,  and  made 
several  other  sales  very  unexpectedly.  Since  that  time,  the 
sales  have  increased  in  direct  opposition  to  the  general  belief 
that  there  would  be  a  momentary  general  stagnation. 

Investigation  among  buyers  develops  the  fact  that  the  motor 
car  has  ceased  to  be  a  pleasure  vehicle,  and  is  now  absolutely 
a  necessity.  It  is  realized  by  all  people  that  government  ac- 
tivity in  preparedness  will  mean  increased  business  for  every 
one,  and  to  meet  the  extra  demands  over  present  conditions, 
the  motor  car  is  properly  being  called  into  service  purely  in 
behalf  of  efficiency.  Many  people  are  buying  cars  to-day  that 
may  not  need  them  for  three  months  to  come,  fearing  that  when 
they  do  need  them  they  will  be  unable  to  get  deliveries. 

There  is  no  question  that  when  the  government's  council  of 
war  gets  into  full  action,  a  great  quantiy  of  the  productions  of 
the  Standard  motor  factories  will  be  promptly  absorbed  for 
military  use.  Hence  the  man  who  is  likely  to  need  a  car,  dur- 
ing the  coming  five  years,  will  do  well  to  purchase  now. 

*  *  * 

New  Drawbridge  Opened  to  Motorists 

San  Francisco  motorists  were  among  the  first  to  use  and  show 
an  appreciation  of  the  new  $100,000  drawbridge  across  the  chan- 
nel at  Fourth  street,  one  of  the  first  automobiles  to  pass  oyer 
the  bridge  when  it  was  opened  to  traffic  being  a  car  carrying 
representatives  of  City  Engineer  O'Shaughnessy's  office. 


Few  cities  of  San  Francisco's  size  can  boast  of  such  a  splen- 
iid  piece  of  engineering  as  the  Fourth  street  bridge,  whii 
opened  to  motor  and  other  vehicular  traffic  recently.     It  re- 
places the  old  center  span  which  formerly  swung  around  to  al- 
low the  entrance  of  vessels  from  the  bay. 

Counterbalancing  the  weight  of  the  bridge  is  a  huge  block  of 
concrete  weighing  700  tons.  In  order  to  open  the  draw,  the 
bridge  tenders  need  only  to  throw  on  a  couple  of  electric 
switches  which  supply  electric  power,  which  drops  the  counter- 
balance, and  at  the  same  time  closes  the  guard  gates.  An  op- 
posite operation  again  closes  the  draw. 

The  bridge  is  now  one  of  the  objects  of  interest  in  the  city. 
A  tour  over  it  on  the  occasion  of  the  Commercial  Club's  annual 
inspection  tour  of  the  city  on  April  18th  will  be  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal events  of  that  day. 

•  •  • 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


Summer 
Vacation 
Opening 


APRIL   27th 

Reduced  Round -Trip  Fares 

to  hundreds  of  Mountain  and  Seaside  Resorts — 
offering    every  summer  benefit  and  pleasure- 

San  Francisco  and  Oakland 

Monterey  Bay  Points 

Sierra  Resorts 

Yosemite 

Lake  County  Resorts 

Klamath  Lake  Region 

Crater  Lake 

Huntington  Lake 

Los  Angeles  and  its  Beaches 

BEGIN    PLANNING    NOW  ! 

Send  for  booklets  —  State  region  you  prefer 

We     will     gladly     assist    you    in 
arranging    your   trip — Ask  Agent 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranktin 

4600       5080 

PROMPT 

RA6GAGE 

SERVICE 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  14,  1917 


Idaho  Taxes  Motor  Cars  According  to  Weight 

The  fact  that  a  heavy  truck  will  do  more  damage  to  a  mac- 
adam road  than  a  motorcycle  is  nothing  new  to  most  people. 
Only  recently,  however,  have  efforts  been  made  to  differentiate 
between  heavy  and  light-weight  automobiles  through  taxation 
proportionate  to  the  road  wear  for  which  each  type  is  respon- 
sible. Idaho  is  the  first  State  to  make  the  automobile  con- 
tribute to  road  maintenance  on  the  basis  of  weight.  Under 
provisions  of  a  law  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Idaholegis- 
lature  and  approved  by  the  governor,  licenses  will  be  issued 
according  to  the  following  standards :  2,000  pounds  or  less,  $15; 
between  2,000  and  3,000  pounds,  $20;  between  3,000  and  4,000 
pounds,  $30;  and  above  4,000  pounds,  $40. 

This  measure  is  indicative  of  the  appreciation  on  the  part  of 
the  public  of  the  economic  phase  of  the  automobile  weight 
question.  Since  motorists  realize  that  the  heavier  a  car  the 
greater  its  road-wearing  tendency  will  be,  they  can  easily  under- 
stand, because  of  the  same  fundamental  principle,  the  relation 
of  heavy  weight  to  tire  mileage  and  the  life  of  the  car  mechan- 
ism. 

*  *  * 

Norwalk  Tires  Make  Money  for  Stockholders 

"The  tire  manufacturing  business  during  the  past  two  years 
has  not  been  a  paying  proposition  to  stockholders,  taken  as  a 
whole,"  declares  L.  H.  Coppel,  of  the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson 
Company,  factory  distributors  of  Norwalk  tires. 

"Several  plants  have  made  good  revenue  on  the  investment," 
continues  Coppel,  "but  as  an  industry  it  has  not.  The  Norwalk 
factory  is  one  of  the  few  that  has  realized  good  returns  during 
the  past  year,  and  the  one  million  dollar  improvements  now  be- 
ing made  there  prove  the  faith  that  the  factory  officials  enter- 
tain in  their  project." 

*  *  • 

Premier  Appeals  Particularly  to  Women 

While  women  are  demanding  equal  rights  with  men  in  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  votes,  etc.,  the  Premier  Motor  Corporation  of 
Indianapolis  has  anticipated  them,  so  far  as  the  motor  car  is 
concerned,  and  built  a  car  which  does  away  with  gear  shifting. 
With  the  new  Premier,  equipped  with  a  push-button  gear  shift, 
a  woman  is  quite  the  equal  of  any  man  driver,  and  instead  of 
being  confined  to  a  narrow  little  town  zone,  can  motor  to  land's 
end,  because  the  new  Premier  makes  the  gas  car  as  easy  to  han- 
dle as  an  electric. 

*  *  • 

Motor  Cars  in  Use  in  New  Possessions 

Our  new  possessions,  the  Virgin  Islands,  lying  just  east  of 
Porto  Rico,  acquired  from  Denmark  by  purchase,  have  not  been 
immune  from  the  automobile,  although  cars  there  are  not  num- 
erous. The  latest  register  shows  24  cars  and  3  trucks  on  which 
there  is  a  substantial  representation  of  Goodyear  tires.  The 
Islands  have  an  area  of  83  square  miles  and  a  population  of 
about  20,000.  There  are  about  100  miles  of  good  roads.  All 
vehicles  follow  the  European  rule  of  the  road,  passing  each 
other  on  the  left  when  meeting,  and  on  the  right  when  overtak- 
ing. 

*  »  » 

Abandon  Indianapolis  Races — "No  Time  for  Sports." 

No  race  will  be  run  on  the  Indianapolis  Speedway  this  year, 
for  the  annual  May  30th  event  has  been  called  off.  James  A. 
Allison,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  speedway,  on  March  24th 
notified  all  the  racing  drivers  who  had  entered  the  contest  that 
it  had  been  decided  not  to  conduct  it,  in  view  of  the  military 
situation — which  is  not  alone  in  its  effect  on  Indianapolis  sports. 

It  is  the  feeling  of  the  Indianapolis  men  that  the  race,  which 
was  to  have  been  restored  as  a  500  mile  event  this  year,  would 
engage  the  services  of  a  large  number  of  skilled  men,  whose 
activities  would  be  better  employed  in  aiding  the  government. 

*  *  * 

Begin  Building  Roamer  Cars 

Only  two  weeks  after  signing  the  lease  for  plant  space  in 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  the  Barley  Motor  Car  Co.,  formerly  in 
Streator,  111.,  had  started  the  manufacture  of  Roamer  cars  in  it, 
and  production  is  now  running  at  nearly  normal  schedule.  Or- 
ders for  2,000  cars  are  on  the  books,  and  at  present  the  company 
is  300  cars  behind  orders.  As  the  100,000  square  feet  of  plant 
space  it  now  occupies  enables  it  to  expand  its  output  consider- 
ably, it  is  sure  of  catching  up  with  the  schedule  in  short  order. 


Loyalty  an  Important  Item  in  Quality  Production 

In  a  recent  discussion  on  the  all-important  subject  of  uniform 
quality  production,  W.  E.  Stalnaker,  vice-president  and  director 
of  sales  of  the  Pathfinder  Company,  Indianapolis,  gave  it  as  his 
opinion  that  there  is  but  one  way  in  which  absolutely  uniform 
quality  of  any  manufacture  can  be  maintained.  Stalnaker 
said: 

"For  many  years  I  have  been  associated  with  the  production 
and  of  manufacturing  propositions  producing  large  machines, 
where  uniform  quality  has  been  of  paramount  importance.  In 
my  opinion  and  experience  there  is  but  one  sure  way  in  which 
uniform  production  can  be  absolutely  assured,  and  that  is  by 
the  inculcation  of  the  spirit  of  loyalty  throughout  the  entire 
organization.  That  one  word,  loyalty,  is,  I  believe,  the  very 
foundation  of  uniform  production — the  bone  and  sinew  of  every 
successful  manufacturing  plant." 

»  *  * 

Government  Compiles  Road  Data 

As  a  result  of  a  conference  of  representatives  of  a  number 
of  States  with  the  staff  of  the  Office  of  Public  Roads,  steps  have 
been  taken  to  determine  requirements  governing  materials  to 
to  be  used  in  road  building  and  standardized  tests  and  specifi- 
cations for  use  so  far  as  possible  in  other  parts  of  the  country. 
Of  course,  local  conditions  at  times  make  variations  necessary 
in  the  materials  to  produce  roads  of  a  given  type,  and  at  this 
meeting  those  features  on  which  some  latitude  should  be  per- 
mitted were  clearly  distinguished  from  those  on  which  general 
agreement  is  desirable.  Uniform  tests  and  methods  of  report- 
ing tests  were  adopted  to  be  used  where  specifications  or  ma- 
terial used  were  changed  to  meet  local  requirements.  Further 
conferences  will  be  called  as  part  of  the  government's  program 
of  gathering  and  spreading  information  on  the  subject  of  road 
building. 

•  •  • 

Bad  Roads  Retard  Rural  Delivery 

The  beneficial  effects  of  the  rural  delivery  service  upon  the 
happiness  and  home  comforts  of  our  rural  population  have  be- 
come established  facts,  and  nothing  contributes  so  much  to  its 
efficiency  and  regularity  as  good  roads.  The  Fourth  Assistant 
Postmaster  General,  in  his  report  for  the  year  ending  June  30, 
1909,  writes : 

"Essential  facts  in  the  value  of  rural  delivery  and  as  a  postal 
facility  are  speed  and  regularity,  and  the  attainment  of  a  satis- 
factory standard  in  these  particulars  is  absolutely  dependent 
on  improved  roads." 

The  cost  per  mile  traveled  by  the  carrier  could  be  greatly  re- 
duced and  the  length  of  many  routes  could  be  increased,  if  the 
roads  were  generally  improved.  In  many  instances  the  post- 
office  department  has  found  it  necessary  to  discontinue  rural 
routes  because  of  the  impassable  condition  of  the  roads. 

*  *  * 

Cole  One-Man  Top  Said  to  be  Winner 

The  motorists,  who  in  previous  years  have  experienced  all 
of  the  inconveniences  which  attended  the  adjustment  of  make- 
shift side-curtains  and  fabric  tops  of  the  average  sort,  greet 
with  approval  the  modern  equipment  which  the  Cole  Motor  Car 
Company  is  furnishing  with  its  1917  touring  cars  and  roadsters. 

For  several  months,  the  Cole  Company  has  had  its  designers 
busy  evolving  something  distinctive  and  serviceable,  in  the 
way  of  a  real  one-man  top  and  side  curtains,  which  would  work 
quickly  and  effectively.  As  the  result  of  their  endeavors,  the 
Cole  one-man  top,  as  it  is  now  offered,  is  claimed  to  be  one  of 
the  most  easily  operated,  as  well  as  efficient,  tops  ever  placed 
on  the  market. 

*  *  * 

Fageol  Cars  Temporarily  Halted 

Because  of  the  heavy  government  requirement  for  the  Hall- 
Scott  aviation  engine,  the  Fageol  Motors  Co.,  of  Oakland,  Cal., 
has  withdrawn  from  present  activity,  and  will  make  no  deliver- 
ies until  a  more  favorable  opportunity.  The  Fageol  allotment 
of  aviation  engines,  which  were  to  have  been  used  in  the  $9,500 
chassis,  have  been  released  for  military  airplane  purposes. 

*  •  * 

Nash  Announces  Resignation  of  Sales  Manager 

It  has  been  announced  by  the  Nash  Motors  Company  that 
E.  G.  Soward  has  resigned  his  position  as  pleasure  car  sales 
manager  to  enter  a  business  of  his  own. 


April  14.  1917 


arul  California  AdvertlKl 


19 


1        High  Gear    'Stuff         i 

%llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllhlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll# 

Auto,  my  Auto.  I  thought  so  well  of  thee, 

I  never  thought  you  ever  would  bring  sorrow  deep  to  me, 

I've  shown  you  and  displayed  you 

But  when  I  tried  to  trade  you! 
I  never  dreamed  you'd  make  me  feel  such  deep  humilitee. 

Auto,  my  Auto,  it  made  me  very  sad 

To  hear  their  car  appraiser  say :  "Unutterably  bad." 

I  knew  the  clutch  was  slipping 

And  gears  were  near  to  stripping, 
But  thought  that  I  could  fix  you  when  a  bit  of  time  I  had. 

Auto,  my  Auto,  the  agent  looked  you  o'er, 

He  gazed  upon  the  ceiling  and  then  upon  the  floor, 

He  threatened  to  expose  you. 

And  wondered  why  I  chose  you; 
He  said  you'd  bring  a  hundred  and  not  a  penny  more. 

Auto,  my  Auto,  you  always  served  me  well, 

You  took  me  there  and  brought  me  back — but  you  can  never  tell. 

Though  tricks  you  seldom  played  me, 

I  found  you  had  betrayed  me, 
At  least  that's  what  they  told  me,  where'er  I  tried  to  sell. 

Auto,  my  Auto,  they  robbed  me  of  my  pelf 

But  I  do  not  believe  that  you  are  ready  for  the  shelf, 

And  since  they  are  persuading 

That  you're  not  worth  the  trading, 

I'll  comfort  you  and  keep  you,  and  run  you  some  myself. — Ex. 

*  •  • 

She  was  driving  down  Euclid  avenue  at  a  lively  clip.  A 
policeman  ran  into  the  street  and  motioned  her  to  stop. 

"You're  speeding!"  said  he,  in  a  well  modulated  tone,  as  he 
observed  her  pleasantly  youthful  features. 

"Oh,  surely  not,"  quoth  she,  smiling. 

The  copper  grew  stern.    She  grew  confused. 

"What's  your  number?"  he  demanded. 

"Garfield  two-o-eight-six!"  she  shot  back. 

The  bluecoat's  gravity  broke. 

"You  win,"  he  said,  and  motioned  her  on  her  way.— Ex. 

*  *  * 

Little  Tommie  Tucker 

Sang  for  his  supper, 

And  the  hotel  man  told  if  his  1917  car  were  in  good 
running  condition  and  had  spare  tires  he  could  turn  it 
on  for  part  of  the  price  of  a  slice  of  ham  and  a  fried 
egg,  but  potatoes  couldn't  be  included  for  just  one 
automobile. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  Oscar  Bransky,  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  estimates  the  re- 
maining supply  of  crude  oil  at  7,639,000,000  barrels.  At  the 
present  rate  this  source  of  gasoline,  he  says,  will  be  exhausted 
in  138  years.  This  alarms  Victor  Sincere,  who  fears  that  then 
he  will  have  to  lay  up  that  old  Woodburner  he  operates. — Ex. 

*  •  • 

The  great  trouble  with  these  books  of  instructions  is  that  they 
never  seem  to  tell  one  how  to  deal  with  the  particular  proposi- 
tion one  is  up  against. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Father  (who  is  a  motor  enthusiast,  to  son  practicing  at  piano) 
— Don't  go  so  fast  over  the  rough  spots,  Harold.    Let  up  on  the 

gas  and  release  your  clutch  a  bit. — Ex. 

*  *  • 

With  me  the  auto  makes  a  hit, 
So  why  should  it  be  cussed? 
When  I  am  broke  I  know  that  it 

Will  let  me  have  its  dust. — Ex. 

*  •  • 

"I'll  bet  you  do  some  cranky  thing  to  make  your  wife  begin 
the  tirades  you  complain  of."  "Nothing  in  the  cranky  way  do- 
ing.   She's  a  self-starter." — Ex. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 


PALO  ALTO.— PARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


iErairaairanramn 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Neil  Ave.     BRAND   4.   CUSHMAN       Phone  Proapect  741 


H.  E.  LAMAR  Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


-wASHLESs^lT 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


[~USE   LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sella  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

81 Q  R1K    FI  I  I<&    QT        Between  Polk  and 
019-000    E,l_l_10    Jl.      van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tirei  and  Second-Hand  Tire* 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


Apjril  14,  1917 


WINE  AND  THE  FRENCH  ARMY. 
Leibig  established  the  fact  that  in  France  solid  food  is  con- 
sumed in  greater  quantities  by  those  who  never  drink  wine,  and 
now  that  we  have  in  the  United  Kingdom  a  serious  food  defi- 
ciency, which  necessitates  drastic  restrictions  by  his  Majesty's 
government  in  regard  to  imported  supplies,  it  is  surely  in  the 
interest  of  the  nation  that  we  should  place  wine  in  its  rightful 
category,  and  that  we  should  follow  the  excellent  example  of 
the  French  government  in  regarding  it  at  least  as  a  health  ne- 
cessity for  our  gallant  troops  in  the  field.  In  France  last  year, 
no  fewer  than  132,000,000  gallons  of  claret  and  red  wine  were 
requisitioned  by  the  War  Ministry  for  the  military  forces  of  the 
Republic,  and  it  is  the  unanimous  conviction  of  the  distin- 
guished physicians  and  surgeons  attached  to  the  medical  staffs 
that  the  addition  of  one  pint  of  this  wine  to  the  daily  rations 
has  contributed  in  a  very  material  degree  to  the  splendid  health 
which  all  ranks  have  enjoyed  throughout  the  campaign. 

In  this  country,  red  wine  has  hitherto  been  looked  upon 
merely  as  a  pleasant  beverage  and  a  gentle  stimulant,  grateful 
to  the  palate,  yet  to  be  taken  only  occasionally,  but  the  French 
and  the  Italians  have  seen  further,  and  have  realized  that  fed 
wine  is  to  be  esteemed  for  virtues  greater  than  those  which  be- 
long to  it,  as  an  agreeable  adjunct  to  luncheon  and  dinner.  They 
have  proved  that  it  is  in  itself  a  food  of  high  value,  with  the 
additional  advantage  that  it  has  the  property  of  increasing  the 
assimilation  of  other  food  taken  with  it,  thus  tending  to  aug- 
ment very  materially  the  nutrition  of  the  body. 

Before  and  after  the  outbreak  of  the  great  war,  the  leading 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  France  spoke  as  with  one  voice  in 
favor  of  the  inclusion  of  pure  wine  in  the  daily  military  rations. 
Dr.  Landouzy,  Dr.  Armand  Gautlier,  Dr.  E.  Vidal  and  others 
— the  most  eminent  in  their  profession — publicly  announced 
that  the  use  of  wine  is  not  only  a  desirable  food  for  the  troops, 
but  necessary  to  secure  efficiency.  The  addition  of  a  pint  of 
wine  to  the  daily  rations  is,  therefore,  regarded  as  indispensable 
for  soldiers  who  are  called  upon  to  undergo  the  excessive  phy- 
sical strain,  which  is  inevitable  in  the  fighting  lines. 

After  an  experience,  which  is  not  excelled  by  any  physician 
in  France,  Dr.  Landouzy  makes  the  following  emphatic  declar- 
ation :  "I  refuse,  as  physiologist,  as  a  medical  man,  as  a  dietist, 
the  taboo  of  wine."  Dr.  Regis,  Professor  at  the  Faculty  of  Med- 
icine, Paris,  states  that  the  prohibition  of  wine  under  present 
circumstances,  is  "almost  a  crime  against  the  nation  from  the 
economic  point  of  view,  and  a  heresy  from  the  hygienic  point 
of  view." 

Pure  wine  is  found  to  be  especially  suited  to  those  who  derive 
insufficient  nourishment  from  their  ordinary  daily  food,  as  well 
as  to  the  adult  who  works  hard  and  eats  badly;  to  the  conva- 
lescent who  is  recuperating;  to  the  aged  who  are  failing  in 
strength;  to  the  sailor,  and  to  others  who  are  exposed  to  cold 
and  trying  conditions  of  weather  it  is  a  generous  and  a  precious 
tonic. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY- FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING       STORING       PACKING       SHIPPING 

AUTO   SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 


Phone  Douglas  2177 


Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


J.    SPAULDING    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER     CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Relajing  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Djeing 

Oriental    Rugs   Cleaned 

353-357    TEHAMA   STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class   C    Fireproof   Building 

1864-OUR    GOLDEN    AN  N  IVERSARY— 1914 


"Do  their  lives  blend  well  ?"    "Very.    She  has  the  gray 

matter,  and  he  has  the  long  green." — The  Lamb. 

STATEMENT  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP,  MANAGEMENT,  CIRCULATION, 
ET-C.,  REQUIRED  BY  THE  ACT  OF  CONGRESS  OF  AUGUST  24 
1912  of  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  AD- 
1     1917  published  week|y  a*  San   Francisco,  California,  for  April 

State  of  California,  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  State  and  county  aforesaid, 
personally  appeared  P.  MARRIOTT,  who,  having  been  duly  sworn  ac- 
cording to  law,  deposes  and  says  that  he  is  the  Publisher  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco News  Letter  and  California  Advertiser,  and  that  the  following  is, 
to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  a  true  statement  of  the  owner- 
ship, management,  etc.,  of  the  aforesaid  publication  for  the  date  shown  in 
the  above  caption,  required  by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  embodied  in 
section  443,  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations,  printed  on  the  reverse  of  this 
form,  to  wit: 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  publisher,  editor,  managing  edi- 
tor and  business  managers  are:  Publisher,  F.  Marriott,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Editor,  O.  Black,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Managing  Editor,  O.  Black,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.     Business  Manager,  F.  A.  Marriott. 

2.  That  the  owners  are:  F.  Marriott,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

3.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortgagees  and  other  security  holders 
owning  or  holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds,  mortgages 
or  other  securities  are:  None. 

F.    MARRIOTT,    Owner. 
Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  4th  day  of  April,  1917. 

(Seal)  MARTIN  ARONSOHN. 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California.     (My  commission  expires  September  20,  1919.) 

Fire  and   Marine.  ~  ~ 

SYNOPSIS    OF   THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    DETROIT    NA- 
TIONAL   FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY    of    DETROIT,    in   the    State 
of  Michigan,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real  Estate    $     3,125.00 

Mortgage  and  collateral  loans  294,500.00 

Bonds   and   stocks    243,619.40 

Cash  in  office  and  banks  56,659.60 

Agents'    balances    41,875.93 

Bills  received  taken  for  risks   None 

Other  ledger  assets    100.00 

Total   ledger   assets    $639,879.93 

NON-LEDGER— 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued   $  10,884.65 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value  4,038.23 

Other  non-ledger  assets  8,794.18 

Gross     assets     $663,596.99 

Deduct  assets   not  admitted    24,599.71 

Total   admitted   assets    $638,997.28 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims  $  12,092.59 

Unearned     premiums     161,825.32 

All   other  liabilities    3,234.54 

Total  liabilities  (except  capital  and  surplus)    $177,152.45 

Capital     389,350.00 

Surplus     72,494.83 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other  liabilities  $638,997.28 

M.  O.  ROWLAND,  President. 
J.   EDWARD  READY,    Secretary. 
The  J.  F.   MAGEE  Agency,  Pacific  Coast   Department,  314  California   St. 
-  Telephone  Kearny  402. 

Fire  and   Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    MINNEAPOLIS 
FIRE  &   MARINE   INSURANCE   CO.,  of  MINNEAPOLIS,   in  the  State 
of  Minnesota,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS. 

Real   Estate    None 

Mortgage   and   collateral   loans $382,350.00 

Bonds   and    stocks    197,874.37 

Cash  in  office  and  banks   106,248.68 

Agents'   balances    44,453.73 

Bills   received  taken   for   risks    None 

Other  ledger   assets    None 

Total    ledger   assets    $730,926.78 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued   $  12,942.92 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value    None 

Other   non-ledger   assets    None 

Gross    assets    $743,869.70 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted    775.52 

Total   admitted   assets    $743,094.18 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims  $  68.932.57 

Unearned   premiums    395,552.71 

All    other    liabilities    16,707.21 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital  and  surplus)    $481,192.49 

Capital     $200,000.00 

Surplus    61.901.69 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other  liabilities  $743,094.18 

ALFRED  STINSON.  Vice-President. 
WATTIE  C.  LEACH.  Secretary. 
The  J.   F.   MAGEE  Agency,  Pacific  Coast   Department,  314  California   St. 
Telephone  Kearny  402. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  "West- 
bank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny   3578. 

"~  NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

_____  ATTORN  EYS-AT- LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney -at -Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


"THE  COMPANIES  OF  PERSONAL  SERVICE" 

FIRE.  EARTHQUAKE,  AUTOMOBILE.  I  M  Q  I   I  D  A  M  P  C 

FIDELITY     AND     SURETY     BOND  I  IN  O  U  KMIN  U  L. 

LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  LTD. 

OF    LIVERPOOL,    ENGLAND 

Incorporated   1861 

Total  Available  Assets  $34  836.748.28 

Assets  In  United  States 5. 386. 826. 09 

ORIENT  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF  HARTFORD.   CONN. 

Incorporated   1867 

Assets ■  $4,030,146.21 

LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  INDEMNITY  COMPANY 

OF    AMERICA 

Organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Inc.  Jan.  1915 

Assets ■  •  $2,844,045.21 

PACIFIC    COAST    DEPARTMENT 
332    PINE    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO 

SAM  B.  STOY,  Manager 

G*O.Ormon<l  Smith.  Ajrney  Svii-Tinteii'l-nt  TOtD,  B.  Hopkins.  Lural  PecnMnrr 

WM.  M.   KLINGER.  General  Agent,  AUTOMOBILE  DEPARTMENT 

R.  F.  Bennett.  Rfsidpnt  Secretary  Fidelity  and  Surety  Depart mi>iit 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF    HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


iSST.mUSHF.D  tint 


I'ni'l  mi.  I'Millal 

Rassrre   Fund 

..  UabUtt)  "I 
Proprietor! 

-\Knr..fn»t''  Aiutl 


$18,526,600.00 
■  13,625.000.00 
-    18.526,600.00 

♦50.678.200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


138  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  In  tln>  Austrnllnn  Statai,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji.  Papua.  <  Sen  iluineal.  mill  London.     Th<-   Hunk   trftiifmi 
dMCrtpnon  of  Australian  Hanking  Husinpsa.       Wool  and  other  Produce 
CredlUJ  Arrftliit.'d. 

HVid  Olf irr  I  London  Office : 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 


Capital   $1,500,000 


Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1853  Cash  Capital,  S6,000,uu0 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
Are.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire. 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN   RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND   FOR   THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  othei  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY.   Clerk. 
By  W.   R.    CASTAGNETTO.    Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY.  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE,  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIREDMUNDWALKERC.V.O..LL.D.D.C.L.      Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

I0HNA.RD  c-™iS"     Reserve  Fund  ,££&«» 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Assistant  General  Manager      Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 


: 


Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits     2.125.S91.M 

Deposits  50.513, K76. 42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSIONIBRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typewri^earnpuasDc?,rpst acn0dvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT   &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


Ai 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to  Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


im 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 


W.   H.   HOMER,   General    Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


il  and  Ocean 


SAN    FRANCISCO  TO 
NEW  YORK 

FARE  SAME 
AS  ALL  RAIL, 
BUT 

INCLUDES  MEALS  AND 
BERTH  ON  SHIP 

1  3 KG  tnP 

"SUNSET  LIMITED" 

(No  extra  fare) 

From  San  Francisco 
3rd  St.  Station  5  P.  M. 

SUNSET  ROUTE 

to  New  Orleans 

Connecting  with  Southern  Pacific's  splendid 
ocean  liners,  sailing  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 

HAVANA  SERVICE 

Leaves  from  New  Orleans  Saturdays 
For  Fares  and  Berths  Ask  Agents 


Trip  on  the  boat  both 
north  and  south  bound 
includes  Saturday  and 
Sunday,  which  are  not 
business  days — 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


Special 

"Jack 
London 
Edition" 

of 

Overland 
Monthly 

MAY  1917 

On   Newstands 
Next   Week 


Will  contain  the 
story  of  JACK 
LONDON'S  ka- 
leidoscopic life,  in- 
tensively more  ab- 
sorbing than  any  of 
his  many  successful 
fertile  romances. 
The  contributions 
are  written  by  Cali- 
fornia authors  and 
other  very  intimate 
friends  who  lived 
with  him  and  ranged 
with  him  while  on 
their  seasonal  visits 
at  his  extensive  and 
beautiful  farm  in  the 
Valley  of  the  Moon, 
California,  and  on 
his  excursions  into 
Bohemia.  They 
know  the  real  Jack 
London,    the  man, 


10  Cents 
Per  Copy 

SI. 20 
Per  Year 


THE  LATE  JACK  LONDON 

Overland  Monthly 

259  Minna  Street 
San  Francisco,  Cat. 


his  protean  char- 
acter, his  unusual 
philosophy  of  life, 
literary  endeavors 
and  his  remarkable 
experience  in  striv- 
ing to  "  find  him- 
self "  during  most 
of  his  childhood 
and  youth — an  ex- 
traordinary story  of 
a  very   remarkable 


This  issue  will  also 
contain  the  big  suc- 
cessful serial  story, 
now  being  drama- 
tized, "GUNS  OF 
GALT'by  Deni- 
son  Clift,  and  other 
entertaining  miscel- 
lany, with  copious 
illustration. 


Subscribe  Now 

for 

OVERLAND 

MONTHLY 


-£HFp*Cltc0 

Nehi^M^ter 

Devoted   to   the    Leading    Interest*  of  California   and   the   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  21,  1917 


NO.  16 


I'AVS    LETTER   AND   CALIFORNIA    ADVER- 
the  Proprietor,  Freder- 
Tele- 
!*my  KM      Entered  al  San  Francisco,  Oil..  Post-Office  aa  M 

i  Office — George  Stroel  .v.-  Company,  30  Cornhill.  E.  C.  England. 
intended    for    publication    in  t    Dumber    »(    the    sax 

:\vs  LETTER  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER 
Dfflce  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

(including    postage) — 1    year.    $5;    6    months.    $2.75. 
1   year   57. i";   t>   months.   $4.00.     Canada:   I   year.   $6.25;  6  moi 


-Governor  Stephens  should  veto  the  Legislative  bill  engi- 


neered to  prevent  newspapers  printing  pictures  of  criminals. 

This  was  "Be  Kind  to  Animals"  week.    Probably  very 

few  citizens  realized  that  fact  as  the  bill  collector  called  upon 
them. 

A  prominent  socialist  predicts  peace  in  the  present  war 

within  sixty  days.  Send  him  to  the  front,  and  he'll  change  his 
mind. 

"War  has  its  compensations,"  remarked  a  member  of 

the  local  Alimony  Club,  as  he  signed  to  join  the  Naval  Re- 
serve. 

The  Political  Boss  is  now  dodging  U-boats  on  his  way 

to  butt  in  on  revolutionized  Russia,  and  start  the  pea  game  of 
politics. 

If  local  food  prices  continue  to  climb,  ordinary  citizens 

will  be  compelled  to  join  the  army  shortly  in  order  to  get  a 
square  meal. 

The  Germans  are  surrendering  so  freely  under  the  Big 

Push  by  the  British-French  that  one  suspects  they  are  eagerly 
seeking  meal  tickets. 

The  only  sign  of  tippling  in  the  Rominger  bill  was  when 

it  failed  to  stand  on  its  own  legs,  and  was  defeated  and  thrown 
out  of  the  Assembly. 

In  the  present  Preparedness  movement  of  the  nation 

the  aviation  department  of  the  army  is  the  only  one  that  has 
blown  up  in  the  air. 

The   battle   cries   of   freedom,   suggested   by   perfervid 

patriots  in  the  columns  of  a  contemporary,  smack  more  of  peace 
than  the  clarion  call  of  war. 

In  renting  a  "dry"  farm  near  Davis  the  University  of 

California  maintains  its  stride  in  keeping  up  with  the  "dew" 
Prohibition  movement  of  the  day. 

A  $7,000,000,000  credit  has  been  asked  by  Congress. 

That  is  a  nice  little  football  that  will  rouse  the  envy  of  the 
others  in  the  war  game  to  play  with. 

Italy  is  reported  to  be  ravenously  eager  to  share  in  the 

$3,000,000  loan  offered  the  allies  by  the  United  States.  So 
would  a  few  American  business  men. 

Between  the  bow-wow  experts  who  declare  that  the  na- 
tion is  in  danger  of  starvation  through  the  European  war  and 
the  meow  expert  forecasters  who  declare  that  there  will  be  suf- 
ficient food  to  go  around,  the  people  may  with  equanimity  sit 
tight  and  pull  through  all  right. 


Judge  Edgar  Zook,  of  San  Rafael,     tried     to     trim     a 

plumber's  bill  of  $2,  this  week,  and  his  efforts  cost  him  just 
$98.87.    The  judge  got  off  with  extraordinary  luck. 

A  sure  sign  of  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  Prussianism 

was  expressed  this  week  when  German  officials  ordered  troops 
in  certain  cities  to  shoot  down  rioters  demanding  bread. 

China  is  grinning  over  the  fact  that  by  declaring  war 

with  Germany  she  is  wiping  out  the  balance  of  the  payments 
extorted  from  her  by  the  Teutons  during  the  Boxer  troubles. 

The    so-called    strategic    retirement   of    Hindenberg   is 

rapidly  developing  into  an  "excuse  me"  German  rout  along  a 
front  of  one  hundred  miles.    A  "record"  retirement  in  the  war. 

By  his  actions,  the  Kaiser  practically  acknowledges  now 

that  he  has  lost  his  ambitious  "place  in  the  sun."  Now  that  he 
is  out  in  the  cold,  he  will  likely  seek  a  hotter  place  than  the 
sun. 

The  raising  of  Al.  McCabe's  salary  from  $3,000  per  year 

to  $6,000  per  year,  as  State  Insurance  Commissioner,  satisfies 
bim  as  well  as  the  taxpayers.  Both  know  where  the  money 
goes. 

A  group  of  twenty-five  single-taxers  bolted  their  conven- 
tion, this  week,  and  disappeared.  The  minority  is  now  in  a 
quandary,  hunting  the  country  in  a  game  of  blind  man's  buff  to 
locate  the  party. 

The  tragedy  of  the  advancing  prices  in  foodstuffs  is  that 

the  jobbers,  having  educated  the  public  into  expecting  them, 
will  make  every  effort  to  maintain  the  figures  after  the  present 
war  is  ancient  history. 

That  old-time  "air  castle"  of  M.  H.  de  Young  became 

a  substantial  reality  this  week  when  he  helped  to  lay  the  corner 
stone  of  the  magnificent  Memorial  Museum  erected  to  his  mem- 
ory, in  Golden  Gate  Park. 

General  Carranza  declares  that  Mexico  will  maintain  a 

strict  and  rigid  neutrality  in  the  world's  war.  Oh,  Mex,  Mex, 
Mex,  you'll  actually  bust  your  cirsingle  if  you  tackle  such  a 
stupendous  international  job. 

Archibald  Roosevelt  was  married  quietly  some  ten  days 

before  the  date  set  for  the  wedding  in  order  to  join  the  colors 
promptly  with  his  fellow  Harvard  classmates.  The  Adminis- 
tration at  Washington  grins  with  the  Colonel. 

What's  the  matter  with  Oakland?     Mayor  Davies  has 

issued  a  peremptory  ukase  that  if  the  merchants  there  continue 
to  neglect  to  make  a  "flag  showing"  on  their  buildings,  he  will 
"force  them"  to  take  action.  Hard  words,  these  Preparedness 
days,  Brother  Davies. 

School  girls  are  being  trained  in  the  East  by  members 

of  the  League  of  National  Service  to  do  farm  work,  "back  to 
the  farm"  stunts,  in  a  new  style  of  "overalls  de  bleu,"  said  to 
be  stunning  confections  of  the  modistes,  so  the  "stunts"  are  re- 
corded a  distinct  success. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Administration  at  Washington 
Raising  Funds  for  is  just  now  throwing  a  drag-net  over 

War  Purposes.  the  country  for  the  purpose  of  bring- 

ing to  light  all  sources  of  income  of 
individuals  and  corporations  for  the  purpose  of  direct  or  in- 
direct taxation  to  provide  funds  for  the  present  "war"  with  Ger- 
many or  for  the  country's  "try  out"  of  a  show  of  Preparedness, 
as  the  prospect  may  be  personally  regarded.  The  government 
proposes  to  raise  approximately  one-half  the  estimated  cost 
of  the  first  year's  fund,  or  $1,807,250,000.  The  other  half  is 
provided  by  $2,000,000,000  of  the  bonds  authorized  by  the  war 
revenue  bill.  In  this  test  of  raising  revenue  for  the  purpose  of 
sounding  the  financial  depths  of  the  nation  in  case  of  war,  the 
government  proposes  to  tax  practically  everything  in  sight, 
from  soft  drinks  at  the  bar  to  the  iron  props  of  a  church  steeple. 
Personal  incomes  of  the  super-rich  are  to  be  punctured  some 
50  per  cent  according  to  the  reports  emanating  from  Congress. 
It  is  calculated  that  the  super  tax  on  individuals  and  corpora- 
tions will  increase  the  total 
tax  by  $340,000,000.  The 
highest  rates  on  super-taxes 
under  the  present  plan  out- 
lined would  be  40  per  cent  on 
all  incomes  over  $1,000,000. 
The  excess  profits  tax  for 
1917,  collectable  in  June,  1918, 
are  expected  to  yield  $425,- 
000,000.  Even  admission 
tickets  to  amusement  places 
will  be  taxed.  In  short,  every- 
thing possible  that  can  carry 
even  a  one  cent  tax  will  be 
forced  to  contribute  its  mite 
in  this  test  of  the  government 
to  sieve  the  cash  of  the  nation 
in  order  to  discover  how  much 
income  can  be  gathered  for 
defense  purposes  in  case  of 
real  war,  a  mobilization  of  the 
taxable  sources  of  the  nation. 
Naturally,  most  of  these  funds 
will  be  used  to  defray  the 
charges  and  costs  of  the  re- 
cruited citizens  who  will  be 
added  to  the  regular  army  and 
navy  for  the  purpose  of  a  ser- 
ious national  display  of  Pre- 
paredness. The  result  will,  of 
course,  prove  of  advantage  to 
the  government  in  locating 
new  sources  of  taxation  useful 
in  dire  stress  of  war,  but  in 
the  meanwhile,  what  of  the 
common  people  who  will  main- 
ly shoulder  the  burden? 
3W 


Print  Paper  Pirates 
Indicted  at  Last. 


Mixing  Politics  at 
Sacramento. 


It  is  becoming  more  and  more  ap- 
parent with  the  days  in  the  State 
legislature  at  Sacramento  that  there 
is  a  plot  afoot  by  an  inner  ring  of 
old-time  politicians  that  the  sting  must  be  extracted  from  a 
number  of  Progressive  laws  like  the  referendum,  recall  and 
civil  service.  Bills  have  been  introduced  to  lessen  the  effect 
of  these  laws,  but  so  far  the  attacks  have  failed,  due  chiefly 
to  the  differences  of  the  men  who  incubated  them.  An  attempt 
to  gain  an  entering  wedge  in  civil  service  reform  succeeded  in 
passing  both  chambers,  but  Governor  Stephens,  in  the  face  of 
strong  political  pressure,  showed  he  had  sufficient  backbone  to 
meet  the  attack  by  stoutly  signing  a  veto.  A  nasty  crisis  among 
the  attacking  politicians  threatened,  but  they  finally  took  pro- 
gram and  quit.  There  is  no  doubt  but  what  this  combination  of 
small  fry  politicians  are  feeling  out  the  new  Governor  with  a 
view  to  discover  any  weak  spot  in  his  armor.  They  will  jump 
the  ropes  to  rattle  him,  if  possible,  for  their  own  selfish  ends. 
Governor  Stephens  is  warily  conducting  his  policy.    So  tar  he 


has  not  revealed  any  reactionary  tendencies,  and  the  indications 
are  that  he  will  persistently  trim  sail  on  the  lines  of  the  Pro- 
gressive party  and  endeavor  in  every  way  to  maintain  the  ship 
of  State  on  present  lines,  so  that  Johnson  may  be  able  later  to 
pick  up  the  political  machine  he  constructed  with  so  much  care 
for  use  in  the  Presidential  campaign  of  1920. 

At  last  Federal  officers  believe  they 
have  trapped  the  ring  of  pirates  that 
constitute  the  rapacious  news  print 
paper  trust  that  has  extorted  huge 
profits  from  publishers  throughout  the  country.  The  six  men 
indicted  by  the  Federal  Grand  Jury  are  charged  with  controll- 
ing fifty-five  per  cent  of  the  newspaper  production  of  the  coun- 
try, and  using  their  power  in  restraint  of  trade,  in  violation  of 
the  Sherman  anti-trust  law.  The  bankers  who  financed  this 
band  of  thieves  have  also  been  rounded  up  and  jailed.  Collec- 
tively the  five  defendant  paper  manufacturers  are  known  as 

the  executive  committee  of 
the  News-Print  Paper  Manu- 
facturers' Association.  The 
secretary  of  the  organization, 
George  F.  Steele,  squealed  on 
his  pals.  To  save  his  hide  he 
readily  disclosed  the  conspir- 
acy of  how  the  five  pirates 
had  robbed  the  newspaper 
publishers  through  a  cut- 
throat raise  in  prices,  a  tight 
combination  which  gave  them 
power  to  exact  exorbitant 
charges.  The  bail  of  the  de- 
fendants has  been  fixed  at 
$5,000  each.  A  conspicuous 
example  should  be  made  of 
these  unconscionable  rascals. 
If  the  written  law  is  net  proof 
to  hold  them,  they  should  be 
given  full  terms  in  the  peni- 
tentiary. Only  by  full  punish- 
ment can  such  greedy  cormor- 
ants be  checked. 

Wilson  as  a  War  President. 
So  far  in  the  relations  of 
this  country  to  the  war  in 
Europe,  President  Wilson  has 
shown  good  judgment,  accord- 
ing to  the  belief  of  the  nation 
at  large.  Men  of  close  study 
in  international  policies,  Am- 
bassador Gerard  for  instance, 
express  their  confidence  of  the 
President's  judgment  in  the 
future,  measured  by  the  horse 
sense  he  has  shown  in  the 
harrassing  problems  already  solved.  Naturally  there  are  many 
groups  of  people  who  do  not  concur,  but  they  are  in  a  large 
minority.  President  Wilson  has  his  ear  to  the  ground  always, 
and  maintains  a  close  touch  with  what  the  nation  thinks.  This 
was  Lincoln's  rich  gift.  It  is  the  gift  of  all  successful  war 
rulers.  To  lose  touch  with  what  the  people  think  is  fatal  to  any 
ruler.  President  Wilson's  political  talent  in  this  connection 
has  been  already  tried  by  many  capital  tests,  and  has  always 
been  found  correct,  as  has  been  exemplified  by  the  rally  of  the 
Senators  and  Representatives  to  his  proposals.  No  electric 
mannikins  throughout  this  country  are  so  sensitive  to  the  least 
change  of  public  opinion  than  these  same  political  bund  of 
politicians,  eager  to  hold  their  posts.  The  President  has  been 
emphatically  vindicated  in  his  policy  on  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant questions  relating  to  the  war:  Is  it  a  contest  for  De- 
mocracy? The  question  was  practically  answered  by  the  re- 
volt against  the  Czar  and  autocratic  government.  Since  then 
America  is  more  emphatically  than  ever  for  supporting  the 
entente  allies. 


GETTING  THE  HOOK. 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN    CRIER 


This  week  President  Wilson  issued  a  scathing  announce- 
ment regarding  foreign  spies  and  other  persons  in  this  country 
who  are  secretly  plotting  against  the  people  of  this  nation. 
Many  readers  of  this  announcement  very  likely  exclaimed 
"Bosh!"  a  thoughtless  explosion.  The  President  has  enough 
big  problems  on  hand  without  resorting  to  giving  out  fanciful 
statements  to  Ell  in  his  time.  President  Wilson  receives  many 
far  and  wide  reaching  reports  from  many  sources  daily,  and 
his  advices  are  particularly  prompt,  reliable  and  important 
— and  when  he  issues  a  notice  to  the  public  on  a  question  of 
moment  it  is  time  for  the  constant  reader  to  sit  up,  take  warn- 
ing, and  go  to  the  bat  of  the  intent  conveyed.  Before  America 
entered  this  war,  there  were  reprisals  being  made  on  the  manu- 
facturing plants  of  this  country  by  German  emissaries,  as  was 
illustrated  in  the  arrests,  the  trials,  and  in  one  local  case,  the 
conviction  of  a  group  of  such  conspirators,  though  in  the  last 
case  the  crime  was  committed  across  the  northern  border. 
Now  that  war  has  been  declared  against  Germany,  there  are 
far  more  chances  that  reckless  work  of  this  kind  will  develop. 
That  is  one  of  the  strong  reasons  why  the  present  volunteers 
are  being  assembled:  to  guard  railroad  lines,  munition  plants, 
public  property  and  the  like.  There  will  be  no  quarrel  with 
the  German  people  resident  here;  our  war  is  with  the  German 
government,  the  militaristic  spirit  of  Germany,  and  the  auto- 
cratic bluster  of  the  Kaiser. 

That  some  one  has  awkwardly  tripped  in  the  Oxman 

end  of  the  trial  of  the  defendants  charged  with  dynamiting  the 
Preparedness  parade  is  painfully  obvious.  Sometime  ago  the 
News  Letter  called  attention  to  the  extraordinary  "pat  and 
complete"  evidence  that  Oxman  was  able  to  furnish  the  prose- 
cution. It  came  too  trippingly  on  the  tongue,  and  it  covered 
details  too  bloomingly  exact  in  exactly  furnishing  each  point 
required.  The  details  of  taking  down  the  number  of  the  auto- 
mobile on  a  piece  of  paper,  under  the  attendant  circumstances 
of  viewing  an  interesting  parade,  was  a  pippin.  Oxman  in  his 
way  can  out-Munchausen  Munchausen.  Only  by  plumbing 
this  extraordinary  mess  with  determined  fairness  and  a  stern 
effort  to  expose  the  true  facts  will  the  judge  of  the  court  get 
the  results  the  public  demands.  It  is  developing  into  a  cause 
celebre  of  its  kind.  Somebody  is  going  to  receive  an  awful 
wallop  before  it  is  over,  unless  he,  she  or  it  can  pass  the  buck. 

In  these  trouble  filled  days  of  war  those  pestiferous 

knaves,  the  food  adulterers,  are  again  exploiting  their  vicious 
tricks  on  the  public.  This  week  a  long  list  of  names  of  these 
malpractioners  was  publicly  filed  by  Inspector  M.  C.  Duffy, 
of  the  State  Board  of  Health.  There  must  be  a  rotten  spot 
somewhere  in  the  present  law  which  permits  these  scamps  to 
pursue  their  evil  trade.  More  drastic  punishments  should  be 
enforced.  Most  of  the  food  and  drink  stuffs,  which  they  adul- 
terate at  great  profit  to  themselves,  is  sold  among  poor  people, 
a  class  that  necessity  forces  to  buy  as  cheap  as  possible,  a 
class  that  should  be  specially  protected  against  these  vultures. 
Fines  mean  nothing  to  these  unconscionable  scoundrels;  they 
readily  meet  these  fines  through  their  enormous  profits.  The 
penitentiary  is  the  natural  place  for  them.  Give  the  State 
Board  of  Health  more  power  to  handle  these  unconscionable 
scoundrels. 

The  "blow  out"  in  the  Custom  House,  this  week,  where- 
in Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  J.  J.  Scott  and  his  brother,  As- 
sistant Collector  A.  C.  Scott,  were  suspended,  pending  an  in- 
vestigation, is  going  to  prove  an  awful  boomerang  for  some  one 
connected  with  that  establishment.  The  "back  kick"  will 
never  touch  J.  J.  Scott  and  his  brother ;  they  are  of  the  squarest 
kind,  and  rotten  lying  and  arch  conspiracy  will  never  be  able 
to  prove  them  guilty.  The  robbery  of  the  vault  in  the  daytime 
of  some  $10,000  in  revenue  stamps  and  coin  seems  to  be  the 
clue  to  the  shifty  rascals  that  are  trying  to  pry  Collector  Scott 
from  his  position.  The  chances  are  that  this  iniquitous  attack 
on  Collector  Scott  is  a  blind  being  used  by  some  venomous 
group  in  the  Custom  House  to  cover  up  their  lootings  there. 
The  investigation  is  sure  to  lead  to  the  conviction  of  some 
thieving  conspirators — but  Collector  Scott  will  not  be  among 
them.    He'll  be  back  on  his  job  stronger  than  ever. 


THE  SOUTHERN  PACIFIC  COMPANY  LINED  UP  roll 
PREPARE DN: 

The  entire  resources  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  and 
auxiliary  companies,  with  their  forty-Eve  thousand  employees, 
arc  to-day  aligned  with  the  United  States  government  for  the 
mobilization  of  troops  and  supplies,  acting  in  concert  with  the 
Federal  authorities  under  an  arrangement  worked  out  by  a 
committee  of  railroad  executives. 

President  Sproule  has  named  G.  F.  Richardson,  Southern 
Pacific  Superintendent  of  Transportation,  as  his  personal  rep- 
resentative and  assistant  in  the  work  of  handling  government 
work  in  the  Western  District. 

Some  time  ago  the  American  Railway  Association  appointed 
four  committees  of  executives  under  the  direction  of  Fairfax 
Harrison,  president  of  the  Southern  railways.  The  committees 
represented  the  eastern,  western,  southern  and  central  parts  of 
the  country — William  Sproule,  president  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  is  chairman  of  the  Western  Department,  with  E.  P. 
Ripley,  president  of  the  Santa  Fe  System,  and  J.  D.  Farrell, 
president  of  the  Oregon,  Washington  Railway  and  Navigation 
Company,  as  associates.  L.  F.  Loree  is  chairman  of  the  East- 
ern Department,  R.  H.  Aishton  in  charge  of  the  Central  De- 
partment, and  W.  B.  Scott,  chairman  of  the  Southern  Division. 
Each  chairman  has  associates  representing  all  the  lines  in  his 
territory. 

The  experience  of  the  roads  in  the  Mexican  expedition  last 
summer  has  given  the  railroad  officials  an  indication  of  the 
requirements  of  the  country  in  war  time.  The  movement  of 
100,000  men,  with  attendant  food  supplies,  artillery,  horses, 
motor  trucks,  tents  and  other  equipment  was  handled  with  dis- 
patch by  the  carriers.  Since  that  time  the  lessons  of  the  mo- 
bilization have  been  studied  by  the  executives  with  a  view  to 
just  such  a  crisis  as  now  confronts  them.  The  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  which  handles  the  burden  of  traffic  from  the  West- 
ern District  to  and  from  the  border,  has  made  all  arrangements 
for  duplicating  the  feat  on  a  larger  and  more  expeditious  scale. 


HOW  ■•WEALTH"  IS  RALLYING  TO  THE  FLAG. 

A  flood  of  discussion  has  been  spilled  in  the  newspapers  of 
this  country  regarding  the  huge  profits  of  what  the  big  corpora- 
tions, "combines"  and  trusts  would  squeeze  out  of  Uncle  Sam 
and  the  public  at  large.  This  general  attitude  is  well  summed 
up  in  a  recent  article  by  Commerce  and  Finance : 

"Is  it  true  that  money,  the  big  men  who  represent  money,  see 
in  war  opportunity  for  gain? 

"Let  us  take  a  look  at  the  facts. 

"Within  the  last  few  months  we  have  had  various  proposi- 
tions laid  before  our  government.    Here  are  a  few  of  them : 

"Henry  Ford  offered  his  plant,  one  of  the  most  wonderful  in 
the  world,  to  the  nation  without  profit.  He  also  offered  his  en- 
tire fortune  to  the  nation  without  interest. 

"Charles  M.  Schwab  offered  the  Bethlehem  Steel  plant, 
which  has  a  capacity  greater  than  that  of  the  Krupps,  to  the 
nation's  service  at  any  price  set  by  the  government. 

"The  copper  producers  of  America  offered  copper  to  the  gov- 
ernment at  one-half  the  price  it  sells  for  to-day.  The  zinc,  the 
aluminum  and  other  producers  are  expected  to  follow  the  ex- 
ample of  the  copper  men. 

"The  shipbuilders  of  America  offered  to  cast  aside  all  their 
rich  private  contracts  and  work  for  the  government  alone  on  a 
10  per  cent  basis. 

"Willard,  Ford,  Coffin,  Edison,  Baruch,  Schwab  and  a  score 
of  other  men  of  great  wealth  and  great  ability  have  placed  their 
services  at  the  disposal  of  the  government.  They  have  offered 
to  the  nation  they  love  a  service  that  no  money  could  buy." 


The  Techau  Tavern  continues  to  grow  in  favor  with  the 

ladies  of  San  Francisco.  Every  afternoon  during  shopping 
hours  the  management  is  now  presenting  to  its  lady  patrons 
costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaur  (pro- 
nounced "Ree-go")  perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud 
sachet,  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face  powder.  The 
first  presentation  is  at  4  o'clock,  the  second  at  4:30,  and  the 
third  at  5  p.  m.  The  Techau  Tavern  has  the  finest  Jazz  Or- 
chestra in  the  city,  and  the  patrons  are  enthusiastic  over  Jazz 
music  for  dancing.  The  best  dinner  in  the  city  is  to  be  had  at 
the  Tavern,  so  you  can  understand  the  great  popularity  of  this 
famous  hostelry. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


Women  Worry  About  Their  Usefulness. 

War  talk  has  eliminated  the  small  chatter  of  society,  and 
one  hears  every  angle  of  the  present  situation  discussed  at  all 
hours  and  in  all  places — above  the  click  of  the  poker  chips, 
above  the  rhythm  of  the  dance  music,  to  the  cluck  of  the  knit- 
ting needles,  in  season  and  out,  at  breakfast,  luncheon  and 
dinner,  whatever  the  conversation  may  start  out  to  be,  in  what- 
ever key  it  may  be  pitched,  it  finally  marches  to  the  marshal 
tread  of  the  war  measures.  One  is  struck  by  one  dominant 
note  whenever  women  are  present,  and  that  is  the  ardent  desire 
of  women  to  be  put  to  the  supreme  test  of  usefulness.  There  is 
something  pathetic  about  this  eagerness.  The  edition  de  luxe 
of  the  idle  woman  is  undoubtedly  found  in  the  smart  set  of 
America.  In  other  countries  the  war  has  given  women  of  all 
classes  an  opportunity  for  usefulness,  and  many  have  been  the 
messengers  of  those  countries  who  have  come  here  on  one  mis- 
sion or  another,  always  bringing  with  them  a  sense  of  spirit 
and  muscles  tempered  to  the  needs  of  the  hour. 
©    ©    © 

Miss  Burke  the  Cause. 

Every  time  one  of  these  women  visits  us,  society  women  con- 
sciously or  unconsciously  take  inventory  of  their  own  stock  of 
courage  and  skill,  and  wonder  whether  they  will  meet  the  test 
when  it  comes.  Miss  Burke,  the  wonderful  Scotch  nurse,  who 
spoke  at  the  George  Popes,  the  other  Sunday,  has  perhaps  given 
the  greatest  sweep  to  the  spirit  of  any  one  save  Mme.  de  Page, 
the  wife  of  the  surgeon-general  of  Belgium,  who  went  down 
on  the  Lusitania.  Miss  Burke  described  the  work  of  the  hos- 
pitals in  Serbia  and  France,  which  are  "manned"  by  Scottish 
women  from  orderlies  to  surgeon-generals,  and  she  talks  in 
terms  of  stern  realities,  of  the  horrors  and  havoc  of  war,  of  . 
the  service  and  discipline  of  those  who  work  in  hospitals  the 
like  of  which  it  is  difficult  for  women  in  cushioned  ease  to 
vision. 

Those  who  do  vision  it,  and  they  are  many,  realize  that  work 
of  this  sort  cannot  be  done  by  those  who  have  dilly-dally- 
tanted  through  some  superficial  course,  predigested  and  pret- 
tied over  to  fit  into  the  life  of  a  butterfly. 
©    ©    © 

Waiting  for  the  Work  to  Crystallize. 

As  one  young  matron  expressed  it  at  Mrs.  Pope's,  after  hand- 
ing Miss  Burke  a  substantial  check  for  the  hospital  units  in 
which  she  is  specially  interested:  "If  Burlingame  women  are 
not  enrolling  in  large  numbers  for  the  various  classes  that  have 
been  formed  it  is  not  because  we  are  not  willing  to  do  our  bit — 
it  is  because  we  realize  that  the  useful  will  be  the  survival  of 
the  fittest,  and  the  fittest  are  not  going  to  be  recruited  from 
the  soft  ranks  of  life.  We  can  give  our  money,  but  the  first 
volunteers  used  will  naturally  be  the  trained  nurses,  doctors 
and  women  who  have  rubbed  up  against  the  discipline  of  go- 
ing out  into  the  world  as  wage  earners." 
©     ©    © 

Debutantes  Red  Crossing. 

While  this  expresses  the  view  of  the  majority  of  the  women 
in  the  smart  set  who  are  waiting  for  the  work  mapped  out  by 
the  headlong  enthusiasts  to  take  more  definite  form  and  to  be 
stamped  with  the  approval  which  time  will  give  to  the  various 
projects,  there  are  a  number  of  the  younger  girls  who  have  en- 
rolled in  the  Red  Cross  work.  Three  of  the  debutantes  who 
are  attending  the  first  aid  classes  are  the  Misses  Mary  Board- 
man,  Ethel  Lilley  and  Alice  Keeler.  They  have  already  had 
a  taste  of  first-aid — but  as  recipients,  not  donors,  the  inocula- 
tion against  typhoid  having  put  them  on  the  sick  list  for  a  few 
days.  But  having  enrolled  for  service  at  any  post  where  they 
might  be  needed,  they  took  the  typhus  serum  inoculation. 

©    ©    © 
Society  Farmerettes. 

The  group  of  society  women  who  own  and  supervise  ranches 
are  a  valuable  asset  in  the  organization  of  work  for  the  future, 
for  the  food  problem  will  put  a  premium  on  the  farmerette  as 


well  as  the  farmer,  and  there  is  already  some  talk  of  getting  a 
number  of  the  women  who  own  land  to  be  responsible  for  a 
certain  amount  of  production  in  something  beside  pleasure 
crops. 

Some  time  ago  the  Misses  Genevieve  and  Hazel  King  de- 
cided to  "farm"  the  family  country  home  near  Los  Gatos,  and 
they  have  made  a  great  success  of  it.  Their  venture  is  one  that 
is  constantly  quoted  these  days  as  a  marker  of  what  other 
young  women  might  do  as  an  earnest  of  their  patriotism,  for 
the  unproductive  acres  of  country  estates  are  an  almost  trea- 
sonable offense  in  view  of  the  food  shortage. 
©     ©    © 

Playing  Pranks  with  Cupid. 

Having  experienced  an  elopement,  Mrs.  "Dolly"  MacGavin  is 
going  to  go  through  her  second  affair  in  formal  fashion.  She 
has  announced  her  engagement  to  Allan  Cline  in  notes  sent  to 
her  friends,  and  the  wedding  announced  this  week  will  not  take 
place  until  fall. 

Six  or  seven  years  ago  "Dolly"  MacGavin  and  Douglas  Fry 
eloped.  They  returned  for  parental  blessing  to  the  MacGavin 
home  and  a  second  ceremony  was  performed  in  the  presence 
of  the  immediate  family.  Then  the  impetuous  young  couple 
settled  down  to  life  a  deux  in  an  apartment,  and  they  found 
that  the  family  objections  that  had  strewn  the  path  of  their 
courtship  were  valid.  They  were  temperamentally  unsuited  to 
each  other.  Young  Fry,  who  had  parted  his  college  work  in 
the  middle  to  take  a  flier  in  matrimony,  returned  to  his  books 
and  his  mother's  roof.  The  bride  returned  to  her  parents,  and 
via  the  divorce  courts  secured  the  right  to  use  her  own  name. 
Then  they  both  proceeded  to  try  and  forget  the  mistake.  Mrs. 
MacGavin  is  very  popular  in  the  younger  set,  and  has  had  many 
suitors,  on  all  of  whom  she  has  cast  a  discouraging  eye  until 
Allan  Cline  entered  the  lists,  and  from  his  first  venture  to  win 
her,  friends  have  been  sure  that  his  suit  would  prosper. 

©     ©     © 
Advent  of  the  Groom. 

He  came  here  several  years  ago  as  the  coast  representative 
of  a  manufacturing  concern,  and  was  at  once  identified  with  the 
set  in  which  the  bride-elect  moves,  owing  to  his  friendship  with 
her  brother,  Drummond  MacGavin.  Both  families  are  delighted 
over  the  engagement,  and  Mr.  Cline's  people  are  planning  to 
come  out  here  from  their  home  in  St.  Louis  to  visit  the  Mac- 
Gavins. 

The  wedding  will  be  a  family  affair,  probably  taking  place 
some  time  in  September.     Meantime,  friends  are   showering 
good  wishes  and  gifts  upon  them. 
©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Fritz  Kreisler  Creates  Sensation. 

Every  one  is  talking  about  the  action  taken  by  Mrs.  Florence 
Porter  Pfingst  in  regard  to  Mrs.  Fritz  Kreisler's  refusal,  or  neg- 
lect, to  stand  when  the  Star  Spangled  Banner  was  played  at 
the  Palace  the  other  night. 

Mrs.  Pfingst  was  not  at  the  Palace  when  the  incident  oc- 
curred. There  were  present  a  number  of  people  who  were 
likewise  to  be  patronesses  of  the  concert  at  which  Kreisler  was 
to  play.  But  not  one  of  them  thought  of  rebuking  Mrs.  Kreis- 
ler by  direct  action. 

Of  course,  Mrs.  Kreisler  was  recognized  at  once  by  the  other 
people  in  the  Palm  Room.  Her  husband  stood  at  the  first 
strains  of  the  national  anthem,  but  she  sat  as  immovable  as 
though  she  were  chained  to  her  seat. 

She  said  afterwards  that  her  Teutonic  and  American  ances- 
try fought  for  dominion  in  her  and  atrophied  her  will  and  mus- 
cles so  that  she  could  not  have  stood  to  save  her  life.  She  feels 
that  the  effect  would  have  been  the  same  if  it  had  been  the 
German  anthem  and  the  scene  had  been  in  Berlin  instead  of  San 
Francisco. 

©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Pfingst  Rebukes  in  All  Kindliness. 

However,  when  Mrs.  Pfingst  heard  what  had  happened,  she 
went  to  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  to  withdraw  her  name  as  a 
patroness  of  the  concert.  Then  with  that  "squareness"  which  is 
characteristic  of  her,  she  went  to  see  Mrs.  Kreisler,  who  ex- 
plained with  tears,  and  the  two  women  shook  hands. 

Now  there  is  no  longer  buzz  of  conjecture  and  whisper  of 
interpretation.  No  one  need  wonder  why  Mrs.  Kreisler.  did  it, 
and  what  she  feels  about  it, all.  Thanks  to  Mrs.  Pfingst 's  direct 
action  there  is  np  doubt,,    And  to  the  credit  of  the  patriotic  little 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Miss  Helen  Colbum  Heath,  the  favorite  soprano,  and  Mr.  George  Kruger,  the 
eminent  pianist,  who  will  give  a  concert  at  the  Colonial  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel,  Thursday  evening.   May  3rd. 

lady  who  at  once  took  action  be  it  said  that  she  is  asking  every- 
one for  clemency  for  Mrs.  Kreisler,  for  after  all,  when  warring 
ancestors  make  claim  for  allegiance,  when  one's  whole  instinct 
is  against  war,  and  when  one  believes  in  the  universality  of  art 
and  internationalism,  as  does  Mrs.  Kreisler,  it  is  hard  to  stand 
with  equilibrium. 


A  number  of  San  Francisco  residents  are  enjoying  a  visit  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  among  those  who  arrived  during  the  past 
week,  all  of  whom  are  registered  at  Hotel  Clark,  include :  Miss 
B.  O.  Leary,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  S.  Ayer,  Mrs.  L.  Emge,  F.  W. 
Heron,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Wilson,  Chas.  E.  Dodd,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Cochran,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 
Ross,  H.  T.  Eaton,  Lester  N.  Bryte,  E.  C.  Labade,  A.  C.  Had- 
sel,  Howard  F.  Clark,  R.  J.  Klein,  Miss  A.  T.  Cresalia,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Coulter,  Miss  Nell  H.  Cole,  J.  F.  Cole,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lucien  Shaw,  Wm.  J.  Tinkler,  J.  F.  Petersen,  J.  A.  Swart, 
R.  R.  Brunton,  J.  M.  Cummings,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  N.  Wilson,  S. 
Lehman,  J.  H.  McClaire,  J.  L.  Marks,  C.  S.  Harper,  J.  L.  Rob- 
inson, G.  H.  Jasper,  F.  A.  Soracco,  H.  W.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  J.  Banta  and  child,  L.  Van  Nostrand,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Baker, 
Mrs.  G.  Free,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Moulton,  A.  Jackson  Detsch, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  B.  Mains,  Miss  M.  Free,  W.  R.  Birt,  W.  J.  Graf, 
J.  A.  Frye  and  E.  C.  Oehme.  Others  registered  at  the  Clark 
from  this  vicinity  include:  Mrs.  3.  J.  Cox,  Mrs.  William  F. 
Schmidt,  Mrs.  O.  E.  Mack,  Helen  E.  Mack  and  P.  J.  Norager, 
all  of  Oakland ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  C.  Scott  and  sons,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Finke  and  Miss  Finke  of  Alameda,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  M.  Lees,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Hischer,  R.  Hischer,  C.  B.  Hino- 
dale  and  Miss  P.  Fitzgerald. 

©    ©    © 

Mr.  J.  L.  Graf  and  wife  of  San  Francisco,  J.  A.  Galvin,  also 
of  San  Francisco,  and  N.  P.  Wood  of  Oakland,  have  taken 
apartments  at  the  Hotel  Oakland,  and  will  make  their  residence 

there  indefinitely. 

©    ©    © 

Prominent  arrivals  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  recently  are:  E. 
Hochstetter,  Buffalo;  K.  R.  Selig,  New  York;  H.  A.  French 
and  wife,  Sacramento;  E.  W.  Kappe,  Los  Angeles;  G.  M.  Tur- 
man  and  wife,  Montana;  R.  A.  Carr  and  W.  B.  DeWitt,  New 
York;  O.  C.  Whitney,  Tacoma;  Victor  Ulman,  San  Francisco; 


C.  H.  Johnson.  New  York;  J.  H.  Moran.  Los  Angeles;  Cora  E. 
Beardsley,  Chicago;  George  H.  Coure  and  wife,  Portland;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Phinney  and  Miss  Jessie  Phinney.  Sacramento 

•      0      .',• 
Sidney  Cot  ;r,-s. 

On  Tuesday  afternoon  of  next  week,  April  24th.  Sidney 
Coryn  will  lecture  on  "Why  Italy  Went  to  War,"  a  question 
rather  confusing  to  the  minds  of  most  men  and  wumen.  On 
evening  at  8:15  o'clock,  Mr.  Coryn  will  give  the  third 
lecture  of  his  evening  course,  the  subject  being  the  Balkans  and 
the  present  alignment.  The  lectures  are  given  in  the  Paul  El- 
der Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue. 


HON  I  SO  IT— 


Reggie  Lamplough  pulled  something  out  of  his  pocket,  and 
under  cover  of  a  table  napkin  passed  it  across  to  his  friend.  The 
sight  of  it  produced  loud  guffaws  from  Bobbie  Fletcher,  which 
sounded  clear  above  the  already  deafening  strains  of  a  full  or- 
chestra, each  member  of  which  seemed  to  be  trying  to  make 
himself  heard  above  the  other  in  a  frenzied  interpretation  of 
the  "Kipling  Walk." 

Bobbie  restrained  his  levity  and  handed  the  object  back  to 
Reggie,  again  well  under  cover.  "Damned  dainty,  dear  fellow- 
melad;  damned  dainty.  I  should  like  to  see  more  of  the  pos- 
sessions of  its  owner." 

Reggie  held  up  a  warning  finger.  "You  always  were  a  curious 
devil,  Bobbie.  Leave  the  rest  to  the  imagination.  Who  was 
the  jolly  old  boy  who  told  us  'where  the  apple  reddened  not  to 

pry'?" 

But  Bobbie  was  not  to  be  put  off.  "My  dear  chap,  why  not 
say  what  you  think?  I  should  dearly  love  to  see  more.  It's 
the  daintiest  thing  I've  seen  for  many  moons,  except,  perhaps, 
the  girl  sitting  behind  you." 

Reggie  turned.  "Um — er — yes,  she's  all  right.  I  like  the  bits 
of  blue  showing  through  the  top  part." 

The  musicians  were  recuperating  after  their  last  offensive,  a 
fact  which  many  of  the  diners  had  apparently  overlooked.  Frag- 
ments of  conversation  could  be  heard  in  the  apollonina  lull. 

"My  dear,  I  can't  get  up.  It's  impossible;  it's  coming  down 
now.  You  know  how  abominably  slippery  the  silk  ones  are — 
and  I  daren't  get  up."  The  voice  was  pathetic,  and  with  one 
accord  Reggie  and  his  friend  put  down  their  knives  and  forks 
and  listened.  It  was  the  dainty  girl  who  spoke,  and  her  friend 
was  loftily  sarcastic  as  she  replied : 

"Well,  my  dear,  you  don't  imagine  we  can  sit  here  till  every- 
one's gone,  do  you — or  till  we  are  turned  out?  I'm  not  going 
to,  anyway." 

The  dainty  girl  was  almost  crying.  "I  think  you  are  a  per- 
fect cat,  Mabel.  You  can  go  if  you  like,  but" — the  voice  quav- 
ered— "I  shall  never  speak  to  you  again  if  you  do." 

Reggie  Lamplough  was  always  quick  in  emergencies  (he'd 
got  a  V.  C.  for  it) ,  and  he  called  up  the  waiter. 

"Just  bring  me  an  envelope,  waiter — and  be  quick." 

It  was  brought  to  him,  and  Reggie  carefully  produced  a  black 
satin  garter  from  his  pocket.  There  were  little  sprays  of  pink 
and  blue  roses  worked  on  in  silk,  and  a  broken  stitch  told  its 
silent  tragedy.  If  it  had  been  a  bomb  Reggie  could  not  have 
handled  it  with  more  care  as  he  tucked  it  into  the  envelope. 

He  looked  around  at  the  waiter.  "Just  take  this  to  the  lady 
sitting  behind  here — the  one  with  the  bits  of  blue  showing 
through.    Buck  up,  or  she'll  be  crying  in  a  minute." 

The  waiter  returned  and  handed  the  empty  envelope  to  Reg- 
gie. On  the  flap  the  dainty  girl  had  written  "Honi  soit" — and 
her  address. 


Pa — At  last  I've  found  a  way  to  make  that  young  scamp 

of  ours  stop  winking  his  eyes.  Ma — Really?  Pa — Yes;  I'll 
show  him  the  article  in  this  science  magazine  where  it  says  that 
every  time  we  wink  we  give  the  eye  a  bath.— Buffalo  Express. 


The  DRUNKARD  is  a  sick  man 
NOT  a   CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 

The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 

__ Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 
Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government.) 


Keeley 
Treatment 


PL/EASUR.DS  WAND 

"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 


Big  Hits  Scored  at  Orpheum. 

No  theatre  "fan"  can  fall  into  his  anecdotage  without  lament- 
ing the  good  old  days  of  negro  minstrelsy.  He  will  tell  you  that 
the  art  of  the  end  man,  the  finesse  of  the  interlocutor,  the  syn- 
copated, full  lipped  burst  of  song  of  the  company,  the  buck 
and  wing  of  talented  toes;  these  and  all  the  other  charms  and 
graces  that  went  into  the  old  fashioned  minstrelsy,  he  will  tell 
you,  died  when  they  laid  "Rest  in  Peace"  wreaths  on  Billy 
Emerson't  grave,  and  the  last  of  the  old  guard  slept  the  sleep 
from  which  the  promptor  could  not  wake  him. 

Now  come  the  Seven  Honey  Boys  to  the  Orpheum  and  re- 
fute the  statement  that  a  minstrel  show  and  an  audience  cannot 
move  in  the  same  set.  To  be  sure,  no  one  wants  two  or  three 
hours  of  minstrelsy — but  the  condensed,  concentrated,  finished 
performance  of  the  Honey  Boys  warms  up  the  coldest  critic  in 
the  audience,  and  the  act  is  done  to  a  nice  murmur  of  chuckles 
that  rise  into  a  crescendo  of  laughter,  or  spill  over  into  hearty 
guffaws,  winding  up  in  a  stampede  of  applause. 

Alice  Eis  and  Bert  French  in  the  Hallowe'en  act  are  the  only 
holdovers  from  last  week,  and  they  crowd  the  new  headliners 
hard.  Their  act  is  the  prettiest  thing  on  the  program,  "The 
Garden  of  Aloha"  falling  far  short  of  it  in  artistry.  Pauline 
Thurston,  who  is  the  Honolulu  "vamp"  in  this  fantasy,  in  no- 
wise resembles  "the  fat  Mrs.  Kelley,  who  wabbles  like  jelly" 
when  she  does  the  hula  hula.  Pauline  is  a  rarely  pretty  girl, 
and  she  dances  gracefully,  refusing  to  be  held  down  by  any 
geopraphical  conventions.  Her  island  dance  is  a  Honolulu 
cocktail — a  dash  of  native  pineapple  juice  and  all  the  other  in- 
gredients supplied  by  distillations  from  other  lands.  Doubt- 
less a  good  old  dancer  to  his  Majesty  King  Kalahauhi  would 
with  difficulty  recognize  the  steps  of  this  Hawaiian  "Princess" 
who  combines  a  few  rag  steps,  a  touch  of  the  Spanish  dance, 
and  several  others  in  her  Hula.  The  native  singers  add  a  very 
genuine  touch  to  this  pleasing  act. 

Artie  Mehlinger  comes  back  to  his  native  city  after  winning 
recognition  in  the  Follies  Revue  in  New  York.  He  has  an  unc- 
tuous manner,  some  genuinely  good  notes  in  his  voice,  and  a 
pleasing  way  of  becoming  acquainted  with  the  audience,  which 
gives  hearty  evidence  of  being  very  glad  to  meet  him. 

Arthur  McWatters  and  Grace  Tyson  work  much  harder  to 
get  into  the  good  graces  of  the  audience,  and  do  not  get  any 
further  by  their  strenuous  anxiety  to  please  than  Mehlinger 
does  by  sauntering  into  the  affections. 

La  Graciosa  does  some  novelty  spectacular  transformations, 
and  Palfrey,  Hall  and  Brown  present  the  Follies  of  Vaudeville 
as  a  finale  to  a  bill  which  makes  the  T.  B.  M.  forget  his  trou- 
bles and  his  wife  stops  worrying  for  the  moment  about  the 
high  cost  of  living. 

Star  Stunts  at  Pantages. 

Bernadi,  the  headliner  at  Pantages  this  week,  makes  one  feel 
like  rising  up  and  saying  "thank  you."  Always,  in  a  rapid 
change  of  costume  act  one  wishes  to  be  behind  the  scenes,  so 
that  one  may  see  just  how  it  is  done.  But  Bernadi  kindly 
chooses  to  let  the  audience  take  a  peep  behind  the  scenes 
without  leaving  the  comfort  of  seats.  This  is  done  by  a  trans- 
parent screen.  His  personifications  of  the  rulers  of  Europe 
brought  an  enthusiastic  response  from  the  big  audience,  and  a 
fitting  tribute  was  given  to  his  living  portrait  of  Wilson. 

Tom  Kelly  is  as  amusing  as  ever.  Some  of  his  jokes  are  so 
brand  new  that  they  haven't  worn  off  the  varnish.  His  original 
patriotic  song,  "I  Hear  My  Country  Calling  Me,"  brought  down 
an  avalanche  of  applause. 

In  these  days  of  mad  thrills,  Cedora,  "The  Girl  in  the  Golden 
Globe,"  is  the  maddest  one  I  have  seen  for  many  a  day.  She 
skirts  dizziness  and  disaster  every  instant.  She  rides  a  bicy- 
cle, and  later  a  motorcycle,  at  a  high  rate  of  speed  about  the 
inside  of  a  great  golden  globe.  Also  she  loops  the  loop  amid 
wild  applause. 

Vivian  and  Dagmar  Oakland  charm  with  their  song  and 
dance:  also  their  clothes.  Billy  Small,  the  "Wop  Violinist," 
was  equally  enjoyable,  whether  he  was  really  playing  or  giving 


a  good  imitation  of  a  country  orchestra.  Among  the  other  good 
numbers  are  Rawls  and  Von  Kaufman,  and  George  and  May  le 
Fevre.  The  latter  give  a  new  version  of  a  Honolulu  dance 
which,  while  it  is  not  as  suggestive  as  many  which  the  theatres 
render  these  days,  is  more  enjoyable. 

"The  Secret  Kingdom"  is  an  intensely  interesting  serial 
movie,  and  furnishes  a  multitude  of  thrills. 

Advance   Announcements 

"Grumpy"  Coming  to  Columbia. — The  attraction  for  the  Co- 
lumbia for  two  weeks  beginning  Monday,  April  23d,  will  be 
Cyril  Maude  in  "Grumpy."  Local  theatre-goers  have  waited 
impatiently  for  their  opportunity  to  see  this  distinguished  Eng- 
lish actor.  Mr.  Maude's  character  portrayal  is  that  of  an  el- 
derly English  barrister,  of  eighty-three  years,  known  to  the 
courts  of  London  as  Andrew  Bulliant,  but  now,  in  his  country 
home,  where  he  secluded  himself  upon  his  retirement  from  his 
criminal  prosecutor's  position,  hailed  by  his  family  circle  as 
"Grumpy."    His  exterior  is  gruff,  his  manner  often  querulous, 


Bl.^^^^1 

BiC]9Br 

9R ^*         ■ ! 

r$  ^1 

Hl         ^9 

HSl  ■"*" "•  I 

^HS-  *  "1 

*:       iH 

a               x^j^^si 

Km                          y-j'/wr^    j 

\                                     '  ■  "1 

Mr.  Cyril  Maude  as  "Grumpy"  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  next  week 

and  his  moods  crochety,  as  is  to  be  expected  of  an  octogenar- 
ian, but  withal  there  is  no  warmer  heart  nor  kindlier  nature  in 
the  land  than  that  possessed  by  the  testy  old  boy.  So  aged, 
and  apparently  helpless,  that  his  man  Ruddock  helps  him  about 
the  house,  the  senile  cloak  drops  instantly  when  the  honor  of 
his  household  is  concerned  in  a  mystifying  diamond  robbery, 
and  his  mind  shows  all  of  its  former  astuteness.  "Grumpy" 
supplies  sufficient  thrills  to  satisfy  those  who  seek  the  tense 
moments  of  a  play  for  their  entertainment. 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


Crackin.  -     Bill  ut  the  Or pheum.— Cecil 

Cunningham,  the  most  talented  singing  comedienne, 
will  present  a  repertoire  of  songs  exclusively  pro- 
vided for  her  by  Jean  Havez.  the  well  known  dram- 
atist and  writer  for  vaudeville.  It  consists  of  four 
descriptive  numbers,  each  a  gem.  Edwin  Arden  is 
not  only  a  player  of  fine  achievements,  but  an  author 
of  accomplishments.  He  has  an  intense  little  drama 
by  Oliver  White  called  "Close  Quarters."  The 
Chung  Hwa  Four,  the  only  really  successful  Chinese 
singing  quartette  in  the  world,  consists  of  Leon  Al- 
lah, tenor;  James  Ah  Chung,  second  tenor;  Don  Tin 
Yaw.  baritone;  and  Leong  Hui  Kun,  Basso.  All  are 
excellent  vocalists.  The  Berrens  will  furnish  a 
musical  novelty  which  is  splendidly  attractive  and 
possesses  a  surprising  finale.  Miriam  and  Irene 
Marmein  are  among  the  younger  of  the  descriptive 
dancers.  Their  great  ability  has  given  them  de- 
served prominence  and  popularity.  The  Upside 
Down  Marvels,  the  Kullervo  Brothers,  perform 
seemingly  miraculous  gymnastic  feats.  The  only 
holdovers  in  this  superlative  vaudeville  bill  will  be 
The  Seven  Original  Honey  Boys  in  their  minstrel 
entertainment,  and  Arthur  McWatters  and  Grace 
Tyson  in  their  "Revue  of  Revues." 
*  »  * 

Forthcoming  Concert  of  Miss  Helen  Heath. — A 
very  delightful  concert  will  be  given  by  Miss  Helen 
Colburn  Heath,  the  favorite  soprano,  and  Mr.  George 
Kruger.  the  eminent  pianist,  at  the  Colonial  ball- 
room of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  Thursday  evening, 
May  3d.  Both  artists  are  well  known  and  popular 
here.  Miss  Heath  will  sing  compositions  of  Schu- 
mann, Handel,  A.  Goring  Thomas,  Richard  Strauss, 
Tschaikowsky,  Cesar  Cui,  Ambroise  Thomas,  Ar- 
thur Foote,  Mrs.  H.  H.  A.  Beach,  Wallace  A.  Sabin, 
Uda  Waldrop,  Abbie  Gerrish  Jones  and  Rosalie 
Hausman,  and  Mr.  Kruger's  numbers  will  include 
works  of  Bach,  Scarlatti,  Rubinstein,  Henselt,  Schu- 
mann, Chopin,  Brassin,  Liszt  and  Leschetizky,  the 
last  named  having  been  a  preceptor  of  the  performer. 
Mr.  Benjamin  S.  Moore  will  play  the  accompani- 
ments. Among  the  patronesses  are  the  Mesdames 
Minnie  Sabin  Cooper,  Alexander  Morrison,  Louis  C. 
Mullgart,  Frederick  H.  Colburn,  Henry  Crocker, 
Walter  Edwin  Deane,  James  Monroe  Goewey,  Ralph 
C.  Harrison,  A.  L.  Hart,  John  Kilgarif,  Jesse  Lilien- 
thal,  Eleanor  Martin,  John  McGaw,  B.  F.  Norris,  M. 
C.  Sloss,  J.  Vanderlyn  Stow,  James  Ellis  Tucker,  Isaac  Upham, 
Charles  Stetson  Wheeler  and  Harry  I.  Weill. 


Cecil   Cunningham,    the    Comedienne  Extraordinary,  Next  Week  at  the  Orpheum 


Women's  Section  Navy  League  to  Give  Benefit. — The  first 
war  benefit  to  be  given  in  San  Francisco  as  a  result  of  the 
President's  declaration,  will  take  place  at  Scottish  Rite  Audi- 
torium next  Thursday  evening,  April  26th,  under  the  sponsor- 
ship of  the  San  Francisco  Chapter  of  the  Women's  Section  of 
the  Navy  League.  This  organization,  of  which  Mrs.  Frederick 
H.  Colburn  is  Regent,  is  anxious  to  start  a  "separation  allow- 
ance" fund  for  the  families  of  enlisted  men  and  marines.  Al- 
fred Hertz  will  assist.  The  vocalist  will  be  Mme.  Carrie  Bride- 
well, the  American  contralto,  who  has  gained  renown  at  the 
Metropolitan  Opera,  Covent  Garden,  and  who  has  cheerfully 
volunteered  her  services.  Members  of  The  Nash  Ensemble, 
delightful  instrumentalists,  will  be  heard  in  a  number  of  selec- 
tions, as  will  also  Miss  Zhay  Clarke,  the  eminent  harp  virtuoso. 
Uda  Waldrop  will  be  the  accompanist.  The  military  band  of 
the  California  Grays  will  start  and  end  the  evening  with 
"America"  and  the  "Star  Spangled  Banner."  Soldierettes,  Red 
Cross  nurses  and  society  girls,  all  in  uniforms,  or  with  distinc- 
tive regalia,  will  assist  in  the  "front  of  the  house."  Reserved 
seats  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.'s,  on  and  after  Monday 

morning. 

*  *  * 

Lectures  by  John  Cowper  Powys.— John  Cowper  Powys,  un- 
usual Englishman,  whose  coming  to  San  Francisco  has  been 
greeted  with  such  enthusiasm,  is  drawing  immense  crowds  to 
his  interesting  lecture  courses  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel.  On 
next  Tuesday  evening,  at  8:15,  Mr.  Powys  will  lecture  on  "Dos- 
toievsky the  Psychologist,"  the  second  in  his  series  on  "Pro- 


phets of  Democracy;"  and  on  Thursday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock 
he  will  discuss  "Shelley,  the  Ecstacy  of  the  Spirit."  Dostoi- 
evsky, the  Russian  of  Russians,  has  a  psychological  clairvoy- 
ance almost  terrifying  in  its  profundity,  and  has  analyzed  the 
vices  and  obsessions  and  despairs  which  are  the  curse  and  the 
glory  of  the  popular  soul.  Powys,  with  a  clairvoyance  almost 
equally  amazing,  is  well  fitted  to  discuss  this  unusual  type  of 

the  human  genius. 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — "The  Bachelor  Dinner,"  heading  the  bill 
for  next  week  at  the  Pantages,  is  said  to  be  a  musical  comedy 
in  one  act,  with  Jack  Henry  and  Rose  Gardner,  well  known  in 
the  musical  comedy  world,  in  the  roles.  The  story  of  "The 
Bachelor  Dinner"  is  a  merry  little  conceit  and  concerns  a  sur- 
prise midnight  dinner  given  in  honor  of  a  groom-to-be,  Rich- 
ard Marlowe,  by  one  of  his  bachelor  friends.  Unknown  to 
Marlowe,  a  bevy  of  chorus  girls  are  invited,  and  you  can  guess 
the  rest.  Patricola,  billed  as  "Queen  of  the  Cabaret,"  is  a 
singer  and  violinist,  and  a  thorough  artist  on  her  chosen  in- 
strument. Billy  (Swede)  Hall  and  company  will  present  a 
protean  comedy  sketch,  "The  Black  Sheep,"  a  comedy  explod- 
ing with  laughs.  Other  numbers  include  Tabor  and  Green,  two 
colored  comedians;  Samayoa,  a  Spanish  athlete,  and  the  Dil- 
lons. "The  Secret  Kingdom,"  chapter  ten,  will  round  out  the 
season's  best  bills. 


"Mrs.  Dumbwaite  has  been  under  a  great  nervous  strain 

for  about  six  months."  "That's  too  bad.  What's  troubling 
her?"  "Some  people  moved  in  next  door  who  are  evidently  well- 
to-do,  but  to  save  her  life  she  can't  find  out  where  they  get  their 
money." — Birmingham  Age-Herald. 


San  Francism  News  Letter 


April  21, 1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Paris  fashions  have  begun  to  arrive  in  New  York. 

Enough  of  these  models  have  come  safely  through  the  peril- 
ous trip  across  the  Atlantic  to  give  us  an  idea  of  the  Parisian 
decree  as  to  what  shall  be  worn  this  spring  and  summer. 

Whether  the  silhouette  would  be  straight,  oval  or  "barrel"  is 
the  question  that  most  women  have  been  anxious  to  have  set- 
tled. It  would  be  so  maddening  to  find  that  Paris  had  voted 
in  favor  of  the  barrel  silhouette  when  you  had  finally  decided 
upon  a  straight-line  frock,  and  vice-versa. 

Fortunately,  the  French  houses  have  been  in  favor  of  all 
three  silhouettes,  so  the  choice  rests  with  the  individual,  and 
no  one  having  elected  to  appear  either  slender  or  slightly 
puffed  out  around  the  hips  will  be  in  any  danger  of  not  being 
correctly  dressed.  Certainly,  the  fashions  are  most  accom- 
modating, in  so  far  as  they  allow  one  the  choice  of  so  many 
different  styles. 


Left — A      summer      frock     of     fine 
white    voile    and    flouncing. 


Right — A    smart    way   of   developing 
spotted  fabrics. 


The  soft  drapery  in  skirts  is  a  feature  much  in  evidence 
among  the  new  gowns.  There  are  also  some  tunics,  the  lovers 
of  this  graceful  style  will  be  glad  to  know.  Draping  is  one  of 
the  means  of  accomplishing  the  oval  silhouette  with  the  skirt 
narrowing  down  at  the  hem  and  plenty  of  fulness  about  the 
waist  and  hips. 

The  Width  and  Length  of  Skirts. 

There  is  no  rule  about  the  width  or  the  length  of  skirts,  for 
they  vary  according  to  the  caprice  of  the  designer.  Some 
skirts  are  as  narrow  as  a  yard  at  the  hem,  while  others  are  as 
wide  as  three  yards.  It  is  just  the  same  with  the  length  of 
skirts.  While  some  reach  the  ankles,  the  shoe-top  length  and 
even  shorter  is  used  in  other  models.  Skirts  for  street  wear 
are  for  the  most  part  inclined  to  be  narrow.  In  evening  gowns, 
the  puffed  effect  of  skirts  looped  under  to  a  narrower  foundation 
is  used  to  a  great  extent,  and  this  same  effect  also  appears  here 
and  there  among  the  afternoon  gowns. 

Pockets  have  not  been  discarded  by  any  means,  nor  is  there 
any  evidence  of  a  lack  of  inspiration  for  new  ways  of  fashion- 
ing them. 

Embroidery  is  still  the  order  of  the  day,  and  the  more  Ori- 
ental looking  the  more  stylish  it  will  be.  Another  form  of 
decoration  much  in  use  is  the  heavy  machine  stitching  applied 
either  in  rows  upon  rows  or  in  fancy  designs.  This  is  such  a 
simple  trimming  for  women  to  copy  that  its  popularity  is  as- 
sured.    On  woolen  material,  a  heavy  silk  like  that  used  for 


crocheting  is  used  at  the  top  of  the  machine  with  ordinary 
sewing  silk  at  the  bottom.  The  stitching  should  be  as  large  as 
the  machine  will  allow,  and  the  needle  must  necessarily  be 
very  large.  When  this  stitching  is  used  on  linen  or  heavy  cot- 
ton fabrics,  a  heavy  mercerized  cotton  is  used  instead  of  silk. 

The  Revival  of  Foulard. 

As  to  materials,  it  is  particularly  interesting  to  note  the  re- 
vival of  foulard,  an  ideal  silk  for  spring  and  summer.  It  is 
used  very  freely,  especially  in  the  dotted  design  so  well  known. 
Coin  dots  of  all  sizes  and  colors  appear  in  many  silks.  Satin, 
taffeta,  crepe  meteor,  chiffon  and  Georgette  are  the  smart  ma- 
terials of  the  season  for  afternoon  frocks,  and  the  diaphanous 
tulles,  nets  and  laces  are  used  for  the  evening  gown.  Black- 
and-white  combinations  are  used  in  the  development  of  some 
of  the  most  charming  evening  gowns. 

For  day  wear  the  most  prominent  colors  are  sand,  biege, 
navy  blue  and  sulphur.  There  are  many  attractive  combina- 
tions such  as  dark  blue  or  black  with  red,  tan  with  light  blue 
or  rose,  and  navy  blue  with  green.  The  dotted  materials,  which 
are  very  prominent,  are  usually  combined  with  a  plain  color 
matching  the  background  of  the  dotted  fabric. 

The  sketch  shows  a  summery  frock  of  fine  white  voile  with 
flouncing  forming  the  side  tunics  and  the  vest-like  front  of  the 
waist.  A  ribbon  girdle  supplies  the  color  note  in  this  dainty 
all-white  frock.  A  narrow  ribbon  of  the  same  color  as  the  gir- 
dle holds  in  the  soft  gathered  puff  of  the  undersleeve  at  the 
wrists.  Cut  machine  stitching  is  the  finish  used  for  the  collar 
and  vest,  as  well  as  the  edges  of  the  sleeves. 

In  the  second  sketch  is  shown  a  dress  in  one  of  the  popular 
spotted  fabrics,  with  plain  sleeves,  pockets  and  belt.  This  is 
one  of  the  ways  of  developing  a  spotted  fabric,  relieved  by  a 
plain  color,  in  order  to  get  the  best  effect. 


RATE  OF  ENLISTMENT  IN  CANADA. 

On  May  4,  1916,  it  was  stated  in  the  Senate  by  Brigadier- 
General  Senator  Mason  that,  at  that  time,  the  enlistments  in 
Canada  had  been  made  up  as  follows : 

Canadian  born  (English  speaking),  85,000,  out  of  a  total  of 
667,000  males,  or  about  28%  per  cent. 

Canadian  born  (French  speaking),  12,000,  out  of  a  total  of 
445,000  males,  or  about  4%  per  cent. 

British  born,  180,000,  out  of  a  total  of  307,000,  or  about  61 
per  cent. 

Foreign  born,  18,000,  out  of  a  total  of  306,000,  or  about  6 
per  cent. 

The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Franklin  150 
Beginning  Monday,  April  23,   Two  Weeks  only.    Matinees  Wed.   and   Sat. 
First  appearance  here  of  the  distinguished  English  actor 

MR.     CYRIL    MAUDE 
in  the  comedy  drama 

"GRUMPY" 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinee  $2  to  50c;   Wednesday  Matinees  $1.50  to  50c. 


Columbia   Theatre 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERT 
DAT. 

A    BILL    OF    HEADLINERS 

CECIL  CUNNINGHAM  The  Comedienne  Extraordinary  in  Exclusive  Songs: 
EDWIN  ARDEN  &  CO.  in  an  odd  affair  of  the  present  day  in  New  York  City 
entitled  "Close  Quarters;"  CHUNG  HWA  FOUR.  China's  Only  Quartette  of 
Harmony;  THE  BERRENS  in  a  Musical  Novelty;  MIRIAM  &  IRENE  MAR- 
MEIN  Pantomimic  and  Decorative  Dancers;  KULLERYO  BROTHERS  The 
Upside  Down  Marvels;  SEVEN  ORIGINAL  HONEY  BOYS;  McWATTERS  & 
TYSON  presenting  their  "Revue  of  Revues." 

Evening  Prices — 10c,  25c.,  50c,  75c  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays).  10c.  25c,  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maion 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
ANOTHER    GREAT    NEW    SHOW 

"THE  BACHELOR  DINNER  "A  SCREAMING  MUSICAL  COMEDY;  TABOR  & 
GREEN;  THE  DILLONS;  BILLY  (SWEDE)  HALL  &  CO.;  SAMAYOA; 
SECRET  KINGDOM  CHAPPER  TEN;  "PATRICOLA"  QUEEN  OF  THE 
CABARET. 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,    EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND     REPAIRED 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advriti-rr 


BRITON    AND    AMERICAN    GET   TOGETHER 

Captain  Ian  Hay  Reports  on  the  Amencan's  Question  —  "\\  In    Can't  You  People  Over  There  be  a  Bit  Kinder?" 


"Get;  her"  is  a  small  book  of  less  than  a  hundred 

pages,  but  one  that  has  in  it  big  and  important  potentialities. 
For  it  is  a  sincere  and  fine-spirited  effort  to  explain  misunder- 
standings between  the  citizens  of  Britain  and  the  United  States, 
to  smooth  away  difficulties  and  resentments,  and  persuade  both 
peoples  to  try  to  appreciate  the  best  in  each  other  and  "get  to- 
gether" in  mutual  understanding  of  each  other's  present  tasks 
and  duties  and  achievements. 

The  author's  name  is  already  well  known  to  American  read- 
ers by  reason  of  his  former  book,  "The  First  Hundred 
Thousand."  He  is  Captain  Ian  Hay  Beith,  and  before  the  war 
he  was  a  Scotch  schoolmaster.  At  present  he  is  traveling  in 
the  United  States  as  the  representative  of  the  British  govern- 
ment for  the  purpose  of  lecturing  about  the  European  war  and 
the  part  therein  of  the  British  Empire. 

Here  is  a  quotation  from  this  work.  It  represents  the  view 
of  an  American  who  sympathizes  with  the  Allies,  and  tells  what 
like-minded  Americans  have  done. 

"So  the  average  Briton  and  the  average  American  retire  to 
a  secluded  spot  and  'get  together.'  The  American  repeats  his 
question : 

"Why  can't  you  people  over  there  be  a  bit  kinder?  Why 
can't  you  consider  our  feelings  a  bit  more?  You  haven't  been 
over  and  above  polite  to  us  of  late — or,  indeed,  at  any  time." 

"No,"  admits  the  Briton,  thoughtfully.  "I  suppose  we  have 
not.  Politeness  is  not  exactly  our  strong  suit.  In  my  country 
we  are  not  even  polite  to  one  another."  (Try  as  he  will,  he 
cannot  help  saying  this  with  just  the  least  air  of  pride  and  satis- 
faction.) "But  I  admit  that  this  is  no  reason  why  we  should  be 
impolite  to  other  nations.  The  fact  is,  being  almost  impervious 
to  criticism  ourselves,  we  naturally  find  it  difficult  to  avoid 
wounding  the  feelings  of  a  people  that  is  particularly  sensitive 
in  that  respect." 

"Very  well,"  replies  the  American.  "Now,  we  want  to  put 
this  right,  don't  we?" 

"We  do,"  replies  the  other,  with  quite  un-British  enthusiasm. 
'  No  one  who  has  spent  any  time  as  a  visitor  to  this  country 
could  help " 

"Why,  then,  tell  me,"  interpolates  the  other,  "what  is  at  the 
back  of  your  country's  present  resentful  attitude  towards 
America?" 

The  Briton  ponders. 

"Didn't  some  one  once  say,"  he  replies  at  last,  "that  'he  that 
is  not  for  us  is  against  us?'  That  seems  to  sum  up  the  situation. 
We  on  our  side  are  engaged  in  a  life-and-death  struggle  for  the 
freedom  of  the  world.  We  know  that  you  are  not  against  us; 
still,  considering  the  sacredness  of  our  cause,  and  the  monstrous 
means  by  which  the  Boche  is  seeking  to  further  his,  we  feel 
that  you  have  not  stood  for  us  so  out  and  out  as  you  might.  Only 
the  other  day  your  government  announced  that,  in  their  opinion, 
it  was  time  that  both  sides  stated  plainly  what  they  were  fight- 
ing for.    Now " 

The  other  checks  him. 

"Don't  you  go  mixing  up  the  officially  neutral  American  gov- 
ernment," he  says,  "with  the  American  people,  or  the  American 
people  with  the  inhabitants  of  America. 

"You  say  that  America  has  not  helped  you  very  much  ?  Let 
us  consider  the  ways  in  which  America  could  have  helped. 
Military  aid?  Well,  of  course,  that  is  out  of  the  question  so 
long  as  we  remain  neutral,  as  we  agreed  just  now  we  certainly 
ought  to  remain.  Still,  there  are  more  than  twenty-five  thou- 
sand American  citizens  serving  in  the  Allied  armies  to-day. 
Did  you  realize  that?" 

"I  did  not,"  says  the  Briton,  interested. 

"Well,  it  is  true.  There  are  battalions  in  the  Canadian  army 
composed  almost  entirely  of  men  from  the  United  States.  Others 
are  serving  in  the  French  or  British  armies.  Then  there  is  the 
American  Flying  Corps  in  France." 

"Yes,  I  have  heard  of  them.    Who  has  not?    Proceed." 

"Industrial  help,  again.  We  are  making  munitions  for  you 
night  and  day.  It  is  true  that  we  are  being  paid  for  our  trouble ; 
but  the  cost  of  living  has  risen  almost  as  much  here  as  in  your 
own  country.    Also  let  me  tell  you  that  we  are  making  no  muni- 


tions for  Germany,  and  would  not  do  so,  money  or  no.  The 
same  with  financial  help.  Loan  after  loan  has  been  floated  in 
this  country  for  the  Allied  benefit.  How  many  loans  have  been 
raised  for  Germany?  Not  one!  That  is  not  because  German 
credit  is  so  bad,  but  because  no  true  American  will  consent  to 
lend  his  money  to  such  a  cause.  Believe  me,  the  attempt  has 
been  made,  and  strong  influence  brought  to  bear  more  than 
once,  but  the  result  has  been  failure  every  time. 

"Red  Cross  work,  again.  There  are  hundreds  of  Americans 
driving  ambulances  in  the  Allied  lines  to-day,  and  hundreds  of 
American  women  working  in  Allied  hospitals.  There  are  com- 
plete hospital  units  over  there,  equipped  and  maintained  by 
American  money  and  American  service.  Have  you  ever  heard 
of  the  Harvard  Unit,  for  instance?" 

"Vaguely.    Tell  me  about  it." 

"Well,  I  mention  the  Harvard  Unit  because  it  was  about  the 
first;  but  others  are  doing  nobly  too.  Let  Harvard  serve  as  a 
sample.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  Harvard  put  down  $10,000 
to  equip  and  staff  the  American  Ambulance  Hospital  in  Paris. 
Then  in  June,  1915,  Harvard  took  over  one  of  your  British  base 
hospitals,  with  thirty-two  surgeons  and  seventy-five  nurses. 
That  hospital  has  been  maintained  by  Harvard  folk  ever  since; 
they  go  out  and  serve  for  three  months  at  a  time.  Harvard 
also  sent  an  expedition  to  fight  typhus  in  Serbia.  Harvard's 
casualty  list,  in  consequence,  has  grown  pretty  long.  Not  a  bad 
record  for  one  neutral  university,  eh?" 

"I  knew  nothing  of  all  this.  People  at  home  must  be  told," 
says  the  Briton,  earnestly. 

"Or,"  continues  the  American,  "take  the  work  of  the  American 
Ambulance  Field  Service.  The  American  Ambulance  Field  Ser- 
vice with  the  Armies  of  France  has  carried  over  seven  hundred 
thousand  wounded  since  the  beginning  of  the  war;  their  sections 
and  section  leaders  have  been  sixteen  times  cited  for  valuable 
and  efficient  work;  fifty-four  of  their  men  have  been  given  the 
Croix  de  Guerre  for  bravery,  and  two  the  Medaille  Militaire. 
Three  have  been  killed  in  the  Service.  The  Society  has  at 
present  over  two  hundred  ambulances  at  the  front,  besides  staff 
and  other  cars  attached  to  different  sections. 

"Now  a  word  concerning  war  relief  societies  in  general.  I 
cannot  possibly  give  you  details  about  them  all,  because  their 
name  is  legion.  For  instance,  this  printed  list  contains  the 
names  of  a  hundred  and  ten  such  societies,  and  there  are  others. 
As  you  see,  it  covers  Armenian,  Belgian,  British,  French,  Ital- 
ian, Lithuanian,  Persian,  Polish  and  Russian  relief  enterprises 
of  every  kind  ..." 

The  American  goes  on  to  tell  much  more  that  the  individual 
American  is  doing,  and  winds  up  thus : 

"You'll  tell  the  folks  at  home,  won't  you?  It  hurts  us  badly 
to  be  regarded  as  cold-blooded  opportunists." 

"Trust  me;  I'll  tell  them!"  says  the  Briton,  warmly. 

And  the  "Get-Together"  ends. 


Father  (of  Mrs.  Newlywed) — What  was  it  your  husband 

wanted  to  see  me  about?  Mrs.  Newlywed — I  think  he  wanted 
to  borrow  a  couple  of  hundred  dollars  from  you.  The  poor  boy 
is  so  anxious  to  get  out  of  debt. — LuisvUle  Curier-fournal. 


Is  it  Dudley's  snappy  songs  that  bring  the  happy  throngs 

to  dine  at  FRED  Solari's  every  night?  Is  it  Valera's  charming 
grace  of  voice,  of  form,  or  face  that  makes  the  evening  bright- 
ness seem  more  bright?  Is  it  FRED  Solari's  food,  whether 
baked  or  broiled  or  stewed,  that  fills  his  restaurant  with  diners 
hearty?  The  answer  is  "Yes,  ALL,"  and  they  all  are  at  your 
call — so  you'd  better  go  to-night  and  have  a  party! 

(Geary  at  Mason;  next  to  Columbia  Theatre.) 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


Wedding  Presents. — -The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


'  ■   '        ■  ■■■■■   ■  ■ ■■■■■>■  .■■■«  —  „, 


PERSONSLIT 


V&&$&li 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

COO  PER -WILLIS. — Miss  Dorothy  Cooper's  engagement  to  Gloucester 
Willis  has  been  announced  by  her  mother,  Mrs.  Frank  J.  Cooper. 

DERNHAM-PATEK. — Miss  Sadie  Dernham  and  Dr.  Robert  Patek  are 
receiving  the  good  wishes  of  their  friends,  their  betrothal  being  an- 
other piece  of  news  that  is  interesting  society.  The  marriage 
will  be  an  event  of  next  month,  its  date  being  already  set  for  May 
fifth. 

GEGGUS-HUTTON. — Mrs.  Anna  F.  Geggus  announced  the  engagement 
of  her  daughter,  Miss  Florence  Elizabeth  Geggus,  and  Harold  Perci- 
val  Hutton,  son  of  C.  A.  Hutton  of  the  Hutton  Flour  Company  of 
this  city. 

HASTINGS-COURTNEY. — An  engagement  announcement  of  Monday  was 
that  of  Miss  Zeta  Hastings  and  William  Allen  Courtney. 

MacGAVIN-CLINE. — Mrs.  Emilia  MacGavin  announced  her  engagement 
to  Allan  Cline  Monday.  The  wedding  will  not  take  place  before  this 
fall. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

HAT  HA  WAY -WHITE. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Helen  Hathaway  and  Carle- 
ton  White  of  San  Rafael,  will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  April  23d, 
at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  M.  Hathaway  on  Orchard 
street,  Oakland. 

JONES-PARDY. — Miss  Rhoda  Boswell  Jones,  debutante  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hugh  Eevan  Jones  will  become  the  bride  of  George  W.  Pardy 
on  the  evening  of  May  8th. 

RILEY- ST  ANTON.— Miss  Mary  Riley  of  Berkeley  and  Walcott  P.  Stan- 
ton of  this  city  will  be  married  on  Tuesday,  April  24th.  The  ceremony 
will  take  place  in  the  evening  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  A.  J.  Marshall, 
in  Claremont.Court.    Mrs.  Marshall  is  a  cousin  of  Miss  Riley's  mother. 

WEDDINGS. 

DUFFY- LAM  BERT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Duffy  of  Oakland  announce 
the  marriage  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Duffy,  to  John 
Lambert,  a  capitalist  of  Hong  Kong,  China. 

JOHNS-CALLES. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Edith  Johns,  of  Santa  Clara,  a 
former  well  known  resident  of  San  Francisco,  to  J.  A.  Calles  of  Pres- 
cott,  Arizona,  took  place  in   San  Francisco  Wednesday. 

JONES-GRAHAM. — Miss  Hazel  Jones  and  James  Graham  were  united  in 
marriage  Monday  evening.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  8  o'clock  in 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

METZNER-COOKSON.— The  marriage  of  Miss  Dorothy  Metzner,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Metzner,  and  Harold  Cookson,  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Cookson,  took  place  April  11  at  the  Metzner  home,  Guer- 
rero street,  with  the  Rev.  William  K.  Guthrie  to  read  the  ritual. 

NICKEL-BOWLES. — Miss  Beatrice  Nickel  and  George  Bowles  were  mar- 
ried April  17th. 

SANDS-MULLIN. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Lorraine  Sands  and  George 
Harold  Mullin  took  place  Thursday  afternoon  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Sands,  1906  Baker  street. 

TEAS. 

ADAMS. — A  large  number  of  cards  were  sent  out  by  Mrs.  Henry  Adams 
and  her  daughter,  Miss  Mary  Adams,  for  the  afternoon  of  April  19th, 
when  they  entertained  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Josiah  Knowles  Adams,  a 
bride  of  this  season.  The  Adams  home  in  Piedmont  furnished  the 
setting  for  the  gathering. 

BARBAT. — The  Misses  Alice  and  Claire  Barbat  will  give  a  tea  on  the 
24th  at  their  home. 

BOXTON. — Mrs.  Harold  Snow,  whose  marriage  was  an  event  of  last 
year,  will  be  the  honored  guest  at  a  tea  to  be  given  May  2d  by  Miss 
Muriel  Boxton.  The  hostess'  home  on  Ashbury  street  will  be  the 
scene  of  this  informal  gathering. 

PATTON. — Miss  Florence  Patton  will  give  a  tea  May  3d  at  her  home  in 
Thousand  Oaks  in  compliment  to  Miss  Bernadette  Williams,  whose  en- 
gagement to  John  C.  Ernst  recently  was  announced. 

SUTRO. — Mrs.  Dennis  O'Sullivan  shared  the  honors  with  her  sister-in-law, 
Miss  Ellen  O'Sullivan  at  tea  given  by  Mrs.  Oscar  Sutro  Thursday 
afternoon,  April  19th  at  her  Piedmont  home. 

LUNCHEONS. 

ALLEN. — Mrs.  Harvey  A.  Allen  gave  a  luncheon  and  matinee  Wednesday, 
one  of  a  series  of  such  affairs  at  which  Mrs.  Allen  is  entertaining  her 
friends. 

ABBOTT. — Mrs.  Granville  D.  Abbott  entertained  some  of  her  friends  at  a 
luncheon*  at  her  home  Monday,  one  of  a  series  of  such  affairs  that 
Mrs.  Abbott  is  having  at  this  time. 

BEAVER. — Miss  Miriam  Beaver  was  hostess  to  a  group  of  friends  at 
luncheon  Wednesday  afternoon  at  her  residence  on  Webster  street. 

CALDWELL. — The  Women's  Athletic  Club  was  the  setting  for  an  infor- 
mal luncheon  at  which  Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell  presided  Tuesday  af- 
ternoon. 

COLEMAN. — A  group  of  girls  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Miss  Cara  Cole- 
man at  an  informal  luncheon   Saturday  at  Burlingame. 

FARNHAM. — Mrs.  D.  C.  Farnham  entertained  at  a  luncheon  recently  in 
her  apartments  at  Post  and  Leavenworth  streets  in  honor  of  Mrs.  H. 
D.  H.  Connick,  who  is  soon  to  leave  for  New  York  to  make  her  home. 

HOWARD. — Mrs.  Nelson  Howard  presided  at  luncheon  Friday  afternoon 
at  her  attractive  home  in  Piedmont. 

KOHL. — Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  luncheon 
given  by  Mrs.  C.  Frederick  Kohl  at  Burlingame  on  Thursday  after- 
noon. 


MacMONAGLK- Mrs.  Beverly  MacMonagle  entertained  a  group  of  friends 
at  luncheon  Tuesday  in  honor  of  Mrs.  S".  Richard  Fuller,  who  is  visit- 
ing in  San  Francisco. 

OTIS.— One  of  the  luncheon  parties  in  the  arabesque  dining  room  of 
Hotel  Whitcomb  Monday  was  presided  over  by  Miss  Frederika  Otis. 

SLACK.— The  Francisca  Club  was  the  setting  for  a  delightful  luncheon 
at  which  Miss  Edith  Slack  was  the  hostess  Monday  afternoon  in 
honor  of  Miss  Lois  Bundred,  who  is  visiting  here. 

TREAT.— Miss  Cecil  Treat  was  ^hostess  Monday  afternoon  at  her  home  in 
Tenth  avenue  in  compliment  to  two  sisters  who  are  to  be  married 
this  month,  Misses  Ruth  and  Marguerite  Sullivan. 

WHITE. — Mrs.  Ralston  White  asked  a  number  of  friends  to  a  luncheon 
given  yesterday  at  'The  Garden  of  Allah,"  her  beautiful  home  in 
Mill  Valley.  Its  pleasure  was  arranged  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Benja- 
min Foss  of  Boston,  who  is  visiting  at  the  Fairmont. 

ZEILE.— Miss  Marion  Zeile  was  hostess  at  an  informal  luncheon  Monday 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

DINNERS. 

ALLEN. — Mrs.  Harvey  A.  Allen  entertained  at  dinner  Thursday. 

DGNNELLAN. — Mrs.  Martha  Pratt  Donnellan  will  give  a  dinner  on  the 
evening  of  April  26th,  at  the  home  of  her  brother,  Captain  John  S. 
Pratt,  before  the  hop  at  Fort  Scott,  which  is  scheduled  to  be  held  that 
night. 

RYER.— A  dinner  was  given  by  Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  Wednesday  evening  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel.  After  dinner  the  hostess  took  her  guests  to 
the  concert  given  by  Miss  Maude  Fay  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium. 

SHACKLETON.— Sir  Ernest  STiackleton  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the 
dinner  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pope  were  hosts  Tuesday  even- 
ing at  their  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

WELCH. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  entertained  at  a  dinner  Thursday 
evening.  Several  of  their  San  Francisco  friends  motored  to  San  Ma- 
teo for  the  affair. 

BRIDGE. 

BROWNE. — Mrs.  Robert  Browne  is  giving  a  series  of  bridge  luncheons 
at  her  apartment  in  this  city.  The  first  took  place  Tuesday  and  the 
second  Thursday  afternoon,  April  19th. 

JESSUP. — The  members  of  the  Hill  Club  of  Oakland  met  Monday  after- 
noon at  the  home  of  Mrs.  R.  W.  Jessup. 

KNORP. — Bridge,  followed  by  tea,  will  form  the  diversion  for  a  group 
of  friends  of  Mrs.  Francis  F.  Knorp  on  the  afternoon  of  May  1st. 

PHILLIPS. — Fifty  guests  will  share  the  hospitality  of  Mrs.  Joseph  Phil- 
lips at  a  bridge  tea  to  be  given  on  the  afternoon  of  April  26th  at  her 
home  on  Belvedere  street. 

RECEPTIONS. 

OTIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Otis  gave  a  reception  yesterday  in  honor  of 
the  brilliant  French  lecturer,  M.  Jules  Bois.  It  took  place  at  the 
Otis  home. 

SHOWER. 

DAVENPORT. — Miss  Dorothy  Davenport  last  Thursday  gave  a  miscella- 
neous shower  in  compliment  to  Miss  Williams. 
CONCERTS. 

GERHARDT. — Madame  Elena  Gerhardt  gave  a  third  concert  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  Friday  evening,  April  20th,  in  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium. 
BOX  PARTIES. 

MILLER. — Mrs.  C.  O.  G.  Miller  entertained  a  group  of  friends  at  a  box 
party  Tuesday  morning  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  for  the  first  of  the 
matinee  musicales  given  there.     The  artist  was  Elena  Gerhardt. 
DANCES. 

CHEVALIER. — Members  of  the  sub-debutante  set  are  anticipating  the 
dance  to  be  given  by  Miss  Adele  Chevalier  on  the  evening  of  May  5th 
at  her  home  in  this  city. 

MULLGARDT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Christian  Mullgardt  were  hosts  at  an 
informal  supper  dance  Monday  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  The  af- 
fair was  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  E.  Verdiere. 

OBEAR. — Mrs.  Winston  H.  Obear  has  issued  invitations  for  a  dancing 
party  in  honor  of  her  attractive  little  daughter,  Miss  Sallie  Obear,  at 
her  home  on  Jackson  street  on  April  27th. 

ROSBOROUGH.— Mrs.  Joseph  N.  Rosborough  has  planned  a  delightful 
dinner  party,  followed  by  a  dance,  for  this  evening  to  celebrate  her 
husband's  birthday. 

ARRIVALS. 

HUNTER. — A  cordial  welcome  is  being  extended  to  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Alfred  Hunter,  who  arrived  last  Saturday  morning  from  Honolulu, 
where  they  have  been  stationed  for  several  months. 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


■ 


iMtrly  •    month'* 

Jr ..   t 


DEPARTURES. 


MO 


Muon   mol 
■ 
'  <rnla   for  a    fortnight,   and    »u->   will   visit 

-     iiirr.  irtao  have  been  i 
at   the  8t  ■  (t   tot   Unit    home 

In    I 

INTIMATIONS. 

AU  •  Ice    d' Evelyn    of 

this  nine    the   Eutar   holidays   m    Torquay,    De>  onsfalre, 

she  is  resting  after  ■  strenuous  period  of  work  with 

the  bttnd  soldlen  London. 

Dal  N  he  trip  to  I  -  proved  "f  much  benefit   t-»  Mrs, 

M.  H  who  was  accompanied  smith  by  her  daughters,  Mrs, 

m  and  Miss  Phyllis  de  Toting. 

DBRBY.— Mr.  and  Mrs    Haskett  Derby  have  closed  their  home  In  Qough 

BB  the  bay. 
DOHRMANN     Mr.    an. I    Mrs,    a.    B     Dohrmann    have    taken    the    John 

Martin  house  at  Rosa,  and  will  move  over  there  shortly. 
HUPF.— Lieutenant  Commander  and  Mrs.  Charles  5.   Muff  gave  •»  Sunday 
rty   on    April    15th   in    compliment    to    Miss    Marie    Louise 
Weber  and  William  Woods  Adams,  whose  engagement  was  announced 

last    week. 

JONES.— Miss  Helen  Joins  passed  the  week-end  in  Burllngame,  where  she 

was  a  guest  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Oscar  Cooper. 
OLNEY. — Mrs,    Pierre  Olney,   Miss  Anna  Olney  and   Dr.    and   Mrs.    Harry 

Alderson  are  at  Coronado,  where  they  are  spending  a  few  days  for  the 

benefit  of  Mrs.  Olney's  health. 
BOTH. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Lester    Roth    will    pass    the    remainder    of    their 

honeymoon   in    the   Islands,   where   they   expect    to    remain   for   about 

six  weeks.     They  will   live  in   this  city  on   their  return. 
SCHWBRIN. — Sympathy  "is    being    extended    to    Miss    Arabella    SVhwerin, 

who    has   been    obliged    to    cancel    all    of   her    engagements   because    of 

illness. 
TALI.ANT. — John  Tallant,   son  of  Mrs.  John  Tallant,  who  was  expected 

to  reach  this  city  last  month  after  an  absence  of  five  years  in  Chile, 

was   detained   there,   but   sailed   for  home  Wednesday. 
THORNE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julian  Thorne  were  the  week-end  guests  of  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  at  their  home  at  Burlingame.     Mr. 

and  Mrs.   Latham  McMullin  visited  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Breeden   over   the 

week-end. 
W1NSHIP. — Lieutenant    Emery    Winship,    United    States    Navy,    arrived 

here  last  Wendesday.     He  came  out  from  his  old  home  in  Macon,  Ga., 

and  after  a  short  stay  in  San  Francisco  left  for  Sacramento,  where 

he  is  on  duty  as  recruiting  officer. 
YOUNG. — Miss  Polly  Young,  the  attractive  daughter  of  Colonel  and  Mrs. 

George  S.  Young  is  visiting  in  Santa  Barbara. 


"Gulliby's  son  is  a  young  man,  I  think,  of  great  prom- 
ise." "Have  you  been  lending  him  money,  too?" — Baltimore 
American. 


See  Yourself 

As  You 
Should  Look 

free  from  facial  ble- 
mishes and  with  a 
clear,  soft,  pearly- 
white  appearance  that 
wi'-l  be   the  envy   of  your  friends. 

Gouraud's  n 

Oriental   Cream 

does  this  for  you  instantly.  Its  effect  is  so 
subtile  that  its  use  cannot  be  detected. 
Non-greasy  —  68    years   in   use. 

Send  1  Oc.  tor  trial  size 
FERD.  T.  HOPKINS  &  SON,  New  York 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phipps  of  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOLARI'S  GRILL.Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

HOTEL    ST.    FRANCIS    PRIVATE    SCHOOL 

HOTEL    OAKLAND    PRIVATE    SCHOOL 

Office:    Rote    Room. 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding    and    Day    School    for    Girls 

2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
zlH]   BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School.  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  Unlvertlty  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH   D.  HAMLIN,  M.  A. 

2230   Pacific   Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 

Sight  Reading,   Ear  Training,  Theory, 
M'jsical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 


PRIVATE 


FOR 

SECRETARIES 


The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street       Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BESTS  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating; 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos. Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 

HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Gears  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


"Cholly  has  brain  trouble."    "Is  that  so?    What  kind?" 

"It  troubles  him  to  think." — Boston  Globe. 

"What  is  the  rent  of  your  room,  Henry  ?    I  suppose  they 

ask  a  lot  for  it."    "Yes,  all  the  time. — Lampoon. 

"Are  they  in  easy  circumstances?"    "They  ought  to  be, 

they  have  no  auto  to  support." — Houston  Post. 

Milly — A  good  story  always  bears  repeating.     Billy — 

Yes,  especially  if  it  is  told  to  you  as  a  secret. — Buffalo  Post. 

"Are  you  sure  Miss  Richly  is  not  in?"  he  questioned. 

"Do  you  doubt  her  word,  sir?"  replied  the  maid. — Dallas  News. 

Fiance — And  will   Bobby  be   sorry  when  I  marry  his 

sister?  Bobby — Yes,  I  will,  'cause  I  like  you. — Boston  Tran- 
script. 

"You  can't  tell ;  that  boy  of  Todd's  may  be  a  Congress- 
man some  day."  "Indeed!  Why,  I  thought  he  seemed  quite 
bright." — Life. 

Hewitt — Don't  you  think  I  stand  a  good  chance  of  mak- 
ing a  fortune  out  of  that  mine  ?  Jewett — Out  of  it,  yes.  In  it, 
no. — Town  Topics. 

Patient — What  would  you  recommend  for  somnambul- 
ism? Doctor — Well,  as  a  last  resort,  you  might  try  insomnia. 
— Indianapolis  Star. 

He — Do  you  remember  Horatius  at  the  bridge?    She — 

I  don't  think  I  ever  met  him.  You  know,  we  invite  so  few  men 
to  our  card  parties. — Stray  Stories. 

Po — Your  room-mate  says  that  he  is  a  practical  socialist. 

Dunk — He  must  be.  He  wears  my  shirts,  smokes  my  tobacco, 
and  writes  to  my  girls. — Pitt  Panther. 

Wife — This  paper  tells  of  a  man  out  in  Ohio  who  lives 

on  onions  alone.  Hub — Well,  any  one  who  lives  on  onions 
ought  to  live  alone. — Boston  Transcript. 

"What   do   you   think   of  this   extra   hour  of   daylight 

scheme?"  "What  I'm  for  is  more  moonlight,"  declared  the 
romantic  girl. — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

"How's  your  daughter  getting  on  with     her     music?" 

"Fine!"  replied  Mr.  Cumrox.  "She  sounds  like  a  professional 
musician;  'specially  a  piano  tuner." — Princeton  Tiger. 

Manager— Yes,  we  have  a  vacancy  in  our  financial  de- 
partment. Have  you  had  any  experience  in  finance?  Appli- 
cant— I'm  supporting  a  $10,000  wife  on  $5,000  a  year. — Life. 

Belle — They  say  that  Jimmy  makes  better  approaches 

than  any  man  in  the  club.  Jack — I  should  say  he  does!  The 
first  time  I  met  him  I  lent  him  twenty  dollars. — Brooklyn  Life. 

Dolly — At  last  I  have  met  my  ideal !  Kind  hearted,  mod- 
est, patient,  self-denying.  But,  alas,  married!  Daisy — Don't 
worry !  No  woman  will  live  long  with  such  a  freak !  You'll  get  a 
chance  at  him. — Ex. 

Meeker — Didn't  I  always  give  you  my  salary  check  on 

the  first  of  every  month?  Mrs.  Meeker — Yes;  but  you  never 
told  me  that  you  got  paid  on  the  1st  and  15th,  you  embezzler. 
— New  York  Globe. 

"While  I  was  watching  the  ticker  some  of  my  stock  went 

up  twenty  points."  "Then  you  made  a  lot  of  money?"  "No. 
I  came  out  about  even.  You  see,  my  wife  was  at  the  milliner's 
at  the  same  time." — The  Lamb. 

Mrs.  Youngwife — My  husband  is  a  very  influential  man 

in  politics.  Friend — You  don't  say!  Mrs.  Youngwife — Yes. 
George  has  voted  in  two  presidential  elections,  and  both  times 
it  has  gone  the  way  George  voted. — Puck. 

Counsel — When  you  returned  home  unexpectedly,  you 

found  the  respondent  and  co-respondent  in  flagrante  delicto? 
Petitioner — Yes.  Counsel — What  did  you  say?  Petitioner — I 
asked  the  co-respondent  if  he  called  himself  a  man. — Ex. 

— i — "Blessed  are  the  meek,"  quoted  the  deacon,  in  reproving 
a  backslider,  "for  they  shall  inherit  the  earth."  "They  may  in- 
herit all  right,  deacon,"  said  the  irreverent  one,  "but  somehow 
or  other  they  never  seem  to  get  possession." — British  Weekly. 


WONDERFUL  NEW  GUN  FOR  WAR. 

At  the  Mare  Island  Navy  Yard  a  new  gun,  capable  of  doing 
very  remarkable  things,  has  been  invented  by  E.  L.  Rice.  Navy 
and  army  officers  have  examined  it  and  pronounce  the  gun  the 
most  wonderful  thing  of  its  kind  developed  during  the  present 
determined  search  to  invent  death-dealing  implements  that  far 
outstrip  everything  in  that  line  ever  accomplished.  So  much 
public  interest  has  been  manifested  in  the  new  gun  that  Mr. 
Rice,  under  great  urgings,  was  prevailed  upon  to  bring  one  to 
this  city  and  place  it  on  exhibition  at  712  Market  street.  One 
of  the  gun's  wonders  is  that  it  will  shoot  over  3,000  rounds  a 
minute  under  quiet  handling.  Speeding  up  its  capacity  touches 
the  54,000  mark,  according  to  experienced  officers.  In  fact,  the 
gun  shoots  faster  than  ammunition  can  be  supplied.  Experi- 
ments are  now  under  way  to  speed  up  the  feeding  arrangement. 
As  compared  with  the  ordinary  gun  now  used  in  the  army,  it 
has  a  capacity  of  ten  times  as  much  gunfire.  In  other  words, 
one  man  with  a  Rice  gun  is  equal  to  ten  men  armed  with  the 
regular  gun  now  in  army  use.  One  advantage  of  its  extraordi- 
nary speed-up  is  the  use  of  gasoline.  It  can  be  geared  into 
any  auto  engine,  or  connected  with  the  boilers  of  a  vessel  or 
i:  locomotive,  showing  how  readily  and  quickly  it  adapts  itself 
to  rough  usages  of  war. 

The  gun  is  made  in  all  calibres,  because  it  has  no  recoil,  and 
therefore  requires  no  foundation  for  implacement.  It  outstrips 
the  powder  guns  in  efficiency  and  all  other  ways  ten  to  one,  if 
experts  can  be  relied  on,  for  they  have  tested  out  the  gun  with 
searching  experiments.  A  company  is  now  being  organized  to 
manufacture  these  guns,  and  the  expectation  is  that  the  guns 
may  be  sold  to  the  government  within  this  year.  E.  L.  Rice, 
the  inventor,  is  anxious  to  have  men  joining  the  service  and 
prominent  newspaper  men  of  the  country  as  officers  of  the  com- 
pany to  guarantee  its  success.  Full  information  can  be  se- 
cured at  the  National  Service  Syndicate,  Merchants'  National 
Bank  Building,  Market  and  New  Montgomery  streets,  this 
city. 


5.  F.   CAVALRY  READY  FOR    THE  FRONT. 

First  Sergeant  Mullally,  of  the  San  Francisco  Cavalry  troop, 
recently  sent  a  communication  to  the  Adjutant-General,  U. 
S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C,  advising  him  that  "The  service  of 
the  San  Francisco  Cavalry  troop  is  hereby  tendered  to  the 
government  in  any  capacity  in  which  it  may  be  needed."  Its 
training  has  been  progressive,  and  in  both  theory  and  practice 
has  covered  the  duties  of  the  private,  the  non-commissioned 
officer  and  the  troop  officer.  The  troop,  composed  of  promi- 
nent professional  and  business  men,  stands  ready  to  serve  in 
any  way  that  it  can  be  used,  as  individuals,  as  a  unit  or  as  a 
nucleus  for  a  larger  body. 

Adjutant-General  H.  P.  McCain  replied  that  he  would  make 
use  of  the  offer  at  the  first  opportunity.  The  troop  has  rapidly 
filled  its  ranks.  Every  Wednesday  the  company  has  a  lecture 
and  quiz,  followed  by  an  active  and  vigorous  drill  on  horse- 
back at  the  Presidio.  Captain  Kenyon  A.  Joyce,  Sixth  Cav- 
alry, U.  S.  A.,  is  a  martinet  in  putting  the  troop  through  active 
and  vigorous  drilling,  with  the  result  that  this  unit  is  in  prime 
condition,  elastic  and  fit  for  any  grilling  kind  of  soldierly  action. 


NOT  SO  DRY,  AFTER  ALL. 

Is  a  locality  "dry"  when  it  prohibits  the  sale  of  straight 
whisky,  but  allows  it  when  the  liquor  is  flavored  with  plant 
extracts  and  denominated  "bitters?"  This  query  is  made  per- 
tinent by  various  recent  news  items,  of  which  the  following  from 
the  Baltimore  Sun  is  a  specimen: 

"Danville,  Va.,  February  23. — So  great  has  become  the  de- 
mand here  for  a  certain  proprietary  medicine  which  contains 
25  per  cent  alcohol  that  the  city  Police  Department  has  laid 
the  condition  before  the  Prohibition  Commissioner.  An  inves- 
tigation has  just  led  to  the  discovery  that  during  Saturday  and 
Sunday  more  than  seven  hundred  bottles  were  sold  in  Danville 
and  Schoolfield.  The  police  had  to  deal  with  more  drunkards 
this  week  than  during  the  entire  month  of  January,  and  each 
man  admitted  that  he  became  intoxicated  on  the  medicine." 


"You  make  your  heroines   singularly  unattractive,  old 

chap."  "Well,  I  don't  like  to  do  it,  and  I  presume  it  hurts  my 
vogue.  But  my  wife  is  a  trifle  jealous  and — you  know — safety 
first." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Achfl 


13 


BEA  RNIA    WILD   FLOWER  FETE. 

The  third  annual  California  wild-flower  fete  will  open  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  at  2:30  p.  m..  Tuesday.  April  24th.  Distin- 
guished speakers  will  be  present.  Conservation  will  be  the 
keynote  of  the  addresses,  and  a  cordial  invitation  is  extended  to 
the  public.  At  the  close  of  the  program  a  reception  will  be  ten- 
dered Mrs.  Bertha  M.  Rice,  founder  of  California  Wild-Flower 
Day.  Mrs.  A.  W.  Scott,  assisted  by  the  patronesses  of  the  Fete, 
will  serve  as  a  reception  committee.  The  Wild-Flower  Exhibit 
will  be  held  in  Norman  Hall,  and  is  being  arranged  under  the 
direction  of  Mark  Daniels,  former  Superintendent  and  Land- 
scape Engineer  of  National  Parks.  The  U.  S.  Forest  Service  is 
lending  co-operation.  The  University  of  California  will  fur- 
nish a  fine  display  of  native  grasses.  Stanford  University  will 
have  a  splendid  exhibit  of  the  State  flora. 

There  will  be  a  musical  program  every  afternoon  and  evening 
under  the  direction  of  the  Mansfeldt  Club.  The  exhibit  will  be 
conducted  along  educational  and  scientific  lines,  classified  by 
leading  botanists  under  the  direction  of  Professor  P.  B.  Ken- 
nedy of  the  University  of  California.  Miss  Ethel  Wickes'  fine 
water-color  collection  of  California  wild-flowers  will  be  dis- 
played in  conjunction  with  the  affair.  The  fete  will  close  with 
a  wild-flower  pageant  and  tea  dance,  which  is  engaging  the  at- 
tention of  the  smart  set.  Society  patrons  will  give  the  fete  their 
best  efforts. 


JOHN  POWYS'  SUPPLEMENTARY  LECTURE  COURSE. 

John  Cowper  Powys,  that  very  forceful,  dynamic  and  at 
times  demoniac  personality,  who  has  been  said  to  have  "too 
much  lightning  in  his  cosmos,"  is  to  supplement  his  afternoon 
and  evening  lecture  courses  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  with  a 
morning  course  of  three  lectures  on  Tuesday,  Wednesday  and 
Thursday  of  next  week,  April  24th,  25th  and  26th,  at  10:45 
o'clock.  In  the  first  lecture  on  "France,"  Mr.  Powys  will  dis- 
cuss the  psychological  elements  that  go  to  make  up  the  com- 
plex French  life — the  primal  importance  for  humanity  of  Latin 
civilization — French  Heroism  and  French  Patriotism — the  re- 
religious  in  French  Literature— the  Soul  of  Paris.  On  Wed- 
nesday, Mr.  Powys  will  lecture  on  Rabelais.  Needless  to  say, 
his  ideas  are  not  the  taken-for-granted  ideas  of  the  world.  Mr. 
Powys  quite  disagrees  with  the  Puritan  prejudices  against 
Rabelais,  thinks  the  young  person  is  not  injured  by  reading 
him,  calls  him  in  fact  the  greatest  of  all  optimists,  and  revels 
in  the  "mellow  flavor  of  his  inexhaustible  style." 

On  Thursday,  this  interesting  Englishman  will  take  "Spain" 
as  his  subject. 


FLORIN  DA'S  FAN. 
Fashioned  of  fluff  and  feather, 

And  looped  with  lovely  lace, 
And  linked  with  silk  together, 

It  hides  her  dainty  face; 
Just  two  bright  eyes  are  peeping 

Above  it  while  you  scan, 
And  wish  you  might  be  creeping 

Behind  Florinda's  fan! 

They  say  that  maids  of  olden 

Waved  such  a  thing  as  lure 
In  days  that  we  call  golden — 

Trouvere  and  troubadour! 
Yet  fairer  in  snood  and  wimple 

No  maid  since  time  began 
Than  she  whose  pink  cheeks  dimple 

Behind  Florinda's  fan! 

Rocked  on  the  seas  of  slumber 

I  have  had  many  dreams, 
Rapt  visions  without  number 

By  dawn  or  sunset  beams; 
And  yet  the  dearest  this  is — 

With  naught  the  boon  to  ban, 
The  dream  I  have  of  kisses 

Behind  Florinda's  fan! 

— Clinton  Scollard  in  Life. 


THI  IH. 

The  Bells  of  Youth  are  ringing  in  th«  i  of  the  South : 

The  bannerets  of  green  are  now  unlu:. 
Spring  has  risen  with  a  laugh,  a  wild-rose  in  her  mouth, 

And  is  singing,  singing,  singing  through  the  world. 

The  Bells  of  Youth  are  ringing  in  all  the  silent  places, 

The  primrose  and  the  celandine  are  out: 
Children  run  a-laughing  with  joy  upon  their  faces, 

The  West  Wind  follows  after  with  a  shout. 

The  Bells  of  Youth  are  ringing  from  the  forests  to  the  mountains 

From  the  meadows  to  the  moorlands,  hark  their  ringing! 
Ten  thousand  thousand  splashing  rills  and  fern-dappled  foun- 
tains 
Are  flinging  wide  the  Song  of  Youth  and  onward  flowing, 
singing!  .  .  . 

— Fiona  Macleod. 


A  STAR  CALIFORNIA  COOK  BOOK. 

This  excellent  recipe  book  by  Miss  Sarah  H.  Williamson,  a 
niece  of  that  genial,  mellowed  patriarch  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
George  Bromley,  who  passed  away  some  years  ago,  is  some- 
thing far  surpassing  the  ordinary  cook  book  of  commerce  and 
lax  principles.  It  is  the  epitome  of  the  best  recipes  of  the  most 
skilled  chefs,  gastronoms,  epicures,  good  fellows  and  blue- 
ribboned  housewives  of  California.  San  Franciscans  provide 
most  of  the  recipes  and  dishes,  which  is  natural,  for  San  Fran- 
cisco restaurants,  clubs  and  entertaining  homes  are  famous  the 
world  over  among  globe-trotters  and  the  regular  annual  visi- 
tors. Miss  Williamson  began  the  compilation  of  this  book 
several  years  ago,  and  since  then  a  number  of  the  contributors 
have  passed  away,  hut  leaving  their  remembrances  in  the  good 
cheer  they  so  happily  furnished. 

The  book  is  comprehensive  and  completely  covers  the  field 
from  "appetizers"  to  the  gustatory  grace  which  every  good 
diner  mentally  observes  when  he  lays  aside  his  napkin.  A 
new  line  of  specialties  is  introduced — famous  kosher  dishes. 
Intersprinkled  among  the  pages  of  recipes  are  service  sugges- 
tions and  comments  on  table  craft  settings,  and  the  comments 
of  famous  men  who  blessed  themselves  with  good  living :  Lucul- 
lus,  the  Emperor  Domitian,  Napoleon,  Louis  VI.  Nearly  a 
hundred  of  the  best  cooks  of  the  State  have  contributed  their 
favorite  dishes  to  Miss  Williamson's  book.  Among  these  are 
Raphael  Weill,  Thornwell  Mullally,  Henry  J.  Crocker,  Thomas 
J.  McCann,  Mrs.  Joseph  Steinhart,  Mrs.  John  Magee,  Mrs.  L. 
M.  B.  Smith,  Mrs.  George  Albert  Bromley,  and  other  members 
of  the  Bromley  family  headed  by  George  T.  himself,  Mrs.  Ella 
Sterling  Mighels,  Mrs.  Nelson  Page,  Mrs.  William  Keyworth, 
Colonel  Isaac  Trumbo,  Henry  Clay  Smith,  J.  C.  Wilson,  Judge 
Frank  Kerrigan,  Dr.  J.  Wilson  Shiels,  Jack  London,  Meredith 
Sawyer,  Colonel  H.  I.  Kowalsky.  It  is  the  book  you  pray  for 
if  you  are  at  all  uncertain  about  the  best  dishes  to  be  had  to 
entertain  your  guests. 


White — Is  your  business  a  paying  one? 

that's  about  all  it  consists  of. — Chicago  Herald. 


Black— Yes, 


OVATION  TENDERED  MAUDE  FAY. 
Maude  Fay  received  an  extraordinary  ovation  at  her  final 
concert  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  this  week,  a  reminder 
of  her  triumphs  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  New  York, 
Covent  Garden,  London,  and  the  Royal  Opera  House  at  Munich. 
The  music  society  of  the  town  made  a  crush  of  the  occasion. 
Flowers  were  everywhere,  their  fragrance  furnishing  the  in- 
cense of  the  affair.  Overworked  ushers  struggled  to  get  the 
many  pieces  of  beautiful  set  pieces  and  enormous  bunches  of 
nodding  blooms  to  the  stage,  where  they  literally  buried  the 
happy  and  warmly  appreciated  singer.  Miss  Fay  was  in  far 
better  voice  than  at  her  initial  appearance.  In  "Cecilie"  she 
reached  the  climax  with  such  tense  poignancy  that  the  acclaim 
of  the  audience  demanded  an  encore.  "Deception,"  sung  in 
French,  in  wistful  atmosphere,  made  it  one  of  the  gems  of  the 
evening.  For  an  encore,  "Bocca  Doloroso,"  followed  by 
"Staendcheen,"  a  little  gem  that  captured  the  big  audience.  In 
dramatic  fervor,  Verdi's  "Ritorna  Vincitor"  was  given  with  in- 
tense spirit.  In  this  concert  Miss  Fay  exhibited  her  transcend- 
ent variety  and  the  elastic  spirit  of  her  art,  indicating  that  she 
has  reached  the  rich  springtime  of  her  vocal  and  dramatic 
power. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


INSURANCE 


A.  T.  von  Etlinger  has  resigned  the  office  of  superintendent 
for  the  Western  Department  of  the  Automobile  of  Hartford, 
and  is  succeeded  by  W.  R.  Briggs,  the  appointment  having  been 
made  this  month  by  Manager  J.  R.  Molony.  Mr.  Briggs  came 
to  San  Francisco  in  1906  as  supervisor  for  the  casualty  de- 
partment, Aetna  companies,  and  has  acted  as  assistant  super- 
intendent for  the  Automobile  Company  during  the  past  nine 
months.  Previous  to  coming  to  San  Francisco  he  had  twelve 
years'  experience  with  fire  insurance  in  Chicago.  At  one  time, 
for  a  period  of  five  years,  he  acted  as  special  agent  for  the  In- 
surance Company  of  North  America,  going  out  of  _  Chicago. 
Von  Etlinger  was  formerly  manager  for  the  Commercial  Union 

in  British  Columbia. 

*  *  * 

The  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  has  been  licensed  by  the 
Montana  Insurance  Department  after  an  examination  by  that 
department,  and  C.  E.  Snyder  has  been  appointed  manager. 
Mr.  Snyder  was  formerly  agency  manager  for  the  Continental 
Life,  and  resigns  to  come  under  the  captaincy  of  former  Agency 
Superintendent  Helser,  who  also  left  the  Continental  to  go  with 
the  West  Coast-San  Francisco,  and  was  subsequently  elected 
vice-president  of  the  latter  company.  At  the  annual  election 
this  month  the  number  of  vice-presidents  was  reduced  from 
five  to  three,  and  George  Limback,  manager  of  the  industrial 

department,  was  elected  assistant  secretary. 

*  *  * 

The  San  Francisco  offices  of  the  State  Life  of  Indiana  have 
been  moved  to  the  tenth  floor  of  the  Monadnock  building,  and 
include  rooms  1001  and  1099.  A.  J.  Hill,  general  agent,  in- 
forms us  that  his  office  leads  all  others  in  the  country  as  pro- 
ducer of  new  business  during  the  month  of  March,  and  bids 
fair  to  repeat  the  experience  in  April.     F.  J.  Cooper  was  the 

largest  producer  of  personal  business. 

*  *  * 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  agents  of  the  California  State 
Life  at  Sacramento  was  a  pronounced  success.  The  conference 
closed  with  a  banquet  at  which  much  enthusiasm  was  displayed. 
On  this  occasion  the  announcement  was  made  that  the  com- 
pany had  under  consideration  the  erection  of  a  fine  home  office 
building  that  would  be  a  credit  both  to  the  company  and  the 

city. 

*  *  * 

James  L.  Boone  has  been  appointed  referee  for  the  Califor- 
nia Industrial  Accident  Commission.  Mr.  Boone  is  receiver  in 
California  for  the  Commonwealth  Bonding  and  Casualty  Com- 
pany, and  is  a  man  well  equipped  for  his  new  duties  with  the 
Commission,  having  had  large  experience  and  being  a  close 
student  of  casualty  and  liability  insurance.  Joined  to  this  is 
a  most  attractive  personality  and  executive  ability  of  rare  ex- 
cellence. 

*  *  * 

The  Golden  State  Indemnity  of  San  Francisco  is  now  writing 
the  bulk  of  the  jitney  business  in  California,  having  been  or- 
ganized with  the  purpose  of  confining  its  effort  to  this  particu- 
lar line.  With  the  exception  of  the  Western  Indemnity,  the 
Golden  State  is  the  only  company  in  California  writing  jitney 

bonds. 

*  *  * 

Sam  B.  Stoy,  manager  for  the  Pacific  Department  of  the 
London  &  Lancashire,  Orient  and  London  &  Lancashire  Indem- 
nity companies,  succeeds  E.  T.  Niebling,  of  the  Commercial 
Union  and  California,  as  president  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Ad- 
justment Bureau.  E.  C.  F.  Knowles  becomes  vice-president. 
James  C.  Johnston,  Harry  H.  Smith  and  Herbert  Folger  have 

been  placed  on  the  directorate. 

*  *  * 

The  General  Fire  and  Urbaine  Fire,  of  Paris,  and  the  British 
Dominions  General,  have  established  their  Pacific  Coast  head- 
quarters on  the  ground  floor  of  the  Insurance  Exchange,  No.  6. 
George  A.  Crix  represents  the  three  companies  as  general  agent 
for  their  pacific  Coast  department. 

D.  W.  Clark,  manager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  department  of 
the  Northwestern  National  Fire,  was  married  recently  to  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Widen  of  San  Francisco. 


Clarence  de  Veuve,  general  agent  for  the  Dubuque  Fire  and 
Marine,  announces  that  the  verdict  for  $1,886  rendered  against 
the  company  and  in  favor  of  policyholder  Richard  Lutge,  will 
be  contested.  Lutge  claimed  that  a  signed  notice  of  cancella- 
tion of  his  policy  was  written  into  a  receipt  for  an  $18  claim 
previously  paid  by  the  company,  and  the  court  evidently  be- 
lieved him. 

*  *  * 

The  appointment  of  the  firm  of  H.  M.  Newhall  &  Co.  to  the 
general  agency  of  the  Pacific  States  Fire  of  Portland,  Ore.,  for 
the  States  of  California,  Arizona  and  Nevada  carries  with  it 

the  voting  representation  in  the  Pacific  Board. 

*  *  * 

Whitney  Palache,  the  popular  vice-president  of  the  Hartford 
Fire,  is  making  his  annual  visit  to  the  coast,  and  will  spend  a 
week  with  the  San  Francisco  representative  of  the  company, 

Manager  Dixwell  Hewitt. 

*  *  * 

The  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life  has  appointed  West  G. 
Smith  general  agent  for  Santa  Barbara  County,  Cal.  Mr. 
Smith  is  an  experienced  man  and  good  producer. 

sjs     #     * 

B.  E.  Ellis,  Pacific  Coast  Supervisor  for  the  Equitable  Life 
of  Iowa,  and  recently  appointed  manager  for  the  company's 
Northern  California  department,  is  visiting  the  home  office. 


THE  CYNIC. 

Some  women  like  children,  some  like  charities,  most  like 
clothes,  few  their  husbands. 

The  only  way  of  stopping  a  woman's  mouth  is  by  kissing  it 

It  takes  a  pretty  woman  to  be  ugly  in  the  morning. 

Most  love  is  experimental.  The  pity  of  it  is  that  it's  explo- 
sive as  well. 

The  only  art  worth  studying  in  life  is  that  of  taking  nobody 
too  seriously. 

Love  is  to  marriage  what  coal  is  to  coke. 

The  woman  with  high  heels  never  have  high  ideals. 

Desire  for  something — or  some  one — is  the  motive  power  of 
the  world. 

The  eternal  delusion — woman's  belief  in  herself. 

There  are  few  men  in  the  world  successful  enough  to  have  se- 
crets, and  no  women. 

A  man  may  be  lord  of  creation,  but  a  woman  is  queen  of  the 
earth. 


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 

DIXON  TRANSFER  " 

STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


Ama  21.  1917 


and  California    Vl\.  itis«-r 


15 


LEAKS  FROM   WIREl 

Hindenburg  may  have  owed  his  chance  for  fame  to  the  in- 
capacity of  his  predecessor.  Gen.  Max  von  Prittwiu  und  Gaf- 
fron.  who  has  just  died  in  obscurity,  but  for  his  initial  success  in 
East  Prussia  he  owed  something  also  to  the  incapacity  or  dis- 
loyalty of  Russian  generals,  who  were  brought  under  German 
influence  by  bribes.  An  initial  defeat  for  a  commander  so  lit- 
tle in  the  Kaiser's  esteem  as  Hindenburg  was  at  the  beginning 

of  the  war  might  have  nipped  his  career  at  the  start. 

•  •  • 

With  all  our  boasted  agricultural  output  it  has  been  found 

profitable  to  call  to  San  Francisco  from  Japan  65.000  sacks  of 

beans,  valued  at  more  than  $1,000,000.    A  train  of  29  cars  bore 

the  first  consignment  of  them  to  New  York,  and  three  more 

trains  will  be  needed  for  the  rest.    Somehow  the  world  seems 

more  topsyturvy  than  ever  with  Japan  sending  beans  to  Boston. 

«  •  * 

Filipinos  are  keen  to  enlist  in  the  navy,  and  they  have  long 

had  repute  as  good  sailors. 

«  *  * 

A  large  brewery  in  Portland,  Ore.,  is  being  converted  into  a 
milk  condensing  plant,  as  a  result  of  the  decision  by  the  State 
to  prohibit  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  with- 
in its  borders.  Quite  a  number  of  distilling  and  brewing  plants 
in  Oregon  are  still  idle,  however,  but  not  for  want  of  opportu- 
nity to  find  employment.  Their  owners  entertain  the  illusion 
that  Oregon  may  some  day  reverse  itself  on  the  prohibition 

question. 

*  *  * 

A  great  work  was  done  in  providing  Parisians  with  fuel  by  a 
private  individual,  M.  Pierre  Wolff.  M.  Wolff  had  stocked 
500  tons  of  coal,  and  by  means  of  two  army  drays  he  distributed 
sacks  of  coal  from  one  end  of  Paris  to  the  other.  To  get  coal 
from  him  it  was  only  necessary  to  show  that  you  belonged  to 
the  art,  literary  or  musical  world,  that  in  some  line  or  other 
you  were  an  artist,  and,  on  the  day  following  the  application, 
M.  Wolff's  dray  would  stop  at  the  "porte-cochere"  and,  whe- 
ther you  lived  on  the  third  or  the  fifth  floor,  the  sack  of  coal 
was  deposited  at  your  door.  The  "Bon  Feu,"  M.  Wolff  called 
his  simple  and  rapid  organization,  and  many  a  good  fire  was 
made  by  its  means. 

Alaska  cost  the  United  States  only  2  cents  an  acre.  Yet, 
while  Russia  was  a  friendly  neighbor  in  the  '60's,  and  preferred 
selling  its  unproductive  territory  in  America  to  the  United 
States  rather  than  to  any  other  Nation,  it  really  made  no  sac- 
lifice.  It  is  the  old,  old  story  of  a  real  estate  transaction  in 
which  one  party  is  a  great  deal  more  eager  to  sell  than  the 
other  party  is  to  buy.  Amid  such  conditions  land  is  worth  only 
what  it  will  bring.  In  passing,  it  might  be  said  that  Russa  has 
never  expressed  dissatisfaction  with  the  trade.  This  is  not 
saying  that  she  is  indifferent  when  she  learns  how  much  wealth 
her  former  possession  has  poured  into  the  United  States  in  the 
last  fifty  years. 

This  is  hardly  the  season  to  test  popular  sentiment  in  the 
United  States  on  Progressivism,  as  the  forthcoming  convention 
of  the  National  Progressive  Party  in  St.  Louis  probably  aims 
to  do.  A  little  later,  when  the  "regulars"  shall  have  had  their 
swing,  and  perhaps  have  failed  to  meet  the  expectations  of  the 
people,  interest  in  Progressivism  may  be  more  general.  Mean- 
while, Matthew  Hale  should  be  encouraged  in  his  efforts  to 
keep  up  the  National  Progressive  Party  organization,  for  there 
is  no  telling  how  soon  or  how  bad  the  Nation  may  need  it. 


"Three  times  now  my  wife  has  sent  for  the  money  to 

come  home  from  her  summer  trip  on."  "Three  times!  And 
she  hasn't  come  home  yet?  Changes  her  mind  and  spends  the 
money,  I  presume?"  "Oh,  no,  she  wouldn't  do  that."  "Then 
why  hasn't  she  come  home?"  "I  haven't  sent  it  to  her  yet." — 
Houston  Post. 


ST. 

CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters    For   Gentlemen 

IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536 

MASON 

ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 

FOR  i  I 

Unredeemed  baggage,  consisting  oi  5  trunks.  6  valises  and  8 
packages  at  HOTEL  GARTLAND.  Geary  and  Larkin 
Public  auction  May  5th,  1<'17  10  o'clock  a.  m. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

"  Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday  Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night  — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plale.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.     Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


At 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 


0  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

0  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


iFJN^NQAy 


Gold  Position,  U.  S 
In  the  War  Game. 


It  is  too  early  yet  to  forecast  the 
trend  of  business  events  under  the 
new  conditions,  but  it  is  a  comfort- 
ing thought  that  in  the  matter  of 
financial  preparedness  this  country  is  in  a  stronger  position 
than  any  nation  that  ever  entered  the  field  of  battle.  The  gold 
holdings  of  the  United  States  Treasury  at  the  opening  of  this 
month  aggregated  $3,044,399,292,  including  bullion  and  cur- 
rency. The  total  gold  holdings  reported  by  the  Federal  Re- 
serve Banks  and  the  Federal  Reserve  agents  stand  at  approxi- 
mately $1,000,000,000.  This  means  an  increase  for  these  in- 
stitutions of  virtually  $200,000,000  since  the  year  began. 


While  the  West  does  not  feel  nearly  the  amount  of  war 

prosperity  the  East  and  the  Middle  States  are  enjoying,  it  is 
interesting  to  learn  that  we  are  more  than  holding  our  own  in 
the  matter  of  bank  reserves.  An  analysis  of  the  distribution 
of  $2,642,000,000  reserves  held  by  national  banks  March  5th, 
the  date  of  the  last  bank  call,  shows,  the  Controller  of  the  Cur- 
rency announced  recently,  that  the  heaviest  reserves  are  shown 
in  the  Western  States.  The  average  reserves  among  the  coun- 
try banks  in  the  Western  States  was  35.10  per  cent,  against 
22.63  per  cent  in  New  England  and  24.11  per  cent  in  the  re- 
mainder of  the  Eastern  States.  The  percentage  in  the  Pacific 
States  was  30.32,  and  in  the  Middle  States  29.89.  Banks  in 
central  reserve  cities  held  reserves  of  $647,000,000,  or  $100,- 
000,000  more  than  required  by  law ;  banks  in  other  reserve  cities 
held  $750,000,000,  an  excess  of  $290,000,000,  while  country 
banks  held  $1,245,000,000,  or  $718,000,000— more  than  100  per 
cent — more  than  the  law  requires. 


Investments  in  shipbuilding  plants  have  been  growing 

steadily  since  the  beginning  of  the  war,  and  promise  to  con- 
tinue. For  the  five  months  of  1914  after  the  war  broke  out,  the 
investment  of  new  capital  was  only  $1,848,000,  while  in  1915 
new  investments  reached  $37,662,000.  In  1916  the  investment 
amounted  to  $69,466,000,  while  during  the  first  three  months 
of  the  present  year  it  already  has  reached  $46,225,000.  To  put 
it  another  way,  during  the  ninety  days  from  January  1,  1917, 
the  investment  of  new  capital  has  been  about  25  per  cent  more 
than  during  1915.  Companies  formed  during  March  of  this 
year  were :  The  Franco-American  Steamship  Company,  with 
$5,000,000  authorized  capital;  the  France  and  Canada  Steam- 
ship Company,  with  $4,000,000  capital;  the  Lone  Star  Ship- 
building Company,  with  $2,000,000,  and  the  National  Seamless 
Boat  Company,  with  $1,000,000.  In  the  past  thirty  months 
$155,000,000  has  been  invested  in  this  field. 


The  annual  report  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  Corporation  showed 

that  in  the  year  1916,  $26,599,721  was  paid  out  in  taxes,  in- 
cluding an  allowance  for  accrued  Federal  taxes  payable  in 
1917.-  Notwithstanding  the  heavy  outlay,  the  Steel  Corporation 
last  year  earned  $333,574,177.  If  taxes  reach  $65,000,000  this 
year,  it  will  mean  an  increase  over  the  preceding  year  of  ap- 
proximately $36,000,000. 


President  W.  H.  Crocker,  of  the  National  Crocker  Bank, 

has  gone  to  Washington  to  take  part  in  a  conference  to  consider 
means  of  financing  the  American  Red  Cross  during  the  present 
war. 


D.  J.  Hanlon,  president  of  the  Hanlon  Drydock  and 

Shipbuilding  Company,  returned  recently  from  New  York  with 
contracts  for  $4,000,000  worth  of  ship  construction  in  his 
pocket. 


Edward  N.  Pearson,  Jr.,  issued  a  statement  recently  that 

he  will  cease  conducting  an  investment  business  under  his  own 
name...  He' proposes  to  join  the  investment  department  of  the 
Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank,  on  April  23d. 


"Has   your   boy   Josh   learned   much   at   school?"     "I 

should  say  so,"  replied  Farmer  Corntossel.  "He  knows  so 
much  about  mnnin'  the  farm  that  me  and  the  hired  men  git  so 
interested  listening  that  nobody  does  any  work." — Washington 
Post. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  B.  Poa 


J.  Bereei 


C.  Mailhebu.au 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bulk  St.,  Si.  Fr.nri.eo  (Above  K.iniy)  Eich.ore.  Dourl.i2411 


BLANCO'S  ""S"""" 

PHONE  FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second   St.,    San   Francisco 


3,000    SHOTS    A    MINUTE  I 

THE  RICE  GUN  Now  Being  Demonstrated 

The  most  wonderful  war  weapon  ever  invented  is  now  in  opera- 
tion at  225  Market  street,  where  the  public  is  invited  to  inspect  it. 

A    MARVEL   OF    EFFICIENCY 


MO     NOISE 
INU     SMOKE 


NO 


FLASH 
RECOIL 

Ten  times  as  effective  as  powder  guns,  and  less  expensive  to 
make  and  operate.  Has  all  of  the  advantages  and  none  of  the  de- 
fects of  powder  guns. 

Adaptable   to    Any   Size   or  Type  of  Missile 

See  this  marvelous  gun  and  learn  its  possibilities  at  225  Market 
street. 

A  corporation  capitalized  at  $2,000,000.00  is  being  formed  for 
the  purpose  of  manufacturing  these  guns.  Prior  to  the  completion 
of  incorporation  a  limited  interest  in  this  enterprise  is  offered  the 
public  on  a  basis  of  the  par  value  of  $1.00  per  share. 

A  patriotic  as  well  as  a  profitable  investment. 

Agreements  prior  to  organization  can  be  made  at  the  office  of 

NATIONAL    SERVICE 

Merchants  National  Bank  Building 


SYNDICATE 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


April  21.  1917 


and  California  Advertise* 


1917  Rules  and  Regulations  for  Touring  in  Yosemite 

Park — Speed    Limit    Fixed  at  Twenty 

Miles  Per  Hour — Few  Restrictions 

to    Hamper    Motorists 

Rules  and  regulations  for  motor  travel  in  the  Yosemite  were 
received  this  week  by  David  A.  Curry,  the  Stentor  of  Yosemite, 
from  the  Department  of  the  Interior  at  Washington. 

San  Francisco  motorists  will  be  keenly  interested  in  the  rules, 
and  those  planning  on  making  the  trip  into  the  wonderland  of 
the  West  should  pay  the  closest  attention  to  the  details  as  given 
by  the  government  officials. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  a  five  dollar  admission  fee  this 
year  entitles  an  owner  to  operate  his  car  on  all  the  park  roads 
for  the  season  instead  of  only  one  trip,  as  was  the  case  last 
year.    A  season  ticket  last  year  cost  $7.50. 

"The  speed  limit  in  the  park  has  been  increased  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  miles,"  says  Curry,  "and  only  one  extra  tire  is  re- 
quired instead  of  two,  but  the  owner  must  satisfy  the  ranger 
at  the  checking  station  that  the  other  tires  on  his  car  are  in  good 
condition." 

RULES. 

In  brief,  the  rules  as  sent  out  by  the  Department  of  the  In- 
terior are  as  follows : 

1.  Entrance — Automobiles  may  enter  and  leave  the  park  by 
any  of  the  entrances,  viz.,  Tioga  Pass,  Aspen  Valley,  Crane 
Flat,  Merced  Grove,  El  Portal,  Wawona  and  Mariposa  Grove. 

2.  Automobiles — The  park  is  open  to  automobiles  operated 
for  pleasure,  but  not  to  those  carrying  passengers  who  are  pay- 
ing, either  directly  or  indirectly,  for  the  use  of  machines. 

3.  Roads— The  Tioga  road  is  open  from  July  15th  to  Septem- 
ber 30th,  the  Big  Oak  Flat  road  is  open  from  May  15th  to  No- 
vember 1st.  The  Wawona  road  is  open  from  May  1st  to  No- 
vember 1st.    El  Portal  and  Valley  roads  are  open  all  the  year. 

4.  Motorcycles — Motorcycles  are  not  permitted  to  enter  the 
park. 

5.  Automobile  Permits — Automobile  permits  must  be  se- 
cured at  the  ranger  station  where  jthe  automobile  enters  the 
park,  and  will  entitle  the  holder  to  go  over  any  or  all  of  the 
roads  in  the  park.  This  permit  must  be  conveniently  kept,  so 
that  it  can  be  exhibited  to  park  rangers  on  demand. 

6.  Fee — An  entrance  fee  of  $5  will  be  charged  for  each  pri- 
vate car  entering  the  park.  Such  fee  is  payable  in  cash  only. 
The  permit  is  good  for  the  entire  season. 

7.  Distance  Apart,  Gears  and  Brakes — Automobiles  while 
in  motion  must  not  be  less  than  fifty  yards  apart,  except  for 
purposes  of  passing,  which  is  permissible  only  on  compara- 
tively level  or  slight  grades.  All  automobiles,  except  while 
shifting  gears,  must  retain  their  gears  constantly  enmeshed. 
Persons  desiring  to  enter  the  park  in  an  automobile  will  be  re- 
quired to  satisfy  the  ranger  issuing  the  automobile  permit  that 
all  parts  of  machine,  particularly  the  brakes  and  tires,  are  in 
first  class  working  order  and  capable  of  making  the  trip,  and 
that  there  is  sufficient  gasoline  in  the  tank  to  reach  the  next 
place  where  it  may  be  obtained.  The  automobile  must  carry 
at  least  one  extra  tire. 

8.  Speed — Speed  is  limited  to  twelve  miles  per  hour  ascend- 
ing and  eight  miles  per  hour  descending  grades,  and  when  ap- 
proaching sharp  curves.  On  good  roads  with  straight  stretches 
and  when  no  team  is  nearer  than  200  yards  the  speed  may  be 
increased  to  twenty  miles  per  hour. 

9.  Horns — The  horn  will  be  sounded  on  approaching  curves 
or  stretches- of  road  concealed  for  any  considerable  distance  by 
slopes,  overhanging  trees  or  other  obstacles,  and  before  meet- 


k        in^  or  passing  other  machines,  riding  or  driving  animals  or  pe- 


Lii.hts — All  automobiles  must  be  equipped  with  head 
il  lights,  the  head  lights  to  be  of  sufficient  brilliancy  to 
ty  in  driving  at  night,  and  all  lights  must  be  kept 
I  after  dark  when  automobile  is  on  the  road.  Headlights 
be  dimmed  when  passing  other  automobiles  or  horse- 
drawn  vehicles. 

11.  Mi  hi  i  k  C  Muffler  cutouts  must  be  closed  while 
approaching  or  passing  riding  horses,  horse-drawn  vehicles, 
hotels,  camps  or  checking  stations. 

12.  TEAMS — When  teams,  saddle  horses  or  pack  trains  ap- 
proach, automobiles  will  take  the  outer  edge  of  the  roadway, 
regardless  of  the  direction  in  which  they  may  be  going,  taking 
care  that  sufficient  room  is  left  on  the  inside  for  the  passage  of 
vehicles  and  animals.  Teams  have  the  right  of  way,  and  auto- 
mobiles will  be  backed  or  otherwise  handled  as  may  be  neces- 
sary, so  as  to  enable  teams  to  pass  with  safety.  In  no  case 
must  an  automobile  pass  animals  on  the  road  at  a  speed  greater 
than  eight  miles  per  hour. 

13.  Time — Automobile  drivers  should  compare  their  watches 
with  the  clocks  at  checking  stations. 

14.  Accidents — When,  due  to  breakdowns  or  accidents  of 
any  other  nature,  automobiles  are  unable  to  keep  going,  they 
must  be  immediately  parked  off  the  road,  or,  where  this  is  im- 
possible, on  the  outer  edge  of  the  road. 

15.  Stopovers — Automobiles  stopping  over  at  points  outside 
of  Yosemite  Valley  must  be  parked  off  the  road,  or,  where  this 
is  impossible,  on  the  outer  edge  of  the  road. 

16.  Reduced  Engine  Power,  Gasoline,  Etc. — Due  to  the 

high  altitude  of  the  park  roads,  ranging  between  8,000  and 

10,000  feet,  the  power  of  all  automobiles  is  much  reduced,  so 

that  about  50  per  cent  more  gasoline  will  be  required  than  for 

the  same  distance  at  lower  altitudes.    Likewise,  one  gear  lower 

will  generally  have  to  be  used  on  grades  than  would  have  to 

be  used  in  other  places. 

*  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


JSgg/E^fei" 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21, 1917 


Kissel  Double  Six  Big  Attraction  to  Motorists 

"There  is  no  question  about  the  surpassing  power,  flexibility 
and  smoothness  of  action  of  a  twelve-cylinder  motor,"  says 
President  W.  L.  Hughson  of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  branch. 

"It  is  really  a  new  sensation  in  motion,  suggesting  the  steam 
turbine  rather  than  the  internal  combusion  engine_  that  it  is. 
Vibration  is  eliminated.  There  are  no  jerks  in  starting.  Shift- 
ing of  gears  is  rarely  necessary. 

"Those  looking  for  new  thrills  are  usually  attracted  to 
twelves.  Although  the  new  Kissel  Double  Six  has  been  on  the 
market  but  a  short  time,  and  the  congested  freight  situation  has 
kept  delivery  from  a  large  number  of  dealers  who  have  them 
on  order,  great  public  interest  in  the  new  model  is  manifested 
from  every  section  of  the  country." 

Auburn  Six  Makes  Gasoline  Economy  Record 

How  far  will  a  light  six  automobile  go  on  five  gallons  of 
gasoline  ?  Milton  E.  Dorman,  of  Oakland,  owner  of  an  Auburn 
Light  Six  which  he  has  driven  nearly  7,500  miles  during  the 
past  few  months,  believed  one  thing  and  John  Dimbleby,  sales 
manager  of  the  Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company  for  the  transbay 
region,  believed  another.  Dorman  maintained  he  could  drive 
around  the  bay  on  the  stated  amount  of  fuel,  while  Dimbleby 
was  of  a  negative  opinion.  The  result  of  the  dispute  was  a 
wager,  to  settle  which  a  test  drive  was  made  around  the  bay 
last  Saturday  under  the  auspices  of  the  Oakland  Tribune,  with 
an  official  observer  in  the  car. 

Dorman  not  only  won  his  wager,  making  the  run  of  95.7 
miles  around  the  bay  on  his  five  gallon  supply,  but  on  his  re- 
turn to  Oakland  drove  his  car  around  until  the  speedometer 
registered  an  even  100  miles.  At  the  official  starting  point  the 
Auburn  was  drained  of  every  drop  of  gasoline.  This  measured 
a  full  quart,  proving  absolutely  that  the  100  miles  had  been 
driven  on  four  and  three-quarters  gallons  of  gasoline,  the  car 
having   maintained   an   average   of    twenty-one   miles   to   the 

gallon. 

*  *  * 

Enameled  Exhaust  Pipe  Features  Cole 

Operating  on  the  theory  that  it  is  just  as  important  to  em- 
body in  a  product  all  of  the  minor  refinements  possible,  as  it 
is  to  bring  it  up  to  date  in  its  major  features,  the  Cole  Motor 
Car  Company  has  incorporated  in  its  product  for  the  present 
season  numerous  items  which  add  to  the  appearance  and  dig- 
nity of  the  Cole  Eight. 

One  of  these  is  a  feature  of  the  motor  construction  which  the 
Cole  was  the  first  to  adopt,  and  which  many  of  the  highest- 
priced  cars  later  came  to  embody.  This  is  the  porcelain  enam- 
eled exhaust  pipe  and  header  running  from  the  motor  to  the 
connecting  pipe,  which  joins  directly  with  the  muffler. 

Ordinarily  the  exhaust  pipe  and  header,  being  constantly  sub- 
jected to  extreme  heat,  rusts  and  tarnishes  quickly  and  gives 
the  motor  an  untidy  appearance.  For  years  automobile  engi- 
neers experimented  with  paints,  enamels,  and  even  went  so  far 
as  to  try  to  use  black  nickel  plate  for  this  unit,  in  an  effort  to 

overcome  the  difficulty. 

*  *  * 

Care  of  Tires  would  Lower  Cost 

"If  American  motorists  were  half  as  heedful  in  caring  for 
their  tires  as  the  European  countries  now  at  war  are  in  con- 
serving their  food  supply  and  products,  there  would  be  an  ac- 
tual yearly  saving  of  probably  $100,000,000,"  says  L.  H.  Cop- 
pel,  manager  of  the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  local 
distributors  of  Norwalk  tires. 

"Upwards  of  10,000,000  tires  representing  an  expenditure  of 
approximately  $300,000,000,  were  consumed  during  the  past 
twelve  months,  and  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  if  an 
effective  campaign  were  started  in  this  country  urging  precau- 
tion to  conserve  the  life  of  the  tires,  a  saving  of  at  least  $100,- 
000,000  could  be  made,  and  this  would  go  a  long  way  toward 
lowering  all  tire  prices. 

"With  all  the  improvements  made  on  tires  in  recent  years, 
and  the  increased  mileage  they  are  yielding,  many  motorists 
have  come  to  believe  that  the  casings  are  supposed  to  with- 
stand most  any  sort  of  treatment.  Many  owners  have  also 
fallen  into  the  habit  of  discarding  tires  after  they  have  a  blow- 
out or  the  tread  is  worn  through.  Before  discarding,  the  owner 
should  take  the  casings  to  a  tire  expert  and  have  him  carefully 
examine  them.  Nine  times  out  of  ten  a  way  can  be  devised  by 
which  the  casings  can  be  repaired  and  made  to  yield  several 


hundred  and  possibly  several  thousand  miles  of  extra  service 

at  a  few  cents'  repair  cost." 

*  *  * 

Mitchell  Salesmen  Available  for  Motor  Signal  Corps 

With  a  state  of  war  existing,  it  is  a  much  discussed  question 
along  Automobile  Row  as  to  whether  the  horse,  mule  or  burro 
of  former  wars  will  be  replaced  by  the  light  automobile. 

F.  L.  DuBroy,  of  the  DuBroy  Motor  Company,  distributors 
of  the  Mitchell  Six,  believes  there  is  ground  for  this  expecta- 
tion, and  has  come  forth  with  the  announcement  that  he  will 
organize  a  light  auto  signal  corps  as  a  part  of  the  motor  re- 
serve. This  decision  came  forth  after  a  conference  with  officers 
of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  in  which  it  was  related  how  efficient 
were  a  string  of  Mitchell  cars  used  in  the  light  skirmishes  along 
the  Mexican  border  in  the  place  of  heavy  trucks. 

During  the  past  week,  DuBroy  had  his  salesmen  scaling 
steep  grades  and  climbing  several  of  the  surrounding  highest 
hills  and  peaks  in  Mitchell  cars  to  test  their  efficiency  for  mili- 
tary uses.  As  a  result,  the  Mitchell  signal  corps  may  be  or- 
ganized shortly  and  the  salesmen  sworn  in  as  a  part  of  the 

Home  Guard  now  being  effected  by  Chief  of  Police  White. 

*  *  * 

Permalite  Idea    Interests  Motorists 

Following  the  announcement  made  last  week  of  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Pacific  Coast  distributing  branch  of  the  Permalite 
Corporation,  under  the  management  of  Alfred  L.  Weber,  and  to 
be  known  as  Western  Permalite  distributors,  and  with  head- 
quarters in  the  Hearst  building,  has  come  a  flood  of  inquiries 
from  all  parts  of  the  State  in  regard  to  the  proposition,  which  is 
proving  to  be  one  of  the  most  attractive  that  has  been  presented 
to  the  automobile  owner. 

"We  were  anticipating  this  manifestation  on  the  part  of  the 
automobile  owners,"  says  Weber,  "for  it  is  but  a  repetition  of 
that  shown  in  other  sections  of  the  country  where  the  Perma- 
lite idea  has  been  introduced." 

*  *  * 

Maxwell  Puts  in  Busy  Day  in  South 

Smashing  the  Los  Angeles-San  Diego  round  trip  record, 
thereby  lifting  the  Chanslor  &  Lyons  silver  trophy,  making  a 
round  trip  from  Los  Angeles  to  Bakersfield,  and  on  top  of  that 
making  a  round  trip  from  Los  Angeles  to  Santa  Barbara  within 
a  period  of  less  than  twenty-four  hours,  sounds  like  fiction,  or 
like  captions  for  moving  picture  films,  but,  nevertheless,  such 
was  the  achievement  of  a  Maxwell  25  stock  touring  car  last 
Thursday.  The  car  being  put  through  the  awful  ordeal  by  Ray 
McNamara,  the  famous  Maxwell  Motor  Sales  Corporation's 
stunt  and  racing  driver. 

*  *  * 

Air-Cooled  Gun  and  Motors  Alike  Successful 

The  international  success  achieved  by  the  Lewis  Machine 
gun  promises  to  have  influence  far  wider  than  the  expectations 
of  its  inventor  and  backers.  Again  it  has  brought  to  light  the 
argument  of  the  superiority,  of  air-cooled  cylinders  under  great 
heat,  over  water-cooled  cylinders  under  like  conditions. 

In  the  automobile  field,  its  counterpart  is  found  in  the  motor 
of  Franklin  cars,  and  the  Franklin  Company  has  been  quick  to 
take  advantage  of  the  opening.  The  automobile  concern  points 
to  the  results  attained  by  this  gun  in  the  tough  campaigns 
along  the  Western  battle  line  in  France  as  another  practical 

demonstration  of  air-cooling. 

*  *  * 

Aeroplanes  that  Carry  Motorcycles 

A  newcomer  into  the  family  of  war  appliances  is  the  motor- 
cycle-carrying aeroplane.  A  special  platform  built  between  the 
planes,  just  outside  the  body  of  the  aeroplane,  carries  the  mo- 
torcycle. The  addition  of  this  machine  greatly  enhances  the 
effectiveness  of  the  aeroplane,  and  affords  a  quick  means  of 
land  travel  in  case  of  a  shortage  of  gasoline  or  disability  of  the 
aeroplane  engine.  If  the  aviators  who  were  lost  in  the  Mexican 
desert  during  General  Pershing's  expedition  had  been  equipped 
with  motorcycles,  their  return  to  headquarters  probably  would 
have  been  a  matter  of  only  a  few  hours,  instead  of  a  three  days' 
wait  for  the  .  searching  party.     Goodyear  tires  are  equipping 

both  motorcycle  and  aeroplane  in  the  combination. 

*  *  * 

The  Pump  Building  Company  Leaves  Detroit 

The  Taylor  Manufacturing  Company,  maker  of  engine  driven 
tire  pumps,  has  removed  its  plants  from  Detroit  to  Redford,  a 
suburb  of  the  big  auto  metropolis. 


April  21.  1917 


anJ  California  Advnlisct 


19 


^\Mlllllllllllllllllllllllllt1llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll% 

1        High  Gear  "Stuff*         1 

%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniik# 

SIGHTS. 

When  Betty  boards  her  motor  car, 

I  always  turn  my  face 
To  catch  the  flashing  of  her  skirts. 

The  fleeting  glimpse  of  lace. 

Perchance  a  garter  'neath  her  knee, 

A  peep  of  ribbon  blue. 
And  all  the  other  filmy  things 

Which  flutter  into  view. 

I  do  not  tell  her  what  I  know, 

Yet  you  must  needs  infer. 
When  Betty  mounts  her  motor  car, 

Why  I  see  lots  of  her. 

*  *  * 

In  Walker  vs.  Grout  Bros.  Automobile  Co.,  124  Mo.,  App. 
628,  it  was  said:  "An  automobile  is  not  a  work  of  art,  nor  a 
machine  about  which  there  can  be  any  very  peculiar  fancy  or 
taste,  but  it  is  not  a  common,  gross  thing,  like  a  road-wagon  or 
an  ox-cart."  But  pshaw!  this  was  said  away,  away  back  in  the 
year  1907  A.  D.  One  cannot  help  but  wonder  if  the  court  would 
subscribe  to  the  above,  in  the  light  of  the  latest  models. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Successful  promotion  of  get-rich-quick  stock-selling  automo- 
bile concerns  is  so  easy  and  so  profitable  these  boom  days  that 
it  is  only  natural  that  the  hat  band  of  even  the  most  level- 
headed promoter  is  inclined  to  tighten.  No  such  danger,  how- 
ever, need  be  feared  by  the  promoted;  when  he  wakes  up  a 
thimble  will  be  a  mile  too  big  for  his  head  covering. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Comes  a  cablegram  that  motors  are  now  displacing  camels  in 
Egypt.  Well,  why  not?  One  thing  they  won't  do,  however,  is 
to  go  eight  days  without  a  drink,  as  the  camel  does,  which  fail- 
ure does  double  for  the  motor  and  the  motorman. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

This  buying  plan  of  $100  down  and  $25  when  they  catch 
you,  keeps  many  a  worried  flivver-flyer  on  the  fliv  as  well  as 
the  fly  these  minus  onion  days. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Perhaps  a  motor  car  is  not  a  necessary  accompaniment 
to  the  leading  of  a  fast  life,  but  it  certainly  does  help  a  whole 
lot.— Ex. 

*  *  * 

In  my  varied  progress  through  life  I  have  observed  that  the 
most  successful  self-made  men  were  always  self-starters. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Unlucky   Motorist    (having   killed   the   lady's  pet   puppy) 

— Madam,  I  will  replace  the  animal.     Indignant  Owner — Sir, 
you  flatter  yourself. — London  Opinion. 

*  *  * 

Crawford — Last  autumn  he  sold  his  bungalow  and 
bought  a  car.  Crabshaw — Now  he's  sold  the  car  and  rented 
the  bungalow.- — Dallas  News. 

Lawyer— Have  you  been  tried  for  speeding  before? 
Motorist — Uh-huh!  Forty  or  fifty  times.  Lawyer — Um — that 
looks  bad.    You  must  be  about  broke. — Puck. 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News   Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  it  as  a  guide: 

palo  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  <WFK— just  opened  Thi  only  strictly  flrat- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


EBirarairaramE 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  No.  Ave.     BRAND    4   CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


nrvnwnT^    AUTO,STS 


w ASHLESS 


'®«e^ 


WITHOUT 
THEM 


E   LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  I     Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

fl1Q  aid    PI  I  IQ    5T        Between  Polk  and 
017-0J3    Ci-LlO    Ol.      Van    Ness  Avenue 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  21,  1917 


LIBRARY  TABLE 


"The  Democracy  of  the  World." 

"This  is  a  war  of  democracy.  If  it  were  not  a  war  of  democ- 
racy I  would  not  be  in  it." 

Thus  did  the  Rt.  Hon.  D.  Lloyd  George,  then  Minister  of 
Munitions  and  now  Premier  of  England,  sum  up  the  purposes 
of  the  Allies  in  the  present  European  War,  in  a  recent  inter- 
view. And  this  interview  he  contributes  to  "The  War  of  De- 
mocracy," the  Allies'  statement  to  America.  Chapters  in  the 
book  have  been  written  by  officials,  diplomatists  and  other 
distinguished  men,  among  whom  are :  Rt.  Hon.  Viscount  Bryce, 
O.  M.,  Edward  Price  Bell,  M.  Paul  Hymans,  Prof.  Gilbert  Mur- 
ray, Rt.  Hon.  Arthur  J.  Balfour,  M.  P.,  M.  Paul  Albert  Helmer, 
G.  M.  Trevelyan,  Rt.  Hon.  D.  Lloyd  George,  Prof.  A.  A.  H. 
Struycken,  H.  A.  L.  Fisher,  F.  B.  A.,  M.  Henri  Hauser,  Rt.  Hon. 
H.  H.  Asquith,  Rt.  Hon.  Viscount  Grey  of  Fallodon,  M.  Mau- 
rice Barres.  Viscount  Bryce  contributes  an  original  preface 
which  will  long  be  considered  as  a  remarkable  summing  up  of 
the  situation  for  Americans. 

Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Sadden  Jim." 

The  arresting  title  of  Clarence  Budington  Kelland's  latest 
novel  is  no  less  arresting  than  the  exploits  by  which  that  strenu- 
ous and  resourceful  youth  achieved  his  nickname.  His  father, 
a  wealthy  manufacturer,  was  known  from  one  seaboard  to  the 
other  as  Clothespin  Jimmy,  for  in  clothespins  he  had  made  his 
fortune.  Retiring  abruptly  from  business,  and  withdrawing 
a  considerable  portion  of  his  capital  from  it,  which  he  converted 
into  bonds,  he  offers  his  son — plain  Jim  as  yet — the  choice  of 
the  bonds  or  the  business.  Jim  chooses  the  latter,  and  his 
father,  with  the  bonds,  goes  to  California  for  a  long-deferred 
holiday.  Jim  sets  out  for  the  little  town  of  Diversity,  Michigan, 
where  his  father's  new  mill  is  approaching  completion.  It  is 
no  small  task  that  lies  ahead  of  young  Jim.  He  is  no  sooner 
on  the  ground  that  the  troubles  and  difficulties  of  the  situation 
begin  to  reveal  themselves.  He  fires  a  grafting  manager  at 
once,  and  the  forthright  way  in  which  he  refuses  to  be  domi- 
nated by  the  Clothespin  Out) — a  little  get-together  of  rival 
manufacturers  for  the  purpose  of  controlling  prices — wins  him 
the  name  of  Sudden  Jim  from  his  admirers,  and  at  the  same 
time  creates  for  himself  a  formidable  number  of  enemies.  It 
is  war  to  the  knife,  and  Sudden  Jim  accepts  it  with  relish. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  New  Map  of  Europe." 

This  book,  by  Herbert  Adams  Gibbons,  has  just  gone  to  the 
press  for  its  sixth  edition.  Mr.  Gibbons'  opinion  of  the  source 
of  the  great  war  is  of  especial  interest  to-day,  when  the  United 
States  is  entering  on  the  struggle  against  Germany.  The  "welt- 
politik"  of  Germany,  Mr.  Gibbons  holds,  is  the  cause  of  the 
European  unrest.  "We  hear  much  about  the  Kaiser  and  the 
military  party  precipitating  war,"  says  Mr.  Gibbons.  "A  re- 
view of  the  German  newspapers  during  the  past  few  years 
will  convince  any  fair-minded  reader  that  German  public  opin- 
ion, standing  constantly  behind  the  Pan-Germanists,  has  fre- 
quently made  the  German  foreign  office  act  with  a  much  higher 
hand  in  international  questions  than  it  would  have  acted  if  left 
to  itself,  and  that  German  public  opinion,  from  highest  classes 
to  lowest,  is  for  this  war  to  the  bitter  finish.  It  is  the  war  of 
the  people,  intelligently  and  deliberately  willed  by  them." 

The  Century  Company,  New  York. 

The  May  American  Magazine. 

The  May  American  Magazine  contains  a  number  of  excel- 
lent and  stimulating  articles.  Among  them  are  "Looking  Both 
Ways  from  Forty,"  by  Irwin  S.  Cobb ;  "A  Great  Business  Man 
With  a  Wonderful  Memory,"  an  account  of  James  A.  Farrell, 
president  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  Corporation,  by  B.  C.  Forbes; 
"Golden  Rules  of  Hotel  Keeping,"  by  E.  M.  Statler,  one  of 
America's  biggest  hotel  men;  "Are  You  a  Caretaker  or  a  Pro- 
moter?" "Times  are  Good — but  Plays  are  Bad,"  by  Walter 
Prichard  Eaton;  "In  Old  Virginia,"  by  Henry  Sydnor  Harri- 
son; "Up — Through  the  Garden,"  by  Frederick  Halsey;  "No 
Trespass,"  by  David  Grayson,  and  a  personal  story  of  a  $15,- 
000  a  year  woman  who  tells  how  she  won  her  success  from  a 
capital  of  $300. 


i>\ui  niiP.to 

&      Books  and  Art      © 

££       3L39  Grant  Avenue 
w       b  San  Francisco  :: 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND,    ANTIOCH   &   EASTERN   RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY      ECONOMY      DURABILITY 


J.  B.  CROWE 

GLASS    OF    ALL    KINDS 

1372-1376  Turk  St.,  at  Fillmore 
Telephone  West  1398 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R,    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank   B)dg..   830  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT- LAW.  ~~        ~ 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-Law,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 

SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR     COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,     IN 
AND    FOR   THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY    OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

"WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND,  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  Countv. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  tc  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  othei  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.,   1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.  R.   CASTAGNETTO.   Deputy  Clerk. 
GTLLOGLEY,  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Queen    Regent    Merger    Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works,  Mineral  County,   Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  Directors,  held  on  the  sec- 
ond day  of  April.  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share  was 
levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immedi- 
ately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  337  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
day  of  May,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auc- 
tion, and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Tuesday,  the  19th 
day  of  June.  1917.  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.    WADE,    Secretary. 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith.  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 


Capital    $1,500,000 


Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organised  1853  Cash  Capital,  S6.000.ouO 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where  In  L'nlted  States.  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  Are 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333   California    Street. 

Fire  and   Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    DETROIT    NA- 
TIONAL   FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY    of    DETROIT,    in    the    State 
of  Michigan,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916.   made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the   State  of   California,   pursuant  to   law. 
ASSETS 

Real    Estate    $     3.12R.00 

i   collateral  loans   294,500.00 

Bonds  and   stocks    243,619.40 

Cash  In  nnVe  and  banks  56.6S9.60 

Agents'    balances    41,875.93 

Bills   received    taken   for  risks    None 

Other  ledger  assets    100.00 


Total    ledger    assets    $639,S79.93 

NON-LEDGER— 

Total   interest   and    rents   due   or  accrued    $10,884.65 

Market  value  ol  securities  over  book  value  4.038.23 

Other  non-ledger  assets 8.794.18 


a    assets     

Deduct  assets   not  admitted 


.$663,596.99 

.      24,599,71 


Total    admitted    assets    $638,997. 2S 

LIABILITIES. 

Xet  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims   $  12,092.59 

Unearned     premiums     161,825.32 

All    other   liabilities    3.234.54 


Total   liabilities   (except  capital   and  surplus)    $177,152.45 

Capital     389,350.00 

Surplus     72,494.83 


Total  capital,   surplus  and  other  liabilities   $63S, 997.28 

M.  O.  ROWLAND,  President. 
J.   EDWARD  READY.    Secretary. 
The   J.   F.    MAGEE   Agency,    Pacific   Coast    Department,   314   California    St. 
Telephone   Kearny  402. 

Fire  and    Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    MINNEAPOLIS 
FIRE   &   MARINE    INSURANCE   CO.,   of   MINNEAPOLIS,    in   the   State 
of  Minnesota,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the   State  of   California,   pursuant  to   law. 
ASSETS. 

Real    Estate    None 

Mortgage    and    collateral    loans $382,350.00 

Bonds    and    stocks    197.874.37 

Cash    in   office   and   banks    106,248.68 

Agents'    balances 44,453.73 

Bills    received    taken    for    risks    None 

Other  ledger   assets None 


Total    ledger   assets    $730,926.78 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued   $  12,942.92 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value    None 

Other   non-ledger   assets    None 


Gross    assets    $743,S69.70 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted    775.52 


Total    admitted    assets    $743,094.18 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims   $  68,932.57 

Unearned    premiums    395,552.71 

All    other    liabilities     16,707.21 


Total    liabilities    ( except   capital    and   surplus)    $4S1,192.49 

Capital     $200,000.00 

Surplus     61,901.69 


Total  capital,   surplus  and  other  liabilities    $743,094.18 

ALFRED  STINSON,  Vice-President. 
WATTIE  C  LEACH,  Secretary. 
The  J.    F.    MAGEE   Agency,    Pacific   Coast    Department,  314   California    St. 
Telephone   Kearny  402. 


J.    SPAULDIIMG    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER    CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Relaying  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Djeing 

Oriental    Rugs   Cleaned 

353-357   TEHAMA   STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class   C    Fireproof   Building 

1864-OUR    GOLDEN    ANNIVERSARY— 1914 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


<fs;  ihushed  ;ii7> 


'    *pllftl 

Raaarre   Vnn.l 

■  UaMliti  <>< 

■  ■r» 

vik-r.'irm.'  Aimu 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 

$50.678.200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

3R  BRANCHES  and  >i  Italian  stat.j.  Haw  Zealand, 

.1  moon.     Tha  Hank  tanaacl 

Ion  ,i(  AuMrallan  HAtiklng  Bustnae*.      Woo]  umi  other  Prodnot 
CradlU  amnged, 

Bead  Oilier  London  Ollice: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THRIADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


13,500,000 
288,000,000 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIREDMUNDWALKERC.V.O..LL.DD.C.L.  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

J0HNA.RD  Genera, S™  Reserve  Fund 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Assistant  General  Manauer  Aggregate  Resource 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125,391.04 
Deposits  50,513, 876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  TvDew,&nJ£er& acnodvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 

chpa f g 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO, CAL. 


Get  the  Worth 
Out  of 

"PACIfIC  SERVICE" 

If  your  Gas  Range  does  not  satisfy 
you  it   is   due   to    improper  ad- 
justment of  burners  or  poor 
connection 

Let  Us  Help  You 

We   make   proper    adjustments  and 
minor  repairs  FREE 

We   Make    Wrong 
-Right 

Pacific  Gas  and 
Electric  Co. 

San  Francisco  District 

445    SUTTER    STREET 
TELEPHONE  SUTTER  140 


WHY? 

Were  9(K°  of  the  Automobile  Races  of  1 9 1 6  won  with 

RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 

QUALITY 

INSIST  on  Getting  Them 
Eliminate  Ignition  Trouble 


PACIFIC    COAST    DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality — not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


D«vot«d   to   tht    Ltadlng    Inttreitt  of   California   and   tht   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  SATURDAY,  APRIL  28,  1917 


NO.  17 


:  IK     VNH   C  U.IFORNIA    ADVER- 


"'"■  niiii;  n 


riptlon  Rates 
Foreign:  1  year  $7.50 
13.35. 


rele- 
totered  at  San  Francls.->    r.il  .   FoSt-OfBofl  M 

I  &  Company.  30  Cornhlll.   E,  C.  England. 
itlOTJ    In    the    current    Dumber    Of    U 
.ETTKR  AND  CALIFORNIA  ADVERTISER  should 

■  r  than  5  p.  tn.  Wednesday. 
(Including    postage) — 1    year.    $5;    6    months.    $2.75. 
6  months.   $4.00.     Canada:   1  year.  $6.25;  6  months. 


-Germany  just  now  appears  to  be  without  any  visible 


means  of  support. 

Preparedness   is  casting   its  weather  eye  on  the  local 

golf  grounds  for  onion  patches. 

Now  that  the  United  States  is  in  the  warring,  the  other 

neutral  nations  of  the  world  all  show  signs  of  contracting  war- 
itis. 

In  the  passing  of  Sir  Francis  Crowley  Burnand,  former 

editor  of  London  "Punch,"  the  world  has  lost  another  of  its 
great  humorists. 

General  Hindenberg's  masterly  retreat  of  the  German 

forces  is  rapidly  developing  into  a  race  to  beat  the  French  in 
crossing  the  Rhine. 

New  and  old  ideas  of  Hell  were  discussed  in  an  issue 

of  a  local  daily,  this  week,  but  no  mention  was  made  of  the 
present  European  war. 

What  has  become  of  the  German  Crown  Prince.    Is  he 

still  sitting  outside  Verdun  waiting  for  the  French  to  open  the 
gate  to  invite  him  in? 

Happy  news  from  Washington:  Texas  is  now  shipping 

onions  at  the  average  rate  of  100  carloads  a  day.  Rah !  for  the 
Texas  onion.    She  has  saved  the  day. 

What  is  the  matter  with  the  high  cost  of  living  when  one 

can  buy  a  package  of  cabbage  seeds  for  ten  cents  that  will  grow 
into  full  blown  sauerkraut  worth  $250  per  ton? 

Yuba  County  hop  fields  are  rapidly  being  turned  into 

potato  landscapes,  and  beer  retires  sullenly  from  its  trenches 
before  the  heroic  advance  of  Saratoga  potato  chips. 

Senator  Johnson,   in   a  recent   speech   in   the   Senate, 

pleaded  for  the  freedom  of  the  press.  He  got  that  same  free- 
dom in  the  neck  a-many  times  while  campaigning  in  this  State. 

No  more  baked  beans,  hominy,  kraut,  oils,  tobacco,  mo- 
lasses or  lard  are  to  be  canned  in  this  country  during  the  war. 
The  tin  can  is  required  for  perishable  fruits — and  good  inten- 
tions. 

The  Healthstone  Club  of  San  Anselmo  has  adopted  a 

new  emblem  for  their  organization — a  dear  little  silver  hoe  pin. 
It's  a  dear  little  place  to  carry  a  hoe.  The  potatoes  should 
worry. 

The  local  fish  trust,  known  as  A.  Paladini,  that  taxes  the 

local  public  something  like  $50,000  annually,  has  at  last  been 
stung  by  a  stingaree.  Frank  A.  Fusco,  a  near-pardner,  has  sued 
him  for  $60,000  damages.  Some  of  Paladini's  $50,000  profits 
will  likely  slip  through  his  fish  net  into  Fusco's  ready  bag. 


A  patch  of  potatoes  in  your  front  garden  these  days  is 

an  emblem  almost  as  patriotic  as  a  waving  American  flag. 

The  Battle  Cry  of  Freedom  is  thrilling  louder  with  the 

days,  just  now,  in  Germany.  Once  the  big  German  nation  is 
started  on  that  movement,  "Good-night  to  the  Hohenzollern 
family." 

The  government  at  Washington  has  given  warning  that 

men  who  married  since  war  was  declared  with  Germany  will 
not  escape  military  service.  Evidently  Uncle  Sam  is  gunning 
for  slackers. 

The  arrival  of  the  British  war  council  to  confer  with 

representatives  at  Washington  means  a  closer  and  better  un- 
derstanding between  the  two  leading  nations  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  race. 

William  Tevis,  Jr.,  Gordon  Armsby  and  Eugene  Mur- 
phy, members  of  tht  Peninsula  smart  set,  have  naturally  joined 
the  military  aero  squad  at  the  local  aviation  school.  They  al- 
ways were  high  fliers. 

Roosevelt  suggests  a  ban  on  liquor  and  joy  rides  during 

the  present  war.  The  Colonel  is  defeating  his  own  purpose,  as 
leading  his  own  proposed  regiment  of  Americans  on  French  soil 
would  be  his  ideal  of  a  joy  ride. 

A  Burlingame  multimillionaire  bought  an  ordinary  paper 

fed  cow  for  $18,  two  months  before  the  war  opened.  He  sold 
her  hide  last  week  for  $27.  No  wonder  the  ordinary  clerk  de- 
clares the  rich  are  making  all  kinds  of  profits  out  of  the  war. 

Many  more  large  land  owners  are  following  William  H. 

Crocker's  noble  initiative  in  setting  aside  large  holdings  not 
being  used,  for  people  who  will  develop  the  ground  in  raising 
crops  for  the  Preparedness  campaign  to  back  the  war  against 
Germany. 

Man  sues  his  wife  because  she  used  to  get  up  nights 

and  pass  out  steaming  hot  coffee  to  a  male  neighbor  and  discuss 
topics  with  him.  With  proper  acumen  that  dolt  might  have 
developed  quite  a  profitable  restaurant  window  trade  had  he 
acted  wisely. 

City  Hall  in  the  Civic  Center  is  being  furnished  with  a 

resplendent  indirect  lighting  system  similar  to  that  of  the  re- 
cent Exposition.  Here  is  the  taxpayers'  chance  at  last  to  get 
a  little  light  on  what  is  going  on  behind  the  doors  of  the  com- 
mittee rooms. 

As  we  are  now  at  war,  it  behooves  all  welfare  husbands, 

who  plan  to  set  out  vegetable  gardens  in  a  neighbor's  back 
yard,  to  make  an  agreement  with  their  wives  that  the  latter 
shall  do  all  the  weeding  after  they  have  done  the  planting. 
It's  a  safe  bet. 

The  Kaiser  has  shifted  from  driving  Belgians  into  con- 
structing trench  defenses  for  Hindenberg's  new  line  to  order- 
ing captains  of  submarines  to  sink  all  English  hospital  ships. 
As  a  wanton  destroyer  of  lives  and  property  His  Excellency 
deserves  his  own  iron  cross. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


FlCKERT    AND    THE 

Dynamiting  Cases 


The  effort  in  certain  quarters  to  be- 
smirch the  reputation  of  District 
Attorney  Fickert  is  the  natural  re- 
action from  semi-hysteria  of  a  num- 
ber of  people  who  were  compromised  in  the  dynamiting  of  the 
Preparedness  parade.  In  the  trials  of  several  defendants,  the 
District  Attorney,  alert  to  his  duty  and  the  exposition  of  the 
evidence  gathered  by  subordinates,  like  all  attorneys  in  such 
cases,  prepared  the  evidence  furnished  him  with  due  consid- 
eration to  its  importance.  If  he  erred  in  the  use  of  the  Oxman 
evidence  furnished  him  by  detectives,  the  most  that  can  be 
said  on  that  point  is  that  he  relied  too  much  on  the  assertions  of 
these  sleuths,  when  personally  he  should  have  gone  deeper 
into  the  matter,  and  thus  avoided  erring  judgment.  lie  was 
not  alone  in  this  particular.  Oxman  is  therock  on  which  other 
attorneys  in  the  case  battered  their  reputations — Cunha,  as  well 
as  the  great  Bourke  Cochran  himself,  the  Gibraltar  of  the  de- 
fense. An  analysis  of  the  trial  will  show  that  even  the  great 
Cochran  made  by  long  odds 
a  graver  mistake  in  sizing 
up  Oxman's  testimony  than 
did  Fickert  and  Cunha. 
With  very  little  exercise  of 
his  reputed  acumen  in 
criminal  cases  Cochran 
might  easily  have  uncov- 
ered the  present  awkward 
position  of  Oxman  and 
Rigall  in  the  case,  and 
thus  thrown  a  bomb  that 
would  have  dismayed  the 
prosecution  and  gained  him 
at  least  a  disagreeing  jury, 
a  notable  triumph  in  an  his- 
torical trial.  But  he  made 
no  inquiry  into  Oxman's  ex- 
traordinary testimony  or 
into  his  past.  In  his  rou- 
tine work,  Assistant  Dis- 
trict Attorney  Cunha  used 
regularly  the  material  fur- 
nished him  by  the  upper 
office,  and  in  the  summing 
up  scored  over  Cochran  and 
gained  the  verdict. 

Intent  is  an  important 
word  in  the  law,  and  no  one 
can  question  the  intent  of 
the  District  Attorney  to  do 
his  conscientious  duty  in 
this  case.  The  Oxman  co- 
nundrum is  the  one  develop- 
ment of  the  several  trials 
which  has  offered  the 
slightest  chance  of  the 
friends  of  the  accused  to 
cry  "fraud,"  and  they  have 
seized  the  opportunity  to 
rend  the  skies  with  their 
protests     and    villifications 

against  the  District  Attorney.  Try  as  they  may,  and  they  will 
leave  no  stone  unturned,  they  will  never  be  able  to  bring  any 
honest  charges  against  him  on  this  score  and  convict  him  of 
conspiracy  and  dereliction  in  his  high  office.  Fickert  is  en- 
gaged in  a  case  against  desperate  people,  and  desperate  at- 
tempts to  villify  his  character  are  to  be  expected. 

SB" 

There  seems  to  be  a  doubt  in  many 
minds  that  the  financial  interest  of 
this  country  have  forced  the  gov- 
ernment into  the  war  with  Germany 
in  order  to  make  huge  profits  from  munitions  and  other  war- 
time profitable  sources.  If  the  dubious  in  mind  would  stop  and 
reflect  a  bit,  they  might  reach  the  very  reasonable  conclusion 
that  active  investors  of  large  capital  can  make  very  much  more 


U.  S. — Delighted!    California, 


As  to  Profits  in 
War  and  Neutrality. 


profits  during  neutral  times  than  when  engaged  in  war.     The 
truth  of  the  assertion  stares  the  nation  in  the  face. 

By  far  the  greatest  year  of  prosperity  in  the  United  States 
was  the  winter  of  1914-1915;  the  records  show  a  tremendous 
growth  of  prosperity,  and  "neutrality"  was  the  course  by  which 
it  arrived.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war,  Europe  taunted  Uncle 
Sam  with  the  charge  that  he  was  shunting  his  duty  in  martially 
defending  the  cause  of  Democracy  of  the  world  in  order  to  grab 
dollar  profits  as  a  neutral  nation  in  trade.  A  nasty  charge,  and 
for  some  time  it  disturbed  the  consciences  of  innumerable  born 
Americans.  In  their  perplexity  they  turned  to  the  head  of  the 
nation,  and  decided  that  President  Wilson,  with  all  the  secret 
and  public  information  at  his  command,  was  in  a  better  posi- 
tion than  themselves  to  decide  whether  the  high  moral  question 
was  "to  war  or  not  to  war."  The  smooth  sliding  ways  of  Fate 
has  produced  a  series  of  changes  whereby  this  nation  may  ex- 
perience neutrality,  Preparedness,  and  mayhap  actual  war.  In 
the  face  of  present  events,  we  have  been  called  upon  to  go 

through  forms  of  war  as 
prescribed  by  the  recent 
laws  of  Congress.  Surely, 
on  this  programme,  no 
great  fortunes  can  be  made 
by  those  in  command  of 
wealth.  The  copper  men 
have  cut  their  price  of 
metal  to  the  government  at 
one-half  the  price,  fifteen 
cents.  The  great  Bethle- 
hem Steel  works  is  offered 
to  the  government  at  any 
price  it  may  care  to  pay. 
Henry  Ford  has  also  of- 
fered his  plant,  together 
with  his  fortune,  without 
interest.  Shipholders  of 
the  country  stand  willing  to 
do  the  work  for  the  na- 
tional welfare  at  ten  per 
cent  profit.  Scores  of  such 
offers  are  being  made  to 
Washington.  Wealthy  Am- 
ericans can  be  trusted  to 
play  the  game  loyally,  as 
facts  and  figures  will  prove 
at  the  close. 

3B- 
SUFFRAGE  ON   THE  WlNG. 

The  success  of  woman's 
suffrage  in  California 
paved  the  way  for  laws  re- 
garding the  sex,  and  the 
bills  introduced  for  their 
benefit  are  increasing  with 
the  years.  This  session 
showed  a  notable  increase. 
One  of  the  most  recent 
bills  makes  it  plain,  even 
to  the  most  reactionary 
judges,  that  women  are 
eligible  for  jury  service.  An  extraordinarily  debate  on  wo- 
man's suffrage  was  necessary  to  carry  the  measure  across  the 
safety  line.  A  singular  amendment  was  offered  at  the  last  mo- 
ment, but  it  was  not  taken  seriously,  to  wit :  "Any  woman  who 
shall,  during  the  month  of  January  of  any  year,  file  with  the 
County  Clerk  a  written  request  to  be  excused  from  jury  duty, 
must  be  excused  from  such  duty  during  the  year  in  which  the 
request  is  filed."  The  pendulum  of  woman's  suffrage  in  the 
State  Legislature  still  seems  to  swing  between  two  points : 
that  woman's  suffrage  is  a  joke,  or  "give  'em  something  and  get 
rid  of  'em."  The  weakness  of  most  of  the  members  of  the  Leg- 
islature is  that  they  take  themselves  too  seriously. 

W 

While  waiting  for  your  "war"  mush  to  boil  for  breakfast, 

put  in  your  time  canning  your  feelings  regarding  the  Kaiser. 


I  take  my  hat  off  to  you! 

Drawn  by  a  News  Letter  Staff  artist 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advertise! 


TOWN    CRIER 

In  the  appealing  name  of  Beeliebub.  of  whose  child- 
ren they  are.  why  cannot  the  politicians  at  the  City  Hall, 
handling  the  tax  exactions  pressed  upon  local  property-holders, 
play  a  fair  game  for  once,  even  in  this  juncture  of  general  heavy 
taxation  necessitated  by  the  nation's  call  to  war?    One  would 

ik  that  under  the  world's  present  stress  and  urgent  need  of 
funds  to  pave  the  way  to  peace,  that  these  buccaneers  would 
have  a  lapse  towards  normal  honesty,  a  stand  by  the  treasury 
flag  feeling,  and  thus  help  in  some  pitiful  measure  to  make  an 
attempt  at  a  square  deal  showing.  Mayor  Rolph  and  the 
Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  sent  out  let- 
ters, some  time  ago.  requesting  that  in  view  of  the  very  large 
increase  of  mandatory  expenses  next  year,  the  department 
heads  of  the  municipality  use  every  means  at  their  command  to 
pare  down  the  amounts  of  their  requested  appropriations  in 
their  budgets  for  1917-18.  Replies  from  these  political  bravos 
with  corrugated  iron  consciences  was  an  increase  of  $5,000,000 
for  next  year.  The  department  of  Public  Works  alone  asks  for 
$2,500,000.  Axes,  hot  air  and  political  pull  will  be  roundly 
used  to  make  good  these  claims,  and  the  next  election  campaign 
will  not  be  the  worst  reason  for  their  demands.  Members  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  other  influential  local  organi- 
zations should  take  part  in  checking  this  spoliation  in  the  pres- 
ent war  crisis. 

Labor  unionism,  bulwarked  in  the  Legislature  at  Sacra- 

menot,  is  striving  its  hardest  with  a  fleet  of  submarines  to  bore 
holes  in  the  Anti-Picketing  bill  which  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce campaigned  for  so  successfully  and  won  passage  on  a 
referendum  to  the  people.  It  looks  as  though  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  weak-kneed  legislators  would  be  coerced  by  Union  Labor 
lobbyists  stationed  there  to  kill  any  legislation  not  favorable  to 
labor.  The  U-submarine  is  in  the  shape  of  an  Anti-Injunction 
bill  fostered  by  Union  Labor  lobbyists,  limiting  the  injunction 
in  labor  disputes,  thus  taking  the  sting  out  of  the  Anti-Picketing 
bill.  The  Senate,  a  conservative  body,  has  passed  the  bill  by  a 
vote  of  21  to  14.  The  bill  allows  "peaceful  picketing,"  and 
jury  trials  for  persons  accused  of  contempt  or  of  violating  re- 
straining orders.  If  passed  now  by  the  Assembly,  the  good 
work  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  rendered  useless;  that  is, 
unless  Governor  Stephens  vetoes  it.  The  course  of  labor  is 
shameless  in  thus  disregarding  the  desire  of  the  general  public 
as  expressed  in  their  vote.  These  scaly  politicians,  misrepre- 
senting San  Francisco  in  the  Legislature,  crook  their  knees  to 
Union  Labor  in  fear  of  losing  their  jobs.  Such  cases  try  the 
spirit  of  Democracy.  (Since  the  above  was  written,  the  Judi- 
cial Committee  of  the  Assembly  has  favorably  passed  on  the 
anti-injunction  bill.) 

From  time   to  time   there   have   been   internicine  wars 

a-plenty  in  little  old  San  Francisco — the  Vigilantes,  the  graft 
prosecution,  and  a  score  of  others — but  the  latest,  the  struggle 
over  the  trials  of  the  accused  in  the  dynamiting  of  the  Pre- 
paredness parade  is  a  pippin  apparently  designed  to  take  a  high 
place  on  the  tree  of  discontent  and  savage  animosities.  In  a 
way,  it  is  an  old  fight  on  a  new  angle,  and  it  is  evidently  mak- 
ing up  for  lost  time.  Both  sides  have  their  partisans  picketing 
the  sidelines,  with  the  result  that  scraps  are  plenty  enough  to 
satisfy  any  alert  and  eager  Kilkenny  cat.  The  scene  in  the 
criminal  court  culminating  in  a  fist  fight  between  attorneys 
James  F.  Brennan  and  Edwin  V.  McKenzie,  rolling  over  each 
other  on  the  floor,  pummeling  blocd  from  each  other,  to  the 
cheers,  jeers  and  advice  of  their  respective  adherents,  would 
furnish  an  excellent  subject  for  a  painting  to  be  hung  among  the 
historical  archives  of  the  Civic  Center.  Judge  Brady  returned 
too  late  to  give  a  decision,  but  he  was  early  enough  to  clear  the 
court  room  of  a  scene  that  would  have  disgraced  any  of  the 
slashing  knock-out  fights  at  the  old  Wigwam.  No  wonder  that 
the  figure  of  Justice  is  always  depicted  blindfolded.  In  ancient 
days  the  explanation  of  that  blindfolding  was  that  the  goddess 
should  not  see  the  contestants  and  be  swerved  from  the  proper 
judgment  by  their  appearance.  Now  she  remains  blindfolded  to 
escape  seeing  the  disgraceful  scenes  going  on  in  her  courts. 

A  spouting  whale  gave  a  great  exhibit  of  his  powers  in 

that  line  before  several  curious  fishermen  in  nearby  boats,  off 
the  Golden  Gate,  this  week.  With  Mt.  Lassen  belching  its 
rage,  the  Sacramento  Legislature  killing  the  golden  hours  with 
vociferous  debate,  and  the  savage  criminations  and  recrimina- 
tions over  Oxman's  testimony,  the  whale's  show  was  tame. 


ATI  SHORTRIDGE  ASSl  M 

DEI  1  \ 

position  of  Frank  C.  Oxman,  the  Washington  cattle 
raiser,  mixed  up  in  the  conviction  of  Tom  Mooney  for  connec- 
tion with  the*  bomb  explosion  during  the  Preparedness  parade 
new  turn,  this  week,  when  Attorney  Samuel  M.  Short- 
ook  charge  of  his  case  in  this  historic  contest.  Within 
the  time  of  the  next  hearing  of  the  case,  Oxman  was  extricated 
from  numbers  of  legal  intricacies  in  which  he  had  been  involved 
by  skillful  opposing  attorneys.  Shortridge,  with  his  old  time 
agility,  avoided  the  wild  fracas  when  Attorneys  Brennan  and 
McKenzie  tumbled  to  the  floor  in  a  fist  fight,  and  the  audience 
in  the  court  room  cheered  them  on  while  a  half  dozen  police- 
men charged  the  belligerants  and  struggled  to  separate  the 
raging  fighters.  From  his  chambers.  Judge  Brady  heard  the 
extraordinary   noise,   made   his   appearance,   and   ordered   the 


dfamue/Jff.  <&hoj*tridc?e 


court  room  cleared.  No  wonder  Uncle  Sam  is  shouting  for 
Preparedness  and  calling  for  1,000,000  recruits  when  such 
bloody  scenes  take  place  in  an  ordinary  court  room  in  San 
Francisco.  Later  the  inquiry  into  F.  E.  Rigall's  testimony 
against  Oxman  was  resumed.  Nothing  new  was  furnished  by 
this  pool  room  owner  from  the  East.  Attempts  were  made  by 
his  lawyers  to  get  certain  evidence  against  Oxman  into  the  rec- 
ords, but  Attorney  Shortridge  readily  blocked  them  as  the 
court  agreed  that  they  were  incompetent  and  unessential. 


"Don't  you  find  it  hard  these  times  to  meet  expenses?" 

'Hard  ?«  Man  alive,  I  meet  expenses  at  every  turn." — Ex. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


Nicholas'  Last  Day  as  Czar 


The  Czar  could  not  sleep.  A  telegram  from  the  Czarina  had 
come  to  him  at  the  front,  telling  him  that  an  uprising  had 
broken  out  in  Petrograd,  and  to  come  home  at  once.  As  fast 
as  his  special  train  could  carry  him  he  was  hastening  toward  his 
capital,  and  at  two  in  the  morning  he  rose  to  ask  for  the  news. 
His  staff  reassured  him. 

He  was  told  that  a  crowd  of  students,  hoodlums  and  young 
soldiers  had  terrorized  the  Duma,  but  that  a  few  detachments 
of  troops  would  be  able  to  put  them  down. 

Just  then  Commander  Voyekoff,  of  the  Imperial  train,  en- 
tered with  a  telegram  stating  that  seven  hundred  of  the  St. 
George  ca-'alry  were  on  the  way  to  Tsarskoe  Selo  to  present  a 
cross  to  the  Emperor,  and  had  arrived  at  the  near-by  station  of 
Dno,  headed  by  General  Ivanoff. 

"Your  Majesty,"  said  Voyekoff,  "it  is  enough  that  you  appear 
at  the  Tsarskoe  Selo  in  the  midst  of  these  heroes  and,  with  the 
Tsarskoe  Selo  garrison,  go  to  the  Duma.  All  the  troops  will 
remember  their  oath.  It  will  be  easy  to  overcome  these  young 
soldiers." 

But  the  staff  knew  the  truth,  and  the  Czar  must  have  feared 
it.    One  General  could  restrain  himself  no  longer. 

"It  is  a  lie,  your  Majesty,"  shouted  General  Zabel.  "You  are 
deceived.    Read  these  telegrams.    Here  is  the  order: 

"  'To  the  Imperial  train  at  Vishera :  Do  not  send  the  train  to 
Tsarskoe  Selo,  but  to  Petrograd." 

The  Emperor  arose  and  exclaimed: 

"What  does  this  mean?  Is  it  revolution?  Is  Grekoff  (who 
signed  the  order  to  divert  the  train)  commander  in  Petrograd?" 

Then  General  Zabel  spoke  out,  saying : 

"There  are  60,000  troops,  with  officers,  backing  the  tempo- 
rary government.  Your  Majesty  has  been  declared  dethroned. 
It  is  impossible  to  go  further." 

Nicholas,  completely  nonplussed,  exclaimed : 

"Why  was  I  not  told  before  ?  Why  tell  me  now,  when  all  is 
finished?"  After  a  moment,  he  added,  with  a  gesture  of  help- 
lessness :  "Let  it  be  so.  Thank  God.  I  will  abdicate  if  that  is 
what  the  people  want.  J  will  go  to  Livadia,  to  my  gardens,  I 
am  so  fond  of  flowers." 

He  had  one  more  moment  of  hope.  The  commander  of  the 
Moscow  garrison  had  said  long  before  that  his  city  was  loyal, 
that  in  case  of  need  Moscow  would  rally  to  defend  the  Czar.  So, 
when  the  news  came  that  the  garrison  at  Tsarskoe  Selo  had  re- 
volted, and  that  the  Czarina  had  been  forced  to  appeal  to  the 
Duma  for  protection,  Nicholas  decided  to  put  their  loyalty  to 
the  test.  But  a  telegram  was  received  at  the  next  station,  stat- 
ing that  the  Moscow  garrison  had  joined  the  revolution.  It  was 
finished. 

General  Ivanoff  related  everything  which  had  taken  place, 
adding: 

"There  is  only  one  thing  to  do  now.  It  is  to  open  the  Dvina 
front  to  the  Germans  and  let  them  quiet  the  canaille." 

Nicholas  rejected  the  suggestion,  exclaiming  angrily:  "I  shall 
never  become  a  traitor  to  my  country." 

Then  Nicholas  broke  down  and  wept.  After  a  moment,  he 
said: 

"If  only  I  knew  my  wife  and  children  were  safe  I  should  go 
to  Livadia  quietly  to  finish  my  life,  and  let  Michael  govern  the 
country.  He  is  liked  by  the  people.  I  will  sign  my  abdication 
and  then  go  back  to  the  army,  say  good-bye  to  the  soldiers,  and 
let  them  do  as  they  like.    I  shall  not  stand  in  the  way." 

This  last  colloquy  occurred  on  the  station  platform.  Nicho- 
las, who  was  dressed  in  a  soldier's  coat,  with  a  colonel's  shoul- 
der straps  and  a  sheepskin  hat,  tilted  back,  frequently  mopped 
his  brow.  He  gazed  about  in  an  abstracted  manner,  and  then 
mounted  the  steps  of  his  car.     Then  the  train  moved  off. 

Some  hours  later  the  Czar  signed  his  abdication. 

The  statement  that  he  was  kept  in  ignorance  of  the  revolution 
seems  to  be  false.  Surely  every  one  around  Nicholas  felt  the 
situation,  and  when  the  Czar  asked :  "Why  was  this  not  told  to 
me  before?"  the  truthful  answer  would  have  been  that  it  was. 
The  Czar's  family  tried  for  months  to  warn  him  of  the  danger, 
but  he  stubbornly  regused  to  listen.  The  Grand  Duke  Nicholas 
dared  to  accuse  the  Czar  to  his  face  of  supporting  the  German 
intrigue. 

Late  in  November,  Grand  Duke  Nicholas  Michaelovitch  took 
tc  the  palace  a  letter  which  he  had  written,  and  read  it  aloud 


to  the  Emperor  and  Empress.  It  expressed  in  most  blunt  fash- 
ion the  danger  the  country  was  in,  and  showed  how  only  by 
the  promptest  action  could  the  Emperor  save  the  Empire  from 
complete  collapse. 

The  Grand  Duke  took  no  pains  to  conceal  the  Rasputin  scan- 
dal, but  when  the  name  of  the  Empress  was  mentioned  the  lat- 
ter snatched  the  letter  from  Nicholas  Michaelovitch's  hand  and 
tore  it  up. 

When  the  Emperor  received  in  silence  the  statement  that 
Protopopoff  (Minister  of  the  Interior)  had  been  foisted  upon 
him  by  Rasputin  and  listened  to  the  other  accusations  without 
denying  or  showing  signs  of  being  the  least  confused  by  them, 
the  Grand  Duke  lost  all  patience  and  shouted  to  his  Majesty : 

"Do  none  of  these  things  move  you?  You  make  me  think  of 
Alexander  I." 

The  Grand  Duke  was  far  more  moved  than  the  Czar. 

During  the  conversation  the  Czar  politely  lit  matches  for  his 
kinsman's  cigarettes.  When  the  Grand  Duke,  fearing  he  had 
gone  too  far,  said :  "Now  call  your  Cossacks  and  have  me  killed 
and  buried  in  your  garden,"  the  Czar  merely  smiled  and 
thanked  him. 

A  few  days  later,  however,  the  Emperor  wrote  his  cousin  a 
note  ordering  him  to  retire  to  his  country-seat. 

The  Dowager  Empress  refused  to  meet  the  Czarina  for 
months,  owing  to  the  hostile  influence  exercised  by  the  latter 
in  the  Court;  seventeen  Grand  Dukes  addressed  a  manifesto 
to  the  Czar,  warning  him  that  German  intrigues,  led  by  his  wife, 
were  pushing  the  people  to  the  brink  of  revolution;  but  all  ef- 
forts were  wasted.  Whenever  the  Czar  was  warned  of  the 
growing  danger  to  his  throne,  and  urged  the  necessity  of  pro- 
tecting himself  against  the  influences  of  the  Czarina,  he  replied : 

"What  has  Alexandra  to  do  with  politics?  I  refuse  to  be- 
lieve that  she  is  unpopular  among  the  people." 

On  his  arrival  at  Petrograd  in  the  custody  of  four  members 
of  the  Duma,  the  deposed  Emperor  was  turned  over  imme- 
diately to  the  Tsarskoe  Selo  commander  and  taken  to  the  Alex- 
androvsky  Palace,  where  the  former  Empress  Alexandra  al- 
ready was  interned. 

An  astonishing  circumstance,  in  view  of  the  attitude  of  Nicho- 
las toward  the  population  of  Tsarskoe  Selo,  which  lived  en- 
tirely upon  Imperial  favor,  was  the  lack  of  public  interest. 

In  regard  to  the  conditions  under  which  Nicholas  was  be- 
ing held  in  the  Palace,  officers  declared  they  knew  nothing.  Con- 
cerning Alexandra  and  the  other  members  of  the  family,  the 
following  information  was  given: 

All  the  five  children  are  in  bed  with  the  measles,  for  which 
reason  Alexandra  has  not  been  outside  the  palace  walls  for 
two  days.  So  far  as  is  known,  no  order  has  been  issued  pre- 
venting her  from  walking  about  the  grounds.  She  has  been  for- 
bidden to  use  the  telephone  and  telegraph,  or  have  any  com- 
munication with  the  outside  world. 

Since  his  imprisonment  the  Czar  seems  to  have  broken  down. 
It  appears  that  he  is  straitly  guarded,  that  practically  no  one  is 
allowed  to  see  him,  and  that  all  communication  with  the  outside 
world  is  forbidden.  Monarchistic  plots,  of  course,  are  feared, 
•but  it  does  not  look  as  if  the  Czar  would  take  any  part  in  these. 
He  passes  his  time,  we  are  told,  in  fits  of  weeping,  and  in 
shoveling  snow. 


BIG  MAY  DAY  FESTIVAL,  GOLDEN  GATE  PARK. 

Mayor  Rolph  will  crown  the  Queen  at  the  big  municipal  May 
Day  celebration  to  be  held  at  the  Children's  Playground  at 
Golden  Gate  Park,  Tuesday,  May  1st,  when  more  than  five  hun- 
dred children  will  take  part  in  May  dances,  games,  military  ex- 
hibitions, tableaux,  chorus  singing,  band  concerts,  and  other 
features.  Dewey  Day  will  be  observed  at  the  same  time,  and 
the  Mayor  will  award  a  beautiful  silk  trophy  flag  with  staff  and 
eagle,  to  the  organization,  school  or  group  making  the  best 
patriotic  display  in  the  pageant  parade,  which  starts  at  Haight 
and  Stanyan  streets  at  10  a.  m. 

The  coronation  of  the  May  Queen  will  follow,  and  afterward 
May  pole  dances  and  other  features.  A  ton  of  candy,  fruit  and 
cakes  will  be  distributed  free  to  the  children  at  noon. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


Boarding-house  Mistress — What  part  of  the  chicken  do 

you  wish?    Freshman — Some  of  the  meat,  please. — Pelican. 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  .Advertiser 


fhe   Trousseau  of    Lalage 


Her  gTeat.  tragic  eyes  met  his  with  steady  brilliance,  but  be- 
neath her  silken  dress  one  small  foot  beat  the  carpet  nervously. 
'I  have  nothing  to  confess,"  she  reiterated. 

His  thin  face  bore  an  expression  of  entreaty. 

"Be  frank  with  me."  he  pleaded.  "Tell  me  either  that  this  is 
true,  or  else  that  it*s  a  wicked  lie  .  .  .  " 

Her  hand  strayed  to  the  pearls  draping  her  throat. 

"I  disdain  to  bandy  words  on  such  a  subject — I  refuse  to  un- 
roll my  life  like  a  footman  does  a  red  carpet  on  a  wet  day  .  .  . 
for  others  to  step  on.  I  am  proud  and  you  have  said  that  it  be- 
comes me  .  .  .  what  else  is  there  to  say?" 

He  searched  her  face  in  vain  for  signs  of  weakness,  but  it 
was  impassive  and  disdainful. 

"Lalage  ...  I  beg  you,  I  implore  you  to  tell  me  the  truth.  It 
means  a  great  deal." 

She  laughed  slowly  and  with  infinite  amusement. 

"Mon  ami,  the  truth  is  a  bitter  almond,  and  I  have  always 
hated  them.  If  I  say  this  thing  is  true,  you  will  make  a  scene 
and  leave  me;  if  I  say  it  is  false,  you  will  rake  up  a  scandal  by 
insulting  Ferriers.  I  never  let  my  right  hand  know  what  my 
left  hand  is  doing." 

He  caught  her  hand  and  held  it  closely. 

"Dearest  .  .  .  sweetest  ...  I  have  told  you  I  don't  believe 
this  thing." 

"Kind  .  .  .  kind,"  she  said,  mockingly.  "Too  kind  for  one 
in  your  position  to  have  such  faith  in  one  in  mine.  I  act,  I 
make  my  money  by  the  great  'pose'  of  tragedy,  and  yet  at  heart 
I  like  comedy  better.  I  have  hated  death-scenes  all  my  life 
.  .  .  perhaps  that's  why  I  make  them  so  successful !  Look  .  .  . 
here  is  your  great  ancestor's  ring  and  your  mother's  pearls ;  take 
them  back  ...  I  refuse  to  marry  you,  and  I  shall  continue  to 
die  each  night  in  my  theatre,  and  shall  hope  to  see  you  still 
enjoying  my  art  from  a  box,  now  and  then." 

Wildly  he  kissed  her  hand,  but  she  turned  away. 

"Lalage  .  .  .  this  is  not  what  I  mean.  Lalage,  don't  treat 
me  like  this.  .  .  " 

"The  papers  will  wonder  why  our  marriage  is  cancelled," 
said  Lalage,  tragically.  "Well  .  .  .  women  who  hate  me  will 
say  it  is  a  good  advertisement." 

"Don't  .  .  .  you  hurt,"  he  cried.  "I  only  asked  you  to  tell 
me  if  Ferrier's  rotten  little  story  is  true." 

"And  I  refuse,"  she  said,  loftily.  "I  take  no  notice  of  these 
tales.  People  have  said  that  my  clothes  are  paid  for  by  a 
Grand  Duke,  and  that  my  theatre  was  given  me  by  a  millionaire. 
and  my  jewels  came  from  a  Brazilian  who  shot  himself  some- 
where in  a  back  room  when  all  his  money  was  spent.  Why 
should  I  go  about  raking  up  these  things  and  doing  a  perpet- 
ual paper-chase  after  idle  tales?  ..." 

"I  don't  believe  the  tale,"  he  said  fiercely,  amazed  at  her 
callousness,  her  grand  manner  and  her  cynicism.  "Lalage  .  .  . 
take  back  my  ring,  wear  it,  dear." 

Her  hands  moved  amongst  a  bowl  of  tiger  lilies,  arranging 
the  flowers  in  a  more  beautiful  group. 

"Keep  your  ring,"  she  said,  coldly.  "Give  it  to  some  one  who 
doesn't  act  and  hasn't  a  dozen  scandals  tied  to  her  shoe  ribbons. 
I  much  prefer  to  resign  all  claim  to  you  rather  than  be  worried 
about  these  tales." 

She  rang  the  bell  and  her  maid  answered. 

"Bring  the  big  case  of  dresses  in  here,"  she  said  sharply. 

Into  the  room  was  brought  a  large  trunk,  and  Lalage  dis- 
missed the  maid,  took  her  keys  and  opened  it. 

He  watched  her  tear  aside  many  sheathings  of  tissue  paper. 

"Look,"  she  said,  and  laughed.  "Look  .  .  .  here  is  the  first 
installment  of  my  trousseau  ..." 

She  cast  dress  after  dress  and  costume  after  costume  about 
her;  furs,  lingerie,  wraps,  rest  gowns,  cloaks  and  laces — he 
watched  her,  fascinated. 

"How  lovely,"  he  said  several  times. 

Lalage  having  emptied  her  box,  looked  at  him  across  it. 

"My  folly,"  she  said,  and  wove  round  her  shoulders  a  wrap 
made  of  sable  and  cloth  of  gold.  "Money  .  .  .  money  and  art 
brought  all  these  things  into  being  in  honor  of  love  .  .  and  love 
is  like  a  stiletto  ..." 

He  caught  her  suddenly  in  his  arms. 

"Lalage  .  .  .  marry  me  even  if  the  story  is  true  ...  I  don't 
care — you  are  mine." 


The  story  was  true."  she  said  defiantly,  and  stared  at  her 
trousseau. 

He  kissed  her  then,  tenderly  and  yearningly. 
"No  matter,"  he  said,  huskily.     "Put  on  the  ring  again.     I 
don't  care  who  you  are  or  what  you  arc  .  . 
laid  her  head  on  his  shoulder. 
I  never  intended  to  tell  you  ...  I  intended  to  let  you  go. 
You  had  far  better  leave  me  ...  " 

"I  will  never  let  you  go  now,"  he  swore. 
Perhaps  you  don't  understand. 

He  loved  her,  and  Lalage  wanted  to  wear  her  trousseau  be- 
fore it  was  old-fashioned,  and  you  have  to  be  quick  nowadays 
to  do  that. 


WHAT  A  BILLION  MEANS. 

In  the  days  of  millions  of  men  in  the  field  for  one  nation  or 
another,  and  fortunes  at  every  hand  amounting  to  multimillions, 
it  is  no  longer  startling  to  hear  people  speak  of  billions  of  this 
or  that;  the  two  billion  Congress  startled  no  one  but  the  Repub- 
lican party.  To  the  rest  of  the  public  it  was  hardly  extraordi- 
nary. 

A  minute  is  such  a  trifling  measure  of  time  and  a  dollar  is 
such  a  small  sum.  Yet,  since  the  beginning  of  the  Christian 
era  there  have  been  but  a  few  more  than  a  billion  minutes,  and 
the  silver  dollars  would  plate  the  sides  of  every  warship  in  our 
Navy. 

If  Rockefeller,  assuming  that  he  possessed  a  billion  dollars, 
had  his  pile  in  silver  dollars  they  would  make  a  stack,  piled  as 
coins  are  ordinarily  piled,  248  miles  high.  Set  edge  to  edge, 
these  dollars  would  form  a  glittering  ribbon  from  New  York 
to  Salt  Lake  City.  To  coin  the  dollars  would  require  the  use 
of  31,250  tons  of  silver  and  to  haul  them  to  the  mint  would  call 
for  2,083  freight-cars,  drawn  by  104  locomotives.  The  com- 
bined length  of  the  trains  carrying  this  fortune  would  be  in  ex- 
cess of  fourteen  miles. 

At  an  ordinary  valuation  of  agricultural  lands  in  the  best 
farming  sections  of  the  country,  a  billionaire  could  buy  a  farm 
as  large  as  the  combined  area  of  the  States  of  New  York,  Mas- 
sachusetts and  New  Hampshire.  If  he  could  purchase  land  at 
$1  an  acre,  he  could  buy  all  the  territory  of  the  United  States 
east  of  Montana,  Wyoming,  Colorado  and  New  Mexico. 

Pictures  have  often  been  drawn  of  the  wealthiest  man  count- 
ing his  hoard ;  but  he  never  counted  it  dollar  by  dollar.  If  he 
had  the  entire  sum  before  him  and  could  handle  it  as  rapidly  as 
his  watch  ticks — about  $5  to  the  second — it  would  take  him, 
working  night  and  day,  six  years  and  four  months  to  complete 
this  task.  If,  of  course,  he  worked  on  a  union  labor  scale  he 
would  be  just  nineteen  years  on  the  job.  In  order  to  have  it 
coined  for  this  pastime,  the  mint  would  have  to  work  making 
dollar?  for  thirty-two  years  without  pause,  day  or  night. 

The  speediest  element  with  which  the  mind  is  acquainted  is 
light,  for  we  are  not,  it  is  claimed,  yet  certain  of  the  speed  of 
electricity.  Light  travels  approximately  at  the  rate  of  186,000 
miles  a  second,  which,  so  far  as  earthly  distances  are  concerned, 
is  practically  instantaneous.  Yet,  if  a  searchlight  sufficiently 
powerful  to  cast  its  rays  a  billion  miles  into  space  were  turned 
on  from  the  earth,  it  would  not  light  up  its  objective  point  for 
more  than  two  months  afterward.  If  our  sole  illumination  were 
a  sun  a  billion  miles  away,  and  the  fire  were  suddenly  extin- 
guished, we  could  see  that  sun  for  sixty-two  days  afterward, 
that  length  of  time  being  required  for  the  rush  to  the  earth  of 
the  rays  that  were  sent  forth  before  its  death. 

A  striking  point  is  made  by  the  statistician  when  he  observes 
that  we  all  comprehend  the  speed  of  the  ordinary  rifle-bullet, 
that  is,  about  half  a  mile  a  second.  Now,  he  supposes,  if  a 
rifle  a  billion  miles  away  were  shot  at  a  man  (granting  that  the 
bullet  would  carry  the  distance),  the  intended  victim  and  all 
his  descendants  for  twenty-four  generations  would  have  plenty 
of  time  to  pack  up  their  household  goods  and  move  to  the  other 
side  of  the  world  to  dodge  the  bullet,  for  it  would  not  arrive 
for  eight  hundred  years. 


SAFETY  FOR  PRESIDENT   WILSON. 
Poet  John  Kendrick  Bangs  assures  President  Wilson  that — 
There's  no  Elephant  or  Donkey  on  the  Yankee  pike  to-day, 
And  the  Bull  Moose  stops  his  bulling  on  the  broad  and  starry 

way; 
All  the  animals  of  party  in  our  overvaried  zoo, 
Are  united,  Mr.  Wilson,  and  are  standing  back  of  you. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


50CHMR 


■&&&i&'0:''iv ;;  ■.■    :.:i:d^ 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
BLACK-KEW. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Emma  Frances  Black  to  Wm. 
Stephen  Webster  Kew  is  announced  through  cards  sent  by  Miss  Black 
to  her  friends.     The  marriage  will  take  place  the  last  of  the  year. 
BLOOM- HAMBURGER. — Mrs.   Etta  A.   Bloom  announces  the  engagement 
of  her  daughter,   Florine  Mariene,   to  Bertram  Frank  Hamburger,   son 
of  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Henry  Hamburger. 
COOK-WILSON. — An  engagement  has  been  announced  of  Miss  Marjorie 
May  Cook  and  Billy  Wilson  of  Los  Angeles. 

DU  BOIS-REED. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Emily  DuBois  and  C.  L.  Reed 
of  San  Diego  was  announced  a  few  days  ago. 

FOWLES- SNYDER. — The  engagement  of  Assistant  Civil  Engineer  B.  M. 
Synder,  [J,  S.  Navy,  of  Mare  Island,  and  Miss  Grace  Whiting  Fowles, 
youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  Fowles,  Sr.,  of  this  city,  has 
been  announced. 

JOHNSON-CASWELL. — Mrs.  A.  P.  Johnson  has  announced  the  engage- 
ment of  her  daughter,  Miss  Ruth  Johnson,  to  George  B.  Caswell  of 
Los  Angeles. 

McNEAR-TRAIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  McNear  announced  the  en- 
gagement recently  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Einnim  McNear,  to  Elsey 
Swift  Train. 

MILLS-MacLELLAN. — An  engagement  announcement  that  has  just 
reached  San  Francisco  friends  from  San  Luis  Obispo  is  that  of  Miss 
Helen  Mills,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Easton  Mills,  and  George 
Wyeth  MacLellan,  a  prominent  attorney  for  Los  Angeles. 

PATTEN-TEUHLAR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Patten  have  announced  the 
engagement  of  their  daughter,  Florence  May,  to  Aldrich  Joseph  Truh- 
lar. 

SULLIVAN- PROULE. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Margaret  Sullivan  and 
Basil  Proule  is  announced. 

VANDERBURGH- WELLS.— Miss  Bess  Vanderburgh  has  announced  her 
engagement  to  Mr.  Earl  Wells. 

YORK-BROWNELL.—  The  engagement  of  Miss  Eloise  York  of  Portland, 
Ore.,  and  Vincent  Ward  Brownell,  Jr.,  of  this  city  has  been  an- 
nounced. 

WEDDING   ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

JONES-PARDY. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Rhoda  Boswell  Jones  and  George 
W.  Pardy  will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  May  8th  at  St.  Luke's 
Church. 

PLUMMER-DAVIS. — Miss  Muriel  Plummer  and  Cyril  A.  Davis  will  be 
married  on  May  8th  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  A.  Plummer,  at  Centroville. 

WEDDINGS. 

COHRONE-HART.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Leonore  Cohrone  and  R.  D. 
Hart  took  place  Sunday,  April  22d,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother 
in  Central  avenue. 

DREW-MORROW. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Beulah  May  Drew  and  Howard 
Lansing  Morrow  took  place  April  18th. 

FOX-WIS DOM.— Miss  Katherine  Fox  became  the  bride  of  William  Den- 
more  Wisdom  of  Los  Angeles,  April  18th, 

GOODRICH-SKERRETT.— Miss  Margaret  Goodrich  and  Harry  Harlan 
Skerrett  were  married  at  the  St.  Regis  Hotel,  in  New  York,  last  week. 

IRWIN- JOHN  SON. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Anna  Irwin  and  Lloyd  Johnson 
took  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Edward  Bray,  in 
Fruitvale,  on  April  19th. 

MACKENZIE-MACLEAY.— The  marriage  of  Miss  Barbara  Mackenzie  and 
Roderick  Macleay  was  solemnized  Tuesday  in  Portland  at  the  home  of 
the  bride's  father,  Dr.  K.  A.  J.  Mackenzie. 

MESS-HAGAR. — Miss  Dorothea  Mess,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas. 
F.  Mess  of  Livermore,  and  George  Hanna  Hagar,  son  of  Mrs.  George 
C.  Hagar  of  this  city,  were  married  April  16th. 

SHIRLEY -JACK  SON.— The  marriage  of  Mrs.  Kate  Stewart  Shirley  and 
Horace  Jackson  of  Chicago,  was  solemnized  April  18th  at  Grace  Ca- 
thedral. 

SULLIVAN- WEIS. — A  wedding  of  interest  to  local  society  was  that  of 
Miss  Ruth  Sullivan  and  Robert  Weis. 

VON  SAXE-BRENNAN- Charles  H.  Brennan  and  Miss  Leonora  von 
Saxe,  daughter  of  Mrs.  J.  J.  Rauer  of  2335  Pacific  avenue,  were  mar- 
ried April  19th. 

WILKINS-DOZIER.— Miss  Helen  Frances  Wilkins  and  Erwin  Yount  Do- 
zier  were  married  at  St.  Luke's  Church  April  19th. 
LUNCHEONS. 

BAIN. — Mrs.  Robert  Bain  entertained  at  a  luncheon  given  on  Friday  af- 
ternoon at  her  home  in  Piedmont. 

BOTHIN. — Miss  Genevieve  Bothin  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Tuesday  at 
her  home  in  Burlingame. 

CASAD. — The  Woman's  Athletic  Club  was  the  scene  of  a  pretty  luncheon 
Thursday  afternoon,  with  Miss  Dorothy  Cooper,  the  fiancee  of  Glou- 
cester Willis,  the  honored  guest.  The  hostess  on  this  occasion  was 
Miss  Gail  Casad. 

CLOMAN. — Mrs.  Sydney  A.  Cloman  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Monday 
at  the  Palace. 

CROCKER. — Miss  Natalie  Campbell  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon 
party  which  Mrs.  Temple  ton  Crocker  gave  at  the  St.  Francis  Monday. 

HAMILTON. — Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton  entertained  at  luncheon  at  her 
residence  on  Pacific  avenue  on  Wednesday, 

MOORE. — Mrs.  Charles  Moore  gave  a  luncheon  Tuesday  afternoon  at  her 
residence  on  Washington  street. 

PERKINS. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins  will  be  the  complimented  guest  at  the 
luncheon  to  be  given  by  Miss  Marie  Hathaway  to-day  at  her  residence 
on  Gough  street 


ROBBINS.— A  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  Lloyd  Robbins  Thursday  after- 
noon at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club.  On  this  occasion  the  hostess' 
niece,  Miss  Mary  Baldwin,  and  Misses  Caroline  and  Charlotte  Van 
Cortlandt,  shared  the  honors. 

SPRECKELS.— Miss  Claudine  Spreckels  has  asked  a  number  of  her 
friends  to  share  her  hospitality  at  luncheon  this  afternoon. 

TAYLOR.— Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  dispensed  her  hospitality  at  a  luncheon 
Monday  at  the  Francisca  Club. 

VAN  CORTLANDT.— Mrs.  August  Van  Cortlandt  and  her  two  attractive 
daughters,  Misses  Charlotte  and  Caroline  Van  Cortlandt,  have  come 
from  their  home  in  New  York,  and  are  sojourning  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel.  Mrs.  Frank  Anderson  gave  a  luncheon  Wednesday  in  honor 
of  Mrs.  Van  Cortlandt  at  her  apartment  on  Powell  street. 

WHEELER.— Miss  Jean  Wheeler  presided  Thursday  at  luncheon. 

TEAS. 

DANIEL. — Mrs.  John  Daniel  had  an  afternoon  for  a  few  of  her  friends  at 
a  tea  at  her  home  recently  to  meet  Mrs.  Harmon  Albery  of  Colusa, 
who  is  here  for  a  fortnight  or  so. 

GEARY.— Tuesday  afternoon  Miss  Margaret  Geary  was  hostess  at  a  tea 
given  at  the  home  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  William  L.  Geary,  in  Berkeley. 

MacGAVIN.—Miss  Dolly  MacGavin,  whose  engagement  was  announced 
this  week  to  Alan  Cline,  was  the  inspiration  for  the  tea  given  by  Mrs. 
Chester  Woolsey  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  hostess'  home  on  Sacra- 
mento street. 

MORROW. — As  a  compliment  to  Mrs.  A,  Douglas  McBryde,  Mrs.  Howard 
Morrow  will  give  an  informal  tea  on  the  afternoon  of  May  1st  at  her 
home  in  Palo  Alto. 

PATTON.— Miss  Florence  Patton  is  planning  a  tea  at  her  home  in  Thou- 
sand Oaks  on  the  afternoon  of  May  3d  for  Miss  Bernadette  Williams 
on  May  3d. 

WILLIAMS. — Miss  Lois  Williams  will  compliment  Miss  Burnadette  Wil- 
liams with  an  informal  affair  this  afternoon. 
DINNERS. 

BROWN. — Lady  Davis  was  the  guest  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Abraham  Brown, 
at  a  dinner  given  Monday  night  at  the  Hotel  Richelieu. 

EDDY. — A  dinner,  followed  by  a  theatre  party,  provided  much  enjoyment 
Monday  evening  for  a  coterie  of  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Eddy. 
The  dinner  took  place  at  their  residence  on  Broadway. 

KAUFMANN. — Mrs.  M.  F.  Kaufmann  entertained  a  party  of  twelve  inti- 
mate friends  for  dinner  Sunday  evening  at  the  Richelieu. 

STONE Y. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gaillard  Stoney  were  hosts  a  few  evenings  ago 
at  a  dinner  at  their  home  in  Jackson  street. 

TONNINGSEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Tonningsen  were  hosts  Monday  night 
at  a  dinner  dance  party  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis,  as  a  compliment  to 
Miss  Marie  Luise  Weber  and  William  Woods  Adams. 
RECEPTIONS. 

BALDWIN. — Mrs.  A.  Stuart  Baldwin  was  hostess  Thursday  afternoon  at 
her  home  in  Presidio  Terrace  at  a  reception  in  honor  of  the  class  of 
nineteen  nurses  which  graduated  Saturday  from  St.  Luke's  Hos- 
pital. 

HEARST.— Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst  held  a  reception  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
ballroom   Thursday  afternoon. 

OTIS. — Mrs.  James  Otis  on  Monday  afternoon  gave  a,  reception  in  honor 
of  Jules  Bois  at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb. 


Sixty  years  ago,  Gail 
Borden,  impressed  by 
the  fact  that  good  milk 
could  only  be  enjoyed 
by  those  near  the  lource 
or  supply,  worked  out 
a  method  whereby  milk 
of  the  kind  that  he 
thought  folks  ought  to 
have,  could  be  carried 
anywhere,  used  any 
time,    and  £  always    be 


found  clean,  fresh, 
wholesome  and  pure. 
His  process  consisted 
of  combining  pure.clean 
milk  with  cane  sugar, 
then  condensing  the 
milk  to  the  consistency 
of  thick  cream  and 
placing  it  in  an  air-tight, 
germ-proof  container. 
The  result  of  his  dis- 
covery is 


EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

THE         ORIOINAL 

the  most  widely  known  food  product  in  the  world.  Wherever  civilized  man 
has  gone,"  Eagle  Brand"  has  followed — to  the  frozen  North,  with  the  many 
pioneers  in  our  own  trackless  West,  to  the  Tropics  of  both  hemispheres.  And 
what  is  more  important,  thousands  of  mothers,  here  and  abroad,  who  could 
not  nurse  their  babies  have  found  in  "Eagle  Brand"  a  safe,  wholesome  sub- 
stitute for  Mother's  Milk. 
Surely  "Eagle  Brand,"  the  first  of  its  kind,  has  had  a  useful  as  well  as  a  romantic  record. 
Write  today  for  our  booklets 

BORDEN'S  CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

"Leaders  of  Quality"  NEW    YORK  Founded  18S7 


IflllMtl  tllHIIIHIIIITr 


Aphil  28,  19i; 


San  Francisco  N.u>  Lettei 


amooi 
w»»  lb*  « . 


i 


KIRMESS. 

GARDEN    PARTY. 

! 

'' 

II    Kill 

DANCES. 

BHATT1  ik  .—a  military  ball  was  (Iran  ut  Uif  Hotel  Shattuck  on 

day  cvt-nliiK. 

THEATRE   PARTY. 

SHKKW  in.i  Mrs.  William  u.  Bham i  presided  at  n 

Mag. 

LECTURES. 
r  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J  ,Ms  opened  to  the  public 

Wednesday   evening  for  ■  lactate   by    Sidney   Coryn    r..r   the   benefit 
of  the  French  Itellef  Fund. 

ARRIVALS. 

CAPERTON    -Mis.  William  B.  Caperton,  wife  ..r  Hear  Admiral  C 

-    N..  accompanied   by  bet  daughter,   Miss  Marguerite   Cap 
arrived   recently,   and  are  at   the   St.    Fran.  is. 

DEAN.     Mrs.  Waltei   Dean  hat  guesl  the  past  week  her  sister- 

in-law.  Mrs.   Frank   Ili.ks. 

hx KB.— Miss  Elena  Byre  and  Mis?  Kate  Crocker  returned  from  the  Bast, 
where  they  nave  both  been  visiting  for  some  we. 

FLOOn.— Mr.  anil  llrs.  James  L.  Flood,  who  have  been  in  New  York  for 
several  weeks,  have  returned  home. 

GILBERTF. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hallette  Gllberte  of  New  York  are  her. 
at   the  Palace  Hotel. 

LISSAIER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Lissauer  are  entertaining  the  hitter's 
sister.  Miss  Daisy  Weiss,  of  Yonkers.  N,  Y.,  who  will  visit  here  for 
several  weeks. 

MacGAYIX.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hrummon.1  MaiGavin.  who  have  been  in 
Toronto.  Canada,  for  several  months,  arrived  here  Sunday,  and  are 
the  guests  of  the  former's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  MacGavln. 

PULLMAN. — Mrs.  George  M.   Pullman  of  Chicago  is  visiting  her  daughter. 

SPROCLE—  Mrs.  William  Sproule  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Marie  Louise 
Baldwin,  are  domiciled  once  more  at  their  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

WEAVER.— Miss  Mary  Weaver,  a  well  known  society  girl  from  Hon. .lulu, 
is  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Zeile. 

WISHART. — Mr.  an. I  Mrs.  John  Poindexter  Wishart.  who  have  been  in 
many  parts  of  the  world  since  their  marriage  two  years  ago,  are  visit- 
ing the  latter's  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Hedbert  Walker,  at  their  home 
at  Lincoln  Way  and  Twenty-eighth  avenue. 

WYNNE.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  E.  Wynne  of  Pittsburg  are  at  the  Plaza  Hotel 
for  a  month's  stay  or  longer. 

DEPARTURES. 

ARMOUR. — Miss  Lolita  Armour  left  for  Chicago  yesterday. 

MAMMON- Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wendell  P.  Hammon  left  for  Boston  and  other 
Eastern  points,  and  expect  to  be  away  about  two  weeks. 

JUDGE. — Mr.   and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge  left  Tuesday  for  Honolulu. 

MOORE. — Mrs.  J.  Hobart  Moore  has  left  for  Detroit. 

WALKER. — Mrs.  Cyrus  Walker  left  for  New  York  last  week,  to  be  away 
several  weeks. 

WINTHROP. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgerton  Winthrop  of  New  York,  Miss  Mur- 
iel Winthrop  and  Miss  Ruth  Dolan,  who  have  been  guests  at  the  Bur- 
lingame  Country  Club,  left  a  few  days  ago  for  their  home  in  New 
York. 

WOOD. — Mrs.  William  Hart  Wood  has  gone  to  Del  Monte  to  be  away  two 
or  three  weeks. 

INTIMATIONS. 

BRESSE. — Mrs.  Eugene  Bresse  is  planning  to  move  into  her  home  on 
Washington  street  during  the  early  part  of  May.  She  is  at  present 
staying  at  the   Clift  Hotel. 

BROWNE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Junius  Prowne  have  taken  the  Fife  house  at 
Atherton.  and  will  go  down  the  Peninsula  about  June  1st  to  spend  the 
remainder  of  the  summer. 

BOURN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bowers  Bourn  will  move  into  their  hand- 
some new  home  May  1st 

CARPENTER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Whitney  Carpenter,  Jr.,  who  visited 
here  last  year  and  were  much  entertained  by  the  Burlingame  set,  are 
at  present  in  India. 

CASSICRLY. — Mrs.  John  B.  Casserly,  who  has  been  in  Chicago  visiting 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Cudahy.  for  several  weeks,  is  expected  to  reach  home 
next  Sunday  morning. 

FAY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Fay  are  among  those  of  the  smart  set  who  will 
pass  the  summer  in  Palo  Alto. 

HICKS. — Mrs.  Frank  S.  Hicks  of  Los  Angeles  has  been  enjoying  a  visit 
in  this  city,  the  guest  of  her  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Walter  Dean,  at  her 
residence  on  Vallejo  street. 

HILL. — Mrs.  Fentriss  Hill  passed  last  week  at  Uplands,  the  handsome 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton  Crocker  in  San  Mateo. 

JOHNSON. — Following  a  two  weeks'  motor  trip  through  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  and  Mrs,  Lloyd  Johnson  will  establish  their  home  in  San 
Francisco. 


I 

Mi    ami    Us 
it  on  duty 

•nil-  1    R      U 
- 

WILSON.     Mi    mi. I   Mrs    Edgar  Wilson,  who  In 
t.r  in  town,  pi..- 

lit  luminal   al   ihetr  beautiful  i 


HARRY  DUDLEY  AND  COMPANY 

of  Pretty  Girls,  Including  LA  VALERA 
(Formerly  Mrs.  Horton  Forrest  Phipps  of  Kermis 
Fame)  and  Superb  Orchestra  in  a  Refined  and 

BRILLIANT    NEW    REVUE 

— A  Show  of  Vivid  Life  and  Color 
Every  Night  Until  the  Closing  Hour. 

FRED  SOL ARI'S  GRILL.Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone- 
Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties— 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bercex 


C.  Miilhebuau 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 


415-421  Bulk  St..  Su  Fnaewo 


(Above  KtirnT) 


Exchinre.  Doutlai  2411 


O'Farrell  and  Larkin 
Streets 


BLANCO'S 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


A  greaseless  preparation  for  beautify- 
ing the  complexion  that  will  not  cause 
the  growth   of  hair. 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Separate  waists  and  skirts  are  going  to  be  very  prominent 
this  season.  We  have  it  on  very  good. authority — no  less  than 
from  Paris.  There  are  all  sorts  of  blouses  and  all  sorts  of 
skirts,  to  suit  women  of  every  build  and  every  taste.  The  wo- 
man who  adores  those  charming  "little"  blouses  of  chiffon  and 
Georgette  will  find  myriads  of  them  to  her  taste.  Some  are 
finely  pleated  or  tucked,  and  those  that  require  additional 
trimming  take  unto  themselves  bead  trimming  or  filet  lace,  both 
of  which  forms  of  adornment  are  extremely  popular.  In  the 
bead  work,  wooden  beads  are  now  being  used  together  with  the 
glass  beads.  This  is  the  latest  invention  on  the  part  of  design- 
ers of  fancy  effects. 

Some  of  the  new  blouses  are  made  to  give  the  effect  of  coats, 
especially  those  of  hip  or  finger-tip  length  which  are  meant  to 
be  worn  over  the  skirt.  One  of  these  new  blouses  is  illustrated 
in  the  accompanying  sketch.  It  even  has  a  vest  in  the  front 
to   accentuate   the   coat-like   appearance.     It  is   fashioned   of 


Left — A   Costume  with  the   New 

Coat    Blouse. 

Right — Jumper    Styles    are    Sti 

Popular. 


©  MOCALL 


dotted  sports  silk  with  plain  silk  trimmings  in  the  vest,  collar, 
belt,  pockets  and  cuffs. 

Skirts  feature  both  the  straight,  simple  lines  which  continue 
to  satisfy  most  women,  and  the  draped  effects  with  diminishing 
width  at  the  hem  of  the  skirt.  The  barrel  effect  in  these  skirts 
may  be  anywhere  between  the  hips  and  the  knees. 

White  skirts  of  serge,  flannel,  gabardine  and  wool  jersey  are 
worn  with  coats  of  velvet  in  both  dark  and  light  colors.  Be- 
sides the  skirts  of  one  color,  stripes,  checks  and  plaids  with 
various  colors  are  very  frequently  seen. 

The  Embroidered  Frock. 

Afternoon  frocks  lavishly  trimmed  with  embroidery  are  as 
highly  favored  as  ever.  Many  a  frock  is  made  in  jumper  ef- 
fect; not  the  old  kind  of  jumper,  but  an  entirely  new  sleeveless 
affair  extending  below  the  waistline  at  the  front  and  back.  This 
smart  type  of  jumper  is  shown  in  the  sketch.  The  costume  is 
one  of  those  featuring  the  oval  silhouette,  the  skirt  being  softly 
pleated  at  the  top  to  produce  the  slightly  distended  effect  at 
the  hips.  Oyster-white  pongee,  which  is  one  of  the  favored 
dress  fabrics,  develops  this  costume,  and  the  embroidery  on 
the  jumper  is  done  in  the  simple  running  stitch  in  Chinese  blue. 
The  girdle  winds  itself  twice  around  the  figure  as  most  of  the 
girdles  of  this  type  do  in  these  days. 


Summer  Furs. 

Furs  are  not  to  be  discarded  when  the  warm  days  come.  They 
will  be  worn  all  through  the  spring  and  summer  just  as  they 
were  last  year.  Those  who  gasped  at  the  thought  of  wearing 
furs  in  summer  last  year  did  so  because  they  did  not  realize 
that  the  furs  the  fashionable  women  wore  were  not  the  wintry 
kind,  but  specially  light,  summer  furs.  Although  the  fashion 
started  as  a  fad,  it  has  been  proved  that  a  light  fur  wrap  for 
the  shoulders  is  really  acceptable  in  certain  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, especially  in  the  evenings.  And,  of  course,  every  woman 
realizes  how  wonderfully  becoming  they  are.  Fur  appears  as 
a  trimming  on  several  of  the  new  satin  wraps  and  coats.  Satin 
is  considered  especially  smart  for  wraps  as  well  as  dresses,  and 
is  therefore  very  prominent. 

Among  the  new  coats  there  are  some  cape  effects  seen  which 
promise  to  be  well  received  by  the  women  of  fashion.  These 
have  been  launched  by  the  Paris  designers,  and  they  seem  al- 
ready to  be  meeting  with  success. 

The  High  Cost  of  Shoes. 

The  interest  in  footwear  grows  more  and  more  as  we  hear 
of  the  soaring  prices  of  leather.  Plain  low  pumps  to  be  worn 
with  spats  are  going  to  be  worn  very  much  now,  as  this  will  be 
one  of  the  means  of  solving  the  problem  of  the  high  cost  of 
shoes.  Black  patent  leather  pumps  with  white  or  sand-colored 
spats  is  the  fashionable  combination.  In  both  pumps  and  high 
shoes,  gray  and  the  light  tan  shades,  which  are  so  very  popular 
in  dress  materials,  are  also  found  in  shoes.  Kid  and  suede  are 
equally  smart  for  all  occasions.  In  high  shoes  the  upper  part 
is  usually  of  a  light  shade,  either  white,  gray  or  light  tan,  and 
the  lower  part  of  a  dark  leather.  This  combination  seems  to 
be  favored  above  all  others.  Low  shoes,  not  intended  to  wear 
with  spats,  are  sometimes  ornamented  with  cut-steel  buckles. 
The  manufacturers  are  making  shoes  of  cloth  in  gray,  tan  and 
white  to  take  the  place  of  leather  shoes.  They  are  mostly  of 
a  fine  grade  of  canvas  made  on  the  same  lasts  as  the  expensive 
kid  shoes,  and  are  much  less  expensive.  A  few  years  ago, 
shoes  of  velvet  and  satin  were  the  rage,  and  now  that  the  price 
of  leather  is  exorbitant,  will  women  take  kindly  to  these  more 
practical  cloth  shoes? 


USED  THE  FIRST  PRACTICAL   TELEPHONE  IN  THIS 
CITY. 

According  to  the  April  issue  of  the  Pacific  Telephone  Maga- 
zine: "In  the  spring  of  1877  the  first  telephone  installed  for 
practical  purposes  was  furnished  to  Fred  Marriott,  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  News  Letter,  on  a  private  line  from  his  office 
on  Merchant  street  to  his  residence  on  Jones  street." 

In  the  summer  of  the  same  year,  the  first  switchboard  in  San 
Francisco  was  installed  in  the  office  of  the  Gold  &  Stock  Tele- 
graph Company  at  222  Sansome  street,  with  eighteen  stations 
connected.  This  company  became  known  as  the  American 
Speaking  Telephone  Company,  and  was  an  offspring  of  the 
Western  Telegraph  Company.  Its  first  telephone  directory  was 
printed  in  1878  and  contained  178  names.  In  1876  Theodore 
Vail,  Gardner,  Hubbard  Thomas  Watson  and  Mr.  Bell  and  Mr. 
Blake  formed  an  association  of  which  Mr.  Vail  was  president. 
Later  it  became  the  National  Bell  Telephone  of  Boston,  and 
in  1878  it  consolidated  with  the  New  England  Company  and 
became  the  present  American  Bell  Telephone  Company. 


An  old  lady  who  had  been  introduced  to  a  doctor  who 

was  also  a  professor  in  a  university,  felt  somewhat  puzzled  as 
to  how  she  would  address  the  great  man.  "Shall  I  call  you  'doc- 
tor' or  'professor'?"  she  asked.  "Oh,  just  as  you  wish,"  was 
the  reply;  "as  a  matter  of  fact,  some  people  call  me  an  old 
idiot."  "Indeed,"  she  said  sweetly,  "but,  then,  they  are  people 
that  know  you."— Tif-Biis. 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


IFR  AT  WASHING 
The  safe  arrival  in  this  country  of  the  British  and  French 
Commissions  to  confer  with  the  Administration  at  Washington 
regarding  America's  position  and  assistance  in  the  great  Euro- 
pean war  marks  an  historical  epoch  in  this  country's  develop- 
ment. It  binds  the  nation  closer  to  European  alliances  and  to 
world-wide  interests  heretofore  carefully  avoided.  That  the 
event  is  of  signal  importance  to  the  nations  mentioned  is  evi- 
denced by  the  high  position  of  the  representatives  to  this  coun- 
try: Foreign  Secretary  Arthur  J.  Balfour.  Lord  Cunliffe.  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Bank  of  England.  Lt.-General  Bridges.  R.  A.,  Hon. 
Sir  Eric  Drummond.  Lord  Eustace  Perry.  Foreign  Office,  and 
other  prominent  members  and  experts  numbering  twenty-four. 
The  leading  members  of  the  French  Commission  are  M.  Rene 
Viviani.  Premier,  and  Minister  of  Justice  Marshall  Joffre.  who 
turned  the  tide  of  victory  against  Germany  at  the  historical 
battle  of  the  Marne;  Marquis  de  Chambrun  and  a  group  of 
ethers  equal  in  experience  and  numbers  to  the  English  com- 
mission. Viviani  is  official  head  of  his  commission  during  its 
stay  here.  The  advent  of  these  commissions  means  a  closer  re- 
lation and  better  understanding  with  America  regarding  the 
financing  and  other  team  work  in  defeating  Germany,  the  great- 
est contest  of  the  world  between  Democracy  and  autocratic 
government,  backed  by  desperate  militarism  as  represented  by 
Prussia  and  the  Kaiser.    America  has  already  set  aside  $5,000,- 


Field  Marshall  Sir  Douglas  Haig,  who  is 
now  shattering  the  Hindenberg  defense 


Aristide  Briand,  a  leading  member  of 
the  French  war  councils 


000,000  to  assist  her  allies  and  to  provide  them  with  all  the 
foodstuff  that  she  can  possibly  spare.  Viviani  says  that  France 
wants  $100,000,000  monthly.  The  money  will  be  spent  in  Am- 
erica to  purchase  food  and  munitions  of  war,  so  the  money 
loaned  will  practically  remain  in  this  country.  Money  loaned 
the  other  nations  will  be  handled  in  the  same  way.  All  the 
scourging  experience  that  these  master  minds  of  Europe  have 
accumulated  through  the  hard  knocks  of  war  will  be  personally 
explained  to  President  Wilson  and  his  advisers.  This  country 
may  then  be  placed  in  a  position  at  once  to  meet  the  big  mea- 
sures necessary  to  handle  a  great  nation  engaged  in  war.  It 
took  France  and  England  practically  two  years  of  dreadful 
mental  and  spiritual  scourging  to  learn  these  lessons  in  order 
to  overtake  prepared  Germany,  and  these  lessons  and  advice 
will  all  be  explained  to  the  advantage  of  the  Washington  ad- 
ministration. France  has  asked  for  American  troops  in  Euro- 
pean trenches  in  order  to  bring  about  an  earlier  end  to  the  war. 
On  this  point  there  is  likely  to  be  some  discussion. 


The  management  of  Techau  Tavern,  Eddy  and  Powell 

streets,  is  once  more  announcing  that  costly  art  boxes,  con- 
taining a  bottle  of  Le  Lila  de  Rigaud  perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le 
Lilas  de  Rigaud  Sachet,  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face 
powder  are  presented  to  lady  patrons  without  competition.  The 
first  presentation  is  at  4  p.  m.,  the  second  at  4:30  and  the  third 
at  5.  There  is  also  continuous  entertainment  by  the  "Jazz" 
orchestra,  and  the  talented  and  exquisitely  gowned  vocal  art- 
ists. Thus  is  Techau  Tavern  made  an  ideal  choice  for  an  "af- 
ter-the-shopping"  luncheon. 


PR.  SPROl  ll    I  RGJ 

Knthusia  .   is  underway  in  local  musical  circles  to 

pr  vide  sufficient  funds  for  the  usual  symphony  concerts  next 
■son  under  the  direction  of  Alfr.  who  has 

such  a  wonderful  success  as  leader.    Just  now  necessarv 

■  crux  of  the  situation.    At  a  large  mccti 
'   Tenants'  Exchange,  President  Sproule  Ol 

Musical  Association,  pointed  out  that  a  more  difficult 
:>->n  faced  them  this  season,  as  $75,000  in  guarantees  was 

iry  in  order  to  provide  for  the  estimated  cost  of  the  pro- 
grammes rendered,  the  rental  of  the  Cort  Theatre,  and  the  us- 

idcntals.  Mr.  Sproule  urged  all  those  interested  in  the 
cause  of  good  music  to  redouble  their  efforts  in  guarantees  in 
order  to  preserve  the  series  of  symphonies  in  its  growing  suc- 
cess. Promises  of  the  required  support  is  necessary  within  the 
next  thirty  days  in  order  that  the  regular  instrumentalists  of  the 
organization  may  be  notified  before  the  end  of  May,  so  that 
their  contracts  will  be  renewed.  Mr.  Sproule  called  attention 
to  the  growing  popularity  of  these  symphony  concerts  under 
the  direction  of  Director  Hertz,  as  reflected  in  the  largely  in- 
creased box_  office  returns,  including  subscription  for  season 
tickets.  This  season's  cash  receipts  totaled  $56,086,  as  con- 
trasted with  $20,042  taken  in  during  the  first  season  under 
Henry  Hadley.  Among  other  speakers  urging  the  support  of 
the  symphony  series  during  the  forthcoming  season  were  E.  S. 
Heller,  A.  B.  C.  Dohrmann,  Walter  Bliss,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Porter, 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Baldwin,  M.  C.  Porter,  A.  F.  de  Forrest,  J.  B.  Levin- 
son,  John  Rothschild,  Elias  Hecht  and  many  others.  And  it 
might  be  added  quite  naturally  the  strong  support  of  all  box 
ticket  music  lovers  of  this  city,  Oakland  and  Berkeley. 


SOCIETY  FORMED  TO  ASSIST  WOMEN  ARTISTS. 

For  the  amelioration  of  conditions  for  the  women  musical 
artists  of  America  a  Musical  Union  of  Women  Artists  of  Am- 
erica was  recently  formed,  and  received  a  strong  impetus  at  a 
meeting  held  in  the  Hotel  Astor,  New  York.  The  society  is  a 
branch  of  the  Union  Des  Femmes  Artistes  Musiciennes,  which 
was  founded  in  Paris  in  1910.  It  is  a  purely  benevolent  organi- 
zation, and  is  entirely  self-sustaining.  It  was  recognized  as  a 
public  utility  by  the  French  government  in  a  decree  dated  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1914.  It  is  introduced  into  this  country  under  the 
personal  direction  of  Mme.  Christine  Eymael  of  Paris,  who  was 
for  five  years  the  artistic  director  of  the  parent  organization, 
and  who  now  is  the  president  of  the  American  branch. 

The  object  of  the  organization  is  to  render  practical  assist- 
ance to  women  artists  of  the  musical  profession  in  the  follow- 
ing ways:  An  emergency  fund;  adjustment  or  rents;  summer 
vacation  fund;  legal  advice;  medical  attendance  and  medicines; 
costumes;  engagements  obtained  and  funds  advanced  for  con- 
certs; lessons;  establishing  a  fund  to  build  and  maintain  a  home 
for  retired  musicians. 

Membership  in  this  organization  is  open  to  both  men  and 
women  in  all  save  sustaining  and  beneficiary  memberships. 
Founders  are  those  who  contribute  annually  $100  or  more.  Hon- 
orary members  are  those  who  contribute  annually  $25  or  more. 
Sustaining  members  (only  professional  women  musicians  are 
admitted  to  this  class  of  membership)  are  those  who  contribute 
annually  $5  or  more.  Artist  members  (beneficiaries)  are  those 
who  contribute  annually  $2.  The  subscriptions  are  payable  in 
advance,  and  are  to  be  addressed  to  the  Musical  Union  of  Wo- 
men Artists.  All  beneficiary  members  desiring  assistance  may 
apply  directly  to  the  union.  Members  of  the  American  branch 
sojourning  in  France  are  entitled  to  privileges,  courtesies  and 
protection  from  the  Union  des  Femmes  Artistes  Musiciennes  of 
Paris.  The  first  step  toward  rousing  public  interest  in  the  organi- 
zation was  made  in  giving  a  concert  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
House,  last  week,  when  a  number  of  celebrated  artists  gave 
their  services  for  the  cause. 

Mmes.  Eymael,  Elsa  Gregori  and  Gahagan  and  Messrs.  Chas. 
E.  Lelanne,  Howard  Kyle  and  Emilie  Villemin  were  among  the 
speakers  at  the  meeting  in  the  Hotel  Astor.  Parts  of  an  opera 
by  W.  Franke  Harling  were  given,  with  the  composer  at  the 
piano,  assisted  by  Gretchen  Morris,  soprano,  and  Bechtel  Al- 
cock,   tenor. 


"How  do  you  know  thare  are  lots  of  girls  who  do  not  in- 
tend to  marry  ?"    "Because  I've  proposed  to  several." — Ex. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


Mrs.  McNear  Raises  Garden  Truck. 

Mrs.  Fred  McNear  carried  off  the  honors  at  the  recent  Fash- 
ion Show  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker,  and  here  is  a 
good  story  apropos  of  the  sensation  that  she  created. 

Mrs.  McNear  was  not  in  the  pageant  of  fair  women  who 
posed  in  the  most  alluring  and  most  exciting  sports  clothes  that 
the  smartest  designers  have  produced  for  the  season. 

But  her  hat  was  more  thrilling  than  any  worn  in  the  show, 
and  naturally  inspired  more  comment  than  anything  else.  It 
was  a  huge,  languishing  affair,  the  brim  drooping  far  over  the 
eyes.  And  against  the  pale  green  straw  glowed  a  wreath  of 
potatoes,  onions,  tomatoes,  radishes  and  parsley — not  little, 
stunted  vegetables,  but  the  size  that  we  raise  in  California.  It 
was  very  decorative  on  a  hat,  this  garden  truck,  which  gener- 
ally decorates  a  stew. 

©    ©    © 

But  Not  Sudden  Riches. 

No  one  paid  any  attention  to  the  bon  mot  of  the  man  who 
said  that  the  designer  must  have  been  stewed  when  she  made 
it. 

But  when  a  chap  came  along  and  asked  Mrs.  McNear  whe- 
ther the  stuff  was  real — and  so  lifelike  were  the  things  that  he 
might  well  be  excused  for  fancying  it  had  been  plucked  from 
a  hot  house  vegetable  garden,  Mrs.  McNear  made  answer,  which 
is  going  the  rounds. 

Said  she:  "Real  potatoes  and  onions  and  tomatoes — I  should 
say  not:  Fred  hasn't  come  into  sudden  riches!" 
©    ©    © 

Society  and  Economics. 

The  women  in  the  smart  set  are  harassing  their  souls  over 
the  question  of  clothes  this  year  anyway.  It  is  not  the  style,  nor 
the  cut,  nor  the  fabric  which  is  worrying  them,  but  the  question 
which  disturbs  their  conscience  is  whether  it  is  really  a  sound 
economic  policy  to  save  on  clothes. 

Mrs.  Herbert  Hoover  has  come  back  from  Europe  begging 
the  women  to  eliminate  all  extravagances  in  clothes,  urging  them 
to  purchase  all  the  hand-made  laces  done  by  the  women  of 
Belgium  that  they  can  get  hold  of,  but  otherwise  to  go  in  for 
the  simplest  and  most  serviceable  things. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Hoover  Preaches  Economy. 

The  other  day  a  group  of  Burlingame  women  who  heard  Mrs. 
Hoover  talk  decided  to  put  the  thing  up  to  economic  experts, 
and  so  they  have  addressed  a  series  of  questions  to  one  of  the 
greatest  economic  experts  in  this  country,  asking  him  whether 
the  preachment  of  economy  of  this  sort  is  apt  to  create  great 
and  unnecessary  depression  in  this  country.  Of  course,  Mrs. 
Hoover's  idea  is  that  the  money  saved  on  clothes  will  be  at 
once  sent  to  the  Allies — but  these  women  question  whether 
those  who  have  not  been  over  there,  as  Mrs.  Hoover  has,  are 
yet  ready  to  make  immediate  financial  return  to  the  Allies  out 
of  the  margin  of  their  savings,  and  they  fear  that  the  money 
will  be  hoarded  and  people  here  thrown  out  of  employment. 

Which  just  goes  to  show  that  society  thinks  as  well  as  frivols, 
for  no  set  is  trying  harder  to  find  out  just  what  is  the  sane  and 
patriotic  thing  to  do. 

©    ©    © 
Mrs.  Downey  Harvey  to  Return. 

The  news  that  Elsie  Arden  Brickell  has  been  awarded  the 
medal  of  "Merite  de  France  et  des  Colonies"  for  her  services  to 
the  French  wounded  soldiers,  was  received  last  week  in  letters 
to  Noel  Sullivan  and  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey,  two  of  the  intimate 
friends  of  the  beautiful  California  contralto  who  has  won  sig- 
nal recognition  for  her  services. 

Mrs.  Downey  Harvey  is  still  visiting  in  New  York  and  Wash- 
ington, but  is  expected  home  very  shortly.  The  Downey  Har- 
veys  will  make  their  home  with  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  this  sum- 
mer. 

©     ©    © 
Athletica  Supreme. 

When  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club  was  first  projected  in  the 
imaginations  of  the  optimists,  there  was  always  a  handy  man 


cr  two  around  to  put  the  crusher  on  the  idea. 

And  when  the  idea  stopped  vaporing  around  in  the  nebulous 
void  to  become  a  reality  in  brick  and  stone,  there  was  never  a 
dearth  of  a  male  chorus  of  pessimists  to  hand  out  blue  prints 
of  why  the  membership  would  never  reach  the  thousand  mark 
and  how  impossible  it  would  be  to  run  it  properly  on  the  dues. 

Came  the  day  when  a  waiting  list  cheered  the  soaring  spirits 
of  the  directors,  and  then  on  the  opening  of  the  club  the  little 
gods  of  success  grinned  all  over  the  place. 

The  innovation  of  the  Wednesday  night  dinners  which  would 
permit  men  to  dine  on  the  premises  sacred  to  Athletica  has  been 
as  great  a  success  as  every  other  venture.  Some  idea  of  the 
popularity  of  these  affairs  may  be  glimpsed  from  the  fact  that 
all  the  table  space  for  the  next  six  weeks  has  been  reserved  by 
members,  who  have  found  this  a  delightful  way  to  entertain. 

The  Athletic  Club  is  no  longer  resting  on  shaky  foundations 
and  rearing  its  roof  in  the  clouds  of  doubt.  The  members  are 
enjoying  every  syllable  of  the  placard  of  success  which  is  writ- 
ten in  the  invisible  sort  of  ink  which  is  more  legible  to  every 
observer  than  the  boldest  black-face  type. 
©    ©    © 

Cocktails  and  Golf. 

Golf  still  holds  the  interest  of  the  coterie  in  Burlingame  that 
has  never  ceased  to  swing  the  golf  stick,  although  it  must  be 
confessed  that  at  one  time  there  was  more  competition  among 
the  women  than  at  present.  However,  the  fact  that  a  group 
which  includes  Mrs.  Julian  Thome,  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor,  Mrs.  Wal- 
ter Martin,  Miss  Edith  Cheseborough,  Mrs.  Will  Taylor,  Mrs. 
Latham  McMullin,  and  a  number  of  others,  come  up  to  Ingle- 
side  once  a  week  to  play  in  the  "cocktail  cup"  tournament 
shows  how  strong  the  interest  still  is. 
©    ©    © 

Not  Champion  Drinkers. 

Which  reminds  me  of  a  funny  story  anent  these  tournaments. 
An  Eastern  girl  asked  one  of  the  women  the  other  day  what 
they  played  for,  and  the  Californian  absent-mindedly  answered 
"cocktails." 

"You  must  have  some  capacity  out  here,"  ejaculated  the 
Easterner.  "Why,  if  we  played  and  drank  cocktails  all  day 
long  in  the  East  we'd  die  as  dipsomaniacs  long  before  we  ever 
got  into  the  champion  class."  Whereupon  some  one  led  her  in 
and  showed  her  the  little  silver  cocktail  cups  which  are  the 
trophies  of  these  tournaments,  and  she  realized  her  mistake. 
©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Julia  Thorne  Leader  Pre-Eminent. 

The  members  are  very  much  interested  in  the  handsome  new 
clubhouse  which  is  to  be  built  on  their  own  land — the  present 
building  standing  on  leased  ground.  The  new  club  house  is  to 
be  a  very  handsome  affair,  with  none  of  the  "homey"  qualities 
of  the  present  one  omitted. 

The  women  are  hoping  that  Mrs.  Julian  Thorne,  who  has 
been  responsible  for  the  renewed  interest  of  society  women  in 
this  club,  will  continue  as  leader  of  the  woman's  section,  for 
during  her  regime,  that  section  has  flourished  as  it  had  never 
before  flourished. 

©    ©    © 

Lectures  Galore. 

Lectures  of  one  sort  or  another  claim  much  space  in  the  cal- 
endar. S.  Richard  Fuller,  who  is  talking  in  behalf  of  the  desti- 
tute gentlefolk  of  France,  has  spoken  at  a  number  of  drawing- 
room  affairs  arranged  by  hostesses  who  are  interested  in  this 
phase  of  war  relief.  Mrs.  C.  O.  G.  Miller,  Mrs.  Mayo  Newhall 
and  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  are  among  those  who  have  invited 


Convenient  "to  all  Places  of  Interest 

Hotel  Clark 

\   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIM  MICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


■iiimnn HIIK. 

Uu " " ""> 


April  28.  l<>n 


and  California  Advertise! 


11 


Mr.  Fuller  * 


out  car  xt  Monday  i 

her  home  on  Cleopatra  and  n  on- 

ditions  in  I  ,n  expert  od  has 

been  asked  to  give  t:  usual  one. 

ule  Returns. 

Mrs.  William  Sproule.  who  has  been  East  for  many  months 

recuperating  from  the  serious  operation  which  she  was  forced 

ergo  at  John  Hopkins  Hospital  in  Baltimore,  returned  to 

San  Francisco  this  week  with  her  daughter.  Miss  Marie  Louise 

Baldwin. 

Mrs.  Sproule  is  being  greeted  by  her  hosts  of  friends,  who 
are  delighted  to  find  that  she  shows  no  signs  of  her  illness,  and 
is  planning  all  sorts  of  good  times  for  the  young  friends  of  her 
daughter. 

©    ©    9 

Wild  Flower  Fete  at  Fairmont. 

Much  interest  is  displayed  in  the  Wild  Flower  Fete  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  this  week,  the  climax  of  the  affair  coming  this 
Saturday  afternoon  at  the  Benefit  Tea  Dance,  when  society  will 
turn  out  in  large  numbers. 


Tiro  More  Lectures  by  John  Cowper  Powys. 

John  Cowper  Powys,  that  most  fascinating  and  stimulating 
of  lecturers,  will  lecture  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  Tuesday  even- 
ing, on  "Walt  Whitman,  the  Humanist,"  the  last  of  his  series 
on  "Prophets  of  Democracy." 

On  Thursday  afternoon,  Mr.  Powys  will  deliver  his  last  lec- 
ture, the  subject  being  "Keats,  the  Cult  of  the  Beautiful."  He 
closes  by  indicating  his  own  system  of  Imaginative  Reason,  in 
its  relation  to  the  ultimate  problems  which  confront  us  all  to- 
day. This  has  been  Mr.  Powys'  first  visit  to  San  Francisco. 
He  has  delighted  his  audiences  with  new  viewpoints  and  made 
many  warm  friends  and  enthusiastic  followers. 
©    ©    © 

Sidney  Coryn  Lectures. 

It  is,  of  course,  bromidic  now  to  say  that  Sidney  Coryn's 
weekly  articles  on  the  progress  of  the  war  far  excel  anything 
else  in  that  line.  Mr.  Coryn  is  to  give  a  weekly  resume  on 
"The  Progress  of  the  War,"  discussions  of  military  movements 
in  the  fields  of  battle,  and  of  all  related  topics  in  the  news  of 
the  world.  The  talks  will  be  illustrated  with  large  scale  maps, 
so  that  one  will  come  away  with  a  complete  and  comprehensive 
understanding  of  events. 

'  Mr.  Coryn's  afternoon  and  evening  courses  on  the  "Aspects 
of  the  War"  still  continue.  Next  Tuesday  afternoon  he  will 
discuss  the  relation  of  German  Philosophy  and  the  War,  com- 
menting on  "Materialism  and  its  Nemesis."  On  Friday  evening 
at  8:15  o'clock  he  will  talk  on  the  Bagdad  Railroad — the  prize 

of  the  war. 

©    ©    © 

Beringer  to  Lecture  at  Santa  Rosa. 

Professor  and  Mme.  Joseph  Beringer,  of  the  well  known  Ber- 
inger Conservatory  of  Music  in  this  City,  and  Mr.  H.  Samuels, 
violinist,  will  be  in  Santa  Rosa  on  Thursday,  May  3d,  on  which 
day  they  will  demonstrate  their  art,  and  will  hold  the  semi-an- 
nual examination  of  the  piano,  vocal  and  violin  classes  at  the 
Ursuline  College.  The  college  is  accredited  to  the  Beringer 
Conservatory  of  Music,  and  has  adopted  the  latter's  complete 
method  of  teaching.  Professor  Beringer  will  open  the  exami- 
nations with  a  lecture  on  the  subject :  "Incidents  in  the  Life  of 
Ludwig  van  Beethoven." 

©    ©    © 

The  concert  given  in  the  Colonial  ball  room,  Hotel  St.  Fran- 
cis, last  Monday  afternoon,  by  Reinhold  Warlich  and  Fritz 
Kreisler,  drew  one  of  the  smartest  audiences  assembled  this 
year.  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  entertained  in  her  box  Mrs.  C. 
Frederick  Kohl,  Mrs.  Eugene  Murphy,  Mile.  Criticos  and  Miss 
Eleanor  Sears,  Mrs.  Ashton  Potter,  Messrs.  Carolan  and  Soko- 
loff.  Others  present  were  Mesdames  Henry  Crocker,  James 
Ellis  Tucker,  John  Rothchild,  Jesse  Lilienthal,  Henry  Kier- 
sted,  Mrs.  Peter  McG.  McBean,  Thomas  A.  Driscoll,  Russell 
Wilson,  Ira  Pierce,  M.  C.  Sloss,  Alfred  Sutro,  Irving  Wright, 
James  Otis,  Marcus  Koshland. 

©    ©     © 

After  spending  two  months  in  the  East,  Dr.  Louis  C.  Deane 
returned  to  this  city  this  week. 


: 

Jose;  George  Robertson,  Sa  .,„  W. 

I  11.  Oberlin.  Ohio;  C.  L.  Bie  Dyer. 

kins.  Boston.  M  .  Ben- 

ton. S]  ..;  M.  B.  Ucrnstcin.  New  York;  Ml 

Ig  and  daughter.  Milwaukee;  Charles  H.  Rob- 
l  Luis  Obispo;  A.  E.  Arnol.i 
ca,  Madagascar,  and  many  others. 

Among  San  Francisco  residents  who  are  guests  at  Hotel 
Los  Angeles,  having  gone  to  the  City  of  the  Angels  dur- 
ing the  past  week,  include:  Mrs.  A.  Shellberger.  Miss  Pearl 
Lowell.  Miss  Phileta  Fitzgerald.  Camillo  Margo.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  A.  Glaser.  Mrs.  W.  J.  Citron.  Mrs.  M.  J.  Hyde,  A.  D.  Had- 
sel  and  family,  Mrs.  O'Brien.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Harrison.  B. 
W.  Brackrubbcry,  A.  H.  Gregory,  J.  A.  Gray,  Chas.  M.  Crabb. 
A.  L.  Clark,  D.  F.  Mahaffy.  L.  A.  Ash.  A.  W.  Dangler.  H.  D. 
Stacey.  E.  C.  Labadie.  B.  L.  Brooks,  V.  A.  O'Neil,  Richard 
Sachse,  James  E.  Tucker,  Mrs.  V.  J.  Milton,  A.  W.  Leonard,  R. 

E.  Temple,  James  Bacigalupi,  Dr.  J.  F.  and  Mrs.  Cowen,  L.  S. 
Ayer,  B.  J.  Klein,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  B.  Wallach,  the  Misses  Wal- 
lach,  W.  J.  Boyer,  Ada  Boyer,  lone  Boyer,  Helen  Boyer,  John 

F.  Corkery,  J.  W.  Glenn,  A.  N.  Johns,  T.  V.  Anderson,  Mrs. 
Orrin  F.  Wiseman,  G.  R.  Lumbard,  T.  M.  Malone,  W.  R.  Fon- 
taine, J.  B.  Monohan,  W.  D.  Day,  Mrs.  L.  Sinsheimer,  W.  K. 
Powell,  F.  C.  Nelson,  H.  E.  Passour,  A.  C.  Wells,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  Clampett,  Robert  Miller,  C.  W.  Stone,  Rose  Reynolds,  Dr. 
Bertram,  Mrs.  Stone,  C.  G.  Ward,  G.  J.  Sullivan,  Miss  Isla 
Miller,  R.  L.  Ruby,  L.  P.  Larsen,  Joseph  B.  Keenan,  B.  Moul- 
throp,  Mrs.  E.  I.  Hammond,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Sonntag,  H.  Key- 
ser,  T.  C.  Tucker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  Madison,  V.  C.  Dickin- 
son, E  W.  Taylor,  Wm.  E.  Parks,  E.  G.  Evans,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Barry, 
Joseph  Sheinberg,  R.  Anderson,  Wm.  G.  Autonouch,  W.  J. 
Tinkler,  A.  W.  Lynes,  Normand  D.  Kelly,  and  Lyman  L. 
Pierce.  Also  the  following  from  Berkeley :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  B. 
Dewey,  Mrs.  Frank  Scoonover,  T.  J.  Wrampheimer,  H.  H. 
Wickoff,  Mrs.  F.  Browning  and  daughter,  C.  A.  Turner  and  R. 
Hilscher;  and  the  following  from  Oakland:  Mrs.  A.  H.  Glas- 
cock, Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Gray,  Dr.  Eva  L.  Harrs,  Miss  Elma 
Harris,  Miss  Edna  Harris,  Edward  C.  Campbell,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  B.  Meek,  S.  J.  Boyce,  Mrs.  E.  N.  Ewer,  John  and  Edward 
Ewer,  E.  L.  Matthews  and  C.  A.  Metcalfe. 

©     ©    © 

The  Hotel  Oakland  is  patriotically  displaying  the  Stars  and 
Stripes,  and  two  huge  flags  cover  the  entire  east  end  of  the  spa- 
cious lounge,  and  another  hangs  from  the  balcony  on  the  mez- 
zanine floor.  Once  during  each  meal  "The  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner" is  played  by  the  hotel  orchestra.  The  Red  Cross  members 
have  been  furnished  a  room,  which  is  devoted  to  the  Red  Cross 
members'  use  once  each  week. 

Mr.  S.  J.  Boyce  has  taken  up  his  residence  at  the  Hotel  Oak- 
land. The  comfort  and  congeniality  could  not  longer  be  re- 
sisted by  Mr.  Boyce,  and  he  plans  to  remain  at  the  Oakland 
indefinitely. 

Mrs.  Joseph  V.  Long,  who  resided  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  for 
so  many  months  about  a  year  ago,  and  whose  home  is  in  Butte, 
Mont.,  has  returned  to  spend  the  summer  in  the  hotel  again. 
Mr.  Long  is  at  present  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  is  expected  to 
join  Mrs.  Long  later. 

Among  prominent  arrivals  in  the  Oakland  recently  are :  Mr. 
Walter  P.  Lane,  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Merton  and 
family,  Calumet,  Mich. ;  Mrs.  H.  W-  Topping,  Miss  Bortolf  and 
Mr.  T.  Steinberger,  Sierra  Madre;  Mrs.  T.  H.  Ramsay,  Red 
Bluff,  Cal.;  and  the  Misses  Walsworth  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  be- 
sides many  others. 

On  Friday,  April  27th,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Brown  will  entertain  about 
seventy  friends  at  dinner  in  the  Blue  Room  of  the  Hotel  Oak- 
land.   


Keelev 


The  DRUNKARD  is  a  sick  man 
NOT  a   CRIMINAL 

His  entire  system  has  become  diseased  by  the  alcoholic  poison. 
The  KEELEY  restores  him  to  health,  happiness  and  home. 
Printed  matter  in  sealed  envelopes  on  request. 
THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE,  2420  Webster  St.,  Cor.  Pacific  Ave. 
Phone  Fillmore  3963  (Endorsed  by  U.  S.  Government.) 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


PL/EASUKDS  WAND 

"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 


Maude  in  Capital  Characterization  at  Columbia. 

And  it  came  to  pass  in  April,  1917,  that  Cyril  Maude  came 
to  San  Francisco. 

He  came,  this  lovable  English  actor,  as  the  bad  mannered, 
good  hearted,  tender,  irascible,  sharp,  doting,  shrewd,  old 
"Grumpy"  of  the  play  which  two  English  actors  have  built 
around  a  character  as  old  as  the  human  race,  though  for  stage 
purposes  his  characteristics  are  accented  and  correlated  to 
dramatic  action. 

Let  those  who  will  scoff  at  melodrama.  For  myself,  the  few 
good  melodramas  that 
we  have  had  in  late 
years  are  comforting 
cases  in  the  long,  desert 
vistas  of  propaganda 
plays  that  are  neither 
convincing  propaganda 
nor  good  plays. 

The  authors  of  the 
play  turned  all  the  stage 
business  they  knew  into 
the  writing  of  a  bully 
detective  story  —  the 
mystery  of  the  robbery 
of  the  diamond,  the 
fight  in  the  dark;  the 
clue  of  the  camellia 
with  a  thread  of  a  wo- 
man's hair  tied  round 
the  stem;  the  tracing  of 
the  journeyings  of  the 
tell-tale  camellia  and  its 
innocent  sister  flowers ; 
the  trapping  of  the 
guilty  man ;  and  Grumpy 
— great  old  criminal  law- 
yer who  has  unraveled 
the  mystery,  says  "Bless 
you,  my  children"  to  the 
young  lovers,  and  goes 
off  to  bed  just  like  any 
old  cross-patch  of  an  82 
year  old   sleepy-head. 

Salutations  to  the  au- 
thors who  made  the 
character  of  Grumpy  go 
its  humorous,  satirical, 
blustering,  endearing, 
amazingly  clever  way 
through  four  acts  of  a 
detective  story,  instead 
of  the  usual  vehicle  for 
a  character  study. 

As  for  the  actor,  salu- 
tations and  then  sa- 
laams, and  a  perfect 
willingness  to  admit 
that  one  should  write 
about  his  work  kneeling, 
not  sitting. 

For  it  is  a  genuine  achievement. 

The  average  character  actor  would  play  it  as  the  old  age  of 
whimsy  and  palsy,,  of  bluster  and  blundering  flashes  of  his  old 
form  as  the  great  criminal  lawyer.  A  bad  tempered,  generous 
old  Grumpy  is  an  achievement  within  the  scope  of  the  talents 
of  the  average  character  actor.  But  Cyril  Maude  does  some- 
thing more  with  Grumpy  than  invest  him  with  all  the  tricks  of 
the  business.  He  makes  him  flesh  and  blood,  not  the  flesh  and 
blood  of  the  drowsy  eighties,  though  he  snores  like  "kittens" 
(particularly  when  he  wants  to  overhear  something),  but  the 


Hermine  Shone,  Who  Will  Appear  in  "  Mary  Ann  "  Next  Week  at  the  Orpheum 


flesh  and  blood  of  an  old  man  who  still  has  fire,  energy,  alert- 
ness, decisiveness  and  a  temper  as  undisciplined  as  his  gen- 
erosity. 

A  packed  house  greeted  Cyril  Maude  the  opening  night,  and 
if  the  box  office  line  does  not  extend  half  a  block  during  the 
entire  two  weeks  of  his  engagement,  the  town  will  owe  itself 
an  apology.  Laughter  and  thrills  fight  for  supremacy  in  the 
play,  and  both  lose !  For  it  is  affection  which  wins.  Even  be- 
fore Cyril  Maude  made  that  memorable  first  night  curtain 
speech  he  had  so  endeared  Grumpy  to  the  audience  that  he  will 

always  have  a  niche  in 
our  hearts. 

Cyril  Maude  has 
brought  with  him  an  ex- 
cellent company.  For 
the  New  York  produc- 
tion he  had  his  own 
daughter,  Miss  Margery 
Maude,  playing  the  role 
of  granddaughter.  Miss 
Muriel  Martin  Harvey  is 
the  granddaughter  en 
tour,  and  performs  very 
prettily,  with  commend- 
able English  reserve 
which  our  own  ingenues 
might  copy  whenever 
they  feel  like  being  too 
"cute."  Miss  Van  Wage- 
Inen  tand  Miss  Murray, 
who  play  the  other  two 
feminine  roles  are  like- 
wise endowed  with  much 
pulchritude  and  charm. 
The  nephew,  who 
loses  the  diamond  en- 
trusted to  his  care,  and 
the  villain  who  steals  it 
are  played  by  two  young 
English  actors  who  de- 
serve much  praise  for 
their  work.  Mr.  Leonard 
Willey,  who  is  the  crook, 
is  one  of  the  best  bred 
Raffles  we  have  had  with 
us  in  fiction  or  play,  and 
never  does  he  make  it 
seem  incredible  that  he 
should  be  received  in  the 
best  society. 

If  you  have  not  seen 
"Grumpy"  you  deserve 
to  have  a  quarrel  with 
yourself. 

Miss  Cunningham  Scores 
Hit  at  Orpheum. 
The  Orpheum  presents 
Cecil  Cunningham,  this 
week,  in  a  repertoire  of 
exclusive  songs.  It  likewise  presents  a  number  of  other  good 
things.  But  Miss  Cunningham  is  in  a  class  by  herself.  There 
is  violent  need  for  some  one  to  coin  a  new  word  for  that  much 
hackneyed  and  abused  term,  "personality."  If  it  had  not  lost 
all  significance,  one  would  be  tempted  to  bromide  along  for 
several  paragraphs  about  Miss  Cunningham's  personality.  In- 
stead, let  us  admit  in  the  terse  argot  of  the  hour  that  she  is 
"all  there,"  which  means  everything,  or  anything,  or  nothing 
at  all. 

She  has  a  good  voice,  a  blithe,  buoyant  lilt  in  it  that  is  as 


April  28.  1917 


and  California    Vlv 


13 


removed  from  the  croak  of  the  vaudeville  voice  as  a  n 
gale's  song  is  from  the  hoarse  love  litany  of  a  fro, 
four  songs,  which  have  been  specially  written  for  her  by  Jean 
Havex.  and  she  not  only  sings  them,  but  she  acts  them,  and 
then  she  does  an  orchestration  stunt  with  the  orchestra  which 
is  joyous.     Her  comic  opera  travesty  is  a  concent! 
of  the  sort  of  thing  which  we  used  to  get  at  the  old  Tivol 
does  the  comic  king  cast  away  on  the  desert  island,  frequently 
interrupted  by  the  chorus,  the  real  kink  who  seeks  the  hand  of 
the  daughter  of  the  cast-away,  the  rescue  of  the  lovely  | 
the  American  naval  officer,  and  all  the  rest  of  it.    The  lines  are 
as  clever  as  the  girl  who  sings  them,  and  we  congratulate  Miss 
Cunningham  on  her  good  fortune  in  having  Jean  Havez  collabo- 
rate with  her. 

The  audience  does  not  get  half  enough  of  her — which  proves 
that  the  audience  reacts  right.  However,  Miss  Cunningham  is 
on  for  another  week,  and  has  promised  some  new  songs — 
though  I  for  one  could  go  right  on  listening  to  these.  However, 
the  new  ones  are  likewise  from  the  witty  and  musical  pen  of 

Havez,  so  they  are  sure  to  be  delightful. 

•  »  • 

Vantages  Crowded  with  Feature  Bill. 

Pantages  has  an  excellent  bill  this  week,  the  program  offer- 
ing a  wide  diversity  of  entertainment,  beginning  with  a  swing 
act  by  Samayoa  and  ending  in  a  musical  comedy  one  act,  fea- 
turing Jack  Henry  and  Rose  Gardner,  supported  by  a  company 
of  thirteen. 

In  between  the  first  and  last  numbers  are  some  excellent 
acts,  including  a  father  and  little  daughter,  aged  four,  who 
play  the  harp;  Taber  and  Green,  colored  song  and  monologue 
artists;  Billy  Hall,  who  acts  two  parts  in  an  amusing  playlet; 
Patricola,  who  does  the  songs  of  the  hour,  and  the  usual  mov- 
ing picture  thrills. 

*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

New  Allegory  Playlet  Heads  Orpheum  BUI. — Mermine 
Shone,  one  of  the  cleverest  and  most  popular  actresses  in  vau- 
deville, will  make  her  reappearance  after  quite  a  lengthy  ab- 
sence, and  will  present  her  latest  and  greatest  success,  "Mary 
Ann,"  a  modern  allegory  that  depicts  the  most  important  events 


George  Kruger,  the  eminent  pianist,  who  will  be  heard  in  a  joint  concert  with 

Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath,  soprano,  at  the  Colonial  Ballroom  of  the 

St.  Francis  Hotel,  Thursday  evening,  May  3 


Mme  Carrie  Bridewell,  the  American  Contralto,   who  will  be  heard  in  the  Concert 
at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  Friday  Evening,   May  4th. 

of  a  girl's  life.  Miss  Shone  will  be  supported  by  a  notable  cast, 
which  includes  Glen  Anders.  Herbert  Ashley  and  Jack  All- 
man,  great  favorites  in  this  city,  are  for  the  first  time  asso- 
ciated together  in  vaudeville.  They  will  introduce  a  new  skit 
entitled  "The  Dawn  of  a  New  Day,"  one  of  the  biggest  comedy 
hits  of  the  present  season.  Jos.  N.  Togan  and  Isabella  Geneva 
call  their  act  Mid-Air  Dancing,  or  Watch  Your  Step.  On  a 
steel  wire  they  execute  a  series  of  difficult  steps  which  eclipses 
those  of  many  of  the  dancers  who  perform  on  the  floor.  Ethel 
MacDonough,  a  Boston  girl,  will  present  new  exclusive  songs 
and  songs  of  yesterday.  Cecil  Cunningham,  who  has  made 
one  of  the  greatest  hits  in  the  history  of  vaudeville,  will  be 
heard  in  new  songs;  The  Berrens,  in  their  surprise  musical  act, 
and  the  Chinese  quartette,  The  Chung  Hwa  Four,  in  a  change 
of  numbers,  will  be  included  in  the  program.  A  special  addi- 
tional feature  will  be  Horace  Wright  and  Rene  Dietrich,  the 
somewhat  different  singers,  in  a  novel  and  agreeable  offering. 

*  *  * 

Renee  Criticos  to  Give  Another  Concert. — The  interest  taken 
in  the  appearance  of  Renee  Criticos,  which  takes  place  in  the 
Colonial  Ball  Room,  Hotel  St.  Francis,  next  Monday  afternoon, 
April  30th,  at  4  o'clock,  is  at  fever  heat.  This  young  French 
woman  has  created  a  unique  place  for  herself  in  the  social  life 
of  San  Francisco.  Having  had  the  advantages  of  the  foremost 
musicians  in  Europe  since  her  early  childhood,  she  has  won  for 
herself  a  reputation  equal  to  the  best  among  the  singers  of  to- 
day. Mme.  Criticos  will  have  as  co-star  Horace  Britt,  'cellist, 
E.  B.  Puyans,  flutist,  and  Uda  Waldrop  at  the  piano.  This 
concert  closes  the  attractive  series  of  musicales  arranged  by 
Ralph  McFayden. 

Mme.  Bridewell  to  Give  Farewell  Concert. — Mrs.  Carrie 
Bridewell,  the  American  contralto,  whose  glorious  voice  was 
heard  to  such  advantage  at  the  benefit  concert  Thursday  night 
in  aid  of  the  "Separation  Allowance"  fund,  will  be  heard  again 
in  a  farewell  concert  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium,  next  Friday 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


evening,  May  4th.  It  is  doubtful  whether  any  artist  before  the 
public  possesses  so  extensive  a  repertoire  as  Mme.  Bridewell. 
Speaking  six  languages  fluently,  she  has  been  able  to  gather 
an  enormous  number  of  the  best  compositions  of  various  coun- 
tries. All  standard  oratorios  are  to  be  found  in  her  repertoire. 
Her  songs  at  the  coming  concert  will  be  entirely  different  from 
those  of  the  first,  her  three  groups  including  works  of  French, 
Italian  and  English  composers.  Mme.  Bridewell  will  be  as- 
sisted by  Mrs.  Lieut.  J.  E.  Lewis,  an  eminent  violinist;  her  ac- 
companiments will  again  by  played  by  Frederick  H.  Ches- 
wright.  Seats  ready  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Company's  next 
Wednesday  morning. 

Forthcoming  Heath-Kruger  Concert. — The  joint  concert  to 
be  given  by  Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath,  the  favorite  San  Fran- 
cisco soprano,  and  George  Kruger,  the  well-known  pianist,  bids 
fair  to  attract  a  large  audience  to  the  Colonial  ball  room  of  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel,  next  Thursday  evening,  May  3d.  Both  artists 
have  been  before  the  public  of  this  city  for  many  years.  Miss 
Heath  is  a  vocalist  of  great  ability,  and  has  sung  with  unquali- 
fied success  at  many  concerts  here  and  elsewhere,  while  Mr. 
Kruger  is  one  of  the  foremost  pianists  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  He 
has  made  a  life  study  of  the  piano ;  his  work  has  taken  him  to 
Russia,  Germany  and  France,  where  he  had  exceptional  advan- 
tages in  training.  Miss  Heath  will  sing  fifteen  songs,  both 
German  and  English,  and  Mr.  Kruger's  selections  will  include 
works  of  Bach,  Scarlatti,  Schumann,  Henselt,  Rubinstein,  Cho- 
pin, Brassin,  Leschetizky  and  Liszt.  Benjamin  S.  Moore  will  be 
the  accompanist.  Society  will  be  well  represented  in  box 
parties. 

Organ  Recitals  at  Civic  Auditorium. — The  Municipal  organ 
recitals  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium  will  continue  throughout 
the  year.  They  are  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mayor 
and  Board  of  Supervisors,  who  selected  an  organist  of  world- 
wide celebrity,  Edwin  H.  Lemare,  to  take  charge  of  the  city's 
big  organ  at  a  salary  of  $10,000  a  year.  The  next  recital,  third 
of  the  series,  will  be  given  next  Sunday,  April  29th,  at  8 
o'clock.  Thereafter  the  Sunday  recitals  will  be  in  the  after- 
noon at  3.  Each  weekly  program  will  be  so  timed  as  to  last 
about  one  hour.  The  program  for  the  coming  Sunday  is  as  fol- 
lows: The  Star  Spangled  Banner.  Toccata  in  F  Major,  Bach. 
Large,  Handel.  Scherzo  Fugue,  Lemare.  Andantino  in  D  Flat, 
Lemare  (by  request.)  Sposolizio,  Liszt.  Improvisation.  Wil- 
liam Tell  Overture,  Rossini.    America. 

Columbia  Theatre. — The  Cyril  Maude  season  is  developing 
into  one  of  the  greatest  successes  of  the  season,  his  "Grumpy" 
being  a  distinctive  and  happy  characterization  of  a  most  lov- 
able being.  He  is  "grouchy,"  as  we  say  in  this  country,  rather 
than  "grumpy."  At  the  same  time  he  is  sly,  crafty,  affection- 
ate, loyal,  painstaking,  brave,  intelligent,  shrewd  and  a  com- 
bination that  it  would  take  a  plethora  of  adjectives  to  describe. 
And  for  each  phase  of  this  composite  and  compound  and  com- 
plex central  figure  must  his  interpreter  present  a  different  and 
distinct  side  of  his  artistry.  In  short,  "Grumpy"  requires  the 
services  of  a  Protean  actor.  Matinees  are  announced  for  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays. 

Interest  centers  in  the  coming  engagement  of  John  Drew  in 
"Major  Pendennis,"  the  dramatization  of  the  Thackeray  novel 
by  Langdon  Mitchell,  in  which  Mr.  Drew  is  credited  with  hav- 
ing achieved  one  of  the  most  substantial  successes  of  his  dis- 
tinguished career.  In  "Major  Pendennis,"  Mr.  Drew  is  enjoy- 
ing a  long  and  extremely  prosperous  engagement  at  the  Cri- 
terion Theatre  in  New  York,  followed  by  his  more  recent  and 
equally  successful  stay  at  the  Blackstone  Theatre,  Chicago. 
The  John  Drew  engagement  opens  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  on 

Monday  night,  May  7th. 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre.- — Headlining  the  new  bill  at  the  Pantages 
next  week  will  be  two  big  features,  John  P.  Wade  and  company, 
in  "The  Coral  Cameo,"  and  Rowland  and  Howard's  musical 
comedy  offering,  "The  Smart  Shop."  The  story  of  "The  Coral 
Cameo"  concerns  itself  with  one  Luke  Davis,  an  old  negro  bar- 
ber, whose  lovable  qualities  have  been  recognized  by  his  white 
brother.  Luke  has  just  buried  his  only  child — a  girl  of  eighteen 
whose  path  in  life  led  her  across  that  of  a  gay  deceiver.  The 
fond  old  father's  vengeance  on  the  man  forms  a  gratifying  de- 
nouement to  an  altogether  unique  story.     In  presenting  "The 


Smart  Shop,"  Rowland  and  Howard  are  to  be  congratulated  es- 
pecially upon  two  things:  their  taste  for  excellent  music,  and 
their  ability  to  assemble  a  chorus  which  contains  pretty  girls 
and  good  voices.  The  act  also  comes  equipped  with  much 
beautiful  scenery  and  many  new  and  novel  electrical  effects. 
Other  numbers  will  include  Ned  Norworth,  assisted  by  Miss 
Billie  Wells  and  Chick  Moore,  in  a  comedy  and  musical  act; 
Frances  Renault,  the  Parisian  fashion  plate;  Bernard  and  Mey- 
ers in  comedy  songs  and  chatter.  "The  Artist's  Dream,"  a 
dancing  classic,  and  Rhoda  Royal's  elephants,  an  act  that  will 
especially  appeal  to  the  children,  as  well  as  the  "grown-ups." 
Charles  Richman  and  Dorothy  Kelly  in  "The  Secret  Kingdom" 
will  be  the  screen  production. 


Billy — I  would  lay  the  world  at  your  feet  but  for  one 

thing.    Milly — And  that  is  ?    Billy — Some  other  people  are  us- 
ing it.— Judge. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Maeon 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
AN     UNUSUAL    BILL 

"THE  SMART  SHOP"  A  MUSICAL  COMEDY  CREATION;  NORWORTH. 
WELLS  &  MOORE;THE  ARTISTS  DREAM ;  FRANCES  RENAULT;  MILITARY 
ELEPHANTS;  BERNARD  &  MEYERS;  THE  SECRET  KINGDOM.  CHAP- 
TER  ELEVEN;  JOHN  P.   WADE   &  CO.  In  "THE   CORAL  CAMEO." 


Orpkeum 


O'Farrell  Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY"  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A  SUPERLATIVE  BILL 
HERMINE  SHONE  and  Notable  Cast,  including  Glen  Anders  in  "Mary  Ann;" 
HERBERT  ASHLEY  &  JACK  ALL-MAN  in  "The  Dawn  of  a  New  Day;"  JOS. 
N.  TOGAN  &  ISABELLA  GENEVA  present  "Mid-Air  Dancing;"  ETHEL 
MacDONOUGH  in  a  Repertoire  of  Exclusive  Songs;  CECIL  CUNNINGHAM 
The  Comedienne  Extraordinary  in  New  Songs;  CHUNG  HWA  FOUR  in  New 
Numbers;  THE  BERRENS  in  a  Musical  Novelty;  HORACE  WRIGHT  &  RENE 
DIETRICH  The  Somewhat  Different  Singers  in  A  New  and  Somewhat 
Different  Offering. 

Evening  Prices — 10c,  25c,  50c,  75c     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),   10c,   25c,   50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 


SECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK  BEGINS  MONDAY,  APRIL  30th 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
The  Distinguished  English  Actor 

MR.     CYRIL    MAUDE 
in  the  comedy  drama 

"GRUMPY" 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinee  $2  to  50c;    Wednesday  Matinees  $1.50  to  50c. 
Monday  April  7th— JOHN  DREW  in  "MAJOR  PENDENNIS" 


St.  Francis  Hotel 


COLONIAL  BALLROOM 

THURSDAY     EVENING 

MAY  3.   AT   8130 


GEORGE  KRUGER 

Pianist 


CONCERT 

Given  by 
MISS  HELEN  COLBURN   HEATH  MR. 

Soprano 

Mr.  Benjamin  S.  Moore.  Accompanist 

Bos  Seat,  $2.00;  Reserved  Seats.  $1.50;  General  Admission,  $1.00;  Tickets  on 
Sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  and  Co.'s,  Kohler  and  Chase  and  th«  St.  Francis 
News  Stand. 

Scottish  Rite  Auditorium 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  MAY  4th 

RECITAL 
BY 
MME.     CARRIE     BRIDEWELL.    The  American  Contralto 
Assisted  by  MRS.  LIEUT.  J.  E.  LEWIS.  Violinist 
FREDERICK  H.  CHESWRIGHT,  Accompanist 

Reserved  Seats  $2,  $1.50  and  $1.00.  on  sale  at  Sherman.  Clay  and  Co.'s.  on 
and  after  Wednesday.  May  2. 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,   442-452  Second   St.,    San   Francisco 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of    6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  "West-  | 
bank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,   San  Fran-  - 
Cisco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

__________ 

Samuel    M.   Shortridge,  Attomey-at-L-aw,   Chronicle  Building,  San   Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  3ft. 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advt 


THE  SONG  OF  THE  BOMBARD. 
Our  fathers  rode  to  battle. 

Our  fathers  did  prevail. 
With  breastplate,  greave  and  solleret. 

With  hauberk  and  camail. 
They  broke  a  lance  with  the  Knights  of  France. 

And  flashed  a  five-foot  blade. 
All  in  the  days  of  chivalry. 

Before  the  guns  were  made. 

Close  in  his  flaming  smithy 

A  strong  churl  stooped  and  wrought. 
Hewed,  hammered,  pared  and  measured 

A  wizard's  life  of  thought  .  .  . 
Our  fathers  laughed,  "Is  the  varlet  daft. 

That  he  deems  a  knightly  crest 
Shall  quake  when  he  vomits  smoke  and  noise?" 
And  the  bombard  heard  them  jest. 

Deep  in  his  throat  he  answered 

(His  voice  was  passing  strong) : 
"Squire,  Baron,  Earl  and  Princeling, 

Ye  shall  feel  my  stroke  ere  long! 
Never  a  Knight  in  his  mail  so  bright 

But  the  bolts  I  cast  can  slay"; 
The  Knights  charged  home  as  the  bombard  spoke ; 

And  where  are  the  Knights  to-day? 

List  to  the  song  of  the  bombard 

(His  voice  is  passing  clear)  : 
"Here  in  the  ranks  of  England! 

The  Red  Cross  Knights  are  here ! 
While  still  they  call  on  the  Lord  of  all 

And  die  for  a  Knightly  King, 
In  the  souls  of  English  gentlemen 

The  old  white  spark  shall  spring!" 

Our  fathers  rode  to  battle, 

Our  fathers  did  prevail, 
With  breastplate,  greave  and  solleret, 

With  hauberk  and  camail. 
They  broke  a  lance  with  the  Knights  of  France, 

And  flashed  a  five-foot  blade, 
And  in  the  days  of  chivalry, 

Before  the  guns  were  made. 

— Punch. 


Smart  shops  are  becoming  a  habit  in  San  Francisco.  The 

latest  is  one  distinctly  alluring  to  women  of  fine  taste  in  exqui- 
site toilettes,  and  is  called  the  Powder  Puff,  a  beauty  salon  re- 
cently opened  by  the  sisters  De  Witt,  Viola  and  Lulu.  Their 
forte  is  manicuring,  and  the  latest  Eastern  and  European  styles 
of  hairdressing,  or  rather  hair  artistry,  that  frames  the  face  and 
produces  a  picture  effect.  If  you  have  not  enjoyed  the  pleasure 
of  viewing  this  new  vogue  in  hair  artistry,  you  have  no  concep- 
tion of  the  dainty  improvement  that  is  given  the  face  through 
this  new  method  of  preparing  and  arranging  the  hair  with 
modish  touch.  The  Misses  De  Witt  have  informally  opened 
their  shop,  The  Powder  Puff,  at  212  Stockton  street,  Suite  305. 
Later  there  will  be  an  official  opening  in  which  models  beauti- 
fully garbed  will  be  used  to  demonstrate  different  styles  of 
hairdressing.  A  Chinese  girl  will  serve  tea  on  this  occasion. 
Watch  the  columns  of  the  Nev.'s  Letter  for  the  announcement 
of  this  official  opening.  Meantime  it  will  not  be  amiss  to  visit 
the  Powder  Puff. 


"My  daughter  has  obtained  a  position  in  a  lawyer's  of- 
fice. She  starts  on  the  first."  "And  in  the  meantime  is  she  do- 
ing anything  to  fit  herself  for  the  work?"  "Yes,  she  is  reading 
'Bertha,  the  Beautiful  Blonde  Stenographer.' " — Louisville 
Courier-Journal.  


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  EI  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station.  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9:00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 

For   Tickets    and    Berths   Ask   Agents   of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691     Market    Street 


fi|f"k     NOISE 
INVy     SMOKE 


|\|/~J     FLASH 
IMVJ     RECOIL 


Merchants  National  Bank  Building 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


3,000    SHOTS    A    MINUTE  ! 

THE  RICE  GUN  Now  Being  Demonstrated 

The  most  wonderful  war  weapon  ever  invented   is  now   hi   opera- 
tion at  225  Market  street,  where  the  public  is   invited   to   Inspecl    it. 

A    MARVEL   OF    EFFICIENCY 


Ten  times  as  effective  as  powder  guns,  and  less  expensive  to 
make  and  operate.  Has  all  of  the  advantages  and  none  of  the  de- 
fects of  powder  guns. 

Adaptable    to    Any    Size    or  Type  of   Missile 

See  this  marvelous  gun  and  learn  its  possibilities  at  225  Market 
street. 

A  corporation  capitalized  at  $2,000,000.00  is  being  formed  for 
the  purpose  of  manufacturing  these  guns.  Prior  to  the  completion 
of  incorporation  a  limited  interest  in  this  enterprise  is  offered  the 
public  on  a  basis  of  the  par  value  of  $1.00  per  share. 

A  patriotic  as  well  as  a  profitable  investment. 

Agreements  prior  to  organization  can  be  made  at  the  office  of 

NATIONAL    SERVICE    SYNDICATE 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND 


Typewriter  Papers  and 

Manuscript  Covers 
The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT   &    TOWNE 

Established    1855 

SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


37-45  FIRST  STREET 


ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


Leaks  from  the  Wireless 


Lending  $3,000,000,000  to  the  allies  will  not  severely  tax  this 
country.    The  money  would  be  largely  spent  here  for  supplies. 

George  Bernard  Shaw  is  such  a  smashing  critic  of  everything 
and  everybody  that  his  cordial  approval  of  this  country's  action 
is  the  only  comment  from  England  really  worth  printing. 

*  *  # 

Colonel  Roosevelt's  widely  advertised  eagerness  to  lead  an 
army  division  immediately  to  the  trenches  in  France  undoubt- 
edly strengthened  the  opposition  to  the  war  resolution  in  the 
House  by  a  number  of  votes.    The  amendments  offered  proves 


The  President's  proclamation  defining  the  status  and  privi- 
leges of  enemy  aliens  domiciled  here  is  conceived  in  a  humane 
spirit,  and  no  harsh  measures  for  their  restraint  should  be  re- 
quired if  they  conduct  themselves  without  hostility  to  this  coun- 
try. It  is  certain  that  the  President  desires  to  afford  enemy 
subjects  in  America  the  amplest  freedom  consistent  with  the 
nation's  safety.  The  United  States  is  not  making  war  on  in- 
dividuals. 

*  *  * 

The  South  is  informed  very  plainly  by  the  Assistant  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  at  Washington  that  it  must  release  from  $700,- 
000,000  to  $1,000,000,000  worth  of  foodstuffs,  which  it  now 
takes  annually  from  the  North,  by  raising  them  itself.  To  do 
this  it  must  greatly  reduce  the  acreage  given  to  cotton.  It 
would  help  considerably,  too,  if  the  South  should  use  a  large 
part  of  the  acreage  now  given  to  tobacco  for  the  production  of 
far  more  necessary  crops.  And  while  we  are  on  this  subject,  it 
is  only  right  to  say  that  some  of  the  Northern  tobacco  growing 
States,  not  excepting  one  or  two  in  New  England,  might  do 
much  worse  along  the  line  of  patriotic  sacrifice  than  to  set 
the  South  an  example  in  this  respect. 

*  *  * 

Peace  with  victory  will  be  attained  this  year,  says  Field  Mar- 
shal Sir  Douglas  Haig,  who  tells  us  that  he  is  now  in  a  position 
to  break  through  the  German  line  on  the  Western  front  at  any 
point  and  at  any  time  that  he  may  choose.  This  optimistic  esti- 
mate of  the  difficulties  that  lie  before  him  was  made  by  the 
Field  Marshal  for  the  benefit  of  a  group  of  French  journalists 
who  were  received  at  the  British  Headquarters  in  France. 

*  *  * 

Still  another  of  the  great  London  town  houses  has  been 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  government.  The  list  includes 
Montagu  House,  Grosvenor  House,  Spencer  House,  Harrington 
House,  Devonshire  House  and  now  Bridgewater  House  which, 
it  is  understood,  Lord  Ellesmere  has  lent  to  the  government  for 
the  accommodation  of  the  Director-General  of  the  Food  Supply, 
Sir  Arthur  Lee.  The  Bridgewater  House  picture  gallery  is  fam- 
ous, and  London  looks  to  see  some  of  its  treasures,  including, 
it  is  hoped,  the  Bridgewater  "Madonna"  by  Raphael  and  the 
two  Titians,  alongside  of  the  Montagu  pictures  in  the  National 
Gallery.  .  .  ■ 

When  first  enforced  during  the  Civil  War,  in  the  United 
States,  conscription  was  met  with  serious  opposition,  and,  in 
some  places,  with  riotous  disturbance.  But  the  draft  was  soon 
taken  as  a  matter  of  course,  and  incidents  arising  from  it  fur- 
nished material  for  the  newspaper  paragraphers  and  writers  of 
the  lighter  popular  songs,  one  of  which,  put  into  the  mouth  of 
an  old-fashioned  mother  who  sacredly  preserved  her  boy's  trou- 
sers, had  a  chorus  with  a  lively  swing  to  it  which  ran: 

"This  is  the  pants  that  he  used  to  wear 
The  same  old  hole  and  the  very  same  tear; 
But  Uncle  Sam  gave  him  a  bran'  new  pair 
When  he  grafted  him  into  the  army." 


"What  are  you  whipping  Runt  for?"  asked  Mrs.  Johnson. 

"What  has  he  been  doing?"  "Nothing  that  I  know  of,"  replied 
Mr.  Gap  Johnson  of  Rumpus  Ridge,  Arkansas.  "But  I'm  go- 
ing to  town  this  evening,  and  he's  sure  to  cut  up  some  devil- 
ment before  I  get  back.  So  I'm  just  licking  him  now  to  have 
it  over  with." — Judge. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


ESTABLISHED  1817) 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 

$50,678,200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 


338  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  States.  New  Zealand, 
Fiji,  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET,  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN  BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIREDMUNDWALKERC.V.O..LL.D.D.C.L.  |   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHNAIRD  G«™iK£S     Reserve  Fund  £$£££ 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange  Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at   Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico   City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125.391.04 
Deposits  50.513.876.42 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN.  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH, S.W. Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve-  and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of   deposits  only. 


J.    SPAULDING    &    COMPANY 

PIONEER     CARPET    CLEANING    WORKS 

Sewing  and  Felaying  of  Carpets.    Special  Attention  to  Carpet  Dseing 

Oriental    Rugs   Cleaned 

353-357  TEHAMA  STREET  Phone  Douglas  3084 

Class  C   Fireproof  Building 

1864-OUR    GOLDEN    ANN  IVERSARY  -  1914 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


UBRAP^fcjmE 


"Jan  Smuts,  A  Ch<r  ■  h." 

It  would  be  superfluous  to  issue  a  special  recommendation  of 
a  book  on  General  J.  C.  Smuts.  Minister  of  Defense  for  the 
Union  of  South  America.  This  lawyer-soldier-statesman  has. 
for  some  considerable  time  past,  claimed  the  attention  of  all 
those  who  are  interested  in  public  affairs.  By  common  consent 
he  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  men  in  the  Empire,  one  of 
who  much  may  be  expected  in  the  future.  N.  Levi,  the  author, 
while  aiming  at  producing  a  truthful  character  sketch  rather 
than  a  full  biography,  has  given  the  salient  facts  in  General 
Smuts'  life,  with  the  addition  of  such  details  as  appeared  to 
him  to  add  interest  to  the  record. 

Illustrated.    $2.50  net.    Longmans.  Green  &  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Gun  Brand." 

This  is  a  novel  of  the  Northwest,  by  James  B.  Hendryx,  au- 
thor of  "The  Promise."  It  deals  with  civilization  and  savagery 
locked  in  the  death  struggle;  where  men  of  iron  hearts  are 
molded  by  a  woman's  tenderness;  where  knave  and  knight 
cross  the  barriers  to  confront  each  other  in  the  great  reckoning ; 
where  nobility  and  courage  throw  down  the  gage  to  evil  and  in- 
trigue, and  the  gun  brand  leaves  its  seared  and  indelible  impress 
upon  the  brow  of  a  scoundrel.  Here's  a  novel  of  love  and  life, 
danger  and  daring. 

G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Masters  of  Space." 

It  is  well  these  days,  when  one  wonder  treads  so  quickly 
upon  the  heels  of  another,  to  have  recalled  to  our  ungrateful 
memories  at  what  cost  these  benefits  to  mankind  has  been 
purchased.  In  "Masters  of  Space,"  Walter  Kellogg  Towers 
tells  the  stories  of  the  great  achievements  of  message-sending 
through  space,  and  of  the  men  who  by  genius,  persistence,  and 
vision  brought  them  about — the  stories  of  the  telegraph,  the 
ocean  cable,  the  telephone  and  the  wireless  telegraph  and  tele- 
phone. They  are  stories  of  inspiration,  these  accounts  of  the 
band  of  Ariels  who  have  girdled  the  earth.  The  inventors 
themselves,  even  while  living,  take  on  something  of  the  nature 
of  the  immortals  who  handle  the  thunderbolt  and  command  tne 
flames  of  the  air.  Mr.  Towers  writes  in  a  style  that  is  clear 
and  free  from  unfamiliar  technical  terms,  so  that  his  book  will 
be  as  welcome  to  inquiring  boys  and  girls  as  to  their  parents. 

Harper  &  Brothers,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Peter  Sanders,  Retired." 

Mr.  Peter  Sanders  is  a  character  new  in  fiction ;  as  original  as 
Raffles  and  an  extremely  interesting  personality.  Many  read- 
ers have  a  slight  acquaintance  with  him  through  episodes  of 
his  career  contributed  by  Gordon  Gerould  to  magazines ;  this  is 
the  complete  story  of  his  life.  For  many  years  the  prosperous 
and  powerful  conductor  of  a  famous  gamblng  house — a  quiet, 
decorous  mansion  in  which  fortunes  were  won  or  lost  without 
any  outside  disturbance — this  scholarly  gentleman  and  book 
collector  of  impeccable  taste  ha?  been  at  last  pounced  upon  by 
a  zealous  reforming  district  attorney,  and  his  way  of  life  made 
so  hard  for  him  that  he  has  perforce  to  give  it  up.  There  fol- 
low many  new  and  surprising  experiences  of  life  and  humanity. 
A  character  so  deftly  managed  and  with  such  an  amusing  if 
slightly  pathetic  philosophy  deserves  a  lasting  place  among  the 
figures  of  fiction. 

$1.50  net.    Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Bracelet  of  Garnets." 

To  this  list  of  Scribners'  Russian  authors  is  added  Alexander 
KHprin,  whose  "Bracelet  of  Garnets  and  Other  Stories"  is  about 
to  be  published.  Leo  Pasvolsky,  the  translator,  himself  a  Rus- 
sian, is  widely  known  in  this  country  among  people  interested 
in  Russian  literature,  art  and  drama  as  the  editor  of  "The  Rus- 
sian Review." 


cdeemed  baggage,  a  I  5  trunks.  6  valises  and  8 

K-es  at  HOTEL  GARTLANU.  Geary  and  Larkin 
auction  May  5th,  1917  10  o'clock  a.  m. 


-  \N  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.   Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  o(  the 

Hotel  St.  Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE   SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plale.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


At 


HOTEL    OAKLAND 


fl  The  servant  problem  is  solved. 

9  Extraordinary  low  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

Investigate. 

CARL  SWORD,  Manager 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


=109 


"Do  you  sit  up  for  your  husband  ?"    "No ;  I  am  an  early 

riser  and  am  always  up  in  time  to  greet  him."- — Boston  Tran-\ 
script. 

"How  did  Deeds  make  his  reputation  as  a  lawyer  ?"  "He  I 

was  so  well  to  do  he  could  decline  cases  he  knew  he  couldn't  | 
win." — Boston  Globe. 

Crawford — You  say  you  got  seven  pairs  of  slippers  for  | 

Christmas.    What  is  there  so  unusual  about  that  ?    Crabshaw- 
One  pair  fitted  me. — Judge. 

"What  is  the  price  of  this  embroidered  skirt?"    "Madam  I 

will  find  the  skirts  on  the  next  table — that  which  she  has  is  the  | 
new  cape  collar!" — Chicago  Herald. 

"Oh,  I  just  love  animals;  don't  you?"  gurgled  the  sweet] 

young  thing.  "Sure.  Let's  have  a  Welsh  rabbit,"  said  the  ac- 
commodating youth. — Princeton  Tiger. 

Him — How  did  you  like  the  stage  hangings     in     that  I 

Shakespeare  show  ?  He — There  weren't  no  hangings,  y'  boob ;  ] 
he  killed  'em  with  a  sword. — Widow. 

"Why  didn't  Rastus  marry  dat  Coopah  gal  ?"    "Oh,  she  ' 

done  flunk  at  de  last  minute — wouldn't  lend  him  a  dollah  fob.  t'  ' 
git  de  license  wif." — Boston  Transcript. 

Her  Father — Do  you  think  you  can  make  my  daughter  I 

happy,  sir?  Suitor— Why,  I  have  already,  haven't  I?  I've  | 
asked  her  to  marry  me. — Boston  Transcript. 

"I  understand  your  husband  is  something  of  a  valetudi-  ] 

narian,  Mrs.  Comeup."  "Oh,  dear  me,  no !  He  eats  meat  regu- 
lar three  times  a  day." — Baltimore  American. 

"I  know  a  lot  of  people,"  said  the  Philosopher  of  Folly, 

"who  are  so  religious  that  they  hate  anybody  that  belongs  to 
any  church  but  theirs." — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

Hokus — Guzzler  doesn't  believe  in  bearing  other  peo- 
ple's burdens.  Pokus — No  wonder.  Guzzler  is  generally 
carrying  a  pretty  good  load  of  his  own. — Lampoon. 

"Mrs.  Flubdub  says  she  is  going  to  Palm  Beach  for  a 

rest."  "How  inconsistent  people  are.  Just  as  much  gossip  go- 
ing on  there  as  here." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

Willie  Willis — What's  a  popular  idol,  pa?    Papa  Willis 

— It  is  the  fellow  who  is  in  between  the  fellow  he  has  just 
licked  and  the  fellow  who  is  going  to  lick  him. — Judge. 

"I  wish  I  could  be  certain  that  Algernon  really  loves 

me."  "Why?"  "Then  I  could  be  sure  he  would  remain  hitched 
while  I  look  for  a  better  catch." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

1  see  a  Massachusetts  man  has  a  parrot  which  has  a  vo- 
cabulary of  seventy-five  words.  Crimsonbeak — I  didn't  know 
there  were  so  many  swear-words  in  existence. — Yonkers  States- 
man: 

"Now,  my  girl,  don't  rush  hastily  into  marriage.  Mar- 
riage is  a  serious  matter."  "I  get  you,  grandma.  It's  no  joke  to 
go  after  a  divorce  and  have  to  spend  six  months  getting  a  resi- 
dence in  some  far-away  town." — Life. 

"I  suppose  you  built  up  your  colossal  fortune  by  attend- 
ing strictly  to  your  own  business."  "Yes,"  replied  Mr.  Dustin 
Stax.  "But  I  made  it  my  business  to  keep  informed  as  to  what 
the  other  people  were  doing." — Washington  Star. 

— .-"So  you  confess  that  the  unfortunate  young  man  was  car- 
ried to  the  pump  and  there  drenched  with  water?  Now,  Mr. 
Fresh,  what  part  did  you  take  in  this  disagreeable  affair?"  Un- 
dergraduate (meekly) — The  left  leg,  sir. — Christian  Register. 

The  employer  of  a  Polish  servant  maid  who  has  learned 

to  speak  English  was  telling  of  her  experiences  with  the  tele- 
phone. After  its  use  was  explained  to  her  she  was  eager  to 
answer  every  call.  One  day  a  ring  came  and  she  jumped  to 
the  instrument.  "Hello!"  came  from  the  receiver.  "Hello!" 
answered  the  girl,  flushed  with  pride  at  being  able  to  give  the 
proper  answer.  "Who  is  this?"  continued  the  voice.  "I  don't 
know!"  exclaimed  the  maid.  "I  can't  see  you." — Philadelphia 
Public  Ledger. 


—no  embarrassing  sounds 

of  rushing  and  gurgling  water  can 

be  heard  from  the  Kigt^i  closet. 

Kwy-ttn  suppresses  those  sounds 

you  do  not  want  to  hear. 

$&y-et$  is  an  unusually  attractive 

i  closet.    It  is  made  of  pure  white 

?  vitreous  china-white  all  the  way 

through. 

Like  all  the  "(P«tfic"  line,  it  is 
guaranteed  forever  against  any 
defects  in  workmanship  or  ma- 
terial. 

Write  for  Folder  No.  12  on   "5^!*?,  the   Quiet  Closet," 
or  visit  our  showroom  and  see  the  closet  itself. 

Our  showroom  is  maintained  for   your   convenience,  being  a  display 
of  a  complete  line  of  plumbing  fixtures  and  not  a  salesroom. 

$>actftV Plumbing  Fixtures! 

Main  Offices  and  Showroom 

67  New  Montgomery  Street,   San  Francisco 

FACTORIES— RICHMOND,  CALIFORNIA 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street        -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


OIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGA6E 

SERVICE 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


1Q 


FINANCIAL 


U.  S.  Trade  is 
Still  Expanding. 


Despite  the  German  submarine 
campaign.  American  exports  in 
March  reached  a  value  of  $551,- 
278.000,  which  has  been  exceeded 
only  once — last  January,  the  best  month  in  the  country's  his- 
tory. Imports  of  $270,484,000  set  a  new  American  record. 
Foreign  and  domestic  commerce  bureau  statistics  announced 
that  the  country's  foreign  trade  increased  in  March  $156,000,- 
000  over  February  totals.  Exports  for  the  nine  months  ending 
with  March  were  valued  at  $4,634,900,000,  against  $2,995,- 
500.000  for  the  corresponding  period  in  1916  and  $1,931,100,- 
000  in  1915.  Imports  for  nine  months  ending  with  March  were 
valued  at  $1,818,320,000;  at  $1,504,663,000  in  1916,  and  at 
$1,213,614,000  in  1915.  Import  records  show  that  the  propor- 
tionate amount  of  goods  entering  free  of  duty  has  been  in- 
creasing steadily.  The  net  balance  of  gold  imports  for  the  nine 
months'  period  was  $651,108,000. 


Combined  reports  of  California  Packing  Corporation  and 

the  four  predecessor  companies  absorbed  in  the  merger,  in- 
cluding the  proper  proportion  of  earnings  controlled  by  the  com- 
panies, for  the  initial  fiscal  period  ended  February  28,  1917, 
amounted  to  $3,754,841.  Deducting  the  proportion  of  the  pre- 
ferred dividend,  the  balance  earned  on  the  common  stock  was 
equal  to  $10.48  a  share,  and  allowing  for  a  full  year's  dividend 
on  the  7  percent  preferred  stock  there  would  be  $9.36  a  share 
for  common  stock. 


The  annual  report  of  U.  S.  Steel  showed  that  in  the  year 

1916,  $26,599,721  was  paid  out  in  taxes,  including  allowance 
for  accrued  Federal  taxes,  payable  in  1917.  Notwithstanding 
the  heavy  outlay  the  Steel  Corporation  last  year  earned  $333,- 
574,177.  If  taxes  reach  $65,000,000  this  year  it  will  mean  an 
increase  over  the  preceding  year  of  approximately  $38,000,000. 
Estimates  of  U.  S.  Steel  earnings  for  the  first  quarter  of  the 
current  year  run  between  $110,000,000  and  $120,000,000,  com- 
pared with  actual  earnings  of  $105,968,000  last  quarter  of  1916, 
and  $60,713,000  in  corresponding  quarter  of  last  year. 


The  Sloss  Securities  Co.,  of  San  Francisco,  has  been  per- 
mitted by  Commissioner  of  Corporations  H.  L.  Carnahan  to 
issue  to  its  creditors  and  to  purchasers  Series  A,  B  and  C  col- 
lateral notes,  of  the  aggregate  face  value  of  $2,521,992.92.  The 
action  of  the  Commissioner  is  in  line  with  the  plans  of  the 
creditors'  committee,  the  Sloss  Securities  Co.  having  been  or- 
ganized for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  payment  of  the  in- 
debtedness and  obligations  due  the  creditors  of  Louis  Sloss  & 
Co.,  Sloss  Bros.,  Northern  Electric  Ry.  Co.,  Northern  California 
Securities  Co.,  Vallejo  &  Northern  Railroad  Co.,  and  the  Valley 
Syndicate. 


The  stockholders  of  Southern  Pacific,  of  whom  there  are 

33,063,  have  occasion  to  congratulate  themselves  when  they 
read  the  company's  thirty-third  annual  report,  which  covers  the 
calendar  year  1916,  rather  than  the  company's  fiscal  year,  which 
heretofore  concluded  on  June  30th.  It  shows  a  net  income  for 
the  company  and  its  subsidiaries  of  $35,422,514,  an  increase  of 
$7,268,083,  or  25.82  per  cent.  Total  operating  revenues  were 
$163,427,423,  an  increase  of  $20,959,518,  or  14.71  per  cent.  The 
total  operating  income  was  $52,008,200,  an  increase  of  $8,479,- 
753,  or  19.48  per  cent. 


Dan  Hanlon,  president  of  the  Hanlon  Shipbuilding  Com- 
pany, Oakland,  has  begun  the  immedate  construction  of  six 
steel  vessels  at  a  cost  of  $4,000,000,  the  contracts  for  which 
were  secured  by  him  while  in  the  East. 


-The  Mexican  mine  on  the  Comstock  lode  announces  a 

big  strike  in  which  very  high  values  in  ore  were  obtained;  five 
carloads  sampled  $74.30,  and  two  carloads  $36.61.  Whitman 
Symmes  says  the  ore  is  wider  near  the  floor.     Shots  into  the 


ars  sampled  ore  at  $123.44.    Good  ore  has  also 
n  the  2600  stope  of  Union,  which  h.i 
led  briskly  to  this  Di 


A  police  m.i^'istr.itc  in  Cleveland  was  disposii 

at  the  rate  of  about  two  a  minute,  wil 
nity,  being  judge,  jury  and  attorney,  all  in  one.    "Then  y 
sure  you  recognize  this  linen  coat  as  the  one  stolen  from  you?" 
Id  to  a  complainant.    "Yes,  your  Honor.'  o  you 

know  it  is  yours?"  "You  can  see  that  it  is  of  a  peculiar  make, 
your  Honor,"  replied  the  witness.  "That  is  the  way  I  know  it." 
"Are  you  aware,  sir,"  shouted  the  justice,  turning  to  a  closet 
lack  of  him  and  producing  a  similar  coat,  "that  there  are  others 
like  it?"  "Indeed  I  am,"  replied  the  witness,  still  more  plac- 
idly.   "I  had  two  stolen." — Case  and  Comment. 


There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 
t 


Mr.  Automobile  Owner  ! ! 

Where  Did  You  Leave  Your  Car 
Last  Night  ? 

Where  is  it  Now  ? 

Is  It  Properly  Safeguarded  Against  Thieves  ? 


MOTOR  THIEVERY  In  the  MAY  OUTING 
will  Interest  you.  It  gives  the  real  facts  about 
these  organized  bands  of  crooks  who  are  mak- 
ing a  business  of  stealing  and  disposing  of 
cars  wherever  they  can  find  a  market  for  them. 


WOULD  YOU  BELIEVE  that  an  expert  can 
change  the  entire  appearance  of  a  car 
from  radiator  to  tail-light  and  put  it  on  the 
road  again  in  one  hour.  The  New  York  Police 
Department  stands  back  of  this  statement. 


This  article  also  gives  something  of  the  atti- 
tude of  the  police  toward  these  crooks.  Sug- 
gestions by  the  different  departments  on 
what  should  be  done  by  owners  to  protect 
themselves  and  their  cars. 


OUTING  Isfor  sale  on  any  newsstand,  April 
21st,  but  the  coupon  tells  a  better  way. 
It  saves  you  something. 


You  owe  It  to  yourself  to  read  this  article, 
also  the  Open  Road  articles  which  appear 
each    month.    Why  not  try  it  for  six  months. 


Outing  for  1  Year  $3.00,  2  Years  $4.50.  3  Years  $6.00 


OUTING  A-1 

141  West  36th  Street 
New  York 
I   enclose  $1.00  for  which  send   me  the  next  six  Issues  of 
Outing  Including  the  May  issue. 


Name 


City 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF    HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital    $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


Organized  1853 


Cash  Capital.  §6.000,uuu 


Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
Are.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California   Street. 

Fire   and    Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    DETROIT    NA- 
TIONAL   FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY    of    DETROIT,    in    the    State 
of  Michigan,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,   pursuant  to   law. 
ASSETS 

Real    Estate    $     3.125.00 

Mortgage  and  collateral  loans   294.500.00 

Bonds   and   stocks    243,619.40 

Cash  in  office  and  banks   56.659.60 

Agents'    balances    41,875.93 

Bills  received  taken  for  risks  None 

Other  ledger  assets    100.00 


Total  ledger  assets    $639,879.93 

NON  -LEDGER— 

Total   interest  and   rents   due   or  accrued    $  10,884.65 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value  4,038.23 

Other  non-ledger  assets   8,794.18 


Gross     assets     $663,596.99 

Deduct    assets   not   admitted    24,599.71 


Total   admitted   assets    $638,997.28 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims   $  12,092.59 

Unearned     premiums     161,825.32 

All   other   liabilities    3,234.54 


Total  liabilities   ( except  capital  and  surplus)    $177,152.45 

Capital     389,350.00 

Surplus     72,494.83 


Total  capital,  surplus  and  other  liabilities  $638,997.28 

M.  O.  ROWLAND,  President. 
J.   EDWARD  READY,    Secretary. 
The   J.    F.    MAGEE   Agency,    Pacific   Coast    Department,   314   California    St. 
Telephone   Kearny  402. 

Fire  and    Marine. 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT    OF    THE    MINNEAPOLIS 
FIRE   &    MARINE    INSURANCE   CO.,   of   MINNEAPOLIS,    in   the   State 
of  Minnesota,  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  made  to  the  Insurance 
Commissioner  of  the  State  of  California,   pursuant  to   law. 
ASSETS. 

Real    Estate    None 

Mortgage  and   collateral   loans $382,350.00 

Bonds    and    stocks 197,874.37 

Cash  in  office  and  banks   , 106,248.68 

Agents'    balances 44.453.73 

Bills  received  taken  for  risks    ." None 

Other  ledger   assets    ; None 


Total    ledger   assets    $730,926.78 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued   $  12,942.92 

Market  value  of  securities  over  book  value   None 

Other   non-ledger   assets    None 


Gross    assets    $743,869.70 

Deduct   assets   not   admitted    775.52 


Total   admitted   assets    $743,094.18 

LIABILITIES. 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and  claims   %  68,932.57 

Unearned    premiums    395,552.71 

All    other    liabilities    16,707.21 


Total   liabilities    (except   capital   and   surplus)    $481,192.49 

Capital     $200,000.00 

Surplus    61,901.69 


Total  capital,   surplus  and  other  liabilities   $743,094.18 

ALFRED  STINSON,  Vice-President. 
WATTIE  C.  LEACH.  Secretary. 
The   J.    F.    MAGEE   Agency,   Pacific   Coast    Department,   314   California   St. 
Telephone  Kearny  402. 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,    EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND     REPAIRED 


INSURANCE 


Vice-President  Whitney  Palache  of  the  Hartford  is  here  for 
a  two  weeks'  visit,  and  was  in  attendance  upon  the  annual 
conference  of  the  Pacific  Department  of  the  Hartford  Fire 
and  the  Hartford  Accident  and  Indemnity  Co.,  which  took  place 
in  San  Francisco  last  week.  All  special  agents  and  department 
heads  were  assembled  in  a  two  days'  session  Friday  and  Sat- 
urday, the  sessions  closing  with  a  banquet  on  Saturday  even- 
ing. Among  the  field  men  present  were  J.  J.  Dennis,  Portland; 
Neil  Stewart,  Spokane;  E.  E.  Price  and  P.  H.  Griffith,  Los  An- 
geles ;  and  Charles  E.  Miller,  Butte.  Advances  were  reported 
as  having  been  made  thus  far  this  year  in  all  departments — fire, 
casualty,  live  stock  and  automobile. 
•  *  *  * 

The  foundation  for  the  new  Pacific  Coast  headquarters  of 
the  Insurance  Company  of  North  America,  Alliance  of  Phila- 
delphia, Yorkshire  of  England,  and  Northern  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  New  York,  at  225-229  Sansome  street,  is  now  being 
laid,  and  the  premises  are  expected  to  be  in  readiness  for  occu- 
pancy by  August.  The  building  will  be  two  stories  and  base- 
ment, and  will  be  all  given  over  to  the  accommodation  of  those 
companies  under  the  management  of  James  C.  Johnston. 

*  *  * 

The  following  promotions  have  been  announced  by  the  Home 
of  New  York :  Former  assistant  secretary,  Henry  T.  Ferris,  ad- 
vanced to  the  office  of  secretary;  Wilfred  Kurth,  formerly 
supervisor  of  the  Pacific  and  foreign  department,  secretary; 
John  A.  Campbell,  formerly  supervisor  Western  department,  as- 
sistant secretary ;  George  A.  Clark,  formerly  State  agent  South- 
ern New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Delaware,  assistant  secretary; 
William  L.  Dennis,  formerly  supervisor  Southern  department, 
assistant  secretary. 

*  *  * 

J.  C.  Reid  has  been  appointed  city  manager  of  the  Western 
States  Life's  home  office  agency.  Mr.  Reid  has  been  acting  as 
executive  secretary  for  the  Seattle  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
previously  had  considerable  experience  in  life  insurance.  He 
succeeds  to  the  position  recently  vacated  by  City  Manager 
Drake,  who  is  with  the  company  in  its  Oakland  field. 

The  Life  Underwriters  Association  of  San  Francisco  held 
its  last  regular  meeting  and  dinner  on  Thursday,  April  26th,  at 
the  Commercial  Club.  President  Leisander  prepared  an  in- 
teresting program.  The  speakers  included  the  Rev.  Albert  W. 
Palmer,  of  Oakland,  and  Dr.  Henry  Walter  Gibbons,  medical 
director  for  the  Western  States  Life. 

*  *  * 

The  Royal  Indemnity  has  appointed  Charles  R.  True  to  the 
office  of  superintendent  of  the  division  of  accident  prevention 
in  its  Pacific  department,  and  to  head  its  steam  boiler  and  fly- 
wheel underwriting  department  on  the  coast.  He  succeeds  the 
late  Neal  Cleveland.     Mr.  True  is  an  experienced  mechanical 

engineer  and  has  had  considerable  business  experience. 

*  *  * 

J.  Robb  Gay,  who  on  April  15th  went  with  the  London  and 
Lancashire  and  Orient  insurance  companies  as  special  agent 
covering  the  Northwest  field,  was  formerly  secretary  and  man- 
ager for  the  Washington  Insurance  Federation  at  Seattle.  Mr. 
Gay  will  cover  Montana,  Eastern  Idaho  and  Utah,  maintain- 
ing headquarters  at  Helena.    He  has  had  former  experience  in 

the  field,  and  is  regarded  as  a  good  man. 

*  #  * 

Charles  J.  Stovel,  for  many  years  identified  with  the  man- 
agement of  various  fire  insurance  companies  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  recently  connected  with  the  Harry  H.  Smith  general 
agency  as  manager  for  the  city  department  of  the  Law  Union 
&  Rock  and  the  Union  Assurance,  is  seriously  ill.  He  was 
stricken  with  arterial  trouble  while  in  New  York,  and  his  con- 
dition is  pronounced  critical. 

*  *  * 

The  marriage  is  announced  of  Homer  M.  Hinchman,  general 
agent  for  the  United  States  Casualty  and  United  States  Lloyds, 
to  Miss  Edith  Stine,  a  talented  and  very  pretty  young  lady  of 
San  Francisco.  Mr.  Hinchman  is  deservedly  popular  among 
a  large  list  of  acquaintances,  all  of  whom  will  wish  him  many 
years  of  prosperity  and  happiness. 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


Frank  J.  Devlin.  Pacific  Coast  manager  of  the  Atlas  and 
Manchester,  will  be  president  of  the  Inspection  Bureau,  and 
McClure  Kelly.  F.  M.  Branch.  Ben  Goodwin  and  G.  0.  Clark, 
directors. 

•  •  • 

In  the  reappointment  of  H.  P.  Risbrough  as  deputy  insur 
ance  commissioner.  Insurance  Commissioner  McCabe  performs 
a  graceful  act.  and  the  State  retains  a  faithful  and  competent 
employee. 

•  •  • 

W.  L.  Hainan,  former  chief  surveyor  for  the  Butte  office  of 
the  Pacific  Board,  has  been  engaged  by  Manager  George  W. 
Domin  to  do  field  work  for  the  Springfield  Fire  and  Marine  and 
the  Newark  in  the  mountain  field,  covering  Montana  and  South- 
ern Idaho.    He  has  established  headquarters  at  Butte. 

•  •  • 

President  W.  E.  Small,  of  the  Georgia  Casualty,  was  a  visi- 
tor to  Pacific  Coast  Manager  Leonard  C.  Jones,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  this  manner  concluding  a  stay  of  several  weeks  in 
California. 

•  •  * 

The  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of  the  Pacific  will  this  year 
hold  its  annual  meeting  at  Del  Monte  on  May  11th. 

•  *  * 

Manager  Fuller  of  the  Norwich  Union  is  distributing  Presi- 
dent Wilson's  "War  Message"  in  pamphlet  form,  with  the  com- 
pliments of  the  Pacific  department.  While  the  booklet  is  print- 
ed primarily  for  the  department  force,  there  are  sufficient  for 
those  who  care  to  call  for  one. 


CLIFF  HOUSE  GIVES  A  GREAT  "MILITARY  DINNER." 

The  cleverly  managed  "Military  Dinner"  at  the  Cliff  House, 
this  week,  proved  one  of  the  greatest  and  most  successful 
"timely"  novelties  which  the  ingenious  and  resourceful  man- 
agement has  staged  this  season.  The  decorative  plan  reflected 
the  spirit  of  "get  behind  the  flag,  boys,"  which  is  now  sweep- 
ing over  the  land.  The  background  was  wholly  military,  with  a 
captivating  and  beautifully  pictured  camp  life;  the  real  war 
paint  of  the  Cliff  House.  The  dinner  was  planned  on  the  lines 
of  camp  fare,  deftly  ornamented  with  gustatory  trimmings  that 
the  boys  might  have  brought  in  on  a  foraging  expedition  on  a 
half  dozen  Delmonico's.  The  "eats"  were  one  of  the  many  hits 
of  the  evening.  Even  the  dances  dissembled  in  military  steps. 
There  were  one  steps,  cavalry  canters,  torpedo  twists,  aviation 
spirals,  trench  gambols,  and  curtain  fire  dips,  while  the  camp 
fires  burned,  and  those  on  the  side  lines  told  camp  fire  yarns 
and  the  crowd  sang  camp  fire  songs.  Numbers  of  the  smart  set 
mingled  in  the  keen  enjoyment  of  the  colorful  and  picturesque 
gathering. 

SUMMONS   (DIVORCE). 
IN    THE    SUPERIOR    COURT    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA,    IN 
AND   FOR   THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

WLADYSLAWA  M.  LAND.  Plaintiff,  vs.  LOUIS  N.  LAND.  Defendant. 
Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  County  Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting  to:  LOUIS  N.  LAND, 
Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against 
you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  an- 
swer the  Complaint  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within  this 
City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree  of  this 
Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  existing  between  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  wilful  neglect,  etc.:  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  moie  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to  Which 
special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and  answer  as 
above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judgment  for  any  moneys  or 
damages  demanded  in  the  Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will 
apply  to  the  Court  for  any  othei  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State 
of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D..  1917. 

H.  I.  MULCREVY,   Clerk. 
By  W.   R.   CASTAGNETTO.    Deputy  Clerk. 
GILLOGLEY.  CROFTON  AND  PAYNE.  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent    Merger    Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business.  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works,  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  Directors,  held  on  the  sec- 
ond day  of  April.  1917.  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share  was 
levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immedi- 
ately, in  legal  monev  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
day  of  May,  1917.  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auc- 
tion, and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Tuesday,  the  19th 
day  of  June.  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.   B.  WADE,   Secretary. 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 


.n.  In«    .liu.- 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for   Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
21171 


2123| 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


High    School,    Grammar    and    Primary    Department!,    with    French 
School    for    little   children.      Fully   accredited    by    the    Unlvenlty   of 
California.    Leland   Stanford   Junior   Unlvenlty  and   by    Eaitern   Col 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN.  M.  A. 

2230   Pacific   Ave..    San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 


FOR 


PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  Post  Street       Phone  Douglas  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,   near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  BeringertConcert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


Dr.  Byron  W .  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


H.  H.  "Burt"  Powers    winning    10    mile    event    July    10,    at    P.  P.  I.  E.  races, 
in  car  built  by  himself 

BIG  NEW  SHOP  FOR  AUTO  REPAIRS. 
H.  H.  "Burt"  Powers  and  Frank  Wenz,  two  of  the  best  known 
mechanics  and  racing  men  in  automobiling,  have  opened  up 
one  of  the  most  attractive,  efficient  and  up-to-date  repairing  and 
rebuilding  automobile  shops  in  this  city.  For  over  thirteen 
years  these  experienced  mechanicians  have  worked  at  every 
angle  of  the  shop,  as  well  as  improving  and  inventing  ideas 
connected  with  the  trade  in  the  bay  cities.  Their  reputation 
in  the  racing  field  is  well  established  through  piloting  cars  to 
victory  in  big  events.  Both  belong  to  the  A.  A.  A.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  Frank  Wenz  was  with  Leon  Sloss.  Last  year  he 
installed  the  splendid  automobile  service  and  garage  equip- 
ment of  the  Desmond  Park  Service  Company  in  the  Yosemite 
National  Park,  the  biggest  and  most  intricate  service  in  the 
mountain  regions  of  California.     "Burt"  Powers  was  former 


F.  W.  Wenz  in  car  designed  and  used  by  himself  in  P.  P.  I.  E.  races 

superintendent   of   the   Howard  Automobile   Company,   Kelly 
Motor  Company  and  Argonaut  Motor  Company. 

For  five  years  he  was  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Locomo- 
bile Co.  in  the  East.  Altogether  he  has  had  18  years  of  well- 
tried  experience  in  every  branch  of  the  automobile  game,  and 
is  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  resourceful  and  effi- 
cient mechanicians  in  the  trade.  His  reputation  as  a  racer  of 
autos  stands  big  in  the  P.  P.  I.  E.  racing  circuit.  He  not  only 
designed  but  built  his  own  car,  in  which  he  won  the  10-mile 
event  July  10th  at  the  Exposition.  For  a  number  of  years  "Burt" 
Powers  was  the  mechanic  for  such  national  racing  men  as 
"Teddy"  Tetzlaff,  Earl  Cooper  and  others.  Their  new  shop  for 
rebuilding  and  repairing  anything  in  the  automobile  line  is 
certain  to  give  motor  owners  complete  satisfaction,  and  the 
News  Letter  heartily  recommends  them  to  its  readers. 


CLOTHES  AS  HINDRANCE  TO  WOMAN'S  GREATNESS. 
Ethel  Leginska,  Distinguished  Pianist. 

When,  some  years  ago,  I  decided  that  I  would  emancipate 
myself  from  the  thraldom  of  fashionable  dress  and  evolve  a 
costume  that  would  be  sane,  comfortable,  neat  and  good  to 
look  at,  I  did  it  with  no  other  object  in  view  than  my  personal 
convenience  and  comfort.  I  found  that  clothes,  as  they  exist 
in  the  life  of  the  majority  of  women,  are  a  decided  handicap  to 
the  serious  accomplishment  of  a  great  purpose — a  lofty  goal. 
And  as  my  one  ambition  and  chief  aim  in  life  has  always  been 
to  play  the  piano  and  to  play  it  as  well  as  it  possibly  can  be 
played,  regardless  of  sex  comparisons — which  should  not  exist 
in  art — I  felt  that  I  could  not  spend  any  time,  thought  or  energy 
on  side  issues.  And  certainly  clothes  are  very  much  of  a  side 
issue,  or  rather  they  should  be.  For  after  all,  we  are  not  put 
in  this  world  as  passive  objects  on  which  to  hang  fine  raiment. 
We  are  here  to  work,  to  create,  to  achieve  a  definite  purpose 
and  justify  our  existence. 

In  saying  this  I  do  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that,  as  a  well 
known  woman  writer  has  put  it,  "the  feminine  desire  for  pretty 
and  seasonable  clothes  is  a  perfectly  normal  emotion."  But 
that  emotion  has  been  so  pampered  and  over-developed  and 
over-indulged  that  we  are  in  the  grip  of  a  universal  hysteria. 
And  that  is  why  I  advocate  a  dress  reform  for  women,  particu- 
larly for  working  women — whether  artist,  musician,  writer  or 
of  the  more  numerous  class  whose  gifts  lie  in  more  obscure 
paths.  I  recommend  a  uniform  dress  that  is  becoming  and 
practical,  and  yet  expresses  the  individuality  of  the  wearer.  I 
do  not  say  that  all  women  should  adopt  and  wear  the  same 
costume.  Not  at  all.  Each  should  find  the  most  harmonious 
setting  and  stick  to  that  with  perhaps  minor  variations. 

In  the  case  of  my  personal  mode  of  dress,  I  have  found  it 
suitable  and  adapted  to  my  profession.  I  have  always  felt  that 
there  was  nothing  more  incongruous  and_  unesthetic  than  "a 
woman  dressed  in  a  decollete  evening  gown  playing  the  piano. 
There  is  something  extremely  flippant  and  distasteful  in  the 
sight  to  me,  aside  from  the  fact  that  it  is  not  comfortable.  I 
have  also  found  from  my  own  experience  that  I  am  not  only 
more  comfortable,  but  more  confident  when  I  step  out  on  the 
concert  platform  wearing  my  little  black  velvet  frock  coat  that 
has  sleeves  and  a  waist,  two  very  much  neglected  items  in 
the  present-day  evening  gown. 

A  serious  woman  artist  does  not  want  an  audience  to  comment 
on  her  frocks  and  their  style ;  she  wants  them  to  forget  all  that 
and  listen  to  her  music — just  as  they  do  with  a  man  artist.  He 
offers  no  such  distracting  diversions  as  a  fish-tail  train  or  a 
bouffant  skirt,  and  so  he  is  listened  to  with  respect  and  judged 
on  his  merits  as  a  musician.  So  it  should  be  with  a  woman, 
and  so  I  have  found  it  to  be  since  I  have  abandoned  furbelows 
for  a  sensible,  inconspicuous  working  costume. 


Flaherty — Misther  O'Sullivan,  will  ye  shtop  and  have  a 

frindly  discussion  on  the  matter  of  Home  Rule?  O'Sullivan — 
It's  sorry  I  am,  but  it's  not  convanint  just  now.  O'Flaherty — 
And  why  not,  honey?  O'Sullivan — Why,  to  tell  ye  the  truth, 
O'Flaherty,  I  haven't  got  me  shtick  handy. — Tit-Bits. 


Powers-Wenz  Co. 

Automobile    Mechanics 

Expert  Repairing,  Building  and  Designing 


1634    Pine    Street  off   Van   Ness  Avenue 


"So  that  pretty  canvasser  sold  you  a  book,  eh?"  "No, 

she  sold  me  a  couple  of  smiles  and  threw  the  book  in." — 
— Louisville  Courier-Journal. 


SEE  35  COUNTIES  IN  BIRD'S-EYE 

from 

MOUNT    DIABLO 

Get  an  aero-view  road  folder 

R.  N.  BURGESS  COMPANY,   742  Market  Street,    San    Francisco;    15th 
and  Broadway,   Oakland;  Diablo,  California. 


April  28.  1917 


and  California  Adv< 


fltAf     * 


SECT/ON 


Up  in  the  Air  Fifteen  Times  Higher  Than  Bunker 

Hill  Monument 


A  Ticklish  Tale  of  Bloodless  Adventure 


By  E.  H.  Barnuin,  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Co. 
Spaulding,   Photographer 


They  call  me  the  "Mad  March  Hare," 
because  I  still  insist  that  |your  early 
spring  weather  out  here  is  preposterous. 
You  know  I  am  from  Boston,  and  we 
wouldn't  think  of  such  a  thing  as  having 
rose  bushes  and  hyacinths  and  tulips  and 
daffodils  blooming  in  our  gardens  until 
well  into  the  middle  of  May.  It  isn't 
done,  you  know.  Such  unseasonable 
weather  must  surely  be  debilitating, 
although  I  must  admit  that  I  have  been 
here  some  two  months  now,  and  am  as 
healthy  as  a  trout.  I  attribute  this,  how- 
ever, to  the  fact  that  I  wear  a  chest-pro- 
tector and  a  fur  overcoat,  although  I  have 


found  it  imperative  to  discard  my  fur 
cap,  not  because  it  was  unappropriate 
for  so  early  in  the  year,  but  on  account 
of  the  peculiar  attraction  it  seemed  to 
have  for  the  lower  classes  who  followed 
me  about  Market  street,  as  if  I  were  a 
Hindoo,  or  a  Hottentot,  or  some  strange 
wild  creature  from  some  unknown  cor- 
ner of  the  globe,  instead  of  a  gently 
reared  New  Englander,  dressed  in  the 
habiliments  peculiarly  well  suited  to  the 
rigors  of  our  Eastern  winters. 

One  thing  that  puzzles  me  about  your 
climate  is  this :  it  isn't  any  warmer  now 
than  when  I  first  arrived.    With  us  in  the 


spring  it  gets  warmer  week  by  week. 
When  I  discovered  spring  weather  here 
the  first  of  March,  I  thought  it  would 
surely  be  hot  by  the  first  of  April,  but 
it's  colder  now,  if  anything,  than  it  was 
several  weeks  ago,  and  I  have  been  told 
that  it  never  gets  much  hotter.  This,  I 
learn,  is  due  to  your  extraordinary  Traded 
winds,  which  keep  you  cool  in  summer 
and  warm  in  winter.  I  don't  know  what 
sort  of  winds  you  had  out  here  before 
you  traded  them,  but  if  the  other  fellow 
got  the  worst  of  the  bargain,  the  Lord 
help  him,  that's  all. 

I  find  your  Traded  winds  have  a  pe- 
culiar, penetrating  quality,  especially  on 
the  shady  side  of  the  street.  I  was  stand- 
ing on  a  sunny  corner,  therefore,  the 
other  afternoon,  while  being  initiated  in- 
to the  mystery  of  "rolling  the  bones"  by 
an  accommodating  cigar  clerk,  when  Bert 
Alexander,  manager  of  Tire  Sales  of  the 
B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Company,  strolled 
by  in  company  with  his  friend,  John  F. 
McLain,  who  suggested  that  we  "roll  the 
bones"  for  something  worth  while — "the 
eats,  for  instance." 


Enjoying  the  view  from  the  very  tip-top 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


Guests  in  front  of  Mt.  Diablo  Club  Inn 


I  was  led  into  a  convenient  cafe-terror 
which  Alexander  thought  would  especi- 
ally please  me,  as  there  was  a  big  sign 
on  the  wall  which  announced  that  they 
had  "cultured"  buttermilk  for  sale.  Dice 
boxes  were  immediately  produced  and 
we  shook  for  a  round.  It  is  astonishing 
how  soon  one  becomes  accustomed  to  the 
ways  of  a  strange  country.  In  Boston  I 
would  have  been  shocked  at  the  idea  of 
shaking  dice  in  any  one  of  the  fifteen  to 
fifteen  hundred  different  ways  which  you 
have  of  teaching  a  stranger  how  to  part 
with  his  money  gracefully.  I  never 
shook  dice  before  except  in  a  harmless 
game  of  Parcheesie  when  I  was  a  very 
young  lad.  But  here  shaking  dice  seems 
quite  au  fait,  the  same  as  drinking  tea  in 
an  old  maid's  home. 

Some  six  or  eight  hours  later,  as  the 
proprietor  of  the  cafe-terror  was  closing 
up  for  the  night,  my  two  friends  had  en- 
tertained me  to  such  good  purpose  in  the 
gentle  art  of  rattling  the  cubes  that  they 
not  only  didn't  have  to  pay  for  the  din- 
ner, but  each  of  them  had  a  dollar  or  two 
more  change  than  when  they  first  met 
me.  They  are  both  cannie  Scotchmen, 
and  that  may  account  for  it.  Possibly 
they  were  spoofing,  but  they  assured  me 
that  I  was  learning  rapidly,  and  that  it 
was  only  by  exercising  the  utmost  skill 
that  they  were  able  to  keep  "a  little 
ahead  of  the  game." 

John  took  a  great  fancy  to  me  (I  was 
calling  Mr.  McLain  "John"  by  this  time. 
It's  wonderful  what  a  spirit  of  camara- 
derie "rolling  the  bones"  will  develop  in 
a  short  time),  and  insisted  on  getting  up 
a  little  trip  to  Mount  Diablo  for  the  fol- 


lowing morning.  It  developed  that  Mr. 
McLain  was  head  of  the  John  F.  McLain 
Company,  agents  for  Franklin  Motor 
Cars.  He  himself  couldn't  go  with  us, 
but  he  got  in  touch  at  once  with  George 
0.  Barnes,  his  sales  manager,  and  with 
Mr.  C.  A.  Penfield,  branch  manager  of 
his  Oakland  store.  A  jolly  party  was 
soon  arranged  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnes, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Arthur  Spaulding,  Penfield  and  myself. 
Spaulding,  as  on  a  previous  occasion, 
acted  as  official  photographer  for  the 
happy  occasion. 


We  got  an  early  morning  start,  crossing 
by  ferry  to  Oakland,  and  following  the 
directions  as  suggested  in  the  Goodrich 
Route  Card  on  Mount  Diablo,  were  soon 
climbing  the  Piedmont  hills  via  the  Tun- 
nel road.  You  have  such  a  large  way  of 
looking  at  things  out  here !  We  in  Boston 
would  call  your  Piedmont  hills  pretty 
good  sized  mountains,  but  you  pass  them 
off  as  hills!  The  road  seemed  to  me  a 
very  dangerous  and  precipitous  one.  Your 
valleys  have  such  an  abrupt  habit  of 
breaking  away  from  the  side  of  a  moun- 
tain without  due  warning.  With  us  in 
Massachusetts  our  hills  are  more  accom- 
modating. They  slope  gently  upward 
and  gently  downward.  There  is  nothing 
sudden  or  abrupt  about  them  to  harrow 
one's  feelings.  I  was  plainly  scared  as 
we  climbed  higher  and  higher  toward  the 
tunnel,  but  the  ladies  seemed  to  take  the 
road  in  a  very  matter  of  fact  way,  chat- 
ting as  unconcernedly  as  if  we  were  on 
level  ground. 

If  we  in  Boston  had  your  Piedmont 
hills  we  would  put  a  fence  around  them, 
with  wire  netting  on  all  the  by-paths,  so 
the  children  couldn't  fall  off,  and  charge 
ten  cents  a  head  for  Sunday-school  pic- 
nics and  the  like.  In  New  York  they 
would  move  them  down  to  Coney  Island 
and  turn  them  into  the  most  wonderful 
chute-the-chutes  you  ever  saw,  with  spe- 
cial rates  and  dim  lighting  effects  for 
lovers  going  through  the  tunnel.  Here 
you  look  upon  these  same  hills  in  the 
same  matter  of  fact  way  as  you  take  your 
sunshine  or  your  Traded  winds! 

Once  safely  through  the  tunnel  we 
came   into  a  wonderful,  fertile  country, 


*^^lfys 

mm 

MM 

m 

!Ba*f^?wW@J&'^£^wm        mL&i&i 

w-:  ■          ■"•'■;'**wl'i^Li.  - 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Geo.  O.  Barnes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  O.  Alexander  and  party  leaving  club 

house  in  their  Franklins 


April  28,  1917 


and  California  A 


25 


with  what  seemed  to  me  like  mountains 
rising  on  either  side,  but  which  the  ladies 
assured  me  were  "only  a  few  little  scat- 
tering hillocks."  They  alluded  to  these 
mountains  as  calmly  as  we  in  Boston 
would  speak  of  a  flock  of  English  spar- 
rows. This  only  goes  to  show  from 
what  a  courageous  race  your  Native 
Daughters  spring!  We  passed  by  fertile 
vineyards  and  strange  looking  rows  of 
trees,  which  I  was  informed  were  almond 
and  walnut,  and  finally  came  to  the  base 
of  Mount  Diablo,  which  is  your  highest 
peak  in  this  neck-of-woods. 

Had  I  known  that  the  mountain  was 
over  3,000  feet  above  the  surrounding 
valley,  and  nearly  4,000  feet  above  sea 
level  I  don't  think  that  you  could  have 
ever  tempted  me  to  make  the  ascent!  Of 
course  I  have  been  to  the  top  of  the 
Bunker  Hill  monument,  which  rises 
some  221  feet  above  the  ground,  but  to 
go  up  into  the  air  fifteen  times  that,  is 
more  than  a  good  Bostonian  like  myself 
would  rashly  attempt  without  first  mak- 
ing one's  will  or  taking  out  sickness  or 
accident  insurance,  or  something  of  that 
sort,  as  a  precautionary  measure.  It  is 
true  that  when  I  crossed  the  Continent  I 
came  through  the  Rocky  mountains  and 
the  high  Sierras,  but  fortunately  I  was 
asleep  at  the  time,  and  therefore  unaware 
of  the  dangers  which  travelers  are  or- 
dinarily subjected  to  in  such  altitudes. 
However,  I  am  a  good  sport,  and  it  would 
never  do  to  show  the  white  feather,  es- 
pecially before  such  fearless  representa- 
tives of  the  fair  sex.  So  I  resolved  to 
see  the  thing  through,  even  at  the  risk  of 
some  personal  danger. 

There  is  an  excellent  mountain  road, 
which  winds  back  and  forth  up  the  sides 
of  Mount  Diablo  in  easy  grades,  and  the 
scenery  was  so  exhilarating  and  so  un- 
usual to  one  like  myself,  who  had  been 
accustomed  to  staying  very  close  to  the 
ground,  that  I  soon  forgot  my  fear  in 
the  novelty  of  my  surroundings  and  felt 
a  thrill  of  excitement  as  we  neared  the 
top  of  the  mountain.  The  view  from  the 
summit  surpassed  anything  in  my  ex- 
perience. You  could  look  so  far  away 
that  you  couldn't  distinguish  what  you 
were  looking  at !  The  world  resembled  a 
huge  blue-green  bowl,  the  upward  rim  of 
which  stretched  away  and  away  and 
away  in  the  distance  until  it  blended  into 
the  sky  so  that  you  couldn't  tell  where 
the  bowl  ended  and  the  sky  began.  This 
seems  to  me  too  far  for  any  one  to  look ! 
I  don't  believe  the  Lord  intended  us  to 
see  more  than  a  little  distance  ahead,  on 
this  earthly  plane,  else  He  would  have 
given  us  better  eyes  to  see  with.  What's 
the  use  of  being  able  to  see  so  far  away 
that  you  can't  tell  what's  at  the  other 
end,  even  with  a  pair  of  binoculars. 


Climbing  to  the  clouds  by  air-cooled  Franklins 


Mt.  Diablo  from  Happy  Valley.     C.  A.  Penfield  and  guests  homeward  bound  on  Silvertown  Cords 


26 


and  California  Advertiser 


April  28,  1917 


Now,  one  of  our  own  peaks  is  Mount 
Weston,  325  odd  feet  above  sea  level,  and 
on  a  clear  day  you  can  see  the  gilded 
dome  of  our  State  House  in  Boston,  12 
miles  or  so  away.  That's  what  I  call  a 
nice,  comfortable  distance.  Trying  to 
see  things  much  further  off  than  that  is 
tempting  Providence.  Of  course,  looking 
upward  is  different.  The  Lord  intended 
us  to  do  that,  and  so  we  have  the  clouds 
above  and  the  sun  and  the  moon  and  the 
evening  and  morning  stars.  That  kind  of 
a  view  is  alright,  because  you  are  safe  on 
the  ground  in  the  first  place,  and  in  the 
second  place  it  gives  you  noble  aspira- 
tions; but  I  don't  believe  the  Lord  ever 
planned  us  to  see  much  of  our  daily  path, 
except  step  by  step,  or  He  would  have 
given  each  one  of  us  a  pair  of  eagles' 
eyes  and  a  mountain  to  live  on. 

We  had  one  little  exciting  adventure 
before  we  started  downward.  I  don't 
know  whether  it  was  the  uncannie  heights 
to  which  we  had  climbed  or  whether  it 
was  a  result  of  too  generous  potions  of 
"cultured"  buttermilk  on  the  day  before, 
but  I  suddenly  felt  giddy  and  faint,  and 
had  to  sit  down  on  a  nice  flat  rock.  The 
ladies,  like  ministering  angels,  fluttered 
about  me.  Mrs.  Barnes  produced  some 
smelling  salts;  Mrs.  Alexander,  at  sud- 
den intervals,  dabbed  my  face  with  a 
powder  puff,  and  Mrs.  Spaulding  very 
sensibly  offered  me  a  bit  of  sweet  choco- 
late. 

And  now  I  must  tell  you  a  secret !  Dur- 
ing the  excitement  one  of  the  ladies  tick- 
led me  under  the  chin.  Of  course  I  ig- 
nored this  indiscretion  on  her  part,  and 
I  must  not  mention  her  name.  I  will  say, 
however,  that  she  was  graceful  and  wil- 
lowy. This  is  betraying  no  secret,  be- 
cause all  three  ladies  were  graceful  and 
willowy.  I  think  it  is  best  to  let  the  mat- 
ter rest  in  this  way  rather  than  to  have 
the  finger  of  suspicion  point  too  strongly 
at  any  one  of  them,  especially  as  mod- 
esty forbids  my  mentioning  the  fact,  that 
while  I  am  an  intellectual  giant,  physi- 
cally I  am  quite  small,  and  all  three  hus- 
bands were  of  generous  proportions. 

We  went  up  the  mountain  on  the  Wal- 
nut Creek  side  and  came  down  via  the 
south  toll  gate.  On  both  roads  the  man- 
agement of  the  Mount  Diablo  estate  has 
considerately  piped  spring  water  at  fre- 
quent intervals  for  the  use  of  motorists 
troubled  with  overheated  radiators.  While 
the  grades  are  not  difficult  for  any  car 
in  good  conditions,  nevertheless  a  climb 
of  over  3,000  feet  from  the  floor  of  the 
valley  in  less  than  one  hour  is  not  to  be 
sneezed  at.  However,  the  Franklin  cars, 
as  "you  probably  know,  are  air  cooled, 
and  we  had  no  need  to  stop  at  any  of  the 
watering  places,  except  to  slake  the  thirst 
of  our  passengers. 


One  of  the  many  picturesque  views  on  the  Tunnel  Road  to  Mt.  Diablo 


At  the  foot  of  the  mountain  we  took 
lunch  at  the  Mount  Diablo  Park  Club  at 
the  invitation  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander, 
who  are  members.  We  were  made  wel- 
come by  Manager  E.  L.  Cooper,  of  the 
Club,  who  greeted  the  ladies  with  a  huge 
bowl  of  most  wonderful  rainbow  hued 
tulips,  over  which  they  went  into  ecsta- 
sies. He  then  ushered  us  in  to  dinner. 
The  keen  mountain  air  had  given  us  won- 
derful appetites,  and  we  set  to  with  a 
relish.  First  there  was  a  soup,  cream  of 
celery,  I  believe  they  called  it,  but  it 
was  more  like  ambrosia  and  nectar.  It 
would  have  been  a  credit  to  the  Copley 
Plaza  Hotel,  in  Boston. 

After  removing  our  faces  from  the  soup 
we  were  regaled  with  some  delicious  fish, 
followed  by  some  broiled  spring  chicken, 
"as  was  chicken,"  the  kind  that  melts  in 
your  mouth  and  makes  you  cry  for  more, 
garnished  with  fresh  green  peas  and  as- 
paragus tips  worth  a  king's  ransom.    Of 


course,  I  can't  see  how  it  can  possibly  be 
healthy  to  eat  green  peas  in  April,  when 
our  own  New  England  peas  won't  be 
ready  for  the  stew  pan  until  around  the 
Fourth  of  July,  but  I  must  admit  that 
they  tasted  better  than  any  I  have  ever 
eaten. 

The  Inn  where  we  took  lunch,  and  the 
club  house,  in  the  rear,  have  a  wonderful 
setting  of  green  lawn  and  tulip  beds,  live 
oak  and  olive  trees.  Wide  sheltering  ve- 
randas on  three  sides  of  the  club  house 
tempt  one  to  rest  in  comfortable  ham- 
mocks. About  these  hammocks  some  one 
has  written  in  the  guest  book : 

"I've  heard  them  say,  that  spoke  as  if 

they  knew, 
For  one  I'm  Comfort,  but  I'm  Bliss  for 

two!" 

And  about  the  club  house  itself : 
"Our  parts  are  Brick  and  Mortar,  Wood 
and  Stone, 


April  28.  1917 

But  Home  was  never  built  of  these  alone. 
Hast  thou  not  felt.  O  Guest,  the  Inner 

Soul 
Of  Human  Love  that  makes  our  Parts  a 

Whole?" 

We  strolled  through  the  olive  grove, 
where  I  sampled  my  Erst  olive  (and  I 
may  say  my  last)  in  its  natural  habitat. 
A  ripe  olive  on  a  tree  looks  luscious  as 
a  Damson  plum,  but  tastes  like  a  qui- 
nine pill  with  the  sugar  coating  licked 
off.  You've  all  been  foolish  enough  to 
do  that  once,  when  you  were  kids.  It 
seems  that  all  olives,  like  some  women, 
are  chronic  invalids,  and  have  to  be 
"cured"  before  they  are  fit  for  company. 
Mr.  Cooper  was  especially  pressing  in  his 
invitation  for  me  to  sample  the  olives, 
and  was  so  enthusiastically  seconded  by 
Messrs.  Barnes  and  Penfield  that  I  sup- 
pose I  must  have  been  the  victim  of  a 
practical  joke.  However,  as  my  discom- 
fiture seemed  to  afford  the  ladies  such  in- 
nocent amusement  I  didn't  mind  being 
spoofed. 

We  walked  leisurely  through  the 
grounds,  winding  up  at  the  garden  gazing 
globe,  in  which  was  mirrored  the  world 
in  miniature.  The  ladies,  although  al- 
ready married,  showed  a  vivid  interest  in 
peering  into  this  globe,  when  informed  by 
Mr.  Cooper  that  if  they  gazed  long 
enough  they  would  see  their  Fate  ap- 
proaching behind  their  backs.  It  was 
with  difficulty  that  we  could  tear  them 
away  from  the  enchantments  of  the  gar- 
den, but  the  hour  was  growing  late,  and 
we  had  to  be  back  in  the  city  before 
nightfall. 

I  had  by  this  time  become  quite  ac- 
customed to  your  mountain  roads,  and 
didn't  feel  so  timid  on  the  homeward 
journey.  The  two  Franklins,  with  their 
Silvertown  Cord  equipment,  sped  city- 
ward over  your  picturesque  roads  as 
gracefully  and  as  securely  as  a  swallow 
skimming  over  a  meadow.  All  too  soon 
we  were  back  in  the  city  again. 

As  a  matter  of  precaution,  I  had  the 
hotel  physician  give  me  a  thorough  phy- 
sical examination  that  evening,  and  he 
pronounced  me  absolutely  sound  in  body 
and  wind,  despite  the  unusual  hardships 
of  the  day.  I  was  afraid  that  the  sud- 
den trip  to  such  high  altitude  and  such 
sudden  descent  might  affect  my  cardiac 
regions  unfavorably.  That  such  was  not 
the  case,  I  feel  sure,  is  due  to  the  ease 
with  which  the  Franklin  cars  negotiated 
your  wild  and  hazardous  mountain  roads. 
Just  fancy!  fifteen  times  the  height  of 
Bunker  Hill  Monument  and  back  again 
in  one  day  without  mishap! 

It  is  indeed  extraordinary  and  ranks 
as  an  adventure  worthy  of  Jules  Verne's 
pen. 


and  California  Adve 


27 


Learning  one's  fate  in  the  garden  gazing  globe. 


<B>-*   - 


''**  :,'v  ph  lump 


A  Glimpse  of  Mt.  Diablo  from  Danville 


28 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


MOTOR  RELAY  DISPATCH  TO 

COME  OVER  MIDLAND  TRAIL. 

Wisner  Gillette  Scott,  vice-president 
for  California,  has  undertaken  for  the 
National  Midland  Trail  Association  the 
direction  of  a  motor  relay  dispatch  run 
the  whole  length  of  the  National  Mid- 
land Trail  to  demonstrate  the  adaptabil- 
ity of  the  trail  for  use  in  war,  and  to 
show  the  possibility  of  ready  communi- 
cation by  means  of  volunteer  citizen  re- 
lays, organized  under  central  or  govern- 
ment supervision. 

This  run  will  demonstrate  most  forcibly 
the  need  for  highway  outlets  from  the 
city  of  Washington  to  the  West  and  show 
that  at  present  the  Midland  Trail  is  the 
only  such  highway  directly  serving  the 
capital  and  leading  in  a  straight  line  by 
the  shortest  route  to  the  heart  of  the 
country.  It  will  engage  in  the  carrying 
of  a  packet  of  important  documents  from 
the  authorities  in  Washington  to  Big 
Pine,  Cal.,  in  one  package  there  to  be 
divided  and  sent  over  the  Midland  Trail 
by  one  branch  to  Los  Angeles,  and  by 
the  other  branch  of  the  Midland  Trail 
through  Yosemite  Park  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  packet  will  be  carried  by  relays  of 
volunteer  amateur  drivers,  who  may  or 
may  not  be  accompanied  by  others,  but 
who  in  any  case  except  that  of  actual 
disability  will  finish  the  run  without 
leaving  the  wheel .  of  their  cars.  The 
length  of  the  relay  sections  is  now  being 
arranged  by  Scott  in  connection  with 
the  other  officers  of  the  Midland  Trail 
Association  in  the  various  States,  and 
while  generally  of  100  to  330  miles  will 
depend  entirely  upon  the  state  of  the 
roads  at  the  date  of  starting.  Volunteers 
for  a  relay  in  the  run  are  coming  for- 
ward from  all  sides.  Charles  H.  Davis 
of  the  National  Highway  association,  in 
a  letter  to  Scott  says : 

"If  the  test  were  made  at  an  appro- 
priate time  of  the  year  and  I  personally 
could  do  it,  I  should  be  delighted  to  take 
the  message  from  Washington  as  the  first 
relay."  The  last  relay  into  Los  Angeles 
has  been  requested  by  a  prominent  busi- 
ness man  of  that  city,  and  before  many 
days  it  is  thought  that  all  the  drivers  will 
have  been  chosen.   • 

Time  will  be  a  decided  element  in  this 
test,  and  it  is  believed  that  when  the 
mountain  passes  of  the  Sierras  open  the 
trip  can  be  made  in  record  time  for  the 
passes  of  Colorado  will  by  that  time 
have  been  open  for  some  days  and  be  in 
fine  condition. 

s   s   s 

TWO  INTERESTING  FOLDERS 

EXPLAIN  OWEN  MAGNETIC. 

Two  unusually     interesting     booklets 

made  their  appearance  during  the  past 


week  in  automobile  circles,  and  are  on 
distribution  at  the  salesrooms  of  the  Mag- 
netic Motor  Car  Company,  distributers  of 
the  Owen  Magnetic  car  in  the  bay  re- 
gion. One  of  these  is  entitled  "The  Story 
of  the  Owen  Magnetic  Car,"  which  is  for 
the  layman's  consumption,  and  the  other 
compiled  to  appeal  particularly  to  the 
technical  mind,  but  highly  instructive, 
"The  S.  A.  E.  Report  on  the  Owen  Mag- 
netic." 

Both  booklets  are  simply  worded  and 
well  illustrated  with  halftones  and  line 
cuts  of  the  essential  parts  of  the  Owen 
Magnetic  car.  While  each  one  is  com- 
plete in  itself,  the  reader  finds  upon  pe- 
rusal that  each  is  a  proper  complement  of 
the  other. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of 
the  booklet  on  general  information  is  a 
discussion  and  explanation  of  the  inci- 
dents which  lead  up  to  the  perfecting  of 
the  magnetic  transmission.  Two  para- 
graphs contain  the  following  comments: 

"The  design  of  the  Owen  Magnetic 
car  is  similar  to  other  six  cylinder  high- 
grade  gasoline  cars,  except  for  the  novel 
Owen  Magnetic  transmission  eliminating 
the  use  of  speed  change  gears  and  its 
operating  parts.  There  is  nothing  com- 
plicated in  its  construction  or  in  the  per- 
formance of  this  magnetic  transmission. 
The  operation  of  the  Owen  Magnetic  is 
a  simple  matter  and  may  be  best  likened 
to  the  ease  of  the  control  of  an  electric 
car. 

"As  we  move  the  controller  on  the  elec- 
tric car  forward  to  create  the  different 
electric  relations,  so  do  we  derive  simi- 
lar results  by  moving  the  small  lever  lo- 
cated on  the  steering  wheel  of  the  Owen 
Magnetic.  These  relations  enable  the 
car  to  be  driven  at  any  speed  up  to  the 
maximum  established  by  the  design  of 
the  car.  With  the  magnetic  transmission 
there  are  no  gears.  Power  developed  by 
the  engine  is  transmitted  by  means  of 
magnetism  across  a  narrow  air  space, 
which  serves  as  a  cushion,  as  the  air  in 
a  pneumatic  tire  cushions  the  car  over 
road  shocks." 

The  S.  A.  E.  report  is  said  by  experts 
to  be  an  ideal  text  book  for  any  one  who 
desires  to  study  the  details  of  a  car, 
which  in  its  operation  has  proven  to  be 
so  simple  that  it  is  practically  fool-proof 
under  all  conditions  and  in  the  hands  of  a 
child. 

S    W    s 
MOTOR  CAR  BUILDERS  WILL 

LEAD  IN  RESTORING  EUROPE. 

That  wholesale  destruction  of  man- 
power and  horse-power  abroad  will  keep 
this  country  in  the  grip  of  a  continued 
prosperity  for  many  years  to  come,  is  the 
opinion  of  Roy  B.  Alexander,  manager 
of  the  Peacock  Motor  Sales  Company, 


Northern  California  distributer  of  the 
Chandler  light  six. 

"I  cannot  see  how,  after  the  war,  we 
can  expect  a  lessening  of  the  prosperity 
which  this  country  is  now  experiencing, 
due  to  the  war.  I  believe  the  ground  has 
only  been  scratched.  To  those  who  are 
pessimistic  about  the  future  of  this  coun- 
try at  the  conclusion  of  the  war,  attention 
should  be  called  to  the  fact  that  the  most 
important  factors  necessary  to  place  the 
present  belligerent  European  countries  on 
a  firm  footing  again  have  been  destroyed 
by  the  thousands — man-power  and  horse- 
power. 

"It  will  in  all  probability  rest  with  the 
United  States  to  supply  these  two  funda- 
mentals. As  the  largest  and  most  pro- 
ductive nation,  it  will  be  the  biggest 
source  of  supply.  None  of  us  knows  how 
many  thousand  horses  have  been  killed 
so  far.  But  we  do  know  that  when  peace 
is  declared  there  will  be  a  shortage. 
Horses  will  be  absolutely  essential  to  the 
foreign  nation  in  rebuilding. 

"It  is  hardly  possible  that  this  coun- 
try will  be  able  to  supply  these  nations 
with  all  the  horse-power  they  will  need 
immediately  after  the  war  is  over.  It  is 
my  opinion,  therefore,  that  it  will  rest 
upon  the  shoulders  of  the  motor  car  man- 
ufacturers of  this  country  to  supplant  this 
horse-power  with  motive-power.  We 
will  probably  be  called  upon  to  furnish 
motor  cars  and  motor  trucks  of  all  de- 
scriptions in  vast  quantities. 

"As  to  the  length  of  time  this  country 
will  be  called  upon  to  supply  these  for- 
eign countries,  it  is  well  to  recall  that  in 
our  own  country  reconstruction  work  is 
still  going  on  which  can  be  traced  direct- 
ly to  the  effects  of  the  Civil  War.  It  has 
taken  us  ten  times  as  long  to  overcome  the 
results  of  that  war  as  it  did  to  start  and 
finish  the  actual  destructive  work.  Pros- 
perity will  continue  in  this  country  so 
long  as  the  nations  abroad  need  us  as  a 
source  of  supply.  It  will  be  a  remarkable 
duty  which  will  fall,  not  only  upon  the 
shoulders  of  the  motor  car  manufacturers, 
but  upon  the  whole  nation." 

SIERRA  ROADS  ARE  GOOD. 

Touring  routes  through  the  Sierra  Ne- 
vada Mountains  will  be  opened  for  auto- 
mobile travel  between  May  20th  and 
June  1st,  this  year,  according  to  a  report 
of  State  Road  Engineer  H.  H.  Blee,  who 
has  just  completed  an  investigation  cf 
California  roads  and  passes.  None  of 
the  bridges  have  suffered  from  heavy 
loads  of  snow  and  ice,  nor  have  the  roads 
been  damaged  by  slides.  The  routes 
covered  by  the  survey  are  also  of  military 
importance,  being  included  in  the  Na- 
tional Defense  Highway  plan. 


April  28.  1917 

AND  CARS  FOR  EMERGl 
The  mobilization  of  motor  trucks  and 
motor  cars  for  army  transportation  work 
has  taken  definite  shape  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  the  Motor  Transport  Reserve 
Committee  by  the  Council  of  National 
Defense,  at  Washington,  according  to  a 
despatch  from  New  York.  Alfred 
Reeves,  general  manager  of  the  National 
Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is 
chairman  of  the  committee,  and  associ- 
ated with  him  are  three  other  men  promi- 
nent in  the  industry,  Roderick  Stephens, 
president  of  the  Motor  Truck  Club  of 
America,  who  is  in  the  coal  business  in 
New  York;  Coker  F.  Clarkson,  general 
manager  of  the  Society  of  Automobile 
Engineers ;  and  A.  G.  Batchelder,  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
American  Automobile  Association. 

This  motor  transport  reserve  com- 
mittee met  in  Washington,  D.  C,  re- 
cently, with  Secretary  of  War  Baker  and 
Colonel  Baker,  who  is  head  of  the  trans- 
portation of  the  U.  S.  Army.  As  a  result 
of  this  conference,  a  rather  clear  outline 
of  the  work  of  the  committee  was  ar- 
ranged. A  committee  is  preparing  a  de- 
finite plan  for  the  mobilization  of  motor 
trucks  and  motor  cars  for  emergency 
needs  in  any  part  of  the  country.  It  is 
also  preparing  a  definite  plan  for  organi- 
zation of  available  drivers  and  mechan- 
ics needed  for  such  a  mobilization.  The 
necessary  layout  of  suitable  highways 
for  transportation  purposes  comes  under 
the  work  of  the  committee.  It  is  expected 
that  within  ten  days  good  progress  will 
be  made  and  another  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee held  in  Washington.  The  N.  A.  C. 
C.  took  the  initiative  in  this  work  by  vol- 
unteering not  only  to  do  the  work,  but  to 
share  the  expense  of  it  as  well. 

It  is  expected  that  a  complete  census  of 
motor  trucks  through  the  country  will  be 
made.  The  committee  plans  to  schedule 
all  available  truck  fleets  of  private  own- 
ers on  a  basis  that  perhaps  10  per  cent  of 
the  trucks  should  be  held  available  for 
call  on  2  hours'  notice;  that  20  per  cent 
should  be  held  available  for  call  on  one 
day,  or  perhaps  two  days,  notice,  etc.  In 
this  way  the  committee  hopes  to  know 
exactly  what  trucks  can  be  counted  upon 
for  emergency  needs  in  any  section  of 
the  country. 

Sr    S     o" 

ARMY  AND  AUTO  ENGINEERS 
AGREE  ON  TRUCK  STANDARD. 
A  standard  for  motor  trucks  for  army 
purposes  has  been  agreed  upon  between 
representatives  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Corps  of  the  Army  and  representatives 
of  the  Society  of  Automobile  Engineers, 
and  is  now  before  Secretary  of  War 
Baker  for  his  approval.     The  approval 


and  California  Advertiser 

of  the  Secretary  is  expected  as  won  as 
he  reaches  it  on  his  desk.  The  standard- 
ization of  motor  track  is  taken  up  each 
year  by  the  War  Do;  ,:tment,  due  not 
only  to  changes  which  are  constantly  be- 
ing made  in  the  design  and  manufacture 
of  trucks,  but  also  to  the  special  needs  of 
the  army  as  developed  by  experiences  in 
the  actual  use  of  the  trucks. 

The  standard  just  approved  and  sent 
to  Secretary  Baker  will  apply  to  the 
present  year.  Whether  the  war  in  which 
the  United  States  has  entered  lasts  be- 
yond this  year  or  not.  a  new  standard 
will  be  adopted  for  1918.  In  seeking  a 
standard  for  the  army  truck,  the  National 
Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  A.  A.  A.  co-operated  with  the  gov- 
ernment's officers  and  the  S.  A.  E.  From 
the  latter  organization,  Coker  Clarkson 
headed  a  committee  which  met  here  last 
Friday  to  take  up  the  question  of  stand- 
ardization. 

Several  points  were  at  issue  between 
the  manufacturers  and  the  joint  com- 
mittee working  directly  on  behalf  of  the 
government  in  a  decision  on  the  question 
of  standardization,  but  these  finally  were 
worked  out  satisfactorily  to  all  inter- 
ested. As  soon  as  the  new  standard  is 
reviewed  by  Secretary  Baker,  it  can  be 
used  by  manufacturers  in  the  construc- 
tion of  trucks  which  may  be  begun  in 
anticipation  of  the  heavy  demands  of  the 
government  a  little  later, 
o"  ?r  S 
NEED  OF  UNIFORM  LA  WS  IN 

REGULATIONS   OF    TRAFFIC. 

Of  twenty-five  large  cities,  chosen  at 
random,  fourteen  make  one  blast  of  the 
traffic  officer's  whistle  indicate  north  and 
south  traffic  proceed,  and  eleven  make 
the  same  signal  apply  when  east  and  west 
traffic  is  to  proceed.  In  these  same 
twenty-five  cities  the  allowable  speed  in 
the  business  district  varies  from  8  to  16 
miles  an  hour;  five  set  the  limit  at  8, 
eleven  at  10,  three  at  12,  five  at  15,  and 
one  at  16  miles  an  hour.  In  the  residence 
districts  of  these  twenty-five  cities  the 
speed  limit  range  is  from  12  to  25  miles 
an  hour;  three  set  it  at  12,  eleven  at  15, 
three  at  18,  seven  at  20  and  one  at  25. 
Headlight  regulations  in  these  same 
cities  vary  as  much  as  speed  and  signals. 
Five  have  no  regulation  of  lights  at  all, 
five  require  "reasonable"  lights,  one  sets 
the  extreme  mark  at  which  the  concen- 
trated beam  of  light  shall  strike  the 
ground  in  front  of  the  car  at  75  feet,  one 
at  150  feet,  ten  at  200  feet,  and  three  at 
300  feet. 

S     5     5 

TRACTOR  MAN  INDICTED. 
W.  Baer  Ewing,  president  of  the  Ford 
Tractor  Co.,  of  Minneapolis,  New  York 
City   and   elsewhere,  has   been  indicted 


29 

under  the  Ohio  "Blue  Sky  Law"  on  the 
charge  of  offering  stock  for  sale  in  his 
company  without  a  I 
terprise  has  been  under  investigation  by 
the  vigilance  committee  of  the  Associ- 
ated Advertising  Clubs    of    the    World, 
which  some  time  ago  issued  a  repo: 
ing  some  unfavorable  facts  about  the  or- 
ganization and  conduct  of  the  company. 
Br    V    S 
RACING  DRIVERS  ENLIST. 
The  list  of  racing  drivers  who  have 
signed  up  for  governmental  work  during 
the  war  has  been  increased  to  350.  These 
are  about  even  in  their  selection  of  the 
two  departments,  the  aviation  and  the 
armored  car  division. 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 


TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

$15.00 

Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

{Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST 

Direct  Factory  Rcprtstnlibve  far  Drover,  Ctlo.  and  West  Doited  Statu 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROCHESTER,  NEW  VORK 
Sib  friRosfo         Cbicm        Bistn        New  York        Dftrsil 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand   &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


30 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


SUBSTITUTES  FOR  PRESENT 

MOTOR   CAR    TIRE   UNLIKELY. 

"It  is  very  doubtful  if  a  satisfactory 
substitute  for  the  rubber,  fabric  and  air 
now  used  in  tires  on  pleasure  automobiles 
or  for  the  tires  themselves,  will  be  found 
for  some  time  to  come,  if  ever,"  declares 
Louis  Lichtenberger,  president  of  the 
Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  fac- 
tory distributors  of  Norwalk  tires  and 
tubes.    He  adds: 

"While  the  United  States  patent  office 
will  continue  to  receive  hundreds  of  ap- 
plications for  new  inventions  to  take  the 
place  of  the  present  pneumatic  tire,  none 
seem  to  achieve  more  than  passing  no- 
tice among  the  motoring  public. 

"While  the  different  brands  of  tires 
now  on  the  market  differ  as  to  quality 
and  many  have  distinctive  characteristics, 
every  make  that  is  the  least  bit  success- 
ful embodies  the  basic  principle  of  rub- 
ber, cotton  and  air.  I  do  not  believe  there 
will  ever  be  a  satisfactory  substitute  for 
rubber.  The  war  has  brought  home  to 
the  mind  of  the  public  the  truth  of  the 
old  saying  that  necessity  is  the  mother 
of  invention,  and  many  substitutes  have 
been  found  and  new  discoveries  made, 
but  to  make  genuinely  dependable  and 
serviceable  tires,  nothing  but  real,  live 
rubber  of  the  highest  quality  can  be  used. 
Constant  research  and  experimentation 
will  bring  about  more  improvements  in 
the  tire  industry,  but  not  since  the  pneu- 
matic tire  was  originated  some  twenty 
years  ago  has  the  principle  of  rubber, 
fabric  and  air  changed. 

"We  have  just  been  assured  by  officials 
of  the  Norwalk  tire  factory  that  while 
many  tire  manufacturers  are  resorting  to 
the  use  of  reclaimed  rubber,  owing  to  the 
pronounced  scarcity  of  rubber  and  the 
utter  absence  of  so-called  'spot-rubber' 
on  the  market,  nothing  but  strictly  first- 
class  Up-River  Amazon  plantation  rub- 
ber will  be  used  in  the  construction  of 
Norwalk  tires,  and  if  the  available  sup- 
ply of  this  grade  of  rubber  runs  low,  the 
output  of  production  will  be  cut  down, 
rather  than  use  old  rubber  for  the  pur- 
pose of  maintaining  normal  production. 
In  this  way  the  high  reputation  the  Nor- 
walk product  has  held  since  its  introduc- 
tion will  be  maintained,  regardless  of 
market  conditions,  and  quality  instead  of 
price  and  profit  will  be  of  first  considera- 
tion." 

9    ■&    ■& 

DATA    ON  DIRT  ROADS. 

The  predominant  importance  of  dirt 
roads,  roads  of  earth,  sand  or  gravel,  in 
discussing  road  locating  and  building 
problems  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  of 
2,500,000  miles  of  public  roads  in  the 
United   States  nearly  2,400,000   are   of 


these  materials.  Questions  of  route, 
drainage,  grading,  materials,  machinery 
and  adequate  maintenance  are  taken  up 
in  a  bulletin  just  issued  by  the  Office  of 
Public  Roads  and  Rural  Engineering  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Typical 
specifications  for  such  roads  are  given 
and  directions  for  making  and  using 
road  drags.  The  bulletin  will  be  of  in- 
terest to  all  concerned  in  planning  new 
roads  or  re-locating  or  repairing  old  ones. 

HOLDS  CUT  PRICE  LEGAL. 

The  right  of  a  retail  merchant  to  sell 
a  patent  article  at  cut  price  was  held  le- 
gal recently  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States.  A  dealer  may  now  sell 
patented  articles  at  any  price  he  sees  fit. 
The  Supreme  Court  also  held  that  a  pa- 
tentee cannot  dictate  what  shall  be  used 
in  his  machines.  That  is,  patent  grants 
for  machines  give  others  the  right  now 
to  use  these  machines  subject  to  the  pa- 
tent right  with  any  appropriate  material 
or  supplies. 

"Sr    'er    "& 
"ALL-YEAR    CAR"   POPULAR. 

A  significant  indication  of  the  trend  of 
popular  demand  in  body  style  is  the  re- 
port that  more  than  40  per  cent  of  Kissel- 
Kar  owners  are  driving  cars  equipped 
with  the  All-Year  body.  Development 
of  the  convertible  idea  in  body  design- 
ing, in  which  the  Kissel  Company  were 
pioneers,  has  thus  made  an  important  im- 
pression on  the  motoring  habits  of  a  na- 
tion, since  only  five  years  ago,  it  is  esti- 
mated, the  output  of  closed  cars  was  less 
than  8  per  cent  of  the  country's  whole 
production.  Among  Kissel  owners  are  to 
be  found  names  of  many  prominent  in 
banking,  business,  professional  and  so- 
cial circles. 

S   s   -& 
OVERLAND  SHOWS  GROWTH. 

Due  to  the  fact  that  there  have  been 
nearly  six  driveaway  days  every  week  at 
the  Toledo  plant  of  the  Willys-Overland 
Company,  the  record  of  Overland  ship- 
ments for  the  first  quarter  of  1917  shows 
a  continued  increase  over  the  last  quar- 
ter of  1916.  Thus,  despite  the  uncertain- 
ties of  the  freight  situation,  the  big  or- 
ganization came  within  the  proverbial 
hair's  breadth  of  the  schedule  laid  down 
for  the  period  as  far  back  as  last  De- 
cember. A  most  gratifying  feature  is 
the  continuance  of  dealer  demands  for 
increased  allotments,  as  well  as  the  dis- 
tributors' willingness  to  co-operate  with 
the  factory  in  taking  cars  over  the  high- 
way. Driveways  have  been  organized 
from  points  as  far  away  as  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  Erie,  Pa.  Notwithstanding  the  price 
increase  effective  April  second,  large  or- 
ders are  being  received  daily,  and  it  is 


believed  that  the  second  quarter  will  reg- 
ister a  material  increase  in  production,  a 
belief  that  is  supported  by  advance  pur- 
chase of  materials,  already  closed. 
S  °s  v 
REST  A  TO  QUIT  RACING. 
Dario  Resta  is  to  quit  automobile  rac- 
ing in  deference,  it  is  reported,  to  the 
wishes  of  his  wife,  a  sister  of  the  late 
Spencer  Wishart.  Resta's  plans  for  the 
future  lean  to  a  position  as  consulting 
engineer  with  some  manufacturer,  or  an 
opportunity  to  invest,  in  a  business  less 
dangerous  than  racing,  some  part  of  the 
$100,000  that  he  has  won  during  the  past 
two  years  on  the  track. 

NEW  GOODRICH  ENGINEER. 

Henri  Julliot,  the  prominent  French 
engineer  and  builder  of  dirigibles,  al- 
though he  arrived  in  this  country  but 
several  weeks  ago,  is  already  deep  in  the 
work  of  constructing  the  two  huge  Blimp 
type  non-rigid  dirigible  balloons,  which 
are  being  built  for  the  government  by 
the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Company, 
where  he  has  accepted  the  commission  as 
chief  of  the  Goodrich  Aeronautical  Divi- 
sion. 

^    ?>     ?> 
BEADING  KILLS  RATTLES. 

No  one  feature  of  automobile  opera- 
tion contributes  more  to  the  pleasure  of 
driving  than  absolute  silence.  And  it  is 
often  the  case  that  the  greatest  annoy- 
ance results  from  the  squeaks  and  rat- 
tles emanating  from  the  body  and  fen- 
ders. For  that  reason  the  Cole  Motor 
Car  Company  has  taken  special  precau- 
tions in  designing  its  Cole  Eight  to  pre- 
vent all  rumbles  by  adding  refinements 
and  safeguards  to  eliminate  all  chance 
of  their  developing  ias  the  cars  grow 
old  in  service.  A  close  scrutiny  of  the 
front  end  of  the  Cole  Eight  discloses  two 
narrow  transverse  headings,  running  in 
parallel  lines  horizontally  across  the  fen- 
der splash  aprons.  So  carefully  have 
they  been  made  that  they  are  practically 
unnoticeable. 

S    V    ■&" 
PERVERSITY  OF  MANKIND. 

You  just  can't  please  some  people.  For 
example,  we  have  the  Mexicans  rioting 
because  for  insectivorous  and  other  equal- 
ly valid  reasons  Uncle  Sam  persists  in 
giving  the  hombres  a  gasoline  bath  be- 
fore admitting  them  into  Gringoland. 
Who  but  your  Uncle  Samuel  and  John  D. 
has  money  enough  to  bathe  in  gasoline? 
Such,  however,  is  the  perversity  of  man- 
kind that  when  this  expensive  luxury  is 
forced  upon  a  pesoless  peon  he  protests 
orally,  physically  and  otherwise. — The 
Commentator  in  American  Motorist. 


April  28.  1917 


anJ  California  Advertiser 


31 


California    Leads    in  Use  of 
Motor  Trucks 

By  P.  S.  Niche* 

Of  iKf  IVi(k  KiaeUC*!  Bruch 


Active    In    Work    of    Restocking    Streams. 

Figuring  the  actual  number  of  motor  trucks  in  use  relative 
to  business  houses  in  existence  and  private  owners  working  in 
varied  lines  of  trade,  we  believe  that  statistics  show  California 
leading  all  other  States  of  the  Union. 

That  the  Federal  has  played  a  very  important  part  in  the  pro- 
gressiveness  of  California  merchants,  is  a  wonderful  credit  to 
the  Federal  Motor  Truck  Company,  their  method  of  business 
and  the  goods  which  they  produce. 

In  California  we  find  conditions  extremely  varied — perhaps 
more  so  than  in  any  other  territory  of  like  size  in  the  world,  and 
some  of  which  conditions  tend  to  tax  a  truck  to  its  utmost. 

In  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  for  instance,  there  are  ap- 
proximately fifty  of  these  motor  trucks  in  use,  and  a  number 
of  these  working  under  government  mail  contracts,  which  re- 
quire guaranteed  service.  It  would  tax  one's  imagination  quite 
a  little  to  picture  a  motor  truck  displacing  fifteen  horses,  but  in 
the  very  severe  mountain  districts  of  California  this  is  a  com- 
monplace occurrence,  and  one  Federal  truck  operating  from 
Keddie  to  Westwood  is  doing  the  same  work  that  formerly  re- 
quired thirty-five  horses,  and  doing  this  work  in  much  less  time. 
Another  of  these  trucks  operating  in  Trinity  County,  from  Red- 
ding to  Weaverville,  is  displacing  a  similar  number  of  horses 
and  doing  the  work  much  more  efficiently. 

In  the  very  high  altitude  of  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  all 
methods  of  transportation  cease  during  two  or  three  months  of 
the  year,  at  which  time  it  is  not  unusual  to  have  a  snowfall  of 
eight  or  ten  feet  on  the  level.  This  means  that  when  the  spring 
opens  road  conditions  are  anything  but  good,  and  many  Federal 
owners  tell  us  of  their  trucks  operating  in  hub-deep  mud  and 
overcoming  other  obstacles  almost  unbelievable. 

To  give  you  an  idea  of  how  varied  conditions  may  be  in  a 
limited  area,  will  say  that  in  Nevada  County  oranges  are  grown 
at  the  lower  altitude  and  in  the  higher  altitudes  which  consti- 
tute part  of  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  there  are  thousands 
of  tons  of  ice  harvested  every  year.  Extending  to  the  other  ex- 
treme, California  has  thousands  of  acres  of  desert  land,  some 
of  which  is  very  productive,  and  we  all  know  of  the  famous  Im- 
perial Valley,  from  which  the  earliest  cantaloupes  and  water- 
melons come  to  supply  the  Eastern  markets.  In  these  low  lands, 
during  the  summer  time,  temperatures  of  120  degrees  in  the 
shade  are  not  infrequent,  and  many  Federal  trucks  are  operat- 
ing in  the  Imperial  Valley  without  the  least  tendency  of  heat- 
ing troubles,  as  is  also  the  case  in  the  mountains,  where  a  truck 
requires  not  only  an  efficient  cooling  system,  but  well  designed, 
large  brakes,  powerful  motor,  and  all  parts  of  equally  sturdy 
construction. 

The  greatest  credit  to  a  motor  truck's  stability  can  be  found 
through  the  tendency  of  the  Federal  owners  to  repeat.  In  the 
Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  for  instance,  we  had  had  many  cases 
of  repeat  orders  and  have  supplied  many  trucks  to  owners  who 
had  experienced  difficulty  with  competitive  equipment. 

Considering  the  large  variety  of  trade  in  which  motor  trucks 
are  used,  and  from  all  the  information  we  can  obtain  on  the 
subject,  we  do  not  believe  that  California  has  an  equal,  and  to 
bear  out  our  contention  in  this  respect  will  quote  a  few  of  the 


Citrus  Fruit  Companies  Um   Federals. 


unusual  trades  in  which  these  trucks  are  reducing  operating 
costs  in  this  "Presidentially"  popular  State. 

The  city  of  San  Francisco  uses  one  as  a  dog  wagon,  and  has 
saved  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals 
many  dollars  by  its  efficient  work.  This  Society  is  also  operat- 
ing a  special  Federal  horse  ambulance,  which  is  used  for  the 
conveyance  of  sick  and  crippled  horses  to  a  special  hospital 
provided  for  the  purpose.  Aside  from  municipal  service,  we 
find  one  of  the  trucks  in  use  by  the  Pacific  Coast  Glass  Co.,  one 
truck  in  use  by  the  California  Automobile  Association,  for  the 
distribution  of  road  signs  throughout  the  northern  part  of  the 
State;  several  trucks  in  use  by  the  State  Highway  Commission 
for  the  improvement  of  roads ;  also  by  the  Fish  and  Game  Com- 
mission to  further  the  interests  of  sportsmen;  a  Federal  truck 
operating  near  Sacramento,  hauling  asparagus  exclusively;  four 
trucks  working  in  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  hauling  special 
lumber  clamps  and  provisions  to  the  Sugar  Pine  Lumber  Mills, 
these  mills  being  situated  in  the  heart  of  thousands  of  sugar 
pine  trees  from  which  best  building  lumber  is  obtained;  one 
Federal  truck  is  used  in  Sonora  County  as  a  traveling  merchan- 
dise store  carrying  provisions  and  supplies  for  sale  to  the  dif- 
ferent mines  located  in  that  territory;  one  truck  is  operated  by 
the  Western  Casket  Co.,  in  Oakland,  distributing  caskets  to 
the  different  funeral  directors;  the  first  of  these  trucks  ever 
sold  on  the  coast  in  use  by  the  Pacific  Carbonic  Gas  Co.,  Oak- 
land, for  the  distribution  of  recharged  carbonic  steel  bottles,  all 
of  these  in  addition  to  trucks  used  in  every  ordinary  line  of 
trade,  including  the  vast  wine  industry  and  grape  vineyards  of 
California  and  the  well  known  citrus  and  deciduous  fruit  or- 
chards located  in  different  parts  of  the  State. 

Devoting  part  of  this  communication  to  the  business  methods 
of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  branch  (and  we  do  not  wish  these 
statements  to  convey  a  feeling  of  egotism  on  their  part)  this 
company  has  perhaps  the  most  progressive  policy  of  any  in 
the  West — they  believe  strongly  in  advertising.  "Safety 
First"  is  their  motto  and  a  one  price  policy  is  adhered  to  very 
religiously.  The  Federal  truck  has  been  handled  by  this  com- 
pany ever  since  its  manufacture,  and  during  the  period  of  its 
distribution  on  the  coast,  these  trucks,  through  the  efforts  of 
the  Pacific  KisselKar  branch,  have  fallen  into  the  hands  of 
well  known  and  well  established  sub-dealers  in  their  respec- 
tive localities. 

Selling  these  trucks  is  like  selling  any  other  good  commodity 
capable  of  improving  business  methods,  but  it  should  be  borne 
in  mind  that  every  owner  should  be  made  to  feel  that  he  is  en- 
tering into  a  co-partnership  with  the  company  from  which  he 
makes  his  purchase,  and  that  it  is  to  his  interest  not  only  to 
take  care  of  his  equipment  but  to  interest  himself  in  furthering 
sales  as  far  as  he  can  do  so  without  working  a  detriment  to  his 
own  trade,  all  of  which  would  call  for  better  service  on  the  dis- 
tributer's part,  and  mutually  beneficial  results  all  around. 

As  a  concluding  paragraph  of  this  rather  lengthy  article,  we 
may  state  truthfully  that  one  may  travel  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia from  one  end  to  the  other,  converse  with  hundreds  of 
Federal  owners  and  will  not  find  one  that  is  dissatisfied. 


This  Federal  Distributes  Road  Signs. 


Working  for  Improvement  of  State   Roads. 


Carries   Supplies   to   Grass   Valley    Mines. 


32 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


April  28,  1917 


SONG  OF  THE  AMERICAN  RAILROAD  MAN. 

We  are  the  wings  of  the  Eagle,  spread  to  the  scarlet  sky. 
Sturdy  and  Strong,  we  speed  along,  heeding  our  Master's  cry. 
The  Eagle's  beak  is  the  army — the  Navy  its  curving  claws, 
And  both  may  fight  through  day  and  night,  and  the  wings  will 
never  pause. 

We  are  the  wings  of  the  Eagle,  and  our  steel-lined  tips  are 

spread 
From  shore  to  shore  where  the  oceans  roar — from  north  to  the 

Gulf  Stream's  bed. 
Let  the  soldier  look  to  his  rifle,  and  the  sailor  look  to  the  sea, 
And  what  they  need  with  an  eagle's  speed  be  sure  they  will  get 

from  me. 

We  are  the  wings  of  the  Eagle,  flecked  with  our  labors'  foam, 
With  freight  and  mail  we  blazed  the  trail  for  a  mighty  nation's 

home. 
As  in  peace  we  have  been  your  servant,  so  in  war  we  will  be 

your  slave. 
And  our  wings  will  hum,  and  our  pulses  drum,  till  the  flags  of 

Freedom  wave. 

We  are  the  wings  of  the  Eagle,  eager  to  prove  our  worth, 
Fitted  by  skill  to  do  your  will  with  the  best  trained  men  on 

earth. 
Then  load  us  up  with  the  burden  and  fire  the  opening  gun ; 
And  remember,  Sam,  the  railroad  man,  is  ever  your  loyal  son. 

— Southern  Pacific  Bulletin. 


MEMORIES. 

I  remember,  I  remember, 

Those  pleasant  sugar  pills 
Our  family  doctor  fed  to  me 

For  all  my  childhood  ills. 
His  air  was  most  encouraging ; 

He  had  a  healthy  smell ; 
I  loved  his  simple  medicines 
Which  made  me  strong  and  well. 

I  remember,  I  remember, 

That  when  my  child  took  sick, 
We  sent  for  seven  specialists 

To  come  and  see  him  quick. 
Their  bills  combined  were  large  enough 

To  make  a  Croesus  wince. 
The  child,  I  much  regret  to  state, 

Has  not  been  healthy  since. 

— K.  L.  Roberts  in  Life. 


THE  LOST  PARADISE. 

I  looked  into  the  little  room 

I  may  not  enter  more, 
The  room  that  was  a  Paradise 

For  us  ten  years  before; 
With  aching  heart  and  praying  eyes 

I  lingered  at  the  door. 

Across  your  bed  the  gleam  and  gloom 

Of  sunlit  leaves  that  crowd 
Your  window  shadow-music  made 

One  must  not  play  aloud, 
A  score  of  flitting  light  and  shade 

By  spiritual  fingers  played. 
-Richard  Le  Gallienne  in  Harpefs  Magazine  for  April. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PEDAL 

NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES  MFG.  CO. 

2187  Woofworth  Bldg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


FOR    SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 

The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  it  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO. — LARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


Your  Grocer  Sell*  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


PRICE     10    CENTS 


SATURDAY,     MAY    5,      1917 


$5.00     PER     YEAR 


i  Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Fay  Richards'  Schools  i 


=    OPEN  ALL  SUMMER 


TRAINING  SCHOOL  FOR  TEACHERS    = 


|  HOTEL  ST.  FRANCIS  PRIVATE  SCHOOL 

=  The  Richards'  System  t^tay  be  "Oiewed  Every  Day  at  11:00  a.  m.  and  3:00  p.  m. 

=     Clay    Modeling    Featured 

~  Luncheon  Served 

H  DEPARTMENTS 

—      Kindergarten   "  Green  Room 

■  (Richardi'   System) 

S      Primary  and  Grammar 

S  Open  Air  Study  Rooms 

^-  (Public  School  System) 

French   and   Folk  Dancing   Daily  in 
All    Departments 

FRIDAY  DANCING  CLASSES 
Children  3  to  6  years 

From  2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. 
Children  6  to  9  years 

From  2:30  to  3:00  p.  m. 
Fancy  Dancing 

From  3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. 

OUTDOOR  EXERCISE 
EVERY  DAY 


=  Limousine    Service 


Birthday  Party  Given  For  Little  Miss  Richards,  November  17th,   1916 


Wednesday   Afternoon,   May   23rd,  at    Two-Thirty  O'clock,   Mrs. 

Richards'  Hotel  Oakland  School    Will   Give  a  Similar 

Party,  Exhibition  by  Both  Schools 

HOTEL  OAKLAND  PRIVATE  SCHOOL 


%IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH  C 


D 


OFFICE,  ROOM  103   | 


I 


PIERCE. ARROW 


m 


si 


COMFORT 

<Uhe  Comfort  of  the  FIERCE-ARROW  CAR  is  something  more  than  physical 
comfort. 

It  is  equally  mental  comfort,  freedom  from  anxiety,  from  fear,  and  from  disappoint- 
ment. 

It  is  not  merely  soft  cushions,  absence  of  vibration  and  the  minimum  of  noise;  it  is  also 
the  mental  rest  that  comes  from  the  conviction  that  all  these  qualities  are  perma- 
nent and  dependable;  that  they  are  not  the  result  of  some  supreme  effort  on  some 
particular  car,  but  that  they  are  all  a  part  of  the  regular  day's  work — the 
natural  and  customary  product  of  the  car. 

THE  MOST  COMPLETE  SELECTION  OF  ALL  MODELS  FOR  IMMEDIATE  DELIVERY 

PIERCE-ARROW    PACIFIC   SALES    COMPANY,    Inc. 

W.  F.  CULBERSON,  President 

Phone  Prospect   1250  GEARY  AT  POLK  STREETS  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


FRANCU 


4talifonria 


Davottd   to  tht    Loading    Inttraitt   of   California   and   tha   Pacific   Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MAY  5,  1917 


NO.  18 


MA    ADVKIt- 
Satunlay  t 
Ick  Marriott.   IS»  Minna    -  Tele- 

phone Kearny  3594.     Entered  at  San  Francisco,  Cel  ,  Peet-<  '11:   ••  u  SOCOnd- 

.<:  Company.  SO  Cornhill.   E.  C.   England. 
[ion    In    the    current    numher    of    the    SAN 

n:u  ami  California  advertiser  should 
be  sent  to  I  ;  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 

rlptlon    Rates    (Including    postage^— 1    year.    $."■;    6   months.    K.T".. 
Foreign:   1   year  17.50;  6   months,  J4.00.     Canada:    1   year,   M.1S;  I  month*. 

tut. 


The  war  prospect  ought  to  impress  the  Kaiser  that  it  is 

about  time  to  seek  another  job. 

Generals  Haig  and  Nievelle  are  pressing  the  peace  pro- 
paganda with  extraordinary  success. 

The  American  flags  going  up  all  over  the  country  these 

days  carry  their  rising  price  and  belligerency  behind  them. 

The  Kaiser  scored  a  big  war  hit  in  England,  this  week. 

His  bombardment  of  Ramsgate  killed  one  man  and  a  woman. 

The  Legislature  at  Sacramento  is  closed,  padlocked,  and 

its  seasonal  spiflicate  ravings  have  ended  in  a  whirlwind  finish. 
Thanks  to  the  great  god,  Windbag. 

To  the  general  public  the  seasonal  crop  of  food  looks 

mighty  skinny:  to  the  ordinary  commission  juggler  the  profits 
look  immense. 

The  way  the  location  of  the  Terry-Broderick  duel  is  ful- 
minating in  the  press  is  evidently  leading  up  to  malpractice  of 
the  same  kind. 

The  Normal  School  project  was  readily  put  over  in  the 

State  Legislature,  this  week,  and  the  taxpayers  will  pay  the 
piper  as  usual. 

The  three  billion  dollars  which  Uncle  Sam  proposes  to 

loan  his  four  big  allies  will  do  some  loud  talking  when  it 
reaches  Europe. 

Farmers  are  the  favorites  of  Fortune,  these  days.  The 

State  legislature  has  just  exempted  them  from  the  clauses  and 
provisions  of  the  workmen's  compensation  act. 

The  inability  of  the  swarm  of  lawyers  to  locate  Oxman 

rightly  on  the  map  of  the  dynamiting  cases  is  due  to  the  fact 
that  they  fail  to  consider  him  a  cattleman  on  a  bender. 

Municipal  motor-bus  lines  are  to  be  established  on  the 

water  front,  running  north  and  south  from  the  ferry.  This 
means  another  tentacle  on  local  municipal  ownership. 

Von  Holweg  is  again  ready  to  explain  to  the  world  Ger- 
many's new  peace  terms.  If  they  are  as  shop  worn  as  the  former 
peace  terms,  they  are  ready  to  be  chucked  on  the  scrap  heap 
at  the  Hague. 

According  to  type  headings  in  the  morning  dailies,  the 

"Irish  are  Volunteering,"  "The  Slavonians  are  Volunteering," 
"The  Spanish  are  Volunteering,"  "The  Greeks  are  Volunteer- 
ing," etc.  But  when  are  these  volunteers,  who  have  cast  their 
lot  with  this  country,  going  to  follow  the  American  flag  under 
the  simple  boast  of  being  American  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A.? 


Evidently  the  high  cost  of  living  has  hit  the  inland 

stream  fish.  The  trout  season  opened  May  1st,  but  the  finny 
tribe  in  concert  refused  to  bite  at  the  skimpy  bait  on  the  hooks. 

Beans  and  potatoes  are  shouldering  hops  out  of  the  old 

fields,  these  days  of  high  cost  of  war  and  of  tame  living.  Even 
the  brewers  admit  that  beer  is  on  the  blink,  and  that  hops  had 
best  rest  the  while. 

The  usual  fist  fight  between  lawyers  occurred  again,  this 

week,  in  a  local  court.  Alas,  no  casualties  ensued.  The  gov- 
ernment might  clear  the  local  courts  of  such  disgraceful  ex- 
cesses by  drafting  the  shysters  into  the  present  army. 

Prince  Paulo  Troubetzkoy  has  decided  to  gather  up  all 

his  works  in  their  several  exhibition  places  and  center  them 
at  the  Palace  Fine  Arts  on  the  old  Exposition  grounds.  Evi- 
dently the  Prince  is  seeking  a  place  of  exposure. 

Two  full-blooded  Moros,  an  Igorrote  and  an  Ifugav  are 

reported  to  be  acquitting  themselves  well  in  the  new  Philip- 
pine Congress.  That  Ifugav  must  be  the  pork  barrel  represen- 
tative of  our  own  Congress  who  disappeared  so  mysteriously 
two  sessions  ago. 

The  State  Legislature  has  passed  an  appropriation  of 

$250,000  for  military  road  making  in  this  State  for  a  skyline 
boulevard,  a  coast  ridge  road  out  of  San  Francisco,  extending 
far  south  for  military  purposes:  an  improvement  bequeathed 
California  from  the  war. 

In  one  of  the  biggest  local  daily  papers,  this  week,  two 

columns  were  covered  with  a  list  of  names  of  well  known 
American  citizens  who  flatly  refused  to  speak  to  Germans  or 
those  of  German  descent.  The  two  columns  mentioned  were 
under  the  title  "Obituaries." 

The  Custom  House  has  always  been  a  melting  pot  for 

these  rancorous  amenities  in  which  Internal  Revenue  Collec- 
tor Scott  and  Revenue  Agent  Thomas  are  now  engaged.  Scott, 
however,  in  this  instance  is  backed  by  the  confidence  of  the 
big  men  in  the  community. 

Ultra  radicals  in  Petrograd,  this  week,  made  a  notable 

demonstration  in  support  of  Thomas  J.  Mooney,  now  on  trial  in 
this  city  for  being  connected  with  the  bomb  explosion  during 
the  Preparedness  parade.  One  big  hit  in  dynamite  disaster 
makes  all  the  world's  Reds  kin. 

When  the  news  of  war  languishes,  the  steady  reading 

public  can  rely  with  impunity  on  State  Senator  Brown  of  Los 
Angeles  and  State  Market  Director  Weinstock  to  fill  the  air 
with  hot  air  gases,  fulminating  bombomades  and  the  explosion 
of  market  supplies  high  in  the  air. 

The  Oxman-Rigall  investigation  in  Fickert's  investiga- 
tion has  brought  out  the  fact  that  Rigall  sold  "jingo,"  a  temper- 
ance drink  containing  two  per  cent  alcohol.  It's  all  off !  That 
two  per  cent  of  alcohol  will  prove  a  red  flag  to  the  Prohibition 
party  of  the  State,  and  they'll  charge  full  tilt  at  this  Prepared- 
ness defense. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  arrival  of     the     British     and 
Uncle  Sam  Helps  French    delegates    at    Washington 

His  Sturdy  Allies  marks  a  closer  understanding  among 

the  three  big  Democratic  nations  of 
the  world,  a  closer  union  against  an  autocracy  ambitiously  de- 
termined to  rule  the  world.  It  is  a  sterling  phrase  that  expresses 
this  conflict  as  a  "world  war."  England  and  France  have  sent 
their  greatest  men  in  respective  lines,  ministers,  soldiers,  naval 
commanders  and  diplomats,  to  explain  certain  situations  and 
furnish  the  Administration  with  advice  in  preparing  for  the 
war.  Both  England  and  France  lost  precious  time,  huge  sums 
of  money  and  many  valuable  lives  through  unpreparedness, 
and  the  efforts  of  these  delegates  will  be  mainly  concentrated 
in  explaining  how  to  escape  the  obstacles  and  disappointments 
that  they  encountered.  The  loan  to  them  of  $3,000,000,000  is 
a  comparatively  small  matter;  by  far  the  most  of  this  sum  will 
remain  in  this  country,  the  allies  taking  munitions,  food  stuffs 
and  building  material  instead  of  the  coin.  Food  and  munitions 
are  what  England,  France,  Rus- 
sia and  Italy  need  most  in  order 
to  maintain  the  present  extraordi- 
nary successes  against  the  Kaiser 
and  Prussianism.  The  cost  of 
assembling  an  army  in  this  coun- 
try under  the  new  bill  just  passed 
by  Congress  is  a  bagatelle  as 
compared  with  what  this  coun- 
try's allies  are  spending  in  the 
effort  to  preserve  democracy  in 
his  world.  President  Wilson's 
declaration  that  the  time  had 
come  for  this  nation  to  throw  its 
power  into  the  balance  was  time- 
ly and  of  immense  import.  This 
will  be  quickly  shown  when  the 
big  plans  now  underway  begin  to 
develop  concrete  form.  This 
country  has  responded  generous- 
ly to  the  requirements  made  upon 
it  by  the  delegates,  and  their 
reports  to  their  home  govern- 
ments will  greatly  hearten  those 
nations.  Had  this  country  avoid- 
ed entrance  into  this  war  against 
autocracy  it  would  have  been 
stained  everlastingly  in  history, 
and  gained  the  eternal  contempt 
of  the  idealistic  nations  of  the 
world.  Under  the  circumstances 
is  bigotry. 


peace  at  any  price 
3S" 


Economize  on  Food. 

The  government  continues  its 
insistent  warning  to  the  nation  at 
large  that  a  famine  in  foodstuffs  will  develop  in  this  country 
unless  the  greatest  economy  is  exercised  by  the  inhabitants. 
Many  people  are  dazed  by  this  warning,  unable  to  realize  that 
the  United  States,  the  country  that  for  years  has  fed  to  a  large 
degree  many  nations  of  the  world,  should  of  a  sudden  become 
threatened  with  food  shortage.  Those  experts  who  are  most 
familiar  with  the  distribution  of  food  stuffs  throughout  the 
world  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  during  the  present  war  the 
nations  engaged  have  concentrated  on  fighting  each  other,  and 
practically  all  the  inhabitants  have  been  commandeered  into 
the  various  lines  connected  with  the  army  and  navy.  Efforts, 
of  course,  have  been  made  to  raise  crops,  but  these  crops  have 
been  small  in  comparison.  Since  the  war  began,  the  United 
States,  Canada,  the  Argentine  Republic,  Australia  and  some  of 
the  smaller  countries  have  been  dumping  their  foodstuffs  on 
the  eager  belligerants  at  greatly  advanced  prices;  the  result 
is  that  these  contributing  countries  have  almost  exhausted  their 
individual  stocks.  That  is  why  the  price  of  many  foods  in  this 
country  are  advancing  in  price.  Combinations  to  boost  prices 
are  abroad,  but  they  are  mostly  local  in  character.     The  new 


AMERICA    ACTS. 
Kaiser  (to  America) — "Perhaps  it  was  right  to  dissemble  your 
love;   but  why  did  you   kick  me  down-stairs?" 

— Punch     (London.) 


season's  crop  is  just  coming  up,  but  it  will  be  from  three  to 
four  months  before  harvesting.  Meantime  our  stores  of  food 
will  be  dwindling.  We  are  still  sending  food  to  starving  Bel- 
gium and  other  countries  ruined  by  the  German  army. 

In  the  meanwhile,  the  allies  are  in  the  field  here  to  buy  up 
at  top  prices  the  food  so  greatly  required  to  help  them  defeat 
their  foes,  and  these  purchases  make  a  big  hole  in  the  current 
supplies  of  this  country.  In  the  commercial  world  as  it  is  con- 
stituted these  day's  supplies  flow  naturally  to  that  part  of  the 
commercial  map  where  the  prices  are  highest  for  certain  com- 
modities, and  just  now  the  European  belligerents  are  paying 
top  prices  for  everything.  The  situation  is  slowly  becoming 
evident  to  the  general  public.  That  is  why  so  many  vegetable 
gardens  are  springing  up  on  all  sides  in  city  and  country,  a 
praiseworthy  effort  to  mobilize  all  extra  crops  possible.  The 
belligerants  have  been  practicing  this  source  of  foodstuffs  for 
several  years  past.  But  this  shortage  has  been  growing  with 
the  years.     Now  its  zone  is  invading  the  United  States,  and 

those  of  the  peaceful  countries 
of  the  world.  It  will  be  a  trying 
time  for  some  people,  but  the 
end  will  come  following  the  close 
of  the  war. 

3BT 

The  New  Idea  in  British 

Government. 
The  constituent  parts  of  the 
British  Empire  will  unquestion- 
ably emerge  from  this  world's 
war  with  a  higher  theory  of  con- 
stitutional government  and  '  a 
closer  knitting  of  parts  in  free- 
dom and  authority  than  has  ever 
existed  in  a  system  of  that  char- 
acter. This  change  is  already 
reflected  in  the  closer  relation- 
ship of  the  colonies  with  the 
mother  country.  With  the  be- 
ginning of  the  war  the  various 
ministers  of  the  self-governing 
Dominions  were  called  to  Lon- 
don from  time  to  time  in  confer- 
ences regarding  matters  in  their 
territory  relating  to  the  war  and 
the  Mother  Country.  Canada, 
South  Africa,  Australia,  New 
Zealand  and  others  have  prompt- 
ly and  loyally  followed  up  these 
counsels,  till  now.it  b  recognized 
that  a  better  understanding  and 
a  closer  loyalty,  if  it  may  so  be 
expressed,  has  brought  about  a 
situation  wherein  these  councils 
are  now  being  recognized  as  of 
permanent  character  in  the  service  of  the  Imperial  government. 
The  end  of  the  war  will  see  them  better  co-ordinated  and 
more  elastic  in  their  activities.  Tennyson  might  have  recog- 
nized in  this  action  the  first  step  of  his  popular  idea,  "the  parlia- 
ment of  nations."  This  action  on  the  part  of  the  government 
of  Great  Britain  is  only  one  of  the  many  so-called  emergency 
measures  which  have  developed  into  permanent  institutions. 
The  spirit  behind  it  works  for  a  higher  and  nobler  form  of 
government. 

3P- 

Invitations  have  been  issued  by  several  cities  of  the 

West  to  bring  the  leaders  of  the  British  and  French  war  com- 
missions now  visiting  Washington  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  but  their 
time  is  too  limited  and  the  business  at  hand  too  vital  to  lose 
time.  Thereby  they  have  perhaps  missed  little  regarding  re- 
cent developments  in  the  great  West,  while  we  will  have  missed 
the  personal  acquaintance  of  a  number  of  men  in  the  world's 
eye  who  are  making  history  by  bulwarking  the  strength  of 
Democracy  against  Autocracy. 


May  5.  1917 


and  Califortu     Adv< 


TOWN    CRIER 

Judge  Frank  Dunne  of  the  Superior  Court  threw  a  bomb 

himself,  this  week,  into  the  camp  of  the  defendants  who  are  on 
trial  charged  with  having  a  hand  in  the  dynamiting  of  the  Pre- 
paredness parade.  According  to  his  honor,  wholesale  perjuries 
cram  the  way  in  order  to  get  a  new  trial  for  Billings  at  any 
price  or  lawyer's  trick.  Judge  Dunne  declares  that  Billings  was 
properly  convicted.  The  dishonesty,  perjury  and  villifkations 
of  the  lawyers  of  the  defendants  and  their  over-zealous  hench- 
men has  developed  a  situation  which  threatens  a  crisis  in  the 
government  of  the  city.  The  local  labor  organization,  recog- 
nized as  the  strongest  throughout  the  country,  was  given  a 
severe  blow  at  the  last  local  election  by  the  anti-picketing  law 
backed  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  aid  of  a  major 
part  of  the  voters.  Dazed  union  labor  found  itself  in  a  hole.  In 
a  desperate  endeavor  to  recover  its  position  as  dictator  of  local 
political  affairs,  it  has  made  alliances  with  the  various  breeds 
and  kinds  of  ultra  radicals  that  infest  the  West,  and  is  backing 
the  defendants  on  trial  with  money  and  what  political  influence 
it  can  still  command  to  force  a  showing  in  the  courts  that  will 
free  the  defendants.  Judge  Dunne,  despite  menace  and  de- 
fiance, has  shown  the  true  American  spirit  in  turning  the  light  of 
truth  on  these  bitterly  contested  trials.  The  Law  and  Order 
Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  recognizes  the  situa- 
tion clearly,  and  President  Koster  has  generously  offered 
District  Attorney  Fickert  any  legal  assistance  he  may  require 
tc  guarantee  a  fair  trial.  In  that  spirit  the  Law  and  Order 
Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  announces  that  "again 
appealing  direct  to  the  people  of  San  Francisco,  insists  that  the 
orderly  procedure  of  the  law  shall  not  be  interfered  with  by 
mob  rule;  that  exact  and  impartial  justice  shall  be  done,  that 
no  innocent  man,  wrongfully  convicted,  shall  be  punished;  that 
no  guilty  man  shall  escape  punishment,  but  that  whatever  is 
done,  shall  be  done  according  to  law,  and  shall  not  be  done  ac- 
cording to  the  dictates  of  any  individual  or  any  set  of  indi- 
viduals." 

Big  incomes  are  facing  the  axe,  these  days,  if  the  sig- 
nals from  Washington  mean  anything.  The  House  Ways  and 
Means  Committee  is  reported  to  be  whetting  their  axes  to  take 
great  chunks  out  of  the  incomes  of  millionaires  and  capitalists 
lined  up  close  to  them.  Hard  stress,  mess  mates,  when  we  can't 
keep  all  the  clippings  of  the  coupons.  Every  rate  affecting  in- 
comes above  $20,000  has  been  boosted.  So  sharp  were  ad- 
vances that  it  looks  as  though,  in  cases  above  $500,000  annu- 
ally, that  about  half  of  the  income  would  go  to  the  government. 
Proposals  have  been  made  to  double  the  present  rate  of  eight 
per  cent  on  profits  in  business  exceeding  $5,000.  Republicans 
are  heatedly  opposing  these  raises,  and  some  very  caustic  and 
bitter  denunciations  are  being  interchanged.  The  contest  is  at 
a  heated  point,  and  the  income  tax  rates  are  being  angrily  whip- 
sawed.  A  jolt  was  given  a  bunch  of  food  monopolists,  this 
week,  by  government  officials,  who  pounced  down  on  several 
storage  plants  and  commandeered  the  big  supplies  of  canned 
goods,  sacked  vegetables,  pork  products  and  other  foods  which 
were  "planted"  against  the  day  of  higher  prices.  United  States 
officials  carried  away  the  plunder  to  their  own  storage  plants 
and  handed  receipts  to  the  crestfallen  speculators  testifying  that 
all  the  stuff  would  be  paid  for  "at  prices  to  be  later  fixed  by 
the  government."  This  action  will  be  an  ugly  eye  opener  for 
the  present  busy  "food  pirates."  In  fact  those  usually  resource- 
ful, tricky  and  slippery  rascals  bent  on  making  fortunes  out  of 
the  necessities  of  the  plain  peopk,  these  days  of  desperate  war- 
fare, will  bump  the  bumps  remarkably  hard  if  detected  by  the 
government,  and  the  government  has  its  eyes  everywhere,  day 
and  night,  during  these  busy  times. 

As  usual,  the  closing  days  of  the  State  Legislature  was 

a  burlesque  on  framing  the  laws  of  the  State.  As  usual,  there 
were  more  proposed  bills  to  consider  than  there  was  time  to 
handle  them.  The  result  was  a  choking  of  routine.  There  was 
no  pretext  of  deliberate  consideration.  The  rules  and  provi- 
sions of  the  law  require  a  clear  reading  of  the  bills  under  con- 
sideration, but  time's  compulsion  forced  them  to  be  read  with 
a  hop,  skip  and  jump  that  contributed  only  a  jumble  of  words 
to  such  members  as  were  near  enough  to  hear  the  reader.  Ac- 
cording to  a  witness,  "members  were  voted  who  did  not  answer 
the  roll  call,  and  it  is  even  alleged  that  some  of  the  voting  mem- 


rot  in  the  Senate  chamber.      There  was  no  sign  of 
quired  consideration  oi  the  oon  titution.  ns  for 

ration  in  the  enactment  of  law 
ik  and  silly  action  in  a  case  oi 
.  tcphens  should  take  drastic  n 

ion    in    go-as-you-please    legislation   ot 
ihere  are  too  many  misreprcscntatives  playing  their  ar.1 
the  unherded  State  Legislature. 


AS  TO  ATTRACTING  >  ON\ 

Among  the  items  of  the  new  city  budget  which  will  be  dis- 
<  ussed  and  settled  the  end  of  the  present  month  is  a  proposed 
appropriation  to  the  San  Francisco  Convention  League.  In  con- 
sideration of  the  services  which  the  League  has  rendered  the 
city  during  the  past  few  years,  and  in  consideration  also  of  the 
services  it  is  able  to  render  it  in  the  future,  this  item  should  be 
passed  upon  as  it  stands.  Already  the  League  has  secured  a 
great  many  conventions  for  the  coming  year — it  will  be  a  blue- 
ribbon  year  in  this  respect.  And  in  no  small  measure  the  extra- 
ordinary success  of  the  Fair  was  due  to  the  great  number  of 
conventions  brought  here.  This  was  largely  a  result  of  the 
skilled  efforts  of  the  Convention  League.  An  organization  of 
this  kind  should  have  no  need  to  bother  about  private  subscrip- 
tion and  membership.  There  is  enough  good  business  sense 
among  our  supervisors  and  Mayor  to  have  them  see  this  at  a 
glance,  and  there  is  little  doubt  that  the  desired  appropriation 
tor  the  Convention  League  will  be  decided  upon  without  ques- 
tion or  argument. 


THE   FRATERNAL    BROTHERHOOD    TROUBLES. 

The  News  Letter  has  called  attention  from  time  to  time  to  the 
deplorable  condition  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  an  insur- 
ance organization  in  Los  Angeles.  About  a  year  ago,  the  Cali- 
fornia department  examined  this  Society  and  found  it  all  right, 
but  a  few  months  later  the  Nevada  Department  examined  it  and 
found  it  all  wrong.  The  officers  of  the  Brotherhood  seemed  to 
have  no  difficulty  in  pulling  the  wool  over  the  eyes  of  the  Cali- 
fornia examiners,  but  they  did  not  seem  to  have  any  such  luck 
with  the  Nevada  department.  The  printed  report  of  the  Ne- 
vada department  is  out,  and  if  this  report  is  correct,  some  of 
the  officers  of  the  Brotherhood  ought  to  be  doing  time  in  the 
penitentiary  for  the  shameless  manner  in  which  they  have 
squandered  the  trust  funds  in  their  keeping. 

How  the  California  department  could  have  overlooked  such 
glaring  evidence  of  incompetency,  not  to  call  it  a  worse  name, 
is  a  mystery  to  any  one  who  reads  the  Nevada  report  which 
calls  a  spade  a  spade. 

This  whitewashing  of  the  shortcomings  of  the  Fraternal 
Benefit  was  done  under  Commissioner  Phelps'  administration, 
and  it  was  generally  supposed  that  the  brush  was  applied  to 
keep  about  30,000  votes  in  line  which  are  swung  by  the  order. 
Now  that  McCabe  is  in  office  as  Phelps'  successor,  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  something  will  be  done  to  protect  the  widows  ar.d 
orphans  who  are  the  beneficiaries  of  the  policies  written  by  the 
company. 

Not  long  ago  an  effort  was  made  by  some  of  the  officers  of 
the  company  to  follow  the  suggestions  of  the  Nevada  Commis- 
sioners' report  and  clean  house.  The  men  who  made  this  at- 
tempt were  very  soon  given  to  understand  where  to  head  in. 
Armed  men  entered  the  building  and  threw  Charles  Dempster, 
the  Supreme  Secretary,  out  by  main  force.  He  pulled  a  wea- 
pon to  defend  himself,  and  was  arrested.  Recently  a  Los  An- 
geles jury  acquitted  him. 

Every  one  who  voted  for  house-cleaning  was  voted  out  of 
office,  and  the  men  who  for  years  have  exploited  the  company 
so  recklessly  are  in  supreme  control,  but  not  by  the  votes  of 
the  members. 

With  these  matters  public  property,  it  would  seem  time  for 
the  California  Insurance  Department  to  step  in  and  show  the 
public  that  they  are  alert  to  the  situation.  If  Nevada  refuses 
to  tolerate  this  unsavory  outfit,  there  is  no  reason  why  California 
should  have  to  put  up  with  it. 


"I  suppose  if  your  candidate  had  been  elected,  some  rad- 
ical changes  would  have  been  made  in  the  government?" 
"Yes,"  replied  the  party  worker,  in  a  melancholy  tone.  "We 
had  good  men  picked  out  for  all  the  important  places." — Bir- 
mingham Age-Herald. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


Writes  Her  Name  in  Gasoline. 

Miss  Marion  Huntington  is  the  first  San  Francisco  society 
girl  to  make  the  trip  to  New  York  by  automobile,  and  in  thus 
pioneering  the  way  for  others  she  is  carrying  out  the  traditions 
of  the  family  name.  The  name  of  Huntington  is  written  in 
iron  through  the  mountains  and  deserts  across  which  winds  the 
railroad  that  first  linked  the  East  and  West.  And  it  is  eminently 
fitting  that  this  daughter  of  the  house  of  transportation  kings 
should  drive  her  own  car  across  the  continent 
©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Meier e  Accompanies  Miss  Huntington. 

To  be  sure,  many  young  women  have  accomplished  the  task 
— but  Miss  Huntington  is  the  first  young  society  woman  of 
these  parts  to  essay  the  role  of  chauffeur  across  the  miles  that 
multiply  between  here  and  New  York.  She  left  on  Monday 
morning  with  Mrs.  Ernest  Meiere,  and  the  many  friends  who 
waved  them  farewell  were  delighted  to  find  that  they  were 
taking  along  a  mechanician,  so  in  the  event  that  the  car  needs 
repairing  along  the  road  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  keep  a  per- 
turbed eye  out  for  some  friendly  repair  shop.  The  man  is  ex- 
pected to  keep  the  car  in  repair,  but  Miss  Huntington  is  to  be 
at  the  wheel  all  the  way  across  the  continent,  and  is  looking 
forward  to  the  drive.  She  expects  to  bring  two  of  her  young 
chums  who  are  now  in  New  York  home  with  her — Lillian  Whit- 
ney and  Hildreth  Meiere. 

©    ©    © 

Hildreth  Meiere  Succeeds  in  New  York. 

Hildreth  Meiere  is  making  a  name  for  herself  in  the'  theatri- 
cal art  world  of  New  York,  and  the  syndicate  for  which  she  is 
working  were  loth  to  give  her  a  summer  vacation,  so  necessary 
has  she  become  to  the  firm.  But  the  summer  heat  of  the  East 
makes  too  terrific  a  toll  upon  her  reserve  strength,  and  she  in- 
sisted on  the  vacation.  Many  good  times  are  planned  by  this 
congenial  little  group  in  New  York  before  they  give  order  to 
the  chauffeur  (Miss  Huntington)  for  "home." 

The  persistent  rumor  that  Marion  Huntington  is  looking  with 
some  favor  on  the  Eastern  suitor  who  has  paid  court  to  her, 
has  gradually  languished  until  the  most  energetic  matchmaker 
is  no  longer  able  to  make  it  sit  up  and  act  like  a  perfectly  able- 
bodied  rumor.  The  young  lady  herself  declares  that  she  has 
chosen  the  friendly  paths  through  which  the  bachelor  girl  trav- 
els for  her  walk  in  life. 

©    ©    © 
Mark  Gerstle  Receives  Commission. 

Society  still  keeps  its  most  important  locker  of  conversation 
for  war  talk,  and  every  day  one  hears  of  some  other  man  who 
has  received  his  commission  and  eagerly  awaits  his  orders. 
Mark  Gerstle  has  just  received  his  commission,  and  is  bending 
every  energy  and  crystallizing  all  the  influence  the  family  pos- 
sesses to  insure  that  he  will  be  sent  over  to  Europe. 

Those  who  whispered  that  men  in  that  walk  of  life  would 
expect  the  other  fellow  to  do  all  the  fighting  are  amazed  at  the 
number-  of  prominent  clubmen,  business  and  society  chaps  who 
are  asking  to  be  sent  to  the  front,  thereby  following  the  exam- 
ple of  that  same  class  of  Englishmen  who  were  the  first  to  en- 
list in  that  country. 

Mrs.  "Jack"  Pringle,  who  is  here  visiting  her  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Bisbee,  is  able  to  tell  the  other  young  matrons  what 
it  feels  like  to  have  a  husband  fighting  under  the  colors  of  the 
Allies,  for  her  husband  sailed  for  England  to  join  the  army  in 
France  when  she  started  for  America.  The  Pringles  have  been 
living  in  Jamaica  since  their  marriage  last  year,  but  the  fact 
that  his  other  three  brothers  were  among  the  Americans  fight- 
ing for  France  worried  him,  and  eventually  he  persuaded  his 
wife  that  this  duty  led  him  there.  Mrs.  Pringle  has  been  con- 
stantly entertained  since  her  arrival. 
©  ©  © 
Mrs.  Preston  Former  Mrs.  Grover  Cleveland. 

So  quietly  did  the  Prestons  arrive  in  San  Francisco  that  the 
general  public  was  not  aware  that  the  widow  of  ex-President 


Cleveland  was  visiting  in  these  parts.  There  was  a  time  when 
this  lady  was  the  most  written  about  person  in  the  country, 
and  her  presence  in  any  city  would  have  called  out  all  the  spe- 
cial reserve  line  of  reporters  to  reconnoiter  for  "scoop"  inter- 
viewers, cameras  would  have  been  polished  up,  and  longest 
leased  wires  would  have  quivered  with  the  news. 

Society  women  would  have  maneuvered  against  each  other 
for  the  privilege  of  entertaining  her,  and  society  reporters 
would  have  sat  up  nights  getting  all  the  details  of  the  affair. 

Instead,  the  Prestons  slipped  into  a  quiet  family  hotel,  and 
few  of  the  guests  there  realized  that  the  handsome,  distin- 
guished looking  lady  was  none  other  than  the  once  famous  first 
lady  of  the  land.  I  had  the  pleasure  of  a  moment  with  her 
and  found  her  most  charming  with  the  indefinable  magnetism 
which  made  itself  so  felt  during  the  time  that  she  presided 
over  the  White  House. 

©     ©    © 
Younger  Set  Most  Active. 

The  younger  set  that  is  still  in  the  school  room  is  enjoying  a 
round  of  informal  parties  before  school  vacations  send  them 
summering  into  different  parts  of  the  State.  Mrs.  Eugene  Lent 
gave  a  dancing  party  last  Saturday  night  for  her  sub-debutante 
daughter,  Miss  Ruth  Lent,  and  many  of  the  young  people  in- 
vited foregathered  at  a  dinner  party  which  Miss  Helen  Ham- 
mersmith gave  in  honor  of  her  young  chum,  Miss  Lent.  Al- 
though there  is  a  determined  effort  being  made  by  mothers  to 
impress  the  need  for  economy  upon  the  young  people,  it  is  al- 
ways difficult  to  "begin  at  home,"  and  so  both  the  dinner  and 
the  dancing  party  were  lovely  in  every  detail. 

©     ©     © 
Entertaining  Still  Elaborate. 

No  one  has  yet  had  the  courage  to  cut  out  decorations,  frills 
and  fluffs — and  perhaps  the  times  do  not  yet  warrant  such 
drastic  curtailment  as  some  of  the  serious-minded  would  im- 
pose upon  us.  In  London,  as  every  one  knows,  the  guests 
bring  their  own  sugar  to  tea,  if  they  require  that  carbohydrate 
accompaniment  to  the  cup  that  cheers. 

It  takes  more  imagination  than  the  average  hostess  possesses 
to  visualize  us  reduced  to  such  an  extremity.  Meanwhile  we 
go  on  talking  about  economy,  and  perhaps  it  is  being  practiced 
in  the  byways. 


The  Golf  Links  at  Del  Monte  are  crowded  these  days.  Wed- 
nesday night  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Crocker  and  a  party  of  some  twenty- 
five  men,  well  known  in  society  and  golf  circles,  came  down  for 
a  few  days  of  golf  and  recreation,  and  are  having  some  keenly 
contested  matches  among  themselves.  The  party  embraced  Mr. 
Beaver  Mr.  Ames,  Mr.  E.  R.  Folger,  Mr.  A.  Goodall,  Mr.  A.  S. 
Lilley,  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Crocker,  Mr.  F.  W.  Madison,  Mr.  K.  R. 
Kingsbury,  Mr.  J.  T.  Thome,  Mr.  S.  Henshaw,  Mr.  E.  B.  Bro- 
den,  Mr.  R.  M.  Fitzgerald,  Mr.  George  Garrett,  Mr.  Knox  Mad- 


fhEETOTHEScHOOLGllLDREN,, 

of  San  Francisco,  their 
Parents  and  Friends. 

Dig  CalifcrniaVondorkrid , 
mHotionPicturo/  ■"' 

SEMITE/ 

THE  INCOMPARABLE" 

!  Next  Monday , 
Night 
May  7^ 

Civic  /  ^^^"^      Introducing 

Auditorium/  ^-"^  BLANCHE  MARTIN  MASON 

^* TRAVELER  AND   LECTURER 

Incidental  Concert.  Direction  Signer  Kajetan  A  Attl 

Courte/u  Board  of  Education-  OEO.E.GALLAOHER.Pi'es't 
DrAA.DANCONA-t12S.JJONES-tT^ ACNES  G.REGAN 

And  the  Auditorium  Committee  of  Board  of  5upervisors- 
EdwardBrandon-AndrewJ.Gallagher-J.D  Hynes. 


il'M 


May  5,  1917 


and  Califon 


dox.  Berne  Kelgariff.  Mr.  Geo.  Kell»m.  Mr.  A.  Hamilton.  Mr. 
Cooper.  Wm.  Carson  and  Col.  Rheems. 

Enjoying  a  visit  in  Los  Angeles  at  present  and  stop; 
the  Hotel  Clark  are  the  following  prominent  people  of  this 
1.  W.  Walden.  I  Holmes.  ':s.  W. 

B.  Dowlmg.  J.  E.  Heller.  C.  S.  Maltbv.  Mrs.  M.  E.  Barry.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Oppenheim.  W.  G.  Middleton.  R.  D.  William 
son.  J.  P.  Anderson,  W.  F.  Hougaard.  Miss  R.  J.  Paulson.  Bur 
tony  Gibson.  Mrs.  A.  L  Clark.  J.  B.  Monahan.  Charles  W.  Gill. 
H.  W.  Beebe.  J.  A.  Fisher.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce  Cutler.  Charles 

D.  Love.  Stanley  S.  Smith.  Fred  Gelbel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L.  My 
ers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  LaTour.  Mrs.  M.  Lindsay.  Mrs.  Chas.  W 
Till.  Wm.  H.  Kirtzer.  T.  Walkfield.  E.  H.  Wicker.  C.  Williams 
and  sons.  L.  D.  Ryer.  V.  Villette.  Miss  A.  Ottinger,  Miss  H.  E. 
Ostrander,  C.  F.  Ryan.  H.  H.  Brewer.  W.  T.  Moreau,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Jacobson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  J.  Casey,  Mr.  and  Mrs 
James  Mclnerny,  R.  B.  Hale.  S.  B.  Swan.  W.  J.  Tinkler,  and 

E.  W.  Dunn.  Also  the  following  from  Oakland  are  registered 
at  Hotel  Clark,  Los  Angeles,  at  present:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  R.  Sill 
Edward  C.  Campbell,  Miss  Edna  Harris.  Dr.  Eva  L.  Harris,  E. 
J.  Hunt,  Dr.  E.  E.  Bruickerhoff,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Ayddath,  Mrs.  J. 
E.  Jackson  and  C.  H.  Stow;  also  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Derleth.  Jr., 
G.  S.  Jacobs,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Sherwood,  D.  K.  Youtz,  C.  B.  White, 
and  H.  P.  Piatt  of  Berkeley. 

0  9  0 
Mr.  Arthur  Norburg  and  Miss  Elsa  Vanderhoff,  dancers  de 
luxe,  who  will  appear  at  Hotel  Oakland  this  evening  in  spec- 
tacular acrobatic  ball  room  dancing  at  the  regular  Thursday 
night  dance  under  the  management  of  Robert  C.  Smith,  teacher 
of  modern  ball  room  dancing  at  Hotel  Oakland.  These  two 
dancers  are  very  well  known,  and  have  appeared  at  all  the 
leading  hostelries  both  in  this  country  and  in  the  Orient.  Also 
at  the  leading  theatres.  The  admission  fee  will  be  $1  per  cou- 
ple, from  8:30  to  12  p.  m. 

©    ©    © 

Recent  prominent  arrivals  at  the  Hotel  Oakland  are :  W.  T. 
Cary  and  wife,  San  Francisco;  R.  R.  Kuhn,  Del  Monte;  Miss 
Mary  L.  Cole,  Santa  Barbara;  Mrs.  H.  G.  Chaffer  and  Miss 
May  Chaffer,  Pasadena;  Lucas  I.  Butts,  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  C.  G. 
Mazr  and  wife,  Modesto;  Mr.  G.  C.  Whipple  and  wife,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.;  Edward  C.  Campbell,  Los  Angeles;  John  Mc- 
Lelland  and  wife,  Chicago;  Arthur  C.  Stone,  Providence,  R.  I.; 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Meam,  Reno,  Nev. ;  Dr.  John  R.  Haynes,  Los  An- 
geles. 

This  Saturday  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  C.  Dana  will  entertain 
several  guests  at  the  popular  Saturday  night  dinner  dance,  hav- 
ing as  guests  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Barrett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augus- 
tine Beltink,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert  R.  Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kelsey 
Gilham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  B.  Diehl  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  Elmer 
Dyer. 


SOCIETY    TO    BE    GIVEN    YOSEMITE   FILMS   AT    THE 
ST.  FRANCIS. 

Society  has  a  real  treat  in  store,  next  Saturday  night,  at  the 
Hotel  St.  Francis,  in  viewing  the  much  discussed  Yosemite 
National  Park  films,  produced  for  the  first  time  to  invited 
guests.  The  affair  will  be  formal.  After  a  series  of  concert 
numbers  will  come  the  motion  picture  treat.  At  ten  o'clock 
dancing  will  follow  in  the  Colonial  ballroom  and  the  Italian 
season.  Mr.  Wm.  E.  Colby,  of  the  Sierra  Club,  will  direct  the 
evening's  activities. 

Devotees  of  mountain  life  and  well  wishers  of  California's 
greatest  scenic  asset,  Yosemite,  will  gather  from  all  quarters 
of  the  State.  On  his  last  visit  here,  Franklin  K.  Lane,  in  dis- 
cussing the  National  Parks  with  Henry  Huntington,  D.  J.  Des- 
mond, E.  L.  Doheny,  E.  P.  Ripley  and  other  big  men  of  the 
western  transportation  world,  suggested  the  necessity  of  an  al- 
truistic organization,  having  for  its  purpose  the  promotion  in 
the  Eastern  States  and  Europe  of  the  Yosemite  National  Park. 

From  that  suggestion  will  come,  in  due  season,  the  Yosemite 
Society  of  America,  embracing  in  its  membership  the  staunch 
friends  of  American  mountain  life  and  the  great  outdoors.  The 
initiative  movement  will  start  next  Saturday  night  at  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis  with  an  outpouring  of  hundreds  and  hundreds  of 
devotees  and  lovers  of  our  Yosemite  National  Park. 

This  motion  picture  show  de  luxe  will  be- well  -worth  making 
a  trip  across  the  continent  to  see.    It  required  an  outfit  of  five 


xs^£ 

*   , 

•  \_^^^^ 

isT" 

w 

■Hk 

f  ff 

^fe*       '   i 

§          A 

r 

y^tj 

Blanche  Martin  Mason,  traveler  and  lecturer,  appears  before  San  Fran- 
cisco's smart  set  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  on  Saturday  night  In  connection 
with  the  premiere  presentation  of  the  de  luxe  motion  pictures,  "Yosemite 
the   Incomparable." 

men  traveling  by  burro,  horse  and  on  foot,  thirty-two  weeks,  to 
secure  these  wonderful  pictures  of  chasm,  crag,  mountain  peak, 
l  aging  torrent,  glaciers  and  tortuous  mountain  trails.  The  feat 
cost  the  Desmond  Park  Service  Company,  the  United  States 
Government  concessionaire  in  Yosemite  National  Park,  over 
$16,000. 


THE   "NEW"   POWDER  PUFF. 

The  art  of  interior  decoration  has  climbed  to  dizzy  heights 
undreamed  of  by  the  pioneers  who  preached  the  doctrine  that 
s  thing  could  be  beautiful  as  well  as  useful.  If  you  want  to  see 
charm  and  utility  perfectly  combined,  just  wander  into  The 
Powder  Puff,  the  new  beauty  salon  at  212  Stockton  street.  The 
clever  sisters  who  have  opened  this  place  have  set  a  new 
standard  in  this  town  of  fascinating  shops. 

One  enters  a  room  the  walls  of  which  have  been  painted  a 
lovely,  creamy,  cafe  au  lait,  with  little  stiff  futurist  bouquets 
hand-painted  at  intervals  to  give  just  the  right  brilliant  touch 
of  color.  The  linen  hangings,  the  cushions,  the  lamp,  the  touch 
cf  black  to  emphasize  a  note  here  and  there,  the  appurtenances 
of  the  dressing  tables,  the  innumerable  details,  have  all  been 
worked  out  by  artists  who  glorify  utility  without  handicapping 
it.  The  Powder  Puff  is  a  place  where  women  in  pursuit  of 
beauty  are  bound  to  congregate — for  not  only  will  they  be  made 
beautiful  there,  but  wherever  the  eye  rests  is  beauty. 


PARADOX. 

I  went  out  to  the  woods  to-day 

To  hide  away  from  you, 
From  you  a  thousand  miles  away — 

But  you  came,  too. 

And  yet  the  old  dull  thought  would  stay, 

My  spirit  to  benumb — 
If  you  were  but  a  mile  away 

You  would  not  come. 
— Jessie  B.  Rittenhouse  in  McClure's  Magazine. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


Baghdad    An    Eternal    City  of    Clay 

A  Famous  Moslem  City  Now  in  British  Hands 

By  Henry  Somers. 


British  troops  are  in  occupation  of  Baghdad.  That  is  the 
signal  event  of  which  the  news  will  resound  through  the  East, 
from  Cairo  to  Calcutta,  and  presently  will  percolate  even  to 
Constantinople. 

General  Maude  fell  on  his  routed  adversary  like  a  thunder- 
bolt, pursuing  his  advantage  with  a  vigor  and  celerity  beyond 
praise. 

The  British  army  of  Mesopotamia  which  captured  Baghdad 
shattered  the  dream  which  the  Pan-Germans  have  been  dream- 
ing for  more  than  twenty  years.  The  German  route  to  the  East 
is  blocked,  and  the  existing  terminus  of  the  Baghdad  Railway 
has  passed  into  English  hands.  Great  though  this  achievement 
may  well  be  reckoned  from  the  military  point  of  view,  the 
moral  effect  will  be  even  greater.  To  the  watching  East  it 
will  seem  to  sound  the  knell  of  German  aspirations.  To  the 
Germans  themselves  it  will  mean  the  ignominious  collapse  of 
a  scheme  to  which  they  devoted  infinite  subtle  and  secret  labor, 
and  the  frustration  of  one  of  the  prinicpal  objects  for  which 
they  wantonly  set  the  world  ablaze. 

The  Turks  have  now  lost  the  two  great  outlying  provinces 
of  Armenia  and  Mesopotamia.  They  have  been  deprived  of 
the  cities  of  Baghdad  and  Erzrum  and  Erzinjan,  and  of  the  im- 
portant seaports  of  Basra  and  Trebizond.  The  British  forces 
now  in  Mesopotamia  are  likely  to  be  a  match  for  any  fresh 
army  which  the  Turks  can  concentrate  against  them.  Another 
strong  British  force  is  pushing  into  the  borders  of  Palestine. 
The  Russians  are  again  moving  forward  in  Armenia. 

The  Turkish  invaders  of  Persia  are  in  full  retreat.  On  all 
their  main  campaigning  fronts  the  Turks  are  falling  back,  while 
their  power  in  Arabia  is  now  broken.  The  various  Asiatic 
theatres  of  the  war  are  admittedly  subsidiary,  but  the  collec- 
tive effect  of  this  series  of  Turkish  reverses  must  ultimately 
be  felt  in  Europe,  because  the  value  of  Turkey  as  an  ally  of 
Germany  has  now  been  irremediably  weakened.  One  very 
great  and  immediate  consequence  of  the  British  occupation  of 
Baghdad  is  that  it  will  have  a  steadying  influence  upon  the 
whole  situation  in  the  Middle  East. 

Throughout  Arabia  the  population  will  hear  with  joy  the 
news  of  the  Ottoman  downfall,  and  fair  prospects  will  open  be- 
fore them  of  complete  emancipation  from  the  rule  of  Con- 
stantinople. The  Sherif  Hussan,  who  has  lately  taken  the  title 
of  King  of  the  Hedjaz  at  Mecca  and  Jeddah,  will  gladly  co- 
operate with  the  British,  whether  victories  are  won  in  Mesopo- 
tamia, for  he  knows  that  the  English  interests  are  his,  and  that 
the  British  government  will  scrupulously  protect  the  Holy 
Cities  from  insult  and  wrong. 

For  Englishmen  there  is  no  more  suggestive  or  significant 
fact  than  the  occupation  of  Baghdad  by  the  white  race  that 
first  ventured  into  these  ancient  wildernesses,  first  treated  with 
the  sovereigns  of  the  Middle  East,  first  established  their  trade, 
and  that  terrible  responsibility  and  strength  which  the  Indian 
Empire  usurped  from  the  decaying  Caliphate. 

The  shores  of  the  Tigris  are  better  known  than  all  but  a 
few  of  the  Imperial  rivers.  The  police  work  of  the  Gulf  for 
the  last  hundred  years  has  taught  the  English  to  know  it  like  a 
pocket.  They  have  but  temporarily  exchanged  the  topi  for  the 
helmet.  They  shall  go  back  to  the  topi  in  a  few  months,  only 
to  realize  that  once  again  in  their  history  the  insecurity  of  a 
point  along  the  frontier,  and  the  wanton  hostility  of  a  race 
which  they  had  notoriously  trusted  and  helped  for  sixty  years, 
compels  them  to  take  up  their  burden  in  lands  beyond  their 
furthest  outposts. 

Mesopotamia  is  the  frontier  of  Turkey.  The  English  should 
have  been  quite  content  to  let  Turkey  make  its  wastes  blossom 
and  bear  their  long-delayed  fruit — indeed,  they  had  lent  of  their 
best  for  that  very  purpose.  But  if  they  find  that  the  only  pur- 
pose of  this  development  was  to  enable  another  race  to  seize 
the  gates  of  the  Gulf — why,  then,  we  have  no  choice  but  to  see 
to  it  by  our  own  responsibility  and  strength  that  the  common- 
wealth of  India  suffers  no  harm. 


Left — Marshal  Joffre,  who  turned  the  tide 
against  the  German  army  at  the  battle  of  the 
Marne,  leader  of  the  French  Commission  now 
visiting  this  country  to  confer  with  the  Admin- 
istration at  Washington,  regarding  co-operation 
in  the  conduct  of  the  European  war. 
Right — M.  Viviani,  Vice  Premier  of  France, 
who  addressed  the  United  States  this  week  in 
a  stirring  address. 

Baghdad  is  perhaps  the  most  eternal  of  all  cities.  She  is 
built  of  clay,  and  back  to  clay  she  perpetually  returns.  But  so 
long  as  the  Armenian  floods  carry  down  their  earthy  burden  to 
the  Persian  Gulf;  so  long  as  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa  join  their 
tracks  beside  the  city  on  the  Tigris;  so  long  as  pilgrimage  to 
Mecca,  Medina,  Kerbela,  Nejef,  Kazimain,  Kum  and  Meshed 
runs  along  this  inevitable  line ;  so  long  as  ships  ascend  the  river 
for  the  huge  harvests  that  we  shall  soon  see  once  more  coloring 
with  green  the  plains  of  Mesopotamia;  so  long,  and  perhaps 
longer,  Baghdad  must  remain  her  perishable,  eternal  and  in- 
evitable self. 

Baghdad  is  to  the  English  almost  a  fairy  city,  and  its  very 
name  seems  to  open  the  portals  of  Eastern  fancy  and  romance. 
With  it  will  be  always  associated  in  memory  the  Caliph  Harun- 
al-Raschid,  Aaron  the  Righteous  or  the  Orthodox — mainly  be- 
cause in  "The  Arabian  Nights"  everything  of  interest  and  im- 
portance gathers  round  his  name. 

It  must  be  one  of  the  oldest  cities  in  the  world,  for  it  ex- 
isted when  there  were  kings  in  Babylon,  its  older  name  Bagh- 
dadu — dating  back  to  2,000  B.  C— occurring  in  the  lists  in  the 
library  of  Assur-bani-pal.  Sir  Henry  Rawlinson  found  within 
the  limits  of  the  city,  which  was  originally  founded  on  the  west 
bank  of  the  Tigris,  the  remains  of  an  old  quay,  built  with  bricks 
laid  in  butumen  and  bearing  an  inscription  of  the  famous  Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

Amongst  the  graves  of  dead  empires  whose  civilization  goes 
back  for  over  5,000  years  the  Abbasid  Caliphs  reared  their 
capital  city  of  Baghdad.  Elam  and  Babylon,  Assyria  and  Me- 
dia, the  Persia  of  the  Achaemenians,  of  the  Seleucids,  of  the 
Parthians,  and  of  the  Sassanides  had  borne  sway  in  the  plains 
of  the  Euphrates  and  of  the  Tigris  for  hundreds  of  generations 
before  the  camel  driver  of  the  Kureish  preached  a  new  faith  in 
Asia. 

Records  laboriously  gleaned  from  clay  cylinders,  from  in- 
scriptions on  graven  tablets,  or  on  the  remnants  of  the  colossal 
figures  excavated  from  the  mounds  where  the  courts  of  kings 
lie  buried,  and  brief  passages  in  the  oldest  books  of  the  Old 
Testament,  tell  us  the  little  we  know  of  monarchs  who  gave 
law  to  millions  and  who  helped  to  mould  the  civilization  of  all 
time. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


May  5.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


PLyE>ASURE>'S  WAND 

;  but  /'.   uurc's." 7"i>m  M 


W&tiflK] 


Capital  Specialists  in  Orphcum  Bill. 

The  Orpheum  bill  is  set  to  music  this  week.    Those  who  like 
the  dramaquito  (which  is  Castillian  for  little  drama)  may  : 
the  bill,  as  a  whole,  too  tuneful. 

The  fantasy  in  which  Hermine  Shone  headlines  is  a  pretty- 
conception,  well  staged  and  well  acted,  although  this  critic, 
who  tries  to  keep  the  milk  of  human  kindness  from  curdling. 
is  forced  to  admit  that  Miss  Shone  herself  does  not  please  to 
the  "nth"  degree.  She  is  not  the  type  for  most  of  the  episodes 
in  the  seven  periods  of  Mary  Anne's  life,  and  is  not  just  the 
temperament  to  get  the 
charm  of  the  thing 
across.  But  after  all, 
Miss  Shone  is  not  to  be 
criticised  because  Maud 
Adams  got  more  than  her 
share  of  whimsical, 
poignant  charm,  and  one 
can  never  see  any  one 
else  in  a  part  that  de- 
mands a  whimsical 
touch  without  shutting 
the  eyes  and  trying  to 
imagine  how  Miss  Ad- 
ams would  do  it. 

Poetry,  reality  and  the 
lover  are  beautifully 
done,  and  the  fantasy 
gets  much  deserved  ap- 
plause. 

Horace  Wright  and 
Rene  Dietrich,  two  other 
newcomers  this  week,  are 
"somewhat  different," 
according  to  the  program 
— and  the  program  need 
not  be  indicted  for  per- 
jury. The  drop  which 
they  use  was  designed 
by  Miss  Dietrich,  and  if 
she  ever  loses  her  voice 
and  power  to  please, 
there  is  no  doubt  that 
she  has  a  career  ahead  in 
the  designing  of  scenery. 
It  is  an  effective,  futurist 
drop,  inspired  by  Ha- 
waii, and  now  that  vau- 
deville is  in  the  throes  of 
hula-hula  songs  it  is  es- 
p  e  c  ially  appropriate. 
Miss  Dietrich  is  very 
dainty,  a  quality  which 
much-abused  and  misun- 
derstood vaudeville  au- 
diences adore,  and  so  of 

course  the  audiences  are  putting  "the  rose  dot  on  the  'i'  of 
adoration"  for  her,  as  the  French  poet  once  put  it. 

Herbert  Ashley  and  Jack  Allman  season  the  offering  with 
a  dash  of  humor;  Ethel  MacDonough  sings  some  songs;  the 
Chung  Hwa  Four  continue  to  delight;  the  Berrens  do  a  musical 
novelty  with  the  help  of  the  same  wig  that  they  used  last 
week;  and  the  inimitable  Cecil  Cunningham  has  two  new  songs 
— which  I  did  not  like  as  much  as  the  ones  she  song-acted  last 
v/eek — but  I  like  Miss  Cunningham  as  much  as  ever,  which 
does  not  gain  exclusiveness,  for  the  whole  audience  is  with  me. 

The  gown  she  wears  this  week  is  a  golden  glory,  a  thing  all 
made  of  sunbeams  and  moonshine,  and  not  a  spangle  on  it 
anywhere.  I  am  told  that  three  Burlingame  matrons  have  asked 
for  the  name  of  her  dressmaker.    The  singing  of  patriotic  songs 


Belle   Story,   the   American    prima    donna,    next   week   at   the   Orpheum. 


by  Mrs.  Ward  Dwight  brought  the  house  to  its  p.u- 
.<nd  thus  the  Orpheum  is  doing  its  "little  bit"  to  Itimul 
cruiting  for  the  Navy. 

•  •  • 

Scintillate  on  Pontage*  Hill. 
In  these  days  of  try-to-be- funny,  and  poor     imitation 
humorous  skits.  Ned  Norworth  and  his  assistants,  who  appear 
this  week  at   Pantagcs,  achieve   the  distinction  of 
personification  of  Fun.     From  the  time  they  step  before  the 
footlights  until  the  audience  regretfully  lets  them  depart,  the 

house  is  enveloped  in 
mirth.  Their  sense  of 
the  ridiculous  is  delight- 
ful, and  their  work  ap- 
pears so  spontaneous 
that  it  is  difficult  to 
realize  that  they  "pull" 
eff  the  same  stunt  at 
"twice-a-day." 

It  is  seldom  that  two 
good  playlets  appear  in 
the  same  vaudeville 
program.  But  that  oc- 
curs this  week  at  Pan- 
tages.  True,  they  are 
carefully  sandwiched  be- 
tween other  skits,  so 
do  not  interfere  with  one 
another.  John  P.  Wade 
and  his  selected  com- 
pany give  a  version  of 
"'The  Coral  Cameo." 
This  ends  in  tragedy, 
and  deals  with  the  dif- 
ferences of  black  and 
white  and  yellow  man. 

The  other  skit,  a  mu- 
sical comedy  creation,  in 
which  Howland  and 
Lorin  star,  has  a  num- 
ber of  musical  numbers, 
which  are  pleasing. 
Some  of  the  costumes 
of  the  girls  are  unusu- 
ally attractive.  While 
speaking  of  costumes,  I 
must  mention  with  bated 
breath  Frances  Renault. 
For  Frances  emerges 
from  the  wings  in  crea- 
tions that  'would  make 
Gaby,  of  international 
clothes-rack  fame,  green 
eyed  with  envy.  Frances 
Renault  sings  in  high 
key.  Every  change  of 
song  brings  forth,  in  lightning  quick  time,  a  change  in  high-key 
costume.  Each  one  is  more  dazzling  than  its  predecessor,  and 
shows  to  perfection  the  exquisitely  moulded  form  of  the  singer. 
When  the  last  song,  accompanied  by  a  bewildering  bird-of- 
Paradise  gown,  is  sung,  the  singer  removes  the  headgear,  and 
to  the  astonishment  of  the  audience  there  appears  a  man ! 

Helen  and  Vie,  both  members  of  the  elephant  family,  prove 
that  elephants  can  be  most  entertaining.  Miss  Dilly  Castle, 
their  trainer,  must  of  necessity  have  a  way  with  animals.  They 
do  more  than  "eat  right  out  of  her  hand."  Others  who  assist 
in  making  this  week's  bill  at  Pantages  a  pleasure  for  its  patrons 
are:  Bernard  and  Myers,  presenting  "The  Cabby  and  the  Fare," 
and  "A  Dancing  Classic."  The  latter  is  just  what  the  name 
suggests.     The  Russian  dances,  with   Pavlowa  and  Mordkin 


8 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


as  their  leaders,  have  raised  our  dancing  standards  to  the  skies. 
We  expect  technique,  spirit  and  all  the  graces  of  mind  and 
body.  We  are  apt  to  forget  that  the  gods  allow  only  a  favored 
few  to  twirl  their  toes  upon  the  mountain  tops.  "A  Dancing 
Classic"  is  enjoyable. 

*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — Belle  Story,  who  won  popularity  in  the  Montgom- 
ery and  Stone  presentation  of  "Chin  Chin,"  and  afterwards  was 
engaged  as  prima  donna,  will  be  heard  in  the  gems  of  her  best 
songs.  Rosalind  Coghlan,  who  divides  the  headline  honors,  is 
the  only  member  of  the  famous  Coghlan  family  to  cast  her  lot 
permanently  into  vaudeville.  She  will  appear  in  a  bright  and 
merry  comedy  by  George  Bloomquest  entitled  "Our  Little 
Bride."  "Holding  the  Fort"  is  the  title  of  the  delightful  trav- 
esty offered  by  Jay  Gould  and  Flo  Lewis.  .The  stronghold  in 
question  happens  to  be  a  woman's  heart,  which  is  finally  sur- 
rendered. Johnny  Johnston  and  Bob  Harty  are  two  excellent 
comedians,  who  present  a  delightful  comedietta  entitled  "On 
the  Shrewsbury."  They  are  well  aided  by  Kitty  Kirk  and  a 
clever  little  company.  Blue  Bert  Kenney,  in  an  original  and 
novel  blackface  offering,  will  introduce  to  the  audience  I.  R. 
Nobody  who,  according  to  Kenney,  is  a  most  valuable  assistant 
to  him  in  dispelling  the  blues.  Kenney's  "Hesitation  Blue" 
song  is  a  real  negro  classic.  The  Barry  Girls,  dainty  delinea- 
tors of  popular  songs,  are  members  of  the  famous  Barry-Fay 
families.  The  only  holdovers  will  be  Horace  Wright  and  Rene 
Dietrich,  and  Hermine  Shone  and  her  company  in  "Mary  Ann." 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — John  Drew,  fresh  from  an  engagement 
of  many  weeks'  duration  at  the  Criterion  Theatre  in  New  York, 
and  an  equally  successful  one  at  the  Blackstone  Theatre  in 
Chicago,  comes  to  the  Columbia  Theatre,  for  two  weeks  begin- 
ning next  Monday  evening.  Mr.  Drew  is  splendidly  equipped 
for  the  role  of  the  doughty,  likable  Major  whose  duty  it  is  to 
rescue  young  Arthur  Pendennis,  his  nephew,  from  a  long  and 
extremely  amusing  series  of  love  affairs.  To  the  role  he  brings 
all  the  sympathetic  charm  and  picturesque  manner  recalled 
from  his  well  remembered  performance  in  "Rosemary,"  coupled 
with  all  those  clean-cut  methods  of  light  comedy  identified  with 
so  many  of  his  more  recent  roles.  In  prominent  roles  there  ap- 
pears Helen  MacKellar,  Alison  Skipworth,  Jane  Houston,  Helen 
Menken,  Mary  Worth,  Edith  Shayne,  Walter  Kingsford,  Edward 
Phelan,  Charles  Kennedy,  John  S.  O'Brien  and  several  others. 

Henry  Miller,  accompanied  by  an  advance  guard  of  the  big 
organization  to  appear  with  him  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  dur- 
ing the  much  looked  for  season  to  be  inaugurated  by  him  two 
weeks  hence,  will  arrive  here  next  Thursday.  The  season  will 
open  with  a  new  play  by  A.  E.  Thomas.  Among  the  support 
will  be  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  Francis  Byrne,  Lucille  Watson, 
Helen  Freeman  and  others. 


the  same — in  Russia  as  in  America.  Her  lectures  are  quite  in- 
formal. Her  method  of  answering  questions  and  of  giving  her 
audiences  an  opportunity  for  discussion  is  delightful.  Dr.  Kal- 
pakoff  will  lecture  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery  on  Monday,  Wed- 
nesday and  Friday  of  next  week,  at  three  o'clock.  The  first  lec- 
ture will  be  on  "Russia  and  the  Idealism  of  the  Russian  People." 
On  Wednesday  afternoon  she  will  discuss  Russian  poetry, 
music  and  literature;  and  on  Friday  her  subject  will  be  "Free- 
dom and  the  Cause  and  Effects  of  the  Revolution  in  Russia." 

*  $  * 

Alcazar  Opens  New  Company  Season. — "Mile-a-Minute 
Kendall"  will  be  the  initial  production  of  the  capital  new  com- 
pany of  players  headed  by  Leigh  Denny  and  Beatrice  Allen 
that  comes  to  the  Alcazar  Theatre,  next  Monday  evening.  This 
clever  and  lively  comedy  is  one  of  the  leading  New  York  hits, 
and  gains  glory  and  laughs  wherever  it  goes.  Aside  from  this, 
it  has  a  gripping  heart  interest,  an  insurance  of  success.  Be- 
lasco  and  Mayer  give  assurance  that  this  comedy  opening  their 
new  season  in  stock  is  a  sure  laugh  provoker,  and  that  the  new 
company  is  one  of  the  best  that  ever  stepped  before  the  foot- 
lights there.  In  the  opening  cast  are  Ethelbert  D.  Hales,  Wal- 
ter Baldwin,  Jr.,  L.  C.  Schumway,  Geraldine  Blair,  Helene  Sul- 
livan, Marie  Hassell,  Louise  Brownell  and  others.  Morgan 
Wallace,  a  director. of  national  fame,  will  look  after  the  pro- 
duction. The  Alcazar  management  has  succeeded  in  acquiring 
local  production  for  a  number  of  the  best  Broadway  hits  of  the 
past  and  present  season  for  the  run  at  the  Alcazar.  Among 
some  of  the  first  are  "The  Cinderella  Man,"  which  made  such  a 
big  hit  in  New  York,  "The  House  of  Glass,"  "Rio  Grande"  and 
the  ever  delightful  "Little  Women." 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — The  Fe-Mail  Clerks,  a  miniature  musi- 
cal comedy,  presented  by  Herman  Becker,  is  the  leading  attrac- 
tion for  the  coming  week,  starting  Sunday  matinee.  It  is  full 
of  laughs,  pretty  girls,  attractive  scenery  and  capital  songs. 
Tommy  Toner  is  in  the  principal  role.  Thalero's  Comedy  Cir- 
cus will  delight  the  kiddies,  with  ponies,  dogs  and  monkeys. 
Don  C.  Alfonso  Zelaya,  an  eminent  concert  pianist,  and  son  of 
the  ex-President  of  Nicaragua,  will  be  one  of  the  principal  at- 
tractions. This  young  man  has  made  a  Continental  concert 
tour,  and  is  noted  for  his  wonderful  technique  and  tone  color. 
Other  numbers  will  include  Bob  Hall,  the  man  who  makes  songs 
while  you  wait;  Victor  Niblo  and  his  wonderful  talking  birds; 
Tuscano  Brothers,  sensational  jugglers ;  Georgia  Yantis,  in  song 
and  comedy  patter,  and  the  "Secret  Kingdom,"  chapter  twelve, 
will  be  the  screen  production. 


"You  look  as  if  you  had  been  kissed  by  a  breeze  from 

Northland,"  said  a  poetic  young  lady  to  a  pretty  friend,  whose 
cheeks  were  glowing  with  color."  "Oh,  no!"  was  the  laughing 
reply;  "it  was  only  a  soft  heir  from  Baltimore." — Burlington, 
Vt,  Free  Press. 


Lemare  Organ  Recital  at  Auditorium. — Edwin  H.  Lemare, 
official  city  organist,  will  give  his  next  recital  on  the  city's  big 
organ  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium  in  the  Civic  Center  at  3 
o'clock  on  Sunday  afternoon,  May  6th.  The  Lemare  recitals 
are  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Supervisors. 
Admission  is  fixed  at  10  cents.  The  program  for  May  6th  is 
as  follows:  Toccata  and  Fugue  in  D  Minor,  Bach;  Elfentanz, 
Bernard  Johnson;  Prelude  in  C  sharp  minor,  Rachmaninoff;  ~7Z 
Peer  Gynt  Suite,  Greig.  (a— Morning;  b— Ase's  Death;  3—  UTpHBUTIl 
Anitra's  Dance;  a — Lullaby;  b — Rondo  Capriccio,  Lemare;  Im- 
provisation; Overture  in  C  Major.  No  seats  are  reserved.  Until 
further  notice  the  recitals  on  Sunday  will  start  at  3  in  the  af- 
ternoon. 


Pantages '  2  'heatre    *«**  «»*  on*.*.  »«» 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
AN     EXTRAORDINARY    GOOD     BILL 

"THE  FE-MAIL  CLERKS"  A  MINIATURE  MUSICAL  COMEDY;  NIBLO'S 
TALKING  BIRDS;  BOB  HALL;  "ZELAYA";  TUSCANO  BROTHERS; 
GEORGIA  YANTIS;  "THE  SECRET  KINGDOM"  CHAPTER  TWELVE: 
THALERO'S  COMEDY  CIRCUS,  VAUDEVILLE'S  SPEEDIEST  ANIMAL 
NOVELTY. 


O'Farrell   Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Dr.  Kalpakoff  Lectures  on  Native  Land. — At  this  time  as 
never  before,  the  minds  of  men  are  focused  on  Russia,  and 
thinking  people  desire  a  new  understanding  of  her  people,  their 
ideas  and  ideals.  To  them  particularly  will  appeal  the  an- 
nouncement of  three  lectures  on  "Russia  and  Its  People,"  by 
Dr.  Karina  Kalpakoff.  Dr.  Kalpakoff  is  a  Russian  with  a  keen 
understanding  of  her  people  and  a  trustworthy  insight  into  their 
life.  She  does  not  talk  politics  or  government..  She  is  more 
concerned  with  the  people  of  Russia,  with  their  freedom,  their 
unfolding,  growth  and  accomplishments.  She  makes  clear  the 
great  truth  that  the  underlying  principle  of  Life  is  everywhere 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A  WONDERFUL  NEW  BILL 
BELLE  STORY,  the  Young  American  Prima  Donna;  The  Charming  Young 
Comedienne  ROSALIND  COGHLAN  and  Her  Company  in  George  Bloom- 
quest's  Merry  Comedy  "Our  Little  Bride";  JAY  GOULD  &  FLO  LEWIS  in 
"  Holding  the  Fort";  JOHNNY  JOHNSTON  &  BOB  HARTY  in  "On  Ihe 
Shrewsbury"  BLUE  BERT  KENNEY  &  I.  R.  NOBODY;  BARRY  GIRLS. 
Dainty  Delineators  of  Popular  Melodies;  HORACE  WRIGHT  &  RENE 
DIETRICH,  in  A  New  and  Somewhat  Different  Offering;  HERMINE  SHONE 
and  Co.,  in  "Mary  Ann". 

Evening  Prices — 10c,  25c,   50c,  75c     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c,   25c,   50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Franklin  150 


Two  Weeks  Beginning  Monday,  May  7th 
Matinees  Wednesdays'  and  Saturdays 

J.O  H  N       DREW 
In  Langdon  Mitchell's  Comedy 

"MAJOR     PENDENNIS" 
From  Thackeray's  Novel 


and  Califon:  i  Advettiaei 


Admiral  Beatty's   Lonely  Vigil 

GtRAlD    | 

question  were  asked.  "Upon  whose  shoulders  rests  the 
greatest  weight  of  responsibility  at  this  moment  ?"  various  an- 
swers might,  no  doubt,  be  given.  President  Wilson.  General 
Nivelle,  Field  Marshal  von  Hindenburg  and  several  others 
might  claim  that  onerous  distinction. 

But  a  man  of  the  Blue  Water  school  must  unhesitatingly 
divide  the  honor  between  Sir  John  Jellicoe  at  the  Admiralty 
and  Sir  David  Beatty.  commanding  the  Grand  Fleet  of  Britain. 
And.  of  the  two.  it  may  fairly  be  said  that  Sir  David's  respon- 
sibility is  the  more  direct  and  personal. 

He  bears  it  alone,  remote  from  direct  contact  with  the  center 
of  the  national  life  and  activity.  The  First  Sea  Lord,  although 
his  functions  are  wider,  is  a  member  of  a  Board.  The  life  or 
death  of  the  Empire  does  not  hang  so  immediately  on  his  per- 
sonal and  instantaneous  decision. 

It  is  recognized  pretty  widely  that  the  success  of  the  Allies 
depends  on  the  maintenance  of  supremacy  at  sea.  It  is,  taking 
it  by  and  large,  on  the  British  navy  that  the  maintenance  of  that 
supremacy  rests;  and  while  the  British  Navy  is  scattered  all 
over  the  world,  in  squadrons,  in  flotillas,  or  in  single  ships  pro- 
ceeding on  their  lawful  occasions  in  seas  remote  from  the  cen- 
ter of  strife,  the  mainspring  of  the  whole  is  the  Grand  Fleet, 
hidden  in  the  Northern  mists. 

At  a  time  when  the  struggle  at  sea  appears  to  center  rather 
in  the  action  of  submarines  and  the  small  craft  detailed  to 
"strafe"  them;  in  actions  with  raiding  destroyers,  and  in  the 
blockade  which  is  choking  the  life  out  of  Germany  rather  than 
in  the  operations  of  heavy  ships,  this  point  may  not  be  quite 
clear.  But  imagine  what  would  happen  if  Beatty's  battleships 
were,  by  some  sudden  blow,  removed  from  the  face  of  the 
waters. 

The  vessels  which  maintain  the  blockade,  the  patrols  which 
carry  the  U-boats,  the  light  ships  which  watch  the  mine  fields, 
are  all  intrinsically  of  little  fighting  power.  The  powerful 
fighting  ships  of  the  enemy  would  brush  them  aside;  the  sea- 
borne trade  of  Germany  would  be  re-established,  while  ours 
would  be  strangled  and  the  nation  starved.  It  is  on  the  inhibi- 
tive  power  of  the  battle  squadrons  that  all  our  dispositions,  of- 
fensive and  defensive,  rest.  In  other  words,  sea  warfare  is  a 
matter  of  communications,  and  the  battleships  are  the  way- 
wardens of  the  seas. 

So  regarded,  the  truth  of  the  German  saying,  "Men  fight,  not 
ships,"  comes  home.  Sir  David  Beatty  is  the  Will  which  directs 
this  weapon.  His  staff  is  the  Brain  which  interprets  the  Will ; 
the  captains  are  the  Nerves  which  transmit  the  orders  of  the 
Brain  and  control  the  muscles,  and  the  crews  are  the  Muscles 
which  drive  home  the  spear-point.  The  Will  itself  is  the  mani- 
festation of  the  soul,  the  personality  of  the  fleet. 

But  spiritual  loneliness  the  Commander-in-Chief  must  in- 
evitably suffer.  He  cannot  share  his  burden.  He  cannot  dis- 
cuss his  plans  or  his  orders  on  equal  terms  with  any  one.  He 
is  on  a  throne  unapproachable  by  any  other,  even  of  rank  nearly 
equal  to  his.  In  Sir  David's  case  he  is  set  over  those  who  were 
his  seniors  in  his  profession.  They  are  now  subject  to  his  will. 
Like  Nelson,  he  "has  the  happiness  to  command  a  band  of 
brothers,"  for  one  and  all  are  moved  by  but  one  desire — to 
bring  their  country  safely  through  the  most  tremendous  peril  in 
her  history. 

But  the  barrier  of  command  and  responsibility  interposes  it- 
self between  him  and  those  who  were  his  contemporaries  and 
co-equals.  It  is  there,  and  not  the  most  genial  nature  or  most 
loyal  and  affectionate  spirit  can  altogether  get  past  it.  In  that 
sense,  far  more  than  in  the  hedge  which  discipline  sets  round 
him,  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Grand  Fleet  must  suffer 
the  loneliness  which  surrounds  a  throne. 


Guide  (in  Shakespeare's  home  town)— An'  them  you  see 

in  that  jail  are  'ardened  criminals.  Tourist — Ah!  The  Barred 
of  Avon. — Jack  o'  Lantern. 

Mr.  Robert  Behlow,  for  many  years  identified  with  the 

fur  trade  of  San  Francisco,  has  returned  to  the  fur  business  and 
has  joined  the  well  known  firm  of  Louis  Gassner,  Inc.,  112-114 
Geary  street. 


7HI 
Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vault 

l   that   young   men 

i   with   considerable 

The  man  who  wins  is  an  average  man; 
Not  built  on  any  peculiar  plan. 
Not  blessed  with  u  .'.ar  luck; 

Just  steady  and  earnest  and  full  of  pluck. 

When  asked  a  question  he  does  not  "guess," 
He  knows,  and  answers  "no"  or  "yes;" 
When  set  a  task  that  the  rest  can't  do, 
He  buckles  in  till  he's  put  it  through. 

Three  things  he's  learned;  that  the  man  who  tries 
Finds  favor  in  his  employer's  eyes; 
That  it  pays  to  know  more  than  one  thing  well ; 
That  it  doesn't  pay  all  he  knows  to  tell. 

So  he  works  and  waits,  till  one  fine  day 
There's  a  better  job,  with  bigger  pay; 
And  the  men  who  shirked  whenever  they  could; 
Are  bossed  by  the  man  whose  work  made  good. 

For  the  man  who  wins  is  the  man  who  works, 
Who  neither  labors  nor  trouble  shirks. 
Who  used  his  hands,  his  head,  his  eyes; 
The  man  who  wins  is  the  man  who  tries. 


THE  CYNIC. 


Woman's  one  good  deed — to  look  beautiful  at  man's  expense. 

A  girl  is  either  a  man-eater  or  a  total  abstainer. 

Green  youth  is  what  men  call  it  before  they  meet  it. 

About  the  only  thing  the  modern  girl  can't  do  to  a  man  is  to 
make  him  happy. 

Any  man  can  take  a  bird  to  dinner  and  still  be  entitled  to  his 
three  courses. 

The  tragedy  of  marriage  is  its  farcical  side. 

All  life  is  a  matter  of  bossing;  you've  either  got  to  boss  or  be 
bossed. 

Talk  is  silver,  blackmail  gold. 

Of  all  vices  to  which  the  modern  woman  is  addicted  the  most 
vulgar  is  her  love  of  gambling. 

No  woman  who  has  a  passion  for  money  ever  makes  it  hon- 
estly. 

There  is  no  hatred  like  the  hatred  of  a  woman  for  a  man 
with  whom  she  once  fancied  she  was  in  love. 

Opportunity  makes  a  fine  latchkey. 

Second  thoughts  are  best  only  when  they  arrive  in  time. 

The  only  certain  things  in  life  are  those  which  have  already 
happened. 

Music  is  an  incentive  to  love,  and  love  is  an  incentive  to 
(children's)  music. 

In  wine  there  is  truth,  says  an  old  proverb.  But  who  has  not 
doubted  the  year  of  vintage  of  our  friend's  wine  ? 

Woman  hates  well  or  loves  well.  But  sinners  prefer  those 
who  take  a  middle  course. 

In  posse  means  a  condition  which  may  be  regarded^as  pos- 
sible.   Avoid,  therefore,  in  posse. 

Make  money  your  god,  and  you'll  find  there's  the  devil  to 
pay. 

New  Sidney  Coryn  War  Lectures. — The  Sidney  Coryn  after- 
noon lectures  end  this  week  with  a  discussion  of  German  phil- 
osophy and  the  War.  Next  Friday,  May  8th,  Mr.  Coryn  will 
give  a  supplementary  lecture  on  "America  at  War,"  presenting 
an  individual  point  of  view  on  what  America  can  do  to  Ger- 
many, what  Germany  can  do  to  America.  Mr.  Coryn's  Friday 
morning  discussions  on  the  Progress  of  the  War,  announced  for 
10:45  o'clock,  have  proved  of  such  timely  interest  and  practi- 
cal value  that  it  has  been  decided  to  repeat  the  essence,  of  the 
review  each  Friday  in  a  noon  half-hour,  beginning  at  12:15, 
for  the  benefit  of  business  men  who  are  unable  to  come  at  the 
earlier  hour.  Next  Friday  evening,  May  11th,  at  8:15  o'clock, 
Mr.  Coryn  will  give  the  next  lecture  in  his  evening  series  oh 
"Why  Italy  Went  to  War." 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


— »■«».»■— »-i.......  in  ii.iii  T  i '■  ■■■■!  i  ■■!»  ■  iWn  imiki  niin  li  ■■  ih  mn  ■■  -|jiW«  in  n  ii  ■iiiNiijiiiiiliiipi.ii^ 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

HOUSE-JUDD. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  House  of  Mill  Valley  announce  the 
engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Margaret  House,  to  George 
Thomas  Judd,  son  of  Mrs.   Ernest  Hoag  of  Marin  County. 

TAYLOR-GALBRAITH. — Announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Agnes 
Stanford  Taylor  and  Dr.  Francis  Bledsoe  Galbraith  was  made  Mon- 
day by  means  of  cards  sent  to  their  wide  circle  of  friends. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
GREENWOOD-HALL. — Miss    Susette    Greenwood"s    wedding    to    Herbert 

Hall  will  take  place  May  26th. 
BEYFUSS-PATTERSON. — Miss    Vera    Beyfuss    has    chosen    May    9th    as 

the   date   of   her  marriage   to  "William   Patterson. 
GOODALL-VAN   DYKE. — Miss  Helen  Goodall,   the  charming  daughter  of 

Captain  aid  Mrs.  Charles  Minor  Goodall  of  Oakland,  and  Walter  Van 

Dyke  of  Los  Angeles,  are  to  be  married  Monday,  May  7th,  at  a  pretty 

home  ceremony. 

WEDDINGS. 

BARBAT-WHITTLE.— Miss  Claire  Mabel  Barbat,  daughter  of  Dr.  J. 
Henry  Barbat,  and  Albert  L.  Whittle,  were  married  last  Sunday  after- 
noon at  old  St.  Mary's  Church. 

COOK-CAMERON. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Melba  Cook  and  Hugh  Cam- 
eron took  place  April  26th  at  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Woodland. 

LOHSE-GHIRARDELLI. — Miss  Clarissa  Lohse  became  the  bride  of  Al- 
fred Ghirardelli  at  a  beautifully  appointed  wedding  at  the  home  of 
her  sister,   Mrs.   McClure   Gregory,    in   Piedmont,   April   28th. 

HERNDON-ADAMS. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Betty  Herndon  and  James 
Adams  was  solemnized  April  27th  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Clay 
street. 

HATHAW AY-SHORT.— The  marriage  of  Miss  Marie  Hathaway,  daughter 
of  Mrs.  William  Lee  Hathaway,  and  Douglas  Short  was  solemnized 
Sunday. 

MEREDITH-OLIVER. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Georgia  Meredith,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wynn  Meredith,  and  Roland  Burrows  Oliver,  will  be 
solemnized  this  afternoon. 

MOSELEY-JOHNSON. — At  a  quiet  wedding  last  Saturday  afternoon,  Miss 
Margaret  Moseley,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Moseley  of  Oak- 
land, became  the  bride  of  Sprague  Johnson. 

WILDER-LEIB. — The  marriage  of  Mrs.  Jane  Wilder  and  William  Leib 
took  place  Monday  morning  in  New   York. 

LUNCHEONS. 

BUTTERS. — Mrs.  Charles  Butters  entertained  at  luncheon  Sunday  at  the 
Burlingame  Country  Club. 

CAMPBELL. — Miss  Natalie  Campbell  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  party 
at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club  on   Sunday. 

DOZIER. — Mrs.  Erwin  Yount  Dozier,  a  bride  of  a  fortnight,  was  the  guest 
of  honor  at  the  luncheon  and  theatre  party  given  Saturday  afternoon 
by  Mrs.  Melville  Dozier. 

MACKENZIE. — Mrs.  John  M.  Mackenzie  was  hostess  April  2Sth  at  an 
elaborate  luncheon  at  the  Francisca  Club,  arranged  especially  for 
Mrs.  Myron  Folsom. 

PILLSBURY. — Mrs.  Horace  D.  Pillsbury  gave  a  luncheon  on  Thursday 
for  Miss  Emily  Pope. 

PILLSBURY. — Miss  Olivia  Pillsbury  was  hostess  at  luncheon  on  Thursday 
afternoon,  when  a  coterie  of  the  younger  set  were  entertained. 

STETSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Stetson  entertained  informally  at  lunch- 
eon Sunday  at  Burlingame.  The  pleasure  of  this  affair  was  arranged 
especially  for  Captain  and  Mrs.  Sherman  Miles  and  the  latter's  mother, 
Mrs.  S.  E.  Noble,  who  have  been  in  this  city  for  about  a  fortnight. 

VAN  ECK. — One  of  the  enjoyable  affairs  of  Tuesday  was  the  informal 
luncheon  given  by  Baroness  Jan  Carel  Van  Eck  at  her  residence  on 
Broadway,   for  the  pleasure  of  Mrs.  Benjamin  Foss. 

DINNERS. 

ANDERSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berrien  Anderson  were  dinner  hosts  Tuesday 
evening  at  their  residence  on  Pacific  avenue,  a  compliment  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.   Benjamin   Foss. 

BROWN. — Mrs.  Lillian  Everts  Brown  and  Miss  Florence  Brown  gave  a 
dinner  dance  party  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Saturday  night. 

HANNA. — Archbishop  Edward  J.  Hanna,  who  has  been  visiting  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  was  the  honored  guest  at  an  elaborate  dinner  given 
April  18th  by  Miss  Mary  Phelan  and  Senator  James  D.  Phelan  at 
their  residence. 

HILL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Hill  presided  at  an  informal  dinner  Satur- 
day evening  at  the  Menlo  Country  Club. 

JOHNSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  L.  Johnson  gave  a  dinner  dance  party 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  Tuesday  night. 

KEELER. — The  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Starr  Keeler  in  Ross  as- 
sembled half  a  dozen  of  the  younger  element  of  society  for  a  dinner 
last  Saturday  evening. 

LA  MONTAGNE. — A  group  of  friends  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  Clinton  la  Montagne  at  an  informal  dinner  given  Thursday 
at  their  residence  on  Divisadero  street. 

PILLSBURY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  D.  Pillsbury  gave  a  dinner  party 
Tuesday  evening  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  R.  Kingsbury. 

ST.  GOAR. — In  celebration  of  the  birthday  of  Miss  Helen  St.  Goar,  one 
of  the  debutantes  of  the  season  just  closed,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  St. 
Goar  entertained  at  dinner  Friday  evening  at  their  home  on  California 
street. 


TEAS. 

MENDEL.— Invitations  have  been  issued  by  Miss  Zeta  Mendel  for  a  tea 
the  afternoon  of  May  8th. 

RECEPTIONS. 

ROSENWASSER.— A  large  number  of  friends  called  Sunday  afternoon  at 
the  residence  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Rosenwasser  on  Arguello  Bou- 
levard, when  they  entertained  at  a  reception. 
BRIDGE. 

EWELL.— Miss  Helen  Ewell  gave  a  bridge  party  Thursday  afternoon  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  William  Augustus  Bryant  on  Broderick  street,  where 
Miss  Ewell  is  visiting  at  the  present  time. 

HUNT. — Miss  Rhoda  Jones  was  the  incentive  of  the  bridge  party  given 
Wednesday  afternoon  by  Miss  Gertrude  Hunt. 
PICNICS. 

BAKER. — One  of  the  pleasurable  of  Sunday  was  the  picnic  at  which  Philip 
Baker  entertained. 

ARRIVALS. 

ASHBURNER. — Miss  Emilia  Ashburner,  who  has  been  enjoying  a  brief 
visit  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State,  returned  Sunday  to  her  home 
on   Jackson   street. 

BLISS. — Mrs.  Janet  Painter  Bliss,  who  passed  several  weeks  down  at 
Coronado  with  Mrs.   C.   L.   Davis,   has  returned. 

CHALON. — A  cordial  welcome  is  being  extended  to  the  Comtesse  Anselme 
de  Mailly-Chalon,  who  has  arrived  in  San  Francisco  from  her  home 
in  France,  and  is  visiting  her  mother,  Mrs.  P.  A.  Morbio,  in  West 
Clay  Park. 

DODGE.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Sessions  Dodge  have  returned  from  their 
honeymoon  trip  south,  and  are  domiciled  in  an  attractive  apartment 
in  Berkeley. 

HANCHETT- Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  Hanchett  have  returned  to  their  home 
on  Washington  street.  They  went  to  New  York  to  pass  the  Easter 
vacation  with  the  Misses  Alice  and  Lucy  Hanchett  who  are  there 
at  school. 

NEVILLE. — Mrs.  Jack  Neville  has  come  up  from  Del  Monte,  and  is  visit- 
ing her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgar  de  Pue,  on  Sacramento  street. 

STILLMAN. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Stanley  Stillman  have  returned  from  Coro- 
nado. 

SAVAGE. — Miss  Pearl  Savage  has  arrived  from  her  home  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  is  the  guest  of  Misses  Helen,  Mary  and  Dorothy  Grant  in 
their  home  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 

SMITH. — Mrs.  Charles  Smith  and  her  three  daughters,  Misses  Rose  Mary 
Smithy  Geraldine  Smith  and  Mary  T.  Smith,  have  arrived  from  their 
home  in  New  York,  and  are  registered  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

VAN  NESS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  C.  Van  Ness  have  returned  from  a  trip 
to  Los  Angeles,  and  are  again  occupying  their  apartments  at  the 
Victoria. 

WHEELER.— Mrs.  William  R.  Wheeler  arrived  Sunday  from  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  she  has  been  sojourning  during  the  winter,  and  is  es- 
tablished at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

WORDEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clinton  E.  Worden  recently  have  returned  from 
Edison,  where  they  enjoyed  a  delightful  stay  at  their  home. 

WISE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Irving  Wise  have  returned  from  a  trip  of  sev- 
eral weeks  in   the  East  and   are  again   established  at   the    Fairmont 
Hotel.     They  will  leave  in  the  near  future  for  San  Mateo,  where  they 
have  taken  a  house  for  the  summer. 

DEPARTURES. 

ANGELLOTTI.— Judge  and  Mrs.  Frank  M.  Angellotti  and  their  daughter, 
Miss  Marian  Angellotti,  have  returned  to  their  home  in  San  Rafael, 
concluding  a  stay  of  several  months  in  town.  They  have  been  guests 
at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

BAMBERGER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Bamberger  of  Salt  Lake  City,  who 
have  been  here  a  week  or  so,  left  for  their  home  by  way  of  Southern 
California. 

BASSETT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Barrett  left  May  1st  for  Loma  Prieta 
in  the  Santa  Cruz  Mountains,  where  they  have  a  very  attractive 
home,    and  where   as  usual  they  will  pass   the  summer   months. 

CAPERTON. — Mrs.  William  B.  Caperton,  wife  of  Admiral  Caperton, 
commander  of  the  Pacific  fleet,  left  Sunday  for  San  Diego  to  enjoy 
a  few  weeks   there. 


Fashion's  Choke 

A  soft,  refined, 
pearly  -  white  ap- 
pearance, the 
choice  of  Ladies  of 
Society,  is  readily 
obtained  by  the 
use  of 

Gouraud's  I2 

Oriental 
Cream 

Refreshing 'and  healingto  the  skin.   The 

perfect,  non-greasy  liquid  face  cream.  Use 
item  the  hands.  Removes  discolorations 

Sond  1  Oc.  for  trial  slzo 
FERD.  T.  HOPKTNS  &  SON,  New  York  City 


May  5.  1917 


and  Califorr:  rtltei 


11 


probably  ck>(   r^urn   for   frrvrrwl   « 


INTIMATIONS. 
F*ul    K»*»n    will    pmm    lb*    •umi.i.-r     ••    u* 


II     S.«n     M»t 

Mb*  Arabeli  . 

MA  Kill 

Ing  from  a   i 
DAVIS  H.   D&vti  are  Mtabllabi  «umm.M 

at   lh. 
CM. IS      Mr.   and  Mra.   Rtchanl  V.   Kilts  1.  i  .okJal. 

near  San  Jose,  and  will  bt   than   nil   n 
ti.vri.I* — MlM    1-  I    is    now    visiting    Mr.« 

k'.unm  al    I  ..n   Husslnn    Hill. 

iJRAVKS.-  Mrs     \\  ,  in   Uravca   Is   IiuIMIiik   a   sumrmr   home 

Larkspur  in   the   Forest    View   Qslgnborhood   whlcb  will   b 
ipancy  about  June  Int. 
JUDOS.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge  plan  to  ..it  June 

1st   for   their  ranch  near  Bait    Lake  City,    (..  fr 
KHJQABIF.  KilRarif   piisse.!    the    w.-.-k-.n.l    wltl 

St.  Helena. 
M<  N1:aK.— Miss   Einnim   McNcar  Is   enjoyinR  a   visit   in    the   San     I 

Valley,  where  she  Is  a  guest  at  the  home  of  her  slater  and  brother- In - 

law.    Mr.   and   Mrs.    QeorgS   Nickel. 
MILLS.—  Mr.    and    Mrs.    Ogden    Mills,    who    are    now    at    White    Sulphur 

Springs,   will  go   to  their  country   plaee    in    Btaateburg",    N.    Y..   on    n  - 

turning,  and  late  in  July  to  Newport. 
MOORE. — Mrs.    Kenneth    Moore   entertained    Miss    Helen    ECeeney   as   her 

week-end  guest  In  her  attractive  home  in  Burllng:n 
NIBVJuUUB. — Mrs.    Amelia    Neville    is    visiting    hei  i  Rl    kard.    In 

New  York. 
OLNEY. — Mrs.  S.   Pierre  Olney  and  Miss  Anna  Olney.   who  are   in   South- 
ern California,  are  at  present  at  the  Bote)  Maryland,  in  Pasadena. 
PETX0TTO. — Santa    Barbara    will    be    the    residence    tot   several    months   of 

Mr.   and  Mrs.   EJgar  Pelxotto.     They  plan  to  go  down   about  June  1st. 

and  probably   not   return   until   the  late  fall. 
!<  (RTBR, — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Hugh    B.    Porter  are    spending    several    days    at 

I  el   Monte. 
POSTON.— Miss   Mary    Poston   of   Berkeley   passed    the   week-end   at   Fort 

Scott,  where  she  was  a  guest  at  the  home  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Frank 

Grant. 
ROSE. — Mrs.    George    Rose    passed    the    week-end    in    Burlingame.    where 

she  was  a  guest  at  the  Country  Club. 
SEARL.ES. — Mrs.    Dennis    Searles    will    go    down    early    in    June    to    Santa 

Barbara  for  a  visit  of  some  weeks. 
SHORB. — Miss  Ethel  Shorb  will  leave  shortly  for  the  Napa  Valley,  where 

she  will   visit  at   the  home  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Campbell   Shorb. 
SHORT. — Mr.   and   Mrs.   Douglas   Short  are  passing   their   honeymoon   at 

Pebble   Beach,   where   the   country   home   of   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Hathaway. 

scene  of  much  enjoyable  entertaining,  is  one  of  the  loveliest  of  Mon- 
terey County. 
SPROULE. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    Sproule  and   Miss   Baldwin   have    taken   apart- 
ments at  the  St.  Francis  for  a  few  months.     Thehir  house  in  Pacific 

avenue  meanwhile  will  be  closed. 
WIXSLOW. — Mrs.   Stetson  Winslow  and  Mrs.   Robert  Oxnard  are  in  Im- 
perial Valley,  and  will  later  go  to  Arizona. 
WALKER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Percy  J.  Walker  are  leaving  soon  for  Los  Gatos 

to  spend  the  summer  there. 


NEW  OUT-DOOR  PLAY,    MT.    TAMALPAIS    THEATRE. 

On  Sunday,  May  20th,  at  two  o'clock,  at  the  Sidney  B.  Crush- 
ing Mountain  Theatre,  near  Rock  Springs,  Mt.  Tamalpais,  the 
fifth  annual  Mountain  Play  will  be  produced  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Mountain  Play  Association.  The  classic  comedy,  "Jeppe- 
cn-the-Hill,"  or  "The  Transformed  Peasant,"  a  Scandinavian 
play  by  Ludwig  Holberg,  with  a  cast  of  nineteen  principals,  will 
be  produced  for  the  first  time  in  California  under  the  direction 
of  Garnet  Holme. 

The  ideal  location  and  splendid  isolation  of  this  open-air 
theatre  overlooks  at  2,000  feet  the  bay  and  ocean,  two  great 
cities,  and  villages  without  number. 

The  Mountain   Play,  which  was   inaugurated   in   1913,  has 

TECHAU    TAVERN 

COR.  EDDY  AND  POWELL  STS.— TEL.  DOUGLAS  4700 
San  Francisco's  Leading  High-Class  Family  Cafe 

Costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go") 
perlume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face 
powder,  distributed  among  the  lady  patrons  every  afternoon  at  4.  4:30  and  5. 

DANCING  FOR  GUESTS  SALON  CONCERT 

Every  day  finds  scores  of  the  smartest  people  at  the  Techau  Tavern  Ice  Palace  for 
instruction  and  practice  in  ice-skating. 

MUSIC  AT  ALL  SESSIONS 


grown  into  a  fixed  and  si;  fwo 

years  ago  the  Hon.  William  K 
derlul  amphitheatre  to  foul 
production  of  the  Mountain  PI 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOI  II 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.   Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plate.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


ST. 

CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters    For   Gentlemen 

IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536 

MASON 

ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 

12 


San  Francisco  News  Lettd 


May  5,  1917 


COME  YOUNG  LADS  FIRST. 

Sergeant  went  a-walking 

Wi'  ribbons  in  his  cap, 
"Ho-ho,"  says  he,  "his  Majesty 

Wants  just  another  chap, 
An'  as  'tis  plain,  for  married  men 

He  no  more  cares  a  rap, 
Come  young  lads  first!" 

Wherefore  the  bairn  I  suckled 

Goes  now  in  khaki  drest; 
So  young  is  he  that  he  med  be 

Still  cozy  from  my  breast; 
But  he  marches  with  his  chin  up 

An'  his  chest  out,  like  the  rest — 
Come  young  lads  first! 

Old  Squire  says,  "Oh,  yes,  oh,  yes, 
'Twill  do  him  worlds  of  good;" 

An'  parson  says  that  losing  bairns, 
If  rightly  understood, 

Is  blessed,  an'  sweet,  he  says, 

For  th'  King  to  shed  his  blood — 
Come  young  lads  first! 

"Abram,"  he  says,  "gave  Isaac, 

As  writ  in  Holy  Word, 
An'  Mary  broke  the  precious  box 

At  the  feet  of  our  dear  Lord; 
So  you  must  give  your  boy,"  he  says, 

"To  carry  England's  sword, 
Come  young  lads  first!" 

They  speak  you  fair,  do  gentlemen, 

But  not  more  fair  or  free 
Than  my  young  son,  who's  just  the  one 

His  father  used  to  be; 
And  when  I  said  he  med  be  killed 

He  angers  up  at  me, 

"Come  young  lads  first!" 

For  he's  no  lad  that  hides  his  mind 

An'  he's  no  lad  that  feigns; 
An'  while  he  spoke  my  heart  came  back 

As  easy  of  its  pains 
As  when  his  father  courted  me 

Along  the  scented  lanes — 
Come  young  lads  first! 

A  woman  has  her  love  (it  is 

Her  glory  and  her  crown) 
Which  many  waters  cannot  quench 

An'  the  great  floods  cannot  drown ; 
But  men  have  that  which  passes  love 

When  they  hear  the  bugles  blown — 
Come  young  lads  first! 

An'  so  the  bairn  I  suckled 

Goes  now  in  khaki  drest; 
So  young  is  he  that  he  med  me 

Still  cozy  from  my  breast; 
An'  marches  with  his  chin  up 

An'  his  chest  out,  like  the  rest — 
Come  young  lads  first! 


AS  A  PURE  BEVERAGE  WHISKEY 
BOTTLED  IN  BOND 

IS  FUNDAMENTAL 

PURE  LIMESTONE  WATER 

'RULE  OF  THF-  KFlilDUSt 

SELECTED  GRAIN 
MODEL  EQUIPMENT 
SKILLED  MANUFACTURE  ' 

PERFECT  DISTILLATION 
SPLENDID  COOPERAGE 
NATURAL  MATURATION 
IDEAL  GLASSING  CONDITIONS' 
COMPREHENSIVE  SANITATION 
THOUSANDS    OF    VISITORS    WILL   ATTEST 

m      E.  H.  TAYLOR  JR.,  &  SONS 


INCORPORA  I  Elj 


DISTILLERS 


FRANKFORT,  KY. 


ADVENT  OF  THE  LITTLE   THEATRE  MAGAZINE. 

A  significant  little  publication,  magazine  shape,  modest  but 
insistent  in  character,  and  dated  May,  was  born  into  the  local 
periodical  general  sanctum  this  week.  "The  Little  Theatre 
Magazine,"  it  is  called,  artistic  in  appearance,  and  issued 
monthly  by  the  Players'  Club  of  San  Francisco  in  the  interest 
of  the  Little  Theatre  movement.  Adrian  Metzger  is  editor  and 
Louise  E.  Taber  associate  editor. 

The  word  "significant"  used  above  was  selected  judiciously, 
as  the  Little  Theatre  movement  is  one  of  the  surprising  social 
activities  gradually  entering  all  the  favored  localities  of  the 
country.     The  fact  is  aptly  illustrated  in  the  contents  of  this 


SHERWOOD  &  SHERWOOD 

SOLE  DISTRIBUTORS 
PACIFIC  COAST 


first  issue  of  the  magazine,  and  the  contents  would  likely  have 
been  much  larger  were  the  almost  prohibitive  charges  of  print- 
ing materials  at  their  past  normal  figure.  In  variety  of  selec- 
tions and  comment,  it  will  prove  an  excellent  lever  in  uplifting 
the  Little  Theatre  movement  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Success  to 
its  worthy  efforts  and  those  behind  the  movement. 


RICE    GUN 

OVER 

3,000  SHOTS 


PER    MINUTE 


OISE 
ECOIL 


NO  Ilmaoskhe  NO  5 

10  Times  As  Effective  As  A  Powder  Gun 
At  One-Tenth  the  Cost 

DEMONSTRATING     DAILY    AT 

225    MARKET   STREET 


p 

&&    >^ff%K. 

P 

u 

Wi  if  A  TfygSmk 

U 

M 

JBt  ■•-  -">      ;     'k*)    i 

M 

P 

i>-=-~  w ' 

P 

S 

^»  j™p 

S 

Pumps  for  Irrigation  and  Every  Conceiva 

ble  Use 

Gasoline  Engi 

nes                                             Pipe,  Pipe  Fittings,  Etc. 

SEND 

FOR  OUR  CATALOGUE-MAILED 

FREE         1 

WOODIN    &    LITTLE 

- 

33  FREMONT  ST.        PUMP  HOUSE        SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

May  5.  1917 


1 


UBRAEtigfeTABLE 


■it  in  A  rm 

The  war  has  done  much  to  bring  to  light  many  strong  and 
beautiful  characters  among  England's  soldiers.  A  personal 
record  of  the  aims  and  ideals  of  one  has  been  given  to  the  world 
in  "A  Student  in  Arms,"  by  Donald  Hankcy.  It  is  a  book  of 
high  spiritual  idealism  as  well  as  a  vivid  picture  of  life  in  the 
trenches  of  Flanders.  Mr.  Hankey  was  a  student  when  the  war 
broke  out.  He  enlisted  and  served  in  France  until  October  26. 
1916,  when  he  fell  mortally  wounded  on  the  Western  front. 
The  book  is  truly  democratic  and  the  reader  will  relish  the 
comradeship  that  existed  between  Mr.  Hankey  and  his  hum- 
blest cockney  companion  in  the  ranks.  It  is  valuable,  also,  in 
the  picture  it  gives  us  of  the  attitude  of  many  soldiers  toward 
religion.  Mr.  Hankey  found  real  religion  in  the  trenches  and 
longs  to  have  the  Church  of  England  appreciate  and  use  it.  He 
calls  it  "the  religion  of  all  good  life,"  and  desires  to  see  the 
Church  of  England  so  transformed  that  it  may  lay  the  nation 
"at  the  feet  of  the  Lord  of  all  good  life." 

$1.50.    E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co. 

*  *  * 

"Fight  for  the  Republic." 

So  many  and  varied  are  the  books  dealing  with  the  civil  war 
that  one  cannot  expect  at  this  late  day  to  have  much  new  light 
thrown  upon  the  subject.  However,  the  facts  concerning  the 
nation's  great  struggle  can  always  be  portrayed  in  a  new  way, 
and  that  is  what  Rossiter  Johnson  has  done  in  his  "The  Fight 
for  the  Republic."  The  author  has  already  a  reputation  as  a 
popular  military  author,  having  written  books  on  the  rebellion 
and  the  Spanish-American  war.  He  does  not  pretend  to  write 
a  chronological  history  of  the  civil  war,  but  picks  out  the  salient 
and  arresting  points,  beginning  with  the  inauguration  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  in  1861  and  ending  with  the  surrender  of  General 
Lee  in  1865.  The  naval  part  of  the  war  receives  at  Mr.  John- 
son's hands  the  important  place  it  deserves,  but  does  not  always 
get  at  the  hands  of  many  authors. 

$2.50.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Locked  Chest." 

Two  one  act  plays  by  John  Masefield,  "The  Locked  Chest" 
and  "The  Sweeps  of  Ninety-Eight,"  brought  out  in  a  limited 
edition  last  September,  now  appear  in  a  volume  uniform  with 
the  other  Masefield  books.  Dated,  respectively,  1906  and  1905, 
they  were  written  several  years  before  "The  Everlasting 
Mercy"  and  "The  Widow  in  the  Bye  Street"  appeared  to  give 
their  author  a  prominence  that  has  since  been  worthily  main- 
tained. Both  plays  are  of  hunted  men.  "The  Locked  Chest," 
taken  from  a  story  in  the  Laxdaelsaga,  narrates  a  woman's  ruse 
in  concealing  her  cousin's  hiding  place  from  an  Icelandic  lord 
whose  brother  the  cousin  has  slain  in  fair  fight — a  consideration 
that  naturally  does  not  slake  the  lord's  thirst  for  vengeance. 

$1.25.    The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Under  the  title  "The  Livery  of  Eve,"  the  Putnams  Sons,  New 
York,  will  publish  in  May  a  new  story  by  F.  W.  Bain,  author  of 
"A  Digit  of  the  Moon,"  "A  Mine  of  Faults,"  etc.  It  is  a  tale 
told  by  the  Moony-crested  God  to  the  Daughter  of  the  Snow, 
and  concerns  Aparajita,  cunning  as  she  is  beautiful,  and  rivaled 
in  beauty  only  by  her  own  reflection,  and  King  Keshawa,  who, 
at  first  adamant  to  her  attractions,  fortified  against  the  wiles  of 
women  by  the  teachings  of  the  Pundits,  succumbs  to  a  ruse  of 
Aparajita's  devising,  having  first  through  her  sorcery  been  dis- 
tenanted  from  his  own  handsome  body  to  dwell,  until  released, 
in  the  unsightly  shell  of  a  deformed  barber,  who  in  exchange 

has  slipped  into  the  body  of  the  King. 

*  *  * 

In  the  May  "American  Magazine"  a  writer  says:  "All  the 
world  of  men  is  divided  into  two  classes — caretakers  and  pro- 
moters. The  most  important  decision  a  man  can  make  in  his 
business  life  is  to  determine  in  which  one  of  those  two  classes 
he  belongs." 


,"  a  book  w 


The  very  newest  book  is 
of  Gardening" — as  full  of  spring  as 
tells  you  how  to  make  things  grow,  but  also  how  l 
place — gates  and  fci 
is  most  indispensable  in  a  garden  book.  I 
ition. 

Charles  Scribncr's  Sons,  New  York. 
•  •  • 

"It  is  not  because  our  Government  asks  too  much  of  us  that 
we  seem  to  have  lost  respect  for  it,"  says  a  writer  in  tfai 
"Woman's  Home  Companion,  "but  because  it  asks  too  little. 
II  the  Government  were  to  demand  one  year  of  every  man's  lite 
in  service  to  it,  there  would  be  instilled  into  every  man's  being 
a  respect  for  that  Government  which  most  men  now  never 
learn." 


SUNBEAMS 

_ "That  fellow  certainly  is  a  dub."    "For  why?"    "I  told 

him  I  bossed  my  wife,  and  he  went  and  told  my  wife." — The 
Lamb. 

Teacher — Do  you  know  the  population  of  New  York? 

Mamie  Backrow — Not  all  of  them,  ma'am,  but  then,  we've  only 
lived  here  two  years. — Puck  . 

Inquirer  (at  South  Station — Where  does  this  train  go? 

Brakeman — This  train  goes  to  New  York  in  ten  minutes.  In- 
quirer— Goodness     That's  going  some! — Christian  Register. 

Camera  Man — I'm  sorry,  Jack,  but  we'll  have  to  do  that 

business  over  again,  where  you  fall  off  the  roof  into  the  rain- 
barrel  and  are  run  over  by  the  steam-roller.  My  film  gave  out. 
—Life. 

Central  Station  Manager — Have  you  been  studying  the 

science  of  efficiency?  Applicant — Yes;  had  to  quit  reading 
about  it.  Got  so  interested  that  I  found  it  was  interfering  with 
my  regular  work. — New  York  Sun. 

"Footlyte  actually  seemed  pleased  at  leaving  a  $300  per 

week  theatrical  engagement  to  serve  as  a  $30  per  month  ser- 
geant on  the  border."  "Why  not?  Three  dramatic  critics  are 
privates  in  his  company." — Topeka  Journal. 

Willis — The  Highfliers  are  going  to  give  up  their  big 

house  this  winter.  Mrs.  Willis — You  must  be  mistaken.  I  was 
talking  with  Mrs.  Highflier  only  yesterday.  Willis — Well,  I 
was  talking  with  the  mortgagee  only  this  morning. — Puck. 

"I  heard  Mr.  Suburbs  speaking  most  beautifully  of  his 

wife  to  another  lady  on  the  train  just  now.  Rather  unusual  in 
a  man  these  days."  "Not  under  the  circumstances.  That  was 
a  new  cook  he  was  escorting  out." — Rehoboth  Sunday  Herald. 

Husband   (after  the  theatre) — Well,  how  did  you  like 

the  play?  His  Wife — Very  well,  indeed.  There  was  only  one 
impossible  thing  in  it.  The  second  act  takes  place  two  years 
after  the  first,  and  the  family  still  have  the  same  servant. — 
New  York  Sun. 

"  I  was  preparing  to  shave  a  chap  the  other  afternoon," 

says  a  head  barber.  "I  had  trimmed  his  hair,  and  from  such 
talk  as  I  had  had  with  him  I  judged  him  to  be  an  easy-going, 
unexcitable  sort  of  fellow.  But  suddenly  his  manner  changed. 
Out  of  the  corner  of  his  eye  he  had  seen  a  man  enter  whose 
appearance  unset  him.  "Hurry,  George!"  he  muttered  to  me. 
"Lather  to  the  eyes — quick,  quick!  Here  comes  my  tailor!" — 
Tit-Bits. 

A  man  with  the  croup  halted  a  doctor  on  a  quiet  street- 
corner.  "Doctor,"  he  said,  coughing  violently,  "what  ought 
a  chap  to  do  when  he's  got  the  croup?"  The  doctor's  eye 
emitted  a  steely  light  at  the  thought  of  being  buncoed  out  of  a 
free  prescription,  and  he  said:  "Such  a  man,  my  friend,  ought 
to  consult  a  good  physician."  "Thanks,  doctor,"  said  the  suf- 
ferer, as  he  took  his  leave.  "That's  what  I'll  do,  then." — Balti- 
more American. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


One-piece  dresses  have  come  to  stay.  In  silk,  satin,  foulard, 
taffeta,  pongee,  Georgette  crepe,  chiffon,  voile,  crepe,  in  fact, 
running  the  entire  gamut  of  materials,  these  dresses  are  spring 
favorites.  Of  course,  this  type  of  dress  demands  a  separate 
coat,  for  even  in  summer  there  are  times  when  a  wrap  is  neces- 
sary. The  velours,  duvetyns  and  other  piled  fabrics  were  so 
popular  for  the  winter  that  we  have  for  spring  and  summer  simi- 
lar fabrics,  only  in  a  weight  suitable  for  the  weather.  Light- 
weight velours  in  white,  sand  color,  gray  and  many  brighter 
shades  are  particularly  appealing  for  the  separate  coat.  The 
model  illustrated  shows  the  latest  effect  in  spring  coats.  It  is 
developed  in  sand-colored  velours  and  has  the  smart  barrel  or 
bowling-pin  effect  in  its  wideness  at  the  hips  accentuated  by 
pocket  sections.  A  wide,  soft  collar,  and  cuffs  in  gauntless  ef- 
fect, are  other  features  which  aid  in  giving  this  model  style.  For 
automobiling.  this  coat  might  be  successfully  developed  in  one 
of  the  dust-proof  satins,  and  will  be  practical  for  wearing  in  the 
car  and  quite  stylish  when  loosened  at  luncheon  or  dinner  at  the 
hotel. 


liL  Have  Healthy,  Strong,  Beautiful  Eyes  j 


Left — Spring     Coat     in     Bowling-Pin     Effect. 
Jacket  with   Box-Pleated  Skirt. 


Right — The     New     Bolero 


Jersey  cloth  is  as  popular  as  ever  and  is  to  be  seen  in  many 
elaborate  as  well  as  simple  suits.  Last  season  it  confined  itself 
to  simple  modes,  but  this  season  it  has  branched  out  into  suits 
much  more  elaborate.  It  is  braided  and  embroidered  most 
elaborately.  A  taupe-colored  wool  jersey  suit  was  braided  with 
soutache  braid  of  the  same  shade  around  the  bottom  of  the  coat, 
on  the  collar  and  on  wide  pocket-pieces  on  the  skirt.  Another 
suit  was  combined  with  striped  satin  which  made  the  collar  and 
the  lining.    The  latter  was  a  most  important  feature  of  the  suit. 

The  short  bolero  coats  have  returned  to  us  after  an  interim 
of  many  years.     Sometimes  they  are  combined  with  straight, 


Oculists  and  use(3  Murine  Eye  Remedy  many 
Phvslriant  years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
i  uysiuaua  Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes— No  Smarting— Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Buy  Marine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


&3NN5*!SNSSNSNS*N*!3N«*»5N«N«NiajNNNN*N^^ 


pleated,  narrow  skirts,  giving  a  straight  so-called  Egyptian  sil- 
houette. Some  of  these  skirts  the  designers  have  launched  in 
opposition  to  the  bowling-pin  silhouette.  In  the  illustration  the 
short  jacket  has  been  combined  with  a  six-gored  box-pleated 
skirt. 

The  Youthful  Sports  Skirts. 

The  new  sports  clothes  show  a  youthful  note,  and  yet  em- 
body that  simplicity  which  is  requisite  to  make  gay  colors  prac- 
tical for  every-day  wear.  The  skirts,  gathered  or  shirred  at  the 
•waistline,  sometimes  straight  hanging,  and  sometimes  brought 
in  at  the  ankles  to  give  the  new  barrel  effect,  are  made  of  a 
wide  variety  of  materials.  Tussur,  rajah,  pongee  and  similar 
weaves  are  the  mainstay  for  the  more  expensive  skirts,  while 
cotton  fabrics,  in  white  with  gay  squares,  discs,  balloon  dots,  and 
in  striped  effects,  may  be  had  at  varying  prices.  Cretonne 
which  has  had  such  a  vogue  for  smocks  and  trimmings  in  sea- 
sons past  is  pressed  into  use  again  for  this  season  for  these  same 
sport  skirts.  They  are  often  made  crosswise  of  the  goods  so 
that  the  selvage  of  the  cretonne  is  used  instead  of  a  hem,  and 
the  other  selvage  edge  makes  a  heading  around  the  waist.  It 
seems  to  make  little  difference  what  the  type  of  cretonne  is, 
whether  it  has  a  Paisley  design  or  a  willow-ware  pattern.  The 
very  newest  thing  for  sports  skirts,  but  not  the  least  expensive, 
are  the  skirts  made  of  ribbon.  Wide  ribbon  is  sewed  together, 
selvage  to  selvage,  until  the  width  of  the  skirt  is  obtained.  They 
are  gay  and  joyous  in  effect,  especially  when  combined  with  the 
sheerest  of  summer  blouses. 

The  Trend  of  Summer  Blouses. 

Never  has  there  been  a  greater  variety  of  styles  for  separate 
blouses  than  there  is  this  season.  It  makes  very  little  difference 
what  type  of  waist  you  like  best;  if  the  sleeves  have  the  proper 
look  and  the  collar  is  well  designed  you  may  be  able  to  wear  it. 
The  Russian  and  peplum  effects,  in  Georgette,  chiffon,  crepe 
de  Chine  and  satin  are  having  a  wonderful  vogue,  but  so  are  the 
waists,  which  come  only  to  the  waist  and  tuck  themselves  mod- 
estly beneath  the  skirt  band.  A  very  new  mode  of  trimming 
waists  of  crepe  de  Chine  is  to  have  collar,  cuffs  and  belt  not  of 
a  contrasting  but  of  the  same  colored  linen.  Organdy  waists 
are  being  combined  with  silk  and  satin  overblouses.  A  novelty 
in  waists,  and  one  which  is  most  practical  as  well,  is  the  blouse 
of  fine  gingham  for  sports.  Blouses  of  this  type  are  made  up  in 
stripes  and  checks  which  remind  one  of  children's  rompers  and 
play  frocks.  Sometimes  they  are  combined  with  white  pique. 
I  saw  a  very  pretty  pink  one  recently  which  had  a  white  pique 
vest  with  the  fronts  of  the  waist  cut  in  scallops  and  stitched 
onto  the  vest. 

Stitching  is  a  most  popular  mode  of  trimming  at  the  present 
time.  It  is  used  on  women's  suits  and  coats,  on  dresses  and  on 
skirts.  On  wool  materials  it  is  done  with  a  coarse  knitting 
silk,  put  either  on  the  bobbin  or  the  upper  part  of  the  machine ; 
on  cotton  materials  it  is  done  with  mercerized  cotton  in  the 
same  way.  Children's  clothes  are  trimmed  with  stitching  in 
varied  colors;  for  instance,  a  blue  serge  coat  had  stitching  of 
red  and  green  silk.  A  very  pretty  buff  chambray  dress  had 
parallel  rows  of  stitching  in  blue,  brown,  green  and  pink  on  the 
collar  and  cuffs  and  above  the  hem. 


May  5.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


15 


INSURANCE 


The  friends  of  Charles  0.  Hawley  will  be  pleased  to  leam 
that  he  is  again  to  make  his  headquarters  at  San  Francisco.  Mr. 
Hawley    resigned   recently    as  general    manager   of 

the  Guardian  Casualty  &  Guaranty  of  Salt  Lake,  but  has  now 
connected  himself  with  the  Agency  Company,  general  agent 
for  the  Guardian,  and  will  busy  himself  with  the  development 
of  the  field  end  of  the  business  for  both  the  Guardian  Casualty 
and  the  Guardian  Fire,  for  which  the  Agency  Company  is  gen- 
eral agent. 

*  *  • 

Assembly  bill  282,  known  as  the  Surplus  Line  bill,  was  the 
first  insurance  measure  to  receive  the  Governor's  signature,  and 
ir  accordingly  a  law.  This  bill  received  energetic  backing  by  the 
local  agents  and  brokers. 

»  •  • 

An  unusually  interesting  program  has  been  prepared  for  the 
meeting  of  the  California  Association  of  Insurance  Agents 
called  for  May  18th  and  19th.  at  Oakland,  Cal. 

*  *  * 

The  law  providing  that  all  fire  escapes  must  be  provided 
with  a  drop  ladder  from  the  second  story  to  the  ground,  which 
may  be  raised  at  will,  is  now  in  full  force  and  effect. 

*  *  * 

The  Watson  Taylor  Company  has  appointed  J.  H.  Cote  spe- 
cial agent  to  succeed  J.  J.  Ashby,  who  has  been  covering  South- 
ern California  with  headquarters  at  Los  Angeles. 

*  *  * 

F.  O.  Vincent,  for  several  years  special  agent  for  the  George 
H.  Tyson  general  agency,  resigned  on  May  1st  to  enter  the 
life  insurance  field.  He  will  join  the  agency  force  of  the  Penn 
Mutual  Life  under  General  Agent  J.  T.  O'Brien,  who  was  for- 
merly special  agent  in  the  Pacific  Northwest  for  the  Royal  and 
Queen. 

*  *  * 

The  Pacific  Mutual  Life  of  Los  Angeles  has  increased  its 
limits  on  individual  risks  to  $50,000  on  both  participating  and 
non-participating  policies,  except  on  term  insurance  and  in- 
surance on  the  lives  of  women. 

*  *  * 

Wm.  E.  Shiels,  for  many  years  connected  with  the  Travelers, 
has  been  appointed  manager  for  the  liability  department  of 
both  the  Travelers  and  the  Travelers  Indemnity  in  Los  Angeles, 

with  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles. 

*  *  * 

Edwin  F.  Booth,  assistant  manager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  de- 
partment of  the  General  Accident,  with  headquarters  at  San 
Francisco,  has  been  transferred  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  will 
have  the  general  management  of  the  company's  business  in  all 

territory  south  of  Tehachapi. 

*  *  * 

Walter  B.  Wentz,  manager  for  the  Maryland  Casualty,  has 
been  appointed  general  agent  for  the  Marine  Insurance  Com- 
pany's automobile  department  in  Northern  California. 

Payment  of  compensation  to  families  of  German  and  Aus- 
trian workmen  injured  in  this  country  has  been  interrupted  by 
the  different  State  compensation  funds.     It  is  likely,  however, 

that  an  adjudication  will  be  made  after  the  war. 

*  *  * 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  new  insurance  code,  surety  com- 
panies operating  in  Oregon  are  compelled  to  post  a  deposit  of 
$25,000  with  the  treasurer  of  that  State. 


PASSING  OF  THE  SON  OF  BRET  HARTE. 

Francis  K.  Bret  Harte,  last  surviving  son  of  the  famous  early 
California  writer  and  poet,  and  founder  of  Overland  Monthly, 
passed  away,  last  week,  at  Monte  Carlo,  where  he  had  gone  for 
the  benefit  of  his  health.  Two  sons  survive  him,  Richard  Bret 
Harte,  who  recently  took  up  his  residence  in  San  Francisco  and 
is  engaged  in  art  work,  specializing  just  now  in  designing,  and 
Geoffrey  Bret  Harte,  who  resides  in  London.  The  widow  will 
likely  continue  her  residence  in  southern  Europe. 


PAIR  CIDER* CO 


&       Book*  and  Ai  t 

£;£         239  Grant  Avenue 
■        ::  San  Imiuiuo  :: 


a 


MRS.   RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

OPEN    ALL    SUMMER. 

I  ■  A  YS 

lli  n  ill.  OAKLANI  i   PHI  I.  ii  ii.     i  Iffli  • 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day   School    for   Girls 

2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2I23!    BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  Unlvenlty  of 
California.  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN.   M.  A. 

2230    Pacific.  Ave.,   San    Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON'S    SCHOOL 
tor 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

ISO  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOGUE 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE   840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer(Concert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


an 


ITjNANCIAV 


How  the  War  Bond 
Issue  Will  Be  Handled. 


A  call  upon  the  people  for  funds 
to  the  amount  of  $7,000,000,000 
at  one  time  is  something  unheard 
of  and  undreamed  of  in  this  coun- 
try. It  is,  in  fact,  the  largest  financial  operation  ever  attempted. 
No  difficulty  is  anticipated  in  carrying  it  through,  as  very  little 
is  expected  to  leave  this  country.  It  will  be  mostly  a  matter  of 
the  bookkeeping  necessary  to  indicate  the  'shifting  of  credits. 
The  credits  will  have  to  be  supplied  by  the  banks  either  as  in- 
vestors on  their  own  account  or  by  transfer  of  credits  from  de- 
positors to  the  government.  That  the  resources  of  the  banks 
are  ample  for  the  purpose  is  made  very  clear  from  the  follow- 
ing exhibit  as  of  June  30,  1916:  27,513  Banks,  National,  Sav- 
ings, Private  and  Trust.  Capital  and  surplus— $4,039,097,000. 
Deposits— $21,532,284,000. 

Doubtless  an  immediate  shifting  of  credits  to  the  amount  of 
$7,000,000,000  would  be  a  very  severe  shock  to  business.  Noth- 
ing of  the  kind,  however,  will  happen.  Of  the  total,  $2,000,- 
000,000  will  be  credit  advanced  in  anticipation  of  taxes  and 
will  be  gradually  drawn  as  needed,  pass  into  circulation,  return 
to  the  banks  and  be  paid  off  as  taxes  are  collected.  Two  bil- 
lion dollars  more  will  be  a  funded  loan  to  the  United  States 
government,  also  to  be  gradually  drawn,  expended  and  returned 
to  the  banks  during  the  year. 


After  a  lively  climb  in  prices  surcharged  with  lively  fluc- 
tuations, Con.-Virginia  has  developed  an  inclination  to  settle, 
due  largely  to  profit-taking.  It  is  now  below  the  dollar  mark. 
The  market  naturally  yielded  to  the  pressure  occasioned  by  the 
leader.  By  and  large,  the  Comstocks  had  a  rather  lively  time 
with  the  stir  headed  by  Con.-Virginia.  Advices  received  from 
the  Mexican  mine  by  President  H.  L.  Slosson,  Jr.,  states  that 
seven  cars  of  ore  taken  from  below  the  2700  level  on  Monday 
assayed  $59.  Men  are  at  work  on  the  2900  level  of  the  Mexican 
for  the  first  time  since  1885,  putting  the  level  in  shape  for  ex- 
ploration. Four  bars  of  bullion  were  shipped  from  the  Mexi- 
can mill  this  week,  the  product  largely  of  Union  ore.  The 
Sierra  Nevada  continues  to  show  good  ore  on  both  the  2450 
and  the  2700  levels.  The  north  drift  on  the  2500  level  has  been 
opened  a  distance  of  761  feet  and  approached  the  east  cross- 
cut which,  old  reports  say,  has  a  showing  of  ore. 


E.  W.  Rollins,  of  the  firm  of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  who 

is  visiting  the  local  branch  of  the  firm,  is  sanguine  over  the  busi- 
ness outlook,  despite  the  uncertainty  of  present  financial  condi- 
tions. "There  is  not  the  slightest  doubt,"  he  says,  "that  this 
tremendous  volume  of  money  which  the  government  is  about 
to  collect  and  disburse  will  make  business  conditions  better. 
The  bulk  of  it  will  be  spent  in  this  country.  Even  that  portion 
of  it  which  will  be  lent  to  the  allied  governments  of  Europe  will 
be  spent  largely  in  the  United  States.  Temporarily,  perhaps, 
there  will  be  a  lull  in  the  American  securities  market,  but  ulti- 
mately this  money  will  circulate  through  the  regular  channels, 
and  find  its  way  into  the  regular  investment  fields  of  activity." 


The  regular  quarterly  dividend  of  the  Pacific  Gas  and 

Electric  Company,  $1.50  per  share  upon  full  paid  first  preferred 
and  original  preferred  stock,  for  the  period  February  1  to  April 
30th,  will  be  paid  May  15th  to  stockholders  of  record  April  30th. 


A  dividend  of  $2  per  share  was  declared  this  week  on 

Alaska  Packers'  Association,  payable  May  10th. 


There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


Quality 


Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  meet  the  de- 
mand for  Quality— not  the  competition  of 
Price. 

They  appeal  to  that  growing  class  of  motor- 
ists who  realize  the  economy  of  paying  just 
a  little  more  in  order  to  get  something 
a  great  deal  better. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co.  I 

DISTRIBUTERS 

W.    H.    HOMER,    General    Manager 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO  I 


BACK    EAST 
EXCURSIONS 

SALE    DATES 

May  31 

June  1,  2,  11,  12,  16,  17,  26,  27,  30 
July  1,  2,  16,  17,  24,  2S,  31 
August  1,  14,  15,  28,  29 
September  4,  5 

SOME  FARES 

(DIRECT  ROUTES) 

Omaha,  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph     -  $67.50 
Dallas.  Ft.  Worth,  San  Antonio,  Houston  70.00 

New  Orleans,  Memphis,  St.  Louis     -  77.50 

Chicago 80.00 

Minneapolis,  St.  Paul         -         -        -  84.45 

Washington,  D.  C,  Baltimore          -  116.00 

New  York,  Philadelphia        -        -  118.20 

Boston 120.20 

Proportionately  low  fares  to 
many  other  points 

Going  Limit  Fifteen  Days 

Stopovers  east  of  California  State  Line 
Return  Limit  Three  Months 

from  date  of  sale  (but  not  later  than  Oct.  31) 

Stopovers  at  all  points 
SEE   AGENTS 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


May  5.  1917 


and  Califoi   1a  Ail\. 


^-M 


"AUTOMOBIL 


XXI 


The  new  motor  vehicle  bill  which  passed  the  Senate  last 
week  was  adopted  in  the  Assembly  by  a  vote  of  43  to  6. 

The  successful  bill  was  prepared  by  the  so-called  Conference 
Committee,  composed  of  representatives  of  the  police  depart 
ments  of  the  State,  the  automobile  and  motor  truck  interests, 
the  automobile  associations,  the  State  motor  vehicle  depart- 
ment and  the  State  highway  commission. 

The  new  law  makes  many  changes  in  the  present  motor  ve- 
hicle act,  among  the  most  important  of  which  are  those  con- 
cerning weights,  widths  and  speeds  of  vehicles  on  the  public 
highways. 

A  special  change  has  been  made  in  the  present  non-enforci- 
ble  dimmming  law.  The  new  act  makes  no  reference  to  dim- 
mers, but  does  provide  that  the  headlights  of  motor  vehicles 
shall  make  sufficient  light  to  reveal  any  person  or  object  di- 
rectly ahead  of  the  vehicle  for  a  distance  of  at  least  150  feet, 
with  sufficient  side  illumination  to  reveal  any  person  or  object 
ten  feet  on  either  side  of  the  motor  vehicle  at  a  point  ten  feet 
?head  of  the  lamps. 

Also  that  the  headlights  shall  be  so  constructed  or  arranged 
that  no  portion  of  the  beam  of  reflected  light  when  measured 
75  feet  or  more  ahead  of  said  lamps  shall  rise  or  shall  be  cap- 
able of  being  raised  from  the  driver's  seat  to  more  than  42  de- 
grees above  the  level  surface  on  which  the  vehicle  stands.  The 
beam  of  reflected  light  is  held  to  mean  the  approximately 
paralleled  focalized  rays  gathered  and  projected  by  a  reflec- 
tor, lens  or  other  device. 

The  present  law  which  provides  that  the  headlights  shall  be 
sufficiently  dimmed  so  as  to  prevent  any  glare  which  might  in- 
terfere with  the  convenience  or  safety  of  the  use  of  the  highway 
ci  shall  be  so  directed  that  the  center  rays  thereof  shall  strike 
the  ground  at  a  distance  not  to  exceed  75  feet  from  the  front  of 
the  vehicle  has  caused  endless  confusion,  and  at  the  present 
time  the  dimming  law  is  almost  wholly  disregarded. 

The  present  law  requires  that  all  operators  of  motor  vehicles 
shall  be  licensed,  but  the  records  of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Depart- 
ment show  that  not  half  of  the  operators  know  this,  and  this 
provision  has  been  ineffective. 

Under  the  new  law  every  operator  must  obtain  annually  an 
operating  license,  in  addition  to  registering  his  machine,  but  no 
charge  is  to  be  made  for  the  license. 

No  minimum  age  limit  is  fixed  for  minors  who  operate,  but 
parents'  and  guardians'  responsibility  for  such  minors  is  fixed 
definitely. 

The  new  law  contains  some  drastic  provisions  relating  to  op- 
erators who  by  their  court  record  prove  their  unfitness  to  be  al- 
lowed to  operate  motor  vehicles,  and  any  operator  convicted  of 
operating  while  intoxicated  or  who  is  convicted  three  times 
within  any  calendar  year  for  violating  the  speed  provisions  of 
the  law,  must  appear  before  the  State  Highway  Commission 
to  show  cause  why  his  operating  license  should  not  be  sus- 
pended or  revoked  and  the  commission  is  given  power  to  re- 
voke or  suspend  operators'  licenses  after  such  hearing  if  it  de- 
termines that  there  is  good  and  sufficient  reason  therefor. 

In  like  manner  the  State  Highway  Commission  may,  upon  its 
own  initiative  or  upon  the  sworn  information  of  any  person,  in 
its  discretion  order  the  suspension  or  revocation  of  any  opera- 
tor's or  chauffeur's  license,  if,  after  such  a  hearing,  it  is  satisfied 
that  the  operator  or  chauffeur  is  a  reckless  driver,  or  that  he  is 
incompetent  or  unfit  to  operate  a  motor  vehicle  because  of  a 
mental  or  physical  infirmity  or  disability,  or  when  such  operator 
or  chauffeur  has  been  directly  concerned  in  an  accident  upon 
the  public  highway  resulting  in  the  death  of  any  person. 

In  order  that  the  courts  may  more  easily  interpret  the  law 
as  to  intoxicated  drivers,  the  new  act  contains  a  provision  that 
no  person  who  is  to  such  extent  under  the  influence  of  intoxi- 


ih»t  he  cannot  propr: 

ill  operate  ,  motor  or  othr 

a  person  is  intoxic.i: 

The  new  law  does  away  entirely  with  .i!!  rai  ins  on 
roads  of  the  State,  but  m.. 

the  business  district  of  incorporated  cities  and  tov> 
A  speed  of   15  miles  per  hour  only   is 

crossings  and  at  highway  intersections  and  <  i 

*  •  • 

N«w  Book  Tells  How  to  Run  Automobile 

Victor  W.  Page.  M.  S.  A.  E..  has  just  published  an  excellent 
volume  for  the  man  with  his  first  car.  It  is  entitled  "How  to 
Run  an  Automobile."  and  should  appeal  at  once  to  the  beginner. 
This  treatise  gives  concise  instructions  for  starting  and  running 
nearly  all  makes  of  gasoline  automobiles,  how  to  care  for  them, 
and  gives  distinctive  features  of  control;  shows  the  control 
groups  of  many  popular  makes  of  automobiles  and  describes 
every  step  for  shifting  gears,  controlling  engine,  etc. 

It  is  impossible  to  get  the  greatest  efficiency  out  of  a  car 
until  one  knows  every  point  in  running,  caring  for  and  adjusting 
one's  machine.  In  this  new  book  just  the  problems  motor  car 
owers  are  up  against  are  solved  in  a  way  that  are  easily  under- 
stood, and  so  that  you  can  immediately  turn  to  your  car  and 
apply  the  knowledge. 

*  *  * 

Alaska  in  Good  Roads  Campaign  Since  1905 

Alaska  has  been  building  roads  since  1905.  It  has  built  920 
miles  of  wagon  road,  629  miles  of  winter  sled  roads  and  2,210 
miles  of  trails.  None  of  these  roads  was  built  for  motor  car 
traffic,  but  more  than  250  trucks  and  passenger  cars  were  in 
use  over  them  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year. 

Much  damage  has  been  done  to  the  roads  by  heavy,  narrow- 
tired  trucks,  and  the  board  of  road  commissioners  finds  troubles 
of  maintenance  with  them  always. 

In  addition  they  found  it  necessary  to  build  a  five  mile  road 
along  a  hillside  last  summer  by  covering  the  roadbed  with  wil- 
low corduroy  and  surfacing  the  corduroy  with  gravel  because 
the  material  underlying  the  location  consisted  of  six  feet  of 
gravel  on  the  bed  rock,  forty  feet  of  clear  ice  on  the  gravel  and 
two  feet  of  moss  and  tundra  on  top. 

*  *  * 

Motor  Car  Builders  Optimistic  Over  War  Outlook 

Manufacturers  of  motor  cars  are,  as  a  rule,  optimistic  over 
the  outlook,  and  are  proceeding  on  the  assumption  that  the  war 
will  stimulate  rather  than  curtail  motor  car  buying.  Recently 
the  presidents  of  motor  car  companies  were  asked  flatly  what 
effect,  in  their  opinion,  the  war  will  have  on  the  motor  car 
business.  The  following  statement,  made  by  J.  C.  Flowers, 
president  of  the  Premier  Motor  Corporation,  is  typical  of  the 
optimism  and  business  courage  that  prevails  among  motor  car 
makers : 

"Personally,  I  feel  that  the  war  will  tend  to  increase  business 
rather  than  depress  it.  Large  manufacturing  orders  from  the 
government  and  greatly  increased  orders  from  our  allies,  due 
to  their  greatly  increased  purchasing  power,  as  a  result  of  the 
American  loan,  will  put  stupendous  sums  into  circulation,  and 
this  money  must  find  its  way  into  the  pockets  of  the  public." 

Spark  Plugs  Often  Win  the  Race 

In  the  eight  major  automobile  races  in  the  United  States  dur- 
ing 1916  there  were  entered  167  cars,  of  which  116  were 
equipped  with  Rajah  spark  plugs,  according  to  statistics  just 
made  public  by  Hughson  &  Merton,  Pacific  Coast  distributers 
of  the  Rajah.  Eight  hundred  and  forty-six  plugs  were  used  on 
these  116  cars,  which  were  driven  by  sixty-three  different 
drivers.  Eighty-seven  of  the  cars  had  eight  cylinders,  seven- 
teen were  sixes,  and  twelve  were  fours. 

*  *  * 

Norman  Cowan  on  Company  Inspection  Rounds 

Mr.  Norman  Cowan,  secretary  and  sales  manager  for  Hugh- 
son  &  Merton,  Inc.,  and  the  Ajax  Tire  Company,  and  one  of  the 
best  known  and  best  liked  men  that  are  accomplishing  such  big 
things  in  boosting  the  automobile  materials  all  over  the  world, 
left  here  this  week  for  an  intensive  inspection  tour  of  the 
branches  of  the  firm  in  the  Southern  California  and  the  Salt 
Lake  territories. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


Improper  Alignment  Wears  Front  Tires  Needlessly 

Motorists  often  complain  because  front  tires  wear  out  more 
quickly  than  the  rear  tires,  while  the  front  tires  should  last 
considerably  longer  than  the  rear  tires,  in  that  they  are  re- 
lieved of  driving  strains. 

"Excessive  wear  in  front  tires  is  more  generally  due  to  mis- 
alignment of  the  front  wheels,"  says  L.  H.  Coppel,  manager  of 
the  local  Norwalk  tire  service  station.  "Drivers  forget  that 
they  often  hit  the  curb  with  the  front  wheels,  and  in  this  man- 
ner throw  them  out  of  alignment." 

*  *  * 

Mathewson  Takes  Over  Maxfer  Truck 

E.  Linn  Mathewson  of  this  city  has  just  closed  with  the 
Maxfer  Truck  and  Tractor  Company  of  Chicago  for  eight  hun- 
dred Maxfer  trucks,  representing  an  investment  of  a  quarter 
of  a  million  dollars  for  California  and  Nevada.  For  over  a 
year  Mathewson  has  been  looking  for  a  truck  attachment  for 
the  Ford  car,  but  it  was  not  until  the  Maxfer  was  presented  to 
him  that  he  has  found  what  he  considers  essentially  the  cor- 
rect solution. 

All  other  offerings  which  he  has  investigated  necessitated 
the  construction,  to  a  certain  extent,  of  the  Ford  chassis,  de- 
stroying the  economical  value  of  the  Ford. 

*      *      ♦ 

Stutz  Donates  Cars  for  Ambulance  Service 

Harry  C.  Stutz,  president  of  the  Stutz  Motor  Car  Company, 
recently  donated  to  the  Indiana  National  Guard  its  first  motor 
equipment.  In  behalf  of  the  company,  Stutz  gave  the  State's 
military  organization  six  Stutz  chassis  constructed  especially 
for  ambulance  purposes.  The  Parry  Manufacturing  Company 
has  agreed  to  build  the  bodies,  the  total  gift  to  the  State  being 
valued  at  about  fifteen  thousand  dollars.  Stutz  not  only  offered 
the  chassis,  but  has  promised  to  assist  in  recruiting  thirty  first- 
aid  men  to  accompany  the  cars.  Men  in  the  Stutz  factory  al- 
ready have  agreed  to  join  a  company  to  become  drivers  of  the 
cars,  and  enough  additional  men  have  agreed  to  enlist  to  com- 
plete a  company. 

*  *  * 

New  Empire  Four  is  Announced 

The  Empire  Automobile  Company,  Indianapolis,  has  just  an- 
nounced a  new  four  cylinder  five  passenger  touring  car,  de- 
signated as  Model  SO.  On  account  of  its  appearance,  powers 
of  performance  and  easy  riding  qualities  the  new  model  is 
meeting  with  an  enthusiastic  reception  everywhere  it  has  been 

shown. 

*  *  * 

"Pleasure  Car"  a  Misnomer  Says  Dealer 

That  the  term  "pleasure  car"  is  obsolete  and  likely  to  be- 
come injurious  to  the  motor  car  industry  is  the  belief  of  W.  D. 
Vance,  president  of  the  Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company  of  this 
city,  distributer  of  the  Owen  Magnetic  car  and  the  Auburn  light 
six.  In  discussing  this  subject,  Vance  pointed  out  the  wide  and 
erroneous  use  of  the  words  "pleasure  cars."    He  said : 

"Even  among  automobile  manufacturers  a  motor  car  is  too 
frequently  referred  to  as  a  "pleasure  car,"  while  it  is  recog- 
nized and  known  that  the  automobile  is  no  longer  a  vehicle 
bought  solely  for  the  pursuit  of  pleasure  and  recreation. 

"In  the  early  days  of  the  industry  the  automobile  was  a 
novelty  and  its  use  was  for  a  long  time  confined  to  those  seek- 
ing pleasure  and  some  form  of  recreation.  But  with  our  eco- 
nomic development  the  automobile  has  ceased  to  be  a  plaything. 
Now  it  fills  a  utilitarian  purpose  almost  exclusively.  It  is  used 
as  a  time  saver  for  business,  for  shopping,  for  easier  and  quicker 
transportation.  Instead  of  being  a  luxury  it  is  more  often  an 
absolute  necessity. 

"Take,  for  instance,  the  San  Francisco  bay  region  and  North- 
ern California,  the  territory  over  which  we  operate,  the  number 
of  persons  who  own  motor  cars  and  regard  them  simply  as  a 
means  of  getting  out  into  the  open  air  and  for  recreation  pur- 
poses is  so  small  that  I  dare  say  they  represent  one-half  of  one 
per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  owners.  It  is  true  that  the  au- 
tomobile is  a  wonderful  nerve  sedative  and  will  bring  more 
people  out  of  nervous  prostration  than  all  the  medicine  in  the 
world,  and  has  a  tendency  to  make  one's  mind  more  nimble, 
but  the  great  majority  of  sales  of  automobiles  are  made  to 
buyeis  because  the  car,  to  them,  has  a  fixed  and  known  utility; 
the  question  of  health  quickly  becomes  submerged. 

"A  motor  car  is  either  a  passenger  or  commercial  vehicle 


and  should  be  so  styled.    It  is  a  far  cry  from  pleasure  to  the 
real  functions  of  a  passenger  car,  and  the  association  of  the 

two,  long  since  outlived,  should  not  be  further  perpetuated. 

*  *  * 

Henry  Ford's  Tractor  Soon  to  Appear 

Henry  Ford's  long-expected  an^d  much  longed  for  tractor  is 
about  to  make  its  appearance  as  a  commercial  entity,  and  it  is 
expected  that  by  summer  hundreds  will  be  in  use  in  this  coun- 
try and  England,  cultivating  the  crops  that  are  needed  so  badly 
by  the  warring  world.  It  is  now  in  its  final  form,  according  to 
the  Ford  experts,  who  have  been  developing  it  with  care,  and 
it  is  said  that  the  tractor  company,  Henry  Ford  &  Son,  will  be 
producing  hundreds  daily  by  August  1st  at  the  tractor  plant  at 
Dearborn,  Mich. 

Quantity  production  is  also  to  be  carried  out  in  England, 
not  only  by  the  Ford  company  there,  but  by  such  other  factories 
as  the  British  government  allots  to  the  work.  Henry  Ford  this 
week  cabled  to  England  his  release  of  all  patent  rights  to  the 
design  in  response  to  a  request  from  the  government  there, 
which  has  been  keeping  a  careful  eye  on  the  three  tractors  that 
were  shipped  to  England  for  test  purposes  some  months  ago. 
Russia  has  also  been  watching  the  tractors  that  were  sent  there 
for  trial,  under  the  direction  of  Gaston  Plantiff,  manager  of  the 
Long  Island  City  Ford  plant,  who  only  recently  returned  to  this 
country  with  enthusiastic  reports. 

Tests  have  been  carried  out  in  this  country,  likewise,  the  ma- 
chine having  been  tried  out  in  practically  every  section,  quietly 
but  thoroughly.  It  has  been  worked  over  all  kinds  of  ground,  in 
varying  temperatures  and  altitudes,  and  has  cultivated  all  the 

staple  crops. 

*  *  # 

Truck  Owners  Adopt  Pneumatic  Tires  Says  Goodyear 

Thousands  of  truck  owners  are  said  to  be  adopting  pneu- 
matic tires  this  year.  The  advantages  of  pneumatic  truck  tires 
in  many  lines  of  service  have  been  proved  thoroughly.  The 
country  has  been  having  an  agitation  in  regard  to  the  effect  of 
heavy  trucks  on  interurban  pavements.  The  contention  of  tire 
manufacturers  that  pneumatic  tire  equipment  saves  both  the 
truck  and  the  road,  permits  better  time  and  does  not  modify 
the  size  of  the  load,  has  led  to  a  lot  of  investigation,  and  the 
Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Company,  for  instance,  reports  an 
enormous  increase  in  the  demand  for  its  pneumatic  cord  truck 
tires  this  spring. 


VmgtifctfM^ 


Ifer  5.  1917 


and  California  Advert 


19 


|        High   Gear  "Stuff" 
%iiiiiiiiiniii iiiiiiii iimiiii iiiii iiiiiiiiiiini# 

INTHOLOGY. 

He  was  a  Saxon  bold.  .  . 

Listen,  my  children,  and  you  shall  hear 

Of  the  wonderful  ride  of  the  tire.  Rcven 

Old  King  car  is  a  merry  old  car  .  .  . 

The  Marmon  and  the  Burrelle  had  a  quarrel, 

And  the  former  called  the  latter  little  Buick.  .  . 

Sir  Lancelot  flashed  forth  in  his  much  scarred  Ford 

To  search  in  all  climes  for  its  running  board  .  .  . 

Beautiful  Stevens-Duryea  is  dead 

Come  and  sit  by  its  side  an  hour  .  .  . 

Thus  spake  the  Packard  in  its  vault  above  the  Winton  Six : 

Artie's  Additions  to  "A  Motorist's  Anthology." 
Breathes  there  a  man  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said, 
"This  is  my  Willys-Overland?" 
Whose  heart  hath  ne'er  within  him  burned 
As  home  his  footsteps  he  hath  turned 
From  wandering  in  a  foreign  Mercedes.  .  .  . 

It  is  an  ancient  Oldsmobile, 

And  it  stoppeth  one  of  three. 
"By  thy  curved  dashboard  and  single  cylinder, 
Now,  wherefore  stopst  thou  me?" 

"Dear  Franklin,"  explodes  Heloise,  "the  quality  of  Mercer 
is  not  strained,  and  the  Maxwell  brays  are  bonny.  Then,  too, 
as  I  was  reading  aloud  to  Uncle  Dan  Frohman  from  those 
charming  things,  'The  Simplex  Life,'  and  'The  Chevrolet  of  the 
Last  Minstrel,'  he  remarked,  'How  happy  could  I  be  with  either, 
were  t'other  dear  Chalmers  away!'" — From  F.  P.  A.'s  "Con- 
ning Tower"  in  the  (lew  York  Tribune. 

*  *  * 

There  was  a  man  who  fancied 

That  by  driving  good  and  fast 
He'd  get  his  car  across  the  track 

Before  the  train  got  past. 
He'd  miss  the  engine  by  an  inch, 

And  make  the  train  hands  sore; 
There  was  a  man  who  fancied  this — 

There  isn't  any  more. — Exchange. 

*  *  * 

A  St.  Louis  man  who  is  permeated  with  humor  down  to  the 
soles  of  his  feet,  is  driving  an  old,  dilapidated  pile  of  junk  once 
an  automobile  and  once  a  one-cylinder  "Brush."  He  has  it 
labeled  by  signs,  one  reading  "Sick-Cylinder."  Another  on  the 
side  says,  "Fierce  Arrow."  To  complete  the  protesque  appear- 
ance of  the  freak,  he  has  a  stove  pipe  running  out  of  the  back 
of  the  top. 

This  reminds  us  of  a  young  Alameda  chap  who  labeled  his 
new  flivver  "Twin  Two." 


Powers-Wenz  Co. 

Automobile    Mechanics 


Expert  Repairing,  Building  and  Designing 


1634    Pine    Street  off   Van   Ness  Avenue 


ESlHSlEDimra 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News   Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO    ALTO.      l.AUKIN  S   »"•  only   strictly   Ilrflt- 

class  cafe  on  thr>  Wlahboi  otod  to  the  patroaag«  of  nut 

and   tholr  families.     Corner  of   t'nlvrrslty  swenus   an. I    The  Circle. 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St 


San  Francisco 


^W^rflfc.   autoists 


WASHLESS 


yflsxsfffftjs 


WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  "Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

819-835  ELLIS  ST.    ^1^°^. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


U.  S.  Garage 

750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


Pearson  Garage 

345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Ne«»  Ave.     BRAND   &   CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1S66 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  5,  1917 


Leaks  from  the  Wireless 


The  receipts  of  the  United  States  treasury  from  the  liquor 
and  tobacco  tax  for  the  last  fiscal  year  fell  off  $25,906,291. 
Here  is  a  clear  illustration  of  the  fact  that  loss  can  sometimes 

be  counted  as  gain. 

*  *  * 

Back  in  slavery  times  in  the  United  States,  the  marriage  rite 
among  certain  of  the  negroes  was  sometimes  performed  by  the 
contracting  parties  themselves,  and  consisted  simply  of  jump- 
ing over  a  broomstick.  In  a  law-suit  involving  an  inheritance, 
the  legality  of  this  ceremony  was  recently  upheld  by  a  court  of 

record  in  Howell  County,  Mo. 

*  *  * 

A  half  million  automobiles  can  be  brought  into  valuable  re- 
quisition, in  Jie  United  States,  during  the  coming  season  in 
transporting  and  distributing  garden  vegetables  and  fruit,  thus 
supplementing  the  work  of  the  railroads,  and,  in  many  cases, 
releasing  their  rolling  stock  for  tasks  of  a  heavier  character. 
The  service  which  the  motor  cars  can  perform  in  this  way  will 
have  a  permanent  value,  for  it  will  show  what  can  be  done 
through  adequate  distribution,  in  peaceable,  as  well  as  in  war 
times,  toward  cheapening  the  cost  of  foodstuffs  laid  down  at 

the  doors  of  the  consumers. 

*  *  * 

Here  are  the  latest  estimates  of  the  gains  and  losses  of  the 
central  powers.  Germany  has  gained  territory  as  follows: 
Square  miles,  Belgium,  11,200;  Poland,  50,000;  France,  8,100; 
Serbia,  35,000;  Montenegro,  5,000,  and  Roumania,  40,000.  Up 
to  April  1st  the  allies  had  recovered  about  1,000  square  miles 
in  France.  Germany's  losses  are:  Square  miles,  Togo  Land, 
33,700;  Kamerun,  191,000;  Southwest  Africa,  312,450;  Kiao- 
chau;  200;  South  Seas,  96,168,  and  Southeast  Africa,  384,180. 
Total  gain,  149,500;  total  loss,  1,017,698.  Turkey  has  lost 
about  177,500  square  miles. 

The  war  museum  of  the  Avenue  Malakoff,  in  Paris,  is  to 
have  counterparts  in  London,  as  well  as  in  Berlin.  The  Berlin 
scheme  is  a  gigantic  one,  aiming  at  nothing  less  than  a  collec- 
tion of  everything  printed  in  connection  with  the  war.  The 
London  project,  which  is  that  of  Sir  Alfred  Mond,  has  only 
just  been  sanctioned  by  the  Cabinet.  It  seems  that  one  of  its 
most  interesting  features  will  be  a  collection  of  the  proclama- 
tions issued  in  various  parts  of  the  Empire  during  the  war, 
among  which  will  be  the  Bagdad  proclamation,  and  such  con- 
trasts as  the  stately  proclamation  of  the  City  of  London  and 
that  issued  in  "pidgin"  English  to  the  natives  of  New  Guinea. 

Marriage  license  clerks,  in  several  of  the  cities  of  the  United 
States  are  making  it  as  uncomfortable  as  possible  for  men  of 
military  age  seeking,  manifestly,  to  evade  conscription  by  tak- 
ing unto  themselves  wives.  In  some  places,  recruiting  officers, 
standing  by,  assist  the  license  clerks  in  making  the  experience 
unpleasant  for  men  who  would  hide  behind  women's  skirts 
when  the  country  calls  them.  Some  Chicago  ministers  are  re- 
fusing to  perform  marriage  ceremonies  for  the  "slackers."  It 
is  possible  that,  in  this  connection,  injustice  may  sometimes  be 
done.  To  escape  it,  men  who  are  not  seeking  to  shirk  their 
citizen  obligations  should,  for  the  present,  postpone  marriage. 


OIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 

San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


Dixon 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  Sl.OO.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergei 


C.  Miilhebuau 


C.  Lilinne 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  But  St..  Si.  Fruciico 


(Above  KtaroT) 


Exchiife.  Dou1u241l 


BLANCO'S 


O'Farrell  and  Larkln 
Streets 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH    EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second  St.,    San  Francisco 


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


Dr.  Byron  IV.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES   HIS   RETURN  TO  SAN   FRANCISCO   WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Gears  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,    EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND    REPAIRED 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith.  Mgr  Fredericks    Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 


Capital   $1,500,000 


Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Orcmnlsed  1153  Cuh  Capital.  H.OOO.ouO 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where In  United  States.  Canada  and  Mexico.     Insurance  against  loss  by 
Bra.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  Income  by  flra. 
ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
JJJ   California   Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND,    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typewr'&npuasBcr7Ps,  c"0dvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &.    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO.CAL. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.   T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of   6   Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  In- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC.  ~ 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
clsco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT-  LAW.        ~~  "~ 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L,aw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 


1866 

OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR 

1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET  916 

250  Twe 
QUALITY 

Ifth  Street         -          San 

Francisco 
DURABILITY 

QUANTITY       ECONOMY 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent    Merger    Mines    Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works,  Mineral  County.  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  Directors,  held  on  the  sec- 
ond day  of  April.  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share  was 
levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immedi- 
ately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
day  of  May,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auc- 
tion, and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Tuesday,  the  19th 
day  of  June,  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and   expenses   of  sale. 

H.    B.   WADE.    Secretary. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


I 


itST.tHUSHBD  III) 


Paid  ur 
IUs>r>> 

■Ustrro  Mahllltr  of 

t 

AfVTTOM*  AftM.ll 
I  I     1»l« 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13.625.000.00 

-  18.526.600.00 
tSO.678.200.00 

J277.488.871.00 


lh«  Australian  Males.  New  Jlmland. 
FIJI,  Pftposv  [Nan  QalnvaJ,  and  London.     Thr  ii.ni  lniisjtm  t»Y*ry 
VuMralmn  Hankhif  Hu.liii*..        wool  sad  otiksf  I'nxliirs 
Cnvtlu  Arranged. 

Hrad  Oflssl  Losses  Offk*: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  21  THMADNIF.DLF.  STRMT.  I.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED   IH67 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L.  I   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000  000 

JOHN  A1RD  OmmJISSSSi      *«""«  Furd  J"00000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Aisi.nni  Grnrni  Minurr  I  Agfrrefste  Resource  288,000.000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 

^nd    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 

SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450    CALIFORNIA    STREET 

Bruce  Heathcote.  Manager 

A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  It, 000.000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2.125.391.M 
Deposits  ri0,513,876.42 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  ail  parta  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated    1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks  of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve  and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'   Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  In  the  City 


WHY? 

Were  90*  of  the  Automobile  Races  of  1 9 1 6  won  with 

RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 

QUALITY 

INSIST  on  Getting  Them 
Eliminate  Ignition  Trouble 


PACIFIC    COAST    DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 


530  Golden  Gate  Avenue 


San  Francisco 


Your 
Vacation 


SHOULD     MEAN 
Rest — Health — Pleasure 

There  are   hundreds  of  Mountain   and    Seaside 
Resorts  only  a  few  hours  away. 

SUGGESTIONS: 

Alameda  Beaches 

Monterey  Bay  Points 

Santa  Cruz  Mountain  Resorts 

Shasta  Resorts— Sierra  Resorts 

Yosemite— Lake  Tahoe 

Lake  County  Resorts 

Klamath  Lake  Region 

Crater  Lake— Huntington  Lake 

Los  Angeles  and  its  Beaches 

Write  for  Free  Booklet  —  state  region  you 
prefer.  We  will  gladly  assist  you  in  arranging 
a  delightful  trip.     ASK  ANY  AGENT. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


A  Thermos  Motor  Restaurant  Eliminates  Poor  Service  and  High 
Charges  of  the  Roadside  Inn  and  Pays  for  Itself  in  Three  Trips 

What  adds  more  zest  to  the  motor- 
trip  than  the  sure  prospect  of  a 
dainty,  wholesome  luncheon,  pre- 
pared at  home,  and  eaten  in  the 
open,  at  just  the  right  spot,  when 
appetites  are  sharpened  by  the  in- 
vigorating air? 


F~.#m"36&3 


No  searching  for  a  doubtful  hotel, 
no  waiting  until  hunger  has  come 
and  gone,  no  make-shift,  musty,  old- 
fashioned  lunch  box  to  bother  with. 
A  pleasing  variety  of  menus  of  pip- 
ing hot  foods  and  frost  cold  bever- 
ages j  ust  as  served  in  the  dining-room 
at  home— has  assured  the  vogue  of  the 
Motor  Restaurant. 

And  on  a  warm  Summer  evening, 
after  father  returns  from  business, 
what  can  be  more  enjoyable  than  a 
ride  to  some  pleasant  nook  outside 
of  town  for  the  evening  meal.  Guests 
too,  are  truly  charmed  with  motor 
hospitality  that  does  away  with  the 
awkward  convention  and  tiresome 
sameness  of  restaurant  and  hotel 
meals.    Incidently  the  saving  of  three 

AMERICAN  THERMOS 


outings  will  pay  for  the  Motor  Restau- 
rant —  thereafter  the  saving  on  each 
trip  will  more  than  pay  for  gasoline 
consumed  by  the  motor. 

No.  240  as  illustrated,  equipped  for 
six  people,  complete  with  Thermos 
Bottle,  knives,  forks,  spoons,  plates  and 
napkins,  etc.,  $55.00. 

Excellent  values   from  $15.00  up. 

BOTTLE  COMPANY 


General  Office— 35  West  31st  Street,  New  York  City 


Factory — Norwich,    Conn. 


~^FRAN<Cltc0 

NEUfs  LiETTER 

Oavoted  to  th«   Ltaomg   Inttrnii  of  California  and  lha  Pacific  Coast 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MAY  12,  1917 


NO.  19 


\NI>  CALIFORNIA    AI1VER- 
-  in  Francisco,  Cal..  Post-Ofllce  as  MCOnd- 


A  Company.  30  Cornhlll.  E.  C.  England, 
ibllcmion   in    ii»>   current    number   or   the   BAN 
rTER  AND  CALIFORNIA   ADVERTISER  should 
>t  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday, 
deluding    postage)— 1    year.    S5;    6    months.    $2.75. 
U  J7.50:  6  months.  44.00.     Canada:   1  year,  16.25;  6  months. 
U.K. 

"Plant,  plant,  plant,  the  boys  are  eating." 

Get  into  line  and  "do  your  bit"  for  the  country. 

The  popular  rag  time  these  days  is  waving  the  flag. 

Enlist  now,  if  you  want  to  join  in  the  chorus  of  the  great 

victory  paean. 

Americans  are  leaving  Turkey.    They  can  readily  pick 

up  the  Turkey  Trot  over  here. 

The  strauf  will  be  anything  but  a  "ring  around  the  rosy" 

to  restrict  the  strutting  Kaiser's  power. 

San  Francisco,  California,  is  the  center  on  the  firing  line 

of  the  Western  defense  of  the  country. 

Send  the  machine  politicians  of  your  district  to  the  front. 

No  32  centimeter  gun  can  bluff  them  in  talking. 

War  gowns  are  now  being  industrially  designed  for  wo- 
men. Watch  those  garments  go  in  the  scramble  of  the  "special 
sale." 

Save  time  and  purchase  arnica  and  a  mustard  plaster 

when  you  buy  your  garden  tools  for  your  Preparedness  vege- 
table garden. 

Raising  the  cost  of  food  stuffs  evidently  has  a  higher 

gear  than  the  efforts  of  the  ordinary  citizen  "to  raise"  the  price 
to  meet  it. 

Another  girl  has  just  come  to  town  who  declares  "she 

doesn't  care  what  becomes  of  her."  She's  in  a  reckless  movie 
film,  of  course. 

No  taxpayer  will  question  the  billion  dollar  appropria- 
tion asked  for  the  construction  of  the  new  merchant  fleet  for  this 
country — if  it  makes  good. 

Secretary  of  War  Newton  D.  Baker  predicts  that  the  war 

will  last  at  least  three  years  longer.  Three  years  ago  Kitchener 
said  the  same  when  the  war  began. 

Meanwhile  the  Salt  Lake  baseball  team  has  shouldered 

the  Seals  out  of  the  first  place  in  the  Coast  League  games.  Ap- 
parently we  need  more  preparedness. 

War  taxes  show  signs  of  covering  everything  eatable, 

drinkable,  spendable,  usable  and  marriageable  throughout  the 
country,  except  the  high  cost  of  alimony. 

The  planters  of  the  South  are  kicking  against  a  half  cent 

per  pound  tax  on  cotton,  a  tax  which  would  furnish  $30,000,000 
to  the  war  fund.  Is  this  the  same  old  South  that  on  an  occa- 
sion burned  a  large  part  of  its  cotton  crop  in  order  to  jump  the 
price  of  market  cotton? 


The  French  Commission  to  this  country  expressed  them- 
selves nationally  and  with  the  true  spirit  of  Democracy  when 
they  personally  paid  homage  to  the  tomb  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

San  Francisco  will  chip  in  $13,000,000  in  the  purchase 

of  government  bonds  to  raise  the  fund  required  to  finance  the 
war.  There's  more  at  hand  if  needed.  Don't  forget  it,  Uncle 
Sam! 

Here's  where  Preparedness  looped  the  loop :  Girl  chauf- 
feurs "with  a  clear  motor  record"  were  mobilized  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, this  week,  into  the  first  woman's  ambulance  corps  in  the 
country. 

Have  you  noticed  how  quickly  the  Czar,  who  ruled  auto- 
cratically over  the  greatest  domain  on  this  earth,  has  dropped 
out  of  sight?  "If  you  haven't  any  power  you  needn't  come 
around." 

Investigation  of  a  case  of  lynching  has  been  ordered  by 

the  State  District  Attorney  of  Arizona.  Oddly  enough,  the  de- 
funct is  the  only  one  in  the  State  who  is  not  interested  in  the 
result  of  the  inquiry. 

The  giddy  jitneys  are  extensively  in  the  running  of  trans- 
portation throughout  the  State.  During  1916  a  report  shows 
they  captured  $3,000,000  from  the  passenger  fares  of  the  elec- 
tric railroads  of  the  State. 

Here  is  the  hero  of  this  week's  H.  C.  L.  campaign : 

Gordon  Harry  Sprague  has  cut  out  pie  on  the  family  menu,  "and 
by  this  effort  I  have  managed  to  save  $1  monthly."  The  saved 
dollars  go  to  the  Red  Cross  fund. 

Larry  Robinson  of  dry  Portland  came  to  wet  San  Fran- 
cisco for  the  "rest  cure,"  but  he  flew  so  high  over  the  redlight 
district  that  his  friends  are  claiming  that  he  is  certainly  entitled 
to  a  captaincy  in  the  new  aviation  corps. 

Old   subscriber  declares  that  what  this  country  needs 

most  in  the  present  extremity  is  a  trained  body  of  ministers. 
True,  if  they  can  use  a  gun,  as  did  the  fighting  preachers  of  old 
when  fighting  in  the  cause  of  Democracy. 

Colonel  Roosevelt  is  having  a  joyous  time  in  the  ruck 

of  the  contest  over  the  army  draft  bill  in  Congress.  The  big 
point  of  difference  is  the  Senate  amendment  to  permit  the 
Colonel  to  take  a  volunteer  expeditionary  force  to  France. 

The  government  is  right  in  its  espionage  policy,  de- 
spite the  bitter  attacks  of  certain  newspapers.  Von  Brinken's 
secretary  has  been  caught  in  this  city  with  the  "goods"  in  the 
shape  of  photos  of  the  coast  of  California  and  other  incriminat- 
ing evidence. 

The  Council  of  National  Defense  declares  that  there  is 

more  money  in  this  country  to-day  than  ever  before  in  our  his- 
tory, and  the  government  is  preparing  to  raise  several  billion 
dollars  more ;  but  that  does  not  mean  that  these  billions  are  to 
be  withdrawn  from  circulation ;  so  there  is  not  going  to  be  any 
panic  here  because  of  the  war. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Join  the  Sweeping 
Military  Movement. 


Militarism  is  active  in  the  air  these 
days,  and  training  camps  at  the  Pre- 
cidio  and  elsewhere  in  the  State  are 
at  work  practically  all  the  time. 
Soldiers  are  wanted  by  Uncle  Sam  and  wanted  badly  for  the 
first  line.  The  position  of  the  Washington  authorities  is  illus- 
trated in  the  difficulty  to  meet  a  demand  to  send  25,000  men 
across  the  Atlantic  at  this  juncture  to  represent  this  country  on 
the  entente  battle  line.  The  sight  of  troops,  despite  the  com- 
parative small  number,  carrying  the  American  flag,  would  prove 
of  great  significance  to  the  enemy  at  this  juncture.  The  ship- 
ment of  such  an  initial  unit  to  the  front  means  practically  25,000 
more  troops  to  attend  to  their  personal  wants,  camp  necessities 
and  labor  required  in  preparation  for  fighting.  All  these  things 
run  quickly  into  huge  charges.  It  is  estimated  that  England's 
cost  in  this  matter  is  $35  per  soldier  each  day.  The  shipments 
of  soldiers  from  this  country  to  the  European  front,  on  account 
of  the  long  ocean  passage,  would  be  immensely  more;  almost 
prohibitive  in  sending     a    hundred  . 

thousand.  Russia,  in  her  war  with 
Japan,  and  England  in  her  war  with 
the  Boors,  learned  a  trying  lesson  in 
these  long  distance  wars,  where 
money  simply  melted  in  the  air. 

The  movement  in  preparedness  is 
speeding  throughout  the  country, 
and  by  the  end  of  this  month  signs 
of  flush  military  activity  will  be  seen 
on  every  side.  Aside  from  this  call 
of  those  recruits  locally  under  the 
conscript  bill,  the  government  has 
arranged  this  year  to  hold  a  military 
camp  for  civilians  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city  of  Santa  Barbara  from  June 
1  to  June  30,  and  a  second  camp 
from  July  1st  to  July  30th.  Every 
man  under  the  age  of  seventy  has 
an  opportunity  to  attend  this  camp. 
The  course  of  instruction  will  be  in- 
tensive and  will  cover  every  subject 
of  military  training,  care  and  hy- 
giene of  the  individual,  tactics  and 
military  science  in  all  its  branches, 
shooting,  lectures  and  practical  field 
experience. 

It  is  calculated  that  50,000  men 
will  train  in  these  two  camps  this 
year.  We  hope  so.  This  is  the  sig- 
nal time  to  join  the  great  military 
movement  sweeping  the  country;  a 
movement  that  spells  success  for 
Democracy  against  Autocracy  in  government.  Local  men 
should  enroll  now  with  Colonel  Rowell,  U.  S.  A.,  at  the  Military 
Training  Association,  Battery  and  Pine  streets,  this  city. 

3B" 
Alarmed  over  reports  that  the  gov- 
ernment contemplated  taking  over 
the  Southern  Pacific  steamships  of 
the  Morgan  line  operating  between 
New  York,  Galveston  and  New  Orleans,  and  removing  them 
from  service  between  these  ports,  the  San  Francisco  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  through  President  Koster,  has  telegraphed  a  pro- 
test to  the  Federal  Shipping  Board  at  Washington.  The  tele- 
gram declares  that  the  interruption  of  this  transatlantic  rail  and 
water  service,  which  is  vital  to  the  carriage  of  supplies  of  the 
public,  would  be  a  calamity  to  the  East  and  West.  Without  the 
use  of  these  essential  vessels  to  ply  between  the  Gulf  ports  and 
the  Atlantic  seaboard,  transportation  will  be  stalled,  and  the 
600,000  tons  of  Pacific  Coast  freight,  mostly  food  products, 
and  wholesale  confusion  will  quickly  develop.  Rates  are  gen- 
erally lower  on  the  combination  land-water  route,  and  thereby 
attract  large  shipments.  For  months  past  the  all-rail  transpor- 
tation of  products  across  the  continent  has  developed  one  of  the 
greatest  freight  blockades  in  the  history  of  the  country.    The 


Threatened  Blockade 
In  Food  Carriage. 


Panama  Canal  lines  of  freighters  have  been  discontinued,  ow- 
ing to  the  higher  profits  to  be  had  in  other  sea  carriage  service 
for  deliveries  demanded  by  war.  The  deliveries  of  the  food- 
stuffs and  materials  so  generously  developed  in  the  West,  and 
of  which  the  East  has  dire  needs,  especially  in  food  products, 
should  not  and  must  not  be  interrupted  if  the  absolute  require- 
ments of  the  people  of  the  East  and  West  are  to  be  observed. 
Write  to  your  representatives  in  Congress  at  Washington,  and 
urge  them  to  use  their  best  influence  in  keeping  the  steamship 
lines  open  between  Galveston  and  New  York. 

W 

For  several  weeks  past,  Germany 
Winning  a  War  has  encountered  a  rocky  road  of  ex- 

By  Starvation.  traordinary  difficulties,  shortage  of 

food,  of  munitions,  of  efficient 
troops,  commanders,  shortage  of  enthusiasm,  and  most  of  all, 
that  incomparable  buoyancy  of  conquest  that  marked  her  in- 
trepid march  to  the  Marne.     Several  big  factors  have  brought 

_^_   about  this     great    change,     chiefly 

Great  Britain's  naval  fleet  that  has 
succeeded  in  blockading  supplies 
entering  Germany.  Germany,  in 
these  days  of  her  growing  extrem- 
ity, has  endeavored  to  surpass  Eng- 
land in  this  respect  by  her  wanton 
submarine  warfare  on  all  vessels  en- 
tering the  ports  of  Great  Britain. 
Germany  apparently  concluded  that 
if  England  could  win  on  that  line, 
why  not  Germany.  She  was  too  late 
to  discover  that  this  war  will  be  won 
by  sea  power,  just  as  like  wars  have 
been  won  in  time  immemorial.  The 
troops  of  the  entente  nations,  includ- 
ing the  United  States,  may  give  the 
coup  de  grace  to  Germany  on  Ger- 
man soil,  but  that  feat  had  never 
been  accomplished  without  the 
steadfast  aid  of  the  silent  battle  line 
of  British  war  vessels  quietly  and 
vigilantly  patroling  the  shores  of 
Northern  Europe. 

These  ghostly  monitors  of  the 
North  Seas  have  created  the  empty 
stomachs  throughout  Germany  and 
Austria.  Distress,  hunger  and  bitter 
anxiety  prevails.  Labor  has  insti- 
tuted strikes  at  the  vital  moment 
when  labor  is  most  needed  by  the 
government.  Some  60,000,000  peo- 
ple are  beginning  to  flourish  their 
fists  in  the  face  of  the  leaders  that  have  led  them  into  this 
extreme  distress.  Soldiers  are  ordered  to  shoot  down  so  called 
rioters,  a  stupidity  that  reacts  upon  itself.  All  this  was  fore- 
seen by  the  French  and  English  when,  in  1915,  they  settled 
down  to  the  main  lines  of  strategy  to  be  used  in  the  war.  This 
same  starving  of  a  nation  into  surrender  harks  back  to  the  days 
of  the  Roman  empire,  and  very  likely  farther;  it  is  the  theory 
that  starving  the  non-effective,  quickly  reacts  on  the  strength, 
activity  and  spirit  of  the  army  at  the  front.  Unless  the  whole 
nation  is  a  unit,  if  one  of  the  parts  disintegrates,  the  nation  falls. 
A  signal  sign  of  the  collapse  is  revolution  in  the  infected  parts. 
In  thoroughly  organized  Germany  the  collapse  will  naturally 
come  more  slowly  than  usual.    Only  a  miracle  can  prevent  it. 


The  message  of  President  Wilson  of  April  2d  has  met 

with  a  response  gratifying  for  the  spirit  of  patriotism.  What- 
ever doubts  previously  existed  have  been  solved  or  subordi- 
nated to  the  national  policy,  and  in  every  section  of  the  country 
and  among  all  classes  of  our  people  there  is  full  purpose  to 
support  the  government  with  all  the  means  that  are  required  to 
enable  this  country  to  bear  an  honorable  and  effective  part 
in  the  great  world  conflict. 


HIS    BIT. 
— Fitzpatrick  in   the   St.   Louis  Post 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


TOWN    CRIER 

In  these  trying  days  of  war.  when  a  minimum  of  fairness 

is  expected  from  even  the  most  unconscionable  of  rascals,  one 
would  think  that  the  tax-caters  at  the  Civic  Center  would  abate 
a  minimum  of  their  usual  annual  custom  of  extorting  from  the 
taxpayer  the  last  nickel  that  could  be  squeezed  out  of  him. 
This  year,  while  everything  is  apparently  at  sixes  and  sevens, 
the  politicians  in  control  have  seized  the  opportunity  to  gouge 
the  public  harder  than  ever.  Instead  of  cutting  down  the  an- 
nual budget,  as  could  be  done  by  adopting  the  suggestions  of 
the  recent  municipal  survey,  they  have  the  efft-ontery  to  add 
$5,000,000  to  last  year's  budget.  Every  civic  department  is 
given  a  raise.  The  Board  of  Public  Works,  one  of  the  worst 
managed  departments  for  looseness,  asks  for  an  advance  of 
$2,616,761.  The  brazen  demand  of  an  increased  $5,000,000  is 
of  course  the  usual  bluff  on  the  part  of  the  intrenched  politi- 
cians. They  do  not  expect  to  get  any  such  sum.  Under  that 
excessive  demand  their  purpose  is  to  make  concessions  under 
its  mask  and  retain  as  much  of  the  demand  as  they  can.  They 
will  be  more  than  glad  if  they  are  allowed  to  handle  as  much 
money  as  they  did  during  the  last  fiscal  year.  Departments  at 
the  City  Hall  are  honeycombed  with  "dead"  jobs,  like  the  Mc- 
Enerney  act,  the  poll  tax,  and  like  clerical  positions  where  the 
real  work  done  is  to  draw  the  salary.  These  things  are  notori- 
ous, yet  the  taxpayers,  busy  with  their  business  affairs,  allow 
this  chicanery,  folly,  duplicity  and  robbery  to  grow  cobwebbed 
at  the  City  Hall.  This  is  a  matter  that  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  other  influential  civic  organizations  should  attack. 
A  city  is  no  better  than  its  government,  and  such  a  situation  at 
the  City  Hall  makes  San  Francisco  appear  shameless. 

The  Reverend  Madison  Slaughter,  whose  pornography 

antics  disgusted  the  State,  made,  as  usual,  a  grave  ministerial 
mistake,  this  week.  He  petitioned  the  State  Supreme  Court 
for  a  new  trial  for  his  wretched  physical  body  instead  of  beg- 
ging some  blessed  divine  to  cleanse  his  sinful  spirit.  The  peti- 
tion for  a  rehearing  was  drawn  by  that  adept  attorney,  George 
Collins,  who  fell  into  that  awful  trap  of  knowing  "too  much 
law."  Coming  from  such  a  source,  the  appeal  made  on  behalf 
of  Slaughter  was  strong,  clear-cut  and  to  the  vital  point.  A 
chaste,  religious  and  sentimental  touch  was  given  the  instru- 
ment by  the  deft  hand  of  Collins.  But  the  gem  ornament  of  the 
plea  was  furnished  by  Slaughter  himself  in  all  the  godliness  he 
could  command  in  his  natural  surroundings.  Quoting  St.  Paul, 
he  said :  "Above  all  things  put  on  charity,  which  is  the  bond 
of  perfection.  Let  your  moderation  be  known  to  all  men.  Let 
your  speech  be  always  with  grace,  seasoned  with  salt,  that  ye 
may  know  how  to  answer  every  man.  Let  all  bitterness,  wrath 
and  anger  and  clamor  and  evil  speaking  be  put  away  from  you 
with  all  malice."  It  is  a  pippin  and  to  the  point.  Slaughter 
never  made  a  better  showing  while  he  was  in  the  pulpit,  or 
teaching  his  guileless  victim  the  things  unworthy  of  his  calling. 
He  is  doing  so  well  in  stagecraft  and  development  in  studying 
law  under  Collins'  excellent  direction  that  he  should  remain 
where  he  is  for  awhile. 

The  present  Preparedness  activity  throughout  the  coun- 
try has  proved  so  strong  that  it  has  completely  shoved  our 
war  with  Japan,  with  Villa,  and  with  the  Los  Angeles  restau- 
rants against  the  high  cost  of  living,  completely  out  of  the  col- 
umns of  the  yellow  press.  Three  times  a  month,  as  usual,  the 
old-time,  worn-out  dispatch  announcing  "Villa  Wounded  in  the 
Left  Leg"  is  regularly  published  from  conscientious  habit.  Un- 
der' the  showing  that  we  have  a  real  war  at  hand,  Villa's  pre- 
tensions and  sponsors  have  fallen  on  hard  days  of  travail  and 
disgust.  For  years  the  American  public  has  been  educated  into 
the  fact  that  its  only  dangerous  national  rivals  in  a  world's  war 
were  Villa  and  Japan.  Wars  manufactured  in  the  yellow  papers 
are  great  while  they  last.  Occasionally  they  are  as  entertain- 
ing as  the  comic  page;  but  when  they  stop  so  sudden — the 
newspaper  game  is  punk. 

In  every  country  there  is  a  certain  detritus,  scum  of  the 

people,  "men  without  a  country,"  men  of  muddy  conscience, 
who  for  a  few  dollars  will  sell  their  souls  to  the  devil  for  the 
selfish  reason  of  gratifying  their  ghoulish  desires.  Of  suchare 
these  so-called  Americans  who  provided  the  food,  munitions 
and  fuel  oil  to  the  German  U-boats  in  southern  Atlantic  waters, 


according  to  the  reports  of  sail 
goods  delivered.    T.v 
through  American  vessels,  sole 
naldo  during  the  insurrection  in 
e  feel  of  the  hemp. 


.irr  c\rr  ,i; 


BRITISH   TO  i  ELEBR  I  HP  ;.  IV 

Empire  Day  is  to  be  celebrated  by  loci. 
residents,   with   a    patriotic   program   anil   inti'  ant   at 

Native  Sons'  Auditorium,  San  Francisco,  Thu: 
24th.     The  spacious  hall  will  be  transformed  into  an  oli 
British  village,  with  open  stalls  arranged  around   I 
square.    Miscellaneous  goods  will  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the 
British  War  Relief  Funds;  the  street  will  be  the  scene  of  such 
mobile  attractions  as  wandering  gypsies,  Grecian  dancing  pirls, 
minstrels,   clowns,   performing   bears,  costermongers,   etc.     A 
Town  Crier  will  call  the  news.     Sir  Gilbert  Parker  has  been 
asked  to  open  the  festival,  which  will  extend  over  three  days. 
A  feature  in  the  program  will  be  a  dramatic  reproduction  of  the 
episode  of  Queen  Elizabeth  accepting  title  to  California  from 
Sir  Francis  Drake. 


ALAMEDA  MERCHANTS  TO  REVEL  AT  NEPTUNE. 
In  a  carnival  of  great  proportions,  the  Bay  and  Mastick  Sta- 
tion districts  will  revel  on  Wednesday,  May  16th.  Attractions 
of  unusual  calibre  will  be  on  the  day's  program,  among  them 
being  the  first  annual  Alameda  bathing  girl  revue,  the  first 
"awkward"  dance  contest,  and  a  thrilling  air  combat  between 
three  aerial  artists.  The  bathing  girl  parade  will  bring  out 
two  score  of  dainty  misses,  who  will  don  the  very  last  word  in 
beach  apparel,  and  promenade  before  the  devotees  of  fashion 
and  the  critical  eyes  of  men  who,  too,  are  interested  in  the  dic- 
tates of  the  mistress  of  beach  costume.  It  is  safe  to  predict 
startling  creations  of  zebra  stripes,  French  stockings,  "Ostends," 
dainty  slips,  chic  beaoh  bonnets  and  all  of  the  catchy  things  for 
sand  lounging. 


Another  blow  was  given  the  high  cost  of     living    last 

Thursday  night.  Mr.  C.  E.  Grosjean  served  a  rice  dinner  to  250 
society  people  of  S?.n  Francisco  at  the  Cliff  House.  The  din- 
ner illustrated  how  a-  delicious,  well-balanced  meal  can  be 
served  at  very  little  expense,  and  showed  what  a  valuable  food 
rice  is,  and  how  many  delicious  dishes  may  be  prepared  from  it. 
Mr.  A.  Paladini  contributed  the  fish  served.  Mr.  Mortimer 
Fleishhacker  spoke  in  behalf  of  the  bankers;  Mr.  A.  W.  Chap- 
man on  Transportation;  Mr.  George  H.  Eberhard  on  Advertis- 
ing; Mr.  E.  L.  Adams  in  behalf  of  the  rice  growers  of  Califor- 
nia; Mr.  Denvo  for  the  millers,  Mr.  Carl  Eddy  for  the  import- 
ers, Mr.  Harry  Wissman  for  the  Retailers,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Sher- 
wood for  the  consumers.  Washington  Dodge  represented  the 
Medical  Fraternity. 


"Is  this  beef  too  rare  for  you,  Mr.  Simpkins?"    "Well, 

since  you  ask  me,  Mrs.  Skinner,  I  would  like  it  a  little  oftener." 
— Christian  Register. 


linked  ih/eparably  wot 

THE  BE/!  IH  YOf  EMITE* 

Operating   the   BEST  Hotels,   Camps    and    Lodges — And   providing 
every    convenience    for    pleasurable    sight-seeing,   rest  and  recreation, 

DESMOND  PERFECT  SERVICE 

«  enables  the  vacationist  to  see  and  enjoy  Yoaemite  as  cheaply  and  as  comfortably  . 
K  as  he  can  visit  any  ordinary  mountain  or  seaside  resort .  Beautiful  illustrated  folder  S 
SS     sent  on  request.  '"'-"$18S88^ 


CAMPS  (American  Plan) 
EL  CAP1TAN -$2.75  day,  $17.50  week 
YOSEMlTEFALLS-$4  day.  $25  weak 


LODGES  (American  Plan) 
At  Merced  and  Tenaya  I  sites  and  Tu- 
olumne Soda  Springs  $4  day.  $25  week        {» 


HOTELS  (American  Plan) 

NEW  GLACIER  POINT  HOTEL-M  and  $5  a  day 

(Rooms  with  bath  to  be  bad  at  this  modern  resort) 

SENTINEL  HOTEL-M  and  $5  a  day 

Desmond  Park  Service  Co. 

General  Offices:  525  Market  St..  S.  F. 

Phone  Suiter  1771 

Gty  Ticket  Office:  656  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

Phone  Suiter  1 77 1 
Oakland:  1190  Broadway.  Lakeside  2 1 7 
Los  Anneles:  323  W  7lhSl.    Rep.  by  B.  H. 
Dyas  or  Co.  I  Sunset  Main  588,  Home  60388 
Southern  Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Aoenta 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


Society  on  the  Horses. 

Not  since  the  good  (or  bad)  old  days  when  horse  racing  took 
all  the  spare  change  in  California,  and  much  change  that  could 
not  be  spared,  has  there  been  so  much  interest  in  the  horses  as 
manifests  itself  in  the  Blingum  set  these  days. 

No  one  knows  just  how  much  money  the  gambling  crowd  in 
the  smart  set  has  up  on  the  Kentucky  races,  but  rumor  runs  into 
high  figures  and  credits  the  women  with  making  up  pools  that 
approximate  the  plungers  among  the  men. 

The  reason  for  this  sudden  interest  in  the  Kentucky  races  is 
the  confidence  of  the  best  judges  that  King  Macomber's  horse 
will  win  the  Derby.  Macomber  has  gone  in  for  that  sort  of  thing 
and  last  year  one  of  the  horses  from  his  stable  near  Hollister 
just  missed  winning — whereupon  that  gentleman  went  to  Eng- 
land and  bought  as  fine  a  thing  in  the  line  of  a  horsey  war  bride 
as  the  owner  would  part  with  for  cash — and  needless  to  say, 
cash  has  its  double  values  in  war  ridden  countries. 
©    ©    © 

King  Macomber  Out  for  Blue  Ribbons. 

With  the  addition  of  this  blue  ribbon  filly  to  the  Macomber 
stable,  society  plungers  feel  sure  that  California  will  win  in 
Kentucky,  and  the  polo  set  is  backing  its  best  judgment  by  put- 
ting up  big  money.  The  Macombers  left  this  week  for  the 
South,  taking  with  them  a  party  of  friends  in  their  private  car. 
Tom  Driscoll,  who  was  to  be  one  of  the  guests,  was  not  among 
those  present  when  the  car  pulled  out,  as  Driscoll  will  go  into 
training  at  the  Presidio  and  hopes  to  be  sent  to  the  front.  Fel- 
ton  Elkins  is  another  society  chap  who  will  spend  the  summer 
in  training.  He  has  decided  that  the  sword  is  more  trenchant 
than  the  playwright's  pen  in  these  days  of  world  conflict,  and 
will  turn  his  attention  from  playwriting  to  soldiering. 
©     ©    © 

Horse  Breeder  Not  a  Betting  Man. 

Apropos  of  the  amount  of  money  that  is  being  wagered  by 
society  folk  in  California  on  the  Macomber  horses  is  a  tale  of 
a  fabulous  amount  put  up  by  Macomber  himself  on  the  horse 
with  which  he  hopes  to  win  the  Derby.  But  I  have  it  from  an  in- 
timate friend  that  neither  Mrs.  Macomber  nor  her  husband  are 
wagering  much  on  the  horses.  They  both  get  their  fun  out  of 
putting  money  into  the  stables  rather  than  gambling.  Macomber 
is  ambitious  to  be  the  owner  of  the  finest  string  of  race  horses 
in  this  country,  and  has  no  desire  to  plunge  as  a  gambler,  ac- 
cording to  those  who  know  him  best. 
©    ©    © 

Children's  Parties  Predominate. 

One  of  the  usual  characteristics  of  the  season  which  is  fast 
arriving  at  summer,  has  been  the  number  of  elaborate  parties 
given  for  the  children.  Not  in  many  a  winter  has  the  juvenile 
set  focused  so  much  of  the  attention  of  the  society  columns.  The 
climax  came  last  Saturday  in  the  party  given  by  Mrs.  Andrew 
Welch  for  her  little  daughter.  About  sixty  children  were  enter- 
tained at  an  afternoon  crammed  full  of  every  form  of  entertain- 
ment to  delight  the  kiddies.  Professional  entertainers,  trained 
animals,  moving  pictures  and  dancing  were  not  allowed  to 
crowd  out  the  do-as-you-pleaseness  moments  so  precious  to 
children,  but  all  were  on  the  program,  and  of  course  the  prizes 
and  refreshments  were  the  things  that  make  the  most  pleasure- 
sated  children  round  eyed  with  joy  and  wonderment.  The 
party  is  still  the  chief  conversation  of  the  younger  set. 
©     ©     © 

Miss  Sears  Not  Engaged  this  Season! 

Miss  "Bobby"  Sears  has  departed,  after  spending  several 
months  in  California.  For  the  first  time  since  she  made  her  de- 
but in  society  she  has  gone  through  a  twelfthmonth  without 
reading  of  her  engagement  announcement  to  this,  that  or  the 
other  man.  Now  a  scion  of  the  house  of  Vanderbilt;  now  a  dis- 
tinguished aviator;  a  banker,  a  lawyer,  a  broker,  a  lad  in  his 
teens,  a  widower,  in  season  and  out  of  season  the  gossips  and 
matchmakers  have  proclaimed  that  the  dashing  young  lady  had 
been  won,  only  to  have  their  proclamation  dashed  by  that  young 


lady.  At  last  the  most  energetic  and  optimistic  seers  and  sooth- 
sayers have  evidently  grown  weary  of  casting  matrimonial 
horoscopes  for  her,  for  behold,  a  year  has  passed,  and  we  have 
not  read  that  "Miss  Sears,  when  questioned  by  a  reporter,  de- 
nied that  there  was  any  truth  in  the  rumor." 
©    ©    © 

Why  She  Wins  Out. 

It  is  now  very  evident  to  those  who  have  watched  her  course 
here  that  the  reason  "Bobby"  Sears  has  won  national  fame  as 
a  sportswoman  is  not  because  she  has  more  capacity  for  ath- 
letics, but  because  she  has  more  diligence  than  most  women. 
She  plays  tennis,  golf  and  rides  every  day,  instead  of  doing  it 
on  the  once-in-awhileness  plan  of  the  average  woman.  When 
she  arrived  here  from  Southern  California  she  found  that  she 
had  gone  off  on  her  skating,  and  she  came  up  from  the  peninsula 
every  day  and  practiced  for  several  hours. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Walter  Martin  Et  Als. 

A  group  of  women  were  having  tea  on  the  veranda  of  the 
Burlingame  Club  the  other  day,  and  they  were  discussing  the 
athletic  honors  which  Miss  Sears  has  won.  Said  a  discriminat- 
ing observer:  "Bobby  has  stayed  on  the  job,  so  of  course  she 
has  won  out — that  is  all  there  is  to  it.  Now  just  consider  the 
game  of  golf  Mary  Martin  plays  and  the  game  her  natural  capa- 
city would  have  permitted  her  to  play.  When  we  all  began  the 
game,  I  remember  that  we  all  thought  Mary  Scott  would  be  an 
honest-to-goodness  champion  some  day.  But  she  has  played  at 
it  intermittently  and  without  the  religious  fervor  which  marks 
the  champion.  There  are  a  number  of  other  women  who  might 
have  passed  the  intermediate  grade  of  players  if  they  had  con- 
secrated themselves  to  it. 

"It's  the  same  with  tennis,  and  horses,  and  skating  and  every- 
thing else — a  lot  of  women  here  skate  every  bit  as  well  as 
Eleonoro  Sears.  But  by  next  season  they  will  tire  of  it,  and 
she  will  stay  with  it  as  long  as  there  is  an  ice  pond  on  the  map 
of  the  world  and  a  pair  of  skating  shoes  in  existence — and  of 
course  eventually  she  will  pass  by  all  those  in  the  present  race." 
©     ©    © 

Farewell  Parties. 

Miss  Sears  entertained  more  this  time  than  she  has  on  the 
occasion  of  any  of  her  previous  visits.  She  hostessed  a  skating 
party  for  about  fifty  friends,  and  also  entertained  at  a  dinner 
dance  at  the  Burlingame  Club  before  saying  au  revoir  to  her 
friends  here.  And  as  before  remarked,  she  got  away  without 
having  to  deny  an  engagement  rumor. 
©    ©    © 

The  Arthur  Miles  to  Arrive. 

The  news  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Miles  will  spend  the  sum- 
mer here  is  welcome  tidings  to  the  many  friends  of  the  former 
Mrs.  Jack  Wilson.  After  the  death  of  Jack  Wilson,  his  beauti- 
ful wife  went  to  New  York  for  a  visit,  and  there  met  the  owner 
of  the  great  Canadian  copper  mines,  who  promptly  laid  siege  to 
her  heart.  Miles  is  one  of  the  men  credited  with  having  made  a 
fortune  out  of  the  rise  in  copper,  and  it  is  just  possible  that  he 
will  retire  from  active  management  and  make  his  home  in  Cali- 
fornia, which  would  of  course  delight  Mrs.  Miles,  who  is  still  a 
Californiac  in  spite  of  the  two  or  three  years  she  has  lived  in 
the  East. 


Big-  Social  Success  of  the  "Yosemite"  Movie  Pictures. 

San  Francisco   instituted   a  new  vogue  and  set  up   a  new 
world's  record  Saturday  night,  last  week,  when  the  "Cabinet," 


Convenient  to  all  Places  of  Interest 

Hotel  Clark 

f   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIMMICK.  Lessee  and  Manager 

I  fSniiiMimiiiJiTT- in 

Jffl!l! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!  iff 


May  12.  1917 


and  Califon 


Messrs.  Drury.  Wilson  and  McCulIough.  of  the  Hotel  St.  Fran- 
cis, staged  a  society  "movie  show"  that  in  number  of  attendance. 
n>  i  gathering,  quite  outsho  :.g  of 

attempted  by  a  hotel  in  the  Ui  tl  was 

sf  "Yosemite  the  Incomparable,"  a  mot: 
exhibition  of  magnificent  scenes  in  Yosemite  National  Park. 

:<y  a  salon  concert  and  a  dance  de  luxe  for  the 
as  a  terminating  feature  to  an  evening  of  wonderful  spirit 

Both  the  Colonial  Ballroom  and  the  Italian  Salon 
iized  in  this  fete.  More  than  2,200  guests  joyously 
I  both  auditoriums,  while  the  boxes,  where  the  movies 
were  given,  stood  resplendent  in  a  ringed  circle  of  fashionable 
company.  For  the  second  time  in  the  history  of  the  Hotel  St. 
iTicis  these  two  magnificent  and  spacious  rooms  were  filled 
to  capacity.  A  society  "movie  show,"  by  grace  of  the  Hotel  St. 
Francis"  initiative,  will  undoubtedly  now  become  a  vogue 
throughout  the  country.  It  was  the  first  time  where  one  of 
America's  big  hotels  has  ever  artistically  clothed  the  charm  and 
zest  of  smart  society  around  the  movie  drama.  The  idea  was 
a  spontaneous  success  at  this  initial  experiment,  as  is  shown  by 
over  two  thousand  delighted  persons  that  witnessed  the  show. 
The  success  was  chiefly  due  to  the  "Big  Three."  Messrs.  Drury, 
Wilson  and  McCulIough,  whose  efforts  have  made  many  Hotel 
St.  Francis  fetes  gloriously  gratifying.  In  this  instance  they 
capped  their  honors  in  such  achievement.  Guy  Rowell,  an- 
other of  the  first  line  lieutenants  of  Mr.  Woods,  also  showed 
fine  taste  and  executive  force. 

During  the  evening,  in  the  boxes,  guests  were  entertained  by 
Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Wm.  Sproule,  Col.  W.  C.  Graves,  D.  C. 
Jackling,  W.  H.  Crocker,  M.  J.  Brandenstein,  Archibold  Kains, 
H.  C.  Pillsbury,  E.  P.  Ripley,  A.  B.  C.  Dohrmann,  H.  F.  Alex- 
ander, I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  K.  R.  Kingsbury,  D.  J.  Desmond, 
Francis  B.  King,  Wm.  J.  McGee,  L.  W.  Harris,  S.  L.  Goldstein, 
J.  L.  Adler,  Gordon  Ormsby,  E.  L.  Doheny,  H.  T.  Harper,  Prof. 
A.  W.  Wheeler  of  Yale,  Frank  B.  Anderson,  W.  F.  Bade,  H.  F. 
Le  Conte,  Edward  Curtis,  James  Woods,  Henry  T.  Scott,  C.  T. 
Crocker,  George  H.  Pope,  Seward  McNear,  J.  Cheever  Cowdin, 
John  H.  Rossiter,  John  A.  MacGregor,  George  Rose  and  W.  F. 
Humphrey. 

©    ©    © 

"Grumpy"  at  the  Cliff  House. 

The  genial  and  deservedly  popular  Mr.  Cyril  Maude,  whose 
"Grumpy"  delighted  San  Francisco  audiences,  was  the  incen- 
tive for  one  of  the  jolliest  parties  given  in  the  Garden  Room  at 
the  Cliff  House  for  many  days.  Gathered  around  the  table 
were  the  charming  young  women  of  Mr.  Maude's  company,  Mrs. 
Arthur  Judd  Ryan,  Mrs.  Garnsey,  Captain  and  Mrs.  George 
Bauer,  Paymaster  Izzard,  Edward  Greenway,  Mr.  Sam  Rucker, 
Mrs.  Douglas  Crane,  Mr.  James  Woods,  William  Lange,  of 
terpsichorean  fame,  Miss  Betty  Devereaux  and  Mr.  Elgin  Tra- 
vis. The  party  were  inspired  with  the  genuine  San  Francisco 
spirit.  Sam  Rucker  sang  "The  Old  Home  Plate."  Mr.  Travis 
decited  George  Sterling's  poem,  "The  Binding  of  the  Beast," 
and  the  pinnacle  was  reached  when  Mr.  Maude  and  Miss  Mur- 
ray gave  a  one-word  sketch.  Mr.  Maude's  graciousness  and 
freedom  from  staginess  has  certainly  endeared  him  to  all  who 
have  met  him.  He  has  frequently  expressed  a  keen  desire  to 
return  to  California  for  a  long  visit,  with  nothing  to  do  but  en- 
joy the  wonders  of  God's  country. 
©    ©    © 

Among  the  latest  guest  arrivals  at  the  beautifully  and  con- 
veniently located  Hotel  Plaza  on  Union  Square  are:  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Z.  O.  Hart,  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Meiners,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.;  A.  L.  Whiting,  Jackson,  Mich.;  S.  M.  Fuller,  An- 
tioch,  Cal.;  E.  Louise  Durst,  Portland,  Or.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S. 
Pardy,  San  Rafael ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Herbert  and  B.  E.  Holton, 
Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  E.  Gould,  Mrs.  Helen  Eddy  and  Mrs.  J. 
Wainwright,  Sonoma,  Cal.;  S.  F.  De  Yoe,  Modesto;  Mrs.  H.  L. 
Cate,  Quincy;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Cordes,  San  Rafael;  Mrs.  M. 
Taylor,  Stockton;  W.  H.  Loomis,  Portland,  Ore.;  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Schultz,  Cleveland,  O.;  Margaret  Connor,  Seattle;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Guy  W.  Young,  Jr.,  New  York;  Miss  Bertha  Bridger,  St.  Hel- 
ena; G.  L.  Smith,  Ukiah;  E.  Oliver,  Fortuna;  Miss  G.  Pfeffer, 
San  Jose;  Mrs.  Ruth  Williamson,  Stockton;  C.  W.  Dix,  Pitts- 
burgh; S.  P.  Elias,  Modesto;  Miss  M.  Perizo,  Salem,  0.;  Mrs. 
A.  L.  Leitch  and  daughter,  Oakdale;  George  L.  Waters,  Salt 
Lake  City;  O.  N.  Shaw,  El  Centro;  Mrs.  R.  E.  Hall,  Denver, 
Colo.;  J.  H.  Newlin,  Fresno;  B.  Bernard,  Seattle,  Wash.;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Newby,  Napa ;  George  Hadfield,  San  Francisco. 


lea  and 
>m  are  now  stopping 

Wm.  I.  OShaughnesscy.  C.  O'l 
A.  Cohn.  Frank  W.  Griffin,  K 


.  all 
nan.  Mr. 

son, 
H-V\  iurr. 

A.  1.  ,  Barbara 


n.  N.  Y.  Hammond, 
ron.  F.  W.  Woods.  C.  H.  Love! 

.  Rountrc. 
Landstrect.  Samuel  E.  Webb.  F.  H.  Field,  O.  Ho!: 
Pearson,  J.  Wcinshank.  Jane  Ashtonc  Lit.-  1CKUC 

id  Mrs.  M.  T.  Barrier.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierce  Cutler 
Rowtree.  Miss  Ester.  Miss  Marshall.  Mr.  J.  Simon,  W.  J  Bona 
C.  M.  Burlon.  L.  A.  Ash.  Wm.  L.  Cony.  D.  E.  Kessler.  Ida  Wal- 
ker. J.  E.  Heller,  Charles  T.  Potter.  Percy  Gray;  also  the  fol- 
lowing prominent  residents  of  Berkeley:  Mrs.  J.  H.  Moore,  R 
Hilscher,  T.  B.  Rickey,  Ray  Piemand.  chauffeur,  and  C  E. 
Grunsky.  and  the  following  from  Oakland :  Milton  Mazor  and 
F.  A.  Richards. 

•:•    •:•    •:• 
New  \\':ir  Lectures  hy  Sidney  Coryn. 

Sidney  Coryn  is  lecturing  at  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  to  an- 
swer the  bewildering  questions  that  are  constantly  arising.  So 
popular  have  his  lectures  proved  that  a  new  course  has  just  been 
arranged,  to  begin  on  Monday  evening,  May  14th,  at  8:15 
o'clock.  At  this  first  one  he  will  discuss  the  history  of  the 
Balkan  States.  On  Friday  of  this  week,  May  11th,  he  will 
tell  "Why  Italy  Went  to  War,"  and  next  Friday,  May  18th,  he 
will  talk  of  the  German  philosophers,  Haeckel,  Treitschke, 
Bernhardi.  Mr.  Coryn  has  also  arranged  to  give  every  Friday 
morning  at  10:45  o'clock,  and  again,  more  briefly,  for  busy 
men  and  women,  a  noon  half-hour  at  12:15  o'clock,  a  resume 
and  an  explanation  of  the  strategy  of  the  military  operations  of 
the  week,  illustrated  with  large  scale  maps. 

©    ©    © 
Author  of  "First  Hundred  Thousand"  to  Lecture. 

Ian  Hay,  author  of  that  most  popular  book  of  the  war,  "The 
First  Hundred  Thousand,"  and  officially  known  as  Captain 
Beith,  Argyll  and  Sutherland  Highlanders,  is  in  this  country 
on  furlough,  lecturing  on  the  big  war.  He  is  to  come  to  San 
Francisco  next  week  under  the  auspices  of  Paul  Elder,  and  will 
be  heard  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday, 
May  15th,  at  a  matinee  at  the  Cort  Theatre  on  Thursday  after- 
noon, May  17th.  Captain  Beith  speaks  with  the  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  the  man  in  the  dugout,  the  man  in  the  trench.  His  lec- 
tures are  said  to  be  as  full  of  humor,  as  absorbing  and  as  gra- 
phic as  the  famous  war  story  that  came  from  his  pen  during  the 
strenuous  days  in  the  trenches. 


The  Powder  Puff,  212  Stockton  street,  Room  305,  con- 
tinues to  draw  praise  and  admiration  from  the  many  women 
seeking  beauty  who  have  already  availed  themselves  of  the 
services  of  the  talented  De  Witt  sisters  in  one  of  the  most  ar- 
tistically appointed  beauty  salon  in  San  Francisco.  Those  of 
you  who  have  not  paid  this  most  fascinating  beauty  salon  a  visit 
are  withholding  from  yourselves  a  rare  treat. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


rile  for  Book  of  Ike  Eye  FREE 

,  --^est^j^y  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12, 1917 


THE   CAPTURE   OF   VILMY   RIDGE 


Hindenburg's  "strategic  victory"  had  begun.  The  British 
had  occupied  Peronne,  Bapaume  was  about  to  fall,  and  the 
troops  of  Haig  and  Nivelle  were  hard  on  the  heels  of  the  foe 
as  he  retreated  rapidly  across  the  blackened  fields  of  what 
had  once  been  Picardy  the  fair.  The  battle  of  the  Somme  was 
won,  but  in  the  north  around  Arras  and  Loos,  where  the  Eng- 
lish and  Canadians  had  fought  their  great  offensives  of  1915, 
there  was  no  change.  Patrol-fighting,  trench-raiding,  artillery 
duels,  yes,  but  no  great  forward  movement,  and  there  were  sore 
hearts  among  the  Canadians  as  they  saw  their  comrades  to  the 
south  have  all  the  fun. 

And  then  the  light  artillery  began  to  be  replaced  by  heavier 
metal.  Just  when  it  first  happened  we  do  not  know  (the  censor 
took  good  care  of  that) ,  but  about  the  time  Bapaume  was  oc- 
cupied the  75's  and  eighteen-pounders  in  front  of  Arras  were 
sent  away,  and  in  their  place  appeared  great  sixty-pounders 
and  400-mm.  guns.  Tommy  was  satisfied.  When  light  artil- 
lery is  replaced  by  heavy  guns  it  means  an  attack,  a  great  bat- 
tle, or,  as  Tommy  calls  it,  a  "show."  The  curtain  rose  on  April 
9th,  after  a  three  days'  overture  of  incessant  bombardment.  An 
eye-witness  of  the  battle  says : 

As  I  went  up  the  road  to  the  battle-lines  I  passed  a  battalion 
of  British  troops,  who  are  fighting  to-day,  standing  in  a  hollow 
square  with  bowed  heads  while  the  chaplain  conducted  the 
Easter  service.    It  was  Easter  Sunday,  but  no  truce  of  God. 

The  enemy  was  flinging  high  explosives  into  the  city,  and 
clouds  of  shrapnel  burst  above,  black  and  green.  All  around 
the  country,  too,  his  shells  were  exploring  in  a  scattered,  aim- 
less way. 

There  was  one  figure  in  this  landscape  of  war  who  made 
some  officers  about  me  laugh.  He  was  a  French  plowman  who 
upholds  the  traditions  of  war.  Zola  saw  him  in  1870.  I  have 
seen  him  on  the  edge  of  another  battle-field,  and  here  he  was 
again,  driving  a  pair  of  sturdy  horses  and  his  plow  across  the 
sloping  field,  not  a  furlong  away  from  a  village  where  German 
shells  were  raising  a  rosy  cloud  of  brick-dust.  So  he  gave 
praise  to  the  Lord  on  Easter  morning  and  prepared  for  the  har- 
vests which  shall  be  gathered  after  the  war. 

I  went  up  in  the  darkness  Monday,  long  before  light  broke, 
to  see  the  opening  of  the  battle.  The  roads  were  quiet  until  I 
drew  near  to  Arras,  and  then  onward  there  was  the  traffic  of 
marching  men  going  up  to  the  fighting  lines. 

In  the  darkness  there  were  hundreds  of  little  red  lights,  the 
glow  of  cigarette  ends.  Outside  one  camp  a  battalion  was ' 
marching  away,  and  on  the  bank  above  them  the  band  was 
playing  them  out  with  fifes  and  drums.  On  each  side  of  me  as 
I  passed  by  the  men  were  densely  massed,  and  they  were 
whistling  and  singing  and  calling  out  jests  and  gibes,  wonder- 
ful lads  that  they  are.  Away  before  them  were  the  fires  of 
death  to  which  they  were  going  very  steadily,  with  a  tune  on 
their  lips,  carrying  rifles  and  shovels,  and  iron  rations  while 
the  rain  played  a  tattoo  on  their  steel  hats. 

The  bombardment  was  now  in  full  blast.  All  the  British  bat- 
teries, too  many  to  count,  were  firing — a  thousand  gun-flashes 
winking  and  blinking  from  hollows  and  hiding  places. 

The  first  attack  was  at  5 :30.  A  few  minutes  before  5 :30  the 
guns  almost  ceased  fire,  so  that  there  was  a  strange,  solemn 
hush. 

"They're  away!"  said  a  voice  by  my  side.  The  bombardment 
broke  out  again  with  new  and  enormous  effects  of  fire  and 
sound.  The  enemy  was  shelling  Arras  heavily,  and  black 
shrapnel  and  high  explosives  came  over  from  his  lines,  but  the 
British  gun-fire  was  twenty  times  as  great. 

Around  the  whole  sweep  of  the  German  lines  green  lights 
rose.  They  were  signals  of  distress  and  the  men  were  calling 
for  help.  It  was  dawn  now,  but  clouded  and  storm-swept.  A 
few  airmen  came  out  with  the  wind  tearing  at  their  wings,  but 
they  could  see  nothing  in  the  mist  and  driven  rain. 

I  went  down  to  the  outer  ramparts  of  Arras.  The  eastern 
suburb  of  Blangy  seemed  already  in  British  hands.  I  saw  two 
waves  of  infantry  advancing  against  the  enemy's  trenches. 
Protected  by  the  barrage  of  field-guns,  they  went  in  a  slow, 
leisurely  way,  not  hurried,  although  the  enemy's  shrapnel  was 
searching  for  them. 

"Grand  fellows,"  said  an  officer  lying  next  to  me  on  the  wet 


slope.    "Oh,  topping!" 

Fifteen  minutes  afterward  some  men  came  back.  They  were 
British  wounded  and  German  prisoners.  I  met  the  first  of 
these  walking  wounded. 

From  these  men,  wounded  by  shrapnel  and  machine-gun 
bullets,  I  heard  the  first  news  of  the  progress.  They  were 
bloody  and  exhausted,  but  they  claimed  success. 

"We  did  fine,"  said  one  of  them.  "We  were  through  the  four 
lines  before  I  was  knocked  out." 

"Not  many  Germans  in  the  first  trenches,"  said  another,  "and 
no,  real  trenches  either,  after  our  shelling.  We  had  knocked 
their  dugouts  out,  and  their  men  with  big  spectacles  belonging 
to  the  professor  tribe  and  young  lads  who  ought  to  have  been 
in  the  German  high  schools.  Some  of  their  faces  looked  very 
wizened  and  small  beneath  their  great  shrapnel  helmets.  Many 
of  them  looked  ill  and  starved,  but  others  were  tall,  stout,  hefty 
fellows,  who  should  have  made  good  fighting  men  if  they  had 
any  stomach  for  the  job. 

There  were  many  officers  standing  apart.  The  Canadians 
took  over  200  of  them,  among  whom  were  several  forward  ob- 
serving officers,  very  bad  tempered  with  their  luck  because  the 
men  had  not  told  them  they  were  going  to  bolt  and  had  left 
them  in  the  front  positions.  All  the  officers  were  disconcerted 
because  of  the  cheerfulness  of  the  men  at  being  taken.  I  talked 
with  a  few  of  them.  They  told  me  of  the  horrors  of  living  un- 
der the  British  bombardment.  Some  of  them  had  been  without 
food  for  four  days  because  the  British  gun-fire  had  boxed  them 
in. 

"When  do  you  think  the  war  will  end  ?"  asked  one  of  them. 

"When  the  British  are  in  Berlin,"  he  answered,  and  I  think 
he  meant  that  would  be  a  long  time.  Another  officer  said :  "In 
two  months,"  and  gave  no  reason  for  his  certainty. 

"What  about  America  ?"  I  asked  one  of  them.  He  shrugged 
his  shoulders  and  said: 

"America  can't  send  an  army  across  the  ocean."  At  this 
statement  the  Canadian  soldiers  standing  around  laughed 
loudly  and  said: 

"Don't  you  believe  it,  old  sport.  We  have  come  along  to  fight 
you,  and  the  Yankees  will  do  the  same." 


Lady — I'm  worried  about  my  complexion,  doctor.    Look 

at  my  face.  Doctor — You'll  have  to  diet.  Lady — I  never 
thought  of  .that.  What  color  would  suit  me  best,  do  you  think? 
— Pickings. 


TWO  PICTURES  of  Mary 
Frances  Averill,  one  at  the 
age  of  nine  months  and  one  at  the 
age  of  four  years.  She  is  one  of  the 
many  thousands  who  have  grown 
to  happy,  robust  childhood  on 

Jt,GuJL73orde*v 

EAGLE 


BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

THE         ORlGiMAL- 

> 

Eagle  Brand  is  composed  of  pure,  clean  cows'  milk  and 
cane  sugar— nothing  else.  It  is  easy  to  prepare  and 
keeps  fresh  and  wholesome  until  consumed.  When 
traveling  or  visiting  EAGLE  BRAND  insures  a  depend- 
able supply  of  wholesome  food  for  the  baby.  You  can 
buy  it  most  everywhere. 

Send  for  our  book  on  the  care  of   infants    and 
L  Eagle  Brand  recipes. 

Borden's  Condensed  Milk  Co. 

NEW    YORK 

•'Leaders  of  OuaUty"  Est.  J I 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  Adv« 


PL/EASURE>'S  WAND 

no  ujnj  but  Pieman'*."— Tom  Af 


John  Drews  Splendid  Picture  of  "Pendennis." 

John  Drew  need  not  spend  the  rest  of  his  life  on  his  knees 
either  to  the  author  or  the  dramatist  of  Pendennis.  It  is  ad- 
mitted at  the  outset  that  no  actor  on  the  English  speaking  stage 
could  maintain  the  kneeling  position  more  gracefully  than  Drew, 
and  with  less  detriment  to  the  immaculate  crease  in  his  trow- 
sers.  But  while  the  dramatized  version  of  Pendennis  is  a  de- 
lightful role  for  Drew,  it  does  not  give  him  the  Great  Opportu- 
nity which  his  talents  could  so  easily  measure  up  to.  If  Drew 
could  find  a  dramatist  as  satisfactory  as  his  tailors  and  haber- 
dashers have  always 
been,  the  theatre-going 
public  would  sing  paeans 
of  praise. 

Langdon  Mitchell  saw 
in  Pendennis  the  role 
which  would  give  Drew 
his  super-opportunity. 
But  it  is  my  belief  that 
even  a  super-dramatist 
could  not  make  a  great 
play  out  of  that  great 
novel,  "Pendennis."  Cer- 
tainly Langdon  Mitchell 
has  not  hyphenated  him- 
self in  this  attempt  to 
dramatize  the  beloved 
novel  of  the  older  gener- 
ation. Thackeray  him- 
self, it  will  be  recalled, 
was  a  failure  as  a  play- 
wright, and  while  his 
novels  are  rich  in  charac- 
ter studies,  they  have  not 
the  sort  of  dramatic  ac- 
tion which  is  easily 
translated  to  the  stage. 

So  Langdon  Mitchell 
does  little  more  than  pre- 
sent the  background  of 
that  period,  and  give 
Pendennis  an  opportu- 
nity to  thunder  through 
the  love  affairs  of  his 
nephew,  Arthur  Penden- 
nis, with  a  melodramatic 
moment  with  a  valet 
which  shows  his  re- 
sourcefulness, adds  a 
moment  of  tension  to  the 
restful  and  uneventful 
movement  of  the  play. 
John  Drew's  acting  of 
the  role  is  so  admirable 
that  one  does  not  regret 
this  dubious  business  of 
trying  to  lift  a  character 
from  the  comfortable 
pages  of  a  novel  into  the  confines  of  a  play.  Langdon  Mitchell 
evidently  did  not  wish  to  throw  the  spotlight  on  the  comic  side 
of  the  Pendennis  love  of  family,  for  he  does  not  reveal  in  his 
play  the  fact  that  the  Pendennis  family  acquired  ancestors, 
hand-painted  ones  at  that,  only  when  they  acquired  the  afflu- 
ence with  which  to  purchase  them! 

Drew  not  only  acts  the  part  with  that  perfection  of  gesture 
and  intonation,  of  easy  manner  and  clean-cut  outline  which  is 
his  special  gift,  but  needless  to  say,  he  faithfully  reproduces 
the  dress  of  that  period,  and  Pendennis,  it  will  be  remembered, 
was  a  sartorial  ornament  to  the  best  society.  "At  a  quarter  past 
ten,"  asserts  Thackeray,  "the  Major  invariably  made  his  ap- 


pearance in  the  best-blacked  boots  in  all  London,  with  a  checked 
morning  cravat  that  never  was  rumpled  until  dinner  time,  a  buff 
waistcoat  which  bore  the  crown  of  his  sovereign  on  the  buttons 
and  linen  so  spotless  that  Mr.  Brummel  himself  asked  the  name 
of  his  laundress!" 

Mr.  Drew  has  a  superlatively  good  support.  Charles  Ken- 
nedy does  Captain  Costigan  pitched  to  just  the  right  key  of 
bluster  and  blackguardism.  Blanche  Amory  is  so  well  done  by 
Helen  Menken  that  one  will  watch  the  career  of  Miss  Menken 
with  interest.     Alison  SkipwortrTs  Lady  Clavering,  the  Harry 

Foker  of  Edward  Phe- 
lan,  and  Helen  Mackel- 
lar's  Laura  Bell  are  all 
excellent  bits  of  work. 
Jane  Houston,  as  the 
Fotheringay,  deserves 
special  mention. 

If  good  acting  could 
immortalize  a  play,  then 
would  "Pendennis"  go 
down  to  posterity  as 
great  drama.  My  ad- 
vice is  to  see  it  during 
this  engagement,  for  it 
will  go  back  on  the  book 
shelf  marked  "English 
Novelists."  But  no  one 
can  afford  to  miss  the 
admirable  acting  of  John 
Drew  and  his  company 
of  finished  actors. 
*  *  * 

Rattling  Good  Laugh 
Comedy  at  Alcazar. 
At  the  Alcazar  Thea- 
tre, Beatrice  Allen  and 
Leigh  Denny,  supported 
by  the  old  favorites  of 
last  season's  stock  com- 
pany, are  breaking  the 
speed  laws  with  "Mile- 
a-Minute  Kendall." 

There  are  more  laughs 
to  the  minute  than  most 
alleged  comedies  can 
produce  in  an  hour. 
There  is  nothing  subtle, 
no  delicate  nuances  of 
light  and  shade,  no  dra- 
matic integrity  in  this 
comedy.  If  you  are 
looking  for  the  fine,  deli- 
cate flavor  of  rare  com- 
edy you  won't  find  it 
here. 

But  if  you  are  looking 

for  a  rattling  good  play, 

and  have    no     academic 

aversion  to  the  good  laugh  rather  than  the  well  bred  smile,  go 

and  enjoy  "Mile-a-Minute  Kendall." 

The  play  scintillates  with  surprisingly  good  lines,  some  of 
the  choicest  of  which  fall  to  the  lot  of  Louise  Brownell,  who 
plays  the  part  of  Amelia,  the  household  drudge,  whose  philoso- 
phy of  pessimism  is  the  very  sublimate  of  gloom  and  much 
funnier  than  optimism. 

Beatrice  Allen  plays  the  part  of  the  good  little  village  girl, 
who  reclaims  the  speedy  young  son  of  a  millionaire  father,  and 
after  nursing  him  through  a  fever,  proves  her  faith  in  his  inven- 
tive genius  by  establishing  him  in  her  uncle's  cow  barn,  where 
the  great  invention  which  revolutionizes  the  automobile  is  born, 


Mile.  Talma.  Who  Appears  at  the  Orpheum  Commencing  Sunday  Afternoon 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


and  the  fortunes  of  most  of  the  cast  are  made.  Leigh  Denny 
is  "Mile-a-Minute"  Kendall,  and  it  would  be  "going  some"  to 
beat  him  in  the  part. 

There  is  so  much  good  character  work  done  in  the  play  that 
conscience  forbids  one's  stopping  with  mere  mention  of  the 
stars.  For  example,  there  is  the  aforementioned  Amelia — and 
the  Jim  Evans  of  Ethelbert  Hales,  who  does  a  miserly,  cross- 
grained,  acidulated,  whisky  tippling  village  hotel  keeper  amaz- 
ingly well.  William  Amsdell  as  Judge  Weeks,  Walter  Baldwin 
as  the  village  "butt-in,"  Geraldine  Blair  as  the  wise  little  city 
"chicken"  who  is  "on,"  but  whose  heart  is  in  the  right  place, 
Helene  Sullivan  as  the  lady  with  the  checkered  career  who  al- 
most landed  young  Kendall  at  the  altar,  all  deserve  special 
mention  that  might  well  fill  more  space. 

Capital  Turns  at  the  Orpheum. 

The  Orpheum  bill  leaves  the  T.  B.  M.  less  tired  and  makes 
the  wife  of  the  T.  B.  M.  forget  the  H.  C.  L. 

Now  that  the  exigencies  of  modern  life  have  reduced  us  all 
to  a  better  understanding  of  the  aforementioned  initials,  we 
cannot  be  too  grateful  for  a  performance  which  has  any  sort  of 
panacea  for  the  doldrums. 

To  be  sure,  it  must  be  admitted  that  the  show  this  week  does 
not  set  a  new  standard  for  vaudeville.  In  fact,  it  does  not  reach 
the  notch  cut  by  many  other  bills  in  the  vaudeville  cane.  But 
it  does  not  overlap  into  boredom  more  often  than  the  tides  and 
times  of  vaudeville  make  excusable. 

The  Barry  girls  are  newcomers  on  the  program,  who  please 
with  some  good  dancing,  and  a  happy  gift  at  repartee  which 
has  neat  spontaneity. 

The  "black  and  blue"  combination  affected  by  Bert  Kennedy 
is  a  novel  idea  in  burnt  cork  and  keeps  the  audience  pleasantly 
amused. 

Belle  Storey,  the  young  American  prima  donna,  has  all  the 
voice  needed  for  vaudeville,  even  if  it  never  squares  up  to  the 
demands  of  grand  opera.  In  addition  she  has  the  necessary 
personality. 

Jay  Gould  and  Flo  Lewis  do  a  clever  skit;  Johnny  Johnston 
and  Bob  Harty  are  a  rattling  team  with  some  good  new  patter, 
and  Rosalind  Coghlin  does  a  sketch  which  is  a  very  amusing 
and  well  acted  addition  to  the  new  bill. 

Big  Laugh  Programme  at  Pantages. 

Pantages  has  a  capital  feature  bill,  this  week,  that  will  make 
the  oldest  vaudeville  fan  take  rollicking  notice.  One  of  the 
leading  features  is  Thalero's  big  animal  circus,  one  of  the  best 
that  has  come  over  the  pike.  The  well-trained  animals  do  re- 
markable stunts,  and  the  "clown"  animals  are  worth  a  gale  of 
laughter  every  time  they  appear  in  the  droll  and  human-copied 
antics.  "The  Fe-Mail  Clerks"  are  something  new  in  their  par- 
ticular line,  and  when  they  start  their  action  in  the  big  musical 
melange  there's  something  doing  every  moment.  There's  a 
sextet  of  lithe  and  dreamy-eyed  Venuses  and  a  prima  donna, 
Ethel  Underwood,  who  can  sing  and  dance  in  a  way  to  hypno- 
tize the  audience.  Cuckoo  and  Laura,  Victor  Niblo's  two  lively 
and  intelligent  birds,  offer  a  funny  entertainment  that  is  unique; 
it's  a  bird  of  a  turn.  Bob  Hall  catches  the  audience  with  the 
jester's  trick  of  singing  about  individuals  in  the  audience  and 
the  actors  on  the  program.  He  burlesques  them  in  apt  fashion, 
whereat  the  audience  rocks  with  glee.  As  a  manipulator  of  the 
ivories,  Don  Alfonso  Zelaya  deserves  a  bronze  plaque  from  the 
late  Exposition.  The  Tuscano  Brothers,  expert  jugglers,  a 
clever  little  singer,  Georgia  Yantis,  and  a  reel  of  the  "Secret 

Kingdom,"  round  out  an  unusually  entertaining  show. 

*  *  * 

Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — A  bill  that  will  rank  high  in  the  annals  of  vaude- 
ville is  announced  by  the  Orpheum  for  next  week.  Le  Roy, 
Talma  and  Bosco,  the  eminent  European  illusionists,  will  head 
a  star  programme.  Their  engagement  is  of  extraordinary  im- 
portance, for  they  rarely  leave  London.  This  is  not  only  on 
account  of  their  enormous  popularity  there,  but  is  also  due  to 
the  fact  that  without  them  the  entire  fraterniy  of  conjurors 
would  languish,  for  it  is  the  firm  of  Servais  Le  Roy  &  Co.  who 
invent  and  manufacture  all  the  paraphernalia  used  by  the  most 
prominent  magicians  and  prestidigitators.  Le  Roy,  Talma  and 
Bosco  are  styled  "The  Slaves  of  Mystery."    As  magicians,  illu- 


sionists and  prestidigitators  they  are  peerless.  "Our  Family," 
an  incident  of  everyday  life,  will  be  presented  by  that  admir- 
able actress,  Jane  Courthope  and  a  thoroughly  capable  com- 
pany. Harry  Tate's  company  will  appear  in  that  funny  satire 
on  the  automobile  craze,  "Motoring."  No  sketch  of  its  kind 
has  ever  given  more  genuine  amusement  or  provoked  such 
hearty  laughter.  When  Ben  Deely  comes  to  town  there  is  al- 
ways joy  among  the  Orpheum  fans,  for  he  is  a  merry  entertain- 
ment in  himself.  In  his  latest  sketch,  "The  New  Bellboy,"  he 
impersonates  a  tired  but  industrious  colored  hotel  porter  with 
a  humor  that  is  highly  diverting.  Florence  Brisco,  who  sup- 
ports him  as  the  telephone  girl,  is  a  charming  singer  and  come- 
dienne. Jay  Gould  and  Flo  Lewis;  Johnny  Johnston  and  Bob 
Harty;  the  Dainty  Barry  Girls,  and  Rosalind  Coghlin  and  Com- 
pany in  "Our  Little  Bride,"  will  be  also  included  in  the  pro- 
gramme. Belle  Story,  the  young  American  prima  donna,  who 
has  made  a  tremendous  musical  hit,  will  be  heard  in  new  num- 
bers. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. — With  all  the  lure  and  the  art  of  fabled  Spain 
comes  La  Estrellita,  the  distinguished  Spanish  artist,  as  the 
principal  attraction  to  the  Pantages  for  the  week  commencing 
with  the  matinee  performance  Sunday.  Seen  in  support  of  La 
Estrellita  is  her  wonderful  dancer,  Pagan.  Perhaps  no  other 
European  star  has  come  into  American  vaudeville  under  more 
auspicious  circumstances.  Recently  La  Estrellita  completed  a 
starring  tour  of  the  Imperial  theatres  of  Spain,  and  she  is  ap- 
pearing in  the  United  States  under  the  exclusive  direction  of 
Alexander  Pantages.  The  Ten  Uneeda  Girls  will  appear  in  a 
cyclonic  musical  comedy  in  which  song  and  laughter  are  said 
tc  be  prevalent.  The  girls  have  been  selected  for  their  beauty, 
their  grace  and  their  ability  to  sing,  and  the  comedians  are  said 
to  be  real  funsters.  Billy  McDermott,  the  only  survivor  of 
Coxey's  army,  is  one  of  the  best  known  tramp  comedians,  and 
he  will  offer  his  original  material.  Reed  and  Hudson,  in  "Broad- 
way Echoes,"  have  a  delightful  bit  of  entertainment,  in  which 
they  will  be  seen  in  their  own  dances  and  heard  in  their  own 
songs.  Other  numbers  will  include :  Jed  and  Ethel  Dooley  in 
"Bits  of  Vaudeville,"  Harry  Sydell,  a  comedian  of  original 
methods,  and  "The  Tragic  Masque,"  chapter  thirteen  of  "The 
Secret  Kingdom,"  will  be  the  screen  attraction. 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — John  Drew  in  Langdon  Mitchell's  exqui- 
site comedy,  "Major  Pendennis,"  now  at  the  Columbia  Theatre, 
is  the  best  vehicle  that  the  popular  star  has  had  in  many  sea- 
sons past,  as  is  proven  by  the  immense  attendance.  The  role  is 
delightfully 'unlike  any  in  which  Mr.  Drew  has  ever  played. 
He  has  returned  to  a  picturesque  field  in  which  he  has  always 
been  at  his  best,  that  of  light  comedy  set  in  a  romantic,  quaintly 
costumed  environment  suggestive  of  the  memorable  "Rose- 
mary." The  company  in  this  play  is  unusually  well  balanced 
and  of  a  calibre  all  too  rarely  seen  here.  Mr.  Drew  does  not 
include  Oakland  in  his  present  tour.  Matinees,  Wednesday 
and  Saturday. 

Monday  night,  May  21st,  at  the  Columbia  Theatre,  will  see 
the  inauguration  of  the  anticipated  season  of  drama  presented 
by  Henry  Miller  and  his  special  company.  The  opening  play 
is  to  be  a  new  work  from  the  pens  of  A.  E.  Thomas  and  Clayton 
Hamilton,  called  "The  Better  Understanding."  The  play  is  a 
strong  and  intensely  dramatic  work.  The  cast  will  include  Mr. 
Miller,  Julia  Dean,  Cyril  Keightley,  Lucile  Watson,  Mrs.  Thos. 
Whiffen,  Frank  Byrne,  James  Galloway  and  Peggy  Dale  Whif- 
fen.  It  is  a  star  cast,  and  will  do  supreme  justice  to  the  manu- 
script of  the  new  play.  The  advance  sale  of  seats  begins  Thurs- 
day.   Mail  orders  are  now  being  received. 

*  *  * 

Outdoor  Play  Ready  at  Mt.  Tamalpais. — A  week  from  Sun- 
day, on  May  20th,  the  Mountain  Play  Association  will  offer  for 
lovers  of  the  out-of-door  life  the  fifth  annual  Mountain  Play. 
The  offering  will  be  "Jeppe-on-the-Hill,"  a  well  known  Scandi- 
navian classic,  by  Ludwig  Holberg,  who  wrote  for  and  about 
the  common  people.  By  his  wealth  of  wit  and  satire  his  read- 
ers and  audiences  were  led  to  laugh  at  their  own  faults.  "Jeppe- 
on-the-Hill"  is  a  broad  comedy  with  its  atmosphere  of  the 
mountains,  and  it  is  the  best  of  Holberg's  many  comedies.  It 
was  first  presented  in  the  Danish  Theatre  in  1722;  it  is  a  plain 
picture  of  peasant  life.  Every  line  and  every  situation  is  full 
of  humor,  and  those  who  spend  a  week  from  Sunday  on  Mt. 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  AiK- 


Tamalpais.  with  the  magnificent  site  as  a  setting  for  this  old 
classic,  will  have  no  cause  to  regret  the  outing. 

•  •  • 

New  Organ  Program  at  Auditorium,  Sunday. — Edwin  H.  Le- 
mare,  San  Francisco's  official  city  organist,  invites  the  public  to 
supply  brief  themes,  not  exceeding  three  bars,  and  in  order  that 
in  selecting  one  at  each  recital  he  may  be  influenced  only  by  the 
theme  itself,  no  name  can  be  written  on  the  slips  of  paper  that 
are  taken  to  him  as  he  sits  at  the  organ.  This  anonymity  keeps 
him  from  knowing  what  themes  are  proposed  by  personal 
friends  and  musicians  of  reputation,  and  leaves  him  free  to  pick 
without  apology  the  one  which  best  suits  his  mood.  Lemare's 
program  for  his  next  Auditorium  recital  on  Sunday,  May  13th. 
is  as  follows : 

Star  Spangled  Banner.  1.  Fugue  in  Great  C  Minor,  Bach.  2 
(a)  Traumerei,  Schumann;  (b)  Spring  Song,  Mendelssohn 
3.  Woodland  Murmurs (  from  Siegfried),  Wagner.  4  (a)  Bar 
carolle  in  A  flat;  (b)  Scherzo  from  Symphony  No.  2,  Lemare 
5.  Improvisation.  6.  March  Cortege  from  La  Reine  de  Saba 
Gounod.    America. 

Sunday  recitals  begin  at  3  o'clock  sharp;  doors  opened  at  2 
admission  10  cents,  no  seats  reserved. 

*  *  * 

Concert  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

The  joint  concert  by  Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath,  the  well 
known  soprano,  and  George  Kruger,  the  eminent  pianist,  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel,  last  Thursday  evening,  was  very  successful. 
Miss  Heath's  numbers  were  wisely  chosen  and  displayed  her 
well  schooled  and  sympathetic  voice  to  great  advantage,  while 
Mr.  Kruger  showed  his  poetic  charm  as  a  virtuoso,  playing  sev- 
eral groups  of  works  in  a  highly  artistic  manner  and  with  the 
insight  of  a  musical  mind.  Benjamin  S.  Moore  played  Miss 
Heath's  accompaniments  in  splendid  style. 


"DIAMOND   ]IM"   BRADY. 

As  much  as  the  Great  White  Way  can  grieve  for  any  one, 
it  mourns  for  "Diamond  Jim."  Spenders  it  has  in  plenty,  fav- 
orites succeed  each  other  from  month  to  month,  but  no  one 
can  take  the  place  of  "Diamond  Jim"  and  his  jewelry.  A  first 
night  won't  seem  like  a  first  night  any  more  without  his  blazing 
shirt-studs  in  the  front  row;  the  waiters  at  the  cabarets  can 
no  longer  tell  the  day  of  the  week  by  the  particular  set  of  gems 
flashed  by  J.  Buchanan  Brady.  For  he  had  six  pet  sets — dia- 
mond, diamond  and  ruby,  pearl,  emerald,  ruby  and  cat's  eye — ■ 
which  he  wore  in  strict  rotation,  never  breaking  the  order  ex- 
cept for  some  most  unusual  ceremony.  Each  of  these  sets  was 
worth  $100,000.  They  were  the  pride  of  his  heart.  He  called 
them  his  darlings,  and  every  night  he  wore  one  as  the  host  of  a 
gay  dinner  party.  Jewelry,  terrapin,  candy,  and  a  first  night — 
such  were  the  pleasures  of  "Diamond  Jim,"  whose  loss  sent 
Broadway  into  mourning  for  twenty-four  hours  after  his  recent 
death  at  Atlantic  City. 

"Diamond  Jim"  Brady,  best  known  for  his  big  collection  of 
diamonds,  was  undoubtedly  the  best  known  character  in  the 
life  of  the  Great  White  Way.  And  yet,  as  he  himself  put  it, 
he  "split  his  life  fifty-fifty"  between  business  and  pleasure.  He 
despised  so-called  pikers,  but  he  never  condoned  extravagance. 
High  spending  was  not  extravagance  when  one  could  afford  it, 
he  believed.    He  touched  neither  tobacco  nor  intoxicants. 

If  "Diamond  Jim"  whiled  his  every  night  away  between  ter- 
rapin and  tango  parties,  and  blinked  complacently  at  Broad- 
way's fledglings  making  their  brief  fling,  he  was  not,  according 
to  his  lights,  a  wasting  spender.  He  had  money,  lots  of  it — 
some  say  $5,000,000 — but  wealth  came  to  him  after  years  of 
hard  work  and  hoarding. 

"Gems  are  my  pets,"  he  said.    "That's  why  I  like  'em. 

"I  am  a  first-nighter,"  he  said — and  no  first  night  theatrical 
performance  was  quite  complete  without  Diamond  Jim  and  his 
sparkling  shirt-bosom — "because  I  like  to  take  a  chance.  At- 
tending a  first-night  performance  is  taking  considerable 
chance." 

There  was  another  Brady  whom  Broadway  didn't  know  while 
Wall  Street  did.  How  he  did  it  no  one  can  figure  out,  yet  his 
life  was  really  "fifty-fifty,"  and  in  business  hours  he  was  a 
hard  and  able  worker  and  "the  master  salesman  of  America." 
Perhaps,  after  his  experience  in  outwitting  and  convincing  New 
York  waiters,  the  wiles  of  the  mere  business  man  presented 
no  difficulty  to  his  talents.     He  is  credited  with  having  pos- 


sessed keen  acume :-. 
ration  of  his  I 


as 


■  i  ■ 
iccesi  »» 

Mr.  Brady  was  bom  In  „„ 

ii  the  major  part  of  I 
ionds  than  the  outs! 
ways  admitted  that  he  had  not  I 
in  as  a  youngster  "smashing  bagg., 
Terminal.    From  this  he  drifted  inl 
r  service,  became  an  operate 
such  in  the  office  of  a  big  Wall  Street  I 

He  saved  his  money  and  took  his  first  big  chance  when  he 
backed  an  invention  for  sawing  iron.  Thi 
cessful.  From  that  his  rise  in  the  business  world  was 
For  a  long  time  he  was  connected  with  the  American  Steel  Car 
Company,  but  a  few  years  back  organized  the  Standard  Steel 
Company,  which  practically  owns  the  town  of  Butler,  Pa.,  most 
of  the  25,000  inhabitants  being  employed  at  the  works. 

Mr.  Brady  began  gathering  jewels  about  twenty-five  years 
ago.  His  collection  consists  of  thirty  sets  of  fifteen  pieces 
each.  Mr.  Brady  called  his  gems  "my  pets."  He  was  in  the 
habit  of  giving  costly  gifts  to  his  friends.  His  most  recent  pur- 
chase was  a  diamond-studded  American  flag,  valued  at  $3,500. 

Mr.  Brady  had  not  been  known  to  miss  a  "first  night"  in 
years.  He  had  a  standing  order  for  seats  at  every  box-office.  It 
is  said  that  he  knew  personally  more  actors,  actresses  and  man- 
agers than  any  other  person  outside  the  theatrical  profession. 
Mr.  Brady  lived  at  No.  7  West  Eighty-sixth  Street,  a  fine  brown 
stone  residence  which  has  been  the  scene  of  many  lavish  enter- 
tainments. One  floor  was  given  over  completely  to  his  ward- 
robe. He  had  two  hundred  suits  of  clothes.  Mr.  Brady  never 
married. 

Mr.  Brady  left  the  bulk  of  his  fortune  to  various  charities. 
In  addition  to  various  smaller  bequests  it  is  estimated  that  be- 
tween four  and  five  million  dollars  will  be  divided  between  the 
Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  and  the  Society  of  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital. His  collection  of  jewels,  which  is  valued  at  more  than  a 
million  dollars,  will  be  distributed  among  thirty-three  of  his 
friends. 


TECHAU    TAVERN 

COR.  EDDY  AND  POWELL  STS— TEL.  DOUGLAS 4700 
San  Francisco's  Leading  High-Class  Family  Cafe 

Costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go"  ) 
perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face 
powder,  distributed  among  the  lady  patrons  every  afternoon  at  4,  4:30  and  5. 

DANCING  FOR  GUESTS  SALON  CONCERT 

Every  day  finds  scores  of  the  smartest  people  at  the  Techau  Tavern  Ice  Palace  for 
instruction  and  practice  in  ice-skating. 

MUSIC  AT  ALL  SESSIONS 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERT. 
DAY. 

AN     EXTRAORDINARY    BILL 

LB  ROY.  TALMA  &  BOSOO.  the  Eminent  European  Illusionists,'  "OCR 
FAMILY"  an  Incident  of  Everyday  Life,  with  JANE  COURTHOPE  &  CO.: 
HARRY  TATE'S  COMPANY  in  "MOTORING"  that  Funny  Satire  on  the 
Auto  Craze;  BEN  DEELY  &  CO.  m  "The  New  Bellboy  ":  JAY  GOULD  .t  Kin 
LEWIS  in  "Holding  the  Fort":  JOHNNY  JOHNSTON  &  BOB  HARTY  in 
"On  The  Shrewsbury":  BARRY  GIRLS.  Dainty  Delineators  el  Popular 
Melodies:  ROSALIND  COGHLAN  A  CO,  in  "Our  Little  Bride":  BELLE  STOKY 
the  Young  American  Prima  Donna  in  New  Songs. 

Evening  Prices — 10c  25c.,  60c  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c,   25c   50c.     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Lending  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phono  Fianklin  150 


SECOND  and  LAST  WEEK  begins  MONDAY,  WAY  11 
Matinees  Wednesday  fl  and  Saturdays 

JOHN      DREW 
In  Langclon  Mitchell's  exquisite  Comedy 

"MAJOR     PENDENNIS" 

From  Thackeray's  Novel 

This  attraction  will  not  bo  seen   in   Oakland 

Monday.  May  21— Opening  of  the  HENRY  MILLER  BGasOn, 

"THE  BETTER  UNDERSTANDING" 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY    AFTERNOON 
A     BILL    OF    HEADLINERS 

"TEN  UNEEDA  GIRLS"  A  CYCLONIC  MUSICAL  HIT;  KEEP  &  HUDSON: 
JED  &  ETHEL  DOOLEY:  BILLY  McDERMOTT;  HARRY  SYHELL;  THE 
SECRET  KINGDOM.  CHAPTER  XIII;  "LA  ESTKELLITA"  AND  HER 
DANCER  "PAGAN." 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


m^m 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
BERGHEIM -SILVERSTONE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Max  Bergheim  announce  the 
engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Helen  Jeannette,  to  Mr.  Arthur  H. 
Silverstone.  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sholom  Silverstone. 
BERTHEAU-BRETT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Max  Beitheau  wish  to  announce  the 
engagement    of    their   daughter,    Miss    Jeunette   Bertheau,    to    George 
Linden  Brett.  Jr.,   of  Higham,   Boston,  Massachusetts. 
BLGW-PRIDE. — The   engagement   of   Miss   Nina  Blow   and   Captain   Wil- 
liam Downing  Pride,  U.   S.  N.,  of  the  Auxiliary  Service,  is  announced. 
DE  JOURNEL-COWLES. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Marcelle  de  Journel, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fernand  de  Journel  of  Burlingame,  and  Jas. 
T.  Cowles  ot  Seattle  is  announced. 
JEWELL-FISHER. — The    engagement   of   Miss   Maebelle   Jewell    and   Ray 

Wall  Fisher  has  been  announced. 
LASER-BENJAMIN. — The   engagement  of  Miss  Cecile  Laser  of  this  city 
to  Charles  M.  Benjamin  of  Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  has  been  announced 
by  the  mother  of  the  bride-to-be,  Mrs.  Hannah  Laser,   of  1673  Sac- 
ramento  street. 

NATHAN-GOODMAN. — Mrs.  Herman  Nathan  announces  the  engagement 
of  her  daughter,  Miss  Carolyn  Nathan,  to  Louis  Goodman,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.   Joseph   Goodman. 

YORKE-BROWNELL. — Many  San  Franciscans  will  be  interested  in  the 
news  of  the  betrothal  of  Miss  Eloise  Torke  of  Portland  and  Vincent 
Ward  Brownell.  The  announcement  was  made  at  a  tea  given  by  Mrs. 
Edgar  Brownell  at  "Laurelhurst,"  the  family  home  in  Portland. 

WELSH-COLEMAN. — Miss  Ruth  Welsh  recently  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  Robert  Coleman,  Jr. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

FREY-SICHEL. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Florence  Frey,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Mattie  Frey,  and  Marcus  S.  Sj£hel  will  take  place  Wednesday  evening, 
May  16th,  at  the  Hotel  Bellevue. 

MacGAVIN-CLINE. — An  evening  wedding  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr. 
•  and  Mrs.  Walter  MacGavin,  on  Jackson  street,  is  the  plan  of  Mrs. 
Dolly  MacGavin,  who  has  chosen  July  10th  as  the  date  of  her  marriage 
to  Alan  CHne.  It  will  assemble,  besides  relatives,  only  close  friends  of 
the  contracting  parties,  and  will  be  one  of  the  most  prettily  appointed 
affairs   of   the   summer   season. 

WEDDINGS. 

ALESHIRE-ALEXANDER.— The  wedding  last  week  of  Miss  Dorothy 
Aleshire,  daughter  of  Major-General  and  Mrs.  James  B.  Aleshire,  and 
Ensign  Alexander  Gilchrist  Hatch,  U.  S.  N.,  which  took  place  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  is  of  interest  here,  especially  in  the  service  set. 

BROOKS-VAN  GEUNS. — Miss  Eveleth  Valentine  Brooks,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  William  Brooks,  was  married  to  Sebastian  Hen- 
drik  Van  Geuns,  of  Amsterdam,  Holland,  on  Friday,  April  27th,  at 
the  Brooks  home.  Oak  Lawn,  Menlo  Park. 

MYERS-BERGER. — Sam  Berger  and  Mrs.  Etta  Myers,  daughter  of  M. 
Friedman  of  this  city,  were  united  in  marriage  Sunday  at  the  Hotel 
St.   Francis. 

DERNHAM-FATEK. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Sadie  Dernham  and  Dr. 
Robert  Patek  was  quietly  solemnized  last  Saturday  at  noon  at  the 
bride's  home  on  Jackson  street. 

FRAZIER-OGILVY. — A  May  wedding  was  that  of  Arthur  E.  Ogilvy  and 
Mrs.   Rachel   Peabody  Frazier,  which  was  solemnized  last  Tuesday. 

ERSHULA- SKAVLAN.-Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Jackson  of  Goldthwaite, 
Texas,  announce  the  marriage  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Eva  Ershula, 
to  Mr.  Harold  Skavlan,  of  this  city.  The  wedding  took  place  in  San 
Antonio,  Texas,  on  the  22d  of  last  month. 

MATEER-RIEU. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Mateer  announce  the  marriage  of 
their  daughter,  Miss  Marion  Adeline,  to  Mr.  Ralph  Raymond  Rieu. 

JONES-PARDY. — The  marriage  of  Miss  Rhoda  Jones  and  George  Pardy 
took  place  Tuesday. 

WEBER-ADAMS. — Miss  Marie  Louise  Weber  and  William  Woods  Adams 
were  married  Tuesday. 

WHITE-TOPLITZ. — Mrs.    Esther   V.    White    and   Joseph   B.    Toplitz   were 
married  by  Rev.  Eli  Mayer  on  Saturday,  April  14th,  in  Philadelphia. 
LUNCHEONS. 

BERTHEAU. — Miss  Jeannette  Bertheau  entertained  a  group  of  friends 
Monday  afternoon  at  luncheon. 

DOZD3R. — Mrs.  Erwin  Yount  Dozier,  formerly  Miss  Helen  Wilkins,  was 
the  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon  and  theatre  party  on  the  afternoon 
of  April  2Sth,  given  by  Mrs.  Melville  Dozier.  This  is  the  first  affair 
which  Mrs.  Erwin  Dozier  has  attended  since  her  return  from  her 
honeymoon. 

HORST. — Misses  Helen,  Hazel  and  Beatrice  Horst,  daughters  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  Clemens  Horst,  were  hostesses  last  Saturday  afternoon  at  an 
informal  luncheon  for  a  group  of  their  young  friends.  It  took  place 
at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

MASON. — Mrs.  Douglas  Short,  whose  marriage  took  place  recently,  and 
Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  fiancee  of  Alfred  Oyster,  will  share  the  honors  of 
a  luncheon  at  which  Mrs.  James  Rupert  Mason  will  preside  on  May  18. 

LEVY. — The  Claremont  Country  Club  was  the  setting  for  an  elaborate 
luncheon  at  which  Miss  Lucille  Levy  presided  Thursday  afternoon. 

MIGHELL. — Mrs.  John  Mighell  was  a  luncheon  hostess  Thursday,  when 
she  entertained  at  her  Lake  street  residence  in  honor  of  Miss  Dorothy 
Cooper,  whose  betrothal  to  Gloucester  Willis  was  recently  announced. 

MIDDLETON. — The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Middleton  on  Eigh- 
teenth avenue  was  the  setting  for  a  luncheon  party  Thursday. 

PORTER. — Mrs.  Hugh  Porter  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  party  on  Wed- 
nesday in   honor  of  Miss  Ruth   Perkins. 


PERKINS. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  the  fiancee  of  Alfred  Oyster,  was  the 
honored  guest  at  a  luncheon  given  Wednesday  by  Mrs.  John  Mighell 
at  her  pretty  home  on  Lake  street. 

POTTER. — Miss  Ashton  Potter  entertained  for  Miss  Emily  Pope  on  Tues- 
day. 

WELTY. — A   group   of   children   enjoyed   an   informal   luncheon   party  last 
Friday  afternoon  at  Mrs.  Cullen  F.  Welty's  home  in  Presidio  Terrace. 
TEAS. 

KILGARIF. — Miss  Doris  Kilgarif  enjoyed  the  last  week-end  at  St.  Helena 
with  relatives.  Miss  Kilgarif  is  planning  a  theatre  party  and  tea  in 
honor  of  Miss  Ruth  Perkins  on  May  14th. 

PERKINS. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins,  for  whom  innumerable  affairs  are  being 
given  these  days,  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  an  informal  tea  at  which 
Mrs.  A.  Werner  Lawson  presided  Thursday  afternoon. 

SNOW. — Mrs.  Harold  Snow  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  on 
May  2d  by  Miss  Muriel  Boxton  at  her  residence  on  Pierce  street. 

TURNER, — Miss  Madeline  Turner  has  invited  an  assemblage  of  her 
friends  to  a  tea  to  be  given  at  her  home  on  Green  street  on  May  17th. 

WOOD. — Mrs.  Seabury  Mastick  Wood  was  hostess  at  a  delightful  tea  last 
Wednesday  afternoon.  The  Wood  home  on  California  street  was  the 
setting  for  the  affair. 

DINNERS. 

STOW. — Mrs.  Venderlynn  Stow  asked  several  friends  to  share  her  hospi- 
tality at  dinner  Monday  evening  at  her  Broadway  residence. 

KNOX. — Mrs.  William  A.  B.  Knox  gave  a  dinner  on  Sunday  evening  of 
last  week  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Ganoung  and  Miss  Ganoung  of  San  Luis 
Obispo. 

MOHUN. — A  dinner  party  was  given  recently  by  Miss  Catherine  Mohun, 
whose  guests  gathered  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  C.  Mohun,  on  Maple  street. 

SKATING. 

SHARP. — An  afternoon  of  skating,  followed  by  tea,  promises  much  diver- 
sion for  a  number  of  the  little  friends  of  Miss  Adrianne  Sharp  on  the 
afternoon  of  May  19th.  Mrs.  Arthur  Sharp,  mother  of  Miss  Sharp,  will 
entertain  at  the  Techau  Ice  Palace  for  her  daughter's  pleasure. 

SEARS. — Eleanora  Sears  of  Boston  gave  a  farewell  skating  party  at  the 
Winter  Garden  Monday  afternoon  for  seventy-five  of  her  friends. 
THEATRE    PARTIES. 

KILGARIF. — Withh  Miss  Ruth  Perkins  as  the  guest  of  honor.  Miss  Doris 
Kilgarif  will  entertain  at  a  theatre  party  on  the  afternoon  of  May  14. 
BRIDGE. 

BATES. — Miss  Elizabeth  Bates  has  asked  a  number  of  her  friends  to  share 
her  hospitality  at  a  bridge  tea  to  be  given  on  the  afternoon  of  May 
26th  at  her  home  on  California  street. 

MAILLIARD. — Mrs.  Ward  Mailliard,  who  recently  took  possession  of  her 
attractive  home  in  Belvedere  for  the  summer  months,  entertained  at 
a  bridge  party  Friday  afternoon. 

REDDIN. — Miss    Margaret   Reddin    of   Washington    street   is    planning    a 
bridge  party  complimentary  to  Miss  Dorothy  Cooper,  whose  engage- 
ment to  Gloucester  Willis  was  announced  recently. 
SHOWERS. 

MITCHELL. — Miss  Gertrude  Mitchell,  whose  engagement  to  Percy  Jack- 
son has  been  recently  announced,  was  the  recipient  of  a  miscellaneous 
shower  given  by  her  mother,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Mitchell,  at  their  home  on 
Buchanan  street. 

ROTHOLTZ. — Miss  Tessie  Grace  Rotholtz  entertained  during  the  week  at 
a  miscellaneous  shower  in  honor  of  Miss  Juliet  G.  Roy,  whose  engage- 
ment has  recently  been  announced  to  Max  Bloom  of  San  Jose. 
DANCES. 

CHEVALIER. — Assembling  more  than  two  score  of  her  young  friends, 
Miss  Adele  Chevalier  presided  at  a  dancing  party  last  Saturday  even- 
ing at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  F.  Chevalier,  on 
Jackson  street. 

ARRIVALS. 

BALDWIN. — Miss  Marie  Louise  Baldwin  has  returned  to  this  city  after  a 
festive  stay  in  the  East  and  South.  Miss  Baldwin's  time  was  divided 
between  New  York  and  Palm  Beach. 

DEERING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  P.  Deering  and  Miss  Francesca  Deering 
are  at  home  once  more  after  a  pleasant  twe  weeks'  visit  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  State. 

HARVEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frederick  Harvey  of  Boston,  who  have  been 
at  El  Mirasol  for  a  brief  stay,  left  the  first  of  the  week  for  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  will  later  proceed  to  the  Yosemite.  They  are  traveling  by 
motor. 

OXNARD. — Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  and  Mrs.  Stetson  Winslow  returned  last 
Friday  from  an  enjoyable  trip  through  Southern  California  and  Ari- 
zona, a  journey  that  extended  over  several  weeks. 

PORTER. — Mrs.  William  S.  Porter  and  Miss  .Maud  O'Connor  arrived  from 
the  Orient  last  Saturday.  Miss  Grace  Rodgers  returned  a  few  days 
previously. 

SMITH. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  John  J.  Smith,  who  have  been  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, are  home,  and  are  installed  in  their  new  home  on  Russian  Hill. 
DEPARTURES. 

BALDWIN. — Dr.  Walter  Baldwin  is  leaving  next  week  for  Europe,  to 
join  the  hospital  staff  for  service  in  France. 

BUCK. — Mrs.  Carroll  Buck,  who  visited  in  this  city  for  a  fortnight,  left 
for  her  home  in  Washington,  D.  C,  recently.  She  was  called  West 
by  the  death  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  J.  de  Barth  Shorb. 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


Am   s*n   Dfcw 


-Mrs   u 
:on.   I;. i 

tftk*  a  r>  «t  of  A  frw  W1 


t,< 


IStotl  of  Al.» 
r«    *hr    will 
vnd   Mn.    Bomrell    Kin*   and    |] 
But 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   Andrew  Wenu-r  LftWI 
for  the  summer. 

i   month*. 
KURPHT      Mrs.   John   Burke   Murphy   left    u>r  tin-  <;*  .   of  UlO 

SMITH       Mr     an.l     I  lh    left    Sunday    for    U 

ii  month's  visit. 
\ 'i  il.KM.VXN  —  Mr    and    Mrs     William    Ynlkmnnn   and    Mm  JohUH 

munn   left  this  weok    for  a   motor    trip   t-.   Botlthen  Th« 

visit  Is  planned  to  axtead  ov< 

INTIMATIONS. 

Alt.MSRY.-Mr.  and    Mrs.   George   Armsby  :u<-  established    ill    NVw     I 
the  Ritx-Carlton. 

BOWLES.-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  Bowles  of  Piedmont  arc  expecting  the 
return  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Bowles  from  Honolulu  the  latter  part 
of  this  month. 

BROWN.— Mrs.  Herbert  Hamilton  Brown  and  her  family  an-  enjoying  B 
delightful  outing  at  Bollnas.  where  they  have  taken  an  attia.ii. 

They  will  not  return  to  their  home  in  Piedmont  until  the  mid- 
dle of  the  month. 

BRUCEL — Mr.  and  Mrs.  I,-  wis  E.  Bruce  have  taken  an  apartment  at  Val- 
lejo,  where  they  will  he  established  for  the  next  few  months. 

DRUM. — The  many  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  s.  Drum  are  Interested 
In  the  news  that  they  have  taken  the  Carolan  home  In  Cupertino  fOl 
the  summer. 

DERBY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Hasket  Derby  have  returned  to  Ross  for  the 
summer,  having  closed  their  home  on  Gough  street.  They  will  prob- 
ably be  away  until  the  late  fall. 

DEANE, — Dr.  Louis  C.  Deane  has  returned  from  Boston,  where  he  has 
been  for  the  last  two  months. 

DUTTON. — Mrs,  Henry  Foster  Dutton,  one  of  the  most  active  participants 
in  the  Red  Cross  work,  has  changed  her  plan  of  visiting  her  sister, 
Mrs.  Harry  Macfarlane.  in  Honolulu.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dutton  will  in- 
stead occupy  apartments  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club  for  the 
coming  summer  months. 

EYRE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perry  Eyre  and  Miss  Elena  Eyre  are  enjoying  their 
country  home  in  Menlo. 

FENNIMORE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  "W.  D.  Fennimore  are  In  the  East,  to  be 
away  for  several  weeks. 

FILMER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  "William  P.  Filmer,  Miss  Marian  Filmer  and  Miss 
Gladys  Little  are  spending  a  fortnight  in  Monterey  County  on  a  fishing 
jaunt. 

FRIXCK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harlow  Frinck  are  at  present  occupying  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Frinck's  sister,  Mrs.   Beatrice  Oliver  Elkins. 

GRIFFITH. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Millen  Griffith,  who  have  been  passing  the  win- 
ter in  town  as  usual,  are  leaving  in  a  day  or  two  for  Ross,  where  they 
will  be  during  the  next  few  months. 

HARDING. — The  news  that  Mrs.  George  Harding  is  planning  to  pass  the 
summer  in  San  Francisco  is  being  received  with  much  enthusiasm 
by  her  wide  circle  of  friends.  She  will  arrive  here  to-day  from  her 
home  in  Philadelphia,  and  will  be  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  on 
Broadway   for   some    time. 

HARRIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  W.  Harris  and  their  children  will  en- 
joy the  summer  months  at  "Woodside,  where  they  have  taken  the  home 
of  Mrs.  James  Cunningham. 

HAWKINS. — The  many  friends  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Hawkins  have  enjoyed 
sharing  the  pleasure  of  the  Hawkins  home  in  Hollister  upon  a  number 
of  enjoyable  occasions.  Mrs.  Hawkins,  who  was  Miss  Helen  Wright, 
has  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  in  San  Francisco. 

HOLMES. — Mrs.  Frank  Holmes  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Margaret  Holmes, 
are  enjoying  a  visit  of  several  weeks  in  the  country.  They  are  guests 
of  Mrs.  Oscar  Schultze  at  her  home  at  Dixon. 

HOWARD. — Mrs.  George  Howard,  who  recently  rented  her  beautiful  home 
in  Hillsborough,  will  pass  a  portion  of  the  summer  at  the  Burlingame 
Country  Club,  and  will  take  possession  of  her  apartments  there  on 
June  1st. 

JACKLING-— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  are  due  in  this  city  on  or 
about  June  1st. 

MARYB.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T.  Marye  are  planning  to  return  to  Cali- 
fornia the  latter  part  of  this  month.  They  will  reopen  their  charming 
Burlingame   home   upon   their  arrival   from   Washington. 

MacPHERSON.— Miss  Nell  MacPherson,  the  pretty  daughter  of  Mrs.  G.  A. 
Macpherson,  has  left  for  Manila,  there  to  become  the  bride  of  Ervin 
Clausen. 

McNEAR. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  McNear  have  closed  the  home  that 
they  have  been  occupying  in  town,  and  will  move  to  Menlo  Park  to 
pass  the  summer,  as   usual. 

MINTZER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Foss  were  the  week-end  guests  of 
Miss  Mauricia  Mintzer  at  her  home  in  San  Rafael. 

PHELAN.— Miss  Mary  Phelan  is  not  in  Washington  at  the  present  time, 
as  she  is  enjoying  a  stay  in  New  York  for  a  few  weeks.  She  will  come 
West  in  the  summer,  which  she  will  enjoy  as  usual  in  her  Santa  Cruz 
home. 


with 


■ 
■ 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam-    . 
ily  hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.   Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE   SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plate.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


Waiter- — We  do  all  our  cooking  by  electricity  here.  Cus- 
tomer— Take  this  egg  out  and  give  it  another  shock. — Record. 

Inquisitive  Dick  (somewhere  in  France) — Been  out  'ere 

afore,  mate?  The  Mons  Veteran — Once — wiv  a  Cook's  Tour. 
— London  Opinion. 

Mrs.  Miggs — I'll  learn  yer  to  tie  a  kettle  to  a  cat's  tail. 

The  Kid — It  wasn't  our  cat.  Mrs.  Miggs — No;  but  it  was  our 
kettle.— Toledo  Blade. 

"Do  they  ring  two  bells  for  school?"  asked  a  gentleman 

of  his  little  niece.  "No,  uncle,"  was  the  reply.  "They  ring  one 
bell  twice." — Boston  Globe. 

"Casey  is  me  pertickeler  frind,  Oi'd  have  ye  know." 

"G'wan!  If  he  was  pertickeler  he  wouldn't  be  yer  frind." — 
New  Orleans  Times-Picayune. 

"Wouldn't  you  like  to  have  her  singing  beside  you  in  the 

wilderness?"  "Well,  I'm  in  favor  of  the  wilderness,  but  I 
wouldn't  care  to  be  there." — Judge. 

"Can  I  mail  an  infernal  machine  here?"  sternly  de- 
manded J.  Fuller  Gloom  of  the  pale  clerk  in  the  postoffice.  "I 
want  to  send  my  nephew's  accordion  to  him." — Judge. 

At  an  evening  party  the  hostess  had  coaxed  a  protesting 

guest  to  sing.  After  the  song  she  went  up  to  him  smiling.  "Oh, 
Mr.  Jenkins,"  she  said,  "you  must  never  tell  me  again  that  you 
can't  sing — I  know  now!" — Ex. 

"Well,  Mike,  have  ye  heard  what  they  are  going  to  do 

with  Barney  Flannigan?"  "Indade  I  have,"  responded  Mike. 
"They're  going  to  imprison  him  for  life.  But  I'm  afraid  the 
poor  sowl  won't  live  half  that  time."— Puck. 

Freddie — My  pa  is  awful  rich.    I  guess  he's  rich  enough 

to  buy  all  Brookline.  Bobby — My  pa's  a  lot  richer'n  that.  I 
heard  him  tell  ma  this  morning  he  was  going  to  buy  New  York, 
New  Haven  and  Hartford. — Boston  Transcript. 

Tommy,  on  being  asked  to  define  a  simile,  could  not  an- 
swer. "Well,"  said  the  teacher,  "if  you  said,  'My  hours  at 
school  are  bright  as  sunshine,  what  figure  of  speech  would  that 
be?"    Whereupon  Tommy  quickly  answered,  "Irony." — Ex. 

"It  only  takes  me  twenty  minutes  to  get  to  my  office," 

said  Mr.  Chuggins.  "But  you  didn't  arrive  until  an  hour  after 
you  telephoned  that  you  were  leaving  home."  "Yes.  It  took 
me  the  other  forty  minutes  to  get  the  car  started." — Washington 
Star. 

"I  am  delighted  to  meet  you,"  said  the  father  of  the  col- 
lege student,  shaking  hands  warmly, with  the  professor.  "My 
son  took  algebra  from  you  last  year,  you  know."  "Pardon  me," 
said  the  professor,  "he  was  exposed  to  it,  but  he  didn't  take  it." 
— Christian  Register. 

-Grown  old  in  the  service  of  his  master  and  mistress, 


James  was  a  privileged  retainer.  He  was  waiting  at  table  one 
day,  when  a  guest  asked  for  a  fish-fork,  but  the  request  was  ig- 
nored. Then  the  hostess  noticed  the  episode,  and  remarked,  in 
a  most  peremptory  manner :  "James,  Mrs.  Jones  hasn't  any  fish- 
fork.  Get  her  one  at  once !"  "Madam,"  came  the  emphatic  re- 
ply, "last  time  Mrs.  Jones  dined  here  we  lost  a  fish-fork." 
James  has  now  been  relegated  to  the  garden. — Tit-Bits. 

After  a  recent  Zeppelin  raid,  when  the  worst  was  over,  a 

resident  went  out  into  the  town  to  see  what  damage  had  been 
done.  In  the  darkness  he  heard  a  group  of  women  talking 
loudly,  and  judging  them  a  clue  not  to  be  neglected  he  followed 
them  along  an  entry  into  the  back  yard  of  a  house.  The  de- 
bate never  ceased,  but  he  was  unable  to  get  the  hang  of  it  until 
one  of  the  women — the  most  eloquent — appealed  directly  to 
him.  "  'Ere,"  she  said,  "do  you  call  it  fair?  T'  bomb  dropped 
in  our  yard,  an'  a  bobby's  gone  and  took  it  away — never  even 
give  me  a  receipt  for  it.  It's  our  bomb." — Manchester  Guar- 
dian. 


"Well,  George,"  said  the  President  of  the  company  to 

old  George,  "how  goes  it?"  "Fair  to  middlin',  sir,"  George  an- 
swered. And  he  continued  to  currycomb  a  bay  horse.  "Me 
an'  this  here  hoss,"  George  said,  suddenly,  "has  worked  for 
your  firm  sixteen  years."  "Well,  well,"  said  the  president, 
thinking  a  little  guiltily  of  George's  salary.  "And  I  suppose  you 
are  both  pretty  highly  valued,  George,  eh?"  "H'm,"  said 
George,  "the  both  of  us  was  took  sick  last  week,  and  they  got  a 
doctor  for  the  horse,  but  they  just  docked  my  pay." — Home 
Companion. 

A  minister,  spending  his  vacation  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, was  out  walking,  and,  feeling  thirsty,  called  at  a  farm- 
house for  a  drink  of  milk.  The  farmer's  wife  gave  him  a  bowl 
of  milk,  and  while  he  was  quenching  his  thirst  a  number  of 
pigs  gathered  round  him.  The  minister,  thinking  that  the  pigs 
were  acting  in  a  rather  unusual  manner,  asked :  "My  good  lady, 
why  are  the  pigs  so  excited?"  The  farmer's  wife  replied: 
"Sure,  it's  no  wonder  they  are  excited,  sir,  for  it's  tneir  own 
little  bowl  you  are  drinking  out  of." — Ex. 


Employer — Can  you  write  shorthand? 

yes,  only  it  takes  me  longer. — London  Notes. 


Applicant — Oh, 


WAR  BULLETINS. 


Vandalism  on  an  American  steamer  which  arrived  a  few  days 
ago  from  the  Orient  is  laid  by  ship's  officers  to  German  pas- 
sengers, but  proof  of  their  suspicion  is  lacking.  On  this 
steamer  are  two  superb  suites  situated  on  the  upper  deck.  In 
one  the  wall  tapestry,  carpet  and  the  mattresses  on  the  beds 
were  ruined  by  acid.  The  damage  was  discovered  only  a  short 
time  before  the  vessel  reached  San  Francisco.  There  were 
seven  German  and  Austrian  cabin  passengers  on  the  liner,  and 
all  were  taken  to  Angel  Island  for  examination  by  Federal 
officials.  One  was  arrested  for  alleged  connection  with  bomb 
plots  in  Chicago,  and  another  has  since  been  found  to  be  a 
cousin  of  Count  von  Bernstorff,  formerly  German  Ambassador 

to  this  country. 

*  *  * 

Illinois  continues  to  lead  in  recruiting.  New  York,  which 
had  been  third  up  to  recently,  is  now  in  second  place,  while 
Pennsylvania  comes  next.  Illinois  is  naturally  proud  of  its 
record,  and  is  disposed  to  flaunt  it,  because  it  is  far  ahead  of 
some  of  the  States  to  the  East  that  sent  representatives  to  the 
prairie  country  with  the  purpose  of  awakening  the  patriotic 

enthusiasm  of  its  people. 

*  *  * 

Emperor  William  has  given  to  the  Hohenzollern  Museum  at 
Berlin,  to  be  kept  in  a  room  devoted  to  war  relics,  the  gold  pen 
with  which  he  signed  the  mobilization  order  of  July,  1914. 
Americans,  according  to  the  Exchange  Telegraph  Company, 
offered  large  sums  of  money  for  the  historic  pen,  which  the 

Emperor  considers  one  of  his  most  valued  curios. 

*  *  * 

Six  universities  were  designated  by  the  war  department  re- 
cently as  training  schools  for  prospective  army  aviators,  who 
will  be  given  two  or  three  months  instructions  in  physics,  me- 
chanics and  military  drill,  beginning  in  about  six  weeks.  The 
schools  are  Cornell,  Illinois,  Ohio  State,  California  and  Texas 

Universities  and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 

*  *  * 

San  Francisco  will  be  required  to  furnish  about  250  men  as 
its  share  of  the  500,000  to  be  raised  by  conscription  for  the  new 
army,  according  to  J.  H.  Zemansky,  city  registrar,  who  esti- 
mated that  California's  share  of  the  first  draft  would  be  about 
8,000  men.  Other  figures  show  that  each  county  of  California 
will  have  to  furnish  about  130  men.  There  was  at  least  55,000 
men  in  San  Francisco  between  the  ages  of  21  and  40  years. 


P 

k             P 

u 

>\        u 

M 

■a     m 

P 

5>','idHfej 

J.    p 

S 

Sik£is^ 

Wr     s 

Pumps  for 

rrigation  and  Every 

Conceivable  Use 

Gasoline  Engl 

nes 

Pipe,  Pipe  Fittings 

Etc. 

SEND 

FOR 

OUR  CATALOGUE 

-MAILED  FREE 

WOODIN 

&    LITTLE 

33 

FREMONT  ST. 

PUMP  HOUSE 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

CAL. 

May  12.  1917 


and  Califorr 


UBI^B^bkTABLE 


Into  a  quiet  South  Carolina  town,  with  its  "best  families"  on 
one  side  of  the  town  and  the  foreign  factory  workers  on  the 
other,  came,  one  night.  Slippy  McGee.  a  kit  of  burglar's  tools 
beneath  his  arm  and  a  price  upon  his  head.  The  next  day 
some  Poles,  on  their  way  to  work,  picked  up  his  mangled  body 
at  Dead  Man's  Crossing  and  carried  it  to  the  home  of  the  Cath- 
olic priest.  Nursed  back  to  health.  Slippy  awoke  one  morning 
to  find  himself  crippled  for  life.  Slowly  during  the  years  that 
followed,  Slippy  McGee,  the  notorious  yeggman,  was  trans- 
formed, through  his  love  for  a  little  girl,  into  John  Flint  natu- 
ralist and  "Butterfly  Man."  And  year  by  year  the  Butterfly 
Man  wins  the  respect  of  the  rich,  the  devotion  of  the  poor,  and 
the  love  and  admiration  of  those  who  took  him  in  as  a  home- 
less, unprepossessing  tramp.  Woven  into  the  story  of  his  life 
is  the  life  of  the  entire  town — and  the  love  story  of  Mary  Vir- 
ginia, as  disclosed  by  the  author,  Marie  Conway  Semler.  At 
the  end  the  old  priest  and  the  one-time  burglar  cooperate  in  a 
glorious  job  of  safecracking  on  behalf  of  Mary  Virginia,  which 
jeopardizes  their  reputations  but  thrills  their  souls. 

$1.35  net.    The  Century  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Pacific  Ocean  in  History." 

A  useful  service  for  those  interested  in  world  politics  has 
been  performed  in  the  publication  of  the  minutes  and  papers 
of  the  Panama-Pacific  historical  congress  of  1915,  under  the 
title  "The  Pacific  Ocean  in  History."  Held  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition,  the  congress  consisted  of  joint  sessions  of 
the  American  historical  association,  the  Asiatic  institute  and 
the  American  Asiatc  Association,  and  was  in  recognition  of 
the  new  era  that  the  completion  of  the  Panama  Canal  has  in- 
augurated in  the  history  of  the  Pacific  Ocean.  The  volume  is 
edited  by  Prof.  H.  Morse  Stephens  and  Herbert  E.  Bolton  of 
the  University  of  California. 

There  are  contributions  by  Rafael  Altamira,  Theodore  Roose- 
velt, Rudolph  Taussig,  Naojiro  Murakami,  K.  Asakawa,  Joseph 
Schafer,  Aurelio  M.  Espinoca,  Frank  A.  Golder  and  others,  in- 
cluding several  of  the  younger  members  of  the  notable  group 
of  Californians  who  are  doing  such  praiseworthy  work  in  writ- 
ing the  history  of  new  Spain  and  our  West  coast.  The  pres- 
ence of  several  European  scholars  was  unfortunately  prevented 
by  the  European  war,  but  the  contributions  here  brought  to- 
gether are  many,  varied  and  valuable. 

$4  net.     The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Mobilizing  America. 

A  number  of  prominent  editors  and  authors  of  New  York 
have  united  to  send  out  a  call  with  the  purpose  of  helping  to 
mobilize  opinion  in  regard  to  the  war.  They  are  urging  upon 
the  public  as  a  basis  for  a  program,  "Mobilizing  America,"  a 
little  book  by  Arthur  Bullard,  which  has  already  been  sent  to 
every  member  of  Congress  by  the  Conference  Committee  of 
National  Preparedness.  If  within  the  next  few  weeks  or  months 
"Mobilizing  America"  could  be  read  by  millions  of  citizens  in 
all  sections  of  the  land,  we  feel  it  would  be  immensely  useful 
as  a  help  in  that  gathering  and  clarifying  of  the  public  mind, 
and  will,  without  which  no  great  struggle  can  be  brought  to  a 

successful  end. 

*  *  * 

With  its  May  issue,  the  North  American  Review  publishes 
its  first  War  Number.  This  issue  is  outstanding,  among  the 
flood  of  contemporary  war  literature,  by  reason  of  the  high  level 
of  interest  and  permanent  value  which  marks  its  contributions 
to  the  discussion  of  the  great  problems  of  the  hour.  Colonel 
George  Harvey,  the  editor,  opens  the  number  with  an  eloquent 
statement  of  the  ideals  which  must  guide  the  nation  as  it  takes 
its  place  in  the  arena.  Under  the  title,  "The  Call  to  Arms," 
Colonel  Harvey  sets  forth,  in  a  vein  of  patriotic  exaltation,  the 
inpsiring  principles  upon  which  the  nation  has  staked  its  des- 
tiny. 


At  4  p.  m., 

Techau  T 
of  any  tort 
Rigaud  perfume,  a 
box  of  L<   I 
orchestra  is  always 
music  for  dan 


• 


"Willie,"  said  his  mother.  "I  wish  you  woi 

the  street  and  see  how  old  Mi 

few  minutes  later  Willie  rcturi  ■ 

says  it's  none  of  youi  how  old 

Times. 


■cross 
— New  York 


BACK    EAST 
EXCURSIONS 


SALE    DATES 

May  31 

June  1,  2,  11.  12.  16,  17,  26.  27,  30 
July   1,  2.   16.   17.  24,  25,  31 
August  1,  14.  IS,  28,  29 
September  4,  5 

SOME  FARES 

(DIRECT  ROUTES) 

Omaha,  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph  $67.50 
Dallas.  Ft.  Worth.  San  Antonio.  Houston  70.00 

New  Orleans,  Memphis.  St.  Louis     -  77.50 

Chicago 80.00 

Minneapolis.  St.  Paul          -          -         -  84.45 

Washington,  D.  C,  Baltimore          -  116.00 

New  York.  Philadelphia         -         -  118.20 

Boston 120.20 

Proportionately  low  fares  to 
many  other  points 

Going  Limit  Fifteen  Days 

Stopovers  east  of  California  State  Line 
Return  Limit  Three  Months 

from  date  of  sale  (but  not  later  than  Oct.  3  I ) 

Stopovers  at  all  points 
SEE   AGENTS 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


RICE    GUN 

OVER 

3,000  SHOTS 


PER    MINUTE 


NOISE 
RECOIL 


NO     SLMA0SKHE  NO 

10  Times  As  Effective  As  A  Powder  Gun 
At  One-Tenth  the  Cost 

DEMONSTRATING    DAILY    AT 

225    MARKET   STREET 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Preserves,  beautifies  and  purifies  the 
skin  and  complexion.  The  favorite  for 
over  66  years.        


AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


To  keep  apace  with  Fashion,  one  must  be  ever  on  the  alert  in 
these  days  when  there  is  constantly  something  new  appearing. 
We  do  not  look  for  any  change  in  the  silhouette,  for  that  has 
been  finally  settled,  at  least  for  the  coming  season,  but  there 
are  countless  important  minor  details  always  turning  up  which 
make  the  game  of  keeping  up  with  the  mode  a  very  interesting 
one.  Almost  each  day  something  new  is  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion; a  certain  material  suddenly  rises  into  prominence,  a  new 
way  of  draping  a  skirt  is  devised,  and  sundry  novel  accessories 
appear  upon  the  scenes  and  are  quickly  taken  up  with  enthu- 
siasm. 

In  opposition  to  the  frocks  that  are  absolutely  straight  in 


Left — Draped  Styles  are  Again  in  Vogue.     Right — Sports  Costume  in  Plain  and 
Checked  Jersey  Cloth 

line,  there  are  many  ways  of  draping  skirts  to  give  that  slight 
puffiness  about  the  hips  which  is  now  one  of  the  accepted 
modes  in  the  dressier  type  of  frock  for  afternoon  and  evening 
wear.  One  of  the  latest  ways  is  by  gathering  the  straight  lower 
section  of  a  skirt  to  a  yoke,  and  leaving  the  sides  free  to  form 
looped  draperies  which  fall  very  gracefully  into  position  when 
the  soft  pliable  materials  are  used.  An  illustration  of  this 
charming  style  is  shown  in  the  sketch.  The  dress  is  of  pongee 
trimmed  with  narrow  bands  of  ribbon.  The  waist  of  this  cos- 
tume is  made  with  kimono  sleeves  of  the  loose,  baggy  type,  the 
kind  that  were  in  fashion  some  time  ago.  The  unusual  V- 
shaped  collar  and  flaring  cuffs  add  the  note  of  distinction  which 
all  such  simple  styles  require. 

Sometimes  long,  straight  tunics  or  apron  effects  take  the 
place  of  draperies  in  frocks  of  silk,  chiffon  or  Georgette.  A 
beautiful  dress  of  white  satin  for  a  bride  was  made  with  a  long 
pleated  apron  of  fine  white  net  edged  with  white  glass  beads. 
The  transparent  glass  beads  are  now  being  used  for  the  bead 
work,  which  is  strongly  in  evidence. 

Ginghams  for  Summer  Suits  and  Dresses. 

Bright,  colorful  ginghams  in  very  fine  qualities  have  risen 
into  prominence  and  are  used  in  fashionng  not  only  separate 
blouses  and  skirts,  but  also  entire  summer  dresses  and  suits. 
In  making  suits,  the  latest  fad  has  been  to  combine  gingham 
with  pongee  and  other  sports  silks.  A  skirt  of  gingham  is  used 
with  a  silk  coat  which  has  the  collar  and  cuffs,  and  sometimes 
pockets,  of  gingham.  A  surprising  combination,  but  distinctly 
effective  when  one  gets  used  to  the  idea!  In  other  instances, 
plaid  and  plain  ginghams  are  used  to  make  the  popular  middy 


dresses  with  slip-over  blouses  and  pleated  skirts.  With  the 
plaid  used  for  the  skirt  and  to  trim  the  blouse,  a  dress  of  this 
kind  is  exceedingly  attractive  for  summer  wear.  Ginghams 
are  crisp  and  cool,  and  may  always  be  kept  looking  fresh. 

The  separate  skirt  of  plaid  or  checked  gingham,  to  wear  with 
white  voile  and  batiste  waists,  is  also  a  pleasing  novelty  for 
summer.  The  skirts  are  sometimes  made  with  belts  of  silk  in 
some  bright  color  matching  one  of  the  colors  in  the  plaid  or 
stripes  as  the  case  may  be.  Smart  gingham  blouses  are  trimmed 
with  white  pique  collars  and  cuffs,  and  buttonholes  bound 
with  the  pique. 

The  new  blouses  that  look  like  coats  keep  rising  in  popular- 
ity. They  are  especially  smart  in  costumes  of  jersey  cloth.  A 
very  attractive  model  in  plain  and  checked  jersey  is  shown  in 
the  sketch,  and  with  it  is  worn  one  of  the  fancy  girdles  that  are 
all  the  rage  just  now.  These  new  girdles  are  of  metal  and  cel- 
luloid, and  come  in  a  variety  of  colors.  Very  pretty  are  those 
of  colored  stones  with  oxidized  silver  or  gilt  chains.  Others 
are  made  of  squares  or  circles  of  jade,  jet,  amber  or  ebony, 
linked  with  metal  chains.  Girdles  of  this  kind  are  used  with 
coats  as  well  as  with  dresses. 

Vests  Appear  in  Suits. 

Some  of  the  new  tussur  summer  suits  are  trimmed  with  silk 
fringes  around  the  edges  of  the  coats.  Silk  fringes  are  also 
used  to  finish  the  narrow  silk  or  cloth  girdles  with  which  most 
frocks  are  provided. 

Vests  seem  to  be  an  important  part  of  the  newest  suits. 
White  silk  or  serge  suits  are  frequently  made  with  vests  of 
bright  colored  satins,  or  the  embroidered  Oriental  silks.  In 
the  woolen  suits,  collars  and  vests  are  made  of  broadcloth, 
striped  silk  or  of  natural-colored  pongee.  Sometimes  the  vests 
are  embroidered,  and,  again,  the  edges  are  bound  with  braid,  to 
give  a  neat,  tailored  finish.  Detachable  collars  of  blue  and 
white  striped  cottons  on  dark  blue  serge  and  twill  suits  have 
also  been  noticed  as  well  as  those  of  silk. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


To  CHICAGO,  KANSAS  CITY 
and  ST.  LOUIS 


2  Daily  Trains 

via 
Los  Angeles,  Tucson  and  El  Paso 
"Golden  State    Limited" 

Through  Standard  and  Tourist  Pullman  cars  from  San 
Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  6:00  p.  m.  and  10:40  a.  m.,  re- 
spectively. 

"The  Californian" 

Standard  Pullman  and  Tourist  car  connection  to  Kansas 
City,  from  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station,  9 :00  p.  m. 
BEST  DINING  CAR  IN  AMERICA 
For  Tickets  and    Berths  Ask  Agents  of 

Southern  Pacific 


Palace  Hotel 
Flood  Building 


Third  St.  Station 
Ferry  Station 


El  Paso  &  Southwestern 
Rock  Island  Lines 


691     Market   Street 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  Advrrturr 


INSURANCE 


B.  G.  Wills,  superintendent  at  Los  Angeles  of  the  Royal  In- 
demnity's southern  branch,  has  resigned,  effective  June  1st.  On 
that  date  Mr.  Wills  becomes  manager  of  the  automobile  de- 
partment of  the  Fireman's  Fund,  succeeding  Fred  A.  Burncss. 
who  retires  in  consequence  of  ill  health.  Although  a  young 
man.  Mr.  Wills  has  made  an  enviable  record  as  a  casualty  un- 
derwriter. He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College, 
and  previous  to  taking  up  with  insurance  was  connected  with  the 
claims  department  of  the  Santa  Fe. 

*  •  * 

The  handsome  and  commodious  Pacific  Coast  general  agency 
office  of  Edward  Brown  &  Sons,  on  the  corner  of  Sansome  and 
Pine  streets,  have  been  completely  remodeled.  In  order  to 
accommodate  the  business  of  the  recently  established  marine 
department,  by  reducing  the  large  lobby  which  formerly  ran 
around  two  sides  of  the  office  much  space  has  been  gained,  and 
the  improvement  is  at  once  noticeable  to  visitors,  and  affords 
ample  accommodation  not  only  to  the  marine  department,  but 
to  the  automobile  department,   formerly  occupying  adjoining 

quarters. 

*  •  • 

J.  L.  Fuller,  Pacific  Coast  department  manager  for  the  Nor- 
wich Union,  was  this  month  elected  president  of  the  Fire  Pre- 
vention Bureau  of  the  Pacific,  E.  C.  P.  Knowles,  vice-president, 
and  F.  M.  Branch,  Pacific  department  manager  of  the  New  York 
Underwriters,  secretary-treasurer.  The  position  of  manager  of 
the  Bureau  has  been  accepted  by  Jay  W.  Stevens,  recently 
elected  fire  marshal  for  Oregon.  He  will  assume  his  duties  af- 
ter having  succeeded  in  putting  the  affairs  of  the  Oregon  office 

in  shape. 

*  *  * 

Sam  B.  Stoy,  Pacific  Coast  manager  for  the  London  &  Lan- 
cashire and  London  &  Lancashire  Indemnity  companies,  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  Oregon  Conference,  recently  or- 
ganized. H.  P.  Blanchard,  assistant  secretary  of  the  Fireman's 
Fund,  is  secretary-treasurer.  Other  members  of  the  committee 
are :  Dixwell  Hewitt,  Geo.  W.  Dornin,  W.  W.  Alverson,  John 

T.  Fogarty  and  A.  P.  Lange. 

*  *  * 

The  sudden  death  of  J.  F.  D.  Curtis,  of  Curtis  &  Bailey, 
Pacific  Coast  general  agents  for  the  New  Hampshire  Fire  and 
other  companies,  last  week,  cast  a  gloom  over  the  entire  in- 
surance field.  Just  one  year  ago  the  death  occurred  of  his  part- 
ner, Mr.  Gordon,  who  dropped  dead  while  at  a  ball  in  Oakland. 
Mr.  Curtis  had  been  prominently  identified  with  coast  under- 
writing for  the  past  thirty-five  years. 

*  *  * 

The  forty-first  annual  edition  of  the  Fire  Underwriters'  As- 
sociation, showing  the  proceedings  of  this  year's  meeting,  is 
ready  for  distribution,  and  makes  an  interesting  book.  Copies 
can  be  had  of  Calvert  Meade,  secretary  of  the  Association. 

Get  your  orders  in  early. 

*  *  * 

Following  the  resignation  of  A.  C.  Thornton  as  general  agent 
for  the  Prussian  National  and  Netherlands  insurance  companies, 
H.  M.  Dinsmore,  former  special  agent  for  the  companies,  has 
been  appointed  to  succeed  him.  Mr.  Thornton  has  represented 
the  companies  for  the  past  seven  years.     The  San  Francisco 

office  will  be  continued  in  the  Clunie  building. 

*  *  * 

General  Agent  W.  H.  Breeding  has  entirely  remodeled  the 
company's  Pacific  Coast  branch  office  at  501  California  street 
by   removing   partitions,    and   otherwise   accommodating  the 

space  to  the  company's  growing  business. 

*  *  * 

The  county  mutual  bill,  which  enables  this  class  of  companies 
to  borrow  funds  for  the  prompt  payment  of  small  losses  pending 
the  collection  of  assessments,  has  been  signed  by  the  Governor 

and  is  now  a  law. 

*  •  * 

The  Insurance  Company  of  North  America  will  retain  for 
them  the  positions  of  all  employees  who  shall  enlistin  the  army 
of  this  country  during  the  present  war,  and  in  addition  will  con- 
tinue the  salaries  of  such  employees  and  provide  for  their  de- 
pendents, in  case  of  death. 


Last  month  wm  a  record  breaker  for  the  Wc*t  Coa»t  Life. 
The  company  wrote  more  than  one  million  dollars  of  new  buti- 
ness,  which  was  an  increase  of  nearly  one  hundred  per  cent  over 
the  experience  during  the  same  month  last  yr 

•  •  • 

The  new  measure  authorizing  (r  .itrrrul  insurance  orders  to 
insure  juveniles  on  the  industri.i.  ;ow  a  law. 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

OPEN    ALL   SUMMER. 

si-is  rarvAi  it  bcroo 

op*n  All 

i  k      BCHOO 

1  >  us      Lima 

HOTEL  OAKLAND  PRIVATE!  SCHOOL    "■■ 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for   Girls 

2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2J23'    BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Department!,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  Unlveralty  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Unlveralty  and  by  Eaatern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,  M.  A. 

2230  Pacific  Ave.,  San   Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The   Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

ISO  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND    FOR    CATALOG 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BESTS  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 
Painting 


THE   BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF   MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE   840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  BeringerlConcert  Pianist)   Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


FINANCIAL^ 


Treasurer's  Report 
On  "Pacific  Service." 


The  annual  report  of  Treasurer  A. 
F.  Hockenbeamer,  of  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  Co.,  shows  that  the 
company's  net  income  for  the  year 
1916,  after  having  charged  up  all  operating  expenses,  taxes, 
depreciation  and  other  reserves,  was  $8,316,000,  or  more  than 
twice  the  amount  necessary  to  pay  our  bond  interest ;  after  pay- 
ment of  bond  interest  and  the  annual  amortization  of  bond  dis- 
count there  was  left  $4,298,000  for  the  payment  of  preferred 
stock  dividends  amounting  to  $1,374,000;  out  of  the  $2,924,000 
remaining  there  was  paid  $1,708,000  in  dividends  on  the  com- 
mon stock,  being  a  balance  of  $1,216,000  to  be  carried  to  re- 
serve accounts.  During  the  eleven  years  of  the  company's  cor- 
porate history  it  has  expended  more  than  $12,000,000  for  main- 
tenance, and  has  appropriated  more  than  $16,000,000  for  de- 
preciation. In  this  eleven  year  period  the  company  has  earned 
over  and  above  its  bond  interest  $37,371,000,  and  expended  for 
new  construction  and  the  acquisition  of  other  properties  $60,- 
153,000.  It  has  sold  securities  of  the  aggregate  value  of  $83,- 
444,000,  and  has  expended  the  greater  portion  of  the  proceeds 
in  enlargement  and  improvements  of  service,  and  the  remain- 
der in  payment  or  refunding  of  capital  obligations. 

Mr.  Hockenbeamer's  report  comments  upon  the  fact  that  the 
cost  of  everything  entering  into  the  manufacture  and  distribu- 
tion of  the  company's  products  has  advanced  materially  and  is 
still  advancing;  while,  unlike  other  manufacturers  and  mer- 
chants, the  company  may  not  increase  its  prices.  "As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  purchasing  power  of  a  dollar  with  respect  to  the 
bulk  of  the  materials  entering  into  our  maintenance  has  been 
cut  in  two,  and  at  present  prices  it  requires  about  two  dollars 
to  do  the  work  formerly  performed  for  one.  Our  business  is 
increasing  at  a  normal  rate,  and  we  are  prepared  to  make  the 
necessary  investment  to  provide  the  additional  facilities  to  meet 
this  growth.  It  is  obvious,  however,  that  we  must  be  permitted 
to  earn  a  reasonable  margin  of  profit  if  the  company's  credit  is 
to  be  sustained  so  as  to  permit  it  to  give  good  and  ade- 
quate service  and  to  continue  contributing  its  share  to 
the  development  and  future  prosperity  of  the  State." 


The  report  of  the  Crocker  National  Bank  to  the 

Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  as  of  May  1st,  last,  makes 
an  excellent  showing  financially.  Loans  and  discounts 
amount  to  $22,620,961 ;  cash  and  sight  exchange,  $10,- 
607,960.  Deposits  reach  $31,053,699.  Surplus  and  un- 
divided profits  amount  to  practically  $4,000,000.  Re- 
sources and  liabilities,  $40,922,008. 


Plans  for  the  co-operation  of  American  and  British  in- 
vestors in  preventing  the  placing  of  unsound  bond  issues  of 
foreign  governments  either  in  England  or  America,  have  been 
approved  by  the  Corporation  of  Foreign  Bondholders  of  Great 
Britain.  The  proposal  was  recommended  recently  to  the  In- 
vestment Bankers'  Association  of  America. 


The  Anglo  and  London-Paris  National  Bank  makes  an 

extraordinary  showing  in  solid  growth  in  the  report  on  its  con- 
dition to  the  call  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  as  of  May 
1,  1917.  From  the  date  of  a  previous  call,  November  17,  1916, 
to  the  call  of  May  1,  1917,  approximately  five  months,  loans 
and  discounts  increased  from  $25,855,088  to  $28,765,298,  while 
deposits  jumped  in  the  same  period  from  $55,186,713  to  $59,- 
990,080,  an  increase  of  over  $4,803,367  in  deposits.  In  conse- 
quence, the  resources  jumped  from  $68,117,923  to  $74,702,647, 
indicating  that  the  Anglo  and  London-Paris  National  bank  is 
rapidly  taking  the  lead  in  Western  banking  affairs.  This 
achievement  in  success  is  due  to  the  aggressive  and  successful 
policy  of  President  Herbert  Fleishhacker.  This  rapid  growth 
in  resources  has  naturally  increased  the  capable  official  staff 
which  is  now  one  of  the  largest  in  Pacific  Coast  banking. 


The  Five- Year-Old — Do  men  ever  go  to  heaven?     The 

Mother — Why,  of  course,  my  dear.  Why  do  you  ask  such  a 
question?  The  Five- Year-Old — Because  I  never  see  any  pic- 
tures of  angels  with  whiskers.  The  Mother — Well,  some  men 
do  get  to  heaven,  but  they  get  there  by  a  close  shave. — Puck. 


C.  H.  H1TTENBERGER  CO. 

MAKERS    OF 

ARCH   SUPPORTERS 

EXTENSION   SHOES 
ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS 

BRACES,  ETC. 

1108  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Branch    Office— 510-1  3th  Street- Oakland,  Cal. 


OLD^OK'S 


Wells-Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank    makes     a 

substantial  and  eminently  satisfactory  financial  show- 
ing in  its  report  to  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  as 
of  May  1,  last.  Surplus  and  undivided  profits  reach  the 
gratifying  total  of  over  $5,000,000.  Deposits  total  $47,- 
535,698.  Loans  and  discounts  amount  to  $28,236,237; 
cash,  $21,988,564.    Resources,  $65,013,486. 


Commenting  on  the  year's  results  of  Southern 

Pacific  business,  Julius  Kruttschnitt,  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee,  says:  The  gross  operating  reve- 
nues, $163,427,423,  not  only  exceeded  earnings  during 
the  previous  calendar  year  by  $20,959,517,  but  sur- 
passed the  earnings  during  the  fiscal  year  ended  June 
30,  1916,  by  $10,733,194,  and  are  the  largest  earnings  of 
any  year  in  the  history  of  the  company.  The  revenue 
from  freight  traffic  increased  $26,129,277.  The  volume 
was  augmented  by  business  formerly  handled  by  steam- 
ships, operating  via  the  Isthmus  of  Tehuantepec  and  the 
Panama  Canal,  which  has  been  temporarily  diverted  to 
more  profitable  transatlantic  service;  and  the  European 
war  has  stimulated  a  demand  for  the  products  of  mines 
and  agriculture  which  has  resulted  in  great  prosperity. 


PLACE 


AS  A  PURE  BEVERAGE  WHISKEY 
BOTTLED  IN  BOND 

IS  FUNDAMENTAL 

PURE  LIMESTONE  WATER 

IRUI.F.  OF   Tilt    RLUIONSl 

SELECTED  GRAIN 
MODEL  EQUIPMENT 
SKILLED  MANUFACTURE 
PERFECT  DISTILLATION 
SPLENDID  COOPERAGE 
NATURAL  MATURA1I0N 
IDEAL  GLASSING  CONDITIONS' 
COMPREHENSIVE  SANITATION 
THOUSANDS     OF    VISITORS    WILL    ATTEST 

E.  H.  TAYLOR  JR.,  &  SONS 


INCORPORM  II) 


DISTILLERS 


FRANKFORT,  KY. 


SHERWOOD  &  SHERWOOD 

SOLE  DISTRIBUTORS 
PACIFIC  COAST 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  A 


AUTOMOBIL 


-MttTTTTTTTT! 

..::t;;::::;-' 


»      ■*■*■ 


Offers  of  co-operation  made  by  the  automobile  industry  have 
been  accepted  by  the  government.  The  War  Department  rec- 
ommends the  immediate  formation  of  as  many  voluntary  motor 
truck,  motor  car  and  motorcycle  companies  as  possible  in  all 
States,  and  particularly  along  the  Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific 
Coasts,  as  a  measure  of  preparedness  for  any  emergency  that 
may  arise,  although  it  is  confident  it  will  not  have  to  call  for  cars 
or  trucks  of  citizen  owners  for  regular  army  service. 

The  task  of  directing  this  work  has  been  delegated  to  the 
Volunteer  Motor  Transport  Committee,  consisting  of  Alfred 
Reeves,  National  Automobile  Chamber  of  Commerce,  as  chair- 
man; A.  G.  Batchelder,  American  Automobile  Association; 
Coker  F.  Clarkson,  Society  of  Automotive  Engineers;  Edward 
H.  Broadwell,  Motor  and  Accessory  Manufacturers;  Roderick 
Stephens,  Motor  Truck  Club  of  America;  and  Shelby  A.  Falor, 
Federation  of  American  Motorcyclists.  This  committee  will 
operate  under  the  Advisory  Commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense. 

The  committee  will  co-operate  also  in  the  recruiting  of  com- 
petent drivers  and  mechanics  for  the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps  of 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  the  army  under  the  direction 
of  General  H.  S.  Sharpe  and  Colonel  Chauncey  B.  Baker  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Corps,  at  Washington. 

Its  work  will  be  to  organize  volunteer  motor  companies  in  all 
States  and  especially  in  cities  near  the  sea  coast.  The  com- 
mittee will  also  obtain  particulars  of  the  roads  for  military  pur- 
poses, especially  with  regard  to  their  ability  to  carry  heavy 
motor  traffic. 

Volunteer  companies  will  include  the  necessary  officers,  driv- 
ers and  mechanics,  and  will  be  used,  when  occasion  requires,  for 
quickly  moving  bodies  of  troops  or  supplies  to  particular  points. 
Such  service  probably  will  extend  over  only  a  day  or  two  at  a 
time,  but  many  of  the  men  later  may  wish  to  enlist  for  military 
service  during  the  war.  Colonel  Baker  says  that  cars  or  trucks 
of  citizen  owners  will  not  be  required  by  the  army,  as  the  Quar- 
termaster's Office  is  confident  it  will  be  able  to  buy  new  equip- 
ment as  fast  as  the  new  and  bigger  army  is  organized. 

A  volunteer  motor  transport  reserve  company,  of  which  hun- 
dreds will  be  organized,  will  consist,  in  the  case  of  trucks,  of 
the  following:  A  captain,  who  will  have  general  supervision 
over  the  organization;  one  truck  master;  three  assistant  truck 
masters,  one  mechanic,  two  helpers,  two  cooks,  one  watchman, 
and  33  chauffeurs.  These  men  will  bear  titles  from  sergeant, 
first  class,  to  corporals  and  privates,  and  will  have  charge  of 
an  equipment  of  27  cargo  trucks,  preferably  of  the  V/2  and  3 
ton  size,  one  repair  and  kitchen  truck,  two  oil  and  gasoline  sup- 
ply trucks,  and  one  motor  car  and  one  light  repair  truck.  The 
personnel  may  be  increased  by  adding  assistant  chauffeurs  and 
cooks  when  needed. 

Motor  car  and  motorcycle  companies  will  be  organized  along 
very  similar  lines,  this  form  of  organization  and  the  regulations 
governing  it  being  the  same  for  volunteer  companies  as  for 
motor  companies  in  the  regular  army  at  present.  Three  motor 
companies  will  constitute  a  battalion,  with  a  major  in  command. 
For  truck  companies,  the  preference  is  for  V/2  and  3  ton  trucks, 
though  other  types  may  be  enlisted.  All  types  of  passenger 
cars  may  be  included  in  car  companies. 

Headquarters  of  the  Volunteer  Motor  Transport  Committee 
are  at  7  East  42d  St.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

A  Road  of  Salt  Proposed  for  Utah 

Utah  will  have  one  of  the  most  unusual  motor  car  highways  in 
the  world — a  road  paved  with  salt  and  requiring  neither  con- 
struction nor  upkeep — if  the  plan  of  E.  R.  Morgan,  State  road 
engineer,  proves  a  feasible  one.  The  scheme  affects  what  is 
known  as  the  Wendover  cut  off,  a  40  mile  highway  running  west 


1  was  coma 


as  flat 


irom  Salt  Lake  rada  lin 

Lake  busi: 
appeal  to  Iran' 

1  alone 
as  a 
lake  bed 

the  world's  mile  record  in  I 

a   veritable   pavement.     At   that  poi 

quired.    But  for  some  20  miles,  the  land 

luging  out  this  mud  flat  with  clam  .  throw  up 

leep  trenches  were  left  alongside  the  road 
route.  That  was  last  summer.  This  year  a  trip  of  inspection 
shows  that  nature  filled  these  holes  with  hcav,  r.  that 

the  water  evaporated  and  left  the  earth  cavities  level— brimful 
of  salt  as  hard  as  the  salt  beds  themselves. 

"All  we  have  to  do  is  to  lay  2  by  12  boards  as  far  apart  as  we 
wish  the  road  to  be  wide.  These  can  be  made  almost  water- 
tight. Then  the  heavy  salt  water  can  be  pumped  into  this  road 
bed  and  renewed  as  rapidly  as  it  evaporates  or  leaks  out. 
Nature  will  do  the  rest.  Within  a  year  we  will  have  a  highway 
of  salt  as  smooth  and  durable  as  the  best  of  paving,"  Engineer 
Morgan  says.  This  road,  the  Wendover  Cutoff,  is  the  one  that 
enthusiasts  urged  be  adopted  as  officially  a  part  of  the  Lincoln 
Highway  around  Salt  Lake. 

*  *  • 

Bostonians  Open  Fire  in  National  Road  Laws  Campaign 

More  than  300  attended  the  banquet  of  the  Bay  State  Automo- 
bile Association  recently,  at  which  the  first  gun  in  a  campaign 
to  obtain  real  reciprocal  laws  for  New  England  at  least,  and 
later  on  for  the  rest  of  the  country,  was  fired.  The  plan  was 
outlined  by  President  Teele  of  the  Association  to  have  all  motor 
organizations  introduce  into  their  legislatures  next  year  a  bill 
to  strike  out  all  provisions  against  non-resident  motorsts.  The 
men  from  outside  agreed  that  they  would  co-operate  not  only  in 
this,  but  in  any  other  movement  for  the  benefit  of  motorists. 

Among  those  present  at  the  banquet  were  Prof.  George  F. 
Files,  president  of  the  Maine  State  A.  A.;  Frederick  F.  Buxston, 
president  of  the  Nashua  Automobile  Club;  Prof.  David  Gallup, 
president  of  the  Worcester  Automobile  Club;  President  George 
W.  McNear  of  the  Massachusetts  State  A.  A. 

*  *  * 

Women's  Chances  as  War  Drivers  Remote 

That  the  women  in  various  cities  who  have  been  taking  in- 
struction and  practicing  to  fit  themselves  as  drivers  of  motor 
vehicles  in  case  of  war  need  may  not  have  a  chance  to  give  such 
service  has  been  announced  from  Washington.  The  announce- 
ment was  made  to  acquaint  the  women  of  this  fact,  as  many  of 
them  have  been  thinking  that  their  service  as  ambulance  drivers 
in  particular  would  be  acceptable  immediately  on  declaration  of 
hostilities. 

Two  branches  only  are  open  to  women  at  present,  according 
to  the  war  department.  These  are  the  hospital  and  the  clerical. 
Women  may  become  nurses  or  clerks  of  various  grades.  No 
further  plans  have  been  made  for  the  employment  of  women 
as  part  of  the  war  program.  There  will  be  no  women  chauffeurs 
except  in  the  advent  of  unexpected  circumstances.  For  instance, 
an  expeditionary  force  may  be  sent  to  France,  and  there  may 
not  be  enough  men  for  drivers  to  man  it.  Invasion  from  Mexico 
is  another  remote  possibility  that  the  women  drivers  may  have  a 

chance. 

*  *  * 

Auto  Enriching  English  Language  by  New  Words 

Recently  I  saw  a  list  of  over  eighty  words  which  automobiles, 
their  use  and  manufacture  had  added  to  the  English  language  in 
less  than  twenty  years.  Since  usage  is  the  law  or  language, 
these  eighty  words  show  how  far  reaching  the  effects  of  the  au- 
tomobile have  been,  when  its  prevalency  has  been  great  enough 
to  add  to  a  language  as  profuse  as  the  English  four  score  and 
more  of  words  appertaining  solely  to  the  motor  car.  I  cannot 
recall  any  other  one  thing  which  has  done  so  much  along  the 
same  lines. — The  Commentator,  in  American  Motorist. 

*  *  * 

More  than  Quarter  Million  Motorcycles  in  Use 

Registration  figures  show  that  270,500  motorcycles  are  now  in 
use  in  the  United  States;  60,000  will  be  added  to  this  number 
this  year,  the  largest  yearly  production  the  motorcycle  manufac- 
turers have  ever  known. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12, 1917 


Too  Much  Talc  Causes  Tire  Trouble 

By  neglecting  to  take  the  proper  precaution  with  tire  tubes 
and  giving  them  improper  attention  causes  the  motoring  pub- 
lic an  annual  waste  of  millions  of  miles  of  tire  and  tube  service. 
At  least  such  is  the  contention  of  L.  H.  Coppel,  local  manager 
of  the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  distributers  of  Nor- 
walk  tires  and  tubes.  Coppel  is  probably  one  of  the  best  in- 
formed tube  men  in  the  West,  having  given  a  great  deal  of  his 
time  during  the  past  several  years  in  promoting  the  service 
end  of  the  rubber  business. 

Speaking  of  the  most  common  tire  troubles,  Coppel  recently 
said :  "There  are  many  tire  troubles  caused  solely  by  the  tube, 
and  those  that  prove  disastrous  and  occur  most  frequently  are 
the  ones  that  most  easily  can  be  prevented.  A  common  trouble 
occurs  when  the  motorist  is  too  liberal  with  the  use  of  talc  or 
soapstone.  A  small  amount  is  sufficient  and  does  the  work  per- 
fectly when  a  tube  is  filled  in,  but  if  too  much  is  applied  it  col- 
lects in  one  spot  on  the  inside  of  the  casing,  and  will  cause 
serious  damage  to  the  tube  in  a  short  time.  Hence,  too  much 
soapstone  is  more  harmful  than  none  at  all.  It  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  keep  the  tube  from  sticking  or  adhering  to  the  cas- 
ing, and  to  accomplish  this,  mica  soapstone,  flake  graphite  or 
talc  is  usually  used." 

*  *  * 

Nation's  Auto  Factories  Await  Call  to  Arms 

The  automobile  factories  of  the  country  are,  figuratively 
speaking,  standing  at  attention  awaiting  the  call  of  the  govern- 
ment to  place  their  enormous  resources  and  factories  at  the  dis- 
posal of  Uncle  Sam  in  the  present  war  crisis. 

The  modern  motor  plant,  with  its  highly  specialized  machin- 
ery and  corps  of  efficient  and  trained  mechanics,  is  the  ideal 
plant  to  be  quickly  changed  into  a  munitions  factory  in  the 
shortest  possible  time,  according  to  C.  A.  B.  Emanuel  of  the 
Cole  Pacific  Motor  Company.  Or  should  the  government  de- 
cide to  avail  itself  of  them,  the  combined  output  of  the  factories 
would  furnish  a  staggering  number  of  motors  which  would  trans- 
port entire  armies  at  one  time. 

*  *  * 

Auto  Trailer  Interests  Tourists 

Motorists  planning  auto  camping  trips  during  the  present  va- 
cation season  have  been  much  interested  during  this  week 
by  the  Warner  Auto  Trailer  display  that  is  being  made  on 
Van  Ness  avenue.  The  trailer  has  a  number  of  features  in 
connection  with  it  which  solve  many  of  the  camper's  problems. 
It  may  also  be  used  to  advantage  by  commercial  travelers.  The 
Trailer  is  manufactured  by  A.  P.  Warner  of  Speedometer  fame. 

*  *  * 

Automotive  Engineers  to  Open  Washington  Office 

A  Washington  office  of  the  Society  of  Automotive  Engineers 
will  be  opened  in  the  Munsey  Building  in  connection  with  the 
Council  of  National  Defense  as  soon  as  arrangements  can  be 
made.  This  action,  decided  upon  by  the  Council  of  the  So- 
ciety, in  session  recently,  was  brought  about  by  the  closer  co- 
operation of  the  Society  with  the  various  government  depart- 
ments, which  work  is  increasing  every  day.  Because  of  war 
conditions,  the  summer  meeting  of  the  society,  scheduled  to 
be  held  the  last  week  in  June  at  Ottawa  Beach,  Lake  Michigan, 
was  called  off  by  the  Council  of  the  society  at  a  meeting  held 
a  few  days  ago  in  Chicago. 

*  *  * 

Permanently  Surfaced  Lincoln  Highway,  a  Military  Asset 

An  American  army,  no  matter  how  large,  perfectly  trained,  or 
well  equipped,  would  be  of  little  value  in  defending  a  country 
of  an  area  as  extensive  as  that  of  the  United  States,  unless 
adequate  provision  for  its  rapid  transportation  to  needed  points, 
together  with  the  vast  supplies  of  food  and  munitions  and  other 
necessary  equipment,  were  assured. 

To-day  the  railroads  are  exerting  themselves  to  the  utmost 
to  handle  commercial  traffic.  It  is  no  far-fetched  supposition 
that  the  added  burden  of  military  transportation  would  be  the 
straw  to  the  camel's  back.  Permanent  highways  should  be 
available  as  an  alternate  and  supplement  to  our  railroads. 

We  have  had  the  military  lesson  of  the  good  roads  that  saved 
France.  Motor  cars  and  motor  trucks  in  sufficient  numbers  are 
at  the  call  of  the  government.  They  are  capable  of  transporting 
an  army  with  all  of  its  equipment.  The  one  limitation  is 
that  of  roads.    Permanent,  durable,  all-weather  roads  are  a  na- 


tional necessity  in  this  connection.    A  system  of  such  through, 
connected  roads  is  required. 

_We  have  one  such  road  established  but  not  perfected.  It  is  the 
Lincoln  Highway.  Connecting  New  York  and  San  Francisco. 
Its  location  is  such  as  to  make  it  of  first  importance  at  this  time. 
An  improved  Lincoln  Highway  would  be  a  preparedness  as- 
set of  untold  value  to  our  country. 

*  *  * 

Lincoln  Highway  Grade  Crossing  to  Go 

Conforming  to  the  appeal  made  by  W.  F.  Coan,  Iowa  State 
Consul  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  Association,  County  Engineer 
Fishel,  of  Crawford  County,  is  planning  some  valuable  improve- 
ments for  the  Lincoln  Highway  route  in  his  district  during  the 
coming  year. 

Two  unguarded  railroad  crossings  over  the  Northwestern  and 
Illinois  Central  tracks  will  be  eliminated,  and  the  road  shortened 
by  one-half  mile  within  the  county.  All  existing  grades  will  be 
reduced  to  one  per  cent  and  750,000  cubic  yards  of  earth  will  be 
moved  in  road  work  before  the  close  of  the  season.  A  patrol 
system  has  been  adopted  by  Crawford  County,  and  road  men 
will  cover  the  main  traveled  highway,  such  as  the  Lincoln  High- 
way, repairing  holes  as  fast  as  they  appear. 

Los  Angeles  "Auto  Row"  to  Pass  into  History 

Recent  enactment  of  a  city  ordinance  providing  against  the 
parking  of  automobiles  on  Olive  street,  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
declaring  that  thoroughfare  within  the  congested  zone,  was  the 
final  blow  toward  the  dissolution  of  the  street  as  the  motor  row 
of  Los  Angeles. 

For  many  years  Olive  street  has  been  the  heart  of  the  motor 
car  industry  of  the  Southern  city.  A  dealer  regarded  a  location 
on  that  street  as  imperative  to  his  success.  The  real  estate  man 
realized  his  opportunity  and  increased  rents  enormously  at  the 
expiration  of  each  lease.  The  result  was  that  one  by  one,  for 
the  last  three  years,  new  salesrooms  have  been  put  up  in  the 
district  west  of  Olive  street.  However,  several  of  the  most 
important  establishments  have  refused  to  remove,  declaring 
their  location  too  valuable  an  asset. 

It  has  been  the  custom  for  dealers  to  use  the  street  for  park- 
ing demonstrating  cars.  With  this  as  a  start  the  parking  evil 
began.  Used  car  dealers  began  lining  the  curbs  with  their 
offerings,  and  gradually  the  available  space  was  so  contracted 
that  it  was  more  or  less  dangerous  to  drive  a  car  there.  When 
some  used  car  dealers,  whose  stocks  were  so  large  they  could  not 
house  them  at  night,  took  to  leaving  cars  on  the  street  over 
night  without  any  lights  on  them,  the  city  authorities  stepped 
in  and  passed  the  ordinance  that  will  mean  the  end  of  the  street's 

fame  as  motor  row. 

*  *  # 

London  Auctions  Off  Kaiser's  Car 

According  to  a  recent  Associated  Press  dispatch  from  Lon- 
don, a  motor  car  which  was  built  in  Germany  for  the  personal 
itse  of  Emperor  William  and  which  had  been  sent  to  London 
just  before  the  war  to  be  fitted  with  an  English  body,  has  just 
been  sold  for  $35,000  to  a  Danish  ship  owner.  The  car  has 
been  in  the  hands  of  the  body  builders  ever  since  it  was  fin- 
ished, and  was  ordered  sold  by  the  courts  to  satisfy  their 
charges.  It  is  called  by  English  experts  the  most  luxurious 
motor  car  ever  built,  and  the  price  paid  for  it  at  auction  is  be- 
lieved to  be  a  record  for  a  car  for  personal  use. 

*  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 


H.  H.  Powers  Phone  Prospect  97  F.  W.  Wenz 

POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST.  San  Francisco 


May  12.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


|        High   Gear  "Stuff        | 

%iiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii# 

"The  carriage  waits  without,  my  lord." 

"Without  what,  gentle  sir?" 
"Without  the  left-hand  running  board; 

Without  the  French  chauffeur. 
Without  a  drop  of  gasoline. 

Ten  nuts,  the  can  of  oil. 
The  outer  coat  of  Brewster  green. 

Two  sparkplugs  and  the  coil; 
Without  the  brake,  the  horn,  the  clutch; 

Without  the  running  gear. 
One  cylinder — it  beats  the  Dutch 

How  much  there  isn't  here! 
The  car  has  been  repaired,  in  fact, 

And  you  should  be  right  glad 
To  find  that  this  much  is  intact 

Of  what  your  lordship  had. 
The  garage  sent  it  back,  my  lord, 

In  perfect  shape  throughout ; 
So  you  will  understand,  my  lord. 

Your  carriage  waits  without." 

C.  H.  D.,  in  Northwestern  Candle. 

*  *  * 

Miranda  Miller  took  the  seat  in  a  jitney  which  Rastus 
Robbins  had  offered  her  with  a  great  flourish.  "Thank  you  evah 
so  much,  Mistah  Robbins,"  she  said,  "but  Ah  don't  like  to  de- 
prive you  of  youah  seat."  "Oh,"  said  Rastus,  with  a  great 
flourish,  "no  depravity  at  all,  Miss  Millah,  none  at  all." — Ex. 

»  *  * 

"No,"  remarked  the  determined  lady  to  the  indignant  taxi- 
driver  who  had  received  his  extra  fare,  "you  cannot  cheat  me. 
I  haven't  ridden  in  cabs  these  last  25  years  for  nothing." 
"Haven't  you?"  he  retorted  bitterly.  "Well,  you've  done  your 
best." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Visitor — I  suppose,  Willie,  that  you  can  spell  all  the  short 
words?     Willie   (who  hears  much  talk  about  automobiles) — 

Yes,  I  can  spell  words  of  four  cylinders. — Chicago  Herald. 

*  *  * 

Bertie  (whose  motor  has  broken  down  and  who  is  com- 
pelled to  ride  in  a  trolley) — Ah,  Jove!  I  had  no  idea  these  af- 
fairs were  so  popular. — Ex. 

*  *    * 

"Your  Honor,"  said  the  arrested  chauffeur,  "I  tried  to  warn 
the  man,  but  the  horn  would  not  work."  "Then  why  did  you  not 
slacken  speed  rather  than  run  him  down?"  A  light  seemed  to 
dawn  upon  the  prisoner.    "That's  one  on  me.    I  never  thought 

of  that." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Car  Owner — So  you've  come  for  the  position  of  chauffeur?  I 
want  a  man  who  doesn't  take  any  chances.     Chauffeur — Well, 

sir,  I  always  require  references  and  salary  in  advance. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

"You  take  great  care  not  to  be  run  over?"    "Sure.    I'm  afraid 

I  might  forfeit  my  pedestrian's  license." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

He  (in  auto) — This  controls  the  brake.  It  is  put  on  very 
quickly  in  case  of  an  emergency.    She — Oh,  I  see;  something 

like  a  kimona. — Ex. 

*  *  * 

"I  thought  a  five-passenger  car  would  easily  hold  all  my 
friends."    "Well?"    "Until  I  got  a  five  passenger  car." — Ex. 

*  *  * 

Carr  is  the  worst  automobile  crank  I  ever  saw.  Is  he  ?  Yes ; 
he's  even  nicknamed  his  wife  "Toots." — Ex. 


OEElHHiraOTE 


FREE  FROM  CAB  BON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 

259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News   Letter  recommend!  the  following  garages,  hoteli  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  aa  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— I.AKKINs-  CAFE     lust  opened.     The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  An  n.ige  of  aut. 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  UnlVi  1  The  Circle. 


H.  E.  LAMAR  Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL.  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD    NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 


819-835  ELLIS  ST. 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


Between  Polk  and 
Van    Ness  Avenue 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and   most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.     BRAND   &   CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES 


VULCANIZING 


THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1 143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  12,  1917 


Leaks  from  Wireless 


George  Bernhardt,  as  one  of  the  exponents  of  a  "business 
peace,"  is  naturally  uneasy  at  the  growing  talk  of  peace  without 
indemnities — how  is  Germany  to  bear  the  burden  of  a  war  debt 
of  $30,000,000,000?  But  the  real  question  is  how  the  German 
government  could  bear  it.  The  German  people  might  feel 
obliged  to  dispense  with  the  luxury  of  a  war  lord. 

Those  who  believe,  or  pretend  to  believe,  that  in  a  democ- 
racy nobody  should  be  called  upon  to  perform  this  duty,  as  a 
citizen,  under  compulsion,  may  be  assured  of  a  hearing  if  they 
can  find  a  way  in  which  taxes  can  be  collected  under  a  volun- 
teer system. 

*  *  * 

Years  ago  it  was  no  great  rarity  to  see  in  the  streets  of  Lon- 
don a  gentleman  of  foreign  extraction  with  a  big  drum  on  his 
back,  and  a  variety  of  musical  instruments  garnishing  him, 
from  bells  on  his  head  to  castanets  on  his  toes.  To-day,  owing 
to  the  scarcity  of  bandsmen,  the  County  of  London  Motor  Vol- 
unteers have  adapted  science  to  a  similar  purpose,  and  the  stir- 
ring tunes  of  a  talking  machine  rouse  their  martial  ardor  on  the 

march. 

*  *  * 

A  woman  in  New  York  was  rather  foolishly  fined  $10 
recently  for  calling  President  Wilson  a  "Scotch  parson."  She 
happened  to  be  a  pacificist,  but  what  would  it  have  cost  to  call 

the  president  what  some  blatant  jingoes  have  called  him? 

*  *  * 

"Dixie"  may  become  the  national  song  if  a  bill  passes  which 
is  to  be  presented  in  Congress  shortly.  Although  "America" 
and  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  are  accepted  by  general  con- 
sent as  the  country's  anthems,  there  is  no  law  on  the  subject. 
Professor  Brander  Matthews  of  Columbia  University  argues 
that  the  sectional  character  of  "Dixie"  makes  it  unsuitable  for 
all  parts  of  the  country. 

Not  only  is  John  Philip  Sousa  an  expert  at  wielding  the  baton 
but  he  is  also  a  crack  rifle  shot.  One  hundred  and  twenty-five 
clay  birds  out  of  a  possible  150  fell  victims  to  his  marksman- 
ship at  the  Riverside  traps  of  Back  Bay,  near  Boston.  Inci- 
dentally, he  won  the  trophy  in  the  contest. 

*  *  * 

The  origin  of  the  British  national  anthem  has  often  been  a 
subject  for  discussion,  and  still  remains  an  open  question.  A 
recent  writer,  however,  has  advanced  the  plausible  theory  that 
this  national  anthem  is  founded  on  the  watchword  and  counter- 
sign ordered  through  the  royal  navy  by  King  Henry  VIII's 
Lord  High  Admiral,  in  1545.  The  order,  which  is  preserved  in 
the  State  papers  of  the  period,  runs :  "The  watch  wourde  in  the 
night  shalbe  thus,  'God  save  King  Henrye';  thother  shall 
anuswer,  'And  long  to  raign  over  us.'  " 


-Mistress — And  why  did  you  leave  your  last  situation? 

Applicant — Shure,  mum,  I  was  discharged Mistress — Dis- 
charged !  Ah,  then,  I'm  afraid  you  won't  suit  me.  What  were 
you  discharged  for?  Applicant — For  doing  well,  mum.  Mis- 
tress— Why,  what  do  you  mean?  Where  was  your  last  place? 
Applicant — In  the  hospital. — Tit-Bits. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


The  New 
Poodle  Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Haiihebuiu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  BlMh  St..  Sai  Frudm 


(Above  Kearny) 


Exchiote,  Dourtai  2411 


BLANCO'S  OT-"iKI»1"- 

PHONE  FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH    EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second  St.,    San   Francisco 


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation   Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,    EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND    REPAIRED 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  185J  Cash  Capital.  tt.OOO.ooo 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourn- 
where  In  United  States.   Canada  and  Mexico.     Insurance  against   loss  by 
fire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  Income  by  fire 
ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333   California    Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE    BOND  Typewri^npua-,rDst c"0dvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT   &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO,CAL. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 

Dr.  R.  T.  Leaner,  Surgeon  Chiropodist,  formerly  of  6  Geary  street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.  Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.  212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

~~        ~~      ~~  ATTORN  E  YS- AT-  LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-baw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 


1 866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY      ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent    Merger    Mines   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works.  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  Directors,  held  on  the  sec- 
ond day  of  April,  1917,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share  was 
levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immedi- 
ately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  337  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
day  of  May,  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auc- 
tion, and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Tuesday,  the  19th 
day  of  June.  1917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.   B.  "WADE,   Secretary. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625.000.00 

-  18.526,600.00 

$50,678,200.00 

$277,188.87  1.00 

J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  Gonaral  Manamt 

'••  HK8  and   \  lha  Aiutrnll.n  Mai..   N*w  Inland. 

HJI.  Pai  Tho  linnk  trenmrti 

v  ii.lr.llan  Hanking  Hu.l u 

•  Arrmifr-1 


•pllal 

II  of 
Aramrat*  Aaaata 


Hf.d  Oflta 
CF.ORGF.  STRF.F.T.  SYDNIY 


London  I 
N  THRIADNrH'U   SIRIFT.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO 
SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.0..LL.D  DC  L 


ESTABLISHED  1867 

.  Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHN  AIRD  General  M™%',      Rcscrve  Fund  13.500.000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Assiilani  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288.000.000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  Including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450    CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote.  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stork  $1,000,000,00 
Surplus  and  Un- 

divinVtl  Profits  2,1  I5.891.M 

Deposits  10,618,876.42 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated   Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCHES. W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve   and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING       STORING       PACKING       SHIPPING 

AUTO   SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987    HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  In  the  City 


Ai 


im 


You  buy  your  Tires  at  the  Price  for  which  they  were 
made  to   Sell. 

Marathon  Tires  are  built  to  command  a  price  above  the 
ordinary.  Our  aim  has  been  to  build  the  best  Tire  in 
the  world.  Their  concentrated  Tread  has  rubber 
heaped  up  where  wear  comes  most;  the  Tire  Body  has 
one  or  two  more  layers  of  fabric  than  other  Tires  of 
same  rated  size  — for  extra  strength;  and  there  is  no 
compromise  anywhere  on  quality  of  either  material  or 
workmanship. 


California  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 

W.   H.    HOMER,   General    Manager 
DISTRIBUTERS 

497  Golden  Gate  Ave.,  Cor.  Polk  St. 

TELEPHONE  MARKET  3737  SAN  FRANCISCO 


THE 

Crocker  National  Bank 

OF    SAN     FRANCISCO 

CONDITION  AT  CLOSE  OF  BUSINESS  MAY  1,  1917. 

RESOURCES. 

Loans    and     Discounts $22,620,961.68 

U.    S.    Bonds    1,977,200.00 

Other    Bonds    and    Securities    3,615,909.29 

Capital  Stock  in  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco  130,000.00 

Customers'    Liability    under    Letters    of    Credit 1,969,976.56 

Cash   and   Sight  Exchange    10,607,960.47 

$40,922,008.00 
LIABILITIES 

Capital    $  2,000,000.00 

Surplus   and    Undivided    Profits    3,903,520.63 

Circulation     1,981,000.00 

Letters  of  Credit   1,983,787.56 

Deposits    31 ,053,699.81 

$40,922,008.00 
OFFICERS 
WM.  H.  CROCKER,  President  JOHN     CLAUSEN ..  .Vice-Pres't 

CHAS.    E.    GREEN.. Vice-Pres't        G.    W.    EBNER Asst.    Cashier 

JAS.     J.     FAGAN Vice-Pres't       B.    D.    DEAN     Asst.    Cashier 

W.    GREGG,    JR Vice-Pres't       J.   M.   MASTEN Asst.  Cashier 

and    Cashier       D.    J.    MURPHY.  .Asst.    Cashier 

J.     B.     McCARGAR.. Vice-Pres't        F.    G.    WILLIS Asst.    Cashier 

H.    C.   SIMPSON Asst.    Manager   Foreign    Dept. 

G.    FERIS    BALDWIN    Auditor 

BOARD   OF  DIRECTORS 
WM.    H.   CROCKER  CHAS.    E.   GREEN 

CHARLES  T.    CROCKER  W.    GREGG,   Jr. 

JAS.  J.   FAGAN  A.  F.  MORRISON 

GEORGE   W.   SCOTT  S.  F.   B.   MORSE 


■H 


Your 
Vacation 


SHOULD     MEAN 
Rest — Health — Pleasure 

There  are   hundreds  of  Mountain   and    Seaside 
Resorts  only  a  few  hours  away. 

SUGGESTIONS: 

Alameda  Beaches 

Monterey  Bay  Points 

Santa  Cruz  Mountain  Resorts 

Shasta  Resorts— Sierra  Resorts 

Yosemite— Lake  Tahoe 

Lake  County  Resorts 

Klamath  Lake  Region 

Crater  Lake— Huntington  Lake 

Los  Angeles  and  its  Beaches 

Write  for  Free  Booklet  —  state  region  you 
prefer.  We  will  gladly  assist  you  in  arranging 
a  delightful  trip.    ASK  ANY  AGENT. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


REPORT    OF    CONDITION    OF 

THE  ANGLO  AND  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN    FRANCISCO 

AT  THE    CLOSE   OF    BUSINESS    MAY    1,    1917 

RESOURCES 

Loans    and   discounts    128,765,298.70 

U.  S.  Bonds  to  secure  circulation  at  par  2,800,000.00 

Other  U.  S.  Bonds  at  par  1.047,000.00 

Other    Bonds    10,310,821.14 

Other    Assets     777,090.94 

Customers'  Liability  on  letters  of  credit  and  acceptances  5,710,907.01 
Cash  and  sight  exchange    25,291,530.00 

374,702,647.79 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital    stock    $  4,000.000.00 

Surplus  and  undivided  profits   2,256,960.54 

Circulation    2.744,700.00 

Letters  of  credit,  domestic  and  foreign  and  acceptances    5,710,907.01 
Deposits    59,990,080.24 

$74,702,647.79 

OFFICERS 
HERBERT    FLEISHHACKER,    President 
Mortimer    Fleishhacker,  H.   Choynski,  Asst.  Cashier 

Vice-Pres.       Win,    H.    High,    Asst.    Cashier 
Washington     Dodge,     Vice-Pres.       J.  W.  Lilienthal,  Jr.,  Asst.  Cash'r 
J.   Friedlander,   Vice-Pres.  Fred    F.    Ouer,   Asst.   Cashier 

C.    F.    Hunt,   Vice-Pres.  W.   F.   Duffy,  Asst.  Cashier 

E.   W.  Wilson,   Vice-Pres.  J.   G.   Anderson,  Asst.   Cashier 

C.    R.    Parker,   Cashier  Geo.  A.  Van  Smith,  Asst.  Cash'r 

A.    L.    Langerman,   Secretary 


SAN  F*ANC!»Co 


Oevotsd  to  th«   Liming   Intartati  of  California  and  in«  Pacific  Coaat. 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  MAY  19,  1917 


NO.  20 


NEWS   LETTER   AND   I 
I  published  erory  Saturday  i> 
I 
5M.     Bantered  at  San  Francisco.  Cal 


LA  ADVHR- 

■ 
•  as  sccond- 

irge  Street  &  Company,  30  Cornhlll.  E.  C.  England. 

ition    in    the   current   nuini..r   ..f   the   SAN 

NfcWS    LKTTKR  ANIl  CALIFORNIA   ADVERTISER  should 

i   than  5  p.  m.  Wednesday 

rlptlon    Rates    ■including:   postage)— 1    year,    J5;    6   months.    12.75 

1  year  J7.E0:  6  months.  J4.00.     Canada:   1  year,  J6.25;  6  month?. 


He  who  raises  Cain  in  this  war  is  only  surpassed  in  re- 
turns by  the  man  with  the  hoe. 

General  Apathy  seems  to  be  cutting  a  reputation  for 

himself  in  some  parts  of  the  western  world. 

Herbert  Hoover  used  too  delicate  an  expression  when  he 

referred  to  the  food  speculators  of  the  country  as  "skunks." 

The  German  aviators  have  painted  their  aeroplanes  in 

the  colors  of  the  rainbow.    Under  any  colors  their  name  is  mud. 

California's  quota  under  the  conscription  act  is  362,000 

men,  and  there's  a  million  more  watching  and  waiting  behind 
that  levy. 

Organized  labor  hooked  most  of  its  chestnuts  out  of  the 

fire  during  the  recent  session  of  the  Legislature;  thanks  to  a 
well-armed  bludgeon  lobby. 

By  the  close  shave  of  one  vote  in  the  Senate,  Senator 

Johnson  enabled  the  yellow  press  to  continute  to  squawk  slush 
war  news  for  the  readers  of  the  country. 

Turks  and  Austrian  delegates  are  seeking  peace,  accord- 
ing to  this  week's  cable  dispatches.  Does  this  mean  that  "I 
und  Gott"  combination  is  being  dissolved  ? 

Hoover  declares  that  without  Government  control  flour 

will  go  to  $20  a  barrel.  In  that  case  let  Hoover  step  on  the 
barrel  and  issue  his  ukase  against  the  food  speculators. 

Princess  Troubetzkoy,  once   known   as   Amelie    Rives, 

animadverts  on  Billy  Sunday  as  being  blasphemous.  A  sick 
cat  would  grin  at  this  action  of  the  pot  calling  the  kettle  black. 

That  ghost  submarine  seen  every  few  days  off  the  At- 
lantic coast  by  editors  eager  to  publish  a  sensation  each  day 
doesn't  seem  to  have  a  chance  of  being  caught,  try  as  she  may. 

The  Government  should  intervene  with  the  Big  Stick  in 

the  present  antics  of  the  grain  speculators  in  the  Chicago  ex- 
change, who  are  playing  off-side  foot  work  in  boosting  the  price 
of  wheat. 

It  must  pay  to  be  wet  in  dry  Seattle.  For  the  second  time 

this  year  the  police  there  have  reduced  the  New  Cecil  Cafe  to 
kindling  wood  because  an  unsuspicious  waiter  supplied  a  police- 
man in  disguise  with  a  drink  of  whisky. 

Governor  Bickett  of  North  Carolina  declares  that  the 

the  baseball  series  of  the  country  be  ended  and  the  husky, 
athletic  players  sent  to  the  front.  They  would  certainly  score 
heavily  in  hand  pitching  shells  at  the  enemy. 

Isn't  it  somewhat  singular  that  only  the  Yellow  Press  of 

the  country  is  yelping  against  what  is  calls  a  "gag  law."  The 
Government  knows  its  business  in  this  field  much  better  than 
the  fake  stripe  of  newspapers  of  the  country. 


War  is  kicking  down  the  fences  of  many  old-time  no- 
tions; the  Stockton  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  voted  to  let 
down  the  immigration  bars  to  admit  Asiatic  coolies.  European 
countries  are  considering  the  same  idea  for  agricultural  pur- 
poses. 

Its  more  than  singular  that  the  political  bosses  controll- 
ing the  City  Hall  can  create  new  positions  for  their  favorite 
henchmen  to  draw  substantial  salaries  while  other  favored 
henchmen  cling  to  the  salary  teats  with  practically  nothing 
tc  do. 

An  army  of  100,000  school  boys  of  the  State  is  being 

organized  to  help  gather  the  farm  and  fruit  crops  of  the  State. 
When  a  wing  of  that  legion  hits  the  orchard  belt  it  will  look  like 
a  territory  ravaged  by  the  Prussians.  Like  our  recent  Gov- 
ernor, boys  must  eat. 

Evidently  the  up-to-date  God  of  War  is  a  dope-eater  of 

class.  The  local  Collector  of  Cumstoms  seized  $50,000  worth 
cf  opium,  this  week,  and  forwarded  it  to  the  surgeon  at  Wash- 
ington to  be  manufactured  by  the  government  into  medicine 
used  by  the  army  and  navy. 

The  money  sharks  of  the  town,  who  have  been  sucking 

the  financial  life  out  of  city  employes,  should  be  run  out  of  the 
Civic  Center  and  continued  on  a  bounce  out  of  business  through 
the  enactment  of  proper  laws  against  the  extortionate  local 
money-lending  ring  of  Shylocks. 

Earl  Janke,  a  pier  employe  at  Richmond,  on  San  Fran- 
cisco bay,  rescued  a. mother  and  three  children  from  drowning 
when  carried  off  the  wharf  by  a  backing  automobile.  The 
mother  was  rescued  last  and  died.  Something  more  than  a 
Carnegie  medal  should  be  given  hero  Janke. 

In  spite  of  protests,  the  Germans  have  drafted  Belgians 

into  the  Teutonic  army,  according  to  admissions  made  in  the 
Reichstag.  That  is  going  back  to  the  barbarous  days  when 
their  ancestors  claimed  captives  in  gangs  and  forced  them  into 
the  forefront  of- the  battle  line  against  the  enemy. 

-The  Grim  God  of  War  hasn't  put  anything  over  on  Little 

Dan  Cupid  these  days,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  eighteen 
engagements  were  announced  this  week  at  the  senior  women's 
banquet  at  the  Key  Route  Inn,  the  result  of  unusually  appealing 
moonlight  nights  on  the  University  campus. 

An  American  legion  carrying  the  Stars  and  Stripes  in 

the  European  war  against  Prussian  Absolutism  is  distinctly  nec- 
essary on  the  part  of  the  country  that  established  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  on  free  soil  and  invited,  kindred  souls 
of  the  world  to  live  under  its  banner  of  Freedom  and  De- 
mocracy. 

For  the  first  time  in  a  thousand  years  of  British  history 

another  flag  than  England's  has  been  raised  over  the  British 
Parliament  building,  an  American  flag  to  mark  the  entry  of  the 
United  States  on  the  side  of  England  and  her  allies.  No  bet- 
ter flag  could  be  flung  there  to  unite  the  Anglo-Saxons  in  the 
common  cause  of  democracy. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Draft  and 
Its  Meaning 


The  forth  coming  line  up  of  the 
army  draft,  this  month,  will  give 
many  young  men  of  this  generation 
a  mental  jolt  of  new  responsibility 
regarding  their  citizenship  and  their  relation,  in  physical  sup- 
port to  the  government.  The  preliminary  drilling  and  camp 
life  will  initiate  them  into  an  entirely  new  phase  of  citizenship 
with  which  the  European  nations  have  been  familiar  since  the 
Napoleonic  wars.  This  draft  is  the  acid  test  of  a  nation  threat- 
ened with  a  struggle  for  material  or  spiritual  existence.  In  this 
instance  it  is  Autocracy  striving  with  every  war  resource  and 
expedient  to  crush  Democracy;  an  appeal  that  should  win  the 
generous  support  of  every  citizen  able  to  bear  arms.  The 
500,000  men  enrolled  in  the  first  call,  May  31,  will  form  the 
first  unit  of  7,000,000  men.  Of  these  only  a  small  percentage 
will  see  service  abroad.  The  United  States  will  help  its  allies 
in  other  ways,  with  money, 


provisions,  ships,  muni- 
tions, engineers  and  arti- 
sans. 

Practically  all  the  men 
drafted  for  army  service 
will  be  trained  into  com- 
petent soldiers  to  meet  any 
war  emergency  that  may 
threaten  this  country.  Pre- 
paredness will  thereby  be 
guaranteed.  The  nations  of 
the  world  will  be  shown 
that  with  a  first  unit  of 
7,000,000  well  armed  and 
officered  battalions,  backed 
by  the  second  largest  navy 
of  the  world,  is  not  to  be 
threatened  with  impunity. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  for- 
eigners who  have  become 
American  citizens  will  in 
this  great  call  to  the  colors 
lay  aside  their  former  na- 
tionality as  Servians,  Poles, 
Greeks  and  the  like,  and 
weld  themselves  into  the 
nation  and  hereafter  call 
themselves  Americans.  Eu- 
rope will  be  transformed 
mentally  and  morally 
through  the  agonies  of  this 
great  war.  President  Wil- 
son, through  this  call  to 
arms,  is  endeavoring  to  line 
up  America  to  meet  that 
situation  through  Prepared- 
ness in  its  finer  and  larger 
sense.   . 

»■ 

Roosevelt  to  the  Front 
The  vote  of  Congress  to 
permit  Colonel  Roosevelt  to 
organize  a  division  of 
American  troops  for  active 

service  on  the  firing  line  alongside  of  the  French  and  British 
veterans  gives  an  added  significance  of  the  loyal  co-operation 
of_America  in  this  great  contest  to  preserve  Democracy.  The 
sight  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  flying  on  the  battle  line  will  have 
a  new  significance  to  the  Prussians,  something  they  can  well 
take  home  and  ponder  over  in  the  years  following  the  war's 
close.  A  division  is  hardly  big  enough  to  make  even  a  small 
nick  in  the  casualties  of  the  Prussians,  but  its  moral  effect 
on  the  world  will  be  large  and  lasting.  Colonel  Roosevelt  can 
be  relied  upon  to  score  in  the  advance  of  battle;  no  one  can 
gainsay  his  eagerness  to  shine  and  at  the  same  time  get  forth- 
right results.  As  a  hustler  in  assembling  his  command  and 
rushing  it  to  the  front  with  adequate  equipment  he  has  no  equal, 


as  was  illustrated  in  the  war  with  Spain.  As  President,  he  be- 
came familiar  with  all  the  ramfications  of  the  Army  and  Navy 
Departments  and  in  making  headway  he  takes  advantage  of  the 
short  cuts.  Shortcuts  have  become  a  habit  with  the  Colonel 
and  he  can  be  relied  upon  in  this  wise  to  force  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  to  the  forefront. 

SB- 
Labor  in  this  country  is  basking  in 
golden  days  comparatively.  Not  a 
week  passes  without  notice  of  some 
big  corporation  announcing  a  volun- 
tary raise  in  wages.  Labor  is  at  a  premium  and  industrial  plants 
going  on  three  shifts  in  the  twenty-four  hours  and  producing 
extra  dividends  on  the  corporation  stock  find  no  time  to  quibble 
over  pay.  But  what  as  to  labor's  position  after  the  war  ?  That 
question  has'  been  worrying  numbers  of  European  statesmen. 

Careful   plans   are   already 


Labor's  Chance 
After  the  War 


'^MaI 


"BEAT   IT." 
(By  special  aritst  of  News  Letter.) 


under  way  among  the  bel- 
ligerent nations  to  disband 
their  armies  in  such  a  way 
that  the  files  may  be  drafted 
straight  to  the  work  shop, 
farm,  mill  or  occupation 
best  fitted  to  the  discharged 
soldiers.  As  in  the  case  of 
doctors,  all  European  econo- 
mists do  not  agree  regard- 
ing the  labor  situation  after 
the  war.  Some  think  that 
depression  will  follow  and 
industrial  pursuits  go  to  pot. 
These  views  are  based  on 
conclusions  that  deal  with 
the  Napoleonic  wars.  In- 
dustrial pursuits  have  been 
transformed  since  then  and 
more  elasticity  permeates 
trade.  Leading  employers 
and  labor  men  in  Europe 
agree  that  the  problem  will 
be  quickly  bridged  if  em- 
ployers and  labor  can  be 
brought  quickly  face  to 
face,  a  matter  of  organiza- 
tion. This  phase  is  being 
rapidly  attacked  by  the  es- 
tablishment of  employment 
exchanges  throughout  the 
countries  and  bonds  of  co- 
operation between  associa- 
tions of  employer  and  labor 
representatives.  More  and 
more  as  the  weeks  go  by 
the  machinery  of  employ- 
ment is  being  largely  im- 
proved. Back  of  all  this  is 
the  Unemployment  Insur- 
ance Act  to  help  out  work- 
ers at  a  pinch.  Employer 
and  labor  are  reported  sat- 
isfied that  the  situation  is 
in  a  fair  way  to  be  worked  out  in  practical  and  satisfactory 
fashion.  Naturally  at  some  points  temporary  kinks  may  de- 
velop, but  these  in  ordinary  time  will  be  worked  out. 

Just  how  much  anarchy  is  developing  in  Russia  these 

wild  days  readers  in  this  country  will  never  know  till  some 
substratum  of  truth  comes  to  light  following  the  close  of  the 
war.  News  from  that  quarter  is  rigidly  censored  by  the  British 
and  what  news  dodges  through  the  lines  to  outside  nations  is 
infected  strongly  with  political  virus.  The  news  published  in 
the  daily  papers  emanates  largely  from  political  sources  in 
power  that  are  avid  to  attain  their  ambitious  ends  in  the  mael- 
strom of  rapidly  shifting  events. 


May  19.  1917 


and  California  A 


TOWN    CRIER 

The  Shylock  bund  of  organized  money  lenders  at  the 

City  Hall  that  unconscionably  feeds  on  the  dependent  s.i 
list  there  was  given  a  jolt,  this  week,  by  Mayor  Rolph  and  his 
aids.     Auditor  Thomas  Boyle  discovered  one  old  woman,  a 

ndmother.  who  paid  one  of  these  extortionate  brokers  $1 
interest  on  a  loan  of  $150.  money  to  be  used  in  the  burial  of 
her  daughter.  Her  pay  was  $90  a  month  and  for  seven  year* 
the  screw  of  a  money  lender  took  this  money  and  gave  her 
just  enough  money  to  keep  body  and  soul  together  in  order  to 
secure  the  everlasting  interest  due  him.  Auditor  Boyle  fol 
the  grinding  usurer  to  cancel  all  further  interest  and  to  accept 
payment  on  the  principal  at  the  rate  of  $5  per  month.  Despite 
the  fact  that  his  screwship  was  kicked  out  of  the  City  Hall 
he  got  off  too  easily.  For  years  past  this  bund  of  Shylocks 
have  fattened  on  the  poorer  class  of  city  employees,  who  at 
times  are  compelled  by  necessity  to  sign  over  their  warrants 
for  cash.  Efforts  have  been  made  before  to  ban  them  from 
plying  their  trade  at  the  City  Hall,  but  they  are  hand  in  glove 
with  the  politicians  who  dictate  favors  at  the  Civic  Center  and 
so  manage  to  hold  their  trade  there.  The  present  campaign 
has  developed  such  nasty  and  poignant  cases  that  more  drastic 
measures  may  be  taken,  especially  as  Mayor  Rolph  has  shown 
an  interest  in  the  crusade. 

The  attempt  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of 

Supervisors  to  increase  the  budget  of  San  Francisco  by 
$5,000,000,  under  present  conditions,  was  one  of  the  rawest 
and  most  bungling  pieces  of  legerdemain  ever  attempted  in 
this  rotten  political  borough.  The  attempt  drew  the  savage 
roasting  from  all  quarters  that  it  deserved.  The  former  raking 
given  the  board  on  their  practices  by  the  Bureau  of  Municipal 
Research  of  New  York  ought,  under  ordinary  circumstances,  to 
have  kept  them  within  at  least  the  bonds  of  common  decency 
as  regards  putting  the  "crusher"  on  taxpayers.  However,  the 
lashings  scared  them  to  an  extent  that  they  found  it  a  simple 
matter  to  cut  last  year's  budget  by  $5,000,000,  which  means 
a  cut  of  $1,000,000  on  their  proposed  budget  for  purposes  of 
expenditures  next  year.  Can  you  beat  it?  What  a  farce  on 
one  side  and  irony  on  the  other;  a  travesty  on  municipal  ex- 
travagance and  menacing  tomfoolery,  a  case  where  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  ought  to  make  diligent  inquiry.  Here  is  an 
entering  wedge  to  investigate  these  irrepressibles  in  scattering 
the  taxpayers'  money.  The  saving  in  salaries  in  "dead"  posi- 
tions in  the  City  Hall  would  far  more  than  pay  the  cost  of  in- 
vestigation to  taxpayers. 

Congress    airily   tossed    President    Wilson    a    gorgeous 

prickly  thistle  in  the  amendment  to  the  Army  bill  empowering 
him  to  make  Colonel  Roosevelt  a  General  and  authorize  him  to 
raise  a  volunteer  division  for  action  in  the  first  line  of  the 
French  trenches.  Paris  had  a  much  easier  task  than  the  Presi- 
dent. The  latter  is  officially  head  of  the  Army  and  Navy  and 
under  ordinary  circumstances  he  gets  away  with  any  old  sort  of 
conundrums  that  may  crop  up  along  this  line  of  his  duties.  But 
when  the  Colonel  is  shunted  upon  the  board  the  problem  is 
immediately  transformed  into  a  mix  up  of  some  kind;  a  hitch, 
irritation  and  a  controversy  with  an  impish  devil  stirring  ill- 
feeling.  Colonel  Roosevelt  is  capable  to  head  such  an  expedi- 
tion and  can  readily  recruit  ten  times  the  men  allowed  him. 
But  regular  army  officers,  with  wider  experience  and  higher 
command,  cannot  understand  why  they  are  not  given  this  en- 
viable command  to  win  glery  for  the  stars  and  stripes.  Roose- 
velt is  generally  regarded  as  a  civilian  and  to  donate  this  golden 
opportunity  to  a  civilian  in  preference  to  a  regular  army  officer, 
lequires  something  more  than  nerve  on  the  part  of  the  President. 

War  is  certainly  in  the  air  these  days  and  is  riotously 

infectious.  Fifty  landowners  near  Oroville,  who  were  in  a 
dispute  with  the  Gridley  Land  &  Water  Company,  cut  short  a 
scrappy  controversy  over  payment  of  water  supply,  took  forci- 
ble possession  of  the  water  system  and  turned  the  flow  on  their 
2000  acres  to  save  the  crops.  Armed  guards  were  planted  at 
the  flood  gates  and  small  squads  of  the  kickers  occupied  the 
most  defensible  positions  on  the  landscape  affected.  When  the 
soaking  seemed  sufficient,  a  committee  of  these  independents 
notified  the  county  judge  of  ther  action.  What  could  a  county 
judge  do  in  a  bailiwick  where  the  farmers  ballots  are  the  meal 


ticket*  of  the  county  judge  ; 
<i»dge  passed  the  matter  adroit! 
mission,  a  judicial  body  that  is  abo 
banquets,  three  a  day. 


■ 


Yes.  it  is  a  good  deal  of  money.    John  II  w  manager 

of  the  New  York  Giants,  signed  a  contract  recently 
forty  thousand  .-ar  for  five  years  and  a 

club's  profits  besides.  Forty  thousand  is  enough  to  support  a 
baker's  dorcn  of  college  professors,  a  raft  of  ministers,  and  half 
the  struggling  artists  in  America,  but.  then,  one  must  remember 

.iscball  wouldn't  be  quite  the  same  if  McG: 
fighting  with  the  Giants.     The  games  at  the  Polo  Grounds 
would  lose  spice  if  Mac  did  not  dive  from  the  dugout  to  hold 
blistering  colloquy  with  the  umpire,  and,  usually,  to  finish  his 
speech  outside  the  fence. 

McGraw  went  to  New  York  in  the  fall  of  1902  to  take  charge 
of  a  tail-end  team.  He  had  no  chance  to  better  the  position  of 
the  club  that  year,  but  in  1903  he  finished  second. 

In  1904  he  won  the  National  League  pennant,  but  did  not  play 
for  the  world's  championship.  In  1905  he  won  the  pennant  and 
the  series  with  the  Athletics  for  the  world's  title. 

In  1906  his  supposedly  invincible  club  was  shot  to  pieces  by 
accident,  and  he  had  to  rebuild.  In  1911,  1912  and  1913  he 
won  the  National  League  pennant  with  the  team  that  has  only 
comparatively  recently  been  dismantled  and  dispersed,  but  he 
was  beaten  each  year  in  the  world's  series. 

Again  he  had  to  rebuild,  and  he  starts  the  present  season  with 
the  club  that  hung  up  a  new  major-league  baseball  record  last 
year  with  twenty-six  straight  victories.  It  was  last  season,  too, 
but  not  with  the  same  club,  that  McGraw  hung  up  the  record  of 
seventeen  straight  victories  away  from  home,  which  is  in  itself 
a  new  mark  for  baseball. 

He  is  one  of  the  few  managers  who  have  won  five  pennants. 
In  1908  he  finished  in  a  tie  with  Chicago,  on  account  of  the 
memorable  Merkle  incident,  but  lost  the  play-off  game. 

McGraw  was  forty-four  years  old  on  April  7th.  He  entered 
the  big  league  about  1893  with  the  famous  Baltimore  Orioles 
and  was  a  great  player  in  his  day. 


IAN  HAY  ENTERTAINED   AT  LUNCHEON   BY  BOOK- 
SELLERS' ASSOCIATION. 

Ian  Hay,  gallant  soldier,  popular  novelist  and  fascinating 
lecturer,  in  whom  San  Franciscans  enjoyed  an  unusual  treat 
this  past  week,  was  widely  entertained,  both  by  individuals  and 
by  organizations  during  the  week.  On  Monday  last  he  was 
the  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon  in  the  Italian  room  of  the  St. 
Francis  given  by  the  Booksellers'  Association  of  San  Francisco, 
at  which  Paul  Elder  presided  as  toastmaster  and  A.  Carnegie- 
Ross,  British  Consulate-General,  Judge  William  W.  Morrow  and 
George  Douglas  spoke,  as  well  as  Captain  Beith.  Those  who 
attended  the  luncheon  and  met  Captain  Beith  were  Judge  and 
Mrs.  William  W.  Morrow,  John  Lawson,  A.  Carnegie  Ross, 
William  H.  Crocker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Robertson,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Robertson,  Henry  T.  Scott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Elder,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Newbegin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Levinson,  Miss  Kath- 
erine  Ritchie,  Mrs.  Genevieve  Parkhurst,  Loring  Pickering,  Wil- 
liam Prohme,  Alfred  Holman,  S.  Perry  Wilson,  Harry  P.  Stow 
and  many  others. 


YE  OLDE  TIME  BRITISH  FAIR  IS  READY 

The  Olde  Time  British  Fair  and  Festival,  which  is  to  be  held 
in  Native  Sons'  Hall,  on  Empire  Day,  next  Thursday,  May 
24th,  and  the  two  following  days,  is  progressing  vigorously 
under  the  work  of  willing  hands  of  the  war  relief  organizations, 
namely,  the  British-American  War  Relief  Fund,  the  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  of  the  British-American  League,  and  the  Overseas 
Club.  The  object  is  to  supply  the  necessary  medical  and  surgi- 
cal and  other  hospital  comforts  for  the  relief  of  the  brave  fel- 
lows who  are  suffering  so  severely  from  the  ravages  of  this  ter- 
rible war.  Donations  of  cash  should  be  addressed  to  the 
"British  Fair  and  Festival,"  836  Mills  building,  and  goods  ad- 
dressed to  the  business  manager,  713  Claus  Spreckels  building, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


Vive  L' Union  Club. 

Patriotism  is  rampant  in  the  smart  set.  From  Blingum  to 
the  Pacific  Union  Club,  from  the  seats  of  the  mighty  to  the 
seats  of  the  highty-tighty  one  hears  nothing  but  war  talk,  and 
in  some  of  these  places  something  besides  talk  is  animating 
the  atmosphere. 

For  example,  up  at  the  Pacific  Union  Club,  where  any  man 
with  the  proper  credentials  and  an  amplified  bank  account  has 
been  able  to  cultivate  embonpoint,  an  amazing  demonstration 
of  patriotic  ardor  is  being  made  along  the  line  of  greatest  self- 
sacrifice. 

Some  of  the  directors  decided  that  practical  patriotism  de- 
manded cutting  down  the  number  of  courses  served  at  the  club 
meals  and  the  order  was  given  to  the  chef  and  the  stewards. 
If  the  food  shortage  is  as  serious  as  Hoover  and  other  experts 
insist,  these  gentlemen,  in  fine  renunciatory  spirit,  felt  that  the 
club  menu  must  be  curtailed  to  stiffen  the  morale  of  the 
country. 

So  it  came  to  pass  in  this  very  center  of  culinary  art,  in  this 
brownstone  monument  to  the  fastidious  palate,  that  a  tuck  was 
taken  in  the  menu,  a  neat  little  tuck  carefully  measured  to  the 
r.eeds  of  the  times  and  when  the  uninitiated  gourmet  sat  him 
down  for  his  "usual"  he  found  that  it  had  been  curtailed,  and 
the  shock  is  said  to  have  almost  given  a  nervous  chill  to  some 
members,  while  others  regard  it  with  high  good  humor  as  a 
necessary  adjustment  to  the  situation. 

©    ©    © 
Patriotic  Wives  Folloiv  Suit. 

Now  the  wives  of  the  married  men  in  the  Pacific  Union  Club 
are  wondering  whether  they  ought  to  cut  down  the  quantity  of 
food  served  in  the  Francisca,  the  Town  and  Country,  and  the 
Athletic  Club,  the  three  big  clubs  where  women  foregather  at 
the  luncheon  hour.  In  none  of  these  has  the  menu  ever  been 
so  elaborate  as  in  the  men's  clubs,  but  there  are  women  who 
feel  that  the  fare  could  be  cut  down  and  there  is  much  specula- 
tion about  the  next  club  to  follow  the  example  of  the  Pacific 
Union  Club.  It  must  also  be  admitted  that  there  is  some 
speculation  about  how  long  the  Pacific  Union  will  accept  the 
curtailed  menu  and  whether  the  curtailment  is  really  necessary. 

©     ©    © 
First  Aid  for  Society. 

Down  the  Peninsular  way  the  woman  who  is  not  taking  some 
Red  Cross  course  is  as  rare  as  an  automobile  owner  who  has 
never  been  arrested  for  speeding!  Most  of  the  women  are 
taking  the  First  Aid  work  in  Menlo  and  they  talk  in  terms  of 
bandaging  and  resuscitating  the  sick  and  wounded  just  as 
though  they  were  going  to  spend  the  rest  of  their  lives  binding 
up  damaged  heroes. 

In  spite  of  the  serious  way  the  women  are  going  in  for  this 
sort  of  work  only  those  absolutely  devoid  of  all  humor  have 
any  false  idea  of  just  how  useless  they  might  be  in  emergency. 
Most  of  them  realize  that  they  would  probably  never  be  en- 
trusted with  any  more  important  work  than  the  scrubbing  of  a 
hospital  floor,  but  they  all  have  a  feeling  that  taking  some 
course  or  other  is  an  evidence  of  their  willingness  to  serve  if 
called  upon. 

©    ©    © 

The  Die  in  Dietetics. 

The  society  group  which  is  taking  courses  in  dietetics,  as 
some  sort  of  intelligent  solution  of  the  food  problem,  has  en- 
tered upon  a  new  world,  a  world  measured  in  terms  of  calories, 
and  one  hears  the  fuel  value  of  food  discussed  at  dinner  parties. 
For  example,  the  other  night  at  a  dinner  party  given  by  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Bourne,  some  one  who  is  studying  dietetics,  figured  out 
the  exact  amount  of  heat  and  energy,  of  fat  and  carbohydrate 
and  protein  which  the  man  on  her  right  was  getting  out  of  his 
dinner  and  convinced  him  that  the  surplus  he  had  eaten  would 
keep  a  Belgian  child  alive  for  a  week. 

And   of   course   he   was   entirely   flattened   out   before   the 


prodigy  of  her  knowledge  and  he  took  occasion  to  congratulate 
her  husband  upon  her  scientific  grasp  of  the  subject. 

Friend-Husband  rose  to  the  occasion  and  affirmed  that  ever 
since  wife  had  begun  to  chase  the  calories  through  the  mazes 
of  the  food  problem  he  had  lost  steadily  in  weight,  and  that  a 
protein  on  a  chart  did  not  look  as  good  to  him  as  a  porterhouse 
on  the  table.  Which  is  very  merry  and  husbandlike — but  not 
true  according  to  those  who  have  joined  the  dietetic  squad. 
They  all  maintain  that  they  are  for  the  first  time  in  their  lives 
getting  an  intelligent  understanding  of  food  values  and  the 
reaction  in  family  life  cannot  help  but  be  beneficial.  About 
fifty  society  women  are  enrolled  among  the  hundreds  who  are 
taking  this  course. 

©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  No  Longer  Slim  Princess. 

Mrs.  Carolan,  by  the  way,  has  taken  one  of  the  cures  designed 
to  pad  throbbing  nerves  with  a  comforting  layer  of  fat  and 
instead  of  the  slim,  attenuated  lines  which  have  distinguished 
her  figure  for  years,  she  is  now  curvilinear  to  a  degree,  and 
looks  so  different  that  her  oldest  friends  had  to  take  a  second 
look  at  her  when  she  emerged  from  the  rest  cure  billowing  over 
the  dividing  line  between  slenderness  and  plumpness.  Mrs. 
Carolan  has  a  highly  developed  sense  of  the  dramatic  as  well 
as  a  fine  sense  of  humor  and  she  is  enjoying  playing  the  new 
role  of  a  "fat  lady"  and  watching  the  effect  on  her  friends. 

©    ©     © 
Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Tobin's  Metamorphosis 

Mrs.  Carolan's  metamorphosis  from  slenderness  reminds  me 
of  the  chamelion-like  change  once  achieved  by  Mrs.  Joseph 
Sadoc  Tobin,  who,  after  a  similar  rest  cure  and  feeding  up 
process,  emerged  on  the  landscape,  or  rather  bulged  so  large 
en  the  landscape  that  the  members  of  her  own  family  did  not 
lecognize  her. 

Mrs.  Tobin  has  always  been  one  of  the  most  stunning  women 
in  society  and  her  figure  has  been  the  envy  of  other  women 
inflicted  with  the  too,  too,  solid  flesh  of  obesity.  So  it  was 
the  greatest  surprise  to  everyone  that  anyone  endowed  with  a 
perfect  figure  should  submit  to  the  "strassberg  goose"  stuffing 
regime  and  destroy  lovely  flowing  lines  with  cushions  of  fat. 
But,  like  Mrs.  Carolan,  Mrs.  Tobin  enjoyed  the  role  of  a  "fat 
lady"  for  a  while  and  then  Nature  asserted  herself  and  she  lost 
the  superfluous  flesh  that  had  been  wished  on  her. 

©     ©    © 
Ambulances  for  France. 

Those  interested  in  the  American  Field  Ambulance  Fund 
for  France  are  wondering  whether  they  ought  to  claim  that  this 
city  has  sent  ten  ambulances  or  twelve  to  France. 

The  benefit  on  Friday  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  brought  the 
number  raised  in  this  city  to  ten,  but  two  of  those  raised  at  the 
New  York  benefit  in  honor  of  the  two  units  of  California  Uni- 
versity boys  who  recently  went  to  France  to  join  the  Ambu- 
lance Corps  were  donated  by  Californians  who  asked  that  their 
ambulances  be  credited  to  the  California  rather  than  the  New 
York  contribution. 

©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Jackling  and  Mrs.  Whitman  Donors. 

Mrs.  Daniel  Jackling  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  are  the 
two  generous  Californians  who  gave  ambulances  at  the  New 
York  meeting,  which  a  correspondent  in  that  city  tells  me  was  a 
reunion  of  all  the  expatriated  San  Franciscans,  and  the  college 
boys  were  given  an  enthusiastic  reception  and  farewell. 

©    ©    © 
The  Stork  Visits  the  Herbert  Aliens. 

The  Jacklings  plan  to  remain  in  New  York  for  several  weeks 
longer.    Mrs.  Jackling,  like  all  the  other  members  of  the  Joliffe 


Physicians 


years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 


Bay  Murine  of  your  Druggist—accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 


S3?  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  K 


xssssssss&ssssssssssssssssss^^ 


I 


May  19.  1917 


and  California  Adv< 


family,  was  delighted  over  lhat  the  stork  had  left  a 

baby  boy  in  the  home  of  the  Herbert  Aliens.    Mrs.  Allen,  who 
ii  the  youngest  of  the  beautiful  Joliffe  sisters,  named  h 
baby.  Jackling.  who 

mother  of  that  fortunate  young  lady— fortunate  because  Mr. 
Jackling  has  bestowed  upon  her  an  independent  fortune,  and 
when  she  grows  to  young  ladyhood  she  will  belong  to  that  most 
comfortable  contingent — the  economically  independent. 

The  Theriots  Move  /'!(•■  New  Horn,-. 

The  Ferdie  Theriots  will  shortly  move  into  the  beautiful  new 
home  which  they  have  built  on  the  corner  of  Gough  and  Jackson 
streets.  It  is  one  of  the  imposing  new  homes  in  that  neighbor- 
hood and  Mrs.  Theriot  has  naturally  spent  the  last  few  months 
selecting  the  furnishings  of  the  home,  and  her  friends  are  look- 
ing forward  to  seeing  the  finished  product. 

Much  to  the  delight  of  the  family  and  friends,  Mrs.  De 
Young,  who  has  not  been  well  for  many  months,  is  now  gaining 
a  little  in  strength. 


Attractive  Entertainment  of  Mrs.  Richards'  Pupils. 

Wednesday  afternoon.  May  23rd,  at  2:30  o'clock  the  Hotel 
Oakland  will  entertain  one  hundred  children  at  a  most  unique 
party — color  scheme  blue  and  pink.  These  children  are  pupils 
of  Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Fay  Richards,  Hotel  Oakland  and  Hotel 
St.  Francis  Private  Schools.  A  delightful  exhibition  will  pre- 
cede the  collation.  Mrs.  Richards'  Private  Schools  will  hold  a 
concession  80x50  feet  at  the  Fete  Feministe,  to  be  given  at  Mrs. 
Frank  Havens'  Wildwood. 

Mrs.  Richards  will  take  full  charge  of  visiting  children,  both 
entertaining  and  instructing  them  in  folk  dancing  and  table 
work.  On  this  concession,  the  pupils  will  sell  clay  for  clay 
modeling,  kindergarten  music  books,  peg  boards,  colored  beads 
and  interesting  children's  books.  The  Richards  system  will 
also  have  twenty  minutes  on  the  general  program. 

©    ©    © 
Recent  Arrivals  at  Hotel  Plaza. 

Recent  guests  registered  at  the  excellently  located  Hotel 
Plaza  in  the  heart  of  the  theatrical  and  shoping  center  of  San 
Francisco  are:  Mr.  W.  D.  Green,  Portland;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Land- 
mun,  San  Juan;  Newton  Gresser,  Los  Angeles;  F.  R.  Ebannes, 
New  York;  Mrs.  Ernest  F.  Madner,  Boston;  Miss  S.  Weisoff, 
Boston;  Mrs.  W.  Wright,  Sacramento;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Henry 
Argell  and  Son,  Grass  Valley;  B.  S.  Riley,  U.  S.  N.;  B.  K. 
Strunberg,  wife  and  children,  St.  Charles,  Md. ;  J.  B.  Sate, 
Chattanooga;  Lloyd  Burlingham,  Manila;  A.  G.  Haley,  Manila; 
Fred  Hilman,  Los  Angeles;  Lieut.  0.  C.  Madd,  U.  S.  A.;  Miss 
Lucy  T.  Heard,  Sacramento;  E.  Oliver,  Fortuna;  H.  C.  Perring, 
Marysville;  K.  C.  Brueck,  Stockton;  E.  Dozier,  Redding;  E.  A. 
Austin  and  wife,  San  Jose;  Helen  Eiless,  Portland;  Theresa 
Schneider,  Milwaukee;  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Johnson,  Los  Angeles; 
Miriam  Eckart,  Berkeley;  Mrs.  Emma  L.  Coleman,  Mrs.  George 
F.  Hall  and  Laura  C.  Hall,  Boston;  A.  C.  Doolittle  and  wife, 
San  Mateo ;  Mrs.  L.  H.  Oldright,  Toronto,  Canada. 


WANTS  A  RECEIVER. 
Charles  Dempster,  who  was  fired  out  of  the  Fraternal 
Brotherhood  of  Los  Angeles  recently,  has  brought  suit  against 
the  order  for  damages  and  his  attorney,  John  McNab,  is  arrang- 
ing to  open  a  contest  on  behalf  of  his  client.  Several  thousand 
members  of  the  order  are  petitioning  for  the  appointment  of  a 
receiver,  which  the  concern  seems  sadly  in  need  of.  It  is 
understood  that  proceedings  will  also  be  begun  in  the  Federal 
Court  of  Montana  and  Nevada  to  wind  up  the  affairs  of  the 
company.  If  the  Federal  Courts  would  step  in  and  clean  up 
all  the  fraternal  insurance  companies  it  would  be  an  excellent 
thing  for  legitimate  insurance. 


NEVADA  DEVELOPS  A  NEW  BONANZA. 
Carson  City,  Nevada,  is  to  start  a  plant  for  the  distillation 
of  sagebrush.  It  has  been  discovered  that. the  waste  product 
that  has  been  burned  and  destroyed  contains  about  $40  worth 
of  chemicals.  It  costs  only  $3.00  a  ton  to  extract  them.  It 
took  an  Eastern  man  to  discover  this.  At  the  rate  the  chemicals 
are  advancing,  the  sagebrush  of  the  West  is  worth  more  than 
the  gold  and  silver  mines  and  cannot  escape  another  big  boom. 


LOVl    OF  Ml 
Love  of  muic  has  I.  .  c  events.    Surely  nothing 

that  love  of  music  led  Charles 
rom  the  public  school  in 
Del.,  so  that  he  could  enjoy  the  music  while  he 
•d  his  pipe. 
The  strains  coming  from  his  home  led  the  police  to  ii. 
irate,  and  so  Charles  Brown  is  in  jail.    And  then  you  hear  of 
j-eople  who  would  almost  rather  go  to  jail  than  listen  to  a  talk- 
ing-machine. 


THE  BRIl 

Across  the  foaming  river 

The  old  bridge  bends  its  bow; 

My  father's  fathers  built  it 
In  ages  long  ago. 

They  never  left  the  farmstead 
Past  which  the  waters  curled, 

Why  should  one  ever  wander — 
When  here  is  all  the  world; 

Family  friends  and  garden; 

Small  fields  of  rice  and  tea : 
The  cattle  in  the  meadow; 

The  birds  in  stream  and  tree; 

The  pageant  of  the  seasons 
As  the  slow  years  go  by; 

Between  the  peaks  above  us 
An  azure  bridge  of  sky. 

Though  dea^  they  live  and  linger 

In  each  familiar  place 
With  kindly  thoughts  to  hearten 

The  children  of  their  race. 


— Pai  Ta-Shun. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


Two  Tommies  were  strolling  along  the  street  when  they 

chanced  to  gaze  into  an  attractive  shop  window.  Being  soldiers, 
they  both  had  an  eye  for  a  pretty  girl,  and  there  within  the 
shop  was  a  real  winner.  "Sandy,"  whispered  Mike,  "shure, 
she's  just  the  fairest  colleen  my  eyes  hiv  iver  rested  on.  It's 
mysilf  that'll  go  in  and  buy  something,  an'  perhaps  she  will 
have  a  smile  for  me."  His  companion  came  from  "ayont  the 
Tweed,"  as  his  answer  proved.  "I'll  gang  wi'  ye,"  he  said. 
"But,  hoot,  mon,-  ye  neednae  spend  a  bawbee.  A'  ye  hev  tae 
dae  is  tae  ask  her  fur  change  o'  a  shillin'." — Ex. 


"Did  you  tell  George  Hector  that  he  might  ask  me  to 

marry  him?"  "Certainly,"  replied  Gwendolin's  father.  "I 
thought  you  would  try  to  interfere.'  "I  had  no  such  idea. 
George  Hector  is  a  nice  enough  young  chap,  but  I  see  no  reason 
why  I  should  jump  in  and  try  to  rescue  him." — Washington 
Star. 


212  Stocktor\  Sfpeef, 
"  Beauty  Saloi 


?urki°30o9  ' 
Poorr}  305 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


JOFFRE,    VIVIANI    AND    BALFOUR 


They  are  needed  at  home  now.  For,  although  Joffre,  and  Viv- 
iani  and  Balfour  has  each  been  the  leader  of  his  nation  in  a 
critical  time,  the  measure  of  the  chiefs  of  the  Joint  Commission 
to  the  United  States  need  not  be  taken  by  what  they  have  been, 
but  by  what  they  are.  Joffre  is  the  head  of  the  War  Council. 
Balfour  has  been  Premier,  but  when  Lloyd  George  organized 
the  strongest  Cabinet  which  could  be  chosen  in  England  it  was 
to  Balfour  he  gave  the  portfolio  of  Foreign  Affairs.  Viviani, 
too,  was  Premier  of  France,  and  now  he  holds  the  difficult  and 
important  post  of  Minister  of  Justice.  The  calibre  of  the  men 
our  Allies  chose  to  come  to  America,  and  their  active  participa- 
tion in  affairs  up  to  the  moment  they  set  foot  on  the  steamer, 
is  a  compliment  to  America,  and  more  than  a  compliment.  These 
men  have  seen  the  war,  and  know.  They  were  chosen  to  advise 
us,  though  they  could  ill  be  spared,  because  of  all  the  ministers 
in  the  councils  of  the  Allies  they  could  best  inform  the  United 
States  of  her  part  in  the  combat  for  democracy. 

We  already  know  and  love  "Papa"  Joffre,  yet  we  cannot  be 
reminded  too  often  of  the  great  service  he  has  performed  for 
us  and  for  France.  Of  his  part  in  the  battle  of  the  Marne,  Mr. 
Frank  H.  Simonds  writes : 

"Even  now  the  facts  of  that  momentous  campaign  which  be- 
gan in  Alsace-Lorraine  and  Belgium  and  ended  along  the  Aisne 
are  little  known  and  less  understood.  The  problem  of  Joffre 
on  the  morning  of  the  Great  War  was  the  greatest  problem  that 
had  ever  fallen  to  a  single  general.  With  insufficient  armies, 
ill-equipped;  with  a  northern  frontier  defenseless  and  open; 
with  willing  but  weak  British  Allies,  he  had  to  stem  the  flood  of 
a  German  invasion  organized  over  forty  years  ago  for  the  blow 
that  was  to  destroy  France. 

"Joffre  neither  faltered  nor  permitted  himself  to  recognize 
what  seemed  to  be  inevitable.  From  a  tragic  offensive  such  as 
wrecked  Mac-Mahon  at  Sedan  he  withdrew.  He  even  broke  off 
some  engagements  that  promised  well.  He  took  defeated  armies 
fiom  embraces  that  threatened  destruction,  and  coolly  and 
calmly  drew  his  forces  backward,  always  keeping  in  mind  a 
purpose  to  strike  once  more. 

"Perhaps  the  great  decision  of  the  whole  war  was  taken  in 
the  last  days  of  August,  when,  with  armies  still  unready,  Joffre 
faced  the  Germans  along  the  line  of  the  Somme,  the  Oise  and 
the  Meuse.  Should  he  risk  dangerous  battle  there  or  surrender 
thousands  of  square  miles  to  the  invader  and  continue  the  re- 
treat to  a  position  of  relative  security?  He  never  hesitated.  He 
ordered  the  retreat  which  surrendered  Reims,  St.  Quentin,  Ami- 
ens, Chalons,  all  of  northern  France,  to  the  invader.  But,  look- 
ing beyond  the  moment,  he  saw  that  by  such  a  temporary  sacri- 
fice he  might  win. 

"The  story  of  how  Joffre  led  the  German  armies  into  the  fatal 
strategic  positions  between  Paris  and  Verdun,  and,  having  led 
them  there — having  led  them  beyond  their  bases,  ahead  of  their 
supplies — struck  them,  exhausted  with  the  strain  of  long 
marches,  rolled  them  back,  narrowly  missed  destroying  them, 
is  the  story  of  the  greatest  feat  in  military  history.  The  battle 
of  the  Marne  was  the  victory  of  French  genius  over  German 
force.  It  was  a  victory  of  smaller  numbers  over  larger.  It  was 
a  triumph  comparable  with  Valmy  and  with  Marathon,  the  one 
a  victory  of  the  spirit,  the  other  the  triumph  of  intelligence." 

Of  Rene  Viviani,  Americans  know  less.  Viviani  is  a  socialist 
with  a  wise,  practical  sense  of  what  can  be  done  now  and  what 
would  better  be  postponed.  He  has  been  prominent  in  political 
life  because  he  has  refused  to  be  dominated  by  his  political  sect, 
and  when  the  war  broke  out  President  Poincaire  demanded  that 
he  be  made  Premier  because  of  his  independence  and  courage. 
His  powers  of  organization  and  leadership  welded  France  into 
the  unified,  working  power  which  enabled  Joffre  to  keep  the 
field. 

Viviani  has  written  into  the  French  laws  more  statutes  that 
are  socialistic  in  their  essence  than  any  other  of  his  comrades 
in  the  party.  What  is  more,  these  laws  have  been  taken  up 
and  adopted  by  other  countries  where  socialism  has  been  a 
dead  letter  so  far  as  politics  is  concerned. 

Furthermore,  contrary  to  the  doctrines  of  socialism,  he  has 
been  an  ardent  militarist.  Years  before  the  world  war  he  be- 
sought preparedness,  and  when  the  war  came  he  plunged  into 


the  military  activities  with  an  ardor  that  amazed  those  who 
knew  his  previous  capacity  for  work.  His  career  in  public  life 
has  been  the  briefest  among  the  principal  emissaries,  but  it 
has  been  a  vivid  flash  across  the  pages  of  the  history  of  his 
country. 

One  of  Viviani's  great  resources  is  his  intense  optimism. 
From  the  first  dark  hours,  even  when  the  Germans  were  knock- 
ing on  the  outer  gates  of  Paris,  his  faith  never  faltered.  There 
came  criticism  of  the  country's  policy  from  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies,  which  harbors  as  many  mal-contents  as  our  own 
Congress. 

"This  is  no  hour  for  pessimism,"  announced  Viviani  in  a  ring- 
ing speech.    "Let  every  man  be  at  his  post." 

The  English  member  of  the  Commission,  Mr.  Arthur  James 
Balfour,  entered  public  life  as  private  secretary  to  his  uncle, 
Lord  Salisbury,  and  during  the  last  forty-three  years  he  has 
been  pretty  constantly  in  politics.  He  has  the  reputation  of  be- 
ing the  most  complex  man  in  the  English  government.  He 
always  seems  to  be  bored  and  indolent,  the  English  say,  and  yet 
no  man  has  accomplished  more.  He  is  a  cultured  man  who  has 
written  some  standard  works  on  philosophy,  and  his  amusement, 
he  admitted  the  other  day,  is  to  read  five-cent  detective  stories. 
The  character  of  Mr.  Balfour  is  summed  up  by  Sir  Beerbohm 
Tree  in  the  New  York  Times : 

"Mr.  Arthur  Balfour  is  probably  the  most  un-American  thing 
in  America;  for  this  very  reason  he  will  appeal  most  strongly 
to  the  American  people.  Cosmopolitan  in  intellect,  he  is  in 
person  the  embodiment  of  the  old-fashioned  English  'gentle- 
man.' In  politics  he  is  trusted  and  liked  by  all  parties,  includ- 
ing the  Irish.  He  has  never  'enfiefed'  himself  to  popularity; 
having  turned  his  back  on  Fame,  he  seems  almost  irked  by  her 
pursuit.  A  natural  aristocrat  of  mind  and  heart,  he  is  a  socialist 
in  courtesy.  He  has  remained  plain  Mr.  Balfour,  and  is  so  much 
the  stronger  with  all  sections  of  society.  (It  is  a  great  thing 
to  be  able  to  afford  not  to  be  a  Duke.)  He  is  gifted  with  a  sa- 
tiric humor,  and  lets  slip  his  shafts  of  wit  with  a  certain  fatigued 
courtesy,  himself  scarce  troubling  to  look  whether  he  has  hit 
his  mark.  If  as  a  politician  he  has  a  fault,  it  is  probably  that 
he  is  too  much  of  a  philosopher  to  take  seriously  the  'game' 
which  the  pushful  worldling  plays  with  a  deadly  earnest.  But 
this  great  crisis  will  have  been  a  stimulus  to  his  imagination, 
startling  the  dreamy  giant  into  an  energy  which  the  greatness 
of  the  hour  demands.  The  need  is  of  a  man  calm  in  crisis  and 
unfussed  in  victory." 


GERALDINE  FARRAR  AUCTIONS  HER  EFFECTS. 

An  auction  was  held  in  New  York  last  week  of  all  the  "luxur- 
ious furnishings  and  objects  of  art  formerly  the  property  of 
Geraldine  Farrar"? 

The  auction  included  six  swords,  various  waists,  silk  tights, 
two  fine  kid  slippers,  some  French  prints,  a  large  amount  of 
furniture,  bric-a-brac,  oil  paintings,  etc.,  etc. 

The  sale,  it  is  reported,  is  the  result  of  Madame's  refusal  to 
live  longer  with  her  parents  in  the  house  that  she  gave  them. 
She  and  her  husband,  Lou  Tellegen,  have  been  living  at  the 
Biltmore  for  some  time  past. 

The  particular  interest  attaching  to  the  sale  is  derived  from 
the  fact  that  Mme.  Farrar  disposed  even  of  the  autographs  and 
photographs  given  her  by  the  many  persons  of  distinction  in  the 
social,  political  and  musical  world  she  has  met. 

Indeed  she  seems  to  have  disposed  of  all  her  possessions  ex- 
cept Lou  Tellegen. 


ENVY. 

The  actor  down  to  the  footlights  strode ; 

His  strides  they  were  immense; 
And  from  his  parted  lips  there  flowed 

A  stream  of  eloquence. 

What  caused  the  actor's  head  to  spin, 

And  his  sight  to  leave  him  there  ? 
'Twas  the  blaze  of  the  plumber's  diamond  pin 

Which  gleamed  in  an  orchestra  chair. 

— WUkesbarre  Union-Leader. 


May  19.  1917 


and  Call  fori) 


PLEASURES  WAND 


■J  but  Plfjsure'tr—Tom  Moore. 


TT3 


4/<-a:jr. 

Girls  may  come  and  girls  may  go.  but  the  March  family  lives 
supreme  in  the  affections  of  every  generation  and  Lou 
cott's  "Little  Women"  remains  the  most  beloved  book  on  the 
lookshelf  dedicated  to  the  young  girls  of  all  ages  and  all  times. 

And  it  has  come  to  pass  in  our  decade  that  a  play  has  been 
made  out  of  the  book,  a  play  that  ran  for  a  year  in  the  East,  that 
ramc  to  this  city  two  or  three  seasons  ago  and  filled  capacity 
houses  and  now  the  Alcazar  stock  company  is  delighting  big 
audiences  with  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  the  March  family.  And 
unlike  most  books,  this  masterpiece  of  Louisa  Alcott's  has  gen- 
uine dramatic  integrity  and  does  not  flatten  out  into  monologue 
and  dilute  into  a  sort  of  literary  wash  for  stage  purposes.  The 
best  of  books  often  pale  and  faint  at  the  footlights — which  is 
nothing  against  them  as  books, 
but  something  of  an  indictment 
against  their  usefulness  for 
stage  purposes.  Those  of  us 
who  have  a  sense  of  consecra- 
tion about  this  book  of  Louisa 
Alcotts  heard  with  fear  and 
trembling  that  Meg,  Jo,  Beth 
and  Amy  were  to  be  put  on  the 
stage.  And  we  saw  them  and 
our  fears  were  proved  the  fond 
foolish  ones  of  lovers.  Again 
we  heard  with  fear  and  trem- 
bling that  the  Alcazar  stock 
company  was  to  put  on  "Little 
Women"  and  we  wondered 
whether  they  could  meet  the 
test. 

I  do  not  remember  who 
played  Jo  in  the  original  New 
York  production.  But  I  do 
know  that  Mollie  Pearson, 
brought  here  from  the  East  to 
play  the  part  at  the  Alcazar, 
fits  into  every  joyous  curve, 
every  impatient  angle,  every 
tomboyish,  womanly,  lovable 
nook  and  crook  of  the  charac- 
ter of  the  adored  Joe,  and 
leaves  nothing  to  desire, 
whereas  the  actress  in  the 
original  company  failed  here 
and  there  along  the  line  to  live 
up  to  the  standard  require- 
ments invested  in  that  heroine 
by  every  young  girl  who  has 
read  the  book — and  who  has 
not  read  it?  Helene  Sullivan, 
long   with    the   Alcazar   com- 


pany, gives  another  proof  of  her  versatility — she  plays  the  role 
of  Meg  in  perfect  pitch,  and  looks  adorable.  The  Beth  of 
Beatrice  Allen,  and  the  role  of  Amy  played  by  Irene  Haisman 
are  in  tune  with  the  spirit  and  quality  of  the  book. 

Two  discordant,  jangling  notes  are  struck  in  an  otherwise 
delightful  production.  The  role  of  Professor  Bhaer  as  played 
by  Morgan  Wallace  is  execrable.  In  makeup,  accent  and  by 
every  other  artifice  and  natural  unsuitability  for  the  role,  Wal- 
lace spoils  the  dear  old  Professor.  Wallace  is  the  new  stage 
manager  of  the  company,  and  has  put  the  play  on  excellently. 
Walter  Baldwin  is  likewise  off  key  as  "Laurie" — he  is  the 
country  bumpkin,  instead  of  the  gay,  merry,  prankish,  well 
born,  well  bred  grandson  of  "rich  Mr.  Lawrence."  But  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  acting  of  these  two  roles  do  not 
meet  with  the  approval  of  exacting  critics  and  lovers  of  the 
book,  the  rest  of  the  cast  is  so  happily  cast,  the  thing  is  so 
well  put  on,  and  the  play  itself  has  so  much  interest  even  to 


those  who  do  not  know  the  book,  that  the  house  should  be 
crowded  to  cap.i 

•  •  • 

Orpheum. 

The  Orpheum  has  a  number  of  new  headliners  on  its  bill  and 
some  of  them  scintillate  in  direct  ratio  to  their  allc(  • 
—while  other  just  twinkle,  twinkle  and  make  one  wonder  why 
they  are  headlined. 

Jane  Courthopc  does  a  purported  incident  in  everyday  life 
called  "Our  Family."  The  wife  is  exploited  as  the  household 
drudge  who  does  not  even  draw  a  salary  as  a  servant,  and  by 
the  simple  device  of  wearing  borrowed  clothes  and  going  in 
for  a  butterfly  evening  at  the  opera  with  an  old  school  friend 
she  makes  husband  realize  what  a  cross,  unreasonable  old  brute 

he  is;  changes  a  vain,  bad 
tempered,  impertinent  young 
daughter  into  a  loving  off- 
spring; shows  the  affectionate, 
happy-go-lucky  son  how  self- 
ish he  has  been  and  the  cur- 
tain falls  on  a  regenerated 
household.  The  acting  is  good 
— but  the  psychology  of  the 
play  is  bad.  Which  fact  may 
be  recorded,  though  unimpor- 
tant. 

The  Magician  Illusionists, 
who  are  new  this  week,  prove 
that  magnetism  is  to  any  act 
what  yeast  is  to  the  receptive 
dough.  There  are  village 
youths  the  wide  world  over, 
the  seven  seas  around,  who 
lightly  pluck  a  rabbit  from  a 
silk  hat  and  with  a  few  simple 
turns  of  the  wrist  produce  a 
barnyard  or  the  nucleus  of  a 
population  for  the  Zoo.  The 
clever  trio  at  the  Orpheum,  it 
will  be  admitted,  pull  off  some 
stunts  not  down  on  the  list  of 
the  parlor  tricks  of  the  village 
cut  up.  But  on  the  other  hand, 
they  do  some  of  the  stuff  that 
is  as  old  as  village  fairs,  but 
they  do  it  so  neatly,  so  gayly, 
with  such  charm,  as  it  were, 
that  the  audiences  loves  it.  In 
other  words,  they  have  that 
most  necessary  asset — mag- 
netism. 

Ben  Deely  does  an  enter- 
taining act  as  the  "New  Bell- 


Henry  Miller,  who  will  open  his  season  Monday  Night,   May  21st,  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  with  a  new  play,  "The  Better  Understanding" 


boy,"  Harry  Tate's  motor  stunt  gets  a  laugh  from  any  one  who 

has  experienced  any  of  the  vicissitudes  of  a  breakdown,  and 

the  acts  continued  from  last  week  complete  and  round  out  an 

average  bill. 

*  *  » 

Pantages. 

Pantages  Theatre  can  always  be  counted  upon  to  give  a  per- 
performance  of  merit  far  beyond  the  price  charged  for  ad- 
mission. 

The  audiences  at  this  house  are  giving  their  approval  to  this 
week's  bill  by  crowding  the  houses.  La  Estrellita,  who  is  fea- 
tured, is  a  dancer  of  charm  and  grace  and  she  has  a  partner 
who  dances  in  happy  accord  with  her  moods- — for  dancing  these 
days  is  not  just  a  matter  of  steps. 

The  "Uneeda  Girls,"  Harry  Sydell,  Billy  McDermott,  Helen 
Hudson,  George  Reed,  and  Jed  and  Ethel  Dooley  are  some  of 


8 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


the  well-known  names  in  vaudeville  appearing  on  this  week's 
program  at  the  Pantages. 

For  the  moving  picture  feature  of  the  show,  a  reel  is  shown 
of  the  "Secret  Kingdom,"  Chapter  XIII,  and  proves  to  be  as 
interesting  as  any  of  the  preceding  chapters. 


Advance   Announcements 

Great  All-Star  New  Bill  at  Orpheum. — Ruth  St.  Denis,  who 
at  a  time  when  dancing  as  an  art  was  at  its  lowest  ebb,  con- 
ceived and  developed  the  Hindu  dances,  will  head  next  week's 
bill  in  a  new  review  of  the  dance  pageant  of  India,  Greece  and 
Egypt.  With  her  is  associated  Ted  Shawn,  a  dancer  of  great 
renown,  grace  and  ability.  The  two  are  supported  by  the 
graceful  Denishawn  Dancers. 

Millicent  Mower,  an  attractive  girl  with  a  sweet  soprano 
voice,  will  be  herd  in  popular  old  songs.  Marion  Harris,  a  very 
sparkling  and  vivacious  girl,  who  dresses  handsomely  and 
modishly,  sings  catchy  songs  in  a  fascinating  way  and  is  an 
adept  in  ragtime.  Helen  Pingree,  who  won  a  fine  reputation  on 
the  legitimate  stage,  will  be  seen  in  a  comedietta,  entitled 
"Bullowa's  Birthday,"  in  which  she  impersonates  Mrs.  Bullowa, 
who,  believing  herself  to  have  inherited  a  million  dollars,  makes 
prodigal  plans  for  the  future.  She  is  well  supported  by  C. 
Kimball  and  G.  Warrington.  Andru  Lewis  and  Helen  Norton 
will  present  a  humorous  dialogue,  entitled  "In  Those  Days," 
which  is  described  as  a  clever  and  bright  assortment  of  chatter, 
song  and  dance.  King  and  King,  sensational  equilibrists,  term 
their  act  "At  the  Seashore"  because  of  the  many  diversions  of 
an  athletic  kind  that  that  locality  affords.  Ben  Deely  and 
company  in  "The  New  Bellboy"  and  Le  Roy,  Talma  and  Bosco 
in  new  illusions  and  feats  of  magic  will  be  the  only  holdovers. 

*  *  * 

Henry  Miller  Season  at  Columbia  Theatre. — A  fashionable 
audience  will  attend  the  opening  of  the  Henry  Miller  season  at 
the  Columbia  Theatre  Monday  evening,  May  21st,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  first  presentation  on  any  stage  of  a  new  play,  "The 
Better  Understanding."  The  play  is  in  quite  different  style 
from  anything  Mr.  A.  E.  Thomas  has  ever  done  before  and 
its  theme  is  big  and  serious.  Besides  Mr.  Miller,  the  cast  will 
include  Julia  Dean,  who  will  have  the  same  fine  opportunities 


to  play  big  scenes  as  that  afforded  her  in  "Bought  and  Paid 
For."  Others  to  appear  are  Cyril  Keightley,  one  of  the  star 
members  of  the  New  York  cast  of  "Cheating  Cheaters;"  Lucile 
Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  Francis  Byrne,  James  Gallo- 
way and  Peggy  Dale  Whiffen.  Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Sat- 
urdays. 

Following  "The  Better  Understanding,"  Mr.  Miller  will  offer 
"Come  Out  of  the  Kitchen,"  "A  Bit  of  Love,"  "The  New  York 
Idea"  and  the  reigning  London  triumph,  "Anthony  in  Wonder- 
land." 

O.  P.  Heggie,  who  created  a  genuine  sensation  in  New  York 
this  season  in  the  John  Galesworthy  play,  "A  Bit  of  Love,"  is 
to  make  a  special  trip  to  this  city  and  appear  in  Henry  Miller's 

production  of  the  piece. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. — With  Miss  Adele  Von  Ohl,  the  noted  eques- 
trienne, and  her  company  of  rough  riders,  broncho  busters  and 
cowgirls  in  the  powerful  epic  drama  of  the  West,  "The  Texas 
Round-up,"  Pantages  will  offer  for  the  week  commencing  Sun- 
day matinee  a  program  filled  with  golden  pleasures.  "The 
Texas  Round-up"  has  often  been  referred  to  as  the  "Ben  Hur" 
of  vaudeville.  It  carries  its  own  striking  settings.  The  pro- 
duction is  presented  by  Gus  Hornbrook,  who  spent  several 
years  in  the  atmosphere  which  prevades  "The  Texas  Round- 
up." In  "A  Corner  in  Wireless,"  Dan  Bruce,  Margo  Duffet  and 
company  have  an  intense  comedy  of  modern  business  manipu- 
lations through  which  runs  a  delightful  love  story.  Adler  and 
Arline,  offering  "A  New  Idea,"  will  treat  the  patrons  of  the 
Pantages  to  a  surprise  next  week.  We  are  unable  to  divulge 
the  nature  of  this  act,  for  by  so  doing  the  mystery  and  novelty 
of  their  work  would  be  destroyed,  but  this  much  we  may  say, 
that  the  act  contains  a  very  pretty  girl,  with  an  assortment  of 
beautiful  gowns,  and  a  comedian  who  could  make  an  Egyptian 
sphinx  laugh.  Other  numbers  will  include  Le  Hoen  and 
Dupreece  in  "Something  Different;"  Weber,  Beck  and  Frazer 
in  a  wealth  of  comedy  song  and  chatter.  Ed  and  Jack  Smith, 
in  mirth,  melody  and  dance,  "The  Secret  Kingdom"  in  its  next 

to  last  chapter  will  be  the  screen  offering. 

*  *  * 

Ready  for  the  Big  Mt.  Tamapais  Play.— The  principals  in 
the  cast  of  "Jeppe-on-the-Hill,"  the  Scandinavian  comedy  to 
be  produced  this  coming  Sunday  by  the  Mountain  Play  Asso- 


<  f  r 

Wir                        ™1 

w  -           -  ^ 

wW&£?r'*"-'* 

Ruth  St.  Denis, 

in  her  new  Oriental  and  Grecian  Dance  Review  next  week  at  the  Orpheum 

May  19.  1917 


and  California  Ail\' 


kalfwis,   ;••    irvoiir.,: 
r«ing  at  t:-.c  scene 


m  at  the  open-air  theatre  near 
this  Thursday.  Friday  and  Saturti,, 
ot  the  coming  presentation  uni: 
who  b  ,irge  of  three  of  the 

on  this  bca-.itiiul  siti 

rangeme:.:  .  the  lar^> 

"  mountain  th< 
The  mountain  theatre  is  reached  from  San  Francisco  by  the 
Sausalito  Ferry  to  Mill  Valley,  with  bo 

and  10:45,  all  in  the  morning,  and  from  here  the  open-air  audi- 
torium may  be  arrived  at  either  by  walking  or  by 
Luncheon  should  be  taken,  as  there  are  no  facilities  for  dining 
beyond  West  Point  Inn.  Plans  should  be  made  to  spend  the 
days  on  the  mountain,  where  there  are  many  spots  for  picnick- 
ing and  plenty  of  pure  water. 

*  »  » 

Shriners  to  Give  Big  Entertainment. — The  members  of  Islam 
Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  will  give  a  big  entertainment  and 
dance  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium  next  Saturday  evening. 
May  26.  for  the  benefit  of  the  Red  Cross.  Whenever  the 
Shriners  do  anything  they  do  it  on  a  large  scale.  The  evening 
will  be  opened  with  a  concert  by  Islam  Band,  followed  by  ad- 
dresses by  Mayor  James  Rolph,  who  is  a  Shriner,  and  John  L. 
McNab.  Caroline  M.  Dodd,  escorted  by  the  Veteran  Patrol  and 
pretty  girls  dressed  as  Red  Cross  nurses,  will  sing  the  "Star- 
Spangled  Banner"  and  the  "Marseillaise,"  after  which  there 
will  be  an  exhibition  drill  by  the  crack  Islam  Arab  Patrol. 
Dancing  will  follow.  Tickets  may  be  obtained  from  any 
Shriner  and  at  the  Aditorium  on  the  night  of  the  ball.  The 
public  is  invited. 

*  *  * 

Sunday  Organ  Program  at  Auditorium. — The  sixth  recital 
on  the  San  Francisco  municipal  organ,  played  by  Edwin  H. 
Lemare,  will  be  heard  next  Sunday  afternoon,  May  20,  at  the 
Exposition  Auditorium  at  3  o'clock.  The  program  will  open 
with  Lemare's  own  Toccata  and  Fugue  in  D  minor,  opus  98. 
It  is  a  work  of  big  nobility.  Following  will  come  D'Evry's 
"Canzonna  de  la  Sera."  The  prelude  to  Wagner's  "Parsifal;' 
Chopin's  delicate  "Nocture"  in  E  flat,  opus  9;  Gounod's  "Fu- 
neral March  of  a  Marionette;"  the  usual  improvisation  by 
Lemare.  The  program  will  close  with  Dvorak's  brilliant  and 
beautiful  "Carneval." 


HA  PI 


THREE  CORYN  LECTURES. 

Increasingly  large  and  increasingly  enthusiastic  are  the  audi- 
ences at  the  lectures  given  by  Sidney  Coryn  at  the  Paul  Elder 
gallery.  Next  Monday  evening,  May  21st,  Mr.  Coryn  will  give 
the  second  in  this  new  Monday  course,  on  the  Bagdad  railroad, 
which  he  terms  "The  Prize  of  the  War."  The  following  Friday 
evening  at  8:15  o'clock  Coryn  will  lecture  on  "German  Philoso- 
phy," the  Prussian  militarist  philosophy  so  at  variance  with 
the  kindly  instincts  of  the  German  people,  and  so  poisonous  to 
the  spirit  of  democracy.  On  Friday  morning,  at  10 :45  o'clock, 
he  will  give  his  weekly  resume  of  the  war  events  of  the  week. 
This  will  be  repeated  at  12 :15  for  the  benefit  of  busy  men  and 
women  in  a  noon-time  half  hour. 


It  is  now  several  months  since  the  Techau  Tavern  intro- 
duced the  novel  feature  of  presenting  to  its  lady  patrons,  with- 
out competition  of  any  sort,  costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle 
of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go")  perfume,  a  bot- 
tle of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de 
Rigaud  face  powder.  The  popularity  that  this  feature  attained 
at  the  start  has  increased  daily,  and  it  will  be  continued  until 
further  notice,  the  management  making  these  presentations 
every  afternoon  at  4,  4:30  and  5  o'clock. 

Other  excellent  features  of  the  Tavern  are  the  salon  con- 
certs and  the  dancing  for  guests,  it  being  declared  by  those 
thoroughly  competent  to  judge  that  the  dance  music  supplied 
by  the  Tavern's  Jazz  Orchestra  is  the  best  that  can  be  heard 
anywhere. 

An  old  Scotsman  was  threatened  with  blindness  if  he  did  not 
give  up  drinking.  "Now,  McTavish,"  said  the  doctor,  "it's  like 
this:  You've  either  to  stop  the  whisky  or  lose  your  eyesight, 
and  you  must  choose."  "Ay,  weel,  doctor,"  said  McTavish, 
"I'm  an  auld  man  noo,  an'  I  was  thinkin'  I  ha'e  seen  about 
everything  worth  seein'." — Ex. 


auM  of  Ar 


Mr. 


Association,  of  which  CI' 

A,,!  ;c>'  's  known  chiefly  as  ,i  writer  in  the 

ionic  form,  as  well  as  for  his  nun 

:id  opera  which  has 
had  a  hi  Mainz,  where  hi 

i  has  also  secured  the  rights  of  another  opera 
which  Mr.  Hadley  is  writing,  based  upon  Robert  Hichcns's 
'Garden  of  Allah."  the  text  of  which  has  been  adapted  by 
Charles  Henry  Meltzer,  for  the  season  of  1919-20. 

The  cast  of  "Azora"  will  be  made  up  principally  of  Ameri- 
cans and  Mr.  Hadley  will  conduct  the  premiere. 

The  subject  of  the  opera  is  historical  and  pertains  to  the 
oi  Montezuma  and  the  Aztecs,  who  were  sun-worshippers 
.  nd  offered  human  sacrifices  to  their  mighty  god,  "Totec." 

Pilate's  wife,  Montezuma's  sister,  Papauzin,  had  revealed  to 
her  in  a  dream  the  vision  of  a  mighty  monarch  who  would  come 
to  reign  in  a  spirit  of  true  humanity  without  accepting  blood 
sacrifice.  Her  prophecy  and  teachings  are  spurned  by  Monte- 
zuma and  his  followers.  As  a  romantic  element  placed  against 
this  sombre  background  is  the  love  of  Azora  and  Xalea,  both 
of  whom  by  a  decree  of  Montezuma  are  doomed  to  death. 
They  are  to  be  offered  as  a  living  sacrifice  to  Totec.  The  trag- 
edy is  averted  only  by  the  timely  arrival  of  Cortez  and  his 
Spanish  followers,  bringing  the  Christian  faith  to  supplant 
that  of  the  sun-worshippers.  The  scene  ends  with  a  wild  paean 
of  thanks  to  the  Almighty,  in  which  the  priests  chant  above  a 
mass  of  chorus,  "Hodie  Christus  Natus  Est." 

The  score  calls  for  seven  principals,  a  large  chorus  and 
ballet,  and  Mr.  Campanini  promises  a  sumptuous  production, 
with  new  scenery  and  costumes. 


EXHIBITION  OF  DECORATIVE  DESIGN. 

All  who  are  interested  in  decorative  designing  should  go  to 
the  exhibition  at  the  Paul  Elder  gallery  on  Saturday  of  this 
week  (May  19)  to  see  the  work  done  by  students  of  Rudolph 
F.  Schaeffer.  Mr.  Schaeffer  has  been  conducting  a  class  in 
decorative  design  at  the  Elder  gallery  on  Saturday  morning, 
and  the  exhibition  will  be  the  culmination  of  eight  weekly  les- 
sons. Some  very  unusual  and  delightful  results  have  been  ob- 
tained. Mr.  Schaeffer  will  also  show  a  collection  of  modern 
Austrian  applied  art.  The  public  will  be  welcomed  at  the  Elder 
gallery,  239  Grant  avenue. 


The  livest  stuff  The  Examiner  has  had  for  some  time  is 

Sam  Davis  in  his  reminiscences  of  Sarah  Bernhardt. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS    SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A    FINE     NEW    BILL 

"THE  TEXAS  ROUND-UP"  WITH  "ADELE  VON  OHL  "  AND  COMPANY 
OF  TEN;  WEBER,  BECK  &  FRAZER;  LE  HOEN  A  DUPREECE;  ADLEK 
&  ARLINE;  ED  &  JACK  SMITH;  THE  SECRET  KINGDOM.  CHAPTER 
FOURTEEN;  BRUCE,  DUFFET  &  CO.  IN  "  A  CORNER  IN  WIRELESS." 


Orpkeum 


O'Farrell   Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A  NEW  ALL  STAB  BILL 
RUTH  ST.  DENIS.  Ted  Shawn  and  The  Denishawn  Dancersin  u  New  [ndian, 
Grecian  and  Egyptian  Dance  Review;  M1LLICENT  mower  the  Bong  Bird  I 
MARION  HARRIS  Syncopation's  Scintillating  Stan  HELEN  PJNCRM'  1  CO 
in  "Bullowa's  Birlhdav:"  ANDRU  LEWIS  A  HELEN  Norton  presenting  the 
humorous  monologue  In  Those  Days;"  KING  &  KING  Sensational  Eauillb- 
rists;  BEN  DEELY  &  CO.  in  "The  New  Bellboy;"  LE  ROY,  TALMA  &  BOSCO 
"The  Slaves  of  Mystery." 

Evening  Prices— 10c,  25c,  60c,  75c.     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c.   26c,   50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Lending  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Franklin  150 


Beginning  MONDAY  NIGHT,  MAY  21st.   Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 

HENRY      MILLER 
and  a  special  company  in  the  lirst  presentation  on  any  stage  of  a  new  play, 

"THE    BETTER    UNDERSTANDING" 
By  A.  E.  Thomas  and  Clayton   Hamilton 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
BLOUNT — CRAIG — The  engagement  is  announced  of  Lieutenant  Louis  A. 
Craig-  of  the  Fourth   Field  Artillery  and  Miss   Miriam   V.    Blount   of 
Pensacola,  Fla, 
CLARK — THAYER — Announcement  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  "Wynonah 
Clark,  daughter  of  Dr.   and  Mrs.  TV.  A.   Clark  of  Claremont,  to  Harry 
I.   Thayer  has  been   announced. 
GERBER — HALE — The  engagement  is  announced  of  Miss  Harriet  Gerber 
and   Dr.    Nathan   George   Hale,    the   latter   a  prominent   physician   of 
Sacramento. 
LIESS- DIAHL — Mr.   and   Mrs.    Emil   Liess   announce   the   engagement   of 

their  daughter.  Miss  Hilda  Liess,  to  Erwin  Lee  Diahl. 
SOTJTHARD-PANDE — Mrs.  A.   B.   Southard  of  277  Edgewood   avenue  an- 
nounced the  engagement  of  her  daughter,   Miss  Maude  Southard,   to 
Peter  Pande  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
WILSON — PRATT — The   engagement  of  Miss   Enid  Wilson   and   Howard 
Newcomb  Pratt  has  been  announced. 

WEDDINGS. 
BEEDLE — HUMPHREYS — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Beedle  of  Berkeley  have 
sent  out  cards  announcing  the  marriage  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Ethel 
Beedle,    and    Charles    William    Humphreys,    a    young   lawyer    of    San 
Francisco. 
EMERSON — ABLES — The   wedding   of   Miss   Mae   Kathleen   Emerson   and 
Kenneth  Clark  Abies  took  place  Tuesday  evening  in  St.  John's  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Berkeley. 
JONES — PARDY — The  marriage  of  Miss  Rhoda  Boswell  Jones  and  George 

William  Pardy  took  place  May  8  at  St.  Luke's  Episcopal  church. 
JONES-SHOEMAKER — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  H.  Jones  announce  the  mar- 
riage   of    their    daughter,    Miss    Gertrude    Marura    Jones,    to    Dr.    H. 
Ronald  Doulton  Shoemaker,  on  Thursday,  May  3. 
MURRAY-COCORAN — The     marriage    of    Miss    Jane    Agnes    Murray    of 
Spokane  and  David  Stanley  Cocoran  took  place  on  Saturday,  May  5, 
at  the  Paulist  Church  in  this  city. 
PLUMPER- DAVIS — The  marriage  of  Miss  Muriel  Hummer  and  Cyril  A. 
Davis  took  place  May  8  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Plummer,  at  Centerville. 
WEBB — COLLISCHONN — Miss   Hester  Webb    is    to   become   the   bride   of 

Philip  Collischonn   today. 
Yv'EBER — ADAMS — Miss  Marie  Luise  Weber,   daughter  of  Mrs.   Oscar  T. 
Weber,    became   the  wife   of  William   Woods   Adams   at   a  ceremony 
which  the  Rev.  Arch  Perrin  read  before  a  large  congregation  at  the 
Episcopal  Church  of  Mary  the  Virgin. 

WEDDING    ANNIVERSARIES. 
McNEAR — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  McNear  Sr.  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 

anniversary  at  their  beautiful  home  in  Petaluma  Tuesday,  May  15. 
SCOTT. — The  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
T.  Scott  was  celebrated  Wednesday  evening  by  a  dinner  given  in  their 
Burlingame  home. 

LUNCHEONS. 
BRIGGS — Mrs.  Wallace  W.  Briggs,  retiring  president  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Musical  Club,  was  the  honored  guest  at  a  delightful  luncheon 
given  last  Thursday  by  Miss  Adaline  Maude  WellendorfE  at  her 
studio.  The  hostess  is  the  newly  elected  president  of  the  club,  and 
her  guests  included  the  outgoing  and  incoming  orficers. 
BREEDEN — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  were  hosts  at  luncheon 

last  Sunday,  entertaining  a  coterie  of  friends  at  Burlingame. 
CROWDER — The   attractive    Piedmont   home    of   Miss    Elizabeth    Crowder 
assembled   a  group   of   the    debutante   set   Monday   afternoon    for   an 
enjoyable  luncheon. 
DUTTON — Mrs.    Henry  Foster  Dutton   added  to   the   pleasure   of  a  group 
of  her  neighbors  on  Saturday  by  having  them  as  guests  at  a  luncheon 
party  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club,  where  the  Duttons  make  their 
home. 
FILER — An    informal    luncheon,    followed   by  bridge,   was   given    May   10 

by  Mrs.  Walter  Filer  at  her  pretty  home  in  Burlingame. 
FULLAM — Mrs.  William  F.  Fullam  gave  a  luncheon  party  Wednesday  at 

the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 
KEENEY — Mrs.   Charles  Keeney  of  Oakland  entertained  at  luncheon   at 

the  Palace  on  Monday. 
MASON — Mrs.  J.  Rupert  Mason  entertained  at  a  luncheon  party  yester- 
day. 
RYER — Mrs.   Fletcher  Ryer  gave  a  luncheon  party  on  Wednesday  as   a 
compliment    to   Mrs.    George    Harding,    the    sister    of    Mrs.    James    W. 
Keeney.     Mrs.    Harding,    after  spending   a  week   with   Mr.    and   Mrs. 
Robert  Oxnard,  is  now  at  the  Keeney  home. 
SPRECKELS — As  a  compliment  to  Miss  Edythe  de  Brettville,  Mrs.  A.  B. 
Spreckels  gave  a  luncheon  party  last  Saturday  to  entertain  the  friends 
of  her  niece  who  are  in  her  graduating  class 
TEAS. 
HIGH — Wednesday  afternoon  Mrs.  William  High  presided  at  a  delightful 

tea  at  her  home  in  Oakland. 
LICHTENSTEIN — The  Misses  Norma  and  Beatrice  Lichtenstein  will  be 
hostesses  at  a  tea  at  the  Palace  Hotel  today  in  compliment  to  Miss 
Bernice  Graunauer,  fiancee  of  Leo  Frank. 
MALLATT — A  tea  is  being  planned  for  the  afternoon  of  May  22  by  Miss 
Holly  Mallett,  who  will  entertain  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Holland  Mallett,  in  Claremont.  The  honor  guest  will  be 
Miss  Enid  Wilson,  whose  engagement  to  Howard  N.  Pratt  was  an 
announcement  of  the  past  week. 


TURNER — Miss  Madeliene  Turner  was  hostess  at  a  tea  Friday  in  com- 
pliment to  Miss  Dorothy  Cooper,  fiancee  of  Gloucester  Willis. 

WIRTNER — Miss  Jean  Wirtner  gave  a  tea  for  Miss  Hester  Webb  on  May 
11,  and  on  the  12th  Miss  Marion  Filmer  entertained  a  group  of  young 
women  at  a  tea  for  Miss  Webb  at  her  home. 
DINNERS. 

GRUBB — Complimenting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Wyman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I. 
R.  D.  Grubb  were  dinner  hosts  recently  at  their  Jackson -street  home. 

HENS"HAW — Judge  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Henshaw  were  among  the  hosts 
at  informal  dinner  parties  "Saturday  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

PISCHEL — Invitations  were  issued  by  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kaspar  Pischel  and 
Dr.    and  Mrs.    Harold  Fletcher   for  a  dinner  dance   to   be  given   this 
evening  at  their  home  on  California  street. 
RECEPTION, 

CAVAGNARO — Mrs.  Joseph  Cavagnaro  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Priscilla 
Cavagnaro,  entertained  Tuesday  afternoon  and  had  as  their  guests  the 
class  of  1917  at  the  University  of  California,  of  which  Miss  Cavagnaro 
is  a  member. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

DU  BOIS — In  compliment  to  Mrs.  John  J.  Smith  (Evelyn  Van  Winkle), 
Miss  Hannah  Du  Bois  was  hostess  Saturday  at  a  matinee  party,  fol- 
lowed by  a  tea.    The  hostess  took  her  guests  to  see  "Major  Pendennis." 

KILGARIF — Miss  Doris  Kilgarif  took  a  score  or  so  of  her  friends  to  the 
Orpheum  Monday  and  tea  afterward  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 
The  guests  were  assembled  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Ruth  Perkins. 
DANCES. 

NOBLE — Miss  Margaret  Noble  will  give  a  dance  at  the  home  of  her 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Noble,  in  Alameda,  this  evening. 

RED  CROSS — Much  interest  is  being  taken  in  the  benefit  this  evening, 
when  the  Southern  Cotillion  plans  a  large  dinner  dance  at  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis  for  the  Red  Cross  fund. 

STARKE — Miss  Anna  L.  Starke  gave  a  dance  last  evening  at  the  Clare- 
mont Country  Club. 

BRIDGE. 

CAREY — Mrs.  Forest  Carey  was  hostess  yesterday  at  a  luncheon  and 
bridge  given  at  her  home  in  San  Rafael. 

HUETER — Mrs.  Ernest  Hueter  entertained  at  a  bridge  luncheon  on  Tues- 
day. 

REDDING — Miss  Margaret  Redding  will  entertain  a  number  of  her  friends 
at  a  bridge  party  this  afternoon, 

SMITH— Mrs.  Lloyd  L.  Smith,  wife  of  Major  Smith  of  the  Medical  Corps, 
U.  S.  A.,  was  hostess  Saturday  afternoon  at  her  quarters  at  the  Pre- 
sidio at  a  bridge  tea  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Alexander  Marshall,  who 
is  here  visiting  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Morrison  Staver. 

TOY — Bridge  was  the  mode  of  entertainment  chosen  by  Mrs.  George  Toy 
for  a  group  of  her  friends  May  11  at  her  residence  on  Washington 
street. 

ARRIVALS. 

COHN — Miss  Edna  Conn  and  her  father.  Louis  Cohn  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
will  be  at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb  for  the  summer. 

FRINK — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harlow  Frink  of  Santa  Barbara  are  at  the  St. 
Francis  for  a  few  days'  stay.  Mrs.  Frink,  whose  wedding  occurred 
just  recently,  will  be  remembered  as  Miss  Josephine  Oliver,  a  sister  of 
Mrs.  Felton  Elkins. 

HARRISON — A  cordial  welcome  is  being  extended  to  Daulton  Harrison, 
who,  after  an  absence  of  some  months  in  England,  has  returned  home. 
He  went  abroad  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  his  sister,  Miss  Margaret 
Harrison,  who  has  made  her  home  for  many  years  in  London. 

HOBSON — A  cordial  welcome  is  being  extended  to  Captain  and  Mrs, 
James  M.  Hobson,  who  arrived  last  week  from  San  Diego  and  have 
taken  a  house  on  Union  street,  where  they  will  be  established  for 
some  months.  Captain  Hobson  is  a  brother  of  Representative  Rich- 
mond Pearson  Hobson. 

HOWARD — Mrs.  George  H.  Howard  and  Mrs.  Edward  Whiting  Howard 
have  returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Santa  Cruz  mountains.  En  route 
home  they  enjoyed  a  visit  of  several  days  at  Del  Monte. 

MILLER — Mrs.  Harriet  Peterson  Miller  has  reopened  her  handsome  home, 
Earlton  Lodge,  in  Montecito  and  will  enjoy  a  stay  of  several  weeks 
there.  She  arrived  there  last  Thursday,  and  en  route  south  visited  at 
Paso  Robles. 


Purify  the 
Complexion 

Do  not  be  troubled  with 
complexion  ills.  Keep 
all  blemishes  concealed 
while  you  are  treating 
them.  You  can  do  this  instantly 
without  detection    by    using 

Gouraud's  v. 

Oriental   Cream 

It  will  also  assist  you  to  overcome  "those 
ills"  at  the  same  time  if  they  do  not  orig- 
inate internally.     Renders  to  the  skin  a 
-  soft, pearly-white  appearance.  Non-greasy. 

Sond   10c.  for  trial  slzo 
FERD.  T.    HOPKINS  &  SON,   New  York  City 


May  19.  1917 


and  California    Vkrrtiwr 


U 


■    ft- 

«Jtlnc    Mim 


DEPARTURES 

1Mb  i  If 

•r  a  pleasant  wli 

DRI  I   Mrs.  John  Drum  left 

they  will  upend  the  sun 
KKNDLEY— Mrs.    Barclay   llendli 

Mr    Hendlt 
a    short    business    trip. 
LA  MONAGNB— Mr.  and  Mrs    E    Clinton  La  Monl 

r  trip  to  Southern  California.     They  will   I  .r   two 

weeks,  visiting  first  at  Santa  Barbara  and  later  going  t<>  the  BV 
valley  in   t!       -  irdino  mount 

RTBR    Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer.  accompanied  by  Miss  Lily  O'Connor,  left  on  a 
tor  trip  to  the  southern  part  Of  the  State 

INTIMATIONS. 
BURNS— Hiss    Kathleen    Burns,   daughter   of    William    .1     Hums    of 

v-.ik.  is  the  guest  of  Mis.  Promts  Cobb  Hale,  having  come  up  ftfon- 
from  Los  Altos,  where  she  has  bean  the  guest  of  the  Misac 

and  Adelaide  Oliver  since  her  arrival  In  California  from  New  fork, 
DERBY— Mrs.     Richard     Derby,     who     has    been     vl  siting     her    daughter, 

Mrs.  Henry  t.  Burgfn,  at  Fort  Word  en,  Wash.,  la  expected  home  this 

week,  and  will  reopen  her  apartment  at  Calif. .una  and   Powell  streets. 

PTJLLAM — Rear  Admiral  and  Mrs.  William  P,  Fullaai  were  the  week- 
end guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  al  I  The  ScottS 
had  a  few  of  their  friends  to  dine  ;tt  th<  ty  nlgbl  and 
lay  joined  friends  for  luncheon  at  the  Country  I 

GUGGENHEIM — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leon  Guggenheim  recently  motor 

trip   to  Fresno  with  a  party  of  friends. 

HEUTER — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Hueter,  accompanied  by  their  daughter. 
Mrs.  Fillmore  White,  will  leave  for  the  Yosemite  some  time  during 
the   coming  month. 

BINKLE — Mrs.  Josephine  R.  Hinkle  is  en  route  to  her  home  In  Calif Ifl 

after  several  months  spent  in  New  York. 

KIRKMAN — Mrs.  Van  Leer  Kirkman,  the  former  Mrs.  Lucy  Harrison 
Pfaff,  has  been  greeting  her  friends  during  the  last  few  days,  as  she 
is  visiting  here   from  Mare   Island, 

MILES — Captain  and  Mrs.  Sherman  Miles,  who  have  been  in  San  Fran- 
cisco for  about  three  weeks,  during  which  they  have  received  much 
social  attention  here  and  on  the  peninsula,  have  taken  up  their  resi- 
dence at  the  Presidio,  where  they  arc  establishing  themselves  in  at- 
tractive quarters. 

M'CREBRY — Concluding  an  enjoyable  sojourn  at  Paso  Robles  and  other 
places  of  interest,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCreery  have  returned  to 
their  Burlingame  home,  and  are  resuming  their  accustomed  place  in 
the  gayeties  of  the  peninsula. 

POPE — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  and  Miss  Emily  Pope  passed  the 
week-end  at  their  attractive  home  in  Burlingame.  They  have  been 
making  it  a  practice  during  the  spring  months  to  enjoy  many  week- 
ends there. 

PYERER — Mrs.  P.  G.  Pyerer  of  Boston  is  here  as  a  guest  of  Mrs.  William 
D.  Nielson.  They  divide  their  time  between  Mrs.  Nielson's  apart- 
ments at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  and  down  the  peninsula. 

REED — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clyde  Reed  have  arrived  in  San  Diego  from  their 
honeymoon  trip  and  will  be  established  there  indefinitely. 

SHIELS— Mrs.  J.  Wilson  Shiels,  who  has  been  at  Byron  Hot  Springs  for 
several  weeks,  will  probably  remain  until  the  end  of  the  month. 

SPRECKELS — Mrs.  John  D.  Spreckels,  who  is  enjoying  a  stay  at  her 
Coronado  home,  has  been  entertaining  her  sister,  Mrs.  W.  D.  K. 
Gibson. 

STANTON — Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  P.  Stanton  are  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
in  New  York. 

TTTBBS — Mrs.  William  B.  Tubbs  and  Miss  Emelie  Tubbs,  who  since  their 
return  from  the  East  have  been  at  the  Clift  Hotel,  are  planning  to  pass 
the  summer  in  Ross,  where  they  have  taken  the  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Stanley  Stillman.  They  will  move  over  probably  about  the  first  of 
June. 

TECHAU    TAVERN 

COR.  EDDY  AND  POWELL  STS— TEL.  DOUGLAS 4700 
San  Francisco's  Leading  High-Class  Family  Cafe 

Costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go"  ) 
perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face 
powder,  distributed  among  the  lady  patrons  every  afternoon  at  4.  4:30  and  5. 


We  »re  not  goins  to  tire 

thote  who  are 

ose  who  • 


DANCING  FOR  GUESTS 


SALON  CONCERT 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  I IOTE1 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.   Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plate.  Art  Hickman',  Orchestra 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on   the   brink   of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT- MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters    For   Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


"Did  Fussleigh  take  his  misfortune  like  a  man?" 

cisely.    He  blamed  it  all  on  his  wife." — Tit-Bits. 


'Pre- 


Jack — Can  she  keep  a  secret?  Maud — Yes,,  the  dis- 
agreeable thing. — New  Haven  Journal-Courier. 

"Little  girl,  why  aren't  you  provided  with  an  umbrella?" 

"Because  father  hasn't  been  to  church  this  year." — Puck. 

"I  am  afraid  it  won't  fit,"  she  said  as  she  tried  the  ring. 

"That's  funny,"  he  mused,  "I  never  had  any  trouble  with  it 
before." — Gargoyle. 

"Mamma,  can  me  and  Tommy  have  some  cake?"  asked 

little  Ruth.  "Not  unless  you  ask  grammatically,"  replied  her 
mother.  "Well,  then,"  said  she,  "may  I  have  a  piece  of  cake  ?" 
■ — Dallas  News. 

George  was  hampered  by  a  mother  whose  idea  of  godli- 
ness was  cleanliness.  Notwithstanding  the  frequent  baths  to 
which  he  was  condemned,  George  thrived  exceedingly.  One 
day  a  neighbor  remarked  on  his  rapid  growth.  "Yes,"  said 
George,  "that's  ma's  fault.  She  waters  me  too  much!" — Tit- 
Bits. 

"Professor  Diggs,  the  famous  archaeologist,  is  said  to 

have  discovered  half  a  dozen  buried  cities."  "Mrs.  Diggs 
ought  to  be  proud  of  him."  "Well,  yes.  But  she  would  prob- 
ably have  more  respect  for  his  ability  as  an  explorer  if  she  did 
not  have  to  find  his  hat  for  him  nearly  every  time  he  leaves 
the  house." — Birmingham  Age-Herald. 

Stage  Manager — My  dear,  I  wish  you  would  wear  a  dif- 
ferent gown  in  the  second  act.    Rita  Ravenyelp — But  that  is  the 
latest  style,  and  I  paid  two  hundred  dollars  for  it. 
Stage  Manager — That  may  be  true,  but  when  your        ^»— 
husband  says :  'Woman,  you  are  hiding  something 
from   me,'  the  audience  can't  figure   out  what  he 
means. — Passing  Show. 

The  fair  young  creature  was  becoming  very 

impatient,  and  finally  exclaimed :  "Mercy!  We  have 
waited  thirty  minutes.  We'll  miss  the  opera  waiting 
for  that  mother  of  mine."  "Hours,  I  should  say,"  he 
replied,  none  too  sweetly.  "Ours!"  she  cried  rap- 
turously. "Oh,  Will,  this  is  so  unexpected."  And 
she  fell  upon  his  neck. — Dumb  Animals, 

"What  would  you  do  if  I  turned  you  down  ?" 

she  asked,  shyly,  as  they  sat  on  the  parlor  sofa.  The 
young  man  looked  straight  ahead,  but  said  nothing. 
After  a  few  moments  of  silence  she  nudged  him  with 
her  elbow  and  said :  "Didn't  you  hear  my  question?" 
He  looked  around,  apprehensively.  "I  beg  your  par- 
don," he  replied.  "I  thought  you  were  addressing 
the  gas." — St.  Louis  Republic. 

The  prosecuting  attorney  had  encountered  a 

somewhat  difficult  witness.  Finally  he  asked  the 
man  if  he  was  acquainted  with  any  of  the  men  on 
the  jury.  "Yes,  sir,"  announced  the  witness,  "more 
than  half  of  them."  "Are  you  willing  to  swear  that 
you  know  more  than  half  of  them?"  demanded  the 
lawyer.  "Why,  if  it  comes  to  that,  I'm  willing  to 
swear  that  I  know  more  than  all  of  them  put  to- 
gether."— St.  Louis  Republic. 

An  intoxicated  man  hailed  a  cab.     After  he 

had  climbed  in,  the  cabby  leaned  over  and  asked: 
"What  street  do  you  want?"  "What  streets  have 
you?"  he  inquired.  "Lots  of  'em,"  smiled  the  cabby, 
humoring  him.  "Gimme  'em  all,"  he  said,  waving 
his  arm  grandly.  After  they  had  been  driving  for 
several  hours,  the  man  in  the  cab  ordered  a  stop. 
"How  much  do  I  owe  you?"  "Seven  dollars  and 
fifty  cents."  "Well — you  better  drive  back  till  you 
get  to  thirty-fi'  shents,  'cause  thashall  I  got."  And 
the  inebriated  one  blinked  knowingly,  and  settled 
himself  to  sleep. — Ex. 


Paul's  father  had  been  trying  to  teach  his  son  chivalry 

toward  his  little  sister,  with  the  injunction,  "Ladies 
first  always,_  Paul."  The  boy  inwardly  resented  what 
seemed  to  him  an  injustice  in  this  preference  but  his  op- 
portunity to  turn  it  to  advantage  came.  Towards  evening  one 
day  their  mother  sent  the  children  on  an  errand  to  the  cellar. 
The  door,  opening  upon  the  dark,  abysmal  regions  below,  had 
its  usual  effect  upon  small  children.  But  the  boy  was  reluctant 
to  admit  his  fear.  Turning  to  his  sister,  and  holding  open  the 
door,  he  said,  suavely:  "Ladies  first,  Louise!" — Ex. 

Smith  got  married.     The  evening  of  his  first  pay  day 

he  gave  his  bride  fourteen  dollars  of  the  fifteen  dollar  salary 
and  kept  only  one  dollar  for  himself.  But  the  second  pay  day 
Smith  gave  his  wife  one  dollar  and  kept  fourteen  dollars  for 
himself.  "Why,  John,"  she  cried,  in  injured  tones,  "how  on 
earth  do  you  think  I  can  manage  for  a  whole  week  on  a  paltry 
dollar?"  "Darned  if  I  know,"  he  answered.  "I  had  a  rotten 
time  myself  last  week.  It's  your  turn  now." — Topeka  State 
Journal. 

A  group  of  Northerners  at  a  hotel  in  Louisville  were  pok- 
ing fun  at  the  partiality  of  Southerners  for  the  titles  of  "Colo- 
nel," "Major"  and  "Judge."  "What  is  a  colonel  here  abouts?" 
asked  one  of  the  group,  and  there  immediately  followed  a  dis- 
cussion. Finally  a  colored  attendant  was  drawn  in.  "Well, 
gents,"  said  the  negro,  "dere's  lots  of  ways  to  answer  dat  ques- 
tion. I'se  knowed  folks  what  was  born  kunnels — it  jest  run  in 
de  blood  fob.  ginerations.  An'  I'se  knowed  folks  what  was  jest 
app'inted  to  be  kunnels.  And  yit  others  what  was  made  kun- 
nels by  bein'  kind  to  niggers.  Foh  instance,  any  man  dat  gives 
me  a  dollah  is  a  kunnel  to  me  hencefo'th  foreveh." — Every- 
body's Magazine. 


Tub  Dresses 


decidedly  the  vogue  for   Sum- 
mer, have  a  prominent  place  in 


McCall 
Designs 

for  JUNE 

The  simplicity 
of  McCall  Pat- 
terns for  these 
smart  little  Sum- 
mer frocks  ap- 
peals to 

The  Home 
Dressmaker 

The  McCall  Cut- 
ting and  Con- 
struction Guide, 
furnished  FREE 
with  each  pat- 
tern, insures  a 
perfect-fitting 
garment. 

McCall  Patterns  for  June  Now  On  Sale 


McCall     Pattern:      Waist 

No.     7765,    Skirl   No.  7767 

Many  other  new  designs 

for  June 


McCall    Pattern   No.   7787. 

Many     other    attractive 

designs  for  June 


NEWMAN    MAGNIN    Co., 


-MARKS   BROS.,   SAN    FRANCISCO.' 


'- 


May  19.  1917 


and  California  A«lv 


Shot  and  Shell 

A  PERFECT  DAY. 

Dix  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  eating  Bully  Boeuf. 

One  caught  the  tummy-ache  and  then  there  were  neuf. 

Neuf  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  munching  des  biscuits. 
One  broke  his  wisdom  tooth  and  then  there  were  huit. 

Huit  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  did  it  for  a  bet 
One  met  the  A.  P.  M.  and  then  there  were  sept. 

Sept  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  called  to  see  Elise. 
One  cut  his  comrades  out  and  then  there  were  six. 

Six  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  not  heeding  what  they  drank. 
One  called  for  gTenadine  and  then  there  were  cinq. 

Cinq  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  starting  to  se  battre. 
One  riled  a  heavyweight  and  then  there  were  quartre. 

Quatre  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  broke  the  blinkin'  loi, 
One  made  a  job  of  it,  and  then  there  were  trois. 

Trois  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  feeling  tres  heureux, 
One  spoiled  the  gramophone  and  then  there  were  deux. 

Deux  'Steenth  Battalion  boys  called  a  man  a  Hun, 
He  proved  he  wasn't  one,  and  then  there  was  un. 

Un  'Steenth  Battalion  boy  feeling  tres  bien, 
He  got  estaminated,  that  left  rien. 
— R.  M.  E.,  in  "The  Brazier,"  a  Trench  Journal  Issued  by  the 
Canadian  Scottish  for  the  Third  Brigade. 


ST.  OUEN  IN  PICARDY. 

Gleams  of  English  orchards  dance 
Through  the  sunny  fields  of  France; 
Flowers  that  blow  at  Nedonchel 
Thrive  in  Gloucestershire  as  well; 
Children  sing  to  fleet  the  time 
What  they  deem  an  English  rime — 
"Kiss  me  quick;  apres  la  guerre 
Promenade  en  Angleterre." 

English  hearts  are  gladdened  when 
Out  of  children's  lips  again 
Comes  the  lilt  of  English  song 
When  their  absence  has  been  long : 
Children  running  through  the  street 
Beating  time  with  merry  feet — 
"Kiss  me  quick;  apres  la  guerre 
Promenade  en  Angleterre." 

But  to  hear  them  as  they  sing 
Brings  a  sudden  questioning :   . 
Here  the  children  play  and  roam — 
How's  my  little  one  at  home? 
In  St.  Ouen  the  simple  strain 
Takes  the  heart  with  hungry  pain — 
"Kiss  me  quick;  apres  la  guerre 
Promenade  en  Angleterre." 

— London  "Punch." 


THAT  ARMY  MESS. 
If  you  'ave  lost  your  'aversack,  your  kit  bag  or  your  pipe, 
Your  'ousewife,  soap  or  oily  rag  with  which  you  clean  your  'ipe, 
Your  belt  or  second  pair  o'  socks,  your  lanyard  or  pull-through, 
Oh,  do  not  be  dispirited,  you'll  get  'em  in  the  stew! 

If  from  the  transport  lines  you  miss  a  face  you  used  to  know, 
With  stick-up  ears  an'  yellow  teeth  all  in  a  smilin'  row, 
'E  is  not  gone  for  everymore,  though  seemin'  lost  to  view, 
The  late  lamented  army  mule,  you'll  meet  'im  in  the  stew! 

— Punch. 


or 


■. 
anr.  tic  to  tin 

ill  how  m.. 
tank  or 

re  have  been  ; 

Dcutschland  has  b< 
whether   she   I 

og  in  Davy  Jones  locker?    The  Admiralty  is  as  d 
the  Scotch. 

It  may  be  that  Berlin  has  taken  ., 
to  make  the  su  \ga  .pp^r  mor 

is.    The  German  Vice-Admiral,  von  Capelle,  said  lately  in  a 
speech  affirming  that  the  unrestricted  submarine  « 
ceeded  the  most  ros\  ions. 

And  now  for  a  flat  denial.  England  has  chosen  Alfred  Noyes 
t  talk  for  the  Scotch,  and  he  remarks  that,  far  from  being  able 
to  intercept  traffic  in  the  Straits  of  Dover, 

im  confident  that  it  is  because  the  Admiralty  has  driven 
the  submarines  from  the  home  waters  that  Germany  announced 
her  intention  to  create  a  wider  zone.  We  have  4,000  private 
yachts,  whalers,  and  fishing-vessels,  and  60.000  men  in  the  anti- 
submarine fleet. 

"Every  boat  is  armed  with  guns  throwing  12-  or  14-pound 
explosive  shells,  and  has  1,000  yards  of  steel  netting  trailing 
behind.  We  have  destroyed  200  submarines.  All  the  home 
waters  are  mapped  out  in  blocks  and  every  block  patrolled." 

In  addition  to  this,  large  fleets  of  mine-layers  place  mines  in 
the  entrances  of  German  harbors,  while  the  submarines  are 
away,  and  prevent  them  from  returning.  There  are  numerous 
esquadrilles  of  aeroplanes,  manned  by  the  French;  the  con- 
stabulary constantly  search  the  shores  of  the  British  Isles  to 
ferret  out  the  concealed  submarine  bases,  and  lately,  at  least, 
the  skipper  of  every  armed  merchantman  is,  upon  occasion,  a 
submarine  hunter.  "Taking  one  consideration  with  another,  the 
U-boat's  lot  is  not  a  happy  one." 

Two  general  methods  are  in  vogue  for  "eliminating"  sub- 
marines: 

The  French  are  given  to  "spearing"  from  aeroplanes.  As 
nearly  as  may  be  learned,  the  operators  fly  at  considerable 
height  until  they  catch  sight  of  a  possible  victim.  Then  they 
dive  within  range  and  endeavor  to  land  a  bomb  where  it  will  do 
the  most  good.  The  British  commonly  employ  a  less  spectacu- 
lar method.  They  trawl  as  they  would  for  food-fish.  If  they 
net  a  submersible,  they  telegraph  down  by  the  Morse  code  to 
i+  to  come  up  or  be  blown  up.  It  is  rather  instructive  to  note 
how  each  nation  employs  the  implements  with  which  it  is  espe- 
cially familiar.  The  French  are  beyond  all  other  nations 
masters  of  the  air;  the  British,  of  the  seas. 

The  British  naturally  must  have  the  most  to  show  for  their 
efforts  because  of  their  habit  of  taking  submersibles  "alive," 
but  there  are  no  statistics  to  prove  which  method  of  operation 
is  actually  the  more  productive. 

But  how  is  it  possible  to  catch  a  U-boat  in  a  net?  The  com- 
mander of  the  submarine  is  fully  aware  of  his  danger,  and  will 
dive  deeper,  skirt  around  the  net,  or  turn  on  the  enemy  with  his 
torpedoes.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  only  opportunity  for  escape 
is  to  torpedo  the  trawler! — this  largely  because  of  the  trawler's 
superior  speed,  and  the  shallowness  of  the  water  in  the  Straits. 
To  quoteMr.  Noyes  again : 

"Many  of  the  skippers  of  these  trawlers  and  patrol-boats  are 
Scotchmen.  In  fact,  there  are  between  60,000  and  70,000  fisher- 
men who  already  have  been  uniformed,  trained,  and  practiced, 
even  in  gunnery,  for  anti-submarine  service.  Many  of  them 
are  Scotch,  and  all  are  seamen  who  range  in  age  from  the 
twenties  to  the  three  scores  and  tens.  Yes,  some  of  them  are 
even  as  old  as  that,  but  they  are  the  hardiest  set  of  men  I  ever 
saw.  I  asked  one  old  fellow  how  he  stood  the  extreme  cold,  and 
he  replied  that  he,  like  the  rest,  soaked  his  sea-boots  and  gloves 
hi  the  water.  Really,  they  believe  the  water  is  warmer  than  the 
air,  and  perhaps  they  are  right." — Ex. 


Patient — What  do  you  think  of  a  warm  climate  for  me  ?  Phy- 
sician— That's  precisely  what  I  am  trying  to  guard  you  against. 
—Ex. 


"What  would  you  do  if  a  bandit  should  present  a  gun  and  de- 
mand your  money?"    "I'd  sympathize  with  him." — Ex. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 

The  patriotic  spirit  of  flag-decked  New  York  begins  to  make 
itself  felt  in  many  of  the  small  accessories  that  make  a  woman's 
costume,  and  often  in  the  costume  itself.  With  flags  to  the  right 
and  flags  to  the  left,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  spirit 
of  the  times  is  being  reflected  in  our  clothes. 

The  red,  white  and  blue  colors  are  in  evidence  everywhere. 
New  vests  and  collars  of  white  silk  or  satin  are  edged  with 
narrow  red,  white  and  blue  ribbon,  or  rows  of  red  and  blue 
ribbon  are  stitched  around  the  edges  of  white  collars.  The 
vests  are  the  very  latest  addition  to  coats,  and  are  so  popular 
that  even  blouses  are  being  made  in  vest  effect  now. 

Hosiery  and  gloves  embroidered  with  stars  and  stripes  are 
among  the  latest  novelties  seen,  showing  the  extent  to  which 
patriotism  may  be  taken.     There  are  also  small  silk  handker- 


Left- 
Smart. 


-A  Bolero  Dress  in  Dotted    Foulard    is    Exceedingly 
Right — A  Coat  Dress  of  Heavy  Linen. 


chiefs  edged  with  little  flags,  and  parasols  edged  with  ribbon 
bearing  the  stars  and  stripes.  Even  a  parasol  of  red,  white 
and  blue  bunting  has  been  devised,  with  the  colors  used  alter- 
nately in  each  section. 

Costumes  consisting  of  red  or  blue  wool  jersey  middy  blouses 
are  worn  with  skirts  of  white  wash  satin  or  sports  silk.  The 
blouses  are  decorated  with  embroidered  emblems  on  the  sleeves, 
on  the  ends  of  collars  or  in  front.  With  the  blue  blouses  are 
worn  red  ties,  and  with  red  blouses,  blue  ties. 

Foulard  Combined  With  Organdy  or  Georgette 

Every  smartly-dressed  woman  realizes  that  if  she  is  to  be  up 
to  date  she  must  have  a  dress  of  foulard  in  her  wardrobe  this 
summer.  Blue  foulard  with  large  white  polka-dots  is  the  kind 
one  sees  most  of,  but  sometimes  the  order  is  reversed  and  blue 
dots  standing  out  on  a  white  background  appear.  They  are  just 
as  smart  and  even  a  little  newer  than  the  white  dots  on  the  blue. 

Foulard  is  often  combined  with  Georgette  or  organdy.  In 
the  sketch  it  is  combined  with  white  Georgette,  which  is  used 
for  the  soft,  gathered  vest  and  collar,  of  a  very  modish  bolero 
dress  of  navy-blue  dotted  foulard.  The  pretty  bolero  style  has 
come  back  to  us,  and  this  is  one  of  the  many  attractive  models 
in  which  it  is  seen.  Some  of  the  new  summer  suits  have  short 
bolero  coats  trimmed  around  the  edge  with  some  form  of  em- 
broidery or  stitching.  A  very  smart  model  was  made  of  blue 
twill  and  foulard. 

Foulard  is  put  to  other  uses  besides  the  fashioning  of  dresses. 


It  makes  very  effective  trimming  on  suits;  for  instance,  on 
collar,  cuffs  and  pockets.  White-dotted  blue  foulard  combines 
well  with  navy  or  sand-colored  serge  or  twill. 

Speaking  of  the  combinations  of  materials,  one  of  the  very 
newest  effects  is  that  of  using  organdy  and  net  together.  And 
speaking  of  organdy,  it  is  to  be  very  popular  this  summer  for 
entire  dresses  and  also  for  trimming.  A  white  net  summer 
frock  worn  over  a  pink  organdy  slip  and  trimmed  with  bands  of 
pale  pink  organdy  on  the  skirt  was  recently  seen.  A  very  cool 
and  refreshing  frock  for  summer  it  looked. 

Silk  Braid  a  Fashionable  Trimming 

The  use  of  flat  woven  silk  braid  as  a  trimming  is  becoming 
more  and  more  favored.  Braid  about  half  an  inch  in  width  is 
applied  on  coats  and  skirts  in  straight  rows  one  above  the  other, 
and  at  even  distances  apart.  Sometimes  the  braid  covers  an 
entire  coat,  sleeves  and  all. 

Black  braid  on  navy  blue,  and  dark  blue  on  tan  are  the 
combinations  most  frequently  seen.  To  accompany  a  dark- 
blue  coat,  white  flannel  skirts  trimmed  with  rows  of  dark-blue 
braid  are  sometimes  used. 

Capes  Make  Their  Appearance 

Coats  with  capes,  and  dresses  with  capes,  have  been  making 
their  appearance  lately.  The  capes  are  not  the  short  variety 
that  were  used  some  seasons  ago.  They  are  very  long,  as  long 
as  the  coat  to  which  it  is  attached  in  most  cases,  and  many  of 
them  are  attached  only  at  the  back  of  a  coat  or  dress.  While 
being  very  smart,  these  capes  have  a  practical  value  in  that  they 
give  extra  warmth.  In  a  very  smart  dress  which  combined 
dark-blue  satin  and  serge,  a  cape  of  serge  was  attached  at  the 
shoulders.  The  lining  of  apricot-colored  silk  formed  an  ef- 
fective background  for  the  dark  dress. 

Much  of  this  satin  and  serge  combination  is  being  used  again 
this  spring,  and  frocks  of  this  kind  are  especially  practical  for 
shopping  and  street  wear.  With  one  of  the  fur  capes  no  other 
wrap  is  necessary  at  this  time  of  the  year. 

The  linen  frock  for  summer  means  as  much  as  the  satin-and- 
serge  frock  does  for  spring.  A  tailored  coat  dress  of  white  linen 
buttoned  down  the  front  and  brightened  by  a  colored  linen  col- 
lar, a  belt  and  large  pockets  of  the  same,  is  seen  in  the  sketch. 
Stitching  is  the  tailored  trimming  used  to  accentuate  the  dis- 
tinctive lines  of  this  model. 


SUMMER  HOME  FOR  THE  PRESIDENT? 

It  is  reported  that  a  syndicate  of  wealthy  New  Yorkers  has 
purchased  Shadow  Lawn,  the  estate  near  Long  Branch,  N.  J., 
on  which  President  Wilson  spent  a  part  of  last  summer,  with 
the  view  of  presenting  it  to  the  government  as  a  regular  "Sum- 
mer White  House"  for  the  use  of  Presidents  of  the  United 
States.  The  property  embraces  sixty  acres,  and,  with  residence 
and  other  improvements,  has  cost,  in  development,  more  than 
$1,250,000.  The  matter  of  providing  a  summer  presidential 
executive  mansion  has  long  been  under  discussion.  Many  offers 
of  gifts  of  houses  and  lands  for  this  purpose  have  come  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  Difficulty  arises  from  the  varying 
tastes  of  the  Chief  Magistrates.  The  summer  home  that  would 
suit  one  would  not  be  at  all  satisfactory  to  another,  and  there 
is  also  a  feeling  among  the  States  of  opposition  to  the  idea  of 
settling  the  President  down,  in  his  leisure  period,  in  any  par- 
ticular section. 


ALL  SAINTS. 


In  a  church  which  is  furnished  with  mullion  and  gable, 
With  altar  and  reredos,  gargoyle  and  groin, 
The  penitents'  dresses  are  sealskin  and  sable, 
The  odor  of  sanctity's  eau-de-cologne. 

But  only  could  Lucifer,  flying  from  Hades, 

Gaze  down  on  this  crowd  with  paniers  and  paints, 

He  would  say  as  he  looked  at  the  lords  and  the  ladies : 
"Oh,  where  is  All  Sinners'  if  this  is  All  Saints'?" 

— Edmund  Yates,  in  London  World. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


'.  1917 


and  California  A<)\ 

INSURANCE 


.  The  Casualty  Company  of  America  has  been  placed  in  the 
hands  of  a  receiver  and  will  probably  be  liqui  ,:0  out 

of  business.  The  receiver  states  that  all  policy  holdc: 
probably  be  protected,  the  only  losers  being  the  stockholders, 
who  have  repeatedly  put  up  substantial  sums  to  keep  the  com 
pany  on  its  feet.  This  is  the  concern  which  recently  reinsured 
the  business  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Casualty  o: 
now  also  in  the  hands  of  a  receiver.  Fred  Lloyd,  the  former 
manager  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Casualty,  went  East  as  an  afficcr 
of  the  Casualty  Company  of  America. 

*  »     » 

H.  M.  Hinchman,  general  agent  at  San  Francisco  for  the 
automobile  department  of  the  United  States  Lloyds,  covering 
California,  has,  been  appointed  general  agent  in  California, 
Oregon  and  Washington  for  the  automobile  departments  of  the 
Indemnity  Mutual  Marine,  Royal  Exchange  Assurance  and 
Tokio  Marine.  The  United  States  Lloyds  has  also  extended 
his  territory  to  embrace  the  States  of  Oregon  and  Washington. 
Mr.  Hinchman  is  aJso  general  agent  for  Northern  California  of 
the  United  States  Casualty. 

*  *     * 

Governor  Holcomb  of  Connecticut  has  appointed  Richard  M. 
Bissell,  president  of  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company,  chair- 
man of  the  Connecticut  Council  of  Defense,  to  co-operate  with 
the  national  body.  Major  Howard  Giddings  was  appointed  the 
insurance  finance  member. 

<      •     * 

W.  A.  Drennan,  former  city  manager  for  the  company,  has 
been  awarded  $3000  by  the  courts  against  the  National  Union 
Fire  for  contingent  commissions  under  a  contract  in  effect  dur- 
ing his  incumbency. 

*  *     * 

During  the  term  of  the  last  California  Legislature  forty-six 
measures  relating  to  insurance  were  passed  and  await  the  Gov- 
ernor's signature. 

*  *     * 

The  assets  of  the  St.  Paul  Fire  and  Marine,  represented  on 
the  Coast  by  Christensen  &  Goodwin,  amounted  to  $12,288,618 
when  the  books  were  balanced  December  31st,  1916.  The  sur- 
plus had   grown  to   $3,895,000,  and   the   premium   income   to 

$9,101,346. 

*  ♦     ♦ 

Charles  L.  Bogue,  agency  manager  for  the  Pacific  Mutual 
Life  of  Los  Angeles,  has  organized  a  home  guard  company 
from  the  agents  at  Los  Angeles  and  will  have  the  command, 
having  recently  received  his  commission  as  captain  in  the  regu- 
lar army. 

*  ♦     ♦ 

A.  J.  Hill,  the  State  Life's  general  agent  at  San  Francisco,  is 
one  of  the  most  intensive  workers  connected  with  the  com- 
pany's force  of  producers.  He  is  a  member  of  the  $200,000 
Club.  Before  taking  up  insurance,  Mr.  Hill  was  an  advertising 
man  of  large  experience,  and  the  training  and  acquaintance 
made  in  that  line  he  finds  to  be  of  particular  value  to  him  now. 

*  *     * 

John  D.  Mooney  is  now  manager  of  the  Agency  Company, 
general  agent  in  Colorado  and  Wyoming  for  the  Guardian 
Casualty  &  Guaranty  Company  of  Salt  Lake.  Mr.  Mooney  was 
formerly  with  the  London  Guarantee  &  Accident  Co.  in  Colo- 
rado. 

*  *     * 

The  National  Surety  Company,  through  Pacific  Coast  Man- 
ager Frank  L.  Gilbert,  has  contracted  with  Charles  L.  Tisdale 
of  the  California  Bankers'  Association,  to  handle  all  bank  bur- 
glary business  of  the  association  which  may  be  offered  to  Tis- 
dale as  broker.  This  business  has  formerly  been  written  by 
the  Maryland  Casualty  through  its  San  Diego  agency. 


Speaking  of  "lost  provinces,"  there  are,  of  course,  New 

Hampshire,  Ohio  and  California.  Perhaps  Herr  Zimmermann 
will  make  a  proposition  to  the  Republican  National  Committee. 
—Puck. 


I>\UI  I II 1 1>  ,40 

Books  and  Art       Q 

2.39  Grant  Avenue        g» 
::  San  Francisco  ::        ■ 


OF  K.\  INHART. 

I^natz  Stcinhart.  pioneer,  banker,  a  genera 
tributor,  and  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  on  th< 
■y  this  week  after  a  two   weeks'   illiu 

,i  native  of  Sulibach,  Germany,  and  cai 
;nia  in  1864,  in  his  twenty-fourth  year.  there- 

after he_  obtained  a  position  in  a  bank  and  thereafter  his  rise 
was  rapid,  as  he  proved  naturally  adapted  to  that  calling.  Be- 
fore the  big  fire  of  1906.  his  fortum  \000,- 
(i00.  He^  was  fond  of  travel  and  visited  Europe  every  summer. 
He  was  in  Vienna  at  the  time  the  Crown  Prince  was  assassin- 
ated and  war  announced.  His  ideas  of  his  fortune  and  its  pur- 
pose was  in  the  larger  sense  and  he  was  a  generous  donor  in 
gifts  to  the  city,  among  them  being  the  $75,000  aquarium  to 
the  city  as  a  memorial  to  his  brother  Sigmund.  He  is  survived 
by  three  brothers  and  a  sister  in  Europe  and  a  brother-in-law, 
Joseph  Friedlander,  vice-president  of  the  Anglo  London  &  Paris 
National  Bank,  two  grand-nephews,  Philip  Lilienthal  and  Edgar 
Spielberg,  and  a  niece,  Miss  Paula  Kitzinger  of  this  city. 

$1,000,000  INVESTED  IN  LIBERTY  LOAN  BONDS 
George  H.  Tyson,  general  representative  of  the  well-known 
German-American  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  having 
all  its  assets  invested  in  America,  announces,  through  President 
Charles  G.  Smith,  that  this  company  is  the  first  to  subscribe 
$1,000,000.00  subscription  to  the  U.  S.  "Liberty  Loan"  bonds. 
The  directors  of  this  company  are  all  American  citizens,  born 
in  the  United  States.  Its  business  is  wholly  confined  to  the 
United  States  and  its  possessions  and  in  Canada.  The  German- 
American  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  is  distinctly  an 
American  institution  in  spirit,  in  its  traditions  and  policy.  Since 
its  organizations  in  New  York  it  has  paid  out  over  $90,000,000 
to  the  owners  of  homes  and  business  nouses  attacked  by  fire  in 
this  country  and  in  Canada,  and  American  patronage  and  Amer- 
ican good  will  has  made  the  company  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful of  its  kind  on  the  continent.  On  January  1,  1917,  its 
capital  was  $2,000,000;  reserves  for  all  other  liabilities,  $10,- 
954,055;  net  surplus,  $10,759,422;  assets,  $23,713,477. 


Grace's  uncle  met  her  on  the  street  one  spring  day  and 

asked  her  whether  she  was  going  out  with  a  picnic  party  from 
her  school.  "No,"  replied  his  eight-year-old  niece,  "I  ain't 
going."  "My  dear,"  said  the  uncle,  "you  must  not  say  'I  ain't 
going.'  You  must  say,  T  am  not  going.'  "  Then  he  proceeded 
to  give  her  a  little  lesson  in  grammar:  "  'You  are  not  going;  he 
is  not  going;  we  are  not  going;  you  are  not  going;  they  are  not 
going.'  Now,  can  you  say  all  that?"  "Sure  I  can,"  responded 
Grace,  heartily.    "There  ain't  nobody  going." — Ex. 


RICE    GUN 

OVER 

3,000  SHOTS 


PER    MINUTE 


NO  F 


NO  Re°,s- 


SMOKE  I^V     RECOIL 

10  Times  As  Effective  As  A  Powder  Gun 
At  One-Tenth  the  Cost 

DEMONSTRATING    DAILY    AT 

225    MARKET   STREET 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


FINANCIAL^ 


with  orders  for  steel  rails  and  other  materials  costing  $1,000,- 
000,000. 


Big  Increased 
Capacity  of  Steel. 


The  steel  industry  has  been  greatly 
stimulated  by  the  war.  On  Decem- 
ber 31,  1914,  the  total  capacity  of 
the  country  for  making  steel  billets 
and  castings  was  40,915,325  tons,  and  on  December  31,  1916, 
according  to  the  preliminary  estimate  of  the  American  Iron  and 
Steel  Institute,  it  was  48,770,000,  with  6,283,500  additional  tons 
capacity  building.  The  increase  already  in  service  on  January 
1st  last  was  therefore  20  per  cent,  and  when  present  construc- 
tion is  completed  the  increase  will  be  35  per  cent,  over  the 
capacity  of  1914. 

In  pig  iron  capacity  the  increase  has  not  been  so  great,  only 
about  4  per  cent,  completed  to  the  close  of  1916,  but  on  January 
1st  17  furnaces  were  under  construction,  with  a  capacity  of 
3,157,000  gross  tons.  Since  then  several  more  have  been  pro- 
jected, in  all  providing  for  an  increase  of  15  to  18  per  cent, 
over  the  capacity  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  There  had  been 
a  considerable  surplus  of  pig  iron  capacity. 

The  total  exports  of  steel  from  the  United  States  in  1916 
did  not  exceed  10  per  cent,  of  the  country's  present  steel- 
making  capacity,  and  Judge  Gary  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
American  Iron  and  Steel  Institute  estimated  our  own  govern- 
ment's probable  requirements  at  about  5  per  cent,  of  the  coun- 
try's capacity. 


Union  extracted  ore  from  three  levels,  aggregating  187 

tens  shipped  with  average  assay  values  of  $20.65  per  ton. 
Sierra  Nevada  sent  to  the  mill  ninety  tons  that  averaged  $14.65, 
taken  from  the  2,540-foot  level.  The  Mexican  has  repaired  its 
2,900-foot  level  drift  for  a  distance  of  125  feet,  and  extracted 
twelve  tons  that  averaged  $14.65. 


The  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco  has  re- 
ceived a  supply  of  application  blanks  for  subscriptions  to  the 
liberty  loan,  which  it  will  furnish  to  applicants  upon 
request.  When  filled  up  by  the  subscriber  the  form  of 
application  may  be  transmitted  through  the  subscriber's 
bank,  trust  company  or  any  other  agency,  or  it  may  be 
filed  directly  with  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  for  this 
district. 


Howard  Throckmorton  and  Martin  Judge,  Jr., 

general  partners  in  the  firm  of  J.  M.  Byrne  &  Company, 
members  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  announce 
the  completion  of  their  San  Francisco  offices  in  the 
Insurance  Exchange  building,  441  California  street. 
Mr.  Joseph  M.  Byrne,  the  senior  partner  of  J.  M.  Byrne 
&  Company,  was  the  founder  and  senior  partner  of 
Byrne  &  McDonnell,  the  business  of  which  was  dis- 
solved by  mutual  consent  on  March  15th  last.  The 
former  main  office  of  Byrne  &  McDonnell  at  60  Broad- 
way, New  York,  and  the  offices  at  Newark  and  Pater- 
son,  New  Jersey,  have  been  retained  by  J.  M.  Byrne  & 
Company.  The  San  Francisco  office  has  established 
direct  private  wire  connections  with  Chicago,  New  York 
and  other  Eastern  cities.  The  firm  will  conduct  a  gen- 
eral business  in  municipal  and  corporation  bonds  and 
commission  accounts  in  stocks,  grain  and  cotton. 


Two  essential  changes  appear  in  the  proposed  amend- 
ment to  the  income  tax  law.  The  first  lowers  the  exemptions 
from  $4000  for  married  persons  and  $3000  for  single  persons,  re- 
spectively, to  $2000  and  $1000,  and  the  second  raises  the  super- 
tax from  13  to  40  per  cent.  The  following  table  shows  how 
married  persons  with  incomes  up  to  $100,000  will  fare : 

New  Present 

Income.                                                            Law  Law 

$  3,000  $     20  

4,000  50 

5,000  90  $  20 

10,000  440  120 

15,000  890  220 

25,000  1,840'  470 

45,000  3,940  1,120 

65,000  6,440  1,920 

85,000  9,390  3,020 

100,000  11,940  3,920 


The  United  States  Government  has  placed  contracts  for 

10,000,000,000  pounds  of   steel   forging  at  approximately  24 
cents  per  pound  with  the  Bethlehem  Midvale  Steel  companies. 


C.  H.  HITTENBERGER  CO. 

MAKERS    OF 

ARCH   SUPPORTERS 

EXTENSION   SHOES 
ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS 

BRACES,  ETC. 

1108  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Branch    Office— 51 0-13th  Street— Oakland,  Cal. 


The  annual  report  of  William  Maloney,  terri- 
torial mine  inspector  of  Alaska,  for  the  year  1916, 
shows  a  total  mineral  production  for  the  territory  of 
$53,000,000,  an  increase  of  $20,000,000  compared  with 
1915.  Copper  led  with  production  of  $35,315,000,  the 
gold  and  silver  yield  amounted  to  $17,100,000,  anti- 
mony $180,000,  tin  ore  $110,000. 


AS  A  PURE  BEVERAGE  WHISKEY 
BOTTLED  IN  BOND 

IS  FUNDAMENTAL 

PURE  LIMESTONE  WATER 

>RULF.  OF  THI.   RtMiaNSi 

SELECTED  GRAIN 
MODEL  EQUIPMENT 
SKILLED  MANUFACTURE 
PERFECT  DISTILLATION 
SPLENDID  COOPERAGE 
NATURAL  MATURATION 
IDEAL  GLASSING  CONUIIIQNS' 
COMPREHENSIVE  SANITATION 
THOUSANDS     OF    VISITORS    WILL    ATTEST 
E.  H.  TAYLOR  JR.,  &  SONS 


INCOKPOrtAl  CI) 


DISTILLERS 


FRANKFORT,  KY. 


Representatives  of  the  Bethlehem  Steel  Corpora- 
tion in  Russia  are  said  to  have  arrived  in  New  York 


SHERWOOD  &  SHERWOOD 

SOLE  DISTRIBUTORS 
PACIFIC  COAST 


May  19.  1917 


and  California  A<-\\< 


Great  interest  has  been  shown  throughout  the  country  in  the 
plans  for  organizing  volunteer  motor  transport  companies  as  a 
measure  of  preparedness,  to  be  in  position  to  render  aid  to  the 
Army  in  the  transportation  of  troops  and  supplies,  according  to 
the  Volunteer  Motor  Transport  Committee,  New  York,  asking 
for  further  information  and  offering  whole-hearted,  patriotic  co- 
operation in  the  work. 

Two  distinct  lines  of  effort  have  been  undertaken  by  the 
committee.  The  first  and  most  important  is  to  assist  the  De- 
partmental Quartermaster  at  Governor's  Island,  New  York,  in 
recruiting  and  examing  about  1400  experienced  motor  truck 
men  or  automobile  drivers  in  the  three  sections  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  East,  who  are  needed  at  once  to  man  forty  motor 
truck  companies  that  are  to  be  organized  by  the  Quartermaster 
General  at  Washington. 

The  men  being  enlisted  include  truckmasters,  chauffeurs, 
repair  men,  etc.  They  are  now  being  enlisted  and  assigned, 
but  not  called  into  service.  They  are  being  enrolled  in  the 
Quartermaster  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps  for  a  period  of  four 
years.  They  will  all  bear  the  title  of  Sergeant  and  when  called 
into  service  the  drivers  will  receive  pay  at  the  rate  of  $36  a 
month  and  be  given  subsistence,  clothing,  etc. 

The  secondary  line  of  work  the  committee  has  undertaken  is 
the  formation  of  volunteer  motor  companies,  particularly  along 
the  Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  Coasts.  In  order  to  co-ordinate 
efforts  and  avoid  duplication  and  confusion,  representatives 
will  be  appointed  in  the  largest  city  or  cities  in  each  State, 
who  will  carry  on  the  work  in  their  districts,  appointing  cap- 
tains to  organize  motor  truck,  motor  car  and  motorcycle  com- 
panies, distributing  literature,  and  receiving  reports  from  cap- 
tains and  keeping  records  thereof. 

Appointment  of  these  representatives  is  now  being  made  and 
will  be  announced  later.  Circulars  describing  the  proper  forma- 
tion of  companies,  duties  of  the  personnel,  and  service  that  the 
companies  will  be  called  upon  to  perform,  together  with  report 
blanks,  etc.,  are  now  being  prepared. 

It  is  made  clear  by  the  Quartermaster  General's  office  that 
these  are  purely  volunteer  companies  and  that  there  is  no  in- 
tention of  taking  over  the  trucks  and  cars  of  citizen  owners  for 
regular  use  in  the  army.  Such  service  as  the  companies  will  be 
called  upon  to  perform  will  probably  extend  over  only  two  or 
three  days,  except  in  case  of  some  unexpected  emergency. 
Should  the  use  of  the  trucks  or  cars  be  required  for  a  longer 
period,  it  is  expected  that  the  government  will  pay  for  theiruse. 

Men  of  the  companies  are  not  required  to  have  any  military 
training  or  knowledge,  but  it  is  desired  that  those  who  are 
qualified  and  willing  to  enlist  in  the  Quartermaster  Reserve 
Corps  should  apply  for  and  become  enlisted,  so  thatthey  can 
be  called  upon  later  to  man  truck  and  car  companies  to  be 
formed  in  connection  with  the  new  Federal  army  that  is  to  be 
raised.  Gradually  the  formation  of  volunteer  companies  will 
be  extended  to  interior  points  and  States. 

*  *  * 

War  Will  Affect  Rubber  Market  Materially 

Receiving  positive  assurance  this  week  that  the  Norwalk 
tire  factory  will  exert  every  effort  to  keep  them  supplied  in  all 
sizes,  even  though  it  may  be  necessary  to  stop  shipments  to 
other  distributing  points  in  various  other  parts  of  the  country, 
officials  of  the  Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company  are  confident 
they  will  not  be  embarrassed  with  a  shortage  of  tires  during  the 
next  few  months.  ., 

"Negotiations  have  been  practically  completed  by  the  Nor- 
walk factory  for  the  chartering  of  two  special  steamers  to  trans- 
port rubber  direct  from  the  plantation,"  says  L.  H.  Coppel, 


'•'orwalk  manager,  "and  I  ar 
no  fear  for  i 


v  ill  have  on  the  tire  industry,  but 
ources  we  learn  that  it  means  ii 
t.iil  shipments  of  rubber  and  sea  island  cotton. 

"It  is  int.  note  that  without  rabbet 

.ind  the  aeroplane,  two  of  the  most  imi 
modern  warfare  would  suffer  materially.     In 

•■lis,  separators,  insulators,  gaskets  on  doors,  hatch  covers, 
manhole  covers,  torpedo  tube  covers  and  valves  for  water  tight- 
ness, are  among  the  items  of  equipment  in  which  rubber  plays 
an  important  part.  On  aeroplanes,  rubberized  fabric  for  the 
wings,  radiator  hose,  shock  absorbers,  axle  cushions,  speedo- 
meter shaft  guards  and  tires  are  among  the  products  of  rubber 
which  are  indispensable." 

«  •  • 

Canada,  at  War,  Buys  100,000  Motor  Cars 

The  feeling  of  apprehension  which  has  unconsciously  arisen 
concerning  the  manner  and  extent  that  general  business,  and 
particularly  the  automobile  and  rubber  industries,  will  be  af- 
fected by  the  entrance  of  the  United  States  into  the  war,  is  ably 
commented  on  by  C.  M.  Stadelman,  vice-president  of  the  Good- 
year Tire  &  Rubber  Company,  Akron,  Ohio. 

"Canada  has  gone  through  precisely  the  same  conditions  that 
now  confront  us,"  says  Stadelman;  "so  the  effect  of  the  war 
there  ought  to  be  fairly  indicative  of  what  we  may  expect  here," 
he  declares.  "General  business  conditions  are  very  satisfactory 
in  Canada  at  the  present  time. 

"In  1913  Canada  had  increased  its  number  of  registered  cars 
16,780,  or  38  per  cent,  as  against  the  1912  registration,  and  dur- 
ing 1914,  22,070,  or  36  per  cent,  as  compared  to  1913.  War 
was  declared  August  1,  1914,  so  that  the  last  figures  were  little 
affected  thereby. 

"Now  after  two  and  one-half  years  of  warfare  Canada  is  this 
year  buying  100,000  new  motor  cars,  almost  five  times  as  many 
as  were  purchased  during  1914,  and  an  increase  of  85  per  cent 
over  the  normal  increase  for  1913  and  1914. 

"Every  possible  effort  has  been  made  to  have  Canadians  save 
to  help  win  the  war.  Ever  since  war  was  declared  the  people 
have  been  importuned  to  discourage  the  spending  of  money  for 
things  not  absolutely  necessary.  The  people  are  constantly  con- 
fronted with  placards,  post  cards,  letters,  bill  posters,  newspaper 
articles  and  every  other  publicity  device  known,  to  discourage 
extravagance. 

"Theory  and  prophecy  are  not  very  convincing,  but  here  are 
the  actual  facts.  The  experience  of  Canada  for  the  past  two 
and  one-half  years,  and  her  present  liberal  patronage  of  the 
motor  car  ought  to  be  an  earnest  of  what  the  future  has  in  store 
for  us.  If  Americans  have  had  any  doubts  concerning  the  sta- 
bility and  prosperity  of  the  motor  car  business,  or  business  in 
general,  the  experience  of  Canada  ought  to  dispel  them." 


Mitchell  Six  first  Car  Up  San  Bernardino  Mountain 

Bucking  snowdrifts  and  fighting  its  way  through  a  veritable 
sea  of  slush  and  snow,  a  Mitchell  "Six,"  owned  and  driven  by 
E.  V.  Ballert  of  Los  Angeles,  climbed  to  the  crest  of  the  high 
San  Bernardino  Mountains  to  the  famous  Pine  Knot  Lodge  Feb- 
ruary 11th,  and  brought  in  the  first  mail,  as  well  as  the  first  au- 
tomobile of  the  year.  At  first,  the  proprietor,  F.  C.  Skinner, 
could  not  believe  his  eyes  when  he  saw  a  real  automobile  ap- 
proaching. The  only  mail  he  had  received  thus  far  had  been 
brought  in  by  men  on  snow  shoes. 


New  F.  I.  A.  T.  Post  War  Models  Shown 

A  shipment  of  the  twenty-fifth  yearly  model  of  the  house  of 
F.  I.  A.  T.  has  just  been  received  by  Latham,  Davis  &  Com- 
pany. These  new  cars  are  known  as  the  post  war  type,  and 
show  an  advancement  in  design  that  is  new  to  San  Francisco. 
The  new  cars  received  are  finished  in  F.  I.  A.  T.  green  and 
I'.  I.  A.  T.  gunmetal  grey;  both  are  seven-passenger  touring  car 
models. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


War  Plans  Are  Sending  Motorists  West 

Has  the  war  affected  plans  of  motor  tourists  in  the  United 
States? 

Is  it  going  to  force  them  away  from  the  Atlantic  seaboard  ? 

Are  they  going  to  turn  their  cars  to  the  great  West  and  the 
north  country  in  pursuit  of  pleasure  this  summer? 

It  would  seem  that  this  is  tue.  In  the  Middle  West  the  tour- 
ist movement  begins  with  the  coming  of  May  and  gradually 
increases  until  August.  It  continues  through  that  month  and 
gradually  drops  off  in  September,  until  October  arrives  and 
most  tourists  come  in  from  the  road  and  trail. 

During  the  first  week  in  May  inquiries  were  made  at  the  tour- 
ing bureau  of  the  Detroit  Automobile  Club  by  more  than  200 
motorists  who  were  starting  out  on  trips.  Many  of  these  were 
for  journeys  of  100  to  300  miles  out  of  Detroit.  Some  were  for 
greater  distances.  But  the  surprising  feature  of  it  all  and  the 
one  that  stands  out  foremost  is  that  21  of  these  200  motorists 
asked  for  and  received  routes  to  Colorado,  California  and 
Northwest  points. 

Does  this  mean  that  the  same  spirit  prevails  in  other  com- 
munities? Are  the  motorists  avoiding  the  fine  roads  of  New 
York  State,  New  England  and  Middle  Atlantic  States  because 
cf  the  war  activities  in  those  sections  ?    It  would  seem  so. 

There  are  many  reasons  why  motorists  might  wish  to  remain 
aloof  from  the  East.  The  military  is  active.  Bridges  are 
guarded  and  visitors  are  not  allowed  to  approach  many  of  the 
places  formerly  included  on  the  sight-seeing  itinerary  for  motor 
tourists  prefer  to  go  West  and  North,  where  they  may  see  new 

scenic  wonders  and  sights. 

*  *  * 

Scripps-Booth  Handled  by  Arnold-Stelling  Co. 

The  Arnold-Stelling  Company,  according  to  an  announce- 
ment made  several  days  ago,  has  taken  over  the  agency  for  the 
Scripps-Booth  automobile  in  the  Northern  California  territory. 

About  a  year  ago  the  Arnold-Stelling  Company  came  from 
New  York  to  San  Francisco  with  the  Simplex  Crane,  one  of  the 
highest  priced  cars  in  the  market,  and  inaugurated  the  down- 
town salesroom,  which  up  to  that  time  had  never  been  success- 
fully tried. 

The  Scripps-Booth  car  which  they  have  just  taken  over 
should  find  a  ready  market  with  many  of  the  owners  of  the 
higher  priced  cars,  as  it  serves  as  a  handy  car  to  have  in  the 
garage  for  short  runs  and  errands  about  town.    A  full  line  of 

"fours"  and  "eights"  will  be  on  display  shortly. 

*  *  * 

New  Pathfinder  Is  a  Car  for  Women 

The  woman  is  the  critical  automobile  buyer  today,  according 
to  W.  E.  Stalnaker,  vice-president  of  the  Pathfinder  Company, 
manufacturers  of  the  new  twelve-cylinder  seven-passenger 
touring  roadster. 

"A  woman  enters  into  the  purchase  of  a  motor  car  today 
more  than  ever  before,"  says  Stalnaker.  "We  have  designed 
and  built  our  new  twelve-cylinder  seven-passenger  touring  road- 
ster with  this  idea  in  mind.  A  woman  appreciates  comfort  in 
a  motor  car,  whether  she  drives  it  or  simply  rides  in  it.  We 
have  taken  care  of  her  physical  comfort  to  a  great  extent  in 

this  new  car." 

*  *  * 

Army  Officers  Inspect  Lincoln  Highway 

To  make  a  survey  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  its  possibilities  as  a  route  of  transportation  for 
supplies  and  bodies  of  troops  a  party  of  army  officers  passed 
through  Pennsylvania  cities  recently  in  a  large  touring  car. 
Notes  concerning  the  directness  of  the  line,  the  condition  of 
the  roadway,  and  the  connections  with  the  other  main  thorough- 
fares of  the  state  were  being  taken.  The  officers  had  nothing 
to  say  regarding  their  work. 

It  is  believed  that  the  observations  made  in  that  section  are 
due  in  part  to  the  activities  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  Association 
in  pointing  out  the  advantages  of  this  coast  road  in  time  of  war. 

*  *  * 

"Business  As  Usual"  Suggested  as  National  Slogan 

"America  will  prove  that  prosperity  can  go  hand  in  hand  with 
war  when  waged  with  clear-headed  intelligence,"  says  E.  C. 
Morse,  of  the  Chalmers  Motor  Company. 

"The  American  people  will  continue  to  need  food  and  cloth- 
ing. They  will  not  give  up  the  luxuries  of  life.  They  will  con- 
tinue to  buy  motor  cars  and  stocks.    Theatres  and  baseball  and 


other  amusements  will  go  on.    All  these  must  be  supplied,  as 
well  as  fighting  men  and  supplies  for  the  fighting  men. 

"In  doing  our  bit,  every  one  of  us  should  buy  up  to  the  limit 
of  our  ability,  to  the  end  that  money  shall  be  kept  in  circula- 
tion. Let  us  take  as  our  slogan  that  used  by  England,  and 
spread  this  everywhere,  for  our  own  good,  for  the  country's 
good,  for  the  world's  good :  "Business  as  Usual." 

*  *  * 

Funds  Soon  Available  for  Desert  Route  of  Lincoln  Highway 

Salt  Lake  City  bankers  have  announced  that  they  have  on 
deposit  part  of  the  preliminary  funds  to  be  used  by  the  Lincoln 
Highway  Association  for  building  a  twenty-two-mile  concrete 
road  across  Great  Salt  Lake  desert.  The  present  route  of  the 
highway  is  south  of  the  desert,  through  a  mud  flat  known  as 
Fish  Springs.  The  proposed  highway  would  eliminate  this  by 
paving  right  across  what  is  called  "the  worst  place  on  the  entire 
road,"  that  is,  from  Granite  Mountain  to  Redding  Springs. 
Estimates   made   by   the   American   Association   of    Concrete 

Manufacturers  place  the  cost  in  the  neighborhood  of  $300,000. 

*  *  * 

"Don't  Be  a  Slacker"— Also  Suggested  as  Slogan 

The  most  stirring  commercial  trumpet  blast  since  America's 
entry  into  the  world  war  has  been  sounded  by  J.  C.  Flowers, 
president  of  the  Premier  Motor  Corporation  of  Indianapolis. 
The  Premier  president's  words,  "Don't  Be  a  Business  Slacker," 
promises,  in  the  present  emergency,  to  become  a  national 
slogan,  surpassing  in  significance  and  power  England's  now 

famous  slogan — "Business  as  Usual." 

*  *  * 

Value  of  Auto  Service  Exceeds  Railroads 

Reduced  to  dollars  and  cents,  statistics  indicate  that  automo- 
bile service  at  2  cents  a  mile  per  passenger,  is  worth  $900,000,- 
000  yearly,  or  $200,000,000  more  than  that  rendered  by  all  of 

the  steam  railroad  systems  of  the  country. 

*  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 

7,500  MILES 
GIMMN1CED 

-       —  FORD  SIZES        . 
6*000  MILES  OUAMNfEED  -  UttflER  SIZES 


TIRES 


Norwalks  will  add  a  new  measure  of  satis- 
faction to  your  motoring,  for  they  embody 
the  lasting  elements  of  supreme  satisfaction. 
It  is  nothing  unusual  for  Norwalks  to  give 
as  high  as  20,000  miles  of  perfect  service- 
Immediate  deliveries  made  in  all  sizes. 

Factory    Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 

1211  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 
Phone:  Prospect  386  San  Francisco 


May  19.  1917 


and  Call  fori 


|        High   Gear  "Stuff"        | 

%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii „„# 

Diplomats  and  such  like  may  worry  and  wonder  what  it  is 
all  about,  but  to  me  its  perfectly  plain.     The  Car  of  State 
would  not  run  in  neutral  so  Chaffeur  Wilson  threw  in  hi 
and  now  she's  burning  up  the  road  on  her  way  to  "sonv 
in  the  future."— The  Commentator  in  American  Motorist. 

*  •  • 

Listen  to  this  will  you?  A  man  in  Patterson.  New  Jersey, 
advertises  for  a  cook  in  the  following  alluring  way:  •'Highest 
wages  paid.  Free  use  of  auto."  The  day  is  coming  when  the 
child  of  misfortune  who  is  compelled  to  walk  won't  get  any- 
thing to  eat  either. 

«  *  » 

"I  say,  my  friend,"  called  the  motorist  to  the  Petaluma  farmer 
as  he  drew  up  alongside  of  the  field,  "I'm  looking  for  a  decent 
road  to  take  me  into  Santa  Rosa."  "I'm  glad  to  hear  it,"  re- 
plied the  farmer.  "Ef  ye  happen  to  find  it,  stranger,  send  me  a 
tellygram,  will  ye?" — Ex. 

*  *  * 

It  is  said  that  motors  are  now  displacing  camels  in  Egypt. 
We  take  it  there  has  been  such  a  heavy  demand  for  these 
"eight-days-without-a-drink"  carriers  since  the  South  has  gone 
"dry"  that  poor  old  Egypt  has  had  to  make  other  arrange- 
ments. 

*  *  * 

Says  a  motor  traffic  magistrate :  "Automobiles  are  ferocious 
animals."  Bet  he  caught  his  judicial  finger  between  the  chain 
and  the  sprocket  teeth,  and  forthwith  imagined  the  darn  thing 
had  bitten  him. — American  Motorist. 

*  •   * 

Smith — "Are  you  sure  that's  Blink's  wife?  I  thought  she 
was  stout  and  middle-aged."  Jones — "His  first  wife  was,  but 
he  traded  her  in  for  a  1917  model."- — Life. 

Lady  (who  has  been  damaged  by  motor  car) — I  sez  to 

the  shover,  I  sez,  "You  may  'ave  an  English  nime,  but  your 
conduck's  Tooton." — London  Punch. 

"I  want  a  motor  costume,  something  in  half-mourning."  "Why, 
what "  "My  engine  has  a  habit  of  going  dead." — Louis- 
ville Courier- Journal. 

*  *    ¥ 

The  price  of  some  automobiles  was  advanced  on  May  1st. 
What  a  pity  we  can't  grow  them  in  our  back  yards  and  vacant 

lots! 

*  *  * 

Everybody  believes  in  exercise,  but  not  when  it  is  associated 
with  roadside  repairs  to  a  refractory  motor. — American  Motor- 
ist. 

*  *  * 

You  can't  figure  from  high-powered  vests.  Many  a  polished 
hood  covers  a  bum  motor. — American  Motorist. 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 


1634  PINE  ST. 


San  Francisco 


OEElfflraSHHEHD 


FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The   Newt   Letter   recommend!   the   following   garages,   hotels  and   supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  thl*  list  out  and  keep  It  at  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.      LARKII 
.in. I   their   I 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL.  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


ocacak 

CASHLESS 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER    BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


E  LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.    Em 


WHERE    SERVICE    MEANS    SERVICE 

M  &  H  GARAGE 

819-835  ELLIS  ST.    ^l^^^t 

WHERE    THE    PRIVATE    OWNER    FEELS    AT    HOME 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Nets  Ave.     BRAND   4.   CUSHMAN      Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  19,  1917 


Leaks  from  Wirel 


ireiess 


UBRAEMfeTABLE 


Junius  Spencer  Morgan,  son  of  the  present  John  Pierpont 
Morgan,  is  named  after  his  great-grandfather,  who  was  a  man  of 
parts  in  the  full  meaning  of  that  old-fashioned  term.  He  will 
long  be  remembered  and  respected  by  his  countrymen  for  a 
piece  of  advice  which  he  gave  his  son,  the  first  John  P.,  when 
the  latter  was  starting  out  in  the  world.  "My  boy,"  said  he,  in 
substance,  "be  a  bear  on  anything  else  you  please,  but  when  it 
comes  to  the  future  of  the  United  States,  be  sure  that  you  are 
on  the  bull  side  of  the  market.  Don't  you  ever  discount  your 
country."  Junius  Spencer,  the  great-grandson,  has  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  Navy  reserve  forces. 

Eminent  Italians  are  heading  a  movement  in  Rome  -to  bring 
about  a  close  musical  interchange  between  Europe  and  the 
United  States.  Already  the  Societa  Nazionale  di  Musica, 
founded  by  Alfredo  Casella,  composer  and  pianist  of  Rome,  has 
begun  its  artistic  propaganda,  introducing  music  of  the  Italian 
school  to  France.  This  campaign  is  expected  to  sweep  the 
world.  On  the  committee  are  Gabriele  dAnnunzino,  Ferruccio 
Busoni,  Tito  Ricordi,  Arturo  Toscanini,  Marinetti  and  many 
others  of  equally  great  fame. 

*  *  * 

It  is  estimated  that  from  $400,000,000  to  $500,000,000  monthly 
of  the  United  States  war  loan  of  $7,000,000,000  will  be  spent 
in  that  country  for  foodstuffs,  munitions  and  other  supplies  for 
the  Allied  nations.  Thus,  the  vast  sum  of  money  to  be  derived 
from  bond  sales  will  be  taken  by  Uncle  Sam,  so  to  speak,  from 
one  pocket  of  his  ample  waistcoat  and  deposited  in  another.  It 
will  be  necessary  only  to  reverse  this  movement  occasionally 
in  order  to  keep  the  Allies  supplied  until  they  can  take  care  of 

themselves. 

*  *  * 

In  case  the  United  States  shall  draft  2,000,000  workers  for 
the  farmers,  the  hope  will  be  cherished,  very  widely  and  very 
sincerely,  that  the  great  majority  of  the  former  may  become 
so  enamored  of  the  soil  as  to  refuse  to  turn  their  backs  upon  it 
when  the  present  emergency  is  safely  passed.  The  towns  and 
cities  can  well  spare  from  their  tenement  districts  large  contin- 
gents of  workers  who  will  probably  serve  the  country  and 
themselves  better  if  their  energies  are  turned  to  agricultural 
poduction. 

*  *  * 

Applications  for  permission  to  leave  the  United  States  have 
recently  been  received  by  the  Federal  authorities  in  New  York 
from  several  hundred  German  subjects,  many  of  whom  wish  to 
go  to  South  America.  The  matter  is  now  under  consideration  at 
Washington.    It  would  seem  only  fair  to  submit  it  to  the  South 

American  governments  also. 

*  *  * 

A  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Sun  advises  owners  of 
good  lawns  not  to  plow  them  for  potato  planting,  but  to  fence 
them,  supply  water  and  an  occasional  lump  of  salt,  buy  young 
lambs  and  grow  them  to  maturity.  Some  "Old  Subscribers" 
seem  to  be  dropping  into  syncopated  advice. 


FEMININE  TROUSERS  FORBIDDEN. 

The  relaxations  of  war  seem  to  have  had  curious  results  in 
Southern  Germany,  where  some  of  the  ladies  have  shocked  their 
neighbors  by  assuming  a  masculine  freedom  both  in  manner 
and  attire.  The  military  commander  of  the  Munich  district  has 
issued  an  order  which  runs : 

"The  appearance  of  many  ladies  in  Garmisch-Partenkirchen 
(a  favorite  resort  in  the  Bavarian  Alps)  has  provoked  among 
the  population  of  that  place  lively  anger  and  indignation.  An- 
ger was  particularly  directed  against  those  ladies,  not  seldom 
of  ripe  age,  who,  without  sporting  reasons,  continually  show 
themselves  in  public  in  trousers.  It  happened  that  ladies  in 
this  costume  visited  church  during  service.  Such  behavior  is 
detestable  to  the  homely,  serious  feeling  of  the  mountain  popu- 
lation. In  consequence  thereof,  many  disagreeable  scenes  oc- 
curred in  the  streets.  The  authorities,  clergy  and  private  per- 
sons approached  the  military  authority  with  a  request  for  the 
help  of  the  latter,  who  has  authorized  the  local  authority  at 
Garmisch  to  proceed  energetically,  if  necessary  with  police 
measures  of  compulsion,  against  the  nuisance." 


"Conditions  of  Labor  in  American  Industries." 

This  is  a  book  of  sound  economic  value  in  that  it  is  a  deep 
and  intensive  study  of  the  important  subject  described  in  its 
title.  It  is  replete  with  valuable  discussions  and  statistical 
tables  and  information  drawn  from  the  most  authoritative 
sources  obtainable:  a  profound  and  complete  treatise  on  labor 
in  its  various  ramifications;  wages  and  earnings;  loss  in  work- 
ing time;  conditions  causing  irregular  employment;  working 
conditions;  the  wage-earner's  family;  living  conditions;  the 
wage-earner's  health;  the  adequacy  of  wages  and  earnings. 
These  are  merely  the  big  general  divisions  of  the  subject,  as 
set  forth  by  the  authors,  W.  Jett  Lauck  and  Edgar  Synden- 
stricker.  Each  one  of  these  general  headings  is  subdivided  into 
many  others,  and  the  result  is  an  up-to-date  volume  of  immense 
usefulness  and  distinct  dependability  and  authority.  No  Ameri- 
can who  wishes  to  know  the  exact  conditions  of  American  in- 
dustry, with  regard  to  labor  at  the  present  critical  moment  in 
our  nation's  history,  can  neglect  to  read  this  really  important 
economic  work. 

$1.75  net;  by  mail  $1.87.    Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co.,  New  York. 

"Bad  Men  of  the  Sea." 

H.  De  Vere  Stacpoole  recounts  experiences  in  the  shady 
career  of  Capt.  Michael  Blood  and  his  crony,  Bill  Harmon,  one- 
time sailormen.  Like  the  teller  of  a  rattling  sea  yarn  that  he 
is,  Mr.  Stacpoole  first  takes  his  readers  to  the  San  Francisco 
water  front  and  makes  them  familiar  with  ships  hailing  from  all 
quarters  of  the  globe.  Capt.  Blood,  who  enjoys  the  doubtful 
reputation  of  having  lost  several  ships  in  a  questionable  manner, 
obtains,  through  Bill's  medium,  command  of  a  ship,  owned  by 
two  Germans,  which  sails,  with  the  owners  on  board,  on  to  the 
South  Pacific.  Having  no  reputation  to  protect,  it  is  not  in  the 
captain's  code  to  ask  the  reason  why.  When  the  job  is  done, 
the  Germans  intercept  a  message  that  Great  Britain  and  Ger- 
many are  at  war. 

Being  an  Irishman,  Blood  deems  it  his  duty  to  intern  the  Ger- 
mans and  make  war  against  their  nation.  He  holds  up  and  robs 
a  German  sailing  vessel.  He  then  sails  to  a  German  island  in 
the  South  Pacific  and  plunders  it.  But  before  he  can  commit 
further  depredations,  he  is  overhauled  by  a  British  cruiser. 
Other  wild  adventures  follow  in  the  South  Seas. 

$1.30  net.    John  Lane  &  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Did  You  Know? 

That  the  Italian  front  is  longer  than  the  French,  British  and 
Belgian  fronts  combined? 

That  some  of  the  Italian  positions  can  only  be  reached  in 
baskets  slung  from  wires  ? 

That  Italian  railway-trains  have  been  shelled  by  submarines? 

That  some  of  the  most  famous  churches  in  Venice  have  been 
destroyed  by  Austrian  airplanes,  which  have  raided  that  city 
more  than  a  hundred  times? 

These  are  only  a  few  revelations  made  by  E.  Alexander 
Powell's  new  book,  "Italy  at  War." 

Published  by  Scribner's,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

Theodore  Roosevelt  in  an  article  headed  "Put  the  Flag  on  the 
Firing  Line"  in  the  June  Metropolitan  Magazine,  published  to- 
day, outlines  what  our  peace  terms  should  be. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker— 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC  AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD,     EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND     REPAIRED 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange.  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith.  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital    $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    li 


insurance    Company 

Urganlied  1363  Ca>h  capital.  |« 

Insurance  on   personal   effects  of  tourists  and   temporary   •ojouman  an; 
where  In   fnlted  States.   Canada  and   Mexico.     Insurance  against   loss  by 
(Ire.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  Income  by  lire 
ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333   California    Street. 


TO  SACRAMENTO 


Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  TyDewri^npuas?^t  c"0dvers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets. 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established   1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN  FRANCISCO.CAL. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 

Dr.  R.  T.  Leaner,  Surgeon  Chiropodist,  formerly  of  6  Geary  street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.  Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.  212-214  West- 
hank   Bldg..   830  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.       All     legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 
Samuel    M.   Shortridge,  Attorney-at-Law,   Chronicle   Building,   San   Fran- 
cisco.     Tel.    Sutter   36. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE   MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 
Queen    Regent    Merger    Mines    Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation  of  works.  Mineral  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  Directors,  held  on  the  sec- 
ond  day  of  April,  vm,  fin  assessment  of  one-half  cent  per  share  was 
levied  upon  the  issued  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  Immedi- 
ately, in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Secretary  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  337  Monad  nock  Building.  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  19th 
Clay  of  May.  1917,  will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auc- 
tion, and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Tuesday,  the  19th 
day  of  June,  L917,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale. 

H.    B.   WADE.    Secretary. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 

BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


■ 


Alwr*** 


SI8.S26.600.00 
•  13.625.000.00 
■    18,526.600.00 

S5n.67ft,200  00 
S277.-J88.871.W) 


J    RUSSELL  FRENCH.  G.n.r.l  Mamgfi 


'-  ■  III- 


■  ..    Now  7»laiiil. 
I  If-    Hank    trull**   - 
n™h»n  llaiAinf  lliulnna.       w  l'r.»1uc 


lln.l    Olfif. 

i.niKi.t    MRU  I    SYDNEY 


London  Offirr 
N    I  IIRI  MiMIHI  I    SIRKT.   F     C 


THE   CANADIAN   BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 


III  Mi   OFFICE,  TORONTO 
SIR  EDMUND  W\LK£R«;.V.O..  LI. D  l>  '    I 

I'rt     i.lrrll 

JOHN    MRU  GcncralMao.il  r 

II     \     F    JUVK.S       Alsnlaol  General  Manager 


ESI  MU  IMIKD  1867 

Paid-up  Capital  SI 5.000.000 

Reserve  Fund  13.500.000 

AltRregate  Resource  288,000.000 


London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 

New  York   Office,    16    Exchange    Place 

Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  Including  Yukon  Territory 

and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock       $1,000,000.00 

L Surplus  anil  I'n- 

dlvlded  Proflui     2.125.391.04 
Deposit!  0,51  1.876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and   Bond 

Exchange 

SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member    of    the    Associated    Savings    Banks    of    San    Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P,  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
1?  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of  deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City 


DO  YOU  KNOW? 

In  the  EIGHT  Largest  Auto    Races   of    191 S 
78%  of  the  Spark  Plugs  Used  Were 


RAJAH 
SPARK 
PLUGS 


Out  of  a  Total  of  1088  Plugs 
Used,  846  Were   "RAJAHS" 

Why?~QUALITY 

Insist  on  the  Genuine.     Accept  No  Substitute 

PACIFIC    COAST     DISTRIBUTORS 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc. 

530  Golden  Gate  Avenue  San  Francisco 


Your 
Vacation 


SHOULD     MEAN 
Rest — Health — Pleasure 

There  are    hundreds  of  Mountain    and    Seaside 
Resorts  only  a  few  hours  away. 

SUGGESTIONS: 

Alameda  Beaches 

Monterey  Bay  Points 

Santa  Cruz  Mountain  Resorts 

Shasta  Resorts— Sierra  Resorts 

Yosemite— Lake  Tahoe 

Lake  County  Resorts 

Klamath  Lake  Region 

Crater  Lake  — Huntington  Lake 

Los  Angeles  and  its  Beaches 

Write  for  Free  Booklet  —  state  region  you 
prefer.  We  will  gladly  assist  you  in  arranging 
a  delightful  trip.    ASK  ANY  AGENT. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "  Apacha  Trail  of  Arizona " 


ONE  MORE  WEEK  ONLY 

Most  Sensational  Sale  or 

GAS  RANGES  and  GAS  WATER  HEATERS 

Ever  made  anywhere 
SEE  LOCAL  STORES 

Every  dealer  has  something  extraordinary  to  offer. 

A  splendid  opportunity  to  equip  your  home  with  modern  fuel-saving 
appliances. 

ACT  QUICKLY 

PACIFIC  GAS  and  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 

445  SUTTER  STREET  San  Francisco  District  PHONE  SUTTER  140 


Nev^s  Letter 


0*.oted    ID    !»•    Leidlng    IMarMtl    o'    Cill'Ornll    and    th«    P«c«<    CNIt 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL.,  SATURDAY,  MAY  26,  1917 


NO.  21 


IAN  K: 


•ry  8*t'.: 

RN'IA     \ 

n  Pram 

Mai 


:re*t  *  Company.  SO  Comhlll.   K.  C.   En*!  I 
*i    In    the    current    nun  ' 

UJFORNIA   ADVERTISER  should 
ler  than  S  p.  m.  Wednes 
udlng    postage) — 1    year.    IS:    6    months, 
onths.   14.00.     Canada:   1   year.  I«.:*5:  6  months. 


Stand  with  Hoover  and  help  to  suppress  the  food  pirates. 

The  increased  surtax  on  big  incomes  is  the  Big  Bogey  in 

the  war  revenue  bill. 

Don't  rock  the  national  boat.  Capital  and  labor  are  get- 
ting along  quite  comfortably. 

Patriotic  Oakland  barbers  have  cut  out  the  egg  shampoo, 

thus  helping  each  egg  to  do  its  bit. 

Big  Boss  War  has  knocked  the  B  out  of  baseball  in  prac- 
tically all  the  circuits  of  the  country. 

A  morning  paper  urges  women  to  economize.    How  can 

they  with  these  darling  new  war  gowns  in  cut  and  materials  ? 

America  will  have  taken  her  right  place  when  she  is 

represented  on  the  firing  line  of  France,  with  Pershing  and  his 
40,000  men. 

The  Mustard  Trust  "blew  up"  this  week  in  a  white  heat 

when  the  U.  S.  District  Court  disclosed  the  fact  that  it  was  us- 
ing rape  seed  instead  of  mustard  seed. 

Chip  in,  San  Franciscans :  The  Government  counts  on  you 

to  contribute  your  share  of  the  Liberty  Loan  bonds,  $42,000,- 
000.    Now  is  the  time  to  make  good. 

Thirty  model  gardens,  backed  by  the  city  government, 

are  sprouting  green  vegetables  "somewhere  in  San  Francisco." 
To  date  the  goats  have  got  only  the  fences. 

The  Los  Angeles  bakers  who  formed  a  combination  to 

gouge  the  public  on  bread  prices  were  apparently  caught  in 
their  own  dough :  they  are  well  underway  to  prison. 

Constant  reader  will  be  pained  to  learn  that  imported 

Romanoff  caviar,  ninety  plunks  per  pound,  has  been  elided  from 
the  bills  of  fare  of  the  Palace  and  St.  Francis  Hotels. 

Stockton  barbers  have  raised  their  prices  on  shaves  and 

haircuts  to  a  price  that  has  driven  residents  to  adopt  for  their 
personal  use  the  prevailing  "lawn  mower"  cut  of  the  army. 

"Ask  Solomon,"  advised  President  of     Public     Works 

Reardon  of  this  city,  when  one  of  his  labor  squad  asked  for  a 
raise  on  his  $3  a  day  to  feed,  house  and  clothe  his  family  of  ten. 

After  a  hard  contest  this  week,  Grim  War  finally  man- 
aged to  get  a  strangle  hold  on  the  Rah !  Rah !  Rah !  boys,  their 
college  yells,  fraternity  pins  and  serpentine  waves  through  the 
camp. 

Good  news  for  the  home  industries,  U.  S.  A.,  and  espe- 
cially those  in  this  Twelfth  Federal  Reserve  district,  where  the 
$166,000,000  raised  for  the  Liberty  Loan  will  be  spent  by  the 
government. 


The  first  recorded  escape  in  the  present  war,  in  the  U. 

S.  A.,  according  to  the  court  reports,  was  When  Mrs.  Jamie  Jor- 
dan was  freed  from  Captain  Jordan,  by  divorce. 

According  to  Andrew  Hansen,  a  local  laborer,  this  plant- 
ing for  preparedness  is  not  what  it  is  cracked  up  to  be.  Hansen 
planted  $72  in  his  back  yard  and  when  he  went  to  get  it  the  hole 
rrinned  at  him. 

What  can  a  sporty  youth  do  these  days  ?  The  State  Board 
of  Education  has  issued  a  rule  that  all  pupils  who  gamble, 
smoke,  drink,  play  pool  and  bet  on  the  result  of  the  war  are 
anathema  or  something  worse. 

For  trampling  on  an  American  flag,  Herr  Harvey  Freitag 

of  Fresno  was  given  a  year's  sentence  in  jail.  On  his  release, 
shunt  him  to  Kaiserland,  where  he  may  learn  the  lesson  under 
which  that  country  is  groaning. 

Happy  are  th*  volunteers  in  camp  to  learn  that  their  en- 
listment is  for  the  war  only.  They  are  eager  and  willing  to  fight 
lor  their  country,  but  when  the  danger  is  over,  they  are  keen 
to  get  back  to  their  homes  and  jobs. 

Lookouts  of  the  local  daily  press  have  sighted  German 

U-boats  crawling  up  the  Lower  California  Peninsula  on  their 
hands  and  knees.  As  the  boats  will  devour  daily  newspapers 
only,  the  public  may  continue  to  fox-trot. 

■ Despite  the  Kaiser's  submarine  U-boat  menace  Ameri- 
can exports  to  Europe  increased  $27,000,000  in  March.  Total 
shipments  to  Europe  in  that  month  were  $553,000,000.  South 
America  and  Asia  also  contributed  almost  $90,000,000. 

■ -The  farce  of  many  local  laws  is  illustrated  in  the  police 

moral  squad  insistently  raiding  local  disreputable  houses  and 
the  prisoners  being  discharged  by  the  police  courts  as  fast  as 
cases  are  called.  As  usual,  no  attempt  is  made  to  correct  the 
folly. 

The  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  took  wise  action 

on  behalf  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  this  week,  when  it  authorized  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  to  continue  possession  and  operation 
of  its  important  fleet  of  vessels  operating  between  Galveston, 
New  Orleans  and  New  York. 

Passing  of  the  buck  has  now  become  popular  in  upper 

Pan-German  circles.  Dr.  Von  Bethmann-Hollweg,  the  Imperial 
Chancellor,  is  charged  with  being  responsible  for  the  German 
army's  defeat  at  the  Marne.  Evidently  the  "goats"  in  Kaiser- 
land have  not  all  been  eaten. 

The  original  high-flier  who  broke  the  bank  of  Monte 

Carlo  is  here  looking  for  a  job.  His  best  chance  is  to  break  in 
as  a  witness  in  the  Mooney  dynamiting  cases.  Practically  all 
strangers  visiting  San  Francisco  take  flyers  on  the  witness  stand 
just  to  enjoy  the  present  local  popular  game. 

Professor  Packard  of  the  State  University  urges  that  the 

culture  of  dates  be  more  common.  If  the  Professor  will  pay  a 
visit  to  the  fashionable  hotels  and  cafes  of  San  Francisco  any 
afternoon,  or  evening,  he  will  be  forced  to  acknowledge  that 
this  town  is  the  center  of  the  "date"  world. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Climbing  Prices  in 
Railroad  Materials 


Railroad  material  is  soaring  towards 
the  skies,  and  difficult  and  trying 
problems  face  the  officials,  problems 
that  are  vital  to  their  systems.  These 
problems  are  so  complicated  and  so  extraordinary  that  they  re- 
quire unusual  time  for  consideration,  and  time  is  of  great  mo- 
ment in  the  situation.  The  housewife  may  trim  her  expenditures 
in  buying,  and  feel  herself  safe  to  a  degree,  but  the  railroads 
must  rush  into  the  soaring  market  of  materials  and  forcibly  buy 
equipment  at  any  cost.  The  demands  on  the  railroads,  under  the 
compelling  order  of  War,  added  to  their  immense  increase  in  or- 
dinary domestic  transportation,  forces  the  railroad  managements 
to  increase  their  facilities  immediately,  and  they  are  doing  it. 
The  mounting  cost  of  these  materials  is  astonishing,  and  threat- 
ens the  danger  line.  This  is  illustrated  in  a  comparison  of  the 
costs  of  railroad  equipment  in  May,  1915,  and  the  present  month 
of  May,  showing  that  in  the 


"SWOOPING    FROM 


two  years  the  cost  of  railroad 
materials  have  advanced  in 
some  cases  as  high  as  488  per 
cent.  For  instance,  all  kinds 
of  locomotives  have  advanced 
75  per  cent;  passenger  cars, 
50  per  cent;  freight  cars,  from 
60  to  80  per  cent;  spikes,  130 
per  cent;  boiler  steel,  301  per.,' 
cent;  blacksmith  coal,  1,200  \\jf 
per  cent;  white  lead,  353  per ^^ 
cent;  magazines,  488  per  cent; 
nails,  103  per  cent;  axles,  227 
per  cent;  bar  brass,  165  per; 
cent;  cast  iron  pipe,  173  per 
cent;  ingot  copper,  142  per 
cent;  journal  bearings,  121  per 
cent;  pig  lead,  150  per  cent; 
manila  rope,  95  per  cent;  and 
so  through  the  list.  Such  ad- 
vances almost  leave  the  onion 
and  the  potato  at  the  post  in 
the  race  of  climbing  prices. 
Aside  from  these,  the  cost  of 
the  company's  fuel  oil  bill  for 
its  engine  service  has  ad- 
vanced $500,000  per  month; 
wages  have  increased  $125,- 
000  per  month,  and  taxes  $30,- 
000  per  month.  Distressful  as 
the  situation  is,  the  railroads 
will  be  obliged,  like  ordinary 
citizens,  to  meet  the  occasion, 
and  no  doubt,  later  on,  the 
monetary  grind  will  be  some- 
what relieved  by  large  war  i 
contracts  with  the  govern-! 
ment. 


U.  S.  Preparing  for  a  Long 

War. 

Those  Americans  who  airily 

conclude     that     because     the 

United  States  has  entered  the 

war  the  end  is  in  sight  will  be  somewhat  shocked  by  reports  of 
experts,  who  have  returned  to  this  country  after  a  careful  ex- 
amination of  the  situation  there,  that  it  will  require  several 
years  to  bring  the  Kaiser  to  his  knees  and  to  a  realization  that 
his  dream  of  Germanic  world  conquest  is  ended.  This  conclu- 
sion is  predicated  upon  Germany's  holding  of  her  people  in  line 
for  the  maximum  resistance ;  that  will  begin  naturally  when  the 
allies  attempt  to  cross  the  Rhine  and  carry  the  war  into  Ger- 
man territory.  Such  a  military  organization  as  the  German  gov- 
ernment has  constructed  for  its  purpose  of  world  conquest  can 
be  relied  to  fight  till  the  last  stand  at  Berlin.  Actual  physical, 
financial  and  economic  necessity  will  be  worn  to  the  bone  be- 
fore they  will  yield.    For  decades  the  German  nation  has  been 


educated  into  the  idea  that  their  race  is  the  race  of  supermen, 
and  unbeatable.  They  accept  reverses  stolidly  and  promptly 
reorganize  to  meet  the  next  attack  of  the  allies,  inspired  with 
the  idea  that  this  will  be  their  signal  victory.  This  idea  is  a 
heritage  of  the  nation  handed  down  from  the  days  of  Frederick 
the  Great,  and  the  continuous  line  of  Teutonic  victories  down  to 
the  battle  of  the  Marne.  To  them  it  is  inconceivable  that  they 
will  be  beaten  in  this  contest.  So  the  Kaiser  is  ready  to  make 
his  stand  so  long  as  his  troops  can  hold  the  field,  regardless  of 
acres  of  graves,  or  empty  treasuries,  or  bare  kitchen  cupboards. 
The  Administration  at  Washington  realizes  this  through  its  in- 
formation from  Europe,  and  that  is  why  the  big  plans  of  the  gov- 
ernment as  to  the  war  are  being  whipped  into  shape.  It  is  not 
unlikely  that  Pershing's  force  will  be  followed  by  larger  forces. 
This  war  is  far  from  being  the  picnic  that  many  Americans  re- 
gard it.    In  this  realization  of  the  seriousness  of  the  situation, 

this  government  may  take  the 


WEST  " 


step,  suggested  by  Secretary 
of  State  Lane,  described  as  a 
priority  board,  already  estab- 
lished by  Great  Britain.  Its 
special  function  would  be  to 
effect  co-ordination  between 
the  government's  administra- 
tive agencies  whose  labors 
hinge  on  the  war  problems.  It 
is  recognized  that  co-ordina- 
tion is  still  lacking  in  the  gov- 
ernmental machine,  and  such 
co-ordination  is  indispensable. 
At  present  the  administration 
is  seeking  the  best  experts  in 
special  lines,  and  when  these 
positions  are  filled,  something 
like  a  co-ordinate  war  machine 
may  be  thus  established,  and 
the  war  with  Germany  at- 
tacked with  maximum  results 
across  the  Atlantic,  a  handi- 
cap that,  hard  as  it  is,  the 
Government  must  meet. 

3B- 

The  Dynamite  Trials. 
The    trial    of    Mrs.    Rena 
Mooney,  this  week,  stages  an- 
other act  in  the  trial  of  the 
defendants  charged  with  the 
dynamiting     outrage     of     the 
Preparedness  parade.  As  Mrs. 
Mooney  is  the  only  woman  de- 
fendant, so  far  connected  with 
S  the  case,  her  trial  will  start  a 
new  thrill  of  interest,  especi- 
ally as  her  husband  is  the  only 
prisoner  so  far  sentenced   to 
be  hanged.  Since  Billings  was 
tried  and  convicted,  the  cases 
of  the  defendants  have  turned 
over  and  revealed  entirely  new 
angles  through  the  extraordi- 
nary developments  tossed  into 
the  action  by  Oxman  and  Rigall.    As  advertitious  conundrums 
in  the  case,  they  are  all  that  such  a  colorful  melodrama  requires 
to  guarantee  life  in  the  limelight. 

Aside  from  this,  the  trial  has  characteristically  developed 
political  and  social  bias  that  compares  in  a  measure  with  the 
Graft  prosecution.  San  Francisco  has  a  predilection,  or  rather 
habit,  all  its  own  in  developing  periodical  class  strife  when 
things  about  town  are  inclined  to  be  monotonous.  And  out  of 
the  present  "dynamite"  trials  have  arisen  two  organized  forces, 
both  using  partisan  papers  to  batter  their  adversaries.  There  is 
no  shadow  feinting  between  the  two  parties,  and  the  Law  and 
Order  Committee  must  prevail  or  Bedlam  rule  the  city.  That 
party  is  naturally  backing  District  Attorney  Fickert  in  his  reso- 


The   United  States  fleet  is  to  protect  the  seas  of  the  West  Atlantic. 
(Reproduced  from  this  week's  "Punch,"  by  permission  of  the  proprietors.) 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


ute  efforts  to  convict  the  defendants  should  the  evidence  prove 
them  goaty  despite  the  vigorous  efforts  of  the  lawyers  of  the 
defense  to  prove  otherwise.  Queer  complications  figure  through 
the  web  of  the  case.  The  Mooneys  are  "direct  action  represen- 
tatives, a  clan  formerly  anathema  to  organised  labor,  but  the 
Mooneys  were  cau^.-.t  along  with  certain  representatives  of  local 
labor  in  the  dragnet  of  the  District  Attorney,  and  to  save  them- 
selves the  labor  party  deemed  it  best  to  pay  for  the  defense  of 


the  Mooneys.  and  they  are  fighting  hard  to  save  Mooney  now 
riled  as  martyr,  from  the  gallows. 
Labor  is  afraid  of  Judge  Dunne,  and  the  latter  has  volun- 
teered to  allow  Judge  Seawcll  of  Santa  Rosa  to  take  his  place 
en  the  bench.  In  this  situation  it  Fran- 

cisco possesses  an  organisation  IJW  and  ( 

of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  with  a  fair  and  impartial 
record  to  guard  its  inter* 


TOWN    CRIER 

. Jack  Johnson's  broke,  the  same  Jack  Johnson  that  whaled 

his  man  at  Reno  and  collected  oodles  of  gold  through  his  vie 
tory.  He  had  his  fling  with  the  girls  and  champagne  and  the 
sporty  life,  and  now  at  forty  years  of  age  he  is  beginning  to 
cash  in  the  last  of  his  physique  and  hopes.  His  latest  endeavor 
to  recoup  his  notoriety  was  to  open  a  boxing  academy  at  Ma- 
drid. Spain.  The  novelty  caught  on  for  awhile,  and  then  petered 
out.  Then  came  his  most  florid  attempt  to  remain  in  the  lime- 
light. Bull-fighting  is  the  ideal  sport  in  Spain,  and  Jack  deter- 
mined to  become  the  greatest  of  matadpres,  even  if  he  cannot 
sing  the  great  song  in  "Carmen."  He"  met  his  first  charging 
bull  before  a  tremendous  crowd  in  the  biggest  arena  in  Madrid 
and  dispatched  him  in  clever  fashion,  amid  a  roaring  ovation. 
Later  on  he  attempted  another  bull,  a  keen  old  devil  that  had 
acquired  a  science  in  the  ring  that  put  pugilism  in  the  bread 
line.  This  canny  old  bull  charged  on  Jack  in  rotary  fashion:  he 
became  rattled  and  scuttled  to  the  bleachers  with  the  rampant 
bull,  head  down,  in  full  bellowing  charge,  while  the  thousands 
on  the  benches  split  the  skies  with  roars  of  laughter.  Thus 
ended  his  reputation  and  the  passing  of  the  last  "smoke"  out  of 
the  box  office.  Johnson's  career  is  another  tombstone  to  raise 
over  the  present  endeavors  to  revive  pugilistic  ring  contests. 

And  now  it  develops  that  Colonel  Roosevelt's  army  of 

180,000  men,  which  he  proposed  to  place  on  the  firing  line  of 
France,  has  been  reduced  to  less  than  5,000  volunteers,  by  the 
New  York  World's  reporters.  What  a  whale  of  a  dream  to 
shrink  to  the  limits  of  a  minnow.  The  Colonel  waves  the  charge 
off  with  all  the  debonair  carelessness  of  a  mellow  Colonel  Sell- 
ers, and  declares  there  has  been  a  miscount  somewhere.  In  con- 
tradiction, the  reporters  of  the  New  York  World  cite  the  figures 
of  the  units  of  volunteers  which  were  claimed  to  have  been 
signed  up  against  the  call  to  arms  that  Colonel  Roosevelt  ex- 
pected from  Congress.  For  instance,  one  reporter  called  on  ex- 
Senator  Wainwright  of  Winchester,  who  was  reported  to  have 
4,000  men  under  drill,  three  times  a  week,  awaiting  the  Colonel's 
call.  Wainwright  declared  there  was  something  wrong  in  the 
report,  as  he  had  not  even  enrolled  one  recruit.  Evidently  the 
Colonel's  friends  have  been  manufacturing  a  paper  army  for 
him.  It  will  prove  as  serviceable  as  the  paper  votes  his  friends 
accumulated  wherewith  to  bury  Wilson  in  the  last  presidential 
campaign.  Stick  to  these  paper  campaigns,  Colonel,  the  Paper 
Trust  will  back  you  in  them. 

; A  shift  is  reported  from  Washington  in  the  plan  to  make 

this  generation  pay  for  the  cost  of  the  present  war.  The  Presi- 
dent and  his  advisers  have  plumbed  the  depths  of  the  problem 
in  this  country,  and  the  experiences  of  Great  Britain  and  France, 
and  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  a  certain  percentage  of  the 
loan  should  be  distributed  in  a  measure  to  future  generations. 
Such  a  move  would  decrease  the  fright  of  that  great  bogey,  the 
surtax,  and  a  sigh  of  great  relief  would  go  up  throughout  the 
nation.  Details  will  be  forthcoming  as  soon  as  the  conference 
committee  of  Congress  can  run  over  the  list  and  agree  to  the 
necessary  shifts.  This  is  no  sign  of  "passing  the  buck,"  but 
rather  an  honest  endeavor  to  distribute  fairly  an  extraordinary 
government  charge  in  the  greatest  crisis  of  the  world  to  pre- 
serve the  Democracy  of  the  nation. 

"Heaven  help  us,  Mag,  have  you  heard  that  the  Paris 

dressmakers  are  out  on  strike  for  a  half  holiday  on  Saturday? 
Let  the  old  stuff  slide  around  the  counters;  who  cares  for  lin- 
gerie, furs,  corsets,  trimmings,  back-laces  or  side-laces,  wash 
frocks  or  sport  frocks,  tailors  or  "baggies,"  waists  or  blouses? 
Me  for  the  strikers,  Mag.  Any  old  girl  that  wants  my  job  an' 
my  gum  under  the  counter  can  have  'em.  Tell  the  floor-walker 
I'm  dead  sick  an'  had  ter  go  home.  I'm  goin'  out  to  parade  for 
the  Paree  girls  to  show  'em  that  the  Stars  and  Stripes  and  Pre- 
paredness and  everything  else  is  behind  'em." 


A  capital  illustration  of  how  the  taxpayers'  money  flows 

tnrough  the  trousers'  pockets  of  the  happy  go-lucky  employees 
en  the  roll  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  was  illustrated,  this 
week,  by  the  lackadaisical  exhibition  of  how  "not  to  work"  by 
a  crew  of  five  representatives  of  the  hog  crew  that  battens  on 
the  municipal  treasury.  The  five  men  were  sent  out  to  repave 
some  twenty  feet  of  street  work.  The  exhibition  given  by  them 
was  more  in  the  line  of  a  debate  on  the  European  war,  or  the 
pose  for  a  picture  of  how  "not  to  work."  For  eight  hours  Time 
slept  on  the  pavement  practically  undisturbed,  and  then  the  five 
lagging  wights  slowly  shuffled  into  their  coats  and  drifted 
away.  Not  the  slightest  signs  of  direction  or  efficiency  marked 
the  work.  It  dragged  from  start  to  finish,  with  no  competent 
director  to  hustle  the  job  along.  This  contest  in  loafing  was 
not  visited  by  any  inspector  or  superior  officer  to  damn  its  tar- 
diness, and  stupidly  increased  cost,  which  was  easily  double 
that  which  it  should  be.  Slumbering  taxpayers  will  be  ridden 
by  this  folly  so  long  as  they  allow  the  present  gang  of  politi- 
cians to  dominate  the  City  Hall. 


"FROM  MISSOURI." 
Why  is  it  that  the  man  from  Missouri  must  be  shown  any 
more  thoroughly  than  the  man  from  Maine,  when  the  native  of 
Maine  is  notorious  for  liking  as  much  salt  on  his  facts  as  on  his 
codfish-balls?  There  is  a  reason,  and  it  is  related  by  no  less 
an  authority  than  Representative  L.  C.  Dyer — naturally,  of  Mis- 
souri— in  The  Congressional  Record.    He  says : 

In  the  early  'seventies  there  lived  in  one  of  those  wild  Nevada 
mining  towns  an  individual  of  such  rare  fighting  ability  that  the 
whole  country  knew  of  his  prowess  and  respected  it.  He  was 
king  of  the  community  and  was  a  reign  of  terror.  Quick  on 
the  trigger,  he  had  a  row  of  notches  on  his  gun-handle,  but  his 
specialty  was  at  a  rough-and-tumble.  He  was  a  native  of  Ar- 
kansas and  was  proud  of  the  fact.  He  boasted  of  the  super- 
iority of  his  native  State.  So,  as  the  name  pleased  him,  he  was 
called  "Arkansaw."  He  was  built  like  a  puma  and  his  punch 
v/as  like  the  kick  of  a  mule.  "Arkansaw"  enjoyed  the  role  of 
champion  and  handed  out  his  wares  in  large  and  severe  doses; 
in  fact,  there  were  few  men  in  the  vicinity  who  had  not  been 
licked  by  the  bully. 

One  day  there  came  into  the  saloon  a  stranger.  A  lanky, 
solemn-faced  boy  he  was,  in  patched  and  faded  blue  overalls, 
and  a  great  floppy,  brimmed  hat.  He  was  a  prospector  from 
the  hills,  and  not  a  particularly  successful  one — from  his  looks. 
"Arkansaw"  caught  sight  of  the  youth,  who  leaned  against  a 
post  so  mournfully  watching  the  roulette,  and  saw  a  prospect. 

"You,  kid,"  said  he,  "you  want  to  be  mighty  blamed  careful 
how  you're  actin'  around  here.    I'm  from  Arkansaw,  I  am." 

Deliberately,  the  young  fellow  cast  a  lazy,  expressionless 
glance  at  the  half-drunk  man  and  turned  his  attention  again  to 
the  wheel.  The  miners  moved  up  to  see  "Arkansaw's"  latest 
victim. 

"Say,  you!"  roared  the  man,  "I  say  I'm  from  Arkansaw!" 

"Yes,"  drawled  the  stranger,  "I  heard  you  the  first  time." 

"Arkansaw"  went  into  a  rage. 

"Ya  don't  know  me,  huh?  Well,  I  eat  'em  like  you  every 
morning  before  breakfast.  I'm  an  old  she-wolf  from  Arkansaw, 
I  am,  and  the  best  two-handed  man  in  the  country." 

For  answer,  the  youth  jerked  off  his  coat  and  threw  his  old 
hat  on  the  floor. 

"Well,  by  gosh!"  he  said,  "I'm  from  Missouri;  you  got  to 
show  me  or  I'll  show  you!" 

"Arkansaw"  handed  his  gun  to  a  by-stander  and  rushed.  He 
was  met  with  a  smash  on  the  jaw  that  stunned  him.  Then  the 
lanky  stranger  proceeded  to  give  the  bad  man  a  sound  thrashing. 
When  the  combat  ended  the  youth  was  a  hero.  The  miners  car- 
lied  him  in  triumph  through  the  town.  Thereafter,  if  a  person 
made  a  statement  of  doubtful  veracity  some  one  was  likely  to 
assert  that  he  was  from  Missouri  and  had  to  be  shown. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


THE  REPUBLICAN  SPIRIT       DICKENS'  BEST  FRIEND  DIES 


By    H.   G.  Wells 

Will  my  fellow  Britons  permit  me  to  suggest  that  the  time  is 
now  ripe,  and  that  it  would  be  a  thing  agreeable  to  our  friends 
and  allies,  the  Republican  democracies  of  France,  Russia,  the 
United  States  and  Portugal,  to  give  some  clear  expression  to  the 
great  volume  of  Republican  feeling  that  has  always  existed  in 
the  British  community? 

Hitherto  that  has  neither  needed  nor  found  very  definite  for- 
mulation. Our  monarchy  is  a  peculiar  one ;  the  general  Repub- 
lican feeling  has  found  satisfaction  in  the  assertion  that  the 
British  system  is  in  its  essence  a  "crowned  Republic,"  and  it  is 
very  doubtful  whether  even  in  Ireland  there  is  any  considerable 
section  disposed  to  go  beyond  the  implications  of  that  phrase. 
But  it  will  be  an  excess  of  civility  to  the  less  acceptable  pre- 
tensions of  Royalty  and  a  grave  negligence  of  our  duty  to  liberal 
aspirations  throughout  the  world  if  thinking  men  in  the  British 
community  do  not  now  take  unambiguous  steps  to  make  it  clear 
to  the  Republicans  of  Europe,  Asia  and  the  American  Continent 
that  these  ancient  trappings  of  throne  and  scepter  are  at  most 
a  mere  historical  inheritance  of  ours,  and  that  our  spirit  is 
warmly  and  entirely  against  the  dynastic  system  that  has  so 
long  divided,  embittered  and  wasted  the  spirit  of  mankind. 

The  need  extends  beyond  even  the  reassuring  establishment 
of  a  common  spirit  with  the  French,  Russian,  American  and 
Portuguese  Republicans.  The  ending  of  this  war  involves  many 
permanent  changes  in  the  conditions  of  Eastern  and  Western 
Asia.  In  particular  there  is  the  question  of  the  future  of  the 
reunited  Polish  people. 

The  time  has  come  to  say  clearly  that  the  prospect  of  setting 
up  some  puppet  monarch,  some  fresh  intriguing  little  "cousin  of 
everybody,"  as  a  King  in  Poland  is  as  disgusting  to  liberal 
thought  in  Great  Britain  as  it  is  to  liberal  thought  everywhere 
else  in  the  world. 

We  have  had  two  object-lessons  in  Bulgaria  and  Greece  of 
the  endless  mischief  these  dynastic  graftings  cause.  Bulgaria  is 
by  nature  a  peasant  democracy,  as  sturdy  and  potentially  as  pa- 
cific as  the  Swiss.  A  king  has  always  been  an  outrage  upon  the 
ancient  Republican  traditions  of  Athens.  So  long  as  Russia 
chose  to  be  represented  by  a  Tsar,  and  to  permit  an  implicit 
support  of  the  Greek  monarchy  through  him,  so  long  were  Brit- 
ish publicists  debarred  from  a  plain  expression  of  their  minds 
in  this  connection. 

But  now  the  case  is  altered.  It  is,  I  am  convinced,  a  foolish 
libel  upon  a  distinterested  and  devoted  monarch  to  hint  that  the 
preposterous  "Tino"  has  now  a  single  friend  at  court  among  the 
allies.  The  open  fraternization  of  the  British  peoples  and  the 
Greek  Republicans  is  practicable  and  overdue. 

For  the  demonstration  of  such  sentiments  and  sympathies  as 
these,  for  the  advancement  of  the  ends  I  have  indicated,  and 
for  the  encouragement  of  a  Republican  movement  in  Central 
Europe,  some  immediate  organization  is  required. 

To  begin  with,  it  might  take  the  form  of  a  series  of  loosely 
affiliated  "Republican  Societies,"  centering  in  our  chief  towns, 
which  could  enroll  members,  organize  meetings  of  sympathy 
with  our  fellow-Republicans  abroad,  and  form  the  basis  of  more 
definitely  purposeful  activities.  Such  activities  need  not  con- 
flict in  any  way  with  one's  free  loyalty  to  the  occupant  of  the 
Throne  of  this  "crowned  Republic." 

*  *  4  *  $  * 

The  Times  criticises  Mr.  Wells'  proposal  in  these  words : 
"We  have  chosen  a  kingship,  founded  on  the  will  of  the  peo- 
ple and  ruling  by  that  will.  To  suggest  any  resemblance  between 
that  tried  and  trusted  organ  of  popular  government  and  'mili- 
tarist' monarchies  on  the  Hohenzollern  model  is  to  insult  the 
nations  of  this  Empire  as  well  as  its  Imperial  Crown.  And  to 
argue  that  the  organization  of  'republican  circles'  would  render 
us  more  sympathetic  with  our  non-monarchical  Allies  is  to  pay 
a  singularly  poor  compliment  both  to  their  knowledge  of  history 
and  to  their  intelligence." 


Miss  Georgina  Hogarth,  sister-in-law  of  Charles  Dickens, 
died  a  fortnight  ago  in  London,  at  72  years  of  age. 

"Georgina  Hogarth  was  born  in  London  in  1826,  and  was 
the  second  of  the  three  older  grown-up  daughters  of  George 
Hogarth,  a  Scotsman,  who  had  taken  the  road  to  London,  be- 
came the  father  of  14  children,  and,  from  being  a  successful 
reporter  and  musical  critic,  became  manager  in  the  office  of 
the  Morning  Chronicle. 

He  discerned  the  amazing  descriptive  power  of  Charles  Dick- 
ens, got  him  to  col'.aborate  in  the  Evening  Chronicle,  and  even- 
tually fixed  up  liis  sketches  as  "Sketches  by  Boz."  When 
Dickens  got  to  know  him  at  home  in  the  winter  of  1834-5  he 
met  the  three  daughters,  Catharine,  Georgina  and  Mary,  and 
at  once  fell  ardently  in  love  with  Catharine,  the  eldest  and  pret- 
ties of  the  three.  Willis  describes  him  at  this  time  as  "a  regu- 
lar Dick  Swiveller."  The  almost  girlish  charm  of  his  face  at 
this  time  is  just  indicated  by  Maclise's  famous  sketch  of  eight 
years  later,  depicting  Charles,  Catharine  and  Georgina. 

Of  the  three  sisters,  Catharine,  it  is  often  said,  was  distin- 
guished by  beauty  and  femininity,  Georgina  by  sweetness, 
motherly  disposition,  and  equability  of  temper,  Mary  by  a  more 
spiritual  charm.  Charles  Dickens,  it  may  be  said,  fell  in  love 
with  all  three.  Georgina  remained  his  dearest  friend  till  death. 
Mary,  who  had  died  soon  after  his  union  with  Catharine,  he 
worshipped  as  a  saint;  and  he  always  wished  to  be  buried  in 
her  grave. 

After  his  return  from  the  first  American  visit,  writing  to  Mrs. 
Hogarth,  Dickens  elevates  Georgina's  mental  traits  almost  to  a 
level  with  those  of  Mary.  She  and  his  wife  were  the  "pair  of 
petticoats"  he  took  to  Richmond  in  February,  1843,  and,  before 
the  year  was  out,  Georgina  had  become  part  of  his  household, 
of  which,  says  Forster,  she  "remained  a  member  until  his  death ; 
and  he  had  just  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  steadiness,  depth  and 
devotion  of  her  friendship." 

Dickens,  in  1856,  writes  mysteriously  of  a  "skeleton  in  the 
domestic  closet,"  and,  in  a  letter  written  a  little  later,  he  draws 
the  veil:  "Poor  Catharine  and  I  are  not  made  for  each  other." 
For  a  dozen  years  at  least  she  had  allowed  herself  to  be  set 
aside  while  a  more  energetic  person  managed  her  household, 
and  became  counsellor  and  friend  to  her  husband  and  children. 

On  April  29,  1858,  Mrs.  Dickens  left  the  home  (her  husband 
afterwards  allowed  her  $3,000  a  year),  and  the  eldest  son  went 
to  live  with  his  mother.  But  the  rest  of  the  children  remained 
with  their  father  and  "Auntie ;"  the  eldest  daughter,  Mary,  kept 
house  nominally,  aided  by  her  sister  Katie,  but  Georgina  was 
the  indispensable  friend,  confidante  and  general  factotum  of 
the  whole  party.  Her  health,  in  1862  and  1869,  caused  Dickens 
grave  anxiety,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  took  her  with  him  to 
Ireland.  In  1866  she  had  seen  him  off  from  Liverpool  on  his 
second  visit  to  America.  She  was  with  him  at  Gad's  Hill  when 
he  developed  alarming  symptoms  at  dinner  on  June  8,  1870,  and 
she  supported  him  until  he  fell  down  unconscious.  His  death 
took  place  on  the  following  day. 

Dickens'  letters  to  Georgina  from  1858  to  1869  form  an  in- 
valuable supplement  to  the  official  "Life."  Their  character 
confirms  the  estimate  that  he  had  formed  of  her  in  early  days  as 
a  fore-ordained  sacrifice  to  children,  never  to  be  married,  but 
always  to  have  children  about  her,  dependent  on  her  and  loving 
her,  but  never  any  children  of  her  own,  and  so  to  continue  to  her 
death,  and  to  die  venerable  and  happy. 

In  his  will  (after  making  her  co-executor  with  Forster  and 
a  legatee  to  the  amount  of  $40,000,  his  jewelry  and  private 
papers),  he  left  her  "My  grateful  blessing  as  the  best  and  tru- 
est friend  I  ever  had.  And,  lastly  ...  I  solemnly  enjoin  my 
dear  children  always  to  remember  how  much  they  owe  to  the 
said  Georgina  Hogarth,  and  never  to  be  wanting  in  a  grateful 
and  affectionate  attachment  to  her,  for  they  know  well  that  she 
has  been,  through  all  the  stages  of  their  growth  and  progress, 
their  ever-useful,  self-denying  and  devoted  friend." 


Peggy — Daddy,  what  did  the  Dead  Sea  die  of?    Daddy 

— Oh,  I  don't  know,  dear.  Peggy — Daddy,  where  do  the  Zep- 
pelins start  from?  Daddy — I  don't  know.  Peggy — Daddy, 
when  will  the  war  end  ?  Daddy — I  don't  know.  Peggy — I  say, 
Daddy,  who  made  you  an  editor? — The  Sketch. 


"Did  Fussleigh  take  his  misfortune  like  a  man?"    "Pre- 
cisely.   He  blamed  it  all  on  his  wife." — Tit-Bits. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


May  26.  1917 


and  Calr 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  I  KILLS 

All  through  (he  spring,  one  of  the  materials  that  has  kept 
steadily  increasing  in  popularity  is  woo".  ;t  has  been 

used  for  coats  and  suits,  for  one-piece  dresses,  separate  skirts 
and  for  middy  blouses.    It  has  been  braided,  stitched  an 
beaded,  just  like  all  the  other  smart  materials.    Colored  beads 
combined  with  silk  embroidery  is  the  latest  form  of  decoration 
to  which  jersey  has  taken. 

As  summer  approaches,  there  is  not  the  slightest  indication 
that  wool  jersey  is  on  the  wane.  But.  on  the  contrary,  one 
seems  to  see  more  and  more  of  it  every  day.  On  a  dre 
could  not  possibly  be  too  warm  for  summer,  it  was  combine  i 
with  dotted  crepe  in  the  following  manner :  pink  crepe  wit)-, 
white  polka  dots  made  the  waist  and  sleeves;  the  waist  ex 
tended  down  to  the  hip  line,  and  from  there  downward  the  skirt 
was  of  white  wool  jersey.    There  was  a  small  yoke  of  the  white 


Left-lnvltlngly    Cool    is   a    Flowered   Voile    Frock   with    Soft    Pleats   and 
uffed    Pockets.      Ri3ht-A   White   Organdy    Waist    is    Smart   with    a    Plaid 


P 

Skirt. 


jersey  at  the  neck  of  the  dress.    This  is  one  of  the  novel  ways  in 
which  this  popular  material  is  used. 

White  jersey  suits  bound  with  white  silk  braid  or  trimmed 
with  black  and  white  check  are  in  very  good  style  at  present. 
They  look  cool  and  summery. 

All  shades  of  gold  and  mustard  are  high  in  favor  and  especi- 
ally so  in  the  jersey  cloths.  Lavender  and  purple  in  jersey  cloth 
are  also  among  the  popular  colors  of  the  hour. 

Gold  silk  jersey  has  been  combined  most  successfully  witn 
gray  wool  jersey  in  some  suits  and  dresses,  and  with  dark  tan 
wool  jersey  in  others.  This  combination  of  silk  and  wool  jer- 
sey is  frequently  used  by  the  best  dressmakers.  In  some  loose- 
fitting  suits,  with  knee-length  coats,  the  silk  is  used  for  the 
sleeves,  sides  and  back  of  the  coat,  and  the  wool  for  bands  down 
the  front  and  around  the  bottom  of  the  coat,  as  well  as  for  the 
skirt. 
Cool  Summer  Voiles. 

Cool  and  refreshing  summer  voiles  in  dainty  flowered  effects 
are  charming  for  the  informal  cotton  frocks,  of  which  every  wo- 
man requires  several  for  the  distressingly  hot  days.  Now  is 
the  time  to  get  them  made.  The  styles  are  generally  simple. 
Pleated  tucked  or  gathered  skirts  combine  with  the  simplestot 
waists  having  a  little  fulness  at  the  shoulders  with  an  attractive 


collar  edged  with  lace  or  machine  ,  .g. 

Soft  pleats  finished  off  with  .1 
are  unusually  pretty,  as  shown  in  the  skct 
cts  are  a  charming  novelty  espc 

1  Kk.    A  long  collar  of  white  01 
ing  touch  in  this  dainty  hot-weather  frock. 

It  is  the  collar  that  makes  the  blouse  in  a  great  many  cases. 
Large  cape-like  collars  falling  in  points  o\ 
continuing  down  the  front  of  the  waist  are  now  being  won 
House  with  one  of  these  new  collars  is  illustr .<•  fash- 

ioned of  white  organdy,  which  is  being  used  a  great  deal  for 
blouses.  The  skirt  that  accompanies  this  blouse  is  of  one  of 
the  smart  wool  plaids.  It  has  pocket  sections  at  the  sides, 
giving  a  graceful  draped  effect. 

Plaids  arc  lovely  for  sports  skirts  and  for  other  kinds  of 
skirts,  too.  They  are  worn  with  short  coats  of  a  plain  material 
r.nd  with  slip-on  blouses  for  sports  use. 

The  NtV  Mannish  Shirtwaist. 

Mannish  shirtwaists  are  growing  in  favor.  Some  models  of 
linen  are  made  with  finely  tucked  fronts,  like  those  of  a  man's 
shirt.  In  addition  to  these  tucks,  there  are  little  sprays  embroid- 
ered in  colors  on  some  of  the  waists  and  turnover  collars  of 
pique. 

As  separate  waists  and  skirts  grow  more  and  more  important 
there  are  always  some  novelties  to  be  found  among  them.  White 
tub  skirts  of  cotton  gabardine  are  made  with  yokes  of  colored 
linen,  and  where  the  skirt  is  attached  to  the  yoke  there  are  sev- 
eral rows  of  machine  stitching  done  in  heavy  colored  cotton  the 
color  of  the  yoke.  White  skirts  with  green,  blue  or  orange- 
colored  yokes  are  quite  effective. 

A  strong  military  note  is  observed  in  suits  of  mannish  cut  for 
women.  The  coats  are  short  and  plentifully  provided  with 
pockets  like  those  on  a  soldier's  uniform.  These  suits  are  de- 
veloped in  dark  blue,  and  khaki-colored  materials.  Perhaps 
the  military  spirit  is  also  responsible  for  the  combination  of 
blue  and  red  so  frequently  seen.  Blue  dresses  are  embroid- 
ered with  red  beads  or  red  silk,  and  in  some  very  striking  mod- 
els there  are  entire  sleeves  of  red  with,  perhaps,  pockets  on  the 
skirt  showing  a  bright  lining  of  red.  Hats  also  show  the  red 
and  blue  combination,  generally  in  touches  of  red  on  blue  straw. 


Upon  the  recent  death  in  a  Western  town  of  a  politician, 

who,  at  one  time,  served  his  country  in  a  very  high  legislative 
place,  a  number  of  newspaper  men  were  collaborating  on  an 
obituary  notice.  "What  shall  we  say  of  the  former  Senator  ?" 
asked  one  of  the  men.  "Oh,  just  put  down  that  he  was  always 
faithful  to  his  trust."  "And,"  queried  a  cynical  member  of  the 
group,  "shall  we  mention  the  name  of  the  trust?" — Puck. 


-TWO  PICTURES  of  Mary 
1  Frances  Averill,  one  at  the 
age  of  nine  months  and  one  at  the 
age  of  four  years.  She  is  one  of  the 
many  thousands  who  have  grown 
to  happy,  robust  childhood  on 

JZ,cu£73oKte*v 

EAGLE 

BRAND 
CONDENSED 

MILK 

XME         ORlOtrMAI— 

Eagle  Brand  is  composed  of  pure,  clean  cows'  milk  and 
cane  sugar-nothing  else.  It  is  easy  to  prepare :  and 
keeps  fresh  and  wholesome  until  consumed.  When 
traveling  or  visiting  EAGLE  BRAND  insure,  a  depend- 
able supply  of  wholesome  food  for  the  baby.  You  can 
buy  it  most  everywhere. 

Send  for  our  book  on  the  care  of   infants    and 

Eagle  Brand  recipes. 

Borden's  Condensed  Milk  Co. 

NEW    YORK 
-Leaden  of  Quality"  Esr  ,ss7 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


El  Mirasol  Hotel— -Known   as  the  Most  Beautiful  Resort  in  California 


It  is  rather  a  remarkable  fact 
that,  whereas  Albert  Herter  is  al- 
most as  well  known  in  San  Fran- 
cisco as  he  is  in  New  York,  and 
that,  in  this  city,  are  many  ex- 
amples of  his  work,  yet  one  of 
his  greatest  achievements,  the 
now  world  famous  El  Mirasol 
Hotel  at  Santa  Barbara,  seems 
comparatively  little  known 
among  San  Franciscans. 

During  the  life  time  of  Mr. 
Herter's  mother,  her  residence 
was  one  of  tha  most  notable 
places  in  the  Channel  City.  Lo- 
cated directly  opposite  beautiful 
Alameda  park,  the  grounds  occu- 
pying an  entire  city  block  and 
lying  on  the  direct  route  to  the 
Old  Missions,  its  stately  propor- 
tions made  of  it  the  most  conspic- 
uous landmark  in  the  entire  city, 
aside  from  the  Mission  building 
itself. 

The  house,  designed  by  the 
well  known  New  York  architec- 


Exterior  View  of  El  Mirasol. 


The  Lobby,  fronting  the  Glassed-in  Tea  Room. 


Work  was  started  on  the  bun- 
galows early  in  the  spring  of 
1914,  the  initial  plan  calling  for 
eight  bungalows  of  plaster  ex- 
terior, with  arcade  verandas  and 
tile  edged  roofs  to  harmonize  in 
exterior  appearance  with  the 
main  house,  which  was,  at  the 
same  time,  being  remodeled  to 
provide  a  central  dining  room, 
lounging  rooms  and  office.  This 
work  was  just  being  finished 
when  the  great  war  came  in  Au- 
gust of  that  year,  and  it  seemed 
as  though  its  completion  came  at 
the  most  inauspicious  moment 
possible  for  such  an  undertaking; 
but,  as  we  all  now  know,  the  war 
was  for  California  a  blessing  in 
disguise,  forcing  thousands  of 
Americans  who  had  previously 
traveled  in  Europe  to  the  practi- 
cal exclusion  of  their  own  coun- 
try, to  come  to  California,  so  it 
proved  with  El  Mirasol :  its  suc- 
cess was  immediate  and    abso- 


tural  firm  of  Delano  &  Aldrich, 
is  massively  built  of  stone  and 
brick,  with  plaster  exterior;  and, 
with  its  beautiful  patio  surround- 
ing a  court  centered  by  an  exqui- 
site marble  fountain,  is  one  of 
the  most  perfect  and  striking  ex- 
amples of  Spanish  architecture 
to  be  found  in  all  California. 

At  the  time  of  Mrs.  Herter's 
death,  about  four  years  ago, 
there  was  much  speculation  as 
to  the  disposition  to  be  made  of 
this  beautiful  place,  and  some 
efforts  were  made  to  start  a  cam- 
paign looking  to  its  acquisition 
for  the  city,  to  be  used  as  a  pub- 
lic museum  and  library;  and 
when  it  was  announced  that  it 
was  to  be  turned  into  a  bungalow 
hotel,  many  were  the  expressions 
of  incredulous  astonishment,  on 
the  part  of  those  who  visioned 
nothing  of  the  unique  and  beau- 
tiful creation  which  this  master 
artist  had  in  mind. 


The  Living  Room,  with  its  artistic  furnishings. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


lute,  and  during  the  three  seasons  it  has  been  open,  it  it  tout  I 
too  much  to  say  that  it  has  housed  more  people  of  social  and 
financial  prominence,  not  only  from  New  York.  Boston.  Chicago. 
Philadelphia  and  other  American  cities,  but  from  Europe  as 
well — than  any  other  hotel  of  equal  siie  in  the  United  Su- 
As  a  well  known  Philadelphian  remarked:  "El  Mirasol  is  as 
well  known  in  the  clubs  of  the  East  as  the  Waldorf  of  New 
York;  and  better,  in  a  way.  inasmuch  as  El  Mirasol  also  stands 
for  California." 

To  attempt  to  describe  this  achievement  in  terms  applicable 
to  the  ordinary  hotel  is  to  convey  no  slightest  conception  of 
what  it  really  is.  With  a  boldness  in  the  use  of  color  hardly 
equaled  by  any  other  artists  in  America.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  He: 
working  jointly,  have  produced  an  effect  at  once  brilliant  and 
restrained. 

As  one  enters  the  front  door,  the  attention  is  momentarily 
diverted  from  the  immediate  surroundings,  as  the  eye  catches  a 
glimpse  of  glowing  color  in  the  hotel  park,  around  which  the 
bungalows  are  grouped,  straight  on  through  the  patio  and  across 
the  arcade  beyond  the  fountain;  but  the  beauty  of  the  interior  is 
compelling  and  very  quickly  claims  our  entire  attention. 

Standing  in  the  midst  of  the  spacious  lobby,  one  looks  to  the 
left,  through  the  main  dining  room,  to  the  "Peacock  Room,"  a 
smaller  dining  room  which  takes  its  name  from  two  magnificent 
panels  painted  by  Mr.  Herter.  This  room  is  hung  with  some  of 
the  choicest  products  of  the  Herter  looms,  the  floor  a  beautiful 
design  in  orange  and  blue,  the  tables  and  chairs  corresponding. 
The  "Peacock  Room"  was  designed  by  Delano  &  Aldrich,  and 
was  added  to  the  main  house  a  year  ago  to  meet  the  growing 
demand  made  upon  the  management  by  those  desiring  to  take 
advantage  of  this  beautiful  setting  and  unique  service  in  enter- 
taining; and  during  the  season  there  are  few  days  when  it  is 
not  the  scene  of  smart  luncheons  and  dinners,  for  which  style  of 
entertaining  it  has  become  very  much  "the  thing"  among  the 
elite  of  Santa  Barbara  and  Montecito.  The  main  dining  room, 
used  for  the  accommodation  of  the  residents  of  the  hotel,  is 
somewhat  more  subdued  in  its  color  treatment,  although  the 
consistent  scheme  of  orange  and  blue,  dominating  throughout, 
is  here  carried  out  with  the  same  painstaking  care  and  attention 
to  detail  that  is  so  impressive  at  every  turn.  The  effect  of  the 
indirect  lighting  in  the  evening  is  one  of  indescribable  brilliancy 
and  charm. 

To  the  right  from  this  vantage  point  the  view  is  through  the 
library.  Beyond  this  is  the  superb  drawing  room,  with  an  open 
fire  place  and  the  walls  hung  with  many  of  the  original  Herter 
collection  of  pictures,  while  still  farther  beyond  is  the  card  room, 
so  absolutely  aglow  with  warmth  and  color  as  to  impress  one  im- 
mediately with  the  appropriateness  of  the  name  "El  Mirasol" 
(The  Sunflower.) 

Stepping  from  the  lobby  directly  ahead,  the  visitor  finds  him- 
self in  the  glassed-in  tea  room;  and  opening  from  this  on  the 
right  is  the  open  cloister,  gayly  furnished  for  lounging. 

Passing  out  of  the  patio,  one  is  at  once  in  the  midst  of  El 
Mirasol  park,  with  the  vine-clad  bungalows  surrounding,  and 
beyond  a  magnificent  view  of  the  Santa  Ynez  mountains.  Al- 
though every  path  of  the  park  is  bordered  with  flowers  of  end- 
less variety  and  color,  and  as  each  bungalow  is  examined  sepa- 
rately, it  seems  to  have  a  flower  garden  all  its  very  own. 

In  attempting  to  describe  the  bungalows  themselves,  the  same 
problem  presents  itself  as  in  the  main  house.  Each  room  a  stud- 
ied harmony  of  chintz  and  paint,  one  gets  a  feeling  of  an  amount 
cf  thought  and  care  devoted  to  its  execution  that  we  expect  in 
a  private  house.  Beds,  chairs,  dressing  tables,  desks — all  in  a 
delicate  cream  color  with  striping  to  match  the  dominant  tone 
of  the  chintz  in  each  instance,  the  lighting  fixtures,  the  delicate 
lace  bed-spreads,  altogether  produce  a  wonderful  effect. 

Last,  but  not  least,  we  find  here  not  only  in  name,  but  in  fact, 
that  rare  thing,  a  perfect  "home  table."  Prepared  by  women 
cooks,  with  the  best  the  markets  afford,  at  her  disposal,  "home 
cooking"  has  here  reached  the  acme  of  perfection. 

All  in  all,  El  Mirasol  presents,  to  lovers  of  out  of  doors,  sun- 
shine and  natural  beauty,  a  place  absolutely  unique  in  the  hotel 
history  of  the  world. 

Her  husband  had  just  come  home  and  had  his  first  meet- 
ing with  the  new  nurse,  who  was  remarkably  pretty.  "She  is 
sensible  and  scientific,  too,"  urged  the  fond  mother,  "and  says 
she  will  allow  no  one  to  kiss  baby  while  she  is  near."  "No  one 
would  want  to,"  replied  the  husband,  "while  she  is  near."  And 
the  nurse  was  discharged. — Tit-Bits. 


rogress  in  the  raising  of  funds  necesva: 
the  m.i  of  the  Sar.  .  Symphot. 

the  forthcoming  season  wa  Tuesday  at  a  : 

:hc  Worn. 
1  Association  of  San  Francisco,  held  ai 
Hotel. 

Over  $3,000  was  announced  as  added  to  the  large  amount  al- 
ready subscribed,  through  the  activities  of  the  auxiliary  in  the 
last  four  days,  and  although  a  considerable  sum  is  still  req 
to  insure  another  concert  season,  the  committee  expressed  it- 
•  .< in  of  success. 

At  least  $20,000  more  must  be  subscribed  by  June  1st,  the 
date  announced  for  the  renewal   of  the  musicians'  con: 
Members  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  Musical  Association 
expressed  themselves  as  being  gratified  with  the  excellent  work 
done  by  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

Miss  Lena  Blanding  presided  at  Tuesday's  meeting.  The 
following  were  among  those  present:  Mesdames  William 
Sproule.  M.  S.  Koshland.  Frank  W.  Griffin.  M.  C.  Sloss.  A.  S. 
Baldwin,  M.  C.  Porter,  Walter  Scott  Franklin,  George  H.  Men- 
del, Jr.,  F.  Hamilton  Wallace,  Alice  Gartenlaub,  S.  Sussman. 


CHINESE  TO  RAISE  CROPS  IN  EUROPE  FOR  ALI.II  S. 

The  first  installment  of  3,600  Chinese  coolies  have  landed  at 
Vancouver  on  their  way  to  France  and  Great  Britain  to  till  the 
soil  and  raise  crops  for  the  fighting  armies  of  those  nations.  It 
is  estimated  that  150,000  Chinese  will  be  landed  in  those  coun- 
tries as  quickly  as  they  can  be  brought  by  steamer  by 
the  Canadian  and  the  Suez  routes.  The  first  installments  will 
be  put  to  attending  crops.  Those  that  arrive  later  will  be  de- 
tailed to  clearing  away  the  debris  in  the  villages  blown  up  and 
devastated  by  the  destructive  German  army,  and  to  putting  in 
seasonal  crops  in  the  territory  recaptured  from  the  enemy. 
China  has  made  offers  to  send  like  levies  of  Chinese  to  help 
gather  the  crops  in  this  country  and  to  help  out  in  industrial 
pursuits,  but  organized  labor  has  put  in  a  protest,  and  the  ques- 
tion is  now  hanging  in  the  air. 


CAPTAIN  IAN  HAY  BEITH  TO  LECTURE  SUNDAY. 

Paul  Elder  has  arranged  for  Captain  Ian  Hay  Beith  to  return 
to  San  Francisco  and  deliver  another  lecture  on  Sunday,  May 
27th,  at  the  Columbia  Theatre.  Captain  Beith  has  gone  North, 
but  will  stop  here  on  his  way  East.  He  will  again  show  his 
pictures  and  will  combine  the  two  former  lectures  into  one,  add- 
ing much  that  is  new,  for  to  a  trained  novelist  who  has  spent  a 
year  in  the  trenches  of  France  there  is  no  such  thing  as  lack  of 
material  on  a  subject  of  this  nature.  He  was  sent  to  the  United 
States  by  the  British  government,  and  expects  to  be  recalled  at 
any  time  now  that  we  have  entered  the  war.  His  aim  is,  of 
course,  to  bring  home  to  us  in  our  isolated  position  what  the 
war  really  means,  and  this  he  does  with  poignant  intensity.  The 
proceeds  from  his  lectures  go  to  the  Scottish  Regimental  Asso- 
ciations, who  look  after  the  men  in  the  trenches,  and  care  for 
the  families  of  those  who  never  come  back. 


OUR  NAVY  ON  THE  FIRING  LINE. 

The  first  squadron  of  United  States  destroyers  arrived  at 
Queenstown  on  May  4th,  having  left  Boston  very  shortly  after 
the  opening  conferences  between  Mr.  Balfour  and  the  Adminis- 
tration. It  has  since  been  joined  by  others,  the  whole  being  un- 
der command  of  Admiral  Sims,  an  officer  who  was  already  in 
England,  where  he  has  become  immensely  popular.  The  United 
States  ships  have  now  their  own  base,  and  have  for  the  last  ten 
days  been  working  in  close  co-operation  with  the  British  fleet. 


The  Techau  Tavern  is  becoming  quite  a  rendezvous  for 

the  Army  and  Navy  people.  The  Revue  artists,  in  their  smart 
costumes,  are  singing  very  catchy  war  songs.  Last  Saturday 
night  General  Liggett  and  a  number  of  army  officers  had  a 
theatre  party  at  the  Tavern.  The  management  continues  to 
present  to  its  lady  patrons  costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle 
ol  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud 
sachet,  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face  powder.  The 
presentations  are  made  each  afternoon  at  4,  4 :30  and  5  o'clock. 
Another  delightful  feature  at  the  Tavern  is  the  dancing  for 
guests ;  music  by  the  famous  Jazz  Orchestra. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
ABRAHAMS-SCHWARTZ. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Abrahams  announce  the  en- 
gagement   of    their    daughter,    Miss    Ethyl    Abrahams,    to    Bernard    S. 
Schwartz,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Louis   Schwartz  of  Los  Angeles. 
DAVIS-GRIGGS. — Miss   Alice   Fiddes    Davis,    of   Alameda,    announced    her 
engagement    to   John   Ryland    Griggs,    mining  engineer   of   Joplin,   Mo. 
Miss  Davis  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Samuel  H.  Davis  of  1337 
Broadway. 
FECHTELER-KAYS, — The   engagement   of  Miss   Margaret   Fechteler   and 
Lieutenant-Commander  Herbert  Emery  Kays,  U.  S.  N.,  has  been  an- 
nounced. 
FREEMAN-MAUYMONT. — Announcement  has  been  made  of  the  betrothal 
of  Miss  Marguerite  R.  Freeman  to  Leo  Marymont,  of  Oakland.     They 
will  I'eceive  their  friends  Sunday  afternoon,  June  3d,  at  the  home  of 
Mr.   and  Mrs.   H.  Marymont,   743   Thirty-sixth  street,   Oakland. 
GLADE-ROBINSON. — Although  no  formal  announcement  has  been  made, 
friends  of  Miss  Ethel  Glade  learned  recently  that  she  is  engaged  to 
Sinclair  Robinson   of   Hawaii. 
LEISS-DIAL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emil  Liess  announce  the  engagement  of  their 

daughter.  Miss  Hilda  Liess,  to  Edwin  Lee  Dial. 
M1LLER-PECKHAM. — It   is   with    much    interest   that   friends    here    have 
heard  of  the  betrothal,  announced  a  few  days  ago  in  Los  Angeles,  of 
Miss  Jean  Eleanor  Miller,   daughter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Harry   Leverett 
Miller,  and  Hildreth  Robert  Feckham. 
SALKEY-DELMAR. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Henry  Salkey,   of  1814   South    Buendo 
street,  Los  Angeles,  announce  the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Miss 
Lola  May  Salkey,  to  Harry  J.  Delmar,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  J. 
Delmar  of   San   Francisco. 
SOL'THARD-PANDE.— Miss    Maude    Southard,    daughter    of    Mrs.    A.    B. 
Southard,  of  277  Edgewood  avenue,  and  Peter  Pande  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
has  been  announced. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BANNING-MacFARLAND.— A  wedding  date   that  is  of  much   interest  in 
this  city  is  scheduled  for  June  6th  in  Los  Angeles,  when  Miss  Eleanor 
Banning  will  become  Mrs.   J.   C.   MacFarland. 
HIESTAND-BARTLETT. — The   wedding   of  Miss  Alice   Hiestand   of   Ber- 
keley and  Paul  D.   Bartlett  of  Kansas  City  will  take  place  Sunday, 
May  27th,  at  the  Swedenborgian  Church  in  San  Francisco. 
CARLIN-McCARTY. — Paymaster  Charles  V.  McCarty,  U.  S.  N.,  in  charge 
of  the  Mare  Island  Yard  craft  pay  office,  and  Miss  Eloise  Carlin,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Carlin  of  this  city,  will  be  married  here  on 
Friday,   June  22d. 
SMITH-SNOOK.— The    wedding    of    Miss    Ruth    Smith    and    "Wade    Snook 
will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  June  4th  in  St.  John's  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Berkeley. 

WEDDINGS. 
BALDWIN-HALE. — Setting    their    wedding    date    a    month    ahead.    Miss 
Marion  D.  Baldwin,  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  L.  Baldwin,  and  William  Mor- 
rell  Hale,   son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.   Hale,   of  Berkeley,  were 
married,  on  May  19th. 
BLOCK-SCHILLER.— The  marriage  of  Miss  Lucille  E.   Block  and  Roland 
E.  Schiller  was  solemnized  Thursday  evening  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
sister,  Mrs.  Richard  Simon,  162  Nova  Drive,  Piedmont. 
FREY-3ICHEL. — Miss  Florence  Frey,   daughter  of  the  late  Jules  D.   Fry, 
of  this  city,  was  united  in  marriage  to  Marcus  S.   Sichel,   son  of  Mrs. 
E.  Sichel,  also  of  this  city,  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel. 
GROSS-ASCHEIM. — The   marriage  of  Miss  Miriam  Gross  and  Joseph  As- 
cheim,  United  States  Marine  Corps,  was  solemnized  Tuesday  afternoon 
at  the  bride's  residence  on  Hillway  avenue. 
JONES-SHOEMAKER. — An    interesting    surprise    was    imparted     to     the 
friends   of  Miss   Gertrude   Madura   Jones   when    her   parents,    Mr.    and 
Mrs.  Oliver  H.  Jones  of  Baker  street,  announced  her  marriage  on  May 
2d  to  Dr.  H.Ronald  Doulton  Shoemaker. 
KINLEY-ALLEN.— Miss  Claribel  Kinley,   daughter  of  William   Kinley  of 

Olean,  N.  Y.,  was  married  May  17th,  to  Albert  C.  Allen  of  this  city. 
MANGELS-FISHER. — Miss    Rhoda   Mangels   became   the   bride   of   Robert 

James  Fisher  lately  at  the  Mangels  home  in  Oakland. 
MLTRRAY-CORCORAN. — Miss  Jane  Agnes  Murray  of  Spokane  and  David 
Stanley  Corcoran  were  united  in  marriage  at  the  Paulist  Church  by 
Rev.  Henry  I.  Stark. 
SLTLSBERG-ETRICK. — Miss  Pearl  Elizabeth   Sulsberg  surprised  her  many 
friends  by  her  marriage.   May  10th,    to  Robert  Jackson  Eirick  of  Los 
Angeles.     The  wedding  was  to  have  taken  place  in  June. 
TORREY-KELLY. — Miss    Dorothea    Torrey    and    Harold    Rannells    Kelly 

were  married  May  17th. 
WILLSON-BROWNELL.— On  May  17th,  in  San  Jose,  Dr.  Harry  L.  Brow- 
nell  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  Leola  Willson. 

WEDDING   ANNIVERSARIES. 
BECKMEYER. — Mr.   and  Mrs.  A.   F.   Beckmeyer  recently  celebrated   their 

wooden  wedding  at  their  home. 
SCOTT. — Marking  the  close  of  forty  years  of  married  life,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Henry  T.  Scott  presided  at  a  dinner  May  16th  at  their  handsome  home 

in  Burlingame. 

LUNCHEONS. 
BRESSE. — Mrs.   Eugene   Bresse   complimented  Miss  Ruth   Parkins  with   a 

luncheon  on  Thursday. 
BROMFIETLD. — Mrs.    Gordon    Bromfield   will   preside   at   a  luncheon    to  be 

given  May  28th  in  compliment  to  Mrs.   Emilia  MacGavin,   bride-elect. 
BALDWIN. — Miss   Marie    Louise   Baldwin   was    the    honored    guest   at   the 

luncheon  given  Thursday  afternoon  by  Miss  Helen  Jones. 


HILL.— Lieutenant  Kinchen  Hill,  TJ.  S.  N.,  was  host  Sunday  at  a  luncheon 
party  at  Yerba  Buena  Island,  the  afternoon  being  spent  in  the  tennis 
courts. 

HOWARD.— Mrs.  George  H.  Howard  III  entertained  this  week  at  a  lunch- 
eon at  her  home  at  Burlingame. 

NEWHALL.— A  group  of  friends  were  entertained  informally  at  luncheon 
Tuesday  afternoon  by  Mrs.  William  Mayo  Newhall,  Jr.,  at  the 
hostess'  home  on  Webster  street. 

NICHOLS. — Miss  Margaret  Nichols  arid  her  fiance,  Edward  H.  Clark,  Jr., 
were  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Duplessis  Beylard  and  Miss  Sophie 
Beylard  for  an  informal  luncheon  on  Sunday  at  their  residence  in 
San  Mateo. 

PERKINS. — Miss  Ruth  Perkins  entertained  at  luncheon  Thursday.  Dur- 
ing the  past  few  weeks.  Miss  Pei'kins  has  been  in  a  round  of  gayety, 
her  engagement  to  Alfred  Oyster  having  furnished  a  delightful  reason 
for  entertainments  in  her  honor. 

WHEELER. — Luncheon  followed  by  a  contest  on  the  golf  links  provided 

an  unusually  enjoyable  afternoon  Thursday  for  a  coterie  of  the  younger 

set,    who    assembled   at   the   invitation   of   Miss   Jean    Wheeler.      The 

luncheon  had  for  its  setting  the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country  Club. 

TEAS. 

GRAY. — Mrs.  Clement  Gray  will  give  a  tea  for  Mrs.  MacGavin,  whose  days 
before  her  marriage,  which  is  to  take  place  July  10th,  are  filled  with 
the  pretty  affairs  with  which  her  friends  are  expressing  their  affection 
for  her. 

DINNERS. 

CALDWELL. — Miss  Dorothy  Caldwell  was  hostess  Thursday  at  a  dinner 
at  the  Clift  Hotel,  where  she  and  her  mother  are  spending  the  sum-, 
men 

EYRE. — Edward  Eyre,  Jr.,  and  his  brother,  Edgar  Eyre,  were  hosts  at 
an  informal  dinner  Sunday  evening  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club. 

MARTIN. — Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  gave  a  dinner  party  Monday  night  at  her 
home  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Ross  of  Los  Angeles. 

REES. — With  Major- General  and  Mrs.  Hunter  Liggett  the  honored  guests, 
Mrs.  Thomas  Rees  presided  at  a  supper  party  Sunday  at  her  attractive 
home  at  the  Presidio. 

WILLIAMSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  F.  Williamson  entertained  a  group 
of  friends  Sunday  at  the  Mount  Diablo  Country  Club. 
BRIDGE. 

DENNIS. — Mrs.  Archibald  Reid  Dennis  was  hostess  Monday  at  a  bridge 
party  in  compliment  to  Miss  Biona  Guthrie,  a  charming  girl  from  the 
North,  who  is  here  on  a  brief  visit,  en  route  to  Southern  California. 

SHARON. — Mrs.  William  E.  Sharon  has  invited  the  members  of  the  Cos- 
mos Club  to  be  her  guests  on  the  afternoon  of  May  28th,  at  her  home 
in  Piedmont.  The  afternoon  will  be  passed  at  cards,  and  preceding 
the  game,  Mrs.  Sharon  will  entertain  her  guests  at  luncheon. 

ARRIVALS. 

GRANT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  U.  S.  Grant  of  San  Diego  are  at  the  Palace  Hotel 
for  a  brief  stay. 

HEWITT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixwell  Hewitt  returned  to  San  Francisco  after 
a  visit  to  Del  Monte. 

MLTLCAHY. — Mrs.  Richard  E.  Mulcahy  has  returned  from  New  York, 
where  she  has  been  during  the  winter. 

MURPHY. — Concluding  an  enjoyable  trip  to  the  Grand  Canyon  and  later 
a  visit  in  Denver,  Mrs.  John  Burke  Murphy  has  returned  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

NEVILLE. — Mrs.  Jack  Neville  arrived  in  San  Francisco  Wednesday.  Mrs. 
Neville  is  living  in  Del  Monte  at  present. 

NOBLE. — Mr.  Emily  Noble  of  New  York,  who  visited  here  about  two 
years  ago,  is  a  guest  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

PARROTT. — Mrs.  Louis  B.  Parrott  has  returned  to  California  after  a  long 
sojourn  in  the  East.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Adler  of  Milwaukee  accom- 
panied Mrs.  Parrott  West,  and  are  now  motoring  about  the  State  with 
her  on  a  sightseeing  tour. 

SAUNDERS. — Captain  Leo  I.  Saundres,  United  States  Army,  retired,  is 
visiting  in  town  from  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  guest  at  the  Bohemian 
Club. 

SPRECKELS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rudolph  Spreckels,  accompanied  by  their 
son,  Howard  Spreckels,  and  Cyril  McNear,  arrived  from  the  East  this 
week.     The  two  young  men  were  freshmen  at  Harvard. 

WHEELER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deming  Wheeler  have  arrived  from  their  home 

in  Fairbanks,  Alaska,  and  will  enjoy  an  extended  visit  in  California. 

DEPARTURES. 

BRUGUIETRE. — Louis  Bruguiere  left  Monday  for  New  York,  where  he  will 
enter  the  training  camp  at  Plattsburg  for  a  postgraduate  course  in 
military  training. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Adv. 


in*  for  Kr»n -f      Younc 


Vlri     J.nr.t. 
***r  fM,n>  «.  rk^m  tr,*lr  Ban   Kr*n.  :•  ••  rrti 

hom*  on  Thurvdtf  ami  tfvpai 
mine    hou»#    for    th«  M 

»m    Thorn.  ,n    an<1 

b*  »w»jr  n 


>r  t-»». 


will   r«-m 


ntha,  <lrp«>n<llnjc  up 


s4*t 

Samuel  Boanlmnn  will  lamr*  In  Um  I 
tur**  for  ih*1  Ptatbar  EUrer  Inn,  a 
of  t)  • 

iumm«r  month*  then)  tin.-*  >.it  u  luL 
Hopkins,  M 
will   leave    •  for  a   fortnight'*  stay  at   her   home   on    the    M< 

river. 
BRi  IMPHLI       •  i>.>rt    Bromflaid  and   their  daughter, 

n,  win  pass  the  Bummer  In  town,    Mr   and 
i  have  taken   the   Davenport   Bromfleld   hoi 
IturltiiKanif  for  the  summer.    They  will  I 
June  1st. 
t  ROWDBR     Mn    Smith  Crowder  and  Miss  Anne  BJIiabeth  Crowder  will 
i  Juno  1st  for  their  country  hum.'  at  Red  Bluff,  where  they 
will  pass  a  few  a 
KRICK.— Mrs,  A.  L.  Prick  will  leave  shortly  on  a  motor  trip  t<>  Lake  Tahoe 
in  company  with  several  Oakland  friends.     BSarly  In  July,  Mrs,   Prick 
will  po  to  the  Russian  River  for  an  outing  of  a  few  weeks  with  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  <*.  D.  Blhhlns  of  Oakland,  who  owns  a  Bummer  home  in  that 

place. 

HAVENS.-    Not  forgetting  the  local  needs,  of  women  are 

helping  Mrs.  Frank  Havens  in  the  fete  for  the  afternoon  of  June 
_•  1  at  her  home  in  Piedmont  It  is  called  a  Fete  Feminists,  and  shows 
the  progress  of  women's  work. 

HKVNEMANN. — Planning  to  leave  aboul   the  middle  of  June,  Mis.  AloX- 

r   iieynemann  and  her  children,   Miss   Rosalie  Olbbs   Heynemaiui 

and  Lloyd  Glbbs  Heynemann  will  pass  the  summer  months  at  Feather 

River   Inn.      They  enjoyed  the  greater  part   of  last  summer  in    that  at- 
tractive spot. 
HILL. — Mr.   and   Mrs.   John   E.    Hill  are   in   New   York   after  a   tour  of  the 

Southern  States.     They  will  return  to  San  Francisco  in  mid-June,  after 

visiting  friends  in  Washington  and  Philadelphia. 
HTJETER,— Mrs.  Ernest  L.  Hueter  is  leaving  soon  for  her  summer  home  in 

Mill    Valley. 
HUNT. — Miss    Gertrude    Hunt    entertained    Miss    Leila    McDonald    as    her 

guest  in  San  Rafael  over  the  week-end. 
JOHNSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   William  Pierce  Johnson  have  rented  their  place 

in  Piedmont,  and  have  taken  apartments  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel   for 

the  summer. 
LEIB. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Leib,  whose  marriage  in  New  York  was  a  re- 
cent     event   of  great   interest   to   local   society,    have   taken    the   E.    J. 

Smith   place  at   Easton   for  the  summer  months. 
LORD. — Mrs.  Marion  Lord  has  given  up  her  apartments  at  the  Clift  Hotel 

and  will  spend  the  next  few  weeks  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Athearn 

Folger  at  their  home  at  Woodside. 
LA   MONTAIGNE. — Mr.   and   Mrs.    E.   Clinton    La   Montaigne   are   enjoying 

a  delightful  motor  and  fishing  trip  through  Southern  California. 
MARTIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Martin  will  have  Beaulieu,  the  Carolan 

home  down   the  Peninsula,   after  June  for  the  balance  of  the  summer. 

Meantime  the  John  Drums  are  occupying  it  for  six  weeks  or  so. 
NICKERSON. — Mrs.  Ernest  A.  Niekerson  will  leave  for  the  East  about  the 

first    of    June    to    attend    the    graduating    exercises    at    Vassar,    from 

which  institution  Miss  Marjorie  Niekerson  will  graduate  June  12th.  The 

following  day  Mrs.  Niekerson  and  her  daughter  will  start  for  their  home 

in   Berkeley. 
POPE. — Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  is  enjoying  a  visit  at  Santa  Barbara. 
RICHARDS. — Dr.  and  Mrs.    Harry  Griffin  Richards  have  taken  permanent 

appartments    at    the   Fairmont    Hotel.      Dr.    Richards   is    the    father   of 

Mrs.   Francis  Vincent  Curtis. 
POOL. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Pool  are  established  for  a  month  or 

two  in  an  attractive  apartment  at  California  and  Powell  streets. 
ROSSI.— Miss  Marita  Rossi  is  planning  a  delightful  week-end  party  at  her 

beautiful  home  in  Menlo  Park. 
RUSSELL. — Mrs.  Oscar  Russell  is  entertaining  Mrs.  Edwin  Long  as  her 

house  guest  at  the  former's  attractive  quarters  at  the  Presidio.  Mrs. 

Long   has   made   her  home   at  Monterey  since   the   death    of   Captain 

Long,  which  occurred  in  the  East  a  few  months  ago. 
SNYDER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Snyder  will  leave  June  1st  for  San  Rafael, 

where  they  have  taken  the  Carl  Kraft  house  for  the  summer. 
SPL1VALO. — Mrs.  Raymond  Splivalo  and  Miss  Ruby  Bond  are  back  from 

Coronado,  where  they  spent  several  weeks  enjoying  the  gayetles  of  the 

Southern  resort. 
SPROULE. — Mr.   and   Mrs.   William    Sproule   will   go   to   Lake   Tahoe    in    a 

few  weeks,  the  latter  to  spend  the  midsummer  at  Tahoe  Tavern.    Later 

they  will  go  to  Santa  Barbara,  where  Mrs.  Sproule  will  spend  the  au- 
tumn. 
SPROULE.— Mrs.   William   Sproule   has   had  a  chapel  built  at  Byron  Hot 

Springs,    near  which    Mrs.    Sproule  owns   a    large   acreage,   and   this    is 

to   be   dedicated   on    June    17th,    with    appropriate    ceremonies.      Mrs. 

Sproule,  accompanied  by  friends,  will  go  down  for  the  event. 


' 


"Tommy,  you're  too  old  to  cry."     "Yes,  and   I'm   too 

young  to  have  what  I'm  crying  for."— Punch  Bowl. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


Palace  Hotel 

DANCING 

Every  Evening  from  Seven  to  One,  except  Sunday 

POP    CONCERT 

Every  Sunday  Evening  beginning  at  Seven  O 'Clock 

Orchestra  of  25  Pieces 

Herman  Heller,  Director 

DINNER 

Table  d'Hote  at  $2.00  per  cover,  also  a  la  carte 


AN  INNOVATION 

Special  Dinners  with  dancing  will  be  given  in  the  Rose  Room  of  the 

Hotel  St.   Francis 

Each  week,  beginning  Saturday,  March  Tenth,  as  follows: 

Monday   Night  —  Southern      Thursday  Night — French 

Tuesday     Night  —  Oriental      Friday  Night  —  Italian 

Wednesday  Night — Mexican     Saturday  Night — Californian 

ALSO    A    LA    CARTE    SERVICE 

Dinner  served  at  Seven.      $2.00  per  plale.  Art  Hickman's  Orchestra 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


Summer  Relaxation  in  Society. 

Social  affairs  have  not  simmered  down  to  the  usual  summer 
relaxation  for  the  reason  that  many  of  the  peninsula  families 
aie  still  in  town  waiting  for  the  school  vacation  to  release  their 
children  before  permanently  moving  to  the  country  home.  Most 
of  the  fashionable  schools  close  this  month,  so  the  diversions 
it?  town  have  largely  been  invested  in  the  school  set,  with  many 
graduation  parties  on  the  calendars  of  the  young  girls. 

From  now  on,  the  business  of  doing  the  town  house  up  in 
linen  dusters,  or  giving  up  apartments,  will  occupy  the  heads  of 
families,  and  in  a  few  days  the  hegira  to  the  country  will  begin. 
Down  the  peninsula  way  it  has  been  decided  by  most  of  the 
hostesses,  who  usually  throw  a  high  light  on  the  summer  by  giv- 
ing at  least  one  magnificent  entertainment  during  the  season, 
that  this  shall  be  a  year  divested  of  all  splurge,  as  most  of  the 
chatelaines  of  the  big  estates  down  there  are  giving  all  their 
excess  to  one  relief  fund  or  another. 

©    ©    © 
Gay  Little  Dinner  Dances  Under  Way. 

This  does  not  mean  that  the  summer  will  be  set  to  a  mournful 
tune  or  that  there  will  not  be  gay  little  dinner  dances  and  the 
usual  private  and  club  frolics  which  add  the  sprightly  touch 
(o  the  life  down  there,  but  it  does  mean  that  at  the  present  writ- 
ing no  one  is  planning  any  spectacular  events,  and  the  conse- 
quence is  that  women  who  usually  add  one  or  two  gorgeous  new 
ball  gowns  to  their  summer  wardrobes  are  planning  to  use  the 
winter  evening  frocks  with  a  few  simple  additions. 

Of  course,  women  are  going  to  have  their  usual  fascinating 
summer  togs  for  sports  and  pastimes  and  general  daytime  wear, 
and  never  have  these  things  been  more  alluring.  Mrs.  Fred 
McNear  has  gone  in  for  hats  this  year,  and  seldom  appears 
twice  in  the  same  creation  at  the  club  house,  and  each  time  her 
chapeau  is  the  breathless  sort  which  always  brings  a  gasp  from 
the  timid  conservatives.  The  other  day  she  wore  one  equally 
exciting  as  the  vegetable  kingdom  which  she  skewered  on  to  her 
Marcelled  head  for  the  Fashion  Fete  at  Mrs.  Templeton 
Crocker's. 

S     ©     © 

A  New  Shock  Absorber. 

Some  economical  soul  asked  Mrs.  McNear  how  she  managed 
to  have  so  many  expensive  hats.  "Oh,"  said  the  frank  Mrs.  Mc- 
Near, "this  doesn't  represent  much  money — I  made  it  myself — 
and  it  can  be  used  either  as  a  sun-shade  or  a  shock-absorber!" 

No  one  who  knows  how  clever  and  versatile  that  lady  is,  is 
surprised  when  she  appears  in  a  frock  or  hat  which  looks  as 
though  it  had  been  created  by  the  most  expensive  designer  in 
the  country,  but  has  been  fashioned  by  the  clever  fingers  of  the 
lady  herself. 

©    ©    © 

Bandaging  in  Burlingame. 

To  the  Burlingame  contingent,  which  is  doing  Red  Cross 
work  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  has  come  special 
honorable  mention  from  the  Eastern  headquarters  for  the  uni- 
form excellence  of  the  bandages  and  other  work  sent  on  by 
that  division. 

The  members  of  the  division  refuse  to  take  any  of  the  credit 
to  themselves,  but  place  the  entire  burden  for  all  their  efforts, 
good  and  bad,  on  the  capable  shoulders  of  their  indefatigable 
leader,  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  who,  as  one  of  the  women  laughingly 
said  the  other  day,  "Orders  us  around  like  marines!" 
©    ©     © 

Mrs.  Hitchcock  Sets  the  Price. 

No  martinet  in  the  army  or  navy  could  be  more  exacting  in 
his  demands  for  performance  of  duty  than  is  Mrs.  Hitchcock, 
and  the  society  matrons  of  the  peninsula  set  are  going  through 
a  new  experience.  Those  who  went  into  the  work  expecting  to 
la-di-da  through  a  few  hours  a  week  and  then  talk  the  patter  of 
service  at  social  festivities,  found  that  they  had  calculated 
without  their  leader,  who  insisted  on  three  afternoons  a  week 
and  inspected  the  work  with  an  appraising  eye  and  adequate 


conversational  power  to  make  articulate  her  criticisms. 

She  made  the  women  feel  so  ashamed  if  they  fell  short  of  the 
standard  of  attendance  and  good  work  that  the  slacker  became 
a  rarity.  One  of  the  Burlingame  clubmen  declared  that  the 
women  were  at  it  all  the  time — practicing  rolling  bandages  with 
napkins  at  the  dinner  tables! 

©     ©    © 

Also  Speeds  It  Up. 

So  of  course  every  one  was  in  the  virtuous  glow  which  comes 
from  the  performance  of  duty,  and  excellent  performance  at 
that. 

But  the  other  day  came  a  thunderbolt.  Mrs.  Hitchcock  an- 
nounced that  the  women  were  not  giving  time  enough  to  the 
work. 

"Not  enough  time?"  they  gasped,  and  pointed  to  three  entire 
afternoons  lifted  whole  from  the  calendar  of  the  week. 

"But  that  is  not  enough,"  insisted  this  indefatigable  leader. 
"From  now  on  we  must  give  three  entire  days  a  week." 

Consternation  and  complaints  fell  alike  on  unheeding  ears. 
Mrs.  Hitchcock  insists  that  the  minimum  of  service  must  be 
three  entire  days,  and  when  she  says  the  mornings  are  to  be 
edded  to  the  afternoon  service,  no  one  has  any  doubt  that  the 
morning  will  have  to  get  up  betimes  with  the  early  birds  in- 
stead of  meeting  noon  on  its  way  out  of  the  night. 

So  it  comes  to  pass  that  the  Burlingame  smart  set  is  about 
to  furnish  the  highest  standard  for  prolonged  as  well  as  excel- 
lent service — and  all  thanks  to  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  who  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  women  in  that  set,  as  well  as  a  born  leader  and 
organizer. 

©     ©    © 
Miss  Dean  and  the  Langhornes. 

Theatre  parties  have  brought  a  number  of  out-of-town  people 
up  for  the  Henry  Miller  performance,  for  not  only  is  Miller 
himself  a  great  favorite  in  the  smart  set,  but  Miss  Julia  Dean, 
his  leading  lady,  has  scores  of  friends  among  the  fashionables. 
She  is  a  niece  of  Mrs.  James  Potter  Langhorne,  and  through 
her  cousins,  the  Langhorne  girls,  became  a  great  favorite  in  the 
set  in  which  they  moved,  which  included  Jennie  Crocker,  now 
Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman,  Helene  Irwin,  now  Mrs.  Templeton 
Crocker,  and  the  other  young  matrons  of  that  coterie.  A  num- 
ber of  informal  affairs  are  being  given  for  Miss  Dean,  and  she 
is  the  cynosure  of  many  friendly  eyes  as  she  lunches  with  one 
group  or  another  at  the  Palace  or  St.  Francis. 
©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Whitman  Due. 

Mrs.  Malcoln  Whitman  has,  by  the  way,  given  orders  to  have 
ber  Burlingame  home  put  in  readiness  for  her  earlier  than  usual 
this  year,  as  she  intends  to  come  out  the  first  part  of  June,  and 
will  spend  the  entire  summer  here,  much  to  the  delight  of  her 
friends. 

©     ©    © 

Dietetics  on  the  Firing  Line. 

Here  is  a  good  story  which  has  come  out  of  the  confines  of 
San  Rafael.  A  number  of  society  women  there,  as  everywhere 
else,  are  studying  dietetics.  Apparently  they  learned  that  the 
entire  protein  content  of  meat  is  never  extracted  into  soup,  but 
that  the  meat  which  has  been  boiled  for  that  purpose  is  still 
highly  nutritive. 

The  other  day  a  friend  of  mine  who  lives  in  San  Rafael  went 
into  an  employment  agency  to  secure  a  maid.  The  agent  sent 
a  likely  girl  in  to  be  interviewed  by  my  friend.  As  soon  as 
she  told  the  maid  that  she  lived  in  San  Rafael,  that  young  wo- 


Convenicnt  to  all  Places  of  Interest 


LOS  ANGELES 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscans 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555     ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIMMTCK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


i.i-u r.iiumi 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advntisrr 


11 


nun  eyed  her  sternly  and  queried:  "Have  you  irrer  st 
-  do  you  iwer  intend  to  look  into  the  nonser. 
shure  :  :t  me  last  place  in  San  Rafael  because  me  lady 

e  soup  meat  for  me  health  and  the  good  of  the 
I  told  her  to  try  it  on  h<  the  dog.  fit 

ro  daycent  cook  would  d 


Mr  of  Alameda;  L.  F.  Bauer.  H.  R.  Mcrriam.  Miss  S.  L.  Rulty 
Oakland. 


The  senior  eta:  Hamlin's  well  know  :hool 

n  sending  out  invitations  to  their  gradual  ttiurs- 

.  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  at  8 :30  p.  m.  This 
ocial  event  of  the  school,  and  many  of  the  former 
graduates  and  their  families  take  part  to  become  acquainted 
with  the  latest  class  graduates  to  maintain  the  traditions  of  this 
long  time  successful  local  institution.  There  will  be  dancing  as 
usual. 

In  the  graduating  class  of  this  year  are :  Miss  Mabel  Gene- 
vieve Cropp.  Miss  Gwyneth  Gamage.  Miss  Helen  Catherine 
Harrison.  Miss  Elvira  Rebecca  Hufschmidt,  Miss  Dorothy  Gwi- 
lym  Jenkins,  Miss  Louise  Margaret  Jenkins,  Miss  Florence  Re- 
becca Johnson,  Mies  Bonnie  Ruth  Patterson,  Miss  Virginia  Ruth 
Powell.  Miss  Royal  Minta  Rosenau.  Miss  Beatrice  Ruth  Seeley, 
Miss  Carmen  Sophia  Sprague,  Miss  Mary  McLeod  Taylor,  Miss 
Grace  Barbara  Webb,  Miss  Leona  Estelle  Welbanks,  Miss  Em- 
ilie  Charlotte  Zaretzky,  Miss  Hannah  Zimmerman. 

9    ©    © 
Recent  Arrivals  at  the  Hotel  Plaza. 

Recent  arrivals  at  the  conveniently  located  Hotel  Plaza  in 
the  heart  of  the  theatre  and  shipping  district,  at  Union  Square, 
are:  Mrs.  C.  R.  Rudy  and  Mrs.  S.  B.  French,  Denver;  Misses 
Carpenter,  Columbia,  Tenn.;  Mrs.  W.  L.  Shaffer  and  children 
and  Mrs.  E.  Gleason,  Idaho  Springs,  Colo.;  Mrs.  Wm.  Gould 
and  Miss  Ellen  T.  Gould,  Minneapolis;  O.  J.  Leonard,  Dubuque, 
la.;  Ellen  Douglas  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Wade,  Tyler,  Tex.;  Margaret 
Eastburn,  Newark,  Del.;  Romeo  Bortolo,  Santa  Rosa;  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Wm.  Garvey,  Red  Bluff;  Mrs.  L.  M.  Wade,  Honolulu;  Mrs. 
Wm.  Curtin  and  Marion  Curtin,  Warm  Springs;  E.  S.  Price, 
Sioux  City,  Iowa;  Miss  Jennie  Linscott,  Watsonville;  Henry  G. 
Turner,  Modesto ;  Mrs.  T.  S.  Montgomery  and  Mrs.  Frank  Stew- 
art, Suisun;  L.  W.  Dement,  New  York;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wreden, 
New  York;  F.  M.  Chittenden,  Fresno;  C.  A.  Campbell  and  wife, 
Sebastopol;  Fred  Garrigue,  Los  Angeles;  E.  I,  Lendrum,  Van- 
couver; J.  W.  Browning,  Grand  Island;  Mrs.  I.  Patterson,  Pacific 
Grove;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  0.  Pegg,  San  Luis  Obispo;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harrison  Atwood,  Belvedere. 
©     ©    © 

A  number  of  residents  of  this  city  are  now  visiting  Los  An- 
geles, and  among  those  who  are  registered  at  the  Hotel  Clark 
in  that  city  include :  J.  Wallenberg,  F.  H.  Hearch,  L.  V.  Gaffney, 
Howard  F.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steensma,  Henry  R.  Clark,  J. 
L.  Miller,  John  S.  Morse,  Chas.  M.  Crabb,  C.  L.  Hall,  B.  Gay- 
lord,  H.  W.  Beebe,  H.  E.  Perkins,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crutchfield,  F. 
J.  Klenck,  C.  B.  Noyes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Silverstein,  R.  J.  Strecker, 
M.  F.  Fisher,  L.  S.  Ayer,  S.  E.  Rau,  J.  S.  Eastwood,  Mrs.  E.  I. 
Hammond,  C.  0.  Martin,  D.  G.  Mehaffy,  C.  C.  Andersin  and 
wife,  J.  A.  Frye,  I.  Karmel,  George  Sarkies,  C.  D.  Larsen,  Mr. 
&nd  Mrs.  C.  P.  Cooke,  Mrs.  Maude  Pioda,  Loraine  Pioda,  Barton 

E.  Evermann,  R.  E.  Baldwin,  D.  T.  Ayers,  B.  R.  Hart,  R.  J. 
Pender,  A.  K.  Holbrook,  G.  P.  McElroy,  J.  P.  Cavanagh,  G.  La- 
combe,  O.  Doyle,  P.  E.  Golson,  C.  A.  Meister,  Wm.  Hayes  and 
wife,  J.  Reimers  and  wife,  M.  H.  Robbins,  J.  B.  Nellessen,  C.  H. 
Pearson,  R.  D.  Meusie,  A.  S.  Bro^vn,  H.  W.  Clark,  Dr.  R.  Pietra- 
fesa,  J.  B.  Shackleford,  C.  A.  Bachelder,  R.  O.  Wilson,  R.  J. 
Strecker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Harrison,  J.  W.  Steinkomp,  H.  A. 
Ledig,  W.  E.  Day,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Thomas  E.  Whiteside,  W. 

F.  Hill,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Fulton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kiley  Smurr,  R.  E. 
Cochran,  C.  L.  Hall,  T.  C.  Thompson,  Mrs.  H.  Thompson  and 
child,  Von  Boden,  H.  R.  Merriam,  Charles  S.  Bullard,  Judge  and 
Mrs.  Lawler,  A.  C.  Franzen,  Mrs.  Roth,  J.  E.  Steen,  Alex  Gor- 
don, V.  Villerre,  H.  W.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  Madison,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Martial  Davoust,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Rowley,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  P.  Newberg,  John  Borden,  George  Squires,  H.  G.  Butler, 
H.  P.  Rothermal  and  wife,  J.  D.  Rountree,  L.  A.  Ash,  M.  F. 
Cranney,  M.  Peterson,  Miss  S.  L.  Rulty,  B.  H.  Lynch  and  wife, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rollin  B.  Watt,  Frank  H.  Doane  and  wife,  and  C. 
C.  Bosson.  W.  D.  Kant,  Stuart  Raggett,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Voewinkel, 
Miss  M.  Phillips,  C.  S.  Nash,  Helene  Sheridan,  Max  Thelan 
and  C.  Wells  of  Berkeley;  Wm.  J.  Locke  and  F.  Emerson  F. 


1 
San  Francisco  is  famous  the  world 
bizarre  and  colorful  restaurant  li 
in  it.  a  mder  if  anything  new  and  original 

just  opened  his 
uurant.  "The  Witches  Grotto,"  on  K' 

is  a  panoramic  wonder  of  its  kind.     Italian  Kelly 
•t  expense  when  he  planned  the  Grotto, 
is  the  richest  looking  and  most  decorative  place  of  its 
kind  on  the  Pacific  Coast.     The  entrance  hallways  and  main 
rooms  are  literally  swathed  in  silken  tapestries  that  delight  the 
;th  the  visions  of  luxurious  loveliness.    It  unfolds  a  pano- 
ramic story  of  fairyland.    The  richly  done  paintings  depicting 
the  rescue  of  Beauty  from  the  witches  and  the  gnomes  are  the 
masterpiece  in  oils  of  a  famous  Italian  artist.     Italian  Kelly  is 
a  patriot,  and  Italian  prevails  at  his  headquarters,  from  the 
artistic  canvases  to  the  chef  that  prepares  the  inviting  dishes 
that  makes  a  diner  want  to  live  forever  in  the  Witches  Grotto. 
All  kinds  of  the  best  of  original  entertainment  accompanies  the 
dining.    With  Italian  Kelly  directing  affairs,  his  restaurant  will 
easily  become  one  of  the  greatest  show  places  in  the  West. 


FOR   THE  FATHERLESS  CHILDREN   OF  FRANCE. 

An  attractive  exhibition  of  300  recruiting  war  posters  and 
French  trench  magazines  loaned  by  Templeton  Crocker,  and 
war  relics  loaned  by  Mr.  Donald  Montieth,  will  be  exhibited 
at  the  ball  room  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  during  June  4-9,  from 
10  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m.,  the  proceeds  to  go  in  charge  of  the  San 
Francisco  Committee  of  the  Fatherless  Children  of  France.  A 
pledge  from  you  of  ten  cents  a  day  will  amount  to  $36.50  per 
year,  and  will  provid"  for  a  little  child  of  France  in  its  mother's 
arms.  Its  name  and  address  will  be  given  you,  and  you  may 
correspond  with  the  mother. 


DEMOCRACY  ADVANCES  ANOTHER  STEP. 

Effecting  a  remarkable  advance  in  the  constitutional  history 
of  Japan,  the  Privy  Council  at  a  recent  meeting  passed  regu- 
lations by  which  the  Japanese  people  can  appeal  direct  to  the 
throne.  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  was  present  at  the  meeting. 
The  regulations  will  soon  be  issued  and  are  expected  to  put  an 
end  to  the  old  practice  of  "jikiso,"  the  feudal  manner  of  ex- 
pressing an  appeal  to  the  sovereign. 

Dropping  letters  into  the  Emperor's  carriage  when  he  ap- 
peared in  public  was  a  form  of  "jikiso"  resorted  to  when  there 
was  no  other  way  of  appealing  to  His  Majesty. 

The  Japanese  Constitution  grants  the  subjects  of  the  Empire 
the  right  of  appealing  to  the  throne,  with  due  respect  and 
through  the  proper  channels,  but  heretofore  these  channels  have 
been  lacking,  and  there  has  been  no  ruling  to  guide  such  an 
action. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


212  Stockton,  Street,  I-'" 
"  Beauty  Salor\^      / 


§UW30S9 

Ifcorr,  305 


?' 


Hme   upe  Wotptps 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Gives  that  pearly  white  Complexion  so 
much     desired      by     the     Women     of 

Fashion. 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


SCENES  IN  THE  GOOD  OLD  SUMMER  OUTING  DA  YS 


The  happy  summer  days  of  trout  fishing  in  the  mountains  by  those  fortunates  who  have  automobiles.    You're  not  in  the  swim 
these  days  of  current,  speeding  life  if  you  don't  own  an  automobile. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Adv 


13 


PL/EASUR.E/S  WAND 

.id  but  PU 


Henry  Miller  Scores  Success  With  New  Pi . 

Henry  Miller  has  been  coming  to  San  Francisco  (or  twenty 
summers,  and  this  week  the  Columbia  Theatre  doors 
swing  wide  welcome  to  the  actor-manager  whose  faith  in  th<: 
theatrical  acumen  of  the  town  has  been  justified  many  times. 
He  has  tried  out  many  plays  before  the  friendly  San  Francisco 
audiences,  who  never  let  their  friendliness  get  in  the  way  of 
their  judgment.  When  the  verdict  is  favorable,  Miller  puts  a 
period  after  it — and  banks  that  New  York  will  not  tamper  with 
that  period  and  make  it  into  an  interrogation  point. 

Wherefor  he  will  put  "The  Better  Understanding"  on  in  New 
York  this  winter. 

The  San  Francisco  au- 
diences like  the  play  well 
enough  to  convince  Mr. 
Miller  that  it  will  "go" 
in  New  York. 

But  he  was  not  mis- 
taken when  he  came  be- 
fore that  welcoming  au- 
dience on  the  opening 
night  and  declared  that 
he  heard  a  personal  note 
in  the  applause,  "For  I 
am  sure,"  he  added,  "the 
play  is  not  so  good  as 
that."    Nor  is  it. 

The  mathematician 
who  discovered  the  tri- 
angle, and  his  fellow- 
calculators  who  have  fol- 
lowed it  through  all  the 
mazes  of  higher  mathe- 
matics, have  had  an  easy 
time  compared  to  the 
ambitious  playwrights 
who  have  endeavored  to 
take  the  matrimonial  tri- 
angle and  stretch  and 
smooth  and  contract  and 
distend  it  to  fit  the  di- 
mensions of  a  new  prob- 
lem play.  For  while  an 
audience  loves  a  triangle 
it  must  ever  have  a  new 
and  interesting  light 
thrown  on  that  triangle. 

A.  E.  Thomas  and 
Clayton  Hamilton  have 
collaborated  on  "The 
Better  Understanding," 
and  though  the  light  that 
they  throw  on  the  trian- 
gle is  over-artificial  at 
times  they  never  lose  the 
interest  of  the  audience. 
If  I  wanted  to  mess 
around  in  sticky  adjec- 
tives of  praise  I  would 
use  Henry  Miller  as  an 
incentive.  For  never  have  I  seen  better  emotional  acting  than 
he  does  in  the  second  and  third  big  scenes  of  the  play.  _  The 
average  actor  when  he  emotes  makes  one  wish  that  conscription 
embraced  all  ages  and  professions,  and  demanded  that  actors 
be  put  on  the  front  firing  line  immediately.  The  female  of  the 
emoting  species  is  less  deadly  than  the  male.  Don't  ask  me 
why.    Read  up  on  biology. 

But  now  and  then  comes  along  a  good  actor  and  gets  away 
with  an  emotional  scene.  And  Allah  be  praised,  here  and  now 
comes  Henry  Miller,  and  bulks  man  size  into  a  triangle  and 


proves  that  the  angle  of  emotion  is  not  circumscribed  by  the 
limitations  of  either  sex. 

In  the  finale  of  the  last  act  Miller  has  only  a  few  poi. 
ejaculations,  and  keeps  his  back  to  the  audience  most  of  the 
time.     His  \a  on  talking  the  thing  out.     Julia  Dean 

rises  to  her  climax  with  the  finished  touch  of  the  talented  emo- 
tional actress.  But  Henry  Miller,  actor-manager,  is  not  there 
at  all.  The  audience  sees  only  John  Newton,  the  husband  who 
believes  he  has  lost  that  which  is  dearer  than  life  to  him.  No 
finer  piece  of  acting  has  illumined  Miller's  career. 

Julia  Dean  has  come  back  to  us  with  all  the  old  charm,  some 
new  tricks,  many  pretty  frocks,  and  this  new  play  gives  her  a 

chance  to  display  the 
best  of  her  gifts  and 
enough  of  her  wardrobe 
to  promise  sartorial  sat- 
isfaction for  the  rest  of 
the  season. 

Beloved  Mrs.  Whiff  en 
has  a  small  part,  which 
she  does  with  a  quaint 
benevolence  all  her  own, 
plus  a  neat  Irish  brogue. 
Among  the  newcomers  is 
Lucile  Watson,  who 
played  the  part  of  the 
modern  widow  with 
dash,  humor,  fine  simpli- 
city and  a  breezy  way  of 
saying  sharp  things 
which  blows  away  their 
sting.  Perhaps  Miss 
Watson  is  just  her  fas- 
cinating self  in  this  play. 
If  she  has  versatility  she 
has  more  gifts  than 
should  be  allotted  to  her. 
We  shall  watch  her  work 
in  the  succeeding  plays 
with  much  interest.  Cy- 
ril Keightly  and  Francis 
Byrne  are  delightful  act- 
ors admirably  cast  for 
the  parts.  The  details  of 
the  play  are  worked  out 
with  the  finish  and  pre- 
cision which  characterize 
all  the  Miller  produc- 
tions. 

*  *  * 

"House  of  Glass"  Strong 
Play  at  Alcazar. 
Those  who  were  not 
fortunate  enough  to  see 
the  New  York  produc- 
tion of  the  "House  of 
Glass"  may  thank  Fred 
Belasco  for  bringing  it 
to  the  Alcazar,  and  thus 
giving  us  another  chance 
to  see  the  play  that  made  such  a  hit  in  the  metropolis.  The  story 
of  it  has  been  told  over  and  over  again  in  the  papers  and  maga- 
zines, but  even  one  who  keeps  in  touch  with  things  theatrical  in 
the  East  and  knows  the  plot  of  it  finds  himself  edging  toward 
the  falling  off  point  of  the  seat — the  precipice  of  interest  per- 
mitted by  the  accommodations  of  a  theatre ! 

The  Alcazar  company  finds  itself  for  the  most  part  happily 
cast  in  the  roles  afforded  by  the  play.  The  one  important  ex- 
ception is  Mollie  Pearson,  who  deserved  the  highest  praise  for 
her  work  as  Jo  in  "Little  Women"  last  week,  but  falls  pain- 


Miss  Ray  Cox,  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


fully  short  of  the  tense  emotional  exactions  of  the  role  of  Mar- 
garet Case  in  this  play.  She  is  old-school  in  her  methods,  and 
neither  looks  nor  acts  the  part  with  realism. 

On  the  other  hand,  Leigh  Denny,  as  McClellan,  the  railroad 
lawyer,  does  one  of  the  merriest,  most  finished  bits  of  work.  The 
Alcazar  should  hold  on  to  Denny.  He  can  look  and  act  like  a 
gentleman — which  is  the  rarest  asset  an  actor  can  have. 

Albert  Morrison  as  Harvey  Lake,  the  husband,  and  Ethelbert 
Hales  as  Carroll,  the  human  bloodhound  who  never  lets  a  crook 
escape,  but  nevertheless  has  his  own  code  of  honor  and  can't  be 
bought  at  any  price,  deserve  honorable  mention  for  the  work 
they  do.  Hales'  portrayal,  one  who  saw  the  play  in  New  York 
tells  me,  is  a  better  piece  of  work  than  the  man  who  created  the 

part  on  Broadway. 

*  *  * 

Ruth  St.  Denis  Makes  Hit  at  Orpheum. 

Ruth  St.  Denis  and  Ted  Shawn  envelop  the  Orpheum  pro- 
gram in  the  delightful  haze  of  Romance  which  weaves  its  way 
through  the  modern  dance,  carrying  one  into  the  far  corners  of 
the  world,  a  world  all  color  and  vibration  and  beauty  and  joy 
and  sorrow,  not  just  a  right  little,  tight  little  world  set  to  dance 
music  in  which  the  actors  spin  around  on  the  more  or  less  tal- 
ented toes  of  the  old  school  of  dancing. 

Miss  St.  Denis  brings  with  her  a  ballet  and  the  stage  effects 
are  beautiful  beyond  the  exactions  of  the  most  sated  audience. 
In  the  temptation  of  St.  Anthony,  Miss  St.  Denis  introduces  the 
seductive  quality  into  her  dancing  which  she  has  hitherto  not 
emphasized,  and  surprises  her  old  admirers  by  her  abandon.  No 
"vamp"  in  the  screen  world  could  woo  him  so  delicately  from 
his  religious  inhibitions,  and  her  change  from  the  bejeweled 
creature  in  black  tulle  to  the  sylph  in  diaphanous  white  who  as- 
cends toward  some  sort  of  celestial  peaks  is  accomplished  with 
all  the  skill  of  the  actress  as  well  as  the  dancer. 

The  program  is  well  balanced  this  week,  and  the  "regular 
customers"  are  not  going  to  be  satisfied  with  one  helping.  In 
fact,  I  heard  a  man  reserve  seats  for  three  performances,  and 
admit  to  the  man  in  the  box  office  that  he  was-  putting  in  the  or- 
der for  himself.    Which  is  some  tribute  to  the  show  even  from 

one  who  is  inoculated  with  the  micro-organism  of  vaudeville. 

*  *  * 

Star  Acts  Thrill  at  Pantages. 

The  "Texas  Round-Up,"  which  is  the  headliner  at  the  Pan- 
tages this  week,  is  a  bully  Wild  West  stunt,  with  enough  thrills 
to  satisfy  a  world  grown  accustomed  to  the  three-ringed  circus. 
The  audience  reacts  with  enthusiasm  to  the  thrills  in  it.  "A 
Corner  in  Wireless,"  the  skit  in  which  Dan  Bruce  and  Margo 
Duffet  take  the  leading  roles,  proves  that  audacity  is  the  better 
part  of  valor  in  the  tournament  of  love.  The  rest  of  the  pro- 
gram gives  just  the  proper  assortment  of  jest  and  jibes  and 
tuneful  ditties,  finishing  with  another  chapter  in  the  serial,  "The 
Secret  Kingdom,"  which  is  a  glorified  nightmare  of  adventure, 
guaranteed  to  make  any  "movie  fan"  run  the  whole  gamut,  and 
then  some,  of  exhilaration. 


Advance   Announcements 

Orpheum. — Miss  Ray  Cox,  who  justly  ranks  as  one  of  the 
foremost  and  most  popular  stars  in  vaudeville  and  musical  com- 
edy, will  reappear  at  the  Orpheum  after  an  interval  of  nearly 
four  years.  Miss  Cox  has  only  just  returned  from  London,  where 
she  appeared  with  immense  success  in  the  leading  music  halls. 
In  addition  to  the  songs  for  which  she  is  deservedly  celebrated 
she  is  doing  a  skit  entitled  "Her  First  Lesson  in  Horseback 
Riding."  Dorothy  Shoemaker,  an  actress  of  fine  attainments, 
will,  with  the  assistance  of  Louis  Leon  Hall,  present  a  playlet 
by  Percival  Wilde  called  "Supper  for  Two."  Ted  Boyle  and 
Harry  Brown,  harmony  singers  with  comedy  twists,  will  pre- 
sent a  most  enjoyable  act,  "Bright,  Breezy  Bits."  Frank  and 
Tobie  will  appear  in  songs,  dances  and  characteristique  cos- 
tumes. Millicent  Mower  and  Marion  Harris  will  also  be  in- 
cluded. Ruth  St.  Denis,  supported  by  Ted  Shawn  and  the 
Denishawn  Dancers,  in  their  new  review  of  Indian,  Grecian  and 
Egyptian  dances,  will  be  continued  for  next  week  only.  The 
host  of  admirers  of  Walter  De  Leon  and  Mary  Davies  will  re- 
joice to  hear  that  in  their  latest  skit,  "Behind  the  Front,"  they 
have  achieved  the  greatest  triumph  of  their  careers.  The  scene 
of  their  sketch  is  laid  "Somewhere  in  France,"  and  deals  with 
the  popular  custom  of  wealthy  Frenchwomen  "adopting"  some 


unknown  soldier  in  the  trenches  in  order  to  furnish  him  with 
little  luxuries.  Excellent  comedy  dialogue,  catchy  music  com- 
posed by  Mr.  De  Leon,  together  with  a  dazzling  display  of 
gowns,  combine  to  make  the  act  one  of  the  most  sparkling  and 
delightful  acts  in  vaudeville. 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — The  Henry  Miller  season  at  the  Colum- 
bia Theatre  started  most  auspiciously  with  the  first  presentation 
on  any  stage  of  a  new  three  act  drama  by  A.  E.  Thomas  and 
Clayton  Hamilton,  entitled  "The  Better  Understanding."  The 
authors  have  turned  out  one  of  the  best  stage  offerings  of  a  de- 
cade, and  Mr.  Miller  has  given  it  a  cast,  headed  by  himself, 
making  an  artistic  and  convincing  presentation.  The  actor- 
manager  in  the  role  of  the  husband  offers  the  best  portrayal 
among  the  many  fine  ones  to  which  the  stage  is  indebted  to 
him.  Julia  Dean  as  the  wife,  Lucile  Watson,  Cyril  Keightley, 
Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  James  T.  Galloway,  Francis  Byrne, 
Peggy  Dale,  are  one  and  all  ably  cast,  and  make  the  most  of 
the  fine,  big  situations  of  the  play.  The  second  and  last  week 
begins  Monday. 

The  second  offering  of  the  Henry  Miller  season  will  be  Ruth 
Chatterton  in  "Come  Out  of  the  Kitchen,"  which  is  coming  back 
to  the  place  of  its  birth  after  a  run  of  thirty-two  weeks  in  New 
York.  Miss  Chatterton,  supported  by  Bruce  McRae  and  others, 

will  make  her  reappearance  on  Monday  night,  June  4th. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. — Described  as  a  prescription  of  melody  and  mirth, 
the  "Phun  Phiends"  come  featured  to  Pantages  for  the  week 
commencing  with  the  matinee  Sunday.  Girls  who  are  pretty  and 
who  can  sing  and  dance  predominate  in  the  cast,  which  is  headed 
by  Jack  Hallan  and  Murray  Harris.  The  scene  is  laid  in  a  drug 
store,  where  Mr.  Hallan  is  seen  as  the  willing  but  inexperienced 
drug  clerk  and  soda  water  fountain  manager.  Chris  Richards  is 
an  eccentric  comedian  of  marked  ability.  He  includes  singing, 
dancing,  talking  and  acrobatics  in  his  act,  all  of  which  are  done 
in  his  own  peculiar  and  inimitable  style.  Four  sensational  Jap- 
anese acrobats  form  the  Kimiwa  Troupe,  which  is  recently  from 
Tokyo.  Marconi  Brothers,  "The  Wireless  Orchestra,"  will  of- 
fer the  Pantages  audiences  a  few  moments  of  what  is  said  to  be 
decidedly  acceptable  entertainment  with  their  accordeons.  Paul 
Decker  and  company  will  appear  in  "The  Twister,"  a  delightful 
little  comedy  sketch.  The  Knickerbocker  Quartette  is  com- 
posed of  excellent  vocalists  and  funsters,  who  have  brought 
pleasure  wherever  they  appeared  before  Pantages  patrons.  The 
final  chapter  of  "The  Secret  Kingdom"  will  be  the  screen  of- 
fering. 

*  *  * 

Shriners  Ready  with  Big  Red  Cross  Entertainment. — The  big 
ball  and  entertainment  to  be  given  in  aid  of  San  Francisco  Chap- 
ter of  the  American  Red  Cross  by  Islam  Temple  of  Mystic 
Shriners,  at  the  Exposition  Auditorium,  this  Saturday  evening, 
will  be  one  of  the  most  notable  affairs  of  the  kind  ever  held  in 
this  city.  Shriners  have  been  working  for  over  a  month  to  make 
the  affair  a  success,  and  Potentate  John  D.  McGilvray  hopes 
to  turn  over  at  least  $10,000  as  a  result  of  their  efforts.  An  un- 
usually interesting  program  will  precede  the  dancing.  Tickets 
may  be  obtained  from  any  Shriner  and  at  the  Auditorium  in  the 

evening. 

*  *  * 

Lectures  on  War  by  Sidney  Coryn. 

Sidney  Coryn's  Friday  evening  course  at  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery is  now  over,  and  the  Monday  evening  lectures  are  supple- 
menting the  Friday  evenings.  On  Monday  next,  May  28th,  he 
will  give  his  lecture  on  "Why  Italy  Went  to  War,"  and  will  ex- 
plain in  his  usual  interesting  and  vivid  fashion  the  question  that 
has  looked  so  puzzling.  Mr.  Coryn's  Friday  morning  talks  on 
the  Progress  of  the  War  continue  their  popularity.  He  gives 
two  each  Friday,  one  at  10:45  o'clock  and  another  at  12:15. 


Magnificent  New  $500,000  Bath- 
ing Beach   and  Amusement  Park 

NEPTUNE   BEACH 

ALAMEDA 
25  Minutes  from  Ferry  by  Alameda  {T}oat 


May  26.  1917 


and  C  all  for  r 


Notable   U.   S.   A.    Officers  and  Briton   m   the  European    War 


>2 


Major-General  Pershing,   who   will 

lead  the  first  U.  S.  A.  unit  on  the 

firing  line  of  France. 


Admiral  sir  John  Jellicoe,  K.  I 
Firs?  the  British  Ad- 

miralty, Chief  of  the  Naval 


who 
will  command  new  r.  s.  Army 

Department. 


NEED   OF   THE  LOCAL  SYMPHONY   ORCHESTRA. 

Every  effort  should  be  made  by  those  in  position  to  contribute 
to  the  fund  necessary  to  guarantee  the  symphony  concerts  of  the 
.  San  Francisco  Music  Organization.  Without  the  support  the 
concerts  of  the  forthcoming  season  must  be  omitted,  and  at  a 
time  when  music  of  that  character  would  be  most  appreciated 
by  the  general  public,  and  most  needful.  Shortly  after  the 
present  war  began,  the  belligerents  discovered  that  something 
to  cheer  the  public,  theatres,  light  amusements,  music,  were 
essential  to  take  the  minds  of  the  people  off  constant  dwelling 
on  the  oppressiveness  of  war  and  war's  burdens.  Aside  from 
that  viewpoint,  the  organization  of  the  musicians  under  Director 
Hertz,  under  careful  training  over  several  years,  have  reached 
a  perfection  which,  if  abandoned,  would  be  discouraging.  The 
symphony  orchestra  has  attained  a  position  where  it  is  the  only 
organization  in  the  West  that  is  able  to  delightfully  interpret 
the  best  music  of  the  great  composers,  not  only  in  San  Francisco 
but  in  the  leading  cities  in  this  locality  as  well.  Of  the  neces- 
sity of  maintaining  this  splendidly  developed  orchestra  there  is 
no  question;  the  question  is,  will  those  residents  of  the  bay 
districts  who  appreciate  this  excellent  music  respond  to  Presi- 
dent William  Sproule's  appeal  to  contribute  what  they  judge  is 
fair  to  maintain  the  life  of  the  symphony  concerts  this  forth- 
coming season.  Answers  in  the  affirmative  will  be  greatly  ap- 
preciated.   Send  them  in  and  "do  your  bit"  in  a  good  cause. 


If  at  a  later  date  the  United  States  Government  should  issue 
other  bonds  of  this  nature  bearing  a  higher  rate  of  interest  we 
will  arrange  to  exchange  your  bond  or  bonds  for  an  equal 
amount  of  the  new  issue  bearing  the  higher  rate.  Bonds  will 
be  coupon  in  form  and  in  denominations  of  $50,  $100,  $500  and 
$1,000." 


Punch  once  had  a  scene  in  which  a  district  visitor  is 

shown  entering  the  cottage  of  a  poor  woman.  The  visitor  is 
evidently  new  to  the  business  and  somewhat  embarrassed.  The 
cottager  says  to  her:  "I'm  quite  well,  thank  yer,  miss;  but  I 
ain't  seed  you  afore.  Y're  fresh  at  it,  ain't  yer,  miss  ?"  "I  have 
never  visited  you  before,  Mrs.  Johnson."  The  woman  dusts  a 
chair.  "Well,"  she  says,  "yer  sits  down  here,  an'  yer  reads  me 
a  short  Psalm,  yer  gives  me  a  shillin',  and  then  yer  goes!"— 
Punch. 


Country  Constable  (to  motorist)— See  here!    You  have 

been  passing  here  for  six  months  without  speeding  sufficient 
for  me  to  arrest  you  once.  Just  remember  that  there's  a  limit 
to  my  patience. — Toledo  Blade. 


"What  is  bread  worth,  today?"  she  asked,  pointing  to  a 

leaf  about  the  size  of  a  biscuit.    "Worth  about  two  cents,  lady," 
responded  the  truthful  grocer,  "but  we're  charging  ten." — Puck. 


AETNA  SUBSCRIBES  $1,500,000  PLUS  OF  LIBERTY 
LOAN. 

Mr.  J.  R.  Molony,  local  manager  of  the  western  branches  of 
the  following  companies,  announces  that  the  Aetna  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  has  subscribed  $1,000,000  to  the  Liberty  Loan; 
the  Aetna  Casualty  and  Surety  Company  has  subscribed  $250,- 
000,  and  the  Automobile  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford  has 
subscribed  $250,000,  a  total  of  $1,500,000  for  these  three  thriv- 
ing and  patriotic  concerns.  To  boost  further  the  success  of  the 
Liberty  Loan  and  to  make  it  as  easy  as  possible  for  the  various 
members  of  the  largely  distributed  Aetna  family  to  subscribe 
the  following  plan  has  been  devised : 

"You  may  apply  in  your  own  name,  but  through  the  Aetna 
Life  Insurance  Company,  for  such  amount  of  bonds  as  you  may 
wish  to  subscribe  for,  agreeing  to  pay  five  per  cent  promptly  on 
the  first  of  each  month  thereafter  until  the  bonds  are  paid  for; 
the  company  will  purchase  the  bonds  to  the  amount  of  your  sub- 
scription, and  hold  them  for  you  until  you  have  completed  your 
payments ; 

"Delivery  of  the  bonds  will  be  made  at  any  time  on  payment 
of  the  balance  due,  with  accrued  interest,  and  the  company  will 
allow  interest  at  three  and  one-half  per  cent  on  the  partial  pay- 
ment. Adjustment  of  interest  will  be  made  at  the  time  the 
final  payments  are  made; 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell   Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 

A     BILL    OF    HEADLINERS 

MISS  RAY  COX  in  New  Songs  and  A  New  Comedy  Skil  "Her  Fir<l  Lesson  in 
Horseback  Riding;"  DOROTHY  SHOEMAKER  &  CO.  in  Percival  Wilde's 
Playlet  Supper  For  Two;"  WALTER  DE  LEON  ,t  MARY  DAVIEB  in  "Re 
hind  the  Front;"  BOYLE  &  BROWN  in  "Bright  Brees!  Bits;"  FRANK* 
TOBIE  in  Songs.  Dances  &  Costumes  Characteristiciuet  MARION  HARRIS 
Syncopation 's  Scintillating  Star;  MILLICENT  MOWER  The  Phenomenal 
Girl  Soprano:  RUTH  ST.  DENIS.  Ted  Shawn  and  The  Denishawn  Dancers 
in  A  New  Review. 

Evening  Prices— 10c,  25c.  80c.  75c  Matinee  Pikes  fexcout  Sun- 
days  and  Holidays).   10c.   25c.  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

Tlie  Leading  Playhouse 
Geary  and  Mason  sis. 
Phone  i  r b ii L l in  150 
Beginning  MONDAY  NIGHT,  MAY  28th-SECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK 

HENRY      MILLER 
and  a  brilliant  cast  in  the  new  and  successful  three  act  play 

"THE    BETTER    UNDERSTANDING" 
By  A.   E.  Thomas  and  Clayton  Hamilton 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
Monday  June  1— Ruth  Chatturton  in  "COME  OUT  OF  THE  KITCnFN" 


Columbia   Theatre 


ratitages    Lheatve    m***  street  oppose  Mai0n 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A    SUPERLATIVE    BILL 

"THE  PHIIN  PHIENDS"  A  Prescription  of  MIRTH  ,fc  MELODY  FOUR 
TEEN  PEOPLE;  MARCONI  BROTHERS;  PAUL  I  II  ]l  I  I-  V  ,  '  V,  ', 
KIMIWA  TROUPE"  Tokio's  Famous  Enuilihrists:  KNICKERBOCKER 
QUARTETTE;  "THE  SECRET  KINGDOM"  FINAL  CHAPTER-  "CHRTS 
RICHARDS"  ENGLAND'S  FUNNIEST  COMEDIAN  CHRIS 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


IFINANCIAV 


U.  S.  Bonds  and 
Local  Business. 


The  initial  offering  of  two  billion 
dollars  3%  Per  cent  bonds  repre- 
sents the  largest  loan  that  the  United 
States  has  ever  put  out.  It  is  dis- 
tinctly a  popular  loan,  in  the  sense  that  the  public  is  invited  to 
subscribe  direct  for  bonds  available  in  denomination  small 
enough  to  reach  every  class  of  investors.  And  we  all  must  sub- 
scribe for  these  bonds,  each  in  accordance  with  his  ability. 
Here  at  least  is  a  real  opportunity  for  every  one  to  do  his  "bit" 
for  the  country,  and  as  these  bonds  constitute  perhaps  the  best 
investment  in  the  world  to-day,  the  poor  and  the  rich  may  sub- 
scribe with  the  consciousness  that  their  duty  to  their  country 
does  not  conflict  with  their  duty  to  their  families  through  any 
imperilment  of  their  savings  funds.  The  American  govern- 
ment has  already  made  large  advances  to  its  Allies  and  a  large 
portion  of  the  proceeds  of  this  initial  loan  will  be  placed  to  the 
a  edit  in  this  country  of  Great  Britain,  France,  Russia  and  other 
Allied  nations  which  have  extensive  purchases  to  make  here. 
As  our  national  debt  was  a  little  more  than  $1,000,000,000  be- 
fore the  break  with  Germany  came,  it  is  apparent  that  even  the 
initial  preparations  for  the  war  have  resulted  in  almost  trebling 
cur  bonded  indebtedness,  which  must  be  largely  increased  if 
the  European  struggle  is  prolonged. 


The  demand  for  petroleum  still  outruns  production,  and 

the  price  of  crude  oil  in  the  fields  has  recently  increased  five 
cents  a  barrel.  Lumber  continues  in  good  demand,  but  its 
production  is  limited  to  labor  shortage.  In  San  Francisco, 
manufacturing  and  trade  with  the  country,  as  well  as  our  ex- 
ports and  imports,  continue  active,  but  retail  distribution  has 
shown  rather  curious  disturbance :  a  heavy  demand  for  grocer- 
ies and  other  food  stuffs  accompanied  by  falling  off  in  purchases 
cf  other  commodities.  These  conditions  are  doubtless  to  be  ac- 
counted for  by  the  influence  of  the  war  psychology. 


The  New  York  Evening  Sun  stated  this  week  that  a  com- 
plete revision  of  the  war  tax  bill  is  now  assured.  "Convinced 
at  last  that  it  is  poor  business  to  tax  business  out  of  business, 
and  thereby  bring  on  hard  times,  Administration  leaders  have 
passed  the  word  down  the  line  that  the  Senate  Finance  Com- 
mittee is  already  at  work  rewriting  the  House  Ways  and  Means 
Committee  bill,"  said  the  message.  "The  light  that  has  come 
to  the  leaders  in  Congress,  or  to  some  of  them,  has  also  come 
to  the  White  House.  No  longer  are  the  President's  friends  in- 
sisting that  the  bulk  of  the  war's  cost  shall  be  placed  on  the 
generation  that  must  bear  all  the  blood  cost  of  the  war  against 
Germany." 


"Quotations  on  California  securities  are  no  longer  rare 

on  the  stock  boards  of  the  big  Eastern  markets,"  said  Martin 
Judge,  resident  partner  of  the  firm  of  Byrne  &  Co.,  this  week. 
"The  present  week  California  Packing  will  probably  be  listed 
on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  and  I  understand  that  Pacific 
Gas  will  also  shortly  be  added  to  the  list.  Among  our  securities 
now  listed  and  actively  traded  in  on  the  big  exchange  are  West- 
ern Pacific,  Associated  Oil,  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph, 
Southern  Pacific,  United  Railroads  and  Pacific  Mail." 


Twenty  millions  is  the  approximate  value  of  the  net  earn- 
ings of  the  Hawaiian  sugar  corporations  for  1916.  These  im- 
pressive figures  represent,  for  the  major  portion  of  the  com- 
panies engaged  in  the  business,  an  increase  over  previous  pro- 
fits, and,  with  present  and  prospective  prices  for  the  commodity, 
place  the  plantations  in  the  front  rank  of  the  industries  of  the 
Western  hemisphere. 


-Collections  are  good;  interest  rates  somewhat  firmer. 


Student — What  are  your  terms  for  students?    Landlady 

-Dead  beats  and  bums. — Brunonian. 


TECHAU    TAVERN 

COR.  EDDY  AND  POWELL  STS—  TEL.  DOUGLAS 4700 
San  Francisco's  Leading  High-Class  Family  Cafe 

Costly  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go") 
perfume,  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face 
powder,  distributed  among  the  lady  patrons  every  afternoon  at  4,  4:30  and  5. 


DANCING  FOR  GUESTS 


SALON  CONCERT 


The  New      £& 

Poodle  Dog            "A 

Hotel  and  Restaurant      8*^ :;; -.'%§>  ~£\      L3? 

At  Corner                      t**Vi  *-Sfifc]&<&r^rKF 

Polk  and  Post      l^W 

STREETS                             ^Sa    wUSk 

San  Francisco      ^^       jjj     *it0?$r 

Phone:                        w|^w^^^f 

Franklin  2960       *"             ^^H* 

GUS'    FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  Sl.OO.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 

65  POST  STREET,   NEAR  MARKET  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  Bergez 


C.  Mailbebmu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 
415-421  Bulk  St..  Su  Friieiuo 


(Above  Kfarny) 


Exchange,  Douain  2411 


BLANCO'S  ""^ESS"** 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second   St.,    San  Francisco 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO   WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  Typewri&rnPSst covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets.  3     .     , 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or,  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &   TOWNE 

Established  1855 


37-45  FIRST  STREET 


SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advrrtisrr 


17 


UBBM2^|kTABLE    mrs  ric^^s:ischools 


OPIN    ALL    lUMMIK, 


"Aurora  the  Mugnifr 

A  wholesome  and  altogether  enjoyable  love  story,  with  a  mcl 
lowness  and  an  easy  distinction  that  cannot  be  claimed  by  a 
great  many  modern  novels.  It  is  the  sort  of  story  that  used  to 
be  read  aloud  to  the  family  circle;  it  is  a  novel  that  can  pass 
tp.at  healthy  test  with  unusual  credit  to  the  author.  "Aurora  the 
Magnificent,"  by  Gertrude  Hall,  is  the  story  of  a  Cape  Cod  wo- 
man set  down  in  the  sophisticated  Anglo-American  colony  of 
Florence — a  woman  whose  robust  character  is  a  substantial  de- 
light. The  novel  tells  of  her  triumph  over  the  machinations  of 
the  jealous  Florentines  and  over  the  supercivilized  sophistica- 
tion of  Gerald  Fane.  It  is  a  tale  of  people  worth  knowing,  in 
an  environment  worth  being  taken  to  for  a  visit,  an  environment, 
by  the  way,  intimately  known  to  and  loved  by  the  author. 

$1.40  net.    The  Century  Company,  New  York. 

*  »  • 

"Picinini." 

Estelle  Margaret  Swearingen,  of  Sacramento,  has  set  forth  in 
this  children's  story  a  very  entertaining  tale  of  a  little  negro 
boy  "among  de  white  folks."  Little  Picinini  possesses  that  de- 
lightful spirit  so  appealing  to  children  of  carrying  interest  and 
enjoyment  wherever  he  goes.  He  is  assailed  now  and  then  by 
distressful  ogres  in  the  shape  of  old  shrews  and  wicked  boys, 
but  through  his  shrewdness  and  daring  he  invariably  evades 
them  at  last  and  resumes  his  happy-go-lucky  sphere  of  useful- 
ness in  spreading  sunshine  among  white  children  wherever  he 
ventures.  Behind  all  these  episodes  and  adventures  there  is 
the  appreciable  moral  that  eventually  sticks  in  the  mind  of 
childhood,  carefully  wrapped  in  an  attractive  action  that  ap- 
peals. This  little  book  is  well  worth  reading  to  the  youngsters 
of  the  family  when  they  come  indoors  tired  of  strenuous  play. 

Illustrations  in  line  drawings  by  A.  Marshall  Harbinson.  H. 

S.  Crocker  Company,  565  Market  street,  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

A  New  Dostoevsky  Book. 

The  eighth  volume  in  Constance  Garnett's  series  of  new 
translations  of  Dostoevsky's  work  has  been  published.  It  is 
"The  Eternal  Husband,"  containing  also  two  other  stories,  "The 
Gentle  Spirit"  and  "The  Double."  "The  Eternal  Husband" 
deals  with  an  abnormal  character  in  abnormal  circumstances. 
"It  is,"  says  William  Lyon  Phelps  in  his  chapter  on  Dostoev- 
sky in  his  book,  "Essays  on  Russian  Novelists,"  "a  quite  origi- 
nal variation  of  the  triangle  theme.  It  has  genuine  humor,  and 
the  conclusion  leaves  one  in  a  muse." 

The  Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

The  Foundation  of  a  Happy  Marriage. 

In  the  June  Woman's  Home  Companion  a  writer  says:  "It 
was  Jane  Welsh  Carlyle  who  wrote  these  words  after  thirty 
years  of  married  life:  "I  married  for  ambition;  Carlyle  has  ex- 
ceeded all  that  my  wildest  hopes  ever  imagined,  and  I  am  mis- 
erable." 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranUin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding    and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
21171 


2123, 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Hlgh    School.    Grammar    and    Primary    Department!,    with    French 
School    for    little   children.      Fully   accredited    by    the    Unlveralty   of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Unlveralty  and  by  Eaitern   Col 
legea. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,  M.  A. 

2230   Pacific    Ave.,    San    Franclaco. 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 

Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 

Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 

2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


A.  W.  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


MISSHARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOG 


ALICE  BEST 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    DERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  BeringerlConcert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto) 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments tor  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


Tel.    Douglas    4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  1"2  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


Mother — What's  the  matter  with  baby?     Son — Nothing 

— I  was  only  making  him  smile  with  the  glove-stretcher. — Ex. 

Gwendolyn — I  hear  that  Fanny  Forty-odd  is  to  be  mar- 
ried. Who  is  the  happy  man?  Grace — Why,  her  father. — 
Puck. 

The  "Swanky"  One — I'm  smoking  a  terrible  lot  of  cigars 

lately.  The  Other  (with  conviction) — You're  right,  if  that's  one 
of  them!— Tit-Bits. 

"In  my  time,"  declared  grandma,  "girls  were  more  mod- 
est." "I  know,"  said  the  flippant  girl.  "It  was  a  fad  once.  We 
may  get  back  to  it." — Life. 

"Sir,  have  you  an  opening  for  a  smart  and  energetic 

young  man  like  myself?"  "Certainly.  There's  the  door  just 
back  of  you." — Baltimore  American. 

Hokus — Is  Harduppe  pretty  well  known  in  your  town? 

Pokus — I  should  say  he  is.  He's  so  well  known  he  can't  even 
borrow  an  umbrella. — New  York  Times. 

"Dearest,  I  ordered  to  be  sent  home  to-day  a  most  beau- 
tiful hat  for  only  $30.  It's  a  perfect  love!"  "My  darling,  your 
love  will  be  returned." — Princeton  Tiger. 

Aspiring  Author — Candidly,  now,  what  do  you  think  of 

my  new  story?  The  Critic — Please  don't  ask  me.  You  are  so 
much  bigger  and  stronger  than  I  am. — Puck. 

First  Steel  Magnate — I  see  our  shells  passed  the  govern- 
ment test.  Second  Steel  Magnate — Good  heavens !  Those  shells 
were  intended  for  a  foreign  government. — Life. 

Client — How  much  will  your  opinion  be  worth  in  this 

case?  Lawyer — I  am  too  modest  to  say.  But  I  can  tell  you 
what  I'm  going  to  charge  you. — Boston  Transcript. 

Wunce — He  lost  all  he  had  in  Wall  street,  but  later  he 

married  a  widow  with  three  million  dollars.  Twyce — I  see. 
Lost  on  the  stocks  but  won  on  the  bonds. — The  Lamb. 

Mrs.  D — I  have  just  bought  tickets  for  Miss  X's  recital. 

Mrs.  B — Who  is  she?  Mrs.  D — A  coloratura  soprano.  Mrs.  B 
— I  never  cared  for  those  negro  singers. — Musical  America. 

"What  could  be  more  sad  than  a  man  without  a  coun- 
try?" asked  the  patriotic  speaker,  feelingly.  "A  country  with- 
out a  man,"  responded  a  woman  in  the  audience. — New  York 
Sun. 

Danny  the  Dip — What  did  yet  git  in  that  house?    Clem 

the  Climber — Nothin',  a  lawyer  lives  there.  Danny  the  Dip — 
Gee,  that  was  a  close  shave!  Did  yer  lose  anything? — The 
Lamb. 

The  Boy — I  shall  be  glad  when  I  am  old  enough  to  do  as 

I  please.  The  Man — And  about  that  time  you'll  go  off  and  get 
married,  so  it  won't  do  you  much  good  after  all. — New  York 
Times. 

Cohen — So  Sadie  has  broken  der  engagement.    Did  she 

gif  you  back  der  ring?  Cohenstein — No;  she  said  diamonds 
hat  gone  up,  but  she  vould  gif  me  vat  I  baid  for  it. — Boston 
1'ranscript. 

A  six-weeks-old  calf  was  nibbling  at  the  grass  in  the 

yard,  and  was  viewed  in  silence  for  some  minutes  by  the  city 
girl.  "Tell  me,"  she  said,  turning  impulsively  to  her  hostess, 
"does  it  really  pay  you  to  keep  a  cow  as  small  as  that? — Har- 
per's. 

Shop-Walker — Do  you  realize  that  you  were  four  hours 

selling  those  two  women  a  yard  of  ribbon?  Saleswoman — I 
know,  sir.  But  just  as  they  got  to  the  counter  they  discovered 
that  they  each  had  a  baby  just  learning  to  talk. — New  York 
Times. 

A  Western  Congressman,  in  discussing  the  droughts  that 

sometimes  afflict  his  State,  tells  this  story:  "One  day  some  one 
asked  an  old  farmer,  'How  would  you  like  to  see  it  rain?'  T 
don't  care  about  it  myself,'  said  the  old  man,  'but  I've  got  a  boy 
six  years  old  who  would  like  to  see  it  rain.'  " — Harper's  Maga- 
zine. 


Two  Ladies — Do  you  believe  in  reincarnation?  Prodi- 
gal Son — Well,  when  I  left  here,  twenty  years  ago,  you  girls 
were  getting  along  toward  thirty,  and  now  I  find  you  about 
eighteen. — Life. 

Pa — I  greatly  disapprove  of  that  young  Smithson,  and 

one  particular  reason  is  his  lack  of  interest  in  his  calling. 
Daughter — His  calling!  Why,  papa,  he  calls  seven  evenings 
in  the  week. — Tit-Bits. 

"That  parrot  I  bought  uses  violent  language."    "Lady," 

replied  the  dealer,  "I  won't  deny  that  he  does  swear  some.  But 
you  must  give  him  credit  for  the  fact  that  he  doesn't  drink  nor 
gamble." — Washington  tar. 

Mrs.  Nurox  (to  friend) — Yes,  the  clerk  at  the  store  sug- 
gested my  getting  a  pair  of  opry  glasses  for  Jake,  but  I  said 
that  I  didn't  want  my  man  always  goin'  out  between  the  acts  to 
fill  'em. — Buffalo  Express. 

Miss  Footlight — I  have  here  a  certificate  from  a  doctor 

tc  the  effect  that  I  can't  sing  tonight.  The  Manager — Why  go 
to  all  that  trouble?  I'll  give  you  a  certificate  that  you  never 
could  sing. — New  York  Times. 

New   Dentist    (in   Frozen   Dog) — Will   you   take   gas? 

Bronco  Bill — Will  it  hurt  much  if  I  don't?  New  Dentist — It 
will.  Bronco  Bill — Then,  stranger,  for  your  sake  I  reckon  I'd 
better  take  it. — Boston  Transcript. 

"That  fellow  was  an  impudent  fraud.  How  did  he  man- 
age to  wheedle  money  out  of  you  ?"  "Oh,  John,  he  told  me  such 
a  sad,  pitiful  tale  about  his  poor  wife  who  was  a  widow  with 
six  little  children." — Baltimore  American. 

Mrs.  Flatbush — Who  is  that  woman  you  just  bowed  to  ? 

Mrs.  Bensonhurst — Oh,  she's  my  next  door  neighbor.  Mrs. 
Flatbush — But  she  didn't  return  your  bow.  Mrs.  Bensonhurst — 
No,  she  never  returns  anything. — Yonkers  Statesman. 

Successful  Suitor — Sir,  your  daughter  has  promised  to 

become  my  wife.  Father — Well,  don't  come  to  me  for  sympa- 
thy. You  might  have  known  something  would  happen  to  you, 
hanging  around  here  five  nights  a  week. — Indianapolis  Star. 

"Your  constituents  don't  seem  to  agree  with  some  of 

your  remarks."  "No,"  replied  Senator  Sorgham.  "A  whole 
lot  of  people  never  seem  to  pay  the  slightest  attention  to  any- 
thing I  say  except  when  they  disagree  with  it." — Washington 
Star. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 

1918   Models 

SCRIPPS   B  OO  TH 

Now  on  Display  in  the  Salesrooms  of 
ARNOLD  STELLING  CO.,  Inc. 

377  GEARY  STREET    SAN  FRANCISCO 

4-cylinder  Roadster   $1035 

8-cylinder  4- Passenger. $1385 

Coupe   $1550 

8-cylinder  Towncar $2700 

F.  O.  B.  San  Francisco 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advcrtisrr 


POOR  MARK. 


Mark  Twain  and  Chauncey  M.  Depew  once  went  abroad  on 
the  same  ship.    When  the  ship  was  a  lew  day*  out  the . 
both  invited  to  a  dinner.    Speech  making  time  came.     Mark 
Twain  had  the  first  chance.     He  spoke  twenty  minutes,  and 
made  a  great  hit.    Then  it  was  Mr.  Depew's  turn. 

"Mr.  Toastmaster  and  Ladies  and  Gentlemen."  said  the  fam- 
ous raconteur  as  he  arose,  "before  this  dinner  Mark  Twain  and 
myself  made  an  agreement  to  exchange  speeches.  He  has  just 
(!elivered  my  speech,  and  I  thank  you  for  the  pleasant  manner 
in  which  you  received  it.  I  regret  to  say  that  I  have  lost  the 
r.otes  of  his  speech  and  cannot  remember  anything  he  was  to 
say." 

Then  he  sat  down.  There  was  much  laughter.  Next  day  an 
Englishman  who  had  been  in  the  party  came  across  Mark  Twain 
in  the  smoking  room.  "Mr.  Clemens,"  he  said,  "I  consider  you 
were  much  imposed  upon  last  night.  I  have  always  heard  that 
Mr.  Depew  is  a  clever  man,  but  really  that  speech  of  his  you 
made  last  night  struck  me  as  being  the  most  infernal  rot." — 
Tit-Bits. 


THE  PESSIMIST. 

It  is  very  seldom  that  you  find  hard  work  and  hard  luck  going 
hand  in  hand. 

Many  a  man  gives  the  devil  his  due  when  he  isn't  so  consid- 
erate with  his  neighbors. 
_  When  a  man  in  a  tramcar  never  looks  at  the  pretty  girls  it's  a 
sign  that  the  woman  sitting  next  to  him  is  his  wife. 

A  woman's  lips  are  poor  things  to  kiss  unless  you  can  feel  the 
heart  behind  them. 

The  man  who  hesitates  is  lost;  so  is  the  woman  who  doesn't. 

Love  means  many  things  to  women,  and  to  every  woman 
something  different. 

We  are  all  evil-doers,  but  only  those  of  us  who  are  found  out 
are  called  sinners. 

Plautus  said  that  love  makes  men's  manners  foolish,  but  he 
forgot  to  add  that  it  also  makes  their  pocket  empty. 


AT  JIM   CLINKER'S. 

"Jim  Clinker  has  another  store.  Jim  Clinker's  head  seems  al- 
ways sore ;  he  grumbles  and  he  scowls ;  and  all  his  clerks  have 
caught  that  trick;  they  gloom  around  the  store  like  sick  or 
broken-hearted  owls.  When  I  go  in  to  buy  some  tea,  a  languid 
salesman  waits  on 'me  as  though  it  were  a  crime  to  rouse  him 
from  his  sour  repose,  his  brooding  over  secret  woes,  and  occupy 
his  time. 

"If  Clinker's  clerks  to  Jimpson  went,  they  soon  would  shake 
their  discontent,  and  carol  like  the  birds;  if  Jimpson's  clerks 
for  Clinker  toiled  their  optimism  would  be  spoiled;  they'd  hand 
out  doleful  words. 

"And  so  I  say,  and  say  some  more,  that  all  the  salesmen  in  a 
store  will  emulate  their  boss;  if  he  is  sour  with  all  the  works, 
you  may  be  sure  his  string  of  clerks  will  be  a  total  loss." — Walt 
Mason. 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of    6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,  830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin    Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All    legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.    217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW. 
Samuel   M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw,  Chronicle  Building.  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 


Pumps  for  Irrigation  and  Every  Conceivable  Use 

Gasoline  Engines  Pipe,  Pipe  Fittings.  Etc. 

SEND  FOR  OUR  CATALOGUE-MAILED  FREE 

WOODIN    &    LITTLE 

33   FREMONT  ST.        PUMPHOUSE       SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


,  Guy— Do  you  know  Lincoln's     Gettysburg     ad 

■'Uht  he  lr  White  Ho 


TWOMBLY    TIRE    FOOT    PUMP 

rut   rwounn    iiri    i 

i>  ibe  only  sore  rulul  loot  operated 
t»»  pswap  as  ibe   m.i.et.  ind   ■•  lb*  w 
*—*>  ol  rrara  band  pimp  roanulartiiie.1 
r*l  on  tb*  ground   il   can   be 
operated  ,,„„  i\,  ,„,l  rerv  caull  Milhcitbei 
lool    wrilbotrl   Moopnw  in*  body.   *n!„,ut 
'tiion  and  witbout  fatigue. 
THE   TU  <  )MBI  1    TIRE    FOOT 
PljMP  with  its  compound  leverage  mini- 
mires  rerulanee,  inu,  enabling  ibe   utei   |0 
inflate  a  iiir  to  more  than   standard  press- 
ure in  a  lew  minuter.. 

The  PRINCIPAL  of  OPERATION 
is  SIMPLE.  You  place  the  hall  of  your 
toot  on  the  lever  anil  step  rlov.nv.aid 
The  palm!  spring  hring*  it  up  Again.  Be- 
fore you  know  it,  50.  60.  70  pound*  of 
pressure  ha.  been  reached  easily  hy  these 
simple,  natural  strokes  of  your  foot. 

No  back-ache,  no  sore  hands,  no  gripping,  no  pulling 
COMPACT  STRONG  SIMPLE 

Guarantee   accompanies  the  article  not  only  at  the  lime  ol  lair,  but  in  ill  use 
PRICE  $4.75.        For  Sal.  by   All  Dealer. 

PHILLIPS    DISTRIBUTING   COMPANY 

322  POST  STREET  Western  Distributors  SAN  FRANCISCO 


We  RICE    GUN 


OVER 


3,000  SHOTS 

PER    MINUTE 


NOISE 
RECOIL 


NO  slmaIkhe  NO 

10  Times  As  Effective  As  A  Powder  Gun 
At  One-Tenth  the  Cost 

DEMONSTRATING     DAILY    AT 

225    MARKET   STREET 


TO  SACRAMENTO 

Fast  Electric  trains  leave  San  Francisco 
every  2  hours  during  the  day. 

One  way  fare  $2.50. 

Week  end  round  trip  $3.35. 

Sunday  round  trip  $2.50. 

Convenient  and  comfortable  electric  train  service  from 
Bay  Cities  to  Sacramento  Valley  points  including  Wood- 
land, Marysville,  Oroville,  Colusa,  Gridley  and  Chico. 

OAKLAND.    A.NTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


C.  H.  HITTENBERGER  CO. 

MAKERS    OF 

ARCH   SUPPORTERS 

EXTENSION   SHOES 
ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS 

BRACES,  ETC. 

1108  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Branch    Office— 510-13th  Street— Oakland,  Cal. 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(ESTABLISHED  1817) 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 
$50,678,200.00 

$277,488,871.00 


J    RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 


33.8  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  States,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji.  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Held  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET,  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET,  E.  C 


INSURANCE 


THE   CANADIAN  BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIREDMUNDWALKERC.V.O..LL.DD.C.L.  1    Paid-up   Capital  $15,000,000 

J0HNA1RD  Geaer/^fc'^r      ^serve  Fund  'f'5»0'°nn 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.  1  SANSON!  E  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2.125,391.04 
Deposits  50,513.876.42 

Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of  San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    63,499,332.39 

Reserve   and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension   Fund    235,045.38 

Number  of   Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  receipt  of   deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City. 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of 
the  Pacific,  which  took  place  at  Del  Monte  May  11th  and  12th, 
Carl  A.  Henry,  of  the  Wayman  &  Henry  general  agency,  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  president.  Mr.  Henry  is  one  of  the  old- 
est and  most  popular  managers  connected  with  Coast  Under- 
writing. He  is  a  native  Californian,  born  and  bred  in  San 
Francisco,  and  for  years  has  been  prominent  in  the  business 
affairs  of  this  city.  The  vice-presidency  was  filled  by  the  elec- 
tion of  Major  Charles  Christensen,  of  Christensen  6k  Goodwin. 
The  new  members  of  the  executive  committee  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year  are:  W.  L.  W.  Miller,  of  Miller,  Henley  &  Scott; 
H.  P.  Blanchard,  of  the  Fireman's  Fund;  E.  T.  Niebling,  of  the 
Commercial  Union;  John  J.  Sheehan,  of  Roff  &  Sheehan;  Geo. 
H.  Tyson,  and  J.  C.  Corbet,  of  Chicago.  The  holdovers  are: 
E.  C.  F.  Knowles,  Walter  M.  Speyer,  A.  W.  Thornton,  J.  F. 
Magee,  and  E.  G.  Richards. 

*  *  * 

The  different  agencies  of  the  National  Life,  U.  S.  A., 
throughout  the  country  are  preparing  for  a  proper  celebration 
of  President  Johnson's  birthday,  which  takes  place  on  the  31st 
instant,  and  great  is  the  competition.  Manager  Messler's  office 
has  been  pitted  against  North  Dakota  agency,  and  is  thus  far 
v/ell  ahead.  The  rivalry  is  keen,  even  the  stenographers  par- 
ticipating. It  may  be  said  of  President  Johnson  that  not  only 
is  he  popular  with  all  classes,  and  the  agency  force  in  particu- 
lar, but  to  his  ability  and  indomitable  energy  is  due  the  greater 
part  of  the  company's  progress  since  he  assumed  the  presi- 
dency in  1905. 

*  *  * 

Secretary  and  Actuary  Gordon  Thomson  is  in  the  Orient.  He 
will  make  a  thorough  survey  of  the  West  Coast  Life's  business 
in  the  Philippines,  and  will  inquire  into  conditions  in  Japan 
and  neighboring  territory  with  a  view  of  possible  entry.  His 
trip  may  be  prolonged  to  the  middle  of  August.  Mr.  Thompson 
is  held  in  the  highest  esteem,  not  only  by  the  personnel  of  his 
company,  but  by  all  who  have  the  favor  of  his  acquaintance, 
both  for  his  ability  and  forceful  character,  and  his  cordial  and 
sincere  personal  characteristics. 

Manager  James  C.  Johnston,  of  the  Insurance  Company  of 
North  America,  Yorkshire  and  Alliance,  has  appointed  Horace 
Reed,  formerly  with  the  Fireman's  Fund,  to  do  special  work  in 
Western  Oregon,  Western  Washington  and  British  Columbia. 
He  will  be  associated  with  Special  Agent  Walter  E.  Bliss  at 
Seattle.  Mr.  Reed  abandoned  insurance  several  years  to  en- 
gage in  the  manufacturing  business  in  the  Pacific  Northwest, 
and  is  well  acquainted  throughout  that  section  of  country. 

*  *  * 

Charles  M.  McCoy  has  been  given  the  agency  for  Butte  of 
the  Montana  Life  Insurance  Company.  Mr.  McCoy  was  for- 
merly Insurance  Commissioner  for  Montana,  and  subsequently 
became  secretary  of  the  Montana  Fire.  The  Montana  Life  is 
gathering  a  fine  body  of  men  together,  as  its  representatives, 
which  accounts  in  no  small  measure  for  its  success.  It  is  one 
of  the  companies  that  have  entered  the  field  to  stay. 

*  *  * 

Manager  Harry  H.  Smith  has  appointed  George  W.  Beck 
general  agent  for  the  Law  Union  &  Rock  and  Union  Assurance 
for  the  States  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming,  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Pacific  Department  at  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Beck  already 
represents  several  companies  in  Denver.  This  territory  was 
fomerly  operated  direct  from  San  Francisco,  and  was  covered 
by  Special  Agent  Walter  Kulp. 

*  *  * 

J.  D.  Mitchell,  who  with  W.  T.  Burwell  has  been  covering 
British  Columbia  and  Western  Washington  for  the  past  five 
years  for  the  companies  represented  by  George  H.  Tyson,  has 
been  transferred  from  Seattle  to  Spokane,  and  given  charge  of 
Eastern  Washington  and  Northern  Idaho,  succeeding  F.  O.  Vin- 
cent, who  recently  resigned  to  join  the  Officers'  Reserve  Camp 

at  the  Presidio. 

*  *  * 

There  will  be  no  fireworks  in  San  Francisco  on  the  Fourth  of 
July. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


21 


Manager  George  0.  Hoadley  has  appointed  F.  M.  Marigold 
to  do  field  work  for  the  companies  in  his  agency  in  the  States 
c:  Montana.  Southern  Idaho  and  Utah.  He  succeeds  Raymond 
£.  Johnson,  who  recently  resigned  to  take  the  management  of 
a  local  agency  at  Butte.  Mont.     Marigold  resigns  from  the 

Minneapolis  Fire  &  Marine  to  accept  his  present  position. 

•  •  • 

The  United  States  Fire.  Merchants"  Fire  and  North  River, 
of  the  W.  W.  Alverson  Agency,  have  made  arrangements  for 
complete  war  coverage  including  bombardment,  explosion  and 
miscellaneous  hazards.  These  companies  have  more  than  six- 
teen millions  back  of  their  contracts. 

•  •  • 

Special  Agent  William  W.  Gilmore  has  changed  his  head- 
quarters from  Sacramento  to  San  Francisco,  from  which  point 
he  will  continue  to  cover  Central  California  and  Nevada  for  the 

London  &  Lancashire  and  Orient,  under  Manager  Stoy. 

•  •  • 

H.  H.  Shanley.  who  with  J.  P.  Yates  has  been  covering  the 
Southern  California  field  for  the  London  &  Lancashire,  has 
been  made  special  agent  for  the  company's  automobile  de- 
partment, and  will  hereafter  make   his   headquarters  at  San 

Francisco. 

•  •  » 

R.  W.  Anderson,  who  has  been  with  the  company  for  five 
years,  has  been  appointed  cashier  of  the  Travelers'  San  Fran- 
cisco office,  succeeding  J.  B.  Sarrett,  who  will,  however,  remain 

vith  the  company  in  another  capacity. 

•  •  « 

The  Guardian  Casualty  and  Guaranty  of  Salt  Lake  has  ac- 
cepted the  resignation  of  Thomas  W.  Sloan,  as  secretary,  and 
that  gentleman  will  enter  the  local  agency  field  and  engage  in 

the  selling  of  real  estate. 

•  *  * 

Special  Agent  F.  J.  Root,  of  the  George  0.  Hoadley  agency, 
has  been  transferred  from  Spokane  to  the  Pacific  Department 
o!fice  at  San  Francisco,  where  it  is  understood  he  will  occupy 

the  position  of  confidential  clerk  to  Manager  Hoadley. 

•  *  * 

A.  W.  Giesy,  formerly  with  the  Norwich  Union,  has  been 
engaged  by  the  Marsh  &  McLennan  general  agency  as  special 
agent  for  their  companies  in  Oregon,  Western  Washington  and 
British  Columbia.     He  succeeds  William  Cake,  Jr. 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick.  A»»t.  Mgr. 


1t»63 


1916 


FIFTYTHIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Assets,  $11,326,205 

AUTOMOBILE 


Capital    $1,500,000 


FIRE 


MARINE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 


OrranlKi)    I8&1 


Cull    Capital,    It  01 


limimict  Ml    personal  *ff«cts  of  lourlits  and   temporary  an 

where  In   t'nlted   State*.   Canada   and   Mexico.     Insurance  aitnlnet 

(Ire        AutORIOMIe   Innura.ire,      Indemnity   for   loas  of   rental   ln<  <»it.e    b]    Hie 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
US   California    Street. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET    916 

250  Twelfth  Street         ■  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


HAMPTON  ELECTRIC   AND  MACHINE  CO. 

Electrical  Engineers  and  Contractors 

518-520   Mission  Street 

MOTORS 

NEW    AND    SECOND     HAND 
BOUGHT,    SOLD.     EXCHANGED,    RENTED    AND     REPAIRED 


John  H.  Tupper,  agency  supervisor  for  the  West 
Coast  Life's  Central  California  department,  has  written 
more  than  $300,000  this  year,  paid  for. 


EAST  AND  WEST. 
The  blood-red  line 
That  crimsons  the  Western  sky 
Is  not  the  radiant  red 
Of  the  rays  of  Thy  soothing  dawn. 
It  is  rather  the  terrible  fire  of  the  dying  day. 

On  the  seashores  of  the  West 

The  funeral  pyres  are  emitting 

The  last  flames 

Caught  from  the  torch  of  a  selfish  and  decadent 

Civilization. 

The  worship  of  energy 
In  the  battlefields  or  factorieo 
Is  not  worshipping  Thee, 
The  Protector  of  the  universe. 

Perhaps  the  all-embracing  rays 

Of  Thy  light  of  joy 

Are  lying  hidden  on  Eastern  shores 

With  patience 

Under  the  veil  of  humility 

In  the  darkness  of  silent  sorrow. 

Yes,  the  rays  of  Thy  light  of  joy 

Are  lying  latent 

In  the  East, 

To  liberate 

The  Soul  of  the  World. 

— Rabindranath  Tagore. 


AS  A  PURE  BEVERAGE  WHISKEY 
BOTTLED  IN  BOND 

IS  FUNDAMENTAL 

PURE  LIMESTONE  WATER 

HULF.  Of  Jill    RECIONSI 

SELECTED  GRAIN 
MODEL  EQUIPMENT 
SKILLED  MANUFACTURE 
PERFECT  0IS1II 1  AIION 
SPLENDIO  COOPERAGE 
NATURAL  MATURATION 
I0EAI  GLASSING  CONDITIONS' 
COMPREHENSIVE  SANITATION 
THOUSANDS    OF    VISITORS    WILL    ATTEST 
•      E.  H.  TAYLOR  JR.,  &  SONS 


DISTILLERS 


FRANKFORT,  KY. 


SHERWOOD  &  SHERWOOD 

SOLE  DISTRIBUTORS 
PACIFIC  COAST 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


j£cr/ojif 


Into  Nature's  Rendezvous  in  Western  Sonoma  With 

a  Motor  Car— A  Glorious,  Bewildering  Region 

of  Magnificent  Vistas,  Seldom  Explored 

Spaulding,  'Photographer 


When  residents  of  Sonoma  County, 
particularly  those  of  Santa  Rosa,  the 
chief  city  of  that  prosperous  community 
and  by  far  the  most  modern  and  progres- 
sive municipality  within  many  hours  tra- 
vel to  the  north  of  San  Francisco,  desire 
to  journey  to  Cazadero,  they  go  in  nearly 
every  instance  by  way  of  a  slow- traveling 
steam  train. 

This  statement  applies  not  only  to  those 
of  Sonoma  who  do  not  possess  motor  cars 
— and  there  are  very  few  of  the  latter — 
but  to  those  who  know  the  joy  of  the 


ownership  of  a  modern  automobile. 

Why  this  is  so  constitutes  one  of  the 
mysteries  which  motorists  from  other  sec- 
tions of  the  State  cannot  understand,  es- 
pecially if  it  applies  to  the  seasons  of 
the  year  when  the  roads  are  in  good  con- 
dition— they  are  good  about  ten  months 
out  of  the  year.  When  they  are  not  good, 
practically  no  one  has  any  business  in 
Cazadero — even  the  railroad  company 
that  operates  its  trains  between  the  two 
points  admits  it  has  little  or  no  business 
there     under     those  conditions.  There- 


fore, the  question  suggests  itself :  why 
does  any  one  ever  go  to  Cazadero  by  any 
other  means  than  a  motor  car. 

Cazadero  is  a  summer  resort.  As  such 
it  is  entitled  to  a  far  greater  patronage 
than  it  has  ever  known.  Not  because 
any  especial  effort  has  been  made  by 
Sonomans  to  win  this  recognition,  but 
because  Nature  has  been  exceedingly 
kind  to  that  spot  in  the  mountains  of 
Sonoma  County.  In  fact,  if  Nature  ever 
deliberately  selected  a  rendezvous  for 
her  charming  and  magnificent  caprices, 
it  must  have  been  when  she  invaded 
Western  Sonoma.  The  mountains  form 
a  protecting  barrier  for  the  county's  sun- 
kissed  valleys  to  the  east,  reducing  and 
tempering  the  rigorous  sea  breezes  from 
the  Pacific  that  daily  roll  in  from  the 
coast. 

Within  that  protecting  realm  Nature 
has  run  riot,  tumultuously  cavorting  her- 
self in  a  fashion  which  is  gloriously  bewil- 


"The  Patriarch  of  the  Forest,"  whose  weighted,  aged  limbs  defy  the  laws  of  gravitation.     Owen  Magnetic  car  on  road. 


». 1917 


and  California  Advertise! 


Densely-wooded  slopes  leap  up  almost  perpendicularly  from  the  Russian  river  to  greet  the  road  at  the  crest  of  the  ridge. 


dering  and  awe-inspiring.  Her  canyons 
reverberate  with  the  music  of  rippling 
streams ;  her  mountain  slopes  are  templed 
with  redwood,  pine,  fir,  bay  and  ma- 
drones.  These  slopes  leap,  almost  per- 
pendicularly from   the   streams   to   their 


summits,  and  at  those  summits  one  looks 
out  over  wonderful,  panoramic  vistas  of 
mountains  and  valleys  that  beggar  de- 
scription. 

Over  and  through  this  majestic  won- 
derland winds  a  mountain  highway  which 


is  far  superior  to  many  mountain  roads 
that  the  seasoned  motorist  has  knowledge 
of  within  several  hundred  miles'  travel 
from  San  Francisco.  Perhaps  one  of  the 
reasons  it  is  so  good  is  the  fact  that 
it  is  so  little  used.     So  inviting  is  it  to 


Goodrich-equlpped  Owen   Magnetic  car,  en   route  to  Cazadero,  near  summit  of  grade. 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


the  devotee  of  the  steering  wheel  and  the 
open  road  that  one  inclines  to  the  opinion 
that  Sonoma  County  has  caused  this  road 
to  be  built  purely  in  the  spirit  of  extend- 
ing hospitality  to  the  "stranger  within  her 
gates."  But  this  can  hardly  be  so,  for  So- 
noma has  said  so  little  about  it,  either  by 
word  of  mouth  or  through  printer's  ink. 
Perhaps,  you  may  believe,  Sonoma  has 
sought  to  hide  the  charms  of  this  road 
and  present  it  to  the  motorist  as  a  sur- 
prise. If  this  be  true,  she  has  succeeded 
eminently,  but  the  News  Letter  proposes 
to  spoil  this  Lttle  plan — if,  indeed,  there 
be  such  a  deep-laid  plot  back  of  it  all. 
For  ours  is  a  mission  to  exploit  and  praise 
that  which  is  worthy  of  our  modest  efforts, 
and  the  Santa  Rosa-Cazadero  road  easily 
falls  into  this  category. 

During  the  spring  and  early  summer 
months  is  the  ideal  time  of  the  year  in 
which  to  duplicate  this  News  Letter  mo- 
tor tour.  Later  in  the  season,  no  doubt, 
the  road  to  Cazadero  will  become  some- 
what dusty,  for  it  is  a  natural  dirt  road, 
and,  being  such,  is  bound  to  share  the 
fate  of  all  dirt  roads  with  increased  travel. 
The  News  Letter  trip  was  made  in  an 
Owen  Magnetic  car — "the  car  of  a  thou- 
sand speeds,"  which,  with  its  wonderful 
magnetic  transmission  has  created  such  a 
stir  in  the  automobile  manufacturing  in- 
dustry, and  on  account  of  its  extreme  flex- 
ibility under  all  road  conditions  has  be- 
come so  popular  wherever  it  has  been  in- 
troduced. No  doubt  the  joy  of  the  tour 
of  the  News  Letter  staff  to  Cazadero  was 
materially  added  to  by  the  excellent  car 
in  which  we  traveled.  Motoring  anywhere 
in  a  car  of  this  make  is  a  luxury.  Then, 
too,  the  wheels  of  our  car  were  shod  with 
Goodrich  Silvertown  cord  tires,  which  not 
only  made  our  journey  all  the  more  de- 
lightful, but  enabled  our  car  to  take  the 
grades  which  ranged  from  five  to  twenty 
per  cent,  with  the  greatest  ease. 

Leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  "six- 
fifty"  Sausalito  boat,  we  were  obliged  to 
travel  over  the  dusty,  rutty  detours  which 
have  been  provided  by  the  California 
Highway  Commission  over  the  Marin 
heights  this  side  of  Mill  Valley,  pending 
the  completion  of  the  State  Highway  be- 
tween Sausalito  and  San  Rafael.  Not 
only  are  these  detours  dusty  and  rutty, 
but  they  are  exceedingly  steep  and  in- 
clude scores  of  turns  of  the  hair-pin  vari- 
ety. While  most  long  wheel-base  cars 
would  have  to  be  "backed"  around  some 
of  these  turns,  the  short  turning  radius 
of  our  Owen  Magnetic  obviated  the  ne- 
cessity of  this  annoying  feature  of  mo- 
toring over  sharply  twisting  roads.  Then, 
too,  T.  A.  Lane,  sales  manager  of  the 
Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company,  who  was 
at  the  wheel,  proved  himself  an  adept  at 


this  kind  of  driving,  and  took  those  turns 
without  the  slightest  effort  and  concern. 
Our  cord  tires  held  the  car  securely  to  the 
road  at  points  where  an  ordinary  tire,  no 
doubt,  would  have  displayed  a  tendency 
to  skid. 

Arriving  at  San  Rafael,  we  followed  the 
route  of  the  State  Highway  north  through 
Petaluma.  Just  beyond  the  latter  city  we 
took  advantage  of  the  Cotati  road  to 
Santa  Rosa,  which  we  found  in  a  better 
condition  than  the  Penn  Grove  route  to 
the  Sonoma  metropolis.  We  followed  the 
State  Highway  out  of  Santa  Rosa  as  far 


as  Fulton,  where  we  took  the  left  hand 
road  leading  to  Forestville  and  Guerne- 
ville.  Between  the  two  last-mentioned 
towns  we  found  the  only  bad  piece  of  road 
after  leaving  Santa  Rosa.  But  there  is 
less  than  one-half  mile  of  this,  and  a 
skillful  driver  can  easily  avoid  any  dis- 
comfort along  this  stretch. 

Beyond  Guerneville,  the  first  few  miles 
of  the  road  trails  the  Russian  river,  the 
views  of  the  stream  becoming  more  inter- 
esting as  the  road  begins  its  ascent  over 
the  ridge  beyond  which  Cazadero  is  lo- 
cated.   Before  we  had  traveled  very  far 


The    road    serpentines    in   fascinating   fashion   over 
on   one   of  the  steepest  pitches. 


the  ridge.      Goodrich-equipped   Owen   Magnetic 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  Ail\< 


Delightful   picnic  spots  beckon  the  motorist  around  every  turn  of  the  ten-mile  road  between  Guerneville  and  Cazadero. 


we  lost  sight  of  the  stream  entirely,  our 
car  rapidly  climbing  the  grades  which 
serpentine  over  the  mountain.  Up  near 
the  summit  we  again  caught  sight  of  a 
stream,  which  our  map  told  us  was  the 
Austin  creek,  and  which  lay  like  a  blue 


thread  in  the  bottom  of  the  canyon,  fully 
2,000  feet  below  us. 

At  the  same  moment  we  found  our- 
selves in  the  very  center  of  a  magnificent 
panorama  of  mountains,  woods  and  val- 
leys.   In  every  direction  the  scene  spread 


out  before  us,  a  rainbow-hued  vista  of 
thrilling  splendor  that  defies  description 
by  word,  and  reproduction  by  camera  or 
canvas.  Our  road  was  lined  with  over- 
hanging live  oaks  limbed  in  the  most 
gnarled  and  picturesque  manner.    Indeed, 


Vonderful  panoramic  vistas  of  mountains  and  valleys  unfold  themselves  In  bewildering  frequency. 


26 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


some  of  the  live  oaks  that  the  tourist 
passes  along  this  trip  outrival  the  famous 
oaks  in  the  University  of  California  cam- 
pus. 

One  tree  stands  out  to  particular  advan- 
tage. •  Hoary  and  blackened  with  age,  this 
old  patriarch  of  the  forest  thrusts  its 
weighted  limbs  out  in  every  direction, 
laughing  at  the  laws  of  gravitation.  It 
stands  almost  alone,  smack  up  against 
the  roadside.  Back  of  it  is  a  natural  am- 
phitheatre upholstered  with  slender 
grasses  and  myriads  of  tiny  wild  flowers. 
The  spot  seems  to  have  been  especially 
designed  by  Nature  as  a  picnicking 
ground  for  the  recreationist  who  may 
wander  that  way,  a  place  where  he  may 
rest  and  enjoy  to  the  fullest  the  pleas- 
ures of  a  motor  journey  through  this  sce- 
nic region  of  Sonoma  County. 

It  will  prove  not  only  thoroughly  en- 
joyable to  the  motorist  who  may  make 
this  trip  to  bring  a  luncheon  along,  but  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  accommodations  at 
Cazadero  are  at  best  unsatisfactory,  it  is 
almost  necessary  that  he  do  so.  Better 
conditions  no  doubt  prevail  at  Guerne- 
ville,  but  for  the  tourist  who  does  not 
avail  himself  of  the  good  hotels  and  res- 
taurants in  Santa  Rosa,  a  basket  lunch- 
eon partaken  of  in  the  spot  we  have  in- 
dicated, or  in  a  score  of  others  along  the 
route  of  the  road  which  may  not  equal 
it,  but  are  thoroughly  delightful,  is  most 
advisable. 

Shortly  beyond  the  location  of  the  old 
oak  tree — which  no  doubt  is  a  landmark 
along  this  road  for  those  who  are  familiar 
with  it — the  highway  comes  out  on  a 
precipitous  cliff  above  Cazadero.  From 
the  point  where  the  resort  first  comes  into 
view  it  is  almost  a  sheer  drop  down  to 
the  bottom  of  the  canyon  where  the  vil- 
lage nestles  alongside  of  Austin  Creek. 
The  distance,  by  the  road,  down  to  the 
railroad  station  from  that  elevation  is 
probably  about  one  mile.  That  mile  is 
seemingly  the  steepest  part  of  the  entire 
ten-mile  drive  that  separates  Guerneville 
and  Cazadero.  For  a  considerable  dis- 
tance the  roadway  is  fenced,  but  the  turns 
and  pitches  all  the  way  down  to  the  bot- 
tom of  the  grade  are  so  steep  and  sharp 
that  no  one  should  attempt  to  descend  it 
dependent  upon  the  brakes  alone.  There 
is  only  one  safe  way  with  a  gear-driven 
car,  and  that  is  with  the  engine  entirely 
shut  off,  and  the  low  gear  in  mesh.  We, 
in  our  Owen  Magnetic,  were  given  an  in- 
teresting demonstration  of  the  effective- 
ness of  the  Magnetic  brake  on  dangerous, 
steep  grades,  Lane  handling  the  car  un- 
der those  conditions  with  the  same  ease 
that  he  would  have  unfolded  his  napkin. 

On  arriving  at  Cazadero,  the  motorist 
may  continue  his  journey  to  the  coast  by 


If   Nature  ever   deliberately  selected  a  rendezvous  it  was  when  she  invaded  the  mountainous  re- 
gion of  Western  Sonoma  County. 


way  of  Plantation  and  Stewart's  Point. 
From  there  on  the  journey  may  be  either 
north  or  south;  north  to  Mendocino 
County,  and  south  to  Bodega  and  Tomales 
Bay,  thence  back  to  Sausalito  and  San 
Francisco.  Or,  one  may  return  to  a  point 
about  one  mile  west  of  Guerneville, 
thence,  turning  to  the  right,  drive  to 
Monte  Rio  and  Duncan's  Mills,  and  on  to 
the  coast. 

There  are  several  other  lesser  roads 
which  lead  to  charming,  secluded  nooks 
in  the  mountains  where  the  vacationist 
will  find  delightful  camping  spots,  abun- 
dant with  fishing,  swimming  and  all  the 
delightful  features  of  outdoor  life.  But, 
there  is  no  road  which  crosses  the  Coast 
Range  in  Northern  California  which  has 
more  to  offer  the  motorist  in  scenic  at- 
tractions combined  with  excellent  moun- 
tain roads  than  the  journey  from  Santa 
Rosa  to  Cazadero. 

3f    3r    S 

A  Chalmers  stock  chassis,  with  fan  re- 
moved, now  holds  the  highest  mile  rec- 


ord in  the  230  cubic  inch  class.  Joe 
Dawson,  hero  of  Indianapolis  speed  con- 
tests and  winner  of  national  records,  who 
is  now  a  member  of  the  Chalmers  experi- 
mental department,  piloted  the  Chal- 
mers experimental  department,  piloted 
the  Chalmers  stock  chassis  in  the  record 
breaking  run  on  Atlantic  Beach,  Jackson- 
ville, Florida.  This  new  highest  mile 
record  was  made  in  38 :10  seconds  under 
the  observation  of  Joseph  Tracy,  techni- 
cal representative  of  the  American  Auto- 
mobile Association.  Fred  J.  Wagner, 
starter  of  national  fame,  timed  the  event. 
This  new  record  is  a  surprise  to  the  rac- 
ing fraternity,  as  it  is  an  unusual  per- 
formance for  a  car  of  such  piston  dis- 
placement. 

5    ~S    ?r 

City  Chauffeur  (in  the  army) — What's 
become  of  your  chauffeur  ?  "Oh,  he  was 
with  the  regiment  down  in  Texas  and 
crawled  under  an  army  mule  to  see  why 
it  wouldn't  go." — Kansas  City  Star. 


May  26.  1917 


an. I  California  Ad\- 


4S 

BUILDl  <  ROADS. 

Prisoners  themselves  are  in  favor  of 
working  on  roads.  The  objection  so  often 
raised  that  it  is  unfair  to  expose  prisoners 
to  public  view  seems  to  be  pretty  well 
answered  by  the  Star-Bulletin  official  or- 
gan of  New  York  State  penitentiary  in- 
mates. In  speaking  of  the  work  accom- 
plished last  year  and  of  such  plans  as  are 
already  made  for  the  coming  season,  the 
paper  states: 

"The  tentative  list  of  the  men  who  are 
to  be  intrusted  with  this  honor  has  al- 
ready been  made.  It  will  be  the  means 
of  bringing  back  strength  and  energy,  as 
well  as  good  health,  to  all  the  inmates 
working  on  the  outside. 

"No  man  of  all  the  inmates  who  went 
outside  last  year  had  a  word  of  fault  to 
End  with  his  treatment.  All  are  anxious 
to  join  these  camps  again.  The  freedom 
of  movement  and  the  exercise  shortens 
the  time  yet  to  do  in  a  wonderful  man- 
ner. Many  States  have  found  road  work 
to  be  the  answer  to  the  prison  problem. 
Colorado  and  California  have  rebuilt  the 
better  portion  of  their  roads  with  prison 
labor,  and  besides  feeding  the  inmates 
with  an  extra  supply  of  food,  it  has  also 
led  to  a  lessening  of  time  through  provi- 
sions made  by  the  far-sighted  legislators. 

"There  are  many  inmates  of  Sing  Sing 
who  are  only  too  anxious  to  show  that 
they  have  reformed.  They  will  rise  to 
any  evidence  of  trust.  They  are  bound  to 
be  bettered  by  the  outside  work  and  the 
freedom  from  restrictions." 

Such  testimony  as  this  throws  an  in- 
teresting light  from  a  new  angle  upon  a 
subject  that  is  receiving  nation-wide  at- 
tention at  this  time,  owing  to  broad  plans 
discussed  and  adopted  for  road  improve- 
ment in  many  parts  of  the  country, 
o-     o"     o- 

"To  spend  $100,000  to  build  highways 
and  then  to  leave  the  roads  without  any 
provision  for  maintenance  is  folly  equal 
to  that  indulged  in  by  the  farmer  who 
buys  $1,000  worth  of  farm  machinery  and 
then  refuses  to  build  a  shed  under  which 
to  keep  it." 

Governor  T.  W.  Bickett,  of  North  Caro- 
lina, in  his  inaugural  address  points  to 
the  fact  that  it  is  not  only  necessary  for 
a  State  to  build  good  roads,  but  also  to 
keep  them  in  good  shape  and  to  improve 
them  from. time  to  time.  In  North  Caro- 
lina convicts  have  been  employed  on  the 
roads  since  1881,  but  the  counties  have 
been  required  to  hire  them  from  the  State 
and  to  pay  for  them  out  of  the  county 
funds.  The  counties  have,  therefore, 
been  parsimonious  in  their  expenditures 
on  road  improvements.  Governor  Bickett 
suggests  in  his  message  that  county  com- 
missioners be  compelled  to  levy  an  an- 


nual maintenance  tax.  to  be  spent  by  the 
State  Highway  Commission  for  the  up- 
keep of  the  roads. 

The  National  Committee  on  Prisons 
and  Prison  Labor  has  repeatedly  shown 
the  value  of  employing  convicts  in  road 
making.  In  North  Carolina  and  other  ag- 
ricultural States,  this  method  of  employ- 
ing the  convict  is  particularly  advanta- 
geous because  of  the  scarcity  of  labor  at 
this  time. 

The  war  brings  the  matter  of  the  em- 
ployment of  unskilled  labor  on  roads  be- 
fore the  public  again.  Unskilled  labor 
has  become  very  scarce  and  expensive; 
yet  the  present  crisis  demands  that  the 
roads  of  the  country  be  maintained  in 
good  shape  to  insure  rapid  transmission 
of  products.  The  National  Committee  on 
Prisons  and  Prison  Labor  has  begun  a 
movement  for  the  mobilization  of  the 
convicts  of  the  country  in  a  national  and 
State  service  for  the  building  and  up- 
keep of  good  roads. 

In  this  effort  the  committee  will  have 
the  hearty  support  of  the  American  Au- 
tomobile Association  through  its  good 
roads  board,  which  includes  a  member 
from  each  one  of  the  600  odd  clubs  con- 
tained in  the  national  body  of  car  owners. 

o-     o-     o- 

MOTOR  CAMPING  TOURS  TO 

REPLACE  FOREIGN  TRIPS 

Circumstances  have  placed  in  the  hand'; 
of  dealers  a  weapon  of  no  little  effective- 
ness in  the  fact  that  this  year  thousands 
of  motorists — a  much  greater  number 
than  ever  before— are  planning  automo- 
bile camping  trips,  in  many  cases  in  place 
of  tours  abroad.  It  is  becoming  a  matter 
of  comparatively  general  knowledge 
among  motorists  that  these  camping  trips 
are  surprisingly  inexpensive,  and  it  is 
directly  in  line  with  the  business  of  the 
dealer,  whether  he  sells  cars,  or  accesso- 
ries, or  supplies,  to  do  all  he  can  to  help 
things  along.  Dodge  Brothers,  Detroit, 
are  pointing  this  out  to  their  dealers  and 
users. 

With  a  small  camping  outfit  which,  in- 
cidentally, does  not  need  to  come  from 
places  where  fancy  prices  are  charged  for 
such  things,  long  journeys  can  be  under- 
taken in  comfort  and  with  utter  indiffer- 
ence to  the  proximity  or  the  quality  of 
hotels  and  restaurants.  A  few  cooking 
utensils,  provisions  to  put  into  them,  gas- 
oline and  tires  are  the  items  that  call  for 
cash  outlay,  and  as  money  would  be  spent 
for  a  good  part  of  the  list  anyway,  the 
balance  on  the  wrong  side  cannot  be  very 
heavy,  and  is  bound  to  be  more  than  off- 
set by  the  pleasure  that  can  be  obtained. 
In  any  case  the  expense  will  be  insigni- 
ficant as  compared  with  that  of  a  trip  out 
of  the  country. 


BAD 

President  Wilson,  in  his  appeal  to  the 
country  to  unit'  >mmon  good  in 

time  of  war,  M  is  the  time  for 

America  to  correct  her  unpardonable 
fault  of  wastefulness  and  <  xti.iv.i. 
Let  every  man  and  every  woman  assume 
the  duty  of  careful,  provident  use  and 
expenditure  as  a  public  duty,  as  a  .. 
of  patriotism,  which  no  one  now  can  ex- 
pect ever  to  be  excused  or  forgiven  for 
ignoring." 

It  is  but  reasonable  to  believe  that  a 
general  response  to  this  appeal  will  be 
made  throughout  the  country  both  by  in- 
dividuals and  political  units.  No  greater 
opportunity  is  offered  the  nation  as  a 
whole  to  economize  than  in  the  better- 
ment of  the  present  lamentable  road  situ- 
ation. America's  roads  are  known  to  be 
one  of  our  greatest  sources  of  waste.  The 
annual  cost  of  bad  roads  runs  into  the 
hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars. 

In  a  recent  bulletin  of  one  of  the  most 
prominent  financial  and  trade  publications 
of  the  country  mention  is  made  of  the 
difficulties  of  rural  activities  at  this  sea- 
son of  the  year  due  to  bad  roads,  and  the 
trouble  is  described  as  a  "seasonal"  one. 
A  true  indictment.  The  farmer  is  ham- 
pered in  his  present  great  work  in  trying 
to  produce  a  large  and  badly  needed 
crop — hampered  by  the  unimproved 
roads  which  limit  his  movements — and 
the  bill  is  handed  to  all  of  us  under  the 
heading  of  the  "high  cost  of  living." 

The  time  to  improve  America's  roads 
is  here.  Money  can  be  invested  to  no 
better  purpose.  Permanent,  systematic, 
efficient  highways  will  return  a  rich  profit 
to  the  entire  country.  The  start  has  been 
made — it  is  incorporated  in  the  idea  of 
the  Lincoln  Highway,  and  all  of  the 
other  through,  connected  routes  of  travel 
laid  out  under  a  carefully  predetermined 
plan  of  serving  the  greatest  possible  in- 
terests of  the  whole  people. 

Answer  the  president's  call  by  giving 
your  active  support  to  the  cause  of  road 
improvement.  Help  the  Lincoln  High- 
way Association  and  other  kindred  or- 
ganizations in  their  endeavors.  They  are 
molded  in  the  right  direction.  It  is  the 
advance  step  in  the  solution  of  this  prob- 
lem of  waste.  Here  is  another  opportu- 
nity to  "do  your  bit." 

o-     o-     ct 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and 
the  motorist  is  often  in  a  quandary  as  to 
where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent 
service.  There  are  very  few  who  give 
you  the  quality  of  service  of  Dow  & 
Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell 
and  Geary.  Here  your  car  will  receive 
something  more  than  the  "once  over,"  and 
the  prices  are  moderate. 


28 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


STANDARD  OIL  BLAMED 

IN  GASOLINE  INVESTIGATION 

The  long-deferred  report  of  the  Federal 
Trade  Commission  on  the  price  of  gaso- 
line was  transmitted  to  the  Senate  a  few 
days  ago,  and  the  finding  of  the  commis- 
sion is  that  Standard  Oil  interests  sub- 
stantially dominate  the  gasoline  industry 
— refining,  pipe-line  transportation  and 
marketing. 

The  commission's  report  suggests  "in 
view  of  the  variation  of  the  product  now 
sold  as  gasoline  that  only  such  petroleum 
products  as  contain  a  certain  proportion 
of  reasons  bly  volatile  elements  shall  be 
sold  in  interstate  commerce  as  gasoline. 

Despite  dissolution  of  the  so-called  "oil 
trust"  by  the  Supreme  Court,  the  commis- 
sion concludes  that  Standard  Oil  domi- 
nation has  had  a  "fundamental  bearing" 
on  gasoline  prices,  declared  to  have  been 
arbitrarily  increased. 

In  an  exhaustive  report  of  its  investi- 
gation, under  resolutions  of  Senators 
Gore  and  Owen  of  Oklahoma  and  its 
statutory  authority,  the  commission  de- 
clares, in  substance,  that  real  competition 
does  not  exist  between  the  various  Stand- 
ard Oil  companies  because  of  interlock- 
ing stock  ownership  through  the  holding 
of  a  majority  of  shares  in  the  constituent 
Standard  companies  by  identical  inter- 
ests. 

Legislation  to  meet  these  conditions  is 
recommended  by  the  commission.  Also 
its  evidence  and  findings  have  been  trans- 
mitted to  the  Attorney-General  for  ap- 
propriate action.  The  principal  findings 
of  the  commission  are : 

That  in  a  majority  of  marketing  terri- 
tories the  Standard  companies  are  domi- 
nant. 

That  the  several  Standard  companies 
have  maintained  a  distribution  of  terri- 
tory in  the  marketing  of  gasoline,  and 
that  no  substantial  competition  in  the 
chief  petroleum  products  exists  among 
the  several  Standard  companies. 

That  this  absence  of  competition  is  due 
to  a  community  of  stock  ownership. 

That  the  facts  disclose  such  advances 
in  prices  of  gasoline  and  such  differences 
in  price  corresponding  to  Standard  Mark- 
eting territories  as  are  not  possible  of 
explanation  apart  from  the  foregoing  con- 
ditions. 

■  The  commission  has  not  found  conclu- 
sive evidence  of  collusion  among  the  vari- 
ous Standard  companies  in  violation  of 
the  dissolution  decree. 

That  the  combination  of  pipe  lines 
with  the  other  branches  of  the  industry 
has  tended  to  establish  and  perpetuate 
monopoly. 

That  gasoline  has  deteriorated  in  qual- 
ity, a  variety  of  products  being  sold  under 
that  name. 


Recommendations  of  the  commission 
include : 

A  law  providing  for  the  reopening  of 
anti-trust  cases  on  the  application  of  the 
Attorney-General  by  a  bill  of  review  for 
the  purpose  of  securing  such  modifications 
of  decrees  as  new  conditions  may  re- 
quire. 

Abolition,  by  legislation,  in  certain 
cases,  of  common  stock  ownership  in  cor- 
porations which  have  been  members  of  a 
combination  dissolved  under  the  Sherman 
law. 

Effective  limitation  upon  common  own- 
ership of  stock  in  potentially  competitive 
corporations  by  withdrawing  the  power 
of  voting  and  control. 

Legislation  which,  by  recognizing  com- 
mon ownership,  would  fix  upon  such  com- 
mon owners  the  responsibility  for  the 
acts  of  each  of  the  several  companies  so 
owned,  which  prevent  competition. 

Segregation  of  the  ownership  of  the 
pipe  lines  from  the  other  branches  of  the 
petroleum  industry. 

Fixing,  by  Congressional  legislation,  of 
standards  for  gasoline. 

Federal  collection  and  publication  of 
accurate  statistics  and  information  re- 
garding the  industry. 

In  detail,  the  commission  urged  that 
when  it  finds,  as  in  the  case  of  the  gaso- 
line industry,  an  antitrust  dissolution  de- 
cree has  not  restored  competitive  condi- 
tions Congress  might  amend  the  Trade 
Commission  act  to  authorize  and  direct 
the  Attorney-General  to  reopen  the  case 
for  review  as  to  the  efficacy  of  a  dissolu- 
tion decree.  In  such  proceedings  it  is 
suggested  that  the  commission's  findings 
should  be  admissible  evidence  and  that 
the  courts  should  have  power  to  make 
new  decrees  to  insure  competition. 

Factors  in  Standard  Oil  domination 
cited  in  the  Commission's  report  were : 

Division  of  gasoline  marketing  into 
eleven  territorial  divisions,  at  least  nine 
of  which  are  said  to  be  dominated  by 
various  Standard  Oil  companies. 

Stockholders  of  the  several  Standard 
companies  are,  to  a  great  degree,  the  same 
individuals  or  interests,  more  than  half  of 
the  stock  of  the  various  companies  being 
in  the  same  hands.  Moreover,  the  report 
states  that  leading  Standard  officers  often 
hold  considerable  amounts  of  stock  in 
two  or  more  companies. 

Standard  Oil  refineries  produced  more 
than  60  per  cent  of  gasoline  produced  in 
1915,  sold  about  65  per  cent  of  the  total 
marketed,  and  held  more  than  70  per 
cent  of  gasoline  stocks. 

"Correspondence  of  the  difference  of 
prices  (in  1915),"  the  commission's  re- 
port says,  "with  Standard  marketing  terri- 
tories, itself  points  to  arbitrary  price- 
making.     But  the  arbitrary  character  of 


the  inequalities  in  price  is  conclusively 
demonstrated  by  the  facts  that  as  be- 
tween most  of  the  territories  there  were 
no  such  differences  in  demand  and  sup- 
ply .  .  .  and  the  margin  between  cost 
and  price  was  widely  different  in  the  dif- 
ferent territories." 

Wholesale  prices  rose  between  75  and 
85  per  cent  in  1915,  according  to  the  com- 
mission's report,  and  retail  prices  also 
soared.  Only  a  part  of  the  advance  was 
declared  due  to  increased  demand  and 
scarcity,  the  demand  increasing  38  per 
cent  in  1915  and  the  production  but  7  per 
cent  less.  Very  large  profits  were  earned, 
as  shown  by  the  books  of  the  companies 
and  by  enhanced  stock  market  value  of 
oil  securities. 

?r     s     S 

ADVOCATES  TRACTORS  FOR 

COMBATING  FOOD  SHORTAGE 

It  has  become  a  truism  that  the  food 
shortage  with  which  the  country  is  now 
confronted  is  so  serious  as  to  demand  the 
careful  consideration  of  all  persons  re- 
sponsible in  any  way  to  the  nation  for  its 
food  supplies.  The  Society  of  Automo- 
tive Engineers  has  recently  pointed  out 
the  most  practical  way  to  proceed  in  in- 
creasing the  small  grains  crop's. 

All  conservative  and  distribution  of 
foodstuffs  under  government  direction 
must,  of  course,  be  based  upon  the  crops 
produced.  The  amount  of  several  im- 
portant crops  has  for  some  time  been  de- 
creasing with  relation  to  the  country's 
population,  and  the  war  has,  of  course, 
aggravated  conditions.  To  give  assur- 
ance to  the  farmers  in  planning  their  op- 
erations, the  government  will  probably 
set  a  minimum  price  on  some  crops  for  a 
term  of  years,  as  has  been  done  in  Eng- 
land. 

The  present  inability  of  farmers  to 
raise  more  grain  is  due  to  lack  of  suffi- 
cient farm  power  and  the  scarcity  of  farm 
labor.  For  farm  power  the  farmers  are 
dependent  upon  either  horses  and  mules 
or  tractors.  The  animal  power  on  the 
farms  will,  of  necessity,  decrease,  owing 
to  the  demand  of  the  army  for  horses  and 
mules,  and  if  the  farmer  should  start  now 
to  raise  horses  in  the  hope  of  increasing 
the  supply,  it  would  be  four  years  before 
they  would  be  available  for  farm  work. 

This  condition  indicates  clearly  the  ne- 
cessity of  the  intelligent  use  of  farm 
tractors  on  a  large  scale.  The  tractor 
does  not  tire  as  a  horse  does,  is  not  af- 
fected by  the  heat,  and  can  be  operated 
twenty-four  hours  a  day  if  necessary. 
Many  tractors  are  operated  inefficiently 
now  because  the  farmers  owning  them  do 
not  understand  them  sufficiently  well  to 
get  the  best  results. 


May  26.  1917 

BO)  t,HT 

"Madam,  allow  me  to  adjust  the  car- 
buretor." 

"Please.  Miss,  can't  I  help  you  start 
your  engine?" 

"Permit  me  to  change  your  tire  for  you, 
lady." 

These  and  similar  expressions  of 
friendly  aid  and  service  will  be  heard 
from  the  lips  of  young  boys  and  older 
lads,  whenever  a  feminine  autoist  is  in 
trouble,  if  the  plan  for  organizing  the 
Boy  Scouts  of  Motoring,  as  suggested  by 
Andy  Baldwin,  who  represents  the  Mit- 
chell car  at  Los  Angeles,  is  carried 
through,  and  events  since  the  plan  was 
first  announced  make  it  appear  as  if  it 
would. 

Baldwin's  idea  has  spread  everywhere 
through  the  East,  and  renewed  interest  is 
being  taken  in  it,  especially  since  war 
was  declared  by  Congress,  and  received 
back  a  dispatch  of  congratulation.  Mit- 
chell agents  in  every  city  are  being  ap- 
pointed organizers,  and  the  Mitchell 
adopted  as  the  official  scout  car. 

The  plan  is  to  start  a  school  in  each 
city,  where  the  youngsters  will  be  drilled 
in  emergency  auto  repairing.  They  will 
receive  instruction  free,  and  classes  will 
be  formed  as  soon  as  sufficient  enroll- 
ment is  reached.  It  will  be  a  component 
part  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America,  which 
with  war  is  being  more  securely  organ- 
ized. If  the  classes  are  not  too  large 
they  will  meet  at  each  Mitchell  dealer's 
place. 

There  will  be  three  courses,  an  elemen- 
tary course,  a  high  school  course,  and  a 
college  course,  taught  by  lectures  by 
prominent  automobile  men,  and  by  actual 
demonstration.  From  the  menial  task  of 
changing  a  tire  to  the  intricate  work  of 
assembling  an  entire  motor  car,  will  be 
the  range  of  instruction. 

The  first  series  of  lessons  will  be  given 
primarily  for  the  members  of  the  local 
Boy  Scouts  troops.  The  scouts  will  be 
expected  to  offer  first  aid  to  any  stranded 
motorist,  and  are  to  serve  entirely  without 
compensation.  The  officers  will  be 
chosen  according  to  the  marks  received 
by  the  Scouts  after  their  final  examina- 
tions at  the  conclusion  of  each  course, 
and  honor  medals  will  be  offered  those 
who  show  exceptional  brilliancy  as 
emergency  automobile  engineers. 
~S  ~S  S 
FIELD  MAN  EN  ROUTE. 
H.  C.  Osterman,  Field  Secretary  of  the 
Lincoln  Highway  Association,  is  now  cov- 
ering the  eastern  section  of  the  route  on 
his  annual  transcontinental  trip  by  motor 
car.  He  is  scheduled  to  arrive  in  San 
Francisco  the  latter  part  of  August. 


and  California  .Vlvntiser 

I 
ERA  OF  BIG  PROSPERITY. 

Already  automobile  manufacturers  are 
beginning  to  canvass  the  effect  the  par- 
ities of  the  United  States  in  the 
world  war  will  have  on  supply  and  de- 
mand in  respect  to  motor  driven  vehicles. 
As  early  as  April  7th.  the  day  after  the 
House  ct  Representatives  affirmed  the 
Senate's  adoption  of  the  resolution  de- 
claring that  a  state  of  war  exists  between 
the  United  States  and  Germany.  W.  E. 
Stalnakcr.  vice-president  and  director  of 
sales  of  the  Pathfinder  Company,  at  In- 
dianapolis. Indiana,  addressed  the  sev- 
eral hundred  agencies  of  that  company 
throughout  the  United  States  to  ascertain 
what  bearing,  in  their  opinion,  the  war 
would  have  on  these  immediate  agencies. 
Of  the  situation  and  outlook  Stalnakcr 
says: 

"After  having  thoroughly  diagnosed 
the  situation  to  the  best  of  our  ability,  we 
have  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  there 
is  to  be  a  great  shortage  of  automobiles — 
we  might  add,  a  great  shortage  of  motor 
driven  vehicles.  Our  reasons  for  making 
this  statement  are  as  follows:  Some  man- 
ufacturers of  motor-driven  vehicles  will 
have  their  output  curbed,  if  not  taken  up 
altogether  on  account  of  their  manufac- 
turing other  articles  more  necessary  to 
our  government  for  war  purposes,  and 
furthermore,  our  government  is  to  be  a 
large  consumer  of  practically  all  kinds 
of  motor  driven  vehicles.  This  will  mean 
a  new  customer  for  the  manufacturer  of 
these  lines. 

"This  country  has  never  been  in  such 
a  prosperous  condition  as  it  is  at  this 
time,  before  entering  war.  There  is  more 
money  in  circulation  than  ever  before. 
All  producers  are  getting  high  prices,  and 
on  top  of  our  present  condition  our  gov- 
ernment is  going  to  turn  loose  millions 
and  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars,  all 
of  which  will  get  into  circulation  in  the 
United  States.  This  is  certainly  bound 
to  put  the  country  in  a  most  flourishing 
financial  condition,  and  we  should  all  look 
for  higher  prices  on  everything." 

o-     S     ~S 

FRAZER  MATHEWSON  HEAD. 
Chas.  A.  Fraser,  who  has  acted  as  Oak- 
land branch  manager  for  the  Mathewson 
Motor  Company,  has  been  appointed  gen- 
eral sales  manager  of  the  San  Francisco 
branch.  Fraser's  success  and  popularity 
in  the  trans-bay  city  is  responsible  to  a 
great  extent  for  the  amount  of  business 
enjoyed  in  that  locality.  His  long  ex- 
perience in  the  sales  department  resulted 
in  his  promotion  to  the  head  of  the  sell- 
ing force. 


29 


' 


News  of  the  opening  of  the  road  into 
the    Pinnacles  national   monument.  San 
Benito  County's  magnificent  wonderland, 
the  building  of  which  was  undertake 
ccntly  by  the  Hollistcr  Chamber  of  Com 
merce  under  the  direction  of  H.  H.  Whit 
more,  secretary  of  the  organization, 
received  recently  by  the  Peacock  Motor 
Sales  Company.  Northern  California  dis- 
tributer of  the  Chandler  light  six  car. 

According  to  this  information  motor- 
ists may  now  drive  their  machines,  with- 
out any  difficulty,  up  to  within  a  few 
hundred  feet  of  the  Pinnacles,  those  re- 
markable, towering  and  grotesque  con- 
glomerate rocks  which  constitute  one  of 
the  wonders  of  the  country.  The  journey 
from  Hollister  to  the  Pinnacles  may  be 
made  in  less  than  two  hours,  the  actual 
distance  between  the  two  points  being 
thirty-seven  miles. 

Heretofore  motorists  from  the  bay  re- 
gion who  desired  to  visit  the  Pinnacles 
have  been  accustomed  to  park  their  cars 
at  either  Cook  station  or  the  Haines  or 
Bacon  ranches,  spending  the  night  at 
either  of  those  places  and  then  complet- 
ing the  journey  the  following  morning  by 
horse-drawn  vehicles.  The  completion 
of  the  stretch  of  road  from  the  Bacon 
ranch  to  the  Pinnacles,  started  a  few 
weeks  ago  by  the  Hollister  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  is  not  only  an  invitation  to 
motorists  everywhere,  but  represents  real 
progressive  community  development, 
work  aggressively  pursued,  an  example 
to  other  communities  which  may  be  fol- 
lowed profitably. 

It  was  the  Peacock  Motor  Sales  Com- 
pany of  this  city  that  recently  under- 
took to  exploit  the  Pinnacles,  sending  i 
party  of  motorists  there  in  a  Chandler 
light  six  touring  car  for  that  purpose.  A 
series  of  wonderful  photographs  were  ob- 
tained and  sent  broadcast,  together  with 
information  concerning  the  pleasures  of 
the  journey.  On  that  particular  journey 
the  Chandler  was  sent  over  rocks,  brush 
and  deep  sand  for  long  stretches,  right 
up  to  the  very  shadow  of  the  Pinnacles. 
The  feat  was  considered  a  notable  one, 
and  not  recommended  to  motorists  in  gen- 
eral. 

The  opening  of  the  new  road  into  the 
Pinnacles  was  celebrated  recently  in  a 
fitting  fashion,  nearly  fifty  motor  parties 
participating.  Following  the  arrival  of 
the  tourists  a  basket  picnic  was  served 
alongside  a  stream  that  follows  the  can- 
yon leading  to  the  gigantic  rocks. 

V    5    S 

The  new  owner  of  the  flivver  al- 
ways refers  to  it  as  "the  car." 


30 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


AUTO  PRICES  BOUND  TO  GO 

UP  MATERIALLY  VERY  SOON 

That  the  steel  market  is  the  best  au- 
tomobile price  barometer  prospective 
owners  can  find  is  the  statement  of  W. 
D.  Vance,  president  of  the  Magnetic  Mo- 
tor Car  Company,  the  distributing  organ- 
ization of  the  Owen  Magnetic  car  through- 
out the  bay  region. 

"A  glance  at  the  present  prices  in  the 
steel  market  will  reveal  what  may  be  ex- 
pected in  the  motor  car  market,"  says 
Vance;  "namely,  fewer  cars  and  higher 
prices.  In  the  last  two  years  the  elements 
entering  into  the  manufacture  of  steel 
castings  have  increased  more  than  one 
hundred  per  cent.  Pig  iron  and  oil  have 
shown  the  greatest  advances  in  the  list. 
Alloys  manganese  and  ferro  silicon  have 
been  running  a  close  second.  Then,  too, 
labor  is  more  scarce  since  the  munitions 
field  has  been  broadened  under  the  gov- 
ernment war  preparations. 

"The  warnings  which  have  been  issued 
regarding  the  motor  car  shortage  should 
be  heeded  immediately  by  every  prospec- 
tive automobile  purchaser.  Prices  are 
certain  to  continue  to  advance  as  the 
shortage  becomes  more  and  more  marked. 
The  Auburn  factory  output  is  striking  evi- 
dence of  what  may  be  expected  in  the 
near  future.  Already  the  Eastern  dealers 
are  bidding  against  each  other  for  cars. 
The  Pacific  Coast  dealers  will  feel  the 
effect  of  this  much  sooner  than  many 
realize. 

"Having  foreseen  this  condition  the 
Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company  has  been 
plying  the  factory  with  letters  and  tele- 
grams for  the  past  three  weeks  in  order 
to  stock  up  against  the  coming  shortage. 
For  that  reason  we  are  now,  and  will  be 
for  a  short  time,  prepared  to  make  im- 
mediate deliveries  at  the  present  prices. 
We  will  continue  to  urge  the  factory  to 
increase  our  allotments  because  the  com- 
petition of  the  Middle  West  and  Eastern 
dealers  is  a  keen  one.  The  situation  is 
of  such  a  nature  that  it  calls  for  constant 
vigilance  on  our  part." 
■&    ■&-    ■&- 

DANGER  IN  USE  OF  CHAMOIS 
FILTER  SAID  TO  BE  ERRONEOUS 

Static  electricity,  superinduced  by  the 
passage  of  gasoline  through  chamois  skin 
during  the  filtering  process,  was  declared, 
about  a  year  ago,  to  be  full  of  great  dan- 
ger. Investigation  recently  forces  the 
conclusion  that  the  chances  are  not 
greater  than  one  in  a'  million,  if  that  high. 
Expert  opinion  from  many  sources  agrees 
that  there  is  no  need  to  worry  about  a 
condition  where  there  is  little  likelihood 
of  static  generation  of  electricity,  espec- 
ially in  sections  of  the  country  where 
freezing  temperature  is  seldom  known, 
and  where  zero  weather  is  seldom  found. 


TRUCK  SPECIFICATIONS  ARE 

FIXED  BY  AUTO  ENGINEERS 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Standards  Com- 
mittee of  the  Society  of  Automotive  En- 
gineers just  held  in  Cleveland,  the  mili- 
tary truck  specifications,  which  had  been 
prepared  by  the  War  Department  Motor 
Transport  Board,  in  consultation  with  the 
Truck  Standards  Division,  the  Transmis- 
sion Division,  the  Springs  Division  and 
the  Electrical  Equipment  Division  of  the 
Society,  were  submitted  for  general  con- 
sideration, and  the  work  of  these  divi- 
sions was  approved. 

It  was  decided  by  the  Standards  Com- 
mittee to  request  that  the  designation  of 
the  military  trucks  be  by  arbitrary  terms 
rather  than  nominal  terms  of  capacity. 
The  War  Department  has  accordingly  or- 
dered that  the  smaller  military  truck 
heretofore  designated  1%  ton  shall  be 
named  Class  A  truck,  and  the  truck  for- 
merly designated  3  ton  be  called  Class 
B  truck.  The  trucks  have  a  greater  ca- 
pacitly  than  their  former  nominal  desig- 
nations indicated.  An  engine  of  a  mini- 
mum size  of  312  cubic  inches  is  specified 
for  the  Class  A  truck.  This  means  that 
if  a  four-cylinder  engine  is  used  it  would 
have  a  bore  and  stroke  of  41/i  and  5% 
inches  respectively.  Likewise  a  four- 
cylinder  engine  of  the  Class  B  truck 
would  have  a  bore  and  stroke  of  4%  and 
6%  inches,  the  minimum  engine  size  be- 
ing 413%  cubic  inches. 

The  Truck  Standards  Division  of  the 
Society  of  Automotive  Engineers  is  still 
conducting  work  with  regard  to  the  mili- 
tary truck  specifications.  A  meeting  will 
be  held  in  Washington  at  an  early  date  to 
take  up  details  with  reference  to  parts 
and  features  not  ordinarily  found  in  com- 
mercial practice,  with  a  view  to  obtain- 
ing maximum  production  of  and  inter- 
changeability  in  military  trucks. 
^    ?r    S 

IMPORTS  RUBBER  DIRECT. 

Bending  every  effort  to  provide  for  its 
future  need  of  crude  rubber  before  its 
large  reserve  stock  is  depleted,  the  Nor- 
walk  Tire  and  Rubber  Company  is  mak- 
ing extensive  arrangements  to  obtain  rec- 
ord shipments  of  plantation  and  "up- 
river"  Amazon  rubber,  so  as  to  be  entire- 
ly independent  of  market  conditions, 
which  are  sending  prices  higher.  The 
Norwalk  factory  has  always  maintained 
a  big  reserve  stock  of  crude  rubber  in  or- 
der not  to  be  embarrassed  with  current 
market  conditions.  In  order  to  strengthen 
its  position,  the  factory  has  decided  to 
charter  two  special  steamers  to  transport 
crude  rubber  direct  from  South  America 
to  the  Connecticut  factory,  according  to 
word  received  this  week  by  the  Lichten- 
berger-Ferguson  Company,  local  factory 
distributers  for  Norwalk  Tires. 


PATERSON  IN  HUDSON  SIX 

WINS  IN  "FLORAL  CLASSIC" 

With  the  grand  "Floral  Classic"  of  one 
hundred  miles  automobile  race,  the  28th 
annual  Rose  Carnival  at  Santa  Rosa  had 
its  final  there  Sunday,  May  13th,  and 
Queen  Irene  and  her  maids,  the  Misses 
Rosalind  Bacigalupi,  Loraine  Johnson, 
Virginia  Pomeroy,  Lillian  Rinner,  Leo- 
nora Shearer  and  Verda  Davis,  occupied 
the  royal  box  at  the  race  track,  which  was 
festooned  with  roses,  and  more  than  4,000 
spectators  were  present.  The  young  Rose 
Queen  was  cheered  lustily  by  the  popu- 
lace and  later  presented  the  trophies  to 
the  winners. 

Paterson,  driving  a  Hudson,  won  the 
hundred  mile  race,  covering  the  distance 
in  ninety-six  minutes  and  thirty-five  sec- 
onds. 

B.  Boldon,  driving  a  Dusenberg,  was 
second,  ninety-seven  minutes  and  twenty- 
five  seconds,  and  S.  Price  third,  Dusen- 
berg, in  107  minutes  and  seven  seconds. 
The  winners  carried  Norwalk  tires. 

Cordy,  in  a  Cordy  Special,  was  fourth. 
Boldon  drove  the  fastest  mile  in  fifty- two 
seconds.  There  were  five  starters.  The 
Mayors  of  the  different  cities  in  this  and 
adjoining  counties  were  the  judges.  As 
a  result  of  the  Rose  Carnival  the  Red 
Cross  Society  will  benefit  handsomely, 
and  many  comforts  will  be  added  for  the 
local  military  organizations. 
■&■&■& 

HUGHSON  WOULD  FEED  OATS 
TO  PEOPLE— NOT  TO  HORSES 

"If  motor  trucks  and  tractors  were  en- 
trusted with  the  work  now  being  done  by 
horses,  one  great  stroke  in  the  desired 
conservation  of  food  would  be  accom- 
plished," says  W.  L.  Hughson,  president 
of  the  Pacific  KisselKar  Branch. 

"Eighteen  quarts  of  oats  is  the  average 
daily  consumption  of  a  work  horse  during 
the  open  season.  At  least  seventeen  mil- 
lion of  the  twenty-five  million  horses  in 
this  country  come  under  that  classifica- 
tion. During  the  winter  six  quarts  a  day 
is  sufficient  for  each.  This  means  one 
hundred  and  thirty-six  bushels  of  oats 
per  horse  per  year,  or  a  total  of  two  bil- 
lion, two  hundred  ninety-two  million 
bushels.  This,  without  taking  into  ac- 
count the  eight  million  horse  population 
not  included  in  the  work  horse  class. 

"There  is  no  more  nourishing  food  for 
human  beings  than  oatmeal,  so,  if  this 
country  should  unfortunately  come  to  the 
necessity  of  regulated  rations,  what  a 
boon  it  would  be  if  a  few  million  horses 
should  be  replaced  by  motor  trucks." 
■&-    B-    ■&- 

Motorist — I  am  more  sorry  than  I  can 
tell  that  my  machine  struck  your  wife. 
Farmer — Ye'd  better  be.  Why,  ye  came 
near  hittin'  me. — Puck. 


May  26.  1917 


and  California  A<K- 


31 


ADDITh 

FOR  GARA(j  RUCTION 

How  to  build  a  model  high  type  one  car 
garage  is  part  of  a  bulletin  just  issued  by 
the  National  Lumber  Manufacturers'  As- 
sociation on  garage  building,  and  a  dia- 
gram of  the  recommended  style  given  in 
the  accompanying  illustration. 

It  is  a  structure  that  embodies  every- 
thing that  goes  to  make  a  first  class  gar- 
age. This  garage  is  equipped  with  gas 
tank  and  pumping  equipment,  pit,  work- 
bench, electric  lights,  folding  sliding 
doors,  water  connection,  sewer  connec- 
tion, and  the  heating  apparatus.  The 
whole  affair  is  complete,  and  will  afford 
every  convenience  that  is  known  to  the 
garage  building  art,  and  at  the  same  time 
is  within  the  reach  of  the  average  car 
owner.  The  gas  tank  and  pumping 
equipment  are  as  hard  to  estimate  as  is 
the  heating  equipment.  One  can  spend 
practically  what  he  pleases.    The  cost  of 


the  heating  apparatus  depends  largely  on 
the  type  of  heater.  It  may  be  that  the 
garage  is  close  enough  to  the  house  so 
that  a  steam  or  hot  water  pipe  can  be 
run  from  the  house  equipment  This  will 
materially  lessen  the 

In  smaller  communities  and  farming 
districts  the  big  doors  of  the  garage  usu- 
ally face  the  house.  This  allows  the  car 
to  be  driven  directly  from  the  garage  to 
the  front  of  the  home.  In  locating  your 
gas  tank  and  pump  this  must  be  taken 
into  consideration.  It  is  advisable  to 
have  the  filling  pipe  for  the  gas  tank  (al- 
ways outside  the  building)  in  the  most 
convenient  place  for  the  tank  wagon. 

In  a  building  of  this  type,  concrete 
footings  and  floors  are  appropriate.  The 
general  construction  of  this  garage  above 
the  floor  is  along  the  lines  of  the  previous 
descriptions.  The  large  door  is  in  three 
sections,  and  slides  back  inside  on  a  steel 
track. 


i-  ::■-• 


WATtG    ~f 


r^ 

I 

i 

? 

c*. 

0 

^ 

fc! 

<i 

<u 

<»v 

<. . 

* 

:          -\ 

£ 

ZLT.Z&3&" 


FLOOH  PLAN 


/l-e'SOOP  &OASDS  Z'APAET 

4.  Pitch 


i'Col^ 


GgAPE-J 


Z".4-"EArTtes 

'o"fiPAeT 


Z-z^-4-uPi.ATES 


J^SHM  THING 


.  jZ""f'~STUDD/Ne 
9>0'i0/i6  3'0" 
APART 


•  Z"<4-"SILL  . 


sr 


;Fooritf& 

JECT/O/Y 


^CO/iCRE  Tt  A  PP ROACH 

F&0/1T  ELEWIOti 


The  outside  treatment  of  the  gara, 
largely  a  matter  of  individual  j 
Here  we  have  shown  be  i;  to 

the  window  line,  and  sbo\ 
It  makes  a  pleasing  combination. 
&    t 
IJ  I   EIGHT  M  it    n 

The  Cole  Eight,  product  of  the  Cole 
Motor  Car  Company,  of  Indianapolis, 
among  improvements  adopted  this  year 
is  equipped  with  a  new  type  of  specially 
constructed  wheel.  Many  regard  this 
wheel  as  the  most  effective  and  substan- 
tial yet  offered  by  American  wheel- 
wrights. In  place  of  the  former  type  of 
bent  wood  felloe,  the  new  wheel  has  a 
rolled  steel  felloe  in  its  place.  All  Cole 
Eights  are  so  equipped. 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 


TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

*  $15.00 

Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

(Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST. 

Direct  failory  Representative  for  Denver.  Colo,  and  West  United  States 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROCItESUR.  HEW  YORK 
Sanfrancisco        ftitago        Boston        New  York         Detroit 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand   &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


32 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


May  26,  1917 


Leaks  from  Wireless 


The  Russian  revolution  is  complete,  for  Russia  has  now  her 
revolutionary  song!  It  is  to  be  the  song  of  the  freed  Russian 
nation.  It  recites  the  wonderful  plaint  of  the  haulers  of  the 
Volga,  a  song  than  which  no  other  is  so  full  of  the  religious 
feeling  of  a  race.  Under  the  ancient  regime  the  melody  of  the 
Volga  was  forbidden  to  be  sung,  because  it  had  already  been 
adopted  by  the  revolutionaries.  Igor  Stravinsky  has  made  it 
the  theme  of  a  national  anthem  which  will  take  its  place  with 
the  "Marseillaise"  and  "The  Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic," 

among  the  great  historic  songs  of  the  world. 

*  *  * 

"I  cannot  better  illustrate  the  progress  we  have  made,"  said 
the  President  and  toastmaster  of  a  Western  United  States  so- 
cial club,  back  in  the  eighties,  "than  by  saying  that  at  our  first 
annual  banquet,  ten  years  ago,  there  was  but  one  swallow-tail 
coat  in  the  room,  and  that  this  one  was  worn  by  me,  and  rented. 
Now  see  what  we've  got!"  The  Antler  (Okla.)  Times-Record 
of  a  recent  date,  in  a  report  of  a  ball  attended  by  the  "best  peo- 
ple of  the  town,"  says:  "Mim  Carr's  orchestra  furnished  the 
music.    A  notable  feature  of  the  grand  march  was  the  increased 

number  of  dress  suits."    The  old  West  is  rapidly  passing  away. 

*  *  * 

Inconclusive  peace  means  a  victory  for  the  other  side.  On 
this  point  the  publicists  in  both  belligerent  camps  agree,  and 
both  sides  urge  their  respective  nations  to  fight  on  until  victory 
is  gained.  The  semi-official  Kolnische  Zeitung  tells  us  why  Ger- 
many needs,  and  must  gain,  a  victory,  by  drawing  an  awesome 

picture  of  Germany  in  defeat. 

$  *  * 

"Who  dares  to  stop  when  Hindenberg  commands  him  to 
work?"  says  the  poster  put  up  in  Berlin  by  General  Groener. 
"Our  army  needs  arms  and  munitions — did  you  not  read  Hin- 
denburg's  letter?    How  dare  you  defy  him?"    If  faith  in  Hin- 

denburg  goes,  there  will  be  a  terrific  smash. 

*  *  * 

Marshal  Joffre's  projected  visit  to  French  Quebec  is  a  master 
stroke  of  strategy — if  anything  can  possibly  arouse  the  French 
Canadians  to  a  realization  of  the  fact  that  they  have  hitherto 
been  strangely  indifferent  to  the  appeal  for  aid  that  France 

makes  to  every  British  subject  of  French  origin. 

*  *  * 

There  are  said  to  be  180,000  Americans  card-indexed  and 
ready  to  enlist  in  Mr.  Roosevelt's  army  for  service  in  France. 
They  are  not  obliged  to  wait  for  the  formation  of  a  Roosevelt 
army  corps.  They  could  go  immediately  to  France  and  offer 
their  services  individually  to  the  French  war  office  and  be  en- 
listed in  the  French  foreign  legion  for  immediate  training. 


A  VISITOR. 


He  patronizes  no  hotel, 

He  has  no  goods  to  buy, 
And  yet  that  people  like  him  well 

We  really  can't  deny. 

He  gets  some  mention  in  the  press, 

As  you  have  doubtless  seen; 
Is  found  in  public  more  or  less, 

But  keeps  a  modest  mien. 

He  brings  no  money  like  the  rest 

Who  comes  to  town  on  biz; 
And  yet  an  ever-welcome  guest 

The  early  robin  is. 

— Kansas  City  journal. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tiret  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PEDAL 

NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES  MFG.  CO. 

2187  Woolworlh  Bldg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


FOR    SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Au  to  m  obi  lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  News  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  it  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— LARKIN'S  CAFE— just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


H.  E.  LAMAR  Phone  Kearny  485 

Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 

131-133  Mission  St.  San  Francisco 


DG3C3B, 

*  "ASHLESS 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete  Garages 
In  the  West 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST.  San  Francisco 


FRANCE 

News  Letter 


Oavotad   to   th«    LaadinQ    mtifMii   of   California   and   tha   Pacific   Co*  at 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL.  SATURDAY,  JUNE  2,  1917 


NO.  22 


mpony.  30  Cornhlll.   E.  i 
■  nt    numt-  i 
FOHNIA   A  :  nhouW 

-:    postage) — 1    year.    $8;    6   month* 
Foreign  :-'»;  6  monllia,  14.00.     Canada-.   1   vt-ar.  $6.26;  6  monthr. 


Invest  now  in  a  Liberty  Loan  bond  and  insure  Peace. 

"Made  in  Germany"  goods  seem  to  be  going  out  of  date. 

And  still  they  rally  round  the  hoe,  boys,  and  shout  the 

cry  of  "Feed  'em." 

It  begins  to  look  as  if  the  German  U-boats  had  sub- 
marined themselves. 

Hands  across  the  seas  these  days  seem  to  find  only  a 

sad  lack  of  farm  hands. 

By  the  way,  what  has  become  of  Villa,  since  war  with 

Germany  was  declared? 

The  lumbering  old  Russian  bear  seems  to  have  some- 
thing wrong  in  his  "innards." 

Apparently  the  French  have  money  to  burn  when  they 

pay  fifty  dollars  per  ton  for  coal. 

Volunteer  married  life  these  days  is  in  many  instances 

being  disrupted  by  excuses  to  draft. 

. The  Hindenberg  defense  line  seems  to  have  acquired 

the  crab  fashion  of  crawling  backward. 

The  size  of  the  new  fifteen  cent  cigar  is  now  only  rivaled 

by  the  shrinking  size  of  the  fifteen  cent  cabbage. 

The  Chicago  stock  yards  are  now  canning  the  squeals 

of  the  porkers  for  ultimate  shipments  to  Germany. 

Have  you  planted  your  dill  pickles  in  the  cream  pies  yet? 

Remember,  June,  the  dream  month  of  girl  buds,  is  here. 

The  Navy'  is  seeking  the  services  of  two  thousand  doc- 
tors, this  week.    Whew!    What  a  bill  the  Navy  will  get! 

If  it  were  not  for  our  local  stentorian  orators,  San  Fran- 
cisco would  have  a  comparatively  quiet  Fourth  of  July  this 
year. 

The  only  occupation  left  on  the  shelf  for  Roosevelt  seems 

to  be  a  newspaper  correspondence  school  on  how  the  war  should 
be  conducted. 

A  dish  of  prunes  won  a  divorce  case  for  a  wife  this  week. 

And  now  the  slogan  of  the  local  Alimony  Club  is  "Keep  the 
prunes  moving." 

The  only  war  implement  of  contention  that  has  not  been 

passed  over  to  the  U.  S.  A.  by  the  European  nations  is  the  cob- 
webbed  moratorium. 

The  Berkeley  University  poet  who  rhymed  Joffre  with 

"go  free"  has  been  pinioned  to  a  stake  on  the  target  practice 
line  at  the  Presidio. 


There  will  be  very  few  sea  serpents  sporting  on  the  sand; 

til  Santa  Cruz  these  sad  and  soulful  summer  days. 

The  big  calibre  guns  of  England,  and  handled  by  Britons, 

seem  to  be  hewing  out  a  route  for  Italy  to  Trieste  and  the 
Trentino. 

Hoover  continues  to  reassert  that  Americans  must  face 

privations.  Don't  rub  it  in,  Herbert,  or  you'll  raise  either  a 
sore  or  a  howl. 

In  a  "shake"  in  the  war  game,  what  chance  has  a  German 

soldier  with  getting  five  cents  a  day  against  an  American  sol- 
dier with  a  dollar  a  day  ? 

The  price  of  catnip  has  jumped  from  five  cents  to  ten 

cents  a  bunch ;  still  the  cow  that  jumped  over  the  green  cheese 
:  ising  moon  holds  the  record. 

Henry  E.  Huntington  has  recovered  $20,000  which  he 

recently  paid  for  a  bogus  Romney  painting.  The  painting  is 
now  on  the  market  as  a  "Rummy." 

Can  you  visualize  the  big  turn  in  the  employment  of  labor 

throughout  the  world  when  4,000  women  bank  clerks  in  Paris 
turn  out  to  help  the  dressmakers  to  win  their  strike? 

It  was  a  hard  job,  messmates,  but  with  a  carload  of  an- 
aesthetics and  some  coercion  the  Board  of  Supervisors  were  able 
to  amputate  several  million  dollars  from  their  hot  air  inflated 
budget. 

John  Rockefeller  has  lost  the  services  of  the  man  who 

used  to  make  him  laugh  by  relating  funny  stories.  John,  how- 
ever, can  always  raise  a  grin  these  days  by  glancing  at  the  ris- 
ing price  of  oil. 

Another  ecstatic  California  genius  has  solved  the  prob- 
lem of  destroying  the  German  U-submarines.  "Knock  out  the 
'sub'  in  submarine."  Can  you  beat  him?  We  could,  if  we 
could  catch  him. 

In  the  extraordinary  way  in  which  Mayor  Rolph  is  suc- 
cessfully developing  the  war  vegetable  garden  movement 
throughout  San  Francisco,  he  is  certainly  raising  a  big  crop  of 
votes  for  the  next  State  election. 

The  number  of  married  women  in  paid  occupations  in 

this  country  has  risen  from  14.3  in  1890  to  25.4  at  the  last  cen- 
sus, indicating  that  the  pendulum  is  swinging  between  the  high 
cost  of  living  and  the  high  cost  of  loving. 

Twenty-one  young  women  in  the  lumber  camp  at  Weed, 

Cal.,  clad  in  jerseys  and  blue  overalls,  have  taken  the  places 
of  as  many  men  as  left  positions  to  go  to  the  front.  Those 
twenty-one  fluttering  pairs  of  overalls  speak  louder  than  the 
President's  declaration  that  war  is  on  indeed. 

The  Kaiser  continues  to  make  slaves  of  the  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  Belgians  impressed  as  slaves  in  German  mines  and 
roadway,  fields  and  fortification  work.  They  are  dying  by  the 
thousands;  only  the  invalids  are  returned  home.  Can  war  in- 
demnities wipe  out  such  unnecessary  cruelties  ? 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


From  the  intense  and  broad  way  in 
Short  Cuts  in  which  Wilson  is  handling  the  situa- 

Preparedness.  tion  with  Germany  he  will  be  recog- 

nized by  history  as  the  war  presi- 
dent rather  than  the  peace  president.  Since  he  turned  the  cor- 
ner of  his  doubts  on  the  submarine  issue,  there  has  been  no  hesi- 
tation in  his  course.  In  this  particular,  he  out-Roosevelts  Roose- 
velt. He  has  tossed  peace-at-any-price  into  the  junk  pile, 
turned  his  back  on  his  former  policy  with  Germany,  because 
he  has  discovered  that  no  country  on  earth  is  safe  in  its  national 
life  against  the  savage  lust  of  world  conquest  demonstrated  by 
the  Kaiser,  at  the  head  of  the  Hohenzollern  ruling  family.  With 
clear  and  practical  insight  his  first  step  was  to  get  in  touch  with 
the  Allies,  and  learn  from  them  personally  how  to  avoid  the 
time-destroying  and  cost-destroying  preparations  for  war,  neg- 
ligence that  almost  cost  the  Allies  their  national  lives.  It  re- 
quired more  than  two  years  and 
more  of  unremitting  and  constant 
speeding  up  energies  on  the  part 
of  France  and  Great  Britain  to  over- 
take the  thirty  years'  preparedness 
of  Germany.  That  is  why  the  com- 
missions representing  Great  Britain 
and  France  came  to  this  country  to 
advise  America  how  to  take  the 
most  economical  and  timely  short 
cuts  to  reach  certain  desired  results. 
That  is  why  Congress  unhesitatingly 
enacted  the  war  loan  of  $7,000,000,- 
000.  That  is  why  the  $1,800,000,- 
000  war  revenue  bill  was  passed. 
That  is  why  Wilson  unhesitatingly 
adopted  the  draft  measure,  based 
on  Great  Britain's  crucial  experi- 
ence in  that  great  democratic  prob- 
lem. Other  measures  followed  in 
their  respective  lines :  the  selection 
of  Hoover  to  handle  the  food  sup- 
plies of  the  nation;  the  centraliza- 
tion of  five  prominent  railroad  presi- 
dents to  handle  the  transportation 
of  the  country  during  the  war  per- 
iod; the  agreement  between  Canada 
and  this  country  regarding  the 
handling  of  grain;  commissions  to 
exclusively  handle  the  purchasing 
of  materials,  and  one  man  nominated  by  the  Allies  to  do  their 
purchasing  of  supplies  in  this  country,  thereby  shelving  compe- 
tition among  themselves.  The  advice  furnished  by  these  visitors 
easily  saved  this  country  over  a  billion  dollars,  and  cer- 
tainly over  a  year  in  the  way  to  preparedness.  The  result  is 
shown  in  what  America  has  accomplished  in  two  months  under 
President  Wilson's  wise  policy.  Secretary  Balfour,  of  the 
British  Commission,  was  right  when  he  declared  on  departing 
that  what  has  been  accomplished  by  this  country  in  prepared- 
ness in  a  few  fortnights  is  marvelous.  This  foreign  advice  will 
continue  to  be  on  tap  for  the  United  States,  and  President  Wil- 
son will  continue  to  hold  a  remarkably  strong  position  in  attack- 
ing the  war  designs  of  the  German  Emperor.  Be  it  remembered 
also  that,  though  these  United  States  are  on  the  side  of  the  Al- 
lies, Uncle  Sam  is  fighting  independently,  and  has  no  en- 
tangling alliance  regarding  peace  proposals,  indemnities  and 
the  like.  On  this  point  the  President  was  emphatic  in  his  de- 
claration of  war  against  Germany. 

SB- 
Senate  Bill  No.  1182,  which  passed 
the  Legislature  and  is  before  the 
Governor  for  signature,  is  one  of 
those  taps  fashioned  by  politicians 
to  filch  the  dollars  from  the  taxpayers'  pockets.  Under  the 
guise  of  war  aid  to  recruits  in  the  present  war  the  bill  opens 
various  ways  to  rob  county  treasuries.  The  proposed  law  would 
permit  any  city  or  county  to  pay,  out  of  its  ordinary  revenues 
or  the  proceeds  of  bond  issues,  to  citizens  who  join  the  service, 


THE  LATEST  RECRUIT  IN  THE  FIGHT  FOR  LIBERTY 
(Another  super-brilliant  victory  for  German  diplomacy, 
according    to    Zimmerman.    Bethman-Hollweg    and    Co.) 
From    the    "Daily   Star,"    (Montreal.) 


Politicians  and 
War  Percentages. 


"or  in  any  service  allied  thereto,"  such  sums  of  money  as  the 
supervisors  and  town  councils  may  deem  necessary  for  their 
support.  Crooked  politicians  handling  certain  members  on  such 
boards  could  with  impunity  have  these  special  payments  made 
to  their  favorite  henchmen  in  the  ranks ;  these  payments  would 
of  course  be  in  addition  to  the  regular  pay  made  recruits  by  the 
government.  On  this  basis,  a  recruit  could  draw  down  his  gov- 
ernment pay,  his  city  pay,  plus  as  much  as  his  "pull"  would 
provide  him  in  county  pay.  Such  a  situation  would  provide  an 
extraordinarily  fruitful  yield  for  yellow  politicians.  There  are 
no  restrictions  on  this  brazen  bill  and  no  limit  on  the  reckless 
extravagance  that  might  easily  develop.  Practically  all  of  the 
draft  will  be  of  unmarried  men,  earning  thirty  dollars  a  month, 
with  food,  clothing  and  all  necessaries  furnished  them.  With 
such  a  showing  there  is  no  excuse  for  the  enactment  of  this 
bill.  Should  any  emergency  develop  in  any  specific  way  it 
can  easily  be  handled  by  one  of 
the  many  organizations  now  seeking 
to  aid  soldiers  in  trouble.  The  Gov- 
ernment at  Washington  has  provid- 
ed most  generously  for  the  troops, 
and  countless  organizations  stand 
ready  to  attend  them  physically, 
mentally  and  spiritually.  Let  the 
bill  die  in  the  pigeon-hole  of  the 
Governor's  desk. 

3Sr 

S.  F.  Wets  and  Drys  in  New 

Contest 
The  sparring  among  the  liquor  in- 
terests of  the  State,  and  especially 
of  San  Francisco,  with  the  drys  dur- 
ing the  session  of  the  recent  legis- 
lature at  Sacramento,  has  developed 
some  new  minor  situations  in  the 
liquor  problem.  More  than  ever 
the  saloon  is  becoming  the  target  of 
its  former  fellows  who  have  tagged 
it  for  attack.  The  saloon  is  charged 
with  bringing  all  the  odium  and  dis- 
credit on  general  liquor  dealing,  and 
the  word  has  gone  down  the  wet  line 
that  a  sacrifice  must  be  made  to  the 
drys.  The  result  is  that  the  wets 
have  decided  to  throw  the  saloon 
overboard  as  a  Jonah.  Signs  of 
such  action  have  been  evident  for  some  time  past.  Now  the 
wine  men  are  out  solidly  for  a  rigid  suppression  of  the  saloon, 
and  the  wine  men  will  have  moral  help  from  allied  sources  in 
this  special  issue. 

Local  saloon  men  have  seen  the  handwriting  on  the  wall  for 
some  time,  and  are  not  unprepared.  They  are  a  canny  organi- 
zation, and  know  all  the  cards  in  a  waiting  game.  Long  ago 
they  started  a  movement  that  payment  should  be  made  for 
their  establishments  should  they  be  put  out  of  business  by  the 
enactment  of  any  law  in  that  direction.  They  are  co-ordinating 
their  trenches  these  days,  and  are  preparing  for  the  frontal  at- 
tack they  expect  at  the  next  election.  Just  now  the  buffet 
owners'  association  is  in  a  movement  to  amend  the  city  charter 
at  the  next  general  election,  so  as  to  regulate  and  reduce  the  ex- 
isting number  of  retail  liquor  licenses.  Local  saloon  keepers 
who  are  drafted  to  go  out  of  business  are  to  be  compensated 
for  their  business- by  those  remaining  in  the  trade.  In  order  to 
accomplish  this  result,  the  buffet  owners  deem  it  advisable  to 
have  Mayor  Rolph  appoint  an  excise  commission  of  three  ex- 
perienced men  to  take  exclusive  charge  and  have  entire  juris- 
diction of  the  retail  liquor  traffic.  Increased  revenue  from  ad- 
ditional licenses  is  suggested  to  meet  the  cost.  Three  classes 
of  licenses  are  suggested :  Class  A  covers  saloon  licenes  which 
controls  drinking  exclusively;  the  number  of  such  licenses  is 
figured  on  the  basis  of  population.  How  the  drys  will  meet 
this  proposition  has  not  developed,  and  the  decision  of  the  wine 
men  and  other  units  of  the  wets  will  be  somewhat  governed  by 
the  decision  of  the  drys  in  this  new  proposition. 


e  2.  1917 


and  California  Adv< 


TOWN    CRIER 


In  the  newspaper  Geld  of  the  U.  S.  A.  it  is  generally 

known  that  the  action  of  the  Washington  administration  to 
a  strong  censorship  bill  through  Congress  to  gi 
of  this  country  during  the  war  period  is  chiefly  centered  al 
International  News  Service.    Hearst  has  the  California  rq 
rentatives  in  the  Senate  and  in  the  House  fairly  well  lashed  to 
his  political  chariot  wheels,  and  they  are  industriously  hel| 
him.  after  a  fashion,  in  his  contest,  with  the  exception  of  Con- 
gressman Raker  and  one  or  two  others.    War  is  developing  a 
number  of  unhappy  family  feuds,  unbeknownst  to  the  general 
public.     Hearst  was  hand  in  glove  with  the  Kaiser.  George, 
Nick  and  a  bunch  of  second  chop  kinks  when  this  cruel  war 
broke,  and  now  he  is  reported  to  be  secretly  raising  a  young 
Irish  King  in  Hoboken  to  take  the  place  of  King  George.    What 
d'ye  think  of  that?    And  all  because  George  cut  out  the  Inter- 
national News  service  because  it  was  furnishing  more  scare- 
head  extras  than  Harmsworth  and  his  London  Times  and  his 
twenty-seven  other  morning,  midnight  and  afternoon  editions 
could  supply.     Then  Little  Canada,  in  petty  emulation  of  its 
grandmother,  cut  out  the  International  News  service,  and  there- 
by blocked  all  the  good  magazine  news  wired  from  the  Hearst 
exclusive  sources.    If  England  and  Canada  and  the  Washington 
Administration  know  their  business,  they  had  best  sneak  back 
overnight  into  the  Hearst  camp  before  he  turns  the  Brisbane 
guns  on  them. 

A  Federal  grand  jury  in  Boston  did  wholesome  execu- 
tion, this  week,  that  deserves  the  exultant  thanks  of  the  nation: 
it  netted  eighty-eight  corporations  and  individuals,  and  indicted 
them  for  conspiring  to  monopolize  interstate  commerce  In  on- 
ions. This  large  netting  of  unconscionable  Shylocks,  bent  upon 
earning  a  big  squeeze  of  profits  from  a  patient  public  striving 
tc  meet  the  dire  necessities  of  war,  face  a  punishment  that  the 
law  will  impose,  and  it  is  hoped,  as  a  precedent,  that  the  limit 
will  be  given  them.  Aside  from  that  condign  punishment  for 
these  malefactors  there  should  be  a  secondary  punishment  im- 
posed by  the  public,  and  that  is  to  ignore  them  in  business.  In 
ancient  Greece  such  greedy  merchants  plotting  to  control  food 
products  and  found  guilty  were  promptly  executed,  and  their 
names  forever  abhorred.  In  the  published  list  there  is  one  San 
Francisco  produce  firm  that  was  sun-basked  in  public  print 
on  the  contemptible  score  that  it  had  made  more  than  a  million 
dollars  in  an  onion  corner  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  That  firm's  act 
under  any  conditions  is  a  disgrace  to  San  Francisco,  and  the 
residents  of  the  city  should  ignore  the  members  accordingly. 

Mayor  Schmitz  is  again  going  to  test  the  old  tradition 

that  a  champion  once  defeated  "never  comes  back,"  in  the 
prize  ring  as  well  as  in  politics.  He  is  still  under  the  gambler's 
spell  that  "next  time  there'll  surely  be  a  change  of  luck."  He  is 
now  in  a  frame  of  mind  where  a  slap  on  the  back  from  Teddy 
Roosevelt  and  the  urgent  advice,  "Cut  it  out,  Gene;  I'm  in  the 
same  boat,  and  I  know,"  has  not  the  slightest  influence  on  the 
picturesque  ex-leader  of  the  labor  vote.  Local  and  political 
conditions  have  changed  a  great  deal  since  'Gene  put  over  that 
famous  combination  flank  attack  with  political  gas  and  captured 
the  Mayor's  and  Supervisors'  chairs.  In  Schmitz's  present  ef- 
forts to  capture  "only  a  supervisor's  chair"  is  a  shadow  dance 
that  is  being  joined  by  Supervisor  Eddie  Wolf  and  several  other 
members  of  that  local  political  ?nd  employment  club  that  at 
present  runs  the  roost.  Being  on  the  inside,  Eddie  is  in  a 
stronger  position  than  is  Schmitz,  and  will  readily  cut  the  props 
from  under  the  ex-fiddler  and  ex-promotor.  It  is  a  much  longer 
way  from  Mayor's  chair  to  ex-Mayor's  chair  than  it  is  to  easily 
acquired  Tipperary.    Have  a  heart,  'Gene! 

In  a  recent  address  in  opening  a  local  convention,  Mayor 

Davie  of  Oakland  declared  that  all  the  city  needed  to  attain 
success  was  to  hold  a  number  of  "first  class  funerals."  Brother 
Davie  is  right.  Luckily  the  city  has  ample  territory  within  its 
limits  which  provides  excellent  graveyard  facilities. 

M.  Viviani,  of  the  French  Commission  that  has  just  vis- 
ited Washington,  displayed  the  delicate  and  charming  sentiment 
of  the  French  nation  when  he  called  at  an  Eastern  hospital  to 
pay  his  respects  to  invalid  Sarah  Bernhardt. 


Here  it  a  bit  of  compelling  popular  with  the  Brit- 

ish public  just  now: 

Men  from  every  rank. 
Fresh  and  free  and  frank: 
Men  of  thoug:  I 
Men  of  light  and  lc.i 
Men  of  loyal 

The  Nation's  ceding; 

Men  of  faith  and  not  of  fiction. 
Men  of  lofty  aim  and  action; 
Give  us  men — I  say  again. 
Give  us  Menl 

Give  us  Men! 

Strong  and  stalwart  ones: 
Men  whom  highest  hope  inspires. 
Men  whom  purest  honor  fires. 
Men  who  trample  Self  beneath  them, 
Men  who  make  their  country  wreath  them 

As  her  noble  sons, 
Worthy  of  their  sires! 
Men  who  never  shame  their  mothers, 
Men  who  never  fail  their  brothers, 
True,  however  false  are  others; 

Give  us  Men — I  say  again, 
Give  us  Men! 

Give  us  Men! 
Men  who,  when  the  tempest  gathers, 
Grasp  the  standard  of  their  fathers 

In  the  thickest  fight : 
Men  who  strike  for  home  and  altar. 
Let  the  coward  cringe  and  falter, 

God  defend  the  right! 
True  as  truth,  though  lorn  and  lonely. 
Tender,  as  the  brave  are  only; 
Men  who  tread  where  saints  have  trod, 
Men  fcr  Country — Home — and  God; 
Give  us  Men!    I  say  again — again — 
Give  us  such  men! 

— By  the  Bishop  of  Exeter. 

A  SAD  WEEK. 

The  year  had  gloomily  begun 

For  Willie   Weeks — a   poor  man's "SUN" 

He  was  beset  with  bills  and  dun 

And  he  had  very  little "MON" 

"This  cash,"  he  said,  "won't  pay  my  dues 

I've  nothing  here  but  ones  and "TUES" 

A  bright  thought  struck  him  and  he  said 

"The  rich  Miss  Goldbricks  I  will. "WED" 

But  when  he  paid  his  court  to  her, 

She  lisped,  but  firmly  said :  "NO "THUR" 

"Alas!"  he  cried,  then  I  must  die! 

I'm  done!     I'll. drown— I'll  burn— I'll "FRI" 

They  found  his  gloves,  his  coat,  his  hat, 

A   coroners  jury  upon  them "SAT" 

— Exchange. 

Albert,  aged  three  and  a  half,  had  failed  to  respond  to 

verbal  reprimand,  and  at  last  his  mother  said,  "If  you  don't  be- 
have, you  will  have  to  be  spanked.  You  would  not  like  that, 
would  you?"  "I  wouldn't  like  Daddy  to  spank  me,"  was  the 
quick  response.  "Why  not?"  "He  doesn't  know  how.  He 
hurts." — Life. 


i  years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 

1  nysicians  Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes— No  Smarting— Just  Eye  Comfort. 
Buy  Murine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 

,  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  | 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


Wellington  Gregg  Responds. 

Women  are  being  appealed  to  to  buy  Liberty  bonds  out  of 
their  savings  accounts  instead  of  allowing  the  entire  family  in- 
vestment to  be  made  by  the  male  population. 

The  other  day  Wellington  Gregg  was  questioned  by  a  group 
of  women  who  had  just  been  playing  a  few  rubbers  of  bridge 
at  the  Burlingame  Club. 

"Oh,  Mr.  Gregg,"  said  the  spokeswoman,  in  the  rich  contralto 
tones  which  distinguish  her,  "perhaps  you  will  tell  us  just  what 
risk  there  is  in  investing  money  in  these  bonds." 

"Surest  thing  on  earth,"  made  answer  Gregg;  "when  they  lose 
their  value  it  means  that  the  U.  S.  A.  is  off  the  map — and  the 
geography  is  never  going  to  be  made  up  that  way!" 

"Do  you  mean  there  isn't  a  bit  of  gamble  about  it,"  shrilled 
the  dean  of  the  poker  sharps  of  the  peninsula. 

S     ©     © 
And  the  Born  Gamblers  Sigh. 

"Not  a  bit,"  answered  Gregg  in  his  most  reassuring  tones, 
and  then  to  his  surprise  came  sighs  of  obvious  disappointment 
from  every  one  of  his  interlocutors,  and  one  of  them  made  ar- 
ticulate her  disappointment  with  these  words:  "Of  course  we 
will  buy  them  anyway — but  it  would  have  been  such  fun  to 
have  them  a  gamble  like  stocks — we  were  just  saying  that  here 
is  a  chance  to  gamble  which  the  husband  who  won't  let  his  wife 
play  the  stock  market  can't  refuse,  and  you  come  along  and  spoil 
it  all  by  assuring  us  that  it  is  a  safe  and  sane  investment." 

"Can  you  beat  it?"  queried  Gregg  of  no  one  in  particular,  and 
no  one  tried  to  beat  it. 

©    ©    © 
Anne  Morgan  Doing  War  Service. 

Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith,  who  has  just  returned  from  New 
York,  has  brought  back  an  interesting  account  of  what  the  wo- 
men in  New  York  are  doing  in  war  service  work.  Miss  Anne 
Morgan  and  Miss  Maud  Wetmore  are  working  on  a  National 
League  for  Service  which  supplements  the  Red  Cross  work,  but 
does  not  overlap  it.  Miss  Wetmore  was  appointed  by  President 
Wilson  on  the  National  Council  of  Defense — she  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Senator  Wetmore  of  Rhode  Island,  and  a  great  chum  and 
co-worker  of  Miss  Morgan's.  Miss  Morgan  has  many  friends 
out  here  who  are  to  be  enlisted  in  the  work. 

©     ©    © 
"Birdie"  Vanderbilt  Writes  to  a  Friend. 

From  Mrs.  W.  K.  Vanderbilt  have  come  to  intimate  friends 
a  most  amusing  account  of  her  trip  on  the  "Canning  Special," 
which  made  a  trip  through  rural  New  York,  carrying  the  slo- 
gans "Can  or  Collapse,"  "Preserve  or  Perish,"  and  was  intended 
to  stimulate  the  indifferent  to  the  perils  of  the  food  situation. 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  writes  that  in  one  or  two  instances  they  were 
jeered  at  as  a  "millionaires'  special,"  but  when  the  malcontents 
found  that  every  woman  on  the  train  had  a  practical  grasp  of 
the  subject,  could  intelligently  answer  questions,  and  knew  a 
blackberry  in  the  field  from  one  served  in  a  tart  at  the  Ritz, 
and  moreover  knew  of  several  different  ways  of  beating  the 
sugar  game  and  insuring  fruit  juices  for  the  winter,  the  attitude 
of  the  people  changed,  and  the  trip  was,  on  the  whole,  such  a 
great  success  that  there  is  talk  of  sending  the  same  women 
around  the  country. 

©    ©     © 
From  Baccarat  to  Beans! 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  adds  in  a  postscript:  "For  light  literature  I 
am  now  perusing  the  Food  Bulletins,  Canning,  Jellies,  Jams 
and  other  leaflets  of  that  sort  put  out  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture!"  When  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  was  out  here  only  a  few 
months  ago  she  was  more  interested  in  canning  the  stake  in 
Baccarat  than  in  vegetables,  and  the  other  etcetera  which  now 
engage  her  animated  attention — which  shows  the  changes  the 
war  has  worked. 


Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith  on  New  York. 

But  to  return  to  Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith:  The  other  day 
she  entertained  Mrs.  Frank  Judge,  Mrs.  Fred  Kohl,  Mrs.  Will 
Taylor,  Mrs.  Fred  McNear  and  Mrs.  Walter  Filer  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  Palace  Hotel,  and  of  course  every  one  was  interested  in 
hearing  just  what  effect,  if  any,  the  propaganda  of  retrench- 
ment has  had  on  the  Passing  Show. 

Mrs.  Smith  says  that  most  New  Yorkers  have  adopted  infor- 
mal dress  for  dinner  and  the  theatre,  and  one  seldom  sees  elab- 
orate evening  gowns  at  the  theatre,  the  present  European  cus- 
tom of  dinner  dresses  prevailing  for  the  mode  of  the  moment. 
For  a  while  a  few  people  went  through  the  motions  of  abstemi- 
ous fare,  but  along  came  the  edict  of  Herbert  Hoover  that  the 
patriotic  thing  for  the  rich  to  do  was  to  consume  the  luxuries 
and  leave  the  substantial  for  the  rest  of  the  world,  so  even 
those  few  gave  up  all  pretense  of  curtailment  in  that  line,  and 
pheasants  and  Russian  caviare  and  truffles  and  sich-like  are 
now  consumed  with  a  clear  conscience. 

©    ©     © 
Women  Aspire  to  Own  Athletic  Club. 

The  Woman's  Athletic  Club  has  been  such  an  unqualified 
success,  and  has  filled  such  a  genuine  need  in  the  community 
life  of  women  that  the  directors  are  going  to  bond  the  building, 
and  if  the  members  subscribe  for  these  bonds,  in  a  few  years 
the  building  will  be  owned  outright  and  the  expense  decreased 
proportionately. 

The  little  imps  of  rumor  threatened  a  row  over  the  fact  that 
the  directors  parted  company  with  the  woman  manager  they 
brought  out  from  Chicago,  and  as  she  had  endeared  herself  to 
the  members,  there  was  lively  discussion  for  several  days  after 
the  change,  but  those  most  stirred  up  finally  settled  down  into 
the  sensible  inertia  produced  by  the  conviction  that  the  direc- 
tors have  the  good  of  the  club  very  close  to  their  hearts,  and  if 
the  spirit  of  economy  necessitated  any  change  they  should  not 
be  subjected  to  criticism.  So  what  might  have  been  inharmony 
never  jangled  beyond  the  first  note  of  surprise  and  conjecture, 
and  harmony  reigns  supreme. 

©     ©    © 
Three  Guesses  and  Many  Clues. 

Mrs.  Harry  Scott,  Miss  Rhoda  Fullam  and  Mrs.  Ashton  Pot- 
ter were  in  charge  on  Monday  at  the  St.  Francis  of  the  sale  of 
raffle  tickets  for  the  Peters  painting  for  the  benefit  of  the  Red 
Cross  and  Scottish  Woman's  Hospital. 

One  of  these  fair  ladies  was  seated  behind  the  little  table  at 
the  elevator  entrance. 

Read  the  following,  and  then  give  three  guesses  as  to  the 
identity  of  the  fair  one. 

Along  came  a  dowager  with  a  bank  account  as  long  as  her 
years. 

Read  the  following  and  then  give  three  guesses  as  to  the 
identity  of  the  dowager. 

©     ©    © 
The  Dowager  Takes  a  Chance. 

The  Dowager  took  one  glance  at  the  snare  and  hurried  by. 
But  the  skilled  operator  at  the  table  had  glimpsed  her. 

"Oh,  Mrs. ,"  she  called  after  her,  "won't  you  buy  some 

tickets — they  are  just  a  dollar  apiece." 

"I  can't  stop  now,"  parried  the  dowager;  "but  I'll  be  back  this 
way  in  a  few  minutes." 

"Now,  don't  you  run  out  the  Post  street  entrance,"  com- 
manded the  daring  as  well  as  skilled  vendor  of  chances;  "that 
is  just  what  you  are  planning  to  do,  but  I'm  going  to  keep  my 
eye  on  you  to  see  that  you  don't  get  away." 

Needless  to  say,  the  dowager  purchased. 

©    ©    © 
Christine  McNab  Surprises  Everyone. 

The  news  that  France  has  accepted  Christine  McNab's  offer 
of  an  ambulance  which  she  will  drive  herself,  came  as  a  distinct 
shock  to  her  family  and  friends,  for  while  they  knew  that  it 
was  her  intent  to  apply,  every  one  thought  the  request  would 
become  enmeshed  in  red  tape  and  that  she  would  be  safely  en- 
sconced here  in  a  fury  of  desire  to  be  off,  but  a  desire  that  car- 
ried no  risk  with  it. 

Instead  came  the  immediate  acceptance,  and  then  the  pass- 
port from  Washington,  and  her  relatives  and  friends  are  now 


.E  2.  1917 


and  California  Adve 


touting  between  bewilderment  and  panic,  while  the  young  Udy 
herself  goes  calmly  on  making  her  final  preparations. 

•  the  Scotch  Clan. 

A  number  of  other  young  women  are  talking  about  fol. 
suit.     Miss  McNab  kindled  to  the  idea  when  that  wo: 
Scottish  woman.  Kathleen  Burke,  was  out  here  telling  of  the 
work  of  her  countrywomen  in  the  hospitals.    Miss  McNab  felt 
the  call  of  the  clan,  and  consulted  with  Miss  Burke,  who  en- 
couraged her  to  go.  believing  that  she  was  made  of  the  stuff 
and  had  the  equipment  of  strength  and  courage  and  tc. 
knowledge  which  is  necessary  to  be  of  real  service. 

There  are  very  few  young  women  who  are  equipped  to  be  of 
any  real  service,  and  of  course  the  authorities  on  both  sides 
must  be  assured  that  the  volunteer  will  not  collapse  into  an- 
other care  and  burden.  So,  many  of  these  young  persons  will 
be  refused. 


•if  Arrivals  at  Hotel  Plaza. 
Recent  arrivals  registered  at  the  conveniently  located  Hotel 
Plaza  opposite  Union  Square  in  the  heart  of  the  shopping  and 
theatre  centers  are:  James  Taylor  and  wife,  Salinas;  J.  D. 
Chase,  San  Jose;  C.  L.  Fraser,  Visalia;  J.  E.  Boyes,  Los  An- 
geles; A.  E.  Mendia  and  wife,  San  Jose;  John  L.  Croft,  San 
Francisco;  J.  S.  Montgomery  and  wife,  Cement;  George  C.  Slaf- 
fler  and  wife,  Santa  Cruz;  R.  C.  Ragland,  Presidio;  Mrs.  G.  C. 
Comstock  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Brun,  Williams;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archer 
Bowdin,  San  Jose;  Lewis  C.  Hall,  Los  Angeles;  J.  W.  Bracco, 
Goldfield;  Mrs.  W.  S.  Connor,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Boone  and  J.  M.  Tal- 
man,  Ocean  Beach,  N.  J.;  J.  M.  Justice  and  wife,  Philadelphia; 
S.  M.  Sutton,  Antioch;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  R.  Wiley,  Groveland; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Yelverton,  Washington,  D.  C;  A.  C.  Scott 
and  wife,  Kentfield;  Will  Deakin,  Goldfield;  Mrs.  D.  R.  Smith, 
Ukiah;  E.  E.  Hill,  Goldfield;  Miss  S.  Walker,  Ferndale;  A.  E. 
Selig  and  wife,  San  Francisco;  W.  H.  Hamilton  and  wife,  San 
Jose;  F.  R.  Condray  and  wife,  Boston;  August  L.  Cacazza,  New 
York;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  M.  Baum,  Los  Gatos;  Stella  B.  Irvine, 
Riverside;  Captain  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  A.  Brewer,  Stockton. 
©     ©    © 

Graduating  Exercises  of  Miss  Hamlin's  School. 

The  graduating  exercises  of  the  senior  class  of  Miss  Hamlin's 
well  known  and  long  established  private  school  has  been  for 
some  time  an  annual  summer  event  here.  All  the  older  gradu- 
ates in  this  part  of  the  State  make  it  an  occasion  for  an  annual 
gathering. 

This  year  the  graduating  class  has  given  notice  of  the  event 
and  sent  out  invitations  for  the  usual  gathering,  Thursday,  June 
7th,  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  And  there,  with  a  beautiful  back- 
ground and  music,  they  will  receive  the  elder  graduates  of  the 
institution  and  their  host  of  delighted  friends.  The  program 
of  the  evening,  beginning  8 :30  p.  m.,  will  be  as  follows : 

Processional,  Graduating  Class.  Lord's  Prayer,  chanted,  Male 
Quartette.  Piano  Duet,  Concerto,  E.  flat  major,  Liszt:  Allegro 
Maestoso,  Quasi  Adagio,  Allegretto  vivace,  Allegro  maxziale 
ani  mato,  Miss  Irene  McSwain  (Mrs.  Oscar  Mansfeldt  at  the 
second  piano.)  Address,  Loyalty,  Doctor  Aurelia  Henry  Rein- 
hardt,  President  of  Mills  College.  Songs,  Selections,  Miss  An- 
toinette La  Sahe.  Address,  Miss  Hamlin.  Songs  (1)  Down  in 
the  Forest,  Ronald;  (2)  Les  Filles  de  Cadix,  Delibes,  Miss 
Merle  Epstein.  Presentation  of  Diplomas.  School  Song,  The 
Graduates.    Recessional.     Reception.    Dancing. 

The  happy  members  of  the  graduating  class  of  seventeen  are : 
Miss  Mabel  Genevieve  Cropp,  Miss  Gwyneth  Gamage,  Miss 
Helen  Catherine  Harrison,  Miss  Elvira  Rebecca  Hufschmjdt, 
Miss  Dorothy  Gwilym  Jenkins,  Miss  Louise  Margaret  Jenkins, 
Miss  Florence  Rebecca  Johnson,  Miss  Bonnie  Ruth  Patterson, 
Miss  Virginia  Ruth  Powell,  Miss  Royal  Minta  Rosenau,  Miss 
Beatrice  Ruth  Seeley,  Miss  Carmen  Sophia  Sprague,  Miss  Mary 
McLeod  Taylor,  Miss  Grace  Barbara  Webb,  Miss  Leona  Estelle 
Welbanks,  Miss  Emilie  Charlotte  Zaretzky,  Miss  Hannah  Zim- 
merman. 

©    ©    © 

Recent  arrivals  in  Los  Angeles,  and  residents  of  this  city, 
all  of  whom  are  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Clark,  include:  W.  C. 
Ingles,  Mrs.  G.  V.  Benson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Wistrand,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  K.  Whittaker,  R.  G.  Risser,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Fuder,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Macauley,  A.  M.  Blumer,  Curran  Clark,  Mr. 


V.  H.  Sdluder.  Mr.  a 

A.  W.  Li 
'•'.:$.  G.  Marshal. 

Mitt  E.  Nelson.  M  Ayer, 

rook,  R.  J.   Pendc: 
Mrs.  L.  V.  G 
Watt.  P.  C.  Hale.  J.  F.  Quinlan.  R.  i 
Mabel  Powell.  Gerald  R.  Dowd.  An:,  .n.  Lula  C 

John  F.  Borden.  C.  N.  Ferricr.  W.  V.  Hill.  Wm.  J.   . 
Saunders,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Spi< 

sidot.  J.  Hislop.  Mrs  Peter- 

son. R.  W.  Keene  an  M.  Chadbournc.    Also  the  fol- 

from  Oakland:  H.  W.  Bray.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Kirk- 
land,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Shcdd,  Miss  F.  L.  Crossby.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  B.  E.  Lenoir,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Upright,  S.  Imai.  Among 
the  visitors  from  Berkeley  arc  J.  W.  Howith,  Mrs.  R.  A.  Clark, 
Morris  Clark,  Montgomery  Hawkes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  S.  Batsen, 
.1.  B.  Shackleford.  A.  L.  Pcndergrass,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  H. 
Field  of  Alameda. 

•■.■  ■■.•  ■:■ 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  N.  Burgess,  while  receiving  congratulations 
upon  the  birth  of  their  third  child,  a  daughter,  have  overcome 
the  usual  difficulty  of  selecting  a  name,  choosing  Suzanne.  The 
third  child  in  the  household.  Miss  Suzanne,  was  born  May  11th, 
nine  pounds  nine  ounces,  at  the  Burgess  home  in  Mount  Diablo 
Park.  The  oldest  child  is  Robin;  the  second,  Fannie  Webster 
Burgess,  being  three  years  old. 


The  Cliff  House  presents  quite  a  military  appearance  of 

late,  as  many  officers  spend  the  few  spare  moments  they  have 
in  recreation  there  in  lighter  vein.  Miss  Verna  Gordon,  a  dancer 
of  great  promise,  is  presenting  some  delightful  original  dances. 
Her  costumes  are  quite  original.  Some  day  she  will  rival  Elsie 
Janis  in  her  impersonations  of  the  youth  about  town.  She 
should  name  her  dance  in  the  smart  summer  suit  the  "Dance 
of  the  Tango  Lizard."  Among  those  seen  during  the  week  en- 
tertaining informally  were  Mrs.  Mortimer  Fleishhacker,  Mrs. 
James  Eaves,  Mrs.  Achilles  Roos,  Mrs.  Newton  Neustadter,  Mrs. 
Walter  Filer,  Mr.  Wellington  Gregg,  Mrs.  George  Bauer,  Mrs. 
Gerald  Rathbone. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


At  the  Techau  Tavern,  now  known  as  a  rendezvous  for 

the  army  and  navy  people,  the  Revue  artists  in  their  smart  cos- 
tumes are  singing  catchy  war  songs,  adding  much  to  the  cheer- 
fulness of  this  most  attractive  hostelry.  The  management^  con- 
tinues to  pesent  to  its  lady  patrons  costly  art  boxes  containing 
a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  (pronounced  "Ree-go")  perfume, 
a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and  a  box  of  Le  Lilas  de 
Rigaud  face  powder.  The  presentations  are  made  each  after- 
noon at  4,  4:30'  and  5  o'clock.  Another  delightful  feature  is 
the  dancing  for  guests,  with  music  by  the  popular  "Jazz"  orches- 
tra. 


Father — You're  very  backward.    There's  Norman  Smith- 

ers,  the  same  age  as  you,  and  he's  two  forms  higher.  Aren't 
you  ashamed?  Hopeful— No.  He  can't  help  it— it's  heredi- 
tary.— London  Punch. 


212  Stockfor\  Street,  I 
"  Beauty  Salor\^ 


SkiW30o9 
Poorrj  305 


? 


TfofltE     IDE    WoTPTTS 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


HOW  I  OBTAINED  THE  CZAR'S  SIGNED  ABDICATION 

By  V.  Shulgin,   Member  of  the  Duma 


The  need  of  abdication  had  been  recognized  unanimously,  and 
only  its  execution  was  being  delayed.  Gutchkov,  my  compan- 
ion, and  I  decided  to  go  to  Pskov,  where,  according  to  informa- 
tion in  the  possession  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Duma, 
the  Czar  was  staying  at  that  time. 

We  left  on  March  15,  at  3  p.  m.,  from  the  Warsaw  Station. 
The  railway  authorities  gave  every  assistance.  The  train  was 
immediately  made  up  and  was  ordered  to  go  at  maximum  speed. 
Two  enginaers  came  into  our  carriage,  and  we  all  went  together. 
However,  we  were  detained  for  a  pretty  long  time  at  Gatchina, 
where  they  were  waiting  for  General  Ivanov,  who  was  some- 
where near  Wyriesa  with  a  detachment  of  troops,  sent  to  sup- 
press the  revolt  at  Petrograd.  But  the  meeting  with  Ivanov  did 
not  come  off. 

At  Luga  we  were  again  detained  because  great  crowds  of 
people  and  soldiers  had  assembled  and  asked  Gutchkov  to 
address  to  them  a  few  words.  At  about  10  we  arrived  at  Pskov, 
where  we  intended  originally  to  have  a  talk  with  General  Ruz- 
sky,  who  had  been  informed  of  our  arrival.  But  as  soon  as  the 
train  stopped,  one  of  the  Czar's  aides-de-camp  entered  the  car- 
riage and  said,  "His  Majesty  is  expecting  you."  On  leaving 
the  carriage,  we  only  had  a  few  paces  to  go  in  order  to  reach  the 
Imperial  train. 

I  think  I  was  not  agitated.  I  had  reached  that  limit  of  fatigue 
and  nervous  tension  when  nothing,  it  seems,  can  surprise  or  ap- 
pear impossible.  Still,  I  felt  a  little  shy  because  I  had  to  ap- 
pear before  the  Czar  in  a  jacket,  dirty,  unwashed,  unshaven  for 
four  days,  with  a  face  of  a  convict  just  released  from  one  of  the 
prisons  just  burnt. 

We  entered  the  saloon  carriage,  which  was  brightly  lit  up 
and  decorated  in  light  green.  In  the  carriage  we  found  Frederiks, 
the  Minister  of  the  Court,  and  another  general,  whose  name  I 
do  not  know.  A  few  moments  afterwards  the  Czar  entered, 
dressed  in  the  uniform  of  one  of  the  Caucasian  regiments.  His 
face  expressed  absolutely  nothing  beyond  what  one  had  occa- 
sion to  see  at  other  times.  He  greeted  us  rather  courteously 
than  coldly,  and  shook  our  hands.  Then  he  sat  down  and  asked 
us  also  to  take  our  seats,  pointing  to  a  seat  next  to  him  at  a 
small  table  for  Gutchkov,  and  to  me  a  seat  opposite.  Frederiks 
sat  down  somewhat  at  a  distance,  while  the  general,  whose  name 
I  do  not  know,  took  his  seat  at  a  little  table  in  the  corner  of  the 
carriage  ready  to  alight.  I  think  it  was  at  that  time  that  Ruzsky 
came  in,  and,  apologizing  to  the  Czar,  bade  us  good  evening,  and 
sat  down  next  to  me ;  that  is,  opposite  the  Czar.  Then  the  con- 
versation began. 

The  first  to  speak  was  Gutchkov.  I  had  feared  lest  Gutchkov 
might  say  to  the  Czar  something  pitiless,  but  that  did  not  hap- 
pen. Gutchkov  spoke  at  considerable  length,  fluently,  even 
skilfully,  so  far  as  the  construction  of  the  parts  of  his  speech 
was  concerned.  He  did  not  touch  upon  the  past  at  all.  He  de- 
scribed the  present  situation,  trying  to  show  at  what  an  abyss 
we  had  arrived.  He  spoke  without  looking  at  the  Czar,  keeping 
his  right  hand  on  the  table  and  lowering  his  eyes.  He  did  not 
see  the  Czar's  face,  and  probably  it  was  more  easy  for  him  to 
speak  out  the  whole  truth  in  this  manner. 

When  Gutchkov  had  finished,  the  Czar  began  to  speak,  his 
voice  and  manners  being  calmer,  and  even  more  business-like 
than  the  agitated  speech  of  Gutchkov,  in  face  of  the  greatness 
of  the  moment.  The  Czar  said  with  perfect  calmness,  as  if 
speaking  of  the  most  ordinary  thing:  "Yesterday  and  to-day, 
Jlje  whole  day,  I  have  been  thinking,  and  have  decided  to  ad- 
dicate."  .  .  . 

Then  follows  the  details  of  the  conversation. 

I  do  not  remember  exactly  when  the  Czar  rose  and  went  into 
the  next  carriage  to  sign  the  act  of  abdication.  At  about  a 
quarter  past  eleven  the  Czar  re-entered  our  carriage,  holding  in 
his  hands  some  small  sheets  of  paper.  He  said:  "Here  is  the 
Act  of  abdication;  read  it,  please." 

We  began  reading  it  in  a  half  tone.  The  document  was  writ- 
ten in  noble  and  beautiful  terms.  I  felt  ashamed  for  the  text 
which  we  ourselves  had  once  drafted. 


One  may  say  that  this  event  of  great  historical  importance 
took  place  between  11  and  12  at  night,  between  March  15  and 
16.  I  remember  that  when  all  was  finished  a  thought  fleeted 
through  my  mind:  "How  well  that  it  was  March  15  and  not 
March  14"  (the  date  of  the  assassination  of  Alexander  I) ;  af- 
ter that  we  bade  each  other  good-bye. 

I  think  at  that  time  that  the  feelings  on  either  side  were  not 
unfriendly.  I  felt  almost  pity  for  the  man  who,  at  that  mo- 
ment, had  redeemed  his  mistakes  by  the  nobility  of  ideas  which 
accompanied  his  abdication  from  power.  To  outward  seeming 
the  Czar  was  perfectly  calm  and  rather  friendly  than  cold. 

I  forgot  to  add  that  it  was  agreed  with  General  Ruzsky  that 
there  should  be  two  copies  of  the  Act  made  and  signed  by  the 
Czar,  because  we  feared  that  the  Act  which  we  should  bring  to 
Petrograd  might  easily  be  lost  amidst  the  disturbances.  The 
first  and  authentic  Act  on  the  sheets  of  paper  was  to  remain  with 
General  Ruzsky,  and  we  brought  home  the  second  copy,  also 
typed,  but  on  large  sheets.  The  Czar's  signature  on  the  right 
was  also  made  in  pencil,  while  on  the  left  Frederiks  counter- 
signed with  a  pen.  Gutchkov  and  myself  gave  a  receipt  ac- 
knowledging this  copy,  which  had  been  handed  to  us  in  General 
Ruzsky's  carriage.  We  brought  this  copy  to  Petrograd,  and  we 
succeeded  in  placing  it  in  secure  hands. 

There  was  a  moment  when  the  document  was  exposed  to  the 
danger  of  being  lost. 

So  fell  the  last  of  the  Romanoffs. 


MME.   GADSKI  QUITS   THE  STAGE. 

Mme.  Johanna  Gadski,  the  prima  donna  soprano  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Opera  Company,  announced  recently  her  decision  to 
withdraw,  for  a  time  at  least,  from  opera  in  New  York  and 
from  the  stage  on  which  she  has  spent  the  greater  portion  of  her 
career.  In  a  communication  addressed  "to  the  American  pub- 
lic," she  gave  her  reasons  for  the  step.  As  a  leading  German 
star  she  has  in  some  quarters  encountered  personal  criticism 
growing  out  of  the  war  between  this  country  and  her  own 
Fatherland.    Her  statement  reads : 

"I  feel  the  time  has  arrived  when  I  must  defend  myself  once 
and  for  all  in  the  campaign  which  was  begun  against  me  after 
an  alleged  interview  in  1916. 

"At  that  time  I  thought  it  beneath  my  dignity  to  make  a  denial 
— and  was  unfortunately  advised  to  remain  silent.  Lately,  how- 
ever, I  have  been  again  too  outrageously  and  unjustly  attacked, 
so  that  I  feel  compelled  in  justice  to  myself  and  my  many 
friends  to  contradict  these  falsehoods  and  calumnies. 

"I  herewith  emphatically  deny  to  have  ever  said,  done  or 
even  felt  anything  against  this  country,  or  any  of  its  repre- 
sentatives. 

"My  career  was  practically  started  and  made  in  the  United 
States,  and  who  knows  better  than  I  what  I  owe  to  this  my 
second  home  ?  I  feel  that  under  the  prevailing  conditions  it  is 
perhaps  better  to  withdraw  for  the  present  from  the  Metropoli- 
tan stage  and  ask  the  public  to  accept  this  statement  from  me 
as  final  and  to  resent  any  more  comments  about  me  personally, 
as  such  might  lead  to  further  misrepresentations. 

"Hoping  with  all  my  heart  that  the  numerous  friends  whom 
I  think  I  have  made  in  these  many  years  of  earnest  work  will 
continue  to  believe  in  me  and  will  remain  my  loyal  friends,  as 
I  remain  theirs,  with  sincere  gratitude. — Johanna  Gadski." 

The  prima  donna  was  born  at  Anclam,  Prussia,  in  1871,  and 
educated  at  Stettin.  In  1892  she  married  Captain  Hans  Taus- 
cher,  who  was  for  years  a  representative  of  German  munition 
makers  here,  most  recently  agents  for  the  Krupps,  and  who 
was  acquitted  by  the  courts  in  the  Welland  Canal  case. 


The  Master — You  look  worried.    What's  the  matter  ?  The 

Housekeeper — The  nurse  has  just  left,  and  there  is  nobody  to 
wash  the  baby.  The  Master — Have  the  chauffeur  do  it.  There 
isn't  as  much  mechanism  about  a  baby  as  there  is  about  a  car, 
anyhow.— Wit  and  Humor. 


IE  2.  1917 


and  California  Ad\< 


*  PL/EASURkS  WAND 


All-Laugh  Bill  at  the  Orpheum, 

Only  those  who  have  never  known  the  atro- 
phy of  the  will,  the  oozing  of  all  courage,  the 
tightening  of  the  muscles,  the  tenseness  of  the 
nerves,  that  comes  when  one  hears  a  riding 
master  give  his  instructions  for  the  first  time, 
can  fail  to  appreciate  Ray  Cox  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week.     Never   in   my  long   acquaintance 
with  Orpheum  audiences  have  I  heard  the  so- 
prano note  so  loudly  expressed  in  the  gales  of 
laughter  that  sweep  the  house  while  Miss  Cox 
takes  her  first  riding  lesson.     As  a  rule,  the 
basso-profundo  guffaws  of  the  men  predomi- 
nate, with  here  and  there  a  high  treble  giggle 
see-sawing  through  the  medley  of  sound.  But 
just  go  to  the  Orpheum  and  catch  the  lilt  of 
the    women's    laughter    as    Miss    Cox    goes 
through  the  deadly  perils  of  mounting  an  ami- 
able nag.  The  men 
give  the  act  the  ap- 
proval    of     hearty 
laughter,    but     for 
once     they   cannot 
drown       out       the 
shrieks  of  the  sis- 
terhood.    It  is  not 
that  the  men  laugh 
less  than  usual,  but 
that     the     women 

laugh  more.  Now,  Miss  Cox  is  all  done  up 
in  the  latest  riding  togs — a  stunning  Diana 
of  the  saddle  all  in  white.  She  is  further 
augmented  by  a  correctly  garbed  and  man- 
nered riding  master  and  groom. 

Hundreds  of  women  have  never  mounted 
their  first  horse  under  such  auspices.  But 
whether  they  have  done  the  stunt  in  a  rid- 
ing school,  or  under  the  spreading  chestnut 
tree  by  the  old  home  barn,  or  on  the  sun- 
baked sands  of  the  desert,  by  the  town  pump 
or  in  the  city  park,  there  is  community  of 
feeling  that  is  a  bond  between  all  of  them 
who  were  not  born  in  the  saddle,  and  while 
they  may  not  have  acted  like  Miss  Cox,  she 
expresses  their  feelings  perfectly,  and 
doubtless  that  is  the  way  most  of  them 
would  have  liked  to  behave. 

Dorothy  Shoemaker  has  a  new    triangle 
play  which  is  not  going  to  set  a  new  standard 
for  triangles;  but  she  acts  the  part  well  and 
dresses    it    equally    well.     Ted  Boyle  and 
Harry  Brown   sing  the  audience  into 
jovial  mood  and  win  an  ovation.  Walter 
De  Leon  and  Mary  Davies     have     a 
pretty  act  which  is  bringing  out  all  of 
De  Leon's  Berkeley  friends.    He  grad- 
uated into  the  theatrical  world  from 
college  stunts.    On  the  whole,  the  Or- 
pheum bill  is  the  most  entertaining  that 
we  have  had  in  weeks,  and  no  one 
should  miss  it. 


jnj  but  Pleasure  s." — Tom 


msm> 


Ruth  Chatterton,  who  brings  back  "Come  Out  of 
the  Kitchen"  to  the  Columbia,  Monday,  June  4th 


Pantages  Jammed  to  See  Star  Acts. 

Gayety,  class,  stunning  ensembles  of  spirited  girls  and  rat- 
tling good  comedy  features  run  through  this  week's  bill.    The 


Paul  Decker  Company,  in  a  unique  : 

The  Twister."  with  a  gale  of 

ter.     Young   Decker  is  spontaneoi: 
jammed  with  infectious  fun  in  outwit 

ter"  young  lady  of  the  footlights  who  has 
ed  his  prospective  father-in-law  in  a  $50,- 
000  breach  of  promise  case.  How  he  outwits 
her  and  the  portly  victim  he  has  selected  for  a 
father-in-law  is  a  scream.  Another  bunch  of 
hilarious  stuff  shaken  from  another  laughter 
tree  is  furnished  by  the  Phun  Phiends,  luscious 
girls  led  by  Jack  Hallon  and  Murray  Harris, 
who  keep  the  audience  rocking  with  their  drug 
store  mishaps  and  mistakes.  Capital  dancing 
and  catchy  songs  are  interpolated.  The  most 
extraordinary  individual  entertainer  on  this 
capital  bill  is  Chris  Richards,  an  eccentric  Eng- 
lish comedian.  Chris  is  something  decidedly 
novel,  and  puts  over  a  bagful  of  eccentricities 
in  an  entirely  new  fashion.  There's  a  laugh  in 
every  motion  of  his  anatomy,  and  he  uses 
every  muscle.  He  gets  more  laughs  out  of  the 
antics  of  his  hat  alone  than  any  ordinary  ec- 
centric comedian  gets  in  a  week  of  turns.  As 
a  break-neck  dancer  he  defies  all  the  laws  of 
anatomy  and  the  surgeons.  Capital  singing  is 
furnished  by  the  Knickerbocker  Quartette,  with 
an  excellent  selection  of  songs  that  captivate 
the  house.  The  three  Marconis  do  as  much  in 
spirited  selections  on  their  organ  accordeons. 
We  have  had  Jap  equilibrists  here  before,  but 
none  so  good  as  the  famous  Kimiwa  troupe. 
Wisely  they  have  cut  out  all  ordinary  stunts 
and  centralize  their  act  on  several  really  amaz- 
ing balancing  stunts  that  makes  one  gasp.  The 
"Secret  Kingdom"  reel  ends  this  week.  If  you 
miss  this  bill  you  miss  an  unusually  rattling 
good  show.  The  theatre  is  jammed  daily  and 
nightly. 

*  *  * 

The  "Little  Theatre"  Has  Won  Recognition. 

The  trying  period  of  the  "Little  Theatre"  in 
this  city  is  over,  and  it  has  now  attained  a  po- 
sition where  numbers  of  enthusiastic  friends 
gather  around  its  purpose  of  developing  the 
drama  idea  in  this  territory  as  well  as  develop- 
ing in  practical  ways  the  aspirations  of  those 
competents  who  seek  success  in  expressing 
themselves  and  their  emotions  on  the  stage. 
The  seating  capacity  of  the  "house"  is  a  little 
over  one  hundred  persons,  and  the  manage- 
ment has  now  reached  the  coveted  position 
where  it  can  claim,  without  protest  from  any 
quarter  of  the  country,  that  it  plays  to  more 
"capacity"  houses  than  any  theatre  on  the 
Western  continent.  The  management,  under 
the  direction  of  Reginald  Travers,  puts  on  its 
plays  at  short  intervals.  In  the  last  two  weeks' 
period,  four  one-act  plays  were  produced  that 
would  have  won  attention  at  any  ordinary 
theatre.  Small  as  the  place  is,  the  settings  are 
at  times  gems,  as  may  be  inferred  from  the  artistic  tempera- 
ment of  those  in  charge.  The  four  plays  offered  excellent  vari- 
ety, and  at  the  same  time  brought  forward  several  local  writers 
who  show  distinctive  qualities  in  plot  development  and  expres- 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


sion.  Adolph  Lehman,  with  his  "Tongmen"  and  Louise  Bryant 
with  her  "Merry  Game,"  an  allegory,  won  the  recognition  of  the 
audience.  The  other  two  plays,  "The  Infernal  Triangle"  and 
"The  Red  Robe,"  an  episode  from  one  of  Brieux's  dramas,  were 
well  acted,  and  readily  could  have  passed  the  test  of  the  usual 
theatre.  The  next  play  carded  for  presentation  will  be  "Mrs. 
Warren's  Profession."    Inquiries  by  mail  to  the  Players'  Club, 

3209  Pine  street,  or  'phone  West  4430,  will  be  readily  answered. 

#  #  * 

Advance   Announcements 

Alcazar. — After  a  week  of  careful  rehearsal  by  Richard  Ben- 
nett of  his  specially  selected  company,  he  will  open  his  season 
at  the  Alcazar  Theatre  with  the  New  York  success,  "The  Cin- 
derella Man,"  a  capital  play  with  a  novel  and  appealing  idea 
behind  it  that  delights  all  kind  of  people.  This  comedy  of 
love,  laughter  and  sentiment  ran  a  year  in  one  theatre  on  its  pro- 
duction.   The  opening  night  gives  every  evidence  of  a  crowded 

house.    Tickets  are  now  on  sale. 

*  *  * 

Beringer  Musical  Club. — The  Beringer  Musical  Club  an- 
nounces its  thirty-eighth  piano  and  vocal  recital  to  be  given  on 
the  evening  of  June  8th,  under  the  direction  of  Professor  and 
Mme.  Joseph  Beringer,  at  Century  Club  Hall,  corner  Franklin 
and  Sutter  streets.  An  excellent  program  is  being  prepared, 
and  music  lovers  are  looking  forward  to  the  event  with  much 
pleasure.  Helen  McKinlay,  the  Misses  Charlotte  Ibscher, 
Zdenka  Buben  and  Vernita  Pellow  will  be  heard  in  piano  compo- 
sitions by  Bach,  Schubert,  Chopin,  Henselt,  Leschetizky  and 
Liszt,  and  Flora  Simonton,  Miss  M.  Monica  Heffernan  and  Miss 
Irene  De  Martini  will  sing  selections  in  French,  Italian  and 
English.  Miss  Zdenka  Buben,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Berin- 
ger Conservatory  of  Music,  will  preside  at  the  piano. 
*  *  * 

Orpheum. — Nat  C.  Goodwin,  the  greatest  of  all 
American  comedians,  and  the  finest  actor  in  his  line  in 
the  English  speaking  world,  will  be  the  headline  at- 
traction next  week.  Mr.  Goodwin,  a  famous  mimic 
and  raconteur,  is  inimitable,  and  will  relate  character- 
istically humorous  stories,  deliver  recitations,  indulge 
in  reminiscences  and  give  imitations.  Dorothy  Brenner, 
"The  Lady  Dainty  of  Songland,"  will  be  heard  in  ex- 
clusive numbers  written  for  her  by  Herbert  Moore.  She 
has  been  the  successful  star  of  many  musical  comedies, 
and  when  Madame  Bernhardt  made  her  eventful  tour 
of  the  Orpheum  Circuit,  Miss  Brenner  was  selected  to 
appear  on  the  bill  with  her.  The  Helen  Leach  Wallin 
Trio  will  present  its  original  iron-jaw  wire  sensation. 
Olivotti,  Moffett  and  Clare  term  their  act  "an  oddity 
of  music  and  the  dance."  One  of  the  trio  is  a  fine  mu- 
sician, and  specializes  on  the  banjo  and  guitar,  while 
the  remaining  two  are  particularly  good  dancers.  They 
have  revived  the  Cakewalk  admirably.  The  remaining 
artists  in  this  record-breaking  bill  will  be  Dorothy 
Shoemaker  and  her  Company  in  "Supper  for  Two;" 
Walter  De  Leon  and  Mary  Davies  in  "Behind  the 
Front;"  Boyle  and  Brown,  in  "Bright,  Breezy  Bits," 
and  Ray  Cox,  the  inimitable  singing  comedienne. 


Columbia. — The  company  which  Henry  Miller  will 
bring  to  the  Columbia  Theatre,  commencing  with  next 
Monday,  June  4th,  will  be  identical  with  that  which  ap- 
peared for  thirty-two  weeks  in  New  York.  Ruth  Chat- 
terton's  performance  in  the  stellar  role  has  won  the 
enthusiastic  plaudits  of  more  than  250,000  play-goers 
since  she  journeyed  into  New  York  from  her  successful 
preliminary  season  here.  She  has  scored  a  personal 
success  greater  even  than  in  her  other  triumphant  vehi- 
cle, "Daddy  Long  Legs."  Others  in  the  cast  who  will 
be  remembered  in  the  same  roles,  last  summer,  are  Mrs. 
Charles  G.  Craig,  Barbara  Milton,  William  H.  Sams, 
Robert  Ames  and  Walter  Connolly.  Newcomers  in  the 
company,  so  far  as  San  Francisco  is  concerned,  are 
Alice  Baxter,  Frances  Goodrich,  Raymond  Walburn 
and  Saxon  Kling. 

*  *  * 

Pantages. — "The  Girl  from  Amsterdam"  comes,  fea- 
tured with  pretty  girls,  a  clever  book,  funny  comedians 


and  tuneful  selections.  Roy  Clair,  a  well  known  musical  com- 
edy star,  heads  the  company,  which  includes  Celeste  Barker, 
and  Laura  Baer,  and  the  famous  Amsterdam  girl  beauty  chorus. 
George-Barbier,  Carrie  Thatcher  and  that  excellent  company, 
appear  in  the  special  features,  "The  Way  Out."  It  has  been  a 
big  hit  on  the  circuit.  Daniel  Roach  and  James  McCurdy,  late 
stars  as  Hi  Holler  and  the  Town  Constable  in  the  original  pro- 
duction of  "Way  Down  East,"  will  be  the  other  special  added 
feature.  Alber's  Polar  Bears,  a  big  and  spectacular  offering, 
in  which  eight  gigantic  animals  from  the  frozen  North,  will  be 
one  of  the  big  drawing  cards.  Other  numbers  include :  The 
Wilton  Sisters,  youthful  entertainers  in  new  songs;  Frank  Gaby, 
the  versatile  ventriloquist;  and  Ruth  Roland,  in  Chapter  One 
of  "The  Neglected  Wife,"  will  be  the  screen  offering. 


Harp  Virtuoso  at  Auditorium. — Kajetan  Attl,  the  Bohemian 
harp  virtuoso,  who  is  to  be  soloist  with  the  San  Francisco  Muni- 
cipal Orchestra,  Thursday  evening,  June  7th,  is  acknowledged 
to  be  the  greatest  among  living  harpists.  Among  Attl's  num- 
bers will  be  a  most  interesting  transcription  for  harp  of  a  folk 
song  of  his  native  land,  "Bohemia."  Miss  Lucy  Van  de  Mark, 
dramatic  contralto,  will  sing  "Bliss  Forever  Past,"  from  the 
"Bohemian  Girl."    The  program  to  be  given  follows : 

Military  March,  Schubert.  "On  the  River  Moldau,"  Smetana. 
Harp  Solo  by  Kejetan  Attl  (a)  Bohemian  Folk  Song,  Attl;  (b) 
Pattuglia  Spagnnola,  Vedeschi;  (c)  Spring,  Gounod.  Two 
movements  from  the  Chinese  Suite,  "Aladdin,"  Edgar  Stillman 
Kelly  (a)  Serenade;  (b)  Feast  of  the  Lanterns.  Contralto  solo 
by  Lucy  van  de  Mark,  "Bliss  Forever  Past,"  from  the  Bohemian 
Girl,"  Balf e ;  Invitation  to  the  Dance,  Weber ;  Tannhauser  Over- 
ture, Wagner. 


nH^H^HnnHBm 


Nat  C.  Goodwin,  America's  greatest  comedian,  next  week  at  the  Orpheum 


ami  Cal'  ii$rr 


o  is  anxious  tc 


:o  strengt! 
the  coram. 
and  suppoi 

The  mo.-:  ,  les  of  symphonic  activities  to- 

ire  to  be  found  in  the  cities  of  the  .  .  COUn- 

of  Europe,  in  London,  in  Paris,  in  Berlin  and  in 
Vienna.  The  people  of  San  Francisco  must  come  to  real- 
ize that  any  enterprise  such  a  .  Francisco  Sym- 
phony must  be  a  community  matter  and  supported  by  the 
community.  The  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orch< 
now  an  admitted  necessary  activity  of  the  city,  according 
tc  a  recent  letter  issued  from  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Therefore,  we  appeal  to  every  fair-minded  citizen  to  rally 
to  the  support  of  this  organization  if  they  would  have  it 
continued  for  another  period. 

The  difficulty  of  securing  seats  in  the  past  has  been 
eliminated  by  recent  action,  which  divides  the  subscribers 
into  classes  according  to  the  amount  subscribed,  with  the 
privilege  of  purchasing  seats  according  to  classes:  Class 
A,  $5,000  per  year;  class  B,  $2,500  per  year;  and  class  C, 
$1,000  per  year,  may  purchase  such  seats  as  may  be 
needed  for  their  personal  use.  Class  D,  $500  per  year, 
may  purchase  6  seats;  class  E,  $250  per  year,  may  pur- 
chase 4  seats;  class  F,  $100,  $150  and  $200  per  year  may 
purchase  2  seats.  Classes  will  be  given  preference  in  the 
selection  of  seats  in  the  order  named. 

When  all  members  are  alloted  seats  for  the  Friday  con- 
certs, it  is  possible  that  there  will  be  but  a  few  left  for 
public  sale,  but  the  public  must  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact 
that  the  Sunday  Symphony  concerts  are  of  the  same  high 
class  as  Friday,  and  are  given  at  one-half  the  cost,  bring- 
ing the  best  music  within  the  reach  of  all  classes. 

In  the  hope  of  giving  added  impetus  to  the  campaign  for 
next  season,  the  following  comparison  is  given :  San 
Francisco,  population  550,000;  Minneapolis,  Minnesota, 
population  350,000;  both  supporting  symphony  orchestra  of  80 
men  each.  Minneapolis  Symphony  guarantors :  23  persons  give 
$1,000  each;  34  persons  give  $500  each;  240  persons  give  $100 
to  $300  each.  San  Francisco  Symphony  guarantors :  1  person 
gives  $5,000;  3  persons  give  $1,000;  1  person  gives  $700;  12 
give  $500;  2  give  $400;  2  give  $300;  290  give  from  $100  to  $250. 
Minneapolis  Orchestra  expense,  $95,000;  San  Francisco  Orches- 
tra expense,  $72,000.  The  following  list  includes  all  subscrip- 
tions of  $400  and  over,  seasons  1916-17  and  1917-18.  New  sub- 
scriptions will  be  added: 

$5,000— Blanding,  Gordon. 

$1,000— Hellman,  Isaias  W„  Irwin,  Mrs.  W.  G.,  Neilson,  Mrs. 
W.  D. 

$700— Sharon,  Mrs.  Louise  T. 

$500— Chamberlain,  Selah;  Dohrmann,  A.  B.  C.,;  Fleish- 
hacker,  Herbert;  Fleishhacker,  Mortimer;  Heller,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  S.;  Hearst,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A.;  Koshland,  Mrs.  M.  S.;  Robbins, 
Mrs.  Lloyd;  Rosseter,  J.  H.;  Spreckels,  A.  B.;  Sproule,  William; 
Whittell,  George. 

$400 — Guggenhime,  Mrs.  Leon. 

The  Membership  Committee  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  of 
the  Musical  Association  of  San  Francisco  met  in  Mrs.  William 
Sproule's  apartments  in  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  May  29,  1917. 
Among  those  present  were  Mesdames  F.  W.  Griffin,  William 
Sproule,  M.  C.  Sloss,  Helen  Hecht,  S.  Stetson  Winslow,  Walter 
Scott  Franklin,  A.  S.  Baldwin,  M.  S.  Koshland,  S.  Sussman,  M. 
C.  Porter  and  Miss  Lena  Blanding.  A  total  of  nearly  $4,000  in 
r.ew  subscriptions  was  reported,  and  quite  a  number  of  pledges 
promised,  but  unsigned,  that  are  not  included  in  the  above  total. 
This  leaves  about  $15,000  to  be  raised. 


"Wilbur,"  said  the  wife  of  the  editor,  as  he  toiled  late 

in  his  study,  "I  am  going  to  bed  now.  If  you  hear  the  alarm 
clock  in  the  morning,  will  you  wake  me  up?"  "Yes,  dear,"  re- 
.  plied  Wilbur  absently.  "Remind  me  of  it  again  at  the  breakfast 
table."— Puck. 


V.iss    Irene    De    Martini,    member   of   the    Beringer    Musical    Club,    who    will 
sing    at    Century    Hall,    Friday    evening.    June    8th. 

PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA 

70-MUS.CANS-70        NIKOLAI   SOKOLOFF,  Conductor 
CORT  THEATER,  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  AT  3 

RUSSIAN   PROGRAMME  — Sibelius    Symphony:     MouBSorgsky    "Mount    Chauv;" 
Boro^.ine,  "Steppes  of  Central   Asia:"  Glazounow  "Solenelle." 

POPULAR     PRICES     $1.00,     75c.     50c,    26c. 
TICKETS  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.   and  Cort  daily.    Sat.  Aft.  an. 1  Sun,  at  fort  only. 
Further  Concerts  will  be  given  Sun.  Afts..  June  17,  July  1,  July  15  and  July  21). 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell   Street 


Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAT. 

A     RECORD    BREAKING     BILL 
NAT    C.     GOODWIN 

The  American  Comedian  in  Characteristically  Humorous  Stories.  Recitations 
and  Imitations;  DOROTHY  BRENNER  "The  Lady  Dainty  of  Songland"  in 
Exclusive  Songs:  HELEN  LEACH  WALLIN  TRIO.  Original  Iron  Jaw  Wire 
Sensation:  OLIVOTTI.  MOFFETT  &  CLAIRE,  an  Oddity  of  Music  and  The 
Dance:  WALTER  DE  LEON  &  MARY  DAVIES  in  "Behind  the  Front"; 
BOYLE  &  BROWN  in  "Bright  Breezy  Bits";  DOROTHY  SHOEMAKER  A  CO, 
in  Percival  Wilde's  plaj  let  "Supper  for  Two";  RAY  COX  in  New  Songs  and 
"Her  First  Lesson  in  Horseback  Riding." 

Evening  Prices — 10c.,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),   10c,   25c,   50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Lending  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Ma?on  Sis. 

Phone  Franklin  150 


Two  Weeks  Beginning:  Monday  June  4th,  Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
Return  after  32  weeks  at  the  Cohan  Theatre,  N.  Y. 
Henry  Miller  presents 

RUTH       CHATTERTON 
with  Bruce  McRae  and  a  strong  cast  in 

"COME    OUT    OF    THE     KITCHEN" 
by  A.  E.  Thomas  from  the  story  of  the  same  name  by  Alice  Duer Miller 

Pantages '  1  heatre    ***<*  ^^  opposite  m.™ 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
BLUE    RIBBON    VAUDEVILLE 

"THE  GIRL  FROM  AMSTERDAM"  A  ROLLICKING  SYMPOSIUM  OF 
MUSIC,  FUN  AND  PRETTY  GIRLS;  BARBIER-THATCIIER  &  CO.  IN 
"THE  WAY  OUT;"  THE  WILTOU  SISTERS  YOUTHFUL  ENTERTAINERS- 
ROACH  &  McCURDY  IN  "A  TOUCH  OF  NATURE;"  FRANK  GABY  i  CO  : 
VERSATILE  VENTRILOQUIST:  "THE  NEGLECTED  WIFE"  CHAPTER 
ONE:  ALBERS  POLAR  BEARS  IN  A  SENSATIONAL  EXHIBITION  OF 
ANIMAL  INTELLIGENCE. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
ABRAMS, — Mr.   and  Mrs.   I.    Lessman   announce    the   engagement   of  Mrs. 

Lessman's  son,  Jack  Abrams,   to  Miss  Hilda  Levy. 
LGNALDSON-RUSSELL. — Mrs.    Mabel  A.    Donaldson    announced   the   en- 
gagement of  her  daughter,    Miss    Lucille   Donaldson,    to   Elbridge   F. 
Russell. 
MILLER-HANLEY. — Announcement  is   made  of  the   engagement   of  Miss 
Marjorie  Miller,   daughter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Mark  A.   Miller,   of  Ala- 
meda, and  Francis  J.   Hanley,  who  is  in  business  in  Philadelphia. 
SLAVEN-BECKETT. — Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Ruth  Slaven,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Slaven,  of  Oakland,  and 
Ralph  E.  Beckett. 
WALLACE-DUNN. — Announcement  has  been  made  of  the  engagement  of 
Miss  Rosselet  Wallace,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Wallace 
of  Berkeley,  and  Henry  Waddington  Dunn. 
WANN-BUWALDA. — Miss  Irma  Wann  has  named  Saturday,  July  2Sth,  as 
the  date  for  the  wedding  of  John  Buwalda,  the  ceremony  to  take  place 
in  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Berkeley. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MORGAN-PENNO'YER. — Miss  Frances  Morgan,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Pierpont  Morgan,  has  named  June  16th  for  her  wedding  date  to  Paul 
Geddes  Pennoyer  of  San  Francisco  and  Berkeley.     The  marriage  will 
be  celebrated  at  St.  John's  Church  at  Lattingham,  Long  Island. 
WEDDING  ANNIVERSARIES. 
LILLET. — Mr.   and  Mrs.  Alexander  Lilley  on  Sunday  celebrated  the  fif- 
teenth anniversary  of  their  marriage  with  a  tea  given  at  their  home 
at  San  Rafael. 

LUNCHEONS. 
BROMFIELD. — As   a   pretty   compliment   in   honor  of   the   engagement   of 
Mrs.  Dolly  MacGavin  and  Alan  Cline,  Mrs.  Gordon  Bromfield  presided 
at  a  beautifully  appointed  luncheon  Monday  at  the  Women's  Athletic 
Club. 
CARRUTHBRS. — Among   the   many   affairs  which  were   planned   for  Miss 
Helen  Vance  of  Sausalito.  one  of  the  brides-elect  of  the  season,  was  a 
luncheon  given  by  Mrs.   Charles  Carruthers  on  Wednesday  at  her  at- 
tractive home  on  Santa  Rosa  avenue,  Sausalito. 
IE.WIN. — "'Crossways,"   the  handsome  home   of  Mrs.   William   G.   Irwin  in 
Burlingame,  opened  for  the  summer,  was  the  setting  for  an  interest- 
ing gathering  at  the  luncheon  hour  Thursday. 
KEENEY. — Complimentary    to    Miss    Rhoda   Fullam,    Miss    Helen    Keeney 

presided  at  a  luncheon  Tuesday  at  her  Buchanan  street  residence. 
McCONNELL. — Mrs.   Parker  J.   McConnell   invited   a  few   of   the   younger 
matrons  and  girls  to  be  her  guests  Thursday  afternoon  at  luncheon. 
The  hostess  entertained  her  friends  at  the  home   of  her  aunt,   Mrs. 
Richard  B.  Ayer,  in  Piedmont. 
McNEAR. — A   coterie  of  the  friends  of  Mrs.   Frederick  W.   McNear  ac- 
cepted her  hospitality  Wednesday  at  luncheon  at  her  home  in  Menlo 
Park. 
NEFF. — Another  of  the  charming  compliments  paid  to  Miss  Helen  Vance, 
a  much-feted  bride-elect  of  this   season,  was   the  luncheon   presided 
over  by  Mrs.  William  Neff  Monday  afternoon.     The  Woman's  Athletic 
Club  was   the   setting  for   this  affair. 
VANDAL. — Complimentary  to  Mrs.  Ernest  Hueter,  Mrs.  Murray  J.  Vandal 
entertained  with  an  elaborate  luncheon  at  the  Palace  this  week. 
DINNERS. 
KOHL. — Several  of  the  friends  of  Mrs.   C.   Frederick  Kohl  accepted  her 
hospitality  Tuesday  at  an  informal  dinner  given  in  her  Burlingame 
home. 
RTER. — Mrs.    Fletcher  Ryer  gave   a  dinner  party  Wednesday  as   a  com- 
pliment  to  Mrs.  Andrew  Lord  and  Arthur  Lord  of  New  York.     Mrs. 
Lord  is  visiting  various  of  her  friends  down  the  peninsula,  and  is  at 
present  the  guest  of  Mrs.   James  A.   Folger. 
SCHLESINGER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert  Schlessinger  entertained  half  a  dozen 
friends  informally  at  dinner  this  week  at  the  Women's  Athletic  Club. 
TEAS. 
ADAMS. — Miss  Etta  Adams,  a  charming  Los  Angeles  girl,  who  is  visiting 
Judge  and  Mrs.  Franklin  Griffin  in  San  Francisco,   will  be  the   honor 
guest  at  a  tea  to  be  given  this  afternoon  by  Miss  Marie  de  Bernard! 
in  Alameda. 
BYINGTON. — Mrs.  Horace  Byington  entertained  at  tea  Thursday  afternoon 

at  her  home  in  Piedmont. 
CURTIS. — Mrs.  Francis  Vincent  Curtis  of  Washington  street  entertained  a 

few  of  her  friends  at  a  charmingly  informal  tea  Monday  afternoon. 
L'WIGHT. — Mrs.  Ward  A.  Dwight  planned  an  interesting  afternoon  Tues- 
day, when  a  number  of  her  friends  were  invited  to  meet  Miss  Blanche 
Bonestell,  a  recent  arrival  from  London. 
FER.GUSON. — In   compliment  to  Miss  Ethel  Ferguson,   who   is   to  become 
the   bride    of   Frank   McArthur   next    month,    Mrs.    John    Daniels    was 
hostess  Monday  afternoon  at  a  pretty  tea  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 
HAMBLY. — Miss  Helen  Hambly  entertained  a  dozen  young  friends   from 
both   sides   of  the  bay  at  her  home   on    Shattuck  avenue,    Berkeley, 
Saturday.      The  affair  was  in  honor  of  Miss  Marjorie  Laurie  of  Ala- 
meda, who  left  on  an  extended  trip  to  San  Salvador.  Central  America. 
LAIDLAW. — Mrs.   Ernest  Laidlaw  has   issued   invitations   for  a   tea  to  be 

given  at  her  Sausalito  home  to-morrow. 
LAINE. — On  the  invitation  of  Mrs.  J.  R.  Laine,  a  congenial  group  assem- 
bled Tuesday  afternoon  at  her  Broadway  home  for  an  hour  over  the 
tea  cups. 


SOKOLOFF.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    Nikolai    Sokoloff   will    entertain    informally 

with  a  studio   tea  this   afternoon  at  Mr.   Sokoloff's  studio  on   Sutter 

street. 
STEWART.— Complimentary  to  Miss  Helen  Vance  of  Sausalito  Mrs.  W.  S. 

Stewart  entertained  at  a  tea  at  her  Sausalito  home  Monday. 
CARDS. 
BARKER. — Bridge    furnished    an    interesting    afternoon    for    a    number    of 

the  friends  of  Miss  Margaret  Barker  Tuesday  at  her  Belvedere  home. 
BROWN. — Mrs.  Frank  L.  Brown  was  the  honored  guest  at  a  bridge  party 

given  Tuesday  by  Mrs.   Charles  G.  Lathrop  at  the  hostess'  beautiful 

home  in  Palo  Alto. 
GOULD. — Miss  Grace  Gould  will  entertain  for  Mrs.  Leland  Church  Stearns 

at  her  home  in  Alameda  on  the  afternoon  of  June  9th. 
KBLLAR. — The  Pacific  avenue  residence  of  Mrs.  Ida  Kellar  assembled  a 

number  of  her  friends  Tuesday  afternoon  for  an  enjoyable  bridge  party 

preceded  by  luncheon. 
MILLS  CLUB. — For  the  afternoon  of  June  9th  an  elaborate  card  party  is 

planned  by  the  Mills  Club  of  Alameda  County,  and  the  affair  will  take 

place  in   the   beautiful  ballroom   at   "Arbor  Villa,"    the   home   of  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Smith  in  East  Oakland. 
ROBERTSON.— Mrs.    J.    H.    Robertson    of    Sixth    avenue    entertained    at 

a  bridge  tea  in  compliment  to  the  Misses  Luella  and  Beona  Guthrie, 

who  are  visiting  in  this  city,   guests  of  Mrs.  Lloyd  Weaver,   at  her 

residence  on  Washington  street. 
RAISCH. — A  bridge  party  was   the   occasion  for  gathering   a  coterie   of 

friends  of  Miss  Leila  Raisch  on   Thursday  afternoon  at  the  hostess' 

Clay  street  home. 
SAVAGE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melvin  Daniel  Savage  spent  the  week-end  at  Del 

Monte  and  Monterey.     Mrs.   Savage  will  be  hostess  on  June  3d  at  a 

bridge  tea  at  her  home  in  Ninth  avenue. 
WALTON. — Mrs.   Stanley  Walton  entertained  Tuesday  afternoon  in  Ber- 
keley for  her  sister,  Miss  Blanche  Bonestell,  who  recently  arrived  from 

London.     Bridge  was  the  diversion  for  the  afternoon. 
ARRIVALS.    - 
BARRINGTON. — T.  Winslow  Barrington  and  his  bride  are  back  from  their 

honeymoon  trip,  and  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Hotel  Shattuck  in 

Berkeley. 
FAY. — Miss  Maude  Fay,  who  has  returned  to  pass  two  months  in  Cali- 
fornia, was  accompanied  from  New  York  by  her  sister,   Mrs.  Kirby 

Crittenden. 
MANN. — Miss  Dorothy  Mann  has  returned  from  a  six  weeks'  trip  to  New 

York,  and  has  joined  her  mother,  Mrs.   Seth  Mann,  at  1740  Franklin 

street. 
POWERS. — After  an  absence  from  San  Francisco  of  more  than  two  years, 

Mrs.    Thomas  Jefferson  Powers,   wife  of  Major  Powers,   U.   S.  A.,   is 

again  in  San  Francisco. 

DEPARTURES. 

ATWOOD. — Mrs.  Harrison  Atwood  of  Belvedere  left  Thursday  for  Auburn, 

Maine,  to  spend  the  greater  part  of  the  summer  with  relatives. 
BREEDEN. — Mrs.  Henry  Clarence  Breeden  has  joined  the  San  Francisco 

colony  now  at  Santa  Barbara,  and  will  be  away  for  several  weeks. 
EEAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barton  Bean  of  925  Chestnut  street,  left  for  a  two 

weeks'  visit  in  Los  Angeles. 
BOREL. — Mr.    and   Mrs.    Antoine    Borel   will    pass    the  week-end    in    Del 

Monte,  where  they  will  enjoy  golf  and  other  pastimes  provided  by  that 

place.     Miss  Helen  Jones  will  accompany  them. 
CALE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dutro  Cale  departed  Thursday  morning  to  pass  a 

vacation  in  St.  Louis. 
DE  GUIGNE. — Mrs.  Christian  de  Guigne  and  Mrs.  Robin  Hayne  have  left 

for  New  York,  where  they  will  enjoy  a  visit  of  several  weeks. 
DIBBLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Dibble  and  their  children  left  June  1st  for 

Los  Gatos,  where  they  have  taken  a  house  for  a  month  or  so.     Latei 

in  the  summer  they  will  go  to  Napa,  where  they  spent  last  summer. 
GRACE. — Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Grace  and  her  attractive  daughter,  Miss  Geral- 

dine  Grace,  who  passed  an  enjoyable  stay  in  town  at  the  Palace,  have 

returned  to  their  home  in  Santa  Rosa. 
JANSS. — Mrs.   Edwin   Janss   has   returned   to   her  home   in   Los   Angeles, 

after  an  enjoyable  visit  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  William  Cluff,  of  Menlo 

Park. 

A  Charming 
"exion 


Friends  are  calling  or  you  have  a  sudden  invitation. 
Just  a  moment  to  look  your  best.  It  takes  but  a 
few  seconds  to  apply 

Gouraud's 


14 


Oriental  Cream 

and  obtain  a  perfect  complexion  -  a  soft,    clear, 

pearly-white  appearance  that  is  always  refined  and. 

and  in  good  taste — Non-greasy — In  use  68  years. 

Send  1 0c.  for  trial  size 

FKPD.  T  HOPKINS  &  SO"-*,    New  York  City 


June  2.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


-uumU.     Mua  M 

bo  hu  >>liwd  a  »|u».|   • 

-•  Martu  Sprout, 


•  l.-l      Mt. 


11 


'«•     *l 


lay  by 

mer.     The] 
THOMAS      Mr     i 


I 


Boa  ton,  anO   ■  • 


INTIMATIONS. 


AVERY.— Mr*.  William  Aver}   of  the  HoUl   Fain 

ant  visit  -■-■ 

AI.t'Itini.-Mis    Winthrop  W.  Aid  rich  ha  ,t   N«n 

York  to  Newport  her  husband,  who  Is  with  the  N 

Patrol 

RaKBR-   Mrs    Wakefield  Baker  chaperoned  a  group  ol  ipta  who 

passed  the  weak-end  aa  thi   gu<  ita  of  Austin  Tubba  in  the 

hills  back  ol    • 

BRRRSB — Mrs.  Bugene   \  reaman  and  Mrs.   Howard 

Holmes  plan  to  spend  the  month  of  Jun 

CHAMBERLAIN     The  wedding  »t  Miss  Pauline  Chamberlain,  the  charm- 
ing daughter  of  Mrs.  m.  II.  Chamberlain  <>f  Berkeley,  and  Allen  Mor- 
row is  to  take  place  within  the  next  two  weeks,  but  as  yet  th< 
date  has  not  been  set 

CODMAN.— Miss  Ruth  Codman  of  Berkeley  is  planning  to  visit 

lege  mat.-.  Miss  Dorla  Mason,  at  the  latter's  home  in  Santa  Barbara. 
Miss  Codman  has  many  friends  In  Santa  Barbara,  as  her  family  lived 
there  for  some  years  after  leaving  Boston. 

COLEMAN— Miss  Cara  Coleman  and  Miss  Nancy  Park  are  the  latest  Of 
the  younger  element  of  society  to  announce  a  determination  to  join 
the  women's  training  camp  at  the  Presidio. 

FBLTON. — Among  the  latest  recruits  to  the  army  of  those  who  flock 
to  the  country  as  soon  as  June  is  within  hailing  distance  are  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Felton.  who  have  taken  possession  of  their  charming 
summer  cottage  at  Los  Gatos. 

HOBART. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  1  lobar t  passed  the  week-end  at  then- 
attractive  country  home  on  Lake  Tahoe,  making  the  place  in  readiness 
for  occupancy  during  the  greater  part  of  the  summer.  Walter  Hobai  I 
went  up  to  take  possession  about  June  1st,  and  Mrs.  Hohart,  who 
left  about  that  time  for  a  few  weeks'  visit  on  her  ranch  in  Nevada, 
will  join  him  at  Tahoe  the  latter  partof  the  month. 

HOLMES. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Holmes  of  2615  Buchanan  street  are 
planning  an  enjoyable  vacation  at  Bartlett  Springs.  They  will  leave 
the  city  some  time  during  the  coming  month,  and  will  remain  away 
for  a  fortnight  or  longer. 

HOLTON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luther  Holton  and  their  niece.  Miss  Dorothy 
Hoi  ton,  who  are  motoring  through  Southern  California,  timed  their 
visit  in  Santa  Barbara  so  as  to  be  there  on  the  arrival  of  their  cousins, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  Ruff  of  New  York. 

HICKEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carroll  Thomas  Hickey.  whose  marriage  took 
place  In  New  York  May  17th,  have  arrived  here  to  make  their  home. 

HUNTINGTON. — Miss  Marian  Huntington,  who  has  just  accomplished  a 
successful  motor  trip  to  New  York,  is  planning  another  interesting  out- 
ing for  July.  Miss  Huntington  plans  to  motor  to  the  Glacier  National 
Park,  accompanied  by  Miss  Marcia  Fee  and  several  other  of  her 
friends. 

IRWIN. — Closing  her  handsome  residence  on  Washington  street,  Mrs.  Wm. 
G.  Irwin  is  making  ready  her  summer  home,  "Crossways,"  at  Burlin- 
game. 

JACKLING.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  C.  Jackling  will  arrive  in  San  Francisco 
in  about  two  weeks.  The  Jacklings  have  been  making  a  leisurely  re- 
turn trip  from  New  York.     At  present  they  are  in  Salt  Lake  City. 

LOWE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Lowe  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  have  re- 
opened their  summer  home  at  Montecito  and  are  entertaining  their  son 
and  daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Lowe,  Jr. 

MARYE. — Friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Marye  will  be  interested  to 
know  that  they  are  planning  to  leave  Washington  next  week  en  route 
for  California. 

MATSON. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilfred  H.  Matson  are  planning  to  close  their 
house  in  town  and  remove  to  the  Matson  country  place  at  Brooksido. 

MONTEAGLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  F.  Monteagle  will  have  as  their  guest 
for  the  next  few  days  Bishop  Robert  L.  Paddock  of  Eastern  Oregon. 

NERNEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Nerney  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew 
Werner  Lawson  have  taken  the  Hughson  place  at  Ross  for  the  sum- 
mer. 

NIEBLING.— Miss  Rhoda  Niebling  passed  the  week  end  in  Ross,  where 
she  was  a  guest  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  K.  Armsby  and 
Miss  Mary  Armsby. 

O'SULLIVAN. — Mrs.  Dennis  O'Sullivan  and  her  children  spent  the  week- 
end as  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Teague  at  their  country 
place  at  St.  Helena. 

REID.— Herman  L.  Reid  and  his  bride,  who  was  Miss  Louise  Mills,  are  en 
route  to  the  southern  part  of  the  State  in  their  automobile  and  expect 
to  be  away  about  a  month. 

SADLER. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Sadler  accompanied  their  daughter,  Mrs. 

Louis  Risdon  Mead,  to  the  latter's  home  at  Byron  Hot  Springs  for  a 
stay  of  a  fortnight. 

STUBBS  —Mrs.  D.  D.  Stubbs  of  Los  Angeles,  who  has  been  visiting  her 
daughter-in-law,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Stubbs.  of  West  Clay  Park,  has  removed 
to  Piedmont,  where  she  will  pass  the  remainder  of  the  summer. 


plan    I 


win    >i 


MRS.   RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

OPEN    ALL    SUMMER. 
HOI  i 

I  dally   in   sj 

i  ■  v  ^  s 
HO  CHOOL    on 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
21171 


2123) 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eastern  Col. 
leges. 

SARAH   D.   HAMLIN,  M.  A. 

2230  Pacific  Ave.,  San   Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE    GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL  ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOG 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,   near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer(Concert Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals,  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  Join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


NEW   YORK'S  LATEST  SOCIETY  JOURNAL,   "THE 
CHRONICLE." 

The  Chronicle,  a  monthly  magazine  of  sixteen  pages,  and 
managed  by  a  coterie  of  thinking  New  Yorkers,  who  have  ideas 
on  the  maelstrom  of  events  in  which  the  world  is  now  eddying, 
and  who  possess  ample  means,  made  a  splash  in  the  periodical 
field  of  Manhattan  recently  with  its  initial  number.  The  names 
of  consequence  signed  to  the  articles  and  the  announcement  that 
subscriptions  were  twelve  dollars  per  year  and  no  copies  sold 
singly,  together  with  the  fact  that  no  advertisements  appeared 
and  no  illustrations,  caught  the  delirious  attention  of  the  New 
York  dailies.  Column  comments  were  industriously  made  by  the 
New  York  Tribune,  The  Times,  The  World  and  others.  The 
policy  of  this  ingenious  periodical  is  "of  society,  by  society  and 
for  society."  Joseph  H.  Choate,  one  of  the  contributors,  char- 
acterized the  paper  as  "A  medium  through  which  the  intelligent 
people  who  are  not  professional  writers  may  speak  to  the  pub- 
lic on  the  topics  of  the  day."  Among  these  contributors  in  the 
early  issues  were  such  names  as  Mrs.  Harry  Payne  Whitney, 
Mrs.  William  Astor  Canler,  Jay  Gould,  Mrs.  Muriel  Draper, 
Francis  Roche,  Mrs.  Benjamin  Guiness,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mar- 
bury,  Mrs.  J.  Borden  Harriman,  Lady  Troubridge,  Sir  Frederick 
Milner,  Bart.  Mrs.  Allen  Gouvernour  Wellman,  Mrs.  Bayard 
Van  Rensselaer,  Gertrude  Kingston  and  Whitney  Warren. 

On  the  editorial  staff  is  H.  McDonald  Spencer,  well  known 
here  in  newspaper  circles  and  a  theatrical  critic  and  commenta- 
tor whose  work  attracted  attention  where  good  literary  crafts- 
manship is  appreciated.  His  excellent  criticisms  published  in 
this  and  other  local  periodicals,  and  his  contributions  to  high- 
class  New  York  periodicals  for  several  years  past,  won  for  him 
his  appointment  on  The  Chronicle,  and  he  was  called  East, 
where  he  is  continuing  his  success. 


THE  FATHERLESS  CHILDREN  OF  FRANCE. 

The  San  Francisco  Committee  of  the  Fatherless  Children  of 
France  announces  an  exhibit  of  Allied  Recruiting  War  Posters 
and  Trench  Magazines,  loaned  by  Mr.  Templeton  Crocker;  and 
some  War  Relics,  loaned  by  Mr.  Donald  Montieth.  The  post- 
ers, 300  in  number,  have  been  collected  in  Europe,  and  are  strik- 
ingly original  and  interesting,  the  work  of  many  artists,  among 
them  such  men  as  Pryse,  Brangwyn,  Powell,  Sem,  Chebas  and 
Sind. 

The  exhibit  will  be  held  in  the  ball  room  of  the  Hotel  St. 
Francis,  June  4th,  and  ending  June  9th;  open  from  10  a.  m.  to 
6  p.  m.;  admission  fifty  cents.  The  proceeds  are  to  go  directly 
to  the  children  of  France  whose  fathers  have  been  killed  in  the 
war.  A  pledge  from  you  of  ten  cents  aday,  $3  a  month,  $36.50 
a  year,  will  keep  a  little  child  of  France  in  its  mother's  care. 
You  will  be  given  the  child's  name,  and  can  correspond  directly 
with  the  mother. 


The  pale-faced-passenger  looked  out  of  the  car-window 

with  exceeding  interest.  Finally  he  turned  to  his  seat-mate. 
'You  likely  think  I  never  rode  in  the  cars  before,"  he  said,  "but 
the  fact  is,  pardner,  I  just  got  out  of  prison  this  morning,  and  it 
does  me  good  to  look  around.  It  is  going  to  be  mighty  tough, 
though,  facing  my  old-time  friends.  I  s'pose,  though,  you  ain't 
got  much  idea  how  a  man  feels  in  a  case  like  that."  "Perhaps 
I  have  a  better  idea  of  your  feelings  than  you  think,"  said  the 
other  gentleman,  with  a  sad  smile.  "I  am  just  getting  home 
from  Congress." — Exchange. 


Mrs.  Hubb — Oh,  John,  you  say  that  if  you  lost  me  you 

would  take  to  drinking,  neglect  your  personal  appearance,  and 
go  to  the  bad  in  every  way.  Hubb  (firmly) — Yes,  my  dear;  you 
can  bet  I'd  fix  it  so  I'd  never  be  an  inducement  to  a  woman 
again. — New  Haven  Register. 


Farmer  Skinner    (all  het     up) — Jumpin'     Jehosaphat! 

Marthy,  you  sold  the  wrong  batch  of  fresh  eggs  to  that  there 
grocery  man.  Mrs.  Skinner — Sakes  alive!  How's  that?  Far- 
mer Skinner — Why  he  got  the  lot  stamped  March  25th,  and  to- 
day's only  March  22d. — Life. 


SOKOLOFF  TO  LEAD  SYMPHONY  AT  CORT. 

The  return  to  musical  activity  of  Nikolai  Sokoloff  and  the 
People's  Philharmonic  Orchestra  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  Sunday 
afternoon,  June  3d,  at  3  o'clock,  will  signalize  the  revival  of  one 
of  the  most  popular  institutions  that  have  ever  been  developed 
in  this  musical  community.  Sokoloff,  it  might  be  said,  is  essen- 
tially a  San  Francisco  product.  It  was  here  that  recognition 
was  first  given  him  as  an  orchestral  conductor,  and  his  innate 
genius  at  once  arose  to  stamp  him  as  one  of  the  coming  men  of 
the  baton.  Since  his  appearances  here  last  year,  Sokoloff  has 
won  endless  praise  in  New  York  and  other  Eastern  music  cen- 
ters. The  Philharmonic  organization  has  always  stood  for  the 
best  in  music;  its  primal  idea  is  to  give  the  public  the  finest 
music  at  a  price  within  the  means  of  everyone.  Sunday's  pro- 
gram is  an  "All  Russian"  one,  and  will  begin  with  the  beautiful 
Symphony  in  E  minor  by  the  Finnish  tone-poet,  Sibelius.  Majes- 
tically inspiring,  Moussorgsky's  "Night  on  the  Bare  Mountain," 
will  be  played  next.  This  work  is  an  inspired  composition,  as 
those  who  heard  it  on  its  only  prior  presentation  here,  one  Sun- 
day in  Festival  Hall  at  the  Exposition,  will  testify.  Borodine's 
"On  the  Steppes  of  Central  Asia,"  comes  next,  and  the  soul- 
stirring  Overture  Solennelle,  by  Glazounow,  will  close  the  mag- 
nificent program. 

Some  of  the  best  musicians  of  the  city,  and  a  number  of  the 
best  women  soloists  are  included  in  the  personnel  of  the  new  • 
"Philharmonic."  Emilio  Meriz,  the  eminent  Spanish-American 
violinist,  will  be  concert  master.  The  assistant  concert  master 
will  be  Will  A.  Prior.  Adolph  Rosenbecker  is  head  of  the  sec- 
end  violins.  In  the  violin  section  are  John  Josephs,  Hans  Ko- 
r.ig,  Louis  Ford,  Lion  Goldwasser,  Louis  Rovinsky,  Messrs. 
Ruiz  and  Sieger.  There  will  be  about  24  violinists  and  8  violas 
and  8  violincellists.  The  first  viola  is  Bernat  Jaulus,  and  Geor- 
ges von  Hagel  and  Arthur  Weiss  are  most  prominent  in  the 
'cello  section,  which  includes  Dorothy  Pasmore.  J.  Lahan  is  the 
principal  of  six  contra-basses.  B.  Parker,  first  flute;  F.  Rossi, 
piccolo;  W.  Shipilitti,  first  oboe;  H.  B.  Randal  and  J.  Shanis, 
principal  clarinettists;  S.  Merloo,  first  basoon,  and  F.  Huske, 
P.  Roth,  R.  Rocco  and  J.  Jakob  will  be  the  horn  quartette.  In 
the  brass  section,  noted  names  are  A.  Arriolla,  H.  Auerbach,  F. 
Tait,  G.  Crozier,  and  many  others.  The  noted  harpist,  Kattejan 
Attl,  will  also  lend  distinction.  Tickets  will  be  on  sale  at  the 
Cort  Theatre  from  10  a.  m.  till  the  symphony  closes. 


DOING  THE  KAISER  "HIS  BIT." 

Kaiser  Bill  used  to  tell  his  pals  of  the  Round  Beer-Table  at 
Potsdam  that  there  was  only  one  person  alive  who  had  ever 
"done"  him.  "Nicht  moglich!"  cried  Von  Moltke.  "Who  dared 
behave  thus  to  the  All-Highest  and  Lord's  Anointed?"  asked 
another  Bulgar  present.  "Ja  wohl  meine  Herren,"  replied  Wil- 
liam II.,  "you  will  be  astonished  to  learn  that  it  was  none  other 
than  my  own  eldest  son,  the  Crown  Prince.  While  he  was  com- 
pleting his  studies  at  Bonn,  I  received  a  letter  from  him  one  day 
asking  me  for  500  marks,  as  he  had  exceeded  his  allowance. 
Thinking  this  a  good  occasion  to  teach  him  the  virtue  of  econ- 
omy, I  did  not  comply  with  his  request,  but  wrote  him  a  long 
letter,  full  of  good  advice,  and  deploring  the  sin  of  extrava- 
gance. A  week  later  I  received  the  following  reply  from  my 
son:  'Dear  Dad,'  it  ran,  'many  thanks  for  your  kind  letter.  It 
was  just  what  I  needed.  For,  as  you  did  not  send  me  the  money, 
I  disposed  of  it  to  an  autograph  collector  at  Cologne  for  1,000 
(Tausend)  marks,  so  I  shall  not  trouble  you  again  for  some 
time.'  "    No  wonder  Verdun  has  not  yet  fallen ! 


Jack — I  told  your  father  that  I  would  give  you  every  lux- 
ury. Bess — And  what  did  he  say?  Jack — Said  he  would  with- 
draw his  money  from  the  bank  where  I  work. — Boston  Globe. 


POLITICAL  GENEALOGY. 

An  Irishman  in  Boston  may  not  have  had  the  best  of  reasons 
for  his  political  faith,  but  he  certainly  had  enough  quickness  of 
wit  to  compensate  for  that  deficiency. 

Some  Republican  political  workers  were  trying  to  get  him  to 
vote  their  ticket,  but  he  persistently  refused  on  the  ground  that 
he  was  a  Democrat. 

"But  why  are  you  a  Democrat?"  he  was  asked. 

"Well,  me  father  was  a  Dimocrat,  and  me  grandfather  was  a 

Dimocrat "    "But  what  difference  does  that  make  ?  Suppose 

your  father  was  a  thief,  and  your  grandfather  was  a  thief? 
What  would  you  be,  then?" 

The  Irishman's  eyes  twinkled.  "Faith,  I'm  thinkin'  I'd  be  a 
Raypooblican!" — Ex. 


1917 


ami  California  A 


IF1NANCIAU 


Local  Bi  n 
Liberty  B> 


With  the  greatest  bond  scllin, 
paign  ever  inaugura:  coun- 

try under  way  only  a     .v 
Francisco  has  more  than  half  met 
her  obligations,  according  to  announcement  made  by  t! 
erty  Bond  Committee.    Out  of  the  $42,000,00(1  is  her 

share  of  the  issue  this  city  has  purchased  $26,000,000  worth  of 
the  bonds.  The  campaign  still  has  some  fourteen  days  more  to 
run,  and  A.  C.  Kains.  governor  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  in 
San  Francisco,  expresses  the  opinion  that  this  city  will  not  only 
take  all  of  its  pro  rata  share,  but  will  demand  any  that  may  not 
be  met  by  the  rest  of  the  Twelfth  Federal  Reserve  District. 


Railroad  Equipment 
To  Move  an  Army. 


The  suggestion  that  America  may 
soon  send  over  seas  an  army  of  men 
has  led  a  member  of  the  committee 
on  National  Defense  to  figure  out 
the  railroad  equipment  necessary  to  transport  a  certain  unit. 
The  data  was  prepared  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Chauncey  B. 
Baker,  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  United  States  Army,  and 
distributed  to  the  railroads  of  the  country  by  this  committee. 

To  move  one  field  army  of  80,000  men,  consisting  of  three 
infantry  divisions,  one  cavalry  division  and  a  brigade,  techni- 
cally known  as  a  brigade  of  field  army  troops — troops  auxiliary 
to  the  infantry  and  cavalry  divisions — requires  a  total  of  6,229 
cars  made  up  into  366  trains  with  as  many  locomotives.  These 
6,229  cars  would  be  made  up  of  2,115  passenger,  385  baggage, 
1,055  box,  1,899  stock  and  775  flat  cars.  This  quantity  of  equip- 
ment represents  0.7  per  cent  of  the  locomotives  owned  by  Amer- 
ican railroads,  4.2  per  cent  of  their  passenger  cars,  and  0.2  per 
cent  of  their  freight  equipment. 


With  a  subscription  of  $3,000,000,  and  as  much  more  as 

may  be  necessary,  the  Crocker  National  Bank  made  known  its 
participation  in  the  Liberty  loan  this  week,  through  a  statement 
issued  by  President  William  H.  Crocker.  Not  only  was  this 
done,  but  every  employee  of  the  bank  and  of  every  one  of  the 
corporations  with  which  the  Crocker  name  is  identified  will  be 
invited  to  take  part  in  what  President  Crocker  declared  is  the 
patriotic  duty  of  every  citizen.  Arrangements  will  be  made  by 
the  bank  and  the  several  corporations  to  finance  the  loan  for  the 
2,500  men  and  women  who  are  on  the  payrolls.  They  will  be 
given  liberal  partial-payment  plans.  "We  have  made  this  sub- 
scription," said  Crocker,  "from  motives  of  patriotism.  We  can- 
not go  on  the  firing  line,  but  we  can  do  our  part  in  this  way.  The 
Crocker  National  Bank  will  go  as  far  as  may  be  needed  to  meet 
the  call  of  the  government." 


The  French  people  are  the  greatest  investors  in  govern- 
ment bonds  in  the  world.  At  the  close  of  the  Franco-Prussian 
War  in  1870  Germany  demanded  and  collected  from  France 
$1,000,000,000  indemnity.  The  French  people,  who  were  as 
loyal  then  in  responding  to  their  country's  need  as  their  soldiers 
are  to-day,  hastened  to  loan  this  tremendous  sum  to  their  coun- 
try. Their  patriotism  turned  a  great  misfortune  into  a  great 
benefit.  Their  thrift  in  thus  saving  their  money  and  investing 
it  in  government  bonds  not  only  brought  great  prosperity  to 
France,  but  the  bonds  rose  in  value  all  over  the  world  and  made 
the  French  national  credit  good  wherever  civilization  existed. 
Ten  years  after  the  bonds  were  issued  they  commanded  a  prem- 
ium of  25  per  cent. 


Steel   mills,   overwhelmed   with   business,   present  and 

prospective,  have  turned  energetically  to  the  market  for  raw  ma- 
terials, purchasing  pig  iron,  scrap  and  alloys  in  heavy  volume 
last  week.  Railroad  equipment  manufacturers  also  have  con- 
tinued active  in  the  market  for  pig  metal. 


Panama  Canal  tolls  increased  from  approximately  $2,- 

500,000  last  year  to  $5,400,000  so  far  this  year. 


-an 
from  $41, 
ments  by 


:ounti 

or  81.6  p>  i 
advanced  from  $36.; 


o,  rose 


!'>— an  increase  of  $ 
per  cent. 

California  mill  .  including 

ts  of  $46.7  .1  $68,305/ 

an  increase  of  $3  OS,  or  46  per  cent.    Their 

•  iod,  advanced  from  $43,8<  I  to  $65,- 

183,196.44—  an  increase  of  $21,374,231.31.  or  48.7  per  cent. 


Government  expenditures  for  the  fiscal  year     so     far 

reached  $1,600,000,000  this  week,  more  than  $900,000,000  in 
txcess  of  last  year's  expenditures  up  to  the  same  date,  and  a 
r.ew  high  record  in  American  history.  The  chief  item  of  the  in- 
crease— $607,500,000— was  purchases  of  the  obligations  of  for- 
eign governments  in  exchange  for  loans  to  the  allies. 


Copper  sales  for  August  delivery  at  29',  2  cents  were  re- 
ported this  week.  Large  foreign  orders  for  third  quarter  deliv- 
ery were  placed  at  28 '  2  cents. 


According  to  a  New  York  announcement  a  large  bank 

there  has  subscribed  $75,000,000  toward  the  Liberty  Loan. 

PORT  SAID. 

A  bit  of  the  East,  and  a  bit  of  the  West, 

At  the  end  of  the  world's  end, 
And  a  bit  of  the  worst  and  a  bit  of  the  best, 
And  a  bit  of  a  dream  and  the  hint  of  a  quest. 
And  misery  and  sorrow  in  merriment  drest 

At  the  end  of  the  world's  end. 

And  this  I  had  dreamed  in  the  halcyon  days 

Of  the  end  of  the  world's  end. 
And  this  was  mine  own.    In  the  tortuous  ways 
Flowed  the  colors  of  life,  but  the  drabs  and  the  grays 
Were  drowned  in  the  crimsons  and  lost  in  their  maze 

At  the  end  of  the  world's  end. 

And  only  the  good  and  the  greatness  was  there — 

At  the  end  of  the  world's  end. 
And  the  perfume  of  incense  was  sweet  in  the  air, 
The  smile  of  a  woman,  the  rose  in  her  hair — 
But  far  off  I  heard  a  low  cry  of  despair — 
A  wee  little,  choked,  little  cry  of  despair 

At  the  end  of  the  world's  end! 

— Edmund  Leamy. 


QUITS. 

The  hours  were  flying  by,  and  still  Algy,  the  bore,  remained 
with  her. 

"Do  you  like  music?"  she  inquired,  listlessly. 

"Yes,"  he  replied.    "I  am  always  carried  away  by  music." 

She  flew  to  the  piano  and  played  several  airs.  Then  she 
turned  and  looked  at  him. 

"You  are  not  gone  yet?" 

"No,"  he  answered. 

"But  you  told  me  that  music  always  carried  you  away?" 

"Yes,"  he  retorted,  "but  I  said  music." — Tit-Bits. 


"My  wife  is  like  George  Washington;  I  don't  believe 

she  could  tell  a  lie  to  save  her  soul."  "You're  lucky!  Mine 
can  tell  a  lie  the  minute  I  get  it  out  of  my  mouth." — Boston 
Transcript. 

Lawyer — How  large  were  the  hoofs?     Were  they  as 

large  as  my  feet  or  my  hands?  Darkey — No,  sah,  they  was 
jus'  ordinary-sized  hoofs,  sah. — Widow. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


Leaks  from  Wirel 


ireiess 


With  an  abnormal  crop  of  nuts  on  the  trees  at  this  time,  the 
Santa  Ana  Valley  will  this  year  reap  the  richest  crop  of  walnuts 
in  its  history  if  hot  weather  in  the  summer  does  not  blast  the 
prospects. 

The  town  of  Frederick,  Oklahoma,  has  just  passed  an  ordi- 
nance which  becomes  effective  immediately,  and  which  prohibits 
the  selling  or  giving  away  of  cigarettes  or  cigarette  papers. 
The  ordinance  makes  this  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a  fine. 
It  also  makes  it  unlawful  to  have  cigarette  or  cigarette  papers 

about  any  store  or  public  place  for  free  distribution. 

*  *  * 

Over  $1,200,000  worth  of  American  chewing  gum  will  reach 
foreign  buyers  in  the  current  fiscal  year  if  exports  continue  at 
the  same  rate  as  in  the  nine  months  ended  March  31st.  During 
this  period  the  shipment  aggregated  $926,500  in  value,  or  more 
than  $100,000  a  month,  and  if  kept  up  will  make  for  the  com- 
plete year  a  total  trade  500  times  as  large  as  in  1894,  when 
chewing  gum  first  appeared  as  a  separate  item  in  the  published 

official  statistics. 

*  *  * 

Experiments  in  the  canning  of  whale  meat  to  be  used  as 
food  is  being  rapidly  carried  on  in  this  State.  Canning  of  whale 
meat  has  been  carried  on  for  some  time  by  a  Long  Beach  fish 
packing  concern,  and  the  results  have  been  watched  by  Dr. 
Smith,  Commissioner  of  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  who  writes 
that  he  will  soon  be  able  to  co-operate  with  the  packing  com- 
pany in  promoting  the  use  of  this  article. 

*  *  * 

As  a  result  of  two  months  of  campaigning,  according  to 
Charles  Lathrop  Pack,  president  of  the  Emergency  Garden 
Commission,  the  attention  of  more  than  30,000,000  people  in 
the  United  States  has  been  turned  to  the  task  of  producing  food. 
This  is  less  than  one-third  of  the  number  whose  attention  is 
turned  daily  toward  the  consuming  of  it.  However,  if  the  30,- 
000,000  are  successful,  the  obnoxious  notice  on  the  cafe  menu 
cards,  "Potatoes  extra,"  will  probably  disappear  at  an  early 

day. 

*  *  * 

There  is  likely  to  be  a  period  of  inflation  in  the  United  States 
as  a  consequence  of  the  heavy  war  expenditures  resulting  from 
the  flotation  of  the  great  loan.  Inflation  in  the  past  has  invari- 
ably encouraged  speculation  among  those  who  ordinarily  "keep 
off  the  street."  It  may  be  helpful,  as  a  warning,  to  relate  a 
story  concerning  a  certain  business  man  who  "went  into  the 
market"  in  the  last  period  of  speculation.  "I  threw  $50,000 
worth  of  stock  in  the  fire  the  other  day,"  he  said  to  a  friend. 
"And  burned  it?"  inquired  the  friend.  "No,"  replied  the  in- 
vestor; "it  was  watered  so  that  it  put  the  fire  out." 

*  *  * 

It  would  be  difficult  for  this  country  to  wage  a  war  without 
counting  in  Henry  Ford.  His  income  tax  alone  under  the  new 
war  levy  will  be  about  $15,000,000  a  year. 


Wife  of  Author   (hearing  the  sound  of  a  brow  being 

slapped) — Oh,  Harold,  an  inspiration?  The  Author  (sadly)  — 
No,  my  dear — a  mosquito. — Punch. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(ESTABLISHED  1311) 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


$18,526,600.00 
•  13,625,000.00 
-    18,526,600.00 

$50,678,200.00 
$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

338  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  Stat«B,  New  Zealand, 
Fiji.  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET,  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN  BANK  OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D  D.C.L.  I   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHN  AIRD  GeneralMan^r       *™™  «uld  >«M2 

H.  V.  F.  JONES      Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125.391.04 
Deposits  50,513.876.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members       of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated    1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH.S. W. Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER   30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M,,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for    receipt   of   deposits   only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING       STORING        PACKING       SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City. 


IE  2.  1917 


and  California  A 


INSURANCE 


Clarence  F.  Birdseye.  Kellog  Birdseye.  his  son.  Geo:. 
Montgomery,  Robert  B.  Moore,  president  of  the  Commercial 
Trust  Company.  New  York,  and  J.  C.  Watson,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  same  company,  were  indicted  last  week  in  Pitt 
on  a  charge  of  conspiracy  against  the  Pittsburgh  Life  & 
Company,  which  resulted  in  its  failure.     The 
turned  by  the  grand  jury  on  evidence  produced  b. 
Commissioner  J.  Denny  O'Neil.  state  that  th< 
frauded  the  Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  out  of  $1,900,000.    They 
have  surrendered  themselves  to  District  Attorney  Swann's  of- 
fice at  New  York.    The  defendants  were  taken  before  Jud^e 
Nott  and  arrangements  were  made  for  bail.    $10,000  is  the  bail 
Cxed  for  each  of  six  of  the  thirteen  officers  and  directors  of  the 

company  who  appeared  before  Alderman  Kirby,  of  Pittsburgh. 

*  *  * 

The  stockholders  of  the  Aetna  Accident  and  Liability  of  Hart- 
ford have  accepted  the  charter  amendment  recently  passed  by 
the  Connecticut  Legislature  changing  the  name  of  the  company 
to  the  Aetna  Casualty  &  Surety  Company,  and  the  stock  to  $10,- 
000,000.  The  capital  will  be  increased  to  $2,000,000  at  once, 
and  later  to  $4,000,000.  Stockholders  of  the  Automobile  Insur- 
ance Company  have,  acting  upon  the  same  authority,  voted  to 
increase  that  company's  capital  to  $2,000,000  by  the  issue  of 

10,000  additional  shares. 

»  *  * 

William  J.  Dutton,  former  president  of  the  Fireman's  Fund, 
has  received  the  distinction  of  being  appointed  to  the  chairman- 
ship of  the  committee  which  is  to  represent  Pacific  Coast  fire  in- 
surance interests  in  connection  with  the  National  Council  of 
Defense.  Mr.  Dutton  has  appointed  the  following  to  serve  as 
the  Pacific  Coast  Committee :  A.  A.  Moloney  of  the  Continental; 
Dixwell  Hewitt,  Hartford  Fire;  Arthur  M.  Brown,  of  Edward 

Brown  &  Sons;  A.  W.  Thornton,  London  Assurance. 

*  *  * 

The  committee  of  the  National  Board  serving  under  the  chair- 
manship consists  of  the  following :  President  Bissell  of  the 
Hartford,  chairman;  F.  C.  Buswell,  Home  of  New  York;  Chas. 
Layman  Chase,  London  Assurance;  Frank  Lock,  Atlas;  John  O. 
Piatt,  Insurance  Company  of  North  America;  and  H.  A.  Smith, 

National  of  Hartford. 

*  *  * 

The  Pacific  Coast  general  agency  headquarters  of  the  Georgia 
Casualty  Company  have  been  moved  to  the  basement  of  the 
premises,  300  California  street,  directly  underneath  the  quar- 
ters formerly  occupied.  This  gives  larger  space  for  the  care  of 
the  business  which  under  the  care  of  Manager  Leonard  C.  Jones, 
is  growing  rapidly. 

The  Globe  Indemnity  Company  has  appointed  A.  Hall  Mc- 
Allister, counter  man  for  its  Pacific  Department  headquarters 
office  at  San  Francisco,  succeeding  Russell  Gettemy,  who  has 
been  transferred  to  the  company's  inspection  department.  Mr. 
McAllister  comes  from  the  Hawaiian  Trust  Company's  insur- 
ance agency  department  at  Honolulu. 

*  *  * 

President  Levison,  of  the  Fireman's  Fund,  announces  the  ap- 
pointment of  C.  C.  Wright  as  manager  of  the  company's  auto- 
mobile department,  and  of  B.  G.  Wills  as  superintendent  of  the 
liability  branch  of  the  automobile  department.  The  latter  gen- 
tleman was  formerly  with  the  Royal  Indemnity  Company. 

*  *  * 

Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Ruth  Almede 
Smith  to  Charles  Wade  Snook,  an  attorney  of  Oakland.  Miss 
Smith  is  a  daughter  of  George  Ormond  Smith,  the  popular 
agency  superintendent  for  the  London  &  Lancashire  and  Orient, 

under  Pacific  Coast  Manager  Sam  B.  Stoy. 

*  *  * 

The  Pennsylvania  State  Workmen's  Insurance  Fund  has 
voted  to  invest  $80,000  to  the  Liberty  loan  bonds.  The  Pruden- 
tial Insurance  Company  has  taken  $2,500,000;  the  Equitable 

$2,000,000,  and  the  Mutual  Life  $2,000,000. 

*  *  * 

John  H.  Tupper,  agency  supervisor  for  the  Central  California 
department  of  the  West  Coast  Life,  has  produced  new  business 
for  the  first  quarter  of  1917  amounting  to  $263,500. 


Charles  M   McCoy  has  entered  the  5r  tana 

uraoce  cotnmi 
Montana,  and  la! 

Company. 

•  •  • 

The  .  as  his  o\ 

that  at  least  $1,000,000  will  be  : 

I  urgh  Life  St  Trust,  which  must  be  ■  ^hold- 

ers of  the  company. 


GREEN.  2843.  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat.  bath,  open 
i  replace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional ; 
teasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF     HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 

1863  1916 

FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital    $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1863  Cash  Cnplt.il.  16.000.000 

Insurance  on  persona'  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
Are.     Automobile  Insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  Income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 

DELINQUENT  SALE. 
Queen  Regent  Merger  Mines  Company. 

Location  i.t  pi pal  place  of  business    s.m  Francisco,  California.    l*o- 

catlon  "t*  works— Mineral  County,  Nevad 

NOTICE:   There  are   delinquent  upon    th<    following   d  tock  on 

account  of  assessment   levied  cm   the  2d  da}    ol    Vprll,    i"i7.   the  i 
amounts  set  opposite  the  names  of  the  res] tlv<  rs.  as  follows: 

Name —                                              x<>.   Cert.  No.    Shares,  Amount 

Arland,   Mrs.  A.  M 790                             1""  *     2.00 

Arland,    Mrs.  A.  M 600  3.00 

Arland.    Mrs.  A.  M 917                                | '    10 

Arland.  Mrs.  A.  M :mi  500 

Butler,  G 75,00 

Butler,  G J82  n 

Butler.  G 162  2( I 21 

Butler.  G I                          L! 90.00 

Butler,  G 677  1160  L0.75 

Butler.  G 748  11667  5S.34 

Cook,  F.  H 859  1810  9.05 

Dickerman.  Albert    348  10.0ft 

Dickerman,  Albert     14:1  lOftft  5.00 

Dickerman.  Albert     709  150  .75 

Dickerman,  Albert    931  1000  s.iiii 

Dickerman,  Albert     932  11""  5.50 

Doulin,   Crawford     681  100  .50 

Doulin,  Crawford     835  100  .50 

Doulin,   Crawford     1"72  ::""  1.50 

Dellosso.  Onesto     7:'.l  250  1.25 

Dellosso,  Onesto     7.r.l  2""  1.00 

Evans.    Nelson    I"::  I  500  1.00 

Faust.  J.   T 789  I"""  6.00 

Harvev.  J.  H Ill  4000  20.00 

Harvey.  J.  H 809                         6 )  30.00 

Lisker.  Caroline   1049  I"""  6.00 

Muenscher,  E.  W 813  I """  5.00 

Muenseher,  E.  W 888  100  .50 

Muenscher,  E.  W 1060  J""  .60 

Merrill.    Hayden    D 'J08  1*"  .DO 

Marden.   J.   W 907  700  8.60 

Meeks,    R.    F.    1066  125"  6.26 

Peterson.    John     3.12  1600  7.50 

Snoddv.  Edwin      60  2000  10.00 

Snoddy,  Edwin    61  1600  22.60 

Snoddv.   Edwin      682  350(1  17.50 

Shoddy,   Edwin     998  2000  10.00 

Snoddy.  Edwin    1011                            K 6.00 

Spear   w.  H 366  200  l.oo 

Spear    W.  H 867  2""  1.00 

Spear!   W.   H 447  600  3.00 

Snear    W    H                    6»6  140  .70 

lp1ar:w:H:  ::::: j«  ,•«  2.50 

Spear,  W.  H 35  "  5.00 

Clirk     A      F  442  2500  12.5" 

riark     4    F 993  I"""  5.00 

km.  f  dV .::::::... »<>  ««  ™* 

\ml  in  accordance  with  law  and  order  of  Board  ol  Directors  made  on  the 
2nd  day  of  April.  1917,  *<>  many  shares  of  each  parcel  of  such  stock  as  may 
be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  ol  the  company, 
337  Monadn'ock  Building.  San  i-Vanclsco,  California,  on  the  L9th  day  ot 
June  lf>l7  at  the  hour  of  12:00  o'clock  noon  ol  said  day,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment   thereon,   together  with   costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 

ptH&eB .°WADE,  Secretary,  337  Monadnock  Building,  6S1  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


UBB&aafeTABLE 


"Condition  of  Labor  in  American  Industries." 

This  is  a  compact  and  unusually  useful  book  by  W.  Jett  Lauck 
and  Edgar  Sydenstricker,  two  known  authorities.  It  is  specially 
designed  to  meet  a  compact  collection  of  the  result  of  the  large 
number  of  investigations  and  studies  of  conditions  under  which 
the  American  wage-earner  and  his  family  work  and  live.  It  is 
presented  merely  as  a  summerization  of  the  principal  and  fun- 
damental facts  that  have  been  ascertained  during  the  past  fif- 
teen years.  It  is  not  intended  to  be  a  critical  discussion  of  these 
facts,  nor  to  be  an  argument  in  favor  of  or  against  any  parti- 
san conclusion  or  any  remedial  program.  The  presentation  of 
data  has  been  confined  to  the  conditions  of  wage-earners  in 
manufacturing  and  mining  industries,  because  comparable  data 
for  workers  in  trade,  transportation  and  agriculture  have  not 
been  found  available.  Several  special  subjects  have  been  han- 
dled by  experts  in  their  line. 

$1.75  net.    Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co.,  New  York. 

"Inside  the  British  Isles,  1917." 

Herein  Arthur  Gleason  surveys  the  conditions  prevalent  in 
Great  Britain  to-day  and  prophecies  the  social,  economic  and 
political  situations  probable  at  the  conclusion  of  the  war.  He 
analyzes  the  effect  of  war  upon  each  of  those  problems  which 
have  occupied  British  attention  during  the  past  century — labor 
unrest,  the  femininist  movement,  Irish  nationalism — and  out- 
lines the  order  of  reconstruction  in  finance,  machinery,  religicm, 
literature  and  education.  Mr.  Gleason  believes  that  the  war  has 
not  crushed  the  spirit  of  democracy.  "Never  before,"  he  de- 
clares, "have  I  seen  the  'subject'  act  with  so  much  initiative, 
and  I  have  never  heard  him  express  himself  so  vigorously." 
It  has,  instead,  widened  the  principle  of  democratic  control  to 
embrace  the  entire  empire,  reducing  England  herself  to  the 
position  of  an  equal  among  equals. 

$2.00  net.    The  Century  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Home  and  Its  Management." 

This  book,  just  published,  containing  the  latest  word  on  its 
tremendously  important  subject,  will  help  every  American  wo- 
man to  serve  her  country.  To  even  the  woman  of  the  widest 
experience  in  household  management  it  will  give  helpful  in- 
formation worth  a  hundred  times  its  cost.  To  the  housewife  of 
comparatively  little  experience  it  is,  in  these  times,  positively 
invaluable.  The  author,  Mabel  Hyde  Kittredge,  is  president 
of  the  Association  of  Practical  Housekeeping  Centers  in  New 
York  City.  "The  Home  and  Its  Management"  is  authoritative. 
It  makes  its  points  absolutely  clear.  There  are  numerous  illus- 
trations throughout  the  book  accurately  illustrating  the  text.  It 
contains  300  inexpensive  receipts,  and  it  covers  every  detail  of 
home  organization  and  management. 

Illustrated  with  practical  drawings.  $1.50  net.  The  Century 
Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"Effect  of  War  and  Revolutions  on  Government  Securities." 

All  that  is  signified  in  the  title  of  this  illuminating  book  is 
comprehensively  and  pointedly  set  forth  by  the  author,  E.  Kerr, 
librarian.  Also  there  is  set  forth  a  brief  review  of  the  relations 
between  events,  wealth,  indebtedness,  government  bond  issues 
and  their  prices,  of  the  modern  nations.  Normal  exchange  has 
been  used  in  converting  all  values  into  U.  S.  dollars.  Where 
authorities  differ,  as  in  estimated  figures,  such  as  population, 
wealth,  etc.,  the  most  conservative,  or  that  most  generally  ac- 
cepted, has  been  used.  According  to  the  author  the  first  foreign 
State  loan  is  said  to  have  been  made  by  Carthage  to  finance 
her  struggle  with  Rome  for  the  supremacy  of  the  Mediterranean 
two  thousand  years  ago. 

Published  by  Wm.  Morris,  Imbrie  &  Co.,  N.  Y. 

*  *  # 

Since  the  outbreak  of  the  war  Paxton  Hibben  has  been  en- 
gaged as  war  correspondent  in  Europe  for  the  Associated  Press. 
It  is  in  consequence  of  the  interference  of  the  censor  of  British 


news  in  Greece  that  "Constatine  I  and  the  Greek  People"  is  be- 
ing published  by  the  Century  Company.  The  book  contains 
that  news  which  MacKenzie  would  not  permit  to  be  sent  through 
the  ordinary  medium  of  mails  or  telegraph.  It  is  a  narrative  of 
the  "other  side"  in  Greece — the  King's  side,  which,  according 
to  Mr.  Hibben,  is  essentially  the  Allies'  side. 

*  #  * 

"Do  not  start  on  a  long  trip  without  proper  equipment,"  says 
Zoe  A.  Tilghman  in  the  June  Woman's  Home  Companion. 
"  'Roughing  it'  is  attractive  only  in  sound.  Clothing  is  the  first 
consideration.  Khaki  suits  for  men  and  women  are  the  best 
thing  for  a  long  trip.  A  suit  of  this  kind  with  two  or  three  good, 
easily-washed  shirts  provides  the  male  traveler.  The  woman 
who  does  not  care  to  go  to  the  expense  of  khaki  will  find  a  dark 
dress  of  gingham  most  satisfactory. 

*  *  * 

In  the  June  American  Magazine  Booth  Tarkington  has  a  stir- 
ring and  timely  article  on  "Middle  Western  Apathy."  It  explains 
the  former  attitude  of  the  Middle  West  in  regard  to  the  war  and 
predicts  its  future  course,  "now  that  the  flags  are  up." 

i>\ui  riiiP.co 

gfc      Books  and  Art      jg 

^        3L39  Grant  Avenue       £j£ 
w       a  San  Francisco  ss         m 


'?;■■    -'-      '-'■ '--" 


LOS  ANGELES 


and  Return 


<» 

C 

o 
CO 


u 
Qi 

-Q 

•  mm 

-J 

CC 
D 
O 
>* 

4-> 

J= 

to 

3 
O 

J2 

3 
O 
>» 

> 

X 


$22. 
$18. 


50 


75 


Daily 

3-Months     Limit 

Stopovers 

Fri.  and  Sat. 
15-Day  Limit 


Tickels    good    either    via    Coast  Line   or 
San  Joaquin  Valley  Line. 

Seven  Trains 
Daily 

"  Shore  Line  Limited  " 

(via  Coast  Line) 

Leave  3d  Street  Station     -     8:00  A.  M. 

Arrive  Los  Angeles     -       -     9:59  P.  M. 

"Owl"  (via  Valley  Line) 

Leave  Ferry  Station     -     -     6:00  P.   M. 

Arrive  Los  Angeles     -      -     8:50   A.  M. 

"  Lark  "  (via  Coast  Line) 

Leave  3d  Street  Station     -     8:00  P.  M. 

Arrive  Los  Angeles       -     -     9:45  A.  M. 

Four  Other  Trains 

Every  mile  protected  by    Electric  Auto- 
matic Block  Safety  Signals 

For  further  particulars  phone  Sutter  6300, 
or  Ask  Any  Agent 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona  " 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


:   1917 


Califon 


The  big  men  of  the  country  arc  being  called  on  Dm 
use  their  business  ability,  expert  knowledge,  experience  and 
brains  to  bring  the  nation  up  to  its  most  efficient  point  to  meet 
the  rigors  of  war.  This  means  that  big  men  must  make  the  most 
profitable  use  of  their  time.  The  few  minutes  or  the  hour  « 
here  or  there  by  the  lateness  of  a  train,  the  missing  of  an  ap- 
pointment, is  time  that  they  can  ill  afford  to  lose. 

The  most  dependable  transportation  is  important  to  them. 
Moreover,  the  hard-working  man  is  more  than  ever  in  need  of 
that  recreation  which  conserves  his  full  force.  A  great  many 
business  and  professional  men,  among  them  our  leading  states- 
men, are  devoting  an  hour  or  two  a  day,  whenever  they  possibly 
can  spare  it,  to  golf.  They  must  get  from  their  offices  to  the 
golf  course  quickly  and  comfortably.  A  high-powered,  depend- 
able, easy-riding  motor  car  is  their  indispensable  vehicle.  Noth- 
ing can  take  its  place  for  them. 

Conferences  among  industrial  men,  among  men  in  public  life, 
are  held  more  frequently  as  the  collective  judgment  of  the 
leaders  is  required.  These  men  depend  upon  their  automobiles 
to  take  them  from  one  office  to  another  or  to  and  from  their 
homes.  There  is  no  time  for  them  to  run  the  risk  of  having  to 
stop  and  tinker  with  the  car.  They  must  be  assured  of  de- 
pendability. 

The  same  facts  apply  to  the  lives  of  forceful,  energetic  wo- 
men these  days.  The  Red  Cross  and  other  patriotic  movements 
are  requiring  more  and  more  of  their  time,  and  they  are  placing 
their  dependance  in  the  automobile  to  carry  them  here  and  there 
wherever  it  is  necessary  for  them  to  go.  The  automobile  has 
lengthened  the  range  of  busy  people  with  big  things  to  do,  and 
conversely,  the  demands  of  such  people  have  enlarged  the 
sphere  of  the  automobile's  usefulness. 

*  *  * 

Any  product  that  has  the  place  of  the  automobile  in  economic 
life  has  little  to  fear  of  war-time  conditions.  The  war  is  going 
to  mark  progress,  judging  from  the  history  of  other  great  wars, 
and  to  conceive  of  any  progress  without  the  automobile  as  a  fac- 
tor, would  be  entirely  out  of  line  with  the  trend  of  the  last  fif- 
teen years. 

Just  how  much  the  automobile  will  figure  in  this  development 
lies  with  the  automobile  itself.  This  being  an  era  of  thrift, 
those  cars  that  get  the  most  out  of  available  resources  will  ac- 
complish the  most. 

There  are  degrees  of  efficiency  among  motor  cars,  just  the 
same  as  among  human  beings.  Right  now,  in  England,  this 
standard  is  being  formulated.  Military  observers  have  con- 
cluded that  war  conditions  have  proved  most  automobiles  too 
heavy  to  utilize  properly  the  limited  supply  of  gasoline  and 
tires.  It  would  not  be  surprising  to  see  this  same  discovery  re- 
peated here  in  the  United  States. 

For  instance,  as  far  back  as  i906,  a  well  known  automobile 
demonstrated  that  thrift  is  no  new  thing  for  it,  when  it  estab- 
lished a  world's  record  of  87  miles  on  two  gallons  of  gasoline 
in  a  test  fostered  by  the  Automobile  Club  of  America.  In  the 
Buffalo  One-Gallon  Economy  Contest  in  1909,  the  heretofore 
unheard  of  record  of  46.1  miles  on  one  gallon  was  registered. 
Yet  even  this  record  was  outdone  in  1913,  when  a  four-cylinder 
roadster,  under  the  official  supervision  of  the  Automobile  Club 
of  America,  ran  83.5  miles  on  one  gallon  of  gasoline. 

Tire  conservation  is  also  a  matter  that  can  be  controlled  by 

light  weight. 

*  *  * 

Remarkable  Mileage  Record  of  a  Tire  Casing 

A  remarkable  mileage  record  has  just  been_  completed  by  a 
tire  casing  used  on  one  of  the  service  automobiles  of  the  Pratt- 
Gilbert  Company,  a  well  known  implement  and  machine  house 


of  Pi 

•on*  concern  tl:  tough  mo 

—and  to  i 

Oi  thr 


ng  run 
a  trifle  over  12.500  miles,  wa  -noved  from  thi 

wheel  except  for  one  puncture,  and  t  n  of  a  new  inner 

tube,  while  the  other  thrc'  laced  with  new  ones 

three  or  four  times.  Ha  i  this  casing  been  used  on  smoother 
roads  such  as  arc  found  in  California,  I  am  sure  it  would  have 
gone  several  thousand  miles  more,  for  we  find  that  the  fabric  is 
in  good  condition  and  friction  has  not  played  havoc  with  it,  a.; 
is  usually  the  case  with  tires  used  in  Arizona  mountain  roads. 
Lichtenberger-Ferguson  Company,  factory  distributers  of 
Norwalk  tires,  have  recently  received  a  number  of  other  fine  re- 
ports from  Norwalk  owners  in  Arizona,  and  they  are  planning  to 
soon  raise  the  guarantee  of  the  casings  used  there  because  of 
the  splendid  service  they  are  giving,  according  to  a  statement 
made  by   Louis   Lichtenberger,   president  of   the  distributing 


"  Bill  "  La  Casse  Promoted 

William  J.  ("Bill")  La  Casse,  for  many  years  one  of 
the  best  known  automobile  men  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  in  the 
West,  has  just  been  appointed  Pacific  Coast  Supervisor  for  the 
Maxwell  Motor  Sales  Corporation,  with  headquarters  in  San 
Francisco.  With  the  appointment  of  La  Casse  to  that  position 
the  Maxwell  Motor  Sales  Corporation  again  has  placed  one  man 
in  charge  of  the  distribution  of  the  Maxwell  cars  throughout 
the  West,  including  in  all  practically  nine  States.  The  situa- 
tion in  that  respect  now  is  exactly  as  it  was  when  T.  J.  Toner, 
now  general  sales  manager  for  the  factory,  held  the  position  to 
which  La  Casse  has  been  appointed. 

Following  Toner's  factory  appointment  the  Western  territory 
was  split  in  two  parts,  La  Casse  being  placed  in  charge  of  the 
Northwest  territory,  and  J.  L.  Justice  being  placed  in  charge  of 
the  California,  Nevada  and  Arizona  territory.  In  the  recent 
change  Justice  has  been  called  to  the  Maxwell  factory  to  fill  a 
lesponsible  position. 

La  Casse  is  one  of  the  youngest  automobile  men  on  the  coast, 
but  despite  his  youth  he  has  established  a  most  enviable  repu- 
tation for  himself.  Promotions  from  one  responsible  position 
to  another  have  followed  in  quick  order,  until  to-day  it  is  ad- 
mitted up  and  down  the  coast  that  he  holds,  if  not  the  biggest, 
at  least  one  of  the  most  important  posts  in  connection  with  the 
automobile  industry  in  the  West.  La  Casse  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance and  a  host  of  friends  who  predict  even  bigger  things 

tor  him  in  the'  future. 

*  *  * 

Owners  Want  Practical  Car 

"The  term  'pleasure  car'  is  a  misnomer  when  applied  to  a 
passenger-carrying  automobile,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  of  the 
Kissel  Motor  Car  Company.  "This  is  proved  by  the  many  prac- 
tical purposes  and  serious  uses  the  average  owner  puts  to  his 
car.  Nowadays  it  is  uncommon  to  hear  a  car  purchaser  use  the 
term  'pleasure  car.'  He  generally  says :  T  want  to  look  at  a  car 
for  the  family  as  well  as  for  my  personal  use,'  or  T  am  in  the 
market  for  a  passenger  car  that  will  seat  five  people  including 
my  children.'  Behind  such  statements  is  generally  found  a 
serious  purpose.  You  will  find  that  that  car  purchaser  wants  a 
car  for  the  help  it  will  give  him  and  his  family.  The  same 
motives  are  common  with  all  classes  of  car  purchasers.  The 
automobile  has  become  a  part  and  parcel  of  the  life  of  the  na- 
tion. Its  uses  and  utility  are  woven  into  every  phase  of  our 
home,  business,  financial,  social,  professional,  even  governmen- 
tal life. 

"Our  living  conditions  center  around  the  automobile.  It  is  no 
longer  considered  or  purchased  as  a  luxury  or  a  pleasure  vehicle, 
but  as  Passenger  Car,  Household  Utility  and  for  Business." 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


Tahoe  Roads  to  be  Available  Soon 

The  continuance  of  the  present  good  weather  will  do  much 
to  aid  in  the  early  opening  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  over  the 
high  passes  of  the  Sierra  Nevada  mountains,  where  heavy  snow 
still  covers  the  road.  Road,  officials  say  they  expect  to  have  the 
Lincoln  Highway  open  to  automobile  travel  as  far  as  Lake  Ta- 
hoe by  the  latter  part  of  May,  this  being  an  unusually  early  date. 

*  *  * 

Auto  Club  to  Guard  Hospital 

Quiet  zones  for  hospitals  throughout  San  Francisco  are  to 
be  marked  by  the  California  State  Automobile  Association, 
which  has  just  placed  an  order  for  a  quantity  of  caution  signs. 
These  signs  are  the  familiar  blue  and  yellow  enamel,  and  are 
20  by  25  inches  in  size,  and  will  be  swung  from  trolley  wire 
spans  where  possible.  Where  no  wires  exist  the  signs  will  be 
placed  upon  the  customary  two-inch  iron  post  used  by  the  as- 
sociation in  its  work  of  road  marking.  In  undertaking  this 
much  needed  work  the  association  was  animated  by  the  belief 
that  its  members  and  the  motoring  public  generally  needed  only 
to  be  properly  cautioned  to  refrain  from  unnecessary  noise 
when  passing  hospitals  where  absence  of  noise  is  so  necessary. 

Yosemite  Guide  Just  Off  Government  Press 

The  Yosemite  Automobile  Guide,  containing  road  maps  of 
routes  into  Yosemite  Valley  and  Government  rules  as  issued  by 
the  Department  of  the  Interior  in  regard  to  the  use  of  motor 
cars  in  the  valley,  has  just  been  issued  and  will  prove  invalu- 
able to  the  motorist  who  intends  spending  the  summer  vacation 

at  the  great  national  park. 

*  *  * 

Want  New  Road  to  Jack  London  Country 

A  permanent  highway,  passing  through  the  eastern  side  of  the 
Valley  of  the  Moon,  and  connecting  the  Black  Point  cut-off  with 
Santa  Rosa,  is  being  agitated  by  residents  of  the  lower  Sonoma 
Valley,  who  are  effecting  an  organization  to  advance  their 
plans.  This  section  of  the  road  is  much  traveled  by  people 
touring  from  Sacramento  and  Humboldt  Counties,  and  a  simi- 
lar type  of  construction  as  that  made  so  popular  by  the  com- 
pleted stretches  of  the  State  highway  is  being  demanded  by 
Sonoma  County  boosters.  The  need  for  an  improved  road 
through  the  section  of  Sonoma  County  described  is  daily  made 

plain  by  motorists. 

*  *  * 

Ranch  Owner  Invents  Tractor 

William  Turner,  ranch  owner  of  Washington,  has  invented  a 
new  tractor,  which  has  been  demonstrated  successfully  on  his 
farms.  The  tractor  weight  is  distributed  evenly  on  two  large 
driving  drums,  which  oscillate  and  enable  the  tractor  to  cover 
uneven  surfaces  of  ground.  It  is  constructed  with  a  low  center 
of  gravity  to  enable  it  to  be  driven  on  side  hills  without  turning 
over.  It  is  driven  by  a  gasoline  engine,  and  has  a  large  plat- 
form for  carrying  heavy  loads  of  farm  products.  It  will  turn  in 
its  own  area.  The  tractor  is  to  sell  at  a  price  around  $1,000. 
Its  chief  advantage  is  said  to  be  that  it  carries  all  weight  close 
to  the  ground,  and  can  negotiate  easily  side  hills.  The  drums 
are  2Y2  feet  wide  and  4  feet  high.  The  tractor  operates  by  an 
inside  hub  transmission,  which  travels  a  track  lining  the  drum 
and  forces  the  drum  to  revolve.  The  weight  is  3,500  lbs.  Total 
width  over  all  is  8  feet.  Mr.  Turner  has  not  decided  definitely 
on  the  price  or  how  he  will  market  the  tractor. 

*  *  * 

Truck  Workmen  to  be  Excluded  from  Draft 

Word  has  been  received  from  Washington  that  a  special  sec- 
tion will  be  left  in  the  selective  draft  bill,  now  being  prepared 
by  the  senate  and  house  committee  for  the  President's  signature, 
which  will  exclude  from,  field  service  those  workmen  who,  on 
account  of  their  mechanical  skill  will  be  of  greater  value  in  the 
manufacture  of  airplanes,  motor  trucks  and  munitions  of  war. 

*  *  * 

Rajah  Spark  Plugs  for  Allies 

What  is  probably  the  first  order  of  aeroplane  supplies  to  be 
filled  by  a  Pacific  Coast  motor  supply  house  for  one  of  the 
allied  governments  was  a  shipment  of  Rajah  spark  plugs  made 
this  week  by  Hughson  &  Merton,  the  Pacific  Coast  distributers. 

The  shipment  was  sent  at  the  request  of  the  Hall-Scott  Mo- 
tor Company  of  Berkeley,  where  the  Rajah  plugs  will  be  used 
in  a  large  number  of  aeroplane  motors  which  the  Hall-Scott 


Company  is  manufacturing  for  the  nation  in  question.  In  com- 
menting on  this  order,  Norman  Cowan  of  Hughson  &  Merton, 
said: 

"The  nation  making  the  purchase  from  us  is  a  notedly  careful 
buyer.  Its  agents  insist  that  only  material  and  accessories  of  the 
highest  quality  be  used  in  their  aeroplane  motors.  It  was  the 
consistent  high  quality  of  Rajah  plugs,  which  have  not  been 
changed  in  design  or  quality  since  their  introduction  ten  years 
ago,  that  led  to  their  selection.  It  is  interesting  to  note,  in  light 
of  the  recent  achievements  of  the  British  aviation  corps,  that 
Rajah  plugs  are  on  every  motor  in  the  hundreds  of  Curtis  aero- 
planes with  which  the  British  corps  is  equipped." 

*  *  * 

Women  Know  What  Cars  Need 

The  connection  between  the  gigantic  strides  of  the  motor  car 
industry  and  the  advancement  of  the  social  and  political  eman- 
cipation of  women  in  the  last  five  years  is  not  always  recog- 
nized, according  to  an  official  of  the  Mitchell  Motors  Company. 

It  is  the  concensus  of  opinion  among  well  informed  motor  men 
that  the  demands  of  the  women  and  their  needs  have  been  the 
moving  spirit  in  consummating  many  of  the  numerous  improve- 
ments and  changes  made  in  motor  cars  in  the  last  decade. 

Motor  car  engineers  would  have  worked,  of  course,  to  better 
the  engine,  perhaps  to  make  it  more  economical,  more  powerful 
and  more  efficient,  but  it  was  in  the  details  of  the  car  where  the 
fine  Italian  hand  of  Mi-Lady  was  shown.  The  Mitchell  factory 
has  long  recognized  this  fact,  and  all  agency  men  and  dealers 
handling  the  Mitchell  car  are  cautioned  to  listen  carefully  when 
a  lady  is  inspecting  a  car.  It  has  been  found  out  that  a  lady 
v/ill  suggest  little  improvements  without  realizing  that  she  is 
doing  so.  She  naturally  likes  comfort,  ease  and  smart  effects, 
and  as  she  looks  over  a  car  she  will  state  what  she  would  like  to 
have.    Many  of  the  improvements  on  the  new  Mitchell  could 

be  traced  back  to  a  suggestion  made  by  some  lady. 

*  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  very  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
of  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  are  moderate. 

7,500  MILES 
GU4HAMWED 

■        —  FORD5IZES        - 
6.000MLES  CVAR4NfE£D  -  mGEHSItE* 


TIRES 


Norwalks  will  add  a  new  measure  of  satis- 
faction to  your  motoring,  for  they  embody 
the  lasting  elements  of  supreme  satisfaction. 
It  Is  nothing  unusual  for  Norwalks  to  give 
as  high  as  20,000  miles  of  perfect  service. 
Immediate  deliveries  made  In  all  sizes. 

Factory   Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 

1211  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 
Phone:  Prospect  386  San  Francisco 


1917 


and  California    \d\< 


19 


Allen  Activities  Show  Spirit  of  Confidence 

The  conEdence  with  which  many  of  the  Urge  automobile 
manufacturers  look  to  continued  good  business,  des; 
that  this  country  is  now  at  war.  is  well  evidenced  by  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  Allen  Motor  Company  that  work  has  been 
started  on  the  Dale  Body  Company's  new  plant,  the  first  build- 
ing to  be  erected  in  "Allendale  Addition."  the  new  auto: 
community  founded  by  the  Aliens  at  Fostoria.  Ohi 
to  George  E.  Erlin  of  the  Reliance  Automobile  Compar 
tiibuter  of  the  Allen  cars  in  this  city. 

*  •  • 

Farm  Tractors  Will  Aid  Production 

What  the  trolley  car  has  done  in  revolutionizing  urban  and 
interurban  traffic  conditions,  and  what  the  motor  car  has  done 
for  transportation  in  all  lines  and  in  all  sections,  the  tractor  now 
seems  destined  to  do,  in  as  great  a  degree,  and  in  a  great  eco- 
nomic emergency,  in  making  possible  a  necessary  increase  in 
production  on  the  farms  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
problem  in  Canada  particularly,  but  to  some  extent  in  the 
United  States,  even  before  the  declaration  of  the  existence  of  a 
state  of  war  between  the  latter  country  and  Germany,  has  been 
to  assure  an  adequate  force  of  labor  to  sow  and  plant  largtly  in- 
creased crop  areas. 

«  »  * 

Many  Cars  in  Use  in  Canal  Zone 

The  number  of  automobiles  licensed  for  operation  by  private 
cwners  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  the  end  of  1916  was  223.  In  addi- 
tion, 106  residents  of  Panama  and  Colon  have  reciprocal  li- 
censes, which  allows  them  to  drive  in  the  Canal  Zone.  The  to- 
tal of  privately  owned  automobiles  licensed  for  operation  in  the 
zone  is  accordingly  329.  In  order  to  attain  distinction  in  the 
automobile  it  is  necessary  nowadays  to  maintain  a  fleet  of  cars. 

Otherwise  you  are  outside  the  pale. 

*  *  * 

Drive  Motor  Car  Where  They  Did  Ox  Team  Fifty  Years  Ago 

A  California  couple  celebrating  their  fiftieth  wedding  anni- 
versary, drove  a  section  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  in  a  new 
model  six-cylinder,  high  power  automobile.  They  traveled 
the  same  route  on  their  wedding  journey  half  a  century  ago  by 

ox  team. 

*  *  * 

Forty  Years  to  See  U.  S.  by  Motor  Car 

If  one  man  were  to  attempt  to  cover  every  mile  of  highway 
in  the  United  States  by  motor  car  and  traveled  at  the  daily 
average  of  200  miles  365  days  in  the  year,  it  would  take  him  33.6 
years  to  complete  our  2,451,660  miles  of  roads.  Even  then,  if 
the  country  kept  up  its  annual  average  of  new  road  building, 
there  would  be  an  accumulation  of  sufficient  new  mileage  in 
those  33.6  years  to  keep  him  traveling  7.4  years  longer. 

No  Expert  Needed  to  Drive  Owen  Magnetic 

One  of  the  questions  which  is  asked  most  frequently  by  pros- 
pective owners  of  Owen  Magnetic  cars  is :  "What  would  I  do 
if  I  broke  down  out  in  the  middle  of  a  wilderness?" 

When  this  question  is  put  to  Sales  Manager  T.  A.  Lane,  of  the 
Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company,  the  local  distributing  organiza- 
tion of  the  magnetically  driven  car,  Lane  invariably  answers  the 
query  thus : 

"What  would  you  do  if  you  broke  down  in  the  middle  of  the 
wilderness  with  a  gear-driven  car?  You'd  fix  it,  if  the  trouble 
were  of  such  a  nature  that  the  ordinary  owner  could  fix  it.  It 
not,  you'd  get  help.  The  experience  of  thousands  of  owners  of 
gear-driven  cars  prove  this.  Your  problem  would  be  identical 
if  you  should  break  down  with  a  magnetically  driven  car." 

Usually  the  answer  is  sufficient,  says  Lane,  but  he  points  out 
that  many  prospective  Owen  Magnetic  owners  believe  they  must 
be  electrical  experts  to  master  this  make  of  car — an  entirely 
erroneous  idea. 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST.  San  Francisco 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  Newt  Letter  recommends  the  following  garages,  hotels  and  supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  aa  a  guide: 

PALO    ALTO.      LARK  1 1 

if"  OD   the   W  4  automobile 

ownan  wd  thalr  families.     Corner  nf  Unli 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL.  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  "Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


EraiHraMOffiJEO 


FREE  FROM   CAR  HON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY     COMPANY 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.      BRAND    4    CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  2,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  familiar,  age-old  saying  tells  us  there  is  a  time  for  every- 
thing, and  just  now  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  time  has  come  to 
shoulder  the  hoe  and  cultivate  the  land.  Women  as  well  as  men 
are  joining  the  great  army  of  the  soldiers  of  the  soil  for  which 
the  country  calls,  for  this  is  one  of  the  ways  in  which  we  are 
urged  to  "do  our  bit"  in  giving  helpful  service. 

Women  who  are  seriously  taking  to  farming  and  gardening 
have  had  to  decide  on  suitable  clothes  to  work  in.  They  have 
adopted  practical  overalls  and  simple  uniforms  consisting  of  a 
short  skirt  and  a  plain,  practical  waist. 

When  we  talk  of  overalls,  however,  it  does  not  mean  that  we 
must  give  up  all  those  fascinating  summer  clothes  we  have  been 
planning  to  wear  just  as  soon  as  the  weather  would  be  warm 
enough  to  allow  us  to  indulge  in  them.  For,  of  course,  there  will 
still  be  times  to  dance,  and  then  we  shall  wear  those  ravishing 
frocks  of  net  and  organdy,  chiffon  and  tulle,  and  those  other 
airy  nothings  which  are  so  necessary  to  the  happiness  of  wo- 
men. Then,  too,  there  will  come  the  times  to  play  when  we  shall 
level  in  those  wonderfully  attractive  sports  clothes  with  gay 
striped  and  plaid  skirts  and  the  smart  belted  middy  blouses. 

But,  to  go  back  to  the  overalls.  Whether  women  are  really 
going  to  devote  a  great  deal  of  time  to  farming  in  earnest,  or 
whether  they  are  simply  going  to  cultivate  the  small  plot  in  the 
backyard  to  raise  the  vegetables  for  the  family  supply,  an  over- 
all suit  is  the  thing  to  get. 

The  sketch  shows  a  suit  of  very  practical  overalls.  This  is 
the  kind  that  is  worn  with  any  separate  blouse,  the  top  of  the 
overalls  being  made  in  jumper  effect.    The  bloomers  are  roomy 


©  McCall 


Left — Equipped  for  Outdoor  Work  with  Overalls  and  Sun  Hat.  Right — 
A  Practical   Costume  Consists  of  a  Plain  Waist  and  Short  Skirt. 

and  comfortable.  They  are  gathered  at  the  lower  edge  and  se- 
curely tucked  under  the  tops  of  the  high  lace  shoes,  which  are 
the  correct  shoes  to  wear  for  gardening.  No  dirt  or  twigs  will 
get  in  and  make  the  feet  uncomfortable  when  the  bloomers  are 
arranged  in  this  way  with  the  shoes  laced  up  over  them. 

Some  overalls  are  made  all  in  one  with  waist  and  sleeves 
sewed  in,  forming  a  complete  costume  which  eliminates  the  ne- 
cessity of  wearing  a  waist  underneath.  The  style  is  preferred 
by  some  women. 

The  overalls  illustrated  have  been  adopted  by  the  National 
American  Woman  Suffrage  Association,  whose  members  use 
them  in  the  agricultural  department. 

There  is  a  growing  demand  for  overalls  for  women  since  the 
agricultural  field  has  been  opened  up  to  them  as  it  has  never 
been  before;  but  not  alone  for  this  purpose  are  the  overalls 
used.  In  many  factories  skirts  have  been  discarded  and  the 
women  workers  have  donned  overalls,  as  they  have  been  found 


much  more  satisfactory  than  the  handicapping  skirt  which  is 
often  the  cause  of  accidents. 

Women  in  the  home  are  also  taking  to  overalls  for  perform- 
ing the  rough  duties  about  the  house.  When  used  for  this  pur- 
pose, they  are  usually  made  up  in  the  lighter  materials  such  as 
percale,  chambray  and  gingham. 

Ward  Off  Freckles  with  a  Sun-Hat. 

While  women  are  cultivating  the  soil,  they  surely  do  not  want 
to  be  cultivating  freckles  as  well,  so  the  gardening  outfit  is  not 
really  complete  without  a  sun-hat  or  a  sunbonnet  to  protect  the 
head.  An  excellent  type  of  sun-hat  with  a  brim  which  may  be 
rolled  up  or  down  is  shown  with  the  overalls  illustrated.  This  is 
just  as  essential  to  the  gardener  as  the  hoe,  rake  or  spade,  not 
to  mention  the  important  overalls.  The  overalls  and  hat  are 
usually  made  of  the  same  material,  and  one  of  the  most  practical 
materials  to  use  is  khaki  or  heavy  khaki-colored  materials. 
This  color  is  the  best  to  use  for  the  obvious  reason  that  it  does 
not  show  the  dirt  as  much  as  any  other.  Women's  overalls  are 
also  made  up  in  blue  jean,  that  practical  fabric  which  has  al- 
ways been  used  for  men's  overalls. 

Another  very  practical  costume  in  use  now  for  outdoor  work 
consists  of  a  tailored  shirtwaist  and  a  short  khaki  skirt  with 
bloomers  and  detachable  leggings.  The  illustration  above 
shows  this  costume.  The  waists  are  made  of  heavy  linen,  per- 
cale, madras,  poplin  and  all  practical  shirting  materials.  The 
skirts  are  provided  with  large  pockets,  not  merely  a  fashion 
feature,  but  decidedly  utilitarian. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.  A.   Qonder 


The   CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on   the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters    For   Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


Net<s  Letter 


■\: 


D«vot»d   to  th«    Ltading   Initrtili   of  California   and   th«   Pic-flc    com 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  SATURDAY,  JUNE  9,  1917 


NO.  23 


-AN    i  SICIVS    II 


mpony,  30  Cornht  :  -'and. 

Hon    In    the   current    number   of    thi 
S   LETTER  ANIi   CALIi 
not  later  than  5  p.  m.  Wedm 

.    6    month- 
-•ear  J7.50;  6  months.  $4.00.     Canada.   1  year,  i(..:S;  6  months, 


-The  Russian  Bear  is  acquiring  the  habit  of  biting  him- 


self. 


Poor  old  Turkey  is  doing  her  level  best  to  last  till  the 

holidays. 

One  year  in  jail  faces  the  obdurate  slacker  caught  slack- 
ing alack! 

The  "man  without  a  country"  is  in  a  forlorn  predicament 

these  days. 

And  still  the  war  budget  is  reported  to  be  confusing  Con- 
gress.   Naturally. 

The  German  Reichstag  will  open  July  5th,  but  not  with 

a  Fourth  of  July  celebration. 

Buy  a  Liberty  Loan  Bond,  and  stake  Uncle  Sam  to  win 

in  this  war  for  your  defense. 

■ -The  most  effective  Liberty  Loan  slogan  to  date  is :  "Come 

across — if  you  don't,  the  Germans  will." 

■ Bread  cast  upon  the  waters  these  days  comes  back  in 

the  shape  of  "dough"  for  the  soldier  boys. 

Rigorous  censorship  is  still  keeping  painful  news  in  the 

ice  chest:  Ty  Cobb  has  dropped  below  the  .300  class.  'Swounds! 

Germany  again  for  the  umpty-umpty  time  "hints"  at  pro- 
posing peace  terms  to  England  and  France,  and  the  rest  of  the 
world. 

Something  is  wrong  in  Winnipeg:  the  police  force  there 

has  organized  itself  into  a  union,  preparatory  to  strike  for  higher 
wages. 

Germany's  deft  hand  in  stirring  up  draft  troubles  and 

factions  in  this  country  is  evident  in  a  number  of  daily  news- 
papers. 

The  $2,000,000,000  Liberty  Loan  means  a  distributive 

investment  of  $20  each  for  every  man,  woman  and  child  in  this 
country. 

Even  the  Bible  urges :  "Be  ye  also  ready,"  which,  of 

course,  means  Preparedness,  and  naturally  a  subscription  to  the 
Liberty  Loan. 

U.  S.  Steel  reached  a  new  high  record,  this  week,  and 

steel  billet  sandwiches  are  expected,  eventually,  to  reduce  the 
high  cost  of  living. 

Hay  bread,  a  combination  of  alfalfa  mixed  with  wheat 

flour,  has  been  proposed  to  the  National  Council  of  Defense  by 
a  leading  food  expert.  People  with  horse  sense  will  naturally 
take  to  it. 


Clearance  sales  of  the  big  local  department  stores  at  this 

■:  show  no  signs  of  slackers  among  the  scrambling  women 
Seeking  annual  bargains. 

The  "hold  up"  profession  is  rapidly  slipping  into  the 

"hold  out"  line  of  the  tin  panners.  This  week  a  couple  of  masked 
men  got  only  $1.85  from  two  saloons. 

Rev.  Paul  Smith,  of  ex-redlight  auras,  is  likely.to  come 

a  cropper  in  his  threatened  efforts  to  defeat  the  re-election  of 
Police  Judges  Brady  and  Sullivan  at  the  fall  election. 

A  man  must  have  the  courage  of  his  convictions  these 

days  to  go  the  rounds  of  his  house  at  midnight  because  his  wife 
thinks  "there's  a  burglar  somewhere  in  the  house." 

War  is  shaking  up  the  very  citadel  of  Peace.  The  Eureka 

woolen  mills,  idle  in  the  redwoods  for  years,  have  "come  back" 
to  life  and  humping  along  turning  out  army  blankets. 

Flour  is  beginning  to  drop  in  price.  Evidently  the  "com- 
bine" is  getting  under  cover  to  dodge  the  government's  pro- 
posed inquiry  into  the  general  climbing  prices  of  food. 

The  average  woman  under  ordinary  tasks  must  consume 

2,780  calorics  these  days,  or  go  kerplunk.  Hence  the  warning: 
Keep  one  eye  on  the  war  and  the  other  on  your  caloric  meter. 

The  nerviest  woman  of  local  record,  this  week,  was  the 

wife  who  shot  her  husband  when  caught  in  the  usual  "movie" 
predicament  and  then  demanded  alimony  when  he  sued  for 
divorce. 

According  to  Frank  A.  Vanderlip,  president  of  the  Na- 
tional City  Bank,  "The  Liberty  Loan  is  only  a  starter.  We  shall 
need  sums  of  money  such  as  were  never  dreamed  of  in  any  of 
this  nation's  undertakings." 

The  threat  of  the  Administration  to  draft  the  ship  strikers 

in  the  East  who  are  delaying  the  construction  of  battleships  on 
the  ways  is  a  commendable  "first  aid  to  the  injured"  act  that 
should  be  put  into  prompt  and  active  practice. 

It  is  evident  that  the  decision  of  the  jury  in  the  contest 

over  the  $2,000,000  Sharon  estate  is  only  a  preliminary  to  the 
hot  charges  and  counter  charges  that  will  keep  the  attorneys  pil- 
ing up  fees  and  the  litigants  losing  their  patience. 

A  New  York  brokerage  firm  discovered  this  week  that 

one  of  its  employees  was  short  $1,030,650  in  his  accounts.  Evi- 
dently times  are  good  in  Wall  Street  when  a  firm  acci- 
dently  discovers  that  so  many  pennies  are  missing. 

The  Kaiser  is  reported  to  be  sportively  reconciled  to  the 

loss  of  Kiao  Chow,  his  former  possessions  in  China.  This  gulp 
is  likely  to  prove  a  homeopathic  dose  that  will  reconcile  him  to 
his  losses  of  colonies  in  Africa  and  the  South  Seas. 

The  European  nations  will  read  pop-eyed  the  recent  draft 

pnnouncement  issued  by  the  State  Commission  of  Immigration 
in  fifteen  different  languages — a  bulletin  to  the  world  showing 
at  a  glance  what  a  heterogenious  mixture  of  peoples  goes  into 
Uncle  Sam's  melting  pot  of  the  nations,  and  eventually  come 
cut  typical  Americans. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  Food  Problem 
And  Likely  Changes 


America  is  fortunate,  under  prevail- 
ing war  conditions,  of  having  had  the 
experience  of  the  nations  of  Europe 
to  prompt  and  advise  her.  In  this 
situation  President  Wilson  is  first  grappling  with  the  food  situa- 
tion, a  vital  problem  which  the  entente  nations  allowed  to  re- 
main in  the  background  while  they  considered  intently  the  grave 
problem  of  munitions  till  they  were  shocked  into  attention  by 
the  groans  and  protests  of  the  people.  There  is  no  serious  short- 
age of  foodstuffs  in  this  country  now,  and  there  is  no  reason, 
with  the  problem  properly  handled,  why  there  should  be.  Greedy 
food  pirates,  combinations  to  the  core,  are  everlastingly  scan- 
ning the  situation  to  take  advantage  of  the  enormous  profits  to 
be  had.  If  these  rapacious  thieves  are  properly  suppressed, 
the  food  problem  can  be  read- 
ily handled  in  supply,  trans- 
portation and  local  distribu- 
tion. Inefficiency  in  any  of 
these  three  dependent  lines 
will  create  trouble,  especially 
in  local  distribution  where 
congestion  has  largely  devel- 
oped in  the  past.  Private  in- 
terests have  of  late  years  man- 
ipulated one  of  these  three 
factors  successfully  for  their 
selfish  ends,  against  which 
buyers  have  vigorously  pro- 
tested. The  result  is  that  the 
public  at  large  is  beginning  to 
think  that  this  vital  question' 
of  food  distribution  and  sale 
should  be  supervised,  regu- 
lated and  controlled  by  the 
government.  General  satis- 
faction is  being  expressed 
throughout  the  country  that 
Herbert  Hoover  has  been  ap- 
pointed by  President  Wilson 
to  handle  the  food  problem 
during  the  war.  Hoover  has 
practically  exclusive  power  in 
his  field,  in  fact  a  dictator.  His 
record  in  Belgium  and  other 
countries  is  assurance  that  his 
rule  in  America  will  be  what 
the  country,  under  the  circum- 
stances, requires.  He  will 
control  all  foodstuffs  from  the 
farmer  to  the  final  buyer  that 
prepares  it  for  consumption. 
The  food  products  of  the  na- 
tion will  be  mobilized  and 
checked  in  their  passage  from 
farmer  to  consumer,  and  the 
costs  will  be  fairly  regulated 
and  published.  Hoarding  will 
be  prohibited  in  the  case  of 
dealers  as  well  as  individuals. 
Certain  foods  will  be  requisi- 
tioned if  needed  for  public  use, 
and  there  will  be  the  licens- 
ing of  wholesale  and  legitimate  mixtures  and  milling  percent- 
ages and  the  prohibition  of  unnecessary  or  wasteful  use  of 
foods.  Out  of  this  problem,  as  out  of  many  problems  developed 
with  this  masterful  war,  will  come  new  solutions  and  new  ideas 
that  will  form  new  bases  for  our  industrial  and  social  life. 

The  emphatic  stress  laid  by  Balfour 
and  Joffre  in  their  request  of  the 
Administration  at     Washington     to 
send  American  troops  as  early  as 
possible  to  the  firing  line  of  France  is  significant  that  the  break- 
down of  Russian  arms  on  the  eastern  front,  caused  by  the  revo- 
lution there,  has  precipitated  a  crisis  on  the  western  front.  To 


And  Still  the  War 
Demands  "More  Men. 


be  sure,  the  English,  French  and  Italian  forces  on  this  front  are 
making  notable  advances  in  driving  back  the  German  lines,  but 
those  in  the  directing  of  affairs  apparently  sense  that  with  the 
Russian  line  unstable,  the  Kaiser  may  be  able  to  draw  sufficient 
troops  from  that  side  to  stop  the  advance  of  the  entente  troops. 
Such  a  move  would  stalemate  the  entente  and  strengthen  Ger- 
many in  its  demands  for  peace,  with  him  still  on  alien  territory 
and  in  a  position  to  demand  the  return  of  certain  of  his  captured 
foreign  possessions,  in  exchange  for  territory  captured  in  Bel- 
gium, France  and  the  Balkan  peninsula.  To  provide  for  this 
urgent  situation,  American  troops  were  earnestly  asked  for  by 
Joffre  and  Balfour,  and  President  Wilson  is  making  every  ef- 
fort to  land  Pershing  and  his  troops  there  as  early  as  possible. 
Big  bodies  of  this  character  move  but  slowly,  according  to  the 

notion  of  impatient  patriots, 
but  due  consideration  must  be 
given  the  extraordinary  equip- 
ment and  transportation  ser- 
vice needed  to  land  a  capable 
force  at  a  destination  more 
than  3,000  miles  across  the 
ocean.  America  must  remem- 
ber the  tremendous  efforts  that 
Great  Britain  encountered  in 
shipping  the  necessary  troops 
and  equipments  to  fight  the 
Boers  in  South  Africa  and 
Russia  in  sending  troops  some 
5,000  miles  across  the  steppes 
of  Siberia  in  her  contest  with 
Japan.  The  war  is  reaching  a 
critical  stage,  and  each  side  is 
forcing  every  man  possible  in- 
to the  firing  line.  Recently 
Portuguese  troops  have  been 
drawn  into  the  battles,  and 
England  is  rounding  up  an- 
other levy  of  500,000  men. 
From  all  quarters  comes  the 
cry:  "More  men;  more  men." 
And  with  more  men  General 
Petain  is  confident  that  Dem- 
ocracy will  win  against  Auto- 
cracy." 

^^ 

The  Nigger  in  the  Ship 
Building  Contest. 

The  wooden  ship  contro- 
versy touches  the  Pacific  Coast 
at  several  angles,  and  the  lum- 
ber mills  and  the  increasing 
number  of  shipping  yards  here 
have  a  deep  interest  in  the 
contest  between  William  Den- 
man  and  General  Goethals. 
The  situation  in  this  matter 
has  been  befogged  by  partisan 
newspaper  discussion  over  a 
number  of  indefinite  points 
that  those  in  charge  have  not 
yet  decided  upon.  For  in- 
stance it  was  given  out  early 
in  the  plans  that  a  thousand  ships  of  a  standard  size  would  be 
built.  Now  it  is  understood  from  those  in  authority  that  the 
figure  one  thousand  was  intended  as  a  "rough"  estimate.  Facts 
have  been  distorted  and  twisted  in  order  to  score  certain  points. 
In  reading  between  the  lines  of  recent  semi-official  announce- 
ments, the  public  may  readily  glean  the  shifts  being  made.  It 
has  been  decided  now  that  both  wood  and  steel  ships  will  be 
constructed  in  order  that  the  vessels  may  be  turned  out  more 
rapidly  by  dividing  the  construction  between  two  departments 
of  labor,  the  steel  workers  and  the  wood  workers.  This  deci- 
sion naturally  kills  the  charge  that  the  "steel  trust  was  hogging 
the  contract."  Pacific  Coast  shipbuilders  were  chiefly  instru- 
mental in  bringing  about  this  important  change;  in  fact,  the 


UNCLE  SAM'S  BACKBONE 

— Dawn  by  our  Staff  Artist. 


IE  9.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


construction  of  wooden  vessels  on  this  Coast  is  having  an  extra- 
ordinary boom.  Both  Goethals  and  Desman  have  passed  their 
Sylla  and  Charybdis.  and  are  apparently  on  easy  terms  again. 
As  the  situation  now  stands.  General  Goethals  will  look  alter 
the  construction  of  the  steel  vessels,  while  Denman  nurses  the 
building  of  the  wooden  ships.  Large  numbers  of  cargo  carriers 
will  be  in  great  demand  following  the  war.  and  it  will  be  of 
some  interest  to  know  whether  the  new  standard  type  of  wooden 
vessel  will  help  in  any  unusual  degTee  to  fill  this  urgent  demand. 
In  the  case  of  the  standard  steel  vessels  it  is  understood  that 
they  can  readily  be  turned  out  in  eighteen  months.  The  contest 
between  these  two  types  will  be  interesting  as  indicating  whe- 
ther the  wooden  vessel  is  becoming  obsolete  in  its  contest  with 
steel,  in  this  steel  age. 


TOWN    CRIER 


The  Federal  authorities  evidently  mean  business  in  their 

recent  notice  to  round  up  and  convict  the  combines  of  brigands 
who  are  trying  to  rob  the  public  through  manipulating  higher 
market  prices.  Several  weeks  ago  a  paper  combine  in  the  East 
was  rounded  up  and  convicted  for  robbing  publishers.  This 
week  the  government  agents  gathered  in  nine  firms  and  sixteen 
individuals  connected  with  the  Chicago  Egg  Board,  and 
charged  them  with  fraudulent  manipulation  of  the  market  to 
establish  and  maintain  high  prices.  The  greatest  unconscion- 
able scoundrels  in  this  line  are  located  in  Chicago,  the  city 
which  sets  most  of  the  prices  in  food  stuffs  for  the  country. 
These  resident  robbers  there  in  the  egg  game  adopted  the  prac- 
tice of  making  fictitious  purchases  and  sales  without  intending 
that  the  eggs  should  be  delivered.  The  natural  and  inevitable 
effect  was  to  establish  prices  for  eggs  throughout  the  United 
States  higher  than  the  true  market  price.  A  like  suspicion  is 
now  going  the  rounds  that  certain  commission  men  here  in  San 
Francisco  have  been  practicing  this  same  game  in  other  lines. 
Hoarding,  storage  or  destruction  of  food,  fuel  or  other  neces- 
saries of  life  to  limit  supply  or  affect  prices  has  been  made  a 
felony  by  Congress. 

There  is  the  very  deuce  to  pay  in  that  charming  circle  of 

apartment  houses  and  "family"  hotels  on  the  recklessly  enter- 
taining subject  of  the  proper  dress  of  girls  for  evening  dances. 
Strange  to  say,  it  is  the  royal  Prince  Albert  brigade  that  has  be- 
flustered  this  fuss.  From  a  conspicuous  member  of  the  charm- 
ing fusilliers  we  have  been  informed  that  the  young  women 
who  attend  these  invitational  evening  dances  are  attired  in  cos- 
tumes more  suitable  for  street  wear  than  the  ballroom,  when 
their  invitations  specify  "purely  informal."  Shocking!  More 
shocking  than  a  ten-inch  shell  exploding  in  the  ballroom.  Not 
even  Mme.  Vere  de  Vere,  the  first  wife  of  Spider  Kelly,  would 
stand  for  such  a  bloomer  in  the  pas  de  deux  act  with  moonlight 
settings.  This  is  a  very  delicate  problem  to  solve  off  the  reel, 
and  just  as  we  are  going  to  press.  The  best  we  can  say  while 
counting  up  the  draft  returns  is  that  a  Parisian  creation  encir- 
cled by  the  arm  of  a  dress  suit  would  create  a  sort  of  peaceful 
atmosphere  if  the  Blue  Danube  was  played  pianissimo.  At  any 
rate,  it  would  please  the  young  ladies  against  whom  such  terri- 
ble social  charges  have  been  made. 

Holy  Smoke!    The  local  board  of  public  works  threatens 

to  discharge  two  hundred  street  cleaners  because  there  was  a 
widespread  protest  among  local  residents  to  prevent  the  board 
from  getting  an  umpty-umpty  hundred  million  dollar  increase 
in  the  budget  for  the  purpose  of  paving  the  street  with  twenty 
dollar  gold  slugs.  Local  taxpayers  are  eagerly  willing  to  allow 
the  board  of  public  works  to  pave  the  streets  with  $20  slugs 
taken  from  the  city  treasury,  but  the  patient  taxpayers  insist,  for 
some  foolish  reasons  of  their  own,  that  any  slugs  left  over_  after 
the  paving  is  finished  shall  be  returned  to  them,  and  this  the 
board  emphatically  declines  to  do.  Of  course,  the  200  street 
cleaners  will  be  discharged  as  threatened,  but  the  201  obsolete 
clerical  force  and  political  parasites  that  sit  about  the  office  of 
that  branch  of  Rip  Van  Winkle  agency,  will  be  paid  regularly 
every  thirty  days,  just  for  sticking  their  nozzles  in  the  hog  crib 
and  tipping  their  tiles  to  the  Big  Boss. 


This  sacrificial  period  in  the  experience  or  the  people 

should  draw  their  attention  to  those  ;  the  cost  of 

living  that  hitherto  they  have  given  too 

bill  passed  ,mbcr  of  public 

employees  means  increased  taxes  to  which  you  mus: 

bill  passed  by  that  same  legisla- 
forcing  the  railroads  to  employ  more  men  than  are  necessary, 
such  as  a  "stuffed"  crew  law.  requiring  extra  brakemen  on  trains 
and  the  like,  means  higher  freight  and  passenger  rates,  and 
these  charges  tap  your  pocket  directly  and  indirect 

LOCAL  BUNKER  HILL  CELEBRATl 

The  142d  anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill  will  be 
celebrated  this  year  in  San  Francisco  on  Saturday,  June  16th, 
In  Golden  Gate  Park.  A  magnificent  patriotic  program  arranged 
by  Charles  H.  Cassasa  will  be  rendered  by  the  Golden  Gate 
Park  Band  at  2  p.  m.  All  patriotic  citizens  are  invited  to  attend 
these  musical  exercises.  Celebration  of  Bunker  Hill  day  has 
been  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Association 
which  was  organized  in  1861  during  the  Civil  War,  and  known 
as  the  Sanitary  Commission  which  corresponded  at  that  time  to 
the  Red  Cross  Society,  and  they  raised  thousands  of  dollars 
for  the  sick  and  wounded. 


The  dining-out  public  of  San  Francisco,  as  well  as  the 

visitors  from  out-of-town,  have  come  to  know  the  Techau  Tav- 
ern at  Powell  and  Eddy  streets  as  San  Francisco's  highest  class 
restaurant  and  family  cafe.  At  present  the  government  is  ad- 
vertising "Keep  Business  As  Usual,"  but  the  management  of 
the  Techau  Tavern  is  holding  such  a  steady  course  ahead  that  it 
can  improve  on  "Business  As  Usual"  with  "Business  Better 
Than  Usual."  Every  afternoon  and  evening  at  the  Techau  Tav- 
ern finds  the  place  comfortably  crowded  with  San  Francisco's 
smartest  people,  including  the  army  and  navy  people.  In  the 
afternoons  the  favors  known  as  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  sachet  and 
Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  perfume,  and  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  face  pow- 
der are  presented  without  competition.  At  night  and  during  the 
dinner  hours  there  is  dancing  for  the  guests,  the  music  for  which 
is  supplied  by  the  Techau  Tavern's  famous  "Jass"  orchestra. 


Aunt  Sarah    (horrified) — Good  gracious,     John,     what 

would  your  mother  say  if  she  saw  you  smoking  cigarettes?  John 
(calmly) — She'd  have  a  fit.  They're  her  cigarettes. — New 
York  Times. 


"She's  musical,  isn't  she?"  "She  thinks  she  is."  "Vo- 
cal or  instrumental  ?"  "Both.  She  sings  and  she's  instrumental 
in  keeping  away  new  tenants." — Boston  Transcript. 


An  k"  Eagle  Brand  "    Baby 


Summer    [Weather    Intensifies 
Your  Infant  Feeding  Problems 

If  for  any  reason  your  baby  is  not  thriving  on  its  present  food  try 

This  clean,  whole-      JLrtM  7Z07cUm.      W  h  e  r  e  v  e  r  you 
^T^y~~*  v    -w-^      may  be  at  home  or 

EAGLE 


some  milk  has  been 

successfully  used  for 

sixty    years.       It  is 

peculiarly  valuable 

lo  the  baby  during      JVJ  |  L,  ■»- 

the  heated  spell. 

Write  for 


BRAND 
CONDENSED 


away  it  provides 
an  easily  obtain- 
able, easily  pre- 
pared, safe,  uni- 
form food. 
booklet  on  care   of  Infants 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


Mrs.  O'Sullivan  to  do  Her  "Bit." 

Mrs.  Dennis  O'Sullivan  has  launched  the  first  of  the  series  of 
At  Homes  for  the  men  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  arid 
irom  now  on  every  Saturday  and  Sunday  the  men  will  be  free  to 
accept  the  hospitality  of  the  many  hostesses  who  have  offered 
their  homes  for  this  purpose. 

Mrs.  O'Sullivan  has  already  "done  her  bit"  in  London,  so  she 
knew  that  to  carry  out  the  idea  successfully  there  must  be  a 
standardized  plan  which  every  hostess  would  accept  before  she 
could  be  officially  eligible  for  this  honor  squad  of  hostesses. 

The  idea  is  to  furnish  recreation,  companionship,  camara- 
derie for  the  men,  particularly  those  who  are  strangers  in  these 
parts,  and  in  order  that  it  should  not  degenerate  into  food  fests, 
with  hostesses  vieing  with  each  other,  the  tea  and  coffee  service 
is  bounded  on  the  north  by  simplicity,  on  the  south  by  a  syno- 
nym for  it,  and  on  the  east  and  west  by  more  synonyms  for  sim- 
plicity. 

Mrs.  O'Sullivan,  and  the  Mesdames  Louis  Monteagle,  Philip 
Van  Home  Lansdale,  Charles  Stetson  Wheeler,  Edward  Burr, 
E.  D.  Bullard,  Stetson  Wheeler  and  Oscar  Sutro,  who  are  giving 
the  first  receptions,  have  held  several  committee  meetings  and 
worked  out  definite  plans  which  the  other  hostesses  will  follow. 

©     ©    © 
Men  Not  to  be  "Bored." 

The  men  are  not  to  be  invited  to  dinner,  but  are  bidden  from 
2  to  5  and  from  7  to  10.  This  allows  them  to  return  to  the  Pre- 
sidio for  the  dinner  hour. 

They  are  not  to  be  bored  by  "uplift,"  nor  made  to  feel 
that  they  are  submitting  to  a  sort  of  glorified  welfare  work. 
These  affairs  will  simply  give  the  men  an  opportunity  to  meet 
a  lot  of  nice  young  women,  enjoy  music  and  dancing,  and  the 
usual  diversions  of.  a  reception  minus  the  excess  cargo  of  un- 
necessary food  which  usually  freights  such  affairs  and  which 
would  be  unpatriotic  in  these  war  times. 

Mrs.  O'Sullivan  is  naturally  keenly  interested  in  the  camp,  as 
her  son,  Curtis,  O'Sullivan,  is  one  of  the  young  men — in  point 
of  fact,  the  youngest  officer  stationed  there.  He  is  affectionately 
called  the  "boy  wonder"  by  his  comrades,  as  he  has  already 
won  the  commission  as  reserve  Captain,  and  is  now  only  22,  the 
youngest  man  on  the  Pacific  Coast  to  win  that  commission. 

After  the  death  of  her  famous  husband,  Dennis  O'Sullivan, 
Mrs.  O'Sullivan  made  her  home  in  England,  where  many  visit- 
ing Californians  have  met  the  distinguished  artists  and  literary 
people  who  made  the  O'Sullivan  home  their  rendezvous.  But 
when  Curtis  O'Sullivan  was  ready  to  enter  college  he  surprised 
every  one  by  declining  to  go  to  any  of  the  English  universities, 
and  announced  that  he  was  going  back  to  America  to  go  to 
college,  and  chose  to  enter  Berkeley,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  highest  honors.  He  modestly  ascribes  the  fact  that 
he  passed  his  examination  for  infantry  captaincy  100  per  cent 
to  the  fact  that  he  had  military  training  at  college  before  enter- 
ing the  camp  at  Monterey  last  year. 

The  plan  of  entertaining  the  men  launched  by  Mrs.  O'Sullivan 
will  be  continued  for  the  duration  of  the  war,  or  at  least  as 
long  as  the  Presidio  is  used  for  a  training  camp,  and  so  many 
more  women  will  add  their  names  to  the  group  which  has  set 
the  ball  rolling. 

©     ©     © 

Utility  vs.  Beauty. 

If  eventually  flower  gardens  are  to  be  conscripted  for  raising 
utility  vegetables,  those  in  charge  of  such  conscription  will  find 
that  already  the  chatelaines  of  most  of  the  domains  down  the 
peninsular  way  have  put  in  crops  guaranteed  to  help  solve  the 
food  problem.  On  the  big  estates  the  gardeners  have  always 
raised  fancy  green  stuff  for  the  table,  but  now  every  place,  large 
and  small,  has  its  vegetable  garden  and  its  potato  patch. 

The  other  day  a  group  of  women  at  the  Burlingame  Club 
were  discussing  this  new  venture  and  they  all  decided  that  the 
initial  cost  of  preparing  the  ground  and  putting  in  the  crops  was 
more  expensive  than  buying  the  same  produce  from  the  green 


grocer,  but  the  economy  in  the  venture  is  in  lowering  the  demand 
cii  the  supplies  which  cannot  fill  the  present  world  demand. 

Miss  Etta  Warren  is  one  of  the  women  who  have  gone  in  for 
making  productive  the  beautiful  grounds  around  her  lovely 
home,  and  no  guest  escapes  being  taken  out  to  see  the  young 
onions  proudly  poke  their  slim  green  stalks  through  the  earth 
just  as  though  they  were  about  to  waft  a  perfume  like  a  tube 
rose  instead  of  a  smelly  tuber  through  the  air;  and  the  potato 
patch  is  as  proudly  displayed  as  the  flower  garden. 

©    ©    © 
Thormvell  Mullally  Disappointed. 

There  is  much  disappointment  in  the  ranks  of  the  cavalry 
regiment  organized  last  year  by  Thornwell  Mullally  and  that 
group  of  men  because  they  have  had  official  word  from  Wash- 
ington that  they  will  not  be  allowed  to  go  to  the  front  at  once  in 
a  unit  made  up  of  volunteers  and  regular  army  officers.  All 
sorts  of  wires  were  being  pulled  to  have  the  government  accept 
this  offer,  and  several  men  have  quietly  made  trips  on  to  Wash- 
ington to  further  it,  but  for  some  time  hope  has  flickered  very 
low  in  the  hearts  of  most.  When  the  Roosevelt  offer  was  turned 
down,  all  but  the  confirmed  optimists  gave  up  any  idea  of  this 
plan  going-  through,  but  of  course  not  until  the  thing  was  ac- 
tually turned  down  did  the  men  in  the  cavalry  face  the  certainty. 

To  be  sure,  some  of  them  "hunched"  it  all  along,  and  these 
are  the  envy  of  their  fellows.  Tom  Driscoll  and  Joe  Eastland 
are  two  of  the  society  chaps  who  decided  not  to  take  any 
chances  on  the  cavalry  end  of  the  proposition,  and  they  are  out 
in  the  Officers'  Reserve  Camp  now  at  the  Presidio,  going 
through  the  motions  of  the  infantry,  much  to  the  envy  of  the 
noble  horsemen  who  did  not  enlist  for  this  first  camp.  There 
will  be  a  second  Officers'  Reserve  Training  Camp  when  these 
men  have  finished,  and  many  of  the  society  chaps  who  hoped  to 
be  sent  with  the  cavalry  will  then  enlist. 
©    ©    © 

Dame  Rumor  Still  Busy. 

Rumor  still  insists  that  Joe  Eastland  and  the  fascinating 
young  divorsee  to  whom  he  has  paid  his  devoirs  for  several  sea- 
sons are  contemplating  matrimony,  and  will  be  married  before 
he  is  sent  "somewhere  in  France." 
©    ©    © 

War's  Alarum  Has  Changed  Conditions. 

Some  idea  of  the  changed  conditions  which  have  already  cir- 
cumstanced us  may  be  glimpsed  from  just  a  casual  reading  of 
invitations  which  now  come  in  the  mail  of  every  society  woman. 
For  example,  this  week  a  number  of  people  received  cards  to 
affairs  given  by  Mrs.  Eugene  Murphy  in  Burlingame  and  by 
Mrs.  George  Gibbs  in  town.  Both  hostesses  are  inviting  their 
friends  to  meet  Mrs.  Randolph  Huntington  Miner,  one  of  the 
leaders  in  Los  Angeles  society,  who  has  a  large  coterie  of 
friends  here  and  is  always  entertained  delightfully  on  the  occa- 
sions of  her  visits  to  these  parts. 

But  this  time,  instead  of  the  usual  diversions  which  the  hostess 
uses  as  a  means  of  making  the  hours  wing  by,  Mrs.  Miner  will 
give  a  talk  on  the  needs  of  the  sailor  lads,  and  the  women  will 
be  enlisted  into  putting  their  knitting  needles  at  the  service  of 
Uncle  Sam's  sailors. 

Captain  Miner  has  returned  to  active  service,  and  while  he  is 
stationed  here,  Mrs.  Miner  will  give  her  time  to  organizing  work 
for  the  sailors,  and  plans  to  open  headquarters  down  town,  co- 
ordinate the  work,  enlist  more  workers,  and  establish  a  depot 
where  supplies  may  be  purchased  at  wholesale  cost  for  those 
interested  in  the  navy.  So  her  social  engagements  are  all  made 
to  further  this  work. 


Convenient  to  all  Places  of  Interest 


Hotel  Clark 

f   LOS  ANGELES^ 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciscan* 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath, 

F.  M.  DIMMICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


:*>17 


and  California  A<l\' 


on    \\ 

Horace  Pillsbury  and  * 

ry  affair  can  be  taker,  .1 
it  is  an  assured  addition  to  the  inform 
summer  calendar.    An  efficiency  expert  whe 


•  mans  Athletic  Gub 
I  an  unqualified  success.  Mrs. 
>f  the  :ors  gave  dinner 

the  proper  eclat,  and  if  the  po- 
pularity of 
lions  of  the 
r  the  af- 


fairs of  the  club  with  the  able  women  who  are  running  it.  com 
mended  them  highly  for  the  percentage  of  use  they 
out  of  the  investment  in  the  building,  and  commented  on  the 
fact  that  it  was  used  at  all  at  night,  as  the  other  women's  clubs 
are  practically  closed.  But  it  is  at  night,  of  course,  that  the 
building  brings  in  the  least  returns,  and  the  women  put  their 
brains  to  work  on  that  problem. 

When  some  one  pointed  out  years  ago  that  all  over  this  land 
are  billions  of  dollars  invested  in  school  houses  which  bring 
in  no  return  on  the  investment  after  sundown,  it  took  an  or- 
ganized propaganda  to  get  it  into  the  heads  of  school  boards 
that  that  was  poor  business,  and  gradually  all  over  the  country 
the  schools  began  to  be  opened  up  at  night  as  social  centers  of 
recreation. 

But  when  these  women  realized  that  it  was  poor  business  to 
have  so  little  night  return  made  on  the  investment,  they  saw 
the  point  at  once,  and  solved  the  problem,  and  decided  to  throw 
the  club  open  to  men  twice  a  week,  Sunday  night  for  dinner  and 
Wednesday  night  for  dinner  and  dancing. 


Manager  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Gonder  of  the  Plaza  Hotel  enter- 
tained at  a  beautifully  appointed  dinner  party  last  Sunday  even- 
ing. The  floral  decorations  were  exquisite.  The  guests  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  C.  Hurst  of  Los  Angeles,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  T.  Maples. 

©   e   © 

Mrs.  Richards'  Pupils  Participate  in  Fete  Feministe. 

Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Fay  Richards'  Hotel  St.  Francis  and  Hotel 
Oakland  private  schools  gave  a  thirty  minute  exhibition  during 
the  general  program  at  Mrs.  Frank  Havens'  "Fete  Feministe," 
at  her  beautiful  home  in  Piedmont,  this  week.  The  work  demon- 
strated was  most  unique,  and  as  usual  proved  a  decided  feature. 
These  two  schools  under  Mrs.  Richards'  successful  and  original 
management  are  attracting  wide  attention.  June  9th  the  children 
attending  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  will  assist  at  the  Red  Cross 
bazaar.  A  recent  party  of  the  school  at  Hotel  Oakland  was  a 
distinct  success.  One  hundred  and  twenty  children  participated 
at  the  tables  in  blue  and  pink  colors. 
©    ©    © 

The  Hotel  Plaza  is  providing  its  guests  with  rarely  fine  con- 
certs this  season.  Adolph  Miller,  a  famous  Italian  baritone,  and 
Florence  Grek  Le  Roy,  soprano,  are  among  the  recent  stars  en- 
gaged. Special  music  programs  are  given  every  evening  to  a 
delighted  audience.  A  special  program  is  contributed  Sunday 
evenings. 

©    ©    © 

A  number  of  residents  of  this  city  are  now  visiting  Los  An- 
geles, and  among  those  who  are  registered  at  the  Hotel  Clark 
in  that  city  include :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Harris,  Mrs.  Nellie  F. 
Hargrave,  H.  F.  Bakemeyer,  J.  S.  Davidson,  W.  A.  Fruitiger, 
J.  C.  Glasson,  S.  V.  Armstrong,  S.  C.  Costello,  Miss  B.  Fitzger- 
ald, Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Lewis,  Wm.  C.  Kingston,  W.  W.  Mc- 
Laughlin, H.  Hollingsworth,  Mark  Thompson,  J.  D.  Vincent,  V. 
Villette,  Minnie  J.  Horton,  H.  G.  West,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Juder, 
R.  H.  Madden,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Kcene,  S.  Edgar  Goldsmith,  S. 
Levin,  Era  Kossey,  W.  H.  Shebley,  J.  L.  Heppele,  S.  E.  Cohn, 
Mrs.  E.  C.  Hall,  Ross  Reynolds,  A.  Setrackian,  A.  Michaeliar, 
H.  Hogopian,  L.  R.  Hogopian,  S.  C.  Pardee,  M.  F.  Cranney,  A. 

E.  Campbell,  C.  E.  Crighton,  Robert  A.  Kinzie,  W.  W.  Neklis, 
A.  J.  Neve,  Alex  Gordon,  B.  A.  Brackenbury,  Sol.  Lesser,  Irving 
Lesser,  C.  B.  Saunders,  E.  A.  McBryde,  Miss  G.  E.  Williamson, 

F.  J.  de  Vry,  Ada  Jafferies,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thos.  Schlosser,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gray,  Edith  Norris,  Mabel  Norris,  P.  W.  Keene,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Williams,  A.  N.  Johns,  F.  M.  Avery,  Mrs.  F. 
Maskey,  Walter  O'Neal,  F.  L.  Whitton,  E.  H.  Adams.  O.  H. 
Ochs,  J.  S.  Cunningham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  McLean,  John  E. 
Koenig,  M.  A.  Laskey,  Constant  Meese,  John  A.  Hooper  and 
chauffeur,  Dolly  Manguns,  J.  B.  Nellison,  Miss  D.  Walsh,  L.  S. 
Ayer,  Mr.  and     Mrs.     G.     A.     Young,     L.     P.     Larsen,     and 

G.  J.  Brooks.  Also  the  following  from  Berkeley:  R.  W.  Hawley, 


.  Mrs.  C.  H.  Spinks.  R.  A.  Wilson,  and  the  following 
from  Oakland:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  B.  Clar. 
bunker.  A.  M.  Levin.  J.  T.  Nairnc.  and  Mr.  and  Mr».  H    L 
Martin. 

•:•    •:•    •:• 
At  the  Hotel  P. 

New  registered  guests  at  the  ;  iaM  Hotel 

ate:  Mrs.  W.  A.  Benedict.  Long  Beach;  Mrs.  C.  H.  Howland 
Inglewood;  Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Curtncr.  Warm  Spi  Uonn- 

ncim.  Los  Gato  uisey,  Orovillr .  "  bold. 

Berkeley;  Wm.  Aldcrdice.  New  York;  M 

H.  P.  Rcdnall.  Marysville;  S.  G.  Rayc.  Rayc;  Mrs.  Wm! 
Chappell,  San  Jose;  Virginia  Comstock,  Williams;  Wm.  H.  O'- 
Neill, Boston;  Ned  Turner  and  Mrs.  Turner.  Sacramento;  Mrs. 
Wm.  Ritschel.  Monterey;  W.  H.  Killam.  Modesto;  E.  J.  Naugh- 
ton.  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  W.  A.  Stetson,  Boston;  Mrs.  M.  Painter 
and  Mrs.  S.  D.  Benni,  Saratoga;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Simon, 
Zurbach;  Wm.  H.  Morris.  Newark,  N.  J.;  T.  S.  Stevens.  U.  S. 
N..  and  Miss  Bessie  Stevens.  San  Jose;  Miss  Margaret  Sullivan, 
Sacramento;  Mrs.  Clifford  Washburne  and  Miss  Marjorie  Prell, 
Jerome,  Arizona;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed.  Ringwood,  Sprague,  Wash.; 
Mrs.  Ernest  F.  Marcus,  Boston;  A.  W.  Harris,  Silver  City,  New 
Mexico. 

■'•    ■'•     •:• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  F.  Merry  entertained  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  L. 
Greenwell  at  dinner,  this  week,  at  the  Plaza  Hotel. 


WHEN  YOUTH  WENT. 
It  was  not  when  I  plead  with  her 

And  on  a  tragic  day 
Clung  sobbing  to  her  skirts  of  rose 

That  Youth  went  away : 

Oh,  not  when  from  the  cruel  glass 

My  fac°  showed  lined  and  chill, 
Her  eyes  burnt  wild  behind  the  mask, 

Her  pulse  hurt  me  still. 

But  when  I  saw  young  lovers  pass 

And  watched  them,  well-content, 
Nor  felt  my  eyes  grow  hot  with  tears 

To  gaze  where  they  went, 

Oh,  then  I  knew  my  time  was  through 

And  pleasured  in  the  day, 
At  peace  to  know  of  love  and  spring, 

And  Youth,  gone  away. 

— Margaret  Widdemer. 


The  congressman  had  received  ten  applications  for  pea- 
seed  from  one  constituent,  and  when  the  eleventh  came  he  wrote 
— "I  am  sending  you  the  seeds,  but  what  in  Heaven's  name  are 
you  doing  with  so  much  pea  seed?  Are  you  planting  the  whole 
State  with  peas?"  "No,"  came  back  the  answer,  "we  are  not 
planting  them  at  all.  We  are  using  them  for  soup." — Harper's 
Magazine. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


Wanted  to  hear  from  owner  of  good  farm  for  sale.  North- 
western Business  Agency,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


212  Siockforx  Street,  S/ 
"  Beauty  Saloi 


?urfer»30o9 
i^borv)  305 


6  San  Francisco  News  Letter  June  9,  1917 

Who  Finds  the  War's  Missing  Men  O,  Memory !     O,  Memory ! 


By  C.  S.  Ainsley. 

The  Good  Angel  of  Europe  is  not  too  good  a  title  for  the 
young  King  of  Spain,  who  makes  use  of  his  liberties  as  a  neutral 
to  allay  the  apprehensions  of  the  families  of  missing  soldiers. 
One  of  the  latest  appeals  for  his  ministrations  came  from 
America  in  a  cable  dispatch  which  read :  "Our  son  enlisted  as  an 
aviator  in  British  Royal  Flying  Squadron.  He  was  last  seen 
flying  over  English  Channel  on  December  4  last.  Since  then 
nothing  known  of  him,  and  he  is  officially  reported  as  missing. 
An  agonized  mother  and  father  appeal  to  your  Majesty  to  obtain 
information  and  relieve  their  terrible  suspense."  Immediately 
upon  receiving  this  message,  the  King's  personal  secretary, 
Senor  Don  Emilio  Maria  de  Terros,  set  in  motion  the  machinery 
of  investigation  through  the  Spanish  Embassy  in  Berlin.  This 
case,  it  is  asserted,  is  typical  of  those  being  investigated  under 
the  personal  direction  of  the  King  of  Spain,  a  work  that  con- 
stitutes "one  of  the  most  stupendous  humanitarian"  efforts 
created  by  the  war.  The  vastness  of  the  work  may  be  judged 
by  some  of  the  results  already  achieved,  as  we  may  here  see : 

"More  than  200,000  cases  have  been  traced,  of  which  150,000 
are  disposed  of  and  50,000  are  still  under  investigation.  A  great 
number  of  soldiers  reported  'missing'  have  been  located  alive 
and  in  prison  camps,  and  thus  the  agony  of  suspense  has  been 
removed  from  thousands  of  homes.  In  a  much  larger  number 
of  cases,  unfortunately,  the  inquiry  has  established  the  death 
of  the  missing  soldier,  while  in  a  still  greater  number  of  cases 
no  trace  of  the  missing  has  been  found. 

"Besides  this,  30,000  civilians  in  the  invaded  sections  of  Bel- 
gium and  France  have  been  located  for  their  families;  5,000 
seriously  wounded  have  been  brought  back  through  the  King's 
intercession;  forty-four  pardons  have  been  granted,  of  which 
nearly  twenty  were  death  sentences,  mostly  of  women  accused 
of  being  spies.  It  is  probable  Edith  Cavell,  the  famous  English 
nurse  executed  at  Brussels,  would  have  been  saved  had  there 
been  time  to  carry  out  the  King's  efforts. 

"This  work  probably  deals  with  more  individual  tragedies 
than  any  branch  of  activity  created,  by  the  war.  Pouring  in  here 
to  the  palace  by  cable,  telegraph  and  letter,  are  the  pleas  of 
mothers  for  lost  sons,  wives  for  lost  husbands,  and  children  for 
lost  fathers  and  brothers.  Each  tells  a  story  of  terrible  sus- 
pense. Most  of  the  appeals  are  from  poor  people,  who  write 
with  touching  simplicity,  and  with  doubt  as  to  how  they  should 
address  a  king.  But  the  simplicity  of  the  appeals  has  only 
stimulated  the  earnestness  of  the  King's  efforts." 

The  appeal  of  mothers  and  children  are  arranged  alphabeti- 
cally in  huge  cases,  and  constitute  the  most  touching  feature  of 
the  work.  Glancing  among  these  appeals,  says  the  correspond- 
ent, one  could  see  the  agony  each  one  had  for  some  stricken 
home: 

"One  French  mother  wrote  the  King: 

"I  suffer  night  and  day  in  not  knowing  what  has  become  of 
my  dear  boy,  and  I  would  prefer,  I  believe,  the  certainty  of  his 
death,  and  of  having  a  tomb  where  I  could  go  to  pray,  rather 
than  to  live  in  this  endless  and  cruel  uncertainty,  which  con- 
sumes me  as  by  a  slow  fire.  It  is  horrible,  Monsieur  the  King,  for 
the  two  brothers  of  this  poor  boy  have  already  died  on  the  field 
of  honor,  and  if  our  last  son,  Charles,  is  dead,  we  have  no  more 
sons.  A  weeping  mother  puts  her  supreme  hope  in  your 
Majesty.' 

"A  wife  made  this  simple  appeal :  'Seigneur,  I  appeal  to  your 
kindness  for  my  husband,  missing  the  27th  of  September  before 
Souchez.'.  .  . 

"These  appeals  do  not  always  follow  the  niceties  of  diplo- 
matic communications.  Some  of  them  are  on  rough  paper 
bought  at  the  country  store,  and  are  in  trembling  handwriting  of 
old  persons.  But  the  King  does  not  see  these  defects,  and  his 
greatest  satisfaction  is  in  sending  a  personal  telegram  to  some 
mother  or  child  telling  of  the  successful  result  of  his  search. 

"There  are  some  150,000  dead  and  untraceable  missing  in 
these  palace  records— an  army  greater  than  Napoleon's,  army 
at  Waterloo.  To  mark  the  solemnity  of  these  150,000  cases,  the 
King  has  placed  above  the  records  a  gold-framed  scroll,  a  wreath 
of  laurel-leaves  entwining  a  cross." 


By  Fred   Emerson   Brooks. 

O,  Memory!    O,  Memory! 

The  sweetest  song  I  know! 

That  lets  me  see  those  dear  to  me — 

My  friends  of  long  ago. 

To  all  new  friends  my  hand  extends 

And  with  their  joy  my  laughter  blends: 

But  when  I  am  alone 

I  sit  and  dream  beside  the  stream 

Affection  calls  her  own. 

O,  Memory!    O,  Memory! 

How  fast  the  years  go  by! 

Remembrance  wine  from  Friendship's  vine 

We  drink  with  moistened  eye: 

When  memory  sings  she  always  brings  . 

A  blessing  and  a  sigh. 

O,  Memory!     O,  Memory! 

Come  oft  to  me,  I  pray, 

And  bring  along  the  old  time  song 

We  sang  in  yonder  day. 

New  songs  we  hear  are  not  so  dear, 

Their  melody  may  please  the  ear 

And  bear  the  name  of  Art, 

Yet  still  we  hold  those  songs  of  old 

Are  anthems  of  the  heart. 

O,  Memory!    O,  Memory! 

Best  gift  that  heav'n  bestows : 

Loved  ones  return  for  whom  we  yearn; 

And  thus  the  bosom  knows 

The  Heart  begot  the  For-Get-Me-Not 

When  Love  begot  the  Rose. 


"Say,  Casey,  did  you  ever  make  an  idiot  of  yourself  over 

women?"    "An  idjut,  is  ut?    Sure  I've  made  meself  an  intoire 
asylum." — Boston  Transcript. 


J  U  IN 

E 

s 

M 

T 

W 

T 

F 

S 

1 

2 

1         1 

11 

12 

|             ,6 

17 

II 

26 

27    |         |         |  30 

Back-East 
Excursions 

Other  Sale  Dates: 

July  1, 2,  16,  17,  24.  25,  31 
August  !.  14. 15,  28,  29 
September  4,  5 

Some  Round  Trip  Fares: 

Chicago    $80.00 

St.    Louis    177.50 

New   York    $118.20 

Proportionately  low  fares  to 
many  other  points 

Travel  Via 

Golden  State  Route 

Two  Daily  Trains 

to    Chicago,     Kansas    City,    St.     Louis,    via     Los 

Angeles,  Tucson,   El   Paso 

"Golden   State    Limited" 

Leave  San  Francisco   (Ferry  Station)   6:00  P.  M. 

Observation  and  Through   Standard  Sleeper 

"The  Californian" 

Observation,  Standard  and  Tourist  Sleepers  from 

Los  Angeles   to   Chicago.      Connecting  cars  from 

San  Francisco   (Ferry  Station)   7:40  P.  M.  Daily. 

Through  Tourist  Sleeper  10:40  A.  M. 

Unexcelled    Dining    Car   Service 

Southern  Pacific 

Flood  Building,  Palace  Hotel,  Third  St.  Station,  Ferry  Station. 

El  Paso  &  Southwestern 

Monadnock  Building. 

Rock  Island  Lines 

Hearst  Building.  691  Market  Street. 
Write  for  Folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


M 

TJ 

C 

o 
ffl 

■S  >> 
bo  ■£ 
S    v 

S   -s 

*  a 

o  06 

o>  o 

%  > 

X 


ie  9.  1917 


and  California  A 


PL/E>ASURJE>'S  WAND 


Ruth  Chattertoris  Sa 

The  shortest  cut  to  the  drawing  room  is  through  the  kitchen 
—when  Jane  Ellen,  alias  Olivia  Daingerfield.  alias  Ruth  Chat- 
terton.  presides  as  the  K.  M.  Kitchen  Mechanics  may  come  and 
may  go.  but  Ruth  will  live  on  forever  as  the  darling  of  the  cook 
stove  in  the  hearts  of  the  San  Francisco  audiences  who  first 
cheered  her  on  her  way  to  a  New  York  success  in  the  little  com- 
edy by  A.  E.  Thomas.  Any  one  who  goes  to  see  "Come  Out 
of  the  Kitchen"  hampered  by  an  academic  idea  of  what  a  suc- 
cessful play  should  be  like  will  either  readjust  himself  to  a 
new  set  of  notions  or  hang  on  to  the  fringe  of  academic  super- 
iority and  let  the  "low  brows"  lead  the  applause. 


ISBBG 


iar  to  us.  with  the  exception  of  the  parts  of  Mrs.  Falkn. 
I  hich  are  well  acted  by  the  nru 


Now  it  might  as  well  be 
admitted  at  the  outset  that 
the  critics  who  predicted, 
after  its  premiere  here,  that 
the  play  was  rather  weak 
were  right — in  everything 
but  the  important  thing — 
which  is  that  it  has  the  en- 
dearing weaknesses  inher- 
ent to  success! 

So  Ruth  Chatterton  and 
Bruce  McRae  come  back  to 
us  after  a  year  in  New 
York,  and  the  same  big  au- 
diences crowd  the  Colum- 
bia to  smile  over  the  fight 
that  the  four  Daingerfield 
children  make  to  bolster  up 
the  typical  southern  fortune 
— further  attenuated  by  the 
serious  illness  of  pere 
Daingerfield,  who  is  under 
the  care  of  surgeons  in 
Vienna. 

The  plot  of  the  play  is 
familiar  by  this  time  to  all 
theatre-goers.  Olivia  Dain- 
gerfield makes  her  two  bro- 
thers and  her  sister  ampu- 
tate the  F.  F.  V.  from  their 
minds  and  put  on  the  liv- 
ery of  servants  while  she 
herself  presides  over  the 
cook  stove  in  order  to  live 
up  to  the  terms  of  the 
lease,  which  the  rich  Yan- 
kee from  up  North  has  de- 
manded before  he  will  pay 
the  fabulous  sum  for  their 
home  during  the  hunting 
season — and  the  stickler  in 
the  lease  is  that  it  shall  be 
provided  with  white  ser- 
vants. The  servants  fail 
to  show  up,  and  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  proud  house  of 
Daingerfield  meets  the 
emergency   by    impressing 

her  brothers  and  sister  into  service.  Amusing  complications  en- 
sue, with  the  finale  demanded  in  all  standardized  romances  of 
southern  setting — the  heroine  and  the  Yankee  fall  in  love — and 
will  go  right  on  falling  in  love  for  several  seasons  more,  judg- 
ing from  the  encouragement  they  are  still  getting. 

Ruth  Chatterton  is  what  the  matinee  girls  call  a  "darling." 
She  has  youth  plus  personality,  minus  regularity  of  feature, 
which  makes  her  add  up  into  just  the  most  attractive  sort  of 
girl,  and  no  audience  needs  an  adding  machine  to  discover  that 
the  sum  total  of  her  is  delightful.  Without  Bruce  McRae,  one 
wonders  whether  the  play  could  possibly  have  achieved  suc- 
cess. Henry  Miller  showed  his  master  hand  when  he  selected 
McRae  to  play  the  "rich  Yank."    The  rest  of  the  cast  is  famil- 


S«mr   '  irphrum. 

Nat  Goodwin,  through  his  refreshing  personality  ami 
wit.  is  easily  the  happily  shining  light  in  a  galas 
kling  talent.    As  a  famous  raconteur,  he  can  always  be  • 
on  to  contribute  some  excellent  stories  from  a  fund  that  has  no 
bottom.    It  is  easily  a  peripatetic  budget  of  capital  stories  that 
have  flooded  th<  :.-ld  for  the  present  generation, 

tr.at   means  the   best   stories  and   jests  to  be  obtained.     His 
sympathetic  recitation  of  "Danny  Decver"  gives  only  a  faint 

idea  of  his  art  as  an  actor. 
He  is  easily  clever  enough 
to  touch  the  harp  lightly  on 
the  marriage  theme,  and  the 
subject  is  quickly  lost  in  his 
unctuously  told  anecdotes. 
The  thriller  on  the  pro- 
gram is  the  act  of  Helen 
Leach  Wallin.  Her  wire 
balancing  feat  gives  one 
the  creeps  as  the  ends  of 
the  wire  are  upheld  during 
the  thrilling  act  by  the  teeth 
and  jaws  of  two  athletic 
women  assistants  suspend- 
ed from  side  stations. 
Either  they  are  the  women 
with  the  original  iron  jaws 
or  Helen  Wallin  uses  cotton 
for  bones.  We -have  had 
speedy  dancers  in  the  car- 
nival of  crime  in  dancing, 
but  for  speed  in  action  and 
whirlwind  thrillers  Moffett 
and  Clare  takes  the  reck- 
less persimmon.  Olivotti, 
who  accompanies  them  on 
an  inverted  guitar,  plays 
some  very  catchy  airs  dur- 
ing the  interlude.  Dorothy 
Brenner,  a  new  kind  of 
character  artist,  contributed 
a  selection  of  such  like 
sketches.  Her  last  imita- 
tion, a  child  prodigy  that 
"spilled  the  beans,"  caught 
the  house.  Walter  De  Leon 
and  Mary  Davies  have  ar- 
rived at  the  unctuous  stage 
of  vaudeville,  and  are  mel- 
lowing in  that  delightful 
spirit.  Their  little  skit,  "Be- 
hind the  Front,"  gives 
them  a  capital  chance  in 
those  capital  imitations 
which  they  have  trimmed 
into  finished  art,  vaudeville 
art,  and  the  audience  al- 
ways regrets  their  curtain.  Ray  Cox  is  unusually  clever,  and 
laziness  must  be  her  excuse  for  not  developing  more  of  her 
clever  character  studies.  Her  antics  in  learning  to  ride  a  horse 
attended  by  the  usually  deaf,  dumb  and  blind  groom-teacher, 
continues  to  be  the  "scream"  act  on  the  bill.  "Supper  for  Two" 
has  a  rich  setting,  the  triangle  is  capitally  handled  by  the  cast, 
but  the  plot,  with  several  unnatural  hitches,  apparently  requires 

a  surgical  operation  to  make  it  a  vaudeville  success. 
*  *  * 

Lively  Punches  and  Plots  at  Pantages. 

Pantages  offer  everything  this  week  from  polar  bears  to 
"Girls  from  Amsterdam."  The  girls  are  the  rattling,  kicking, 
joyously  singing  kind  that  appeals  to  the  jaundiced  business 


Evelyn  Nesbit  and  Jack  Clifford  next  week  at  the  Orpheum 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


mind,  and  their  breezy  manners  and  fluffy  liveliness  sends  an 
exhilarating  voltage  through  the  audience.  In  comparison,  the 
half-dozen  huge  white  bears  behind  the  high  bars  fronting  the 
stage  showed  what  happy  kids  they  are  in  sliding  down  long 
chutes,  doing  clever  balancing  feats,  stealing  babies'  milk  bot- 
tles and  gobbling  the  contents.  From  a  vaudeville  standpoint 
they  are  almost  human  in  their  antics.  The  George  Barbier- 
Carrie  Thatcher  Company  in  "The  Way  Out,"  puts  about  3,000 
punches  in  a  plot  wherein  a  wife  and  the  third  man  in  the  tri- 
angle make  their  get  away  "to  marriage  and  happiness."  No 
movie  so  far  screened  can  beat  this  little  flash-of-lightning  ac- 
.  tion  to  the  barrier.  It's  a  pippin.  Every  man,  woman  and  child 
is  gasping  when  the  curtain  drops.  The  Wilton  sisters,  billing 
themselves  as  youthful  entertainers,  are  not  on  the  square.  Any 
bonehead  vaudevillian  who  picks  them  up  as  a  pair  of  brass 
tacks  will  be  stung,  and  stung  badly.  They  come  on  in  child- 
ish simplicity  and  sing  their  little  ditties.    And  in  the  meantime, 

well Swishes  of  lingerie  mark  their  exit.    Some  very  quiet 

and  capital  character  work  thread  the  sketch  of  Roach  and  Mc- 
Curdy  in  "A  Touch  of  Nature."  Frank  Gaby  caught  the  house 
v/ith  his  extraordinary  specialties  in  ventriloquism.  The  first 
installment  of  the  "Neglected  Wife,"  in  fifteen  incidents,  gives 
every  sign  of  being  a  continuous  "thriller." 


"Cinderella  Man"  Big  Hit  at  Alcazar. 

Do  you  believe  in  fairies  ? 

Of  course  you  do.  Didn't  audiences  all  over  the  country 
"cross"  their  hearts  and  hope  to  die  when  Maude  Adams  asked 
them  to  believe  with  Peter  Pan  in  fairies?  Which  was  good 
training  for  a  world  some  day  to  be  introduced  to  The  Cinder- 
ella Man. 

Did  you  ever  meet  your  double? 

I  mean  the  flattering  sort  of  double  that  is  unction  to  your 
vanity,  and  that  you  love  to  gaze  at  and  wonder  whether  you 
really  looked  like  that. 

Well  that,  I  am  sure,  is  just  how  J.  M.  Barrie  must  feel  when 
he  sees  The  Cinderella  Man.  Edward  Childs  Carpenter  has 
somehow  managed  to  do  the  Barrie  sort  of  thing  so  Barrified  that 
if  the  play  had  been  put  out  anonymously  there  would  have  been 
no  adversary  to  argue  that  it  was  Barrie  at  his  best,  the  subli- 
mated enchantment  of  the  whimsical  and  all  the  other  magical 
ingredients  which  go  into  the  tender  lilt  of  Barrie's  plays. 

Let  there  be  no  peace  to  the  heels  of  Carpenter's  pen.  May  it 
run  away  with  him  again.  For  The  Cinderella  Man,  we  insist, 
is  an  earnest  of  more  to  follow  in  that  or  other  delightful  moods. 
The  Alcazar  has  so  often  put  San  Francisco  in  its  debt  that  we 
have  grown  sort  of  shameless  about  paying  them  just  a  fraction 
of  what  the  high-priced  productions  demand,  and  on  which  most 
of  them  make  small  return  compared  to  the  Alcazar  at  its  best. 

Just  now  that  theatre  is  doing  its  best,  thanks  to  a  happy  com- 
bination of  play  and  players.  Richard  Bennett  needs  no  intro- 
duction to  San  Francisco  audiences.  In  the  part  of  the  Cinder- 
ella Man  he  has  a  chance  to  float  around  in  a  sort  of  nebulous 
voids  of  clouds,  and  then  just  when  genius  finds  it  too  vaporish 
up  there,  he  comes  down  to  earth  on  a  lovely  Irish  bull,  and  re- 
members to  treat  his  fairy  godmother  as  an  Irish  lover  instead 
of  as  a  self-engrossed  young  genius.  It's  a  delicious  part,  and 
Bennett  wraps  himself  up  in  it,  gets  under  and  above  and  around 
it,  smiles  it  and  sighs  it,  and  suffers  and  joys  it — in  fact,  he  IS 
the  Cinderella  Man  himself. 

Eva  Le  Gallienne,  who  plays  the  part  of  Marjorie,  the  rich 
girl  who  could  be  a  fairy  if  her  father  would  only  disinherit 
her,  is  a  poet's  daughter  in  real  life,  so  she  has  hereditary  talents 
for  ministering  to  genius. 

However,  while  we  have  never  heard  that  she  is  an  undutiful 
daughter,  we  nevertheless  doubt  very  much  whether  any  daugh- 
ter could  go  the  whole  adoring  length  with  a  poet  in  the  family 
that  she  does  with  the  poet  in  the  play.  So  we  are  perfectly 
willing  to  admit  that  she  is  called  upon  to  exert  gifts  of  acting 
in  the  play  that  might  never  have  been  brought  out  in  the  home 
circle  of  the  poet's  fireside.  She  plays  the  part  with  charm 
and  the  sort  of  bright  sadness  of  youth.  Miss  Le  Gallienne  has 
beauty,  youth  and  talent,  and  we  are  grateful  to  Mr.  Bennett  for 
choosing  her  for  his  leading  woman  during  his  engagement  here 
in  stock. 

It  would  not  be  fair  to  an  admirable  support  to  mention  only 
the  stars,  and  it  would  be  rank  injustice  not  to  give  special  men- 
tion to  that  most  admirable  all-round  actor,  Ethelbert  Hales, 


who  plays  Primrose,  the  gentleman's  gentleman  fallen  into  the 
clutches  of  the  Great-She-Bear.  The  Cinderella  Man  will  doubt- 
less crowd  the  Alcazar  long  beyond  the  original  date  planned 
by  the  management. 

Success  of  Sokoloff  with  New  Symphony  Series. 

The  loyal  friends  of  Nicolai  Sokoloff  are  enthusiastic  over  the 
success  of  his  initial  program  in  the  series  of  symphony  con- 
certs which  he  will  give  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  Sunday  afternoons, 
through  his  colleagues  of  the  steadfast  and  confident  Philhar- 
monic Orchestra.  The  general  public  knows  little  of  the  con- 
test it  has  been  to  place  Director  Sokoloff  and  his  orchestra 
in  their  natural  and  true  position  on  the  local  music  map.  Every 
soul  is  looking  for  a  just  and  equitable  peace  these  days,  and 
surely  Peace  can  have  no  better  mother  than  Music.  The  local 
field  is  large  and  extending.  In  the  area  bordering  San  Fran- 
cisco bay,  this  field  is  easily  large  enough  to  readily  furnish  two 
good  symphony  orchestras  each  to  tag  the  two  ends  of  the  local 
season. 

With  fine  appreciation  of  the  occasion,  Director  Sokoloff 
happily  opened  his  season's  series  with  the  mother  music  of 
his  own  race,  Russia.  He  readily  and  convincingly  set  a  fine 
standard  of  his  art.  In  short,  he  captured  a  very  critical  audi- 
ence, and  established  himself  firmly  as  a  music  director  of  deli- 
cate, fine  and  sympathetic  reading  of  the  score.  He  possesses 
that  prime  ability  of  drawing  from  his  units  of  instrumentalists 
the  colorings,  nuances  and  weavings  of  sound  fabrics  that  he 
desires.  This  is  a  creative  gift,  the  mark  of  a  true  conductor. 
These  qualities  were  reflected  in  the  Moussorgsky,  Muscovite 
to  the  core,  and  with  that  spirit  the  appreciative  audience  was 
carried  away.  The  Glazounoff  afforded  him  a  larger  scope, 
and  he  arose  to  it  with  an  ease  and  confidence  of  a  conjuror 
building  entrancing  majestical  musical  themes,  and  so  it  was 
in  the  handling  of  Borodine's  "Steppes." 

One  notable  innovation  was  made  in  the  complexion  of  his 
orchestra;  there  were  eight  women  instrumentalists.  Appar- 
ently their  playing  did  not  disturb  the  men  musicians :  at  any 
rate,  no  protests  were  filed. 

Women  Playing  in  Local  Symphony  Orchestra. 

The  Woman's  Symphony  Association,  organized  for  the  pur- 
pose of  placing  equally  capable  women  musicians  on  an  equal 
footing  with  men  has  received  much  encouragement  from  the 
fact  that  they  have  been  able  to  place  eight  women  musicians 
in  the  Philharmonic  Symphony  Orchestra  who  are  now  playing 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A      GOOD      BILL 

CAPTAIN  LOUIS  SOECHO  AND  HIS  MONSTER  SUBMARINE  SHOW; 
FREDDIE  JAMES  &  CO..  JEROME  &  CORSON;  RUTH  ROLAND  "THE 
NEELEOTED  WIFE"  INCIDENT  TWO:  STODDARD  &  HYNES;  WILLIE 
HALE  &  BRO.:  ANDERSON'S  1917  REVUE.  A  GALAXY  OF  GIRLS  AND 
SONG. 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A     MARVELOUS     BILL 
EVELYN     NESBIT    &    JACK    CLIFFORD 

In  an  Entirely  New  Creation;  RAY*  W.  SNOW  "The  Man  About  Town;" 
FRANK  MILTON  &  DE  LONG  SISTERS  present  "The  Diamond  Palace;" 
CALISTE  CONANT  "A  Tuneful  Tale  Teller;"  HELEN  LEaCH  WALL1N 
TRIO  Original  Iron-Jaw  Wire  Sensatson ;  OLIVOTTI,  MOFFETT  A-  C1ARE 
An  Oddity  of  Music  and  the  Dance;  DOROTHY' BRENNER  "The  Lady  Paints 
of  Songland"  in  Exclusive  Songs. 

NAT    C.     GOODWIN 
New  Stories.  Recitations  and  Imitations. 

Evening  Prices— 10c,  25c,  50c,  75c  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c,  25c.  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

Columbia   Theatre  ThehiX'r^z,ts. 

Phone  Fjanklin  150 
Second  and  Last  Week  Begins  Monday  June  11th 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Henry  Miller  presents 

RUTH   CHATTERTON 

and  the  entire  Original  N.  Y'.  Cast  including  Bruce  McRae 
in  A.  E.  Thomas'  comedy 

"COME    OUT    OF    THE     KITCHEN" 

From  the  book  of  the  same  name  by  Alice  Duer  Miller 
June  18— Henry  Miller  Co.  in  "THE  NEW  YORK  IDEA" 


Gouraud's 

Oriental 

Cream 


Gives  that  delicately  clear  and  refined 
complexion  which  every  woman  desires. 
Keeps  away  skin  troubles. 

AT  DRUGGISTS  AND   DEPARTMENT  STORES 


M   9.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


side  by  side  with  men  as  recognixed  members  of  thai  orchr 
rhe  initial  appearance  of  the  eight  women  musicians  at  the  Cort 
sa  bunday  seemed  to  be  accepted  as  a  matter  of  co .. 

:ue  to  the  fact  that  women  are  so  rapidly  filling  positions 
en  and  their  appearance  caused  little  surprise  or 
comment.     Young  Nicholai  Solcoloff.  the  young  Russian  con- 
cuc,or  °  »nic  Orchestra,  says  that  they  play  just 

the  sam.1'  :  as  the  men  do,  and  that  he  is  conscious 

0,.r  their  playing,  and  that  in  fact  on- 

)US  of  their  presence  in  the  orchestra,  which  ^elf 

ess  of  the  new  movement.    The  eight  women 
musicians  playing  in  the  orchestra  are  Dorothy  Pasmorc.  E 
walader.  Mary  Lewis.  Genevra  Waters.  Lillian  Eldr: 
Valeska  Schorcht,  Sophia  Akounine.  Violet  Johnston. 

The  officers  of  the  Women's  Symphony  Association  are  Mrs. 
George  A.  McGowan,  president;  vice-presidents:  Mesdames 
Eleanor  Martin,  John  B.  Casserly,  Edwin  King  Fernald,  Prank 
R.  Ritchie,  F.  H.  Slissman. 

*  »  » 

Advance    Announcements 

Pantages. — Rescue  work  beneath  the  surface  of  the  sea.  the 
operation  of  submarine  craft,  and  the  methods  of  submerged 
nines,  thrilling  and  educating  events,  are  graphically  depicted 
in  the  monster  submarine  show  which  Captain  Louis  Sercho, 
the  celebrated  submarine  explorer  and  diver,  brings  as  the 
featured  attraction  to  the  Pantages  for  the  week  commencing 
with  the  matinee  Sunday.  Charles  Anderson  will  present  his 
1917  Revue  of  pretty  girls  and  catchy  songs.  Freddy  James, 
the  world's  worst  juggler,  and  his  girls,  have  an  act  that  has 
been  written  solely  to  make  people  laugh,  and  it  fills  its  mission. 
Jerome  and  Carson,  with  their  nifty  vaudeville  breezes,  do 
more  than  their  share  to  brighten  the  program.  They  are  charm- 
ing singers,  dancers,  and  even  introduce  acrobatic  features  in 
their  act.  Bevan  and  Flint  appear  in  a  slight  interruption. 
Stoddard  and  Hynes  in  "The  Absent-Minded  Professor,"  a 
musical  number,  will  please  music  lovers.  "The  Neglected 
Wife,"  a  Pathe  serial  sensation,  with  Ruth  Roland  as  the  star, 
will  be  the  screen  act. 

*  *  * 

Orpheum. — Evelyn  Nesbit  and  Jack  Clifford  will  appear  in 
an  entirely  new  creation  for  the  week  commencing  with  the 
Sunday  matinee.  Miss  Nesbit's  voice  has  been  strongly  devel- 
oped and  greatly  improved,  and  the  routine  of  the  act  offers 
more  singing  than  heretofore.  With  Mr.  Clifford  she  has  in- 
vented several  new  dances,  which  are  presented  in  picturesque 
and  appropriate  settings.  Ray  W.  Snow,  who  delivers  his  mon- 
ologue in  a  conversational  manner,  is  a  droll  of  the  first  order. 
He  styles  himself  "The  Man  About  Town,"  and  in  costume, 
and  bearing,  carries  out  his  description.  Frank  Milton  and  the 
De  Long  Sisters  will  appear  in  a  new  act  entitled  "The  Dia- 
mond Palace."  The  characters  are  the  same  as  the  ones  they 
portrayed  in  "Twenty  Minutes  Layover  at  Alfalfa  Junction" 


..: 


e.    Nat 


.    m 

d  of  cntet: 
:  uncful  Talc  Tel 
.i  musical  accompa: 
each  of  the  types  il 

Brenner;  Oliv 
Wallin  Trio  will  be 
C.  Goodwin,  whose  fund  of  hum.  ■: 
imitations  is  inexhaustible,  will  vary  hi 

*  • 

■  mbta.— Ruth  Chatterton  has  returned  to  San 
with  the  A.  E.  Thomas  comedy,  "Come  Out  of  thi 
and  her  two  weeks'  engagement  at  the  Columl  . 
successfully  with  the  fine  arrangements  of  the   Henry   Miller 

0.     When  the  piece  was  staged  here  last  yc.i 
very  successful  run  of  five  weeks,  and  the  star,  surrounded  by 
Bruce  McRae  and  other  players  of  brilliancy,  won 
umph.     The  final  performance  of  "Come  Out  of  the  Kitchen" 
will  take  place  Saturday  night,  June  16th.     Matinees  are  an- 
nounced for  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

^  The  fifth  and  sixth  weeks  of  the  Henry  Miller  season  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  commencing  with  Monday  night,  June  18th, 
will  see  a  wonderful  cast  in  Langdon  Mitchell's  brilliant  com- 
edy, "The  New  York  Idea."  The  Henry  Miller  Company  on 
that  occasion  will  include  Henry  Miller.  Ruth  Chatterton,  Bruce 
McRae,  O.  P.  Heggie,  Lucille  Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen, 
James  T.  Galloway,  Peggy  Dale,  Frances  Goodrich,  Alice 
Baxter,  Robert  Ames  and  others.  "The  New  Idea"  is  a  satirical 
comedy  based  on  the  ease  with  which  marriages  take  place  in 
cur  metropolis,  and  with  the  equal  ease  with  which  the  divorcees 
glide  through  the  courts.  It  has  a  wealth  of  humorous  situations 
and  a  superb  cast. 

*  *  * 

Lemare  Organ  Recital  at  Auditorium.— The  tenth  recital  of 
Edwin  Lemare  on  the  municipal  organ  will  be  given  at  the  au- 
ditorium, Civic  Center,  Sunday,  at  3  p.  m.  Among  the  musical 
offerings  will  be:  St.  Anne  fugue  by  Bach;  Romance  in  D  flat 
by  Lemare;  Siegfried  Idyll  by  Wagner;  Berceuse  by  Benjamin 
Godard;  The  Lost  Chord  by  Sullivan;  and  Pomp  and  Circum- 
stance by  Edward  Elgar.     Admission  10  cents. 

*  *  * 

Sidney  Coryn  Lectures. 

On  Monday  evening  next,  June  11th,  Mr.  Sidney  Coryn  will 
lecture  on  German  Philosophy  and  the  War,  on  Treitschke, 
Bernhardi,  Haeckel,  on  Materialism  and  its  Nemesis.  This 
lecture,  which  has  been  given  in  other  of  Mr.  Coryn's  courses, 
has  been  very  helpful  in  securing  an  understanding  of  Prussian 
military  thought  and  the  real  causes  of  the  world-conflict.  On 
Friday  mornings,  Coryn  gives  a  resume  and  an  explanation  of 
the  strategy  of  the  military  operations  of  the  week,  illustrated 
with  large  scale  maps.  These  talks  take  place  at  10:45  o'clock 
and  again  at  12:15,  the  latter  a  noon-time  half  hour,  popular 
with  those  who  are  unable  to  attend  earlier  in  the  morning. 


Right  Hon.  David  Lloyd  George, 
virtually  dictator  of  Great  Britain, 
and  who  has  done  marvels  in  mobil- 
izing the  resources  of  the  British 
nation. 


\ 
Rear  Admiral  Wm.  S.  Sims, 
Naval  Commander  of  the  U.  S.  sea 
forces  in  European  waters,  co-oper- 
ating with  British  and  French 
forces. 


tflffe 


Lt.-Gen.  Sir  F.  S.  Maude,  who 
captured  Bagdad,  and  thereby  de- 
stroyed the  Kaiser's  dream  of  a 
world  wide  power  reaching  into 
Central  Asia. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
BRUCE-ALLEN. — Announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Pe- 
nelope Jean  Bruce  and  George  Lee  Allen,     The  bride-elect  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mr,  and  Mrs.  William  Bruce  of  Oakland,  where  the  family  has 
a  wide  circle  of  friends. 
MORAN-ROSE. — From  New  York  comes  the  interesting  news  of  the  en- 
gagement of  Miss  Annette   Moran,   daughter  of  Mr.    and   Mrs.    An  sou 
Blake  Morgan,   and  R.   Seldon  Rose,   who   is  well  known   among   the 
college  people  in  Berkeley. 
SCHLOSS-HADDEN. — The   engagement  of  Miss   June    Schloss,   daughter 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Aaron  Schloss  of  Berkeley,  and  Ernest  John  Hadden, 
has  been  announced. 

WEDDING   ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
VANCE-KEYTE. — The   marriage   of   Miss   Helen   Vance,    daughter   of   Dr. 
and  Mrs.   Allen   H.   Vance   of   Sausalito,    and  Dr.    Marshall   Keyte   of 
Chicago  will  take  place  at  4:30  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of  June  16th  in 
Christ  Episcopal  Church  in  Sausalito. 
WEDDINGS. 
CHAMBERLAIN-MORROW.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Pauline  Chamberlain 

and  Allan  Morrow  took  place  in  Berkeley  May  29th. 
COOMBS-HORNE. — Miss  Grace  Coombs  became   the  bride  of  George  A. 
Home  on  Monday  evening.     The  wedding  took  place  at  Mrs.  Wether- 
bee's  beautiful  residence  on  the  east  side  of  the  bay,  and  Rev.  Chas. 
Clarke  of  the  Fruitvale  Congregational  Church  officiated. 
GLENN-DEGENER.— The  marriage  of  Miss  Helen  Glenn  of  this  city  and 
Armine  Degener,   of  Denver,   Colorado,  which  took  place  last  Thurs- 
day, is  announced  by  the  bride's  mother,   Mrs.   Minerva  Glenn,   who 
lives  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 
HAN  SON -MARTIN.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Lilliam  Hanson  and  Raymond 
C.   H.   Martin   took  place  June   2d  at  4   o'clock  at   the  home   of   the 
bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Hanson  in  Oakland. 
HELLMAN-BLUM. — News  of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Sara  Agnes  Hellman, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  W.  Hellman  and  Myrtle  Blum,  has 
reached   their   San  Francisco   friends.     It  took  place   last   Sunday  in 
Los  Angeles. 
KING-HESSLER. — Irene  Frances  King,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Edward  King,  and  Edward  Francis  Hessler  of  Santa  Clara,  were  mar- 
ried May  29th  in  San  Francisco  by  the  Rev.  Father  Cunningham. 
LA  FAILLE -BRANDT. — Mr,  and  Mrs.  Frank  H.  La  Faille  of  this  city  an- 
nounce the  marriage  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Helena  La  Faille,  to  Emil 
C.   Brandt  of  Pasadena. 
NORRIS-YOST. — Miss  Irene  Norris,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  N.  Norris 
of  Santa  Rosa,   surprised  her  friends  by  her  marriage   to  Charles  Z. 
Yost,  connected  with  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  on  Me- 
morial Day. 
PARKHILL-LANGDON.— At  the  Trinity  M.  E.   Church  Auditorium  Fri- 
day, June  1,  at  8:30  o'clock,  Mrs.  Jane  H.  Kyle  gave  in  marriage  her 
daughter,  Agnes  Parkhill,  to  Bernard  F,  G.   Langdon,  a  secretary  at 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
PINCUS — HEADMAN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.    E.   E.    Pincus   announce  that  the 
marriage  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Miriam  Bertha  Pincus,   to  Cecil  W. 
Headman  was  solemnized  on  Monday. 
WELSH-COLEMAN. — Miss    Ruth    C.    Welsh    Saturday    afternoon    became 
the  bride  of  Robert  L,  Coleman,  Jr.     The  marriage  was  solemnized  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Crawford  Welsh, 
2442  Jackson  street,  the  Rev.  W.  Clampett  officiating. 
WEDDING    ANNIVERSARIES. 
HELLER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.   Heller,  pioneer  residents  of  San  Francisco, 
will  celebrate  their  golden  wedding  June  12th.     The  anniversary  will 
be  marked  by  a  dinner  at  the  Heller  home  and  a  dance  at  one  of  the 
hotels  afterward. 
JOHNSON. — Mr.    and  Mrs.    Hiram   Johnson,    Jr.,    celebrated   the   fifth    an- 
niversary of  their  wedding  Tuesday  evening  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  John- 
son's parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  E.  Bowles  of  Piedmont. 
LUNCHEONS. 
FREYER. — Mrs.  Frank  Barrowes  Freyer  entertained  at  a  pretty  luncheon 
Sunday  complimentary  to  Miss  Hazel  Ralston  of  Portland,  whose  en- 
gagement to  Ensign  Arthur  D.   Struble,  U.   S.   N.,  was  announced  a 
few  days  ago. 
FULLAM. — Mrs,  William  F.  Fullam  was  hostess  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis 

Monday. 
GHIRARDELLI. — Miss    Carmen    Ghirardelli    gave    a    luncheon    and    bridge 
party  at  the  home  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Thomas  Watson  Cushing,  Juno 
1st,  in  honor  of  Miss  Aimee  Jorgenson,  the  fiancee  of  Ralph  Anderson. 
HENSHAW. — A  luncheon  was  given  Wednesday  afternoon  by  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick   Henshaw    at    the   Woman's    Athletic    Club    for    Miss    Christine 
McNab. 
JENNINGS. — The  Menlo  Park  home  of  Miss  Isabel  Jennings  was  the  meet- 
ing place  for  a  group  of  friends  whom  she  entertained  at  an  informal 
luncheon  last  Thursday. 
KILGARIF. — An  effective  decoration  of  roses  of  several  varieties  and  many 
hues  gave  a  charming  note  to  the  pretty  luncheon  at  which  Miss  Lorna 
Kilgarif  entertained  last  Saturday  afternoon. 
LIGGETT. — Complimentary    to    Major-General    and    Mrs.    Hunter    Liggett 
was   the   enjoyable   luncheon   given    Saturday   afternoon    by   Mr.    and 
Mrs.  Robert  J.  Harrison,  recent  arrivals  from  Manila. 
PALMER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   Frederick  Palmer,  Miss  Katherine  Redding  and 
Meade   Hamilton   made   up  a  luncheon  party  Monday  at   the   Palace 
Hotel. 


RALSTON.— Mrs.  F.  F.  Ralston  was  hostess  last  Saturday  at  a  luncheon  at 

the  Fairmont  Hotel. 
SCOTT,— A  theatre  party,  preceded  by  luncheon  at  the  St.  Francis  Hote'. 
was  the  pleasurable  affair  that  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  has  arranged  for 
a  coterie  of  her  friends  Tuesday. 
TAYLOR. — The  attractive  home  of  Mrs.   Augustus  Taylor  in  Menlo   Park 
was  the  scene  of  an  interesting  gathering  at  the  luncheon  hour  Wed- 
nesday. 
TOBIN. — Mrs,  Cyril  Tobin  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  party  at  the  Burlin- 
game  Club  June  1st,  with  bridge  afterwards. 
TEAS. 
FINN.— Miss  Ruth  Finn  presided  at  a  pretty  tea  recently  at  her  home  in 
Mill  Valley,   complimentary  to  Miss  Margaret  House,   whose  engage- 
ment to  G.  T.  Juss  of  Pasadena  was  recently  announced. 
LAIDLAW. — In  compliment  to  Miss  Helen  Vance  and  her  fiance,  Dr.  Mar- 
shall Keyte,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Ernest  Laidlaw  recently  presided  at  a  tea 
at  their  home  in  Sausalito. 
McDONALD. — Miss  Lila  McDonald  was  hostess  June  1st  at  a  tea  at  her 
home  in  Pacific  avenue  in  compliment  to  the  Misses  Helen,  Dorothy 
and  Mary  Grant,  daughters  of  Major  and  Mrs.  Frank  Grant,  U.  S.  A., 
who  recently  arrived  from  the  Philippines  and  are  established  at  the 
Presidio. 

DINNERS. 
DUTTON. — Mr.    and   Mrs.   Henry  Foster   Dutton   had   twelve  guests   last 
Saturday  night  at  the  Italian  dinner,  given  at  the  Burlingame  Club, 
and  a  number  of  the  other  members  had  parties  of  greater  or  less 
numbers. 
EMPEY. — More  than  a  score  of  guests  were  entertained  Wednesday  even- 
ing at  dinner  by  Mrs.  W.  C.  Empey,  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 
HACKER. — Mrs.  W.  E.  Hacker  of  Seattle,  who  is  visiting  in  this  city,  as- 
sembled a  few  congenial  friends  at  dinner  last  Saturday  evening  at  the 
Palace  Hotel. 
HUETER. — Mrs.  Ernest  Hueter  entertained  at  a  dinner  Wednesday  even- 
ing in  her  Bush  street  home. 
LONG. — Brigadier-General   and  Mrs.   Oscar  Fitzalan  Long   Sunday  night 
presided  at  a  dinner  in  compliment  to  Major-General  and  Mrs.  Hunter 
Liggett. 
PILLSBURY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Davis  Pillsbury  assembled  a  number 
of  friends  for  dinner  Wednesday  evening.    The  setting  for  this  gather- 
ing was  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 
DANCES. 
MACARTHUR. — With  their  daughter,   Miss  Elizabeth  Macarthur,   as  the 
honored  guest,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Robert  Macarthur  assembled  a  number 
of  her  young  friends  for  an  enjoyable  dancing  party  last  Friday  evening 
in  their  home  on  Clay  street. 
MOHUN. — Miss  Catherine  Mohun  will  be  hostess  at  a  dancing  party  on  the 
evening  of  June  23d.     Its  setting  will  be  her  home  on  Maple  street. 
BRIDGE. 
OLSEN. — Honoring  Miss  Florence  Geggus,  the  attractive  fiance  of  Harold 
B.  Hutton,  Miss  Ethel  Olsen  entertained  with  a  bridge  party  at  her 
home  on  Masonic  avenue  last  Saturday. 
SPENGLER. — With  Mrs.  Shirley  Penrose  Jones,  who  is  visiting  here  from 
Salt    Lake,    the    inspiration,    Miss    Mildred    Spengler    presided    at    a 
bridge  party  Tuesday  afternoon, 
TAYLOR. — Mrs.   Felton   Taylor  and   her  daughter,   Mrs.    Shirley  Penrose 
Jones  entertained  at  a  bridge  tea  yesterday  afternoon,  given  at  the 
Taylor  home  in  San  Francisco. 

ARRIVALS. 
CLOMAN. — Colonel  and  Mrs.   Sydney  Cloman  have  arrived  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
EDWARDS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   J.  Paulding  Edwards  of  Jackson  street  have 
just  returned  from  an  interesting  motor  trip  through  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 
FOWLER. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Franklin  Dunning  Fowler  arrived  Sunday  from 
their  home  in  Butte  County  to  attend  the  wedding  of  Miss  Ruth  Smith 
and  Wade  Snook. 
JACKLING.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackling  returned  from  the  East  last  Satur- 
day, after  an  extended  visit  in  New  York,  and  are  once  more  estab- 
lished in  their  attractive  apartments  at  the  St.  Francis. 
REDDING. — Joseph    D.    Redding   returned    Sunday   from   New   York   and 
Washington,  where  he  has  spent  the  last  six  or  seven  weeks.     Mrs. 
Redding  has  taken  a  house  at  Belvedere  for  the  summer,  and  is  es- 
tablished there. 
WALKER. — Mrs.    Cyrus  Walker  returned  May  30th   to  her  residence   on 
Jackson  street. 

Have  Healthy,  Strong,  Beautiful  Eyes  J 

r\™i:„«^  on  A   used  Murine   Eve  Remedy  manv      £ 


Oculists  and  use<^  Murine  Eye  Remedy  many 
PLiLinini  years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
r  nysicians  rjomestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting — Just  Eye  Comfort. 

Bay  Marine  ofyoar  Draggist— accept  no  Substitute,  % 

and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE  g 

Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  6 


!&N«i88aKNi»N^N»N»»»tNN«NNNNNSNSN*N»NSJ^^ 


June  9.  1917 


and  California    \d\rrtisrr 


11 


OKPARTuftlt. 

•  trr  put 

'•m.  hmM 

•   ami  Mr    »n.J 
Mr- 

for  ■  two  months'  visit 

•    vltll    in    !  whm 

lUng   with  Ura     Kamm   plans  to   rvmstn 

KHUCHAN  t„  My  BlK^i 

Km   \  rkman,  when  Bh«  left  for  Uh 

lOBRXDITH  ifrs    u  vnn   Mi    ■  llth 

airo  for  tii-  unir     Upon  tholr 

arrival  In  New    Vork  the  Merediths  win  t..-  joined  bj  m-law 

daughter.   Mi     and  Mrs.   Roland    Burrowi  OUvor,  with  whom  iin-y 

will   muk.-  a   tour  of  t!.. 
HORSE      Mr      Samuel   K.   B.  M<>r.*.-  has  gone  t"  Lake  Tal wh< 

will   open    ht-r   h<>ust-    fur    the    summer. 

roNit  -Mr.  and  Mrs,  Samuel  Pond  tins  weak  moved  t->  Woodslde,  whara 
they  recent  1)  purchased  a  handsome  estate,  Thay  win  spend  moat  "f 
the  summer   there. 

POTTER.— Mrs.  Ashton  Potter,  accompanied  by  her  daughter,  Mia 

Louise    Potter,    left    recently  for  Aspen.    Colo.,   where   she   will    pass    the 

summer. 
PRESTON.— Mrs.   Edgar   Preston,   who   has  been   visiting   her  daughter, 

Mrs,    Willard   Drown,    at    Mrs.    1  Town's   home  on   Washington 

left  for  Medford.  Ore.,  on  Sunday. 
WARNER.— Mr.  and  Mrs.   m.  H.  Warner,  accompanied  by  their  daughter. 

Mrs.   Hubert  Law.  and  Mrs,   Hartland  Law.  left  Tuesday  on  s  motor 

trip,  with  Los  Angeles  their  destination. 

INTIMATIONS. 

ALEXANDER.—  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Alexander  of  New  York  have 
been  giving  the  use  of  their  home  for  a  series  of  muslcales  for  the 
fatherless  children  of  France.  On  June  9th.  Albert  Spalding,  the  vio- 
linist, and  Mile.  Gilda  Darthy  of  the  French  Theatre  will  be  heard  In 
a  programme  to  be  given  there. 

BISHOP. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Courtlandt  Bishop,  prominent  New  Vork  society 
leaders,  are  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  They  have  been  touring  the  State 
in  a  leisurely  fashion,  and  were  recently  at  Pasadena. 

BRYCE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Cooper  Bryce,  who  are  honeymooning  In 
California,  are  now  in  the  Yosemite.  en  route  to  this  city. 

CALE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dutro  Cale  will  spend  the  next  month  at  their  for- 
mer home,  St.  Louis,  returning  in  time  to  attend  the  wedding  of  Mrs. 
MacGavin. 

CALLEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Callen.  of  Oakland,  have  bought  a  country 
place  near  Mount  Diablo,  where  they  will  pass  the  summer  months. 

CROCKER. — Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Helen 
Crocker  have  decided  to  remain  in  the  East  until  the  early  autumn. 

DENNY. — Miss  Esther  Denny  of  Washington,  D.  C,  is  here  renewing 
friendships  made  several  years  ago,  when  she  and  her  parents,  Col. 
and  Mrs.  Frank  Denny,  U.  S.  A.,  lived  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 

DIMOND. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan  Dimond  are  in  Menlo  for  the  month  of  June. 

DOE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  P.  Doe,  accompanied  by  their  son  and  daugh- 
ter, are  planning  a  motor  trip  to  Tahoe. 

FAY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Fay  have  taken  the  Alpha  Rho  sorority  house 
on  the  Stanford  campus  for  the  coming  months.  They  will  occupy 
this  attractive  residence  until  the  beginning  of  the  fall  semester. 

GERSTLE. — Miss  Miriam  Gerstle.  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Gers- 
tle,  is  enjoying  a  delightful  stay  in  New  York.  Miss  Gerstle  went  East 
with  her  aunt  and  uncle,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Mark  Gerstle,   last  month. 

GLASS. — Early  in  July  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Glass  will  close  their  home 
on  the  east  side  of  the  bay,  and  will  go  to  their  country  place  in  the 
Napa   Valley. 

HALE. — An  attractive  new  home  is  being  built  in  Berkeley  for  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William   Morrill  Hale. 

HOOPER. — Pending  the  completion  of  their  new  house  in  town,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Arthur  Hooper  will  remove  to  Woodside  on  July  1st.  They  will 
occupy  the  John  Cooper  residence  for  the  summer  months,  planning  to 
return  to  San  Francisco  and  take  possession  of  their  new  home  about 
September  1st. 

KNOX. — Mrs.  Newton  Booth  Knox,  accompanied  by  her  little  son,  will 
leave  this  week  to  pass  some  time  on  the  Russian  River.  She  is  plan- 
ning to  sail  within  a  month  or  two  for  Spain,  to  join  her  husband,  who 
is  engaged  in  important  mining  operations  there. 

L.E1B. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Leib,  whose  marriage  in  New  York  last 
month  was  an  event  of  greatest  interest,  will  occupy  the  charming 
E.  J.  Smith  bungalow  at  Easton  during  the  coming  months. 

MacGAVIN. — Mrs.  Drummond  MacGavin  will  be  the  only  attendant  for 
her  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Emilia  MacGavin,  when  she  becomes  the  bride 
of  Alan  Cline  July  10th.     Dutro  Cale  will  be  Cline's  best  man. 

McCREERY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCreery  have  returned  to  their  home 
at  San  Mateo,  after  having  spent  a  fortnight  at  the  McCreery  ranch 
near  Paso  Robles. 

McCORMICK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  O.  McCormick  are  entertaining  the  lat- 
ter's  brother.  James  P.  Henry,  a  mining  engineer  of  Japan.  He  has 
been  in  New  York  and  stopped  here  on  his  return  to  the  Orient. 

M1NTZER. Pending  their  occupation  of  the  Leonard  Abbott  residence  in 

San  Rafael  for  the  summer  months,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Mintzer  are 
enjoying  a  brief  stay  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 


Word  has  I 


' 


"""'    ■"fn.un.llnB    cr.M.n.l.    i  -    ,    ,      .      ,nB    m.-n       '    Ibr    }{r 

mn  invite  s  urK 


nm  snd  Ml**  L 


■   at  231  T»« 

SPR&>  .,.    an,i 

make 

th.lr    h-on  tg    a    f.  w    day*    at    tin-    Julm 

hom.'    In    1 

the  Peathei  Rlvei  Inn  I 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.    American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.   A.    Qonder 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on    the    brink    of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

PhonesFranklin 
4600      5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 
SERVICE 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


Horseback   Riding 


Not  for  many  years  has  there  been  so  great  an  interest  mani- 
fested in  horseback  riding  in  San  Francisco  as  recently. 

While  it  is  a  fact  that  the  state  of  war  is  largely  responsible 
for  the  desire  of  the  prospective  soldier  to  acquire  a  knowledge 
of  horsemanship,  yet  the  enthusiasm  for  riding  is  not  by  any 
means  confined  to  the  ardent  young  men  who  expect  to  be 
called  to  the  colors.  This  enthusiasm  extends  to  all  classes  and 
ages,  from  the  busy  society  woman,  mother  of  grown  children,  . 
who  may  be  seen  on  the  tan-bark  in  the  early  morning,  to  the 
four  year  old  baby  who  is  brought  by  her  nurse  in  the  late  af- 
ternoon. And  perhaps  the  greatest  zeal  of  all  is  shown  by  the 
energetic  business  woman,  who,  at  the  sacrifice  of  her  dinner, 
goes  directly  from  store  or  office  to  the  ring  for  an  hour  or  two 
of  pleasant  diversion  and  healthful  exercise. 

In  view  of  the  extraordinary  interest  in  riding  prevailing  at 
this  time,  the  News  Letter  will  offer  to  its  readers  during  the 
r.ext  few  months  a  series  of  articles  on  equestrianism,  by  Cap- 
tain J.  Dilhan,  one  of  the  foremost  riding  instructors  in  Amer- 
ica, who  has  been  for  over  twenty  years  closely  identified  with 
the  horsemanship  of  San  Francisco. 

Captain  Charles  Arthur  Joseph  Antoine  Dilhan,  for  seven 
years  an  officer  in  the  French  Cavalry,  was  graduated  from 
what  is  acknowledged  to  be  the  greatest  military  riding  academy 
in  the  world,  that  of  Saumur,  France.  The  News  Letter  feels 
that  what  the  captain  has  to  say  on  the  subject  of  riding  cannot 
fail  to  be  of  interest,  not  only  to  the  students  of  the  art  of 
equitation,  but  to  all  friends  and  lovers  of  that  splendid  crea- 
ture, the  horse,  "la  plus  noble  conquete  que  l'homme  ait  jamais 
faite." 

Coming  to  San  Francisco  in  1895,  Captain  Dilhan  soon  organ- 
ized the  S.  F.  Riding  Club,  then  located  on  Pacific  avenue. 

Among  the  prominent  women  of  that  time,  whose  co-opera- 
tion with  Captain  Dilhan  contributed  to  the  instantaneous  suc- 
cess of  the  club,  were :  Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Hooper  and  her  daughter, 
Miss  Rose  Hooper ;  Mrs.  Eugene  Gallois,  Mrs.  George  D.  Strick- 
land, Mrs.  George  Lent,  Mrs.  Fannie  Lent,  Mrs.  John  Flournoy, 
Miss  Rosebud  Hecht,  Mrs.  J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Miss  Herrin,  Miss 
Kane,  Miss  Elsie  Lilienthal,  Miss  Marie  Oge,  Miss  Marie  Wells, 
Miss  Beatrice  Tobin,  Miss  Agnes  Tobin,  Miss  Olive  Holbrook, 
Miss  Ethel  Dean,  Miss  Flora  Dean,  Miss  Madge  McDonald, 
Miss  Alice  Barber  and  Miss  Ethel  Tompkins. 

The  original  stockholders  of  the  club  were:  Messrs.  Dilhan, 
Newhall,  Crocker,  Von  Schroeder,  Lent,  Chapman,  Moore, 
Bruguiere,  Wolf,  Brown,  Artsimovicht,  Bazet,  Witmore,  Stow, 
Dalziel,  Bothin,  Knight,  Flournoy,  Quarre,  Buckingham,  the 
Misses  Farquharson  and  Lent,  and  Mrs.  Hooper. 


Madam  and  Captain  j.  Dilhan 

Principes   D'Equitation 

By  Captain  ].  Dilhan. 

To  be  a  good  rider,  is,  or  should  be,  the  ambition  of  any  and 
every  person  who  desires  to  mount  a  horse.  A  poor  rider  will 
never  know  the  real  pleasure  of  the  sport,  and  what  he  terms 
his  "morning  exercise"  may  be  the  cause  of  internal  disorders, 
if,  indeed,  he  escapes  serious  injuries. 

A  good  rider  will  soon  become  the  friend  of  his  horse;  a  poor 
rider  can  never  be  other  than  its  tormentor. 

What  is  a  good  rider?  The  one  who  has  a  good  seat  and  a 
good  hand,  qualities  easily  defined,  but  difficult  to  acquire. 

A  good  seat  means  good  appearance  and  solidity. 

A  good  hand  is  the  one  which  can  obtain  from  a  horse  the 
best  effects  with  the  least  effort. 

The  seat  must  first  be  acquired,  and  this  is  accomplished  by 
progressive  and  well  directed  work  with  a  docile  animal.  A 
good  seat  requires  grip  and  balance.  The  grip  depends  upon 
the  pressure  of  the  legs;  the  balance  upon  the  suppleness  of 
the  loins. 

A  good  hand  is  developed  by  intelligent  practice  under  the 
advice  of  a  competent  instructor  after  the  seat  is  acquired.  The 
hands  and  fingers  which  control  the  reins  may  be  developed  as 
for  the  playing  of  a  musical  instrument,  only  with  greater 
difficulty,  as  the  subject  in  this  case  is  animated  while  a  piano 
is  by  itself  inert. 

The  good  rider  uses  his  horse  with  judgment,  asking  from 
him  only  what  he  can  give,  and  patiently  teaching  him  what  he 
does  not  know.  The  horse  is  always  willing,  but  often  does 
not  understand  at  first  what  is  required  of  him. 

The  good  rider  is  constantly  endeavoring  to  develop  the 
qualities  of  his  horse  by  making  his  mouth  more  responsive 
and  his  flanks  more  or  less  sensitive  as  the  need  may  be;  by 
perfecting  his  balance  in  view  of  reducing  the  effort  made  by 
the  animal  in  changing  gait  or  direction  according  to  the  order 
given  by  the  aids.  (The  hands  and  legs  of  the  rider  are  called 
the  aids.) 

The  good  rider,  as  his  ambition  increases,  learns  to  make  his 
horse  more  supple  in  all  its  articulations,  especially  of  the  neck 
and  jaw,  by  studying  the  principles  developed  by  Baucher  and 
perfected  by  Fillis,  and  is  thus  enabled  to  enter  the  class  of 
high  school  riders.  He  is  then  able  to  gather  his  horse,  balance 
him,  and  obtain  those  rythmic  motions  called  Spanish  Walk, 
Spanish  Trot,  Passage,  Courbette,  etc.  . 

The  foregoing  points  will  be  covered  in  detail  in  subsequent 
installments.  The  equipment  of  the  horse  and  outfitting  of  the 
rider  will  also  receive  due  consideration. 


1917 


and  Califon 


Shopper— Do  you  keep  stationary?     Floorwalker— No, 

madam;  if  I  did,  I'd  lose  my  job.— Puck. 

Billington — I    understand   his   wife   has   money.     Still- 

ington — He  understands  it.  also.— New  York  Times. 

— — "He  said  I  was  an  addle-pated  jackass.    What  would  you 

vise  me  to  do  about  it?"  "See  a  good  veterinary."— Boston 
Transcript. 

"Don't  you  wish  you  knew  as  much  as  your  children  think 

you  do?"  "No;  I  wish  I  knew  as  much  as  my  children  think 
Jo." — Houston  Post. 

"It  is  indeed  hard,"  said  the  melancholy  gentleman,  "to 

kse  one's  relatives."  "Hard!"  snorted  the  gentleman  of  wealth. 
"Hard!    It  is  impossible." — Town  Topics. 

"What's  become  of  your  chauffeur?"    "Oh,  he  was  witli 

the  regiment  down  in  Texas,  and  crawled  under  an  army  mule 
to  see  why  it  wouldn't  go." — Kansas  City  Star. 

First  Steel  Magnate — I  see  our  shells  passed  the  govern- 
ment test.  Second  Steel  Magnate — Good  heavens!  Those 
shells  were  intended  for  a  foreign  government. — Life. 

Jokum — Gracious!  Your  mud-guard  is  all  smashed.  Did 

you  bump  into  something?  Bunkum — No.  We  were  standing 
perfectly  still,  and  a  fire-hydrant  skidded  into  us. — Judge. 

Edith — Jack  told  me  I  was  so  interesting  and  so  beauti- 
ful. Marie — And  yet  you  will  trust  yourself  for  life  with  a 
man  who  begins  deceiving  you  so  early  ? — Boston  Transcript. 

Slickton — They  tell  me  your  daughter  sings  with  great 

expression.  Flickson — Greatest  you  ever  saw.  Why,  her  own 
mother  can't  recognize  her  face  when  she's  singing. — Puck. 

"Why  won't  you  marry  me?"     "Because  I  don't  love 

you?"  "Why  need  that  matter?  We'd  simply  have  a  five-year 
start  on  half  the  people  in  our  set." — Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

"Is  Jobbins  in  the  hospital  ?"    "Not  that  I  know  of.    Why 

do  you  think  so?"  "Smith  was  telling  me  the  other  day  that  he 
was  out  in  his  car,  and  ran  across  Jobbins." — Baltimore  Ameri- 
can. 

Poet  (to  editor) — I  hope  that  you  didn't  throw  my  poem 

into  the  waste-basket?  Editor — Oh,  no.  Poet  (eagerly) — Then 
you  accepted  it?  Editor — No,  I  threw  it  out  of  the  window. — 
Buffalo  Express. 

Aunt  Nancy — They  haven't  sent  you  this  month's  number 

of  that  magazine  that  you  subscribed  to,  Eben.  Uncle  Eben — 
Maybe  they're  sore,  Nancy.  You  know  I  ain't  half-read  the 
last  one  yet. — Puck. 

Old  Gotrox — How  dare  you  ask  for  my  daughter  when 

you  are  working  for  such  a  small  salary  ?  Nervy  Suitor — Well, 
I  didn't  want  to  throw  up  the  job  until  I  was  sure  of  your  con- 
sent.— Boston  Transcript. 

"You  seem  indifferent  to  criticism  in  the  newspapers." 

"I  don't  have  time  to  keep  up  with  it,"  replied  Senator  Sorghum. 
"You  ought  to  see  what  my  constituents  send  me  direct  through 
the  mail." — Washington  Star. 

"Going  to  plant  potatoes  in  your  garden  this  year?"  "I 

thought  I  would,  but  when  I  looked  up  the  way  to  do  it  I  found 
that  potatoes  have  to  be  planted  in  hills,  and  our  yard  is  per- 
fectly flat." — Baltimore  American. 

"But  I  am  so  unworthy,  darling,"  he  murmured,  as  he 

held  the  dear  girl's  hand  in  his.  "Oh,  George,"  she  sighed;  "if 
you  and  papa  agreed  on  every  point  as  you  do  on  that,  how 
happy  we  would  be." — Liverpool  Post. 

"Why  do  you  consider  women  superior  to  men  in  intelli- 
gence?" "A  bald-headed  man  buys  his  restorer  by  the  bottle, 
doesn't  he?"  "Er — yes."  "Well,  a  woman  doesn't  waste  time 
on  a  hair  restorer ;  she  buys  hair." — Tit-Bits. 

As  the  train  neared  the  city  the  colored  porter  ap- 
proached the  jovial  faced  gentleman,  saying  with  a  smile: 
"Shall  I  brush  you  off,  sah?"  "No,"  replied  the  gentleman,  "I 
prefer  to  get  off  in  the  usual  manner." — Puck. 


THI 

k'  alone  <  vay 

I  n. 
"Good  o.i 

i  song  or  I 

Yell  find  or  the  day  be  through 
There's  more  nor  that,  young  master. 

Oh.  >o.i  and  youth 

Anu  .  own  rcw. 

But  there  a  careless  feet 

When  ye  come  to  the  Sign  o'  the  Sword." 

"Riddle  me.  riddlcmarec."  quoth  I, 

1  to  win. 
And  the  day  is  o'er  fair  such  tasks  to  try" — 

Said  he.  "Ye  shall  know  at  the  inn." 
With  that  he  suited  his  path  to  mine 

And  we  traveled  merrily. 
Till  I  was  ware  of  the  promised  sign 

And  the  door  of  an  hostelry. 
And  the  Romany  sang,  "To  the  very  life 

Ye  shall  pay  for  bed  and  board ; 
Will  ye  turn  aside  to  the  House  of  Strife? 

Will  ye  lodge  at  the  Inn  o'  the  Sword  " 

Then  I  looked  at  the  inn  'twixt  joy  and  fear, 

And  the  Romany  looked  at  me. 
Said  I,  "We  ha'  come  to  a  parting  here 

And  I  know  not  who  you  be." 
But  he  only  bughed  as  I  smote  on  the  door: 

"Go,  take  ye  the  fighting  chance; 
Mayhap  I  once  was  a  troubadour 

In  the  knightly  days  of  France. 
Oh,  the  feast  is  set  for  those  who  dare 

And  the  reddest  o'  wine  outpoured; 
And  some  sleep  sound  after  peril  and  care 

At  the  Hostelry  of  the  Sword." 

— Punch. 


HOW  TO  TELL  IF  YOUR  DIAMONDS  ARE  REAL. 

There  are  various  tests  and  some  of  the  cheap  false  diamonds 
will  stand  two  or  three  of  them.  So  it  is  better  to  put  a  dia- 
mond to  a  number  of  tests  to  make  sure  that  it  is  the  real  thing. 

Therefore,  let  us  procure — 

A  piece  of  glass, 

A  file, 

Two  coins, 

One  needle  or  pin, 

A  glass  of  water, 

A  white  card  with  a  black  spot  on  it, 

A  piece  of  cloth  with  colored  stripes, 

An  aluminum  pencil. 

Test  number  one :  Rub  the  alleged  diamond  over  the  glass.  If 
a  diamond,  it  will  cut  the  glass,  even  if  drawn  lightly,  so  that 
a  tap  will  separate  the  glass  along  the  line.  If  not  a  real  dia- 
mond, the  glass  may  be  scratched  but  not  really  cut. 

Test  number  two :  If  you  can  file  the  edges,  it  is  not  a  dia- 
mond. 

Test  number  three :  Place  the  diamond  between  two  coins  and 
press  hard  with  finger  and  thumb.  No  impression  can  be  made 
on  the  edges  of  a  real  diamond.  If  a  false  stone  you  can  see 
with  a  lens  that  the  edges  have  been  crushed. 

Test  number  four:  Place  on  the  surface  of  the  stone  a  tiny 
drop  of  water.  If  a  real  stone,  you  can  move  the  drop  around 
with  a  pin  point.  If  not  real,  the  drop  will  spread  when  the  pin 
touches  it. 

Test  number  five :  Drop  the  stone  into  a  glass  of  water.  The 
paste  diamond  will  be  blurred  and  almost  disappear.  The  real 
diamond  will  be  startlingly  clear. 


"Look  here,"  stormed  the  angry  subscriber,  "in  your  is- 
sue of  yesterday  you  said  I  was  a  lunatic;  I  want  a  retraction  at 
ence."  "My  friend,"  said  the  editor,  "this  paper  never  retracts. 
But  we  will  print  a  statement  that  you  have  recovered  your 
sanity." — Puck. 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


UBRAiaawmE 


"Fairfield's  Pioneer  History  of  Lassen  County." 

Asa  Merrill  Fairfield,  the  author,  declares  frankly  that  this 
book  contains  "about  everything  that  can  be  learned  about  Las- 
sen County  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  to  the  year  1870." 
The  writer,  a  boy  of  eleven  years  of  age,  crossed  the  plains 
in  '65,  and  came  to  Honey  Lake  Valley  to  live,  and  most  of 
his  life  has  been  spent  there.  So  he  knew  practically  all  the 
settlers  in  that  section,  and  from  them  came  much  information 
embodied  in  this  book.  Information  regarding  settlement,  In- 
dian troubles,  historical  reminiscences  and  the  like  was  gathered 
first  hand.  Old  family  diaries  have  furnished  considerable 
data.  To  Fred  Hines  and  Wm.  Dow,  the  writer  is  indebted  more 
than  to  any  one  else  for  information  regarding  the  first  eight  or 
ten  years'  settlement  in  the  county.  Hines  came  in  1856,  and 
Dow  the  following  year.  As  a  concise  and  veracious  account 
of  the  early  trials  of  the  pioneers  in  the  county  this  volume  takes 
first  place.  The  same  may  be  said  of  the  old  immigrant  roads, 
the  historical  Lassen  trail,  Beckwith  Pass,  the  Honey  Lake  Val- 
ley, Squatter  government,  and  the  incidental  stories  of  adjacent 
territory  as  far  away  as  Utah.  The  book  is  full  of  the  Western 
spirit  and  Western  determination  to  hew  out  a  home  for  the 
family  in  the  Great  God  Given  West.  An  excellent  photograph 
of  the  author  and  a  comparative  map  of  the  territory  accompany 
the  book. 

H.  S.  Crocker  Company,  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 
Better  Babies — A  By-Product  of  War. 

What  England  has  been  doing  since  war  was  declared  to 
make  better  babies  is  the  subject  of  an  interesting  article  by 
Jeanne  Judson  in  the  July  number  of  The  Mother's  Magazine. 
In  describing  the  day  nurseries,  or  creches,  Miss  Judson  says: 

"The  mothers  bring  the  children  to  the  creche  before  they  go 
to  work  in  the  morning.  This  is  usually  about  eight  o'clock. 
They  call  for  them  again  at  seven  o'clock  at  night.  I  was  sur- 
prised that  some  of  the  youngest  babies  three  and  four  weeks 
old  could  be  taken  away  from  their  mothers,  but  investigation 
proved  that  most  of  them  were  thriving." 

*  *  * 

The  English  Translator  of  the  Selma  Lagerlof  Books. 

The  English  readers  of  Selma  Lagerlof  have  reaped  the 
benefit  of  Miss  Lagerlof's  choice  of  a  translator,  for  in  Velma 
Swanston  Howard,  the  Swedish  author  has  found  an  unusually 
happy  interpreter  of  her  works. 

Mrs.  Howard  is  Swedish  born,  but  came  to  this  country  at 
an  early  age.  As  a  young  woman  she  returned  to  Sweden  where 
she  worked  for  some  years  as  a  journalist.  One  of  her  first 
assignments  was  to  interview  Selma  Lagerlof.  It  was  a  "scoop" 
on  her  Swedish  colleagues,  and  this  meeting  was  the  first  of 
many  that  developed  a  warm  friendship  between  author  and 
tianslator. 

*  *  * 

Admirers  of  H.  C.  Bunner  will  be  glad  to  learn  that  two  vol- 
umes, "Short  Sixes:  Stories  to  Be  Read  While  the  Candle 
Burns,"  and  "More  Short  Sixes"  with  "The  Runaway  Browns," 
are  to  be  added  soon  to  the  collected  edition  of  Mr.  Bunner's 
stories — making  it  virtually  complete.  These,  together  with 
the  two  volumes  recently  published,  give  to  a  new  generation  of 
readers  all  those  stories  that  made  Bunner  notable  as  the  best 
story-teller  of  his  day,  and  that  is  now  contributing  to  the  re- 
markable revival  of  his  popularity. 

Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  New  York. 


Wedding  Presents.— -The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(ESTABLISHED  1817) 

$18,526,600.00 
■  13,625,000.00 
-    18,526,600.00 

$50,678,200.00 

$277,488,871.00 

J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH.  General  Manager 

338  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  Status,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji,  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET,  E.  C 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


THE  CANADIAN  BANK  OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L.      Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHNAIRD  Genera.  M^"     Reserve  Fund  13,500  000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager      Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange  Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at   Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450    CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,12o.391.l4 
Deposits  50.513.S76.J2 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members       of       the       San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


^e  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  California  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Member   of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits    : 63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds 2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.F  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City. 


June  9.  1917 


and  California  Advcitisrr 


Leaks  from  Wirel 


Among  the  expected  guests  of  the  American  Press  Humorists 
at  their  annual  gathering,  in  New  Y  month,  will  be 

Charles   Bertrand   Lewis.     Com  parr  -^nixe 

him  by  that  name,  for  his  celebrity  as  a  writer  of  humorous  mat- 
ter was  gained  under  the  nom  de  guerre  His 
sketches  of  everyday  experiences  in  the  columns  of  the  Detroit 
Free  Press  were  widely  read  and  enjoyed  during  a  long  period. 
"M.  Quad,"  who  borrowed  his  literary  name  from  the  printer's 
case,  has  often  been  described  as  a  typical  American,  and  a 
typical  Western  American,  humorist  of  the  "Petroleum  V. 
Nasby,"  "Fat  Contributor,"  "Danbury  News  Man"  school,  and 
the  description  has  not  been  far  astray.  In  recent  years  he  has 
devoted  himself  to  a  more  serious  kind  of  literature,  over,  or 
under,  his  own  and  less  familiar  name. 

*  •  • 

Newspaper  references  to  Mrs.  Belva  A.  Lockwood,  who  died 
recently,  have  commonly  included  a  statement  that  she  was 
"the  only  woman  who  ever  was  a  candidate  for  president  of 
the  United  States."  This  is  sadly  to  overlook  Victoria  Wood- 
hull,  one  of  the  famous  Claflin  sisters,  who  was  nominated  for 
president  in  1872  by  the  equal  rights  party,  which  nominated 
Mrs.  Lockwood  in  1884  and  1888.  Mrs.  Woodhull,  now  Mrs. 
Martin,  widow  of  a  prominent  banker,  is  still  living  in  England, 
where  she  is  engaged  in  philanthropic  work  and  continues  to 
be  devoted  to  the  suffrage  cause.  Her  sister.  Lady  Francis 
Cook,  has  been  one  of  Mrs.  Pankhurst's  most  active  lieutenants. 

*  *  • 

The  Indians  of  the  Five  Civilized  Tribes  of  Oklahoma  are 
going  into  the  food-supply  movement  with  hearts  and  hands. 
Every  head  of  a  family  among  them  is  said  to  be  responding 
promptly  to  the  request  of  the  bureau  agents  that  he  shall  plant 
at  least  one  acre  more  than  usual  this  spring.  This  should  mean 
an  increase  in  the  area  commonly  under  their  cultivation  of  100.- 
000  acres.  The  Five  Civilized  Tribes,  by  the  way,  are  the 
Cherokees,  the  Chickasaws,  the  Choctaws,  the  Creeks  and  the 
Seminoles.  These  numbered,  in  1915,  about  118,000.  The  time 
is  not  far  distant  when  the  term  "civilized,"  as  applied  exclu- 
sively to  the  Five  Tribes,  will  be  manifestly  invidious. 

*  *  * 

Although  they  bid  in  competition  with  firms  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  M.  J.  Brandenstein  &  Co.  have  succeeded  in 
winning  the  contract  for  the  supply  of  tea  and  coffee  to  the 
Alaska  Engineering  Company.  This  is  one  of  the  biggest  con- 
tracts ever  given  to  a  tea  and  coffee  house,  and  a  San  Francisco 
firm  has  the  distinction  of  winning  the  huge  order.  The  firm  will 
deliver  about  75  tons  of  tea  and  coffee.  The  principal  point  of 
delivery  will  be  Seattle.  Big  firms  throughout  the  country  com- 
peted. 

*  *  * 

The  rumors  of  a  change  of  the  conductorship  at  the  Metropoli- 
tan, and  the  possible  resignation  of  Signor  Polacco,  and  the 
equally  possible  coming  of  Arturo  Toscanini,  have  been  revived 
by  a  letter  sent  by  Signor  Polacco  to  the  press,  in  which  he 
states  that  he  has  a  definite  contract  with  the  Metropolitan  which 
is  to  run  another  season,  and  which,  so  far  as  he  is  concerned,  he 

intends  to  fulfill. 

*  *  * 

There  appears  to  be  a  revival  of  interest  at  the  present  time, 
although  why  it  is  impossible  to  say,  in  the  age  of  the  earth, 
and  among  the  bits  of  information  going  the  rounds  is  one  to  the 
effect  that  geologists  vary  in  their  estimates,  some  holding  that 
the  planet  has  existed  for  20,000,000,  while  others  talk  about 
150,000,000  years.  What,  it  may  be  asked,  is  a  mere  matter  of 
130,000,000  years  to  geologists  ? 

According  to  an  English  scientist's  estimate,  the  world's  total 
annual  rainfall  amounts  to  29,347.4  cubic  miles,  of  which  less 
than  one-fourth  drains  through  rivers  into  the  ocean. 


Red  Cross  Receives  Donation  from  Ian  Hay  Lectures. 

Captain  Ian  Hay  Beith  has  left  with  Paul  Elder  a  check  for 
$350  to  be  sent  to  the  local  Red  Cross  chapter.  Another  check 
for  the  same  amount  is  going  forward  to  the  British  Red  Cross. 
These  amounts  are  Captain  Beith's  receipts  from  his  last  lec- 
tures in  San  Francisco,  given  under  the  direction  of  Paul  Elder. 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 


OPKN    Al 


IN, 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding    and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
21171 


21231 


BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Hlgh  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  llltlo  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  Unlveralty  of 
California,  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Unlveralty  and  by  Eaatern  Col* 
legea. 

SARAH   D    HAMLIN.   M.  A. 

2230   Pacific   Ave.,   San    Francltco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL     CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The   Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOG 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  McALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE   840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Beringer(Concert Pianist)    Mme.  Jos. Beringer  (Concert  Contralto 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


1866 

OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR 

1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET  916 

250  Twe 
QUALITY 

Ifth  Street         -          San 

Francisco 
DURABILITY 

QUANTITY       ECONOMY 

16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


LF1NANCIAU 


Problem  of  the 
Tax  Burden. 


Modern  wars  are  costly  beyond  any- 
thing heretofore  conceived,  and  in- 
volve not  only  huge  borrowings,  but 
current  taxation  which  will  be  felt 
in  every  household.  Considering  federal  taxation  before  the 
war  and  the  taxation  in  this  city  and  State  in  1916,  our  taxation 
has  been,  roughly,  $7.25  per  capita  for  federal  purposes,  $6.33 
per  capita  for  State  purposes,  and  $31  per  capita  for  municipal 
purposes.  It  is  quite  probable  that  our  federal  taxation,  the 
coming  year,  for  ordinary  and  war  purposes  may  approach  $35 
per  capita.  Whoever  pays  the  tax  in  the  first  place  in  one  way 
or  another  it  will  be  distributed  over  the  mass  of  the  people  in 
the  form  of  diminished  net  income  for  personal  use.  The  in- 
fusion of  the  vast  volume  of  new  credits  into  our  fiscal  system 
will,  even  without  the  scarcity  factor,  be  followed  by  increased 
prices.  We  were  feeling  this  effect  before  the  acute  fear  of 
shortage.  It  is  probable  that  the  increase  of  30  or  40  per  cent 
of  bank  clearings  as  compared  with  those  of  last  year  represent 
no  larger  volume  of  commodities  handled. 


The  bank  clearings  for  May,  according  to  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Clearing  House  Association,  broke  every  prior  record. 
The  gain  over  the  figures  for  May,  1916,  amounted  to  $112,- 
095,249.01.  The  comparison  follows :  S.  F.  bank  clearings,  May, 
1917,  $390,874,088;  S.  F.  bank  clearings,  May,  1916,  $278,- 
778,838.99.  Increase  one  month,  $112,095,249.01.  S.  F.  bank 
clearings  week  ended  May  31st,  $70,679,953.08;  S.  F.  bank 
clearings  like  week,  16,  $51,225,267.59.  Increase  one  week  (five 
days),  $19,454,685.49. 


Nearly  $4,000,000  was  collected  in  California  in  inheri- 
tance taxes  between  May  1,  1916,  and  May  1,  1917,  according 
to  John  S.  Chambers,  State  Controller.  The  total  amount  was 
$3,907,310.51,  while  the  net  amount  was  $3,830,952.13.  This 
is  $1,000,000  more  than  during  the  previous  year.  The  inheri- 
tance tax  collected  in  San  Francisco  was  $1,316,863.46,  while 
fiom  Los  Angeles  it  was  $873,050.88. 


An  increase  of  postal  receipts  of  $47,848  for  May,  1917, 

ever  the  same  month  of  1916,  is  announced  by  William  F. 
Burke,  assistant  postmaster.  The  gross  receipts  for  May,  1916, 
were  $282,999;  for  May,  1917,  $330,847. 


The  value  of  the  imports  into  this  city  in  May  have 

passed  the  $20,000,000  mark,  according  to  Collector  of  the  Port 
J.  O.  Davis,  a  record  showing. 


WAR  BULLETINS. 


The  new  uniform  for  United  States  Army  officers,  which  is 

to  be  worn  for  the  first  time  by  military  attaches  of  the  Mission 

to  Russia,  is  said  to  differ  from  that  now  in  use  principally  in 

the  tunic  or  coat.  That  garment  is  to  resemble,  in  style,  the  tunic 

worn  by  British  officers  now  visiting  the  United  States,  but 

the  collar,  which  fits  tightly,  is  to  fall  over  with  lapels,  and 

stripes,  indicating  the  service  branch  with  which  the  wearer  is 

connected,  will  be  suspended  from  these  lapels,  after  the  British 

style.    The  new  uniform  is  intended  and  expected  to  impart  a 

little  more  "chic"  to  the  appearance  of  the  officers,  and  to  create 

a  better  impression  for  those  who  may  be  assigned  to  oversea 

duty. 

*  *  * 

Just  by  way  of  precaution  against  any  possible  misunder- 
standing as  to  the  temporary  character  of  militarism  in  the 
United  States,  the  Federal  Senate  has  adopted  a  "rider"  amend- 
ment to  the  war  budget  measure,  limiting  the  operation  of  the 
draft  law  to  "four  months  after  the  present  war  with  Ger- 
many," instead  of  "to  the  existing  emergency."  There  might 
be  some  doubt  and  difference  as  to  the  meaning  of  "emergency." 
Everybody  will  know  when  the  war  is  over.  These  things  can- 
not be  made  too  clear. 


PASSING  OF  DR.  T.  B.  WILSON. 

Dr.  T.  B.  Wilson,  at  one  time  a  prominent  writer  on  the  staff 
of  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter,  passed  away,  this  week, 
quietly,  after  a  long  and  well  spent  life.  His  title  doctor  repre- 
sented the  scholarly  degrees  he  attained.  His  was  a  gentle 
nature  given  to  the  quiet  life  in  his  Fruitvale  home,  and  the 
lound  of  studies  of  man  and  his  purposes  in  this  world.  Early 
in  his  young  manhood  his  taste  inclined  to  writing,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  he  worked  on  country  and  city  papers  through- 
out the  West.  At  various  times  he  owned  papers  and  handled 
them  with  profit.  Some  fifteen  years  ago  he  joined  the  News 
Letter  staff  and  contributed  to  several  departments.  Readers 
o£  that  day  will  recall  his  special  column  headed  "Minister  of 
Foreign  Affairs."  In  the  gossip,  diplomatic  and  political  affairs 
of  Europe,  he  was  unusually  well  primed  and  easily  made  that 
department  of  the  paper  rarely  attractive  to  readers. 


STRANGE  DOINGS. 

The  increased  demand  for  women  munition-workers,  and  for 
women  workers  of  all  kinds,  has  resulted  in  the  arrival  in  Lon- 
don, for  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  domestic  service,  of  a  girl 
from  the  west  of  Ireland.  She  was  cordially  received,  and  thus 
she  wrote  home:  "It's  a  strange  place  I'm  coming  to,  surely; 
cabs  widout  horses  and  the  lady  of  the  house  playing  the  pianner 
wid  her  feet,  and  talkin'  to  herself  perpetual  down  a  candlestick 
in  the  hall." — Exchange. 


LOS  ANGELES 


and  Return 


CO 

O 
03 


u 

-D 

J 

D 
O 
>- 

-a 
bo 

§ 

3 
O 
>> 
U 

s 

X 


$22 

$18 


50 


75 


Daily 

3-Months    Limit 
Stopovers 

Fri.  and  Sat. 
15-Day  Limit 


Tickets    good    either    via    Coast  Line   or 
San  Joaquin  Valley  Line. 

Seven  Trains 
Daily 

"  Shore  Line  Limited  " 

(via  Coast  Line) 

Leave  3d  Street  Station     -     8:00  A.  M. 

Arrive  Los  Angeles     -       -     9:59  P.  M. 

"Owl"  (via  Valley  Line) 

Leave  Ferry  Station     -     -     6:00  P.   M. 

Arrive  Los  Angeles     -     -     8:50   A.  M. 


8:00  P.  M.    I 
9:45  A.  M 


"  Lark  "  (via  Coast  Line) 
Leave  3d  Street  Station 
Arrive  Los  Angeles       -     - 

Four  Other  Trains 


Every  mile  protected  by   Electric  Auto- 
matic Block  Safety  Signals 

For  further  particulars  phone  Sutter  6300, 
or  Ask  Any  Agent 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  "Apache  Trail  of  Arizona" 


p 

rib  jaK*± 

P 

u 

Bli^Sm. 

U 

M 

&               1 

M 

P 

T^Bl^UWJ, 

P 

S 

^sB» 

S 

Pumps  for  Irrigation  and  Every  Conceiva 

bleUse 

Gasoline  Engines                                                Pipe,  Pipe  Fittings,  Etc. 

SEND 

FOR  OUR  CATALOGUE-MAILED 

WOODIN    &    LITTLE 

FREE 

33FREMONTST.        PUMPHOUSE        SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

1917 


and  California  Advertise! 


Calling  for  the  acceleration  and  not  the  cessation  of  road 
building  because  of  war  conditions,  the  American  Automobile 
Association  at  its  annual  meeting  also  urged  the  construction  of 
a  marginal  military  highway  around  the  entire  country,  with  the 
first  section  extending  from  Calais,  Me.,  to  the  head  of  the 
Chesapeake  Bay.  Army  heads  agree  that  the  upper  Atlantic 
Coast  should  receive  priority  of  attention  for  reasons  which  are 
generally  recognized. 

In  its  Cleveland  session  the  organized  motorists  thus  ex- 
pressed the  roads  policy  for  which  they  will  contend: 

Whereas,  there  is  a  widespread  tendency  to  defer  highway 
construction  due  to  the  unusual  conditions  in  the  material  and 
kbor  market  arising  from  the  war,  and 

Whereas,  the  Council  of  National  Defense  has  called  upon 
the  Nation  not  to  curtail  but  rather  to  expand  general  business, 
and  particularly  to  continue  highway  building;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  American  Automobile  Association  urge 
upon  all  highway  officials,  town,  country,  State  and  national,  to 
continue  without  abatement  the  improvement  of  the  public  high- 
ways, as  wartime  conditions  particularly  emphasize  the  import- 
ance and  need  of  Good  Roads. 

Referring  to  military  marginal  roads,  this  important  subject 
was  thus  set  forth : 

Whereas,  military  necessities  require  a  durably  constructed 
and  well  developed  system  of  marginal  highways  near  and  ap- 
proximately parallel  to  the  north,  east,  south  and  west  boundar- 
ies of  the  United  States,  and  also  require  the  improvement  of 
the  main  radial  roads  intersecting  such  marginal  highways,  and 

Whereas,  the  existing  Federal  Aid  Road  Act  provides,  in  part 
at  least,  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  necessary 
radial  roads  through  coordinated  efforts  of  Federal  and  State 
officials,  but  could  not  within  any  reasonable  time  complete  the 
marginal  roads  which  are  of  the  utmost  immediate  importance, 
especially  the  northerly  part  of  the  Eastern  Marginal  road; 
therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  American  Automobile  Association  urge 
upon  Congress  the  need  of  legislation  to  provide  for  a  system  of 
Military  Marginal  Roads  to  be  constructed  and  maintained  at 
rational  expense. 

Realizing  that  the  financial  sinews  of  war  must  be  strength- 
ened by  a  country-wide  sale  of  bonds,  the  A.  A.  A.  directors, 
unanimously  decided  to  carry  out  a  Liberty  Loan  Automobile 
Week,  beginning  Monday,  June  11th.  The  exact  details  will  be 
decided  upon  and  announced  after  consultation  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Rowe,  of  Maryland,  was  continued  in  the  A.  A.  A. 
presidential  office,  and  Secretary  John  N.  Brooks  of  Connecticut 
and  Treasurer  H.  A.  Bonnell  of  New  Jersey  succeeded  them- 
selves, the  latter  in  his  tenth  year  as  the  custodian  of  the  funds. 
Executive  Chairman  A.  G.  Batchelder  was  also  re-elected,  this 
time  to  a  four  year  term.  These  vice-presidents  were  renamed : 
Ralph  W.  Smith,  Colorado;  H.  J.  Clark,  Minnesota;  P.  J.  Wal- 
ker, California;  David  Jameson,  Pennsylvania;  Preston  Belvin, 
Virginia;  and  Royal  R.  Scott,  Ohio,  and  J.  E.  Gavin,  Indiana, 
figured  as  the  newcomers  to  the  list.  Former  presidents  Robert 
P.  Hooper  of  Pennsylvania  and  Laurens  Enos  of  New  York 
were  among  the  delegates  present  from  twenty  different  States. 

Though  a  half  dozen  cities  sought  the  yearly  meeting,  the 

directors  considered  Washington  as  the  logical  place  for  the  next 

gathering. 

*  *  * 

Truck  Runs  Down  Helpless  Locomotive 

In  the  thriving  days  of  the  horse  age,  now  rapidly  passing 
away,  railroads  were  constantly  besieged  with  claims  for  the 
death  and  injury  of  horses,  both  in  the  city  and  country.  Some- 
times the  owners  got  damages  and  sometimes  nothing,  but  the 


one  always  got  the  worst  end  o(  the  deal,  for  he  never  wu  a 
for  the  locom 

'  tie  worm  has  turned.   The 
ay  a  manufacturing  company  of  O 
lollowing  letter  from  the  superintendent  of  t 

eg  to  advise  that  on  January  8th  last  while  our  i 

■.  very  slo  about 

per  hour,  it  was  run  into  by  your  a 
.  '1199,  damaging  our  locomotive  to  the  ev 
The  owner,  surprised,  of  course  investigated  at  once.    They 
:ound  that  the  driver  of  their  truck  had  been  at  fault  in  I 
•e  push  the  locomotive  off  the  track.    As  the  truck  suffered  no 
injury  whatever,  they  gladly  paid  the  $1.31. 

•  »  • 
Change  In  Mutual  Motors  Directorate 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Mutual 
Motors  Company,  George  E.  Drawe.  assistant  general  manager, 
was  elected  to  the  board  of  directors  and  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany, succeeding  W.  T.  Miller,  former  treasurer,  who  has  re- 
signed. Drawe  will  retain  his  duties  as  assistant  general  mana- 
ger along  with  his  new  work.  Miller  left  the  first  of  June  on  a 
motor  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

•  •  • 

1917  Tire  Business  Will  Be  Tremendous 

During  1917  it  is  estimated  that  over  $350,000,000  will  be 
spent  in  the  purchase  of  tires  for  pleasure  cars  alone.  This 
is  an  enormous  sum,  and  means  a  wonderful  business  for  dealers 
in  tires  throughout  the  country.  The  estimate  is  made  upon  the 
r  umber  of  cars  in  use,  the  average  mileage,  the  guarantees  or- 
dinarily made  with  tires,  and  upon  many  other  figures  of  tire 
consumption  by  the  mass  of  car  owners  in  the  past. 

•  *  * 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  vey  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
cf  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  OTarrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
ever,"  and  the  price?  aare  moderate. 


BACK   EAST 
EXCURSIONS 


SALE    DATES 


x 

O 

OQ 

D 
O 
>< 

« 

> 
(d 

X 


CO 

Q 

Z 

o 

UJ 
CO 


06 
O 


June  1,  2,  11,  12,  16,  17,  26, 

27,  30 

July  1,  2,  16,  17,  24,  25,  31 

August  1,  14,  15,  28,  29 

September  4,  5 

SOME  FARES 

(DIRECT  ROUTES) 

Denver,  Pueblo         - 

$  62.50 

Omaha,  Kansas  City 

67.50 

Dallas,  Houston,  San  Antonio 

70.00 

New  Orleans,  Memphis,  St.  Louis     - 

77.50 

Chicago                                               ■ 

80.00 

Minneapolis,  St.  Paul 

-      84.45 

Washington,  D.  C,  Baltimore 

116.00 

New  York,  Philadelphia 

118.20 

Boston        - 

120.20 

Proportionately  low  fares  to   many   other  points 

Going   Limit — 15    days;  Return    Limit — 3  mos. 
from    date    of  sale  (but  not  later  than  Oct.  3 1 ) 

STOPOVERS  :     Going  east  of  California  state 
line;       Returning— at   all    points.       See  Agents 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Write  for  folder  on  the  Apache  Trail  of  Arizona 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


Federal  Aid  Covers  Any  Kind  of  Road 

The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  gave  out  a  statement  recently 
to  refute  the  report  that  States  desiring  to  obtain  money  for 
roads  under  the  Federal  Aid  Road  Act,  which  appropriates  $85,- 
000,000,  must  build  only  expensive  roads,  and  to  make  it  clear 
that  no  particular  kind  of  material  will  be  required  or  favored 
by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  to  the  detriment  of  other 
materials. 

"There  is  not  the  slightest  truth  in  such  a  report,"  said  Secre- 
tary Houston.  "This  Department,  which  is  charged  with  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  Federal  Aid  Road  Act,  has  placed  absolutely 
no  restrictions,  either  direct  or  implied,  upon  the  kinds  of  high- 
ways to  be  constructed.  States  may  submit  for  approval  any 
kind  of  road,  even  an  earth  road,  and  approval  will  be  given  if 
the  construction  be  substantial  in  character,  suitable  for  traffic 
needs,  and  meets  the  terms  of  the  Federal  Act. 

"To  give  State  legislators  and  highway  officials  the  impres- 
sion that  this  department  favors  only  costly  types  of  road  or 
discriminates  in  favor  of  any  particular  material,  results  not 
only  in  spreading  misinformation,  but  in  placing  barriers  in  the 
way  of  States  which  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  Federal  Aid  in 

road  construction." 

*  *  * 

Goodrich  Works  on  24-Hour  Schedule 

The  B.  F.  Goodrich  tire  department  is  producing  close  to  30,- 
000  tires  a  day.  As  a  result  this  department  is  working  on  a 
24  hour  day  schedule.  Continuous  relays  are  run  from  Sunday 
midnight  until  midnight  Saturday. 

Earnings  of  the  company  are  running  about  even  with  a  year 
ago.  For  the  twelve  months  ended  December  31, 1916,  net  was 
equal  to  $12.76  a  share  for  the  $60,000,000  common,  after  the 
preferred  dividends,  as  compared  with  $17.17  a  share  in  1915, 
and  $5.50  a  share  in  1914.  Tire  contracts  with  the  car  makers 
are  running  a  little  lower  than  last  year.  As  a  result,  the  com- 
pany is  in  a  more  fortunate  position  as  regards  taking  care  of 
its  direct  trade  requirements,  which  are  heavy,  and  then  again, 
any  contracts  with  makers  at  the  lower  prices  are  naturally 
burdensome  just  now.  The  expansion  program  has  been  com- 
pleted, and  there  is  little  likelihood  of  any  further  heavy  ex- 
penditures for  plant  additions  for  some  time. 

*  *  * 

Cole  Editorial  Sheds  Light  on  Service 

An  editorial  appearing  in  the  current  issue  of  the  Cole  Motor 
Car  Company's  house  organ,  "the  "Cole  Bulletin,"  is  worthy 
of  considerable  attention.  The  editorial  conveys  what  is  called 
the  "Cole  idea"  of  motor  car  service,  and  is  especially  interest- 
ing because  the  presentation  is  along  rather  new  lines.  In  part 
it  explains: 

"If  service  is  worth  the  price  the  consumer  pays  for  it,  the 
dealer  cannot  afford  to  offer  it  for  less.  If  the  service  is  not 
worth  the  price,  the  dealer  is  not  doing  his  part  to  make  the 
product  the  best  that  the  consumer  can  buy  for  the  money.  Ser- 
vice above  all  else  is  the  tie  that  binds  the  owner  to  the  factory 
manufacturing  a  product,  and  that  tie  is  welded  by  the  dealer. 
Furthermore,  good  service  is  not  necessarily  free  service,  any 
more  than  free  sevice  is-  necessarily  good  service.  Nor  is  free 
service  as  a  rule  what  the  owner  expects.  What  he  wants  is  fair 
treatment,  courteous  attention,  prompt  delivery  and  work  well 
done.  That  being  accomplished,  he  is  willing  to  pay  an  equi- 
table price  for  it." 

*  *  * 

House  Limits  Tax  Levy  on  Motor  Cars 

The  House  of  Representatives,  sitting  in  committee  of  the 
whole,  amended  the  war  revenue  bill  on  motion  of  Representa- 
tive Doremus  of  Michigan  by  limiting  the  5  per  cent  levy  on 
motor  cars,  motorcycles  and  their  tires  so  that  the  tax  would  be 
effective  only  as  to  factories  paying  annual  profits  above  $5,000 
and  8  per  cent  on  capital  invested.  This  amendment  was  writ- 
ten into  the  bill  by  a  vote  of  ninety-six  to  ninety-two,  after  an 
effort  to  strike  out  the  entire  paragraph  relating  to  a  5  per  cent 

tax  on  motor  cars,  motorcycles  and  tires  had  failed. 

*  *  * 

No  Racing  Championship  for  1917 

The  contest  board  of  the  American  Automobile  Association 
has  decided  against  holding  the  1917  racing  championship  on 
account  of  the  few  speedways  that  will  be  active.  It  has  allowed 
Aitken's  100  mile  record  of  56:37.65,  made  in  his  Peugeot  at 
Sheepshead  Bay,  October  28,  1916. 


LIBERTY  LOAN 

America  is  Calling  for 
Financial  Volunteers 

That  America  may  strike  the  winning-  blows  for  the  freedom  and  demo- 
cracy of  the  world,  your  Government  calls  today  for  financial  volunteers. 

You  who  wish  to  see  the  war  ended  quickly — you  who  desire  the  prosper- 
ity and  safety  of  American  business — to  you  Uncle  Sam  offers  today  the  op- 
portunity to  make  the  best  financial  and  patriotic  investment  of  yuur  life. 

To  you  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  says:  "The  greatest  immediate 
service  the  American  people  can  render  in  this  War  for  universal  liberty 
throughout  the  world  is  to  furnish  the  means  for  its  vigorous  prosecution. 
This  bond  issue  is  the  first  step.  I  earnestly  bespeak  the  eo-operation  of 
every  citizen  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land  in  this  great 
service  of  patriotism." 

YOU  DO  NOT  SPEND;  YOU  SAVE. 

In  asking  you  to  subscribe  to  the  Liberty  Loan  your  Government  is  not 
asking  you  to  spend  your  money.  Instead,  it  holds  out  to  you  a  splendid 
opportunity  to  save  and  invest. 

"When  you  invest  in  a  Liberty  Bond  you  get  a  signed  promise  backed  by 
the  total  resources  of  the  richest  nation  in  the  world — a  wealth  of  250 
billion  dollars. 

HOW    THE    FINANCIAL    VOLUNTEER    AIDS    HIS    COUNTRY. 

The  Liberty  Loan  is  to  be  used  by  our  Government  to  purchase  our 
products  and  materials  for  ourselves  or  our  allies.  Not  a  dollar  of  this 
lean  will  leave  this  country  or  pay  for  other  than  American  products. 
The  financial  volunteer  enables  his  country  to  market  more  American 
goods. 

The  Liberty  Loan  is  going  to  quicken  the  pulse  of  American  business.  It 
will  broaden  the  market  for. American  goods.  Every  railroad,  every  mill 
and  every  factory,  every  mine,  every  farm,  will  be  pushed  to  its  utmost 
to  meet  the  increased  activity  caused  by  the  Government  coming  into  the 
market  as  a  buyer  on  the  largest  scale  in  history. 

Your  purchase  of  a  Liberty  Bond  means  more  business  for  your  Govern- 
ment, more  business  for  you  and  your  investment  is  the  safest  in  the 
world. 

3!/2  PER  CENT  NET   INCOME. 

Liberty  Bonds  bear  3^  per  cent  interest,  payable  semi-annually  Decem- 
ber 15th  and  June  15th.  Our  Government  has  made  these  bonds  exempt 
from  all  taxes,  except  inheritance  and  estate  taxes,  so  that  they  yield  an 
absolutely  net  income  of  3%  per  cent. 

If  before  the  end  of  the  war,  Government  bonds  bearing  higher  interest 
should  be  issued,  you  can  exchange  your  Liberty  Bonds  for  them. 

BONDS  AS  SMALL  AS  $50. 
These  bonds  have  been  purposely  made  in  multiples  of  $50  so  that  every 
one  might  have  this  opportunity  to  become  a  Government  Bond  Holder. 
Liberty  Loan  Bonds  mature  in  30  years  and  are  redeemable  in  15  years. 
Bonds  in  multiples  of  $100  may  be  registered,  so  that  the  income  comes  to 
you  automatically. 

THE    IDEAL    INVESTMENT. 

Liberty  Bonds  combine  the  three  requirements  of  an  ideal  investment  to 
the  greatest  degree  known — Safety,   Marketability  and  Return. 

Safety— The  wealth  of  the  United  States  is  estimated  at  250  billion  dol- 
lars— over  80  times  our  total  National  debt  (including  this  issue  of  Liberty 
Bonds.)  The  annual  income  of  the  United  States  is  estimated  at  about 
400  times  the  annual  interest  charges  on  our  total  debt. 

Marketability. — United  States  Government  bonds  have  always  had  a 
broad  and  ready  market.  No  other  bonds  enjoy  so  immediate  a  market  if 
you  care  to  sell.    Any  bank  will  Joan  money  on  these  bonds. 

Return — The  interest  rate  starts  at  3%  per  cent  per  year  ($3.50  on  a  ?100 
bond.)  Considering  the  safety  and  salability  of  these  bonds,  the  net  re- 
turn of  3%  per  cent  free  of  all  taxes,  except  estate  and  inheritance  taxes, 
is  certainly  an  ample  return. 

Believing  that  it  is  the  wish  of  this  country  to  have  this  opportunity  to 
invest  and  receive  interest  for  the  financial  support  they  give  in  this  war, 
rather  than  to  carry  the  entire  amount  by  taxation,  your  Government  is 
offering  you  this  chance  today.  This  is  a  solid  business  proposition — a 
chance  to  invest  in  the  best  security  in  the  world  while  at  the  same  time 
performing  as  patriotic  an  act  as  you  can  do. 

Be  a  Government  Bond  Holder  in  the  greatest  war  of  liberation  the 
world  has  ever  known. 

Federal  Reserve  Bank 

Twelfth  District 

Subscribe   Today  at  any  Bank 
Department  Store  or  Post  Office 


9,  1917 


and  California  A 


\ 

|        High   Gear  "Stuff" 
%iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini# 

The  R-<jJ  H 

Who  rolls  along  at  a  reckless  rate? 
Who  always  drives  like  a  man  who's  late? 
Who  steps  on  the  "Mas.''  when  there  is  no  need. 
Just  to  impress  us  with  his  speed? 
Who  gives  your  rights  or  mine  no  heed? 
The  RajJ  Hog. 

Who  won't  get  over  to  let  you  pass? 
Who  thinks  that  speed  is  a  sign  of  class  ? 
Who  seems  in  luck  to  put  his  trust. 
Drives  as  he  thinks  a  daredevil  must, 
And  hangs  out  a  sign,  "Excuse  my  dust!" 
The  Road  Hog. 

Who  goes  too  fast  when  he  passes  a  school  ? 
Who  behaves  in  general  like  a  fool? 
Who  acts  as  if  he's  bought  the  street, 
Crowds  you  over  whenever  you  meet ; 
As  the  meanest  man  is  hard  to  beat? 

The  Road  Hog. 

»  *  * 

At  the  Auto  Show. 
He  mingled  with  the  motor  cars  and  stroked  them  on  the  spine 
As  does  the  milkmaid  on  the  farm  among  the  lowing  kine. 
He  tickled  them  beneath  the  gills  and  jabbed  them  in  the  lamp, 
And  kidded  them  in  other  ways — he  was  a  reckless  scamp. 
"Your  brother  hit  me  once,"  he  said  unto  a  racing  car, 
"Your  cousin  also  walloped  me  and  knocked  me  high  and  far. 
Your  uncle  made  me  jump  one  day  a  hundred  feet  or  more — 
I  thought  I  was  about  to  land  upon  the  Golden  Shore. 
Your  nephew  came  along  one  night  and  spilled  me  on  the  street 
And  all  your  relatives  have  kept  me  busy  on  my  feet. 
But  now  I  find  you  silent — just  a  cold  and  dead  machine, 
Unarmed  by  deadly  drivers  nor  a  pint  of  gasoline, 
And  so  I  stroke  you  on  the  spine  and  slap  you  on  the  brow. 

You  ain't  on  Lake  Shore  Drive  tonight — you  cannot  hit  me  now." 

*  *  * 

Judge — You  let  the  burglar  go  to  arrest  an  automobilist? 

Policeman — Yes.  The  autoist  pays  a  fine  and  adds  to  the 
•esources  of  the  State;  the  burglar  goes  to  prison,  and  the  State 
has  to  pay  for  his  keep. 

Car  value  seems  to  be  a  sort  of  movable  affair.  When  you 
want  to  buy  a  second-hand  automobile  it  is  worth  $225;  when 
you  want  to  sell  the  same  machine,  Presto!  it  becomes  worth 

$700.    What  is  the  answer  ? 

*  *  * 

"I'm  surprised  to  hear  you  say  that  you  don't  enjoy  motoring 
with  Mr.  Brown."  "It's  because  I  see  so  little  of  him,  you 
know,"  said  Mrs.  Brown.    "But  if  he's  with  you "    "That's 

just  it!    He  isn't  with  me.    Most  of  the  time  he's  under  the  car." 

*  *  * 

"Do  you  have  much  trouble  with  your  auto?"  "None  what- 
ever. I  treat  it  just  like  my  watch.  As  long  as  it  goes  I  don't 
bother  with  it;  when  it  stops  I  call  in  an  expert  and  let  him  fix 
it." 

Country  Constable  (to  motorist) — See  here!  You've  been 
passing  here  for  six  months  without  speeding  sufficient  for  me 
to  arrest  you  once.  Just  remember  that  there's  a  limit  to  my 
patience.         ^ 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 


1634  PINE  ST. 


San  Francisco 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION      COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

{CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The  Newi   Letter  recommend!  the  following  garagea,  hotels  and  supply 
houaea.     Tourliti  will  do  well  to  cut  thli  Met  out  and  keep  It  as  a  guide: 

PALO   ALTO.      LARKI1 
claws  ramfe  on  tha  Wlahboi 

owners  nn.l   their  nunlllai 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL.  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


laHEHSBEBJIHIIffl. 

FREE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 

543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE.            SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Neas  Ave.     BRAND   &    CUSHMAN       Phone  Proapect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tirea 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  9,  1917 


INSURANCE 


Assembly  bills  281,  283  and  284,  or  what  were  termed  the 
Anti-Rebate,  Agents'  Qualification  and  License  and  the  Brokers' 
Qualification  measures  have  been  signed  by  the  Governor  of 
California,  and  are  now  laws.  The  three  bills  were  strongly  sup- 
ported by  the  insurance  men,  and  were  introduced  at  the  insti- 
gation of  the  San  Francisco  Brokers'  Exchange  and  the  Life 
Underwriters'  Associations  of  the  State.  Similar  bills  have  been 
introduced  in  the  California  Legislature  during  the  past  ten 
years,  and  have  either  failed  of  passage  or  have  been  pocket- 
vetoed  by  the  Governor.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  Anti-Re- 
bate measure  (S.  B.  281),  it  is  a  misdemeanor  for  any  company, 
agent,  broker,  employee  of  a  company,  agent  or  broker,  or  any 
other  person,  to  offer,  directly  or  indirectly,  a  part  of  the  prem- 
ium or  the  commission  for  any  new  insurance  or  surety,  written 
or  to  be  written  on  a  risk  in  this  State.  The  prime  object  of  this 
measure  is  to  do  away  with  the  part  time  agent  and  the  middle 
man.  The  qualification  laws  make  it  compulsory  for  every 
agent  or  insurance  broker  to  be  licensed  by  the  State,  and  in  his 
application  to  the  insurance  commissioner  the  applicant  must 
furnish  proof  that  it  is  his  genuine  purpose  to  engage  legiti- 
mately in  the  business  of  procuring  insurance.  The  fee  of  $10 
will  in  the  majority  of  cases  suffice  to  keep  out  quasi  brokers 
who  formerly,  for  a  nominal  fee,  was  privileged  to  prey  upon 
the  business.  A  violation  of  these  laws  is  classed  as  a  misde- 
meanor, and  subjects  the  offending  company  or  agent  to  a  revo- 
cation of  license. 

*  *  * 

The  California  Industrial  Accident  Commission  announces 
lhat  its  attitude  to  certain  alien  claimants  of  compensation  has 
been  misinterpreted  in  the  press.  The  commission  has  not  de- 
nied compensation  to  any  injured  worker  on  the  ground  of  being 
a  subject  of  a  country  with  which  our  own  is  at  war.  The  infor- 
mation from  other  States,  as  well  as  from  the  United  States  Em- 
ployees' Compensation  Commission,  is  that  no  such  discrimina- 
tion has  taken  place,  and  none  is  contemplated  when  consider- 
ing such  claims.  The  California  Commission  expresses  itself 
as  hopeful  that  the  question  will  not  be  raised.  Advices  from 
the  Department  of  Justice,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  is  to  the  effect 
that  a  bill  has  been  drafted,  which  it  is  expected  will  shortly 
be  introduced  into  Congress,  and  which  has  for  its  object  the 
regulation  of  all  trading  with  alien  enemies,  so-called,  includ- 
ing the  right  to  receive  workmen's  compensation.    The  whole 

question  is  essentially  one  for  Federal  control. 

Up  *  # 

Ten  men  from  the  home  office  of  the  Foreman's  Fund  have 
already  joined  the  colors.  W.  Durkie  is  a  member  of  the  Engi- 
neers' Corps  to  be  sent  to  France  at  once;  eight  have  joined  the 
regular  army  and  one  goes  to  the  navy.  Beside  subscribing  a 
quarter  of  a  million  to  the  Liberty  Fund,  the  company  has 
financed  its  employees  to  the  extent  of  eighty  per  cent  of  $20,- 

000  subscribed  by  its  home  office  employees. 

*  *  * 

The  following  agents  of  the  West  Coast-San  Francisco  Life 
have  been  appointed  assistant  superintendents  in  their  respec- 
tive districts  as  a  result  of  their  large  productions  in  the  last 
few  months:  F.  J.  Dalia,  San  Francisco;  W.  B.  Walker,  Seattle; 
H.  Cooke,  Seattle;  W.  J.  Clifford,  Salt  Lake;  G.  Welch,  San 
Francisco,  and  C.  E.  Nation,  San  Francisco. 

R.  W.  Osborn,  Pacific  Coast  manager  for  the  Pennsylvania 
Fire,  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  new  special  committee  on 
efficiency  of  the  Pacific  Board.  The  remaining  members  of  the 
committee  are  Arthur  M.  Brown,  of  Edward  Brown  &  Sons' 
general  agency,  and  H.  W.  Fores,  general  agent  for  the  Scottish 

Union  and  National  and  the  State. 

*  *  * 

Charles  H.  Hay  has  been  appointed  special  agent  for  Geo.  H. 
Hoadley.  He  v/ill  cover  Eastern  Washington,  Eastern  Oregon 
and  Idaho,  with  headquarters  at  Spokane.  This  territory  was 
formerly  covered  by  Special  Agent  F.  J.  Root,  who  is  now  with 

the  Pacific  Department  at  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

The  Oregon  department  of  the  Columbian  National  Life  was 
notified  by  its  home  office  to  withdraw  from  the  State  on  June 
1st.  D.  C.  Herrin,  general  manager  for  the  company,  has  been 
elected  grand  master  for  the  A.  O.  U.  W. 


The  increase  in  new  business  written  by  the  Northern  Life  of 
Seattle  for  the  first  quarter  of  this  year  shows  an  increase  of  29 
per  cent,  in  total  receipts  of  41  per  cent,  in  total  disbursements 
a  decrease  of  6  per  cent.    Accident  and  health  claims  decreased 

50  per  cent,  with  30  per  cent  more  business  in  force. 

*  *  * 

John  P.  Roullot  of  San  Francisco,  adjuster  for  the  Pacific  de- 
partment of  the  Royal  Indemnity  for  the  past  five  years,  has 
joined  the  aviation  reserve  corps,  and  is  taking  a  course  of  train- 
ing at  the  University  of  California  before  taking  his  examina- 
tion for  a  commission  in  the  army. 

*  *  * 

Recently  elected  to  secretary  of  the  Guardian  Casualty  & 
Guaranty  is  G.  A.  Marr,  who  has  been  a  prominent  lawyer  of 
Salt  Lake  for  a  good  many  years. 

The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

OF    HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 

1863  1916 

FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 

Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital   $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 

FIRE MARINE  AUTOMOBILE 

The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1853  Cash  Capital,   $6,000,000 

Insurance  on  personal  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Insurance  against  loss  by 
(Ire.     Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  fire 

ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 

333   California    Street. 

DELINQUENT  SALE. 
Queen  Regent  Merger  Mines  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business — San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works — Mineral  County.  Nevada. 

NOTICE:  There  are  delinquent  upon  the  following  described  stock  on 
account  of  assessment  levied  on  the  2d  day  of  April.  1*117.  the  several 
amounts  set  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  shareholders,  as  follows: 
Name—  No.    Cert.  No.    Shares.         Amount. 

Arland.  Mrs.  A.  M 790  400  $     2  00 

Arland.  Mrs.  A.  M 793  600  3.00 

Arland,  Mrs.  A.  M 917  500  '50 

Arland,  Mrs. 'A.  M 940  500  2.50 

But  er.  G 394  15000  75.00 

Butler,  G 422  10000  50.00 

Butler,  G 462  25000  125.00 

Butler,  G 563  1SO00  90.00 

Butler,  G : 677  2150  10.75 

Butler.  G 742  11667  58.34 

Cook,   F.   H 859  1810  9  05 

Dickerman,  Albert    348  :' 1  10  00 

Dickerman,  Albert     643  1000  5  00 

Dickerman,  Albert    709  150  75 

Dickerman,  Albert    931  1000  5I00 

Dickerman.  Albert    932  1100  5  50 

Doulin.   Crawford     681  100  50 

Doulin,   Crawford     835  100  50 

Doulin,   Crawford     1072  300  1.50 

Dellosso,   Onesto     734  250  1.25 

Dellosso,  Onesto    751  200  100 

Evans,    Nelson    1034  200  l'oo 

Faust.  J.   T 789  1000  5.00 

Harvey.  J.  H 114  4000  20.00 

Harvey,  J.  H 309  6000  30.00 

Lisker,  Caroline  1049  1000  5.00 

Muenscher,  E.  W S13  1000  5  00 

Muenscher,  E.  W 888  100  .50 

Muenscher,  E.  "W 1060  100  .50 

Merrill,   Hayden  D 908  180  .90 

Marden,  J.  W 907  700  3.50 

Meeks,    R.    F 1066  1250  6.25 

Peterson.    John     332  1500  7.50 

Snoddy,  Edwin     60  2000  10.00 

Snoddy,  Edwin     61  4500  22  50 

Snoddy    Edwin     682  3500  17.50 

Shoddy.  Edwin     998  2000  10.00 

Snoddy,  Edwin   1011  1000  5.00 

Spear,  W.  H 355  200  1.00 

Spear,  W.  H 357  200  1.00 

Spear,  W.  H 447  600  3.00 

Spear.  W.  H 605  140  .70 

Spear,  W.  H.     ...; 733  500  2.50 

Spear,  W.  H 735  1000  5.00 

Clark,  A.  F 442  2500  12.50 

Clark.  A.  F 993  1000  5.00 

Hill.    F.    G 780  420  2.10 

And  in  accordance  with  law  and  order  of  Board  of  Directors  made  on  the 
2nd  day  of  April,  1917,  so  many  shares  of  each  parcel  of  such  stock  as  may 
be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  of  the  company, 
337  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco.  California,  on  the  19th  day  or 
June.  1917.  at  the  hour  of  12:00  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale. 

H.  B.  WADE,  Secretary,  337  Monadnock  Building,  681  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 


News  Letter 

Dtvotad   to   tht    Lud'tj    Intarvata  of   California   and   tha   Pacific   Cotit 


VOL  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JUNE  16,  1917 


NO.  24 


nwr   Fourth.    Si: 

&   Company.  SO  Comhlll 
■it    in    the    current    nuiiit.>r    of    th< 
i:\VS   LETTER   ANI>  CALIFORNIA   AI>\  houlil 

:!l<-f  not  later  than  5  p.  m.  \\ 

Kates     i  Including    postage) — I    year.    $5;    t*    months, 
v  $7.50:  6  months.  $4.00.     Canada:    l  nihs. 


-Can  the  dog  if  you  cannot  pot  the  cat  these  meatless 


days. 

Every  string  has  its  bean  and  every  turnip  its  tulip  these 

gardenia  days. 

Cut  out  "food"  in  your  food  problem  and  save  an  inter- 
minable discussion. 

A  little  dependable  family  now  and  then  is  relished  by 

the  best  of  drafted  men. 

Spring,  like  Love,  is  somewhat  uncertain  regarding  her 

dates,  this  unseasonable  weather. 

Many  wives,  these  days,  find  it  a  bit  difficult  to  locate 

war  loans  in  their  husband's  pajamas. 

The  phrase  "somewhere  in  France"  will  soon  have  a  vital 

meaning  in  many  homes  of  this  country. 

A  long-filled  want  was  capped  this  week  when  sixteen 

young  lawyers  were  admitted  to  the  bar. 

Slackers  will  have  to  dodge  through  some  extraordinarily 

small  holes  in  their  hope  to  escape  the  net  that  surrounds  them. 

Rioting  is  reported  in  most  of  the  non-belligerent  coun- 
tries of  the  world,  a  sort  of  froth  on  the  turbid  maelstrom  of 
war. 

It  is  suspected  by  U.  S.  officials  that  on  registration  day 

some  of  the  candidates  estimated  their  ages  with  elastic  time- 
measures. 

The  German  prisoner  in  an  Oregon  prison  who  bought  a 

$400  Liberty  bond  with  his  savings  is  acquiring  more  interest 
in  future. 

"Hurricane"  Carter  has  signed  to  swap  blows  with  "Cy- 
clone" Williams.  The  fistic  event  will  certainly  end  in  a  "Tor- 
nado" finish. 

The  argument  on  wooden  ships  vs.  steel  ships  is  devel- 
oping more  temper  than  service.  While  the  nation  waits  for 
action  Germany  profits. 

"How  to  change  your  face  completely?"  heads  a  new 

advertisement,  this  week.  Usually  the  quickest  way  is  to  meet 
the  Inveterate  Borrower. 

The  H.  C.  L.  has  knocked  out  the  free  lunch  counters  of 

Chicago.  Is  the  day  coming  when  we  shall  have  to  get  our 
calorics,  protein  and  fats  from  the  vagrant  air? 

From  the  way  barkeepers  are  being  held  up  by  footpads, 

according  to  the  daily  papers,  one  would  conclude  that  the  mix- 
ologists were  handling  the  big  end  of  the  "Liberty"  Loan. 


The   battle    in    Belgium,   this   week,   when   the    British 

pounded  the  retreating  Germans  with  mine  blasts  proves  again 
tnat  the  hand  that  rocks  the  "Big  Johnsons"  rocks  the  world. 

German  spies  may  interfere  to  a  small  degree  in  snarling 

•he  war  plans  of  this  country,  but  the  destruction  of  the  Teutonic 
ambition  to  conquer  the  world  will  be  crushed  just  the  same. 

The  republics  of  the  three  Americas  are  developing  into 

a  snuggling  family,  these  days.  The  Southern  American  States 
are  seeking  a  closer  and  more  intimate  union  with  the  U.  S.  A. 

The  Kaiser's  best  investment  these  days  is  in  a  carload 

of  Liberty  Loan  bonds.  He  will  find  more  interest  in  clipping 
the  bonds  than  in  the  Teutonic  humor  of  sinking  hospital  ships. 

The  Germans  in  this  country  who  are  reported  to  be  lay- 
ing plans  to  make  Germany  a  republic  had  best  devote  their 
time  to  help  their  adopted  country  attain  a  higher  ideal  of  a 
well  knit  and  homogeneous  Democracy. 

General  "Jack"  Pershing,  with  his  staff,  reached  Lon- 
don last  week,  which  means  that  the  first  division  of  American 
troops  are  on  their  way  for  the  first  time  to  Europe  to  battle  for 
the  cause  of  Democracy  against  a  rampant  Autocracy. 

Surely  the  Grim  God  of  War  exacts  his  money  charges 

through  the  wits  of  the  entente  nations.  For  the  first  nine  weeks 
of  the  fiscal  year  England's  daily  average  expenditures  were 
$39,620,000.    And  what  of  the  awful  toll  of  human  life  ? 

The  recent  meeting  of  the  International  Socialist  Com- 
mittee has  bumped  on  a  snag  and  dispersed.  All  such  foolish 
peace  babblings  will  blow  up  like  soap  bubbles  till  Autocracy 
is  brought  to  ground  and  shorn  of  its  power  of  world  conquest. 

Pampered,  enchilada-fed  Charley  Newman  has  suddenly 

discovered  that  managing  a  successful  gilded  cafe  is  like  riding 
a  twelve  cylindered  car  on  the  Great  Highway  as  compared  with 
bumping  the  bumpiest  bumps  in  managing  public  wrestling 
Louts  of  rousterbouts. 

Stanford's  big  ranch  at  Vina  ended  its  historical  days, 

this  week.  The  4,000  acre  vineyard  has  been  cut  into  small 
lease  holdings,  and  dairy  milk  will  now  run  over  the  land  (in 
pipes)  where  once  the  rosy  wine  flowed.  Weep  for  the  wets 
who  suffer  by  this  stark  change. 

"If  you  turned  hell  upside  down,  I'll  bet  you'd  find  it 

stamped  on  the  bottom  'Made  in  Germany,'  "  declared  Billy 
Sunday  this  week.  And  like  the  sport  he  is,  he  promptly  in- 
vested $25,000  in  Liberty  bonds  to  cover  the  bet.  Seest  thou 
the  canny  art  of  the  man  in  getting  V/z  per  cent  interest  on  his 
bet? 

The  "King  of  the  local  newsboys"  has  been  sued  for 

divorce,  through  the  neglect  of  the  recent  State  legislature  that 
had  it  all  fixed  to  make  him  exempt,  the  only  bill  of  that  char- 
acter that  the  Solons  overlooked.  The  King  turned  purple  and 
shouted  for  his  Hindenburg  when  Judge  Graham  ordered  him 
to  pungle  up  twenty  plunks  per  month  for  alimony. 


i"S  EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


The  plan  of  labor  to  set  a  special 
The  "Extra"  Jury  in  jury  of  its  own  in  the  Mooney  dyna- 
The  Mooney  Case.  mite  case,  now   being  held  before 

Judge  Seawell  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
turning a  verdict  of  its  own,  is  a  slam  at  the  regular  jury  panel 
provided  by  the  court,  and  an  insult  to  the  judge — and  a  dis- 
grace to  San  Francisco.  The  twelve  men,  as  a  jury,  attempting 
to  play  themselves  up  in  the  limelight,  should  be  thrown  out 
of  court.  The  act,  if  allowed  to  pass,  is  a  precedent  that  will 
furnish  numbers  of  disgraceful  results  in  our  courts.  If  the 
local  labor  party  is  dissatisfied  with  the  way  the  evidence  of- 
fered in  the  case  is  going  against  them,  there  are  the  regular 
statute  laws  provided  to  meet  any  contingency.  Judge  Seawell's 
reputation  is  above  suspicion.  If  the  labor  party  is  afraid  of  the 
prosecuting  attorney,  Judge  Seawell  is  there  to  see  that  impar- 
tial justice  prevails.  The  invariable  mistake  of  labor  and  his 
present  bond  brother,  the  radical,  is  that  they  insist  that  they  are 
always  in  the  right,  and  that  what  they  demand  must  be  given 
them,  without  considering  what  other  parties  of  the  community 
may  desire. 

It  is  the  hogging  game  too  much  displayed  by  organi- 
zations saturated  with  political  ambition.  This  spirit  should 
be  checked  for  the  welfare  of  the  community  when  it  raises  its 
ogre  head  in  the  present  dynamite 
cases.  The  laws  of  California  are 
framed  liberally  to  protect  defend- 
ants in  criminal  cases,  and  there  is 
no  call  in  the  present  instance  to 
traduce  these  laws  by  shoving  a  spe- 
cial private  jury,  having  no  status  or 
jurisdiction  whatever,  except  to  defy 
and  insult  the  regular  court  proced- 
ure; later  to  use  its  own  jury's  ver- 
dict as  a  bludgeon  should  the  ver- 
dict go  against  the  defendant.  The 
act  is  more  than  a  travesty  on  local 
court  procedure;  it  may  readily  be 
transformed  into  a  local  tragedy. 

SB" 
Hustling  for  the  U.  S.  Liberty 
Loan. 
In  matters  of  national  concern,  the 
best  of  wiseacres  can  never  forecast 
what  the  West  will  do,  as  has  been 
illustrated  time  and  again,  lately  in 
the  presidential  election  returns  and 
the  flotation  of  the  Liberty  Loan 
bonds.  The  West  has  apparently  a 
psychology  all  its  own,  and  its  hum- 
ors and  temperamental  actions  are 
incomprehensible  to  residents  East 
of  the  Mississippi.  The  West  is 
proverbially   liberal    in     gathering 

war  funds  for  the  belligerents,  dozens  of  organizations  are  con- 
stantly combing  the  city  for  contributions  and  in  personal  help 
of  some  character.  In  fact,  San  Francisco  is  practically  a 
standing  bazaar.  Yet  it  has  somehow  tripped  in  subscribing  to 
Liberty  Loan  bonds.  Perhaps  it  is  that  the  Easterners  who 
have  always  regarded  this  section  as  one  of  extraordinary  af- 
fluence and  California  as  the  real  Golden  State,  rich  in  money 
and  always  liberal,  would  make  a  notable  record  in  subscribing 
tc  the  bonds.  On  these  lines  an  apportionment  of  $108,000,000 
in  bonds  was  made  for  California.  To  San  Francisco  was  al- 
loted  a  somewhat  liberal  $42,000,000  as  the  financial  metropolis 
of  the  State,  which  it  easily  is.  Some  $40,000,000  has  been  sub- 
scribed at  this  writing,  and  $2,000,000  is  yet  to  be  sold.  If  so 
inclined,  the  banks,  big  corporations  and  estates  of  this  city 
could  take  up  this  balance.  Unfortunately,  early  in  this  cam- 
paign of  flotation  there  was  a  slight  misunderstanding  between 
certain  influential  people  here  and  certain  representatives  at 
Washington,  and  the  present  sluggish  sale  is  the  result.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  that  San  Francisco  will  rise  to  the  situation  and  ab- 
sorb the  $2,000,000  in  bonds  before  the  sale  closes  this  Friday 
night. 


As  to  Speculators 
"Cornering"  Wheat 


The  public  usually  thinks  of  specu- 
lation as  buying  for  the  reprehensi- 
ble purpose  of  advancing  prices,  but 
speculators  sell  as  much  as  they  buy 
and  play  an  important  part  in  handling  the  crops.  The  latter 
are  harvested  in  a  few  weeks,  and  somebody  must  carry  the 
products  throughout  the  year  until  harvest  comes  again.  No- 
body can  definitely  know  at  harvest  time  what  wheat  will  be 
worth  during  the  year  to  come,  for  it  depends  upon  various 
factors  yet  to  be  developed.  It  is  in  its  nature  a  speculative 
situation,  and  thus  develops  the  psychology  of  the  speculator 
to  undertake  these  chances.  He  plays  his  part  to  make  the 
price  of  wheat  at  harvest  time  approximate  as  nearly  as  possible 
—with  allowance  of  carrying  charges  and  compensation  for 
risks — to  what  the  price  will  be  at  the  close  of  the  crop  year.  In 
doing  this,  he  provides  a  fair  market  for  the  farmer,  and  assists 
the  community  to  adjust  consumption  to  the  supply  for  the  be- 
ginning of  the  year.  Of  course,  there  are  those  who  deny  that 
speculators  do  this,  but  their  reason  is  not  impressive.  One 
writer,  recently  commenting  upon  the  rise  of  prices,  says  that 
the  farmers  let  go  at  $1.50  a  bushel,  that  price  being  satisfactory 
to  them,  and  that  the  rise  since  then  has  been  beneficial  to  specu- 
lators only.  But  nobody  knew  last  fall  that  the  wheat  crop 
of  Argentina  would  be  a  failure,  and 
that  nearly  one-third  of  the  crop 
in  the  United  States  would  be  winter 
killed,  or  that  the  prospective  re- 
quirements of  England,  France  and 
Italy  would  become  such  large  fac- 
tors in  the  demand,  all  factors  that 
did  not  enter  into  the  $1.50  price.  It 
was  known  last  fall  that  the  acreage 
sown  to  winter  wheat  was  the  largest 
of  record,  and  if  the  crops  here  and 
abroad  had  turned  out  more  favor- 
ably the  speculators  and  others  who 
bought  wheat  at  $1.50  might  have 
lost  money.  Chances  in  practically 
all  fields,  from  horse  racing  to  bond 
issues,  attract  the  adventurous  spec- 
ulators, and  often  he  loses  in  grain, 
as  the  experience  of  young  Leiter, 
et  als,  demonstrates. 

39" 
Oil  a  Prime  Factor  in  War. 
All  the  belligerents,  including  the 
U.  S.  A.,  are  eagerly  seeking  the 
factor  that  may  win  the  war,  money, 
men,  high-powered  guns,  strategy, 
food,  ships,  oil  or  diplomacy.  The 
all-round  inquisition  now  being 
made  by  the  administration  at 
Washington  into  the  oil  resources  of 
this  country  indicates  how  important  the  output  of  that  industry 
is  to  the  Government  in  this  crisis.  Without  an  adequate  sup- 
ply for  our  navy  the  authorities  will  be  in  an  awkward  predica- 
ment. A  shortage  along  the  battle  line  and  in  the  capitals  of 
the  warring  nations  would  greatly  handicap  them.  So  it  is  con- 
ceivable that  the  turning  point  may  be  oil,  and,  if  it  is,  the 
chances  are  largely  that  Germany  will  lose.  That  resourceful 
nation  has  been  able  to  eke  out  motor  fuel  by  synthetic  pro- 
cesses of  manufacture,  but  no  process  of  manufacturing  lubri- 
cants has  yet  been  discovered,  and  in  Germany  the  lack  of  oil 
shows  itself  more  particularly  in  that  line.  On  account  of  the 
shortage  of  lubricating  material  and  the  consequent  depreciation 
of  railroad  transportation,  Germany  is  now  using  cargo  vessels 
for  the  transport  of  coal  on  the  Rhine.  England  is  getting  large 
supplies  of  fuel  oil  for  her  navy  and  for  refining  purposes  from 
Mexico  and  the  United  States  as  usual.  France  is  also  still  able 
to  get  sufficient  supplies  to  keep  the  tens  of  thousands  of  motor 
cars  that  connect  Paris  with  the  firing  line.  Such  quick  and 
perfect  service  is  imperative  with  all  the  belligerents,  and  when 
that  breaks  down  the  defense  is  sorely  crippled.  Gasoline  is 
also  a  prime  factor  in  Europe,  as  well  as  in  this  country,  in  pre- 


it  beats  the  dutch." 

— Evans  in  the  Baltimore  "American 


June  16.  1917 


and  California  A 


paring  the  land  for  crops.    In  these  vibrant  days,  oi!  speeds  up 
life,  business  and  transportation,  as  i  i  daily  in  our 

city.     How  many  thousand  times  more  is  it  necessj 
feverish,  hurrying,  war  tone  ? 

TO  WN'cRIER 

The  vermin  of  conspiracy  is  abroad  in  the  land  and  con- 
stitutes a  striking  menace,  as  is  being  illus!:  pro- 
Germans  who  show  their  hands  in  checking  the  flotation  of  the 
Liberty  Loan,  the  mustering  of  conscripts,  and  in  practicing  low 
:orms  of  espionage,  betraying  old  friendships  and  the  like.  Not 
oaly  are  certain  German  residents  of  this  country  acting  in  such 
affairs,  but  the  hand  of  Imperial  Germany  is  displayed  in  a 
regular  paid  force  of  well  directed  German  spies  in  this  country 
for  the  purpose  of  gaining  information  of  plans  and  movements 
under  way  by  the  Government  at  Washington.  This  is  shown  in 
vinous  forms,  the  loss  of  important  documents  there,  as  well  as 
warnings  sent  abroad  of  naval  movements  and  like  matters  that 
may  be  of  help  to  the  enemy.  It  is  fairly  well  known  that  the 
Government  has  accumulated  a  mass  of  evidence  against  the 
conspirators.  These  scoundrels  should  be  rounded  up  and  given 
the  punishment  they  deserve.  An  American  in  Germany  caught 
It  the  flagrant  acts  practiced  by  Germans  in  this  country  would 
be  shot  out  of  hand.  Iltruism  and  the  higher  sense  of  piffle  is 
all  well  enough  to  treat  a  sick  cat,  but  a  thorough-bred  German, 
soaked  in  the  philosophy  of  Nietsche  and  Teutonic  militarism, 
spits  in  the  face  of  Decent  Treatment  by  a  foe,  and  answers  with 
a  blow.  Unless  this  spy  menace  is  stamped  out  early,  the  Gov- 
ernment will  pay  heavily  for  its  negligence. 

According  to  Postmaster  Fay  the  devil  is  good  to  his 

own,  and  those  in  the  Federal  brigade  in  office  here  will  be 
renominated  to  their  old  positions,  save,  of  course,  Joe  Scott, 
former  collector  of  the  port,  whose  term  expires  August  18th 
next.  Fay  denies  that  all  the  rumors  that  have  stirred  up  local 
hopes  and  ambitions  are  of  the  dopiest  material,  pipe  dreams, 
and  that  each  of  the  officials,  save  Scott,  will  continue  to  draw 
his  royal  salary  with  virtuous  humility,  and  a  note  of  thanks 
to  the  man  who  represents  them  in  the  U.  S.  Senate.  In  such 
a  case,  there  is  no  reason  to  play  politics  just  now.  Nothing  of 
that  kind  is  going  on  in  Washington,  D.  C,  hence  why  waste 
time  in  that  loquacious  game  here,  where  every  head  of  a  de- 
partment in  the  Customs  House  has  his  own  automobile  for 
prompt  use.  This  means,  of  course,  that  Collector  of  the  Port 
Davis  will  not  don  a  suit  of  palm  leaves  and  stick  feathers  in 
his  woozy  hair  to  rule  over  the  Virgin  Isles,  so  that  Fay  may 
polish  the  rosewood  chair  in  the  rooms  of  the  Collector  of  the 
Port.  On  the  face  of  this  executive  showing  it  appears  that  the 
God  of  War  has  kicked  up  such  a  huge  fuss  at  Washington  that 
it  almost  eclipses  any  chance  of  guerilla  warfare  in  the  local 
Federal  political  forts. 

John  Larson,  sea  captain,  made  history  for  himself,  this 

week,  by  keel-hauling  his  diffident  26  year  old  son  by  the  slack 
of  his  trousers  to  the  Federal  authorities,  and  turning  him  over 
as  a  slacker.  He  declared  he  would  not  register  as  a  recruit  un- 
der any  circumstances,  and  was  bound  over  to  the  U.  S.  Grand 
Jury  under  $250  cash  bail.  Naturally,  such  a  fellow  did  not 
have  the  ready  money,  and  now  he  sits  and  ponders  in  clink. 
Eno  belongs  to  a  class  that  would  be  ignored  were  this  nation 
not  threatened  with  the  greatest  danger  of  its  life.  How  Captain 
Larson,  with  his  broad  views  of  life  and  patriotism,  raised  such 
a  specimen  of  the  slacker  genus  homo  is  one  of  the  wild  eccen- 
tricities of  wilful  biology.  Nobody  but  a  slacker,  soused  in 
slacking  and  slack  of  nature,  would  be  caught  in  these  days  of 
great  peril  to  the  nation.  The  bars  framing  his  face  frame  his 
kind. 

The  dodging  of  the  King  of  Greece  to  get  off  his  throne 

and  retire  to  private  life,  is  quite  consistent  with  the  royal 
movement  now  under  way  in  Europe.  For  several  decades  past, 
rcyal  heads  and  royal  crowns  have  been  the  target  of  guileful 
bombs.  George  of  Greece  will  drop  out  of  sight  with  more  ce- 
lerity than  the  Czar,  not  because  his  going  is  through  Greece, 
but  rather  into  the  proverbial  soup.  Before  this  war  is  ended, 
royal  crowns  will  be  a  drug  on  the  market,  and  any  American 
munition  prince  seeking  a  coronet  or  emblazoned  crown  and 


scepter  will  be  able  to  bu\ 

r  on  the  list  to  lo^ 

his  son,  the  i  slide  al<  Sack- 

e  on  •  sec,.: 
delight  in  the  garden  route,  u 

"FREE  VERSE." 
Kliiabeth  Solomon,  writing  in  the  New  York  ' 
a  word  of  praise  for  free  verse.    She  says  that 

md  awakening,  love  and  divorce  can  be  more 
i  in  this  form  of  literature  than  in  any  other,  because 
only  become  vocal  in  a  somewhat  staccato  manner. 
And  as  an  example  she  gives  us  the  following  stanzas  entitled 
"A  Kiss": 

Listen ! 

For  I  can't  say  it  above  a  whisper. 

So  please  listen — 

•  •  •  •  » 

I  knew  you  were  going  to  kiss  me. 
I  knew  it  weeks  ago. 
Sooner  or  later. 
Some  day,  some  hour, 
You'd  kiss  me — 
***** 

Glorious  ultimate! 

But  listen, 

At  least  look  attentive! 

Isn't  it  funny,  I  knew  it  so  well. 

Knew  that  you  were — going  to  kiss  me  ? 

*  *  *  *  » 

And  I  wondered  when?    How  and  where? 
And  you  rcilly  hear  every  word  that  I  say 
Tho'  you  feel  as  far-away  as  you  look — 
Feel  smothered  in  roses  and  rubies, 
Just  listen — 
***** 

Nirvana ! 

Listen,  and  tell  me, 

Is  it  because  you  are  you 

Or  because  I  am  I, 

Or  because  you  kiss  every  girl  that  you  know? 

None  of  these  reasons  you  acknowledge? 
****** 

And  it's  all  just  because — 

I  knew  you  were  going  to  kiss  me — 

And  you  did — 
***** 

Again — and  again — ! 
Our  unanimous  vote  is  for  the  free  verse.    Long  may  it  wave. 


LOCAL  BUNKER  HILL  CELEBRATION  THIS  SATURDAY 

The  Golden  Gate  Park  band  will  render  a  patriotic  musical 
program  on  Saturday,  June  16th,  at  2  p.  m.,  in  Golden  Gate 
Park.  The  feature  of  the  exercises  will  be  the  rendering  of  the 
song,  "The  Sword  of  Bunker  Hill,"  by  the  band,  made  famous 
in  years  gone  by  by  the  great  English  tenor,  Alfred  Wilkie.  For 
over  40  years  these  celebrations  have  been  held  in  California 
under  the  leadership  of  its  president,  Wm.  G.  Badger,  and  his 
successor,  Samuel  Holladay. 


Now  that  "Jazz"  music  is  the  rage,  it  is  but  meet  and 

proper  that  the  management  of  the  Techau  Tavern,  Powell  at 
Eddy  streets,  be  given  the  credit  due  it  for  giving  "Jazz"  music 
its  first  start.  Played  by  the  Tavern's  orchestra  under  the 
leadership  of  Mr.  George  Gould,  "Jazz"  music  was  a  hit  from 
the  start.  There  is  a  something  about  "Jazz"  music  which  has 
been  referred  to  by  Tavern  patrons  as  "makes-you-want-to- 
dance"  music.  Among  the  many  other  features  of  Techau  Tav- 
ern is  the  Tavern's  presentations  of  the  dainty  acquisitions  for 
the  dressing  rooms.  Three  costly  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  Perfume 
Favors  are  presented  to  lady  patrons  every  afternoon;  the  first 
at  4,  the  second  at  4:30,  and  the  third  at  5. 


Guide — This  is  the  Parthenon.     Tourist- 
Congressman  they  must  have  had. — Life. 


-Gee,  what  a 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


Rumors  Anent  the  Robin  Haynes. 

The  tongues  of  the  gossips  are  wagging  at  both  ends  over  the 
affairs  of  the  Robin  Haynes.  From  Blingum  to  Del  Monte, 
from  Del  Monte  to  Coronado  and  back  again,  have  flown  the 
rumors  of  domestic  discord,  and  each  month  finds  rumor  grown 
more  stalwart  instead  of  going  into  a  decline. 

The  story  which  finds  credence  now,  even  with  those  who  are 
not  inclined  to  lend  o'er  willing  ears  to  every  stray  bit  of  rumor, 
is  that  the  Haynes  have  reached  the  turning  point  in  the  mat- 
rimonial lane  which  leads  to  the  divorce  court,  and  no  one  will 
be  surprised  if  papers  are  filed  before  many  moons  hang  high 
in  the  heavens. 

That  these  young  people  have  come  a  cropper  is  much  to  be 
regretted,  and  of  course  there  is  still  the  possibility  that  rumor 
is  awry. 

©     ©    © 

Hayne  in  the  Aviation  Corps. 

Robin  Hayne  is  one  of  the  society  chaps  who  is  anxious  to  see 
active  service  in  the  war.  He  has  already  taken  training  in  the 
cavalry  and  the  artillery,  and  is  now  "taking  a  flier"  with  the 
aviation  corps,  with  the  purpose  of  doing  bird-man  stunts  for 
his  country. 

©    ©    © 

The  Selby-Sears  Hike. 

Mrs.  Hayne  was  Miss  Jane  Selby,  and  like  Robin  Hayne,  be- 
longs to  one  of  the  oldest  families  down  the  peninsula  way,  the 
set  which  has  always  ruled  the  social  destinies  of  those  who 
have  arrived  and  those  who  are  on  their  way  into  the  seats  of 
the  elect.  Her  father,  Percy  Selby,  is  one  of  the  unique  per- 
sonalities among  the  older  men  in  clubdom,  and  like  the  boys  in 
the  fairy  tales  who  have  refused  to  grow  up,  he  sets  an  athletic 
pace  for  the  colony.  Several  years  ago  he  and  the  famous 
Eleonoro  Sears  set  out  on  a  walking  match,  which  was  heralded 
the  country  over.  They  had  trainers,  friends  who  followed  on 
horseback  and  in  motors,  squads  of  newspaper  men  covering 
the  story,  and  as  much  paraphernalia  as  might  accompany  a 
regiment.  Nothing  in  the  way  of  a  pedestrian  stunt  ever  re- 
ceived as  much  publicity  as  the  famous  hike  of  "Bobby"  Sears 
and  Percy  Selby. 

The  outcome  of  that  wager  is  written  in  the  files  of  every 
newspaper  in  the  country,  but  truth  compels  me  to  admit  that 
at  the  present  writing  I  do  not  know  whether  the  redoubtable 
"Bobby"  or  the  persistent  Percy  carried  off  the  honors  of  the 
hike. 

As  Jane  Selby,  Mrs.  Robin  Hayne  was  one  of  the  belles  of  the 
peninsula  set,  and  had  admirers  galore.  Her  engagement  was 
rumored  many  times,  but  finally  Robin  Hayne,  who  is  a  scion 
of  the  house  of  Parrott,  carried  off  the  belle  of  the  season.  And 
now  the  young  couple  seem  to  have  reached  the  decision  that 
they  have  come  to  the  parting  of  the  ways. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  McNear  Chums  with  Vaudeville  Queen. 

Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker  is  receiving  the  congratulations  of 
the  community  for  the  success  of  the  Allied  Bazaar  last  Satur- 
day in  Union  Square  Park.  Mrs.  Tucker  was  the  chairman  of 
the  committee  which  managed  the  undertaking  and  reaped  a 
harvest  of  dollars  for  the  various  organizations  co-operating  in 
the  charitable  venture. 

Miss  Esther  Denny  and  Miss  Anne  Peters,  Miss  Lena  Bland- 
ing,  Mrs.  Fred  McNear  and  a  number  of  other  young  women 
worked  from  early  morning  until  dinner  time,  refusing  to  be 
relieved  by  alternates.  Mrs.  McNear  was  an  efficient  Lady 
Nicotine  at  the  tobacco  booth,  and  chummed  with  Miss  Ray 
Cox  of  the  Orpheum.  Miss  Cox  stood  on  a  box  at  the  corner 
of  the  tobacco  booth  and  sold  chances  on  a  twenty  dollar  bill, 
proving  that  she  is  as  good  at  extemporaneous  stuff  as  she  is 
in  the  Horseback  Lesson  which  she  does  in  vaudeville. 
©    ©    © 

Miss  Esther  Denny  Meets  an  Ancient  Gambler. 

Miss  Esther  Denny,  who  is  visiting  Miss  Peters,  tells  of  an 
interesting  experience  she  had  with  a  forlorn  looking  chap  who 


stopped  to  buy  a  ten  cent  chance  from  her,  and  lingered,  caught 
by  the  gambler's  fever,  to  spend  the  afternoon  watching  the 
wheel  go  round  to  see  whether  his  numbers  were  lucky. 

Miss  Denny  had  an  idea  that  the  poor  old  fellow  could  not 
afford  to  squander  the  dimes  which  he  invested,  and  she  dis- 
couraged him,  but  every  time  a  new  series  was  opened  he  in- 
sisted on  coming  in  with  a  dime  or  two,  watching  the  wheel 
with  the  feverish  interest  which  only  those  who  have  the  virus 
in  their  systems  can  appreciate. 

Never  by  any  chance  did  the  wheel  stop  at  his  number,  and 
finally  Miss  Denny  herself  bought  an  armful  of  cigarettes, 
cigars  and  a  pair  of  silk  socks  and  "slipped"  them  to  him,  al- 
though, as  she  said,  "it  was  not  very  evident  what  a  man  so 
down  at  the  heel  would  do  with  silk  socks." 

The  old  chap  thanked  her,  but  without  any  enthusiasm.  He 
wanted  to  win  something  on  the  wheel,  not  to  have  it  handed  to 
him  by  an  engaging  young  person,  however  winsome  she  might 
be.  He  was  doubtless  a  relic  of  the  reckless  old  gambling  days 
of  the  Comstock,  and  the  dollar  or  two  that  he  flung  on  the 
wheel  was  a  reversion  to  the  days  of  the  past,  the  days  of  the 
quickened  pulse  and  the  splendid  adventures  with  the  goddess 
of  Chance. 

©    ©    © 
Femininizing  the  Fairmont. 

Much  the  same  group  of  women  who  made  such  a  success 
of  the  market  in  Union  Square  will  take  over  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  for  a  day  and  add  to  funds  already  collected  for  foreign 
relief. 

In  Europe  most  of  the  hotels  are  entirely  "manned"  by  wo- 
men, but  this  will  hardly  be  a  fair  example  of  the  way  the 
women  will  fill  the  places  if  the  exigencies  of  war  call  out  our 
men  in  such  numbers  that  women  must  do  the  work  that  ordinar- 
ily falls  to  the  lot  of  the  other  sex.  While  the  Fairmont  is  to 
be  run  for  extra  profit  on  that  day  as  well  as  for  service,  there 
is  to  be  no  undue  pressure  put  upon  the  business  of  extracting 
recalcitrant  dollars  from  the  unwilling  guest,  the  feminine  man- 
agement having  already  sent  out  the  word  that  high  class  bur- 
glary will  not  be  permitted,  and  that  even  those  in  the  Officers' 
Reserve  camp  who  have  not  yet  received  their  pay  need  not  be 
afraid  to  come  around. 

The  chief  interest  in  the  whole  venture  revolves  around  the 
question  of  replacing  the  regular  bartenders  with  feminine  mix- 
ologists. There  are  many  ladies  gifted  in  that  line,  but  so  far 
there  have  been  no  volunteers. 

©    ©    © 
Hats  for  Sale. 

One  of  the  most  amusing  experiences  which  I  have  heard  in 
many  a  day  was  told  over  the  tea  cups  the  other  afternoon  by 
one  of  the  young  women  who  helped  Miss  Lena  Blanding  in  the 
booth  at  the  Allied  Bazaar,  where  hats  were  sold. 

Many  of  these  hats  were  donated  by  milliners,  but  the  ma- 
jority of  them  came  from  people  who  went  over  their  hat  boxes 
and  amputated  from  them  all  the  excess  baggage. 

Some  of  the  bonnets  were  still  in  the  pristine  flush  of  youth 
and  freshness,  but  others  had  long  since  entered  upon  the  sere 
and  yellow  leaf  of  decay,  and  one  wondered  why  they  had  been 
treasured  so  long,  instead  of  long  since  having  been  flung  into 
the  discard. 

The  hats  that  could  pass  muster  at  all  as  smart  headgear 
went  like  hotcakes,  and  the  booth  made  a  great  deal  of  money  on 
the  venture. 

©    ©    © 
Buys  Back  Her  Own  Chapeau. 

The  biggest  sale  was  credited  to  the  aforementioned  young 
lady,  whom  we  left  seated  at  the  tea  table.  A  friend  of  hers  had 
sent  down  several  hats,  all  of  them  "creations,"  and  all  in  ex- 
cellent condition.  She  herself  brought  them  down  to  the  booth 
early  in  the  morning  in  her  motor,  and  of  course  the  amateur 
saleswomen  were  delighted  to  receive  such  a  choice  offering. 

"Oh,  what  a  beauty,"  chimed  the  saleswoman-friend.  "Why, 
you  must  have  looked  Ducky  in  this  one — put  it  on." 

Whereupon  right  in  Union  Square  the  obliging  donor  of  the 
hats  pinned  "this  one"  on  her  Marcelled  head  to  a  gale  of  ad- 
miring "ohs"  and  "ahs." 

"Well,"  said  the  near  donor  of  the  hat,  rapidly  reaching  the 
state  of  mind  of  an  ex-donor,  "if  you  all  think  it  is  so  becoming, 
I'll  buy  it  back." 


and  California  A 


h  will  you  give  (or  .  J  the  amateur  Mies- 

woman,  with  net  :;.  >st  business-like  air. 
v  much  do  you  war- 

ot  going  to  charge  more  than  $3  (or  any  chapeau. 
vou  are  a  friend,  and  that  the  hat  belonged  to 
you  but  a  moment  ago.  we'll  let  you  have  it  for  $1' 

S°  the  '  •  **d  back  her  own  hat  (or  that  sum— and 

by  a  neat  alculation  figured  that  she  had  only  paid 

$50  for  the  hat  anyway— the  original  cost  having  been  $40' 

■    •:•    •:• 
Out  of  Town  Entertaining. 

Most  of  the  entertaining  of  the  week  has  been  done  in  the 
country  clubs,  the  beguiling  weather  having  induced  people  to 
curtail  their  visits  to  town.  One  of  the  largest  luncheons  of 
the  week  was  that  gives  at  the  Burlingamr  Counlrv  Club  by 
Mrs.  Henry  Foster  Dutton 


Last  Saturday  afternoon,  about  sixty  pupils  from  Mrs.  Har- 
riet A.  Fay  Richards'  Hotel  St.  Francis  and  Hotel  Oakland 
Schools  danced  on  the  velvety  greensward  of  Union  Square  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Allied  Street  Fair.  The  children,  under  spe- 
cial escort  of  a  squad  of  Boy  Scouts,  led  by  the  Artist  Rothe  of 
Coronado  and  San  Francisco,  marched  from  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel  to  the  green,  where  a  delightful  program — "Twenty  Min- 
utes with  the  Richards'  System"— was  given.  A  Spanish  dance 
by  little  Miss  June  McCormack  and  Master  Billy  Pearce,  and 
an  original  aesthetic  dance  by  Miss  Phyllis  Pearce,  were  among 
the  specially  good  numbers.  This  unique  affair — typical  of  all 
of  Mrs.  Richards'  carefully  arranged  programmes — was  easily 
the  "feature"  of  the  afternoon,  and  it  drew  throngs  of  interested 
spectators  and  visitors,  who  helped  swell  the  receipts  of  the 
bazaar. 

©  8  9 
Registered  at  the  attractive  Plaza  Hotel  in  the  shopping  and 
theatrical  center  of  San  Francisco,  are:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Wright,  H.  D.  Chandler,  Vacaville;  Mrs.  Jack  E.  Elledge,  Reno; 
Anna  L.  Leggett,  San  Luis  Obispo ;  Mrs.  Helene  Gallagher,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  G.  S.  McMinty,  Miss  McMinty,  Miss  Hanover,  New 
York;  Mary  L.  Cole;  Anna  M.  Bradford,  Santa  Barbara;  Mrs. 
J.  S.  Leeds,  Chicago;  Helene  Eilers,  Portland;  H.  C.  Sharp, 
Camden,  N.  J.;  Mrs.  S.  P.  Williams,  Saratoga;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S. 
M.  Fulton,  Antioch;  Eleanor  Langwith  and  Margaret  Langwith, 
Winnemucca;  Charles  J.  Powell,  Seattle;  S.  Kaneko,  Japan; 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denham,  Pendleton,  Ore.;  Rev.  P.  J.  Van  Schie,  Sac- 
ramento. 

©    ©    © 
Recent  arrivals  in  Los  Angeles  and  residents  of  this  city, 
all  of  whom  are  now  stopping  at  the  Hotel  Clark,  include:  Mrs. 

D.  E.  Davis,  E.  T.  Grove,  A.  Mocker,  C.  E.  Pitts,  A.  J.  Gair- 
bairn,  A.  C.  Wahl,  T.  T.  McCourt,  B.  W.  Brackenbury,  A  N. 
Johns,  W.  G.  Middleton,  C.  F.  Newson,  G.  R.  Lumbard,  S.  A. 
McCarl,  C.  E.  Grunsky,  Miss  A.  Elliott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Vanderburgh,  Dr.  Effie  Youk,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  Lewington, 
J.  R.  Ferguson,  A.  Gladstone,  Robert  Rea,  C.  T.  Snyder,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  D.  N.  Wilson,  Roldan  Grubb,  Mrs.  M.  Andrews,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  S.  Abroudy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  G.  Williams,  Rose 
McKenzie,  Mr.  J.A.  Watt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Doering, 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Mace  and  family,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Harrison, 
Charles  E.  Peirce,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  D.C.  Farnham,  N.  Y.  Ham- 
mond, George  S.  Nevin,  Bert  Hewelske,  H.  Christiansen,  Dr. 
L.  L.  Hull  and  daughter,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Vanderburgh,  Dr. 
C.  F.  Ryan,  Martial  Davoust  and  wife,  C.  E.  Pitts,  Mrs.  C.  O. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  M.  Lees,  Mrs.  F.  Maskey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al.  Ford, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  L.  Brickler,  Henry  0.  Wahl,  F.  M.  Bissinger, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  Doolan,  Miss  Marion  Doolan,  Eunice  Ma- 
honey,  Margaret  White,  D.  Isaacs,  Maurice  B.  Jacobs,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Leo  Black,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  Fleischer,  Miss  Phyllis  Fleis- 
cher, Mrs.  Richard  McGregor,  S.  E.  Tracy,  C.  M.  Vogel,  J.  J. 
Fiatley,  Mr.  R.  E.  Collins,  Junior,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  T. 
Numan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Haupt,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Crane,  Miss 
Doris  Crane,  Dr.  C.  H.  Pierce,  Miss  Myrial  Pearce,  E.  Carl 
Bouk,  Edwin  Mogel  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lyman  D.  Foster,  and 
Lyman  D.  Foster,  Jr.  Also  the  following  from  Berkeley:  F.  F. 
Nalder,  Ivan  M.  Linforth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  R.  Carper,  Dr.  J.  S. 
Near,  Dr.  Wm.  Horace  Ivie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Herms,  P.  R. 
Blois,  J.  Goodwin  Locke,  Dr.  Martha  Barnby,  J.  W.  Gregg,  H. 

E.  Penland,  Mary  Barmbe,  Frank  Adams,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  L. 
Durbrow,  A.  G.  Pau,  Mrs.  Leila  B.  Stoddard,  E.  Walton  Hedges, 


M.  A.  Hodes.  Mr.  and  Mr  SM,  George  S 

,, 

A    R.  Cook    V 
:.  A.  H.  Zieglcr.  H.  A.  Hodes  and  wife.  C.  ! 
and  J  Marlatt. 

•:■    •:•    • 
barumctcr  of  local  travel  indicat. 
Fr"nc;  nti  will  take  their  usual  outin,  moun- 

tains and  seashore,  this  summer.     I-  jnow 

:i  the  country  resorts.    In  (act,  whfli 
dents  hen-  home,  those  of  the  interior,  happy 

with  the  profits  of  th-  ,.  arc  coming  to  the  city  I 

summer  enjoyments  and  the  assured  cooling  breezes.  The  re- 
sult is  that  the  leading  hotels  of  th.  ,n  un- 
usual number  of  patrons  at  this  time,  especially  the  Palace,  St. 
Francis  and  Plaza.  The  last  named  is  handling  at  least  seventy- 
five  arrivals  per  day. 

•:•    •:•    ••.• 
Mme.  Betty  Drews,  a  well  known  singer,  has  decided  to  re- 
main in  San  Francisco  another  season.     She  has  just  returned 
from  a  delightful  sojourn  in  Yosemite  Valley. 

THE  CONVERT. 

("One  striking  result  of  the  war  has  been  its  humanizing  ef- 
fect on  woman." — Daily  Paper.) 

The  barbed  shaft  of  love  hath  pierced  thy  heart, 

Fair  Annabelle:  distracting  is  thy  lot; 
Long  has  thou  thought  thyself  a  deal  too  smart 
To  be  insnared  in  Cupid's  toils — eh,  what? 

The  ways  of  other  maids,  less  intricate, 

Filled  thee  with  pity  to  the  very  core; 
Kisses  were  unhygienic,  out  of  date, 

And  man  a  most  unutterable  bore. 

But  now  with  young  Lieutenant  Smith,  V.  C, 

Thou  roamest,  gazing  shyly  in  his  face ; 
Nay,  did  I  not  surprise  thee  after  tea 

Defying  Hygienic  in  a  close  embrace? 

Shall  I  recall  that  old  sartorial  jest, 

The  mannish  coat  which  never  seemed  to  fit, 

The  bifurcated  skirt  and  all  the  rest, 
Not  half  so  pretty  as  thy  nursing  kit  ? 

Ah,  no!    Thine  happiness  I  will  not  vex, 

For  thou  art  Woman  once  again,  I  find; 
And  Woman,  though  she  cannot  change  her  sex, 

Has  always  had  the  right  to  change  her  mind. 


A  HUNDRED  MILLION  DOLLAR  DRIVE. 

President  Wilson  has  designated  June  18-25  "Red  Cross 
Campaign  Week."  During  that  week  a  nation  wide  drive  will 
be  made  to  raise  $100,000,000  for  use  in  relieving  distress  in 
the  battle  fields,  in  which  the  American  army  has  now  joined. 
There  is  no  nobler  and  humane  work  than  that  done  in  war  by 
the  Red  Cross  Society.  Do  your  bit  by  a  contribution,  as  much 
as  you  can  spare. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


ARE  YOU  SHORT  OF  READY  CASH?  WHY  NOT  SELL  YOUR 

DIAMONDS 

I'll  pay  highest  spot  CASH   for  them.     No  delay.      All  transactions  in  my 
private  office.     It  will  pay  you  to  see  me  A  T    ONCE 

NEAL    A  .    S  HOOR 

Phone  Garfield  1440    Room  960  Phetan  Bids-      760  Market  Street 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


JB*      3©"      3S"      1ST       3B"      3B"       3W       3©"       3W      3©" 


General  Pershing 

Who  Will  Head  the  U.  S.  Troops  in  Europe 


J&*         ^s"       .3s>         ^5"       .Si?         Jfc 


-/51  *&} 


Maj.-Gen.  John  J.  Pershing — or,  as  he  is  known  among  the 
rank  and  file  of  his  men,  "Black  Jack"  Pershing,  landed  in  Lon- 
don this  week  to  lead  the  expeditionary  army  force. 

He  is  the  youngest  of  his  rank  in  the  U.  S.  Army.  He 
is  fifty-three  years  old  and  was  graduated  from  West  Point  in 
1886  as  senior  cadet-captain,  the  highest  honor  any  undergrad- 
uate can  achieve.  He  began  active  service  at  once  as  second 
lieutenant  of  the  Sixth  United  States  Cavalry,  one  of  the  regi- 
ments that  was  sent  to  round  up  the  old  Indian  chief  Geronimo, 
who  with  his  Apache  braves,  was  causing  the  United  States  no 
end  of  trouble. 

Pershing  rode  hard  and  soldiered  much  in  the  next  ten  years, 
chasing  the  Indians  over  the  Southwest,  and  on  one  occasion 
showed  the  stuff  that  was  going  to  win  for  him  in  the  later  years. 
He  marched  his  troop  with  a  pack-train  140  miles  in  forty-six 
hours.  General  Miles  paid  him  a  fine  tribute  for  this  feat,  and 
pointed  to  the  fact  that  Lieutenant  Pershing  "had  brought  in 
every  man  and  animal  in  good  condition." 

For  seven  years  Lieutenant  Pershing  never  knew  a  promotion, 
but  in  1893  he  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant.  He 
was  assigned  to  the  Tenth  Cavalry,  the  crack  negro  command 


General      Pershing,      who 

will     lead     United     States 

troops  to   France. 


*fjft  &?«  *i':  '^ 


Drawn    for    the    Christian 
Science    Monitor. 


that  afterward  won  fame  at  the  San  Juan  blockhouse.  Because 
of  the  fact  that  he  was  appointed  to  the  colored  troop  he  earned 
the  sobriquet  of  "Black  Jack,"  which  has  stuck  to  him  since. 

After  his  Indian  campaigning,  Lieutenant  Pershing  was  as- 
signed to  West  Point  as  instructor,  but  when  the  war  with  Spain 
was  declared  he  at  once  applied  for  the  command  of  the  old 
"Tenth,"  and  his  regiment  was  among  the  first  to  be  shipped  to 
Cuba,  where  he  distinguished  himself  in  the  field,  winning  the 
applause  of  his  colonel.  At  the  battle  of  El  Caney  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  rank  of  captain  for  gallantry  in  action. 

Later,  Captain  Pershing  was  ordered  to  duty  in  the  Philip- 
pines. There  the  first  military  problem  was  the  pacification  of 
the  Moros,  those  fierce  fighters  who  have  since  become  organ- 
ized under  our  government  as  the  Philippine  Scouts,  and  are 
known  among  army  men  as  a  crack  company  of  fighters.  At 
that  time,  however,  they  were  fiercely  antagonistic  to  the  United 
States,  refused  to  accept  the  assurances  of  good  intentions  of 
this  government,  and  fought  the  Americans  step  by  step. 

The  Moros  that  Pershing  was  called  upon  to  bring  to  terms 
had  mobilized  in  the  crater  of  an  extinct  volcano  called  Bud 
Dajo,  on  the  island  of  Jolo.  To  drive  them  out  had  been  a  task 
with  which  the  army  had  contended  since  1906.  Pershing  an- 
nounced to  his  men  that  the  Moros  were  coming  out  of  the  Mat- 


ter if  it  took  him  ten  years  to  accomplish  the  job. 

With  a  thousand  men,  half  of  them  his  own  trusted  troopers 
and  the  others  picked  Filipino  scouts,  the  campaign  for  Bud 
Dajo  began.  The  Americans  and  the  scouts  had  to  proceed 
though  miles  and  miles  of  dense  jungles,  opposed  every  yard  of 
the  way  by  the  fierce  Moros.  But  Pershing  kept  on,  and  finally 
he  fought  his  way  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain. 

Pershing's  jungle-fighters  cut  a  trail  around  the  mountain, 
and,  fortifying  themselves  from  attack  from  above,  began  the 
siege. 

In  their  retreat  to  the  crater  the  Moros  had  been  so  hotly  pur- 
sued that  for  once  they  had  been  unable  to  take  with  them  the 
supplies  that  would  make  possible  a  long  stand.  At  last  the  "iron 
ring"  began  to  make  itself  felt,  and  in  small  detachments  the 
Moros  tried  to  gain  the  open  jungle  by  dashes  through  the 
American  cordon.  Every  dash  was  frustrated,  the  fanatics  rush- 
ing forth  to  certain  death.  Finally,  on  Christmas  day,  1911,  the 
400  Moros  still  in  the  crater  did  something  a  Moro  seldom  does 
— they  marched  down  the  mountainside  and  surrendered. 

Pershing  then  set  about  to  complete  the  subjugation  of  the 
Moros,  and  he  accomplished  the  task  in  June,  1913,  when  he  won 
the  battle  of  Bagsag,  where  the  natives  had  made  a  last  stand. 

Pershing's  work  in  the  Philippines  had  naturally  made  him 
a  spectacular  figure  after  the  achievements  of  Funston  had 
aroused  such  natural  American  approbation  and  delight.  So 
the  Captain  was  sent  to  Manchuria  to  watch  the  Russ- Japanese 
war. 

What  he  learned  he  gave  to  the  War  Department  in  the  form 
of  one  of  its  best,  most  compact,  and  meaty  reports  ever  filed 
by  a  military  observer  attached  to  armies  in  the  field. 

In  1906  President  Roosevelt  jumped  Captain  Pershing  over 
the  heads  of  862  officers,  his  seniors  in  rank  and  service,  creat- 
ing him  a  brigadier-general.  Instantly  there  was  a  hubub  and 
furore,  but  the  President  and  the  advocates  of  Pershing's  cause 
remained  firm  and  the  tumult  and  the  shouting  died  a  natural 
death. 

After  the  Villa  raid,  General  Pershing  commanded  the  puni- 
tive expedition  into  Mexico  and  handled  the  problem  in  a  man- 
ner entirely  satisfactory  to  the  Administration. 

On  the  death  of  Major-General  Funston,  General  Pershing 
succeeded  him  in  rank  and  command.  He  remained  on  the  bor- 
der until  a  few  weeks  ago,  when  he  was  summoned  to  Washing- 
ton to  take  command  of  the  first  American  troops  ever  ordered 
across  the  ocean  to  battle  in  Europe. 

About  a  year  before,  Colonel  Roosevelt,  then  President,  ad- 
dressed Congress  on  the  ever-recurring  question  of  promotions 
in  the  Army  and  Navy.  The  promotions  usually  went  by  sen- 
iority, and  the  caste  in  the  Army  was  jealous  of  this  tradition. 
Roosevelt,  in  a  memorable  message  to  Congress  on  December 
7,  1903,  wanted  the  seniority  rule  abridged,  and  specifically 
mentioned  Captain  Pershing  as  a  gallant  and  distinguished  of- 
ficer who  was  held  back  by  a  tradition  that  worked  havoc  and 
harm  to  the  men  who  might  have  been  advanced. 

In  the  gallery  during  the  reading  of  this  message  was  Miss 
Frances  Warren,  the  daughter  of  United  States  Senator  Francis 
E.  Warren  of  Wyoming.  She  followed  the  message  closely,  and 
when  leaving  the  Capitol  declared  that  she  would  like  to  meet 
the  officer  who  had  merited  such  commendation  by  the  Presi- 
dent. She  evidently  lost  no  time  about  it,  for  less  than  two 
years  afterward  the  warrior  and  the  Senator's  daughter  were 
married. 

The  tragedy  of  his  life  occurred  here  in  San  Francisco  two 
years  ago,  when  his  wife  and  three  of  his  children  were  burned 
to  death  in  a  night  fire  in  their  home  at  the  Presidio.  Warren, 
his  five  years  old  boy,  was  saved. 


16.  1917 


ami  Califoni: 


PL/EASURD'S  WAND 


V  Bill  Jt  Orfhrum 
Crouds  Hoi. ■ 
Dorothy  Brenner,  billed 
as  "The  Lady  Dainty  of 
Songland,"  claims  a  large 
share  of  well  earned  ap- 
plause. Though  she  is  not 
touted  as  the  headliner,  by 
right  of  charm  and  talent 
she  easily  wins  that  place 
for  herself,  in  the  regard  of 
the  audience.  For  so  many 
years  Evelyn  Nesbit  has 
played  a  big-type  part  be- 
fore the  public  that  one  has 
become  used  to  seeing  her 
name  in  large  print.  Her 
scope  of  talents  are  not  of 
unusual  order,  however,  and 
one  is  grateful  if,  at  times, 
she  approaches  the  beauti- 
ful. Jack  Clifford  assists 
in  the  background,  and  that 
is  about  all  that  one  can 
feel  about  his  presence. 
However,  he  plays  the  part 
of  a  monkey  very  intelli- 
gently, and  his  entrance 
from  a  cocoanut  tree  is  most 
realistic.  Nat  C.  Goodwin 
continues  to  tell  a  number 
of  his  inimitable  stories  in 
his  usual  good  form.  In 
less  than  two  minutes  after 
his  entrance  he  has  his  au- 
dience gurgling  with  laugh- 
ter. Miss  Ray  Cox  in  "Her 
First  Lesson  in  Horseback 
Riding"  continues  to  amuse 
from  the  start  to  the  finish 
of  her  act.  Gales  of  laugh- 
ter answered  every  one  of 
her  sallies  at  the  groom. 
One  felt  that  a  large  portion 
of  the  audience  had  suf- 
fered at  their  first  lesson 
just  as  she  depicted  her  an- 
guish. Olivotti,  Moffett  & 
Clare,  in  "An     Oddity    of 

Music  and  Dance,"  Caliste  Conant,  "Tuneful  Teller,"  Milton 
and  De  Long,  presenting  "A  Rube  Picture  Show,"  Ray  W.  Snow 
in  "The  Man  About  Town,"  and  Helen  Leach  Wallin  Trio,  giv- 
ing a  most  original  iron-jaw  wire  sensation,  all  assist  in  making 
this  week's  bill  exceptionally  attractive. 

*  *  * 

Submarine  Show  Big  Hit  at  Pantages. 

The  big  act  of  interest  at  Pantages  this  week  is  the  "Monster 
Submarine  Show,"  presented  by  Captain  Louis  Sorcho.  This 
is  not  an  act  of  talent  or  imagination.  The  real  inner  workings 
of  a  submarine  are  shown  and  explained.  Captain  Sorcho 
filled  the  position  of  engineer  on  a  submarine  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  thoroughly  knows  what  he  is  talking  about.  His 
place  on  the  program  came  directly  after  Anderson's  Song  and 
Dance  Revue,  and  added  a  serious  note  to  the  merriment  that 
had  gone  before.  Real  artists  have  taken  to  doing  stage  set- 
tings, and  set  a  standard  of  coloring  for  the  public.  "The 
World's  Worst  Juggler"  pleases  one  mightily.  Maybe  he  can 
juggle  and  maybe  he  cannot.  He  tries  to  make  you  believe 
that  he  cannot,  but  his  intimate  conversation  fills  the  bill,  and 
one  does  not  care  whether  he  can  or  he  can't. 

Bevan  and  Flint,  in  their  singing  and  talking  comedy,  Stod- 
dard and  Hynes,  introducing  "The  Absent  Minded  Professor, " 
and  Jerome  and  Carson,  dancing  acrobats,  contribute  their  tal- 


'loore. 


ronsc 


■ 

FT    I 

ents  t> 

:    an  < 


Jessie   Busley,  who  will  appear  in  "Pansy's  Particular  Punch"   next  week 
at   the   Orpheum. 


The  Alcazar  player 
Richard  Hcnnctt  a-; 
Cinderella  Man,"  continue 
to  lift  large  audiences  out  of 
the  commonplace  of  hum- 
drum life  and  tran 
them  into  the  realm  of  a 
world  where  things  happen 
as  they  ought  to  happen, 
and  people  behave  as  they 
ought  to  behave.  The  steel 
trust  father  goes  right  on  re- 
fusing to  disinherit  his  only 
che-ild  because  she  insists 
on  marrying  a  poor  poet; 
the  family  friend  person- 
ally conducts  love's  young 
dream  to  a  happy  end ;  the 
heiress  is  transported  with 
joy  as  the  curtain  falls  at 
the  prospect  of  being  trans- 
planted to  a  neat  little,  clean 
little  cottage  at  the  edge  of 
a  wood.  Of  course  it's  not 
the  stuff  out  of  which  every 
day  life  is  spun,  but  that's 
its  charm — that  and  the 
way  Bennett  and  his  play- 
ers interpret  it. 
*  *  * 

The  Bcringer  Club  Concert. 
The  Beringer  Musical 
Club  scored  another  bril- 
liant success  at  its  thirty- 
eighth  recital,  last  Friday 
evening,  under  the  direction 
of  Professor  and  Madame 
Joseph  Beringer  at  Century 
Hall.  The  excellent  pro- 
gram was  rendered  without 
a  flaw,  and  increased  the 
high  reputation  of  the  Ber- 
ingers  among  cultured  local 
music  lovers.  The  operatic  and  song  selections  contrib- 
uted by  Miss- Irene  De  Martini,  Miss  M.  Monica  Heffernan  and 
Flora  Simonton  were  given  with  rare  expression,  felicity  and 
with  unusual  sympathy.  The  voices  showed  great  promise,  the 
singers  displaying  that  fine  ease  and  confidence  that  comes  of 
thorough  training  in  the  fundamentals.  The  pianists  were  Miss 
Charlotte  Ibscher,  Miss  Vernita  Pellow,  Miss  Zdenka  Buben, 
and  Helen  McKinlay,  all  of  whom  revealed  brilliant  technic 

and  fine  musicianship. 

*  *  * 

Advance    Announcements 

Sokoloff  Ready  with  Second  Symphony  Concert. — The  second 
concert  of  the  Philharmonic  series,  under  the  direction  of  Niko- 
lai Sokoloff,  will  be  given  at  the  Cort  Theatre  next  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, June  17th,  at  three  o'clock.  This  talented  conductor, 
by  his  enormous  success  at  his  first  concert  last  Sunday,  im- 
mediately re-established  himself  as  a  prime  San  Francisco 
favorite.  For  his  second  appearance  in  the  present  series  of 
five  concerts  Director  Sokoloff  has  elected  to  give  a  program 
entirely  devoted  to  the  works  of  modern  French  composers.  The 
delightful  symphony  in  D,  the  only  symphony  written  by  Ce- 
sar Franck,  will  open  the  program.  The  ever-popular  "L'Apres- 
midi  d'une  Faun,"  by  Debussy,  with  its  weird  intonations,  will 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


be  played  by  request,  and  the  spirited  rhapsody,  "Espana,"  by 
Cnabrier,  will  follow.  Mile.  Renee  Criticos,  the  unusually  gifted 
soprano,  will  be  the  soloist,  her  first  appearance  here  in  orches- 
tral accompaniment.  Her  programmed  numbers  include  Du- 
parc's  "L'Invitation  au  Voyage"  and  the  wonderful  aria  from 
Charpentier's  Louise,  "Depuis  le  Jour."  Tickets  on  sale  at 
Sherman  &  Clay's,  and  Kohler  &  Chase. 

Orpheum. — Jessie  Busley,  famous  for  her  characterization  of 
Nance  Olden  in  "In  the  Bishop's  Carriage,"  will  appear  in  a 
new  one-act  play  specially  written  for  her  by  Willard  Mack,  en- 
titled "Pansy's  Particular  Punch,"  a  novel  variation  of  the  crook 
play.  She  will  be  supported  by  Olive  Oliver,  Harry  English 
and  Ferdinand  Munier.  Miss  Norton  and  Paul  Nicholson  will 
appear  in  Miss  Norton's  comical  character  comedy,  "A  Dra- 
matic Cartoon,"  which  tells  in  a  humorous  manner  of  the  home 
life  of  a  ribbon-counter  girl  and  a  seven-dollar-a-week  depart- 
ment store  clerk  who  are  married  and  trying  to  keep  house  in 
the  tiniest  of  flats.  It  is  a  scream.  Jack  Clifford  and  Miriam 
Wills  are  creative  comedians  who  will  appear  in  a  skit  called 
"At  Jaspar  Junction,"  which  locality  is  on  the  line  between  no- 
where and  no  place.  Vera  Berliner,  frequently  called  "A  Kube- 
lik  in  Petticoats,"  is  a  brilliant  violinist  whose  technique  and 
expression  were  acquired  under  the  finest  European  masters. 
Ray  Snow,  "The  Man  About  Town,"  Frank  Milton  and  the  De 
Long  Sisters,  and  Caliste  Conant  are  also  included  in  the  at- 
tractions. Evelyn  Nesbit  and  Jack  Clifford  will  continue  in 
their  successful  singing  and  dancing  creation,  one  of  the  greatest 
hits  of  the  present  vaudeville  season. 

*  *  * 

Columbia. — The  fifth  and  sixth  weeks  of  the  Henry  Miller 
season  at  the  Columbia  Theatre  will  surely  attract  unusual  at- 
tention. In  selecting  Langdon  Mitchell's  satirical  comedy,  "The 
New  York  Idea,"  as  the  third  play  of  his  present  season  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  Mr.  Miller  has  a  vehicle  in  which  he  is  able 
to  offer  a  really  extraordinary  cast,  giving  each  member  thereof 
an  opportunity  for  distinctive  work.  It  is  a  play  dealing  with 
the  habit  of  Gothamites  in  rushing  into  marriage  and  then  rush- 
ing out  again  via  the  divorce  courts.  The  play  has  a  wealth  of 
humorous  situations  and  characters.  Monday  night's  production 
will  include  Henry  Miller,  Ruth  Chatterton,  Bruce  McRae,  O. 
P.  Heggie,  Lucille  Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  William  H. 
Sams,  j'ames  T.  Galloway,  Raymond  Walburn,  Robert  Ames,  E. 
L.  Duane,  Frances  Goodrich,  Alice  Baxter,  Elise  Ducat  and 
others.  Matinees  are  announced  for  Wednesdays  and  Satur- 
days.   There  is  already  an  immense  advance  sale  of  seats. 

*  *  * 

Pantages  Theatre. — With  such  sterling  attractions  as  Al.  Go- 
lem and  his  marvelous  Persians,  late  court  artists  to  the  Shah 
of  Persia,  the  Ten  California  Dancing  Girls,  and  Harlan  E. 
Knight,  and  Company,  heading  the  program,  the  week  at  Pan- 
tages commencing  with  Sunday  matinee,  promises  to  be  the  gala 
event  of  the  year  in  vaudeville  circles.  Al.  Golem  has  a  company 
cf  17,  which  he  presents  in  a  striking  spectacle.  Many  of  the 
company  are  amazing  acrobats,  and  the  act  will  be  a  genuine 
sensation.  Harlan  E.  Knight  &  Company  has  a  delightful  farce 
in  "The  Chalk  Line."  It  is  a  story  of  two  old  countrymen,  one 
a  postmaster,  the  other  a  grocer.  They  have  their  quarters  in 
the  same  building,  and  in  the  course  of  a  dispute  the  chalk  line 
is  established.  Queenie  Dunedin,  the  famous  little  entertainer, 
who  is  widely  known  as  the  Variety  Girl,  comes  with  her  diver- 
sified performance.  Alexandria  is  one  of  the  best  known  xylo- 
phonists  in  vaudeville.  Foley  and  O'Neil  are  a  pair  of  nifties 
who  can  sing  as  well  as  dance,  and  their  act  is  stamped  with 
originality.  Stephens  and  Hollister,  in  their  latest  success, 
"Locked  Out."  "The  Neglected  Wife,"  in  its  third  incident, 
shows  that  the  latest  Pathe  production  is  to  be  the  serial  sen- 
sation of  the  year. 

*  *  * 

Sidney  Coryn  Lecture  Postponed. 

To  enable  Sidney  Coryn  to  speak  at  the  dinner  to  be  given 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Red  Cross  in  the  Palace  Hotel  on 
Monday  evening,  Mr.  Coryn's  lecture  on  "America  at  War,"  in 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  239  Grant  avenue,  has  been  postponed 
from  the  regular  date  to  Tuesday  evening,  June  19th. 

Every  one  interested  in  an  intelligent  understanding  of  the 
military  developments  at  the  front  should,  without  fail,  hear 
Sidney  Cory's  Friday  morning  review  of  the  war  news  of  the 


week.  The  talk  is  given  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  239  Grant 
avenue,  each  Friday  morning  at  10:45  o'clock.  It  is  repeated 
for  the  convenience  of  businessmen  and  women  at  12 :15  o'clock. 


GERALDINE  FARRAR  ON  FALSE  ECONOMY. 

Geraldine  Farrar,  passing  through  Chicago  last  week  on  her 
way  to  California,  discussed  patriotism,  the  German  crown 
prince  and  several  other  topics  before  her  train  rolled  out  of 
the  station.  She  declared  that  she  was  a  better  American  than 
most  of  her  critics,  and  decried  the  false  economy  of  cutting  out 
lobster  and  caviar  just  because  there  is  a  war. 

"Somebody  has  to  eat  lobster  and  caviar,  otherwise  there 
would  be  a  great  economic  loss,"  she  declared,  "and  if  those  wo- 
men who  can  afford  to  spend  thousands  of  dollars  for  gowns 
don't  do  so,  think  of  the  girls  who  will  lose  their  positions  and 
starve  to  death." 

La  Geraldine,  who  recently  offered  to  prove  her  patriotism  in 
case  of  war  by  sending  her  husband,  Lou  Tellegen,  to  the  front, 
denied  that  her  husband  was  going  to  enlist.  "I  most  certainly 
will  not  ask  him  to  enlist,"  she  said.  "I  do  not  believe  he 
should  enlist  until  the  conscription  law  is  passed.  Lou  makes 
too  good  a  target  to  be  sacrificed  under  the  present  volunteer 
system.    I  believe  in  universal  military  service." 

Now  that  conscription  has  come  to  pass,  it  will  be  interesting 
to  note  what  Mme.  Farrar  will  do  about  "Lou." 

Mme.  Farrar  denied  that  she  was  going  to  sell  the  jewels  pre- 
sented to  her  by  the  German  crown  prince.  She  said  they  were 
not  included  in  the  recent  auction  of  her  personal  effects  in  New 
York. — Exchange. 


A  Perfect  Complexion 

Your  social  duties  de- 
mand that  you  look 
your  best  and  in  good 
taste  at  all  times. 
Ladies  of  Society  for 
nearly  threes  quarters 
of  a  century  have 
used 

Gourau 


Oriental  Cream 


to  obtain  the  perfect  complexion.  It  purifies 

and  beautifies.     The  ideal  liquid  face  cream. 

Non-greasy.    Its  use  cannot    be    detected. 

Send  lOc.  for  trial  slzo 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS  &  SON,  New  York  City 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 
Beginning  Monday  Night,  June  ISth ;  Fifth  Week 

HENRY    MILLER    SEASON 
AN    EXTRAORDINARY    CAST 

Henry  Miller,  Ruth  Chatterton.  Bruce  McRae,  0.  P.  Heggie,  Lucille  Watson, 
Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  Wm.  H.  Sams.  Frances  Goodrich.  Alice  Baxter,  James  T. 
Gallojpay,  E.  L.  Duane.  Elise  Ducat,  Robert  Ames,  Raymond  Walburn  and 
others  in  the  Brilliant  Comedy 

"THE     NEW    YORK    IDEA" 
By  Langdon  Mitchell.       Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 


Pantages'  Theatre 


Market  Street  Opposite  Mason 


WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
AN  EXTRAORDINARY  BILL 

AL  GOLEM  &  CO.  IN  "THE  SLAVE  DEALERS"  SEVENTEEN  PEOPLE: 
QUEENIE  DUNEDIN;  TEN  CALIFORNIA  DANCERS;  FOLEY  &  O'NEIL; 
ALEXANDRIA;  STEPHENS  &  HOLLISTER;  THE  NEGLECTED  WIFE, 
INCIDENT  THREE;  EXTRA  ADDED  FEATURE  HARLAN  E.  KNIGHT  & 
COMPANY  IN  "  THE  CHALK  LINE." 


Orpheum 


O'Farrell  Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


"Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

A  GREAT  SHOW 
JESSIE  BUSLEY  &  CO.  in  "Pansy's  Particular  Punch"  by  Willard  Mack; 
MIS8  NORTON  &  PAUL  NICHOLSON  in  "A  Dramatic  Cartoon;"  CLIF- 
FORD* WILLS  "At  Jasper  Junction;"  VERA  BERLINER  Violinist;  FRANK 
MILTON  &  DE  LONG  SISTERS  in  "A  Rube  Picture  Show;"  CALISTE 
CONANT  "A  Tuneful  Tale  Teller;"  RAY  W.  SNOW  "The  Man  About  Town;" 
EVELYN  NESBIT  &  JACK  CLIFFORD  in  An  Entirelj  New  Creation. 
Evening  Prices — 10c.  25c,  50c  75c.  Matinee  Prices  (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70. 

PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA 

7o-musicians-70        NIKOLAI   SOKOLOFF,  Conductor 

MLLE.  RENEE  CRITICOS,  Soprano  Soloist 

CORT  THEATER,  Sunday  Afternoon,  June   1  7,  at  3 

FRENCH  PROGRAM— Franck  Symphony;  Duparc,  L'invitation  au  Voyage; 
Charpentier,  Louise;   Debussy,  L'Apres  midi  d'une  Faune:  Chain  ic-r,  Fsi  una. 
POPULAR  PRICES  $1.00,  75c,  50c,  500  SEATS  AT  25c. 
TICKETS  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co..  Kohler  &  Chase  and  Cort  Theatre  Saturday 
Afternoon  and  Sunday  only. 


June  16.  1917 


and  California  A 


rib*  join,  and  tin 


Principes  D'Equitation 

By  Captain    J.  Dilhan 
Number  1. 

Mounting  and  Dismounting. 

To  insure  the  enjoyment  of  a  ride  it  is  necessary  to  make 
friends  with  your  mount  and  secure  his  confidence.  A  horse  is 
an  appreciative  individual  and  responds  most  readily  to  the 
small  attentions  which  the  etiquette  of  horsemanship  demands. 
On  the  other  hand  he  resents  the  absence  of  those  little  for- 
malities, and  the  pleasure  of  a  ride  may  be  seriously  marred 
by  their  omission. 

Do  not  keep  your  horse  waiting,  but  as  soon  as  he  is  brought 
from  the  stable  go  straight  to  him  and  pet  him,  patting  first  his 
neck,  and  then  his  head,  looking  into  his  eyes  and  speaking  to 
him  gently. 

First  see  if  the  bridle  is  properly  fitted.  Taking  the  reins 
of  the  snaffle  with  the  hands,  a  few  inches  from  the  bit,  and 
pulling  gently  down,  the  bit  must  reach  the  commissure  of  the 
lips.  The  curb  bit  must  rest  on  the  bars  (part  of  jaw  toothless) , 
at  about  equal  distance  between  the  horse  teeth  and  the  angle 
of  the  lips.  (The  horse  teeth  are  the  four  rudimentary  teeth  in 
the  mouth  of  the  male,  the  mare  being  deprived  of  them ;  in  the 
case  of  the  mare,  you  will  know  where  these  teeth  ought  to  be.) 

The  curb  chain  should  be  hooked  so  that  by  pulling  on  the 
reins  it  shows  its  effect  when  the  side  bars  of  the  curb  are  at 
an  angle  of  45  degrees  with  the  lower  jaw  of  the  horse.  The 
curb  chain  must  be  free  from  twists  and  loose  enough  to  permit 
you  to  pass  your  fingers  easily  between  it  and  the  lower  jaw 
when  not  pulling  on  the  reins. 

The  careful  rider  who  has  consideration  for  the  comfort  and 
well-being  of  his  horse  will  see  that  a  properly  fitting  saddle  is 
used  and  put  on  correctly.  A  saddle  placed  too  far  forward 
will  impede  the  motion  of  the  shoulder  blades,  while  if  the  sad- 
dle is  too  far  back  it  will  bring  too  much  weight  upon  the  loins. 
Two  or  three  fingers  should  be  easily  inserted  between  the  sad- 
dle and  the  shoulder  blades. 

The  pommel  must  be  higher  than  the  withers  and  the  saddle 
well  padded  on  the  sides.  When  the  rider  is  well  seated  the 
cantle  of  the  saddle  should  be  higher  than  the  loins.  When  a 
saddle  pad  is  used  it  must  be  raised  over  the  withers  so  that  you 
may  easily  pass  your  fingers  under  it. 

It  is  essential  that  the  girths  be  tight  and  crossed  under  the 


01    yi 

ur  le 

it  har. 

: 

It  »hou 

i  your 

With  both  hands  make  a  good  bundle  of  the  hairs  of  the  mane. 
■t  a  convenient  part  of  the  neck,  and  clasp  it  with  tl. 

to  the  root,  the  thumb  up. 
tiom  the  stirrup  to  enable  you,  by  leal  .  to  put  you 

it  from 
supporting  yourself  by  the  mane,  hop  by  short  steps  on  the 
i  ii^ht  foot  until  you  have  your  right  side  close  to  the  horse 
our  left  foot  parallel  to  him,  the  toe  forward  and  the 
eg  from  knee  to  heel  perpendicular.  Grasping  the 
cantle  of  the  saddle  with  the  right  hand,  spring  up,  bringing 
the  heels  together  and  leaning  a  little  over  the  hoi 
establish  a  good  balance.  Place  the  right  hand  on  the  pom- 
mel of  the  saddle,  pass  the  right  leg  over  the  back  of  the  horse, 
keeping  the  body  erect,  sit  lightly  in  the  saddle  and  take  the 
ti^'ht  stirrup. 

Dismounting. 

In  dismounting,  take  the  mane  exactly  as  for  mounting.  Place 
the  right  hand  on  the  pommel  of  the  saddle,  partially  disengage 
the  left  foot  from  the  stirrup;  rise,  let  go  the  right  stirrup,  sup- 
porting the  body  erect  with  the  left  foot  and  both  hands,  then 
pass  the  right  leg  over  the  back  of  the  horse  without  touching 
him;  turn  the  body  so  that  you  will  face  the  head  of  the  horse 
and  descend  slowly,  your  right  side  in  light  contact  with  the 
flank.  If  the  horse  moves  while  you  are  in  the  act  of  mounting  or 
dismounting,  stop  him  with  the  right  rein  of  the  snaffle  and  the 
voice,  but  never  discontinue  what  you  have  already  commenced 
to  do.  For  instance,  if  your  foot  is  in  the  stirrup  when  the  horse 
begins  to  move,  keep  it  in,  and  by  hopping  on  the  other  foot  fol- 
low him  until  he  stands  still,  and  then  proceed. 

When  passing  the  leg  over  the  back  of  the  horse  to  go  in  the 
saddle  or  out  of  it,  be  very  careful  not  to  touch  him  with  the  foot 
or  knee,  as  many  animals  object  to  such  contact. 

When  you  are  endeavoring  to  put  your  foot  in  the  stirrup  for 
mounting,  the  horse  may  move,  in  which  case  we  say  that  he 
refuses  the  stirrup.  He  may  go  backward  or  turn  his  back  to- 
ward the  right.  In  the  first  instance  follow  him,  holding  the 
mane  and  speaking  to  him  gently.  He  will  soon  stop  and  permit 
you  to  proceed.  By  successive  attempts,  patience  and  judicious 
petting  you  will  easily  teach  him  to  stand  still. 

When  a  horse  turns  his  back  while  you  are  trying  to  put  your 
foot  in  the  stirrup,  pull  his  head  to  the  right  with  the  right  snaf- 
fle rein,  which  must  be  in  your  right  hand;  by  so  doing  you  will 
oppose  the  head  to  the  hips;  he  will  not  see  your  motions,  and 
you  will  succeed,  if  not  the  first  time,  after  several  attempts. 

It  is  imperative  that  the  horse  stands  still  until  you  are  well 
in  the  saddle  and  have  had  plenty  of  time  to  adjust  your  reins 
and  secure  the  right  contact  with  the  stirrups.  A  word  or  a  light 
vibration  of  the  snaffle  rein  will  soon  teach  him  to  do  so. 

A  well  trained  horse  will  go  forward  only  when  ordered  to  do 
so  by  the  aids,  and  any  horse  can  be  trained  to  obey. 

A  saddle  horse  is  not  trained  if  he  does  not  stand  perfectly 
still  while  his  rider  mounts  and  dismounts,  provided,  of  course, 
the  rider  knows  how  to  do  so  properly. 


FICTION 

FOR    SUMMER    READERS     AT 

PAUL  ELDER,  <tCO 

®      Books  and  Art      j£ 

i^L        5139  Granl  Avenue        £•§, 
llf       k  San  Francisco  ::        ■ 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

BERTSCH-DEWIS.— The  engagement  of  Miss  Emily  Bertsch  and  Lieu- 
tenant Warfield  Monroe  Lewis  has  been  announced. 

COLEMAN-McPHERSON.— Mrs.  Barry  Coleman  has  announced  the  en- 
gagement of  her  daughter,  Miss  Sophie  Gwynne  Coleman,  and  William 
McPherson. 

BHRENBERG-HART. — Cards  announcing  the  engagement  of  Miss  Har- 
riet Martha  Ehrenberg,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Martha  Ehrenberg,  of  Oak- 
land, to  Harvey  Francis  Hart  were  received  Tuesday  through  the 
mail. 

FLEISHER-GOODMAN.-Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Pleisher  of  1865  Clay  street  an- 
nounce the  engagement  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Lillian  Gertrude,  to 
Julius  Goodman  of  St.  Helena.  Cal. 

PETERSON-McRAE". — Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  P.  Peterson  announce  the  en- 
gagement of  their  daughter,  Miss  Helena  Anna  Peterson,  to  William 
Donald  McRae. 

REDDING-HAMILTON.— An  interesting  announcement  is  that  of  the  be- 
trothal of  Miss  Katherine  Hamilton  Redding  and  Meade  Hamilton. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
FERGUSGN-McARTHUR. — Miss    Ethel    Ferguson,    daughter    of    Mr.    and 
Mrs.   E.   W.   Ferguson  of  Clay  street,    San   Francisco,   and  Frank  Mc- 
Arthur,   will   be   married  June  19th  at   the  Ferguson   home. 
WEDDINGS. 
BAKER-PUNNITT. — Mrs.    Katherine   Baker,   who    was   the  widow   of   the 
late  Captain  A.  V.  Baker  of  the  British  army,   and  John  Punnitt  of 
this  city,  were  married  May  28th. 
EALL-SHIFFLETT.— News  of  the  marriage  of  MiSs  Mae  Ball  and  Wade 
Nelson   Shifflett  comes  as  a  pleasant  surprise  to   the  friends   of  the 
couple  in  the  bay  cities. 
LEONARDT-McGINNIS  —  The    marriage    of   Miss    Claire    M.    Leonardt    of 
Los  Angeles  and  F.  S.  McGinnis  of  San  Francisco,  took  place  last  week 
in  Los  Angeles. 
MERIT  HEW -DUTTO'N—  The  marriage  of  Miss  Frances  Merithew  to  Al- 
bert Hiatt  Dutton  will  be  solemnized  this  evening  at   Trinity  Epis- 
copal Church  in  San  Jose. 
SMITH-TREMBERTH.— Sidney  V.   Smith,  Jr.,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Sid- 
ney S.  Smith  of  California  street,  was  married  on  June  4th,   to  Miss 
Elaine  Tremberth  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents. 
VANCE -KEYT.— Miss  Helen  Vance  and  Dr.  Marshall  Keyt  will  be  married 

this  evening. 
WOODWARD-MAHON- The  friends  of  Miss  Phyllis  Woodward  and  Ross 
Mahon  were  given  a  pleasant  surprise  this  week  when  announcements 
of  their  wedding  were  received  through  the  mail.     The  wedding  took 
place  last  Saturday  evening. 

WEDDING   ANNIVERSARIES. 
CAROLAN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Francis   Carolan   celebrated   their  silver  wed- 
ding anniversary  last  week. 
EHRMAN. — Marking  the  passing  of  fifty  years  of  married  life,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    Meyer    Ehrman    celebrated    their    golden    wedding    anniversary 
Tuesday. 

LUNCHEONS. 
CALLAHAN. — On  Thursday  the  Misses  Margaret  and  Mary  Callahan  of 
Los  Altos  entertained  at  luncheon  at  the  Francisca  Club  in  honor  of 
Mrs.   Luther  Waganer,  who  is  visiting  here  from  Cuba. 
CHAMBERLIN. — Mrs.   Willard  Chamberlin  gave  a  luncheon   at  her  home 
in  Burlingame  for  Miss  Esther  Denny,  who  is  here  from  Washington, 
D.  C. 
IRWIN. — Mrs.  William  G.  Irwin  was  hostess  at  a  luncheon  Thursday  for 

Mrs.  Randolph  Huntington  Miner. 
MARTIN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  S.  Martin  entertained  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hor- 
ace Blanchard  Chase  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Downey  Harvey  at  an  in- 
formal luncheon  Sunday  at  their  home  in  Burlingame. 
MOFFITT. — A    coterie    of    friends    gathered   Monday   at   the    invitation    of 
Mrs.  Herbert  Moffitt,  who  entertained  at  an  informal  luncheon  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel. 
SPROULE. — Miss  Marguerite  Gros,  who  is  here  from  New  York  on  a  brief 
visit,  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  a  few  of  her  friends  at  an  informal 
luncheon  party  given  by  Mrs.  William  Sproule  at  her  apartments  at 
the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 
WAYMAN. — Mrs.   Willard    O.   Wayman   entertained   at   a  bridge   luncheon 
Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Lagunitas  Country  Club. 
TEAS. 
PETHERICK. — Mrs.  Wm.   Petherick  of  Sausalito  entertained  at  an  infor- 
mal sewing  tea  Thursday,   complimenting  Miss  Helen  Vance. 
DINNERS. 
DE  YOUNG. — Entertaining  nearly  a  score  of  guests,  M.  H.  de  Young  pre- 
sided at  dinner  Sunday  evening  at  his  residence  on  California  street. 
The  complimented  guest  of  this  affair  was  Lieutenant  Bert  Hall. 
GILLESPIE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Edward  Gillespie  will  be  hosts  at  din- 
ner this  evening  in  their  Clay  street  home. 
HUETER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Hueter  entertained  with  a  dinner  dance 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  Thursday  night.     The  affair  was  complimentary 
to  Harry  Maundrell. 
HICKMAN. — Mrs.    L.    M.    Hickman    gave    a    dinner    party    on    Wednesday 
evening  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club,  as  a  compliment  to  Miss  Helen 
Vance. 
JACKLING. — At  the  Hotel  St.   Francis  Monday,  Mrs.   D.   C.   Jackling  was 
hostess  at  dinner. 


MASON.— Complimentary  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  Metz,  who  are  again 
enjoying  a  brief  visit  in  this  city,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Rupert  Mason 
presided  at  an  informal  dinner  Monday  evening. 

McCREERY.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  McCreeiy  entertained  a  dozen  or  so 
of  their  friends  at  a  dinner  party  Monday  night  as  a  compliment  to 
Mrs.  Charles  Wright  of  Santa  Barbara. 

MILLER.— Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller  entertained  recently  at  the  Palace  Hotel, 
in  honor  of  her  daughter,  Miss  Flora  Miller. 

SULLIVAN. — Miss  Margaret  Sullivan  was  dinner  hostess  Wednesday  even- 
ing at  her  attractive  home  on  Pacific  avenue. 

TOWNE.— Complimenting   Miss   Esther   Bull,    the   latest   addition    to   the 
coterie  of  brides  to  be,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Towne  entertained  with 
a  supper  party  at  the  St.  Francis  last  Saturday  evening. 
DANCES. 

MOHTJN. — Miss  Katherine  Mohun  will  be  hostess  at  a  dancing  party  at 
her  home  on  June  23d. 

BRIDGE. 

WAYMAN.— Mrs,  Willard  O.  Wayman  gave  a  bridge  luncheon  at  the  La- 
gunitas Country  Club  Tuesday. 

THEATRE    PARTIES. 

MASON. — With  Miss  Katherine  Masten  the  honored  guest,  her  sister, 
Mrs.  James  Rupert  Mason  presided  at  a  theatre  party  Thursday  af- 
ternoon. 

ARRIVALS. 

BLUM.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Myrt  Blum  have  returned  from  their  honeymoon 

and  were  at  home  to  their  friends  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Palace 

Hotel.     Their  wedding  was  a  recent  fashionable  event  of  Los  Angeles. 
FICKERT.— Mrs.  Charles  M.  Fickert  and  the  Fickert  children,  who  have 

been  away  for  several  months,  mostly  in  New  York,  are  home  again 

at  their  place  on  Russian  Hill. 
HOTALING. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Hotaling  have  returned  from  Coro- 

nado  and  Riverside  after  a  stay  of  three  weeks,  and  will  later  go  to 

the  Yellowstone. 
SHOT  WELL.— Mrs.  William  J.  Shotwell  arrived  from  the  East  recently, 

where  she  has  been  visiting  for  the  past  month. 
WAGONER. — Mrs.    Luther  Wagoner   is   visiting   this    city   again   after   a 

year's  absence  in  Cuba. 

DEPARTURES. 
DU  VAL. — W.   M.   Du  Val  and  his  family  have  moved  to   their  country 

place  at  Sunol,  where  they  will  pass  the  summer  months. 
FUNSTEN.— Miss    Betty   Glover   Funsten    left   Monday   for   an    extended 

Eastern  trip.     Miss  Funsten,  who  plans  to  remain  away  until  fall,  >s 

now  in  St.  Louis. 
GRANT. — Mrs.  Adam  Grant  has  gone  to  Los  Gatos  for  the  midsummer 

months. 
HOWARD. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Nelson  Howard  left  Monday  morning  for  the 

East,  and  will  be  away  about  a  month. 
HOWARD. — Mrs.  H.  P.  Howard  and  Miss  Jean  Howard  are  at  Inverness. 

Miss  Jane  Carrigan  and  Miss  Francesca  Deering  are  guests  of  Miss 

Howard'for  a  few  days. 
JUDGE. — Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge  left  this  week  for  Utah  to  leave  her  two 

sons  on  the  Judge  ranch  near  Salt  Lake  City,  for  the  summer.     She 

will  remain  a  fortnight,   returning  here  until  August,  when  Mr.  and 

Mrs.  Judge  will  join  their  children  for  the  remainder  of  the  summer. 
KOHL. — Mrs.  C.  F.  Kohl  left  for  Virginia  to  spend  the  summer  with  her 

mother,  Mrs.  George  Godey. 
MOONEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Squire  Varick  Mooney  of  Broadway  has  left  for 

a  trip  to  the  Grand  Canyon  in  Arizona. 
SMITH. — Mrs.  Harrison  Smith  and  her  daughter,  Miss  Henrietta  Harrison 

Smith,  will  depart  to-day  for  a  month's  visit  in  the  Yosemite. 
THOMPSON. — Miss   Meta  Thompson   has   gone  East,   where  she  will   re- 
main for  several  weeks. 

INTIMATIONS. 
AMES. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alden  Ames  and  their  small  son,  Alden  Ames,  Jr., 

have  left  their  apartments  on  Taylor  street,  and  are  established  for 

the  summer  in  Mill  Valley. 
CORYELL. — Mr.   and  Mrs.    J.    B.   Coryell  are   entertaining   their  relatives, 

Mrs.  F.  Appleton  and  Mrs.  Appleton  McKey  and  Miss  McKey  of  Chi- 
cago, who  have  been  in  Pasadena  for  many  months. 
PRINK. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   Harlow  Frink,  who  are  in  Santa  Barbara  for  the 

season,  where  they  have  taken  the  house  of  Mrs.  Frink's  sister,  Mrs. 

Felton   Elkins,    entertained  John   Hartigan   as    their   guests   over   the 

week-end. 
GRANT. — Major  and  Mrs.  Frank  Grant  are  entertaining  Colonel  and  Mrs. 

C.  D.  Barth  in  their  attractive  quarters  at  Fort  Winfield  Scott. 

3    Have  Healthy,  Strong,  Beautiful  Eyes  f 

Oculists  and  usec*  Murine  Eye  Remedy  many  g 
Pkrcinsm  years  before  it  waa  offered  as  a  g 
i  nysicians       Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still      « 


Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 


z 


Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes— No  Smarting— Just  Eye  Comfort.       '4 
Murine  Bye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  ^ 


Buy  Murine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 


?,. 


Ksssssszszssssss^^ 


Juke  16.  1917 


and  California  A 


a  au: 


■ 


S»d     M.     l.tMr      *fr     i 


wood  and  Mrs.  Wllllan 
themselves  In  iht  h   p«i  Ins  il 

lllto    fllll. 

SMITH  nald  Knight  Smll 

for    the    coming    months  will   be   1-- 

urmlng  bungi 

STKI'IIKNS"  >N 

the  remainder  "f  i 

BOTLLMAN.     Mn    Stanle)    Stlllm    n  siting  In  N- 

f.»r  the  past  r.w  weeks,  li  expei  ted  to  return  home  aboul  Jum 

BUTRO.     .Mr>     Alfred    Sutro  and   the   children   will   s] 
ke  at  Invei  m 

THOMPSON,     a   cordial  welcome  Elisabeth  Hunt  Tb< 

of  Washington.   i>.   C.,  who,  accompanied  by   her   two  children,   lit t it- 
Miss  Elizabeth  an*i  Qeorge  Thompson,  win  arrive  bare  nasi  w* 
visit  for  a  month  or  longer,     she  will  be  the  guosl   >»r   bei    r 
Judge  and  Mrs.  William   II.   Hunt. 

van  BICKLEN. — Frederick  Van  Slcklen  will  leave  f"i   Waahlngtoi 

where  he  has  offered  his  services  to  Herbert   Hoover,   the  recently  Bp- 
pointed  food  director. 

van  FLEET. — Miss  Julia  Van  Fleet  is  having  a  home  part)  al  Inverness 
for  this  week-end.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ciinton  la  Montague,  Miss  Ruth 
Perkins.    Alfred   Oyster  and  Jerd   Sullivan    motored    there    Monday. 

WELCH. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  and  their  children  l< 
Lake  Tahoe  to  spend  the  midsummer  on  the  lake. 

WHITMAN.  — Mrs.    Malcolm    Douglas   Whitman  and  her  tWO  Children,    Mal- 
colm and  Jeanette  Whitman,  are  at  the  Jennie  Crocker  Whl 
in  Burlingame  for  the  summer.     Mr.   Whitman   will   be   here  soon   to 
join   his  family  for  part  of  the  summer. 


New  York's  Recruiting  Headquarters.  A  "land  battleship," 
long,  erected  in  Union  Square,  used  as  a  recruiting  station  for 
Naval   forces.      The  place   is  crowded   by  visitors  day  and   night. 


i=s;[al 


FOR  SALE 

A  T 

GLEN  UN  A 

BETWEEN 
LOS   GATOS   AND   SARATOGA 


A  TTRACTIVE  new  bungalow  just 
•**■  completed — seven  rooms,  three  sleep- 
ing porches,    hardwood  floors,  large   ver 


das,  magnificent  view,  family  orchard,  fine  garden;   1  J£  to  5   acres  as  desired.     All  city  conveniences. 
An  ideal  summer  or  permanent  home.     Price  and  terms  reasonable.     Address : 

G.  W.  HUME  COMPANY 


1  1  2  Market  Street,  San  Francisco 


or  Los  Gatos,  California 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


LFINANCIAU 

The  course  of  business    has     con- 
Business  Increasing  firmed  the  opinion  that  war  meant 

Throughout  the  U.  S.  an  increased  stimulus  to  the  indus- 
tries, modified  only  by  the  necessity 
that  under  the  pressure  of  more  business  than  they  can  handle 
there  must  be  contraction  in  some  quarters  in  order  that  there 
may  be  expansion  in  others.  Luxury  trades  are  suffering,  as 
inevitably  they  must,  but  that  only  means  a  shift  of  employ- 
ment. The  great  industries  of  the  country,  with  steel  leading, 
never  before  were  under  such  pressure.  Apparently  the  govern- 
ment requirements  are  proving  to  be  more  of  a  factor  than  was 
anticipated;  at  any  rate  private  consumers  are  competing  so 
vigorously  with  each  other  for  the  remaining  capacity  that  prices 
are  still  on  a  rising  scale.  The  announcement  that  the  British 
government  has  discontinued  work  upon  the  construction  of  a 
great  new  munitions  factory  for  the  reason  that  they  would  be 
able  to  buy  more  finished  munitions  in  the  United  States  shows 
the  effect  of  granting  credits  and  indicates  that  there  is  no  end 
of  this  class  of  business  except  in  the  limit  of  our  capacity.  The 
departure  of  one  engineering  commission  to  Russia  and  another 
to  France,  and  the  announcement  that  several  thousand  picked 
railway  men  are  to  be  sent  to  France  to  put  the  railways  in 
order,  are  indications  of  enormous  demands  from  those  quarters. 
Inquiries  in  the  steel  trade  indicate  an  enormous  booked  up 
business.  Most  of  them  now  are  for  the  first  half  of  1918,  but 
there  is  willingness  to  contract  even  into  1919,  although  on  the 
basis  of  present  prices  this  is  highly  speculative,  and  steel- 
makers discourage  it.  It  is  common  opinion,  however,  that  the 
iron  and  steel  business  is  in  for  several  years  of  full  produc- 
tion, and  the  largest  people  in  the  trade  are  proceeding  upon 
this  theory.  The  weak  spot  in  the  industrial  organization  is  the 
railroads.  Nearly  all  the  industries  could  do  more  if  they  were 
not  hampered  in  getting  necessary  supplies,  and  could  get  their 
products  promptly  out  of  their  way. 


Corporate  financing  in  May  aggregated  only  $53,104,175. 

The  smallest  total  since  July,  1916,  it  formed  only  one-third  of 
April  financing  and  about  one-fifth  of  the  January,  February 
and  March  totals.  The  falling  off  of  new  issues  in  May  was 
due  to  the  campaign  for  the  $2,000,000,000  war  loan  and  the 
fact  that  bond  houses  throughout  the  country  were  devoting 
their  efforts  and  sales  organizations  to  the  government  loan,  to 
the  exclusion  of  other  issues.  Several  railroads  have  postponed 
the  offering  of  proposed  and  sanctioned  bonds. 


That  subscriptions  to  the  Liberty  loan  bond  issue  will 

cancel  from  the  personal  property  assessment  roll  of  the  city 
and  county  approximately  $5,000,000  is  the  opinion  of  Assessor 
John  Ginty,  who  this  week  computed  the  probable  withdrawal 
of  bank  deposits,  solvent  credits  and  impounded  funds  which 
will  go  to  the  Federal  loan. 


According  to  advices  from  New  York,  the  submarine  boat 

corporation  has  approximately  $100,000,000  in  orders  on  its 
books,  and  the  Shipping  Board  is  planning  an  additional  200 
submarines,  to  cost  approximately  $200,000,000,  which  means 
that  the  submarine  boat  corporation  is  going  to  be  one  of  the 
busiest  concerns  in  the  United  States  the  next  three  years. 


Australian  reports  say  weather  is  dry  over  a  wide  area, 

and  wheat  seeding  delayed.    In  Argentina  weather  is  good,  and 
wheat  is  germinating  well. 


Battery  B,  the  pride  of  Oakland,  will  stage  a  military 

exposition  in  the  Oakland  Auditorium,  July  12,  13,  14,  as  a  fare- 
well demonstration  consisting  of  a  complete  military  encamp- 
ment and  show,  with  tents,  horses,  red  cross  hospital,  trenches, 
and  a  military  program  of  army  maneuvers,  and  drills,  conclud- 
ing nightly  with  a  military  hop.  The  proceeds  are  for  the 
benefit  of  the  mess  fund,  to  be  used  when  needed  on  the  fight- 
ing front. 


DID  YOU  KNOW 

That  the  Italian  front  is  longer  than  the  French,  British  and 
Belgian  fronts  combined? 

That  some  of  the  Italian  positions  can  only  be  reached  in 
baskets  hung  from  wires  ? 

That  Italian  railway  trains  have  been  shelled  by  submarines  ? 

That  some  of  the  most  famous  churches  in  Venice  have  been 
destroyed  by  Austrian  airplanes,  which  have  raided  that  city 
more  than  a  hundred  times? 

That  in  six  days  the  Italians  mobilized  and  equipped  and 
transported  to  the  front  an  army  of  half  a  million  men? 

That  the  French  have  built  a  52-centimeter  gun  which  fires 
a  shell  weighing  iy2  tons? 

That  the  French  have  in  commission  7,000  airplanes? 

That  tear-producing  shells  are  more  effective  and  more  gen- 
erally used  than  asphyxiating  gas? 

That  in  places  the  Austrian  and  Italian  trenches  are  only  six 
feet  apart? 

That  on  the  Western  front  men  have  been  drowned  in  the 
mud? 

That  infantry  charges  are  now  led  by  efficers  in  airplanes? 

That  the  British  have  organized  a  Salvage  Corps  to  save 
everything  on  the  battlefield;  that  even  the  rags  are  collected 
and  sold? 

That  the  traffic  on  the  roads  behind  the  British  front  is  denser 
than  the  traffic  on  Fifth  avenue,  and  that  it  is  controlled  by  traf- 
fic policemen? 

That  the  French  have  organized  a  corps  of  scene-painters  to 
paint  scenery  to  deceive  the  German  airmen  ? 

That  in  a  heavy  bombardment  the  springs  of  a  field-gun  wear 
out  in  two  days. 

That  soldiers  whose  faces  have  been  blown  away  have  been 
given  new  faces  by  American  surgeons  ? 

That  there  is  a  Russian  army  fighting  in  France? 

That  an  American  woman  is  giving  phonograph  concerts  in  the 
Belgian  first-line  trenches  ? 

That  in  one  day  the  French  fired  $1,600,000  worth  of  shells 
at  Arras ;  that  in  one  week  the  Germans  fired  two  hundred  and 
forty  train-loads  of  shells  at  Verdun;  that  in  one  month  the  Brit- 
ish fired  five  million  shells  on  the  Somme  ? 

These  are  a  few  of  the  revelations  made  by  E.  Alexander 
Powell  in  his  new  book,  "Italy  at  War,  and  the  Allies  in  the 
West." 

The  Century  Company,  New  York. 


MISS  PECK  IN  THE  SERBIAN  CAUSE. 

Miss  Janet  Peck,  sister  of  Mrs.  Frederick  B.  Sanborn,  has 
opened  a  Serbian  information  bureau  in  Room  823  Crocker 
Building.  In  England  last  year,  Miss  Peck  worked  unceasingly 
for  the  Serbian  cause.  She  gave  her  London  house  as  head- 
quarters for  the  big  committee  of  Southern  Slavs  (of  which  the 
famous  Father  Nicholai  Velimirovic,  Serbian  monk  and  patriot, 
was  a  member.)  These  exiles  pleaded  for  the  recognition  of 
their  national  unity.  After  coming  to  America  late  last  year, 
Miss  Peck  remained  in  the  East,  for  a  time,  making  an  appeal 
for  a  better  understanding  of  the  Serbian  exiles.  The  public 
is  cordially  invited  to  visit  the  headquarters,  which  will  be  open 
from  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 


-How  I  wish, 
Rita, 

I  were  a  microscopic  organism, 
Sitting 

On  your  eyelash 
And  laughing 
At  my  brothers 
Drowning  in  your 
Tears! 


-Record. 


In  an  Ohio  town  is  a  colored  man  whose  last  name  is 

Washington.  Heaven  blessed  him  with  three  sons.  When  the 
first  son  arrived  the  father  named  him  George  Washington.  In 
due  time  the  second  son  came.  Naturally  he  was  christened 
Booker  Washington.  When  the  third  man  child  was  born  his 
parent  was  at  a  loss,  at  first,  for  a  name  for  him.  Finally, 
though,  he  hit  on  a  suitable  selection.  The  third  son,  if  he  lives, 
will  go  through  life  as  Spokane  Washington. — Saturday  Even- 
ing Post. 


and  Call  fori 


:>  vou  rr.c»n  f 


Woman— I   want   a   divorce.      La« 

alimony?    Woman— One  hundred  per.    I  wo. 
for  less. — Town  Topics. 


He — If  I  stole  a  kiss  would  you  scream  for  your  parents? 

She— No;  not  unless  you  wanted  to  kiss  the  whole  family.— 
Pennsylvania  State  Froth. 

Mistress— They  say  there  are  10.000.000  germs  on  the 

cap  of  a  milk  bottle.  Maid — Sure,  ain't  it  lucky  it  don't  wear  a 
coat  and  pants. — Town  Topics. 

-Mother — Your  father  didn't  take  his  cold  bath  this  morn- 
ing, did  he?  Johnny— Nope.  I  heard  him  kicking  because 
there  wasn't  any  hot  water. — Life. 

"Mother,  dear,  what  is  economy?"     "Ethel,  where  on 

earth  did  you  pick  up  that  vulgar  expression?  Don't  ever  let 
me  hear  you  use  it  again." — Puck. 

"Is   it  necessary  to   inclose   stamps?"  asked  the  poet. 

"More  necessary  even  than  to  inclose  poetry,"  responded  the 
experienced  author. — New  York  Sun. 

— — Wunce — He  lost  all  he  had  in  Wall  street,  but  later  he 
married  a  widow  with  three  million  dollars.  Twyce — I  see.  Lost 
on  the  stocks  but  won  on  the  bonds. — The  Lamb. 

Harduppe — What  is  your  opinion  of  Flubdub's  honesty? 

Borrowell — Mighty  poor.  He  actually  came  around  to  my  house 
and  stole  an  umbrella  I  had  borrowed  from  him. — Life. 

Professor — The   boys  were   so  entranced  this  morning 

that  they  remained  in  my  lecture  all  through  the  dinner  hour. 
His  Daughter — Why  didn't  you  wake  them  up  ? — Tiger. 

"Has  your  husband  quit  work?"    "Yes.    He  has  figured 

it  out  that  he  can  save  more  by  staying  home  and  running  the 
furnace  economically  than  he  can  earn  by  going  down-town." — 
Washington  Star. 

Papa    (sternly) — Come  here,  sir!     Your  mother  and  I 

agree  that  you  deserve  a  good  whipping.  Small  Boy  (bitterly) 
— Oh,  yes.  That's  about  the  only  thing  that  you  and  mamma 
ever  do  agree  about. — London  Answers. 

Old  Lady — Conductor,  why  did  the  train  stop  before  we 

come  to  the  station?  Conductor — Ran  over  a  pig,  ma'am.  Old 
Lady — What!  Was  it  on  the  track?  Conductor — No — oh.no! 
We  chased  it  up  the  embankment. — Puck. 

"You  wouldn't  sell  your  vote,  would  you?"    "No,  suh," 

answered  Erastus  Pinkley.  "But  if  a  gemmen  what's  runnin' 
foh  office  was  to  give  me  two  dollahs,  common  gratitude  would 
make  me  vote  foh  him." — New  York  Times. 

Actor — I  say,  old  man,  I  wish  you'd  advance  me  $5  and 

take  it  out  of  my  first  week's  salary.  Manager — But,  my  dear 
fellow,  suppose  it  happened  that  I  couldn't  pay  your  first  week's 
salary,  where  would  I  be  ? — Boston  Transcript. 

■ A  cynical  minded  gentleman  was  standing  in  front  of  an 

exhibition  of  local  art  talent  hbeled,  "Art  Objects."  "Well," 
he  announced  to  the  attendant  in  charge,  "I  should  think  Art 
v/ould  object,  and  I  can't  say  that  I  blame  her." 

Mrs.  Jinks — My  husband  was  a  confirmed  smoker  when 

I  married  him,  but  today  he  never  smokes.  Mrs.  Binks — Good ! 
To  break  off  a  lifetime  habit  like  that  requires  a  strong  will. 
Mrs.  Jinks — Well,  that's  what  I've  got. — Ideas. 

Churchwarden  Brown — Excuse  me,  Mr.  Smith,  but  are 

you  aware  that  you  put  a  false  half-crown  in  the  contribution- 
plate  this  morning?  Mr.  Smith — Yes;  I  owe  the  heathen  a 
grudge  for  eating  a  missionary  uncle. — Glasgow  Record. 

"I  don't  believe  in  war,"  remarked  Broncho  Bob  "Neither 

do  I,"  replied  Three-Finger  Sam.  "And  I  alsodon't  believe  in 
hoss-stelin;  therefore  bein'  willin'  to  get  out  with  a  firearm  an' 
discourage  anybody  who  tries  to  introduce  the  custom." — Wash- 
ington Star. 


' 

.ir  end?     I 
who  made  you  an  editor  ?— The  Sketch. 

"Grocery  butter  is  so  unsatisfactory,  dear."  said   Mrs. 

Youngbriii'  ied  today  I  .iuld  make  our  own." 

"Oh,  did  you?"  said  her  husband.  "Yes;  I  bought  a  churn  and 
ordered  buttermilk  to  be  left  1  ;ly.    Won't  it  be  nice 

to  have  really  fresh  butter?" — Boston  Transcript. 

"Arc  you  an  advocate  of  prohibition?"  asked  the  lady 

with  the  Bryanesquc  chin.  "Yes,  ma'am,"  replied  the  individ- 
ual with  the  irrigated,  carmine-colored  eyes,  "I  advocate  pro- 
hibition, in  its  proper  place."  "In  its  proper  place?  What  do 
you  mean,  sir?"  she  demanded  suspiciously.  "I  mean,  ma'am," 
he  answered,  "at  least  twenty  miles  from  any  human  habita- 
tion, ma'am." — Providence  Journal. 

— - — Two  fair  munition  workers  were  discussing  their  personal 
affairs.    "Got  a  chap  yet,  Liz?"  inquired  one.    "Yes ;  and  he's  a 

regular  toff.    He's  manager  at "    "You  don't  say  so!    Why, 

they  tell  me  he's  real  refined."  "Rather!  Why  he  took  me  to 
a  restaurant  last  week,  and  when  we  had  coffee  he  poured  it  into 
a  saucer  to  cool  it,  but  he  didn't  blow  it  like  common  people 
would — he  fanned  it  with  his  hat!" — Tit-Bits. 

A  matter-of-fact  mind  like  Mrs.  Moody's  is  a  comfort  to 

the  person  who  has  it,  and  a  never-ending  delight  to  the  person's 
friends.  "I  suppose  you  went  to  bed  with  the  chickens  while 
you  were  staying  on  the  farm  this  summer,"  said  one  of  the 
neighbors.  "No,  indeed!"  replied  Mrs.  Moody,  with  much  dig- 
nity. "They  were  very  neat,  quiet  people,  and  the  chickens 
slept  somewhere  at  the  back  of  the  house." 

Opportunities  in  Mexico — The  following  was  received  by 

a  local  firm  of  manufacturing  plumbers:  More  than  one  Cabel- 
lcro :  Might  I  impress  with  pleasure  the  above  peoples  to  dis- 
patch Juan  Vargas  completely  enumeration  of  shower  washes 
befitting  bathing  rooms.  It  should  be  the  impress  of  shower 
washes  in  American  club  for  Mexico  City.  Rapidly  can  the 
above  peoples  say  yes.  With  purity  of  heart,  Juan  Vargas  & 
Sons. 

Mrs.  Smith  hired  a  Chinese  servant,  and  tried  to  teach 

him  how  to  receive  calling  cards.  She  let  herself  out  the  front 
door,  and  when  the  new  servant  answered  her  ring  she  gave 
him  her  card.  The  next  day  two  ladies  came  to  visit  Mrs.  Smith. 
When  they  presented  their  cards,  the  alert  Chinaman  hastily 
compared  them  with  Mrs.  Smith's  card,  and  remarked  as  he 
closed  the  door:  "Tickets  no  good;  you  can't  come  in." — Los 
Angeles  Times. 

The  pretty  girl  of  the  party  was  bantering  the  genial 

bachelor  on  his  reasons  for  remaining  single.  "No-o-o,  I  never 
was  exactly  disappointed  in  love,"  he  meditated.  "I  was  more 
v/hat  you  might  call  discouraged.  You  see,  when  I  was  very 
young  I  became  very  much  enamored  of  a  young  lady  of  my  ac- 
quaintance; I  was  mortally  afraid  to  tell  her  of  my  feeling,  but 
at  last  I  screwed  up  my  courage  to  the  proposing  point.  I  said: 
'Let's  get  married.'  And  she  said:  'Good  Lord!  Who'd  have 
us!'  " — Everybody's. 

It  was  the  first  week  that  the  Smiths,  who  had  fallen  heir 

to  considerable  property,  had  been  in  their  new  home.  Mrs. 
Smith  was  giving  a  dinner  party,  with  the  fond  hope  that  from 
this  occasion  she  would  be  fairly  launched  in  society.  "Lena," 
said  Mrs.  Smith,  to  her  new  cook,  "be  sure  and  mash  the  pease 
thoroughly  to-night."  "What,  ma'am?"  exclaimed  the  amazed 
cook;  "mash  the  peas?"  "Yes,  that  is  what  I  said,  Lena,  mash 
the  pease,"  repeated  the  mistress.  "It  makes  Mr.  Smith  very 
nervous  at  dinner  to  have  them  roll  off  his  knife." 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


Leaks  from  Wireless 


Andrew  Carnegie,  who  has  a  permanent  summer  home  at 
Lenox,  is  not  to  visit  Skibo  castle  again  because  of  changes 
wrought  by  the  war.  He  has  taken  the  war  very  hard,  but  the 
state  of  his  health  is  said  to  give  no  immediate  cause  for  anx- 
iety. 

*  *  * 

The  Lawyers'  Club  of  New  York  has  formed  a  $50,000  cor- 
poration, hired  400  acres  from  the  Stewart  estate  near  Garden 
City,  L.  I.,  and  will  raise  vegetables.  It  was  at  first  proposed 
that  each  member  be  pledged  to  cultivate  an  acre,  but  instead 
an  expert  superintendent  is  to  employ  farm  labor — which  will 
produce  better  results.  This  venture  will  be  made  more  than 
a  temporary  undertaking,  because  of  the  belief  that  whether 
the  war  is  ended  or  not,  the  food  shortage  is  bound  to  continue 

for  several  years. 

*  *  * 

The  other  day,  in  Cleveland,  two  prominent  German-Ameri- 
cans resigned  from  the  Mayor's  war  board  on  the  ground  that 
assisting  in  intensive  garden-farming  would  help  Great  Britain 
and  her  allies.  That  it  would  help  the  United  States  was  ap- 
parently a  matter  of  indifference  to  these  gentlemen. 

*  *  * 

A  recent  documentary  find  in  Genoa,  it  is  said,  discloses  the 
fact  that  the  discovery  of  America  cost  only  $7,000.  An  expla- 
nation for  this  may,  perhaps,  be  found  in  the  answer  to  the 
conundrum,  Why  was  George  Washington,  when  a  boy,  able  to 
throw  an  English  half-crown  piece  across  the  widest  part  of  the 
Potomac  River?     Because  money  went  farther  in  those  days 

than  it  does  now. 

*  *  * 

After  telling  us  that  the  Kilauea  Sugar  Plantation  Company 
of  Hawaii  earned  a  net  profit  of  $149,737  on  its  1916  crop,  and 
paid  dividends  of  $120,000  during  the  year,  it  seems  a  trifle 
superfluous  for  the  dispatch  bringing  this  information  to  say 
that  the  concern  is  satisfied  with  the  business  it  is  doing.  If 
only  the  sugar  consumer  felt  all  right  about  it,  then  everything 

would  be  well. 

*  %  * 

The  vigorous,  not  to  say  heated,  discussion  which  recently 
took  place  in  the  House  of  Lords  over  the  proposal  of  the  Na- 
tional Gallery  Trustees  to  dispose  of  some  of  the  "Turners," 
which  the  nation  possesses  in  such  vast  quantities,  and  to  use  the 
proceed  to  prevent  "some  very  important  'Titians'  going  out  of 
the  country,"  would  seem  to  have  been  more  vigorous  and  more 
heated  than  the  "danger"  justified.  At  any  rate,  there  is  no  im- 
mediate risk  of  the  stock  of  "Turners"  running  out.  Of  the  20,- 
000  examples  of  the  famous  artist  in  the  national  possession, 
about  18,000,  it  was  stated  in  the  course  of  the  debate,  have 
never  been  exhibited  at  all,  the  majority  of  them  being  hidden 
away  in  drawers,  shelves  and  safes. 


The  "Swanky"  One — I'm  smoking  a  terrible  lot  of  cigars 

lately.    The  Other  (with  conviction) — You're  right,  if  that's  one 
of  them. — Tit-Bits. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  FranUlin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


AUSTRALIA  and   NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(ESTABLISHED  1117) 

$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 
$50,678,200.00 

$277,488,871.00 

J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

33S  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  States,  New  Zealand. 
Fiji.  Papua,  (New  Guinea),  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET,  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve   Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


THE   CANADIAN  BANK   OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE,  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED   1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L.       Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

IOKNA.RO  GeneraSr     Reserve  Fund  ,"'500,000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager      Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange   Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,"  Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO    BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2,125,891.04 
Deposits  50,513,«76.42 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  In  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^  German  Savings  &  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 


Savings 


Incorporated   1868 


Commercial 


526  California  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,S.W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,   S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,   1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve    and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt  of  deposits  only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING       STORING       PACKING       SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE    AND    WAREHOUSE 

985-987     HOWARD    STREET 


Phone  Douglas  2177 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City. 


June  16,  1917 


an. I  Gil i fori: 


Library-  Table 


Tile  titIe  sence  of  this  illuminating 

txx>k  by  Holm. 

those  in  doubt  i  nsight 

ol  vocational  self-measurement  based  upon  their  natural  abili- 
ties, so  that  men  and  women  ,ment  ma-, 
themselves."     Over  fourteen  hundred  profes  s  and 
occupations  are  listed,  with  the  possibilities                    nal  re- 
quirements for  success  in  each.    Every  one  who  thinks  : 
a  square  peg  in  a  round  hole  should  have  this  book.    Youn« 
men  and  women  starting  out  in  life  may  save  years  of 
effort  and  bitter  disappointment  by  following  the  instructions 
of  this  expert  vocational  adviser.    In  this  day,  when  the  highly 
organized  efficiency  of  industries  and  of  nations  is  so  in 
tive,  this  book  carries  a  message  which  is  vital  to  the  individual. 
$1.50  net.    Funk  &  Wagnalls  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"God  the  Invisible  King." 

The  fourth  edition  of  H.  G.  Wells'  "God  the  Invisible  King" 
has  already  been  required  although  the  book  was  only  published 
on  May  10th.  Here  is  a  volume  which  promises  to  provoke  as 
much  discussion  as  did  the  novel  which  preceded  it,  "Mr.  Brit- 
ling  Sees  It  Through."  In  fact,  its  nature  is  such  as  to  pre- 
suppose a  reading  by  all  those  who  enjoyed  "Mr.  Britling." 
For  in  this  book,  which  has  been  aptly  described  as  a  study  of 
Mr.  Britling's  religion,  Mr.  Wells  pursues  further  and  to  inter- 
esting and  significant  conclusions,  the  religious  ideas  which  were 
so  powerfully  presented  in  the  closing  pages  of  the  earlier  vol- 
ume.   Macmillan  Company,  New  York. 

*  *  • 

The  Globe-Trotter  Turns  to  America. 

What  has  become  of  the  American  globe-trotter?  With  the 
cutbreak  of  the  European  war  an  immense  volume  of  pleasure 
travel  was  suddenly  deflected  into  other  channels.  In  1913  some 
250,000  made  the  eastward  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  in  the 
first  and  second  cabins.  Since  the  war  broke  near  the  end  of 
the  following  season  the  next  year's  traffic  was  reduced  only  to 
about  204,000,  but  in  the  following  season,  that  of  1915,  it  had 
fallen  to  66,000.  It  has  been  estimated  that  American  tourisU 
have  spent  upwards  of  $500,000,000  in  foreign  travel  in  an  av- 
erage season.  The  American  love  of  sight-seeing,  however,  is 
insatiable,  and  the  tide  of  travel,  still  unchecked,  surges  west- 
ward. It  is  a  source  of  satisfaction  to  find  that  the  number  of 
visitors  to  our  National  Parks  has  increased  in  a  ratio  propor- 
tionate to  the  decline  in  European  travel.  According  to  the  fig- 
ures collected  by  the  Department  of  the  Interior  the  attendance 
was  increased  by  100,000  in  the  first  year  of  the  war,  while  in 
the  1916  season  even  these  figures  were  exceeded.  A  surprising 
proportion  of  these  tourists  went  to  the  parks  by  automobile. — 
From  "Seeing  America,"  in  the  American  Review  of  Reviews 

for  June,  1917. 

*  *  * 

Children's  Choice  of  Occupations. 

"No  normal  person  will  deliberately  choose  a  calling  which 
has  nothing  but  commonplace  drudgery  in  it,"  declares  Profes- 
sor M.  V.  O'Shea  in  the  July  Mother's  Magazine.  "To  make 
house-keeping  attractive  to  the  young  there  must  be  a  certain 
element  of  romance  about  it.  A  reformer  may  talk  to  girls 
about  the  duty  of  making  a  home  until  he  is  black  in  the  face, 
without  producing  any  effect,  provided  that  in  the  girls'  actual 
contact  with  housekeeping  they  are  impressed  only  with  its 
dull,  heavy,  monotonous  routine.  This  undoubtedly  is  one  potent 
reason  why  such  a  large  proportion  of  girls  would  rather  do  al- 
most anything  else  than  keep  a  house." — From  an  article  in  the 

July  "Mother's  Magazine." 

v  *  * 

Only  11  Acres  to  Feed  Each  Person. 

The  June  "Farm  and  Fireside"  says :  "The  earth  has  a  trifle 
less  than  197,000,000  square  miles  of  total  surface.  A  little 
over  a  fourth  of  this  surface  is  land,  55,000,000  square  miles  of 
it.  And  of  this  28,000,000  square  miles,  or  a  scant  fraction  over 
t-ne-half,  is  soil  that  can  be  used  for  food  production.  The  rest 
is  desert,  mountain  range  and  polar  regions.  A  little  of  this 
might  possibly  be  reclaimed,  but  not  very  much.  So  here  we 
are  1,600,000,000  people  on  the  earth  to  feed,  and  28,000,000 


tillable  land  wit  ioced 

to  figures  in  which  we  tomed  to  i 

r.c  person  must 

.tee,  the  world  lone." 

must  be  done  or  somc!> 
.is  in  the  last  two  yean, 

to  death  befot- 
almost  as  ;  Iging  fron 

ictent,  the  poor  especially." 


MRS.   RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 

OPEN    ALL   SUMMER. 


.KI.ANli   1 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding   and    Day    School    for   Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2123|    BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


High  School,  Grammar  and  Primary  Departments,  with  French 
School  for  little  children.  Fully  accredited  by  the  University  of 
California.  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Unlverilty  and  by  Eaitern  Col- 
leges. 

SARAH  D.   HAMLIN.  M.  A. 

2230  Pacific  Ave.,   San   Francisco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    CARE     GIVEN     TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 

Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 

Musical    Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 

2315  JACKSON   STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 
tor 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The    Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

150  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR     CATALOG 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE    BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,   near  MCALLISTER 
PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos,  BeringerfConcert  Pianist)  Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto 
Thorough  education  In  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


INSURANCE 


Last  year  the  fire  insurance  companies  operating  in  New  York 
paid  out  in  taxes — exclusive  of  taxes  on  real  estate — a  sum  in 
excess  of  their  aggregate  underwriting  profit.  The  proposed 
increase  in  Federal  taxes  will  practically  double  the  amount  of 
taxes  to  be  paid  by  the  companies.  Last  year  the  Continental 
paid  in  total  taxes  $358,335.92,  of  which  $89,718.22  went  to  the 
Federal  Government.  The  proposed  war  tax  will  yield  to  the 
Federal  powers  $402,020.81.  In  the  case  of  the  Fidelity-Phe- 
nix,  the  proposed  measure  will  increase  that  company's  taxes 
from  $258,759.06  to  $506,968.68,  of  which  more  than  half,  viz., 
$305,652.85,  will  go  to  the  Federal  Government.  The  Ameri- 
can Eagle  paid  only  $12,182.15  in  taxes  last  year.  This  year's 
estimates  are  $29,441.11,  of  which  the  Federal  Government  will 
claim  $16,259.96.  These  figures  demonstrate  that  the  new 
taxes  cannot  be  met  out  of  underwriting  profits,  but  must  come 
in  many  cases  from  other  sources.  There  is  not,  of  course,  any 
objection  on  the  part  of  the  companies  to  a  war  tax.  But  the 
companies  do  ask  of  Congress  that  on  the  levying  of  a  war  tax 
the  manner  in  which  the  companies  are  to  be  taxed  shall  be 
carefully  considered,  so  that  in  paying  the  tax  no  company  shall 
be  so  hampered  in  the  conduct  of  its  business  that  it  will  find 
itself  carrying  on  business  at  a  loss  so  great  as  to  make  retire- 
ment imperative. 

*  *  * 

This  year's  life  underwriters'  picnic  at  Pinehurst,  of  the 
members  and  friends  of  the  San  Francisco  Life  Underwriters' 
Association,  was  a  huge  success.  More  than  two  hundred  life 
insurance  men  with  their  sweethearts  and  wives  participated, 
and  the  arrangements  under  the  chairmanship  of  Walter  E. 
Webb,  assisted  by  Fred  A.  Stolp,  Russell  B.  Field,  L.  B.  Mess- 
ier and  President  George  Leisander,  were  perfect.  There  was 
a  special  train  and  a  delightful  ride  over  the  Oakland  &  Antioch 
line,  dancing,  music  and  a  bounteous  luncheon.  There  were 
races  and  other  strenuous  exercises  of  like  character,  too,  with 
prizes  that  were  awarded  to  the  wives  or  other  partners  of  the 
winners.  These  annual  picnics  do  a  world  of  good  in  bringing 
people  together,  and  making  them  acquainted  with  one  another. 

George  W.  Kemper,  who  was  formerly  with  the  Pacific  De- 
partment of  the  Royal  Indemnity,  has  been  appointed  manager 
of  the  automobile  department  of  George  O.  Hoadley  to  become 
effective  July  1st.  Kemper  will  succeed  Harvey  W.  Allen,  who 
has  resigned  to  accept  a  similar  position  with  the  Niagara  and 
allied  companies.  Allen  has  a  wide  experience  in  automobile 
insurance,  he  having  been  connected  with  the  Aetna  department 

for  three  years. 

*  *  * 

Fred  A.  Jacobs  was  instantly  killed  when  the  brakes  on  his 
machine  failed  to  work  on  a  steep  grade.  The  machine  turned 
over  several  times  when  it  rolled  down  an  embankment,  and 
Jacobs'  neck  was  broken.  He  was  the  head  of  the  Portland 
real  estate  and  insurance  agency,  and  was  formerly  manager 

of  the  Germania  Life  Insurance  Company  at  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

H.  E.  Roberts,  editor  of  the  "Insurance  Advocate"  of  New 

York,  for  many  years,  died  suddenly  of  acute  indigestion.  He 

was  returning  home,  on  his  way  from  his  office,  when  he  was 

taken  sick  and  died  in  the  Hoboken  ferry  house.    Mr.  Roberts 

was  fifty-six  years  old,  and  at  one  time  served  as  vice-president 

of  the  Interstate  Life  of  Indianapolis. 
*  *  * 

A.  T.  Bailey,  consequent  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Curtis,  of  the 
insurance  firm  of  Curtis  &  Bailey,  succeeds  to  the  management 
of  the  New  Hampshire,  Providence  Washington  County  Fire 

and  Oil  Colony,  in  their  Pacific  Departments. 

*  *  * 

Glen  R.  Lumbard  has  been  appointed  special  agent  for  J.  F. 
Magee  general  agency,  to  become  effective  June  1st.  Mr.  Lum- 
bard's  territory  will  be  California,  with  headquarters  at  San 

Francisco. 

*  *  * 

The  Continental  Casualty  paid  $3,000  to  the  widow  of  Hum- 
phrey Hughes,  the  latter  having  met  his  death  by  drowning  at 
San  Francisco  while  holding  an  accident  policy  with  the  com- 
pany. 


The  Western  States  Life  shows  a  remarkable  increase  in  new 
business  during  the  month  of  May.  The  paid-for  business 
amounts  to  $745,000,  an  increase  over  May,  1916,  of  169,500. 
The  total  written  business  so  far  this  year  amounts  to  $4,384,- 
200. 

The  Fireman's  Fund  has  appointed  J.  H.  Snell  State  agent 
for  both  fire  and  automobile  departments  in  Texas.  Mr.  Snell 
has  faithfully  served  the  company  in  the  capacity  of  special 
agent  in  Western  Texas  for  over  six  years,  and,  therefore,  needs 
no  introduction. 

*  *  * 

A  large  crowd  were  present  to  hear  the  lecture  delivered  by 
Arthur  M.  Brown,  head  of  Edward  Brown  &  Sons'  general 
agency.  The  lecture  dealt  on  efficiency,  and  is  the  last  of  the 
present  series  of  the  Fire  Underwriters'  Association  of  the 
Pacific. 


PASSING  OF  A  NOTABLE  BOHEMIAN. 

In  the  recent  passing  of  Jeremiah  Lynch,  California  lost  one 
of  its  most  picturesque  Bohemians  and  a  man  that  filled  a  long- 
felt  want  as  a  good  fellow.  Though  born  in  good  old  conserva- 
tive Massachusetts,  the  core  of  Yankeedom,  he  was  reborn  by 
coming  to  California  in  his  ninth  year  (bora  March,  1849), 
where  he  early  developed  the  Western  spirit  and  the  Western 
breeziness  and  cheerfulness  of  life.  His  life  was  typical  of 
his  dramatic  background,  and  his  philosophy  of  life  enabled  him 
to  get  just  what  he  wanted  out  of  life.  As  a  Bohemian  optimist 
he  fed  fat  of  the  good  things  that  he  wanted  in  life.  At  twenty 
he  started  life  by  working  in  a  baking  powder  concern  owned 
by  his  uncle.  The  powder  promptly  got  into  his  blood,  and 
from  then  on  he  was  always  rising.  Like  a  typical  Califomian 
he  plunged  into  chances,  and  joined  the  flock  of  good  fellows 
that  manipulated  the  mining  stock  exchange  during  the  years 
when  the  big  Comstock  bonanzas  were  astonishing  the  world. 
He  arose  there,  as  he  always  arose  wherever  he  ventured,  and 
was  twice  elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  board.  In  politics 
he  came  to  the  fore,  and  besides  being  a  State  senator,  he  had 
the  unqualified  satisfaction  of  doing  sturdy  work  in  driving 
Boss  Chris  Buckley  and  his  cadaver  following  out  of  the  State. 
James  Bryce  mentions  Lynch's  work  in  his  "American  Com- 
monwealth," a  compliment  indeed. 

Occasionally  Fate  tripped  him  to  stiffen  his  stamina  and  test 
his  courage,  but  "Jerry  always  came  back"  just  as  he  did  when 
he  joined  the  rush  to  the  Klondike,  and  in  three  years  cleaned 
up  another  fortune.  His  Egyptian  days  were  the  exotic  flower 
of  his  life.  '  All  through  his  career  he  loved  to  play  with  the 
pen,  and  he  made  a  name  for  himself  as  an  author  in  his 
"Egyptian  Sketches,"  "A  Senator  of  the  Fifties,"  "Three  Years 
on  the  Klondike,"  and  the  shoals  of  good  things  he  wrote  for 
Bohemian  jinks  and  periodicals.  He  was  one  of  the  old  guard 
of  that  notable  club.  He  never  married,  but  like  a  true  cos- 
mopolitan contented  himself  with  taking  the  world  as  he  found 
it.  He  is  survived  by  four  sisters  and  two  brothers,  Miss  Clara 
Lynch,  Mrs.  John  B.  Scott,  Mrs.  Mary  Clunin,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Leary, 
Timothy  Lynch  and  George  Lynch. 


In  one  of  the  mining  towns  of  Arizona  there  is  a  church 

that  has  an  excellent  young  pastor,  but  the  attendance,  unfortu- 
nately, is  small.  Among  the  members  is  a  rather  attractive  young 
widow.  One  evening,  when  the  attendance  had  been  unusually 
small,  she  met  the  deacon  after  service,  who  shook  hands  heart- 
ily and  asked :  "How  did  you  like  the  sermon  ?"  "I  think  it  was 
just  too  perfectly  lovely  for  anything,"  gushed  the  widow,  "but 
the  congregation  was  so  small  tonight  that  every  time  the 
preacher  said  'dearly  beloved,'  I  positively  blushed." 


She   (at  masquerade  ball) — Do  you  think  my  costume 

becoming.    He — Yes,  indeed;  but  you  would  be  lovely  in  any 
disguise. 


Tel.    Douglas   4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


16.  1917 


and  California    \ 


&UIOMOBIL 


It  is  well  known  that  mechanical  traction  has  been  utilized  to 
a  very  large  extent  in  the  great  war.  It  is  a  fact  that  the  war 
could  not  be  conducted  in  anything  like  the  manner  it  is  being 
conducted  without  the  use  of  tractors,  not  to  speak  of  motor 
bucks,  motor  boats  and  railroads. 

It  has  been  appreciated  for  a  long  time  that  mechanical  power 
can  be  employed  in  many  ways  for  the  transportation  of  troops, 
supplies,  munitions  of  war,  and  guns.  A  great  quantity  of  trac- 
tors are  now  in  use  on  this  basis,  and  the  United  State  govern- 
ment will  undoubtedly  have  many  thousands  in  such  service 
within  a  relatively  short  time.  The  haulage  of  field  guns  by 
European  armies  has  been  largely  by  mechanical  power,  and  a 
great  deal  of  development  work  has  been  done  by  the  Ordnance 
Department  of  our  army.  In  fact,  we  have  in  this  country  the 
first  completely  motorized  field  artillery  battery,  this  having 
been  developed  and  used  experimentally  and  for  work  at  Fort 
Sill,  Oklahoma.  The  Ordnance  Department  is  doing  a  great 
deal  of  advanced  work  at  this  time.  Some  of  the  best  trained 
officers  in  the  army  are  devoting  their  entire  attention  to  the 
subject,  and  several  of  the  prominent  members  of  the  Society 
of  Automotive  Engineers  are  also  engaged  in  the  work. 

There  are  many  logical  reasons  in  favor  of  the  substitution  of 
motor  driven  apparatus  for  horses  in  the  marshalling  of  field 
guns.  Horses  of  the  type  required  are  becoming  more  and  more 
scarce  and  costly.  It  has  been  established  that  certain  types  of 
ground,  difficult  to  negotiate,  can  be  covered  by  the  use  of  trac- 
tors when  this  would  be  impossible  with  horses.  The  tractor, 
as  a  whole,  is  in  one  sense  more  vulnerable  to  gun  fire  than  a 
field  artillery  team  of  eight  horses;  on  the  other  hand,  the  trac- 
tor can  work  longer  and  be  repaired  within  shorter  time  than  is 
required  generally  for  a  horse  to  recover  from  any  ailment.  Sen- 
timental reasons,  of  course,  are  in  favor  of  the  horse  being 
emancipated  from  the  frequently  extremely  heavy  work  of  gun 
haulage.  It  seems  very  likely  that  greater  development  of  trac- 
tors of  the  military  type  will  redound  to  the  benefit  of  the  com- 
mercial users  of  tractors. 

The  use  of  tractors  in  the  European  war  was  based  very 
largely  upon  commercial  development  of  American  engineering 
products,  and  since  the  war  American  engineers  have  forged 
ahead,  and  will  undoubtedly  bring  about  increasingly  gratifying 
results  at  an  early  date. 

The  Tractor  Standards  Division,  of  the  Society  of  Automotive 
Engineers  is  co-operating  in  several  fields  of  tractor  progress, 
including  that  having  to  do  with  the  heavy  ordnance  work.  The 
manufacturers  of  passenger  cars,  motor  trucks,  parts  and  acces- 
sories for  automotive  apparatus,  aircraft,  watercraft  and  motor- 
cycles are  represented  on  this  committee,  which  has  within  its 
jurisdiction  some  matters  of  a  commercial  nature,  as  well  as 
those  involving  engineering  problems. 

The  great  potentiality  of  the  farm  tractor  in  the  solution  of 
the  world's  food  problem  is  well  appreciated.  Many  points  are, 
however,  involved  in  the  adequate  production  and  use  of  farm 
tractors.  In  the  nature  of  a  starting  point  is  the  fact  that  the 
average  farmer  does  not  understand  sufficiently  the  merit  of  the 
tractor  as  a  tool  for  him,  and  is  not  trained  as  he  should  be  in 
the  operation  of  the  mechanical  apparatus.  Any  machinery 
ever  produced  requires  some  attention  at  regular  intervals.  There 
are  well  known  cases  of  tractors  which  have  failed  in  the  hands 
of  some  owners  and  been  highly  successful  in  the  service  of 
owners  who  had  some  adequate  knowledge  of  the  attention  ac- 
tually required  by  the  machines. 

There  is  no  manner  of  doubt  that  a  great  deal  of  tractor  de- 
velopment, as  an  immediate  result  of  military  activities,  is  at 
hand  and  in  sight.  The  most  spectacular  feature  of  this  develop- 
ment is  the  military  work,  but  the  production  of  crops  in  greatly 
increased  quantities  is  a  consideration  second  to  none  in  the 
national  welfare. 


e  and  prac- 

<»on». 

e  no  longer 


C*"v,na  Empty  S«»tt  Now  Out  of  Stylo 

.:  around  en  ,in£  qui  c. 

.  • 

ir».    The 
the  new  married  man 

nd  the  big  car  for  I 
K-ood  sign. 

•  •  • 

Santlmont  Rapidly  Widening  for  Prlaon  Labor 

of  the  National  Committee  on  Prisons  and 
n  Labor  into  the  reli 

farms,  shows  that  thi  .  able- 

bodied  men  now 

be  depended  upon  to  perform  the  tasks  set  for 
ie  slightest  fear  of  their  escaping.     The  com- 
roughout  the  country  there  is  an  in.  r.timent  for 

mploymcnt  of  convicts  on  roads  and  farms  to  assist  in  re- 
lieving the  food  pressure  which,  because  of  the  war,  confronts 
the  nation. 

•  •  • 

Big  Demand  for  Motor  Trucks 

War  prosperity  has  struck  the  Pacific  Coast  in  a  most  pro- 
nounced way,  according  to  a  statement  just  made  by  F.  Linn 
Mathewson,  the  head  of  the  Mathewson  Motor  Company. 
Maxfer  Distributors.  This  prosperity,  which  first  made  its  ap- 
pearance some  forty  days  ago,  has  increased  to  such  an  extent 
that  it  is  demanding  supplies  greater  than  the  production.  Up 
tc  the  period  mentioned,  there  was  an  intermittent  demand  for 
motor  trucks,  sales  being  made  only  here  and  there.  Little 
over  a  month  ago,  about  the  time  the  Mathewson  Company 
took  on  the  Maxfer,  the  demand  commenced  to  increase.  At 
first  it  was  possible  to  carry  a  stock  on  hand.  Then  they  were 
sold  as  they  arrived,  until  now  the  orders  reach  to  the  factory, 
covering  shipments  en  route  and  those  about  to  leave.  Within 
forty  days,  five  hundred  of  these  Maxfers  have  been  sold  and 
one  hundred  delivered  in  the  territory  of  Northern  California 
and  Nevada. 

Mathewson,  in  speaking  of  trade  outlook,  says:  "The  man 
who  does  not  care  to  be  swamped  in  the  wave  of  success  and 
prosperity  should  stop  thinking  of  the  high  cost  of  living  and 
the  advancing  price  of  commodities,  and  devote  his  attention  to 
reaping  some  of  the  success  and  prosperity. 

"No  matter  what  things  cost,  every  one  who  is  keen  to  the 
occasion  will  make  money.  The  fact  that  the  tremendous  quan- 
tities of  everything  grown  or  manufactured  is  being  consumed 
means  an  increase  that  must  be  paid  to  those  who  do  the 
handling.  So  considering  what  one  has  to  pay  out,  it  is  better 
business  to  consider  and  plan  how  to  increase  what  is  coming 
in.  This  is  the  vital  question  of  to-day.  How  one  can  increase 
capacity  to  meet  increased  demand.  It  is  along  these  lines  that 
the  motor  truck  is  helping  to  solve  the  question.  For  the  man 
who  is  just  reaching  out,  the  cost  of  a  full-fledged,  exclusive  mo- 
tor truck  is  out  of  the  question.  The  demands  on  his  capital  to 
carry  on  an  increased  business  prohibits  such  an  investment; 
but  with  the  attachment  such  as  the  Maxfer,  he  can  use  the  car 
he  has,  or  buy  one  of  the  cheap-priced  pleasure  cars,  and  have 
a  motor  truck  that  will  not  only  handle  his  increasing  business, 
but  one  that  is  so  economical  that  it  precludes  the  thought  of 

ever  installing  the  horse-drawn  delivery." 

*  *  * 

Permanent  Markers  to  be  Placed  Along  Lincoln  Highway 

Arrangements  have  been  completed  by  the  Lincoln  Highway 
Association  for  the  erection  of  permanent,  artistic  markers  at 
each  State  line  crossed  by  the  Highway  between  New  York  and 
San  Francisco.  Eleven  especially  made  markers,  each  34  by  22 
inches  in  size  mounted  on  post  standing  7V2  feet  above  the 
ground  upon  a  foundation  of  concrete,  have  been  manufactured 
and  are  now  being  shipped  to  the  various  Lincoln  Highway 
Consuls  at  points  nearest  the  State  boundary  lines  in  the  States 

traversed  by  the  Lincoln  Highway. 

*  *  * 

Man  is  so  constituted  that  he  will  do  more  howling  about  a 

damaged  tire  than  over  a  stricken  conscience. 

*  *  * 

The  great  difficulty  many  persons  find  in  owning  a  motor  car 
is  to  keep  appearances  up  and  expenses  down. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


Black  Point  Cut-Off  Opened  to  Traffic 

Motorists  from  all  parts  of  the  bay  region,  Sonoma,  Napa 
and  Sacramento  Valleys  last  Thursday  participated  in  the  offi- 
cial opening  of  the  Black  Point  Cut-Off,  four  miles  northeast  of 
Novato,  in  Marin  County.  The  event  marked  the  beginning  of 
a  three-day  festival  in  Sonoma,  the  historic  little  town  in  "The 
Valley  of  the  Moon."  Hundreds  of  persons  from  all  adjoining 
communities  were  in  attendance.  An  extensive  program  was 
carried  out  by  those  in  charge  of  the  celebration. 

The  completion  of  the  Black  Point  Cut-Off  marks  the  forging 
of  the  final  link  in  a  magnificent  scenic  boulevard  extending 
around  San  Francisco  Bay.  It  is  now  possible  for  motorists  to 
drive  their  machines  from  San  Francisco  to  San  Jose,  thence  to 
Oakland,  via  Milpitas  and  Niles,  north  to  Richmond  and  the 
Contra  Costa  shore  drive  to  Martinez,  thence  Benicia,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Sonoma,  Black  Point  Cut-Off,  San  Rafael  and  Sausalito. 
The  trip  as  laid  out  constitutes  one  of  the  most  interesting  as 
well  as  scenic  tours  in  the  bay  region,  comprising  land  and 
marine  vistas  that  are  unexcelled  elsewhere  within  such  prox- 
imity to  big  metropolitan  centers. 

*  *  * 

Break  Ground  for  Fageol  Factory  in  Oakland 

Ground  breaking  exercises  were  held  in  Oakland  last  Satur- 
day for  the  erection  of  the  first  unit  of  the  Fageol  Motor  Com- 
pany's plant,  which  is  to  build  automobiles,  motor  trucks  and 
motor  tractors  under  the  Fageol  name.  This  event  marks  an 
epoch'  in  Western  business  history,  for  it  means  the  establish- 
ment here  of  one  of  the  largest  automobile  manufacturing  con- 
cerns in  the  West,  and  is  possibly  the  forerunner  of  many  more 
big  motor  car  concerns. 

Starting  with  a  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Oakland,  at  which  the 
new  factory  hands  were  feted  by  the  city  officials  and  the  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city,  followed  by  an  automobile  parade  through 
the  city  streets  and  out  to  the  factory  site,  at  which  appropriate 
exercises  were  held,  the  day  took  on  the  nature  of  a  holiday. 

Speeches  were  made  by  John  L.  Davie,  Mayor  of  the  city  of 
Oakland ;  Frank  R.  Fageol,  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Fageol 
Motors  Company,  and  Joseph  H.  King,  president  of  the  Oakland 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  The  crowd  that  thronged  the  grounds 
was  further  entertained  by  various  classes  of  motor  races  and 
by  a  demonstration  of  the  new  Fageol  tractor. 

On  the  ten  acre  factory  site,  located  on  the  Foothill  Boule- 
vard at  106th  avenue,  will  be  built  the  first  unit  of  the  Fageol 
factory.  The  various  units  of  the  plant  will  be  completed  as 
needed,  and  as  the  increase  of  business  warrants.  The  com- 
pany will  push  the  work  of  getting  their  first  building  into 
shape  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  in  the  first  unit  that  is  com- 
pleted will  start  the  manufacture  of  the  pleasure  car,  truck  and 

tractor  that  are  to  be  featured  under  the  Fageol  name. 

*  *  * 

Owen  Magnetic  Car  Appeals  to  Men  of  Means 

"When  Leon  Douglas,  W.  A.  Clark,  Jr.,  and  Howard  Hunting- 
ton— men  who  can  afford  to  pay  any  price  for  an  automobile — 
deliberately  select  the  Owen  Magnetic  car  as  the  machine  they 
want,  it  would  seem  that  the  car  is  appreciated  for  its  real 
worth,"  says  Sales  Manager  T.  A.  Lane  of  the  Magnetic  Motor 
Car  Company  of  this  city  and  Oakland. 

"Clark  heard  of  the  car,  asked  for  a  demonstration,  was  ac- 
commodated, and  immediately  thereafter  wrote  out  a  check  for 
the  automobile.  After  using  the  machine  for  only  a  short  time, 
Clark  purchased  another  of  the  same  make,  making  two  seven- 
passenger  touring  cars  of  this  type  he  purchased  in  a  short  space 
of  time. 

"Howard  Huntington  did  likewise.  After  a  short  demonstra- 
tion he  was  convinced  he  no  longer  cared  to  shift  gears  and 
took  delivery  of  a  five  passenger  touring  car. 

"In  the  case  of  Leon  Douglas,  the  transaction  was  similar. 
The  latter's  Owen  Magnetic  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  auto- 
mobiles that  are  seen  in  this  vicinity.  It  is  finished  handsomely 
in  green  and  red,  there  being  just  enough  of  each  color  to  re- 
lieve the  other." 

Six-Cylinder  Cars  Dominate  Market 

Dealers  throughout  Northern  California  are  more  interested 
in  the  light  six  type  of  automobile  than  any  other ;  sales  every- 
where in  six  cylinder  cars  are  increasing  at  a  pace  which  is  as- 
tonishing; the  five-passenger  touring  car  body  is  the  dominating 
model,  but  the  three  and  four  passenger  roadster  models  are 


running  a  close  second,  and  will  in  a  short  time  probably  divide 
honors  with  the  touring  car. 

Summarized  briefly,  this  is  the  opinion  of  W.  D.  Vance,  presi- 
dent of  the  Magnetic  Motor  Car  Company  of  San  Francisco 
and  Oakland,  the  Northern  California  distributing  organization 
of  the  popular  Auburn  light  six  car.  Vance  has  just  returned 
from  a  three  weeks'  tour  of  the  northern  part  of  the  State,  visit- 
ing dealers  in  nearly  every  city  of  importance. 

*  *  * 

Expert  Advice  for  New  Auto  Owner 

"A  new  car  should  not  be  driven  over  20  miles  an  hour  until 
after  it  has  been  run  from  500  to  1,000  miles,"  says  a  local  au- 
tomobile expert.  "It  should  not  be  driven  over  30  miles  an  hour 
until  after  it  has  been  run  1,500  miles.  The  crank  case  should 
be  drained  and  filled  with  fresh  oil  every  couple  of  hundred 
miles.  In  looking  at  both  the  piston  and  cylinder  walls  of  a  new 
car  with  the  naked  eye,  they  appear  to  be  smooth  and  as  slick 
as  a  piece  of  glass.  In  looking  at  it  through  a  heavy  microscope 
we  find  that  it  is  porous,  and  not  at  all  smooth.  Now  after  the 
car  has  been  driven  about  1,000  miles,  if  the  oil  has  been 
changed  often,  we  find  both  the  piston  and  cylinder  wall,  look- 
ing through  the  microscope,  as  smooth  and  shiny  as  when  we 
looked  at  it  first  with  the  naked  eye.  If  the  oil  in  the  crank  case 
has  not  been  changed  frequently,  we  will  find  that  the  piston 
and  cylinder  walls,  looking  through  the  microscope,  are 
scratched  and  streaked,  caused  from  metal  grit  and  dirt  in  the 
oil." 

Mercer  and  Jordan  Agency  in  New  Home 

Announcement  has  just  been  made  of  the  removal  of  the 
Mercer  and  Jordan  agency  of  this  city  from  their  former  head- 
quarters to  1519  Van  Ness  avenue,  where  a  comprehensive 
line  of  both  of  these  automobiles  is  now  on  display.  Both  the 
Mercer  and  Jordan  cars  are  well  represented  in  this  community 
by  owners. 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  vey  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
cf  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
,  over,"  and  the  prices  aare  moderate. 

7,500  MILES 
GIMMMT6ED 

■        —  FORD  5IZES        - 
6,000  MILES  0UAA4NTE£D  -  UVMER5/ZEJ 


TIRES 


Norwalks  will  add  a  new  measure  of  satis- 
faction to  your  motoring,  for  they  embody 
the  lasting  elements  of  supreme  satisfaction. 
It  Is  nothing  unusual  for  Norwalks  to  give 
as  high  as  20,000  miles  of  perfect  service. 
immediate  deliveries  made  In  all  sizes. 

Factory    Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 

1211  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 
Phone:  Prospect  386  San  Francisco 


16.  1917 


ami  Californ: 


19 


Point*  Out  Value  of  Watching  Tlr«  Pressure 
"Several  days  ago  I  had  occasion  to  ask  the  driver  of  a  dem- 
ar  equipped  with  a  certain  make  o: 
with  his  tires  soft."  remarked  C.  H.  Coppel.  manager  of  the 
local  Norwalk  tire  service  station,  "and  his  reply  was:  'Because 
they  make  the  car  ride  easier I'    I  asked  him  if  he  did  not  find 
it  quite  expensive,  to  which  he  replied :  Yes.  we  get  but  a 
age  of  four  thousand  miles  out  of  these  I  |  more 

than  twelve  thousand  miles  out  of  the  same 
my  personal  car,  for  I  keep  them  at  eighty-five  pounds  pressure 
all  the  time.' 

"The  actual  experience  of  this  automobile  salesman  demon- 
strates conclusively  what  any  motorist  may  expect  if  he  does 
not  keep  his  tires  properly  inflated. 

"The  autoist  who  makes  it  a  weekly  habit  to  'take  on  air.' 
and  get  just  the  proper  amount,  is  not  liable  to  make  himself  out 
a  prevaricator  when  he  is  trying  to  convince  the  'adjuster'  at 
the  service  station  that  his  tire  has  gone  'but  fifteen  hundred 
miles  and  then  blew  out.'  " 

*  •  • 

Destroyer  Hooks  Mitchell  Car  with  Anchor 

When  the  torpedo  boat  destroyer  Benham  attempted  to  raise 
one  of  her  big  anchors  a  couple  of  miles  off  shore  in  Chesapeake 
Bay,  recently,  preparatory  to  leaving  her  position  near  the  sub- 
marine nets  at  the  entrance  to  the  bay,  trouble  was  found  in 
raising  the  standard  hook.  When  the  anchor  was  finally  hoisted 
on  deck  there  came  along  with  it  a  fully  equipped  five-passenger 
Mitchell  automobile.  The  top  was  nearly  all  gone,  but  the 
body  and  chassis  were  in  fairly  good  condition  after  four  years 
ol  salt  water  and  mud. 

The  Mitchell  Motors  Company,  Inc.,  at  Racine,  Wis.,  received 
notice  of  the  find,  and  report  that  the  car  was  lost  four  years  ago 
from  the  Old  Dominion  Line  ferry  boat  Berkely  as  it  was  going 
across  the  bay.  It  belonged  to  Dr.  S.  W.  Hobson  of  Newport 
News,  who  was  reimbursed  for  its  loss  by  the  owners  of  the 

ferry  boat. 

*  *  * 

Unique  Test  Made  by  Franklin  Dealer 

Few  people,  even  automobile  owners,  realize  how  seldom  the 
automobile  top  is  manipulated.  Most  persons  are  of  the  opinion 
that  automobile  tops  are  put  up  and  down  at  every  change  of 
the  weather;  that  every  time  the  sun  comes  out,  down  comes 
the  top;  or  that  every  time  the  sun  glares  too  brightly,  up  it 
goes  again. 

To  get  some  accurate  information  on  this  subject,  a  Franklin 
dealer  in  Cincinnati  recently  conducted  an  investigation  among 
the  Franklin  open  car  owners  in  that  city.  Strange  as  it  may  seem 
that  data  showed  that  during  the  past  year  75  per  cent  of  Cin- 
cinnati Franklin  owners  ran  their  cars  with  the  tops  up  all  the 
time. 

This  investigation  is  typical  of  the  discovery  people  are  mak- 
ing of  the  practicability  of  the  permanent  top,  and  the  resulting 
change  of  sentiment  is  largely  responsible  for  the  rapidly  grow- 
ing popularity  of  the  enclosed  type  of  car. 

*  *  * 

With  Men  at  the  Front  Women  Will  Drive  Cars 

"That  the  forming  of  the  first  contingent  of  the  new  drafted 
army  will  not  have  any  bearing  on  the  purchase  or  use  of  auto- 
mobiles," says  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  KisselKar  Pa- 
cific Coast  Branch,  "is  shown  by  the  rapidly  increasing  number 
of  wives,  mothers  snd  sisters  of  owners  who  have  requested 
copies  of  our  literature  dealing  with  the  Kissel  construction  and 
mechanism.  Prospective  car  buyers  want  to  be  thoroughly  satis- 
fied before  purchasing  that  their  wives  or  sisters  can  easily 
utilize  the  car  in  case  they  are  called  to  the  colors.  Without 
a  doubt  women  will  find  it  as  great  a  help  in  their  household 
work  and  daily  activities  as  men  find  it  in  business." 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 
AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST.  San  Francisco 


FOR  SALE 


SIX  CYLINDER 


FIVE  PASSENGER 


PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobi lists 

(COT  THIS  OUT) 
The  Newa  Letter  recommends  the  following  garagaa,  hotels  and  aupply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  Hat  out  and  keep  It  aa  a  guide: 

PALO   ALTO.— LARKI!  .    flrat- 

if->  on   tho  V. 
Owner!  and   their   fanillh 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD     NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sella  'Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


nEElfflHKMMra 


FBEE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 


GUARANTEE    BATTERY 

639  Van  Neaa  Ave.     BRAND   &   CUSHMAN 


COMPANY 

Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  16,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


Yellow  sands  and  cool,  breezy  shores  will  very  soon  begin  to 
draw  the  usual  crowds  that  flock  to  the  seaside  in  the  summer 
months. 

This  season  sees  the  bathing  suits  carrying  out  the  same 
colorful  note  that  predominates  in  all  sports  clothes,  and  in  ma- 
terials there  is  also  a  similarity,  namely,  in  the  use  of  one  of 
the  most  favored  of  fabrics — wool  jersey.  This  versatile  mater- 
ial seems  to  make  itself  at  home  in  any  sphere.  After  having 
made  its  importance  felt  in  sports  clothes,  one-piece  frocks  and 
semi:formal  suits,  the  bathing  suit  has  been  lately  added  to  its 
conquests.  Yet,  other  materials  compare  very  favorably  with 
jersey  cloth  at  the  fashionable  beaches.  Black  satin  has  lost 
none  of  its  usual  charm ;  taffeta,  mohair,  alpaca  and  poplin  still 
retain  their  popularity;  and  the  rubberized  cloths  are  likewise 
favored  to  a  great  extent. 

If  the  one-piece  slip-on  frocks  have  been  a  success  in  our 
everyday  life,  the  same  style  adapted  to  bathing  suits  is  still 
more  successful.  One  could  ask  for  nothing  more  practical 
than  the  one-piece  bathing  dress  worn  over  bloomers,  and  to  it 
may  be  added  all  the  prevailing  fashion  features.  There  are 
suits  of  this  type  decorated  with  embroidery,  with  deep  trim- 
ming bands,  large  pockets,  and  with  girdles  arranged  according 
to  the  latest  whims  of  Fashion. 

Following  out  one  of  the  late  styles  in  skirts  is  the  bathing 


ings,  are  quite  as  important.  There  are  sets  of  matching  hats, 
shoes  and  huge  bags  which  are  considered  very  smart.  Rubber- 
ized silks  in  plain  colors  as  well  as  striped  and  flowered  effects, 
are  especially  attractive  for  the  beach  wraps,  which  are  usually 
made  with  very  large  collars. 

In  hats  and  caps,  the  choice  lies  between  round  sailors  with 
straight  brims  and  rather  high  crowns,  and  the  small  close-fit- 
ting rubber  caps.  Tam-o-shanters  and  the  Chinese  shaped  hats 
are  also  seen  a  great  deal.  On  many  hats  and  caps  there  are 
novel  ornaments  of  rubber  in  bright  contrasting  colors. 

Some  New  Sweaters. 

To  be  without  a  sweater  at  the  seashore  is  almost  as  bad  as 
being  without  a  bathing  suit.  The  knitted  wool  sweaters  made 
with  body  and  sleeves  in  one  seem  to  be  at  the  height  of  popu- 
larity just  now.  They  are  mostly  of  the  kind  that  is  slipped  on 
over  the  head,  with  an  opening  only  at  the  neck.  Some  of  the 
newest  ones  are  knitted  to  fit  closely  at  the  waist,  with  the  top 
and  the  lower  part  knit  more  openly.  They  are  usually  hip 
length.  Knitted  in  silk,  these  look  more  like  waists  than  sweat- 
ers. Orange,  rose,  light  green  and  royal  blue  are  very  promi- 
nent colors,  sometimes  relieved  by  white  collars  and  cuffs.  They 
are  worn  with  white  linen,  gabardine,  flannel  or  silk  skirts. 

There  is  a  wonderful  variety  of  separate  skirts  for  sports 
wear  and  general  use.  The  models  are  box  pleated,  side  pleated, 
gathered  or  plain,  cut  in  two  or  three  pieces  and  generally  carry- 
ing large  pockets. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


FARMS  WANTED 
Wanted  to  hear  from  owner  of  good  farm  for  sale.  North- 
western Business  Agency,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Left— Black  Satin    Bathing   Suit   with    Band   of   Striped    Satin.      Right— 
Braid-trimmed  Suit  of  Wool  Jersey. 


suit  illustrated  with  a  deep  band  at  the  lower  part.  This  band 
k  stitched  at  the  front  and  back,  but  the  sides  are  loose  to  give 
the  effect  of  bulging  pockets  or  an  adaptation  of  the  barrel  idea 
which  is  still  exploited  by  certain  designers.  This  suit  is  of 
black  satin  with  the  band  of  striped  satin. 

The  second  sketch  shows  a  chemise  bathing  suit  fashioned  of 
wool  jersey  with  a  trimming  of  braid,  and  the  pointed  pockets 
and  long,  soft  girdle  which  are  featured  again  and  again  in 
the  frocks  of  the  hour. 

White  Turkish  toweling  with  a  light  blue  border  trims  a  dark 
blue  taffeta  suit  very  effectively,  forming  the  sailor  collar  and 
a  band  at  the  edge  of  the  skirt.  White  pique  and  tussur  silk 
collars  appear  on  many  suits,  and  braid  is  a  very  popular  trim- 
ming. 

Bathing  Suit  Accessories. 

A  complete  bathing  outfit  by  no  means  ends  with  the  selec- 
tion of  the  suit.    Beach  wraps,  hats  and  caps,  shoes  and  stock- 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S  NEWEST  HOTEL 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

The  most  centrally  located  tourist  and  fam- 
ily hotel  in  San  Francisco,  facing  Union  Square 
and  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Stockton  streets. 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests.  Daily 
rates  on  the  European  plan,  $1.50  per  day  and 
up.     American  plan,  $3.50  per  day  and  up. 

Write  or  call  for  descriptive  booklet.  Any 
information  pertaining  to  San  Francisco's 
charms  will  gladly  be  furnished  upon  request. 

HOTEL  PLAZA 

THE  HOUSE  OFHARMONY 

Management  of  C.  A.   Qonder 


The  CLIFF  HOUSE 

The  ocean  voice  is  always  calling.    Why  not 
dine  on  the   brink   of  the  glorious  Pacific. 

FOR  RESERVATIONS  TELEPHONE  PACIFIC  3040 

MANAGEMENT-MRS.  DOUGLAS  CRANE 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters   For  Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.   Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


TECHAU    TAVERN 

COR.  EDDY  AND  POWELL  STi— TEL  DOUGLAS 4700 

Son  Francisco's  Leading  High-Class  Family  Cafe 

Coatljr  an  bozo  coaMtuog  •  bottle  of  Le  Lilaa  de  Kanud  Ipm'. 

perfume,  a  bottle  ol  Le  Lilai  de  Kifaud  aachel  aad  •  boa  oVe  Raatud  la.-e 

powder,  dntnbuted  among  the  lady  patron,  every  afternoon  at  4.  4:  K>  and  S. 


DANCING  FOR  GLESTS 

SAI 

The  New      i 

Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

I'i    1^ 

At  Corner                        If" 

» 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San  Francisoo     ^.^^ 

Phone:                        Nu     '*3 

fran^/in  2960                         " 

GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  specialties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,    NEAR   MARKET 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


J.  Berft-ez 


C.  Mailhebuiu 


BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

415-421  Bu>h  St.,  Sin  FnncUco  {Above  K««rny>  Eicbanie.  Doullai  2411 


BLANCO'S  ov-EsS.1—* 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,  442-452  Second   St.,    San   Francisco 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 
ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 
HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


OLD    HAMPSHIRE     BOND    TyPeWri,v?arnPuas^ipt  Covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets.  ^    ,     ,  ..,     ^    _ 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,   or,   if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,    MOFFITT    &    TOWNE 

Established  1855 


C.  H.  HITTENBERGER  CO. 

MAKERS   or 

ARCH   SUPPORTERS 

EXTENSION   SHOES 
A:  TIFICIAL   LIMBS  ^ 

BRACES.  ETC.  vi-^~ 

1108  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Branch    Office- 510-1  1th   Street      Oakland,  Cal. 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 

Or.    ft.    T.    Lean*-,  -treat. 

,:i.|   in- 

WeM 

ilda ■■:■■■  i    .-  ■  

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronjohn.     Nol  All     lejral 

...  Ilimh.  Son 

ia  ini 

ATTORNEYS- AT -LAW. 

Samuel  M.  Shortridqe,  Attomty-at-Law,  Chronicle  r.  iii.iinp    San 
rlaco.  r  30. 

DELINQUENT  SALE. 
Queen  Regent  Merger  Mines  Company. 

I.o- 
catlon  of  works— Mineral  County,  Nevada, 
NOTIC1 

■■■■  led  on    the  \|.m.    r'17.    the 

iposlte  I 

Nam, '-„  No.    Cert  No,    Shares.        Amount 

Mrs.  A.  M «    j.oo 

Arand.  Mrs.  A.  M :■,:: 

Arand,  Mrs.  A,  M 917 

Ail ...1,1.    .Mrs.    A.    M ;,„„ 

'•,l11'1'.   0 If 

Butler,  a 

I; '•  <j 

Butler,   G 663  18000 

1:1 ■'•  0 .177 

Butler,  <; 7 u 

Cook     P.  H B69  1810 

....  ah.,  .1    ::is 

1  ilckerman,  Albert     843  limn 

1  'ickerman,  Albert     709  150 

1  ''  1. "i. ii:m.  Alberl    981  Hum 

Dickerman,  Albert    

Doulin,  Crawford     681  100                          .60 

Doulin,  Crawford 885  i,m                          50 

Doulin,  Crawford    1072  300                       1.60 

I  lellnsso,  Onesto    734  LT.n                         1.26 

DellOSSO,  Onesto     761  200                           L.00 

Kv.i.ts.    Nelson    1084  200 

Pi  list,  .1.  T 7s:i  limn 

Harvey,  J.  H 114  1 20.00 

Harvey,  J.  H 309  6000                     80.00 

Lisker,   Caroline   1049  11 5.00 

Muenscher,  E.  W si::  1000                        6.00 

Muenscher,  K  W sss  

Muenscher,  E.  W 1060  1""                            .60 

Merrill,    Havden   D mis  isu                             .90 

Marden,   J.   W 907  700                           8.60 

Weeks.    R.    F 1066  1250                        6.26 

Peterson,    John     332  1600                          7.S0 

Snoddy.  Edwin     60  2000                        10.00 

Snoddv,  Edwin     Ill  4500                         22.60 

Si   iddy,  Edwin     682  3500                     17.60 

Shoddy,   Edwin     998  2000                         in. (Hi 

Sn v.Edwin    1011  L000                          5.00 

Spear,  W.  H 355  200                       1.00 

Spear,  W.  H 357  200                       1.00 

*•■■■:, r,  W.    H 447  600  3.00 

Spear,  W.   H 605  1  In  .70 

Spear,  W.  H 733  600  2.60 

Spear  W.  H 735                       '  5.00 

Clark    A    F  442  251111  12.60 

Clark!  A.'  F.     993  1 S.JO 

Hill.    F.    G 780  120  10 

\nd  in  accordance  with  law  and  order-  of  Board  of  Directors  mad i  the 

2nd  day  of  April,  1917,  so  many  shan  s  of  each  parcel  ol  such  stock  as  ma 
be  necessary  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  of  the  company 

3:17   Mo in nek   Building,    s Prancisco,    California,   on    the  19th   flay  of 

June    H'17    at  the  hour  of  12:00  o'clock  noon  of  said  day,   to  pay  the  ,', 

li. Ht  assessment  thereon,   together  with  costs  of  advertising  I      ■ 

peuses   Of   sale  ,     _   ,,  „         noH    „,     ,    A  CTi      „ 

r.    B.    WADE,   Secretary.   337  Monadnock   Building,   681   Market  St..    San 
Francisco,  Cal.  


37-45  FIRST  STREET 


SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 


LAKE  TAHOE 

DAYLIGHT  TRIP" 

TEN  HOURS  ride  from  San  Francisco— Oak- 
land, Antioch  &  Eastern  Railway  electric  trains 
to  Sacramento  and  Pierce-Arrow  Auto  Stage 
to  Lake. 

$17.50  for  the  round  trip.    Tickets  good  for 
90  days  to  and  including  October  31,  1917 

Write  for  folders  and  full  particulars 

OAKLAND,    ANTIOCH   &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


Hot  Water  Without  Kindling  a  fire 

Do  you  realize  that  you  can  attach  a  Gas  Water  Heater  to  your  kitchen 

boiler  without  disturbing  the  operation  of  your  stove  ? 
Scalding  hot  dish  water  in  Five  Minutes. 
A  bath  in  Ten  Minutes. 
A  cool  kitchen  in  hot  weather. 
No  ashes.     No  dust.     No  inconvenience. 
Consult  your  dealer. 
If  in  doubt,  our  expert  advice  is  at  your  disposal  Free  of  Charge. 

PACIFIC  GAS  and  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


445  SUTTER  STREET 


San  Francisco  District 


PHONE  SUTTER  140 


THE   MARK   OP  SUPERIOR   QUALITY 


A  CAR  BUILT  TO  AN  IDEAL 


Built  to  an  ideal  is  the  Davis  car — It  rises  up  amid  the  mass  of  medium 
priced,  six-cylinder  cars,  a  superior  product  in,  looks,   in   parts,   in   deeds. 

Though  sold  at  a  medium  price,  the  Davis  is  not  of  the  medium  priced 
class.     That  is  because  of  the  men   who  build   it. 

They  aimed  to  build — and  they  always  have  built — a  car  so  good,  so  true 
in  every  part,  and  to  sell  at  so  fair  a  price,  that  no  owner  would  ever 
have  cause  for  the  least  regret  or  would  turn  elsewhere  for  another  car. 

Seven  years  of  this  policy  has  brought  the  Davis,  from  an  untried,  un- 
known product,  to  the  fore  among  the  finest  six  cylinder  motor  cars  made. 


MODEL  SIX  H — Seven-Passenger  Touring  Car — $1295 
MODEL  SIX  I — Five-Passenger  Club  Roadster — $1295 
MODEL  SIX  K — Seven-Passenger  Springfield  "Sedan" — $1795 
MODEL  SIX  J — Seven-Passenger  Touring  Car — $1595 
MODEL  SIX  Jl — Five-Passenger  Club  Roadster — $1595 
F.    O.    B.    FACTORY 


MATHEWSON  MOTOR  COMPANY 


VAN  NESS  AT 
CALIFORNIA 

Phone  Prospect  720 

DISTRIBUTORS 

NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA 

AND  NEVADA 


Attractive  Agency 
Proposition  to  Reliable 
Dealers.  Immediate 

Deliveries, 


News  Letter 


©alifonria  Jkbitrtistr* 

Dtvot»d    to   iht    Ltj     -  j    IntarMta      f  Cm  I  tiK  IN 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JUNE  23,  1917 


NO.  25 


■ 

1  and  publi- 
■ 
irny  KM.     Entered  at  San  Francisco.  Ca 
din  mall  matter. 

orge  Street  &  Company.  SO  Cornlu 
r    intended    for   publication    In    the    current    nu- 

.:ws   LETTER   AND  C.U.IF. iRNIA   ADVERTISER  should 
0  the  office  not  later  thun  5  p.  m.  Wednesday. 
ription    Rates    (Including    postage)— 1    year.    15;    6    months.    |: .71. 
1   year  J7.50;  6  months.  J4.00.     Canada:   1  year.  »6.:5;  6  month!". 

The  price  of  diamonds  is  going  up  with  the  high  cost  of 

living. 

Rounding  up  slackers  is  becoming  a  national  game  with 

the  public. 

Germany  as  usual  issued  its  job-lot  line  of  peace  terms, 

this  week,  and,  as  usual,  "nothing  doing." 

Skirts  are  now  being  fashioned  by  the  vendors  of  modes 

so  that  slackers  cannot  hide  behind  them. 

Here's  a  chance  for  the  needy :  the  Government  has  just 

fixed  $250,000  as  the  limit  of  profit  on  war  work. 

Dress  well  on  credit  these  days  is  a  common  advertise- 
ment. True,  if  it's  one  of  the  popular  war  credits. 

Admiral  von  Tirpitz  still  clings  tenaciously  to  Germany's 

diver  hope.    He  and  his  kind  are  doomed  to  go  down  with  it. 

June  brides  are  reported  to  be  badly  tangled  among  the 

departing  war  heroes,  the  H.  C.  L.  and  Cupid's  Red  Cross  Ser- 
vice. 

War  menus  are  being  tried  out  by  the  caterers  of  the 

transcontinental  trains.     The  meals  are  reported  to  be  going 
very  fast. 

England   is  taking  a  careful  census  of  eels  in  all  its 

streams.    Apparently  the  people  are  not  letting  anything  edible 
to  wriggle  by. 

The  peach  growers  of  the  State  are  preparing  to  cut  a 

$334,000  peach  pie.    Don't  smack  your  lips :  they're  not  passing 
any  of  it  around. 

According  to  the  North  American  Review,  Colonel  Wat- 

terson  is  still  saying  "The  Hohenzollerns  must  go"  and  he  adds 
"To  hell  with  them." 

-Old  Sol  has  been  putting  in  some  intolerable,  sweltering 


days  recently.  Apparently  he  is  in  a  combination  to  boost  the 
high  cost  of  cooling. 

The  size  of  a  slice  of  pie  and  the  circumference  of  the 

doughnut  has  dropped  below  the  Plimsol  line  of  furnishing  sus- 
tenance to  the  shrinking  tummy. 

Professor  Pickering  says  that  if  he  had  $10,000,000  he 

could  talk  with  Mars.  At  that  price  the  talk  would  be  cheap, 
unless  Roosevelt  was  on  the  line,  and  then  he'd  run  up  a  wireless 
bill  that  would  break  the  nation. 


The  New  York  Federal  District  easily  captured  the  blue 

ribbon  in  subscription  to  the  Liberty  Loan  fund  by  taking  double 
otment,  the  total  being  $1,200,000,000. 

Locally,  the  trial  of  Mrs.  Mooney,  charged  with  being 

an  accomplice  in  the  dynamiting  of  the  Preparedness  parade,  is 
easily  the  center  of  a  San  Francisco  war  rone. 

Stanford  University  is  rapidly  acquiring  the  right  line  of 

war  habits.  This  week  it  sent  another  representative  crack  am- 
bulance unit  to  the  front,  "somewhere  in  France." 

Mayor  Rolph  excised  an  excess  beautifully  blooming 

cabbage-head  in  municipal  gardening  this  week  when  he  scis- 
sored the  $1,200  job  of  the  "assistant  horticulturist"  out  of  his 
blooming  job.  • 

While  the  present  State-wide  campaign  is  on  to  clean 

out  the  pest  ground-squirrel,  why  not  root  out  the  pesky  land 
hogs  that  have  so  largely  prevented  the  development  of  the 
lands  of  California? 

Charlie  Chaplin  keeps  himself  in  the  limelight  by  de- 
claring that  he  is  going  back  to  England  to  enlist.  His  antics 
with  a  gun  would  so  daze  the  Teutons  that  their  capture  would 
be  made  certain  by  the  Tommies. 

At  last  a  cornucopia  of  luck  has  come  the  nation's  way : 

Congress  plans  to  adjourn  in  six  weeks.  That  means  contention 
in  both  Houses  will  be  shelved  for  the  time,  and  the  President 
will  "conduct  the  war"  as  is  his  province  in  such  case. 

In  England,  rags  are  now  climbing  in  price,.  25  cents  a 

pound  just  now  and  needful  in  war  uses.  They  are  being  bought 
with  potatoes  at  6  cents  a  pound;  which  goes  to  show  for  the 
hundredth  time  what  a  necromancer  is  the  grim  God  of  War. 

Plans  are  being  made  in  Paris  to  transform  the  famous 

cathedral  at  Reims  into  a  panthenon  for  the  unknown  dead  of 
the  armies  fighting  in  France.  History  will  always  regard  those 
sacred  art  ruins  as  the  high  mark  of  Prussia's  malevolent  vandal- 
ism. 

— San  Francisco  easily  surpassed  its  expected  quota  in  sub- 
scribing Liberty  Loan  bonds  by  thirty  per  cent — $12,000,000. 
Rah!  Rah!  Rah!  And  in  the  meantime  Los  Angeles,  with  its 
self-claimed  population  of  ???,  ???,  made  a  national  show  of 
itself  by  minus  over  $2,000,000  of  its  allotment. 

Poor  old  Billy  Kaiser  has  volunteered  to  tackle  the  job 

of  boosting  the  ousted  king  of  Greece  back  on  his  throne.  Bill 
has  taken  so  many  of  such  rotten  contracts  that  the  red  flag  of 
the  auctioneer  will  be  floating  from  his  tottering  schloss  before 
the  war  is  over. 

All  the  money  in  the  State  has  not  buried  itself  in  Liberty 

Bonds.  The  excluded  jury  in  the  bomb  cases  confined  in  a  suite 
of  rooms  in  a  local  hotel  are  spinning  quarters  across  the  board 
in  twenty-five  cent  poker  limit.  Such  plunging  in  lucre  is  likely 
to  lead  to  a  Red  Cross  raid. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


Potatoes  and 
Preparedness. 

to  the  war  shall  be  food. 


After  ploughing  through  all  miscel- 
laneous activities  necessary  for  ade- 
quate Preparedness,  we  find  by  elim- 
ination that  our  prime  contribution 
Regiments  must  be  armed  with  hoes 
as  with  guns,  and  horses  will  be  requisitioned  for  the  plough 
before  being  taken  to  the  front.  This  enforced  back  to  the  land 
movement  is  rigorously  compelling,  and  he  who  runs  must  read 
the  handwriting  on  the  wall.  The  sign  is  significant  that  a  new 
life  and  new  development  of  our  soil  is  in  a  vast  making.  Natu- 
rally, in  the  flush  of  the  first  rush  of  enthusiasm  many  will  de- 
sert their  present  occupations,  in  which  they  are  more  skillful, 
to  try  experiments  in  agriculture  for  which  they  have  neither 
training  nor  aptitude.  Such  action  will  mean  a  shortage  of  labor 
in  manufacturing,  a  serious  situation,  and  costly  to  the  nation 
as  well  as  to  the  individual.  In  another  direction  this  back  to 
the  farm  movement  will  enormously  stimulate  the  manufactur- 
ing of  farming  implements,  fertilizers,  seeds  and  other  neces- 
saries of  soil  development  and  crop  gathering.  Busy  as  the 
University  of  California  has  been  in  this  field  in  recent  years, 
its  activities,  under  this  new  bat- 
tle cry  of  "more  food  for  the  na- 
tion," will    tax    its    utmost    re- 


patch  of  public  business,  gives  rise  to  confusion  and  creates 
conditions  which  cannot  be  reconciled  with  the  sound  business 
sense  of  the  people.  A  desire  for  simple  government,  more 
direct  and  effective  in  action,  more  responsive  to  requirements 
and  more  economically  administered,  is  making  itself  mani- 
fest m  various  ways;  but  particularly,  in  so  far  as  local  com- 
munities are  concerned,  in  movements  looking  towards  consoli- 
dation. 


Our  Rotten  School 
System  Exposed. 


Periodic 


Railroad 


Unrest    of 
Employees. 

Railroad  employees  sounded  a 
significant  note  in  England  re- 
cently at  a  conference  of  the  as- 
sociation when  they  passed  a  res- 
olution calling  for  government 
ownership  of  railroads.  The  act 
smacks  much  of  the  inevitable 
grievances  that  accompanies 
complications  when  transporta- 
tion is  speeded  up  a  bit  under  ex- 
traordinary transportation  condi- 
tions. How  much  bluff  there  is 
behind  this  movement  has  not  de- 
veloped. This  same  cry  has  been 
heard  in  this  country  by  railroad 
employees  in  their  periodical  de- 
mands for  more  pay  and  less 
hours,  but  it  is  greatly  doubted 
whether  any  considerable  body 
of  workers  in  this  country  would 
favor  such  a  plan  and  make  the 
government  their  employer.  Rail- 
road employees  in  America, 
through  their  superior  organiza- 
tion in  collective  bargaining,  are 
in  a  much  stronger  position  than 
their  fellow  unions  in  Great  Brit- 
ain. Much  of  the  unrest  and  dissatisfaction  obtaining  in  England 
is  largely  due  to  the  52,000  employees  of  the  railroads  there 
looking  across  the  Atlantic  and  seeing  the  superior  position  of 
their  fellows  in  this  country.  War  is  no  respecter  of  men  or 
situations,  and  only  the  end  of  the  war  will  show  the  extraordi- 
nary changes  that  will  have  been  brought  about.  The  adoption 
of  the  Adamson  law  in  this  country  has  perhaps,  more  than 
anything  else,  drawn  particular  attention  to  a  centralized  admin- 
istration of  railroads  for  the  period  of  the  war,  and  this  view- 
point naturally  extends  to  discussions  of  government  ownership. 

Changes  are  certain  to  be  brought  about  that  will  lend  them- 
selves to  improved  mobilized  efficiency  and  economy. 

SB- 
There  is  reason  to  believe  that 
Sound  Sense  in  Taxation,  taxpayers  are  coming  to  an  under- 
standing of  the  fact  that  duplica- 
tion, over-lapping' and  conflict  in  governmental  functions  call  for 
vast  expenditures  that  would  not  be  necessary  under  more  cen- 
tralized administrative  systems.  They  are  beginning  to  see  that 
duplication  of  governmental  agencies  is  not  merely  expensive, 
but  that  it  operates  against  the  efficient  and  expeditious  dis- 


For  several  decades,  San  Francisco 
has  been  conducted  under  adminis- 
trative processes  that  are  obsolete, 
mildewed  and  rotten  in  many  places, 
as  is  illustrated  in  the  scathing  report  made  this  week  by  the 
survey  of  the  school  department  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  P. 
P.  Claxton.  The  gist  of  the  report  points  out  hopeless  lack  of 
centralization  in  the  city's  school  system,  confusion  of  authority 
among  the  administrative  officers,  lack  of  responsibility,  and 
lack  of  authority  of  the  board  to  control  its  own  work.    Censure 

is  severe  on  the  parsimonious 
sums  grudgingly  doled  to  the 
school  department  by  the  politi- 
cians who  handle  the  treasury 
funds  for  their  own  selfish  ends. 
Criticism  of  this  character  has 
been  made  repeatedly  by  excel- 
lent authorities,  but  to  date  the 
politicians  in  power  have  held 
their  trenches  and  beaten  off  all 
attacks  planned  for  a  thorough 
renovation  of  the  important 
school  department.  At  the  next 
local  election  every  effort  should 
be  made  by  the  taxpayers  to 
oust  the  taxeaters  on  the  board  of 
supervisors,  and  elect  stalwart 
men  who  will  bring  about  the 
necessary  changes  to  give  the 
city  full  value  in  improving  its 
administrative  system.  As  re- 
gards the  present  board  of  edu- 
cation, the  school  survey  report 
recommends  that  the  board  of 
education  of  San  Francisco  ought 
to  have,  through  its  proper  officer, 
full  control  and  management  not 
only  of  its  educational  activities, 
but  of  its  business  and  financial 
affairs  as  well ;  it  should  not  only 
make  its  own  budget,  but  it 
should  have  power  to  make  the 
school  levy;  it  should  not  only 
select  and  purchase  school  sites, 
under    the    guidance   of  the  proper  technical  experts,  it 


Where  the  Tax  Will  Fall  Hardest. 

— Evans  in  the  Baltimore  "American.' 

but, 


should  plan  and  construct  school  houses,  and  make  all  necessary 
repairs  to  school  plants.  In  other  words,  the  board  of  education 
should  be  given  full  power  to  control  and  manage  every  detail 
connected  with  the  management  of  the  public  school  system. 
The  city  has  the  ability,  if  it  may  not  have  the  wisdom,  to  make 
its  schools  models  of  the  country  and  the  world. 

3B" 

The  present  money  drives  on  behalf  of  the  Liberty  Loan, 

the  Red  Cross  and  other  excellent  patriotic  causes  supplied  by 
the  war  is  cutting  the  financial  underpinning  from  a  number  of 
our  timely  institutions  in  entertainment.  Conspicuously  among 
them  is  the  symphony  orchestra  of  the  San  Francisco  Musical 
Association.  Sufficient  money  was  not  raised  in  the  early  part 
of  June  as  was  expected.  Some  $15,000  is  still  required  to  guar- 
antee the  life  of  its  programmes  next  season,  and  the  hope  of 
raising  it  is  shrinking  with  the  days.  Minneapolis,  with  350,- 
000  population,  can  provide  an  excellent  symphony  orchestra; 
San  Francisco  with  its  550,000  population,  should  be  able  easily 
tc  do  as  much.  Only  three  San  Franciscans  gave  $1,000  to  the 
fund;  in  Minneapolis  twenty-three  donors  each  contributed  that 


Juhe  23.  1917 


and  California  A 


TOWN    CRIER 

The  recent  report  of  the  school  survey  commission  has 

I  up  a  hornets  nest  in  local  j  mj!  headq-. 

i  good  thing.     Sor- 
rid  of  the  deaJ  rot  that  has  accumulated  in  that  department  for 
several  years  past.    There  are  excellent  and  ■\>mpetent  men  and 
women  in  their  respective  positions,  but  a  lot  of  anted: 
methods  handicaps  them  in  doing  any  :'k  and 

introducing  the  latest  ideas  in  education.  Los  Angt 
Milwaukee  and  a  number  of  other  Western  cities  are  in  advance 
of  the  antiquated  drags  that  handicap  the  development  of  the 
local  school  department  along  the  proper  lines.  Too  many  of 
the  teachers  here  are  undereducated.  Far  more  attention  and 
monetary  help  is  given  the  police  and  fire  departments  than  to 
the  school  department;  in  cold  figures.  61.6  per  cent  more  for  the 
police  and  80.7  more  for  the  fire  department  than  for  the  schools. 
This  is  only  one  instance  of  local  shamelessness.  As  usual  the 
political  ring  is  behind  this  thieving  policy  and  is  shunting  the 
funds  of  the  city  treasury  from  the  proper  school  appropriation 
to  the  three  big  departments  of  city  government  where  their 
myrmidons  are  appointed  to  fat  jobs  in  return  for  their  work  in 
gathering  enough  votes  to  control  the  regular  local  elections. 
How  much  longer  are  the  taxpayers  going  to  submit  to  this  rot- 
ten roguery  and  the  debauchment  of  the  local  school  depart- 
ment? 

A  little  light  on  food  prices  in  "abundant"  America  fil- 
tered into  Congress,  this  week,  when  a  member  brought  up  the 
very  timely  question :  "Why  does  a  thirty-five  ounce  loaf  of 
bread  sell  for  eight  cents  in  France,  where  flour  is  scarce,  while 
a  fourteen  ounce  loaf  made  from  the  same  flour  sells  here  in 
Washington  for  ten  cents?"  Nobody  present  had  the  nerve  to 
answer  the  question  lest  they  should  be  treading  on  the  corns 
ol  the  representatives  of  the  food  trusts.  Members  of  Congress 
cackle  patriotically  over  matters  that  are  of  little  concern  to 
the  people  at  large,  but  when  it  comes  to  certain  questions  of 
vital  interest  to  every  household  in  the  country,  they  skirt 
gracefully  and  absent-mindedly  around  the  issue.  It  is  fairly 
well  known  that  a  clique  of  grain  men  in  Chicago  practically 
make  the  price  of  bread  in  every  quarter  of  this  country  through 
their  combination  of  fixing  the  price  of  the  various  grains  and 
their  control  of  the  important  grain  elevator  stations  of  the 
country.  This  combination  is  a  menace  to  the  country,  and  the 
war  should  put  the  members  where  they  belong,  either  behind 
the  bars  or  out  of  business. 

War  and   new   forms   of   competition  are   playing  havoc 

these  days  in  our  food  supplies.  The  Chinese  who  moved  from 
this  city  to  Oakland,  after  the  big  fire  of  1906,  have  succeeded 
in  getting  control  of  the  wholesale  meat  business  on  that  side 
of  the  bay.  San  Francisco  Chinese  job  butchers  are  succeeding 
very  strongly  along  the  same  line,  and  are  already  doing  a  very 
big  jobbing  business.  In  fact,  in  the  very  early  morning  hours 
one  can  find  the  horse  carts  and  motor  carts  of  Caucasian  retail 
butchers  drawn  up  before  these  Chinese  butcher  shops  getting 
their  liberal  semi-weekly  supplies.  Also  you  will  find  the  auto 
delivery  motors  of  numbers  of  hotels  and  boarding  houses  get- 
ting their  supplies  from  the  same  source.  These  Chinese  but- 
chers and  jobbers  in  meats  have  practically  reduced  the  white 
butchers,  fish  mongers  and  vegetable  dealers  in  the  locality  of 
Telegraph  Hill  close  to  the  dead  line  of  trade.  This  result  is 
not  due  wholly  to  the  war;  the  transition  has  been  underway 
for  several  years,  and  Chinese  marble  front  stalls  have  simply 
developed  more  rapidly  and  strongly  during  the  past  year. 

That  errant  reformer  on  the  quicksands  of  expectation, 

the  Rev.  Paulworthy  Smith,  has  hit  his  gait  at  last;  he  is  going 
to  mobilize  the  vices  in  all  her  shocking  nudities  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  give  impertinent  lectures  on  their  insidiousdistractions, 
and  slap  them  severely  on  the  wrist  for  their  libidinous  behav- 
ior. Everybody  that  is  eager  to  get  into  the  public  limelight  is 
mobilizing,  and  shall  the  Reverend  P.  hold  back?  Nay,  nay! 
War  is  in  the  limelight  these  days,  but  Rev.  P.  is  determined  to 
get  the  shine  on  himself,  even  if  a  rival  gets  the  light  and  he 
is  covered  with  the  lime.  If  old  Nick  doesn't  catch  him  during 
the  next  month  or  two,  the  regular  trade  winds  of  the  season 
will  not  be  able  to  cleanse  out  the  shocking  amount  of  mislead- 
ing vice  he  will  have  developed  for  his  own  satisfaction  and 
the  community's  indifference.     Let  the  flea-bitten  dog  bark. 


Principa   D'Equitation 

By  I  I    I  Whan 

Numbrt  2 


raking  Vu 

When  in  the  saddle,  slip  successively  forward  and  backward, 
to  find  the  •  of  the  seat  which  affords  you  the  i 

and  best  support,  and  place  the  knees  against  the  front  of  the 
saddle  where  the  flaps  arc  generally  padded  (the  flap  of  the 
saddle  is  the  loose  part  of  leather  covering  the  buckles  of  the 
girths  and  protecting  the  legs.)  Well  seated,  with  the  inside  of 
the  thighs  and  knees  pressing,  let  the  lower  part  of  thi 
fall  naturally,  like  a  pendulum,  and  also  the  feet;  keep  the 
calves  in  contact  with  the  flaps,  ready  to  act  when  necessary, 
the  toes  turned  toward  the  horse  and  the  feet  about  parallel  to 
his  sides;  the  toe  and  knee  on  the  same  vertical  line. 

While  pressing  with  the  knees,  feel  the  stirrups  by  hitting 
them  lightly  with  your  heels;  they  should  reach  the  tops  of  the 
heels  of  your  boots.  By  this  means  you  will  soon  be  able  to 
accurately  judge  the  right  length  of  the  stirrups,  and  then,  when 
certain  that  they  are  correctly  adjusted,  after  dismounting,  see 
how  they  compare  with  your  arm :  take  the  f ootpiece  in  the  left 
hand,  extend  the  right  arm  and  put  the  middle  finger  of  the  right 
hand  in  contact  with  the  tongue  on  the  buckle  of  the  strap,  which 
must  be  pulled  to  the  top;  then  bring  the  footpiece  under  your 
right  arm  and  note  the  exact  point  which  it  reaches.  You  will 
thus  have  a  standard  for  future  guidance.  With  some  riders  the 
stirrup  must  be  longer,  with  others  shorter  than  the  arm,  while 
with  others  it  will  be  equal  in  length. 

To  insert  the  foot  in  the  stirrup,  it  should  not  be  necessary  to 
raise  either  the  knee  or  heel,  but  only  the  toe  which  feels  for 
the  opening  until  it  is  found;  this  becomes  easy  with  a  little 
practice.  Only  a  third  of  the  foot  should  be  entered  in  the 
stirrup,  the  heel  remaining  down,  lower  than  the  toe.  You  must 
not,  under  any  circumstances,  press  heavily  on  the  stirrups,  as 
they  are  only  designed  to  support  the  weight  of  the  lower  part 
of  the  legs.  The  weight  of  the  rider  is  supported  by  the  thighs 
and  buttocks. 

Keep  the  upper  part  of  the  body  straight  without  stiffness, 
the  loins,  by  a  light  motion,  obeying  any  impulse  given  by  the 
movements  of  the  horse,  and  acting  like  a  spring  for  the  rider. 

The  shoulders  must  be  thrown  back,  the  chest  forward,  the 
head  erect  and  perfectly  free,  the  arm  from  shoulder  to  elbow 
dropping  naturally  against  the  body,  the  forearm  raised  so  as 
to  form  a  right  angle  with  the  upper  arm. 

With  or  without  stirrups  the  position  is  the  same  for  every 
part  of  the  body  with  the  exception  of  the  toe,  which  is  higher 
than  the  heel  when  supported  by  the  stirrup,  and  lower,  dropping 
by  its  own  weight,  when  it  is  not. 


The  patrons  of  Techau  Tavern,  San  Francisco's  highest 

class  restaurant  and  family  cafe,  are  well  pleased  with  the  novel 
entertainment  offered  there.  The  talent  comprises  the  very  best 
vocal  and  instrumental  artists  available;  many  novelties  that 
later  develop  into  world  famous  hits  are  first  brought  out  at  the 
Techau  Tavern.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the  "Jazz"  orches- 
tra. This  week  the  Tavern  management  added  a  "Jazz"  or- 
ganist, and  the  "makes-you-want-to-dance"  music  is  more  en- 
joyable than  ever.  Three  costly  perfume  favors,  the  Le  Lilas 
de  Rigaud  sachet,  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  perfume,  and  Le 
Lilas  de  Rigaud  face  powder  continue  to  be  presented  every  af- 
ternoon at  4,  4 :30  and  5  o'clock. 


"I  went  down  in  the  war  panic  of  1914,"  said  the  big  man 

as  he  hung  to  a  strap  in  the  crowded  street  car.  "But  now  I  am 
getting  on  my  feet  again."  "In  that  case,"  ventured  the  little 
man  just  behind  him,  "perhaps  you  wouldn't  mind  getting  off 
mine." — The  Lamb. 


rancisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


Wanted — Roles  for  Heroines. 

Society  continues  to  put  its  emphasis  on  war  service,  and 
wherever  a  group  foregathers  these  days,  the  conversation, 
obeying  the  force  of  gravity,  comes  down  from  the  nebulous 
void  of  chatter  to  the  serious  business  of  being  of  some  use  on 
this  disturbed  earth. 

But  it  must  be  acknowledged  that  most  people  are  waiting  to 
do  some  big,  heroic  thing,  some  dashing,  daring,  fearless  en- 
terprise which  will  call  out  all  the  hidden  stores  of  ability  which 
the  most  incompetent  and  selfish  fancy  they  have  on  secret  tap 
in  the  reservoirs  of  their  being. 

There  is  a  homely  little  quatrain  of  verse  which  expresses 
the  moral  of  this  story,  and  it  advises  one  to  be  resolute  and 
great  in  Life's  "Small  Things,"  for  no  one  knows  when  Fate 
finds  one  ready  and  says  "Do  this  thing  for  me!" 
©     ©    © 

Mrs.  Herbert  Hoover  and  Blingum  Heroines. 

The  other  day  when  a  group  of  Burlingame  women  were  in- 
vited to  meet  Mrs.  Herbert  Hoover  at  tea  they  laid  before  her 
their  willingness  to  do  or  to  die  for  their  country  and  her  allies. 

Now  Mrs.  Hoover  is  a  large  minded,  deep  experienced  wo- 
man, who  has  watched  Mr.  Breitling  see  it  through  in  England, 
and  she  has  a  fine  understanding  of  the  time  it  takes  to  temper 
the  spirit  of  a  people  to  daily,  small,  undramatic  sacrifices 
which  in  the  aggregate  will  win  this  war  and  feed  the  allies. 

So  she  listened  sympathetically  while  this  belle,  who  is  doing 
a  few  weeks'  hospital  service  to  supplement  her  Red  Cross  work, 
told  an  anecdote  of  her  work ;  while  that  matron  who  has  rolled 
bandages,  and  the  other  dowager  who  has  kept  her  knitting 
needles  busy,  unfolded  their  ambitions  to  soar  in  the  rarified 
atmosphere  of  heroism,  to  make  the  supreme  sacrifice  for  an 
ideal,  to  join  a  consecrated  army  of  pilgrims  marching  on  to 
immolate  theselves  on  the  unknown  altar  of  some  beautiful, 
worth-while  sacrifice. 

©     ©    © 

Down  to  Bread  and  Butter  Cases. 

"How  many  of  you  have  ordered  that  no  butter  be  used  in 
cooking,  even  for  company  dinners?" 

"How  many  of  you  have  eliminated  meat  for  one  day?" 

"How  many  of  you  are  serving  less  wheat  bread  at  your 
tables?" 

Not  a  woman  at  that  little  tea  party  could  truthfully  answer 
that  she  was  doing  these  things. 

How  many  of  us  could  make  the  right  answer  ? 
©     ©    © 

Trying  it  on  the  Family. 

And  apropos  of  this  matter  of  the  business  of  sacrifice  at 
hand,  the  thing  that  we  have  been  told  is  the  most  important 
job  for  the  here  and  now.  I  am  told  that  Mrs.  Jack  Casserly 
made  classic  answer  to  a  woman  who  maintained  that  it  was  not 
possible  for  her  to  meet  the  request. 

Said  the  lady:  "I  went  into  the  kitchen  myself  and  explained 
to  the  servants  what  it  would  mean  for  every  family  to  give  up 
even  one  loaf  of  white  bread  a  day — but  they  just  looked  hostile 
and  I  got  no  reaction  of  patriotism  out  of  them  at  all,  so  I  de- 
cided not  to  decrease  the  order  for  bread  for  fear  I  would  de- 
crease the  help  to  the  vanishing  point."  Then  Mrs.  Casserly 
is  reported  to  have  said:  "Well,  why  not  go  back  into  the  kit- 
chen again  and  announce  that  since  it  is  necessary  to  cut  down 
on  white  bread  that  you  want  less  served  at  the  family  table. 
Perhaps  they  won't  look  so  hostile  at  that,  and  you  may  even 
get  a  reaction  of  patriotism  out  of  them  which  will  take  the 
form  of  their  emulating  your  example  and  voluntarily  offering 
to  do  with  less  wheat  bread." 

Has  a  sensible  ring,  this  advice. 
©    ©    © 

Miss  Childs  a  Linguist  for  the  Front. 

Miss  Emmeline  Childs  of  Los  Angeles,  who  is  a  neice  of  Mrs. 
Walter  Dean,  Miss  Alice  and  Mrs.  Ethyl  Hager,  has  been  doing 
Red  Cross  work  here  for  several  months,  and  the  consensus  of 
opinion  among  those  who  have  taken  the  work  with  her,  is  that 


she  will  be  one  of  the  first  to  get  a  passport  to  Europe,  as  in 
addition  to  the  training  which  she  has  taken,  she  is  a  linguist 
of  exceptional  ability,  and  the  need  for  interpreters  is  manifest- 
ing itself  with  the  various  units  that  are  sent  over.  All  society 
girls  get  a  smattering  of  French,  and  a  few  skim  over  the  sur- 
face of  several  languages  without  ever  touching  bottom  rock, 
and  so  while  any  number  of  girls  can  skip  from  peak  to  peak 
of  a_  Paris  shopping  tour  without  feeling  hampered,  there  are 
precious  few  who  can  write  a  polished  and  grammatical  note 
even  in  that  most  widely-taught  of  languages — French. 

Miss  Childs,  on  the  other  hand,  has  a  working  knowledge  of 
French  and  Italian,  a  knowledge  that  will  stand  the  acid  written 
test,  and  she  is  thoroughly  equipped  to  do  clerical  work  in  either 
language  or  to  act  as  an  interpreter. 
©     ©    © 

No  Eight  Hour  Day  for  these  Girls. 

The  society  girls  who  have  been  working  as  Nurses'  Aids 
in  the  hospitals  have  had  a  bite  out  of  the  real  experience, 
though  of  course  even  that  gives  them  but  a  faint  idea  of  what 
they  will  have  to  endure  should  they  actually  go  into  hospital 
service  in  Europe.  One  hears  stories  of  girls  who  have  fainted 
and  otherwise  shown  how  much  they  will  have  to  stiffen  up 
their  fibres  before  they  can  stand  the  test,  and  on  the  other  hand 
one  hears  of  amazing  feats  of  endurance  on  the  part  of  some 
of  these  young  girls  who  have  never  before  done  anything  of 
this  sort.  Miss  Natalie  Campbell  and  Miss  Emmeline  Childs 
are  two  of  the  girls  who  have  gone  about  the  most  unpleasant 
business  like  veterans,  and  the  day's  schedule  of  either  of  these 
girls  would  stagger  the  most  robust  believer  in  the  conservation 
of  strength!  For  with  the  splendid  optimism  of  youth,  they 
both  believe  that  they  are  strong  enough  to  carry  on  the  work 
and  still  find  time  to  play,  so  they  almost  meet  themselves  get- 
ting up  in  the  morning  when  they  go  to  bed  at  night. 

The  other  day  Miss  Childs  joined  some  friends  at  the  Palace 
for  tea,  and  nonchalantly  remarked  that  she  had  gone  for  a 
horseback  ride  through  the  park  that  morning  at  5  a.  m.  and 
had  shown  up  at  the  hospital  at  seven,  where  she  had  been 
ever  since. 

©     ©    © 

The  Feminist  Fete  at  the  Fairmont. 

All  the  organization  work  for  feminizing  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
on  Saturday  afternoon  has  been  completed,  and  the  proceeds 
are  bound  to  be  in  direct  ratio  to  the  amount  of  glorified  effort 
which  has  been  put  into  the  undertaking. 

The  idea  is  such  a  novel  one  that  it  appeals  to  the  imagina- 
tion of  every  one,  and  the  executive  committee  has  had  no  dif- 
ficulty in  recruiting  society  women  for  every  position,  bell- 
hops and  barmaids  being  those  most  sought  after  by  the  younger 
set. 

©    ©    © 

Miss  Peters  and  Engagement  Rumors. 

Miss  Anne  Peters  is  the  indomitable  young  general  who  has 
organized  all  the  younger  girls  for  the  undertaking,  and  the 
sweetness  and  serenity  which  characterizes  her  has,  of  course, 
stamped  her  work.  She  and  her  guest,  Miss  Esther  Denny,  are 
giving  all  their  time  to  the  enterprise.  Meantime  there  is  the 
usual  "silly  summer  season"  rumor  that  Miss  Peters  is  seri- 
ously considering  entering  the  lists  of  engaged  girls.  Last 
year  the  matchmakers  were  sure  that  her  heart  and  hand  had 
been  won  by  the  devoted  naval  officer  who  laid  siege  to  her  af- 
fections, but  the  months  sped  by  without  bringing  forth  an  an- 
nouncement, and  the  rumor  went  a-glimmering. 

Now  comes  a  prediction  that  the  army  has  routed  the  navy — 


Convenient  to  all  Places  of  Interest 


LOS  ANGELES 

Headquarters  for  San  Franciacana 

Located  opposite  beautiful  Central  Park,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  the  Clark  is  the  most  perfectly 
situated  hostelry  in  Los  Angeles.  Every  metro- 
politan convenience.  Tariff  from  $1.50.  Free 
auto  bus  meets  all  trains. 
555    ROOMS— each  with  private  bath. 

F.  M.  DIMMICK,  Lessee  and  Manager 


!$$ 


niiiiiuiiiiimin 


1917 


ami  California  A 


perhaps  we  thai  ;  aviation  em  both  in 

the  backgrour.  .      :.:  ,  ^j,  k .  (  m(M  a<J 

mired  girl  in  hi :  s  to  acta 

tion  in  any  of  the  rumors  which  the  matchmaker*  conjure  out 
of  their  excessive  zeal. 

•:•    ■:•    •:• 

■J  Bjrron  Haf: 
Ward  Barron  is  the  h.i;  ; 

for  speeding,  and  "those  in  the  kn- 

e  judge  was  going  to  revoke  her  license  to  ddvc  a  car. 
ord  went  by  way  of  the  circuitous  route  .rds  of 

that  sort  travel,  and  finally  reached  the  lady  herself,  who  came 
into  court  very  perturbed — and  perturbation  is  not  a  character- 
istic of  the  daughters  of  the  house  of  Downey  Harvey. 

When  the  Judge  fined  her  $100  she  was  so  happy  that  she 
admitted  afterwards  it  was  all  that  she  could  do  to  refrain  from 
throwing  her  arms  around  the  neck  of  the  jurist. 

For  once  the  "inside  word"  had  evidently  come  spinning 
down  the  inside  track.  The  Judge  announced  that  he  had  been 
seriously  considering  penalizing  her  to  the  extent  of  withdraw- 
ing her  license,  but  had  decided  on  the  less  harsh  sentence. 
_  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  was  one  of  those  most  pleased  that  the 
license  was  not  revoked,  for  the  third  and  last  arrest  which 
came  near  being  the  straw  which  broke  the  judicial  patience 
was  on  the  occasion  when  Mrs.  Barron  was  speeding  to  keep  a 
luncheon  engagement  with  Mrs.  Carolan,  who  had  commanded 
her  not  to  be  late. 


Among  the  new  guests  registered  this  week  at  the  entertaining 
Plaza  Hotel  are :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Jenifer  and  J.  R.  Lusk, 
Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Curtner,  Marion  L.  Curtner,  Warm 
Springs;  J.  E.  Boyes,  Los  Angeles;  Bernice  M.  Thompson,  Reno, 
Nevada;  Theodore  Wright,  Los  Angeles;  Roy  McClure,  G.  E. 
Powell,  Jr.,  Long  Beach;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Woll,  Davis,  Cal.; 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Seleg,  Ethel  B.  Harkness,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  G.  Borland,  Los  Gatos;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  J.  English, 
Piedmont;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Williams,  Chicago;  Charles  B. 
Culbertson,  Pasadena;  B.  G.  Garrett,  San  Jose;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
F.  A.  Cahill,  Portland,  Or.;  Agnes  McKenzie,  Spokane;  Effie 
Wilson,  Bedford,  Or.;  Mrs.  T.  H.  Ponish,  San  Rafael;  Mrs.  P.  F. 
Armstrong;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  J.  Hollocher,  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
Henry  Turner,  Modesto;  Mrs.  F.  Meyer,  Mrs.  Arnold  D.  Pat- 
terson, Sacramento,  and  F.  Rolandi  and  L.  R.  Wiley,  city. 
©    ©    © 

George  A.  Newhall  and  his  family  of  San  Francisco  have  ar- 
rived at  Lake  Tahoe,  and  will  occupy  for  the  summer  their 
beautiful  home,  Rubicon  Lodge.  Sunday  they  made  their  first 
trip  on  the  palatial  launch,  "Consuelo."  This  is  the  finest 
launch  on  the  lake,  and  was  recently  purchased  by  Mr.  Newhall 
from  W.  B.  Tevis. 

Society  at  Lake  Tahoe  is  agog  over  the  agitation  for  a  return 
race  between  Walter  Hobart's  Orange  Blossom  and  Dr.  Hart- 
land  Law's  Sky  Lark,  the  two  fastest  boats  on  the  lake.  At  the 
Fourth  of  July  regatta,  last  year,  those  boats  raced  across  the 
lake  from  Al  Tahoe  to  the  Tavern,  fifteen  miles,  and  finished 
almost  side  by  side. 

ffi    ©    © 

Dr.  Dudley  A.  Smith,  a  permanent  guest  of  the  Hotel  Oak- 
land, and  Miss  Florence  Allen  of  Spokane,  Washington,  were 
married  in  New  York  City  at  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Fifth  avenue,  June  11th.  Mrs.  Smith  is  the  daughter  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Allen  of  Spokane.  Dr.  Allen  is  a  leading  physician 
of  that  city.  Mrs.  Smith  has  been  in  New  York  since  the_  close 
of  the  Exposition  in  San  Francisco,  continuing  her  studies  of 
art  commenced  at  Leland  Stanford  University,  of  which  she  is 
a  graduate.  The  major  portion  of  the  honeymoon  will  be  spent 
in  the  Adirondacks,  returning  to  California  via  the  Canadian 

Rockies  about  July  4th. 

©     ©    ffi 

Recent  arrivals  at  Tahoe  Tavern  from  San  Francisco  and 
Bay  points  include:  Berkeley— Alice  Post  Tabor,  Pauline 
Sperry,  Mr.  W.  E.  Otto,  Miss  M.  J.  Prescott,  Mr.  Henry  F. 
Droste.  San  Francisco— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Meigs,  Dr.  H.  C. 
Moffitt,  James  Mofiitt,  Miss  Josephine  Brown,  Miss  Alice  Mof- 
fitt,  Mr.  W.  P.  Hews,  Mr.  S.  E.  Deane,  Mr.  H.  S.  Ferguson,  Mr. 
M.  T.  Koll,  Mr.  H.  G.  Stoner,  Mr.  R.  L.  Nelson,  Mr.  R.  J.  Am- 
bos,  Mr.  E.  L.  Cline,  Mr.  M.  H.  Macks,  Miss  Wilhelmina  Kro- 
both,  A.  Rothschild,  Mr.  C.  H.  Allen,  Mr.  F.  M.  Meigs,  Mr.  R. 


:: 


^ 


San  Fran 
Newest  Vogue 

SUNDAY  DINNER 
PENINSULA  HOTEL 

\  \     MAM 

/  he  fitting  and 
long  remembered 
climax  to  your 
Sunday  motor 
trip  is  Dinner 
at  th  is  hotel 
of  metropolitan 
service  'mid  the 
environment  of 
country  homes— 

Reservations  by  mail  and  phone — San  Mateo  I  490 
—will  receive  our  special  attention.  A  delightful 
repast    and   concert    musical    program    await  you 


R.  L  Bl.ct 

Maitre  d'Holcl 


PENINSULA  HOTEL 

Management.  E.  G.  Borden 


30C 


L.  Meigs,  Mr.  H.  E.  Root.  San  Jose — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  H.  Dut- 
ton.     Palo  Alto— Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  Wilson.     Oakland— Mr. 

F.  C.  Marston,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Allen,  Miss  Dorothy  Allen. 

ffi    ©    ffi 

A  number  of  residents  of  this  city  are  now  visiting  Los  An- 
geles, and  among  those  who  are  registered  at  the  Hotel  Clark 
in  that  city  include :  Lillian  Forsythe,  F.  J.  Fisher,  W.  J.  Tink- 
ler, G.  R.  Lunibard,  H.  V.  Johnston,  Mrs.  Antoinette  McClure, 
Miss  Ruby  Pierano,  Wm.  H.  Creed,  H.  M.  Barry,  N.  Y.  Ham- 
mond, W.  C.  Fankhouser,  Dr.  G.  Ghigliari,  B.  F.  Wade,  Miss 
Dorothy  Licy,  Miss  M.  Tregloan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  Brickler, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  L.  Durbrow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irving  H.  Frank,  D. 
Hallohan,  Miss  E.  and  Master  Hallohan,  C.  C.  Gunn,  F.  Sulli- 
van, D.  R.  Welden,  Jr.,  F.  R.  Ferguson,  Rena  Cullen,  0.  E. 
Campbell,  Fred  Schlinger,  R.  E.  Graf,  Jr.,  George  H.  Grimm, 
H.  Israel,  Edwin  Mogel,  H.  M.  Megirr,  Miss  B.  W.  Bierce,  Miss 

G.  Rogers,  W.  S.  Garrett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Suden,  A.  C. 
Freeze,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  S.  Lawrence,  Mrs.  H.  Bakemeyer,  Rob- 
ert E.  Graf,  Jr.,  Miss  M.  Welch,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Tyler  Smith, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  F.  Langer,  O.  Eyde,  H.  H.  Wykoff,  A.  B. 
Moon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  R.  Carper,  J.  E.  McCormick,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Magie,  F.  W.  Nish,  Anita  Eldridge,  L.  Messner,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  D.  McKeon,  I.  L.  Bowman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Schneider,  D.  M.  Walker,  Wm.  Walker  and  C.  H.  Loveland. 
Also  the  following  from  Berkeley :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Taylor, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  Searles,  Miss  Angeline  Searles,  Dr.  Good- 
win Searles,  S.  Hazeltine,  J.  W.  Gregg  and  F.  Goodwin  Locke. 
Also  the  following  from  Oakland  and  Alameda :  James  F.  Peck, 
W.  B.  Bunker,  Mrs.  George  de  Lorimer,  Vernon  Gallop,  of  Oak- 
land; and  Mrs.  H.  L.  Moulthrop  and  daughter  and  Evelyn  A. 
Schmalz  of  Alameda. 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual,  call  at  the 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.  Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner ;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appearance, 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfort.  Mrs. 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th  floor. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


H 


ome  on 


"P 


ermission 


By  Henry  Bazin. 

Every  three  months  the  French  soldier  is  given  six  days  at 
home.  That  is  he  is  supposed  to  receive  this  "permission,"  as 
it  is  called.  Very  often  he  doesn't  get  it.  If  his  regiment  hap- 
pens to  be  fighting  a  critical  battle  when  his  leave  falls  due  it 
is  postponed  for  eight,  ten  months,  sometimes  for  a  year.  Yet 
short  and  uncertain  as  this  leave  is,  it  keeps  the  soldier  going 
and  makes  the  war  endurable  for  the  soldier's  family  through 
the  interminable  suspense.  The  "permission"  is  the  brightest 
spot  in  the  soldier's  life,  but  it  is  not  all  gay: 

The  "permission,"  much  as  it  is  longed  for,  is  often  rather 
a  heartbreaking  experience.  Because,  after  all,  it  just  means 
that  every  time  it  all  has  to  be  gone  through  with  again,  the 
separation  that  every  one  knows  may  be  for  always.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  six  days  there  is  the  consciousness  of  the  last 
one,  like  a  sword  of  Damocles  over  everything.  Six  days  is 
just  a  moment.  Before  it  is  begun  it  is  almost  over,  and  people 
have  to  try  to  make  believe  that  it  is  an  eternity. 

Sometimes,  when  you  see  a  poilu  and  his  wife,  or  his  girl, 
in  a  tram-car  or  in  a  "voiture,"  leaning  close  together,  each  con- 
scious of  nothing  but  the  other,  you  cannot  tell  whether  the  time 
has  just  begun  or  whether  he  is  on  his  way  back.  Because 
with  the  first  meeting  the  anguish  of  parting  begins  again. 

Of  course  they  are  not  altogether  tragedies  of  meeting  and 
parting.  Sometimes  there  is  much  feasting  and  feting,  and  the 
departure  is  almost  forgotten  in  the  comfort  of  the  reunion.  The 
husband  or  son  or  father  comes  back  from  the  front  a  tremen- 
dously magnified  human  being,  a  hero  to  be  adored  and  wor- 
shiped. Ever  since  she  knew  he  was  coming,  the  wife  has  been 
sweeping  and  garnishing  the  house,  making  her  own  wardrobe 
as  beautiful  as  she  can,  writing  out  menus  for  impossibly  de- 
licious meals,  planning  to  make  every  moment  of  the  six  days 
perfect  and  memorable. 

Men  say  that  the  wonderful  thing  about  the  terrible  existence 
at  the  front  is  the  sense  it  gives  them  of  being  intensely  alive. 
Power,  energy,  endurance  they  have  never  imagined  comes  into 
their  experience.  They  have  a  sense  of  vitality,  a  keenness 
never  felt  in  ordinary  life.  When  they  go  back  on  "permission" 
they  are  still  intensely  living,  intensely  feeling  creatures.  Six 
days  of  life,  between  two  deaths — there  is  nothing  stupid  or 
humdrum  about  that. 

Sometimes  husbands  and  wives  find  each  other  changed  by 
their  experience.  I  know  of  one  woman  who  had  made  her  hus- 
band a  sort  of  invalid  with  too  much  mothering,  hovering,  man- 
aging. When  he  came  back  on  his  first  "permission"  she 
hardly  knew  him,  he  was  so  sturdy  and  bronzed  and  muscled 
and  swaggering.  He  came  home  and  talked  the  rough  language 
of  the  trenches,  and  shouted  and  sang  and  swore  and  misbe- 
haved and  carried  her  up  and  down  stairs;  he  ate  and  drank 
things  that  weren't  good  for  him,  and  made  her  go  to  the  cinema 
lor  the  first  time  in  her  life,  and  to  common  cafes,  and  shocked 
her  dreadfully.  All  the  time  she  was  protesting  helplessly,  and 
thought  she  would  die  of  it.  But  when  he  went  away  she  cried 
more  than  she  ever  had  cried  when  he  first  went  off  to  war. 

Men  home  on  "permission"  make  up  a  great  part  of  the  pres- 
ent city  life  of  Paris,  and  if  one  were  to  stand  on  the  boulevards 
he  would  see  drama  after  drama,  some  complete,  some  frag- 
mentary. The  man  home  from  the  trenches  lets  his  simple, 
human  side  come  to  the  surface,  and  six  days  is  too  short  to 
waste  any  time  in  pretense. 

At  the  entrance  to  the  subway  at  the  Madeleine — a  "permis- 
sionnaire"  from  the  front,  thirty-five,  solid,  tanned,  his  faded 
coat  brushed  but  still  full  of  dust;  his  wife,  smiling,  pretty,  well- 
dressed.  They  were  going  to  leave  each  other;  oh!  for  only  a 
few  minutes.  It  was  perhaps  then  only  about  the  third  day. 
She  was  only  going  to  do  a  few  errands,  and  he  had  some  things 
to  do  some  other  place.  They  clasped  hands,  looking  steadily 
into  each  other's  eyes,  and  then,  without  false  shame,  they 
kissed  each  other  in  the  open  boulevard  .  .  . 

An  old  gentleman  and  his  little  wife  of  sixty  passed;  they 
looked  at  the  couple  and  then  at  each  other.  It  was  as  if  they 
regretted  that  they  had  lived  a  long  life  of  too  serene  affection 
without  having  known  one  moment  like  this  of  the  other  two, 
the  moment  that  the  war  had  made  so  full  of  complete  aban- 
don, of  unconsciousness. 


Waiting  on  the  curb  to  cross  the  street,  I  noticed  a  taxicab 
coming  toward  me  slowly,  because  of  the  traffic.  For  a  second 
I  was  astonished  because  in  broad  daylight,  in  an  open  cab, 
there  was  a  woman  with  both  arms  around  the  neck  of  a  man, 
her  head  on  his  shoulder.  Then  I  saw  that  they,  too,  were  not 
in  this  world.  She  was  in  black,  and  tears  were  streaming  down 
her  pale  face.  He  was  in  uniform,  with  his  packs  and  campaign 
things  on  his  back.  His  face  was  even  more  terribly  rigid  and 
desperate.    I  knew  they  were  going  to  the  station  .  .  . 

Farther  on,  where  the  Rue  du  Bac  comes  down  to  the  river, 
there  was  a  blonde,  brown  boy  in  horizon  blue,  with  his  father 
and  mother. 

She  was  a  little  thin  woman  in  black,  with  a  long  black  veil, 
and  there  was  a  black  band  on  the  sleeve  of  the  boy  and  on  that 
of  the  man.  The  other  boy,  probably,  had  been  killed.  They 
stopped  and  talked  a  moment;  he  was  going  off  somewhere,  it 
seemed,  but  they  would  all  meet  at  dinner,  at  Lavenue's,  at 
seven.  They  both  kissed  him  gravely,  on  one  cheek  and  then 
the  other,  under  his  blue  helmet.  He  had  to  bend  way  down 
to  kiss  his  mother.  .  . 

On  the  sidewalk,  before  a  fine  old  house  in  the  Rue  de  Va- 
renne,  there  was  a  closed  motor.  A  good-looking  officer  and  a 
lady,  very  cold  and  still  and  beautifully  dressed,  came  down  to 
the  car.  I  could  see  she  was  quite  a  great  lady.  A  footman 
came  out  of  the  house  with  bags,  and  they  stood  there  on  the 
sidewalk  waiting  for  him  to  arrange  things,  not  saying  anything. 

Suddenly  a  little  boy,  about  four  years  old,  came  running 
down  from  the  house,  crying  out  over  and  over:  "I  want  you, 
my  papa!  I  want  you,  I  want  you,  my  papa!"  And  the  cold 
lady  lost  all  her  splendid  poise  and  began  to  cry,  too,  in  the 
arms  of  the  man,  before  everybody.  A  nurse  came  down  for 
the  little  boy,  and  somehow  the  officer  and  the  woman  got  into 
the  motor.  The  man  said  to  the  chauffeur,  "A  la  gare,"  and  they 
drove  away  .  .  . 

Of  course,  many  of  the  soldiers  have  no  relatives,  and  many 
more  live  in  parts  of  France  too  far  away  from  the  battleline  to 
visit.  The  "permission"  includes  the  time  and  the  money  neces- 
sary to  go  and  return  from  Paris,  but  that  is  all.  Do  these  un- 
fortunate souls  have  to  watch  their  comrades  leave  in  high 
spirits  for  six  days  with  their  families,  without  ever  a  hope  of 
sharing  the  good  time  ?  Not  they !  There  is  an  organization  in 
Paris  by  which  any  one  can  become  sponsor  for  a  "poilu"  on 
"permission,"  buy  him  for  a  "godson"  with  the  same  sum  neces- 
sary to  pay  for  his  board  and  lodging  while  he  is  in  Paris,  a 
small  sum,  but  often  more  than  the  soldier  himself  can  afford. 

So  it  will  happen  that  you  may  see  a  little  boy  or  an  old  lady, 
or  a  man  too  old  to  fight  walking  the  streets  with  a  bearded  pri- 
vate with  the  mud  of  Champagne  still  damp  on  his  helmet. 

There  has  been  established  on  the  left  bank  of  the  Seine,  at 
49  Rue  Vaugirard,  L'Oeuvre  des  Soldats  de  la  Guerre.  Through 
it,  he  or  she  who  wills  may  become  a  godfather  or  godmother  in 
seriously  good  faith  for  six  days.  It  costs  fifteen  francs  a  god- 
son; to  be  exact,  according  to  the  present  rate  of  exchange,  just 
$2.64  buys  the  happy  privilege.  This  tiny  sum,  marveolous  to 
relate,  pays  for  the  lodging  and  food  of  a  soldier  during  144 
hours  of  daylight  and  darkness.  All  he  needs  is  the  sponsor — 
the  filling  of  a  simple  printed  form ;  the  money  does  the  rest.  It 
hardly  seems  possible  such  a  small  sum  could  be  sufficient  to 
defray  the  expense.  But  "where  there  is  a  will  there  is  a  way." 
The  use  of  the  building  is  donated  by  the  owner.  Supplies  are 
donated  or  bought  at  special  prices.  The  place  has  been  open 
some  time  with  never  an  existing  deficit. 


"Father,  dear,  do  you  consider  it  sinful  to  be  envious  of 

others?"  "Of  course  I  do,  Helen.  Extremely  so."  "Then  I'm 
afraid  I'll  have  to  get  a  sealskin  coat  like  Polly  Gardner's." — 
Life. 


PLEASURES  WAND 


rk     Idea 
mes    Back"    at    the 
Columbia 

Henry  Miller  has  a 
fine  courage  which  does 
not  descend  to  small 
matters  like  inventing 
new  mannerisms  for  the 
character  part  of  the 
Englishman,  Sir  Wilfred 
Cates-Darby,  which  he 
plays  in  the  "New  York 
Idea"  at  the  Columbia 
this  week. 

He  plays  Cates-Darby 
after  the  Butterick  pat- 
tern idea,  which  most 
good  actors  would  em- 
ploy in  that  characteri- 
zation. 

But  his  larger  courage, 
his  individuality,  his  fine 
faith  in  his  own  opinion 
is  expressed  in  ventur- 
ing this  play  at  all. 

For  it  will  be  remem- 
bered that  the  Langdon 
Mitchell  comedy  did 
"not  ring  the  bell"  when 
it  was  put  on  several 
years  ago.  We  saw  Mrs. 
Fiske's  genius  applied 
to  the  task  of  lifting  the 
play  into  the  realms  of 
success,  and  the  public 
decided  that  not  even 
her  genius  could  heave 
alongside  and  hoist  the 
play  into  favor. 

So  the  play  went  into 
the  limbo  of  that  bourne 
from  which  no  traveler 
is  supposed  to  return. 

But  evidently  there 
were  two  individuals  who 
made  a  minority  report 
on  the  verdict  of  the  gen- 
eral public. 

One,  it  goes     without 
saying,  was  the  author  himself — for  however  modest  a  play- 
wright may  be,  he  naturally  believes  that  his  play  is  all  right 
and  the  public  all  wrong. 

The  other  was  Henry  Miller.  Now  Miller  is  too  wise  and  sea- 
soned a  producer  to  believe  that  the  public  is  all  wrong.  Miller 
evidently  thought  the  production  all  wrong  and  the  play  and 
the  public  all  right! 

Without  intending  any  lese  majefte  to  Mrs.  Fiske,  Miller  evi- 
dently decided  that  the  play  should  be  given  another  chance 
with  a  different  cast. 

In  the  original  production,  which  I  saw,  Mrs.  Fiske  starred. 

In  this  production  Ruth  Chatterton  divides  honors  with  her 
peers. 

Ruth  Chatterton  is  a  very  engaging  young  person  with  a 
piquant  personality,  and  like  Mrs.  Fiske,  herself,  she  has  come 
into  the  kingdom  of  the  elect  in  her  youth. 

I  doubt  very  much  whether  she  will  ever  have  the  recognized 
place  among  the  intellectuals  on  the  stage  which  Mrs.  Fiske 
holds. 

But  I  have  no  doubt  that  she  is  very  much  better  suited  for 
this  part  than  Mrs.  Fiske,  and  I  have  the  temerity  to  maintain 
that  the  role  which  Mrs.  Fiske  had  in  the  original  production  is 
more  suitably  played  in  this  production  by  Ruth  Chatterton.  It 
does  not  require  intellectual  quality. 

The  part  of  Cynthia  Karslake  demands  the  qualities,  includ- 


natir 
wh> 

tion  on  M 
when  shr 

Lucile     Watso: 

the  part  of  the 
other  divorcee  in  this 
brilliant  satire,  is  an- 
other proof  the  master- 
hand  Miller  shows  is 
lecting  a  cast.  Miss 
Watson  is  a  newcomer 
to  San  Francisco  audi- 
ences, although  she  is 
considered  one  of  the 
brilliant  young  actresses 
on  the  New  York  stage. 
Miller  needed  just  such 
an  actress  for  the  role  of 
Kate  in  "The  Better  Un- 
derstanding," and  for  the 
part  of  Vida  Phillimore 
in  this  play,  and  he  in- 
duced Miss  Watson  to 
come  West.  She  has 
won  the  affections  as 
well  as  the  regard  of  her 
new  audiences,  as  is  evi- 
denced by  the  individual 
applause  she  receives. 

Bruce  McRae,  as  John 
Karslake,  and  O.  P.  Heg- 
gie  as  the  clergyman 
brother  of  the  Judge  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  do 
excellent  bits  of  acting — 
as  does  every  other 
member  of  the  company. 
Heggie  is  an  English  ac- 
tor that  Miller  has 
brought  out  here  to  play 
in  Galsworthy's  "A  Bit 
o'  Love,"  which  will  fol- 
low "The  New  York 
Idea,"  which  is  on  for  a 
very  successful  two 
weeks'  run. 


Orpheum  Show  Full  of  Punch. 

"At  Jasper  Junction,"  given  this  week  at  the  Orpheum  by 
Jack  Clifford  and  Miriam  Wills,  is  a  skit  that  pleases  the  au- 
dience from  start  to  finish.  These  two  people  have  talent  above 
the  average,  and  Miss  Wills  is  unusually  attractive  besides.  Her 
voice  is  appealing  and  her  manner  so  unspoiled  that  one  feels 
that  she  is  just  as  she  was  the  day  she  left  high  school.  Mr. 
Clifford's  portrayal  of  a  "snow  bird"  is  so  realistically  given 
that  the  chills  go  up  and  down  one's  spinal  column,  and  is  a 
realistic  portrayal  of  a  human  scrap  from  life's  discard. 

J'essie  Busley  in  "Pansy's  Particular  Punch,"  did  some  splen- 
did acting.  She  has  talent  and  magnetism  that  make  for  friend- 
liness with  the  audience.  The  act  is  superior  to  most  skits  in 
that  it  has  a  real  plot,  with  a  real  surprise  at  the  end  of  it. 
Harry  English,  Olive  Oliver  and  Ferdinand  Munier  were  hap- 
pily cast. 

Miss  Norton  and  Paul  Nicholson  in  "A  Dramatic  Cartoon," 
furnish  a  lot  of  fun,  and  as  the  caption  signifies,  the  action  of 
the  play  is  slightly  exaggerated.  Miss  Norton,  as  the  author  of 
the  playlette,  shows  that  she  has  a  knowledge  of  the  warm 
heart  that  beats  beneath  the  rough  exterior  of  the  working  girl's 
being. 

Miss  Caliste  Conant  tunefully  sings  tales.  She  has  changed 
her  programme  this  week.    I  missed  her  "Dingle  Dongle  Dell" 


Margaret  Anglin.  the  celebrated  American   actress,  next  week  at  Orpheum 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


song,  and  hoped  that  an  encore  would  bring  it  forth.  However, 
her  songs  are  as  attractively  rendered  this  week  as  last,  and 
she  is  equally  pleasing.  Milton  and  De  Long  Sisters  in  "A 
Rube  Picture  Show"  are  another  of  last  week's  hold  overs. 
Their  skit  is  original  and  the  signs  in  the  front  of  their  show- 
house  as  mirth-provoking  as  ever.  The  De  Long  Sisters  really 
look  like  twins,  although  many  people  who  are  only  related  by 
belonging  to  the  whole  human  family,  pull  this  sister  and  bro- 
ther stuff. 

Ray  W.  Snow  in  "The  Man  About  Town,"  tells  his  funny 
stories,  and  at  the  finish  of  these  he  recites  one  of  his  original 
poems  with  a  lot  of  nice  feeling.  Evelyn  Nesbit  and  Jack  Clif- 
ford interest  the  audience  as  much  this  week  as  they  did  last. 
J  wonder  how  much  longer  Miss  Evelyn  will  be  able  to  capital- 
ize her  past. 

Vera  Berliner  gives  one  the  impression  that  she  can  play  the 
violin,  but  that  she  has  an  idea  that  the  audience  must  have  a 
bit  of  comedy  with  its  music.  So  she  does  a  few  steps  that 
mean  nothing  at  all  and  are  not  at  all  amusing.  If  she  would 
just  come  out  on  the  stage  and  give  a  straight  musical  number 
I  feel  sure  that  she  would  charm  her  audience. 

The  Flemings  in  their  "Artistic  Creations  in  Alabaster,"  do 
some  very  good  work.    Their  poses  are  lovely  and  the  bodies 

are  trained  to  perfection. 

*  *  * 

Sokoloff  Scores  Hit  in  Second  Concert. 

Director  Sokoloff  scored  another  big  hit  with  his  second 
symphony,  given  by  the  People's  Philharmonic  Orchestra.  The 
programme  presented  four  attractive  selections  from  four 
French  composers,  and  delighted  an  audience  much  larger  than 
the  initial  performance,  indicating  that  Sokoloff's  interpretation 
and  leadership  is  increasing  with  the  concerts  given.  That 
beautiful  symphony  in  D  Minor,  by  Caesar  Franck,  was  given  a 
spiritual  translation  that  enthused  the  large  audience,  and 
Sokoloff  was  recalled  time  and  again.  The  finale  in  D  measure 
wove  in  the  three  strands  of  the  movement  in  beautiful  sym- 
phonic spirit.  The  "Espagna"  of  Chabrier  was  pregnant  with 
the  wild  dancing  spirit  of  Spain,  and  was  carried  off  with  a 
dash  and  hidalgo  verve  that  stimulated  the  dancing  dreams  of 
the  audience ;  it  was  radiant  in  color,  movement  and  expression, 
based  as  it  was  on  two  Spanish  dances,  the  Jota,  vigorous  and 
fiery,  and  the  Malaguena,  languorous  and  sensual.  Mile.  Criti- 
cos  scored  a  notable  hit  in  her  rendition  of  "Depuis  le  Jour;" 
she  sang  it  simply,  in  contrast  with  the  rendition  given  by  Mary 
Garden  and  other  interpreters  of  the  "Carmen"  spirit.    She  was 

buried  in  floral  offerings  at  the  close. 

*  *  * 

Acrobats,  Top-Line  at  Pantages. 

Pantages  goes  in  for  athletics  this  week,  even  the  song,  chat- 
ter, dancing  and  comedy  sketch  being  of  the  robust  kind  that 
was  never  learned  by  the  artists  in  a  reclining  position,  but  took 
much  strength  as  well  as  talent  to  acquire!  Which  does  not 
imply  that  it  is  not  a  good  bill,  for  it  is  an  excellent  one,  and 
appeals  to  the  crowded  houses  that  have  the  Pantages  habit. 

The  Al  Golden  Company  of  Acrobats  hold  the  tense  interest 
of  those  who  are  on  to  the  curves  of  this  sort  of  thing.  Ste- 
phens and  Hollister  do  a  comedy  riot  which  is  as  noisy  as  a 
Fourth  of  July  firecracker.  Queenie  Dunedin  sings  and  dances, 
and  then  just  to  prove  that  she  is  versatile,  does  a  wire  walking 
stunt.  Foley  and  O'Neil  prance  along  merrily  through  a  song 
f  est,  and  Harlan  Knight  and  company  do  a  rural  comedy  sketch 

called  "The  Chalk  Line." 

*  $  $ 

"Cinderella  Man"  in  Closing  Week  at  Alcazar. 

The  "Cinderella  Man"  is  rounding  up  the  last  lap  of  the  third 
week  at  the  playhouse  in  O'Farrell  street,  and  crowded  houses 
attest  the  appreciation  of  the  public  for  this  charming  bit  of 
comedy,  which  is  played  in  the  most  delicate  and  delightful 
manner  by  Richard  Bennett  and  his  company.  The  play  is  so 
full  of  imagination  and  gay,  light  humor,  with  bits  of  pathos 
hanging  over  it  like  wisps  of  fog  blown  away  by  the  sun,  that 
only  in  the  hands  of  such  understanding  people  as  Mr.  Bennett 
and  his  company  would  the  charm  of  the  playwright's  work  get 
over  the  footlights  inact  and  as  it  came  from  his  pen. 

Advance    Announcements 

Pantages. — Commencing  with  the  matinee  Sunday  at  the 
Pantages  will  bring  as  the  remarkable  featured  attraction  Ta- 


meo  Kajiyama,  the  distinguished  Japanese  caligraphic  artist. 
Some  amazing  feats  of  calligraphy,  as  writing  upside  down, 
backward,  blind-folded  and  with  hands  and  feet  as  well  as  am- 
bidexterously,  are  accomplished  by  Mr.  Kajiyama.  His  demon- 
stration of  compound-alternative  writing  is  perhaps  his  most 
astonishing  feat.  "The  Beauty  Orchard,"  a  summertime  musi- 
cal comedy  with  vivacious  girls  and  tuneful  song  hits,  is  a  great 
attraction.  Frank  Sinclair  and  Cliff  Dixon  are  the  principals. 
Minnie  Allen,  the  petite  star,  is  a  musical  comedy  favorite. 
She  is  a  charming  soloist,  her  gowns  are  exceptional  and  her 
dances  graceful.  Ryan  and  Ritchfield  will  appear  in  their 
comedy  hit,  "Mag  Haggerty's  Reception."  Olsen  and  Johnson, 
lively  singers  and  dancers,  will  introduce  an  excellent  rath- 
skeller act,  in  which  music  and  laughs  abound.  Pedersen 
brothers   are   daring  aerial   comedians   of   international   fame. 

"The  Neglected  Wife"  will  thrill  silent  drama  fans. 

*  *  * 

Columbia  Theatre. — John  Galsworthy,  the  English  author, 
who  has,  in  recent  years,  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  with 
his  very  unusual  plays,  is  the  author  of  "A  Bit  o'  Love,"  an- 
nounced by  Henry  Miller  as  the  fourth  attraction  of  his  season 
at  the  Columbia  Theatre.  It  will  be  the  first  presentation  in 
America  of  this  play,  which  comes  direct  from  the  Kingsway 
Theatre,  London,  and  from  all  accounts  it  is  the  best  of  the 
many  Galsworthy  plays.  The  scenes  are  laid  in  Devonshire, 
England,  and  its  story  of  rural  life  is  centered  about  the  charac- 
ters of  a  curate,  his  run-away  wife  and  the  doctor  with  whom 
she  has  the  escapade.  It  will  be  produced  on  Monday  night, 
July  2d. 

*  *  * 

People's  Philharmonic  Orchestra. — The  third  concert  of  the 
People's  Philharmonic  Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Niko- 
lai Sokoloff,  will  be  given  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  Sunday  after- 
noon, July  1st.  The  extraordinary  success  of  the  first  two  con- 
certs has  established  him  as  a  prime  San  Francisco  favorite.  His 
rounded  versatility  was  shown  in  the  magnificent  way  he  car- 
ried through  the  Gaulic  traditions  and  idioms  of  the  French 
program,  in  comparison  to  the  Muscovite  sentiments  so  dis- 
tinctly brought  out  in  the  first  concert.  For  his  third  appear- 
ance in  the  present  series  of  five  concerts  Sokoloff  has  elected 
tc  give  a  program  of  works  of  the  three  distinctive  schools, 
German,  French  and  Russian.  The  beautiful  and  awe-inspiring 
symphony  in  C.  Minor  by  Brahms  will  open  the  program.  No 
work  is  more  replete  with  tuneful  and  lovely  passages  than  this 
masterpiece.  The  French  school  will  be  represented  by  a 
most  charming  fantasy  for  flute  by  Georges  Hue,  a  writer  of  the 
highest  standing.  The  extremely  beautiful  Scenes  de  Ballet 
by  Glazounow,  with  its  entrancing  rythm,  will  close  the  pro- 
gramme. 

*  *  * 

Orpheum. — The  thirtieth  anniversary  of  the  Orpheum  falls  on 
June  30th,  and  will  be  celebrated  by  a  remarkable  program. 
Miss  Anglin,  who  is  under  the  personal  management  of  Martin 
Beck,  will  appear  in  a  dramatic  offering  by  Andre  De  Lorde  en- 
titled "The  Wager,"  a  product  of  that  Parisian  house  of  thrills, 
the  Grand  Guignol,  where  it  was  originally  produced  as  "Le 
Rat  Mort."  Miss  Anglin  will  be  seen  as  Lea,  a  role  which  will 
enable  her  to  display  to  the  best  advantage  her  great  histrionic 
ability.  She  will  be  supported  by  that  fine  actor,  Frederic  de 
Belleville,  and  an  exceptional  cast.  A  special  stage  setting  has 
been  designed  by  Livingston  Piatt.  Senor  Westony,  the  cele- 
brated Spanish  pianist,  is  an  international  favorite,  whose  mas- 
tery of  the  piano  has  given  him  a  musical  standing  in  all  the 
chief  cities  of  the  civilized  world.  His  programme,  while  em- 
bracing the  classical,  has  a  popular  trend,  and  he  demonstrates 
that  a  piano  may  be  made  to  exhibit  a  sense  of  humor  when 
skilfully  played.  The  world-famous  Asahi  and  his  company 
of  Japanese  magic  entertainers,  will  present  an  extraordinary 
act.  He  introduces  the  mysterious  Asahi  thumb  trick,  the  most 
baffling  of  all  stage  deceptions.  Lavelle  &  Lavelle  are  excellent 
vocalists  who  sing  American  patriotic  airs.  Miss  Norton  and 
Paul  Nicholson  in  "A  Dramatic  Cartoon;"  Vera  Berliner,  the 
violin  virtuoso,  and  Jack  Clifford  and  Miriam  Wills  in  "At 
Jasper  Junction,"  will  contribute  to  the  programme.  Jessie 
Busley  and  her  company  will  repeat  their  great  comedy  suc- 
cess, "Pansy's  Particular  Punch." 

Smith — How's    everything   at   your   house?      Brown — 

Oh,  she's  all  right. — Life. 


June  23.  1917 


.nul  C  .»' 


War  Bulletins 


•x-:c 


r.:    IV.Iind 


A  re  tea  indignant  ovci  the  m.r 

undeniably  an  element  of  hum 

clubs  in  London  are  being  comman  •  Gov- 

ernment purposes.     Lor.i  Devonpor; 
spreads  himself  over  Grosvenor  House,  and  on* 
in  Park  Lane.     Mr.  Hodge,  the  Labor  M  •  to  be  out- 

done, seizes  nearly  all  Montagu  Hoi; 
Neville  Chamberlain  hurries  up  from  Bin- 
tional  Service,  and  takes  the  whole 

War  Savings  Committee  long  ago  comm.r  e  whole  of 

the  Salisbury  Hotel;  the  he  whole  of  De 

Keyser's  Hotel,  and,  only  quite  recently,  the  Admiralty  de- 
manded 100  rooms  at  the  Charing  Cross  Hotel  for  a  new  de- 
partment, the  Direction  of  Shipyard  Labor.    In  the  Wc  I 

to-day,  it  is  "other  times,  other  manners,"  with  a  vengeance. 

»  »  • 

About  90  per  cent  of  the  250,000  employees  are  affected  by 
a  recent  10  per  cent  advance  in  wages  made  by  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation.  All  workers  drawing  wages  or  sala- 
ries up  to  $2,500  a  year  will  benefit  by  the  raise,  which  will  add 
approximately  $27,000,000  to  the  pay  roll.  Last  year  the  cor- 
poration paid  $263,385,502  in  wages  and  salaries,  or  $86,584,- 
638  in  excess  of  the  previous  year.  Over  and  above  whatever 
interest  attaches  to  figures  so  enormous,  towers  the  fact  that  the 
increases  in  compensation  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corpora- 
tion workers  have  all  been  made  voluntarily. 

*  *  * 

Canada  proposes  to  celebrate  the  semi-centennial  of  federa- 
tion, though  without  elaborate  demonstration.  It  was  50  years 
ago  that  the  scheme  of  federation  was  consummated,  and  Can- 
ada became  a  nation.  Needless  to  say,  the  50th  anniversary  of 
that  event  is  too  significant  to  be  overlooked  even  with  the 
stress  of  war.  The  celebration  at  Ottawa  will  be  marked  by  the 
dedication  of  a  tablet  in  the  new  House  of  Commons,  construc- 
tion of  which,  it  is  expected,  will  be  far  enough  advanced  to 

permit  the  memorial  to  be  put  in  place. 

*  *  * 

The  latest  animal  story  from  the  trenches  has  a  charm  all  its 
own:  "As  I  crossed  to  my  dugout,"  runs  a  letter  from  the  front, 
"I  was  arrested  by  a  visible  upheaving  of  the  ground.  It  was 
a  mole  at  work,  and  as  I  watched  it  a  battery  of  60-pounders  let 
off  a  salvo.  The  mole  continued  its  labors  unmoved  and  uncon- 
cerned."   Your  soldier,  quite  clearly,  is  not  your  only  sapper. 

*  *  * 

Leading  musicians  in  New  York,  according  to  E.  L.  Bernays, 
have  passed  a  set  of  resolutions  commiserating  with  the  dead- 
heads, who  will  be  forced  to  pay  a  ten  cent  war  tax  every  time 
they  enter  a  concert  hall  or  opera  house. 


r.d  or  morr 


in  al 


.: 


Pai 

ant 


can- 

the  to  us  that  Jean  wa 

.id  not  been  killi  irs  of 

ough  to  sustain  life. 

Now 

Among  the  c!  s  of  the  two  brothers  was  their  in- 

terest in  one  another.  But,  if  anything,  Edouard  took 
:  interest  in  Jean  than  Jean  did  in  him.  They  were  both 
i  livers  and  maintained  their  efficiency  by  giving  one  an- 
other singing  lessons. 

Jean  was  somewhat  inclined  to  be  an  aristocrat.  Edouard 
was  more  demoncratic,  fond  of  humor,  fond  of  a  good  story, 
fond  of  being  with  boon  companions.  And  he  certainly  was  far 
more  liberal,  open-handed  than  his  brother  Jean.  They  tell  the 
story  that  after  a  great  fire  at  a  charity  bazaar  in  Paris,  at  which 
many  people  lost  their  lives,  a  great  subscription  was  being 
raised.  Adelina  Patti  sent  to  Jean  for  a  subscription.  He  sent 
her  a  few  hundred  francs,  which  she  returned,  and  it  is  said 
never  forgave  him  for  his  parsimony. 

Edouard  told  me  when  he  was  here  that  both  he  and  his 
brother  Jean  owed  their  debut  as  singers  and  much  of  their 
success  to  their  sister  Josephine,  to  her  encouragement  and  her 
introduction  of  them  in  society. 

Edouard  also  said  that  he  had  been  very  reluctant  to  go  into 
musical  work  till  his  sister  overpersuaded  him  and  got  him  to 
sing  in  the  salon  of  some  very  prominent  women  in  Paris,  where 
he  was  so  successful  that  he  was  finally  induced  to  study  for  an 
operatic  career. 

Both  the  de  Reszkes  were  very  tall,  splendidly  made  men — 
Edouard  particularly.  That  he  should  have  died  just  now  and 
under  such  distressful  circumstances  will  cause  many  a  one 
to  experience  even  more  than  a  mere  pang  of  regret  and  find  it 
difficult,  perhaps,  to  express  sympathy  in  words. 


Lady  (asking  for  the  third  time) — Have  we  reached  No. 

234  yet?  Conductor — Yes,  mum.  Here  you  are."  (Stops  bus.) 
Lady — Oh,  I  didn't  want  to  get  out.  I  only  wanted  to  show  my 
little  Fido  where  he  was  born. — Punch. 


"Get  me  a  can  of  beer,"  were  the  first  words  spoken  by 

Murphy  when  found,  testified  Brandt.  He  was  given  a  pail  of 
water  instead,  and  almost  immediately  after  drinking  it  became 
unconscious. — Milwaukee  Sentinel. 


Brazil's  46  German  ships  will  help  to  keep  the  U-boats  busy      (jTpll£W/17l 
for  a  while,  if  they  have  not  been  wrecked  beyond  repair.  It  is 
not  hard  to  believe  the  report  that  one  of  the  chief  shipping  men 
in  Germany  died  the  other  day  of  a  broken  heart.    For  shooting 
up  customers  and  destroying  trade  the  U-boat  has  no  equal. 


O'Farrell   Street         Bet.  Stockton  mid  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


With  Brussiloff  in  command  democracy  may  begin  to  march 
even  in  Russia,  where  it  has  shown  a  preference  for  marking 
time. 


Week  beginning  THIS  SUNI'AY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAT. 

THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY  CELEBRATION 
A     REMARKABLE    BILL 
MARGARET      ANGLIN 
Assisted  by  Frederick   De  Belleville  in  a  Dramatic'  Offering    "The  Wager." 
senor  WE8TONY,  The  Famous  Pianist;  ASAHl  and  Ni>  Company  01  Novelty 
Entertainers:  LAVELLE  &  LA VELLE  in  America's  Most  Patriotic  Airs;  MISS 
NORTON  &  PAUL  NICHOLSON  in  "A  Dramatic  Cartoon"!  \  BRA  BERLINER 
Violinist;    CLIFFORD  &  WILLS    "At  Jasper  Junction;"  J 


THE  CLOSING  DAYS  OF  EDOUARD  DE  RESZKE. 

The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Edouard  de  Reszke,  the 
basso,  on  his  estates  in  Poland,  brings  to  mind  one  of  the  trage- 
dies of  the  musical  and  operatic  world.  Edouard  and  his 
brother  Jean,  you  know,  are  recalled  by  old-timers  as  two  great, 
shining  lights  in  the  opera  here,  season  after  season.  While  as 
a  singer  Edouard  was  thrown  somewhat  into  the  shade  by  his 
elder  brother,  still  in  many  respects  he  exceeded  his  brother. 
He  certainly  was  a  better  actor  and  he  certainly  was  more  popu- 
lar as  a  man.  Perhaps  this  was  due  somewhat  to  the  fact  that 
it  is  very  difficult  for  a  singer  to  be  both  a  tenor  and  a  man,  be- 
cause the  popular  tenor  of  the  day  is  spoiled  by  the  women, 
who  throw  themselves  at  him.  The  press  finds  everything  he 
does  or  say  wonderful,  extraordinary.  Indeed,  the  whole  world 
is  at  his  feet. 

The  dream  of  the  brothers  de  Reszke  was  a  great  estate  in 


CO.  in  "Pansy's  Particular  Punch." 
Evening  Prices— 10c.   25c.   50c.   75c 
days  and  Holidays).  10c.  25c.  50c. 


Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
pi  ione  DOUGLAS  70. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Lending  I'liiyhouse 

Geary  iwh]  Mason  fits. 

Phono  Fianfclin  150 


Beginning;  Monday  Night.  June  26th;  Sixth  Week 
HENRY     MILLER     SEASON 

Final  performance  of  the 
EXTRAORDINARY    CAST 

In  Langtion  Mitchell's  comedy 

"THE     NEW     YORK     IDEA" 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
July  2  —  Honrj   Miller  presents  John  Galsworthy^   play 


'A  BIT  O'  LOVE" 


Pantages'  1  heatre    Market  st"et  opi,osite  M"on 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
A     WONDERFUL     BILL 
TAMEO      KAJIVAMA 

RYAN  &  RITCHFIELD:  MINNIE  ALLEN;  "THE  NEGLECTED  WIFE" 
INCIDENT  FOUR:  PEDERSON  BROTHERS:  OLSON  &  JOHNSON: 
BROADWAY'S  MERRIEST  SUMMER  CREATION  "THE  BEAUTY  ORCHARD' 
TEN  PEOPLE. 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


ENGAGEMENTS. 
COHEN-SHAPERO.-Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abram  Cohen  of  1306  Hyde  street  an- 
nounce the  engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Dora  Ruth   Cohen,   to 
Joseph  Shapero  of  this  city,  formerly  of  Detroit,  Mich. 
BERTSCH-LEWIS. — Miss  Emilie   Eertsch   and   Lieutenant  Warfield  Mon- 
roe Lewis  announced  their  engagement  recently. 
BULL-BULLARD. — The    engagement    of    Miss    Esther    Bull    and    Edward 

Wheatly  Bullard  has  been  announced. 
HARRIMAN-SMITH. — Mrs.    E.    Henry   Harriman    has    announced    the    en- 
gagement uf  her  daughter,  Miss  Carol  Harriman,  to  R.  Penn  Smith,  Jr. 
JOHNSON-COEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Beattie  Johnson  of  this  city  an- 
nounce  the   engagement  of   their  daughter,   Miss   Lolita  Johnson,    to 
William  Noble  Coey.     The  wedding  will  take  place  some  time  during 
the  latter  part  of  July. 
LIEBES-WOLFSOHN. — The  engagement  of  Miss  Ethel  Liebes  of  London 

and  Dr.  Julian  M.  Wolfsohn  of  this  city  has  been  announced. 
STAN  DEFER -MA  STICK. — The   engagement  of   Miss   Lucy   Standefer  and 
George  H.  Mastick,  Jr.,  was  announced  at  an  elaborate  tea  given  by 
Mrs.  Frederick  Sayre  in  Alameda. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
HERBERT-HENSHAW.— The   wedding   of   Miss   Rose    Herbert   and   Mar- 
shall Henshaw  is  set  for  July  1st. 

WEDDINGS. 
ABBOTT-CURTIS.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    Eugene    Sage   Abbott    of    2299    Sacra- 
mento street  announced  the  marriage  of  their  daughter,   Miss  Andine 
Abbott,  and  Allen  Ralston  Curtis. 
CORNELIUS-HAM. — Miss   Helen   Marion    Cornelius,    daughter  of  Mr.    and 
Mrs.  A.  W.   Cornelius  of  Berkeley,  was  married  to  Roswell  G.   Ham 
Sunday. 
CUNNANE-MULLINEAUX.— Miss     Mabel     Cunnane    and    Walter    Edgar 

Mullineaux  were  married  June  20th. 
DASHIELL-GATCH. — The   marriage   of  Miss   Nancy  Weims   Dashiell    and 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Leigh  Gatch,  U.  S.  N.,  took  place  on  June  13th  in 
Brooklyn.   N.  Y. 
EDDY -YELLAND.— The  wedding  of  Miss  Zella  V.  Eddy  and  Robert  Mc- 
Crea  Yelland   took   place  June   16th   in   the   First  Baptist   Church    in 
Berkeley. 
GEGGUS-HUTTON. — The    marriage   of   Miss    Florence   Elizabeth    Geggus 
and  Harold  Percival  Hutton  was  solemnized  June  13th  at  St.  Agnes' 
Church. 
GIBSON-JOHNSON. — Invitations    have    been   issued    for   the    marriage    of 
Miss  Abby  B.  Gibson  and  Prank  A.  Johnson,  to  take  place  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  parents,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  Herbert  L.   Gibson  in  Berkeley 
on  the  evening  of  June  27th. 
KEYT-VANCE. — Dr.  Marshall  Keyt  of  Chicago  claimed  Miss  Helen  Vance 

as  his  bride  in  Sausalito  Sunday  afternoon. 
McMILLAN-SAMMIS. — The  residence  of  Mrs.  Rosetta  McMillan  on   Clay- 
ton street  was  the  scene  of  a  pretty  wedding  when  Miss  Alma  Rose 
McMillan  became  the  bride  of  Harold  De  Witt  Sammis. 
MORGAN-PENNOYER. — Miss  Frances  Tracy  Morgan,   the  second  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J  .Piei-pont  Morgan,  was  married  Sunday  to  Paul 
Geddes  Pennoyer  of  Berkeley  in  St.  John's  Church,  Lattingtown,  Long 
Island. 
PATTON-HEISER. — Without  announcing  their  intention  to  friends,   Miss 
Edna  Patton  and  Leonard  K.  Heiser  were  quietly  married  last  Satur- 
day evening  at  St.  Angles  Church. 
TURNER-LANG. — Mrs.    F.    E.    Carmody,    of    28    Clarendon    avenue,    an- 
nounced the  marriage  of  her  sister.  Miss  Frances  Hale  Turner  to  Rob- 
ert A.   Lang.     The  marriage  took  place  in  Santa  Rosa  on  June  6th. 
WEDDING   ANNIVERSARIES. 
FRANKLIN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.   M.   J.   Franklin  will  celebrate  the  golden   an- 
niversary of  their  marriage  Sunday  at  their  home,   2071  Sutter  street. 
EHRMAN. — Mr.   and  Mrs.  Meyer  Ehrman   celebrated  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  their  wedding  last  Tuesday. 

LUNCHEONS. 
HOWELL. — With  Mrs.  Hunter  Liggett  the  guest  of  honor,  a  pretty  lunch- 
eon was  given  Monday  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club  by  Mrs.  Daniel 
Howell. 
HUNT. — Among  the   luncheon   hostesses   of   the   week  was   Mrs.    Charles 
Warren  Hunt,   Jr.,  whose  home  on   Pacific   avenue  assembled  a  group 
of  her  close  friends. 
KIERSTED. — Mrs.   Henry  Kiersted  gave  a  luncheon  party  at  her  home 
Tuesday   as  a   compliment   to  Mrs.    George   Pillsbury,   wife   of   Major 
Pillsbury. 
LATROBE. — Complimenting    Mrs.    Hunter    Liggett,    Mrs.    Osmun    Latrobe 

entertained  at  a  delightful  tea  at  the  St.  Francis  Monday. 
MONSERRAT. — Mrs.  Samuel  Monserrat  presided  at  a  luncheon  Tuesday  in 

Los  Gatos,  the  later  hours  of  the  day  being  given  over  to  bridge. 
MURPHY. — Mrs.   Daniel   T.   Murphy,   who   recently  reopened  her  home  at 
Burlingame  for  the  summer,  was  hostess  Wednesday  at  an  enjoyable 
luncheon  party. 
MURPHY. — Mrs.    Eugene   P.    Murphy   and   her    daughters,    Miss   Florence. 
Marguerite  and  Eugenia  Murphy,  were  hostesses   Saturday  at  a  tea 
at  their  home  in  Buchanan  street  in  honor  of  a  complement  of  young 
officers  from  the  Training  Camp.     About  twenty  of  the  Misses  Mur- 
phy's young  girl  friends  were  also  present. 
PALMER. — Mrs.    Frederick   Palmer's   home   on   Vallejo   street  will   be   the 
scene  of  an  interesting  gathering  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  tea  hour. 


PENNELL.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  C.  Pennell  and  their  daughters.  Misses 
Helen  and  Katherine  Pennell,  had  about  twenty  guests  at  tea  Sunday 
at  their  home  in  Piedmont  avenue,  Berkeley. 

POPE. — Mrs.  George  Pope  assembled  a  group  at  luncheon  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis on  Monday. 
STEWART. — Dr.  J.  Humphrey  Stewart  was  host  at  an  interesting  studio 

tea  at  Coronado  recently. 
SCHUSSLER. — Complimentary  to  Mrs.  George  Pillsbury  was  the  delight- 
ful luncheon  which  Miss  Alice  Schussler  planned  Monday  for  a  group 
of  her  friends. 

TEAS. 

MURPHY.— Miss  Angela  Murphy,  the  fiancee  of  Charles  J.  McDonnell, 
was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  by  Miss  Mazie  Hurley  recently, 
at   the   latter's   home   on    Ninth   avenue. 

FATTERSON. — Miss  Ruth  Patterson  will  give  a  tea  to-day  as  a  compli- 
ment to  Miss  Lolita  Johnston,  whose  engagement  to  Arthur  N.  Coey 
was  announced  recently. 

SULLIVAN. — Mrs.  Maurice  Sullivan  will  entertain  a  group  of  her  friends 
at  the  big  all-day  benefit  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  this  afternoon. 

VINCENT. — Mrs.  Germaine  Vincent  was  hostess  Tuesday  at  an  informal 
tea  at  her  home  in  Washington  street,  in  compliment  to  her  sister, 
Miss  Sophie  Coleman. 

DINNERS. 

CLARK.— Major  Walter  Clark,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  Clark  gave  a  dinner 
party  at  their  apartments  on  Geary  street  last  Saturday  night. 

DUNCAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Duncan  entertained  a  few  friends  in- 
formally at  dinner  June  16th  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

EHRMAN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidney  Ehrman  were  hosts  at  dinner  Wednesday 
evening  at  the  Woman's  Athletic  Club. 

GALLOIS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Gallois  will  have  a  dinner  dance  party  at 
the  Fairmont  Hotel  to-night  at  the  Red  Cross  benefit. 

LEWIS. — An  interesting  affair  Tuesday  evening  was  the  dinner  at  which 
Miss  Dorothy  Lewis  entertained. 

LEWIS. — Honoring  Miss  Emilie  Bertsch  and  her  fiance,  Lieutenant  War- 
field  Monroe  Lewis,  United  States  Army,  Mrs.  Edson  Lewis,  mother 
of  Lieutenant  Lewis  entertained  at  dinner  Saturday  evening  in  her 
attractive  quarters  at  the  Presidio. 

MINTZER. — Mr,  and  Mrs.  William  Mintzer  were  hosts  Monday  night  at  a 
dinner  dance  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  in  compliment  to  the  latter's  sister, 
Miss  Loretta  Hardy,  and  her  brother,  James  Barron  Hardy,  who  are 
here  from  their  home  in  Portland,  Ore. 

.WHITNEY. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Harry  H.  Whitney  entertained  at  a  dinner 
party  at  their  attractive  quarters  at  the  Presidio  Wednesday  evening, 
THEATRE     PARTIES. 

CAROLAN.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  were  hosts  Sunday  at  a  box 
party  at  the  Sokoloff  Symphony  Concert  at  the  Cort  Theatre,  at  which 
Mrs.  Carolan's  pretty  young  protege  and  house-guest,  Mile.  Renee 
Criticos, -was  the  soloist. 

WHITNEY. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Whitney  were  hosts  Tuesday 
evening  at  a  theatre  party,  in  compliment  to  General  and  Mrs.  Hun- 
ter Liggett. 

DANCES. 

ALDINE    CLUB. — In    honor   of   a   number  of   young   men    attached    to    the 
navy,   the  Aldine   Club  will   give   a  reception   and  dance  on   Tuesday 
evening,  June  26th,  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis. 
ARRIVALS. 

ALEXANDER. — Mrs.  Arthur  Alexander  of  Santa  Barbara  is  here  visiting 
her  relatives,  Mrs.  James  Robinson  and  Mrs.  James  Goodwin. 

BELDEN. — Mrs.  Charles  Belden  has  arrived  from  her  home  in  Wyoming, 
and  is  passing  the  summer  in  Ross,  where  she  is  the  guest  of  Mr,  and 
Mrs.  Charles  A.  Belden. 

GRIMM. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Clarence  Grimm  have  retruned  from  a  visit  to 
Southern  California,  and  are  living  for  the  present  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel. 

HEARST. — Mrs.  Phoebe  A.  Hearst  has  returned  from  an  extended  Eastern 
trip,  and  is  at  her  home  at  Pleasanton. 
DEPARTURES. 

BEER. — Miss  Audrew  Beer  of  Oakland  will  leave  to-day  for  the  north, 
where  she  plans  to  remain  about  six  weeks  visiting  relatives  and 
friends. 

BROOKS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Digby  Sherman  Brooks  are  in  Y"osemite,  to  be 
gone  about  a  fortnight. 

BENNETT. — Mrs.  Clement  Bennett  has  left  for  Boise,  Idaho,  to  spend 
the  summer  with  relatives  there. 

BROWNE. — Mrs.  Robert  S.  Browne  has  gone  to  New  York  to  visit  her 
son.  Jack  Browne,  and  will  be  away  several  weeks. 

DESMOND. — Mrs,  Jack  Desmond  and  her  small  son  and  her  sister,  Mi?s 
Bessie  Crichton,  have  gone  to  Yosemite  Park  for  the  remainder  of  the 
summer. 

FISHBACK. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  George  Fishback  of  San  Francisco  have 
taken  an  apartment  in  Santa  Barbara  for  the  summer,  and  are  now 
settled  at  Edgerly  Court. 

HOLT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bertram  Griggs  Holt  have  gone  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia in  their  machine,  and  are  spending  a  few  weeks  motoring  from 
place  to  place. 

JUDGE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Judge  left  for  Salt  Lake  City  to  be  away 
a  week  or  so. 


June  23.  1917 


and  California  Advertiser 


ID  fmw  Ih- 

term  fur  «  i 

1 

W  ATKINS 

in  the  Santa  Cruz 

INTIMATIONS. 
AlJ  Ith  Imt  HttU 

BBRNHARD      Mra   G    M    Bern  hard  of  MM  Filbert 
who 

men  of  Hi.  Training  Coi 

CABTER      Mi     ind  Id  t..r,  the  r.-t-m.-r  one-Urm 

of  Hawaii,  an  here  from  Santa  Barbara,  where  the]   hai 
Ins  for  ;i  few  weeks     They  return  soon  t..  their  home  in  Honolulu. 

\Tll.\M      Mrs.    Franfc   Cheatham   is   now  eatabllahed  at   the   Denman 
Ram-It  at  CallstO 

iSSFIELD,     M.-    -  ottage  on  the  Russian  R 

r-AVls      Mr,  and  Mrs.   Francis   n,   Davis  entertained  a  house  party  this 

weak  at  their  beautiful  country  hon  Ptnoa, 

DUNCAN.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Duncan  are  at  BTobart  Mills,  where  they 

t   to  remain  until  the  latter  pan  <-f  July. 
IT  LI. AM. —Admiral     Fullam     has     joined     Mrs.     Fullam     and     Miss     Rhode 

Fullam  at    the   St.    Francis   Hotel. 
FUf.T.AM. — Miss  Rhoda  Fullam  passed  the  week-end  in  San  Mateo,  where 

Sliest  at  tin-  home  of  Miss  Arabella  Schwertn. 
(.-AYi.RY. — Miss  Hetty  Gayley  and  Miss  Ruth   London  are  enjoying  a  de- 
lightful stay  at  Lake  Tahoe  as  the  guests  of  Mrs.  Duane  B 
GUINNESS. — Mra.  A.  A.  Guinness  and  her  family  have  arrived  from  New 
York    and    have    taken    possession    for    the   summer   of    the    PonlatOWBkl 
place,  one  of  the  most  attractive  of  Burllngame's  h>0 
HEARST.— Mr.  and  Mrs,  William  Randolph  Hearst  Will  arrive  in  California 

late  in  July,  and  will  join  Mrs.  Hearst  at  the  Hacienda. 
JACKUNG.— Mr.  and  Mrs.   Daniel  C.  Jackling  spent  the  week-end  at  So- 
noma at  the  Rudolph  Spreckels  country  place,  Sobre  Vista. 
JOHNSON.— MlSS  Helen  Johnson,  accompanied  by  her  sister,  Miss  Frances 
Johnson,  will  leave  on  a  motor  trip  to  Aetna  Springs  within  the  nexl 
fortnight. 
KING.— Mrs.   Boswell  King  and  the  King  children  are  at  Lake  George  for 
the    summer,    with    the    former's   father,    Beverly   Thomas.      Mr.    King- 
who  went  East  with  them,  will  be  home  shortly. 
LENNOX, — Dr.   and  Mrs.  Milton  Lennon,  Dr.   and  Mrs.  Alfred  Roncovieri, 
Mr.   and   Mis.   Harvey  Allen  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Herbert  Bennett   are  a 
party  that  plans   to  pass  part  of  this  and  next   month  at  one  of  the 
pleasant  resorts  in   Sonoma  County. 
MARRIOTT.— Mr.  and  Mrs.   Frederick  Marriott  are  spending  the  month  ol 

June  In  Palo  Alto  with  Mr.  Marriott's  mother. 
MCCARTHY.— Mr.    and    Mrs.    E.    W.    McCarthy    and    family   opened    "The 

Terraces,"   their  handsome  home  in   San  Rafael,   this  week. 
McCORMICK. — Mr.   and   Mrs.   Charles  McCormick  are  established   in    their 

new  home  in  Menlo  Park. 
McCREERY. — Mrs.   Richard   McCreery  will  give  a  children's  party  to-day 

to  entertain   the  youngsters  of  the  country  club  contingent. 
MiNEAR, — Mr.   and   Mrs.   John  A.   McNear  have  been   in   town   for  a  few 
days,    at    their  apartments,    the   Cliff   Dwellers,    to   look  after   details 
in  connection  with  their  building  plans  for  their  home  on  the  Russian 
Rivi.-r.      The   pku-e   is  completed,   except   for  finishing  touches. 
NEWHALL. — George  A.   Newhall  and  his  family,   of  San   Francisco,   have 
arrived  at  Lake  Tahoe,  and  will  occupy  for  the  summer  their  beauti- 
ful home,  Rubicon  Lodge. 
OXNARD. — Mr.  and   Mrs.   Robert  Oxnard  have  leased  a  cottage  at  Castle 
Crags  for  the  midsummer  months,  and  leave  for  there  within  a   fort- 
night. 
PARROTT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Parrott.  Misses  Emilie,  Barbara  and  Jose- 
phine Parrott  and  Stephen  Parrott  are  at  present  at  Del  Monte.     They 
will   probably  not  return   to   their  home  in  San  Mateo  until   the  latter 
part  of  the  month. 
POPE, — Mrs.   George   A.    Pope   has   asked   all   of    the   debutantes   and   next 
season's  buds  with  many  of  the  older  belles  to  assist  at  the  Fourth 
of  July  entertainment  she  will  give  at  her  handsome  ballroom  at  her 
home  in  Burllngame. 
PENNOYER. — Mrs.  Virginia  Pennoyer  is  at  Saratoga. 

SAUNDERS. — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Edward    V.    Saunders   of    305    Spruce    street, 
have  taken  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  house  at  Palo  Alto  this  summer, 
SHORT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Douglas  Short  passed  the  week-end  at  the  Hatha- 
way place  at  Pebble  Beach. 
SNOOK. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   Charles  Wade  Snook  are  back  from  their  honey- 
moon   trip    through    the    northern    part    of   the    State,    and    have   taken 
possession  of  an  attractive  borne  in  Oakland. 
SPRECKELS. — John  D.  Spreckels  took  a  party  of  his  friends  on  a  yacht- 
ing cruise  of  a   few  days.      His   handsome  boat,   the  Venetia,  came  up 
from   San    Diego  some   time   ago   and   before  other  demands  are   made 
upon  the  ship  Mr.   Spreckels  will  entertain  groups  of  his  friends  from 
time    to    time.     The  Venetia,"  like  most   of  the  other  sea-going  yachts 
mm   this  Coast,  has  been  offered  to  the  Government  service. 


II 


NOTHING    TO   WORRY  ABOUT. 

Supposing  potatoes  do  soar  out  of  sight 

And  onions  are  costly  and  fi 
While  meat  is  so  high  that  you  hardly  can  buy 

Enough  once  a  week  for  a  stew. 
Though  carrots  and  cabbages,  parsnips  and  peas 

Are  sailing  aloft  like  balloons. 
You  can  stand  the  wolf  off  with  triumphant  scoff 

By  filling  yourself  full  of  prunes. 
And  even  if  prunes,  taken  three  times  a  day, 

In  time  on  your  palate  may  pall 
(As  they're  likely  to  do  in  a  fortnight  or  two), 

You  don't  need  eat  them  at  all. 
Pick  up  the  papers  and  turn  to  the  page 

Of  market  quotations  today, 
And  you'll  see  at  a  glance  there  has  been  no  advance 

In  the  price  of  nice  timothy  hay. 
Of  course  you  may  weary  of  hay  before  long 

(Some  people  don't  like  it  a  bit). 
But  don't  tear  your  hair  in  a  burst  of  despair. 

For  you  still  can  keep  healthy  and  fit. 
Cut  out  all  the  meat  and  the  vegetable  chow, 

And  when  you  get  ready  to  sup 
Just  fill  up  your  mug  from  the  kerosene  jug — 

Petroleum  hasn't  gone  up! — Oh,  no! 


YOU'LL  GRIN  AT  THIS. 

A  cartoon  by  Webster  in  the  New  York  Globe :  Mother 
(finding  the  youngsters,  in  their  pajamas,  erect  upon  the  bed)  — 
It's  ten  o'clock!  Why  aren't  you  in  bed  and  asleep?  The 
Children — Th'  lady  in  th'  'partment  upstairs  just  started  playin' 
the  Star-Spangled  Banner,  and  we  had  to  stand  up. 


An    "  Eagle  Brand  "    Baby 


Summer     Weather    Intensifies 
Your  Infant  Feeding  Problems 

If  for  any  reason  your  baby  is  not  thriving  on  its  present  food  try 

EAGLE 


This  clean,  whole- 
some milk  has  been 
successfully  used  for 
sixty  years.  It  is 
peculiarly  valuable 
to  the  baby  during 
the  heated  spell. 

Write  for 


W  herever  you 

may  be  at  home  or 

away     it    provides 

BRAND  an    easily     obtain- 

CONDENSED  ^      easi]y       pre. 

MILK  pared>  s5fe'  uni- 


Borden's  Cond.  Milk  Co.,  New  York 


Established  1857 
'  Leaders  of  Quality  ' 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


WHAT  THE  RED  CROSS  HAS  DONE. 

Very  few  people  realize  that  the  war  in  the  Crimea  was  very 
nearly  lost  to  the  English  and  French.  In  the  first  battles  of 
the  war,  the  losses  amongst  the  wounded,  besides  those  actually 
killed  in  battle,  were  enormous.  Six  hundred  out  of  every  thou- 
sand wounded  died,  with  the  result  of  stupendous  demoraliza- 
tion in  the  ranks.  Then  came  Florence  Nightingale  from  Lon- 
don with  new  ideas  as  to  the  care  of  soldiers.  She  had  some 
trouble  convincing  the  officers  as  to  her  method,  but  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  authority.  She  gradually  reduced  this  terri- 
ble loss,  so  that  in  three  or  four  months'  time,  out  of  every  thou- 
sand wounded,  only  twenty  died,  the  balance  recovered. 

You  can  hardly  realize  what  this  meant,  but  when  you  stop 
to  think  that  one  man  who  has  been  under  fire  is  worth  three 
green  men  at  the  front,  the  effect  of  the  returning  all  of  these 
wounded  to  the  front  was  to  turn  the  tide  of  battle  and  to  ulti- 
mately win  the  war. 

When  the  reports  went  forward  to  London,  there  were  sent 
in  the  names  of  the  English  General,  the  French  General  and, 
as  they  had  called  her,  the  Lady  Commander-in-Chief.  None 
of  us  remember  the  name  of  the  French  General  or  the  English 
General,  but  we  all  remember  the  name  of  Florence  Nightin- 
gale. 

So  we  of  the  Red  Cross  can  claim  that  the  war  in  the  Crimea 
ivas  successful  only  after  Florence  Nightingale  applied,  the  Red 
Cross  principle. 


GERMANY'S  ABUSE  OF  THE  S.  O.  S. 

"All's  fair  in  love  and  war,"  says  the  old  proverb,  but  most 
civilized  people  have  agreed  that  both  games  should  be  played 
according  to  certain  established  rules.  The  German  sailors, 
however,  perhaps  consider  that  they  would  be  acting  in  a  man- 
ner derogatory  to  their  Kultur  if  they  followed  the  common 
herd  too  closely  in  observing  them.  Accordingly  they  don't, 
says  the  Paris  Journal,  which  proceeds  to  record  the  latest  ex- 
ample of  Prussian  Gemutlichkeit : 

"Count  von  Ukner,  in  command  of  a  German  sorsair  (the 
armed  bark  Seeadler,  reported  in  the  Atlantic  a  month  ago), 
shot  and  sank  a  French  steamer  after  himself  sending  out  the 
S.  O.  S.  distress  signal.  The  French  steamer,  answering  the 
S.  O.  S.,  rushed  to  the  rescue.  The  details  of  what  happened 
are  given  by  the  captain,  who  says:  'When  we  received  the 
S.  0.  S.  from  a  ship  pretending  to  be  the  Norwegian  vessel  Ber- 
gen, I  gave  orders  to  rush  to  the  point  indicated,  at  the  same 
time  wirelessing  that  we  were  coming  at  full  steam.  When  we 
made  the  ship  she  appeared  to  be  floating  normally,  but  with  all 
lights  out.  Judge  of  our  surprise  when  within  three  lengths  of 
her  a  search-light  was  played  on  us,  and  the  Norwegian  flag 
was  lowered  and  replaced  by  a  German  flag. 

"  'Seeing  that  I  had  fallen  into  a  trap,  I  turned  about,  but  a 


shot  had  already  struck  us  under  the  water-line.  Three  more 
shells  struck  us  in  quick  succession.  We  were  so  near  the  cor- 
sair that  we  could  hear  the  officers  gibing  at  us  with  cries  of 
"Vive  la  France!"  We  launched  out  boats,  but  one  was  hit 
and  four  occupants  killed.  We  sent  out  an  S.  O.  S.  and  were 
soon  afterward  picked  up  by  a  British  cruiser,  the  German  ship 
making  off." 


GERMANY  SUFFERING   FROM   ANAEMIA. 

Reports  from  Berlin  and  from  other  cities  of  Germany  show 
that  the  whole  German  people  to-day,  even  the  well-to-do,  are 
suffering  from  anaemia,  caused  by  the  restriction  of  their  diet, 
there  not  being  a  sufficient  supply  of  meat  and  fats. 

This  is  naturally  affecting  the  vitality  of  the  people,  and 
must  have  a  serious  effect  upon  future  generations  of  Ger- 
mans. Incidentally,  too,  it  seems  to  have  been  exercising  a 
very  painful  effect,  particularly  upon  the  singers,  who  find  in- 
creasing difficulty  in  keeping  to  the  pitch  and  especially  in 
using  the  higher  notes  of  their  voices,  showing  very  clearly 
how  necessary  a  proper  and  sufficient  diet  is  to  the  production 
of  tone. 

This  is  something  that  has  been  contended  for  years.  Namely, 
that  tone  quality  depends  largely  upon  diet. 

Returning  Americans  seem  unanimous  in  expressing  their 
conviction  that  the  spirit  of  the  German  people  is  still  unbroken, 
though  they  have  begun  to  wonder  why,  with  so  many  reported 
victories,  the  war  goes  on. 

That  they  are  utterly  deceived  as  to  the  situation  through 
the  misleading  statements  being  continually  promulgated 
through  their  press  is  certain.  The  entrance  of  the  United 
States  into  the  conflict  has  made  no  perceptible  impression,  be- 
cause the  German  attitude  remains  what  it  always  was — that 
we  are  like  the  English,  only  worse — a  nation  of  shopkeepers, 
without  any  red  blood,  people  who  would  sacrifice  everything 
to  the  dollar;  that  we  have  no  army,  not  much  navy,  and  that 
even  if  we  should  be  able  to  create  one,  or  both,  the  war  would 
be  over  before  we  can  do  so. 


IT  DIDN'T  WORK. 


They  say  a  man  can  always  quell 

A  brute  beast  with  his  eye, 
If  he  looks  at  him  long  enough, 

And  so  I  thought  I'd  try. 
I  didn't  have  a  brute  beast  near 

Not  one  was  within  call; 
So  I  tried  a  small,  weak  woman — 

But  it  didn't  work  at  all. — Life. 


He — Haven't  I  seen  you  somewhere  sometime? 

Quite  likely.    I  was  there.— New  York  Sun. 


She— 


+ 


§>an  JFrattriBoi  dljnmtrie 


-i 


In  the  name  of  mercy  and  the  dispensation  of  charity,  I  send  my  subscription  for  the  American  Red  Cross  Fund  to 
be  administered  by  the  War  Council  appointed  by  the  President. 


.1917 


Name 


Address 


If  you  desire  a  Membership  for  any  ( 
part  of  your  gift  kindly  indicate  it  here.  ( 


/ 


)   Annual  Member,  no 'magazine,  per  year $     1.00 

)  Subscribing  Member,  including  magazine,  per  year.     2.00 

)  Contributing  Member,  including  magazine,  per  year     5.00 

(     )  Sustaining  Member,  including  magazine,  per  year.  .    10.00 

(     )   Life  Member,  including  magazine 25.00 

(     )   Patron  Member,  including  Magazine 100.00 

No  obligations  whatsoever  involved  in  any  class  of  membership 


+ 


Mail  to  Red  Cross  Editor,  The  Chronicle,  San  Francisco 

San  Francisco  News  Letter 


4" 


:9i7 


and  California  .-Vh< 


[Tic  Personal  \ 


Mrs.  Parker— Our  new  cook  has  learned  all  mv 

Parker — Don't  worry.    She  may  improve.— Life. 

Teacher — Why  are  you  late  for  school?  Pupil— Please, 

teacher.  I  must  have  over-washed  myself.— New  York  Herald. 

"Don't  you  find  it  hard  these  times  to  meet  expenses?" 

"Hard?  Man  alive!  I  meet  expenses  at  every  turn.— Boston 
Transcript. 

Prof — Freshman,  why  don't  you  take  notes  in  my  course  ? 

'20 — My  father  took  this  same  course,  and  I  have  his  notes. — 
Chaparral. 

— — First  Gossip — Do  you  believe  that  awful  story  they  are 
telling  about  Mrs.  Pen-in?  Second  Gossip — Yes;  what  is  it? — 
New  York  Times. 

"Did  he  start  anything  when  you  asked  if  you  could 

marry  his  daughter?"  "I  should  say  so.  He  started  to  shake 
my  hand  ofi." — Life. 

Judge — Were  you  ever  arrested  before?  Raggles — Hon- 
est, now,  Judge,  do  I  look  like  I  was  a  bud  jest  makin'  me  day- 
boo? — Columbus  Citizen. 

"Washington  was  a  truthful  man."     "I've  got  the  habit 

myself  now.  I  think  it  is  the  best  plan,  if  you  marry  a  widow." 
— Louisville  Courier-Journal. 

Mrs.  Barton  (to  small  daughter  saying  prayers) — A  little 

louder,  dear.  I  can't  hear.  Daughter — Yes,  but  I  am  not  speak- 
ing to  you. — New  York  Times. 

Host  (at  afternoon  tea) — May  I  introduce  my  friend,  Mr. 

Cameron?  Debutante  from  the  Wilds — Of  course.  What 
dyer  suppose  I  come  for? — Life. 

Mrs.   Rivers — I   am  very  much   pleased  with   my  new 

cook.  Mrs.  Bridges — How  long  have  you  had  her?  Mrs.  Rivers 
Her  day  will  be  up  to-night.— Judge. 

Woman — How  did  you  get  that  Carnegie  medal  ?  Tramp 

— Heroism,  lady.  I  took  it  away  from  a  guy  that  was  twice  my 
size. — New  Orleans  Times-Democrat. 

He  (proudly) — My  ancestors  came  ovah  in  the  May- 
flower. She — -Well,  it  was  certainly  lucky  for  you  that  they  did. 
The  immigration  laws  are  a  little  stricter  now. — Puck. 

The  lady  who  likes  children  was  gushing  over  Helen, 

aged  three.  "How  old  are  you,  darling?"  she  asked.  "I  isn't 
old,"  said  Helen.    "I'm  nearly  new." — New  York  Times. 

Caller  (waiting  for  an  invitation) — Two  o'clock!  I  fear 

I  am  keeping  you  from  your  dinner.  Hostess — No,  no;  but  I 
fear  that  we  are  keeping  you  from  yours. — Boston  Transcript. 

Very  likely  you  have  overlooked  it;  but  geography  has 

nevertheless  had  its  little  joke,  its  quiet  little  satire,  by  locating 
the  war  in  what  has  hitherto  been  called  the  Temperate  Zone. — 
Puck. 

Pittsburg  Man   (telephoning  to  Long  Island  from  New 

York) — Ten  cents?  Why,  in  Pittsburg  we  can  telephone  to 
Hades  for  a  nickel.  Central — But  this  is  a  long  distance  call. — 
Pitt  Panther. 

Pittsburg  Man   (telephoning  to  Long  Island  from  New 

York) — Ten  cents?  Why,  in  Pittsburg  we  can  telephone  to 
Hades  for  a  nickel.  Central — But  this  is  a  long-distance  call. — 
Pitt  Panther. 

Mabel — I'm  going  to  get  married  next  month,  Lizzie,  if 

Jim  can  get  a  week  off  from  his  job.  I  think  he'll  be  able  to;  yer 
see,  it  isn't  as  if  'e  was  asking  for  a  vacation  to  have  a  good 
time."— Vanity  Fair. 

Golf  Professional  (giving  a  lesson) — You  know,  sir,  you 

lift  your  elbow  too  much  to  play  golf  properly.  New  Member — 
How  dare  you!  I'll  report  you  to  the  committee.  I'm  a  life- 
long teetotaler. — Tit-Bits. 

"Bad  luck  that  for  poor  old  Bill,"  said  Jinks  the  chauf- 
feur. "He  got  fined  for  taking  out  his  employer's  car  without 
permission.  "  "But  how  did  the  boss  know  he  took  it?"  "Bill 
ran  over  him." — New  York  Times. 


>ic»loH  has  enK«c 

<nd  Sophia  Ak> 

■ncnt  of  women  - 
>t  the  times,  and  hi 

salaries  that  are  paid  to  the  men. 

•  •  • 

If  Nellie  Melba's  plans  for  her  return  trip  horn 
visit  to  California  materialized  as  the  Au  I 
she  is  now  teaching  once  more  at  the  Albert  Sti 
rium  in  Melbourne.    She  was  due  in  Sydney  on  the  5th  ol 
which,  incidentally,  was  her  birthday — a  date  tl  mind 

the  interesting  fact  that  the  great  Australian  soprano  and  a 
great  American  soprano,  the  lamented  Lillian  Nordica,  were  but 
one  week  apart  in  age,  Mmc.  Nordica  being  the  younger  of  the 
two  famous  singers  by  that  narrow  margin. 
*  *  * 

Accompanying  the  expulsion  of  Charles  Edward  Russell  from 
the  socialist  party  for  the  crime  of  accepting  a  government 
commission  to  Russia  without  the  consent  of  the  party  machine, 
comes  Morris  Hillquit's  calm  assurance  that  the  party's  mem- 
bership is  "now  fast  increasing  all  over  the  country." 

•  *  • 

Henry  Ford,  the  pacifist,  by  buying  Liberty  bonds  in  $5,- 
000,000  lots,  puts  to  shame  some  of  our  Massachusetts  million- 
aires who  for  two  years  grew  purple  in  the  face  denouncing  the 
country  for  being  "too  proud  to  fight,"  but  are  now  unwilling 
to  "disturb"  their  regular  investments  in  order  to  make  the  loan 
a  success. 

•  •  • 

Lord  Northcliffe's  London  Times  wonders  whether  the  politi- 
cal system  of  the  country  "really  requires  such  wholesale  per- 
iodical outputs  of  peerages,  baronetcies  and  knighthoods  in  re- 
turn for  some  heavy  disbursement  for  purely  party  services." 
Presumably  Lord  Northcliffe's  peerage  was  merely  a  tribute 
to  the  profession  of  journalism. 

•  *  * 

William  Waldorf  Astor,  already  a  baron,  goes  into  a  higher 
rank  of  the  peerage  with  the  title  of  viscount.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  no  patriotic  speaker  will  so  forget  himself  as  to  refer  to  the 
new  honor  as  one  more  link  in  the  chain  of  friendship  which  is 
being  slowly  forged  between  the  English  people  and  the  great 
democracy  across  the  Atlantic. 


Grant  Avenue  at  Post  Street 


^(KNITTED 
BATHING  SUITS 

For  Hen— Women—Children 


Are  the  Most  Sensible 
Swimming  Garments 
Yet   Devised 

They  are  elastic,  shed  water  quick- 
ly; so  skillfully  knit  they  have  all 
the  modest  lines  of  the  cloth   suit. 

Men's— $1.00  to  $10.00 
Women's— $2.50  to  $30 

"You   Know  Our   Qualities" 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


Library  Table 


The  San  Jose  Pageant. 

Miss  Helen  Stocking,  a  well  known  writer  of  San  Francisco, 
has  described  in  a  smart  pamphlet  of  book  form  a  comprehen- 
sive and  highly  entertaining  series  of  sketches  and  episodes  the 
story  of  the  recent  San  Jose  pageant  that  created  so  much  plea- 
sure and  delight  in  that  and  the  surrounding  community.  The 
pageant  was  designed,  not  only  to  recall  historical  incident  and 
pictures,  but  to  endow  San  Jose  in  every  imagination  with  a 
personality  such  as  the  romance  of  its  history  alone  can  give. 
It  was  a  community  play  of  dramatic  scenes  and  spectacles, 
made  up  of  action,  dance,  color,  costume,  music  and  pageantry, 
in  which  the  entire  community  had  an  opportunity  to  unite  in 
creating  an  art-expression  of  the  city's  history  and  life. 

The  pageant  was  produced  under  the  direction  of  Garnet 
Holme;  the  music  by  Ruth  Cornell  and  the  song  verse  by  Clar- 
ence Urmy.  The  responsibility  of  the  affair  was  in  the  hands 
of  the  Community  Drama  Association,  to  whom  it  was  a  mat- 
ter of  love,  civic  duty  and  civic  pride  for  the  glory  of  San  Jose 
and  the  honor  of  Santa  Clara  County.  The  production  was  so 
thoroughly  successful  that  it  will  in  all  probability  become  an 
annual  event  with  the  county.  San  Jose  is  one  of  the  half- 
dozen  original  birth-marks  of  early  Spanish  history  on  this  con- 
tinent, and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  annual  presentation  of  these 
pageants  will  be  adopted  and  receive  proper  support  from  the 
residents  of  Alta  California. 

*  *  * 

A  new  volume  in  the  "Wisdom  of  the  East"  series,  published 
by  E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co.  is  "A  Feast  of  Lanterns,"  rendered  into 
English  with  an  introduction  by  L.  Cranmer-Byng.  The  poems 
in  the  little  book  are  colorful  and  romantic  and  the  translator 
has  done  his  work  with  appropriate  delicacy.  The  reader  of 
these  graceful  relics  of  the  thought  of  an  alien  race  in  by-gone 
centuries  echoes  the  sentiment  of  Sir  John  Davis,  quoted  on  the 
title  page  of  this  volume,  'As  our  gardens  have  already  been 
indebted  to  China  for  a  few  choice  flowers,  who  knows  but  our 
poetry  may  some  day  lie  under  a  similar  obligation?" 

A  WORD  FROM  THE  WIND 

From  an  Ancient  Chinese  Ballad  of  the  Fourth  Century,  A.  D. 

There  is  some  one  of  whom  I  keep  a-thinking; 
There  is  some  one  whom  I  visit  in  my  dreams, 
Though  a  hundred  hills  stand  sentinel  between  us, 
And  the  dark  rage  of  a  hundred  sunless  streams. 
For  the  same  bright  moon  is  kind  to  us, 
And  the  same  untrammeled  wind  to  us, 
Daring  a  hundred  hills, 
Whispers  the  word  that  thrills. 
And  the  dust  of  my  heart,  laid  bare, 
Shows  the  lilies  that  linger  there. 

A  KING  OF  TANG. 
By  Wang  Po,  A.  D.  648-676. 

There  looms  a  lordly  pleasure-tower  o'er  yon  dim  shore, 

Raised  by  some  King  of  Tang. 
Jade  dependants  at  his  girdle  clashed,  and  golden  bells 

Around  his  chariot  rang. 

Strange  guests  through  sounding  halls  at  dawn  go  trailing  by, 

Gray  mists  and  mocking  winds ; 
And  sullen  brooding  twilights  break  in  rain  on  rain, 

To  lash  the  ragged  blinds. 

The  slow,  sun-dappled  clouds  lean  down  o'er  waters  blue, 

Clear-mirrored  one  by  one; 
Then  drift  as  all  the  world  shall  drift.    The  very  stars 

Their  timeless  courses  run. 

How  many  autumn  moons  have  steeped  those  palace  walls ! 

And  paled  the  shattered  beams ! 
What  is  their  royal  builder  now?    A  Lord  of  dust? 

An  Emperor  of  dreams? 

*  *  * 

"Virginia  of  Elk  Creek  Valley." 

Any  reader  who  has  followed  that  captivating  romance,  "The 
Girl  from  the  Big  Horn  Country,"  by  Mary  Ellen  Chase,  will 


be  delighted  that  its  sequel  is  in  the  above  title,  and  is  continued 
with  the  same  characters,  including  a  number  of  equally  inter- 
esting people,  cleverly  described  by  Mrs.  Henry  Backus.  The 
picturesque  background  is  still  Virginia's  home  in  the  Big  Horn 
country,  to  which  she  invites  her  Eastern  friends  for  a  summer 
vacation.  From  the  start  you  will  become  intensely  interested 
in  "Miss  K.  Karoli,"  a  working  girl  of  delicate  constitution, 
whose  ambition  is  "to  get  a  place  in  the  sun."  She  is  sustained 
in  her  heroic  struggles  against  the  disadvantages  of  her  birth  by 
a  burning  faith  in  the  great  American  ideal.  How  she  does  it 
and  what  follows  will  hold  your  expectation  to  the  close  of  this 
unusually  entertaining  book. 

Illustrated  by  William  Van  Dresser.  $1.35  net.  Post,  $1.50. 
The  Page  Company,  Boston. 

*  *  * 

"Debutante." 

This  is  one  of  the  famous  Blue  Bonnet  series  conceived  by 
that  clever  author,  Lela  Horn  Richards.  Its  chief  charm  is  that 
it  contains  so  much  of  human  nature,  and  is  a  story  that  will 
gladden  the  hearts  of  girl  readers  because  of  its  unusual,  charm- 
ing atmosphere,  comradeship  and  reality.  Indeed,  the  opportun- 
ity is  timely  in  becoming  the  good  angel  of  numbers  of  poor 
children,  some  of  which  became  notable  through  her  kindly  aid. 
It  was  characteristic  of  Blue  Bonnet  that  she  was  the  good  fairy 
that  made  everybody  happy.  She  has  her  worries,  of  course, 
but  it  is  delightful  to  see  how  in  her  goodness  she  escapes  them. 
This  book  ought  to  appeal  to  Californians,  for  a  number  of  its 
most  important  situations  have  their  action  here  in  California. 

Illustrated  by  Elizabeth  Withington.  $1.50  net.  The  Page 
Company,  Boston. 


THE  STRONGER  SEX. 


Poor  Algernon  made  bold  to  eat 

A  piece  of  ordinary  pie; 
It  brought  him  misery  complete, 

He  almost  thought  that  he  would  die. 

Clarinda,  on  the  other  hand, 

When  it  was  ninety  in  the  shade, 
Ate  chocolates  which  she  said  were  "grand," 

And  washed  them  down  with  lemonade. 

She  took  ice-cream  with  syrup  pink 

Until  there  was  no  keeping  count; 
She  quite  exhausted,  people  think, 

Th'e  menu  at  the  soda  fount. 

With  salted  almonds  she  made  free, 

She  swallowed  pickles  by  the  score. 
A  salad  she  effaced  with  glee, 

And  then  serenely  ordered  more. 

Now  why  does  nature  thus  contrive 

The  boasted  strength  of  man  to  flout  ? 

Why  does  Clarinda  thus  survive, 
While  Algernon  is  down  and  out? 

— Washington  Star. 


WAR  NEWS  INDEED. 

Editor — Our  society  reporter  was  sick  last  night,  so  we  sent 
our  war  correspondent  to  cover  the  social  side  of  the  opera  open- 
ing. Assistant — How  did  he  do  it?  Editor — Not  very  well.  In 
describing  how  Mrs.  Barely  was  dressed  he  said:  "There  was 
nothing  of  importance  on  her  Eastern  front." — Puck. 


Wedding  Presents. — The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


ARE  YOU  SHORT  OF  READY  CASH?    WHY  NOT  SELL  YOUR 

DIAMONDS 

1*11  pay  highest  spot  CASH  for  them.     No  delay.      All  transactions  in  my 
private  office.     It  will  pay  you  to  see  me  AT    ONCE 

N  EA L    A  .    SHOOR 

Phone  GarEeld  1440     Room  960  Phetan  Bldg.      760  Market  Street 


Junf  23.  1917 


ami  Californ 


INSURANCE 


The  so-called  problem  of  Pascal,  from  the  solution  of  which 
the  principles  ur.  .  t0  nave  sprungi 

o  go  to  the  first  winner  of  three  point*.    A  has  won  two 

and  B  only  one.  when  it  i  intinue  the  game 

ivide  the   stak>  ion:   How   should   the   stake  be 

i?    Answer:  B  must  win  the  next  two  games  in  order  to 

obtain  the  stake.    His  chance  for  winning  the  next  is  one  out 

of  two.  or  >  |.    After  winning  the  no.  is  chance  for  the 

succeeding  game  is  likewise  >  j.    B's  chance  of  winning  the  two 

in  succession  is  evidently  only  1 2  as  great  as  the  chance  for  the 

next  one  game,  therefore  his  interest  in  the  stake  is  rcpn 

by  the  fraction  •  , ;  or,  in  other  words,  B  is  entitled  to  '  ,  of  the 

stake  and  A  to  the  remaining 

*  •  • 

The  following  men  from  the  office  of  the  Fireman's  Fund 
have  joined  the  forces  of  Uncle  Sam :  C.  J.  Ferguson,  Captain 
Quartermaster's  Department,  U.  S.  A.;  Chas.  Osborn,  Quarter- 
master-Sergeant, U.  S.  A. ;  W.  Durkee,  Engineers'  Corps,  to  be 
sent  to  France  at  once ;  F.  R.  Lanagan,  First  Lieutenant  Officers' 
Reserve;  E.  T.  Marsh,  First  Lieutenant  Officers'  Reserve;  E.  A. 
Valentine,  Second  Lieutenant  Officers'  Reserve;  E.  E.  Collins, 
Second  Lieutenant  Officers'  Reserve;  D.  S.  Gregory,  Second 
Lieutenant  Officers'  Reserve;  E.  A.  Falconer,  Officers'  Training 

Camp;  Henry  Ellsworth,  United  States  Navy. 

*  *  * 

Twenty  years  ago  the  New  York  life  declined  to  do  business 
ir.  Austria  because  Austria  was  unfriendly  to  American  com- 
panies. A  discriminating  law  there  required  that  a  very  large 
percentage  of  premiums  collected  in  that  country  should  be  in- 
vested in  3V2  per  cent  Austrian  securities  and  that  dividend 
returns  to  Austrian  policyholders  be  at  the  same  rate  as  those 
made  to  policyholders  in  America  where  a  higher  rate  of  inter- 
est prevailed. 

*  *  * 

President  R.  M.  Bissell  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Un- 
derwriters, in  his  annual  address  stated  that  the  Underwriting 
loss  last  year  amounted  to  $10,712,079,  or  2.46  per  cent  on  the 
premium  receipts.  For  the  entire  ten  year  period  ending  with 
1916  the  underwriting  profits  were  but  1.67  per  cent  on  the  total 
premiums  collected,  the  grand  total  of  which  amounted  to 
$3,102,080,749. 

Two  sons  of  A.  W.  Thornton,  H.  A.  Thornton,  an  insurance 
attorney,  and  R.  P.  Thornton  of  the  underwritig  department  of 
H.  M.  Newhall  &  Co.,  are  among  those  who  have  enlisted  to 
fight  under  the  colors  of  Uncle  Sam.    They  expect  to  be  called 

to  service  in  the  navy. 

*  *  * 

Howard  E.  Pate,  who  has  represented  the  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  North  America  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  field,  has  been 
appointed  State  agent  for  the  Commercial  Union  and  Palatine 
for  Oklahoma. 

Of  the  eighteen  general  agencies  of  the  State  Life,  the  Cali- 
fornia agency  stood  No.  1  for  paid-for  business  in  May.  F.  J. 
Cooper  was  the  company's  largest  personal  producer,  with  Ar- 
thur J.  Hill,  general  agent,  second  on  the  list,  and  J.  Westey 

Tilton  a  close  third. 

*  *  * 

F.  W.  Heron,  Pacific  Coast  supervisor  for  the  Fidelity  Mutual 
Life,  accompanied  by  A.  P.  Chipron,  manager  for  San  Fran- 
cisco; J.  H.  Wentz,  Sacramento;  W.  G.  Backus,  San  Francisco; 
James  S.  White,  Los  Angeles;  R.  T.  Cremer,  Los  Angeles;  and 

J.  A.  Houston,  Spokane. 

*  *  * 

As  predicted  several  months  ago,  the  Royal  Indemnity,  fol- 
lowing its  action  in  discontinuing  the  writing  of  workmen's  com- 
pensation in  California,  has  discontinued  the  writing  of  this 
branch  of  the  business  in  Colorado,  Kansas  and  Minnesota. 

*  *  * 

O.  A.  Lyman,  who  has  represented  the  Continental  Casualty 
Company  in  Oregon,  has  joined  the  insurance  firm  of  James 
Mel.  Wood  &  Co.,  taking  the  general  agency  of  the  Continental 
Casualty  with  him. 


■  passed  t 


MB  income,  new  buiine*-. 
months  of  this  year. 


A.  M.  Smith  has  succeeded  H  en  as  cas: 

George  E.  Hoadley  general  agency. 


PAD!  HI  WSKI   AS   A    <  111 

I^-nace  j'.  Paderewski  has  denied  that  he  is  to  become  an 
American  citizen.  The  report  came  in  the  way  of  a  cable  from 
Lausanne,  near  his  Swiss  home. 

In  denying  the  report,  Mr.  Paderewski  said  that  this  was  no 
time  for  one  to  renounce  one's  nationality.  No  doubt  Mr.  Pade- 
rewski feels  that  should  the  Allies  win  it  may  lead  to  the  re- 
construction of  the  old  kingdom  of  Poland,  which  has  been  the 
one  dream  of  the  great  pianist  and  musician,  and  to  which  he  has 
devoted  a  large  part  of  his  fortune,  as  well  as  much  of  his  time 
and  energy.  Indeed,  he  is  traveling  all  over  the  country,  to 
speak  at  meetings  of  his  co-patriots  on  the  subject. 

Furthermore,  it  is  understood  that  Mr.  Paderewski  has  never 
been  much  in  sympathy  with  democratic  ideas  or  ideals.  He 
is  not  American  in  sentiment  or  spirit.  Though  it  can  be  said 
of  him  with  truth  that  he  has  always  been  willing  to  express 
tiis  appreciation  of  the  tremendous  popularity  which  he  has  ac- 
quired in  the  United  States,  not  to  mention  the  various  fortunes 
which  he  has  been  able  to  make  through  his  many  tours. 


"OLD  GLORY  CALLING"  A  SUCCESS. 

The  first  war  s'ing  that  bids  fair  to  outrival  "Tipperary"  in 
popularity  has  been  written  by  Genevieve  Champion  Lorge  and 
Dion  Paul  Argoute  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  musical  people 
of  our  beloved  city  have  accepted  it  as  the  most  popular  song 
written  since  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  Mrs.  Lorge  has  been 
successful  writing  short  stories.  One  that  attracted  a  great  deal 
of  notice  was  "The  Skeletons  in  the  Closets."  Some  of  the 
Orpheum's  most  popular  stars  are  singing  her  song  hits.  Mrs. 
Lorge  and  Mr.  Argoute  are  living  in  San  Francisco,  and  have 
dedicated  their  song  to  the  Western  Division  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

The  Techau  Tavern  will  make  a  special  feature  of  Mrs. 
Lorge's  song,  which  is  written  in  march  time  and  is  a  snappy 
one-step  dance  number.  The  orchestra  in  the  St.  Francis  Tea 
Room  is  playing  it.  The  music  has  a  martial  swing  and  the 
"pep"  that  makes  for  success. 

From  the  East  comes  word  that  out  of  44  war  songs  published 
this  season  "Old  Glory's  Calling"  has  scored  the  greatest  suc- 
cess. 


HELP  THE  RED  CROSS 
TO  HELP  THE  WOUNDED 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  June  19.— The  West,  from  the 
Mississippi  to  the  Pacific,  has  promised  to  raise  a  sum 
greater  than  the  fifteen  million  asked  of  it  by  the  Red 
Cross  War  Council.  Every  State  has  responded  to  the  ap- 
peal, and  many  of  them  have  delighted  the  Western  com- 
mittee by  offering  to  increase  the  amounts  apportioned 
them. 

California  leads  the  list  with  $3,250,000.  Texas  is  next 
with  $2,500,000.  Kansas  follows  with  $1 ,600,000.  _  Four 
big  States  have  promised  a  million  each — Washington, 
Colorado,  Oklahoma  and  Nebraska.  Another  million  will 
be  raised  by  North  and  South  Dakota  together.  Iowa, 
with  the  exception  of  three  big  cities,  will  raise  half  a 
million.  And  Missouri,  with  the  exception  of  two  cities, 
will  do  the  same. 

Oregon  has  set  the  mark  at  $700,000.  Idaho  guarantees 
$400,000.  Montana  is  down  for  $300,000.  Arizona  and 
Utah  will  each  raise  a  quarter  of  a  million.  New  Mexico 
and  Arkansas  have  promised  $200,000  apiece,  and  Nevada 
and  Wyoming  say  they  are  good  for  $100,000  each. 

The  total  is  $15,850,000 — nearly  a  million  more  than  the 
West  was  asked  to  give. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


LF1NANOAU 


San  Francisco  subscribed  $12,000,- 
As  to  Liberty  Bonds.  000,  thirty  per  cent  above  its  allot- 
ment in  Liberty  bonds,  and  signed 
for  a  total  of  $54,000,000.  The  Twelfth  Federal  District,  of 
which  San  Francisco  is  the  financial  center,  oversubscribed  its 
allotment  of  $166,000,000  by  about  $5,000,000.  This  invest- 
ment is  gilt  edge,  the  best  in  the  world  to-day.  While  the 
greater  part  of  the  $2,000,000,000  must  be  made  up  of  the  rela- 
tively large  subscriptions,  a  noteworthy  feature  is  the  number 
of  small  investors  who  have  purchased  bonds  on  the  installment 
plan  in  the  effort  to  support  their  country  in  a  national  crisis. 
In  this  way  the  list  of  holders  of  United  States  Government 
bonds  has  been  materially  lengthened  through  the  addition  of 
the  names  of  many  thousand  investors,  who  never  before  owned 
a  bond.  This  experience  may  prove  to  be  of  great  importance 
to  many  who  will  acquire  the  habit  of  saving  regularly  and  will 
learn  some  of  the  advantages  of  investing  in  sound  bonds.  While 
the  war  lasts  the  country  will  be  called  upon  to  absorb  Liberty 
Bonds,  it  being  now  estimated  that  issues  aggregating  $8,000,- 
000,000  to  $10,000,000,000  will  be  required  during  the  first  year. 
This  amount  must  be  raised  mainly  from  the  saved  income  of  our 
people  and  herein  lies  the  importance  of  enlisting  the  interest  of 
wage  earners  and  others  who  as  a  class  have  not  hitherto  been 
accustomed  to  save  from  their  incomes;  any  new  savings  they 
may  make  will  be  that  much  added  to  the  wealth  of  the  nation, 
besides  the  effect  of  enriching  and  broadening  their  own  lives. 


The  official  figures  show  that  San  Francisco  was  one  of 

five  leading  cities  to  report  last  month  the  heaviest  May  clear- 
ings on  record."  Twenty  different  cities  showed  a  gain  over  a 
year  ago  of  nearly  30  per  cent,  indicating  how  active  business  is 
in  spite  of  the  war.  One  factor  in  this  activity  is  the  heavy  buy- 
ing of  war  material  for  the  account  of  this  government  and  its 
foreign  Allies.  The  demand  for  ships  was  probably  never  as 
great  as  it  is  today.  The  output  of  vessels  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
as  elsewhere,  is  restricted  only  by  the  capacity  of  the  yards. 


With   continued   favorable   conditions,   record   crops   of 

fruit  may  be  expected  for  1917.  While  it  is  early  for  a  definite 
estimate,  authorities  believe  the  yield  of  prunes  will  be  ap- 
proximately 112,500  tons.  Present  prices  range  from  6y2  to  7 
cents  per  pound,  bulk  basis.  Large  crops  of  potatoes  and  onions 
are  expected — so  large  as  to  indicate  a  reduction  of  price  to  ap- 
proximately the  level  of  former  years. 


■ "The  prospects  for  a  record-breaking  food  yield  are  such 

that  I  can  see  no  justification  for  abnormal  prices,"  says  C.  J. 
Blanchard,  chief  statistician  of  the  Federal  Reclamation  Ser- 
vice, who  has  just  completed  a  survey  of  crops  on  reclamation 
projects  in  Colorado,  New  Mexico,  Texas,  Utah,  Idaho,  Ne- 
braska and  South  Dakota.  He  estimated  that  while  gross  re- 
turns from  these  projects  were  $38  an  acre  last  year,  they  would 
be  $40  this  year  if  properly  harvested. 


The  record  established  by  San  Francisco  bank  clearings 

last  week  was  smashed  this  week  when  transactions  at  the 
Clearing  House  showed  a  total  of  $24,977,116,  a  gain  of  $2,- 
856,162  over  the  high  water  mark  reached  at  the  close  of  last 
week. 


Ting-a-ling-a-ling!     The   Rev.   George   C.   Abbitt   took 

down  the  receiver  and  placed  it  to  his  ear.  "Is  that  the  Dickel 
Liquor  Company?"  a  woman  asked.  Mr.  Abbitt  recognized 
the  voice  of  his  parishioner.  "No,"  he  replied  in  stern  reproof; 
it  is  your  rector."  Was  there  a  dull  thud?  No.  "Indeed," 
said  the  lady,  quick  as  a  flash,  "and  pray  what  are  you  doing 
there?" — Hopkinsville  New  Era. 


THE  PASSING  OF  DENT   ROBERT,   NEWSPAPERMAN. 

Dent  H.  Robert,  representative  and  publisher  of  Hearst's 
papers  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  a  prominent  figure  among  the 
newspaper  men  of  the  country,  passed  away,  this  week,  after  a 
lingering  illness  at  his  home  in  Coronado.  Every  effort  was 
made  by  Mr.  Hearst  and  Robert's  host  of  staunch  friends  to 
prolong  his  days. 

Dent  Robert  was  a  born  newspaperman;  on  certain  lines  he 
was  a  genius,  but  above  all,  he  was  reliable  under  any  emer- 
gency, and  this  gift,  amid  the  many  uncertainties  in  the  news- 
paper game,  made  him  one  of  the  leaders  of  Mr.  Hearst's  large 
staff  of  managing  editors.  His  all-round  resourcefulness  was 
illustrated  during  the  great  fire  of  1906,  when  most  of  the  daily 
papers  on  this  peninsula  were  like  ship  hulks  being  pounded  to 
pieces  on  rocks  during  a  storm.  Robert  grappled  with  the  mul- 
titudinous problem  of  re-establishing  a  printing  plant  for  the 
Examiner  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  he  did  it  so  expeditiously 
as  to  confound  most  of  his  fellows. 

When  rebuilding  on  this  side  of  the  bay  warranted  him  in 
returning  to  San  Francisco,  he  made  a  present  of  the  Exami- 
ner's printing  plant  in  Oakland  to  another  publication,  a  print- 
ing plant  that  made  a  New  Oakland,  and  put  it  on  the  news- 
paper map.  Robert  was  thorough  in  all  he  did ;  his  hall  mark 
on  a  piece  of  work  meant  "reliable."  That  is  why  members  of 
the  Exposition  sought  his  advice  in  the  troublous  days  of  or- 
ganization and  planning.  That  is  why  the  Los  Angeles  Exami- 
ner, running  on  the  lines  he  established,  has  become  a  success. 
That  is  why  the  San  Francisco  Examiner  is  the  best  paying 
asset  of  the  Hearst  string  of  daily  papers.  His  hand  was  ever 
in  plans  to  boost  San  Francisco  to  make  it  the  great  metropolis 
of  the  West,  to  make  the  East  believe  that  California  was  the 
West,  and  he  succeeded  in  a  large  degree.  Men  of  his  calibre 
and  staunch  purpose  in  constructive  work  are  rare,  and  Califor- 
nia will  fare  long  before  she  finds  his  equal. 


PAN-GERMANY. 


Pan-Germany,  to  thee  I  sing, 

Land  of  Kultur  and  Light! 
Thy  stern  Efficiency  shall  bring 

The  Golden  Age  of  Might! 
When  fair  Columbia  at  Thy  feet 

Fawns  like  a  dog,  at  last, 
The  world's  black  future  shall  repeat 

The  midnights  of  its  past. 

Then  shall  be  trampled  'neath  Thy  heel 

The  harlot,  Liberty; 
Then  man,  re-chained,  shall  humbly  feel 

How  sweet  is  Slavery! 
And  little  children  shall  be  born 

To  happy  servitude, 
Learning  at  mother-knees  to  scorn 

The  free,  the  unsubdued. 

Pan-Germany,  Pan-Germany, 

By  Gas  and  Zeppelins, 
By  U-boats  lurking  in  the  sea,- 

By  Murder,  Rape  and  Sins 
Too  hideous  to  be  named  in  song, 

By  all  that  reeks,  I  swear, 
Hell's  boundless  wastes  to  Thee  belong, 

And  Thou  shalt  triumph — there ! 

— Lee  Wilson  Dodd  of  the  Vigilantes. 


ONE  ON  SLIKER,  THE  BASSO. 

There  was  a  bass  singer  named  Sliker, 
To  prove  that  he  wasn't  a  piker, 
Went  down  to  Fort  Slocum 
And  ate  beans  and  hocum 
And  now  he's  an  infantry  hiker. 


"Is  there  any  good  reason  why  I  should  give  you  a 

penny?"  asked  the  well  dressed  elderly  gentleman  of  the 
youngster  who  had  accosted  him.  "Well,"  said  the  boy,  _  as 
he  retired  from  the  danger  zone,  "if  I  had  a  nice  top  hat  like 
yours  I  wouldn't  want  it  smashed  with  a  snowball." — Washing- 
ton Star. 


a  nil  Calil 


OWBU 


th.it  owii 
own  teem 


In  ever>'  country  there  are  always  certain  unthinking,  panicky, 
chicken-hearted  people  who  lose  their  heads  and  try  in 
way  possible  to  rock  the  boat  of  our  national,  commercial  equi- 
librium whenever  the  nation  approaches  any  sort  of  a  crisis. 
The  soap-box  oratory  of  such  excitables  is  invariably  without 
the  foundation  of  fact.  Even  to-day,  while  America  is  the  mar- 
ket place  of  the  world,  there  are  those  who  are  doing  everything 
in  their  power  to  disturb  the  confidence  of  the  people  in  our 
financial  and  commercial  stability. 

Let  us  begin  by  showing  the  salaries  earned  in  the  United 
States  in  1916,  and  also  the  number  of  people  earning  them. 
But  please  bear  in  mind  that  the  salaries  for  1917  are  much 
higher  than  these  quoted : 

4,900,000  persons  earn  between  $  900  and  $1200  per  year 

1,500,000  persons  earn  between  $2000  and  $2999  per  year 
900,000  persons  earn  between  $3000  and  $4999  per  year 
420,000  persons  earn  between  $5000  and  $9999  per  year 

It  has  been  figured  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  motor  cars 
are  owned  by  people  belonging  to  the  first  class.  The  above 
figures  show  7,720,000  potential  motor  car  owners  in  the  United 
States  at  the  present  time.  Subtracting  from  this  figure  the 
3,000,000  persons  now  owning  motor  cars,  it  shows  4,720,000 
prospective  purchasers  of  automobiles.  These  figures  clearly 
bespeak  the  genuine  prosperous  condition  of  our  country.  Even 
before  war  days  there  was  no  other  country  in  the  world  enjoy- 
ing such  prosperity  among  their  peoples. 

The  automobile  industry  now  ranks  in  second  place  as  regards 
the  value  of  manufactured  products.  Its  sales  so  far  in  1917 
have  exceeded  by  leaps  and  bounds  those  of  a  corresponding 
period  of  1916.  The  automobile  is  no  longer  considered  a  lux- 
ury, but  rather  a  business,  and  almost  a  home  necessity. 

In  1904  there  were  in  use  less  than  20,000  automobiles. 

In  1912  there  were  in  use  about  950,000  automobiles. 

To-day  there  are  in  use  more  than  3,000,000  motor  cars,  whose 
value  exceeds  $2,500,000,000. 

Although  1916  was  by  far  the  most  prosperous  year  that 
the  United  States  has  known,  1917  promises  to  excel  even  our 
fondest  expectations.  This  has  become  more  evident  since  our 
declaration  of  war.  To  visualize  our  enormous  prosperity,  it  is 
best  that  we  compare  figures  of  1915  with  those  of  1916.  It  is 
generally  conceded  that  railroads  and  banks  are  a  barometer  of 
the  country's  prosperity: 

Railroad  earnings  for  1915  were  $1,856,900,000. 

Railroad  earnings  for  1916  were  $2,214,000,000. 

Value  of  farm  products  1915  was  $10,775,000,000. 

Value  of  farm  products  1916  was  $13,449,000,000. 

Bank  clearings  for  1915  were  $186,580,000,000. 

Bank  clearings  for  1916  were  $259,574,000,000. 

Savings  Bank  deposits  for  1916  were  $5,195,400,000. 

Exports  for  1915  were  $3,195,400,000. 

Exports  for  1916  were  $4,961,200,000. 

Excess  of  exports  over  imports  in  1916,  $1,765,800,000. 

Stockholders  of  the  United  States  in  1916  received  dividends 
amounting  to  $966,927,965. 

The  sales  on  the  stock  exchanges  throughout  the  country  are 
also  indicative  of  the  nation's  financial  condition.  In  1916  there 
was  a  total  of  232,842,807  shares  sold  on  the  stock  exchanges 
throughout  the  United  States,  as  against  86,023,456  shares  sold 
in  1913.  Dealings  in  bonds  on  exchanges  throughout  the  coun- 
try in  1916  totaled  $1,161,725,250. 

Our  prosperity  is  even  more  pronounced  since  the  United 
States  entered  the  war,  as  shown  by  the  following  figures : 

The  total  value  of  exports  during  the  month  of  April,  1916, 
were  $399,861,157. 

The  exports  during  the  month  of  April,  1917,  since  our  de- 
claration of  war,  $530,000,000. 

Bank  deposits  on  April  30,  1916,  $11,135,322,000. 

Bank  deposits  on  April  30,  1917,  $13,080,338,000. 

Calamity  howlers  have  also  raised  the  question  as  to  the  out- 
come of  our  tremendous  loans  to  Europe.    Investigation  shows 


our 


uuon  umM  dccq  improve*:  to  ::  •     ■   *. 

000. 

lort. 

same  |  pora- 

ites. 
The: 

a  period  du  .vhen  busii 

swamped  with  orders  The  beauty  of  it  all 

the  fact  that  we  are  standing  in  but  the  daybreak  of  i 
era  of  prosperity  our  people  have  known.     During  the  next  few 
years  America  will  be  the  market  place  of  the  world. 

•  •  • 

Oakland  to  Have  Motorists'  Camp  Ground 

Oakland  is  planning  to  have  a  camp  ground  for  transconti- 
nental motorists  coming  to  the  Pacific  Coast  over  the  Lincoln 
Highway.  A  subcommittee  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  Com- 
mittee of  the  Oakland  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  been  looking 
over  sites  for  some  months,  and  announcement  of  a  selection 
is  expected  shortly. 

Oroville  already  has  established  such  a  camp  ground,  accord- 
ing to  a  letter  just  received  by  the  Oakland  Chamber  from  E.  B. 
Ward,  secretary  of  the  Oroville  Chamber.    Ward  writes : 

"The  Oroville  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  opened  at  Oroville 
a  free  auto  camp  ground  for  auto  campers  exclusively,  no  other 
campers  being  allowed.  This  ground  has  been  equipped  with 
electric  lights,  running  water,  shower  baths,  cooking  stoves  and 
ranges,  and  every  convenience  for  comfort.  It  is  situated  on 
the  bank  of  the  Feather  river  inside  the  city  limits,  and  near  by 
swimming  may  be  indulged  in  if  desired.  A  man  is  in  charge 
there  during  the  day.  Everything  is  free,  and  all  tourists  are 
invited." 

*  *  * 

"Missing  Link"  in  State  Highway  to  Open  Soon 

What  has  become  known  as  the  "missing  link"  in  the  State 
Highway  through  San  Mateo  County  will  within  the  next  two 
weeks  appear  as  a  perfect  link  in  the  splendid  motor  way  down 
the  peninsula.  With  the  completion  of  the  stretch  of  roadway 
between  Beresford  and  Redwood  City,  the  highway  will  extend 
down  the  peninsula  and  on  into  Santa  Clara  County  along  the 
west  side  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  tracks  and  thus  elimi- 
nate the  two  dangerous  grade  crossings  at  Beresford  and  Red- 
wood City  that  have  been  dubbed  "death  curves." 

The  new  road  will  not  only  shorten  the  time  between  these 
two  crossings  some  eight  to  ten  minutes,  but  the  daily  automo- 
bile parade  will  no  longer  be  held  up  at  these  points  awaiting 
the  passing  of  the  trains  on  this  main  line  of  the  railroad. 

For  the  past  four  years,  pending  the  completion  of  the  other 
units  of  the  "State  Highway,  this  "missing  link"  has  been  a 
"thorn  in  the  side"  of  the  motor  enthusiast.  The  Highway  Com- 
mission made  every  effort  to  secure  the  rights-of-way  to  con- 
tinue the  highway  along  the  surveyed  route,  but  the  property 
owners  seemed  to  fight  the  issue.  First  one  property  owner 
and  then  another  was  approached,  but  the  gaining  of  the  right- 
of-way  was  slow  until  the  members  of  the  San  Mateo  County 
Supervisors  began  an  active  and  consistent  campaign. 

What  it  really  cost  the  Supervisors  and  the  State  in  the  mat- 
ter of  patience,  soliciting  and  time  lost,  is  impossible  to  com- 
pute. What  it  has  cost  in  actual  money  will,  perhaps,  never  be 
known.  Every  obstacle  known  to  right-of-way  agents  was 
thrown  in  their  path.  Perhaps  the  most  difficult  task  was  to 
overcome  the  opposition  of  the  people  of  Belmont,  who  for 
three  years  held  out,  insistent  that  the  State  Highway  should 
continue  to  be  where  the  county  road  is  now  located,  running 
through  the  town  of  Belmont,  on  the  east  side  of  the  railroad 
track.  Yet  this  opposition  was  not  so  much  from  the  people 
in  general  as  the  strenuous  objection  of  a  few  selfish  property- 
owners  who  felt  their  business  jeopardized  by  the  change.  The 
people  held  on  for  three  years  before  they  gave  in,  and  then 
withdrew  their  opposition  because  the  San  Mateo  Supervisors 
promised  to  keep  the  old  county  road  Open. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


Auto  Road  to  Placerville  Now  Open 

The  Placerville  road  again  wins  the  honor  of  being  the  first 
open  into  the  Lake  Tahoe  country.  The  Auburn  road  is  a  close 
second,  as  it  is  being  cleared,  and  word  is  expected  within  a  day 
or  so  announcing  that  this  road  is  ready  for  motor  travel. 

The  first  car  of  the  season  reached  Tahoe  Tavern  recently, 
and  ten  cars  followed  it  over  the  Placerville  road  to  Tahoe.  One 
is  at  the  north  end  of  the  lake  and  the  other  at  the  south  end, 
which  means  that  within  another  week  all  roads  will  be  in  mid- 
summer shape,  and  auto  travel  into  the  High  Sierras  will  be  at 
its  height. 

It  has  been  a  hard  fight  this  year  between  the  advocates  of  the 
Auburn  and  Placerville  road.  While  the  Auburn  people  have 
had  a  harder  fight,  the  citizens  along  the  road  that  won  must 
be  given  credit  for  their  fighting  spirit  and  civic  pride,  which 
rallied  the  citizens  to  the  fight.  All  along  the  route  people  went 
out  and  assisted  the  crew  from  the  State  Engineering  Depart- 
ment to  remove  the  snow  and  make  the  highway  ready  for 
travel. 

*  *  * 

Changes  Made  in  Rules  of  Los  Angeles-Yosemite  Run 

Officials  of  the  Los  Angeles-Camp  Curry  economy  run  to 
the  Yosemite,  June  22-23,  announce  certain  changes  in  and  addi- 
tions to  the  rules  which  will  govern  this  contest  and  which  have 
been  made  in  the  best  interests  of  the  contestants. 

All  cars  must  arrive  at  the  night  control  at  Fresno  not  later 
than  8  p.  m.  Friday,  June  22d.  On  the  morning  of  the  following 
day,  and  the  last  one  of  the  run  into  the  Yosemite,  the  cars  will 
be  checked  out  in  the  same  order  in  which  they  were  out  of  Los 
Angeles. 

No  car  will  be  allowed  to  pass  the  pilot,  or  confetti  car,  except 
in  event  of  emergency,  and  then  only  after  having  received 
permission  from  the  referee. 

•  *  • 

Government  Not  Likely  to  Commandeer  Private  Trucks 

That  there  is  little  likelihood  of  a  general  commandeering  of 
privately  owned  motor  trucks  for  war  purposes  is  strikingly  in- 
dicated in  the  U.  S.  Government's  request  for  bids  on  74,400 
motor  cars,  mostly  trucks,  on  June  8th,  at  Chicago.  In  the 
Mexican  border  activities  of  Pershing's  army  during  the  last 
year,  and  on  the  present  battle  fronts  of  Europe,  it  has  been 
quite  thoroughly  demonstrated  that  standard  American  trucks 
have  the  durability  necessary  to  withstand  war  usage. 

*  *  * 

3,500  Aeroplanes  to  be  Built  this  Year 

With  Howard  E.  Coffin  in  charge  of  the  newly  organized  air- 
craft production  board,  created  by  the  Council  of  National  De- 
fense, plans  are  being  organized  to  produce  planes  and  aviators. 
It  is  estimated  that  3,500  planes  and  6,000  aviators  will  be  avail- 
able before  the  end  of  the  year.  Next  year  the  program  of  air- 
craft production  is  to  be  even  larger,  and  this,  of  course,  means 
that  the  demand  for  airmen  will  increase  proportionately.  As- 
sociated with  Mr.  Coffin  on  the  board  are  S.  D.  Waldon,  former 
vice-president  of  the  Packard  Motor  Co.;  George  O.  Squier, 
chief  signal  officer,  U.  S.  A.;  Rear-Admiral  D.  W.  Taylor,  chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Construction,  U.  S.  N.;  E.  A.  Deeds  of  the 
Dayton  Engineering  Laboratories  Co. ;  and  R.  L.  Montgomery  of 
Montgomery,  Clothier  &  Taylor,  Philadelphia,  who  will  serve  as 
financial  advisor  of  the  board. 

*  *  * 

Plans  on  Foot  for  National  Dealers'  Body 

Several  prominent  dealers,  most  of  them  from  the  West,  and 
brought  together  in  Washington  by  their  interest  in  the  tax 
situation,  have  discussed  the  feasibility  of  a  national  dealer's  or- 
ganization, and  the  plan  has  gone  far  enough  to  be  placed  in 
the  hands  of  an  organization  committee.  George  W.  Browne, 
Overland  distributor  in  Milwaukee,  is  heading  it,  and  among 
those  who  discussed  the  new  organization  at  an  informal  Wash- 
ington meeting  were  men  from  Minneapolis,  Kansas  City, 
Omaha,  Chicago,  Grand  Rapids,  Columbus,  Indianapolis  and 
San  Francisco,  the  latter  William  Hughson.  It  is  pointed  out 
that  the  only  group  in  the  automobile  industry  that  is  without  a 
national  body  is  the  dealer  system,  and  that  the  dealers  ought 
to  be  able  to  realize  just  as  great  benefits  from  a  national  body 
as  do  the  car  manufacturers,  parts  makers,  jobbers,  accessory 
men  and  private  motorists.     An  organization  like  that  of  the 


American  Automobile  Association  is  favored,  by  which  local 
associations  would  become  members  of  the  one  big  body. 

*  *  * 

Twenty-five  Ford  Trucks  Daily  After  July  1st 

Ford  trucks  will  be  in  production  and  will  be  turned  out  at 
the  rate  of  twenty-five  a  day  in  July.  This  truck  will  be  pro- 
vided with  an  overhead  worm-drive  axle  operating  with  the 
powerplant  now  employed  for  the  Ford  passenger  car  and 
through  a  planetary  gear-set. 

Auto  Buyers  Seek  Economy  in  Investment 

"Buyers  to-day  look  for  those  features  in  an  automobile  that 
contribute  to  the  economy  of  their  investment  and  to  the  com- 
fort of  its  service,"  says  W.  L.  Hughson,  president  of  the  Pa- 
cific KisselKar  Branch. 

"That  is_  why  the  popularity  of  the  all-year  car  never  dimin- 
ishes, but  increases  year  in  and  year  out.  Once  car  purchasers 
see  how  completely  it  can  efficiently  and  economically  serve 
them  in  all  weathers,  they  will  not  look  at  or  consider  any  other 
type  of  car." 

Many  Motor  Tourists  are  Coming  This  Way 

The  headquarters  of  the  Lincoln  Highway  Association  in  De- 
troit reports  receiving  inquiries  from  every  part  of  the  country 
in  regard  to  the  condition  of  the  transcontinental  road.  If  these 
inquiries  can  be  accepted  as  an  indication  of  the  traffic  on  the 
route  during  the  coming  season,  it  is  going  to  be  far  greater 
.  than  ever  before. 

The  Lincoln  Highway  Association  advises  that  many  families 
are  planning  to  take  the  trip  to  the  Coast.  People  who  have 
never  driven  in  the  West  are  arranging  through  trips  in  light 
cars,  together  with  women  and  children. 

*  *  * 

Prospective  Owners  Use  Care  in  Selection  of  Car 

_  "The  average  car  buyer  in  choosing  an  automobile  first  con- 
siders the  utility  of  the  car  to  his  particular  needs,  rather  than 
its  style  or  speed,"  says  W.  H.  Hughson,  President  of  the  Pacific 
KisselKar  Branch.  "He  takes  painstaking  care  to  see  that  it 
fits  hip  family  requirements,  as  well  as  his  business  need.  His 
mind  is  in  that  state  of  alertness  that  is  common  in  dealing  with 
important  business  matters.  To  him  the  ownership  of  an  auto- 
mobile means  more  than  possessing  a  method  of  transportation. 
In  his  estimation  it  comes  next  in  importance  to  selecting  a 
home,  and  should  be  treated  as  such." 

*  *  * 

Injured  Racer  Pilots  Mitchell  Across  the  Country 

"Eddie"  O'Donnell,  one  of  the  best  known  racing  drivers  in 
the  country,  is  now  making  his  second  trip  across  the  country, 
driving  a  Mitchell  Six,  with  one  arm  in  a  sling.  Following  his 
injuries  at  Kansas  City  last  July,  O'Donnell  was  confined  to 
a  Chicago  hospital  for  an  extended  period.  After  his  discharge 
from  the  hospital,  O'Donnell  primed  his  "six"  for  a  trip  to  Los 
Angeles.  With  one  arm  suspended  in  a  sling,  he  was  only  on 
the  road  twelve  days,  although  forced  to  drive  over  some  very 
bad  roads.  Now  he  is  on  his  return  trip,  this  time  with  New 
York  as  his  destination,  and  so  far  as  is  known,  will  have  the 
distinction  of  being  the  first  man  to  drive  an  automobile  across 
the  country  and  back  with  only  the  use  of  one  arm. 

*  *  * 

Appoint  Chauffeurs  for  Maj-Gen.  Pershing 

John  J.  Jennings,  George  Limthicum,  Elgin  Brain  and  Ray  . 
Middleton  have  been  selected  by  the  War  Department  to  go  to 
the  front  in  France  as  motor  drivers  with  General  Pershing. 
They  were  recommended  by  the  Society  of  Automotive  Engi- 
neers to  the  Government,  who  asked  that  the  society  recommend 
drivers  of  standing  and  marked  ability.  All  of  these  have  vol- 
unteered their  services.  . 

*  *  * 

A  First-Class  Garage 

There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  vey  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
cf  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  aare  moderate. 


June  23.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


19 


Careless  Use  of  Tires  Illustrated 

The  ruinous  result  upon  the  inner  tire  tube  when  the  motorist 
toolishly  drives  with  a  flat  tire,  to  say  nothing  of  the  abuse 
forced  upon  the  casing  itself,  is  well  demonstrated  at  the  San 
Francisco  Norwalk  tire  store,  where  the  sales  manager  has  col- 
lected a  number  of  inner  tubes  and  casings  that  have  seen  ser- 
vice under  such  destructive  conditions  for  exhibition  purposes. 

"One  tube  and  casing  in  particular  which  we  have  on  hand  " 
states  L.  H.  Coppel.  "reveals  the  utter  destruction  that  can  be 
wrought  in  a  short  time  by  running  on  a  flat  tire.  The  owner 
was  driving  to  the  city  and  had  almost  reached  here  when  a  snag 
of  sharp  steel  caught  in  the  casing  and  caused  a  puncture.  The 
driver  did  not  carry  a  spare  tube,  and  so  instead  of  removing  the 
casing  and  riding  on  the  rim  or  obtaining  a  new  tube  from  some 
near-by  garage  or  service  station  he  decided  to  ride  with  the 
tire  flat. 

"This  tire  was  comparatively  new,  having  gone  less  than 
5.000  miles,  and  was  in  perfect  condition.  He  did  not  realize 
the  harm  that  would  come  to  it  by  his  foolish  procedure.  When 
he  arrived  in  the  city  and  the  casing  was  removed,  the  inner 
tube  had  been  ripped  into  shreds,  caused  by  the  multitude  of 
vise-like  pinches  provoked  with  every  revolution  of  the  wheel, 
with  the  bead  of  the  tire  gouging  into  it. 

"The  casing  likewise  suffered,  and  in  one  spot  the  rim  had 
literally  burned  the  rubber  through  to  the  fabric,  where  the 
weight  of  the  automobile  had  obtained  a  good  purchase  on  the 
side  of  the  tire.  It  is  doubtful  after  being  repaired  if  this  cas- 
ing will  give  more  than  two  thousand  miles  of  service,  whereas 
if  it  had  not  been  driven  flat  it  would  probably  go  six  or  eight 
thousand  miles  more.  By  using  a  little  judgment  the  owner 
could  have  prevented  this  abnormal  wear  upon  his  casing  and 
the  ruination  of  the  inner  tube." 

*  *  * 

Beware  of  Annual  Tire  Bugaboo 

Referring  to  the  belief  that  prevails  among  hosts  of  motor- 
ists as  to  the  effect  of  hot  weather  on  automobile  tires,  it  is 
surprising  how  many  still  believe  that  in  hot  weather  the  air  in 
a  tire  expands  to  the  danger  point.  Why  this  wrong  impres- 
sion should  have  gained  such  wide  circulation  is  difficult  to  ex- 
plain.   There  is  nothing  in  the  "hot  weather"  theory. 

It  is  true,  of  course,  that  on  a  hot  day  the  air  in  a  tire  ex- 
pands somewhat — but  so  slightly  as  to  be  negligible  in  its  effect. 
Internal  tire  heat  does  not  result  from  the  temperature  of  the 
outside  air,  but  from  the  constant  bending  of  the  tire  as  it  rolls 
along  the  street.  And  no  season  is  exempt.  Whether  in  winter 
or  summer  your  tires  generate  the  same  degree  of  heat.  In 
winter  the  effect  is  not  so  prominent  because  of  the  more  rapid 
equalization  of  temperature  within  and  without  the  tire. 

The  practice  of  running  tires  at  less  than  recommended  pres- 
sures in  warm  weather  to  overcome  expansion  tendencies,  in- 
stead of  saving  tires  and  money,  has  cost  the  motorists  of  this 
country  many  millions  of  dollars. 
*  *  * 

Low  Auto  War  Tax  Stimulates  Dealers'  Sales 

No  greater  impetus  to  the  automobile  industry  could  have 
been  given  than  that  which  has  resulted  from  the  voting  by  Con- 
gress of  the  war  tax  on  motors,  for  it  definitely  settles  the  status 
of  car  ownership.  With  the  knowledge  that  only  a  reasonable 
and  moderate  fee  is  to  be  assessed  on  the  automobile,  the  gen- 
eral public  is  flooding  dealers  all  over  the  country  with  orders, 
and  compelling  factories  to  work  full  time  to  meet  them. 

Desert  Phone  for  Autoists  May  Be  Built 

A  telephone  which  not  only  would  give  Imperial  Valley  direct 
communication  with  San  Diego,  but  also  would  be  a  godsend  to 
autoists  who  have  accidents  or  become  stranded  on  the  desert, 
now  is  being  surveyed  and  may  be  built,  according  to  infor- 
mation from  Imperial  Valley. 


H.  H.  Powers           Phone  Prospect  97            F.  W.  Wenz 

POWERS, 

WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING 

AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST. 

San  Francisco 

FOR  SALE 


SIX  CYLINDER 


FIVE  PASSENGER 


PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR   SALE   AT   A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Tips   to  Automobilists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The   News    Letter   recommends  the  following  garages,   hotels  and   supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  It  aa  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO.— I.AItKl-  Uj    first- 

class  cafe  on  the  Wlahbona  it.  > 
owners  anil   their  families.     Corner  of  University  Ivan 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


mug* 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD    NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


[USE  LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sells  'Em 


U.  S.  Garage         Pearson  Garage 


750  Bush  Street 
Phone  Garfield  713 


345  Bush  Street 
Phone  Douglas  2120 


Largest  and    most  complete   Garages 
In  the  West 


aEHinaiEraran 


FBEE  FROM  CARBON 

BERNARD  I.  BILL 


543  GOLDEN  GATE  AVE. 


SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Automobile  Starting  and  Lighting  Systems 
Give  Satisfactory  Results  When  Given  Proper  Attention 

We  specialize  on  electrical  equipment,  storage  batteries,  etc. 
and  guarantee  satisfaction. 

GUARANTEE    BATTERY    COMPANY 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.     BRAND   4    CUSHMAN       Phone  Prospect  741 


TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tires 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  23,  1917 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 


The  days  are  fast  approaching  when  nothing  but  the  sheerest 
of  frocks  •will  satisfy  our  demands  for  something  cool  and  airy 
to  temper  the  hot  spells  of  summer.  From  the  number  of  net 
and  lace  frocks  that  are  presented  for  the  summer  season,  it 
would  seem  that  Fashion  has  foreseen  these  demands. 

In  a  measure,  the  revival  of  laces  is  due  to  the  war,  since 
the  lace-making  industries  are  being  encouraged  in  Europe  to 
give  work  to  the  widowed  women  and  girls.  This,  naturally, 
applies  to  the  more  expensive  laces,  but  there  will  be  laces  of 
all  grades  used  for  summer  frocks.  Cream,  ecru  and  white 
laces  and  nets  are  received  with  equal  enthusiasm.  Over  pale- 
colored  slips  of  China  silk  or  over  the  same  net,  these  dresses 
are  most  'ascinating.  Very  pale  pink  is  particularly  charming 
under  cream  or  ecru,  which  is  one  of  the  combinations  most 
frequently  seen. 

The  all-white  net  dresses  trimmed  with  batiste  embroidery 
banding  are  also  very  delightful,  but  this  is  only  one  of  the 
many  combinations  used.  There  are  many  frocks  of  net  in  which 
organdy  plays  an  important  part.  Some  of  these  are  made  in 
apron  effect  with  embroidered  organdy  forming  the  long  apron 
which  sometimes  extends  considerably  below  the  knees.  The 
apron  style  is  now  very  much  in  vogue  and  is  decidedly  attrac- 
tive in  laces  and  sheer  materials.  In  some  of  its  variations,  it 
is  more  like  a  long,  loose  panel  than  an  apron. 

Georgette  crepe  is  another  material  which  combines  very  suc- 
cessfully with  net.  In  many  of  these  sheer  frocks,  ribbons  of 
any  color  the  wearer  may  fancy  are  arranged  on  the  foundation 


©  JIcCAU, 


Left — A  Cool,  Summery  Dress  Trimmed  with  Filet  Lace.  Right — The 
Military  Cape-Coat  is  Highly  Popular. 

to  add  a  touch  of  bright  color  to  the  costume.  In  other  models 
the  color  note  is  supplied  by  embroidery,  usually  in  the  softest 
colors  to  carry  out  the  delicate  beauty  of  these  dresses. 

The  Indefinite  Waistline. 

The  tendency  to  do  away  with  a  thoroughly  defined  waistline 
is  still  prominent  in  the  new  styles,  and  this  feature  persists 
while  the  texture  of  the  dresses  is  being  changed  from  the  heav- 
ier materials  of  spring  to  the  sheer  cottons  and  nets  of  summer. 
The  long,  unbroken  lines  that  women  have  found  so  becoming 
are  noticed  in  the  dress  of  net  trimmed  with  filet  lace  shown  in 
the  sketch. 

The  tunic  again  holds  sway.  But  the  present  tunic  differs 
somewhat  from  those  of  former  days.  The  new  dresses  in  tunic 
effect  hang  straight  from  the  shoulders.    The  faundation  over 


which  a  tunic  dress  is  worn,  generally  has  a  pleated  or  gathered 
section  extending  below  the  tunic.  In  the  case  of  the  model 
illustrated,  pleats  accentuate  the  straight  lines,  while  the  up- 
standing heading  at  the  sides,  which  is  also  pleated,  tends  to 
break  any  suggestion  of  monotony. 

Apart  from  the  use  of  lace  and  net  in  making  entire  dresses,  in 
small  proportions  we  find  them  used  either  together  or  inde- 
pendently in  many  costumes.  Large  jabots  of  net  or  lace  with 
high  collars  are  worn  with  tailored  suits,  the  jabot  spreading 
itself  over  the  front  of  the  coat  and  lightening  up  the  dark 
suits. 

The  Cape-Coat. 

A  very  popular  wrap  for  summer  is  the  cape-coat,  some  vari- 
eties of  which  are  made  without  back  or  sleeves.  The  cape  is 
usually  the  same  length  as  the  coat  though  sometimes  it  is 
longer.  These  capes  are  seen  everywhere,  and  the  inevitable 
navy-blue  serge  or  gabardine  is  usually  the  material  chosen  for 
them.  It  is  in  the  linings  that  there  is  a  chance  for  variety. 
Some  of  the  capes  are  lined  with  white  or  cream  cloth,  and 
others  with  silk  of  the  same  color  as  the  cape  or  a  brightly  con- 
trasting shade. 

Navy-blue  foulard  with  the  large  white  polka  dots  which 
has  been  so  much  in  evidence  since  the  spring  is  very  frequently 
employed  for  the  linings  and  collars.  The  collars  are  large  in 
most  cases.  In  some  models  they  are  gathered  in  front  and 
are  very  pretty  in  soft,  striped  or  plaid  silk.  In  satin  or  heavy 
silk  poplin  these  wraps  are  ideal  for  summer  use. 

A  great  number  of  military  capes  and  coats,  which  may  be 
taken  as  a  sign  of  the  times,  are  also  to  be  noted  at  present.  Gold 
buttons  and  braid,  and  high  collars  buttoned  straight  up  to  the 
neck  are  some  of  the  indications  of  the  military  strain. 


FARMS  WANTED 
Wanted  to  hear  from  owner  of  good  farm  for  sale.  North- 
western Business  Agency,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker — 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


C.  H.  HITTENBERGER  CO. 

MAKERS    OF 

ARCH   SUPPORTERS 

EXTENSION   SHOES 
ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS 

BRACES,  ETC. 

1108  Market  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Branch    Office— 510-13th  Street— Oakland,  Cal. 


LAKE  TAHOE 

"DAYLIGHT  TRIP" 

TEN  HOURS  ride  from  San  Francisco— Oak- 
land, Antioch  &  Eastern  Railway  electric  trains 
to  Sacramento  and  Pierce-Arrow  Auto  Stage 
to  Lake. 

$17.50  for  the  round  trip.    Tickets  good  for 
C  days  to  and  including  October  31,  1917 

Write  for  folders  and  full  particulars 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of    6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing- nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,   830  Market  St.     Tel.   Kearny   3578. 

NOTARY    PUBLIC. 
Martin     Aronsohn,    Notary    Public    and    Pension    Attorney.      All     legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.     217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT- LAW. 

Samuel   M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.  Sutter  36. 


-£H  FRANCltc0 


NeWs  Letter 

©aliform*  A6tocrti0*r„ 

Devottd   to   lh«    Luj  na    Mirtili   of  California   and   lha   Pacific   Coaat 


VOL.  XCII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL,  SATURDAY,  JUNE.  30,  1917 


NO.  26 


LETTER    AM'    CAI 
id  publis 


Foreign 


England. 
:  ir    publication    in    the    current     nui 
LETTER   AND   CALIFORNIA   ADVERTIS 

(including    postage) — 1    year.    $5:    6    months. 
:   17.50:  6  months.  |4.00.     Canada:  1  year,  $6.25;  6  ma 


The  Red  Cross  was  practically  transformed  this  week 

into  a  Cross  of  Gold. 

Thief  steals  a  recruiting  motor  car  this  week.     He  was 

overhauled  and — recruited. 

Food  speculators  are  now  being  recognized  throughout 

the  country  as  allies  of  the  Germans. 

A  local  party  of  diners  had  a  whale  of  a  time,  this  week, 

over  a  whale  steak  in  Billy  Minnow's  restaurant. 

Now  that  good  cooks  are  all  being  commandeered  for 

the  training  camps,  how  local  homes  will  suffer! 

Ex-King  Constantine  of  Greece  is  reported  to  have  left 

for  an  unknown  point.  He  will  easily  reach  it  without  help. 

San  Francisco  bank  clearings  break  their  own  record 

twice  in  one  week.    This  is  becoming  a  local  business  habit. 

Of  all  the  trials  the  Czar  has  experienced  in  his  debacle 

the  one  scheduled  will  prove  most  vital  as  it  touches  his  head. 

The  success  of  the  proposal  in  London  to  substitute  kilts 

tor  trousers  depends  on  the  constitution  of  the  legs  displayed. 

Judge  Dooling  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  has  ruled  that 

the  draft  law  is  undebatable.  That  settles  the  case  of  the 
slackers. 

Billy  Sunday  declares  there  will  be  many  surprises  in 

heaven  for  most  of  us.  Yep !  if  they  show  us  Sunday  tongue- 
tied  in  a  cage. 

The  mysterious  buyer  cornering  the  Butte  County  grain 

crop  is  at  the  same  time  building  a  lovely  decorative  set  of  peni- 
tentiary walls  about  himself. 

What  a  kilkenny  wrangle  ensued  among  the  local  board 

of  supervisors  when  Mayor  Rolph  tossed  among  them  his  veto 
to  three  items  of  the  1918  budget! 

The  success  of  the  Zeppelin  raids  over  England  seems  to 

lie  in  the  maiming  of  women  and  children,  which  the  jolly  Ger- 
mans amuse  themselves  by  calling  "war  fright." 

Can  it  be  true  that,  since  the  abdication  of  the  Czar  and 

King  Constantine  of  Greece  all  the  remaining  monarchs  in  Eu- 
rope are  taking  out  "throne"  insurance  at  Lloyds? 

Cupid  has  his  victories  as  well  as  war.  The  first  wed- 
ding at  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Camp  occurred  during 
this  week,  a  gallant  affair  and  adorned  with  all  the  latest  mili- 
tary and  millinery  embellishments  that  trumpet  victory.  As 
evidence  we  present  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  J.  Minnies,  R.  O.  T.  C. 


Local  housekeepers  would  have  been  more  satisfied  had 

the  baker  who  was  fined  for  selling  light  loaves  of  bread,  this 
week,  been  put  in  public  stocks  for  several  days. 

General  Pershing's  name  trips  somewhat  on  the  French 

tongue,  and  they  pronounce  it  "Peurchigne."  The  Germans  will 
find  that  he's  a  'ell  of  a  fighter  under  any  old  name. 

Hoover  will  clean  out  the  Food  Pirates  of  this  country 

if  given  the  dictatorship  of  the  food  problem  of  the  nation.  His 
honesty  and  sincerity  are  O.  K.'d  by  his  success  in  Hcl^ium. 

The  Liberty  Bond  subscriptions  reached  $3,035,226,850, 

an  oversubscription  of  52  per  cent.  Uncle  Sam's  pocket  is  deep 
and  there's  more  ready  to  aid  the  cause  of  the  preservation  of 

Democracy. 

"The  Blast"  has  evidently  "kicked"  Emma  Goldman  and 

Alexander  Berkman :  these  leading  anarchists  have  just  been 
indicted  by  a  Federal  Grand  Jury  in  New  York  for  inducing 
young  men  to  become  slackers. 

Professor  George  Robertson  of  the  University  of  Red- 
lands,  and  his  wife,  threw  a  "convincing  bomb"  into  the  Mooney 
dynamite  trial,  last  week,  when  they  testified  of  the  "Billings" 
suit  case  and  the  "ghost"  jitney. 

William   Butter,   a   rancher   of   Visitacion   Valley,   and 

Heinrich  Eggs,  living  in  Utah  street,  this  city,  acquired  their 
citizenship  this  week.  "Ham  and "  of  the  trio  is  still  miss- 
ing.   Can  it  be  that  he  is  a  slacker? 

At  last  there's  guaranteed  work  and  fees  for  the  doctors 

of  the  nation.  Uncle  Sam  is  calling  seventeen  thousand  of 
them  to  the  colors  for  duty  in  the  hospitals  of  Europe.  The  pay 
is  from  $2,000  to  $3,000  per  year  and  found.  Requiescat  in 
pace. 

An  ingenious  and   intellectual   Oakland   commuter  has 

knocked  the  day  out  of  daylight  in  saving  time,  according  to  the 
new  war  rules.  He  leaves  his  home  in  Berkeley  at  8  a.  m.,  and 
reaches  his  office  desk  in  this  city  at  6:17  a.  m.,  standard  time. 
Can  you  beat  it? 

At  last!    It  has  come.    Actual,  everyday  women,  the  kind 

one  sees  in  the  shopping  districts,  are  now  rigged  out  in  blue 
overalls,  "You  Can't  Bust  'Em"  brand,  XXX,  stensil-stamped  and 
are  sorting  lumber,  this  week,  in  a  Chicago  yard,  at  thirty  cents 
per  hour  men's  pay. 

In  France  the  Germans  are  called  "Boches,"  in  England 

they  are  dubbed  "Huns,"  by  the  Canadian  troops  they  are 
joshed  as  "Heineys."  An  American  exchange  paper  denounces 
them  as  "Butchers"  for  their  infamous  crimes  in  Belgium  and  in 
eastern  French  territory. 

Have  the  saloon  men  of  the  State  lost  their  grip  on  the 

political  life  line?  The  California  Grape  Protective  Associa- 
tion has  agreed  that  the  Rominger  bill,  defeated  in  the  last 
legislature,  be  submitted  to  the  voters  at  the  next  State  election 
"without  any  changes  whatever." 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT 


America's  Fair  Play 
In  the  New  Draft. 


By  and  large  the  ordinary  American 
shows  horse  sense  when  facing  an 
unusual  question,  as  was  illustrated 
in  the  recent  draft  proceedings.  In 
England  and  in  Canada  there  were  stiff  protests  registered  from 
the  ranks  of  those  selected  by  the  call,  protests  that  the  Gov- 
ernment was  exercising  autocratic  power  instead  of  the  rule  of 
Democratic  spirit,  thereby  overlooking  the  fact  that  Democ- 
racy for  the  time  being  must  exercise  an  autocratic  power  in 
order  to  defeat  the  attacks  of  Autocracy,  as  have  ever  been  the 
rule  from  Miltiades  of  Greece  to  this  day.  Very  likely  the  dis- 
cussions in  the  Canadian  and  British  papers  that  were  cabled  to 
the  American  papers  on  this  vital  point  scattered  missionary 
arguments  among  the  citizens  of  this  country,  and  educated 
them  into  a  fairer  grasp  of  the  necessity  of  the  draft.  Personal 
protests  against  the  draft  in  this  country  have  been  negligible 
as  compared  with  like  cases  in  Canada  and  Great  Britain.  Most 
of  those  who  protested  in  this  country  were  steeped  in  the  idea 
that  war  itself  is  utterly  wrong:  "And  I  will  die  before  I  will 
carry  a  gun  against  any  nation."  The  genus  slacker  has  been 
remarkably  scarce  so  far.  The  Army  heads  at  Washington  have 
won  the  hearts  of  all  the  boys  called  by  this  first  draft  in  a 
simple  fair  play  announcement.  Army  Headquarters  has  or- 
dered that  every  name  on  the  draft 
role  has  been  given  a  number,  and 
the  recruits  selected  for  the  first 
muster  to  the  colors  will  be  nomi- 
nated according  to  the  numbers 
taken  from  a  revolving  cylinder,  a 
form  of  fairness  that  readily  ap- 
peals to  the  every-day  American. 
There  will  likely  be  a  large  percent- 
age for  exemption  from  these  reg- 
istered citizens,  but  even  if  the  per- 
centage should  reach  fifty,  there 
would  be  5,000,000  men  left  in  read- 
iness to  answer  the  recent  war  sum- 
mons. Germany  claimed  and 
roundly  announced  throughout  that 
country's  press  that  both  the  Lib- 
erty Loan  and  the  draft  in  America 
would  be  gross  failures.  In  both, 
she  has  been  entirely  mistaken,  as 
usual.  Thus  far,  America  has  met 
all  reasonable  expectations  con- 
cerning her  participation  in  the  war. 
3B- 

Getting  the  $40,000,000  Annual 
Habit. 
It  is  cheerful  to  know  that  25,000 
tourists  spend  in  California  more 
than  $40,000,000  annually;  that  is 
almost  as  much  as  the  value  of  the 
petroleum  output  of  the  State,  and 
California  is  second  in  rank  in  the 
production  of  oil  in  this  country. 
That  $40,000,000  is  more  than  the 
values  of  all  the  farm  animals  and  their  products,  other  than 
the  dairy,  in  this  State.  So  the  $40,000,000  annually  is  a  glad- 
some pickup  greatly  appreciated  by  the  blessed  hotel  keepers, 
et  als.,  who  possess  the  happy  knack  of  gathering  it.  It  is  a 
cinch,  of  course,  that  the  tourists  get  in  return  $40,000,000  full 
worth  of  the  best  climate,  finest  all-round  scenery,  acquaintance 
of  the  most  cultured  and  inviting  Bonifaces  and  royal  good 
times  to  be  had  for  the  amount  spent.  As  the  annual  income 
from  this  source  of  travel  is  increasing  with  the  Eastern  motor 
travel  here,  these  Easterners  must  think  they  are  getting  the 
best  of  the  bargain,  and  they  bring  their  friends  along  to  take 
advantage  of  this  travel  snap  throughout  the  Golden  State.  The 
Tourist  Association  of  Central  California,  composed  of  practi- 
cally all  the  counties  in  that  section  of  the  State,  takes  war- 
ranted pride  in  their  efforts  along  this  line.  These  counties, 
with  the  exception  of  San  Francisco,  contribute  to  the  financial 
support  of  the  Association,  according  to  the  assessed  valuation 
of  their  taxable  property.  May  this  travel  tide  grow  stronger 


The  Red  Cross  Wave. 
Of  Helpful  Funds. 


Clamp  Down  the  Lid 
From  the  "Plain  Dealer"  (Cleveland) 


with  the  days  if  it  can  increase  that  $40,000,000  persistently 
butting  into  California  for  rest,  recreation  and  final  contented 
settlement.  May  the  growing  annual  advent  of  these  Eastern- 
ers never  be  disturbed. 

3ST 

Charity  is  rising  towards  the  zenith 
these  direful  days  of  war.  It  was 
stated  with  marked  pride  awhile  ago 
that  $20,000,000  was  distributed 
among  charitable  objects  in  this  country  during  1915.  Of  this 
amount,  over  one-half  went  to  missions  and  for  the  purpose  of 
special  creeds  and  cults,  the  remainder  was  distributed  to  hos- 
pitals, homes  and  colleges.  One  college  was  given  $2,000,000. 
What  a  dot  this  $20,000,000  appears  to  be  compared  with  the 
huge  sum  which  has  been  spontaneously  donated  for  the  hu- 
mane and  appealing  cause  of  the  Red  Cross.  Nothing  like  this 
spirit  has  been  shown  since  the  Crusaders  attempted  to  rescue 
Jerusalem  from  the  Turks.  It  was  the  pouring  out  of  the  best 
spirit  of  the  nation  in  a  great  and  appealing  cause,  the  peak 
point  to  date  of  an  altruistic  spirit  sweeping  over  the  nations  of 
the  world.  Some  of  the  autocratic  governed  European  nations 
have  scoffingly  accused  America  of  touching  the  war  game 
solely  to  make  money.  America's  answer  is  through  the  generous 
loans  she  made  her  allies  at  the 
time  she  joined  in  the  war  with 
them,  her  generous  special  aid  to 
Belgium  since  the  Kaiser  ordered 
Hoover  and  his  aids  out  of  that 
country,  and  the  raising  of  more 
than  $100,000,000  to  be  distributed 
to  Europe  for  Red  Cross  purposes. 
America  has  recorded  her  position 
in  the  war :  to  suppress  rampant  au- 
tocracy. Uncle  Sam  is  ready  to  dig 
deeper  into  his  pockets  to  back  the 
needs  of  the  Red  Cross  organization 
in  its  humane  work  whenever 
needed. 

3B- 

Local  "Bread  Ring"  Under  Hot 
Attack. 
The  price  of  flour  has  been  drop- 
ping for  some  time  past,  but  the 
drop  apparently  has  made  no  dent 
in  the  caputs  or  the  consciences  of 
the  local  organized  bakers'  trust. 
Price  per  two  loaves  or  one  large 
loaf  is  still  pegged  at  15  cents.  To 
the  ordinary  man,  this  drop  in  a  few 
cents  per  loaf  means  little,  but  to 
the  family  of  the  laborer  and  to  the 
single  woman  ekeing  out  a  sheer  ex- 
istence, those  few  cents  in  many 
cases  line  the  mark  between  a  bare 
living  and  destitution.  The  grocers 
of  the  city  are  protesting  at  this 
very  sleek  form  of    robbing     the 


poor,  and  have  manly  protested  to  District  Attorney  Fickert  to 
investigate  the  alleged  local  "bread  trust."  Evidence  of  robbery 
of  the  poor  of  hundreds  of  dollars  daily  in  this  city  has  been 
submitted.  Four  big  baking  concerns  are  charged  with  being 
the  head  of  the  ring  to  fix  prices  in  this  city  to  suit  their  greedy 
demands.  It  is  charged  that  the  "big  four"  fix  the  prices  for 
their  smaller  brothers,  and  the  latter  must  submit  or  be  driven 
out  of  business.  Statements  were  submitted  to  Attorney  Fick- 
ert that  attempts  of  the  trust  to  raise  the  price  of  bread  to  7%c. 
per  loaf  had  been  under  consideration.  The  point  made  by  the 
grocers  is  that  they  are  willing  to  pay  a  fair  price  to  the  com- 
bined bakers,  but  they  protest  against  the  latter  dictating  what 
the  price  shall  be  to  customers.  District  Attorney  Fickert 
will  inquire  into  the  charges  and  make  a  report  to  the  grand 
jury.  Southern  California  has  had  a  similar  nasty  experience 
with  these  unconscionable  thieves,  and  has  to  some  extent 
stamped  out  their  practices.  An  interesting  account  of  this 
kind  was  furnished  by  Dis.  Att.  Lee  Woolwine  of  Los  Angeles. 


June  30.  1917 


and  California  A 


TOWN    CRIER 


America  is  safe  no  matter  which  way  the  war  goes.  Citi- 

xens  may  confidently  uncork  their  pop  guns,  take  of! 
tard  plaster  mail  shirts  with  faith  and  toss  the;: 
sabres  under  the  bedstead.  Pallas  Athenas  c 
Party  can  scrub  off  their  war  paint,  fling  their  hat  pins  any- 
where, and  sit  down  confidently  and  cozily  to  comfy  tea  confabs 
and  delicious  gossip.  Allie  Harmsworth,  now  billed  as  Lord 
Northcliffe  in  the  de  luxe  Peerage  Edition  of  Britain's  leading 
taxpayers  and  purveyors  of  "good  things."  has  come  to  this 
country  to  help  Billy  Hearst  run  the  bucking  U.  S.  A.  Any  one 
who  knows  Billy  realizes  what  this  means  to  posterity  and  the 
next  national  election  returns.  Hades  will  pop.  The  Almighty 
must  think  Uncle  Sam  is  up  an  unusually  tough  stump  when 
he  puts  a  double-barrel  automatic  gun  of  this  character  in  the 
hands  of  reckless  Fate  and  turns  her  loose  to  do  her  durndest. 
Allie.  all  by  himself,  is  a  tail-twister  of  note,  and  if  he  buckles 
up  as  close  to  Billy  as  is  suspected,  there  will  be  a  Wild  West 
Nation  Show  staged  in  this  country  that  will  shake  down  a 
deluge  of  plaster  in  the  reception  rooms  of  Pluto  below  stairs. 
Allie  and  Billy  are  each  some  champs  in  smashing  things  in 
their  respective  territories,  and  each  possesses  prize  belts  ga- 
lore of  the  world's  championships,  and  the  world's  editorials 
written  by  themselves  to  prove  it.  So  far  each  has  restrained 
himself  from  writing  a  full  page  blast  pronouncement  of  per- 
sonal misgivings,  which  is  a  show  of  Magnanimous  Restraint 
horribly  suspicious.  At  their  last  conference,  an  hour  ago, 
Billy  winked  at  Allie,  which  is  taken  as  a  token  by  the  bell  boy 
that  America  is  safe  at  this  writing. 

And  now  comes  a  food  expert  from  out  of  the  Orient 

who  explains  to  us  that  the  seven  year  old  Chinese  prepared 
egg  for  American  consumption  does  not  decay  by  time — it  is 
"cheesified."  Some  people  may  call  it  mellow,  others  may  de- 
scribe it  as  over-ripe,  and  the  hoi  polloi  that  it  is  "over  the  Rio 
Grande."  Chinese  elders  will  point  out  to  you  that  the  Cauca- 
sians make  cheese  from  milk,  catsup  from  tomatoes,  money  out 
of  army  contracts,  and  a  good  time  out  of  the  fox  trot,  and  un- 
der such  deductions  familiar  to  white  residents,  they  point  out 
that  in  a  like  manner  the  ordinary  Chinese  egg,  brooding  in  its 
own  soil,  under  Nature's  transformation  wand,  mysteriously  be- 
comes cheesified,  rectified,  beautified  and  ready  for  consump- 
tion for  the  American  market  at  cut  rates  for  cooking  purposes. 
Any  reader  who  doubts  this  statement  may  meet  one  of  these 
eggs  by  appointment  any  afternoon  between  3  and  5  p.  m.,  and 
satisfy  himself  with  a  personal  acquaintance  of  the  protein  and 
the  phospholipoids.  If  that  does  not  satisfy  his  curiosity,  let 
him  eat  one  of  the  eggs. 

The  German  army  on  the  Western  front  continues  its 

vandal  practice  of  violent  destruction  of  French  towns,  cities 
and  farms,  leaving  utter  desolation  behind  them.  This  week 
they  are  abandoning  Lens  a  mass  of  ruins.  On  the  sea  their 
practice  is  of  like  detestable  and  malign  character.  German 
plots  have  been  recently  uncovered,  which  show  that  they  are 
blowing  up  Norwegian  vessels  through  a  secret  service  by  con- 
cealing explosives  in  the  coal  taken  aboard  the  Norwegian 
ships'  bunkers.  A  trunk  full  of  these  explosives  was  discov- 
ered that  carried  marks  showing  it  came  from  Germany.  A 
number  of  these  spies  have  been  arrested  and  have  admitted 
that  explosives  were  also  to  have  been  placed  on  steamers 
bound  for  the  United  States.  Von  Tirpitz,  who  has  been  direct- 
ing the  submarine  massacres  of  crews  on  violated  neutral  ves- 
sels, has  gone  to  "the  springs,"  and  is  reported  sick.  Such 
sickening  crimes!    No  wonder  he  is  ailing. 

Wonder  of  wonders!    Another  smuggling  ring  has  been 

uncovered  in  the  extraordinary  act  of  beating  Uncle  Sam  out  of 
more  than  $100,000.  Graft  has  been  uncovered  again,  this 
time  on  the  sacred  soil  of  Angel  Island.  Doddering  old  Time 
will  not  believe  the  charge,  despite  the  fact  that  a  string  of  dis- 
missals has  been  made.  This  new  ring  is  so  aristocratic  in 
character  that  the  members  have  decided  to  draw  lots  in  order 
that  one  of  their  number  shall  be  selected  to  be  the  goat.  Run- 
ning Chinese  immigrants  into  this  country  was  part  of  their 
program;  by  a  trick  of  Providence  it  has  proved  a  boomerang, 
for  it  will  run  the  members  into  jail.  May  they  enjoy  them- 
selves there  counting  their  profits. 


I'rinnpes  D'Equitation 

By   Captain    J     Dilhan 


Tjkinn  th, 

Until  he  has  acquired  a  good  seat  and  good  control  of  his 
hands  and  arms,  the  beginner  should  use  only  the  snaffle  reins. 
The  premature  use  of  the  curb  may  have  very  bad  results  for 
both  horse  and  rider. 

The  buckle  which  marks  the  middle  of  the  reins  of  the  snaffle 
being  on  the  neck  of  the  horse,  close  to  the  saddle,  take  it  with 
the  right  hand.  Clasp  the  reins  with  the  left  hand,  immediately 
in  front  of  the  right,  the  little  finger  toward  the  head,  the  thumb 
conrolling  the  reins.  Then  pull  with  the  right  hand,  letting  the 
leins  slip  through  the  left  until  you  feel  the  mouth  of  the  horse. 
Now  let  go  with  the  right  hand,  and  with  it  take  that  part  of 
the  right  rein  which  is  in  the  left  hand;  separate  the  reins,  and 
by  a  wist  of  the  wrists  bring  the  ends  forward,  dropping  them 
between  the  hands  and  on  the  right  side  of  the  neck  of  the 
horse. 

Keep  the  wrists  on  a  level  with  the  elbows,  the  fingers  of  each 
hand  closely  clasping  the  reins  and  facing  each  other,  about 
three  inches  apart,  the  thumbs  holding  the  reins  by  a  slight 
pressure  as  for  controlling  any  light  object. 

To  put  both  reins  in  the  left  hand,  pass  the  part  which  is  in 
the  right  hand  into  the  left,  placing  the  little  finger  between  the 
two;  to  change  into  the  right  hand,  pass  the  little  finger  of  that 
hand  between  the  two  reins  in  front  of  the  left  hand,  clasp  them 
tightly  and  let  go  with  the  left. 

The  new  rider  should  practice  taking  his  reins  in  either  hand 
and  separating  them  before  the  horse  is  put  in  motion. 

When  holding  the  reins  in  one  hand  let  the  other  fall  freely  at 
the  side,  dropping  the  arm  as  when  your  feet  are  on  the  ground. 

You  are  wrong  if  you  believe  that  it  is  proper  to  ride  with  one 
hand.  A  beginner  should  not  attempt  to  do  that  except  when 
practicing  in  the  ring.  A  green  horse  cannot  be  trained  or  rid- 
den properly  with  one  hand,  and  an  inexperienced  rider  cannot 
govern  even  a  well  trained  horse  without  using  his  two  hands. 
I  shall  insist  upon  this  important  point  later. 

The  Aids. 

The  hands  and  legs  of  the  rider  are  called  his  natural  aids. 
The  legs  give  the  impulsion,  the  hands  the  direction.  The  whip 
and  spurs  are  the  artificial  aids.  If  you  press  with  the  legs  and 
bring  the  hands  forward  the  horse  will  go  forward.  If  you  pull 
with  the  hands  and  leave  the  legs  inactive  the  horse  will  go 
backward.  In  both  instances  the  aids  are  in  accord.  By  pulling 
with  the  hands  and  pressing  with  the  legs  at  the  same  time  with 
an  equivalent  effort,  you  gather  your  horse.  When  you  have 
acquired  more  experience  you  will  always  gather  your  horse 
before  putting  him  in  motion,  and  that  motion  will  be  backward 
or  forward  as  prominence  is  given  to  the  hands  or  the  legs.  For 
example,  you  gather  your  horse,  hands  and  legs  acting  with 
equal  force;  by  increasing  the  pressure  of  the  legs  the  horse 
will  go  forward,  and  by  increasing  the  effort  of  the  hands  he 
will  go  backward,  the  aids  in  these  cases  being  in  opposition. 

Putting  the  Horse  in  Motion. 

To  put  the  horse  in  motion  bring  your  legs  back  of  the  girths 
without  letting  go  with  the  knees,  and  tap  the  horse  gently  at 
first  and  gradually  harder  if  he  does  not  walk  promptly.  While 
the  legs  are  acting  the  hands  must  not  oppose  any  resistance  to 
the  impulse  of  the  horse  in  his  motion  forward,  but  must  keep 
the  reins  taut. 

By  increasing  the  action  of  the  legs  you  will  gradually  obtain 
the  trot  and  the  gallop,  but  the  latter  will  require  a  special 
chapter  when  the  different  effects  of  hands  and  legs  have  been 
studied. 

He  (proudly)— My  ancestors  came  ovah  in  the  May- 
flower. She— Well,  it  was  certainly  lucky  for  you  that  they 
did.    The  immigration  laws  are  a  little  stricter  now.— Puck. 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 

Kerensky,  Socialist,  Who  is  Leading 
the  Crisis  in  Russia 


June  30,  1917 


What  lends  to  the  personality  of  Alexander  Feodorovitch 
Kerensky  its  special  interest  for  the  press  of  Europe  just  now 
is  the  fact  that  he  alone  is  a  member  of  the  two  governments 
now  holding  sway  at  Petrograd.  He  is  in  the  Luoff  ministry 
comprising  the  so-called  Provisional  Government,  and  he  is  also 
an  officer  of  the  Council  of  Workingmen  and  Soldiers  which 
achieved  the  revolution.  Which  of  these  bodies  is  to  prevail 
depends  upon  the  outcome  of  the  contest  between  the  extremists 
and  the  moderates,  and  Kerensky  has  been  the  solitary  link  be- 
tween them.  His  diplomacy,  his  knowledge  of  the  Russian 
character,  his  decision,  his  boldness  and  his  ability  to  inspire 
confidence — to  say  nothing  of  an  amiable  capacity  to  ingratiate 
himself  with  whatever  faction  chances  to  be  in  the  ascendant — 
fully  account  for  his  unique  yet  trying  position.  He  has  leaped 
into  international  renown  within  the  past  two  months,  and  the 
French  press,  at  any  rate,  has  confidence  that  his  future  is  to 
be  brilliant.  His  influence  is  suggested  by  the  circumstance 
that  he  was  able  to  veto  the  plan  to  retain  the  Romanoffs  after 
a  popular  election.  Russia,  according  to  Kerensky,  must  be- 
come a  republic  and  a  very  democratic  one  at  that.  He  will 
hold  a  seat  in  the  constituent  assembly  which  is  to  frame  the 
new  government,  and  his  amazing  genius  will  make  his  policy 
the  dominant  one  there. 

A  young  man  in  the  early  thirties,  neither  tall  or  short,  his 
figure  characterized  by  a  stoop  that  comes  from  much  poring 
over  books,  brown  hair  brushed  straight  up  the  forehead,  lined 
and  seamed,  a  sharp  nose,  a  chin  almost  as  sharp  in  the  taper- 
ing effect  of  it,  quick,  restless,  steel-gray  eyes  and  lips  that  are 
compressed  with  a  very  obvious  decision— such  is  the  personal 
impression  of  Kerensky.  He  wears  a  gray  sack-suit  even  on 
formal  occasions.  The  peering  expression  of  the  face  seems 
to  betray  near-sightedness,  and  the  hands  wander  restlessly  to 
a  pencil  in  the  vest  pocket  as  this  man  talks.  It  is  not  easy  for 
him  to  sit  still.  In  the  middle  of  a  conversation  he  will  leap  out 
of  his  chair  and  pace  restlessly  to  and  fro.  It  is  not  easy  to  un- 
derstand, as  Kerensky  talks  nervously  and  in  a  low  tone,  upon 
what  his  great  reputation  as  an  ortaor  is  based.  One  must  hear 
him  in  the  Duma  or  when  he  confronts  a  labor  group  to  com- 
prehend that.  In  his  earnestness  he  will  advance  upon  an  inter- 
locutor and  seize  the  lapel  of  his  coat.  One  who  has  lived  long 
in  Russia  is  struck  by  the  freedom  of  Kerensky's  speech  from 
all  local  idiom.  It  would  be  difficult,  so  pure  is  his  accent,  to 
state  at  once  from  what  part  of  the  great  empire  he  hails.  He 
is  anything  but  a  dandy  in  his  dress,  and  his  boots  sadly  need  a 
polish,  in  contrast  to  the  pre-revolutionary  ministers  who  were 
immaculate  in  their  attire. 

Kerensky,  according  to  a  study  of  him  in  the  Humanite,  which 
admires  him  because  he  is  a  staunch  Socialist,  is  the  greatest 
lawyer  in  Russia,  despite  his  youth.  He  sits  in  the  Duma  for 
Saratoff,  his  character  reflecting  the  local  temperament  with 
unusual  fidelity.  His  home  is  part  of  a  vast  natural  amphi- 
theatre in  the  Volga  region,  surrounded  by  hills,  all  well  culti- 
vated, the  district  represented  by  Kerensky  being  more  hetero- 
geneous in  its  population  than  one  expects  to  find  a  Russian  con- 
stituency. The  deputy  for  Saratoff  is  like  his  people  in  being 
an  orator  born.  Every  man  in  Saratoff  is  said  to  be  a  natural- 
born  lawyer  and  politician,  and  Kerensky  happens  to  be  the 
most  gifted  of  them  all.  His  pleadings  in  the  local  courts  early 
assumed  a  theatrical  character.  He  folds  his  arms  and  glares 
in  the  most  disconcerting  fashion  imaginable  at  an  opposing 
witness,  at  a  judge  who  ventures  to  correct  him,  at  a  lawyer 
with  whom  he  is  battling.  The  transfer  of  that  stare  to  the 
Duma  has  had  the  most  prodigious  effects.  Kerensky,  in  the 
Duma,  launches  a  torrent  of  words,  swiftly,  yet  each  distinct 
and  telling.  At  the  height  of  the  deluge  it  ceases.  He  folds  his 
arms  and  gazes  about  him  in  that  tense,  strained,  alert  fashion. 
A  pin  could  be  heard  to  fall.  Then  he  fires  his  terrific  shot — 
an  epigram  it  may  be  or  a  charge  of  turpitude,  or  a  crushing 
citation  of  what  Peter  the  Great  said  or  what  Pushkin  said — 
and  the  sensation  that  ensues  is  immense.  The  last  exhibition 
of  the  kind  occurred  as  recently  as  last  March,  barely  a  week 
before  the  revolution.  It  was  one  of  the  parliamentary  preludes 
of  the  revolution. 


The  Teacher  of  Democracy  to  Russia — Alexander  Kerensky 
is  believed  in  Petrograd  to  know  more  about  popular  rule  than 
even  Woodrow  Wilson,  more  about  liberty  than  Theodore 
Roosevelt,  and  more  about  the  consent  of  the  governed  than 
Elihu  Root. 


The  principles  for  which  Kerensky  stands  are  set  forth  with 
enthusiasm  in  the  extremist  press  which  sprang  into  existence 
over  night  after  the  fall  of  Nicholas  II  and  took  practical  form 
in  the  first  democratization  of  the  army.  The  order  which  pre- 
scribed the  use  of  the  term  "soldier"  instead  of  "lower  grade" 
as  the  designation  of  privates  was  signed  by  Gutchkoff  as  Min- 
ister of  War,  but  was  dictated  by  Kerensky.  He  caused  the  is- 
sue of  the  order  that  officers  will  be  styled  "Mister,"  from  "Mr. 
General,"  to  "Mr.  Lieutenant,"  and  he  devised  the  term  "Mr. 
Non-Commissioned  Officer"  and  "Mr.  Official."  He  abolished 
the  excessive  salutes  which  officers  in  the  army  exacted  from 
privates  in  the  ranks.  Thanks  to  Kerensky,  men  in  the  ranks 
are  not  to  be  addressed  by  the  familiar  "thou,"  but  by  the 
plural  form  "you,"  and  they  may  smoke  in  the  streets,  travel  in 
the  same  cars  with  officers  and  join  political  organizations.  He 
also  caused  the  repeal  of  the  bureaucratic  order  that  sent  the 
workingmen  away  from  their  homes  to  remote  factories  and 
caused  labor  riots  in  Odessa.  These  innovations  illustrate  the 
passion  of  Kerensky  for  equality,  a  word  much  on  his  lips. 

The  influence  of  Kerensky,  again,  caused  the  adoption  of  the 
led  flag  as  the  emblem  of  the  triumph  of  the  people  over  auto- 
cracy. Its  display  has  been  forbidden  in  many  a  bureaucratic 
rescript.  The  deputy  from  Saratoff  had  the  troops  and  forces  of 
labor  behind  him  and  his  will  prevailed.  The  episode  illustrates 
the  peculiar  gift  of  Kerensky,  which  is  for  the  management  of 
masses  of  men  kindled  by  their  own  enthusiasm,  an  enthusiasm 
which  he  has  in  a  high  degree  the  power  to  evoke. 

His  immense  influence  is  always  on  the  side  of  moderation. 
His  is  the  restraining  hand  behind  Nicholas  Tcheidze,  the  very 
radical  head  of  the  Soldiers'  and  Workers'  Council,  a  man  of 
Georgian  origin,  who  sits  for  Tiflis.  Tcheidze  wanted  to  dis- 
perse the  Duma  during  the  revolution.  He  brought  forward  a 
plan  to  abolish  the  whole  higher  command  of  the  army  and  to 
confiscate  all  capitalist  enterprises.  Tcheidze  is  a  thoroughgo- 
ing revolutionary  socialist,  in  comparison  with  whom  the  ad- 
vanced Kerensky  seems  positively  timid  in  his  conservatism. 
The  friendship  between  Kerensky  and  Tcheidze  is  very  great, 
their  only  quarrels  growing  out  of  the  fact  that  the  man  from 
Saratoff  is,  in  the  opinion  of  the  man  from  Tiflis,  too  mild,  too 
conservative.  The  difference  between  them  is  illustrated  by  an 
exchange  of  ideas  on  the  subject  of  the  revolution  when  Keren- 
sky came  over  from  the  Winter  Palace,  where  the  Duma  was 
sitting,  to  report  to  the  council  of  soldiers  and  workers  in  the 
Tauride  Palace.  "We've  got  rid  of  the  Czar,"  explained  Ke- 
rensky, "we  have  got  rid  of  the  monks,  we  have  got  rid  of  the 
bureaucrats." 

"Good!"  cried  Tcheidze.     "Now  we'll  start  the  revolution." 


June  30,  1917 


anJ  California  Advertiaei 


FASHION'S  FADS  AND  FRILLS 

If  you  are  bound  for  the  country  on  a  summer  vacation  by 
all  means  let  your  trunk  contain  at  least  one.  if  not  more  of  the 
charming  gmgham  frocks  that  everybody  is  interested  in  this 

summer. 

From  very  early  in  the  season  there  was  much  talk  of  these 
gingham  dresses.  Society  wore  them  at  Palm  Beach  in  the  early 
spring,  and.  immediately,  their  success  was  assured.  There  is 
every  kind  of  gingham  to  be  had  this  summer,  beginning  with 
the  small  checks  in  white  and  colors,  of  which  blue  and  white 
and  pink  and  white  are  perhaps  the  most  charming.  Then  there 
are  the  larger  checks,  and  the  fascinating  plaids  in  which  sev- 
eral colors  are  introduced.  Some  of  the  pretty  combinations 
are  yellow,  white  and  blue;  green,  red  and  white;  and  white, 
black  and  brown.  There  are  also  some  brown  and  white,  and 
blue  and  white  plaids  which  are  wonderfully  attractive. 

These  frocks  are  smart  for  all  sorts  of  occasions.  They  are 
not  strictly  for  moming  use,  but  they  seem  to  fit  in  nicely  for  al- 
most any  informal  summer  affair.  They  are  made  up  in  such 
charming  ways,  it  is  no  wonder  that  women  are  so  enthusiastic 
about  them.  On  their  first  introduction  the  plaid  and  checked 
ginghams  were  almost  always  combined  with  plain  gingham, 
usually  in  one  of  the  colors  of  the  plaid  or  check.    The  plain 


©  MoCaU, 


Left — Oyster-white  Linen  Dress  Trimmed  with  Embroid- 
ery.   Right — One  of  the  Smart  Gingham  Frocks  of  the  Summer. 

gingham  was  used  either  for  piping  and  collar  and  cuffs  or  for 
making  a  portion  of  the  dress  in  those  "half-and-half"  dresses 
which  are  so  very  popular.  These  combinations  are  still  seen, 
but  very  often  the  plain  gingham  is  now  replaced  by  plain  voile, 
and  sometimes  it  is  organdy  that  is  combined  with  gingham,  but 
this  is  mainly  for  the  dainty  collar  and  cuffs  which  go  with  these 
dresses. 

Plain  blue  gingham  combined  with  black  and  white  check  is 
an  unusual  combination,  but  has  been  attractively  used  with  a 
touch  of  red  cross-stitch  embroidery  on  the  black  and  white 
check  which  is  employed  for  trimming. 

The  Shirtwaist  Dress. 

The  shirtwaist  dress  is  one  of  the  summer  novelties  which 
has  been  received  with  much  favor.  These  dresses  are  rather 
plain  in  effect.  The  waist  is  attached  to  the  skirt,  and  the  dress 
buttoned  down  the  center  front  from  collar  to  hem.  The  large 
white  pearl  buttons  which  are  used  really  act  in  part  as  trim- 
ming. In  striped  tub  silks  with  white  pique  collars  for  con- 
trast, or  with  collars  made  of  the  same  silk,  these  frocks  are 
both  practical  and  pretty.    The  skirts  are  pleated  or  gathered, 


and  sometimes  trimn  lower 

Mo: 

dc  Chine  matching  in  color  ..miing  for  afternoons 

developed  in  pale  blue  or  pale  pink. 

While  the  straight  one-piece  frock 
theme  of  t:  rs  at  present,  there  at 

'tons  which  now  tin  diverge  from 

the  first  sketch  is  a  dress  showing  a  sho:t 
the  straight  lines  in  front.    Patch  pockets  at  the  lid. 
same  mission,  while  the  box-pleats  at  the  front  and  back 
skirt  preserve  the  straight  lines  as  far  as  possible.    The  panel 
is  repeated  in  the  back  just  the  same  as  in  the  front.    There  arc 
several   frocks  in  which  this  hip-length  panel  appears.     The 
model  illustrated  is  for  youthful  figures.     The  dress  is  devel- 
oped in  oyster-white  linen  with  heavy  allover  embroidery  in 
white  forming  the  collar,  shaped  cuffs,  and  large  square  pocket. 

Another  departure  from  absolutely  straight  lines  is  shown  in 
the  second  sketch.  Here  the  material  is  cleverly  draped  at  the 
sides,  producing  the  narrowing  effect  at  the  ankles.  No  definite 
waistline  is  given  this  dress.  The  skirt  section  is  attached  at 
lew  waistline,  but  a  loosely  arranged  girdle  holds  the  dress  into 
the  figure  above  the  joining  of  the  waist  and  skirt.  Brown  and 
white  plaid  gingham  forms  the  greater  part  of  this  dress,  and 
plain  white  gingham  makes  the  sleeves  and  body  section. 

We  are  at  liberty  to  do  just  as  we  please  about  waistlines  this 
season.  The  long  peplum  blouses  and  the  smart  one-piece 
frocks  which  are  still  in  vogue  permit  of  a  girdle  being  placed 
in  almost  any  position.  The  peplum  blouses  are  even  more 
popular  now  than  when  they  were  first  introduced.  They  are 
made  up  in  all  sorts  of  materials;  none  is  too  sheer  or  too  heavy 
for  this  style. 


In  an  Ohio  town  is  a  colored  man  whose  last  name  is 

Washington.  Heaven  has  blessed  him  with  three  sons.  When 
the  first  son  arrived  the  father  named  him  George  Washington. 
In  due  time  the  second  son  came.  Naturally  he  was  christened 
Booker  Washington.  When  the  third  man  child  was  born  his 
parent  was  at  a  loss,  at  first,  for  a  name  for  him.  Finally, 
though,  he  hit  on  a  suitable  selection.  The  third  son,  if  he  lives, 
will  go  through  life  as  Spokane  Washington. — Saturday  Even- 
ing Post. 


Officer  (to  private) — What  the  devil  are  you  doing  down 

that  shell-hole?  Didn't  you  hear  me  say  we  were  out  against 
four  to  one?  Geordie  (a  trade  unionist) — Ay.  Aa  heard  you; 
but  aa've  killed  ma  fower. — Punch. 


ARE  YOU  SHORT  OF  READY  CASH?  WHY  NOT  SELL  YOUR 

DIAMONDS 

1*11  pay  highest  spot  CASH  for  them.     No  delay.      All  transactions  in  my 
private  office.     It  will  pay  you  to  see  me  A  T   ONCE 

NEAL    A  .    S HOOR 

Phone  Garfield  1440    Room  960  Phelan  Bldg.      760  Market  Street 


ST.    CHARLES 

BACHELOR    HOTEL 

Unique   Quarters    For   Gentlemen 
IN     CLUB    CENTER 

536  MASON  ST.      Bet.  POST  and  SUTTER 


FICTION 

FOR    SUMMER    READERS     AT 

l>\UI  IIIIP  .10 

$       Books  and  Art       jg> 

£|2.        ^,39  Grant  Avenue        Sj£ 
w       S3  San  Francisco  r:        ■ 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


I^L/e/Al 


"Obey  no  wand  but  Pleasure's." — Tom  Moore. 


Rattling    Good    Bill    at 
Pantages. 

This  week's  program 
at  the  Pantages  demon- 
strates the  versatility  of 
the  audiences  as  well  as 
the  actors.  Audiences 
that  are  vaudeville 
trained  to  the  mile-a- 
minute  modern  pace 
have  left  behind  the 
clumsy,  slow  minded  au- 
diences of  the  elder  days 
who  had  to  be  given  a 
lift  over  the  high  spots 
of  the  new  stunts.  The 
modern  audience  takes  a 
running  jump  and  ar- 
rives at  the  climax  at 
any  speed  limit  imposed 
by  the  actor.  The  unus- 
ual, the  high-brow,  the 
introspective,  anything 
from  the  political  to  the 
analytical,  may  be  intro- 
duced without  giving  out 
blue  print  explanatory 
diagrams  to  the  audi- 
ence. 

Therefore,  Mr.  Tameo 
Kajiyama,  Japanese 
"Will  Power  Expert,"  as 
he  is  billed,  can  come  on 
the  Pantages  stage,  and 
in  a  fleeting  second  the 
audience  realizes  that  it 
is  seeing  a  performance 
which  has  interested 
psychologists  the  aca- 
demic world  over.  Hugo 
Muensterberg,  of  Har- 
vard, made  a  study  of 
Kajiyama's  gifts,  and 
called  it  a  remarkable 
demonstration  of  com- 
bined motor  impulse,  but 
the  less  scientific  but 
equally  interested  vaude- 
ville audiences  would  call  it  a  remarkable  demonstration  of 
concentration.  This  little  brown  man  from  Japan  reads,  writes, 
talks  and  figures  all  at  one  time ;  writes  two  lines  with  double 
pieces  of  chalk,  one  line  forwards  and  one  backwards,  at  one 
and  the  same  time,  and  the  product  is  a  perfect  specimen  of 
handwriting  as  well  as  concentration. 

Besides  this  number  of  unusual  merit  there  are  a  number  of 
good  things  on  the  bill.  "The  Beauty  Orchard"  is  a  sort  of  con- 
densed musical  comedy  with  a  lot  of  pretty  girls  in  the  chorus ; 
Minnie  Allen  does  a  vaudeville  novelty,  aided  and  abetted  by 
some  really  stunning  costumes;  Thomas  Ryan  is  still  doing  the 
Mike  Haggerty  "stuff,"  and  long  may  he  wave;  Olson  and 
Johnson  do  a  song  bit  with  much  youthful  gayety,  and  the 
Pederson  Brothers  open  the  bill  with  an  aerial  swing  that  takes 
much  muscular  effort. 

Old  Time  Army  Life  at  the  Alcazar. 

"The  Rio  Grande"  is  the  vehicle  which  Richard  Bennett  and 
his  company  are  using,  this  week,  at  the  Alcazar.  As  a  vehicle, 
this  play  of  alleged  army  life  is  about  as  swift  as  the  army  om- 
nibus that  runs  between  the  nearest  town  and  some  other  border 
army  post.  Now  I  have  flattened  myself  out  in  several  columns 
before  the  prodigy  of  Mr.  Bennett's  production  and  acting  of 
"The  Cinderella  Man."  Mr.  Augustus  Thomas  is  a  right  honor- 
able member  of  the  Playwrights'  Union.  What  I  want  to  dis- 
cover is  why  a  man  of  Mr.  Bennett's  ability  and  intelligence 


Elsa  Ruegger  and  her  company  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 


wanted  to  play  the  part 
of  Colonel  Bannard  ? 
Why  Mr.  Thomas  want- 
ed to  write  the  play  is 
likewise  clouded  in  ob- 
scurity. The  play  has 
enough  of  the  old  time, 
illogical  "drammer"  to 
be  amusing.  Mr.  Thomas 
quietly  and  unobtrusive- 
ly hushes  up  army  scan- 
dal by  shooting  all  of- 
fenders. In  the  first  act 
he  has  the  father  of  the 
heroine  stabbed  in  the 
back  by  a  Mexican  bor- 
der rat.  No  objections 
to  that,  as  it  removes 
father  and  gives  daugh- 
ter into  the  keeping  of 
his  old  friend,  Colonel 
Bannard  (Bennett).  Be- 
sides ridding  the  play  of 
father,  the  first  act  gives 
a  bona  fide  picture  of 
army  life.  For  example 
Nan,  the  daughter  (Eva 
Le  Gallienne)  has  a 
brush  with  an  orderly 
who  calls  her  by  her 
Christian  name  and 
speaks  of  her  swimming 
costume  as  "our"  bath- 
ing suit,  and  for  that  Nan 
orders  him  to  go  stand 
in  the  shade.  The  col- 
onel's daughter,  or  any 
one  who  has  ever  visited 
a  girl  in  her  "army"  po- 
sition, please  take  note 
of  what  would  have  hap- 
pened to  that  orderly  in 
real  army  life. 

Of  course,  any  colonel 
in  the  U.  S.  A.  could 
with  impunity  shoot  his 
orderly,  rid  his  wife  of 
the  sight  of  the  one  man 


who  knows  of  her  affair,  and  do  it  without  fear  of  investigation. 
It  is  done  before  breakfast  every  morning  by  colonels  all  over 
the  land.  As  a  scandal  snuffer,  the  bullet  is  without  peer.  If 
you  don't  believe  it,  it  is  because  you  have  missed  "The  Rio 
Grande."  As  usual  with  this  company,  the  acting  and  charac- 
terization are  excellent. 

*  *  * 

Second  Successful  Week  of  "The  New  York  Idea." 

Henry  Miller  and  his  company  of  artists  are  still  playing  a 
second  successful  week  of  "The  New  York  Idea,"  and  the  seem- 
ingly heightened  brilliancy  of  Langdon  Mitchell's  scintillating 
lines  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  waits  have  been  shortened,  the 
speed  limit  put  on  the  action,  and  the  duration  of  the  play  re- 
duced by  a  full  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes.  Which  means  that 
one  may  come  earlier  to  terms  with  the  after-theatre  supper,  or 
keep  an  engagement  with  an  eight  hour  sleep  and  still  be  up 
betimes. 

The  only  flaw,  if  flaw  there  was,  that  I  found  in  the  play  the 
first  night  was  that  the  play  dragged  a  bit  in  the  second  act — 
but  when  I  saw  it  again  the  other  night  there  was  none  of  that 
sense  of  long-drawn-outness,  and  yet  not  a  line  had  been  cut. 
Which  is,  of  course,  a  tribute  to  Henry  Miller's  supreme  art  as 
a  stage  manager — he  knows  how  to  make  the  machinery  of  a 
play  run  on  secret  ball  bearings. 

San  Francisco  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  Henry  Miller  for 
never  leaning  back  on  his  reputation  nor  trying  to  put  over  the 


June  30.  1917 


and  California  Advc 


second  rate,  but  always  bringing  us  a  company  of  real  ar- 
and  this  season  he  has  beer. 

^how  the  rich  an  i  varied  assortrne: 

-a'rr6  in.,cres,!nfi  l1      ''  'v:i;  ! 

"A  Bit  O'  Love"— it  goes  without  saying  that  they  will  do  it 
full  measure  of  artistic  and  intelli^' 

•  •   • 

Orphcum  /{,/; 

The  finest  ena  t  that  ever  came  over  the  Orphcum 

circuit  is  now  being  portrayed  here  in  that  intense  ar. 
act  of  Andre  de  Lorde.  "The  YV  en  by  those  or 

players,  Margaret  Anglin  and  Fr  Belleville.  The  sct- 

.:.  the  atmosphere  of  aristocratic  ambitions  and  passions,  the 
swift  menace  of  the  subtle  wager  and  the  stunning  climax,  a 
netizes  the  audience.  It  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired  except 
more.  more,  more  of  such  acts.  If  Martin  Beck  is  responsible  for 
this  presentation  he  should  be  haled  into  court  by  the  Or- 
pheum's  big  patronage  and  compelled  to  mobilize  a  number  of 
such  strong  and  artistic  productions;  but  alas,  these  days,  there 
are  not  enough  Anglins  and  de  Bellevilles  to  go  round. 

The  rest  of  the  bill  uncorks  a  number  of  excellent  vaudeville 
spirits.  Laughter  and  chuckles  of  glee  be-sprinkles  that  giddy 
dramatic  cartoon  given  by  Miss  Norton  and  Paul  Nicholson,  the 
weird  life  antics  of  living  in  a  "one  room  flat"  in  the  New  York 
Theatre  district.  It's  a  scream.  Willard  Mack  gets  in  another 
playlet  punch  put  over  by  Jessie  Busley.  It  is  cleverly  acted, 
and  the  audience,  smart  as  it  may  think  itself  at  guessing  the 
climax,  will  have  to  grin  over  their  mistake.  Asahi  and  his 
own  company  of  novelty  entertainers  are  a  show  in  themselves, 
and  keep  the  audience  on  the  qui  vive  throughout  the  act.  Their 
tricks  are  entirely  new  and  puzzling,  and  keep  the  big  audience 
jumping  from  surprise  to  wondering. 

Lavelle  &  Lavelle  open  the  show  with  standard  old  songs  and 
patriotic  airs  in  which  the  audience  join.  As  Orpheum  audi- 
ences have  become  one  big  happy  family  through  the  years,  the 
gathering  is  a  sort  of  communal  fest,  the  secret  of  the  Or- 
pheum's  success:  one  big  family  enjoying  itself  weekly.  Senor 
Westony  contributed  some  very  fine  playing  on  the  piano  in 
both  classical  and  popular  music.  Vera  Berliner,  a  violinist  of 
distinction,  caught  the  house  with  her  delightful  selections.  The 
laugh  hit  of  the  bill  was  the  character  act  of  Jack  Clifford,  sup- 
ported by  Miriam  Wills,  in  his  skit  "At  Jasper  Junction."  Clif- 
ford is  gifted  with  a  peculiar  voice,  one  phase  of  which  is  of 
graphaphone  timbre,  and  when  he  attunes  it  to  the  squeaks  and 
scratches  of  the  real  instrument  the  latter  speedily  gives  up  the 
contest.  He  does  a  number  of  character  stunts,  and  the  audience 
could  not  get  enough  of  him.  The  bill  is  a  corker;  see  it,  or 
you'll  miss  an  excellent  treat. 

*  *  * 

Advance    Announcements 

Orpheum. — Margaret  Anglin,  who  is  scoring  the  greatest  his- 
trionic triumph  that  the  Orpheum  has  known  since  Sarah  Bern- 
hardt will  begin  the  second  and  last  week  of  her  engagement, 
next  Sunday  matinee,  in  an  intense  playlet,  "The  Wager."  A 
great  charm  of  this  production  is  the  splendid  portrayal  of 
Prince  Milanoff  by  that  fine  and  finished  actor,  Frederic  de 
Belleville.  Carl  Randall  and  Ernestine  Myers  will  appear  in 
a  singing  and  dancing  act  which  has  proved  an  immense  sen- 
sation in  the  principal  cities  of  the  East.  Mr.  Randall  first  at- 
tracted attention  in  the  musical  production,  "A  Broadway 
Honeymoon,"  with  Emma  Carus.  Subsequently  she  induced 
him  to  become  her  associate  in  vaudeville.  Since  then  he  has 
succeeded  in  securing  for  his  partner  Ernestine  Myers,  whom 
Ruth  St.  Denis  considers  to  be  one  of  the  most  gifted  of  her 
proteges.  One  of  the  comedy  finds  of  the  present  season  is  the 
well  known  legitimate  actor,  Austin  Webb,  and  company  in 
John  B.  Hymer's  latest  playlet,  "Hit  the  Trail."  Its  story  is 
that  of  an  evangelist  who  is  conducting  a  soul-saving  campaign. 
How  the  sinners  confess  and  all  hit  the  trail  is  enacted  in  a 
comedy  vein  that  causes  shrieks  of  laughter.  Thomas  Patri- 
colo  and  Ruby  Myers  will  appear  in  a  comedy  singing,  talking 
and  eccentric  dancing  act  entitled  "The  Girl  and  the  Dancing 
Fool."  Senor  Westony,  the  famous  pianist,  will  be  heard  in 
new  numbers;  Lavelle  and  Lavelle  will  sing  patriotic  songs, 
and  Asahi  and  his  Japanese  troupe  will  repeat  their  marvelous 
performance.  A  special  feature  will  be  the  appearance  of  Elsa 
Ruegger  and  her  company.    Miss  Ruegger  is  conceded  to  be 


Zhay  Gar;: 


iated 

cmi- 


ne   seem   to 

lit  O' 
Co- 


" 

time  that  tl  ;1  have 

occasion  •.. 
me  that  a  Galsworthy  play  has  been  offered  ii 

e  it  an  extraordinary  cast,  includiru 
self.  Ruth  Chattcrton.  O.  P.  Heggie,  who  is  a  Galsworthy  dis- 
ciple, Lucille  Watson.  Mrs.  Thos.  Whiffen.  Walter  Connolly. 
William  H.  San  Byrne  and  nearly  a  score  of  others. 

"A  Bit  0'  Love"  is  set  in  the  Devonshire  country,  and  its  story 
concerns  the  Curate  of  the  quaint  little  country  place;  his  run- 
away wife  and  the  doctor  with  whom  she  has  her  escapade.  It 
l?  the  Curate's  method  of  accepting  this  disaster  to  his  house- 
hold that  gives  the  play  its  unusual  twist,  for  the  man  of  cloth 
brings  down  upon  his  head  the  wrath  of  the  people  about  him. 
There  are  three  acts  and  five  scenes,  and  the  closing  situation 
between  Henry  Miller  as  the  country  workman  who  has  lost  his 
wife  through  death,  and  O.  P.  Heggie.  as  the  Curate,  whose  wife 
has  deserted  him,  is- one  of  the  most  striking  ever  written  into  a 
play.  For  one  week  only,  commencing  Monday  night,  July  2d. 
It  will  be  followed  on  July  9th  by  Henry  Miller's  production  of 
the  reigning  London  success,  "Anthony  in  Wonderland." 

*  *  « 

Pantages. — "The  Mother  and  The  Flag,"  a  patriotic  produc- 
tion that  was  given  its  premier  a  few  weeks  ago  in  San  Diego, 
and  immediately  following  the  first  performance  brought  to  San 
Francisco  to  be  enlarged  and  produced  under  the  personal  direc- 
tion of  J.  J.  Cluxton,  manager  of  the  local  Pantages,  who  has 
already  attained  no  little  reputation  as  a  builder  of  acts  for  vau- 
deville, will  be  the  big  headline  attraction  at  the  Pantages  com- 
mencing Sunday  matinee.  According  to  those  who  have  wit- 
nessed rehearsals  it  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  intensely  in- 
teresting offerings  ever  made  on  a  vaudeville  stage.  Already 
there  has  been  some  very  flattering  offers  from  the  East  for 
this  production.  Heading  the  act  will  be  Miss  Myrtle  Vane, 
one  of  the  most  popular  leading  women  that  ever  visited  San 
Francisco.  She  will  be  ably  assisted  by  a  cast  of  twenty-five 
capable  actors.  An  elaborate  setting,  tense  situations  and  five 
wonderfully  strong  characters  are  developed  in  the  unfolding 
of  the  story.  Other  numbers  on  the  program  will  include :  The 
Hong-Kong  Girls,  a  miniature  musical  comedy  with  a  cast  of 
twelve.  Wm.  Schilling  and  company  in  a  tense  dramatic 
sketch,  "The  Lash,"  The  University  Four,  Will  and  Mary  Rog- 
ers, Willie  Hale  and  Brother,  and  "The  Neglected  Wife,"  In- 
cident V,  will  be  the  screen  attraction.     Next  week,  Singers' 

Midgets,  30  of  them,  and  the  1917  Pantages  Road  Show. 

*  *  * 

Beatriz  Michalena  to  Appear  at  Greek  Theatre. — The  Players' 
Club  of  San  Francisco,  having  successfully  staged  two  produc- 
tions at  the  Greek  Theatre  in  1915  and  1916,  the  University  of 
California  has  invited  them  to  present  this  year  a  bill  consisting 
of  "The  Talisman,"  a  Bedouin  drama  by  Raine  Bennett,  a  local 
journalist,  and  "Matsuo,"  a  Japanese  tragedy  in  one  act,  by  Ta- 
keda  Izumo.  Great  interest  has  been  aroused  in  the  production 
of  "The  Talisman,"  as  Beatriz  Michelena,  the  talented  Califor- 
nia actress  and  prima  donna,  is  to  appear  in  the  leading  role. 


A  Question 
of  Beauty 

is  always  a 
question  of  com- 
plexion. With  a 
perfect  complex' 
ion  you  overcome 
nature's  deficiencies. 
Gouraud's  « 

Oriental  Cream 

renders  to  the  skin  a  clear,  refined,  pearly- 
white  appearance  -  the  perfect  hcauly. 
Healing  and  refreshing  *  Non-greasy, 

Sond   10?.  for  trial  elzo 

lFERD  T.  HOPKINS  &  SON,  37  Great  Jones  St 


Hew  York 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


This  drama  was  given  its  initial  performance  in  1913  at  Carmel- 
by-the-Sea.  The  extended  stage  of  the  Greek  Theatre  will 
make  it  possible  for  this  picturesque  drama  to  be  given  an  elabo- 
rate and  spectacular  setting. 

"Matsuo"  is  an  adaptation  of  one  act  of  "The  Pine  Tree,"  the 
most  extolled  of  all  Japanese  dramas.  It  was  played  in  New 
York  by  the  Washington  Square  Players  under  the  name  of 
"Bushido,"  and  critics  were  unanimous  in  pronouncing  it  a  most 
unusual  and  interesting  play.     Saturday  evening,  July  21st,  is 

set  for  the  performance. 

*  a*  * 

Organ  Recitals  at  Auditorium. — Edwin  H.  Lemare,  the  noted 
organist,  will  give  an  "all  request"  program  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, July  8th.  Among  the  selections  which  he  will  play  at  the 
thirteenth  recital  of  the  present  series,  on  July  1st,  are  Hollins' 
"Triumphal  March,"  Rubinstein's  "Reve  Angelique,"  Bach's 
"Toccata,  Adagio,  and  Fugue  in  C  Major,"  Lemmens'  fantasia, 
"The  Storm,"  and  portions  of  Bizet's  "Carmen."  The  Auditor- 
ium doors  are  open  at  2  o'clock  Sunday  afternoon ;  each  recital 
begins  promptly  at  3.  The  admission  charge  is  10  cents,  the 
pay-as-you-enter  system  being  followed.    No  seats  are  reserved. 


A  TRIBUTE  TO  THE  GENIUS  OF  M.  H.  DE  YOUNG. 

By  Fred  Emerson  Brooks. 

Why  sing  of  the  rulers  with  banners  unfurled 
And  steel-armored  ships  to  embattle  the  world 
Or  death-diving  demons  that  frighten  the  sea 
While  far  greater  men  in  the  nation  there  be 
Who  rouse  up  the  people  and  build  up  the  town? 
Why  praise  the  great  leaders  who  batter  things  down? 
Whose  titles  to  glory  are  cities  laid  bare 
And  a  trail  that  is  white  with  the  bones  of  despair  ? 
Those  men  are  immortal  and  greater  than  kings 
Who  with  far  lesser  power  do  far  greater  things. 

We  honor  the  builder  who  fashions  and  schemes 
And  builds  him  an  edifice  out  of  his  dreams. 
That  man's  a  creator  who  fashions  from  naught 
A  world-noted  journal  for  guiding  men's  thought. 
The  sheets  from  the  press  are  the  marvelous  things 
That  bear  men's  opinions  on  tireless  wings, 
The  voice  of  the  orator  few  men  may  hear 
While  the  tones  of  the  press  may  encircle  the  sphere : 
The  click  of  the  type  and  the  man  with  the  mind 
Is  one  mortal  speaking  to  all  of  mankind. 

He  is  famed  as  a  builder:  his  deeds  are  enrolled 
In  the  city  he  loves  by  the  portal  of  gold. 
The  lin-o-type  clicked  and  the  huge  presses  rung 
Recording  the  genius  of  M.  H.  de  Young ; 
And  out  of  the  Chronicle  building  there  came 
The  hum  of  great  enterprise  bearing  his  fame : 
For  the  news  of  the  world  is  brought  straight  to  his  door- 
All  political  truths  and  a  little  bit  more — 
"The  Man  With  the  Hoe"  all  the  world  may  oppress 
But  never  the  man  with  the  Hoe  Printing  Press. 

It  is  not  the  onlookers  whose  praises  are  sung 

But  the  thinkers  and  doers  like  M.  H.  de  Young, 

Who  conceive  and  construct  and  such  marvels  create 

As  give  joy  to  the  people  and  honor  the  State : — 

At  Chicago's  great  Fair  as  a  captain  he  led 

Representing  the  nation  as  governing  head 

As  President,  mark  the  success  he  achieved 

In  the  Mid-Winter  Fair  which  his  brain  had  conceived. 

His  Mansion  of  Wonders  has  risen  to  be 

A  world-known  Museum  for  you  and  for  me. 

As  a  leader  of  men  he  was  first  to  inspire 
New  hope  in  a  city  laid  waste  by  the  fire : — 
With  the  old  city  burning  his  Phoenix  took  wing : — 
From  the  ashes  of  Fate  a  new  city  should  spring — 
And  the  world  stood  amazed  at  the  marvelous  birth — 
The  Bride  of  the  Sea  at  the  Gate  of  the  Earth. 
He  gave  of  his  wealth  and  experience  rare 
In  that  Climax  of  Glory — The  World's  Greatest  Fair. 
He  deserves  the  most  honor  from  creed  or  from  clan 
-  Who  builds  for  the  good  of  his  fellow  man. 


THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  TROOPS  LANDED  IN  FRANCE. 

For  the  first  time  in  history  an  organized  U.  S.  Army  force 
has  landed  in  Europe.  The  American  troops  that  have  disem- 
barked there,  on  French  soil,  this  week,  are  the  first  unit  of  a 
large  force.  The  mobilization  of  these  regulars  from  different 
sections  of  the  country  and  their  "secret"  dispatch  abroad,  to- 
gether with  great  quantities  of  supplies,  was  made  in  record 
time  as  compared  with  like  expeditions  of  other  nations  at  war. 
The  first  intimation  French  residents  had  of  the  approaching 
fleet  conveying  the  troops  was  signaled  when  the  first  transport 
loomed  up  through  the  early  mist  in  the  harbor.  The  other 
vessels  and  the  convoy  of  U.  S.  Navy  vessels  rapidly  appeared, 
and  the  disembarkation  followed  amid  the  intense  joy  and  wild 
demonstration  of  the  French  residents.  Camps  had  already 
been  prepared  for  the  troops  according  to  orders  issued  by 
General  Pershing  in  command  of  the  expeditionary  forces. 
General  Sibert  will  lead  the  present  force.  The  American  force 
will  be  handled  as  an  independent  unit  in  the  war,  but  will  natu- 
rally be  in  touch  with  both  French  and  British  troops,  and  oper- 
ate conjunctively  with  them. 

Up  to  four  weeks  ago  General  Sibert  was  commanding  officer 
of  the  South  Pacific  Coast  Artillery  district,  with  headquarters 
here  at  Fort  Miley.  He  was  formerly  commanding  officer  of 
the  fortifications  of  the  entire  Pacific  Coast.  After  leaving  this 
city  for  Washington  he  was  promoted  from  Brigadier  General 
to  Major  General.  As  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Engineers,  Gen- 
eral Sibert  was  one  of  General  Goethal's  principal  assistants  in 
the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal.  Last  summer  General 
Sibert  was  commanding  officer  of  the  citizen's  training  camp  at 
Monterey.  In  this  connection  with  the  war,  it  is  evident  that 
San  Francisco  and  the  Pacific  Coast  are  in  close  intimacy  with 
the  personnel  of  the  leaders  in  General  Pershing  and  General 
Sibert's  staff,  and  hundreds  of  the  troopers  in  the  ranks.  Many 
letters  of  interest  should  accordingly  come  this  way. 


"Is  there  any  good  reason  why  I  should  give  you  a 

penny?"  asked  the  well  dressed  elderly  gentleman  of  the  young- 
ster who  had  accosted  him.  "Well,"  said  the  boy,  as  he  re- 
tired from  the  danger  zone,  "if  I  had  a  nice  top  hat  like  yours 
I  wouldn't  want  it  smashed  with  a  snowball." — Washington 
Star. 


PANTAGES    THEATRE 

WEEK    BEGINNING   THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON 
MYRTLE    VALE    &    CO. 
25    PEOPLE 
"THE     MOTHER     AND     THE    FLAG" 

EIGHT  — OTHER     BIG     ACTS— EIGHT 


PHILHARMONIC  ORCHESTRA 

To-Mus.ciANS-70        NIKOLAI   SOKOLOFF,  Conductor 

Brooks  Parker,  Flute  Soloist  Ralph  MacFadyen,  Manager 

CORT  THEATER,  Sunday  Afternoon,  July   1st,  at  3 

PROGRAM— Sym.  C  minor,  Brahms:;  Scenes  de  Ballet,  Glazounow;  Fantasy 
for  Flute.  Hue;  Prelude  to  Mastersinger,  Wagner. 
POPULAR  PRICES  $1.00,  75c.  50c,  500  SEATS  AT  25c. 
TICKETS  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co..  Kohler  &  Chase  on   and  after  June  27th 
and  Cort  Theatre  Saturday  Afternoon  and  Sunday  only. 


Columbia   Theatre 


The  Leading  Playhouse 

Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 

Phone  Fianklin  150 
ONE  WEEK  Beginning  MONDAY  JULY  2,    Fourth   production   of   the 

HENRY     MILLER     SEASON 
and  First  presentation  in  America  of 
JOHN  GALSWORTHY'S  THRbE  ACT  PLAY. 

"A     BIT    OF    LOVE" 
Direct  from  the  Kingsway  Theatre.  London.    Matinees  Wed.  and  Sat, 
July  9— "ANTHONY  IN  WONDERLAND." 


Or p  Ileum 


O'Farrell   Street        Bet.  Stockton  and  Powell 
Phone  Douglas  70 


"Week  beginning  THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  MATINEE  EVERY 
DAY. 

Last  Week 

MARGARET    ANGLIN 

Assisted  by  Frederic  De  Belleville  in  "  The  Wager"  In  Conjunction  with 

A  GREAT  NEW  BILL 
CARL  RANDALL  &  ERNESTINE  MYERS,  Divertisstmenls  f  haracleriitiouf, 
AUSTIN  WEBB  &  CO.  in  John  B.  Hymer's  one  act  play  "Hit  the  Trail:" 
PATRICOLA  &  MYERS  in  "The  Girl  and  the  Dancing  Fool:"  SENOR 
WESTONY  The  Famous  Pianist;  LAYELLE  &  LAVELLE  in  America's  Most 
Patriotic  Airs:  ASAHI  and  His  Company  of  Novelts  Entertainers:  ELSA 
RUEGGER  and  Her  Company.  Zhay  Clark.  Harpist:  Edmund  Licbtenstein, 
Violinist. 

Evening  Prices — 10c.  25c,   50c,  75c.     Matinee  Prices   (except  Sun- 
days and  Holidays),   10c,   25c,  50c,     PHONE  DOUGLAS  70.  - 


June  30.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


Why  Many  Women  Fall  in  Love  With 
Musicians 


The  poet  deals  in  words,  while  the  pain-  a  color  and 

form,  but  the  musician  deals  in  emotions  and  therefore  his  ap- 
peal to  women  i  ire  swift,  as  it  is  always  more  subtle, 
than  the  appeal  of  any  other  artist. 

Such  is  the  latest  theory  to  explain  the  lure  of  music  for  wo- 
men and  the  attraction  of  the  dark-eyed,  lone-haired  musician 
himself. 

The  average  woman,  say  the  theorists,  is  hedged  in  with  con- 
ventions that  make  her  feel  a  prudish  discomfort  if  a  book  or 
a  poem  talks  too  openly  of  what  she  thinks  of,  but  never  puts 
into  words.  With  a  picture  it  is  the  same  way,  but  in  the  music, 
she  hears  with  emotional  delight  all  the  romanticism,  all  the 
beauty  and  all  the  vague  dreams  which  she  hides  so  closely 
from  the  world.  In  consequence  she  reads  into  the  music  her 
own  feelings,  and  then  she  confuses  the  musician  with  the 
music.  He.  too,  is  keyed  up  to  a  high  tension;  he  feels  tele- 
pathically  the  emotion  he  has  communicated  and  so  a  spark  is 
kindled  between  them.  As  for  the  result — well,  sometimes  it  is 
love,  sometimes  a  momentary  infatuation — that  all  depends  up- 
on how  much  music  they  hear  together  and  how  much  pent-up 
nervous  emotionalism  lies  buried  in  the  woman's  soul. 

"Emotions,"  say  the  pedants,  "are  always  more  powerful 
than  thoughts  or  common  sense,  and  music  is  the  symbol  of  emo- 
tion, with  its  notes  attuned  not  only  to  a  fixed  sound,  but  to  a 
corresponding  nerve  in  the  human  body  which  vibrates  in  re- 
sponse to  it,  so  that  the  scale  of  emotions  and  the  scale  of  music 
are  identical.  The  result  is  that  listening  to  music,  provided 
your  nerves  are  emotionally  attuned  to  it,  has  the  same  physical 
effect  as  great  pleasure  or  excitement,  causing  exhilaration,  an 
increased  pulse  and  a  quickened  heart  beat.  What  wonder, 
then,  that  the  woman  listening  loses  her  mental  balance  and  be- 
lieves that  the  musician  rather  than  the  composer  whose  music 
he  plays  is  the  cause  of  her  delight." 

"The  only  safeguard,"  say  psychologists,  "lies  in  the  fact  that 
not  all  women  are  what  one  might  call  attuned  to  the  same  key 
as  the  music  they  hear.  To  be  candid,  it  is  usually  the  woman 
of  more  shallow  emotions  who  responds  so  openly  that  she  fol- 
lows the  piping  of  the  modern  Pan.  The  woman  whose  nerves 
are  steady  and  emotions  deep  but  hidden,  feels  the  music,  but 
she  responds  inwardly  instead  of  outwardly,  and  therefore  does 
not  confuse  the  man  with  his  music,  and  as  a  result  gains  self- 
control  rather  than  loses  it  in  the  wild  melodies  of  a  tone  poem, 
a  passionate  rhythmic  dance  or  the  intricate  harmonies  of  a 
symphony. 

"But  the  butterfly  woman  whose  days  are  spent  in  the  pursuit 
of  pleasure  and  who  lives  a  life  that  keeps  her  continually  tense 
lets  her  emotions  have  full  sway  when  she  feels  the  delicate 
harmonies  of  tonal  beauty  tugging  at  her  nerves,  and  the  result 
is  that  she  looks  upon  music  and  those  who  make  it  for  her  with 
a  feeling  of  sensuous  delight.  She  lets  herself  be  swayed  by  it. 
She  pictures  wonderful  love  dramas  in  which  the  musician  plays 
the  leading  role  with  her,  and  the  consequence  is  that  it  is  not 
long  before  she  believes  herself  hopelessly  in  love  with  him, 
and  through  sheer  romanticism  is  ready  to  'fly  with  him'  if  he 
asks  it. 

"The  worst  of  it  is  that  modern  life,  with  its  extravagance  and 
luxury,  its  round  of  pleasures  and  excitement  and  the  continual 
haste  that  speeding  trains  and  automobiles  engender,  is  develop- 
ing more  and  more  women  of  this  high-strung  nervous  type,  and 
in  consequence  there  are  more  and  more  worshipers  at  the 
shrine  of  musicians." 

Another  student  of  music  and  the  emotions  declares  that  the 
woman's  search  for  a  "soul  atmosphere"  is  the  reason  why  she 
is  so  ready  to  succumb  to  the  wooing  of  a  musician.  "Women," 
he  says,  "are  incurably  romantic,  and  incurably  emotional.  They 
are  forever  seeking  the  perfect  lover  and  the  perfect  wooing. 
They  don't  like  to  descend  to  the  material  things  if  it  is  possible 
to  avoid  it,  and  in  consequence  they  are  always  attracted  by 
poets,  artists  and  musicians.  But  the  truth  remains  that  both 
painters  and  poets  are  creators  and  as  creators  they  are  workers, 
and  are  often  astoundingly  practical,  but  the  musician  need  not 
create— he  need  only  interpret.  Thus  he  can  possess  the  emo- 
tional and  romantic  personality  that  women  delight  in,  and  while 


he  works  just  as  hard  as  .<:  net  harder, 

it  does  not  leave  him  dully  human  a 
is  apt  to  do. 

n,  of  course,  there  is  music  itself  to  lend  him  a  halo; 
touch  of  the  fori 
ones,  seem  somehow  to  acquire;  there  i  ry  of  dark 

:  poetically  lo: 
of  a  huge  audience  held  enthralled  ! 
you  have  enough  to  chain  any  « 

■  \cr  sort  of  music  he  gives  the  « 
en  the  orchestra  leader  in  the  cafe  has  this  power  and 
this  charm.    So  has  the  violinist,  while  at  summer  rcso: 
conquests  of  the  musicians  are  innumerable." 


DENT  H.  ROBERT. 

Speak  low— 'tis  the  face  of  a  sleeper 

That,  weary,  to  slumber  is  led. 
The  Angel  of  Love  is  his  keeper 

And  such — such  are  never  the  dead. 

Not  lilies  alone  shall  we  weave  in 

The  garlands  that  kiss  the  pale  cheek, 

But  violets  humble,  for  even 

The  flowers  he  loved  were  the  weak. 

Not  great  ones  alone,  but  the  lowly 

Whose  wrongs  he  so  often  redressed 
With  bowed  heads  and  hearts  follow  slowly 

The  path  to  his  blossom-strewn  rest. 

And  we  pause,  as  we  leave  him  forever. 

To  mark  and  to  never  forget — 
Though  his  voice  we  may  hear  again  never — 

The  smile  that  we  knew  lingers  yet. 

Lingers  yet — and  we  know  'tis  a  token 

From  the  land  where  the  great-hearted  dwell 

That  the  Master's  "Well  done"  has  been  spoken, 
We  may  leave  him  in  peace,  for  "All's  well!" 

— Frank  H.  Gassaway. 

7,500  MILES 
6IMHMHKEO 

■  FORD  5IZES  - 

6.000  MILES  GUAMNTEfD  -  £MMER5/ZEj 


TIRES 


The  famous  Norwalk  principles  of  construc- 
tion are  not  borrowed,  nor  is  Norwalk  leader- 
ship assumed.  Norwalk  Tires  are  pre-emi- 
nently superior — by  right  of  Initiative  and 
perfection.  They  are  the  dominating  tires, 
made  manifest  by  the  noteworthy  mileage 
records   attained. 

Ask  for  Price  List. 
Factory    Distributors 

Lichtenberger-Ferguson    Co. 

1211  VAN  NESS  AVENUE 
Phone:  Prospect  386  San  Francisco 

Corner  Pico  and  Hope  Sts.  Los  Angeles 


10 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


■  ■■■  II.  » 


<■ i  m ■■■■mm-—-m«— — ■ 


ililS^illi^ 


ENGAGEMENTS. 

HARTLEY-TRIEBEL.— Through  the  medium  of  a  bridge  tea  which  as- 
sembled more  than  thirty  young  women  friends.  Miss  Marie  Hartley 
announced  her  engagement  to  William  Glenn  Triebel. 

HUNT- RICHARDSON. — At  a  bridge  tea  given  in  Ross  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  John  Hunt  on  Saturday  afternoon,  the  engagement  of  Miss  Ger- 
trude Hunt  and  Lynde  Richardson  was  announced. 

NEWMAN-JACOBS.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Juda  Newman  announce  the  engage- 
ment of  their  daughter,  Miss  Rita  Newman,  and  Dr.  S.  Nicholas 
Jacobs. 

WEDDING    ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

FECHTELER-KAYES. — Miss  Margaret  Fechteler,  daughter  of  Rear-Ad- 
miral and  Mrs.  Augustus  F.  Fechteler,  has  chosen  July  17th  as  the 
date  of  her  marriage  to  Lieutenant-Commander  Herbert  Emory 
Kayes,  United  States  Navy. 

WEDDINGS. 

CARLIN-McCARTY.— The  wedding  of  Paymaster  C.  "Vance  McCarty.  U.  S. 
N.,  and  Miss  Eloise  Carlin,  a  popular  belle  of  Solano  County,  took  place 
Saturday  morning  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  J.   Carlin. 

CLARK-CRITTENDEN. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Margaret  Clark,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Frederick  Clark  of  Berkeley,  and  William  Clark  Critten- 
den, will  take  place  to-day  at  the  Hacienda,  the  home  of  Mrs.  Phoebe 
Hearst  in  Pleasanton. 

COLEMAN-McPHBRSON. — Miss  Sophie  Coleman  and  William  McPherson 
were  married  Saturday  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Harry  Coleman,  mother 
of  the  bride-elect,  in  Hillsborough. 

HARE-WYLIE. — Announcement  is  made  of  the  marriage  June  20th  of 
Mrs.  Daisy  Holbrook  Hare,  sister  of  Charles  H.  Holbrook,  Jr.,  and 
Alfred  Weldes  Wylie,  a  New  York  man  who  has  been  here  for  the  last 
year  or  so. 

MACKENZIE-McNEAR. — The  wedding  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Graham  Mac- 
kenzie and  George  P.  McNear,  Jr.,  took  place  June  28th. 

MORAN-RAUER. — St.  Agnes  Church,  in  Masonic  avenue,  was  the  scene 
of  the  wedding  on  June  17th  of  Miss  Frances  Moran  and  Mr.  Robert 
Rauer. 

WILSON-HODGKISS— Miss    Margaretta    Wilson,    daughter    of    the    late 
Judge  Adair  Wilson  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Colorado,  and  of  Mrs. 
Wilson,  was  married  to  J.  Miller  Hodgkiss  of  Berkeley  on  Saturday 
evening  at  half-after  eight  at  St.  Clement's  Episcopal  Chapel. 
LUNCHEONS. 

FAGAN. — An  interesting  affair  on  the  peninsula  was  the  picnic  that  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Paul  Fagan  arranged  for  Sunday. 

GRUNBAUM. — A  luncheon  party  at  her  home  on  Washington  street 
brought  together  a  group  of  the  friends  of  Miss  Rosalie  Grunbaum  re- 
cently. 

LATHROP. — Prior  to  her  departure  for  Santa  Barbara  for  the  summer 
Mrs.  Charles  G.  Lathrop  entertained  a  few  of  her  friends  at  a  luncheon 
party  at  her  home  at  Palo  Alto  Saturday. 

POPE. — An  enjoyable  affair  of  Wednesday  was  the  luncheon  at  which 
Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  entertained  in  Burlingame. 

WOODBRIDGE. — Mrs.  Bradford  Woodbridge,  wife  of  Dr.  Woodbridge, 
Mayor  of  Roseville,  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  luncheon  given  re- 
cently at  the  Ramona  Hotel. 

TEAS. 

HOLBROOK. — Mrs.  Charles  H.  Holbrook,  Jr.,  was  hostess  at  an  informal 
tea  at  the  Francisca  Club  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  John  H.  Porter. 

PATTERSON. — Miss  Ruth  Patterson  entertained  a  number  of  her  friends 
on  Saturday  afternoon  at  a  very  attractive  tea  as  a  compliment  to  Miss 
Lolita  Johnston,  the  fiancee  of  William  Coey. 
DINNERS. 

BARBAT. — Miss  Aileen  Barbat  entertained  some  of  her  friends  at  a  din- 
ner party  at  the  Palace  Hotel  Thursday  evening. 

CLOMAN. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Sidney  Cloman  entertained  a  dozen  of  their 
friends  at  the  dinner  dance  at  the  Fairmont  Saturday  evening. 

DAVIS. — Colonel  and  Mrs.  Richard  P.  Davis  were  hosts  at  a  dinner  Thurs- 
day evening. 

DUNNE. — Following  the  vogue  for  celebrating  with  a  number  of  close 
friends  each  succeeding  anniversary,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  E.  Dunne 
entertained  at  dinner  at  the  Palace  Hotel  to  mark  the  nineteenth  year 
of  their  married  life,  on  June  28th. 

HART. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benno  Hart  invited  friends  to  dine  with  them  at  the 
Fairmont  last  Saturday  in  the  cause  of  charity. 

KBYES. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  D.  Keyes  entertained  at  dinner  at  the 
Palace  Hotel  Monday. 

MERMIN. — Norman  Mermin  of  Los  Angeles,  who  is  at  the  training  camp 
at  the  Presidio,  will  be  host  at  a  dinner  dance  this  evening  at  the 
Palace  Hotel. 

POPE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Pope  entertained  a  number  of  their  friends 
informally  at  dinner  last  Saturday  evening  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 

TOJETTI. — By  way  of  giving  a  welcome  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maxfield  Arm- 
field  of  London.  Mme.  Emilia  Tojetti  had  a  number  of  friends  in  for 
tea  at  ther  artistic  home  in  Scott  street. 

YCUNG. — Miss  Edith  Young  was  hostess  at  a  dinner  at  her  home  on  Jack- 
son street,  and  Miss  Corbelia  Gwynn  and  Lloyd  Schultz  joined  in  hav- 
ing a  few  friends   for  dinner  also. 

BRIDGE. 

LA  MONTAGNE. — An  informal  affair  of  Saturday  was  a  bridge  party 
which  Mrs.  Clinton  la  Montague  entertained. 


RECEPTIONS. 

ARONSON. — A  warm  greeting  to  a  wide  circle  of  friends  took  the  form 
of  a  delightful  reception  at  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  Aronson  and 
their  daughter,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Liberman  of  New  York,  entertained  at  the 
Bellevue  Hotel. 

DANCES. 

MOHUN. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  C.  Mohun  had  something  like  a  hundred 
of  the  young  friends  of  their  daughter,  Miss  Catherine  Mohun,  and  of 
their  son,  Brooke  Mohun,  as  their  guests  at  a  dancing  party  at  their 
home  on  Saturday  night. 

RAISCH. — Mrs.  Albert  J.  Raisch  was  hostess  last  Saturday  at  a  children's 
party  given  at  her  home  in  Clay  street. 
ARRIVALS. 

BACHRACH. — Miss  Lillian  Bachrach  is  home,  having  concluded  an  en- 
joyable fortnight  at  the  Yosemite. 

BELASCO. — Mrs.  David  Belasco  is  here  from  New  York  to  visit  her  rela- 
tives during  the  midsummer  weeks. 

CROCKER.— Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  and  Miss  Helen  Crocker,  who  have 
been  in  the  East  for  several  months,  have  returned  home. 

HALE. — Mrs.  C.  B.  Hale  of  Santa  Barbara  and  her  daughter,  Miss  E.  P. 
Chamberlain,  have  arrived  in  San  Francisco,  and  are  guests  at  the 
Fairmont  hotel. 

HEWITT. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixwell  Hewitt  have  returned  to  town  from  Yo- 
semite. 

KOSHLAND. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Koshland  of  New  York  are  here  for 
the  summer,  and  for  the  present  are  with  the  Marcus  S.  Koshland 
family.  They  leave  soon  for  Lake  Tahoe  and  later  on  will  be  at  Del 
Monte  for  the  sports  fortnight. 

LEWIS. — Captain  and  Mrs.  George  Chase  Lewis,  who  returned  from  the 
Philippines  recently,  are  now  occupying  the  quarters  recently  vacated 
by  Mrs.  Margaret  Cole  Crimmins  at  185  Infantry  Terrace,  the  Presidio. 

MELCHER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Melcher  of  Edgewood,  N.  P.,  are  here  for 
the  summer,  and  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Hotel  Cecil. 

SAMMONS. — A  cordial  welcome  greeted  Mrs.  Thomas  Sammons  on  her  ar- 
rival from  the  Orient. 

SPIEGEL.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Leopold  Spiegel  of  New  York  are  at  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis. 

SIMPSON. — Mrs.  Fitzhugh  Simpson  is  here  from  El  Pasco,  where  Captain 
Simpson  is  stationed,  on  a  visit  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  John  R.  Aitkin, 
at  her  home  in  Washington  street. 

DEPARTURES. 

HUSH. — Mrs.  Valentine  Hush  has  closed  her  home,  Etnemere,  at  East 
Oakland,  and  has  gone  East  to  spend  the  greater  part  of  the  summer 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Wells. 

LATHROP. — Mrs.  Charles  G.  Lathrop  left  this  week  on  a  motor  trip  to 
Santa  Barbara,  planning  to  remain  there  for  about  a  fortnight. 

MAURER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Maurer  have  gone  down  to  Brookdale, 
where  they  will  pass  a  month  or  two  at  their  summer  home. 

McKAY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  McKay  have  left  for  Santa  Cruz  for  the 
summer. 

NEVILLE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Neville  have  left  for  Portland,  to  be  away 
a  fortnight. 

NUTTALL. — Mrs.  J.  K.  R.  Nuttall  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  Henry  Rosen- 
stock,  following  their  custom  of  many  years,  leave  for  Del  Monte  to 
be  there  during  July  and  August. 

PIXLEY. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Pixley  have  closed  their  home  at  Pebble 
Beach,  and  have  left  for  Alaska,  going  by  way  of  Seattle. 

RIDDELL. — Mrs.  Jefferson  Davis  Riddell,  accompanied  by  her  niece.  Miss 
Helen  McDonough,   left  for  their  home  in   Los  Angeles  Monday. 

SUTRO. — Mrs.  Oscar  Sutro  of  Piedmont  and  her  sister,  Miss  Ellen  O'Sulli- 
van,  have  gone  up  to  Tahoe  Tavern,  where  they  will  remain  about 
four  weeks. 

TOWER. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charlemagne  Tower  and  Miss  Tower,  who  have 
been  visiting  here  for  several  weeks,  have  gone  to  Lake  Tahoe  for  the 
midsummer. 

TONNINGSEN. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Tonningsen  have  left  for  the  Pines 
in  Southern  California. 

SWINNERTON. — Mrs.  Alfred  Swinnerton  has  gone  to  Portland  to  partici- 
pate in  the  golf  tournament  there. 

INTIMATIONS. 

CROCKER. — Planning  an  interesting  sojourn  in  Yosemite,  Messrs.  and 
Mesdames  Charles  Templeton  Crocker,  Francis  Carolan  and  Eugene 
Murphy,  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  and  Mademoiselle  Renee  Criticos  have 
left  by  motor. 


Physicians 


years  before  it  was  offered  as  a 
Domestic  Eye  Medicine.  Murine  is  Still 
Compounded  by  Our  Physicians  and  guaranteed  by  them 
as  a  reliable  relief  for  Eyes  that  Need  Care.  Try  it  in  your 
Eyes,  in  Baby's  Eyes — No  Smarting— Just  Eye  Comfort. 


Buy  Marine  of  your  Druggist— accept  no  Substitute, 
and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  Eye  FREE 


9.  ■fft.»rS£|E^  and  if  interested  write  for  Book  of  the  £.ye   f  KtLt,  fj 

g  ^GJ^pi^l?  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Company,  Chicago  g 


June  30.  1917 


MUM  Khu  and   I 


and  California  Advertiser 


11 


M 
bar*  for  the  month  of  July 

>n.l  Mm    l  a  about  July  M  fur 

rtaln  n  party 
*t  I  Alee  T« 

HOPKIi  Hopkins   and    her  nmall   mm   will  Join    Mr    ami 

Mm  R   and  lhair  children  at  the  Uw  pin  Tahor 

after  July  4th. 

HUFF.— Mrs    CharlM  8    Huff,  wife  of  I  i.  r  nUfr,  hm 

iff  to  visit  her  mother,  Mr*    Kllnrl 

LAW      Mm.    Humid    Lav  Hoy    Btnhop  as   her 

k   In  her  attractive  oummrr  homo  on    Lafc 

I  ini.-l    t.v    bar   two   datiRhi'  : 
Amy  ami  HIM  Bally  Long,  a  ■.-,  Mr.  an. I  Mrs    Raymond  Wil- 

son i      Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  established  I 

summer  at  their  country  noma  In   Lm  Altos. 

M-NKUt  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  IfcMear  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus 
Taylor  and  their  children  have  left  for  fosemlt*  Park.  going  by  auto- 
mobile for  a  week  or  so  in  the  country. 

MOFFITT.— The  family  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Moffltt  will  spend  the  sum- 
mer at  their  place  on    Lake  Tahoe. 

NFZWHAL.L. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  NVwhall.  who  are  now  established  In 
their  lovely  summer  home  at  Tahoe.  "Rubicon  Lodge,"  are  entertain- 
ing Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mountford  Wilson   for  the  week-end. 

N'  >RCROSS.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Copeland  Norcross  have  taken  The 
Arches,  the  old  Lovell  White  home  in  Mill  Valley,  and  with  their 
small  family,  have  removed  there  for  the  coming  months.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Norcross  are  not  planning  to  return  to  town  until  October  1st. 

PERRY. — Mrs.  Edith  G.  Perry  of  Honolulu  has  arrived  here  and  plans  to 
spend  most  of  the  summer  in  San  Franc] 

RYDER. — The  Misses  Pauline  and  Virginia  Ryder  are  entertaining  Mrs. 
Wrilliam  George  Hudson  of  Monterey. 

SCHLAEGETER. — Mrs.  H.  J.  Schlaegeter  has  received  word  that  Dr. 
Schlaegeter,  who  has  been  at  the  Letterman  Hospital  at  the  Presidio 
for  a  year,  has  received  his  commission  as  a  major  in  the  army. 

SPRECKELS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  B.  Spreckels  and  their  children  are 
at  their  ranch  in  Napa  County.  With  them  is  the  Alexander  de  Brett- 
viile  family  for  the  midsummer. 

SPRECKELS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claus  Augustus  Spreckels  are  expected  to  be 
here  in  August.  They  will  visit  with  the  iatter's  mother,  Mrs.  E.  Dore, 
at  San  Mateo. 

THORNE. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julian  Thorne  will  spend  the  summer  at  the  Pe- 
ninsula Hotel,  which  is  opened  under  a  new  management. 

TORCHINA. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Torchina  and  their  household  will 
go  to  their  home  in  Santa  Cruz  for  the  midsummer. 

TOMKINS. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Tompkins,  of  San  Anselmo,  are  enter- 
taining their  daughter,  Mrs.  Stewart  Brown,  who  is  visiting  here  from 
New  York. 

WARREN.— Mrs.  Claudine  Cotton  Warren  is  the  guest  of  Miss  Edith  Corey 
at  her  home  In  Fresno. 


SUNDAY'S  CRUSADE  TO  CLOSE— COLLECTIONS  BAD 

During  all  the  time  when  the  people  who  believed  that  Billy 
Sunday  would  do  New  York  a  lot  of  good  were  getting  'round 
and  raising  money  to  bring  him  here,  the  understanding  was 
conveyed  that  his  campaign  was  to  last  at  least  three  months. 
The  announcement  is  now  made  that  his  meetings  will  be  dis- 
continued at  the  end  of  ten  weeks.  The  evangelist  indignantly 
denies  that  his  campaign  has  been  cut  short  to  lessen  the  finan- 
cial deficit  which  will  remain  when  he  is  finished.  "If  anybody 
got  the  understanding  that  I  came  here  for  three  months,"  he 
said,  "that's  his  fault  and  not  mine.  Goodness  knows,  it's  hot 
enough  by  June  17th,  and  anyway,  that's  as  late  as  I  ever  work. 
I  came  here  to  stay  ten  weeks,  and  that  is  what  I'm  doing." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  committee  of  clergymen  who  have  sup- 
ported Billy's  campaign  the  announcement  which  was  made  was 
that  by  "a  change  of  plan,"  the  meetings  would  end  June  17.  Up 
to  date  the  collections  at  the  meetings  have  amounted  to  $41,- 
451.56,  which  establishes  a  ratio  of  about  one  dollar  for  each 
22  persons  attending  the  meetings.  The  advance  subscriptions 
which  went  to  make  up  the  fund  required  by  the  evangelist  be- 
fore he  would  come  to  New  York  amounted  to  $53,963.43.  Of- 
ferings and  advance  subscriptions,  together,  now  total  $96,- 
415.02.  The  total  expense  of  ten  weeks  of  the  meetings  will  be 
$150,000. 


GREEN,  2843,  near  Baker— 5  room  lower  flat,  bath,  open 
fireplace,  garden,  marine  view,  neighborhood  unexceptional; 
reasonable.    Phone  Fillmore  2699. 


Wedding  Presents.— The  choicest  variety  to  select  from  at 
Marsh's,  who  is  now  permanently  located  at  Post  and  Powell 
streets. 


MRS.  RICHARDS'  SCHOOLS 


SummT  School  at  Mount  Diablo  Will  Onn  July  and 


MISS  HAMLIN'S 

Boarding    and    Day    School    for    Girls 


2230  PACIFIC  AVENUE 
2123,    BROADWAY 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Hloh  School.  Grammar  and  Primary  Department!,  with  French 
School  for  mile  children.  Fully  accredited  by  tha  Unlverilty  or 
California.  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  and  by  Eaatern  Col- 
legea. 

SARAH   O.   HAMLIN.   M.  A. 

??30   Pacific   Ave.,   San    Franclaco. 


MISS  HARKER'S  SCHOOL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 


Boarding  and    Day  School  for  Girls 

College  Preparatory 
Grammar  and  Primary  Departments 


SPECIAL    C£RE    GIVEN    TO    YOUNGER    CHILDREN 


ARRILLAGA  MUSICAL  COLLEGE 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

MUSIC  IN  ALL   ITS  BRANCHES 
Sight  Reading,  Ear  Training,  Theory, 
Musical   Form,  Appreciation 

TERMS    ON    REQUEST-CATALOG 
2315  JACKSON  STREET  PHONE  WEST  4737 


MUNSON    SCHOOL 

FOR 

PRIVATE    SECRETARIES 

The   Secretarial    School    for    young 
men  and  young  women  of  education 

ISO  POST  STREET  PHONE  DOUGLAS  253 

SEND     FOR    CATALOG 


A.  W.  BEST 


ALICE  BEST 


BEST'S  ART  SCHOOL 


1625  CALIFORNIA  STREET 


Life  Classes 
Day  and  Night 


Illustrating 

Sketching 

Painting 


THE   BERINGER    CONSERVATORY    OF    MUSIC 

926  PIERCE  STREET,    near  MCALLISTER 

PHONE    FILLMORE  840  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Directors:  Jos.  Berineer  (Concert  Pianist)    Mme.  Jos.  Beringer  (Concert  Contralto 

Thorough  education  in  Pianoforte  Playing  and  Singing.  Special  depart- 
ments for  beginners,  amateurs  and  professionals.  Pupils  prepared  for  the 
operatic  and  concert  stage.  Opportunities  given  to  advanced  piano  and 
vocal  students  to  join  the  well  known  Beringer  Musical  Club  for  public 
appearances. 


Tel.    Douglas   4242 


Consultation    Free 


DR.    E.    L.    LICHTY 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Hours:  10  a.  m.  to  12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m. 

Nervous,  Chronic  and  Spinal  Diseases  My  Specialty 

726    PACIFIC    BUILDING 


12 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


Society  Goes  a-Vacationing. 

July  is  playing  peek-a-boo  just  around  the  corner,  and  the 
vacation  idea  is  playing  havoc  with  the  stalwart  intentions  of 
the  most  determined  patriots  who  planned  to  stay  in  the  here- 
abouts all  summer  and  devote  time  to  the  manifold  tasks  which 
society  has  imposed  upon  itself  as  war  service. 

The  woman  who  is  not  buttoned  up  to  some  committee  or 
other  is  as  rare  as  a  snow  storm  in  San  Francisco.  It  was  the 
original  intention  of  all  these  patriotic  women  not  to  permit 
the  summer  to  make  a  hiatus  in  their  work,  and  the  vacation 
zone  was  to  be  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  Peninsula  and  on 
the  north,  east  and  west  by  commuting  distances. 

But  now  comes  the  call  of  July,  the  lure  of  the  mountains 
from  which  the  snow  is  melting,  the  rush  of  rivers  and  perfume 
of  pines  swirling  through  the  air,  and  one  by  one  the  most  zeal- 
ous stay-at-homers  are  responding  to  the  call  and  being  re- 
ported as  "among  those  absent"  at  committee  meetings.  Mrs. 
Gus  Taylor,  Mrs.  Fred  McNear,  Mrs.  Will  Taylor  and  several 
others  who  were  interested  in  the  Red  Cross  Benefit  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  the  other  day  responded  to  the  call  of  the  honk- 
honk,  and  motored  down  to  Yosemite  Valley,  missing  the  fete, 
but  conscience-free,  as  they  did  their  share  of  the  preliminaries. 

©    ©    © 
The  Walter  Martins  Celebrate  Anniversary. 

Mrs.  Walter  Martin  and  a  group  of  intimates  are  planning  to 
spend  a  few  weeks  at  the  Feather  River  Inn.  The  Walter  Mar- 
tins celebrated  their  anniversary  the  other  night  at  the  home 
which  they  have  taken  for  the  summer  near  Saratoga.  All  of 
the  attendants  at  the  wedding,  save  Peter  Martin,  who  has  since 
died,  and  a  Miss  Suzanne  Green,  a  New  York  school  chum  who 
came  out  here  to  be  one  of  the  bridesmaids,  were  present  at  the 
dinner  the  other  night. 

Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman,  who  was  the  little  flower  girl  at  the 
wedding,  is  spending  the  summer  here,  and  so  was  one  of  the 
guests  at  this  merry  anniversary.  As  Jennie  Crocker,  Mrs. 
Whitman  holds  the  record  in  these  parts  for  First  Aid  to  Bridal 
parties.  She  began  when  a  mere  tot  as  a  flower  girl,  and 
strewd  posies  along  the  path  of  many  a  bridal  couple;  then  as 
soon  as  she  arrived  at  her  mid-teens  she  was  impressed  into 
service  by  loving  friends  as  a  bridesmaid,  and  officiated  in  that 
capacity  for  at  least  a  dozen  girls  who  come  to  my  mind  now. 
Most  of  these  girls  are  now  bringing  up  one  or  two  young 
Americans,  but  Mrs.  Whitman  has  the  banner  nursery  of  them 
all  with  Mr.  Whitman's  two  children  by  his  first  marriage,  and 
her  own  two  babies  to  keep  their  devoted  parents  and  a  retinue 
of  nurses  busy. 

©    ©    © 
Red  Tape  and  Red  Crosses. 

The  final  returns  of  the  affair  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Sat- 
urday show  somewhere  between  two  and  three  thousand  dollars 
added  to  the  coffers  of  the  Red  Cross,  and  still  more  added  to, 
that  more  difficult  thing  to  compute — the  sort  of  thing  which 
must  be  added  up  in  terms  of  the  imagination — and  written  on 
the  ledger  of  the  picturesque. 

Every  one  who  saw  the  affair  agrees  that  it  has  given  us  a 
unique  picture  to  hang  away  in  our  memory  of  the  many  charm- 
ing and  unusual  things  which  have  flitted  across  the  horizon 
cf  this  city  of  a  thousand  and  one  entertainments.  The  Red 
Cross  is  wound  up  in  much  red  tape,  and  up  until  the  day  of  the 
fete  it  had  been  impossible  to  receive  permission  to  wear  the 
Red  Cross  insignia,  although  wires  all  the  way  from  here  to 
Washington  were  pulled. 

©    ©    © 
Women  Step  Out  of  Red  Tape. 

The  women  realized  that  that  sort  of  costume  was  necessary 
to  make  a  picture  in  keeping  with  the  spirit  of  the  times,  and 
for  a  while  they  were  distracted  over  the  possibility  of  being 
reduced  to  ordinary  clothes.  But  then  one  of  the  managers  had 
the  brilliant  idea  of  getting  up  a  costume  which  should  depart 
from  the  official  American  Red  Cross  sufficiently  to  keep  within 


the  law  of  not  wearing  that  costume  and  yet  would  have  all 
the  picturesque  qualities  and  give  the  needed  effect. 

So  an  expert  needlewoman  was  called  into  service  at  the  last 
moment  and  she  made  the  Geneva  Red  Cross,  which  differs 
slightly  from  ours,  and  sewed  on  long  Georgette  crepe  veils 
which  the  girls  wound  around  their  heads.  She  was  still  mak- 
ing them  in  a  room  upstairs  in  the  hotel  when  the  management 
officially  turned  the  keys  over  to  Mrs.  Casserly,  so  when  the 
late  comers  straggled  in,  their  regalia  was  ready.  The  costumes 
were  plain  white  dresses,  blue  or  gray,  crisp,  starch  things  which 
varied  from  the  Red  Cross  Nurses'  dresses,  but  made  the  pic- 
ture just  as  effective. 

©    ©    © 
Belascoed  Costumes. 

Therefore,  when  the  crowds  arrived  at  the  hotel  and  swarmed 
through  it  all  day,  they  found  the  loveliest  looking  angels  of 
mercy  that  ever  floated  outside  of  a  Belasco  production,  and 
only  those  who  were  on  the  inside  of  things  realized  that  they 
were  not  Red  Cross  Costumes.  For  dramatic  effect  it  must  be 
admitted  they  were  more  effective  than  the  official  costumes, 
for  the  crepe  veils  floated  off  into  filmy  aureoles  around  the 
head  in  a  manner  that  the  stiffer  materials  could  never  accom- 
plish. 

The  veils  were  so  vastly  becoming  that  even  the  plainest  girls 
looked  attractive  in  them,  and  the  good-looking  ones  took  on 
an  ethereal  beauty  which  filled  the  eye  and  soul  with  pleasure. 
Miss  Anne  Peters,  to  whom  much  of  the  success  of  the  affair 
was  due,  was  a  vision  of  loveliness,  and  no  one  wondered  that 
Captain  Hall,  the  greatest  of  aviators,  who  has  been  recalled 
from  France  to  teach  flying  down  here  at  San  Diego,  never  wan- 
dered very  far  from  her  side. 

©    ©    © 

From  Chauffeur  to  Air  King. 

Hall,  by  the  way,  is  one  of  the  picturesque  characters  which 
the  war  has  developed.  He  was  a  chauffeur  somewhere  in  the 
East  when  he  went  into  the  flying  corps,  and  became  one  of 
the  world's  wonders,  winning  the  admiration  of  bird  men  all 
over  the  world.  So  he  returns  to  his  native  country  a  distin- 
guished personage,  so  important  to  the  service  that  France  is 
asked  to  spare  him  for  a  while.  New  York  hostesses  vied  to 
entertain  him,  and  women  who  had  probably  once  ridden  in  the 
limousines  which  he  had  driven  without  ever  casting  a  glance 
at  him,  were  delighted  to  entertain  him  at  dinner. 

Captain  Hall  delayed  his  departure  for  San  Diego  in  order 
to  be  present  at  the  affair  on  Saturday  at  the  Fairmont,  and  in 
full  regalia,  with  all  his  medals  for  bravery  and  distinguished 
service,  was 'one  of  the  most  observed  figures  in  the  throng. 
©    ©    © 

Mrs.  Carolan  Enhanced  by  Costume. 

Mrs.  Francis  Carolan  was  one  of  the  directors  to  whom  the 
costume  was  so  becoming  that  all  day  long  her  friends  stopped 
to  comment  and  admire,  and  those  who  did  not  know  her,  lin- 
gered near  her  station  to  get  a  good  look  at  the  handsome  Mrs. 
Carolan,  who  never  wore  a  French  creation  half  so  becoming 
as  this  simple  costume,  with  a  few  yards  of  veiling  and  the 
red  cross  wound  around  her  head. 

The  picture  in  the  ball  room  at  night  was  particularly  effect- 
ive, the  concensus  of  opinion  being  that  it  was  one  of  the  most 
unique  and  charming  sights  that  was  ever  staged  in  a  ball 
room.  Many  of  the  girls  who  had  taken  off  their  costumes  and 
donned  conventional  evening  dress,  when  they  saw  how  much 
better  those  looked  who  were  still  in  regalia,  went  upstairs  and 
put  on  the  costumes  of  the  day  again. 

The  directors  carried  enormous  crosses  made  of  stiff  red  satin, 
and  these  likewise  added  to  the  picture.  Mrs.  Marcus  Kosh- 
land,  Mrs.  Casserly,  Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker,  Mrs.  Carolan  and 
the  others  who  evolved  the  idea  are  being  showered  with  con- 
gratulations. 

©    ©    © 

Patriotic  Holiday  Preparations. 

All  the  Country  Clubs  are  putting  their  hair  up  in  curl  papers 
ready  for  the  Fourth  of  July  festivities  which  this  year  will 
have  an  added  significance.  In  addition  to  the  gala  times  which 
always  characterize  this  holiday  there  will  be  struck  the  deeper 
note  of  patriotism,  and  all  the  clubs  are  planning  some  demon- 
stration of  this  sort.  The  Belvedere  Country  Club,  with  Mrs. 
Pierre  Moore  in  charge,  is  planning  a  Red  Cross  Benefit,  the  din- 
ner and  tennis  tournament  not  only  to  furnish  amusement  for 


ii  30.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


the  guests,  but  to  add  its  mite  to  the  fund  of  the  organization 
of  mercy. 

Many  of  the  other  country  clubs  will  doubtless  follow  the  ex- 
ample of  Belvedere  and  tax  the  members  for  one  of  the  other 
worthy  war  funds  instead  of  putting  the  entire  premium  of  the 
celebration  on  the  pleasures  of  the  members. 

The  Burlingame  Club  will  doubtless  be  crowded  to  capacity 
for  the  patriotic  holiday,  as  many  of  the  families  who  have  taken 
the  Yosemite  trip  this  month-end  have  returned  and  arc  catch- 
ing their  breath  before  departing  again.  The  Templeton 
Crockers  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman,  who  motored  into  the 
valley,  had  a  beautiful  trip,  and  the  Carolans,  the  Hopkins  fam- 
ily, and  the  others  who  have  recently  made  it  are  likewise  en- 
thusiastic. 


Mow 


Hay 

.in  Jose;  G 
A.  C.  Jones,  Pasadena;  Leda  1 
coin,  Boston;  1: 
R.  Wiley. 
Evans  an 

Bilki-  Mr.  and  V 

garet  Ferguson,  Portland;  Mrs.  W.  J 


ktor.. 


Among  the  recent  registers  at  the  Plaza  Hotel,  this  city,  in  the 
heart  of  the  shopping  and  theatrical  district  are:  Wm.  Parrow 
and  wife,  Jackson;  H.  H.  Warthen,  Philadelphia;  Walter  J. 
Tingley,  Cordova,  Ala.;  Eben  Barns,  Woodland;  Mrs.  F.  D. 
Kelly,  New  York;  Rose  Schabacker,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  Ellen 


For  a  continuance  of  that  Natty  and  Neat  appearance 

which  characterizes  the  20th  Century  Individual, 
Tampoline  Beauty  Parlor.     Mrs.  Darling  will  teach  you  how 
to  care  for  your  hair  in  a  simple  manner;  also  give  you  an  idea 
as  to  how  the  permanent  waving  will  add  to  your  appc.r 
and  she  can  give  a  Tampoline  shampoo  in  perfect  comfor' 
Margaret  Darling,  No.  166  Geary  street,  Room  122,  12th 


14 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30, 1917 


DIXON  TRANSFER 
STORAGE  COMPANY 

86-88  TURK  STREET 


San  Francisco 
California 

Phones  Franklin 
4600       5080 

PROMPT 

BAGGAGE 

SERVICE 


INSURANCE 


The  Connecticut  Fire  Ins.  Co. 


OF    HARTFORD 

CHARTERED    1850 


PACIFIC     DEPARTMENT 

The  Insurance  Exchange,  San  Francisco 

Benjamin  J.  Smith,  Mgr  Frederick  S.  Dick,  Asst.  Mgr. 


1863 


1916 


FIFTY-THIRD  ANNIVERSARY 


Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Co. 

Capital  $1,500,000  Assets,  $11,326,205 


FIRE 


MARINE 


AUTOMOBILE 


The    Home    Insurance    Company 

Organized  1853  Cash  Capital,  J6.000.uuo 

Insurance  on  persona)  effects  of  tourists  and  temporary  sojourners  any- 
where in  United  States,   Canada  and  Mexico.     Insurance  against  loss  by 
lire.    Automobile  insurance.     Indemnity  for  loss  of  rental  income  by  Are 
ROFF  &  SHEAHAN,  General  Agents 
333  California   Street. 


1866  OUR  FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR  1917 

LA  GRANDE  &  WHITE'S  LAUNDRY  COMPANY 

TELEPHONE    MARKET   916 

250  Twelfth  Street         -  San  Francisco 


QUALITY       QUANTITY       ECONOMY       DURABILITY 


OLD  HAMPSHIRE   BOND  TyDewr^rnpuasDcrTPst  covers 

The  Standard  Paper  for  Business  Stationery.  "Made  a  little  better  than 
seems  necessary."  The  typewriter  papers  are  sold  in  attractive  and  dur- 
able boxes  containing  five  hundred  perfect  sheets,  plain  or  marginal  ruled. 
The  manuscript  covers  are  sold  in  similar  boxes  containing  one  hundred 
sheets.  3     .  '  ...     __, 

Order  through  your  printer  or  stationer,  or.  if  so  desired,  we  will  send 
a  sample  book  showing  the  entire  line. 

BLAKE,   MOFFITT    &    TOWNE 

Established  1855 
37-45  FIRST  STREET  SAN   FRANCISCO.CAL. 

City  Index  and  Purchasers'  Guide 

CHIROPODISTS. 
Dr.    R.    T.    Leaner,    Surgeon    Chiropodist,    formerly   of    6    Geary   street; 
removes  corns  entirely  whole — painless — without  knife.     Bunions  and  in- 
growing nails  cured  by  a  special  and  painless  treatment.     212-214  West- 
bank  Bldg.,  830  Market  St.     Tel.  Kearny  357S. 

~  NOTARY    PUBLIC. 

Martin  Aronsohn,  Notary  Public  and  Pension  Attorney.  All  legal 
papers  drawn  up  accurately.  217  Montgomery  St.,  above  Bush,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.     Phone  Douglas  601. 

ATTORN  EYS-AT-LAW. 
Samuel  M.  Shortrldge,  Attorney-at-L-aw,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Tel.   Sutter  36. 


Robert  N.  Griswold,  formerly  of  the  Western  States  Life  of 
San  Francisco,  has  been  appointed  head  of  the  actuarial  de- 
partment of  the  Western  Union  Life  of  Spokane,  succeeding 
Ralph  R.  Nelson.  Mr.  Griswold  completed  his  education  at 
Yale  University  in  1909.  Practical  actuarial  experience  was 
gained  with  the  State  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  the  Western  States  Life  of  San  Francisco,  and 
the  Federal  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Chicago. 

Isaac  J.  Lewis,  one  of  the  oldest  men  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Chicago,  killed  himself  June  7th  at  his  apartment,  4841 
Michigan  avenue,  by  turning  on  the  gas.  He  was  in  ill-health 
for  a  long  period,  which  is  believed  to  be  the  cause  of  him  tak- 
ing his  life.  Mr.  Lewis  was  with  the  Detroit  Fire  &  Marine  in 
Chicago  for  forty-eight  years,  and  with  the  Michigan  Fire  & 
Marine  for  thirty-four  years. 

¥    #    # 

Fire  agents  of  Chicago  find  it  hard  to  get  new  business,  owing 
to  the  slump  in  building  construction.  Contractors  have  asked 
the  manufacturers  to  come  down  in  their  prices  for  material  so 
people  will  start  to  build.  Building  permits  for  the  first  four 
months  of  this  year  compared  with  that  of  last  year  are :  1916, 
$52,000,000;  1917,  $3,000,000.    It  also  affects  contract  liability 

and  workmen's  compensation. 

*  *  * 

The  prosperity  among  the  working  people  in  the  East  is  a 
great  benefit  to  the  Industrial  Life  companies.  Agents  who 
handle  mostly  small  policies  are  doing  a  wonderfully  large  busi- 
ness. In  south  Chicago  a  common  rough  laborer  receives  $3  a 
day;  coal  shovelers  are  getting  $90  a  month;  and  men  in  the 
steel  mills  are  being  paid  bonuses.  These  conditions  of  prosper- 
ity are  predicted  for  the  Pacific  Coast  very  soon. 

*  *  * 

Secretary  and  General  Manager  Robert  J.  Giles,  of  the  Oc- 
cidental Life  Insurance  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  announces 
that  his  company  has  reinsured  the  life  business  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Life  of  Vancouver,  Washington,  following  the  Occiden- 
tal's action  in  taking  over  the  accident  business  of  the  same 
company.  Last  year's  premium  income  of  the  Union  Pacific 
was  in  the  neighborhood  of  $150,000. 

*  *  * 

O.  R.  Smith  is  now  in  charge  of  the  Los  Angeles  office  of  the 
Georgia  Casualty  under  General  Agent  J.  J.  Gilligan.  Mr. 
Smith  has  for  the  past  eighteen  months  held  down  the  position 
of  underwriter  for  the  San  Francisco  office,  and  previously  for 
two  years  was  connected  with  the  underwriting  department  of 
the  Globe  Indemnity  at  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

It  seems  probable  that  the  differences  between  the  board 
and  non-board  agencies  in  Los  Angeles  will  be  adjusted  and 
that  a  closer  co-operation  will  govern  their  business  relations 
in  the  near  future.  The  renewal  question,  which  has  been  the 
chief  bone  of  contention,  is  being  whipped  into  shape,  and  with 
a  proper  understanding  of  this  feature  it  is  expected  that  less 

friction  will  ensue. 

*  *  * 

It  is  understood  that  the  charge  of  embezzlement  brought  by 
the  General  Accident  against  Edgar  L.  Martin,  the  company's 
agent  at  Los  Angeles,  will  be  dismissed.  Arrangements  for 
turning  into  the  company  the  various  amounts  which  Martin  was 
alleged  to  have  misappropriated  are  said  to  have  been  com- 
pleted, and  upon  this  being  done,  no  further  action  will  be 

taken  by  the  General  Accident. 

*  *  * 

The  life  insurance  companies  of  the  United  States  paid  out 
over  $555,000,000  last  year,  more  than  half  of  which  repre- 
sented matured  endowments,  dividends  and  surrendered  values. 
There  are  approximately  250  legal  reserve  life  companies  oper- 
ating in  the  United  States  at  the  present  time. 

The  Amicable  Life  of  Waco,  Tex.,  has  withdrawn  from  ten 
of  the  States  in  which  it  has  been  operating,  and  will  in  future 
confine  its  field  of  operation  to  Texas,  New  Mexico,  Colorado, 
Arkansas  and  Louisiana. 


June  30.  1917 


and  Califomi 


James  N.  Wright,  secretary  of  the  Western  Union  Life  of 
Spokane,  writes  from  his  old  town,  "sorr,  Iowa."  that 

he  expects  to  return  to  the  Northwest  ear.  :ully  recov- 

ered in  health.    He  has  been  gone  a  month. 

•  •  • 

The  Maryland  Casualty  Company  has  given  thirty  seven  of 
its  employees  for  active  service.  A  good  many  who  volun- 
teered were  turned  down  on  account  of  the  rigid  medical  exami- 
nation. 

•  •  • 

Ray  A.  Murray,  general  agent  for  the  West  Coast  in  Arizona, 
has  joined  the  ranks  of  the  benedicts.  He  was  recently  married 
to  Miss  Bernice  Marcher,  an  estimable  and  handsome  young 
lady  of  Los  Angeles. 

•  *  • 

On  July  1st,  J.  Clark  Buchanan  will  connect  himself  with  the 
Auto  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Buchanan  has  been  in  charge 
of  the  insurance  department  of  the  W.  I.  Hollingsworth  com- 
pany for  the  past  two  years. 


To  find  an  American  made  spark-plug  that  would  satis- 
factorily take  the  place  of  the  foreign  plug  heretofore  used  in 
the  aeroplane  motors  which  they  are  building  for  the  United 
States  and  certain  allied  governments,  the  Hall-Scott  Motor  Co., 
of  Berkeley,  has  just  completed  a  series  of  exhaustive  tests. 
After  what  it  terms  "the  most  rigid  tests  any  American  plug 
has  ever  withstood,"  the  company  gave  an  order  for  a  quantity 
of  Rajah  Rajite  water-proof  plugs  to  Hughson  &  Merton,  coast 
distributers.  In  the  test  the  Rajah  plug  was  run  for  fifty  hours 
wide  open  upon  one  of  the  Hall-Scott  150  horsepower  motors. 

The  tests  just  concluded  have  extended  over  a  period  of 
eight  months,  during  which  time  every  available  American  plug 
was  tested  under  conditions,  for  safety's  sake,  even  more  severe 
than  prevail  in  actual  aeroplane  use. 

DIVIDEND   NOTICE 

Union    Trust    Company   of    San    Francisco 

For  the  halt   year  ending  June  30,  1917,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 

the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  savings  deposits,  payable  on 

and  after  July  2,  1917.     Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to  the  deposit 

account  and  earn  interest  from  July  1,  1917. 

H.   G.   LARSH,   Cashier. 
Offlee — Market  street  and  Grant  avenue. 

DIVIDEND   NOTICE 

French-American  Bank  of  Savings  (Savings  Department) 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday,  July  2,  1917.  Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to  and 
bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  principal  from  July  1,  1917.  Deposits 
made  on  or  before  July  10  will  earn  interest  from  July  1,  1917. 

LEON  BOCQUERAZ,   Vice-President. 
Office — 108  Sutter  Street. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE 
The  Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday.  July  2,  1917.  Dividends  not  drawn  will  be  added  to  de- 
positors' accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and  will  earn  dividend  from 
July  1,'  1917.  Deposits  made  on  or  before  July  10.  1917,  will  draw  interest 
from  July  1,  1917.  „„„    _ 

R.  M.   TOBIN.   Secretary. 
Office — Corner  Market,   McAllister  and  Jones  Streets. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE 
Bank  of  Italy 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30.  1917.  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  four  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings  deposits,  payable  on 
and  after  Monday.  July  2.  1917.  Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to  and 
bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  principal  from  July  1,  1917.  Money 
deposited  on  or  before  July  10.  will  earn   interest  from  July  1.   1917. 

A.    P.    GIANN1NI.    President.         A.    PEDRINI.    Cashier. 
Office — Southeast    corner    Montgomery    and    Clay    Sts.      Market    Street 
Branch— Junction   Market.    Turk   and   Mason   streets.      


DIVIDEND   NOTICE 

Humboldt  Savings  Bank 

For  the  half  year  ending  June  30.  1917,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 

the  rate  of  four  per  cent  per  annum   on  all   savings  deposits,    payable  on 

and  after  Monday.  July  2.  1917.     Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to  and 

bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  P*^^a*!&i&"o«htor. 

Office — 783  Market  St.,   near  Fourth.  


DIVIDEND   NOTICE 
Security  Savings   Bank 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30.  1917.  a  dividend  upon  all  deposits  at 
the  rate  of  four'  (41  per  cent  per  annum  will  be  payable  on  and  alter  July 
S,   1917. 


THE 

CROCKER  NATIONAL 

BANK 

OF  SAN   FRANCISCO 

Condition  at  Close  of    Bufinesi  June  20.  Itl7 
Resour,  «■• 

Loans  and  Discount*  *20.77Bl 

United  St.t.t  Bond*  tiBjVaOOOO 

Other  Bond*  and  Securities  8,649.909  29 
Capital  Stock  In  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of 

San    Francisco  140.000  00 

Customers'  Liability  under  Letters  of  Credit  2.158.105.S6 

Cash  and  Slant    Exchange 12. SOI. 429  17 


Liebilitiet 

Capital 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits 
Circulation 
Letters  of  Credit 
Deposits 


*•»  1.199.366  36 


$2,000,000.00 
3.889.519  50 
1.950.600.00 
2.175.829  16 

31. 183.417. 70 


*41. 199.366  36 


OFFICERS 
WM.    H.    CROCKER  President 


CHAS.  E.  GREEN.  Vlce-Pres't 
JAS.  J.  FAGAN.  Vice-President 
W.  GREGG.  Jr..  V.-P.  &  Cashier 
J.  B.  McCARGAR,  Vlce-Pres't 
JOHN    CLAUSEN,  ..Vlce-Pres't 


G.    W.    EBNER  A««t     Cashier 

B    D.  DEAN  Asst.  Cashier 

J.  M.  MASTEN  Ant.  Cashier 

O.  J.  MURPHY  A.it.  Cashier 

F.   G.   WILLIS  Ant.   Cashier 


H.     C.    SIMPSON     Asst.     Manager     Foreign     Dept. 
G.     FERIS     BALDWIN      Auditor 


BOARD  OF  OIRECTORS 


WM.  H.  CROCKER 
CHARLES  T.  CROCKER 
JAS.  J.  FAGAN 
GEORGE  W.  SCOTT 


CHAS.  E.  GREEN 
W.  GREGG.  JR. 
A.  F.  MORRISON 
S.  F.  B.  MORSE 


REPORT  OF  THE  CONDITION  OF  THE 

ANGLO  &  LONDON  PARIS 
NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

At  the  Close  of  Business,   June  20,  1917 

RESOURSES 

Loans  and  Discounts         ....  $28,570,428.05 

U.  S.  Bonds  to  secure  circulation  at  par       -  3,500,000.00 

Other  U.  S.  Bonds  at  par           -         -         -  1,000.000.00 

Other  Bonds 10,473,138.17 

Other  Assets          -        -        -        -        -  1,077,306.42 
Customers'    Liability    on  Letters  of  Credit  and 

Acceptances         -  7,461,141.94 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange         -         -         -  25,722,122.57 


$77,804,137.15 


LIABILITIES 

Capital  Stock  ------- 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits 

Circulation  -----  -  - 

Letters  of  Credit,  Domestic  and  Foreign,  and  Acceptances 
Deposits  -------- 


$  4.000,000.00 

2.311,258.22 

3,427.800.00 

7,461.141.94 

60,603,936.99 

$77,804,137.15 


OFFICERS 
HERBERT  FLEISH  HACKER,  President 
Mortimer   Fleishhacker,   V.-Pres 


Washington    Dodge,    Vlce-Pres't 
J.     Friedlander,...  Vice-President 

C.   F.   Hunt Vice-President 

E    W.   Wilson. ..  .Vice-President 

C.  R.  Parker  Cashier 

H.  Choynski Asst.  Cashier 


Wm.   H.   High    Asst.  Cashier 

J.  W.  Lllienthal.  Jr.,  Asst.  Cash'r 

Fred    F.    Ouer Asst.    Cashier 

W.    F.    Duffy Asst.    Cashier 

J.  G.  Anderton. .  . .  Asst.  Cashier 
Geo.  A.  Van  Smith. Asst.  Cashier 
A.    L.    Langerman Secretary 


S.  L.  abbot.  Vice-President. 


Office — 316  Montgomery  Street. 


16 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


Farmer — On  which  side  do  you  milk  a  cow  ?  New  War- 
Hand — The  outside. — New  York  Sun. 

"Are   you    affiliated   with    any   reform    organization?'' 

"Yes,  I'm  a  wife." — New  York  Times. 

He — Haven't  I  seen  you  somewhere  some  time  ?    She — 

Quite  likely.     I  was  there. — New  York  Sun. 

Bess — Nerve?     Why,  say!     I've  seen  him  joke  with  a 

waiter  that  he  hadn't  tipped. — Town  Topics. 

Mother — Marjory,   you   shouldn't  use   slang   so   freely. 

Marjory — Yes,  I  suppose  it  is  sacrilegious. — The  Lamb. 

"He  said  he  could  waltz  to  heaven  with  me."     "What 

did  you  tell  him?"     "Asked  him  if  he  could  reverse." — Ex. 

He — How'd  you  like  a  pet  dog?     She — Now,  Charlie, 

haven't  I  told  you  that  I  don't  intend  to  marry? — Buffalo  Ex- 
press. 

We  had  the  hardest  storm  Friday  that  ever  has  been 

here.  It  blew  down  trees  that  were  never  blown  down  before. 
— Greencastle  Banner. 

Mrs.  Grammercy — Why  don't  you  tell  that  neighbor  of 

yours  ?  Mrs.  Park — It  isn't  necessary,  my  dear.  We're  on  the 
same  party  wire. — Puck. 

He — I  want  you  to  help  me  spend  my  salary.    She — Am 

I  not  doing  that?  He — No,  no;  I  mean  forever  and  ever.  She 
— It  won't  take  me  as  long  as  that. — Lamb. 

Mrs.  Hubbubs — Isn't  it  awful?  Mrs.  Dashaway's  hus- 
band has  run  off  with  the  cook?  Mrs.  Subbubs — Yes,  and  it's 
so  hard  to  get  a  cook,  too. — New  York  Times. 

"We   deny  ourselves  much.     I  am   saving  to  build   a 

house."  "Is  your  wife  cheerful  about  it?"  "Oh,  yes.  She 
thinks  we're  saving  for  an  automobile." — The  Lamb. 

"I  see  where  some  of  the  coal  experts  are  advising  peo- 
ple not  to  buy  great  quantities  of  coal  at  a  time."  "Is  that 
advice  economy  or  sarcasm?" — Baltimore  American. 

Old-Timer — The  worst  experience  I  ever  had  was  when 

we  ran  out  of  port  in  a  gale  of  wind.  The  Amateur — Gracious ! 
I  thought  sailors  always  drank  rum. — Liverpool  Post. 

Ted — Pity  the  rain  spoiled  the  game  to-day.    Ned — But 

you  got  a  check,  didn't  you?  Ted— Yes,  but  to  get  off  I  had  to 
use  up  the  best  excuse  I  ever  had  in  my  life. — Judge. 

Policeman — What  are  you  standing  'ere  for?    Loafer — 

Nuffink.  Policeman — Well,  just  move  on.  If  everybody  was 
to  stand  in  one  place,  how  would  the  rest  get  past? — Tit-Bits. 

Belle — He  said  he  was  a  millionaire's  son,  and  I  find 

he  is  working  for  $10  a  week.  Ida — That  looks  suspicious !  A 
millionaire's  son  couldn't  get  over  $5. — Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

"Say,  Jim,  have  you  hot  and  cold  water  in  your  house?" 

"Sure  I  have.  Cold  water  for  any  suggestions  I  may  happen 
to  make,  and  hot  water  the  rest  of  the  time." — Baltimore  Am- 
erican. 

"Does  your  family  have  any  trouble  with   servants?" 

"No,"  replied  Mr.  Crosslots,  "I  don't  believe  any  of  them  stay 
around  the  place  long  enough  to  become  really  troublesome." — 
Washington  Star. 

■ -"What's  the  difference  between  a  socialist  and  a  pluto- 
crat?" "There  are  many;  but  the  leading  one  is  that  the  for- 
mer fights  for  his  principle  and  the  latter  for  his  interest." — 
Baltimore  American. 

"Professor  Diggs,  the  famous  archaeologist,  is  said  to 

have  discovered  half  a  dozen  buried  cities."  "Mrs.  Diggs  ought 
to  be  proud  of  him."  "Well,  yes.  But  she  would  probably  have 
more  respect  for  his  ability  as  an  explorer  if  she  didn't  have  to 
find  his'hat  for  him  nearly  every  time  he  leaves  the  house." — 
Birmingham  Age-Herald. 


First  Gossip — Do  you  believe  that  awful  story  they  are 

telling  about  Mrs.  Perrin?  Second  Gossip — Yes,  what  is  it? — 
New  York  Times. 

"Can  you  alter  that  gown  to  fit  me,  do  you  think?"  "Cer- 
tainly not,  mademoiselle.  That  isn't  done  any  more.  You  must 
be  altered  to  fit  the  gown. — Life. 

Woman — How  did  you  get  that  Carnegie  medal  ?  Tramp 

— Heroism,  lady.  I  took  it  away  from  a  guy  twice  my  size. — 
New  Orleans  Times-Democrat. 

Aspiring  Author — Candidly,  now,  what  do  you  think  of 

my  new  story?  The  Critic — Please  don't  ask  me.  You  are 
much  bigger  and  stronger  than  I  am. — Puck. 

Caller  (waiting  for  an  invitation) — Two  o'clock!  I  fear 

I  am  keeping  you  from  your  dinner.  Hostess — No,  no;  but  I 
fear  that  we  are  keeping  you  from  yours. — Boston  Transcript. 

Very  likely  you  have  overlooked  it;  but  geography  has 

nevertheless  had  its  little  joke,  its  quiet  little  satire,  but  locating 
the  war  in  what  has  hitherto  been  called  the  Temperate  Zone. — 
Puck. 

"Oh,  hubby,  such  an  instructive  lecture.    The  gentleman 

told  us  that  what  you  eat,  you  become."  "Huh  ?"  "What  you 
eat,  you  become."  "Take  that  all-day  sucker  away  from 
Tommy." — Courier- Journal. 

Mrs.  Fashionplate — Poor  dear  Mrs.  Upperton  is  to  be 

buried  to-day.  Are  you  going  to  the  funeral  ?  Mrs.  Etta  Quet 
— I  really  can't,  you  know.  I  have  just  discovered  that  she  owed 
me  a  call. — Los  Angeles  Times. 

Sergeant — 'Ey  there!  Where  are  you  going?  The  Ab- 
sent-Minded Beggar  (who  had  climbed  out  of  the  trench) — '01 
Jimmy!  When  that  bloomin'  shell  w'stled  over'ead  Hi  thot  it 
was  twelve  o'clock. — Nebraska  Awgwan. 

"Well,  Mike,  have  ye  heard  what  they  are  going  to  do 

with  Barney  Flannigan?"  "Indade  I  have,"  responded  Mike. 
"They're  going  to  imprison  him  for  life.  But  I'm  afraid  the 
poor  sowl  won't  live  half  that  time." — Puck. 

"My  wife's  always  trying  to  do  something  to  make  the 

neighbors  jealous."  "So's  mine,"  replied  Mr.  Crosslots.  "She 
has  turned  the  back  lot  into  a  garden,  and  this  summer  we're 
going  to  raise  our  own  vegetables.' — Washington  Star. 

Miss  Newrich — Pa,  I  do  wish  you  wouldn't  seem  afraid 

of  the  butler,  and  for  goodness  sake  don't  say  "sir'  '  to  him. 
Newrich — What'll  I  call  him,  Sally?  Miss  Newrich — What's 
his  name?  '  Newrich — James.  Miss  Newrich — Then  call  him 
Jim. — Boston  Transcript. 

The  Five- Year-Old — Do  men  ever  go  to  heaven?     The 

Mother — Why,  of  course,  my  dear.  Why  do  you  ask  such  a 
question?  The  Five-Year-Old — Because  I  never  see  any  pic- 
tures of  angels  with  whiskers.  The  Mother — Well,  some  men 
do  go  to  heaven,  but  they  get  there  by  a  close  shave. — Puck. 


For  all  those  who  wish  to  be  good  to  themselves,  it  is 

suggested  that  they  pay  at  least  one  visit  each  week  to  the 
Techau  Tavern,  Powell  at  Eddy  streets.  There  only  the  best 
of  everything  is  good  enough,  and  the  management  takes  in- 
finite pains  in  completing  to  perfection  even  the  smallest  de- 
tails. Nowhere  else  will  one  find  more  polite,  cheerful  and 
obliging  employees  or  a  more  cheerful  atmosphere.  Observant 
patrons  of  the  Tavern  give  their  unqualified  endorsement  to  the 
excellent  menus  and  entertainment,  and  to  the  management's 
ingenuity  in  finding  new  and  progressive  ways  of  doing  things. 
There  is  a  continual  vocal  and  instrumental  entertainment  by 
the  Tavern's  exquisitely  gowned  vocal  artists,  and  the  justly 
famous  Tavern  "Jazz"  orchestra.  Every  afternoon  at  4,  4:30 
and  5  costly  Art  Boxes  continue  to  be  presented  to  the  lady 
patrons,  these  art  boxes  containing  a  bottle  of  Le  Lilas  de  Ri- 
gaud  Perfume,  Le  Lilas  de  Rigaud  Face  Powder  and  Le  Lilas 
de  Rigaud  Sachet. 


There  are  many  garages  in  town,  and  the  motorist  is  often 
in  a  quandary  as  to  where  to  go,  especially  for  permanent  ser- 
vice. There  are  vey  few  who  give  you  the  quality  of  service 
cf  Dow  &  Green,  in  Taylor  street,  between  O'Farrell  and  Geary. 
Here  your  car  will  receive  something  more  than  the,-  "once 
over,"  and  the  prices  aare  moderate. 


June  30.  1917 


and  California  Advrrtisrr 


VFINANCIAU 


Increased  Earnings 
Of  S.  P.  Mounting. 


The  Southern  Pacific  Company  con- 
tinues to  pile  up  impressive  totals  of 
earnings,  which  are  all  the  more  re- 
markable in  view  of  the  fact  that  de- 
creases are  being  reported  by  many  of  the  other  rail  carrying 
systems  of  the  country,  new  high  records  for  railways  operating 
income  being  recorded  in  the  report  for  May  and  for  the  first 
five  months  of  the  present  year.  Gross  revenues  for  May  reached 
a  total  of  $16,410,014,  a  gain  of  $3,529,669  over  the  same  month 
in  last  year  and  the  greatest  amount  ever  recorded  for  any 
monthly  period  in  the  history  of  the  road.  Net  revenue  for  May 
was  $6,719,986,  a  gain  of  $2,021,216  over  1916.  The  gain  in  net 
revenue  for  the  five  months'  period  was  in  excess  of  $8,000,000. 


American  imports  in  May  of  $281,000,000  reached  the 

highest  total  of  any  month  in  the  history  of  American  commerce. 
Exports  of  $551,000,000  showed  a  gain  of  $21,000,000  over 
April.  Both  imports  and  exports  for  the  twelve  months  ending 
with  May  set  new  yearly  records,  imports  being  valued  at 
$2,600,000,000  and  exports  at  $6,183,000,000.  Seventy-one  per 
cent  of  the  merchandise  entering  in  May  came  free  of  duty. 
For  the  twelve-month  period  the  percentage  was  69.3.  Gold  ex- 
ports in  May,  valued  at  $58,000,000,  were  $6,000,000  greater 
than  imports.  Net  gold  imports  for  the  twelve  months  were 
valued  at  $776,000,000. 


The  government's  report  in  copper  metal  for  1916  states 

that  the  smelter  production  of  primary  copper  in  the  United 
States  was  1,928,000,000  pounds,  compared  with  1,388,000,000 
pounds  in  1915,  an  increase  of  39  per  cent.  The  total  value  of 
the  output  in  1916  at  an  average  price  of  24.6  cents  a  pound  is 
$474,288,000,  compared  with  $242,900,000  for  1915. 


Chief  Statistician  Blanchard  of  the  United  States  Recla- 
mation Bureau,  back  from  a  western  tour,  predicts  the  biggest 
crops  in  the  country's  history  this  year.  The  government  should 
recruit  an  army  of  500,000  for  farm  work,  he  believes,  beginning 
now  in  the  far  South  and  following  the  harvests  northward.  Ex- 
cept for  labor  shortage  the  West  is  in  splendid  condition.  Food 
prices  should  drop  when  harvest  comes.  Crops  of  fruit  and 
vegetables  will  show  the  greatest  returns  in  history.  Everybody 
has  planted,  and  those  who  always  planted  have  planted  more 
than  usual. 


The  total  value  of  declared  exports  from  London  to  the 

United  States  for  the  five  months  ended  May  31, 1917,  amounted 
to  $78,779,911,  compared  with  $77,115,135  for  the  similar  period 
in  1916.  The  most  noticeable  feature  of  the  above  figures  is  the 
large  volume  of  exports  of  rubber  as  compared  with  the  gross 
total.  Although  the  total  exports  for  the  period  have  increased 
only  by  $1,665,000,  rubber  shows  a  gain  of  $11,000,000,  and  in 
fact  forms  40  per  cent  of  all  experts. 


The  report  of  the  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

to  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  as  of  June  20th  last,  shows 
a  continuous  strength  financially.  Deposits  advanced  from  May 
1st,  $59,990,080,  to  $60,603,936  June  20th.  In  the  same  period, 
loans  and  discounts  shifted  from  $28,765,298  to  $28,570,428, 
and  resources  from  $74,702,647  to  $77,804,137,  an  extraordinar- 
ily strong  showing. 


The  Crocker  National  Bank  made  an  extraordinary  gain 

in  its  financial  standing  this  week,  according  to  the  call  of  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  as  of  June  20th.  According  to  this 
report,  loans  and  discounts  increased  from  $16,748,990  on  May 
1st  to  $20,775,122  June  20th.  Deposits  jumped  from  $27,966,- 
429  May  1st  to  $31,183,417  June  20th.  Resources  increased 
in  the  same  period  from  $36,066,208  to  $41,199,366. 


Bank  to  the  Co  _,        ^  u 

shows  as  follows  u  o,  M,v  1  10e  j^  ,.„,    ^ 

vs.  $44,006,858.     Resources,  j 


.047.  compared  with  $1,900,434  in 
in  March. 


A   WOMAN  OF  PAH  is 

September,   1914 

Retreating  toward  the  Marne.  his  regiment 
Would  pass  at  morn  a  neighboring  suburb  through; 
And  thither  walked  his  glad  young  wife,  intent 
To  see  her  soldier,  strong  and  brave  and  true; 
And  in  her  arms,  or  pattering  with  light  feet 
Beside  her  steps,  she  held  her  baby  boy— 
O  the  proud  moment  when  his  eyes  should  greet 
Their  little  Victor  brimming  o'er  with  joy! 

*  *  •  •  • 

Upon  the  curb  she  stood  as  past  they  filed, 
When  something  barred  the  way,  and,  unawares, 
The  march  a  moment  stayed;  then  wife  and  child 
Saw,  in  the  line,  the  father's  friend,  and  theirs — 
Christophe,  the  corporal,  who  quickly  spied 
The  eager  wife  he  knew  as  girl  and  bride, 
And,  springing  from  the  ranks,  he  seized  her  arm : 
"Courage,  courage,  Madame!    Your  husband  fell 
Yesterday,  by  my  side,  at  Maux."  .  .  . 

Ah,  well.  .  .  . 
Ah,  well  .  .  her  eyelids  closed,  her  heart  stood  still  . 
What  joy  henceforth  can  wile,  what  grief  can  harm !  .  . 
Then  swift  above  her  head,  with  deathless  will, 
She  raised  her  boy,  presenting  him,  and  cried 
For  all  her  anguish,  "Vive  la  France!" 

A  thrill 
Ran  through  the  throng,  and  with  the  line's  advance 
Cheers  filled  the  morning  sky  for  her  and  France 
As  if  no  soldier  in  his  place  had  died! 
For  France,  secure,  invincible,  immortal, 
While  women  such  as  she  are  at  its  portal! 

— Edna  Dean  Proctor. 


"THE  VERY-BUSIES." 


I  never  knew  a  fellow  yet  who  hadn't  much  to  do, 
But  took  a  lot  of  time  to  fret  at  things  which  were  askew ; 
Who  wouldn't  beg  off  every  time  when  service  was  the  plan : 
"You  really  must  excuse  me — I'm  a  Very  Busy  Man." 

Nor  have  I  yet  the  woman  known  who  kept  a  sloven's  house 
But  of  her  cares  she'd  often  groan  and  grumble  to  her  spouse, 
And  found  no'time  the  sick  to  see  or  poor  to  aid,  somehow, 
But  sighed:  "I'd  like  to,  but  poor  me!    I  am  So  Busy  now." 

And  I've  observed  the  folks  who  do  the  good  things  and  the 
great 

A  lot  more  daily  grind  get  through  than  those  who  hesitate, 

So  here's  the  moral,  good,  though  free :  if  upward  you're  in- 
clined, 

O  doughnut,  doughnut,  doughnut,  be  the  Very  Busy  Kind! 

— Lee  Shippey,  in  "Collier's  Weekly. 


The  woman  with  a  baseball  bat  advanced  ominously. 

"Are  you  the  teacher  that  tore  Henry's  shirt?"  "Yes."  "What 
did  you  do  it  for?"  "Because  Henry  was  naughty  and  wouldn'f 
behave.  To  make  him  listen  to  me  I  took  him  by  the  collar, 
and  he  broke  away."  The  woman  swung  the  ball  bat  toward  the 
teacher.  "Next  time  he  don't  behave,"  she  said,  "you  hit  him 
with  this." — Newark  Times. 


-"She's  musical,  isn't  she?"  "She  thinks  she  is."  "Vo- 
cal or  instrumental  ?"  "Both.  She  sings  and  she's  instrumental 
in  keeping  away  new  tenants." — Ex. 


18 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


Leaks  From  Wireless 


According  to  some  people  who  profess  to  be  well  informed 
on  the  subject,  the  millers  of  the  United  States,  with  their  pres- 
ent machinery  equipment,  are  prepared  to  turn  out  whole  wheat 
flour  in  any  desired  quantity.  Making  whole  wheat  flour  means, 
it  is  said,  simply  stopping  at  the  first  stage  of  grinding.  More 
than  that,  it  is  claimed  that  if  the  millers  refuse  to  furnish  whole 
wheat  flour  plentifully  or  cheaply  enough,  the  housewife  can 
grind  the  wheat  at  home.  Thus  the  simple  life  and  the  low  cost 
of  living  may  be  brought  into  a  happy  alliance. 
*  *  * 

As  nearly  as  economists  find  it  possible  to  reckon,  the  gold 
dollar,  or  the  paper  dollar  that  represents  it,  has  shrunk  in 
value  one-half  during  the  last  decade.  This,  if  the  reckoning 
shall  be  accepted,  will  account  for  50  per  cent  of  the  increase  in 
the  cost  of  living.  And  it  may  account  for  some  other  things. 
What  remains  to  be  accounted  for,  however,  is  the  apparent 
fact  that  it  is  quite  as  difficult  for  most  people  to  get  the  SO  cent 
dollar  to-day  as  it  was  to  get  the  dollar  dollar  ten  years  ago. 

*  *  * 

The  Parker  (Ariz.)  Post,  of  a  recent  date,  publishes,  as  an 
official  advertisement,  an  odinance  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  of  the  County  of  Yuma,  State  of  Arizona,  defining 
vehicles  and  drivers,  regulating  traffic,  and  so  on,  the  first  sec- 
tion of  which  reads :  "The  term  'vehicle'  shall  apply  to  a  horse 
being  rode  or  led,  and  to  any  conveyance  except  a  baby  car- 
riage." Presumably,  baby  carriages  are  not  being  "rode  or  led" 
in  Yuma  County.    They  are,  perhaps,  only  pushed. 

*  *  * 

In  the  Civil  War  period  the  slacker  could,  and  often  did,  seek 
refuge  in  Canada,  but  the  Dominion  is  closed  to  him  now.  He 
sometimes  ventured  a  return  across  the  line,  and  then  he  was 
usually  caught,  and,  after  imprisonment,  forced  to  do  his  bit. 
In  time  he  came  to  be  classed  with  the  "bounty-jumper,"  a  pro- 
fessional deserter,  and  a  parody  on  "Tramp,  Tramp,  Tramp,  the 
Boys  are  Marching,"  of  Boston  composition,  was  taken  to  apply 
to  him,  as  well  as  to  the  culprit  who  was,  perhaps,  more  sordid 
than  cowardly.    One  verse  ran : 

"In  the  prison  cell  I  sit  and  I  wear  the  prison  clothes 
And  they  put  me  on  the  hardest  kind  of  fare; 

When  I've  nothing  else  to  do  I  play  checkers  with  my  nose 
And  I  almost  have  to  give  up  in  despair." 

*  *  * 

The  feelings  of  certain  railway  managers  have  been  poign- 
antly lacerated  by  the  criticism  of  people  who  know  nothing 
about  the  railway  business,  or  of  how  it  should  be  managed  in 
order  to  produce  the  best  results.  From  Chicago  comes  an  item 
about  one  of  the  latest  examples  of  United  State  railway  mana- 
gerial efficiency.  It  runs  this  way:  "Government  investigators, 
inquiring  into  the  reasons  for  high-priced  coal  in  Illinois,  re- 
cently discovered  fifteen  cars  loaded  with  potatoes  on  a  siding 
near  Seatonville,  111.  The  potatoes,  from  the  shipping  direc- 
tions on  the  cars,  had  originally  been  sent  to  Chicago.  From 
their  condition,  the  investigators  concluded  that  they  had  been 
left  on  the  siding  to  spoil  while  high  prices  were  being  main- 
tained in  the  Chicago  market." 


FARMS  WANTED 
Wanted  to  hear  from  owner  of  good  farm  for  sale.  North- 
western Business  Agency,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


LAKE  TAHOE 

"DAYLIGHT  TRIP" 

TEN  HOURS  ride  from  San  Francisco— Oak- 
land. An  tioch  &  Eastern  Railway  electric  trains 
to  Sacramento  and  Pierce-Arrow  Auto  Stage 
to  Lake. 

$17.50  for  the  round  trip.    Tickets  good  for 
90  days  to  and  including  October  31,  1917 

Write  for  folders  and  full  particulars 

OAKLAND.    ANTIOCH    &    EASTERN    RAILWAY 

San  Francisco  Depot  Key  Route  Ferry 

Phone  Sutter  2339 


AUSTRALIA  and  NEW  ZEALAND 


BANK  OF 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES 


(ESTABLISHED  1MT) 


Paid-up  Capital 

Reserve  Fund 

Reserve  Liability  of 
Proprietors 

Aggregate  Assets 
30th  Sept.  1916 


$18,526,600.00 

-  13,625,000.00 

-  18,526,600.00 
$50,678,200.00 

$277,488,871.00 


J.  RUSSELL  FRENCH,  General  Manager 

338  BRANCHES  and  AGENCIES  in  the  Australian  StateB.  New  Zealand. 
Fiji.  Papua,  (New  Guinea!,  and  London.  The  Bank  transacts  every 
description  of  Australian  Banking  Business.  Wool  and  other  Produce 
Credits  Arranged. 

Head  Office:  London  Office: 

GEORGE  STREET.  SYDNEY  29  THREADNEEDLE  STREET.  E.  C 


THE   CANADIAN  BANK  OF 
COMMERCE 

HEAD  OFFICE.  TORONTO  ESTABLISHED  1867 

SIR  EDMUND  WALKER  C.V.O..  LL.D.D.C.L.  |   Paid-up  Capital  $15,000,000 

JOHN  AIRD  General  MaU^r      ^erve  Fund  ",500,000 

H.  V.  F.  JONES     Assistant  General  Manager  I  Aggregate  Resource  288,000,000 

London  Office,  2  Lombard  Street,  E.  C. 
New  York  Office,    16    Exchange  Place 
Branches  in  all  parts  of  Canada,  including  Yukon  Territory 
and    at    Seattle,    Wash.,    Portland,    Ore.,    and    Mexico    City 

All  Kinds  of  Commercial  Banking  Transacted 
SAN     FRANCISCO     BRANCH— 450     CALIFORNIA    STREET 
Bruce  Heathcote,  Manager 
A.  A.  Wilson,  Assistant  Manager 

The  Anglo  &  London  Paris  National  Bank 

NO.    1    SANSOME    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Capital  Stock  $1,000,000.00 
.~"  -      —              Surplus  and  Un- 
divided Profits  2.311.258  22 
1           Deposits  60.603. 936.99 


Issues  Letters  of  Credit 
and  Travelers  Checks 
available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Buys  and  sells 
Foreign    Exchange. 

Finances  Exports  and 
Imports. 


BOND     DEPARTMENT 

Members      of      the      San 

Francisco  Stock  and  Bond 

Exchange 


SAFE    DEPOSIT 
VAULTS 


^e  German  Saving  &  Loan  Society 


(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 

Savings  Incorporated   1863 

526  California  Street 


Commercial 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Member   of   the  Associated    Savings   Banks   of   San   Francisco 
The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of  Deposits  only: 

MISSION  BRANCH,  S.  E.  Corner  Mission  and  21st  Streets 
RICHMOND  DIST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Clement  and  7th  Ave. 
HAIGHT  ST.  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Cor.  Haight  and  Belvedere 

DECEMBER  30,  1916 

Assets     $66,633,735.94 

Deposits     63,499,332.39 

Reserve   and    Contingent    Funds    2,134,403.55 

Employees'    Pension    Fund    235,045.38 

Number   of    Depositors    69,024 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  Saturdays  to 
12  o'clock  M.  and  Saturday  evenings  from  6  o'clock  P.  M.  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
for   receipt   of   deposits   only. 

ABC  TRANSFER  &  STORAGE  CO. 

MOVING        STORING        PACKING        SHIPPING 

AUTO    SERVICE 
Reinforced  Concrete  Warehouse         Private  Locked  Rooms 

OFFICE  AND  WAREHOUSE 

985-987  HOWARD  STREET 

Phone  Douglas  2177  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cheapest  Insurance  Rate  in  the  City. 


30.  1917 


and  California  Advi 


19 


Library  Table 


Place  in  th,-  Sun." 

Gunda  Karoli  is  a  very  much  alive  young  person  with  a  lest 
lor  life  and  looking- forward  philosophy  helps     her 

through  every  trial,  as  pc:  <ckus.    She 

is  sustained  in  her  stru^les  against  the  disadvantage  of  her 
birth  by  a  burning  faith  in  the  great  American  ideal— that  here 
in  the  United  States  every  one  has  a  chance  to  win  for  himself 
a  place  in  the  sun.  Gunda  takes  for  her  gospel  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  only  to  find  that,  although  this  democratic 
doctrine  is  embodied  in  the  constitution  of  the  country,  it  does 
not  manifest  itself  outwardly  in  its  social  life.  Nevertheless, 
she  succeeds  in  mounting  step  by  step  in  the  social  scale,  from 
the  time  she  first  appears  at  Skylands  on  the  Knobs  as  a  r.ear- 
governess,  to  her  brief  season  in  the  metropolis  as  a  danseuse. 

How  she  wins  the  interest  of  Justin  Arnold,  the  fastidious  de- 
scendant of  a  fine  old  family,  and  brings  into  his  self-centered 
existence  a  new  life  and  fresh  charm,  provides  a  double  interest 
to  the  plot. 

Illustrated  by  Wm.  Van  Dresser.  $1.50  net.  The  Page  Com- 
pany, Boston. 

*  *  » 

"The  Treloars." 

In  this  intensely  interesting  and  notable  book  by  Mary  Fisher 
there  lies  the  pith  of  a  story  of  unusual  appeal  to  general  read- 
ers. It  is  a  human  tale  dealing  with  real  people  living  in  a  typi- 
cal California  background.  Plot  and  action  are  handled  with 
a  fine  and  delicate  perception,  and  in  its  intense  development 
carries  the  absorbed  reader  along  convincingly.  The  diction  is 
charming  and  is  well  worth  reading,  in  these  slap-dash  novel 
writing  days,  as  a  fine  example  of  what  art  and  style  can  attain. 
It  furnishes  a  distinct  relief  from  the  general  run  of  stereotyped 
summer  fiction.  The  characters  seem  to  have  stepped  into  the 
book  as  volunteers  to  portray  the  vivid  and  appealing  action. 
Read  "The  Treloars,"  if  you  want  something  worth  while. 

$1.35  net.    Thomas  Y.  Crowell  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"How  to  Fly." 

Within  a  month  or  six  weeks,  Paul  Elder  &  Company  will 
publish  a  clear,  compact  and  concise  Practical  Flyer's  Manual, 
entitled  "How  to  Fly,"  by  Captain  D.  Gordon  E.  Re  Vley, 
Licensed  Pilot  Number  191,  Federation  Aeronautique  Inter- 
nationale, one  of  America's  pioneer  aviators,  whose  work  at 
home  and  abroad  have  won  him  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks 
of  bird-men.  The  manuscript  has  been  arranged  by  Glad  Lewis 
with  a  complete  glossary  of  aviation  terms  by  Alfred  W.  Law- 
son,  editor  of  "Aircraft."  This  timely  volume  will  be  wel- 
comed by  instructors  of  aviation  and  ambitious  students,  for 
now,  with  the  world  at  war,  and  with  a  Government  appropria- 
tion of  many  millions  for  the  construction  of  military  aeroplanes, 
thousands  of  airmen  will  be  needed,  and  "How  to  Fly"  sets 
forth  a  theory  that  instills  self-reliance  and  instinctive  effi- 
ciency. 

"Cleomenes." 

Marris  Warrington  Billings  furnishes  a  romance  of  ancient 
Rome,  which  gives  a  brilliant  picture  of  the  great  city  at  the 
height  of  her  splendor.  It  thrills  the  reader  with  its  realistic 
scenes  of  Roman  life,  and  visualizes  for  him  the  chariot  races 
and  the  gladiatorial  combats  in  the  arena.  It  touches  with  an 
artistic  hand  those  shadowy  forms,  and  brings  to  life  those  who 
reveled  in  the  gorgeous  entertainments  given  by  Caesar.  It 
has  for  its  central  figures  the  Emperor  Nero  and  the  most  fam- 
ous sculptor  of  Rome.  The  heroine  is  a  beautiful  Greek  girl. 
The  two  most  powerful  men  in  Rome  become  deadly  enemies 
and  hated  rivals  to  gain  her.  The  many  narrow  escapes  from 
certain  death,  and  the  clever  scheming  on  the  part  of  the  hero 
to  save  his  beloved,  make  this  book  one  of  unusual  interest. 

$1.40  net.    John  Lane  Co.,  New  York. 

*  *  * 

"The  Surrender  of  Santiago,"  vividly  told  by  Frank  Norris, 
is  now  on  sale  at  Paul  Elder's  for  twenty-five  cents  a  copy.  The 
entire  proceeds  will  go  for  the  benefit  of  the  Red  Cross.  A 
hearty  response  is  hoped  for,  owing  to  the  popularity  of  the  au- 
thor, and  the  hero,  General  Shatter. 


TECIIAU    TAVERN 

San  Ft.. 

Co*ly  Ml  bocn   nil— Wt  •  tatttk  et   I  r  I  .  ..  .),  ", ■,'(,„„ 
.  t-vrtU  M   L»  1 .1..  .fc  Rif^d  .. 


po»dn.  drtnbutrd  l»>|  lh< 


'»»•  —  -o  u  4, 


' 


The  New 
Poodle   Dog 

Hotel  and  Restaurant 

At  Corner 

Polk  and  Post 

STREETS 

San   Francisco 

Phone: 

Franklin  2960 


GUS'   FASHION    RESTAURANT 

Special  Dinners  (with  wine)  $1.00.  A  la  Carte  speclatties- 
Fish  and  Game.  Our  reputation  for  excellent  cooking,  service 
and  reasonable  prices  will  obtain  for  us  your  continued 
patronage. 


65  POST  STREET,  NEAR  MARKET 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


J.  B.  Pod  J.  Berfei  C.  Mailhebuiu  C.  Lalaooe  L.  Coutard 

BERGEZ-FRANK'S 

Old  POODLE  DOG  Co. 

HOTEL  AND  RESTAURANT 
MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  EVERY  EVENING 

4IS-I2I  Buih  St..  S«n  Francuco  (Above  Kaarnrl  Eichute.  DomUi  241 1 


BLANCO'S  """ass1— 

PHONE   FRANKLIN    9 

No  visitor  should  leave  the  city  without  see- 
ing the  finest  cafe  in  America 


DRINK  CASWELL'S  COFFEE 

WITH     EVERY    MEAL 
If  you  wish  to  buy  a  trial  package  telephone  direct  to 

SUTTER      6654 

or  write 
GEO.  W.  CASWELL  CO.,   442-452  Second   St.,    San   Franci.co 


Dr.  Byron  W.  Haines 

DENTIST 

ANNOUNCES    HIS    RETURN  TO  SAN    FRANCISCO    WHERE 

HE  HAS  RESUMED  PRACTICE  AT  HIS  FORMER  LOCATION 

Offices— 505-507,  323  Geary  Street 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  2433 


For  an  ambulance  call 

For  a  nurse  call       - 

For  members  of  physicians'  and  surgeons 


KINGS,  WEST  1400 
KINGS,  WEST  1400 


exchange  call 


KINGS,  WEST  1400 


20 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


S£cr/ON 


Grant  Six  in  Strenuous  Battle  Conquers  Snow-Bound 
Sierras  and  Blazes  Trail  to  Tahoe 

(  Enlargements  from   Moving  Picture  Films  by  Spaulding,  Photographer.) 


Every  year,  during  the  early  weeks  of 
Spring,  more  often  dating  from  the  time  the 
final  snows  fall,  motor  cars,  piloted  by  the 
most  expert  drivers  "the  game"  has  ever  pro- 
duced, wage  a  terrific  battle  with  the  terrify- 
ing and  treacherous  snows  that  cover  the 
Sierras  from  three  to  thirty  feet  in  order  to 
gain  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  car  to 
cross  the  summit  and  reach  one  of  the  sev- 
eral great  summer  gathering  places  in  the 
mountains.  Lake  Tahoe,  that  magnificent 
gem  of  the  Sierras,  as  an  objective  point, 
stands  out  in  bold  relief  in  this  respect.  An- 
nually, when  the  roads  of  the  mountains  are 
absolutely  closed  to  every  kind  of  vehicular 
traffic,  daring  motorists,  fired  by  the  glory  of 
achievement,  seek  to  subdue  these  defying 
forces  of  Nature.  Scores  try  to  do  this  every 
year,  but  it  is  significant  that  a  mere  handful 
out  of  California's  thousands  of  automobile 
enthusiasts,  have  actually  succeeded  in  doing 
so.  The  past  winter  witnessed  the  heaviest 
snowfall  in  nearly  twenty  years.  Yet,  a 
Grant  six  automobile,  driven  by  a  crew  of 
courageous  young  men  who  imperiled  their 
lives  and  risked  their  car  on  a  hundred  differ- 
ent occasions,  endured  every  hardship  from 
complete  exhaustion  to  the  keen  pangs  of 
hunger,  has  won  a  signal  victory  over  the  im- 
pregnable, snow-bound  passes  of  the  Sierras. 
The  Grant  reached  Tallac,  on  Lake  Tahoe,  on 
noon  of  May  15th.  The  scenes  pictured  below 
give  but  a  faint  suggestion  of  the  incidents  of 
that  journey,  which  is  now  hailed  as  the  pre- 
mier motor  achievement  of  the  year. 


Honors  for  being  the  first  car  of  the 
season  to  succeed  in  crossing  the  high 
Sierras  in  the  dead  of  winter  and  reach 
Tallac  on  Lake  Tahoe  goes  to  the  sturdy 
Grant  light  six  automobile. 

Back  of  that  bare  statement  of  news 
is  a  tale  of  adventure  and  hardship,  un- 
dertaken and  grimly  endured  by  four 
young  men,  with  the  occasional  assist- 
ance of  two  seasoned  trappers,  that  can 
be  described  only  inadequately  by  the 
printed  word  and  pictured  by  the  cam- 
era, with  only  a  suggestion  of  the  perils 
that  daily  confronted  the  daring  adven- 
turers and  the  awful  punishment  through 
which  the  Grant  six  emerged  almost  un- 
scathed. 

On  May  15th  the  car  and  the  crew  offi- 
cially checked  in  at  Myers'  Station  and 
Tallac,  Caesar  Celio,  proprietor  of  the 
former  place,  looking  after  the  usual  for- 
malities. Among  those  who  witnessed 
the  safe  arrival  of  the  Grant  and  the 
crew  were  nearly  a  dozen  persons,  several 
of  whom  were  representatives  of  San 
Francisco  dailies. 

Not  content  with  having  achieved  the 
unusual  distinction  of  piloting  a  modern 
automobile  over  the  treacherous  and  de- 


fying snows  of  the  Sierras,  after  a  brief 
stop  at  Myers  and  Tallac  the  car  was 
driven  over  the  Glenbrook  and  King's 
Canyon  grades  and  into  Carson  and  Reno, 
Nevada,  where  it  was  officially  welcomed 
by  the  municipal  authorities,  including 
the  mayors  and  chiefs  of  police  of  both 
cities.  Subsequently  the  car  was  driven 
to  Truckee,  thence  to  Sacramento  and 
San  Francisco.  The  car  is  now  on  dis- 
play in  the  salesroom  of  the  Frank  O. 
Renstrom  Company,  Northern  California 
distributer  of  the  Grant  light  six,  where 
it  is  the  center  of  attraction  for  hundreds 
of  interested  persons. 

The  young  men  who  made  this  daring 
drive  across  the  mountains  in  the  middle 
of  winter  which  witnessed  the  heaviest 
snowfall  in  twenty  years,  are :  Fred  Con- 
ger of  Sacramento,  who  drove  the  Grant 
six;  R.  H.  Ingleston  of  Sacramento,  an 
expert  woodsman;  R.  H.  Eddy,  of  the 
Frank  O.  Renstrom  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco; H.  M.  McCarty  of  the  same  com- 


pany, San  Francisco;  and  Harry  Oakley 
and  James  Guess,  the  two  trappers  pre- 
viously referred  to,  of  Phillips  Station, 
located  near  the  summit  of  the  Placer- 
ville  route  to  Lake  Tahoe. 

While  it  is  true  that  it  is  impossible  to 
relate  or  picture  in  all  its  thrilling  and 
perilous  details  the  gigantic  task  of  put- 
ting the  Grant  six  over  the  summit  of  the 
snow-bound  Sierras,  H.  M.  McCarty,  an 
experienced  moving  picture  camera  man, 
obtained  more  than  3,000  feet  of  motion 
picture  films  of  the  drive  from  its  begin- 
ning to  its  end.  Not  only  are  these  films 
exceedingly  beautiful  from  the  artistic 
standpoint,  revealing,  as  they  do,  the 
awe-inspiring  scenery  of  the  snow-man- 
tled Sierras,  but  they  bear  silent  evidence 
of  the  tremendous  test  the  Grant  with- 
stood. 

The  pictures  also  portray  to  what  ex- 
tent the  courage  of  the  young  men  was 
tested  and  their  ingenious  methods  of 
overcoming  obstacles  that  were  met  al- 
most daily.  From  the  educational  stand- 
point this  filmed  motor  drama  of  the 
Sierras  constitutes  an  excellent  text  book 
and  guide  for  any  one  who  is  interested 
in  attempting  a  similar  task. 

There   are  many  moments   when   any 


Getting  over  the  snow  in  many  places  was  accomplished  with  the  aid  of  twenty-two  inch 
drums  attached  to  the  rear  wheels,  but  with  even  such  a  resistance  surface,  traction  was  at 
times  almost  impossible,  the  wheels  spinning  like  on  a  slippery  pavement,  tossing  the  snow 
and  slush  high  into  the  air. 


30.  1917 


and  California    \d\. 


*:^ 


GRANT  &IX 


*0*    v    * 


The    Grant    Six    at    Tallac — the    objective    point  of  the  most  strenuous  automobile  journey  ever 
undertaken  and  accomplished   in  the  West. 


one  witnessing  these  pictures  will  be  held 
spell-bound,  expecting  every  instant  to 
see  the  Grant  slip  from  its  unsafe  footings 
and  crash  down  thousands  of  feet  to  the 
yawning  canyons  below,  dealing  certain 
death  to  the  driver  and  occupants  of  the 
car.  Before  a  full  thousand  feet  of  film 
have  been  reeled  off,  one  witnesses  the 
car  a  score  of  times  literally  balancing 
on  either  end  preliminary  to  turning  com- 
pletely over,  or  so  pitilessly  twisted  and 
wracked  that  it  seems  a  miracle  the  car 
does  not  snap  in  two. 

McCarty  cannot  be  accused  of  having 
resorted  to  trick  photography  in  the  mak- 
ing of  one  foot  of  the  entire  3,000  feet  of 
films.  It  is  plainly  evident  that  it  was 
wholly  unnecessary,  the  unvarnished 
truth  being  thrilling  enough  to  put  the 
hairs  of  the  most  seasoned  "movie  fan" 
on  end. 

Despite  the  gruelling  the  Grant  was 
given  on  the  undertaking  from  almost  its 
very  beginning  in  Sacramento  last  Feb- 
ruary, the  young  men  who  made  up  the 
party  and  officials  of  the  Frank  0.  Ren- 
strom  Company,  which  originated  and 
financed  the  expedition,  not  one  single 
part  of  the  car  has  ever  been  replaced 
since  it  left  the  salesroom  floor.  The 
members  of  the  crew  positively  declare 
that  not  so  much  as  a  wrench,  or  a  pair  of 
pliers  touched  any  mechanical  part  of  the 
car  either  during  or  has  since  its  comple- 
tion. Although  an  altitude  of  7,584  feet 
was  reached  at  the  summit,  not  one  ad- 
justment of  the  carburetor  was  made,  it 
is  stated;  also,  it  is  said,  no  part  of  the 
car,  however  small,  was  broken.  This  in 
itself  is  remarkable,  as  the  motion  pic- 
tures  graphically  prove.     The   car  was 


driven  into  San  Francisco  on  the  original 
four  tires,  and  with  the  original  air  in  each 
tire.  In  fact,  the  tires  show  remarkably 
little  wear,  but  this  is  no  doubt  due  to 
Conger's  skillful  driving  of  the  car  and 
the  fact  that  at  times  during  the  battles 
with  the  deep  snow,  improvised  attach- 
ments were  anchored  to  the  wheels,  com- 
pletely covering  them,  and  enabling  the 
car  to  proceed  under  its  own  power. 

The  start  of  this  thrilling  and  bold  ad- 
venture was  made  from  Sacramento 
shortly  after  the  close  of  the  automobile 
show  in  the  Exposition  Auditorium  last 
February.  The  first  snow  was  encoun- 
tered a  short  distance  beyond  Placerville. 


ledtoth* 
linw  solved  lb*  prob- 

;'1  the  snow  and  §f. 

<«  dotin 

Th« 

Ii 
journey  was  coi  ,rmg 

the  road  with  shovels  and  mow 
forward  literally  by   inches.     At    V 
Pond  another  storm  brok-  „s  so 

re  that  th<  hw  waitir,t 

several  days  for  it  to  end,  finally  left 
car  in  a  shed  and  returned  to  Sacramento, 
keeping   informed  by  relayed  telephone 
messages  of  the  weather  conditions. 

The  second  storm  lasted  fully  a  month, 
during  which  time  efforts  to  continue 
would  have  been  utterly  useless.  During 
the  latter  part  of  March  the  journey  was 
again  resumed,  the  men  returning  to  camp 
with  some  200  pounds  of  provisions.  As 
far  as  possible  a  day's  travel  would  be 
scheduled.  Previous  to  attempting  to 
drive  the  car  forward  the  men  would  pack 
their  provisions  ahead  of  them,  and  then 
run  the  car  to  that  point.  Usually  they 
failed  by  considerable  distances.  This 
occurred  so  frequently  that  packing  pro- 
visions back  and  forth  over  long  distances 
became  a  daily  and  nightly  job,  for  the 
crew  worked  each  day  until  almost  ex- 
hausted. 

Many  a  fresh  day's  start  was  made  at 
1  and  2  o'clock  in  the  morning,  in  the 
hopes  of  finding  the  snow  frozen  hard 
enough  to  permit  driving  over  the  crust 
without  the  aid  of  the  cleats.  By  this 
time  the  latter  had  been  added  to  the 
front  wheels  with  wide  belting,  and  to 


Frequently  a  more  secure  footing  was  found  for  the  sturdy  Grant  on  the  sides  of  the  moun- 
tains. Getting  back  to  the  road  on  these  occasions  made  up  some  of  the  most  thrilling  Inci- 
dents of  the  perilous  journey. 


22 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


The  Grant  Six  at  the  summit  of  the  Placerville-Tahoe  road,  an  elevation  of  more  than  7,600 
feet.  An  idea  of  the  depth  of  the  snow  at  the  time  the  Grant  blazed  the  trail  over  the  Sierras 
may  be  had  when  it  is  remembered  that  under  ordinary  conditions  the  sign  shown  in  this  pic- 
ture stands  several  feet  above  the  road. 


the  rear  wheels  had  been  attached  twenty- 
two  inch  drums,  securely  anchored  to  the 
rims  of  the  wheels  and  covered  with 
heavy  carpeting. 

Thirty-two  miles  above  Placerville 
wide  boards  were  utilized  to  drive  the 
car  over.  The  boards  were  used  in  addi- 
tion to  the  drums,  as  the  long-waited-for 
freeze  never  materialized,  and  the  car 
constantly  became  mired  in  the  soft  snow. 
But  the  boards  proved  only  of  little  value, 
as  they  would  tilt  on  their  edges  and  be- 
come absolutely  useless.  Sheer  persist- 
ency and  the  most  careful  handling  en- 
abled the  men  to  advance  the  car  only 
twelve  miles  in  a  period  of  several  days 
in  this  manner.  Times  without  number 
the  car,  boards  and  men,  dropped  into 
deep  snow-drifts  and  hung  in  perilous  po- 
sitions over  the  steep  embankments.  The 
motion  pictures  show  many  of  these  in- 
cidents. That  the  car  was  not  lost  a 
score  of  times  and  the  men  as  often 
dashed  to  death,  was  due  in  every  in- 
stance to  the  protecting  hand  of  Provi- 
dence. 

While  the  men  tried  to  follow  the  road 
as  much  as  possible,  the  car  was  fre- 
quently forced  to  climb  up  steep  embank- 
ments either  side,  and  then  again  drop 
back  over  dangerously  steep  inclines.  On 
one  such  occasion  the  car  rammed  its 
nose  into  a  deep  drift  and  pulled  out  un- 
der its  own  power,  although  it  was 
backed  up  a  soft  incline  of  fully  fifty  de- 
grees. 

At  the  thirty-six  mile  post  the  car  was 
driven  one-half  mile  up  the  side  of  the 
mountain  from  the  road,  clear  up  to  the 
location  of  the  old  Emigrant  trail,  in  or- 


der to  get  around  a  big  section  of  washed 
out  roadway.  In  getting  back  to  the  road 
again  a  considerable  distance  beyond  that 
point  the  crew  came  upon  a  deep  ravine. 
It  required  three  days  to  get  across  this, 
a  span  of  sixty  feet.  This  was  accom- 
plished by  the  building  of  a  bridge  of 
timbers,  sawed  down  in  the  forest,  then 
stripped  of  their  branches,  and  rolled  into 
place.  This  incident  is  interestingly  pic- 
tured in  the  films,  and  both  the  building 
of  the  bridge  and  the  making  of  those 
pictures  were  accomplished  during  a 
continuous,  heavy  snow  storm. 

On  April  27th,  Conger,  the  driver,  was 
suddenly  taken  ill.    All  work  was  at  once 


abandoned.  After  carrying  Conger  on 
their  backs  for  more  than  five  miles  and 
by  means  of  a  relayed  journey  with 
horse-driven  and  motor  driven  vehicles, 
the  men  got  him  to  Sacramento. 

Conger  was  out  of  danger  in  two  days. 
Restocking  their  provision  stores,  the 
men  plunged  back  to  their  great  task. 
Their  return  to  camp  that  time  nearly  fin- 
ished them,  as  they  were  compelled  to 
walk  nearly  ten  miles  during  a  heavy 
storm,  preceded  by  sleepless  nights  on 
hard  floors,  with  only  their  overcoats  and 
sections  of  carpet  for  bedding. 

By  May  5th  the  men  had  succeeded  in 
getting  their  car  as  far  as  Strawberry. 
That  night  they  got  into  the  trapper's 
camp  at  Phillips  station,  after  walking 
fully  twenty-three  miles  through  the 
heavy  snow.  They  declare  they  arrived 
there  just  in  the  nick  of  time,  for  they 
practically  fell  exhausted  on  the  threshold 
of  the  cabin.  Oakley  and  Guess  took  the 
men  in  hand  and  gave  them  a  meal  and 
beds  that  night  that  will  remain  long  in 
their  memories. 

Rains  and  heavy  snow  storms  prevailed 
from  May  6th  through  the  11th.  Pro- 
gress with  the  car  was  exceedingly  slow, 
but  much  road  and  bridge  clearing  work 
was  done  when  the  car  could  not  be 
moved.  On  the  night  of  the  11th  the  car 
was  driven  to  the  46-mile  post.  On  the 
12th  the  car  hit  a  hollow  place  in  the  snow 
and  was  completely  buried  in  the  sliding 
mass.  Digging  themselves  out  of  there, 
they  got  the  car  up  to  the  summit  at  10 
o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  13th. 

One  of  the  most  thrilling  incidents  of 
the  entire  journey  occurred  that  after- 
noon. The  men  had  anchored  the  car  to 
a  pine  tree,  preparatory  to  dropping  it 


The   man   who   wrote  the    popular  adage   about 
saw  the  front  wheels  of  an  auto  trying  to  batter 


the  rolling  stone  that  gathered   no  moss  never 
its  way  through  the  snow-bound  Sierras. 


I   30.  1917 


and  Oilifomia  Acta 


The  victorious  return  of  the  "Sierra  Grant"  to  San  Francisco  and  the  presentation  of  the  silver  trophy  to  Frank  O.  Renstrom,  president  of 
the  company  of  that  name,  which  originated  and  financed  the  strenuous  three-months'  battle  with  the  snow-bound  Sierras.  Fred  Conger, 
who  successfully  piloted  the  car,  is  seated  at  the  wheel. 


down  the  side  over  the  steep,  snow-cov- 
ered mountain.  When  only  a  few  feet 
of  the  rope  had  been  let  out,  the  weight 
of  the  machine  pulled  the  tree  out  by  the 
roots  from  the  water  soaked  ground.  The 
car  avalanched  down  for  nearly  one  hun- 
dred yards.  This  entire  incident  was  re- 
corded in  the  films. 

On  May  14th  the  car  was  moved  ahead 
one  mile  in  fourteen  hours,  the  trappers 
lending  the  men  considerable  help.  On 
the  15th  the  car  was  at  the  bottom  of  the 
grade  and  hit  solid  ground  again,  the 
first  time  since  leaving  Placerville.  The 
drive  to  Myers  Station  and  Tallac  was 
completed  that  afternoon,  the  time  of  ar- 
rival at  Myers  being  about  1  o'clock,  and 
Tallac  about  2  o'clock. 

Returning  from  the  lake  the  machine 
was  driven  around  to  the  Nevada  side, 
thence  over  the  Glenbrook  and  the  Kings 
Canyon  grades  to  Carson  City  and  Reno. 

The  experiences  of  the  men  on  this 
journey  cannot  be  over-estimated  in  the 
matter  of  courage,  sheer  persistence, 
dogged  determination  and  hardships.  It 
was  work  of  the  hardest  kind.  Every 
man  in  the  party  lost  from  twelve  to  six- 
teen pounds  in  weight.  But  they  were 
hardened  and  tanned  to  a  degree  which 
is  evidence  of  perfect  health.    Their  mus- 


cles were  like  the  steel  of  their  Grant — 
and,  by  the  way,  one  should  hear  them 
praise  that  car.  What  they  say  rings  sin- 
cere and  true. 

o-     o"     o- 
A  MOTORIST'S  CREED. 

I  believe  the  Gasoline  Engine  is  one  of 
mankind's  greatest  blessings. 

I  believe  that  nothing  is  doing  or  can 
do  more  to  broaden  the  outlook  of  the 
people  and  educate  them  to  a  proper 
knowledge  of  their  country  and  its'  great- 
ness than  the  automobile. 

I  believe  that  travel,  familiarity  with 
the  sights  and  scenes  of  other  parts,  first 
hand  knowledge  of  how  my  fellow-men 
live  is  of  inestimable  value  to  me,  and 
will  do  more  to  make  me  patriotic  and 
public-spirited  than  daily  intimacy  with 
the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

I  believe  that  my  physical  welfare  and 
my  mental  growth  call  for  frequent  jour- 
neyings  into  new  territory,  with  the  re- 
sultant meeting  of  new  people  and  the 
absorption  of  new  ideas. 

I  believe  that  to  remain  constantly  at 
home  is  to  get  into  a  rut,  there  to  become 
dormant,  there  to  lie  inert  while  others 
pass  me  by  with  the  help  of  their  auto- 
mobiles. 

I  believe  the  automobile  can  do  more 


for  me  than  its  cost  invested  in  any  other 
way  if  I  am  sensible  in  its  use. 

I  believe  the  automobile  promotes  joy 
and  dispels  gloom,  increases  health,  ban- 
ishes disease  and  stimulates  mental  and 
moral  growth. 

I  believe  that  owning  and  properly  us- 
ing a  motor  car  will  make  me  a  better 
citizen,  a  higher  class  individual,  a  more 
efficient  business  man  and  a  happier  mor- 
tal.— American  Motorist. 
"8    o"    S 

RAJAH  SPARK  PLUG   WINNER. 

Sharing  in  the  honors  that  have  recently 
been  conferred  upon  various  makes  of 
motor  cars  the  Rajah  spark  plug,  sold  in 
this  district  by  Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc., 
has  come  in  for  considerable  favorable 
comment  as  important  equipment  in  auto- 
mobile and  aeroplane  motors.  In  the 
Chicago  Derby,  run  on  June  16th,  Earl 
Cooper's  winning  Stutz  car  was  equipped 
with  this  plug,  and  four  other  cars  out  of 
the  ten  prize-winning  machines  carried 
the  same  plug.  Cooper's  time  per  hour 
was  103  miles,  which  speed  this  well- 
known  racing  driver  maintained  without 
a  single  stop.  The  Hall-Scott  Motor  Car 
Company  recently  signified  its  intention 
of  equipping  all  of  their  motors  with  this 
plug  in  the  future. 


24 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


SENATOR  JOHN  D.  STETSON 

REVIEWS  RECENT  AUTO  BILL 

Automobile  legislation  occupied  a 
prominent  position  on  the  files  of  the  re- 
cent Legislature.  The  so-called  Confer- 
ence bill,  with  which  the  members  of  this 
club  are  familiar,  was  in  charge  of  the 
respective  chairmen  of  the  Committee  on 
Roads  and  Highways,  Hon.  M.  B.  John- 
son in  the  Senate,  and  Hon.  T.  R.  Finley 
in  the  Assembly.  Both  of  these  gentle- 
men are  entitled  to  the  gratitude  of  auto- 
mobilists  everywhere  for  their  ability, 
tactfulness  and  patience  in  finally  pro- 
curing the  passage  of  this  bill,  which  the 
Governor  has  just  signed. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  article  to 
attempt  to  credit  the  considerable  list  of 
those  officials  and  others  rendering  ef- 
fective aid  to  the  bill,  but  it  is  pleasant 
as  a  director  of  this  club  to  be  able  to  say 
that  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern 
California  should  have  special  thanks  for 
the  assistance  and  co-operation  it  ren- 
dered through  its  representative,  Mr.  E. 
G.  Kuster,  a  gentleman  of  most  pleasing 
personality,  ability  and  indefatigable  in- 
dustry. He  supplied  the  very  qualities 
necessary  for  successful  support  of  a  bill 
which  to  an  ordinary  automobilist  might 
appear  there  could  be  no  opposition. 

The  mere  fact  that  the  automobile 
comes  to  concern  practically  the  whole 
population  so  intimately,  accounts  for  the 
extent  of  the  amendments  and  the  trou- 
ble with  many  of  them. 

It  may  illustrate  one  point  of  our  trou- 
bles to  show  that  the  Conference  bill  pro- 
vided for  an  age  minimum  of  automobile 
operators  of  fourteen  years.  Many 
thought  it  should  be  sixteen,  and  some 
contended  for  eighteen.  The  farmer  rep- 
resentation in  the  Legislature  insisted  on 
no  limit  at  all,  because  it  was  necessary 
for  the  children  to  drive  the  family  car 
to  and  from  the  high  school  every  day. 

The  farmer  also  objected  to  the  maxi- 
mum width  of  vehicle  body,  so  at  the  last 
minute  it  had  to  be  raised  to  120  inches. 
He  objected  to  a  permit  being  required 
for  the  herding  of  sheep  and  cattle  along 
State  highways,  and  that  was  eliminated. 

Then  there  was  the  interests  of  the 
trucks,  trailers  and  tractors  people,  who 
required  a  concession  here  and  there. 

Labor  objected  to  a  State  highway  con- 
stabulary law,  and  that  feature  was  elimi- 
nated. 

It  was  the  farmer  again  who  succeeded 
in  taking  out  regulation  on  trailers  of  less 
than  one-ton  in  weight. 

Some  doctors  attempted  to  procure  a 
wide-open  speed  provision  for  their  cars, 
which  would  have  been  liable  to  grave 
abuse.    It  was  successfully  opposed. 

However,  to  make  this  article  of  practi- 
cal use,  it  is  proposed  to  give  very  briefly 


an  abstract  of  such  amendments  as  con- 
cern equipment,  rules  of  the  road,  and 
operation  of  pleasure  cars,  with  perhaps 
an  allusion  to  some  of  the  other  features. 

The  bill  does  not  go  into  effect  until 
July  27th,  at  12  M.  By  its  provisions, 
250,000  copies  of  the  automobile  law  as 
amended  will  be  printed  for  free  distri- 
bution, and  doubtless  each  member  of  the 
Association  will  be  supplied  with  a  copy. 

For  this  reason  consideration  will  not 
here  be  given  to  matters  affecting  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Depart- 
ment, or  technical  questions  not  related  to 
the  use  of  cars  driven  for  pleasure. 

Special  efforts  have  been  made  to  put 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  theft  of  cars, 
and  in  pursuance  of  this  the  registration 
of  reconstructed  cars,  transfer  of  automo- 
bile engines  separately,  has  been  pro- 
vided for. 

No  change  has  been  made  in  the  use  of 
number  plates  and  seals,  but  each  car 
must  carry  a  certificate,  enclosed  in  a 
suitable  container,  to  be  furnished  by  the 
Department,  in  a  frame  of  aluminum,  and 
with  a  cover  of  isinglass,  which  must  be 
attached  to  a  visible  surface  in  each  car. 
The  certificate  must  have  in  a  blank  space 
the  signature  of  the  registered  owner,  and 
on  the  back  forms  for  notice  of  transfer. 
Application  for  transfer  of  registration 
shall  be  signed  by  both  parties.  This 
will  provide  an  efficient  check  in  the  case 
of  suspected  cars. 

To  prohibit  the  temporary  use  of  cars 
without  the  owner's  consent,  the  section 
against  joy-riding  has  been  strengthened 
by  increasing  the  penalty  and  providing 
that  consent  shall  not  be  implied,  in  any 
instance,  because  of  the  fact  that  upon  a 
previous  occasion  the  owner  had  consent- 
ed to  use  of  his  motor  vehicle  by  such 
person,  thus  eliminating  a  frequent  de- 
fense successfully  interposed  in  the  case 
of  the  unauthorized  use  of  cars. 

Operators'  licenses  are  required  by  the 
present  law,  but  no  check  is  placed  upon 
them,  no  use  made  of  them,  and  the  law 
has  been  a  dead  letter  in  that  respect, 
most  people  not  even  possessing  them. 
The  amendments  require  the  license  to 
state  the  age,  name,  place  of  residence, 
business  address,  and  a  brief  identifying 
description  of  the  licensee,  and  such  other 
information  as  the  department  shall  deem 
necessary.  They  shall  be  valid  for  one 
year  only,  and  are  subject  to  revocation 
and  suspension  by  the  Highway  Commis- 
sion, or  by  a  magistrate,  for  certain  viola- 
tions of  the  act,  thereby  becoming  a  very 
essential  and  important  thing.  No  fee  is 
required  for  an  operator's  license,  but 
each  person  driving  a  motor  must  pos- 
sess one,  whether  he  owns  the  car  or  not. 

It  is  required  that  the  parent  or  guar- 
dian of  a  minor  must  join  in  the  request 


for  a  license  to  such  minor  operator,  as- 
suming at  the  same  time  liability  for  the 
negligence  of  such  minor  operator.  This 
it  was  thought  would  be  a  suitable  check 
in  place  of  a  minimum  age  limit. 

Non-resident  drivers  are  exempted 
from  registration  and  fee  provisions  of 
the  law  for  three  months,  but  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  commencing  to 
operate  such  vehicle,  the  owner  must  ap- 
ply for  a  temporary  certificate  or  device, 
which  must  be  returned  by  him  when 
leaving  the  State.  This  was  thought  nec- 
essary to  prevent  certain  abuses  that 
have  arisen,  as  was  also  the  provision 
giving  the  Superintendent  of  the  Motor 
Vehicle  Department  the  right  to  prevent 
abuse  of  manufacturers'  and  dealers' 
numbers. 

The  speed  regulations  remain  substan- 
tially as  at  present,  except  as  noted,  and 
the  rules  of  the  road  are  somewhat  per- 
fected. The  following  particulars  may 
be  mentioned: 

No  vehicle  may  haul  more  than  two 
trailers,  and  all  other  than  light  camp- 
ing trailers  must  have  brakes. 

Headlights  are  to  be  so  regulated  that 
no  portion  of  the  beam  of  the  projected 
light,  measured  75  feet  or  more  ahead 
of  the  lamps,  may  be  raised,  or  be  cap- 
able of  being  raised,  from  the  driver's 
seat,  to  a  greater  height.  This  includes 
searchlights  when  directed  straight  ahead 
and  excludes  sidelights  of  not  more  than 
four  candlepower. 

No  lights  are  required  from  cars  not  in 
operation  at  night  on  well  lighted  streets. 

Motorcycles  must  have  a  tail  light  in- 
stead of  a  reflector,  and  bicycles  must 
have  a  tail  light. 

The  maximum  load  on  bridges  may 
be  posted  by  the  Commission,  which  may 
also  fix  the  minimum  speed  thereon.  The 
present  maximum  of  ten  miles  to  be 
eliminated,  the  speed  to  be  between 
thirty  and  fifty  miles  per  hour. 

Any  one  injuring  a  bridge  by  overload- 
ing should  be  liable  for  damage. 

Width  of  tread  is  limited  to  112  inches, 
except  as  to  lightly  packed  material  such 
as  hay,  when  the  extreme  width  including 
rack  may  not  exceed  120  inches. 

Vehicles  passing  street  cars  must  allow 
a  clearance  of  six  feet  and  slow  down  to 
10  miles  per  hour,  except  that  safety 
zones  extending  not  over  seven  feet  from 
the  outer  track  may  be  marked  by  local 
authorities  and  shall  be  observed. 

Pleasure  vehicles  may  not  carry  goods 
projecting  more  than  eight  inches  beyond 
the  running  board. 

Vehicles  being  repaired  must  leave  the 
traveled  main  portion  of  the  road  when 
possible. 

Livestock  must  not  be  permitted  to 
stray  on  the  highway  or  be  tethered  with- 


30.  1917 

in  reach  of  the  highway,  or  pastured  on 
the  highway  at  night. 

Ridden  animals  must  observe  the  rules 
of  the  road. 

Boards  of  Supervisors  within  six 
months  are  required  to  place  warning 
signs  at  grade  crossings  of  railroads. 

Trailers,  and  load  projecting  at  the 
rear,  must  bear  a  light  at  the  extreme  end 
at  night,  and  such  loads  must  carry  a  red 
flag  in  the  daytime. 

The  Department  may  refuse  registra- 
tion to  a  motor  vehicle  or  trailer  unsafe 
or  improperly  equipped. 

Upon  written  permit  from  police  au- 
thorities, dealers  may  deliver  unlicensed 
cars  without  first  registering  the  same  or 
affixing  number  plates. 

Dealers  must  report  sales  and  trans- 
fers. 

Sixty  days'  grace  is  allowed  for  pro- 
curing new  seals  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year.  This  is  to  prevent  hardship  from 
congestion  arising  at  the  time  of  annual 
renewal. 

Cities  are  allowed  to  establish  one-way 
streets,  and  regulate  the  maximum  weight 
of  loads,  according  to  width  of  tires. 

Cars  may  not  be  parked,  or  animals 
hitched,  within  fifteen  feet  of  any  public 
fire  hydrant. 

Speed  at  grade  crossings  and  inter- 
secting highways  is  limited  to  15  miles 
per  hour.    The  present  rate  is  10  miles. 

Inspectors  of  the  Department  are  given 
powers  of  police  officers,  so  far  as  con- 
cerns the  enforcement  of  the  provisions 
of  the  act. 

These  are  the  principal'  provisions  of 
interest  to  the  Association  membership. 
There  are  other  provisions  concerning 
collection  and  disbursement  of  fines  and 
fees. 

Two  provisions  which  the  conference 
officers  had  difficulty  in  preventing  were: 

First — The  efforts  of  the  railroad  com- 
panies to  require  a  "stop,  look  and  listen" 
sign  at  grade  crossings;  and, 

Second — An  effort  to  have  the  Rail- 
road Commission  control  the  operation  of 
vehicles  at  railroad  crossings. 

It  was  deemed  essential  that  the  High- 
way Commission  should  be  left  solely  in 
charge  of  matters  that  concern  highway 
traffic  at  crossings,  as  well  as  elsewhere, 
for  the  same  reason  that  the  Railroad 
Commission  should  be  left  in  full  control 
of  railroad  traffic  at  crossings,  as  well  as 
elsewhere;  but,  strange  to  say,  this  sim- 
ple principle  demanded  diligent  efforts 
for  its  successful  defense.  It  seems 
likely,  however,  that  it  can  be  maintained 
in  the  future  without  difficulty. 

On  the  whole,  the  amendments  are  a 
decided  improvement  to  the  existing  law, 
in  the  direction  of  liberality  in  the  rea- 
sonable use  of  motor  vehicles,  and  those 


and  California 

concerned   wit: 
that  in  due  time,  and  wit 
iarity  and  exp.  :th    automobile 

.  the  people  will  be  ready  to  adopt 
the  European  speed  regulation  of  l 
sonable  speed  under  all  circumst. 
without  a:.  y  figures,  .. 

common  justice  there  will  be  conceded  to 
the  automobilists  a  relief  from  personal 
property  tax  upon  such  vehicles.  This  is 
the  law  in  New  York,  and  should  be  the 
law  here,  because  substantially  the  auto- 
mobilist  today  suffers  a  double  tax,  as 
compared  with  every  other  vehicle  used 
on  the  highway. 

JOHN  W.  STETSON, 

Chairman  of  the  Legislative  Committee 
of  the  California  State  Automobile  As- 
sociation. 

o"    S     S 
NORWALK   CASING   STANDS   UP 
UNDER  SEVERE  SERVICE  TEST 

"Speaking  of  the  wear  on  tires,  we 
have  just  received  one  of  the  most  oddly 
worn  tires  ever  brought  to  the  attention 
of  the  local  motoring  public.  It  was  sent 
to  us  by  a  satisfied  Norwalk  user  in 
Northern  Arizona.,"  says  L.  H.  Coppel, 
local  Norwalk  tire  sales  manager. 

"This  casing  is  claimed  by  the  owner 
to  have  gone  a  trifle  over  nine  thousand 
miles,  not  over  smooth  boulevards,  but 
almost  exclusively  on  mountainous  roads. 

"The  wear  was  not  on  the  tread,  but 
on  the  sides  of  the  tire.  This  was  due 
to  the  fact  that  the  tire  was  driven  mostly 
on  wagon  roads  which  were  deep-rutted. 
The  thread  of  a  wagon  is  a  trifle  nar- 
rower than  that  of  an  automobile,  so 
when  the  automobile  is  traversing  a 
wagon  road  the  two  wheels  on  one  side 
go  down  in  the  rut  and  the  other  two 
wheels  climb  the  rut,  with  the  result  that 
a  terrific  side  wear  is  forced,  first  upon 
the  two  tires  on  one  side  and  then  the 
two  on  the  other,  as  they  continually 
climb  the  ruts. 

"Very  seldom  can  a  tire  stand  up  under 
such  wear  for  over  a  thousand  miles. 
This  particular  casing  did  not  blow  out 
until  the  fabric  was  worn  through  in  a 
single  place.  The  casing  has  been  the 
object  of  much  interest  at  our  local  ser- 
vice station,  and  it  demonstrates  the  high 
degree  of  abusive  wear  sea-island  fabric 
is  really  capable  of  withstanding." 

o-  o"  ~B 
California,  the  statisticians  say,  has 
one  automobile  for  every  fifteen  persons 
in  the  State.  Either  they  are  all  mighty 
well-to-do,  or  mighty  lucky,  or  too  lazy 
to  walk  out  that  way.  More  than  200,- 
000  motor  cars  are  registered  in  that 
State,  and  they  are  still  selling  them 
faster  than  they  can  get  them  to  deliver. 


Down  in    Arkansas,    where    a    mini 
wealth  i»  measured  by  the    nombr 

he  ©wm 
animal,  and  the  law  »eci  t 

doRK 

fore,  in  the  case  of  I 

is  not  at  all  plain  to 
good  Arkansas  law  t 
highway  a  mule  known  ;  e  to 

automobiles  does  not  preclude  | 
of  the  aforesaid  anti-auto  son-of-an-ass 
from  holding  the  driver  of  an  automobile 
liable  for  injury  due  to  the  asininity  of 
the  mule.  A  good  law  for  and  by  jack- 
asses, it  seems  to  me. — The  Commenta- 
tor, in  American  Mot 


ENGINE  DRIVEN 

KELLOGG 


TIRE  PUMP 

Complete  with  attachments,  rub- 
ber tubing  and  gauge.  All  metal 
construction.      No  oil  spray  in  the 

'  $15.00 

Easily  installed  on  all  cars. 
Inquire  of  your  dealer. 

Kellogg  Electric  Motor 
Driven  Garage  Pumps 

{Many  Styles  and  Sizes) 

Hand  Pumps,  Gauges,  Grease 
Guns  and  other  accessories.  The 
very  best  made.  Insist  upon  the 
Kellogg  Line. 

A.  H.  COATES 

444  MARKET  ST. 

Direct  fattory  Representative  for  Denver.  Colo,  and  West  Uitfp  d  Statu 


KELLOGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

ROCHESTER.  HI  w  MM 
San  frantisco        Chicago        Boston        New  York        Detroit 


Automobile  Starting 
and  Lighting  Systems 

Give    Satisfactory    Results 
when  given  Proper  Attention 


We  specialize  on  elec- 
trical equipment,  stor- 
age batteries,  etc.,  and 
guarantee  satisfaction. 


Guarantee  Battery  Co. 

Brand    &  Cushman 

Phone  Prospect  741 

639  Van  Ness  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


26 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


MILITARY  HIGHWAY  BILL 

INTRODUCED  IN  SENATE 

What  will  be  known  as  the  Military 
Marginal  Highway  bill  has  been  intro- 
duced in  the  United  States  Senate  by 
Chairman  George  E.  Chamberlain  of  the 
Committee  on  Military  Affairs.  This 
measure  is  the  result  of  various  confer- 
ences participated  in  by  representatives 
of  national  organizations  which  have 
been  much  concerned  in  highways  im- 
provement matters. 

Recently  a  committee  created  as  a  re- 
sult of  these  conferences  consulted  with 
Senator  Chamberlain  as  to  the  timeli- 
ness of  roads  legislation  in  connection 
with  comprehensive  military  preparation 
for  any  situation  which  might  arise.  This 
committee  was  made  up  of  John  A.  Wil- 
son, chairman  of  the  Military  Prepared- 
ness Committee  of  the  American  Auto- 
mobile Association ;  State  Highway  Com- 
missioner George  P.  Coleman,  president 
of  the  American  Association  of  State 
Highway  Officials;  Samuel  Hill,  presi- 
dent of  the  Pacific  Highway  Association ; 
and  Commissioner  John  Craft  of  the 
Alabama  Highways  department. 

George  C.  Diehl,  Chairman  of  the  A. 
A.  A.  A.  Legislative  Board,  were  en- 
trusted with  the  preliminary  draft  of  the 
bill,  which  was  subjected  to  some  slight 
changes  as  a  result  of  the  visit  to  Sena- 
tor Chamberlain,  who  at  once  expressed 
his  belief  in  such  action  and  agreed  to 
introduce  the  proposed  measure  in  the 
upper  branch  of  Congress. 

Senator  John  H.  Bankhead,  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  Post  Offices  and 
Post  Roads,  and  the  sponsor  of  the  Fed- 
eral Aid  Road  Act,  is  a  strong  supporter 
of  the  plan  to  include  military  needs 
hereafter  in  highways  progress. 

Briefly,  the  Military  Highway  bill  au- 
thorizes the  Secretary  of  War  to  direct 
the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  War  De- 
partment to  prepare  a  "comprehensive 
plan  of  improved  highways  throughout 
the  United  States  designed  primarily 
with  a  view  to  facilitating  the  movement 
of  military  troops,  equipment,  munitions 
and  supplies  in  time  of  peace  and  in  time 
of  war,  but,  so  far  as  reasonable  compat- 
ible with  said  primary  purposes,  with  a 
further  view  to  accommodating  the  postal 
service,  facilitating  interstate  and  foreign 
commerce,  aiding  agricultural  and  manu- 
facturing pursuits,  and  promoting  the 
general  welfare  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States."  Furthermore,  it  is  set 
forth  that  "To  these  ends  the  Secretary 
of  War  shall  confer  with  the  authorities 
having  in  charge  the  construction  of  roads 
in  the  several  States,  and  in  such  confer- 
ences shall  disclose  so  far  as  reasonably 
practicable  the  outlines  of  his  plans  for 
roads  designed  for  military  purposes,  to 


the  end  that  unnecessary  duplication  of 
roads  may  be  avoided,  and  that  roads 
constructed  for  other  than  military  pur- 
poses may  be  in  strategic  locations 
wherever  reasonably  possible." 

It  is  provided  that  the  plan  may  be 
undertaken  in  such  instalments  or  divi- 
sions as  may  seem  to  the  Secretary  of 
War  expedient  and  desirable.  The  plan 
provides  for  "a  continuous  main  national 
highway  to  be  constructed  and  main- 
tained at  the  national  expense  along  or 
near  the  Atlantic  seaboard;  thence  along 
or  near  the  Pacific  Coast  to  a  point  at  or 
near  the  Canadian  line,  with  a  further 
view  to  such  marginal  highway  being  ex- 
tended ultimately  along  the  Canadian 
boundary  of  the  United  States." 

Provision  is  made  for  a  supplementary 
plan  of  main  radial  roads  intersecting 
the  Military  Marginal  Highway  "at 
points  and  of  locations  and  routes  best 
calculated  to  best  serve  military  require- 
ments." These  radial  highways  are  to 
be  such  as  "have  heretofore  been  con- 
structed by  the  States,  or  as  may  here- 
after be  constructed  by  them  independ- 
ently or  with  Federal  aid." 

Bearing  in  mind  the  vital  importance 
of  roads  capable  of  withstanding  heavy 
military  usage,  which  feature  has  been 
accentuated  in  the  conflict  now  raging  in 
Europe,  those  who  have  given  of  their 
time  and  thought  to  roads  progress  in  this 
country  are  convinced  that  the  United 
States  should  no  longer  delay  the  fullest 
attention  to  this  phase  of  transportation 
needs. 

?r    3-    ? 

POINTS  ON  CARING  FOR  CAR 
EVERY  OWNER  SHOULD  KNOW 

If  a  car  is  not  equipped  with  an  exten- 
sion trouble  lamp,  it  is  well  to  provide, 
among  the  accessories,  a  pocket  flash 
lamp.  For  making  repairs  at  night  such 
an  accessory  is  almost  indispensable. 

If  the  motor  persists  in  missing  when 
only  a  light  load  is  being  carried,  before 
resorting  to  adjustments  of  the  carbu- 
retor, try  making  a  spark  gap  a  little 
wider,  presuming,  of  course,  that  the 
magneto  is  being  used.  If  the  motor 
misses  when  there  is  a  heavy  load  it  may 
possibly  be  obviated  by  closing  the 
spark  gap  slightly. 

When  ball  bearings  become  worn,  it  is 
not  always  necessary  to  have  complete 
new  bearings  installed.  The  old  ones 
can  be  repaired  and  be  almost  as  good 
as  new.  This  can  be  done  by  turning  up 
the  ball  braces  and  using  larger  balls  of 
proper  size. 

A  cause  of  fan  breakage  that  is  rather 
common  is  the  running  of  the  fan  when 
it  is  considerably  out  of  balance,  which 
results  in  setting  up  stresses  that  the 
sheet  metal  often  will  not  withstand.    If 


a  fan  does  not  turn  true,  it  should  be 
made  to  do  so  by  bending  back  into  po- 
sition the  blade  that  has  been  bent  or 
bring  the  circumferential  wire  or  band 
into  shape  if  it  has  been  distorted. 

Often  carburetor  trouble  can  be  traced 
back  to  the  intake  valves.  If  one  of  the 
intake  valves  does  not  seat  properly  or 
if  the  valve  stem  sticks  in  its  guide  oc- 
casionally, it  will  be  a  difficult  matter  to 
obtain  satisfactory  adjustment  of  the 
carburetor. 

On  cars  having  stiff  clutch  springs  it  is 
advisable  to  cover  the  clutch  pedal  foot 
rest  with  rubber  to  prevent  the  foot  from 
slipping.  Especially  in  wet  weather  will 
this  be  found  helpful  to  the  driver. 

A  way  of  reducing  the  wear  on  the  coil 
vibrator  points  with  battery  ignition  is 
periodically  to  reverse  the  direction  of 
the  current  flow  through  the  system. 

Considerable  increased  tire  mileage 
can  be  obtained  through  the  careful  hand- 
ling of  a  car.  If  the  driver  starts  and 
stops  his  car  with  a  jerk  and  tries  to  turn 
corners  on  two  wheels  he  can  soon  expect 
blowouts.  It  is  estimated  that  by  careful 
driving  one  can  increase  tire  mileage 
fully  30  per  cent. 

On  some  cars  the  brakes  are  operated 
by  cables.  These  cables  should  be  in- 
spected frequently.  At  the  points  where 
the  cable  makes  angle  strands  of  the 
cable  will  break.  After  a  strand  or  two 
of  the  cable  has  gone  the  rest  soon  will 
follow,  with  the  result  that  the  cable  is 
likely  to  give  way  when  most  needed. 

When  the  electric  self-starting  device 
fails  to  start  the  engine  after  consider- 
able time  the  trouble  should  be  located 
without  delay.  One  cannot  expect  too 
much  from  a  small  battery.  The  self- 
starter  is  not  supposed  to  crank  the  en- 
gine indefinitely. 

The  radiator  hose  connections  in  the 
water  system  of  the  motor  should  be  fre- 
quently inspected.  Often  these  hose  con- 
nections look  fair  on  the  outside,  but  they 
are  bad  on  the  inside.  When  the  walls 
of  the  hose  become  decayed,  they  have 
a  tendency  to  swell  and  close,  thereby 
preventing  proper  circulation. 

One  part  which  requires  lubrication, 
but  which  is  often  neglected,  is  the  in- 
terior of  the  flexible  speedometer  driving 
shaft,  to  which  an  elusive  squeak  often 
can  be  traced.  The  best  lubricant  for  the 
shaft  is  a  light  grade  of  grease  or  non- 
fluid  oil. 

S    S    S 

It  makes  a  difference  to  the  flivverino 
whether  a  cheap  lunch  place  is  called  a 
cafeteria  or  a  beanery,  though  the  name 
makes  no  difference  in  the  place  nor  in 
the  imposition  he  inflicts  upon  his  poor 
stomach. — American  Motorist. 


30.  1917 

A  SONG  OF  THE  OPEN  ROAD 
Come,  let  us  away  while  the  skies  are  red. 
And  the  fields  are  drowned  in  dew ; 
While  the  first  bird  sings  in  the  tangled 

hedge 
In  joy  of  a  world  .nade  new. 
Fling  care  to  the  winds  as  on  we  fly 
In  search  of  a  golden  day ; 
The  wind's  in  the  west  and  trouble's  a 

jest. 
So  let  us  away,  away. 

Our  path  winds  on  like  a  silver  thread 
Through  a  mass  of  crimson  bloom; 
The  wild  rose  nods  as  we  quickly  pass. 
And  flings  us  her  faint  perfume. 
How  our  pulses  thrill  as  we  sweep  along 
By  meadows  all  cool  and  wide ; 
O,  where  is  there  bliss  in  a  world  like  this 
Of  May  time,  and  you  by  my  side  ? 

r'or  what  to  us  are  the  crowding  walls — 
Our  roof  is  the  wide,  blue  sky : 
And  what  the  glare  of  the  city  street 
With  the  soft  winds  sweeping  by? 
Then  here's  to  the  life  of  the  open  road, 
And  here's  to  the  joys  that  are  true ; 
And  I  dream,  as  we  glide,  that  I'm  off 

for  a  ride 
To  the  edge  of  the  world  with  you! 

— American  Motorist. 


and  California  .-VKnti 

LINi  OLN  HIGH* 

Clinton.     Iowa. — Automobile     to., 
made  their  appearance  upon  the  road  this 
season  practically  before  the  frost  wa» 

out  of  the  ground.    Travel  of  this  charac- 
ter headed  both  east  and  west  upon  the 
Lincoln  Highway  is  now  in  full  sv 
Reports  indicate  that  touring  is  now 
eral  alon£  the  Highway  from  New  York 
to  San  Francisco. 

Cheyenne.  Wyoming— A  national 
park-to-park  highway  covering  3,500 
miles  and  connecting  all  of  the  great 
parks  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  the 
Pacific  Coast  is  now  definitely  outlined. 
It  will  open  a  wonderful  scenic  tour  to 
the  motorists  of  the  country  and  give  a 
great  impetus  to  western  touring.  It 
crosses  and  connects  with  the  Lincoln 
Highway  at  this  point  and  again  at  Oak- 
land, California. 

o-o-TT 
APACHE  TRAIL  ON  "HIGH." 

The  aluminum  motor,  electric  gear 
shift  Premier  has  captured  another  rec- 
ord in  the  south,  according  to  advices  re- 
ceived by  E.  A.  Hamlin  of  J.  W.  Leavitt 
&  Company.  The  White  Line  Stage  Co. 
that  operates  a  fleet  of  stages  out  of 
Phoenix,  Ariz.,  claims  its   Premier  cars 


■I  are  able  to  Mgo> 
1  road  on 
ro«d  is  known  to  be  or 
the   worst  pa  '    .?ona.     O: 

many  mal 
pany.  the  Prrr 
carry  off  the  hi)  mors. 

Some  people  prefer  cats  to  automobiles 
as  household  pets.    The  tv. 
very  much  alike  in  many  Iloth 

will  purr  when  they  are  pleased,  ami 
two  glaring  eyes  that  shine  in  the  night. 
They  will  also  swear  when  you  put  your 
finger  on  the  back  of  their  necks,  and 
even  a  dog  will  get  out  of  the  way.  It 
it  does  not,  there  is  usually  something  do- 
ing. Cats  always  land  on  their  paws;  an 
auto  will  often  pause  on  the  land,  espe- 
cially if  you  are  in  a  hurry  to  catch  a 
train.  Autos  cannot  climb  trees,  as  cats 
can,  although  they  will  sometimes  try. 
It  is  generally  bad  for  the  tree  when  they 
do. — Motor  Age. 

Z     o-    V 

If  you  pay  as  you  go  you  may  not  go 
very  far — but  you  will  arrive  safely. — 
American  Motorist. 


FOR  SALE 

SIX  CYLINDER  FIVE  PASSENGER 

PREMIER 

PERFECT  CONDITION       COST  $4200 
FOR  SALE   AT  A  BARGAIN 


ADDRESS 

BOX  100  S.  F.  NEWS  LETTER 
259  Minna  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


'  -  w ASHLESS  ~ 


& 


AUTOISTS 

SHOULD    NEVER     BE 

WITHOUT 
THEM 


LIKE  AN  ORDINARY  TOWEL  |     Your  Grocer  Sell.  'Em 


Tips   to  Auto  mo  bi  lists 

(CUT  THIS  OUT) 
The   News   Letter   recommends   the  following   garages,   hotels   and   supply 
houses.     Tourists  will  do  well  to  cut  this  list  out  and  keep  it  as  a  guide: 

PALO  ALTO. — LARKIN'S  CAFE — just  opened.  The  only  strictly  first- 
class  cafe  on  the  Wishbone  Route  devoted  to  the  patronage  of  automobile 
owners  and  their  families.     Corner  of  University  avenue  and  The  Circle. 


RIVES' 

AUTO-PEDAL 

NEVERSLIP  PADS 

One  Dollar  Per  Set 

Write  for  Terms 
GEO.  H.  RIVES   MFG.    CO. 

2187  Woolworth  Bldg.     New  York,  N.  Y. 


H.  E.  LAMAR 


Phone  Kearny  485 


Golden  West  PlatingWorks 

ELECTRO  PLATERS  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER 
NICKEL,  COPPER  AND  BRASS.  AMALGAM 
PLATES  MADE  TO  ORDER 


131-133  Mission  St. 


San  Francisco 


U.  S.  Garage 

Pearson  Garage 

750  Bush  Street 

345  Bush  Street 

Phone  Garfield  713 

Phone  Douglas  2120 

Largest  and   m 

ost 

complete  Garages 

In 

the 

West 

TIRES  VULCANIZING 

THOMAS  H.  ELKINGTON 

Distributor  for  KELLY-SPRINGFIELD  TIRES 

Long  Mileage  Tires  and  Second-Hand  Tire* 
1143  VAN  NESS  AVE.— Near  Geary       Phone  PROSPECT  1566 


H.  H.  Powers 


Phone  Prospect  97 


F.  W.  Wenz 


POWERS,  WENZ  CO.,  Inc. 

AUTOMOBILE    MACHINISTS 

DESIGNING  AND    REBUILDING 

1634  PINE  ST.  San  Francisco 


28 


San  Francisco  News  Letter 


June  30,  1917 


IDEAL  TWO-CAR  GARAGE  ON 

ECONOMICAL  PLAN  OUTLINED 

The  ideal  two-car  garage,  not  built  so 
much  for  cheapness  as  to  give  a  high 
type  of  structure  on  an  economical  model 
basis,  forms  part  of  a  garage  bulletin  just 
issued  by  the  National  Lumber  Manufac- 
turers' Association  for  national  distribu- 
tion. The  bulletin  includes  plans  for 
model  and  a  better  type  of  both  one  and 
two-car  garages. 

The  two-car  garage,  as  illustrated  here- 
with, shows  a  two-stall  garage  with  par- 
tition between  stalls.  If  you  are  the  pos- 
sessor of  two  cars  the  partition  is  super- 
fluous, and  only  one  door  is  necessary  at 
the  back.  A  door  at  both  ends  of  the 
garage  is  really  preferable,  but  the  en- 
trance door  at  the  back  can  be  omitted, 
as  a  small  wicket  door  is  shown  in  the 
large  doors.  Doors  at  both  ends  make 
better  ventilation,  especially  when  the 
motor  is  left  running  while  standing  in 
the  garage. 

A  case  in  the  corner  by  the  end  of  the 
work-bench  in  which  to  place  tools,  oil 
cans  and  accessories  will  be  found  very 
handy.  Self-supporting  work-benches  on 
four  legs  should  be  built  for  this  garage. 

In  heating  a  garage  of  this  type  put 
your  radiators  as  close  to  the  floor  as 
possible,  but  be  sure  to  get  sufficient  fall 
in  the  return  pipes  to  the  heater  to  assure 
the  maximum  heat.  It  is  better  to  use 
wall  or  ceiling  radiation  if  there  is  any 
doubt  about  fall  enough  with  floor  radia- 
tion. 

~&     ~5     ~5 

GOVERNMENT  TRUCK  NEEDS 

WILL  NOT  HAMPER  INDUSTRY. 

There  will  be  no  difficulty  in  securing 
all  the  motor  trucks  necessary  for  the 
new  army  which  is  to  be  raised.  This 
was  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  the 
seventy-three  truck  makers  who  sub- 
mitted bids  to  the  Government  at  Chi- 
cago this  week  pledged  that  they  could 
produce  over  100,000  trucks  within  a 
year,  whereas  it  is  unofficially  estimated 
that  not  over  42,000  trucks  will  be  re- 
quired for  the  first  army  of  one  million 
men.  No  industry  is  prepared  to  take 
care  of  all  army  requirements  better  than 
the  motor  truck  industry,  partly  because 
of  its  experience  in  furnishing  trucks  for 
the  Allies  since  the  start  of  the  war,  and 
also  because  the  motor  truck  business  is 
a  production  industry  in  the  same  way 
as  the  manufacture  of  automobiles  is  rec- 
ognized to  be. 

The  Government  has  heretofore  given 
the  assuring  information  that  there  will 
be  no  necessity  to  commandeer  private 
trucks,  and  so  hamper  industries,  but  the 
present  bids  indicate  that  not  only  will 
the  taking  over  of  private  trucks  not  be 
necessary,  but  in  addition  to  the  war  de- 


nooQ  PLAJS 


■l'*6  'HOOF BOARDS 


EW/YT  ELEVATIO/V 

mands  there  will  be  practically  as  many 
trucks  remaining  for  commercial  use  out 
of  the  1916  production  as  were  sold  to 
the  industries  during  the  present  year, 
provided  sufficient  material  for  the  whole 
production  is  forthcoming.  There  will  be 
enough  trucks  to  supply  the  Army  and 
industries  as  well. 

When  it  is  remembered  that  all  of  the 
Allies  on  the  Western  front  are  probably 
not  using  more  than  50,000  trucks,  the 
possibility  of  our  getting,  if  necessary, 
more  than  double  this  number  within  a 
year  is  most  assuring.  The  possibility 
of  the  different  companies  making  good 
on  the  quantities  specified  in  their  bids 
will  be  closely  checked  up,  but  already 
the  figures  have  been  liberally  discount- 
ed; the  totals  above  do  not  include  fig- 


Z''e>'3TCJDD/NG 
8-o'lo/VG  Z'O"  I 

/ip/tar 

2'*G'iS/U&*. 


foorwo 


3£CT/OM 


ures  representing  the  offers  of  companies 
whose  trucks  are  not  already  in  produc- 
tion. 

TS    "S    ~S 
MAT  HEW  SON  GETS  RUSH. 

The  Rush  light  delivery  truck  has  en- 
tered the  San  Francisco  market,  E.  Linn 
Mathewson  having  closed  a  contract  with 
the  factory  for  one  thousand  of  these  de- 
livery wagons  to  be  shipped  within  the 
next  twelve  months.  The  Rush  is  said  to 
be  popular  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  where 
it  has  proved  its  worth  through  continued 
hard  service. 

V    V    TS 

Out  in  Osaloosa,  burglars  stole  close 
to  $500  from  a  garage-keeper's  safe.  Al- 
most a  whole  day's  profits  gone. — Ameri- 
can Motorist.